Title | Released | Publisher | Developer | Genres | Perspective | Misc | Narrative | Gameplay | Setting | Vehicular | Interface | Pacing | ESRB | Visual | Platform Main | Description |
| 100+ Great Games | 2000 | ValuMedia | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 100+ Great Games is a collection of just over one hundred shareware and freeware casual games.
Note: it is only possible to credit this product with 100+ games by counting the games within the game collections, for example counting Solitary Confinement not as one game but as eight because it is a collection of eight solitaire games. The CD autoloads to a game browser which runs in a window. From there the player opens a game group and must select each game individually to see its details and, if they wish, to install it as well. All games in this compilation must be installed before they can be run and most, but not all, allow the user to specify the install folder. The keep case inlay shows the games are grouped into four categories, Action, Board, Sports and Casino, while the game browser shows many more, the game categories and the games they contain are;
Arcade Games:
Astroship Evader, called Astroship Evaders in the menu and Astro Evader in the game description
Dr. Goo, Dr Goo 2 - the plague and Dr Goo 3: The Rubblebum War all from Josh Bender
Escape 3D game from Ben Glick
ET Turbo's Pig Bash
Keep Your Cool game from Grey Olltwit
Laser Age
Rally Racers
Cards / Casino;
Acey Deucy, Cherry Fever Slots, Joker's Wild Poker and Patriot Slots all from Lampron Software
MVP Cribbage Deluxe, MVP Euchre Deluxe, Hearts Deluxe and MVP Spades Deluxe all from MVP Software
Solitary Confinement, a shareware collection of eight card games
Cardfun Video Poker (called Video Poker Collection in the menu) from Wyvern Studios Incorporated, this contains five games; Draw Poker, Joker Poker, Deuces Wild, Bonus Poker, and Five Card Stud
Classic Clones
Arcade Pack! from Double Oak Software, this contains the games Strategic Defense Initiative, Shooting Bugs, Space Pilot, Solar Defender and Viper
Jouster v5 and Jouster Challenge both from Matt Westfall
Super Rebound 3 another game from Josh Bender
Family Games
Igor: Objective Uikokahonia
Internet Games For 2 a compilation of Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, Goban, Pipes, Race Chase, Fox & Hounds and Flag Ship all of which require another human player to play against
Parlor Pack the companion to Double Oak's Arcade Pack listed above. This contains Go Fish, JIgsaw Puzzle, Match It, Memory, Old Maid, Reversal, Slide Puzzles, Squares and War. The full pack, as sold on-line, by Double Oak also included Backgammon and Bowling.
Word Finder from Alston Software Labs
Hunting / Fishing
Fisherman's Delight: Set 1
Fisherman's Delight: Set 2
Mind Games
Color Code, Star Fire and Tic-Tac-Toe (2D & 3D) all by Clinton Graham. Collectively these games form Clinton's Simple Logic Collection.
Mind Madness a compilation of five games from Philippe Basciano containing Beetris for Windows 95, Fructus for Windows 95, Gelules for Windows 95, PROTO for Windows 95, and Tetris Lite for Windows 95
Parlor Games
Games Chest contains Backgammon, Rummy, Yatzee, Queens Audience and Fortune's Favor
Arasan Chess v5.2
Deep Green Reversi named Bloch Reversi in the installation menu
MVP Checkers
Get 5! v4.6em, developed for DOS by Klaus Tadsen
MVP Mancala
Shogi Variants: Shogi is a form of Japanese chess and this game contains seventeen variations. This is version 1.55a which was developed for WIN 3.1 but will run in Windows too.
Puzzle Games
Bricks Gold, this is a DOS game
Peg Solitaire 95 v1.3 from T C Consulting
Rings of the Magi: Grand Master Edition v1.30 the Windows version
Xixit, a Windows version of the DOS game from Optik Software, Inc.
Sports
Mini Golf and Ice Hockey from Grey Olltwit, Ice is called Si Puck in the Sports Games menu.
Poolster v1.3
Pop A Hoop
Ringer King v1.5, a horseshoe throwing game
Snooker 147
Whack A Croc
There are several games here from MVP Software, their full title is usually something like MVP Euchre Deluxe but in the compilation's menus they are abbreviated top just Euchre.DirectX is needed by this compilation and the game menu has an option to install version 6.1 if necessary |
| 1250+ Games | 2000 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 1250+ Games is a compilation of shareware games. The compilation comes on two CDs. Each CD has a separate menu structure that groups the games by category. Selecting a game brings up a brief description which the player can read prior to installing it. Not all the programs on the CD's have an install procedure, these are installed by copying files from the CD directly onto the computer.Games are held in 'banks', each bank holding a maximum of forty games but not all are completely full.
The first CD contains the following game banks: Adventure and War games, two banks of Arcade games, two banks of Board games, Card and Dice games, two banks of Casino games, Educational games, two banks of Solitaire games, Sports simulations, two banks of Strategy games, and Word games.
The second CD has a further six banks of arcade games, Cards & Dice, Cards, Board games, educational games, Misc. games, Maths games, Solitaire games, Sport & Board games, Sport, three banks of Strategy games and two of Word games.
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| 3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Dynamix, Inc. | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Pinball | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Imagine a pinball machine emulating a full amusement park, and not just any park, but Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, "The sweetest place on Earth!"(tm)! Over 15 action-packed "rides", plenty of special events include "lights out" fireworks show, double multi-ball event, side tables, multiple flipper sets, and more! |
| 3-D Ultra Radio Control Racers Deluxe: Traxxas Edition | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Dynamix, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Back of Box - Windows (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Mad chickens, sea monsters, anarchist lawn gnomes.
Fast and furious R/C racing with a twist.3-D Ultra has done it again with Radio Control Racers TraxxasⓇ Edition, the intense new update to the hot-selling 3-D Ultra Radio Control Racers. Eight new tracks take you to the next level. Two completely new game modes push radio control racing to new heights. And now you can fully customize your vehicle to make your ride look as good as it performs.Features:
Eight totally new tracks including an amusement park, the desert, and an Aztec Temple
New game mode: Soccer - Try getting your ball into the other player's goal to score
New game mode: Battle Ball - Try hitting balls of your color into a scoring pit
Completely customize your vehicle's graphics
Easy to install so you can jump into the action
Advanced features for the hard core racer
Powerups like bottle rockets and firecrackers make it more than a racing game
Two levels of difficulty and Controlled Steering (for those of you with no sense of direction)
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The MiniGolf course is a major race course, complete with a rocket, a windmill and a waterfall.
Put your racer to the test on 16 tracks of insane jumps, twisting turns and off-the-wall pitfalls.
Race on three indoor tracks including the TraxxasⓇ Raceway with real TraxxasⓇ intensity.
Totally new paint shop lets you create a look as unique as your imagination.
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| 300 Arcade Games | 2000 | Cosmi Europe, Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 300 Arcade Games is a compilation of shareware, demo and freeware games. The games are categorized in seven different categories.Games included in this compilation are:Kids: Absolute Memory, Ant Pro Run, Applegather, Apples Catch, BattlePets, Beetle Run, Booger Bungee, Cobra, Color Match, Daisy's Garden 2, ET's Turbo Pig Bash, Flags of Doom, Frog Hop for Windows, Fruit Picker '99, GJ Asteroids, GJ Breakdown, GJ Funball, GJ Goldrunner, GJ Powerball, Hungry Snake 2, Mouse Trap 2, NutCracker, Oilcap Pro, Peanut Hunt, Peter Pineapple, Ruby Ridge, Salameanderer, Saru Whack, Smiley's Adventures, The Worm, Unflob, Whack a Croc.Sports: AGF, Bar Room Pool, Bomb Golf, Car Race, Challenge Pool, Dirt Bike, Elf Bowl, Fire guy, Fisherman's Warm Weather Challenge, Freeride Earth, G-Sector, Gap Sk8ter, Goalies Game, Goofy Golf, Gopher Golf, Hyper Polo, International Paintball, Killball, Knuddel's Quest, Knuddle's Mini Golf, MWS 2000, Micro Monster Truck Racing, MozPong, NETPong, Ninja Crazy Soccer, PBTerm, PC Slots- Slot Car Racing, PoniPong, Power Pong, Scary Fish, Shoot and Swish, Shooting, Slam, Smiley's Breakout, Snooker147, Soccer Penalty Shootout, Speedballer, Storm the Bunker, TZ Mini Golf, Warpie Soccer, Wet Willy Skateboarding.Blocks: Algin It, Alphatris, AttraX, Bad Toys 3d, Ball Breaker 3d, Binary Balls II, Blocks Extreme, Bubblet, Buzzle Puzzle, CG Tetrisclone, Clickomana, Columns Millenium, Desk Drop, Drop Ball, Flaps, Hexagem, Marble Madness, Revolution, Tetrix 2000, WinBrick.Blast: Annihilator, BZflag, Backcountry Killers, Bannana Bash, Billy's Great Adventure, Blastmaster 2000, Bonkheads, Brain Drain, Broadside, Buggie: Above the Law, Bummer! Household Attack, Cannon, Canopia, Cell Block A, Chase Ace, Chicken Chopper, Choas Nucelus, Choppers, Colony, Cosmo Dragon, Death Assault, Death Fighters, Defcon Cow, Desktop Destroy, Desktop Rage, Direct Shoot, Discus Fighter, Doom 95, Double Battle, Ducks, Fields of Fire, Final save Kiki, Gloopers War, Gunner 2, Happy Face Shootout, Hostage and Terriorist II, Jouster, Kaina 2, Kill 'Em Derby, LaserAge, Millenium Bugs, Mutant Animals on Wheels, Mutant Xpiders, Noop's Odyssey, On Target, Panzer Arena, Pet Wings, Phobia II, Pointless Violence, Punch 'Em, Raising Dead, Runner, Sea Battle, Swarm Assault, The Line of Fire, Time Jumper, Tinhead 2, Son of Tinhead, Tractor Rumble, Truxton Blast, X Evil, Zack Bond, Zone O, Zulu Assault.Space: 3D Planet Attack, 3D Terriod, Arkanoid for Win 32, Asteriod Impact, Asteriod Miner, Atom-Boy, Balls Invasion, Battle Star, Boogaloopers, Brutal Space, Close Approach, Comet Crusher, Commander Keen: Lost in Time, Critical Mass, Crop Circles, Debris 32, Deep space intruder, Destruction Carnival, Donut Roids, Dragon Castle, Drone, Earth Destruction, Galatic Storm, Gravitational Combat, Gravity War Network Version, Gravity Well, Hypraxis 1, Invader 2000, Lightcycles, Logan's Fight, Marf, Masken 4, Mayhem, Meta Tron, MissileLaunch, Mission Alphatraon, Mission Asteriods, Monuments of Venus, Moon Lander- Gravity Well, Native Assault, Psychedelikon, Raptor, Revenge of the Bees, Rural Anti-Alien Militia, Space Battle, Space Duel, Space Junkie, Space Mines- Dunton, Space Mission 3000, Space Mob, Space War Plus, Space Worm, Spheres of Choas, Star Gunner, Tactical Nuke, Take Down the Empire, Ultranium 2000, WinAsteriods.Maze: Abominations Bugs, Ballistyx, BoaBite3d, Bomberman, Breakthrough, Capman, Christmas Maze, Crazy Balls, Crunch Man, DX-Ball 2, Diamond Caves II, Digging Jim, Drain Storm, Extacy, Honeycomb, Jonathan's Breakout, Kalieidopee, Kwiks, Mr.Ball, Pacster, Puzzle Rally, Q Bob, RH Breakin, Rats, Rock 'n'Roll, Roll em Pinball, Rollem, Rush Hour Traffic, Safety Unawareness, Sentinels of Ceth, Spitfire, Squark, Striker 2, Styx-PC, Super Breakout, Super Noid, Viper 32, Virus, Void Runner, Wall Up, Wormed 2.Three D: 360 Ultimate Spinball, 3D Ball of Defiance, 3D Blocks, 3D Lomtris, 3D Spinball, Asteriod X, BatBall.Games not listed under any category are:3D UZ, Captain Courageous, Cendric's Quest, Conflict at Sea, Coolrun, Crash Course, Cult, Diagle, Dippo: Lost In Space, Fire!, Frank Cook: Private detective, MicroMan Adventure 1, Monsters and Mayhem, Out of the pit, Pharoh's Ascent, Problem Baselock, Rings of the Magi, Runes, Sticker 2, The Extacy, X Bill. |
| 3D Asteroid Patrol | 2000 | | Binary Brotherz | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In the year 2073, an unnamed captain discovers that a huge wave of asteroids from the area of Saturn is heading to destroy the Earth. The only possibility to avoid this is to take control of the GyroProbe, NASA's spaceship flying around Saturn and use it to clean the asteroids from the way.3D Asteroid Patrol is a clone of 1979 Asteroids game but moved to the three dimensions gameplay. As in the original, the goal is to destroy all the asteroids in a single level and avoid getting hit by Alien Saucer entering the area from time to time.Ship is controlled using numpad keys - 8 and 5 to move forward / backwards, and keys 4 and 6 to thrust left or right. Firing the weapon required using a mouse button. Biggest asteroid chunks give 20 points, the smallest - 100 points. |
| 3D Missile Madness | 2000 | Cosmi Corporation | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | 3D Missile Madness is a 3D clone of the classic Defender style of gameplay. The player's ship can move left or right in order to sweep the extraterrestrial landscape, destroy hostile enemies, and rescue friendlies trapped on the planet surface. Warp points at either end of the plane explicitly warp the player to the opposite side of the field. In an enhancement to the original style of gameplay, 3D Missile Madness also allows the player to move among 3 planes. In fact, all 3 planes must be cleared of enemies before proceeding to the next level. |
| 3D Recon | 2000 | Exolt Software | Exolt Software | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | The federation is engaged in a brutal war with the bloodthirsty, vicious aliens. The aliens are preparing to unleash the most destructive weapon known to man. RECON has been enlisted to find and eliminate the potential threat.As one of the elite RECON pilots you will have access to state of the art weaponry. Filled with explosive action and heart-pounding visual effects, your journey will ultimately decide the fate of the universe... |
| 3D Roller Coaster Designer | 2000 | Pantera Entertainment | | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Construct your own coaster and ride them in 3D! Choose from 3 types of coaster, each with over 20 connectable pieces. Apply textures to scenary and coasters, add scenary objects, and more. |
| 4 in 1 Racing | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 4 In 1 Racing is a compilation of four racing games published by Midas Interactive Entertainment between 1998 and 2000:
Castrol Honda Superbike 2000
Johnny Herbert's Grand Prix Championship 1998
Silkolene Honda Motocross GP
Super 1 Karting Simulation
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| 5 A Day Adventures | 2000 | Dole Food Company, Inc. | eMotion Studios, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | Stephanie Neuringer | | | | Windows | 5 A Day Adventures is an educational game sponsored by the Dole Food Company aimed at teaching young children about nutrition and exercise.The game presents the player with a game board mapping out 8 different activities. Most of these activities offer a brief lecture on some topic, usually delivered by an anthropomorphic piece of produce. Then, the player can select to play the Challenge or the Ultimate Challenge for that activity.The Challenge for each segment involves some kind of trivia, sometimes multiple choice and sometimes interactive. The Ultimate Challenge is a series of yes/no questions (where the answer always seems to be yes). Correctly answering Challenge questions earns the player tokens while answering Ultimate Challenge questions earns the player golden stars. There are a number of spaces on the game board which have to be filled with both 1 token and 1 gold star in order to win the game. |
| 500 Games, Games and more Games | 2000 | Revival Multimedia | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 500 Games, Games and more Games is a shareware compilation CD. The technical specs for the compilation show WIN 95 as the minimum requirement but many of the games were developed for WIN 3.1 or earlier. The games accessed via a game browser which runs from the CD, this can run some games directly so the user can preview them but most have to be installed. They are grouped into the following 'game banks':
Adventure + War Games: Thirty-eight games of which the first twenty five or so are in alphabetical order. The games here include several text games such as a 1984 version of Crowther & Woods' Adventure from Jerry D. Pohl and this 1996 version from Paul Muñoz-Colman both of which are DOS games. Windows games include D.R.O.D., Exile II: Crystal Souls, Pelvis-n-Space and The Adventures of Captain Comic. Not all the entries here are really games, there's a Character Constructor for use with FUDGE, CORPS and Eternal Soldier game systems together with two other character editors, one for Marvel comic games and another called/for FTH (From The Hip). None of the editors seems applicable to the games in the compilation.; DMaid a playing aid for dungeon masters; Game Hack Pro a cheat editor for Daggerfall, Fantasy General, Panzer general, Warcraft 2 and Heroes of Might & Magic.
Arcade Games Bank 1 & Arcade Games Bank 2: A total of eighty games including
Avoid The Roids, Crazy Gravity, Gravity Well,
Moraff's Escapade, Ms. Chomp, Six Feet Under and Tritris. There are clones/variants of many popular games including Tetris, Joust, Missile Attack, Asteroids and so on.
Board Games Bank 1 & Board Games Bank 2: Fifty six games including eight chess games and chess based puzzles, four checkers games, four 'Mastermind' style games and four backgammon games.
The Game of the Amazons
two versions of Arasan Chess one a 16-bit and a the other a 32-bit version,
Cheat Mine, Game Chest and Patolli
Card and Dice Games: Thirty-nine games including four Bridge games, three Cribbage implementations, four Yahtzee variations together with Euchre, Canasta, Pinochle. Some of the games that are on the database include Green Thumb Cards, Crib from Keith Westley, and Ancient Yacht from LatticeWork Software
Casino Games Bank 1 & Casino Games Bank 2: There are fifty-three games in these two groups and they include seven Blackjack games, fifteen Poker / Video poker games and twelve Slot Machine games. Among these games are
Noisy Video Poker and Blackjack,
Slots of Trivia, and Real Video Poker
Educational Games: There are forty games on the CD but only thirty-nine in the game browser. The games in this group are mainly for children, math tutors, spelling and counting games etc, they include Dr. Mysto The Mindreader, School-Mom - ColorBook, Dino Numbers, and Dino Spell. In among all the worthy edutainment games is Komodo Market a 'grown up' stock trading game.
Solitaire Games Bank 1 & Solitaire Games Bank 2: Fifty-nine games in all and, while many are implementations of single games, there are a good number of collections of solitaire games, for example there are two versions of Paradise Solitaire one listed as Paradise Solitaire 3.1 and the other listed as Paradise Solitaire 95, both contain thirty games with twenty more being made available when the shareware was registered. Other games included here are Solitaire King: Beleagured Castle,
Solitaire King: Busy Aces and other Solitaire Kinggames, Chinese Solitaire from Randy Rasa, Patience - Columns and Super Marble Solitaire
Sports Simulations and Games: Just twenty-one games in this group, they include
Another Pool,
Bomb Golf,
TZ-Minigolf, and Office Darts 301
Strategy Games Bank 1 & Strategy Games Bank 2: A grand total of eighty games in these two groups, forty each. Many of the games could be described as logic puzzles but it's an odd mix of games as it includes variations on dominoes, a jigsaw game, a couple of concentration style games, and a tetris game. Some of the games to be found here are BattleStar from Gregory Braun,
Brickbat,
Button Madness,
Color Linez,
Kyodai and MicroBalls
Word Games: Thirty-seven games including five Crossword games including The Gowords Assistant, seven Hangman games including Hangman 2, four Wordsearch games and variations on Boggle such as BogOut
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| 5star Free Lines | 2000 | Atomax Ltd. | Atomax Ltd. | Puzzle, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 5star Free Lines is a windows, shareware, mouse controlled, turn-based colour matching game, it's a single player game with an internet play option.In each turn the player moves one object which causes more coloured objects to appear on the board, both the colour and position of these new objects are random. The object of the game is to arrange the objects to form lines of five or more of the same colour. As each line is formed it disappears and the player scores points.The lines can be arranged vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. The game has a Christmas mode which changes the background and tile set, music, a high score table, a network play option and high scores can be published on-line. Additional skins for the game were available on the
Atomax web site. There are two levels of difficulty, Beginner & Master, and games can be played with or without a time limit.
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| 8 Away | 2000 | eBrainyGames, LLC | eBrainyGames, LLC | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | 8 Away is a single player solitaire game played using a single standard pack of cards.It is a timed game with high scores being achieved for early completion. The object is to build all four suits on their respective foundations starting with the Ace and working through in ascending order to the King.Cards are built up in the game area in descending suit order with a maximum of eight cards per column.The game has a high score table and when it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active.
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| 9:05 | 2000 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | The phone rings at 9:05 AM after a rough night. It's up to you to get up and get moving in this short piece of interactive fiction. |
| A Crimson Spring | 2000 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | A Crimson Spring is interactive fiction in the classic style of Infocom. Using an advanced parser, the player controls the lead character through several different scenes within the super-hero genre. The player controls the actions and moral code of one such hero -- the Holy Avenger -- as he attempts to investigate the murder of his lover and partner. |
| A Prince comes to school | 2000 | Bayard Jeunesse | Scène Interactive | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | A Prince comes to school features a little Prince, named Bertie Big-Cheese of Violin-Barrel (Bébert de Violon de Gros Tonneau de Fromage Mou, in French). The game has two modes of use : listen to the story or play. The latter mode includes a dozen of mini-games. These are simple memory, matching and logic games, such as joining dots in sequence to complete a picture, or remembering the pupils after the teacher calls the register. The recommended age is 5 years and up. The game plays in either French or English. |
| A2 Racer III: Europa Tour | 2000 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Part 3 in the Dutch A2 Racer series takes the player to London, Berlin and Vienna. The gameplay remains the same with illegal street races on well known highways and cities. During the races players have to collect power-ups, like money, fuel and time extensions. He has to avoid getting caught by the cops and reach the finish line before his opponents do. |
| ADIBOU présente la Magie | 2000 | Coktel Vision | I.C.E. Développement | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | ADIBOU présente la Magie is an entertainment title for kids between 4 and 7.In this version, ADIBOU won't have to learn anything but 6 magic tricks and play to games such as a computerized version of rock-paper-scissors. Breaking news, ADIBOU has a new (girl)friend named ADIBULLE, a new character in the series. |
| AI Wars: The Awakening | 2000 | Nexus Information Systems & Marketing inc. | Nexus Information Systems & Marketing inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | AI Wars: The Awakening is set in the near future where every structure is linked to the NET which stores all information of the world. Artificial Intelligences, so-called "agents", do all necessary deeds in this cyberspace world. The player takes control over an agent who wants to achieve one of three possible goals: become immortal, achieve sentience or conquer the NET. Whatever goal he chooses, most time is spent by exploring the big levels, hacking into computers and collecting data.Of course there are also forces who wants to stop him, namely viruses in the form of robots. To get rid of them the agent needs to be upgraded with offensive or defensive program updates, e.g. masquerading into a virus, an anti-virus update to repair damage or a weapon which paralyzes enemy robots while they try to calculate π. Other updates help in the hacking process. All these upgrades cost money which is earned by selling sensitive corporate data gained by hacking into their systems. For all goals it is most important to collect as many data as possible to develop new technologies which are used to achieve the goal. Exactly with this application the game differs depending on which goal the player pursues, e.g. to become immortal he needs to upload his memories into the NET. |
| ATV Rally | 2000 | ATV Information and Education Group | Jack Morton Worldwide | Educational, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Off-roading | Direct control | | | | Windows | ATV Rally is an educational FMV driving game focused on ATV safety. When first logging into the game, you can choose to review your ATV skills, take a quiz on what you've learned, or do a pre-ride check. In the pre-ride check, three checklists must be filled out. These checklists involve checking your ATV, your gear, and remembering the golden rules of ATV safety. Once that's done, the ability to ride on six different trails has been unlocked. When riding on a trail, the goal is to earn as many points as possible by driving safely. Driving recklessly will cause you to lose points. If at least 60 points are earned, you win a skill patch. When you've earned all six skill patches, you earn the trail patch and are given the opportunity to print it out. |
| Absolute Action Pack | 2000 | TLC Multimedia LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Absolute Action Pack is a compilation of three games, all of which are the Smart Saver editions and are listed as special editions, which is in this case a synonym for a demo version. The included games are:
Two levels and the tutorial of Gangsters: Organized Crime
The "Adventures in India" levels as well as a training mission in Lara's mansion of Tomb Raider III
The "Quest for Melchiah" level of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
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| Absolute Strategy | 2000 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Clash
Corum II: Dark Lord
Fallen Haven
Fallen Heaven: Liberation Day
iF-22
iF/A-18E Carrier Strike Fighter
iM1A2 Abrams
iPanzer '44
Land der Hoffnung
Swing Plus: Total Mindcontrol
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| Absolute Terror | 2000 | Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. | Nekotech Ltd, Symbiosys Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Absolute Terror is a single player space shooter.Earth's colonies are revolting. What is worse, their forces are winning because they've developed hypergate technology.
The player takes the role of the pilot of Katana Unit-01 which is Earth's only fighter craft equipped with similar technology. Aided by Natsuki, a sarcastic catgirl co-pilot, the player undertakes a series of hazardous missions. The Katana is equipped with advanced technology, namely the Schizuma-Von Neumann Matter Infusing Nanotech and Data Matrix Replication Engine, which utilizes space crystals to manufacture defence systems and other weapons.The enemy ships are varied. Some are easy to destroy while others are not, they have even developed 'healer' ships which spray their colleagues with nanobots. The enemy also use space crystals so gathering them not only boosts the player's capabilities it diminishes theirs.The game has over fifty missions and is a single-player space-themed shooter that is played either with the keyboard or with the joystick. All missions are essentially played on a two dimensional game area. The physics of the space ship are such that once the ship is moving in a given direction it keeps moving in that direction until a counter force is applied to make it stop. An attempt to turn while moving will just result in the ship rotating on its access unless it is accompanied by more thrust. |
| Action Man: Jungle Storm | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Intelligent Games Ltd | Action | Side view | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In this kids game based on the 3D animated television series, you play as the heroic Action Man out to find out why a secret agent mysteriously disappeared on a tropical island. The villainous Dr. X and his partner in crime Professor Gangrene are joined by new characters Kraken and Imperial Dragon. You explore the island bases with mouse base movement or optional keyboard use, following the agent's trail through jungles, and underwater and volcanic locations. Using your extreme skills and more than 10 equipment items from the actual toy range such as Scuba Extreme, Skateboard Extreme, Stealth Jet, Polar Bike, Falcon Master, and Jungle Explorer, you must find out Dr. X's evil plans and stop them in order to save the world. |
| Action Man: Raid on Island X | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Intelligent Games Ltd | Action | Side view | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Action Man was originally a popular toy action figure, the U.K.'s version of G.I. Joe, before becoming a more generic action/extreme sports hero on a 3D animated television show. The goal of this kid's action-adventure game is to raid your arch nemesis Dr. X’s island, rescue your sidekick who has been kidnapped and prevent Dr. X from destroying the world by polluting the environment and doing terrible experiments on plants and animals. You start in your base and create your own hero choosing different faces, shirts, pants, etc. Training missions will improve your skills on a firing range, bungee jumping, scuba diving, taking photographs, and street luge. Then other areas will open up and Action Man will journey through varied locales such as urban cities, tropical forests, and the frozen arctic. You'll swim, jump, and climb your way through levels battling criminals and avoiding dangers of all sorts. From your secret headquarters, you can use the monitor to see a map and choose which adventure you want to play.
You can access various equipment, weapons and tools.
Other features include a print function giving hard copies of colourful maps, missions, stickers and secret documents. |
| Adjacent See | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Adjacent See is a single player tile or counter moving game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.In this game the player is presented with a 7x7 grid into which twenty five pieces, five pieces in each of five different colours, have been placed. The object is to move the pieces so that all pieces of the same colour are touching and to do so in as few moves as possible.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, different backgrounds and types of playing piece, and in-game help screens. All the games are numbered allowing a player can replay the same game until the optimum score has been achieved. |
| Adventsquiz | 2000 | | | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In this Advent quiz your task is to answer 20 randomly chosen questions (per game) about the Advent time. Get points by selecting the correct answer and additional points by answering fast (before the bonus point timer counts down). The ten best players can make it into the highscore. The game includes 40 questions. |
| Aerostyle | 2000 | | | Action | | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | Isometric | Windows | In this freeware shooter, you find yourself using an isometric perspective in which to view your plane. Using your machine gun and your wits, you'll shoot down various machine gun touting enemies in 360 degrees of freedom over a vast landscape. Your goal in the game is simply to pilot a biplane similar to Sopwith and kill everything in the sky that moves, ranging from balloons, to gliders and other planes.It is also important to note that control is completely done through the mouse and as such, provides a unique feel to the game. Right clicking allows your plane to perform a "roll" maneuver. |
| Agharta: The Hollow Earth | 2000 | Egmont Interactive GmbH | Aniware AB | Action, Adventure | Diagonal-down | | | | Interwar | | | | | | Windows | In Agharta: The Hollow Earth, set in 1926, the player takes the role of a nameless pilot who gets hired to find a famous scientist who disappeared during an expedition to the North Pole. But after a crash he finds himself in a mysterious underworld, the hollow earth. Here he has to stop a villain who wants to destroy the world...The player indirectly controls his character with a traditional point & click interface. He explores his environment, collects everything he finds and solves inventory based puzzles. He also meets various enemies which he fights by throwing rocks at them. These rocks are infinite. Sometimes the player can also use items to avoid enemies, e.g. a tin of tomato soup as distraction. Another game element is the pilot's dog: the player can call him and give him simple orders, e.g. to fetch something.
The mouse cursor doesn't change its form over interactive elements and there is no manual saving: the game automatically saves. |
| Airfix: Dogfighter | 2000 | Eon Digital Entertainment | Paradox Entertainment AB, Unique Development Studios AB | Action | Behind view | | | | World War II | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | Windows | Airfix: Dogfighter is an action-oriented World War II flight game with a difference: the player gets to fly model WWII planes around a house, shooting Mom's best china, attacking the enemy base (in the living room downstairs) or blasting through a window and taking on the enemy in the back garden. There are overall 20 missions in which the objectives range from escorting bombs to destroying enemy units. The player gets to fly 14 historical aeroplanes which weapon systems can be upgraded over time - from rockets to atomic bombs. For this the player needs to collect power-ups which are scattered in the environment. Besides weapon upgrades there are also fuel, health, and ammo replenishers to find. There are two campaigns for the Axis and the Allied. |
| Akeyan Enigma | 2000 | Soleau Software, Inc. | Soleau Software, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Akeyan Enigma is a single player Sokoban type of game in which the player controls an on screen character who pushed blocks around to avoid traps as they progress through the ruins of the Akeyan temple.The shareware game has just ten puzzles while the full game has fifty. The object of each puzzle is to recover hidden stone tablets that are hidden beneath red stones, only then can the player move the green stone to find the exit. The puzzles include rolling boulders, square blocks, force fields, secret passageways, teleports etc and each puzzle/level comes with an animated solution.One nice touch is that the game command buttons for Return, Play, Back etc are written in runes, presumably the Akeyan script, and morph into English as the cursor passes over them.
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| Alarm für Cobra 11 | 2000 | RTL Playtainment | VCC Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | John Selck, Ronny Pries | | Automobile | | | | | Windows | Alarm für Cobra 11 is a licensed game about the eponymous German action TV series. It is the first game released in the series. As expected the player controls a car, chases bad people down and causes a lot of explosions. The game is divided into 15 missions with goals like stopping a ghost driver or protect another car. After every mission the player unlocks a video clip from the show and sometimes he get a better car. In a second playing mode the player executes stunts like jumping over parked cars or smashing as much cars as possible. |
| Alice in Wonderland | 2000 | EMME Interactive SA, Lexis Numérique SA | Lexis Numérique SA | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In case you forgot the story: while following a white rabbit, Alice enters a very strange and wonderful land. Help her to explore this land.As in most adventure games, speak and listen to other characters, use the map to go directly from one place to another, find items and drag them to the inventory bar. You can turn the music off and if you click over the Cheshire cat, it will give you a hint. French actor Lambert Wilson is the voice of the narrator. Alice lacks her classic pinafore outfit, instead, she is wearing matching orange clothes. |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | 2000 | Joriko Interactive Limited | Joriko Interactive Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Alice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole and into an interactive re-telling of the classic book by Lewis Carroll. This is a multimedia adaptation of the book that has been captivating children and their parents since it was first published in 1865. The software developers have assembled an offering of music and animation overlaid with narration and sprinkled with interactive puzzles. The player follows Alice and assists her on her adventures through Wonderland using a point and click interface, with narration by Simon Callow. The puzzles are varied in their complexity, ranging from simply helping Alice open doors by pointing to them with the mouse, to putting together a jigsaw puzzle by dragging the pieces around or aiding the Dodo in setting up a caucus race. Between puzzles, the player is treated to an actor's narration and some animation that is minimal, but enchanting, through twelve chapters and the entire classic story. |
| Alien Nations | 2000 | JoWooD Productions Software AG, Simon & Schuster Interactive | neo Software Produktions GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Kids to Adults | Isometric | Windows | Alien Nations is a real-time strategy game similar to The Settlers III. It features three campaigns of ten missions each which are told from the perspective of one of the races: the blue stoneworking Pimmons, the militaristic and wild Amazons, or the insectoid Sajiki. The main focus lies on building a settlement with working production circles. Of course there are also other aspects which need to be taken care of, e.g. security or entertainment. So the player chooses the buildings he wants to construct and chooses a suitable place for it. The main source of income are taxes, which are mostly spent on balancing running costs - the rest can be used for research. Before the player can construct new or upgraded buildings he needs to meet certain research criteria.But of course he also needs to "build" enough fighters to win battles against the other two races. Available are five different fighters, magicians, priests who heal wounded units and more. It is possible to let units patrol between two points or divide them into groups - mass production however is no viable strategy. In most missions, fighting plays no or only a small role - more important are diplomacy and trade. Some of the people's needs can only be served with goods bought from the other races. Other options are a truce or building an embassy. |
| Alizarin Tetris | 2000 | | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Alizarin Tetris is a freeware Tetris variant with several game modes and other features.The game area is 10 x 20 tiles in size and as standard every piece that drops down can consist of up to four smaller pieces which are affected by gravity. If you place two pieces of the same color together they will mend together into one piece.There are six game modes: Solo Normal Game, Solo Scoring Marathon, Solo vs. Computer, 2 Players @ 1 Keyboard, 2 Players. Use Network, Computer vs. Computer.
If the standard tetris pieces feels too uninteresting to play with you can select to play with two other sets of pieces: "Planar Pantominoes" and "One-To-Five-Ominoes". To make the game even more interesting you can activate the "Power Pieces"-option. A Power Piece can be one of four different kinds: The bomb (destroys all adjacent tiles), The Down (pushes each tile directly beneath it down as far as it can go), The Drip (all non-garbage tiles adjacent to it change to be the color most commonly occurring on the board) and The Skull (destroys all non-garbage tiles adjacent to it).As standard there is no sound in the game but the user can add his/her own sound. The graphic style of the game can also be changed. There are 12 built in styles and additional styles can be created by the user. |
| All Aboard for Santa | 2000 | AHA! Software Inc. | AHA! Software Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | All Aboard for Santa is the sequel to Santa's Secret Valley. Fizbin goes on a new adventure to return to the Secret Valley and to find Santa who is currently stranded at his summer workshop. In addition to solving puzzles and collecting items and ducats, the player will explore not only a number of rooms, but will sail on a boat to get around. Where puzzles prove hard, the player can utilise the hint system to gain clues that will help solve them. |
| AlterWorld Wrestling | 2000 | | | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | AlterWorld Wrestling is a game about wrestling in which the player doesn't control the wrestler(s) directly but strategically chooses his moves from a set list of moves while the fight itself runs automatically. The results of actions are being displayed as scrolling text messages. The game features an Exhibition Mode, a Tag Team mode and a career mode. Much emphasis is placed on creating your own players and teams. The player is being given the option to upload his own pictures for newly created wrestlers. Pre-made wrestlers however are also available. |
| Alzey | 2000 | AblazeSpace | AblazeSpace | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Alzey is a maze chase game created with VisualC++ 6.0 and OpenGL.Individual levels have different goals that must be fulfilled, at times even more than one. Goals include getting all the collectibles, eliminating a certain number of enemies or not harming the enemies whatsoever. The player is aided in this with various items and teleporters strewn about the levels. Items and objects tend to be static but can also move about through the mazes.The camera perspective of the game follows and changes according to the position of the player character within the maze. The degree of how far in or out the camera is zoomed in can also be changed freely.Also included with this game is a level editor. |
| America's Toughest 18 | 2000 | Roadshow Entertainment | Brilliant Interactive | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | America's Toughest 18 is a golf game that instead of offering several real courses, includes the hardest 18 holes on the continent (according to the developers, who included some background description and videos of each hole). Each number corresponds to the order in the real course. It has the usual modes, such as Strokeplay, Matchplay, Stableford, Tournament and Skins, two swing methods (hold, release, click and triple click) with three difficulty levels and the usual options such as fade or draw the ball. It is possible to edit and create new golfers, although options are limited to selecting one of six digitized animations, the shirt colour, swing method and difficulty and the starting tee.Graphically, the game uses real photos for all objects, from trees to the golfer itself. Sound includes chirping birds and foliage being agitated by the wind, and a commentator. |
| AmsterDoom | 2000 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The plot of AmsterDoom is simple: Aliens have conquered Amsterdam and the player has to drive them back. The defining feature of this game is that all levels are closely modeled after real-life locations; e.g. the dam, the red light district or the wax museum. The rest of the game features straightforward level design with five basic weapons to choose from. As it is marketed as family-friendly game, there is no blood or gore to be found. |
| Anne McCaffrey's Freedom: First Resistance | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | David Rose | | Teen | | Windows | The alien Catteni have arrived and crushed all organized resistance with their superior technology. Most cities lie in ruins, and many are dead. The Earth is under control of the "Provisional Authority", who rules in place of the aliens. Only the Resistance, a ragtag crew of freedom fighters over the world refused to give up... Join the crew of Angel Sanchez in their fight for freedom!Freedom: First Resistance is an action game with puzzle-solving. Most of the gameplay is dedicated to exploring the 3D levels, fighting enemies, and using items to solve puzzles. The stand-out gameplay feature of the game is the player's ability to control five different characters. The player must use different characters in each mission (up to three at a time), having them advancing as a team, or splitting up. Some inventory items can be used only by specific characters. |
| Anpfiff: Der RTL Fussball-Manager | 2000 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Anpfiff: Der RTL-Fussballmanager is a managerial soccer simulation with a catch: instead of a whole team the player only takes care of one player and, similar to an RPG, increases his stats with matches and training. When he is retired he takes the traditional role as coach or manager. Then the player has all the usual options available: setting the training, buying and selling players, searching sponsors and so on. The in real-time calculated matches are shown in a isometric perspective and the player can give orders like tactical changes or substituting players. The game features 54 leagues with ca. 20.000 players but without a license. |
| Ants | 2000 | | | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Ants is a simple freeware card-based strategy game in which you must raze the enemy anthill using offensive and defensive cards drawn randomly from the deck. Each ant colony has the resources bricks, weapons, and crystals, and each card draws a certain amount from your resource pool as you put in into play. The goal is to build your anthill to a height of 100, or raze your enemy hill to the ground. |
| Aquarium | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Square, K.K., Tose Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Theme Aquarium is a simulation where the player has to build and manage a sea life centre. This includes buying tanks, getting fish from suppliers, and training dolphins for shows. Players start with an empty floor they can decorate to turn it into a maritime wonderland. Revenue is generated by attracting visitors. They have to be able to see an interesting selection of creatures and their wishes are visible for the player to react. The player can catch fish and sea life, or buy it from a selection of sellers. The main attraction is usually the dolphin show. The animals need to be cared for and the player also has to hire staff to clean the centre and provide general maintenance. The gameplay is similar to Bullfrog's earlier titles Theme Park and Theme Hospital. |
| Arasan Chess | 2000 | | | Strategy | | | | Chess | | | | | | | Windows | Arasan Chess is a freeware chess program, it is informally rated strong enough for players at, or around, Master level to find challenging.Arasan, the name means 'king' in Tamil, has been around for a long time. Version 1.0 was released in 1994 for Windows 3.1, and it seems to have been in continuous development ever since. It has all the usual features such as being able to change the style of the chess pieces, customise the colour of the board, set a difficulty level, give hints, save/load games, take back moves and suchlike. It is a 'serious' chess program and does not have the flashy eye-candy of some commercial programs like 3D views, animated pieces, photo-realistic marble tables, mood music and the like. At the time of writing (2021) the latest version is v22.2 and has the following features:
It runs on Linux, MAC and 64 bit versions of Windows
It supports both Nalimov and Gaviota tablebases
Arasan has it's own user interface as well as being compatible with WinBoard, XBoard, Arena and other chess interfaces that promote on-line play.
The current game has an opening "book" with over 400,000 moves.
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| Arcade Collection | 2000 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation comes on two keep cases contained within a single covering sleeve. One case contains:
Sonic R
Sonic 3D Blast
Sega Rally Championship
While the other has:
Virtua Cop 2
Virtua Fighter 2
Virtua Tennis
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| Arcade Poker | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Arcade Poker is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Arcade Poker is a single player, strategy game, a cross between Tetris and Poker, where the object is to achieve a high score. The player is presented with a deck of cards which fall one at a time from the top of a 5 x 5 grid. Using the left / right arrow keys the player can control where in this grid each card lands. The object is to place the cards so that they make up combinations that are valid in poker hands, three of a kind, a straight, a flush etc. The player can see the next card, or cards, to be played and can change the order in which they are presented with the up / down arrow keys. The number of cards in the preview boxes can be altered in the game's configuration screen, the fewer that can be seen the harder the game.The game is controlled via the arrow keys but the action keys can be redefined and joystick support is also available. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized, and in this game the background and card faces cannot be altered The game has sound, a high score screen and in-game help screens. |
| Armies of Armageddon: WDK-2K | 2000 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Boku Strategy Games | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | In this Post-apocalyptic war setting, you must guide your forces through hordes of well-armed enemies using many different weapons of mass destruction. But be warned, this little gem ain't a push over, with highly intellegent AI pushing your team to the brink. Also included in the package is the Wargame Developers Kit, where you can create your own scenario's. |
| Army Men: Sarge's Heroes | 2000 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | One morning Sarge is resting in his cot when the Tan launch a surprise attack on the Green base. Sarge and the Colonel are forced to retreat just as the base is overrun. But in the chaos, Sarge's entire team of elite soldiers, Bravo Company, has been captured by the Tan. Worse yet, the Tan have made an amazing discovery: blue portals that lead to the real world! They use these portals to take amazing weapons of war from the real world into the plastic world including magnifying glasses, deadly robot action figures, and fire crackers. It's up to you, as Sarge, to rescue your team and put an end to the blue portals and Tan's evil schemes.Control Sarge in this Army Men third-person shooter. You will wage war across Tan-infested territories, both in the real and plastic world. Make Sarge proud as you battle the Tan army across 14 levels, utilizing 13 unique weapons like sky rockets and spray cans. Fight against not only infantrymen, tanks, and helicopters, but also killer toy robots and insects. This third game in the Army Men series adds several new features, including 3DO's unique Plastosheen lighting effects, which give the army men a real-life plastic shine. Also included is a multiplayer mode. Choose your character and even your color and duke it out with your friends. You can choose from many different weapons and battle each other in areas from the game or exclusive multiplayer levels. Even incorporated is the portal system, by which you can enter blue portals and come out anywhere in the level. |
| Army Men: World War | 2000 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Some things in life are inevitable: death, taxes, and the Green Army being at war with the Tan Army. Players take on the role of the Green Army and must put a stop to a Tan Army insurgence.Army Men: World War is a squad-based strategy game. The game includes 12 missions themed after World War II, plus a Boot Camp tutorial. Players take command of an entire infantry squad although the game also lets the player control an individual squad member who has the ability to run, crawl, and dive. The infantry squad is armed with guns and grenades. Guns include things like machine guns, flamethrowers, bazookas, and sniper rifles. Even vehicles like tanks and jeeps can be put to use. An occasional napalm or air strike can also be called in to destroy the enemy forces. Players should try to keep as much as their squad alive, as it's possible for squad members to carry over to future missions. The game also has a Battle mode for skirmishes and a multiplayer mode too. |
| Arthur's Wilderness Rescue | 2000 | Learning Company, Inc., The | ImaginEngine Corp. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Arthur's Wilderness Rescue is about Arthur and Mr. Ratburn's class taking a field trip to Mount Rockslide to explore the wilderness. It should have been all fine and dandy, but Mr. Ratburn ends up twisting his ankle on arrival at the campsite. It's now up to Arthur and his friend Buster to get some help, as you choose from three different ways of getting rescue to arrive. By using the mouse, you navigate around the campgrounds to find items that you need, certain items will need to be collected like getting a bag of food by finding another item that can be used to retrieve it. Most of the time will be pointing and clicking for items and using some of them by taking them out of the backpack. There's even an extra challenge of photographing wildlife during the game session (this can vary, mammals one time and flowers the next.)The objective is simple, you need to find the five parts that will be needed to fix or create the way to get help. That would mean different ways to get the items such as going through a maze or riding a canoe in a search for parts. The only other optional thing is photographing the wildlife, where you can get a printable certificate at the end. |
| Astérix and Obélix Take on Caesar | 2000 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Pathé Interactive, Tek 5 | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar is based on the film by Claude Zidi, which was in its turn adapted from the work and characters of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Julius Caesar's dream is just a sword's reach away, but he needs more sesterces to pay the legions. As a result, all of Gaul is charged a tax... All? Well, not quite! A small village of invincible Gauls is still holding out against the invaders.Meet all your favorite heroes and characters from the film Asterix & Obelix take on Caesar. Run, jump and clout the Romans in the same scenes as the film. Get to the heart of the action and put your skills and reflexes to the test. Fight trap-door spiders in the circus arena, chase Roman soldiers under the orders of Caïus Bonus and set free the druid Getafix who has fallen into the hands of the terrible Detritus. |
| Ata Hoshev SheAta Haham Yeladim | 2000 | Hed Arzi Multimedia | Misgav Maarachot, Pekan | Educational, Strategy | | | | Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | Ata Hoshev SheAta Haham Yeladim is another entry in the series of humorous trivia games, this time intended for children aged 7 to 11.The game may be played by up to 3 players and contains a variety of categories and questions, as well as hints and an explanation for each answer. |
| Atari's Greatest Hits | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | | Action, Compilation | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | This is a special two-pack that includes Atari Arcade Hits: Volume 1 and Atari Arcade Hits: Volume 2. The package includes original and enhanced versions of the following Atari games:Asteroids
Asteroids Deluxe
Battlezone
Centipede
Crystal Castles
Gravitar
Millipede
Missile Command
Pong
Super Breakout
Tempest
Warlords |
| Atlantis Rising | 2000 | | EvilX Systems | Action | | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Atlantis Rising is a single-player Defender clone set under water rather than in space. The story behind the game is that the Atlanteans have lived in peace at the bottom of the sea for over two thousand years. Now the pollution of the seas has become so bad that it has reached down to the depths where they live. They have been cleaning the seas as well as they can but they cannot keep pace with mankind's folly.This led to a war with mankind and now the domes of Atlantis have been breached. A brave pilot is needed to take the lone submarine and defend Atlantis. The task is to kill all the enemies, both mutated fish and submarines, catch the falling engineers and return them to Atlantis.This sets the scene for a side scrolling shooter which has sound and can be played with the keyboard or the joystick and the controls of both can be customised. |
| Attack of the Saucerman! | 2000 | Psygnosis Limited | Fube Industries Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The "NEDCO" have plans to make earthlings their staple food group. It is up to you to make sure that doesn’t happen.In this comedic science fiction 3D action game you play Ed, a blue-collar worker from the alien world of Grimloid. In his flying saucer, fly through 28 arcade-like levels and devastate your enemies with a variety of weapons, including one called the "Love Bomb".Besides the basic forward, back, left and right movements, strafe, jump and shoot the "Neds" for points. |
| B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th! | 2000 | MicroProse Software, Inc. | Wayward Design Limited | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | Mario D'Onofrio | Windows | B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th! is a single-player only flight sim featuring the famous WWII bomber, made by some of the team who also created B-17 Flying Fortress for MicroProse.You can take control over every of 16 positions available in this plane: Pilot, Gunner, Bomber or communications officer. You can also fly one of the escort fighters (P-38 Lightning, P-51 Mustang, and P-47 Thunderbolt) or German fighters (Bf 109, FW 190, and Me 262).The flight model is very accurate, as is the graphics and sounds used to represent plane damage.In addition to managing the aircraft and bombing missions, one also has to manage the bomber crew, take care of the wounded, make sure they don't panic under fire, almost like in an RPG. |
| Backgammon | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This version of Backgammon is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Backgammon is a single-player, strategy game that is played against the computer. The object of the game is for a player to remove all their pieces from the board before their opponent.This variation of the game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, four different starting boards, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background. |
| Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Collector's Edition) | 2000 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This collector's edition of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn includes a pack of trading cards with characters from the game, a cloth map of the game area, special edition CDs, and, if it was pre-ordered, a bonus CD with more characters and items. |
| Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga | 2000 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga combines the original Baldur's Gate and its expansion, Tales Of The Sword Coast, into one package.Baldur's Gate utilizes Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules, and sends you on an epic journey throughout many areas, where an iron shortage is threatening all trade. To make matters worse, the iron that does get through happens to be tainted. It's up to you, foster child of the wise Gorion, to find out the truth beyond the iron shortage and save the Sword Coast from a war. |
| Ball Breakers | 2000 | Take-Two Interactive Software Europe Ltd. | Lost Toys Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The universe is made up of human and synthetic lifeforms. Synthetic lifeforms are considered second class citizens by their human counterparts. The story takes place on the prison planet Alpha Prime, a world completely designed for the holding of criminals. You are a synthetic lifeform sentenced for an eternity for a crime you didn't commit and in order to earn your freedom, you must compete against other prisoners in competitions in 10 different incarceration facilities. To compete in these competitions however, you must undergo a procedure that removes your legs and replaces it with a rolling sphere. There are seven different events to compete in which are Pursuit, Last Man Rolling, Race, King of the Hill, Run the Gauntlet, Tag, and Powerball that pit you not only against your fellow inmates and guards, but against the levels themselves. Run the gauntlet charges you with making it to a goal point within a time limit, all the while avoiding other warriors and obstacles such as flame throwers, spikes, and gun turrets. Pursuit is identical, but it adds the challenge of the arena crumbling away. Powerball has you collecting balls throughout the arena and throwing them at a goalpost before time runs out. Tag has you collecting a set number of tokens that have been scattered throughout the arena within a set time limit. |
| Balloon Kaboom | 2000 | eBrainyGames, LLC | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Balloon Kaboom is a single player, timed, colour matching game.Initially the screen is filled with coloured balloons. The object is to remove all the balloons and to keep on playing until time runs out or until a screen cannot be cleared. Balloons are cleared by clicking on groups of two or more of the same colour, all adjacent balloons of the same color will pop in chain reactions and, the longer the chain the higher the points. Other game features include Star balloons which double run points, clouds along the side of the screen which can blow balloons left or right, and bonuses for clearing both a colour and a level.The game has a high score table and when it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active.
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| Bar Room Games: Gold Edition | 2000 | | BieberSoft Entertainment | Action, Sports | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bar Room Games: Gold Edition is a collection of bar-themed minigames:
Pool: A one-player game of eight-ball billiards. You control the angle of the cue stick and hold down your mouse to change the strength of the strike. You get 25 points for pocketing a ball in the first round, 24 points in the second round, and so on, down to a minimum of 5 points. If the cue ball falls into the hole, you lose 5 points. The black ball must be pocketed last, otherwise you lose all points and can get no more.
Darts: A one-player game of darts. A crosshair appears at a random spot and to aim, you have to drag it with your mouse to your target before the time runs out.
Bowling: A one-player ten-pin bowling game. You choose where to launch the bowling ball and try to knock down as many pins as possible.
Bartender: You have five glasses. Random drinks appear over the glasses and are poured into them after a time limit runs out. You can switch two adjacent glasses at any time. If a glass gets filled with three drinks that together form a viable cocktail recipe, the glass is emptied and you gain score. Overfilling a glass causes it to break and vanish. Empty glasses sometimes appear in place of the drinks, these can be used to empty a filled glass or replace a broken one. The game is over when all your glasses are broken.
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| Bar Room Games: Pool | 2000 | BieberSoft Entertainment | BieberSoft Entertainment | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Bar Room Games: Pool simulates pool billiard for one player. The principle is simple: the table is shown in a top-down perspective and the player positions the cue with the mouse. When pressing the right mouse button he gets a preview of the movement of the white ball and by pressing the left mouse button he starts to build up force. The force of the hit depends on how long he holds the button before releasing it. The goal is to pot all balls. |
| Barbie Generation Girl Gotta Groove CD-ROM | 2000 | Mattel Interactive France / TLC-Edusoft | Stunt Puppy Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Barbie Generation Girl Gotta Groove CD-ROM is a creativity game that offers Barbie fans the opportunity to choose a character (Barbie, Marissa, Nichelle, Susie, Chelsie or Marie), dress her up, choose music and perform her own dances. Girls can train, print cards, and record up to 9 dance sessions. The program can also import pictures from the Barbie Photo Designer digital camera. Barbie Generation Girl Gotta Groove CD-ROM is aimed at ages 5 and up. |
| Barbie Magic Genie Bottle | 2000 | Mattel Interactive | Gorilla Systems Corporation | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | You find yourself in possession of an ornate bottle and take it to an antique shop to have the bottle evaluated and appraised. The storekeeper informs you that the bottle is magic and that all you need to do is rub it. Suddenly, Barbie emerges from the bottle in genie form and explains her plight -- an evil genie in the employ of a sinister sultan stole her powers. She requests your help to retrieve her powers and defeat the bad sultan and genie.Barbie Magic Genie Bottle is a computer game that is packaged with a custom-purpose input peripheral -- an actual genie bottle that attaches to a Windows PC via a standard PC 15-pin joystick port. The bottle is used to invoke special actions during the game and is thus a required component of the gameplay.Barbie transports the player to the distant land where you will be assisting her. Barbie needs the player to visit 5 different lands and collect 5 different gems. In order to collect the gem in each land, the player must solve a puzzle. Solving the puzzle requires collecting 5 puzzle pieces scattered about the land.Gameplay involves navigating through a first-person 3D city on foot and via flying carpet, which raises the player up to a higher plane. All the while, Barbie is in tow lending advice. Throughout different cities, the player also has to interact with other people and complete sub-quests that they assign in order to advance the game. |
| Barbie as Princess Bride | 2000 | Mattel Interactive | Random Games, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Barbie as Princess Bride introduces the player to a young Princess Barbie and her childhood friend, Prince Ken. The 2 grow up close together, fully intending to wed the day they come of age. One day, Prince Ken is called out to sea on a long journey but promises the princess that he will return to marry her one day.Years pass and Princess Barbie receives word from a Butterfly Fairy that Ken is finally on his way back home. Ecstatic, Princess Barbie hurries to make wedding preparations. The Butterfly Fairy gives Barbie a magic mirror with 12 jewels around it. The 12 jewels correspond to 12 parts of the game. As Barbie completes more of the activities, the image of her Prince in the mirror becomes more clear.The 12 parts to the game are as follows:
A matching game where invitations must be matched to envelopes based on the pictures of the woodland animals to whom the invitations will be delivered.
Search for woodland creatures in the forest so that they can be recruited to deliver invitations to their species.
Bake a wedding cake by following the recipe and adding the ingredients in the right order, ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs, butter, harmony, and the gift of giving.
Pick decorations for the cake from the Butterfly Fairy's magical garden.
Decorate the cake with the chosen decorations.
Not really an activity, but a musical interlude where Princess Barbie sings of how excited she is about her upcoming nuptials.
Princess Barbie sees that the ring bearer has inadvertently dropped a bunch of important wedding items (like the ring) into the well. Use the bucket to fish out each item.
Princess Barbie must meet with the musicians and straighten out their sound by matching sheet music to appropriate instruments and organizing the music pages in the correct order.
Ken's ship has met with some rough seas and Princess Barbie must help navigate the ship home safely.
Toss coins into various levels of a wishing fountain in order to make Princess Barbie's wish come true.
Customize the wedding dress and bouquet for both Barbie and her flower girl.
The wedding has transpired; the only thing left to do is customize the wedding photo. |
| Barbie: Pet Rescue CD-ROM | 2000 | Mattel Interactive | Human Code, Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | Barbie Pet Rescue lets kids play with and care for a variety of domesticated animals. Visit Barbie and her kid sister Stacey at the Pet Rescue Center, where you'll wait for rescue missions, explore in the playrooms, or tend to pets in the Care Center.Rescue missions come in over the phone or via e-mail; after learning which pet is missing where, travel with Barbie on her scooter to one of three different environments in which to search for one of eight lost pets. In many missions, you'll have to figure out how to entice scared animals to come to you, or how to retrieve pets trapped in trees or other sticky situations. If you get stuck yourself, Barbie will give you hints. With each successful mission, you'll receive a printable Paw & Purr Award that hangs on the Pet Rescue Center wall.Rescued pets come back to the Pet Rescue Center with you and Barbie to wait for their owners and receive a little TLC. Nurse them back to health in the Care Center, where you'll give recovered pets water, treats, vitamins and grooming. You may also need to bandage a hurt leg or pick burrs from ruffled fur. After creating a file for them in the computer and giving them a name you select from a list of suggestions, the animals go to one of two playrooms to wait for their owners.In the meantime, you can play with them, plus all the other pets already in the playroom--a kitten, bunny, hamster, puppy, and a turtle. Select which animal you'd like to pet, then use the cursor to stroke an animal's head or back or scratch it under the chin. The animals respond to your attention by licking, rolling over, purring, or barking.
There is a related mini-game for each kind of animal--Kitten Keepaway, Puppy Treat Toss, Hamster Trail, etc.--and if you do well enough, you'll see the animal perform a special trick. A few of the games require the use of logic and spatial aptitude, but for the most part they challenge the players' mouse mastery and hand-eye coordination. |
| Barney: On Location - All Around Town | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp., Magellan Interactive, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This game is based on the North American television show Barney & Friends, starring the titular anthropomorphic purple dinosaur. The players can explore the world with not only Barney, but with BJ and Baby Bop, accessing locales from the show such as the bakery.It is also possible to play twelve different mini-games and activities witch are complete with lots of magical surprises in store for the player. |
| Bass Avenger | 2000 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Hypnotix, Inc. | Sports | Top-down | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | From the people who brought you Deer Avenger and Panty Raider: From Here to Immaturity ... This parody has you, one bad bass, luring fishermen with lures such as suitcase of money, girlie magazines, and more. |
| Battle Isle: Platinum | 2000 | Blue Byte Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special compilation was released in order to support the launch of the fourth part in the Battle Isle Series: The Andosia War.The compilation includes all parts of the series as well as the mission disks/CDs:
Battle Isle
Battle Isle: Scenario Disk Volume One
Battle Isle '93 - The Moon of Chromos
The Great War: 1914-1918
Battle Isle 2200
Battle Isle 2: Scenery CD - Titan's Legacy
Battle Isle 2220: Shadow of the Emperor
Incubation: Time Is Running Out
Incubation: The Wilderness Missions |
| Battle Painters | 2000 | JJsoft | JJsoft | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Battle Painters is a game where the player needs to paint the most percentage of the playing field in his color, with the time limit of the level, in order to win the game. There are until 4 players in the game when the players controlled by either the computer or human opponents. There is also an option to play in team (two players vs two players) and the winner is the team that get the most percentage of the playing field. If two player will clash they will move slower for a few seconds. There are bonuses during the game that help the player that catch them (like give a color for a player in the playing field, move faster for a few second and the other players can't move for a few second). |
| Battle of the Youstrass | 2000 | Team DarkLand, Inc. | Team DarkLand, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Battle of the Youstrass is a shareware Japanese-style tactical role-playing game.The game takes place on the world of Youstrass where two countries share a single continent and where technology and magic co-exist. One of the countries, Kradion, is largely frozen. Its people are famous for their mercenary soldiers and mechanical fighters. The other country, Welfrad, is prosperous and fertile. Kradion depends on imported food. When the great famine struck there was no food available and times were hard, so Kradion attacked Welfrad, all but destroying Welfrad's royal knight units. Just a few ace units survived because they were not in the capital when the attack came.Among these is Ryuke, aka Blue Wing, chief knight of the royal army, who pilots the elemental fighter Huben Drake. The game starts with Ryuke separated from surviving units. He must survive and join his comrades to wage guerrilla war on the enemy.The game consists of large-scale tactical battles, which are played on an isometrically viewed map, only part of which can be seen at once. There is a mini map in the lower left of the screen which shows the whole game area and the location of any other units, both friends and foe. During actual battles between units the game switches to a different view which displays the combat. As combat progresses the character collects experience points, special items, and additional special abilities. |
| BattlePets | 2000 | Aggressive Game Designs | Aggressive Game Designs | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | BattlePets is a Pokémon clone in which you can capture and train fantasy pets then engage in battles against other creatures. There is a total of 30 different pets to capture and up to 35 unique abilities to teach them. When you are done exploring the forest maze you can challenge one of six evil wizards to free the the island of Enchantia. |
| Battleship: Surface Thunder | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Meyer Glass Interactive Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Board game, Shooter | | Naval / watercraft | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this latest PC re-creation of the classic Hasbro board game, there are two games for which you can delve into.Battleship Classic: The original naval based game, where two players must guess where the opposing battleships are in the battlefield, and destroy them. Surface Thunder: Loosely based on the boardgame, this 3D action shooter has you in control of a lone battleship, which is stuck inside enemy territory. It is your job to get it out. |
| Bawang Bie Ji | 2000 | Zhengpu Software | Zhengpu Software | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | 223 BC, the battle between Chu kingdom and the country of Qin began. From sunrise to sunset, the battle continued for five days and five nights. Finally, the forces of Chu were defeated. Qin became an empire, ruled by the ruthless First Emperor, Qin Shihuang. That time, Xiang Yu was just a little boy. But as he grew up, he realized he must do something to bring freedom back to his country Chu, and to stop the terrible regime of Qin Dynasty. But he does not know that his duties as a patriot and his feelings for a woman may lead to a tragic conflict...Based on a popular classic Chinese story, "Bawang Bie Ji" is a Chinese RPG in spirit of Xuanyuan Jian and Xianjian Qixia Zhuan. You navigate Xiang Yu and his party over the world map, entering towns and hostile areas. Enemy encounters are random. The battles are turn-based and are viewed from an isometric perspective. |
| Beach Head 2000 | 2000 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Digital Fusion, Inc., Exelweiss Entertainment, S.L. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | José Vicente Pons Alfonso, Carles Pons Ridaura | | Teen | | Windows | Any one remember Beach Head on the C64? Here's the 2000 version. You are one guy in a turret on the beast against the invading army. They come at you with attack choppers, multiple landing crafts, dozens and dozens of soldiers, tanks, attack jets, and more. All you got is your turret, which is armed with machine guns, missiles, and more. Shoot them all, and you'll get to the next level, which features even MORE bad guys to shoot... Occasionally you'll get supplies airdropped, and you must shoot the swinging crate BEFORE it hits the ground... Did I mention your ammo is limited? |
| Beetle Buggin' | 2000 | Infogrames, Inc. | Efecto Caos S.L. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | An officially licensed VW Beetle racing game is here! Participate in five distinct events: speed, jump, buggy, monster, and cross. There are 17 different Beetle models to try, over 20 tracks, and realistic physics, with gameplay conducted in a two-player split screen mode or with up to six players via LAN. Features include weather conditions, day and night racing, and more! |
| Bejeweled: Deluxe | 2000 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | GoalThe object of the game is to score as many points as possible by swapping adjacent gems to create sets, either horizontal or vertical, of 3 or more identical gems.ControlsSwap any two adjacent gems by clicking on one, then the one you want to swap it with. The gems must be adjacent vertically or horizontally (not diagonally).You must create a valid set of three or more identical gems with each move, or the gems will revert back to their original position.Sets can be either horizontal or vertical, and can contain more than 3 gems. When you have successfully created a set, they will disappear and new gems will fall into place, possibly creating a chain reaction or 'cascade' of more sets.You can also swap gems by clicking on one, then dragging it in the direction you want to swap. This can be faster and more efficient once you're used to it!HintsYou can get a Hint at any time by clicking the purple Hint button on the left-hand control bar. This will cause a gem onscreen to flash briefly, indicating that it can be used to create a set.However, every time you use the Hint button, you will lose points!In Timetrial mode, you will also lose several seconds of time.OptionsThe Options are accessible from the first game selection screen, or by clicking the Menu button while playing the game. They include: * Music Volume and Sound Effects: you can adjust these volume sliders separately to fit your preferences.
* Fullscreen: If this is checked, Bejeweled Deluxe will use your entire computer screen. If it is not checked, Bejeweled Deluxe will be played in a window. It’s up to you to decide which you prefer.
* Custom Cursors: If this box is checked, you will see special custom Bejeweled Deluxe cursors in the game rather than Windows standard cursors. If you have a special theme installed that changes your Windows cursors, you may need to activate this option to see the cursor properly in the game.
* Help: This will show you instructions on how to play Bejeweled Deluxe.
* High Scores: This will show you your best scores in both normal and timetrial modes.Game ModesYou can play Bejeweled in either Normal or Timetrial mode. Switch modes by clicking the appropriate button on the left-hand control bar. You will have to abandon your game in progress to switch game modes.Normal ModeIn Normal mode, there is no timer and you can take as long as you like to make each move. The game will end when there are no more available moves.Every set or cascade you create will cause the Bonus Bar at the bottom of the screen to increment upwards. When the Bonus Bar is full, you will proceed to the next level.Each successive level increases the value of all sets and combos!Timetrial ModeTimetrial mode is for experienced Bejeweled players who want a fast-paced challenge. In Timetrial, the Bonus Bar at the bottom of the screen continually counts down towards zero. When it hits the bottom, your game is over.You can replenish the Bonus Bar by creating sets and combos. The bigger the combo or cascade, the more the Bonus Bar will be regenerated.Filling the Bonus Bar will take you to the next level. Sets and combos are worth more on each successive level, but the timer will also count down much faster!You can press any key to pause the game while playing Timetrial. |
| Benjamin Blümchen: Das Gespensterspiel | 2000 | KIDDINX Entertainment GmbH | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Benjamin Blümchen: Das Gespensterspiel is based on the long-running German children's audio play series starring talking elephant Benjamin Blümchen and his friends. In the game, Benjamin and his friend Otto are visiting their friend Kasimir. Kasimir is a ghost on castle Eintracht and is hunted by an other ghost. He asks them to help him to deal with the ghost.This title is a simple adventure game. The puzzles are specially designed for children about the age of seven and include puzzles like spotting mistakes on images. |
| Benjamin Blümchen: Das Reporterspiel | 2000 | KIDDINX Entertainment GmbH | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Benjamin Blümchen: Das Reporterspiel is an adventure game for children. Benjamin Blümchen and Otto want to help Karla Kolumna with her newspaper work and have to take photos for that. To find the right motives, different tasks at different locations have to be solved. |
| Best of Sierra: Die Ultimative PC-Spielesammlung | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation is a re-packaging of the five volumes of the compilation series with the same name, Best of Sierra.
Best of Sierra Nr. 7:
Best of Sierra Nr. 9:
Best of Sierra Nr. 10:
Best of Sierra Nr. 11:
Best of Sierra Nr. 12:
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| Big Brother: The Game | 2000 | SoftMACHINE Publishing International BV | Lost Boys Games | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Big Brother: The Game is based on the German version of the TV show where multiple people live in one house and get filmed all day. The gameplay? Well, it is Pac-Man. The player controls one candidate through a labyrinth and collects different things which are lying on the ground. What exactly depends on the stage, examples are grass or dog turds. While doing this he gets pursued by the other candidates; when touching them he loses one of his three lives. When completing stages the player unlocks twenty videos from the show. The game also features bios and pictures of the candidates and an internet high-score list. |
| Big Brother: The Game 2 | 2000 | SoftMACHINE Publishing International BV | Witan Entertainment BV | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Big Brother: The Game 2 is the official game about the second season of the German version of the TV show. Instead of one playing mode like the first game this features four:
Budget Breaking: The player has to catch food which comes flying from the top of the screen. He has to match their prices to the budget.
Do the Dishes: The same as above just with dishes and without the budget.
Take 12: A sliding puzzle where the player has to assemble photos from the show.
Photo Fun: This game gets unlocked when the player beats the other three games. This is a Moorhuhn variant where he has to photograph things that fly through the screen. When a photographed motive is far away more points are granted.
Just like the first game the player can pick any candidate he wishes. The game also features several bonus videos from the show, an internet high-score list and spoken commentary by the presenters Oliver Geissen and Aleksandra Bechtel. |
| Biko 2 | 2000 | | Illusion | Simulation | Behind view | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Biko 2 is a Japanese 3D stalking simulation. You play as Inagaki Tetsuya, a guy who stalks pretty girls. The game starts in "adventure mode" where you are looking for objects that you will need later. When you see a girl that you like, you attempt to follow her through the city, trying not to alert her about your presence and not to lose her at the same time. Catching up with the girl invariably leads to a rape scene, which is depicted through pre-rendered images as well as interactive 3D. Depending on the choices made by the player during the sexual intercourse, the scene will end in different ways, even including the possibility of the girl becoming romantically attached to the protagonist.There are five girls in the game, each with unique images, city stalking levels and final scenes. |
| Bird Hunter: Wild Wings Edition | 2000 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Hunting deer not enough for you? Get ready with your bird guns as you get your chances to shoot at 15 different species of birds... Virtually. Different birds require different strategies, and you can even get a few AI dogs to help you flush out the prey for you to shoot. And the dogs will even retrieve the prey... If you hit it, that is. You even get to pick the different species of dogs, different weapons, different locations, and equipment such as calls, decoys, and blinds. |
| Black Box Chess | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Chess | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Black Box Chess is a single player chess-based puzzle game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.This game combines elements of both Chess and Minesweeper. The player is presented with a standard 8x8 chessboard to the right of which are a few chess pieces. On the board are question marks which show the position in which the pieces can be placed. By clicking on the empty squares the player can determine how many pieces attack that square when all the chessmen are correctly positioned - however each enquiry costs the player points. The object of the game is to solve the puzzle while retaining as high a score as possible.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, different styles of board, and in-game help screens. |
| Blackjack Fever | 2000 | | WickedWare, LLC | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Blackjack Fever is a single-player, mouse controlled simulation of the popular casino game. It appears in many of eGames compilations including
Casino Jackpot 2 which is where this version of the game comes from. It is one of a series of similar games developed for eGames by WickedWare, LLC and in compilations it is often just referred to as BlackjackThe player starts with $50 in chips and can bet in any amount on a hand of blackjack, the minimum being $5 and the maximum $1000. There are six decks in play and a reshuffle happens when around 75% of the cards have been played. The player can Hit, Double or Split (if dealt a pair), the dealer wins on blackjack and must hit on sixteen. Both players are limited to five cards, if the dealer takes five cards without busting their hand is valued as a 'soft 21' .This game has optional sound, in-game help but no high score table and a players winnings are not retained for the next game. Additional chips are available if a player runs short. |
| Blair Witch: Limited Edition Triple Pack | 2000 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:Blair Witch, Volume I: Rustin Parr
Blair Witch, Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock
Blair Witch, Volume III: The Elly Kedward Tale |
| Blair Witch: Volume I - Rustin Parr | 2000 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Terminal Reality, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | Interwar | | | | Mature | | Windows | Blair Witch, Volume I: Rustin Parr, the first of three games based on Blair Witch folklore, takes its name from a character mentioned only briefly in the movie. Parr was arrested for the ritualistic murders of seven children in 1941. You play as Elspeth "Doc" Holliday, an agent for a secret government agency called "Spookhouse". She is dispatched to Burkittsville, Maryland weeks after Parr's execution to see if there is any truth to the claims of supernatural forces at work there.By day Elspeth will talk to the locals, attempting to befriend them and get any useful information about the investigation out of them. At night she will travel through the expansive woods surrounding Burkittsville, dispatching a never ending swarm of monsters as she searches for more clues as to the source of the aberrations. As an agent of Spookhouse Elspeth has access to a wide range of advanced weaponry that ghosts and monsters are vulnerable to, but often it is better to run than fight. |
| Blair Witch: Volume II - The Legend of Coffin Rock | 2000 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Human Head Studios, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The second in the three part PC game series based on the 1999 horror movie The Blair Witch Project. Blair Witch, Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock brings the player back to the year 1886. Your character, simply called Lazarus, must find a young girl who has gone missing in the dangerous woods of Burkittsville, home to the mysterious Blair Witch. Not only must he find her before time runs out, but he must also solve his past: who he is, where he is from, and why he is dressed in a Civil War uniform?Lazarus must explore locations in the town to find items and talk to the local inhabitants. Sometimes Lazarus will black out and flash back to his time in the war, where he must lead a small group of men to flush out a retreating company of Confederacy soldiers. Against soldiers in the past and monsters in the present Lazarus has the same weapons: a cavalry sword and a six shooter pistol. |
| Blair Witch: Volume III - The Elly Kedward Tale | 2000 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Ritual Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | Robert M. Atkins | | Mature | | Windows | The 3rd and final volume of the Blair Witch series, The Elly Kedward Tale takes us back even further in time to the year 1786, where Elly Kedward was banished from the Blair township for being a witch. All of a sudden, the young children of the small town start to disappear, and it is up to our hero, Jonathan Pyre, to hunt down the witch and save the town. Using the same haunting effects from the past two episodes of the trilogy, as well as adding a unique spell casting system. |
| Blizzard: Anthology | 2000 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Blizzard Anthology is a compilation, which contains the following Blizzard Entertainment games:
Diablo
StarCraft
StarCraft: Brood War
WarCraft II: Battle.net Edition
All these games can be played at Blizzard Entertainment's Online Servers, the Battle.net. |
| Blue's Clues: Blue's Art Time Activities | 2000 | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | Brian D. Decker | Windows | In Blue's Art Time Activities - based on the children's television series Blue's Clues - Blue and her human friend Steve invite the player to join them as they prepare for the Really Big Art Show at Blue's school. With the help of some other characters from the series, the player will assemble and embellish many pieces to be displayed in the art show while learning some art basics such as color-mixing, shapes, textures, and primary colors. Each activity allows the player to create and save several pieces in Blue's portfolio.The player is provided with a checklist inside the portfolio, showing the characters to assist and activities to be finished before the Art Show may commence:
Help Periwinkle illustrate her storybook using crayons and stickers
Create an invitation to the Really Big Art Show with Marky Marker
Find some recyclable pieces for Al Luminum and assemble a diorama using a blueprint
Mix colors to advance through a hopscotch board game
Put together shapes to create a mural and story with Chalk Girl - watch it animate
Once all the activities have been finished, the player is ready to participate in the Art Show and select his favorite art piece to award a ribbon to.Blue's Art Time Activities uses a point-and-click and click-and-drag method as in other Blue's Clues games and allows the player to print his completed pieces; an option that can be turned off by a parent. The game is intended for the 3 - 6 year-old, complementing a preschool artistic curriculum as well as providing creative free play. |
| Blue's Reading Time Activities | 2000 | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | This Blue's Clues title from Humongous is based on the USA TV show version of Blue's Clues. The in-game images are taken from the show, or in the same form of real, clay and paper items. The same style of early-education interaction and feedback is used in the game as the TV show has.This collection of activities focuses on reading skills, under the guise of creating newspapers for the Blue's Clues folks. In-game activities include:
- Dictionary (screens of thematic items that have mixed up labels or labels that need to be attached).
- Neighborhood News (Collect all the powerful words i.e. verbs to move Blue along the path)
- Word Match (match all the corresponding pictures and word cards until you have none left - a card game)
- Sticker Story Maker (a madlib system that uses stickers with words/images on them to build the story)When you get enough newspapers made, you'll get puzzle pieces. When all 45 newspapers are made, you get the entire puzzle and a payoff.
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| Boarder Zone | 2000 | Infogrames, Inc. | Housemarque Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Boarder Zone is a snowboard simulator with four events, five modes, nine different courses, and dozens of different tricks to perform. There are multiple weather conditions, real authentic Y2K boards, and even real boarders. |
| Bomb Wuzel 2 | 2000 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Bomb Wuzel 2 is the continuation of Bomb Wuzel 3D and instructions to the game are also the same. In this title puzzle skills are even more required.In this second part Wuzel must eliminate explosive figure without destroying himself on boards with different tile layouts. There are larger levels, more enemies and many extras that make things more difficult. There are new floor tiles characteristics such as infested ones along with extended abilities for more complex strategies.A further innovation is Wuzeline, which is an alternative character that can be selected for playing. Wuzeline does not have other characteristics than Wuzel, it only looks different. |
| Brain Bones | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Brain Bones is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Brain Bones is a single-player, strategy, dice based game where the object is to achieve a high score. The player is presented with five dice. The object is to 'roll' these dice and swap them around until two pairs are displayed. With each roll one of the dice is discarded, the game ends when one discard number has been used eight times. Initially the player starts with a negative score and only reaches a score of zero after five sets of two pairs have been rolled.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, different backgrounds and types of piece, a high score screen and in-game help screens. |
| Breakout | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Supersonic Software Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this updated version of Breakout, players take the role of "Bouncer", whose main objective is to rescue both his friends and Daisy and defeat the evil Batnix. Gameplay is similar to the original game from 1977, but with 3D graphics and multiplayer support. Play through exotic locations like a dark prison cell, a menacing dragon-owned castle, an animal infested farm, and outer space. The game also contains numerous challenging modes, secrets and bonuses. |
| Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling | 2000 | Adrenalin Entertainment | Adrenalin Interactive, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Choose from one of the 13 genuine tournament bowlers, with real lanes, real player animations, real lane conditions and changes, real bowling balls (genuine Brunswick!) each with its physical properties. All the tournament rules are available along six game modes (Exhibition, Skins —the Brunswick "Skins" game—, Tournament, Career, Practice, Cosmic). The playing character is picked from the Brunswick ProStaff or self-created by the player. |
| Bubble Hero 3 | 2000 | Siria Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Lonai Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bubble Hero 3 continues the last game's formula. Once again, it's a direct take on Bubble Bobble; this game adds a few extra playable characters and replaces the previous game's hand-drawn 2D artwork with prerendered 3D. |
| Buckmasters Deer Hunting | 2000 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Yet another title from Wizardworks, the creator of Deer Hunter... This one let you hunt... more deer! Have outdoorsman Jackie Bushman guide you through the forests and teach you the basics in four different locations with a full complement of rifles, bows, and other authentic outdoor gear. Go online and hunt with friends over Internet multiplayer. |
| BufoStorch | 2000 | BufoProject GmbH | BufoProject GmbH | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Rail shooter, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | BufoStorch is a shooting game very similar to Moorhuhn. The player takes on the role of a hunter, shooting down storks. The player can aim and shoot his rifle with the mouse and reload with the right mouse button. Shooting storks gives the player score, but points can also be lost if the player shoots a passing plane. Once 90 seconds have elapsed, the score is tallied and the player can begin anew. |
| Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters | 2000 | Infogrames, Inc. | Artificial Mind & Movement | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters Daffy Duck has ruined the Time Machine, and Granny asks Bugs and the Tazmanian Devil to collect all the parts of the machine.The game is an action adventure using a dual-control system. Players control both Bugs and the Taz, switching between the two characters to solve various tasks and beat cartoon villains that stand in their way. The stages have various themes representing different times and eras, such as Viking, Arabia and Transylvania, and contain various mini games. |
| Bulldozer | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bulldozer is a single player puzzle game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages. Some compilations such as Blazing Games include the sequel Bulldozer II and the game's level editor.The player drives the eponymous Bulldozer and must push rocks onto targets. The vehicle is driven via the arrow keys. There are sixty levels in the game. Every four levels the player is given a password which allows them to restart at that point.The game is entirely keyboard controlled. It is played in a window and has a choice of resolutions, sound, and in-game help screens. |
| Bulldozer II | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bulldozer II is a single player puzzle game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages. Some compilations such as Blazing Games include the predecessor Bulldozer and / or the game's level editor.The player again drives the eponymous Bulldozer and must push more rocks onto targets. The vehicle is driven via the arrow keys. There are sixty levels in the game and every four levels the player is given a password which allows them to restart at that point.The game is entirely keyboard controlled. It is played in a window and has a choice of resolutions, sound, and in-game help screens. |
| BullyFrog | 2000 | ZapSpot | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | BullyFrog is one of a set of simple but free games provided by ZapSpot. This game is an implementation of the classic board game Peg Solitaire in which the player jumps frogs over one another rather than use pegs. The game has three difficulty settings and lets the player play through the levels/swamps randomly or sequentially. There's also the 'Bully Challenge' in which the player has to play through one hundred and fifty swamps - difficult ones can be skipped but there's a points penalty for doing so.These games play in a custom window with advertising showing to the right and below the game area. |
| Business Tycoon | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | You might have played, 'corporate empire games' before in "Detroit" or "Motor City" as in cars to "Air Bucks" for aircraft industries. Unlike them, this game focuses solely on the business side in kin with military style-"Risk" or "Centurion: Defender of Rome" minus the battle sequences or hands-on product testing.Business Tycoon is an update on the original "Entrepreneur" game that goes beyond the single industry of 'computers' to include 'airplanes' and 'automobiles' in a more refined and a less cluttered interface. Players can select a chosen industry and area of expertise from marketing and manufacturing thus doubling your output or engineering for quicker research. Up to seven computer-controlled opponents each their own artificial intelligence or against a friend on LAN IPX network and Stardock's Internet gaming server.The game begins at the infancy of your industry, and witness the evolution of technology. Map view shows your starting region, where you branch out to neighboring countries by researching them to open up new markets. A series of demographics highlighting each region by different colors illustrate exactly the market share, sales and leader to level of distribution and penetration. You can also setup new distribution centers, sites, and send a salesperson or marketing campaign to any available regions. Useful to improving you're dominance.Your main site contains a small factory and sales office; these can be enlarged to increase production. Other buildings you construct are - 'Research center' for advanced technologies for cheaper and more reliable products; 'Marketing office' to assist in greater brand awareness and market perception covering print, radio and television media's; 'Training office' increases factory efficiency and in the long run reduce costs to 'Staff café' improving staff morale. All require allocated personnel taking a share of your gross revenue.Most things are done internally with little intervention. Research projects need to be initialed and are appointed in any order, provided they are selectable as more engineers employed the quicker they are completed. Factory works by itself after recruiting workers, no need to order or source parts for assembly. Goods are sold directly to the market. Sales statistics lets you modify a products price, and offers insight into the number of units as determined by the number of factory workers, being: produced, sold or stored inventory to demand of your products.Future world events occur by the way of 'direct action cards' usable to enhance labor, marketing, research resources or underground deals has destructive consequences for your opponents like strikes or pushing competitor products off the shelves, political bonuses in form of government grants to unfair favors.
Humor takes some of the seriousness out of the game and adds another dimension to it. Jokes about monkeys are quite common.In order to win the game, you need to a get the right balance of price and performance with the greatest market share to outwit your opponents. The best product may not necessarily achieve a victory if the price is too high or insufficient production to meet demand.The next game in series is "The Corporate Machine".Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Group Stardock business simulations
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| Bustout! | 2000 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bustout! is a Breakout game where, similarly to other games of this type, the player moves around a paddle to bounce a beach ball, with which he must destroy all the bricks to complete a level. With each level, the paddle gets shorter and the ball moves faster. The background on each level depicts a scantily clad lady whose chest is obscured with the bricks; busting the bricks lets the player see her bust. |
| Bygg flygplan med Mulle Meck | 2000 | Levande Böcker i Norden AB | Unique Development Studios AB | Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Bygg Flygplan med Mulle Meck is the third game in the series featuring the children's book character Mulle Meck (known as Gary Gadget in the US). The gameplay is about building a plane from various (unlikely) parts, and flying missions for his friends to get more parts for the plane as a reward. The setting is a rural area where the main character lives, with his friends in locations at short flying distances away on a map.The main character Mulle Meck starts outside his hangar, with you as an invisible handyman to do the work. The available parts are inside the hangar, and needs to be taken outside to be assembled on a rotatable stand. If you are missing some vital part, you get a hint on what is lacking when you try to fly.The game has an educational part explaining the principles of flight to help you select the proper parts for your plane, and the beginning of
aviation history, though the realism factor is low, as the plane can be built of very odd bits and still fly fine, but varying the parts give the plane a different performance. When you take off, the scene changes to an overhead 3D-map, with a simplified instrument board on the lower screen; the fuel runs out quickly, and you need to refuel at your home base, so you will return there often. If you fly low, there are birds around you, and the hills can be crashed into, which means you'll start again at the home base.On the map there are red dots which are locations of interest to visit, with airports. Once you get close, you see a mast with a windsock, and flying low over it switches you to a landing scene, where you can reduce speed and stop. Often there is a friendly character at the spot that Mulle can talk to, and get a mission from, like delivering air mail to someone else. There is no real guidance, you have to explore the map yourself to find out where all the characters are located, since you get fetch/deliver missions quite often, and sometimes the distance is further off than the fuel lasts.There is a quick-way to warp to the home base without crashing from lack of fuel, by using a toolbox in a corner of the screen. You can only keep one plane at a time, and need to scavenge it for parts if you want to build another. Since the accumulated spare parts are quite a handful, there are shelves for keeping some order in the hangar. It is possible to save the variants you have already built for quick recall, and share them over the internet with your friends.Originally there were also extra aircraft items to download from the publishing company's home site, but the site is now offline. One can also get several diplomas: for landing on water, landing on snow & ice, a racing diploma, aerial photography diploma, a pioneering diploma, and an honorary membership diploma from a flying circus. |
| Cabela's Big Game Hunter 4 | 2000 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Elsinore Studio | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Hunting | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The sequel to Cabela's Big Game Hunter III, this version has new 3-D rendered locations to explore: the forests of Michigan, Sierra Nevada highlands and desert, the Pennsylvania foothills and the Labrador Tundra in Canada.There are three main views of the game: A top-down view of the player where they can navigate around the map, avoiding hazards like quicksand and thin ice as well as view animals, both game and dangerous ones. There is a first-person view where the player enters various stands set-up by them throughout the map and can use various calls and lures to attract them in and finally a first-person real video of the animal in question, where players use the mouse to position the reticle on the "kill zone" of the prey in order to take it down. There are 400+ live action animal clips throughout the game.There are 70 different items that can be used during hunts, ranging from GPS finders, various calls, lures, scent removers, scopes, decoys, rangefinders and many more. 24 different animals are in the game, 9 of them huntable (deers, elk) and 15 non-huntable and various protected species, which can be shot, but the player will be penalized. Players can choose from 21 different weapons, ranging from 30.06 to Compound Bows. There is also a Game Warden's station where the player can learn of the hunting conditions, tips on hunting as well as the hunting regulations of the region.A "Challenge-Hunt" mode is present that is more mission-based that has a player complete a hunt in a certain fashion to advance or players can customize their own hunting locations by creating new maps for each region. There are Video and 3-D target ranges where players can hone their sharpshooter skills and can post high scores on Cabela's game website. |
| Cabela's Grand Slam Hunting: North American 29 | 2000 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | nFusion Interactive LLC | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Hunting | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Participate in the most authentic simulation of the ultimate hunting trophy! Take on 29 big-game animals including whitetail deer, Alaska-Yukon moose, black bears, bighorn sheep, barren ground caribou, American bison, desert mule deer and Columbia black-tailed deer. Travel to 8 different North American regions, 72 authentic square miles of terrain are simulated in various weather conditions. Use authentic Cabela (tm) gear, from tents to lures. You also get full arsenal of guns and bows and full range of vehicles, from trucks and ATVs to snowmobiles and boats. Otherwise this is another hunting sim. |
| Campaign 1776: The American Revolution | 2000 | HPS Simulations | HPS Simulations | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | A turn-based wargame focusing on the North American revolutionary war.Gameplay uses standard hex-based tactical basics with the standard order and movement phase, etc. The game uses 2d sprites for graphics and you have two main view modes, a large-scale entirely 2d tactical map, and a smaller-scale oblique 2d map for closer encounters.Gameplay modes include campaign and single scenario modes, as well as a custom campaign editor. Multiplayer support for up to 2 players either on hotseat mode or through modem. |
| Card, Crossword and Puzzle Games | 2000 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Red Dragon Shareware | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Card, Crossword and Puzzle Games is a re-issue of an earlier title from Focus Multimedia. It is a collection of mainly shareware programs many of which were released for Win 3.0 or WIN 3.1. The games are split into eight categories of 'banks' in a style often used by Focus Multimedia games such as 1250+ Games, a title that has many games in common with this product. Some games run from the disc while others need installing.The eight game banks in this title are:
Card Bank 1: There are fifteen games in this group including Canasta For Windows from Mark-Jan Harte, Cardshark Hearts from Nelson Ford, Contract Bridge from Robert Lindsay Wells, Stop the Bus a 1995 project from Oxford student Martin Davidson, and Tresette from Marzano Gianfranco. The odd one out in this section is Marvin's Contract Bridge Bidding Handbook which is a DOS based e-book from Martin L. French author of several books on bridge and other subjects
Card Bank 2: There are forty-four games in this group which includes Amazing Poker Squares, Poker Broker, Three Leaves version 2.0 from Sergey Tkachenko, Noisy Video Poker and Blackjack and 31 for Windows
Solitaire Card Games: Twenty-eight games most of which are single card games but some are compilations such as Excellent Card Games for Windows from Tower Software; Klondike, Black Maria, Baroness, Stonewall and Frustration much like their Amiga game, three games from The Ultimate Solitaire Collection; Klondike, Monte Carlo and Four Seasons, together with versions of Freecell, Spider, and Solitaire Golf
Puzzle and Strategy Bank 1: Thirty-seven games including 3D Maze, AntiC a DOS game from Cascoly Software, Double Block which is one of the games included in Brain Games For Windows together with variants of Concentration, Tic Tac Toe, and Mastermind
Puzzle and Strategy Bank 2: Forty games including Jewels of the Oracle, Rings of the Magi the 1996 version, a version of Sokoban, versions of Master Mind, maze games and Moraff's Tinyjongg.
Puzzle and Strategy Bank 3: A further sixteen games including T4 and Taipei from Dave Norris
Word Bank 1: Thirty-nine games including Dino Spell, Crossword games, wordsearch games and hangman games
Word Bank 2: A further fifteen games including Telephone Puzzle 2, five crossword games, wordsearch games and hangman games
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| CardMatch | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | CardMatch is a single-player, Concentration or Memory game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.The player is shown thirty-six picture cards turned face down and must turn them over, two at a time. Matching pairs are removed from play, non matching pairs are turned face down again.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized and features three levels of difficulty, sound, a high score table, and in-game help screens. |
| Cards for Kids | 2000 | | Two Lights Entertainment | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Cards for Kids is a shareware collection of card games for children.The games in this collection are, Concentration, Crazy Eights, Go Fish, Old Maid, War and Frogs in the Pond. The games are played entirely with the mouse and have a choice of difficulty levels. The child can play against the cartoon characters in the game or via the internet with real people. |
| Carpet Golf VR | 2000 | Incanta, Inc. | Incanta, Inc. | Sports | | | | | | | Point and select | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Carpet Golf VR is a miniature golf simulation. The game contains three courses, eighteen holes each. The player is shown a view of the playfield, and can line up the shot by clicking on the ground to set the direction and strength of the golf club swing; the further the player clicks from the ball, the stronger the swing will be. When the Swing button is clicked and held, a slowly filling accuracy meter appears, and the player should release the mouse when the meter is close to half-filled, in order to achieve greatest accuracy of the shot. There are the typical miniature golf obstacles to be found around each hole, such as water hazards or windmills. The game also features a built-in level editor which allows the player to design his own courses. |
| Castle Slots | 2000 | | WickedWare, LLC | Gambling | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Castle Slots is a single-player game that simulates an old style, slot machine. It appears in a number of eGames compilations including
Casino Jackpot 2 which is where this version of the game comes from. It is one of a series of similar games developed for eGames by WickedWare.Castle Slots has a five win lines and, as the name implies, a castle/medieval theme to its symbols. The player may bet one to five credits per spin and pays out on a line containing three of a kind. This game has optional sound and in-game help but no high score table and a players winnings are not retained for the next game nor are they transferred to other games in the series. |
| Catechumen | 2000 | N'Lightning Software Development, Inc. | N'Lightning Software Development, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Classical antiquity, Europe, Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | A Christian-themed first-person-shooter, you are a Christian-in-training in the Ancient Roman times. You are battling the hordes of demons sent by the devil to corrupt Roman souls. Most of your comrades have been locked away by the possessed Romans. Only you, armed with a holy sword that shoots word of God, can enlighten the possessed Centurions, banish the demons, save your fellow Christians, and defeat Satan himself...
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| Challenge Fishing 2000 | 2000 | | Jacobson Software Enterprises | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Challenge Fishing 2000 is a single-player, shareware fishing game in which the player competes against the computer over six rounds. This game has nine locations, (three warm water, three cold water, and three saltwater) and over twenty kinds of fish. The player scores points for fish caught and must avoid hazards that can incur both points and time penalties. Unlike the original games in the series such as Fisherman's Delight: Set One this game has more both time and resource management elements but retains the same static game screen. |
| Champion Chess | 2000 | eGames, Inc. | | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Chess | | | | | | | Windows | Champion Chess is a chess game for one or two players. It is mouse controlled and has a variety of 3D different chess pieces, boards, backgrounds as well as a 2D mode. There is an option to save a game in progress and to suggest the next move. The move history of a game can be printed, however there is no library of historic games and no game import function. |
| Championship Manager: Season 00/01 | 2000 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | The Championship Manager series involves choosing a football team and then leading it through a potential 30-year career. You must deal with signing and selling players, choosing your team and its formation and tactics, and making sure you have the backroom staff (coaches and scouts for example) to keep your existing players fit and ensure you discover new stars first.This was the third release of the Championship Manager 3 game engine, and as usual it features squads updated to take account of transfers, and player statistics and abilities updated. 26 leagues from around the world are now featured.As typical with later releases of a CM iteration, a data editor has been added. The press will now ask you loaded questions based on the team's performance and potential signings, and you must deal with these by choosing the valid answer. Also, players now interact in different ways, and do not always get on with each other, as well as having more potential reasons to be unhappy. |
| Championship Rugby Manager | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Waywardxs Entertainment S.R.L. | Simulation, Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Championship Rugby Manager is the official game of the European Super League Rugby. The game features all the clubs of the league with official logos and all the players with their real name and photo all updated to the 2000 season. |
| Charmed | 2000 | eBrainyGames, LLC | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Charmed is a single player colour tile matching game. In this game the player is presented with a 4x4 grid in which there are shapes / charms. The charms are of different shapes, colours, and rotate in different directions. The player's task is to spot three that are alike in that two of these three characteristics match. When selected the charms disappear, the player's score increases and the game continues.
It is possible to arrive at a situation where there are no matches on the game area. This is when the player presses the 'No Match' button, if they do this when there genuinely are no matches the player advances to the next level otherwise the game ends.The game has a high score table and when it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active. |
| Checker Connector | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Side view | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Checker Connector is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Checker Connector is a single-player, strategy game that is played against the computer on 7 x 6 grid. It is a computer version of the classic board game Connect Four. This is a-turn based game in which the player and the computer take turns placing pieces on a board. The objective for each player is to create a line of four of their pieces, the one who accomplishes this first wins the game.
The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background. |
| Cheesy Pursuit | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Cheesy Pursuit is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Cheesy Pursuit is a single-player, arcade, strategy game where the object is to achieve a high score. The game is played on a grid in which all squares are filled with kinds of cheese. The player controls a mouse which is initially in the centre of the grid. The object of the game is to eat all the cheeses without being caught by the cats which patrol the game area. As the player progresses through the levels there are more patrolling cats and they move faster and in less predictable paths.There are three sizes of grid and the game is, by default, controlled via the arrow keys but the action keys can be redefined and joystick support is also available. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized, the high score screen and in-game help screens all open in new windows which cannot be re-sized. |
| ChessCards | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | ChessCards is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.ChessCards is a single-player, game of Patience or Solitaire that uses a combination of cards and chess moves. The player is presented a pack of cards that are randomly placed in a 4 x 14 grid. The object of the game is to sort the cards into order, the difficulty being the way in which the cards move. Even numbered cards and Kings move one space in up/down or left/right, odd numbered cards move as a knight would in chess, Jacks move diagonally and Queens can move any number of spaces up/down or left/right. Cards can only move into a vacant cell.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, different backgrounds, a high score screen and in-game help screens. |
| Chicken Run | 2000 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Blitz Games Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Tweedy's Farm is home to a bunch of chickens, who are falling behind on their work load (laying eggs). So Mrs Tweedy decides to go into a new business, Chicken Pie making. The chickens leader, Ginger, is in desperate need of a good escape plan, and when Rocky flys in from the US to lend them a hand, the gang decide that the only way out of the farm is to fly out. But of course, chickens can't fly!! So it is up to you to collect the pieces for the flying machine so you and your fellow chickens can escape. |
| City League Softball | 2000 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc., Head Games Publishing, Inc. | Stark Raving Fun | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | City League Softball is a softball sports simulation carrying a license from Louisville Slugger and TPS. The game is in full 3D and includes game modes for single games, tournaments and Home Run Derbies. Game can be played with men, women or co-recreational, along with multiple difficulty settings. Tournaments are a series of brackets where a loss gets you removed from the competition right away. In a Home Run Derby only the number of homeruns count. In single-player games a second player can always join mid-game to play cooperatively or competitively.Players get to create custom teams with options to body types, uniforms, skin color and equipment, but eighteen existing team are available as well. Pitching options include fastballs, curveballs, sliders and more. The main rules are followed and there four overall difficulty settings called City, Regional, State and National. Full statistics are tracked as well. |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog: Reading | 2000 | Scholastic, Inc. | Learn Technologies Interactive, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Clifford the Big Red Dog: Reading is a point-and-click educational game based on the main character from the children's book series written by Norman Bridwell. Clifford really is big, having grown from a tiny puppy to over 25 feet tall because of the love of his owner, Emily Elizabeth. Clifford and his family live on Birdwell Island, and in this game you, Emily Elizabeth, and Clifford will travel all around the island, helping the people who live and work there, and practicing reading skills in the process.Once you sign in and choose a level - there are 3 difficulty choices - you'll go to Emily's bedroom, where you have access to the map that takes you around the island. Here is also where you learn about letters and the sounds they make, and where the books and prizes you win are kept.From the map page, clicking on one of the eight areas will take you there. Each location comes with it's own activity, which vary in complexity according to the difficulty level you choose.
Clifford's big sneeze at the grouchy neighbor's house caused a mess. Listen to the neighbors speak the beginning sounds of each item and click on it to carry it to a box
At the docks, a friend's parrots are all out of order. Match them up by listening to the sounds they make - an audio concentration game
Monique is painting on the boardwalk and needs you to spell out words for her to paint pictures of.
At the Dunk-the-dog booth, pop the balloons with the correct words on them, and send Clifford into the ocean with a splash.
Emily Elizabeth's dad needs some inspiration and some help in his T-shirt printing business - drag the missing letters into place to make the words he needs.
Emily's friend Nicky fell off his ladder while changing letters on a marquee - now he needs help getting them down and catching them in their own marked boxes.
At the prize booth, cash in your six tickets and operate the Claw to pick up a prize.
As mentioned, from Emily's room you can use the map. From the map, parents can get to a progress report by pressing Ctrl + R (Option + R on a Mac), and keep track of what their child has learned.When you have completed a certain number of activities, Emily Elizabeth rewards you with a book, which comes with its own set of options: if you have a microphone you can record yourself reading aloud; you can listen while Emily reads it to you; you can color in the pictures, and you can print it out for later reading/coloring.There are many reading/pre-reading skills covered in this game - among them: phonics, upper/lower case letter recognition, word-building, listening/following directions, letter sound recognition, spelling and vocabulary. |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog: Thinking Adventures | 2000 | Scholastic, Inc. | Learn Technologies Interactive, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | Arcade, Mini-games | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Clifford the Big Red Dog: Thinking Adventures is centered around a character created by author Norman Bridwell and featured in his series of children's books about the Big Red Dog and his owner, Emily Elizabeth.After you sign in, pick a level, and choose four jewels for Clifford's collar, this point-and-click adventure takes you to Emily Elizabeth's room. Here you learn that it's about to be Clifford's birthday, and there are tasks to be completed before it's time for his party: taking Clifford to the groomer for bathing, cleaning up the yard, getting his birthday cake, and picking up a package from the Post Office. Outside, a bird lands on Clifford's nose, triggering a giant sneeze that scatters the four jewels all over the town - retrieving them is another task in the game.At the bottom right of the screen is a rolled-up map you can use to get around town, or you can travel by clicking on paths on the main screen with your yellow arrow cursor. Next to the map is Emily's backpack, which serves as your inventory. To the left of that you'll see place-holders for the four jewels you picked at the beginning of the game - as you collect them they will appear here. The largest spot on the bottom of the screen shows the tasks you need to complete, and in the left corner is a stop-sign icon used to quit the game. On the activity screens, you'll have two icons at the bottom - a button on the left to return to your game, and a question mark on the right if you need help. Additional help can be found in the game manual under Hints for Parents - basically a cheat-sheet listing the location of items needed to finish the game.Visually, this game is much like Clifford the Big Red Dog: Reading since the art in both games is patterned after the cartoon-style art of author Norman Bridwell, but the gameplay is more that of an adventure game sprinkled with mini-games, as you have to collect items and use them to advance through the story.
Clifford's Back Yard - Use the shovel to dig up objects Clifford has buried and match the things that belong together (this cleans up the yard for the party)
Grooming - Bribe the Bleakman's with a popsicle and they'll let you bathe Clifford in their swimming pool; you can suds him up and brush him, give him a new hairstyle, color his fur, and take a picture...
The Market - Clifford's size causes trouble yet again as he knocks over a grocery display; put the produce back into place and fix a jigsaw puzzle in this ordering skills activity
Cake Decorating - A printable painting and stickers activity
Traffic Jam - Clifford's chivalrous scarf-retrieval causes a traffic snarl in town; click on a car and follow directions to deliver it to its destination
Swimming - Rescue a stranded dog in this mini-arcade game by moving Clifford through the ocean with the mouse. Avoid waves and seaweed, and keep up Clifford's energy by munching fish sticks
Soccer - Clifford gets a soccer ball for his birthday; pick your opponents and move Clifford back and forth with the mouse to block the ball, click to kick it into the goal or hold the button down and release to lob it over the other team's heads
Thinking Adventures was written for pre-kindergarten children and covers such skills as logic and reasoning, problem-solving, color and shape recognition, spatial reasoning, classifying & sorting and following directions.
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| Clonk Planet | 2000 | RedWolf Design | RedWolf Design | Action, Strategy | Side view | | | Board game | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Clonk Planet is an improved version of Clonk 4, a strategic action game in which one or more players control a crew of humanoid creatures, called Clonks, in melees or peaceful cooperative scenarios. A wide range of buildings, materials, tools and weapons are available to survive, build settlements, maintain an economy and battle enemies.The main new feature that Clonk Planet introduces is network play. Instead of only allowing players to compete in split-screen mode, they can now play via a local network or the Internet. Another new feature is mouse control which is meant mainly for beginners, because it tones down the complexity of the game.The game is still completely customizable, and some new official scenarios have been added. Temperate regions, arctic oceans, deserts, exotic jungles, underwater worlds, medieval castles and futuristic space stations are a few of the places Clonks can visit now. |
| Close Combat: Invasion - Normandy: Utah Beach to Cherbourg | 2000 | Strategic Simulations, Inc. | Atomic Games, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Wargame | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control | Real-time | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | On June 6th, 1944, the combined forces of the United States, Great Britain, Canada and France launched the greatest amphibious invasion in the history of the world. The blow fell in Normandy, France, striking Adolph Hitler's Atlantic Wall with nine divisions of assault troops with support from naval gunfire and massive air strikes. Close Combat lets you relive this monumental battle in real-time tactical detail. |
| ClueFinders: 6th Grade Adventures | 2000 | Mattel Interactive | Story Zone Studios | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This time, the Cluefinders' adventure takes place in the underground Empire of the Plant People. First you will need to gather planks to build a bridge and access the interior empire. You get to meet the Queen of the Plant People and gain insight into your quest. Exploring with Owen, Keisha, Santiago, and Joni, you purify water to help the plants and find sources of pollution. Some explorers will also need to be rescued, which will require uncovering clues to find them. The adventure has several skill levels which increase as you demonstrate understanding for particular subjects or concepts. |
| ClueFinders: Mystery Mansion Arcade | 2000 | Mattel Interactive | Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | Action, Educational, Sports | Side view, Top-down | | | Pinball, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | The members of the Clue Finders team -- including Owen, Leslie, Santiago, and Joni, along with their timid yet trusty talking laptop computer, LapTrap -- receive a distress signal from a remote mansion that was apparently sent by Joni's uncle. The gang cautiously investigates the signal only to learn that the mansion is an elaborate sequence of traps devised by a collaboration of their nemeses from previous games in the Clue Finders franchise. There are four unique traps, each designed by one of the four villains, one designed for each of the four children. The traps/games are:
Owen's Radical Pizza Race: the villain Fletcher Limburger designed a skateboard course to challenge Owen. The course consists of giant pizzas and the skateboard is a giant sub sandwich with wheels. Dodge or jump the pizza ingredients in your path, except for the anchovies, which can be picked up and used offensively in a later level.Leslie's Bookerang Library: Alistair Loveless concocted a special library for Leslie. Little demons drop large books into the room. In the back of the library is a theme, such as 'geometry', 'geography', or 'capital cities'. The dropped books each have a title and Leslie must jump on the books that have titles pertaining to the specified topic. Doing so results in that dropped book becoming permanent. Jumping on another book will crush the book. The goal is to stack enough books to escape. There are also special books that Leslie can pick up and store as weapons in a later stage.Santiago's Pinball Predicament: Pericles Lear, who is big on toys, creates several life size pinball tables in which Santiago is the pinball. The pinball is actually a small rocketship that Santiago can rotate and thrust. This is still tricky because of all the other things on a pinball table that can bump the ball. The goal is to light up all of the letters on the board (doing so entails solving some mini-puzzles) and then entering the hole that is Lear's mouth. There are also batteries that Santiago can collect to be used as weapons in a later stage.Joni's Last-Chance Labyrinth: Ms. Rose creates this deadly plant-filled cavern to doom Joni. However, when each of her friends escape their traps, they join Joni on her quest. Up to four of them journey through this side-scrolling platform adventure. Any of the characters that have joined Joni can take the lead. Whichever character takes the lead can use whichever weapon that have acquired: anchovies, books, batteries, or oranges (which are what Joni accumulates in this trap). Each weapon has unique advantages.
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| ClueFinders: Search & Solve Adventures | 2000 | Learning Company, Inc., The | Learning Company, Inc., The | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | ClueFinders: Search & Solve Adventures is an educational game for children aged 9-12 in the ClueFinders series. This time, the ClueFinders must solve the mystery of an abandoned amusement park. Exploring with Joni, Santiago, Leslie, Owen, and Laptrap, you must discover the truth behind the apparent kidnapping of a local art curator, who was left trapped on one of the park's rides. The game develops children's skills in logic, problem solving, data analysis, and critical thinking. |
| Color Magic | 2000 | New Game Software | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Color Magic is a single player, freeware, mouse controlled implementation of Color Lines from Russia.Instead of being played on a traditional rectangular grid with rectangular cells this game is played on a triangle with hexagonal cells. The object of the game is to achieve a high score by making specific shapes, whenever the player makes a move that does not result in a shape being formed additional balls drop into the game area.A table of scoring shapes can optionally be displayed in a separate window alongside the main game area. The game has six skill levels and maintains the top ten scores for each. During the game the player's score is shown at the bottom of the screen together with the number of points they must score to overtake the next highest entry on the high score table.
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| Color Wheel | 2000 | eBrainyGames, LLC | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Color Wheel is a single-player, sliding-block kind of puzzle that is one of the first puzzles devised by eBrainyGames. The puzzle consists of three interlocking wheels with a series of coloured beads around their edges. The objective of the game is to recreate a specific pattern by rotating the wheels in order to re-order the beads. It is played entirely by the mouse and is very hard to solve. |
| Colossal Word Search | 2000 | AGCrump Software | AGCrump Software | Puzzle | | | | Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | Colossal Word Search is a single player shareware word search game.This game comes with a set of word categories and a predefined puzzle within each. The player searches the grid for the hidden words and then selects the word by dragging the mouse pointer over the letters from first to last. When all the letters have been selected the game is over.The registered version comes with a puzzle creation option that allows the player to create their own categories and word lists which the software then turns into puzzles. |
| Combat Command 2: Danger Forward | 2000 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Boku Strategy Games | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | | | | Windows | Traditional hex-based wargame, set in WW2. Recreates several battles that do NOT get major treatments, such as Anzio, Sangro River, San Pietro, Salerno, Gela, Troina, Primosole Bridge, Syracuse, Palermo, Maleme, Heraklion, St. Vith, Celles, Bastogne, Hurtgen Forest, Stolberg Corridor, Sealion, Sword, and Carentan. Rules emphasize command and control (or lack of) of paradrops, glider landings, and amphibious ops. |
| Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firepower | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Tiberian Sun: Firepower is a compilation that contains the following:
Command & Conuqer: Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm
Tiberian Sun soundtrack disc |
| Commander Keen: Robot's Revenge! | 2000 | | Vaportech International | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Commander Keen: Robot's Revenge! is a fan-made game based on the Commander Keen series. Keen has been kidnapped by nefarious robots and must now fight his way through the robot-controlled space station. For defense, Keen has his trusty gun but ammo is limited and must be collected throughout the levels. This side-scrolling platform game controls similarly to the original games, complete with moving platforms, poles to climb, and switches. Later levels include underwater levels, and levels where Keen rides a motorbike. |
| Commandos: Ammo Pack | 2000 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Commandos: Ammo Pack is a value-bundle containing both the original Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines and the expansion pack Beyond the Call of Duty. |
| CompuChess | 2000 | | | Strategy | | | | Chess | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Compuchess is a chess program that has been around for a while. Consequently its feature list has changed over time. The following description is based on version 1.67, dated 21st Dec 2003, which seems to be the latest incarnation of the game.The game has both 2D and 3D chess boards & pieces, hint and undo functions, plays at both beginner and grand master level (around 2500 ELO), it can load and save games if they are in .pgn (portable game notation) format, it has different modes on play ranging from a full chess tournament to a quick match. CompuChess has a library of game openings and it can 'learn' more, additionally the player can turn off this feature for an easier game. |
| Core Meltdown | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Core Meltdown is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Core Meltdown is a single-player, strategy game that is played against the computer on 7 x 7 grid, this is the default size but the game configuration allows the player to select either a 5 x 5 or a 6x6 grid. This is a turn-based game with the player trying to eliminate all the opponents pieces to win. Pieces are placed on the grid in empty squares. If the player wishes they can enhance their piece by placing another in the same square. When enough pieces have been placed in a square the piece explodes and populates all the surrounding squares. Any pieces in these squares belonging to the opposing player are captured in the process. The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background. |
| Craps Deluxe | 2000 | | WickedWare, LLC | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Craps Deluxe is a single-player, mouse controlled simulation of the popular casino game. It appears in many of eGames compilations including
Casino Jackpot 2 which is where this version of the game comes from. The player starts with $50 in chips and can bet in any amount on a roll of the dice, the minimum is $5, the maximum is $1000. There are no AI players at the table. The player places various bets Pass Line, Come Line, Place, Field, Hardways, Center Table etc and tries to win as much money as possible. The game claims to support most standard bets used in casinos. This game has optional sound, in-game help but no high score table and a players winnings are not retained for the next game. If the player runs out of money it's game over, additional chips are not available. |
| Crate Man | 2000 | Soleau Software, Inc. | Soleau Software, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Crate Man is a single player, shareware puzzle game from Soleau Software.The story behind the game is that many years ago the tomb of King Kalaporus was excavated and the contents were shipped off to a museum in one red hundred crates. For some reason only fifty crates arrived and the whereabouts of the fifty lost crates has been a mystery until now. Curtis the Crate Man discovered the crates when he did a stock check at the warehouses of B.B. Billings & Sons and the player must help him in recovering each crate.There are fifty crates and that gives the game fifty puzzles, each puzzle comes with an animated solution. The player can attempt the puzzles in any order. Puzzle one is a tutorial puzzle and there are only seven puzzles in the shareware game. The game is keyboard controlled, left/right arrows move Curtis, the up arrow makes him jump and the down arrow makes him pick up/drop an object and by moving the ordinary crates around the player creates a pathway to the missing red crate.
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| Creatures Playground | 2000 | Encore Software, Inc. | Creature Labs Ltd. | Educational, Simulation | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Creatures Playground is a spin-off from the game Creatures for children. Like the other titles in the series you start with a Norn egg which will hatch into a baby Norn. You can play with your Norn in a bright and colourful fairground. The Norn can think for itself and learns from experiences. There's a lot to explore for both the Norn and the player, such as a costume design workshop, a print shop, a scientific laboratory, an alien space station, a swamp and a carnival ride with a build-it-yourself rollercoaster.The game can be linked with Creatures Adventures to create one huge world. Linking the games together will unlock bonus content: A village square with two additional bonus activities. |
| Cryptograms | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cryptograms is a single player, code-breaking, puzzle game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.In this game the player is presented with a well known word or saying in which all the letters have been replaced by another, for example all the A's may have been replaced by G's, the B's by Z's and so on. The object of the game is to decode the phrase.The game is played using a mouse / keyboard combination and is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, a Hint feature, and in-game help screens. |
| Crystal Hammer | 2000 | Magic Bytes | BWM Software GmbH | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | This Breakout variant is a sequel to Dionakra and Rapanui. Player controls the same refuge shuttle of galactic dustbin man Tony on other 50 levels of crystalline contamination. His shuttle is located at the bottom of the playfield filled with crystals arranged in some form at its top. Tony launches a cleaning satellite represented as a ball and plays a "ping-pong-game" between shuttle and crystal wall. If Tony loses his satellites, he is withdrawn from the mission instantaneously. Tony should completely eliminate all crystalline contamination in a region to finish the level. Some extra effects may be thrown out on crystal elimination, which may be collected or ignored by Tony. These effects amongst others are ability to select the one of four ball's kinds, increase balls` quantity, change ball's speeds, reduce balls size, activate lasergun to shoot the crystals, set all crystals and stones to move, activate the shuttle's magnetic field to catch the ball and launch it manually, warp to another level, etc.CD includes Audio Tracks and Crystal Hammer Editor. As developers suggest in their manual, own levels may be saved and copied on player's hard disk. Player may also use own backgrounds, creating BMP formatted pictures.Access to the levels is provided with password shown at the start of each level. High scores are stored in top 10 list. |
| Cubes 2.0 | 2000 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Cubes 2.0 is version 2 of a freeware sliding block puzzle game. This version has thee difficulty settings;
Beginner : plays on a 4x4 grid with four colours
Intermediate: Plays on a 6x6 grid with six colours
Expert: Plays on an 8x8 grid with eight colours
In all games the player starts with randomly arranged coloured tiles and has to recreate the expected pattern. All games are timed and the game records the fastest three times for each difficulty setting. |
| Cue Club | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Bulldog Interactive | Sports | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cue Club is a pool and snooker game. The game shows the table from a top-down perspective and lets you control the cue with the mouse only. The game comes with a virtual facsimile to IRC, where you can chat with virtual opponents and challenge them to a game. In each room you have to defeat the "level boss" to continue to the next chat room.You can play a variety of pool and snooker with a variety of rule sets. You can also customize the tables, cues and even the lighting. You can also opt to play against real players and join in online rankings and club tournaments. |
| Cultures: The Beginning | 2000 | | Funatics Development GmbH | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cultures: The Beginning is a simple action game, released to promote the strategy game Cultures. The player controls a Viking warrior and his objective on each level is to collect all the gold scattered around. Various enemies, such as bears or human warriors, are walking around the level and decrease the Viking's health if they touch him. If all health runs out, the Viking loses a life and is transported back to the beginning of the level. The player can find a bow which allows him to shoot and kill enemies, and destroy the start points from which they keep respawning, though if the player loses a life all the respawn points reappear. It's also possible to find meat which restores health and shoes which speed up the player. |
| D-Day: Normandy | 2000 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | | | | | | Windows | D-Day: Normandy is a freeware World War II first person shooter that takes place in the war's famous landings on Normandy, France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Originally a Quake II modification, it later became a standalone game using Quake II's id Tech 2 engine. It is primarily a multiplayer game, but also features singleplayer gameplay with bots. You can play as the Axis or Allies as one of nine classes in Quake-style teamplay with set objectives for each map, such as obtaining points or capturing an area. |
| Daria's Inferno | 2000 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Hypnotix, Inc. | Adventure | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Based on MTV's animated series Daria, this point-and-click adventure game puts the player in control of sarcastic high school student Daria Morgendorffer. She's fallen asleep during a class lecture on Dante's Inferno and finds herself in a nightmarish dream world populated with annoying people from her waking life. Daria must explore five areas of the town of Lawndale to find some missing school items and escape from her nightmare with her sarcasm intact. |
| Dark Tiles | 2000 | eBrainyGames, LLC | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dark Tiles is a single player, timed, sliding block game.In this game the player is shown a picture which they must recreate by arranging blocks on a 5x5 grid. The game has thirteen levels which can be played in any order and the player scores higher for a quick solution. The game has a high score table and when it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active. |
| Darkstone / SimCity 3000 | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Darkstone
SimCity 3000 |
| Days of Oblivion II: Frozen Eternity | 2000 | Toygardens Media | Orion Versand GmbH & Co. KG | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Days of Oblivion II: Frozen Eternity is the sequel to Days of Oblivion. Like the first game, it is a dark, erotic futuristic adventure. Both north and south poles melted, a huge amount of water made turned earth into a giant ocean with 20 million people living in cities-islands. One of such cities is called Twin Town - and there you have to complete your quest. The year is 2145, one year after the events of the previous game. Wong, the bad guy from the first part, won't let it go until his desire for revenge is satisfied. Like its predecessor, the game features pre-rendered backgrounds, life actors, and full-motion video used for cutscenes. The player has to take control of three different characters in order to solve the game.
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| Deductive Logic | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Deductive Logic is a single player, code-breaking, puzzle game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.This game is based on the classic Mastermind board game. In the default game he player has to deduce the sequence of a four coloured tiles within ten moves by making a series of guesses and using feedback from these to deduce the solution. The game can be customised and made more difficult with an expert setting that has eight colours, a six tile sequence and where the computer can lie.The game is entirely mouse controlled and is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, different backgrounds and types of playing piece, four pre-set difficulty levels and a custom level, and in-game help screens. |
| Deep Fighter | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Criterion Software Group Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | As a private in the defense force by The General, players take on deadly missions to seek out and destroy enemies, perform reconnaissance into uncharted waters and rescue damaged craft and installations. Meanwhile, droids and drones scuttle around busily, maintaining and repairing the slowly crumbling city. With the ultimate objective of the construction of a giant mothership, the Leviathan, that will transport the entire civilization away from hostile waters. This games combines elements of furious 3-D dogfighting and challenging exploration in true 3-D environments. 3-D worlds actually react and evolve around you as the game's level of difficulty adapts to your skill level.Five life-like and realistic environments, including the Abyss, Atlantis, and Jungle. Dynamic modes of battle include 3-D combat, unique weapons, special attack moves and upgradable fighter submarines.
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| Deer Avenger 3D | 2000 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Hypnotix, Inc. | Action, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Deer Avenger 3D brings the comical Deer Avenger series into 3D perspective. In this installment, our hero Bambo seems to have found happiness with a new doe bride, while believing that the dreaded human hunters have forever been vanquished. Just as the pair is about to engage in intimacy, small woodland creatures appear at their window to urgently warn of the hunters' return. Bambo's bride laments that she can't get into the mood while the creatures of the wilderness are threatened. With a cry of soul-wrenching anguish, Bambo finds himself curiously motivated to strike out to dispatch the bipedal enemies once more.Bambo's base of operations is his cabin. He can admire his trophy wall or arm up and head out into the snow wilderness. In the wilderness, he can walk, run, or jump around the terrain; lay out lures for the hunters such as pizza and beer; collect fart powerups; and generally wait until a hunter announces their presence. Once a hunter is in the area, use the stereo sound effects or the radar fart to track the hunter. Shoot or be shot, and endeavor to collect the heads of all 7 hunters for your trophy wall. Further, once you take out a hunter, you gain their weapon and can select from among your accumulated weapons during your next hunting round. There are also some harmless humans who are in tune with nature that you must take care not to kill or its game over. |
| Deer Hunter 4: World-Class Record Bucks | 2000 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting | North America | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | The game that started it all is back for more, with even MORE deer to hunt! Get all the hunting accessories needed to outfit your virtual hunter, plus plenty of hunting guns and rifles. You can track, ambush or hunt through seven large wild landscapes, and even go online for a little friendly hunting competition. When you're really really bored, you can now play as the deer and evade the hunters! Featuring 3D acceleration support, the game also offers plenty of different modes (limit your armament choices, for example, to bows or muzzle loaders), as well as simulating different times of day, different seasons, and different weather conditions. Can you break the world record? |
| Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan | 2000 | Artifact Entertainment, Inc. | Artifact Entertainment, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | The mines of Dejanol were once the land's primary source of Mythinite, and a training grounds for adventurers until one day the town was overrun by demons in a surprise attack. They went as quickly as they came, the town was reclaimed by the guilds, and the mines were sealed. Now, the mines are reopened and Lord Gherrick has called for a hero (or band of heroes) to seek out and destroy the source of evil in its depths.Demise is loosely based on Mordor, one of the various Rogue-likes, but updated into a first-person RPG with modern graphics, sound, music, and cooperative Internet multiplayer support.You can create as many characters as you like, and join them into parties of one to four characters (in multi-player, you only play one character at a time, who can join with other players into a party). Characters are one of nine races (Human, Elf, Giant, Gnome, Dwarf, Ogre, Yeti, Saris, or Troll), and can belong to one or more of twelve guilds (Artisan, Warrior, Paladin, Ninja, Villain, Explorer, Thief, Barbarian, Magi, Sorcerer, Warlock, or Cleric). Different races have different natural resistances and starting stats, as well as different heights and better or worse eyesight, which actually affects the first-person display in the dungeon as you switch characters.Each character can join as many guilds as you like (subject to stats, race, and alignment requirements) and access the skills of all at once, though in town you must choose only one guild in which to earn experience for each foray into the dungeon (which will also determine which class-restricted equipment you can wear).As with most RPGs, advancement in the guilds requires earning experience. There is a penalty applied if you belong to multiple guilds which means you'll need more experience per level in each guild the more guilds you belong to. In addition, most guilds will occasionally assign you quests to kill a certain monster or find a certain item before they will consent to advance you another level. The maximum level in each guild is 999, so you can play for years before your character maxes out.In addition to the guild quests, Lord Gherrick will assign you longer and more difficult quests, and there is a notice board for random single-player quests, and multi-player bounties or item requests.To help you out on the quests, the town Seer can give you a rough idea where to find a particular monster or item, but she's not always right, and she charges fairly high prices.Within the humongous 25-level dungeon, you'll find hundreds of different items and monsters. Unlike many Rogue-likes, the dungeon map is not random, which allows for the inclusion of lots of special areas. Your map is shared by all your characters.Combat takes place in real-time, with your characters using your specified default actions. You can pause at any time to give new orders. Not all monsters are hostile; some will talk to you if you know their language, and others will offer to join you as companions and fight on your side (even if they're not great fighters, you can sell them to the Monster Confinement store in town). Of course, if you open their chest and take their stuff, peaceable monsters will become hostile.As with most Rogue-likes, the only way to save is to exit the game, and your character is updated as you play. If you die, you can't just reload. You can be resurrected, but only in town, so you'll either have to have another character pay to hire rescuers to find and retrieve your corpse, or have another character or party-member find your corpse and carry it up to town. Demise does have the option to backup your saves in case your current game becomes corrupted, but this is intentionally a bit cumbersome so you won't be tempted to use it just to undo a bad event.There is a demo version of Demise which allows you to explore all of the first five dungeon levels. The full version includes all 25 levels, as well as the Demise server if you want to host multi-player games. |
| Densha de Go! 2 3000 | 2000 | Unbalance Corporation | Taito GM R&D Sect. #2 | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Densha de Go! is a Japanese series of arcade train driving games. The goal for the players is to stop the train at the stations in exactly the right position while keeping up with the schedule, obeying all traffic rules, and ensuring the safety and comfort of their passengers.In order to celebrate 3000 active Densha de Go! 2 arcade units, Taito released an extended "3000 units" edition to the arcades, which was later ported to other systems.In addition to the routes of Densha de Go! 2, this edition includes the following routes:
Akita Shinkansen from Ōmagari to Morioka
Akita Shinkansen from Akita to Shin-Hanamaki
Ōu Main Line from Akita to Omagari
Tazawako Line from Tazawako to Morioka
Keihin-Tōhoku Line from Yokohama to Shinagawa
Keihin-Tōhoku Line from Yokohama to Ueno
Tōkaidō Main Line from Osaka to Kobe
Yamanote Line (Outer Circle) from Tokyo to Shinjuku
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| Deutschland Europameister 2000 | 2000 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | Davilex Games B.V. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The main feature of this soccer simulation with the not-really-prophetic title is the "Adventure-Mode": The manager of the German national team is stranded on an island. Now the player has to impersonate him and lead Germany to victory in the European championship. His tasks are setting the tactics and choosing the right answers in interviews - the results have an influence on the public's opinion.The matches are played with two-button-controls: passing or shooting. Before and after the matches the player receives FMV messages by the former national goalkeeper Sepp Maier who gives advise and advances the story. Besides the Adventure-Mode the player can choose two other playing modes: exhibition matches or the European championship without the story. There are neither licensed player names nor an editor. |
| Diablo II (Saturn Spezial-Edition) | 2000 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition of Diablo II was sold exclusively at Saturn stores in Germany in late 2000. It included an exclusive "Making Of" CD containing a cinema ad, trailers and other behind the scenes material. |
| Die Rache der Sumpfhühner | 2000 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Die Rache der Sumpfhühner is a game very similar to Moorhuhn. In five backgrounds, e.g. in the mountains or under water, the player shoots on everything that moves. Most targets are "Sumpfhühner" (swamp chickens) which are flying from left to right. Every shot animal gives an certain amount of points depending on their size; other targets give negative points and should be avoided. After a fixed amount of time the points are counted and if the player was successful enough he proceeds to the next level (15 per background). The catch of the game is that the swamp chickens have guns too and shoot the player for negative points. Also the player can choose between different weapons. |
| Die Sternenfahrer von Catan | 2000 | Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | Virtual X-citement | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Board game | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Die Sternenschiff von Catan is a conversion of the eponymous board game. The majority of the game is set in the control room of a space ship where four officers represent the available actions like trading or building. It also features a two-dimensional map of the game field.The start of the game is as expected: choosing a planet and founding a colony. The game uses five resources - ore, fuel, food, carbon and merchandise - which are used to construct buildings or upgrade the space ships. On every planet two resources are found; when the player needs a not available resource he can trade with another player or aliens. The whole game is played in real-time, so there are waiting times when flying to another planet. On the way the player can make contact to other races or meets pirates which he has to fight. The game features 15 single player and 7 multiplayer missions which various possible goals, e.g. founding a set number of colonies, establishing a trading network or getting popularity points, |
| Die Ultimative PC-Spielesammlung für die ganze Familie | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The following 7 games are contained in this compilation:
Torin's Passage
Silent Thunder
Robert E. Lee: Civil War General
3-D Ultra Minigolf
NASCAR Racing
IndyCar Racing II
Raymond E. Feist's Return to Krondor |
| Die Völker: Gold Edition | 2000 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Alien Nations (Gold Edition) contains the following two games:
Alien Nations
Alien Nations Mission Pack
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| Die Völker: Online-Edition | 2000 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | neo Software Produktions GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Die Völker Online-Edition is a special edition of Die Völker exclusively distributed at Germany's Burger King restaurants. It features a revised online multiplayer mode - and only that. Besides the solo missions and campaigns the developers excluded trading, diplomacy and research. Additionally the game introduces limits for the number of troops and resources a player can own. The significance of these changes is the reduced amount of time needed for a multiplayer match (ca. two hours in this edition). |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Anna-Marie Goddard | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Anna-Marie Goddard, Playboy magazine's 40th Anniversary Playmate for its January 1994 issue.You select one of three themed sets with a girl and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in sets of video sequences and talks to you with her voice. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Anna-Marie Goddard, Tylyn John and Carrie Westcott | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features 3 different models of Playboy magazine:
Anna-Marie Goddard, Playmate of the Month for January 1994
Tylyn John, Playmate of the Month for March 1992
Carrie Westcott, Playmate of the Month for September 1993
You select one of three themed girls and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girls are presented in sets of video sequences and talk to you with her voices. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Barbara Moore | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Barbara Moore, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1992 issue.You select one of three themed sets with a girl and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in sets of video sequences and talks to you with her voice. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Carrie Stevens | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Carrie Stevens, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1997 issue. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Carrie Westcott | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Carrie Westcott, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1993 issue.You select one of three themed sets with a girl and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in sets of video sequences and talks to you with her voice.The game engine is raised to version 1.2, where you are able to return to main menu after game is over. Also the list of winnings is added to help you understand who wins and why. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Echo Johnson | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Echo Johnson, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1993 issue.You select one of three themed sets with a girl and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in sets of video sequences and talks to you with her voice. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Julie Cialini | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Julie Cialini, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1994 issue and eventually Playmate of the Year 1995.You select one of three themed sets with a girl and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in sets of video sequences and talks to you with her voice. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Kalin Olson | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Kalin Olson, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1997 issue.You select one of three themed sets with a girl and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in sets of video sequences and talks to you with her voice. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Kelly Monaco | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Kelly Monaco, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1997 issue.Player selects one of three themed sets with a girl and starts to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in set of video sequences and talks to you with her voice. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Kelly Monaco, Layla Roberts and Carrie Stevens | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features 3 different models of Playboy magazine:
Kelly Monaco, Playmate of the Month for April 1997
Layla Roberts, Playmate of the Month for October 1997
Carrie Stevens, Playmate of the Month for June 1997
You select one of three themed girls and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girls are presented in sets of video sequences and talk to you with her voices.The game engine is raised to version 1.2, where you are able to return to main menu after game is over. Also the list of winnings is added to help you understand who wins and why. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Laurie Wallace | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Laurie Wallace, Playboy magazine's model.You select one of three themed sets with a girl and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in sets of video sequences and talks to you with her voice. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Layla Roberts | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Layla Roberts, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1997 issue.You select one of three themed sets with a girl and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in sets of video sequences and talks to you with her voice.The game engine is raised to version 1.2, where you are able to return to main menu after game is over. Also the list of winnings is added to help you understand who wins and why. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Neriah Davis | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Neriah Davis, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1994 issue.Player selects one of three themed sets with a girl and starts to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in set of video sequences and talks to you with her voice. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Shannon Leahy | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Shannon Leahy, Playboy magazine's model.You select one of three themed sets with a girl and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in sets of video sequences and talks to you with her voice. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Tylyn John | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Tylyn John, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1992 issue.You select one of three themed sets with a girl and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in sets of video sequences and talks to you with her voice. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Victoria Fuller | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Victoria Fuller, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1996 issue.You select one of three themed sets with a girl and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in sets of video sequences and talks to you with her voice. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Victoria Fuller, Barbara Moore and Kalin Olson | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features 3 different models of Playboy magazine:
Victoria Fuller, Playmate of the Month for January 1996
Barbara Moore, Playmate of the Month for December 1992
Kalin Olson, Playmate of the Month for August 1997
You select one of three themed girls and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girls are presented in sets of video sequences and talk to you with her voices. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Victoria Silvstedt | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features Victoria Silvstedt, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1996 issue and eventually Playmate of the Year 1997.You select one of three themed sets with a girl and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girl is presented in sets of video sequences and talks to you with her voice. |
| Digital Strip Poker featuring Victoria Silvstedt, Neriah Davis and Echo Johnson | 2000 | Slickrock Software, LLC | Slickrock Software, LLC | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This installment of Digital Strip Poker series features 3 different models of Playboy magazine:
Victoria Silvstedt, Playmate of the Year 1997
Neriah Davis, Playmate of the Month for March 1994
Echo Johnson, Playmate of the Month for January 1993
You select one of three themed girls and start to play a strip poker with her. Both of you have $100 in cash and if it all spent, a part of clothes is taken off to get another $100. The goal of the game is to undress the opponent completely. This variant of card game is 5-card draw poker with "Baby Flush" or "Inside Straight" combinations are also considered as winning.The girls are presented in sets of video sequences and talk to you with her voices. |
| Dino Crisis | 2000 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Survival horror | | | | | Mature | Cinematic camera | Windows | Three years ago a brilliant scientist disappeared while researching a new form of energy. The government that funded his research wrote the whole affair off as a loss, which made it all the more upsetting when reports of Dr. Kirk's good health and nearly finished research came in. A special forces team is sent to the doctor's private island laboratory to extract him and his research, but they are totally unprepared for some of the side effects of his developments. Side effects that come from 100 million years in the past.Dino Crisis is a survival horror game that is very similar in both control and gameplay to its sister series, Resident Evil. As in that series, protagonist Regina will have limited supplies and ammo with which to fight deadly enemies while searching rooms for keys (some figurative, some literal) to open locked areas. Unlike Resident Evil games, Regina will find very few actual supplies laying around, and will instead find "plugs" that are used to open caches of emergency supplies located around the complex. There are only enough plugs to open some of these caches, however, so care must be taken to decide what items are really needed. In another change from Resident Evil, the game is rendered in 3D, allowing the camera to rotate or pan, although camera angles are still out of the control of the player. Even the dumbest dinosaur is smarter than the undead, and enemies can chase and disarm Regina, and even occasionally follow her through doors. Regina can use the force fields in the complex to block her enemies. |
| Dinosaur Dig Cyber Adventure | 2000 | World Book, Inc. | Access Technology, Inc., Creative Street, Inc. | Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dinosaur Dig Cyber Adventure is an educational computer game for ages 7 and up on the topic of dinosaurs, part of the World Book reference line. The player is assigned to earn points to become certified as a Paleo-Pro. Once a section is complete, the points will be added.In the Dig site, the player simulates a real dinosaur dig site by using the digging tools used by the scientists. Information about each of the uncovered fossils are narrated, and the player clicks on the “Map and Jacket” button to mark the location of the find (A dinosaur footprint is marked, and the fossil prepares for shipping). The player has to watch out for any disasters such as a herd of cattle or bad weather conditions, and the site protector button needs to be clicked on (to be precise in timing) to prevent the disaster from messing up the player’s work.In the Articulation Station, the player has to put together a dinosaur by clicking on a bone from the pit, and clicking on the proper location on the framework. A visual identification will show where the bone should be placed. When the dinosaur is put together, the player can listen to what the dinosaur sounded like and see what the dinosaur actually looked like millions of years ago. The player can optionally view the information about the dinosaur’s skeleton up close with some facts.In the workroom, the player can view artifacts that were used in exhibits from the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. Clicking on an artifact in the workroom will show pictures and narration of the artifact after it has been selected by the player. The quiz lets the player test their knowledge about dinosaurs and fossils. The player can also view photographs of the dinosaur dig in Wyoming.The last section shows the digging tool techniques in which the player can view video clips if available in some sections. Upon exiting the game, the player is rewarded with a Paleo-Pro certificate in which the player can print out, and can save his/her progress of the game to continue later. |
| Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars | 2000 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Ratbag Pty, Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | A follow-up to Dirt Track Racing, this installment features sprint cars, those fully looking race cars with huge unbalanced wing on their roofs. A full physics model and car tweaking are there, with over 20 new oval tracks to race on. With 4 classes of cars and a full career mode, can you make it into "World of Outlaws", the ultimate Sprint Car race series, and beat the real drivers? |
| Disasteroids 3D | 2000 | LMNOPC | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Disasteroids 3D is a freeware clone of the classic arcade game Asteroids. Asteroids that break up into multiple pieces, a battlefield that warps around at the edges, UFOs, shield, hyperspace, it is all here - spiced up with OpenGL accelerated graphics. |
| Disney Buz_: 2nd Grade | 2000 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Human Code, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Disney Buz_: 2nd Grade is an educational game for children aged six to eight based on the US 2nd grade curriculum. The game has Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story franchise as the host and the game is set in Andy's room while he, along with Woody, is off at school. In his room different mini-games can be selected. They are:
Andy's Book of Brainteasers: a series of brainteasers involving coloring, cutouts, puzzles and mazes. These can also be printed.
Andy's Scrapbook: finish Andy's stories in his scrapbook. The book consists of multiple pages that form a story. Certain words in sentences are highlighted in a color. The player can click them to change the content, which immediately alters the accompanying picture. Players need to form a logical story by trying out different combinations and watch the result.
Doodle Challenge: find all the letters in words through a guessing game. With each letter guessed correctly a picture is formed, revealed gradually.
Earth Builder: drag countries from a box onto the globe into their correct position. Trivia is provided with each correct placement.
Fractions Arcade: fractions are used to shoot asteroids out of the air in space. Getting them out of the way leads to successful rocket launches.
Math on the Rolling Range: build a marble track by solving a series of math problems. Different types of objects each representing a different number need to be dragged to the correct location on the track to make sure the math adds up and the marble can reach the end.
Mini-Rocket Math: math is used to solve problems involving multiplication using rockets on a launch pad.
Sonic Arranger Mark II: freely experiment with music, rhythms and different types of instruments. Players use the keys to play music. Different carts can be loaded into the instruments for different types of sounds. There are various settings for volume and tempo.
Time after Time: challenges involving analogue and digital clocks.The game using an active learning system with an adaptative difficulty. There are also parental controls and a skill chart.The skills that are developed are creativity, critical thinking, deductive reasoning, double digit addition & subtraction, fractions, geometric shapes, language, memory, multiplication, music creativity, nouns, verbs and adjectives, prediction, reading, reading comprehension, rhyming words, spatial and mapping skills, spelling, story comprehension, synonyms, telling time, vocabulary, word building using verbal and graphic cues, world geography. |
| Disney Hotshots: Disney's Tarzan | 2000 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Disney's Tarzan is an entry in the Disney Hotshots series. It is a compilation of two games previously both released separately. The included games are:
Disney Hot Shots: Disney's Tarzan Jungle Tumble
Disney Hot Shots: Disney's Terk & Tantor Power Lunch |
| Disney Princesses: Collection Blanche-Neige | 2000 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | | Adventure | | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Disney Princesses: Collection Blanche-Neige is a compilation of two Disney's games for girls:Blanche-Neige: Le grimoire de la Reine
Mon conte de fées
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| Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge | 2000 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Argonaut Games PLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy, Middle East | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Take control of Aladdin and stop Nasira, the evil sister of Jafar (the bad guy from the Disney movie) and rescue the Sultan and Princess Jasmine. Based on the hit Disney movie and the animated TV series of the same name |
| Disney's Dinosaur | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Soft Paris Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Disney's Dinosaur is a puzzle-adventure game based on the movie of the same name. You control three characters: Flia the pteradon, Aladar the Iguanadon and Zini the lemur, each of whom has different abilities. Flia can fly, Aladar can wade through water and crush rocks and Zini can fit through small spaces and pick things up. The game is seen from a top-down perspective, with the player switching characters on the fly. As in the movie, they must work together to reach the sacred nesting grounds for water and food after the rest of world dries up.Throughout the game, the characters' abilities are upgraded via an Intelligent Points System in an RPG-like addition. There are twelve levels divided into four acts.The game includes FMV clips from the movie and a dinosaur encyclopedia with information about real dinosaurs. |
| Disney's Dinosaur Activity Center | 2000 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Human Code, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Disney's Dinosaur Activity Center is a collection of five games games with gameplay similar to parts from the film. Their are actual stills, 3D additional new scenes and even some quotes from the film.The five games include Lemur Love Match, Colossal Fossil Face off, Stracosaurus Spelunker, Iguanodon Pond-a-thon and Line O' Dinos Puzzle Maker. Some games have level selection that go from either 1-3 or 1-60. Others might have timing or help.Colossal Fossil Face off is a chess like game with three levels 1,2 and 3 that go from easy, to very hard. As the herbivores you have to protect an egg and get one back that was stolen by then carnivores. Everytime you win a game you will earn a factcard about prehistoric facts, the Cretaceous period or the dinosaurs that appear in the movie. Zini the Lemur will also help you if you don't understand it.Lemur Love match is a puzzle game where you have to match flowers that are the same color and you get timed and may advance in to higher levels.Stracosaurus Spelunker is a game where you crash rocks to get out of a cave. You have to get either three or more of the same number of rocks, with the same number of circles. Their are also Carnotasaur rocks and light sunlight rocks.Iguanodon Pond-a-thon is a game similar to lines and boxes where you can play as either Emma the stracosaurus and Bayleen the Brachiosaur or Kron the Iguanodon and try to line an area with water. The gameplay is timed.Line O' Dinos Puzzle Maker is a game where you write a story about your own dinosaur using other dinosaurs parts and giving it your own sound, story and then you have to make a picture by doing a puzzle. |
| Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Soft SARL | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | You play as Donald in this 3d platform action game. Donald's girlfriend, Daisy is a reporter for a television station in Duckberg. While doing a story on the secret temple of Merlock, a terrible magician, Daisy is kidnapped. Now, it is up to Donald to get her back. Along the way he will have help from his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and the inventor Gyro Gearloose. He will also have competition from Gladstone Gander, who is also trying to save Daisy.Game play alternates between side-scrolling running and jumping and 3d running and jumping. The side scrolling levels play a lot like the Super Mario Bros. games. The 3d levels play a lot like the Crash Bandicoot series of games. All in all, there are 20 levels, spread out through areas. |
| Disney's Winnie the Pooh: Kindergarten | 2000 | Disney Interactive (Europe, Middle East & Africa) S.A. | Creative Capers Entertainment, Inc., Disney Interactive Victoria | Educational | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Disney's Winnie the Pooh: Kindergarten is a children's educational title from Disney, it's part of a series which includes Disney's Winnie the Pooh: Toddler and Disney's Winnie the Pooh Preschool. Some parts of all these titles, such as the introduction look the same.The signing in post is also the place where players and other interested parties can see progress and print off certificates. The first time the player signs in they will see a scene showing Christopher Robin leaving for school, "I Wish I could go to school" says Pooh sadly, "Well why don't we have a school in the hundred acre wood" replies Piglet. Owl says he thinks it's a splendid idea and claims it as his own. After this the player is presented with a map of the hundred acre wood which will be their starting point on future sessions. The activities shown on the map are;
Printing: Here the player can print name tags, book marks and worksheets etc
Musical Mix & Match: The player is presented with two groups of instruments. They select one from the four on the left and one from the four on the right. These combine in the centre to make a new instrument which the player can play by clicking on the keys/strings. There are icons along the bottom of the screen to play a backing track - just one available, record, playback, save and play a saved tune
Number Balloons: Roo's game resembles a fairground side show, it has a striped roof and at the top of the screen running left to right are the numbers one to twenty - one number per stripe. Roo releases a random number of balloons and the player must click on each balloon once until all are counted, the balloons can be clicked in any order but all of them must be clicked. Then the player selects the number from the awning that corresponds to the number of balloons displayed. When the get the answer correct they can/must pop all the balloons and the process repeats
Thoughtful Place: Pooh is in the woods, he's at a place that's not quite a Thoughtful Place yet so making it one is the player's task. To achieve this they use the icons along the bottom of the screen one changes the sky, another changes the scenery, one changes the season, another adds music - just the one track, then items such as logs, trees, ponds, flowers can be added while another button makes any selected object larger or smaller. There are also icons to delete an object, wipe the whole scene, plus save/load icons
Treasure Hunt: This gets the player familiar with maps and directions. On the right is a map with an overlaid grid, Tigger appears here usually somewhere near the middle. On the left is a smaller grid and beneath it is a compass, instructions appear in the small grid such as 'South to tree' and the player must click South on the compass to move Tigger around the map. This continues until he finds the treasure.
Word Shop: Owls library was disturbed by a strong wind and he needs help to put pages back into his book. On the easy setting the player is shown a book with, say, a 'K' on the left and across the top of the screen will be three pictures one of which will have the word 'King' and the picture of a King on it. These match so the player clicks on the picture, drags it to the right hand page of the book and continues. On the harder settings the book will have a picture of a king and across the top of the screen will be three pages one of which will just bear the word 'King'
Shape Sorting: This is Rabbit's game and it is basically two shelves with an assortment of three shapes, on the easy setting each shape is a different colour, on the top and three bottles below. The object is to put the right shape into the right bottle. If the player clicks on the bottle they will hear 'This is a rectangle' or whatever is appropriate
All games have three difficulty settings and odd animations that pop up, apparently at random, to pique the player's interest. When the player completes a game they earn a star, there are fourteen stars in all and there's a certificate that can be printed out.
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| Doll: Ouroboros | 2000 | Forst | Forst | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The medieval country of Ouroboros is in trouble. An evil earl has been oppressing the population, imposing heavy taxes and establishing an iron rule. This led to tensions with a neighboring country, who thought of a simple solution: send an assassin to the earl and kill him. The assassin they chose is a highly skilled swordsman named Noel. But as Noel arrives at the earl's castle, he realizes killing him won't be a simple matter. He'll need help, and maybe it will come from a certain young lady and from a mechanical maid in the castle.Doll: Ouroboros is composed mainly of a huge 3D movie, with some interaction between watching the clips. The interaction is confined to making a decision (a wrong decision will usually lead to Game Over), and choosing one of the several available paths for Noel to take. |
| DotEater | 2000 | | | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | DotEater is a single-player, Pac-Man-style game.The game is keyboard controlled, has a variable game speed and music. There is a high score table but no payer information / help file. |
| Dragon Stories | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dragon Stories is a compilation which includes the following games:
Raymond E. Feist's Return to Krondor
Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance
Betrayal in Antara |
| DriftZone | 2000 | Team C3 | Team C3 | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | DriftZone is a shoot 'em up based on Asteroids. Players take control of a space ship floating around in a dangerous part of space called Vhol Drift. The ship is controlled by applying thrust to the engines. Space is full of asteroids and alien ships and therefore the player has to use his state of the art P-Type missile launcher to clean things up. The game feature three different space ships each with its own weapon configuration. The player only has one life and once he has been destroyed it's game over. The ship does however have armour. Some of the larger asteroids in the game has power ups hidden in them that the player can pick up. This includes new weaponry for the ship such as double, long and rear shots as well as shield, speed and armour upgrades.DriftZone consists of two game modes, the classic mode and the arcade mode. Classic plays on one screen and resembles the classic Asteroids gameplay. In the arcade mode, players have more space to explore and therefore is more tactical. |
| Drug Lord 2 | 2000 | Geek Hideout | Geek Hideout | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | This game is an homage to the original Druglord, with basically the same objectives, though much enhanced game play. The entire interface has been re-done, and information is much more easily accessible. You start out as a common street drug-pusher, $1000 in debt. Your goal is to amass as huge of a personal fortune and status as you can in the alloted time (before you "retire"). |
| Dungeon Keeper + Magic Carpet 2 | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the following two games:
Dungeon Keeper
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds |
| Dunkle Schatten 3: Tod in der Südkurve | 2000 | Bundesministerium des Innern | Phenomedia AG | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Tod in der Südkurve is the third entry in the Dunkle Schatten series. Unlike the two predecessors, this game uses a first-person perspective with a 360° view. The player is either a German or a Turkish reporter, who works at a Berlin newspaper and is researching the death of a rock musician during a soccer game. In the process, he reveals a Nazi conspiracy.The majority of the game consists of conversations with various people, played by actors. These are inserted in real Berlin backgrounds, like in other FMV adventure games as Roberta Williams' Phantasmagoria. |
| Dyslektyk 2 | 2000 | MarkSoft | BPP Marcin Borkowski | Educational | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dyslektyk 2 is an enhanced Windows version of Dyslektyk, released back in 1997 for DOS. Dyslektyk 2 includes all the features from the first part of the series, adding three new types of exercises, such as:
repeating the types of sounds, writing spoken words and grammar Tetris. Built in words editor and progress statistics included. |
| E-gon Adventures | 2000 | E-game AB | E-game AB | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | E-gon Adventures is a game in the style of Pang. Like in Pang the player (E-gon) needs to shoot the bubbles until all the bubbles disappear and the next level will start. He needs to be careful from the bubbles. If a bubble hits the player he will lose one life. There are power-ups that help the player like double shooting, a shot that stays for few a seconds, freezing the bubbles for a few seconds and an extra life. This game is the first in the E-gon Adventures series. |
| E-gon Adventures 2 | 2000 | E-game AB | E-game AB | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | E-gon Adventures 2 is a game in the style of Pooyan and the second game in the E-gon Adventures series. The player (E-gon) has three children and needs to protect them from the e-vils that try to take them. Like in Pooyan this is done by shooting arrows at the e-vils' balloons and making them fall to the ground so they do not reach the children. He has also a big water balloon to get more e-vils at the same time. If too many e-vils reach their destination or you get hit by one of the stones that the e-vils are throwing at you, they will get one of the E-gon's children. There are three children and if they take all the three the game is over. |
| EA Sports Mania Pack | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation, Sports | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes four EA Sports titles:
NHL 99
Tiger Woods 99
NBA Live 99
Triple Play 2000
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| Een Wonderlijk Avontuur met Pardoes de Tovernar | 2000 | Redi Entertainment B.V. | Reho Productions | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Een Wonderlijk Avontuur met Pardoes de Tovernar is a point and click adventure game set in the wonderful world of the Dutch theme park Efteling. Players work together with Efteling mascot Pardoes de Tovernar (Pardoes the magical jester) into solving 10 different puzzles related to several different rides and attractions, including Het Spookhuis (haunted house), Fata Morgana, the Piraña, het Schommelschip (pirate ship), and D'Oude Tuffer (a ride with old cars).Players collect items and do things in specific orders to gather 10 different colored crystals to fend of the enemies, Pantagor and Rattar and solve the mystery. |
| Egria: Guardian Sword II | 2000 | Technical Group Laboratory, Inc. | Winking WindThunder | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | The young warrior Shot finds himself high in the mountains. Apparently he has been asleep for several days. He meets a young woman who explains to him that his sword has led him to their land. Shot was always determined to avenge his country, which was devastated by insect-like monsters. However, he realizes that his destiny calls him for even greater deeds. He must explore the mysterious realm and find a way to restore peace once and for all.Egria is a Taiwanese-made role-playing game and a direct sequel to Guardian's Sword, continuing the story of Shot after the events described in its ending. Visually, the game resembles its predecessor, utilizing 2D hand-painted and pre-rendered graphics for characters and locations. The game's world consists of interconnected screens with fixed camera angles, without an overworld. Battles are triggered randomly and are turn-based at core. The real-time element is different from the one featured in the two previous installments of the series: the game pauses when the player accesses the menu, but the actual attack has to be executed in real-time by clicking a mouse button at the right moment. Game structure, character growth system and abilities follow a traditional Japanese-style template. |
| Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy | 2000 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Although named Egypt 2 there are only a few similarities between the first game, Egypt 1156 B.C. and this point and click adventure. This game actually takes place earlier in time than its predecessor. Offering historical background and facts about Ancient Egypt, it has been categorized as edutainment as well as an adventure game.The game takes place in the city of Heliopolis, the City of the Sun, which was the center of learning and one of the most important capitals of Egypt in 1350 B.C. Your character is Tifet, a young priestess and a student of medicine, who sets out to find the cure for the horrific epidemic which is spreading rapidly throughout the city population. It becomes very personal when her adoptive father contracts the disease. As the story unfolds, Tifet uncovers a diabolical plot of deception and treachery. |
| Egypte II: La Prophétie d'Héliopolis (Édition Limitée) | 2000 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This limited edition contains:
Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy
Strategy guide |
| Ein Fall für dich und das Tiger-Team: Das Geheimnis der goldenen Mumie | 2000 | Terzio, Möllers & Bellinghausen Verlag GmbH | Retina GbR | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ein Fall für dich und das Tiger-Team: Das Geheimnis der goldenen Mumie is a detective game for kids aged around seven. A golden mummy has appeared in the Kingfisher Museum, haunting the halls. Has a real mummy come to life? There are a lot of suspects to question and tricky puzzles have to be solved. |
| Elasto Mania | 2000 | | | Action, Racing / Driving | Side view | | | Platform | | Motorcycle | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Elasto Mania is the sequel to Action SuperCross. You have to ride a motorbike and complete the various stages. You
can get to the next level only by completing the previous one successfully. You can skip five levels in total, but you can go back and complete a previously skipped level later. You can choose to play on any of the levels you have previously completed. For all stages the best ten times are recorded along with the name of the player. The levels become progressively more and more difficult to complete. |
| Elimination 2 | 2000 | | | Strategy | | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Elimination 2 is a game for three or four players - one of which must be human. The game is played with marbles but gameplay is more like a multiplayer version of Chinese Checkers as the marbles can be moved in any direction. The object of the game is to score points and end the game with the highest score. Each player starts with ten marbles and fifty points are scored by eliminating one of your opponent's pieces by jumping over them. When a piece is jumped it is removed and the position on the board is marked with an 'F', the next player landing on that cell gets an extra marble to play with and another hundred points..There are also traps, or sink holes, on the board and any marble landing on them is lost, sink holes will only capture one marble so once a player has lost a piece in the hole they and the other players can safely use it. |
| Elite: The New Kind | 2000 | | | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | Fangame | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Elite TNK is a rewrite in C of the original assembler source code for the original BBC Elite. As such, it has the same basic gameplay, input method and look, but is portable both to systems which have never had an Elite version of their own and those which can't run their Elite version on modern hardware.As in the original, you start out with a plain Cobra spaceship and 100 credits and it is up to you what to do; shop around, engage in piracy or fulfill missions. Or you could just enjoy the view.The graphics run in a higher resolution than the original BBC version, and the wireframe graphics can be swapped for filled polygons and even more advanced 3D effects depending on platform and version. Input devices not thought of when Elite was first written, such as mice, can also be used.In 2002, distribution of all versions of Elite TNK was shut down, along with further development, at the request of David Braben. |
| Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche versus Ka-52 Hokum | 2000 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Razorworks | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Helicopter, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | A "sequel" to Apache/Havoc, this game features the RAH-66 Comanche (NATO) vs. the Ka-52 Hokum (Warsaw Pact). Control both the pilot and gunner stations. Multiple reality options let you tune the game to your liking. Improved control options, graphics, gameplay and more. There are three semi-dynamic campaigns set in Lebanon, Yemen, and Taiwan. |
| Engulf | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Engulf is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Engulf is a single-player, strategy game that is played against the computer where the object is to end the game with the most pieces on the board. The game is played in a 7 x 7 grid and the players each start with two pieces each placed in opposing corners. There are thirty-five different boards each with a different arrangement of squares the players can / cannot move into. Only two moves are allowed, moving a piece one square will replicate that piece leaving the player with two pieces where they previously had one. Moving a piece two squares is a jump, this move does not replicate the players piece.Whenever a piece is moved next to an opponents piece that piece, or pieces, are captured. The game ends whenever a player has no pieces remaining or no legal moves remaining and the player with the most pieces at that time wins.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background. This game has a help facility, when a piece is being dragged to a new position it can optionally display an animation while it hovers over squares that can legally be moved to. |
| Europa Raser & Urlaubs Raser | 2000 | Joan Records Entertainment GmbH | Davilex Games B.V. | Compilation, Racing / Driving | | | | | | Automobile | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Urlaubs Raser
Europe Racing
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| EverQuest: Combo | 2000 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains EverQuest and its first add-on, The Ruins of Kunark. |
| Everest | 2000 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | a.k.a. studios | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | EVEREST. Dangerous, ominous, and totally unpredictable. Ascend the greatest, most dangerous mountain on earth with Ed Viesturs as your virtual guide. You'll navigate through massive crevasses; climb slick ice walls and evade avalanches and hostile weather conditions on your way to the summit, all in totally authentic 3D environments. EVEREST is a game that will appeal not only to the climbing enthusiast, but to anyone who has ever dreamed of facing nature's greatest challenge and triumphing! If you can't come to the mountain, now the mountain can come to you.Game Features: Manage every aspect of a real Everest expedition from base camp to summit! Survive topographically-true terrain. Ice beds. Avalanches. Ice falls. And more! Plus all the real-life treacherous weather conditions Everest is known for! Fully customize your climber from a wide selection of state-of-the-art mountaineering equipment and outfits.
Carefully monitor the health and progress of each climber to prevent fatigue and even death!
Experience easy-to-learn but hard to master gameplay in a totally authentic 3D environment. Receive expert climbing tips and advice from world famous master-climber, Ed Viesturs. |
| Evolva | 2000 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Computer Artworks Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Evolva is a third-person action game with a difference.
After a bizarre biological menace falls on an alien world and sends out massive tendrils to infest the planet with its evil spore, four genetically mutable warriors called GenoHunters are sent in to destroy the infestation before it can spread to other worlds. You can constantly develop the individual abilities of your four warriors by altering their DNA from the foes they have killed. e.g. kill a frog creature or a striding bird, and the GenoHunters can evolve the abilities of jumping higher and running faster. |
| F-16 Multirole Fighter + MiG-29 Fulcrum | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Compilation including the following both flight-simulations from NovaLogic:
MiG-29 Fulcrum
F-16 Multirole Fighter |
| F/A-18E Super Hornet: Officer's Edition | 2000 | Titus Interactive, S.A. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Compilation including Digital Integration's F/A-18E Super Hornet + Add-On:
F/A-18E Super Hornet
F/A-18E Super Hornet: The Albanian Campaign |
| FLW Professional Bass Tournament 2000 | 2000 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Window Painters Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Are you ready for Tournament Bass Fishing? Fish against the pros in the business using authentic equipment including Ranger® Comanche fishing machine powered by an authentic Evinrude® 200Hp outboard, and use authentic FLW lakes like Lake Okeechobee, Pascagoula River, Lake Murray, Beaver Lake, Mississippi River, Pickwick Lake, Red River; plus lakes from the FLW Tour® 99. Select your favorite equipment, and compete by going after over a dozen different species of fish (not all will count against the tournament!). Compete against friends over LAN or Internet. |
| Fairy Nights | 2000 | Milky House | | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | Adults Only | Narrative | Windows | This is a sequel to Legend of Fairies. The Shikigami sisters, Kumi and Koukaku, have to return to the Fairy Village. Jango, the hero of the series, a P.I. living in modern-day Tokyo, have to accompany them to their mysterious land, or lose them forever. But the evil Organization is not yet defeated. In this ultimate battle, the destiny of Shikigami lies in Jango's hands...A hentai/animé "digital novel", "Fairy Nights" is influenced by Japanese folk mythology. The gameplay consists of progressing the story by scrolling text and animé-style pictures that reflect the events of the game. |
| Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya | 2000 | Bohemia Interactive s.r.o. | Bohemia Interactive Studio s.r.o., Centauri Production s.r.o. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya is a point-and-click adventure game with 2D graphics. The game tells the story of two young people, named Nastya and Ivan. Nastya has been living similarly to Cinderella since her father married again and her mean stepmother tyrannises her. Then some day she meets the courageous, but egocentric Ivan, who has been travelling around and looking for a bride, and they fall in love. But the two get separated quickly as the spirits of the forest punish Ivan for several deeds he has done in the past in his ignorance of the world around him. The player hereby alternately takes control of Ivan and Nastya as the two are trying to find each other. |
| Fairyland | 2000 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | GameOver-Games, Ltd | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Arcade, Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fairyland is an unofficial remake of the arcade game The Fairyland Story. As in the original, the player controls Ptolemy the witch and uses a magic spell as the main weapon to turn enemies into cakes. This version contains 150 levels with the last one the main boss Red Dragon to defeat.The player controls the witch using arrow keys and the Space key as a default for casting spells. It contains a password mechanism for starting the game from a specific level, as well as a high score table.The game distributed using a shareware model, which limits the non-registered version to just two enemies and ten levels. Also, no cheat codes can be used. |
| Family Feud | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. | Strategy | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | A game based on the television game show, Family Feud. This version of Family Feud is hosted by the comedian Louie Anderson, who appears in the game courtesy of full motion video clips. The player chooses a family of five to play against another family. Players can create and customize their family and their opponent's family. During the game, players are asked to find the most common answers to various questions asked by the host, so the family can earn points. The family with the most points at the end of the game wins the prize money.The game contains over 1,500 surveys and also features options that effect things such as spelling accuracy, the fast money time limit, the amount of time allowed to type in survey answers, and the difficulty of the computer opponents. |
| Fast Food Tycoon | 2000 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Software 2000 | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | Comedy, Crime | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Fast Food Tycoon is a pizza restaurant simulation. Like other games of its type the objective is to transform the modest amount of capital on hand at the outset of the game into a sizable fortune.You begin by selecting a character to act as your CEO and initially invest in the restaurant industry. You then must manage numerous factors regarding your business, such as infrastructure, finances, staff, menu, advertising, etc. in order to turn a profit and gradually build a vast empire of dining establishments.Another agreeable feature is that the actual cities each have distinctive styles of architecture incorporated into them to further the impression that you are actually in Rome, London, New York, etc. The theme of each city is further emphasized by soundtrack music indigenous to the area. As time passes, night and day are simulated, complete with sunrises and sunsets. Time zones are accurately depicted as well, so if you jump from Tokyo to New York, you'll go from night to day, reflecting local time.
The influence of "underworld" activities is also present in the game. If you desire, you can align yourself with organized crime. Doing so can be highly profitable but is not entirely without risk. If you opt for a life of crime, you will have to be on the lookout and avoid law enforcement at times. |
| Fast Food Tycoon & Ski Resort Tycoon | 2000 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This bundle includes:
Fast Food Tycoon
Ski Resort Tycoon |
| Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter | 2000 | Young Genius Software AB | Sveriges Television - Interaktiva Media | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter ("Five ants are more then four elephants") is a game based on a TV show for children, using voice actors from the original cast. The player interacts with the game using the mouse pointer, clicking on objects to start mini games where he will be told what to do. Mini games range from sorting animals based on which one does not fit with the other animals (odd one out), to listening to a short story telling you what name an animal has, then selecting the correct name for the animal. |
| Field & Stream: Trophy Bass 4 | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Dynamix, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | If you have ever wanted to go fishing, but hate getting wet, then TB4 will be your kind of thing. There are plenty of options available, from where you fish; what you wear; what line and bait do you use and much more. Great water effects make it look like your really fishing. You can also go up against 25 of your fishing pals in multiplayer mode (just so you can finally answer the question of who is the best in the business) |
| Field & Stream: Trophy Buck 'n Bass 2 | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A combo pack of Trophy Bass 3D and Trophy Hunting: Big Game Edition. You get to do both virtual hunting and virtual fishing.
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| Final Racing | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Front Fareast Industrial Corporation | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Back of Jewel Case (UK Pocket Price release) (from Ad Blurbs)Take the wheel of one of six futuristic racing cars as you race over 8 different circuits. It's your 5 opponents you should really be worrying about as they do their utmost to stop you from taking first place at the end of a fast and furious 6 lap race. |
| Fisherman's Delight 32 | 2000 | | Jacobson Software Enterprises | Sports | | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fisherman's Delight 32 is a single-player, mouse controlled, shareware fishing simulation.This is an updated version of Fisherman's Delight: Set One and it plays in much the same way. This game offers just three locations, one warmwater, one coldwater and one saltwater locations and just nine species of fish. This game has features which did not appear in the earlier games such as three skill levels, a choice of casting distances, three fishing logs, a choice of male or female voice effects and 'bonus fish' - these are tagged fish that earn the player rebates on their registration fee. |
| Fisherman's Saltwater Challenge | 2000 | | Jacobson Software Enterprises | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fisherman's Saltwater Challenge is a shareware fishing game for up to four players. It is based on Fisherman's Warmwater Challenge and plays in much the same way. This game has a single location, Katchem Island, and players compete by scoring points for the fish they catch while avoiding hazards that can incur both points and time penalties. Unlike the original games in the series such as Fisherman's Delight: Set One this game has more both time and resource management elements. |
| Fishing | 2000 | eGames, Inc. | | Action, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Fishing is a single player game which is controlled by the mouse or the keyboard.This is not a detailed fishing simulation, it is more of an arcade game. The game has thirty lakes in which to fish and each offers a different challenge to the last, catch a given weight of fish, catch fish in a specific time, race through a course and catch fish at the finish line etc. When the player completes one challenge the next lake is unlocked, the prize money earned by completing challenges can be used to upgrade the fishing tackle. |
| Flug Simulator für Airbus A 320: Europa Edition - Version 2 | 2000 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | Rainer Bopf Software | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Flug Simulator für Airbus A 320: Europa Edition - Version 2 is an improved and extended version of Flug Simulator für Airbus A 320: Europa Edition.
New features are improved graphics, extended auto-pilot functions, improved voice output and a printing function for airfield maps. |
| Flux | 2000 | MasterWorks Software | MasterWorks Software | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Flux is a Direct X puzzle game for Windows. It features ray-traced graphics with many options to customize the game and has a worldwide high score competition. The play field is covered with colored tiles. When tiles of the same colour are touching, they are grouped and can be eliminated from the field by clicking them. The other pieces on the screen fall into the holes left by the removed pieces which changes the layout of the play field. That is where the strategy comes in. The player has to consider the current move and it's ramification. You can even achieve an "ultra-high scoring combo" if you move the pieces in a clever way. |
| Fly! 2K | 2000 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Terminal Reality, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Fly! 2K is an updated "special enhanced" version of Fly!, a civilian flight sim similar to Microsoft Flight Simulator, Flight Unlimited, and Sierra's ProPilot series. Five different flyable aircraft are available, with five detailed metropolitan areas simulated. Fly cross country with 300000 simulated NAVAIDS, full featured flight planner, and absolutely authentic weather with volumetric clouds. Practice Instrument Flying with Cessna IFR panel. |
| Fly!: Piper and Cessna in San Francisco - Special Edition* | 2000 | Softkey London | Terminal Reality, Inc. | Simulation | | Licensed | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Fly!: Piper and Cessna in San Francisco* is a cut down version of Fly!. The game is fully featured but the player is limited to two aircraft, the Cessna 172R Skyhawk and the Piper Navajo Chieftain 350, and the scenery around San Francisco. The following aircraft the Piper Malibu Mirage, Beech King Air B200, and Raytheon Aircraft's Hawker 800XP JET together with the scenery areas of Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Dallas/Fort Worth are not available here though they are in the full version of Fly!.
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| Flåklypa Grand Prix | 2000 | | Capricornus Computer Game Productions AS | Puzzle, Racing / Driving, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Flåklypa Grand Prix is a game in Norwegian where you help Theodore Rimspoke find parts for and assemble a racing car. With him are his two anthropomorphic co-habitants, Sonny Duckworth and Lambert. The 1975 movie The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (Norwegian: Flåklypa Grand Prix) is the origin of the game's plot. The game consists mostly of mini-games. Some of them are well-known, such as chess and checkers. Others are made specifically for this game. |
| Football Strip | 2000 | Swing! Entertainment Media AG | Smoking Gun Productions | Sports | | | Adult | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Trivia Quiz regarding knowledge about British and German Football / Soccer Leagues. The more you know, the more will beautiful ladies strip down for you.You have a choice of four different ladies to play against, over 4000 questions per category. Multiplayer games are possible, taking turns. Every mistake will strike out a soccer ball, jokers and extra chances are provided over the course of the game. |
| Ford Racing | 2000 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Motivetime Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Ford Racing is similar gameplay-wise to Need 4 Speed: Porsche Unleashed, with the obvious difference of controlling Ford cars instead of Porsche. There are eight versions of each vehicle; two 97 models, two 98 models, two 99 models, and two 2000 models. Each model varies in performance, the slowest being the 97 models and the fastest being the 2000 models.The player can compete in single-player mode where he gets to choose the cars and tracks freely if unlocked in the second game mode, the career mode, which is more ambitious. Here the player takes the role of a low ranked driver, starting with slower cars and paving his way to the top. Also in the career mode it is possible to upgrade the tires, suspension, transmission, brakes, and engine of the car, as well as reduce its weight. |
| Formula | 2000 | PocketPlaycardGame Ltd. | | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Arcade | Contemporary | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Formula is a simple racing game, one in a series of 24 different games used for advertising and distributed on a credit-card sized CD, to be used without installation.The game lets the player control a formula-1 racing car with a few keyboard keys.
The car and track is seen from a top-down view, and the player races against four other computer controlled cars, only coloured differently. The racing style is similar to small radio-controlled cars speeding around on a small toy racing track.
In case of damage, a car can drive into the depot for repairs, and after a few laps the race is over.
After the race you get shown your score and placement, and a highscore is shown.
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| Fort Boyard: Millennium (Série Limitée CHOCAPIC de Nestlé) | 2000 | Nestlé S.A. | Microïds | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fort Boyard: Millennium (Série Limitée CHOCAPIC de Nestlé) is a limited edition CD-ROM featuring the original game and its video trailer. |
| Four Orbs | 2000 | eBrainyGames, LLC | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Four Orbs is a single player puzzle game.In this game the player is presented with four balls each of a different colour, red, green, blue and yellow. At the start of each level the balls are positioned in specific places on the game area and the object is to guide each ball to its destination, i.e. The red ball must be taken to the red symbol, the blue ball to the blue symbol etc.The player moves the balls with the mouse, clicking the mouse makes it magnetic and so it attracts all the balls towards it though the nearer ball(s) will move faster.Balls are destroyed if they collide with each other or with rogue purple balls, or if they land on the wrong target.Points are awarded for clearing the level, the quicker the clearance the more points are awarded.The game has fifty increasingly difficult levels, when it was released it was possible to post high scores on-line but this feature is no longer working. |
| Freddi Fish's One-Stop Fun Shop | 2000 | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This activity pack for kids 3-8 features Freddi Fish, Luther and their friends. It's basically a printing package (with the ability for parents to password-protect and/or limit printouts, or print only outlines), that allow you to create stationery stuff like calendars, certificates letterhead, postcards; party stuff like birthday cards, banners, invitations, place mats, party hats; paper toys like puppets, trading cards, masks, mobiles, pinwheels or airplanes; "useful" stuff like bookmarks, doorknob hangers, pennants, signs, lists, name tags or picture holders; and print out custom-made coloring pages.
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| Freeride Thrash | 2000 | | Freeride Designs | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Freeride is a futuristic racing game where the player takes control of some kind of hovercraft. The game is in 3D and uses a third person perspective. It's fairly short as it only features one track that can be raced against four AI controlled drivers. Two modes are available, time trial where you alone against the clock, and single race where you have to beat your opponents. Two different vehicles are available to choose, each with different strengths and weaknesses. |
| Freespace 2: Sci-Fi Sim of the Year Edition | 2000 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Volition, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Everyone | | Windows | A re-release of Freespace 2, which contains additional missions over the original campaign (several of them were selected among the best user-created missions available at this time).
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| Freestyle BMX | 2000 | Head Games Publishing, Inc. | Silverfish Studios, LLC | Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | Bike / Bicycling | Direct control | | | | Windows | Freestyle BMX is a BMX game carrying the endorsement of Brian Foster and Joey Garcia. Players can choose different districts such as Metro, Municipal, Industrial or Seaside. Riding is not done as a race on tracks against other opponents to reach a finish line first. Instead, an open environment is offered where stunts need to be performed, riding solo. Points are awarded for the tricks. There are multiple riders to choose from. |
| Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Blitz Games Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The sequel to the Original classic (and the so-so 1997 release) changes the way you look at frogs! The stage is set for a totally new adventure where Frogger and his female friend Lillie Frog will need to leap over, dive under, hop through and climb above endless new obstacles and challenges to save the Frog Babies from Frogger's new arch enemy, the dastardly Swampy the Crocodile. |
| Funny Money | 2000 | Nordos Game Studio | Nordos Game Studio | Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Funny Money - Strategy labyrinth game. More than 70 levels. The games objectives include: Collect a predetermined value of money and reach the exit. Exit will be shown, after you got amassed the needed money. In the process of the game you must also solve puzzles. |
| Fur Fighters | 2000 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Bizarre Creations, Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | A group of baby stuffed animals are kidnapped from their families by the Stupid Bears (an evil gang of stuffed teddy bears, of all things!), and it is up to the Fur Fighters to save the young ones. The group that you control ranges from Kangaroos and Penguins to Cats and Dogs, all with their unique abilities and styles of fighting, which you must use to not only defeat the Stupid Bears, but complete puzzles and specific objectives along the way. You can control only one character at a time, but there are teleport areas so that you can change your character to one that can complete the tasks at hand.
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| Furby: Big Fun in Furbyland | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive GmbH | ImageBuilder Software, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Furby: Big Fun in Furbyland is a collection of mini games for children. Ride a roller coaster with your Furby, lead him through a labyrinth or dance with him. Feed, groom or customize your Furby by changing his color or haircut. |
| G Darius | 2000 | CyberFront Corporation | Taito Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | G Darius chronicles the story of the Darius star, and the heroes who protect it from evil. G. Darius features similar gameplay concepts to other titles in the series, but now plays in 2D/3D (a la Einhander/Thunder Force V/R-Type Delta). |
| G-Player | 2000 | Virtual Management GmbH | Virtual Management GmbH | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | G-Player is an online managerial simulation where the player runs a business. At the start of the game the player chooses one of about 100 industries where he wants to work. Then he starts his business with his starting capital and produces his goods. Like in reality he has to buy his resources from other players and in turn sell his merchandise. But that's not so easy as it sounds. Because the game wants to be a realistic simulation of the business world the player has to care for quality, security, environmental protection, employee satisfaction or stock tradings. The business relationships with other players don't have to end with trading either; they can found holdings, sell their businesses and acquire other ones. There are also several illegal activities possible, e.g. terrorist attacks, assassinations or price arrangements. Through referendums and petitions the player can undertake political activity.With the registration every player receives a credits account which gets filled when he achieves big successes. This credits can be used to start a business on another server (every player can start two and has to pay a fee for more). Real money is given to exceptional players as prizes. The game also features an offline mode where the buyer can play eight single player missions. These basically serve as a tutorial. |
| GAMES Interactive 2 | 2000 | Encore, Inc. | WayForward Technologies, Inc. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Word construction | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This is the second virtual edition of "GAMES". It contains 150 assorted puzzles taken from the pages of the magazine but with pencil and paper replaced by keyboard and monitor. As with the first game in the series, readers of the magazine will recognize it's signature style in the visual and logic puzzles and in the wide variety of crosswords ( both standard and cryptic/English). GI2 also adds a "Bonus Brain-Bender" which becomes available after the player has completed all of the initial 150 puzzles.The puzzles are rated for difficulty on a scale of one to three stars with single star puzzles being appropriate for children and other beginners and three star puzzles challenging for veterans. Players can also compete against a clock when solving puzzles if they want to compare their times with others. |
| GLtron | 2000 | | | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | The player drives a lightcycle (a futuristic bike from the movie Tron), that leaves a inpenetrable trail behind. There are several human- or AI-controlled opponents playing in the same rectangular field. The player that hits the field borders or the trail left by any player (including his own trail) loses. The goal is to remain the last surviving player. |
| Galaxy Multi-Pack | 2000 | eGames Europe | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Galaxy Multi-Pack is a compilation of 'Special Edition' casual games from
eGames. The games in this package are:
3-D Frog Man SE
Lexicon SE
Galactic Invasion SE is a single level from 3D Alien Invasion
Bingo SE, from Soleau Software
2 Player Chess is an uncredited chess game. There is no AI opponent here, it's a simple game where two human players play each other. There is no in-game help, no undo feature and no records are kept
Space Solitaire is a space themed implementation of Klondike solitaire, as with the previous game there is no in-game help, no undo feature and no game statistics are kept
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| Galaxy Slots | 2000 | | WickedWare, LLC | Gambling | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Galaxy Slots is a single-player, mouse controlled game that simulates an old style, slot machine. It appears in a number of eGames compilations including Casino Jackpot 2 which is where this version of the game comes from. It is one of a series of similar games developed for eGames by WickedWare.Galaxy Slots has three win lines and, as the name implies, a space theme to its symbols. The player may bet 1, 2, or 3 credits per spin, it has four reels and pays out on four of a kind or any galaxy symbol. This game has optional sound and in-game help but no high score table and a players winnings are not retained for the next game nor are they transferred to other games in the series. |
| Game Gallery Millennium Edition | 2000 | Swing! Entertainment Media AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Game Gallery Millennium Edition is Volume 2 in Swing's Game Gallery series. In this compilation, there are 12 games spread over 13 discs. Like the predecessor, or most of the other Compilations around, the complete manuals are only stored on the discs in PDF format.Included games:Air Warrior III
F1 Racing Simulation
Gex 3D: Enter The Gecko
Machines
Re-Volt
Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries
Shadow Man
Snow Wave Avalanche
Spearhead
Test Drive: Off-Road 2
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil |
| Gamers Choice | 2000 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the following ten games from many different genres:
Age of Wonders
Battle of Britain
TalonSoft's East Front 2
Fly!
Flying Heroes
Grand Theft Auto 2
Hidden & Dangerous
Martian Gothic: Unification
Railroad Tycoon II
Tzar: The Burden of the Crown |
| Garfield's Mad About Cats | 2000 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | FiniteMonkey, Inc., Horizons Companies | Action, Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | | Board game, Mini-games, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In Garfield's Mad About Cats, Jon expresses displeasure with Garfield's lack of motivation towards performing traditional rodent control duties. Still, Garfield is sympathetic to the mouse problem and assumes his alter-ego of Dr. Frankencat and, along with his assistant Eager (Odie), descends into the mad scientist lab in house dungeon. The mission: create the perfect cat. To that end, Dr. Frankencat uses his computer to identify the most perfect traits of various cats from around the planet and assemble the features into a perfect cat.The game allows the player to select different feline attributes such as size, roar, tail, and eyes, and then choose a cat from a global map that best showcases the feature. The game plays a brief educational video with a factoid about that cat. These lessons are then interspersed with one of 12 minigames that the player can elect to play before proceeding to the next lesson. The games are:
Disco Jon: memorize and replay the flashing button sequence to make Jon boogie to the beat.
Dress-A-Nerd: dress Jon using a variety of zany clothes from his own closet.
Dunk Tank: launch baseballs at moving targets in order to dunk Binky the Clown in the drink.
Soda Shaker: Garfield wants a soda but the soda machine places 4 cans on the table, shakes 3 of them, and swaps several pairs of cans. Pick the unshaken can.
Odie Maze: a sliding tile puzzle where the player has to unscramble the scene so that Odie can make it to the fire hydrant.
Hack Attack: Space Invaders clone - Garfield is being descended upon by a flock of Nermals that shoot cute hearts. Garfield must take out the invaders by hacking up hairballs.
Fowl Shot: stick a chicken in a recliner and launch it at a moving target.
Squash-A-Spider: dozens of spiders are descending on your pizza and coffee; squish them with a rolled-up newspaper.
Burp Game: Breakout clone - Garfield needs to use his belches to bounce a mouse around to get all the cheese bricks.
Matching Madness: a card matching game.
Create-A-Character: an activity where the player can change the upper, middle, and lower sections of a character to create new, mismatched characters.
Whack-A-Rat: clone of the venerable Whack-A-Mole game, with rats.
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| Genesis | 2000 | MultimediA Michael Arnold & Andreas Weiler Gbr | MultimediA Michael Arnold & Andreas Weiler Gbr | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A earthquake in Mexico reveals an odd artifact. Now the player takes the role of archaeologist Curtis Mulligan who investigates it and reveals the traces of a long forgotten culture...Genesis is an adventure game where the player clicks through prerendered stills, collects objects without the help of hotspots and solves puzzles. Most of these puzzles are mathematical riddles but some are of the classic object-based kind. The game features about three dozen puzzles and leads the player to many places all over the world. |
| Genesys | 2000 | Wanadoo Edition | Galiléa | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Genesys is an educational video game that allows the player to discover the key stages of the evolution of various human societies around the world. The player has to solve puzzles, talk to people who had an important impact to history, explore artifacts and have a look at the historical database. Most of the game has screens similar to an encyclopedia and parts of it are an interactive experience. Through actions items are gathered stored in an inventory that can be used to solve puzzles. Jeanne Moreau guides the player through the game. |
| GeoRunner | 2000 | Ohio Distinctive Software | Ohio Distinctive Software | Adventure, Educational | Top-down | | | | | | Jeff Huettman, Stanford Apseloff | | | | Windows | You are a member of the Blit Rescue and Tracking Squad (BRATS). Your unit's mission is to rescue Blit whenever he gets captured, which is basically his job. Blit skateboards, crashes, and ends up in a cage. In order to free Blit, you must find a number of keys scattered across different countries in a region. To obtain the keys, the game tests your geographical knowledge.GeoRunner prompts you to select a region of the world (North & Central America, South America, Africa, etc.) and to configure a skill level. The skill level determines a number of settings:
The difficulty of the clues. Early levels simply tell the player to visit a certain country. Later levels challenge the player on capitals or even trivia related to the country.
Whether the player flies in a propeller plane or a jet. Both have limited fuel capacities. If the fuel runs out in a propeller plane before the specified key is found, the fuel is automatically refilled and the game gives you a directional hint about the location of the key. If the fuel runs out in a jet, the player loses all keys gathered up to that point in the round.
Whether the countries on the map are labeled or not.
Whether the player must collect 4 or 8 keys in order to free Blit. |
| GermNation | 2000 | | Virtually Real | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Playing an epidemiologist at the Biological Control Institute, you're trying to control an outbreak of virulent germs in a controlled petri dish environment. This is done by colliding same-types of germs together, which immobilizes them, and then freshly exposing them to a third member of the same type. Timing is tricky, though, as individual germs will periodically retreat into a protective and unresponsive cocoon, emerging later -- sometimes changed into an entirely new germ type!The ace up your sleeve is that you can dispense germs into the dish both horizontally, shooting them directly in, or vertically -- aiming them into L-shaped tubes atop the petri dish. Hesitate too long, and your dispenser fires the queued germ automatically, cluttering your game board and making it harder to find a cure! Once the dish is filled with enough germs to back up into the dispensers, the game is over. (Fortunately, this should all be old hat to anyone who studied cellular biology at Video Game University under Dr. Mario.) |
| Geunyeo-ui Gisadan - Her Knights | 2000 | Byulbram Creature | Byulbram Creature | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Princess Lemian has spend much of her life studying in a foreign school. One day, as she is strolling through the campus, a group of mercenaries attempt to kidnap her. The Princess' personal lifeguards, known as "Her Knights", arrive in time to rescue her, and she learns that war has broken out on the continent. The Princess must now travel back to her homeland, with her brave knights protecting her from danger.Her Knights is a Korean-made role-playing game in predominantly Japanese style, with light tactical elements. Like in most games of the type, the player navigates the party of characters on the overworld, visiting towns, talking to non-player characters, and participating in turn-based battles - all viewed from an isometric perspective. The knights gradually lose energy when traveling and must rest to replenish it. The princess herself doesn't fight, but each of her knights is a fully controllable character with a variety of attack moves and combos. Formation, defensive stances, and the direction the characters are facing affect their performance in combat. The player has the option to replay battles with a suggested lower difficulty. Personal relationships between the princess and the knights play an important role in the game's plot. The player can use special items to influence these relationships and even initiate romances with specific knights. |
| Gift | 2000 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Eko Software SARL | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A group of game developers are deep into the final stages of testing their new game. All of a sudden, their characters revolt and break out of their control, taking on lives and ambitions of their own. A princess character is kidnapped and the only way to save her is to send in heroes from other games. Various warriors and wizards are dispatched to try to save her, but nothing works. As a last resort, Gift, a comical, clumsy, little red alien volunteers and is sent in to save the day.The player controls Gift in 3D arcade fashion and must navigate 10 levels and special rooms, picking up numerous items along the way and meeting characters from other games and films. There are the dwarfs from Snow White, a Darth Vader’s light sabre, Indiana Jones’ whip, and a machine gun from Quake, among others, throughout the levels. He’ll leap between moving platforms, avoid death rays, zap enemies, etc. His progress is often impeded by thought-provoking roadblock type puzzles, which require imagination, logic, and a keen sense of humor. |
| Gin Rummy | 2000 | MeggieSoft Games | MeggieSoft Games | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Gin Rummy is a single player is a single player card game in which the player plays against the computer. MeggieSoft did produce two versions of this game, a 16-bit game that was for Win 3.x and a 32-bit version that was for Windows 95 and above. Support for the 16-bit version was discontinued in 2001 and now all MeggieSoft games are 32-bit games.Gin Rummy is a popular card came in which the player's are dealt ten cards each.
Put simply the object of the game is to make sets of cards of the same rank or runs of cards in the same suit. Players alternately take a new card from either the deck or the discard pile into their hand. If it does not fit it is discarded, if it improves the hand it is retained and another card is discarded. The player who is able to dispose of all of their cards wins the hand and scores points, the first to score a predetermined number of points wins the game.The current implementation of MeggieSoft's Gin Rummy, Version 2013 Build 130301, has the basic Gin Rummy game but can be configured to play the Oklahoma, Elwood or Double Gin variants. It has customisable round bonuses and alternate scoring methods, supports on-line play, has an extensive game configuration menu, and an on-line update function. Using A,K,Q,J to represent the Ace, King, Queen, Jack is an Anglo-American standard, this game caters for other standards/languages such as Danish which uses E,K,D,B, Dutch which uses A,H,V,B, Finnish which uses the numbers 1,13,12 & 11, plus French, Spanish, German, Italian, Norwegian & Swedish.Other features include a spoken tutorial with a selection of voices using Microsoft's Text-To-Speech, in-game music and sound effects, and the ability for the player to alter the hand they have been dealt. |
| Girlfriend Construction Set | 2000 | | | Simulation | | | Adult, Romance | Dating simulation, RPG elements | | | | | | | Windows | This game pits the player as a single man on the prowl for some action. Custom-building the personality and traits of a romantic counterpart, the game can simulate a wide variety of dating experiences, each of which scenarios offers a number of multiple-choice questions yielding an impact on how well the date ultimately went. Over the course of a series of dates that go well, the player can dump flawed girlfriends and seek out ones with more consistent perfection (self-improvement is also a factor; if the girlfriend exceeds her partner, she will be dumping him). A distant goal is to gradually improve both self and partner so as to eventually wrangle invitations to the Big Party, into which only perfect couples are permitted. |
| Gold Strategy Games | 2000 | TopWare Interactive | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | While Topware's well known Gold Games series has games from all genres, this particular compilation only contains six titles, most of which are strategy games.Instead of fitting these games on half a dozen CDs, Topware put them all on a single DVD this time.The following games are on the DVD:
Earth 2150
Emergency: Fighters for Life
Jagged Alliance 2
Odium
Robo Rumble
Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator |
| Grachten Racer | 2000 | Davilex Games B.V. | Lost Boys Games, X-Plosive | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Grachten Racer is a racing game where players can race with speedboats through the canals of Venice and Amsterdam. For every race, players can choose a certain boat with a captain that all have their own strengths and weaknesses.The game contains three different game modes: Championship, Quickrace and Sightseeing.
Championship is a career mode where players have to complete and win several pre-determined races to become the ultimate champion. This mode has to be played in order to unlock more boats.
Quickrace is a mode where the player can choose the location and boat and complete the race. No statistics are being collected from this mode.
In Sightseeing, the player can freely roam the different maps and sail through the canals, discovering the regions and buildings around. There is no race to complete in this mode and this mode only ends when the player quits to the main menu.Players can not only race the computer opponents, but also hinder them by using torpedo's or guided missiles, temporarily disorienting them or blowing them into an other direction. Coiled springs can be collected to jump out of the water and over something. The player can also collect turbo's to temporarily boost the speed of the boat. |
| Grand Ouvert | 2000 | DTP Neue Medien GmbH | Ikarion Software GmbH | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Grand Ouvert is a humorous Skat cards game simulation. Instead of faceless computer AI opponents the player faces up to seven (sort of) well-known persons of world history: Napoleon, Cleopatra, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, Lenin, Mona Lisa and Martin Luther King. Each character is carefully modelled and animated in a “Spitting Image” style. Additionally they also have a wide range of funny voice comments, fitting to the actual situation in the game.The Skat simulation itself features lots of different rules and options. The player can choose to play against AI opponents or human players, connected by LAN or TCP/IP. The game is a sequel to Bonn Ouvert, released in 1998. |
| Grand Prix Online | 2000 | | Digital Creations S.r.l. | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Arcade | Contemporary | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Grand Prix Online (GPO) is a top down multiplayer online racing game. There were tournaments online, the first ones had some F1 tickets and fuel vouchers as a prize for the score leaders, while the latter were just for fun.There were 9 tracks (a tenth could be added as a DLC) and only one kind of car. The cars could be set with different shocks hardness, wings or gears ratio. Cars had limited fuel and damage, but rarely they were an issue during standard online play.
The race was divided in two parts, qualify and race. Sometimes the weather could get rainy. |
| GreenFace | 2000 | Softini | Amisoft | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | Real-time | Kids to Adults | | Windows | Have you ever played old Supaplex game for DOS?
Well, this game is on the same idea, but much more complex. Through 96 levels split in four episodes with different graphics, you must explore around inside an Virtual Reality machine, collecting pieces of information, placing bombs for destroying walls and enemies.The game is a scrolling game, using 640x480 screen resolution, 16 bit color depth and rendered graphics. |
| Groovy Bunch of Games | 2000 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Puzzle, Simulation, Strategy | Side view, Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Chess, Mental training | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Containing 68 games for the casual gamer, Groovy Bunch of Games has a wide range of games including Video Poker (5 varieties), Slots (5 varieties), Spades, Hearts, Old Maid, Crazy Eights, Go Fish, Blackjack, Solitaire (6 varieties), Reversi, Backgammon, Chess, Dominoes, Checkers, Memory Games (6 varieties), Puzzle Tiles (15 varieties), and Box Battles (20 varieties). 1 or 2 player modes are available on most games. |
| Grubs | 2000 | | Memir Software Ltd. | Action, Compilation, Puzzle, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Grubs is a single player, mouse controlled game with three modes of play and five levels of difficulty.The three game modes are:
Puzzle: In this game the player must guide the grub around the screen to a pale blue circle that's clearly marked 'GOAL' within a specified time. The way the grub moves is different to most games, there is a single control and that is the left mouse button. The grub is constantly rotating. When the player clicks the mouse button the grub stops rotating and springs forward in whatever direction it is pointing.As well as navigating around walls the player must avoid hazards such as mines, collect keys to undo locked gates, while later levels include magnets that pull the grub to its doom.
Race: The race game is for one to four players with the CPU playing . The left mouse button is not used in this game, each player is assigned a single key to control their grub's movement. As they race around the track they can feed on smaller grubs for energy and collect weapons. The weapons are fired using the same single key that is used for movement, in this case the key is held down until the grub's head starts to release sparks - the weapon is deployed when the action key is released. The number of laps can be altered in the game configuration options.
Battle: This game is also for up to four players but CPU does not take part. As with the race mode players can feed on smaller grubs for energy and collect weapons. Movement and firing weapons is implemented in the same way as the race mode. The number of rounds in a battle can be altered in the game's configuration options. |
| Gry Platformówki 2 | 2000 | Albion Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Gry Platformówki 2 (Platform Games 2) is a compilation of freeware and shareware platform games (as well as some games from other genres). It comes with a launcher application that displays game descriptions and allows running or installing the games. The compilation includes the following games:
The Adventures of MicroMan - Adventure 1: Crazy Computers (shareware) 2.0
Blob Factory 1.0
The Blues Brothers
CHAMP Kong v1.0 (shareware)
Charly the Clown v1.30 (shareware)
Coolrun v2.0 (shareware)
Cyril Cyberpunk (shareware) v0.51
Dweep v1.05 (shareware)
F.Godmom 4.0 (shareware)
Fruit-Picker
Gubble (demo) v1.2
Gubble 2 (demo) v1.5
Guimo (beta version) v1.2
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Klik & Play game by Isabelle Bristow)
Inner Worlds (shareware)
Jacky - The Horn of the Diablo (demo) v1.2
Jazz Jackrabbit 2: The Secret Files (shareware) v1.24s
Larax & Zaco (shareware) v1.0
Mario!!! (a pirated version of Mario & Luigi)
Moraff's Escapade 3.0 (shareware)
Nonsense Madness
The Pack Rat (deluxe version) (shareware)
PC*Bert v1.01
Santa's Xmas Caper (demo)
StixWorld v1.0
Zric-Zrac (shareware) v1.20
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| Gunlok | 2000 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | From the creators of Aliens vs Predators comes Gunlok, a 3D isometric team-based real-time strategy game. The human race has advanced technologically to the point that robots now do all the work while the humans enjoy a life of leisure. One day mankind gave up control of the robots and soon the machines realized they had unrestricted power and waged war against themselves and the human race. Soon the machines settled their differences amongst themselves and turned their animosity towards man. This is where you come in. Play as Gunlok, a human with power armor and a radical new energy technology - Earth Power to once again bring the machines back into order. Control Gunlok and four robot/mechs on missions to infiltrate The Corporation and take control of a world gone mad. Each character has their own special abilities in which you will need to use to advance in the war against the robots like a lightly armored robot that is good at scouting to a heavily armored "tank" robot that can take allot of damage as well as give it out to a repair-bot that can not only heal/repair damage but can also immobilize enemy robots. Weapons are many and varied from plasma pistols to missile launchers to a weapon called a Nanofragmenter that sprays energized nanobots that dismantle enemies at the atomic scale. Every character including Gunlok can be upgraded with modules to enhance the robot from scanners to scan the terrain (your in-game mini-map) to hologram generators to fool the enemies. Enemy robots have the ability to see and hear you and you have the ability to cloak yourself in junk piles or in water that is deep enough. Also use audio mines to distract your enemies to sneak around them. Gunlok has a re-con ability which is seen in first person mode that allows you to identify your enemies and fire the Energy Pulse Weapon which does heavy damage to the enemy at a health cost to Gunlok.Play 15 huge single player levels or play in several types of multiplayer modes including co-operative play on single player levels, death match, capture the flag and rescue the president.
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| Gunship! | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | MicroProse Software, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | War | | Europe | Helicopter | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | This is the direct sequel to Gunship 2000, a fondly-remembered title from the early 90s. Once more you jump into an helicopter and try to save innocent lives, in a World War 3 scenario between NATO and Russia. Helicopters you can fly include the AH-64D Apache, Westland Apache, Eurocopter Tiger and Mil-28 Havoc. The missions take place in different regions of the earth, and each of them is detailed on a small scale - you can make out each single tree of the woods. The game can be customised for a more arcade-like or simulation-based feel, and with head-to-head and co-operative multiplayer modes. |
| Gut Gemischt | 2000 | Eidos Interactive Deutschland | MadCat Interactive Software GmbH | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Gut Gemischt is a collection of 9 beloved card games. Included are the games Skat, Rommé, 17 & 4, Mau-Mau, Poker, Canasta, Schwimmen, Doppelkopf und Schafkopf. All games can be played alone or with up to 6 players via internet. Rules, setting and card design can be adjusted. The opponents and the surroundings are fully 3D and animated. |
| Gute Zeiten - Schlechte Zeiten: Volume 3 | 2000 | | Software 2000 | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This game is a licensed adventure based on the German soap opera Gute Zeiten - Schlechte Zeiten. The player has to solve ten problems of the series' characters, e.g. the love story between Marie Balzer und Kai Scholl. He does that collecting items and using it with the correct character. There are also many conversations. In addition the player has to travel to certain locations of the series which are shown in full motion video - including the actors. The puzzles are designed for beginners.The second part of the CD-ROM is a database which includes a timeline and bios of the characters. The GZSZ horoscope gives information about the star signs of the actors and how they correspond to the buyers'. |
| Hacker | 2000 | Unreal Visions | Unreal Visions | Simulation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | If you can imagine an arcade-style hacking game, then you've just imagined Hacker 1.0, a free download-only game. The entire game consists of simulating the task of hacking into major corporations' servers/networks to transfer funds into your secret back accounts. It's entirely "for fun", so don't expect a lesson in real hacking....but you can rack up some serious money which will allow you to then purchase more in-game equipment, which in turn, makes it more difficult for the authorities to catch you.
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| Handkerchief | 2000 | XSIV Games | Opus Corp. | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | You are Jacob Streiker, and you're getting mighty fed up with things. A vicious cartel of mutant mechanistic animals controls your country. Your neighbors seem to be like lemmings, scrambling over each other to kill themselves. Armed rebellion is your only chance. In Handkerchief, find out what happens when lemmings fight with weapons!You control Jacob Streiker in this side-scrolling game where you shoot, jump, crouch, get robots, use turncoat bombs to turn enemies into allies while you seek revenge for what each territory owner did to your place.This game supports up to 4 people on net-play (IPX and TCP/IP). |
| Hangsim | 2000 | Wilco Publishing | Quality Simulations | Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Hangsim is a flight simulator that simulates the sport of hang gliding or paragliding. The game objective is quite simply to stay aloft, with a simple interface that forces you to use your senses to find drafts, thermals, avoid turbulence, etc. and carry on flying. Includes a series of scenarios that introduce some aspects of the basic gameplay as well as a free-form flying mode.Graphics are completely Direct3D accelerated and include a host of weather and lighting effects. |
| HappyLand Adventures: X-mas Edition | 2000 | Free Lunch Design AB | Free Lunch Design AB | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | HappyLand Adventures: X-mas Edition is a Christmas-themed follow-up to the original Happyland Adventures with a special set of levels with season-specific items and snow. Just like the original game it is a 2D side-scrolling platform jumping game where the player controls a dog who needs to Happyland animals. The original levels are included as well. |
| Harley-Davidson: Wheels of Freedom | 2000 | Infogrames, Inc. | Canopy Games, G2M Games | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Take the wheels of a classic Harley and hit the road! Participate in Open Road Challenge, Checkpoint Rally, Poker Run and more. Customize the bike, choose different riders (each with different attributes and looks), and enjoy the gorgeous scenery. WoF is a budget-title motorcycle riding sim with some racing elements. |
| Head-On Collision! | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Head-On Collision! is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Head-On Collision! is a single-player driving/strategy game where the object is to achieve a high score. The player controls a car which travels around a track which comprises of six concentric roads at a constant speed and always in the same direction. On the roads there are bubbles which score points and the player must collect all the bubbles to achieve a high score and clear the level. Opposing the player are computer controlled cars who travel the same concentric roads in the opposite direction. These must be avoided as a collision will cost the player one of their three lives. As the player progresses through t he levels the opposing cars become more numerous and more aggressiveThe game is, by default, controlled via the arrow keys but the action keys can be redefined and joystick support is also available. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, various backgrounds, a high score screen and in-game help screens.
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| Hellboy: Dogs of the Night | 2000 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment (Büro Deutschland) | Cryo Studios North America | Action | Behind view | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Hellboy: Dogs of the Night (also released as Hellboy: Asylum Seeker) is a third-person action game in which the player controls Hellboy- Mike Mignola's comic-book hero and paranormal investigator.The game takes place in 1960's Prague, during Hellboy's early work with the BPRD (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense). Hellboy and Sara are investigating their missing agent Peter, who lost contact with his team somewhere in Czechoslovakia. It's up to Hellboy to uncover the events surrounding that disappearance, and set things right. Gameplay has similarities to Resident Evil games, featuring dialogue and puzzles punctuated with fights. The game has fully 3D graphics that are stylistically quite different from the original comic book drawings. |
| HenchMan | 2000 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Henchman is a simple 3D single-player only first-person shooter. The game has no real story. The character is dropped into rocky world and just must find exit from every labyrinth-like level and kill armed enemies. There are four weapons: a normal, weak pistol, an assault rifle, rockets and a grenade launcher. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic III: Double Pack | 2000 | 3DO Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Double Pack features both the original Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia and the first expansion pack, Armageddon's Blade.Manuals are only available on CD in PDF format. |
| Hex | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Hex is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Hex is a single player, strategy game that is played against the computer on hexagonal grid, called a wall within the game. The wall's default size is 7 x 7 but the game configuration allows the player to select other sizes from 5 x 5 to 9 x 9. This is a turn-based game with the player trying to connect the top and bottom edges before the computer connects the two sides. The winning player is the one who makes their connection first.
The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background. |
| Hexapawn | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Hexapawn is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Hexapawn is a single-player, strategy game that is played against the computer on a chess board. The default game is played in a standard 8 x 8 chessboard though the game configuration screen does allow the player to select any square board from 5 x 5 to 10 x 10 and to change the pieces from pawns to tiles, smiley faces etc.Each player starts with a rank of pawns on their respective row. On their turn each player can move one pawn one space forwards, or if an opponents pawn is in a diagonally adjacent square they may take that pawn.
The winning player is the one who first gets one of their pawns to the opponents back row or is the player who is unable to move a piece.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background. |
| Hidden & Dangerous: Action Pack | 2000 | TalonSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This is the original Hidden & Dangerous game, plus the H&D Devil's Bridge expansion pack rolled into one. It also includes the voice-chat system Roger Wilco. |
| High Impact Paintball | 2000 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A first-person-shooter featuring paintball instead of grenade launchers and chainguns. Play alone or online, and join different modes such as Capture the Flag, Free for All, and Siege. Find powerups and weapon "upgrades". |
| Historia ludzkości | 2000 | MarkSoft | Bitmap Creative | Educational | Top-down | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Historia ludzkości is an educational software about the history of humanity, from its beginnings, through ancient, middle ages and modern period. Program contains descriptions and images helpful for children attending history lessons in secondary and high school. Following modules are available:
Dictionary (Słownik) - list of words (along with definitions) associated with history and present in the software
Quick search (Szybkie wyszukiwanie) - module used to quickly search by keywords through descriptions and definitions available in the program
Descriptions (Opisy) - dedicated articles for several historical topics, including long descriptions and various attractive images
Dates (Daty) - whole history combined into list segregated by years starting from 1000 year ante Christum until year 1970
Polish kings (Królowie polscy) - module contains articles per each Polish king, with several drawings and descriptions
Quiz (Testy) - module that provides a customizable quiz: player can specify topics, define number of subjects and number of questions. It contains two modes - “play” which resembles “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” mechanics and is about scoring points and “learn” which gives player a grade after completing the test
Only the mouse is required to use this software.
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| Hogs of War | 2000 | Infogrames Europe SA | Infogrames Studios Limited | Strategy | Behind view | | War | Artillery | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Command a regiment of hogs through different battlefields - all with the same mission: eliminate the enemy. Gameplay is comparable to the Worms games, but Hogs Of War comes completely in 3D. There are many different types of weapons to choose from, as well as the possibility to assign special jobs such as sniper, medic, etc. to the hogs. |
| Hologram Time Traveler | 2000 | Digital Leisure Inc. | Virtual Image Productions | Action | | | | Arcade, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The player controls Marshal Gram trying to save the Princess of the Galactic Federation. Only the evil Vulcor stands in the way. Much like Dragon's Lair, the player has to make choices that can change the game's outcome. The Windows version also includes a set of 3D glasses to use during play. |
| Homeland: The Stone of Night | 2000 | Spiderweb Software | Dragonlore | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Long time ago, an evil creature known as the Devourer of Souls was banished to the Void by powerful mages. But time has passes, and the demon found a way to break free of his prison. Meanwhile, a young lad from the farming village of White Water is dreaming of adventure and excitement. He doesn't realize that soon he will have plenty of both - and mortal danger as well. A strangers comes to town, seeking an ancient relic, and our hero ventures into the nearby ruins. Very soon he understands he might just be the only person in the world who can stop the Devourer of Souls from returning...Homeland: The Stone of Night is a role-playing game with real-time combat. The player shapes the main character by allocation points into the three available parameters (Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence). A dog accompanies the hero and fights on his side. The player can have the AI take care of the battles, or - as in most cases with tougher foes - pause the combat at any time and assign precise actions to the participants. |
| Homeworld: Game of the Year Edition | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Homeworld (Game of the Year Edition) is identical to the original 1999 release of Homeworld except for the inclusion of:a new box, which features new artwork;
Prima's official strategy guide;
a Music of Homeworld CD.
The Music of Homeworld CD also includes the latest patch (v1.05) and a trailer for Homeworld: Cataclysm. |
| Hot Wheels: Micro Racers | 2000 | Mattel Interactive | Unique Development Studios AB | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hot Wheels: Micro Racers is a top down racing game based on Mattel's toy car franchise. The game is similar to Ignition, a previous racing game by developer UDS. The player can pick from seven different Hot Wheels cars and race against AI or human players on three different race tracks. Two cars are available from the start and the rest have to be unlocked by achieving different goals. These objectives involve completing championships and finding secret areas. The tracks have hazards and obstacles that the player has to watch out for and there are different road surfaces that affects the handling of the car. To get an extra boost the player can use turbos or super turbos that are only found in secret areas.There are three different game modes: single race, championship and pursue. Single race is for practice and allows the player to try out the different tracks without competition. In the championship the player competes against three AI-controlled cars with the goal of getting the fastest time. Winning the races is necessary to advance to the following stages. In the pursue mode the car in last place will explode at the end of each lap and the last player remaining wins the game. |
| Hoyle Board Games 2001 | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Chess, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The 2001 iteration of the Hoyle Board Games comes with the following games:
Backgammon
Battling Ships
Checkers
Chess
Chinese Checkers
Dominoes
Line 'Em Up (similar to Connect Four)
Mahjong and two sub-games using the same tileset: Concentration and Gravity Tiles (a tile matching game)
Mancala
Master Match (Mastermind)
Parchisi (Parcheesi)
Placer Racer (similar to Puzzle Bobble)
Reversi (like Othello)
Rummy Squares (Rummikub)
Snakes & Ladders (their version of Chutes & Ladders)
Yacht (Yahtzee)
The players' avatars can be customized, speak and are fully animated. Some of the games allow the player to choose between solo play and multiplayer with another people or computer controlled characters. |
| Hoyle Crosswords | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | Licensed | | Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | Sierra and Hoyle continue their game series with this crossword package of puzzles you'd find in the newspaper. It's set up in a calendar with a daily puzzle plus even more available for 500 puzzles in total. There's five different skill levels as well, from beginner to expert. In addition to solo games, you can also play with another player on the same computer or over the Internet. On the play screen, there is a scrollable list of clues for words written across or down on the play board. You can type a letter or a whole word, or easily erase anything on the board as well.With the Facemaker utility, you can customize a picture of your character for online play. You can also choose a computer character to play with who will make wise cracks while you play. You can save a puzzle or print it out. Also, you can browse an in-program version of Webster's New World College Dictionary to check words and their meanings.
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| Hoyle Mahjong Tiles | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This Hoyle take on the classic game of Mahjong includes the traditional rules plus also Memory Tiles and Gravity Tiles. Two tile styles are available with 60 different board configurations in the classic rules version of turning over two tiles at a time to remove a matching pair until the board is empty or no further matches can be made.The Memory Tiles game has similar gameplay with tiles covering the whole board and only side by side, not on top of one another. If you want to create different layouts, you can with the included Layout Maker feature. Gravity Tiles has you removing tiles of matching colors that touch at least on one side. Those that are removed will cause any on top to fall onto the vacated space. From three to five different colors of tiles can be.You can change various options also such as background scenery, your character avatar's appearance, or make your own mahjong boards. Two-player and on-line options are available, plus different unique methods of scoring to make solo play more varied. |
| Hoyle Slots & Video Poker | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hoyle Slots & Video Poker is a collection of single player, mouse/keyboard controlled, casino gaming machines comprising slot machines, video poker machines video slot machines and a horse racing game. The player starts with a stake, the default is $5000 but this can be changed. When playing they insert cash into a machine by clicking on the cash slot, after that every spin reduces the amount invested and when it's all gone the machine takes money from the player's remaining cash pot. Should a player win then their winnings are added to their machine credits. The player may cash out at any time.The game keeps a record of where the player has won/lost money. When a player runs out of cash the game offers to reset their account and erase all statistics. Although only one player can play at a time the game does cater for multiple player identitiesThe following slot machines are available; Alien Invasion, All Stars, Bug Out, Cover the Spread,Diamond Frenzy, Double Diamond Jackpot, Double Red White & Blue, Flying High, Funny Money, Gone Fishin', Hoyle Flush, Jurassic, Monsters, Progressive, Red Cherry, Red White & Blue, Safari, Shoes, Sweet Success, Triple Diamond. Triple Play, Wild Peppers.They are all multi coin machines with a single pay-out line, apart from Progressive which has three, that can be played as either a 5¢, 10¢, 25¢, $1, $5, $10, $25, $50, $100, $500, or a $1000 machine. so, for example, on a $1000 three coin machine betting the maximum bet per spin will cost $3000. The player cannot change the stakes mid-game, they must cash out and start again with on the higher settingThese are the video poker machines; Jacks or Better machines : Easy Money, Jacks Back & Crawdad; Joker Poker machines: Joker Poker & Joker's Wild; Deuces Wild machines: Wild Country, Born 2 Be Wild, Wild Thing & Wild Party; 10s or Better machines; A-10 Shun & Hang 10. Video Poker games can be played as $1, $5, $25 or $100 machines, again the player cannot change the stake mid-game. Each machine has different characteristics, for example Hang 10 has a payout rate of 95% with good payouts for the Full House and Straight, but a low payout for Two Pairs. The highest payout rate is 100%, the lowest is 92%.There are three Video Slots machines Break the Bank, Three Wishes and Road Pizza. They are all multi coin machines with a single win line and can be played in the same denominations as the classic slot machines.Once installed the game(s) can be played without the CD being in the player's drive, however the manual states that "some features of the game are disabled", among which are "the horse racing announcer's speech and several of the animations in the various games". |
| Huggly Saves the Turtles: Thinking Adventures | 2000 | Scholastic, Inc. | Mindsai Productions | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Huggly is a friendly green cartoon monster who lives under the bed. He and his friends are at Monster Adventure Camp looking forward to its Grand Opening, when a huge windstorm races through, taking Huggly's turtle friends and making a mess of the camp. The player's task is to assist Huggly as he tries to set things to rights before opening day.A tray at the bottom of the screen holds a map, a backpack for inventory, a stop icon to exit the game, and shows the activities that have yet to be completed. Gameplay uses the mouse - the cursor sparkles when it is over an object that will animate or can be used; in some games objects will stick to the cursor until clicked on again. The player can travel through Adventure Camp by using the map or by following the paths.There are 11 mini-games that exercise many of the skills in a kindergarten curriculum; thinking and problem solving, language, early math, reading, and creative expression.
Turtleworks theme song - replace numbered notes in numerical order
Oysters and Pearls - match up numbered pearls with their written-numbered oysters
Canoe River - Use the mouse to maneuver the canoe close to litter in the river, avoiding rocks and logs
The Bridge - sort pairs of rhyming toys for Zibble & Quibble, the Rhyming Twins
Irma's Train Stop - sort scattered cargo into the freight car that matches it's first letter
Cave - stack rocks to create a stairway so Uncle Chomper can climb down safely
Al Lee Gator's Stream - replace the missing letters in Hotfoot's storybook
The Wild Woods - Tillie is pretending to be Mrs. Bird's egg - find the real one and replace the ladder rungs to reach the nest
Plant Patterns - drag the uprooted flowers back into place to complete patterns
The Flexi-Slide - assemble the slide by matching upper and lower case letters
After all the activities have been completed the last game becomes available:
The Turtleworks - a pinball game utilizing the characters on the playing field. Two turtles wield baseball bats as flippers, and others assist by launching the ball, returning it, adding extra balls, etc. The Z key and the ? key move the flippers separately; the spacebar or a mouse click moves them both simultaneously. All the games can be returned to at any time.
Huggly Saves the Turtles: Thinking Adventures is written for children aged 5 - 7. |
| Hugo: The Secrets of the Forest | 2000 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Educational, Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | Comedy, Martial arts | Game show / trivia / quiz, Life / social simulation, Mini-games, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | Flight / aviation | Direct control, Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | This Hugo franchise game is an edutainment game - its theme is about biology. Its gameplay is varied between stages. In one stage, you might be guiding a near-sighted swallow to eat some insects, while on another stage you'll be tasked to memorize all the shown animals in a correct order. Essentially, the stages are minigames with puzzle or puzzle-like elements included.
The stages are presented in a non-linear format, so you can enter in these stages anyway you like. There are 3 difficulty settings to choose from when beginning a new game. |
| I Spy Junior: Puppet Playhouse | 2000 | Scholastic, Inc. | Black Hammer Productions, Inc. | Educational, Strategy | Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | I Spy Junior: Puppet Playhouse is an educational game for ages 3-5. Three main games are included.In Puppet Show Riddles, read and listen to the items that need to be found in each scene, and click on them. The scenes are in puppet show form; four puppet shows are included, each one including several scenes.The second game is the Prop Box. Move items from the bottom of the screen into one of several boxes, so that each box contains related items. Three levels are included.The third game is the Puppet Maker. Listen to the puppet, and place the items where requested to build the puppet. Six puppets are included.Finally, Make Your Own I Spy lets you drag and drop items to form an I Spy picture. Save/load and printing are both supported. |
| ID4 Online | 2000 | Centropolis Interactive | Mythic Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This arena-based action game is a follow-up to the sci-fi movie Independence Day where an alien invasion is vanquished by resourceful humans. A generation after the events in the movie, humans have studied the alien technology and made their own fleet of combat spaceships. Players can be either the aliens bent on conquering humanity, or the humans who want to expel the alien menace finally from our solar system after they made huge space bases near Earth from which to launch their attacks. Up to 30 players can battle it out in one match, with unlimited matches running at same time in the game. The space environment uses a 3D-accelerated engine and features a backdrop of Mars, the moon, Earth and other areas of the solar system. You control your ship in first-person view and can thrust in any direction. Game modes include Team Kill where a team must get a certain number of kills before the other team, and Escort Match where players must protect a mining vessel as it transports much-needed ore to the team's space station. The game was shut down in 2006 shortly after Electronic Arts bought developer Mythic Entertainment. |
| IHRA Motorsports Drag Racing | 2000 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Enjoy the power of Top Fuel, Pro Mod, Pro Stock, or Funny Car drag racing! Race on multiple tracks against some of the best drivers and cars of the IHRA. Start easy with a quick race, or modify any of the 70 different parts for optimum performance! Race on ten different tracks in different weather (day or night). Race friends or join tournaments online! |
| Icewind Dale | 2000 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Black Isle Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | In the Northern parts of Faerûn the winter never ends. In this harsh realm of ice only a few tough survivors live, and nowadays even those hardy few find the conditions a tad tougher. A party of adventurers has just arrived at the small fishing town of Easthaven. Its leader Hrothgar organizes an expedition to help a troubled nearby tree-village, Kuldahar. The party joins the expedition, but an ambush by frost giants causes an avalanche, killing everyone but the heroes themselves. Now they must continue Hrothgar's quest and discover the source of the evil that threatens the land.Icewind Dale is a party-based role-playing game with real-time combat, very similar in visual style and basic gameplay mechanics to Baldur's Gate. The game utilizes the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules. As opposed to Baldur's Gate (and similarly to older AD&D RPGs), the player is free to create a party of up to six characters belonging to various races and classes; no characters inhabiting the game world are able to join the party afterwards. Compared to Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment by the same developers, Icewind Dale is more combat-oriented; it has a linear plot advancement and focuses on extensive exploration of hostile areas rather than conversations with characters and quests. |
| Il cane di terracotta | 2000 | Sellerio Editore | IM*MEDIA | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Interactive book | Contemporary, Europe | | Direct control, Point and select | | | | Windows | "Il Cane di Terracotta" is the name of the second novel of the internationally popular Inspector Montalbano mystery series by Sicilian writer Andrea Camilleri (1925-2019), first published in Italian in 1996. In 2000, the publisher of those novels, Sellerio editore from Palermo, released a computer game of the same name - in fact, it was subtitled as 'Cartone aminato interattivo", i.e. interactive animated cartoon. The game closely, even literally follows the story of the novel (based on the adventures of Sicilian police commissar Salvo Montalbano who, while chasing down a mafia crime, discovers an old cave with strange symbolic artifacts and the bodies of two young lovers, hidden there since World War II) - reproducing the dialogues in the form of rather crudely drawn and nicely voiced animations. The story is complemented by many interactive intermissions - mini-games of tests, puzzles, arcades etc. There is a small encyclopedia and a catalog of culinary recipes as well. |
| Immoral Study | 2000 | Himeya Soft, Inc | Scoop Software Productions | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | Adults Only | | Windows | You are professor Hitosuji, a well-known teacher who possesses the remarkable gift of turning weak students into straight A ones. What's the secret of professor's method? As you might have suspected, the talented professor uses somewhat... ahem... unconventional means to attain this noble educational goal. This time, the "victim" is a young innocent girl named Reiko Shirakawa. She attends an all-girl and has never had any real contact with men. Controlling the cunning professor, you must seduce Reiko by selecting correct choices that are presented to you at almost any given point, avoiding disturbances such as the ugly housekeeper in Reiko's house. |
| Immoral Study 2 | 2000 | Himeya Soft, Inc | Scoop Software Productions | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | You play "Professor" Hitosuji, well-known reputed tutor and teacher for his abilities in turning even the worst students into straight A stars...although it might be just a coincidence that all those girls happen to be very young and beautiful students. His "private tutoring skills" might be somewhat questionable, but it works.In Immoral Study 2, the task at hand is to tutor one Yuko Ijima, the only daughter of a big time factory CEO. She's been slipping in her grades lately and her father called you to put her back on the right track again. Oh, she has a major attitude problem. Nothing you can't handle though.Another linear hentai game where all you have to do is click on the mouse from beginning to end, which surprisingly is a very short game by the way (less than an hour). It does come with voice support and pretty nice animated graphics, although it is partially censored. |
| In the Round | 2000 | | Lazy Dog Software | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | In The Round is a single player solitaire card game that can be played with one or two decks of cards.The object of the game is to transfer all the cards to the discard pile. The game starts with the deck of cards being placed face down in the centre of the play area. Around the deck are eight stations, each holding six cards with a card showing face up. In the centre the remaining cards in the deck are placed face down in between an empty station and the discard pile.
Cards can be moved between stations and to the discard pile if it is numerically one higher or lower than the card that is showing so, for example an eight can be moved to a station that is showing either a nine or a seven. Aces can be moved to a station that is showing either a two or a king.Points are scored for each card placed in the discard pile.The game plays in a fixed size window, it has a high score table, in game help files, and two methods of scoring.
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| Infestation | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Frontier Developments Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Real-time | | | Windows | In the game you drive an upgradeable buggy, an experimental vehicle, named ACAM. It can be transformed into six different shapes; you can turn it into an aircraft, or even a hovercraft. You have to shoot aliens with flashy weapons, collect resources such as Crystals, Energy Spheres and lost scientists. So you as single human hero must put evil aliens in their place and introduce them to his plasma cannon. |
| Innova Disc Golf | 2000 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Sundial Interactive | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Heard of Frisbee Golf? Here's the virtual version from Wizard Works. Substitute a Frisbee-type disc for the clubs and ball, replace the flags and holes with large metal baskets, and set it on a "golf course", and you have Frisbee Golf. It's a lot more fun than it sounds as it requires a lot of precision, and the PC version has nine different discs, with a variety of throwing options (forehand, backhand, angled, etc.) that allows for trick shots. |
| International Cricket Captain 2000 | 2000 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Back of Box - Windows (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)"ONLY GUYS WHO REALLY LOVE CRICKET COULD HAVE PRODUCED A GAME LIKE THIS.
As a Captain myself, I can say that the decision-making in the game is almost as tough as when you're out there on the pitch. If I'd been asked to write down all the things I would like to see in a cricket game, I'd have to say I couldn't have managed any better"
Nasser HussainTHE GAME
Captain England or any country from the Test playing nations.
Captain any side in the new, two division county championship. Play in all domestic tournaments including the National League and the Super Cup.
Historical scenarios featuring great players from the past.
Replay the '99 World Cup.
Pick your team, choose your bowlers, make declarations.
Prepare the pitch, sign new players and decide the match tactics.
Bowl around or over the wicket. Decide length and line. Set-the-field. The decisions are yours.THE FEATURES
Huge statistical database of almost every player in First Class cricket, courtesy of the 2000 Wisden Cricket Almanack.
On-Line league where you can match your skills against other players
Multiple ways to watch all the action including ball-by-ball or over-by-over.
Extensive photo gallery of Country Championship and international players, plus photographs of most county and international grounds.
Commentary by the BBC's Jonanthan Agnew.
The only PC cricket game to be published in association with Wisden and endorsed by Nasser Hussain.
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| Invaders From Neptune! | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Invaders From Neptune! is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Invaders From Neptune! is a single-player Space Invaders clone where the object is to achieve a high score. The player controls a base which can be moved right or left. Using this base they must stop the invading aliens which advance down the screenThe game is, by default, controlled via the arrow keys with the spacebar firing the gun but the action keys can be redefined and joystick support is also available. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized, it has a high score screen and in-game help screens. |
| Invasion Deutschland | 2000 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Invasion Deutschland is the German version of the Dutch game AmsterDoom. Instead of Amsterdam the 15 levels represent important German places including the Munich Royal Court Brewery and the Reichstag in Berlin. Otherwise there is very little difference between the two games.The story of Invasion Deutschland is that aliens conquered Germany and the player has to defeat them with the help of a scientist and his assistant.The game is played with the typical First-Person-Shooter controls. Besides the levels the main selling point is its comical nature: There is no gore and no violence against humans. |
| Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus | 2000 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Quicksilver Software, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Real time 3d strategy/rpg game based on Greek mythology. Long time enemy of Athena, Poseidon, has gone rampant and wants to destroy the world yet again. To detain him Athena calls in all human heroes from the Greek mythologies (such as Hercules, Achilles, Icarus, Hippolyta, etc. each with individual skills) and sends them on missions around different islands of the world to stop Poseidon.You start out controlling two heroes who progress through the game by earning experience and money that can be used to buy units (such as spearmen, gorgons, etc.). Each hero has an inventory and you can often search dead enemies for items such as health apples, etc. and an adjustable agression level to adjust your interaction to npcs. The game uses a 3d rotating engine similar to Myth's but on a fixed over-head perspective. There's multiplayer support for up to 4 players simultaneous gameplay. |
| Jagged Alliance 2: Hangman | 2000 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Sir-tech Software, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Word construction | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Jagged Alliance 2: Hangman Game is a Hangman mini-game that was released to promote the upcoming release of Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business. The player has to guess the letters that make up a word before his seven chances run out. Every time the player makes a mistake, one part of the stick figure is added. One hint for the word in question is always shown. If the player fails, the figure is hung and the player loses. |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: Air Superiority Collection | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Jane's Air Superiority Collection includes three games in one package:
Jane's Combat Simulations: Israeli Air Force
Jane's Combat Simulations: F-15
Jane's Combat Simulations: USAF
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| Jane's Combat Simulations: Naval Warfare Collection | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A collection featuring:
Jane's Combat Simulations: 688(I) Hunter/Killer
Jane's Combat Simulations: Fleet Command
Jane's Combat Simulations: F/A-18 Simulator |
| Jazz Jackrabbit 2: The Christmas Chronicles | 2000 | Project Two Interactive BV | Epic MegaGames, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Christmas Chronicles is the third re-release of Jazz Jackrabbit 2, following Jazz Jackrabbit 2: Holiday Hare 98 (1998) and Jazz Jackrabbit 2: The Secret Files (1999). Exclusive to Europe, it is largely an enhanced version of Holiday Hare ’98 that was exclusive to the US, but uses the v1.24 engine of the game as featured in The Secret Files instead of v1.23.It contains all the levels, tile sets and music from Holiday Hare '98, but adds Lori Jackrabbit as a new playable character, the sister of Jazz and Spaz. Lori debuted in The Secret Files. It also includes JCS (Jazz Creation Station), the official Jazz Jackrabbit 2 level editor. It supports local and online multiplayer games. Due to the publisher's bankruptcy, it was originally only released in Poland and later in small quantities in other European countries. |
| Jeopardy! 2nd Edition | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The next edition of this version of Jeopardy!. The Game modes include a Normal game, a Solo game, a Tournament of Champions, and a Contestant Exam.In the normal game, 3 contestants compete against each other in a game show, trying to supply the question for answers in several different categories. Each correct answer the player gives earns them money, while giving an incorrect answer will cost them money. The player with the most money at the end of the game is deemed the winner. The solo game is the same as the normal game, except that it's just the player competing against no other contestants.The Tournament of Champions is for players who've won five games or accumulated more than $75,000. In this mode, the answers and questions are more difficult.The Contestant Exam gives the player a sample of the exams a contestant who wants to be on the real show has to take.The game keeps track of the player's career statistics. Tracked stats include the number of games won and lost, the total winnings, the best and worst score, the player's best jeopardy, double jeopardy, & final jeopardy amount, the number of tournament wins, and the number of right & wrong answers.The game also offers some behind the scenes videos for the player to view.Options include setting the amount time to buzz-in, the amount of time to respond, setting the spelling accuracy to be either more strict or loose, and setting the computer opponent's IQ to either easy, medium, or hard. |
| JetFighter IV: Fortress America | 2000 | TalonSoft, Inc. | Mission Studios | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | North America | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | Pavle Kovacic | | Everyone | | Windows | Defend the USA! Take the high-tech arsenal of F-22 Raptor, F/A-18 Hornet, and F-14 Tomcat against terrorists and invading armies! Start by taking on insurgents holed up near the Lake Tahoe area and eventually take on the combined might of Russian and Chinese forces all over Northern California! Fly over famous landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge, Transamerica Pyramid, and more! This game puts the ACTION back into flight sims! |
| Jian Xia Qing Yuan 2 | 2000 | Kingsoft Corp. | Kingsoft Corp. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | Crime, Detective / mystery, Martial arts, Romance | Action RPG | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Jian Xia Qing Yuan 2: Platinum Edition is an action RPG similar to the concept of Diablo with a real-time fighting system. Characters use martial attacks to engage enemies in any direction, with fights that can have close to 100 participants.The story and music draw heavily from traditional Chinese culture. The story takes place three years after the second large-scale invasion of the Jin State in the Southern Song Dynasty. Zhang Rumeng, son of the general of Southern Song Dynasty, and Nangong Caihong, daughter of the Jin State Teacher, have become lovers from enemies through the events in the first game Jian Xia Qing Yua. Twenty years later, their son Nangong Feiyun has grown up and is now sixteen. Players control him as he embarks on a new adventure. |
| Jugular Street Luge Racing | 2000 | Head Games Publishing, Inc. | nFusion Interactive LLC | Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Another one of Headgame's eXtreme games. This time devoted to the extreme (and isn't it illegal?) sport of street luge, where you lie down on a skateboard-like thing and race downhill against other luge racers.The game comes with two modes of play: practice and season mode, being the practice mode self-explanatory and the season mode a tour where you go to different events and try to win races for cash from your sponsors (!?). You can use the money to upgrade your luge, plus the season mode also adds obstacles to the courses in the form of pedestrians, police blockades and oncoming traffic (ouch!). |
| JumpStart 1st Grade | 2000 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | JumpStart 1st Grade is an updated version of the 1995 title JumpStart 1st Grade. It is an educational game for children aged five to seven in the first grade according to the US curriculum updated for that period. A UK version also exists. The basic concept is identical to the original game. The player has to help the character Frankie the dog on a treasure hunt by gathering clues. This is done by completing various activities on School Island. The hunt can be started as soon as three clues are gathered. Each clue provides a hint as Frankie steers a boat. The player has to answer a question for each clue to get Frankie on a boat, in the right direction, and finally on the island with the treasure. Coins are provided for each piece of treasure found and the hunt is completed after finding six treasures. The amount of coins, ranging from 50 to 1000, determines the player rank. The concept of visiting islands is entirely new for this version.Mrs. Flores from the first grade is replaced by Ms. Nobel, a female hippo, as the first grade teacher. The activities Master Memory Game, Music in the Mouse Hole, Reading is Fun-damental, The Tick Tock Game, and the location Milky Way are no longer included. New for this version is the Book Club. It replaces Reading is Fun-damental. Ms. Nobel reads a book and then asks questions about it. There are fifteen books available. Lost and Found is a new activity that teaches synonyms, antonyms, homophones, homonyms, homographs, and rhyming words. Another new one is Beanbag Shooter. It is played with Ms. Nobel based on spinning tiles that show land animals, water animals, food, and means of transportation. The teacher gives a clue and the correct tile needs to be chosen for the answer by shooting the beanbag. Only a limited amount of shots is available and four correct answers in a row are needed to win. There are three difficulty levels for this mini-game.Other activities are often based on the existing ones, but with a new twist. The other activities in this version are Hall Pass (telling the time), Snack Machine (learning about the value of money), Alphabet Soup (the alphabet), Food Machine (measures through recipes), Pizza Maker (shapes and divisions), Pipe Organ (musical instruments), Paint Set, Pogo Sticks (math), and Sand Box (singular/plural - parts of speech - sentences - phonics). |
| Junkyard Adventures with Dinosaurs | 2000 | Smarty Pants Publishing Pty Ltd | Smarty Pants Publishing Pty Ltd | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Interactive book, Mini-games | Fantasy | | Direct control, Point and select | | | | Windows | Smarty Pants Publishing product page (from Ad Blurbs)The Junkyard Adventures series uses vivid 3D graphics to transport 5 - 7 year olds to the amazing world of the junkyard - a magical, dirty, complex place, where you can find, and find out about, anything! The series is designed to encourage literacy and creativity, in a fun, stimulating environment.A friendly monster made of junk guides kids through exciting games and activities, allowing maximum opportunity for discovery and invention.Developed with the assistance of the Cinemedia - Multimedia 21 FundFeatures:
In the Rusty Old Car kids can play with the radio, blast the horn and play with the games in the glovebox. Switch on the car TV for a hilarious, rapid fire quiz show where YOU are the star!
The Recycle Depot is full of fascinating and useful junk. Kids can build all manner of weird creatures from junk parts.
In The Shed, kids can read and play with the story, and even change the artwork. Lots of random surprises await!
In The Tip is a maze where kids must smash bad eggs before they hatch into vicious monsters, while trying to move all the good eggs to safety in the nest. Speed, dexterity and concentration are seriously tested here!
Each title features a different popular kids' topic. Shown here, Junkyard Adventures with Dinosaurs. Other topics include outer space and insects. |
| Just Shoot The Thing! | 2000 | Digital Liquid Multimedia | Digital Liquid Multimedia | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Just Shoot The Thing! is a shooter game where the player must shoot a moving object (a planet, a clock, etc.; the player can choose the target's appearance freely, or even import a custom graphic from the clipboard.) When shot, the object randomly changes its position on the screen, size and speed. The player's cannon can be moved left or right, which is important because the target keeps dropping bombs that deplete the player's health if they hit. It's also possible to activate a shield that protects the cannon, but the shield energy is limited. Various bonuses appear during the game, including score bonus and refills of health or shields. After the player's health runs out, he is graded on his score and given a rating such as "pitiful" or "average". |
| Jönssonligan: Går på djupet | 2000 | IQ Media Nordic AB | Korkeken Interactive Studio AB | Adventure | Top-down | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Jönssonligan: Går på Djupet is a puzzle-solving point-and-click adventure game based on the Swedish comedic films which uses the same characters but a new plot. The player directly controls the three characters, Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson, Ragnar Vanheden and Harry "Dynamit-Harry" Kruth. They all share the same inventory, the characters move altogether when walking onto a new area.
You interact with your surroundings picking up and interacting with items that the player need to figure out the use of by interacting with the world.Game plot: Somewhere in Stockholm's archipelago on the bottom of the sea rests the 17th century man-of-war named Spire and on that ship lies a treasure which Jönssonligan can't refuse! |
| KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child (Collector's Edition) | 2000 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The collector's edition of KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child includes:
The game itself
A signed KISS poster
A mini strategy guide
A replica of the backstage pass from the Psycho Circus tour
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| Ka'Roo | 2000 | Swing! Entertainment Media AG | Fakt GbR | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | A little kangaroo wearing boxing gloves needs to be maneuvered through 80 levels. The levels consist of 3D platforms with varying styles (e.g. Egypt, Jungle etc.).Gameplay tasks the player with reaching the exit of a level within a certain timeframe, collecting 'energy crystals'. The level exit does not open before a threshold number of crystals has been collected. Difficulty increases gradually, with enemies added in higher levels. Enemies can be defeated with boxing gloves or collectible extras. Enemy detection is supported by a game radar. While involving a lot of action, the game focuses on puzzle solving. |
| Ka-52 Team Alligator | 2000 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | Simis Limited | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Helicopter, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | Take the latest Russian attack chopper out for a spin! Take multiple wingmen out on semi-dynamic campaign missions as you move in to surpress civil unrest in Belarus and Tajikistan in this fully 3D state-of-the-art helicopter simulation from the creators of Team Apache. 3D accelerated resolution up to 1280x1024 is supported at a decent frame rate as you fly under 100 ft at over 100 knots... |
| Kajko i Kokosz w Krainie Borostworów / Oksfordzka Encyklopedia: Historia Świata | 2000 | SelleS Records Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Kajko i Kokosz w Krainie Borostworów (game)
Oksfordzka Encyklopedia: Historia Świata (educational program)
Magiczne Puzzle (game)
Dyktando demo (educational program)
various bonus materials |
| Kawasaki ATV PowerSports | 2000 | Encore, Inc. | Monkey Byte Development, LLC, SquidSoft | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Off-roading | | | | | Windows | Enjoy 4 game modes over 6 different terrain, with 6 drivers and 12 different Kawasaki ATV models in a full 3D simulation. Also comes with random track generator and track editor. |
| Keep the Balance! | 2000 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Item Multimedia, Ltd. | Educational, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Keep the Balance! is a fast-paced puzzle game requiring basic math skills. An evil joker has invaded our world and tries to disturb The Magic Scales that balance our world, in order to unleash the forces of Chaos. Each level has a monkey standing on top of the scales. You have to keep the equilibrium by launching objects, passing below on a conveyor, onto the scales. All locations have unique sets of objects to which weight, shown as a number, has been assigned. As the objects appear from both sides of the screen at the same time, you move the cursor below an object and press a key to launch it. At the top of each scale, the current weight is shown. If there is a big gap in weight, the monkey will slowly slide to the heaviest side. When it falls down, the game is over.Each level has been divided into 10 consecutive skill levels. By finding the correct balance, you improve your score, raise the skill level, and open up new locations. Higher levels introduce a faster conveyor belt, new objects and intrusions by the joker. He can suddenly appear and jump on the scales to unbalance them, or unexpectedly throw or remove objects. Each scale has six sections to contain items. Once launched however, they can be replaced by new ones.For advanced strategies, you can combine or manipulate certain items. Guillotines can cut objects and trampolines bounce them back. Extra bonus points can be acquired by throwing food towards animals, or by making animals do tricks (e.g. throwing a squirrel through a hoop of fire, or caging it). Almost all objects are animated and you have to take into account that certain animals do not get along when positioned next to each other. The game's options allow you to disable the weight preview for extra difficulty or to play a run at a fixed skill level. Multiplayer games are available for two players simultaneously on a single PC. In this mode, you have to make the monkey fall off on your side by throwing heavy items on your scale and removing them on your opponent's. |
| Keno | 2000 | | Crescent Vision Interactive LLC | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Keno is a single-player, mouse controlled simulation of the popular casino machine. It appears in a couple of eGames compilations including
Casino Jackpot 2, which is where this version of the game comes from. The game gives the player $1000 to start with and on each hand the player can bet between $1 and $4. They then selects up to ten numbers from 1 - 80 the keno cards and then they sit back while the game selects a completely different set and pockets the cash. The game has a 'Power Ball' feature, if the last ball drawn matches a player selected number then any winnings are doubled. The player's Keno numbers can be preserved from one round to the next if requiredThe F1 key brings up an in-game menu which gives the player access to the in-game help file, game statistics, and toggles the sound on/off. The game does not have a high score table and does not preserve the player's winnings from one game to the next. |
| Keno Kraze | 2000 | eGames, Inc. | WickedWare, LLC | Gambling, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Keno Kraze is a single player implementation of the popular US casino game.In this game the player is presented with two cards containing the numbers one through to eighty. They select up to a maximum of twenty numbers and bet on those numbers being selected by the machine. They then submit their ticket, the machine draws twenty random numbers and if they are lucky they collect their winningsThe game is mouse controlled, has optional music and sound effects, in-game help and an auto-pick feature but no high score table and the players winnings are not preserved from one game to the next |
| Kicker Fussballmanager 2 | 2000 | Phenomedia AG | heart-line Software GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Kicker Fussballmanager 2, similar to its predecessor, is a managerial soccer simulation where the player coaches a team and is responsible for its athletic and financial success. In comparison to similar German games like Bundesliga Manager, the financial part is driven back and the focus lies on the team. Nonetheless, there are multiple financial aspects to pay attention to: sponsorships, entrance fees, expanding the stadium and of course buying and selling players (now the negotiations are turn-based). The balance sheet got overhauled to provide a better overview.The match presentation got a graphical revision but still works the same way as before: it is calculated and displayed in real-time and the player has a lot of tactical possibilities during the game, like substituting players or even changing the tactic completely. These changes are directly visible in the match presentation. In contrast to the Championship Manager series, which has a similar premise, the match is shown in an isometric perspective. Not only is the ongoing game calculated in real-time, all parallel matches are too. The player has even the possibility to arrange windows of varied sizes on the monitor (where they can follow other matches) or switch completely to another match.The other two main changes are in the menus and the tactics. Now the player has the opportunity to create their own moves. To do so, they place players on the planning screen and assign step by step the ball possession. When the original position is recognised during the match, the move is carried out automatically. The menu got changed so that every game function can be reached within two clicks. The players no longer have a rating from 1 to 999 but from 0,1 to 9,99, and exceptional gifted players can go up to 12. This rating consists of the players' condition, technique and intelligence which are further influenced by a wide variety of skills and their current form.One main motivational factor is the own manager rating. When certain criteria are met, the player gains (or loses) a level.
The editor is not restricted to changing the (not licensed) names of the teams and players, it also allows to change all player data and the structure of leagues and cup championships.
The game features 16 European leagues, including 8 German ones. |
| Kid Pix Deluxe 3 | 2000 | Brøderbund Software, Inc., Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | Brøderbund Software, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Kid Pix Deluxe 3 is released two years after Kid Pix Studio Deluxe, with new features including a new 3D interface, new drawing and painting tools, and Vector-based clipart and animations. Children use it to draw, paint, create or color pictures. The tools include airbrush, crayon, marker, oil paint, pencil and more. It is possible to apply special effects such as fill buckets, paper textures, a rubber stamp, sound art and additional brushes. It is possible to import and export pictures. It includes various templates for school projects such as maps and flags.This version of Kid Pix lacks some features such as the Draw Me and the Wacky TV, but was the first version to be used in later installments such as Kid Pix Deluxe 4 and Kid Pix Deluxe 3D. |
| Kill'Em All | 2000 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | Tomasz Piętek (as Lazur) | Windows | Kill'Em All is a 2D freeware single screen shooting gallery. The player fights against an invasion of cute bunnies. They jump down on parachutes and they must be killed before they can land safety. They are shot down using a machine gun. There is 'limited' ammo in the sense that after emptying magazines, it is still possible to shoot, but the automatic mode is disabled. There are also several bombs. While playing additional bombs and magazines can be collected. |
| Killer Tank | 2000 | Akaei plc | ElectroTECH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Tank | | | | | Windows | An evil Russian Scientist dreams of world domination, and you absolutely do not play a square-jawed American, striving to defend democracy. It's time to back the mad scientist for a change! So, man the maniac's super-tank and thunder through twenty all-action missions, spreading mayhem and carnage. Your tasks will range from seek-and-find missions to all out assaults, from espionage to dramatic defences. With dozens of weapons at your disposal, you'll be fighting against everything from helicopters to infantry, armoured cars to enemy tanks, fortifications to biomechs. The environments have been set up to be non-linear and entirely interactive. Drive where-ever you wish, crushing trees and blasting the wildlife, trashing skyscrapers, leaving tank-tracks and the bloody remains of your foes in the sand. The pyrotechnics aren't just limited to big explosions (though there are plenty of those), as flamethrowers leave trees ablaze and foes running screaming as they burn. |
| Killerhuhn 3D | 2000 | ARI Data CD GmbH | ARI Data CD GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Killerhuhn 3D is a Moorhuhn variant. The basic gameplay is still the same: The player has a gun and shoots chicken which fly all over the screen. Far away chickens give more points and the gun has to be reloaded after six shot by clicking the right mouse button. The time limit can be expanded by shooting hour glasses.The "3D" part just changes the graphics and that the player is stationary and rotates 360° instead of sliding left and right like in Moohrhuhn. The chickens can shoot back and lower the time limit. When the player gets enough points he fights an boss enemy and when winning a code for participating in a lottery. There is only one level. |
| King of the Hill | 2000 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Flying Tiger Development | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Board game, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Based on the FOX animation series of the same name, King of the Hill is about the Texan Hill family and their misadventures with their friends and neighbors. As a game, it's actually two unrelated games (install and run separately). One is a romp through the neighborhood with little "parlor" type games such as Tic-Tac-Toss, Scavenger Hunt, and more. The other is a cartoony imitation of Deer Hunter. |
| Kingsborn | 2000 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Kingsborn is a freeware first-person shooter similar to Unreal Tournament or Quake III Arena. Play as a female warrior, run though futuristic levels and frag enemies. The game has ten levels in the single-player mode. Multiplayer is available as death matches with several bots included and on three maps: outdoor, the mine, and university. |
| Kizbot | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Kizbot is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages. Kizbot is a single-player variation on the classic dice game Yahtzee. The game plays pretty much like the standard game in that the player 'rolls' dice and tries to make a series of scoring combinations. However in this version the spots on the dice are coloured, which allows for additional scoring combinations. Now the player scores for two pairs and also for two pairs of the same colour, a full house and a full house in the same colour etc.
Another variation on the standard game is that the player can play one, two or three hands simultaneously.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, different backgrounds and types of dice, a high score screen and in-game help screens. |
| Klix! | 2000 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Klix! is a puzzle game with blocks very similar to Klax. Blocks emerge on conveyor belts with an irregular distance and they come slowly forward until they threaten to fall from the play table. The player moves around a box at the edge, left and right, to catch the blocks. A maximum of five blocks can be stacked in a single go. With the space button these blocks are stored on five fields at the ground.The blocks do not have unlimited space on the ground, they need to disappear. This done by stacking similar blocks together, in horizontal, vertical or diagonal blocks of at least three in succession, based on the same colour. Blocks come in seven different colours. For combinations of more than three blocks bonus points are provided.Each level has a specific goal that needs to be reached in order to progress. These include forming ten combinations, or ten diagonal ones in later levels. The game gradually gets harder and the blocks start moving at a faster speed on the conveyor belt. |
| Knockin | 2000 | Brainchild Design | Brainchild Design | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | The object of Knockin is to collect as many coins to reach the points to win before your opponents do. You want to be careful not to fall off the playing field or you lose points. Of course, you can always knock your opponents off the field to make them lose points but be careful as they can do the same to you. Up to four people can play on the same computer or up to eight people can play over a network or the internet.The point values can be set at the start of a round but the defaults are three points per coin, lose two points if you fall off the playing field. The game ends when one player reaches thirty points. |
| Kopfnüsse | 2000 | art & play GmbH | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kopfnüsse is a Breakout variant with an animated monkey as a paddle. There are opponents who usually cost points, sometimes a life, when touched. Hearts are hidden behind some nuts which replenish the balance of life. With each nut the number of points increases, which can be entered in a highscore list. This list can be deleted. |
| Krazy Bus | 2000 | Freeloader | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The player must steer a bus with groups of three colored potatoes on it. Blocking the bus' path through the streets are lots of potatoes standing in the road. As the bus moves along the streets, the player must release a group of the potatoes down the street ahead of them, and if a potato runs into a potato of the same color, they will disappear, creating a clear path for the bus to drive through. Running into a different colour potato causes them to stack. Some potatoes stand on bonus platforms - clearing the potatoes standing on the platform gives the player bonus points. |
| LEGO Alpha Team | 2000 | LEGO Media International, Inc. | Digital Domain Inc. | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Using your puzzle solving skills, you must lead the Alpha Team and stop Mr. Ogel from turning the world into zombies.Instead of controlling the characters on screen, you must place lego blocks, ramps, stairs, pogo-pads and many other items to help the character dodge enemies and traps. But be careful, he/she is always on the move so you have to be quick to place the items in the right place. One wrong move, and you have to start all over again. |
| LEGO Creator: Knights' Kingdom | 2000 | LEGO Media International, Inc. | Superscape Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Stefan von Cavallar (Lead), Evangelos Ginis | | Everyone | | Windows | It's another game in LEGO Creator series - this time, you can build castles, siege engines and other medieval things.As original LEGO Creator, Knights' Kingdom comes with prefab buildings and siege engines. Special destructa-bricks are also present. Once more you can make your mini-figs move, drive catapults and fly on the dragon.The graphical engine is improved, and there's some music added. You can change the weather in the game at any time, and take screenshots with an easy to use utility. |
| LEGO My Style: Kindergarten | 2000 | LEGO Interactive | Stormfront Studios | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | LEGO My Style: Kindergarten is an educational game for children aged 4-6 starring characters based on LEGO's DUPLO line of toys. There are four learning environments - math, art, music, and language - which players can visit to learn the basics of the aforementioned principles by playing simple mini-games.Each character has their own mini-game which can be accessed by clicking on them. Examples of activities include counting the value of balls painted with specific numbers, playing connect-the-dots to learn letters, and clicking on pictures of animals to learn their names. Accomplishing certain tasks will reward the player with prize objects that can also be played with. |
| LEGO My Style: Preschool | 2000 | LEGO Interactive | Stormfront Studios | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | LEGO My Style: Preschool is an educational game for children aged 2-4 starring the animal characters from LEGO's DUPLO line of toys. There are four learning environments - math, art, music, and language - which players can visit to learn the basics of the aforementioned principles by playing simple mini-games.Each character has their own mini-game which can be accessed by clicking on them. Examples of activities include coloring in pictures using the correct paint, clicking on balloons painted with specific letters, and counting groups of objects. Accomplishing certain tasks will reward the player with prize objects that can also be played with. |
| La Cité des Echos | 2000 | M111 production | Orphée Multimedia | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Europe | | Menu structures, Point and select | | | | Windows | Démo, a young female reporter at "Les Echos du Monde", was just informed of the disappearance of her fiancé Féodor Ménadine, saxophonist and famous composer, star of World Music Classics. Persuaded she can find him alive, you will have to help her to carry out investigations and gradually become a real musician to save Féodor.La Cité des Echos features two modes: adventure mode lets you play in a point'n'click style, exploring places, collecting objects and clues. As this game complies with requirements from the French Ministère de l'Education Nationale, the adventure is enhanced with writing activities (seven kind of them, called "workshops"). The workshop mode is limited to these writing activities : write a letter, write a song, and so on. |
| Lagoon | 2000 | Xdyne, Inc. | Xdyne, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Lagoon you command a series of sea creatures in a turn-based battle at a coral reef.The 8x8 playfield is divided in two sides, yours and the computers, and the coral reef in the center. Each player has seven sea creatures at his side available, those are (from most to least powerful): shark, killer whale, electric stingray, barracuda, moray eel, octopus and sea urchin.Your job is to reach the corner field of the enemy with one of your creatures, while of course avoiding that the enemy does this with you.In turn-based, you move one creature one cell at each time, with a few exceptions, that are that more powerful creatures can move 2 cells and the killer whale can even jump over the - for all other blocked - coral reef. You can take over, and kill the enemy creature in it, by moving a same or more powerful creature in that cell (i.e. the shark can kill the killer whale). The only major exception is that the shark - the most powerful creature in the game - still has a more powerful enemy - the sea urchin, which can kill the shark. |
| Laser Clash | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Laser Clash is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Laser Clash is a single-player Tron-like game. The player controls a light cycle and manoeuvres it around an arena in which there are obstacles and either four or eight competitors, all the others being computer controlled. Players die by crashing into each other, the trail left by another player, or into an obstacle or wall of the arena. Points are scored by not being the first to die, so in a four player game the first to die scores zero, the second to die scores one point and the last to die scores three points. The object of the game is to achieve a high score.The game is, by default, controlled via the arrow keys but the action keys can be redefined and joystick support is also available. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized, the high score screen and in-game help screens all open in new windows which cannot be re-sized. |
| Last Half of Darkness | 2000 | WRF Studios | WRF Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This updated version of the original MS-DOS game Last Half of Darkness for Windows includes all three chapters.Although the story remains the same, it has improved graphics, sound and video cut-scenes. However, puzzles and locations are different from those of the original games. The gameplay screen is expanded to full size with the command menu placed at the bottom of the screen. |
| Legendary Lords | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Legendary Lords brings you the following 3 strategy games with 2 expansion packs in one box, manuals are included as PDF files only:
Lords of Magic
Lords of Magic: Legends of Urak
Lords of the Realm
Lords of the Realm II
Lords of the Realm II: Siege Pack |
| Legendäre Asse | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Action, Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Red Baron II
Command: Aces of the Deep |
| Leif and the American Viking | 2000 | Sveriges Television - Interaktiva Media | Bajoum Interactive AB | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Leif and the American Viking is an educational adventure game about Leif Eiriksson, the Norse explorer who around 1000 AD was the first European to set foot in North America. The game is based on Eirik the Red's Saga, a medieval Icelandic text that describes the discovery. According to the saga two Native American boys were captured and raised by the Norse and in the game it is assumed that one of the boys, Ravenhead has grown up to become a tradesman. In the year 1028 AD Ravenhead sets out on a voyage to Vinland and the player is invited to come with him. The game is played from a first-person perspective and the player moves between locations by clicking on the scenes. There are no puzzles in the game. Instead the player progresses through the game by talking to various characters. The story of Leif Eiriksson's discovery of Vinland is told by Ravenhead throughout the voyage and it is accompanied by drawings of the events. The voyage is plotted on a map and by clicking on a plot it's possible to return to an earlier location. On the map it is also possible to change to a 2000 AD mode where the player can see contemporary images of the locations visited. An implementation of the ancient board game hnefatafl (or just tafl) is included in the game and can be played by talking to a man on the ship. |
| Les Fourmis: Edition Gold | 2000 | Microïds | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Les Fourmis: Edition Gold includes the base game Les Fourmis (US title: Empire of the Ants) and its add-on Les Fourmis: Les Guerres de l'Ouest. The player can play the 11 missions of the base game or one of the 15 missions of the add-on. |
| Les filles, les garçons, l'Amour ... et les bébés ! | 2000 | Duchêne Audiovisuel | C Tout Com' | Educational | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Les filles, les garçons, l'Amour ... et les bébés ! is an educational title for 7-year-old children and older.It's about love, genders, and naturally, how to make a baby. The CD also has a game part filled with mini-activities such as quizzes, jigsaw puzzles and the likes.This CD is endorsed by a teacher and a scientist, and is also recommended by the french organization Familles de France. |
| Lines Millennium | 2000 | Sorcerer | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This is a clone of the original "Lines" (the original game was made by a couple of Russian programmers more than a decade ago). The concept of the game is akin to Tetris: You have a board with 9x9 squares. Three colored balls are falling randomly on those squares, and it's up to you to arrange them in a line containing five of the same color. The line can be either horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. |
| Links LS 2000: 10 Course Pack | 2000 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Enjoy this 10-course collection with your Links LS2000! 180 holes of golf paradise are recreated for your pleasure. All the features are included, including crowds, grandstands, leaderboards, and more.Bountiful Golf Club
Castle Pines Golf Club
Entrada at Snow Canyon
Firestone Country Club
Kapalua Plantation
Kapalua Village
Latrobe Country Club
Pinehurst NO. 2
Sea Island (The Cloister)
Three Canyons Fantasy CourseThe game is compatible with Links LS 1999. |
| Linkz | 2000 | | VanDerLee | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Linkz is a simple puzzle game. You're facing an ensemble of disconnected elements, and you need to rotate them so that there are no loose ends. By pressing F3, you can mark all the remaining loose ends on the playing field. There are a number of available graphical sets available - they can turn the playfield into a collection of pipes, typewriter characters or electronic elements. |
| Lucky Luke | 2000 | Infogrames Europe SA | Infogrames Europe SA | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter | Western | | | | | | Windows | This game is based on the well known comics series about the good cowboy named Lucky Luke. Lucky Luke has to stop the Dalton gang from committing another crime. Walking around town, Luke will have to solve puzzles, shoot criminals and collect money. After finishing a level, an extra life can be bought with the money collected. Shooting often involves ricochetting shots to hit a target, and gameplay will sometimes shift from 2D sidescrolling to an over-the-shoulder camera. Levels offer a wide variety of challenges, including town exploring, bottle-shooting in a bar, freeing hostages on the roof of a train, and sneaking in Indian territory. |
| Löwenzahn 4: Geschichten aus Natur, Umwelt und Technik | 2000 | Terzio, Möllers & Bellinghausen Verlag GmbH | remLAB, Scirius Development | Educational | | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This is the fourth game in the Löwenzahn series of educational games for children, based on the German TV show Löwenzahn. Different mini-games with a focus on nature and technology are included and they aim to improve thinking and raise interest for nature and the environment. It is an anniversary edition celebrating twenty years of Löwenzahn.This edition deals with the sun, the starts and the moon as the starting point. In one mini-game for instance the player becomes a reporter flying in a environment to take photos of planets. Other topics include human evolution and skeletons, canals and sewage systems, bridges and the Stone Age. Players get to construct bridges or discover the equipment from the Stone Age. There is also a large and very extensive lexicon about all elements.The Terzio release of the game includes a 32-page booklet about solar eclipses with information, suggestions for handicrafts and a game. There is also a map of Germany with suggestions for weekend excursions for all the topics. That release also has ties to a Löwenzahn website. |
| MTV Sports: Skateboarding | 2000 | THQ Inc. | Darkblack Ltd | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Take control of Andy Macdonald and other famous skateboarders (total of 30) from MTV Sports as you tear through the skateboard park in full 3D doing tricks with authentic boards and even boarder clothing. Maneuver for the maximum number of tricks in the limited time available. With 60 different tricks to perform, and multiple game modes (including scavenger hunt, stunt moves, and more) |
| MTV: Music Generator | 2000 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Jester Interactive Publishing | Simulation | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this game you basically have fun making music. There are modes like music jam and music generator where you can record what you do and even make videos. Never get bored, because there are so many templates for your music. |
| MVP Solitaire: Clubs Edition | 2000 | MVP Software | Two Lights Entertainment | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | MVP Solitaire: Clubs Edition is a reduced version of MVP Solitaire: Deluxe Edition.Whereas the Deluxe Edition has twenty games with unlimited play and many choices of card decks this game is the 'try-before-you-buy' release. It has just two decks of cards and five games Accordion, Cribbage Solitaire, Forty Thieves, Golf and Simplicity.
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| Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie As Rapunzel + Hot Wheels: Custom Car Designer | 2000 | Learning Company, The, Mattel Media | Media Station, Inc., Optimum Interactive USA Ltd | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Magic Fairy Tales - Barbie As Rapunzel + Hot Wheels - Custom Car Designer is a two title compilation aimed at young girls and boys.Magic Fairy Tales - Barbie As Rapunzel is an interactive story book which can be read as an animated book or played as a game. It also has an option to print scenes from the book that can be coloured in. This game can be run under Win 3.1 and WIN 95 / 98Hot Wheels - Custom Car Designer is not a game. It is a print activity program that allows the user to create & print pictures of Hot Wheels cars, banners, trophies and even traffic citations by combining pre-made parts such as different wheels and spoilers. It also contains a link to the Hot Wheels web site where content may be up / down loaded. |
| Mah Jongg | 2000 | Fiendish Games, Ltd. | Fiendish Games, Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mah Jongg is an adaptation of the Mahjong game, where the player must dismantle a board comprised of numerous rectangular tiles by removing pairs of tiles with matching symbols; only visible tiles whose longer side is completely unobstructed can be removed. The player can request a Hint at any time which will highlight a number of possible tile pairs. There are two graphical themes to choose from, "modern" and "ancient". |
| MahJongg Master 3 | 2000 | eGames, Inc. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In addition to Solitaire Mahjongg, Mahjongg Master 3 comes complete with 4 additional Mahjongg games.
Mahjongg Memory: Challenges your memory by hiding the tiles until you find matching pairs.
Mahjongg Clicks: Clear the board by finding consecutive runs of tiles. When the tiles disappear the others fall into their place, creating an ever-changing board layout.
Mahjongg Rivers: Select any tile as you match pairs to remove them from the board. But it's not easy - the tiles must be linked to each other by forming no more than two horizontal and two vertical lines.
Mahjongg Sliders: Remove as many tiles as possible by forming horizontal, vertical, or diagonal lines of 5 or more matching tiles. |
| Maize Quest | 2000 | eBrainyGames, LLC | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Maize Quest is a freeware maze game. This game was on the home page of the eBrainyGames website and they ran a competition from October 2000 to October 2001 where anyone who successfully completed the maze could post their score. The contest had monthly winners and one grand end of competition winner.In essence the game is based on a cornfield maze. Players navigate their way through the maze and when they have completed it the game generates a score. It is entirely mouse controlled. |
| Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim (Limited Edition) | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc., MicroProse Software, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The limited edition includes:
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
Three game cards
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| Make4 3D | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Side view | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Make4 3D is a single player puzzle game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages. The game is similar to the classic board game Connect Four but with a twist, it is played on a representation of a three dimensional board.
There are two modes of play in this game:There is the standard player vs. computer in which the first to achieve a line of four pieces wins.There is also a scoring game where the computer and the player compete to complete lines of four until all cells are occupied. Rows on different levels score differently and the player with the most points at the end of the game wins.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window that cannot be re-sized, sound, and has different coloured grids, four levels of difficulty, a choice of playing pieces, and in-game help screens. |
| Mayday: Conflict Earth | 2000 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Boris Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | In the year 2051, humans have depleted the environmental resources of the Earth. Ensuing natural disasters eventually led to a global conflict powered by three organizations: the technologically powerful UCA (United Continents of America), the science-oriented ASF (Asian Federation), and the shady SBL (Southern Block), with Europe trying to stay out of the war. Mayday: Conflict Earth is a real-time strategy game. Players select one of the factions and commands an entirely mechanized army, which includes automatized tanks, cyborgs, and other non-human personnel. There is no resource harvesting in the game, and money is awarded gradually as the player completes missions. There is also no construction, with the buildings already available, requiring the player only to assign their position on the map. |
| MazeRace | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | MazeRace is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation products.MazeRace is a one or two-player, arcade, strategy game where the object is to race through a maze and to reach the end before the opponent. The game is played in a randomly generated maze, the default size is 20 x 20 but the height and length can be adjusted un units of five to create a maze that ranges from 5 x 5 through to 50 x 50.The player and their opponent each control a mouse, Hector and Nestor Cheeseman. The players start in opposite corners at the top of the maze. Somewhere, usually along the bottom of the maze, is a piece of cheese and the player's objective is to guide their mouse to the cheese before their opponent.Also scattered around the maze are black and white spots, matching the colour of the mouse. Running over a spot of their own colour causes their mouse to be transported to a random point within the maze, while running over a spot of the opponents colour causes their opponent to be relocated.By default, controlled via the arrow keys but the action keys can be redefined and joystick support is also available. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized and has in-game help screens which open in new windows. |
| Mech Collection | 2000 | MicroProse Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mech Collection is a compilation of the following titles:
Mech Commander: Gold
MechWarrior 3
MechWarrior 3: Pirate's Moon |
| Medieval 2 | 2000 | Incredible Simulations, Inc. | | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, Medieval | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Medieval 2 is a sequel to the original Medieval, a turn-based hex-grid wargame that simulates the tactical battles in the Medieval era (500 AD to 1500AD). This version has improved graphics and AI. Each unit contains just 25 men, and each hex just 25-yards. Multiple weapon options and terrain affects your tactical decisions. Thirty-six different scenarios awaits your command. All the major battles are there like Falkirk, Hastings, and Agincourt. On the other hand, there's also Sherwood Forest (yes, Robinhood). No campaign mode is included, and multiplayer is limited to e-mail only. |
| Mega Pinball | 2000 | Megaware Multimedia B.V. | | Action | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Pinball | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mega Pinball is a budget label, three table, single-player, mouse controlled game. The three tables are shown on a rotating clothes-rack affair: Dragon Slayer, Crystal Tower and Monsters Rhapsody. The mouse is used to navigate the game's menus while the keyboard is the default controller while playing the game. While playing the game send messages to the player, These scroll right/left across the bottom of the screen and left right across the top of the screen, in both cases the text is pushed across the screen by a tractor. There is no in-game music but there are wacky sound effects. The action keys can be redefined. |
| MegaTris 2001 | 2000 | | Andreas Wulf Software | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | MegaTris 2001 is a single player version of the game Tetris.As in the classic game blocks fall from the top of the screen into a column. Using the arrow keys the player must position these blocks so that they fill horizontal rows across the screen. Each row completed scores the player twenty points before disappearing to make room for further blocks to positioned. After five hundred points have been scored the game moves to the next level of difficulty which means that the speed at which the blocks fall increases. |
| Melker: The Elk Hunt | 2000 | Wihlborg Entertainment | Wihlborg Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Moose on the Loose is a single player arcade game.Melker the elk has fallen asleep and as a result he did not migrate to the national park before the hunting season commenced. Now he's awake and he must travel to park and rejoin the herd. This is an arcade style game in which Melker is guided from a start point, down pathways, to an end-of-level point that is always a chequered flag. Along the way there are pieces of fruit which, when run over, score points and off the path among the trees are bonus items, usually gems of some kind, which score very highly. Of course there are also obstacles which rob Melker of his health and these are best avoided.Melker can be guided through the game by the keyboard or a joystick |
| Metal Gear Solid | 2000 | Microsoft Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | North America | | | | Mature | | Windows | This special version of Metal Gear Solid adds first-person view, a level of difficulty for newcomers, bettered artificial intelligence for some enemies (including bosses) on higher difficulty settings, and, on the third disc Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions. |
| Mia's Big Adventure Collection: Romaine's New Hat | 2000 | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Educational | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mia was using her mother’s hat, but when a thunderstorm comes in, Romaine took it over. Mia has to use sparklies to buy Romaine’s hat and get back home safe and sound while learning science skills in the second educational game of the Mia series. The recommended age group is ages 5 to 11. The game uses a side-scrolling and mouse-controlled interactivity to guide Mia through the adventure. It contains twelve activities about animals, their habitats, eating habits and classification; weather, clouds; the solar system; earth science; the human body and its systems; heat energy; properties of matter fossils; electricity and magnetism. |
| Michelin Rally Masters: Race of Champions | 2000 | Infogrames, Inc. | Digital Illusions CE AB | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Off-roading | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is the OFFICIAL game of the real Race of Champions! Take the various authentic ROC cars (22 in all) through different tracks on head-to-head SuperSpecial challenge modes or traditional rally stages as you speed and slide through mud, gravel, snow, and more. Five levels of difficulty will let you learn at your own pace. Multiple game modes (RoC, Challenge Cup, Challenge Trophy, time attack, single race, single stage) keep you challenged. Run races online with other players through dedicated servers or setup your own. |
| Microsoft Baseball 2001 | 2000 | Microsoft Corporation | Wizbang! Software Productions | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The 2001 edition of Microsoft's PC baseball game featuring arcade like gameplay. All rosters have been updated for the 2000 MLB season. This newest version features the Baseball Mogul stat tracking engine. |
| Microsoft Casino | 2000 | Microsoft Corporation | Glass Eye Entertainment, LLC | Gambling | 1st-person | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Take to virtual Vegas with 10 true casino-style games in authentic Bellagio, Treasure Island, and Mirage casinos. Realistic graphics and sound effects put you in the mood. Play a tournament against virtual gamblers, with no risk to your real money! |
| Microsoft Classic Board Games | 2000 | Microsoft Corporation | Oxford Softworks | Puzzle, Strategy | Side view, Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Chess, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Microsoft Classic Board Games is a collection of 12 board game conversions for Windows:
Chess
Checkers
Backgammon
Reversi
Chinese Checkers
4-in-a-line
Taipei
Shogi
Dominoes
Go
Chinese chess
Gomoku |
| Microsoft Golf 2001 Edition | 2000 | Microsoft Corporation | | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Take your golfing game to seven different authentically recreated courses. With over a dozen different scoring modes (Skins, Nassau, Scramble, and more), Zone and LAN multiplayer support, this game has plenty of options for you to play even if you've never laid hands on a golf club before. Full tutorial and quickstart options ease you into the game. Ultra-high res graphics support (1280x1024x32-bit available) satisfies your need for eye candy. Multiple swing methods and customizations keep the game catering to you, not the other way around. |
| Microsoft Return of Arcade: Anniversary Edition | 2000 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Corporation | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Microsoft Return of Arcade Anniversary Edition is a re-release of Microsoft Return of Arcade with Ms. Pac-Man added to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Pac-Man. In total, the games included in this collection are:
Pac-Man
Dig Dug
Pole Position
Galaxian
Ms. Pac-Man
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| Microïds Triple Pack - Action | 2000 | Microïds | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A compilation of three action games published by Microïds:
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Gruntz
Speed Demons
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| Millennium GamePak Gold | 2000 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Action, Gambling, Racing / Driving, Sports, Strategy | | | | Arcade, Board game, Cards / tiles, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | 100+ Great Games: Volume II is a collection of casual games. The games are grouped into four categories, Puzzle, parlor, Sports and Action. When the player selects a category and scrolls down the list of games a brief description and a screenshot of the game is displayed. All the games play in a window in the game area next to the game menu and have their own separate instruction screen. The games in this compilation are:Puzzle: Antware, Booby Trap, Brain Buster, Detention, Egyptris, Krazy Kubes, Marble Mayhem, Matchup, Move 'Em, Padhopper, Slider, Time Shift, Totally Tubular, Treasure Hunt, Warship
Sports: Baseball Darts, Bowling, Bumper Boats, Darts 301, Dirt Rally 2000, FacePlant, Fishing Frenzy, Football, Puttz Creek, SnowBoarding, Soopah Swoosh, Turkey Bowl
Parlor: Blackjack, Freecell, GinRummy, Greedy Dice, Poker, Pulltabs, Roulette, Scratch and Win, Slots, Solitaire
Action: Bananarama, Bug Exterminator, Cat N' Mouse, Duck Shoot, Lunar Encounters, NovaBlast, Global Defender, Monster Madness, Space Lander, Space Penguins, Turtle Rush, Worms Galore
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| MindRover: The Europa Project | 2000 | CogniToy | CogniToy | Educational, Puzzle | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot, Tank | | | Everyone | | Windows | While doing research on one of Jupiter's moons, Europa, the people in the station take small mining machines used for research and modify them to play a game called MindRover.In essence, you take a chassis and build a machine. The machine you need to build will vary on the type of activity you're set out to do (racing, seek & destroy, etc). You place items on your chassis (radars, thrusters, rockets, etc) that you think you might need to help you win.Next, you wire (or program) your machine with specific instructions on what do. So for example: if you come too close to a wall, you will want to steer away from it. So you will link your sensor to your thruster telling it to turn 45 degrees in the opposite direction if something enters the sensor range. |
| Miner 2000er | 2000 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | In this game, your task is to fix the damage on the plumbing and beams. In order to do that, you have to visit all the construction sites, find the damage and fix it. To repair damaged areas, just walk over it. Miner 2000er is very similar to Miner 2049er, but it does not play in a mine but in construction areas and in the sewers.In each of the levels, there are a lot of bonus and extra items for you to collect. Those specials either increase your score, or they refill your life bar. Each level ends when you have repaired the last damage. |
| Mission: Humanity | 2000 | Eon Digital Entertainment | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Mission: Humanity is a real-time strategy game similar in play to Command & Conquer. The plot involves the aftermath of a thwarted alien invasion of Earth, and humanity's attempts at exacting revenge. Gameplay occurs across 20 different planets, as the humans use captured and reverse-engineered alien weaponry against the former would-be conquerors. It is also possible to play the part of the aliens, repelling the human attack. |
| Moeboid | 2000 | ZapSpot | ZapSpot | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | You are a little amoeba in a petri-dish. You got one mission and that is to eat the little amoeba's, but avoid the big ones. How more you eat how bigger you gonna be. And every time you grow there will be more amoeba's. And then its gonna to be more difficult. |
| Moku | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Moku is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Moku is a single player, strategy game that is played against the computer on a 15 x 20 grid. It is a computer version of the classic Japanese board game Gomoku or Five-In-A-Row. This is a turn based game in which the player and the computer take turns placing pieces on a board. The objective for each player is to create a line of five of their pieces, the one who accomplishes this first wins the game.
The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background. |
| Monet: The Mystery of the Orangery | 2000 | Wanadoo Edition | index+ | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Monet: The Mystery of the Orangery is an adventure game with an historical plot : you are a young architect chosen by the French government to oversee the restoration of the Orangery. But since money and profits are more important than art, your worst opponent will be Celeon Derek, an oil-well project backer, aiming to destroy the Orangery.Find clues, speak to everyone, and at least defeat Celeon Derek's plans. Travel from Le Havre port to Paris, visit Rouen and the house and gardens of Monet in Giverny. Monet's paintings are the scenes of the game, for the first time rendered in 3D. After installing the game, you will have first to train the combined use of the keyboard and mouse.
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| Mortadelo y Filemón: Dos Vaqueros Chapuceros | 2000 | Zeta Multimedia S.A. | Alcachofa Soft S.L. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Mortadelo and Filemón are lost in the world of cinema because of Professor Bacterio's invention. Now immersed in the Western genre, they have to face Billy the Kid's gang, find a hatchet and tease John Wayne himself to get back home. The player needs to help them get out of that world.The game has an online multiplayer function, allowing another player to control the other character. |
| Mr. Driller | 2000 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Mr. Driller's world has been covered with mysterious blocks. Armed with only a mighty drill, you'll have to dig your way down to safety before his air supply runs out!Mr. Driller is a real-time puzzle game that relies solely on quick-thinking and a bit of planning. The gameplay is a combination of Tetris and Boulder Dash: You have to drill down through multi-colored blocks to reach the bottom while avoiding the consequences of reckless drilling; blocks left without a foundation will drop down after a while, potentially crushing Mr. Driller. As the hero's air supply is depleted with time, the player must regularly grab oxygen pick-ups. Some of the blocks are "X-Blocks", which take a few tries to drill through and take away a large chunk of the player's air if destroyed. If four or more X-Blocks come in contact with each other, they vanish and leave behind a small blue creature "Chisokojin", which grants 765 points when picked up. There are two scenarios in the game, the "2500ft" and "5000ft challenge" (called "500m" and "1000m" in the Japanese version), which are five and ten levels long respectively. |
| Mud Hunt | 2000 | Xtreme Games LLC | Memir Software Ltd. | Action | | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mud Hunt is a single player, keyboard controlled game.There are thirty levels to this game and the object in each is to explore passages and tunnels killing all the aliens in order to advance to the next screen. The game has two levels of difficulty |
| Muppet Babies Toyland Train | 2000 | Brighter Child Interactive, LLC | Compedia Software & Hardware Ltd. | Educational | | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kermit and the other Muppet Babies play in the nursery riding a toy train. Each train stop, introduces the player to an activity. Among the activity locations are Body Depot, the Music Stop, the Make-It-Go Station, the Toyland Zoo, Shapely Corners, Color Junction, Paint-It Station and Dress-Up Point. The only muppet babies that can be interacted with are Scooter and Skeeter. The activities teach about colors, shapes, body parts, music, clothes and animals. |
| N.I.C.E. 2: King Size | 2000 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | N.I.C.E. 2: King Size contains:
N.I.C.E. 2
N.I.C.E. 2: Tune-Up |
| NASCAR Acceleration Pack | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A combo pack of NASCAR Racing 3, NASCAR Legends, and NASCAR Racing 3 Craftsman Truck Expansion Pack. |
| NASCAR Racers | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Software Creations Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | A computer game based on the popular childrens' TV show on FOX Kids called NASCAR Racers.You can race around in the 8 different cars featured in the TV show and on 8 different tracks. There are options to play single player or split screen, or in the special adventure mode to win prizes.There are 13 mini-episodes and race missions to complete, where you can use boosters to speed you up or even get your car off the ground. It is also compatible with a game pad, for even more fun. |
| Need for Speed: V-Rally 2 | 2000 | Infogrames Europe SA | Eden Studios | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | | | Windows | Need for Speed returns to dirt racing again in this sequel to Need for Speed: V-Rally. The most significant differences are the track editor, improved graphics, and new game modes. There are 84 tracks and the game supports multiplayer with up to four players. This second installment comes with four game modes: an arcade mode for casual rally fans, a championship mode for people who want to compete against other rally cars for a title, a trophy mode, and a time trial mode.It features 16 different cars in three categories: World Rally Cars (Peugeot 206, Hyundai Coupe, Mitsubishi Lancer, Toyota Corolla, Subaru Impreza, Ford Focus, SEAT Córdoba, Škoda Octavia), 2L kit-cars (Peugeot 306, Citroën Xsara, SEAT Ibiza, Renault Megane, Vauxhall Astra) and 1.6L kit-cars (Citroën Saxo, Peugeot 106, Nissan Micra). A number of bonus cars can be unlocked as well by completing certain modes, such as winning the European or the World Championship.In the arcade mode you race against three opponents on the race track; whoever reaches the finish line first after a series of laps wins the stage. However, the main goal in a stage is to reach the next checkpoint before the countdown timer stops. Several stages form a level, for which you receive a total of three credits. Every time you fail to reach a checkpoint before the time runs out the race stops and you can use a credit to restart that particular stage. If there are no credits left, the entire level must be restarted. The trophy mode is a bit different. While winning a stage is still done by beating three opponents directly on the race track, to claim the trophy you have to register the best overall result, calculated by summing up all the stages' times.The championship mode is designed after the FIA World Rally Championship, where drivers compete for points. The European championship is divided into eight rounds, while the World and the Expert championships each have twelve. Every round has two (European, World) or three stages (Expert). This is the only mode where the car gets damaged if handled badly, but it can be repaired at the service park between stages in the following areas: engine, gear box, brakes, steering and suspensions. You only have 30 minutes, so if your car is seriously messed up you will not be able to restore it to a 100% condition for the next stage. At the end of the round the total time for all stages is compared between racers and the first six positions in the standings get a number of points based on their performance (for example the fastest gets 10 points, 2nd place gets 6 points, and so on). Whoever has the most points after all the rounds becomes the new champion.In the track editor the track is represented by a single line or ribbon. You can edit the curves and change the inclines or declines of each track piece. The only restriction is that trackpieces cannot overlap, so for example you cannot make an 8-shaped track. When playing the track, scenery is added procedurally depending on the curves and inclines and which country is selected. The 84 default tracks make use of the same engine. |
| Neutron Trails | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Neutron Trails is a single player puzzle game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.In the default version of this game the player is presented with a 7 x 7 grid. Around the grid at the end of every row is a laser which fires a straight beam along it's row / column. Randomly placed within the grid are invisible atoms which can either absorb, deflect or reflect the beam. The object of the game is to correctly deduce the position of the atoms within the grid in as short a time as possible with just four guesses available.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, different backgrounds, four levels of difficulty including a custom difficulty setting, and in-game help screens. |
| New Vegas Games | 2000 | Encore, Inc. | Monkey Byte Development, LLC | Gambling | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | New Vegas Games is a package of eleven casino games (if the name didn't already give that away). It contains 5 poker games (7 Card Stud, Omaha Hold 'em, Pai-Gow, Texas Hold 'em and Wild Aruba Stud), 5 other card games (Blackjack, Royal Match 21, Casino War, Red Dog and Let it ride) and Sic Bo (a roulette with dice game). |
| NightSparks | 2000 | ZapSpot | ZapSpot | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | North America | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | NightSparks is another of the free games provided by ZapSpot. It is a version of Simon Says that uses fireworks instead of flashing lights. The game has three game difficulty settings each of which uses the skyline of a different US city as the backdrop for the firework show;
Easy - This uses the San Diego skyline and has just four different fireworks to make up the sequence
Medium - This uses six kinds of firework and the Chicago skyline
Hard - New York is the setting for the hardest level which has eight kinds of firework
The player has three lives per game. Like other ZapSpot games NightSparks plays in a custom window with advertising showing to the right and below the game area, as the site is no longer active the left pane shows an Internet Explorer error screen.
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| No Bull | 2000 | eBrainyGames, LLC | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | No Bull is a single player, mouse controlled, quiz gameThis game plays a bit like 'The Weakest Link'. Players are asked a series of questions to which they answer True, False or Pass in a series of timed rounds. Each time they answer a question correctly their score increases, this is represented by a stack of 'score bricks' each with a higher number than the one below. The score the player gets for a correct answer is the value of the topmost brick. With enough correct answers the player earns 'time flowers' which give the player extra time.When the player gets an answer wrong they lose all their score bricks and time flowers. |
| Oasis: On the edge of the abyss | 2000 | Pêches et Océans Canada | Centre de Production Multimedia UQAM, Service de l'audiovisuel UQAM | Adventure, Educational | | | | | North America | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Oasis: On the edge of the abyss is an educational CD-ROM that presents the mysteries of the deep sea: dive two kilometers down to the volcanic ridges of the Pacific Ocean.At the controls of the Oasis, a futuristic submersible, the CD-ROM also features a quest game. It is an hybrid, bilingual CD-ROM (French/English). |
| Odyssée: Sur les traces d'Ulysse (Edition Limitée) | 2000 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Limited Edition, which was published in France only, contains:
Odyssée: Sur les traces d'Ulysse
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| Old West Poker | 2000 | | Crescent Vision Interactive LLC | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Old West Poker is a single-player, mouse controlled simulation of the popular casino machine. It appears in many of eGames compilations including
Casino Jackpot 2 which is where this version of the game comes from.As in a standard poker game the aim of the game is to make the best 5-card hand. Unlike other forms of poker the player does not win by beating other players but by compiling a hand that exceeds the game's minimum hand, which in this case is a pair of jacks, to score.The game gives the player $1000 to start with and on each hand the player can bet between $1 and $5. They are then dealt five cards and they can hold/discard any of these, however if they are dealt a winning combination such as three of a kind then those cards are held automatically. A second deal is then made to replace the discarded cards and the final hand is evaluated. If the hand scores a pair of jacks or higher then the player is paid a fixed sum depending on the original stake and the game continues. The F1 key brings up an in-game menu which gives the player access to the in-game help file, game statistics, and toggles both the sound and the auto hold option. The game has a high score table but does not preserve the player's winnings from one game to the next. |
| Olive Wars! | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Olive Wars! is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Olive Wars! is a one or two-player arcade shooter game where the object is to achieve a high score. The player, or players, control a military grade olive with three controls, move left, move right, and fire. Overhead numerous salad items scroll across the screen and the object is to shoot down as many as possible within the allotted time. The various items of vegetation score different levels of points and there are penalties for shooting down carrots.The game is, by default, controlled via the arrow keys with the spacebar being firing the gun but the action keys can be redefined and joystick support is also available. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized, the high score screen and in-game help screens all open in new windows which cannot be re-sized. |
| Orda: Severnyi Veter | 2000 | Buka Entertainment | 7th BitLabs | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Orda: Severnyi Veter, also known as Horde: The Northern Wind, is a real-time strategy game that is very similar to Warcraft II. It is set in the world of Semirechye (Russian for "Land of the Seven Rivers"), a medieval fantasy setting loosely based on Slavic folk tales, and the player, who takes on the role of a tribe leader, must build up settlements, explore and interact with his neighbours, and eventually uncover the main plot of the game. Unlike other RTS games, there are no missions; the world is divided into 9 large maps (in a 3x3 pattern) and the player's units can traverse between them at any time, given that the path between the two adjacent maps is not obstructed. Once the player's alter ego leader unit moves into a new map, control of the settlement and all remaining units in the previous map is relegated to the AI. There is a vague global goal of slaying the dragon, but as the game progresses, the player has to figure out how to find said dragon and deal with it, introducing a non-linear element to the gameplay.There are detailed elements to the visual style and how it influences the gameplay. Buildings catch fire if attacked by flame weapons, such as lighted arrows or ballista bolts, as opposed to fire as a generic damage indicator. The flames may then spread to adjacent structures if the wind is blowing in that direction, thus causing a large fire in the settlement; forest fires are possible as well. Flags on all structures are animated, and are affected by changes in the direction of the wind; units leave tracks on sandy river banks etc. etc. Foot soldiers can move through the woods (at a lower speed than on open terrain), although it can become dangerous, as wolves and bears easily chew up a troop of inexperienced soldiers wandering in the forest.The economy system is a bit more complicated than what is usually found in similar games. Generally, the player has to pay more attention to the management of their settlement, especially early on in the game. There are four types of resources: ore, wood, gold and population. The first three are collected in a regular way: workers chop down trees and carry sacks of gold and ore from the mines to the town centre. The only real difference is that the player must first construct a mine over a gold or ore deposit to be able to collect those resources. As for population, building farms in Horde does not increase the number of units that can be built or trained, but adds to the overall population growth in the settlement. Every time a worker or a soldier is trained he is recruited from the available population, making it a resource as well. The same goes for newly built structures (except farms), which require a varying number of people to operate them. Population also pays taxes (in all three other resources, not just gold), so the more populated a settlement is, the more resources the player can get. Some of the taxes are spent to pay salaries to the army and workers (this time only in gold). Tax collection and payments are done automatically.Base construction can be described as a mixture between Warcraft and Command & Conquer. The player's castle functions both as a town hall and a construction yard, able, on one hand, to train workers and store resources, and to issue construction orders on the other. Once a building is placed down, it begins construction by itself, without the need for workers; the same goes for building repairs. All buildings, with the exception of mines and lumber mills, can only be constructed within a certain range of the castle. Some buildings like the barracks or the factory can somewhat expand this radius, but the size of the settlement is still limited. There can be one castle per map, and thus one settlement, although the player may destroy their current castle and build a new one elsewhere. However, in this case all the old buildings that remain outside the new castle's radius will be abandoned and will dilapidate slowly until completely destroyed.When the player encounters other factions that populate the world, combat is not the only option. Every newly encountered nation is initially neutral towards the player. This status can be changed via the diplomacy option; the player can declare a war, propose an alliance, or surrender and become a vassal of an overwhelming opponent. Diplomacy options are limited but they are quite useful, as conflicts can be seldom resolved by complete decimation of an opponent. It is up to the player to experiment with different approaches and find out what fits best in each situation.Battles, especially when they involve large numbers of units, are rather chaotic, as units often seem to ignore the player's orders in the heat of battle. Up to 400 units can be selected at a time, and group management is simplified by the ability to exclude entire unit types from a group by a mouse click. Units cannot be upgraded, but they will gain experience over time, making them stronger, more resistant and able to heal wounds.While exploring the world, the player can find various items that are either quest- or story-related, or allow the use of special abilities like the summoning of magical allies, revealing parts of the map etc. On some maps, different creatures can be found that, upon their release, will either join the player or attack at random. In some places there are cryptic hints engraved in stones that should help the player in their quest; important information can also be obtained from ancient scrolls that are found in possession of some of the wizards. |
| Oscar the Balloonist Dives into the Lake | 2000 | Tivola Publishing, Inc. | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Oscar the Balloonist Dives into the Lake follows the further adventures of the young hero of Oscar the Balloonist and the Secrets of the Forest as he heads to the lake to visit Balthasar Pumpernickel, an animal researcher. Balthasar is afraid of the animals he's supposed to be studying, so he's relieved when Oscar agrees to help him out.Gameplay and hand-painted appearance is similar to other Tivola games developed by BVM, such as the previous Oscar the Balloonist title and Millie Meter and Her Adventures in the Oak Tree. Actions are performed with the mouse, and clicking on items activates animations. There is a row of icons at the bottom of the screen for accessing games, returning to the lake, changing seasons, changing language, and exiting.Oscar's balloon is divided into four quadrants, one for each season - clicking on one of the tree pictures will bring up that season on the lake, and the animals around it will explain how they live at that time of the year. There are 12 mini-games, five of which are available to play from the start - the other seven are hidden in the game and only become accessible as the player uncovers them. |
| Oscar the Balloonist Drops into the Countryside | 2000 | Tivola Publishing, Inc. | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Oscar the Balloonist Drops into the Countryside takes the player on another adventure with the character Oscar the Balloonist. This time he leaves the town to learn about animals living in the countryside, as well as to help his friend Balthasar Pumpernickel researching animals living there.Gameplay is very similar to the previous entries in the series. Using the mouse for input, several animations are triggered when clicking on objects in the scene. It also has a bottom menu to access one of twelve games, switch the language or change the season (summer, autumn, winter and spring). As in the previous game, players can learn about animals' activities during each season. |
| Oscar the Balloonist and the Secrets of the Forest | 2000 | Tivola Publishing, Inc., Viva Media, LLC | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Educational | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Carmela, Oscar the balloonist's treasure chest, has gone missing. When he lands his balloon and finds her in the woods, she refuses to leave until he has solved all the puzzles. The forest and its animals come to life in each of the four seasons and you have to learn about their habits to complete the quest. Meet the badgers, ants, squirrels, bats, mice, snails and spiders and listen to their humorous dialogues.The game is suited for children from four to ten and there are twelve games in total. |
| Oz: The Magical Adventure | 2000 | DK Multimedia | GMD Group Pty Limited | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Oz: The Magical Adventure is based on the well-known book by L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; the game's release in 2000 celebrates 100 years since the publication of Baum's book.The game begins with familiar characters; Dorothy, a young girl whirled out of Kansas by a tornado, the Tin Woodsman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion, setting off down the Yellow Brick Road in search of the Emerald City and the Wizard. Before they reach it, Dorothy is snatched away by a winged monkey sent by the Wicked Witch of the West. Glinda the Good Witch gives a map and a magic mirror to the remaining travelers and sends them on to the city, where the Wizard promises to help if they will get rid of the Wicked Witch. He gives the party a medallion - a key to the Wicked Witch's castle. The medallion, however, is missing it's nine jewels - they are hidden around the Land of Oz, and your party must find them all to get into the castle and rescue Dorothy. The map on the bottom left of the screen is interactive; it shows three sections of Oz - the Country of the Quadlings, the Land of the Munchkins and the Land of the Winkies, matching the three colors of jewels the trio will have to find. Clicking on a picture on the map will take the party there, or the player can click on the main screen where the cursor becomes an arrow. The magic mirror on the top left is the in-game help; clicking on it brings Glinda who explains what to do or how to play a mini-game. The red door on the bottom right leads to the exit, and the medallion on the top right keeps track of how many jewels have been collected.
Areas of the map can be visited in any order. Each section offers three games, each of which yields up a jewel upon completion:
The Land of the MunchkinsWind Vanes: turn all the vanes to face the same direction
Juice-a-rama: collect fruit for the Juice Lady, then deliver the requested amount of juice into each of three tubes.
Whirly Flowers: place flowers into garden holes in specific pattern order.The Country of the QuadlingsWater Pipes: re-configure pipes by clicking on colored connectors so that water flows into a basin.
Toadstool Hop: direct a toad across a field of toadstools by clicking on the spots that match his color.
Itchy Bugs: help a grouchy tree get rid of an infestation of fruit-disguised bugs by finding the fruit whose pattern doesn't match.The Land of the WinkiesWinkie Miner: remember where each item is when the light flashes on in this dark mine, then retrieve the item the Winkie miner needs when the lights go off
Penguin Ice Climb: maneuver a penguin up a platform by clicking the icon that makes it climb, jump, or slide.
Rock Pounds: balance a mine car full of rocks by adding the correct amount of weights.Interspersed through the lands are clickable animations and games that have no goals beyond entertainment; a field of flowers that bend their heads to follow the mouse, a bubble-blower in a field of poppies, a cluster of fireflies inside a dark log that create multicolored mouse trails, a humming bird who's short melody can be matched by clicking on some bell-shaped flowers in the right order. On completion of the game, the player is given a personalized award that can be printed out. |
| PGA Championship Golf 2000 | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Headgate Studios Inc. | Sports | | | | | | | Matthew Peterson | | | | Windows | You must take to the tee, and get that little white ball in the hole in the least amount of shots. The new "quick start" feature allows you to get into the game quicker than before (skipping some of the more technical parts of the sport). You can create your own golfer (give him a face, a body, and a unique style of dress) and take him onto the pro tour or the amateur circuit. If your game needs a little work, the putting practice greens and the driving range are available. |
| PGA Championship Golf 2000: Titanium Edition | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Headgate Studios Inc. | Special edition, Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Enhanced version of PGA Championship Golf 2000, with 7 more courses (20 in the German release), expanded art library for the Course Architect, and enhanced multiplayer linking technology for smoother multiplay. (Existing owners of PGA CG 2000 can download the new courses for free at the PGACG website) |
| Pajama Sam's One Stop Fun Shop | 2000 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pajama Sam's One Stop Fun Shop is an activity center based on the Pajama Sam game series. It consists of printable crafts, painting tools, the Sam-O-Matic, and an interactive storybook creator. Using a library of clipart, children can create their own arts and crafts and print them out on their computers. |
| Pangki | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Pangki is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Pangki is a single-player, strategy game that is played against the computer on a 4x4 grid. It is an example of a simple, 'perfect information' game, i.e. a game in which each player knows the full and complete state of the game at any time. This is a turn-based game in which each player starts with six pieces. All the pieces are arranged around the edges of the board with the computer's pieces being at the top of the screen and the players at the bottom. Players take turns attempting to destroy an opponents pieces, the loser being the player who is reduced to a single playing piece. Pieces are destroyed when the opponent lines up two of their pieces against a single piece of the other player in an X-X-O-blank arrangement.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background. |
| Panty Raider: From Here to Immaturity | 2000 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Hypnotix, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | A catalog of frilly underthings worn by babe-a-licious models has been delivered to the wrong address in the wrong galaxy. Discovered by three excitable aliens of the male persuasion (sorta), the catalog has only whetted their appetite for more. Now these aliens have traveled the galaxy in search of more models to photograph - and they'll destroy the earth if you (in the role of mild-mannered Nelson) don't help them to get what they want!Use all sorts of Gadgets such as X-Ray specs, Underwear removing goop and a camera.You need to use your charm and your credit card to get as much underwear as you can to save the planet |
| Panzer General III: Scorched Earth | 2000 | Strategic Simulations, Inc. | Strategic Simulations, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Turn-based strategy | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Mike Marr | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Panzer General hits the Eastern Front! Take command of either German or Russian armies. You can command leaders and units which will grow in experience as they do battle, enhancing their effectiveness, but assign the right leader to the right tasks! Tackle four different campaigns (1 long and 1 short from each side), choose different branches on the campaign tree. Improved graphics and multiplayer capabilities are also added. |
| Papyrus: Le Secret de la Cité Perdue | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Action, Adventure, Educational, Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Graphic adventure, Mini-games, Platform, Timed input | Egypt (Ancient) | | Direct control, Point and select | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Papyrus: Le Secret de la Cité Perdue is an action and puzzle game featuring the fictional character Papyrus, a young fisherman from ancient Egypt.First choose one of the four available characters: Papyrus of course, his girlfriend Theti, Tiya (the princess of thieves), or why not choose Imhoutep, Papyrus' friend. Then select one the four difficulty levels: easy, intermediate, difficult or expert. The name of the game says it all: help one of these characters to discover a lost city before Seth, which is the Egyptian god of chaos. To find this city, clues are scattered all over the land of Egypt. The CD-ROM features 4 types of games:
mazes: find the treasure room before the time runs out
caves: collect as many gold nuggets as possible
oasis: play the game of memory against the hermit
quiz: answer Egypt-related questions
Papyrus: Le Secret de la Cité Perdue can be played by four human players, and thus becomes turn-based. |
| Patti Pain's Bondage Poker | 2000 | Redfire Software | Redfire Software | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Patti Pain's Bondage Poker is a poker card game with an adult BDSM theme. Visiting a place of Patti Pain, a dominatrix, the player selects one of three girls and starts to play a variant of strip poker with her. The removal of clothes is replaced here with a more bounded position of the girl. Both of you have 100 in bank, and if it all spent, the girl takes a new position to get another 100. The goal of the game is to set the opponent into eighth position. Each girl talks to you with her voice and expresses her feelings. |
| Pearl6 | 2000 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | If you can't manage to come up with original ideas for your game, you can at least synthesise lots of great ideas from earlier games. So it is that after five earlier attempts in Quickbasic inspired from various classic arcade sources the author has moved on to this effort in Blitz, pooling and superimposing his distinguished influences.It's a bit like you're playing a paddle-and-ball and a top-down shmup simultaneously, layered on top of each other, using the same control mechanism... the enemies and the ball may as well be in different games, as far as their interaction is concerned: your paddle-ship is the only element that straddles both worlds, facing both layers of threats.Foremost, it is a paddle-and-ball game, in the Breakout mold -- but one with power-ups (and power-downs), like Arkanoid. There are mobile enemies shooting down at you, as with Galaga -- but when hit they splinter into smaller enemies, as in Asteroids. You shoot back up at them against a psychedelic starfield with varying firepower types, dodging their bullets and avoiding hitting your own "ball" -- the only way you have to demolish most of the bricks, which your shots pass right through. (Conversely, the ball passes through the enemies and their shots unscathed.) Periodically the ball will loosen a brick that will begin falling toward the bottom of the screen -- and these bricks the player is obligated to shoot and destroy before they land, as in Missile Command, or the game ends, sharing an inspirational quote with you. With no lives or score-keeping, you are only presented with this colossal sum of challenges, weaving, shooting, bouncing and dodging with the mouse, again and again. |
| Pegopolis | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pegopolis is a single player, tile elimination puzzle. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.This is a version of Peg Solitaire, a game which is played on a board where traditionally all cells apart from one have a peg in them. The object of the game is to remove pegs by jumping over them. The game ends when all pegs have been removed or when there are no legal moves remaining.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized and features many different board shapes and variations on the standard layout among which are:The classic English board
The classic French board
The Restaurant board, an American variant that is allegedly often played with golf tees as pegs
The X board
the Diamond board
and two Checkers board variationsThe game has sound, different backgrounds and pieces, a high score table, and in-game help screens. |
| Peh Pai | 2000 | ZapSpot | ZapSpot | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | You been challenged by Master Li to beat one off his boards. This game is a card game, where you must got rid of all the cards. When you got a three, you can rid off the four or the two, and so on. There are two modes to play, a challenge to beat all of the eighteen boards or you pick one of them. |
| Pencil Whipped | 2000 | | ChiselBrain | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | A truly unique FPS. All the textures are scanned pencil drawings. All sound effects are made by the programmer with a microphone. You face numerous enemies that pop out of the ground and insult you. The game is in black and white, with occasional splashes of color. There isn't much of a story as so much as there is exploration of a bizarre series of caverns and doors. You collect hand grenades and guns to shoot such characters as Doobie Dude and the rats. Created with tongue firmly in cheek, this game is fully programmed and designed by Lon Flickinger for the 2000 Independent Game Festival. |
| Pickup Express | 2000 | AddGames Advertainment AB | Unique Development Studios AB | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Contemporary | Automobile, Transport, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | Windows | This is an advertising-sponsored game using cars from Toyota and custom billboard adverts from various local companies, depending on which market it was distributed in.The game has three competitions for solo or LAN play; package delivery, bomb-race, and normal car race.Package delivery game:
Here your goal is to deliver a certain amount of goods to specific points on the map within a time limit.
In each level you can choose your vehicle from some options, each one resembling a car from Toyota.
The cars vary in speed, handling, fuel consumption and amount of cargo that can be picked up at once.At the beginning of each race, you must collect a newspaper in order to summon the map and the delivering orders.
Any player may pick up any cargo, by driving over it.
When this happens, a trademark from one of the sponsors will appear indicating the delivery place.There are five maps where you can offer your delivery services: country, downtown, docks, uptown, Chinatown.
The three last maps are not available from the beginning of the game, and must be unlocked by winning one of the first two, before they can be selected.After some driving, you will start to run out of gas, if this happens, you may still drive the vehicle, but at a very slow speed.
In order to avoid this, it's possible to refuel the car at any gas station, paying for the fuel.
At the end of a race, the drivers gets a bonus based on how economical their driving was.There is the possibility to chose either keyboard and mouse or a joystick, but the in-game menu doesn't offer to configure the controllers nor list the keys used - you need to read the manual for this.Bomb-race game:
Here the players drive around an enclosed area (cut-down from one of the bigger maps) in a series of 2-minute races, with one of the vehicles having a bomb attached to it.
The car with the bomb can pass the bomb to another car by front-colliding with another, and all cars try to avoid the bomb-carrying car until the timer runs out and the bomb explodes.The vehicles are mostly Toyota models, but in the version made for Brazil, they only have generic names like truck, utility, mini and sport - possibly due to Toyota not having an re-seller there at the time.The cars are: Toyota Prius, Land Cruiser 100, Hilux, Hiace, Corolla, Celica, Camry, Avensis, Yaris Verso and Yaris.
There is also a hidden vehicle, a city bus of unspecified make. |
| Pinball Madness 3 | 2000 | Encore Software, Inc. | | Action | | | | Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | Compilation includes the following titles:
Pro Pinball: The Web
Pro Pinball: Timeshock!
Slam Tilt Pinball
Platinum Pinball
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| Pinball Revolution | 2000 | GT Interactive Value (Europe), Ltd. | Pin-Ball Games Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Pinball | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Pinball Revolution is an action oriented pinball simulation which features two fictional tables: "The Avengers Pinball" is based on the TV series and "Roswell" on the alleged UFO landing site. Both tables feature a lot of bumpers, moving objects and mini games in the dot field. There are less options than in other pinball games, just resolution and key settings. The table is shown in a non-scrolling isometric perspective and the top 10 scorers are saved in a high score list.
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| Piposh 2 | 2000 | Hed Arzi Multimedia | Guillotine | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Piposh 2 is the second game in the Piposh series. Like its predecessor, it is a humorous point and click adventure game.In this game, following the first game's ending, you find yourself on an isolated island with an all new set of strange people, such as an old rich man who wants to build train rails all over the island, an inspector who worked as a tester for sucking candies and even a nerd who programs in Pascal. Your mission is to build a flying machine using the different items you can find in order to leave the island. |
| PixelShips | 2000 | Pixelmusement | Pixelmusement | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The PixelShip is a popular toy in the year 2079! A battery powered two-foot long spaceship provides for hours of enjoyment. All kinds of different people have been flocking to compete against one another. Grandmothers can play with their grandkids and lawyers can play against fast food employees. All pixelships are controlled through the same interface (named the PICC) allowing anyone to switch between different types. There are 160 different types of PixelShip and a rumored 161th type. Can anyone catch them all?PixelShips is a side-scrolling horizontal shooter. Players begin by choosing their initial ship and then entering a campaign number (random seed) to begin their adventures. Each pixelship has a health and energy bar. That energy bar is depleted as the main weapon is fired. More advanced PixelShips may carry more than one weapon. By defeating enemy swarms, power-ups will be dropped. Defeating enemy PixelShips can sometimes cause them to break up into their component pixels, which then are collected allowing the player to capture the ship for their own use. |
| Play Period | 2000 | | 2x4 Group | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Play Period is a singleplayer mouse-controlled freeware game based on oscilloscope wave patterns.The game is played on a single screen which can be displayed either within a window or full screen, The main part of the game area is occupied by a green rectangle within which is traced a light green wave form. Below the wave trace are three dials which range from zero to fifteen. By cycling through the numbers on these dials the player adds or subtracts a sine wave frequency from the displayed wave form thus changing it, the objective being to find the combination of waves that cancels out the main wave form.The game does have two difficulty settings and in both settings gameplay is as described above. In the default setting the dials the player uses to cycle through wave forms use whole numbers while the 'high fidelity' difficulty cycles from zero to fifteen in increments of 0.1. The game has no sound, no save game function and no high score table. |
| Play the Games Vol. 3 | 2000 | Infogrames Europe SA, Electronic Arts, Inc., Eidos Interactive Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Play the Games Vol. 3 is the third in a series of joint-venture compilations from Electronic Arts, Infogrames, and Eidos. Each of these publishers contributes one third of the compilation. The compilation was released with different games in different countries, this entry is for the U.K. release which had only twelve games in it compared to fifteen in the Play the Games Vol. 3 German version. The games in this compilation are:
Electronic Arts' part of the compilation:
Dune 2000
Dungeon Keeper 2
Theme Park World
The F.A. Premier League Stars
Infogrames' part of the compilation:
Driver
Outcast
Silver
Supreme Snowboarding
Eidos' part of the compilation:
Championship Manager 3
Gangsters
Thief: The Dark Project
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft |
| Player Manager 2000 | 2000 | 3DO Europe, Ltd. | Anco Software Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | A football management game from the creators of the Kick Off series. Player Manager 2000 lets the player coach any team from England, Scotland, Italy, and Germany, and there is totally more than 30,000 players. Tactical options are diverse and the game features both pre- and post-match analysis.What makes the game relatively unique is players are able to put themselves in the team. There are three ways to play the matches. The first is the commentary mode, which works almost the same way as the Championship Manager games. The second is the scanner mode, where the player can watch the matches from a 2D, top-down view. The third is to play these matches in full 3D, similar to the FIFA games. |
| Plurm! | 2000 | | Plum Deal | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Plurm! is a single player, keyboard controlled, shareware Snake variant. As is common for such games, the player manoeuvres their worm around the screen eating stuff, plums in this case and avoiding obstacles. The more plums that are eaten, the longer the worm grows and the harder the game becomes.The game plays in a window, has sound effects, a pause function and a high score table. |
| Pocket Games Classics | 2000 | Hemming AG | BubbleByte Software | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a collection of five arcade games, sharing the same interface. Games included are:
PillMan, a Pac-Man variant
WallBall, a Breakout variant
CubeRain, a Tetris variant
BirdKill, a Duck Hunt variant
Snake which is just another Snake game |
| Poker Machine | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Gambling, Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Poker Machine is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Poker Machine is a single-player game that emulates a video poker machine. The player is given a virtual stake of $100 and bets $1-$5 on whether they can make a poker hand. The amount won depends on the hand and the initial stake. There are three versions of poker available here:
Straight Poker in which the minimum winning hand is a pair of Jacks.
Jokers Wild in which the minimum winning hand is a pair of kings.
Deuces Wild where the minimum hand is three of a kind.
The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be resized. The game has sound, different backgrounds and types of card back, a high score screen, and in-game help screens. |
| Poker Patience | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Poker Patience is a single player Solitaire or Patience game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.In this game the player is presented with cards from a standard deck one or two at a time, this is a game configuration option. They must place these cards into a 5 x 5 grid attempting to form poker hands both horizontally and vertically as they do so. Once a card is placed it cannot be moved. The game is over when twenty-five cards have been placed.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, different backgrounds and types of card, a high score screen and in-game help screens. |
| PokéROM: Mew | 2000 | Learning Company, Inc., The | Learning Company, Inc., The | Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Mental training | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PokéROMs were promotional shaped CD-ROMs with varying characters on the design. Each disc contained a memory game. This particular disc contained Mew on its label and had a memory game included in which the player had to find 2 of a pair of Pokemon related imagery. |
| PokéROM: Psyduck | 2000 | Mattel Interactive | Learning Company, The | Educational, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This PokéROM is part of a set of educational games featuring creatures from the Pokémon universe. The game contains mathematical challenges for children up to a fifth grade level; upon completion, the player will be awarded with pictures of Psyduck. A competitive trivia mode supports up to four players in a race to the finish line. Players take turns to answer questions pertaining to such subjects as geography, grammar, and Pokémon knowledge, with correct answers moving the player closer to the goal. |
| Pokémon Play It! Version 2 | 2000 | Wizards of the Coast, Inc. | Fluid Entertainment | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Trading / collectible card | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The sequel to Pokémon Play It!, this game features the same basic gameplay as its predecessor, with the AI-controlled character Julie teaching the player the rules of the Pokémon trading card game. The new Challenge and Advanced Challenge modes allow the player to conduct full duels against Julie using standard 60-card decks, while Build mode gives the player the opportunity to design a custom deck.Other changes from the original Pokémon Play It! include new cards from the Fossil and Team Rocket expansions, the correction of some bugs and inaccuracies, and a built-in checklist for the player to keep track of their real-world card collection. |
| Polis 2 | 2000 | Vision Park AB | Vision Park AB | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Crime, Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Polis 2 is the sequel to the Swedish crime-solving game Polis. You play as a leader of the murder investigation unit of the Swedish police force and the task is to solve a murder starting of with the finding of a dismembered arm in a lake.The interface consists of a geographical map, a board of all the involved characters and their relations, the archive where the player can read through all generated reports and the so called Murder Puzzle where the player can see how well the investigation goes. The progress is shown with three lamps, each for four different pieces of the puzzle indicating how much evidence have been collected in the following important areas; the place - where the body was found, the act - how and where the murder took place, the death which indicate how much is known about the murder weapon(-s) and finally the murderer - where the player can select different people to test their theories.The gameplay consists of equal parts resource management, i.e. select a team for each day and giving the team members tasks, and equal parts interrogation where the answers play out in video with real life actors.At some points in the story, the player can feed the media with snippets of information which can result in new information from the public. These parts of the game plays out as a inverted interrogation scene where the case is highlighted by the Swedish TV-show Efterlyst (a Swedish TV programme similar to America's Most Wanted) and where the show's host asks the player questions about the case. |
| Polis: Det blå fallet | 2000 | Vision Park AB | Vision Park AB | Adventure, Strategy | Top-down | | Crime, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements, Turn-based strategy | Contemporary, Europe | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | | Windows | Polis: Det blå fallet (Police: The Blue Case) is a year 2000 standalone re-release of the case Vänner för alltid (Friends Forever) from the first Polis game.As the main investigator of the Stockholm Crime Scene Investigators, you investigate a murder to try to catch up the killer. To be able to solve the case you will have to make use of the full extent of the Swedish police force. To optimise your use of resources you need to use your own intuition. Plan your moves carefully and pick the right police unit for the task. As in reality every murder investigation is a race against time. Traces grow cold and witnesses forget. But remember - an investigation that doesn't bear fruit will not get further funding.This case starts when it is early morning and the popular party cruise ship has just docked in the harbour of Stockholm. For the Bartender Joseph disembarkment usually signifies the end of a long and tedious work day. Which it could have been if he hadn't chosen the route passed the pool area.The game is played like a turn-based tactical game where police forces (Recon, investigators, lab techs) are sent out on a map to gather information about the case. Adventure game-style FMV interrogations takes place any time a witness is questioned and it is what the game series is famous for. |
| Polis: Det gula fallet | 2000 | Vision Park AB | Vision Park AB | Adventure, Strategy | Top-down | | Crime, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements, Turn-based strategy | Contemporary, Europe | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | | Windows | Polis: Det gula fallet (Police: The Yellow Case) is a year 2000 stand alone re-release of the case "Tills döden skiljer oss åt" (till death do us part) from the first Polis game.As the main investigator of the Stockholm Crime Scene Investigators, you investigate a murder to try to catch up the killer. To be able to solve the case you will have to make use of the full extent of the Swedish police force. To optimise your use of resources you need to use your own intuition. Plan your moves carefully and pick the right police unit for the task. As in reality every murder investigation is a race against time. Traces grow cold and witnesses forget. But remember - an investigation that doesn't bear fruit will not get further funding.The Yellow Case - "Till Death Do Us Part": The big day finally arrived, after three years as fiancees Laila and Göran finally became husband and wife. After a beautiful wedding the couple continued the celebration on a retreat by the shore. However, at the end of the night there was something that didn't quite make sense...The game is played like a turn based tactical game where police forces (Recon, investigators, lab techs) are sent out on a map to gather information about the case. Adventure game style FMV interrogations takes place any time a witness is questioned and it is what the game series is famous for.
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| Polis: Det röda fallet | 2000 | Vision Park AB | Vision Park AB | Adventure, Strategy | Top-down | | Crime, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements, Turn-based strategy | Contemporary, Europe | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | | Windows | Polis: Det röda fallet (Police: The Red Case) is a year 2000 stand alone re-release of the case Av jord är du kommen (ashes to ashes and dust to dust - Lit. You came from the earth) from the first Polis game.As the main investigator of the Stockholm Crime Scene Investigators, you investigate a murder to try to catch up the killer. To be able to solve the case you have to make use of the full extent of the Swedish police force. To optimise your use of resources you need to use your own intuition. Plan your moves carefully and pick the right police unit for the task. As in reality every murder investigation is a race against time. Traces grow cold and witnesses forget. But remember: an investigation that doesn't bear fruit will not get further funding.The case in this game starts when a character called Susanna trips over a dead body that holds an object in a hand while running in the woods. The game is played like a turn-based tactical game where police forces (Recon, investigators, lab techs) are sent out on a map to gather information about the case. Adventure game-style FMV interrogations take place any time a witness is questioned and it is what the game series is famous for. |
| Pool Academy | 2000 | Infogrames Multimedia SA | Infogrames Multimedia SA | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Pool Academy is a billiard simulation with different play modes. You can choose between 8 ball, 9 ball and Snooker and play against another player via hot seat. If you prefer to play alone, you can also play both sides, since there is no AI you can challenge. The main feature is playing against other players via the internet, after you connect to a lobby and choose an opponent. The angle of the table can be freely adjusted. |
| Pop'n Pop | 2000 | TNSsoft | Dreams Co., Ltd., ITL Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pop'n Pop is a puzzle game similar to Puzzle Bobble; the player's goal is to release colored bubbles from the bottom on the screen within a limited amount of time, trying to match three or more bubbles of the same color. The difference in this version is that bubbles cannot bounce on the walls; the player can only release them vertically. The game features characters from various Taito games, such as Bub and Bob from the Bubble Bobble series, Tiki from The New Zealand Story, the dwarves from Doko Doko Don, and others. |
| Post für Ritter Rost | 2000 | Terzio, Möllers & Bellinghausen Verlag GmbH | Gigaperls Franz & Streidl GbR | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Post für Ritter Rost (Mail for Knight Rust) is a game for children aged 6 to 10 based on the German Ritter Rost franchise of children's books with a musical audio disc included. Ritter Rost is a humanoid robot and the whole world is built out of mechanical parts. His dog has bitten the postman, so it is now Ritter Rost's job to deliver the post instead. He has to find out which letter or packet is for whom. There are clues like a picture of a fish on the stamp which points to the fisherman etc. Often the way is blocked, so the player has to solve a puzzle first or the recipient refuses to take the letter until Ritter Rost has done a favour. These favours are usually presented as mini-games. |
| Premier Action | 2000 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Premier Action is a value bundle containing:
Slave Zero
Battlezone
Redline
Interstate '76 Nitro Pack
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| Premier Battle | 2000 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Premier Battle is a compilation of these games:
Activision's Barrage
Activision's Fighter Squadron: The Screamin' Demons over Europe
Activision's Heavy Gear II
Infogrames/DID's F22 Total Air War |
| Princesse Sissi et Tempête | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | CinéGroupe Interactive | Adventure, Educational, Sports | 1st-person | | | | Europe | | | | | | Windows | Princesse Sissi et Tempête is an adventure and educational game featuring empress/princess Elisabeth of Austria (aka Sissi) and her horse, Storm (Tempête in French). The game is inspired by a TV series. It is divided in six chapters:
Concours équestre: a quiz game (series of 75 questions) to test and improve knowledge about horses
Figures sur la piste: practice horse figures during an equestrian event
L'Histoire de Tempête: learn where and when it all began and how Sissi met Tempête. Sort 9 pictures chronologically
Le chemin des Amoureux: groom Tempête before going out for a ride
Moments Mémorables: just slide pieces into their places. Pictures are obviously Sissi-themed
Un poulain est né: video of a horse giving birth |
| Pro Rally 2001 | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Studios SL | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Pro Rally 2001 is a rally racing simulation game. It comes with 24 races spread over 12 different countries such as France, Sweden and Kenya. Settings include tarmac, gravel and dirt roads, deserts, snow and ice. Game modes consist of Time Trial, Arcade and Championship. Races driven in Time Trial will be saved as ghost cars for you to race against. In Arcade and Championship mode you have to finish each course with acceptable times before you can race the next. In Championship mode you will also have to successfully complete a driving competence test before you can start. You only get one chance for each course in Championship mode and your car can also get damaged. After each race there's only limited time for repairs, which forces you to make concessions. Multiplayer is possible in split-screen, network and online multiplayer modes. |
| Professional Bull Rider 2 | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Ride the bull, be the bull, or be a bull fighter, this is the only game endorsed by the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. Use actual moves used by real bulls and real bull riders, as recorded by the PBR, as well as challenge some of the PBR legends like Tuff Hedeman and Ty Murray, can you make it into the PBR hall of fame? |
| Project IGI: I'm Going In | 2000 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Innerloop Studios | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Project: I'm Going In is a tactical shooter based on the Joint Strike Fighter 3d-engine. In the game, you are a special agent who has to complete missions all on his own, infiltrating bases with a fair number of enemies. Your overall goal is to locate a stolen nuclear device so that it can be recovered.An assortment of weapons is in the game, including a sniper rifle, an AK-47, grenades and a rocket launcher to name a few. In completing the missions you mostly have one goal: you should not be seen by the cameras or detected by a large group of the enemies at once so that you can complete the level. As soon as an intruder is detected, the enemies are alerted to your presence and the level gets quite difficult to finish. Since you can't save during the mission, you will have to start from the beginning if you don't complete it(i.e., getting killed).Every mission starts with a little movie using the 3d engine introducing what the goals of the next mission is. Most missions contain the same buildings and objects, so there's a strong deja-vu through the whole game. |
| Push-Pull | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Push-Pull is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Push-Pull is a single-player, strategy game where the object is capture more pieces than the computer opponent. In this game the player is presented with a 7 x 7 grid. The corners are left empty and along the top and bottom edges are the ten tiles belonging to the player while along the left and right edges are the ten tiles belonging to the computer. The default is that the player starts the game but this can be changed in the configuration screen. Play starts when one of the unoccupied centre squares is selected, clicking on it places a marker on the square. From this position the next player can select any unused adjacent square and push/pull the marker onto it, the object being to locate it to a square occupied by an opponents piece thus capturing it. The process is repeated until the game ends, i.e. when either all of one player's pieces have been captured or there are no more valid moves left ,at which time the winner is the player with the most captured pieces.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background. |
| Putt-Putt Joins the Circus | 2000 | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Mini-games, Puzzle elements, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | In this Junior Adventure for kids 3-8, the circus has arrived in Apple Valley and owner Mr. Sweeney has asked Putt-Putt to get his 5 circus acts ready. There's Ivan the Semi-Strong Van, who needs his special energy drink mixed up; there's the leaky pool that Francine the high diver needs fixed; there's Eunice the Unicycle who needs her umbrella for the high wire act. There's also other folks around, such as Phillipe the Flea, Bette Bandwagon, Katie Cannonball and the Flying Porkowskis to name a few. All can use some help. And there's plenty of locations to explore and things to click on. There's also 5 mini-games - Clown Table (the "Mr Potatohead" game), Magic Cards (concentration), the arcade game Peanut Gallery (tossing peanuts to cars moving across the screen), Pie Toss Arena (360 degrees of target practice tossing) and the arcady Titanic Trampoline, which is kind of a vertical (bouncing) scroller where Putt bounces up multiple screen levels, popping balloons for points. Some of the in-game puzzles vary each time you start a new game. The Help file includes info on getting past the puzzles, too. The game allows multiple saves, using pictures as well as text for preschoolers. |
| Putt-Putt's One-Stop Fun Shop | 2000 | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This activity pack for kids 3-8 features Putt-Putt the purple car and his friends from Cartown. It's basically a printing package (with the ability for parents to password-protect and/or limit printouts, or print only outlines), that allow you to create stationery stuff like calendars, certificates letterhead, postcards; party stuff like birthday cards, banners, invitations, place mats, party hats; paper toys like puppets, trading cards, masks, mobiles, pinwheels or airplanes; "useful" stuff like bookmarks, doorknob hangers, lists, name tags or picture holders; and print out custom-made coloring pages. There's also the ability to create mad-lib type stories that can be read to the child on-computer and that they can color. There's a free-form in-game coloring area and a Putt-o-Matic where you can alter Putt's appearance too. |
| Puzz 3D: The Orient Express | 2000 | Wrebbit Inc. | Dyad Digital Studios Inc. | Adventure, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Fed up of all those jigsaw puzzles? Well, this might be what you're looking for. Based on the puzzle series Puzz 3D, this CD-ROM allows you to build up the famous Orient Express, either in 2D or 3D. A tutorial is there as well to help you along (wish there was one of these with normal puzzles!) and once you complete the major task, you can take a trip through the Orient Express and solve a few small puzzles along the way. |
| PuzzPower | 2000 | | GamesLab Productions | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PuzzPower is a homemade freeware game which introduces a unique and entertaining puzzle concept. Inspired by Supaplex and Chip's Challenge, the game offers 30 levels in 3 difficulty modes, wherein you have to move a powerbolt, which can only move in straight lines, through some sort of maze. |
| Puzzle Station | 2000 | Ninai Games, Inc. | Ninai Games, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | This puzzle game from NINAI comes with a lot of new features. 100 stages splitted up in two groups, arcade and puzzle. The first levels act as a tutorial of sorts to get the hang of the game mechanics. Levels are then getting progressively harder and will reward the player with some easter eggs upon completing them. While the arcade mode is accessible to players of pretty much all ages, the puzzle levels, on the other hand, make for the main challenge of the game and may require a lot more thinking. Background music provides some atmosphere with two different tunes available.This game is a spiritual sequel to Drop Mania, and has some similarities with Tetris Attack. |
| Q*bert | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Artech Studios Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | Early Childhood | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | The hip character from the 1980's returns in a new, 3D puzzle adventure. This time, you must help Q*bert save his friends, while solving all of the detailed 3D level that are part of 4 unique worlds, while avoiding the bad guys at the same time. And that's no easy task. Powerups litter the levels, while warp points can get you out of all those sticky situations. |
| Quinto | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Quinto is a single player, puzzle game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.In the default version of this game the player is given a 5 x 5 grid filled with tiles that are all the same colour. Clicking on a tile causes it, the tiles above and below and those to the left and right to change colour. The object is to change the colour of all the in the play area.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized though the game grid can be as small as 5 x 5 and as large as 8 x 8, or any size in between. The game has sound, different backgrounds and types of playing piece, and in-game help screens. |
| RC Racers II | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Dynamix, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | You can race with one of several Radio Control Racers against several computer or human opponents. You can run either quick races or championships, and upgrade your car as you win races and compete for the overall racing title. You can see every exciting jump, wipeout, spinout and collision on the track with your Driver's Stand viewpoint. |
| RTL Boxen Extra: Der Boxmanager | 2000 | RTL Playtainment | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | RTL Boxen Extra: Der Boxmanager is a managerial simulation named after a German television show. The player is the owner of a small boxing promoting firm and forms world class boxers from unknown amateurs. Similar to managerial games set in the soccer business the player sets the training and diet schedules, organizes matches and reels sponsors in. Other possibilities are stock dealing and sabotaging competitors. The matches are shown in 3D and the player can give orders like "avoid him" or left-right combination".In comparison to its predecessor Sports TV: Boxing! it features revised graphics and an easier difficulty level. |
| Racing Madness | 2000 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Contains 3 Microsoft racing titles:
Midtown Madness
Motocross Madness
Monster Truck Madness 2 |
| Railroad Tycoon II: The Next Millennium - Special Edition | 2000 | Gathering of Developers, Inc., Take-Two Interactive Software Europe Ltd. | PopTop Software Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Europe, North America, Sci-fi / futuristic | Train | Point and select | | | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Railroad Tycoon II: The Next Millennium - Special Edition is a six scenario, freestanding version of Railroad Tycoon II: The Next Millennium. This means the player does not need Railroad Tycoon II in order to play it.All the scenarios are based on the premise of global disaster, they are:Energy for a New Beginning: Geocore, a new power plant that will service all Europe, the Middle East and North Africa is being built in Spain, the task is to ensure the rail supply network works.
Elbow Room: the Mediterranean has been drained and is being developed, plus Geocore needs supplies.
Hell & High Water: the anarchist group People Against Humanity destroy the Geocore power plant which destroys large parts of Spain and creates a deep gas-spewing chasm. The objective is to haul trainloads of cement to Madrid to plug the fissure and prevent the gasses from triggering a global warming climate change.
Island of Hope: rising sea water has left south and central Africa as an island with a huge growing population and limited food. The task is to improve food distribution with a limited amount of steel for track laying.
Remember America: following the Great Flood the USA is no more and the transport infrastructure has collapsed. Starting in 'The Troubled Lands' the player must take advantage of the chaos and build an empire.
Antarctica Rising: the ice caps have all but melted and Antarctica is ready to be exploited, the aim being to dominate the new continent and eradicate all competitors.Each scenario can be played in Easy, Normal, Hard or Sandbox modes. All apart from Sandbox start with a low resolution video montage which runs while the narrator sets the scene and each mode has bronze, silver and gold targets. |
| Rainbow Six: Collector's Edition | 2000 | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This release includes:
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Mission Pack - Eagle Watch
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Mission Pack - Urban Operations
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials
Covert Ops Intel - interviews with Tom Clancy, real-life covert operatives and FBI instructors
Prima strategy guides for all included titles |
| Rayman Compilation | 2000 | Sony Corporation | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Action, Compilation | | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | The Rayman Compilation is a collection of Rayman related desktop themes and screensavers. It includes a 60 level edition of the original Rayman, called Rayman 60 Levels and a 2 level limited edition of Rayman 2: The Great Escape. |
| Reach for the Stars | 2000 | Strategic Simulations, Inc. | Strategic Studies Group Pty Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is an updated version of the venerable MS-DOS-era Reach for the Stars, the 4X game before the term was even invented. Start with a simple planet, build and research better stuff, take over other planets, and eventually control the whole galaxy. Let computer ministers handle the research and building while the human player handles overall strategy. Includes improved graphics (naturally) and special scenarios. |
| Reader Rabbit: Learn to Read with Phonics | 2000 | Learning Company, Inc., The | Learning Company, Inc., The | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Reader Rabbit: Learn to Read with Phonics is an educational game for kids 3-6 aimed at teaching reading with phonics using various characters from the Reader Rabbit series. The main plot is that Matilda, one of Reader Rabbit's friends, wants to go to the carnival. However, she can't read, so she doesn't know how to read the signs or the map. She wishes that all the words were gone, but the next day, all of the words are gone from Wordville. Matilda. along with Reader Rabbit and other friends along the way, must get the words back. There are two modes in this game, the "Road to Reading" and the "Pick and Play." In "Road to Reading," your main goal is to follow the map in order to get all of the words back. Each part of the map has two mini-games and a story. First, a mini-game is played to learn a sound, then a mini-game is played to review the sound. Finally, a story is read aloud using those words, and the story may need to be fixed. Some stories also require certain things to be found on a page. The "Pick and Play" mode is just all the mini-games, songs, and books from the story, but easier to access. You can choose either from the start, but "Pick and Play" is recommended for toddlers and preschoolers, while "Road to Reading" is designed for older children.Reader Rabbit's Reading 1 is also included as a bonus. |
| Red Thunder | 2000 | Edensoft | | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The year is 1944. The Soviet Red Army is starting the counterattack against the German Army, which was beaten, but not broken. This is Red Thunder, Edensoft's turn-based hex-map operational scale wargame. Includes scenario editor to edit your battles. |
| Renegade Racers | 2000 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Promethean Designs Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A cart racer whose premise is to win a tournament sponsored by millionaire Buck Billionaire. The player selects from a series of renegades and goes at it.Gameplay modes available include two player vs. gameplay, the mission-based tournament which has over 40 races that take place in 6 tracks, and have different objectives such as jump over a certain number of obstacles, win in a certain time bracket, etc., as well as the time-honored battle races we have come to expect from Kart racers with all manner of power-ups and wacky weapons.Vehicles are all hovercrafts, so the control is the same no matter if the player races on ice, grass, etc., and graphics-wise the game uses Direct 3D accelerated polygonal graphics . |
| Respect Inc | 2000 | GT Interactive Value (Europe), Ltd. | Pure Entertainment Games Plc | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Interwar | | | | | | Windows | In Respect Inc the player takes control of Chubsy Malone, a small-time crook who wants to become the greatest gangster of America. And how does he achieve this? With respect! Respect can be gained with different actions: by buying better suits, intimidating the right persons and forming a gang. But the most important part of progressing in the game is by solving the missions Malone gets by reading the newspapers. These missions consists of typical gangster actions, e.g. robbing a bank or intimidating the inhabitants of a building and gaining control over it. The game is played in a 3rd person perspective and all gang members can be controlled directly (one at a time). The game starts in Elmer City and progresses over multiple American cities until Malone reaches Las Vegas. Malone can walk freely within the cities and collect weapons and ammo which are lying on the streets. The only people he meets are gangsters which want to kill him and people he can recruit. |
| Resurrection | 2000 | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Nébula Entertainment, s.l. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In an epic fantasy land 3 warriors will have to join their forces in a quest to defeat a demonic god who hopes to resurrect the dreaded "black dragon" who will devour millions of souls and grant him infinite power.You can chose between Daiko, a sorcerer/paladin, Gau, an all-out warrior and Doménico, a half demon assasin. Gameplay consists of 3d action similar in nature to Rune, with lots of combo moves and spells and different weapons and abilities for each character (like climbing walls, etc.)
The game also includes a one-on-one 3d fighting mode. |
| Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Dynamix, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions, gameplay is virtually identical to the previous games in the series. Players must use a variety of mechanical components (almost exactly the set from The Incredible Machine 3) to create a Rube Goldberg like device that accomplishes a specific goal (such as popping a balloon). There are about 250 puzzles to solve along with a free form invention construction mode and a two player head to head mode. |
| Revenge of Majorie the Chicken | 2000 | Scarlet Software | Meridian'93 | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Back of Jewel Case (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Majorie the Chicken™ is determined to peck back and challenges you to this ultimate hunting game. Select your weapons and seek her out across 11 levels of combat. Immediately as the hunt begins, on land, water or air, your reactions are tested to the full. Practise shooting and score points by hitting other targets before Majorie appears, shotgun in hand to return the fire on you! Marjorie is no bird brain. Time runs out and before you know it, your ability is classed bottom of the pecking order.Successful completion of the missions enables you to reach the highest egg-travaganza. Become Marjorie The Chicken to take full revenge on mankind itself!Bonus game after each successful level
Shoot your way through different levels.
Beware, you'll hear her before you can shootFowl play allowed!
complete entertainment and fun for all ages |
| Reversi Plus | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Reversi Plus is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Reversi Plus is a single player, strategy game that is played against the computer on an 8 x 8 grid. Each player starts with two pieces placed on the board, the default is to have these pieces diagonally opposite each other but this can be changed in the game configuration menu. On their turn each player places another piece on the board, the only legal moves being those which capture one or more opposing pieces.
Pieces are captured when they form a chain, horizontally, vertically or diagonally with an opponents piece at either end. Captured pieces change to the colour of their captor. The winning player is the one ends the game with the most pieces on the board.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background. |
| Richman 4: Chao shi kong zhi lv | 2000 | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Richman 4: Chao shi kong zhi lv ("Monopoly 4: Travel beyond Time and Space") is a computer board game similar to Monopoly that was launched one year after the release of the original Richman 4. It adds four sceneries, four characters, eight pieces of music and new animations. The four new sceneries include the Fairy Sword World, Star Trek, Dinosaur Age and South Island Adventures. Each scenery has its own characteristics. For example, the scenery of Dinosaur Age shows many dinosaurs on the board. |
| Riding Champion: Legacy of Rosemond Hill | 2000 | PAN Interactive | Digital Illusions CE AB | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Legacy of Rosemond Hill is part of the Swedish Rosemond series of games. It tells the story of Annie, a teenage girl, who receives a horse as an unexpected inheritance from her grandfather. It is kept in the stables of Rosemond Hills, the estate that once belonged to her grandparents.The game is shaped as an adventure title with a storyline (finding out why her family lost the estate), different locations, conversations with other characters and puzzle elements. The main focus is however on the horse racing/caring element. With the help of John the stable keeper Annie has to learn how to train her horse and perform various activities to keep it in shape. After practising, completing various chores and progressing though the game, Annie receives invitations to compete at various trials and championships, with the main goal of beating her rival Melissa.The riding consists of three disciplines: jumping, steeple chase and cross country. Dressage from the previous titles has been removed, as well as the option to play with four players in alternating sessions. The racing elements are presented in 3D with full control over the direction, speed and jumping abilities.The French version of the game was localized to fit into the Alexandra Ledermann series, with only minor changes to the gameplay. |
| Riverside Explorer: version 1.0 | 2000 | Environment Agency | Forma Communication, The Advisory Unit: Computers In Education | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Europe | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Riverside Explorer: version 1.0 is an educational CD-ROM title published by the UK's Environment Agency and distributed free to any school that requested it. The title fits into the UK National Curriculum Key Stages 2 & 3 and contains data from a national survey of over four and a half thousand river sites in England and Wales.In addition to the data are activities in which students can test their knowledge of riverside habitats by completing a river survey and comparing their answers with those of the professional surveyor. There are two classes of survey, starter and intermediate, and the CD allows the player/pupil to practise each in five different yet typical riverside locations. There are ten questions in the Starter Survey and eleven in the Intermediate Survey - some of them two part questions. All the answers are multiple choice and in some cases more than one answer is correct. Before answering the player / pupil has the opportunity to access helpful notes. After every question the player/pupil checks their answers with those of the professional surveyor before continuing. At the end of the survey the players environmental score for the location is compared to that of the surveyor, these results can be printed.
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| Road Thrills | 2000 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Road Thrills is a value package that includes these 4 games in one box:
Harley-Davidson: Race Across America
Dirt Track Racing
Driver
Test Drive 6 |
| Rob Blanc I: Better Days of a Defender of the Universe | 2000 | | Fully Ramblomatic | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In order to bring balance in the universe and preventing Evil from changing it in a chaotic world, the High Ones decide to choose a living being as their hero. The only neutral planet which can provides him is Earth. So, that's how the High Ones choose Robert Blanc, a chip shop worker from England, as their new hope. His first mission is to find out what happens to a Remman ship and its crew...Rob Blanc I: Better Days of a Defender of the Universe is a short independent game made by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw with the AGS engine.The gameplay is in classic point-and-click fashion. The player has to select an action and then click on the object or the person to interact. There are four actions: "walk", "look", "talk" and "use/interact". Objects can be picked up in order to combine them or to use them later. They are stored in a inventory accessible at all times. |
| Rob Blanc III: The Temporal Terrorists | 2000 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Rob Blanc, one year after his first mission, is now a well-known hero in the entire galaxy and along with his sidekick Paul Grenwald... But strange phenomenons begin to occur. It seems that a temporal portal has opened and that people can see their future self, bringing a certain confusion in the Universe. It's up to Rob and Paul to solve the mystery by finding a Remman time machine, dispersed at four different places... but before that, will Rob rid up of the Space Vermint in his vessel?Rob Blanc III: The Temporal Terrorists is a short independent game made by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw with the AGS engine. It's also the sequel to Rob Blanc I: Better Days of a Defenser of the Universe and Rob Blanc II: Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence.The gameplay is in classic point-and-click fashion. The player has to select an action and then click on the object or the person to interact. There are four actions: "walk", "look", "talk" and "use/interact". Objects can be picked up in order to combine them or to use them later. They are stored in an inventory accessible at all times. |
| Robottack | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Robottrack is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Robottrack is a single-player, turn-based, strategy game where the object is to achieve a high score. The player, for no reason whatever other than it creates a gaming situation, finds themselves in a large room populated by killer robots. The robots have no guns but continually move towards the player who they will kill on contact. The only way to survive is to make the robots collide with each other, or with the wreckage resulting from previous collisions, as this destroys them.The game is, by default, controlled via the numeric keypad but the action keys can be redefined and joystick support is also available. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, three levels of difficulty, a high score screen and in-game help screens. |
| Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter 3: Trophies of the West | 2000 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | SCS Software | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The hunt continues! Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter 3 is a first-person shooter where the player continues to hunt for the biggest game in the Rocky Mountains. With horse and weapon, stalk mountain goat, caribou, elk, and even bears. Six different mountains, a dozen different weapons, and gadgets including calls and baits are available or accessible to the player for the hunting experience. |
| Rollcage Stage II | 2000 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | ATD | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Track racing, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | This sequel to Rollcage can be considered as Wipeout on wheels. The game allows you to power your vehicle down tunnels at blistering speeds, riding upside down on the roof if need be, and blast your fellow competitors to smithereens!There are new and improved weapons - including the ability to double up your arsenal; picking up the same weapon twice improves its power/abilities. There are 12 racing modes - not all of which are available at the start - and many hidden bonuses, all of which can be unlocked throughout the game. The game has new physics and vehicle handling, and uses shorter tracks than its predecessor. |
| Rome: Caesar's Will | 2000 | Montparnasse Multimedia | Montparnasse Multimedia | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | In the game, that set in 44BC, you are a brave Roman legioner, who have to save your friend, Aurelia, from death. She was convicted in poisoning her husband but you know that she didn't do it. During the game you visit locations, talk with characters and gain clues, but you are limited in time and have to solve the mystery faster. The game is also an encyclopedia, so you can raise your knowledge in history of Ancient Rome. |
| Roulette Fever | 2000 | | WickedWare, LLC | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Roulette Fever is a single player, mouse controlled simulation of the classic casino game. It appears in many of eGames compilations including
Casino Jackpot 2 which is where this version of the game comes from, in some of these compilations the game is referred to simply as Roulette..The player starts with $50 in chips and can bet in any amount on a spin of the wheel. Bets are placed by clicking on a chip stack, to set the denomination, and then clicking on the table to place the bets. There are no AI players in this game and the table uses the American 'double zero' layout. Some games, and most casinos, specify that a minimum of $5 is placed on the outside bets such as red/black, odd/even, column bets and dozen bets however in this game the player can still place the minimum $1 on these.This game has optional sound, in-game help but no high score table and a players winnings are not retained for the next game. If the player runs out of money it's game over, additional chips are not available. |
| Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | 2000 | Mattel Interactive | KnowWonder, Inc. | Action | | Licensed | | Arcade, Mini-games | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Relive the second Rugrats movie right on your PC, with the Rugrats in Paris CD-ROM. Travel to Reptarland in Paris with Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, Lil, Phil, and Baby Dil to help rescue Chuckie's Wawa from the clutches of the conniving CoCo LaBouche. Play five fast and fun arcade-style games, with each game mirroring a scene from the movie. Earn bonus points as you advance through the levels in the games, with a special-reward animation after completing the 10th level of a game. After completing four previous games, play the special Reptar versus Robosnail final showdown game. |
| Rummel & Rabalder: Dr. Franks Mask | 2000 | TV4 Vision AB | Utero Digital Media AB | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | The safe cracker Lady steal Doctor Frank's mask and the detectives Rummel and Rabalder are hired to get the mask back by chasing her with their flying carpet.
Based on the popular Swedish children's TV show "Rummel & Rabalders Detektivbyrå" from the late 90's, especially a video game you could call in to play on the show, this is a fast paced racing/chasing game where you maneuver your magic carpet through 4 different levels made of pre-rendered videos scattered with obstacles and enemies to avoid and cheese puffs to pick up along the way. |
| SWAT Career Pack | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | A compilation of the first four Police Quest games, including the Police Quest 1 VGA remake, as well as the first two games in the SWAT series. The specific list is as follows:
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (VGA remake)
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance
Police Quest 3: The Kindred
Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: Open Season
Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT
Police Quest: SWAT 2As a bonus, a Sierra Demo Sampler CD is also included, which contains demo versions of:SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Half-Life: Uplink
Homeworld
Pharaoh
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| Sacrifice (Blood Pack) | 2000 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Blood Pack edition of Shiny's Sacrifice comes in a big box and offers additionally to the included main game the following, comprehensive features on a bonus disc:
Bonus game Sacrifice Shooter
Internet multiplayer maps
Scrapex level editor for the creation of own level maps
Editor tutorial video by Dave Perry
A range of artwork, wallpapers and all patches |
| Safari Kongo | 2000 | eGames, Inc. | Duckfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Safari Kongo, you only meant to go on a peaceful 50th anniversary with your spouse. However, an insane gorilla has abducted your significant other and fully intends to eat him or her as the evening meal. You play the game as either Safari Sue or Safari John; whichever character was not selected as the player is the one who was abducted. You must venture through 21 levels of 3D action which include all kinds of terrain, not necessarily restricted to jungle-type: deserts and lava fields or also included. Fight all kinds of ruthless enemies that are, again, not restricted to typical jungle-dwellers: watch out for dinosaurs. |
| Safe Cracker | 2000 | Software Illusions | Software Illusions | Simulation | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Safe Cracker is the fourth in a series of pinball simulators from Software Illusions.This is a three reel slot machine simulator based on the British style of fruit machine. It pays out when three identical symbols appear on the centre line. The player starts with twenty five credits which is equivalent to £6.25 and each spin costs one credit or £0.25p. The maximum jackpot is £15 with an 80% payout rate, which is about standard for the old machines that used to be in the pubs and clubs and is still common in UK seaside arcades.Game features include random nudges, reel holds, a bonus feature as well as the main 'Safe Cracker' feature. Some symbols have numbers on them and when these appear on the central line a light moves up a trail on the right hand side of the game screen. When the light stops on 4 or on 9, which is the top of the ladder, a bonus feature is triggered.
The main bonus feature is triggered when a 'Full Trail' is achieved, i.e. when all the lights in the ladder are lit. The game screen changes to a bonus board bonus which consists of a central square with a safe in it. Around the edge is a trail through which the player advances by spinning a counter. As they move around the trail each square they land on has a purpose, some may trigger a feature, increase the existing win, cash out with the existing win, or lose everything. The game runs in a window and documentation explaining the controls and how the features work can be accessed via the menu bar at the top. |
| Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 | 2000 | 3DO Company, The | Team .366 | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 is the third installment of the High Heat series from 3DO. The game features several modes of play which includes exibition, season, home run derby, playoffs, and custom league. The game also supports internet play over Heat.net, MSN gaming zone, and Mplayer. The game covers both the managerial and player aspects of America's favorite pastime. As manager, you're given the ability to not only manage your major league squad, but also the minor leagues. You can also place players on the disabled list, inactive list, make player cuts and trades.Season's can have customized schedules and playoff series. The game features a 'career' option to guide your team through multiple seasons. On the field, gameplay can be customized from controlling every pitch and swing, to simply making manageriel calls from the dugout. With licences from Major League Baseball and MLB Players Assoc., all the teams, players and stadiums are included.. |
| Santageddon | 2000 | WSOY Uudet Mediat | Enlightment Entertainment Ltd., RIOT Entertainment Ltd | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Santageddon is a multiplay-only team-deathmatch first person shooter, which puts you amidst the battle for Christmas. The game is very similar to Quake and other more modern shooters when it comes to controls and multiplayer gameplay.You must choose between the good Christmas elves or the evil Se-Num Nato legions and dictate the outcome of the upcoming Christmas.The game gives you a selection of three characters for both sides, each their own weapon selection. You can choose between an Elf base and Nato base as your fragfest location. |
| Scarlet Grains | 2000 | Nordos Game Studio | Nordos Game Studio | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Scarlet Grains is an action-strategy game. Navigate perilous labyrinths, collecting coins and avoiding death raining down from above. Release powerful genetic bombs to set off catacylsmic chain-reactions. |
| Schiffbruch | 2000 | dP-Software | dP-Software | Simulation | | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Schiffbruch ("Shipwreck") is a freeware survival game where the player controls a desperate castaway trying to subsist on the resources of a small equatorial island after his ship sunk near the coast. The game renders the randomly-generated isle terrain and its features with tiny isometric graphics, with areas gradually becoming visible as the main character explores the surroundings. The large right side interface shows a small map of the revealed terrain at the top, a menu with action commands below it and several meters at the bottom for daylight time, water, food, and health.The player has to guide the little man around the land, and give him orders to search around for food, useful materials and other essentials. Unlucky but resourceful, he can assemble tools, build tents, set SOS signs and do other work, foraging nearby bushes for food and drinking water from winding streams. When evening starts, he automatically collapses on the floor and goes to sleep, and the player must make sure he's near his makeshift hut at night, otherwise the next day starts with a substantial health hit. His chances of being rescued are displayed as a percentage number below a lifesaver icon at the top. The game ends, of course, when the main character dies for some reason. |
| Scooby-Doo!: Show Down in Ghost Town | 2000 | Learning Company, The | TerraGlyph Interactive Studios, L.P. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | Todd Wong | | | | Windows | In Scooby-Doo!: Show Down In Ghost Town the gang (Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo) stop for a snack at Los Burritos. They soon discover that the town is haunted by a phantom known as "the Faceless Rider", a strange creature with glowing eyes.The game starts after the gang have arrived in the town. There's a strange ghostly noise coming from somewhere and the friends decide to explore to find its source. As they do so they will encounter new screens and characters who will provide clues and information. At various points in the game the player will encounter puzzles such as how to release a trapped character. There is also an arcade type mini game called 'Pie Noon' in which Scooby and the phantom exchange pies in the town's high street.Most screens have non game-related hotspots that trigger short animations such as moths flying from a curtain or of snakes and beetles appearing from under rocks and floorboards.
When all characters have given their clues to the team the player must find one additional vital clue. Once this has been done Fred will take the player to the screen where all the clues are displayed and from here the player selects their guess as to the identity of the 'faceless Rider'. The game also features several mini-games (predominantly puzzle-based).The game has no save / load facility. Before starting a game the player must enter their name and the game records progress automatically. Downloadable content includes a poster and a Scooby-Doo message Mate for the desktop. |
| Screamer 4x4 | 2000 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | Clever's Games Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Screamer 4x4 lets players loose on rough terrain in a range of modified off-road vehicles, ranging from the simple Land Rover to the massive RÁBA H18.Players compete in a series of time trial championships and trophies, earning new vehicles and upgrades as they go. There is a variety of play modes, including the option of a free drive (like Midtown Madness). Additionally, there is a range of multi-player games reminiscent of Carmageddon. |
| Search and Rescue 2 | 2000 | Global Star Software Ltd. | InterActive Vision A/S | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter | | | Everyone | | Windows | Search and Rescue 2 is the successor to the original Search and Rescue. It simulates a US Coast Guard Dolphin HH65. You will perform all CG duties, such as custom inspections, hazardous rescues, searches, and more. The game is single player only. You can perform free flight, single missions, or a full "campaign mode" where you simulate the career of a Coast Guard pilot. After each mission, you are rated for any mistakes that you made. Some missions have time limits. Force feedback was not supported. However, joystick, keyboard, mouse are all supported. Optional throttle and rudder support are also available.Features 3D accelerated graphics, over 50 missions, over 10 different flight areas, detailed weather effects including clouds, rain, fog, dusk/dawn, night, and more.
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| Sechseck | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sechseck is a single-player, tile matching, puzzle game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages. The game is played on a hexagonal grid with sixteen different playing pieces comprising four different shapes in four different colours. The object of the game is to place pieces onto the grid so that they match up with the pieces in neighbouring cells, either they are the same colour or the same shape or both. In theory one placed piece could match with all six of its neighbours. Some cells are bonus cells and using these increases the player's score. Cells can be placed on the grid that do not match their neighbours but these do not score points.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window that cannot be resized, sound, and three different sized grids, a choice of backgrounds, a high score feature, and in-game help screens. |
| Sega Smash Pack 2 | 2000 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | SEGA Enterprises Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Sega's second Smash Pack includes seven more classic Genesis games, plus the puzzle game Sega Swirl. The Genesis games included are:Comix Zone - a fighter where you are stuck in a comic book.
Flicky - an old arcade game where you are a bird and your goal is to save the chicks from the cats.
Kid Chameleon - a side scroller where you are a kid stuck in a video game.
Shining Force - a classic strategy RPG.
Sonic 2 - the sequel to the famous side scroller.
Super Hang-On - a simple motorcycle racing game.
Vectorman 2 - the sequel to the side scroller where you are a robot-type man, and you shoot your enemies. |
| Seihou 1: Shuusou Gyoku | 2000 | Amusement Makers | Amusement Makers | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Seihou 1: Shuusou Gyoku is a doujin 2D vertical scrolling shooter. It is the first game in the Seihou series, related to the Tōhō series. The gameplay is typical for the danmaku/bullet hell genre. You need to shoot enemies, destroy bigger bosses and dodge bullets. The main difference is that the bullets are very fast. The Character can shoot, uses bombs and move in slow motion. The Main heroine is VIVIT, a robot maid from a post-apocalyptic Earth. She must save her master's daughter. |
| Sentimental Graffiti 2 | 2000 | King's International Multimedia Co., Ltd. | Stack Software | Adventure | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Sentimental Graffiti 2 happens some time after the first game, and instead of high-school setting it fast forwards to college setting. However, the protagonist in this game is 2nd year university student, Kouhei Shiina, whereas the original protagonist from the first game had died in an accident and while he is not present in this game, all the heroines he met in the original game are back in this sequel, ready for the new protagonist to meet them for the very first time and start a relationship. Kouhei is a member of a photography club and is looking for someone who will model for his photo exhibition for the upcoming college festival. That's where twelve heroines come in.The game is played in both 1st-person and 3rd-person isometric perspective. While 1st-person perspective is used in communication with other characters and looking at places up close, the isometric view is used while traversing the city which features many locations which can be accessed. Both city and locations are affected by the time of day and will feature different graphics during morning, twilight or night, as well as affecting stores and other locations which may be open or closed at the decided time. The map features 29 locations in total, some of which can be further explored from the inside. Your actions cost time and clock progresses whenever you do something or go someplace. By the end of the day, you return to your dorm and continue the exploration the next day. |
| Seven Games of the Soul | 2000 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Anne Carrière Multimedia, Arxel Tribe d.o.o. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | In this dark adventure game you play as an old black man, Marcellus Faust. In an old theme park, now condemned and abandoned because of numerous disappearances which happened there, you meet Mephistopheles, the Devil himself. Mephistopheles is not your typical red devil; he is instead a charismatic, charming and mysterious man. From there, your quest begins. The Devil asks you to help him: he had a quarrel with God (or the Boss, as he calls him) about whether or not 7 souls who lived here during the 1930 Depression era should be condemned.
You have to investigate on their lives in the past and find evidences of their acts: the decision will be based on your findings. During your inquiry, you will discover the dark side and the worst of the human nature. These seven lives were touched by temptations, lust and greed, and you'll have to understand how they can lead to crimes.The whole game is composed of 3D rendered environments in which you can rotate to 360°. |
| Sheep | 2000 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Empire Interactive Entertainment, Minds Eye Productions | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Everyone | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Sheep is a sheep herding game. Unbeknownst to most people, sheep are actually aliens that were sent to observe the earth millions of years ago. In the process, they were dumbed down to the sheepish mammals we all know and love today. In this Lemmings-inspired game, your goal is to herd sheep across 28 hazard-filled levels so they can be rescued by their educated alien cousins. You play as one of the four sheep herders. These are the humans and dogs Bo Peep, Adam Halfpint, Motley and Shep. You herd four breeds of sheep and have to protect them from the evil Mr. Pear. |
| Shi Sen | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Shi Sen is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Shi Sen is a single-player, tile matching, solitaire mahjongg game where the object is to match and clear all the tiles in the shortest possible time. In this game the player is presented with one hundred and forty four tiles in an 8 x 16 grid. Tiles can only be matched if they can be connected by three, or fewer, straight lines that do not cross any other tiles.The game is entirely mouse controlled and is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, a high score screen, in-game help screens, and a choice of tile face, colour and screen background. There is an undo feature but there are no other player aids such as a hint feature or anything which says how many legal moves remain. |
| Shtyrlitz 2: Tango v Pampasah | 2000 | MagnaMedia | Studiya Krysha | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | It was a mistake to think that the Nazis were fully defeated after World War II. Some of them escaped justice and fled to Argentina. Now they raise their ugly heads again in the depths of the Andes. Who can stop them but the brave Russian spy Shtyrlitz, who has already successfully confronted Hitler in the first game?Like its predecessor, this game is a parody of the popular Soviet television series Seventeen Moments of Spring, which tells the story of Colonel Isayev, a.k.a. Stierlitz, a Soviet spy in Nazi Germany. The character from the movie has long become object of countless jokes. The Shtyrlitz of the game is an idiot with a twisted sense of logic, which is all he needs to solve the tricky puzzles and defeat the Nazis in this cartoon-style adventure. |
| Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri: Planetary Pack | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A bundle containing Alpha Centauri and Alien Crossfire in one package.Both titles have been merged onto one CD containing a new setup routine which installs them both. After the installation, a new launcher screen allows for easy choice of whether to start the original game or the expansion.Both, the original game and the expansion, have been updated to versions 4.0 and 2.0 respectively. As of July 2010 the only remaining officially released update not included in the retail package is the "Win 2000/XP Update" (version 5.0) compatibility patch for the base game, which does not alter the game mechanics. However, the GOG.com digital release includes it. |
| Sid Meier's Civil War Collection | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A bundle containing Sid Meier's Gettysburg! and Antietam! in a single value package. |
| Siedem Diamentów | 2000 | Edgard | Edgard | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Menu structures, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Siedem Diamentów is an educational game where the player has to help the king find seven diamonds placed all around the city.The game consists of various English grammar and vocabulary related puzzles and vocabulary-based songs (karaoke) to sing along. Dialogues and vocabulary is all spoken by native Englishmen. |
| Siege | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Siege is a single player Solitaire or Patience game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.In this game the player is presented with cards from a standard deck all of which are visible. The object is to build up all the cards in each suit from the Ace to the King on the central foundations. The player may move single cards around on the outer stacks as long as the place each card on one that is numerically one higher, so an eight can only be placed on a nine for example.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, different backgrounds and types of card back, a one move 'undo' feature and in-game help screens. |
| Silkolene Honda Motocross GP | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Dawn Interactive, The | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Honda GP is a Motocross sim that stands between being a full bare-bones sim and an arcade racer. You have the choice to tweak every aspect of your bike, and even have in-game options as gyration simulation (the controlling of the rotation of your bike in mid-air) using the throttle/brake and tilting your bike, yet racing itself is a fairly simple arcadish affair.Included are 12 different tracks and 3 bike classes, and Quick Race, Tournament and Multiplayer support. The game uses fully polygonal 3D-accelerated graphics and has the usual host of sfx ranging from weather effects to lens flares, colored lighting, etc. |
| Sim Theme Park (Gold Edition) | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Bullfrog Productions, Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The Gold version of Sim Theme Park contains everything in the original, as well as extra rides and attractions. Just like the regular version, players can design their own theme park and manage all aspects of the park as a business. They can also tour their own park and get on any ride they set up. |
| SimMania Pack | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes the following:
SimCity Classic
SimTower
SimIsle
SimSafari
Streets of SimCity
SimCopter |
| Ski Resort Tycoon | 2000 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Ski Resort Tycoon is a simulation game in which you have to make and control a Ski Resort. The objective of Ski Resort Tycoon is to make money, in this instance by investing capital in a mountain ski resort and then building and managing numerous aspects revolving around the business such as infrastructure (including ski lifts, ski runs, and ski jump ramps), lodging, dining, entertainment, landscaping, maintenance and safety staff, guest amenities/customer satisfaction, etc. in order to turn a profit. It can be played on one of three difficulty settings and features several modes of play. There is a tutorial mode that guides you through each step necessary to accomplish your goals. The "challenges" mode supplies a number of scenarios, each with specific mission objectives that must be met in order to successfully complete the scenario. |
| Skrotens Hjältar | 2000 | Young Genius Software AB | Young Genius Software AB | Adventure | Top-down | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | This is a sequel to the Christmas video game Julens Hjältar, a game based on the Swedish 1999 advent calender TV show of the same name. In this point and click adventure game you take control of Julhunden from the previous game, who is on a mission to save Cirkusapan who has been captured by the evil Assar, as well as save the whole city block from demolition. You click your way through pre-rendered screens, pick up items, solve puzzles and talk to various characters as you progress through the game. Many of the characters are voiced by the same actors who did the voice acting in the previous game and the TV show. |
| Slots 100 | 2000 | Cosmi Corporation | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Gambling | 1st-person | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Slots 100 is a compilation of slot machine 'old school' slot machine games, there are no video slots here, no progressives, all games ate based on the old fashioned one-armed bandit. These are all single player, mouse controlled games though the keyboard can be used for some 'key' functions such as ...These games are not simulations of real machines, rather they are series of combinations of reels, settings and denominations that generate multiple 'machines'. For example there's the Fortune, 777's, Fruits, and Madness reels which, when combined with the Haunted, Castle of Coins, Dream Machine, Money Garden and Santa settings gives the following machines; Haunted Fortune, Haunted 777's, Haunted Fruits, Haunted Madness; Castle Fortune, Castle 777's, Castle Fruits, Castle Madness...... and so on. All of these machines are three, four or five reel, single line payout machines.There are two other machine types, the five reel 'Dream Machines' where the player can play one, two or three pay lines and the three reel machines with five payout lines, three horizontal and two diagonal. In both machines the player can wager one to five 'coins'. All machines can be played in multiple denominations ranging from 5 cents through to $100 which increases the number of machine combinations, for example "Santa's Madness 3" is a 50 cent machine while "Santa's Madness 4" is a $1 machine and "Santa's Madness 8" is a $100 machineThe game has optional sound, can be played in high or low resolution and in either a window or full screen. |
| Small House | 2000 | Victor Entertainment Inc. | Zou Studio | Adventure | | | | | | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | A small mouse moves into a big human house and immediately sets out exploring. The player gets to follow along, wandering from room to room and clicking on everything to make fun things happen. The mouse and the player travel together, and the player gets to see what the mouse is up to in their new digs. While the goal is to find pieces of a picture so it can be put back together, this isn't a real challenge; the player is free to play with whatever they find interesting without any pressures.Small House also includes two other small games that were previously released as demos: Christmastime at Small House, an animated Christmas card released in 1998, and Secret Safari, an animal-themed game released in 1999. |
| Smart CyberFly | 2000 | Xdyne, Inc. | Xdyne, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In Smart CyberFly you play a cyberfly which got trapped in a net of the mutant metal spiders deep underneath an industrial city.The net has six corners, five of them have a spider in it. There are also a lot of nodes cross-linking the six main lines. You start with your CyberFly in the center.The game plays turn-based, moving your CyberFly - from node to node - follows a single move of one of the five spiders. Be the smart CyberFly and try to reach one of the six corners before the spiders corner and kill you! |
| Snap-on presents Gearhead Garage: The Virtual Mechanic | 2000 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc., Mekada | Ratloop, Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The object of the game is to buy old cars, fix them up, and sell them to make money. All of the cars are models of real cars, like a Bronco and Escort. |
| Snow Day: The GapKids Quest | 2000 | BrandGames | BrandGames | Action, Sports | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This game chronicles the activities that children clad in GapKids(TM) engage in when school is called off early due to inclement weather. This Gap-branded game is comprised of 5 individual games. 3 of the games are available by default. The other 2 games are unlockable by codes. Apparently, the codes were obtainable from GapKids stores at different intervals during the time that the promotion was active.One of the unlocked games is Snowed In, a Pac-Man clone where your GapKid must clear all the snow in a maze while dodging killer snowmen. The mazes have snowblower powerups that can take out the snowmen and also accelerate the plowing job. The next unlocked game is Snowman Match where you must match 8 snowmen within a time limit. The game show you a snowman dressed in Gap clothing which quickly melts away to be replaced for 4 more snowmen. Match the right snowman (and sometimes, there are some very similar snowmen). The final unlocked game is Snowboard Slalom, a downhill snowboarding race where you need to dodge logs, trees, rocks, and ice patches on the way down in an effort to make it to the bottom before the time cutoff.The first locked game is Skate Race. It is a variation of the Nibbles concept. The last locked game is Snowball Frenzy where you need to take out all the kids in the neighborhood by striking with an unlimited supply of snowballs. |
| Softkey's Game Zone: 1000+ Games | 2000 | Learning Company, Inc., The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Softkey's Game Zone: 1000+ Games is a collection of demonstration, shareware and freeware games for both Windows, Windows CE and Palm platforms.When the CD is loaded the user is prompted to install Softkey's CD browsing software. Through this they can then locate games by platform and by category. Windows games can be installed via the browser while Palm OS games are merely copied to the hard drive pending installation onto the Palm device by the user. Games are divided into the following categories: Top twelve, Arcade, Board, Card, Solitaire, Casino, Educational, Puzzle, Tetris, Sports, Strategy, Word, Virtual Pets, and Misc. The vast majority of the games are Windows based and not all categories appear under the Palm OS heading. |
| Solaris 1.0.4. | 2000 | Real Networks, Inc. | Apollo Entertainment Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In the future, mankind has mastered space travel, and joined the race for galaxy colonization. Many alien races try to prevent the inhabitants of the Earth from conquering other planets. The Earth has sent a highly trained pilot, 104, to destroy a generator located on the planet Bothrops. This generator sustains the energy for an impenetrable shield the aliens have built around their home base. The mission "Solaris" begins!Solaris 104 is a space shooter, in which players try to eliminate as many hostile ships as possible by using the ship's guns. There is a total of 6 different guns available in the game. Some of the guns can accumulate energy to deliver devastating blows. Players can also "catch" many different items floating around, most of which are power-ups of various kinds (giving extra defense, extra life, etc.). |
| Solitaire / Hong Kong Mahjongg | 2000 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Burning Monkey Solitaire 2: Monty Zuma's Revenge (by Freeverse Software)
Hong Kong Mahjongg (by Nine Dragons Software)The disc also contains free versions of 4 games by Freeverse Software:
CrossCards
Enigma
Hearts Deluxe
X-Words Deluxe |
| Sorcerian Original | 2000 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | A remake of the classic RPG Sorcerian for Windows PCs. In Sorcerian you created a party of four adventurers and set off to solve a series of scenarios each with their own unique quests and challenges, which usually involve exploring a specific dungeon and retrieving some treasure or slaying a specific monster. Gameplay is mostly action-oriented with the addition of upgradable stats and the ability to equip different weapons and magic items.Sorcerian Original faithfully recreates the original side-scrolling RPG classic with an updated graphics engine and a remastered soundtrack. All the original scenarios featured in the original release and subsequent add-on disks are present and accounted for, as well as the brand new scenarios released with Sorcerian Forever. The game features a new in-game interface and simplified commands as well as a new location in town, the magic academy. Which, as in Sorcerian Forever, allows you to easily create spells and enchant items. |
| South Park Rally | 2000 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Tantalus Interactive Pty. Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing | | | Mature | | Windows | Choose your character from the cast of the popular 'mature' cartoon South Park, and tear through the streets in this racing game. Your character's vehicle may be a little cart, trike, or box, for example. Weapons include rockets, Salty Balls, Cheesy Poofs, the beloved Cow and even an Anal probe. All of the voices are also included, making it feel more like the real cartoon than a rally game. You can also play an all-on-all 4 player mode. |
| South Park: Cartman's Authoritah | 2000 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | Comedy | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | South Park: Cartman's Authoritah is an unlicensed side-scrolling 2D platform game where the player plays as Cartman, a character from South Park. He needs to beat the enemies and finish the game. In the game he will find Cheesy Poofs and after collecting 100 Cheesy Poofs he receives an extra life. There are bonus levels that contain more Cheesy Poofs to collect. There are also different weapons that help the player to kill the enemies easily. |
| Space Blitz | 2000 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Space Blitz is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up game which can be played alone or with a second player simultaneously. Your goal is to conquer all 25 stages and achieve a high score. Getting hit by enemies decreases your shield level. When your shield is gone the game's over. The player(s) can pick up power-ups along the way to increase the shield level and get different weapons. |
| Spec Ops: Platinum Collection | 2000 | Ripcord Games | | Action, Compilation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a collection of the first two Spec Ops games and expansions. It contains:
Spec Ops: Rangers Lead the Way
Spec Ops: Ranger Team Bravo
Spec Ops II: Green Berets
Spec Ops II: Operation Bravo (previously a downloadable expansion for Green Berets)Operation Bravo tweaks the gameplay and AI of Spec Ops II, attempting to fix many of the glitches and bugs of the original. It also adds 25 new missions in jungle, desert, arctic, and urban settings. |
| SpeedStrip | 2000 | | SpeedStrip Interactive | Action | | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | SpeedStrip: A hyper-paced, finger-bending, eye-popping, ADULT desktop game for Windows 9x/NT/2k. Intense erotic fun that challenges your memory, concentration, skill and SPEED! The object of the game is to match various symbols and icons with their corresponding key to complete sequences of increasing lengths. Each time you complete a sequence, a curtain drops a few lines to reveal more of the level image of an undressing female. A new symbol is added every level, increasing the difficulty; however, a new and more revealing image is incorporated as well! |
| Speedy Blupi | 2000 | eGames, Inc. | Epsitec SA | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Speedy Eggbert is a parallax side-scrolling action game where the title character and hero has a phenomenal vertical leap. Eggbert must travel through a rich variety of levels using his ability to walk left or right, look up or down, and also jump extremely high. While he has no direct offensive capabilities, there are a number of power-ups that help him along his way. These include jet packs and skateboards. Eggbert faces a variety of threats to his well-being, most notably bombs, lava, and some roving, exploding tractors. Each level has treasure that Eggbert can collect along with actual eggs which double as one-ups.The game also features networked gameplay where up to 4 players can participate in a game. Further, Speedy Eggbert comes with a complete level editing toolkit for constructing new playable levels.
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| Spelling Bee | 2000 | eBrainyGames, LLC | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Spelling Bee is a single player, timed, mouse controlled game.The game is played on a hexagonal grid with each cell containing a letter. The player must spell words, three letters or more, using adjacent cells. Each game is played over six rounds using the same grid, to advance to the next round the player must use all the cells in the grid at least once. As the game progresses this becomes much harder as the player cannot re-use the same words.Points are scored for each word made and bonuses are awarded for advancing to the next round. When it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active.
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| Spot and His Friends | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | 3T Productions Ltd. | Educational | Side view | Licensed | | Interactive book, Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Spot and His Friends is a collection of four interactive stories starring Spot the dog based on the books by Eric Hill. The game is aged at children aged two to six. Most of the gameplay consists of following the narrated story, but there are also many interactive sequences and twelve activities (mini-games). The four stories are:
Spot and His Grandparents go to the Carnival
Spot Goes to a Party
Spot Goes to the Farm
Spot Goes to the Seaside |
| Sprechender Schachweltmeister | 2000 | Millennium 2000 GmbH | Millennium 2000 GmbH | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Chess | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Sprechender Schachweltmeister is a typical chess simulation which is suited for beginners to professionals. It features a top-down or isometric view of the chess board and multiple setting for the skill of the AI. It also includes analysis functions and 250.000 master games. Its eponymous gimmick is voice acting by the former Russian world champion Anatoli Karpov who comments the matches (in German!). |
| Springy Madness | 2000 | | Creative Adept | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Springy Madness is a 3D puzzle game inspired by Slinky. The player controls a spring that has to be moved from the starting block to the finish block. Levels consist of basic tiles which, once stepped on, change color. There are also switches and elevators that help traverse the level, as well as meanies that disintegrate the spring upon touching.The goal of every level is to cover the blocks with the destination color specified in the right pane of HUD in an equal or higher percentage. The player controls the spring using the arrow keys and has one life. |
| StackBlitz | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | StackBlitz is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.StackBlitz is a single-player, falling block strategy game where the object is to achieve a high score. In this member of the genre the player is always presented with either a bomb or a column of three pieces. The object is to place the pieces in such a way as to line up three or more of the same colour horizontally, vertically or diagonally. This causes them to explode and scores the player points.Bombs, when they are presented, can eliminate either a single piece, all pieces which match the colour of the piece they make contact with, or an entire column.The game is, by default, controlled via the arrow keys which move the column left / right and rotate the order of the pieces, but the action keys can be redefined and joystick support is also available. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, different backgrounds and types of piece, a high score screen and in-game help screens. |
| Stalin's Dilemma | 2000 | | | Educational, Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Interwar | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | After many years away from making computer simulations, designer and historian Ed Bever returns to the field with Stalin's Dilemma. Since the stated objective of the program is to promote discussion and education, as an educational tool for the classroom, Stalin's Dilemma has been released on the Net as freeware. Although very simple in appearance (the game is almost entirely text-based), Stalin's Dilemma is actually an attempt to model a highly complex problem.The historical problem in question is the economic development of the USSR during the first 15 years of Stalin's rule (1928-42). The player must attempt to develop industry and collectivize agriculture with fewer deaths than actually occurred. The other goal is to prepare the Soviet military for the coming Nazi invasion--and to sustain fewer casualties than the real Soviet forces did.Stalin's Dilemma teaches the player both the specifics of the historical period and general economic lessons about resource production and allocation. A highlighting system shows the student how various factors are related, underscoring the tradeoffs that must be made in order to win the game. |
| Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Neutral Zone | 2000 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | 14° East, Quicksilver Software, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | An introductory version of Star Trek: Starfleet Command, featuring Federation and Klingon single-player campaigns, plus the Orion Pirates as a non-playable faction. |
| Star Trek: Starship Creator Warp II | 2000 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Imergy | | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Create your own Federation Starship, outfit them with the latest Starfleet technology, crew them (even create your own crew members), then send them out on different missions! This sequel to Starship Creator adds a new Mission Creator, which is floatchart-based for ease of use. |
| Star Wars: Jedi Training | 2000 | AntiVapor Software | AntiVapor Software | Action | 1st-person | Fangame | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Star Wars: Jedi Training is an unofficial action game based in the Star Wars universe. The player takes on the role of an aspiring Jedi knight, undergoing increasingly difficult training under the direction of Master Yoda. The training consists of a fight against a floating droid which occasionally shoots an electric beam; the player's task is to block the droid's shots with his lightsaber. The lightsaber is moved around with the mouse, and "Block Left" and "Block Right" keys are used for blocking. Failing to block enough shots or using too many unnecessary blocks ends the game. A player who does well is allowed onto the next difficulty level, where the droid moves increasingly faster; on the final level, the droid is invisible until it shoots. It's also possible to practice each difficulty level separately. |
| Star Wars: Math - Jabba's Game Galaxy | 2000 | Lucas Learning Ltd. | Lucas Learning Ltd. | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Star Wars Math: Jabba's Game Galaxy.Outsmart your opponents in numerous fun-filled math games using math principles, strategy & logic. Venture into space and help rid the galaxy of dangerous space junk. |
| Star Wars: X-Wing - Collector's CD-ROM | 2000 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Totally Games, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight, Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | Windows | The enhanced CD-ROM version of Star Wars: X-Wing features 6 new missions, improved 3D graphics, voice, and upgraded sound. In addition, the two Tour of Duty extensions are included: Imperial Pursuit and B-Wing.
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| Star Wars: X-Wing Trilogy | 2000 | LucasArts | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Star Wars: X-Wing
Star Wars: TIE Fighter
Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter - Flight School
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance |
| Start-Up 2000 | 2000 | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | You've just secured venture capital to start your firm. Create one of over 3000 possible items as you attempt to control marketting, distribution, manufacturing to optimize profit, while analyzing market trends, competition, and research to ensure future profit. You even get a choice between online or traditional selling. Hire the right people and make the right decisions, and your company may prosper... Play against up to 7 other human players in the same market for maximum pressure! Can you be the next startup that make millions? |
| StattoPong | 2000 | Statto Software | Statto Software | Action | | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Statto Software's first game, you try to Pong your way through a tournament. Two player mode also. |
| Steel Beasts | 2000 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | eSim Games | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Tank, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | A tank simulation that takes place in the present age. You fight in Kuwait, Europe, Korea and other locales.There are two tanks the player can control, playing from the gunner or tank commander's position: America's M1A1 Abrams and Germany's Leopard 2A4. |
| Steel Panthers: World at War | 2000 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | War | Wargame | Historical events, World War II | Tank | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | This installment of the Steel Panthers series mainly covers World War II. The player can command a single platoon up to a battalion on either side. It is also possible to construct custom battles and edit maps. |
| Sting | 2000 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | OSC Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | This game is a classical 2D platformer. The protagonist Sting is chosen to defeat the evil Dracon, the Lord of Darkness. But first, there are 5 worlds consisting of 50 levels taking place in forest, sea, desert, ice and space sceneries including occasional mini-games longing to being discovered. |
| Strata 21 | 2000 | | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Strata 21 is a single-player puzzle game from eBrainyGames. It has been included in more than one of eGames compilations, Office Games and Galaxy of Games: Green Edition.The player is dealt a pack of cards in a pyramid arrangement. This leaves just four cards available to start with, the lower level cards only coming into play when they are exposed. The object of the game is to make up twenty hands of cards containing as many combinations of twenty-one as possible. Each hand must be completed within a time limit and successive hands score progressively more bonus pointsIn the first round, the Jack's Round, the player must make hands with a minimum spot value of seventeen, in the second round - the Queen's round - that value has increased to eighteen, and so on. The game records just the highest score that has been achieved and the object is to beat that score on successive plays. When it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active |
| StrataPoker | 2000 | eBrainyGames, LLC | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | StrataPoker is a single player, timed, mouse controlled card game.Fifty cards from a standard pack are dealt in a pyramid format. As with MahJong games which use this shape the player can only access cards which are fully exposed. The object is to make ten scoring poker hands that, when combined have a total score that exceeds the minimum requirement for that round. Every hand must score at least ace high, failure to do this ends the game as does running out of time.The game is played over four rounds, in the Jack's round the hand containing the Jack of Diamonds scores double points, in the Queens round the hand containing the Queen of Clubs scores triple points, in the third round the King of Hearts scores quadruples the points for its hand and finally in the Aces round the Ace of Spades multiplies the score of it's hand by five.The game has a high score table and when it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active.
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| Stratajong | 2000 | ArcMedia.com Inc. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Stratajong is an interesting board game that combines elements of Stratego and Chinese Chess. Each player controls a set of pieces consisting of Pawns (with a numerical strength from 1 to 9), Bombs, Keys and a Castle. The pieces are distributed randomly face down on a board. Each turn, a player may flip over a piece or move a friendly piece that is already face up. The goal is to find and capture all of an opponents keys and then their castle. As in Stratego, a higher number pawn captures a lower number pawn and bombs will blow up any other piece. Keys and castles may only be captured by number 1 pawns so protecting your weak pieces is crucial.Almost every aspect of Stratajong is customizable from the board size to the distribution of pieces and the characters on the tiles. It can be played against the computer or over a network or the internet (in real time or by e-mail). |
| Stress Reducers | 2000 | Gemtree Inc. | Gemtree Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Ever want to destroy your desktop? Well then what's wrong with you? If you want to pretend to destroy your desktop, here's a game that might help. In Stress Reducers, you have a choice of eight weapons to obliterate your desktop. A hammer, chainsaw, termites, and a water gun gun to clean up your mess. Just use the mouse to point and click on anything you wish to destroy. |
| Strip Puzzle | 2000 | EXE | | Puzzle | Top-down | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Strip Puzzle is a simple tile puzzle game for adults. The player may choose one of three difficulty levels, consisting of 25 or 64 puzzles. The game allows returning to last picture by typing a code. |
| Subscan | 2000 | | Robsoft | Strategy | Side view | Fangame | | Shooter | | Naval / watercraft | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Subscan is a clone of the Atari game Deep Scan. The rules are the same: the player takes control over a ship with the goal to destroy as many submarines passing beneath in the ocean.The player gets 100 points per normal submarine sunk and 200 for the bonus submarine. There can be up to 6 explosive barrels thrown from the ship at the same time on the screen. There is no game over screen nor summary with the result. |
| Sudden Strike (Limited Edition) | 2000 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The limited edition of Sudden Strike contains:
Sudden Strike
Official Strategy Guide
Exclusive T-Shirt |
| Sumpfhuhn | 2000 | TopWare Interactive | First Media Consulting Group | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Sumpfhuhn is a shooter similar to the popular German game Moorhuhn. The player shoots chickens which fly over the screen. Chickens which are further away reward more points. After the time limit runs out and the player got enough points he gets an entry in the high-score list. At regular intervals the best players got rewarded with other TopWare Interactive games. |
| Super 1 Karting Simulation | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Unlike other karting games released in the past with a strong arcade component such as the Mario Kart series or Virtual Karts, this title licensed by the British Kart Series is focused on realism, so instead of making power drifts and collect road-burning turbo power-ups, the player must learn the proper trajectories and how to handle a kart capable of reaching speeds up to 120 km/h to succeed. Including 10 tracks and 24 different karts, the game features two modes: Arcade and Simulation. Arcade is just an introduction of the game, allowing the player to familiarize himself with the game controls by doing single races without having to care about damage or tuning, and just on Simulation the player can compete in the Championship.The game only requires a couple of controls: steer, accelerate, brake and compressing the engine, giving it more speed at the expense of less control on the next turn and heat increase. However, karts are low-tech and lack a differential, so the player must rely only on kinetic energy to make even simple turns.Up to four players can compete in the same computer using split screen. |
| Super Balls | 2000 | MarBit | MarBit | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Super Balls is a puzzle game based on the Color Lines concept. The game takes place on a board where the player has to arrange colorful marbles into rows, column or diagonal lines of at least 5 marbles of the same color. In each move, a marble can be moved to another square as long as it has a free path to it. After each move three marbles appear in random squares. Creating a line causes it to disappear, grants the player a bonus move, and gives some points. Removing six or more marbles at one time gives the player a bonus, some of which activate immediately and most of which can be activated at any time. The basic bonus (received for a 6-marble line) is a "random effect" which may cause good or bad effects when activated. Removing larger amounts of marbles grants increasingly better bonuses. |
| Super Flight Games | 2000 | Dice Multi Media Europe B.V. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes three flight simulations, with electronic manuals on media:
Fighter Pilot
EF2000 (Special Edition)
Nuclear Strike |
| Super Taxi Driver | 2000 | Hemming AG | KingCabTeam, Microforum Italia S.p.A. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Throughout six different, maze-like cities, pedestrians have to be picked up and dropped off at their destinations. There is a choice of three different taxi drivers, each with their own customized taxi cab. Four passengers take their turns in taking the cab in each stage, until a certain number of fares has been completed and the next stage in a different city is loaded.The address, distance, and picture of the respective street corner is displayed for each destination, and highlighted by a green circle on location. Some of the passengers enjoy fast and cunning driving, while others prefer safety. Depending on the time taken to reach the destination, as well as overall passenger satisfaction, bonus time and money can be earned. Remaining seconds on the timer are transferred to the next stage, and the game is over when it runs out. |
| Super Word Slide | 2000 | eBrainyGames, LLC | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Super Word Slide is a single person, timed, mouse controlled, sliding block word puzzle.The game starts with a 7 x 7 grid with just the central cell vacant, all the remaining cells are letter tiles. The object of the game is to slide the tiles around to create words which the game recognises automatically. A word can only be used once per game. When a word is recognised the tiles change colour, when all tiles change colour the player advances to the next level.The game has a high score table and when it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active.
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| Super-Stars: 6 Mega Games für Mega Spaß | 2000 | Tandem Verlag GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following six games:
Moto Racer 2
Populous: The Beginning
Anstoss 2 Gold
Vangers - One for the Road
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Rent-a-Hero |
| Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Criterion Software Group Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing is the sequel to Redline Racer. It now features an official Suzuki Alstare Racing Team license.It's an arcade superbike racing game. Game modes include Main Game, Reverse Challenge and Single Race. In Main Game you have to have to compete in challenges to earn a place in the Suzuki Alstare Racing Team. Reverse Challenge is the same but with mirrored circuits. |
| Suzy Sushi | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Suzy Sushi is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Suzy Sushi is a single-player Pac-Man clone. The player controls the Suzy and manoeuvres her around a maze. Instead of eating pills she's eating sushi. Instead of eating power pills to become invulnerable to her enemies she eats wasabi. The object of the game is to achieve a high score.The game is controlled via the arrow keys by default but these can be redefined and joystick support is also available. It is played in a window which cannot be resized, the high score screen and in-game help screens all open in new windows which cannot be resized. |
| Swamp Buggy Racing | 2000 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | DayLight Productions, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Tired of racing on roads? Try racing in swamps in swamp buggies! (It's a real sport, really!) Four different types of vehicles, 2 different swamps, and multiple racing views in this 3D racing sim. |
| Sydney 2000 | 2000 | Eidos, Inc. | Attention to Detail Limited | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Oceania | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The official video game of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad held in 2000 in Sydney. It includes 32 nations, going for gold in 12 events divided by 6 sports: Athletics (100m dash, 110m hurdles, hammer and javelin throw, triple jump and high jump), Aquatics (200m freestyle and 10m platform diving), Kayak K1 Slalom, Super Heavyweight Weight Lifting, Skeet Shooting and Three-man track cycling pursuit. All events feature 3D graphics with cameras that mimic the ones used in TV broadcasts.Gameplay is the usual found in games of the genre - button mashing the two power buttons is required in most events to build up strength/speed, with an additional third button setting the actions, such as jumping or throwing angle. Other events feature alternate control methods, such as Slalom (where it's possible to press certain buttons to dodge the rower between the gates if the Kayak is going to hit one or place the paddle to force into a certain direction), Diving (following a "click-along" sequence of keys) and Skeet (the direction keys controlling the aim, one button to start and other to shoot).Along an arcade and 8-player action, the Olympic mode gives the player the option to build their athlete from the national open trials to the Olympics. By completing training drills in the Cyber Gym, the athlete increases his athletic abilities: Citius, Altius, Fortius, as told by the Olympic Motto. Before joining the competition, the player must beat national, continental and international opponents. |
| TKKG: Der Fälscherbande auf der Spur | 2000 | Tivola Verlag GmbH | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | TKKG: Der Fälscherbande auf der Spur (English Title: The Forged Fifties) is the sixth game based on the German radio drama series Ein Fall für TKKG. Tim, Karl, Klößchen and Gaby (Tiger, Katy, Kevin, and Grunter in the English version) are trying to catch a gang of forgers who are passing counterfeit money around town.This game is a classic point-and-click adventure aimed at young gamers. The player investigates the scenes in first person view, collects clues and solves item-based puzzles. During the conversations the player has the choice who of the four friends shall speak - each one has different things to say.The game was only published in Germany with a German box, manual, and installer, but the game can also be played in English with full English voice acting. |
| Tactical Manager 2 | 2000 | IncaGold Ltd. | Talking Birds | Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | The sequel to Tactical Manager goes much further than the predecessor, including a massive database with 30 championships with 60 leagues, with over 32000 players.The game runs from a regular Windows interface, and all options can be selected with the mouse or the keyboard. Game options include the usual tactical selection, sending the player to train weaker parts of their game or send them to recovery. |
| TalonSoft's Rising Sun: Gold | 2000 | TalonSoft, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | Oceania | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Bundle of Rising Sun and its expansion pack Rising Sun: Imperial Strike, plus 12 additional scenarios. |
| Tamale Loco: Rumble in the Desert II | 2000 | RealOne Arcade | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Tamale Loco: Rumble in the Desert II is a 2D side-scrolling platformer with a Mexican fantasy theme. The player controls the character Tamale Loco who wants to woo the beautiful Esmerelda, but her dad has to be convinced first by creating some burritos for him. The story is told as a flashback by one of the game's henchmen, who worked for Big K who wants to keep Tamale Loco out of the desert. The game can be played in a Classic or a Rumble II mode, each one with four levels each. Classic contains the two levels available online for free, along with two new ones. Rumble II has four entirely new levels. Tamale Loco can move around, jump, duck and shoot. There is a button to activate turbo, he can kick and cycle between weapons such as TNT, exploding peppers and the chips of death. The main goal in each level is to reach the exit while grabbing food items for the burrito and weapons, while destroying enemies.Six different food items need to be gathered to create a burrito, but there are also bonus foods that can be collected and added for extra points. There are items for power-ups and free lives, as well as different weapons to maximize the damage. Enemies are destroyed by jumping on top of them. Jumping provides other options: next to the regular jump the key can be held down to fly father and higher, turbo jumps are used to pass large obstacles, and by keeping it held down while falling it is possible to glide.The game contains a level editor. It keeps track of the best scores and these can be posted online. There are three difficulty levels. |
| TankTime 3D | 2000 | ProphetSoft.Com | ProphetSoft.Com | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Tank | | | | | Windows | TankTime 3D is a shooter game similar to Battlezone, where the player controls a tank, driving around and shooting other tanks in a desert arena. The tank has two types of weapons, missiles fired from the main cannon, and "rapid-fire shells" which have a high rate of fire but are short-ranged and weak. The player's tank has a limited amount of health and is destroyed once its health is completely depleted by enemy fire. In one-player mode, there are four difficulty levels to choose from, and from 1 to 8 computer-controlled tank opponents which keep respawning; the player receives score for enemy tanks destroyed. In two-player mode, players compete against each other, trying to destroy the other's tank as many times as possible. The tanks respawn after being destroyed, and the game keeps track of how many kills each player has scored. |
| Tarzan | 2000 | News of the World, The Sun | Eurocom Entertainment Software | Action | | | | Arcade | Africa | | | | | | Windows | This issue of Tarzan is a promotional CD that was released in advance of the Disney film of the same name by the UK Newspaper, The Sun.The CD comes in a jewel case. The front panel of the CD case is not a manual, it’s a twelve page illustrated story book, a special edition of Ladybird’s ‘Read To Me Plus’ version of Tarzan. On the CD are;
A ten minute ‘Meet The Characters’ audio feature that plays in a CD player
The Tarzan film trailer
A one-level demo version of Disney’s Tarzan Action Game. This has to be installed to use and plays in a small, non-resizeable window.
An interactive musical comic. This shows Tarzan’s friends finding the explorers camp and making music.
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| Tea-Break Teazers | 2000 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tea-Break Teazers is a collection of forty nine casual titles that was sold exclusively in Tesco's UK stores.
The games are accessed via a game browser, when first accessed the browser installs the game onto the user's computer but subsequently when the browser is used to access the game it will play it. The games do not appear in the user's Windows Start menu. The browser also has a 'Help' option which describes twelve of the forty-nine titles. The games in this compilation are:
Menu one:
Win A Million SE, Juxto; and Bingo SE, Renee's Resort SE all from Soleau Software.
Superball Challenge SE from Nashi Igry, Solitaire 25 from Goodsol, Zulu Assault SE from Arrowhead Interactive, Dominoes Deluxe SE and Dominion SE both from WinGames, Tropical Poker SE, Lexicon Word Challenge here called just 'Lexicon',
Rahjongg: The Curse of Ra SE, MahJongg: Game of Four Winds SE, MahJongg Master SE, Western Slots SE, Blackjack Fever SE, Spooky Castle SE,
2 Player Chess.
Menu Two:
Solitaire 25: Volume 2 from Goodsol; Memory Match and Word Skramble from John Turner;
Acey Ducey Backgammon, All American Gin Rummy , Game Chest 5, Pro Backgammon and Internet Board Games For 2 (retitled here as 8 Internet Board Games) all from WinGames;
Balloon Pop SE and Gumball Machine SE both of which come from Soleau Software and Garret from Nash iIgry.The remaining games Word Search Mania SE, Blast Thru SE, Great Pyramid, Castle Camelot SE,StrataPoker, Castle Camelot SE
Castle Camelot SE were all sold as full price games by eGames while the Pinball game is the 'Jungle Warrior' table from eGame's Full-Tilt Fun!.
Menu Three: Geo Jump, Galaxy Man from John Turner, Space Solitaire, MVP Spades Deluxe here just called 'Spades'. Several games from the compilation Zillions of Games are included, these are 15 Puzzle, Go-Moku, Checkers, Blobs, 8 Queens, Alquerque, and Knight's Tour (there are two games with this name on the database, this is the one from Zillions Development Corporation)Finally there is Gems 3D from Max I. Fomitchev
SE in the above list denotes a Special Edition, Shareware Edition or Standard Edition - the meaning of the initials varies from game to game but in essence this version has fewer levels than the full game.
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| Terminus | 2000 | Vatical Entertainment LLC | Vicarious Visions, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Teen | | Windows | Join the United Earth League (UEL), the rebellious Martian Consortium (MC), the Marauder Pirate Clan, or the Independent Council of Governors (ICG) as you take on assignments, trade, fight, smuggle, and more. The game has similarities to Elite and Privateer, though with more detailed ship and environment simulation (with multiple space stations, Newtonian ship movement physics, and multiple ship components). Decide your own career in this 3D simulation and create your own destiny. The game also includes a training mode, multiplayer combat (up to 64 players) and a gauntlet. |
| Tetanus on Drugs | 2000 | Pin Eight | Pin Eight | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This freeware, unlicensed Tetris clone is a lighthearted take on what it might be like to play the famous game while under the influence of mind-altering substances. It keeps the main gameplay of Tetris relatively unchanged, but ramps up the difficulty with a playing field that constantly zooms in and out and sways side to side. |
| TetroBOOM! | 2000 | | CyberPrincess Software | Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | TetroBOOM! is a Tetris variant (no falling blocks).The goal is to assemble groups of multicolored blocks together. It's a mouse-controlled game: the left mouse button is used to arrange and place the blocks, the right button rotates them. Once four blocks of the same color are together, those blocks explode.Released as a downloadable shareware, TetroBOOM! was also available from retail CD-ROM compilations by Hemming AG such as Tetrix Classics. |
| The Bach Companion | 2000 | Harmonia Mundi S.A. | Lorcom Multimédia | Educational | Side view | | | Mini-games, Music / rhythm | Europe | | Direct control | | | | Windows | The Bach Companion is a add-on product to boxed sets of audio CDs issued by the French record label from Arles, Harmonia Mundi. Needing no installation at all, The Bach Companion introduces to the Bach "musical universe" : the composer (his life, family), the European and German contexts, Baroque music (organ music, secular versus sacred music) and so on. This reference part of the media is enhanced with interactive experiments: listen to music in the auditorium, or use a composing machine. The latter lets you compose a canon, harmonise a choral or write an exposition of a fugue.The "Play Bach" provides four games:You can start by the "Bach Quiz" to make sure you know everything about Bach.Another game lets you find the pair of musical extracts by matching them.With the "Game of Composers" players listen to works and try to recognize/guess which one is by Bach.In the "Aria Memory" game players try to discover the name of a Bach aria. |
| The Best of Gremlin | 2000 | Islona Entertainment Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Best of Gremlin compilation contains 37 Amiga games from Gremlin on one CD.The following games are included:
Artura
Butcher Hill
Combo Racer
Dark Fusion
Deflektor
Disposable Hero
Federation of Free Traders
Greg Norman's Ultimate Golf
Harlequin
H.A.T.E.
Impossamole
K240
Litil Divil
Pegasus
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Premier Manager
Premier Manager 2
Premier Manager 3
Premier Manager: Multi-Edit System
Road Raider
Shadow Fighter
Skidz
Spacewrecked: 14 Billion Light Years From Earth
Super Cars
Super Cars II
Super Scramble Simulator
Suspicious Cargo
Switchblade
Switchblade II
Techno Cop
Top Gear 2
Utopia
Vampire's Empire
Venus the Flytrap
Videokid
Zool
Zool 2
In addition to those games, the disc also contains an Amiga emulator so that you can run those games while using Windows. |
| The Biggest Names the Best Games 3 | 2000 | Electronic Arts Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Biggest Names the Best Games 3 includes in its compilation the following sport and strategy games:
The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2000
FIFA 99
Need For Speed: Road Challenge
Populous: The Beginning
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Superbike World Championship |
| The Black Diamond | 2000 | Active Media Group AB | Active Media Group AB | Action, Educational | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade, Tricks / stunts | Africa, South America | | Direct control | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | Windows | The Black Diamond is an educational game featuring characters from a Swedish TV series, specifically the protagonist called Woodii.Woodii is a native boy living in the jungle, and he is sent on an adventure by his grandfather to retrieve a black diamond from a secret place. (The locations are a motley mix of African Hippos and a Maya city.) To accomplish this he is given the grandfathers magic mask, which can be used as a skateboard/wakeboard/flying board, to travel past the dangers found on the way to the black diamond. Other gems can be picked up for points along the way, and finding more masks means extra lives. As a companion he also brings his talking monkey along.The game is played like a skateboard game on rails, with the main character seen from behind. The player has to avoid obstacles and pick up gems and masks in three separate areas before getting to the final goal.The educational part is for the player to learn about gems, and solve logic puzzles. Controls are by keyboard arrow keys only, moving to the sides & jumping/ducking depending on the obstacle. |
| The Creatures Trilogy | 2000 | Encore Software, Inc. | Creature Labs Ltd. | Compilation, Educational, Simulation | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Creatures Trilogy is a compilation of Creatures, Creatures 2 and Creatures 3. It also includes the add-ons Life Kit #1 for both Creatures and Creatures 2. |
| The Dome Games Vol. 1 | 2000 | THQ Entertainment GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the following 5 games:
Anstoß 2 Gold
Mech Commander
Sid Meier's Civilization II
N.I.C.E. 2
Monopoly |
| The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2001 | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts UK Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed, Regional differences | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2001 is the sequel to The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2000. Like its predecessor you take control of a football team of your choice and try to send them to (or keep them at) the top. Aside from all the clubs, players, stadiums and logos from the British F.A. Premier league the game also features 6 other national leagues such as that of the Netherlands and Germany. But not all the names from these countries are official. But a database editor is provided so that you can manually fix these unlicensed clubs.In the game you are mostly presented with statistical screens with data. Communication with club personnel such as scouts and youth trainers is done through ingame emails. There are always several pre-written replies to choose from. Tasks you have to perform is select the line-up for your teams, buy and sell players, raise money, scout for new players and improve your stadium and training facilities.Both the entire match or just the highlights match can be viewed in 3D with live commentary, |
| The F.A. Premier League Stars 2001 | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts UK Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed, Regional differences | | | | | | | | | Windows | Stars 2001 (in either one of the F.A. Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga and LNF flavours) is the sequel and last title of the short run of EA's Stars series, a spin-off from the mainstay FIFA titles. Instead of digressing into several leagues, Stars focused on only one (giving each team individual kits and stadiums) and allows the player to improve his team by enhancing the players' abilities or in the transfer market. However, to do so, first the player has to win Star Points on the playing field - by scoring, not losing and having a clean sheet in both goals against and sending offs. Occasionally, there might be some Stars Challenges, which require the player to fulfill a task (scoring five goals, for instance), which will grant more star points, at the risk of possibly losing them if the requirements are not met.After the player completes a season (which includes the league, cup, European cup, international cup and legends match, against an all-time squad), the player can save the team, customize it and then play against other human-controlled custom team, the winner being able to select (well, steal) key players from the opposing team.Commentary is provided by Richard Keys, Martin Tyler, Clive Tydesley and Andy Gray. Music is provided by one of the leading record labels of the house music scene, Ministry of Sound. |
| The Famous Five: Kidnapped! | 2000 | Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | Westka Kommunikation GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Famous Five: Kidnapped! is the third episode in Ravensburger's Famous Five series after the books of Enid Blyton for ages 7 and up.Julian, Dick, Anne, George and the dog Timmy are staying at Kirrin Cottage during the summer holidays. They want to set up a campsite at the One-eyed Pirate, an old inn located nearby the cottage. When they have managed to set up the tents, a stranger arrives who says that they are trespassing on private property. To get a permit they have to go to Mrs Miller at the farmhouse, where they meet Eddy, a boy who is staying at the farm. They learn that Eddy is the son of a rich businessman and that the man who asked for the permit is his bodyguard. Eddy likes to hide from him and soon the five have to look for the boy when he has run away again. However, the next day a policeman arrives at the camp site and tells them that Eddy is missing again. This time he has been kidnapped, as
the kidnappers have left a ransom note. It's up to the Famous Five to find and free Eddy and to set a trap for the kidnappers.The active characters are George or Dick. They execute the actions and carry a backpack that holds the inventory items. A hidden menu at the left bottom corner of the screen gives access to a travel map, a main menu and an options menu (in the English edition). The latter includes options to switch on or off hot spot names and dialogue text. Dialogues can be skipped using the Escape key. In the original German edition the player can switch between German and English. The game directory includes a hint file.
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| The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling | 2000 | SouthPeak Interactive LLC | Adrenalin Interactive, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Prehistoric | | Jason Lewis, Sean Kinnear | | Everyone | | Windows | In The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling, Fred Flintstone is toiling away as usual at his thankless construction job. When it's quitting time, his boss threatens him with summary termination if he does not finish his trench-digging assignment by the next morning. The biggest dilemma for Fred is that he needs to practice for an upcoming bowling tournament. The benevolent alien named The Great Gazoo materializes and solves the problem by digging a trench and lining it with giant bowling pins. He then gives Fred a large bowling ball half shell in which to play live action bowling.The action in Bedrock Bowling takes the form of steering the bowling shell down 8 different lanes. Each lane has 10 pins that the player must try to hit. Additionally, there are many diamonds, birds, and other powerups along the way to be collected for points.The 8 lanes are Gravel Factory, Quarry, Flooded, Tar, Freeway, Crystal Mine, Lava, and Rockzilla.
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| The Great Pyramid | 2000 | | | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | Egypt (Ancient) | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The Great Pyramid is an Ancient Egypt-themed card game, similar to the card game President. There are five players, the Slave, the Soldier, the Scribe, the Prince and the Pharaoh; four players are controlled by the computer, one by the human player. The deck contains 75 cards in six colors, with 12 cards per color (1 to 9, Jack, Queen and King) and additional three cards, the "Gods", similar to jokers. At the beginning every player receives 15 cards. The goal for every player is to get rid of his cards as quick as possible. At the beginning of the game, the Slave must give the Pharaoh two of his best cards; in exchange the Pharaoh chooses any two cards from his hand to give to the Slave. Similarly, the Soldier must give the Prince his best card and receive one card in return. The Pharaoh then goes first. He can play from one to four cards of the same value. Subsequent players around the table must play the same number of cards, of a higher value. For example, if the Pharaoh plays three 4's, the player next to him must play three 5's or three 6's, or three 7's, etc. The cards played this way disappear from the player's hand. A player can "pass" if he can't, or doesn't want to, play any cards. The "God" is a special card: its value is the highest, so no player can play any cards after the "God"; and a single "God" can be played even if there have been two or more cards played. Once all five players have played their cards or passed the turn, the player who played the highest-valued card begins the next turn. After all players have emptied their hands, they are ranked according to the order in which they managed to do so. The player who emptied his hand first becomes the Pharaoh, the second player becomes the Prince, etc. The cards are redistributed, and a new match begins. To win the game, the player must stay a Pharaoh for six consecutive matches in order to complete his "Great Pyramid", but any interruption of this winning streak forces him to start anew. |
| The Grinch | 2000 | Konami of America, Inc. | Artificial Mind & Movement | Action | | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | As the Grinch, you're going to make sure that Whoville will NOT celebrate Christmas this year... Your missions, should you choose to accept them, includes breaking presents, build some of your nasty gadgets (rotten egg launcher, slime shooter), messing with the mail... And more. Explore four large environments in search of your blueprints for your "weapons". Even summon your pal Max for a little assistance at times. |
| The Matrix | 2000 | HT Software | HT Software | Action | 1st-person | Fangame | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Matrix is an arcade action shooter and a fangame inspired by The Matrix movies. In the game you play as Neo, standing in a kind of shooting gallery with a loaded gun, and are required to shoot as many clones of the movie's bad guy, Mr. Smith, as possible in a limited time (120s) - while they are running left/right across your field of view, and hiding behind pillars.Sometimes a ball is bouncing across the room, this can also be shot - doing so causes the clones to slow down for a short time while the players view is flashing and green-tinted, making them a bit easier to hit. Hitting the clones gives points depending on how far away they are, and after the time runs out, a highscore list is shown; if your score made it on the list you are asked to enter a player name. |
| The Mystery at Greveholm 3: The Old Legend | 2000 | Young Genius Software AB | Framfab Digital Media | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Mystery at Greveholm 3: The Old Legend (Original Swedish title: Mysteriet på Greveholm 3: Den gamla legenden) is the third installment of The Mystery at Greveholm series and plays one hundred years before the preceding episodes, The Mystery at Greveholm and The Mystery at Greveholm 2: Journey to Planutus.
This time you play the princess herself, who lives in the castle with the “duke” (as he is called in this game), his servant Jean and the already familiar robot Sprak. In the Piano room at Greveholm the duke is trying to play "The old castle song," but his sheet of music with the song is missing.
The culprit is Jean, who has painted portraits of the duke on the back of the sheet of music, which were sent to different parts of Sweden to show how handsome the duke is and to find him a wife. Jean is punished for his mistake and the princess decides to help him and locate all the portraits. To start she will need the help of Sprak, who will provide her with useful items for her quest.
Unlike the sequel, this installment uses a similar interface as the original game. Gameplay is a bit easier. The first episode of the game plays in the Piano room, where the player has to solve a number of puzzles, including various sound puzzles. This episode assumes that you are already familiar with the rooms in the castle, which you explored in the first game. In the second episode the player explores various locations in Sweden, and after solving all puzzles, nine pieces of the sheet of music will be gathered. In the third - short - episode the player has to steer a carriage on a road with big rocks to find a shed with an easel, where the original sheet of music can be put together. During the first episodes the player will find scrolls that show visual hints for the puzzles.Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Groups Game Engine: Director
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| The New York Times Crossword Puzzles | 2000 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | Licensed | | Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | Crossword puzzle lovers, rejoice! Here are over 1000 (yes, ONE THOUSAND) real NYTimes crossword puzzles (albeit nothing more recent than 1994) for you to play with! Do them on the computer or print them out and do them on paper. |
| The Oakflat Nuclear Power Plant Simulator | 2000 | Gamtech Software | Gamtech Software | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | The Oakflat Nuclear Power Plant Simulator is a single player, shareware, simulation of the operation of a nuclear power station.The object of the game is to maintain a stable reaction and generate electricity by manipulation of the control rods and the primary & secondary cooling pumps. After each attempt the player is given a score based on how much power was generated and how long the reactor was running. The simulation has been in existence for many years and on three different platforms. Over time it has matured and increased in complexity to include among other things earthquake and other disaster simulations, and extensive controls, self test functions, and improved sounds. The current Windows release is designed to simulate a 1.5 GWe pressurized light-water nuclear reactor and adjoining power plant. It is operated by either the keyboard or a mouse or both to control rod settings, coolant pump rates, damage control, pressure release valves, reactor scrams, and much more and it maintains a log file so that the player can review the impact of their actions/inaction and make better decisions next time. |
| The Operational Art of War II: Elite Edition | 2000 | TalonSoft, Inc. | TalonSoft, Inc. | Compilation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | | | | Windows | The Operational Art of War II: Elite Edition is a "gold" release of the original The Operational Art of War II: Modern Battles 1956-2000, and its expansion pack, The Operational Art of War II: Flashpoint Kosovo.
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| The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 - Elite★Edition | 2000 | TalonSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Norm Koger's the Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 (base game)
Norm Koger's the Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 - Battle Pack I Scenario Add-on Disk (expansion) |
| The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 - Wargame of the Year Edition | 2000 | TalonSoft, Inc. | TalonSoft, Inc. | Compilation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | This re-release includes:
Norm Koger's the Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 (base game)
Norm Koger's the Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 - Battle Pack I Scenario Add-on Disk (expansion)
New scenarios:
Cherbourg '44
Greece '40-41
Malta '42
Mortain
North African Campaign
Operation Olympic
Operation Uranus
Overlord
The Falaise Pocket |
| The Operational Art of War: Century of Warfare | 2000 | TalonSoft, Inc. | TalonSoft, Inc. | Compilation, Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Century of Warfare can be considered a collection of prior Operational Art of War games. Included are:
The Operational Art of War Volume 1: 1939-1955 (World War 2) plus Battle Pack Volume 1
The Operational Art of War II: Modern Battles 1956-2000 (post World War 2)
The Operational Art of War II: Flashpoint Kosovo (battle pack)
An all new World War 1 database (plus some pre-made scenarios for this era).The game system itself is also improved compared to the original TOAOW 1 & 2 games.The game itself can be described as a wargame settled on the "operational" point of view. That means action takes place anywhere between tactical and (grand-) strategical level. Though, most pre-made scenarios that come with the game, tend to play on a strategical level (this also applies to most of the custom scenarios found on the the net). The main part of the game is the scenario editor. With this tool one may create virtually any armed conflict from 1900 'til 2000. Formations ranging from company- to army-sized units can be created. Every unit consist of a set of equipment (like infantry squads, mortars, at-guns, tanks, etc.). Each force my have several hundred units. Map-size is also very big (e.g. a quite detailed map of USA is no problem) with up to 200 individually nameable places (like cities, hills etc.). A powerful "event editor" is included allowing the player to program special events. The scenario editor (and thus the game) may be used/played in two versions: normal (opart) and big (opart 300). With using opart300 one may create even bigger armies with using bigger maps. There are many more editor/game features, to much to list them all...The game may be played against the computer, or two player "hotseat", or as PBEM. |
| The Strategy Game Room | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Strategy Game Room is a compilation which includes:
Mech Commander: Gold
Civilization II: Multiplayer Gold Edition
Worms: Armageddon |
| The Tai Chi Master | 2000 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | Crime, Romance, War | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | Direct control, Menu structures, Point and select | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Tai Chi Master is an RPG game starring Zhang Jun Bao as the protagonist. He was forced to leave the Shaolin Temple and then his adventure starts. The game takes the character through many battles and he constantly needs to upgrade his abilities to progress. |
| The Untouchable | 2000 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Creative Edge Studios, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | The Untouchable is the first ever full motion video game to be controlled in real time at greater than 30 frames per second. It's created entirely with digitized video of real martial artists and includes 3D rendered backgrounds, camera zoom, rotoscoping techniques and a CD quality soundtrack featuring artists such as Prodigy, Future Sound of London, Juno Reactor and Sister Machine Gun among others.Although similar to Mortal Kombat, this one-on-one fighting game does not have magic but focuses on real martial arts instead. The aim is to defeat a tough fighter called 'The Untouchable' and each character (with 19 available) has its own story. It was originally developed for the Macintosh and later ported to Windows. |
| The Wonders of Electricity: An Adventure in Safety | 2000 | HydroOne | Interactive Solutions New Media | Educational | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The Wonders of Electricity: An Adventure in Safety is an educational game for ages 8-11 that helps kids stay safe when playing outdoors near hydro wires or when using electrical appliances and equipment. The player is first greeted by Millie Watt, who has just heard that Alec T. Hazard is about to turn Hazardville into a dangerous electrical environment, and is assigned as a detective to clean up the mess that he made while learning the important rules of being safe around electricity.In the first section, the player has to pick one of the three possible choices in order to find the best solution, then the player watches a video or diagram sequence explaining the problem, and in the final section, the player has to play a mini-game, ranging from matching games, mazes, and slide puzzles. Once an area is finished, the player can record the important information using the notebook, which can be printed out for later use. If all of the areas are clear, bonus games are unlocked as a reward. |
| Theme Puzzle | 2000 | Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. | Full Home Studios | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Theme Puzzle is a memory and skill game. First choose your favourite theme: animals, sports, travels or scenes (called here scenics). Stills from your preferred theme will be cut in quite big pieces, always square. Depending on the mode of the game, you will play to a sliding-tile puzzle game or a jigsaw puzzle.In the 'Compo' game mode, you must solve one puzzle by placing the pieces, just like a jigsaw puzzle. The difference with other games of this genre is you won't have to rotate nor mirror the pieces.In the 'Chrono' and 'Arcade' modes, you will not have to place the pieces, but slide (push) them, just as you could do it in a real-life 9-puzzle. In the 'Chrono' mode, time matters, and that's the only difference with the 'Arcade' mode. |
| Theocracy | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Philos Laboratories | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy, Pre-Columbian Americas | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | A real-time strategy game set in the age of the Aztec Empire. Your goal: to unite the warring civilizations of central Mexico before the Spanish arrive to conquer them all. Slaves can be taken to gather resources, and human sacrifices provide you with the mana your priests need to cast their powerful spells.
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| Think Tank | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Think Tank is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Think Tank is a single player arcade shooter game where the object is to achieve a high score. The player controls a tank which must be manoeuvred around a grid. Within the grid are ten enemy tanks and ten green pellets together with some power-ups. A level is completed when either all enemy tanks have been destroyed or all of the green pellets have been collected.The game is, by default, controlled via the arrow keys with the spacebar firing the gun but the action keys can be redefined and joystick support is also available. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized, the high score screen and in-game help screens all open in new windows which cannot be re-sized. |
| Three Kingdoms II: Clash of Destiny | 2000 | Dong Seo Interactive | Dong Seo Interactive | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Three Kingdoms II: Clash of Destiny is a follow-up to Three Kingdoms: Divine Destiny. Like its predecessor, it is an isometric real-time strategy game very loosely based on the historical events of the Chinese Three Kingdoms era. The player commands the armies of Shu, Wei, and Wu; unlike the first game, each has its own unique setting and distinctive style of play, which makes the game's concept very similar to that of StarCraft.Only the Shu kingdom retains the sci-fi setting of the first game, complete with futuristic tanks, buildings, and robots. Wei is modeled after various Far Eastern mythologies; they train elephants and fictional beasts in their campaign. The setting of the Wu kingdom resembles European medieval fantasy; its inhabitants are magicians who summon buildings instead of constructing them, and utilize various D&D-reminiscent creatures in battles. |
| Tic Tac Toe 3D | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Side view | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Tic Tac Toe 3D is a single player strategy game played against the computer. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages. The game is similar to the classic game Tic Tac Toe but with a twist, it is played on a representation of a three dimensional board. The winner is the first to achieve a line of four pieces.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window that cannot be re-sized, sound, and has different coloured grids, four levels of difficulty, a choice of playing pieces, and in-game help screens. |
| Timeline | 2000 | Eidos, Inc. | Timeline Computer Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Based on Michael Crichton's novel Timeline (1999), you play the role of Chris Hughes, a graduate student employed in the archaeological dig in the Dordogne region of France. When your professor, Edward Johnston, fails to return from his experimental trip back in time to 14th-century France, you must try and rescue him together with another researcher, Kate Erickson, and Victor Baretto, a security expert. Armed with stun rods with explicit orders from the professor never to kill anyone, your adventure will lead you through the medieval town of Castelgard and its fortifications, underground passages and waterways, and the castle of La Roque, carefully reconstructed from historical evidence.The game combines adventure elements with action parts such as sneaking behind soldiers to stun them, shooting with bows, and jousting in the lists, with directions and hints provided by your partners through your in-ear radio equipment. Separate from the game there is a 30-minute tour of the scenes narrated by the author, Michael Crichton. The tour also offers a chance to freely wander around the reconstructed historical environments. |
| Tomb Raider III: Adventures in India | 2000 | SoftKey Multimedia Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Tomb Raider III: Adventures in India is a special OEM released version of Tomb Raider III. As an OEM release, it only contains the four India levels, as well as an AOL trial. |
| Tomb Raider: The Lost Artifact | 2000 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Lost Artifact can be described as a "mini-sequel" to Tomb Raider III; comparable in function to earlier Gold releases of the first two games, it was, unlike those, released separately. Lara learns of the existence of a fifth meteorite piece called the Hand of Rathmore, located in a Scottish castle formerly owned by the evil late Dr. Willard. Lara must progress through it in a 3D platforming fashion in which precise jumps, crawls and climbs are required of the nimble character. Out to stop her are kilted clansmen and monsters, some prehistoric and some mutated. The game has six levels, each with hidden secrets to uncover, and take players eventually onto the coast of France. |
| Tomb Raider: The Trilogy (Limited Edition) | 2000 | Eidos, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This limited edition compilation includes the first three parts of Eidos' Tomb Raider Series:Tomb RaiderTomb Raider IITomb Raider III
Also included in the package is an exclusive Lara Croft Mouse pad and a map showing the sites of Lara's Adventures. |
| Tonka Space Station | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Data Design Interactive Ltd, ImageBuilder Software, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Tonka Space Station the player controls Tonka Joe and has to take over space station construction and operations. The game provides nine Tonka space vehicles that can be used in nine different missions. Examples of missions include blasting mutant weeds in the biosphere, mining lunar Tonkonium, and racing down wormholes. By completing missions modules of the space station can be upgraded. The game is marketed towards children aged five and up. |
| Total Adrenaline 3D Drag Racing | 2000 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Running Dog Software | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This arcade style game lets you become a drag racing star.
Unlike other racing games this one lets you pick actual real life parts to upgrade your car. You can also choose from five different car models to suit your need for speed. The game has a humorous style with racers like "Gumbo Jack". Multiplayer is included for up to eight players. It also has the option for Voodoo video card acceleration. Total Adrenaline also has a hard rocking soundtrack to burn rubber to. |
| Traffic Giant: Gold Edition | 2000 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | JoWood Ebensee | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Train | | | | Isometric | Windows | Traffic Giant Gold Edition is a re-release of Traffic Giant. It was released about a half year after the original and features a new campaign with 15 missions. The campaign takes place in American cities and makes use of a new graphic set with American looking buildings. For owners of Traffic Giants the new content is available without charge via patch. |
| Trax: The Robot Wars | 2000 | Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. | | Action | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Trax: The Robot Wars is an advanced game of bumper cars. You control a car in an arena with 1-3 opponent cars controlled by the computer or other humans where an all-out competition ensues to be the last car in the arena. A car loses when it is pushed out of the ring, sustains too much damage, or encounters other hazards in particular arenas. Prize money is awarded for achieving various goals and this can be used towards assorted offensive or defensive upgrades.There are 3 play modes: The first mode is the single player Ascent mode where the player battles their way up through 11 one-on-one arena battles. The Battle mode pits up to 4 players against each other. Each player is given $5000 at the start of the competition to spend on upgrades (even the computer players get to upgrade their cars). The Battle mode is played a certain number of rounds, configurable in the game options. The final mode is Tournament, similar to Battle except that the players play 3 rounds and then take a break to spend their prize money upgrading their cars. |
| Tread Marks | 2000 | Longbow Digital Arts Inc. | Longbow Digital Arts Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | Tank | | | Teen | | Windows | Tread Marks is a tank action game featuring tree different gameplay modes. The first is race mode, in which players race each other on an off-road circuit and can push or shoot their opponents to hinder them. Battle mode is like deathmatch or team deathmatch, the most kills win the game. In capture the flag mode, two or more teams try to capture the other team's flags. Tanks come in two varieties, steel or liquid. Weapons and power-ups are spread over the map to be picked up, but only one weapon can be equipped. |
| Tropical Poker | 2000 | | Crescent Vision Interactive LLC | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Tropical Poker is a single-player, mouse controlled simulation of the popular casino machine. It appears in a couple of eGames compilations including Casino Jackpot 2, which is where this version of the game comes from. The name Tropical Poker is derived from the game's graphic theme and does not refer to some exotic variation of poker. At it's heart this is a standard implementation of 'Deuces Wild' poker and, in common with most poker games, the aim of the game is to make the best 5-card hand. in video poker, unlike other forms of poker, the player does not win by beating other players but by compiling a hand that exceeds the game's minimum hand, which in this case is three of a kind, to score.The game gives the player $1,000 to start with and on each hand the player can bet between $1 and $5. They are then dealt five cards and they can hold/discard any of these, however if they are dealt a winning combination such as three of a kind then, in the default configuration, those cards are held automatically. A redeal is then made to replace the discarded cards and the final hand is evaluated. If the hand scores higher than three of a kind then the player is paid a fixed sum depending on the original stake and the game continues. The F1 key brings up an in-game menu which gives the player access to the in-game help file, game statistics, and toggles both the sound and the auto hold option. The game has a high score table but does not preserve the player's winnings from one game to the next. |
| Tux Racer | 2000 | Sunspire Studios | Sunspire Studios | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A unique game starring Tux, the Linux penguin.Tux Racer lets you take on the role of Tux the Linux penguin as he races down steep, snow-covered mountains. Enter cups and compete to win the title! Tux Racer includes a variety of options for gameplay, including the ability to race courses in fog, at night, and under high winds.You can also make your own courses with a graphics program such as The GIMP. |
| Tweenies: Ready To Play | 2000 | BBC Multimedia | | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Back of Box - Windows (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Enjoy loads of great activities with the fun foursome!
Messy Time
Three fantastic print and play activities!
Paint -Get creative on your virtual canvas with the Tweenies art tools.
Finger Puppets - Make Puppets of Bella, Mila, Fizz, Jake, Judy, Max, and Doodles and then create your own Tweenies story with them.
Masks - Mix and match eyes, ears, noses, mouths, and hair to create up to 120 wacky masks.
Telly Time
Choose from a selection of video clips to watch with the Tweenies,
Song Time
Action songs - Play the Tweenies instruments and help them dance.
News Time
Try your luck with the Tweenies' quiz and see if you can answer Bella's questions!
Play Time
Enjoy three great games:
Catch - Manoeuvre Doodles' Bowl to catch the flying bones.
Milo's Flying Rocket - Help Milo pick up the other Tweenies in his rocket ship - but keep an eye on your fuel levels and watch out for those flying shapes!
Snap - Play Tweenies snap and collect as many toys as you can for Jake.
Story Time
Participate in Tweenies' Story Time.
Doodles Mail
Send and receive messages from the Tweenies! Doodles brings you messages, pictures and rhymes from Bella, Milo, Fizz, and Jake. Click on Doodles and he'll carry your own messages back to the Tweenies.
Are you ready to play with Bella, Milo, Fizz, and Jake? |
| Twisted Mind | 2000 | Xplorys BV | Engine Software B.V. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Twisted Minds is a 3D tile matching game with single player and multiplayer options which was released by Xploys under the title Puzzles.The game has five tables but the rules are the same for each. The game area is a grid which comes pre-populated with tiles of different shapes and colours. The players task is to move matching tiles into lines or patterns at which point they turn into impenetrable walls. Complicating the process is a process called gluing where when a set number of matching tiles touch they bond which can obstruct the formation of walls. The number of tiles needed to make a wall and the glue limit change for each game played.Points are scored for each wall completed, for the number of moves taken, and for the power-ups collected.The game has upbeat electro-pop music, an interactive tutorial, two skill settings, a high score table, a level editor, a two player tournament mode and a league mode for three to ten players.
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| Twisted Mind 2 | 2000 | BMS Modern Games Handelsagentur GmbH | Bananasoft | Puzzle | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Twisted Mind 2 is the successor to Twisted Mind. Match the same colored stones in 75 levels and collect power-ups and extras. Graphics and Sound are improved in this version.
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| UEFA Champions League Season 1999/2000 | 2000 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | UEFA Champions League Season 1999/2000 is a soccer sim featuring the 1999/2000 season team line-ups in this prestigious European club competition. There are 32 clubs included. Game options include full season, exhibition matches, scenario and a multi-player option. In scenario mode you can replay any of the finals in the competition's history from 1970 onwards. Another notable inclusion is the custom tournament mode that allows you to define your own tournament perimeters and fixtures. |
| UEFA Euro 2000 | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Software Creations Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Europe | | Direct control | | | | Windows | This is a specially released FIFA football game that coincided with the Euro 2000 European Cup.
You can take charge of a team and playall the qualifying phases for the cup or play for the cup itself.
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| UEFA Manager 2000 | 2000 | Infogrames Europe SA | Bubball | Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | UEFA Manager 2000 is a football (European) management simulator that attempts to combine high quality graphics and presentation with the AI and options of games such as Championship Manager or Ultimate Soccer Manager.The player acts not only as manager/trainer (selecting tactics, setting formation and starting eleven, negotiating contracts and player transfers) but also as a chief executive, controlling merchandise prices, advertising, stadium and facilities expansions and staff management (which is one of the key aspects of the game).Includes over 400 clubs, 21 playable leagues in 9 countries (England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Scotland, Holland, Belgium and Portugal) with over 20'000 players available. Game modes include career (starting at the bottom of the English conference), Free play (select any club, no chance of changing) and Scenario (complete an objective such as escaping relegation or winning domestic trophies within the time limit). Games can be instantly simulated or watched using a 2D radar or the 3D engine.It was followed by FourFourTwo: Touchline Passion. |
| US Video Poker | 2000 | eGames, Inc. | WickedWare, LLC | Gambling, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | US Video Poker is a single player implementation of the a Jacks or Better video poker game.In this game the player is presented with five random cards, they may hold or discard any of these, replacement cards are then drawn and, if the resultant poker hand is equal to or betters a pair of jacks then the player wins. The background is based on the red, white and blue of the American flag and there are pictures of Washington, Kennedy and others on the high value cards.The game is mouse controlled, has optional music and sound effects but no high score table and the players winnings are not preserved from one game to the next
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| Ultima: World Edition | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Ultima World Edition is a compilation containing both Ultima IX: Ascension and Ultima Online: The Second Age. |
| Ultimate Flight Series IV | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Ultimate Flight Series IV is a compilation of:
Comanche Gold
Jane's Combat Simulations: WWII Fighters
Jane's Combat Simulations: F-15 |
| Ultimate Golf Simulation | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Vertex Multimedia | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ultimate Golf Simulation is a First Person golf simulation game which features courses from all over the world, including Nevada, Hawaii and Britain.There are seven game modes: Stroke Play, Match Play, Tournament, Grand Tournament, Fourball, Foursome and practice. Besides the first person gimmick, the game also features more conventional camera angles. |
| Ultimate Mahjongg | 2000 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Gunnar Games, Inc. | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ultimate Mahjongg is a computerised version of the classic tile matching game from China. This version includes 50 layouts and 50 tile sets as well as 150 backgrounds and 25 music tracks. When stuck players can reshuffle the tiles or start a new game. The game keeps track of highscores based on the timing. There is support for two players. |
| Ultimate Motorcycle Series | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of:
Road Rash
Moto Racer 2
Superbike World Championship |
| Ultimate Sci-Fi Series | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Blade Runner
Dune 2000
Wing Commander: Prophecy |
| Ultimine | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ultimine is a single-player, Minesweeper type of game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.This game can be played in two ways, there is the standard version in which clicking on a mine results in instant death, and the deluxe version in which clicking on a mine incurs a twenty second time penalty. In each case the objective is the same, deduce the position of all the mines on the board.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. There are four standard board sizes 8 x 8, 16 x 16, 30 x 16 and 40 x 25, as well as a custom screen option. The game has sound, different backgrounds, a high score table, and in-game help screens. |
| Um El Bagara | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Um El Bagara is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Um El Bagara is a single-player, strategy game that is played against the computer. It is a traditional mancala game from Northern Africa whose name translates as 'The Cow Game'. This is a turn-based game played on a board with two rows of five pits and two home pits. Pieces, or traditionally seeds, are placed in these pits ad players take turns to move the seeds from the second row either to the left or to the right, any that 'wrap around' are placed in the top row. If the last seed played ends in one of the end pits of the top row then the contents of that pit are transferred to one of the player's home pits. The objective for each player is to end the game with the most pieces in their home pit. The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background. |
| Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition | 2000 | Infogrames, Inc. | Digital Extremes, Inc., Epic Games, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The Game of the Year Edition of Unreal Tournament is a re-release which includes the original game patched to version 436, as well as new (mostly community-made) maps, new player models like the Nali Warcow, and the mods Rocket Arena and Chaos UT. Both mods are absent from digital re-releases, however. |
| Unreal: Gold | 2000 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Unreal
Unreal Mission Pack 1: Return to Na Pali (add-on)
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| Urlaubs Raser | 2000 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Urlaubs Raser is another entry in the Davilex Racer series where the player takes part in a TV show. The price is a free trailer pitch in Monaco. But of course the player has to work for it - in this case the task is to win six illegal street races in Aachen, Paris, Lyon, Marseilles, Monaco and Nice. There are five humorous exaggerated persons to choose, e.g. a hippie or a stressed family father.The races are heavily action oriented and include power-ups which either increase the top speed, freeze other cars or repair the own vehicle. Between the races the player can invest earned points in better tires, engines or gearboxes; he also can gamble for other equipment. The available vehicles are no regular cars but jet ski trailers or jeeps. When beating the game with all vehicle types the player unlocks a special car. |
| Value Soft Collection 5 | 2000 | Valuesoft UK Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Value Soft Collection 5 is a compilation which consists of the following games:
Ancient Evil
Flying Corps
King's Quest VII
M.I.A.: Missing In Action |
| Vampire Cows!: Die Attacke der kackenden Kühe (Deluxe Version) | 2000 | Universal Family Entertainment | | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Vampire Cows!: Die Attacke der kackenden Kühe is a simple shooter game in which you drive your vampire hunter car along a road and flying vampire cows attack you. Hit them with your headlights before they can drop a cowpat on you. Hit as many cows as possible in a given time. |
| Vanishing Cross | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Vanishing Cross is a single player Solitaire or Patience game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.In this game the player is presented with a 3x3 grid into which six cards have been played face up. Outside the grid is the remainder of the pack placed face down from which cards are taken one at a time. The card in the top left corner is the base card. The object of the game is to build all the cards by suit in ascending order, with one suit in each of the four corners of the grid, starting with the base card in each suit. The remaining five cells, which form a cross shape, are used to hold the cards the player is working with. Cards added to these cells are added in descending order.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, different backgrounds and types of card back, a single move 'undo' feature and in-game help screens. |
| Virtual Pool Hall | 2000 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Celeris Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Sequel to Virtual Pool 2, you have all the VP2 options such as arrange tournaments, adjust table settings (like pocket size), and arrange multiplayer over LAN, Internet, serial, or modem. It also adds better AI, more game types, better physics, new tables, and more. |
| Virtual Railroad | 2000 | Software Untergrund | | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Virtual Railroad is a single player simulation that allows the player to create their own virtual model railway. It comes with several pre-made layouts, an industrial area; a country area; little town; old time which uses old American style locomotives; Scandanavia; two towns; a small two train tabletop layout; and an unready layout together with half a dozen rangieraufgaben / shunting layouts. New layouts are created in the map view window where track is laid by selecting the kind of track, standard or points, and dragging the mouse cursor across the screen. Buildings, hills, trees and other features are placed into the landscape by selecting the required type from a pick list and clicking the map where they are to be placed. Trains and rolling stock are placed the same way. At any time the player can swap to a 3D view and view their creation using any of the five player defined camera viewpoints. Clicking on any locomotive brings up the drivers dialogue menu which allows the player to adjust the power and set the brakes for the unit. Documentation is in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format and is backed up by in-game documentation and tutorials. The game is entirely mouse controlled.
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| Virtuelle Moorhuhn Jagd | 2000 | V und B Werbeagentur | Art Department Werbeagentur GmbH, Witan Entertainment BV | Action | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Rail shooter, Shooter | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Virtuelle Moorhuhn Jagd is a shooting game originally created in 1998 for an advertisement campaign for the Johnnie Walker whiskey brand. It is the first game in the Moorhuhn series. The player has 90 seconds to gain as many points as possible by shooting down the "Moorhuhn" (willow ptarmigans) birds with the left mouse button. The player's rifle holds eight shells and must be reloaded with a right-click after eight shots. Moorhuhns fly past the screen in the background, with more distant birds worth more points. Bonus points (or penalties) can be gained for shooting various other targets, that is the scarecrow's hat, the windmill blades, the signpost, or a passing balloon. After the time is up, the game shows the player's score. |
| Visual Pinball | 2000 | | | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Pinball | | | | | |
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| Windows | Visual Pinball is a pinball table editor where the player can design pinball tables. Choose from many different items like plungers, flippers, kickers, bumpers, ramps, lights, text displays, gates, spinners, timers, triggers, decals, and drop targets to place on the pinball table. The player can also change the table and item's size shape, the displayed graphics, and then program the logic of the table with VBScript. Once created the table can be played in true 3D from a fixed view (view angle can be set in the editor). With all this realistic recreations of existing tables or completely original designs can be created.There are thousands of tables both recreated and original are available for download across the web. Also with the extra VPinMame download, the created table can be attached to a real pinball ROM to create a realistic simulation of a modem table. |
| Voracity | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Voracity is a single player, tile elimination game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.At the start of the game the player is presented with a grid. In every cell of the grid is a number apart from one cell which contains the target. By clicking on a cell that is adjacent to the target the player causes the target to move that number of cells in the appropriate direction, for example if the cell immediately above the target contained the number four then by selecting that cell the player would move the target four cells upwards. Any cells the target passes through are wiped clean and effectively form a wall that the target cannot pass through. The player scores one point for every cell that is cleared and the objective is to achieve as high a score as possible before running out of moves. The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. There are four standard board sizes 15 x 15, 19 x 19, 22 x 22 and 25 x 25. The game has sound, different backgrounds, a high score table, and in-game help screens. |
| Wacki: Kosmiczna Rozgrywka / Matma: Matematyka dla szkoły średniej klasy I-IV | 2000 | SelleS Records Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Wacki: Kosmiczna Rozgrywka (game)
Matma: Matematyka dla szkoły średniej klasy I-IV (educational program) |
| Wall $treet Trader 2001 | 2000 | Infogrames Deutschland GmbH | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | This game is a simulation of the stock market where the player takes the role of a recently graduated business student who gets venture capital from Juliette Fleming, the daughter of millionaire Lord Fleming. The gameplay consists basically of buying and selling stocks in several currencies. Simple, isn't it? Not quite, like in reality the main quality of a successful speculator is the quick reaction to trend reports and a bit of luck.The latest news are also an important source of information. So the player often has to ask himself questions like how a new Gulf War would influence the quotation of the dollar or oil. There are also other options which are more common in regular economic simulations: hiring employees, e.g. lawyers or press agents, insider deals, spies or rumors to influence the stock prices.The game features seven scenarios where the player has to concentrate on a certain industry, e.g. music, cars or luxury goods. For stock markets and companies real names are used. |
| Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour | 2000 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | A cart racing game featuring Disney Characters Starring Jiminy Cricket, Chip, and Dale, and a few characters created specifically for the game. The catch is that all of the tracks are actually based on rides at all of the four Walt Disney World Parks (Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Rock'n'Rollercoaster, Typhoon Lagoon, etc...). |
| Wari | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Wari is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Wari is a single-player, strategy game where the object is capture more pieces than the computer opponent. This is a traditional game that is played throughout western Africa and which also goes under the names Oware, Ayò, Awalé, Ouri, Ouril, Uril, Warri, Adji, Nchọ and Awélé. As can be expected of a game that is played over such a wide geographic area there are variations on the basic game. In this version each player has sixteen seeds distributed across the row of six pits in front of them. At the end of each row is the player's home pit. Players take it in turn to move the seeds out of one pit clockwise into the adjacent pits. All seeds landing in the home pit stay there, if the last seed played lands in the home pit the player gets another turn. The game ends when a player has no more seeds to move, at that point the player with the most seeds in their home pit wins. The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background. |
| Warm Up! | 2000 | Microïds | Lankhor | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Bekir Aysan, Mathieu Leyssenne, Priscilla Saule, Cyril Vignon | | Everyone | | Windows | A Formula 1 game without the official license, with a simulation mode and a very arcade mode. This is the sequel of F1 World Grand Prix. 22 cars racing on 17 tracks, against computer or even online. It also has a ghost mode to challenge you against your best time on each track. A replay also allows you to review your best laps.The game features some original camera (like the helmet view), and offers the possibility to fine-tune your car in simulation mode, so the immersion is total. However, it is focusing more on fun than on realism, and thus it is not the most accurate F1 simulation available.The game features a fast-paced arcade mode, dedicated to speed and fun. |
| Warrior Dragon | 2000 | Lumental Games | Lumental Games | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The village of Dracoburgh, populated by dragons, has been living peacefully for many years. One day a human warrior known as the "Dragon Slayer" has begun attacking the defenseless dragons and proclaimed that one day the land will be dominated by humans. The villagers have asked the young son of a famous warrior dragon to save them from these humans.Obviously inspired by Enix's first Dragon Warrior game, Warrior Dragon is a top-view RPG where payers take the role of a dragon character who must embark on a quest and defeat monsters. Players traverse through towns, dungeons and on the overhead map. At times, enemies will be encountered and the view will shift to a 1st-person battle screen. Battle commands such as Attack, Item and Run Away are selected from a menu. As the player defeats enemies, they will earn experience which will increase the player's level as well as gold which can be used to purchase new weapons and armor. Saving the game can be done at any time. |
| Weihnachtsquiz | 2000 | | | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In this Christmas quiz, the player's job is to answer 20 questions (in a game) about the Christmas time. Get points by selecting the correct answer and additional points by answering fast (before the bonus point timer counts down). The ten best players can make it into the highscore. |
| Weihnachtszeit mit Benjamin Blümchen | 2000 | KIDDINX Studio GmbH | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Action, Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Weihnachtszeit mit Benjamin Blümchen is a mini game collection around the elephant Benjamin Blümchen, themed around Christmas. Create ornaments and toys, help Santa to give out presents and sled down a hill. Kids can also create their wish list for Christmas and open a door in the included advent calendar. |
| Western Slots | 2000 | | WickedWare, LLC | Gambling | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Western Slots is a single-player game that simulates an old style, slot machine. It appears in a number of eGames compilations including
Casino Jackpot 2 which is where this version of the game comes from. It is one of a series of similar games developed for eGames by WickedWare.Western Slots has a single win line and, as the name implies, a western theme to its symbols. The player may bet 1, 2, or 3 credits per spin and it pays out on three of a kind of any occurrence of a symbol of gold nuggets and a mining tools. This game has optional sound and in-game help but no high score table and a players winnings are not retained for the next game nor are they transferred to other games in the series. |
| Wheel of Fortune: 2nd Edition | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Word construction | | | | | Everyone | Steve Webster | Windows | This was Hasbro's second attempt at recreating the popular game show Wheel of Fortune on home computers. There are 2500 puzzles to work through, and a full roster of prizes. Against-the-clock bonus rounds are also included. You can also attempt an equivalent of the exam given to would-be contestants. Backstage video clips are included, and successful players will unlock interviews with glamorous hostess Vanna White. |
| Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (CD-ROM) | 2000 | Mattel, Inc. | Brøderbund Software, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Carmen Sandiego and her international gang are behind the thefts of some of the world's most priceless treasures. It is your job, as a rookie detective, to identify the thief, obtain an arrest warrant and to finally track down the crook to his/her hideout before time runs out. As you solve more cases, your rank will rise, thus enabling you to tackle more and more difficult cases.This is an update of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Deluxe Edition) and features SVGA graphics and 15 additional countries. |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 2nd Edition | 2000 | Buena Vista Interactive | Hothouse Creations Ltd. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Second Edition is the second game based on the hit TV gameshow. You have to answer fifteen questions, slowly going up to the one million mark. If you have trouble, there are three lifeline you can use to help you: Phone a friend, 50/50 and ask the audience. |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Sports Edition | 2000 | Buena Vista Interactive | Jellyvision Games, Inc. | Puzzle, Sports | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The TV show of 2000 continues with this PC title, dedicated to Sports. There are 700 sports related questions in all, with the famous three lifelines available to use (Ask the Audience, Phone a Friend and 50/50). Add to that Regis Philbin pushing you along to your quest of a (fake) million in cash. It's the closest you'll get to the real thing. Regis that is. |
| Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire | 2000 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Hypnotix, Inc. | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Fighting, Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a fighting parody of the show, called Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire?
In WWTBUAM, you answer questions and get an opportunity to beat one of five in-game millionaires half to death in order to drain his or her bank account and fill your pockets. The show is hosted by Egregious Phillin, who for all intents and purposes is Regis Philbin, only fatter, louder, and more annoying. The game also has its own clever variation on the show's lifelines, here called Lifeboats.
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| Winding Standoff | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Strategy | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Winding Standoff is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.Winding Standoff is a single-player, strategy game that is played against the computer. This game is played on a path that winds its way across a grid. Sections of the path are marked in orange or black, these are the default colours and can be changed however the shape of the path and the arrangement of the sections cannot be altered. The players have eight pieces each and at the start of the game they take turns to place two of their playing pieces in each section. Once this stage has been completed the players move their pieces anywhere along the path, the only rule being that they cannot jump over any piece - their own or the computer's. The object of the game is to 'box in' the opponent so that they have no legal moves remaining.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It is played in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game has sound, four levels of difficulty, in-game help screens, and a choice of playing piece, colour and screen background. |
| Windows Games | 2000 | Águia informática, Lda. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of shareware, freeware and public domain games made for DOS, Win 3.x and Windows though the game's instructions do state that all games will run under Windows 95.There is very little to aid the user in this title, there is no menu system and no master list of contents.
Games are grouped into folders by type and to run them the player browses the disc / folder contents, opens the game folder and double clicks on the game to run it. As the tag-lined title states most of the games will run directly from the disc but some require installation. The game groups are;
Action: Forty-two game folders of which seven require installation. Among these games are
Teen Agent, Here They Come! and Vyper
Board: Seventeen games, including Patolli and 3-D Tic Tac Toe, of which only three require installation
Card: Ten games, six of which are ready to use. The card games in this group include Euchre, 31, Solo, Patience, and Solitaire
Casino: Five games, mainly craps and slot machine games, two of which need to be installed
Dice: Four games including two versions of Yahtzee, only one game requires installation
Fun: A single, ready to play game that tries to show that petrol is not expensive
Mahjongg: Three games including a genuine MahJongg game and the tile matching solitaire variant
Puzzle: There are twenty-six games in this group and only four require installation. This group includes maze games, jigsaw puzzles and concentration games
Strategy: This group also has twenty-six games and twenty-three can be run from the CD. Included are a Windows version of Ant Run, King of Dragon Pass demo, Cyberdogs and WinTrek
Tetris: Eight games including Bedtris, Ctris, and PokerTris, only Cubemaster requires installation
Word: Five games including two word search games, a hangman game and a crossword type game that can all be played from the CDGames that can be run directly from the disc are in folders named 'XXXXXXXXX - READY TO USE'. |
| Wings of Destiny | 2000 | Psygnosis Limited | General Simulations Incorporated | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Wings of Destiny is a flight simulation which takes place in World War II, more specific the air war between England and Germany. So the game simulates four aircraft: the German Messerschmitt Bf 109 E and Messerschmitt Me 262 A, the English Aviation P-51 Mustang and the Spitfire.The game is focused on the realistic presentation and handling of its machines. There is a German and an English campaign with overall 50 missions. The story is told in comic panels. There are no training modes and three difficulty levels. |
| WolfBridge | 2000 | | Wolf Computers Limited | Educational | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | WolfBridge is a single player, freeware, bridge tutor program based on the ACOL system. The game is, or was, part of a larger project so when it starts up it does not launch straight into playing bridge, a small screen is displayed with 'Play Bridge' being one of the options on the menu bar.The game plays in a window that initially fills the screen but which can be re-sized as required. The player always plays as South and their hand is always displayed. After evaluating their hand for point count and distribution the player clicks the 'Play' button in the centre of the screen and this brings up a separate window in which the bidding is done. Opposition and partner bids are made automatically and in accordance with the ACOL bidding system. When the bidding is complete the player plays / defends the final contract.
As this is a tutor program it has many features to help the novice player. In the bidding sequence, for example, the player can click on any bid and see what information it is intended to convey. There is also a hint feature to advise the player what their ideal bid should be.
The game also allows player to play with all the hands revealed, save and replay a hand, auto play a hand, show last trick and so on. Additionally the program supports the standard conventions of Blackwood, Cue Bidding, Stayman, Gerber Swiss, Baron, GSF - Grand Slam Force, Strong/Weak No Trump and Josephine and any or all of these can be enabled or disabled.The game is entirely mouse controlled
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| Word Wiz | 2000 | eBrainyGames, LLC | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The game is played on a 12 x 12 grid around which are a twenty blue tiles, these tiles serve no purpose other than to give the player problems when building words. The game provides the player with one letter at a time and the player's task is to place them onto the grid and make words of three letters or more by lining up the tiles either vertically or horizontally.The player is allowed fifteen seconds to place each letter and has just three minutes to make as many words as possible, once a word has been formed the letters disappear and the cells they occupied are available to be used again. The longer the word the more points are scored. Words of four letters or more also give the player a time bonus enabling them to play longer than the minimum three minutes.The game has a high score table and when it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active.
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| World Championship Snooker | 2000 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Blade Interactive Studios Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | World Championship Snooker is a snooker simulation game. The game allows you to train in master classes, play a single match, and partake in official tournaments, and the world championship. You can play against many professional snooker players. Each of the players such as Mark Williams and Stephen Hendry plays with his own style and qualities. To aid the player it is possible to active certain helping lines to aid you in aiming you cue. |
| Worms United and Reinforcements / Tetris Stackup | 2000 | Cyberium Multi Media B.V. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Worms United and Reinforcements & Tetris Stackup is a compilation that includes:
Worms United which is itself a compilation of:
Worms
Worms: ReinforcementsStack Up, renamed Tetris Stackup on the keep case inlay. This is a 1993 game from Zeppelin Games
When loaded the CD autoruns and gives the player to configure Worms or to run Stack Up direct from the disc.Also on the disc is a folder named EXTRAS which contains a Worms ranking program, a program that allows the user to replace the Worms sound banks, one to convert sound files and another to convert graphics files. |
| X: Beyond the Frontier | 2000 | THQ Inc. | EGOSOFT GmbH | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Teen | | Windows | The year is 2912. Kyle Brennan, an Earth pilot, is testing the new X-Shuttle, which can jump between parts of the known universe through wormholes. During the test jump, something goes very wrong, and Brennan ends up in an unknown part of space. He meets aliens of the Teladi race, who repair his ship and loan him some money. Unable to return to Earth, Brennan is all alone, owing money to an alien race, and yet unaware of the existence of the Argon race, who look surprisingly similar to humans and are threatened by mechanical beings known as the Terraformers.X: Beyond the Frontier is a space trading and combat simulation, similar in many ways to Elite, set in the fictional X universe. Trading occupies the larger part of the gameplay. There are fifty-four star systems in the X Universe, each with space stations, solar power plants, shipyards, and other installations. By trading with them the player makes a profit, upgrading the X-Shuttle with new weapons, better shields, and increased cargo space. The player is also able to buy factories, which will generate money at regular intervals. From time to time, hostile ships will attack the X-Shuttle, which will force the player to engage in action-oriented space combat, using the weapons on board or ramming the enemy ship. |
| Xarlor | 2000 | Mountain King Studios Inc. | Jarrod Davis Software Company | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Xarlor tells the story of a hero named John Blake who must fly to the Infinite Expanse galaxy. Blake needs to grab the high energy yield Corbamite ore for new drive and weapons development. There are however other astro pirates who would also like to earn money on this stock.This is a 3D shareware space shooter. The player uses the keyboard to move the ship freely in the level area and mouse buttons to fire weapons. Ctrl and Alt buttons are used to select one of three available weapons: cannon, pulse or missile. Weapons draw power from the ship's power and power can be charged using Corbamite ore.The game contains six zones with three levels pear each. The soundtrack consists of nineteen compositions. There are several boss fights. The shareware version provides access to the first zone only. |
| Xiama | 2000 | Mulawa Dreaming | Mulawa Dreaming | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | Oceania | | | | | | Windows | Xiama is an interactive puzzle game for the PC. The backdrop behind the puzzles is an Australian rainforest known as Alligator Creek Falls.Approximately 100 puzzles are hidden in the graphics, varying in difficulty from easy to very hard. As one puzzle is solved, other scenes become available containing more puzzles. Each solved puzzle increases the player's score.
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| Xin Juedai Shuangjiao 2 | 2000 | Unistar | UserJoy Technology Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Jiang Xiaoyu was raised in the demon valley. He is highly intelligent and is proficient in demonic techniques that allow him to influence people. Because of that he was nicknamed "Xiao Muo Xing" - "Little Devil Star". He is a sly boy who doesn't think lying and cheating are bad things. Hua Wuque was trained in the palace of Yihua, educated by the two princesses. He became an elegant young man with knowledge of culture and kung-fu arts. He is regarded as a perfect person, but deep down he dislikes the court life and desires adventure.What the two young men do not know is that they are brothers. Separated by a woman driven by hatred and vengeance, Jiang Xiaoyu and Hua Wuque are destined to become enemies. Will they be able to play against the fate and to become brothers again?Xin Juedai Shuangjiao 2 is a direct continuation of the story that began in the first game. In the beginning of the game, you can choose to play as either Jiang Xiaoyu, following his adventures from the first game, or Hua Wuque, as a young boy in Yihua palace. Graphically and gameplay-wise, the game is very similar to the first part. You can once again choose between three difficulty levels and either tun-based or active time battle combat, and use special kung-fu techniques to defeat your enemies.
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| Xtreme Brain Games 12 Pack | 2000 | Dice Multi Media Europe B.V. | Xtreme Games LLC | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Xtreme Brain Games 12 Pack is a compilation of twelve shareware games.The games in the compilation are:
Abalone
Babylon 2
Blinkin
Elimination 2
Jumble Gems
Kalah
Lazgo
Logic Master
PegSol
Push N Pop
Rush Hour
Thinx
Triad |
| You Don't Know Jack 2001 | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | You Don't Know Jack 2001 is a compilation that features two You Don't Know Jack games with a total of 2,000 questions, all from You Don't Know Jack: The Netshow:
You Don't Know Jack: Offline
You Don't Know Jack: Louder! Faster! Funnier! |
| You Don't Know Jack: 5th Dementia | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Jellyvision Games, Inc. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Jack is back. And this time he has the internet with him. For the first time in the long running series, you can play with your mates over the internet. There are 600 questions that must be answered and a new game type called Bug out, where little bugs fly onto the screen and mention a few words. If the words don't go with the clue, you must be the first to buzz in to splat the little guys. Other than that, this is the same Jack that we have (or haven't) known for some time. |
| You Don't Know Jack: Louder! Faster! Funnier! | 2000 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Berkeley Systems, Inc., Jellyvision Games, Inc. | Strategy | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This addition to the offline series of You Don't Know Jack games borrows 1000 questions from various You Don't Know Jack the Net Show episodes. It also adds a new question type, Wendithap'n. With this new question type, players compare two events, then decide whether or not the originally given event occurs before or after a variety of other events; there is also a possibility that one of the latter events never occurred. |
| Zak Zapper | 2000 | Xtreme Games LLC | Memir Software Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Zak Zapper is a single player, keyboard controlled, space invaders type of gameThe player takes the role of Zak Zapper, one of the very few space soldiers left not yet captured by the invading space army of the dastardly Wolfoid. Starting out with basic space invaders game-play, moving right/left across the bottom of the screen while shooting at slowly descending ranks of alien ships, this game evolves as the player collects weapons power-ups from fallen alien ships and as rescued colleagues join in the fight. |
| Zap Pod! | 2000 | | The Code Zone | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Zap Pod! is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation products.Zap Pod! is a simple single player arcade game. The player controls the pod which sits in the centre of the game screen. Enemy ships appear around the pod and the player must destroy them to score points. In the early levels the pod has four guns while in later levels there are eight. The game is controlled via the numeric keyboard and plays in a window which cannot be re-sized. The game features a high score screen and in-game help all of which appear in separate windows. |
| Zebco Pro Fishing 3D: Tournament Edition | 2000 | Head Games Publishing, Inc. | Window Painters Ltd. | Sports | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Zebco Pro Fishing 3D: Tournament Edition is an officially licensed fishing game and the sequel to Zebco Pro Fishing 3D. Despite the title's suggestion, the game is in 2D and presented in an top-down view. The game comes with over 20 different fish, 3 lakes to fish in, 25 different rods and 18 reels. Caught fish can be viewed in the Live Well where you are shown a 3D render. Tournaments last up to 4 days and you can win virtual money to buy new equipment. Water and wind conditions are customizable.The game is controlled completely with the mouse. The player can row his boat around the lake until he has found a suitable fishing location, where he can cast his line and wait for the fish to bite. Once a fish is nibbling the bait the player has to hook it and then reel it in. When you do so you must make sure your line doesn't break by keeping an eye on the tension. |
| ZetriX | 2000 | | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Zetrix is a freeware Tetris variant, in which the player can choose between ten different languages, four difficulty levels (easy, medium, hard and impossible), which distinguish from each other in the falling blocks' speed, four different table sizes and two game modes.Several various shaped blocks are falling down the screen and the player has to combine them to rows by rotating and moving the blocks with the keyboard. When there are no empty spaces left in a line, this particular row disappears. After completing ten rows you reach a higher level and the speed increases. While playing the table moves and a background animation, which changes in every level, tries to complicate your concentration. Apart from these deactivatable features and the improved graphics, Zetrix plays exactly like Alexey Pajitnov's classic, at least in the classic mode.There is also an enhanced mode, which offers additional differently shaped blocks and bonus tiles. Completing a line in which a bonus tile can be found has different effects, depending on the tile. A dynamite filled tile destroys all blocks in its surrounding area, a tile filled with a dollar sign adds 1024 to your score, a transparent blue tile is filled with water and increases the water level at the bottom of the table making it harder for the player and a shining red tile lets the water decrease again.Furthermore, Zetrix offers a multiplayer mode for two players. Playing in a splitscreen mode either via TCP/IP or at the same computer one can choose between three different modes. In the duel the player with the most points win, in the race mode the one wins who has completed 50 rows first and in the co-op mode the players work together. |
| Zork Classics: Interactive Fiction | 2000 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Infocom, Inc. | Adventure, Compilation | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Yet Another Activision Collection of classic Infocom games, this time repackaging the nine commercial text adventures set in the Zork universe, including...The original Zork Trilogy:Zork: The Great Underground EmpireZork II: The Wizard of FrobozzZork III: The Dungeon MasterLater Zork adventures:Beyond Zork: The Coconut of QuendorZork Zero: The Revenge of MegabozThe Enchanter Trilogy:EnchanterSorcererSpellbreakerand... just for the heck of it:Wishbringer |
| shoot-um-up | 2000 | Bloodlust Software | Bloodlust Beta | Action | Diagonal-down | | War | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | shoot-um-up is a simple 2 player VS shooter. Two soldiers are placed on different sides of a dividing line on a battlefield, where they can move around freely on their own side. In addition to the basic gun they're armed with there are also mounted machine guns and turrets placed on the battlefield that can be interacted with for additional firepower.
Each player starts with 100 health, and the first one to deplete the other's health wins.
There are 8 different arenas to choose from, with differing layouts, cover and turret availability. |
| Échecs 3D | 2000 | Data Becker GmbH & Co. KG | | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Board game, Chess | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Échecs 3D is a Windows 9x chess program from the famous German chess programmer Stefan Meyer-Kahlen (of Shredder fame), that first started to win the World Micro Computer Chess Champion in Jakarta (1996).Échecs 3D offers 5 levels of difficulty and is highly configurable. The game also includes a library of 1.000.000 chess plays to show off the skills of famous chess players and masters. These plays are stored in both CBF (Chess Base) or PGN (Portable Game Notation) formats.
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| 1602 A.D. | 2000-01-01 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | Max Design GesMBH | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This release combines the original game Anno 1602: Creation of a New World and its German-only add-on Anno 1602: Erschaffung einer neuen Welt - Neue Inseln, Neue Abenteuer. |
| Blaze & Blade: Eternal Quest | 2000-01-01 | THQ Inc. | T&E Soft, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Blaze & Blade: Eternal Quest is an action RPG where you control a party of four. Character creation allows you to define a player's behaviour as well as their abilities. Your goal is to venture into The Forbidden Land, formerly known as Foresia, and deliver the land from evil. Foresia has been inhabited by monsters and demons since the time of the twelve Wisemen. These monsters and demons often transform into useful items once destroyed. |
| Bust-A-Move 4 | 2000-01-01 | Agetec, Inc., Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Taito Corporation | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bust-A-Move 4 continues the gameplay tradition of the previous game in the series, focusing on releasing colored bubbles and matching them to make them disappear. This installment adds new characters to choose from, as well as a Story mode, where the player wins Tarot cards after each completed stage. In Story mode the player sees the story unfold as he defeats each CPU-controlled character (which change depending on the character the player starts with). The Win Contest mode is a simple "how many games can I win in a row" against the computer. Finally, should the player complete the Challenge mode (where he must complete certain puzzles as fast as possible, and get judged on technique, speed etc.), the Edit mode will become available, which allows players put together their own puzzles, completing with each other. |
| Championship Spades All-Stars | 2000-01-01 | DreamQuest Software | DreamQuest Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Championship Spades All-Stars is a single-player, trick taking, card game in which spades are always the trump suit.Spades is a classic card game for four people. A game consists of several hands of cards and the goal of the game is to score as many points as possible in each hand.
A hand consists of two phases, the bidding phase in which each player evaluates their hand and says how many tricks they think they can take, and the playing of the cards.
Points are scored by making the number of tricks stated, similarly points are lost if the pair fail to hit their target. The scoring system has a penalty system, BAGS, to discourage deliberate underbidding and special bonus cases such as extra points for bidding and taking no tricks at all.
The game is played until one pair exceeds a predetermined score. In this game there are five pre-set variations of Spades:
Standard - where the game is played in pairs with partners helping each other.
Cutthroat - a three player variant where everyone plays for themselves.
Suicide - The same as the Standard game but one player in each pair MUST bid nil on every hand
Mirror - where a player's bid must equal the number of spades in their hand
Insanity - based on the Suicide variation and involving jokers and blind bidding
The rules of any game can be customised to allow jokers, change the target point count that wins a game, allow bonuses for taking ten, or all, tricks, for making/losing a blind bid and more.The game has five difficulty settings, twenty four computer players with customisable personalities to play with / against, the card back, card faces, play area can be changed, and new skins, plug-ins and music files can be both downloaded and created.
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| Choose & Connect | 2000-01-01 | Nismo Mi | | Puzzle | | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Choose & Connect is a single player, mouse controlled, postcard-ware implementation of Connect 4 from the Croatian programming group Niso Mi.This implementation offers 'player v player', 'player v computer' and network play options, a choice of skin, two screen sizes 726x576 & 426x326. What makes this game a little different is the design. The main game area sits in the middle of the player's screen, it cannot be moved and there's no obvious way to start the game. In the lower left are two little arrows, the one pointing to the left opens a menu bar with the start, suit, help options on it while the one pointing downwards shows which player is to make the next move.
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| Flug Simulator für Airbus A 320: Europa Edition | 2000-01-01 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | Rainer Bopf Software | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Europe | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Flug Simulator für Airbus A 320 - Europa Edition is an extensive simulation, in which the player takes over the role of a pilot of an Airbus 320.
119 west European airports and a real cockpit are included, and different flight characteristics, weather and navigation is included.
Every flight starts with a weather briefing, after the flight, a de-briefing takes place. In the integrated career mode, players can progress from student pilot to chief pilot. Qualification and training flights have to be completed next to the normal flights. |
| Football World Manager 2000 | 2000-01-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Ltd. | Caffeine Studios Limited | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Football World Manager 2000 is a football (soccer) management game similar to the earlier Football World Manager released in 1998 with additional features.This game has been enhanced with faster gameplay, more divisions, clubs, teams and matches plus improved player information screens. The database of players now includes close to 30,000 in over 1,400 clubs, 95 divisions, and teams from over 70 countries (20 more countries than the original game). Improve the quality of your teams with training and transfers, the players' performance during competitions with tactics, substitutions, motivation, style, etc., as well as the overall stature of the club in general with stadium changes and financing opportunities. "Match Action" now provides more information to help you make wiser decisions for future competitions. A Tactics Editor is included.The game is mouse controlled and the new right-click function provides quick access to the most important actions. |
| Ultra Flight Pack | 2000-01-01 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ultra Flight Pack is a compilation which contains eight flight simulators, mostly military, but their is also a civil flight simulator included.The one civilian flight simulator:
Flight Unlimited II (1-CD-Version with reduced features)
The seven military flight simulators are from four different eras in time:
World War I:
Flying Corps: Gold
WarBirds: Dawn of Aces
World War II:
WarBirds
Present:
iF-22
F/A-18 Korea
F/A-18 Hornet 3.0
(Near) Future:
Ultra Fighters |
| Kanon | 2000-01-07 | Visual Art's | Key | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Visual novel | | | | | | Developed by | Windows | This all-ages release of Kanon for Windows has all the adult content from the original game removed. Just that. It doesn't have updated scenario or graphical content as the console port or even later Windows all-ages release. |
| Pendulumania | 2000-01-10 | | CANO-Lab | Action, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | From Japan comes a unique game where you are given a ball on a string.The object of the game is to swing your ball around like a pendulum and hit other balls that appear on the screen. Your ball is attached to a string and you need to avoid breaking the string by stretching it too far.There are three kinds of balls that need to be hit. Yellow balls have no affect. Red balls increase the size and weight of your ball, making it easier to hit things, but also easier to break your string. Green balls make your string stronger so it will stretch farther before it breaks. The ball colors are random and you cannot choose to not hit a color in order to avoid the affects caused by the color.There is a time limit on the game. You try to score as many points as possible in that time limit (or until you break your string). Points are based on how far your string is stretched out when you hit a ball and if you have a combo. The best scores come from having combos up over 100 while hitting the balls with the string stretched out far. |
| Des Blood 3 | 2000-01-14 | Illusion | Illusion | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The events of the third installment in Illusion's Des Blood series take place four years after those of the second game. Tokyo of the 22th century is a megalopolis ruled by large-scale criminal organizations, a dark place full of violence. Recently, a new deadly drug has appeared in the city. Two young and pretty police officers, Kelly and Alicia, are sent to track a shipment of the drug to a warehouse. Soon they realize that there is a powerful organization behind the drug dealers, and the investigation turns into a matter of life and death...The gameplay of Des Blood 3 mostly follows the template introduced in the previous game. You choose to control either Kelly (for Easy difficulty level) or Alicia (for Normal one) in the beginning of the game. When you run through a level, controlling your character from a third-person perspective, enemies will pop out at pre-set points. The game then switches into first-person shooter. You can only side-step (not move forwards or backwards) during the battles, and have to aim the cross-hair precisely to defeat the enemies. You collect ammo and health packs after battles and on the field. You can upgrade and customize your guns by finding and equipping different parts and bullets. There are also some sequences in which you control vehicles with mounted weapons.The sex scenes of Des Blood 3 are not interactive, and appear as cut-scenes done with in-game graphics, mostly culminating in a pre-rendered movie. Except for those movies, the entire game is done in real-time 3D. |
| Crime Cities | 2000-01-15 | Eon Digital Entertainment | Techland Soft | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Crime Cities transports gamers to a futuristic world where law and order has long since been replaced by a wave of crime and terror.But who is orchestrating it? That is the question authorities desperately want to find the answer to and they can only see one way to get it--infiltration of the crime organisations known as the Synclides.The Human Federation decides to frame one of its men, Garm Tiger, for treason and disobeying orders and sentences him to spend the rest of his days on one of the planet’s prison cities. This is Garm’s cover as he begins the most crucial mission of his life.Once within the confines of the prison, Garm, alias Johnny Red, effectively becomes a gun-for-hire within this lawless society, exactly what the Human Federation had planned.At the start of the game he is equipped with a small yet highly maneouverable flying combat craft, plus a small amount of credits in his bank account. In Crime Cities, missions are offered to Garm via his GloAdam Hartleyet computer and can be accepted or turned down at the player’s discretion. Objectives include such activities as elimination of targets, search and rescue, and bodyguard roles, with some of these having to be completed in a specific time. The missions will originate from a number of sources: the underworld gangs, shady government organisations, or simply a ruthless businessman who wants to eliminate a competitor. Accepting or declining missions will play a crucial part in the game’s development--should you risk the hard-earned acceptance of one party by taking out its convoy for some quick cash or play it safe? All of the action takes place from the flying craft as you dogfight your way through each city’s myriad of skyscrapers. Correctly identifying targets as you fly through the dense traffic is critical--launch an attack on a neutral pilot by mistake and the police will soon be on your tail. And remember, they are unaware Garm is undercover and have orders to shoot-to-kill.Successful completion of a mission results in various rewards such as money (with which you can upgrade your craft), special bonus weapons, or armor and an improved standing within the criminal fraternity. This increased credibility will lead to better missions being offered and, hence, quicker movement up the criminal hierarchy and the eventual goal of uncovering the criminal mastermind.Deathmatch fans are also well catered for, with Crime Cities allowing 16 players to go head-to-head across a LAN or via the Internet. |
| Games: Soccer | 2000-01-17 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | VR-1, Inc. | Sports, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Games: Soccer is a play-by-email game that lets you challenge a friend to a game of soccer. The game of soccer is somewhat simplified. All defensive actions are done automatically, there's no injuries, substitutions, or player names. You can however choose formations, shirt designs and a team name. Each team member has four stats: pace, defence, offence and stamina. In your turn you can choose from the following options: pass, dribble or shoot at goal. This is all done through simple mouse clicks, if you click on another player it will pass the ball, on the field it will dribble there and clicking on the goal will present an interface of where you want to place the ball. With each action the game determines if you stay in control of the ball through evaluation of the stats from the current player and nearby opponents. As long as you don't lose the ball it stays your turn, but once you lose it the game is mailed to the other player and he takes his turn. |
| Games: NASCAR | 2000-01-17 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | VR-1, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Strategy | | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Games: NASCAR is a play-by-email game in which up to six players can race against each other. In a turn a player has to dodge obstacles and choose a strategic location so other players won't pass him by. At the end of his turn the game state is email to the next player for his turn until the finish line is reached. |
| Games: Clue | 2000-01-17 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | VR-1, Inc. | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Board game | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Games: Clue is a play-by-email version of the classic board game Clue. The game plays just as the board game original. A murder has been committed and the players have to find out who did it in which room with what weapon by comparing the clues they have with the clues of their peers. The game is played in turns. In a turn a player can move around the house and when located in a room suggest a culprit and weapon and ask for clues from the other players that contradict this. Once a turn is finished the game is mailed to the next player who can then do his turn until the circumstances of the death are correctly guessed. |
| Moving Targets | 2000-01-17 | Bloodlust Software | | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Moving Targets is a "massacre simulator". You're given free access to five different weapons (rifle, shotgun, grenades, splinter grenades and fire bombs) and free reign to shoot as many "freds" as you like. More freds can be spawned on command. |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: F/A-18 Simulator | 2000-01-18 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Baltimore | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | War | | Contemporary, Europe | Flight / aviation, Naval / watercraft, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | One of Jane's Combat Simulations' last products, F/A-18 pits the player as an American navy pilot, flying on one side of a Russian civil war around the Kola Peninsula.
The model we get to fly is the F/A-18E Super Hornet, based at the US Carrier Ronald Reagan. The game includes a branching campaign, a complete mission editor and 8-player networkable game. |
| Stephen King's F13: Ctrl, Alt, ...Shiver | 2000-01-18 | Blue Byte Software, Inc. | Presto Studios, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Horror | | | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Stephen King's F13 decks out your computer with a horror aesthetic, offering "deathtop" images, "screamsavers," and a trio of minigames. The capper is a novella entitled Everything's Eventual, a story that brings King's usual themes into a high-tech context. |
| Idinaloq | 2000-01-20 | Namikaze Project | Namikaze Project | Action | | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Idinaloq is an arcade style, 4 level space shoot-em-up with 3D graphics.Earth is under attack by unknown enemies and it is the players task to combat these enemies. The player can choose between four female pilots each with their own unique attack ship. Each ship has it's own unique main weapon. In addition to that, all the ships can fire diagonally forward and diagonally backwards and they are also equipped with a gravity shield that can block many of the enemies weapons. Finally the ships are equipped with a gravity laser that deals massive amounts of damage. Each of the games four levels ends with a level boss. After completing the game once a bonus pilot will be unlocked.The game features no power-ups but unlimited continues. |
| Aces High | 2000-01-24 | HiTech Creations, Inc. | HiTech Creations, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Aces High is a multiplayer game in which three teams fight over domination of the map. The success is measured in ground targets: a team loses when they only have their headquarters left. To capture a target (some have to be simply destroyed), the team has to bring its defenses down and then bring in troops (for example with a C-47). However, this is not enough because - depending on the damage taken - it first has to be built up again. The time this takes depend on various factors, e.g. what other near targets are available, and can be sped up with supply drops by transport aircraft. Available ground installments also have other effects, e.g. the availability of ammo or troops.The majority of of the action is fought in the air with World War II aircraft, but there are also ground (e.g. tanks) and naval vehicles available. The matches itself are of a grand scale and can take multiple hours; afterwards the map is reset. Overall the controls are somewhere between simulation and action. Depending on the arena, which can also be crafted with the editor, the exact winning conditions can be slightly different. While the multiplayer matches are subscription-based, there is also a free offline mode for training included.In the years after release, the game was under continuous development and saw many minor and major changes. This includes World War I vehicles, a tool to record/replay gameplay footage and changes to the technical framework resulting in updated system requirements. |
| Final Fantasy VIII | 2000-01-25 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Regional differences | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Menu structures | Turn-based | Teen | Cinematic camera | Windows | Squall Leonhart is a young man in training to become of member of SeeD - a mercenary organization and the goal of all young students in Balamb Garden. Squall is not a particularly friendly guy and has troubles with his fellow students and teachers. On the eve of his graduation hostilities break out between the city-states of Galbadia and Dollet. As their final test, Squall and three other students are sent on a mission to assist in the fight against Galbadia. In the process they discover that there are other characters pulling strings from behind the stage, and eventually uncover a mystery that involves two decades of secrets hidden both from the world and from themselves.Final Fantasy VIII is set in a "retro" environment reminiscent in some ways of the 1960's, with a few sci-fi and plenty of supernatural elements mixed in. The basic system resembles those of its predecessors: the player navigates a party of characters over a world map, accessing various locations and fighting randomly appearing enemies in turn-based combat of the series' trademark ATB (active time battle) variety. However, character development system has been re-designed.Player-controlled characters in the game have no defined character classes. They can be customized by equipping magic spells, which can be "drawn" from enemies in battles. When used in combat, spells act like expendable items; there are no MP (magic points) in the game. When equipped, they act like armor, raising or lowering character parameters, including resistances to various kinds of magic (elemental, status-changing, etc.). Monster summons (called Guardian Forces in the game) play a very important role in the customization process. They can be "junctioned" to to the characters, acquire ability points (AP) earned from battles along with experience, learn and "teach" characters new abilities, and can also be summoned in battles. Each character can also execute unique powerful attacks or support actions when his or her hit points are low. Many of these attacks require the player to press specific buttons at the right moment to increase their power. New weapons are constructed by collecting materials and bringing them to a blacksmith. The player does not acquire money from random enemies, but instead receives paychecks over time based on the player character's SeeD rank. This rank increases when the characters defeat enemies in battles without summoning Guardian Forces; when the player takes SeeD tests within the game; or, occasionally, when the player chooses a correspondent action or decision for the protagonist during some of the missions. Payments are regular and are calculated by the amount of steps the characters make.Visually, the game resembles its predecessor, featuring 3D graphics for battles and world map exploration, and pre-rendered backgrounds for individual locations. The game's 3D character models are realistically proportioned (as opposed to the "super-deformed" character graphics of the previous game), and the influence of anime art is less noticeable.Like the previous installment, Final Fantasy VIII features several mini-games, the most prominent of which is the card game Triple Triad. Cards can be won in matches or acquired through side quests or by transforming enemy monsters. Many characters in the game can be challenged to a game of Triple Triad, so it is always possible to take a break from saving the world to play cards with the locals. |
| Codename: Eagle | 2000-02-01 | TalonSoft, Inc. | Refraction Games AB | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | It is 1917 and the powerful Tsar of Russia has been assassinated. His son, Pietre, turns his nation into the ultimate war machine. With overwhelming speed, Russia's forces storm through her neighbors and stand poised to conquer the world. The remaining free nations of the world
form an alliance aimed at stopping the new Russian superpower, with you as its best hope for success. Codename: Eagle is a plot-driven first-person shooter. You will be on a series of missions in an alternate history 1920's Russia, from stealing biplanes and shooting down chasers to fighting rabid wolves in the wilderness. There is multiplayer support with many servers, large levels to explore, and a variety of enemies to shoot.
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| MozPong DX | 2000-02-01 | | | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | MozPong DX is an updated version of MozPong, a game heavily inspired by the classic Breakout, but with its own twist.MozMoz-kun, a kid with a bowl cut, has to break all the eggs on the screen by bouncing a round, pig-like animal named Butasan on his head. Once the eggs are cracked, baby chicks fall out of them, which he must then grab. The more baby chicks he catches in a row, the bigger the bonus points he'll get for them. But if he misses just one, the streak is broken and he has to start again. Once he collects twelve baby chicks, the "Baby Chick Roulette" on the side of the screen will start up. This roulette can earn you bonus points, special power-ups, or other bonuses!There are also special eggs in the playfield. Some eggs need more than one hit to be cracked open; a Rainbow Egg will give you the chance to use two Butasans at the same time; and a bomb will destroy any eggs that are around it when it blows up.But you have to watch out for Josephine; if you let her catch you, you won't be able to move for a few seconds, which may cause you to lose your Butasans!Unlike the original Macintosh version, MozPong DX was recoded to run natively on Microsoft Windows systems using DirectX. Three difficulties are now available, each one with its own set of levels. A level creator is also included in the program, and you can now create and load level replays so you can show off your skills at the game! |
| Puzzle Trouble | 2000-02-01 | AIM Productions NV | Soft Enterprises GmbH | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Puzzle Trouble is a Tetris variant with coloured squares which fall from the top of the screen. The player's goal is to arrange three or more blocks in a vertical or horizontal line. Then the blocks vanish and the player gets points.
An interesting modification of the original concept is that not only the falling blocks can be manipulated but also the blocks already on the game field. To do so the block is marked with space and moved with the arrow keys.Additionally the player can earn himself a joker by recreating a block structure which is shown on the top left, e.g. an "L". In the multiplayer mode, a part of the erased blocks appear on the opponent's side to hinder his progress. |
| TalonSoft's Rising Sun | 2000-02-01 | TalonSoft, Inc. | TalonSoft, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, Oceania, World War II | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | The Japanese empire started in 1941, with the founding of "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere". From Manila to Guam to New Zealand, the flag of Rising Sun flew overhead. Take either the Allies or Japan in over 30 scenarios of combat that traces the rise and fall of the Japanese Imperial Army with full order of battle for both sides in this hex-maped turn-based strategy wargame. |
| Disney•Pixar Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! | 2000-02-02 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | Contemporary | | Direct control | Real-time | Everyone | Cinematic camera | Windows | Woody has been stolen from the bedroom, ready to be sold to the highest bidder by an evil toy collector. It's up to good friend Buzz Lightyear to fight his way through from the bedroom to the outside world in order to save Woody from the toy market and bring him home.All of the characters from the 3D animated movie appear through-out this 3D platform game to help Buzz get to where he is needed. Along with the use of his cannon, Buzz can jump to hard to reach places, also useful in collecting the hidden coins that open bonus levels. |
| Liga Polska Manager 2000 | 2000-02-02 | MarkSoft | MGroup | Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | The fourth installment in MarkSoft's Liga Polska Manager series of football management games. This new edition received completely new design and interface by abandoning animations and video in favor of enhanced graphics and text mode. Besides the graphics many other improvements have been added, such as: friendly games with foreign clubs, buying games, independent events, rental of players, enhanced infrastructure, talent scouts, match summary, increased number of parameters of the players (to eight), extensive training, hiring coaches, investments in the stock market, updated lineups of teams and players.The player starts the game on July 1999.The game has a built in editor of teams and players.All players are described by: dribble, pass, tackling, speed, fair play, shot, susceptibility to injury, form. During the match all the interesting situations are presented in text form. |
| Go For It! | 2000-02-03 | | | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Go For It is a simplistic collect-em-up for one or two player(s). An object appears on the screen and the first player to drive into it collects it. The first player to collect 25 such objects wins the game.This game was created using Allegro. |
| The Sims | 2000-02-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Maxis Software Inc. | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Life / social simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | The Sims is a real-time simulation game where you simulate the lives of one or more people in a family and their social activities in their immediate neighborhood.Characters of the family may be custom created (including physical features) or simply chosen from pre-generated families. All the characters also have two age groups, children and adults. Each age group has different lifestyles, priorities and interests.Game play in the Sims may be classified as the following: Life Simulation
This revolves around simulating their day-to-day lives. From eating, sleeping, entertainment, socializing and romance, you are in complete control of their actions if you choose to. Each Sim has a statistics that may be developed. Some of which identify certain desires the Sim in mention may require. Your role in simulating their lives is primarily to keep them happy by fulfilling their desires.Controlling the Sims people is optional, as they follow their own Artificial Intelligence unless commanded otherwise by the player. The Architect
Designing and furnishing your home is an integral part of the game play. Pre-generated houses may be purchased at the beginning of the game, or you can design and build your future home from scratch. Furnishing consists of acquiring various items that may be manipulated by your Sims to fulfill their needs. Designing houses and furnishing costs money, which may be obtained through jobs. Character Development and Careers
Adult Sims may acquire jobs to pay for the many necessities of living a simulated life. There are several different job track available, from Entertainment, Law Enforcement, Politics and even a life of crime! Promotion in a job requires the Sim to advance in certain statistics (e.g. Charisma, Strength) which may be done so by manipulating the various items available for purchase. |
| JBall | 2000-02-07 | Jaibo Software | Jaibo Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Astute Dibs is a puzzle game inspired by Color Lines with some elements of the board game checkers. The objective is to eliminate as many "dibs" balls as possible for the highest points.The gameplay field is a 9x9 grid on which various colored "dibs" appear. With the mouse, select any dib to be moved. Each dib can only be moved one space at a time, like in checkers. The removal is done by jumping the selected dib over two or more others, either the same color or another, in straight lines. Cornering can be marked in the dib's "path" with a right click of the mouse.It features three difficulty settings, two different skins (standard and Balls Mania), 24-bit graphics, original sounds and MIDI music. |
| Anstoss 3: Der Fußballmanager | 2000-02-10 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | ANSTOSS 3: Der Fußballmanager is the third main game in the German ANSTOSS series. The player takes care of the financial and athletic success of his soccer club. For this purpose, most time is spent in menus (the player can switch between the menu bar known from predecessor, a text menu or an office) to work on the various possibilities, e.g. training, tactics, transfers, merchandising, and so on. The player also can take the role of a national coach. The matches are either watched in a full 3D representation or in the text mode in which all interesting match situations are described in text form.This installment is based on ANSTOSS 2 and adds new features and possibilities for practically every menu point. Examples are the simulated private life of the athletes with about 200 individual character abilities, relationships between players or more possibilities for managing youth teams. The player also has total control over the club compound; he can construct many buildings which may or may not have a relationship to soccer or a financial gain, including up to three stadiums. |
| Babel | 2000-02-11 | | Illuminated Design | Adventure | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | Detective / mystery | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | Babel is a text adventure / interactive fiction game. It was developed using the T.A.D.S., the Text Adventure Development System, and runs in a browser window as it is written in HTML. The player takes the role of a character with amnesia who wakes up in a research station in the Arctic. As the station is explored pieces of the story, about who you are and what happened here, are revealed in flashbacks.The game can be played entirely via the keyboard though a mouse is useful to access commands via the menu bar.
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| The Legend of Lotus Spring | 2000-02-14 | Women Wise | Xing Xing Computer Graphics, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This game brings to life a 19th century Chinese love story between an emperor and his mistress. You play in first person through the eyes of Xian Feng, emperor of the Manshu dynasty Qing, as he recalls memories of his time with his lovely concubine, He Han Qu, whom he affectionately named Lotus Spring.Explore one of China's most historic and beautiful locations, Yuan Ming Yuan (the Garden of Perfect Brightness), where Lotus Spring spent her life after being banished to that place by the jealous Dowager Empress CiXi, the emperor's first wife.Wander leisurely through lush Chinese gardens, flower-bordered pathways and authentically recreated buildings as the bittersweet story unfolds. You'll learn about the culture and traditions of China as a natural part of the storytelling. As objects are examined, collected and used you'll unlock Feng's memories of his relationship with Lotus Spring one by one.The game employs still graphic backgrounds with QuickTime technology for motion and video cut-scenes. |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki | 2000-02-16 | Bisco Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki is a tactical strategy game set in 16th century feudal Japan. It is the sixth game in the Nobunaga's Ambition war simulation series. The player can educate warlords and increase their fighting power. He/she can let them go into battle and check their statuses in the meantime. It is possible to have dozens of opponents fighting alone in a given scenario.
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| Nox | 2000-02-16 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Westwood Pacific | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | NoxJandor, the legendary hero of Nox, defeated evil necromancers and trapped their souls in an orb, which was then cast into another dimension. Years later, the necromancer Hecubah discovered that the orb was in the possession of Jack Mower, an ordinary guy who lives in a trailer somewhere on our Earth with his girlfriend. Hecubah retrieves the orb, which greatly increases her power, making her particularly dangerous to the inhabitants of Nox. However, Jack is teleported to Nox along with the orb, and appears to be the only one who can stop Hecubah.Nox is an action role-playing game. It has similarities to Diablo, having isometric perspective and fast-paced action-oriented combat. The RPG elements, however, are less prominent than in Diablo, with the player character gaining experience for vanquishing enemies and leveling up automatically after completing the linear main quests. In the beginning of the game the player must choose a character class for Jack, making him either a fighter, a conjurer, or a wizard. The fighter is physically strong but can only use melee weapons or a few special combat abilities; the conjurer fights with bows and can summon monsters to help him in combat; the wizard has low hit points and cannot equip many weapons, compensating this with a vast array of magic spells.The multiplayer component consists of modes that are normally found in online first-person shooters, including Deathmatch (sub-divided into "free for all", team, and clan modes), Capture the Flag, as well as other variations of competitive gameplay such as Flagball, King of the Realm, and Elimination.Nox QuestNox Quest is a download-only add-on to Nox. It updates the base game to version 1.2 and adds to it a new multiplayer mode. Unlike the multiplayer of the base game, it is a co-operative mode allowing up to six players to fight their way through randomly generated interconnected areas. Player-controlled characters cannot attack each other and must work together as a party and protect each other in order to complete the scenario. All the characters start at level 10 and do not acquire additional experience; instead, they become stronger by procuring better items and equipment. Players fight against monsters who respawn indefinitely until the obelisks that generate them are destroyed. Other features include the necessity to obtain special keys to open chests and a save feature that teleports fallen characters to specific areas. The game ends when all player-controlled characters are defeated. |
| PBA Tour Bowling 2 | 2000-02-16 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The officially licensed PBA bowling game has realistic physics model, fully modeled 3D bowlers, and the highly accurate ball, lane and pin physics, and more. Customize lane condition, the ball, and the bowler down to the minutest detail. New camera angles let you admire your strikes. |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 (included games) | 2000-02-17 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Corporation | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system. Besides the functionalities of an OS, Windows 2000 contains a number of games. As these are not available stand-alone, they are considered part of a compilation:
3D Pinball
FreeCell
Minesweeper
Spider Solitaire
Solitaire
3D Pinball:This is the Space Cadet table of Full Tilt! Pinball.Minesweeper:In this game the player must reveal the location of mines by marking them. This is done by revealing empty fields, these contain numbers indicating how many mines are directly adjacent, ranging from 0 (no number, automatically reveals adjacent 0-fields) up to 8 (completely surrounded by mines).If a mine is clicked on, all mines are revealed and the game ends. If all mines are marked, the player wins the game.The game can be played in three game modes, increasing the size of the playfield and the amount of mines in there.Note: the beginner mode is now 9*9, unlike in the predecessor versions.Solitaire:In this card game the goal is to put all the cards sorted (ace, two, ..., queen, king) by color into the four fields at the top.When starting a game, the target fields are empty, the main field consists of 7 piles or cards, whereby only the top one is visible, also in an ascending amount (left side one card, right side 7 cards), and the rest of the cards are in one pile at top left.Cards can only be moved from one pile to another when putting a lower card of the opposite color on a higher card, when the pile is empty, kings can be placed there, and finally, when the target piles are empty, only aces can be put there (then twos on aces, etc.).Depending on the setting, the player either takes one or three cards from the top left pile.When all cards are sorted in the target piles, the player has won the game. If no more allowed moves are possible, the player has lost the game.Spider SolitaireUnlike Solitaire, the entire playfield is used here. There are 10 piles of cards, and only the top cards are revealed. Cards are moved in the same manor as in Solitaire.The task is to again sort the cards in question.Unlike Solitaire, the player does not get one or three new cards from the pile containing the rest of the cards, but an entire set of 10 cards, which are put on top (below) the revealed cards.There are three game modes, which vary upon the number of different colors; one, two or four. (With one color, the cards can directly sorted without the need of using opposite colored cards.)The game ends in success if they are all sorted, or in failure if no more moves are possible.FreeCellThe goal of FreeCell is the same as the standard Solitaire game: sort the 52 cards incrementally by face value into stacks of their respective suits. There are four designated spots (one for each suit) on the top right of the playing field for players to begin accumulating cards, starting with the Ace and finishing with the King. All cards are dealt face-up at the start of the game, providing the player with 8 columns of 6 or 7 cards each. For movement and sorting of the cards, the usual Solitaire rules apply ( e.g. black 6 over red 7).Players can make use of up to four place holders, where unwanted or unusable cards can temporarily be placed. Any card can be stored in any place holder at any time, and removing them frees the space so that it can be used again.Once all cards have been sorted and placed in their proper spaces, the player wins. The player loses when no additional moves are available. |
| beatmania Da!! | 2000-02-17 | Hands On Entertainment Inc. | Hands On Entertainment Inc., Prime System Development Co., Ltd. | Educational | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | beatmania Da!! is a mix between the music rhythm gameplay of beatmania and a typing tutor. As in regular beatmania, notes descend from the top of the screen toward a bar, timed to cross the bar in time with elements of the music. Each note has a letter above it, which must be typed on the keyboard at the proper time to play the music. At certain points in each song, notes with phrases will appear, and the full phrase must be typed before the note reaches the bar in order to play it. There are a total of 10 songs, most of them taken from the arcade beatmania games. |
| Polaris SnoCross | 2000-02-18 | Vatical Entertainment LLC | Vicarious Visions, Inc., Driver-Inter, Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Snowmobile | | | Everyone | | Windows | As the title implies, Polaris SnoCross is a game based on the sport of snowmobile racing. It has 3 available modes (Single Event, Instant Action, and Tournament) and supports up to 4 players.
In Single Event, the player can select any of the 5 sleds available for racing. The player can also select the rider suit and the race’s difficulty. Tricks and stunts can also be performed while in-game. The current mode supports up to 4 human players.Instant Action instantly lets you in on the game by randomly selecting the sled, track, time of day and weather conditions.In Tournament, the player can select to play in a new one or continue from a previously saved game. There are 7 events in the Tournament mode and each one consists of a 3 day race (3 races basically). Only one is available at first but each time the player successfully complete an event another of higher difficulty is unlocked. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII | 2000-02-18 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Like its predecessors, Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII is a grand strategy game set in the Three Kingdoms period in the history of China. The game offers various scenarios based on historical events that occurred in the late 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, beginning with the fall of the Han Dynasty. China is split into several states, and the leaders of each one try to conquer the others and become the sole leader of the Middle Country. The seventh game of the series contains some changes, such as 3D graphics and the ability to play as any one of the main historical characters. Similarly to the previous games, the game focuses on governing a nation, managing its economy, diplomacy, as well as military planning and preparation. Turn-based tactical battles occur when one nation invades another. |
| Mystery Mansion | 2000-02-19 | | | Adventure | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | Detective / mystery | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | Text parser | Real-time | | | Windows | An early (late '70s) HP minicomputer text adventure game, this one begins with the player dropped off by a taxi outside the locked gate of an estate containing an eponymous mysterious mansion, at the end of an endless "hideous highway". The grounds are surrounded by dense and difficult-to-navigate (even with the assistance of obligatory magic words) woods. Can the player find a way into the cubic building (three floors of 3x3 rooms), treasure-hunting ensues, as well as solving a murder mystery -- if the player can avoid becoming another victim of the murderer! The clock is always running, and should the player dally, the mansion, along with its treasures, its host of resident NPCs, and the player itself, all are incinerated in a house fire sparked suspiciously (or, dare I say... mysteriously?) at the stroke of midnight. |
| Phantom of Inferno | 2000-02-25 | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Thriller | Visual novel | Contemporary | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | During a trip to America, a 15-year-old Japanese boy is left fighting for his life after witnessing a gruesome murder by an assassin. Impressed by the boy's will to survive, the group responsible for the murder, a shadowy organization named Inferno, kidnaps him and wipes his memories, intending to shape him into an assassin himself. Upon awakening in his new life, the boy is given the codename "Zwei" and is forced to train under the organization's top assassin - or "Phantom" - a girl codenamed Ein who is no older than himself. After Zwei completes his training and progresses onto his first assignments, he faces danger and betrayal as he learns that not all of his allies are truly as they seem, followed by a new dilemma when Inferno threatens to draw an innocent girl into their ranks, mirroring the events of his own past.Phantom of Inferno is an action thriller visual novel. As a visual novel, the gameplay consists of reading the text on screen and periodically making a decision through the eyes of Zwei that will influence the direction of the story.This version, the first version of Phantom of Inferno, was written by Gen Urobuchi and includes scenes with sexual content. It does not feature voice acting. |
| Wonder Parallel Wars I & II | 2000-02-25 | Mink Co. Ltd. | Mink Co. Ltd. | Compilation, Strategy | Top-down | | Adult | Board game, Chess | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Wonder Paraller Wars I & II is a compilation of the two PC-98 Wonpara games, Wonpara Wars I and Wonpara Wars II, ported for Windows 95. |
| 10six Online | 2000-02-28 | SegaSoft, Inc. | PostLinear Entertainment, SegaSoft, Inc. | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | | | Windows | 10six Online is an on-line only action/adventure game, meant to become the world's first 1 million player game. It runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even when you're not in the game, so you better not let your defenses down. The game is based on a planet in the galaxy called Visitor. There is a metal on the planet that can only be gotten there, called Transnium (TU). The object of the game is to sell as much TU as possible. You have to join a mining corperation on the planet, then claim a plot of land (camp). Sound easy? Well, it's a bit harder then that for there are many other people on the planet that want your camp and its TU. So you'll have to build turrets and rovers to help defend your investment from all the other people on the planet, and join an MDN. The more camps you build, the more money you get for selling your TU, and the more there is to defend. But you have to sell TU to make money, and the more money you have, the more powerful you will become. Also, you aren't the only person with rovers and many camps, many other people also have a lot of camps. The game takes place in a fully 3-d environment, in real time, and uses advanced AI on all the turrets and rovers. |
| NASCAR 2000 | 2000-02-29 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Stormfront Studios | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | This NASCAR stock car racing simulation is a sequel of sorts to NASCAR Revolution. The game features 18 real world tracks plus several fantasy road courses, and 30 active NASCAR drivers plus some "legend" drivers.Game modes include quick races, full weekend events, a full or abridged championship series, a Race Against the King mode where you race against Richard Petty in a series of events, and multiplayer support for up to 4 players. Updated physics and AI help the game aim for more realism. |
| Nogginknockers X: The Duel | 2000-02-29 | Bloodlust Software | Bloodlust Software | Action, Sports | Side view | | Comedy | Paddle / Pong | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Nogginknockers X: The Duel is the third main entry in the Nogginknockers series. It's a violent take on the classic Pong game, where two contestants bat a severed head back and forth, trying to get it past the opponent to score points.There are 8 different characters with their own special moves, though rather than being individually selectable they're chosen in pairs for 4 sets of "duels". Each duel takes place on its own arena with unique interactive elements. |
| Armagetron | 2000-03-01 | | | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | 3D 'tron' clone. Players race 3D lightcycles at high speed around a game grid. The lightcycles leave trails which can cut off and kill other players (or yourself). Drive close to the walls to gain speed.Gameplay against up to four players split-screen on a single computer, or 17 players over the internet. Supports team play, multiple camera settings, fully configurable physics, smart AI and colorful 3D graphics. |
| Daikōkai Jidai IV: Porto Estado with Power Up Kit | 2000-03-01 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Daikōkai Jidai IV: Porto Estado with Power Up Kit is a compilation of Daikōkai Jidai IV: Porto Estado and Daikōkai Jidai IV: Porto Estado Power Up Kit. |
| Der Klomanager | 2000-03-01 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Anvil-Soft | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Der Klomanager sets you up against up to three other opponents (AI or other players on the same screen) which all compete for the toilet empire in a big city.Every toilet lot consist of four toilets. In order to function, you need to euip them with the four basics: toilet bowl, toilet seat, toilet paper and a flush. Every item comes in different flavors but not everything is available from the start. Also you can add mink toilet paper from the start, you won't have access to the best available toilet seat. In order to gain access to more advanced and more exclusive parts, you need to invest money into research. Depending on how much money you put into it, you've a higher chance of getting a better new part out of it.To make your toilets even more attractive, you can also add little things like a soap- or condom dispenser in the toilet room. Depending on the inventory and the price you set for every toilet, you'll get more or less visitors and thus more or less money at the end of a round.But the life of a toilet manager isn't so easy. Either the visitors damage or vomit in your toilets or your enemy decides to send over a saboteur to just that. To make your day even worse, the health office could decide to grant you a visit and look if everything is clean. Depending on the level of filth you can lose an entire lot over this visit. Of course you can also bring all this upon your enemy. It's also possible to scatter rumors about the condition of a lot in order to discourage visitors to go there in the first place.Even without the health office, you won't get much money for not working and dirty toilets so you've to always clean up the mess in your lots at the beginning of a round. |
| F/A-18E Super Hornet | 2000-03-01 | Titus France SA | Digital Integration Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Asia, Contemporary, Europe | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | Take the F/A-18E Super Hornet to the skies in this detailed carrier aircraft simulation. Fully clickable cockpit, accurate avionics suite, and over 40 missions in the Barents Sea and Indian Ocean to test your skills. |
| Sammy Sosa Softball Slam | 2000-03-02 | 3DO Company, The | Team .366 | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | For people who think Sammy Sosa's High Heat Baseball is too hard... This is a title from 3DO that uses the same engine, but in a much more down-to-earth manner playing softball. Edit/customize the team players. Choose different playing fields (from backyard to a stadium.) Practice, play a single game or a tournament against seven other teams. If you're good, maybe you'll get to play Sammy's Slammers for the championship... |
| The Alchemist | 2000-03-02 | Computer Systems Odessa Corp. | Computer Systems Odessa Corp. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Isometric | Windows | The Alchemist is a puzzle game in which the player is given a set of coloured vials and he takes one at a time and places it on a field of the isometric board. Then the set gets replenished with another vial.The goal is to recreate a pattern with identically coloured vials which is shown in right side of the screen. Then the vials vanish. The game ends when there is no more space on the board to place new vials. The vials can be rotated - the ones on the board too - which is important to match the pattern. The game features 13 different boards and patterns, an internet high score list and an editor. The shareware version has a limit on figures in play. |
| Army Men: Air Tactics | 2000-03-07 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Take to the skies with this new addition to the Army Men series. This time you must take control of the latest air attack machines in the world of war, and bash the plastic out of the Tan forces before they do it to you!! Fly through the bathroom, clash in the sandbox or destroy the flower garden, the choice is yours. Plus four new ways to clash with your pals. |
| Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer | 2000-03-07 | 3DO Company, The | New World Computing, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | For over a thousand years, the races of the Ancients and the Kreegans were waging an interstellar war. Eventually, the heroes of the planet Enroth and their allies managed to stop the invading Kreegans. However, the Ancients would rather see an entire world annihilated than let it fall into the hands of their sworn enemies. A planeswalker named Escaton, serving the Ancients, arrives on the continent of Jadame and unleashes a great storm, damaging the borders to Elemental Planes. Terrifying creatures begin to invade Enroth. Unexpectedly, the fate of the world lies in the hands of a lowly caravan guard from Dagger Wound Islands.Day of the Destroyer is the eighth installment in the Might and Magic series, and a sequel to For Blood and Honor. The game's engine is virtually unchanged from the one used in the sixth game, apart from a few minor tweaks. The biggest difference from all the previous games in the series is the player's inability to create an entire party. Instead, the player generates one character, while the others at first act as NPCs in the game world and must be recruited. The active party can hold up to five characters. Instead of the traditional classes, the differentiation of the characters is mainly manifested in their races, which include, among others, minotaurs, vampires, and dark elves. The player can also choose to ally with different factions and complete different quests for them. |
| Central High | 2000-03-08 | Compu-Teach | Destiny Interactive | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Contemporary | | Menu structures | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Billed as an "interactive movie", Central High stars Kevin, an average teenager who goes to high school and spends time with his nuclear family. Unbeknownst to everyone, a "super-intelligent alien life force" plans to destroy Earth due to rampant greed, corruption, and violence. It will only stop if Kevin demonstrates his virtue over the next six days. As Kevin, the player must guide him through his day-to-day life while attempting to only make morally correct choices. These choices are presented in the form of quick-time events, where the player must react to situations occurring around them from a given selection of choices. For example, when a student on crutches trips, the player is prompted to either immediately help him, ask him if he needs help, or just ignore him. Any wrong choices causes one of six bulbs to light up at the bottom of the screen: if all six light up, the world is destroyed. This also erases the player's save file, requiring them to restart from the beginning.Central High was designed to teach morality to adolescents. It was heavily promoted by the governor of Oklahoma at the time, Frank Keating, and copies of the game were reportedly shipped to every school in the state. |
| Tromaball | 2000-03-08 | Troma Entertainment | Bloodlust Software | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Simply put, this is a Troma films-themed Pong-type ball-and-paddle game, programmed using Clickteam's The Games Factory, in which the left and right paddles are represented by Troma characters The Toxic Avenger and Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD, respectively, volleying Troma chief Lloyd Kaufman's increasingly-battered head back and forth in place of a ball, all in front of cheesecake still images from Troma productions. Points are scored when the head passes the player-paddle into the endzone-goal. Spicing things up in classic Bloodlust fashion, each player has a themed primary and secondary attack, used to alter or divert the trajectory of the head... er, ball. |
| Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas | 2000-03-09 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | n-Space, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | As in the first game, Die Hard Trilogy 2 is broken up into three types of gameplay: shootin', drivin', and runnin' around. The game can be played either in Movie mode, which manages to tell what little story there is while alternating between gameplay types, or Arcade mode, which lets you pound through all of the shooting or driving levels at once (complete with extra bonus levels). |
| Big Patience | 2000-03-10 | Lena Games | Lena Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Big Patience is a single-player, shareware collection of solitaire games. It's interface and help screens are available in both English and Dutch.The current versions of the game are v1.03 for the MAC OS and v5.02 for Windows and the games in these versions are: Aces Up, Agnes, Aribert, Baker's Dozen, Beleaguered Castle, Big Harp, Black Hole, Blind Alleys, Braid, Canfield, Cat's Tail, Chameleon, Chinese, Crescent, Cruel, Dogs to the Basket, Duke, Eagle Wing, Eight Sphinxes, Fair Market, Fans, First and Last, Flower Garden, Forest House, Forty Thieves, Four Packages, Four Seasons, Fourteen Out, Free Cell, Gaps, Golf, Gothic Castle, Icebreaker, Kings Corners, Klondike, Look of Fortune, Merry Twos, Monte Carlo, Napoleon's Tomb, New Fashioned, Octagon, Osmosis, Parterre, Peacock, Penguin, Pyramid, Rouge et Noir, Royal Marriage, Scorpion, Shifted Cross, Spider, Star, Sultan, Sun, Swedish Packet, Threes, Trial, Windmill, Women's Kingdom, and Yukon.The games are played entirely with the mouse. It has a choice of backgrounds, card decks, a save game feature and a game customisation feature.The shareware game is valid for twenty-one days and contains a reduced set of games. |
| Fierce Harmony | 2000-03-10 | Kesmai Corporation | Indigo Moon Productions Inc. | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Fierce Harmony is a online 3D sword-fighting game where players battle each other to ultimately become the mightiest warrior in the Nexus. Players strategically plan their attacks by selecting/creating offensive and defensive actions then fight to the death in the arena. Each warrior has natural strengths and weaknesses which can be greatly effected depending on which of the Nexus' twelve fantasy arenas the battles occur. The player's warrior is rewarded with energy, power, and experience for each fight he is victorious. |
| KiKi KaiKai | 2000-03-10 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Taito Corporation | Action | Top-down | | | Platform, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The youngest child of a mysteriously disappeared family didn't join the family on a journey to a far and unknown place to board an odd ark because she had to keep on cultivating their land. An humble peasant spread the word: a creature coming from the underworld took away the ark!The girl must have been touched by the hand of luck... and she alone is the only one who can save and take them safely back home.You can move around in eight directions, trying to defend yourself against the attacks of creatures coming from the underworld.
You can defend yourself by means of scrolls with obscure magician runes, throwing cards and other weapons to be picked up en route.The magic cards and magic spells have a limited range or last only for a short period of time but can be powered up by collecting the runes found after destroying a formation of red flames-shaped enemies or waving an black and white flag.
Several items (mostly pearls) will be found along the way and can be picked up and used to defeat the enemy creatures.A round consist of multiple scenes (areas) and each scene is completed when the Scene Guard has been defeated and when a round is completed one family member will be free and return safely home... |
| Luchshie igry 2000 | 2000-03-10 | 1C Company | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation of the "best 2000 games by 1C" includes:
Beyond Atlantis
ōdi∙um
Dača kota Leopol'da ili osobennosti myšinoj ohoty
Rage of Mages II: Necromancer
Total Soccer 2000The package also contains:
ōdi∙um T-shirt.
Tzar: The Burden of the Crown poster
Legend of the North: Konung poster
1C monitor brush
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| Superbike 2000 | 2000-03-10 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Milestone s.r.l. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Superbike 2000 is the second episode of the EA Sports Superbike series with greatly improved graphics including motion captured animation and a completely new bike handling system. The first appearance of a PlayStation version, it is more arcade oriented than the first game. |
| Syndicate Wars + Warhammer: Dark Omen | 2000-03-10 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation is part of Electronic Arts' EA Classics-budget-series.Like the title suggests, the compilation contains the following two games:
Syndicate Wars
Warhammer: Dark Omen |
| Galaxy of Games: Red Edition | 2000-03-13 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Galaxy Of Games: Red Edition is a compilation of casual and special edition games. It is one in a series of compilations in the Galaxy of Games range that are denoted by a different colour, there are Green, Yellow, Blue editions and others. When the CD is inserted it runs automatically installing a menu system for the compilation and nothing more. When a game is selected for the first time it is installed, later selections from the same menu will then run the game.
The games, which are grouped into three 'pages', consist of:
Page 1: Playground,
DemonStar v3.21 SE,
Crazy Puzzle SE,
Solitary Confinement,
B.U.G.S.,
Discover Painting For Kids, Discover Painting For Kids,
Galaxy Slots,
Castle VideoPoker,
US Slots, and
Memory Match by John Turner
Page 2: 31 by John Turner,
Moon Buggy,
Star Miner SE,
Jewel Jam SE,
Chinese Checkers SE,
Raptor SE,
Solitaire - a twenty five game special edition,
"Miniverse MiniGolf listed as 'Mini Golf Master SE,
Moonshot by Chet Foley,
Nebula Fighter
Page 3:
Crazy Drake SE,
Speedy Eggbert SE,
Extreme B.U.G.S. SE,
Wordsearch Mania! SE,
Garret SE, and finally
Wendy's Word Game
SE in the above list denotes a Special Edition, or Standard Edition - the meaning of the initials varies from game to game but in essence this version has fewer levels than the full game.
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| Taikō Risshiden II | 2000-03-14 | Acer TWP Corp | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | Taikō Risshiden II is a follow-up to Taikou Risshiden. The game has a new map which spreads to Shikoku, Kyushu and Tōhoku so that the player character can attack or defend more castles and roam more towns. The player character can serve under other clan they should desire. They may do so by traveling to their location and by building friendly ties with them. In general, the sequel retains the basic gameplay principle of the first game, but expands the playing area. |
| Croc 2 | 2000-03-15 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Argonaut Games PLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Croc is on a quest to find his parents. However, Baron Dante has kidnapped the Gobbos kings. Croc then turns his attention to rescue all of the Gobbos kings.You travel across 48 levels in this free roaming 3D game. You have to beat all the levels in a village (except the secret level) to move on to the next one. In each village, (except the 4th village) are 5 regular levels, 2 bosses, and 1 secret level. Regular levels are levels where you just beat them and get certain items in them.Bosses are levels where you go through one section then fight a monster at the end. Secret levels are levels where you collect the jigsaw piece. Once you collect the jigsaw piece in all 4 secret levels and defeat Baron Dante, Swap Meet Pete will take you to the lost levels. |
| Operation Spacehog | 2000-03-15 | Free Lunch Design AB | Free Lunch Design AB | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Operation Spacehog is a classic 2D side scrolling shoot'em up where players have to blast their way through space defending mother Earth from evil invading aliens. Three different pilots with their own characteristics can be selected from which adds some replayability. For each completely destroyed wave of enemies a power up token is awarded which can be used to but extra equipment for the craft like more fire power, heat seeking missiles, etc. Additionally, the game also supports for two simultaneous players for extra competitive action.
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| Ultimate Hunt Challenge Pack | 2000-03-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Seattle, Inland Productions, Inc. | Compilation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting | | | Daniel Bernard | | Teen | | Windows | A special combo pack of Deer Hunt Challenge, Pheasant Hunt Challenge, and Turkey Hunt Challenge.Prove your skills as you rise from Greenhorn novice to Master Hunter. There are over 100 different "missions" for you play packed on three CD's. You can compete online in multiplayer hunts. Need practice? Play target shooting to hone your skills. This is your basic hunting simulation with three different animals and terrains. |
| Allegiance | 2000-03-16 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Research Games | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view, Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Everyone | | Windows | Allegiance is an online multiplayer game (the only offline component is the tutorial) with action and strategy elements, comprising a fusion of real-time strategy and spaceflight combat simulation. Originally developed by Microsoft Research, the game was published for multiplayer play on Microsoft's Gaming Zone platform in 2000 under the name Allegiance Zone. The game was not commercially successfully, and its servers were shut down in 2002.In its two years of operation, the game acquired a loyal and active player community who continued to play using player-made LAN servers and client software. In 2004, Microsoft released the game's source code under a Microsoft Shared Source license, and the community has since maintained the game under the name FreeAllegiance. In 2017, the community sought to bring the game to Steam, and Microsoft changed the license to an MIT license, and it is now freely playable on Steam as Microsoft Allegiance. The community continues to operate at the FreeAllegiance web site at www.freeallegiance.org as of January 2021.Allegiance features six playing modes: (1) deathmatch, (2) deathmatch with a time restriction, (3) capture the flag, (4) prosperity (generating a certain income), (5) artifacts (searching for artifacts), and (6) conquest (conquering all systems). Up to 75 players can participate in a match, with 2-6 teams of 3-15 players each.The game is played as a spaceflight sim from either a first- or third-person perspective, with an overhead perspective available. Players can take control of a variety of different space ships with different tactical uses, from regular combat and stealth fighters to capital ships and utility ships, such as salvation ships which can rescue downed player pilots and allow them to respawn immediately. Players can also serve as turret gunners on other players' ships.On each team, one player serves as Commander and coordinates the team, explores unknown sectors, and sends out vehicles to exploit resources. Another player serves as Investor, administering the team's funds and using it to research, build production plants, and upgrade ships. If it is preferred, the Commander can fill both roles.While Microsoft's Gaming Zone was originally a paid subscription service, players could play for free on the reduced-feature Free Zone. A paid subscription to MSN was necessary for statistics comparisons or registering squads (similar to guilds from online role playing games).
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| Memories Off | 2000-03-16 | KID Corp. | KID Corp. | Adventure | | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | Windows | Tomoya Mikami is a seventeen-year-old Japanese high school student attending the Sumisora Academy. The second year of his studies begins, and he boards the train that goes to the campus. On the way, however, Tomoya encounters Yue, a childhood friend who might have developed romantic feelings towards him. The matters become further complicated when Tomoya meets an attractive new transfer student, forcing him to sort out his preferences and abandon his usual cynical approach to love.Memories Off is a visual novel. Most of the game consists of text superimposed on still anime-style visuals. The interaction is restricted to occasional choices the player must make when prompted by the story development. Depending on these decisions the plot may advance into any of the six distinct branches, leading to different endings. |
| Sword of Moonlight | 2000-03-16 | FromSoftware, Inc. | FromSoftware, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Sword of Moonlight (so named after the recurrent most powerful weapon in King's Field series and some other games by FromSoftware) is primarily an editing tool that allows players to create and customize 3D first-person dungeon-crawling role-playing games in the vein of King's Field games. Players can create their own maps by selecting any of the 1024 available prefabricated tiles, rotating them, and placing them in various combinations. It is also possible to place objects and enemies in the ensuing dungeon map, as well as customize any parameters such as the player character's and enemies' attributes, efficiency of weapons and healing potions, music tracks playing at particular locations, etc.As a pre-made scenario, the game includes a remake of the first King's Field done with the editor. The remake features higher-resolution graphics and several changes, such as much less menacing default enemies and a few different object or enemy placements. Otherwise, it stays faithful to the original version, up to the point of having deliberately slow movement of the main character without an option to run. |
| Animal Magnetism: Pochi no Daisuki | 2000-03-17 | Gainax Co., Ltd. | Gainax Co., Ltd. | Adventure, Strategy | | | Comedy | Cards / tiles, Visual novel | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Setting | Windows | Animal Magnetism: Pochi no Daisuki takes place in a world in which pets are anthropomorphized into beautiful girls and young men. The heroine Pochi, a puppy girl, loves her master dearly. One day, she gets lost in a strange part of town. She decides to head home alongside her friend, a ferret girl named Chocola.The gameplay is a combination of a card battle with a visual novel. Action scenes are played out using the card battle system, which lets Pochi defense and attack the other characters. Each character has different special maneuvers. |
| Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim | 2000-03-17 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc., MicroProse Software, Inc. | Cyberlore Studios, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim is a real-time strategy game which, unlike other games in the genre, does not have the player directly control his units. Instead, all "heroes" are recruited from their respective guilds and as of that moment, their will is their own. The player, the eponymous "majesty", can direct heroes by placing bounties on areas and specific enemies to motivate heroes. Some heroes like rangers are more keen on exploration, while rogues believe in the rule of gold. All heroes level up with combat experience, thereby increasing their statistics. Wizard's towers and certain temples allow the player to cast certain spells independently from spell-casting heroes. Some guilds and temples are mutually exclusive, and can not be present on the map under the player's ownership at the same time due to their respective heroes' rivalries. The only resource in the game is gold, and is gathered through tax collectors who patrol the player's buildings, through heroes' purchases in buildings such as marketplaces and blacksmiths, and by discovering treasure chests on the map. The storyline follows the player as the new king of the fantasy kingdom of Ardania in the quest to reunite the once large state and reclaim it from monsters and evildoers. Missions range from the typical seek-and-destroy type to rescuing certain characters, and there is a random map generator available in single- and multiplayer in which tasks, map types and monster strength can be set at will. The main singleplayer campaign is split to regions, and the final mission of each region requires all prior relevant missions to be completed first. The final mission can only be accessed by finishing the entire rest of the campaign. |
| Super Postal | 2000-03-17 | MicroMouse Co., Ltd. | RWS, Inc. | Action, Special edition | Diagonal-down | | Horror | Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Postal release for the Japanese market. It features:
the original Postal
the Special Delivery add-on.
complete Japanese dub
two exclusive levels: Akihabara and Doutonbori (most known as Tokyo and Osaka) |
| Cool Darts | 2000-03-20 | MSD-Japan | Pocket | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cool Darts challenges players to win their way through matches with five different opponents. As the player wins matches and bets, their rank slowly increases and allows them to take on higher-tier opponents. Winning bets and landing special scores in matches rewards the player with cash which they can use to buy upgrades. Aside from tracking the player's current rank, the game also tracks all-time stats and allows the player to review their performance at any time. |
| Emergency Room: Life or Death | 2000-03-20 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This 4th game in Legacy's Emergency Room Series continues with the same mechanics and premise as the ones before it - with 50 brand new cases to challenge would-be doctors.In Life or Death, the difficulty factor is built-in rather than being selectable by the player. You will be promoted (or demoted) depending upon how you perform. The game keeps track of your score and how many patients you have treated. You begin with the easiest cases (cuts & abrasions for instance) as a Level I Medical Student. As you advance, the cases will get more difficult until you reach Level III. At this level the conditions are the most life-threatening - strokes, heart attacks, severe trauma.After the reception desk nurse greets you, begin your first day on the staff of Legacy Memorial Hospital's Emergency Room. Once you are signed in, you have the opportunity to take a Tutorial which will get you acquainted with how things run and what is expected of you. When you are ready, click on the clipboard by the Nurses Station to view the file folders on 3 patients waiting to be treated. The nurse will give you the rundown on each person's condition so you can select which one you wish to see first.As you progress through the game you'll be questioning the patients, performing examinations (using thermometers, stethoscopes etc.), ordering various lab work and tests (blood work, urinalysis, x-rays, CT scans etc.) as well as analyzing the results. Part of the process is completing virtual paperwork on your patients (called S.O.A.P. in the game - Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan) and monitoring their health meter on your "Medomatic", a virtual PDA where you can read and input information about each patient.The interface is Point and Click. Real people act out the parts in over 200 full motion video sequences. Fully searchable medical databases provide hints and clues to making the correct diagnosis for the various cases. |
| TetFun 2000: World Championship | 2000-03-20 | Jaibo Software | Jaibo Software | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | TetFun 2000: World Championship is a falling block puzzle game. The gameplay is identical to classic Tetris. Blocks of various shapes drop down from the top of the board and can be rotated and moved before landing on the bottom in a pile. Each space in a row must be filled to be cleared out, making room for additional blocks. The pace quickens as higher levels are reached. The game ends whenever any block touches the top of the board.In addition to the classic game, this rendition includes a Pentix variation which has more elaborate block designs. Bombs appear randomly to help destroy unwanted blocks. The player can select from a variety of colorful block designs and backgrounds as well as configure the keyboard controls and sounds.There are four modes of play: Classic, Timer, Rising and World Championship.Games can be paused, saved and reloaded, and scores are kept on High Scores tables. A player's score could be submitted to an Internet Table in a worldwide competition. The winner gained the right to play all of the company's games in registered mode. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death | 2000-03-21 | 3DO Company, The | New World Computing, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Everyone | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | The Shadow of Death is a stand-alone expansion for Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia and features 86 missions and 14 campaigns. It includes the original game with maps as well as 38 new single scenario maps and 7 new Shadow of Death campaigns.Ten additional teleporters, 8 new terrain tiles, and 12 powerful new combination artifacts are added. Towns are now shown with moat damage and the town-type Stronghold has a spiked barricade.This expansion also includes all the content (except campaigns) from the Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade expansion. However, the player is only able to play as the Conflux town introduced in Armageddon's Blade if that expansion is installed. |
| The Settlers III: Ultimate Collection | 2000-03-21 | Blue Byte Studio GmbH | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes:
The Settlers III
The Settlers III: Mission CD
The Settlers III: Quest of the Amazons
a CD containing previews of Settlers IV and Battle Isle 4
70 fan-created maps
special soundtrack
Adjustable difficulty levels have been added to all missions. |
| Championship Bass | 2000-03-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Seattle, Engineering Animation Inc. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Championship Bass is a bass fishing simulator. The game's artificial intelligence creates a realistic simulated bass behavior: false strikes, swerves, return attacks, and short-strike lunges. Even if the player does land a strike, the fish will go for obstacles in order to break the line. The game offers multiple difficulty levels, plenty of tricks in your lure box, multiple game modes, multiple lakes, and more. The player may sit in a boat and go for the fish, or simulate a whole fishing trip. |
| Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed | 2000-03-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Need for Speed is back with more! Drive over 80 different Porsches, from the first 356 Ferdinand to the 2000 911 Turbo over multiple tracks. Some tracks have alternate paths. Others are rally tracks where you go from one end of the track to the other instead of doing circuit racing. Two completely different single-player modes available. First, there's factory driver, which have you join Porsche as a test driver. As you complete different challenges, which can vary from doing specific manoeuvres in pre-alloted time to racing fellow drivers, you will make your way up to Ace Test Driver. Second, there's Evolution, which is the "career mode", you start with enough money to buy one 356, and start racing. As you win races, time will pass, new cars will become available, or you can peruse the used car market. Buy/repair/sell cars, win races, buy enhancement parts for your car, and make your way to the end of the modern era...You can also play online via EARacing.com, where you can pick customized cars in your Evolution stable or choose stock cars and race up to 7 other cars simultaneously. The graphics have been enhanced and the physics model changed to reflect a true 4-point system, and you can feel the difference between the different vehicles. |
| Star Trek: Armada | 2000-03-22 | Activision, Inc. | Activision, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Star Trek: Armada is a real-time strategy game set in space within the Star Trek universe, with four distinct races to command: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, and the Borg Collective, with several other races having minor appearances.The game is set in the late 24th century, shortly after the Dominion War (thereby staying true to the series' tying of chronological events to air dates). While pacifying a system with rogue Dominion forces, captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise-E encounters a time-travelling Federation ship warning him of an imminent Borg invasion. While the Klingons battle amongst themselves, the Romulan covert intelligence agency, the Tal Shiar, discovers a very dangerous secret which can tip the balance of power in any one direction. The singleplayer campaign contains 20 missions split to 5 campaigns (4 for each race, plus one "hidden" epilogue campaign).Although developed when few real-time strategies used 3D engines, Star Trek: Armada has numerous features and mechanics which make it distinct from other games in the genre. Ships and stations have two "health" layers: hull integrity and shields. Once the shields of an enemy ship are down, crew from a player-owned ship or station can be teleported to the target, and once the original crew has been killed off, the target is captured. The ratio of current crew as opposed to the maximum crew capacity dictates the object's rate of fire and self-repair rate. If a ship or station is left without a crew and there is none to replace it, it is considered derelict and will become uncontrollable until crewed again or destroyed, while neutral Ferengi marauders can tow derelict ships to an off-screen place for their own profit.Aside from this, each ship and station has up to five systems which can be damaged randomly: shield generator, engines, life support, sensors, and weapons - once a ship's system is damaged, it will take time to repair unless sent to a shipyard for fast repairs. Also, most combatant ships have special weapons which can be researched and use up special weapon energy. In general, ships are divided to the following groups: construction ship, freighter, scout, destroyer, phaser cruiser, torpedo cruiser (Federation and Romulan are artillery), special weapon ship, battleship; Klingons and Romulans also have superweapon ships, while the Federation and the Borg have superweapon stations. Throughout the campaign, there are multiple "hero" ships commanded by the key characters, which differ from standard ships in their class by overall power, crew capacity, and size.The Federation is an all-around balanced race, with both offensive and defensive special weapons and a superweapon station which freezes in time all ships and stations in a target area, leaving them vulnerable to attack. The Klingons focus on offense and have cheap but less durable ships (some of which with cloaking devices), with their superweapon ship able to create a destructive shockwave in a suicide attack. The Romulans specialize in stealth, equipping all combatant ships with cloaking devices and special weapons which spy on and/or disrupt enemy ships, while their superweapon ship creates a devastating ripple in the space-time continuum, also in a suicide attack. The Borg utilize massive, slow and expensive ships which are highly durable and powerful, and can capture (rather, assimilate) enemy ships more easily than other races, with their superweapon station allowing them to create transwarp gates (temporary wormhole-like passages) to counteract their low speed.The environment is varied and important to the gameplay. Asteroids (some of which move in large circles) block access to certain parts of the map, wormholes provide fast travel from one area to another, nebulae give various bonuses or penalties to ships passing through them depending on the nebula type, black holes attract and destroy ships which travel near them, and planets provide a bonus influx of available crew when starbases/nexi are built in their orbit. Aside from the crew, the game's resources are dilithium (gathered from moons, some of which are infinite) and officers (essentially a population cap, can be increased through officer's quarters upgrades in starbases/nexi).Skirmishes and multiplayer have numerous settings, including the availability of techtrees (one setting allows all players to start with all races' construction ships), starting resources, and the so-called "director's cut" mode which changed the motion of ships to a more "cinematic" dogfighting way. Finally, the cinematic window in the lower right part of the in-game interface, if toggled on, shows the most action-packed area in the player's field of view, if applicable.On the game's disc, there are files necessary for launching the game's map editor (through a parameter called upon the main executable). Consistent with Star Trek games of its time, Armada features the actors from the series and films voicing their respective characters. |
| Star Wars: Force Commander | 2000-03-22 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | A real-time strategy (RTS) set in the STAR WARS universe, Force Commander is fully 3D , both the environment and the units. This allows for full camera control which let's you see the action from any point. The innovative command system replaces 'harvesting' resources the norm in most RTS's rewarding you with points toward purchasing units as you accomplish mission goals. The game follows the life of Lt. Brenn Tantor a young officer in the Imperial Army, who after just graduating is assigned the task of finding 2 droids on tantooine. Brenn after becoming dissatisfied with the Empire joins the Rebellion. Battles take place on 9 planets each with it's own unique environments. |
| Tabaluga: Die Rettung aus dem Eispalast | 2000-03-22 | Europa Multimedia | Forest Interactive Pty Ltd. | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tabaluga: Die Rettung aus dem Eispalast is an adventure game for children, based on the TV show of the same name. Arktos, the king of ice has frozen Tabaluga's friends. So the little dragon Tabaluga has to travel to Arktos' realm and free his friends by solving riddles and quests. Solve a secret code, defeat Arktos in a snow ball fight or sled riding.
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| Tzar: The Burden of the Crown | 2000-03-22 | TalonSoft, Inc. | Haemimont-Smartcom OOD | Strategy | Top-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Real-time strategy game, similar to Warcraft II or Age of Kings in gameplay, but with text-only mission briefings. Features a 20 mission campaign, 3 races (European, Asian, and Arabian) and an extensive tutorial, as well as multiplayer support and a comprehensive mission and campaign editor. |
| Thief II: The Metal Age | 2000-03-23 | Eidos, Inc. | Looking Glass Studios, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | Thriller | Stealth | Fantasy, Steampunk | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Following Garrett's previous adventure, the repercussions of his actions have changed the political landscape. The Hammerite religion has crumbled and a new leader named Karras has risen up to convert many of these fanatics over to the mysterious Order of Mechanists. Meanwhile, a new Sheriff has arrived in town and has been effective at cleaning up crime - maybe too much so. This is bad news for Garrett, whose profession of master thief puts him on the wrong side of the law. As the risk increases however, so too does the amount of treasure available to a skilled thief.Thief II: The Metal Age keeps much of the same gameplay and abilities from the original Thief: The Dark Project, but also offers a few new items for the protagonist to use. Among them are scouting orbs, which can be thrown to see around corners and flash mines. The heart of the gameplay is still stealth, made up of Garrett's ability to stay quiet, stay hidden and keep signs of trouble out of anyone's view. Garrett's main weapons are his sword, his blackjack and an assortment of arrows, each with a special power. Each level features a variety of objectives as well as several items which don't belong to the protagonist, but are nonetheless valuable and can be stolen. |
| Triple Play 2001 | 2000-03-25 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Treyarch Invention, LLC | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Triple Play is back, and this time we've brought the legends! Go against the legends like Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and more as you compete in Home Run Tournaments and other events. Improved player models and textures made them more life-like than ever. Create your own player by importing your own face texture. Play on the internet through the site's playmatching service. |
| Die Rache der Moorhühner | 2000-03-27 | | Tradeland | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In Die Rache der Moorhühner the player slips into the role of Moorhuhn. In contrast to the traditional grouse hunt, the opponents are not shot, but shit all over them. The grouse use their very own "ammunition". You fly over forests and meadows, past clearings and lakes. They meet the hunters who have to be "fought". But instead of shooting, people shit. It doesn't matter whether it's roofs, boats or cars - all hits score points. But you get the most points if you meet fleeing hunters and put a white "stamp" on them. However, if you hit a horse or other animal, you are penalized with minus points. |
| F1 2000 | 2000-03-27 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Image Space Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | | | Windows | F1 2000 was the last Visual Sciences' F1 racing game to appear on the PlayStation. With an official FIA Formula One license, it includes the full 2000 World Championship season, including the new US Indianapolis Grand Prix and the Jaguar Racing Team.The game modes features a full championship, quick races, racing weekends, custom grid and time trial modes. In the multiplayer section, you can either go head to head in 2-player split screen sessions, or play a hot-seat time trial mode for up to 22 players.All cars can be fine-tuned in the pits, and there is clear pit-to-car radio commentary. Full telemetry data is shown for detailed set-up changes. Your best performances can be saved in the replay mode, including race highlights. In this version, the computer opponents now have more realistic racing behaviour, as they make mistakes and have car failures. |
| Messiah | 2000-03-29 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Shiny Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | As science progressed, humans began conducting daring experiments, defying the laws of creation. Their leader, called Father Prime, has concocted the most audacious plan: contact Satan. His reasoning is that he who controls the devil will also know how to control God. As the Earth plunges into sin and corruption, God himself decides that time has come to interfere. He sends a little cherub named Bob to investigate Father Prime's designs. Since Bob is endowed with a human soul, he has a free will and is capable of making a decision, even if it contradicts God's orders. With nothing but his frail angelic body, Bob descends into the sinful world.Messiah is a third-person action game set in urban environments with sci-fi elements. The player controls Bob, who can fly (though at low altitude), but not do much else; he is very vulnerable and can be easily killed. Thus, the player must make use of Bob's other ability: possession. Bob is able to take over any creature, from humans to animals. Once he possesses his target, he has complete control over its movements. Possessing a body can serve a variety of purposes. For example, possessing a muscular brute who has great strength and endurance would be a fitting choice if the player wishes to engage in melee combat; taking control over a trained policeman allows carrying a gun without raising suspicion, etc. Possession ability is also used as a puzzle-solving element, as some areas can be only entered with specific bodies (e.g. only scientists can enter a secure laboratory). On higher difficulty levels, Bob can only possess a target who have their back turned to him, and must sneak around to avoid notice. |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Haōden | 2000-03-29 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Haōden is the fifth game in Koei's Nobunaga's Ambition series, and once more is a historic war simulation set in 16th century Japan. Up to eight players can participate in one of three different scenarios with the ultimate goal of unifying the whole of Japan. Nearly 60 different real-life warlords and their territories are represented and available to play as. The three scenarios available are Nobunaga's rise to prominence in 1551, the Tenka Fubu campaign towards Kyoto in 1568, and Nobunaga's death in 1582. |
| Soldier of Fortune | 2000-03-29 | Activision, Inc. | Raven Software Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Licensed, Regional differences | | Shooter | Africa, Asia, Contemporary, Europe, Middle East, North America | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | A terrorist organization has stolen nuclear weapons from a facility in Russia, intending to sell them to various third-world nations, initiating a global conflict. The player takes the role of John Mullins, a US mercenary working for an organization known as "The Shop". The goal is simple: hunt the villains across the globe, thwart their evil plans, and save the world!Like most 3D shooters, Soldier of Fortune consists mainly of exploring the environments and killing the enemies that try to impede the player's progress. It is one of the first shooters to isolate over 20 different body regions and show/inflict damage to those regions. For example, if the player character shoots an enemy in the foot, the enemy will limp. The game was also notable for including realistic gore animations resulting from the injuries sustained by the enemies. |
| Last Call! | 2000-03-30 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | CutlerCreative, LLC | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Mix drinks and serve them up, collect tips, check I.D.'s, shoot the breeze with the customers or blatantly hit on them. The full bartender experience in the comfort of your own home. Complete with bonus games and recipe book. Easy and fun! |
| Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Explores Bugs | 2000-03-30 | Microsoft Corporation | KnowWonder, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Get ready for a insect filled adventure. Ms. Frizzle along with her science-curious class are at it again, but this time to help find their long lost bugs. A terrible mishap occured with the kids' terrariums -- each is missing one of its bugs. Climb aboard the Magic School Bus to help Ms. Frizzle and has class find them. Then, get ready to shrink down to wee bug size and explore the wild world of bugs. |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 | 2000-03-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Digital Dream Studios, Rainbow Studios, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | With 8 courses and a full course architect, you will have plenty of golfing to do. Improved ball physics, improved graphics, even a full simulation mode where aiming and swinging is done for you. If you prefer to do your own "swing", two different swing types are there for you to choose from. All the standard variants like regular, skins, and more. Multiplayer includes LAN play, single-computer turn-based games and the online tournaments (which are no longer active). |
| Sailor Moon: Horoskop und Games | 2000-03-31 | Egmont Interactive GmbH | FunDragoon Games & Entertainment GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sailor Moon: Horoskop und Games is released exclusively for the German language Sailor Moon S and SuperS. It consists of six different mini-games made especially for preteen girls.
Calendar: the player can view birthday dates of famous people. She can also add her own entries to the calendar.
Gallery: the player can view the German language Sailor Moon magazines. It also includes a description about them.
Horoscope
Luna game: the player has to control Luna to push the boxes until they are at the right place.
Puzzle game: allows her to put the puzzle pieces back in place to reveal the picture.
Tetris game: a Tetris clone |
| Test Drive: Le Mans | 2000-03-31 | Infogrames Europe SA | Eutechnyx Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Take on the LeMans endurance racing challenge!Join one of the 25 factory teams and choose from over 50 vehicles to drive (designed with assistance of actual teams) on the eight different LeMans circuits. The actual wear and tear of the vehicle is simulated with tyre wear, oil and fuel consumptions. The full race will see you race through the day, night and back to day driving. |
| Wirtualne Puzzle | 2000-03-31 | Wydawnictwo Bauer Spółka z o.o., Sp.k. | Ganymede Technologies S.C. | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Wirtualne Puzzle is a game about solving jigsaw puzzles. There is a mixed difficulty with puzzles ranging from 20 to 600 pieces. It features 40 different puzzles, a very child-oriented interface without long text descriptions, and a help system to arrange puzzles in a shape that makes the game easier to complete. Due to the large number of pieces not everything fits on a single screen. The mouse cursor is used to move towards the border of the screen to scroll.The game only requires a mouse to play. Options allow to set the game background, create a desktop wallpaper after completing a single puzzle, choose the mouse pointer and set the mouse speed. |
| Atari Arcade Hits: Volume 2 | 2000-04-01 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade | | | Phillip Freitas (Arcade and Archive) | | | | Windows | Atari Arcade Hits is a compilation of six classic arcade games from the golden ages of Atari, reprogrammed to play in Windows computers. The package not only includes the games with changeable operator options in their original style and enhanced style, but also the Atari Archives, with media content that goes from flyer scans to advert videos, desktop themes based on the games offered in each package and online high score charts.Volume 2 includes Asteroids Deluxe, Battlezone, Crystal Castles, Gravitar, Millipede and Warlords. All games can be accessed from a taskbar button, and game progress is saved as soon as window is closed. |
| Crosscountry Canada: Platinum | 2000-04-01 | Ingenuity Works, Inc. | | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Truck | Point and select | | | | Windows | In Crosscountry Canada: Platinum, players drive an 18-wheel big rig, picking up commodities from a dispatch and delivering them to their destination. It is an enhanced version of the original Crosscountry Canada.Clicking on the laptop provides information about each commodity, a map of Canada and an expense log. Along their route, the player has to watch out for any surprises (such as commodities being stolen, accidents, or running out of gas), and the player clicks on the phone to call up a tow truck or the police for assistance. The player also has to watch out for the health, in which the game tells him/her to find a restaurant or hotel to decrease the risks of having an accident. The game’s educational topics feature Canadian geography and social studies. New in this version is ordering commodities from Iqualuit (which can be accessed from the phone to order Diamonds or Inuit Art), and updates the geographical information to include the Nunavut and the Confederation Bridge. |
| Dunkle Manöver: Operation Schattenspiele | 2000-04-01 | BMS Modern Games Handelsagentur GmbH | TriNodE Entertainment Systems | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Dunkle Manöver: Operation Schattenspiele is the successor of Dunkle Manöver and uses the same graphics engine and game mechanics. The only new content is a campaign with 20 missions and a tutorial.The game is basically turn-based; this means the regular movements are in real time and during the fights the game switches to a turn-based mode where every action like shooting or moving costs a certain amount of action points. The player mostly controls vehicles which carry up to six agents. These agents can be used to take vehicles of the enemy. The interface features a quick access bar for the vehicles and a mini map.After the mission the player can keep all captures vehicles and upgrade them. But then he has the agony of choice for the next mission because the number of vehicles used is restricted. The game features 25 vehicles including bikes, tanks, aircrafts or even Trabants. |
| Flying Heroes | 2000-04-01 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Illusion Softworks, a.s., PTERODON, Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Fantasy, Steampunk | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Take your favorite air mount creature and do Air Battles against other sky pilots in this fantasy 3D shooter, which can be described as Crimson Sky in Fantasy clothing. Fly through the different landscapes battle others while in search of powerups such as invisibility or extra ammo. Maps are big enough to include hidden spots and even some "camping" areas. A "career mode" allows you to increase your reputation and fight tougher opponents while obtaining better weapons and mounts. |
| Imperium Galactica II: Alliances | 2000-04-01 | Infogrames, Inc. | Digital Reality Software Kft | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Starting on an untouched planet you have to expand your empire throughout the whole universe. Colonise more planets, fight against other races, research new technologies, and many other things more. You also can be diplomatic and cooperate with some species. Graphic effects include independent weather effects and lens flares on every planet, and explosions when it comes to space or ground fights. |
| Magnus & Myggen: Hold da helt ferie | 2000-04-01 | Ivanoff Interactive A/S | Ivanoff Interactive A/S | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Magnus & Myggen: Hold da helt ferie is a collection of games aimed at children ages five to twelve. It's the 7th game in the edutainment franchise about the two characters, a mole and a mosquito, who in English are called Skipper & Skeeto. This game is purely play based and doesn't feature many educational elements. It consists of three programs, with the first one containing five mini games, making the total amount of games seven. They are as follows:
Fis & Ballade (Bara på skoj) consists of:
- a memory game
- a sliding puzzle game
- a game where the player has to move a bucket left and right to catch apples falling from a tree
- a Frogger variant where the the player has to cross a river, while picking up items from the logs that float by.
- a Tower of Hanoi variant where characters has to be restacked so that they reach apples in a high tree.
Myrekryb (Myrkryp)
A top-down action game where the player for each level has to collect nine ladybugs. The ladybugs have numbers on them and the player has to collect specific numbers that are listed on the screen. At the same time the player has to avoid various kinds of ants and spiders that are dangerous for the player. Making contact with them leads to a loss of energy. There are also various power-ups to collect: cakes that can be thrown at the baddies, rain drops that give extra energy and sugar cubes that increases the player's speed.
Superbat (Superracket)
A Breakout variant for two players. One player controls a bat on the right side of the screen and the other one the left side and both have to hit the bricks that lie between them. Next to the bats there are vertical race tracks and by hitting bricks with dots on the characters move closer to the finishing line, which the goal of each round. Getting there fast leads to bonus points. Various power ups exist such as higher and lower speed as well as change of bat size. A quick game consists of four ordinary levels plus a bonus level while the tournament mode consists of seven worlds with 35 levels in total. In the bonus level the player which hits a special bricks wins the game. |
| RPG Maker 2000 | 2000-04-01 | ASCII Corporation | ASCII Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)For the first time, RPG Maker 2000 is available in English! Since its debut 15 years ago, the beloved game-making engine has introduced untold amounts of users to the wonders of game design and continues to be a powerful, user-friendly tool. No other engine in the RPG Maker series comes closer to the classic late-80s/early-90s feel, with graphics and a battle system that hit the nostalgic sweet spot while still offering huge opportunities for innovation. With a brand new translation and updates, this is the best version of the classic engine you’re going to find! |
| Rendezvous with a Stranger Girl | 2000-04-01 | Russobit-M | Experience Entertainment Software | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Rendezvous with a Stranger Girl is an interactive date simulation where you are a man who meets three young girls (Anna, Natalya, and Oxana) in a night club. Talking about different themes, flirting and teasing, you choose one of them and the goal is to make her do a striptease. You can also choose two of them (Anna and Natalya) and lead them to flirt with each other. Apart from the intro the entire game consists of full-motion video, with the conversation options as an overlay on top of it. The three girls speak Russian, but there are both Russian and English subtitles. |
| The Sacred Amulet | 2000-04-01 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Cryo Interactive Entertainment, France Télécom Multimédia | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Pre-Columbian Americas | | Sophie Legrand | | Everyone | | Windows | This 1st person adventure game is set in the time of the Aztecs. A nobleman has been murdered, and you've been blamed for it, you must run away and save yourself. Is there a connection between his murder and the strange illness affecting the population? The sacred amulet you hold may be the key to it all. |
| The Queen of Heart '99: Second Edition | 2000-04-03 | Watanabe Seisakusho | Watanabe Seisakusho | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Fighting | Contemporary | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | This expansion pack for The Queen of Heart '99 updates the original game with several new characters and balance adjustments. It was later packaged together with the base game and rereleased as The Queen of Heart '99 with Second Edition. |
| Two Handed Solitaire | 2000-04-03 | | Windswept Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Two Handed Solitaire is a single-player, shareware, card game. It was released as a 'taster' game to promote Windswept Software's games and utilities CD which can be ordered via this game.The game is a variant of Klondike Solitaire in which the player plays against the computer. The cards are laid out as in the standard Klondike solitaire game but the unused cards are divided between the player and the computer. Each takes turns in exposing a new card from their stack. The newly exposed card can be played either in the solitaire game or onto the exposed card of the opponents stack. A player's turn continues until there are no more moves available. The game continued until one player has disposed of all their cards.The game has sound effects, a network play option and an alarm function which will alert the player when they've been playing 'x' minutes. |
| Opsys | 2000-04-05 | media limited | media limited | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Someone has broken into the Museum of the History of Cypriot Coinage and all the rare coins have mysteriously vanished. Your mission is to travel back in time with your time machine to recover all 100 missing coins. In your quest you will have the opportunity to visit ten distinct historical periods in Cypriot history, ranging from 500 BC to 1960. Along the way you will visit a variety of places such as a tomb, a temple and a church, an amphitheater and a fortified town.The player can visit the time periods in any order and pan around and zoom in at the locations. The game offers a map of the Museum that serves as a sort of encyclopedia of Cypriot history, as well as a clue book for the extensive puzzles. The game is a hybrid (PC/MAC) and can be played in English and Greek. |
| Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet | 2000-04-06 | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The third game in the Pajama Sam Series, part of the Humongous'
popular "Junior Adventure" titles designed for children ages three to eight. You're playing Sam who once again assumes the role of Pajama Sam at times when he needs
facing his fears. This time you suddenly find yourself in the midst of a food squabble
when you try to chase down some snickering cookies! And you are called to find the 4
missing delegates of MopTop Island's emergency peace conference that has to be made to
calm the island population after the incident of the fats and the sweets. They are both
forcing the healthy foods off of the island.Pajama Sam 3 takes place in front of beautifully hand-drawn interactive backgrounds where
each screen has a multitude of fun things to click on like Humongous' other adventures.
There are also some mini-games within the main game to catch more of the player's attention.
The main mini-game is to collect 20 tops from Sam's favorite Chocamok cookie boxes so that
he could get a "Pajama Man Action Figure with Titanic Elbow Thrust"! You usually come
across these boxes since they could be hidden anywhere around the island.Children are invited to learn healthful food awareness, listening and decision-making
skills and other educational concepts and lessons in the game. Along their journey,
they can interact more than 20 different comic-style characters, like a gentle doughnut
who can help Sam find the way on the water or a professional entertainer called Mickey
Hollandaise who can get the audience into hysterics with his big shoes! |
| Novye Bremenskie | 2000-04-10 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Novye Bremenskie (New Bremen Musicians) is a 2D point-and-click adventure game partially based on an animated musical movie with the same name released a month later. Its first part follows the plot of the first part of the movie, but the second part is an original story.The protagonist is a Sleuth. Previously known from the movie's prequel as a bad guy, this time he also starts as a bad character. He wants to help the brigand's chieftain to become a Queen. She and her brigands hold a bank in the city, while the King is out of money. Troubadour and Princess live outside the castle with their son, who is studying music at the Musical Academy. The Bremen Animal Musicians are his teachers. During the game the Sleuth will change his behavior to uncover the original story.Most of the time Sleuth is guided between static or side-scrolling screens, collecting or using the scattered items, and talking to characters to gain more items or information. The cursor has states (walk / see / get / talk) auto-selected on hovering over an interactive spot. Several mini-games representing logical puzzles need to be completed to progress. |
| Shadow Watch | 2000-04-13 | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Detective / mystery | Shooter, Stealth | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Shadow Watch is a turn-based tactical strategy game set in a near future world of international intrigue. The player has access to six characters, each of which has special skills. The game is played in a series of missions with each mission having a different goal, such as the stealthy retrieval of secret documents or the extermination of an enemy force.Although it is often compared to Jagged Alliance and X-COM, Shadow Watch is only vaguely similar to those games. It has a unique action point system where all actions take the same number of action points but action point may be gained by events such as being shot or seeing an enemy. The game also features a morale system where if a character's action points go above their morale score they go berserk and become controlled by the computer until they can calm down. Also unlike the other games mentioned, Shadow Watch does not allow you to pick up weapons from fallen enemies. Instead, each character has predefined weapons and skills which make you use each character differently. |
| Aliens Versus Predator: Gold Edition | 2000-04-14 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | Licensed, Regional differences | Horror | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Aliens Versus Predator: Gold Edition is a compilation with the following content:Aliens Versus Predator
Aliens Versus Predator: Millennium Expansion Pack
A strategy guideParts of the game were also reworked for this edition. |
| Seal: Travelers of Destiny | 2000-04-14 | Kama Digital Entertainment | Garam & Baram Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The world of Shiltz is home to many political factions and two major religions: Church of Elios, apparently a benevolent organization with many followers, and Church of Balie, which worships dark gods. Somehow the adherents of Balie managed to resurrect one of these gods, Galadriel of Chaos, who was sealed away three hundred years ago by the legendary hero Erasnets. Members of the cult are being vigorously pursued by the militia, but the whereabouts of Galadriel are unknown.A knight named Duran is involved in the search for the Balie, driven by personal revenge. After meeting a cheerful young thief named Baldea, he becomes involved in the struggle between different organizations, and must find a way to interpret an ancient prophecy that alone can save Shiltz.Seal: Travelers of Destiny is a Korean-made role-playing game in Japanese style. The player navigates a party of characters through interconnected locations, including vast wilderness areas, towns, and dungeons. Though the structure of the game's story is linear, many of these areas can be accessed freely at any point. Enemies are visible on the screen, and a contact with any of them initiates a battle.The battles are turn-based, and the participants' turns are determined by their speed. The system is somewhat similar to that of Grandia. A special bar shows the time remaining before a character can act. Timing attacks is required to perform combos using more than one character. Characters can attack physically, cast magic, or use various abilities. |
| Sprong! | 2000-04-17 | OverClocked | Bloodlust Software, OverClocked | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Paddle / Pong | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sprong! is a Pong clone featuring characters from the OverClocked webcomic.
OverClocked stars Pretzel and Green bat Sprout's head between them, trying to be the first to 15 points. The game can be played with two players, or one player against the computer. |
| LEGOLAND | 2000-04-18 | LEGO Media International, Inc. | Krisalis Software Ltd. | Educational, Puzzle, Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation | | | Point and select | | | Isometric | Windows | LEGOLAND is an educational game that shows how to build a good park. You get the job as a park manager at a LEGOLAND Park. Professor Voltage creates a time machine, and when showing it to all the other park employees, the time machine breaks and the park blows up. As park manager you, the loudspeaker man Johnathon Ablebody, and Professor Voltage have to rebuild the park and make it better than before.Johnathon will give you five tutorial levels to show you the main aspects for a good park, after you've finished all of them you will have to pass twelve levels. In these levels you will have four themes LEGOLAND, Wild West, Castle and Adventure to pick for attractions and scenery you will have to build around your park. The park will need to have enough of everything: shops, scenery, rides, food stores and, most importantly, a power station to give everything power. In the beginning you have ten chances to pass an appraisal by the main park inspector and ten minutes in between each appraisal, though you get fewer appraisals in later levels. The park also has gardeners and mechanics to water plants and fix rides needed for repairing.The game also features a free play game, where their are no appraisals to pass, infinite money and you can design the park anyway you want. There are also clips showing what the LEGOLAND amusement parks in California, Windsor and Billund are like. |
| RedCat SuperKarts | 2000-04-18 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | | Windows | This is a kart racing game set in the RedCat universe. The setting of the game is Europe and you'll be driving around Germany, Spain, Italy, France, England and the Netherlands to finally try and beat the country's champion.The game plays much like Mario Kart. You can pick up various items across the course that can help you win the race by either slowing down your opponents or speeding up your own kart.The game has two modes of play: adventure and quick race. Adventure mode takes you across all the countries a number of times until you finally beat the country's champion. In the quick race mode, you get to race on any track that you have unlocked in the adventure mode. Each track has three different race types. The first is normal racing mode, where you need to try and beat your opponents. The second is timerace, on which you need to pass through all the checkpoints in time. The final one is starrace, on which you need to collect a number of stars hidden around the track. You can pick from four different characters to play the gameScreenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Groups Animals: Cats
Genre: Kart racing
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| Pantos Story | 2000-04-20 | Kodansha Ltd. | Studio Mangosteen | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure | Fantasy | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The frog Pantos lives a quiet, peaceful life in the land of Vita Lakamaya. One day he receives a message that his friend Garcia has left for the Sea of Oblivion, and so he makes the decision to follow him there. Pantos brings nothing but his musical horn with him on his journey, ready to play music with anyone else he meets. This adventure game has a slow, chill pace, encouraging players to immerse themselves in its narrative. |
| Tachyon: The Fringe | 2000-04-20 | NovaLogic, Inc. | NovaLogic, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight, Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | Windows | Jake Logan was an ace pilot, living in Sol and holding a steady job flying for Advanced Ganymede Technologies. However somewhere in the middle of a mission it all went wrong and explosions ended up killing several civilian lives. Jake has now been fired from his comfortable job, arrested by Star Patrol and exiled from Sol space. What's left is The Fringe, which consists of unexplored and contested sectors, linked together by gates run by the Tachyon Corporation. Out here, the rule of law is thin... and corporate rivalries take one a whole new deadly meaning. Take for instance a dispute between the Galspan corporation and Bora Mining, a conflict which threatens to overwhelm all allegiances within the Fringe.Tachyon: The Fringe is a 1st-person space combat game. Players will sign up for missions, which vary from starbase to starbase. The objectives include escort missions, combat, recon, search and destroy, cargo scanning and sector defense. Completion of these missions will increase Jake's credit balance and unlock new equipment and ship types from different corporations. Typical equipment includes laser guns, projectile guns, missiles, scanners, ECM, mines and targeting equipment. Jake can also hire wingmen to help him out for a small initial fee, as well as a percentage of each completed mission in which they participate. There are over 60 different missions, each of which is scripted. There is no free flight ability while not on a mission, though it's usually possible to move between space stations and sectors.Tachyon: The Fringe also features two different multiplayer modes (Arena or BaseWar), which can be played over the Internet at NovaWorld. |
| Doushin: Same Heart | 2000-04-21 | Crowd Co. Ltd. | Crowd Co. Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | JAST USA Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)The Suruga sisters have a secret they can't tell anyone: whenever one of the girls becomes sexually excited, the others feel the same sensations! Features an innovative 'zapping' system that lets you experience the story through the eyes of multiple female characters. 28 endings!
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Meet the Suruga sisters, Ryoko, Maki and Miho. Ever since their parents died they've been living together, getting by as best they can and never feeling lonely because they've got each other. The Suruga sisters have a secret they can't tell anyone: due to an unexplained physical phenomenon, a sensation shared by one Suruga sister will be felt by her two sisters, no matter where they are. If one sister were to prick her finger, for example, the other two would feel the same pain...and if one of the girls becomes sexually excited, the other two will instantly feel the same emotions, no matter where they are. As they go about their daily lives, each girl never knows when she'll become sexually aroused by the emotions of the other sisters, which certainly has some bizarre consequences for all three of them in this dramatic hentai RPG.A fantastic interactive game from the creators of Tokimeki Check in! and the X-Change series, Doushin - Same Heart is a unique dating-sim for adults that features all the amazing characters, beautiful uncensored game artwork and depth of story that Crowd is famous for. Contains 25 unique game endings and one of the richest scenarios seen yet, for weeks of enjoyment. Get your copy today! |
| Championship Hearts All-Stars | 2000-04-22 | DreamQuest Software | DreamQuest Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Championship Hearts All-Stars is a single player, trick taking card game with many options to vary the play.Hearts is a classic card game for four people. A game consists of several hands of cards and the goal of the game is to score as few points as possible in each hand. Points are scored by winning any trick with a heart or the queen of spades in it. The game is played until one player exceeds a predetermined number of points, usually one hundred, and the winner is the player with the fewest points at that time.
The other defining feature of the game is that at the start of a hand each player seeks to improve their chances by passing three cards to an opponent.In Championship Hearts All-Stars there are four variations of Hearts:
Modern - where cards are passed left, right, then across before play.
Classic - where cards are passed left, right, then across before play followed by a hand where cards are not exchanged.
Teams - where the game is played in pairs
Spot - In all the previous games the player scores one point for each heart card and thirteen points for the queen of spades. In the Spot version the player scores the face value of the cards so the two through to the nine of hearts scores two to nine points, the ten of hearts scores ten, the jack scores eleven and so on with the ace scoring fourteen and the queen of spades scoring fifty.
The rules of any game can be customised and bonus scores such as sun-shot, moon-shot, and gate bonuses can be enabled.The game has five difficulty settings, twenty four computer players with customisable personalities to play with / against, the card back, card faces, play area can be changed, and new skins, plug-ins and music files can be both downloaded and created.
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| Magic: The Gathering - Starter Level | 2000-04-24 | Wizards of the Coast, Inc. | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This box set contains the following items:
Two decks featuring 22 illustrated cards.
Two 15-card packs with more advanced cards for expanded gameplay.
A collectable premium card of Rhox.
Two playmats with scorekeeping disks.
Two play guides to help you and your opponent through the game step by step.
A rulebook.
A CD-ROM loaded with mini-games that cover every aspect of play.
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| Star Wars: X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter + Balance of Power | 2000-04-24 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Star Wars: X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter (base game - 2 discs)
Star Wars: X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter - Balance of Power Campaigns (expansion - 1 disc) |
| Airport Tycoon | 2000-04-25 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Krisalis Software Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Manage an entire airport! You are in charge of designing an airport from a big stretch of land. Place runways, airplane hangars, taxi ways, terminals, and more.Once your airport is complete, zoom inside and begin to construct everything that should be inside. Place security gateways, restrooms, benches, restaurants, loudspeakers, monitors, bars, and more.Opt to build your airport in one of 75 real-world locales, from hustle and bustle New York City all the way across to Europe. You can negotiate deals with 200 airlines and contractors to help better your airport. |
| CrosswordPlus | 2000-04-25 | | | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Word construction | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | CrosswordPlus is a single player, freeware crossword program. It comes with a dictionary containing over four hundred thousand words and phrases and allows the user to develop their own crosswords, these can be exported in AcrosssLite format for other crossword fans to solve. The program also allows crosswords in AcrosssLite format to be imported and solved.CrosswordPlus plays in a window and caters for varying grid sizes (version 2.0.2 allowed grids from 16*16 to 32*32 while version 2.1.2 allowed grids from 3*3 to 50*50) it also allows the player to select their own font and font size. When creating crosswords the program allows either no symmetry, two-way symmetry or four way symmetry. |
| Emergency Rescue: Firefighters | 2000-04-26 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Lupine Games | Action, Simulation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | As the name suggests, you control a group of firefighters in a "Sims" like environment, and must complete tasks, mainly putting out fires!! |
| Europe in Flames | 2000-04-26 | TalonSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of some of Talonsoft's Campaign series of turn-based wargames. It contains following games:
TalonSoft's West Front
TalonSoft's West Front: Battle Pack 1
TalonSoft's West Front: Operation Sea Lion
TalonSoft's East Front 2
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| Raku Jongg | 2000-04-26 | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | Enterbrain, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Raku Jongg is a puzzle game that combines falling-block mechanics of Tetris with the rules of Mahjong, based on a winning entry in ASCII's 1998 Entertainment Software Contest. Mahjong tiles drop in pairs from the top of the screen, and lining up three of the same type in a row will cause them to be removed from the board. Combinations are added to the player's hand at the bottom of the board, and completing a hand will add to the player's score. Several different modes are included, including a Story mode, 2-player versus mode, ranking test, and time attack. |
| Perfect Life | 2000-04-27 | Imagica Corp. | | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Perfect Life is a Japanese life simulator with RPG and puzzle elements. In order to save the world of the upcoming destruction, the player can battle monsters of the caves and/or solve puzzles that may prevent a curse from developing in the world. The fights or RPG elements are not required to progress in the game. It is also possible to advance without leveling up, just by solving puzzles instead. It is also possible to ignore the quest to save the world and just live as an ordinary citizen instead. The player's character can work, exchange emails, find love, marry and even divorce. |
| Starlancer | 2000-04-27 | Microsoft Corporation | Warthog Plc | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Teen | | Windows | It's 2160, and the Eastern Alliance has launched a surprise attack on the Western Coalition's fleet and decimated it. The call has gone out for volunteers to become Alliance fighter pilots, and you have signed up with the 45th Volunteer Squadron.Designed by Chris and Erin Roberts, the creative force behind the Wing Commander/Privateer megaseries, this space fighting simulation features the genre's standard mission types: escort, fighter sweep, interception, attacking space stations, fighting in asteroid fields, etc.12 pilotable fighters (you can choose which you fly as well as missile loadout, but not all are available in the early missions), 9 enemy fighter types. |
| Atelier Elie: Salburg no Renkinjutsushi 2 (Premium Box) | 2000-04-28 | Imagineer Co., Ltd. | Gust Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The Premium Box version of Atelier Elie: Salburg no Renkinjutsushi 2 is essentially a PC port of the game with minor differences such as:
The game running in a higher resolution.
New events exclusive to this edition.
A communication mode, which allows players to accept customer requests from the internet. By clearing these requests, players could be awarded with screensavers and exclusive items.
This game was released simultaneously with Atelier Marie: Salburg no Renkinjutsushi (Premium Box) which received a similar makeover for PCs. |
| Atelier Marie: Salburg no Renkinjutsushi (Premium Box) | 2000-04-28 | Imagineer Co., Ltd. | Gust Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The Premium Box version of Atelier Marie: Salburg no Renkinjutsushi is essentially a PC port of the game with minor differences such as:
The game running in a higher resolution.
New events exclusive to this edition.
A communication mode, which allows players to accept customer requests from the internet. By clearing these requests, players could be awarded with screensavers and exclusive items.
This game was released simultaneously with Atelier Elie: Salburg no Renkinjutsushi 2 (Premium Box) which received a similar makeover for PCs. |
| Lemmings Revolution | 2000-04-28 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Psygnosis Limited | Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Those Lemmings are getting into trouble again! They've spent they're whole lives going through the brutal, sickening mazes and puzzles that the Weasels constructed. Why? To entertain them; they think it's a joke! But the Lemmings don't think it's very funny... Now the Lemmings have finally escaped to their promised land, living lives of happiness and content. But the Weasels grow tired of the Lemmings' old adventures... They crave new pain, new carnage... SO the Weasels set out and capture the once happy Lemmings! They pack them up in boxes and construct a new puzzle, the ultimate maze! Only you can save these brainless characters.Help them survive 100 levels full of all new hazards and beautiful scenery! New Lemmings that walk on water, can survive in acid, and the blue clad regulars. |
| Phantom Knight: Mugen no Meikyū II | 2000-04-28 | Software House Parsley | Software House Parsley | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | The sudden emergence of twisted labyrinths in the midst of the desert was called the "Phantom Phenomenon". Adventurers and researchers flocked to the royal capital, attempting to unravel their mysteries. Among those is a former royal knight in search of his missing brother, the protagonist of the previous game. Upon his arrival he is surprised to meet Rayne Reifido, a court magician researching the Phantom Phenomenon, who also happens to be his ex-girlfriend.Phantom Knight is the second game in the Mugen no Meikyū series. Like its predecessor, it is a solo dungeon crawler with real-time combat. Visually and gameplay-wise it is very similar to the first installment. Differences include slightly modified interface with point-and-click attacking, additional types of items, and extras found in towns such as a special dungeon full of traps that requires precise memorization to complete. The game contains scenes with nudity and sexual situations. |
| Viper Paradice | 2000-04-28 | Sogna | Sogna | Strategy | Top-down | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Viper Paradice is a virtual board game featuring different characters from Viper CTR, Viper GTS, Viper M1 and Viper V16 Rise. It is possible to choose up to four characters, which can either be controlled by real players or by the computer. There are three game modes to choose from: Mode A makes the game end as soon as a certain number of turns has passed, Mode B when as a specific amount of points is earned and Mode C as soon as a player has completed the Movie Panel. After choosing a mode, players enter the game board which is a cartoon map containing several routes to walk along. Players roll dice, move across the board, and pick up various cards which have positive or negative effects. Earned in-game money can be spent on additional cards. The main goal is to collect a complete set of movie cards, which are stored in the game's Movie Panel and which let players watch short erotic movies. |
| HappyLand Adventures | 2000-04-29 | Free Lunch Design AB | Free Lunch Design AB | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | HappyLand is a side scrolling platform jumping game that requires you to gather and lead happyland animals to the happyzones. You play a dog that receives instructions from various old men throughout the game. Once you've lead enough animals to the happyzone, the level door opens and you can proceed to the next level. Of course, you can also stay and find all the goodies hidden in each level. |
| Martian Gothic: Unification | 2000-04-30 | TalonSoft, Inc. | Creative Reality | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | It's the year 2017. The planet Earth sets up a research station, Vita Base, on Mars with the mission to discover if life did exist there. After a discovery there comes one last garbled message—danger, danger cliché approaching--“have opened Pandora’s box… all the evils of old Mars have flown out,” and a warning, “…if you do send a manned mission, warn the crew…Stay Alone, Stay Alive…” then nothing. So now it’s 2018, and your rescue mission to Mars crash lands. When you get to the base, the welcome wagon is made up of zombies and an alien virus that will make you look back fondly on the days of the Black Plague. You control a team of three: Kenzo, Karne and Matlock. They enter the base from different airlocks and try to discover what happened. The reason for the whole "Stay alone, stay alive" warning is that if your team members come together they end up forming into a disgusting mass of flesh -- picture the thing from Leviathan -- called a Trimorph. As you proceed though the base you find clues as to what occurred. In addition, you run into Trimorphs, some of the non zombiefied former base crew, that are bent on your destruction. They come in two sizes -- the small spidery kind which hack at your shins and jump on your face or the huge "better run like hell" monstrosities that will tear you to pieces. |
| Artus contre le Démon du Musée | 2000-05-01 | Hachette Multimedia, Réunion des Musées Nationaux | Gyoza Media | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Artus contre le Démon du Musée is a point-and-click adventure game. It is designed as an educational game to teach children about classical paintings, their history and creators.Artus the mouse lives with his parents in the den of a museum. For decades, his family have been the guardians of the museum and they have to watch over the paintings on display. On one stormy night, while the parents are absent, Artus sees strange phenomena which are brought to life from the terrible curse of the Museum. The terrible demon of the Museum takes all the paintings. With his magical powers, Artus dives into a parallel universe of the double canvas, where the characters come to life.The player has to guide Artus through six adventures, finding clues, combining items and solving puzzles and mini-games to restore 25 paintings. |
| Dweep Gold | 2000-05-01 | | Dexterity Software | Compilation, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dweep Gold is a re-release of Dweep. It contains:
31 levels from the original game
5 bonus levels (appeared in v1.05 of the original game)
40 levels from Dweep Expansion Pack 1 and Dweep Expansion Pack 2
A built-in level editor
Version 1.30 and later of Dweep Gold come bundled with 77 amateur, fan-made levels. |
| Picture Lines | 2000-05-01 | 2VG Group | | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Picture Lines is an ad-supported freeware game from Russia, during the installation the player must agree to the installation of software from the Israeli company 'Cydoor Technologies'.The game is a version of Colour Lines in which players have to connect five balls of the same colour. When connected the balls in the line disappear scoring points. Every turn where the player fails to construct a line results in three more balls being randomly placed on the game's grid.The game takes its name from the 'Picture Lines' game mode which slowly reveals a background picture as the game progresses, it can also be played in 'Classic' mode which is the same game but without the picture. Other game modes replace the five ball line with squares, crosses or blocks, the player can also vary the number of colours in use, the number of balls required to make a shape, and the number of balls dropped into the game area in each turn.In addition to the game users could also download an software development kit (SDK) which would allow them to create and upload their own skins for the game as well as additional pictures and sounds |
| The Good Life | 2000-05-01 | | | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation | Fantasy | | Direct control, Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Good Life is a multi-genre game in a fantasy setting, consisting of three parts. The first part is a real-time strategy game. The player must create a thriving village in a land plagued by demon attack. There are four resources: wood, stone, gold and food. Several buildings can be constructed by spending resources. A cabin for workers is the basic building, it must be placed near other buildings to make them function. Farms produce food, especially when placed near fertile lands; food is necessary to keep workers from starving. Lumber yards and stone quarries must be placed near forests or hills to produce wood and stone. Merchant houses trade other resources for gold. Finally, towers for training soldiers can be placed at a great expenditure of resources. A mountain with a portal to hell lies somewhere in the land. Occasionally, demons appear out of it and move in a random direction. Any buildings in the demons' path become damaged. Repairing buildings is possible, but requires wood and gold. Rampaging demons can be instantly destroyed by spending gold at a hermit's hut, or they can be defeated by soldiers if they pass near a tower. Another troublesome element are fairies, which delight in stealing resources, and can damage buildings placed near their lair as well. Once the first part of the game is completed by building three towers, the player moves onto part two. In preparation for a final assault on Dark Mountain, the player must try and earn the aid of the Lord of the Fey, by winning a magic duel in the form of an action mini-game. Spheres of various colors are floating at the top of the screen; by clicking two or three of them, then clicking his wand, the player can cast a spell. Only some combinations of colors result in a viable spell, others don't do anything. The player must quickly cast spells to counter the spells cast by the Lord of the Fey, and to deal damage to the Lord; when enough damage is dealt, the round is won. After winning three rounds the player proceeds to the final part. In the third part, the player controls the hero on the battlefield, and must destroy the portal out of which the demons are pouring. The hero can be moved around the battlefield by clicking where the player wants him to walk; he will automatically fight any demons nearby. The hero's health runs out when fighting, but regenerates quickly when he is not in battle. Every so often, the hero can fire a magical bolt of energy to hurt demons in the way. To complete this part, the hero must destroy one of the five magical stones around the portal, then defeat a powerful boss demon. |
| Ultima Online: Renaissance | 2000-05-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | ORIGIN Systems, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time | Mature | | Windows | This is the third edition of the Ultima Online series, with improvements including better graphics and the new dark facet, Felucca, the much more evil version of the light facet, Trammel. It still costs about $10.00 a month to play. Players can create characters and send them into the World of Brittania where they develop their skills and basically do whatever the heck they want. Of course, there's no guarantee that doing whatever you want won't get you beheaded, but that's fun too. |
| Spot's Busy Day | 2000-05-05 | Europress Software Ltd., Hasbro Interactive Ltd. | 3T Productions Ltd. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Spot's Busy Day is an interactive storybook for toddlers. Suitable for 2 year-old children and up, it features four interactive stories based on Eric Hill's Spot (the yellow dog) books:
Spot plays with his ball
Spot amuses himself on a rainy day
Spot bakes a cake
Spot goes to school
Toddlers will play to 3 mini-games from each interactive story. These are very easy creativity and logic games, such as coloring drawings or a 6 to 12 parts jigsaw puzzle.
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| Dracula: The Resurrection | 2000-05-08 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | index+ | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | Henri Lou | | Mature | | Windows | You're a young man and Dracula has done his deed to your girl. Now, you must travel to Transylvania. Once there, you'll have to scour the countryside and find a way into the castle. Once there, now you must find and defeat the evil one himself. But, before you can do that, you must face his three friends and three demons. |
| Cannon Smash | 2000-05-13 | | | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cannon Smash is a freeware, open-source 3D table tennis game with support for solo-play against computer opponents and multiplayer through LAN or internet. Players control their avatars with the mouse, moving and positioning their translucent figures near the table. The player's tennist is shown from the back with two large reticles floating at the front. These red circles are used to aim the racket and hit the incoming balls, with the mouse buttons swinging the paddle left and right. The ball's future trajectory is drawn on the screen to make aiming easier.The configuration menu has several customization options, where the player can choose between four difficulty levels for the artificial intelligence, set games of five, eleven or twenty-one points, and make the avatar transparent or rendered with wireframe graphics. |
| SimCity 3000 Unlimited | 2000-05-18 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Maxis Software Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | SimCity 3000 Unlimited is a re-release of the original SimCity 3000, which adds additional features such as 2 new building sets (European and Asian), new scenarios, new disasters, a scenario creator, seasonal city events and the Building Architect Tool, which was previously a downloadable add-on for the base game. SimCity 3000: Deutschland and SimCity 3000: UK Edition change the European set to have a more national look. |
| Traitors Gate | 2000-05-18 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Daydream Software AB | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | No one has ever been able to pilfer the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Well, you're about to change that as you must break into the tower to steal it's precious cargo in this 1st person adventure game.The plot centres around stopping a rogue Pentagon director who is planning to steal the jewels. As Special Agent Raven you must enter the Tower before he does and replace the Crown Jewels with a bugged replica set. This would be a simple task, but British intelligence has not been informed of your visit. You will have to break in without anyone noticing and leave again just as silently.The format of the game is a 1st person adventure comprised of static 360-degree node clicking similar to Myst III, linked by animations with occasional cut-scenes. Gameplay is very open ended, the developers mapped the entire Tower in detail (though some of necessarily fictitious, such as the security setup) and you are given complete freedom to explore it in any way you wish. It spans 4 discs with each disc given to an area of the tower, requiring a fair amount of disc swapping as you progress. To help you, you are given a PDA style device which allows access to a camera with e-mail system for communicating with base, and use of the various gadgets you acquire early in the game. It also helps keep track of time, an important factor in this game is that you only have about nine hours to play the game, which run in real time.
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| Cricket 2000 | 2000-05-19 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Creative Assembly Ltd., The | Action, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cricket 2000 is a cricket game featuring 3D graphics, with all 11 men on the field rendered fully in 3D. Available playing modes are the World Cup and a super six competition.The game features motion-captured player moves, original player stats and 14 different national teams including Bangladesh and Scotland. The batsman can play any shot in the book. The game features play-by-play commentary from cricket legends Richie Benaud and David Gower, and there are also night matches.
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| PokerGirls Video Strip Poker | 2000-05-19 | S8 Entertainment LLC | S8 Entertainment LLC | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | Contemporary | | Direct control, Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PokerGirls Video Strip Poker is a 5-card draw poker simulation game that integrates attractive girls with the interface. As the player's score increases, the girl loses her clothing. The strip scenes are presented in full HD video displayed in a vertical format to the left of the game interface. If the player succeeds in fully undressing the girl, the girl will dance seductively displaying her figure. This final strip scene is followed by a presentation of "Winner Options." The player now has the opportunity to re-play any of the scenes by clicking on the thumbnail for that specific video. The game is available as a free download from the pokergirls.com website. A free girl is also available to get the player started. Additional girls can be purchased from the PokerGirls store. There are nearly 200 girls to choose from. |
| John Romero's Daikatana | 2000-05-23 | Eidos, Inc. | Ion Storm, L.P. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Europe, Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic), North America, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Hiro Miyamoto is a martial arts instructor and a member of an ancient clan of fighters. One day he learns that Kage Mishima, a sworn enemy of his clan, has gained possession of the Daikatana, a magical sword that allows its bearer to travel through time. As a result of Mishima's quest for power, a devastating disease is threatening humanity. Hiro and his friends must venture into different time periods, retrieve the sword, and defeat Mishima. Daikatana is a first-person shooter using the Quake II engine. The game is divided into four episodes of several levels each, each episode taking place in a different time period: far-future Japan, ancient Greece, Dark Ages Norway, and near-future USA. The game uses cutscenes and text to tell the story. Two AI-controlled characters accompany Hiro throughout the quest, helping him in battles and also requiring protection. In addition to several different firearms, the Daikatana itself, which the player acquires in Episode 2, can gain experience and grow stronger as it is used. The game includes a multi-player deathmatch mode. |
| The Book of Spells | 2000-05-23 | | | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Book of Spells is a point-and-click adventure game in which you play as Tommy, who is approached by the High Priest in his bedroom. Tommy learns of a tale about Evil Warriors that came to capture his land of Geravania 10,000 years ago. Although they fought hard, alongside their wizard, Gerle, ten pages of their Book of Spells were lost to them. The Evil Warriors threatened to return in 10,000 years time and that is where you come in. The High Priest informs you that you will be known as Aarh on this adventure and that it will be your job to retrieve the missing pages. This game is the first chapter on your journey to restore the Book of Spells. |
| Crazy Chicken: The Original | 2000-05-24 | Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | Witan Entertainment BV | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Die Original Moorhuhnjagd is the boxed version of the free advertising game Virtuelle Moorhuhn Jagd. In addition to the unchanged game it includes:
Two training levels where the player shoots at cardboard cut-outs.
Background information about the development of Virtuelle Moorhuhn Jagd and Moorhuhn 2.
A screensaver and a poster. |
| Earthworm Jim 3D | 2000-05-24 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | VIS Entertainment Limited | Action | Behind view | | Comedy | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Earthworm Jim gets squashed by a cow, leaving him dazed and confused. In the aftermath, his marbles go missing, so he must travel into his brain to find them and put everything right again. The gameplay is similar to that of the previous titles but takes place in a 3D environment. |
| PC Fútbol Selección Española Europa 2000 | 2000-05-24 | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | We are in front of another PC Fútbol, the famous Spanish managerial soccer game series, but on that occasion, with no clubs and no national leagues, only European national teams, teams which are looking for the 2000's EuroCup tournament.On that game you can be the national coach of all the European formations, and also, you can choose the 22 players who must defend the interests of your team. The game also includes the Classification Round matches and the Final Round (only if you are good enough).As a curiosity, the matches will be narrated by José Ángel de la Casa and Míchel (the ex-Real Madrid player), but that's not all, when you are watching a match, you will see the real faces of all the European stars. |
| Motocross Madness 2 | 2000-05-25 | Microsoft Corporation | Rainbow Studios, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | Motorcycle, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Motocross Madness 2 is a motocross simulation. It can be played in many different ways. There are stunt tracks, where you have to perform the craziest stunts to earn points; supercross tracks, where you have to pass the finish line before the others do; baja tracks, where you have to ride a circuit through the wilderness; and new enduro tracks, where you also have to ride through outdoor locations, but each with a special theme. There are a lot of obstacles that make the scenery very realistic. With the downloadable editor called "Armadillo", you can build your own tracks and objects. |
| Roland Garros French Open 2000 | 2000-05-25 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Carapace | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a 3D Simulation Tennis game based on the famous Roland Garros franchise. 16 men and 16 women play on 8 different courts. You can choose Singles, Doubles or Mixed Doubles. Each win puts cash in your pocket towards rackets and games with more skilled players.There are 3 game modes: Tournament, Exhibition, and Practice. In addition, there 12 rackets to unlock, 8 hidden players and 2 bonus courts, plus a 4-player multiplayer option. |
| Avaron | 2000-05-26 | Zone | Zone | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Avaron is a re-vamped version of Yōjo Ranbu 2. Most of the story, characters, 3D graphics, and overall gameplay system have remained the same. The main difference between the versions is in the 2D graphics, which are primarily used for cutscenes and battles. Most plot-related scenes and enemy graphics have been completely re-drawn. Another noticeable difference is the larger screen area used to display combat. In this version, attacks performed by the player-controlled characters are graphically displayed during the battles.A few story events have been altered: for example, one of the protagonist's companions is first met under slightly different circumstances. There are also a few minor changes in the layout of areas. As opposed to Yōjo Ranbu 2, there is no voice acting in this version. An introduction movie has been added. A small auto-map now appears on the screen, in addition to the full area map accessed via the menu. |
| Megaforce | 2000-05-26 | Tecmo, Ltd. | Tehkan Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | You are a spaceship pilot shooting enemy spacecraft and ground targets. Pick up the special letter symbols for bonuses and additional power-ups. Levels or areas are named after the Greek letter alphabet and the end boss at the end of each area must be defeated before you can continue to the next area. |
| MDK 2 | 2000-05-30 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | BioWare Corporation | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Comedy | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | After Kurt Hectic, the janitor extraordinaire has bravely ventured into the perilous minecrawlers and averted the alien threat to the Earth, he returns to his friends, the genius scientist Dr. Fluke Hawkins, and his invention, the six-legged robotic dog Max, to celebrate their great victory. However, they find out that one minecrawler in Canada still hasn't been destroyed. Kurt is sent to complete the mission, but as a result, gets kidnapped by an alien being known as Shwang Shwing. Doc and Max rush to his rescue and soon realize that they are up against a much bigger threat, involving an alien empire and galactic conquest. The fate of the Earth is in their hands.MDK 2 is the sequel to the third-person shooter MDK, largely following the same gameplay template and re-creating its humorous tone. Most of the gadgets used by Kurt in the previous game return in the sequel. In addition to levels in which the player controls Kurt, the game introduces two new playable characters, Doc and Max, with their own levels. The three protagonists have distinctly different gameplay styles. Kurt is a versatile fighter who is able to shoot enemies from afar using his trusty sniper mortal; the boss encounters of his levels usually involve various sniping strategies. Kurt can also use his special suit to glide from platform to platform. Max is the most straightforward of the three; having six legs, he can shoot from four guns at once, and also use a jetpack for long jumps. The Doc is physically the weakest character; he relies on stealth and manipulation of items to solve problems. He is able to fight using an atomic toaster, and can also consume plutonium, which transforms him into a monster for a short duration.The PlayStation 2 version as well as the later Wii version based on the PS2 version introduce different difficulty levels absent in the other versions. |
| Above and Beyond! | 2000-06-01 | | | Adventure | | | Spy / espionage | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Above and Beyond! is a single player freeware piece of Interactive Fiction, though it could also be classed as an HTML text adventure. The game was developed using the Text Adventure Development System (T.A.D.S.).The player takes the role of a computer programmer, Alex, arriving for work at their new job. As they approach the building they realise that they have forgotten their ID card. Thus begins the first puzzle, how to get into the building, and an adventure involving the mysterious disappearance of company employees.Being text based the game is, naturally, entirely keyboard controlled. The player may access previously entered commands via the up/down arrow keys. Other features include Save & Restore options, the ability to record moves, and a limited hint system.Some portions of the game are timed, i.e they must be completed within a fixed number of 'moves', and failure to complete them correctly will render the game unwinnable. |
| All Star Tennis 2000 | 2000-06-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | All Star Tennis 2000 is a 3D Tennis simulation game. The game features Exhibition, Season and Tournament play. There are 10 different tournaments in which you can compete on eight different courts from all over the world. Seven actual tennis players have been digitalized and included with the game. Each of them has their own strengths and weaknesses. You can play the game in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. You can also choose the amount of sets in a game. |
| Demarrage: Das Spiel zur Tour! | 2000-06-01 | Pride Interactive | Digital Dreams Multimedia | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bike / Bicycling | | | | | Windows | Demarrage: Das Spiel zur Tour! is a cycling management simulation. Choose your team and try to win one of the included big tours like Tour de France, Vuelta and Giro D'Italia. Set the tactics for your race and give instructions to your riders. You can hire and trade your team members, manage the finances and take care of the equipment. Also included is an encyclopedia about bike racing with information about the tours, riders and teams. |
| Dogs of War | 2000-06-01 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., TalonSoft, Inc. | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Mature | Isometric | Windows | Dogs of War is a real-time tactical game set in a full 3D environment. Three factions are fighting each other for supremacy: the Imperial Order, the rebel organization Warmonkeys, and the alien race of Mantai.Battles take place with up to 200 individual units split between the three opposing forces, across sprawling battlefields of up to ten square kilometres. The player can go from commanding an army of a hundred units to controlling one sniper in third-person mode, looking along the telescopic sights of the rifle.There are more than 40 different unit types to command, including infantry, mechanised units and alien creatures, and a diverse range of camera modes including long-range strategic and third-person views. The game contains 20 single player missions and many multiplayer levels. |
| Fort Boyard: Millennium | 2000-06-01 | Microïds | Microïds | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Fort Boyard: Millennium is based on the popular TV game show from the 90's. You have to discover surprises and riddles in 25 cells. Only if you finish all the adventures, you can find enough hints and clues to solve the mystery and defeat Arok, the leader of the creatures. |
| Ground Control | 2000-06-01 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Massive Entertainment AB | Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Real-time strategy | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The year is 2419. Rival mega-corporations Crayven Corporation and the Order of the New Dawn use the overt force of their armies to acquire and hold resources in outlying colonies. You are selected to lead Crayven Corp. expeditionary forces to secure the resources of remote planet Krig-7b. The New Dawn have already occupied the planet, in an attempt to acquire a secret item of unknown, but unimaginable power. Your task is to prevent the New Dawn from unlocking this secret.Ground Control is a real-time strategy game. Squads operate on a fully-three dimensional battlefield. Line of sight, ground cover and terrain advantage all come into play. Field commanders can easily zoom in and out from high vistas for a strategic view of the battlefield, all the way down to the detailed individual unit. There is no harvesting or technology tree in the game. Players only have the squads available in the field that they deploy in dropships, with reinforcements available in limited supply. Resource management in the game is the use and defense of combat field squads, not of harvesters or builders. Units (managed in groups or squads) are divided between the Crayven Corporation and the Order of the New Dawn. Individual units are fully rendered and animated 3D models.The Crayven Corporation tends to use more traditional squad types, such as tracked vehicles, that use explosive type weapons. For example, Crayven use the Armored Personnel Carrier with its field repair capability to assist in battlefield repair, and of course to deploy its effective 'Marine' Rifle Infantry. The light, medium, and heavy battlefield tanks (referred to as Terradynes) serve as the main Crayven offensive force, in addition to artillery squads. The Crayven will also deploy its airborne units (Aerodynes), such as the fighter, attack, or bomber class squads.The Order of the New Dawn employs less traditional squads to the battlefield. The New Dawn deploys hovering, high speed, high mobility units that use energy-based weapons. In addition to light, medium, and heavy 'Hoverdynes' (floating tanks), the New Dawn for example, employs powerful hovering beam platforms for artillery support. The New Dawn's armies are further bolstered by several air squads.All told, players in service for the Crayven Corporation have fourteen unit types (four air units and ten ground unit types) available. New Dawn disciples will have also have fourteen squad types (eleven ground units and three air) at their disposal. Both armies have special weapons and equipment for each squad. The units for both corporations are available in the single player campaign. The first several missions are completed under the banner of the Crayven Corporation, using Crayven squads. Later, the player uses New Dawn squads to complete missions. Squads can be outfitted with numerous special weapons and equipment, such as tactical nuclear shells or deployable turrets.Ground Control does not ship with 'skirmish' support. It is not possible to call up a game and play against Artificial Intelligence opponents on all multiplayer Ground Control maps. Cooperative play (multiplayer completion of the single player campaign) is also not supported. Another significant limitation is that the game does not have an in-game save feature.Multiplayer gameplay is fast-paced, with emphasis on tactics. The game is the first real-time strategy (RTS) game featuring 'drop-in' support: players may simply log in to a Ground Control drop-in game in progress, rapidly outfit their squads, and join in the combat. Gameplay types include traditional deathmatch, where players are awarded points for destroying enemy squads. The multiplayer also includes 'Scorezone', and 'Flagzone' modes, where players are awarded for retaining control of strategic locations in the multiplayer arena. Teamplay is also fully supported, with up to eight players in a match.Multiplayer supports LAN and internet play, both customizable. Hosts can set the technology level available, either restricting, or providing access to more advanced squads. Hosts may also adjust the overall damage level for all squads, ranging from 'wimpy' to the devastating 'Viking' damage setting. They may also adjust game score and time limits, map cycles, squad weapon and equipment loadout, and the availability/vitality of the APC. In addition, the game comes with an (unsupported) map editor, GenEd, out of the box. GenEd, used by Massive Entertainment in production of Ground Control, is a tool for creation of single and multiplayer missions. |
| Beyond Atlantis | 2000-06-03 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this adventure game, take Ten, the Bearer of Light, through his journey to Shambhala to confront the Bearer of Dark so that balance can be returned to the Universe. To find Shambhala, he must gather the pieces that make up the "road to Shambhala" from different locations and time periods - China, Ireland and the Yucatan.You begin aboard a ship in the mountains of Tibet, which acts as a home base. As the pieces are found and put in place, Ten is mystically transported to exotic locations and will become different characters. Each "chapter" can be played in any order since each is self-contained with its own puzzles, objects and people.The game features a "point and click" interface, full 3D panning, puzzles of varied difficulty, conversations with other characters, and a fully-orchestrated musical score. |
| Back2D | 2000-06-04 | XP38 Team | XP38 Team | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Back2D is a platform game where the player controls a caveman (though the game has a bizarre, convoluted sci-fi backstory detailed in the intro.) On each level the player needs to collect all the hearts to advance to the next. Gems can also be collected to gain "health", with 100 units of health giving an additional life. Touching an enemy or spikes instantly takes away one of the player's lives; no weapons of any kind are available. A level editor is provided with the game, to create custom levels that can be run from the game's main menu. |
| Backyard Baseball 2001 | 2000-06-06 | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | Erik Haldi | | | | Windows | As coach, you pick from either the 30 fictitious Backyard Kits, 31 real major league players portrayed as kids, or both. Pick a Backyard Sports team or create your own, or pick from 30 licensed MLB teams (with uniforms and logos). Play a single game, or an entire season (winning pennants and trophies and maybe getting into the Hall of Fame), or even online against other BB2001 players. There's even batting practice, from Tee-ball to Hard difficulties, and a Spectator mode to let two teams duke it out while you watch. And, as with Backyard Sports titles, there are power-ups: pitches like the Big Freeze, Corkscrew, or Elevator.The game features pretty simple menus, baseball cards of all the players, rosters and schedules, a system of "Good & Bad Days" that alter players' stats (one person may not like Tuesdays, or be much better when a particular person is on the other team, etc). Players do move differently on different fields, slower on sand and faster on turf. |
| Baroque Shooting | 2000-06-07 | Sting, Inc. | Sting, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | Horror | Arcade, Shooter | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Baroque Shooting is an arcade vertical-scrolling shooter spin-off from the post-apocalyptic RPG Baroque.You play as an angel as you fly through the wastes of the Baroque game-world (urban wastes destroyed by an apocalyptic heat wave) in several stages filled with monsters taken from the game gunning for you.Hitting flying containers releases helpful "parasites" that can be assimilated into your angel and provide weapon power-ups depending on their unique power (fire, thunder or ice). These parasites can be combined in different ways thus giving your angel different weapons and abilities. |
| Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption | 2000-06-07 | Activision, Inc. | Nihilistic Software, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed, Regional differences | Horror | Action RPG, Shooter | Contemporary, Europe, Fantasy, Medieval, North America | | Point and select | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | It is the Middle Ages in Europe, and people live in constant fear of demons and God's punishment. Christof is a warrior who fights the creatures of darkness. After being badly injured in a battle, he is nursed back to health by the nun Anezka in a Prague convent. Love strikes Christof when he least expects it. He realizes that it is impossible for him and Anezka to be together, but he swears to protect her and the town of Prague from demons. What he does not know is that Prague has become a battlefield for the struggle between different vampire clans. The Brujah clan sees a duty in protecting their wisdom and the unsuspecting mortals from the more vicious clans. They turn Christof into a vampire, hoping to use his skills and his passion for their cause. Christof has lost his soul, his faith, everything he had ever had, becoming one of those he had always fought and hated. But his love to Anezka has not died. And so Christof agrees to help the Brujah, getting involved in a complex net of intrigues and struggle between vampire clans, a struggle that will eventually take him to modern times, to London and New York, where his fate will finally be decided.Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption is based on the pen-and-paper role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade. Much of the game is dedicated to exploring hostile locations, fighting enemies (mostly other vampires) to complete missions and advance the storyline. Gaining experience points, the player develops Christof and other characters by increasing their statistics (such as Strength, Intelligence, Manipulation etc.) or learning and improving various disciplines, the magic spells of the game. Disciplines require blood, which can be restored with items or by feeding on enemies. Combat is action-oriented. The player can directly control only one member of the party ("coterie"); the rest are controlled by AI. It is possible to switch between different characters at any time. Following the ethical code of the RPG, there is a Humanity bar for Christof, which can be reduces if the player decides to kill innocents or make evil decisions in the game. The game has several different endings that depend on the protagonist's Humanity level. There is also a multiplayer option. |
| Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption (Collector's Edition) | 2000-06-07 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This limited Collector's Edition of Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption contains the game itself, the manual, a Limited Edition hardcover Book of Nod, a Vampire Camarilla Pendant and Bradygames' mini-strategy guide. |
| Spherical Vengeance | 2000-06-08 | | | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | In Spherical Vengeance up to four players control a bat to prevent spheres/balls to enter the player's goal. The game features three different game modes. In "Countdown" mode each player starts with a certain amount of time. Once the sphere enters the goal of a player the timer of the respective player starts to run down until the sphere enters another player's net. Once the timer reaches 0 the player is out of the game. In "Timed" mode you play a predefined amount of time with several spheres on the screen simultaneously. The player that has the lowest amount of points after the time has run out wins the game. And finally there is a "High Score" mode which is a solo-only mode, requiring the player to keep the goal clear for as long as possible. |
| Dancing Cat's | 2000-06-09 | Illusion | Dreams Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | In Dancing Cat's (sic), the player takes the role of an ambitious businessman named Kazuhiko. He founds a company named PiPit that focuses on show business. He has two goals in mind: first, hire talented dancers and singers and do everything possible to beat the competition; second, conquer the hearts (or probably just the bodies) of the seductive women who surround him...Though it sounds much like a simulation game from the description, Dancing Cat's plays more like a visual novel. The game plays automatically for the most part, arranging events and advancing the story by itself; however, on numerous occasion the player is given a dialogue choice or another option that might influence the course of events.Unlike most games of this kind, Dancing Cat's has real-time 3D graphics. It is possible to rotate and zoom the camera at most locations; however, there is no character movement of any kind. Sex scenes are mostly presented as looping pre-rendered videos; similarly to the technique used in the first Des Blood, the player can choose various sexual positions and also view the movies from a different angle. |
| Warkanoid | 2000-06-09 | Kraisoft Entertainment | Kraisoft Entertainment | Action | | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Warkenoid is a single player Breakout style game with fifty levels.The game has forty power-ups (not all of them beneficial), three difficulty settings, seven weapons upgrades for blasting away bricks, music, sound effects, a high score table, and a wide array of enemies. All the game layouts have a 'Techno' theme and are designed to look like circuit boards or machines.Unusually for the genre the game also has a save/load feature and a worldwide on-line high score table. |
| Earth 2150 | 2000-06-12 | Strategic Simulations, Inc. | TopWare Programmy Sp. z o.o. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In the sequel to Earth 2140, the use of nuclear weapons have pushed the earth out of its normal circulation around the sun. Earth is coming closer and closer to the sun. The whole climate changes. The three "states" left on Earth (and the Moon) try to conquer the areas which contain the resources necessary to build a huge spaceship to escape from earth.In total, there are 70 missions of non-linear real-time strategy gameplay to complete. It features a range of land, air and sea units, with some able to 'dig' tunnels through mountains so that units can drive through it. There is also a level editor.The game's 3D engine has realistic weather effects like fog, rain, thunderstorms, etc. The physics engine is detailed, too. For example, if there's a crater somewhere and it starts to rain, the crater slowly fills with water. When the sun goes down and it gets dark, all units and buildings have lights on them. |
| Avernum | 2000-06-14 | Spiderweb Software | Spiderweb Software | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Avernum is a remake of Exile, Spiderweb Software's first game. It uses the Nethergate game engine and plays in much the same way. A few things have been improved, however. Instead of just clicking on subjects players want to know more about in conversations, and getting static data as feedback, they can now select from several choices of what to say. It is a more natural system, like in Ultima Underworld. The combat has not changed significantly, except that there are new weapons, and many more spells, than in previous games, and these have altered graphics. The sprite animation has been expanded on, and additional frames added to the character animations. The isometric tile-by-tile scrolling view has not changed, but the many frames added on will help improve combat. |
| Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord | 2000-06-14 | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Battlefront.com, Inc., Big Time Software, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Wargame | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Join American, British, Polish, French, Canadians, or the German army in WW2, from Invasion of France to the end of the war in this hybrid tactical wargame. Control 50 heavy weapons, 126 vehicles, 45 types of terrain, and 50 missions. Mission editor is included, limited only by your imagination. See all your units move and fight in full 3D, in a turn-based/simultaneous execution format. The latest version adds TCP/IP multiplayer support! |
| Shogun: Total War | 2000-06-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Creative Assembly Ltd., The | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Turn-based strategy | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Shogun: Total War is a real-time strategy game in which you play as a Daimyo, one of the warlords battling for the right to be called Shogun, ruler of a united Japan. The game is roughly split into two sections: a map-based planning stage and a 3D battle stage. The map stage is where you build buildings in the territories that you own, organize forces, plan campaigns and generally deal with the running of your conquests. You can also research new technologies and train troops here, so it is very important. When a conflict arises, you turn to the battle stage. Unlike almost all other real-time strategy games, Shogun's battles take place on a 3D battlefield with realistic terrain. Hills roll gently into the distance, scattered trees break up the horizon and your troops lie dead in a pile on the floor. Because in Shogun your men don't just disappear when they die, they lie there, bleeding. Up to 6 armies, each containing thousands of troops, can be displayed on screen at the same time. You can zoom in to individual companies of 100 (the smallest unit) or zoom out to view the battlefield as a whole. |
| Titans of Steel | 2000-06-17 | Vicious Byte | Vicious Byte | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Wargame | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Point and select | | | | Windows | Titans of Steel is a mecha combat game heavily inspired by an earlier title for the Commodore Amiga called MechForce, which was essentially a computer adaptation of the classic BattleTech boardgame. Titans of Steel features similar gameplay mechanics, however it is neither directly based on nor related to the BattleTech franchise and instead establishes its own universe and story.According to the plot of the game, it's the year 2066, and gladiatorial battles between giant mecha robots are the most popular entertainment across the globe. As this sport is exceedingly dangerous, future mecha pilots, or jocks as they are called, are mostly recruited from the ranks of prisoners with the promise of pardon should they succeed in this career and become famous fighters.The player's goal is to assemble and manage a team of jocks, design and outfit the mecha robots they pilot, and engage in various battles. Accordingly, there are three separate game modules: HQ where the jock team is managed, Factory where mecha robots are built, and Battlefield where combat is played out on hexagonal grid maps. The game can be played either against other opponents in hot seat mode or the AI. Later releases also added multipayer over TCP/IP. |
| Gromada | 2000-06-19 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Gromada Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | | Everyone | | Windows | Gromada's artificial planet was built as a giant factory for new battle machines. By constructing battle robots, cannons, tanks, helicopters, planes and floating mines crowding the 20 fully animated (flora, fauna, fire, smoke) arenas of the planet, the player can defeat the mysterious alien forces come to destroy Gromada. Aliens also managed to gain control over all battle units on the planet but Kassandra, a tank with enormous war features that can be even upgraded and beefed up at the end of each mission. With this mouse-controlled beast, you can accomplish all 25 leveled and unlinear missions until you get control over Gromada again, by destroying all enemy machines (20 types in total).
The multiplayer mode include particular bonuses for achievements. |
| Star Trek: ConQuest Online | 2000-06-20 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Genetic Anomalies | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Trading / collectible card | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | As a Q, you decided that the humans and their universe is merely items to be collected, and you will play this collections game against other Q players... Create special collections (decks) based on your basic and advanced pieces (based on all the famous Star Trek objects), utilize the special abilities of the peice to attack/defend regions of space, win/lose pieces, and hopefully emerge victorious! Registration online/buying the retail box gives you access to the matchmaking service where you can play against another... |
| 2001 Alien Combat | 2000-06-21 | | | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | 2001 Alien Combat is a one-on-one beat 'em up game. The player controls a blue humanoid and must defeat alien opponents within a time limit. There are numerous moves available, triggered with the number keys: a jump, a lethal front kick, a rotation kick, various punches, and more. The player also can throw knives at the opponent, but there's a limited amount of knives, represented by a dwindling bar beneath the player's life bar. |
| Deus Ex | 2000-06-22 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Ion Storm Austin | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | Action RPG, Shooter, Stealth | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Some time during the 2050's, the world is a dangerous place as terrorists, drug czars, and outlaw states rule, using violence and subterfuge as tools in their push for global conquest. A deadly virus dubbed "gray death" is running rampant throughout the world and the only known cure is a chemical known as "Ambrosia" manufactured by the VersaLife corporation. However Ambrosia supplies are scarce and world governments, particularly the United States, carefully monitor and control who receives this cure. As protest against these events, French terrorist organization "Silhouette" bombs the historic symbol of friendship between French and American people, The Statue of Liberty. In response to this attack, the United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition (UNATCO) organization is formed. Building a headquarters underground at Liberty Island, its mission is to attack terrorism and maintain peace around the world. JC Denton is a nano-enhanced agent who has been primed for UNATCO service. While JC's brother Paul is already an active agent, JC is beginning his first day of service when the National Secessionist Forces (NSF) suddenly raid a supply of Ambrosia at UNATCO headquarters.Deus Ex is a dark cyberpunk game that combines gameplay styles of first-person shooter and RPG, with elements of stealth and puzzle-solving. The player assumes the role of JC Denton, UNATCO anti-terrorist agent. Pitted against an elaborate global conspiracy, he must interact with characters, pick up weapons and complete objectives. While JC is essentially fixed within the mission-framework of the game, he can be customized in areas such as weapons, technical skills and physical prowess. Completing objectives rewards the player with skill points, which may be distributed to increase JC's proficiencies in eleven different disciplines. The player can choose to increase the damage JC inflicts with various types of weapons, improve his lock-picking or computer hacking abilities, etc. Each such discipline has four levels of proficiency.Another way of customizing JC is applying nano-augmentations to his body. These cybernetic implants bestow the hero with super-human abilities, and can be installed on different body parts, up to nine at the same time. Along with combat-related benefits, nano-augmentations also grant JC abilities that can be used to overcome certain obstacles within the game world. Examples of those are jumping to extreme heights, swimming, lifting heavy objects, etc. Weapons can be customized as well: their range, accuracy, and magazine sizes can be increased, and they can be enhanced by attaching scopes, silencers, or laser sights to them.The game leads JC to various places all around the globe. The cities he visits, as well as most mission areas, are expansive and fairly open to accommodate different approaches to solving the same problems, depending on the player's preferred style of play. Most of the missions can be tackled in various ways, e.g. with brute force, stealth, or extensive usage of lock-picking and computer hacking abilities. At certain points, the course of the storyline can also be influenced by the decisions made by the player. Similarly to System Shock games, the environment is largely interactive, the player being able to pick up, use, and discard various types of objects. |
| Star Trek: Klingon Academy | 2000-06-22 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | 14° East | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | The sequel to Star Fleet Academy, Klingon Academy attempts to correct the faults of the previous game while allowing you to play as a member of the arch-nemesis of the Federation. You play Torlek, a young Klingon officer selected for Command Academy, where the finest naval officers are trained to be the most effective ship captains the Empire can produce. Your instructor and mentor is the famous General Chang, two years before the events that lead to a truce between the Federation and the Empire. Chang will test you and your classmen in a simulated campaign against the Federation, and should you succeed, you may be called for other services as well.Although not completely detached from the arcade nature of the original game, both the agility of the lighter Klingon ships and the sluggish controls and more elaborate commands make this sequel seem more a starship simulator than a fighter simulator. The majority of the gameplay takes place in a 3-D environment simulating space. Everything from black holes to ice rings will hinder your travels, but most important are the enemy ships you will encounter. From traitorous Klingons to Federation starbases to cloaked Romulans, over forty different types of vessels can be encountered, and most can be played in multiplayer. Lighting effects and models that can be scorched and damage enhance the visual effects. Control is through either a keyboard/mouse or keyboard/joystick combination and certain ship functions can be automated to allow you to worry about immediate concerns. Ships sail past each other, in a cumbersome imitation of dogfighting (although one must not forget that most vessels have side and rear firing weapons in addition to the forward-firing main weapons). In the single player game, you take Torlek through the Academy, following a creative campaign of Chang's that simulates a decisive assault on the Federation. Although simulated, failure results in dismissal, so there are no second chances. Eventually, you'll graduate and become embroiled in the political issues leading up to Star Trek VI. The between mission (and sometimes within mission) briefings occur through roughly 90 minutes worth of live action film, featuring both Christopher Plummer and David Warner returning to the roles they played in the movie.In the multiplayer game, players can do a free-for-all or divide up into teams, each choosing a vessel from the various races available in the game. They then can duke it out in a number of environments, from near a sun to within an asteroid belt to even in the upper reaches of a planetary atmosphere. Each environment causes different effects on your ship and, subsequently, different hazards. |
| Steel Panthers: World at War - Generals Edition | 2000-06-22 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Compilation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Wargame | | Tank | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Steel Panthers: World At War - Generals Edition includes a free v8.20 of SPWaW and all four Mega-Campaigns:
The Screaming Eagles
The Desert Fox
Operation: Watchtower
Lost Victories
Mega-Campaigns are specially designed and programmed branching campaign systems for Steel Panthers: World at War, that were previously sold separately. |
| Taxi 2 | 2000-06-22 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Blue Sphere (France) | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Taxi 2 is a driving game, based on Luc Besson's movie. Both movie and video game share the same title.Taxi 2 features two game modes. The "story mode" follows the scenes from the movie and allows you to select from five missions. When a mission is completed, you can save your progress, but also play it in the "arcade mode". In this mode, you will face the same competitor, Jean-Louis Schlesser ! The objective is no longer specific to each mission, but is to win the race, after several laps. In this mode, you will not have to care about the temperature gauge, since it is removed from arcade mode.
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| Submarine Titans | 2000-06-26 | Strategy First, Inc. | Ellipse Studios Pty Ltd | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Submarine Titans is a real-time strategy game set in a future Earth where its surface was devastated by the Clark Comet. Remains of humanity have moved to installations at the bottom of the seas, but formed two rival civilizations - the White Sharks, eager to claim power by force, and the Black Octopi, a technologically advanced but ecologically friendlier faction. Not long afterwards, they discover an alien race known only as the Silicons in the depths. All three of the mentioned factions have their own singleplayer campaign of 10 missions each.The game features multiple innovations to the genre. Firstly, there are five different heights upon which submarines can move, adding a vertical dimension to the gameplay while using a 2D engine. Structures are built on the bottom of these levels, either on the very floor of the sea or on large stone plates. For the human factions, structures are spawned by construction submarines and are then gradually formed independently from those units, while the Silicon use capsules which transform themselves into any structure.Among a wide variety of standard and specialized submarines, several types stand out: Marauders/Raiders/Usurpers can capture enemy submarines and structures (similarly to Star Trek: Armada), Avengers can disable their targets, and Dreadnoughts launch special pods which damage targets from above. Enemy technologies can be captured by hacking, allowing for potentially optimal submarine combinations. Submarines armed with torpedoes or ion shells require a special building that produces these weapons. Defensive structures share some similarities to this, and are also technologically advanced, some providing shielding to friendly objects in the surrounding area or sending damaging ultrasonic pulses to enemies in their vicinity. Each faction also has weapons of mass destruction similar to Command & Conquer superweapons.Human factions have access to four resources: oxygen, metal, Corium 276, and gold. Oxygen is required for proper functioning of all base assets (especially construction speed), metal and Corium 276 are mined from their respective deposits, and gold can be extracted from anywhere on the map with varying rates of efficiency. Silicons, on the other hand, can gather only three resources: energy, Corium 276, and silicon. Energy is gathered from metal deposits and fuels friendly objects' hit points and shields, while silicon is gathered from sand and its extractors need to be placed in a moderate distance from each other. All these resources can be converted to gold/energy.Complex tech trees are unlocked through research, giving access to new submarines, structures and upgrades.Despite having a 2D engine, the map view can be rotated in 45° increments and zoomed in and out. Aside from the standard three levels of artificial intelligence (AI), players can change AI parameters in a special application that comes with the game. The game also comes with a map editor and a sound editor. Maps can also be randomly generated for skirmish and multiplayer matches. |
| BreakNeck | 2000-06-27 | THQ Inc. | Synetic GmbH | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | The sequel to Have a N.I.C.E. day! had a lot of improvements: instead of 3 cars you're now able to choose between more than 42 cars, 24 tracks with 96 variations and a lot of new race modes. The most significant feature is the new powerful graphic engine, it's able to display a lot more polygons and has some nice new effects (plus 3d accelerator support). |
| Dark Reign 2 | 2000-06-27 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Pandemic Studios, LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The sequel to Dark Reign: The Future of War comes in real 3D, which is not the only new feature in this title. Gameplay is still the same like it used to be some years ago - just another RTS from that point of view. Music is dynamic and changes when it comes to a battle. Between the missions are short rendered clips. The coordination of the units is easy, and the terrains are unique in this game. |
| Virtual U | 2000-06-27 | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Enlight Software Ltd., Jackson Hole Higher Education Group | Educational, Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Virtual U is a management game in which the player takes on the role of the president of an American university or college. The game can be played in a free sandbox mode in which you can determine your own goals or you can play certain scenarios where objectives have to be met, such as raising a minority enrollment. As president you have to manage a variety of parameters and policies such as staff hiring and allocation, tuition costs, salaries, fund raising, research, constructing facilities, etc. You can adjust how fast time goes by and each ingame year you receive a letter of review from the university's board. |
| Diablo II | 2000-06-28 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | Blizzard Entertainment Inc., Blizzard North | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Hack and slash | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Mature | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Knowing well that Diablo's spirit could never be truly destroyed, the hero of Tristram made the noblest sacrifice of all: he took the spirit of the Lord of Terror into himself, hoping that his strength of will could contain the demon within. He was wrong. Diablo's essence corrupted him, gradually taking over his human nature. He has turned into the Dark Wanderer, a mysterious being whose every step causes destruction and death. A nameless adventurer visits the Rogue Encampment and decides to help its inhabitants by slaying monsters surrounding the area, and eventually pursuing the Dark Wanderer himself.Like its predecessor, Diablo II is an action role-playing game. The player may choose between five available characters classes: Amazon (a rogue-like class with ranged attacks), Necromancer (can summon undead and inflict status ailments), Barbarian (a powerful melee fighter who can dual-wield weapons), Sorceress (offensive spellcaster), and Paladin (fights with shields and can cast support spells). Much of the game takes place in randomized dungeon-like areas heavily populated by enemies. Unlike the previous game, the environments are not restricted to a single dungeon and include variously themed locations, each with its own town and quests. The player character gains experience points from slaying monsters, and can be leveled up manually, increasing his or her primary attributes and acquiring abilities. Much of the customization relies on equipment and item combinations. Diablo's magic has been replaced with skills: class specific abilities that can be purchased with skill points as characters level up. For example, a Paladin's skills allow him to cover allies with a protective aura, while a Sorceress can learn to fire lightning bolts and frozen blasts from her hands. Skills can be purchased several times to level them up, and some skills, when purchased, will increase the effectiveness of other skills. A new item type, socketed, has been added as well. Socketed items can be modified permanently by adding magic gems to them, increasing their statistics or adding elemental properties. |
| Diablo II (Collector's Edition) | 2000-06-29 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This special edition of Diablo II includes the following items, according to the region in which it was sold:English (USA) version:
Diablo II game discs & jewel case
Diablo II Soundtrack (containing 17 songs from the game)
Diablo II DVD Movie containing 24 minutes of remastered, DVD quality cinematics from within the game.
Behind the scenes video of art and sketches from the game
game trailers for Diablo, Diablo II, StarCraft, StarCraft: Brood War, and WarCraft III as well as a "Final Destination" movie trailer
Diablo II Dungeons & Dragons paper and pen RPG
Collector's Edition number on the box (70,000 pieces)
Spanish (Spain and Latin America) version:
Diablo II game discs & jewel case (in Spanish)
Diablo II DVD Movie containing 24 minutes of remastered, DVD quality cinematics from within the game.
Behind the scenes video of art and sketches from the game
game trailers for Diablo, Diablo II, StarCraft, StarCraft: Brood War, and WarCraft III as well as a "Final Destination" movie trailer
Diablo 2 Prima Strategy Guide (in Spanish)
French version:
Diablo II game discs & jewel case (in French)
Diablo II DVD Movie containing 24 minutes of remastered, DVD quality cinematics from within the game.
Behind the scenes video of art and sketches from the game
game trailers for Diablo, Diablo II, StarCraft, StarCraft: Brood War, and WarCraft III as well as a "Final Destination" movie trailer
Diablo 2 Prima Strategy Guide (in French)
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| Caesars Palace 2000 | 2000-06-30 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Runecraft Ltd. | Gambling | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Play authentic Caesars Palace casino games without going to Las Vegas! The game includes Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Slots, Baccarat, Video Poker and more, all with realistic rules. Watch the authentic Caesars Palace game tutorials to learn how to play.Odds are scientifically calculated to be accurate, and there are multi-player options. |
| Robbo Millennium | 2000-06-30 | L.K. Avalon | L.K. Avalon | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Robbo Millennium is an official remake of Robbo, a puzzle game in which you guide a robot. The gameplay remains the same despite updated audiovisuals: collect screws, manipulate objects (such as crates) and avoid hazards. The number of levels has been increased to 130 total. |
| ReCUB 2000 | 2000-07-01 | | | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Board game, Timed input | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | ReCUB 2000 is a "Simon Says"-type game. The computer shows a specific sequence of button presses, and the player must repeat it without any mistakes. Each button plays a different pitch of sound when pressed, which helps in remembering the sequence, which gets progressively longer as the game progresses. A number of mistakes (depending on the configuration) means game over. In the configuration options, the player can adjust the game's difficulty. It is also possible to choose various skins to affect the game's appearance. |
| Rugrats Totally Angelica Boredom Buster | 2000-07-01 | Mattel Interactive | KnowWonder, Inc. | Adventure | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Rugrats Totally Angelica Boredom Buster is aimed at girls, ages 2-11. As the title suggests, this CD-ROM is all about Angelica, one of the characters on the TV show, Rugrats. Angelica needs help, and you are just the one to help her. It is another boring night with the babysitter, but Angelica still indulges in her every fantasy. You can go along for the ride as Angelica dreams of becoming a movie star, super model, hip hop dancer, and professional ice-skater. The player can choose their own journey in a variety of different games and activities. |
| Warlords: Battlecry | 2000-07-01 | Strategic Simulations, Inc. | Strategic Studies Group Pty Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | When Navarre and Lucifus, the white and red "tears" fell from the heavens, the world is forever changed. Navarre, the white tear, is a magical stone with ability to give life, while Lucifus, the red tear, has the ability to give death. Humans, Dwarves, Barbarians, Minotaurs, Undead, High Elves, Wood Elves, and Dark Elves, each want the two tears for themselves. War is sweeping the land. Those who possess either (or both) will gain great power... or bring great suffering. Will you walk the path of light, or head down the path of darkness?Warlords: Battlecry is the long-awaited attempt to bring the tactical diversity and rich background of Warlords, a turn-based wargame franchise, into the real-time strategy world. You have heroes leading your armies. The heroes can gain experience and skills in various areas, all of them enhancing neary armies or improve one or other aspects, such as finding more resources, making certian units cheaper to create, resisting enemy magic attacks, and so on. With dozens of skills, hundreds of units, eight different factions to choose from (each of them are quite different with VERY different strengths and weaknesses), and lots of different maps to choose from. Winning will NOT be determined by who click the fastest but rather by who can build the right units the fastest and deploy them best. |
| Freespace 2: Dimension Pack | 2000-07-03 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Volition, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | This is a re-release of Freespace 2 with some bonuses:
10 new missions
2 new campaigns: Templar and Gauntlet
New multi-player missions
Space ship models in .mts format
Music in mp3 format
Artwork and desktop wallpapers
Hi-res space ship pictures |
| Adeptus | 2000-07-04 | Conitec Datasystems, Inc. | Invoked Development | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | Action RPG, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Adeptus is a short role-playing game that was created to demonstrate the capabilities of Conitec Datasystems' 3D GameStudio game creation suite. The player character is a young man who wants to learn magic, and a sorceress transports him to a strange place where he needs to pass several tests to acquire magic skills.The game showcases 3D architecture with outdoor and indoor areas, inventory item manipulation (including several puzzles), non-player character interaction with multiple-choice dialogue, combat, and player character level up and skill distribution.The player needs to first retrieve an item for an NPC from a small dungeon, timing the movement to avoid magic projectiles, then collect several items in the temple and the surrounding grounds, which includes defeating a giant scorpion with a sword. The game ends as the player character finally receives the ability to cast magic and enters a portal back to where he came from.Conitec made the entire source of the game separately available, and allowed to include any assets from the game in derivative products made with 3D GameStudio. |
| Gry Tygryska | 2000-07-05 | MarkSoft | Silcom Multimedia | Educational, Strategy | | | | Board game, Mini-games | | | Direct control, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Gry Tygryska is a set of classic (board) games (Chinese, Pac-Man, Reversi, Frogger etc.) brought together in a single game.Visuals are adjusted as to be played by children and help them practice memorizing objects and logical thinking. There are many colourful illustrations and animations that, once clicked or triggered, launch (board) games. Every (board) game has difficulty settings. |
| Ys II Eternal | 2000-07-06 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ys II Eternal is a remake of Ys II. It is visually similar to Ys Eternal, with slightly more advanced and detailed graphics. The changes, however, are less noticeable than in the previous remake and mostly include slight variations in locations and dungeon design, as well as various tweaks to items, magic system, and interaction with NPCs. There are three difficulty modes (Easy, Normal, and Hard) to choose from in this version. |
| 3D Spryjinx | 2000-07-07 | | | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | 3D Spryjinx is a platform game in which two players compete to get the highest score by jumping on platforms. Platforms are moving from the top of the screen to the bottom where they are destroyed by lava. Initially all the platforms are grey but when a player jumps onto a platform it will change color to that players color. A number on the platform indicates how much points it is worth and this amount will be added to the players score when it drops into the lava (if it's green the green player will get the points and if it's blue the blue player will get the points). In addition to standard platform blocks with numbers on them there are ones with a question mark (gives a random number of points) and ones with a red devil (moves to adjacent free spaces).To make the game more interesting there are several bonus items:
Red pirate: The player who get the pirate steals any power up the other player has.
Yellow face: While this power up is active the player may touch the other player to confuse him/her.
Ghost: While this power up is active the player may touch the other player to make him/her invisible.
Stop sign: Stops the time.
Paint bucket: Allows the player to paint platform blocks permanently. The opponent can not change the color.
Lightning bolt: The player will move twice as fast.
Bomb: Destroys a number of platform blocks.
Magnet: Allows the player to move platform blocks to free places by jumping out in the air.
Switch: The player changes places.
There are two ways to win the game: Get the most points or kill the opponent three times.This game is a 3D sequel to Spryjinx and was written in C++ with Allegro. |
| Soulbringer | 2000-07-10 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Infogrames Studios Limited | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | After the death of your father, you are sent to live with your uncle, Andrus outside the snowy town of Madrigal. Once you arrive at his house, he tells you about magic and his past. You learn of Harbinger, an ancient warrior who sealed the Revenants (demon kings) in the well of souls which are now breaking free and returning to the World. The game is advanced as you are assigned quests, which are recorded in your journal. Not all quests need to be completed in order to finish the game.Soulbringer is an action RPG. Melee combat consists of detailed moves, which can be chosen by the player: high and low slashes, strikes, etc. The player can create combos with two or more such actions, and execute them. The main character also specializes in magic (including elemental schools), and can fight with weapons and cast spells at the same time. |
| KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child | 2000-07-17 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Third Law Interactive | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | Horror | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Wicked Jester, a band of four, are headed for a Friday night gig at The Coventry, a rundown dive outside of town. They arrive only to find the parking lot deserted, the club seemingly dead. The band's members: Pablo Ramirez, Andy Chang, Gabriel Gordo and Patrick Scott, stepping from their van, are startled by a voice from the shadows. She offers them four tickets to a circus -- tonight's the grand finale! Having nothing better to do, the four accept and the nightmare begins.Based on characters from comic book author Todd McFarlane, KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child brings the horror and carnage of the Psycho Circus to the PC in a shooter format. There are two-dozen creatures to battle with and three classes of weapons to use, each with four specific types: melee (beast claws, thornblade, twister and punisher), common (zero cannon, magma cannon, windblade and scourge) and ultimate (stargaze, galaxion, spirit lance and draco). In addition to the weaponry, temporary power-ups and instant items such as health, attack and defense powers are available. |
| Disney's Mickey Mouse Toddler | 2000-07-18 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Disney Interactive Victoria | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | In this collection of preschool activities, the player joins some well-known Disney cartoon characters to explore numbers, letters, and creativity. A different character introduces each activity (except for Pluto, who doesn't speak) and briefly hints at what to do - the player interacts with most activities simply by moving the mouse over the screen to uncover hidden items, listen to sounds, explore color, etc. The graphics are pure Disney cartoon and quiet music plays in the background throughout the game.
Mickey Mouse - Letters of the alphabet are hiding in Mickey's front yard; as the player moves his mouse over them, Mickey uses a word that begins with that letter
Minnie Mouse - Minnie is playing with shapes and invites the player to find specific ones in her yard
Goofy - the player can use various hues and patterns of paint on Goofy's house while Goofy takes a nap
Pluto - as Gopher pops up out of his burrows holding a number, the player mouses over it to make Pluto chase it
Donald Duck - while Donald snoozes instead of houseboat-cleaning the player can play with sound-producing hot spots to try to wake him upIn Disney's Mickey Mouse Toddler, the preschool player will encounter letter and number recognition, shape and color recognition, mousing skills and listening skills. As an extension to the educational content there are printable coloring pages available through the Print and Parent's Information area, accessed by pressing Ctrl+P. |
| 15 Puzzle | 2000-07-20 | | | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | | Windows | 15 Puzzle Is a single player, shareware, mouse controlled implementation of the classic sliding block puzzle.
This game is played on the standard 4x4 grid and has the option of using numbered cells or a picture, it also has a high score table. The shareware version of the game is limited to just ten games for evaluation purposes.
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| Bang! Gunship Elite | 2000-07-25 | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | Rayland Interactive | Action | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Everyone | | Windows | Welcome to the Gunship Elite. Sorry to rush you out of training school, but we have full confidence in your abilities. You are fighting for the future of our cultures and the heritage of your Arikhan warrior ancestry. The Alliance is being invaded by the Sektar and their bloodthirsty allies, the Morgoths. While for years we have held them, their numbers are wearing us down. We must take the offensive soon. That is where you come in...Bang! Gunship Elite is an action game where you shoot a lot of enemies all by yourself, in the vein of Wing Commander or Freespace, but with the action turned up and tactics turned down. There are many power-ups (dropped by dead enemies or left in space by your supply ships). The game is mouse driven with keyboard inputs for things like speed and weapon selection. |
| Cultures | 2000-07-25 | THQ Inc. | Funatics Development GmbH | Strategy | | | | Real-time strategy | Medieval | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Cultures is a real-time strategy game with a slight difference: the player does not have to bash all his opponents into submission.The story is told from the perspective of a young Viking boy, Bjarni, now in adulthood. He and his family form part of a village community on the coast of Greenland whom have come upon hard times with harsh weather conditions ruining their harvest. One day, a comet comes crashing to Earth, splitting into six pieces as it enters the atmosphere. Convinced that this is a sign from their Gods, the villagers make the necessary preparations to embark on a mission to recover the six pieces in the hope that this will bring them prosperity. The story unfolds across thirteen scenarios, and during the adventure, they come into contact with several other cultures such as Eskimos, Indians, and Mayans.
Besides the campaign, there are four tutorials, a number of standalone single player scenarios (including some designed for beginners). Multiplayer is supported for up to six players across the Internet or a local area network. All players assume the role of the Vikings. |
| Prodigy Racing | 2000-07-25 | Yo1 Komori Games | Yo1 Komori Games | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Hovercraft, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Prodigy Racing is a mouse-operated 3D racing game. It is the third game in Yoichi Hayashi's Prodigy series. In this futuristic racer, players can choose from a selection of five tracks and two game modes. Pilots operate a machine equipped with an anti-gravity engine and race through a high-speed thrill of up to 400 km/h. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII with Power Up Kit | 2000-07-28 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII with Power Up Kit is the compilation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII and Sangokushi VII: Power Up Kit. |
| Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Lands on Mars: Activity Center | 2000-07-28 | Microsoft Corporation | KnowWonder, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Magic School Bus Lands on Mars Activity Center combines both educational value and entertainment appeal, making players learn the joy in learning science with activities that help kids want to keep playing and learning. Build Your Own Mars Rover and challenge Liz in Race Your Rover! Guide the Mars Lander to the surface of Mars! Create and print your own Crew Pass! Learn cool and exciting facts about Mars, Earth, and the Solar System, and build critical thinking skills. 3 levels of science fun and learning in every game.
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| Scholastic's The Magic School Bus in Concert: Activity Center | 2000-07-28 | Microsoft Corporation | KnowWonder, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Scholastic’s The Magic School Bus In Concert Activity Center combines educational value and entertainment appeal, making science concepts fun and accessible with activities that help kids want to keep playing and learning. Jam with Ms. Frizzle, Liz, and other loved characters from the best-selling books and hit TV show. Create your own sound mix. See what's "inside" Liz with ultrasound. Sort out mixed-up sound in Scramble Sounds. Join Phoebe, Carlos, Liz, Ralphie, and Keesha for fun games, zany experiments and cool art activities. Learn new facts abouts sounds and build critical thinking skills. 3 levels of fun and learning in every game. |
| Metal Fatigue | 2000-07-31 | TalonSoft, Inc. | Zono, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | When mankind discovered faster-than-light travel in the 23rd century, an excursion into the depth of the galaxy revealed the existence of a power-hungry alien race known as Hedoth. However, upon arrival at the aliens' homeland, humans found out that the Hedoth have mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind debris of destruction and advanced military technology. Realizing that they are alone in the universe, human corporations begin a frenzied race for dominance, using the war machines left by the aliens. Metal Fatigue is a real-time strategy game that allows players to build and customize their massive mecha-like combat units (called "Combots" in the game) to dominate the three battlefield levels simultaneously - from orbit, to the surface, and even underground. Players can develop bases and command their forces carefully - the enemy can appear from any direction, including above and below. |
| Arcatera: The Dark Brotherhood | 2000-08-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Westka Interactive GmbH | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Something is rotten in the quiet medieval town of Senora. A mysterious Dark Brotherhood seems to have taken control over the town, and it's the player character's job to discover the identity of the villains and liberate the inhabitants.Arcatera is a role-playing game. Much of the gameplay is dedicated to exploring the town and its surroundings, talking to people and gathering information that will advance the story. The player can choose to start the game as any of the four available characters: a fighter, a thief, a magician, and a monk. Besides influencing combat abilities, each of the characters also has his/her own background story. Combat is of the "real-time-with-pause" variety; the player must select commands from a menu to act in combat. The game has a developed conversation system, with NPCs having their own "moods", which make them react differently to the player's dialogue choices, and even losing patience and abandoning conversation altogether. It features 3D characters and pre-rendered backgrounds. There is a time limit of three weeks. |
| Archie Barrel: Delo - Otel' Imperial | 2000-08-01 | Russobit-M | Russobit-M | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Archie Barrel, an American private investigator of late 30s, gets a job from a local mobster Antonio Mandragoras to look after his wife in Hotel Imperial. Easy at the first sight task turns into a wild adventure full of naked bodies and occult rituals.The game is represented in first-person perspective view. Player moves around hotel, talks with local persons, collects and uses the items. Graphically, two-dimensional cartoon animation takes place in rendered three-dimensional environments as well as three full motion videos are proposed to watch a strip-tease. Blackjack card game is also present.Made in Russian, the game includes nudity, sexual scenes, drugs use, and violence, but all of this is stylized to be represented in humorous way. |
| El Tesoro de Isla Alcachofa | 2000-08-01 | Alcachofa Soft S.L. | Alcachofa Soft S.L. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Jim Guinderslifth, the main character of this adventure, is a young thief who discovers that a captain is preparing a secret expedition to find pirate Frink's treasure. From then on his goal is to enlist in the crew of the ship that will leave from Bristol to an unknown destination.A parody to Robert Stevenson's Treasure Island, El Tesoro de Isla Alcachofa is a typical 3rd Person Adventure game, with a good dose of dialogue, puzzles, humor and artichokes. |
| Hot Chix 'n' Gear Stix | 2000-08-01 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Driver-Inter, Ltd., Fiendish Games, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | | | | Arcade | | | Gary Reynolds | | Everyone | | Windows | Behind the wheels of one of the 6 mid-70s American muscle cars your only aim is to show yourself as the hottest chix around in this arcade-style racing game. |
| Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Driver 2: GET 'N DIRTY | 2000-08-01 | Mattel Interactive | Semi Logic Entertainments, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Off-roading, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Stunt Track Driver 2: GET 'N DIRTY is the second in the Hot Wheels racing series, geared toward kids. It features six outdoor environments, twelve Hot Wheels Cars, and three modes of play, including the Grand Championship. |
| Jagdverband 44: Screaming Eagles | 2000-08-01 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | Hammer Technologies | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Jagdverband 44: Screaming Eagles is a mix between action game and flight simulation and takes place during World War II. The game features 50 missions which are based on real battles between 1939 and 1945. These missions can either be played individually or in a German or Allied campaign and mostly consist of shooting a certain objectives.The game comes with 17 aircrafts divided in fighter planes, bombers and special ones which where under construction but never finished. An editor can be used to build own missions. |
| Wrath of the Sea King | 2000-08-01 | Bloodlust Software | Bloodlust Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In Wrath of the Sea King, the player takes the role of Dust, a peerless burglar plagued with continual headaches and cursed with eternal life courtesy of a mystical Egyptian amulet. Following more than a century of migraine torment, Dust learns of another powerful talisman in the ruins of Atlantis, rumoured to destroy all life - including his own. Keen for a blessed escape from the daily torment of perpetual agony, the hero engages the services of a submarine and enters the perilous realm of the Sea King.Direction keys and a fire button here run the player through a relentless gauntlet of over fifty varied grim environments filled with traps and ambushes, demanding diverse tactics from brutal trigger-finger massacres to fine-reflex timing workouts to systematic strategizing and maze-mapping. Selectable paths and boss battles are present as well. |
| Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 | 2000-08-04 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Ritual Entertainment | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Fighting, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2 is a third-person Action/Adventure, based on the Heavy Metal franchise (the comic books, movie, cartoon, etc.).The story takes place some years after the most recent movie, and basically involves big bad aliens threatening the planet of Eden, the home of Julie (aka F.A.K.K. 2) and other people rescued in the aforementioned movie. So Julie, being the heroine she is, sets out to stop the invasion and send the baddies packing. To accomplish this you get to use weapons ranging from many types of swords (fire, electrical, chainsaw, etc) to a rocket launcher to guns like a pistol, Uzi, and shotgun. There are even a few shields and some armor. The game has both left and right handed attacks, so you can hold a firesword in one hand, for example, and an Uzi in the other. This also allows for special combo moves which are used to kill powerful monsters quicker.You have health to watch, of course, but there is also Eden water. It not only provides some protection, depending on how much you have, but also allows Julie to run faster, jump further, and jump higher. Eden water is also needed to power some weapons. The more of it you have, the better. |
| Galactix | 2000-08-07 | Mountain King Studios Inc. | Cygnus Software Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Defend Earth from destruction from the onslaught of the Xidus fleet. Your state-of-the-art ship is equiped with a limitless supply of ammunition, and in addition has missles, bombs, and a retractable claw used for retrieving ship upgrades during the heat of battle. |
| Hoyle Kids Games | 2000-08-07 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Puzzle, Strategy | Side view | Licensed | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Chess, Music / rhythm, Tile matching puzzle, Timed input, Word construction | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this compilation of kids classic games, Hoyle brings their familiar format of internet play and colorful graphics. It features 12 fun titles: Battling Ships, Checkers, Chinese Checkers, Snakes & Ladders, Crazy Eights, Go Fish, Memory Match, Old Maid, War, Hangman, Placer Racer and Speedy Racer. There's also 2 bonus games to be found - The Music Game (similar to Simon), and Tic Tac Toe.By using the Facemaker utility, players can customize their own character avatar and play against built-in animated computer characters, and up to 3 other human players on the same computer or on the internet. You can alter screen background environments where the games are played to your liking, as well as adjust difficulty level. An animated talking Genie also explains the rules and provides any help required. |
| The Wild Thornberrys: Rambler | 2000-08-07 | THQ Inc. | Human Code, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down, Side view | Licensed | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | The Wild Thornberrys: Rambler is a collection of themed mini-games based on the Nickelodeon cartoon. Each mini-game represents a different continent on a map of the world and features a different characters. Each game starts by giving the players three lives but additional lives can be picked up by collecting bonus items, the games are:Eliza’s Ice Hopper: Set in the well known region of 'Europe and the Arctic' this mouse controlled game features the character Eliza. She starts the game on an ice island around which circle smaller floating chunks of ice. Her task is to hop from one piece of ice to another, locate a baby animal and then transport it to its mother. As the player progresses the levels become harder with unstable and cracking chunks of ice, polar bears, and whales whose spouts of water can knock her into the water. There are also bonus items such as film canisters and insulated bottles on some ice floes which score bonus points and parkas which give extra lives.Darwin’s Another Vine Mess: Set in South America this game features Darwin the monkey. The task is to swing from vine to vine collecting food, fruit and shirts stolen by the local monkeys. Contact with another monkey makes Darwin fall off and costs a life. As the game progresses the levels become harder with slippery vines, more monkeys to avoid, crocodiles and flying toucans that drop coconuts from above.Donnie’s Bug Quest: Donnie’s wandering around the African Savannah looking for a bugs to eat. The object is to guide him around the screen until all bugs have been collected. As the game progresses the levels become harder and introduce a puzzle element with rocks that must be moved out of the way in the correct order so Donnie can reach the last few bugs. Other obstacles such as warthogs and lions will cost a life if encountered but there are bonus items picking up canteens earns extra lives and film canisters score bonus points.Debbie’s Monkey Chaser: Debbie’s CDs have been stolen by monkeys in Asia so she goes chasing them armed with a bottle of shampoo, (everyone knows monkeys hate to be squirted with shampoo). The object is to search the screens looking for the CD while squirting monkeys who come after you. Bonus items here are bananas which give extra turns or, if Debbie gets caught, can be used to bribe a monkey into letting her go, film canisters score bonus points and puddles refill the shampoo bottle.Nigel’s Boomerang Tango: Nigel's after poachers in this shooting game. The poacher is on one side of the dock and Nigel is on the other. They throw boomerangs at each other and if the either one's hat gets knocked off they fall into the water. If enough poachers get knocked into the water the animal is released. Bonus items here are boomerangs which give more turns, and sardines and film canisters for extra points.All the games are controlled with the arrow keys except Eliza’s Ice Hopper which is mouse controlled and Nigel’s Boomerang Tango which uses both the mouse and keyboard. |
| Diablo II (Exclusive Gift Set) | 2000-08-11 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | A complete Diablo II package containing the game, official strategy-guide by BradyGames and a Diablo II DVD containing all the in-game cinematics and bonus material like Blizzard trailers. |
| Sergei Bubka's Millennium Games | 2000-08-11 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Sports | Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Sergei Bubka's Millennium Games is a multi-event Olympic game, composed of nineteen events: 100m, 200m, 400m, 110m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, Relay 4x100, Relay 4x400, 800m, 1500m, 3000m Steeple Chase, 5000m, Long Jump, High Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, Javelin, Discus, Shot-put and Hammer.There are four play options:Team Arcade: in this mode, the player chooses to lead a national team among the ten available, to compete over nineteen events. The objective is to obtain the maximum number of medals, and in order to compete the athletes must first pass a qualification level. Each team has 8 athletes with different event specializations. The player can choose name and gender, as well as the difficult level.After selecting the team, the player has to choose an event to compete. At first just one event of each category (sprinting, long-distance, jumping and throwing) will be available. If the player wins a bronze or silver medal, one more event will be open. A gold medal will open two more events.
Training Decathlete: in this mode, the player has to train a decathlete/heptathlete through his/her career. The player first creates the athlete, choosing his/her name, gender, and characteristics, such as: strength, speed, acceleration, jump, endurance and reaction. Choosing a specialty (sprint, distance, throw or jump) gives the athlete pre-defined scores on each characteristic. The player also has 20 points to spend freely among the characteristics.Besides controlling the athlete, the player has to control the training team, composed by a coach, a manager and a physician. Each one has his own screen, with different controls on it. The coach screen is where the player plans the athlete's training regime, gaining points by training at the events. The physician screen shows the atlhete's physical status, allowing the player to cure injuries by spending points on the area of injury. The manager screen is where the player chooses the competitions in which the athlete is going to take part.
Free Play: in this mode, the player can freely choose to compete in any of the nineteen events.
Multiplayer: in this mode, up to 8 players can compete though a LAN, or 2 players can compete in split screen mode. The players participate in a championship with the chosen events from the nineteen available.There are two control methods available: keyboard/gamepad and Mouse Driven Power (or MDP). The keyboard/gamepad method consists in frantic alternate key tapping to generate power for the athlete. The MDP consists in a single handed control method: a rotating red and green circle with a blue arrow at the bottom center appears under the athlete's feet. In order to gain speed, for instance, the player must hold the left mouse button while the green section of the circle passes under the blue arrow. Keeping the button pressed while the red section passes causes the athlete to loose speed. The second mouse button is usually used to jump or throw objects.The game has 5 different camera modes, available only in long jump/triple jump and running events. The field events have only one camera mode. There is also a Replay mode, used to watch videos recorded when the player wins a gold medal or breaks a world record. |
| Time Out Games | 2000-08-14 | eBrainyGames, LLC | eBrainyGames, LLC, Legacy Interactive Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | There's a little something for every taste (and age group) in this collection. These games will be sure to test your mind, your reflexes and your patience! Variations of solitaire, word search and trivia plus several target-oriented arcade games, a "dig dug" clone and even a role-play/strategy/arcade game.All of the games feature multiple levels that get harder as you progress. Each one has its own themed background, graphics, sound effects and music.The 10 games are:
8 Away - Solitaire played in reverse
4 Orbs - Get the colored balls into slots with the mouse functioning as a high powered magnet
Spelling Bee - Form words from letters on the grid. The longer the word, the higher the score
Darts - Click to shoot darts at a dartboard playing field for points
It Takes A Thief - Strategy/Arcade game - single or multiplayer
Tryangles - Puzzle game - Raise and lower triangle shaped wedges to open up a clear path to like-colored targets
Miner - Recover gold, blast holes through solid rock, and pump shotgun rounds into bloodthirsty animals in this Dig Dug variant
No Way - Answer Trivia questions with True or False
One Minute Words - High speed Word Search - Slide lettered tiles around the board to make as many words as possible in only 1 minute
Balloon Pop - Line up balloons so that they can be popped all at onceThe initial offering was packaged in a full-sized box. An "Expanded Jewel-case" version was released later and included an editor allowing you to create your own levels. |
| BikeFlyter | 2000-08-18 | | KAiNAi Entertainment | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | BikeFlyter is an advertising action game, created for the Aral AG company. The player controls a big, fat fly which is, well, flying down a road, and must avoid oncoming bikers. By holding the left mouse button, the player can speed up; the faster the fly is going, the more score the player receives for avoiding bikers. Each collision slows the fly down and takes away one life, and the game is over once all lives are used up. |
| Moorhuhn 2 | 2000-08-20 | G+J Computer Channel GmbH | Phenomedia AG | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Rail shooter, Shooter | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Moorhuhn 2 is the sequel to the famous shooting game. Similarly to its predecessor, the player goes on a hunt for the eponymous birds. The player can shoot the passing birds with his mouse, reloading the rifle with the right mouse button. Each round lasts 90 seconds, and the goal is to gain as many points as possible. Apart from scoring points by shooting the passing Moorhuhns, the player can also shoot other objects in the environment, such as spiders, rocks or passing planes--some of these give points when shot, others give the player a score penalty. |
| Return to Pirate's Island 2 | 2000-08-20 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | If you remember "SAY YOHO" you won't need to read any further. This is Scott Adam's return to the wonderful world of interactive fiction, otherwise known as text adventure, after a long hiatus. In this game you don't spend a lot of time using your mouse, all commands are text. RTPI2 is a full-sentence text adventure game with sound effects for a Windows based personal computer running either Windows 95, 98, ME, NT or 2000.In this game the object is to collect a series of treasures and return them to a central place for scoring. You'll work with, or against, a pirate, of course. In order to collect all the treasures you'll need to be creative and there is an extensive help system that will provide you hints to help you accomplish your goals.
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| Microsoft Plus! Game Pack: Cards & Puzzles | 2000-08-22 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Corporation, MVP Software, Mir Dialogue, The United States Playing Card Company | Compilation, Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A collection of card games and puzzle games. Included are:
Bicycle Card Collection which contains
Hearts
Spades
Pinochle
Crazy 8's
Skat
Gin Rummy
Oh Hell!
Go Fish
Old Maid
Euchre
Schafkopf
Cribbage
The Microsoft Puzzle Collection containing
Fringer
Finty Flush
Mixed Genetics
Charmer
Spring Weekend
Rat Poker
Color Collision
Jewel Chase
Lineup
Muddled Casino
and a trial version, containing eight puzzles, of Pandora's Box. |
| The New Adventures of the Time Machine | 2000-08-22 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Inspired by the classic story of H.G. Wells, take the role of an intrepid time adventurer trapped in a mysterious future. The only way home may be the demi-god Khronos, Master of the Hourglass...In a similar manner to Myst, players move around a 3-dimensional world in first person. Collect objects and explore various locations to solve various puzzles. Speak with other characters and grapple with action elements during the game's 40+ hours of playing time. |
| NASCAR Heat | 2000-08-23 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Monster Games, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | NASCAR HEAT has four different modes of play to choose from, based on the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Season.
The game offers Single Race and Championship Season. These modes allow the player to choose their favorite driver and race against a full field of cars at one or all of the NASCAR tracks. Race the Pro and Beat the Heat Challenge are two modes of play that separate this product from the competition. Beat the Heat provides the player with a number of challenges designed around scenarios that actually occur in NASCAR. These challenges deal with everything from the best way to pass at a particular track, to pit strategy for tire changes. Race the Pro offers the player the opportunity to race against Laps actually driven by some of NASCAR's biggest stars. |
| Grand Prix 3 | 2000-08-24 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | MicroProse Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Grand Prix 3 aims to be a complete simulation of the 1998 Formula 1 World Championship, and features all the tracks, teams and drivers. You can practice the racetracks (which is recommended to learn their layouts and work on car setup) or compete in single races or the full championship. Each race weekend has practice and qualification sessions, and the lengths of these can be customized, as can the skill level of the opposition drivers. There are 7 driving aids available, including automatic brakes and gears and an indestructibility option - as you race at higher skill levels, less and less of these are available.Car setup is done in precise detail, with the chance to change wing settings (trading off grip against straight-line speed), brake balances (affecting how the car handles under braking) and gear ratios (trading acceleration off against top speed), as well as more complicated ones like packers, dampers and the ride height - the manual explains it in considerable detail, as well as offering driving tips.Before each race you choose your pit strategy and tire compound - those with better short-term grip wear out quicker, especially if your driving style is aggressive. Wet racing is included, which requires much more careful driving and shrewd strategic choices as to which type of tires to use and when to pit to change them. |
| Madden NFL 2001 | 2000-08-25 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | The best-selling PC football game is back to dominate with legendary Madden gameplay and the deepest feature set available. Think you got game? Take your skills online against the best through EA SPORTS-sponsored tournaments. Check the online ranking to see how good you really are. The exclusive NFL coaches club license brings in real coaches complete with their own signature styles and plays to add even more strategy to your game. Historical All-Madden team rosters let you match-up today's stars with the legends of the game for all-time braggings rights. Throw in an improved front end and enhanced AI and you've got the ultimate in PC football. |
| Gravity Force | 2000-08-26 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | A remake of the Amiga/Atari ST game from 1989 (see Gravity Force).With a similar control scheme and feel to Thrust, the aim is to make your way through a series of levels, collecting all cargo containers and returning them to your home base. As if controlling your own ship wasn't difficult enough, there are numerous enemies patrolling the cave system who seem intent on making your job hell.Instead of making a straight remake, the author has created some brand new levels and mission types (e.g. escort missions, bombing runs), to add variety. There is also a limited version of the original game's 'single player race' mode (in which you attempt to set new time records for completing levels) and a simple 2-player dogfight mode. |
| Star Trek: New Worlds | 2000-08-29 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | 14° East, Binary Asylum | Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | A Romulan experiment gone wrong has suddenly made multiple planet systems appear out of nowhere in this formerly barren sector. The area is named Tabula Rasa, and the three neighboring races... Federation, Klingon, and Romulan, are ready to exploit the newly found riches... But first they must deal with the natives, who may be friend of foe... You are in control of a colony for your "empire". You must grow your colony and build defense and offense to secure your goals while mining the resources you came for. Build from the heart of your colony... the colony hub. Build mines to extract minerals from the ground (but they can run out). Build resource processors to get higher efficiency. Build vehicle yards to build better vehicles. Build research facility to get improved technology and better units, and so on and so forth. You must balance energy, growth, exploration, defense, crew, and when you get to it, offense. It is also possible to capture enemy structures. Each side has a special unit with unique capabilities to make the battle more interesting. Multiplayer is supported over Gamespy. Several tutorial missions are also created. |
| Animorphs: Know the Secret | 2000-08-30 | Infogrames, Inc. | Gigawatt Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | You and the Animorphs are enjoying a little vacation when strange suspicious activities start to happen. Is the near by animal survey a Yeerk plot? Is the new community center in town a recruiting ground for The Sharing? Use your morphing powers to investigate and find the answer... Find more morphs, gather the tools, find the secret, and perhaps you can end this secret war once and for all...Animorphs: Know the Secret is an action game with focus on the morphing abilities of the protagonists. You can change between four teens (Jake, Rachel, Marco and Cassie) which can morph into overall 16 animals. Those are important to solve the various action-based challenges in this game, including fights and platforming. There are also puzzles to solve, e.g. rearranging water pipes to let the water flow. |
| Astérix: The Gallic War | 2000-09-01 | Infogrames Europe SA | Sourcery Development Ltd. | Action, Strategy | Behind view, Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | The Gallic War is a light-hearted action-strategy hybrid game featuring the popular Asterix comic book characters. You play as Asterix, Obelix and the rest of the Celtic Gaul army as they war with the Romans, led by Caesar, who have seized all but one territory from the Gaul Empire. After gathering your army, you must capture lands adjacent to yours.When you attack a neighbouring land, you'll either: play a side-scrolling action sequence, your men will go into war with that land's forces, or you'll play one of four mini-games. These include 'Throw the Roman' and 'Bowling for Romans', while the side-scrolling action sequences have you collecting coins and other items. If you make it through the level alive, you gain control of the land and its resources.In some usually smaller territories, there are no mini-games or action sequences, only combat between your troops and the opposing forces. You only choose how many men you wish to send to war, and watch as the battle is fought. There are 9 differing levels such as a Roman camp, Gallo-Roman village, the Alps and even a Pirate's Ship to add variety. |
| Globetrotter | 2000-09-01 | Vision Park AB | Deadline Games A/S | Educational | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Monty Melbye | | | | Windows | Globetrotter plays similar to the Backpacker series. You start the game as a new member in the Globetrotter Club. Your objective is now to become the president. To do so you will have to complete various tasks that you are assigned by the club. Your job is to take pictures of famous sights all over the world. For these you will get money and experience which is used to reach more far away locations. There's three levels to complete before you can become the president. Starting out as a novice you will only be able to travel within the Nordic countries. Once enough assignments has been completed more European cities will be unlocked. As you travel around the world, you will need a place to sleep. Each place you visit has both expensive hotels and cheaper budget hotels that might take time to find if you haven't visited the location before. However if you wander around at night time, there is a risk of being assaulted by thieves and thus losing your money. To earn money you will need to take jobs. This is done by answering questions about the profession. In total the game contains more than 4000 questions. |
| Laser Arena | 2000-09-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Trainwreck Studios | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The fun of laser tag is now yours to enjoy wherever and whenever you desire. This non-violent game throws players into arenas using lasers to 'tag' opponents out. The object is simple...tag or be tagged. 15 multilevel environments serve as futuristic playgrounds for your laser tag matches. |
| M&M's: The Lost Formulas | 2000-09-01 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Boston Animation Ltd. | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In M&Ms: The Lost Formulas, the 2 lead candies are about to set off on a vacation until the red candy realizes that the yellow candy left the M&Ms Minis in charge of the candy factory. The Minis promptly steal the secret M&Ms formulas and cause havoc at the factory. It is up to the yellow candy to set the situation right.The gameplay has been described as being similar to the Crash Bandicoot series. The action in the game takes place over 8 levels. The first 7 levels involve some kind of math skill (configurable at various skill levels to cover addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). The first level depicts the yellow candy frantically driving back to the candy factory. Along the way are math formulas on the side of the road, followed closely by 3 crates on the road, each with a number. Striking the crate with the correct answer for the previous formula will allow passage, while the 2 wrong answers are steel crates that will end your vehicle. The same action is repeated in a later level involving a forklift.Another type of level has the yellow candy jumping from number platform to number platform according to the math formulas that a disembodied female voice calls out. Another type of level is a 3D running/jumping action level in which the yellow candy will run down a hallway while observing clues about math formulas along the way. At the end of the hallway will be 3 doors, each with a possible answer. Choose wisely.All along the way are M&Ms candies to be collected in large quantities. Every 100 M&Ms candies earns the player an extra life.The PlayStation version is basically the same game but minus the Math mode. |
| Missing on Lost Island | 2000-09-01 | Bohemia Interactive s.r.o. | Mayhem Studios s.r.o., Riki Computer Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Lost Island is a German 3rd POV point-and-click adventure game with English dialogues and subtitles.Tim and Diana, walking home at night, meet a couple of men dressed like 17th century pirates who are loading something on a cart. Disturbed by the couple, a man with a wooden leg shoots Diana with a laser gun and she vanishes. In the fight Tim is also shot and disappears as well, and materializes naked in a deep crater, somewhere in a different time period. Before you are on your way to find Diana and return to your own time and place, you have to find some clothing and find a way to get out of the pit. |
| Rugby | 2000-09-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Creative Assembly Ltd., The | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | The official game of the 1999 IRB Rugby World Cup. Featuring all 20 fully licenced international teams who qualified for the World Cup with expanded squads and 23 authentic stadiums from around the world (ranging from the Millennium Stadium to Twickenham and Stadium Australia to Eden Park.). Commentary is provided by Bill McLaren and Jamie Salmon. |
| Space Rescue | 2000-09-01 | Gameday Software LLC | Gameday Software LLC | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Welcome aboard! We've just received a distress call from our deep space science station, the Argonaut. They've encountered an asteroid field and are in big trouble! The ship's hull has been breached and it's crew is spilling into the ravages of space!Your mission is to save these helpless lives. Your years at the Space Rescue Academy assure us that you are the right person for the job. Your ship is equipped with a heavy blaster capable of vaporizing the largest of asteroids. You'll need it to get through the field and retrieve the stranded crew. Once they're in, bring them back to the rescue base where we can look after their health. Good luck, and be sure to watch for enemy craft. This sector is notorious for UFO sightings..
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| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials | 2000-09-01 | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | Magic Lantern, Inc., Red Storm Entertainment, Inc., Zombie Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed, Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Tom Clancy reveals the world of covert ops in his latest Rainbow Six creation: Covert Ops Essentials. This is an encyclopedia of Covert Ops, from weapons and tactics to previous incidents and interview with anti-terrorism experts. Also includes "Officer Candidate School" to test your knowledge, as well as three special Rogue Spear levels (Rogue Spear NOT required) to see how you implement what you learned. |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2000-09-01 | Eidos, Inc. | Hothouse Creations Ltd. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The game is based on the hit TV quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? PC and Console games players can now experience for themselves the excitement and tension of the TV show as they try and win one million virtual pounds. The UK version of the game features audio clips of the TV show's host Chris Tarrant, who will be asking the questions, giving the answers, and of course, uttering the famous line, "Is that your final answer?"; other localized versions have different hosts/voices, in addition to using questions suitable for each country. |
| Disney Kindergarten | 2000-09-04 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Disney Interactive Victoria | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Disney Kindergarten is an educational game for children. They get to help Mickey Mouse as a reporter to investigate Main Street for newspaper cover stories. Through different scenes with animated sequences children participate in different activities with characters such as Donald, Goofy, Minnie, Pluto and more. Examples of activities are matching numerals to the number of objects on robots as an arcade shooter, creating neon signs based on blueprints by combining shapes, filling orders for Bell Hops according to the attributes of their clothing, arranging letters as a bridge, according to the alphabet so a sleepwalking Goofy does not fall down, putting Donald's dance steps in the correct order based on numbers, fixing Mickey's watch based on a clock and more.There is an adaptative difficulty level based on the child's progress. Each activity comes with printable pages to exercise further out of the game. Skills that are developed are basic arithmetic, counting in sets, letter sounds, measurement, opposites, problem solving, reading readiness, sentence structure, sequencing, spelling, vocabulary, and word building. |
| ColorFun | 2000-09-06 | Jaibo Software | Jaibo Software | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | ColorFun is a shareware version of Columns, a deviation of Tetris.Vertical rectangle blocks fall from the top of the screen. As the blocks accumulate at the bottom, matching three or more identical colors (horizontally, vertically or diagonally) clears them from the board. The falling rate of speed increases with each level. If the stacked blocks reach the top edge of the board, the game ends.The game includes many customization options to suit each player's taste or mood. For instance, there are selections for the number of segments in each block, block style sets, modes of play, background style and color, control keys, sounds, and difficulty level. Various bombs (for immediate block destruction) appear randomly and can be turned off entirely if desired.ColorFun offers unique sound effects (also customizable), background music, and simple 24-bit graphics. It is controlled using a keyboard with mouse support for navigating the menus and selections. High scores are kept and can be sent to an Internet High Scores table. Games can be paused, saved and reloaded. |
| Air (Shokai Genteiban) | 2000-09-08 | Visual Art's | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | Released | Windows | Besides a game copy, the Shokai Genteiban (Limited First Edition) of Air contains an arrangement CD as well. This adult-only special set is actually the only available edition of Air in the beginning. |
| Millennium Digger: The Artful Machine | 2000-09-08 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | This is a modern remake of the classic Digger game. You have an option to choose the advanced style, which contains new style levels, and the classic style, which contains the original classic levels. The gameplay is same as the classic Digger, collect all the diamonds, don't get close to monsters and score as many points as possible. |
| Dear Camy | 2000-09-09 | gaimplay | gaimplay | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Dear Camy is a 2D platform game. The player controls Camy who, with the help of various bonuses and power-ups, must collect all the diamonds in each level. When Camy finds all the diamonds, the next level is introduced. Along the way, the player must avoid or destroy the moving balls. All levels are played in a single-screen environment. |
| Quadrax III | 2000-09-09 | | Alfaline | Puzzle | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Quadrax III is a non-official Windows freeware remake of Quadrax, with new graphics and animations.The gameplay is the same - two characters have to be moved to a predefined place in logical levels, screen is filled with obstacles, the characters need to help each other get around by flipping switches, moving stone blocks, opening doors, and using lifts. The game has 45 levels, which are much harder than in the original game.The 2005 Revision version includes a slightly modified engine (new animations, some new music, sound effects) and 15 new levels (for a total of 60). |
| Homeworld: Cataclysm | 2000-09-12 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Barking Dog Studios, Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Homeworld: Cataclysm is a stand-alone expansion for the Real-Time Strategy Homeworld.It includes a new race called "The Beast", an alien sort of biomechanical parasite that "converts" any other units that come in close proximity to such "infected" Beast units.There are also new units available, such as the Mimic, a fighter that nearly perfectly imitates other units and objects (even such as asteroids); a Ramming Frigate, which rams itself into hostile ships, and many more new units also.Home-base management has become more complex: If one wants to research new ship classes, one must build a Research Laboratory to do this. If one wants to research a new weapon technology, one must construct yet another Lab. If the player wants to expand his fleet, he must build rooms for his pilots, to support them. All of these add-ons are attached to the "Mothership" (which in this game is actually a large Mining vessel). The Missions' design and scenarios are also new and quite different from as in Homeworld. The controlling user-interface is also improved.Multiplayer games are available via local network (or virtual LAN), as general Internet games were hosted on the now-defunct WON.net network. |
| Racing Mania | 2000-09-13 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Andretti Racing
NASCAR Road Racing
Need for Speed II
Road Rash
Sports Car GT
Superbike World Championship |
| Brutish Mine | 2000-09-14 | Illusion | Illusion | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The year is 2058. The destruction of the environment by human beings has caused several space distortions, which led to the appearance of monster-like creatures on the Earth. These creatures, also called "demons", may look like humans, but possess extraordinary powers. The main hero of the game, a young man named Kento, encounters one of the demons, whom he first believes to be a mere bandit. Unable to win the fight against the creature, Kento is saved by a lovely girl named Maki. She introduces him to SPAT ("Spiritual Attackers"), a special organization that fights against the demons and the corporation Gaian Global (GG), which is believed to stand behind them. Kento joins forces with SPAT and begins to investigate the megalopolis Kannazawa City for clues...Brutish Mine plays a lot like a traditional Japanese RPG (such as for example Final Fantasy). You have a party of three people who fight regular enemies and bosses in turn-based combat, using attacks, spells, etc. The turns of battle participants are visible on a special bar. Outside of battles, Kento can explore the 3D environments with a fixed camera view, talk to NPCs, obtain items, and so on.The game has numerous pre-rendered cut scenes, some of which depict explicit sexual images and activities. |
| Maximum Pool | 2000-09-14 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Dynamix, Inc. | Sports | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Play the various variants of Pool (snooker, 8-ball, billiards, and more) with 1-4 players (online or hotseat or AI). Multiple levels of difficulty, various options to ease you into the game such as auto-aim. There's even some weird tables and weird balls for you to try. Very decent graphics enhance the gameplay. |
| Microsoft Windows ME (included games) | 2000-09-14 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Corporation | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Microsoft Windows Me followed Microsoft Windows 98 in the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems and was succeeded by Microsoft Windows XP. In addition to other features, applications and utilities, these games are included:
Classic Hearts
Classic Solitaire
Microsoft FreeCell
Microsoft Internet Backgammon
Microsoft Internet Checkers
Microsoft Internet Hearts
Microsoft Internet Reversi
Microsoft Internet Spades
Microsoft Minesweeper
Microsoft 3D Pinball: Space Cadet
Spider Solitaire
All of the Internet games use the same basic menu bar and interface with selection of experience level, automatic location of opponents, limited live chat, and help sections. If no opponents can be located, computer players are used. |
| SLASH'EM | 2000-09-17 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | SLASH'EM is a NetHack variant that continues the development of an earlier variant, SLASH. As such, it is essentially similar to NetHack, but expands the game with new player roles, races, monsters and items. Additionally, SLASH'EM incorporates the high-resolution graphical user interface from AllegroHack, offering three graphical modes: large isometric tiles, large top-down tiles and small top-down tiles.Like SLASH, SLASH'EM is a backronym that stands for Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic. The game is free and open source, with "official" binaries provided by the author for several platforms, along with the source code. |
| Crimson Skies | 2000-09-18 | Microsoft Corporation | Zipper Interactive, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | Crimson Skies is an arcade flight simulator, set in an alternate reality in the year 1937. Based on a FASA pen-and-paper game, the player is cast as a daring rogue who flies missions for fame and fortune. The planes look like a mixture of futuristic planes and planes from WW2.The single player missions let the player complete jobs such as finding a treasure, hijacking an experimental plane from the enemy or defending their base, a huge zeppelin. |
| Nicktoons Racing | 2000-09-18 | Hasbro Interactive Ltd. | Software Creations Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Nicktoons Racing is another Mario Kart clone using cartoon characters from Nickelodeon. The gameplay follows the standards closely: the player controls one of the characters to win races on tracks filled with scattered power-ups and ramps. A meter at the top of the screen shows the current position and the amount of nitro fuel available. Extra fuel can be collected as shiny orbs on the road. The gift boxes contain random power-ups, like coconuts to throw at the other racers, flash lights to temporally blind them, and traps like baby powder, trash cans and green goo to slow down the competition.The game has four modes for single player. The main cups mode is the championship, where the objective is to arrive at least in third place to qualify for the next race. In time trial mode, the goal is to complete laps as fast as possible, with a ghost car showing the fastest performance to be surpassed. Race for fun is a practice mode, where any of the tracks can be explored without the pressure to win. In relay mode, the player switches characters after each lap.There are three modes for multiplayer. The cups and relay modes are similar to their solo counterparts, but splitting the screen horizontally in the middle to show the two players. The versus mode is the "one on one" mode, where two players compete directly against each other without any other racers. |
| Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force | 2000-09-20 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Raven Software Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter, Stealth | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | On its course to the Alpha Quadrant, the U.S.S. Voyager is attacked by an unknown ship and is transported to a graveyard of ships with a giant space station in the middle. The player is Ensign Alex Munro (male or female, according to the player's choice), second in command of the newly formed Hazard Team, an elite force of Voyager security personnel. It's up to the player and your team to find out why the Voyager was brought here and to find a way to escape. To do so, they will have to complete several missions on different ships and space stations.Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force is a first-person shooter that uses the Quake III engine. The different types of missions range from pure combat to stealth missions. The enemies include many well-known Star Trek races like the Borg or the Klingons, but also other alien races and creatures invented specifically for this game. All the weapons have a futuristic design, ranging from the low-damage hand phaser to stasis weapons and grenade launchers. The weapons either gradually recharge ammunition automatically, or require ammunition that can be collected from other weapons or terminals.Though the player directly controls only Munroe, up to three teammates usually accompany him (or her) during the missions and fight the enemies, controlled by the AI. Scripted events and cutscenes often involve actions committed by these teammates. When not on a mission, Munroe can explore the space ship, talking to characters directly or overhearing their conversations with each other. A few decisions can be made by the player during the course of the game, which may influence the subsequent events.A multiplayer mode called "Holomatch" is also available. |
| Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force (Collector's Edition) | 2000-09-20 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force
A 96-page graphic novel with two 48-page Voyager stories (a $29.99 value)
A Star Trek Voyager lapel pin valued at $5
Unique box art (some versions are in the shape of a Borg cube) |
| Field & Stream: Trophy Hunting 4 | 2000-09-21 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Dynamix, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Hunting | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | This is a 3D hunting game with first-person view. In single-player mode the player can try one of 25 missions with different objectives and varying weather conditions. There's also "Hunt Now" mode (which is pretty self-explanatory) and online multiplayer. The arsenal consists of licensed rifles, shotguns and bows many of which can be modified to satisfy the player's needs.
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| Flight Mania | 2000-09-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc., NovaLogic, Inc. | | Action, Compilation, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of six combat flight simulators from Electronic Arts and Novalogic, originally released in 1997 and 1998.The games included are:
Comanche Gold
Jane's Combat Simulations: F-15
Jane's Combat Simulations: IAF - Israeli Air Force
Jane's Combat Simulations: USNF'97 - U.S. Navy Fighters
MiG-29 Fulcrum
Nuclear Strike |
| Heroes of Might and Magic Trilogy | 2000-09-21 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains all three main HOMM games: Heroes of Might and Magic, Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars, and Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia.The three expansion packs, The Price of Loyalty, Armageddon's Blade, and The Shadow of Death, which would make the Trilogy complete, are not included. |
| Midtown Madness 2 | 2000-09-22 | Microsoft Corporation | Angel Studios, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Contemporary, Europe, North America | Automobile, Bus, Street racing, Truck, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | In Midtown Madness 2, players get to race a greater variety of vehicles than in the original Midtown Madness. New vehicles include: a Mini, a Panoz roadster, a Ford pickup and a Greyhound bus. Gameplay is essentially the same, being arcade oriented with simplified handling and physics, and pure action modes.The roads, hazards and visual style of London and San Francisco are incorporated. A Crash Course Career mode allows players to take the role of a stunt actor or a taxi driver. The races are short and simple, but the player should expect tight turns and tighter time limits. |
| The Typing of the Dead | 2000-09-23 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Smilebit | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Arcade, Rail shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This is essentially the same game as the arcade light-gun rail-shooter House of the Dead 2, except they've turned it into a edu-tainment typing trainer. Instead of guns, your characters have keyboards strapped to them, and instead of shooting the zombies that constantly jump out at you you'll need to type out the words attached to the zombies in order to kill them before they crack open your head and feast upon the goo inside. The game ranks you on your typing speed and provides various tutorials and other edu-tainment sundries.Otherwise it's pretty much the same game as House of the Dead 2. Much like the Resident Evil series, the zombie hordes have gone from infesting a vaguely gothic creepy old mansion to infesting a vaguely gothic decaying city, and its your job to stop them and save the human race (as usual). |
| Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn | 2000-09-24 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | BioWare Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | | Licensed, Regional differences | | | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Some time after the events described in Baldur's Gate, the protagonist and his friends Imoen, Minsc and Jaheira have been captured by an elven mage called Jon Irenicus. His intentions and connection to the heroes unknown, Irenicus conducts experiments on them, holding them in cages somewhere in his vast underground complex. During his absence, the heroes manage to escape, and soon find themselves in the city of Athkatla in the country of Amn, where they confront Irenicus. However, at that moment several wizards arrive and arrest both Irenicus and Imoen for unlicensed use of magic. The first task at hand is to raise the money needed to rescue Imoen, before facing Irenicus again and unraveling his true goals.Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn is a party-based role-playing game using the AD&D rules. The basic gameplay is similar to that of its predecessor: the player navigates a party of up to six active combatants over isometric environments, conversing with non-playable characters using branching dialogue, and fighting enemies in real-time, free-movement combat that can be paused to issue specific orders to the characters. World traveling now occurs by selecting locations on a map rather than exploring wilderness areas to reach the destination. However, the game world is larger than in the previous game, with more individual locations to visit and side quests to perform.Being a direct sequel to Baldur's Gate, the game lets the player control stronger, higher-level characters from the onset. The main character can also be imported from the previous installment. Three new classes (sorcerer, monk, and barbarian) are available along with those that were present in the original game. Characters can also acquire specializations within most of the classes: a paladin, for instance, can become a dragon slayer or an inquisitor. Weapon proficiencies are more specific: for example, instead of just specializing in blades, the player can choose between proficiencies in long swords, two-handed swords, bastard swords, katanas and scimitars. There are many new types of weapons, armor, and magic spells in the sequel.Sixteen characters may join the party during the course of the story. Each of them has his or her own motivations, sometimes conflicting with those of other characters. Scripted events and interaction with playable as well as non-playable characters have been noticeably increased in the sequel. The main character can also romance some of the companions by choosing appropriate behavior and dialogue lines. The game allows the player to make many moral decisions and pursue character-specific side quests unrelated to the main story. Many of the companions bring their own quests, and unique tasks are available for the main character depending on his or her class. |
| Galaga: Destination Earth | 2000-09-24 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | King of the Jungle Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The player chases the famous alien horde through space debris, asteroid fields and the rings of Saturn before orbiting the sun and moon. The stages proceed to Earth's upper atmosphere and, in the closing sequences, its cities. Players collect the aliens' weapons and use their fighters to defend against missiles and suicide runs through infinite levels. In a tribute to the arcade classic, there are special Challenge Stages during which the player can earn tons of bonus points. Players will even be able to retrieve captured fighters from the descending Galaga Commander to double their firepower. Features include 3D ships, enemies and landscapes as well as power-ups and special weapons.
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| Diva Starz | 2000-09-25 | Mattel Interactive | Blue Arrow, Inc., team smartyPants!, Inc. | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Diva Starz is a game that mixes social interaction with creative activities, based on Mattel's toy/doll line by the same name.The game lets players get to know each of the four Divas as they design outfits and hairstyles, play music, and play arcade-style mini-games with them. The game also interacts with the Diva Starz website for community features.After logging in and selecting the Diva Star they wish to play as the player is taken to main menu which represents a table at 'The Coffee Spot', a coffee shop where the Diva Starz love to hang out. There there are three are three games available and each game has two modes Challenge and Freestyle in both modes play the same but in Challenge mode the player wins tokens for the Arcade. Once the player has won tokens by completing a challenge they can play games in the arcade, here they win Diva Starz credits which can be exchanged for gifts for their chosen star, each Diva Star has their own preferences so choosing the right gift for the right star is very important. Buy a Super Secret Gift for the Diva Star and she will reveal a 'Super Secret' about herself. The challenges are;
The Fashion Spot: Here the player sees their Diva Star alongside various items of clothing and has to select the right piece to suit their mood. In Challenge mode the player dresses their star and uses the Star Communicator to ask the other Diva Starz for their opinion using their advice to refine the outfit as necessary.
The Style Spot: In this game the player changes the hair style of their Diva Star. As before the player consults the other Starz for advice
The Music Spot: The player helps their Diva Star make music by selecting style, sound effects, beat, lead instrument, and melody each of which is represented by a flower petal. They can then adjust the volume of each part of the mix independently.
Tokens earned from the challenges are spent in The Arcade, the games here are
Diva Starz Rollerz: A keyboard controlled game where the player navigates a roller skating Diva Star through an obstacle course
Power Purse: At the mall lots of good stuff is raining from above and the task is to collect as much as possible by moving the Star's shopping bag left/right. However not all the objects are good ones, avoid the water bombs as they will destroy everything caught so far
Diva Starz Mark: A Tic-Tac-Toe game
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| Sabrina: The Animated Series - Magical Adventure | 2000-09-25 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Funnybone Interactive | Action | | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sabrina: The Animated Series - Magical Adventure is a game for children aged five and up based on the Sabrina: The Animated Series TV series. Sabrina tries to get her aunts' amulet back from her rival Gemini Stone, who is turning the shoppers at the Greendale Mall to sheep. Sabrina collects magical items and spells to stop Gem. There are five replayable mini-games in the mall: Fruit Smoothie Fallout, Bad Hair Day, Fashion Bug Out, Pyramid Power, and finally Sheep Charade. |
| Army Men Value Pack | 2000-09-26 | 3DO Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation contains the following four games:
Army Men
Army Men II
Army Men: Toys in Space
Army Men: Air Tactics |
| Sanity: Aiken's Artifact | 2000-09-26 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Dr. Joan Aiken had discovered a way to inject a special serum into the human brain, which will grant this human powerful psychic abilities, known as "talents". Since only little babies were able to absorb the serum properly, it was injected to twin brothers, Cain and Abel, in a scientific project called "Children of Tomorrow".When they grew up, the children took different paths. Cain joined a special law enforcement group, while Abel walked away and stepped into the world of crime. Years later, a radical organization known as Eye of Ra emerges, with the only goal to sabotage Children of Tomorrow project - according to them for ethical reasons. Cain's first mission is to infiltrate their headquarters and deal with their leader.Sanity is an action game with puzzle-solving elements. There is also a role-playing element present in card-collecting and upgrading the talents. The game is heavy on combat, which is mostly ranged, involving Cain either shooting or using the psychic powers. The talents are classified into groups, such as Fire, Sun, Illusion, Science, Demonology, etc. In each group, there are many talents Cain can learn, which range from offensive and supporting combat spells to abilities needed to solve puzzles (such as levitating, pushing heavy objects, etc.). The game has fully 3D graphics with top-down perspective, similarly to Metal Gear Solid. |
| Xenon 2000: Project PCF | 2000-09-26 | Bitmap Brothers, The | Bitmap Brothers, The | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Xenon 2000: Project PCF is a remake of Xenon 2: Megablast. In this top-down arcade shooter, blast away meteors and your enemies, while collecting power-ups for weapons upgrades etc. Eliminate the end level bosses to clear each level. The remake features higher-resolution graphics and a different soundtrack. |
| Hard Truck 2 | 2000-09-27 | ValuSoft, Inc. | SoftLab-Nsk Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Take 12 different trucks (from small trucks to 18-wheel tractor-trailers) and deliver cargo ahead of your competition while avoiding the police. Bid on jobs, manage your money for upgrades, and keep on trucking! Alternatively, race fellow truck drivers on over 70 miles of roads or do time trials and obstacle courses. The road awaits! |
| TimeScape: Journey to Pompeii | 2000-09-27 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Arxel Tribe d.o.o. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Adrian Blake, trapped in a mountain cave, surrounded by a raging war, fears his exciting and adventurous life is almost at an end. The goddess Ishtar appears before him and offers to save him in exchange for his love. Rejecting her advances and safely returning home, Adrian discovers that his fiancée is missing. Realizing that Ishtar has cursed him, Adrian searches ancient scrolls to invoke the goddess to help him find Sophia. Instead, Ishtar challenges him to go back in history to Pompeii in the year 79 A.D. and win the love and trust of Sophia, as a complete stranger. Adrian must race against time - he is aware that Mount Vesuvius is destined to erupt in just 4 days. Overcoming numerous obstacles, Adrian must act quickly to save Sophia and himself before all is lost. |
| Vietnam: Black Ops | 2000-09-27 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Fused Software, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | Cold War | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Vietnam: Black Ops is a first person shooter taking place in 1969 during the Vietnam War. The player is a captured American soldier who at the start of the game finds himself locked up in a small bamboo cell in a prisoner of war camp. Suddenly an explosion allows the player to leave the cell but to escape the player first has to battle a large amount of hostile forces. The game consists of nine levels and in addition to the starting camp the player also has to battle his way through jungles, ruined cities and Vietcong tunnels. In each level the player has to reach an exit while killing all enemy soldiers that stand in the player's way. The weapons available are the ones typical for the time period: AK-47s, M-16s, sniper rifles and grenade launches among others. |
| Wizards & Warriors | 2000-09-27 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Heuristic Park, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Mature | | Windows | The land of Gael Cerran is in trouble. An evil ruler named Lord Cet, thought to be long vanquished, has been mysteriously resurrected. There is only one way left to defeat him once again - by wielding the magical Mavin Sword, forged from two metals bearing the property of the opposite forces, good and evil. The Oracles of Ishad N'Ha have charged a group of adventurers with the task of finding the sword and putting an end to Lord Cet.Wizards & Warriors is a traditional role-playing game similar in many ways to Wizardry series. In the beginning the player creates a party of up to six characters, choosing between ten races and four initial classes. The races include, besides traditional fantasy humanoids, animal-like creatures such as the boar-like Gourk or the Omphaaz, which resemble elephants. Each race is available in both genders and comes with bonuses and penalties to base attributes, as well as unique traits, such as improved treasure-hunting for Ratlings or night vision for the feline Whiskahs. The four initial classes (Warrior, Rogue, Priest, and Wizard) can be promoted to eight elite classes and three special ones, which include such rare professions as Valkyrie and Zenmaster, and require completion of specific tasks. The party starts in one of the few available towns, with still pictures representing locations (town hall, inn, armory, etc.), and navigation limited to clicking on them. However, the rest of the exploration (outdoors and in dungeons) is done in full 3D, with free exploration and camera rotation. Dungeons are connected by roads, forest paths, and other areas, and the player is usually able to explore freely, though access to certain locations may be restricted. Enemies can be found on set spots or appear randomly; the frequency of their appearance, as well as the overall difficulty, can be regulated in the main menu.Combat is real-time from the distance, but becomes turn-based when standing near the enemy. Magic comes in six schools: Spirit, Sun, Moon, Vine, Stone, and Fiend, with seven levels of spells each, and several spells per level. Casting spells drains the mage's mana pool. Characters can only cast spells within their own schools, with intensity of magic depending on his skill level, and limited by the amount of spell points in the school. Characters may join various guilds available in the game and thus gain access to special quests and promotions, take jobs, and perform other side quests. |
| Wizards & Warriors (Collector's Edition) | 2000-09-27 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This limited special collector's release of Wizards & Warriors contains the original game, two individual Ral Partha Publishing Miniatures, a Sweepstakes Card (to win a reproduction of a 16th century Suit of Armor), a Brady Games Mini-Strategy Guide, and a Map of the Game World.
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| GAMES Interactive | 2000-09-28 | Encore, Inc. | WayForward Technologies, Inc. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Word construction | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A computer version of the magazine "GAMES" containing 115 assorted digital crosswords, logic puzzles, trivia games, and other mind teasers. Each challenge is a virtual version of the puzzles found in the magazine pages with pencil and paper replaced by keyboard and monitor. Readers of GAMES will recognize it's signature style in the visual and logic puzzles and there are a wide variety of crosswords ( both standard and cryptic/English) to keep the player busy for a long time.The puzzles are rated for difficulty on a scale of one to three stars with single star puzzles being appropriate for children and other beginners and three star puzzles challenging for veterans. Players can also compete against a clock when solving puzzles if they want to compare their times with others. |
| Heroes Chronicles: Conquest of the Underworld | 2000-09-28 | 3DO Company, The | New World Computing, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Everyone | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Heroes Chronicles: Conquest of the Underworld is the second in a series of shorter, story-driven games based on the Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia engine. This installment follows the quest of Tarnum, the Immortal Hero, escorting the soul of a dead King through the Underworld, fighting all the way, in order to regain Paradise... The standard Heroes gameplay is all here. Fantastical creatures with special abilities in turn-based battles over special maps. Build structures to recruit better creatures, cast spells to aid them in combat, and more. |
| Heroes Chronicles: Warlords of the Wastelands | 2000-09-28 | 3DO Company, The | New World Computing, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Everyone | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | First in a series of shorter, story-driven games based on the Heroes of Might and Magic III engine. Each game consists of a single campaign recounting an important period in the life of Tarnum, the immortal hero.Warlords is billed as a "prequel," telling the story of Tarnum's quest to lead his barbarian peoples to throw off the oppressive rule of Bracaduun and the Wizards who are his master. However, as the intro gives away, while Tarnum will become King, in doing so he will commit crimes that cause the ancestors to refuse him admission to paradise, and he will be returned as the immortal hero of the next episode (Conquest of the Underworld).The campaign consists of eight scenarios, with Tarnum carrying his experience forward from scenario to scenario. The game plays exactly like Heroes III: Shadow of Death (three scenarios include combination artifacts). The story advances during each scenario through frequent text pop-ups. There are also movies for every scenario, instead of just one per campaign. In keeping with the plot, the early scenarios have only Stronghold and Fortress towns, with Castle and Tower towns showing up later.Difficulty is selectable for every scenario, and a tutorial is included, so both Heroes newcomers and experts can play. |
| MDK Combo | 2000-09-28 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | MDK Combo is a compilation containing:
MDK
MDK 2
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| NHL 2001 | 2000-09-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Lace up the skates and play with or against all 30 NHL teams including the new expansion Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild. NHL 2001 invites the world to play with the addition of 20 international teams including Ukraine and Latvia. Feel the full hockey flavor by building a custom team with the jersey editor, logo importer, and customizable city and team names. EA SPORTS puts you in the game with the "Face in the Game" feature -- witness fans throw their hats on the ice in your honor after a hat trick. With a variety of game modes including Quick Game, Season Play, Career Mode, Playoffs and Tournaments, all the goals are just a slap shot away. |
| beatmania BEST Da!! | 2000-09-28 | Hands On Entertainment Inc. | Adlink, Hands On Entertainment Inc. | Educational | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | beatmania BEST Da!! is the second typing game in the beatmania series after beatmania Da!!. As before, the goal is to type the letters shown on the notes in time with the music as it plays. New in this version is a difficulty selection, offering three different courses with a total of 11 songs, as well as internet ranking for the best scores on each course. |
| pop'n music Da!! | 2000-09-28 | Hands On Entertainment Inc. | Adlink, Hands On Entertainment Inc. | Educational | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | pop'n music Da!! is a spinoff of Konami's popular pop'n music arcade rhythm game adapted to the typing-tutor gameplay of beatmania Da!!. The graphic design and music selection has been updated to fit the pop'n music franchise, but the game otherwise plays the same as before: notes with letters on them descend towards a bar in time with the music, and must be typed when they touch the bar to play along with the song. There are 3 levels of difficulty, and a total of 10 songs with two versions of each. |
| Heroes Chronicles: The World Tree | 2000-09-29 | 3DO Company, The | New World Computing, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Heroes Chronicles: The World Tree is the fifth in a series of shorter, story-driven games based on the Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia engine. Each game consists of a single campaign recounting an important period in the life of Tarnum, the immortal hero. This chapter was released as a free download for those who already owned two other Heroes Chronicles games.One of the ancestors, Vorr, has gone insane and is seeking to destroy the World Tree, the essence of life. It is now Tarnum's task to gather up forces and prevent Vorr from succeeding in his plan.Unlike the other entries in the series (with the exception of The Fiery Moon), this chapter only has a five scenario campaign and does not include a tutorial. |
| 3-D Ultra Lionel Train Town Deluxe | 2000-09-30 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Dynamix, Inc. | Simulation | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation, Puzzle elements | | Train | | | Everyone | | Windows | 3-D Ultra Lionel Train Town Deluxe is a stand-alone reissue of 3D Ultra Train Town, which was voted "2000 Family Game of the Year" by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. This "Deluxe" release enhances the previous game by adding 50 new missions and a new track creation system.Design your own ultimate railroad system, then jump into your world and interact with every aspect of your creation. Take on the role of conductor and deliver passengers, food, animals and other goods to their destination. Or, hop aboard and ride the rails as a passenger.Play with over 30 authentic models from Lionel's own line of miniature locomotives that span the ages of steam through diesel. Design your track layouts using a multitude of interlocking straights, curves, crisscrosses and intersecting slant pieces. Get help coupling track pieces by using the "Smart Track" option.Make your creation real by adding buildings, trees, bridges, tunnels and other automated objects (like a working crane or a rotating dumper). Using the Layout Editor, choose your locale - from the backyard, kitchen, basement, miniature animated town, a dinosaur farm or even the North Pole or the Moon! Finished projects can be played as well as posted on the Internet for others to download.The beginning tutorials outline the basic play functions (driving trains, moving from track to track, and managing loads). Then you are presented with a series of puzzle scenarios in five "job bins" with varied difficulty that can be played in any order, or skipped altogether if found to be too challenging. Finishing all of the jobs in a bin unlocks bonus tasks with a special animation reward. |
| Cyber Groove | 2000-09-30 | Front Interactive | Front Interactive | Action | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Finally, PC gamers can dance the night away with Cyber Groove. In the same style as Bust-a-Groove (PSX), CG allows you to play with your mates in a dance fest, in which you must follow the on-screen instructions using the game-mat included. Lots of pumping music with crazy graphics will keeping you going to all hours of the night!! |
| Avalon Hill's Squad Leader | 2000-10-01 | MicroProse Software, Inc. | Random Games, Inc. | Strategy | | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Although it bears the full title of Avalon Hill's Squad Leader, this game is actually the descendant of Soldiers at War and Wages of War: The Business of Battle, Random Games' previous attempts at turn-based, isometric, X-Com like squad games.Through three campaigns of ten scripted missions each (mixed with optional random missions), you will lead your squad of American, British or German troops through the battles of 1944-45. Each of your soldiers is individually rated and has a unique biography (although they don't have the personality of a Jagged Alliance merc) and their morale and skills are affected with each battle (and occasionally the random occurrence between battles, such as a girlfriend writing to say she's leaving one of your grunts for another man). As your team progresses, the survivors will become a tight-knit group of skilled veterans, able to withstand the increasing dangers. Teams consist of a number of rifle squads, along with some heavy weapon squads and specialists, such as the squad leader, sergeant, medic, sniper, and combat engineer. In addition, your squads will gain support from both artillery and the occasional vehicle. They'll march through sniper infested towns, wade onto dangerous beachheads, and fight over the very tools they need to emerge victorious. A vast array of WWII weaponry (both real and 'Hollywood') is available to your men and you'll find nearly every piece coming in handy.The game features a random mission generator to elongate the lifespan, but can only be played single player. |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (Collector's Edition) | 2000-10-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Collector's Edition is a special release of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. It includes the following items:
Full version of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Red Alert 2 soundtrack CD
Bonus DVD with concept art, behind the scenes footage and making-of videos, as well as remastered ingame cutscenes
Hand-crafted pewter figurine - a Chrono Legionnaire or a Tesla Trooper |
| Gamefest: Redneck Classics | 2000-10-01 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Gamefest: Redneck Classics is a collection of the entire Redneck Rampage series in one low price bundle. It includes:
Redneck Rampage
Redneck Rampage: Suckin' Grits on Route 66
Redneck Deer Huntin'
Redneck Rampage Rides Again
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| Hugo 8: Dschungelinsel 2 | 2000-10-01 | NBG EDV Handels- und Verlags GmbH | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Hugo 8:: Dschungelinsel 2 is a game based on the TV show. The evil witch Hexana kidnapped Hugo's family and he has to rescue them while Hexanas's ape accomplices try to stop him. The game features six new mini games:
Ape duel: Hugo stands on a trunk which lies over a river. Here he holds a box duel with an ape.
Obstacle race: Hugo sits in a mine lore and has to dodge obstacles.
Bug battle: An ape points with his finger on bug statues and Hugo has to repeat it in the correct order.
A Mah Jongg variant.
Ostrich race: Hugo sits on an ostrich and has to dodge obstacles.
Volcano climbing: Hugo has to climb a volcano while the lava rises. He has to climb ladders and pay attention to falling rocks.
When completing at least the games obstacle race or volcano clinging Hugo can play the last ending game like in Hugo 7: Dschungelinsel: Hugo has to guess the correct of three levers to double his points. |
| Kannan! | 2000-10-01 | Levande Böcker i Norden AB | Chroma Interactive AB | Educational, Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Hidden object | Fantasy, Medieval | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kannan! is a puzzle game with educational elements based on a Swedish game show with the same name. The player takes control of a knight, but not the ordinary medieval knight. While the other knights are out on the battlefield, this knight is at home cropping the castle's rosebushes and solving math problems.The main part of the game is a puzzle game played from a top down perspective where the player has to crop the bushes and collect treasures, while at the same time avoiding getting crushed by enormous metallic balls and running into various meanies, such as vikings, wizards and dark knights. Between the puzzle levels, the player gets to play four different educational games:
The first is a math game where the player can move the knight left and right and has to pick the correct equations falling from the sky, while avoiding the equations that are wrong.
The second is a word game and is identical to the math game except that here the player has to catch correctly spelled words.
The third game is a memory game where the player has to memorize where in a room different objects are hidden.
The fourth is another math game where the player controls a hot air balloon and has to collect bubbles. Each bubble has a value and the player has to collect the right sum. The game can be played solo or in a tournament mode against up to seven other players. There is also a practice mode where each game can be played on its own.Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Group Inspiration: TV game shows
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| Ogniem i mieczem | 2000-10-01 | Zodiak Jerzy Hoffman Film Production | Nekrosoft | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Ogniem i mieczem (With Fire and Sword) is a turn-based (attack & movement phases) strategy game set in war-torn Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in XVII century telling the story of Ukrainian rebellion.It features over 20 historical units, a campaign (10 battles) plus 8 stand-alone battles, baroque stylized interface and video clips from the movie spliced between the battles.
A built-in multimedia encyclopedia introduces the player to the historical setting.The game was released after the commercial success of the movie (under the same title) directed by Jerzy Hoffman (which itself is based on the first book of an epic XIX-century trilogy of historical novels written by Nobel Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz). |
| Risk II | 2000-10-01 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc., MicroProse Software, Inc. | Deep Red Games Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The traditional game of Risk, redeveloped from scratch with improved graphics, improved AI, optional Same-Time mode, all the different options and variations, new territories (original map still available), and the new tournament mode, as you play the different games against various AI personalities. Multiplayer support LAN or MSN Zone. |
| Show do Milhão volume 3 | 2000-10-01 | TVSBT Canal 4 de São Paulo S/A | Softmed Comércio e Serviços Ltda. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | This is the third quiz game from the series themed on the Brazilian tv show "Show do Milhão" broadcast by the tv channel SBT. The game features 3000 new questions and allows the player to select the subject of the questions, something that was not possible on the real tv show.Each question worth a prize, and as the game progress, the questions start to become more difficult. If answered correctly, the player doesn't win the amount of money immediately, but is introduced to a new question. The score is registered only the player decides to stop, receive the prize of the last question, win the question worth of 1.000.000 reais (Brazilian currency), or give the wrong answer to a question, when he receives a smaller prize (or nothing if it was the question worth of 1.000.000 reais).At any time, the player is allowed to consult university students and virtual players, (just once, each, once in a game) who will give theirs opinions about what's the correct answer. The player may also try to peek a card, which may exclude none, one, two or all three wrong answers. Again this is possible only once each game.There's also the possibility to exclude a question, picking another one, worth of the same prize. This action is allowed three times in each game.Featuring the image and voice of Silvio Santos, charismatic host of the tv show, the series were a huge success, this game, the third of the series, has been released just some months after the first game of the series. |
| The Legend of the Prophet & the Assassin | 2000-10-01 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Arxel Tribe d.o.o. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Miloš Sluga Jr. | | Teen | | Windows | Arxel Tribe's previous series, Pilgrim, is continued in this new adventure series, which they have coined simply "Legend".You play through the eyes of Ay-Sayf, a former Knight Templar and warrior during the Crusades, as he seeks Simon, the false prophet. The game takes place in the 13th Century in the Eastern Hemisphere. Explore Jebus, a city of peace and harmony, bargain with the sellers in the marketplace of Jerusalem, and visit the Palace of Uvak Khan, an imperial ruler. Fight with demons and spiritual warriors during Ay-Sayf's quest in this point-and-click adventure.The original release contained what Dreamcatcher later called "Part 1 - The Prophet's Trail" with its 2 CDs. Their second release was named the same but included 4 CDs - the original Arxel Tribe game plus "Part 2" - Secrets of the Alamut. Each game has to be installed separately. |
| Soldier of Fortune: Gold Edition | 2000-10-02 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Raven Software Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | You have only one mission in this deadly game, and that's to be the only one left alive. You're hunting the terrorists across the world, and you have permission to kill, to kill all you like, as much as they're all bad guys. Use all kinda destructive weapons to survive and show no mercy to those mercenaries.In this Gold Edition of Soldier of Fortune, you get the full retail version, 18 new multiplayer maps, 2 new game modes, and an exclusive interview of John Mullins |
| Ad Verbum | 2000-10-04 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The city finally having secured an eviction notice, the demolition contractor is contractually obligated to conduct an inventory of the Wizard of Wordplay's manor before knocking it down, clearing the spooky space for cheap condos or a mini-mall. The only problem is that with his peculiar and punny powers pervading the property, the poor prestidigitator's
possessions pooh-pooh playing possum, putting punitive and perilous portents into play, preventing the project from proceeding. (Phew!)Surely this is a job for a veteran text adventurer such as yourself! In your previous adventures, you only engaged grues and dwarfs with language -- here (as in spiritual predecessors Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It and T-Zero), you're climbing into the ring with language itself, grappling everything from an abundance of asinine alliteration to dinosaur etymology within the first few rooms. Not since the raconting of Racter has a text environment (Oulip)owed so much to the playful linguistic experimentation of the avant-garde and simpleminded -- a perplexing source of inspiration most works of interactive fiction have been only too eager to a void. Here at last, to triumph, you will have to truly demonstrate that the pen is mightier than the sword! |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: UK Edition | 2000-10-07 | Eidos, Inc. | Hothouse Creations Ltd. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The game is based on the hit TV quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, which originated with this UK version hosted by Chris Tarrant.You have to answer fifteen questions, slowly going up to the one million mark. If you have trouble, there are three lifeline you can use to help you: Phone a friend, 50/50 and Ask the Audience. |
| Excelsior Phase One: Lysandia | 2000-10-09 | 11th Dimension Entertainment | 11th Dimension Entertainment | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Excelsior is a tile-based RPG (in the vein of the early Ultima games). It places you on the planet of Lysandia with the goal of eliminating the chaotic presence threatening the planet.The game follows traditional RPG concepts, including character creation, a variety of weapons and magic spells, skill sets (such as swimming, music, and seamanship).The game provides a number of quests and side-quests designed to bring your character closer to completing the goal of liberating Lysandia. |
| Excelsior Phase Two: Errondor | 2000-10-09 | 11th Dimension Entertainment | 11th Dimension Entertainment | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Excelsior Phase Two is a tile-based RPG (in the vein of Ultima 4-7). Sent as a "fixer" to the world of Errondor, you are given the task of resolving a problem that the fixer before you failed to do, and then locating the other fixer.The game follows traditional RPG concepts, including character creation, a variety of weapons and magic spells, skill sets (such as swimming, music, and bandaging).The game provides a number of quests and side-quests designed to bring your character closer to completing your goal. |
| Superbike 2001 | 2000-10-09 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Milestone s.r.l. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | The officially licensed Superbike race sim is back! All the riders, all the bikes, all the teams, all the tracks, all from the 2000 Superbike season. Watch the crash and the riders flying through the air! Various driving aids will ease you into heated competition. Race up to 5 other people online. |
| The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home | 2000-10-10 | SouthPeak Interactive LLC | Sinister Games, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Boss Hogg is foreclosing the farm. Bo and Luke are the prime suspects of the robbery of the County Bank. Then there's these strangers in town looking for trouble... Can Bo and Luke get themselves out of this mess? Three levels of difficulty, over 40 stunts you can perform, and a whole lot of racing going on! Features voices of the original crew. DoH is a 3rd person arcade racer where you take the General Lee and drive all over the place, dodging Rosco P. Coltrane (the sheriff) and Dep. Enos Strate and advancing the plot. |
| Extreme Racing | 2000-10-12 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Racing / Driving | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Game pack consisting of the three games Grand Prix Legends, Viper Racing and NASCAR Racing 3. |
| F1 Manager | 2000-10-13 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Intelligent Games Ltd | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | Automobile, Track racing | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Manage an F1 team from the 1999 season onwards. You are in control of every aspect of F1 managing, both at the office and on the circuit. You manage everything from sponsors, development, employees etc to testing, car assembly and pit stop strategies.All tracks, sponsors, drivers, teams and employees have their real names and pictures in the game, adding to the realism factor.At racing day, you have a variety of camera angles to choose to watch your drivers from, and you can even use the TV view that lets you view the race as it would look on TV. You also have a simple to use interface where you can manage pit stops and driver aggressiveness, and also watch stats on lap times, tire wear etc. |
| Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater | 2000-10-13 | Microsoft Corporation | ACES Game Studio | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, Oceania, World War II | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | Windows | The sequel to Microsoft's first Combat Flight Simulator, the focus shifts to the Pacific theater, where carrier battles and island hopping dominate the strategy. Fly for the Japanese Navy or the American Navy/Airforce in either single battles or branching campaigns. Controllable aircraft include the standard Zero, the P-38, Wildcat, Hellcat, Corsair, and George, each fighter representing different design philosophies from the most nimble Japanese planes to the powerhouse American designs. Escort bombers, strafe transports, and provide CAP for your carrier group. Learn how to successfully land on a carrier in strong winds. Featuring much of the realism and potential complexity (it can be simplified through options) of Microsoft's civilian simulator, you can either play in an arcade-like mode, or increase the difficulty...to the point where you're following a fairly realistic checklist for take-off. Featuring unique 1940's art for cutscenes, the engine's graphics attempt to represent the relatively sparse terrain of ocean, beach, and jungle with some detail. Models take visual damage and damage can result in the removal of the damaged part altogether. Standard padlock and various target views are available, allowing both a realistic look and the ability to achieve more exciting, cinematic views. |
| Wander Wonder | 2000-10-13 | Compile | Compile | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Wander Wonder is an action-RPG with emphasis on puzzle solving similar to Alundra. The player takes the role of the 14 year old Gino. When Gino was young, he used to listen to his grandfather's stories about ancient ruins and now, with his grandfather's memorial stone in his hands, he ended up in the Atreus region. Will Gino be able to find the purpose of his grandfather's stone? Will the reason why an ancient civilization seized to exist be found? What happened to the girl whom Gino encountered? |
| Odyssey: The Search for Ulysses | 2000-10-14 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | You have been granted your freedom from prison with one catch: you must find Ulysses, missing since the end of the Trojan War. Travel throughout the known world, encounter friends and foes, monsters and legends, and much more. Can you find what happened to Ulysses, and ultimately save yourself? |
| Kawasaki Jet Ski Watercraft | 2000-10-15 | Encore, Inc. | Monkey Byte Development, LLC, SquidSoft | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Compete against up to 5 computer opponents in 10 different environments located throughout the globe. 50 radical courses cover Hong Kong, Egypt, Venice, Bahamas, the Nile, Lake Victoria, the Amazon, Lakeside Park, Bermuda, Antartica, and the Colorado River. With 4 styles of gameplay (Rally, Circuit, Derby & Treasure Hunt) you need to watch out for log jams, waterfalls, and strong currents as you race against time and your opponents in 5 authentic JET SKI watercraft models |
| Zeus: Master of Olympus | 2000-10-17 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Impressions Games | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Classical antiquity, Europe, Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | After Pharaoh, Impressions Games took its city building series into Ancient Greece, land of Zeus, Ares and his dragon, and many other mythological figures.The most important change to the core of the previous games is how dwellings are built and improve. Instead of allocating single tiles of land the player can choose between building common and elite housing. These only expand inside the allocated plot; common houses cannot evolve into elite houses, which allow the player to build a city block immediately without worrying about newcomers building in the middle of a 2x4 block, rendering the four plots on each side almost useless.The distribution of goods has also changed. While the production remains the same, goods are now sold at the Agora, a roadside market. Then, the player builds the shops and after they arrive from nearby warehouses and granaries, a peddler roams the streets, selling his goods until he is sold out (roadblocks can be used to control his path, keeping him in the neighborhood).Finally, religion plays a larger -and more palpable- part than in previous games. In many missions, the player may be facing a monster summoned by a deity (which requires the player to call a hero such as Heracles by building him a nice building with all required commodities) or the Deity himself, which can cause extreme damage to the city (like Ares or Athena) or lure inhabitants away from the city (Aphrodite). To obtain their favor and blessings, the player first must build a gigantic temple and then offer a sacrifice, even if sometimes they help the player from their own kindness. While in previous games their actions were communicated by message boxes, in Zeus they have their own sprites, roaming across the city.The rest of the game remains unchanged from the core of the series. The player is in charge of developing a plot of land and turn it into a thriving new city. For that, the player must build enough housing spots and provide jobs for the people, either working in production of raw material, manufacturing of goods or services done to the city. These services include philosophers, athletes and actors, who entertain the people and every four years take part in the Olympic Games, which brings fame to the city. Other services include tax collectors, water bearers, healers, watchmen, and superintendents. Each level (excluding sandbox games) have a goal that may range from stockpiling a number of goods, submitting neighboring cities, or acquire enough currency. |
| SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle - Elite Edition | 2000-10-18 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Action, Simulation, Special edition | 1st-person, Behind view | | Crime | Shooter, Tactical shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | The Elite edition is identical to the original game, but includes the following additional scenarios:
Chang's Chinese Theater
LA Subway
Hollywood Hills
Whitman Airport
City of Angels Hospital
The Elite Edition includes the multiplayer update and a mission editor. Existing SWAT3 owners can download these updates, missions, and the mission editor for free from the Sierra website. |
| Spaz Attack | 2000-10-18 | NeverSleep | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Spaz Attack is a Tetris clone. Several features where added to make it more challenging than your standard Tetris game. For one, you are constantly playing against a computer artificial intelligence. As you try to complete the falling block puzzle and advance to the next level, the computer AI is constantly launching attacks at you in an attempt to thwart your progress. The attacks come in the form of invisible blocks, temporary barriers, destructive meteors, extra pieces, and more. |
| Virtual Skipper | 2000-10-18 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Duran | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft, Vehicle simulator | Jean‑Sébastien Luce, Olivier May, Hervé Groussin | | Everyone | | Windows | Virtual Skipper is a sailing simulation. There are three types of boats. each of which handles very differently, 3 difficulty levels, multiple locations with real water conditions that changes based on weather and currents, 3D graphics, real yacht racing rules, and more. You can also join players across the world in organized tournaments on the official website. |
| Disney•Pixar Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | 2000-10-19 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Buzz Lightyear is based on an animated movie and television series of the same name. Buzz Lightyear is an elite space ranger, who travels from planet to planet hunting down supervillians. In this game, you control Buzz through 14 missions on eight different planets. In each mission, your goal is to race to the end of the level before the bad guy does. If you do so successfully, you face off against the villian, and hopefully capture them. In addition to capturing the villain, there are secondary objectives like collecting robot parts and getting the fastest time through the level.Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is a spinoff of the Toy Story series of movies. |
| Call to Power II | 2000-10-20 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | The sequel to Civilization: Call to Power, Call to Power II gives the player the chance to lead a civilization from pre-history to beyond the future. Govern people, research advances, trade with your neighbors, conduct warfare and diplomacy. Can you rewrite history your way? |
| Abaddon | 2000-10-21 | iGerard.com | iGerard.com | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Abaddon is a role playing game developed in the style of such titles as Phantasy Star and Dragon Warrior. However, it's different in a number of ways. First, the objective isn't to fight evil or slay beasts. Instead, you play the ego-maniacal Duke Gilead, a despot facing his inevitable death. Rather than giving up his beloved House Levai, he decides to venture forth and discover the secret to immortality. As you help Gilead reach his dubious goal, you'll experience many adventures and a wild assortment of creatures.Abaddon presents a top-down perspective. You'll use your keyboard to send Gilead from screen to screen, and to converse with the people you encounter. Abaddon uses the traditional branching approach to dialog and events, where you're given a number of options for each action. Throughout, you can collect items and coins as well as monitor your health. By defeating creatures that attack, you'll obtain the experience points necessary to advance. |
| Der Klomanager (Gold Edition) | 2000-10-23 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Anvil-Soft | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Der Klomanager Gold-Edition is the re-release of Der Klomanager based on version 1.5.This release includes several bugfixes and some minor gameplay changes e.g. that the height of the penalty of the health office for dirty toilets rises and changing prices for new toilet lots depending on how many lots are left on the map.The main addition is the new random event at the end of a round. They are divided into three categories:
Events that the player can't ignore and cost him money like a lawsuit.
Events where the player has the choice weather he wants to do it or not and has a chance of winning or losing money like a business proposition.
Events that can be beneficial or bad for the player but he choose to ignore them like a gift which makes his lots immun against Sabotage for one round.
A discreet soundtrack playing in the background is also added and the intro movie has been redone accordingly. |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | 2000-10-24 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | The sequel to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater adds many new tricks, while retaining those from the original, and a complete roster of the greatest skaters worldwide. Among the new tricks is the "manual", which allows the player character to balance on two wheels. There are also more options for scoring high-trick combos. Trick combinations can also be edited and customized. It is possible to visit some of the most popular skate parks in the world, or create own areas and share them with other players. Players can also create their own skaters, with a choice of clothing and official skateboards. |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 | 2000-10-25 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Westwood Pacific | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Asia, Europe, North America, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 takes place approximately two decades since the first Red Alert and, unlike the original, has no relation at all to the Tiberium universe. It is a conventional real-time strategy game which, in terms of gameplay, still faithfully continues the Dune/Command & Conquer lineage.Although the Western Allies have installed a lackey as the Premier of the Soviet Union, their spies and relevant contacts suddenly go silent with the appearance of a powerful Soviet psychic named Yuri, who turns out to be Premier Romanov's advisor. Soon afterwards, the Soviet Union launches an overwhelming invasion on North America and Europe on land, air, and sea. As is usual, the player joins the Allied or Soviet side in the singleplayer campaign (with 12 missions for each faction) as of that point in the storyline. Whereas the technology level in the original Red Alert had World War II and Cold War-era weapons mixed with a few technologies inspired by failed real-world experiments, the arsenals of both sides in Red Alert 2 predominantly include technologically advanced units and structures such as teleporting Chrono Legionnaires, chain-connecting Prism towers, cloning vats, weather control devices, etc. However, the storyline's tone is considerably more light-hearted than that in previous Command & Conquer games, and following in the footsteps of Tiberian Sun, more known actors were brought to act in the full-motion video cutscenes.The game uses a modified and optimized engine from Tiberian Sun and expands the gameplay in multiple ways. Both factions are completely distinct both functionally and visually, civilian structures can be garrisoned by each faction's basic infantry unit for increased firepower and rate of fire, the Allied IFV is included as the first customizable unit in the series (which can change its weapon and function based on the carried infantry unit), and there are neutral "tech" structures which bring bonuses to the players who capture them (e.g. oil derricks bring a small but frequent flow of income, airports allow deployment of paratroopers...). Like in the original Red Alert, factions are split into countries (5 Allied countries, 4 Soviet ones) in skirmish and multiplayer, but instead of having hidden production bonuses, each country has a unique unit, structure or support power that the others do not have access to. Aside from the aforementioned main singleplayer campaign, there is a vast number of skirmish/multiplayer maps, short co-op campaigns, and the return of the World Domination Tour multiplayer mode (unavailable in LAN) which was adapted from the Firestorm expansion for Tiberian Sun. |
| La Prisión | 2000-10-25 | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Miguel Ángel Carrillo Guillén, Rafael Barraso | Persistent | | | Windows | La Prisión (The Prison) is a massively multiplayer role-playing game online (MMORPG), set in a prison as a persistent game world, to be played exclusively through the Internet. Players take the role of a prisoner in a special jail, living under the rules of the game, interacting with other players (for better or worse) and venturing into the intricacies of the world and its characters.The player's character in the game is a prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment. To introduce a new player in the game world, he must create a character, give him a ASPECT (sex, constitution, hairstyle, clothing ...), select a crime for which he has been imprisoned and some defining features.To improve the character and increase the level he need to get experience. This is obtained from fights, but also helping many of the Bots doing several missions. He can fight in groups to share the experience of a difficult fight, although a senior level, players are often organized in clans to communicate better and help, establish a uniform etc.The character has a set of skills depending on the chosen crime. Some of them require that the character and his training have reached a certain level of experience. He can also try to steal items from action bots. When caught, a fight can be started, but also at any given moment with another character.As in other games, there are several trade skills, here for instance by going to the kitchen and combining objects in the oven, or finding books in libraries to learn recipes, concepts of mechanics, the art of chemical or sewing. The game has an advanced and configurable chat system to improve the communications between players.The point of view in the game is third-person. The character can also be seen from different fixed cameras, depending of the room where he is in. When in combat, the player enters a special "combat mode" where he can control the cameras of the scene. Up to 32 players can be immersed in a battle between prisoners or bots. |
| Baldr Bullet | 2000-10-27 | GIGA | GIGA | Action | Top-down | | Adult | Shooter, Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | Vehicular | Windows | At one point of the human history, a computer system was created that could manage everything that happened on Earth. Known as Baldr System, it wasn't accepted by everyone, and groups opposing it were formed. Violent skirmishes between these groups and the Baldr System Fellowship Association (BFA) occurred in South America. Both sides used giant mechas (HAWS) for combat. Sergey Kirkland was just transferred to the Baldr System Observation Structure Army (BS-OSA), a military group tasked with watching BFA actions and ensuring that the conflict will not evolve into a global war. Commanding the elite SERR-14 unit, Sergey encounters an enigmatic enemy that adds more unanswered questions to the complex situation.Baldr Bullet is a prequel to Baldr games; the main hero is the ancestor of the protagonist of Baldrhead. Gameplay-wise, it retains and expands upon the combat mechanics first introduced in that game, though with faster moves, reliance on combo attacks, and more weapons. Like in the previous games, weapons and attacks can be customized and leveled up.Unlike Baldrhead, there is no exploration whatsoever in the game. It evolves like a visual novel, with a flow of text interrupted by the player's choices (which may branch the storyline) and combat scenes that occur in fixed, confined locations. |
| Hot Wheels: Slot Car Racing | 2000-10-27 | Mattel Interactive | KnowWonder, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hot Wheels Slot Car Racing is a 3-D racing game that comes complete with slot car controllers that plug right into the computer's game port. Players can race Hot Wheels cars against their friends or the computer on eight different tracks. A fast-paced driving experience for ages 5 and up. |
| WarTorn | 2000-10-27 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | Eyst Pty Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | WarTorn is a 3D real-time strategy game with modern-day units.In a particularly twisted kind of background story, the ruling elites of the future (2999) rediscover the war games of the distant past (Ancient Rome) as a model for sports-like wars set in the not-so-distant past (2000), which to us is now.This was the easy part of WarTorn. The cynical controlled war in giant sports arenas scenario serves as the backdrop for a 3D real-time strategy game which pits up to eight armies against each other in a fairly complex system of build-and-blast.The economic system, for example, has its own flow chart in the manual which describes the interrelation of no less than eight resources, four of which must be gathered on the map. The army consists of land, air and sea units which can be individually constructed from parts. The tactics system comes with its own formation editor and attack route planer. Each unit's behavior can be fine-tuned with ten different commands.Most of this is optional though. Players can choose between strategy matches (full war with base construction) and skirmishes (baseless mini-wars with up to 20 select units per side). There's no campaign or plot, just single matches in four different modes (deathmatch, capture the flag, hunter hunted, and turn-based) or five-tier tournaments with which the player climbs up the world cup ladder.Despite the game's competitive character, there is no multiplayer mode. |
| 4x4 Evo | 2000-10-30 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Terminal Reality, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | 4x4 Evo is a racing game featuring real-life pickup trucks and SUV's. Actual trucks from manufacturers such as Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, Nissan, Toyota and more are included. The actual racing game is based very heavily on Terminal Reality's Monster Truck Madness series of games, except with SUV's instead of monster trucks.One significant feature of 4x4 Evo is the online multi-player option. The Dreamcast, PC, and Macintosh versions can compete against each other in 4 player online races.In addition to the on-line mode of play, there is a single player career mode. The career mode gives you a small allotment of money with which to purchase a truck. You then can compete in races to earn more money for more trucks or performance parts for your current truck. |
| Age of Empires: Collector's Edition | 2000-10-30 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Age of Empires
Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
A special Age of Empires soundtrack with the best music from all four titles
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| FIFA 2001: Major League Soccer | 2000-10-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | FIFA 2001 comes back to the series' fast-paced roots. The gameplay is balanced differently to previous versions, and includes online play as an option. It includes 17 leagues from around the world in addition to over 50 national teams. Exhibition, Tournament, League, Cup, Season, and Training modes are available to play, ranging from simple round-robin competition to simple knock-outs to combinations of the two, and the player rosters are as up-to-date as possible.
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| Paris-Marseille Racing | 2000-10-30 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Take control of your DeLorian, police car, Mini or Beetle and race through some of France's most famous (and busiest) roads and cities. With tournament, time attack and single race modes, the game allows you to race within three classes, in each of which you must place first. Your reward is cash to upgrade the numerous cars available with enhanced engines, tires and even a nitro boost.Paris-Marseille is France's entry in Davilex's "Racer" series, alongside Autobahn Raser II in Germany, A2 Racer in Holland and London Racer in the UK. |
| Rune | 2000-10-30 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Human Head Studios, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | As the conflict between the gods Odin and Loki deepens, the latter prepares to unleash the Ragnarok - a full-scale attack on the world that would eventually end it. A warrior named Ragnar is initiated into the Odinsblade, an order of warriors whose task is to protect the runestones, magical artifacts that have the power to bind Loki. Ragnar must also defend a neighboring village from the attack by a viking called Conrack, and eventually decide what fate this world should await.Rune is a 3D action game. The player navigates Ragnar through hostile areas, killing predominantly supernatural creatures with melee weapons. Ragnar can use swords, axes, maces and hammers. Each weapon has a special "Rune Power" that can be activated for a short time by gathering energy from runes. Ragnar is also able to equip shields. Multiplayer is included as well, in which each player controls a character equipped with various weapons, in a fashion similar to Ragnar. |
| Motocross Mania | 2000-10-31 | On Deck Interactive | Deibus Studios Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Motocross Mania is a motorcycle racing sim. It features tricks in the style of the Tony Hawk series of games, and includes Motocross, Supercross, Baja and Freestyle modes of play.The game features realistic physics, although no damage modeling. It has 20 different venues, from arenas to outdoor tracks, covering 12km/sq of area. With the 3D engine, you get many of the camera angles used in flight sims, and it supports the top hat switch on joysticks. The game has a career mode, a straight racing mode, and a single player freestyle mode available. |
| The Devil Inside | 2000-10-31 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Cryo Interactive Entertainment, Gamesquad | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Devil Inside is a third-person action horror game in which Dave, a hero with a dark secret, is compelled to participate in a cruel television reality show in which he has to please the audience by killing monsters. Dave has a female demonic alter ego called Deva. The player can transform between Dave and Deva at certain places in the stages. Dave mostly uses guns equipped with laser sights. Deva, on the other hand, casts spells that require magic points, which can be restored by consuming souls left from defeated enemies, as well as float in the air and regenerate her health under specific circumstances. |
| Absolute Patience | 2000-11-01 | | Kamikaze Games Designers | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Absolute Patience is a single-player, shareware collection of solitaire games. There are over four hundred solitaire card games in the collection together with a significant number of original games, many of which have rules which can be applied taking the total number of different games to over six hundred.The game menu allows the player to filter solitaire games by:Game Type: Klondike. Forty Thieves. Fan. Baker's Dozen, Pairs, Spider, Sir Tommy, Carlton, Freecell, Canfield, Arizona, Yukon, Golf, and ??? (which is 'none of the above')
One or two deck games
Open vs. Closed: An open game starts with cards face up
Difficulty: Games are graded 1,2, or 3 with 3 being the hardest to complete
Skill: Games are graded 1,2, or 3 with 3 requiring the most skill to complete
Success: Games are graded 1,2, or 3 with 3 having the highest success ratio
KGD Games: Games designed by Kamikaze GamesMany games have associated with them two or more rules which vary the game play, for example the game Falcon Wing has four modes of play:one re-deal with sixteen cards in the reserve pileone re-deal with twenty-one cards in the reserve pilethree re-deals with sixteen cards in the reserve pile, and three re-deals with twenty-one cards in the reserve pile
The help file opens in a separate window and in addition to describing each game and giving the difficulty, skill and success ratings it describes all the menu bar functions.The game does not have a 'hint feature' that shows the player which card to play next, however it does have a 'Wise Man' feature which lets the player know if the current game is solvable as well as undo, game scoring and game statistics features.The shareware version of the game allows the player to play one deal of each game as often as they like over a twenty-one day period, in other words the games can be replayed but the cards don't change. |
| Bad Milk | 2000-11-01 | Dreaming Media | Dreaming Media | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The date is February 3rd. The coffee you just drank had milk in it. That milk expired on October 25th. Oops. Now you're dead, and if you want to be reincarnated, you need to find your way through a strange, dark maze of bizarre puzzles contained in large panels floating in the nothingness that surrounds you. Each puzzle uses full motion video, and the goal is somewhat abstract and not quite apparent in the beginning. |
| Battle Isle: The Andosia War | 2000-11-01 | Blue Byte Software GmbH & Co. KG | Cauldron Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Take command of either "Children of Harris" or "Bratt's Legions" and battle over Andosia in this mix of turn-based and real-time strategic and tactical combat. Two full campaigns are included. Manage supplies, research, repairs, while you allocate units and build new combat vehicles to accomplish your objectives. Join up to seven other players in multiplayer games. |
| Blobby Volley | 2000-11-01 | | | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Blobby Volley is a beach volleyball game for up to two players with a unique touch.Your opponent and you aren't persons, but blobs!You can control your blob either with the keyboard or the mouse, moving it left or right on your side of the playfield. One of you will serve the ball and then it's your job to play the ball so that your opponent either can't hit the ball (before it makes it to the ground) or needs more then three hits to throw it back. The ball however, can bounce back from the edges of the screen. If your opponent served the ball and you "score", you just get the ball for serving. If you served the ball and scored, then you really scored a point. The player who get 15 points wins.You can either play against the computer (three different difficulty levels) or one-on-one via Internet or LAN (TCP/IP). |
| Brat 2: Obratno v Ameriku | 2000-11-01 | Russobit-M | Russobit-M | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | This game based on a plot of the famous Russian blockbuster movie "Brat 2". Main character of the game is a young Russian boy named Daniel (Danila). He learns that his brother is in the hands of the American mobsters and returns to America to help out his brother.As with any first-person shooter game, the player will going through various levels, killing enemies using firearms and cold steel. This game also has a few adventure elements. Daniel can pick up, use and combine different items, such as cutting pipes, nails, insulation tape, etc. |
| Elves in Paradise: Elf Bowling 2 | 2000-11-01 | NStorm, Inc. | NStorm, Inc. | Action, Sports | Behind view | | Comedy | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Great Elf Strike of 1999 brought the North Pole to it's knees. Several demands had to be met like higher wags, lower urinals and vacations. Kris Kringle decides to go on a cruise and take some elves and his unemployed brother, Dingle Kringle. Dingle makes a bet with Kris and to settle it, they'll play a winner-take-all game of shuffleboard.If you are playing a one player game, you play as Kris Kringle in red and the computer is Dingle in blue. You begin by deciding who plays first. As you brought no change and Dingle is broke, you flip an elf. The loser must play first. You play by pressing space or clicking the mouse. You can use the arrow keys or move the mouse to aim left or right. You will see an indicator of the ship's level as well as a grid with lit boxes moving from bottom to top. The farther away the lights, the more power you will have. If you go too far left or right, you will fall off the side. If you go too far forward, you will go off the edge and your elf will get eaten by a shark. You are attempting to stop the elves in the one hundred, two hundred, three hundred or four hundred areas. The four hundred area is the farthest edge without going to the sharks. There are three rounds of four tries apiece with the seas getting rougher each round. If an elf appears with a yellow flashing bathing suit, it will hold up a sign indicating that it is double or triple points. After each round, the points are totaled and after the game is over, the winner is shown with a Christmas wreath with Christmas lights around their portrait. As this is an Elf Bowling, there are wisecracks and sight gags aplenty. |
| Front Office Football 2001 | 2000-11-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Solecismic Software | Sports, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | A non-graphic, detailed simulation of owning and managing an NFL franchise, including roster decisions, financial decisions, and in-game playcalling.Like other managerial sports games, FOF offers realistic financial rules and models. Salary caps, trading and drafting rules, and collective bargaining requirements are all faithfully modelled. Even blackmailing a city to buy you a new stadium is modelled. |
| Gunner 3 | 2000-11-01 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | You are sent to the South American rain forest because there have been reports that someone is building an army of mutated grasshoppers to take over the world. Your job is to destroy the army and find out who is behind it.Gunner 3 is a freeware side-scrolling platform game, where you move the Gunner through eight levels, facing a boss in each. The levels are split into different areas, like the forest, a lava level and underground bases. There are 22 weapons that you can find in the game, ranging from a gun, to shotguns, laser guns, rocket launchers, freezer, even to a Star Wars-like light-sabre. You need all of them, because the levels are filled with many deadly enemies, and the health packs are rare. Furthermore, you only have one life and can only save the game after completing a level. |
| Happy Birthday, Maisy! | 2000-11-01 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Sound Source Interactive, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Happy Birthday, Maisy! is based on characters created by the British author Lucy Cousins for her picture books series, characterized by bright solid colors and boldly outlined 2D figures and objects. Maisy, a mouse, is celebrating her birthday with four animal friends; the player is invited to join in by using the mouse to play three classic games and participate in three party activities:
Treasure Hunt - the player helps each character find a special object
Follow the Leader - as each featured character does a dance move, the player chooses who is doing the same thing
Pin the Tail on the Donkey - the player moves blindfolded characters to the donkey game by following audio directions, then drags the tail into place
Make a Birthday Card - Cyril has forgotten to bring a card for Maisy and must make one; the player helps by assembling and decorating it
Prepare Food - Charlie follows his nose to help Maisy in the kitchen; the player assists by dragging various food to it's matching shape on a party platter
Guess the Presents - as Maisy holds up a wrapped present, the player chooses the best match from a setAt the main screen, the player is able to choose to play the story or select from the games at two levels of difficulty; activities can be skipped and the level changed during the game as well. The focus is on shape recognition, comparing, matching, and creative play. |
| In the Line of Duty: Firefighter | 2000-11-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Mekada | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Step into the boots of a fireman in this action shooter. The overall objectives are to put out raging fires and to save the lives of anyone unfortunate enough to remain inside burning structures. Save yourself as well to move on to the next level.There are ten missions (levels) to conquer, each becoming more difficult as the game progresses. It is a race against time so act quickly using your trusty axe to break down obstacles and your hose or extinguisher to soak blazes along the way. Thick smoke engulfs the insides of buildings impeding your vision and your strength. Monitor your oxygen so you don't run out of air. Switch between first and third person as necessary to assist your movements.The game is playable using a mouse with support for keyboard, a gamepad or joystick. |
| NHRA Drag Racing 2 | 2000-11-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Motorsport Simulations, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | An officially licensed simulation of NHRA top fuel and funny car drag racing. It includes the entire 25 event NHRA circuit and 30 of the top drag racing teams. Tune your car against changing weather conditions and view detailed telemetry via Racepak, the same software used by all the NHRA teams. The game supports force feedback devices and includes competitive online play. |
| Napoleon's Battles | 2000-11-01 | Buka Entertainment | MiST land | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events | | | | | | Windows | Napoleon's Battles is a single-player 3D strategy game based on Napoleon's campaigns between 1803 and 1812. It is mission based and replicates actual events, forces and weapons. The game is played predominantly from a top-down point of view though a limited degree of panning is available via the PgUp/PgDown keys. Units are selected from a menu to the right of the screen with the mouse and are assigned an opposing unit to attack by clicking on that unit's flag. |
| No Escape | 2000-11-01 | Funcom Oslo A/S | Funcom Oslo A/S | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | There is no escape from "No Escape", the best live-action reality TV gameshow ever! Compete against all the other players in front of live audiences on special landscapes with a variety of weapons in many of the different game modes. The action is relentless, the pace is hectic. Can you handle it? Play online against other players, or practice alone with bots.No Escape is best described as 3rd-person Quake with an arcade/console bent. All the different game modes are here, as are all the different weapons, characters, and levels. |
| Pac-Man: Adventures in Time | 2000-11-01 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Creative Asylum Limited, Minds Eye Productions | Action | | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Pac-Man returns, in a new, full 3D adventure. Each level represents different time periods, from the pyramids of Egypt to the futuristic settings of space, and combines detailed 3D environments with the classic Pac-Man gameplay from the early '80s titles. And now players can play with their friends, in LAN multiplayer modes or over the internet. |
| PipeFun | 2000-11-01 | Jaibo Software | Jaibo Software | Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PipeFun combines the gameplay of Tetris with the concept of Pipe Dream. The basic objective is to connect pipe pieces together. Various shaped pipe sections drop down from the top of the screen and end up at the bottom. Connect them together by rotating and moving their position (left or right) so they line up correctly. Then your new grouping disappears and any above them drop down.There are two types of games, Closed Pipeline and Not Closed Pipeline. In the Closed game, your connections must not have any outlet. In the Not Closed mode, simply connect four or more pipe sections. In addition to the types, there are three modes: Bomb, Timer and Rising.Various aspects of the game can be customized. Those include the color and style of the pipes, the sound effects as well as the keyboard controls. Games can be paused and saved, and there are three difficulty levels. |
| Planescape: Torment / Baldur's Gate / Fallout 2 | 2000-11-01 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of three Black Isle's roleplaying games: Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment and Fallout 2, and the last available official patches for them (included in Fallout 2 CD). Game pack contains:
Baldur's Gate (5 CD)
A2 format Paper Baldur's Gate World Map
Paper Baldur's Gate Manual
Paper Baldur's Gate Quick Reference Card
Fallout 2 (1CD)
Paper Fallout 2 Manual
Planescape: Torment (4 CD)
Paper Planescape: Torment Manual
A1 format Planescape: Torment poster with jokes in the back side. |
| Polda 3 | 2000-11-01 | ZIMA software | ZIMA software | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Pankrác, the cop from Polda and Polda 2 isn't the policeman any longer - he was fired and now works as a private detective. One lazy afternoon Pankrác is approached by a woman looking for her lost ex-husband. Pankrác isn't happy to search for some greasy cook, but this feeling is quickly dismissed when he discovers that the cook worked for the famous ice hockey star, Jegger. This time he won't stay in single village or town, instead he'll travel to places including South America and Siberia. Polda 3 is, like its predecessors, a point and click adventure controlled by the mouse. Inventory is hidden in the upper part of the screen. There are also mini-games which the player must beat in order to continue game. |
| Prikljuchenija poruchika Rzhevskogo | 2000-11-01 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Europe | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Prikljuchenija poruchika Rzhevskogo (The adventures of First Lieutenant Rzhevsky) is a 2D point-and-click adventure game loosely based on a popular character of the Russian jokes, a hussar of Napoleonic era. It rather supposes that a son of this character, also hussar with the same title, has a similar behavior of libertine.The protagonist is a hussar Poruchik Rzhevsky. Accompanied by his servant Samson, one morning he reads in a newspaper that his father has died. This event may help him to drink the inheritance away, but he finds out that his mysterious double has already gotten the inheritance. So Poruchik is trying to find out who this double is, catch him, cut him to pieces with his sabre, and return the inheritance back. During the game set in Belle Epoque various fictional or real characters will be met or mentioned such as Georges Sand, Petka and Vasiliy Ivanovich Chapayev, Raskolnikov, Casanova, Captain Nemo etc.Most of the time Poruchik Rzhevsky is guided between static or side-scrolling screens, collecting or using the scattered items, and talking to characters to gain more items or information. The cursor has states (walk / see / get / talk) auto-selected on hovering over an interactive spot. |
| Ricochet | 2000-11-01 | Valve L.L.C. | Valve L.L.C. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Ricochet is a futuristic multiplayer game where you're playing in team match or one-vs-one in battle arenas. Players are jumping on between neon-lit platforms suspended above an abyss, and shoot disks at one another. The main goal is to push the opponent out of the platform. Players can use the horizontal barriers for bouncing their disk, hence the name Ricochet.The game is an official mod for Half-Life. |
| Sacrifice | 2000-11-01 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Shiny Entertainment, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | In this Real Time Strategy game, the player plays a wizard who escaped his own ruined world, only to arrive to a world who has quarreling gods, each trying to become the most powerful. On each of the different levels of the game, the Wizard can choose another God to support, and according to that God you'll get new spells and creatures. After finishing the game, each player will have his own unique set of spells.As said before, this game is a real time strategy game, but unlike the traditional Top-Down view, it features a third-person view (much like Tomb Raider or Oni), and emphasizes combat rather than resources management. The most important resource, Souls, which is used to summon creatures, can only be obtained through combat- and there's a limited number of souls on the map.The game's multiplayer option is very similar to Blizzard's Battle.Net- you can log on to the company's chat room and find new players to play with. You can either choose a God to serve (and get all of his creatures) or load one of your Single-player wizards, so you'll have your own unique set. |
| Space Empires IV | 2000-11-01 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Malfador Machinations | Strategy | Top-down | | | 4X | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | The Space Empires series of exploration-based strategy games made it to a fourth title. The goal is the same of games like Master of Orion and the predecessors, you must survive and maybe conquer the rest of the galaxy. You must build facilities, ships on planets with differing resource potential. Once settled, you can discover technologies, and must watch out for enemy empires and pay attention to diplomacy, economics and resources. Ministers take care of micro-management tasks. The game is highly customizable, with attributes for most characters editable through text files, and a wide range of victory conditions available. |
| Space Haste | 2000-11-01 | Real.com Games | Church of Electronic Entertainment | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Hovercraft, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Space Haste is an arcade racing game which takes place in the 23rd century where hovercrafts have replaced cars. Races start out as an average race, but every few laps your car gets a speed upgrade. If you win the race, you keep getting upgrades and get bonus laps, and must try to beat your last lap time over and over again until you finally slip. |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen | 2000-11-01 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Collective, Inc., The | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Loosely based on the "Millenium" Star Trek DS9 novel series, the Fallen have you play as Worf, Kira, or Sisko as you search for the 3 Red Orbs of Jalbador through both space and time... Based on the Unreal Tournament engine, the game features 3rd person viewpoints. The three playable characters each have different parts in the overall interlocking story. |
| Swedish Touring Car Championship 2 | 2000-11-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Digital Illusions CE AB | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | STCC2 is the successor to the computer game version of Swedish Touring Car Championship which is Digital Illusions' first game to be published in their own right (it's sold more than 50.000 units).This second game features the 2000 championship as well as the championship of Super Stock Racing where you drive Camaro cars instead of a Touring car. In addition, two
well-known racing tracks in Sweden are also included within the game. |
| Tigger's Honey Hunt | 2000-11-01 | Buena Vista Games, Inc. | Doki Denki SA | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Winnie the Pooh plans a party and therefore he needs honey. His friend Tigger promises to help him and starts searching for honey pots.Tigger's Honey Hunt is a platform action game in which the player guides Tigger through nine levels. In six levels the goal is to collect a predetermined minimum amount of honey pots in order to get access to the next level. In the other three levels there are mini-games like Rock-Paper-Scissors, to play against other characters from Winnie the Pooh's world.Tigger is able to jump horizontally and vertically (even higher after he has learned special skills), use spider webs to jump to higher areas or to cross water or chasms with the help of turtles or levitating leaves. Beginning with three lives, Tigger needs to avoid being touched by dangerous creatures like bees or falling into chasms. When there are no lives left, Tigger restarts at the last checkpoint that has been passed.Additionally you can find secret areas with even more honey pots, collect pictures which you can later look at in your photo album and meet other characters who talk to you or need your help (e.g. finding Eeyore's lost tail). |
| Times of Conflict | 2000-11-01 | Microïds | Eugen Systems | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control | Real-time | | | Windows | Times Of Conflict is a 3D real-time strategy game for one player or up to 8 players via a network connection.The game is set on the planet Edhaer which is home to three rival factions. Each civilisation is ruled by an elder, an immortal, who between them rule the planet and fight for its mastery. A monumental battle at Isann proved inconclusive and left each faction exhausted and weakened. Now they must rebuild their forces, outposts and resources in order to seize total control. As the game progresses rumours emerge.
Is there, somewhere deep in space, an Emperor of immense power who wants to control this planet?
Have his champions come to Edhaer to cause chaos and war?
Could it be that the elders are not all they seem?
Is the Emperor interested in the planet's rich supply of Aarine?The player takes the role of a hero in one of these factions and must guide their hero through the ranks of their civilisation through victory in battle.
The player can choose between 'Campaign mode' or 'Battle mode'.
The Campaign mode takes the player through the full storyline of Times Of Conflict. The elder assigns a series of missions, each mission has an objective which the player must achieved. Some missions require the player to undertake a series of mini missions in order to achieve the main objective. Each mission has a time limit. Achieving the objective before the time limit expires will please the elder and accelerate the hero's promotion.
In Battle mode the focus is on action rather than story development. The player selects the type of terrain, the number of enemies and what civilisation they belong to and then goes to war. The battle is won when the enemy HQ is destroyed, it is lost if the players HQ is destroyed.
Game features
a non-linear campaign mode
More than 30 different maps
Macro orders and context based AI
The ability to control over 1000 units
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| Tomb Raider: Chronicles | 2000-11-01 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | A few days after the events described in Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Lara Croft is presumed dead. Her close friends begin to recollect her previous adventures, which occurred during different periods of her life. These include searching for the Philosopher's Stone in Rome; preventing the Spear of Destiny from falling into the hands of a ruthless gang leader; facing monsters on the Black Isle of Ireland as a child; and, finally, infiltrating a high-tech complex in pursuit of the Iris artefact.Like its predecessors, Tomb Raider: Chronicles is an action game with puzzle-solving and platforming elements. The gameplay is very similar to that of the previous games, with the addition of a few new skills. Lara can now walk on tightropes, swing on horizontal bars, and somersault forwards from a ledge while crouching. A grappling hook has been added to her inventory. The game also includes a level editor, allowing the player to create new stages for Lara to explore. |
| Vyrox | 2000-11-01 | Horizont Entertainment | Horizont Entertainment | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | The player is in control of a paddle defending a goal/death area and must try to keep a ball in the playing field.The objective is to stay alive as long as possible, gathering points by destroying bricks and sprites. Once the player has cleared all the bricks, they are teleported to the next level.
As the game progresses it becomes increasingly more complex, with loads of beneficial as well as malicious extras coming along, which include multiball, laser, extralife, speedball, freeze. New sprites also populate the screen, altering the ball's paths or even destroying the bat on impact.Vyrox is freeware and multiple free levels and skins for download are available on the author's website, which also features an online highscore listing.The program can be run in either a window or full screen mode. |
| Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Rhythm n' Groove | 2000-11-01 | Buena Vista Games, Inc. | Ubi Soft Entertainment Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Rhythm n' Groove is a dancing game very much modeled after Dance Dance Revolution. Arrows travel across the screen, and when they reach the right spot, you hit the necessary button on either your controller or dance pad.The game follows the story of Disney's The Jungle Book cartoon. Some songs are remixes of the cartoon's music, while others are original. |
| Watkins | 2000-11-01 | R-Games | R-Games | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Watkins is a freeware platformer developed in The Games Factory. It tells the story of Davy Jones which stole the south pole from the penguins family. Grandfather Pole, the owner of the south pole, tells Watkins the penguin before dying in a terrible shark accident that Watkins himself is the heir of the south pole. Now Watkins must journey through 35 levels in 4 worlds to return the south pole to its rightful owner. Luckily he has Ali the polar bear to take him from level to level with his flying balloon.Watkins is a pretty basic platformer, the player needs to get past each level by jumping, swimming, and firing from a slingshot regular stones and nuke stones.In addition to the regular levels there's a Moosarama bonus level. Your goal is to shoot 16 mooses in 30 seconds, and if you succeed you get an extra life. |
| Block | 2000-11-02 | | | Action | Side view | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Block is a breakout game with 50 stages. Despite its uninspiring title, there are several original twists on the gameplay.You can shoot new balls into the game at any time. If you run out of balls and fail to complete a stage, you don't have to start all over from stage 1. You can retry each stage an infinite number of times, so in that sense it is more a casual game. You get eight balls for each stage, and even if you use them all up in one stage, you'll still get eight balls at the beginning of the next.The ball doesn't move at a constant pace, rather it bounces moving faster at the bottom of the screen and slowing down and reversing at the top of the screen.The goal is to complete each stage as fast as possible. The game keeps a top 10 ranking list for each stage. This high score list keeps track of player name, completion time, and even the date on which the time record was set.You can lower the paddle by pressing right mouse button, when you release it the paddle springs back to its original position. This way you can whack the ball by releasing just when a ball is about to hit, giving the ball more speed.There are several types of bricks.Yellow - normal brick
Blue - needs double amount of hits to break
Red - contains a power-up
Gray - unbreakable
Magnetic - will push away balls magnetically
Yellow brick in basket - can only be hit from above
Red-ball-brick - spawns one extra ball into the game
Blue-ball-brick - spawns infinite amount of balls into the game
Arrows - pushes the ball into arrow directionThe red bricks can release several types of power-upsS - tiny balls, harder to break bricks
B - big balls, easier to break bricks
Infinite sign - player can shoot infinite balls into game
Up arrows - flip gravity
Smaller arrows - decrease paddle width
Wider arrows - increase paddle width
Wider arrows red - maximum width paddle |
| Interact Play | 2000-11-02 | Illusion | Dreams Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | In Interact Play, the player controls a young man who likes stalking young women on train stations, following them, molesting them on the train, and then bringing them to the point where they can't resist any more, and raping them.The gameplay is divided into several stages for each girl. First the "hero" must approach them unnoticed on the train. Then he begins molesting her (touching her breast, lifting up her skirt, etc.). Each action is physically performed by pointing the mouse at the appropriate body part, clicking and dragging it, controlling the direction and the intensity of the movement. There are Ecstasy and Time bars to pay attention to. The goal is to fill up the Ecstasy bar before the Time bar becomes depleted (which leads to Game Over), alternating between different actions. Once the girl's Ecstasy bar is full, it becomes possible to take off the next part of her clothes. The player must make the girl submit to the protagonist completely before she gets off the train. Going through several such stages, the protagonist finally manages to lead the girl to a secluded place, where an interactive scene takes place. Those scenes play similarly to the molestation attempts before, but without the time meter. |
| Thomas & Friends: Trouble on the Tracks | 2000-11-03 | Hasbro Interactive Ltd. | Minds Eye Productions | Educational | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | Train | Point and select | | | Steve Webster | Windows | Thomas & Friends: Trouble on the Tracks is an educational game following the story of James after he derails on the tracks. The player must complete a series of activities in order to repair and restore James, including the collection of coal, the use of a crane to rescue James, the installation of a new lamp and whistle and painting James to look brand new. |
| Soul Ride | 2000-11-04 | On Deck Interactive | Slingshot Game Technology | Action, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | Helicopter | | | Everyone | | Windows | A backcountry snowboarding "simulation". The terrains are based on the topography of real mountains: Mammoth Mountain in California and Tuckerman Ravine (on Mount Washington) in New Hampshire. Each mountain includes seven or eight timed runs with defined starting and ending points. The game also has a "heli-drop" feature that lets you drop your boarder on any spot on the mountain and surrounding area.The game uses a "rewind" feature when you crash. You can rewind (like a VCR) to before the crash, and continue your run. During gameplay, you are allowed three rewinds per run. Completed runs are recorded on a "virtual VCR". Recordings can be played back in slow motion, reverse, fast-forward, and saved to/loaded from disk. The files can be shared with other players.In keeping with the simulation theme, the boarder action is heavily physics-based. This means that the gameplay is open-ended, but maneuvers can be difficult to execute.
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| The Multipath Adventures of Superman: Menace of Metallo | 2000-11-04 | Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The story in this adventure begins with a plot by a mysterious enemy from the future known as Dyschord who aims to attain the Warp Ray, a powerful new weapon developed by S.T.A.R. Labs that can send a person back in time five minutes. He ultimately hopes to reshape time to his liking and has hired Metallo to steal the crucial device for him. It's up to Lois and Superman (with a little help from Jimmy Olsen) to stop this rust-prone enemy and find out exactly what is going on, unaware of Dyschord's plan.Visually and gameplay wise, the game is very similar to Brilliant Digital's other games, such as Cyberswine: an "interactive" movie rendered realtime with a 3d engine, where player has occasionally a chance to decide how the story continues. |
| Pulleralarm | 2000-11-06 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Westka Interactive GmbH | Action | | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Pulleralarm is a game that refers to the German TV-Show TV Total. You are Stefan Raab, who is the host of the show.Your job is to drink until Dr. Frost arrives. You'll get credits for each drink. The problem: The more you drink, the more you feel like urinating. The Pulleralarm will go off, (which would be urine alert in English) and you'll find yourself running to the next bathroom - something everybody is trying to hinder you from for some reason.The game is presented with cartoon graphics and features many sequences taken from the TV show. |
| Code Blue | 2000-11-07 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | You are the ER doctor who's about to be very busy. Full motion video will test your medical knowledge as you make your diagnosis, begin treatment, and hopefully discharge the patient. Treat everything from dog bites to gunshot and knife wounds. When the shift is over, the administrator will rate you on your performance. Good luck, as you will need it. |
| Microsoft Pandora's Box (Puzzle Game of the Year Edition) | 2000-11-07 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Corporation | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Nowhere on the packaging or in the documentation does it mention who actually awarded "Puzzle Game of the Year" to Pandora's Box but if you go to Microsoft's web site , you'll find that it was the now defunct "electricgames.com".Award legitimacy aside, the main difference with this release and the original version is the inclusion of about fifty more puzzles bringing the total number up to 400. These bonus puzzles are accessible from the main menu and are not included in the "quest" portion of the game. |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 | 2000-11-07 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Headgate Studios Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | EA Sports brings Tiger Wood to the virtual golf again! Compete against 11 pros (including Tiger Woods of course) on new courses. You can even import courses from older PGA Golf titles, or design your own with the included Course Architect. |
| Delta Force: Land Warrior | 2000-11-08 | NovaLogic, Inc. | NovaLogic, Inc. | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Asia, Contemporary, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | A military sim in which you play an infantry soldier. The focus here is on land warfare: you, your feet, a few weapons and some back-up. While there is a wide assortment of weapons from which to choose, you of course can only carry a limited number at a time. You can, however, drop your weapon, and pick up your enemies'. Numerous characters and a broad mission assortment provide for countless hours of action-oriented entertainment. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete - Collector's Edition | 2000-11-08 | 3DO Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (base game)
Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade (add-on)
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death (add-on)The three games fit on 2 CDs and are accessed from a single executable (version 4.0, compatible online with The Shadow of Death patched to version 3.2). The only documentation included is PDFs of the original manuals and a brief install guide. |
| Bomberic | 2000-11-09 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Entertainment, Inc., Evis Studio | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Bomberic is a top-down game inspired by Bomberman. The player is in a labyrinth, and must find and open the exit to enter the next level. Opening the exit requires collecting a requisite number of keys, which are hidden within destructible blocks that can be blown up by bombs or mines. The blocks can also contain a variety of other items, including health pickups and power-ups. The player's supply of bombs is infinite, but the number of mines is limited. The labyrinth is haunted by monsters which can only be destroyed by damaging them with explosives. Close contact with monsters or getting caught in an explosion lowers the player's health meter. |
| Escape from Monkey Island | 2000-11-09 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Direct control | | Teen | Cinematic camera | Windows | Guybrush Threepwood has finally defeated the zombie pirate LeChuck, and married his sweetheart Elaine Marley. The happy couple is returning home from an exciting honeymoon. But as they arrive on Melee Island, they notice some very strange changes. A mysterious stranger who calls himself Charles L. Charles is organizing a campaign to become the next governor. The Australian businessman Ozzie Mandrill is turning the Caribbean into an attraction for tourists. And on top of that, Elaine's mansion is being demolished! Naturally, it's up to our hero to revert the things back to normal, even if that means traveling to exotic islands and solving puzzles on the way.Escape From Monkey Island is a direct sequel to The Curse of Monkey island, and is the fourth game in the Monkey Island series. The gameplay relies mainly on inventory-based puzzles and branching dialogues, just like in the previous installments. The interface is similar to that of Grim Fandango: mouse is not used, and the interaction is done via context-sensitive commands that appear on the screen whenever you navigate Guybrush close to an object. The game utilizes pre-rendered backgrounds and 3D character models. |
| Half-Life: Counter-Strike | 2000-11-09 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Valve L.L.C. | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Half-Life: Counter-Strike is a stand-alone package containing a collection of multiplayer Half-Life mods. It includes the following:
Half-Life deathmatch mode
Half-Life: Opposing Force Capture The Flag (CTF) mode
Counter-Strike (at the time, simultaneously available as a free download as a mod for Half-Life)
Team Fortress Classic
Ricochet
Wanted (exclusive mod)
Absolute Redemption (exclusive mod)
Firearms (exclusive mod) |
| Svea Rike III | 2000-11-09 | Levande Böcker i Norden AB | Paradox Entertainment AB | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Svea Rike III is the third game in Svea Rike series. The year is 1275, and the Nordic countries are the battlefields for the fight for the throne.
Your goal is to take one of the three playable nations (in six fractions), Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and by the end of the game put the crown on your head.
The basic game play revolves around upgrading the infrastructure of your cities, keeping your population happy, and obviously waging war with your neighbours and expanding your territory. |
| The Operative: No One Lives Forever | 2000-11-09 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Comedy, Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | Africa, Cold War, Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic | Motorcycle, Off-roading, Snowmobile | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Some time in the 1960s, a former thief Cate Archer is the only female agent in the service of U.N.I.T.Y.; a worldwide secret espionage agency. Having been relegated to menial tasks over the years, Cate is finally given a chance to prove herself when a terrorist organization called H.A.R.M. starts to knock off active field agents. Under the qualification of being available as a trained agent, Cate is given the authority to track down and investigate these H.A.R.M. activities. In missions around the globe, Agent Archer will find herself sniping assassins, stealing documents, and doing a host of other suitably sneaky, often deadly espionage tasks.No Ones Lives Forever is a first-person shooter with stealth elements, often focusing on remaining undetected and obtaining intelligence data. The game combines stylistic elements of James Bond espionage stories and games (such as GoldenEye 007) with a humorous attitude. Cate will need to use her weaponry and gadgets to get the drop on enemy agents. Among the gadgets available are photographic sunglasses, a lockpicking barrette, body remover powder, a cigarette lighter which can be used for wielding, lipstick explosives, and a robotic poodle for distracting guard dogs.Emphasizing sneakiness, the game not only gives extra points for not being seen, it also features alarms that cannot be shut off and guards that don't return to their docile ways once alerted to the protagonist's presence. Enemies follow AI routines such as knocking tables over and ducking for cover. However, in most levels stealthy approach is not mandatory: theoretically the player may almost always opt for dealing with the situation aggressively, having Cate shoot first and ask questions later, gleefully blazing through the levels. However, while the mission will get completed, Agent Archer will receive a lower score for taking the non-subtle approach. In addition, by acquiring intelligence items Cate will obtain various bonuses to her health, armor, ammo capacity, damage, or accuracy.The game's artwork and music reflect the 1960s setting, from the loud outfits to the beatnik rhythms in the bars. In a homage to spy movies and series of that time period, there are plot twists, shootouts, close calls, set pieces, confrontations against villains, and a few over-the-top action scenes. |
| Timothy | 2000-11-11 | IM Group Sp. z o.o. | Rebelmind | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Timothy is an edutainment-adventure game which tells the story of a human-looking creature named Timothy, living a happy life with his best friend, butterfly Basil, on an unnamed island. One day however, the evil Prince (named Skarboniusz in Polish release) captures Basil. Timothy decides to rescue his friend, but the kingdom of the evil prince is marked only on a magic map that has been split into several pieces left on the island. Timothy needs to collect all the pieces from various residents of the island, including gardener, musician, painter and fireman.
Gameplay consists of 16 mini-games with 3 levels of difficulty. Players can play them directly from the main menu or by navigating through the island in point-and-click manner. Some of the mini-games require keyboard input, some can be played only using a mouse. Objects visible on the screen in between mini-games are interactive and play various animations.
Game aims to teach children by thinking and solving problems and so, developing mind skills with various challenges. The whole gameplay is done in art-themed way - there are no text-based descriptions (explanation) of game’s mechanics (except controls required to play the game) as child will try to learn it by playing it over and over.
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| Heroes Chronicles: The Fiery Moon | 2000-11-13 | 3DO Company, The | New World Computing, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Heroes Chronicles: The Fiery Moon is the sixth in a series of shorter, story-driven games based on the Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia engine. Each game consists of a single campaign recounting an important period in the life of Tarnum, the immortal hero. This chapter was released as a free download for those who already owned three other Heroes Chronicles games.This chapter is a direct sequel to Heroes Chronicles: The World Tree. After saving the World Tree, the insane ancestor Vorr managed to escape. Tarnum now has to locate Vorr and destroy him at any cost.Unlike the other entries in the series (with the exception of The World Tree), this chapter only has a five scenario campaign and does not include a tutorial. |
| Chessmaster 8000 | 2000-11-14 | Mindscape, Inc. | | Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Chess | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | The grandmaster of PC chess is back and better than ever! The revamped chess AI plays at grandmaster level, even stronger than before. New chess sets with 16-bit art looks better than ever. Improved "Natural Language Advice" help you get into the game and gets kids interested in chess. Special chess lessons by Josh Waitzkin (chess grandmaster) and Bruce Pandolfini (chess author and teacher) are also included. |
| Disney Activity Center: Disney's 102 Dalmatians | 2000-11-14 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | TerraGlyph Interactive Studios, L.P. | Action, Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Disney Activity Center: Disney's 102 Dalmatians is a game for children aged four and up based on the 2000 movie 102 Dalmatians. Set in London and Paris players can do different types of activities selected from a city map. Many parts of the map can be clicked to receive information about famous sightseeing locations and historical buildings.London has the Chow Time mini-game where hungry pups need to be fed as an arcade game. A character needs to be moved near the top of the screen, sliding food down one of the four long vertical tables when a puppy appears. The food needs to reach the puppy before they reach the kitchen or a live is lost. The game keeps track of highscores. In the art gallery a custom picture can be created using backgrounds, stickers, colours, characters and illustrations. You can also adopt a puppy and play with it through actions such as feeding or taking it to the park to meet other dogs and play fetch. There are four international parks to visit including Tokyo.In Paris there is a detective mini-game involving locating missing puppies. It can be played with one or two players. This is done by gathering clues from the Parisian Twilight Bark gang of dogs. The answers they provide a stored in a notebook and the player needs to compare these with the description provided about the missing dogs to identify the correct one. Elements include the breed and origin, color, size, and types of hair and ears. In Le Pelt's bakery a platform game can be played controlling Oddball. He needs to collect all puppies before Cruella, Alonzo, or Le Pelt capture her. The villains can be slowed down by throwing frosting, butter and jelly at them, collected as power-ups. |
| Half-Life: Platinum | 2000-11-14 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Half-Life: Game of the Year Edition
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life: Counter-Strike
Team Fortress Classic |
| Heroes Chronicles: Clash of the Dragons | 2000-11-15 | 3DO Company, The | New World Computing, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Everyone | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Heroes Chronicles: Clash of the Dragons is the fourth in a series of shorter, story-driven games based on the Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia engine. This installment follows the quest of Tarnum, the Immortal Hero, battling the Dragon Queen Mutare and her minions of five different species of dragons... The standard Heroes gameplay is all here. Fantastical creatures with special abilities in turn-based battles over special maps. Build structures to recruit better creatures, cast spells to aid them in combat, and more. |
| Heroes Chronicles: Masters of the Elements | 2000-11-15 | 3DO Company, The | New World Computing, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Everyone | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Heroes Chronicles: Masters of the Elements is the third in a series of shorter, story-driven games based on the Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia engine. This installment follows the quest of Tarnum, the Immortal Hero, trying to raise a Conflux army in order to defeat the Elemental Lords and prevent the destruction of the known world...The standard Heroes gameplay is all here. Fantastical creatures with special abilities in turn-based battles over special maps. Build structures to recruit better creatures, cast spells to aid them in combat, and more. |
| Real Myst | 2000-11-15 | Mattel Interactive | Cyan Worlds, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The original Myst is revamped for the new millennium, in 3D: dynamic and fully interactive with day and night condition cycles, changing weather, and real-time lighting effects. Unlike in the original version, with its "screen by screen" navigation and pre-rendered images that represented locations, Real Myst allows the player to physically explore the game's world and includes a fully rotatable camera. The remake also adds a fifth "Age" (a world created by the power of human imagination), called the Rime Age, and a new available ending.
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| AeroWings 2: Air Strike | 2000-11-16 | CSK Research Institute Corp. | CSK Research Institute Corp. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | Whereas the first AeroWings game was all about flight acrobatics, AeroWings 2: Air Strike is a fighter jet game. The most important modes selectable are free flight, which as the name implies gives you freedom to fly what you want (land it in the middle of a freeway if you'd like or next to skyscrapers) and over what type of weather and the split-screen versus mode (2 player). In addition to those modes, the game features training in over 30 fighter training missions and 15 tactical challenges. Successful completion of these challenges will unlock additional fighters (including the XF-3 Super Recipro, F-2B Support Fighter or F-15DJ Aggressor 2 to name a few) and decals/paint for the plane models. As far as the realism goes, the game is customizable with options for either Standard or Professional Flight controls. The main difference between the two being the inclusion of more realistic G-Forces on your plane. It's also important to note that the controls are nearly identical to the first game with one or two buttons difference. |
| The Longest Journey | 2000-11-17 | Funcom Oslo A/S | Funcom Oslo A/S | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy | | Point and select | | Mature | | Windows | April Ryan is a struggling student artist in the year 2209, recently arrived in the big city of Newport. Lately she has been seeing strange, life-like dreams. Somewhere in the mountains, a mysterious white dragon talks to April, calling her the "mother of the future". When April wakes up, she dismisses the vision as a nightmare. However, an old enigmatic man named Cortez, whom April has spotted near her house before, unexpectedly tells her that she must face the reality in her dreams. Soon April learns that our reality is but one facet of a universe that consists of two parallel worlds: Stark, the world of science and technology, and Arcadia, the world of magic. Though raised in Stark, April possesses the ability of shifting between the two worlds, and must restore the balance in both of them before it is too late.The Longest Journey is a third-person puzzle-solving adventure game. The player navigates April over pre-rendered backgrounds with fixed camera angles, interacting with people and objects through a simple point-and-click interface. The gameplay follows the traditional template introduced in LucasArts adventures, relying mostly on inventory-based puzzles and multiple-choice dialogues to advance the story. To help keep track of things, the game includes a diary, where April records her thoughts about important events, and a conversation log that records the text of every conversation. |
| Hitman: Codename 47 | 2000-11-19 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Io-Interactive A/S | Action | Behind view | | Crime, Spy / espionage, Thriller | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | Mature | | Windows | A third-person shooter that emphasizes stealth and tactical thinking, Hitman: Codename 47 is a mixture of action and puzzle gaming. You play the mysterious, nameless Hitman, whose perfectly lean body and UPC-stamped head indicate a somewhat unnatural childhood. Waking up one day in a cell, you escape your imprisonment and are shortly contacted by the Agency, an organization as mysterious as yourself. Offering a job in what you do best (delivering death), you embark on a career as an assassin. But the shadow of your past creeps up on you...and the last thing an assassin needs is something creeping on him.A 3D game done nearly entirely from the third person (first person is used for aiming certain weapons), Hitman may initially draw comparisons to the Tomb Raider series. Although you can play in such a mode, there is also another mode where the mouse is more free to roam. Reflections, muzzle flashes, bodies that obey physics and slump and fall when necessary, and impressive shadows attempt to make the world feel realistic. A wide array of weaponry are available, from knives and piano wire to silenced pistols to sub-machine guns and even heavy machine guns. Although such weapons are available, stealth will be your friend. The A.I. reacts to shouts, gunfire, and other odd occurrences, sometimes even getting suspicious if you're running around and so silence and sneakiness are your two best allies. Take down lone guards, hide their bodies and steal their uniforms. Then move in closer to your kill. Multiple methods of completing most of the levels are available, although one or two are the most efficient and therefore earn you the most money. |
| Championship Surfer | 2000-11-20 | Mattel Interactive | Krome Studios Pty Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Daniel Krenn | Windows | In this surfing game the player can choose from 10 of the best beaches the world has ever seen, and attack them with the help of 8 championship surfers, including Cory Lopez and Shane Beschen. There are plenty of moves to perform with each surfer, but the best points come in the bigger waves (including the half pipe). |
| Deep Raider | 2000-11-20 | Cyberscape Graphics | InfoBank Technology Corp | Action | Behind view | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The player takes the role of as a female protagonist named Jennifer who can speak to aquatic animals using telepathy. This talent earned her a place in the elite Navy S.E.A.L. unit, where she was utilized as a secret agent by the government until her recent retirement. Of course, when an undersea research facility codenamed DEEP is beset by mysterious attackers, she is yanked away from her idyllic lifestyle to investigate. Her task will involve her with a high level weapons program, a destructive enzyme known as X-118, and of course, a government coverup. It's up to the player to go in and neutralize the threat! Deep Raider will take Jennifer through six missions, which chronicle her exploration of the DEEP complex and its surroundings. These missions all take place underwater, tasking Jennifer with the completion of a variety of simple objectives, from repairing a damaged transmitter to defeating a giant mutated sea creature. Jennifer's telepathy allows her to communicate with certain animals to gain clues as to the true nature of her missions. Throughout the levels, she can also be paired with four helpful creatures that aid her in her travels. Jennifer's four animal companions, the dolphin, stingray, turtle, and mutant life form, give her different abilities when she rides them. |
| Gunman Chronicles | 2000-11-20 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Rewolf Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | You are the leader of the Gunmen, the only few sources of law on the frontier. Five years ago the Xenome came, and the Gunmen only prevailed when the General sacrificed himself in a suicide attack. The Xenome are back, bigger and deadlier than ever. Who is behind the Xenome infestation? Will you live long enough to find out?Gunman Chronicles is a fully-fleshed out version of a Total Conversion what was for Quake, then Quake II, and finally Half-Life. It is a first-person shooter with lots of weapons and some rather creative level design and atmosphere. |
| Hugo: The Quest for the Sunstones | 2000-11-22 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action | Behind view, Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Hugo: The Quest for the Sunstones is a 3D platform game similar to Crash Bandicoot both in graphics style and gameplay.Scylla and Don Croco have placed a giant boulder in the crater of a volcano - this puts the Kikurians and their village in danger. To thwart this evil plan, Hugo has to collect three magic Sunstones and place them in the right way. With the sun shining through them, the boulder can be destroyed and the Kikurians and their village can be saved.Gameplay includes defeating enemies by hitting them like Indiana Jones with your whip. These include various jungle animals, plants and mummies. Along the way diamonds can be collected. |
| RTL Skispringen Herausforderung 2001 | 2000-11-23 | VCC Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | VCC Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | A Skijumping game in license with a german broadcast tv. You have to train and manage your jumper. Then you have to make it over 16 jump hills of the skijumping season 2000/2001. You can play Worldcup and the 4-Hill-Tournament.This was the 2nd titel in a row of skijumping games from VCC Entertainment. Keyfeatures are: Worldcup and 4-Hill-Tournament. Up to 72 computer opponents. Different weather conditions. Price money and sponsoring. Hot seat multiplayer. Career mode. Equipment and training. |
| Diablo II (Limited Special Edition) | 2000-11-24 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Diablo II (Limited Special Edition) is a special re-release of Diablo II. It includes the game along with the following extra material:
A fan magazine (100 pages) with background information about Blizzard
The DVD from the Collector's Edition |
| Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business | 2000-11-24 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Sirtech Canada Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Tactical RPG | Contemporary | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Just when you thought it was all over, Arulco calls again upon your help to rid of a new threat. This time the threat comes from Arulco's former mining corporation: Ricci Mining and Exploration. After losing control over the mines during the civil war (Jagged Alliance 2), they now want those mines back!Ricci Mining and Exploration have established a missile base in the neighboring country of Tracona and threaten to attack Arulco with missiles unless their demands are met (they already blew up the Tixa prison as a warning).At Enrico's request you are to travel to the area suspected to contain the missile base, this time near the border of Tracona. Your mission: Locate the missile base and destroy it.Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business is a stand alone game that can be played without Jagged Alliance 2. You can import your character from Jagged Alliance 2. Not much has changed, though there are some notable updates such as different AI, new character development options, new characters, new weapons and new tactical features like display of sight range and cover opportunities. The game also comes with a campaign editor. The map is much smaller, containing about 20 accessible sectors, considerable part of which are underground.Appropriate to the mission, the militia training feature does not exist in this game. In this Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business is more similar to the first version of Jagged Alliance than to its sequel. |
| MechWarrior 4: Vengeance | 2000-11-24 | Microsoft Corporation | FASA Studio | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | War | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | As heir to House Dresari in the Federation Commonwealth, you will inherit your home world of Kentares IV, part of House Davion. While away fighting the Clans, you've just been informed that House Steiner have taken over your planet. It's time to return and set things right. Once and for all...Features 21 different 'Mechs (7 of which created just for this game), over 30 missions on 15 different maps, new weapons, new config options, full multiplayer support, and even better graphics. |
| Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion | 2000-11-24 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this third game starring Nancy Drew, the famous teen detective has to solve a mystery in a Victorian mansion in San Francisco. The villa seems to be inhabited by ghosts... but this is not all. Somewhere in this strange house lies a treasure. That's why she's not the only one interested in this mansion. Could it be the antique dealer, the handy-man, the retired teacher, the owner of the estate or someone else? Everyone has something to hide and Nancy must find out who is behind the strange happenings going on.The game is a standard point-and-click adventure game that includes two difficulty choices (Junior and Senior Detective) and a Second Chance is offered to players who make a fatal mistake. There are a large number of puzzles to be solved, some of which are slightly different depending upon the difficulty level chosen. Setting the time of day in Nancy's bedroom is necessary for certain events to occur or the availability of some in-game characters.Compared to the previous Nancy Drew games, Message In The Haunted Mansion underwent big changes in design. It is 360 degree with full motion freedom. |
| TechnoMage: Return of Eternity | 2000-11-24 | Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software GmbH | Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software GmbH | Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Steampunk | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The fantasy world of Gothos is populated by two kinds of people: the Dreamers, who are capable of using magic, and the Steamers, whose civilization relies on technology. The two peoples live in separate areas, mistrust each other, and usually avoid contact. But more often than not, natural human feelings are stronger than anything else. A Steamer man and a Dreamer woman fell in love with each other, and the fruit of their passion was a boy whom they named Melvin. The latter grew up in Dreamertown, disliked and suspected by its inhabitants because of his mixed blood. As monsters suddenly attacked the town, Melvin was blamed for it, and expelled from his homeland. He decides to venture into the land of the Steamers and find his missing father. Naturally, this is just the beginning of a long and perilous journey, during which Melvin will become a true hero.TechnoMage: Return of Eternity is a hybrid game that incorporates elements of adventure, role-playing, and action-based combat. Many of the game's missions involve peaceful wandering through the environments, talking to characters, and performing tasks that often involve solving puzzles of various kinds, in an adventure-like fashion. RPG elements are present in experience points which the hero receives form eliminating enemies and completing quests. |
| Maximum Flight | 2000-11-25 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc
F/A-18 Korea
Flying Corps Gold
Mig Alley |
| Sea Dogs | 2000-11-25 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Sea Dog | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Sea pirates / Caribbean | Naval / watercraft, Vehicular combat | Ivan Scheblykin (Иван Щеблыкин) | | Teen | | Windows | A combination of role-playing, action, strategy and simulation reminiscent of Pirates!, Sea Dogs puts you on the bridge of a score of 17th century naval vessels in dangerous waters. You play Nicholas Sharp, a young English sailor who found himself enslaved by the Spanish when his ship was attacked. Recently free from his captivity, he has stolen a ship, has a token crew, and is out to earn his fortune, whether it be the route of pure revenge, honest trading, piracy, or a combination of all three. Walk through towns developing contacts and making business transactions, sail both calm and stormy waters, and exchange broadsides from everything from small fishing vessels to ships of the line. While there is a story line throughout the game, and multiple ways of ending it, you can merely just trade and fight to your hearts content if you wish. A 3D engine that features various wind, wave, and weather conditions is the primary interface, as you navigate into harbors and engage enemies. Little nuances include patrolling sharks and circling seagulls, as well as visual damage to both hull and sails of each vessel. Walking about town is also done in 3-D and you'll have to remember what streets hold what stores if you wish to just make a quick stop. Much of the gameplay is similar to that of Pirates!. However, a very strong role-playing element is involved and you'll find yourself having to build up your character's abilities before you can tackle the larger targets. Even survival can be difficult for the naive captain. |
| Orbiter | 2000-11-27 | Schweiger InterActive | Schweiger InterActive | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Orbiter is a freeware space simulator coded by the British professor Dr. Martin Schweiger, having been in development since 2000. The Orbiter community usually receives two new releases of the program a year; the first is the yearly update with numerous changes, and then usually a patch or two is released a few months later to fix bugs and to introduce additional changes to the program.Orbiter one of the most realistic space simulators ever released to the public, utilizing a very accurate and robust Newtonian physics model for in-game flight. Players can fly in the Space Shuttle or in more futuristic craft, dock with the International Space Station or program a flight to nearly all of the planets and many of the moons within the solar system. Many helpful MFD (multi-function display) programs come with Orbiter to help you maneuver through space, and they can be configured in a pre-startup game configuration window so that you may pick and choose which ones you wish to use in-game. You may also start a scenario or saved game from this pre-launch dialogue, or make numerous other changes to to the program.All of these features are visually represented through a graphics engine which is able to keep up with the sophisticated physics system running in the background while still being able to produce intimidating sights - from small asteroids to the super massive planet Jupiter. The graphics engine can have its quality scaled in the aforementioned pre-startup game configuration window, so that it will run more easily on less robust systems.Orbiter is also very flexible in terms of modifications. Several new ships, multi-function display programs and celestial bodies (including entire solar systems separate to our own) have been released thus far. You may also download super high-resolution textures for pre-existing planets, with upgrade packages increasing their resolution to as high as 32768 x 16384 for the more commonly visited bodies. |
| The Land Before Time: Dinosaur Arcade | 2000-11-28 | Sound Source Interactive, Inc. | | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | The Land Before Time: Dinosaur Arcade is the sixth educational title based on the The Land Before Time movie series. It contains five activities which are arcade-style, including a pinball-style game. The targeted age group is four to seven. |
| Dirt Track Racing: Australia | 2000-11-29 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Ratbag Pty, Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Oceania | Automobile, Off-roading, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Dirt Track Racing hits Australia! (Designer's home turf) Starring 6 additional Australian muscle cars (the Holdens). Twelve different series, 3 different classes of cars (total of 24), 30 different tracks of ovals, tri-ovals, D-ovals, and figure-8's, full career mode including parts, tuning, sponsors. Force feedback support based on actual car physics, changing track conditions, and more! Race up to 9 other players online! |
| PBA Tour Bowling 2001 | 2000-11-30 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The official PBA Bowling game lets you create your own custom bowler, and play single games, team games, or even tournament! Play online against other PC or even Sega Dreamcast players! You have complete control over the ball. Every aspect of ball physics is simulated, down to the wear of the bowling lanes. Multiple camera angles let you savor every moment of your triumph. |
| Proklyatie zemli: Kollekzionnoe izdanie | 2000-11-30 | 1C Company | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The collector's edition comes in box and includes:
Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul with manual.
Rage of Mages with manual.
Rage of Mages II: Necromancer with manual.
Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul calendar, poster, and t-shirt.
Special issue of Strana igr magazine. |
| WinHanafuda | 2000-11-30 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | WinHanafuda is a single player implementation of a card game that is popular in Hawaii in which the player plays against the computerIn Hanafuda, the goal is to collect suits of cards (all with a flower and seasonal theme) and gather more points than the opponent by pairing up cards on hand with the eight open face cards on the table. The game is played entirely with the mouse, when it was released there was a web page for worldwide high scores.
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| Christmas Super Frog | 2000-12-01 | Koingo Software | Koingo Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Christmas Super Frog is a top-down, Christmas-themed Frogger clone. Santa's sleigh has failed in mid-flight, raining gifts randomly all over town. A local frog, enthused with Christmas spirit, has taken it upon himself to retrieve the gifts and save Christmas. Or die trying.The player begins each level on one end of a busy highway, his goal being to cross it and retrieve the wrapped present on the opposite end without being squished. Between him and his objective are a number of hazards, such as routine traffic and an assortment of flying objects, such as candy canes and gingerbread men, all of which are in danger of ending the frog's life at a moment's notice. A timer also exists, represented by a rapidly decreasing bonus score counter, which ends the game when it reaches zero. As the game progresses the traffic becomes faster, the streets busier, and the flying threats more numerous.Unlike many Frogger titles the protagonist does not move using a grid-based system, instead moving by increments each time the forward key is pressed. As such crossing a lane of a road takes three movements rather than one.A score is kept based on how quickly the player manages to complete each level, and how many levels he's reached, which can be entered on a high score board at the end of the game. |
| Cupid Bistro!! | 2000-12-01 | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Firedog Computer Entertainment Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 1st-person, Side view, Top-down | | Romance | Managerial / business simulation, Visual novel | Fantasy | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Taking place in a fantasy cooking world, Cupid Bistro asks: what really is the difference between cooking and alchemy? The answer, apparently, is very little; in this world, cooking delicious meals can produce fantastical effects and grant magical powers to their eaters. The player takes on the role of a restauranteur with the dream of becoming a Master Chef - the world's most powerful magical chef.Gameplay combines business management with RPG adventuring and visual novel storytelling. In the restaurant mode, players view their restaurant from an isometric layout; they're able to customize the layout as they please while choosing what to make. Players can also research new original dishes, or even expand their empire with extra floors or new restaurants entirely. Players can also venture out of the restaurant itself into town, where they can engage in dialogue with other characters or go shopping for restaurant supplies. Characters they meet can become workers in the player's restaurant and, if their relationship is good enough, they can even participate in research to come up with unique new dishes.In the adventure mode, players can explore the wilderness with up to two allies while bringing their best magical food with them to support them in battle. Defeating enemies not only grants experience points, it also grants money and special items that can't be bought in the city. Players can also romance any of twelve different female characters, with unique plot branches and endings based on their choices. |
| Densha de Go! Nagoya Railroad | 2000-12-01 | Unbalance Corporation | Taito Corporation | Simulation | | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | You play as a train engineer which serve the Meitetsu Nagoya line in Japan. There are many kinds of trains that you can drive, from express trains to monorails. Some trains are locked until you finish a mission, for example you can only drive monorails until you've finished the commuter and express train missions. All of the game parts, except the menu and station names, are in Japanese. |
| Die Legende: Atlantis I&II | 2000-12-01 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Beyond Atlantis |
| Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue | 2000-12-01 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc., Prolific Publishing, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | 102 Dalmatians is a 3D action adventure where you become a courageous Dalmatian puppy who must rescue your family and friends from the clutches of Cruella De Vil.
Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue features beloved characters from 101 Dalmatians and new characters based on the upcoming 102 Dalmatians live action movie. |
| Fallout / Fallout 2 | 2000-12-01 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Fallout
Fallout 2 |
| M: Alien Paranoia | 2000-12-01 | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Eclipse Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | M: Alien Paranoia is a 3D platform game with a visual style resembling Warner Bros cartoons. M, the titular hero of the game, is a small alien stranded in a strange world. In order to escape, he'll need to jump from one platform to another with great precision, explore different landscapes, find objects, defend himself from different enemies and find the escape route, generally defended by the 'final boss'. |
| Micro Flight | 2000-12-01 | | Quality Simulations | Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Vehicle simulator, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | Micro Flight is a flight simulator which allows you to fly several types of aircraft (especially ultra-light flying vehicles), including planes, gliders, hang-gliders, military helicopters (armed with missiles), and balloons. The simulation is rather complex and highly realistic. Apart from using the keys or the joystick, the player can directly use the mouse to manipulate the controls of the currently flown aircraft. The player can make use of tools such as a map, a GPS, or an autopilot. The game offers various pre-made scenarios with suggested objectives such as take-offs, landings, or flights along a specific route. The player can watch a replay at any time and export the airplane's path to a file. |
| Money Mad | 2000-12-01 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Mad Money is a computer adaption of the board game of the same name. Players roll the virtual dice and move their piece the correct number of spaces, following the directions on the space where they land.As in Monopoly, the objective is to make money, own property, and build upon it. But, Mad Money's territory is significantly larger. It's world-wide! Get filthy rich and become an international mogul with factories and industrial manufacturing and distribution properties. The game therefore has players travel around the world, purchase resources for their empire, and make corporate decisions during play. Players must force their opponents into bankruptcy to win the game.Players can either compete against the computer or up to six people can compete against each other. |
| Rob Blanc II: Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence | 2000-12-01 | | Fully Ramblomatic | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | After his training for becoming the hero of the Universe, Rob Blanc is forced to take a vacation by the High Ones. As usual, when a hero is relaxing, he's always ending up to save the world. Well, Rob, after being stuck in a lift with a young man named Paul, whom he suspects to be from another planet, lands on Remus XIII (according to Rob). A plague is affecting the people living there and it's up to Rob (and unfortunately for him, to Paul) to solve this mystery.Rob Blanc II: Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence is a short independent game made by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw with the AGS engine. It's also the sequel to Rob Blanc I: Better Days of a Defenser of the Universe.The gameplay is in classic point-and-click fashion. The player has to select an action and then click on the object or the person to interact. There are four actions: "walk", "look", "talk" and "use/interact". Objects can be picked up in order to combine them or to use them later. They are stored in a inventory accessible at all times. |
| Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge | 2000-12-01 | TNSsoft | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Bringing a new breath to SNK's swordsman fighting series, this 4th installment marks the return of 3 classic characters (Yagyu Jubei, Charlotte and Tam Tam, now with updated stuff), introduces 2 newcomers for the pantheon (the brothers Sogetsu Kazama and Kazuki Kazama) and brings some new backgrounds.In spite of these little improvements, the game preserved (and improved a lot) many elements that did the previous one (Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood) a quite popular title, like the dodge move and the chance to choose between two versions of the fighter: the standard one and an alternative dark-styled one (SLASH and BUST, respectively).With the intention to provide more action in the battles, the "No Contest" Moves were introduced: working in similar way (and under certain conditions) to the many games of Mortal Kombat Series, your fighter will execute an ultimate-slaughter move in a stunned opponent. |
| Sno-Cross Championship Racing | 2000-12-01 | IQ Media Nordic AB | Unique Development Studios AB | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | Off-roading, Snowmobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Strap on your goggles and helmet, choose your favorite Yamaha sled, and hit the courses. Gain experience day and night, sun rain or snow, racing on the icy flats of Vladivostok, the slopes of Aspen, and the tunnels of Nagano. But, the real challenge starts when you enter the race circuit. Start with the 500cc sleds, win races, upgrade your snowmobile, and unlock higher end sleds and new courses.. And, if you're looking for even more challenges, race head-to-head with your friends, go vertical on hill-climbing tracks, or create your own courses with the included track editor.The PC conversion has a higher polygon count, higher resolution on the textures, and more accurate physics. |
| Tennis Antics | 2000-12-01 | Freeloader | Pure Entertainment Games Plc | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tennis Antics is a mixture of tennis and wacky arcade action. Both players have a health bar similar to the ones used in fighting games. The objective of the game is not to score points to win games & sets, but to deplete the health bar of your opponent. This can be done in several ways:First you can try to play the ball past your opponent. The higher the number of times the ball bounces on his side of the court before he returns it, the more damage is done to his health bar.
You can also collect & use power-ups that turn the ball into a bomb or a plasma weapon to hurt your opponent. Other power-ups available include ones that temporarily increase your running speed, give you the ability to steal a power-up from your opponent or give you a shield.
Finally, if you hold down the swipe button long enough your character will launch a special attack at the other side of the court. However, while you're building up this attack you can't hit the ball.Players can refill their health bar by eating fruit & candy that appears on the court during gameplay. The first player to win the required number of rounds (1, 3, 5 or 7) wins the match.In the single-player story-mode you start with only one character and collect 19 other characters by beating them in the 3 available episodes. Unlocked characters can then be used in exhibition games. The 3 episodes take place on a pirate-themed galleon court, a horror-themed graveyard court and a Christmas-themed wonderland court. |
| The Great Empires Collection | 2000-12-01 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation including three titles of Impressions' city building series:Caesar IIIPharaohCleopatra: Queen of the Nile |
| The Three Worlds of Flipper and Lopaka | 2000-12-01 | Yoram Gross-EM.TV Pty Ltd | Forest Interactive Pty Ltd. | Action, Educational, Puzzle | | | | Arcade | Oceania | | | | | | Windows | The game is dedicated to the children of 6 to 10 years and is based on the Australian animated series about the adventures of 11-year-old Polynesian boy Lopaka and his best friend, a dolphin named Flipper. We also meet other characters from the series, like girl Nola, the evil giant purple octopus Dexter etc."The Three Worlds of Flipper and Lopaka" is composed mostly of 12 mini-games set in the three worlds (those of Lopaka, Nola and Flipper - respectively, 'The Mountains', 'The Shoreline' and 'The Sea'). The challenges present some simple arcade adventures or educational puzzles. The first three games in each world could be completed in any order, then the fourth mini-game becomes available, and after that we can proceed to the next world. After all the three worlds are done, we can play the 'ultimate challenge' of searching for objects and then making out a jigsaw-puzzle. |
| Tsukihime | 2000-12-01 | Type-Moon | Type-Moon | Adventure | | | Adult, Horror | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | Windows | Tsukihime (roughly meaning Moon Princess) is a Japanese horror visual novel game.The player takes on the role of Shiki Tohno, eldest and only son of the Tohno bloodline. Shiki had a car accident at a young age and the fact he is alive is a medical mystery. After the incident, he gained the Mystical Eye's of Death Perception ability. He is able to see cracks and points of dead of all things and living organisms.The game has multiple endings depending on the player's choices. |
| Colin McRae Rally 2.0 | 2000-12-05 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | In the sequel to Colin McRae Rally, you can race using an initial 13 cars (such as the Ford Focus, Subaru Impreza, and the Peugeot 205 turbo) through 8 countries and over 80 stages of rally road to become the champion of rally racing. Complete the game in Novice mode, and Intermediate mode unlocks. Complete Intermediate and the Expert mode is available. You can race against the clock and other cars in the rally mode, or go against 5 other cars simultaneously in the arcade racing mode. |
| American McGee's Alice | 2000-12-06 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Rogue Entertainment | Action | Behind view | | Horror | Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Shortly after Alice returned from the miraculous trip through the Looking-Glass, her house was burnt down, and her parents died in the fire. Alice was the only survivor of the terrible accident. After repeated attempts at suicide, she gets locked up inside a mental institution and is slowly wasting away there before she is summoned to Wonderland again by the White Rabbit. But this time it's a Wonderland gone seriously bad and gory. The only chance for Alice to restore her peace of mind and find out more about the death of her parents is to fight through Wonderland and free it from the evil powers.American McGee's Alice is a direct sequel to Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking-Glass, itself a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The player controls Alice as she tries to find her way and eventually escape from the demented surroundings of her own fantasy world that she's been thrust into. The surreal environments utilize themes from Lewis Carroll's original books, applying a noticeably darker and more violent edge to them. The gameplay is third-person action with platforming, shooting, and light puzzle-solving elements. Alice starts with a knife, which can be used as a melee weapon or thrown at enemies. Later she acquires other weapons, such as a staff that shoots bolts of energy, dice that emit deadly gas, a time-stopping watch, and others. Weapons have an alternate fire mode, which usually inflicts more damage but depletes Alice's magical energy. The latter, along with Alice's health, can be restored by collecting the essence of defeated foes.The game also features platforming sequences, during which Alice has to jump over gaps, avoid obstacles, or climb in order to reach her goal. Puzzle-solving usually involves manipulating the environment rather than using inventory items. |
| Riddle of the Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure | 2000-12-06 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Omni Creative Group International | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | An adventure game in the style of Myst (static rendered backgrounds that switch as you take each 'step'), Riddle of the Sphinx places you in the role of a close friend of Sir Gil Blythe Geoffreys, an archaeologist who as recently uncovered some remarkable finds about the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx. His discoveries have doomed him with a curse, however, and its your duty to right the wrongs he has uncovered. Taking place in the near future (after the Egyptian Antiquities Organization apparently closed off the sites to the public), you will uncover secrets that have been buried for ten millennia. Rendered in 3D, the game tries to reasonably copy the sites and monuments surrounding the Sphinx and the Pyramids of the Giza Plateau, allowing you to explore the area without ever leaving your chair, much less sweat out the heat of the desert. Gameplay consists of moving the cursor around, taking note of the highlights that can be selected, which include walking in directions and picking up or using items. Occasionally, you'll be treated a Quicktime VR panoramic scene that will allow you to freely turn and look around, but the majority of the game is static views that allow you to take 'steps' of varying sizes in different directions. The game tends to emphasize exploration of ancient Egyptian structures and their passageways, both real and fabricated. |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon: Gold Edition | 2000-12-06 | MicroProse Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | Regional differences | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | RollerCoaster Tycoon: Gold Edition is a compilation of the theme-park management title RollerCoaster Tycoon with its expansion packs. Altogether, this package includes the following:
RollerCoaster Tycoon, the base game
Corkscrew Follies
Loopy Landscapes
Despite being called RollerCoaster Tycoon, the Xbox version also includes both add-ons. This is the first release on that platform. |
| Xuanyuan Jian 3 Waizhuan: Tian zhi Hen | 2000-12-06 | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | DOMO Production | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | In the 7th century, the nation of Sui united China, becoming the Sui dynasty and defeating the country of Chen. The people of Chen were oppressed by the rule of the emperor, and organized a rebellion. Sui sent an army, and the two countries once again faced each other in battle. A twelve-years old boy was fighting on the side of Sui empire. Wielding the legendary Xuanyuan sword, he helped the Sui army to defeat Chen with ease. Six years later, Chen Jingchou, a young student of martial arts, discovers a mysterious cave together with his teacher. The teacher tells him that he is the only one who can help the people of Chen. The star Chiguan has appeared, and the prophecy is about to be fulfilled. But in order to defeat Sui, Chen Jingchou will have to find the ten legendary artifacts of Shenzhou, the land of gods. There are ten such artifacts: a clock, a sword, an axe, a tea pot, a tower, a qin (Chinese musical instrument), a pan, a seal, a mirror, and a stone. The sword is the legendary Xuanyuan sword, which has now fallen into the enemy hands. Will the young man be able to fulfill the prophecy and lead his country to a victory?Tian zhi Hen ("Scar in the Heaven") is the second waizhuan (side story) in the Xuanyuan Jian role-playing game series. Its story takes place in a different time period and is not directly connected to the one of Xuanyuan Jian 3. However, the game looks very similarly to the third one, also using pre-rendered backgrounds and 2D sprites for characters, and utilizes a similar battle system with special attacks, third-person view for exploration and battles, and monster-summoning system. There is also a new monster-breeding system in the game: the protagonist has his own monster (Fu Gui) who always fights on his side, and the player can feed this monster to increase its parameters, upgrade it by merging with other monsters, and teach it various abilities. |
| Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity | 2000-12-07 | Wizard Soft Ltd. | Gravity Co., Ltd., Sonnori Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Two thousand years ago, humans were protected by benevolent gods and lived peacefully alongside them. However, human green and pride put an end to the paradise-like existence. Humans wished to become like gods, and started fighting them, which led to a prolonged war that darkened their spirits and further corrupted them.Prominent figures within the leadership of the Republic of Seven Lords are involved in dealings with a mysterious organization. Elluard von Heinberg, the heir of an aristocratic family, is determined to get to the bottom of the political intrigues. Meanwhile, in a quiet village in South Varensia, a boy named Sizz Flair decides to leave his drunken father behind and embark on an adventure with his childhood friend Maria. The two inadvertently draw the attention of the mighty church, and become involved in the grand schemes of the higher powers.Arcturus is a Korean-made role-playing game in Japanese style, similar to Grandia II in visual presentation. The player can choose between two prologues chapters (either Elluard's or Sizz's), after which the two stories converge. There is no overworld in the game, and areas are interconnected. Battles take place in the same environment as exploration, and are turn-based. The player can navigate characters on the battle field and also take their speed rankings into account, as executions of attacks and other moves depends on them. Magic can be learned by certain characters and is divided into four elements: Water, Air, Earth, and Fire. Casting spells requires a certain amount of real time when in combat. Characters learn new spells by repeatedly using available ones in the correspondent category. Those who do not have access to magic can execute various special attacks with their own separate point gauges. In addition to HP, characters also have "barrier points", which are reduced first when enemies damage them. |
| Giants: Citizen Kabuto | 2000-12-07 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Planet Moon Studios | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | Comedy | Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | On a far away planet, three races fight for control of the few landmasses available: the marooned Meccs, who specialize in firearms and other things that go boom, the mystical and cold-blooded Reapers, who were the original inhabitants of the planet, but were forced to live in the sea by Kabuto, the third character; a truly gigantic monster with a ravenous appetite and a fondness for performing wrestling maneuvers on those the size of his hand.You can control any of these races (although in the single player mode, you have to progress through the storylines of the Meccs and Reapers first) in their bid to be the dominant species. Each species varies in the way they play the game and have vastly different types of attacks available to them.Giants: Citizen Kabuto is an action/real-time-strategy game that emphasizes action. While there is base-building and resource management for most of the races, it is done through a simple to control interface and one or two keystrokes. The majority of the game is spent in a third person view (first person mode is available) jet-packing/warping/leaping about the 3D landscape. Single player sessions consist of missions with specific goals, such as rescuing Smarties or recovering lost items. Multiplayer options include standard deathmatch, capture the Smartie (flag), the above with basebuilding as an option.Other creatures also inhabit the islands. From the meek Smarties (who are employed to build your bases or eaten as a primary source of protein, depending on your species), to the cow-like vimps to the deadly rippers, the fauna of the planet will either try to kill you or avoid being killed/eaten/captured. While not so energetic, the flora of the islands can be crushed, knocked over, or burned in careless combat (or by Kabuto not paying attention). Game controls are similar to Shiny's MDK and can best be described as a simplified shooter interface. You can run, jump, turn, shoot, and strafe. Beyond that, a half-dozen keystrokes are all you need to play (and some, like Kabuto's howls, are for fun and show). The alien world in the game is bright and presented with vibrant colors. In addition, the game tries to maintain a humorous streak. The single player game has goofy dialogue and a few jokes spread along its story line and even the multiplayer is lighthearted, with Smarties cheering you on as you carry them on your back, among other little sounds and nuances. |
| The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku | 2000-12-07 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Long time ago, two gods, Bardus and Octum, fought for dominance in the world. The benevolent Bardus defeated the evil Octum, but as a result has lost his power and had to be dissected into six parts, which were since watched over by the goddess Durga.Many years later, two young people - Avin and his sister Eimelle - are working for the Church of Bardus. One day a mysterious man who calls himself Belias arrives and murders Avin's old mentor. The two youths embark on a journey to find the murderer and eventually discover the truth about their own role in events that will decide the fate of the world...Akai Shizuku mostly relies on the Japanese RPG template gameplay-wise, having linear plot progression, emphasis on story and characters, automatic leveling, etc. There is no "world map", but a continuous world in which important locations are connected by many "empty" areas. Combat system builds upon that of the predecessor, also allowing the player to let the characters fight automatically; however, it offers more control over the characters' actions, including precise moving on the battle field. Enemies appear at pre-set locations. Characters use physical attacks, offensive and healing magic, and can also summon creatures to help them in battle. |
| Bugatron | 2000-12-08 | Retro64, Inc. | Retro64, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Bugatron is a Galaga-styled shoot 'em up game where the player must shoot down armies of insects. The enemies typically fly onto the screen in spirals, and tend to pirouette all over the screen during the gameplay; depending on the level they might shoot at the player's ship or not. Some levels also contain unique gameplay elements, for example the enemies can only be destroyed by pushing them off their flight path into an obstacle, or the player must maneouver through a narrow path in one piece. Destroying the enemies occasionally causes pick-ups to appear, with both positive (new weapons, extra life, faster ship, larger enemies) and negative (slowdown, slower weapon, less controllable ship, smaller enemies) effects. |
| Space Griffon VF-9 | 2000-12-08 | Panther Software Inc. | Panther Software Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Real-time | | | Windows | Space Griffon VF-9 is a graphically enhanced version of the earlier computer game Hamlet.The largest moon base, "Hamlet", has stopped responding to communication. It is up to you to determine what happened, and fix it. The game mixes typical FPS gameplay with RPG elements. You are inside a giant mech that can transform into a shape fit for walking, driving, and a mixture of both. You can move square-by-square, with 90-degree turns, slide left or right, and look up and down. By defeating enemies, the invisible RPG elements are introduced: you have hit points, energy points, and you can collect weapons and items. When an enemy approaches, this is shown through an icon, along with the distance.The environment is claustrophobic and maze-like, and includes many enemies. The game features an unusually large amount of plot for a game of this type, mostly consisting of conversations between your teammates, who are always in other parts of the station. |
| El Capitán Trueno en la Montaña de los Suspiros | 2000-12-10 | Zeta Multimedia S.A. | Argos Labs | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The hero par excellence of the Spanish classic comics, Capitán Trueno (Captain Thunder), lives his first graphic adventure in the Mountain on the Sighs.This adventure recreates perfectly and with a great fidelity all the original scenes and personages: Crispín, Goliath and the very same Capitán Trueno.In this occasion, our hero must help his friend, the Caliph of Granada, Bel-Jazid, who while Capitán and his friends were starting the search for the sword of the toledano, sent a message to our protagonist. In that message he requested desperately a rescue for his first-born Bil-Bil who had been kidnapped by his worst enemy, the frightful Albud-Malig.Throughout all the adventure, we will visit four places, some of them really exotic, like the palace of the Caliph, the desert, the oasis and the caves of the Mountain of the Sighs. |
| Carmageddon 3: TDR 2000 | 2000-12-14 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | Torus Games Pty. Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | | | | Automobile, Vehicular combat | | | Mature | | Windows | The third title in the Carmageddon series.There are three modes of play: "Free Play", which consists of 30 races across 9 different environments; "Campaign", which includes all the races of Free Play mode as well as 25 challenging and individual missions; and "Multiplayer", which features 5 different deathmatch arenas with 7 different network games. The last mode represents the core of the game.
Animated props such as working cranes, lifts, and bridges produce a life-like gaming environment. For the first time, you can customize your car. People in the maps interact with their environment, crossing streets or waiting in front of theatres. The cops are also back again, so watch out!Technically, the game is up-to-date with graphic and sound rendering technologies at the time of its release, supporting reflections, rain, smoke, shadows, or surround sound, among other things. |
| Supercross Kings | 2000-12-14 | Freeloader, Summitsoft Entertainment | Dawn Interactive, The | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Supercross Kings allows players to compete in 6 stunning international stadiums and over 12 gruelling races to become the ultimate Supercross King.
You can choose your team and earn points to be used towards modifications and power ups on your bike. Each track can be raced forwards and backwards. |
| Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX | 2000-12-15 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Z-Axis, Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Bike / Bicycling | Sylvain Martel | | | | Windows | Tony Hawk proved the skating games can work to great effect. Now Dave Mirra is here to prove that BMX is here to stay, thanks to the developers at Z-Axis.Choose from all of the current crop of BMX champs, including 10 times world champion Dave Mirra, Ryan Nyquist, Joey Garcia, Shaun Butler & heaps more, and ride your way through 12 highly detailed environments, with vert ramps, huge jumps and track racing. Multiplayer gaming is also thrown in, allowing two players to go head-to-head in a game of B-M-X (a unique variation of the HORSE basketball game).All this plus official sponsors clothing, bikes and advertising boards plus a huge soundtrack featuring Cypress Hill, Deftones and more. |
| The Settlers: Smack a Thief! | 2000-12-15 | Blue Byte Studio GmbH | MadCat Interactive Software GmbH | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Smack A Thief! is an mini-game from the Settlers-series, intended as an advertisement game for the - at the time - upcoming The Settlers: Fourth Edition.Your mission is to protect your gold and silver from the thieves. You have a few guards available, who protect your treasure, but they seem that they don't have slept well at night, so they doing it now at work, mostly when the thieves are carrying away your treasure. So you have to wake your guards by punching them, they then trying to stop the thieves, when they are in range. But you can also punch the thieves directly, either way, they let the gold/silver fall down and run away. Your settlers will then return the treasure back to the depot. The harder you punch the thieves, the more time you have, before this one returns.For your task, you have some gimmicks available (you can find them in some levels), like bombs, which will destroy the terrain and throw all people in range away, matchsticks, to set them on fire, or an air pump, to inflate them.Each level has a time limit, so all you have to do, is to stand with some of your treasure until the time runs out. If all of the gold/silver has been carried away, you loose.The game offers an online high score. To get in there, you must stop manually before a new level (or finish the complete game). If you loose in a level, your score is lost. |
| Bridge Builder | 2000-12-18 | | | Puzzle, Simulation | Side view | | | City building / construction simulation | | Train | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In Bridge Builder you are playing an architect who designs, builds and eventually tests his bridges.When you start a game, you see a cross-section through a river, that’s the river were the railway will drive over when you succeeded in building a bridge. In each level you have a different river, every time a bit more complex. On special points on the bank of the river, or inside it, you begin building your bridge. You can only attach the bridge on those points to the ground. But bridge braces can be attached to other braces. Each section you lay, regardless of the size, costs 100$, and of course, your budget is limited.Once you think your railway bridge is stable, you can test it by let the game drive a railway through it. The game will then display stress points on the bridge, were it might breach (or actual do). For this, the game uses a realistic physics engine.Two possibilities will occur: either the train makes it somehow over the bridge, or your train sinks in the river. When the first occur, you can proceed with the next level. If you end up in the river, you go back to the drawing board. Since you now have seen what went wrong, you can correct it by attaching more braces or correct some others.In addition is to say, that you don’t need a perfect bridge. The bridge itself doesn’t need to hold at all, so you can still complete a level, when the railway is driven successful through and shortly after that the bridge collapse. Or if you like, you can build weird, crazy bridges, or perfect bridges, as already said, it must only hold the train once.The game offers 15 different levels were you can test your skills. |
| Fallout: Tactics Concentration Game | 2000-12-18 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | Post-apocalyptic | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fallout: Tactics Concentration is a concentration/memory mini-game that was released to promote the upcoming release of Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel. The tiles show well known characters or objects (e.g. Radscorpion, BoS Helmet) of the Fallout franchise. The goal is match the corresponding pairs of tiles in not more than 30 turns. If the player reaches the goal he proves himself worth being a 'Warrior of Steel' and can submit his score. |
| Legend of the North: Konung | 2000-12-18 | Strategy First, Inc. | 1C Company | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Legend of the North is a role-playing game out of Russia. The game focuses on the Scandinavian landscape and mostly real enemies (although larger than normal). The game includes a night/day cycle that includes twilight as well. You have the option to have that cycle, or remain in day only if you get tired of not being able to see much at night.The game's plot is based on three heroes trying to combine an amulet to save the world. However, these heroes are not necessarily friendly to one another. The heroes are the following races: Slavic, Byzantine and Viking. When you start the game, you choose which hero you want to play and some attributes for that hero. Your choice of hero has many effects in the game. For instance, you look different in the game and start in different locations. Also, the local residents will react differently toward you depending who you are.In order to win the game, your best path lies in conquering most of the towns by peaceful or military means. To conquer the town peacefully, you must complete a quest for that town. If you choose to attack the town instead, you better have many followers in your group and some oil for your arrows so that you can set the town on fire. After the town is yours, you can collect money from the town once in awhile and also get free healing and free repairs for your items rather than paying. You can also have the town build things such as a blacksmith, bridges, wells, etc. However, you will have to get a trained person to work in anything you build. For instance, just building a marketplace won't let you buy items. You will also have to bring a trained merchant to live in the town.The game allows you to get up to 9 other characters in your party as you gain charisma. However, you will have to pay people to join you. These other characters can be human or even some creatures. They will have different skills and may be best suited to bows or swords rather than both. Each character in your party can equip 3 weapons at once - a bladed weapon (swords, daggers, etc.) in slot 1, a blunt weapon (clubs, maces, etc.) in slot 2 and a bow in slot 3. You can then easily change your weapon using the number keys and can change the weapons for each character in your party. There are 3 kinds of arrows in the game that do different amounts of damage. The game also includes an alchemy skill which allows you to mix items to create potions. For instance, if you mix a White Root and an empty bottle, you get a healing potion.Legend of the North includes both single player and multiplayer modes of play. The multiplayer mode allows for up to 16 people to play at once using a LAN. No Internet play is available, however, and in its latest GOG release, 1C classifies the game as singleplayer-only. |
| F1 Championship: Season 2000 | 2000-12-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Image Space Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | | | Windows | All cars and drivers from the 2000 season are here and the game modes include a single race, a championship season, a custom season (where you pick the track order yourself) and a quick race where you start at last place in the field, and you must get as far up the field as possible in just 4 laps.
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| Star Trek: Starfleet Command Volume II - Empires at War | 2000-12-20 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Taldren, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Star Trek: Starfleet Command: Volume II - Empires at War picks up where the original Starfleet Command left off. The Organians have returned after their mysterious absence in the original storyline, and they've brought the Interstellar Concordium (ISC) to forcefully pacify the leading races in the area. Their ships, like those of the Romulans and Gorn, specialize in plasma torpedoes. The Mirak Star League (known as the Kzinti in the original Starfleet Battles board game), mortal enemies of the Lyrans, have also appeared, bringing their missile-equipped ships into combat.The original six races from the original are back, with some additions to their arsenals. Most notable is the inclusion of fighters to non-Hydran races, and special carrier ship types which house them. New weapons are available for certain races, and a new anti-missile defense weapon is given to all races to expand defense against missiles from prior options of tractor beams and phasers. The campaign's setting has been remade from the ground up into a hex-based map, and a full Dynaverse is included as a dynamic mission generator. |
| Sherlock Holmes: Vozvraschenie Moriarty | 2000-12-21 | Buka Entertainment | Animation Graphics Design | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure | Europe, North America | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Sherlock Holmes: Vozvraschenie Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes: Return of Moriarty) is a 2D point-and-click adventure game inspired by a Soviet TV series (1979-1986) adaptation of a classical stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes. The actors Vasiliy Livanov (Sherlock Holmes) and Vitaliy Solomin (Dr. Watson) of these TV series provide the Russian voices for this game.The protagonist Sherlock Holmes is accompanied by Dr. Watson. After the Reichenbach Falls incident the dead body of Moriarty was resurrected with a help of a magical pentagram. This allows him to create a more terrific world domination plan. To prevent this plan Sherlock Holmes is involved with cases during four chapters including a theft of Stradivarius violin, a black sect with Jack the Ripper, a return of the Hound of the Baskervilles and finally encountering Moriarty himself at the top of the Mayan pyramid in Mexico.Most of the time Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are guided between static or side-scrolling screens, collecting or using the scattered items, and talking to characters to gain more items or information. The cursor has states (walk / get / talk) auto-selected on hovering over an interactive spot with auto-updated spot description. |
| Startron | 2000-12-21 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In Startron the player controls a space ship which flies on a two-dimensional surface. While flying the ship leaves a trail behind which acts like a wall - touching it results in a crash. The goal is to collect different coloured crystals which are found somewhere on the field. After a death the trail gets reset but all collected crystals stay in the player's possession. The game is played in a 3D perspective; the camera is fixed behind the ship. There are three world with overall 24 levels. In the multiplayer mode the goal is to trap the other players with the own trail. It also features an optional two-dimensional perspective for a better overview. |
| The Broken Land | 2000-12-21 | ArcMedia.com Inc. | Ace Platinous Family Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | An RPG game in the dungeon crawl style of Diablo. The basic story involves you saving Heaven (not Earth) by re-combining the 5 pieces Heaven was split into by a battle with the gods and the forces of evil. Game play is hack-and-slash with limited interaction with NPCs and merchants. Characters have limited upgrades available to them as do the weapons and armor. The game was released with no printed manual (it was included on the disk, but was inaccurate to the actual game play). |
| Magical Drop III | 2000-12-22 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Data East Corporation | Action, Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This is the third installment in the puzzle frenzy series Magical Drop. In the game you control a clown who throws marbles up on the screen into the cluster of multi-colored marbles, rocks and crystals. The goal is to get three or more of the same color to remove marbles, but you can also grab more than one at the time to create long chain combos and gain better "special" blocks at the top of the screen.You can play the game in single player modes or versus a friend in versus mode. In versus mode you get to pick your character, much like in a fighting game, each with their own counter attacks and abilities.For the PSX version, the first Magical Drop was included on a separate disc. |
| The King of Fighters: Evolution | 2000-12-22 | CyberFront Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Welcome back to the King of Fighters tournament with this, the latest installment of the legendary SNK fighting game series! Taking elements from both KOF '99 and the new KOF 2000, KOF Evo brings hardcore fighting game action, slick characters, newcomers, oldcomers, and everyone in between back for one of the greatest fighting game experiences you'll ever see! |
| The War of Genesis III: Part 2 | 2000-12-22 | Softmax Co., Ltd. | Softmax Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The War of Genesis III: Part 2 is a turn-based 2D role-playing game with a minor element of real-time strategy called the Legion System. For example, a small number of individually uncontrollable characters surrounding the leader character is considered as one whole player, contributing to a faster pace of duration for a huge scale combat for a tactical turn-based RPG. The game has a continuous storyline that originates from the first game The War of Genesis III, a story of Saladin and his squad. The story is divided into two episodes; Episode 4 and Episode 5.Episode 4 is called “The Sword of Soul”. This episode’s storyline is about Saladin, Joan and Christian who ride on Lightbringer and arrive at Arche. In the past, they have started to confront against Beramode’s conspiracy and faced AngraMainyu in order to protect their homeland known as Antaria. Simultaneously in Arche, an outer space exploration, Odyssey Project, is progressed and later on, people who will be known as the Gods happen to gather after various events.Episode 5: “The Universe of Mobius,” carries the storyline about the absolute evil, Beramode. Beramode, whose memories prior to 5 years ago have diminished, with no sense of self-awareness; he does not know who he is and where he is from, has researched with Embla in the Mellarium laboratory in Glory for a living. Meanwhile, he heads to Feel-life with his closest friend Ran, however, they happen to arrive on Abellian due to Pirate’s raid. Furthermore, he adapts to reality after meeting new peers but after experiencing numerous incidents, confusion abounds to Beramode due to arise of the gaps within his memories. Incidentally, Beramode discloses a truth that Embla holds the key to all the mysteries of his own existence. |
| Yu-No: Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shōjo | 2000-12-22 | Elf Co., Ltd. | Elf Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Takuya Arima is a young student whose father, a historian who has conducted various researches, disappeared recently. During a summer vacation Takuya discovers a strange orb in his father's room, along with a letter containing information about the existence of a parallel world. At first Takuya doesn't take it seriously, but soon he realizes that he possesses a device that allows him to travel to an alternate universe. Is his father alive, after all? If so, where is he? Meetings and conversations with many beautiful women, as well as a suspenseful investigation await Takuya!Yu-No: Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shōjo (the sub-title meaning A Girl Who Chants Love At the Bound of This World) is a Japanese-style adventure (still screens viewed from first-person perspective, a lot of dialogue) with a unique feature: multiple story paths are shown on a special map and can be accessed within the same playing session, by using orbs like the one Takuya finds in his home at the beginning of the game. If a path leads to a dead end, the player can opt to use a stone, go back, and investigate another place to lead the story into a different direction. The interaction with the game world does not involve menu commands, as in most Japanese adventures (except in the prologue); instead, a point-and-click interface is used.The game's original PC-98 and Windows releases feature explicit sex scenes. The Saturn version still contains erotic images and innuendo, but no nudity and/or explicit sexual situations. |
| Ultima IX: Ascension (Premium Edition) | 2000-12-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a special Japanese version of Ultima IX that was especially made for Japanese Ultima series fans.The box of the game is bigger and made from stronger material than the normal Japanese edition, and opens from the side like a book, and the contents are:
Ultima IX (2 CDs)
Ultima IX soundtrack (1 CD)
8 tarot cards, one for each of the sacred virtues
Ankh pendant
A cloth map of Britannia (40 x 40 cm)
Hardcover copies of the Journal and Spellbook.
Certificate from Richard Garriott, thanking for the purchase and hinting at his future plans.
Codex amulet trinket
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| 1st Go Warkanoid II | 2000-12-28 | Kraisoft Entertainment | Kraisoft Entertainment | Action | | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 1st Go Warkanoid II is a single player Breakout style game with thirty levels.Like it's predecessor this game also has forty power-ups (not all of them beneficial), three difficulty settings, seven weapons upgrades for blasting away bricks, music, sound effects, a high score table, and a wide array of enemies. All the game layouts have a 'Nature' theme and are designed to look like animals, landscapes, rainbows etc while the enemies are insects, and some power-ups are eggs and fruit.
Unusually for the genre, but in keeping with its predecessor Warkenoid, the game also has a save/load feature and a worldwide on-line high score table.
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| Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado | 2000-12-28 | Light & Shadow Production, Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Revolution Software Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado is an adventure game very much similar to Monkey Island. This game is based on the Dreamworks cartoon with the same title and has quite the same story as the cartoon: Two lads from Spain are about to go into prison, but they don't want to, so they escape by going onto a ship and search for the legendary City of Gold, El Dorado. |
| Gamefest: Pinball Classics | 2000-12-30 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Action, Compilation | | | | Pinball | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Gamefest: Pinball Classics is a compilation of "Pro Pinball" games originally published by Empire Interactive. This set includes the complete four game series:The WebTimeshockBig Race USAFantastic Journey |
| *NSYNC Hotline Phone and Fantasy CD-Rom Game | 2001 | Infogrames, Inc. | Stunt Puppy Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Music / rhythm, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | For a true fan of the *NSYNC band.In the game you have to live your life and gain a new information from the members of the boyz band during five games: Quick Change, Bowling, Make-A-Move, Trivia, and Charity Challenge.
The main original idea of the game is a Fantasy Phone, which provide surprise calls and secret messages from the guys, who talk to you with their real voices.It also includes exclusive video footage of the guys. |
| 1,000,000 Crosswords | 2001 | English Solutions | | Educational, Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | 1,000,000 Crosswords has been produced as a way for foreign language students to learn English, It was probably intended to aid Italian speakers primarily because it plays in both English and Italian, i.e. the game instructions can be viewed in Italian but all the games are in English.The heart of the game is a crossword generator which takes its words from one or a mixture of these six categories Adjectives, Idioms and Collocations, Nouns, Phrasal Verbs. In addition the crosswords have six difficulty settings and five different sizes ranging from 10X10 to 30x30. Puzzles can be printed as blank puzzles for a student, part completed to be continued later or as a teacher copy with all the answers filled in. When playing a crossword not all the clues are visible at the same time, the player can either click on the word in the grid to see the clue and fill it in or they can click on a clue and the cursor will be taken to that word. Unusually if the player enters an incorrect word the game allows the typing to proceed and only enters the correct letters; for example if the answer was GREEN and the player entered CREAM the ‘R’ and the ‘E’ would be the right letters in the right place and would remain on screen.In addition to the crossword puzzles there are also three varieties of word search puzzle which also have six difficulty settings and can also be printed:
The standard wordsearch where the player has to find all the words supplied in a list
A Puzzle wordsearch where, instead of a list of words, the player is given a series of clues – one per word to be found
An Anagram wordsearch where the words in the list provided are all jumbled up, the words within the grid are still in standard English though. |
| 15Slide | 2001 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 15Slide is a single player, mouse controlled, shareware, sliding block puzzle.The game has three levels of difficulty and allows puzzle sizes from 4x4 to 10x10 though the shareware version only allows a 6x6 maximum. The game has sound, a high score table, and multiple texture & colour combinations.
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| 1st Go Warkanoid 3: Story-book | 2001 | Kraisoft Entertainment | Kraisoft Entertainment | Action | | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 1st Go Warkanoid 3: Story-book is a single player Breakout style game with fifty levels.The game has forty power-ups (not all of them beneficial), three difficulty settings, seven weapons upgrades for blasting away bricks, music, sound effects, a high score table, and a wide array of enemies. All the game layouts have a 'Fairy Story' theme and are designed to look like castles, dragons, pirate ships etc Unusually for the genre, but in keeping with its predecessors, the game also has a save/load feature and a worldwide on-line high score table.
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| 2 en 1: Business Tycoon / Wall Street Tycoon | 2001 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Business Tycoon
Wall Street Tycoon
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| 3 Great Games: Dark Colony / Outlaw Racers / Army Men | 2001 | Sold Out Sales & Marketing Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Dark Colony
Outlaw Racers
Army Men |
| 3 in 1 Gold Collection: Card Crazy Solitaire | 2001 | Encore Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 3 in 1 Gold Collection: Card Crazy Solitaire is a compilation of three Solitaire products
PySol v4.50: This version also includes Mah Jongg tile matching games
Solo v.2.09
Solkan Solitaire v.4.0
These are full versions of the products. They install as separate games and create separate games in the windows start menu. |
| 3-D Ultra Fun Center | 2001 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Dynamix, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following 4 games:
3-D Ultra Radio Control Racers
3-D Ultra MiniGolf Deluxe
3-D Ultra NASCAR Pinball
3-D Ultra Train Town Deluxe |
| 3D Armada | 2001 | Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. | White Lynx | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Board game | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | 3D Armada is a 3D video game adaptation of the classic Battleship home game. Either a human player can play against the computer or human players can compete against each other via TCP/IP network play. Each player gets a 10x10 grid of water squares that are occupied by a fleet of 10 ships-- there is one ship that occupies 4 squares and then there are 2 3-square ships, 3 2-square ships, and 4 1-square ships. Naturally, players can not see the other player's ships. A player makes random strikes against the opponent's nautical positions and is informed when one of the strikes hits something. This is used to estimate where more of a particular ship may lie.After one player manages to sink the other player's entire fleet, the game treats the participants to a replay of the entire battle, but with both fleets in plain view.
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| 3D Mars Mission | 2001 | Kelly Media GmbH | Gamescape Studios | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 3D Mars Mission is a Space Invaders clone in which you shoot at aliens on your way to Mars. New attack waves with different types of space ships need to be defeated with the help of power ups. Move from left to right at the bottom of the screen and shoot at everything that moves. |
| 3D Scooter Racing | 2001 | Pantera Entertainment | | Action | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | 3D Scooter Racing is an installment in Pantera Entertainment's 3D sports series. It allows players to participate in virtual scooter races. Take on four AI opponents in ten courses, performing stunts and avoiding obstacles and each other. Three difficulty settings are available. |
| 3D Super Row Mania | 2001 | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 3D Super Row Mania is a one or two player Columns-style game. The falling blocks consist of three shapes/colours, these are moved left/right with the arrow keys and shapes are rotated within the block by clicking the mouse. In this game the player sees the blocks falling from an isometric point of view as if looking down at a pinball table.There are three levels of difficulty and five different tables named Terrormeister, Glorious Garden, Manic Miner, Crazy Casino, and Psycho! The shapes are designed to match the table so, for example, in the Glorious garden they are fruit while in Crazy Casino they are based on cards. |
| 5-Draw Mania | 2001 | | Digisine Development | Gambling, Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | 5-Draw Mania is a freeware single-player game of nothing-wild 5-card draw poker.The player starts with a fixed amount of stake money and plays against the computer, there are no computer players in this game. The player starts the game by placing a bet which is automatically matched by the dealer. This bet remains the default bet until it is changed by the player.
Five cards are dealt to the player and the dealer face down. Unwanted cards are discarded and replaced and whichever hand is the highest, in poker terms, wins.The game is played via the mouse. It records statistics which can be saved but there is no save game function.
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| 50 Fantastic Games | 2001 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 50 Fantastic Games is a compilation of games all of which have been released into the public domain as freeware, in fact when the CD is recognised by the PC it's label is 'FREEWARE'. This compilation was published by Focus Multimedia< and uses a menu system similar to their other shareware/freeware compilations like 1250+ Games for Windows.
Games are grouped together by type into:
Arcade Games:
Another Pool
Blob Factory
Columns - a Tetris clone from John Rotenstein
SK-111 'Star Killer'
Tetriszen
Board Games:
Arasan Chess: 16 bit and 32 bit versions
Board Game for Windows from Lezlisoft
Cheat Mine from Dimitrios Staikos
Connect4
The Game of the Amazons
Knight's Tour
Mastermind
WinMind from François Liger
Card and Dice Games:
Acme the first of three games from Keith Westley
Crib the second of three games from Keith Westley
Euchre from Land-J Technologies
A Lottery number generator which is the first non-game in this collection
Smoke'em Poker
Video Poker from Robert Brush
GNU Chess
Educational Games:
School-Mom for Windows: Volume 1 - ColorBook
FaceMaker which is the second non game of the compilation
Dr. Mysto The Mindreader
Gowords
Solitaire Games Bank 1:
Accordion Solitaire from Richard R. Sands, this game has not been documented as no verifiable release date can be found
Solitaire King: Beleaguered Castle
Solitaire King: Busy Aces
Columns the last of three games from Keith Westley
Solitaire King: Beleaguered Castle
ETowers
Solitaire King: Grandfather's Patience
John Cain Solitaire another game that has not been fully documented because there is a lack of accurate information
Solitaire King: King Albert
Solitaire King: Kitty In The Corner
Solitaire King: Maze
Solitaire King: Monte Carlo
Solitaire Games Bank 2:
Accordion Solitaire from Richard R. Sands
Solitaire King: Shamrock
Solitaire King: Sly Fox
Spider by Dan Morrow
Solitaire King: St. Helena
Solitaire King: Triplets
Solitaire King: Trusty Twelves
Solitaire King: Yukon
Strategy Games:
BattleStar from Gregory Braun
Brickbat
Button Madness
Classic Adventure: The Original Colossal Cave!
Code Breaker from Scottish developer R.D. McDermid.
Color Linez
Kyodai
MicroBalls
Some games run from the CD others require installation either by running a setup program or by copying the folder from the CD to the hard drive. |
| 6 Great Games: Windows XP Edition | 2001 | Encore Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | 6 Great Games: Windows XP Edition is a multi-pack which contains full versions of:
Creatures 3
Microsoft Golf 1998 Edition
Missile Command
New Vegas Games
Platinum Pinball
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
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| 8 Puzzle | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 8 Puzzle is a collection of single player sliding block puzzles.In this game the player gets;
8 Puzzle: a 3x3 grid with the numbers 1-8 which have to be arranged in order
15 Puzzle: a 4x4 grid containing the numbers 1-15 which have to be arranged in order
Scramble A, Scramble B and Scramble C: All copies of the 15 Puzzle but with different starting positions
14-15 Puzzle: A variation of the 15 Puzzle, all the numbered tiles are in the correct order except the numbers 14 & 15 are reversed
Dead Pigs Wont Fly: These fifteen letters are written on the tiles in a 4x4 grid and they must be rearranged to 'Dead Pigs Fly Town'
Panama Canal: here the grid is 6x2 and with the letters 'Canama' on the top row and 'Panal' on the bottom, the objective is to correctly spell 'Panama' & 'canal'
Rotate 9: The numbers 1-9 fill a 3x3 grid with 1-2-3 on the top row, 4-5-6 in the middle and 7-8-9 on the bottom. The object is to rearrange so that the top row reads 3-2-1, the middle 6-5-4 and 9-8-7 on the bottom. Rows and columns rotate a bit like colours on a Rubik's cube
The game is mouse controlled, has optional music and sound effects, a detailed user guide and in-game solutions. There is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these. |
| 8 Queens | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Puzzle | | | | Chess | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 8 Queens is a set of chess based puzzles from Zillions Development. It's one of a series of puzzle and casual games that makes up their Zillions of Games package which, at version 2.0, consists of three hundred and seventy-five games.
In this collection the player is faced with five chess puzzles, they are;
'The Six Queens' problem and The Eight Queens' problem: The queens must be placed so that no two are attacking each other
'The Sixteen Queens' problem: Place the queens so that no more than two are on any horizontal, vertical or diagonal line
The Ten Maharajas problem: A Maharaja piece is a combination of a queen and a knight, they must be placed so that no two are attacking each other
Maximal Knights: Place twenty four knights on the chessboard such that none is attacking the other. There is, apparently, only one arrangement where this is possibleAll games are played via the mouse and solutions are provided. The game records the moves made, these can be printed if desired |
| A2 Racer IV: The Cop's Revenge | 2001 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Part four in the A2 Racer series includes tracks in Amsterdam, Scheveningen, Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna. The gameplay of this game continues that of its predecessors with illegal street races on well known high ways and through major European cities.During the race players will have to collect power-ups like fuel, money and time extensions, while avoiding the police and trying to finish first.This fourth installment features the Havok Physics Engine for improved car physics, handling and collision. |
| ADAM: The Double Factor | 2001 | JAST USA | C's Ware | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | This sequel takes place 2 years after the events of Eve burst error: Kojiroh is still struggling to make a living as a private eye, with the help of her assistant now turned girlfriend Kyoko, while Marina has been re-instated to the JSDA's cabinet of investigation. Through the game you'll be switching back and forth between both character's scenarios which involve being a bodyguard for the president (Kojiroh) and investigating a series of weird murders (Marina). As usual, both stories will intersect, twist and bend in every direction possible and dragging them deeper into a web of conspiracy. The game uses the Lucid Motion2 engine for cleaner animation and introduces a new interface which allows for interaction with onscreen objects and persons without the need for the text menu of the original. Also notable is the fact that while ADAM keeps the detective/mystery story as the main selling point it also adds sequences of explicit adult content instead of the "innuendo" that was used in the original. |
| Abbie | 2001 | | Direct Logic Systems | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Abbie is a puzzle game : you control a little girl called Abbie and help her to save the world's last flowers. So, using the arrow keys, just help Abbie to find all the flowers, avoid fire hydrants or block them using wrenches. Sometimes, you'll have to push boxes a la Sokoban, but remember, pulling is not allowed. The game features up to 80 levels, but only the first 20 are freely playable through the shareware version. Additional levels used to be available by ordering "Expansion Packs ". |
| Acropolis | 2001 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Acropolis compilation contains:
Zeus: Master of Olympus (base game)
Zeus Official Expansion: Poseidon (add-on) |
| Acter World | 2001 | | Zac Soft | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The kingdom "Acter World" is being attacked by wizards and monsters. Playing Princess Lina, you have to defend the royal palace.Acter World is a freeware clone of Taito's classic platform game Bubble Bobble with anime style graphics. Each of the 32 levels consists of one screen that has to be cleared by every enemy to get into the next round. For fighting against the enemies Lina owns a special magic weapon, the "miracle ring" that produces a bubble. When an opponent moves into it, he is captured for a few moments and when you touch the bubble it falls out of the screen. Being touched by the monsters will cost one of your lives. From time to time special items appear and by catching them you get for example a new life, a time increase or you can place two bubbles. |
| Action Man: Destruction X | 2001 | Infogrames Europe SA | Blitz Games Ltd | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | The master criminal Dr. X is planning to steal scientific secrets in order to control the world. This is of course when Action Man steps in to thwart his plans.Action Man: Destruction X takes place over three different cities throughout the world for a total of 36 different missions. Missions include things such as infiltrating Dr. X's hidden jungle lab and taking out prehistoric monstrosities or driving in a King of the Streets race. Gameplay varies greatly such as the game having a behind view boomerang shooting portion and a bird's eye view racing section. Action Man gets to drive things like a Silver Speeder and a Polar Bike.The game has both a story mode and an arcade mode. |
| Action Pack | 2001 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Action Pack from GOD contains the Ego-Shooter KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child and the 3rd person Action Game Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2.The Action Pack was published in a wide box with complete manuals. |
| Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island | 2001 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Digital Extremes, Inc. | Action, Simulation | Top-down | | | Pinball | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | It starts when you receive a note and map from your long lost grandfather, along with the promise of the adventure of a lifetime. You'll encounter dinosaurs, volcanoes, and man-eating sharks, as well as a tribe of cavemen to save. Your mission is to save the Forgotten Island. There are 9 interconnected tables included for you to conquer. They have to be unlocked during the game and offer 2 or 3 settings per table. In comparison to most other pinball simulations the goals on a table are mostly not to get a high score but to solve missions like chasing away sharks. Also unusual are the 3D graphics: instead of a static top-down view the camera follows the pinball ball. |
| Adventures with Barbie: Ocean Discovery | 2001 | Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing | Gorilla Systems Corporation | Action, Adventure | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | Naval / watercraft | | | Everyone | | Windows | Take control of Barbie, a marine biologist, as she explores an underwater world full of mini-games and activities to complete her quest and assemble the final treasure map. Guide her through 9 different maps collecting puzzle pieces along the way by finishing various mini-games such as a pong type game, a puzzle slider, a Kaboom style cannonball catcher and more. Interact with the various aquatic life in the maps and watch them swim around in interesting patterns.The Windows version of the game is entirely mouse controlled, the keyboard is only required when the player signs in for the first time. In addition to the same mini games the Windows version features a camera icon which takes snapshots of barbie as she explores. These pictures are held in the game's scrapbook and can be printed out. Barbie also has some handy tools, a magnifying glass and a torch, to help her explore the ocean. Barbie talks throughout this game and a soundcard and speakers are essential. |
| AirXonix | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | AxySoft | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | AirXonix is a 3-dimensional remake of Xonix in which you have to control a device, which is moving over the playing field whilst several monster-balls are wandering inside. The objective is to isolate the balls away from as much spare playing field as possible. The game is mostly the same, with the difference that the device that is controlled now is flying in the air and that it is in full 3D. To make it harder there are some monsters that you shouldn't come in contact with. Power ups include extra lives, acceleration and slow downs as well as surprises. There are five types of games and more than 80 levels in total. |
| Alien Infestation | 2001 | Xing Interactive, Inc. | Horux Interactive | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Alien Infestation is a third-person shooter set in a dark future. The player is a marine armed with guns who must fight against zombies and aliens in a futuristic, abandoned city. The story in the game is presented through comic-style cut-scenes. Opponents usually appear in large numbers, but the marine has unlimited ammo. Controls are limited to moving around, aiming and shooting. There are three difficulty modes. Next to the third-person view, first-person is also available. |
| Ally 2: Ben Franklin Adventure | 2001 | | Pharos Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Ally 2: Ben Franklin Adventure is the second 'Ally' adventure game from Pharos Games. This is an educational game based on the life of Benjamin Franklin. Ally has fallen asleep again, this time in history class, and she dreams about Benjamin Franklin who is the subject of the lesson. In her dream she wakes up in school with a strange book in her possession. In the book is a pack of card representing Benjamin Franklin's thirteen virtues (chastity, cleanliness, frugality, humility, industry, justice, moderation, order, resolution, silence, sincerity, temperance and tranquillity for those who need reminding).The game starts with a puzzle based on Benjamin's thirteen virtues, apparently Benjamin Franklin liked games and used them to educate himself. The object of this puzzle is to arrange three sets of cards in numerical order. The fewer card moves and re-deals the player makes the higher their score.When the puzzle has been solved, Benjamin asks the player to talk to a person in one of the critical years of his life. The player accesses the relevant year via one of the tabbed entries in Ally's book. In the scene they can look at items in the picture, read the relevant part of Franklin's biography, and talk to the key character. The dialogue is scripted and after a clicking through a few screens the player is presented with a set of questions which have multiple choice answers. The player can replay the scene, asking the same question repeatedly, until he gives the correct answer, however this does affect their score.Having answered the question the player is returned to the card puzzle which must be solved before another task / question is set. There are fifty-five levels in the full game.The game is entirely mouse controlled. There is some music in parts of the game which can be disabled if required.
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| Alquerque | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Alquerque is an Arab game from around the 10th century AD that is allegedly the forerunner of Checkers. It is played on a 5x5 board on which the verticals, horizontal and diagonal lines have been drawn, each player has eleven pieces and these are placed where two or more lines meet with just the central point being left empty.Like Checkers the object is to capture the opponents pieces by jumping over them. Also, like Checkers, when a jump has been made the player can continue jumping as long as there are pieces to be captured. Where the game differs from Checkers is that the player can move/jump in any direction along the horizontal and vertical lines.
As with most games that have been around this long there are different versions of the game, Fanarona also from from Zillions Development is played across two Alquerque boards. Other versions supplied with this game are:
Lau Kati Kata: This is a variation from India and southern Asia, it uses a modified board
Sixteen Soldiers: This comes from Sri Lanka and Southern India and also uses a modified board
Quadruple Alquerque: This variant is played across four Alquerque boards
The game is mouse controlled, has optional music and sound effects plus an internet play option. There is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these.
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| Amazing Kye | 2001 | TERMINAL Studio | TERMINAL Studio | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Amazing Kye is a single player, shareware, keyboard controlled Sokoban style puzzle game. The shareware game has fifteen puzzles while the full game has fifty, in both cases six of the puzzles are tutorialsKye is a coloured circle and the object of each level is to collect all the diamonds on screen. To do this the player has to destroy soft objects, move blocks, use magnets, and negotiate mazes, actions usually need to be performed in a specific order in order to complete the puzzle.The game has two modes of play, Modern and Classic, these do not alter the puzzles in any way - they change the look of the game with the Classic option having a retro feel to it and looking more like the original Kye. The player is provided with a hint to help solve each puzzle andas a final resort there is an animated solution which shows exactly how the puzzle is solved.
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| American Heroes Collection | 2001 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | American Heroes Collection is a compilation release, containing:
Elite Forces: WWII - Normandy
Beyond Pearl Harbor: Pacific Warriors
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
CIA Operative: Solo Missions |
| Ancient Egypt | 2001 | Nordic Software, Inc. | Nordic Software, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Ancient Egypt begins with a short educational slideshow on the history and culture of ancient Egyptian civilization, starting from around 3100BC, in the time of King Menes. The software does a quick and painless review of some basic elements of Egypt's geography and how it led to the rise of great cities in the Nile Valley, leading into discussion of the hierarchy of ancient Egyptian society. It also touches upon key things that we associate with the place and time period: pyramids, mummies, hieroglyphs, the Pharaohs. Clicking on the screen at any time during the presentation will take you to the activities page, and a series of ancient Egypt-flavored mini-games and puzzles - connect-the-dots, picture jumble, concentration, word searches, crossword puzzles, and a coloring page, all reflecting various areas of life along the Nile. Each activity page shows you three large buttons on the right, one for returning to the main menu, one for Help, and one to bring up the next puzzle. |
| Ancipital | 2001 | Guildhall Leisure Services Ltd. | Llamasoft Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ancipital is a typical Jeff Minter game with no storyline and an unusual setting. You play the role of what looks like a yak which can walk on two legs and shoots at enemies with bananas. At least in the first screen; the projectiles change in different levels. You can jump and flip upside down onto the ceiling to attack your foes. The gameplay involves you shooting at enemies until the floor or walls change to let you move to the next screen which can be seen on the map in the corner of the screen. Each level has different themes ranging from skull and crossbones to cigarette papers and lighters. There are 100 different levels in the game.
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| Antz: Panic in the Anthill! | 2001 | Light & Shadow Production | Light & Shadow Production | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Antz: Panic in the Anthill! is a typical "Bomberman/Dynablaster" style game for one or two players.The player objective in each one of the 50 levels included in the game, assuming the role of the valorous ant Z, is the same. Destroy all the rocks, placing bombs
(explosive mushrooms in this case) presents in the game area, avoiding the attack of all the enemy ants. Once all the rocks will be destroyed an exit to the next level will appear in the screen.The program lets select the difficulty level between three possible levels in the options menu. |
| Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura | 2001 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Troika Games L.L.C. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy, Steampunk | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Mature | Isometric | Windows | The luxury zeppelin IFS Zephyr begins her maiden voyage from Caladon in the Kingdom of Arland to Tarant, one of the largest cities in the technologically advanced Unified Kingdom. Suddenly, while the zeppelin is cruising over mountains, two monoplanes attack it and eventually shoot it down. The two half-ogre attackers die in flames along with all their victims except two who miraculously survived. However, one of them, an old gnome, is mortally wounded. Just before he dies, he gives a silver ring to the other survivor and tells him to "find the boy". The witness of the crash, a man named Virgil, declares that the now only survivor is "The Living One", a reincarnation of a deity, and offers to follow him wherever he goes. The hero begins a long and perilous search for the mysterious boy, the origins of the silver ring, and the unknown enemy who was behind the attack on the zeppelin.Arcanum is a role-playing game similar in concept and many gameplay principles to Fallout. It is set in a unique world, which can be described as mixture between Tolkienesque fantasy, steampunk technology and elements of British and North American culture of the 19th century: dwarves may carry molotov cocktails, and a half-orc protagonist can travel by train between Victorian-like cities. Magic and technology are opposed to each other; most humans and dwarves embrace technology, while some elf clans stick to the old ways and consider scientific progress evil.In the beginning of the game the player creates the main character, choosing from a variety of races, attributes, magical or technological disciplines, social skills, backgrounds, etc. When the character levels up, the player can increase his main parameters as well as any available skills. Like in Fallout games, the player directly controls only one character; however, companions who join the party may be given orders, and their inventory can be managed by the player.The game is open-ended: the player is free to explore the vast world from the onset, undertaking a large amount of side quests or following the main story. Social interaction plays a significant role: depending on the player character's charisma and intelligence attributes, as well as persuasion skill, many problems can be solved in a non-violent way. The amount of companions willing to follow the protagonist also depends on the latter's charisma rating; companions may also leave the party if they disagree with the hero's behavior. The player can select one of the three combat modes for the game: real-time, turn-based, and fast-paced turn-based. Turn-based mode is similar to the combat in Fallout games: characters require action points to move, attack, or cast spells. The game includes an editor called WorldEdit, which allows players to create their own maps, campaigns, and non-playable characters. Objects from the base game can be carried across to the player-created scenario. The scenery editor allows players to create their own objects. It is also possible to set and change game variables, i.e. the amount of skill points required to perform a specific task. |
| Archibald's Digger | 2001 | Archibald The Cat Entertainment | Archibald The Cat Entertainment | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Archibald's Digger is a single player arcade / puzzle game that is based on the classic 'Boulder Dash', it can be played with either the keyboard or the joystick.In this game the player controls the Digger character as he/she/it digs its way through the earth to collect blue diamonds, cash and power-ups. While doing all this Digger must avoid monsters and falling rocks.The shareware game has ten levels and lacks some functionality - for example the player cannot save their high score, the registered game has seventy levels. |
| Archibald's TriTris | 2001 | Archibald The Cat Entertainment | Archibald The Cat Entertainment | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Archibald's Tritris is a single player, shareware, keyboard controlled, colour matching, falling block game played in a manner similar to Tetris.In this game the player is supplied with a stream of falling rectangular blocks, each block consists of three coloured squares/cells. The player uses the left/right arrow keys to determine where the blocks fall and the up/down keys to cycle the order of the colours within the block. In this game blocks cannot be rotated through ninety degrees. The object is to form chains of blocks of the same colour, when three or more cells of the same colour are aligned vertically, horizontally or diagonally they disappear and the player scores points, the value of the points scored is linked to the game speed.The game has music, a speed control and a high score table. |
| Army Men Value Pack 2 | 2001 | 3DO Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains 4 classic Army Men games:
Army Men
Army Men: Sarge's Heroes
Army Men: World War
Army Men: Air Attack |
| Army Men: Air Attack | 2001 | 3DO Company, The, Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | 3DO Company, The | Action | | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | Windows | This installment in the long-running Army Men series is the first to feature third-person aerial combat in full 3D. Choosing a chopper among the Huey, Chinook, Super Stallion, or Apache, the player will have to rescue or provide air support to fellow Army Men, while shooting down anything that moves (including enemy helicopters and troops, as well as hordes of insects) across 16 different missions.The game also features a multiplayer mode where players can either battle each other or join forces in co-op. |
| Art is Dead | 2001 | Small Rockets | Small Rockets | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Your uncle has died and left you a very strange house. Each room has a famous painting that comes alive and requires you to shoot the various intruding items. It's a funny twist on the old 2d shooter style game. Gunning down monkeys while they swing across a jungle painting is a howl. The Uncle often gives you clues to what the objective is in each painting. |
| Astraia | 2001 | | Team Alpha | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Fighting, Shooter | | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | Astraia is a 3rd-person one-on-one Japanese fighting game with mechs. It offers deadly duels between big robots. One of them is controlled by the player, the second is computer-controlled. The game has 4 mechs to choose and varying AI difficulty. Weapons in the battle are guns and swords. The areas are confined, but mechs can also fly to move around and the game is entirely in 3D. |
| Astro Assembler | 2001 | Camaj Interactive, Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. | Advanced Projects, Stratos, Asociacion de Desarrolladores | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Astro Assembler is a space-faring, top-down, vertically-scrolling, shoot-em-up. Pilot your spaceship against insurmountable swarms of enemy ships and asteroid-planted bases. The player's ship's offensive weapons attack on 2 planes: The rapid fire laser is effective against flying targets, while firing also launches missiles at a lower rate of fire that attack ground targets. There is a plethora of powerups to collect that grant such added capabilities as more speed, more powerful lasers and missiles, and higher rate of fire. Be careful, though, because some collectible items are actually powerdowns.The "Assembler" part of the title refers to sets of specific ship pieces that the player pursues in the game. These components assemble to create a more powerful ship with greater offensive and defensive capabilities. |
| Atlantis: The Underwater City | 2001 | Sterling Entertainment Group, LLC | Sterling Entertainment Group, LLC | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Atlantis: The Underwater City is an interactive story book game based on an VHS animation movie for children of the same name.When the boy Ivy wins a travel to Stonehenge he and his brother Gevin decide to go there, despite their parent's veto. However on arrival something unexpected happens: The two brothers are warped to the city of Atlantis where they meet princess Lutien and the elf Frenier. However it soon turns out that not only this city, but the whole world is threatened by monsters from another dimension. There is not much hope left, but together with the spirit of the mighty sorcerer Zoltan they might be able to save the world.The game consists of interactive scenes: The upper part contains of a picture with several hot spots, the lower part contains a short summary of the scene. Clicking on one of the icons you can have the text read out loud, play a minigame related to the scene or watch the corresponding part of the animation movie.In addition to the interactive mode you may also choose to listen to the story - the text will be read and some of the interactive picture elements will be activated automatically. The CD also contains the complete original movie which may be watched as another alternative. Last but not least you may directly select to play the included minigames from the main menu. |
| Aussie Rules Coach | 2001 | Akaei plc | Akaei plc | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Oceania | | Mark Final, Iain Gilfeather | | | | Windows | Aussie Rules Coach is a strategy management game in which the player takes control of an Australian Rules Football team.Australian Rules Football is a game played by two sides of twenty two players, eighteen on the pitch and four 'interchanges', using an oval ball. The object of the game is to score points by getting the ball between the opponents goal posts of which there are four. Six points are scored for getting the ball between the two inner posts and one point is scored for getting the ball between the two outer posts.
The ball may be kicked or, alternatively, the player may run with the ball in which case it must be bounced at least once every fifteen meters.
Games are played over four quarters each of which lasts twenty minutes.This game combines both the managerial side of the game with control of players during the match. The object of the game is to win matches. If enough matches are won during the season the team will finish with a high ARC league ranking and will qualify for the the ARC Finals where there's a chance to win the ARC Cup.
There are sixteen teams in the ARC league. During the season each team will play all the other teams in a sequence of fifteen matches. The gamer's team must finish in the top six in order to enter the ARC Finals. The Finals consist of two quarter final matches, two semi final matches and the ARC Cup Final itself. The game starts with the gamer selecting one of the sixteen teams for the season. The teams are pre-populated with players so the management side of the game is really about picking the best squad, allocating positions and deciding on the tactics for the next game.Matchplay has been simplified in the interests of making the game more fun to play, so some rules such as infringements and penalties have not been implemented. During the match there are three main camera views that can be used - the Player-cam will focus on an individual player, the TV-cam will show the match from a variety of angles, and the Wide-cam which the gamer can use to monitor the game from a distance.
During a match the gamer has access to the Coach command screen. Each player has their own characteristics which are controlled via slider bars. Adjusting these changes the way they, and therefore the team play. These changes can be made to individuals or to groups of players during the game or during a tactical timeout.Other game features include:
Four Hundred and eighty players
Sixteen computer managers to play against
Eight stadiums
Multiple camera angles
Player tracking statistics
Commentary from Drew Morphett
A comprehensive browser based manual that explains the rules and the game's tactics |
| AxySnake | 2001 | AxySoft | AxySoft | Action | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | AxySnake is a Snake game much like any other Snake game. You control one of three selectable snakes as they slither about in a playfield filled with hazardous rocks and stumps, trying to eat enough fruit and mushrooms before time runs out. Once the snake is long enough, a key appears which can be picked up to reveal the exit. The biggest difference between AxySnake and all the others is its 3D perspective that allows you to view the game up close or from a distance. Unlike in other Snake games, in AxySnake the serpent can turn smoothly and move in any direction. Running into the snake's own tail reduces the snake's length, undoing your progress. Eating a rock, colliding with tree stumps or with walls stops the snake for a moment and reduces your score. You also have to avoid the bees and dragonflies that want to ruin your day by stealing your fruit and slowing you down. Moving into the borders of the playfield is dangerous, as it gives hidden monsters an opportunity to catch and devour the snake, costing the player a life. Running out of time causes a monster to come out of the playfield edge and kill your snake. |
| B-17 Gunner: Air War Over Germany | 2001 | Infogrames, Inc., WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | World War II | | | | Teen | | Windows | B-17 Gunner: Air War Over Germany is basically a rail shooter. The player takes the place of six machine gunners on board on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. On the way to the destination the bomber encounters numerous German planes and the gunners have to kill them. When the gunners take too much damage they die, and its get more difficult to protect the B-17. A simple mouse click switches between the turrets.When approaching the goal, the game switches to a overhead map and the player has to order the bombing by pointing the crosshair over the right building. The game features 25 missions. |
| BSE Hunter | 2001 | Kelly Media GmbH | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | BSE Hunter is a special German version of 3D Helicopter Coyote Hunt. While you were hunting coyotes in the original, here you have to track cows with mad cow disease. You fly with your helicopter and shoot at all cows you see. Your weapons are hunting rifle, shotgun, flame thrower and taser. A mission is done if you kill a defined amount of cows within the time limit. 20 levels are included. |
| Backyard Basketball | 2001 | Infogrames, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Backyard Sports series let you play games with a group of virtual kids, some of whom happen to be young versions of professional athletes. Backyard Basketball brings the NBA and WNBA into your house with kid versions of league stars.Players create a junior avatar of themselves, draft a team, pick their favorite pro uniforms, and hit the court in exhibition games or try to manage their team through a full season. Either way, the emphasis is on fun and accessibility for all ages.
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| Backyard Football 2002 | 2001 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | Greg Griffith | | Everyone | | Windows | The Backyard Sports series let you play games with a group of virtual kids, some of whom happen to be young versions of professional athletes. Backyard Football 2002 lets you run, pass, and kick with young versions of the National Football League's superstars.Players create a junior avatar of themselves and draft a team from a group of backyard kids and kid versions of 10 NFL players then deck themselves out in their favorite uniforms and hit the gridiron. Standard sports simulation game types are available including exhibition games and season play but the emphasis is on fun and accessibility for all ages. |
| Backyard Soccer MLS Edition | 2001 | Infogrames, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | | | | | | | Erik Haldi | | Everyone | | Windows | Backyard Soccer MLS Edition gives you the chance to kick the ball around with America's professional soccer stars from the MLS and star women players from the US Olympic team.Player's create a junior avatar of themselves and draft a team from other backyard kids and kid versions of 15 famous American soccer players then deck themselves out in their favorite uniforms and hit the field. Standard sports simulation game types are available including exhibition games and season play but the emphasis is on fun and accessibility for all ages. |
| Barbie: Team Gymnastics | 2001 | Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing | Blue Planet Software, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Barbie Team Gymnastics the player helps Barbie, Chrissie, Teresa develop and perfect their routines on for different pieces of apparatus, the vault, the beam, the uneven bars and the floor. The girls practice until they are good enough to compete in various contests and hopefully qualify for the Nationals.Their friend Kira takes the roles as coach and sets out some initial routines, Kira also provides the in-game voiceover help in all screens. Kira's routines are difficult enough for the smaller contests but it is up to the player to construct more complex routines for the national competition. This game is not about controlling the character(s) as they perform, routines are constructed by stringing together a series of preset moves and then pressing the 'Play' icon, however some moves do require the player to manage a power bar, for example the vault where more power means more height and a better chance of a good landing. All team members must practice on each piece of apparatus until they are proficient, denoted by a green tick in the team roster, at which point they can start entering competitions - there are four competition levels in all local, sectional, regional and finally national. After each Kira's notebook will show where a character failed to score enough points. Other game features include a dressing room in which team outfits can be changed and a TV in the team lounge which can be used to replay performances.There is also a two or three player game mode where each player chooses a different character and compete in the moves that use the power bar.
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| Beauty and the Beast & Tinder Box | 2001 | Midas Interactive Entertainment BV | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Beauty and the Beast
Tinder Box |
| Best of Moorhuhn | 2001 | Tandem Verlag GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Best of Moorhuhn contains the following three Moorhuhn games on
one CD-ROM:
Die Original Moorhuhn Jagd
Moorhuhn: Winter-Edition
Moorhuhn 2: Die Jagd geht weiter
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| Beyond Pearl Harbor: Pacific Warriors | 2001 | ValuSoft, Inc. | InterActive Vision A/S | Action | Behind view | | | | Oceania, World War II | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | Imagine the classic Arcade game 1942 in 3D. You have a choice of flying 3 different WW2 planes in 25 Single Player Missions and 5 scenarios. While the game starts with classic weapon systems such as machine guns, you can power up to rockets and strange rayguns later on.Enemies consist of Bombers, Cruisers, Battleships, Tanks, Pursuit Planes etc. The game has 3D positional audio and allows for 8 player dogfights. |
| Bibi Blocksberg: Verhexte Ferien | 2001 | KIDDINX Entertainment GmbH | KIDDINX Entertainment GmbH | Adventure | | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bibi Blocksberg: Verhexte Ferien is an adventure game for children. Bibi goes into summer camp, and strange things start happening. Another witch must be responsible! Help Bibi and her friends to figure out the causes for the strange witchcraft and find a treasure. Investigate different locations, find useful items and use them to get more hints. |
| Bionicle Power Pack | 2001 | LEGO System A/S, Universal Music | | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | The BIONICLE Power pack is a special package promoting LEGO's then-new BIONICLE line. The pack contains three things: an exclusive chrome-colored Kanohi Rua, Great Mask of Wisdom (in the shape of a Kanohi Hau, the Great mask of Shielding), an exclusive BIONICLE set, being a Tohunga named Hafu, and an enhanced CD.The CD, when inserted into a standard CD player, plays three tracks:
1. The BIONICLE Music
2. Hura Mafa Flow
3. Kumo RocksWhen inserted into a PC's CD-ROM drive, an interactive multimedia program can be played. The main menu is Po-Koro, VIllage of Stone. The characters Pohatu, Onewa, and Hafu are present, and clicking on them gives character bios. Also included are animated movies for all six Toa and one featuring Vakama, an animated clip depicting Vakama's discovery of the arrival of the Toa, information about the Great Kanohi Masks, and a preview for BIONICLE: Quest for the Toa. Clicking on the pile of Golden Masks would initiate a quiz containing four questions about the BIONICLE story. Answering the questions right unlocks a link to a web page to enter a contest for a chance to win a 14-karat Gold Mask. |
| Black Penguin | 2001 | | | Action | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Your objective in the arcade game Black Penguin is quite simple: control the movement (with the cursor keys) of your penguin, collect all treasure on the playfield, don't fall off the board or get caught by the Evil Window.The playfield is a triangle containing 28 fields. Any field contains either a treasure to collect or hostile things like a bomb. You collect the treasure by simply moving over it, but beware, some require more than one touch to fully collect them. Once the entire treasure is collected, you proceed to the next level.If you take too long to master a level, the Evil Window will appear and begin to hunt you! |
| Blobs | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Blobs is a single player Attax sytle strategy game, it is mouse controlled and in all variations the player competes with the computer.Starting in the corners, players take it in turns to place a blob of their colour on the grid, there are two colours - red and blue, the player always plays as red. The game is turn based, in their turn the player may either move an existing blob two places away - this is called a jump, or they can place a new blob within one space of an existing blob.
If the blob is placed directly next to an opponent's blob(s) it change the colour of any blobs it is adjacent to. The game finishes either when the board is full (the player with the most blobs wins) or there is only one player with blobs left on the board (having taken over all other blobs).
The game is played on a 7x7 grid, in addition to the standard game there are seven variants which are played on the same grid but with some cells being blocked out by bricks to form patterns. brick cells are inaccessible, players cannot place a piece n them nor can they jump onto them.
The game is mouse controlled, has optional music and sound effects plus an internet play option. There is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these. |
| Bob the Builder: Can We Fix It? | 2001 | THQ Inc. | Steel Monkeys | Action, Educational, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A game inspired by the children's television program. Players help Bob the Builder and friends complete various activities. Players can select from 3 difficulty levels for each activity.Can We Build It? activities include:
Knock it down involves helping Lofty knock down an old bridge. Players swing a wrecking ball at a dilapidated bridge.
Build it up involves helping Lofty build a bridge one section at a time. Players control Lofty's hook and use it to pick up sections of a bridge off the ground and place them together so they form a bridge.
Where's Pilchard? has the player helping Wendy find where Pilchard is hiding. Players have to place a food bowl on top of the hiding Pilchard.
Travis' Race Day activities include:
The two activities Race with Scoop and Race with Dizzy involves the player playing as either Scoop or Dizzy and has them racing Travis in an overhead racing game to prove who is the fastest.
Bubble Trouble activities include:
Bubble Trouble involves helping Roley pop all the bubbles. Players control Roley and have to make him roll over bubbles in a limited amount of time.
Where's Pilchard? plays the same here, except it now takes place in a different location.
Porcupine Rescue activities include:
Tunnel Time involves helping porcupines cross a road by having Lofty build a tunnel under the road. Players use Lofty's hook to pick up sections of a tunnel and place them in the correct spot of an outline.
Where's Pilchard? also plays the same here, except it now takes place in another different location.
Scary Spud activities include:
Scary Spud involves helping Spud scare away hungry crows from eating all of the seeds. Players control Spud and make him scare the crows off the field in a limited amount of time by making him run at them.
Where's Pilchard? also plays the same here, except it now takes place in another different location.
Plumbing Puzzle activities include:
Radiator riddle involves fixing the central heating. Players control Bob and make him place pieces of the central heating to the correct outlined spots in a house.
Fix the leaks involves helping Bob fix leaks in a pipe. Players control Bob while he walks through a house searching for and fixing all the leaking pipes with his wrench in a limited amount of time.
Wendy's Birthday activities include:
Cake-tastic! involves helping Bob decorate a birthday cake for Wendy. Players decorate a cake for Wendy by choosing the type of chocolate chips, color of the candles and the icing, and the decorations.
Wild West Wendy involves Bob and Wendy square dancing. Players get to choose which dance moves to perform.
Some activities contain cutscenes before they begin and after being completed. |
| BombBlox | 2001 | BieberSoft Entertainment | BieberSoft Entertainment | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | BombBlox is a Tetris variant. The basic principle is the same: blocks of different shapes are falling down from the top of the screen. The player can turn and position them until they reach the ground - when that happens the next block (which is shown beforehand in the upper right corner) starts falling down. If the player constructs a continuous line of blocks they disappear and reward points.The gimmick of this variant is that sometimes blocks on the ground turn into bombs. They explore and take all near blocks with them if they are included in a finished line, if the player touches them directly with a falling block or after a certain amount of time. There is a time limit which gets replenished with destroyed blocks. |
| Bovinator | 2001 | T.G.I. Friday's | Blockdot, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | Comedy | Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bovinator is a humorous advergame created for the T.G.I. Friday's restaurant chain to promote their new all-natural Angus Burger. The player controls "Bob the Bovinator", an anthropomorphic bull who uses a rapid-fire "udder gun" to blast villains with a stream of milk. The player must aim to shoot bad guys who keep popping up in various locations on the screen. The goal in each round is scoring 20 hits within a time limit of 60 seconds. There are only three levels which keep looping, however the enemies become smarter and harder to hit with every passing round. Bonus points can be gained by shooting certain decorations. |
| Boys Only Club | 2001 | Encore Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Boys Only Club is a compilation that is composed of: the game Lego RacersActivity program "Crayola Magic 3D Coloring Book: Vehicle Voyages" The digital storybook "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel". All three programs are full versions and share a Flash frontend. The compilation is aimed at boys aged 4-9. |
| BrainPower | 2001 | | | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | BrainPower is a single player shareware math game.In this game the player is given a selection of five numbers and they must use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to devise a calculation that will match a target number. There are three modes of play, one where the numbers are placed correctly and the player has to position the symbols, one where the symbols are in place and the player must position the numbers and, hardest of all a mode where nothing is put in position and it's all down to the player
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| Bridge Deluxe | 2001 | Dice Multi Media Europe B.V. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Bridge Deluxe is a re-issue of the full version of MVP Bridge Deluxe for Windows.The disc also contains a shareware sampler from MVP Software containing:Classic Board Games:
MVP Checkers,
Rings of the Magi,
Cargo Bay,
MVP Backgammon,
MVP Mancala,
Literati
Classic Arcade Games:
Notyet,
Pickle Wars,
Cargo Bay,
3D Caveman Rocks!,
3D Dragon Castle
Classic Fun Games:
Crusade in Space,
Everest: The Iceman's Apprentice,
Thor's Hammer,
The Infernal Tome
Classic Card Games:
MVP Bridge,
MVP Cribbage,
MVP Euchre,
MVP Spades,
MVP Hearts,
The Real Deal
Classic Kids Games:
MVP Word Search,
Sea School,
Pickle Wars again,
Picture-Me Dinosaur,
3D Caveman Rocks!,
3D Dragon Castle,
3D Spacestation Adventure
Classic Word Games:
MVP Word Search,
Literati |
| Bugdom | 2001 | Global Star Software Ltd., On Deck Interactive | Pangea Software, Inc., Toucan Studio, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Bugdom is a third-person action adventure game, originally a Mac title and later ported over to Windows.The game is set on the insect kingdom of Bugdom, where the bad Fire Ants have overthrown the government and kidnapped all the ladybugs. You play as pill bug Rollie McFly who takes it upon himself to rescue everyone and save the day by riding bigger bugs, jumping around and kicking some Fire Ant booty. The game uses fully 3D accelerated polygonal graphics. |
| Buggers | 2001 | DLS Productions | DLS Productions | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Buggers the player takes control over a space ship who has to destroy aliens which want to conquer earth. Similar to Space Invaders the player is glued to the lower side of the screen and can only move left and right. In every of the 20 levels he has to kill all aliens which either move towards him from the top side of the screen or come in from the sides.While doing so he has to avoid the shots of the enemies - if he doesn't he gets killed after one hit and loses a life. Sometimes he has the possibility to collect one of the following power-ups: an additional life, extra points, faster shots, double shot or enemy freeze. |
| Bundesliga Manager X | 2001 | Software 2000 | Software 2000 | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Bundesliga Manager X is a typical German managerial soccer simulation where the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his team. The functions are divided into ten categories which can be accessed by the menus on the left and bottom of the screen. When something is going wrong the associated button glows red.Bundesliga Manager X delivers all the aspects expected from such simulation. On the athletic side the player can set the training and the lineup. The game delivers five attack and defense tactics which are activated when certain conditions are met, when wished the player can create his own. The financial side is represented by selling and buying players, expansion of stadium and surroundings, merchandising and entry prices.The match is shown in a real-time calculated presentation. One game lasts four minutes and during it the player can change tactics and substitute players. There are no licensed players but an editor to change the names. The 1.1 patch introduced several new features: In the career mode the player can be fired ore get hired by another club, Besides the regular match presentation there is now a text mode available. Other changes are a new negotiation mode and expendable stadium blocks. |
| Bust-A-Move 3 | 2001 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Taito Corporation | Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | One day, Dunk, the magic magician of Bubble World, releases a spell that transports eight characters from their home worlds to Bubble World. Now it is the player's turn to bring them back home!In Bust-A-Move 3, you must try to remove all the bubbles in each stage by connecting three or more of the same color.Five playing modes are available:
Arcade mode.
Challenge mode: in this mode the player's performance is evaluated and the game adapts to it.
Win Contest mode: challenge all eight characters.
Collection mode: a collection of levels created by Bust-A-Move players. Each round carries the designer's name.
Edit mode: players can create and play their own puzzles.
The Nintendo 64 version also includes two- and four-player modes. |
| Caillou: Birthday Party | 2001 | Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | Brighter Child Interactive, LLC, Medium One Productions, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Caillou: Birthday Party is a game for children aged two to six and it is very similar to Caillou: Magic Playhouse released in the same year. It uses identical environments and the same setting, but changes the theme to a birthday party for Caillou, the four-year-old boy.The player's character is invited to the birthday party. Caillou cannot find his birthday hat. By visiting the different rooms, six hidden party hats can be located. The game is won when all hats have been found and all mini-games have been played. There are also animated cut-scenes. Different colored arrows shows what can be done in a location: green ones are used to move to different rooms, a blue one shows a hat as been found and an orange one leads to a mini-game. The hats are added to the list and games can also be played right away. Children can also click various objects for a short animation.Mini-games include guessing a present based on sounds, making a cake, musical chairs, designing party hats, matching melodies of songs, a number chase game based on maths, a bubble game with Caillou in the bath, a rhyming game and more. Mini-games have three difficulty levels. |
| Caillou: Magic Playhouse | 2001 | Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | Brighter Child Interactive, LLC | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | Arcade, Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | "...I'm just a kid who's four
Each day I grow some more
I like exploring
I'm Caillou..." - from Caillou's theme songCaillou: Magic Playhouse is based on the animated television series starring bald-headed little Caillou, a 4-yr-old boy, and his adventures with family and friends. In this game, you follow Caillou as he visits each room in his house and the backyard searching for treasures (from a themed group - sports, music, sun & sand, or nature - that you pre-select) and playing games. Choose a skill level - 1 to 3, which can be changed mid-game if a given activity is too easy. Use the mouse to click on items in each room to discover mini-animations and "hidden" objects. You will also make use of the click-to-pick-up/click-to-release feature in some of the games, as opposed to click-and-drag, which may make the interface easier for the toddler to use.
Silly Stories - Choose people, places & things and they will be included in a silly story that is read aloud to you (MadLibs!)
Block Puzzles - Build a toy with blocks to match a picture, then spell it's name
Butterfly Hunt - Catch the colors/quantities of butterflies Leo asks for
Matching Socks - Concentration: match the pairs of socks in Caillou's dresser
Tap That Tune - Listen and watch as Caillou's Mom plays the xylophone, then repeat her notes
Cloud Pictures - Look for hidden shapes in the clouds before they pass you by
Song & Dance - Choose a song, then set up tiny dancing Caillous on the musical bars; click play, and watch the dance production!
Between games there are video-clips from the television show. Each game has it's own instructions page, read aloud by Caillou's Mom and repeatable at will; most games are fairly self-explanatory, but some (like Song & Dance) will probably require a parent's assistance to play. There are 4 separate printable activities, each one branching out into several different parts, giving the child lots to do offline and reinforcing concepts introduced by the game. Among the early-learning skills covered are: phonics, memory skills, listening, musical sequences, colors, pattern recognition, counting, and early reading/spelling.
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| Card Games Classics | 2001 | Hemming AG | | Compilation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | This is a collection of six card games. Included in this compilation are:
MauMau
5-Draw Mania
Romi
Crazy Emperor
PicPoker
Leo Blackjack |
| Carrera Grand Prix | 2001 | Take Two Interactive GmbH | Intelligent Games Ltd | Action, Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Carrera Racing is a racing game based on the famous toy. Like in the original the player only has to control the speed and change lanes, there is no steering involved. Depending on the chosen mode - arcade or classic - changing lanes is only possible at certain parts of the course. Bonus fields give additional effects, e.g. more or less speed.Before starting the player can choose the difficulty, one of six cars with different stats and a few minor settings like lap number or car colour. He even can slightly tune his car. Despite its nature as designated multiplayer-game the game features a campaign consisting of 24 courses respectively four races for multiplayer. Overall there are 30 courses available and an editor to build own ones. |
| Chain: The Lost Footprints | 2001 | G-Collections | ZyX Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Detective / mystery | | | | | | Adults Only | | Windows | In Chain: The Lost Footprints the player takes the role of Takeshi Shinonome, a private investigator. One day he accidentally meets a girl whose sister studied with him together in the school. She suspects her husband is unfaithful to her, and asks Takeshi to investigate the affair. What starts as a simple family investigation soon turns into a ghastly murder case involving a mysterious lethal drug that makes people insane.The game is a Japanese-style adult adventure. The player is given several options at each screen (such as "think", "look", or "talk"); by selecting them repeatedly, the player triggers the advancement of the plot. There is no inventory or puzzles of any kind in the game, as well as no branching storyline: the game proceeds the exact same way regardless of the player's input. |
| Checkers | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Checkers is a single player implementation of the classic board game.This is a single player game in which the player plays against the computer. The computer's strength can be varied as can the time the AI opponent is allowed to think. There are seven game variants available, these are regular checkers, NW diagonal checkers, NE diagonal checkers, Losing Checkers, Double-Back checkers, checkers on a 10x10 board with 15 pieces and checkers on a 10x10 board with 20 piecesThe game is mouse controlled, has optional music and sound effects plus an internet play option. The game plays in a window which changes size depending on the board being used. There is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these.
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| Cheerios Play Time | 2001 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Hyperspace Cowgirls | Educational | | | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Cheerios Playtime presents the player with a set of activities which bolster logic and early learning skills. Children will be able to help out on the farm and within the factory using a friendly point-and-click interface as they follow the creation of one of the most beloved cereals. |
| Chess | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Chess | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Chess is a player vs computer, mouse controlled, implementation of the classic board game with the option of playing against another player over the internet.The game is played on a standard board with standard moves and the game records the moves so that they can be printed if required. There are many chess variations available in this implementation of the game:
'Normal' Chess
Extinction Chess: In this variant a player wins by making type of piece extinct; e.g., winning by capturing both of their opponent's Knights or their queen as this is a one of a kind piece
Kinglet Chess: In this game a player wins by capturing all of their opponents pawns
Take-All Chess: Here a player wins when all their opponent's pieces have been captured
Progressive Take-All: A faster version of Take-All Chess. White starts by taking one move, black then takes two moves, white then has three ...
Losing Chess: A player wins by losing all their pieces or by being stalemated
Double-Move Chess (Capture): The same game as normal chess but each player makes two moves in their turn, the king is non-royal and can be captured
Double-Move Chess (Checkmate): The same game as normal chess but each player makes two moves in their turn, a king that is in check does not have to escape until their second move
Monster Chess (4 Pawns): White starts with just a king and four pawns but gets two moves for every move of Black's, the object is to capture the opponent's King.
Monster Chess: (8 pawns): This is a medieval chess variant where, as above, White starts with just a king and eight pawns but has two moves for every move of Black's and the object is to capture the opponent's King.
Cylindrical Chess: Chess played on a 'cylindrical' board, i.e. the left and right edges wrap around.
Knightmare Chess: Here the knights are interchanged with kings, i.e. Each side has one knight and two kings, and the object is to checkmate the knight.
Non-Prise Chess: This game is played like normal chess with the added rule that Knights, Rooks, Bishops, and Queens cannot capture Knights Bishops, Rooks, or Queens.
Pocket Knight Chess: Another 'normal' chess game but here each player has a spare knight that they can place on any vacant square in lieu of making a move.
King vs. King: Here the white king must reach either the f8 or h8 square and the black king must attempt to stop them.
Pawn-odds Chess, Knight-odds Chess, and Rook-odds Chess: In these games white starts the game with one less piece than black
King and Pawns Chess: A variant where each side has just a king and a full complement of pawns
3 Pawn Chess: A variant where each side has just a king three pawns
Trapese: A variant where black has a standard set of pieces while white has eight extra pawns but no queen, the extra pawns are on ranks three and four making a trapezium shape.
Shuffle #1 and Shuffle #2: Standard games but the arrangement of the back row is differs from the normal arrangement
The games are mouse controlled, have optional music and sound effects plus an internet play option. The AI opponent's strength can be altered, there is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these.
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| Chicken Farm | 2001 | Redfire Software | Redfire Software | Action | Side view | | Adult, Comedy | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In Chicken Farm you control a very potent cock called Freakky. With him, you travel to different venues around the world to beat the pop score. You need to grab the young chickens but beware of the strict mothers. They protect their chickens by all means. Try to pop as many chickens as possible in the given time to get the ultimate pop score.The game consists of five worlds (Cairo, Chicago, Hong Kong, Moscow and Venice). There are two game modes: Arcade and Championship. |
| Chinese Checkers | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Chinese Checkers is a single player implementation of the classic peg jumping game.This is a single player game in which the player plays against the computer. The computer's strength can be varied as can the time the AI opponent is allowed to think. There are three simple boards, a 3x3 diamond, a 5x5 diamond and a 7x7 diamond. There are also three star shaped boards one classed as a simple board and two Dragon board variants.The game is mouse controlled, has optional music and sound effects together with an internet play option. The game plays in a window which changes size depending on the board being used. There is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these. |
| Christmas Creator | 2001 | Learning Company (UK) Ltd., The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This seasonal compilation contains Christmas themed activities for all the family to enjoy, among which users are promised a computer game 'Skidoo (Selected Enduro Trail level)'.All the elements of this title are accessed via a side scrolling animated menu showing a snowman strolling through a village in winter. The menu occupies the centre of the screen and is 640 x 480 pixels in size while the remainder of the screen is blacked out. Hotspots on the scrolling screen lead to various activities including;
Karaoke: There are traditional Christmas carols in English, German, French and Dutch each of which has an associated midi file
Clip art: This option installs Broderbund's ClickArt Master along with the artwork, an action which requires a machine restart.
Calendars: This installs Calendar Creator and associated artwork
In the kitchen of one of the houses is a refrigerator with a list of cocktails and their recipes while on the table is a recipe book with cooking hints and a euro calculator/currency converter.
There's also a letter from Santa to, presumably, to the user's children which can me customised by filling in some blank bits before printing it out; desktop wallpaper; a Christmas Card creator;, how to sat Merry Christmas in many, many languages;and pictures to colour in.
At the extreme right of the menu are some children playing on a slide. Clicking on them brings up the option to install;
Ski-Doo X-Team Racing, however this is only a demo of the full game
Though only one game is referred to on the cover there is a second game, the unregistered shareware version of Wall-Up from Soleau Software |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog: Learning Activities | 2001 | Scholastic, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Clifford the Big Red Dog: Learning Activities is an educational computer game for ages four to six, based on the children's book series by Norman Bridwell. Clifford, T-Bone and Cleo want to make a big impression for Birdwell Island's magazine story about special dog communities. The player has to travel around Birdwell Island to help the neighbours and complete a scrapbook by playing games that involve sorting, matching and following instructions. Educational benefits include math, creativity, and early reading skills. |
| ColorExpress Magic CD-ROM | 2001 | Impuls International N.V. | Impuls International N.V. | Educational, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Medieval | | Point and select | | | | Windows | ColorExpress Magic CD-ROM is a hybrid CD-ROM for kids.It can be described as an activity center featuring a do-it-yourself activity (for example, make a mask), a coloring book and 8 audio tracks. All the activities are presented by a wizard. One (strange) activity lets you choose and color clothes for him ! The CD-ROM also features two types of games, a matching game (à la Memory) and a jigsaw puzzle (à la Moving Puzzle). |
| Comar Barbarian | 2001 | Techland Soft | DGU? Interactive | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | | | Windows | Comar Barbarian is a 2D beat-em-up game, with some logical elements, for younger players. It has bright, cartoon-like visuals and incorporates humorous elements. The dreadful and depraved Antssasins invaded two peaceful Green Island tribes: the Snaileros and the Turtlians. The tribes are looking for a brave hero who can rescue Green Island from destruction. They also need to retrieve a powerful spell book that has disappeared. The player can choose one of two characters: a strong mosquito named Comar the Barbarian or a pig, Romek Ronin.During the game various parts of Green Island are visited. Gameplay is typical for the genre. The player character moves right, battles opponent, and can use weapons or items from the ground. Sometimes the player must stay for a while to think, or talk to NPCs. |
| Combat | 2001 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | Magic Lantern, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | | Everyone | | Windows | Loosely based on the tank portion of the Atari 2600 cart that originally came packed with the console, Combat brings tank warfare into 3D. There is both a single player mode, in which the player must advance through 30 levels, and multi-player mode, which allows deathmatch style play.Just as in the Atari 2600 game, the tanks' turrets do not turn. However, the tanks turn quicker and hover, rather than relying on treads. This allows them to slide left and right, as well as forward and back.In single player mode, the player must find the exit in each level to advance. The levels range from the simple "shoot and destroy until the exit appears" to the complicated "journey back and forth destroying the enemies required to open gates." There are also levels in which a "boss" must be defeated to advance.Multiplayer mode supports play over a LAN or the Internet. The CD-ROM also includes the GameSpy Arcade software if you wish to use it for Internet play.The CD-ROM also includes a map editor, although it is officially unsupported. |
| Combat Spatial: La Collection | 2001 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of:
Descent: Freespace - The Great War
Descent: Freespace - Silent Threat
Freespace 2 |
| Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun + Firestorm | 2001 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (base game)
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm (expansion pack) |
| Conflict: Freespace - The Great War / Freespace 2 | 2001 | Interplay Productions Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of:
Descent: Freespace - The Great War
Freespace 2 |
| CrashBangWallop! v2.0. | 2001 | | | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | CrashBangWallop! v2.0. is the second entry in a series of cause-and-effect games which are specifically designed for the youngest of users out there.The game basically assigns a colorful framed picture to every alphabet key of the keyboard, a picture showing something that starts with the letter it is assigned to. If such a key is pressed, the related picture will be shown and an appropriate sound will be played. Exemplary, pressing the B key will give a picture of a bee and a fitting bumble sound. If other keys than the alphabet ones are hit, the game will only play a funny sound effect and change the color of the frame. And that's about it.The very simplified game play of CrashBangWallop! v2.0. allows children who didn't even celebrate their first birthday to play it. Being able to sit and having the power to somehow hit the keyboard is enough to play this game. Contrary to the first game in the series this version is also appealing to older children, because the words describing each picture are spelled out below it so the kids can practice a little when learning to read. |
| Crazy Fun Games | 2001 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation, Racing / Driving, Sports | | | | Tricks / stunts | | Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | Endorsed by Fun Radio, this compilation includes :
Midtown Madness
Taxi 2
Championship Surfer
Motocross Madness 2 |
| Crazy Minigolf | 2001 | Megaware Multimedia B.V. | Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Crazy Minigolf is a 3D miniature golf simulation. Here, you don't play on the standard course known from any miniature golf you have played in real life. The four courses are called "Pirates", "Wild West", "Castles" and "Graveyard" and that's exactly how they look. Every course has nine holes (each hole has a unique name) and they are spread around the themed area. In "Pirates", for example, you're playing on a pirate ship, in "Wild West", you putt in a farmyard and so on.The game is played as every golf game is: turn the golf club so the ball faces the hole, click the left button to swing and click it again to hit the ball. |
| Creatures Internet Edition | 2001 | FastTrak Software Publishing Ltd. | Creature Labs Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Creatures Internet Edition is a compilation of the base game Creatures 3 and the free multiplayer add-on Creatures Docking Station. The package also comes with some additional extras and tools, previously made available for free online. The game comes with an exclusive new breed of Norn: The Magma Norn. |
| Cribbage Squares | 2001 | | DARTCY productions | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Cribbage Solitaire is a shareware, single-player solitaire card game played against the computer.The player is presented with a 4x4 grid and a pack of cards. They are shown cards one at a time and the task is to place them into the grid to form cribbage hands. At the end of the hand the player's score is compared to the score achieved by the computer which played the same cards.The computer player has five skill levels and the game has built in cheat functions. The game is played entirely with the mouse. |
| Crossword Addict | 2001 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | Crossword Addict is a collection of four hundred and eighty-six crossword puzzles. The puzzles can be printed and completed in the traditional way with pen and paper, or they can be completed on screen. If using the on-screen method then part completed puzzles can be saved and resumed later.The game area consists of two main windows. One shows the crossword and the other the current clue with icons to other game features such as print, view the full clue list, save game, pause game, access the memo pad etc. The answer to the current clue is entered in the appropriate box on the right. The player then selects the 'enter answer' button and if the answer is correct it is entered into the main puzzle, if it is not correct the player is given an error message.
Only one clue is shown at a time but if required the player can open up the full clue list in a separate window.The default setting is for a singe player game but up to four players can take part, however there is no option to customise player names or icons. Games can optionally be timed and/or scored. |
| Cubix: Robots for Everyone - Race 'n Robots | 2001 | 3DO Company, The | Blitz Games Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | Cubix: Robots for Everyone - Race 'n Robots is a racing game based on the Korean television series of the same name. The story is that Bubble Town's high-octane racing championships are about to begin, and every robot wants to be the ultimate racing champion of Bubble Town. You can choose from four robots at the beginning, including Cubix, and unlock more robots as you play the game. There are three modes, Story mode, Versus mode, and Coin Race. Certain shortcuts, like jumping over fences, are illegal, and will send you back to the track, making you lose time. Story Mode has you entering into cups to win 1st place and unlock new robots. There are three laps on each race. To win, you must get 1st place in a certain amount of races. Points are awarded for each race, and can be spent at the Botties Pit for upgrades. In Versus mode, you can play the Story mode tracks with friends. If one player is too far behind, a point is taken away from their score. You can also play tracks on your own in Versus mode. In Coin Race, you must collect as many coins as possible on the race track. You don't even have to get first. |
| Cycling Manager | 2001 | | Cyanide S.A. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | Side view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bike / Bicycling | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In Cycling Manager, the player gets the opportunity to bring a cycling team to the top. It's possible to sit through a complete season or just play one race.Before the start of the race, team tactics have to be decided and the best cyclists for the particular race have to be chosen. During the race, the computer can perform all of the work or the player himself can make last-minute decisions like ordering an attack or making a cyclist participate in intermediate sprints.The teams in the game are all based on existing teams, however some of them do not have their proper names. |
| Dark Orbit | 2001 | WildTangent, Inc. | WildTangent, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | "This is the story of a survivor." is what Dark Orbit tells the player when starting the game before throwing him into the role of a young mining pilot, serving his duties at Nibiru, the tenth planet of the solar system.In the year 2150, this planet is the home of an ore called Mallidium, a resource that can be formed into almost any molecular structure and, thus, is in high demand. The miners on the planet, however, drilled too deep for the valuable rocks and awoke an unknown, aggressive alien force that is currently swarming the planet and killing everything in sight. While researching an abandoned mineral processing plant in his basic little mine skimmer, the young pilot is faced with the alien invasion and has only one goal from this point forward: survive and escape.Dark Orbit is a simple 3rd-person science fiction shooter. The player navigates his space ship through map after map, shooting every alien in sight with lasers and rockets, and advancing the story. Furthermore, collecting enough Mallidium is a necessity, as these ore can be used to feed resource recyclers. These devices can produce enhancements for the ship that are vital for surviving the enemy masses. |
| Dark Reign + Expansion | 2001 | Novitas GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This digital collection includes:
Dark Reign: The Future of War (base game)
Dark Reign: Rise of the Shadowhand (expansion)It also contains a manual and reference card. |
| Darts | 2001 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Darts is a simulation of about 50 darts variants, e.g. billiard, 301 or count-up. The player uses his mouse to move his virtual, transparent arm, to correct the dart's inclination and to throw it. The game features four backgrounds, e.g. a bar or space, and two difficulty levels. |
| Das Milliarden-Quiz | 2001 | dtp digital tainment pool GmbH | Ikarion Software GmbH | Educational | 1st-person | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Das Milliarden-Quiz (The Billionaire Quiz) is a quiz game, quite similar to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. It features about 1,800 questions (text and voice, no multimedia) . To win the game the player has to answer 15 questions out of 6 themes (geography, history, politics, fine arts, sports and entertainment) with increasing difficulty. There are 4 different types of jokers available for the player and an option to answer question within a time limit. The game is playable for up to 4 players (hot-seat, changing of player after 3 questions) and has a high score screen.The game was only released in German-speaking countries and questions are all in German. |
| Das verrückte Labyrinth | 2001 | Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | DuckProof | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Das verrückte Labyrinth is the PC version of the eponymous board game. The randomly generated game board consists of square cards which have a part of the labyrinth on them, e.g. with an entrance on the left and another entrance on the bottom of the card. Somewhere in this labyrinth is a hidden treasure which the players need to find. The catch is that every player has own cards which he can stick into one side of the maze and pushes the other cards away. This means the labyrinth changes frequently.In this version the players can either use a close-up view or a more distant perspective. Each player has a magic wand which he can use one time per match to break down a wall. The game also features a mode with 50 puzzles where the player needs to find a way in a predefined labyrinth. |
| Day Trader | 2001 | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Thibaud Gauthey (Inky) | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | In Day Trader, you are a stock broker in either New York, London or Tokyo. There are real recognized stocks in Day Trader, such as the NASDAQ. There are many scenarios to choose from, each more challenging. As a Stockbroker, you can gain information from press clippings, soundbites, e-mails, or you can visit the Pub for rumors. |
| Deadly Dozen | 2001 | Infogrames, Inc. | nFusion Interactive LLC | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | World War II | | | | Teen | | Windows | In this WWII game it's your mission to infiltrate German occupied territory with your squad of military misfits. The missions are set in 1942-45 France, North Africa, Norway and other war-ravaged locations. The game plays amazingly like Hidden & Dangerous though it's only a low-budget title.
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| Deer Avenger 4: The Rednecks Strike Back | 2001 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Hypnotix, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Bambo is back for another round against the redneck hunters in Deer Avenger 4: The Rednecks Strike Back. Unlike the previous episodes, there isn't much backstory this time; just an no-holds-barred competition between the deer and the hunters. Bambo begins in his decked out bachelor pad of a cave which is equipped with a widescreen, wall-mounted television on which he can view game credits or the intro movies for any of the 4 Deer Avenger games. There is a trophy room and passageways to wildernesses in 4 different states. Bambo uses these doorways to magically teleport to the hunting grounds.The action takes place in a large, open, 3D space with fog and running streams that can be waded through; the camera follows just behind the hero deer. Bambo runs around in search of hunters to engage. He can lay out lures such as pizzas or beer, or he can use any of a number of humorous calls, or he can find a broccoli power-up which affects a magnet fart. When a hunter enters the terrain, the music changes and Bambo uses either the hunter's voice for tracking, or a radar fart power-up. Bambo does well to sneak up on the human, hiding in shrubbery where available. When a hunter sees Bambo, the encounter devolves into an all-out dogfight. Fortunately, Bambo is nimble and has strafing capability. Further, he can collect rocket fart power-ups that jettison him across a lot of terrain very quickly, and a nuclear fart powerup that can destroy any hunters in the immediate area. |
| Der Schuh des Manitu | 2001 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | Soft Enterprises GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Der Schuh des Manitu (The Shoe of Manitou) is an elongated minigame referring to the movie of the same name. The game features most of the characters as well as funny babble samples and the music of the movie. You can play one of two famous characters of the German TV-show Bullyparade Abahachi or Ranger. The blood brothers have got a problem. Their friends are caught by the Shoshones and bound to the stake. It is the player's goal to untie them as fast as possible while the countdown runs. But the Shoshones, evil Santa Maria's gang, Coyotes and last but not least insidious folding chairs try to stop you.The gameplay is quite simple. Move left or right to access different stakes or to evade attacks. Tug at the ropes to untie your friends. And shoot to eliminate opponents. Shoshones will draw back the ropes or throw rocks at you while outlaws just shoot you. Coyotes bite through the ropes, so you have to restart to untie that stake. Folding chairs are frontal attackers going straight at you. The enemies are respawning all the time until the stakes are cleared, or time runs out or you are hit. The procedure repeats after clearing a stage, increasing the stakes and the respawn rate during the progress of the game.The game is presented in 3D graphics but the characters are designed like cardboard figures. There are very few comic style backgrounds. |
| Des Blood Racing | 2001 | Illusion | Illusion | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Des Blood Racing is a spin-off of Illusion's adult action game series Des Blood. The game features female characters from the previous Des Blood games, such as Lily and Kikuno from Des Blood 2, Alicia and Kerry, the heroines of Des Blood 3, etc. There are two modes in the game, story mode and racing mode. The story mode allows you to choose between seven characters. Each character has her story, which is shared by other characters taken from the same game, and is reminiscent of its events. You race against other characters simply by running. You should avoid running into obstacles and spots marked with skulls, which will slow you down. If you win the race, you'll be rewarded with a CG sex scene. In the racing mode, there are 20 characters to choose from, as well as futuristic vehicles to control, most of which were featured in other Des Blood games. |
| Descent: Freespace - The Great War + Freespace 2 | 2001 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of:
Descent: Freespace - The Great War
Descent: Freespace - Silent Threat
Freespace 2 |
| Descent: Venture Pack | 2001 | Interplay Productions Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Descent Venture Pack combines the original Descent trilogy and the expansion packs of the second and third game in one package, all in all on 4 CDs.The following games are included:
Descent
Descent II
Descent³
Descent³: Mercenary
Descent II: The Infinite Abyss is not explicitly mentioned at the box descriptions, but is still included in the compilation, making the trilogy complete. |
| Dexter's Laboratory: Science Ain't Fair | 2001 | BAM! Entertainment, Ltd. | Intelligent Games Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting, Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Dexter's Laboratory: Science Ain't Fair, Dee Dee has gotten into her brother's lab (again!), but this time she has really caused trouble. Not only did she destroy his science project, somehow her meddling has caused Dexter to be shrunk down to three inches tall! How on earth is he going to prepare for the science fair now? He can't let Mandark win! The boy genius must figure out how to return himself to normal size or all will be wrong with his world.There are six arcade-style levels in Story mode which are played in order. Players take the role of Dexter and navigate him through his house while dodging forks, bubbles and other hazards until he reaches his lab. Dexter can use a bubble-like shield to protect him from some hazards. There he must finish his science fair project by constructing a robot. Besides building a robot, players will construct other contraptions, fly Dexter and his backpack helicopter, and gather bonus pieces. Four mini-games allow players to squash insects, shoot angry monkeys, and take secret photos of Mandark's lab.The game features a Print Studio and Cartoon Maker for printing pictures, making cards and other projects as well as design custom cartoons. The Story Mode's auto-save function saves progress and allows replaying of completed levels at any time. |
| Diamond Mind Baseball 8.0 | 2001 | Diamond Mind | Diamond Mind | Sports, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | First Windows incarnation of the long-running Diamond Mind Dos-based stat baseball simulation. The game uses practically no graphics save for an overhead view of the stadium showing were each player is. The rest of the game is entirely stat-based and therefore handled by text and pull-down menus. You can perform practically any action with your team, from trading players to organizing full seasons and exhibitions. Includes every team and player from the 2000 season (with previous seasons available through add-on disks) as well as 12 legendary teams for some What if? gameplay. Includes multiplayer support for 2 players through modem or hot-seat. |
| Die Welt der Ringe | 2001 | Limesoft | cerasus.media GmbH | Puzzle | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Die Welt der Ringe (Eng. The World of the Rings) contains a lot of information about the world of Lord of the Rings written by J. R. R. Tolkien. It consists of an encyclopedia with information about the characters of the story and its author, a gallery with 100 pictures to be used as desktop wallpaper or screensaver drawn by Anke Eißmann, electronic greeting cards, a Lord of the Rings calendar, a collection of interesting weblinks, a map with information about the shown locations and a quiz with 555 different questions. One round consists of 20 multiple-choice questions about the LotR universe. Before each question the player has to bet at least 100 Euros, starting with assets of 1000 Euros. |
| Dinosaur'Us | 2001 | Light & Shadow Production | Digital Reality Software Kft | Puzzle | Side view | | | | Prehistoric | | Point and select | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Dinosaur'Us is a puzzle game with Lemmings-like gameplay. Each level is a scrolling screen where baby dinosaurs hatch. The player has to click on them as they come out from their nests, using their abilities to create a path so they can reach the parent dinosaur that acts as the level exit.The hatchlings come in several types, each one with specific abilities. Builder dinosaurs, called diplodocus, stretch their necks to make bridges for the rest of the herd. Crawlers (iguanodons) and diggers (ankylosaurus) make horizontal and vertical tunnels, respectively. Velociraptors can cover small gaps in the terrain by jumping, and are able to remove traps and activate nests. Stegosaurs block the other dinosaurs before they fall to their deaths.A password is provided between levels, to save progress. |
| Director of Football: PC World Exclusive | 2001 | PC World | heart-line Software GmbH | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Director Of Football: PC World Exclusive is a compilation consisting of;
Director Of Football game and
Sega Worldwide Soccer |
| Disney Aladdin: 3 jeux | 2001 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of:
Disney's Math Quest with Aladdin
Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge
Disney's Aladdin: Activity Center |
| Disney Trivia Challenge | 2001 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Disney Trivia Challenge is a quiz game where all the questions are based on Disney films, characters, songs etc.This is a game for one to four players, there are no computer opponents here, with three levels of difficulty. Each player selects a character, there are just four to choose from, enters their name and then the game begins. It takes place on a screen that represents a film studio, players take turns to click on a spinner which tells them how many squares they can move. Apart from the first move the players can move in any direction and the game highlights all possible moves for them. Each space on the game board is a different colour corresponding to the question category, Animation, Film, Song, Personalities and Mousellaneous, and all questions are multiple choice. If a player gets the question right they spin again and attempt another, if they get it wrong the next player takes their turn and so on.If a player lands on a space that is already occupied then there is a challenge question, all players on that square can take part ans tokens can be both won and lost. There is also a trivia vault where the player(s) can gamble one of their tokens for the vault's entire contents.Each time the player answers a question correctly they are awarded a token in that category, or in some cases a wild card token, and when five tokens have been logged for a category the player wins a medallion in that category. The object of the game is to collect a medallion in every category and at which point they will be allowed to attempt the champion question to win the game. |
| Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Search for the Journal | 2001 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Zombie Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Steampunk | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The game is a prequel to Disney's animated movie Atlantis: The Lost Empire. It takes place 13 years before the beginning of the film. It was released in 12,000,000 copies for free giveaway.The game is also the demo to the game Disneys' Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Trial by Fire, containing the first third of that game. It was available as a promotional pack-in with various products including Kellogg's cereals, Walgreen's photos, and The Emporer's New Groove DVD's.In the single-player mode you have to find the ancient viking's Journal passing through the four levels in the action style. You freeze or confuse the keepers with your weapons, fly the plane to the dungeons, and have four quick trials. Finishing the game you have a chance to see the Atlantis trailer.In the multi-player mode you have to capture the flag as explorer or keeper. You can choose male or female for each. |
| Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Trial by Fire | 2001 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Zombie Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Steampunk | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Trial by Fire is based on the Disney's animated movie Atlantis: The Lost Empire and follows its main plot. It is also the sequel to Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Search for the Journal.In single-player mode you have to find four magical crystals to save the Atlantis Empire from destruction, but first you have to find this Empire. As a team of adventurers you have to fight your enemies including mighty Leviathan. In multi-player mode you have to conquer the flag as either male or female Atlantean or Trooper. |
| Disney's Extremely Goofy Skateboarding | 2001 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Krome Studios Pty Ltd. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Disney's Extremely Goofy Skateboarding is a skateboarding game with mechanics similar to the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series, but aimed at younger players. Two Disney characters, Goofy and Max, can compete in 4 worlds with 3 levels each. The locations include canyons, a beach, a fair, a town, a skate stage and more, but not all of them are available right away.In the first game type, the character needs to collect a number of items. There are 3 goals per level and when two have been completed, a key appears, granting access to a next part. Goofy and Max provide tips in the beginning. The second game type, Tech, has a time restriction. The player needs to score a set amount of points to proceed. The best routes are marked with an orange arrow and tricks can be combined into combos. The third mode, Super Skate, allows free play on the unlocked tracks and the fourth mode is used to practise tricks. After selecting a specific trick, the button combinations appear on the screen and after a demo players need to repeat it. The final game mode, Fun, is a large half pipe in an arena. It is only available when all locations have been unlocked.Controls consist of movement and four buttons for tricks. The character can jump, grind and do a variety of moves such as ollies, tail grabs, spins, and more advanced moves such as melon air, method air, hand plants, 540, Japan air... Prior to each game, players can define the outfits. Multiplayer is supported for up to two players. The controls are easy and the physics are not realistic. Players do no not need to correct their balance while grinding and can go on forever at the same speed. It is also possible to go up any surface or to get big air by jumping from almost any object. |
| Disney's Mickey Saves the Day: 3D Adventure | 2001 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Human Code, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The town's mayor has gone missing (Mickey, when playing as Minnie and vice versa) and Mickey's arch-nemesis Pete appoints himself as the new mayor. Soon his influence changes the town: a giant factory is built and all the money is stolen from the bank. The player needs to find out what has happened and return the peace.Mickey Saves the Day is an adventure game, with 3D characters against 2D-rendered backgrounds, for children, designed by David Grossman and Casey Donahue Ackley of LucasArts adventure fame. Players can choose to be Mickey or Minnie Mouse and many Disney characters make an appearance, such as Goofy, Donald and Daisy Duck, Pluto and Ludwig von Drake. The game is entirely mouse-controlled and the cursor changes when an object can be interacted with. It can either be used or picked up to be stored in an inventory, shown as Mickey's hat at the bottom of the screen. Puzzles are solved by talking to other characters or through items. All visited locations are added to map to move around town.Next to the main quest there are 5 mini-games, shown with a different perspective, with logical puzzles. The characters need to escape from a maze in a factory, cross a busy street, play a musical composition with birds (which can be saved in a songbook), create a sandwich with different ingredients, and help Goofy clean up trash with Mahjongg-style gameplay. Some of these are required to advance in the game. There are also empty cans littering the different locations. When all of them are collected, a bonus cut-scene is shown at the end of the game. There are two difficulty levels, influencing the puzzles. These also differ based on the character the players chooses in the beginning of the game. |
| Disney's The Emperor's New Groove | 2001 | Disney Interactive | Argonaut Software Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | Disney's The Emperor's New Groove is a 3D platform game based on the Disney animation movie with the same name. Like in the movie a selfish and cruel emperor is cursed and turned into a llama. You play as this former emperor and cynical llama in his search for a cure for his curse.The game features various kinds of levels ranging from traditional 3D platform levels, to ''rollercoaster"-style levels with a forward scrolling camera where you have to avoid obstacles. Other levels feature more 2D platform gameplay and even sneaking segments mimicking Metal Gear Solid. The llama can walk and jump around and kick and spit at opponents. The game and the cutscenes all contain many humorous situations and dialogues. The game comes with short scenes from the actual movie with the actual voice actors. |
| Disney•Pixar Monsters, Inc.: Scream Team Training | 2001 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Gorilla Systems Corporation | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down, Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Monsters, Inc.: Scream Team Training is a collection of mini-games. The player is in the role of a new intern at Monsters Inc. and has to build a career in 10 different jobs:The Mail Room: the player has to put the right packages in the right mail boxes withing a time limit, matching the packages' color, shape and symbols.
The Parking Lot: the player has to park Monsters Inc. employees' cars in the stalls available withing the time limit. Bigger cars go in double stalls, the company's president limo goes into a triple stall, colored stalls are to take the matching colored cars.
Scream Collection: the player has to fill the right canisters with screams and laughter, catching them as they fall from tubes. If a scream goes into a laughter canister, it will dissolve an equal amount of the opposite substance. As the game progresses different canisters are added.
The Lunch Room: the player has to deliver the right meal as ordered by the Monsters Inc. employees, selecting them from three rotating shelves and a beverage machine. The higher the level, the more complex the orders get.
Canister Storage: this is a Tetris-like game. The player has to match falling canisters three by three, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The canisters are matched by their color or by the color of their content.
Door Transport: the player has to match the door with a flag of its respective country. The name of the country or a word spoken in its language can be heard by clicking on the door. A green light will appear on the doors correctly matched.
The Day Care Center: the player has to attend to the monster children in the day care center by giving them toys to change their moods. If the monster child looks uncomfortable, the player has to change his or her diapers.
Paperwork: the player has to put papers in files in the right order. Each file has two or more colors which will blink in a certain order, and the player has to staple the colored papers matching the order in the files.
The Try Out Room: the player has to find his way to the bed of a test-dummy child in a darkened room. Stepping on objects or pets along the way can wake up the child and thus must be avoided.
The Door Vault: the player controls Sullivan as he tries to find Boo in one of the several doors shown. He can go up a line by entering doors with a green light and down by entering doors with a red light. Doors with a yellow light lead him to a random door. If a sock falls upon him, he has to find a blow up bubble and use it. He can also get rid of the sock by jumping on a door where Randall is. The sock will transfer to Randall, and then he can get rid of him by pressing the emergency button besides the upper left door.At first not all jobs will be available. The players will get job cards when going up levels on jobs already available. |
| Dodgem | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dodgem is a variation on the sliding block puzzle game.The game is played on either a 3x3 board - where the players have two cars each, 4x4 board - where the players have three cars each, or 5x5 board - where the players have four cars. The cars can move one cell at a time forwards, left, right but they can never reverse. The payer's objective is to move all of their cars off the board and the first to do so wins. Alternatively any player who leaves their opponent without a legal move loses.The game is mouse controlled, has optional music and sound effects plus an internet play option. There is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these. |
| Doll: Ouroboros 2 | 2001 | Forst | Forst | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Doll: Ouroboros 2 continues directly the story of the first game. The evil vampire earl from the first game has tricked our heroes once again, and the assassin Noel, the protagonist of the game, finds himself thrown into a dungeon. Will his superb skills as a swordsman be enough to defeat the enemies and solve the complex net of intrigues and to save the medieval land of Ouroboros?Like the first game, Doll: Ouroboros 2 is basically a huge 3D movie with occasional interactivity. At certain points, you'll be able to make a decision (such as for example have sex with an evil-looking girl or attack her), or choose one of the several available paths. During some of the sex scenes, you can view the movie clips in a desired order. |
| Doppel-Action Pack: Super Taxi Driver + Conflict Zone | 2001 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Super Taxi Driver
Conflict Zone |
| Dracula: The Last Sanctuary | 2001 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Wanadoo Edition | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | You are Jonathan Harker. You are in search of the Count himself... to save your wife Mina. Follow his trail from London all the way to Transylvania, decipher the scant clues available, and see if you can hunt down Dracula... or be hunted. Dracula: The Last Sanctuary is a 1st person adventure. |
| Dragon Ninja Saga | 2001 | Planet Zio Entertainment | Planet Zio Entertainment | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Dragon Ninja Saga is a 2D platform game with the ninja Red Lotus as the protagonist. Players control the ninja in his mission to rescue his wife. A rival master ninja wants to sacrifice her to summon a powerful 2000-year-old demon. Red Lotus is able to jump platforms and fight enemies. To attack he can throw shuriken and bombs, and activate a special ninja power. |
| Drive | 2001 | SoundSupport | SoundSupport | Racing / Driving | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Drive is described as "a racing game for the blind." It is completely audio based, and due to its lack of graphics it streamlines the racing experience. The only goal in the game is to achieve maximum speed. The player pilots a vehicle called "Shuttle," which is fixed to a track. The co-pilot, Bob, helps the player pick up boosters, which increase the speed of the shuttle when activated. |
| Ducati World: Racing Challenge | 2001 | Acclaim Entertainment Ltd. | Attention to Detail Limited | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | In this Ducati brand-licensed motorcycle game, players can race a range of Ducati bikes ranging from the 1960's Daytona 350 to the 748 and 996. The game includes a career mode (Ducati Life) where players climb the ladder to earn four different licenses, buy better bikes and accessories such as helmets, leathers and bike customizations. Regular quick races feature and arcade mode, two player split-screen, time attack and regular races. New tracks can be unlocked and are stored in the Rewards menu.The game is endorsed by world champion Carl Fogarty. Players can race him and win his bike. |
| Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition | 2001 | Play-It | 3D Realms Entertainment, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Atomic Edition of Duke Nukem 3D contains the three original episodes of the main game, the Plutonium Pak expansion, and many additional features like Windows themes, screensavers, jigsaw puzzles and an image carousel. |
| Dungeon Keeper + Dungeon Keeper 2 | 2001 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Dungeon Keeper
Dungeon Keeper 2 |
| Découvre la maison ! avec Nax et Oyo | 2001 | Génération 5 | berchet media, Génération 5 | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Découvre la maison ! avec Nax et Oyo is a CD-ROM to be played exclusively with a BabyBoard, i.e. a special 10-key keyboard designed for babies (le Clavier des Bébés, in French). Sold separately, this keyboard is not included in the box.The game teaches 5 of the different room types that could be easily identified by children:
the bathroom
the bedroom
the kitchen
the living room
and the garageNax (the dog) and Oyo (the frog) want to explore the house and its rooms. The game features two levels of play, easy or difficult. For instance, once in the garage, children can build their own robot. In easy mode, the robot can be built freely. In difficult mode, a robot is displayed and children have to build the same one.The "Family-key" from the BabyBoard is aimed at parents and warns about home hazards. |
| E-gon Adventures 3 | 2001 | E-game AB | E-game AB | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | E-gon Adventures 3 tells the story of E-gons girlfriend - E-lin - being kidnapped by the bad E-vil. E-gon wants to rescue her and jumps into the airplane to start the chase and find out where E-lin is and to rescue her.The game is a side-scrolling shooter where player controls the aircraft to destroy enemy ships, varying in durability and look. Destroyed airplanes drop various bonuses to upgrade the weaponry, like triple-shot, burst-shot or laser.Hero has one life, with hero's airplane health bar which is being reduced with every hit from the opponent. Ship is controlled with the arrow keys and the attack key is the space bar. |
| EA Sports Mania Pack 2 | 2001 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation features four EA Sports games from the year 2000 in one package:
NHL 2000
NBA Live 2000
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000
Madden NFL 2000 |
| ESPN's 2-Minute Drill | 2001 | ESPN the Games | Human Code, Inc. | Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Home version of ESPN's trivia game. The game consists of 3 rounds of 2 minutes each (hence the title) in which four ESPN hosts ask you sports related questions. In the first round you can choose from a series of multiple-choice questions, in the second they are randomly thrown at you, and in the third you have to type in answers to some specific questions.Includes some FMV clips as well as voiceovers form each of the hosts. |
| Egyptian Challenge | 2001 | Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. | BEENERGY Entertainment | Puzzle | | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Egyptian Challenge is a Columns clone. Like in that classic, columns made of three jewels fall from the top of the screen and have to be arranged to make matches of three or more of the same type.The screen is divided in two fields, each side dedicated to a player. The adversary can be the computer or another player. These fields have tabs at the top, where power-ups are stored as hieroglyphics for later use. Power-ups are collected by making combos, multiple matches at the same time.The power-ups are collected and used automatically. They are organized in four groups: attack, defense, attack and defense and one that wins the level. Jewel rain (4 to 5 jewel match) drops gems in the enemy field. Freeze (6 to 7 match) locks in ice some of the adversary's gems for a certain time. Disappear (8 match) removes some jewels from the field. Power stone (10 match) drops rocks in the enemy field. |
| Ein Fall für dich und das Tiger-Team: Die Geisterfahrt der schwarzen Berta | 2001 | Terzio, Möllers & Bellinghausen Verlag GmbH | Retina GbR | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Die Geisterfahrt der schwarzen Berta is a detective game for kids and the second game in the Ein Fall für dich und das Tiger-Team series. A ghost ship has been spotted at sea. Is that possible or is it just an illusion?
An adventure awaits you and your team in which different puzzles have to be solved. The game aims to improve logical thinking and dexterity. |
| Elmo's Deep Sea Adventure | 2001 | Encore, Inc. | Sesame Workshop Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | This cartoon-style children's adventure features some well-known Muppet characters from the Sesame Street television series, notably the furry red monster, Elmo.When he visits Oscar the Grouch in his underwater research lab and expresses interest in Oscar's plan to collect junk from the ocean, Elmo is recruited to pilot a submarine and collect all the junk he can. The category of junk changes from game to game - coins, rings, etc. The player moves the mouse to guide Elmo and his yellow submarine through the depths of the ocean; one click stops the vehicle and another click changes the cursor to Elmo's underwater tool, which is a mini-sub with a hand, flashlight, or microphone attached. Clicking the icons at the bottom of the screen changes the tool currently in use. Other icons show what kind of junk Oscar wants and how much of it has been collected so far; Oscar's garbage can, which brings the player back to the lab, and an exit door.As the player explores under the sea, he will come across creatures and objects to interact with and Muppet characters with mini-games to play:
Rosita and the Clan of the Cave Pairs - use the flashlight tool to find matching partners for some ocean animals;
Telly and the Lost City of Atlantis - replace fallen shapes on the Atlantean walls to bring murals to life;
Miss Octopus' Garden - plant seeds to finish patterns of vegetables;
Zoe and the Shallows - listen and find the swimmer making the sound Zoe asks for so she can tell who's swim time is up;
Grover and the Sunken Shipwreck - push a lever to create a path in the right direction for Clammie to reach a treasure.
When the player returns to the undersea lab, Oscar tallies up the collected junk, and if it is enough, he will use it to create a surprise. Elmo's Deep Sea Adventure provides practice in the preschool skills of pattern recognition, problem solving, shape and color matching, audio discrimination and counting.
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| Emergency Room: Code Red | 2001 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Educational, Simulation | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | After twelve hours of waiting in the emergency room, a woman dies. The city is rioting over the hospital's shabby work. The player is a doctor in the ER of this hospital. The player must treat many patients, from gunshot wounds to stabbings, while keeping their sanity. Utilizing live-action video, various actor's will keep the story going, while the Chief Of Staff reviews the player's performance. |
| Erevos | 2001 | Grenadios | NYX | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Erevos is a story about two different persons. Giannos Romar was born in 1814 and is Japanese martial arts expert. He has the ability to transform into a crow and has learned vampire skills. He hunts the streets and the sewers at night. The other character is Eric Koplot who has escaped from a psychiatric institution. He rests in a coffin in a basement. He has the ability to transform into a bat and also looks for prey to relinquish his blood thirst.This game is for people over 18 and a clear warning is shown at the beginning of the game, mainly because of scary and bloody scenes with real footage. This game contains FMV videos, movie clips and news reports about the bloody murders and deaths (even babies) caused by vampire attacks, accompanied by a soundtrack which has also been included separately with the game.The player is given the option to play either of the two characters. There are 9 chapters in the game with autosaves at the end of each. These chapters are relatively small and consist of puzzles and time quests. The game uses the system time and when it is daytime, the game does not run because the player plays the role of a vampire who only comes out at night. That means you can only play between 8:00pm and 7:00am. The game uses a 1st-person perspective. |
| Europe Racing | 2001 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Caesar, a former top driver, now organizes illegal car races and invites the player to join Europe Racer, a race through different European cities. The focus is on the racing itself, but players also need to outrun the police who set up road blocks and try to bump cars off the road.The game has been split up into three game modes: Quick Races (single track, duel, time trial, sudden death), Championship and Adventure. Quick Races offers all cars and tracks with different game types, while championship is divided into three sections, for each of the vehicle types: Standard, Sports Car and ATV. Adventure consists of 20 tracks after each other. The European cities included are London, Vienna, Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona, Athens, Hamburg, Stockholm, Rome, Florence, Paris, Amsterdam, Marseille and Moscow. Each city has distinctive landmarks.While racing, players can choose to represent a club, based on nationality and with a different car skin. There are more than 30 cars with different speed and handling, from regular cars to sports models and off-road ATVs. During championships vehicles can be upgraded. Players can pick up items while racing, such as boost, repair (cars can be damaged and have a visible damage model), invincibility and cash. The streets are filled with traffic, pedestrians and obstacles. There are different camera perspectives to choose from and there is support for downloadable tracks and cars. |
| EverQuest | 2001 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Sony VAIO bundled software ISO package includes the following games bundled together on one disc:
EverQuest
Cosmic Rift Online
Infantry Online
Tanarus |
| F/A-18 Precision Strike Fighter | 2001 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | Graphic Simulations Corporation | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | Gabe Mares | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | F/A-18 Precision Strike Fighter puts you in the cockpit of a tough and powerful plane, armed from a wide selection. Missions include destroying enemy air defense, maintaining air superiority, supporting ground units and destroying hostile aircraft. You can take on the 28 built-in missions or create your own with the powerful mission designer. Multi-player options let you fly head-to-head or in teams over the internet, with up to four players. A training mode featuring multimedia clips is included, as well as an Instant Action mode. |
| F1 2001 (Limited Edition) | 2001 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation which includes:
F1 2001
F1 Manager |
| F1 Racing Championship | 2001 | Video System Co., Ltd. | Ubi Soft Paris Studios | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | | Windows | F1 Racing Championship is the third Ubi Soft F1 racing simulation game, published with the FIA license by Video System. It features official tracks, drivers and cars of the 1999 F1 season.The game is based on a new engine bringing a real technological step compared to the two first titles (F1 Racing Simulation and Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2).Available game modes are Single Race, Grand Prix, Championship, Private Trials and Time Attack. The tracks were modelled in 3D from GPS data sampled on the real roads. There are realistic physics, a telemetry system to analyse behaviour of your car and to tune its settings, complex driving AI, recordable replays, strategy management with animated pit sequences, weather simulation, and LAN support for multiplayer games. |
| F1 World Grand Prix | 2001 | Video System Co., Ltd. | Eutechnyx Limited | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Another official licensed title published by Eidos, this time developed by Eutechnyx, featuring 2 distinct racing modes, arcade and simulation. The arcade mode follows the style of an actual arcade machine, with loud music and commentary, whilst the simulation mode is taking a more relaxed and realistic take on the genre.
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| FIFA 2001 / Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 | 2001 | Canon, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Canon printer's bundle release includes:
FIFA 2001
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 |
| FLOP! The Game | 2001 | Cyberium Multi Media B.V. | Exelweiss Entertainment, S.L. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | FLOP! The Game is a sliding 25-puzzle where you need to complete a new puzzle in each level to continue playing, while some elements try to complicate your task, such as laser walls and bombs.The pieces of the puzzle appear one by one when clicking over the "init cell" of the grid, i.e. the upper left corner of the frame. Use the mouse to slide the piece to reach its correct position, if possible. The game features 20 levels but you will need to be quick because you will have less time while you progress through the levels of the game. |
| FOG ...Seek the hidden truth | 2001 | Cryo Networks | Cryo Networks | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | FOG ...Seek the hidden truth is an online-only adventure game set in the Victorian London. The players are members of a private club which help Scotland Yard in their investigations. The challenges mostly consist of finding evidence and solving inventory based puzzles. Every player has to choose one of four classes: scientist, lawyer, journalist and medium. All classes have different abilities, e.g. only the journalist has access to documents or the scientist can lift fingerprints. This means that the players have to work together to solve the cases by using the build-in chat engine. |
| Factor X | 2001 | | | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Shooter, Stealth, Survival horror | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Factor X is an arcade style top down shooter, a massive compilation of a 23 level story mode with 4 bosses and 3 bonus levels and an arcade mode where you compete for highscores and collect "FX" icons, as well as 3 secret gameplay modes (modeled after Resident Evil, Super Mario Kart and Metal Gear). Each of the secret modes is large enough to be a game by itself.In the story mode the player control a female soldier, who travel in time. Some of the missions included are World War II, the Vietnam War and the future. Gameplay is simple as each level is a single screen. The player must kill all the enemies and defeat the boss.
In addition to the shooting, the main heroine can access a special locker where the player can change clothes. |
| Fallout Tactics: Simon Says | 2001 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Puzzle | | | | Timed input | Post-apocalyptic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Fallout: Tactics Simon Says is a mini-game variant of the kids electronic toy Simon that was released to promote the then upcoming release of Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel. The goal is to repeat the order of buttons pressed. Every round, the order of pressed buttons stays the same, but one additional button is pressed at the end. The goal is to reach a sequence of ten or more buttons to press. When reaching the goal, the player can submit his score. |
| Family MegaHits II | 2001 | Encore, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Another MegaHits compilation from Encore Software. This one bundles full versions of:You don't Know Jack: Television, the couch potato edition of the popular trivia game.Railroad Tycoon II, The train empire building simulation.Titanic: Adventure out of Time, A graphic adventure game set on the doomed luxury liner.Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit, the racing and chasing sports car game. |
| Fanorona | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fanarona is a single player implementation of a strategy game from Madagascar, in this implementation the player competes against the computerThe game is played on a 9x5 grid, the corners of each cell are connected by diagonal lines and the board is set with the players pieces which are placed, not inside the cells but at the corners where two or more lines meet.As with many traditional board games the rules are simple but the game is quite complex. Players can move any of their pieces one position along a line. If it ends up next to an opponents piece then that piece and any unbroken string of enemy pieces is captured. If it moves away from an opponents piece it and any unbroken string of enemy pieces is captured. The player may continue moving that same piece until there are no more captures to be made, but they cannot return it to its starting position. A piece that just captured may make another capturing move, though (in this version) it may not immediately return to the point. The player who loses all their pieces first concedes the gameThe game is mouse controlled, has optional music and sound effects plus an internet play option. There is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these. |
| Feedn' Chloe | 2001 | ARUSH Entertainment | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Feed'n Chloe is a comical cartoon hunting game where you hunt game to generate food for your fat wife. Each mission has you running to slay as much meat as possible before time runs out. It's crass and it's violent.Weapons include standard fair such as a double barreled shotgun or a hubcap boomerang as well as some more entertaining items such as a cardboard babe that attracts game and explodes on demand. The game was released in episodic format meaning that you had to pay for each installment separately or you could purchase them all at a discount. |
| Feuerwehr 3D | 2001 | ARI Data CD GmbH | twinbits entertainment | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | In Feuerwehr 3D, you play as a firefighter combating raging fires and bringing arsons to justice.The game takes place in a completely three-dimensional city. You'll use different hoses, water-spray pipes, air supplies, hatchets and other tools etc. to survive. |
| Fireworks 2 | 2001 | Virtually Real | Virtually Real | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Fireworks 2 is the sequel to Fireworks. It is a 2D shooter on a single, non-scrolling screen, similar in gameplay to Space Invaders and Missile Command. The player controls a military vehicle with a big turret and must shoot all enemies in the air like bombers or alien spacecraft. Enemies are on the ground too. The vehicle can jump and smashes various soldiers, mercenaries and blobs. The vehicle has to survive while enduring heavy attacks from all directions. When a level is completed, the player chooses next level and the concept is repeated. There are different environments, including one inspired by Super Mario World. The game contains a highscore list. |
| Fisher-Price Big Action Garage | 2001 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Funnybone Interactive | Adventure, Educational, Racing / Driving | 1st-person | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Fisher-Price: Big Action Garage is a cartoon-style animated adventure, named for the Fisher-Price toy the game idea is built upon.Tommy Treads' good friend KC Coupe has broken down and is in dire need of repair - Tommy has to find all the parts he needs before sundown or Tow Truck will cart him off to the junkyard. In this adventure game, the player is cast as Tommy's assistant as he goes from location to location earning parts by completing tasks and winning challenges. The player uses the mouse to perform various activities:
Tune-up Time - change spark plugs, check the oil and replace a battery in a semi-realistic activity
Grease the Ghosts - squirt grease at ghosts in this haunted garage arcade game
Garbage Pick-up - clean junk and recycling from the river in a pattern-completion activity
Backstage Maze - navigate a maze to deliver gasoline to a star backstage
Race Track Challenge - race against Bernie Rubber in an arcade challenge
Paint and Detail - a printable creative activity, painting and adding decals to primed cars
A green flag available at the bottom of the screen brings the player to the Dashboard, where he can quit, adjust the volume, check on the car parts earned, view the credits, and open the Scrapbook. The Scrapbook has printable pictures of all the characters from the game.Fisher-Price: Big Action Garage was designed for children aged 4 - 7 and addresses skills such as pattern recognition, creative play, following directions and developing fine motor skills.
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| Fly! 2K: German Edition | 2001 | Take-Two Interactive Software Europe Ltd. | AEROSOFT GmbH, Terminal Reality, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | As the name suggests this game is the German version of Fly! 2K. Besides the main game it features a detailed scenery of the Ruhr area and replicas of the 19 airports. |
| Fly! II | 2001 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Terminal Reality, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Fly! II is a flight simulator released for both Macintosh and Windows platform, and simulates civilian airplanes and helicopters. New plane models and custom scenery can be added, which are available on the net.In this release, new aircraft models have been included (Pilatus PC-12 and Bell 407 heli); improved visibility representation at high altitudes; increased resolution of terrain; added Sun and moon phases, major constellations plus dawn/dusk effects.Multiplayer is supported through the internet, with text chat or voice chat. Five main scenery areas are supplied: Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Dallas/Fort Worth. Flight briefing and flight planning are included and can use many of the supplied navaids. Following planes are included: Cessna 172, Piper Malibu, Piper Navajo Chieftain, Beech King Air B200, Hawker 800XP. Aircraft systems are accurately simulated, requiring proper sequence of actions to, for instance, start the engine.
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| Football Masters + Championship Rugby Manager | 2001 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Compilation that includes two sports managing games: Football Masters 99 (although the box shot indicates the previous version) and Championship Rugby Manager. Football Masters run on DOS mode, Championship Rugby Manager on Windows. |
| Four Field Kono | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Four Field Kono is a player vs computer, mouse controlled, implementation of a traditional Korean board game.The game is played on a 4x4 board on which are placed four red balls and four blue balls. The object is to capture, or block in, all the opponents pieces. A player captures an opponents ball by jumping over one of their own pieces and landing on itThe game plays in a small window, is mouse controlled, has optional music and sound effects plus an internet play option. The strength of the AI opponent can be varied, there is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these. |
| Fox and Geese | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Fox and Geese is a puzzle game from Zillions Development. It's one of a series of puzzle and casual games that makes up their Zillions of Games package which, at version 2.0, consists of three hundred and seventy-five games. While Zillions of Games features ten variants of the game the more commonly known variant, Fox and Geese - 13, was included as a stand alone game in Greenstreet's Board Games compilation. Fox and Geese is a traditional game that was documented as early as the fourteenth century. Having been around so long it naturally has many names and variations, it is called Renard et les poules in France, Lupo e pecore in Italy, Fuchs und Gänse in Germany, Rävspel in Sweden, and other versions from Iceland to Nepal are known to exist.The basic game is played on a cross shaped board with thirteen counters of one colour representing the geese and a single odd coloured counter representing the fox. Players can only move when it is their turn and then only to adjacent vacant position. Additionally the fox may capture a goose by jumping over it if the point behind it is vacant, a bit like taking a piece in draughts/checkers.
The objective of the player with the geese counters is to trap the fox while the objective of the fox is to avoid being trapped, i.e. finding themselves in a position where a legal move is no longer possible.This is a single player vs the computer game that is entirely mouse controlled. |
| Free Solitaire | 2001 | | GamesForOne.com | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Free Solitaire is a freeware, ad-supported collection of solitaire card games that is distributed by Goodsol Development. Being ad-supported means the game prompts the player to access the internet every thirty days to download new advertisements.The games available in this package are: Double Klondike, Forty Thieves, FreeCell, Golf, Indian Patience, Klondike, Montana, Pyramid, Sea Towers and Spider.The game is played with the mouse, it supports unlimited undo moves, restart, save games, and allows any picture in .bmp or .jpg format to be used as a card back. There is in-game access to the help files but there is no hint system. |
| FreeStrike | 2001 | Perseity Entertainment | Perseity Entertainment | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | FreeStrike is a single-player, shareware, keyboard controlled, arcade style space shooter.The story behind the game has the player taking the role of space cadet John Blake flying the LRTD-50X, an experimental long-range tactical defence vessel equipped with advanced weaponry, shield technology and an enhanced quantum pulse engine. You patrol an seven zones of space where a resistance group are operating, your orders are to neutralize the them whenever they are encountered.The game is keyboard controlled and the player can move their ship freely around the full area of the screen. Enemy ships come in waves, mainly from the top of the screen, swooping downwards to attack while others hide behind their comrades taking up stationery firing positions. The game has music, optional voiced comments, and a function that lets the player take in-game screenshots. The game used to allow players to post high scores on the internet but, in 2017, this is no longer possible. The shareware game has one zone with three levels while the registered game has seven three-level zones and seven sound tracks, one per level, plus the option to play the players own MP3 files. |
| FruitBlox | 2001 | BieberSoft Entertainment | BieberSoft Entertainment | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | FruitBlox is a Tetris clone. The principle is the same: blocks of different shapes are falling down from the top of the screen. The player can turn and position them until they reach the ground - when that happens the next block (which is shown beforehand in the upper right corner) starts falling down. If the player constructs a continuous line of blocks they disappear and reward points.Music and sound samples can be turned on or off. The only difference compared to the original is that shapes are fruit-themed.
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| G-TOK | 2001 | | Acid Software | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | | Windows | G-TOK (a.k.a "Guardian II") is the successor to the Amiga title Guardian. A third-person spaceship shooter, the gameplay is very similar to the original game, with polished 3D graphics in the early 2000's games vein. |
| GFID Advanced Place: Project φ | 2001 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | GFID Advanced Place: Project φ is a free, Japanese vertical shooter that follows closely all the standards of the genre. The player controls a small spaceship moving upwards and shooting down waves of flying enemies, maneuvering it to avoid collision with any incoming craft or their showering projectiles. The Z key is the main shooting button, with X being the bomb trigger whose explosion radius wipes out most of the enemies off the screen. As usual, there's a gigantic boss enemy at the end of each area that must be defeated to finish the stage and move to the next level. |
| Gadget Tycoon | 2001 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Martin Milenkovic | | | Isometric | Windows | Gadget Tycoon is a management sim that puts you in charge of designing, developing and distributing futuristic gizmos. You compete with rival companies to create the best products and to discover technology that you can patent (and then charge your rivals for). You start with a dilapidated warehouse and a little money. You build up your business by researching technology, choosing employees to hire and buying equipment. You can play the game as an honest businessperson or you can get dirty and spend your time sabotaging your opponents. |
| Galaxy Racer | 2001 | Nikita Ltd. | Nikita Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Hovercraft | | | | | Windows | Galaxy Racer is a futuristic racing game.
Select one of 15 different space trucks and gliders to win against your opponents on 9 different tracks. Collect power-ups like turbo boosters and ammo. Shoot other vehicles to push them out of the race. Every race that you win will earn you money that you can spend to equip new weapons and upgrade your space truck. |
| Game-Hits 1 | 2001 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The compilation Game-Hits 1 offers 10 games from many different genres, spread over 10 CDs. Manuals are only available on CD in PDF format.The following games are included:
Civilization: Call to Power
Flying Saucer
GP 500
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
M1 Tank Platoon 2
Max Montezuma: Der Fluch der Azteken
Mayday: Conflict Earth
MechWarrior 3
Spirit of Speed 1937
X-COM: Interceptor |
| Game-Hits 2 | 2001 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation is the successor to Game-Hits 1. Once again, it offers 10 games from many different genres, spread over 10 CDs. Manuals are only available on CD in PDF format.The following games are included:
Asteroids
Der Industriegigant: Gold Edition
Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life
Fighter Squadron: The Screamin' Demons over Europe
Heavy Gear II
Heretic II
Interstate '82
Lords of Magic: Special Edition
Pirates: Captain's Quest
Police Quest: SWAT 2 |
| Gamefest: Forgotten Realms Classics | 2001 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of compilations! Interplay continues to support the classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game series by combining their three Forgotten Realms Archives sets into one bargain priced dual-jewel package (two CD jewel boxes in a cardboard sleeve). The set includes:Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One
Eye of the Beholder I
Eye of the Beholder II
Eye of the Beholder III
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Two
Curse of the Azure Bonds
Gateway to the Savage Frontier
Hillsfar
Pools of Darkness
Pool of Radiance
Secret of the Silver Blades
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Three
Dungeon Hack
Menzoberranzan
Blood & Magic
A 2 Chapter Baldur's Gate Demo
Although there is no hard copy documentation, this compilation does come with two code wheels for 'translating' the copy protection on Hillsfar, Curse of the Azure Bonds, and Pool of Radiance. Collectors will also note that this exact same set of games was released by Interplay as the Forgotten Realms Archives Silver Edition in 1999.
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| Gamefest: Star Trek Classics | 2001 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Gamefest: Star Trek Classics is a repackaging of four Star Trek titles from Interplay: Star Trek: Starfleet Command, Star Trek: New Worlds, Starfleet Academy: Chekov's Lost Missions, and Starfleet Academy: Strategic Command. |
| Get the Bunny | 2001 | Data Becker Corporation | Data Becker GmbH & Co. KG | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Get the Bunny is a Moorhuhn variant where the player defends his farm from bunnies. The biggest difference is that the player is stationary and rotates 360° instead of sliding left and right like in Moohrhuhn.The basic gameplay is still the same: The player has a gun and shoots bunnies which walk all over the screen. Far away bunnies give more points and the gun has to be reloaded after a few shot by clicking the right mouse button. Sometimes the killed animals leave extras behind, e.g. special ammo or time extender. The game features two farms and three weapons, another area can be unlocked. |
| Girlscamp | 2001 | dtp entertainment AG, Egmont Interactive GmbH | NovaTrix GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Girlscamp is based on the not exactly successful German TV show. After choosing one of ten female candidates - no connection to the real ones - the goal is to get rid of the the other women. Every candidate has a personality, e.g. slut or fitness-freak. The player can freely walk through the huge mansion which consists of four rooms. When talking to the other girls he should choose bitchy answers to weaken her.There are two ways to eliminate a competitor. The regular one is a mud fight where both women stand on different sides of a river. Then they throw mud at each other and pay attention to obstacles on the river which block the way. The first which runs out of energy loses. The other way is to send the "Boy of the week" to get rid of her. This leads to another mini game where a crossbow is shot at flying hearts but is only available three times per game. |
| Glory Zone | 2001 | Space Ewe Software | Space Ewe Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Glory Zone is a classic top-down space shoot-em-up where the player takes control of a spaceship with the goal of stopping alien hordes that attempt to invade Earth. It contains a total of 40 levels and has a new game plus mode that starts over at level 1, with the difficulty increased for the second run. |
| Go-Moku | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Go Moku is a single player implementation of the classic board game where players strive to be the first to place five stones in a row.This is a single player game in which the player plays against the computer. The computer's strength can be varied as can the time the AI opponent is allowed to think. There are eight game variants available, these are regular played on a 10x10 board, a 15x15 board, a 19x19 board, a 19x19 board against two AI players, a 19x19 board where the aim is to get six in a row, Ninuki-Renju on a 15x15 board, Ninuki-Renju on a 19x19 board and Ninuki-Renju on a 19x19 board against two AI players. The Ninuki-Renju game variant differs from standard Go Moku in that if a player's piece is places so that it sandwiches two opponent pieces with another of their pieces, the two opponent pieces are captured. A player can win the game either by placing five stones in a row or by capturing five pairs of their opponent's stones. The game is mouse controlled, has optional music and sound effects plus an internet play option. The game plays in a window which changes size depending on the board being used. There is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these. |
| Gonzo Heads | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Gonzo Heads is a puzzle game where the screen is filled with faces on head "blocks" of different colours. The players must try to stack as many blocks of either the same kind of face or the same colour adjacent to each other. Once this is accomplished the player can click them to eliminate from the board, causing the blocks on top to fall to the newly opened spaces. The more blocks that get eliminated at once, the higher the score for the player. Each side of the game board also has "slaves" who can be clicked on to push a block away from themselves, however they get killed if a face block falls on top of them. |
| Gorasul: The Legacy of the Dragon | 2001 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | A little baby was abandoned by his parents, and one fine day a dragon found a cradle near his door. He took the helpless creature into his home, raised it and taught it his wisdom and his magic. When the little Roszondas grew up, he learned how to use the dragon magic against the evil creatures populating the land. He was a brave warrior, but in one of his battles he was killed.His soul found a reincarnation, and this reincarnation is you. You find your tower invaded by zombies and other awful creatures. You have to fight the evil once again.Gorasul: The Legacy of the Dragon is an isometric role-playing game conceived in the tradition of Baldur's Gate. Roszondas and his companions (up to four in the party) explore the game world, talking to NPCs, performing quests, and fighting enemies in "real-time-with-pause" combat. Beside the usual character attributes and combat abilities, Roszondas also has dragon powers, which can level up as well. In the beginning of the game the player chooses a weapon for Roszondas; regardless of the choice, this weapon can talk, has its own statistics which can also level up, and has an "Ego" meter which grows with time, and even makes the weapon question the hero's actions if it is high enough. |
| Ground Control: Anthology | 2001 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Ground Control Anthology is a bundle consisting of Ground Control and its add-on Ground Control: Dark Conspiracy. |
| Growlanser | 2001 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Career Soft | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | Growlanser is a fantasy SRPG (strategy role-playing game), and the first in the Growlanser series of games.The main character is Carmaine, an orphan raised by the palace royal magician, Sandra. Prophesied as an infant to become either "the darkness to destroy the world" or "the light which saves it", Sandra carefully watches over him and never allows him to leave Rolandia's capital city, Rosaria, or have any contact with the outside world. However, throughout his childhood Carmaine experiences strange and vivid dreams of people and places he knows nothing about. When at last he becomes old enough, Sandra tells him it is time to go out and explore beyond the city gates. Accompanied by Tippi, his tiny fairy-like companion, he leaves the city to discover his destiny.The game has a complex storyline with branching paths. During his travels Carmaine will discover different lands and peoples. Among them are the Growsians, humans who can wield ancient magic, and the Featherians, a winged race of people. As the story progresses, Carmaine discovers that there are conspiratorial enemies seeking to cause trouble for the land and people.Carmaine's personality, stats and skills are determined by answering questions at the beginning of the game. Eventually other characters can join Carmine's party, some whose recruitment requires fulfilling certain conditions. Romance elements are possible with some party members.Combat between enemies and the large party of controllable characters is a mixture of real-time and turn-based styles. Strategic battles occupy the entire location; depending upon where the battle occurs, non-party members nearby (such as townspeople, soldiers etc.) may help the party by joining in. |
| Halma | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Halma is a player vs computer, mouse controlled, implementation of an board game from the 1880's which has much in common with the classic Chinese Checkers game. This game also has the option of playing against another player over the internet.The original version of the game is played on 16x16 board with the player's pieces occupying opposite corners of the game area. In their turn a player may move any of their pieces one square in any direction, alternatively they may jump over an adjacent piece, of either colour, and keep on jumping as long as there are pieces to jump and the player wishes to continue. The object of the game is to move all pieces into the opponent's area. This implementation also comes with a French variant called 'Grasshopper' which is the same game but adapted to play on an 8x8 standard chess board.The games play in a small window, are mouse controlled, have optional music and sound effects plus an internet play option. The strength of the AI opponent can be varied, there is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these. |
| Halom SheItgashem | 2001 | Hed Arzi Multimedia | Guillotine | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Halom SheItgashem (A Dream Come True) is a spin off of the Piposh series of adventure games.Eight guests, which include character from previous Piposh games, are invited by a mysterious castle owner to a splendorous dinner, which is revealed to be deadly trap.
Each of the characters, which are controlled by the player, have to overcome various challenges set by the maniacal castle owner in order to survive the night.The gameplay is completely different from previous installments of the series.
The game incorporates a wide array of mini games which are inspired by classic arcade games as the challenges, which include a beat-em'-up side-scroller, a platform game, puzzle games, a western gun shooter, and many others. |
| Hana no Hime | 2001 | Teatime | Teatime | Action, Adventure, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | The protagonist of this game is a bastard son of a rich man. Your father has died, and his legal son, your older brother, inherited all his money and property, including a mansion in the countryside. Knowing that your brother has left the country with his fiancee, you arrive at the mansion and unleash your rage and frustration on those who are left there - several innocent young girls...Hana no Hime follows a linear story, with a chapter dedicated to each girl. After a series of pre-rendered images with text, you enter a 3D exploration mode, during which you'll have to walk around the mansion and find the girl who is hiding from you. Once you find her, you enter a "chase mode", during which you'll have to run and jump on the girl. Pressing and holding mouse buttons will make you attempt to overpower the girl, and deplete her "hit points". Once she runs out of HP, a 3D interactive sex scene begins. You can choose to interact with the girl by selecting various menu choices (sexual positions, touching body parts, etc.), or by physically interacting with the girl, pressing and dragging the mouse in the appropriate motion. |
| Harley-Davidson: Race Around the World | 2001 | Infogrames, Inc. | Canopy Games | Racing / Driving, Simulation | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | That unmistakable rumble of the big V-Twin is back as it echoes over the oceans, bringing new challenges in a roadmap of exotic racing environments including Australia, Japan, France, Germany, England and Hawaii.Harley-Davidson® Race Around the World takes you on a virtual tour riding the latest in 3-D motorcycles with riders from all over the globe in an international competition to determine who is the best rider in the world. Game Features:Meet the challenge in the Time Trial to advance to the championship
Unlock "Boosts" for that extra power needed to for a faster run
Onscreen map shows where you've been and where your going
Race through exotic locations in the day and night
Customize your rider and choose the latest in Harley-Davidson® motorcycles
Beat the time trial to advance to the championship race |
| Harrier Jump Jet | 2001 | Just Flight Ltd | Alpha Simulations | Simulation | | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Harrier Jump Jet: Falklands 20th Anniversary Release is a re-released add on for Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 1 and Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 with extra scenery and aircraft. The aircraft are also compatible with
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002.The package contains twenty missions spread across two campaigns, one British and one Argentinian, however these can only be flown using the Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2. The missions can be flown both individually or as part of a campaign. they are identifiable in the Missions Menu as they all start with the letters 'JJ'. The extra locations, Port Stanley, HMS Fearless etc are not grouped and are mixed in with the Combat Flight Simulator's existing locations.The aircraft are supplied are listed below, there are multiple Harrier variants but not all are combat aircraft:
The Hawker-Siddeley P.1127 Prototype, Hawker-Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1, Hawker-Siddeley Harrier T.52 G-VTOL, Royal Air Force Harrier GR.1, Royal Air Force Harrier GR.3,
Royal Navy Sea Harrier FRS.1, Indian Navy Sea Harrier FRS.51,Royal Navy Sea Harrier FA. 2, Royal Navy Harrier T.8, Royal Navy Harrier GR.5,
Royal Navy Harrier GR.7, USMC AV-8B Harrier, Italian Navy AV-8B Harrier, Spanish Navy AV-8B+ Harrier, USMC AV-8A Harrier,
Thai Navy AV-8A Harrier, Spanish Navy AV-8S Harrier, Spanish Navy TAV-8S Harrier
Argentine Navy Super Étendard
Argentine Air Force A-4P Skyhawk, Argentine Navy A-4Q Skyhawk
Argentine Air Force Pucará
Argentine Air Force IAI Dagger
Royal Navy Sea KingThe Harriers are famous for their vertical take-off. In this simulation they have three modes of take-off. There's the normal take-off which uses the full length of the runway, there's a short take-off with the fans part rotated and a sort of vertical take-off with the fans fully rotated. True vertical take-off is apparently not possible given limitations within the flight simulator(s) so with the fans fully rotated the plane will roll a short distance before lifting off. The fans in the Combat Flight simulator are rotated using the keyboard F and V keys which are normally used for flaps.The install process puts an icon on the desktop which is used to launch the game but it is the host combat simulator's disc that must be in the disc drive at the time of launch.There are minor game-play variations in the way the aircraft models are implemented for each simulator, typically there are differences in the key commands are required to view the navigation and communications panel(s) while the civilian flight simulators have a GPS panel but no weapons. |
| Haunted Castle 3: Trevor's Quest | 2001 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | | | | | | | | Windows | Haunted Castle 3: Trevor's Quest is a freeware game in the vein of Castlevania from Miguel Perez. CHC3 follows in the footsteps of other Castlevania games and offers players much of the same gameplay that they've come to expect from the side-scrolling series, complete with all sorts of various creatures from floating skulls to skeletons. Bear in mind this is a freeware game and not licensed by Konami, although some of the graphics and sound have been ripped from other Castlevania games. |
| Heist | 2001 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | Action, Strategy | | | Crime, Spy / espionage | Stealth | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Tool yourself up with your lock-pick and your dynamite, get your crew together and embark upon a life of crime. It's all about pulling heists: casing the joint and then executing the perfect job, without attracting any heat from the law. With more than 20 jobs in all, Heist takes you from controlling a new crew holding up gas stations out in Hickville, to a slick well-oiled outfit who can take on the biggest bank in the financial heart of the city. Completing all 20 heists will result in your crew being plucked from obscurity to occupying a well-earned place at the top of the FBIs most wanted list.Heist is set in the real-time environment of a fully simulated city, populated by inhabitants who exhibit realistic behaviour-patterns and who react to the players actions. As your crew become more infamous the citizens of the city will grow to fear you, whilst the law enforcement agencies will react with more force and guile to outwit you. Your crew progresses through the game improving their skills, and the money you accumulate can be used to purchase an every-growing array of powerful weapons and sophisticated gizmos which will help complete your heists. |
| Heroes Chronicles: Collectors Edition | 2001 | 3DO Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of the first four games in the Heroes Chronicles series:
Heroes Chronicles: Clash of the Dragons
Heroes Chronicles: Conquest of the Underworld
Heroes Chronicles: Masters of the Elements
Heroes Chronicles: Warlords of the Wastelands |
| Hip | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Hip is a player vs computer, mouse controlled, implementation of a strategy board game.The is played on a board with squares marked on it. It is turn based and the concept is simple - the first player to make a square of any size and any orientation loses. Also available is 'Line Hip' where the object is to complete a line of three balls of the same colour. Both games can be played on a 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7 and 8x8 boards.The games play in a small window, are mouse controlled, have optional music and sound effects plus an internet play option. The strength of the AI opponent can be varied, there is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these. |
| Hopkins FBI / BHunter | 2001 | Midas Interactive Entertainment BV | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains following games:
Hopkins FBI
BHunter |
| Hornado | 2001 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Hornado is 2D side-scrolling shoot 'em up similar to Katakis, X-Out or R-Type. The player controls a spaceship, flies to the right with a side view, and shoots enemies, asteroids and bosses. Various weapons can be collected, like a 3-way gun, a shield or a laser fitted on the ship's back. Normal weapons can be made more powerful by pressing a button. The game has eight different levels. |
| Hot Rod Monster Squad | 2001 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Image Space Inc. | Educational, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Mental training | | | | | | | Windows | Hot Rod Monster Squad is a racing game that you control with your mind! The game, intended for children ages 7 to 14 makes use of the Attention Trainer system developed by East3 (and originally intended for children suffering from ADD). To play the game the player puts on the wireless Thought Caster helmet. This helmet, based on NASA technology can read brain activity in the player. This means that the system knows how much the child is focusing on the game and can translate this into game elements, such as decreasing break and turning speeds when the player loses focus. This trains the children to stay focused and easily slip into a focused state of mind.The game itself is presented in a cartoon style influenced by horror movies from the 1940s and 50s. The player can choose from 6 characters (which each their unique vehicle), and three different courses to race on. |
| Hot Wheels: Jetz | 2001 | THQ Inc. | Eagle Interactive | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hot Wheels: Jetz puts the player in the cockpit of one of seven available jet fighters. The mission: Save your house from the evil Bossbot who's taken control of all of your toys! Shoot down enemy toys with a miniature jet fighter where rooms in the house are the battlegrounds and pieces of furniture are the size of mountains.There are two different play modes: Campaign, where the player has to get through different objectives over the course of ten missions. The other being Free Fly Mode, where the player can simply fly around the house to get a feel for the battlegrounds.The game comes with an actual Hot Wheels Jetz toy. |
| Hover Ace | 2001 | Russobit-M | GSC Game World | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Hover Ace is a futuristic arcade racer with guns.Player takes in control one of five types of hovercrafts (Bike, Scout, Sport, Police and military) and participate in events on different planets (Earth, Venus, Mars and Planet of Glaciers). After the events, he receives money award, which could be spent on new weapons, hovercrafts, items or used to upgrade already installed ones. There are six types of event in the game:
Championship - 18 races, where winner is judged by the total number of points scored during all events. Points are given for action or race performance.
Single race - same as previous, but with 16 tracks on limited event customisation.
Battle for the generator - pickupable generator appears on the map and transits between players on collisions or deaths. Last player with generator on finish line eliminates, so you have to be fast. Rest is the same as "single race".
Checkpoints on time - "single race" with strict time limit between checkpoints.
Time game - "single race", but total track time is limited. If you finish before countdown, bonus points are given.
Survival - "single race" with generic elimination rules.
On the track, player can pick up various bonuses, which give him useful abilities like double damage, boost or restore one of hovercraft parameters (shields, repair, energy). |
| Hugo: Black Diamond Fever | 2001 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action | Behind view, Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Hugo: Black Diamond Fever is a 3D platform game starring Hugo the TV troll. Scylla the evil witch has enslaved the inhabitants of Volcano island with the help of Don Croco and his crocodiles. The Kikurians are put to work in the mines and have to delve rare black diamonds, which she requires for a formula for supreme evil. An imprisoned elder Kikurian sends a letter for help to Hugo. Now its up to you to stop Scylla.Gameplay includes defeating enemies by hitting them with your tail. These include various jungle animals and Don Croco crocodiles. Along the way Kikurians can be freed and diamonds can be collected. |
| Hunting Unlimited | 2001 | ARUSH Entertainment, ValuSoft, Inc. | SCS Software, Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Hunting, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Hunting Unlimited is a first person hunting game in a 3D environment. The different game animals that can be hunted include: White-tailed Deer, Moose, Brown (Grizzly) Bear, Mule Deer and Elk. Players select which of the game animals to pursue and then select a level/mission which incorporates this as well as different restrictions and equipment. Each animal has a variety of information on it and must be hunted differently (and shot in different places) to succeed. Additionally the player can visit a Hunting range to improve accuracy.The number of possible landscapes includes such locales as Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, Colorado and Texas. In each area, the player can move around forwards, backwards, left and right with freedom of 3D movement. The player is also able to Run, Jump and Crouch. The game features 30 items of equipment which includes rifles, bows & arrows, binoculars and pistols. Each mission typically features a set 3D environment with the hunter and it's prey "nearby" somewhere. |
| Hypertron | 2001 | Kool Dog | Acid Software | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Hypertron is a single player, keyboard controlled, sci-fi shooter.The backstory is that in the future this is the must-play game for the rich folk on Titan. They enter an arena, stand in the centre, and see how long they can survive against waves of robots. Bonuses are scored for every five 'H' tokens the player collects, there are weapons power ups too.
Each level starts with the player in the middle of the arena surrounded by an increasing number of hovering robots who circle around and attack randomly and with increasing frequency. The object is to collect the tokens and powerups while blowing everything else to pieces |
| I Spy: Treasure Hunt | 2001 | Scholastic, Inc. | Black Hammer Productions, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | I Spy Treasure Hunt is the sixth title developed by Black Hammer Productions in the I Spy series of games from Scholastic. All of the games are based on books written and photographed by the team of Jean Marzollo and Walter Wick.This episode takes you on a treasure-hunting tour of a small seaside town called Smuggler's Cove. You'll visit local businesses in town - the Treasure Chest store, the Museum, the Duck Pond Inn, the Boat Shop and the Ice Cream Store, as well as the train station, a lighthouse, an island, and more. As you solve puzzles, you learn more about the pirate history of Smuggler's Cove, and with every riddle area you solve you'll discover a torn piece of a treasure map. As you collect pieces, you can click on a wax-sealed paper icon in the top right of your screen - here you'll click and drag the ripped pieces to fit them together into a map for a treasure hunt.All actions are point, click, or drag with the mouse - in some areas your cursor will change to suit the riddle, such as becoming a magnifying glass to identify small items in a display case, or becoming binoculars in order to search the town from the top of a tower. When you need to move an object, your cursor becomes a grasping hand. On each puzzle page you'll find a question mark to click for help, an ear icon to click if you want the riddle to be read aloud again (You can also click on the words to hear each individual item read aloud), and the always-handy back arrow.There are three separate treasure hunts to play, with different riddles and different treasure maps; once you finish the game and choose to play again, I Spy will pick one at random for you. |
| IHRA Motorsports | 2001 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Latest (so far) drag-racing simulator by Bethesda. This game is more of a grease monkey sim than a racing sim as the whole point of the game is to create and fine tune your own monster cars. You can select from over 50 pre-designed cars from 6 individual classes, or create your own using any of the 70 individual vehicle components (with their corresponding variants) and over 25 engine tweaks.You can race in 10 fully licensed IHRA drag strips in a variety of game modes. Graphics are 3D accelerated and the game supports multiplayer gameplay for up to 16 players. |
| Ibiza Babewatch | 2001 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Redfire Software | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Ibiza Babewatch is a game where the player takes photos of naked women and sells them on the internet.
The game takes place on a two-dimensional beach background where several in comic-style animated people do... stuff. The goal is to photograph the most erotic actions, e.g. an undressing woman or a copulating couple, because these give the most money. This is used to buy better equipment for more lucrative pictures and to unlock new beaches.But unfortunately there are policemen and nudism-fanatics who don't approve of this noble activity. So the player has to buy disguises to fool them. The game is played entirely with the mouse; only one click is needed to take a photo or to change the equipment. Sometimes the player gets rewarded with (censored) sex videos; either drawn or with real-life porn star Laura Angel. |
| Ibiza Babewatch: Special-Hardcore-Edition | 2001 | Redfire Software | Redfire Software | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a special edition of Ibiza Babewatch. Not entirely surprising the difference to the regular version is that the unlockable videos are uncensored and/or extended. |
| Ik hou van rekenen | 2001 | Karakter Uitgevers B.V. | Karakter Interactive | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ik hou van rekenen is a educational children's game learning players math. One or two players use a time travel machine to travel to ancient civilizations and solve their problems, whilst learning math on the way. Players can travel to Ancient Egypt, the Aztecs, Ancient Greeks, and Atlantis.Every region has his own puzzle, like draining Atlantis from the water by fitting the correct parts of sewer pipes, and solving the math problems on these pipe sections. Or solving math riddles in an Ancient Egyptian tomb.The game also features a specific part for parents and teachers. With this, they can change the game to adress specific math problems for their children or student to help people who struggle with math. |
| Il ladro di merendine | 2001 | Sellerio Editore | IM*MEDIA | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Interactive book, Mini-games, Puzzle elements | Contemporary, Europe | | Direct control, Point and select | | | | Windows | Il ladro di merendine is the third novel in the Commissar Montalbano mystery series by Andrea Camilleri and the second game to adapt the story into an interactive cartoon. The story in Italian is told through fully voiced drawn characters with some mini-games set between the many dialogues.The story follows Montalbano as he tries to investigate three seemingly unconnected cases: the murder of an elderly merchant, the killing of a Tunisian sailor who was on board the Italian boat, and a case of a small foreigner child stealing other kids' school snacks.The interface has been slightly modified and improved since the first game Il cane di terracotta, but the gameplay is exactly the same. The player listens to the dialogue and watches the animations while playing some mini-games in between (puzzles, tests, arcades, mini-adventures with some pixel hunting etc.) and often choosing a line for Montalbano to say, or phone number for him to call or a place to go. |
| Intensity XS | 2001 | Midnight Synergy | Midnight Synergy | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The Mon Saanti Empire has conquered most of the galaxy's peaceful species and bio-engineered them into weapons. You are the commander of the IXS Prototype Fighter Craft. The galaxy's fate is in your hands.Intensity XS is a scolling space shooter. You control your ship with the mouse, holding down the left button for continuous fire. Pressing the right button fires a volley of proton torpedoes. You must fight wave after wave of enemy craft. Dispersed among them are bonus/upgrade satellites. These can get you part of the word BONUS or upgrade your weapon. As long as you have had upgrades, if you get hit, you just lower by one level. If you have no upgrades left and get hit, you die and game over. After so many waves, you warp to the next level and continue on. |
| Intensity XS: ReCharge | 2001 | Midnight Synergy | Midnight Synergy | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The Mon Saanti Empire is broken and the galaxy is at peace. But a new threat looms. The Mon Saar, factions of the Mon Saanti Empire, are building a base on the remote world of Vanguard and they have a powerful ally. Once more, you will command the IXS Fighter Craft to rid the galaxy of this threat.Intensity XS: ReCharge is the sequel to Intensity XS. Once again, you control your ship with the mouse, holding down the left button for continuous fire. Pressing the right button fires a volley of proton torpedoes. You must fight wave after wave of enemy craft. Dispersed among them are bonus/upgrade satellites. These can get you part of the word BONUS or upgrade your weapon. As long as you have had upgrades, if you get hit, you just lower by one level. If you have no upgrades left and get hit, you die and game over. After so many waves, you warp to the next level and continue on. This time, it takes even more waves before you warp and the enemies are tougher. |
| International Cricket Captain 2001: Ashes Edition | 2001 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Empire Interactive, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)THE PREMIER CRICKET MANAGEMENT GAME
THE GAME
Captain England or any country from the Test playing nations.Captain any side in the two division county championship and play in all domestic tournaments including the National League and the Super Cup.Historical scenarios featuring great players from the past.Replay the '99 World Cup.Pick your team, choose your bowlers, make declarations.Prepare the pitch, sign new players and decide the match tactics.Bowl around or over the wicket. Decide length and time. Set the field.The decisions are yours.THE FEATURESThe latest statistical database of almost every player in First Class cricket.
Multiple ways to watch all the action.
Commentary by the BBC's Jonanthan Agnew.
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| Jetboat Superchamps 2 | 2001 | Real Networks, Inc. | Driver-Inter, Ltd., Small Rockets | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Jetboat Superchamps 2, the player must steer a jet-power boat and blast through the water at up to 200 mph. In both Arcade and Time Trial modes, getting through each of the gates in sequence is the challenge. The player may use the turbo boost, which improves performance both in straight line speed and steering. It will replenish itself as the player successfully passes the gates.There are ten different tracks to race across, through the Pacific and Icy Fjords among other things. The eight different boats each have their own characteristics.Graphics and AI are updated from the first game. There are three difficulty levels to compete at. |
| Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius / Rocket Power Extreme Arcade Games | 2001 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Rocket Power Extreme Arcade Games |
| Jimmy White's Cueball World | 2001 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | Awesome Developments Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Jimmy White's Cueball World is a billiard sports game endorsed by snooker champion Jimmy White. It is the sequel to Jimmy White's 2, with which it shares many features.The game offers three different types of game: pool (in the variants 9-ball, US 8-ball, UK 8-ball and 14.1 Continuous), snooker and billiards. There are a variety of camera options with top-down and first-person views of the table available. Making a shot can be done easily with the mouse by clicking on the queue and then moving backwards and forwards. More precise control is possible through a number of icons, allowing the player to set power, spin, and cue tilt. Manually chalking is necessary to avoid miscues.A training mode and a trick shot editor are available. The main single player mode consists of consecutive matches against a number of opponents. Beating them unlocks new levels and several sub-games. There are nine environments in the game, starting from a standard pool hall to more exotic ones like a beach and a jungle. The sub-games include Darts (301, 501 or Round the Clock), Thumb War, Maze and Stunt Tables. The game can be played by two players on one machine, over a LAN and also the Internet. The game features live-action footage of Jimmy White commenting on the player's success or failures. |
| JongPuzzle | 2001 | | | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | JongPuzzle is a single player, shareware, tile matching gameThe game is an implementation of classic tile matching game where tiles are arranged in a rectangle and the player must connect pairs of identical tiles with horizontal and/or vertical lines, the only rules being that the tiles must have one free edge; the lines must not pass over another tile; and the lines must not make more than two corners.This game has been available for some time. Version 1.0 was shareware and was available for download in 2001, it was developed and enhanced for many years, the last recorded version, v3.85, was released in 2016 as freeware. As a shareware game it was released complete but the functionality was limited to just two or three game sizes, depending on version, and every so often a nag screen would pop up during a game. Players purchased an unlock code to get the full game, no discs were sent out.The early version of the game had seven game sizes, four tile sets and one background image.
Version 3.85 has nine file layouts, a high score table, nine tiles sets plus the options to either use a third party tile set or import a .bmp picture, twelve backgrounds, and save game, hint and auto solve functions
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| Jump & Run Classics | 2001 | Hemming AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Jump & Run Classics is a collection of six platformers :
Brave Dwarves
BubbleBobble Nostalgie
Camy II - Special Edition
Madman's World 2
Montezooma
Pulsar Flux
All of them are Windows 95/98/2000 & Me compatible, but the last one won't run with Windows 2000/Me. |
| Jungle | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jungle is a single player, mouse controlled strategy game in which the player competes against the computer, it is an implementation of the old Chinese game called `Shou Dou Qi` or 'Fighting Animals' The game is played on a 9x7 grid and all the pieces represent animals with different strengths and movement capabilities, for example the rat is the smallest and it can only capture the elephant while the elephant is the largest and can capture any piece. Other pieces include the cat, wolf, dog, tiger and lion.In addition to the standard game there is one game variant in which the elephant can capture any piece except the rat. The object of the game is to manoeuvre one of the player's pieces into the opponent's den at the other end of the board.The game is mouse controlled, has optional music and sound effects plus an internet play option. There is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these. |
| Jungle Jean | 2001 | Soleau Software, Inc. | Soleau Software, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | | Africa | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jungle Jean is a single player, shareware, keyboard controlled platform puzzle game from Soleau Software. The shareware game has just seven puzzles while the full game has fifty, both games have a step-through tutorial.The object in each puzzle is to help Jungle Jean reach and rescue a trapped chimpanzee. This involves picking up and moving grass bundles, rolling rolls of vines, getting keys to unlock cage doors, crossing and destroying bridges and so on. Jean cannot jump higher than one grass bundle so to climb around the levels she/the player must build steps. The levels are not timed and can be played in any order. Each puzzle has an animated solution which was disabled in the schools edition |
| Jurassic Park III: Danger Zone! | 2001 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Funnybone Interactive | Action | Diagonal-down, Side view | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Jurassic Park III: Danger Zone! is based on the 2001 film Jurassic Park III. One or two players take turns driving their Ford Explorers around the island shown as a game board. Landing on a challenge space launches an arcade-style mini-game in which all players compete. Games include driving 4x4s with a top-down perspective, side-scrolling platform sequences or fighting with dinosaurs. By winning mini-games, challenge points are earned which are used to buy supplies such as first aid kits and a helicopter lift. Dinosaurs can be tagged to collect four DNA samples of a dinosaur selected at the start to win the game. The collected DNA can be used to create printable dinosaurs. The game is marked towards children aged seven and up. Some elements of the game are shared with Jurassic Park III: Dino Defender, developed and released simultaneously. |
| K.O. Boxing | 2001 | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In K.O. Boxing the player takes a role of a new boxer who wants to get all the way to the top. Of course the most important part of an athlete's life is the training. In this game the player can choose between six different exercises, e.g. weight lifting or sprinting, which improve different stats like stamina or speed. The gameplay is similar to the Epyx sports games: Bashing two buttons fast or rhythmical.The fights are in a 3rd person perspective and have a comic look. Here the player has three actions he can perform: high and low punches respectively blocking maneuvers. Every boxer has two bars on top of the screen with show his stamina and punching strength. These are based on the boxer's stats and change depending on the process of the fight. |
| Kao the Kangaroo | 2001 | Titus France SA | X-Ray Interactive | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A kangaroo named Kao was playing with his friends in his native Australia, when suddenly evil hunters appeared, put him in a cage, and took him away. They didn't know that Kao was quite proficient in the art of boxing, so freeing himself from the trap wasn't particularly hard. However, Kao finds himself far away from home, and must fight and hop his way back.Kao the Kangaroo is a 3D platform action game. The gameplay adheres to the jump-and-run style, Kao having to rapidly traverse levels full of traps and enemies. His basic attack is a simple punch; he can also side-step and swing his tail at the enemies. Power-ups scattered through the stages include coins, a certain amount of which will increase Kao's life points; hearts to replenish his health; boxing gloves, which act as homing projectile attacks; and turbo boosts, which make Kao move faster. Though most levels in the game have Kao running, jumping, and fighting enemies, some are similar to extreme sport challenges. These include snowboarding, jet skiing, pod racing, and other activities. |
| Kartoffelpüree: Der Gemüseshooter | 2001 | Anvil-Soft | Anvil-Soft | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Hordes of vegetables are threatening the earth. Attacking with carrots, green and red pepper and many other units they seek to conquer the planet and enslave the human race. You are given a ship and send out into space to take the fight back to them.Like in other vertical-scrolling shoot'em ups, thousands of enemies fly into the screen while you control your small ship and fire everything you got at them while dodging their bullets. Deposited in space or dropped by enemies are several power-ups like a shield or a powerful bomb that eradicates everything on the screen to help you accomplish your mission.If you've survived the countless waves of those annoying anchovy and potatoes, you'll encounter the boss of the level e.g. a giant pumpkin which tries to squash you while firing energy balls. |
| Kef-Li Goes to the Camp | 2001 | SimRon Interactive Programming | H.N.C. Sofware Solutions | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Kef-Li Goes in the Camp is an improved version of the original Kef-Li Learns Hebrew. The Goal of this Game is to learn/improve Hebrew language skills.You are in Camp Ramah with the Purple pinkish blob Kef-Li as your guide. You will be introduced to several areas of the camp, in each of these areas you can click on objects to see and hear their Hebrew name. Once you click all the items you will be tested. These tests are generally Multiple choice or matching questions. The goal is to complete the test in every area to receive a special item, once you have all six items you win.As there is little English the game seems to actually be trying to improve the knowledge of individuals who already speak the language a little, as all that someone could get from this without knowing a little Hebrew is object names. |
| Kiss Pinball | 2001 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Wildfire Studios Pty. Ltd. | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Pinball | | | Darren Baker | | Teen | | Windows | Pinball game based on the rock band Kiss, where you help the four demonic warriors Starchild, Demon, Beast and Celestial to gather lost souls and defeat the Dark Lord.... yup. Includes 2 tables: Last Stop: Oblivion, and Netherworld. Both of which can be viewed on full screen or scrolling mode and include some 3d polygonal artwork in addition to the standard 2d art. Includes voiceovers by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. |
| Knight's Tour | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Chess | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Knight's Tour is a set of chess based puzzles from Zillions Development. It's one of a series of puzzle and casual games that makes up their Zillions of Games package which, at version 2.0, consists of three hundred and seventy-five games.Knight's Tour was included in Greenstreet's Board Games compilation.In this collection the player is faced with mini chess boards of differing sizes and a single chess piece. There are seven puzzles in the set, four featuring a knight, one featuring a bishop, and one with a queen. The final puzzle, Camel's Tour, features a fictitious chess piece, a knight that moves three squares in a line and one to the side. The object of each knight puzzle is the same, to manoeuvre the piece around the board landing on each square once and only once. while the object of the bishop queen and camel puzzles is to clear the board of other pieces in as few moves as possible. Solutions are provided.
All games are played via the mouse.
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| Koszykówka Manager 2001 | 2001 | MarkSoft | MGroup | Sports, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Koszykówka Manager 2001 is a Polish League basketball managerial game. The game uses a modified engine of Liga Polska Manager 2000. The player starts off managing a team in first, second or third Polish league. The game covers national backyard and European cups. The game has all the typical options for managers. The features include the sale and rental of the players (local and European), setting the salary, advertising, television rights, type of transportation, accommodation, bonuses, ticket prices, a full set of statistics and graphs, training, tactics, expansion of the stadium, bank loans, stock exchange investments and others. The player may choose one of two available seasons to start: 99/00, 00/01.
The game offers five difficulty levels.The game has a built in editor of teams and players.All players are described by: skills, passing, casting range, speed, jumping ability, defense, susceptibility to injury, form. During the match all the interesting situations are presented in text form. |
| Krabat | 2001 | Stiftung für das sorbische Volk | Rapaki | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure | Europe | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The first computer game that was created in two Sorbian languages - Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian - spoken by a small ethnic group of Slavic people, formerly known as Wends, who inhabit the historical region of Lusatia in the current Easter Germany. The game was created by young Sorbian enthusiasts who created a team 'Rapaki' in order to promote their culture through the modern media and was published by a local cultural foundation called 'Stiftung für das sorbische Volk'.Krabat is the name of a character in Sorbian folklore - a folk hero and beneficial trickster who lived in the 17th -18th centuries, when Lusatia has been placed under Saxonian rule by Augustus the Strong. The stories of Krabat's adventures have been adapted in the 20th c. into several novels, children books and motion pictures, and the game is loosely based on those novels. We play as Krabat who is a poor geese shepherd in the beginning of the game - in order to survive in winter, he decides to become an apprentice of the local miller who is rumored to be an evil sorcerer... The events take place in about 1698, and we get to visit many historical places in Lusatia and Saxony, including Dresden. The gameplay is that of a pure point-and-click adventure game, with collecting and using items and talking to characters (both historical and mythical). |
| Krakout | 2001 | | 'WE' Group | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Krakout is a remake of a game with the same name released in 1987. As in the original, the player controls a paddle placed on the right side of the screen and the goal is to clear a field of bricks. Bricks, once destroyed, produce items both helpful and harmful, like decreasing/increasing the paddle or making the ball move through the bricks without bouncing back.The mouse is used to control the paddle, but there are several hotkeys to modify the gameplay, such as showing or hiding bonus items, increasing the music volume or switching the field's background.The shareware version is limited to a few levels, and the text "unregistered version" is shown throughout the whole game. Cheat codes are only included in the full version. |
| König Artus: Kapitel I+II | 2001 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | König Artus: Kapitel I+II is a bundle of the two chapters of the Arthur's Knights game series by Cryo Interactive:Arthur's Knights: Tales of ChivalryArthur's Knights II: The Secret of Merlin |
| L'Oncle Ernest: La Trilogie | 2001 | EMME Interactive SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This box contains a compilation of the first three adventures of Uncle Albert:
Uncle Albert's Magical Album
Le Fabuleux Voyage de l'Oncle Ernest
L'Île Mystérieuse de l'Oncle Ernest |
| LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge | 2001 | LEGO Media International, Inc. | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Mini-games, Sandbox / open world, Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Flight / aviation, Helicopter | | | Everyone | | Windows | Lego Island 2: Brickster's Revenge is the sequel of Lego Island.The game begins with the player traveling around Lego Island, delivering pizza and talking to fellow citizens until the event where Brickster escape from prison, and attempts to deconstruct all the buildings on Lego Island.Varied gameplay, as the game is part flying game, part racing game, part sky-diving drill, and part astronaut training mission. The player will interact with around 50 or more different characters from Lego Island. Along the way, the player will have to fly bi-planes, race LEGO cars, command space shuttles, and skateboard through a plethora of areas based on LEGO' series of play themes, like LEGO Knight's Kingdom, and the LEGO Adventurers.Also featured are 18 sub-games, as well as a LEGO-themed skate park where the player and Pepper can try a ton of skateboard tricks anytime. |
| LEGO Technic Bionicle Nestlé | 2001 | LEGO System A/S | Ghost ApS | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | This promotional CD-ROM came in Nestlé cereals. It was made to promote LEGO's then-new BIONICLE line. It features interactive content providing information about the characters, story, and products. Also included is a game. It is a side-scrolling platformer where the player controls the six Toa.Each Toa has their own level, taking place in their respective region. At first, the levels are accessed by clicking on a Toa's respective Turaga. The goal is to collect all the Toa's masks in a level before reaching the end. The Toa has two lives, and these lives are lost by falling into the abyss at the bottom of the level or by collecting Infected Masks. The screen slowly scrolls to the right, so the Toa must keep moving, or they will be forcefully pushed. Upon completing a level, the player is taken back to the Turaga menu to play the other levels. Once all six are completed, a new section opens on the CD's menu that shows a five-record leaderboard and allows access to the "full game" mode. In this mode, all six levels are played in a row, and continuously repeat themselves. |
| La Vallée Des Rois | 2001 | Micro Application, S.A. | Blue Sphere (France) | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Help archaeologist Sir Johnson to discover the treasure of Tutankhamen in 50 platform levels. To travel between areas, you have to enter the dark portals, but getting there will require you to push blocks, crash platforms, climb ladders, avoid enemies and time your actions. You only have a limited time to complete each area and the 2D levels are filled with traps: unstable platforms, poisonous smoke and deadly arrows. |
| Lab Rat | 2001 | Games Magnet Ltd. | Games Magnet Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This is a download-only game in which you control a rat who is required to run around a maze until he finds the exit. The game offers an enormous number of mazes to complete, and the company's web site offers various tracking "charts" in which players can post the different maze variants they've completed, as well as other bragging points. Some interesting customizable options are also included relating to sounds as well as adding your own photos to the game's background. |
| Ladendetektiv | 2001 | Data Becker GmbH & Co. KG | Data Becker GmbH & Co. KG | Action | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | In Ladendetektiv, you are a security person who is in charge of the surveillance of a shop. You must prevent the customers from stealing the goods offered. This is done by watching the customers through cameras and - if you are sure you are watching a thief - arresting the person. The shops are presented in a 3D environment in which you can move freely. There are several different shops, offering easy to watch goods like machines or harder stuff like CDs and such. |
| Last Rose in a Desert Garden | 2001 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | Despite their best intentions, things rarely work out for the post-apocalyptic denizens of subterranean vaults, locking in the seeds of the very things they are trying to keep beyond their thick, reinforced walls. Here, the player directs (through mouse point-and-clicking on hot-spots) the actions of a lone wanderer of the blasted, desolate wastes, seeking in vain for some evidence of after-the-bomb survival of some life form more advanced than the occasional twisted desert plant.Some highly suggestive evidence emerges, in the form of a powered, unviolated fallout shelter -- unfortunately, still locked tight against the strange new menaces in the aftermath of this new age. The player will have to employ all the scavenged materials and long-forgotten computer security knowledge at his disposal in order to gain access to three successively secured internal areas and deduce the story of the inhabitants from their own words and records. |
| Learning about Counting | 2001 | Ackerman Group plc | SilverCorn | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Learning About Counting is a simple educational title for young children. It comes on a CD together with a set of counting bears which are used on a counting table, a printed plastic sheet measuring 275mm by 340mm.The title itself is a very simple affair;There's a menu screen which shows a tree house set in a garden, a small yellow 'thing' in a jester's hat performs the introductions, her name is Ella and she's sure we're going to have lots of fun.
Clicking on, or near the tree house opens up the 'Counting Room'. In here there are lots of groups of items and when the player clicks on one the number of items are counted and there's a short animation as the jiggle or dance
Within the 'Counting Room' is a window and the word 'ACTIVITY' is printed on the blind, clicking on this takes the player to the game. There's only one game in this title and it's a math game in which the player is presented with simple sums such as "5 + 5 =?" or "10 - 3 = 7 ?" and three possible answers shown on upturned flower pots. The player selects an answer from the flower pot and if they are correct a flower pops up in the background. After ten correct answers the game is over and the player is invited to play againThe product is made with Macromedia.
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| Les JEUX de l'EURO | 2001 | Société Générale | Gameloft.com S.A. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Les JEUX de l'EURO is an "educational" game offered by the french bank Société Générale, in order to know everything about the european currency unit. The CD-ROM features three "mini-games" :- €UROZAP : managing director of a shopping mall, you have to answer customer questions about the new currency
- €URO Captain SERVICE : manage your customer budget by choosing the better products and/or services
- €URO CONTEST : become familiar with euro coins and paper money |
| Les Visiteurs: La relique de Sainte Rolande | 2001 | Gaumont interactive, Ubi Soft France SAS | Silmarils | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Les Visiteurs: La relique de Sainte Rolande is the sequel to Les Visiteurs: Le Jeu. It is based on the 1998 film The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time.As the medallion of Sainte Rolande (which is believed to be a source of fertility) has stayed in the 20th century, Godefroy de Montmirail has to bring it back to the year 1132, in order to have children. This time, the sequel is much more action-oriented, and the view is 3rd-person. You have sure to find the parts of the medallion, but also fight, use weapons and even play bowling games. |
| Loco-Commotion | 2001 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Plastic Reality Technologies, s.r.o. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | Train | Point and select | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Loco-commotion is a train-based puzzle game. Players are assigned a series of locomotives that must be moved from one part of the screen to the other. There are various obstacles and challenges along the way. A series of buttons (which change based on the level) allow you to assign jobs to helper locomotives. For example, one locomotive will build a bridge, another will repair a bridge, another will explode on contact with, say, a rock-fall that is blocking the tracks. Progress from one level, and you get another, with the levels getting progressively harder. Some levels are timed, and you must get your locomotives to the end point or start the level again. As all this is going on, you get this snappy music playing in the background. It's Lemmings! Lemmings driving trains, I tell ya! |
| Love Love Show! | 2001 | Hobibox Europe Srl, JAST USA | Love Gun | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Love Love Show! is a hentai-themed three-in-one puzzle game. The player starts by selecting a character to play as, who will then be displayed on the left hand side of the screen with their current opponent displayed on the right. The aim of the game is to beat computer-controlled opponents at a variety of puzzles in order to unlock scenes with erotic content.The first game mode is an adaptation of the Japanese board game Gomoku, where players take it in turns to place a falling tile of their color onto a grid, and the first player to form an unbroken chain of five tiles horizontally, vertically, or diagonally wins. The second game mode is a simple card-based memory game where the player is shown a set of cards and is tasked with matching them into pairs after they have been turned over in order to eliminate them from the board. The third game mode tasks the player with rearranging a hentai image that has been split into tiles back into its correct formation by swapping two tiles at a time. |
| Lucky Luke: Western Fever | 2001 | Infogrames, Inc. | Kalisto Entertainment SA | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Western | | | | | | Windows | The game is based on the famous comics series about good cowboy Lucky Luke.You as Lucky Luke have to walk around the fixed tracks on Mexican territory and sometimes shoot the bandits, moving the aim of your gun from one fixed position to another. Also you have to avoid their shooting and reload bullets in your gun. |
| Lula's Wet Pack | 2001 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation | | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Lula: The Sexy Empire
Lula Virtual Babe
Lula Flipper |
| M.A.X. & M.A.X. 2 | 2001 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Compilation containing M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration and M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration. |
| Mahjong Fantasia II: 2001 Edition | 2001 | Soft-World, Technical Group Laboratory, Inc. | Active Software | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Mahjong Fantasia II: - 2001 Edition - is an enhanced version of the original 1993 Mahjong Fantasia 2. The game was enhanced with redone graphics using 65,000 colors. There is now a voice-over and the music is available as MIDI BGM or using audio CD tracks, using the included 'Music CD'.You still play the role of Ring, venturing in a medieval fantasy world in a text-based interface with verb menu. That is the 'adventure' part. Fights are resolved by playing Mahjong against female opponents, who show their nude bodies when they lose. |
| Mahō no Shippo na | 2001 | Sith | Sith | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In a fairy tale-like world there lives a young cute girl named Emiru. She comes from a family of skilled magicians, and has mastered some simple spells herself. She lives together with a magical toy bear, dreaming of attending the best magical school and becoming famous. One day, she falls off the roof of her house, and as a result discovers new magic powers within herself. She realizes that in order to master those powers, she'll need the elemental crystals of magic. Together with her best friend Hiroko she embarks on a dangerous journey.Mahō no Shippo na is basically a long 3D animé-style movie, with the only gameplay part available after you have watched it from the beginning to the end (unlike the next games, in which you can access the gameplay if you have just selected to watch the ending from the main menu). The gameplay is very basic: you are given all the movie clips at your disposal, and you can compose your own movie out of them, determining their order, number of loops, and background music. |
| Manager.Pack | 2001 | Take Two Interactive GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Airport Tycoon
The Corporate Machine
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| Martian | 2001 | Kedamonoware | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Martian is a freeware crosshair shoot'em up game where the players takes on the role of a hover-tank sent out to defend the nuclear missiles from an invading army of aliens. The hover-tank can be moved right and left with the keyboard, while the crosshair is controlled by mouse. The game includes an ever increasing difficulty level and 4 different types of weapons. |
| Mary-Kate and Ashley: Crush Course | 2001 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | n-Space, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Mary-Kate and Ashley: Crush Course is a game for one or two players.The girls learn that their arch enemy, Courtney, has been seen near their lockers. On investigation they find pieces of a torn up note, an invitation to a beach party no less, but they have no idea who it's from. This sets the scene for a series of challenges, the rewards for which are further pieces of the note which eventually reveal which of the cute guys has a crush on them. The challenges are:
Freshman Year: The Physics Class where a game of mini-golf is used to explore gravity, velocity and friction. The Cheerleading Tryouts where the player(s) have to match the moves made by the gym teacher
Sophomore Hall: The Marine Biology Class which is a timed game where the object is to collect creatures and litter, one goes into the bin and the other is returned to the sea.Journalism Class where the player(s) must explore the school and take photographs of the people on their assignment list.
The Junior & Senior Hall:The Talent Show where the object is to follow the instructors moves and beat Courtney.Journalism, again, but this time the player is taking pictures for the school year book.Finally a series of seaside arcade games, Ball Toss, Treasure Hunt, and Hoops
All the mini games can be played as a series in game-mode or individually. In game-mode the games are graded, a B or higher is needed to win a piece of the message, and initially the player(s) will only have access to the games in the Freshman year. They are all one or two player games and are keyboard controlled.
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| Matchbox: Emergency Patrol | 2001 | Mattel Interactive | Sandbox Studios, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A Matchbox-licensed driving game for children. You choose a Matchbox fire engine, police car, or ambulance and freely drive around a city completing missions such as putting out a fire, arresting a bank robber, or driving someone to the hospital. You have to complete each mission for each vehicle three times to complete the game. When you have completed half of the missions for each vehicle, the police car becomes a motorcycle and the ambulance and fire truck are enhanced. This game is completely different from the Game Boy Color game of the same name. |
| Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing: New UK Version 11 | 2001 | Learning Company (UK) Ltd., The | | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mavis Beacon teaches Typing 11: UK version is one of a series of typing tutorials featuring the eponymous Ms. Beacon. As with other titles in the series games are used to aid in the learning process designed to build speed and accuracy. This title features a 'Game Hallway' with eight games. They are:
Creature Lab: six coloured DNA strands are viewed as though through a microscope and the pupil must enter the names of the DNA strands. The strands are coloured and the names can either be entered in any order to produce a unique creature or the names of strands of the same colour can be entered to produce a specific creature.
Far Off Adventures: this game shows a balloon travelling above the surface of the sea. The object of
the game is to keep your balloon in the air until it reaches its destination by typing steadily and rhythmically.
Check-out Time: this game is based on a supermarket check-out and uses the numeric part of the keyboard. Grocery items travel down the conveyor belt and the pupil must enter the correct price. Mistakes are allowed but with each error an item drops to the floor and too many errors ends the game.
Road Race: This game is, naturally, about speed. The player is in a car and words appear on a screen in the centre of the dashboard, the payer must type these words quickly and accurately to stay ahead of their rival.
Chameleon Picnic: in this game ants march across the bottom of the screen from right to left. Each ant carries a letter, the player must enter the letters as they appear , each correct letter means the ant gets eaten by the chameleon, each incorrect letter means the ant escapes. The game ends when all the ants are eaten or when too many escape.
Space Junk: this game has the pupil defending a space station from space junk. The object is to get the pupil to recognise and type common suffixes and prefixes accurately and quickly. Every correct entry results in a piece of debris being destroyed, every error results in a collision with the space station. The game ends when the station is destroyed.
Shark Attack: this is another test of the pupils speed, the object is to type the displayed text quickly and accurately and by doing so stay ahead of the pursuing sharks
Penguin Crossing: a penguin tries to cross a fast flowing stream by jumping from one ice floe to another. Each floe has a word written on it, by typing the word the player enables the penguin to jump from floe to floe and eventually reach safetyAll games have three levels Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. The Beginner level games are not timed but the other two are. |
| Max and the Magician | 2001 | Tivola Publishing, Inc. | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Max and the Magician comes from the team of Tivola and BVM, who are responsible for the Oscar the Balloonist games, as well as the Millie Meter games. Both series are illustrated under the direction of Barbara Landbeck, who brings the same distinctive watercolor style to this game.Max's Uncle Pong has given him a special flashlight-broom to deliver to to his friend Mervin the Magician, but when Max arrives at his castle he discovers Mervin has been turned into a toilet-brush by the evil witch Hagabelle. Furthermore, Hagabelle has ripped up the spell paper and hidden it all around the castle; to reverse the spell, Max has to find all these pieces and put them together.Before playing, the player is asked to indicate which language he speaks: English, German, French or Spanish, and to select a magic hat to keep track of his game. This serves as a save-game, allowing the player to return to wherever he left off by clicking on the same hat. The spell pieces will be hidden in different spots if the game is re-started with a new hat selected. The player uses the mouse to point and click on items throughout the castle, most of which animate or lead to other parts of the castle. On the first run-through, he is given a thumbs-up or thumbs-down choice about moving on to the next area, and once all the scenes have been visited, he can click on the Max icon at the bottom of the screen to re-visit them. Also on first playing, each new area brings up a small text box which is read aloud by a narrator. Aside from finding the spell pieces, the player will come across some mini-games, including "Catch the Rabbit", where the player must click on all the rabbits jumping out of hats, and "Broomstick", where the player has the opportunity to pick from a trunkful of magic brooms and fly around the room. The mini-games have no real goals, and aren't necessary for the advancement of the game.
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| Maya the Bee: What a Thunderstorm | 2001 | EMME Interactive SA, Tivola Publishing GmbH | Web Production, The | Adventure, Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Maya the bee composes a rain dance unleashing a storm that blows away Willy's cap. He has just received it as a present from Lady Cassandra, so you will need to get it back. During the quest, you have to help the other animals that have got in trouble because of the rain. All the familiar characters make an appearance: Maya, Willy, Ms. Cassandra, Grimelda, Flip the Grasshopper, the guards and many more.The game is intended for children from three to six and consists of eight minigames linked by a plot. There are three difficulty levels and each game trains different aspects: memory, timing, hand-eye coordination, logic or ecology. The entire game is programmed in Macromedia Director and requires Quicktime for some animations. |
| Medieval Masters Collection | 2001 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation pack comes in an oversized box and contains three games:
Age of Wonders
Darkstone
Tzar: The burden of the CrownIn addition, there are .pdf file strategy guides for Darkstone and Tzar, and a full 284 page printed strategy guide for Age of Wonders. |
| Mega Man Legends | 2001 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Metroidvania, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In a world covered almost entirely in water, there exist small islands that hide huge treasures. And where there's treasure, you can find treasure hunters called Diggers, who live for the thrill of the hunt...Barrel Casket was once one of the greatest Diggers, but he has now retired. He now cares for his young granddaughter, Roll, whose parents disappeared while on a dig. He had also discovered a strange baby boy in some ruins one time, who he also took under his care alongside Roll. He named the baby boy Rock Voulnut, and Rock grew up to be an expert Digger, sometimes known by his nickname, MegaMan.While out exploring one day, Rock, Roll, and Barrel's airship, the Flutter, crash lands on an island named Kattelox. As they explore Kattelox in hopes of fixing their ship, they hear word of a huge treasure, the legendary Mother Lode, that is buried somewhere on the island. Rock, Roll, and Barrel decide to look for the treasure, but at the same time, they're going to get a little competition from a pirate family named the Bonnes...Mega Man Legends is the first of the Mega Man series to take place in fully explorable 3D, and is paced more like an RPG than the previous stage-to-stage action games. Rock can explore the town and follow the story to find entrances to the underground ruins, where in he will find traps, feral Reaverbots, and large boss robots. Destroying enemies will reward Rock with health, sub-weapon energy, and the power cores of the robots, which people in his world use as currency. By searching through the town and ruins Rock will find items of dubious use and value, and they can be brought back to Roll to be assembled into useful items and upgradable sub-weapons, although not for free. Rock can run while shooting, go into first person mode for aimed shots, and also lock onto an enemy and circle around them to avoid their attacks. |
| Mercer Mayer's Little Critter and the Great Race | 2001 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | Big Tuna New Media, LLC | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Little Critter is a character created by the author/illustrator Mercer Mayer for a series of children's books: he is an animal of unknown species, although his web page says that his species is Little Critter...Critterville is having a big soap box derby, and you and Little Critter have to find the parts to build your own racer. Once you've selected the model you want to build, you'll travel all around the town performing helpful tasks, trading items, and talking to townspeople in order to collect the car parts you need. The Great Race is a point and click adventure game, and all actions are performed with the mouse. Critterville has four maps that let you travel wherever you need to go by selecting a location with the mouse - as you move the cursor over it Little Critter tells you what each place is; a click will take you there. As you collect objects that you'll use in some way during the game they will show in the inventory window at the bottom of the screen, and you "use" them by clicking and dragging them where you want. The car parts that you collect are visible when you click on the Soapbox Racers book on the bottom right.Many objects and areas in the game are clickable hot-spots, giving you small animations of characters singing and dancing, or odd and amusing little events such as a little rabbit girl sighing adoringly over Little Critter when you click on her; a dinosaur toy that burps; machines that rattle and move, etc.There are six mini-games to play during the course of the game, although they may not all be necessary for the completion of The Great Race - which ones are necessary depends on the racer you've chosen to build. The mini-games include Tic-Tac-Toe (with spiders as markers), matching tools to outlines on a pegboard, a jigsaw puzzle, balloon concentration, Recyclotron 2000 (matching can labels to their slot in a recycling machine), and of course, the Great Race itself, which is an arcade-style driving game that involves dodging cows and other racers as you speed along the racetrack.
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| Merlin's Magic Break Out | 2001 | Light & Shadow Production | Ganymede Technologies S.C. | Action | Top-down | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Here comes Merlin as the main character of a Breakout variant !As the only one able to bring peace back to the kingdom he lives in, Merlin will have no other choice than to escape from his prison, i.e. breaking its walls. That's for the story. The game is a classic break out variant with two game modes, battle (two-player on a split screen) or arcade, with up to 40 levels to complete. As in other games of the same genre, special bricks give special bonuses, such as multi-ball, magnetic paddle, and so on.The game offers two levels of difficulty : easy or difficult. |
| Mia's Big Adventure Collection: Just in Time! | 2001 | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Educational | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | There is a fire on Mia’s cottage. All escapes unharmed, but the house burns down. Mia must get back in time to prevent the fire once she can discover the cause. Mia and her friend Marty have a plan for a time machine, but they need to collect parts to build it. This is done while learning basic math skills - for ages 6 to 10. The game uses a side-scrolling and mouse-controlled interactivity to guide Mia through the adventure.The game's 12 educational activities teach arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) geometry (circle, square, rectangle, triangle, closed and broken lines) logic, place value, fractions, measures, etc. |
| Microsoft Bicycle Series | 2001 | Microsoft Game Studios | | Gambling, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Chess | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:Bicycle Board Games
Bicycle Card Games
Bicycle Casino Games
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| Milionerzy | 2001 | | | Puzzle | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Milionerzy is an unofficial computer adaptation of the Polish edition of the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?". The player takes on the role of a contestant and is challenged to answer trivia questions with rising difficulty (all questions are taken from the actual show). Each question has four different answers to choose. Each correct answer brings the player closer to the coveted reward of a million PLN, but a wrong answer ends the game immediately. The player has the access to three one-use "lifelines": 50/50 (elimination of two incorrect answers), "Phone a Friend" and "Ask the Audience" (both of which reveal the correct answer with a certain likelihood.) |
| Millie Meter's Nutrition Adventure | 2001 | Tivola Publishing, Inc. | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Little Millie Meter, also appearing in Millie Meter and Her Adventure in the Oak Tree, hears a mysterious sneeze and some ominous rumbling as she’s out walking, and discovers a Giant family hidden in the rocks. All of them are feeling a little poorly, especially Bulk, the youngest, and Millie volunteers to take a look inside his body to hunt down the reason for his stomach distress. She hops into the space capsule, Bulk yawns widely, and off she goes into the cave of his mouth on an adventure through all the parts of the digestive system. In each location, she will find a game and win one piece of the Golden Pyramid. Only when the Golden Pyramid is fully assembled will Millie understand what is wrong with the giants. Players may be reminded of Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet as this game also illustrates the importance of good nutrition, but there the resemblance ends. The hand-drawn look is typical of Tivola's games with BVM (see also Oscar the Balloonist and the Secrets of the Forest), and like Millie Meter and Her Adventure in the Oak Tree, this adventure is entirely mouse-controlled. At the bottom of each page are the option icons - at the far left is the pyramid, which shows how many pieces are still missing. The blue refrigerator holds games and the Tricktionary; Bulk's face is the volume control (move the tongue left or right for less or more volume); click on the flag to change languages; or on Millie to exit the game. On the right is a panel showing the figure of Bulk and a round x-ray viewer. The player can move this up and down to advance from area to area or travel by clicking on doors in the main screen. Millie begins her adventure in the mouth, proceeds down into the esophagus and then the stomach. From there she goes to the small intestine, takes a side trip to the liver, and finishes up in the large intestine where the, um, exit is. Characters manning various stations along the way provide explanations of the processes of digestion, and there are six mini-games that reinforce some of the concepts covered.
The Pipeline Game - flip, turn, cork, and place the pipe sections so that liquid flows unimpeded from the top left to the bottom right
Flying Food - try to get all the flying food into the right spot by clicking the up & down arrows as it moves across the screen
The Tongue Taste Test - drag each food from the right onto the part of the tongue that can taste it (sweet, salty, bitter, or sour)
The Fruit and Veg Workshop - an art page, where the player can drag pictures onto the page, resize/reorient them and print it
The Fruit and Vegetable Jigsaw - just what it says, a jigsaw puzzle of a whimsical picture
True or False? - Chloe makes a statement, and the player must decide if it is true or false
Once all six games have been completed, the player also gains access to Millie's Tricktionary, a book of science experiments centered around nutrition; pages from this may be printed out.
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| Mind It! | 2001 | astragon Software GmbH | The Foundation Company | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mind it! is a mix of memory and puzzle game. The player needs to solve mathematical riddles by clicking on the right results or sort domino tiles, find similar noises or connect composers with their music. There 14 memory sets and 2 3D variants are included which can be played with the included 3D glasses. |
| Mini Car Racing | 2001 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Aeon Design | Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Mini Car Racing is a car racing game presented with a bird's-eye perspective. The player starts the game with a basic car and a small amount of money. By winning races, collecting money bags on the racetrack and destroying the cars of opponents, additional funds are acquired which can then be used to improve the car, buy weapons or buy a more powerful vehicle altogether.The game offers over 50 different tracks, 8 types of cars, 3 levels of difficulty, and the multiplayer mode lets up to 4 persons race against each other in split-screen. |
| Missile Strike | 2001 | X-Pressive.com | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Missile Strike is a single-player, mouse controlled, freeware variant of Missile Command.In this game the player protects bases on the moon from meteors and comets rather than cities from missiles, but the gameplay is the same. The player can choose to protect either one or three bases and can vary the number and speed of the comets and missiles. Missiles are limited and must be used carefully, with each level the player is awarded an extra missileThe game has techno drum sound track and sound effects but no high score table. |
| Mods and Maps: More than 1000 maps for Counter-Strike | 2001 | XMP | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is an unofficial add-on pack for Half-Life: Counter-Strike that contains more than 1,000 maps and modifications gathered from internet resources. |
| Monster Truck Rumble | 2001 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Iridon Interactive AB | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | | | Off-roading | | | | | Windows | Monster Truck Fury takes monster truck racing outdoors, on off-road tracks. There are six trucks to choose from, and six tracks such as Arizona, Colorado, the Mojave Desert, Grand Canyon and other courses in desolated areas. Game modes include Practice, Checkpoint Racing, Car Crushin' where you hunt down car wrecks, and Lane Races on regular course tracks. Each race pitches you against three AI-controlled players. Most tracks only have natural borders and you are guided by green arrows that point to the right direction and display the distance to your next target.All tracks have a desert theme with different weather types. Typically, a course consists or regular roads combined with mountains, craters, bridges and a few objects such as houses. There are lots of car wrecks you can use to jump, and obstacles such as livestock and bushes. The damage to your truck is visible and also measured in percentages. When in trouble, you can recover at all times with a penalty of three seconds. In the bottom left corner, you keep track of objectives, opponents and obstacles on a mini-map.All race times are stored on scoreboards. Multiplayer consists of head-to-head split-screen (offline) or online races with four players in total. The game supports steering wheels with force feedback and gamepads. |
| Montezooma | 2001 | Nordos Game Studio | Nordos Game Studio | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Montezooma is an arcade platformer in which the player has to help the titular warrior to emerge victorious in battles against many monsters. Sometimes certain items must be picked up in order to advance to the next level. There are about twenty levels in the game, and over fifteen different enemy types. |
| Moop and Dreadly in the Treasure on Bing Bong Island | 2001 | Plaid Banana Entertainment | Hulabee Entertainment Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | From a group of former Humongous Entertainment employees comes a kid-oriented adventure in the style of such classics as the Freddi Fish and Putt-Putt series. Moop, a giant purple thingy who can't speak English but does most of the thinking between the two, and Dreadly, a preteen buccaneer looking for treasure, search for the Golden Glockenspiel, but face competition from the dastardly Captain Trench. As is classic with these sorts of games, much hilarity does, in fact, ensue. The game is divided over six chapters featuring colorful, cartoony graphics and easy, lighthearted puzzles, |
| Moorhuhn: Winter-Edition | 2001 | Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | Phenomedia AG | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Moorhuhn: Winter-Edition offers the typical first-person shooting gallery gameplay the series is known for, but now with a winter theme. Instead of using a fixed-screen the player can also scroll left or right to extend the environment, providing a larger hunting area. Next to the classic chickens there are more types of targets available as well. As always the goal is to get a highscore shooting as much as possible before time runs out. There are ways to extend the time.
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| More Arcade Games | 2001 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | More Arcade Games is another collection of shareware and freeware games published by
Idigicon in their Family Fun series. The CD will autorun if allowed and this brings up a menu that runs in the centre of the screen. The menu presents the games in ten 'game banks' within which the games are held in alphabetical order. All games run direct from the CD with no installation required though a couple do register an error when trying to save a high score.The games in each bank are:
Bank 1:
3D Ten Thousand from LatticeWork Software
9 Men's Morris from Klepp Nikolaus
Alien Force from Robert Epps
Amazeing (v4.07) from Stuart Swain
Asteroid ( v0.3) from Carl von Blixen
Avoid The Roids from Brook Miles
Bang! Bang! from David B. Lutton II
Black Box from Chiltern Software
Blackout from Zarkware
Blitzer from Steve Sherman
Bank 2:
Blob Factory (v 1.1) from Jeremiah Golden
Block Breaker (v 1.2) from Yutaka Emura
Bow and Arrow from John Di Troia
Brats from Albert C. Ashton
BreakThru! from Chris Nokleberg
Bricks from Curt Johnson
Brickbreaker II from Shihwei Yu
Bugs from Timothy G. Baldwin
BustOut'98 (v1.Free) from Adam Rudolph
Centipede from C. Caisotti
Bank 3:
Colors from Stefan Craatz and Verena Knels
Columns from John Rotenstein
Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons
Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle
Diaggle from Soleau Software
Dodger from Ivan Mackintosh
Duckhunt from Andrew G. Novotak Jr.
Emlith (Version 3.00E) from Yutaka Emura
Empipe (Version 1.00E) from Yutaka Emura
Flaps from Soleau Software
Bank 4:
Fractal Fighters v1.1 from Giovanni Tummarello
Frog Hop from Soleau Software
Fructus from Philippe Basciano
Gelules also from Philippe Basciano
Graditor from Pentti Moilanen
Hungry Snake from Stas Virhov
Here They Come! from Stimulus Gaming
Hexis from Kantar Development
Hit Or Miss from Daniel Otis
Hyperoid from Edward Hutchins
Bank 5:
Jewel Master (v1.1) from Peter Siamidis
Jewel Thief from ServantWare
Killer Cars from Simple Systems
Klotz
Kye (version 2.0) from Colin Garbutt
Loopz Windows from Christophe Yvon
MacBlaster from Earl Gehr
Magneto from Marc-Thomas Clifton
The Adventures Of MicroMan: Adventure 1: Crazy Computers
Missile Attack! is another game from Peter Siamidis
Bank 6:
Misson Alphatron
Moraff's Ultra Blast (version 3.0)
Mr. Matt (v2.10)
Ms. Chomp is another game from Peter Siamidis
Murder
Nitemare-3D
Neural Ned in Ned's Worldr from David S. Smiczek
Oilcap Pro from Soleau Software
Order Of Omega from Arka Enternational
Paulie Python
Bank 7:
Popper from Housemarque Ltd.
Pac win (version 2.3) from C. Caisotti
Mazemaker (v2.01)
Pudge is by Damon Chaplin
Qbob (version 1.3) from MoonRock Software Inc.
Race Track
Robots from Dave Hoy
Robot Battle from Brad Schick
Runner (v1.0) from SouthBay Software
Six Feet Under
Bank 8:
Slam! from Robert Epps
Smash-Em (v1.5) from Galt Technology
Space Exploration by Jeffrey R. Marken
Space Rocks
Space Traveler another game from Jeffrey R. Marken
Space Walls from Adam J. Taub
Space Junkie from Tuan Huynh
Squeeze Play from Henderson Graphics
Squirmer The Game
SwatM from Mainstay Computer
Bank 9:
TC Asteroids This and most of the games in this bank are the work of Anthony Carin
TC Choplifter
TC Invaders
TC Joust
TC Robot Bout
TC Skirmish
TC Spaceflight
TC Startrek
TC Virtual World
Tetriszen The only game in this bank that is not from Anthony Carin
Bank 10:
Tiles and Tribulations from Technological Computer Innovations
Tritris (v1.5) from Michael Greminger
Warhead (v 1.01) from WayForward Technologies
WarpCycle II from Florian Schulte and Bjoern Ischo
Winroids from Stephen Baxter
Wimtris from Kipnis Enterprises
WormWorld for Windows: PC PLUS Special Version from Kevin Ng
YATC from Duff Software
Yateris from Peter Mueller
Zeek the Geek from Sidewalk Software
Zombie Castle from KomodoWare Entertainment
Most games are Win 3.x games, those that are for intended for different platforms are shown below:
DOS games: Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons, and Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle
Earlier versions of Windows : Diaggle (Windows v1.1), Flaps (Windows v1.2), Frog Hop (Windows v1.1), and Oilcap Pro (Windows v2.0)
Windows 9x games: 3D Ten Thousand, Avoid The Roids, BustOut '98, Centipede, Fractal Fighters, Hungry Snake, Klotz, Moraff's Ultra Blast, Mr. Matt, Popper, Pac win, Race Track, Slam!, Smash-Em, Space Walls, Space Junkie, Squirmer The Game, Windows, Tiles and Tribulations, WarpCycle II, and WormWorld for Windows: PC PLUS Special Version |
| Mosaic | 2001 | GameYard.com | GameYard.com | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mosaic is a single player, shareware, tile matching gameThe game starts with a screen filled blocks of different colours. The player clicks on areas where there are touching blocks of the same colour causing them to disappear, when they vanish the blocks above them fall down to fill the gap. The bigger the group of blocks the higher the score they generate. No new blocks are added to the screen during the game. The objective is to clear as many as possible and achieve a high scoreThe game is entirely mouse controlled, it has two levels of difficulty plus a player vs computer mode, six styles of block and a high score table
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| MultiPlayer Mania: Action | 2001 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | | Action, Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Codename: Eagle
Hidden & Dangerous
Flying Heroes
As can be inferred from the title, each game has multiplayer support and comes with the latest patch and a .pdf manual on the disc.
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| Mummy: Tomb of the Pharaoh / Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster | 2001 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a budget release by Interplay, featuring the following games:
Mummy: Tomb of the Pharaoh
Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster
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| Munkey Kong | 2001 | Shadow Light Games Ltd. | Shadow Light Games Ltd. | Action, Strategy | Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Munkey Kong is a single player, keyboard controlled game.In this game the player controls a monkey who stands on a horizontal platform at the top f the screen. Some dastardly ne'er-do-well is trying to destroy the monkey's home by releasing helium balloons with sticks of dynamite attached, when these reach the top of the screen they explode and the monkey's platform drops a little. When it reaches the bottom of the screen the game is over.The monkey's only defence is to throw bombs at the approaching balloons, however these are in limited supply so they must be thrown with care. There are also smaller monkeys who ride to the top of the screen on balloons. They fly among the dynamite balloons and when they reach the top of the screen they help by raising the platform a little, care must be taken to ensure these are not hit by the monkey's bombs. |
| Myst III: Exile (Collector's Edition) | 2001 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this special edition of Myst III: Exile, you get the full game, a Myst III Strategy guide by Prima, a music CD containing the soundtrack of the game, a "Making of" Cd that goes behind the scenes of Myst III as well as the trailer movies, and in the US release a pewter figurine of one of the animals in the Myst world, the Squee. |
| Myth II: Worlds | 2001 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Myth II Worlds is a compilation of Myth II and several of the most popular community-created mods. It includes over 50 single player levels and dozens of multiplayer maps for this real time strategy game. All in all, you get:
Myth II: Soulblighter
The Seventh God
Jinn
World War II: Titans
Bushido
Myth II strategy guide on CD |
| Mythical Warriors: Battle for Eastland | 2001 | Walk On media publishing | Outerbound Games | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The countries of Draco and Phoenix have come to blows in Eastland, the land of the gods. After an uneasy peace, they have both decided to conquer the entire land. But is it their own idea, or has the wizard Horus corrupted them both?Battle for Eastland is a real-time strategy game, with a large number of magical forces. Each of the two sides has a distinct class list, and ranges from the basic (shamans and warriors), to the magical (dragons and golems). In total, 30 different troops are included. In addition, as a powerful wizard, you have the ability to drop game-changing spells on the battlefield, running off a recharging mana bar. By having your troops kill enemies, you will increase in level, which gives you access to the higher-end troops, spells, and research. Your experience is kept between battles in the campaign and skirmishes, opening up new tactics as time goes on. Single-player campaigns for both Draco and Phoenix are included, and previous levels may be replayed at any time. Also, 16 multi-player and skirmish maps are included. Finally, a level editor will let you create your own levels. |
| NASCAR Racing 4 | 2001 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Papyrus Design Group, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Michelle Balkan | | Everyone | | Windows | NASCAR Racing is back for 2001 better than ever! For the first time for NASCAR game, the Daytona track! Arcade racing mode for the novices, simulation mode for the experts, multiplayer mode for up to 32 players. Improved physics model, improved graphics engine with real-time shading. Improved radio chatter, ability to tell pit crew what to do before you pit... And much more. |
| NHRA Drag Racing Main Event | 2001 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Motorsport Simulations, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | An officially licensed simulation of NHRA top fuel, funny car, Pro Stock car, and truck drag racing. It includes the entire 25 event NHRA circuit and 80 of the top drag racing teams. Tune your car against changing weather conditions and view detailed telemetry via Racepak, the same software used by all the NHRA teams. The game supports force feedback devices and includes competitive online play. |
| NYR: New York Race | 2001 | Wanadoo Edition | Kalisto Entertainment SA | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | New York Race is game about future racing. Game is inspired by Luc Besson's film "Fifth Element". There are more than 30 high-tech flying machines to choose and pilot (including the notorious Taxi and the cool police car).There are four different modes available in NYR, the main one being the Championship mode that takes place over four different categories; Qualification, Beginner, Pro and Expert.
Other modes include Single Race, Time Attack and the rather cool Keirin mode, that eliminates the contestant in last place at every checkpoint until the last man remains. In every race, you can pick up 4 elements which give you an added advantage: Water - leaves a liquid sphere behind you that slows your opponents down if they hit it, Fire - allows you to shoot a homing fireball at your opponents, Earth activates a temporary shield and Air - gives you a speed boost.
3 Dimensional action allows the player complete freedom of movement on a vertical and horizontal axis.
The races take place on 12 tracks, which can be unlocked by advancing through levels. The tracks are divided into four districts: Jet Set, Middle Class, Seedy District and China Town. |
| Necronomicon: The Gateway to Beyond | 2001 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Wanadoo Edition | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Interwar | | | | Teen | | Windows | New England ... 1927 - William Stanton is visited by a friend from his childhood, Edgar Wycherley, who hands him a strange pyramid shaped object and begs him not to show it to anyone, not even him if he asks for it. As William delves into the mysteries of this object and the reasons why his friend gave it to him, he discovers that Edgar was somehow involved in the occult and that the entire world may be at risk. |
| News Delivery | 2001 | E-game AB | Hajtech Produktioner | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | Bike / Bicycling | | | | | Windows | News Delivery is a Paperboy clone. As a news delivery boy, you have to throw the newspapers either in the mailboxes or in front of the doors. Just don't hit any window, avoid bouncing tires, and cars. You have three lives.Contrary to the original Paperboy game, the viewpoint is here top-down. You control the bicycle using the cursor keys and throw papers with the spacebar. This free game is an advergame produced for the swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter. |
| Nine Men's Morris | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Nine Men's Morris is a player vs computer, mouse controlled, implementation of a strategy board game that dates back to the Roman Empire.The is played on a board with concentric squares marked on it, these are connected by lines. The game is turn based. It starts with players placing their pieces/men at intersections of lines and corners of the squares. Whenever a player completes a 'mill', or line of three pieces they can remove one of their opponent's pieces. When all pieces have been placed the second phase begins, here players move their pieces around the board and once again, whenever a player completes a line of three men they can remove one of their opponent's men. A player wins when their opponent is reduced to two men, because then they can no longer make a line of three, or when an opponent has no more legal moves to make.This implementation gives the player the options to play Five Men's Morris, Six Men's Morris, Nine Men's Morris, and Twelve Men's Morris, the Five and Six men variants are played on the same board but the Nine and Twelve man variants each use a different board.The games play in a small window, are mouse controlled, have optional music and sound effects plus an internet play option. The strength of the AI opponent can be varied, there is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these. |
| Node Jumper | 2001 | | Soleau Software, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Node Jumper is a single-player puzzle game. In this game the player has to race around a grid-like structure in which multiple gems reside. By travelling around all four sides of a cell containing the gem the player captures / releases it from the grid. The level is complete when all gems have been released. There are guardians of the grid, Electron Emulsifiers, who aim to catch the player and prevent this from happening. The game is entirely keyboard controlled.The full game has seven missions and a bonus mission, each mission having five levels. Some compilations such as
Greenstreet's Office Games contain a special Eedition of this game which typically has only the first few missions. |
| Nomi | 2001 | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | | Action, Puzzle | | | | Arcade, Timed input | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Nomi is a one or two-player Simon Says game in which the player has to click on lights to repeat a sequence generated by the game. It is mouse controlled and has music, sound effects and varying degrees of difficulty |
| Oil Tycoon | 2001 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Soft Enterprises GmbH | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Oil Tycoon puts you in charge of a large oil company. You are tasked with building various structures in various cities, such as Montreal and New York. Build oil wells, oil purification centers, and other buildings to expand your business, also conduct business deals with transport companies, packaging companies, and rival oil firms.Oil Tycoon features a progressive, in-game technology tree, and various in-game tutorials. |
| Onlineworms | 2001 | Wizgate | Wizgate | Strategy | Side view | | Comedy, War | Artillery | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Onlineworms is a free-to-download, online-only title based upon Worms 2, oriented towards the Asian market. The gameplay is very much identical to the originals, with modified schemes and maps, as well as player ranking. However, it required an online connection even in local multiplayer. |
| Open Kart | 2001 | Microïds | Microïds Canada Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Open Kart is a go-kart simulation. The heart of the game is its career mode where the player races to the top in three classes: 100cc, 125cc and 200cc. After every race the player has to replace broken parts respectively upgrade them. The money for this comes from prize money and sponsors which are more generous when the player is on a high place of the ranking - which means that a steady performance is important.The ten courses are from all over the world and have each a long and a short version. In the arcade mode the game randomly picks a few courses. The third single-player mode is "Time Attack" where the player is alone and races against a image of his best round. The handling of the go-carts is a bit more action oriented. |
| Oscar The Balloonist: My Creative Workshop | 2001 | Tivola UK Ltd. | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Educational | | | | Mini-games | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Oscar The Balloonist: My Creative Workshop is a collection of artistic activities and mini games for young children. Once past the logos, title screens and language selection the game starts with Oscar landing his balloon out of which a crate, a book, and Carmela the stripy trunk all tumble. These three items ate hotspots linking to the game's activities which are;
Oscar's Creative Corner: The player access this by selecting the crate in the lower left of the main screen. The main screen resembles the opened crate with lots of toys and stuff poking out the top, each one opens a new activity which is shown on the side of the crate. Options available are;printing pictures to colour in off-lineOscar's Mythical Creature Machine - here the player rolls a dice and the game generates a creature from parts of easily recognised animals such as cows and horses, the result can be printed off to be coloured inModels: There's Oscar's balloon, Oscar, a jumping pig, animal masks, farmyard buildings and people, a mobile and finger puppets all of which are to be printed, cut and glued - they all come with instructions
Oscar's Design and Print Department: This is accessed via the book on the main screen. It shows the pages of a book with many tabs, each tab representing a different item that the player can design and print. Options available are gift tags, place cards, greeting card, post card, diary page, photo frame, timetable, zoologist notebook, visiting card, calendar page, door hanger, stationery and voucher/certificate.
Carmela's Games: As with the crate in Oscar's Creative Corner the player is presented with Carmela the trunk, her lid is open and lots of stuff pokes out from within. As each game opens Carmela provides animated instructions with a voice over so the player is in no doubt what they have to do. The games are;
Mouse Hunt: This is triggered by clicking on the owl, it's a Whac-A-Mole variant where the player clicks on mice running across a field to help the barn owl feed their chicks
The Apple Picking Tower: A logic problem in which the player builds a tower to help Oscar pick apples. Towers are built with crates, only one crate can be carried at a time and small crates can go on top of big ones but not the other way around.
Fishbones: Selected by clicking on the fish in Carmela the trunk. This puzzle has the player reassembling a fish skeleton
The Flower Jigsaw: There's just one picture in this jigsaw which the player completes by drag-and-dropping pieces into the picture outline. The player has the choice of an easy or a hard puzzle, in both cases all the pieces are correctly oriented and cannot be placed incorrectly.
Spot The Difference: This is selected by clicking on the snake because the player has to spot the differences between two pictures of a snake. There is just one picture puzzle with ten differences and there is no penalty for random clicking
The True of False Game: Players select this game by clicking on the hedgehog, in the game the player hears a statement and must click on the thumb up or thumb down button to say if it is right or wrong. Each time the player gets an answer right a flower grows. Sounds easy but do you know if chamois walk on tiptoe?
The Headgear Game: In this game the player puts different hats and horns onto a roebuck, each selection is rewarded with a humorous comment, there's no special prize for putting the right antlers on his head.
The game can be played in both English and German. It has music throughout and whenever the mouse cursor passes over a button or hotspot Oscar is on hand to say what that control does.The game comes with two screensavers;Filename oscar1 : A frog drifts around on the lily pad, occasionally a fish jumps and/or the frog catches a flyFilename oscar2: This has a mole popping up from a mound of earth and then crawling away underground
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| Out of the Park Baseball 3 | 2001 | Out of the Park Developments GmbH & Co. KG | Out of the Park Developments GmbH & Co. KG | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | The latest addition to the management simulation series. The player takes over in both the front office and the dugout, assuming responsibility for all aspects of team operations. This includes signing players,setting ticket prices,hiring scouts and coaches for both the major and minor leagues. The game can be played for a single season or a career, in the present or at any moment in the last 100 years (game now includes an era manager). A baseball encyclopedia can be downloaded for free. |
| Outlive | 2001 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Continuum Entertainment | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Outlive is a real-time strategy game set in the year 2045 where human and robots battle each other for supremacy. Both races can be controlled through the player with different campaigns. The gameplay is centered around resource mining, building and equipping units, and investing into research to progress along a technology tree. There are three different campaign modes, a skirmish mode, matches over internet, and a map editor. |
| Oz: The Magical Adventure - Double Pack | 2001 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Oz: The Magical Adventure - Double Pack is a compilation of two titles:
Oz: The Magical Adventure
Oz: The Magical Adventure - Interactive StorybookBoth products have been published separately and this compilation is simply the two keep cases packaged in a card slipcase. |
| PC Games Collection 2 | 2001 | Infogrames Deutschland GmbH, Electronic Arts GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | PC Games Collection 2 includes the following 10 games:
Corsairs: Conquest at Sea
Darklight Conflict
Dethkarz
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
Dungeon Keeper
Industry Giant
Lucky Luke
Need for Speed II: SE
Nuclear Strike
Puma Street Soccer |
| PacMax | 2001 | Hemming AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | PacMax is a compilation of Pac-Man variants. The games in this compilation are:
3D-Man (called Pacman 3D on the inlay)
JoPac
J-Man
PacWorld
Crazy Maze
Zapman which is a renamed version of Capman
All the games install and play in either English, French or German.
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| Pajama Sam: Games to Play on Any Day | 2001 | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This collection of games is based off of the Junior Adventure character Pajama Sam - specifically, his game "You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet". As that game was based on food, so many of these familiar games have a food slant to them. And many of the characters found it the adventure game are found in these games too.There are 10 games in this package, with 3 difficulty levels and three modes (1 player vs computer, 2 players and Demo - where the computer plays against itself). Games include Goody Goody Gumdrops (reversi), Jumping Beans (checkers), Fans & Teleporters (chutes&ladders), Rockpile (oware), Happy Fun Square ( lines& boxes), Jigsaw Jumble (jigsaw puzzles), Super Slider (sliding tiles), Concentrate (concentration), Cheese & Crackers ( tic-tac-toe) and 4 Cheese Pizza (a "board" game). |
| Paris-Dakar Rally | 2001 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Broadsword Interactive Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Off-roading | Direct control | | | | Windows | Paris-Dakar Rally is a licensed rally game that takes place in the famous Paris-Dakar course that put to the test 300 pilots from all over the world in 10.000 Km of arid African and European deserts. The game includes licensed car teams and models as well as real rally pilots to choose from.The game offers you 4 types of vehicles to test your mettle in the stages that make up the Paris-Dakar course: 4x4s, Enduro bikes, Buggies and Quad-cycles, with several vehicles from different brands in each category that you must unlock by completing the stages in time. You also have a set of customizing options for your vehicles that include suspension adjustment, tire pressure, etc. |
| Pearl Harbor: Attack! Attack! | 2001 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | ASYLUM Games | Action | 1st-person | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | | Teen | | Windows | You are a turret gunman for the United States armed forces... and a lone one at that. To your great misfortune the Japanese are bombing Pearl Harbor. Now is your chance to virtually rewrite history by shooting down those pesky bombers saving the day, and the harbor! You use the mouse to rotate your turret 360 degrees. While roving about with your turret you must try and shoot down as many bombers as possible without hitting any of your own much larger and slower planes. A time and Damage meter rest in the top right and left hand corners. The time meter shows long you have to destroy the Japanese threat. The Damage meter shows how much destruction the bombers have inflicted. Starting at 100% it drops as more bombs fall from the sky, if it reaches Zero you've lost.After each level a map of important structures is shown. This map is color coded to show well or poorly you did. You can also access radio broadcasts of the time and watch Franklin D. Roosevelt give his “infamy” speech.
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| Pearl Harbor: Strike at Dawn | 2001 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | MAUS Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | World War II | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Pearl Harbor: Strike at Dawn is an action oriented game were the player fights against the Japanese forces. In three campaigns - one of them deals directly with the Pearl Harbor incident - the player uses one of nine aircrafts, including a jet fighter, to solve the overall 15 missions. The goals vary from "destroy the ships" to "destroy the land bases". The camera is fixed at the back of the used aircraft. Mouse or joystick movements are directly transferred to the plane. A crosshair, which can't be moved separately, shows where the player shoots when pressing the assigned button. |
| PenG | 2001 | Memir Software Ltd. | Memir Software Ltd. | Action | | | | Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PenG is a single person, 3D, mouse controlled, shooter.The game consists of a four worlds, all of which vary slightly from each other but the gameplay is the same in each.
This is a mouse controlled game, the mouse is used to aim a gun, the left mutton fires snowballs and the right drops snowbombs. The game area is a chessboard-like affair hovering in 3D space. On the chessboard are penguins. The penguins are literally hosed onto the game area where they wander about and fall off the edge. Penguins that are shot/bombed into oblivion score points, penguins that fall off the edge of their own accord do not. For every sixty seconds of gameplay PenG will increase in difficulty.
Ammunition is limited but boxes labelled A and B (ammo & bombs) regularly appear on the game area, when shot/blown off the game area they restock the player's weapons.The four levels in the game areClassic: This plays just as described above with the addition of red, rocket powered penguins who appear suddenly and attack the player kamikaze-style to end the game.
Fish Steal: This game starts with pieces of fish on the game area, more will appear during the game. As the penguins bumble about they bump into the pieces of fish an will eventually knock all the fish off the game area which will end the game, so the object is to shoot and bomb the penguins and protect the fish. The main opponents here are yellow penguins
Snipers: This game plays like Fish Steal however the game area now includes gun emplacements which are crewed by green penguins so it's important for the player to shoot them before they shoot back
War Zone: This game plays like Snipers but it's a combination of all the previous levels so yellow, green and red rocket powered penguins will fight back.
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| Perfect! Pool | 2001 | Megaware Multimedia B.V. | Megaware Multimedia B.V. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Perfect! Pool is a basic traditional pool simulator, with advanced controls and realistic graphics. With a very advanced and easy-to-use 3D camera, the game is made simple and clear. The player can control the intensity of his shot as well as induce a spin on the cue ball to produce his desired effects. You can challenge friends by choosing the 2-player option, in which opponents can face each other turn by turn on the same computer as well as over a network. |
| Philéas Vino: Val de Loire | 2001 | Pointsoft S.A. | TAMDEM EDITIONS | Educational | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Europe | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Endorsed by l'Université du Vin, Philéas Vino: Val de Loire is an encyclopedia about wines produced in the Loire Valley.With this CD-ROM you will learn everything about terroirs, winegrowing, serving/tasting wine and pairing wine with food. The gaming part of the CD-ROM is a quiz about Loire Valley wines. Quiz type can be true/false or multiple choice: a) b) c) d). Since this encyclopedia has been built for a Java-enabled Web browser, it should also run on any HTML-capable device. |
| Pinball 3 | 2001 | Cyberium Multi Media B.V. | Arena Games, Eclipt Design, ET Audiocom | Action | Top-down | | | Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | This pinball game is a Windows remake of Cyberball and offers four tables: Dooke, inspired by underworld devils, Enlightment, with a space travel theme, Air Crash, about modern air combat and Shark Attack, where a treasure is hidden in the bottom of the sea, and guarded by sharks. Unlike other games, where tables follow a common rectangular playfield, in Pinball 3 they are square with two or more areas. The screen resolution selected affects scrolling: in the lowest "cyberview" mode (320x240), the playfield scrolls up and down, and using the "full view" (1024x768), everything is visible. Other options range from the number of players to tamper with game physics. |
| Pingu and Friends | 2001 | Softkey London | Workhouse | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Pingu and Friends is a collection of ten activities for players of any age based on the BBC clay-mated animated children's Pingu TV series. Players use an interactive mitten cursor to interact with many of the game's activities, including dragging objects, counting several items and drawing in the Art Studio activity. Some of the games (particularly 'Save Pinga') only utilise the keyboard arrow keys. The activities are split into two locations: inside Pingu's house and outside the house.Most of the activities included in the game help younger players with several school subjects including mathematics, literacy, geography and science. The Art Studio activity also includes a variety of colouring pages and dot-to-dot puzzles for players to print. British actress Felicity Kendal provides narration for all the activities in the game. |
| Planescape: Torment / Soulbringer | 2001 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Planescape: Torment
Soulbringer |
| Platinum Pinball | 2001 | Encore, Inc. | Pin-Ball Games Ltd., Redoubt Ltd., Spidersoft Limited | Action, Compilation | | Licensed | | Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | Platinum Pinball is a rather unusual product, being a compilation of pinball compilations that is usually only available as part of other game compilations.It consists of ten pinball tables. The first four are a collection of games from Pin-Ball Games Limited (circa 1998) and include:
Judge Dredd: Based on the original British comic book.
The Avengers: Based on the British TV series.
Roswell: An alien-themed table, unrelated to the American TV series.
World League Pinball: A soccer-themed table.
The remaining six are games Redoubt licensed from SpiderSoft that were previously released as Pinball Mania Plus (as well as in other pinball compilations). Although some of these tables were later upgraded to full 3D in Total Pinball 3D (aka Pinball 3D-VCR), these are the original 2D versions:
Dare Devil: A stunt show-themed table.
Jackpot: A gambling and gaming pinball table.
Jail Break: Prison-themed pinball.
Tarantula: SpiderSoft's signature game.
Kick Off: Another soccer-themed table.
The Visitors: Two FBI agents investigating UFOs.
Platinum Pinball itself exists almost exclusively as a product inside of other compilation packages published by Encore Software. |
| Play & Learn: Reading and Counting | 2001 | DK Multimedia, Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Studio Lascaux (Belgium) | Educational | | Licensed | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | Hans Visser | | | | Windows | Play & Learn: Reading and Counting is an educational title for young children aged between three and five years old. It contains one hundred and one mini games and aims to teach basics of phonics, numbers, shapes and puzzles/logic through game play.
The games are grouped into the following categories:
Shapes: This starts with simple, brightly coloured shapes on the left hand side of the screen which the player drags over to appropriate 'holes' on the right hand side of the screen. Later puzzles involve irregular blobs and triangular shapes where orientation is important
More Shapes: These puzzles involve using shapes to construct objects such as a car, a butterfly, a bird and so on. When completed each object performs a little animation complete with sound effects.
Sounds: The player must match three sound effects to the appropriate object. The objects range from farmyard animals, musical instruments to transport and household implements.
Pairs: Here the player matches pairs of objects, there's no animation here just a nice sound when the correct objects are matched.
Mix & match: These puzzles show items that have been split into pieces, for example the first screen has three vehicles a train, a lorry, and an ambulance each of which has been split in two. The player clicks on the correct halves which assemble themselves and then perform a short animation. Later puzzles involve more pieces
Numbers: The player is shown one or more pictures at the top of the screen and a series of numbered buttons along the bottom of the screen. When they click on the numbered button they will hear it spoken and the object is to drag the right button to the 'hole' beneath each picture
Letters: The child is shown one or more pictures, beneath each picture is the word spelled out with one letter missing. The vowels are arranged along the bottom of the screen. When they click on the vowel button they will hear it spoken and the object is to drag the right vowel button to the gap in each word
Mazes: The object in these puzzles is to find the route through the maze guiding a dog to it's bones, a mole out of its burrow, or a spider along the pipes from the tap to its hole in the wall.
Puzzles: These are simple jigsaw puzzles which have between six and twelve pieces. Some use interlocking style pieces and others use squares but in all cases the child drags the piece to its place in the monochrome picture template
More Games: This includes a version of Concentration, Tic-Tac-Toe, Four-In-A-Row, a colouring game, telling the time, a jigsaw variant and more
The product runs directly from the CD in full screen mode and is entirely mouse controlled. |
| Play The Top Of Games: Volume 2 | 2001 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
3-D Ultra Pinball: Turbo Racing
Caesar III
Clusterball
Die Jagd auf den roten Baron
Grand Prix Legends
Jetboat Superchamps
Starsiege
The Broken Land
Tower of the Ancients
Winter Sports: Snow Wave 2 |
| Play the Top of Games: Edition 2001 | 2001 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains ten games:
Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
Thandor: The Invasion
Dragonfire: The Well of Souls
Europa Universalis
Lords of Magic: Special Edition
3-D Ultra Pinball: The Lost Continent
Viper Racing
Land der Hoffnung
Adventures of Sting |
| Playhouse Disney's: Stanley Tiger Tales | 2001 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Artech Studios Ltd. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Stanley's Mom wants him to get ready to go to the beach and Stanley has to collect some beach items; hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, water bottle, and his tiger swim tube, Theodore (which he suspects his brother has taken). He's also looking for some stickers he has misplaced, and the player is encouraged to click on everything and visit every room in the house to find all the missing items. As he uncovers animations and plays games, the player will sometimes be directed to Stanley's "Big Book of Everything", which he totes around in a wagon along with the items he finds. This book has a page and at least one animal for every letter of the alphabet except X - each page tells a few facts about the animal and offers a printable picture. As the player uncovers Stanley's stickers, they will appear in the book as well. Sometimes Stanley will seize upon an object the player has clicked and use it in imaginative play; for instance, finding his bear slippers makes Stanley pretend to be a bear reaching for a hive full of honey, and upon finding a cardboard tube Stanley puts it on his nose and pretends to be an anteater. These play scenes are accompanied by interesting tidbits about whatever animal he is being.Gameplay uses the mouse to point and click. Stanley's pet goldfish travels everywhere with him and offers encouragement and gentle reminders when needed, and will recap the player's latest accomplishments for him. There is a Parent's Area where adults can access information about the lessons their child has played through, a list of facts about animals in the game, and some ideas about reinforcing the lessons learned.The mini-games are basic and simple and serve to further Playhouse Disney's "Whole Child Curriculum", addressing child development in seven areas, and incorporating social lessons as well as typical preschool skills.
Stanley's Giddy Goat Game - a memory game, where the player must follow a father goat's safe path up a mountainside
Stanley's Leaf Feast - the player must click on a specific size and color of leaf to "feed" the giraffe
A-Maze-Ing Mouse - moving the mouse to guide a mouse to Stanley's water bottle
Antelope Antidote - move Stanley stealthily from rock to tree to antelope, while the antelope isn't looking
Stanley's Trunk Facts - answer animal questions to find the code for a lock
Snakes at Stake - move Stanley through a tree by choosing numbers; landing on a leaf will send him backwards and roots will let him climb upward
Parrot Pairing Paradise - match parrots by coloring
Stanley's Monkey Dance - follow the pattern of moves the monkey makes
Crocodile Style - jump from crocodile to crocodile to cross the river
There are a few mini mini-games as well - the player may be asked to pick out the "bucket that is not big and not little" from a lineup of three, to find the last letter of his own name, place flowers in same-color vases, or find the leaf a caterpillar is under. |
| Pleurghburg: Dark Ages | 2001 | GASPOP Software | GASPOP Software | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Created using Chris Jones' Adventure Game Studio, this detective non-linear story with multiple endings uses an interface very similiar to Sierra's old point & click adventure games. In the year 2012 Jake McUrk, a 30 years old detective working for the Police Detective Agency, is put on a case that seems to be just another minor false alarm. All of sudden, Jake is thrown into a nightmare where danger lurks around every corner. During perilous investigation he finds out what exactly is going on in the city of Pleurghburg.Very bloody, this game is not recommended for kids or even adults...
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| Point of View | 2001 | Digital Circus Entertainment, Inc. | Aftermath Media LLC, Digital Circus Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure | | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | The story centers on Jane, a beautiful but reclusive artist with a dark traumatic secret who develops a voyeuristic obsession with Frank, her neighbor across the street. She also becomes curious in a relationship her friend Mary is carrying through the personal ads in the local newspaper with a mysterious man called 'P'. All their lives become entwined in a complex storyline that develops as we learn more about the characters and the things hidden in their pasts.Point of View is a feature-length, interactive movie divided in twelve chapters. Each chapter ends in a series of questions probing your interpretations of the events you've witnessed, with your impressions shaping the course and outcome of the movie. There are no puzzles, there is no inventory, only your point of view. |
| Police Tactical Training | 2001 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc., Sylum Entertainment Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Take the role of a police or SWAT trainee as you practice on the target range, take a walk in the target alley (don't shoot civilians!), or do sniper training. Multiple weapons, multiple tactics, multiple degrees of difficulty. PTT is a 3D first-person shooter with emphasis on accuracy and reflexes with appropriate target selection. |
| Political Tycoon | 2001 | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Strategy | | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | In Political Tycoon you are the leader of a nation, be it Germany or the United States. You must enrich your country by finding and utilizing resources, such as iron and coal. You can send spies to screw with your rivals or corrupt and blackmail high-level staff. In order to run a successful nation you must please your citizens and control the political climate. You can threaten other nations to do what you want with nuclear war, or send armies to raze enemy buildings. |
| Pong 3D | 2001 | | | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | This a 3d version of pong, one of the oldest computer games. Now you can look from behind the paddle and move it up, down, left, and right. It is possible to adjust the game settings so you can choose how big your paddle must be, or how many balls you want to play with. |
| Primal Prey | 2001 | ARUSH Entertainment, ValuSoft, Inc. | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Primal Prey, the player travels back in time 100 million years to hunt the dinosaurs. Just like in the Carnivores series a huge arsenal of powerful weapons and accessories (shotgun, sniper rifle, rail gun, night vision goggles) will help the player succeed. There are 20 missions leading the player through various terrains like swamps or woods. |
| Primitive Wars | 2001 | Arxel Tribe d.o.o. | Wizard Soft Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | This real-time strategy game is set on "Primitive Island" were humans, elves and tyranos, mutants based on dinosaurs, live a fragile peace. When the patriarch dies a war starts. To make the situation even more difficult evil demons interfere. The campaigns consist of 12 missions per race.The gameplay is as expected: The player collects resources and uses them to construct buildings. In turn these are used to protect the base or to build more units. The ultimate goal is to rush the enemy. When fighting the units get experience points and level up. This unlocks new spells. |
| Priston Tale | 2001 | Yedang Online | Triglow Pictures Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | Direct control | Persistent | | | Windows | Priston Tale is a 3D MMORPG set in the fantasy world of Priston where you and other online players can join one of two main tribes (the Morion, and the Tempskron) to fight against a new evil that was prophesied to spread throughout. Focusing heavily on the action-element, this RPG boasts eight unique classes players can choose from - each having its own unique 5-tier skill set that upgrades as you progress your character. In addition to this, Priston Tale provides a 3D environment in which character models are detailed with distinguishing appearances and a more flexible feeling to the camera and character movement. The fast-paced, real-time combat of Priston Tale includes the monitoring and management of health, magic, and stamina points. All three can be replenished through the consumption of potions or by a spell-caster. Experience points are gained through defeating enemies in combat. The game uses an aggressive creature respawn system outside of safe areas, like towns. As players roam around, evil monsters will be encountered of which will respawn shortly after being defeated and dying. As players level, the number of experience points lost after death increases steadily and sharply. To mitigate the likelihood of death, players are encouraged to band together using the in-game party system allowing players to gain safety and efficiency through numbers.Weapons, armor, and equipment can be found, purchased, or otherwise obtained to be equipped and used to boost player attributes in combat and other gameplay. Different weapons not only have unique descriptions and graphics, but they also are visibly present on your character as seen by other players in-game. The game also implements an item upgrade system using item mixtures and aging to improve, specialize, and customize their equipment. While there is no set end-goal or mission, the general aim for players is to get the strongest equipment, hold the highest level, and defeat all of the strongest of enemies - including other players. There are also side quests and other minor achievements that can be completed throughout the leveling progression. |
| Proncisław 2 | 2001 | EXE | Dlaczego Gruby Uciekł? Interactive | Action | Side view | | Adult | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Proncisław 2 is an adult action game for one player. When diving in a lake, the player must defeat all aggressive women and creatures by hitting them with a sperm bullet. Passing the level requires reaching an extraction point. |
| Protector | 2001 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Earth is threatened by asteroids. You are inside "Protector", a satellite which runs in orbit around earth and you must shoot asteroids with lasers in order to protect your home planet. If too many asteroids hit the planet it is game over. The ultimate goal in the game is to accumulate a high a score as possible. Shooting asteroids in a row adds bonus points. Pickups might appear which can be collected to provide your satellite with a temporary shield. |
| Psyworld | 2001 | Memir Software Ltd. | Memir Software Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Psyworld is a single person, 3D, keyboard controlled, puzzle/shooter game.The game consists of a five worlds ranging in difficulty from easy to very hard, containing fifty levels in total. The player controls Psyian from Psyworld and must navigate each level collecting all the cash and killing all the baddies within time limit. By default the player has four lives but a configuration screen allows this to be changed plus there are optional bonus lives. The game also has optional cheat modes
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| Puzz 3D: Thomas Kinkade - Painter of Light: The Lamplight Manor | 2001 | Wrebbit Inc. | Hexacto Games Inc. | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Puzz 3D: Thomas Kinkade - Painter of Light: The Lamplight Manor is a 3D puzzle game based on the art of the American painter Thomas Kinkade. The gameplay is split up in two phases: a construction phase and an exploration phase. The construction phase is the main puzzle where the player needs to construct a manor. This is first done in 2D by completing various small pieces. Three types of information are provided for help: a Chronometer, a Display Window and a Book. The player also has access to Snapshots, a reference tool providing various pieces of the completed manor with multiple viewing angles.The Chronometer keeps track of the elapsed time and shows the remaining pieces to be assembled. The Display Window is used to access the Snapshots and to switch between views, for instance to access the overhead view to move to other pieces or sections on the main puzzle table. The Book contains various construction tips. The player's progress is also tracked through a Performance Graph with the number of completed 2D matches, the remaining pieces and the number of sections placed at the Construction Site.Once all 2D sections have been completed and have been placed in the Transfer Tray, the puzzle is completed by moving in the construction view where the different Sections are dragged out and positioned on the Construction Table. There the final model is constructed in 3D. Once completed, the exploration phase can be started to investigate the manor and play different games. |
| Puzzle Paradise | 2001 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Puzzle Paradise is a collection of jigsaw puzzle video games from eGames. The collection includes:
Crazy Puzzle
Extreme Animals
Extreme Bugs
Extreme Dinosaurs
Extreme Orchids
Puzzle MasterAll games come in a Special Edition format that have been put together especially for this CD-ROM. |
| Pyjama Sam: Héros du Goûter / Spy Fox: Opération "Robot-Expo" / Pouce-Pouce Voyage dans le Temps / Marine Malice: Le Mystère du Ranch aux Cochons | 2001 | Infogrames Europe SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Kellogg's compilation includes french versions of:
Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet
Spy Fox 2: "Some Assembly Required"
Putt-Putt Travels Through Time
Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch |
| Quest for Glory 4½: So You Thought You Were a Hero? | 2001 | | | Adventure | | Fangame | Adult | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In this unauthorized AGS fan sequel to Sierra's Quest For Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero, the player controls The Hero Of Spielburg, at loose ends between official numbered installments of the series, revisiting the past glories in the stomping grounds of his early days. But much to his dismay, he finds that despite having lifted Baba Yaga's curse and helped practically everyone in the sylvan valley, everything has backslid to an even worse situation than when he started! The Sheriff has been murdered, the Baron's daughter Elsa has disappeared again and his feckless son Barnard is running the kingdom into the ground! Organized crime calls the shots and even the farmers' fields lie fallow! If ever there was a time for a hero to gird his loins and head back into the fray, this was it. And yet -- there is a hero already in town, Sir Richard, but he doesn't appear to be doing much good for anyone.A fond revisitation of the locations and characters from the (SCI re-make of the) original game, the fan developers have re-implemented not only the interface of the game but the environs of the Duchy of Spielburg, projected recent developments in its denizens' lives, have thrown in a handful of new characters and locations (lifted from other adventure games for visual consistency) and breathed in almost as many problems requiring the assistance of an adventurer as the original! Some sophomoric (and, admittedly, downright profane) humour is the only tempering aspect to this tribute. |
| RC Daredevil | 2001 | ARUSH Entertainment, eGames, Inc. | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Action | Behind view, Top-down | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | Windows | RC Daredevil is a 3D flight simulation game in which the player pilots one of 5 different radio-controlled airplanes around the neighborhood and even through downtown. Each of the planes has its own advantages and weaknesses, trade-offs with respect to speed, turning, and stalling. There are 4 different games that the player can choose. In each game, the player will compete against 5 progressively more aggressive opponents. The 4 different games are:
Balloon Splat: This is a 2-part game. For the first part, you and your opponent race against the clock to grab as many paint-filled balloons as possible. In the second part, you both use your collected balloons to splat various targets, which actually garners points.
DogFight: Both players collect BB powerups and engage in an aerial dogfight for radio-controlled air superiority.
Air Race: Both players compete to fly through a series of airborne hoops. Various powerups help you sabotage your opponent's progress.
Graboid: The players attempt to grab floating balls called graboids. The graboids are worth either 25, 50, or 100 points. However, points are not awarded for merely collecting them. The graboids must be taken to a flying hoop checkpoint before the player receives points. Further, the player can only hold 5 graboids at once and there is a time limit on the competition. There is also a powerup that allows you to steal your opponent's accumulated graboids.
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| RTL Skispringen 2002 | 2001 | VCC Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | VCC Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | A Skijumping game in license with a german broadcasting station. You have to train and manage your jumper through the skijumping season 2001/2002. The game is a sequel in a series of skijumping games. |
| Rage of Mages / Rage of Mages II | 2001 | Interplay Productions, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Dual-CD re-release of Rage of Mages, and Rage of Mages II: Necromancer. |
| Railroad Puzzles | 2001 | dtp entertainment AG, Egmont Interactive GmbH | Lunar Cheese Technologies | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | Train | | | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | In Railroad Puzzles the player has to guide up to four cargo trains safe to their destination. To achieve this he has to set the rail switches and block the way with barriers. The trains shouldn't crash together. Additionally there is a time limit. The game features 30 levels in three landscapes. |
| Rainbow Fish and the Whale | 2001 | EMME Interactive SA | EMME Interactive SA, Lexis Numérique SA | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Rainbow Fish and the Whale is based on characters created by children's book author and illustrator Marcus Pfister in a series of picture books starring the colorful fish. Similar to another game in the series, Rainbow Fish and the Amazing Lagoon, this is a point-and-click interactive story/adventure.Rainbow Fish is unaware that his playtime is being watched happily from afar by Whale, until the day Hermit Crab comes scuttling by with the news that Whale has accidentally swallowed his friends. Before long, Rainbow Fish and Hermit Crab have followed them into the whale's belly and begun the search for each and every one. Among the many mini-games and quests that arise are:
Find Giggles where he is hiding in a mound of junk, then try to catch him as he pops up randomly through coral pipes.
Free Molo from his imprisonment by the crab brothers while avoiding their pinches.
Sort mussels by color by herding them into their own corrals.
Help free Ruby from a giant bubble by popping small bubbles before they get in Rainbow Fish's way.
release a seahorse baby from it's flower by helping the flower bloom.
Repair Whale's broken geyser machine by finding the missing sea urchins and fitting them to the machine.
Ultimately, cure Whale's hiccups before finding the way out.The player can select from two difficulty levels at the sign-in page, and is often presented with choices such as whether to continue with an action, or follow a given character into a quest. The choices are presented in the form of Yes-No fish; a little nodding fish and a head-shaking one, making it simple enough for younger players. Choices made lead to the final selection from two possible ways to exit Whale, allowing for two different endings. |
| Rally Championship Xtreme | 2001 | Actualize Ltd. | Warthog Plc | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | | | | | | Off-roading | | | Everyone | | Windows | Rally Championship Xtreme is Actualize's following up to Rally Championship. It features 28 new tracks with numerous licenced cars also available. There are also five game modes available, these are: championship, single race, arcade and challenge mode. The fifth mode is multiplayer.
This game is like an international rally with tracks in various locations around the world including the USA, UK and Arctic. |
| Rally Trophy | 2001 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Bugbear Entertainment Oy | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Rally-drive your way through 5 countries and 42 stages in your choice of 11 vintage cars such as Mini Coopers and Ford Escorts (more available to download off the game's website) in this rally game.Before getting in the car you go to the 'service area', to fine-tune the car. Gearbox ratios, suspensions, and a selection of other 'tweaks' are available. Collision physics and a damage model affecting handling are incorporated.Also, a multiplayer option is available, pitching you against up-to-5 opponents, giving the game an arcade feel alongside being a straight simulation of a rallying experience. |
| Rasetsu | 2001 | Kogado Software Products | | Strategy | | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | A Japanese real time strategy game with a few RPG elements added in. The story takes place in a dark and futuristic world which centers around a war between two federations. The player can choose between five different characters. Each character has their own unique skills, abilities, stats and units. Characters and units possess different types of organic armor in which they will evolve as stats increase. Battle maps are done in a tilted perspective, similar to that of Starcraft. Defeating units and winning battles will provide the player with money, which allows them to buy and customize their character and units. Rasetsu features a heavy techno soundtrack. |
| Raw Poker | 2001 | | eGames, Inc. | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Raw Poker is a single-player, mouse controlled simulation of the popular casino machine. It appears in some of eGames compilations including
Casino Jackpot 2 which is where this version of the game comes from.As in a standard poker game the aim of the game is to make the best 5-card hand. Unlike other forms of poker the player does not win by beating other players but by compiling a hand that exceeds the game's minimum hand, which in this case is a pair of jacks, to score.Raw Poker starts with the player being given four game credits which, as the game implies, allows the player to play four games. For every winning hand the player is given both points and additional credits. Raw Poker ends either when the player runs out of game credits or when thirteen hands have been played.
Each game consists of two deals, the player is dealt five cards and they can hold/discard any of these. A second deal is then made to replace the discarded cards and the hand is evaluated. If the hand scores a pair of jacks or higher then the player is paid.This game has both sound effects sound and high score table. |
| RayStorm | 2001 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Taito Corporation | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | RayStorm is a shoot'em-up game created for the arcades, later ported to the Playstation and Saturn home consoles. Although there is no story connection, it is often thought of as the spiritual successor to RayForce, which had similar gameplay.You have 2 weapons at you disposal, a vulcan gun and a lock-on missile attack. You can also do 2 special attacks by using the lock-on system in a special way. The graphics are all in 3D, but the gameplay mechanics are in 2D. There are 7 stages, each ending with a giant end boss. |
| Reactors | 2001 | Kool Dog Entertainment | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Reactors is a game reminiscent of Kuru Kuru Kururin in which the player controls a slowly spinning stick and must maneuver it through confined spaces (the inside of various space stations here) without hitting the walls. Only the movement of the stick can be controlled; its speed or direction of rotation cannot, although some special items allow to invert the direction of rotation. On each level the player must destroy a set number of reactors by touching them with either end of their stick. Touching them with the central part will destroy the stick and cost a life. Enemies can be destroyed in a similar manner. Levels are spiced-up with various obstacles and power-ups.There are 25 levels in total, and a level editor is also included.
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| Reader Rabbit Learn to Read With Phonics: 1st & 2nd Grade | 2001 | Learning Company, The | Learning Company, The | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Mini-games | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Reader Rabbit Learn to Read With Phonics: 1st & 2nd Grade is an educational game for kids 5-8 aimed at teaching reading with phonics with various characters from the Reader Rabbit series.In Wordville, Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion come across a parked ship called the Golden Guppy, which they deduce belongs to Sam's grandfather Grandpa Sampa. They journey to follow Sampa's trail to find him and the Land where Lions Roam Free, while the Pirats try to beat them to it.There are two modes in this game, the Adventure mode and the Practice mode. In Adventure mode your main goal is to follow Sampa's trail to find him and the Land where Lions Roam Free, and ultimate stop the Pirates. Throughout the adventure there are a number of mini-games each of which teaches vowels and word structure. The Practice mode allows the player to play any of the mini-games, without the need to progress through the adventure. |
| Reader Rabbit: 1st Grade - Capers on Cloud Nine! | 2001 | Learning Company, The | Learning Company, The | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Why is raingear raining down on Wordville? Journey with Reader
Rabbit and Sam the Lion up to Cloud Nine to sort out the meteorlogical
mystery!
• Multiple difficulty levels for each mini-game that can be changed at
any time.• Full video cutscenes and voice acting throughout the game.•
Simple controls using the Wii Remote.
Educational mini-games designed to teach basic 1st Grade skills,
including Language Arts, Science, Problem Solving, Math & Creative
Exploration & Expression.
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| Reader Rabbit: 2nd Grade - Mis-cheese-ious Dreamship Adventures! | 2001 | Learning Company, The | Learning Company, The | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Ambused by pirates, Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion must race to the top
of Mt. Cheesemore to recover the Dreamship before the pirates do! Can
you help them? *Multiple difficulty levels for each mini-game that can
be changed at any time. *Full video cutscenes and voice acting
throughout the game. *Simple controls using the Wii Remote.
Educational mini-games designed to teach basic 2nd Grade skills,
including Language Arts, Science, Problem Solving, Math & Creative
Exploration & Expression.
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| Reader Rabbit: Kindergarten - Bounce Down in Balloon Town! | 2001 | Learning Company, The | Learning Company, The | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
While soaring through the sky in their fabulous Dreamship, Reader Rabbit
and Sam the Lion notice an unusual island in the waters below. As they
swoop down for a closer look, a strange object shoots up from the island
and begins to wrap up the ship. Forced off the Dreamship, they find
themselves in a new land called Balloon Town. To get their Dreamship
back, players must help Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion collect 5 musical
instruments to wake the sleeping Bull that guards the palace where the
ship is kept. Complete a variety of mini-games to collect the
instruments so your friends can continue on to their next adventure.
• 8 educational mini-games• Multiple difficulty levels for
each mini-game that can be changed at any time • Full video cutscenes &
voice acting throughtout game• Simple controls using Wii Remote
Teaches basic Kindergarten skills including pattern recognition, memory
matching, reading comprehension, & rhyming, plus basic phonics & math.
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| Reader Rabbit: Preschool - Sparkle Star Rescue! | 2001 | Learning Company, The | Learning Company, The | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Join Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion as they help the colorful characters
of Sparkalot restore the missing sparkles to the land and sky! Multiple
difficulty levels for each mini-game that can be changed at any time.
Full video cutscenes & voice acting throughout the game. Simple controls
using the Wii Remote.
Educational mini-games designed to teach basic Preschool skills, letters
& sounds, matching attributes, shapes & colors, creative expression, &
counting.
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| Reading Blaster Mission 1: Secret of the Sunken Treasure | 2001 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Reading Blaster Mission 1: Secret of the Sunken Treasure is an educational computer game for ages five to six. Educational topics include phonics, rhyming words and pictures, spelling, upper and lowercase letters, alphabetical order, opposites, categorizing, sentences, and includes over 450 vocabulary words. The game follows Blaster and G.C. in an underwater world, where the player can choose from seahorse racing to sand dollar matching while practicing reading and problem-solving skills. |
| Reading Blaster Mission 2: Planet of the Lost Things | 2001 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Reading Blaster Mission 2: Planet of the Lost Things, the story follows Blaster and G.C. at an intergalactic lost and found, which is locked, and the player needs to help them out by playing five reading games targeted for ages six to seven, and return the missing things to their rightful owners. Educational skills include spelling, phonics, nouns, verbs, adjectives, punctuation, capitalization, following directions, sentence building, story sequences, categorization, and includes over 1500 vocabulary words. |
| Red Ace | 2001 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Fiendish Games, Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, World War I | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | Red Ace is an action oriented simulation set in WWI, more exactly France, Belgium and Africa. In the three campaigns with overall 25 missions the goal is mostly to kill all enemy aircraft. Sometimes this gets varied by additional ground targets, e.g. factories, which have to be destroyed. The game features four planes: Airco DH2, Sopwith Camel, Bristol Scout and Spad VIII; all with turrets, bombs and rockets as weaponry. |
| Reporter. Moje pierwsze spotkania z mediami | 2001 | Optimus Pascal Multimedia | Optimus Pascal Multimedia | Educational | Top-down | | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Reporter. Moje pierwsze spotkania z mediami is an educational game for children between 6 and 15 years old which aims to educate about the world of media. Children learn about the history of press and how media work in general, including TV and cinemas.Game provides several features, including list of words and definitions in encyclopedic-alike style, roles and responsibilities of newspaper workers (including editors, correspondents etc.), exercises to create own newspaper (including various templates, fonts and layouts to make it look unique) and rich archive of images and texts from more-known Polish journalists. Game is split into three sections:
Poznaj (Experience) - features dictionary, explanation on how press works and responsibilities of newspaper workers
Zrób (Make) - gives possibility to create own newspaper and print it
Baw się (Play) - features "interactive" story-telling, various puzzles and newspaper-room arranging
Game is bilingual: both Polish and English versions are present in product. |
| Rescue Heroes: Hurricane Havoc | 2001 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Action, Educational | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | | | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | Rescue Heroes: Hurricane Havoc trains the player to help the Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes in their rescue operations by simulating post-tropical storm rescue and recovery missions in the city of Metro Bay. After being introduced to the team and briefed on the nature of hurricanes, the player can select among 5 training missions:
Save The Pets: This is a 2-part mission with Billy Blazes. The first part involves aiming the fire truck's water cannon at the various windows of a tall building to extinguish fires. The second part is to enter the pet hospital in the doused building and send all of the animals down a chute to their rescue.Roadblock Buster: Jake Justice trains you to ride a powerful motorcycle equipped with a device that destroys roadblocks. Ride around the maze of city streets, clearing debris that landed due to the hurricane.Building Breakthrough: Pair up with Jack Hammer who trains you to use his jackhammer. Start at the top floor of a 5-story art and natural history museum, excavate down to the various floors and then use a grappling arm to remove the exhibits up, away from the rising waters.Flood Runner: Assume the role of either Gil Gripper or his porpoise side kick to ride through the waters of town, avoid obstacles, and rescue people.Helicopter Heroics: Assist Wendy Waters in her helicopter, dumping water of fires and lowering the harness to rescue people.
At the completion of each training mission, the player receives a printable badge.Additionally, Hurricane Havoc provides a "Gear Up" activity which allows the player to customize their own Rescue Hero's outfit and print it out. |
| Revenge of the Mutant Camels II | 2001 | Guildhall Leisure Services Ltd. | Llamasoft Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Revenge of the Mutant Camels II is a sequel to the 1984 game Revenge of the Mutant Camels and it was developed independently from the 1987 sequel Return of the Mutant Camels that is also known as Revenge II. Its legal status is not entirely clear.Like the other games it is a 2D side-scrolling shooter controlling a camel that can float in the air and fire in any direction. Each level has a fixed length where the camel needs to survive before all health is lot. There are multiple lives. The bottom of the screen shows the remaining distance to cover as the screen scrolls at a fixed speed. By completing levels creds are earned. When a level is finished a new one can be started on an adjacent tile on a grid where the player can choose which direction to pursue. Creds can be exchanged for upgrades such as different shooting patterns and other upgrades. |
| Revolver | 2001 | Ænigma Games | Ænigma Games | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Revolver is a single player game based on a hand held, non-electronic game.The game consists of two overlapping, segmented circles which revolve independently, each of the segments is coloured. The game comes with twenty-five puzzles. In each puzzle the coloured segments are arranged in a specific pattern, the player loads a puzzle, tells the game to shuffle the pieces and then attempts to recreate the original design.The game has music which plays when the main screen is showing, sound effects, a save/load option with five save slots, and an editor so the player can create their own puzzles. The game plays in a window and is entirely mouse controlled though the keyboard is sometimes needed when saving user created games.
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| Rival Ball | 2001 | Longbow Digital Arts Inc. | Longbow Digital Arts Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | This game is a reworked version of DX-Ball 2. The most important improvement is network play (1-on-1 splitscreen). The graphics are revamped, the levels are larger (I mean, the blocks are smaller) and there are more bonuses. The game also has more options: four difficulty levels, race against the clock, and it is possible to play the levels in random order. |
| Road Wars | 2001 | Warcry Corp | Phenom Productions | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Self billed as the "most realistic combat racing sim ever created", Road Wars is a driving and shooting game where twelve different characters race their armed and armored vehicles across a dozen assorted tracks. Although the emphasis is on racing and completing laps, cars are equipped with a variety of weapons to impede the progress of the other drivers including gatling guns, missiles, oil slicks, and land mines. Individual drivers also have personal advantages such as cheaper repairs or better traction. Players can compete in single races or three different league circuits of increasing difficulty. Each league season consists of eight races where drivers use their cash winnings for repairs and upgrades between the stages. |
| Road.Wage | 2001 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Road.Wage is an action racing game. It takes place in a street environment, but the car can only go forward and switch lanes, not turn to take a different direction. It consists of multiple levels that always have the goal of delivering a type of cargo before time runs out. Various vehicles are available with some unusual statistics such as acceleration, braking, courage, deductible, mass, max speed and patience.Races are very hectic as a lot is allowed to quickly reach the destination. Cars can be avoided by switching lanes, but it is also possible to ram or shoot them. There are pick-ups on the road such as extra cash, extra time, invisibility, repairs and nitro. The car can damaged and needs to be kept in good health. At a certain point tank rage can be activated, turning the vehicle into a powerful tank that shoots quickly and is not affected by collisions. It is also possible to carry an inflatable passenger on top of the car. To reach a high score the destination needs to be reached quickly. |
| Robinson Crusoe | 2001 | Tivola Publishing, Inc. | Gyoza Media | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Robinson Crusoe is an interactive book combined with an adventure game based on the 1719 classic of the same name.The adventure half is in first-person with 360º panoramic views. Gameplay is similar to Myst and its sequels, albeit more linear as the player has to perform certain tasks to move forward.The interactive part works as guide book to the adventure portion, where the player can read and listen to the story (narrated by Martin Jarvis), click on the animated illustrations and collect clues to solve the adventure puzzles.Progress is saved as a "bookmark" when exiting the game. |
| Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction | 2001 | BBC Multimedia | Climax Fareham | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | Isometric | Windows | A simulation of the TV program 'Robot Wars' , where you can create virtual mechanical robots. These can be entered into a series of different competitions such as 'battle to destruction', 'capture the flag', 'mad bomber'.The main arena battles have house robots which can be activated if any combatant robots enter 'corner patrol zones' which are supposed to be off limits. Again these house robots are modelled on the ones that appear in the TV programs.Besides the UK arena, this initial launch has many new arenas including: North Sea Oilrig, Rooftops, Steel Works, Scrapyard, Dockyard and the Abandoned Military Base.'Real robots' are in the game such as Chaos 2 and Razer and many more. With these you can recreate your favorite battles against your friend on the same machine. |
| RollerBall | 2001 | | | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | RollerBall is an action/puzzle game where the player, using his mouse, must guide a rolling ball to the goal. The ball's energy is constantly dropping and the player must reach the exit before it runs out completely, or else the ball will explode, forcing a restart of the level. The levels are suspended in an endless void of space; if the ball falls off the edge, it will immediately reappear next to where it fell, but the player will lose a chunk of energy. Apart from labyrinthine, narrow passages which are difficult to navigate without stumbling into the chasm, the player must contend with obstacles such as doors that must be opened with one-use keys, arrows that push the ball in a specific direction, magnets and repellers that influence the ball's movement, mushrooms which reverse the controls, and floors which collapse soon after being rolled on. More benevolently, there are jewels scattered around which grant bonus score. |
| Rugrats in Paris: The Movie / The Wild Thornberrys: Rambler | 2001 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
The Wild Thornberrys: RamblerThis compilation was originally distributed with certain CPU, CTO, and notebook computers. |
| RuneScape | 2001 | Jagex Ltd. | Jagex Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Runescape is a browser-based 3D Java online-only continuous game in which you possess a character with an inventory and skills. Training in fighting, mining, smithing, magic, prayer and many more skills will enhance your character and allow you to become a powerful player. Trading between players allows one to make money to have the best weapons, armors, runes and other items at their disposition.The game can be played for free for an unlimited time at the official website. Subscribing members (from $5/month, depending on the method of payment) receive benefits such as a significantly larger map, over seven times as many quests, a number of new skills and priority customer support. |
| Rush | 2001 | H.M.S. | H.M.S. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | You are a scientist who is currently working on a project to develop a powerful drug that would cure men of impotency. Even though you haven't yet found the perfect formula for the drug, there has apparently been a leak in the medical institution, since different people were reported to use an early version of the drug, which ended in some very strange side effects. Your task is to find out who (or what) is behind the leak. Concentrating on the task won't be easy, since you have a beautiful girlfriend, a sexy colleague, and later you also meet a lovely journalist who wants to find out the truth...Rush plays like a traditional Japanese adventure, with text super-imposed on still pre-rendered images. Only the sex scenes are animated. Sometimes you can have some interactivity during the sex movies (such as adjusting the view). The rest of the gameplay consists entirely of decision-making, like in many other "digital novels". You'll come across many choices, which will influence the story, and sometimes lead to a premature ending. |
| S.W.I.N.E. | 2001 | Fishtank Interactive | Stormregion Szoftverfejlesztő Kft. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | On the 3rd of August, the Swine National Army invaded CarrotLand, home of the Rabbit nation. The poor Rabbits were defeated within two weeks, only a small pack survived and is now planning the counterstrike. S.W.I.N.E. is a real-time strategy game in a 3D environment, similar to Emperor: Battle for Dune but with a humorous twist. In S.W.I.N.E., you do not command humans or robots but - as the name suggests - animal armies.In the first campaign, you are to command the Rabbit forces in their nearly hopeless battle against the evil Swine. The second - and much harder - campaign lets you lead the mighty army of the Swine. You cannot build anything on the battlefield - you select your units before you start the mission. You can take special repair units with you which can recover damaged and even dead units on the fly - for a cost, of course.There are over 6000 speech samples for the Swine and Rabbit soldiers who comment on anything they see or do. When you blast something up, it'll explode in a colourful firework - there's no violence involved. There are 22 missions (11 for each campaign) and 10 additional multi-player maps, as well as three difficulty settings. |
| SWAT: Sondereinsatzkommando | 2001 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | SWAT: Sondereinsatzkommando is a compilation including:
Police Quest: SWAT 2
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle: Elite Edition
Also included is a Bonus CD with new missions, campaigns and SWAT tactics videos. |
| Saban's Power Rangers: Time Force | 2001 | THQ Inc. | KnowWonder, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view, Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Saban's Power Rangers: Time Force the forces of evil have travelled back in time and are looting treasures from Earth's history. The Power Rangers must travel back in time to stop them. Each of the five Power Rangers has to solve a mini game in a different time period to defeat a different villain:
The Blue Ranger travels back in time to ancient Japan. In a Light Cycle game called 'Cyclobot Roundup' the player must drive their Vector Cycle around the Cyclobot baddies. Once encircled they disappear and points are scored.
The Pink Ranger travels to ancient Rome where Gluto is causing earthquakes. Treasures are hidden beneath piles of rubble and must be uncovered in 'Roman Tile Match', a
Mahjong style game, so that they can be preserved.
The Red Ranger faces Ransik in 'Laser Showdown', a wild west shooter mini-game, where he's stealing all the gold from the gold-rush days. This game is mouse controlled, the player just clicks on the bad guys as they appear from windows, doors, behind cacti etc. This is the only game with a 'Boss' level.
Green Ranger is the only ranger to travel forward in time. He goes to a city of the future in 'Time Jet Challenge', which plays like Defender. In this keyboard controlled, side-scrolling mini game he must rescue people trapped on the roofs of buildings while avoiding Nadira and her Cyclobots.
In 'Miles of Nile' the Yellow Ranger tackles Frax and Cyclobot mummies in ancient Egypt. Her task is to negotiate a series of maze levels where she must locate and rescue Egyptian tomb workers.
All games have three levels of difficulty and, apart from the Red Ranger's Wild West Showdown, all the games are keyboard controlled.
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| Scan Command: Jurassic Park | 2001 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Scan Command: Jurassic Park the story, as in most movie-based games, is more of a backdrop to the dinosaur battling action the game provides. You will command a dinosaur and build its energy, strength, and other abilities by adding DNA via the real-life barcode scanner provided with the game. The scanner can read almost any type of barcode and it beeps when it collects DNA power-ups that can be used for your in-game dinosaur. You must guide your DNA skill enhanced dinosaur through ruined laboratories, swamps, and inside a volcano to defeat the villain, Dr. Corts. Several dinosaur enemies and puzzles must be overcome by using the right mix of DNA power-ups, collected by scanning barcodes from common household products in your home or the grocery store. Once you collect DNA, you upload it to the game and decide how to boost or enhance your Velociraptor's, T-Rex's, or Spinosaurus' skills to complete missions.Installing the game is a little more involved than usual, given the need to install software and get the scanner hardware functional. The violence in the game is diminished compared to the movie and keep at a more kid-appropriate level without blood and with non-lethal combat. |
| Scooby-Doo!: Phantom of the Knight | 2001 | Learning Company, Inc., The | TerraGlyph Interactive Studios, L.P. | Adventure | Side view | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | Fantasy | | Todd Wong | | | | Windows | In Scooby-Doo: Phantom of the Knight, Scooby, Shaggy, and the rest of the gang have an encounter with a fireball while driving near an old castle. They decide to investigate the old castle which turns out to be a tourist attraction named Joust For Fun. Once there, they meet Jane McHaggis, the proprietor of the establishment, who explains that the castle is being haunted by the Black Knight. The Black Knight is believed to be the spirit of the original owner of the castle and has kidnapped the actress playing the castle's princess.The gang takes up the cause of solving this groovy mystery on a pro bono basis, as is their wont. The player guides the gang through the castle grounds while interacting with random objects, solving puzzles, and hunting for clues. Along the way, the gang meets more characters who offer their own clues but also become suspects in the mystery. By the end of the game, the player must make a determination of who is behind the Black Knight.
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| Scrabble | 2001 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Runecraft Ltd. | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Word construction | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Scrabble is a computerised version of the popular word game for Windows for one to four players. This game can be played over a network connection or on hot-seat mode. In single player mode it is played against the computer and the computer's strength can be customised in a range of one through to ten.There are three kinds of game available:Scrabble: which is the common word making game
Anagram: these games are a twelve round match, four rounds with five letter words, four with six letter words and finally four rounds with seven letter words. Successfully identifying the five letter words scores five points, the six letter words score ten points and the seven letter words score fifteen.Conundrum: each player has the same letters with which to make a single word. The letters are placed onto a playing area which has double & triple letter & word squares as well as normal squares. The object being to score as highly as possible which does not necessarily mean making the longest wordThe game has music, high score tables and is played via the mouse. It also has a six different themes, for use with Scrabble only. These change the background and sometimes the in-game animations, for example in three standard theme the CPU is represented by people ranging from a scarecrow to a professor, in another all the characters are female, in another they are in period costume and in one the CPU is represented by animals ranging from a turtle to an owl. |
| Scudden Death | 2001 | Domenic Team | Domenic Team | Strategy | Side view | | | Artillery | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Scudden Death is a two-player game similar to Scorched Earth and other aiming games. Unlike in other games, though, here each player commandeers a squad of diverse units, and the game is real-time rather than turn-based. Each match takes place in a hilly terrain, seen from a side-view perspective. At the beginning, each player deploys a squad of units on his side of the field. During the match the player can choose any of his units, drive it backward and forward (if it is a mobile one), change the angle of its cannon, and shoot. The available units include: a handful of stationary turrets, cars with different types of weaponry, as well as the HQ which can summon planes and helicopters. The HQ is the most important unit — when it is destroyed, the player loses the match. Destroying the opponent's units gives the player money which can be spent between battles to buy new equipment |
| Secret Agent Barbie | 2001 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Gigawatt Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements, Stealth | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Secret Agent Barbie lets kids join the alpha blonde and her friends as she travels the world as an international fashion spy. Her mission is to investigate and stop the creation of an invisibility suit. The game contains five international locations - Paris, New York, Egypt, Tokyo, and Rio. Kids must complete a mission in each area, bringing them closer to breaking the case. Secret agents have access to special powers like running, jumping, tumbling, and blending into the background. There are special gadgets like pink-vision glasses and a remote-control puppy. True to the nature of the Mattel doll that spawned an empire, there is a selection of Kate Archer-esque secret agent outfits that kids can pick out for Barbie and her friends to wear. |
| Sega Marine Fishing | 2001 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | SIMS Co., Ltd., Wow Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The sequel to the arcade and Dreamcast title SEGA Bass Fishing, this game features deep-sea fishing where you can catch must more than just bass. The game offers 15 types of fish, 5 different locales, and 16 types of lures with many more unlockable. By catching fish, you earn item cards with equipment, boats, accessories, fish and artifacts for an aquarium.There is also a network feature where you can log on to SEGA's Marine Fishing webpage to compete in fishing competitions. Play in arcade mode, free fishing mode or the more involved original mode (which features several mini-games), and view your rewards in aquarium mode. The original mode was not included in the arcade version, and the mini-games train different techniques (luring, casting, fighting...) |
| Sethi and the Inca Wizard | 2001 | GEO, Montparnasse Multimedia | Montparnasse Multimedia | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Pre-Columbian Americas | | | | | | Windows | Sethi and the Inca Wizard is the second adventure of Sethi, after he visited Egypt.la Qoyä, the wife of the emperor is dying from a strange curse. This is no surprise you will help. As Sethi, and with your companion Pepi, you decide to investigate to defeat the enemies of the Empire. You will have to explore places such as Cuzco, Lake Titicaca, the Mountain of the Spirits, the Temple of the Sun, and so on, talk to people, find and use items. Since this game is educational, you will learn about the culture of the Incas.Sethi and the Inca Wizard is for children from age 6.
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| Severance: Blade of Darkness (Limited Edition Pack) | 2001 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This package includes Blade of Darkness and free t-shirt. |
| Sh**ter | 2001 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Sh**ter is a 2D space shooter. The player controls a space ship at the bottom of the screen using the mouse, steering it left or right and using a mouse click to shoot. A joypad is also supported. The goal is to shoot down the aliens that appear at the top from the or the right. Bullets and projectiles need to be avoided or destroyed. Meanwhile Euro points, ten different weapon power-ups and the letters that spell out E-X-T-R-A for an additional life can be collected. With every new level the currency can be invested in better weapons or an improved ship.The game can be played with one or two players. It was released as shareware with a commercial version available through a download for € 10 or as a mail order CD-ROM for € 15. Registering the game adds 100 additional levels to the 200, a cheat option and free future updates. |
| Shark! Hunting the Great White | 2001 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | SCS Software | Action | 1st-person | | | Hunting | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Go shark hunting without the possibility of losing limbs! Grab your tank and weapons virtually and dive into the ocean to hunt 8 different species of sharks in full 3D, and even find a treasure or two. Win prizes to get better equipment. Play career mode or quick action, the choice is up to you. Probably the first shark hunting "sim", this is yet another "hunting" title from the folks who brought you the Hunting Unlimited series. |
| Shredder 6 | 2001 | ChessBase GmbH | ChessBase GmbH | Strategy | Top-down | | | Chess | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Shredder 6 is a professional Chess computer game. It contains the Deep Shredder 6 chess engine with multi-processor support for up to 8 CPUs (!) with the user interface of the famous Fritz Schach 7 game as well as a special Shredder 6 user interface.There is a tournament book optimised for the Shredder playing style, written by Sandro Necci, as well as complete tablebases for 3 and 4 piece endings.Shredder is currently the strongest computer chess program and the current world champion in computer chess. |
| Shrek (included games) | 2001 | Dreamworks L.L.C. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This 'Two-Disc Special Edition' of the film Shrek contains many activities and mini-games.
Disc One. In addition to the film this disc contains;
The Making of Shrek - a documentary
Sneak Peek - trailer for the 2002 film Spirit
Filmmakers - Shrek credits
DVD-ROM - a collection of activities and mini games. These games are described in a DVD menu but are played on a computer. The InterActual product must be installed on the players' machine to play these games, they are all 'flash' games that are played within an InterActual window or failing that within a browser window.
Shrek's ReVoice Studio in which players can record their voice over a character and hear it as the scene is played
Learn to Draw Shrek
Gingerbread Hangman - Basic hangman but instead of adding lines to create a figure bits of the Gingerbread man are broken off
Soup Slam. A whack-A-Mole game that uses eyeballs in soup
Fairy Tale Lanes - Bowling with gnomes as skittles
Bugs and Slugs. A Tic-Tac-Toe game for one or two people
Charming Dragon. Here the player tries to catch falling charms to please the dragon
Coloring Pages. Print out pictures to colour in
Color a Scene. Another artistic option but this time the player colours the picture on the screen
Ogre Masks. Print and colour in masks
Pin The Tail On Donkey - Print out the picture and pin a tail on it
Fire Donkey. A side scrolling game where Donkey has to put out fires on the bridge, cross said bridge and rescue the princess
Shrek Pinball. Played with slug and bug flippers and an eyeball
Shrek In The Swamp Karaoke Dance Party - a short musical animation, not an activity
Games: These games are played from the DVD;
Mirror Mirror On The Wall: A bit like a Magic 8-Ball, the player asks a question and then clicks the 'Hear Answer' button to receive the magic mirror's words of wisdom
Shrektacular Trivia: A series of multiple choice questions. Correct answers are rewarded with a scene from the film while incorrect answers generate humorous comments
Production Notes -Information about the film presented in storybook style
Disc 2 contains the Shrek movie as well but with the optional film maker's commentary. It also contains;
the Storyboard Pitch of Deleted Scenes
The Tech of Shrek
X-Box Game Playing Hints
Production Notes (again)
Technical Goofs
DVD ROM. On Disc One this previewed games that were on that disc, this time it is a link to the Dreamworks Studio
An International Dubbing Feature
The Cast List
The Filmmakers option
A Progression Reel option
and finally the Shrek Theatrical Trailer... But no more games |
| Sierra's Classic Adventures | 2001 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the following 3 Sierra games:
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail! |
| Sierra's Fliegende Asse | 2001 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This flight compilation contains the following two Sierra games:
Pro Pilot '99
Red Baron 3-D |
| Simsala Grimm: The Frog King | 2001 | Tivola Publishing GmbH | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Simsala Grimm: The Frog King is an adventure game part of the Simsala Grimm series. It tells the fairy tale The Frog Prince collected by the Brothers Grimm. The player takes control of returning heroes Yoyo and Croc who help Frog King to find the princess that can remove the spell cast by an evil witch. The game contains several simple mini-games that must be completed in order to continue the story and reveal the ending.The game is fully localized with audio in three languages: English, German and Polish. |
| Skat 2095: Special Edition | 2001 | CreaTeam-Software | CreaTeam-Software | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition is the commercial release of the shareware game Skat 2095 and it lacks its main feature: the freely adjustable rules. With this version you are restricted to the official German skat rules. It was distributed through the Aldi chain of supermarket stores. |
| Skateboard Crazy | 2001 | Guildhall Leisure Services Ltd. | Miltronec | Sports | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Skateboard Crazy is a 2D, top-down game where the player must ride a skateboard avoiding traffic,cyclists and pedestrians and collect all the coins scattered over the level. It is possible to do tricks off ramps such as 720 degree turns in order to increase points score but falling off will cost the player a life. There are also power-ups which can be collected to assist the player such as invulnerability and extra lives.By visiting a phone box located on each level, a map of that level can be viewed which shows the location of all the coins that have yet to be collected. After collecting all the small coins, a giant coin becomes available which when collected completes the level. |
| Skateboard Park Tycoon | 2001 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Skateboard Park Tycoon is a simulation about building and managing a skate park. In the main Tycoon mode using a large number of objects a custom skate park is constructed as well as the surrounding buildings and services. The park also needs to be managed to attract skaters. The player can track each individual skater to view detailed statistics such as bathroom, boredom, different skate skills, fatigue, happiness, hunger, injury, thirst and thrift. At any moment is also possible to take control of a skater directly and skate, performing tricks.By doing well the park reaches a rating and that makes the skaters get a sponsor. In turn the sponsor will pay the park money per day and additional buildings are unlocked. The other game modes are Monkey See Monkey Do (repeat the tricks a monkey performs) and Instant Action (similar to Tycoon mode but a level and the starting money can be chosen). |
| Skaut Kwatermaster / Nieznana historia Marylin Monroe | 2001 | SelleS Records Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Autka (game)
Dark Moon (game)
Mr. Tomato (game)
Nieznana historia Marylin Monroe (movie)
Sołtys (game)
Skaut Kwatermaster (game) |
| Ski-Doo X-Team Racing | 2001 | Toptronics AB | Daydream Software AB | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Off-roading, Snowmobile | | | Teen | | Windows | Ski-Doo X-Team Racing is a snowmobile racing game. In addition to just racing, you can do different stunts. There are fifteen different circuits, some indoors, to race on. In the beginning only a couple are available, the remaining have to be unlocked. There are three different sleds: one available from the start, the other after unlocking them. In single player you can either race in a practice mode or in the championship mode, with six different championships in total. Initially you can just choose the easy championship, but if you perform good you can unlock more. In the easy championship you will compete against six amateur riders over six rounds. To proceed you have to reach a top three position in the overall score table. In the game's multiplayer mode up to eight players can compete over Internet or LAN, in the racing mode or stunt mode. In stunt mode you have to reach a certain score limit by doing stunts you get points for. The game also has a tuning feature. Here you can change different components of your sled for better performance. These include the lug height, studs, front drop, swaybar and clutch. |
| Skippy's Revenge | 2001 | Troma Entertainment | Bloodlust Software | Action | Top-down | Licensed | Horror | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Taking as its point of departure a scene in the 1985 movie The Toxic Avenger in which "Skippy" (played by D. J. Calvitto), a nice, innocent boy out on a nocturnal bike ride, gets deliberately knocked down and run over by boorish joy-riding youths... this game asks the burning "What if..." question: could his gooshy remains be scraped off the asphalt and the spark of life blazed back into them, what would life be like for this broken child in the flower of life, never again to walk, let alone ride his precious bicycle. Would he nurse his grudge or learn in time to forgive his aggressors?We all know there wouldn't be much of a game if the latter was the case, so here instead his simmering remains are installed into a modified sit-down lawn mower, dubbed his "deathbuggy", which he uses to mulch no-good neo-Nazi punks as steered by the player at the arrow keys. |
| SkyMaze | 2001 | AxySoft | AxySoft | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | SkyMaze is a 3D Pac-Man style. Like in Pac-Man the player has to collect all the dots in order to go to the next level. The levels includes enemies that the player needs to be careful from them. If the player will be in contact with an enemy, he loses one life. The game is timed and if the time ends, the player loses one life.
In addition there are items during the levels that help the player (like extra life, more score, more time for the level, freeze the enemies for few seconds and shield for few seconds that lets the player to kill the enemies). If an enemy will come to certain item, the item will be destroyed. The game includes 3 game types that divided into 80 levels.There is an option for save the level and load the level when the player want. |
| Sliding Coins | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sliding Coins is a player vs computer, mouse controlled, strategy game with the option of playing against another player over the internet.The game is played on a board on which there is a single line with seven cells, four of these cells on the right are occupied with coins. Players take turns moving coins one or more cells to the left until one player has no more moves to make - that player loses.There are four game variations played on the same board with slightly different rules, some for example allow coins to jump over other coins. All variants play in a small window. |
| Snake Arena | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Another Day Company | Strategy | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Snake Arena is a keyboard controlled game for up to three people. It is based on the classic Snake game in which the player(s) control a small snake which grows the more it eats. This game, however, introduces a competitive element as the player is competing with either other human players or against the computer.
In addition to this the game area contains multiple puzzle elements such as;- speed up/slow down areas- gates which open and close as the snake is passing over it chopping off pieces of its tail- teleports- tubes that allow the snake to pass between walled areas, some of these tubes only allow passage one way while others are coloured and the snake must be the right colour to use them.The game has a single in-game help screen, more detailed help is available but this opens in a browser window. There is music, sound effects, a save/load feature and a high score table. In addition to the five level tutorial there are two sets of game arenas, 'Need For Eat' and 'Domination' both of which have twenty seven levels. |
| Snow Storm | 2001 | Phenomedia AG | Amber Company | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Vladislav Sysoev | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Snow Storm is a snowmobile racing game which can be played in first-person or third-person perspective. The training courses take place in the tree-covered alps and the piste of a mysterious radar station. The championship takes place on specifically designed courses. The game's soundtrack is contained as 10 redbook audio CD tracks. |
| Socrates 102 Activities | 2001 | DK Multimedia | Studio Lascaux (Belgium) | Educational | Side view | | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Socrates 102 is an educational game for children aged between five and seven years old. The product contains 102 mini games with the goal to teach children the basics of reading, counting and writing in general.Only a mouse is required to play the game and game can be launched directly as the game does not have any installer.The games are divided into eight categories:
Liczby (Numbers): mini-games focused on identifying the number of items on the screen correctly. For example, one mini-game is a task for the player to pick a bunch of carrots that will feed each bunny on the screen.
Obliczenia (Calculations): mini-games related to basic counting: addition and subtraction. An example is to select a bucket with a number matching the addition shown on the screen.
Czytanie (Reading): mini-games focused on reading answers or text on the screen. An example is to identify the item by choosing the correct answer (text).
Pisanie (Writing): mini-games about writing activities. An example mini-game: pick correct letters (bubbles) from the screen into the “word-field” to form word of object shown on the same screen.
Myślenie (Thinking): category based in general on finding patterns. Example mini-game: fill row of eggs with correctly coloured egg in eggcup.
Zapamiętywanie (Memorizing): mini-game with priority on remembering phrases, sounds or numbers on the screen. Example mini-game: match clocks visible on the screen by sound that they play (there are 4 pairs of clocks with the same sound effect).
Porównywanie (Comparing): a mini-game for example consists of a task to select items that an object visible on a screen (horse) can eat.
Tworzenie (Creating): puzzle-oriented category. For example a mini-game gives the player task to create a rocking horse toy by placing its parts on the visible template. |
| Software: Family/Home XP 1 | 2001 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation, Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Software: Family/Home XP 1 is a software compilation that consists of reference & teaching material together with one game. The contents of this compilation are:
Letts: Revise for GCSE English
Letts: Revise for GCSE French
Letts: Revise for GCSE Maths
GSP: Typing Tutor
Family Tree
Money Matters
Instant Will Maker
Chris Tarrant's Face Maker
GSP: Everyday French
GSP: Everyday German
GSP: Everyday Spanish
GSP: Let's Learn French
GSP: Let's learn Spanish
Geoff Hamilton's 3D Garden designer
Millennium Quiz |
| Software: Powersuite XP 2 | 2001 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Software: Powersuite XP 2 is a compilation consisting of both reference material and games. The contents of the compilation are:
Family Health Encyclopedia
20th Century Day By day
Encyclopedia Of Nature 2.0
Body Works
Complete Interactive Cookbook
3D World Atlas
Charles Jardine's Fly Fishing Companion
Pro dj
Chessmaster 7000
Key Clipart 25.000
Midnight GT
Incoming
Expendable
Rage Rally
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| Solitaire Genius | 2001 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Solitaire Genius is a collection of twenty card games from the people who developed MVP Solitaire: Clubs Edition. This has the same look and feel as that game and may be a rebranded re-release of their game MVP Solitaire: Deluxe Edition.The games on offer are Accordion, Agnes, Auld Lang Syne, Baroness, Block Solitaire, Calculation, Cribbage Solitaire, Four Seasons, Forty Thieves, Gate, Golf, Monte Carlo, Nestor, Poker Solitaire, Quadrille, Simple Addition, Simplicity, Spider, and Take Fourteen. The player has a choice of six backgrounds and multiple card backs. |
| Solitaire Master 2 | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Goodsol Development, Inc. | Compilation, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A Souped-up version of Solitaire for Windows, Solitaire Master 2 is a fairly massive collection of different solitaire games, over 300, packed into one window-based interface. You can play in a window, or fullscreen, and the game attempts to install a “web toolbar” that apparently allows you to "surf" the internet from the window. You can choose individual game types from the Explorer screen which are divided into various types of games. There is also a Game Creation Wizard included that allows you to create your own solitaire games based on existing templates.
There are plenty of options to satisfy anyone’s particular mode of play, along with a Tour mode, which allows the player to simulate competition play. The game keeps statistics for each player including number of times individual games were played, won and lost. |
| Sonic Action 4 Pack | 2001 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Sonic Action 4 Pack is one of the more thorough collections of historic Sonic the Hedgehog games. Also see Sonic Gems Collection and Sonic Mega Collection Plus.Included in the box are two older CD collections:
Sonic & Knuckles Collection
Sega Smash Pack 2
Plus two other Sonic games previously released on CD:
Sonic CD
Sonic R
A total of 4 CD's make up this package which consists quite literally of the CD's having been ripped from their old boxes, and tossed together into a new package; a common publishing practice.The documentation is a simple booklet insert from the first jewel case, plus whatever came on each CD originally for the 4 products listed above. |
| Sonny's Race for Chocolatey Taste | 2001 | General Mills, Inc. | Hulabee Entertainment Inc. | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Given away free inside a box of Cocoa Puffs cereal in 2001, this game was essentially an advertisement for General Mills that bundled America Online software. Sonny (the Cocoa Puffs Spokestoon) is on a snowboarding quest to collect coins, cocoa, power-ups and move through the tournaments on his quest for Choclatey (SIC) Taste.There is no installation required. The game runs directly from the CD Rom, and has 3 levels of difficulty. Sonny snowboards TOWARDS you in a semi-isometric view. You control him with the arrow keys, and can jump over igloos, animals and other various obstacles while collecting indicated items in order to progress to the next level.
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| Space Arcade Collection | 2001 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Action, Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Space Arcade Collection is a compilation of games with a space theme. Many games in this compilation are shooters, the exceptions being Tile Blazer, Node Jumper and Moonshot. As is typical of packages that were sold by eGames the install process loads a game browser onto the player's machine. The first time a game is accesses it is installed from the CD but any subsequent times the game is accessed it is loaded and played. Unusually the install process gives the player the choice between US English and UK English versions. Every game here is a 'Special Edition', a reduced version of the full game. The games in this package are:
Oxide
Drone from Pixelsplash Software
Raptor
Moon Buggy 98 from Koala Software
Star Miner
Tile Blazer
Demonstar
Node Jumper
Moonshot a shareware Lunar Lander game from Chet Foley
Nebula Fighter from Holodream Software
Note: eGames released a compilation in the USA with the same name, virtually identical artwork but a different set of games. It included Alien Invaders, Rise From Atlantis, B.U.G.S. , Galactic Invasion in place of Tile Blazer, Node Jumper, and Moon Buggy
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| Speedboat Raser Europa | 2001 | Davilex Games B.V. | Lost Boys Games | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Speedboat Raser Europa is basically the same as Davilex' Racer series, just with speedboats. In three European cities - Amsterdam, London and Venice - the player races against five opponents. As usual the race tracks are loosely based on the real city layouts. The game is heavily action oriented and features five bonus items which can be picked up on the courses: torpedoes, steering rockets, speed boosts, coil springs and mines. Six of the ten boats have to be unlocked in the tournament mode. |
| Speedy Blupi II | 2001 | Epsitec SA | Epsitec SA | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Speedy Blupi II is a platform game made by a european company named Epsitec. In this game you control Blupi, a creature who can use almost anything to finish levels, including skateboards, small cars, and even jetpacks. Enemies include robotic sharks that explode themselves and you if you touch them. This game is suitable for all ages over 8; for under 8 year olds, there's a more simple Blupi game. |
| Spiders Web | 2001 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In Spiders Web the player controls a spider at the to of the screen. The player has to capture insects and other animals (such as frogs) by shooting spiderwebs at them and then dart at them to eat them. At the end of each area there is a boss level insect/animal and beating it allows the player to move on to the next area. Some insects gives the player a bonus such as "machine gun web" or "capture all". Now and then the player may be awarded with a bonus level after beating an area.
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| Spongebob Squarepants: Operation Krabby Patty | 2001 | THQ Inc. | AWE Productions, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Comedy | Mini-games | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Spongebob Squarepants: Operation Krabby Patty is based on the Nickelodeon TV cartoon that aired in 1999 and is still ongoing as of 2017. There are two sides of the game. The Right side features Plankton developing a robot version of Mr. Krabs for his secret Krabby Patty formula, and Spongebob has to foil Plankton's plans and get rid of the robot for good. The Wrong side features Spongebob's snail Gary, who is lost somewhere in Bikini Bottom, and Spongebob has to accomplish a number of tasks to rescue his pet snail. There are five areas of each side of the game, and movies can be watched again in the main screen by clicking on the television set. |
| Stable Masters | 2001 | Midas Computer Games GmbH | ESP Software | Sports | | | | | Europe | | Menu structures | Real-time | | | Windows | Stable Masters revamps both graphical and gameplay features of the original Stable Masters and simulates betting management on one of multiple horses, with a vast selection of specifications via different menu items. Each horse varies depending on its breed, trainer and riding jockey. After selecting the horse, the player can choose the racing course for the jockeys. The chosen horse must win in order for the player to earn money and advance their career. |
| Star Monkey | 2001 | Small Rockets | Small Rockets | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Star Monkey is a shareware space shooter game that follows the legacy of such classics as Raiden, Aero Fighters, etc.
The plotline is inconsequential, and involves aliens that try to do something bad and which you must blow up. You'll battle waves after waves of enemy ships and monsters and confront huge end-level bosses while collecting power-ups and raking up points in your little but powerful ship.The game uses a 3D engine which boasts several graphical gimmicks like 32-bit color depths, colored lighting, dynamic shadows, etc. There's no multiplayer support, but you can upload your scores to Small Rocket's website and have them ranked against other fellow star monkeys. |
| Star Trek: Commander's Edition | 2001 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Star Trek: Starfleet Command Volume II - Empires at War
Star Trek: New Worlds |
| Star Wars: Episode I - Battle for Naboo | 2001 | LucasArts | Factor 5 GmbH, LucasArts | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Theresa Pridemore | | Teen | | Windows | Take part in the Battle to save the planet Naboo, with a total of 15 land and air missions, using hovercrafts, the now famous Naboo cruiser, and all the crafts seen in the movie. Plus, cut scenes help guide the storyline, and everyones favourite music score is thrown in to add to the atmosphere of destroying the Trade Federations plans of taking over Naboo. |
| Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM | 2001 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC, Totally Games, Inc. | Action, Compilation, Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight, Vehicular combat | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes the campaigns from the original game Star Wars: TIE Fighter, the three campaigns from the add-on Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Defender of the Empire and also three new, never before released campaigns in a second add-on called Enemies of the Empire. In total there are more than 100 missions to fly and survive.In addition to the new missions, there are also some technical improvements to the game:
Improved screen resolution to SVGA (640*480)
Added new cut scenes
Full voice mission briefings and radio calls (the so called "Talkie" version)
Improved the interactive mission briefing |
| StarLines Inc. | 2001 | Positech Computing Ltd. | Positech Computing Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | StarLines Inc. is a strategy game that puts the player in command of a fleet of starships carrying passengers and cargo between different worlds. They player has direct control over the cargo and passengers the ship takes on board and controls the prices charged for transport, all while keeping the crew happy. The ship must be maintained, and the player must earn and save enough money to pay landing fees, refuelling fees and the crew's wages.
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| Stardom: Your Quest For Fame | 2001 | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Vision Park AB | Strategy | | | | | | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Stardom: Your Quest For Fame casts you as a nobody, a janitor for a news station. Take articles, edit them for content, and submit them to the editor. Earn points by performing various tasks, such as challenging co-workers to a quiz.Once you've earned enough points, you work your way up to better positions, and once you become the editor, you can move on to bigger studios. |
| State of War | 2001 | Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. | Cypron Studios, s.r.o. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | In the future, after many wars and struggles, it is decided to set up the U.F.S.C., a federation formed by the seven continents, each providing military units, to protect the earth and settle military conflicts. The pact is supported by the construction of Overmind, a mainframe computer controlling 22 military bases, to quickly analyze situations and intervene when conflicts emerge. Certain groups rose up against this computer-controlled peace, and the most powerful and influencial opposition organized itself as the Beho-Sunns cult. They researched Overmind and attempted to hack the system. The Beho-Sunns leaders failed to take control but managed to disrupt the processes and the bases were left unguarded. As the Beho-Sunns started to occupy the military complexes, the U.F.S.C. declared a state of war.State of War is a 2D real-time strategy game set on a future earth. The player takes control of the U.F.S.C. army in 22 missions, introduced by cut-scenes, set all over the world, to reclaim the lost territory captured by the Beho-Sunns and reconnect the bases to Overmind. Missions consists of resource-based management scenarios, requiring the player to build up a base and wipe out the enemy army or capture specific buildings, but missions with a set amount of resources and no initial buildings or reinforcements. These usually require the player to escort a type of unit or to capture or destroy a building or base, sometimes with a time limit.Like similar strategy games, credits are gathered by capturing gold mines to construct new buildings and units. There are also various tech trees, accessed through the accumulation of research points in research labs. Next to the buildings, there are offensive units, such as tanks, artillery, panzers, flamers, and a range of mechs (Kodiak, Cougar and Gatling). Defensive structures can also be set up, including turrets, futuristic cannons and A.A. defence. Through research, various air attacks are made available to bomb enemy structures, carry units around the map, or unleash a meteor storm.There are a few unique elements too. The player controls a flying Advancer, the most important unit in the game. It is able to construct, repair and capture buildings. It is very weak however, so most scenarios require the player to protect it at all times while trying to capture enemy structures. Buildings can be protected against enemy Advancers with sattelite protection. Unlike similar games, the player does not control the unit flow. New units are constantly produced without the interference of the player - only the unit type can be decided on.Multiplayer is supported for up to two players over TCP/IP or IPX. Prior to each game, the units and resources can be defined. In the singleplayer mode, the game can be paused with the F10 key to enter the tactical mode. In heated battles, different commands can then be assigned to micromanage units before continuing. |
| Stick Death | 2001 | | Game Outlet | Action | | | | Fighting, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Based on the site StickDeath.com, battle it out against other StickMen. Advance in levels and unlock new fields and characters. Grab weapons that rain from the sky and beat your opponent(s) senseless. Such weapons include guitars and flaming 2x4's. |
| Stunt GP | 2001 | Eon Digital Entertainment | Team17 Software Limited | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Stunt GP, you control one of 16 different remote-controlled cars. The cars are divided in three categories: Wild-Wheels, Speed Demons and Aeroblaster, each with it's unique driving feel. The cars can be tuned up with many different tuning parts, like better batteries, tires, suspension etc. - a total of 1000 different combinations.You race on 24 original, colorful tracks with tons of bridges, ramps and loopings. You can perform absolutely breathtaking stunts on these tracks, but you need to be careful about the battery - if the car runs out of power, the race is probably over very soon. In each track you can recharge your car's battery by driving through a tunnel above the start/finish line.Of course, it's possible to play multiplayer. No network support is included, so multiplayer gaming stages on one PC in split screen mode. |
| Super 5 Pack | 2001 | Memir Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Super 5 Pack is a budget title compilation featuring the following games:
Zak Zapper
Mud Hunt
Grubs
Gen's Gold
Blasturon
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| Super Collapse! | 2001 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Super Collapse!, your job is it to remove blocks of the same color from the playfield as fast as possible.When you start a level, you are presented with a 12x15 big playfield (width by height), where only the bottom line is filled with colored blocks. However, new lines are forming below the bottom, when the new line is complete, it will replace the bottom line, and the bottom line will move one line up. As soon as a new line drops in while the top line is at the top position, you have lost.To counter this, simply click on any block in the playfield. If it has no or only one same colored adjacent block, nothing happens. However, if it has at least two same colored adjacent blocks, all three (or more) blocks will vanish, and all blocks on top of this now empty space are falling down, filling the gap.At the beginning of a level, you have plenty of time, but the line completion will increase to an insane speed, so you don't have time to think about with group is more worth removal (the more blocks you remove at once, the higher you score).From level to level, the amount of new lines will increase. At level one it's just 25 lines, some levels later you have to deal with hundreds of lines...To help you on your task, the game offers different bombs, which will blast some blocks away. The normal black bomb will destroy all blocks in a certain radius, while colored bombs destroying all same colored blocks in the playfield.For beating the highscore, you have to completely clear the bonus levels. The problem here is, that all blocks must vanish, if one is still in the playfield, you miss the bonus score. So, think carefully. But on the other side, you only have 15 seconds. So, good luck... |
| Super Dodge Ball | 2001 | SNK NeoGeo Korea | Technos Japan Corp. | Action, Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Another Dodge Ball game featuring the Nekketsu Kunio Kun by Technos, who partnered with SNK to deliver an entirely next-gen version of their classic arcade/sports hit.Super Dodge Ball uses the same basic gameplay used in the other games in the series with some minor differences. The game puts you in control of a team of 3 characters (with you controlling the lead character or the one with the ball at the time) that must defeat a selection of other teams in order to become the champion. This time around the teams are all formed by characters from the Nekketsu Kunio Kun universe, each representing different suburbs of Tokyo that compete in an amusement park for the ultimate title.You can mix and match characters from the different teams (and even edit the team as you advance in the tournament, by adding defeated characters to the roster). Each character has their unique stats and special moves, which now depend on a power bar that can be charged-up by holding both attack buttons.The most important difference in this game and the rest of the series is the new graphical look courtesy of the Neo Geo hardware. The character design is much more elaborated with larger than ever sprites and more frames of animation per character while keeping the semi- Super Deformed look of the series. Camera effects such as zoom/scaling and shaking are also added to the mix, and special attacks have much more spectacular effects than before. Digitized samples are used to provide in-game voices and taunts, and the entire interface and general design of the game has been jazzed up to resemble more of a big-time SNK fighting game. |
| Superheroes Math Challenge | 2001 | Ohio Distinctive Software | Ohio Distinctive Software | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Team up with superheroes Groovin' Gourmet, Blit, and Marlene to learn about math. Superheroes Math Challenge has a learning mode that teaches the following math concepts: order of operations, parentheses, powers, square roots, and negative numbers. When the player feels comfortable with the concepts, it is time to choose one of the three heroes to take flying. The player can select a forest, cityscape, or mountains to fly over. During the side-scrolling flight, the game presents the player with a formula at the bottom of the screen. In addition to various other obstacles in the air, 4 answers will come floating along. The player must navigate the hero to touch the correct answer.The player can also select from among 50 problem levels. The math problems increase in difficulty from counting fruit in level 1, to computing square roots and negative numbers in level 50. |
| Swappers | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Swappers is a puzzle game from Zillions Development who market a game development product. It's one of a series of puzzle and casual games that makes up their Zillions of Games package which, at version 2.0, consists of three hundred and seventy-five games. This game has been licensed separately and has appeared in Greenstreet's Board Games compilation.The player is presented with a play area that has tiles of one colour at one end and tiles of another colour at the other, the object being to swap the coloured tiles to their opposite sides. Essentially this is a set of nine moving tile puzzles ranging from a simple 2x2 puzzle which can be solved in eight moves to an enormous 5x7 puzzle that takes a lot more thought. The game is mouse controlled. |
| Swift Classics Board Games | 2001 | Cosmi Europe, Ltd. | AGCrump Software | Action, Compilation, Puzzle, Sports, Strategy | Side view, Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Chess, Falling block puzzle, Paddle / Pong, Word construction | | | Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Swift Classics Board Games is a compilation of board game based games with a couple of arcade and puzzle games added as a bonus. The games in this compilation are:
Backgammon Deluxe
This is a straightforward single player backgammon game. The computer opponent has two levels of difficulty, novice and expert, and the colour of the board can be changed.
Bomblastic!
This is a single player version of Reversi, also known as Othello, in which the counters used are bombs, When captured the pieces explode and are replaced by a bomb of the opponents colour. The computer offers three levels of opponent to play against, novice, medium and advanced.
Chess Marvel
This is either a two player game or a single player game against the computer which plays as either a novice, medium or an advanced player. The game has an 'undo' feature and by valuing the pieces in play shows which side currently has an advantage.
Colossal Word Search
Is a word-search puzzle game with five categories of words to choose from. It also contains a game editor through which the player can create their own categories of words and hence create new puzzles.
Horse Basketball
There are no horses in this game. This game is played by shooting the ball into the basket from different positions and angles. Each shot is worth 20 points, one point is deducted for every missed shot. The highest score for a game is 180.
Jigsaw Maverick
Is the a jigsaw puzzle with game where pieces are assembled to complete a picture.
Juggler
Juggler is a little like Breakout but without the bricks. Balls drop from the top of the screen and the player must keep them in play for as long as possible. The longer the game is played the more balls descend.
Mancala 2000
Mancala is an African strategy game. This variation, Kalaha, has been played for over 7,000 years. The game is played with stones and the object is to capture as may of the opponents pieces as possible.
Monte Carlo Patience
This is a single player card game in which cards are dealt face up in a grid. Cards which are adjacent to others of the same rank are removed and the gaps are filled in by un-dealt cards from the stack. When the stack is exhausted the cards on the table are re-dealt to fill any gape. The object is to remove all the cards.
Rock Slide
Is a Tetris-like game.
Shark Dominoes
This is a game of dominoes, it gets its name from the shark motif on the back of each tile. Players select ten tiles and play alternately. The first player to play all their tiles wins. if the game reaches a state where neither player can achieve this then the player with the lowest numbered tile wins.
Strategist Checkers
This is a one or two player game with four game levels of computer opponent.
Subzero!
This is a single player version of Reversi, also known as Othello, in which the counters used are submarines, When captured the pieces explode and are replaced by a bomb of the opponents colour. The computer offers three levels of opponent to play against, novice, medium and advanced.
Warui 2000
Wari is an African strategy game that is very similar to Mancala. It too is played with stones and the object is to capture as may of the opponents pieces as possible.
The documentation on the keep case is essential for installation as this compilation is delivered on CD as a password protected file and the password is in the documentation. |
| Swift Classics: Mah Jongg Magic for Windows | 2001 | Cosmi Europe, Ltd. | Cypress Lane Diversions | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Swift Classics: Mahjongg Magic is a single player version of the classic tile matching game. Unlike many modern versions of the game which focus on just the tile matching and removal elements of the game, this is game adheres to the traditional game. There are 145 tiles in this game and these are divided into the mountain, the stack of tiles to be matched, and the loose tiles which replace the season tiles during play. The objective of the game is to complete the great wall by matching tiles on the mountain and removing them. Tiles can only be removed from the mountain if they can be extracted in the direction of the prevailing wind which is either up/down or left/right. At the start of the game when the mountain is built one tile, known as the dead tile, remains face down. Somewhere at the bottom of the mountain, is the joker tile. A game is completed when the player matches the joker to the dead tile.Completing a game earns the player a quote from Master Chen Hai Yang. However if the player uses the undo feature or reshuffles the tiles the game is considered to be a casual game and this does not earn a quote upon completion. |
| Tafl | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tafl is a player vs computer, mouse controlled, implementation of a board game that dates back to Viking times, 'tafl' is Old Norse for 'table'.The basic game consists of two sides, the green and the red, with the green side laying siege to the red kingdom that is in the centre of the board. The red player's objective is to move their king to one of the squares marked with a king symbol, if they succeed the king escapes and they win the game. The green side's objective is to capture the red king by surrounding it on four sides. in all games the king moves like a king in chess, all other pieces move like rooks/castles.This game has been around for centuries and Tafl is not a game, it's a generic name for a group of regional games that play on different sized boards with different layouts. The variants available here are;Brandubh -- Irish
Fitchneal -- Irish (Gwyddbwyll -- Scottish)
Ard-Ri (`High King`) - Scottish
Tablut -- Finish/Scandinavian
Tawlbrydd -- Welsh, there are two versions of this game
Hnefatafl - Norse, this game includes 'Small Hnefatafl' and 'Large Hnefatafl'
Alea Evangeli -- Anglo Saxon
The games play in a small window, are mouse controlled, have optional music and sound effects plus an internet play option. The strength of the AI opponent can be varied, there is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these. |
| Taxi Racer | 2001 | BestBuys Interactive BV | Stellar Stone LLC | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Taxi Racer, the player is cast as a taxi driver. The object of the game is to pick up passengers and take them to their destination. The quicker they get there, the more money the player earns. And in able to be quick, it is possible to ignore the rules and relegations of the traffic.The game contains two modes: The first one simulates a normal working day, in which the object is to earn as much money as possible. In Countdown, there is a time limit, which is only raised when a passenger is delivered. |
| Tetris Worlds | 2001 | THQ Inc. | Blue Planet Software, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | It's Tetris as we all remember it. Drop different shaped blocks into the container, and fit them together to form a horizontal line, and the line disappears. Your job is to keep going as long as possible by clearing the container of blocks.This will be the first time on a Game Boy System that 4 players can play multiplayer Tetris, which is much the same as the original Tetris, only that when you clear a line of blocks, the line(s) appear in another players screen. |
| Tetrix Classics | 2001 | Hemming AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tetrix Classics is a collection of six Tetris type games. Included in this compilation are:
3rd Block 2
BrickShooter
Capsule
CTris 2000
MegaTris 2001
TetroBOOM!
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| The $100,000 Pyramid | 2001 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Hypnotix, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The TV game show comes to life in this Sierra adaptation! It is now your chance in the hot seat! Play in single player, double player, or party mode. In single player and double player, the "celebrity" partner will give you hints and such. In party mode, YOU do the hints yourself! Choose from 4 player characters and 4 "celebrity" partners. Over 700 different categories of questions to choose from. |
| The Adventures of Mr. Greedy | 2001 | EMME Interactive SA | Hyptique | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Adventures of Mr. Greedy is a game for children based on the second book in the Mr. Men and Little Miss series by Roger Hargreaves. Children have to solve problems, for example the sun does not rise anymore and Mr. Greedy has lost his appetite.It is a non-linear adventure where children between four and eight have to visit many Mr. Men characters and restore their normal behaviour. The game has two difficulty levels and is filled with mini-games and surprises. Moving between locations is done using a map. The game has a mosquito that provides help when stuck. |
| The Best of eGames | 2001 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Best of eGames is a compilation of games that have appeared on previous eGames compilations. The installation process does not install the games directly, it installs the eGames Browser from which the player selects each game. When first selected the game installs on the player's machine while subsequent selections of the same game will run it.
The ten games here are nearly all Special Editions and include:
Bingo Master SE
Castle Camelot
Crazy Drake SE
Demon Star SE
Fran's Frog Hop SE
Geo Jump
Mahjongg Master 2 SE
Miniverse MiniGolf (listed as Mini Golf SE)
Speedy Eggbert SE
Superball Challenge SECastle Camelot, Geo Jump and Superball Challenge appear on Galaxy of Games: Blue Edition and Crazy Drake, Demonstar and Miniverse MiniGolf appear on Galaxy of Games: Red Edition. |
| The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble | 2001 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Coktel Vision | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | After a devastating atomic war, the world population was nearly annihilated, and the survivors had to hide deep underground. In the meantime, a peaceful race of human-like creatures, the boozooks, populated the Earth. After the humans ascended to the surface again, they started a bloody war against this race. The boozooks were mercilessly destroyed, their culture demolished, and in the end of the war they were enslaved by humans.The vertical, economically self-sufficient city of Vlurxtrznbnaxl was erected, controlled by a corrupt leader known as BigWig, who oppressed population with heavy taxes and freedom restrictions. The genius Professor Azimuth, sympathetic to the cause of the boozooks, has discovered a mysterious object or entity known as the Schnibble, which apparently could bring peace and prosperity to the world. However, BigWig's henchmen kidnap the professor and even shoot a teddy bear that belongs to his little adopted half-boozook son Woodruff. Applying a device called Viblefrotzer to himself, Woodruff physically ages fifteen years, and feels strong enough to begin a search for his foster father and find a way to dethrone BigWig.Woodruff is an adventure game with a cartoon-like appearance and many tricky puzzles, similar in art style and design to the Gobliiins series by the same creators. Unlike Gobliiins, this is a full-fledged adventure where the player character can move around freely, explore the large city, and interact with many characters. The interaction with the environment is done with a simple point-and-click system, without separate verb commands. The majority of the puzzles are inventory based; beside items, Woodruff can also use various spells (such as, for example, levitation) as well as ancient boozook formulae, which he has to learn and collect in order to advance in the game. |
| The Book of Three | 2001 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Book of Three is an RPG based on the first book of the "Chronicles of Prydain", a series of books by Lloyd Alexander. It was made using the RPG Maker 2000 tool.The player takes on the role of Taran, who lives a quiet and, to him, boring life as an Assistant Pig-Keeper in Caer Dallben. His task is to take care of the oracular pig Hen Wen, but he dreams of excitement and adventure. When on one day Hen Wen runs off, he chases after her into the woods, where he meets Prince Gwydion, his idol and the mightiest war leader in Prydain. From him, he learns that Prydain's peace is threatened by Arawn and his war leader the Horned King. And so begins his Journey, on which he meets many strange but wonderful friends and has to face many dangers until he can finally rescue Hen Wen. Gameplay-wise, The Book of Three is a Japanese-style RPG. The player controls a party consisting of up to four members, with each character possessing a unique set of skills, and fights in turn-based random battles. Apart from the main story, the game also features some simple puzzles and a few side-quests. |
| The Cafka Files | 2001 | LaceyWare | LaceyWare | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Made with The Games Factory, a successor of Klik & Play, the game is a fast-paced arcade shoot 'em up, in which the player controls Cafka DeKat, who should constantly be on his toes, evading dangerous foes, defeating evil guardians, and eventually saving the world from the evil Dr. E. Ville. Gameplay includes simple and boss levels. On vertical-scrolling simple levels the player should be kept alive during a certain amount of time. On static boss levels the player should win the battle with the boss. The game progress is accessed with passwords. |
| The Card Room | 2001 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Red Dragon Shareware | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Card Room is a collection of over one hundred and eighty shareware card games. The games in this product are very loosely grouped by type and range from DOS games, WIN 3.x games to actual Windows games, they are:
Bridge Games: There are thirteen games and some of them are bridge games like
Bridge From Special K, Bridge Assistant and
Contract Bridge the last two of which run in a DOS window. Also in this group are Euchre from Land-J Technologies, two versions of Hearts, a Pinochle game and the DOS based "Marvin's Bidding Handbook"
Pontoon: Nine Blackjack games including Real Video Blackjack and Real Video Blackjack 95 both from Ultimate Software
, Animated Blackjack, Badlands Blackjack and Blackjack Professor
Poker: Twenty-nine poker games including video poker and Pai-Gow. Some of the games on offer are
Smoke'em Poker, Poker Broker,
Noisy Video Poker and Blackjack - both games, Let It Ride for 95
Solitaire: There are seventy-eight games in this group, most, such as Crispy and Flowerbed v2.2, are implementations of a single game but some, such as the DOS version of Excellent Card Games offers five games while Solitary Confinement offers eight and FunSol has over a hundred.
Misc: A collection of fifty-three games that includes five cribbage games, two canasta games, three gin rummies a blackjack game and a couple of solitaire games. As with other groups some games such as The Real Deal offer multiple games while others are implementations of a single game
The game browser runs in a small window and shows a preview picture of each game as it is selected. Most of the games can be run from the CD in preview mode but some have to be installed before they can be run.
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| The Escape from the Hen-Roost | 2001 | Lenny's Ecstazy | Lenny's Ecstazy | Action | | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Deep underground, an evil turkey called Kuku De-Mon plotted revenge on the entire chicken kingdom, based on a myth that the turkey race has been banished by chickens. On a night of a full moon, a fortress blasted out of the ground and turkey soldiers attacked and kidnapped all the chickens to an underground prison.The player takes control of a rooster called Bak, that happened to survive the raid, and his mission to find the B.O.T. - Book of Truth. This book tells what really happened 1000 years ago and will either crumble Kuku De-Mon's evil plan or doom the entire chicken race.The Escape from the Hen-Roost is a basic platformer, the player can run, jump and shoot Nitro Beaks. The game takes the player through various levels and bosses including: Sgt. Henshoot's barracks, Dr. Mouchtenhouven's labs, the future and underwater.Although being a simple platformer, most levels are different from each other and present different concepts and varied objectives to the final goal. |
| The Eskimo Fishing Trip | 2001 | | | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | The Eskimo Fishing Trip is a freeware, open-source arcade game where the main objective is to use a fishing rod to capture all kinds of aquatic animals swimming around a small pond. The heads of the creatures keep bobbing up and down the surface, their mouths closing and opening while they revolve around a central feature.The rod is controlled directly, with two buttons to pull and push the line, but no option to reel - to capture one of the animals, the player has to lower the line and bait at the exact moment their mouths are agape, and carefully lift them one by one until all are removed from the pond. They become highlighted in red while biting the bait. The baits can be lost, either swallowed by the creatures when the line snaps or eaten by them when floating over the water. The bait can be replaced by swinging the rod across the screen, but there's a limited supply for each level. |
| The Famous Five: Dangerous Discovery | 2001 | Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | NovaTrix GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Famous Five: Dangerous Discovery is the fourth game in Ravensburger's Famous Five series after the books of Enid Blyton for ages 7 and up.Julian, Dick, George, Anne and the dog Timmy are again at Kirrin Cottage during the summer holidays. An old acquaintance of Uncle Quentin, Mr Brown, is lodging at the cottage. He is an archaeologist who has found a possible Rome settlement. Mr. Brown has left for a couple of days to go to the world's fair, and of course the five can't resist to take a peek at the excavation.
They find a vase that seems to be from Roman times. But they also find two men sleeping in the hut during the day, and during the night someone with a flashlight is wandering around at the dig site. In a shaft nearby they hear strange knocking sounds.
The five are determined to find out what is going on at the dig site and to solve the mystery. The active characters are George or Dick. They execute the actions and carry a backpack that holds the inventory items. A hidden menu at the left bottom corner of the screen gives access to a travel map, a main menu and an options menu (in the English edition). The latter includes options to switch on or off hot spot names and dialogue text. Dialogues can be skipped using the Escape key. In the original German edition the player
can switch between German and English. The game directory includes a hint file.
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| The Games Factory | 2001 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Clickteam SARL | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The Games Factory is a piece of game creation software. It is the successor to Klik & PlayThe package contains three playable games that showcase the potential of the software and which can be used as examples by aspiring developers. These games are:Zeb: a side scrolling platform shoot'em up game
Lobotomy: a Donkey Kong style game in which the player ascends a series of platforms while avoiding barrels which are rolling down them.
Magician's Lair: a top down isometric game in which the player protects sheep from imps, all the imps have to be killed to complete a level.
Games created with this package can be given away but cannot be sold commercially. |
| The Golf Pro Lite | 2001 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Golf Pro Lite is a cut-down version of The Golf Pro limited to the Hilton Head course. |
| The House of the Dead 2 | 2001 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Wow Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Rail shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The House of The Dead 2 is a conversion of Sega's popular light gun arcade game. In this game, you play the role of a detective out to stop a madman who has unleashed zombies and other horrid creatures in an Italian city. You have to kill the monsters, save people and find out the plans behind this mayhem. The game uses an auto game camera that pans around in a preset manner as you venture through the city killing the creatures and rescuing people. Extra modes like training and time trial are included for replayability. |
| The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions | 2001 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Dynamix, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions, gameplay is identical to Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions. The game contains 250 puzzles (although the 50 tutorial puzzles are identical to those in the previous game). |
| The Murderer | 2001 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Personal servant to Robert Harris, Charles Browning finds Harris' daughter murdered and fears that he will be blamed for the crime. Getting rid of the body is the first task in this graphical point-and-click adventure set in England at the turn of the 20th century. Photographs supported by True Color graphics compose this update to the 1994 Amiga game, The Child Murderer also by Michael Zerbo. |
| The Oregon Trail: 5th Edition | 2001 | Learning Company, The | Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | North America, Western | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Oregon Trail: 5th Edition is a game for players aged nine and up with educational support. It builds on the previous editions of the game simulating traveling through towns and wilderness in the state of Oregon between 1840 and 1860 when over 300,00 emigrants headed west across the United States, with adventure-like gameplay elements. The core game builds on Oregon Trail II and various new features are introduced, and elements from previous editions are added or removed.The stories of migration are told through the characters mountain guide Captain Jed Freeman and the Montgomery children Jimmy (10), Cassie (13) and Parker (15) who want to find their father. The game also teaches history and geography and complements the social studies curriculum. Other educational elements include math, language arts and logical reasoning. To survive with the wagon players need to balance health, food and financial resources with many decisions to trade, buy or leave supplies to reach Oregon, the Salt Lake Valley or California. Dangers include obstacles, river crossings (with updated graphics), delays and disease. To survive players need to learn how to hunt and fish. Historical facts and maps are collected in the Montgomery Journal and the Oregon Trail Guidebook. The journal can also be printed for offline use.Compared to the previous editions the biggest novelty is the introduction of the Montgomery family and the way their story is woven into the game. At various points during the journey story sequences are triggered. The children experience events and Captain Jed for instance tells them historically accurate stories at the campfire. Conversation pictures are no longer animated. Plant gathering from the third and fourth edition is carried over, but the Wild Fruits and Vegetables events from the second game about identifying which plants are edible and which are poisonous is not included. It is still possible to look for edible plants when someone has scurvy. The soundtrack from the second edition is removed in favor of a single repeating audio loop. |
| The Powerpuff Girls: Mojo Jojo's Pet Project | 2001 | BAM! Entertainment, Inc. | Intelligent Games Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | The PowerPuff Girls from the popular cartoon series on the Cartoon Network get their own game for kids on the PC. Join the girls as they take on their arch nemesis the bad monkey, Mojo Jojo and once again try to save the day.There are 4 arcade-style games included such as Picnic Panic (Use the mouse to aim the target at the mutant insects that are out to ruin the Mayor's picnic), Pollution Solution (Move the girls up or down to save the 'good' fish and avoid the 'mutant' fish, while trying to collect vials of Chemical X as well!), Lair of Mojo Jojo (Mojo Jojo has kidnapped loads of animals and taken them to his lair. The girls must fly through his lair and rescue as many 'good' animals as they can, while avoiding the 'mutated' animals), Big Show Down (The Powerpuff Girls track Mojo Jojo down to his lair and all three must battle him).The game also includes an in-game comic book and option to print various items such as masks, pictures, posters and postcards etc. |
| The Secrets of Alamût | 2001 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Arxel Tribe d.o.o. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Miloš Sluga Jr. | | Teen | | Windows | The Secrets of Alamut (aka "Legend Part 2") begins where the first game The Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin left off as the main character, Ay-Sayf, sits beside the campfire in the desert. Still searching for the prophet Simon de Lancrois, Ay-Sayf knows his next destination is Alamut, where he has been told he must overcome treacherous traps and trials.The player controls Ay-Sayf once again. The story leads him into the mysterious mountain as he tries to find not only the prophet, but also the reasons behind strange dreams that haunt his sleep. The interface in this adventure game is point-and-click, and there are many puzzles to solve during the quest. |
| The Sims & The Sims Livin' It Up | 2001 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Sims & The Sims Livin' It Up is, as the title implies, a compilation of the following games:The Sims
The Sims: Livin' It Up
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| Thief: Eidos Platinum Collection | 2001 | Eidos, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Thief: Eidos Platinum Collection is a compilation of two Thief games:
Thief: The Dark Project
Thief II: The Metal Age |
| Three Leaves | 2001 | | Sapphire Games | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Three Leaves is a card game for four players. It can be played by one player against the computer or against real players via ICQ.The game is played with a deck of thirty-six cards, these can be regular cards or one of the special desks created for this game. The cards are dealt, face down, to each player and the computer calculates it's score - each type of card has different rules on scoring.
The players start with an initial stake of cash, or toys, or sweets and place bets as to whether their hand has the highest score. The highest score wins the round and takes the pot. The game ends when one player has nothing left to bet with. The game opens in a fixed size window and is played entirely with the mouse. It has music and sound effects which can be disabled and a choice of backgrounds.A shareware version of the game was released which was played with only two of the four decks of cards.
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| Thunderbirds: F.A.B. Action Pack | 2001 | SCi Games Ltd. | Absolute Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Thunderbirds: F.A.B. Action Pack is a collection of mini-games, desktop and e-mail themes, screensavers and assorted sound clips and visuals. These include animated vehicles and characters, wallpapers, cursors and icons.
There's also an Electronic Calendar, a '60s-style desktop console presenting Thunderbirds facts as pop-up messages.
Everything is based on Gerry Anderson's original 1965 British TV series. In the words of the developers, it's "International Rescue for your Desktop."In one mini-game you'll pilot Thunderbird 2 across one-screen levels of varying terrain, where you must pick up stranded civilians, all the while keeping an eye on your fuel gauge, cargo capacity and damage levels.Operation F.A.B. is a quiz that allows you to play against a human or computer-controlled opponent, answering questions from various categories spanning the Thunderbirds universe.
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| Tic Tac Toe | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tic Tac Toe is a strategy game from Zillions Development. It's one of a series of puzzle and casual games that makes up their Zillions of Games package which, at version 2.0, consists of three hundred and seventy-five games.Tic Tac Toe appeared in a Greenstreet's Board Games compilation.This is a collection of single player Tic TacToe variants consisting of the standard Tic TacToe,+ and x, 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe, 4x4 , 5x5, Beer Square, Felix and Rover (2 variants), Losing 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (Toetacktick), Losing 4x4, Losing Tic-Tac-Toe (Toetacktick), Nu Tic-Tac-Toe, Order and Chaos, and Traffic Lights.The game starts with the standard Tic Tac Toe game, the other variants are selected via a drop down box from the menu bar. Games can be saved, a list of moves made in any game can be printed and there is a network play option though when this was tested in 2014 no active hosts could be found. All games are played with the mouse. |
| TileORama | 2001 | Liquid Iron Games | | Action | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In TileORama the screen is full of moving tiles. The goal is to keep all of the tiles on the screen. A counter shows how many tiles can be lost without losing a level. Keep enough tiles on the screen throughout the time limit and you win the level. You can play a bonus round if you manage to not lose any tiles during a level. There are also little bonus symbols floating around which can be picked up by moving a tile with corresponding picture over it. The game features a total of 15 levels as well as an "Endurance Mode" which has no time limit and in which the player can change some game parameters like the starting speed of the tiles. |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear - Platinum Pack | 2001 | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear (base game)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Mission Pack - Urban Operations (expansion pack)
Prima strategy guide for both titles |
| Top 30 Games 4 Kids | 2001 | Cosmi Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Top 30 Games 4 Kids compilation of mini games and educational quizzes. When run the game brings up a simple menu with icons for each game arranged in a 6x5 grid. Clicking on an icon launches that game, exiting the game returns the player to the menu. The menu and all the games run in small windows. The games in this product are all single-player games and they are;
The Alphabet Quiz: The player is shown a letter or sequence of letters and is asked to type the next letter in the sequence. At the end of this game, and all quizzes, game it is possible to print a score sheet
The Animal ID Quiz: The player is shown a picture and is asked to identify the animal. This is a multiple choice quiz and the player responds by clicking in A,B,C or D depending on which is the correct answer. At the end of this game, and all quizzes, game it is possible to print a score sheet
Brick Layer: A single player, mouse controlled Tetris clone
Codebreaker: This is a Mastermind game with three levels of difficulty.
Concentration: This is a version of the classic tile matching game.. It has three levels of difficulty and a countdown timer. While the timer is in the green section the player can study the arrangement of the symbols, when the timer enters the red section the tiles are reversed and the player has to match the symbols before time runs out
Copy Cat: A Simon Says game with a difficulty setting that ranges from 1 - 999
Crazy Eights: This is a version of the popular kids card game
Dragon Trap: Is a Hangman variant. The scene has a wizard facing a dragon in a cage, as the player picks letters the cage rises. If the player guesses the word the wizard waves his wand and the dragon turns into a mouse, if the player is unsuccessful the dragon roars and the wizards wand turns to ash
Gridlock: A logic puzzle where the player must change the traffic lights in a city's road grid to keep the traffic flowing
Hex Trap: This is a Minesweeper game but it uses hexagons instead of squares
Juggler: In this game the player has a paddle which they can move left/right and the object is to keep balls in play, it's a bit like a Breakout game but without the block bashing element
Kids Sports Quiz: Another multiple choice quiz where the player is shown a sports related picture and is asked a simple question about it. The player responds by clicking in A,B,C or D depending on which is the correct answer. At the end of this game, and all quizzes, game it is possible to print a score sheet
Writing Program: This is not a game it's a simple word processing program
Killer Bees is a single player shooter
Labyrinth: This simulates the game where a player tilts a board to manoeuvre a marble around a maze avoiding holes
Lock Out: This is a game where the player manoeuvres their blue marble and attempts to capture territory while avoiding other marbles. It is similar to earlier games such as JezzBall
Mammals: The player is shown a photograph or a drawing of a creature and is asked 'Is this a mammal?' in response to which they click either the Yes or the No button
Meteor Storm: This is a Missile Command style game where the player has a single base with which they must protect their city from meteors and UFOs it is entirely mouse controlled.
My House Quiz: This is a quiz based on household objects
Runaway Train: In this game the player must place track in front of a locomotive to keep it running
The Safety Quiz: This is a multiple choice quiz based bicycle safety in the USA
The Shape Quiz: This is another simple multiple choice quiz based on shapes
The Slide Puzzle: With this the player can use any bitmap to create a sliding puzzle from 9 to 100 pieces
Space Guard: This is an Asteroids style game, it is mouse controlled and has three degrees of difficulty
Trails: This is a keyboard controlled Snake style game
US States: This is a multiple choice quiz based on the geography of the USA
Walls, aka Great Walls: This is a Breakout game that plays in a small window
Whack-a-Weasel: This game is, as it sounds a Whac-A-Mole style game, it is entirely mouse controlled.
Word Crane: This is a simple spelling game |
| Torrente | 2001 | O~3 Entertainment | Virtual Toys, S.L. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | A game based on the spanish feature film "Torrente: El Brazo Tonto de la Ley" (Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law).
The game follows the adventures of officer Torrente, a fascist, sexist, racist, dishonest, drunk and dirty loser that gets caught between drug cartels and all sorts of homicidal maniacs.You play the game from either a fps or 3rd person perspective and go around completing missions in the streets of Madrid or sunny Marbella in full 3d with some bonus carchases in between. Mission objectives usually range from disabling bombs to escorting super models while gunning down dozens of street thugs and hitmen and listening to the words of wisdom that Torrente periodically spouts a la Duke Nukem. |
| Totally Action Man | 2001 | Infogrames Europe SA | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Totally Action Man is a compilation of two Action Man titles:
Action Man: Jungle Storm
Action Man: Raid on Island X
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| Toyland Racer | 2001 | PC Treasures, Inc. | Blimb Entertainment GmbH | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Razer, Spacer, Humpty Dumpty, Tubby and Freddy Banana are five friends organizing a tournament on 10 wacky tracks placed in 5 different worlds, in order to determine who is the fastest inhabitant of their charming world.The player slips into the role of one of these merry friends. Every driver has a different, fantasy vehicle, which differs in acceleration, traction and weight from the other drivers' cars. Race through lovely hills, villages, and ghostly woods. Collect bonus weapons and options like bombs, rockets, jump, and turbo boost. The physics engine is enabled for crazy stunts and wild crashes. |
| Toyland Racing / Mad Trax | 2001 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Toyland Racing / Mad Trax is a two-game compilation from Midas Interactive as part of their Pocket Price range. The games included each come on separate CDs, they are:
Mad Trax
Toyland Racing |
| Treasure Hunt 2001: The Mask of Nefer | 2001 | Cryo Networks | Cryo Networks | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Treasure Hunt 2001 is an online-only adventure game. There is no plot, there are only hard logical puzzles, e.g, anagrams or mathematical puzzles. The first one to solve all puzzles wins a historical Egyptian mask and a diamond with an alleged worth of ca. one million dollars.The puzzles are accessed by walking through a 3D city. There is also a strong community aspect to the game with chat possibilities and a forum to solve the riddles together. Of course every new player still has to beat all puzzles but has more hints available. Every 24 hours the player has one try to enter a puzzle solution. |
| Turn Off | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Zillions Development Corporation | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Turn Off is a single-player, logic puzzle, game. The game is played on a 5x5 grid. In each cell are light bulbs some of which are on and some of which are off. By clicking on a cell the light bulb in it and all the surrounding cells changes state, the object being to turn off all the bulbs in the grid. The game has the following four easy puzzles, four medium puzzles and four hard puzzles plus an easy and medium three phase puzzle where the bulb can be on, off, or dim.The games play in a small window, are mouse controlled, have optional music, puzzle solutions and sound effects. There is a save game feature and the game keeps track of the moves played and has the option to print these. |
| UFO-Hunt 2001 | 2001 | Hitlista Software | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In UFO-Hunt 2001 the player controls a spaceship that is attacked by waves after waves of hostile UFOs. The goal is to stay alive and shoot down as many UFOs as you can to raise the score. In bonus rounds you have to shoot down a mothership that take many hits before being destroyed. Power-Ups like shields or EMP-bombs, which destroy all enemies on screen at once, can be collected during the game. The player also has to keep an eye on the laser-scale at the bottom of the screen. If the laser gets overheated it takes some time to let it cool down to be able to shoot again. Once the player loses all of his lives the game is over. |
| Udos sägner: Sveakampen | 2001 | Levande Böcker i Norden AB | Paradox Entertainment AB | Adventure | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The year is 890 AD and a young Swede known as Udo is making himself ready to go to the island of Birkö to take part in an old custom known as Sveakampen, where the bravest and most skilled Northern fighters compete under peaceful forms. This turns out to be easier said than done and a number of tasks has to performed before Udo can reach his destination. Udo got a ship but it's not in the best condition and is in need of some massive repairs before it can set sail. Once at Birkö, Udo and his crew gets to compete in the games but it is not long before Udo gets involved in far more serious matters. The king is being attacked by his brother who wants to take control of the crown and the only one to help him against the usurper is of course Udo.Udos sägner: Sveakampen is an adventure game based on the book Sveakampen by Martin Eriksson (more known as E-Type). Due to it being targeted towards a younger audience, the gameplay is less complex than many traditional games of the genre, but solving puzzles and interacting with the many characters of the game is still at its core. The game world is in full 3D and the player takes control of Udo from a third person perspective. Basically there is three different commands that can be used on characters or objects: talk, give and pick up. Objects that are picked up are stored in Udo's inventory and can be used to interact with other objects. In his inventory, Udo has a diary that stores important information about what needs to be done to complete the task that lies ahead. Udo will meet many different characters in his journey, some are friendly while others are not, and Udo therefore has to talk to them in different ways. Often it's best to be polite but in some cases it's necessary to use stronger words. At times the player gets to play as other characters that Udo meets in his travels.The game also has some sword fights which are simple turn based affairs. The player chooses between three strikes (high, low or middle) and depending on how the enemy is positioning his shield he will either hit or miss. After a strike the enemy does the same thing and the player instead has to choose a position of his shield. |
| Uli Stein: Kuss-Shooter | 2001 | Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Action | 1st-person | | Comedy | Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Uli Stein: Kuss-Shooter is a simple shooter. Instead of holding a gun, the character shoots kisses at frogs, lipstick is the ammo. The frogs move around or just appear. The characters are drawn by German comic illustrator Uli Stein. |
| Ultimate Games: Arcade Pinball | 2001 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Pin-Ball Games Ltd., Redoubt Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ultimate Games: Arcade Pinball is a budget title featuring a compilation of tables from Redoubt Ltd and Pin-Ball Games Ltd. previously released in other titles.The tables included here are:
Judge Dredd
The Avengers
Roswell
Soccer (a renamed World League Pinball)
Team 98
Many of these tables can be found on the product Platinum Pinball. |
| Ultimate Pac Pack | 2001 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Based on the original hit board game comes the 3 most popular Windows versions of Pac-Man. The games included are:
Ms. Pac-Man: Quest for the Golden Maze - Eat you way through dozens of 3-D environments to find the never seen before golden maze.
Pac-Man All-Stars - Go as either Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Prof. Pac-Man or Pac-Man Junior to rescue the queen of Pac-Man land from the ghosts.
Pac-Man: Adventures in Time - Travel back through time to save Pac-Man's world. The ghosts have taken the magical power pellet, smashed it and scattered it from ancient Egypt to the Wild West, and you have to retrieve the pieces then reassemble it! |
| Ultimate Racing III | 2001 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation features three racing games by Electronic Arts in one package:
NASCAR: Revolution
Sports Car GT
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit |
| Umbra | 2001 | GoogolTek Software | GoogolTek Software | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In the quaint Long Island town of Port Washington, everything seems perfectly fine as it always is. That is, until a mysterious solar eclipse causes a local school to mysteriously vanish, as well as the teacher trapped inside. You, a student at the vanished school, begins with a simple clue, and must find the answer to the mysterious events.Umbra's graphics are entirely made up of photos taken in Port Washington, New York. The game has about ten different possible stories that change every time you play, giving it a total of over 30 hours of replay value. |
| Unten am Fluss: Watership Down - Neues Zuhause - Neue Gefahren | 2001 | KIDDINX Entertainment GmbH | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Unten am Fluss: Watership Down - Neues Zuhause - Neue Gefahren is an adventure game and the sequel to Unten am Fluss: Watership Down - Auf der Suche nach Watership Down. The group of rabbits has reached their new home and now has to build a new enclosure. Several mini games such as skill games or logic puzzles have to be solved for that. |
| VW Lupo Cup | 2001 | Volkswagen | | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In this game, drive the Volkswagen Lupo model on four tiny tracks. It is a minimalistic racing game but the highlight is a multiplayer mode for up to four players via LAN.The four tracks are Nockenheim, Spah, Manco and Goldstone which are obviously allusions to the original F1 tracks Hockenheim, Spa, Monaco and Silverstone.The singleplayer mode provides 3 options: Training, Petit Prix and VW Lupo Cup. Training is a single race. Petit Prix takes place on one track of your choice but lets you race multiple times. VW Lupo Cup will take you to all the tracks. Both Petite Prix and VW Lupo Cup offer an achievement system.Pick up coins to pimp your ride. Tuning options for tires, acceleration, brakes and grip are available. You can boost each category up to four levels. Pick up wrenches to repair the damage you take during the race. |
| Vegas Fever Winner Takes All | 2001 | Encore Software, Inc. | Interactive Solutions Corporation | Gambling | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Vegas Fever Winner Takes All is a colorful, full-featured and game-rich gambling simulation title with realistic ambient casino sounds and atmosphere. These are the games that the player can choose from:
Video Keno
Money Wheel
Slots (6 machines)
Video Slots (2 machines)
Poker (5 styles)
Video Poker (6 machines)
Sic Bo
Pai Gow Poker
Baccarat
Red Dog
Mini-Baccarat
Let It Ride
American Roulette
European Roulette
Craps
Sports Book
Each game has extensive online help. One game, Sports Book, has an online component where the player can place imaginary bets on actual sporting events. |
| Virtual Bombard | 2001 | Binary Brotherz | Binary Brotherz | Strategy | Behind view | | | Artillery | | Tank | Direct control | Turn-based | | | Windows | Virtual Bombard is a two-player artillery game with 3D graphics, based on Tank Wars. Both players control a stationary tank, placed in a landscape with randomly-generated elevation. The players take turns to shoot, adjusting the angle of the tank's cannon and the power of the shot. The direction and strength of wind changes with every turn, and affects the trajectory of the shots. A tank struck with a missile loses some of its life (the more the closer the shot lands) and is destroyed if its life is drained completely. It's also possible for a tank to hurt itself with its shot. Destroying the enemy tank grants a player one point, then the game begins anew. The first player to achieve three points is declared the winner. |
| Virtual Pool 3 | 2001 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Celeris Inc., Digital Mayhem | Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Pool simulator which uses an entirely 3d enviroment and physics fine-tested by pro players. Following the tradition set in previous Virtual Pool games you get a pro host, this time Jeanette "Black Widow" Lee, who teaches you the basics of the game via some videos and also plays against you as the "boss" of the career mode. You can also play in tournaments or single games with 21 game variations to choose from, 8 venues and several tables ranging from amateur to championship which you can also customize by selecting their speed, pocket cut, etc.
Includes multiplayer support for up to 4 players. |
| Vladigame | 2001 | Golden Image | Golden Image | Action | 1st-person | | Comedy | Shooter | Historical events | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Vladigame is a game named after Vladimiro Montensinos, former head of Peru's intelligence service, Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional (SIN). He became famous for the "Vladi-videos" in the year where 2000 where secret videos recorded by Montesinos that showed him bribing elected congressmen into leaving the opposition and joining the Fujimorist side of the Congress.In this game a boy named Niko, annoyed and alarmed by the complaints he has heard from his parents about the national situation, shoots yellow balls at various characters of the Fujimori regime. These respond by throwing metallic spheres. If Niko succeeds, he recovers millions. There are four levels of difficulty and in the last one are Vladimiro himself and his carnal Alberto (president Alberto Fujimori). The game is played as a gallery shooter from a first-person perspective with a fixed-screen environment where enemies pop up. The mouse controls the cross-hair to shoot.The game carries the logo of Caretas, a weekly newsmagazine published in Lima, Peru, renowned for its investigative journalism. |
| Vyruz: Destruction of the Untel Empire | 2001 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Computers Communications & Visions | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | In the year 2030 an evil AI sits in the Untel Empire State Building and wants to conquer the world for the Untel Empire. The player controls the rebel Jack, sits in his combat robot and blows stuff up. He has to navigate through 24 isometric levels to kill the numerous enemies he can pick up nine different weapons; e.g. grenades, chain guns or laser weapons. In the levels are breakable boxes which contain ammo or money which is used for saving the game or using the level map. The game is completely played with the keyboard. |
| Wacky Races | 2001 | Infogrames, Inc. | Appaloosa Interactive Corporation | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | For those who can remember the cartoon series, this will be a blast from the past. Choose from all your favourite characters including Peter Perfect, Penelope Pitstop and, of course, Dick Dastardly and Muttley, and wind your way through cartoon like environments in the familiar vehicles of each character. Simply get to the end of the race first to open up new tracks, and use weapons to pick off the rest of the cast, and aid your progress. |
| Walking With Dinosaurs / Walking With Beasts | 2001 | BBC Worldwide Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Walking With Dinosaurs plus Walking With Beasts is a two disc compilation based on two of the BBC's popular television 'Walking with ...' series. The compilation contains two CD's:
Walking With Dinosaurs, while it contains a 'Find the Fossil' mini-game, is an interactive educational title where the player can learn about these prehistoric creatures.
Walking With Beasts is a 'save the planet' game
Though the compilation has an ELSPA rating of 11+, Walking with Dinosaurs is ELSPA rated as being suitable for aged 3+.
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| Walking with Beasts: Operation Salvage | 2001 | BBC Worldwide Ltd. | Absolute Studios | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Walking With Beasts: Operation Salvage is a single player edutainment game based on two of the BBC's popular 'Walking With Beasts' television series. By 2026 mankind has discovered time travel and has set up the World Wildlife Bionetwork (WWB) to travel back in time and study the animals of Earth's past. The player takes the role of an agent assigned to a department of this project that is studying the plants and creatures of the Cenozoic age.
However all is not well with the project. The previously assigned project co-ordinator, agent Vega, travelled back in time but has ceased to communicate with the project. It is feared that not only has time travel somehow affected her judgement but that she is now working for another organisation and is trapping creatures for some unknown purpose and is putting the world's timeline in jeopardy. The WWB has therefore banned any personal time travel, all activities are to be carried out via a remotely controlled vehicle, the Explorer.
It is the players job to control this vehicle through twelve missions, two for each geological period within the Cenozoic age. Their objectives are to place cameras so that the creatures can be monitored, release any trapped animals, and destroy any technology that should not be there.At the start of each mission there's a briefing screen. The player then equips the river with whatever guns, cameras and other equipment they need and then initiates the mission. The game is played by a combination of keyboard and mouse. The keyboard is used to steer the Explorer, fire the guns, and to select items to be placed. The mouse is used to position items such as cameras and explosives and to load equipment into the Explorer.Missions involve placing cameras in specific locations to monitor the creatures, identifying new creatures and adding them into the database, and destroying enemy equipment. There are three levels of difficulty, in the easiest level its enough just to capture a beast on video, in the hardest level the player must capture a beast performing a specific action. As the game progresses and the cameras are placed the player is told that, for example, 'Camera One has a 76% chance of a successful shot'. The player then selects that camera which starts to record, if it successfully records the appropriate scene then that's an objective that's been achieved. If it does not then it will need replacing. In some cases it is necessary to place a meal of meat or vegetation near a camera to encourage the right creatures into the area.The player scores points as they progress through the game and there is a high score table that holds the top ten scores. There is also a save game feature that is offered at the end of each level. |
| War & Strategy Games For Windows | 2001 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | War & Strategy Games For Windows is a collection of freeware, shareware, and demonstration games published by Idigicon in their Family Fun series. The games in this collection are divided into ten sections or banks, the games in each section are: Bank 1 : 1st Mate, Win Ant, 3D Maze, AdvBlast, Amazons, Ambush, Arasan, Battle Grid, Battle Sat, Sea Battle
Bank 2 : BattleStar, Battles in a Distant Dessert, Battles on a Distant Planet, Boxworld#2, Castle of the Winds Part 1W, Cheatmine, Chess-It, Cyber Clone, Deep Sea, Depth Charge
Bank 3: Destroyer, Dogs of War, Dots, Deadly Rooms of Death, Escape, The Fantasy Tools, Win Tads, Fortune Raiders, Fractal Fighters, Gold Hunt
Bank 4: GoMoku Narabe, Halatafi-The Fox Game, The Towers of Hanoi, Hex, Hex Mine Sweeper, Horror Blitz, Inside World, Linx, Jumper, Kyodai
Bank 5 : LightHouse Chess, Colour Lines, Link Four, Grip, Marvel Character Generator, Medieval War, Metal Knight, Minefield Game, Mixline, Molbreko Castle
Bank 6 : Mother of all Battles, Mynes, Mysteries Of the Orient, NarkoMania, Noughts and Crosses, NCC-170, Nine Men's Morris, Oil Baron, Passage+, Pendulous
Bank 7: Pensate, Photon Chess, Quarry, Quenzar, Rats, Rendzu, Rendzu (No mistake, it does appear twice),Aros Magic Reversi, Rollem, Sapiens
Bank 8 : Shih Dao, Slay, Space Empires 2, Squark, Stars, Stellar Explorer, Sunset, Tee Time, The Rever Master 3000, The Maze
Bank 9 : Tobor, Collosol Cave Adventure, Cow V: The Great Egg Quest, WinRisk. WinTrek, Win Trek 2, Wmake 5, NCRisk, 3D Tc Tac Toe, Hunt the Wumpus,
Bank 10 : Yova, Zombie Castle, Zone One, Exile II,Oozeu, Bombsquad, Blades of Exile, Ball Mast, Pirate P Cunder, Awale, Bacteria
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| WarHeads SE | 2001 | Retro64, Inc. | Retro64, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Artillery | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Warheads SE is a remake of WarHeads. The turn-based gameplay is similar to games like Tank, Scorched Earth, and more recently Worms, except it now takes place in space and gravity is not only pulling the space ship's missiles down, but towards any nearby planet. There is a large variety of weapons to take out enemy ships. The shareware version is fully playable, but only the registered version allows custom weapons. The game supports both single-player and multiplayer games. |
| Wardoves: Secret Weapon of World War I | 2001 | uWish Games | Redfire Software | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Historical events, World War I | | | | | | Windows | In Wardoves: Secret Weapon of World War I you are soldier during World War I and your task is to to shoot down enemy messenger pigeons or 'wardoves'. The game consists of five levels, each taking place during a different year of World War I. Each level is a pre-rendered static background and locations include Westfront, Eastern Front, Air-Battle, French Coast and Alps. The wardoves fly across the screen and you need to point-and-click on them to kill them. At the same time you are attacked by enemy units (consisting of war planes, hot air balloons and tanks) which you also need to take down. You have a set amount of health and ammo at the start of the level, but you can heal/reload by shooting the health and ammo crates that parachute from the sky. Occasionally the enemy will throw grenades at you that you need to kick away (again, by pointing the cursor and clicking the mouse) before they explode.Each level begins with a short WWI archive video, and the level backgrounds are inspired by WWI battles. Overall the game has a comical feel. |
| Water Closet: The Forbidden Chamber | 2001 | Peach Princess | Will Japan | Adventure | | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | Adults Only | Narrative | Windows | Water Closet: The Forbidden Chamber is a hentai game which is focused on fetishes concerning the human digestive system.After watching the intro sequence, which basically consists of pictures of toilets and the Japanese spelling for Water Closet, the player can choose between five different characters all with bathroom-related problems. There is Ikumi who can't control her bladder when she gets nervous; Julyne, the nurse of a an urologist's office; Reika, the top model who suffers from constipation; Shoko, whose husband owns the Will Century Building; and Setsuko, who just has the nickname "Toilet".All stories play in the above mentioned Will Century Building, mainly in the building's bathrooms. During each story the character meets the other playable characters and a mysterious man named W.C. Nicholson, a Western toilet researcher who is obsessed with toilets and their history. Nicholson has his own way of dealing with the characters' problems.Gameplay is similar to other visual novels: the player clicks through text and can make decisions from time to time which result in different endings. In order to unlock all available scenes and graphics for each character the player has to play each story multiple times because some choices in the story of Character A appear only after having played through the story of Character D and so on.The English version of Water Closet features English text with the original Japanese voices. While the voice output is censored, the explicit sexual graphics are uncensored. |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?: Treasures of Knowledge | 2001 | Learning Company, The | ImageBuilder Software, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | Africa, Asia, Contemporary, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?: Treasures of Knowledge is a game in the Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? series. This title is aimed at children aged eight to twelve and the gameplay is very different to the other games in the series.The game follows A.C.M.E. agents Julia "Jules" Argent and Shadow Hawkins as they chase Carmen Sandiego through eight missions. During their travels through countries all over the world they recover stolen artifacts and solve puzzle for instance based around an Aztec calendar and an Egyptian senet table. They need to unravel how the artifacts are connected and reveal Carmen's true motives. The game largely plays out as a linear adventure with most of the content as a cut-scene interspersed with a few puzzles. |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?: Treasures of Knowledge (Enhanced Educator Version) | 2001 | Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | ImageBuilder Software, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | Africa, Asia, Contemporary, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This version of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?: Treasures of Knowledge was released at the same time as the main game, but specifically for the school market. Known as the Enhanced Educator Version it contains a basic Explore Mode of the game as well as a separate disc with a teacher's guide and blackline masters for classroom activities based around the game. |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 3rd Edition | 2001 | Buena Vista Interactive | Jellyvision Games, Inc. | Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: 3rd Edition is the third game based on the successful TV show. Not surprisingly the game itself is unchanged with the exception of new questions. The player takes the role of a candidate and has to answer 15 questions by choosing the correct answer out of four given possibilities. For every right answer he receives money but he also loses money when choosing poorly (there are two "guarantee points" where he falls back to so he doesn't lose all). There are also three jokers: eliminating two false answers, asking the viewers in the studio per poll and phoning a friend. In the game the latter is a prerecorded conversation.The multiplayer mode is restricted to "Fastest Finger" competition where the next candidate is chosen. Here the players have to bring the four given answers into the right order and the fastest one wins. More questions are downloadable through the internet. |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Junior | 2001 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Hothouse Creations Ltd. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Junior is a quiz game based on the successful TV show for one to four players.
The basic rules are still the same: The player takes the role of a candidate and has to answer 15 questions by choosing the correct answer out of four given possibilities. For every right answer they receive money with the amount doubling with each correct answer. There are also the same three help options as in the televised game: 50:50 which eliminates two false answers, asking the studio 'audience' and phoning a friend, in the game the latter is a prerecorded conversion.There are four modes of play, the straightforward quiz, Head to Head, a Team game, or the Fastest Finger game with the last three options becoming available only when multiple players are participating. In this game there is no animated audience and no animated player characters. The game is played with the mouse but can also be played via the keyboard. |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire: Kids Edition | 2001 | Buena Vista Interactive | ImageBuilder Software, Inc. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Who Wants to be a Millionaire Kids Edition is another follow up to the original Who Wants to be a Millionaire video game series from 1999, and based on the ABC TV series that aired before syndication. This edition is kid-oriented, which is suitable for ages 8 and up. Regis Philbin returns as the host of the game. A variety of questions are suitable for the target age group which are a little easier. There are also lifelines, for example, Regis asks a kid via a Phone-a-Friend which gives him or her a possible answer. Another one of the lifelines is ask the audience, where the kids entered in a poll for most of the questions from the game. Topics include Movies, Sports, Music, TV Shows, Books, and more. |
| Wilkanoid | 2001 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Wilkanoid is a Breakout variant. Like in Breakout the player controls a ball using a paddle at the bottom of the screen. He needs to break all the blocks (in this game the blocks are crystals) in order to pass to the next level. If the ball misses the paddle, the player loses one life. There are power-ups that affect the ball and the paddle (like laser power, an extra ball, expanded paddle, magnetic paddle, or autopilot where the paddle will follow after the ball for a few seconds, something that helps to break some of the crystals).In addition there are wall powers that appear in some levels and give the ball special powers that can do more damage to the crystals, but can also make the paddle harder to control. Wall powers often help to get a top score since they can easily give the player combos, and a good combo gives a lot of extra points.The game contains three original worlds: Tech world, Alien world and Magic world. Magic world not available in the free version. Every world contains multiple levels. There is also a custom world that contain worlds/levels from the internet or created with Wilkanoid level creator. |
| Willowbrook Stables: Search for the Golden Horseshoes | 2001 | IR Gurus Interactive Pty Ltd. | IR Gurus Interactive Pty Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In Willowbrook Stables: Search for the Golden Horseshoes you play as the girl Emma on holiday at Willowbrook Stables on Coventry Island. The Willowbrook stables comes under financial trouble and it is up to you to unravel the mystery of the four golden horseshoes in order to raise enough money to save them from re-development. |
| Wisecrackers! | 2001 | Jerusalem Multimedia Productions Ltd. | | Educational | | | Comedy | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | Wisecrackers! is a trivia game based on Jewish-themed topics, both religious and cultural. It uses a mixture of question types, including some based on video and audio clips. It aims to maintain a humorous atmosphere, very much in the spirit of You Don't Know Jack. |
| Woodruff and The Schnibble of Azimuth + Freddy Pharkas: Cowboy Apotheker | 2001 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble
Freddy Pharkas |
| World Dance | 2001 | iSeeSoft | iSeeSoft | Educational | | | | | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | World Dance is a small "edutainment" game where the player has to guide a dancer around the game board to collect various cultural items. Each of the seven levels/dance floors (Egypt, France, Senegal, Hawaii, China, Mexico and Ireland) has its own unique dancer, music, and cultural items. To gather the items, the player directs the dancer around the isometric dance floor using a set of moves, running over gift boxes scattered around. When the dancer hits a gift box, cultural items as well as bonus items like time-extension and extra lives fly out onto the floor to collect. However, moving the dancer around the board is not as easy as it may seem. Colliding with obstacles and walls will reduce the number of "lives" the dancer has; when they run out, the game is over.Once all of the items have been collected, the player goes to the "World Journal" where they can learn more about the culture by reading about the items the dancer just collected. The ultimate goal is to unlock all seven countries in the journal to get access to an encyclopedia of cultural information. |
| Wulin Qunxia Zhuan | 2001 | Soft-World | Oriental Algorithm System | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | The game starts with the protagonist entering the bustling town of Luo Yang, looking for the giant statue of the hero who defeated the "Ten Strongest Men" a hundred years ago. The protagonist meets with Guyue Xuan, who quickly befriends him. However, the hero soon becomes a victim in a power struggle of the Xiaoyao Valley, where Guyue Xuan studies martial arts. Later on, the hero gets accepted to be a student of the Xiaoyao Valley, and study various skills to explore the vast land of China.Wulin Qunxia Zhuan is a sequel to the Chinese made role-playing game Jinyong Qunxia Zhuan. Set in Ming Dynasty of feudal China, the game features a blend of traditional RPG with strategy and simulation elements. Various mini-games can be played throughout, with an overarching story and multiple endings, depending on the paths chosen by the player. The turn-based battles allow the player to navigate characters over large battle screens, similarly to tactical RPGs. |
| X-Change | 2001 | Peach Princess | Crowd Co. Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | Adults Only | Narrative | Windows | In X-Change the player takes the role of Takuya Aihara, an average guy who lives with his father and stepmother, goes to school, and is not really noticed by anyone - until one fine day he accidentally spills on himself a mysterious liquid in a chemistry lab. The liquid turns him into... a girl! Now everybody notice Takuya, and everybody "want" him/her. The question is, will he rather stay like this or return to his normal male self?This is what the player will have to decide in this game. It is possible to make Takuya an uncontrolled nymphomaniac, or try to do everything in order to help him get his original gender back. Like most other adult visual novels, the game's story development depends on the choices made by the player during its course. There are two main endings and many smaller ones, which are classified as unsatisfying. |
| X-Gold | 2001 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | X-Gold is a compilation that contains X: Beyond the Frontier and its expansion pack X-Tension.
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| X-Guard | 2001 | BMS Modern Games Handelsagentur GmbH | BWM Software GmbH | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | X-Guard is a top-down vertically scrolling 2D shooter set in space. It is a reworking and updated re-release of Polaris Rebellion by the same developers. The game design and gameplay are completely identical to the original game.The main differences are that now after every fifth level a short video is shown and the star systems the ship visits now have names. The level backgrounds are also different. In the first ten levels it is entirely black, hinting at space, but buildings are still visible. The final five stages are played above a visible planet surface. Thirdly the enemies are also different. |
| X-Plane 6 | 2001 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | Laminar Research | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | X-Plane 6 is a flight simulator using the blade element theory. It provides a real-time simulation of flight using actual weather info, aircraft systems performance and failures, accurate topographical data and real world navaids (over 25,600) and airports (over 21,000). The game is bundled with tools to design and modify aircraft, navaids and scenery. Also, various aircraft models have been included such as the Boeing 747, Piper Malibu, F-22 Raptor, Cessna 172, Bell 206, X-15, and Space Shuttle, to name a few.This version differs from the previous in the following major areas:
Minimum resolution increased to 1024x768.
New scenery format with 5 times the number of elevation points.
Auto-generated buildings.
New aircraft format with new texture format and greatly increased flexibility in instruments. Vastly improved default instruments.
Round world terrain model that eliminates the old distortions and errors.
Major terrain upgrade: improved terrain accuracy for the US, land use data, all new terrain textures, roads, rivers, power lines, etc.
Custom scenery folders.The game uses the so-called blade element theory (19th century) to calculate aircraft behaviour. In essence this theory regards each surface as an airfoil and calculates the forces acting upon to derive its velocity. Hence the way the aircraft handles and behaves is governed by its shape, weight, centre of gravity (CG), drag and thrust. Other flight simulators have chosen to use tables for aircraft performance. One benefit of that approach is that less powerful computers can perform the simulation. By using different factors for density, gravity, the game will allow for flights in a different atmosphere. An included example is Mars.Plug-ins enhance this simulator further by adding, for instance, real-time online flying, flight planning and control. The game can output data which can be fed to motion platforms, displays, navigation systems or home-built cockpits. It can also receive data from external sources such as RC-flight controls, Garmin GPS system, or your own flight model. Different angles of view can be output to up to 5 individual monitors (or streamed over the LAN/Internet). |
| X-Wing Alliance & Rogue Squadron 3D | 2001 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation features:
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D |
| X-masBlox | 2001 | BieberSoft Entertainment | BieberSoft Entertainment | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | X-masBlox is a Tetris clone. The principle is the same: blocks of different shapes are falling down from the top of the screen. The player can turn and position them until they reach the ground - when that happens the next block (which is shown beforehand in the upper right corner) starts falling down. If the player constructs a continuous line of blocks they disappear and reward points.Music and sound samples can be turned on or off. The only difference compared to the original is that shapes are Christmas-themed. |
| Xianjian Kezhan | 2001 | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Softstar Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Xianjian Kezhan is based on the Chinese role-playing game Xianjian Qixia Zhuan. The game has the same protagonist, the young swordsman Li Xiaoyao, and is in a certain way a parody of Xianjian Qixia Zhuan. In this game, Li Xiaoyao still works for his aunt, doing various jobs in the inn. The game also features the female characters from the RPG - Li Xiaoyao's sweetheart Zhao Ling'er, Lin Yueru, and Anu. Unlike most installments in the series, Xianjian Kezhan is not a role-playing game, but a simulation. The player's goal in the game is to cook meals, prepare rooms, and generally take care of the guests. The game has an internal clock, and the hero should do his job well to please his aunt. When Li Xiaoyao is not busy with the inn, he can explore nearby locations or have a date with Ling'er. There are many items to be found, which can be later used for cooking and other purposes. The game has pre-rendered backgrounds and "super-deformed" graphics for characters. |
| Xin Xianjian Qixia Zhuan | 2001 | Unistar | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Xin Xianjian Qixia Zhuan is a remake of the Chinese (Taiwanese) role-playing game Xianjian Qixia Zhuan.The remake preserves the story, dialogues, battle system, and overall graphical style of the original. Certain conversations and story sequences have been expanded or added, including two alternate hidden endings to the story. Some of the dungeons have a different (sometimes slightly simplified) design. Instead of simple 2D backgrounds and character sprites, the remake utilizes pre-rendered backgrounds and small 3D character models, similarly to the second installment of the series. |
| Xtreme Air Racing | 2001 | eGames, Inc. | Victory Simulations, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | Windows | Xtreme Air Racing is a mix between flight simulation and racing game. The player controls one of multiple propeller planes and races against other pilots on several round courses all over the world. The handling is adjusted to the needs of a racing game but is overall more on the simulation than on the action side. The races always start in the air, there is no starting or landing sequence.In the career mode the player receives money for good results which he can spent on upgrading the machine, e.g. buying a new motor. But that's not all, he also can tweak almost every other aspect of the flight parameters, e.g. wing dimensions or radiant coolant load. There also is an editor to build own courses and a replay feature which includes the whole race. |
| Xtreme Arcade 12 Pack | 2001 | Dice Multi Media Europe B.V. | Xtreme Games LLC | Compilation | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Xtreme Arcade 12 Pack is a compilation of twelve shareware games.The games in the compilation are:
Alien Armada
Atlantis Rising
Ballistyx
Cyber Tennis
Madd Bomber
Maniac Maze
Missile Launch 2000
Moon Buggy
Pizza Boy
Ptero Trooper
Zap Zilden
Zarkanoid
SokoMind
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| Xtreme Sports | 2001 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Innerloop Studios | Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | Bike / Bicycling, Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | Xtreme Sports is a multi-trial sports game that combines different sports in one race. Snowboard, ATV, Delta-plane and Mountain Bike are available from the beginning; Base Jump and Bungee Jumping need to be unlocked. Four game modes are available: Championship, Race, Time Trial, and Practice. There are three tracks available right away, and six more to unlock. In all the modes, the gameplay is somewhat arcade-oriented, requiring the player to react quickly. A special boost gauge can be filled by doing specific actions, increasing the player's chances of victory. |
| Yue Ying Chuan Shuo Jian Xia Qing Yuan Wai Zhuan | 2001 | Kingsoft Corp. | Kingsoft Corp. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | Crime, Martial arts, Romance | Action RPG | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Yue Ying Chuan Shuo Jian Xia Qing Yuan Wai Zhuan is a role-playing game. Many years ago, two of the most famous people in Wulin were Yang Xilie and Shangguan Feilong. Yang Xilie, as his name implies, has a fierce personality, and often competes with Shangguan Feilong. But Shangguan Feilong is indifferent to fame and fortune and dislikes fighting with others, so he ignores his provocations, which makes Yang Xilie more and more angry. After a thrilling life-and-death struggle, Shangguan Feilong was defeated by Yang Xilie at last. But eventually the two men and up that. Ten years after those events Yang Yingfeng (Yang Xilie's son) is already a young man. He still remembers the scene ten years ago. Yang Yingfeng feels that he should go out for an adventure. |
| Zan | 2001 | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | TLK Games S.A.R.L. | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Zan is a single-player, tile matching game. The object of the game is to click on groups of coloured shapes to remove them from the game area. If all the shapes are removed the player can progress to the next level. The larger the group selected, the more points are scored. |
| Zax: The Alien Hunter | 2001 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Action | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Zax only loves one thing, money. On one particular planet, he believes plenty of ore is available to dig up and sell, making him plenty of cash. However, while coming in to land, he is shot down. Zax soon discovers that two races populate the planet: The Korbos, a peaceful alien race and mechanical beasts led by their God, Om.Using the high artificial intellegence on his ship Zelon, Zax must help the Korbos from total destruction, collect as much ore as possible, plus parts to fix his ship.Zax: The Alien Hunter plays somewhat like the Crusader series. The player controls Zax's movement with the keyboard and his aim with the mouse. The aim movement is completely free, and Zax can shoot to a direction while moving to another different one. To use items, Zax needs only to touch them, and to collect items he needs only to step over them.The ore collected can be used at Zax's ship for creating new items such as weapons, shields and batteries. The better the item, the more ore needed to create it. Each weapon and shield has its own energy bar, which is depleted as Zax shoots his weapons or gets hit. Energy orbs will be available as he kills enemies (orange orbs for shield energy, blue orbs for weapon energy). Besides the hand guns, Zax will also find auto turrets and companion drones.Zax can also use portals to teleport himself to different locations on the map. Specific portals will lead him directly back to his ship.This game can also be played by up to 16 people in three multiplayer modes: capture the flag, death match and "salvage king" (where the players must gather as much ore as they can). |
| Zombie Smashers X | 2001 | Totally Screwed Software | Totally Screwed Software | Action | Side view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | In Zombie Smashers X two characters realize that the Earth is becoming overrun by zombies and decide to do something about it. It is a gory tribute to River City Ransom, sharing its same gameplay: a beat'em up with an RPG twist.There are several characters the player may choose from, but they all play the same, so the choice is merely cosmetic. Most objects in the game can be picked up and used as a weapon including unconscious zombies. Killing zombies earns you money which can be used to purchase upgrades (for the attributes Strength, Defense, Agility, Punch, Kick and Health), special moves (in the form of tattoos) and health at proper stores. The game supports a split-screen two players mode. |
| iPuppet presents: Colin's Classic Cards | 2001 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Freeverse, Inc. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | iPuppet presents: Colin's Classic Cards includes four popular card games (Hearts, Spades, Euchre and Pitch) and utilizes interchangeable characters using Freeverse’s proprietary iPuppet technology. The games include a tutorial mode for beginners learning how to play.Unlike most other computer card games, this one features a 3-D environment, which the player clicks on a card and passes it over to another player with a realistic effect to the cards which is different in visual styling than in a plain 2-D environment, and includes an online community by Aspyr that other players can participate over the internet. As of 2016, the multiplayer service is no longer available. The game can be fully customized by choosing different rooms, levels, and characters. |
| tranquility | 2001 | TQworld, LLC | TQworld, LLC | Action | 1st-person | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | tranquility is a game where the player flies and bounces around a colorful and geometric world. Within this world there are usually many platforms floating in the air and a "spinner" in some hard-to-reach place. Reaching the spinner is the goal of each level. The platforms have various shapes, and some might be moving. The player moves around in the game world by moving the mouse; gentle, subtle movements are required for effective control. By bouncing off the floor and platforms, the player can reach very high altitudes where the gravity will drag them down slowly. To bounce higher, the player can press the Space bar to increase his downward speed, then release it just before hitting a surface. Going through a bottom of a platform will also launch the player upwards. The levels and the music of the game are procedurally generated online by the game servers and sent to the player's computer. The levels come in batches of seven; each time the player collects a spinner, the player is immediately transferred to the next level; after the player collects the seventh spinner, points are awarded before a new collection of levels starts. As the player completes levels and receives score, the player moves up "Ranks" and "Realms", receiving virtual cards that represent his progress through the game. The player's score and cards are saved on the server and can be viewed at any time. Free and paid memberships used to be available. The free membership adds a couple of features, but it is only the full, paid membership that makes the entire game experience available - without a membership, the player can only play a free set of random seven levels every day and his score isn't being registered. The game servers have closed in 2010, and thus the game itself cannot be played anymore. |
| x15 | 2001 | Agentix Software | Agentix Software | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | x15 is a single player, mouse controlled, shareware implementation of the classic sliding block puzzle. However this game offers many more versions of the puzzle with fifteen, nineteen, twenty-four and thirty-six blocks, pictures, and variations with multiple holes and fixed cells and more. The game plays in a window and has a high score table and optional sound effects |
| zpBlocks | 2001 | Zaphire Productions | Zaphire Productions | Puzzle, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | zpBlocks is a single player tile matching game in which the player has to match three or more blocks of the same colour in order to remove them and score points. One unusual feature is that the blocks move across the screen from left to right rather than the more usual falling from the top. The player uses the arrow keys to move a cursor that's two one cell wide and two cells high, it cannot be rotated. The player positions this over the coloured blocks as they move across the screen and, by pressing the space bar, they can swap the coloured blocks around hence making chains and scoring points.The game has sound, a high score table and two modes of play, endless and puzzle.
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| Business Man 2000 | 2001-01-01 | | | Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Business Man 2000 is a trading game in the vein of Dope Wars, where the player buys and sells mobile phones instead of drugs.The main character is used to spend their nights in public restrooms and starts the game with a bank loan, the goal being to earn as much as possible in a certain amount of days by choosing the right time and place to buy phones and resell them for profit.The game allows 5 moves per day and there are 4 phone shops available that will often run sales with attractive discounts.
Among the mishaps that can befall the character, they will sometimes get mugged by the cleaning lady while staying in the restrooms. |
| Carnivores: Ice Age | 2001-01-01 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Action Forms Ltd. | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Carnivores: Ice Age is third game in the hunting series. This version is set on the Arctic regions of planet FMM UV-32. Scientists of DinoHunt Corp. discovered that animals from the Ice Age still live there and they establish a hunting program. The player roams the planet using a mini-map, a compass and an assortment of guns to hunt down the animals. Unlike the previous PC games this title does not feature any dinosaurs (except for the prehistoric bird diatryma). The game uses the same engine as the previous titles and has five main areas: McRath Island, Ravaren's Bridge, Ring of Infernus, Dry Nodus Lake, and The Giant's Boot—each with their own difficulty level. Just like the previous games animals do not leave behind tracks, despite the snow. The available weapons are largely identical to the earlier versions and include a a pistol, shotgun, rifle, crossbow, double-barreled shotgun, and sniper rifle. The included animals in the PC version are brontotherium, dire wolf, wild boar, woolly rhinoceros, diatryma, giant deer, smilodon (sabre-tooth tiger), woolly mammoth, cave bear, yeti, archaeopteryx, and the pig.There are no missions in the game. The player selects what to hunt and the weapon, and then enters an area. It is always possible to leave as well. During the game points need to be earned. They are spent to customize hunts, as certain weapons, areas and animals cost more. Initially, only weaker animals (herbivores) and weapons are available until a sufficient amount of points has been earned. All animals are however able to kill the hunter. As in the previous games tranquilizers can be used instead of bullets, but these do not lead to trophies for kills. Points can also be spent on camouflage, a radar, or to cover scent. Hunting is done with a realistic approach as the animals need to be called to lure them and the player has to position himself against the wind, avoid noises and stay out of sight. The areas are open-ended and once again have a day-and-night cycle. A difference compared to the previous games is that here the weak points of the animals are not shown and they are generally more resistant to damage. The enhanced iOS version features ten animals. The hunter is controlled through a virtual d-pad on the left side of the screen and on the right side two icons can be tapped quickly to call an animal or to draw a gun and aim. It also includes the ability to relocate to another place once inside a hunt. This can be done more than once and also refreshes the supplies. The Survive training exercise mode from the previous iOS game is not present. The iOS edition has a free-to-play version where additional animals, weapons and areas need to be bought through in-game purchases, next to a commercial release where everything is unlocked. In the PS3/PSP mini version the killing animations were toned down and corpses disappear instead of being picked up by a dropship. |
| Kingdom Under Fire | 2001-01-01 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Phantagram Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Evil looms large in the land of Bersiah. The last time good battled evil, over 100 years ago, good came out strong. But this time, evil is out for revenge, and is stronger than ever. What you must decide is who to fight with, as there are two campaigns to choose from, either good or evil. Which ever you do choose, you will lead into battle, with many different races to work with (including Knights, Orcs, Dragons and Wizards galore) in 10 strategic battles, as well as three dungeon based levels (much like Diablo). KUF also includes plenty of voice acting, lighting effects much like the Baldur's Gate series, and combines RTS with RPG elements. |
| Mirror Magic | 2001-01-01 | Artsoft Entertainment | Artsoft Entertainment | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mirror Magic (also known as Mirror Magic II when version 2.0.0 was released) is a port of Amiga puzzle game Mindbender that additionally allows to play levels from another game with similar mechanics, Deflektor. It uses updated, higher-solution graphics and includes a level editor.The player controls a set of rotating mirrors which are used to direct a beam of light (laser in Deflektor and magic energy in Mindbender) to destroy mines or cauldrons that are present in the level. Apart from mirrors, there may be other objects that affect the beam's direction (some can be controlled by the player like the mirrors), resulting in puzzle-like gameplay. Once all mines/cauldrons are cleared from the screen, the beam needs to be pointed at the exit to finish the level. Each such puzzle must be completed within a time limit, as projecting the beam slowly uses up a finite amount of energy supply. If at any time the beam is directed back at the source of the beam, it will start to slowly overheat, potentially destroying the source and ending the level.The game is open source under the GNU General Public License, and thus cross-platform, initially available for Unix-like systems, but eventually ported to DOS, Windows, Macintosh and Android. |
| Pacman | 2001-01-01 | | Albion Sp. z o.o. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This version of Pac-Man is a remake of the original game, which slightly varies in used graphics, sounds and game mechanics.Compared to the original, the player can choose one of three Pacman-alike characters when starting the game. Additionally, the player can choose difficulty before starting the game. Difficulty is indicated by numbers "1", "2" and "3" at top of the screen, next to "Szybkość" word - the higher the number, the faster enemy ghosts are. Pacman has only one life.There are 2 types of bonuses: "shoe" that makes Pacman move faster and "poison" which gives the possibility to set mine to kill ghost. Ghosts regenerate a few seconds after death.Pacman cannot teleport from the left edge of the screen to the right edge of the screen like in the original. Instead of dots, Pacman collects coins. Game can also be stopped at any time. On difficulties "1" and "2", each coin is worth 1 point and each killed ghost - 5 points. Difficulty "3" doubles points scored per each activity.Player controls Pacman using the keyboard, however Pacman moves automatically - the player by tapping one of the arrow keys can change direction of his movement. Space bar is used to set the mine.Game has 4 levels and once completing fourth level, game loops back to level 1 and increases difficulty.
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| You Don't Know Jack: Quiz Pack | 2001-01-01 | Take Two Interactive GmbH | Berkeley Systems, Inc., Jellyvision Games, Inc. | Compilation, Strategy | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | The Quiz Pack compilation consists of:
You Don't Know Jack
You Don't Know Jack Volume 2
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| Thandor: The Invasion | 2001-01-04 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Innonics GmbH, Planet4 | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | After the defeat of the Golraths, the Alliance of Averes have collapsed and the allies have turned enemies. But in the times of turmoil and despair, some faithful Alliance soldiers are planning for a return to the glorious Alliance... Thandor is a 3D RTS game where you build units and battle other factions for control of resources (to build more units). |
| Return to Chaos | 2001-01-06 | | | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Return to Chaos is a freeware remake of the engine behind the influential Dungeon Master game series, recreating the original classic RPG released in 1987, the Chaos Strikes Back expansion and the 1994 sequel The Legend of Skullkeep. The three remakes can be selected as separate modules from a menu at the start, showing a list of all the available mods. A dungeon editor is included to create custom scenarios and import new assets, with fan-made dungeons available at the official forum site.There are some minor differences from the original, mainly in monster behavior and the magic system. The graphics are slightly improved, with more complex lighting from torches and spells, added transparency effects and improved shading for objects. Otherwise, it's the same RPG with its classic streamlined design, preset characters and a much-imitated mouse-driven interface to explore dungeons and engage in combat. |
| Planescape: Torment (Memorial Box) | 2001-01-09 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Deutschland) GmbH | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Memorial Box is a special re-release of Planescape: Torment that includes in addition to the game:Five collectible cards
Double-sided poster with the main characters on the front and a detailed background story for the game and the various dungeons you'll visit.
The "Virgin Interactive Patch CD Volume I" which includes patches, demos and trailers to various Virgin-published games. |
| The Outforce | 2001-01-09 | Strategy First, Inc. | O3 Games AB | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | In the 25th century, mankind is fighting for survival far away from home. The human race has left Earth, after nearly getting wiped out due to an asteroid hit, and is now trying its best to settle down in a nearby star system, Epsilon Eridani. Once the colonists reached their destination they find themselves in the middle of an intergalactic conflict.The Outforce is a traditional top-down RTS game, played across a battlefield situated in space. To simplify the control and strategy system, the player only has to control his units along a two-dimensional battlefield, with only cosmetic variations in depth. The battlefield is scattered with asteroids, gas clouds and spacial debris as well as space stations, trading posts and military bases, which are all part of an interactive environment that can be taken advantage of in the actual game play. |
| A*M*E*R*I*C*A | 2001-01-15 | Data Becker Corporation | Related Designs Software GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Historical events, North America, Western | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | A*M*E*R*I*C*A is a Wild West-themed real-time strategy game set over 90 years in post civil war America. The events portrayed in America are taken straight from the annals of American history. Players choose between Native Americans (specifically the Sioux tribe), Mexicans, Outlaws, or the Settlers in an attempt to settle the wild western frontier. Each side has certain advantages abilities and limitations to help balance out the sides. As in a typical real-time strategy game, workers gather resources to pay for units and buildings. There are various scenarios to play. Multiplayer with up to 8 players is also supported. |
| Argentum Online | 2001-01-15 | Noland Studios | Noland Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Argentum Online is an online multiplayer role playing game which takes place in a medieval fantasy world. The world is known as Argentum, it's populated by all sorts of creatures: evil and good. Players can create their own characters, choosing among five races (Elf, Human, Gnome, Dark Elf, Dwarf) and up to 20 different professions (fighter, assassin, blacksmith, carpenter, pirate, etc). Characters have up to 22 different skills that can improve during their development, some skills are easier to master for certain professions, yet players enjoy total freedom to build their characters. Player's character evolves gaining experience from combats, when the character reaches a new level it receives skill points and depending on the chatacter's race some attributes (force, dexterity, etc) might raise as well.The gameplay mechanic is very particular, in this rpg game combats are not completely determined by the rules. Rules do a lot, but combats are fast-paced arcade challenges. If you are skilled enough commanding your character you can make a difference. Player killing is allowed in the game, however there are some safe zones (cities) in which it's forbidden and player killers are chased and punished if they go in. Depending on your actions your character might turn out with a bad reputation, when this happens you are seen as a criminal by other users. Most cities' guards chase criminals and try to kill them at first sight. Other players (citizens) which are not criminals might also try to kill criminals since this improves their reputation.When characters reach higher levels can join one of the two factions in the world: 'The army of CHAOS' which only
lets in criminals, or 'The Imperial Force' (no criminals, just citizens). Upon joining any of this factions the
character receives a special armour from the faction. In the factions there are ranks, as the player kills enemies
it gets higher in the hierarchy.Argentum Online was originally developed by a group of independent developers without resources. The game is free to play and the source code has been released under GPL licence. The game was and is still freely distributed on internet. |
| Bait | 2001-01-15 | Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. | | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | It was a normal day for our hero the worm, when suddenly! An ugly-looking kid abducted him to use as bait! Luckily for him, the kid trips and the worm escapes from his clutches. But he has to make his way back home through a field... That can't be too hard. Can it?Bait is a puzzle game in the vein of Soko-Ban. You, as the worm, have to go through 30 different levels split between three difficulties and push barrels out of your way in order to make it to the door to the next level. These barrels can be used to get across holes on the ground. You can also pick up Apples for bonus points, Clocks for extra time, or use Trampolines to jump between portions of each level. If you don't complete a level in time, then a bird will fly by and eat you! |
| ATCsimulator | 2001-01-16 | PC Aviator Inc. | AEROSOFT Corporation | Simulation | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | ATCsimulator is a full simulation of air traffic control. Choose from over 48 different areas as you direct flights to different vectors. Authentic TRACON scope with all the switches, real equipment, real symbology. All the planes are controlled by simulated AIs that behave like the real thing: they don't always do what you tell them to do, nor will they always hear your every transmission. Use built-in speech recognition and do it the real way, or use a keyboard if you must. Your career will be assessed just like the real FAA ATC's. |
| 3D Caveman Rocks | 2001-01-18 | Cosmi Corporation | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this 3D Donkey Kong clone, players take the role of a caveman looking for Stonehenge. Players travel along paths to get to the green part of the board, where a giant monkey is tossing barrels at them. Through 30 levels, players must also avoid cactus, birds, rhinos, and falling rocks while collecting bones to get to the next level. |
| Angelic Concert | 2001-01-19 | Kogado Studio, Inc. | Kogado Studio, Inc. | Action, Adventure | | | | Mini-games, Music / rhythm, Visual novel | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Angelic Concert is a visual novel, largely without player interaction, interspersed with music/rhythm mini-game sequences where notes need to be hit at the right moment as they move across the screen over a staff. The story follows a girl who enters the Angelic Concert with the aim to become famous. |
| Desktop Taipei | 2001-01-19 | | | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Desktop Taipei is an adaptation of the Mahjongg Solitaire strategy game. The player must remove matching pairs of mahjongg tiles. Both matching tiles must be "free" (unblocked from one side). The player's objective is to remove all the tiles from the board. If there are no matches possible, the player can ask to reshuffle the remaining tiles. However, the number of available reshuffles is limited and the final score is dependent on the number of reshuffles used. The game offers many different starting tile layouts, as well as the ability to create and edit custom layouts. Several different tilesets and background images are available. At any moment the player can view a step-by-step solution of the current layout. |
| Przygody Punka Franka | 2001-01-19 | | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | Comedy | Arcade, Mini-games | Contemporary | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Przygody Punka Franka ("The Adventures of Punk Franek") is a Polish game featuring Punk Franek, a character appearing in the comics of the cartoonist Szczepan Sadurski. He leaves his house one day in hopes of finding the disappeared agent Mulder of the FBI, but ends up having a series of adventures including alien abduction and scuffles with square-shaped hares. The game is a series of simple minigames, both of the arcade and the puzzle-solving kind. A lot of these involve avoiding dangerous objects a specific number of times, through careful movement or jumping. Getting hit, or otherwise failing, forces the player to restart a minigame or to execute a number of additional penalty jumps. |
| The Ward | 2001-01-22 | On Deck Interactive | Fragile Bits | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | You landed on the moon as a part of Apollo XIX to study some new lunar seismic activities. Then without warning... SomeTHING killed your crewmate, and it's coming for you next... You soon realize that the stakes are much more than your live at stake, but the entire human civilization... The Ward is a 3rd person multi-camera sci-fi adventure. |
| Sudden Strike | 2001-01-24 | Strategy First, Inc. | Fireglow Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | This game offers the player the option to replay WW2 in a very realistic way. First you have to choose from three nations, then you go straight to the front lines.The game is very tactics-based, as you won't be successful just by rushing in. Many details are everywhere and they are also take effect on the gameplay: Slightly damaged bridges can be repaired, ammunition is limited, soldiers can hide in houses or jump out of planes, etc.There's also a variety of modes for multiplayers. |
| SuperChix 76 | 2001-01-24 | Xtend New Media | Driver-Inter, Ltd., Fiendish Games, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | This arcade-style racing game is a slightly enhanced sequel to Hot Chix 'n' Gear Stix. Once again, it's the player's task to prove whose chick's wheels are the hottest.The game features 8 girls (the chix) presented in comic look. Each of these female drivers has a unique set of skills and one of the four muscle car types, both of which have perceptible impact on the in-game handling regarding speed, dexterity, acceleration, etc.
SuperChix offers 2 racing modes, Rally Race and Cop Chase.
Rally Mode is a championship consisting of 3 tournaments including 3 races each. The races take place on 2 courses per tournament, with one being driven forward and backward. There are a total of 4 courses in the game (Sherwood Forest, San Fransisco, Israel, and Amazon Basin). The opponents are all of the 7 other girls. Contrary to Hot Chix 'n' Gear Stix, the player in SuperChix isn't required to win every race in order to advance in the championship, but they must place first in a given tournament to get to the next.
Cop Chase is a single race against only one of the other girls and a horde of police forces. The cops are a constant nuisance, doing their best to impede the racers by crashing into them as if they didn't care for their own safety.
Gameplay is as simple as possible. In addition to the default steering commands (accelerate, brake, left, right), the game features a handbrake function to enforce power slides. You can cycle through different perspectives. |
| Die Rache der Sumpfhühner 3 | 2001-01-25 | Koch Media AG | Meridian'93 | Action | 1st-person | | Comedy | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Die Rache der Sumpfhühner 3 is the third installment in the Die Rache der Sumpfhühner series. This time the player is opposed to a complete "Sumpfhuhn" family. The father is supported by his wife, his daughter and his son. In eleven scenarios - e.g. a circus, a formula one circuit and the original Oktoberfest - the protagonist has to fight the bird familiy.The game comes with two new functions. The screen can now be "repaired" by shooting on first aid gear and additional ammo can also be obtained. |
| Journey's End | 2001-01-25 | Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. | Bright Light Productions | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | | | John Bailey | | Everyone | | Windows | Journey's End is a first-person 3D action role-playing game. You play a bounty hunter in a medieval fantasy world, called Ellysium. Having worked for both the good guys as well as the bad guys in the past, your neutral position has now come to an end. You can play Journey's End in singleplayer or multiplayer mode (over IPX, Internet, or phone2phone). The game also includes an editor that allows the players to create their own RPGs. Tutorials are included to teach the ways of RPG creation. |
| Vampirdzhija Vjedogonia | 2001-01-26 | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Horror | Visual novel | Fantasy | | Yoshiyuki Uchihara (credited as Yoshiyuki) | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sōta Itō, an ordinary second-year high school student, wakes up one morning to discover two pin-prick scars on his neck: the tell-tale sign of a bite from a vampire. To his horror, he begins to transform into a monstrous half-vampire creature called 'Vjedogonia', which is consumed by a thirst for blood. As Sōta sets out in search of a cure for himself, he discovers that the only way to stop the transformation and regain his humanity is to kill the vampire that turned him. With his immortal soul at stake and only weeks left to live, Sōta finds himself thrust into the dark world of vampires and the supernatural beings who hunt them.Vampirdzhija Vjedogonia is a gothic horror visual novel. The story is structured in an episodic format that consists of thirteen chapters. The player is periodically presented with choices that influence the outcome of the story. In addition to typical visual novel gameplay, the game features a combat system that comes into play whenever the player is attacked by an enemy. In combat, the player has access to a command menu where they can choose how to respond, with the options depending on the distance between the player and the enemy. There are five weapons in the game that can be used against enemies, with some being more effective to use from certain ranges than others. |
| Airline Tycoon | 2001-01-27 | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Spellbound Entertainment AG | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Airline Tycoon, better known as Airline Tycoon First Class in-game, is an updated re-release of Airline Tycoon. The subtitle was dropped in the manual and on the covers because this was the first game in the series released in US and UK territory.The most significant new features are cargo flight assignments, a completely new campaign which consists of 10 new missions and finally a multiplayer mode. Minor novelties include changing seasons outside the airport, new MIDI music, more aircraft upgrade capabilities (besides enhancing passenger comfort as in the original, one can also improve steering, safety etc.), new items and slightly improved briefings. |
| Alex the Allegator 2 | 2001-01-29 | Free Lunch Design AB | Free Lunch Design AB | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Alex the Allegator 2 is a simple board game that can be played against the computer or a friend. At first glance the game appears to be an Othello clone, two players take turns placing colored tiles on an 8x8 board. Beyond that the rules and objectives differ. The objective is to end the game with the highest score once either opponent has cleared all their tiles. Each turn a player may either place one of their colored tiles or slide any row/column by one unit. The row/column may not be moved again for one turn. When a group of four tiles forming a square is made, they are cleared from the board. If a player manages to remove 6 tiles in a rectangle they are awarded a special yellow tile which acts as a wild card allowing a square to be completed for any color. Gray tiles will periodically appear on the board at random unfilled spots; a gray tile can only be removed with 3 yellow tiles.You can score points by completing squares of either color; for example, if your opponent slides a row and completes a square with your colored tiles he gets the points instead of you. The game also has two levels of challenge for the human vs computer mode, a high score table, sounds, and music. |
| Oni | 2001-01-29 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Bungie Studios | Action | Behind view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | It's 2032. The planet is now ruled by the World Coalition Government which annexed 80% of the countries, with the remaining quickly dragged into the WCG. While their official goal was to solve humankind's problems, it was about money. Massive spending bankrupted poorer countries, and soon all traces of individual government disappeared. For those who were poor, the situation didn't improved one bit, and for the richer, maintaining the status was done at the expense of their privacy and personal freedoms. To make things worse, life outside the major cities, far from the atmosphere processors is nearly impossible, as the so-called "Wilderness Preserves" are poisoned, and those who venture into them risk a painful death.Konoko, fresh out from TCTF (Technology Crimes Task Force, a secret police to take cyber drugs and weapons from the streets, as well as explore the induced technophobia to operate and investigate on a blank check permission) academy is placed under the command of Terrance Griffin and Dr. Kerr and linked to a SLD - an android - called Shinatama, who is neurally linked to her. However, Konoko knows next to nothing about her past, other that she was orphaned at the age of three and felt "different" to other people while was being brought up under the wing of TCTF. After many years in training, she has finally the chance to prove herself to Griffin and the TCTF, and so, heads for a warehouse rumoured to be under the control of the Syndicate, a criminal organization which grew exponentially after a young man called "Boss Muro" climbed to the top of the organization.Inspired by the classic Anime series Ghost in the Shell by Shirow Masamune, gameplay is a mix between generic third-person shooter and a classic beat'em up. While Konoko has at her disposal several hand-to-hand acrobatic moves (with more unlocked as the player advances), she can also find weapons in the levels, and the decision to go armed or bare-fisted is only up to the player. Each weapon either draws from ballistic or energy cell clips, the number of rounds in each clip depending on the weapon: a Black Adder (a short, one-hand machine gun like an Uzi) can get 30 rounds from a ballistic clip, while a Mercury Bow (a sniper railgun sans scope) only two. Combined with the limited availability of clips, this adds a strategic element to the game, as the player can only carry a weapon at a time, so if a powerful weapons runs out of ammo, the player must choose between keeping the weapon and fight hand to hand with the enemies until Konoko finds fresh ammo clips, or discard it for a lesser gun that uses different ammo. However, if the player runs out of ammo completely when facing a tough challenge, Konoko can "overdose" on hypo sprays (used to heal damage) by using them over her natural health bar, which provides her with faster movement and tougher blows. |
| Rowan's Battle of Britain | 2001-01-29 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Rowan Software Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | War | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | Rod Hyde, Gem Taylor | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Take to the air in defense of England in this version of a 3D WW2 flight combat simulator. Play either the German Luftwaffe or the Royal Air Force as the player attacks or defends England. Luftwaffe can choose the targets and decide on deceptive maneuvers, while the Royal Air Force have use of radar and advantage of being close to home. Full weather effects. Play either as pilot or commander. Five authentic flyable aircraft, or play as gunner on the bombers. Flyable aircraft have fully interactive cockpits. Detailed terrain and authentic flight model. Up to 8 players in multiplayer support. |
| Electronic Arts Top Ten Family Fun Pack | 2001-01-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A compilation of 10 games suitable for every family member to enjoy.The games included are:
SimSafari
SimLife
SimAnt
SimEarth: The Living Planet
SimCity 2000
Theme Hospital
Theme Park
Power Poker
Extreme Pinball
Marble Drop |
| SimCoaster | 2001-01-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Bullfrog Productions, Ltd., Climax Fareham | Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | SimCoaster is the third and final game in the Theme Park series. It uses the same graphic engine as the previous game Theme Park World. It is a theme park management game where players build their own theme park and attract as much visitors as possible. This time there are also grandparents of the little visitors who need to be entertained.This version focuses more on the management side of running a park. It contains various types of business related to campaigns and objectives, such as bringing in a certain number of guests to a ride. By completing these challenges, promotions can be gained. As with the previous game in the series, players can walk around in their park in a first-person mode and go on the rides. |
| Woody Woodpecker Racing | 2001-01-31 | Konami of America, Inc. | Syrox Developments, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Woody Woodpecker Racing is a go-kart racing game based on the popular cartoon character Woody Woodpecker.The player selects one of the six starting characters from the series (including three differently styled Woodys, Wally Walrus and others) and races in a style reminiscent of Super Mario Kart (including "jump turns" for sharper angles). The player can collect items from boxes and try to slow down the opponents while driving through a 3D environment, with slopes, ramps and jumps, on tarmac or mud. Quest, championship, time trial and single race modes are available, as players try to hone their skills and unlock new characters and tracks. |
| Age of Sail II | 2001-02-01 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., TalonSoft, Inc. | Akella | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events | Naval / watercraft, Vehicular combat | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Age of Sail II is the sequel to Age of Sail. As its predecessor the game is set between 1775 and 1820 and focuses on tactical naval combat. The player can either tackle one of the about 100 historic sea battles or one of the six campaigns, mostly about the Napoleonic Wars and the Revolutionary War.During the battles the player indirectly commands his ships. Tactical decisions range from ship positioning, used ammo and the crew disposition, e.g. some are assigned to repairing the ship and other are assigned to the cannons. The player also can assign ships to groups with different orders.
While the game is basically in real-time the player can pause it anytime to give new orders or speed it up.In comparison to Age of Sail this installment features a 3D engine with a rotatable camera, coastal features and variable weather. There are overall 1200 ships from 11 nations. |
| Cabela's 4x4 Off-Road Adventure | 2001-02-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | FUN Labs Romania S.R.L. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Unlike other racing games, Cabelas' is more directed to survival than simply burning rubber and getting to the finish line. And that ain't easy. Using all the options available, you can build a 4 wheel drive beast machine in seconds, and then test it out on desert terrain, with dried up river beds, rocky roads and mountains galore. But be careful, because if you push your car too far, you may destroy parts and end your chances of getting to the finish. |
| Impossiball | 2001-02-01 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Impossiball is a single player, shareware, keyboard controlled puzzle game.The game area consists of lots of balls of various colours set out in a regular grid pattern, in between the balls are walls, hedges and mines. One ball, usually in the centre at the start of a level, is rotating and it has a yellow bar sticking out of it, this bar can be passed from one ball to another.The player passes this bar from ball to ball around the game area, whenever the bar is passed to a red ball it will turn green and the object of the game is to turn all the red balls green and finish by passing the bar to the end ball conveniently marked with an 'E'Naturally there are hazards, some balls are dead and passing the bar to them will end the game, others are close to mines and either passing the ball to a mine or letting the ball rotate so the bar touches a mine will also end the level.The game, version 1.0, has fifty levels while the later version, version 2.0, had one hundred levels and introduced new features such as different coloured bars. Players can only advance to a new level by completing the previous one.
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| Lü Bu yu Diao Chan | 2001-02-01 | Soft-World | Soft-World | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The game is based on the Chinese TV series of the same name, which in its turn is based on an episode from the classic Chinese novel Three Kingdoms. You take control of Lü Bu, a wild boy who grew up in a forest. A series of events makes Lü Bu involved in the political struggle in which China was caught. He encounters the famous general Dong Zhuo, and a mysterious fairy Erduo, who helps him to find his goal in life. Eventually his path will cross with that of the famous beauty Diao Chan. Will their love withstand the battles and the struggle for power?The game plays like a traditional Japanese-style RPG with random turn-based battles. The battles feature a speed meter for your characters, similar to the ATB bar of Final Fantasy games. Your party members can attack physically, cast MP-consuming spells, or execute powerful "limit break" attacks that require a special bar to fill up. The game utilizes 3D character models super-imposed on pre-rendered backgrounds. |
| PlayAsManager | 2001-02-01 | Anco Online Ltd. | Anco Software Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | Persistent, Turn-based | | | Windows | PlayAsManager was an online game based on the Player Manager series of football management games. The game featured all 92 teams from the top four divisions of English football and each team could be controlled by a human player. Like other games of its kind players could buy and sell players, pick a line up and create tactics and playing styles. The game was turn-based and worked similar to a play by e-mail game with most of the playing being done offline with data being downloaded at the start of a session and then submitted only when all changes had been made. There were two versions of the game client: the full game which shows matches in 3D and the scanner version which only shows a top down view of the pitch. |
| Rollerbot: Time Journey | 2001-02-01 | Kool Dog Entertainment | Acid Software | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Rollerbot Time Journey is a 3D Pac-Man variant. You are Rollerbot and you have to collect fruits to end the levels. There are eleven levels in total. |
| Elite Forces: WWII - Normandy | 2001-02-02 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Third Law Interactive | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | World War II | | | | Mature | | Windows | In preparation for the most ambitious frontal assault in the history of modern war, the 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles) parachuted behind enemy lines in the predawn hours of June 6, 1944. The Mission – Prevent German troops from reinforcing those facing the main Allied landing force on Utah Beach and secure the roads inland from the beaches to facilitate the Allied thrust into Europe. Take your place alongside these men of valor as you battle through 10 missions vital to turning the tide of the land war in the European Theater. Confront snipers, fortified artillery bunkers, Panzer Tanks and more as you struggle to free Western Europe from the tyranny of the Third Reich. |
| Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing | 2001-02-03 | THQ Inc. | Synetic GmbH | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing is a truck racing game based on the BreakNeck engine, with the Mercedes license behind it. Test your skills in racing a million dollar souped-up freightliner in a 1st or 3rd person view. The game supports a variety of steering devices, though a simple keyboard will do. It features real truck racing teams and drivers, realistic damage, a replay editor, and an optional unlimited speed mode (trucks are normally limited to 160 km/h to minimize the damage these 5 tonners do when they spin out of control). Compete in single race or full season mode on a number of licensed race tracks from around Europe, or practice all tracks with or without a Ghost truck.Made in cooperation with DaimlerChrysler AG. |
| 1NSANE | 2001-02-05 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Invictus Games, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | 1NSANE is an off-road racing game specially designed for multiplayer play. It's the first game to support Codemasters' multiplayer network where players can challenge each other for a game and gain points for a global ranking.The game has unique game modes never seen before in a racing game, like capture the flag, return the flag and destruction zone. The game doesn't have fixed damage models for the cars. Instead, each crash and collision dynamically deforms your car, depending on the point of impact and force. The damage will also affect the cars handling and top speed etc. |
| Outdoorsman Mania | 2001-02-07 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of outdoor hunting/fishing games that were released by Electronic Arts.The games included are:
Deer Hunt Challenge
Championship Bass
Pheasant Hunt Challenge
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| Absolute Memory | 2001-02-08 | XDGames | XDGames | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Absolute Memory is a single player, mouse controlled, shareware Concentration variant in which the player has to match pairs of identical pictures in a time limit. When one screen is complete they are presented with another screen which may/may not be in the same category and a shorter time limit. The object is to keep playing until time runs out and to score as highly as possible.The game takes up the full screen, it has a menu bar across the top of the screen and a game selection bar on the left hand side however both of these can be made top roll away and hide to maximise the game area.There are fourteen categories of pictures, each with more than one level: Stars - of the movie variety, Shapes, Toyota, Classic, Holidays, Amazing World, Pharaons, Food, Foto, Holiday, Nature, Kaleidoscope, Alphabets, and Toons. There were three update packs available on the developer's website in addition to which the help file contains instructions which allow the player to create their own categories. The game has sound, a high score screen and a boss key. The shareware version of the game could be downloaded complete but was only active for ten days after which the player had to purchase an unlock key if they wished to continue playing. |
| Electronic Arts Top Ten Pack | 2001-02-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains several of Electronic Arts' most popular games. It includes the following titles:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Dune 2000
Madden NFL 2000
NASCAR Revolution SE
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Sid Meier's Gettysburg!
SimCopter
Theme Hospital
Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf
U.S. Navy Fighters |
| NBA Live 2001 | 2001-02-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | NBA Live is back! Enhanced Chat & Match-up with the fast, easy-to-use Match-up System. Improved trade system can involve up to 3 teams and 15 players. Improved "player personality" means you'll see players argue calls, celebrate a key basket, encourage their teammates, and much more. Also, play the legends such as Michael Jordan in 1-on-1 or 5-on-5 games. |
| Xuanyuan Fu Mo Lu | 2001-02-08 | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | DOMO Production | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The disciples of the great Chinese philosopher Mozi have built their own school of martial arts. A twenty-year-old orphan named Fu Zixun is the leader of the students, answering directly to the master. One day, following a demon attack, he meets a young girl named Ding Yun. The demons killed her father, destroyed the school, and stole the priceless Spirit Fusion Pot. Fu Zixun and Ding Yun must find allies who would help them to defeat the demons and restore peace.Xuanyuan Fu Mo Lu is a spin-off of the Xuanyuan Jian series. It is set in an unspecified year during the reign of the Song Dynasty, and utilizes recurrent plot elements from previous games in the series. However, unlike other Xuanyuan Jian games, it has strong tactical RPG elements. There is limited exploration in towns, but otherwise the story develops automatically, with the player taken from battle to battle. During combat the player navigates the characters in a turn-based fashion, and attacks when enemies are in range. Elemental magic plays an important role, influencing the characters' affinities and performance in battles. Character growth is handled automatically with a simple leveling up system. |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Ranseiki | 2001-02-09 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | | | War | | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Nobunaga no Yabou: Ranseiki is a tactical strategy game set in 16th century feudal Japan. It is ninth game in Nobunaga's Ambition war simulation series. |
| Tasogare | 2001-02-09 | Aquaplus | Leaf | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | During World War II, Japanese scientists have developed a cloning technique to strengthen their army: using advanced technology, liquids were injected into a human clone, granting it healing powers and eternal youth. After the war was lost, the clones were confined into a hibernation chamber. Fifty years later, one of them, a man named Semimaru Sakagami, unexpectedly wakes up. As memories of the war haunt him, Semimaru tries to adjust to the new world in which he is a stranger. There is just one power that will perhaps heal his wounds - the power of love...Tasogare ("Twilight") is a visual novel. The player's interaction is confined to occasional choices that affect the storyline; the rest of the game is dedicated to viewing still anime-style images and reading text. The game contains scenes with nudity and explicit sexual situations. |
| Xplosiv Triple Pack | 2001-02-09 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Battleground 9: Chickamauga
Battle of Britain
The Operational Art of War II: Elite Edition
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| Agent: Osoboe zadanie | 2001-02-14 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Agent: Osoboe zadanie (Agent: Special Mission) is a 2D point-and-click adventure game set in a fictional Russian resort. The protagonist is special agent Konstantin Gromov. His chief has ordered him to visit a southern Russian resort town swamped by a wave of violence because of the recent disappearance of a local mobster. Gaining confidence of the two gangs, which represent drug dealers and prostitutes, Konstantin needs to find out the fate of the previous agent and figure out the real interest of his chief.Most of the time Konstantin Gromov is guided between static or side-scrolling screens, collecting or using the scattered items, and talking to characters to gain more items or information. The cursor has states (walk / look at / interact with / talk) auto-selected on hovering over an interactive spot. |
| Parkan: Iron Strategy | 2001-02-14 | 1C Company | Nikita Ltd. | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Enter the six planets of the Labyrinth, alien planets rich in life. Just you, the sky, the native wildlife, the stretches of water, and armies of killer warbotsTake strategic control from both the battlefield and inside the comfort of your HQ, designing, constructing, commanding, and even piloting your platoon of warbots. Explore new environments both on foot and by armed transport. Plentiful customization for your warbots abilities and large-scale battles come together in this combat command simulator. |
| The Messenger | 2001-02-15 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Arxel Tribe d.o.o., index+, Réunion des Musées Nationaux | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Henri Lou, Severine Gustin | | Teen | | Windows | You are Morgan Sinclair, Secret Service agent. The Dark Templars are attempting to secure 4 artifacts, collectively known as "Satan's Keys", to bring upon Armageddon. You must stop them by travelling back in time to locate the artifacts before they fall into the wrong hands...The Messenger is an adventure game feature 360 panorama views. |
| Gladiatron 3D | 2001-02-16 | Binary Brotherz | Binary Brotherz | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Gladiatron 3D is an action game directly based on the Light Cycle scene from the movie Tron. The player takes on the role of a computer program competing on his "light cycle" in a virtual arena against another program. The cycle is constantly moving forward and cannot be stopped, but can be turned 90 degrees left or right. A wall of energy is left in both cycles' wake as they move. The player who crashes his cycle into the energy walls or the arena boundary loses the round and the match starts anew on a clear arena. The player who wins a specified number of rounds wins the entire game.There are several arena sizes to choose from, and three different camera views. |
| Lunchtime of the Damned | 2001-02-17 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Teenage magician Davy Jones, and his girlfriend Elandra, perform a resurrection ritual at the graveyard in hopes of bringing a deceased local to life. But everything goes horribly wrong, and they end up becoming unwitting progenitors of a brain-craving zombie. Can Davy put an end to the undead menace's existence?The game is controlled with a mouse; similarly to Sam & Max Hit The Road, right-clicking changes the cursor action (Walk to, Look at, Interact with, Talk to), while moving the cursor to the top of the screen makes a menu appear, allowing you to easily change the cursor actions, access one's inventory or save/load/quit the game. |
| Clive Barker's Undying | 2001-02-19 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Los Angeles | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | Interwar | | | | Mature | | Windows | There always was a curse upon the Covenant family which killed them all either with a painful disease or drove them into madness. At the end of the 19th century the father of the current generation of Covenants reopens their old but abandoned mansion and thereby uncovers strange standing stones on an nearby island. Possessed by this discovery, he locked himself up in the library and wanted to uncover the meaning of those stones. Out of curiosity, in 1899 his three sons and two daughters stole a book about the stones out of his library, went to the island and conducted a dark and powerful ritual which marked the beginning of the end. During the following 20 years almost every member of the family either turned mad and killed themselves or died from something else. Now it is the year 1923 and the very last member of the family, Jeremiah Covenant, lies on his deathbed with cancer in his body but he is not alone in his house. The spirits of his brothers and sisters haunt the house, strange events happen and evil creatures stroll through the mansion. In a final attempt to not only lift the family curse but also to put his fellow ancestors to rest, he calls upon Patrick Galloway. Patrick was part of his squad in the first great war and after a fierce battle against creatures, they had never seen before, he had specialised in abolishing such powers from the earth.You take control over Patrick and walk around like in every other first person-shooter through the several locations of the game ranging from the mansion itself over other earthly locations to Oneiros and Eternal autumn, which are other plains of existence. On your way you uncover the mysteries of the family by reading books and papers which lie around the mansion or by talking to the few people still alive on the island.Also reading might help you understand what is happening here, it won't help you survive against all the strange creatures that hide in the shadows and attack you without asking. It's also impossible to defeat the ancestral spirits without some serious firepower, so besides your trusty revolver, you'll also find several other weapons during the course of the game like Molotov cocktails, your lovely shotgun or a freeze gun shaped like a dragon head. Since you are fighting the paranormal, you also have access to several spells which allow you to see enemies before they see you, revive the dead or shoot Ectoplasm. Since you hold all your weapons in the left hand and you cast your spells with the right hand, it is possible to use both at any time.As the name suggests, Clive Barker, the maker of the Hellraiser movies, had great influence in the making of the whole game. He also wrote the background story. |
| Europa Universalis | 2001-02-20 | Strategy First, Inc. | Paradox Entertainment AB | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | You take charge of one of the many European countries, doing battle to take the Empire as their own. Much like past titles such as Civilization and Age of Empires, strategy is the key. However, instead of controlling every troop separately, you control groups of troops at a time, and let them do the talking while you move them from territory to territory. The playing time spans between 1492 and 1792. |
| Avery Cardoza's 500 Slots & Video Poker | 2001-02-21 | Cardoza Entertainment, Inc. | Cardoza Entertainment, Inc. | Gambling | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Back of Box - Windows (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Avery Cardoza's 500 Slots & Video Poker contains authentic Cardoza machines with 500 Vegas-style machines and 80-plus varieties. Featuring every style of machine imaginable, you can choose from five-cent machines up to $1,000 machines. Play traditional slots with standard machines or new slots with the latest designs. Three-reel machines with 1-3-5 payout lines, four-reel machines with 1-3 payout lines, multiplier, wild symbol, bonus payout, and tons of progressives just begin the action. There are also rocket reels, wild lightning multipliers, pick-your-zodiac for 25x payouts, and lots more surprises. Play Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, Free Look, Joker Wild,Single, Double, and Triple Progressive Jackpots, Bonus Quads, and more. The incredible Ask the Expert, based on Avery Cardoza's professional strategies, tells you the best play for every card combination in every video poker game here. Featuring photo-realistic art, multitrack sound, greeting tunes, payoff bells, full 20-player stats, and two free online books. |
| Blade of Darkness | 2001-02-21 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Rebel Act Studios | Action | Behind view | | | Hack and slash | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Long time ago, the Lord created Light and Chaos. He gave them souls, and thus two gods were born, the Spirit of Light and the Prince of Darkness. But the latter, envious of his father's power, learned the language of creation and attempted to bring a new demonic race to life. However, the creatures disobeyed their master. In the ensuing chaos, a sorceress named Ianna called forth a hero, who banished the Darkness, but was slain himself. Now, the time has come for four new heroes to obtain an ancient powerful weapon and destroy the forces of Darkness once and for all.Blade of Darkness is a third-person action game with an emphasis on melee battles and combo attacks, similar to those found in fighting games. The player can choose to control any of the four available characters: the barbarian Tukaram, the dwarf Naglfar, the knight Sargon, and the Amazon Zoe. Each character has his/her unique strengths, weaknesses, fighting skills. Starting locations are also different in the four scenarios. |
| Di Gi Charat Fantasy | 2001-02-21 | Broccoli | Broccoli | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | Windows | The player takes the role of a young boy who one day gets sucked into a fantasy world along with his friends after Dejiko's battle went all wrong. Upon arriving to a new world, you find yourself with a forest with Dejiko who seems to have sudden amnesia, and her typical frenzy-self is replaced with somewhat reluctant and shy persona.Originally released for PC (Windows) in 2001, the Dreamcast port got out later that same year. A couple of years later, the PlayStation 2 version got out under the title Di Gi Charat Fantasy Excellent with additional content.This visual novel features voice-acting as well as opening and in-game animated cut-scenes, but does not feature any unlockable content typical to most of visual novels. Also, the dialogue text cannot be hidden in order to see unobscured background image. The game does not feature a map of the new world you got sucked into, but lets you select from the list of locations you wish to visit from an overview of the new place you're in. Along with Dejiko, you'll visit new places, talk to new people, and hopefully her amnesia will come to pass and you'll find your way back home together. |
| Blade: The Edge of Darkness (Edicion Especial) | 2001-02-22 | Friendware | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a Special Edition of Blade: The Edge of Darkness (called Blade of Darkness in USA) that includes:
The game into a huge and artistic box.
A T-Shirt.
A poster.
A certificate with the number of the copy signed by the development team. |
| Stupid Invaders | 2001-02-22 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Xilam Animation | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Five aliens - Candy, Etno, Gorgious, Stereo and Bud - crashland on Earth, and hide out in an abandoned house while they repair their spaceship. In the meantime, Dr Sakarin, an evil alien-collecting scientist has found out about them, and sends out his evil henchman Bolok to capture them. The player alternates between controlling each of the five aliens, and must help them escape.Stupid Invaders is based on the French and German animated TV series Space Goofs (also known as Home to Rent). The player interacts with the environment in a point-and-click fashion. Up to six items can be carried simultaneously and used to solve puzzles. Many actions lead to instant death of the protagonist, often graphically depicted and used for the humorous effect of cartoon violence. |
| Vengeance of the Chicken | 2001-02-22 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | After his brother ends up dead due to an assassin's misfire, the Chicken - yes, an actual chicken - decides to shoot the killer's brother as an act of revenge. The player's goal is to get the Chicken's mission to a successful, bloody end. The game is controlled with a mouse; similarly to Sam & Max Hit The Road, right-clicking changes the cursor action (Walk to, Look at, Interact with, Talk to), while moving the cursor to the top of the screen makes a menu appear, allowing you to easily change the cursor actions, access one's inventory or save/load/quit the game. |
| Disciples: Sacred Lands - Gold Edition | 2001-02-28 | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | The Disciples: Sacred Lands (Gold Edition) includes Disciples: Sacred Lands and adds 25 new scenarios as well as multiplayer functionality. |
| Traffic Giant | 2001-02-28 | Macmillan Digital Publishing USA | JoWood Ebensee | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | In this business simulation the player has to manage the whole traffic network from a little village in the beginning up to a huge metropolis in the end of the game. The player can choose from trams, trains and buses. There are also competitors, which don't make it easy to succeed. The towns are alive, as pedestrians are everywhere and cars are driving around. The engine is very powerful as it can simulate towns with up to 40.000 citizens, who know where they want to go. |
| A Blurred Line | 2001-03-01 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The action of A Blurred Line takes place in a futuristic world, in which all natural resources have been used up and a "Catch Colony", that gathers cosmic energy is the planet's only source of energy.As the game begins, you are controlling a party that is trying to stop an unknown person from breaking the Catch Colony's connection to earth which would kill all colonists and rob the earth of it's only remaining energy source. After the connection seems to be destroyed, the game flashes back to events that took place two years earlier and the player finds himself in the role of Talan, the person who tried to destroy the connection, and it turns out that he is just an ordinary worker. It is not going to be an ordinary day for him though, as the factory he works at is visited by the President of the Agency, the most powerful organization on the planet. The President is assassinated when he is talking to Talan, and Talan is left as the only suspect. Without hope of proving his innocence, he must try to escape the Agency and find a place to hide. During his journey however, he meets people who live outside of the system that he grew up in and finds out that the story of the Agency and the Catch Colony is not quite as glorious as he (and everybody else) was made to believe ...Gameplay-wise, A Blurred Line is very similar to 16-Bit-Console-RPGs, which comes as no surprise, as it has been created with the RPG Maker 2000 tool. Most of the time is spent exploring the world map or various dungeons looking for treasure and picking up random battles. These Battles use the standard battle mode of the RPG Maker 2000 and play quite similar to turn-based battle modes of typical Console-RPGs. Every party member can attack, defend, use items or special attacks. Every character has a unique special skill, the most important one being that of the main character. He can detect and absorb his enemies "Aura", which enables him to use their special attacks for the time of the battle. If he absorbs a special attack often enough, he will be able to use it permanently. To make things a little more interesting outside of battle, there are a few simple puzzles as well as some mini-games. |
| Blood & Lace: A Gothic Novel | 2001-03-01 | Giunti Publishing Group | GMM Entertainment s.r.l. | Action | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Blood & Lace is a single-player action game with some puzzle-solving. The story, thus the game, is divided in 13 chapters. An introduction cutscene opens on a strange man, dressed in clothes from the XVIII century but in a room full of modern technologies. He introduces us to an old story, located in Paris, at the end of the XVIII century. Barbara Cagliostro is looking for a lost book which contains the means to dominate the world. The Vampire Society is looking for it as well. |
| Come On Baby | 2001-03-01 | Expotato Corporation | Expotato Corporation | Action, Sports | | | Comedy | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In the near future of 200X, the mysterious hormone HD-101 begins infecting baby formula and a new breastfeeding movement takes over. The last remaining powdered milk company, desperate to prove their product is safe, comes up with a new promotional idea: a sports competition for babies, with the winner crowned their official spokesbaby. And so six babies travel to Hawaii for the final match...Come On Baby is a comedy sports game where players take control of one of six babies to compete in ridiculous minigames in order to be crowned the champion. The twelve events are all based around different sports and physical activities.
100M Race: A crawling sprint controlled by alternating the A and B buttons.
Dance! Dance! Dance!: A dance competition controlled by pressing the buttons in time with onscreen indicators.
Crazy Head Banging: Shake the joystick in the direction of the onscreen indicator to shake off an octopus that's caught on the baby's head.
Slapping Hero: A combat sport where the player must slap other babies with A while avoiding attacks with B.
Bounding Balls: Avoid randomly-falling balls while reaching the finish line.
Gorilla Hunting: Throw eggs at gorillas.
Hard Rafting: White-water rafting, with an extra touch of combat by fighting off other babies using an oar.
Let's Hop: A jump-rope competition; the rope's position and speed change over the course of the event.
Take A Shot: Rhino-throwing competition, using the tail to heft them into the air.
Survival in the Sky: While balancing on a platform attached to a helicopter, babies must try to avoid falling while avoiding both a gorilla and the opponent baby.
Escape from the Sea: After diving from a cliff with a weight on their leg, babies must swim upward while holding their breath.
Power Jumping: Babies must run and jump, hoping to break the line of enemy sumo wrestlers.
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| Drachenfeuer und andere Legenden | 2001-03-01 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This German compilation contains:
Quest for Glory V: Drachenfeuer (Dragon Fire)
Rückkehr nach Krondor (Return to Krondor)
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| Fate of the Dragon | 2001-03-01 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Overmax Studio | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | China (Ancient / Imperial), Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Fate of the Dragon is a large-scale real-time strategy game that depicts one of the most famous and turbulent periods in Chinese history - the Three Kingdoms era. Following the collapse of the empire at the end of the Han Dynasty, heated opposition divided China into three Kingdoms – Wei, Wu and Shu, and the age of rivalry of warlords dawned.As one of the three warlords, lead your kingdom in building your own regime, develop new technologies, establish strategic alliances and create a mighty army in an attempt to control the three kingdoms and reunify the nation. |
| Gubble Buggy Racer | 2001-03-01 | | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | Fantasy | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Gubble Buggy Racer is a kart game where players take control of the alien Gubble D. Gleep and his fellow aliens. In order to get out of a planet Gubble crash-landed on, he has to participate in an intergalactic space race against five other Gubbles where he can use various weapons, such as rapid shooting, homing missiles, bombs and shields.The game offers three game modes for players to choose:
Championship
Single Race
Time Trial
The game features 8 tracks with different routes to race on, as well as 2 deathmatch arenas where two players can race against each other and use all the available power-ups to deplete the opponent's 3 lives. |
| Heath: The Unchosen Path | 2001-03-01 | Russobit-M | Burut Creative Team | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Heath: The Unchosen Path is a turn-based RPG. The main character is Heath who received powers from the gods and the game is set in GoldenLand with about 35 different locations. During the adventure he discovers his true destiny and his actions determine how the story will end. Even though the battles are turn-based, other gameplay elements are similar to the Diablo games. The game contains 50 enemy types and various bosses, as well as 150 NPCs. Through fights Heath receives experience used to access new skills and receive better attributes. Several classes lead to different abilities and there are over 500 items as well as a magic system. The game setting is influenced by Eastern European myths. |
| LEGO Stunt Rally | 2001-03-01 | LEGO Media International, Inc. | Intelligent Games Ltd | Educational, Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Track racing | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Lego Stunt Rally is an edu-tainment racing title and construction set based on the popular building blocks. The game is played from an overhead perspective on the race track, which is rendered in real-time 3D. You control the acceleration and side to side movement of the car, but actually maneuvering around corners is taken care of by the computer.The game has both single and multiplayer modes. The single player mode includes a championship game in which you can earn new building blocks for the construction mode. The multi-player game allows up to 4 players to compete on the same computer.The construction mode allows you to construct tracks of your own, and is powerful enough to create a wide variety of races. |
| Looney Tunes: Sheep Raider | 2001-03-01 | Infogrames Europe SA | Infogrames Europe SA | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements, Stealth | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Sheep Raider is a 3D puzzle game, with gameplay mimicking the wacky contraptions and situations from the original cartoons. Players need to catapult themselves across a canyon, camouflage themselves as a bush to sneak past Ralph, lure sheep with sheep perfume etc.The player takes on the role as starving Ralph Wolf and must help him steal one sheep from Sam Sheep Dog and get it to a certain goal location. With a wide arsenal of Acme gadgets at his disposal, Ralph is sure to concoct the perfect plan for keeping his stomach filled, or not! The game takes place across 15 various stages as well as 2 hidden stages, each with their own requirements and challenges, so the longevity of the game is notable.The puzzles consist of finding items and using them at certain location or on certain characters. Items include lettuce to lure sheep and mines which can be defused. There also are mailboxes with which the player can order a wide arsenal of helpful Acme gadgets. Directly after ordering the product is air shipped instantaneously, with a crate falling from the sky. Gadgets include a rocket, dynamite, elastic band, a fan, a metal detector and many more. Some gadgets are level specific, like for example a time travel gadget with which Ralph can traveling back and forth in time to manipulate placement of rocks and trees.There are checkpoints throughout each of the levels, although there are no visual clues as to where they are. For example, if the player reaches a certain area carrying the sheep and then falls off a cliff, the player plus sheep will be respawned near that area. Each level also has a punch clocks, usually in a hidden area, they acts just as an extra collectible. |
| Millie Meter and Her Adventures in the Oak Tree | 2001-03-01 | Tivola Publishing, Inc. | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Millie Meter and Her Adventures in the Oak Tree takes young Millie, heroine of Millie Meter's Nutrition Adventure, into the forest, where she must save the oak tree Twit is determined to cut down; if Millie can convince him the tree still sustains life by bringing him ten photos of living creatures, Twit will refrain from felling it.Under the guidance of Eric, a red squirrel, Millie takes her mission and her camera under the ground, inside the roots, into the bark, up the trunk, among the leaves, and into the top of the tree. At each stop Millie meets various tree-dwelling denizens and the player learns the facts about life inside and around a tree and all the processes that maintain it. Actions in this game are all accomplished with the mouse, by pointing, clicking, or dragging. The cursor changes into Millie's little copter when it passes over a clickable spot, and there are lots of them; nearly every object has an explanation or an animation attached to it. In the tray at the bottom of the main screen are icons for accessing mini-games, keeping track of photos taken, adjusting volume, language selection, and exiting the game. During mini-games, you'll also have icons for help, back, and starting a new round; the printing icon, available from Millie's Tricktionary and the drawing page, takes the form of a rubber stamp.On the right side of the main screen there is a narrow panel showing the oak tree, with an inset picture of whatever area you are in/character you are speaking to at the time. You can move Millie, who always travels in her little copter, up or down the tree by clicking here as well as by finding the (sometimes hidden) exits from each room.The six mini-games become available as you come across them. Two games are arcade-style and allow for two levels of difficulty - these are "Catch the Acorn" and " The Earthworm Labyrinth". Three games test the player's knowledge of a tree's ecosystem, but are easily answered after playing the main game - these are "True or False?", "Who's That Singing?", and "Who Lives Where?". The last is a picture game that allows you to choose pictures to enlarge or minimize, turn, and arrange on a printable page. Also available after completing the game is Millie's Tricktionary, a book of science experiments with printable pages.
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| Mob Rule: Platinum Edition | 2001-03-01 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Mob Rule repackaged as a budget title along with the official strategy guide from BradyGames. There is otherwise no change in this RTS relative of Constructor. |
| NoodleFight | 2001-03-01 | EMI Records Limited | Zombie Flesh Eaters | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | NoodleFight is a side-scrolling platform game starring Gorillaz band member Noodle. During the shoot for the music video of Clint Eastwood, the co-star stunt ghoulies get carried away and drag off Murdoc to their lair. It's up to Noodle to track Murdoc down and return him safely to Gorillaz' KONG Studios. The player is simply required to get from one side of the level to the other by jumping over obstacles and across gaps. The player controls Noodle primarily with the arrow keys to jump, and more left and right. The player starts the game with 3 lives and 3 continues, the player can find additional lives that they can pick up in each level. Once the player runs out of lives and continues it's game over, and the player has to start the game from the very beginning. |
| Pogromca Szczurów | 2001-03-01 | | Albion Sp. z o.o. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pogromca Szczurów is an action platformer slightly inspired by Lode Runner. Player takes control over an unnamed hero (narrator calls him “noble knight”) who has just been informed that rats led by their king Gryzor have conquered the kingdom. Hero is the only one who can save it.Player controls hero using arrow keys - left and right move player in horizontal axis, up arrow makes hero jump and, if standing near the rope, climb using it. Enter key puts a mechanical cat that makes rats run away in the opposite direction. Space key sets one of two traps to catch rats or picks up items (mechanical cat or trap). Once a rat is trapped, the player has to pick up the cage to receive a point.There are two types of rats: grey that will follow the player even if the trap is on the path and white which will abandon following the player in a similar case. White rats can also hurt the player with “green balls” released from their mouthsIndicators visible at the top inform the player about: number of lives (candle), mechanical cat (is it available to use), two types of traps and their availability to use, “pause/continue” button, “progress” bar that indicates how many rats have to be caught and number of points. Player can pause or continue the game by clicking on the “Start/Pauza” button in the top center of the indicator bar. |
| Robot Arena | 2001-03-01 | Infogrames, Inc., WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Gabriel Interactive, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Mecha / giant robot | | | Everyone | | Windows | Taking remote controlled robot action straight from television shows such as "Battlebots" and "Robot Wars", Robot Arena allows players to completely design their own battle robot, with weapons such as axes, hammers, buzz saws, and spikes. Then you take them out to compete for cash. Win, and you get to upgrade your machine. Lose and you might not have enough cash to fix your robot. |
| Rode Kill: A Day in the Life | 2001-03-01 | Zombie Chow | SaNiTaRiUm Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Continuing the tradition of great adventure faring sanitation engineers, the game is the story of a regular guy Rodney Kill, just trying to get through another work day.That's where you come in. You see, today happens to be the day when the starship crew gets to go on shore leave. Shore leave is a great thing involving not working and having fun. The problem is, Rode can't join his crew mates until he finishes his duties, and that's where it all starts...Designed with the Adventure Game Studio engine, this game is a freeware point-and-click adventure game, which integrates Sierra's icon-based interface and LucasArts' verbs list. |
| Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare | 2001-03-01 | SEGA Enterprises Ltd. | Overworks, Red Company Corporation | Adventure, Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style adventure | Interwar, Steampunk | Mecha / giant robot | Point and select | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Japan, 1920's. After having defeated the ultimate evil, the charming ladies of the Hanagumi Squad and their young commander Ichiro Ogami believe that Japan is safe forever. But their archenemy is resurrected by a mysterious hand. And even though the heroes defeat him once again, they realize that sooner or later they'll have to confront the masked demon who has brought their foe back to life, find out who or what is pulling the strings behind the scene, and revive once again the tragic past.Being a direct continuation to the first Sakura Taisen, the second installment is very similar to it graphically and gameplay-wise. The game is divided into adventure and battle modes. In adventure mode, the player controls Ichiro Ogami, moving around the theater (into which the base is disguised), trying to initiate conversations with the girls and choosing timed responses, which influence the hero's relationship with the girl and also slightly affect her parameters in combat. Battles are pre-set and take place on large isometric fields, on which the player navigates mech-piloting girls and Ichiro himself, fighting enemy forces in turn-based combat. There are two new characters in the game, and several refinements to the timed answer system. |
| Smugglers | 2001-03-01 | Niels Bauer Software Design | Niels Bauer Software Design | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The year is 2450. The Federation has settled many distant worlds. However, dissatisfied colonies at the far reaches of human space have broken off from the Federation and reformed themselves into the Outer Rim Alliance. War soon follows, not only between the Federation and the Outer Rim solar systems, but even between planets within many seemingly secure systems.You start as a freelance captain of a small spaceship with a desire for glory. You can join the army of each side and help fight the war. You may become a peaceful trader, ferrying needed goods from planet to planet and from one system to another. You can become a pirate, plundering vessels from both sides and smuggling illegal goods. It doesn't matter what you do, only that you'll reach your goal - to become the richest smuggler in all of known space.Smugglers is a space trading simulator with minor combat aspects. In each game you aim to achieve the highest score, based on your net worth. To do so you can buy cheap goods and sell them where they're most needed, or to plunder the ships of your enemies. The star map is the same in each game, but the shift in prices (viewable from the Trading Information screen that allows you to compare prices), military developments and various encounters are randomized in each game.You are able to purchase bigger ships, with bigger cargo bays, shield and weapon strength and customize them with special items. The local banking system allows you to take loans and each of the two factions will reward its freelance captains who earn enough fame in combat. |
| Sail Simulator 4 | 2001-03-02 | Stentec Software | Stentec Software | Simulation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sail Simulator 4 is a sailboat simulation, it is a single player game with a multiplayer option for on-line play,The game offers the player three sailing areas, a training area, the Isle d'Ouessant (France), and the Vierwaldstatter Sea (Switzerland) together with seven different types of craft, the Soling, Flying Dutchman, Laser, Optimist, Volk, Sailing Cruiser, and the Volvo Ocean Racer.
There is a full range of instrumentation, customisable weather conditions, and a 'style editor' which allows the player to customise any boat's colour scheme to their own personal taste.
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| Sammy the Suricate in Lion Land | 2001-03-06 | Suricate Software | Suricate Software | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Sammy the Suricate in Lion Land is a 3D action game where the player guides Sammy, an antropomorphic suricate/meerkat through enclosed mazes in various environments. The game play has two modes, one called 'jump&run', the other 'think&run', the latter has a more puzzle-like style.The full game has 40 maps to traverse, while running and jumping to avoid the similarly humanised and hungry lions chasing him. In order to exit the map, Sammy need to pick up all gems on the level. To help Sammy on the way and keep the lions at bay, there are elevators, teleporters, and collectible wasps used as weapons spread out on the map.A free demo with fewer levels (12 beginner levels, 8 advanced levels) could be downloaded from the developers website (defunct since 2018), though it had some nag-screens to make you purchase the full version. There was also some bonus levels to download, one for the demo and four for the full game. |
| Passage 3 | 2001-03-08 | TopWare Interactive Poland Sp. z o.o. | GEKKO Software GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Passage 3 is a puzzle game that combines mechanics of Tetris and Domino. The goal is to arrange tiles by specific pattern and form “passages”. As the main rule, adjacent tiles must be either of the same color or show the same image. Achieving “passage” can be done by setting up all rule-matching tiles in line of either horizontal or vertical axis. “Playfield” always consists of 8 columns and 12 rows.Player uses only the computer mouse - left click to place tile on the playfield. If a player tries to put tile on an incorrect cell, the lector guides with an explanation of the rules. In case when tile cannot be placed on the cell, it has to be skipped by using right click on the tile.Game has a time limit and “credits” mechanics. If a player performs invalid move (placing tile on the wrong field or skipping tile that could be placed in the game area), the player's credits number decreases by one or three. Player loses when he has no credits left or time’s up.Apart from the standard tiles, there are also special tiles: “gray” tiles give possibility to place any other tile as adjacent. “Star” tiles give possibility to delete 1, 2 or 3 adjacent tiles.The game contains 4 modes:
Construct: all specified cells in playfield must be filled with tiles
Continue: the goal is to “survive” as long as possible by forming passages since tiles are generated without an end
Clear: all specified tiles (pre-placed in the game area) must be cleared (by forming passages)
Classic: player has to place all 72 tiles in the game areaThere are 3 difficulty levels:
Easy: the player starts with 40 credits and there is no time limit, but score per each passage is lower
Medium: the player starts with 30 credits and there are bonus points depending on how fast the player is with forming passages
Hard: the player starts with 20 credits and each tile has to be placed within 6 seconds limit.
The game provides high scores tracking with the possibility to send scores to the Internet as well as download them. It is also possible to save the game state and reload it using the corresponding menu. There are 8 schemes for tiles with unique colours and images. |
| Moon Cresta | 2001-03-09 | Nichibutsu | Nichibutsu | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Moon Cresta is a vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up. The action involves the player moving their ship along the base of the screen, while wave after wave of aliens come towards it. The yellow aliens split when shot, while the magenta ones are the toughest of all. Once the coast is clear, the player must attempt to manually dock their ship in a limited amount of time. Docking successfully will earn the player bonus points. |
| Earth 2150: The Moon Project | 2001-03-12 | Game Studios | TopWare Programmy Sp. z o.o. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In the year 2150, Mankind are at war... The three factions: Lunar Corporation, Eurasian Dynasty, and United Civilized States are battling for control of Earth and who gets to get off... While the battle for Earth itself rages... News came from the moon... The Lunar Corporation has a secret project on the dark side, known only as "Project Sunlight". What kind of secret is Lunar Corporation hiding? A UCS fleet was dispatched to investigate...The Moon Project is the sequel to Earth 2150, a 3D real-time strategy game. While adding new campaigns, new technology, new units, and a brand new terrain, TMP also adds more, such as a full editor that allows the player to create their own textures for the vehicles and buildings, even EarthC, the internal programming language used in the creation of the series. |
| Pop'em | 2001-03-12 | Free Lunch Design AB | Free Lunch Design AB | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pop'em is a simplified tile matching puzzle game. Like many Free Lunch Design releases, the game can be played quickly during a coffee break.Using only the mouse, the objective is to clear all the tiles from a 10x8 grid and achieve the highest score. Two or more adjacent tiles can be removed by clicking on them. When clicked, tile groups poised for removal will vibrate, click again to remove them. Tiles succumb to gravity and fall when others below are removed. Just like in other games such as Sega Swirl, bigger clumps of matching tiles means bigger bonuses. The game is over when the board is cleared or no tile matches are left.There are four modes of game play that can be changed between games, or before a change has been made to the starting grid.
Traditional: New tiles will not appear, are affected by gravity and columns shift right when a full column gap appears.
Continuous: Same as Traditional except removing columns will cause new blocks to appear from the left.
Shifter: Same as Traditional except gravity pulls from the right as well.
Megashifter: Combines Continuous and Shifter.
The game also also allows the player to undo the last move, has soothing music, a high score table, and five sets of tile themes that can be changed anytime. |
| The Blair Witch Experience: Special Limited Edition Collector's Set | 2001-03-13 | Artisan Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Blair Witch Experience is a limited edition boxset that contains the Blair Witch Trilogy:
Blair Witch, Volume I: Rustin Parr
Blair Witch, Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock
Blair Witch, Volume III: The Elly Kedward TaleIt also contains the following movies on DVD:The Blair Witch Project (Special Edition)
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (Special Edition DVD/CD w/soundtrack)As a bonus, it also includes a Blair Witch twine pendant. |
| Star Trek: Away Team | 2001-03-14 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | After the events of the "Dominion War", Starfleet Command realized that not every problem can be solved by it's exploratory and scientific starships. Sometimes discreet inquiry by a special operations team may be needed. The USS Incursion is built to handle covert operations and is equipped with a holographic masking system enabling it to disguise itself as any ship in the known universe. With seventeen of the best hand-picked operatives in the Federation, Captain Marcus Refalian sets out to investigate strange happenings among a group calling itself the "Wardens" and the work of Klingon scientists. It's not long before the crew of the USS Incursion find themselves wrapped in a plot that threatens not only the Federation but potentially the balance of power throughout the galaxy.Star Trek: Away Team is turn-based strategy game taking place in an isometric view. The gameplay is influenced by other titles such as Commandos and X-Com. Players must coordinate the crew to solve various scenarios without being discovered by the guards or security system. The first order of business on each mission is to select the away team members from the group of twelve experts, each with their own statistics and specialty skills. Players then guide their operatives towards their goals while avoiding detection and minimizing casualties. The enemy will have cameras, sensors, and patrols. If the team are discovered by a security system, there is usually a way to find the system terminal and erase the records. Enemies will pickup on sound but minimizing sound means slow movement. If combat breaks out, team members are equipped with a variety of weapons including phasers, disruptors, holographic decoys and mines to dispatch the foes. |
| Breath of Fire III | 2001-03-15 | Acer TWP Corp | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Capcom's third installment of its epic RPG. Breath of Fire III is the first installment of the Breath of Fire Series to appear on the Playstation (And later ported to the PSP). Set free by the the workers of Dauna Mine, Ryu of the Brood learns to both understand his power, and to understand the history of his extinct kind. By both utilizing Ryu's unique power and the abilities of those whom assist him, players will uncover the history of the Brood, learn more about the characters, and the very reason why the Brood were wiped out.Players control Ryu and his allies on their journey, each of Ryu's friends have abilities only they can use, and they will have to work together to make their way through the obstacles and enemies that they encounter; creativity is key to your success in this game!Ryu eventually is able to utilize his power of the Brood, allowing him to ascend into various dragon-like forms. This is done using a gene-splicing system that dictates what sort of form Ryu will take.Breath of Fire III also includes a Master System, which permits Ryu and his allies to learn from various people to augment their abilities differently as they gain experience; these trainers can also teach abilities to those whom train hard under them. |
| Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel | 2001-03-15 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | 14° East, Micro Forté Pty. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | Regional differences | | | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Mature | Isometric | Windows | After the great war, the wasteland is inhabited by a wide variety of mutated species... And one force of order and justice: the Brotherhood of Steel. As a new initiate to the Brotherhood, you will undertake different missions to take on Raiders and such as you attempt to protect the fragile respawning of civilization... and discover the new threat to the west...Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel is essentially the combat portion of the original Fallout series, with a new campaign, graphical polish, a set of random encounters, and a world map. The emphasis is on squad tactics and tactical combat, though your characters will grow like in any RPG. |
| Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns | 2001-03-15 | Strategy First, Inc. | TimeGate Studios, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns is a real-time strategy game set in a fantasy world where you take on the role of an immortal known as the Kohan. Your race once ruled the world, but was devastated in a series of massive cataclysms. As an immortal you have reawakened to a new world, unlike the one you once knew. Now you must come to grips with your past glory, your present hardship, and your future destiny. If you are to return your race to their rightful glory you must solve the mystery of their destruction.Gameplay includes the conquering and upgrading of cities witch allow you to train troops, as well as building mines. Cities and mines are located on predetermined locations. Troops are organized in companies with a captain or Kohan at the head of a squat. Units in a squat can include infantry, cavalry, archer and spell casters. Playable races include Mareten (humans), Gauri (dwarves), Drauga (orcs), Haroun (elves), Slaan (lizardfolk), Undead, and Shadow each with their own units, weaknesses and strengths. The game was followed by an standalone expansion called Kohan: Ahriman's Gift. |
| Triple Play Baseball | 2001-03-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Treyarch Invention, LLC | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Triple Play Baseball is part of the EA Sports line of MLB Baseball sims. This edition was released in 2001 and would have been called Triple Play 2002 if they had not dropped the year off the title. Like previous editions you can pick from any of the teams in the National League or American League. Mostly little has changed with this edition except for a world tournament that has been added. You have to win the World Series however to see this option. |
| 3D DesertRun | 2001-03-17 | | | Action | 1st-person, Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Arcade | | Flight / aviation | | | | Isometric | Windows | Set in the desert, you are in control of a 3d hover craft and your objective is to collect all 11 stars in as short a time as possible while avoiding obstacles like rocks, cacti, and enemy hovercraft. The game can be played in 3 different camera perspectives 1st person, isometric and top down. |
| High Heat Major League Baseball 2002 | 2001-03-17 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | High Heat 2002 is the 3rd game in the "High Heat" series. Gone from the previous two games is the Sammy Sosa title. Like the previous games HH2002 is a total baseball simulator. You can set back and just manage your team or you can get right on the field and play each game. You can configure the game in many different formats. You can:
Lengthen or Shorten a season
Create new teams
Re-arrange the divisons
move players from different teams before the game starts
Change team settings
Create custom made players
...and generally do just about anything you wantFrom the swing of the bat to making blockbuster trades you have all the controls. |
| Loonyland: Halloween Hill | 2001-03-19 | Hamumu Software | Hamumu Software | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dr. Lunatic wasn't always old; here, you will find a story of his childhood. The location is Bulgaria in the 1800s. His goal is to find out what is going on behind everything happening at Halloween Hill. There are many strange creatures to fight and even stranger weapons to use, such as whoopee cushions and slingshots. Collect many different items to help improve your weapons, and collect new weapons - all to help you complete your mission.The game also has various items you will need to get in order to progress in the game, including Super Gro Fertilizer. It is up to you to find the items and find where you can use them. You can also find and unlock 40 secret features and 7 playable characters as you move through the game. It is also possible to talk to villagers and undertake quests. |
| Championship Euchre All-Stars | 2001-03-21 | DreamQuest Software | DreamQuest Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Championship Euchre All-Stars is a single player, shareware, version of this classic trick taking card game.
Euchre has been played since 1860 and consequently over time many rule and scoring variations have developed. In this game there are around a dozen variations for Bid Euchre and over twenty-five scoring variations for standard euchre including a penalty for taking a trick containing the queen of spades, optional gate bonuses, and both sun-shot and moon-shot bonuses.There are five types of Euchre available with this game: Classic Euchre - where the player partners a computer friend and No Trump bids are not permitted
British Euchre - also played as in pairs with Jokers included in the deck and where No Trump bids are allowed
Bid Euchre - which uses Whist-like bidding
Call Best - A single player gets the partners best card
Cut Throat - where players are scored individually The default euchre card deck in this game is twenty-four cards, the top six of each suit, with six cards dealt to each player in Bid Euchre and five cards in all the other forms of the game. Championship Euchre All-Stars caters for a further eight decks right up to a forty-eight card double deck that is specific to a Bid Euchre variation.
Apart from the Cut-Throat option most games are played in pairs and the player can select their computer partner from the twenty-four available and customise their playing style to suit their own. The game has five levels of difficulty, music and sound effects, player taunts, a hint/coach system and in-game help files. The card back, face and table can be customised, plug-ins for additional artwork and players can be added as can additional game-room skins and MIDI music tracks.
The game is played entirely with the mouse. |
| 2001 TetRize | 2001-03-22 | AxySoft | AxySoft | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 2001 TetRize is a Tetris game with 3D graphics. The rules are identical to typical Tetris games: arrange the falling blocks by moving and rotating them in mid-air, in order to fill in and erase entire rows. After every few erased rows the game progresses to the next level where the gameplay becomes faster. In the earlier versions, there are three different play modes: Classic, Original and Crazy. The "Original" and "Crazy" modes add bonus blocks, i.e. "score" which gives bonus points and "clear all" which destroys blocks in the playing area; in the "Crazy" mode the gameplay is especially fast. In later versions, the game instead offers "Color Blocks" and "Rotated Color Blocks" variants. In "Color Blocks" the pieces are vertical stacks of three tiles of various colors, and the player can change the order of the colors in the falling piece. Creating a horizontal line of three or more tiles of the same color removes the blocks from the playfield. In "Rotated Color Blocks" the rules are the same, but the pieces are horizontal in shape and the player has to create vertical lines. In all three modes, bonuses appear in mid-air throughout the game and can be grabbed by touching them with the falling pieces. |
| Avernum 2 | 2001-03-23 | Spiderweb Software | Spiderweb Software | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Avernum 2 is an overhaul of Exile 2: Crystal Souls. This version uses an improved Nethergate engine and adds new spells, quests, characters, classes, and other things. The conversations have changed from asking about one work to get a response to asking preset questions. The effect is a more natural conversation such as in a game like Baldur's Gate or other similar RPGs. If you are not familiar with Exile 2: The Crystal Souls, you play as a party of adventurers. Your duty is to make sure that you help the ancient Vahnatai and secure a peace between your two peoples. Your people, the Exiles, need their help to defeat the invading Empire forces. |
| Serious Sam: The First Encounter | 2001-03-23 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Croteam | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | When aliens ruled by the evil Mental attack Earth, it is up to Sam "Serious" Stone, one of the toughest guys on Earth, to time-travel back to Ancient Egypt in order to change history by defeating Mental back in the ancient times. The First Encounter tells about the first part of Sam's voyage through Egypt. Serious Sam: The First Encounter is a high-adrenaline first-person shooter heavily focused on frantic arcade-style single player action. The game goes "back to roots" of the first-person shooter genre; it does not feature intricate story, character interaction or the need for careful tactics which were becoming common in the FPS's of its time, instead concentrating on epic battles where the player, armed with powerful weaponry, takes on tens or even hundreds of enemies at once. Sam travels through deserts, Egyptian temples, palaces and cities, killing countless enemies and occasionally stopping to solve a more or less easy puzzle. There are many weapons to be found; they are all classic FPP armaments - shotguns, chainguns, rocket launchers etc., up to the most powerful weapon: a cannon which shoots devastating cannonballs. There are also many pick-ups, of course, containing ammo, health and armor. The enemies come in many varieties - headless suicide bombers, giant bio-mechanical creatures that shoot missiles, scorpions with chainguns, bulls that charge at Sam, etc. There are also a couple of powerful bosses. Sam has a mini-computer which contains basic info about the levels he's travelling through, weapons he collects and enemies he kills. |
| Wizardry Chronicle | 2001-03-23 | KSS | KSS | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Wizardry Chronicle is a Japanese Wizardry spin-off. It is a role-playing game derivative of the original Wizardry games, with a menu town and a maze below to explore, monsters to defeat and items to be found. The game features five races, of which all but Humans are new: Sadeeq, Mirelli, Tairon and Wallbach. There are 15 different character classes, most of them familiar from other Wizardry games. |
| Two Handed Net Spades | 2001-03-24 | | Windswept Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Two Handed Net Spades is a card game that can be played as a stand-alone single player game against the computer or against other players via a network or via Windswept Software's Game network. It was released as a 'taster' game to promote Windswept Software's games and utilities CD which can be ordered via this game.The game is a trick taking game in which spades are always the trump suit. In the first phase of the game the player builds their hand of thirteen cards. The game offers two cards, one face up and one face down, and the player chooses one or the other until the hand is complete. They then decide how many tricks they think can be made with their hand and make a bid, the computer does likewise, and the hand is then played out.
Points are scored for achieving the stated amount of tricks and for each over-trick. A bonus is scored for taking just the number of tricks that was bid and points are lost for not achieving the target.Two Handed Net Spades was also released as a shareware game. This version was time limited and the option to play via the internet was disabled. |
| In Cold Blood | 2001-03-25 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Revolution Software Ltd. | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth | | | | | Mature | | Windows | In the near future, Cold War has reignited between USA and People's Republic of China. CIA has requested assistance of British MI6 to send an agent into Volgia, a fictional state under control of General Nagarov which he founded after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The player takes control of John Cord, MI6 agent chosen for the assignment. His investigation turns out to be anything but simple.In Cold Blood has characteristics of an adventure game, a stealth game, and a shooter. It relies on puzzle-solving but also includes action segments. Progress in the game is mostly achieved by collecting items and talking to various characters to find clues. Many conversations consist of multiple-choice dialogues. At certain points it is necessary to use stealth to proceed undetected, or attempt to solve the situation violently. Combat is fairly simple and consists of melee fighting (punches) or shooting. |
| Bubble Shooter | 2001-03-26 | Absolutist Ltd. | Absolutist Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bubble Shooter is a Bust-A-Move variant. Like in Bust-A-Move the player uses a cannon to shoot coloured balls into the playing area in order to get high score. If three or more balls of the same colour connect, they form a match and disappear. After six bubbles are shot, a new row is added near the top. If the playing area is entirely filled with balls, the game is over.The premium version for Android and iOS has the Collector and Sniper game modes, four difficulty levels, online tournaments and customizable bubble skins. The premium PC version has three themes (Classic, Gems, and Underwater), as well as eight bubble skins. By earning 50,000 points a screensaver is unlocked. |
| Crazy Drake | 2001-03-26 | eGames, Inc. | One Reality | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Crazy Drake is a side-scrolling action game similar to Earthworm Jim, in which the player controls a duck, Crazy Drake, through various levels set in six different episodes.One night in LoonVille, Prince Drake was playing his favourite video game. Unbeknownst to him, the Evil Dr. FoulBrain broke into the palace and stole the Sacred GoldenEgg, which was the source of power in the kingdom. Since Prince was to blame for not guarding the egg, he knew what had to be done and became Crazy Drake.The game controls like a standard side-scrolling platformer. The player's main attack is a gun with unlimited ammo and they can find special items that can give them Silver Bullets for the gun and a special secondary weapon called SmartBomb. The levels are ridden with hidden items like extra lives, first aid items, and even items that will teleport the player to hidden and secret levels. |
| Black & White | 2001-03-27 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Lionhead Studios Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Puzzle elements, Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy, Prehistoric | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Spiritual descendant of the Populous games, Black & White is a 'god' game in which players take the role of a fledgling deity, called upon by people in need. Entering the 3D world, players can manipulate objects, move people, and cast miracles. To assist the player, there also exists a creature with its own intelligence and personality. Both the players and their associated creature will evolve during the course of the game, becoming benevolent beings, cruel tyrants, or somewhere in between. As the player's characters develop, both their creature and the land itself will change, depending on their alignment. Although the main purpose of the game is to work through the five lands of Eden and win the faith of as many of the tribes as possible, the game is somewhat open ended in its aspects of wandering, exploring, and developing the sidekick creature.The creatures in the game feature their own artificial intelligence and will grow like a child, both physically and emotionally. They'll learn by example and put together their own moral codes based on what they witness and learn. Players can pet or scold their creature, nurture it, spoil it, or abuse it. In the end, Black & White is part strategy game, part role-playing game, part child rearing simulator, and part self-examination of the player's personality. |
| Summoner | 2001-03-27 | THQ Inc. | Volition, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Joseph was a simple boy living in the village of Ciran. One day, a mysterious man gave him a magical ring containing the power to summon demons. When Ciran was attacked by raiders, Joseph used the ring, but could not control its power, and the demon devastated the village. Joseph vowed to never use the ring again. But things change when soldiers from Orenia, a continent ruled by Emperor Murod, attack the town Joseph has settled in, looking for a boy born with the mark of a Summoner. Joseph has to flee and find companions as he realizes that the Emperor must be stopped at all costs.Summoner is a 3D story-driven role-playing game somewhat influenced by the Japanese variety of the genre, having a linear plot progression and random enemy encounters. The player controls a party of characters who join the protagonist as dictated by the plot. Combat flows in real time, with the player actively controlling only one character. The others can be given general orders regarding their usage of spells, melee or ranged attacks, etc. The controlled character can execute combo chains if the player presses a key at the right moment. At some point in the game Joseph gains the ability to summon powerful monsters to help the party in battles. The game also features side quests and skill-based character development. |
| Ultima Online: Third Dawn | 2001-03-27 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | ORIGIN Systems, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Third Dawn, the forth episode in the Ultima Online series, continues the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing games) tradition, with an improved 3D presentation and plenty of new areas, warriors and beasts to keep you going for hours. |
| Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle | 2001-03-28 | Strategy First, Inc. | BreakAway Games Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Take command of Napoleon's troops or Wellington's army and change history in this epic game based on the award winning Sid Meier's Gettysburg engine. Waterloo accurately depicts Napoleonic warfare in one of the most famous battles of all time. Over 60 different uniforms, (Old and Young Guard, hussars, dragoons, and cuirassiers), and dozens of historical landmarks portrayed. Over 25 historical and speculative scenarios with the additional ability to design your own random battles. Multiplayer allows up to 8 players over Lan or Internet. |
| Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive (Demo Version) | 2001-03-29 | Infogrames Europe SA | Spellbound Studios | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Stealth | Western | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive (Demo Version) is the demo version for Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive. It features a new mission which is not included in the full version. Cooper, Doc and Kate arrive in a small town which lost control to the wanted criminal Dillon. The heroes want to capture him alive to receive the bounty...Desperados is a real-time tactics game similar to the Commandos series. Because the player characters are dying quickly in an open fight the goal is to dispatch the foes quietly, quickly and unseen. The player has several functions available to help him at this quest, e.g. he can blend in the view of the enemies to help planning his actions. Every character has special abilities, e.g. Cooper can throw his knife or Kate can seduce some enemies to entice them to a safe spot. A unique feature is the "quick-time" function where the player can programme a series of actions and trigger them by pressing one key.The July 2018 update for the full game brought this mission to its digital releases. |
| Homeworld Universe | 2001-03-29 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Homeworld
Homeworld: Cataclysm |
| Kawasaki Fantasy Motocross | 2001-03-29 | Nitro Games, Inc. | Canopy Games | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle | | | Everyone | | Windows | This Kawasaki-licensed motocross racing game gives players the possibility to ride one of three Kawasaki two-stroke dirtbikes (KX125, KX250, or KX500) over 7 tracks in diverse scenarios. These range from a farm in the countryside, over Egyptian ruins, to an active volcanic area.Players can choose a rider and a bike, as well as tweak the bike's setup. Then, they can choose one of the two available game modes: Racing or Freestyle.In racing mode, the player competes with up to 7 computer-controlled riders to complete a certain number of laps on the selected course. In freestyle mode, the player is riding alone in a special stunt arena of the selected scenario, and tries to collect as many stunt points as possible in the time given. |
| Tribes 2 | 2001-03-29 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Dynamix, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Mecha / giant robot | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Tribes 2 is the sequel to Starsiege: Tribes. Like its predecessor, it is a team-based first-person-shooter designed primarily for online multiplay. While getting kills certainly helps, the player must also achieve the various objectives specified in the scenario, ranging from attack-and-hold objective, to assaults on enemy fortresses, taking enemy flags, and more. Each member must weigh the trade-off between firepower and protection, as well how much ammo to carry. Tribes 2 adds vehicles to the mix, as well as a new race, and larger maps.Weapons vary from the sniper laser rifle to chain guns to grenade launchers to the massive mortar. Tribes 2 adds three brand new weapons, including melee shock lance, missile launcher (used against the new air vehicles), and ELF gun (drains energy from target). The game supports multiplayer over Sierra's WON.NET, which was also used for the multiplayer part of Half-Life. |
| Postal Plus | 2001-03-30 | Softek International Inc. | | Action, Compilation | Diagonal-down | | Horror | Shooter | | | Jonathan Isabelle | | Mature | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Postal Plus is a compilation containing:
the original Postal
the Special Delivery add-on.
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| Relics: The 2nd Birth | 2001-03-30 | Bothtec, Inc. | Bothtec, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Relics: The 2nd Birth is an action role-playing game. Being a sequel to Relics: The Recur of Origin, this game retains the core gameplay of the former title, having players explore dungeons in the isometric perspective and relying on the possession mechanic. Unlike most RPGs, Relics doesn't award players with experience points when defeating enemies and the key to powering up lies within swapping characters, acquiring their skills and using the appropriate skills and attacks to clear the path from enemies and get to the next area of a dungeon.Compared to its predecessor, the game has players take the role of a living character and adds up to two extra party members that follow players and assist them in battles. The game also changes the latency system to allow players to transfer skills from one creature to another. Characters now have 6 attributes such as Fire, Ice, Wind, Thunder, Holy and Demon as well as HP and SP recovery speed. The 2nd Birth adds a new faction to the series: Mutants and there are over 120 distinctive characters for players to possess. Some extra RPG elements were added as well such as shops where players can sell the items they've gathered at dungeons and use the gold to purchase various jewels and healing items. The game has multiple endings, but there are no branching paths in the story and in order to get them, players have to finish the game and start over using their save files.New and unique to this game is a multiplayer mode which allows up to four players to explore four vast dungeons together via LAN and the Internet. Clearing these maps and defeating their bosses rewards players with exclusive items which can be transferred into the Single Player campaign.The story of Relics: The 2nd Birth is set in the distant future. A group of MARX colonists have settled on another planet and during their research, they found out about the everlasting conflict between the HEAVEN and HELL factions. Among the discoveries they've made was the ability to separate one's spirit from the body and transfer it to other life forms. The colonists titled this ability "Spirit Ride". This game has players take the role of Randy, the Spirit Ride experimental unit's commander and players will once again get caught up in the conflict between the two factions. During his journey, Randy destroys his own body, breaking up with his human self and is reincarnated as a HELL creature, which is what the 2nd Birth stands for. |
| Evil Dead: Hail to the King | 2001-04-01 | THQ Inc. | Heavy Iron Studios, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Horror | Shooter | | | | | Mature | Cinematic camera | Windows | Ash, the square-jawed, insult-spewing, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed hero from the cult classic Evil Dead trilogy is back. Picking up eight years after the last installment of the Evil Dead films, Ash is drawn back to the infamous cabin in the woods only to again face evil forces that have crossed over to our world. Our hero finds himself slicing and dicing carnivorous Kandarian demons, vicious deadites, and other unspeakable atrocities spawned by the notorious Book of the Dead. And in true Evil Dead fashion, Ash must once again attempt to save the world from an appalling and horrific end.
Evil Dead: Hail to the King is a survival horror game with over-the-top bloodlust and signature Ash humor--all within the confines of the Evil Dead universe. |
| ExcaliBug | 2001-04-01 | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Enigma Software Productions, S.L. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Stealth | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | ExcaliBug is a mixture between Commandos and RPG. The first noteworthy aspect of the game is its unusual scenario: It is set in the world of bugs. The player takes the command over four of them, all with different classes, e.g. fighter or mage. The goal in the 15 missions is the completion of quests, e.g. finding a lump of sugar.Like in other tactic games the player characters are easily killed. The consequence of this is the need of stealth and planned proceeding. The classes have different abilities which are needed to progress in the game. With every solved quest and killed enemy the bugs get experience points which are used to advance their levels. Except for the mage (he gets new spells) this has no other effect than improving the fighting strength. |
| Jumpy's World | 2001-04-01 | Kelly Media GmbH | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Jumpy's World is a 3D action game. Jump from stone to stone and discover your surroundings. Collect bonus items and avoid unsafe stones and obstacles like rocks, frogs, spiders and snakes. Collect the required points to finish the level. 30 levels are included in different scenarios such as space or jungle. |
| RIM: Battle Planets | 2001-04-01 | Fishtank Interactive | TriNodE Entertainment Systems | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | A human space carrier reaches the "Outer Rim" to explore new worlds, obtain powerful technology and find tracks of an ancient alien race...RIM is a 3D turn-based strategy game in the tradition of Battle Isle. It offers a simple and intuitive interface, six different races (humans, aliens, robots) and all in all 70 units with different weapons, special abilities and individual damage systems.There is one campaign, with 28 long missions including scripting events and different goals.Each turn has three phases:
the moving phase (in this phase the computer moves and selects targets)
the attacking phase with selecting targets and/or using special abilities
the "entertainment phase" in which all attacking commands are performed and shown in a non-interactive real-time 3D movie sequence
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| Springer | 2001-04-01 | | | Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Springer, you control the chess piece of the same name (German Springer = English knight) in a non-chess game.While the board size is still of a chess board (8x8), it is colored with six different colors. And the knight is the only chess piece in the game.The goal of this freeware game is simple. Move the knight (with chess correct movement) through the board, while jumping on white, cyan, yellow, green and magenta squares and avoiding the red squares (the first five give point, the last one costs points) until you can't move anymore, as already used squares become black and non-usable.The game can be played alone or against another player. |
| Swarog | 2001-04-01 | Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | Swarog is a Russian developed real time strategy game. The player is asked to lead the people of Luzhevya as they settle in a newly discovered land. Of course, this land is populated by fearsome monsters and other baddies that aren't pleased with the new arrivals. Build your settlements, tame the land and prepare for the onslaught. The men and women of Luzhevya are depending on you for their very survival! |
| Adventure at the Chateau d'Or | 2001-04-02 | Karma Labs Inc. | Karma Labs Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A beautiful princess has chosen you to solve the mystery of a castle named "Chateau d'Or" - "The Golden Castle". Once there, you encounter a count whose tricky questions you have to answer in order to find a treasure. Similar to Myst the environment is presented through pre-rendered stills and when you click on an exit you proceed to the next still - there is no fluent movement. The puzzles are mostly the usual logic puzzles, e.g. color or symbol matching, and history quizzes.Adventure at the Chateau d'Or is a 3D adventure game with 3 different difficulty levels which can be set separately for both puzzle types (logic puzzles and knowledge). There is also a map feature to reach places faster. |
| BSE-Bomber | 2001-04-04 | Koch Media AG | Koch Media AG | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In BSE-Bomber the player takes control of a chopper pilot who wants to free Europe from the mad cow disease. In a top-down perspective and keyboard controls similar to Jungle Strike he has to beat 19 levels to achieve this goal. The missions have varied goals like photographing cows or destroying bone meal containers - killing the cows is not one of them. The quicker a mission is completed the more money the player earns. This is used to buy better equipment like bigger engines, radars or cow transport cages which are needed for later missions. During the missions saving is not allowed. |
| Lupin Sansei Typing Soft: 26+α No Kagi | 2001-04-05 | MOVIC Inc. | MOVIC Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | Spy / espionage | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Lupin Sansei Typing Soft: 26+α No Kagi is a typing tutor game which mixes the gameplay with static cutscenes from the manga. In this game players will get the chance to take part in Lupin, Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa, Fujiko Mine or Zenigata Keibu's adventures and after watching a short cutscene, players will need to complete a series of mini-games which involve pressing a specific key on the keyboard or typing words in Japanese. Overall, the game features 25 short stories with this kind of gameplay and will always show an explanation of how to play before starting each mini-game. |
| Rocket Duel | 2001-04-05 | Trumgottist Entertainment | Trumgottist Entertainment | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Rocket Duel is a two-player game where the players control rockets and fly around the battlefield, trying to shoot each other. Each rocket has a limited amount of health and the player loses when his health is completely depleted. On higher difficulty levels, the rockets can be destroyed by running into various obstacles around the map. The rockets can land on walls and ceilings. On lower difficulty levels, the rockets land automatically when they touch the wall but on the highest level, they must be aligned properly or else they will crash. The maps contain various landscape features that complicate gameplay, including water and mud that can be swum in, bumpers that bounce the rockets away, and sheep that can carry rockets around. Apart from regular one-on-one deathmatch maps, the game also contains "capture the flag" maps where each player must steal the opponent's flag and bring it to his base; on some levels there is only one, neutral flag with both players competing for it. |
| Erotica Island | 2001-04-06 | Flare Media Limited | Redfire Software | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Aristocratic playboy, Reggie Rich, has unfortunately crashed his helicopter on a mysterious island. Stranded miles away from his luxury yacht, Reggie's only chance of escape is to persuade the local fisherman (and owner of the island's only boat) to sail him back to his millionaire paradise. The fisherman's fees seem a little steep, however - $10,000, and Reggie's wallet is back on the yacht. Fortunately, the fisherman seems willing to drop the fee to a mere $100 if Reggie can manage to seduce all the women on the island.An adult point-and-click adventure, Erotica Island follows in the footsteps of games like Leisure Suit Larry, with the player having to explore and find items to combine and use to meet the tasks set out by the characters he meets. With a more overt (although never visually explicit) sexual theme present, its art style is a mixture of hand drawn artwork and 3D models, with cut scenes included as rewards for each seduction. |
| Hydro Thunder | 2001-04-06 | Sold Out Sales & Marketing Ltd. | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft, Track racing | | | | | Windows | Port of Midway's arcade boat-racer. The premise is non-existent, you simply rev up the engines and go on 13 water courses set in Antarctica, the far east, the Greek isles, etc. on different types of futuristic boats. Races use the usual arcade checkpoint system and scattered across the courses you'll find an assortment of power-ups and upgrades like nitro boosters. Graphics are entirely 3D with reflective water effects and realistic bouncing and bucking in the boats. Multiplayer competitions are supported for 2 players on the PlayStation version. |
| I Spy | 2001-04-08 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | When the news of Bill Cosby's death in the town of Reality-on-the-Norm shake the nation, Mika Huy - a tabloid photographer - arrives into Reality in order to make a photo of Bill's corpse. But on her way, she comes across some most peculiar individuals and things, and the discovery of Bill Cosby's body might be more breathtaking than she expected...The game is controlled with a mouse; similarly to Sam & Max Hit The Road, right-clicking changes the cursor action (Walk to, Look at, Interact with, Talk to), while moving the cursor to the top of the screen makes a menu appear, allowing you to easily change the cursor actions, access one's inventory or save/load/quit the game. |
| RON 2 and 1/2: Fowl Play | 2001-04-08 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The town Sheriff - a law-keeper in the town of Reality-on-the-Norm - has a new case on his hands: he needs to hunt down and arrest a notorious chicken (the protagonist from Vengence of the Chikin), wanted for murdering the brother of Baron Wolfgang. The player controls the Sheriff on his quest to get a warrant to arrest the feral fowl and bring him to justice. The game is controlled with a mouse; similarly to Sam & Max Hit The Road, right-clicking changes the cursor action (Walk to, Look at, Interact with, Talk to), while moving the cursor to the top of the screen makes a menu appear, allowing you to easily change the cursor actions, access one's inventory or save/load/quit the game. |
| Der Clown | 2001-04-10 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Adventure | | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Der Clown is an action adventure game, based on the German TV series of the same name. You are tasked with finding the missing daughter of a manager and deliver her to the police. The player gets to solve puzzles at over 30 locations and has to talk to 20 different characters from the series to get clues. All characters are modeled after their counterparts from the series. Also included are video sequences and the soundtrack of the series. |
| Air Command 3.0 | 2001-04-11 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Joe's Games | Simulation | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Air Command 3.0 is an air traffic controlling simulation. The player has to take care of the incoming and outgoing traffic on an airport, including take-off and landing clearance. He also has to make sure that the aircrafts don't crash together and approach the airport from the correct direction. The whole game takes place on a map where all airports and aircrafts are marked; on the right side of the screen is a list of all planes and their destination. When clicking on the entries a menu pops up where the player can give commands like changing the height. When something's about to go wrong the player receives a warning so he can react.The game features several difficulty levels which influence the number of aircrafts. When looking for a further challenge the player has the option to check the "Pilot Communications Problems" mode where the pilots may not follow the instructions correctly. There are ten airports included and with the editor the player can create his own. |
| Die Rache der Sumpfhühner 2 | 2001-04-11 | Koch Media AG | Meridian'93 | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Die Rache der Sumpfhühner 2 is the successor of Die Rache der Sumpfhühner. In twelve backgrounds the player shoots at everything that moves. Targets include chickens, birds, monkeys, penguins and much more. Every background contains up to fifteen levels. Each hit gives a certain amount of points. Also the player can choose between different weapons. |
| Jackpot: Das Quiz um die Million! | 2001-04-11 | Innonics GmbH | Innonics GmbH | Puzzle | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jackpot: Das Quiz um die Million! Is a quiz game for up to 4 players in a hot seat mode. Answer over 1500 questions in 14 categories. Improve your high score by answering fast. |
| UEFA Challenge | 2001-04-12 | Infogrames Europe SA | Infogrames Studios Limited | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | UEFA Challenge is European football with an official UEFA license.The game features the biggest football star players and their teams on 30 authentic stadiums including Old Trafford, Highbury, Anfield, and Nou Camp. Each player has their own playing style.There are more than 125 national and club teams to choose from including Manchester United, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Juventus, and Chelsea.A multi-season mode is also included. |
| Dunjax | 2001-04-14 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Dunjax chronicles the exploits of a space-traveling adventurer who has just crashed his ship on a newly-discovered planetoid. The uncharted sphere appears to have a breathable atmosphere and its own alien inhabitants; unfortunately, when the protagonist awakens from his daze, he finds that a crucial part of the ship's propulsion system has gone missing in action - stolen, or (worse yet) eaten, by the curious (or simply hungry?) natives. Their tracks lead to a series of caves, which must be explored to find the missing part... hopefully in an undigested state.Our intrepid explorer is equipped with an automatic handgun and with levitation boots, which allow for extended jumping acrobatics. The caves can be explored in a quasi-open world fashion, and each one has an exit hidden somewhere within the maze of the dangerous chambers, locked doors, slanted chutes, rocky spikes and lava pools; many walls and floor tiles hide secret passages, which in some cases function as traps. The hostile cave-dwellers do not enjoy human intrusions, and will attempt to take out the player by draining away his lives (which function as hit-points).The action is viewed from a side-scrolling 2D perspective, which considers the protagonist's vision - areas not in direct line-of-sight will remain in the dark until explored. A password is provided at the end of each level, so that the game can always be continued from the next one. |
| Echelon | 2001-04-15 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Madia Entertainment | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Take a bit of Wing Commander, and mix some of the fanciful parts of modern aircraft sims and you'll have an idea of what this game is like. Echelon puts the player in combat over vast landscapes and around cities as a member of an elite fighting force facing down an invasion. Battle takes place in a variety of aircraft with futuristic abilities using a variety of weapons. There is a branching campaign of around 50 missions, and over the course of play you can advance from Lieutenant to Commander and have greater control over how each mission plays out. |
| Tex Atomic's Big Bot Battles | 2001-04-15 | Real Networks, Inc. | LithTech, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | Windows | Tex Atomic's Big Bot Battles is a giant robot sport-fighting game. If you had Championship Wrestlers piloting Monster Trucks through American Gladiator-style events, then you'd have something of the flavor of TABBB. Bots is playable Single-player or Head-to-Head play with nine fully-configurable bots, ten weapons, and four BattleGame events. |
| Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul | 2001-04-16 | Fishtank Interactive | Nival Interactive LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | There is trouble in the land of Gipath. Legends tell of a Chosen One that will come and save its inhabitants. However, they didn't think he'd appear as a mere boy with blond hair and grey pantaloons... This boy, whose name is Zak, finds himself dazed and confused in the middle of some ruins. Without any idea who or where he is, he must travel between three islands in search of his identity, with plenty of tasks to accomplish. Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul is a fantasy role-playing game with real-time combat and stealth elements. The player-controlled party can support up to three people, which are for the most part fixed for scripting reasons. The gameplay focuses on outwitting the enemies by crawling or sneaking to backstab and surprise them, or pickpocketing a valuable item from an unsuspecting victim. Magic is also prominently featured, as many of the enemies are best met with a fire bolt or a lightning strike at long range. The gallery of enemies varies from orcs, wizards and skeletons to mighty dragons, lizards and cyclops.This game also features blueprints which allow players to create their own armor, weapons and other accessories, provided they possess the required materials. There are several types of materials with various characteristics. The player is responsible for equipping every character in the party with items gained from travels and combat. |
| Resident Evil 3: Nemesis | 2001-04-16 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror | Contemporary, North America | | Direct control | | Mature | Cinematic camera | Windows | Resident Evil 3 takes place during the events of Resident Evil 2. The midwestern town of Raccoon City is in ruins, having been overrun with the undead creating T-virus thanks to the wacky hijinks of William Birkin and Umbrella Inc. The player must guide Jill "master of unlocking" Valentine (one of the two main protagonists of the original Resident Evil) out of the city alive. Along the way, Jill will interact with and receive help from (or be hindered by) three Umbrella mercenaries who are also stranded in Raccoon City. Standing in the way of your group's last escape are a horde of flesh-eating zombified citizens, homicidal mutants, and a relentless killing machine known only as Nemesis who is determined to hunt down and kill the survivors of the original Resident Evil, including Jill.A dramatic improvement over Tyrant/Mr. X/G from the previous games, Nemesis can run (faster than Jill, in fact), use firearms (a rocket launcher), dodge attacks, and even move through doors and from room to room in pursuit of Jill. On top of that he still possesses the nigh indestructibility we've come to know from Umbrella's ultimate bio-weapons. Like its two predecessors Resident Evil 3 is a third-person action-adventure game with polygonal characters on pre-rendered backgrounds with cinematic camera angles, a technique originally pioneered by Alone in the Dark. Although the game uses the same basic engine and gameplay as the previous games, the gameplay is improved by features such as auto-targeting, a 180 degree spin, and a new dodge move that allows Jill to avoid enemy attacks. Another addition is Jill's ability to create different kinds of ammunition by mixing together three different types of gunpowder found throughout the game. The game include a randomization feature, which changes the location of certain key items and ammo. Another noteworthy feature is that at certain points in the game, Jill is faced with two choices for a situation, each will affect later story, and even the game ending. The zombies have also been made more diverse.The number of polygons in the character models has also been increased, along with the possible screen resolution and color depth for the PC version (up to 1600 X 1200 at 32 bits, from a maximum of 640 X 480 at 16 bits for Resident Evil 2). Another addition in the PC version is the ability to skip cutscenes as well as the door loading animation.The PC and Dreamcast versions includes all eight of Jill's possible costumes, as well as the mercenary mini-game Operation Mad Jackal which allows you to play as one of the three Umbrella soldiers. On the Playstation version, these special features must be unlocked by beating the game with a high score. |
| Brave Dwarves | 2001-04-17 | GameOver-Games, Ltd | GameOver-Games, Ltd | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Brave Dwarves is a fantasy platform game where you control one of two Dwarves fighting against 'The Great Evil' that has taken over their underground kingdom.The player has a warrior and a mage character to choose from; there are ordinary weapons for the warrior, and magic weapons (incantations) for the mage.
Both the magical and ordinary weapon types and strength depends on the power stored in four orbs for controlling the four elements of Fire, Water, Air and Earth.
The orbs are found laying around on the map, and at the beginning, you only have a single weapon & attack type - for the Warrior its a plain melee attack with his axe - but the orbs & diamonds you find lets you use other attack types: the axe can also throw flaming fire, or homing missiles for example. The mage starts out with a wand that can do a water attack. No damage shows any blood, only smokepuffs.The orbs power source is taken from colored diamonds found in the caves: Green for Earth, Red for Fire, Blue for Water and White for Air.
There are also some diamonds with combined orb energy effects: Light Blue for Air & Water and Purple for Fire & Earth.The underground Kingdom is divided into 50 platform levels, to finish a level three larger Key-diamonds must be found; one each of Green, Red and White color - these will open the door to the next level. In the unregistered version, only five levels are available, and there are some other limitations - the demo has no bosses for instance.In the caves are monsters (of course) but also treasure laying around, which is gathered by walking over them, and added to the player score. Touching a monster loses health. Beakers with blue liquid and large red hearts restore health
A highscore list is available in the registered version, as are passwords & savegames letting a player continue from the last saved location.
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| Hilfe! Ich bin ein Fisch | 2001-04-17 | dtp entertainment AG, Egmont Interactive GmbH | FunDragoon Games & Entertainment GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Like with many movie tie-ins, the happenings in this game are loosely based on the story of the movie with the same name (Help! I'm a Fish). Stella, Fly and Chuck are three children who put themselves in a difficult situation: they drink from a potion which transforms them into sea creatures and they only have 48 hours to mix an antidote which restores their human selves.In the game you get to play all three main characters of the movie in a three-dimensional underwater adventure. The game world consists of big sea areas (mostly natural caves and trenches, but also a sunken ship) beneath the ocean which allows for 360 degrees of free movement. While your main plot is to find ingredients for an antidote, you have to solve many other puzzles by finding and combining items and swimming through mazes.There are also enemies, crabs, which played a significant role as the main enemies in the movie, too. Most of the time you have to avoid them because all three heroes do not have standard attacks and first must find a weapon to be able to defend themselves. |
| King of the Road | 2001-04-17 | 1C Company | SoftLab-Nsk Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | King of the Road is an improved version of Hard Truck 2. The game simulates the life of long-haul truckers, delivering merchandise over a large territory. This involves racing other truckers and having to keep supply and demand in mind. There are different weather circumstances, and from time to time, circuit races where the player is invited and can earn a license to hire other truckers and start a company. Cash is used to upgrade the vehicles, acquire new ones, or to pay other drivers' salaries. The first company to own a 51% share in the delivery market wins.While driving, one must keep track of incoming orders, the truck load and the state of their vehicle. Servicing and refueling at regular intervals is necessary, and it's possible to invest in scanners, protection systems and other equipment. The CB radio is not only used to talk to other drivers, but also to negotiate with the mob and the police, who are always in pursuit, with wild chases over county borders.The main improvements over Hard Truck 2 are the new refueling system in the simulation mode, different fuel prices, a revamped repair menu, better graphics, driving physics and collision objects, new equipment and gameplay balancing.Network multiplayer is available for up to eight players. |
| Nihilism | 2001-04-18 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | In this little, surreal game, you are controlling Tom - a "servant of Yahtzee", sent to the town of Reality-on-the-Norm to make an inspection of the local "Yahtzeebrand" general store. The peculiar, MS-Paint graphics, the surreal humor and a lack of an actual ending make the experience of playing Nihilism quite unusual. The game is controlled with a mouse; similarly to Sam & Max Hit The Road, right-clicking changes the cursor action (Walk to, Look at, Interact with, Talk to). Your inventory, as well as the Save/Load/Quit buttons, are at the bottom of the screen. |
| Pump Fighters | 2001-04-19 | Fully Bugged Software | Fully Bugged Software | Action | Side view | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pump Fighters is a simple action game that allows two human players to play against each other: the winner is the one who hit the keyboard keys as fast as possible in order to make the opponent "explode". The Windows version is a late port with improved graphics. Both are freewares. |
| X-COM: Enforcer | 2001-04-19 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | MicroProse Software, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | During the First Alien War of 1999, a scientist named Able Standard was tasked with the objective of creating a powerful combat robot. Due to funding problems, the project was officially abandoned; however, Professor Standard secretly continued working on it in a secluded area in the Nevada desert. Eventually, he succeeded in creating the ultimate warrior - the Enforcer.X-COM: Enforcer is an arcade third-person shooter based on Unreal Tournament technology and set in the universe of X-COM, which previously hosted squad-based strategy games and a space combat simulation. Completely different from its predecessors, this fifth installment offers arcade action spread over thirty levels.The player controls the Enforcer, sent to combat the alien menace. Professor Standard offers help throughout most of the game. The player can select one weapon at the time and have the Enforcer run and strafe around, while holding the left mouse button to shoot. The stage is usually over after all enemies and transporters have been destroyed. If the player managed to collect the word "bonus", he will advance to a bonus level first.Every two levels the player is able to access a shop where different upgrades and weapons can be bought. If the player has found a question-mark icon in the previous level, a new weapon or power-up will be unlocked. |
| Yoru ga Kuru! Square of the Moon | 2001-04-19 | Alice Soft | Alice Soft | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | One night, an ordinary Japanese teenager named Ryo sees a strange dream... in this dream, a second moon appears on the sky. The next night, Ryo realizes that it was not a dream. Nobody can explain the mysterious appearance. But it has a strange influence on human beings and other creatures, eventually driving them mad. While walking through a forest, Ryo encounters a girl who asks him to build a team of fighters, help her fight the monsters spawned by the moon, and reveal the truth behind this phenomenon.Yoru ga Kuru! Square of the Moon is a dungeon-crawling RPG. The primary gameplay consists of exploring maze-like isometric dungeons at night. Some enemies may attack the player-controlled party suddenly, but most of them are visible on the screen (though they don't move). The turn-based battles are viewed from first-person perspective and use a very simple engine. Regular and special attacks can affect a single enemy or an area. Between dungeon exploration, the player returns to the "hub", where he can combine items to make new weapons and accessories, train the hero's parameters and abilities, and select the party members for the next dungeon trip.Extensive "text-over-picture" cutscenes advance the narrative. There are scenes with explicit nudity and sexual situations. |
| Catch the Sperm | 2001-04-20 | | Phenomedia AG Schweiz | Action, Educational | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Catch the Sperm is a promotional game to raise awareness for HIV. The game was developed for the Stop AIDS campaign in 2001 (a joint prevention campaign by the Swiss Federal Ministry of Health and Swiss Aids Federation) in Switzerland.The player has to protect a couple having sex by shooting condoms at sperm cells and HIV viruses to catch them. The condom gun is located at the right side of the screen and can be moved up and down with the mouse, while sperm cells and HIV viruses are entering the screen on the left side. The goal is to catch as many sperm cells and HIV viruses as possible within 90 seconds. The game is immediately lost if a HIV virus reaches the other side of the screen. For each catch the player gets points, while each shot costs points. |
| Cossacks: European Wars | 2001-04-24 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | GSC Game World | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Europe, Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Cossacks European Wars is a real time strategy (RTS) wargame based in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Emphasis is placed on historical accuracy, and an excellent manual and on disc manual accompanies the game.Using a fixed isometric view, you build towns and fortresses and deploy your troops and cavalry in the usual RTS manner. There is resource management in the form of chopping wood, fishing and mining.Although entitled Cossacks... the game actually allows you to play under the flag of a wide range of European nations. Each having its own building designs, separate troops and specialist troops and weapons.Naval battles are included as are invasions via ships across oceans and wide rivers.There is a method of grouping and controlling your troops in the fixed formations common to the period depicted. Up to 8,000 individual units can be active on screen, so the scale of battles is immense.Single player, set campaigns, random maps and Multiplayer supported. |
| Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Discovers Flight: Activity Center | 2001-04-24 | Microsoft Corporation | KnowWonder, Inc. | Educational | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Seatbelts, everyone. Come and join Ms. Frizzle’ and her class as they discover the magic of flight. With Scholastic’s The Magic School Bus® Discovers Flight Activity Center kids ages 6-10 can spread their wings and learn about flight, aircraft, and animals that fly. Kids can play challenging games like Blaze Blasters, pilot a hot air balloon, and earn lots of awarding feathers for their flight cap in The Flight is Right. Discover what it takes to climb into the wild blue yonder and build critical thinking skills. Plenty of activities keep kids entertained, including art activities, arcade-style games, & science experiments. Kids learn important science concepts through activities “hosted” by characters they know and love. Players through this game are able to experience an equal balance of fun and learning.
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| Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Whales and Dolphins: Activity Center | 2001-04-24 | Microsoft Corporation | KnowWonder, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Get ready for a whale of a time with Ms. Frizzle and her class as you join them on a field trip to the Pacific Ocean. With The Magic School Bus Whales & Dolphins Activity Center, kids ages 6 to 10 experience whales and dolphins up close and personal, and find out where they live, what they eat, and other amazing science facts. There are plenty of activities to keep kids entertained all while learning about these giants of the sea, including art activities, arcade-style games, and science experiments. Kids learn important science concepts through activities hosted by characters from the Magic School Bus TV show. The activities strive for an equal balance of fun and learning, to satisfy kids' desire for fun and parents' desire for education. |
| Tropico | 2001-04-24 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | PopTop Software Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Cold War | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Tropico is a real-time strategy game that mixes elements of Sim City, the various Tycoon games, and even a little of the Sims into a city-building, managerial type game in a unique location.You are the recently elected/installed/victorious (depending on how you achieved office) president of a small Caribbean island named Tropico. Before you lies a small community of people and a lush, rich island to improve or exploit at your will. You can become a benevolent ruler who brings this third world country into the realm of economic superpowers or you can be a ruthless dictator whose sole goal is to leech as much personal wealth as he can from the populace before they get the courage to rebel. Using a modified engine from their previous game, Railroad Tycoon II, PopTop Software utilizes isometric graphics on a 3-D terrain to represent the island. Clouds float overhead, sometimes throwing lightning down, people walk from their homes to their chores, and hills and forests get leveled in the name of progress. All this happens at the user-specified speed and its the main user interface as players specify new construction, lay down edicts, and keep tabs on their citizens.Each citizen is his or her own entity, with their own names, relationships to other citizens, wants and desires. Some feel the need to excel in studies, others seek religious enlightenment, some just want a good time. They even take political affiliations and work towards those ends. The citizens of Tropico do not blindly follow orders, they must be persuaded through meeting their desires, or just pure greed or terror. If you wished, you could follow the life of a citizen from childhood through his/her teenage years, through the course of several jobs, all the way to retirement and death. A single-player only game, there are both set scenarios and random islands to play through, with various difficulty levels including a sandbox mode that allows you to play around without worrying about money or political ramifications. |
| Catan: Das Kartenspiel | 2001-04-26 | Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | TriNodE Entertainment Systems | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Katy Hilgenberg, Oliver Klein | | Everyone | | Windows | Electronic version of the popular German card game "Die Siedler von Catan". Features single player mode against different computer players (with standard and extended ruleset) as well as Internet play on a dedicated gameserver. Box includes a limited edition 10-card set for the real-world card-game. |
| MDK: Snipers Edition | 2001-04-26 | Interplay Productions Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | MDK Snipers Edition is a compilation which includes:
MDK
MDK 2
A quiz game about MDK 2
MDK 2 comic as .pdf
MDK 2 soundtrack as .mp3
Wallpapers |
| Star Wraith 2 | 2001-04-26 | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Star Wraith 2 is the second instalment in the Star Wraith series of space combat simulation games. In addition to the single-player campaign mode featured in the previous game, Star Wraith 2 introduced the mercenary mode where the player acts as a space pilot for hire and must do various contract jobs to earn a living. Both the campaign and the mercenary mode offer a wide variety of mission types and combat environments, including asteroid fields, nebula clouds and planetary atmospheres. Star Wraith 2 does not support multiplayer games.The campaign is set during a conflict between two human factions, the Alliance and the Federation. The player assumes the role of an Alliance pilot assigned to the Special Operations Wing. Operating from the Lexington class carrier in the Alpha Centauri system, the player must lead a squadron of Alliance fighters in a variety of covert missions against Federation forces. As a squadron commander, the player is given free control over the selection of ship types and armament to be used in each mission.In the mercenary mode, the player has a choice of contract missions to be completed, and the money awarded for successful jobs is spent on ship maintenance and upgrades, because mercenary fighters are somewhat inferior to the military technology available in the campaign mode. Like in the campaign mode, the player may command a squadron, however in the mercenary mode wingmen must be hired and paid wages to be kept in the squadron.The third single-player mode is instant action, which allows to fly a mission unrelated to any storyline. There are three types of instant action: freeflight just pits the player against waves of enemy fighters, without any mission objectives; random generates a mission using random parameters (such as mission goals, environment, enemy ship types); and the third option is to create a mission using parameters specified by the player. Pilot and squadron statistics are not recorded in the instant action mode. |
| Disney Phonics Quest | 2001-04-27 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Disney Interactive Victoria | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Disney Phonics Quest is an educational game for children aged five to eight. The title aims to develop the phonics skills of children. It stars the Disney character Mickey Mouse as a sorcerer's apprentice in medieval times. He takes a peek into the sorcerer's book while cleaning and six items that belong to the wizard are taken away in a magical storm. By completing six mini-games the items can be found back before the sorcerer returns. Mickey travels to the town, the forest and the mountain and from there the activities can be accessed:
Duckbill Printin' Press: Donald needs to complete his reading lessons. The words are read out loud and the player has to select the corresponding word from a selection on a board.
The Genie's Riddle: guess the correct items based on the word shown by the genie. More difficult levels introduce recognizing rhyming words by completing lines with a missing word.
Goofy's Metalworks: Goofy reads out loud a requirement, for instance the amount of words on a shield that start with a certain letter and then the player chooses a number as the answer by dragging the shield to the correct area. A similar technique is used for instance to recognize the amount of syllables a word has.
Mickey's Dragon Daycare: take care of a number of identical looking dragons. The parents provide description to show which mother they belong to, for instance by describing words shown as pictures on the shirts they are wearing. The player then has to select the correct dragons.
Minnie's Musical Meadow: Mickey needs to recognize rhyming words or starting sounds in order to compose the lyrics to Minnie's songs.
Pete's Phonics Quarry: pictures need to be dragged to match the words that are shown on a variety of stones.In most games there can only be a small number of misses or progress is halted. Each item that is found back is stored in its original location in the castle again. The game has four difficulty levels that provide a personalized experience as the activity progresses. The game tracks the performance and children can choose to move between difficulty levels freely. The game supports voice recognition as input as well. The skills that are developed are consonant blends, letter sounds and recognition, multiple pronunciations, reading comprehension, rhymes, spelling, syllable recognition, vowel digraphs, vowel sounds and word building. |
| Jet de GO! | 2001-04-27 | Taito Corporation | Taito Corporation | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Jet de GO! is a spin-off from the famous Densha de GO! series by Taito. Instead of trains, this title focus exclusively on flying planes. Players can take off and land with a J-31 business jet, a mid-range Boeing 767 or a long haul Boeing 747. The game modes include Flight mode, Cruise mode and Lesson mode. |
| Löwenzahn 5: Geschichten aus Natur, Umwelt und Technik | 2001-04-27 | Terzio, Möllers & Bellinghausen Verlag GmbH | Scirius Development, Über Stock und Stein GbR | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This is the fifth game in the Löwenzahn series of educational games for children, based on the German TV show Löwenzahn. Different mini-games with a focus on nature and technology are included and they aim to improve thinking and raise interest for nature and the environment.This edition's topics include scents, senses involving the nose and the eye, snails, railways and wheels, dykes, inventions, and different kinds of herbs with presenter Peter Lustig's trailer as the starting point. The package is again a mix of informative videos and a full lexicon combined with mini-games. In one of these the player needs to help a fisherman to get back home through the Wadden Sea before the high tide, collecting mussels along the way. Other activities include assembling a musical instrument, a pinball game with gears (Zahnradflipper), a snail race and quizzes. The package also includes a physical scratch card with a quiz about smells. There are also recipes involving herbs such as caffeine-free dandelion coffee.The game supports up to six players each with their own profile presented as a train carriage where the progress is shown. There is also a map of Germany with suggestions for weekend excursions for all the topics. The release has ties to a Löwenzahn website as well. |
| eRacer | 2001-04-27 | Rage Games Ltd. | Rage Games Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile | | | | | Windows | eRacer is a real-world arcade racing game that, as the title indicates, has some features that make it suitable online. It can be played either over the Internet or through a TCP/IP or IPX LAN. Once online, players are able to compete in challenges, join forces with other player for co-operative play, as well as download new tracks and cars. The game also has support for saving replays that can be send by mail to friends. Although it is billed as an online racing game, there are still some things for offline players as well. There are three game modes; Championship, Arcade and Time Trial. When starting the game four tracks and four cars are available. To unlock the new tracks players have to access the championship. There players must finish in the top four to get into the next round. As they progress players can acquire more money to upgrade their car. There are 14 tracks in total and eight cars. Each track can be raced against seven other AI opponents. |
| Spy Fox: "Operation Ozone" | 2001-04-28 | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Spy Fox: Operation Ozone is the third game in the children entertainment franchise from Humongous Entertainment. Built on the SCUMM engine that powered Maniac Mansion, Spy Fox is a graphic adventure game delivered in the typical style and writing that made Humongous a successful publisher of children titles.The player takes the role of Spy Fox, an international man of action. As a top secret agent Spy Fox, with help from Professor Quack's high tech gizmos, must find a way to stop the mad genius Poodles Galore from realizing her plan to destroy the Earth's ozone layer.The game also features a mini-game and is published in a three media format: Windows, Macintosh and audio CD featuring 11 Spy Fox and spy genre inspired songs. |
| Scorched 3D | 2001-04-29 | | | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Artillery | | Tank | Direct control | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Scorched 3D is a free, cross platform, 3-D remake of the artillery game Scorched Earth, that has been continuously updated and improved since its release. The basic concept of blowing up opponent tanks with various devastating weapons during rounds is still the same.Now you can play simultaneously with friends over the internet, use the old style hot seat, and add a few bots. There are new weapons to equip your tank with, along with recognizable classics. The game can be modded to add new weapons, graphics and sounds. Use what is at your disposal to earn money each turn for more expensive weapons and upgrades to unleash in later rounds.You also need to deal with terrain, wind speed and wind direction, and occasional natural hazards. Be prepared for huge explosions, large craters (if you survive the initial blast), and the chaos of multiplayer. |
| Astérix: Mega Madness | 2001-05-01 | Infogrames Europe SA | Unique Development Studios AB | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view, Top-down | Licensed | | Fighting, Hunting, Party game | Classical antiquity, Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | The year is 50 B.C.. In the sole, well-known Gaulish village that stands against the Roman oppressors, Chief Vitalstatistix announces a contest to find out who is the bravest, boldest, and strongest Gaul. The volunteers for the contest are Astérix, Obélix, Cacofonix and Mrs. Geriatrix, who compete in a series of different mini-games, split in four days. These range from shooting various objects (and unfortunate pirates and Romans) at a marching Roman army, gathering ingredients for Getafix, eating fast at a feast table while avoiding rotten food items, hunting wild boars, racing with catapults, racing while carrying another Gaul on a shield, demolishing a Roman camp and more. Players can engage in practice mode (play each activity individually), Mega Madness mode (campaign mode with connected activities and cumulative ranking), and team play. Each mini-game can be played by one or two human players. |
| CIA Operative: Solo Missions | 2001-05-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Trainwreck Studios | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | You are Jack Noel, CIA Operative. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to stop a major terrorist group and drug cartel. Throughout the game you get 3 weapons: Handgun, Sub-Machine gun and Sniper Rifle. You must go on a variety of missions: Destroying drug shipments, taking down crime bosses and stopping terrorist groups. Features many different missions and locales. |
| Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire - The Lost Games | 2001-05-01 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | My Virtual Model, Inc. | Action, Compilation, Puzzle, Strategy | Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | For younger gamers (5 and up), The Lost Games, based on Disney's hit movie, contains four minigames:Submergency Urgency!: In this side-scrolling action game, guide your sub through hazards including rocks and eels as you journey to Atlantis. You have a limited number of torpedoes to help you out of tight spots.Unroadblock That!: In this top-down strategy game, assemble a group of 3 vehicles to get through a dangerous area. Each can handle some obstacles but not others, so be sure to examine the map, figuring out which obstacles can be avoided, and which need to be dealt with.Air Escapade: In this top-down action game, gather and drop off King Stones to help free the captive princess Kida. There are plenty of planes under the control of Captain Rourke to stop you, so be sure to avoid or disable them using your stunners.Machine Arena: In this top-down action game, assemble a machine out of interchangeable parts, then take it to the arena to test it against other creations. Includes both single and two-player modes.High-score lists are included for all the games except Machine Arena. Finally, production stills from the movie are included, and can either be printed out or saved to the desktop. |
| European Super League | 2001-05-01 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | Coyote Developments Ltd, Crimson | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sporting 16 fully licensed team and stadium endorsements, European Super League brings together the talent from many teams in Europe to create a 'European Super League Championship'.PRODUCT FEATURES:
Entries from clubs such as AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Marseille, Liverpool, Chelsea and Paris Saint Germain
Stadiums are modelled to real-life specifications
Control interface when played in novice mode is limited to simple button combinations, allowing for a newcomer to play the game more easily; for the advanced gamer, the alternate mode, although more complex and demanding, will give them improved control over the game
Authentic crowd chants |
| Hoyle Slots | 2001-05-01 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Gambling | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hoyle Slots is a virtual slot machine simulator, with an assortment of betting options. Running in a window with slot machines detailed to resemble Las Vegas machines.The game keeps a running tally and lets you apply for credit, depending on your spending limits. You can select machines with higher payoffs, but with larger minimum bets. The interface is a detailed rendering of various fictional slot machines, with themes similar to what you would see in a casino. |
| Merchant Prince II | 2001-05-01 | TalonSoft, Inc. | Holistic Design, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Merchant Prince II is a turn-based strategy game set in the Renaissance period. You must turn Venice into a giant, using political, economic and military methods. Trade, exploit the Church, hire mercenaries - do whatever it takes to gain power in the five campaigns and numerous multiplayer maps. |
| Orle Gniazdo | 2001-05-01 | | Longsoft Multimedia | Educational | Side view | | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | Medieval | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Orle Gniazdo is an educational game for children aged 4-10. Its main theme is the founding legend of Poland known as Lech, Czech i Rus.The game is fully written in Polish language. Only a computer mouse is required to play.The game contains 5 separated sections:
Coloring books: nine coloring books that player can paint using any of 40 colors available in the game
Dictionary: list of words associated or somehow related to the legend and historical period
Memos: five “Matching Pair” games: 16 cards in easy mode and 30 cards in hard mode
Movie: animated video about the “Lech, Czech i Rus” legend
Puzzle: nine animated puzzles to solve: there are 12 pieces in easy mode and 25 in hard mode |
| Power Spike: Pro Beach Volleyball | 2001-05-01 | Infogrames Europe SA | Carapace | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Power Spike Pro Beach Volleyball is a beach volley game with an official Federation of International Volleyball license. There are 40 real players to play with on 14 different courts located all over the world. Game modes include exhibition, world tour and practice mode. The player editor allows you to create your own players. The game features a targeting rectangle to aid the player in placing his balls. |
| Remote Assault | 2001-05-01 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | One Games | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Remote Assault is a "realistic" real-time strategy game in a true 3D environment using present-day ground combat equipment. Give orders at unit, squad, or group level with multiple settings. All ordnance are tracked ballistically for realistic damage and spread patterns. Supports up to 2 players over network or internet. |
| Rules of the Game | 2001-05-01 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | Random Games, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Rules of the Game is a sports trivia game featuring 6 sports categories and one miscellaneous category, for a total of over 1500 questions. Up to four players can participate either live or over the internet. |
| STOKEDRIDER | 2001-05-01 | Bongfish GmbH | Bongfish GmbH | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | STOKEDRIDER is a snowboarding game with a green-skinned alien as the main character. It is a successor to the advertising game FLOW.game. The alien can ride freely around the snowy landscape, jump in the air, and do various tricks. There are two basic game modes: in "Freeride" the player can freely ride around without a time limit. Collecting enough special pickups allows the player to access a different zone of the mountain, with a different landscape. The "Contest" mode challenges the player to gain the highest score and fulfill special goals within a 60 second time limit. |
| Smuc's | 2001-05-01 | Addictive 247 | Addictive 247 | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Smuc's are small strange creatures that are always getting into trouble. They have limited vision and not much sense of direction. You must rescue the Smuc's from four different environments spanning over 18 levels. This game is a new twist on the original paddle and ball games. Using the paddle and the power-ball you must destroy any of the obstacles that are in the way of the Smuc's. Rescuing a specific number of Smuc's gets you onto the next level. Along the way their will be plenty of power ups from "speed ups" to "lasers" and many more. |
| The Mystery of the Druids | 2001-05-01 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | House of Tales Entertainment GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Brent Halligan, a Scotland Yard Detective, is on the trail of a murderer whose victims suffered heinous acts of dismemberment. Similar murders took place years earlier, but the wrong man was sent to prison only to be killed before his innocence could be proven. When similar murders begin to happen again, Halligan is determined to solve the case once and for all.Searching for clues, the mystery of the Skeleton Murders evolves bit by bit. Halligan has many puzzles to solve in this 3rd person mystery adventure game. |
| Off-Road Redneck Racing | 2001-05-02 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Rage Games Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | | | Off-roading | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | OffRoad is an all terrain racing game focusing on four wheel driven buggies. There is a total of 16 vehicles with 4 stage upgrades each with authentic physics and handling. The cars can be driven in six different locations with four tracks each. There is four different game modes, Drivers Championship, Challenge, Time Trial and Network Play allowing you to compete against five human opponents. To give extra play time conditions (dry, wet or icy) and time (day, night or sunset) can be modified.The North American version also includes Redneck Rampage characters as commentators. |
| Anstoss Action: Die Fußballsimulation | 2001-05-03 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Anstoss Action: Die Fußballsimulation is a spin-off of the Anstoss soccer manager series that allows the player to actively participate in soccer matches. In comparison to its main competitor, the EA FIFA series, it tries to capture a soccer match more realistically.The legacy of its developers shows in the simulation of the athlete's abilities and the possibilities outside the grass: there are expansive tactical options and a basic transfer system. Players can set a focus for seven training sessions per week which has clear effects on the matches. The game features various playing modes, e.g. competitions, tournaments or leagues; all with their own victory celebrations. Successes unlock historical matches with goals to complete, e.g. turning the 0:2 score in the 1954 World Cup match between Germany and Hungary.This game can be linked to the soccer manager Anstoss 3, allowing to play the matches instead of watching them (either the whole team or one player). All the decisions regarding tactics and team development made in Anstoss 3 affect the action-part considerably. Even if players don't wish to actively participate in matches, Anstoss 3 still profits from graphical enhancements. |
| TalonSoft's World at War | 2001-05-03 | TalonSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Europe in Flames
Rising Sun Gold
Talonsoft's Fall of the Reich |
| A Dark and Stormy Entry | 2001-05-06 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | This entry into the 2001 LOTECHComp puts the player in the role of an author with a blank page and ready pen. Using a Choose Your Own Adventure style text interface, the player picks a setting, style, and creates characters and situations either ending up with the beginnings of a novel or a bad case of writer's block. |
| Myst III: Exile | 2001-05-07 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Presto Studios, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Steampunk | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | Set 10 years after the events of Riven, Myst 3: Exile is about a man who wants revenge on Atrus.The gameplay remains the same point and click interface as Myst, but adds 360 degree scrolling technology for a more realistic gaming experience. |
| Aargon Deluxe | 2001-05-08 | Twilight Games | Twilight Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Aargon Deluxe is the sequel to Aargon. This is a logic puzzle game where the player must build light machines using lasers and various tools to manipulate the lasers. Tools include prisms, mirrors, splitters, refractors, color converters and more... In order to win the player must find a light pattern to hit all of the colored coins on the level at once. There are obstacles to consider, like mirror eating slimes, and exploding barrels of toxic waste. The game features 120 puzzles, 60 tutorial and hint levels, as well as a fully integrated level editor. |
| Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition | 2001-05-09 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Ion Storm Austin | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | Action RPG, Shooter, Stealth | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The Game of the Year Edition of Deus Ex adds multiplayer with the brand new Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch modes. It also features a new editing software kit, giving users the possibility to create levels (both for single- and multiplayer) or edit existing levels. Finally, it also contains a full CD soundtrack featuring 30 remixed songs from the game. |
| Emergency Room 3 | 2001-05-10 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This medical simulation/strategy game lets you become a doctor in the stressful field of emergency medicine as you roll up your sleeves in a busy urban emergency room.Over 50 patients can be treated using the knowledge you gain using the research tools within the game. Begin with simpler cases as a Medical Student and eventually you will be given the more severe ones as you try to attain the Chief of Staff position.Wounds and injuries are shown in realistic detail. QuickTime FMV videos with real actors and actresses add to the feeling that you are participating in real-life events.Emergency Room 3 contains different medical conditions from the previous games in the series - including a bullfighting accident victim, attempted suicides and patients with eating disorders. |
| Pearl Harbor: Zero Hour | 2001-05-13 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | ASAP Games LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | World War II | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | Windows | Pearl Harbor: Zero Hour is a World War II air combat game. As the emphasis is on action, and not realism, it's an arcade game instead of a flight sim. Although the game is called Pearl Harbor, there is only one mission in which you fight that namesake battle. Additionally, there is an in-engine cut scene depicting the famous dawn raid on the US Pacific Fleet. The actual gameplay starts after the attack. You fly various American aircraft against the Japanese in ten missions that follow the course of the war in the Pacific Theater, including key battles like Midway, Guadalcanal, and Okinawa. |
| Persian Wars | 2001-05-14 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Persian Wars takes place in the Arabian Nights setting. The magical ring of the great king Salomon just fell from the sky into the desert. You play the role of Sindbad a young warrior who, of course, wants the ring for himself. During the game, you'll encounter the three main tribes who dwell in the desert: the Amazons, fierce warrior women, the Nomads and their powerful horsemen, as well as the Ghûls, necrophagous creatures who use strange weaponry.Persian Wars uses the same engine as Black Moon Chronicles. You alternate between a strategic map, where you can build new armies, reinforce existing ones, upgrade your base and move your armies to your next mission, and the mission themselves.There are lots of missions available, ranging from massive battles to treasure capture, oasis raid or protection, alliance with one of the three factions of the game...Gameplay-wise, the game plays much like a watered down version of Black Moon Chronicles. Battles are less tactical, units are less varied and the game plays much faster (though you can pause the game to give orders). |
| Puchi Copter (Compact Flight Controller Set) | 2001-05-14 | Aqua System Co., Ltd. | Aqua System Co., Ltd. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This set bundles together Puchi Copter with Aqua System's Compact Flight Controller. This USB game controller is a full replica of an RC helicopter controller, giving the player a more realistic control setup, and is also compatible with several of Aqua System's other games. |
| Roboforge | 2001-05-14 | Summitsoft Entertainment | Liquid Edge Entertainment | Educational, Strategy | | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | When given a large amount of electronic parts, what's your first instinct? Use them to build robots and make them fight to the death, right? Whether or not that's true, Roboforge lets you do just that. Build robot gladiators, train them to fight, and let them go against premade controlled bots or on the Internet against fellow bot builders.Roboforge has a large selection of complex parts such as sensors, joints, weapons, and more to create unique robots. Using a keyframe system similar to 3D animation programs, you can give them custom fighting moves, the results of which are calculated by the game during combat. |
| Fallout Tactics: Postnuklearna Gra Taktyczna | 2001-05-16 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Initial Polish release of Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel was in fact a bundle of three following Fallout games:
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
This release also includes a bonus disc featuring printable "Fallout Pen and Paper" board game, additional Fallout Tactics mission and numerous Fallout Tactics extras. |
| Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet | 2001-05-16 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | WayForward Technologies, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade | Historical events, World War II | | | | Teen | | Windows | The early-morning quiet is shattered by the eerie whine of dive-bombers. You're the lead gunner on deck as you attempt to defend against Zeroes, Kates, and Vals. Torpedoes rake the water, bombs scream all around, and steel meets steel as planes crash thunderously against ships. Three game modes let you attack, defend, or evade. |
| Roland Garros French Open 2001 | 2001-05-16 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Carapace | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | 3D tennis Simulation game based on the Roland Garros franchise.
Featuring:
- Multiplayer mode up to 4 player on the same PC.
- Full motion captured animations.
- 4 tournaments including the Official Roland Garros French Open and the Official Us Open tournament,
- 16 courts, 4 for each tournament with its particular surface (clay, grass, synthetic, cement)
- A Training mode
- An exibition mode to battle against the cpu or human opponents in the configuration you like (courts, number of games and sets).
- 32 players and 32 racquets
- Single and double play, with all possible combinations of human and CPU players.
- Included an encyclopedia on the history of the Roland Garros French Open Tournament. (PC Only)
- New IA, with strong opponent.
- New replay with special visual effect
- new particle system with dust, glows, ball trails and motion blur. |
| Shin Seiki Evangelion: Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku | 2001-05-18 | Gainax Co., Ltd. | Westone Bit Entertainment | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Shin Seiki Evangelion: Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku is a simulation game (originally released for Windows and later ported to the Dreamcast) in which the player assumes the role of a NERV employee who just recently started working in Tokyo-3. He is tasked by Commander Ikari to take care of the pilot Ayanami Rei.The gameplay consists of taking decisions upon Rei’s weekly schedule, such as when she should attend classes, perform her duties as a NERV pilot, or simply go out and have fun. Graphically, the whole game is viewed from a first person perspective, with transitions between different scenarios, just like in visual novels. Sound-wise, music from the series is used.The game spawns over the period of one year, and takes place during the events of the main series, while also encompassing the movie The End of Evangelion. |
| Nocturnal Emmision | 2001-05-19 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Contemporary | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Nocturnal Emmision (sic) is a surreal platform game where the player controls a fish, falsely accused of assassinating the president. Most levels are in the style a typical platforming game where the player makes his way across platforms while avoiding enemies. Some enemies can be killed with the gun, if the player finds one. There are also some levels with a different style, such as a scrolling shooter. The game also contains an "Arcade mode", which consists of 3 minigames to play. Nocturnal Emmision was originally conceived as a demo version of a planned full game. These plans were abandoned soon after release. |
| Bubbles | 2001-05-22 | | | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bubbles is a simplistic puzzle game in which the player has to click on groups of bubbles to remove them from the screen. The bubbles comes in three colors: blue, white and red. To form a group two or more bubbles of the same color must be adjacent to each other either vertically or horizontally. Once there are no more removable groups of bubbles on the screen the game is over and the final score is calculated. This game was created using Allegro.
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| Starships Unlimited | 2001-05-23 | ApeZone Inc | ApeZone Inc | Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Starships Unlimited is a space strategy game along the lines of Master of Orion, but with a focus on individual starships. You explore star systems, expand your space, research new technologies and meet other space-faring civilizations. You use everything from combat to spies in an attempt to conquer the galaxy. |
| Blue Beard 2 | 2001-05-24 | CD Projekt Sp. z o.o. | Nikita Ltd. | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Platform, Puzzle elements | Africa | | Direct control, Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Blue Beard 2 is a point-and-click adventure game with platform elements. It tells the story of a young boy named Victor who finds the map with treasures marked on it. He decides to travel to Africa to get it, but a villain named Blue Beard is also going for it.Only the mouse is used to control Victor. Gameplay consists of finding and collecting items in various places, simple logic puzzles, short platform sections and voiced-over cut-scenes. There are several locations and levels, including a jeep race, diving in the ocean and travelling on a pirate's ship. There are no violent scenes or mechanics.There are three difficulty levels and it is possible to switch between them at any moment. A help menu can be activated with a single key to get some hints when lost or unable to understand the goal of the level. |
| The Queen of Heart '99 with Second Edition | 2001-05-24 | Watanabe Seisakusho | | Compilation | | Fangame | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation packages together The Queen of Heart '99 with its expansion pack The Queen of Heart '99: Second Edition. |
| Leadfoot: Stadium Off-Road Racing | 2001-05-29 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Ratbag Pty, Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person | | | | | Off-roading | | | Everyone | | Windows | Leadfoot simulates the short-track stadium based dirt-truck racing using the same physics/graphics engine from Dirt Track Racing series. Drive two different types of racers in 15 different racing series and over 180 events and win sponsor support to buy upgrades in full career mode. Play multiplayer with up to 10 total players over the Internet. |
| Return of Die Vie Ess | 2001-05-29 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | A mad scientist has arrived in the hitherto relatively peaceful town of Reality-on-the-Norm, and he wants nothing less than to take over the world. A nameless government official is dispatched to put an end to this menace by any means possible. This adventure game is controlled with a mouse; similarly to Sam & Max Hit The Road, right-clicking changes the cursor action (Walk to, Look at, Interact with, Talk to), while moving the cursor to the top of the screen makes a menu appear, allowing you to easily change the cursor actions, access one's inventory or save/load/quit the game. |
| Worms World Party | 2001-05-30 | Titus Software Corporation | Team17 Software Limited | Strategy | Side view | | Comedy, War | Artillery | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Worms World Party is a game which shares the bulk of its gameplay with Worms: Armageddon. It introduces the following:
the Wormpot, a mechanic which allows the use of up to 3 modifiers to change the gameplay for the next match (e.g. automatically rising water levels, blood effects, slippery terrain...)
new campaign missions
co-operative campaigns
forts game mode
new predefined maps
all schemes available from the startThe Game Boy Advance version of the game includes two weapons which were removed from Worms: Armageddon but were present in Worms 2 - the Homing Cluster Bomb and the Homing Airstrike, as well as a weapon absent from all other Worms games - the Chainsaw. |
| 911 Fire Rescue | 2001-06-01 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | 911 Fire Rescue is a first-person "Douser" that pits you against raging fires. You run into burning buildings with your fire hose to put out fires and rescue trapped victims. The game is set in houses and buildings, simulating smoke that blurs your vision and burns your lungs. The missions require you to find the people trapped inside.Controlled like a first-person shooter, you aim and fire your hose at flames to douse them. Searching locations is made difficult by the presence of smoke. You only have a limited amount of oxygen and you need to crouch or steer away from smoke to survive. There are different types of fire to battle: electrical fires, fires with oil and grease, special metal fires, etc. For each situation, there are different strategies to face it, with a CO² extinguisher, portable foam sprayer and different types of hoses. Sometimes, you also need to disable the electric circuits first. With truck hoses, there is an unlimited amount of water, but the others will require you use the supply carefully.You put out fires, and find and click on the body to end the level. Points are based on your speed. There are 17 missions in total and these are unlocked gradually. |
| Amiga Classix 3 | 2001-06-01 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Darkage Software | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Amiga Classix 3 features 116 Amiga games on one Amiga/Mac/Windows-hybrid-CD, across all genres.Since those games aren't ports, Amiga emulators (WinUAE and MacUAE) are on the disc to get those games running under Windows and the Mac.The following 116 games, ranging from Freeware to Commercial releases, are included:
A Break in Duo
Amega Race
Ball Master
Battle Cars
Battle Duel
Battle Othello
Battle Ships
Behind the Iron Gate
Beneath a Steel Sky
Black Sect
Blade
Bloog
Boppin'
Bubble Stones 2
Bug Splat
Chaos
Crazy Sue
Crossfire
Crystal Dragon
Death is on the way
Der Seelenturm
Der Trainer
Doctor Who
Duck Dodgers
Embryo
Epsilon 9
Evil
Explosive Chaos
Fatal Mission
Fatman
Formula 1 Manager
Frogger
G.Nius
Galactic
Go Moku
Guess Stress
Hang Mister
High Octane
Hit Puzzle
Hit Tiles 2 Special Edition
Hyperion
In the Dead of Night
Kid Pool
Kikstart
Legion
Lethal Formula
Llamatron: 2112
Logic
Lord of Alcandria 3
Lure of the Temptress
Mahjong
Maupiti Island
Mega Motion
Megaball 4
Memory 95
Metagalactic Llamas
Microbes
Mine Seeker
Monster Mind
Monty the Wolf
Mortville Manor
Nanofly
Nukes R Us
Obsession Pinball
Ooze
Outzone
Paws 'n' Claws
Pharaohs Curse
Poing 5
Pork A Pork
Pure Brain
Q-Bic
R3
Rags
Rattlesnake
Realm of Maiyessae
Revenge of the Mutant Camels
Risk
Rome
Shoot Out 2
Shuffle 3
Simon 2001
Sixth Sense Investigations
Snack Man
Space Vaders
Spaceball 2000
Speed Break
Spider
Starbase 13
Stones
Strateq
Super Drive
Super Obliteration
Tactical Manager
Tactical Manager 2
Tanglewood
The Experiment
The Lost Prince
The Plubz
The Race
Toadies
Total Chaos City 2
Tower of Souls
Transplant
Tritus
Underwater Capers
Vermone 2
Virtual Karting 2
Vroom
Wheelspin
Wire Chaos
Xtreme Racing
Yagg
Zarathrusta
Ziriax
Zut Alors 2 |
| Arthur's Knights: Tales of Chivalry | 2001-06-01 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | In days of lore, worthy knights sought to become Knights of the Round Table in Camelot. This is the story of Knight Bradwen, a King's illegitimate son, whose half-brother banishes him from his home after the death of their father. Bradwen and his trusty steed set out to regain his lands, his honor and attain his rightful place at the Round Table.Bradwen's story is told two ways - that of a Christian knight who will seek advice from the likes of Sir Lancelot - or that of a Celtic knight who will be guided by Merlin the Wizard and fairies. You choose which story to play at the beginning of the game by picking a red or white book from its pedestal. Each tale is played completely apart from the other, has different paths and quests, and separate save-game locations.A historical database is included as a reference tool and includes topics concerning the life of a knight and the history of the times. Your particular story is contained in a journal to which text is added as you progress.The game features pre-rendered, detailed (but static) backgrounds with animated 3D objects (birds, animals etc.), original music and sound effects. Keyboard keys are used for movement and actions, such as picking up an object or searching a fallen foe. Your mouse is used for menus and conversation. If Bradwen has gained the proper weapon, he will fight enemies automatically simply by clicking on the sword icon. Because a choice can be made whether to talk to or fight a potential foe, you can die if you make the wrong selection. |
| Casanova: The Duel of the Black Rose | 2001-06-01 | Wanadoo Edition | Arxel Tribe d.o.o. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Europe | | | | Mature | Cinematic camera | Windows | As the name implies, this game puts you in the role of a lady-charming, swashbuckling, sword-wielding rogue during the Enlightenment era. In a mix of action and adventure, you'll play the good-looking Giacomo Casanova in Venice, Italy. It is a story of love, ambition, political conflict and vengeance in an 18th century Mediterranean locale.While at sea, his ship is attacked by cutthroat pirates and his mother is murdered. The gameplay begins while Giacomo, the only survivor, is recuperating in Venice in the home of the Duke of Grimani. He vows to seek out the murderous pirates to avenge his mother's death. Soon he discovers that her murder may be part of a much deeper plot linked to a conspiracy to take over the country's current leadership.Plenty of women wander the streets of Venice who can be charmed by the handsome Casanova's wit and audacity. Conversation choices effect how others respond to you, and the wrong answer could get your face slapped instead of kissed.Many spontaneous sword fights happen to keep you busy and help you practice for the latter parts of the game. Other weapons, such as a crossbow, will be needed in some fights.The game is controlled using both the keyboard and mouse. Walk, run, jump, and fence using keyboard keys; aim and fire the crossbow with your mouse. There are adventure-type puzzles to solve, many of which rely on conversation or inventory objects. |
| Encrypted | 2001-06-01 | Software Illusions | Software Illusions | Simulation | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Encrypted is the second in a Software Illusions series of pinball simulators.This is a three reel slot machine simulator based on the British style of fruit machine. It pays out when three identical symbols appear on the centre line.
Game features include random nudges, reel holds, a bonus feature as well as the main 'Encrypted' feature. The game runs in a window and has documentation explaining the controls and how the feature works.
The bonus 'Encrypted' feature presents the player with the typical Hi / Lo choice, if correct the player advances further round the game board thus increasing their prize money, bonus shots etc. If incorrect the player loses all winnings accrued in the bonus feature.
The player starts with £5 credit, each spin costs £0.25, and the maximum jackpot is £15 with an 80% payout rate.The game has a high score table and players are also able to post their high scores on-line. |
| Feng Yun 2: Qi Wuqi | 2001-06-01 | InterServ International Inc. | InterServ International Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Zhuo Shan is a fisherman living in a Chinese village with his wife and two children. He doesn't remember a thing from his past, but the nightmares haunt him so bad that he has to take medicine now and then. One day strange visitors arrive in the village and capture Shan's family demanding that he returned them the ''perfect sword", a blade of unmatched power. It turns out that Shan is not an ordinary fisherman, but a mighty warrior named Yong who was hiding from his enemies for over twelve years. He returns the "perfect sword" but in the meantime his wife dies and his children are taken away. Shan's only option is to seek his enemies to try and save the remnants of his family and stop his mysterious and powerful nemesis from using the "perfect sword". In this quest Shan will find many allies that will fight by his side.Feng Yun 2: Qi Wuqi is a Chinese-made, Japanese-style role-playing game featuring free world exploration. The battles are turn-based. There are four battle commands: attack, cast a magic spell, use item and defend. When attacking the player has to chose which part of enemy's body to hit, then by well-timed button presses he can activate a combo attack which delivers significantly more damage but uses up some magic points. Casting a magic spell uses the same magic points. Each party member can use his or her own skills, combo attacks and magic spells. When a party member is attacked his or her "rage" meter will gradually fill up; when full it will immediately boost the party member's stats for one turn and grant him or her the ability to deliver multiple hits to an enemy. The game is based on a comic book by Ma Rongchen (Ma Wing-shing) and was released simultaneously with the TV series Feng Yun (titled Wind and Cloud or The Storm Riders for English-speaking viewers). |
| Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove | 2001-06-01 | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | It's time for Freddi Fish to solve another mystery in this fifth installment of the kids edutainment series. She (Freddi is a girl) and her best friend Luthor have to figure out what's going on with Coral Cove. The mayor wants to open it as a tourist attraction, but it seems to be inhabited by a sea monster.The gameplay here is traditional adventure gaming fare, with the complexity tuned way down to make it accessible to the 4-7 year olds that are the intended consumers. Explore various locations, pick up items that you'll find useful later on, and interact with lots of colorful characters in order to get clues to solving the sea monster mystery. Freddi Fish 5 also contains a mini-game that is a variation of Battleship using fish instead of ships. |
| Golf Resort Tycoon | 2001-06-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Golf Resort Tycoon is a real time business management sim. You design and maintain a golf resort, keeping tabs on a host of facilities such as restaurants, tennis and racquetball courts, guest accommodations, maintenance facilities, and of course the golf course. When you finish building your course you can walk around it in a first person 3D mode, although you can’t actually tee off. As in the Microprose game Roller Coaster Tycoon, you can select any golfer and see what he or she is doing and how he or she feels about the facilities. You can also grab them and drop them down anywhere in your resort.Golf Resort Tycoon can be played free form (build up your resort without worrying about set objectives) or you can choose from twelve scenarios. Difficulty is determined by how much cash you have on hand when you start the game. |
| Harpoon 3 Pro | 2001-06-01 | Advanced Gaming Systems Inc. | Advanced Gaming Systems Inc. | Educational, Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | Naval / watercraft | | Real-time | | | Windows | Harpoon 3 Pro is used as a real world tool for military professionals. This simulation builds on the decades-long Harpoon tradition of naval warfare originally designed as a paper system by Larry Bond. Originally started based on the versions available at that time, later editions of Harpoon 3 Pro build on Larry Bond's Harpoon 3: Advanced Naval Warfare by extending the VCR (recording) and Umpires functionality for professional training purposes. It also adds a Monte Carlo analysis feature, GIS import, game state exports and a Satellite Tool Kit (STK) export feature.US Customers include the US Navy, as well as defense professionals at Northrop-Grumman Corp., and the RAND Corporation working on behalf of the US DOD. Export customers are located in Japan, Canada, Sweden, Mexico and Australia. It is not available in retail but sold on a case-by-case basis. |
| Heroes Chronicles: The Final Chapters | 2001-06-01 | 3DO Company, The | New World Computing, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Everyone | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | The last part of the Heroes Chronicles line of games contains two campaigns. In Revolt of the Beastmasters, Tarnum frees the enslaved swamp dwellers and leads them to freedom. The swamp dwellers are a group of creatures that Tarnum enslaved himself back when he was one of the Warlords of the Wastelands. In The Sword of Frost, the elven hero Gelu searches for the Sword of Frost, even though he has been warned that this blade may destroy the world, like the Armageddon's Blade. Tarnum's task is to stop Gelu, but the only creatures willing to fight the elven hero are the evil dungeon dwellers of Nighon. This game uses the same graphic engine as the other games of the Heroes Chronicles series, as well as the system first introduced in the game Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia.
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| Indiana Jones Adventure Kit | 2001-06-01 | LucasArts | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Indiana Jones Adventure Kit is a compilation of three Indiana Jones adventure games in one box. The package includes:
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine |
| Legends of Might and Magic | 2001-06-01 | 3DO Company, The | New World Computing, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Legends of Might and Magic is a team-based fantasy-themed first-person 3D action game. With the exception of the training mode, the game can only be played online. The game focuses on a competition between two teams, each with its own character classes. The good team consists of the Paladin, Druid and Sorceress, while the evil one includes the Heretic, Archer and Warrior. The team compete in one of the four following modes, which are similar to those of Counter-Strike:
Sword in the Stone: Similar to Capture-the-Flag mode of online FPSs, it involves finding a special sword, grabbing it, and reaching the exit.
Rescue the Princess: The evil team is guarding a princess, while the good team is trying to rescue her. This mode reminds of the hostage rescue mode in Counter-Strike.
Warlord Escape: Involves escorting a warlord to safety, similarly to the VIP missions in Counter-Strike.
Slay the Dragon: The two teams are trying to kill a dragon while fighting each other.
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| Microsoft Train Simulator | 2001-06-01 | Microsoft Corporation | ACES Game Studio, Kuju Entertainment Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train | | | Everyone | | Windows | Microsoft's 'Simulator' franchise expands once again with its newest addition: the MS Train Simulator. Take to the rails in such real-life locations and routes as Philadelphia to Washington D.C., become a hard-trained engineer to operate freight train at Northwest Corridor, and enjoying Orient Express pass by Alpen Mountain. The game also includes a full track and train editor, allowing you to swap maps and trains online. |
| SEGA Bass Fishing | 2001-06-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | SIMS Co., Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Explore the exciting sport of bass fishing! Based on the arcade hit, explore eight fishing locations as you try to catch the biggest fish possible! You can choose between fourteen different lures, and compete in four tournaments, starting with you as an amateur, up to a Masters Classic tournament! |
| Taikō Risshiden IV | 2001-06-01 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Life / social simulation | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Direct control | Turn-based | | | Windows | Taikō Risshiden IV is the fourth entry in Taikō Risshiden series.It is the first entry in the series that allows players to freely choose one of around 600 characters to become their player character. Besides the traditional Samurai route, player characters can also become a Ninja or a merchant. Moreover, a card collection system is introduced by the game. |
| The Curse of Monkey Island | 2001-06-01 | LucasArts | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This LucasArts Archive Series box includes updated versions of the first 2 games in the series (cf. Monkey Island Madness), as well as the third game. The box contains:
The Secret of Monkey Island
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
The Curse of Monkey Island |
| The Nations | 2001-06-01 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | JoWood Vienna | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | The sequel to Alien Nations , the Amazons, the Pimmons, and the Sajikis are back with more options than ever. Trade, conduct diplomacy, impression other tribes in your nation, or conquer by default instead of by war, it's all up to you! The Nations is a real-time strategy game with emphasis on resource management instead of combat. |
| The Sting! | 2001-06-01 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | neo Software Produktions GmbH | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Crime | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Matt Tucker became famous as a master criminal, he was good at breaking and entering and others knew this too. Because of this, the police set up an elaborate trap and put Matt away to prison for several years. Now Matt's time has been served, and he returns penniless to a city that has changed while he was gone. Luckily he still has a couple of friends who can help him out, and as for the rest of it: burglary is like riding a bike, you never quite forget...The Sting is a crime simulator played from an overhead perspective (though there is a first person view toggle). Starting out, Matt Tucker has been reduced to a small-time "hood" who must scout out locations that might be good to steal from. There are different shops such as the Hardware Store and the Pawn shop as well as taxis to take him between locations. Matt will meet different shady characters who can act as accomplices on his different heists... in exchange for a cut of course. Each of these persons will have different proficiencies at different tasks, as well as a different weight. Matt must also be sure to choose a vehicle that is fast enough and able to store enough to make the robbery worthwhile.All this planning is done from Matt's apartment where actions and movements are carefully laid out, before going "live" to find out if the plan works or if everyone has gotten caught. Different locations can include patrolling guards and police, security systems, locked doors and cabinets and other obstacles. At the same time, Matt's different tools are useful in different situations as well as making different levels of noise. As Matt successfully completes a string of robberies, his reputation in the underworld goes up and skills improve, allowing him to take harder and harder jobs, all the way up to a masterpiece Sting! against the mysterious Ministry of Light which runs the city. |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Take-Down - Missions in Korea | 2001-06-01 | Kama Digital Entertainment | Kama Digital Entertainment | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | Asia | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Take-Down - Missions in Korea is a game in the Rainbow Six series where all ten missions are set in South Korea. A Rainbow team that includes 15 Korean and 8 international operatives has several tasks against Korean and Japanese terrorists and criminals who have committed various crimes. Missions include taking down all terrorists or rescuing hostages. Some of the weapons are made in South Korea, like the Daewoo K2, Daweoo K3 or Daewoo K7 SMG. A later patched introduced 2 new missions, maps and weapons. |
| Tomak: Save the Earth - Love Story | 2001-06-01 | Seed9 Entertainment Inc. | Seed9 Entertainment Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Life / social simulation, Visual novel | Contemporary, Fantasy | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The gods have decided that Earth is doomed - true love, they feel, no longer exists and the gods won't tolerate a world without true love. The only dissenter is Evian, the goddess of love, who insists that humanity still has hope. The rest of the gods relent, giving her three years to prove that humanity really is capable of love. If she and a human can fall in love in that timespan, Earth will be spared. The only catch - they refuse to send her entire body down. Evian will have to travel down as just a head, resting in a flowerpot, and manage to find a human who can fall in love with her like that.This statistics-oriented dating simulator is similar to Tokimeki Memorial, with player stats affecting the relationship between them and Evian. Over three in-game years, and over a number of different story events, players are given many different ways to build their relationship together. If the player character and Evian succeed in falling in love before the end of the three-year timeline, humanity is saved. Otherwise... it's doomed. |
| Urwisy w opałach | 2001-06-01 | | NAWAR Sp. z o.o. | Educational | Side view | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Urwisy w opałach is an educational game aimed at children aged three to nine. It teaches children how to react to possible dangerous situations, presented in the form of a quiz and through scenes with four possible answers of what the character (or characters) should do. Every scene consists of an introduction to the situation and four answers (with one correct answer in each scene) and unlimited time for the player. Only a mouse is required to play the game. Choose a scene, choose an answer or play with objects in each scene (and the menu). |
| Worm 2000 | 2001-06-03 | TERMINAL Studio | TERMINAL Studio | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | The game principle behind Worm 2000 is simple: you control a worm with your keyboard, moving it so that it eats fruits to grow and avoids it's own death by running into obstacles, its own body or eating bombs.To avoid getting in trouble with you length, you can collect a scissors power-up, which will cut your worm shorter.In each level, you have to score a certain amount of points. Once this happens, the exit will appear and once you reached it, you proceed to the next level.The game offers 60 levels to play and 14 skins. With the skins, you don't need to play a worm, you can also play a train, a dog or much much more. |
| Gangsters 2 | 2001-06-06 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Hothouse Creations Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Crime | Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements | Interwar, North America | | Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Joey Bane has a score to settle... His home, Temperance, is no longer the same in the age of Prohibition, as mobs rule the streets... His father was gunned down by the mob while running some liquor for a rival faction. His uncle barely survived... As he researched the criminal underworld, he finds that the mobster who ordered the hit was merely tip of the iceberg... And vengeance is a dish best served cold...Gangsters 2 is the sequel to the original Gangsters, where you play a small-time gangster trying to make it into the big leagues. Recruit specialists in explosives, guns, driving, assassinations, racketeering, extortion, and more as you fight off rival gangs, keep the money coming, and keep yourself alive... |
| KOPS | 2001-06-06 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | KOPS is a two-dimensional gravitational cave flying game. The game is primarily designed to be multiplayer, but only local split screen game mode is provided. It is best played with 2-4 players on a single computer, but also a single player mode is available, which is suitable mostly for practicing. The original version was released back in 1996 as shareware software. After that the game has been released as a special slimmed down edition for the Disccover game competition. In 2001 the game was ported from DOS to Windows and released as freeware, and a few months later it was also ported to Linux. In 2003 the game has been released as open source, so it is publicly open for further development. |
| The Wal-Mart SUV Parking Lot Challenge! | 2001-06-06 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Arcade | Contemporary | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Wal-Mart SUV Parking Lot Challenge! is an arcade game where the player must try and park his car at the handicapped spot on the mall's parking lot. On some levels, the player must outrun a competing car to the handicap spot. The player controls his car from an overhead view; the car can freely rotate in place, start and stop instantly. Tons of other cars are present at the lot, driving in and from all directions. Colliding with any car causes the player's SUV to stop in place, and causes a money (score) penalty. Money is also lost through colliding with shopping carts and pedestrians, but can be regained by collecting shopping bags and green "$$$" pickups. The game features both an one-player campaign, and two-player split-screen gameplay where players compete to get to the parking spot first. |
| WWII Online: Blitzkrieg | 2001-06-06 | Strategy First, Inc. | Cornered Rat Software | Action | 1st-person | | | Massively Multiplayer | World War II | Flight / aviation, Naval / watercraft, Tank | | Persistent, Real-time | Teen | | Windows | WWII Online: Blitzkrieg is a massively multiplayer online game that features land, air, and sea action with accurate vehicles from World War II in full 3D. Players participate in a persistent world where success affects supply and territory, and where players must coordinate and unite to capture, hold ground, and defend against enemy attacks. Players can accumulate experience in any or all of the three branches of service on either side (and respective countries), and gain access to better equipment and more sophisticated features. |
| Rings of the Magi v2.0 | 2001-06-07 | MVP Software | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | When it was first released, this addictive puzzle game was chosen by Computer Gaming World as the Best Puzzle game of the Year. A game for all levels of puzzle fanatics - simple to learn but challenging to master, many options and difficulty levels. The mystics of Ac'Rained have crafted their rings to prevent the life force of their world from draining away, but now their secret art is in danger of being lost. As their apprentice, you are called upon to learn and harness the power of the rings. By matching up rings of similar colors their magic is released and the puzzle is solved. Advanced players will discover more intricate combinations and higher-scoring opportunities, providing additional replay value. True-color graphics and original digital music. 300 puzzles in full version, plus an editor to create your own puzzles. Two free bonus games also hidden within, can you find them?
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| Robert Redford Saves the Day: Episode 1: Getting There | 2001-06-07 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Robert Redford Saves the Day: Episode 1: Getting There is the first part of a humorous point-and-click adventure game series. The player takes control of Robert Redford, who receives an important mission from God to head to Lopensville and get Mrs. Plumberstein's cat off a tree. In the first episode, Robert is trying to get aboard a plane that will take him to the distant town. The game uses a classic point-and-click interface, with the player cycling between various actions (walk/look/interact/talk) with the right mouse button or via a menu at the top of the screen. |
| Digital Road | 2001-06-09 | Ford Motor Company | Pukka Games | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Digital Road is Ford Motor Company's vision of the future. It's a full virtual experience of the future including an educational and enjoyable 3D driving experience. It was used by Ford in their motor shows to quickly convey how cool their cars for the future could be. Players can select and drive their car around the streets of a typical suburban area of America. Streets are wide, houses pretty and gardens well-maintained - a picturesque place to learn to drive the cars of the future. There are even people walking down the sidewalks!Keyboard controlled, there was the option of putting code into a simulator - or at least building the PC and monitor into an actual FORD concept car! Players at the RoadShows could have sat in these cars and driven the program using real-life controls as their interface. There are no traditional 'gamey' goals as such and it therefore feels different to many driving experiences. The main 'goal' is to experience FORD's cars of the future. It is a freeform, sandbox experience with a little direction from the sexy robot lady who anthropomorphically embodies the car!The project was funded by the Imagination Group, London, UK |
| Emperor: Battle for Dune | 2001-06-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Intelligent Games Ltd, Westwood Studios, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Emperor: Battle for Dune is the true sequel to both Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty and Dune 2000. Unlike Dune 2000, it progresses the storyline and takes place after the Ordos victory in its predecessors, but with the same basic premise: houses Atreides, Ordos, and Harkonnen battle for supremacy on the planet Arrakis, the only location where the valuable resource known as Spice Melange can be found, but for the first time in the Dune RTS series, other locations are also visited briefly.This time, all three factions have redesigned arsenals with more varied units. Other than a new 3D engine by Intelligent Games, Emperor: Battle for Dune introduces the sub-house system. In skirmish and multiplayer games, up to two (out of five) sub-houses can be chosen to lend their technologies to the player in the form of two unique units and a relevant structure which trains them. The singleplayer campaign is once again played on a meta-map, this time with defensive missions as well, and sub-houses may join the player in the fight. The Living Planet feature randomly spawns tornadoes. The AI's play style can also be chosen in skirmish and multiplayer modes for a more varied gameplay.Each refinery now comes with a free carry-all assigned to the existing free harvester for faster resource gathering and defense. Also, each refinery can be upgraded with two extra pads which also come free with a harvester and carry-all. True to a major Westwood Studios production, Emperor: Battle for Dune features live-action cutscenes between missions. |
| Half-Life: Blue Shift | 2001-06-12 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Unlike the rest of the world, US launch retail release package includes:
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life HD Pack
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| Kasbrik3D | 2001-06-12 | | | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Kasbrik3D is an adaptation of Arkanoid with 3D graphics (although the gameplay remains 2D). It was created as a project for the author's "Games Programming" university studies. As is usual in Arkanoid games, the player must bounce a ball to destroy all bricks to complete the level, and loses a life if the balls falls out the bottom of the screen. Several bonus pick-ups appear during gameplay, including the classic "enlarge paddle", "fast ball" or "extra life". The player receives points for collecting bonuses and breaking bricks. The score received for brick-breaking is higher while the player is under influence of debilitating pickups (such as "shorter paddle".)During gameplay, the player can exit to the menu screen where the the camera angle and zoom can be freely changed. It's also possible to play the game from the paddle's viewpoint. Various visual effects, such as light cast on the bricks by the glowing ball, can be activated or deactivated in the options menu. |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars | 2001-06-12 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Gizmo Industries | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Command the Federation or the Klingon Armada as you battle the Dominion and the Cardassians for the fate of the quadrant! Take any of the four races as you build up your crew, ships, supplies, and more as you take on three campaigns in over 30 missions. Multiplayer capable, internet or LAN. Two different viewpoints (traditional isometric, or cinematic) available.
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| 3D Lines | 2001-06-14 | XDGames | XDGames | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | 3D Lines is a windows version of the game Color Lines. It is a single player, shareware, turn-based colour matching game. Each turn the player may move one object and this causes three randomly coloured object to appear on the board. The object of the game is to arrange the objects to form lines of four or more of the same colour. The lines can be arranged vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. Each line completed immediately disappears and scores points. The game continues until all cells are occupied and there are no more moves left.There are nine game variants ranging in difficulty from 'Easy Lines' played on a 6x6 grid to 'Hard Lines' played on a 10x10 grid and then on to others such as 'Long Lines', 'Start Lines' and 'Speed Lines'.
The game can be played with either the mouse or the keyboard, it has a high score table, music & sound effects, three difficulty settings and a boss key. The full game was released as shareware and this was active for ten days after which the player had to purchase a key to unlock it if they wished to continue playing. |
| Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising | 2001-06-14 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Rage Games Ltd. | Action, Strategy | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Helicopter, Tank | Mike Stimpson | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | The year is 2032. The world is at peace, after having banished war in the final battle long ago. All weapons have been destroyed to ensure peace. However, in the Pacific, a cabal of former magnates--ex-leaders, ex-tycoons, ex-military, and more--have joined together and occupied 20 islands and are building new war machines. There is no way to fight them, except this one last remaining "Adaptive Cruiser", the Antaeus. Lost in the final battle with all hands, this was one of the ultimate weapons. Complete with nano-factories that can build air/ground/naval units out of resources and energy, its crew's memory engrams have been stored on "soulcatcher" chips. Reactivation signal has been sent. Soon Antaeus will rise from the bottom, and you'll be in command. Good luck, and good hunting.Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising is a 3D real-time strategy game with several new twists. You will need to harvest resources, as you can only build new units by harvesting existing resources/energy. You then "crew" these units with these "soulcatcher" profiles you have stored. You have limited profiles (you can't "copy" them) available you are limited in the number of units you can deploy at once, so you will need to defend your cruiser as well as attack the enemy, obtain resources, and other missions. The game is mission-based. Destroy enemy radar to prevent them from knowing where you are. Deploy harvester units to salvage enemy remains and structures. You can even capture enemy units for study. You can issue pretty complicated orders by using a set of visual icons. Multiple islands have multiple objectives for you to complete. The game is played in a 3D "behind-unit" perspective with a 3D map similar to Activision's Battlezone. |
| Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare | 2001-06-15 | Infogrames, Inc. | Darkworks S.A. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | Mature | Cinematic camera | Windows | Edward Carnby, private eye of the paranormal, is back.Carnby's best friend, Charles Fiske, has been found dead near Shadow Island, a mysterious island near Maine. It is your duty to take up the investigation and find out the secrets of Shadow Island. But you're not going alone... your companion will be a redhead by the name of Aline Cedrac who has her own reasons for tagging along. Aside from being a woman and inexperienced in the world of danger, she is the only one with the knowledge for translating the ancient Abkhani tabloids which may hold the secrets behind Carnby's friend's death and the disappearance of Aline's father.Upon arriving on the island, your plane has been shot down by the things unknown, and the heroes have no other choice but to jump with a parachute, thus separating them on the island.Now you choose the character to play with, either as Edward Carnby or Aline Cedrac, as they explore the mysterious and gloomy island with all its secrets and parallel stories that contain different locations and tasks for different characters, thus adding the level of replayability in a different experience - Carnby's story is more action oriented while Cedrac has more puzzles to solve. Just like in the predecessors you move your characters through pre-rendered backgrounds while the camera perspective switches around. You collect various items and books which are used to solve puzzles. Many situations can only be solved with violence which means you'll have to use guns to get rid of your foes. Aiming is manual and especially when playing Cedrac ammo is scarce. Saving a game uses up a save medallion which can be found during the game. |
| Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates | 2001-06-15 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Taldren, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates is a stand-alone expansion pack to Star Trek: Starfleet Command Volume II - Empires at War. For the first and only time in the series, the Orion Pirates are a playable race, divided into eight cartels, each with their own ship configurations and weapon arsenals: Orion, Korgath, Prime, TigerHeart, BeastRiders, Syndicate, WyldeFire, and Camboro. Within the updated campaign map, each cartel operates in its own area of space, and the map screen can be configured to mark area possession by standard races or cartel operations in those same areas.There are 12 new campaigns, 26 skirmish missions and 12 multiplayer missions on hand. It is also possible to create missions using the mission creator. Each of the previously available races are also playable, and get new powerful ships in the new Advanced era. |
| Steel Soldiers | 2001-06-15 | Eon Digital Entertainment | Bitmap Brothers, The | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The action has moved on 500 years since the original game, Z, and an uneasy cease-fire exists between the two vast war machines of TransGlobal Industries and the MegaCom Corporation. The final phase of the peace initiative is only hours away when an incident takes place, which throws this short-lived truce into complete disarray.War is firmly back on the agenda.While initial thoughts may be that Z: Steel Soldiers is another recruit to the growing army of real time strategy games, Z: Steel Soldiers should be viewed as an arcade strategy title with the emphasis firmly on action, the players’ combat decisions and their subsequent consequences.The taking of territory is still paramount for victory as buildings can only be constructed on land owned by the player. But now, gamers must also think about which territory will best suit their strategy. Each sector on the map will feature a flag displaying a number from 1 to 5, the higher the number the quicker the game’s resource, Xenonite, will be mined. The temptation may well be to secure those territories that will deliver the most Xenonite so forces can be quickly built up. But the game’s 3D environments mean that some territories will be strategically better than others. So, taking control of high ground with a relatively small yield of Xenonite may well prove more advantageous in the long term than quickly snatching a valley based territory with low strategic value and a high resource yield.The action in Z: Steel Soldiers takes place in six very distinct worlds each with its own unique environment. From arid desert to lush forest each throws up its own geographical challenges for the player. In addition each world has its own environmental systems and specific life forms.The game’s different environments have meant that Z: Steel Soldiers will feature not only land based units but also naval and airforce which includes helicopters and jets. In total players will have access to up to 30 units, the hardware becoming more powerful and destructive as the player progresses through the game.Designed from the ground up as a true 3D game it comes as no surprise that Z: Steel Soldiers features a state of the art engine that really brings the game’s worlds to life. Units will make tracks in soft ground or kick up dust on dry terrain and all objects are subject to real time shadows and reflections. Other natural effects such as weather and transitions from day to night are incredibly realistic thanks to the game’s physics system. Z: Steel Soldiers is more than a number of isolated missions with no structure thrown together to make a game. It features a progressive plot driven story line written by Martin Pond, the man responsible for bringing the world of Medievil and the universe of Imperium Galactica 2 to life. Full of intrigue and conspiracy, the story will be updated through luscious cut scenes created by leading industry lights AudioMotion.Cited as one of Z’s strongest attributes, the AI in Z: Steel Soldiers is even more complex yet flexible enough to respond to gamers of all levels. It can be passive or aggressive in its nature from reinforcing territories to scouting or manufacturing of units in response to the player’s situation. |
| Super Methane Bros | 2001-06-15 | | Apache Software Limited | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This platform game bears a similarity to Bubble Bobble in many ways. There are 100 single-screen levels, featuring variously shaped ledges, for the two characters to face before escaping from the Tower of Time.These levels are laden with nasty bugs, but you have a methane gun to shoot at them. This absorbs them, and allows them to be fired out against a wall; if they don’t reach the wall, they live to fight another day. You must destroy them all within a specific time limit to progress.
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| Blast Off | 2001-06-16 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | In this adventure game, you control the amateur inventor Elandra, who has to help amateur rocket builder Mickey Farley with his ambitious project. All he needs is some fuel and materials, and he'll be able to launch his rocket into space. It won't be easy to get them though. The game is controlled with a mouse; similarly to Sam & Max Hit The Road, right-clicking changes the cursor action (Walk to, Look at, Interact with, Talk to), while moving the cursor to the top of the screen makes a menu appear, allowing you to easily change the cursor actions, access one's inventory or save/load/quit the game. |
| Startopia | 2001-06-16 | Eidos, Inc. | Mucky Foot Productions Limited | Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Startopia is a real-time strategy/city management game. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, it is your job to rebuild the once-thriving network of space-stations. You must compete against several other enterprises, using economic and military means to expand your power.The toroidal space stations are divided into three decks, each split into several sections with bulkheads. The droids construct buildings, deliver cargo, make repairs and can open sealed bulkheads. The first deck houses the basic building to maintain the station like a port for the alien visitors, a recharger for your working droids and an Energy collector that powers the different facilities. Energy also serves as currency. The inner Pleasure deck is home to shops, bars, discos and other entertainment. An outer deck called the Bio deck can be used to grow plants and trees and is used by the visiting aliens as a recreational deck.Nine different alien races, each with their own abilities and preferences, can visit your station. Aliens can be hired to work for you in your facilities or as security. The game modes offered are missions, sandbox and multiplayer.
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| Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria | 2001-06-21 | ClearWater Interactive, FastTrak Software Publishing Ltd. | Prelusion Games Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The annual Mushroom Festival is considered the event of the year. People from all around attend to celebrate and remember the events of the past. Long ago, an evil wizard was defeated using only a mushroom. Ever since then, that very mushroom has held a place of honor in the center of the town of Phungoria, and a new person is appointed each year to watch over it. Suddenly one morning the mushroom is stolen, and Gilbert Goodmate's grandfather, this year's keeper of the mushroom, has been blamed. Somehow Gilbert must find the mushroom, the thief, and save his grandfather from the gallows!Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria is a humorous, 3rd person point and click adventure game made in similar style to the Lucas Monkey Island series. Gilbert's quest will involve exploring in and outside of Phungoria, talking to a multitude of characters and solving inventory-based puzzles. The game features hand-drawn, cartoon style graphics, an original musical score, and a cast of voice actors and actresses. |
| Hot Wired | 2001-06-22 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | IncaGold GmbH | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hot Wired is a game about attempting to steal high-end cars. At the request of a crime boss who has an endless list of clients interested in such vehicles, your job is to steal high priced automobiles and drive them across the county line and outside of local law enforcement jurisdiction.The action takes place in 10 major U.S. cities. You start each level by selecting a car that you plan to steal and drive across the border. At the outset, there are only 2 cars available at the start of the game with the other remaining cars being "locked" until you earn enough credits from your criminal adventures to unlock more cars. The first two cars resemble certain real-world sports cars (the game does not use officially licensed cars) while some of the unlockable vehicles feature a cop car.The driving action consists primarily of staying on the road and avoiding major damage to the vehicle, which reduces it's black market value. The cops are nearly suicidal in their determination to catch you and will ram you from all angles in an attempt to stop your robbery. There are other hazards to watch out for such as freeway intersections, sharp turns, and busy stretches of traffic. Hot Wired also gives you 12 different camera angles (selectable through the 12 keyboard function keys) through which to view the action. Angles include in-seat, rear view, front view (camera looking back at the car, opposite from direction of travel), and wide area chase view. |
| Karnage | 2001-06-22 | Ian Software | Ian Software | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Karnage is an action game with an overhead view. The evil wizard Galtana has kidnapped the knight Derek's wife, Diana. Derek must now set out to rescue his beloved, making his way through the hordes of monsters that have invaded the land. The game uses a flip-screen perspective. Most screens are populated by monsters that can be damaged by swinging Derek's sword, but close contact with a monster drains Derek's health. Bushes and trees can be destroyed to reveal pickups such as health recharges and bombs, which can be set down to damage monsters and destroy obstacles. Some screens require careful maneuvering, for example crossing a twisty bridge without brushing against the edge. |
| Original War | 2001-06-22 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | ALTAR interactive | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | Post-apocalyptic | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Original War looks like your standard RTS until you sit down and play it. It is similar to Myth, in that you often do not get new characters or units through a level, but are made to keep each unit around and use them in the next level. Characters also have RPG like stats that you improve as you progress, making each units value increase as you play through the game. Without ruining too much, the story revolves around preventing a crisis in present day by travelling back in time to move resources. This resources must be moved from a place enemy factions have access to them in the present day to a location accessible only to your faction in present day. So off you go into the past to move resources so that in the future, your faction will have them where they need them. |
| Yulhyul Kangho | 2001-06-22 | Sego Entertainment | KRGsoft | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | | Licensed | Martial arts | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Yulhyul Kangho is based on a Korean wuxia manhwa by Jeon Geuk-jin and Yang Jae-hyeon. In the game, the young hero Han Bi-gwang is attacked by assassins in his home and embarks on a journey to find who is responsible for the attack. On his way, he meets the young female martial artists Dam Hwa-rin, who accompanies him. The game is a series of battles with 3D characters on pre-rendered backgrounds, which are fought beat-em-up style in real time, with long comic book style conversations in between. With subsequent victories, the protagonist grows stronger and learns new fighting moves from his opponents. |
| Anarchy Online | 2001-06-26 | Funcom Oslo A/S | Funcom Oslo A/S | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Massively Multiplayer | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | In the year 29475 AD, mankind have settled the barren planet Rubi-ka, whose only resource is Notum, a power source for the ubiquitous nano-tech. The mega-corp Omni-Tek has an iron-clad hold on the planet, but there are underground guerrilla clans forming, hoping to overthrown the tyrants... You are the latest inhabitant of Rubi-ka... Would you join the mega-corp, the clans, or remain a neutral spectator? Anarchy Online is a massive multi-player role-playing game set in a sci-fi universe in a full 3D engine. There are no fantasy races to be found here, but players still can choose between four different kinds of humans and twelve jobs with different skills and advantages, e.g. the nano-technician which is basically the equivalent to a mage. There is no ultimate goal to "win" the game; progression is simply measured by character advancement - earned experience points lead to level ups and then players can improve their skills. The cities are used to chat with other players, build groups and start quests. Missions and dungeons are randomly generated. |
| Anachronox | 2001-06-27 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Ion Storm, L.P. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Sly Boots is a private investigator who is in a bit of trouble - money trouble that is. So his first priority is to earn some money; when a mysterious rich man unexpectedly turns up with a tempting offer, Sly begins to think that his troubles are a thing of the past. Naturally, he couldn't have been more wrong, as he soon slides into something much, much bigger: he will discover a great mystery which may cause the destruction of the universe. Anachronox is a sci-fi role-playing game that predominantly follows the Japanese template, though also incorporating elements from Western-style RPGs. Though its plot is serious in nature, the game features humorous dialogue and many bizarre situations.The combat system has many similarities to the Final Fantasy series: it is turn-based in principle, but every character has an action bar. After every action it is depleted, and when it is filled again the next action can be started - no matter if the enemy has attacked or not. Important differences are the ability to move around on the battlefield in restricted ways and the non-random battles. Another similarity is the character development which automatically increases the character's stats. However, the game is less combat-oriented than most Japanese-style RPGs. Most of the time is spent exploring the hub areas, solving (side) quests and conversing with people. At first Sly is alone, save for his electronic secretary Fatima, but during the course of the game he recruits six party members to help him out, some of which are rather eccentric. Every party member has a special ability, played out in action-based mini-games, which are needed to solve quests, e.g. Sly can lockpick doors. There are also other mini-games to be found, partly needed to solve quests and partly optional. Sometimes there are traditional logic puzzles to solve. |
| Atari: Anniversary Edition | 2001-06-28 | Infogrames, Inc. | Digital Eclipse Software, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | Ryan Thom | | Everyone | | Windows | The Atari Anniversary Edition features 12 classic Atari games, whereby two versions of this game exits. One for Dreamcast/Windows and the other one for PlayStation.The Dreamcast/Windows version features the following games:Asteroids
Asteroids Deluxe
Battlezone
Centipede
Crystal Castles
Gravitar
Millipede
Missile Command
Pong
Super Breakout
Tempest
WarlordsThe PlayStation version features these games:Asteroids
Asteroids Deluxe
Battlezone
Black Widow
Centipede
Gravitar
Missile Command
Pong
Space Duel
Super Breakout
Tempest
WarlordsNote: the bold games are those that are just in the one version, but not in the other one.In addition to the pure emulation modes, there is an option to display the cabinet art surrounding the display of each game, intended to give the player a sense of actually playing a stand-up machine. Each game also has a toggle for an "enhanced" graphical mode, which varies from game to game. For instance, "enhanced" asteroids merely has a static backdrop, whereas "enhanced" warlords is a complete graphical overhaul with new colors. It should be noted that the "enhanced" version of Tempest is none other than Tempest Tubes, a modification for Tempest made in 1982 by Duncan Brown.Also included is a gallery of game memorabilia, video clips of an interview with Nolan Bushnell, and desktop themes for Windows. |
| Ys I II Complete | 2001-06-28 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ys I II Complete contains updated versions of two games:
Ys Eternal
Ys II Eternal
Most of the content remains identical to the separate releases. Ys Eternal has undergone slight graphical tweaks to bring it on par with Ys II Eternal visually. There is also a new animated intro and an additional Nightmare difficulty level. |
| Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos | 2001-06-29 | Infogrames, Inc. | Particle Systems Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Badlands cluster, a century after the first Independence War. You are the son of Felix, a miner who was killed by Caleb Maas (owner of the Maas corporation) for not paying a debt. With the help of a long-dead man's mind trapped inside a computer, you have a chance of revenge. With your own base full of space for cargo, and your grandmother's ship, you start an adventure which will change your life... forever.There are 16 star systems, and you get to fly 4 ships. Whilst in the first game your job was largely restricted to shooting things, here you can also trade with people or steal their goods. Ships are large and require precise control.This sequel's user interface has been redesigned from the original, with the aim of simplifying the controls, and has a new graphics engine. There is online multiplayer support for up to 8 people (Deathmatch, Team-Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and The Bomb), realistic physics and many more changes. |
| PimpWars | 2001-06-29 | | | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Saving a failing restaurant may sound like a peculiar premise for a game, but any skepticism is forgotten at this diversion's base recipe for its salvation: to raise enough capital ($5 million) to purchase Flaming Sheinen's grill outright, you must take to the streets and delegate the revenue-generation to a small army of ladies of the night, who you will manage toward optimal profitability. While it's a strange formula it's also a straightforward one (as the game reminds upon startup, Note: Daily Profit = Cash + (Rate * Hours of all Whores) -- and it can't be denied that this game's lurid approach to supply-side economics is more titillating than your run-of-the-mill industry simulator.Starting at the nowheresville intersection of 1st & Main, you slowly build your empire, day by day, as you earn enough money to move uptown street by street, where your whores -- if suitably attired -- can increase their hourly rates by leaps and bounds (for after all, as the old chestnut has it, while lower-class whores get crabs, upper-class whores get nothing but lobster.) While your player doesn't make money the same way as his stable does, you still have the options of attempting to fatten your chequebook by trips to the casino or, for the bold, outright theft from other players.Indeed, left to your own devices, winning this game would only be a matter of time -- but the presence of competitors in this game's dial-up BBS door game context means that you not only have to perform well but outperform your peers, or risk having the restaurant sold out from under you. This leads to a number of underhanded and despicable tactics -- you can burn down competing brothels, or hire an agent to impregnate or infect an opponent's working girls with venereal diseases... if you can't just persuade them to work for you instead, with a fancier wardrobe on a more prestigious corner. (Just make sure you dole them out enough condoms to remain part of your active workforce!)The interface is a series of single-keystroke options selected from various textmode menus, with every action undertaken adding minutes to the clock. Once you hit late night, all you can do is sit back and wait for your employees to earn their commission. The following day, you get to find out what all your careful arrangements (and more to the point, what the other players' careful arrangements against you) amounted to. |
| Requiem Hurts: Kankin | 2001-06-29 | Illusion | Illusion | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Rail shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The year is 2197. Sapporo, the largest city on the northern Hokkaido island in Japan, has become the crime capital of the country, earning the title of "city of lust". Powerful criminal organizations are controlling the city, and the police is unable to do anything. Only a handful of lone heroes, led by two beautiful young girls, Kikuno and Chisame, can take on the criminals and restore the order in the city.Requiem Hurts has three gameplay modes: exploration, rail shooter, and interactive sex scenes. In the exploration mode, the protagonists of the game run through 3D levels viewed from a third-person perspective. You can jump and climb automatically, but it is sometimes necessary to run before jumping. There is also a light element of puzzle-solving in some of the levels.The rail shooter parts will occur at fixed moments during the exploration of a level. Your character moves automatically, and your goal is to aim and shoot at enemies who keep popping out. Various upgrades can also be shot during those fights.During the interactive sex scenes, your goal is to bring the girl's "pleasure meter" to the top. This is achieved by alternating between different positions. The player can control the speed of the action by clicking and dragging the left mouse button, simulating movement. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII | 2001-06-29 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII is the eighth installment in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms turn-based grand strategy game series. Once again, it is based on the historical events of the Chinese Three Kingdoms period. The story takes place in 3rd century A.D., when the Han Dynasty was powerless to stop a civil war in China, and when warriors from different provinces tried to defeat each other and gain the power to rule over the whole country.The game offers some enhancements compared to the previous installments. The player can now control all eight main characters during the same game. Of the 711 officer characters, the player can create 100. Each of those officers has unique skills which can be employed in combat or help to create a powerful army. The player can also freely choose a starting date for the game events, ranging between 184 A.D. (Yellow Turban Rebellion) and 234 A.D. (death of Zhuge Liang, one of the most important strategists of the time period). |
| Tulle's World I: Roving in Candale | 2001-06-29 | Andail Entertainment | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Tulle's World I: Roving in Candale is a freeware 2D point-and-click adventure game. The player takes the role of Artram, a master thief in the city of Candale. One night he gets falsely accused of a crime and arrested. Later Artram overhears a plot to kidnap the king, and has to find a way to warn him. Visually and gameplay-wise the game is reminiscent of 1990-era Sierra adventures. Puzzles are mostly inventory-based. Actions can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. |
| Baseball Mogul 2002 | 2001-06-30 | Sports Mogul Inc. | Sports Mogul Inc. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Baseball Mogul 2002 is the baseball franchise management game that founded a genre.As General Manager (GM), your job is to build the best lineup of players to take your team to the Championship Series. You can make complex player trades and sign players to multi-year contracts as you build your team, but you'll have to compete with the other team GMs, and negotiate with the player's agents. If your new players are good enough, have them join your team right away, otherwise send them to your minor league franchise for training and improvement. Then, as the season progresses you choose which players stay in the big leagues, which ones get sent down to the minors, and which ones get released or traded.As GM you also have to manage all the finances for your ballclub, making sure that the team doesn't go bankrupt. Raise revenue for your team by setting the price of tickets and selling the TV broadcast rights, while you manage your team's expenses by setting the budget for your farm system, player scouts, medical staff, and player payroll. But be careful, because fans can be fickle if your team doesn't win or if your tickets become too expensive!Your involvement as GM does not stop in the team's front office -- you also help to manage your team on the field. You set the starting defense, batting order and pitching rotation for your team. Of course, once a ballgame starts, you retire to the luxury box and its up to your team's coaches and players to get the win! A powerful game engine simulates each at-bat of the game based on historical stats and real player performance, assuring you the maximum realism possible!
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| Speedway Championships | 2001-06-30 | Techland Soft | Techland Soft | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | | Motorcycle, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | | | Windows | Speedway Championships is a 3D speedway racing game where player takes the role of speedway rider on a mission to become World Champion.Game contains 3 modes: Championship, Practice and Time Trial. In Championship mode, career is split into several tournaments - each per stadium (10 available in the game). Every track has specific parameters: length, width and grip so player has to re-think way of taking turns on each track. Game does not feature license for using real rider's names, so these are slightly different: for example Mark Loram is renamed to Marek Loramski and Leigh Adams is renamed to Adam Lee.Game provides 4 camera modes: 1st-person view, behind-view (default), 3rd-person view and bird's view, There is also multiplayer mode with split screen up to 4 players. |
| Ata Hoshev SheAta Haham 2 | 2001-07-01 | Hed Arzi Multimedia | Misgav Maarachot, Pekan | Strategy | | | | Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | Ata Hoshev SheAta Haham 2 is an Israeli humorous trivia game, the second main entry of the series.Like its predecessor, it can be played by up to 3 players and features over 1,000 questions in various categories. |
| Bikez II | 2001-07-01 | | | Action | Behind view, Top-down | | Crime | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | Bikez II is an action game set in a dark futuristic city, where the player takes on the role of an amoral motorcyclist mercenary. The player's goal is to accept new missions from the city's crime ring "Bikez", which are acquired by talking to questgivers dispersed around the city and reward the player with money. Most of the missions revolve around killing specific people around the city. The motorcycle has four guns attached to it, which can all be fired at the same time. Each gun can have upgrades bought for it in garages around the city, which also refill the player's health and allow to save the game. This is useful, as the player is by no means the only one armed, and policemen and other opponents are plentiful. Apart from shooting, the player can also simply run over people to kill them. It is also possible to temporarily enter a slow-motion mode by holding down a key, which can come in handy during heated battles. |
| Dominions: Priests, Prophets & Pretenders | 2001-07-01 | Illwinter Game Design | Illwinter Game Design | Strategy | Top-down | | | Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | www.illwinter.com (from Ad Blurbs)Dominions: Priests Prophets & Pretenders is a turn based fantasy game in which you take the role of a pretending god.Each pretender is Lord and Master of one of fourteen cultures, each with its own individual strengths and weaknesses. With the aid of soldiers and mages you will conquer the lands of your neighbors in a struggle for total domination.Priests and prophets will preach throughout the world to spread your dominion, the manifestation of your divine supremacy.Features:
1-14 Players. Play single player or with up to 13 friends (hotseat, PbEM, TCP/IP).
More than 600 units.
More than 400 unique spells.
More than 300 magic items.
Design your own God by choosing his physical form, magic skills and how his dominion affects the world.
Dominion. Make sure that the dominion of enemy gods doesn't enter and corrupt your lands.
The worlds most famous heroes will be granted heroic abilities that grows with their fame.
Mercenaries are bought on a global market, all players can bid, but only one will get them.
Build fortresses to protect your lands and to boost your production. Fortresses must be besieged before they can be stormed.
Huge automatic battles with hundreds of units.
Create your own monsters and scenarios.
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| FurtherTime 1.0 | 2001-07-01 | | | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | Windows | FurtherTime is a space combat simulator. Action takes place in the close proximity of Earth. Fly your space fighter and fight against enemy wings of fighters, bombers, and interceptors. There are also heavy ships in the battle, as well as detailed star fighters, bombers, interceptors, mid-size frigates with landing sites and huge cruisers with true 3D hangars. |
| Inline Skating | 2001-07-01 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | MAUS Software | Action, Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | In this inline skating simulation the ultimate goal is to gather points by performing stunts. These stunts can involve the surroundings in the five scenes. Four are modelled after real places in Berlin, Cologne, Munich and Hamburg. The player has the choice between three characters which have different stats. There is an online highscore list. |
| Jurassic Park III: Dino Defender | 2001-07-01 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Funnybone Interactive | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Fighting, Platform, Shooter | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Jurassic Park III: Dino Defender is a game based on the Jurassic Park 3 franchise. You play a Dino Defender who must travel to Isla Sorna to capture the dinosaurs after a freak storm has knocked out the power supply and freed them. Your role is to use whatever is available to capture the dinosaurs, and discover what has happened. The game plays as a side scrolling platform action game, with the player fighting a range of dinosaurs. |
| Keio Line Simulator 2 | 2001-07-01 | RealRailway | RealRailway | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Keio Line Simulator 2 is a commuter train simulation of a trip between Higashi-Fuchu and Nishi-Chōfu on the Keiō Line. The player may choose to drive either the Keiō 8000 series or the Keiō 9000 series. The game itself is a flash movie that the player controls the speed of. At the left side of the screen timetable and current time is displayed and on the right side current speed can be seen. Care must be taken to ensure that the train arrives on time at each station and that the train stops within the designated stop zone. Being too late or driving past a station means game over. After a successful trip the performance of the player is evaluated. |
| Masters of the Elements | 2001-07-01 | Tivola Publishing, Inc., Viva Media, LLC | IJsfontein Interactive Media | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In the Castle of Infinity live the eccentric masters of the elements: grandfather Time, uncle Gravity, father Warmth, mother Light and their daughter Electricity - and the mysterious Master of Chance, who lives in a house in the garden. When the Master of Chance loses his cat, the balance of the elements is disturbed as all the other masters have gone to search for the pet, and lost their magical power-granting rings in the process. It is up to you to restore the natural order of things and collect the missing pages of the Garden of Chance story. When you solve a puzzle and find a new page, the Master of Chance tells you a story with clues that lead to the missing cat.In this game, for ages 8 to 102, the rooms of the five castle-dwelling Masters can be traversed freely. The different rooms are related to the natural elements and teach a very limited amount of physics and science through the games and puzzles. You can pick up things (including the magical rings of the elements), but there is no inventory, as all items have to be used in the screen where they were found. Finding a new exit from one room to another unlocks part of a storybook describing the lives of, and relationships between, the five castle-dwelling Masters; five puzzles, one in each room, unlock the five pages of the story of what happened to the missing cat. Optional puzzles and challenges unlock four-leaf clovers, of which there are ten. When all five missing pages have been discovered, you can enter the Garden of Chance to retrieve the missing cat. The Garden of Chance is a board game featuring challenges based on the principles taught by the game - but the final challenge is purely luck-based, with the probability of winning being altered in the player's favor with each four-leaf clover found. |
| Opowieści CyberMychy | 2001-07-01 | | Longsoft Multimedia | Educational | Side view | | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Opowieści Cybermychy is an educational game for children attending primary school. Game provides several activities that allow children to practice and gain knowledge in a few school subjects.
A mouse is mainly required to play the game and keyboard is used in some of the activities and games. There is no installer, so the game can be launched directly from the CD.
The main menu displays 6 school-related categories:
Plan lekcji (Lesson plan) - one of several templates, fill week timetable by typing school subjects (school year 2001/2002) and print it
Lekcja angielskiego (English lesson) - this category contains 3 English lessons. Each of them contains voiced scene with family, English alphabet with common and known items, nursery rhyme, coloring book and switch to toggle on/off Polish translation of words and sentences visible on the screen
Lekcja matematyki (Maths lesson) - category is split into 4 “operations”: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Each operation contains 12 levels of game similar to Frogger. Here, the player must move the unnamed hero from top of the screen to the very bottom by jumping on platforms marked with numbers. Goal is to form equation that is true
Lekcja informatyki (Computer science lesson) - category contains website-creator where players can define layout, style and content of created website and save it on a disk. There is also a lexicon with several definitions and terms related to computer science
Lekcja historii (History lesson) - category recycles content from one of previous games released by Longsoft Multimedia called Orle Gniazdo. There is an animated movie about the founding legend of Poland known as Lech, Czech i Rus as well as lexicon with definitions and terms appearing in this animation.
Lekcja plastyki (Art lesson) - category contains another lexicon with art-related terms and definitions. There is also a memo game with no real connection to the category’s topic and puzzles based on known paintings.
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| Passage: Path of Betrayal | 2001-07-01 | DragonWorks Interactive | DragonWorks Interactive | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This epic adventure game is reminiscent of the classic Sierra games, especially the King's Quest series. It is a mouse-controlled, point-and-click, inventory-based adventure game.The journey begins with a nightmare and the realization that the land of Arkane is in danger and you, Riff, are the only one who can save your homeland. As a result of a visit to your mentor and the village magic-keeper, Windar, you realize your worst fears as you learn the history of the Passages--an ancient ritual involving the transportation of all who are evil--and the emergence of the Shifters and their plan to kill the royal family. |
| Vietnam 2: Special Assignment | 2001-07-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Single Cell Software | Action | 1st-person | | War | | Cold War, Historical events | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | This sequel to title Vietnam: Black Ops is a first person shooter geared towards casual gamers. Running on the LithTech 2 engine, the game features twelve levels representing various combat arenas of the Vietnam War, including jungle and urban outdoor environments and an indoor level set in an ancient temple. The game plot is straight out of Apocalypse Now - you're an American soldier sent into the jungles of Vietnam and Cambodia to find and kill a rogue American special forces operative. Gameplay is standard FPS, with several difficulty settings from which to choose. |
| MAD: Global Thermonuclear War | 2001-07-05 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Small Rockets | Action, Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Let’s play global thermonuclear war.MAD is a real time strategy game depicting a future battle between two superpower alliances. Each side is attempting to eliminate the other’s cities with nuclear missiles and defend their own with orbiting weapons platforms.A player starts with a number of ground territories and loses when the last one is destroyed (there’s no expansion). Each territory provides money and uranium to build weapons and can be home to a spaceport and a nuclear missile silo. In space, players build orbiting stations with science labs that allow technology advancements and anti-missile weapons that can protect the territories beneath them. Missiles are fired at the enemy with a semi-arcade control system that requires quick reflexes to be accurate.There are ten single player scenarios (which are really just different starting conditions) and an option for 1 on 1 modem or internet battles. |
| Unten am Fluss: Watership Down - Auf der Suche nach Watership Down | 2001-07-05 | KIDDINX Entertainment GmbH | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Unten am Fluss - Watership Down: Auf der Suche nach Watership Down is an adventure game for children, based on the book of the same name. The player leads a group of rabbits on the search for a new home. Different tasks have to be solved to reach that goal, such as navigating a labyrinth, crossing a river and fighting off other rabbits. |
| Combat Command 2: Desert Rats! | 2001-07-06 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Boku Strategy Games | Strategy | Top-down | | | Turn-based strategy, Wargame | Africa, Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Shrapnel Games product page (from Ad Blurbs)CHARIOTS OF FIRE: Step into the shoes of Rommel or Patton in this second installment of Boku's award-winning Combat Command 2 series. Desert Rats! covers the full spectrum of grand tactical desert warfare, from wild armored clashes ranging across the burning sands of Libya, to gritty, bare knuckles infantry combat in the rugged hills of Tunisia. Desert Rats! allows you to fight the battles that made the Afrika Korps famous and provided the Allies their trial by fire.
Scale: 1/2 km per hex, 2 hour turns (four hours at night), units are company in size and most battles cover several days of action.
All new terrain and unit graphics! New terrain features, including Wadi, Escarpment and Salt Marsh.
Mine clearing flail tanks.
New zoomable Jump Man to accomodate the biggest battle maps yet sen in the series - up to 100 hexes square.
Enhanced armor strength versus infantry in the open.
Enhanced night attack capability.
Play against the computer or against a friend at the same machine. Play live or over the Internet or use Desert Rats! unsurpassed PBEM capability.
All the same great features that make Combat Command 2 the best grand tactical WWII game system on the marker today: Paradrops, amphibious landings, incisive command control rules and initiative, infiltration movement and much more.
Previous ownership of any Combat Command 2 game is NOT required.
17 Scenarios: Sidi Rezegh, Kasserine Pass, El Guettar, Mareth Line, Tebourba Gap, Oran (the Armerican amphibious invasion of French-held Algeria), Fondouk, Medenine, Wadi Akarit, Ruweisat Ridge, and 7 more! Plus a full scenario editor allows you to create an endless variety of battles of your own design. |
| Nakoruru: Anohito kara no Okurimono | 2001-07-06 | Shall Luck | Inter-Let's | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Visual novel | | | | | | Misc | Windows | This game tells the story of one of the characters from SNK's fighting series Samurai Spirits: the girl Nakoruru. She comes from Kamuikotan, a small village on Japan's most northern island, Hokkaido, which is populated by Ainu, a nation with its own culture and traditions. The time of the game is set somewhere between the fighting tournaments where Nakoruru participates. She comes back to her home village, but the village elder sense evil, and her friends are worried about her. This is where Mikato, a little girl who was told by the village elder to keep an eye on Nakoruru, enters the picture. The relationship between Mikato, Nakoruru, and other village inhabitants form the core of the game's story.Nakoruru: Anohito kara no Okurimono is a visual novel. The player listens to the dialogues between Mikato and other people, and reads her thoughts about what is happening. From time to time the player will have to choose one of two or more available options which will lead to different dialogue or scenes. There are also some simple mini-games (such as for example playing a melody on a musical instrument). |
| The Ultimate Adventure Games Pack Vol.1 | 2001-07-09 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Ultimate Adventure Pack includes the first two games of the Egypt Series:
Egypt 1156 B.C.
Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy
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| Top Shot II | 2001-07-10 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Top Shot II is a target shooting game that aims to simulate 22 real-life guns in different scenarios presented as marksmanship challenges. There are 25 scenarios and it also incorporates all challenges of the original Remington Top Shot: Interactive Target Shooting game with eight target ranges in full 3D. Scenarios include the Wild West, trap and skeet shooting, and SWAT training. Players need to take into account ballistics as well as the effects of wind and weather. |
| Emperor: Battle for Dune (Specjalne Wydanie Kolekcjonerskie) | 2001-07-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Collector's Edition of Emperor: Battle for Dune contains the following:
The original Emperor: Battle for Dune.
Audio CD with official soundtrack.
T-shirt with game logo.
Special code to unlock three units (Atreides Air Drone, Harkonnen Air Defense Platform, Ordos Anti-Air Mine) during their timed exclusive period on Westwood Online. |
| The Corporate Machine | 2001-07-14 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | "The Corporate Machine" is a board-game like manager game. You are the manager of a freshly founded company (usually called a "start-up" in the new economy). Your goal: become number one and get rich. The problem is, that there are other companies which are much bigger than your own - and they don't like your goals :)Four business branches are available: cars, computers, airplanes and food. It's possible to play multiplayer with up to 8 players (LAN and Stardock.net). |
| Toon Car: The Great Race | 2001-07-15 | Noviy Disk, Snowball.ru | Revistronic | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | Ignacio Martinez (''Ñaco'') | Windows | The game is not so friendly as Toyland Racing. Now your toy have to win the race at all costs. Using the weapons found in magic boxes along the track you can eliminate the opponent. Racing not only on the Earth you can challenge your "friends" on other planets with another climate. The different kinds of the real cars are presented. |
| Mech Commander 2 | 2001-07-17 | Microsoft Corporation | FASA Studio | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Wargame | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | On the world of Carver V, the FedCom civil war between House Davion and House Steiner threatens to pull plenty of innocent bystanders into the maelstorm... It also offers plenty of opportunities for a veteran mercenary commander... Such as yourself. MechCommander 2 is a game of real-time tactical mech combat, and a sequel to the original MechCommander. Take on missions from your employer(s). Once you have selected a mission, you need to outfit your mechs. You can purchase new mechs if you have enough C-Bills, but most of your acquisitions will come from salvage of downed mechs. You can then refit the mechs by changing its loadout to customize for the pilot. After you have chosen your mechs and properly outfitted them, it's time to assign your pilots. Each pilot can have zero or more specialties, depending on experience level, and those skills can significantly increase his or her effectiveness. It takes good planning to match the right mech to the right pilot. On the full 3D battlefield, you will control movement, targeting, and engagement tactics of your mechs. Call in support elements such as artillery and airstrikes, scout choppers and sensor probes, even a salvage team to salvage downed mechs. Capture resource buildings or resource trucks for more "support points". Capture turret stations to turn the owner's weapons against them, or blow up the generators, or the control station, or the turrets. It's all up to you. Take over the sensor control station to obtain sensor data. Capture military installations to get better weapons. The action is in real-time (pausable), and the full 3D view is rotatable in all directions (up/down/full 360 pan) and zoomable. Terrain is full 3D with plenty of trees and other objects, from infantry and battlearmor to trucks and other transport vehicles. Plenty of things to blow up on the ground, from fuel tanks (which causes BIG explosions) to ammo dumps (more big explosions), to plenty of civilian buildings. After you fulfill your mission objectives (primary and secondary available), the pilots get medals and campaign ribbons if applicable based on performance, and gain experience. If they gain sufficient experience, they may gain a level and win a special expertise (such as LRM, Laser, etc.). You can also salvage downed mechs (including any you lost) and perhaps sell them for further profit. Multiplayer is quite robust with internet play and plenty of options and different game modes.
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| Plasmaworm | 2001-07-17 | Cheapass Games | Digital Eel | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Plasmaworm is an arcade game for all ages. It is a modern relative of early computer games such as Snake, TRON Light Cycles and a rare gem called Pizza Worm. The game includes 20 different levels of increasing difficulty, playable in single player as well as two-player modes. You can also create your own levels and music using the built-in editors. |
| Robert Redford Saves the Day: Episode 2 - The Pit and the Pendulum | 2001-07-17 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Robert Redford Saves the Day: Episode 2: The Pit and the Pendulum is the second part of a humorous point-and-click adventure game series. In this installment, Robert Redford has safely made it to Lopensville, and is now trying to fulfill his God-given mission of getting a cat down from the tree... if he can reach it first, that is. The game uses a classic point-and-click interface, with the player cycling between various actions (walk/look/interact/talk) with the right mouse button or via a menu at the top of the screen. |
| The Sims Bonus | 2001-07-17 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilations bundles 2 expansions for The Sims:The Sims: Livin' Large
The Sims: House Party |
| Empire of the Ants | 2001-07-18 | Strategy First, Inc. | MC2-Microïds | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Remember SimAnt? Empire of the Ants has the same goal, but comes in 3D! More features are also included. The player has to raise a tribe and resist some of the most dangerous enemies an ant can have. Not only are the other insects dangerous, but the four seasons are also dangerous. The player also has to keep an eye on the headquarters and especially the Queen Ant - she is the only way to get new ants. |
| Smurf Racer | 2001-07-20 | Infogrames Europe SA | Artificial Mind & Movement | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | This kart racer features the Smurfs as characters. Choose one of eight (with four secret) characters to race with among various climates and regions. You can race in single player or championship modes, along with a Capture the Flag-style Flag Race. |
| Super Worms | 2001-07-20 | Wiering Software | Wiering Software | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Track racing | | | | | Windows | Super Worms is a 3D game in the vein of Super Mario Kart. The game has two game modes. In the racing mode, up to two players (and a number of AI racers) can race their worms on a race track filled with power-ups. In the battle mode two players can try to beat each others worm in a death match arena with various power-ups. In both games the worms consist of a number circular segments which can be removed by hitting them with the right powerups. |
| Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive | 2001-07-23 | Infogrames, Inc. | Spellbound Entertainment Software | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Stealth | North America, Western | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is a top-down isometric real-time tactics video game that takes place in a Wild West setting.
The main protagonist is John Cooper, a lone rider skillful with his gun as much as his knife, who is hired as a bounty hunter to stop a series of train robberies perpetrated by a mysterious bandit known as El Diablo, but soon discovers his mission is far from being as simple as it seems.During his journey across the Wild West and its 25 levels in pre-rendered 3D - from a Mexican village to gold mines and rocky canyons - John will gather a team of partners old and new to aid him in his mission, including Sam Williams the expert in explosives, Kate O'Hara the seductress, Doc McCoy the safecracker and sniper, or Sanchez the Mexican outlaw.
While the gameplay is largely similar to titles from the Commandos series, even including similar features like the spyglass to see the enemies' field of vision, Desperados doesn't emphasize stealth as much, allowing shootouts to happen in many situations if planned carefully. |
| Emergency Room (Collector's Edition) | 2001-07-24 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Simulation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Emergency Room: Collector's Edition is a compilation of 3 games in Legacy Interactive's Emergency Room Series. Each game is provided on a separate CD-Rom disc.Emergency Room 2
Emergency Room: Disaster Strikes
Emergency Room: Life Or DeathAll three games give players the opportunity to assume the role of a physician in a busy Emergency Room, beginning as a Medical Student and advancing up as their skills improve all the way to the top position, Chief of Staff.Players will interact with patients, from the first contact all the way through to their release from the hospital, and with nurses, other interns and doctors at the hospital. Learn how to use medical tools, order tests and analyze them, perform treatments and more.Each game features different cases in various degrees of severity, and a library of searchable databases to help the player learn. |
| Majestic | 2001-07-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Anim-X | Adventure, Simulation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Majestic is an espionage thriller which must be downloaded over the Internet, casting you as the central figure in a government conspiracy. It is up to you to find clues and find out the truth.The game is not a program in itself. It has no special effects, no multiplayer, nothing you'd expect in a usual game. Instead, it uses e-mail, telephone, fax, and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) to contact you. You might receive a phone call at 3:00 AM about a contact. The game also gives you clues over the 'Net via video, audio, and websites designed specifically for the game. |
| Max Payne | 2001-07-25 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Remedy Entertainment Oy | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | Thriller | Shooter | Contemporary, North America | | | | Mature | | Windows | Max Payne was a police officer of the New York City police. On one terrible day, his wife and newborn daughter were killed by three junkies, who broke into his apartment after having ingested a new designer drug known as Valkyr. After the tragedy, Max quit the police force and joined the Drug Enforcement Administration. Three years later, during a raid on a mafia compound that was reportedly trafficking Valkyr, his best friend and fellow DEA agent Alex is killed, and he becomes the prime suspect in his murder. Now Max is all alone in the cold, snowy night of New York. The mob is out to get him. The police are out to get him. The only way out is with guns blazing, because he has nothing to lose.Max Payne is a third person shooter stylistically influenced by film noir, "hardboiled" detective stories, and Hong-Kong action cinema. Max can perform rolls and leaps to try and dodge enemy fire. The weapons at his disposal range from baseball bats to Ingram sub-machine guns, grenades, Molotov cocktails, and others. A unique feature of the game is the usage of the so-called Bullet Time - a time-slowing ability that was popularized by the first Matrix movie. Activating the Bullet Time slows down everything that happens around Max (including his own movements), allowing for slow, but precise performance of moves to take care of his enemies. A special meter indicates how much time the effect will last, and how long Max needs to wait until it can be activated again.Cutscenes in the game are presented as comic book-style graphical panels accompanied by voice-overs. |
| Eurofighter Typhoon | 2001-07-26 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Digital Image Design Ltd., Rage Games Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Contemporary, Europe | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Eurofighter Typhoon is the successor to Total Air War.In a near feature,and in a surprising move, Russia quickly invades the eastern countries of Europe. Iceland is the next one of the list, however NATO has basically abandoned the country in an attempt to protect the Western countries of Europe. The ICEFOR is outnumbered, but is able to deploy a small number of the new Typhoon aircraft. It's up to you to turn the tide of the war.The game entitles you to take over the destiny of six pilots. Each one will be assigned different missions depending on their abilities - such as bombing, interception, Wild Weasel - several of these missions even going on at the same time. You are able to switch at any time between your pilots, taking charge of the most critical and dangerous tasks of the mission, and leaving up to the AI the others. As the war goes on, each pilot can be injured, lost behind enemy lines after an unlucky ejection and waiting for the rescue helicopters, or taken prisoner and even be interrogated by the Russians.The game also features an extensive virtual battleground over Iceland. A dynamic camera enables you to watch the war in real-time - should it be Gripens dogfighting with Su-27s, Apaches attacking tanks or Tornados going on bombing runs.
As the war unfolds, news will be delivered by an online newspaper, so be prepared to read the headline "a new failure for the ICEFOR" quite a lot of times. |
| Air | 2001-07-27 | Visual Art's | Key | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Romance | Visual novel | Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval), Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Developed by | Windows | Air is a visual novel officially called "ren'ai (love) adventure game". The gameplay is simple and traditional: you read the text, watch the scenes that unfold in front of you, and take decisions during conversations, that will determine the character of your relationships with the girls and the outcome of the story.In the game, you play as three different characters through three different scenarios. The first one is the Dream Scenario. You play as Yukito, a travelling entertainer. You carry around a doll and move it by using your "magic". When you were young, your mother told you a story about a mysterious girl who lives on the opposite side of the sky. Now you travel constantly, trying to find this girl of your dreams. You meet three girls, Misuzu, Kano, and Minagi, and depending on your actions, will have different relationships with them. Once you finish the Dream Scenario, you unlock the Summer Scenario, which is set in 994 AD and in which you play as a nobleman Ryūya. The last one is the Air Scenario, in which you'll play as Misuzu's pet crow, and see the events of the first scenario from the crow's perspective.Air was originally released for PC as an adult game with erotic scenes. There is also an "all ages" version for PC, and the console ports also don't have erotic content. The PC versions do not contain voice acting as the console ports do. |
| Eurotour Cycling | 2001-07-27 | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bike / Bicycling | | | | | Windows | Eurotour Cycling is a cycling manager where the player is responsible for the athletic success of its team. This mode is restricted to one season and the player has the usual management options like training or tactics available. During the races, which are shown in a real-time calculated 3D presentation, the player has nine commands he can give to his athletes to influence the tactics.In the second mode only one of the three big races (Giro d’Italia,
Vuelta, Tour de France) are played without the management options; just the in-race tactics. Despite the name the game features no original names and the license only applies to emblems and shirts. |
| The Settlers: Fourth Edition | 2001-07-27 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Blue Byte Studio GmbH | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Classical antiquity, Fantasy, Pre-Columbian Americas | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | The Settlers IV is the 4th real-time strategy game in the Settler series, building upon its predecessor with some graphical improvements, new buildings and features. You now can zoom in and out without steps and the game supports resolutions up to 1280x1024. Also there are enhanced multiplayer features and the game supports built-in voice chat, so Roger Wilco is not needed anymore.The world the settlers live in is threatened by Morbus who wants to turn the land into a wasteland with the help of his Dark Tribe. There are 3 normal short campaigns where the player controls either the Romans, the Vikings or the Mayans. In a much longer campaign you switch between the three races to combat the threat of the Dark Tribe. The tribe sometimes abducts setters and puts them to work on their fungus farms. To defeat them you have to destroy their fungus farms that maintain a toxic barrier around their dark fortress where they also build their troops. After the fortress is destroyed you win the game. You can turn the wasteland back to greenland with your gardeners and priest's.During the game you have to build a working economy usually starting with a stonemason and woodcutter. The logs from the woodcutter are reworked in a sawmill to make planks. Most buildings require planks and stone to build. Your settlers also need food which can be acquired by a fisherman, hunter, a farm producing animals that can be slaughtered at the butcher or building a grain farm that requires a windmill to make flour. The flour is used by a baker to make bread. To build an army and additional tools you need iron, coal and sulfur. A suitable location for a mine can be found by a geologist on a mountain range. With the iron and coal the blacksmith and tool smith can make weapons and tools after the iron ore from the mines has been reworked in bars by the smelter. To produce stronger fighting units, you need gold which can also be mined and melted into bars. The number of settlers can be increased by building more houses. You can only build in your own territory. To expand your territory you can train pioneers or build towers. Conquered enemy towers also gain additional territory. With ports and harbors a shipping line can be maintained between different islands. In addition to warriors there are also priests that can use spells like summoning raw materials, tools, weapons and supports your armies in battle with spells that turn enemy troops in your own troops. These spells need mana that can be produced after building a certain chain of buildings. |
| Green Berets | 2001-07-30 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Real-time strategy | | | Bill Erickson (Cydonian) | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | Green Berets is a total conversion for Myth II that places player in the jungles of Vietnam. Like the original Myth games, Green Berets is a 3-D war simulation that places great emphasis on strategy and terrain. Highly detailed units fire M-16s, M-60's, throw grenades, dodge mortars and call in helicopter support.Green Berets features ten new levels and 18 new units. Missions include destroying VC anti-air emplacements, protecting fire bases, and rescuing POWs. In addition to single player, Green Berets has multiplayer capabilities and includes the original Myth II game and level and unit editors Fear and Loathing. |
| Christmas Matchup | 2001-07-31 | Godly Games | Godly Games | Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Christmas Matchup is a Christian-themed Concentration game about the Bible. The cards are images relating to stories of the Bible, which the game attempts to educate the player about.The game is identical to traditional forms of the Concentration game. 1 to 3 players take turns turning over cards and trying to find matching pairs. The winner is the player with the most matches at the end of the game.The Windows version adds additional features, such as card descriptions and information on how to become a Christian. |
| Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Volcano Adventure: Activity Center | 2001-07-31 | Microsoft Corporation | KnowWonder, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fasten your seatbelts everyone, and Join Ms. Frizzle and her class as they go on a field trip to explore a volcano. Explore inside the bus as well - click on the globe to learn about major volcanoes from around the world; click on the puzzle piece to play a jigsaw mini-game. The plants take you to a desolate volcanic island that you can "green" up by planting trees and flowers and building a house. The magnifying glass will teach you new facts about all kinds of volcanic rock; you can make your own volcano and watch it blow and you can compare four large volcanoes in various ways.Outside the bus you will learn about the scientific instruments used in measuring volcanic activity and predicting eruptions, watch an island being formed, and view pictures by clicking the camera. Click on the little yellow bus symbols and find mini-games; in Rub-a-dub-dub Sub you'll navigate a submarine under the ocean with the mouse, trying to avoid dangerous enemies; in Leaping Lava, you'll jump the bus over a lava flow by leaping on rocks and debris.
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| Section-Z | 2001-07-31 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Arcade of Section Z differs from the NES version.While the arcade game is a linear scrolling-shooter, the NES version is more open ended, where each section ends with the player deciding where to go next, and some sections are locked. These sections are unlocked by defeating mini bosses that don't appear in the arcade game. The section maps are also different with the Arcade version featuring exclusive vertical scrolling parts. Other differences include the Arcade version having one hit kills (NES version uses an energy meter) and nearly all of the enemies are different, including the bosses.
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| TalonSoft's Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict 1948-1973 | 2001-07-31 | TalonSoft, Inc. | TalonSoft, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | This game is made in the same style as the Battleground series from the same developer. Its 22 scenarios are about the four militant conflicts between the Israelis and Arabian states between 1948 and 1973. As usual the scenarios cover both conflict parties and aren't linked together, but divided into campaigns the player may choose to play.The game is hex-based and turn-based. This means the player spends most of his time on the isometric map and statistics screens. Through various menus he gives commands to his units. One round represents about six minutes. Most missions are about defending or conquering a certain place. Another thing that is not represent in all such games is the need to hold supply lines. |
| Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero | 2001-08-01 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Chaos Works, Iridon Interactive AB | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade, Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | An homage to a bygone era of computer gaming, Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero is a 2D side-scrolling platform game. Akimbo takes on enemies such as skeletal warriors, rabid rhinos, giant clams, goggle-eyed spiders, and man-eating mosquitoes as he explores a brightly colored, hand-painted 2D world. The ultimate goal is to free the residents of Turtle Island from Fang, a fire-breathing dragon who has placed the tropical paradise under an evil spell.The game is a true throwback to the PC and console games of the eighties. The gameplay is exactly what one would expect of a kung fu platform game: running, jumping, kicking and punching. The music is upbeat and simplistic; the sound effects are exaggerated. True to the platform genre, there are many levels to play through on the quest to defeat Fang.
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| Ancient Evil: Curse of the Snake Cult | 2001-08-01 | Silver Lightning Software | Silver Lightning Software | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | A cult of snake worshippers, the Ophilia Sect, is responsible for the murder of the rightful King of Olyndsia. Play a special agent of the Royal Guard to seek out and destroy the cult and its leader.Choose to be a spell-casting wizard or a hack-and-slash warrior in this single-player role playing game. Improve your base character's skills as you battle over 30 monsters in real time combat. Cast one of the 30 magical spells, or use one of many weapons, and watch the screen come alive with special effects including real-time lightning and shadows. The high-resolution 3D environment is fully interactive so you can read the books, sleep in the beds and more. The interface is mouse-driven with keyboard shortcuts and uses an enhanced version of the original Ancient Evil engine. |
| Brainstorm | 2001-08-01 | | | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Brainstorm is a puzzle game for one to four players. The rules are simple: when starting a new game it randomly fills a 8x8 grid with positive and negative numbers. One vertical or horizontal line is marked with a red frame. Now the first player chooses one number within the frame which increases or decreases his point score accordingly to the number. The the frame turns 90° and marks another line. The the next player in line chooses a number and so one. When all numbers are taken the player with the highest score wins. The second player can be simulated by an AI. |
| Cavity Crusader | 2001-08-01 | BieberSoft Entertainment | BieberSoft Entertainment | Action | | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In Cavity Crusader the player has to protect teeth from bacteria. To do so he shoots at them while they are floating around. If he doesn't shoot them in time they start to damage the teeth. There are three types of bacteria which differ in size, hit points and danger. After the time limit is expired the player gets presented with his score. Points are rewarded for killing bacteria and for undamaged teeth. There are four difficulty levels. |
| Hateful Chris: Never Say Buy | 2001-08-01 | Furious Entertainment | Brainchild Studios | Action | Side view | Chris Bourassa | Comedy | Arcade | Fantasy, North America | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Hateful Chris: Never Say Buy is a side-scrolling arcade game starring a little skeleton. Chris was offered to join a corporation to use his image to sell different goods but he refused the offer. The corporation decided to create a new character mocking Chris so he went on a vendetta against consumerism by killing his imposter and everyone who stands in his way. The game contains mockeries of the pop-culture at its time of release.There are over 30 weapons including, but not limited to guns, karate attacks, tomahawks, which can be found, purchased or acquired through completing specific tasks, as well as a Berzerk gauge, which, when full, turns Chris into an oversized red skeleton that destroys everyone in his way. The levels in the game are non-linear, offering players the opportunity to complete the missions in a different order and finish the game with different skills. |
| High Power Offense | 2001-08-01 | BieberSoft Entertainment | BieberSoft Entertainment | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | High Power Offense is a simple action game with a American Football theme. The game consists of four dawns where the player performs one play each. He chooses between one of nine moves which influence the position of his and the opponent's players. After starting the move the goal is to score - to do so the player can shoot the ball in four directions and move the player directly. The dawn ends unsuccessfully when an opponent's player touches the player character or the ball is off. |
| Kagetsu Tohya | 2001-08-01 | Type-Moon | Type-Moon | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Detective / mystery | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Kagetsu Tohya is a sequel to Tsukihime, featuring the same main character, a high-school student named Shiki Tohno. The game's main story is entitled Twilight Grass Moon, Fairy Tale Princess; completing certain events while playing through this story unlocks other playable short stories, which are grouped together as Ten Nights of Dream and deal with other characters from Tsukihime. In the principal story, Shiki becomes a victim of an accident, after which he finds himself trapped in one day, forced to re-live it over and over again, like in the movie Groundhog Day. The only way to continue his normal life is to contact the mysterious creator of the dream in which Shiki finds himself imprisoned.Similarly to its predecessor, the game is essentially a visual novel, its gameplay consisting entirely of following the story and making choices to influence its course from time to time. Due to the game's premise, the visual novel mechanics are slightly modified: rather than continuing a story throughout the whole game, the player repeatedly makes choices within the same day of the hero's life. After the day is over, the player's choices are saved, and he returns to the beginning of the day again, with the consequences of his previous choices further influencing its events.The game contains scenes with nudity and explicit sexual situations. |
| Langrisser I & II | 2001-08-01 | Acer TWP Corp | Masaya | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This is a remake of two games: Langrisser (known as Warsong in the USA) and its sequel, Langrisser II – or, better to say, the enhanced version of this sequel, known as Der Langrisser. The remake features the Ultima-style character creation (you choose between various answers to morally provoking questions) introduced in Der Langrisser, and also offers a branching storyline (you can be good or side with the evil forces, if you wish). The Sega Saturn port titled Langrisser: Dramatic Edition adds 2 new story lines to the Langrisser II part. One is "true brilliant" route which is the best ending that allows most characters to stay alive at the ending. The other one, "downfall" route, is a totally tragic ending as the name suggests. |
| QuakeBlox | 2001-08-01 | BieberSoft Entertainment | BieberSoft Entertainment | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | QuakeBlox is a Tetris variant. The basic principle is the same: blocks of different shapes are falling down from the top of the screen. The player can turn and position them until they reach the ground - when that happens the next block (which is shown beforehand in the upper right corner) starts falling down. If the player constructs a continuous line of blocks they disappear and reward points.The only difference compared to the original is that the screen shakes when a line disappears. |
| Road to India: Between Hell and Nirvana | 2001-08-01 | Microïds | Microïds Canada Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | This adventure games takes place in India. You are an American student named Fred Reynolds. You have only three days to find your girlfriend who was kidnapped by the Thugs - a Hindu sect known already during the days when India was a British colony. You will visit New Delhi, the great palace Taj Mahal and other exotic places while trying to save the woman you love.This is a 3D adventure with 360 degree rotation. Its gameplay is similar to that of Atlantis. |
| Special Edition Fly! 2K | 2001-08-01 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Terminal Reality, Inc. | Simulation, Special edition | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Special Edition Fly! 2K is a fully featured version of Fly! 2K but with only the Cessna 172 Skyhawk and Beech King Air B200. The Hawker 800XP JET, Piper Malibu Mirage, and Piper Navajo Chieftain aircraft which are available in the full version of Fly! 2K or in Fly! II are not available here. |
| Zaczarowane Wakacje | 2001-08-01 | | be.net Multimedia | Educational | Side view | | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Zaczarowane Wakacje is an educational title consisting of several mini-games themed around summer and holidays. The player has to pack items for a trip and select clothes and useful items depending on the destination. Then one of four locations can be chosen to play the following mini-games:
Aqua-park: climb a climbing wall, guide a child through a labyrinth
Forest: collect garbage, match tiles (inappropriate activities with pro-ecological actions)
Beach: build a sailboat from available parts, match flags with names of countries, name sailboat parts
Mountains: build a bicycle from available parts, name bicycle partsMost of the gameplay requires the mouse to play mini-games, however there are a bunch of activities where keyboard input is required. |
| chromium B.S.U. | 2001-08-01 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In chromium B.S.U. the player takes the role of a cargo ship which needs to bring supplies to the front lines. But he is in danger because of all the evil aliens. Fortunately it has several smaller ships on board which are used to fight the enemies.The player controls those ships. This game is a classic horizontal shooter: the player can freely move within the automatically scrolling screen. Various enemies approach from above which have to be killed - if they reach the bottom of the screen they attack the player's ship from behind and destroy it. Energy is lost by getting hit from projectiles or touching an enemy but the latter hurts the enemy too. The player can use three weapons (one standard weapon and two special ones with limited ammo) and collect three kinds of power-ups. shield repair, damage repair and a super shield. If the player doesn't collect it he gets other rewards: bonus points (damage/shield repair) or an extra life (super shield). Another tactical possibility is suicide: it destroys all enemies on screen and preserves the ammo for the next fighter. |
| €uro-Man | 2001-08-01 | Xplorys BV | Engine Software B.V. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | This game uses the introduction of the Euro currency as a theme to develop a 2001 version of Pacman. Welcome Euroman! Your goal is to travel to eight countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, ...) and collect their old currency. Watch out, because Dollar Man, Ninja Yen and James Pound will be chasing you. The game uses a 3D isometric view and features different types of backdrops. |
| MaSzyna EU07-424 | 2001-08-02 | | | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | MaSzyna EU07-424 is a freeware, community-created 3D railroad simulator. It started as a simple EU07 electric locomotive simulator (which itself borrowed sounds etc. from Mechanik), but over the years it evolved with the content (vehicle models and cab interiors, scenery elements etc.) submitted by its growing community.The simulator features Polish scenery and railway vehicles used primarily by Polish State Railways, however some of them were developed in (or exported to) other European countries (e.g.: British-made EU06 based on British Rail Class 83, Hungarian SM41, Soviet ST44, Czechoslovakian EU05, EU04 from East Germany) under various designations. |
| Kimi ga Nozomu Eien | 2001-08-03 | Acid | Âge | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult, Romance | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kimi ga Nozomu Eien is an adult visual novel in Japanese. The story revolves around the male high school student Takayuki Narumi. The game is divided into two chapters. The first one takes place between 6th July and 20th August 1998 and the second one is set three years later in 2001. The romantic story tells the relationship between Takayuki and Haruka Suzumiya, as they are set up on a date through friends. There is a dramatic incident and the consequences are then detailed in the second chapter.The game follows a branching plot line through pre-determined scenarios with very limited player input. Most of the gameplay shows text along with character sprites against background art, but there are also sequences where CG artwork is used. All CG items are collected in a gallery available after completing the game for the first time. There are multiple endings based on a number of decisions. In total there are eight main plot lines to experience, based on the main eight female characters that can be encountered.The original PC version is an adult version with sexual imagery. The Dreamcast and PS2 consumer ports do not contain the adult content. |
| Squad Battles: Vietnam | 2001-08-03 | HPS Simulations | HPS Simulations | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Based essentially the entire Vietnam conflict, John Tiller's Squad Battles: Vietnam recounts the many battles between the U.S. Army, Marines, the North Vietnamese Army, and Viet Cong. There is no linked campaign, but rather 71 individual scenarios spanning 30 historical and hypothetical situations. Some battles involve only a single squad, while others many include numerous units and support vehicles such as armor, artillery, and helicopters.This turn-based game is similar to Avalon Hill's Squad Leader board game, but is not a computer version of it. The scale is 40m per hex, and each turn lasts 5 minutes.Multiplayer options include play-by-email, TCP/IP, and LAN. A scenario editor is also included. |
| Disney's Cinderella's Dollhouse | 2001-08-07 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | My Virtual Model, Inc. | Educational, Simulation | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this cartoon-style simulation game based on the Disney Cinderella movie and characters, the player can decorate and remodel six locations in Cinderella's castle and her stepmother's chateau:
Kitchen
Mouse House
Parlor
Ballroom
Cinderella's Bedroom
Garden
Decorating items are dragged from a scrollable banner at the bottom of the screen to place in a room, including furniture, incidentals such as potted plants and wall hangings, food and cookware, etc. Walls, fireplaces and draperies can be changed to suit the player by clicking on them. From a window on the bottom right, the player can choose the character icon, enabling him to select from various Cinderella characters to place in a room. Clicking on the characters once they have been placed triggers an animation that differs according to the location and other characters and objects placed nearby. Players can "sweep" the page clean and start over using the scrub brush icon, print a picture of a room, and access the Fairy Godmother for help from the same window.Giving this game some additional replay value is the ability to download new assets by clicking on the topiary bird from the main menu (if the internet option was installed with the game) or from a link in the included help file. There are 11 months worth of new decorations available at the Disney Interactive website, still working as of this writing.
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| Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern | 2001-08-07 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Studios UK | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | RPG elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | The Dragon Riders of Pern have protected their world from the alien oppressor Thread, but now they have all gone extinct. Unless you can find a new rider to take up, the world of Pern is doomed. From this point the game takes the player through four chapters with a vast storyline.Dragon Riders is a 3D adventure game with strong RPG and action elements. The world of Pern is based upon the novels by Anne McCaffrey. The game contains over 120 locations on three continents. The player can interact and speak with over 170 characters. |
| King's Quest: Quest for the Crown | 2001-08-07 | Tierra Entertainment | Tierra Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is a remake of King's Quest using Chris Jones' Adventure Game Studio engine. Unlike Sierra's own earlier remake of the same game, this version features VGA graphics, an icon-based point-and-click interface, voices (optional) and MP3 music (optional).In 2009 AGD Interactive released King's Quest I VGA 4.0, which can be considered a remake of their original 2001 remake. It contains the following enhancements:
Newly enhanced game backgrounds and character dialog portraits
A new "no dead-ends" gameplay mode (optional) to ensure that the game can be completed from any point
Full narrator speech and lip-syncing for all characters
Windows Vista support
Native Ogg Theora movies, which means in-game cutscenes and movies will now play in Linux and PC emulations under Macs
Full digital speech and music tracks are now included as part of the download rather than being separate downloads |
| Crimson Fields | 2001-08-08 | | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Crimson Fields is an open-source, freeware turn-based strategy game clearly based on the Battle Isle series by Blue Byte. A third-party tool can be used to convert the levels from the 1991 classic, its two expansions, and the related Historyline: 1914-1918. A level editor is also included to create custom maps and campaigns.The game comes with a tutorial, a full campaign and several individual maps, offering a wide range of multiplayer and network options. The gameplay mimics very closely the style of the original, where two players, human or computer-controlled, take turns moving military units on a map with hexagonal tiles for the terrain, trying to take hold of resources and buildings while eliminating the opposition. Map objectives are usually displayed as a briefing text at the beginning of a new game. The text can be changed from the default English to German, Polish, French and other languages. |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki with Power Up Kit | 2001-08-08 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | | Compilation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Wargame | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | | | | Windows | A compilation of Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki and Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki - Power Up Kit. |
| DebloX | 2001-08-09 | | NiceMCmedia | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | DebloX is a single and multiplayer Tetris clone. It can be played alone against the clock or with friends on internet. DebloX features 21 power-ups, a skinable interface and music.
The goal of DebloX is to be the last at the top of the screen by making alignment with falling blocs.This is a fully functional version of the game; it only comes with a registration reminder.
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| Party's Breaker | 2001-08-10 | Watanabe Seisakusho | Watanabe Seisakusho | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Fighting | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Party's Breaker is a spiritual successor to the Queen of Heart series featuring characters from Leaf's then-recent game Comic Party. Like The Queen of Heart, it features fast-moving "anime fighter" gameplay with ten female characters. |
| DownTown | 2001-08-14 | Cover3D | Cover3D | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | DownTown, in short, is SimCity meets The Settlers meets Half-Life. It is played in a 3D world, where you do not fly over with a simple camera, but you are actually walking amongst it in first-person. There are four types of buildings: house, factory, shop, and silo. Houses provide shelter for your walkers (citizens) and when an order to build one is made, two walkers will appear in your town center. Factories are places where walkers can work and earn you money. Silos are where food, water, and materials are stored. Shops are where walkers go to get food and water. Buildings can be enlarged to lower maintenance costs The objective is to make your opponents go bankrupt. You can do it the peaceful way by raising lots of money then buying all their houses and factories, or pull out one of five weapons and destroy their houses and kill their walkers. Guns are also useful against the wasps who sometimes attack you and your walkers. Or maybe you just want to build the biggest city of them all. |
| Shogun: Total War - Warlord Edition | 2001-08-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This release includes the original Shogun: Total War and the expansion Shogun: Total War - The Mongol Invasion in a single pack. |
| Ultimate Steroids | 2001-08-14 | Dreamscape | Dreamscape | Action | | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ultimate Steroids is an Asteroids clone. The player controls a spaceship, flying around a screen with wraparound edges, and has to shoot asteroids to blow them up into smaller rocks. Getting hit by an asteroid damages the ship, and taking too much damage takes away one of the player's lives. Other dangers include black holes, and hostile alien kamikaze ships which try to ram the player's ship. Various bonuses can pop up during gameplay which increase the player's firepower, give extra score, or cause some other benefit. |
| Hooligans | 2001-08-15 | Lemon Interactive Sp. z o.o. | Ace Platinous Family Co., Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Hooligans is an action title where you take control of a hooligan in a fictional TV show through a bird's-eye perspective. The goal is to eliminate opponents by fighting, but especially through a large number of items and traps including guns and bottles. Defeated enemies leave behind coins. Local multiplayer is available through LAN or online for up to four players. |
| MTV Total Request Live Trivia | 2001-08-15 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Hypnotix, Inc. | Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a multiplayer trivia game along the lines of Sierra's popular You Don't Know Jack games. Instead of the ebullient emcee from YDKJ, Total Request Live Trivia features two emcees (male and female) who deliver questions in a more hip, low key style. Players are asked questions and are given a series of responses to choose from. The questions are all based on very recent pop culture, ranging from rock and pop bands to television (especially Total Request Live, the MTV show which inspired this game) and movies. The user interface is almost entirely text based, with very little in the way of graphics. |
| Conquest: Frontier Wars | 2001-08-18 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Fever Pitch Studios | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | This RTS games puts you as the commander in the Frontier Wars. You can play either as the Terran forces, the insectoid Mantis or the energy-based Celareons. Unlike most RTS games, this one requires you to manage your supply lines and control over multiple maps, up to 16 different star systems.
In addition, there are intelligent fleet admirals... AIs which can be a benefit during the multiplayer games. |
| Prisms of Light | 2001-08-18 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Prisms of Light is a puzzle game where the player must redirect a beam of light to a target. On each level there is a beam emitter and a crystal, as well as a number of elements, usually angled mirrors, that can be moved. The player must arrange the elements properly so that, when the emitter is activated, the emitted beam reflects off mirrors to avoid obstacles and touch the crystal. If the beam misses its target, the level must be restarted. Later puzzles feature more complex elements, such as bombs that are lit by the beam and destroy obstacles in the vicinity, or barriers which rotate when the light passes through a switch. |
| Christian Matchups | 2001-08-19 | Godly Games | Godly Games | Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A game in which Christianity and Concentration meet. In this game, 1 to 3 players play a Christian-themed version of the card-matching game, Concentration, using cards that deal with stories in the Bible.This Windows release comes with the four original DOS games (Jesus Matchup, Makers Matchup, Davidic Matchup, and Moses Matchup), and has a built-in editor for creating original Concentration games with new cards and music.All cards used in the included games describe what part of the Bible they refer to in order to teach players about the Bible as they play the game. The game also includes instructions on how to be saved and to become a Christian.Gameplay is identical to traditional Concentration card games. The player attempts to find matching pairs of cards that are face down. The winner is the person with the most pairs when all pairs are found. |
| Tile World | 2001-08-19 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | Fangame | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Tile World is a freeware, open-source recreation of the classic puzzle game Chip's Challenge. It requires a file from the Windows 3.x port to play the original levels, but one version is available with a custom set of the best puzzles created by the fan community. The player can choose at the start between two rule sets, one based on the very first version of the game for the Atari Lynx, and another based on the Windows port. There's support for custom levels created with ChipEdit and other level editors not included with this remake.The graphics and sounds are replaced with new, enhanced assets, but the gameplay remains the same, where the objective is to guide the main character through a labyrinth viewed from above, collecting all sorts of tools and color-coded keys to open new passages and escape to the next level. Most levels have a time limit to solve them, and require a specific amount of chips to be collected before the exit teleporter is revealed. |
| CoLoBot | 2001-08-20 | Alsyd Multimédia | Epsitec SA | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | CoLoBot (Colonise With Bots) is an educational programming game with a third-person view. It includes missions on different planets, many useful machines, helpful robots and angry aliens.Your mission is to use your robots for successful expeditions on other planets. You will have to search for the raw materials and energy you need in order to survive. You can build robots and machines from raw material. Your robots can be controlled directly, but it's a better idea to program them. In a simple programming language similar to C++, you can write a program for the robot that it will then perform automatically, allowing you to sit back and watch as it collects materials and fights enemies. Most of the planets you'll be visiting are crowded with primitive and insect-like lifeforms. You may be forced into fighting them if you want to stay alive. |
| Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower | 2001-08-20 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | It's long been rumoured that Marie-Antoinette, the famous Queen of France, hid all the treasure she had possessed prior to the French Revolution. It is up to the player, directing the famous girl-detective Nancy Drew, to find out where this treasure is. While Nancy is on her ski-vacation near an old castle, she begins to understand that this mission is tough, but not impossible...This newest installment of the Nancy Drew series looks very similar to the previous game Message In The Haunted Mansion: 1st person perspective, 360 degree rotation. |
| Deer Avenger: Open Season | 2001-08-21 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Deer Avenger: Open Season is a compilation package that includes the Windows versions of the first 3 games in the parody Deer Avenger series:
Deer Avenger
Deer Avenger 2: Deer in the City
Deer Avenger 3D
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| Madden NFL 2002 | 2001-08-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Madden NFL 2002 for PCs is based closely on the previous year's version. It re-uses that version's menus and its unique set of modes and options, while updating teams and rosters to the new season, adding a few new features and employing an improved graphics engine.The teams have been updated to the 2001 NFL season and include the 31 regular teams, the 2002 expansion team, the Houston Texans, plus many All-Madden and classic NFL teams. All the same modes from the predecessor return: Exhibition (including a situation set-up option), Season, Franchise, Practice and Great Games. As before, online play is also included. New features include adding custom team logos (used in-game on uniforms, helmets and end zones) when creating new teams and the export of teams from Franchise mode so they can be used in Exhibition games.The new graphics engine allows for higher details in player models, higher frame rates, more 3D character models (including bench players and the chain gang) and features real-time lighting and shadows. To make use of the new technology, the game now allows for afternoon and dusk in addition to day and night games for some extra dramatic lighting. |
| Shattered Galaxy | 2001-08-21 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Nexon Corporation | Action, Strategy | | | | Massively Multiplayer | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent, Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Shattered Galaxy is a massive-multiplayer game that mixes several genres, including role-playing, turn-based strategy, real-time strategy, and tactical combat, in a massive persistent universe. You can think of it as a massive chess-match with production against 100000 other people. When you join battles, it'll be a tactical RTS war with up to 30 simultaneous players. Most of the game is done via the 2D management screens similar to Master of Orion and Sid Meier's Civilization. The tactical combat is reminiscent of 2D games like Command & Conquer: Red Alert and StarCraft. |
| StepMania | 2001-08-21 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | StepMania is an Open Source clone of the commercial title Dance Dance Revolution (DDR).You play the game either with a "dance mat" (using your feet) or with the keyboard (using your fingers). A song is played and arrows (up, down, left, and right) are displayed at the bottom of the screen and float upwards as the song plays. When an arrow reaches the top of the screen, you need to tap the appropriate direction either with your feet or fingers.The arrows are played in time (and often syncopated) with the music's rhythm. They tend to hit the top of the screen "in time" with the music. When using a dance mat, you are effectively dancing to the music according to a pre-determined set of moves, however there is a lot of room for personal styles, upper body movements and and interpretive dance approaches.There are a wide range of styles, music, difficulty settings, graphics, announcers, themes, and effects to choose from. It's possible to play multiplayer, even over the Internet. |
| Age of Empires II: Gold Edition | 2001-08-23 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (base game, patched to v2.0a)
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (expansion, patched to v1.0b which includes the bonus maps from the box blurb)
three replays with recommended gameplay |
| Hard Core | 2001-08-23 | Swicked Softworks | Swicked Softworks | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | | | | Windows | Hard Core, a futuristic 3D, power packed single player tank shooter, challenges you to seize and destroy the world’s most out of control supercomputer, Hard Core. Armed with a security tank and some ammo, it’s up to you to break into the complex and hack through 50 levels of enemy filled mazes, to take back control of the world’s security, finances and communications by shutting Hard Core and it's 5 reactors down. It’s a suicide mission, have you got the nerve ? |
| Interact Play VR | 2001-08-24 | Illusion | Illusion | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | You are a young man who likes stalking young women on train stations, following them molesting them on the train, and then bringing them to the point where they can't resist you and raping (or seducing) them. Unlike RapeLay, there is no background revenge story in the game. The five girls in the game have names and personalities, but they are not connected to each other.Interact Play VR is a follow-up to Interact Play. The gameplay is divided into several stages for each girl. First, you must remain unnoticed for a few moments before you and the girl board the train. Then you begin molesting her (touching her breast, lifting up her skirt, etc.). Each action is physically performed by pointing the mouse at the appropriate body part, clicking and dragging it, controlling the direction and the intensity of the movement. There are Ecstasy and Resistance bars to pay attention to. Your goal is to fill up the Ecstasy bar before the Resistance bar becomes full (which leads to Game Over), alternating between different actions. Once the girl's Ecstasy bar is full, you can take off the next part of her clothes. You must make the girl submit to you completely before she gets off the train. Going through several such stages, you finally manage to lead the girl to a secluded place, where an interactive sex scene takes place. Those scenes play similarly to the molestation attempts before, but without the resistance meter and with more variety in physical interaction and positions. |
| Software Tycoon: Der Spielemanager | 2001-08-25 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | destraX Entertainment Software GbR | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Software Tycoon lets you try your hands on managing a game development company. You start your business in the early nineteen-eighties, with a certain amount of money to invest. You have to handle all aspects of the business. This includes designing game concepts, hiring employees for the different aspects of game development, assigning tasks of a current project to them, packaging and production of a finished game plus marketing and sales. Along with that you can grant money to research efforts that will enhance the base technology of the different development areas (like moving from 4-color graphics to 256-color graphics). Also, research will all you to use "new" game genres. Game concepts can also be spiced-up with movie licenses, if you were able to obtain them in an auction-like bidding process.Any finished game can be released to the "game shop" from where you can control its sale price and watch statistics on the monthly and all-time top selling games. This also includes those of your competitors. For newly released games of any company you can also read an abstract magazine review, which rates the different aspects of them. If you are able to deliver quality games it will increase your overall reputation.Software Tycoon offers several scenarios in which you have to achieve a certain goal (like producing a game that gets the "game of the year" award) and a "free-style" mode with no certain goal. |
| Pillars of Garendall | 2001-08-27 | Ambrosia Software, Inc. | Beenox Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | Carl Loiselle | | | | Windows | You are the Master of the Royal Riding School of Gidolan Keep working for Queen Ariana on a quest to aid the kingdom of Garendall. Currently the once peaceful kingdom it now under attack by horrifying invaders, so it is your job to find and notify various commanders about the invasion. This is where the story begins.Pillars of Garendall is a light-weight fantasy role-playing game. The player explores the Kingdom of Garendall while fighting its unwanted inhabitants in action-oriented combat. Make your character grow stronger, earn gold, find hidden items, and meet various characters, all within the storyline that unfolds as you progress.
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| Soldier of Fortune: Platinum Edition | 2001-08-28 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Raven Software Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | You have only one mission in this deadly game, and that's to be the only one left alive. You're hunting the terrorists across the world, and you have permission to kill, to kill all you like, as much as they're all bad guys. Use all kinda destructive weapons to survive and show no mercy to those mercenaries.In this Platinum Edition of Soldier of Fortune, you get the full retail version plus all new multi-player levels, GameSpy support and an exclusive look at the sequel, Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix. Plus, in this version of Soldier of Fortune, you will find some bonus contents on the game disc, like artworks of game's characters and weapons. There is also the manual of the game in digital format. |
| Survival: The Ultimate Challenge | 2001-08-28 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Survival is a a real time strategy simulation that challenges the user to help stranded victims survive in a remote location with a variety of challenges.Each level in the game begins with a transportation accident that leaves several randomly selected characters in a desolate location and then challenges the user to keep them alive and find a way for them to escape or be rescued.The player is in control of every action the characters do - from eating and sleeping to collecting supplies, making tools, and building shelter. The locations can provide a variety of challenges, from dangerous animals to snowy mountainsides. The goal is to either get rescued by making a help sign or bonfire, or by sending a strong few off in search of help. |
| Alchemy Deluxe | 2001-08-29 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The object of this puzzle game is to turn all squares on the board from lead to gold. You do this by placing rune symbols on squares of the board but they must go next to an already occupied space. They must also either be of the same shape or colour of any other symbols to the right/left and top/bottom of it. A grey stone acts as a wild card and can be placed anywhere and any symbol can be placed next to it. A skull has to be placed on an occupied square and will destroy anything on it.
If one whole row or column of symbols is filled, all symbols on it will disappear. If there is nowhere to place a symbol, you can discard it into a forge. The molten level in the forge will rise with every discarded rune but will lower if another is placed on the board. However, if 4 consecutive are discarded then the game is over. There are three levels of difficulty, each with more different types and colors of runes. |
| Deer Hunter 5: Tracking Trophies | 2001-08-29 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Sylum Entertainment Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter, Stealth | North America | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | This is the fifth game in the Deer Hunter series, and the last published by WizardWorks before it got acquired by Infogrames (later Atari.)As in the previous games, you play the role of a hunter who roams through several maps around the world in search of bucks and does to kill and add to his or her trophy collection.The main addition to this sequel is the presence of more species of wild animals - elk, grizzly bears, black bears, and mountain lions - who can also be hunted. While deer tend to run away from hunters, these other wild animals may attack the player. They are rare, though, and not as threatening or dangerous as in some other Sunstorm hunting titles, like the Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter series.There's also a Tournament mode where other AI hunters are present in the field hunting (or scaring the hunt) with you for a set amount of time, and the Hunting Season, which appeared before in Deer Hunter 3 and 4, which has now been expanded so that you can spend several years (in game time) managing a herd.Another difference, on the minus side, is that Deer Hunter 4's option to play the game as the deer (the hunted instead of the hunter), has since been removed. |
| Hoyle Casino | 2001-08-30 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | This version of Hoyle Casino is the sixth in the series. It contains two games not seen in the previous release, Baccarat and Video Blackjack, together with an improved tournament mode and a version of video poker for the Pal OS. The other games are Blackjack, Caribbean Stud poker, Craps, Horse Racing, Keno, Let It Ride, Pai Gow poker, Poker, eight Poker Tournaments, Roulette, Slot machines, Thee Card Poker, and Video Poker.
In total the game claims fourteen games with over four hundred combinations, however much of this total number is achieved by playing the thirty or so slot machines with each of twelve denominations. |
| Totally Unreal | 2001-08-30 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Totally Unreal is a compilation which includes:
Unreal: Gold (Unreal and the expansion pack, Return to Na Pali)
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
Exclusive footage of Unreal 2 and Unreal Championship |
| Cabela's Ultimate Deer Hunt | 2001-08-31 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | nFusion Interactive LLC | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Cabela's Ultimate Deer Hunt takes you through 6 vast regions on your quest for the ultimate trophy. Explore nature in Colorado, Montana, Pennsylvania, Washington, Texas, and Alaska.Your game deer species will be Whitetail, Blacktail, Desert Mule, Fallow, Sitka, and Rocky Mountain Mule. Jump into the game with Quick Hunt, or choose Mission Hunt to be challenged with a series of 26 specific hunting missions.You may choose from lots of gear including 8 firearms and bows, such as a 12 gauge shotgun, .30-06, .50 muzzleloader, or recurve or compound bow. Realistic animal AI will keep you on your toes as the deer hear, see and smell you. |
| ClueFinders: The Incredible Toy Store Adventure | 2001-08-31 | Learning Company, Inc., The | KnowWonder, Inc. | Educational, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | When two members of the ClueFinders are miniaturized by a shrinking ray, all four of the mystery-solving teens (and LapTrap and AliTrap, their mechanical assistants) must hunt through a San Francisco toy store for clues before the mysterious shrinking ray is turned on the city itself. As they explore, they must earn and collect items to build an unshrinking device. The player uses the mouse to navigate by clicking on arrows to move from area to area, and once a place has been visited it can be returned to via the map. All actions are performed by mouse clicks and dragging, and in one instance the arrow keys can be used to move around in an arcade-style game. The ClueFinders games utilize an automatic leveling system that adjusts each minigame separately to the player's level of skill - this is an option that can be turned off if the player prefers. In-game help is readily available, and if the player seems to be having difficulty the red videophone will open and the game characters will make helpful suggestions.As the ClueFinders make their way through the toy store they will take part in these activities:
Gumball Jackpot - add coins to the gumball machine to reach a target price and receive a prize
Pneumatic Pipe Blast - travel through the pipes by following and predicting patterns
Global Trek - locate places on a map and follow direction to sequence and plot a travel route
Catapult Fling - experiment and adjust leverage points and weights on a launcher to knock an item out of a bag
Decoding the Divide - use logic and language skills to decipher a coded message and cross an alligator-filled moat
Eldon the Talking Elevator - complete equations to clear 5 squares in a row on a grid
Taxi Bug Express - maneuver the waterbug taxi along the river, avoiding incorrectly spelled words and collecting the correct ones
Escape From Alcatraz - complete sentences by filling in missing words and then sequence the sentences to help Lucky Lucy the rat escapeThis game focuses on the curriculum for third and fourth grade children, covering elements of Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and Science, and building skills in problem-solving and logical thinking. Included with this game is a bonus ClueFinders CD-ROM: The Mystery of the Missing Amulet, which was previously released as ClueFinders Reading Adventures. |
| Cyber Wojna | 2001-09-01 | | NAWAR Sp. z o.o. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cyber wojna is a version of a known card game called War. The game features a deck with custom-designed cards, ranging with values between 2 and 14. The rules remain the same - stronger card beats weaker card and both cards go to the winner.The game has only single player mode, where the player competes against computer AI. Both sides get 26 cards in the starting deck and go through it - once the deck becomes empty, the game automatically fetches “won cards” throughout the previous rounds. There are 52 cards in the pack overall.The player clicks on his deck to show a card, while computer AI will do the same. All operations are done using left-mouse button.The game ends when either player or computer AI loses all cards. Every won “battle” gives 2 points to the score, but points are counted after the deck becomes empty, not after every single battle. There are no indicators hinting at how many cards are left in the deck and how many cards were won during the deck-round. |
| CyberMycha i znikające króliki | 2001-09-01 | | NAWAR Sp. z o.o. | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | CyberMycha i znikające króliki is set on planet Egmont habited by "vanishing rabbits" species who generate magic energy. This energy gets the attention of "psycho rabbits" who decide to invade the planet. Hero named CyberMycha also lives there and witnesses this invasion. He’s the only one who can save the world.Player takes control over CyberMycha - the protagonist - in this point-and-click adventure game. Gameplay consists of collecting items (to use them in certain situations) and solving puzzle elements. Only a mouse is required to play the game.Items collected during the game are indicated in HUD in the top left corner and there is no difficulty level to set. Game indicates "clickable" objects by showing a green arrow over them. Game can be started over again at any time and there is no pause menu.
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| Diablo: Battle Chest | 2001-09-01 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The package contains Diablo, Diablo II and the Diablo II add-on with strategy guide.German release of the Battle Chest contains the following:
Diablo II, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction plus separate Prima strategy guides and a soundtrack CD. The Original Diablo isn't part of the German Battle Chest version.A newer Windows XP and Vista compatible version was released in North America. This version, however, does not include the original Diablo. |
| Nacah | 2001-09-01 | Bible Games Company | Virtue Creations | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Nacah is a Bible-based point and click adventure game. The perspective is first-person and the navigation is slide show, similar to Myst. The player character is stranded on a group of islands and the point of the game is to find a way to leave them. Otherwise, the game has no plot. There are a few mechanical puzzles, but most of them are Bible based, and having a Bible handy is recommended in solving this adventure. |
| Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis | 2001-09-01 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Bohemia Interactive Studio s.r.o. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | War | Shooter, Tactical shooter | Cold War | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Tank | | | Mature | | Windows | Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis is the first game in two separate and independent game franchises: the Operation Flashpoint series and the ARMA series. The game has been published both under its original name, as well as under the title ARMA: Cold War Assault. Notwithstanding the name change, the game is the same.Operation Flashpoint is designed as a realistic simulation of the modern army. The game takes place on large islands where you have to battle an enemy force with a group of teammates. You can use a large amount of different weapons, including the AK-47, the M-16, hand grenades, a LAW, RPG and more.Unusual about this game is the possibility to drive vehicles, such as jeeps, helicopters and tanks. You can take place on the driver's chair, or on the back with one of your teammates driving.The game also supports internet multiplayer, wherein 2 teams have to battle each other in a large battlefield, again with the use of the vehicles, where you can annoy some real players carpooling in your helicopter by colliding with the earth.When playing as normal soldier the game acts very realistic. You can't shoot properly when running, and when crawling you can't shoot at all. Also you walk on a very realistic speed which means it takes a lot of time to cross the landscape.The landscape contains trees, towns, seas, roads and army camps, with everything on a very large scale. In single player you can also experience cut scenes rendered in the 3d engine. The game also contains speech and filmic music. |
| Railroad Tycoon II: Platinum | 2001-09-01 | Global Star Software Ltd. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | Paul Mullen | | Everyone | | Windows | Railroad Tycoon II Platinum is the ultimate edition of Railroad Tycoon II. It includes:
Railroad Tycoon II (base game)
Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century (expansion pack)
the additional levels from the Railroad Tycoon II: Gold Edition
50 new scenarios
an electronic copy of the official strategy guide
over 2 hours of new music |
| The Famous 5: Five on a Secret Mission | 2001-09-01 | Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | NovaTrix GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Famous Five: Five on a Secret Mission is the fifth game in Ravensburger's Famous Five series after the books of Enid Blyton for ages 7 and up.The famous five, Julian, Anne, Dick, George (Georgina) and Timmy the dog are again at Kirrin Cottage during the summer holidays when a plane crashes on nearby Kirren Island. When the five arrive at the island they discover a wounded pilot. The pilot, Sam Smith, appears to be a secret secret agent who was on a mission to deliver a secret valuable radio receiver. Soon they find out that his metal briefcase has been switched for another case that contains printing plates to print counterfeit money. It's up to the famous five to unravel the mystery and to recover the radio equipment.The active characters are automatically either George or Dick. They execute the actions and carry a backpack that holds the inventory items. A hidden menu at the left bottom corner of the screen gives access to a travel map, a main menu and an options menu (in the English edition). The latter includes options to switch on or off hot spot names and dialogue text. Dialogues can be skipped using the Escape key. In the original German edition the player can switch between German and English. The game directory includes a hint file.
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| Tonka Monster Trucks | 2001-09-01 | Infogrames, Inc. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Tonka license is used here to please young monster trucks lovers.Choose your monster truck, choose from three tracks, and start your engine ! One track is for practice, the second track is especially designed for stunts and the last for races. The game features two modes, the usual quick start mode, and the professional mode. Choose the first mode if you only want to start driving as soon as possible. This is although the only mode in the game where you can play up to four players, one after the other. In the professional mode, you will have first to register, fine tune your monster truck, and start. You won't be able to play against friends but against the computer. There's also a track editor so you can design your own special track. Also in this mode, you will be able to print pictures of your truck and even, your driver's license. |
| A.I. Wars: The Insect Mind | 2001-09-04 | Tactical Neuronics | Tactical Neuronics | Educational, Strategy | | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | The game allows the player to program the artificial intelligence of a robotic insect like war machines called 'Cybugs'. Cybugs have their own programming language called 'CAICL' and editor. The language is similar to BASIC and allows the player to start with simple commands such as 'move forward' or 'launch missile', and graduate up to advanced mathematical scanning options too complex to describe here. Cybugs have shields, mines, missiles, guns, grenades, energy discharges, and all sorts of devices such as scanners, communications, cloaking, and self destruct. They have to manage resources such as ammo, fuel consumption, and heat.Once the player has created (or downloaded) a favorite Cybug, the player may then place them into the 2D or 3D battle simulator and watch how they behave against other Cybugs as they play out the player' strategies in real time. Cybugs have many weapons, scan, movement, defensive and attack options to choose from. The battlefields have features such as strategy nodes and flags for replenishing ammo and fuel during the battle. Once a battle is complete, the player is given a full printable summary describing the blow by blow commentary of what took place on the battlefield along with the individual and team scores. The player also has options to save, trade, and play back recorded battles. Cybugs are encrypted and can be password protected so other players can use them, however are unable to see what the player has done with the code. |
| Far Gate | 2001-09-11 | Microïds | Super X Studios | Strategy | | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Far Gate is a real time strategy game that takes place in space. After finding what seems to be another inhabitable planet not far from the Solar System, colonists are sent to the new planet, only to find that it isn't inhabitable at all. What they do find is two new races, completely different from human beings:
The Nue-Guyen: An organic based species whose units are living entities.
The Entrodii: Crystalline based life forms that see no use for organics.
Both are out to destroy the human race from the galaxy. And factions on Earth are starting to cause major problems in addition. It is up to you and your command fleet to protect Earth from the many enemies, both human and non-human, using all of the technologically advanced space ships available to you. |
| Cho Ren Sha 68k | 2001-09-12 | Famibe no Yosshin | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Cho Ren Sha 68k (Ultra Fire 68K) is a top-down vertically scrolling Dōjinshi shoot 'em up. It was originally released in 1995 and later it was ported to PC. It is a shooter with classic mechanics modeled after the Toaplan games. There is one ship and it can be moved around freely. Shooting needs to be done manually as there is no autofire. Points are earned by killing enemies, completing levels and collecting items. It has seven stages with up to eight loops and a final boss after a few. Red power-up ships that are shot leave behind one of three items: a weapon upgrade, a bomb that clears the entire screen and a one-hit shield that also explodes when it disappears. |
| Kayak Extreme | 2001-09-14 | Real Networks, Inc. | Driver-Inter, Ltd., Small Rockets | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Kayak Extreme is a 3D kayak racing game. After the training course the game lets players to continue competitions in a range of environments, including Alpine mountain streams, African rivers, and Alaskan waterways.You should complete courses in time, passing through ordinary and reverse gates, avoiding slow water and counter flows, overcoming rapids and waterfalls. As you progress through the game you unlock new paddle types an kayaks that affect the gameplay. You have to master your skills and complete three difficulty levels to win the game. |
| Railroad Tycoon II: Gold Edition | 2001-09-14 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | Paul Mullen | | Everyone | Doug Myres | Windows | This release includes:
Railroad Tycoon II (base game)
Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century (expansion pack)
12 new scenarios
strategy guides to original, expansion and gold scenarios in HTML format |
| The F.A. Premier League Manager 2002 | 2001-09-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts UK Ltd., Teque Software Development Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | The F.A. Premier League Manager 2002 is an entry in the series of football management games from Electronic Arts officially licensed by the Football Association. This edition has all the features of previous games many of which have been updated. For example the transfer market has been updated in line with FIFA's guidelines, as they were in 2002, and computer clubs clubs can make counter bids in response to a manager's offer for a player.A new Fast View mode is introduced which gives text descriptions of matches. The Training mode has been improved so that players follow a daily schedule either as individuals or as a group. The game's menus have been improved as has the game's AI. The game's editor has also been enhanced. It is a free standing program that allows the player to customise the fine details of the game. Using it the player can edit tournaments, teams, players, the game's database and graphics right down to changing the kit and the team badge.In terms of gameplay one major change is the ability to set targets three seasons in advance and then build a team to achieve them. The game makes clubs in twenty-one leagues available to manage, the F.A. Premier League is naturally included but so are European leagues such as the Bundesliga and LNF. |
| Physicus: Save the World with Science! | 2001-09-17 | Tivola Publishing, Inc. | Ruske & Puhretmaier Edutainment GmbH | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A meteorite falls to Earth, stopping our planet's cycle of rotation and causing thermal disaster around the globe. Lack of the Sun's warmth has caused half of our planet to plunge into a deep, dark freeze, while the other half is literally being fried by the Sun's heat and constant light. Only you can "Save the world with Science!"You explore the three-dimensional scenery in first person perspective in a manner similar to Myst. There are houses and buildings to investigate, items to find and use while the story unfolds. The game will challenge your common sense and intelligence as you seek out the answers to many puzzles. Work with the sciences of electricity, heat, mechanics, optics and acoustics as you play, researching in documents and the in-game knowledge base. |
| Rails Across America | 2001-09-17 | Strategy First, Inc. | Flying Lab Software | Simulation | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Train, Transport | Menu structures | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Rails Across America is a game of railroad empires in North America, covering the period from 1830 to the near future. It is a real-time strategy game with a "sim" flavor. Rails allows hundreds of tracks with thousands of trains crossing the continent. Players focus on strategic decisions: where to expand, where to compete, and when to call in favors from government officials, union leaders, and other powerful figures. |
| Siege of Avalon | 2001-09-17 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Digital Tome | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Siege of Avalon is a traditional fantasy-RPG with an isometric view. The setting is an imaginary land which has been ruined by wars and it is up to you to defeat the evil warrior Mithras, who strives to conquer the entire land. Only the fortress of Avalon resists to his evil intentions.The game is mainly story-driven, featuring many NPCs, and has action-based combat. It doesn't follow any particular set of RPG rules; characters level up after having gained enough experience from defeating foes. Class restrictions are rather mild, meaning that a fighter can learn spells and gain proficiency in magic, etc.This game has been described as an "episodic computer game novel". It is divided into six chapters. The first one is available for free download, but you have to buy the others in order to complete the story. Second chapter takes the events from where the first chapter ended, while third, fourth and fifth chapters are sort of add-ons to the main story. The sixth chapter is dedicated to the final battle with the evil. |
| Speed Trip | 2001-09-17 | CoGS Games | CoGS Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Blaze through scenic destinations by matching shapes with numbers in this game. Clear the level before the timer expires and the challenge increases as new shapes are added. It takes seconds to learn how to play, but mastery requires memory, concentration, and speed. |
| NHL 2002 | 2001-09-18 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Side view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | NHL 2002 is EA's latest incarnation of their NHL series.New features over previous years includes the "Breakaway Cam", which causes the game to slow down, turn blue, and go into letterbox mode when you're one on one with the goalie, and "EA GameStory", which tracks your progress and rewards you for outstanding performance.NHL 2002 is the first in the series to include NHL Cards, which is the equiviliant of Madden's NFL Cards. By performing special moves, such as scoring within the first 30 seconds or winning 10 face-offs, you get points, which you can then use to buy cards.NHL 2002 includes all the professional NHL teams, as well as the International teams, such as Team Canada and U.S.A. Every stadium is included, and so is every player.NHL 2002 has many game modes, including Season, Quick Play, Shootout, and Exhibition. It also has a "Create-A-Skater" mode. |
| Red Faction | 2001-09-18 | THQ Inc. | Volition, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Ultor Corporation of Mars is successful because of the mineral wealth of that planet. It employs a number of miners and scientists to mine the Noachite ores far underground. The miners are constantly pressured by the guards to work harder and faster, while at the same time being forced to share their meager resources. While the mines itself are dangerous, so too is the mysterious plague that has broken out among the ranks of miners, killing many. Into this low morale situation, propaganda against Ultor has begun appearing, signed only by "Eos". These pamphlets and posters urge the miners to rise up against their oppressors and take a stand, also recruiting members into their secretive "Red Faction". As a result of Eos' efforts, tensions are rising high between the Ultor corporation and its workers, any little incident could ignite...Red Faction is a first-person shooter. Players take the role of Parker, a miner working underground for the Ultor Corporation. Equipped in an environment suit, Parker is protected from various hazards and able to breathe deep in the mines and in airless locations. At times, Parker also needs to travel undercover in a less protective disguise. Parker defends himself with a variety of weapons, most of which feature a primary and secondary firing mode. The weapons are divided into: hand weapons such as riot shields and flamethrowers, light arms which include pistols and shotguns, heavy arms featuring rocket launchers and sub-machine guns and finally weapons that are thrown or placed such as grenades and explosives. The game features a variety of vehicles to drive in first-person; including jeeps, drillers, flying craft and submarines. In order to survive, Parker must link up and aid his fellow miners, receiving direction and objectives via com-link messages.Red Faction features a game engine called Geo-Mod. It allows holes to be blasted into all manner of terrain including floors, walls and ceilings. While limited to certain surfaces, such as rock, ice and concrete, this nonetheless results in a more destructible environment where deviation from the level design is encouraged. Players are able to at multiple points, create their own paths, tunneling past obstacles and into new environments. Only heavy explosives; such as missiles, torpedoes, grenades and plastique will allow the terrain destruction of this sort. |
| Hardwood Spades | 2001-09-19 | Silver Creek Entertainment | Silver Creek Entertainment | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Another title in Silver Creek's "Hardwood" series of downloadable card games, Hardwood Spades is a simulation of classic Spades playable in single-player, or online multiplayer.Following the rules of classic Spades, each player has a partner, and each team bets on how many tricks (a play of four cards, one from each player) they can take per hand. The winner of a trick is determined by the value of the highest card played, with spade cards trumping the value of cards of other suits. Rule variants are available when setting up a new game, including Cutthroat, Suicide and Mirrors. Each player can also individually set appearance options, like background and deck art.As with the other Hardwood games, players can use animated "Fooms" to express emotions (from gratitude to taunting) to other players. The Xbox360 version also includes Avatar support. |
| Links: Championship Edition | 2001-09-19 | Microsoft Corporation | Indie Built, Inc. | Compilation, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | If you're going to try a version of Links 2001, this is the one. This edition contains 4 previously unreleased courses (Oakmont Country Club, the Royal Melbourne Golf Club, the Frankfurter Golf Club, and the Robert Trent Jones Trail - The Judge Course at Capitol Hill), as well as the original 5 courses and the 4 courses from the Links 2001 Expansion Pack. It also includes the Arnold Palmer Course Designer wherein you can build your own courses, which you can share online. You can also expand your experience via the online Links Country Club, where you can find online competition, course downloads, message boards, and more. |
| Planet of the Apes | 2001-09-19 | Fox Interactive, Inc., Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Visiware | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Post-apocalyptic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Released around the same time as the remake (2001 Tim Burton) of the original film (1968 Franklin J. Schaffner), yet follows its own story in that setting. You are Ulysses, a human whose spacecraft crashed on an ape-ruled planet. When you are captured and readied for 'examination' you want to save your skin, and thankfully a merciful ape gives you a chance to do so. As a human you have no tools, only your intelligence and some loincloth to prevent staring eyes.
The game is played from a third-person viewpoint, and you can meet certain characters and talk to them to get information. Hand-to-hand combat ensues when you encounter an unfriendly ape, obstacles need to be overcome by thinking and some acrobatics. |
| Spider-Man | 2001-09-19 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Spider-Man is the first 3D game to star the popular web-slinger. It is loosely based on Spider-Man: The Animated Series and Spider-Man Unlimited and features some of the voice cast from each and similar character designs.Peter Parker is attending a demonstration of the reformed Dr. Otto Octavius's new invention when an imposter Spider-Man steals the device. Spider-Man must work to clear his name and uncover the sinister motives behind the device's theft.This game features appearances not only by most major Spider-Man characters, but cameos by numerous other characters from the Marvel Universe, such as the Human Torch, Punisher, Daredevil and Captain America.Spider-Man's webs are greatly emphasized. He can use them both for navigational purposes, like swinging or ziplining, and for offensive and defensive combat, such as tying up a villain, coating his fists with web for extra oomph, or building a protective shield. His web supply is limited though and he must find new cartridges or risk running out. The wall-crawling powers are also prominently features. Spider-Man can cling to any wall or ceiling. This is used for basic environmental navigation and for stealth as there are many sequences where you crawl over the heads of unsuspecting thugs, or drop down and catch them off-guard.Combat is based around Spider-Man's ability to jump, kick, punch and web. By combining these with direction and in various combinations, Spider-Man is able to throw objects such as furniture, hurl web balls, yank enemies into melee range and follow up with a flurry of hits, among other things. There are a number of boss-battles as well, all of which are puzzle-based.Missions vary from the fairly common fight-your way-to-the-goal or find-the-key-that-unlocks-the-door types to races to catch some or evade them or just trying to avoid the police.There are several side goals in addition to the main mission including multiple unlockable Spider-Man costumes and numerous hidden comic book covers to find. |
| Commandos 2: Men of Courage | 2001-09-20 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Pyro Studios S.L. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | War | Stealth | Asia, Europe, Historical events, Oceania, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | From the heart of the Third Reich to the most remote islands in the South Pacific, Sergeant Jack "Butcher" O'Hara and his elite group of gritty soldiers must combine their expertise and venture deep into enemy territory...in an attempt to change the course of the war. This sequel contains the following enhancements:All new 3D engine - rotate the environment 360 degrees and move seamlessly in and out of buildings, submarines, planes, underwater and zoom in and out of the environments.
Interact like never before - steal enemy uniforms and weapons, climb and swing from cables, jump from windows and utillize vehicles.
Control 9 commandos - including the green beret, sniper, demolitions expert, seductress, thief and even a dog!
Authentic WWII scenarios - 10 missions spanning 9 different environments in night and day with realistic weather effects.
Multiplayer - players can go to war in the co-operative multiplayer mode. |
| Michael Vaughan's Championship Cricket Manager | 2001-09-21 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Michael Vaughan's Championship Cricket Manager is a cricket management game, it is known as the cricket equivalent of the Championship Manager series of football games.It allows you to take control of any of the domestic teams from around the world, included are all teams from England, Australia, India and the other test match playing nations (ten). If you perform well enough you may get the chance to manage one of the international teams.The gameplay is similar to most other management games in that you buy players, pick the team, change match tactics and then hope to win matches. Lots of different competitions are simulated and so there is plenty to do.The game includes a huge database of current players and so is an armchair fans dream.
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| Monopoly Tycoon | 2001-09-21 | Infogrames, Inc. | Deep Red Games Ltd. | Strategy | | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Monopoly Tycoon is a building sim based on the popular board game. You choose a character (Shoe, Horse, Race car, etc.) and complete various scenarios.The game is a SimCity meets board game. You construct buildings on different lots (Butcher Shop on Boardwalk or Nightclub on St. James). Manage your business, make money, and outsmart your opponents. |
| Jumpgate: The Reconstruction Initiative | 2001-09-24 | Mightygames, Netdevil, Inc. | Netdevil, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Massively Multiplayer | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent, Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | This is a massively-multiplayer space simulator where you get to join one of three factions and participate in The Reconstruction Initiative (TRI). Following a cataclysmic event that has destroyed all space-bound civilization, three distinct factions have finally rediscovered the technology to achieve space-flight once again. The galaxy is now in a constant state of change as a continuing storyline effects and is effected by the players, who are slowly rebuilding a new space civilization. |
| Ms. Pac-Man: Quest for the Golden Maze | 2001-09-24 | Infogrames, Inc. | Creature Labs Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In a nutshell, classic Ms. Pac-Man game play with 3-D graphics. Work your way through a series of mazes with an Egyptian theme eating dots, avoiding ghosts, and collecting fruit. Your ultimate quest is to find the long lost Golden Maze.Also available is a two player game in which you see which player can eat the most dots. There are no ghosts in this version, but every so often a baby ghost will come out. Eating the baby ghost allows you to put the other player out of commission temporarily.You have your choice of several camera angles, from a close up isometric view to a more traditional top-down view with the whole maze visible. |
| Axis | 2001-09-25 | Real Networks, Inc. | Jamie System Development Co.,Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | Axis is a multiplayer first-person shooter with mechs. However, these are not the big and clunky robots usually featured in mech games, but fast machines which have the ability to float for a short amount of time. This means the game speed is more akin to mid-nineties shooters like Quake. The backdrop story is set in the 22th century when multinational companies fight over resources.The game features overall eight multiplayer modes (e.g. Deathmatch, Rocket Arena or Gladiator)
with differences regarding rules and winning conditions, but generally they all involve the player fighting alone against the opposition by running (and floating) around, shooting weapons at other players and picking up power-ups (e.g. armor, shields or damage multiplier) which spawn on the 28 maps. The basic stats of the player's mech, e.g. armor or the boost speed, are determined by the chosen pilot character and the used mech components which can be changed for arms, legs, chassis, head, booster and weapon load-out. All those components have strengths, weaknesses and weight, the latter being the restricting factor.The game also has a single-player mode, skirmish, which consists of playing multiplayer matches against bots. Playing through the scenarios rewards additional mech components for use in multiplayer. |
| DOOM: Collector's Edition | 2001-09-25 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This collector's edition is a compilation of the following titles:
DOOM II: Hell on Earth
Final DOOM
The Ultimate DOOMIt also includes a trailer, screenshots and other information about DOOM³. |
| Gamer Pack | 2001-09-25 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Quake II
Dark Reign 2
Heavy Gear II
Battlezone II: Combat Commander |
| Jekyll & Hyde | 2001-09-25 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | In Utero | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Horror | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | Windows | An action game loosely based on the book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll's daughter, Laurie, has been kidnapped by an inmate from his insane asylum. The only way to save her is to become Mr. Hyde, his evil alter ego, who he never thought would be needed again.Turn Dr. Jekyll into the butt-kicking Mr. Hyde, and jump into action. In only one night, save Dr. Jekyll's daughter from her evil kidnapper by giving him the magical artifacts he requires. Zombies and other monsters need to be overcome for him to succeed.
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| Real War | 2001-09-25 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Rival Interactive, Inc., Semi Logic Entertainments, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Based on the official Joint Chiefs of Staff training game developed for the U.S. military, Real War uses real-world scenarios, allowing you to play as the current U.S. military or as a terrorist army extrapolated from actual terrorist forces.Real War is a real-time strategy game in which you command today's armed forces. All jets, ships, and ground vehicles are taken directly from today's military. You can also get your hands on a few special items right off the Pentagon's drawing boards. Real War features 3-D vehicles with realistic movement against the backdrop of a richly detailed 2-D world, with jungle, desert, and arctic environments.
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| Supercar Street Challenge | 2001-09-25 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | EXAKT Entertainment, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | Daniel Sass | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Supercar Street Challenge puts you behind the wheels of nine of the hottest cars on the planet, like the Saleen S7 and Zonda C-12S. Race on 23 courses in 7 cities in multiple game modes. Even modify your supercar in the unique Steve Saleen design studio. The game is essentially a Need for Speed clone with all the same structures built in, including multiple classes of cars, lots of courses and exotic cars. |
| Throne of Darkness | 2001-09-25 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | CLICK Entertainment | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control | | Mature | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Evil is in the land of Yamato. Zanshin, the horrible demon, is unleashed and seeks to destroy the land and to kill its inhabitants, commanding a horde of zombies and skeletons. Seven samurai warriors, all of them under your command, have to stop the demon.Throne Of Darkness is an action-RPG very similar to Diablo. The combat is action-based: left-click to hit the enemy, right-click to use a spell. Unlike Diablo, it is a party-RPG and its events take place in Japan of the Middle Ages. |
| Ultimate Quake | 2001-09-25 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Ultimate Quake collects the following games on three CD-ROMs:
Quake - The original game is presented in DOS, Windows, and GL Quake versions.
Quake II
Quake III: Arena
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| Weakest Link | 2001-09-25 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A home version of the popular TV show, where playing as one of the 24 selectable characters you will have to answer questions, bank prize money and vote tactically to become the winner. Questions are presented in a multiple choice format with only the first letter of the answers displayed. Difficulty settings can be changed so that all the answers are shown fully, or for the Junior setting there is only a choice of 2 answers.The game supports single and multiplayer options for the main game plus there is a longer single player championship mode where you must play and win 4 shows to succeed. The game faithfully creates the TV studio setting and features video and sound clips of host Anne Robinson for an authentic Weakest Link experience. |
| White Day: A Labyrinth Named School | 2001-09-25 | Sonnori Co., Ltd. | Nori For New, Sonnori Co., Ltd. | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Beginning as a simple love story, the main character must sneak into his high school at night to drop off his love interest’s diary and some WhiteDay chocolates to indicate his affection. Whispers of ghost stories echo down the school hallways and the game takes a chilling turn as the main character watches the school janitor bludgeon someone to death with a baseball bat while hearing children’s laughter. Although WhiteDay uses a first-person presentation, there is no shooting here. WhiteDay is a survival horror game set in a haunted high school where the player has no access to weapons other than their wits. Ghosts and other antagonists must be avoided or simply fled from. Gameplay largely revolves around puzzle-solving to open new areas and rescue classmates. Occasional cutscenes also offer the player choices about which way to advance the story. |
| 1942 | 2001-09-26 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | World War II | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | 1942 is a vertically scrolling shooter for one or two players. The year is 1942, and you are a daring fighter pilot "Super Ace". You begin and end each of the numerous levels on an aircraft carrier and then fly your plane into battle against the enemy over both sea and land. After destroying certain plane formations you can collect several different power ups to increase your fire power and chances of survival. You can also make your plane roll to avoid enemy attacks 3 times per life. There are 24 levels, the first being Midway and the last The Final Area. |
| Quake III: Gold | 2001-09-26 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The compilation Quake III: Gold contains:
Quake III: Arena
Quake III: Team Arena |
| Xin Shen Diao Xia Lu Zhi Wanjie Pian | 2001-09-26 | InterServ International Inc. | InterServ International Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Xin Shen Diao Xia Lu Zhi Wanjie Pian is the second installment in the series based on Louis Cha's (better known by his pen name Jin Yong) The Return of the Condor Heroes. Players will control Yang Guo who finds out that his lover Xiaolongnü is still alive after 16 years and sets out to find her.The game plays like an RPG. Players move Yang Guo using the mouse and battles use a turn-based system where each character out of a party of up to 3 characters can attack as soon as their meter is full. |
| Fallacy of Dawn | 2001-09-27 | Feelies.org | Jolt Country | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | In a world that never quite got over the 80s, Delarion Yar dispenses quarters for the local arcade... badly. Trapped in the city of New Haz, he´s crossed the wrong people one too many times and will do anything to get out. Fallacy of Dawn is a modern-day graphical text adventure comedy within the cyberpunk genre. Featuring dozens of twisted characters and locations, this game merges combat and conversation in the classic Infocom style. |
| Hot Wheels: Mechanix | 2001-09-27 | THQ Inc. | AWE Productions, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Hot Wheels: Mechanix is a racing game where you get to race with and customize your very own Hot Wheels cars. The primary objective of the game is to win all the races while collecting X-Tools to unlock new cars and customize them to make them better with such things as wings, mud tires and bigger engines.Initially there are three stages available, but as you play you can unlock four more, making it seven in total. There are also 18 different cars (you start out with six, but you unlock more as you win the races in the game). |
| La trilogía Dragon's Lair | 2001-09-27 | FX Interactive, S.L. | Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media, Inc. | Action, Compilation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Quick Time Events (QTEs) | | | | | | | Windows | La trilogía Dragon's Lair is a limited Spanish edition that includes Dragon's Lair, Dragon's Lair II: TimeWarp and Space Ace.This edition has new game modes:Guided Mode: normal game with helps
Scene Selection: Play directly any level you already finished
View Film: The entire adventure as a film |
| Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor | 2001-09-27 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Stormfront Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | David Yee | Turn-based | Mature | | Windows | An homage to the DOS-based Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Gold Box game Pool of Radiance, Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor returns again to the worlds of the Forgotten Realms.Although the game begins in the city of Phlan, which was reclaimed in the previous game, the majority of the action takes place beneath Myth Drannor, once a beautiful city of peace, where men, elves, and dwarves could live in peace and harmony, which is now in ruins.Despite its visual similarity to contemporary games that utilized real-time combat (such as Baldur's Gate), the game features a strictly turn-based system, similar to those implemented in Gold Box games. Orisons and Cantrips, straight from the then new Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition rules, have been added. The game features new character classes and races such as Barbarians, Monks, Paladins, and Half-Orcs. Clerics and Sorcerers can cast over 100 spells. The Dungeon Master communicates all important findings and events throughout the game. |
| Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor (Collector's Edition) | 2001-09-27 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Special edition | | Licensed | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | A collector's edition of Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor.The US Collector's Edition includes the soundtrack to the game, a bag and dice, the novel by Carrie Debris, a tabletop module for the D&D game, a map of Myth Drannor, and of course the 2-CD game.The European Collector's Edition includes just three 'special collectible' items: a mouse mat, a Ruins of Myth Drannor map, and a Chainmail miniature (the Ranger). |
| Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX | 2001-09-28 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Runecraft Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Bike / Bicycling | | | Everyone | | Windows | Legendary BMX rider Mat Hoffman leads a cast of some of the best riders on the planet in this Tony Hawk's Pro Skater style title. Perform tricks and make the points to proceed through each level of Street, Vert, and Dirt courses, or take on a mate in 2 player split screen mode and see who has the best bike in town. Career mode allows you to build up your chosen character and make, as it mentions, a Career. And the BMX Course Editor allows you to build your own Street, Vert and Dirt courses for multiplayer action. |
| Advanced Strategic Command | 2001-09-30 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Advanced Strategic Command is a free, turn based strategy game very similar to Blue Byte's Battle Isle series. There are different playing modes, most of them intended for games against other human players. But there is also an AI and a campaign mode.The campaign mode against the AI helps new players get accustomed to the gameplay. It also introduces new units step by step - there are dozens of them - and ways of acquiring the three different resources crucial to success. These resources are sometimes injected automatically into the player's (or enemy's) industry, but sometimes they have to be transported to buildings, factories or hot spots by specialized supply and repair/refill units.
It goes without saying that intelligence gathering (or denying) and recon units also play a very important role.Like in the original Battle Isle series most units have more than one weapon system, but Advanced Strategic Command adds a slight touch of realism by applying the paper-stone-scissors principle to the combat mechanics. Besides their default damage, which is called punch here, weapons have certain modifiers which make them better against certain type of targets, e.g. a machine gun is good vs infantry but inadequate against armoured vehicles. Also some weapons are less effective against distant targets, but can be devastating at closer range.The map editor can be used to create own maps. If offers a great variety of terrain textures and buildings |
| Bruce Lee | 2001-09-30 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | Martial arts | Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bruce Lee is a fan-made PC port of the classic 1984 game of the same name, written in Blitz Basic. It faithfully mimics the gameplay and the levels of the original game. Three different difficulty levels are available in this version. Furthermore, the Yamo enemy is a little more intelligent than in the original game, and can now jump across pits to chase the player. |
| Elite Forces: WWII - Iwo Jima | 2001-09-30 | ValuSoft, Inc. | 3LV Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | World War II | | | | Mature | | Windows | As dawn broke on February 19, 1945, US Marines began the largest, most important island campaign of the Pacific Theater. Fear permeated the air as the deeply entrenched Japanese defended against the brutal assault. Battle weary, but unyielding, these heroic Marines hoisted the American flag, turning the tide of war forever.WWII: Iwo Jima is a first-person shooter in which the player controls a unit commander of the US Marines. Two soldiers accompany him on his mission; the player can indirectly control them, issuing them orders such as attacking an enemy or defending a position. The game is composed of twelve stages, with ten different weapons at the protagonist's disposal. There is no multiplayer element in the game. |
| 100 Spel | 2001-10-01 | Bonniers Specialmagasiner | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 100 SPEL is a compilation of 100 different games with a mix of freeware (F), shareware (S), adware (A) and playable demos (D). The games are sorted in menu groups and are either playable from the CD or installable to the hard disk.The game genres are: Action (12), Arcade (15), Board (12), Junior (15), Platform (15), Puzzle (15), Sport (8) and Card (8).
Action Games
Matrix (A)
Meteor (F)
Jetboat Superchamps (D)
BaseZone
BattleMek
Outbound
RockyRacers (D)
Little Fighter 2 (F)
I've Got Some Balls (F)
Freeride Thrash (F)
Alhademic Sniper
Punch Clock Panic
Arcade Games
Binder
DX-Ball (F)
Pacman
LaserAge (F)
AirXonix (S)
Wilkanoid (F)
Pure Tetrix
Moorhuhnjagd (A)
Galactic Patrol (S)
Roll 'em Up Pinball
Baroque Shooting (D)
Dive! Advanced
Cubemaster 2000
DemonStar (S)
Whack-A-Computer
Board Games
Ooze
Igowin
Yucata
3D Morris
Checkers
Tic-Tac-Toe
Stone's Throw
Daisy Reversi
Dolphin Dice 2000
Moraff's MoreJongg (S)
David's BackGammon
Moraff's Cybercheckers
Junior Games
SnakeMe
BikeFlyter (F)
Petwings
Snowcraft
Happy Note
Kung Fu Kim
Robot Challenge
Cavity Crusader (F)
Nonsense Madness (F)
Shark Attack! (F)
Smack the Thief (A)
Sir Bombalot
Freddie the Frog
WONKAir Hockey
Platform Games
Zoz
Cult (F)
Mario
Dr. Goo (F)
Subscan
Back2D (F)
Savage Hero
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (S)
Donkey Kong Rumble
Indys Desktop Adventure (D)
Sint Nicolaas (F)
Winsherk
Jake Blastem
Trigger Happy
E-Gon
Puzzle Games
Boom!
Minefinder
RollerBall (F)
Colorbreak 2
Polyomino
Robocrush
Clickomania
Frozen Fruits
Super Gravity Balls
Project Brazil
Space King
Sokoban
Crystal Bubble
Moraff's Jiggler 3D (F)
5star Free Lines (F)
Sport Games
Bowling
Dart'm Up
WiniGolf
Hockey2001
Pool 'm Up
Elf Bowling 2 (S)
Antiboxing
Super Hole in One
Card Games
PySol
Canasis
USA Casino
Free Euchre
Easy Bridge (F)
Free Solitaire (F)
Blackjackman
Midnight Sunitaire |
| 2112: A Field Trip | 2001-10-01 | | Mutilation Software Independent | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Starting from the tarmac at the Chicago Central Spaceport, this text adventure game follows the protagonist through nocturnal adventures during what seems initially to be an ordinary, everyday McCracken Middle School class field trip to Mars on February 4th, 2112 (singing, all together now, "the turbines on the di-molecular ion drive go 'round and 'round!") -- but turns out to be the last 24 hours of the UNASA colony's existence!Unable to sleep after resting through the flight, the player sneaks out of the hotel and prowls around the colony's spaceport, F.A.K.E. bio-dome, and mini-mall facilities at Conformity Corner... outsmarting an entomophobic security cyborg, befriending a sassy holographic AI designed to be the figurehead goddess deity ("Oona") of the UN's one-world government, and stumbling upon and unraveling codes and ciphers of sacred geometry and mystical numerology left by missing research scientist Lt. Cecil Kraven II, father of a classmate and diagnosed schizophrenic, pointing to the outpost's pending eradication at the hands of a cosmic threat.This all culminates in a moon buggy trip across the Martian surface with a genetically-modified cockroach, racing against time to save the lives of the colony's innocent denizens. Good thing you got your permission slip signed! |
| Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura (Collector's Edition) | 2001-10-01 | Play-It | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Poland-exclusive Collector's Edition of Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura includes the game itself and the following extras:
Polish translation patch
bonus CD with extra quests
soundtrack CD
World Map
game manual (196 pages)
novel based on the world of Arcanum (50 pages) |
| Baltic Mission | 2001-10-01 | Vision Park AB | Vision Park AB | Educational | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Mini-games | Contemporary, Europe | | Direct control, Text parser | Meditative / Zen, Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Baltic Mission is a game in the style of Globetrotter, made by the same developer, but focused on the Baltic area.The game was produced with the intent of spreading more tourist & business information about the eastern Baltic states; Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland and the North-Western region of Russia, when these countries were adopting to market economies - the target audience is Swedish-speaking only, with possible future translations not happening due to lack of funding.The game has 22 locations to visit in the included regions, and additional cities with descriptions could be added by the players themselves, and up/downloaded on the games homepage - (this is unfortunately now defunct).At the game start a player is asked whether to start a new game with the 22 built-in cities, or to create their own city, adding to it new descriptions and questions of the players own choice.The default game has the player starting out in Stockholm, Sweden, in one of four roles: student, journalist, businessman or travel agent. In either role, you get a mission to accomplish by travelling to a number of cities and talking to people to gain specific information for the mission.The player starts out with a small amount of money, and both hotels and travelling costs a varied sum of money.Start with examining a map to find the locations of the train station, harbour or airport from which you can travel to your intended area.
The map has a number of locations marked, some of which hold information, some questions, and other has physical locations.
Sometimes a minigame can be played when a location is selected; picking out item or location names from images, a customs baggage check, a street hustlers gambling event: guess which cup a coin is hidden under.After checking in to a hotel, it is possible to meet people in the city and have conversations - which mostly consist of questions about the country you are in, and you gain money for giving correct answers. If the person you talk to thinks you have answered enough questions correctly, you are considered a friend with common interests.Once a mission is completed, it ends up in the local high score list - which originally also could be compared online.As opposed to the original Backpacker series, you can not take any local jobs to earn more money, instead if the money runs out you can call home for more, a limited number of times. |
| Barbie Beach Vacation | 2001-10-01 | Mattel, Inc., Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Krome Studios Pty Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Mini-games | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Barbie Beach Vacation takes her and her friends to the the sands and the waves of a remote island. Like most Barbie titles, it's geared towards 5-9 year olds.There are plenty of activities to occupy Barbie when she gets tired of soaking up rays. Since this is a Barbie game, of course Barbie can choose her attire from dozens of bathing suits and beach outfits. She can surf or water ski, build a sandcastle, snorkel, photograph marine life and hula dance. You can win prizes for doing well in each activity. Prizes are items like beach umbrellas and tiki torches that can be used to decorate the beach for the final stage of the game - the big beach party. |
| CyberMycha i znikające króliki część 2 | 2001-10-01 | | NAWAR Sp. z o.o. | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | CyberMycha i znikające króliki część 2 is a continuation of CyberMycha's mission to save "vanishing rabbits" living on planet Egmont from the invasion of "psycho rabbits". This time, CyberMycha needs help from friends such as pelican or frog.Identical to the first game, the game is mainly a point-and-click adventure game. Gameplay includes collecting items, solving puzzle elements and playing several mini-games. Some activities (like catching flies) around the trash cart require a mouse, while others (like jumping over balls or fishing) require usage of arrow keys.Just like in the first part, "clickable" objects are indicated via a green arrow shown over or around them. The game can be started over again at any time, but losing in specific mini-games might push players a few steps back in the overall game progress. |
| Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles | 2001-10-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | In Utero | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles is a surrealistic 3D platformer from France. The player guides the orphan boy Cyprien through a darkly comical environment spanning 8 distinct islands and about 70 stages, in a mission to save his 4 friends, find his talking teddy bear, and confront his inner self. Cyprien is helped and hindered through his quest by an assortment of strange beings, from an elephant named Wilbur, who makes his entrances and exits on a swing, a tribe of demis - creatures cut in half, a giant termite queen, a dark root, and many many more.He is not helpless in his battle against the odds however. He has brought along to this strange dimension Super-Cyp, his heroic alter ego, into whom he may change temporarily using the power-ups scattered around the levels. |
| International Tennis Open | 2001-10-01 | Infogrames Multimedia SA | Infogrames Europe SA | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | More of a simulation than an action game, with a multimedia showcase (the game's got thousands of mini-videos, voiceovers, etc.). You select one of 9 nations to represent and get to play singles against a variety of opponents (no doubles play) in either practice mode, quick match, or tournament.
Practice is pretty self-explanatory, quick match allows you to select your opponent (among 4 fictional players) and the type of court (concrete, grass, clay). While on tournament mode you select a host city from around the world and start playing from the quarter-finals on.You view the action from a 3rd-person perspective and in-game graphics consist of 2-d rotoscoped-animated sprites. |
| Knights of the Cross | 2001-10-01 | Cenega Publishing, s.r.o. | Free Mind Software | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Knights of the Cross is a strategy game based upon historic facts and a Polish novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz on the 15th Century conflicts between Polish and German nations. The game covers the period before and after the battle of Tannenberg (Grunwald) in the year 1410, one of most important battles of medieval history and one of great importance for both the Polish and German people.It is a turn-based strategy game in which you can choose to play as a knight with your own army of either sides, following the orders of the King of the Polish Kingdom or the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.You can fight up to 102 battles, 49 Polish and 53 German. As you finish the battles you can buy new units or upgrade old ones, as well as new equipment for your units (swords, armor, longbows and crossbows).Different weather conditions (rain, snow, storms) affect your gameplay: direction and power of the wind influence the aiming precision of bowmen. |
| Links 2001 | 2001-10-01 | Microsoft Corporation | Access Software, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The venerable golf simulation from Access (nee Microsoft) returns.New features in this updated version include new graphics and ball physics, new courses and tour players, centimeter accurate greens, custom club distances; faster, easier online play and golfers that each have their own personalities.Included in the game are some of your favourite golfing heros, Arnold Palmer, Sergio Garcia and Annika Sörenstam to mention a few. Play as them or against them.There are six world-class courses featured in the game, San Diego's Aviara, Canada's Chateau Whistler, The Prince Course on Kauai, Hawaii; Westfields Golf Club, St Andrews Old Course and Mesa Roja fantasy course. More courses can be downloaded for free from the Web.Also included in the game is the Arnold Palmer Course Designer. Build your dream course, from the tee to the fairway to the hole. |
| Mortadelo y Filemón: El Escarabajo de Cleopatra | 2001-10-01 | Zeta Multimedia S.A. | Alcachofa Soft S.L. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Spy / espionage | | | | | | | | Windows | The world is in peril, for as any decent and ambitious secret cult should be expected to be, the Sixth Sect is up to no good. They’re plotting to raise an ancient Egyptian Deity to enslave mankind, and it falls on the shoulders of the two most incompetent TIA operatives to stop them. So whether the world is quaking in fear due to the Sect’s evil plans or because their last hope is Mortadelo y Filemón is not entirely certain.Their mission, should they manage to figure out how to accept it, will be to obtain and secure the Holy book of Amon Ra and Cleopatra’s ancient Scarab medallion, key items in the mad cleric Apotheosis’ plan to for world domination. How they’re expected to achieve this is beyond anyone’s guess, including theirs.El Escarabajo de Cleopatra (Cleopatra's Scarab), is a typical 3rd person Point & Click Adventure game with a few innovative features not often seen in this genre, such as multiplayer, allowing two players to cooperate and finish the game together by controlling one of the two main characters each.Cleopatra’s Scarab is an individual game, however once you complete it and Operación Moscú (Operation Moscow) you can combine them together to play the third part of the story and get the real ending. |
| Mortadelo y Filemón: Operación Moscú | 2001-10-01 | Zeta Multimedia S.A. | Alcachofa Soft S.L. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Spy / espionage | | | | | | | | Windows | The world is in peril, for as any decent and ambitious secret cult should be expected to be, the Sixth Sect is up to no good. They’re plotting to raise an ancient Egyptian Deity to enslave mankind, and it falls on the shoulders of the two most incompetent TIA operatives to stop them. So whether the world is quaking in fear due to the Sect’s evil plans or because their last hope is Mortadelo y Filemón is not entirely certain. Their mission, should they manage to figure out how to accept it, will be to obtain and secure the Holy book of Amon Ra and Cleopatra’s ancient Scarab medallion, key items in the mad cleric Apotheosis’ plan to for world domination. How they’re expected to achieve this is beyond anyone’s guess, including theirs. Operación Moscú (Operation Moscow), is a typical 3rd person Point & Click Adventure game with a few innovative features not often seen in this genre, such as multiplayer, allowing two players to cooperate and finish the game together by controlling one of the two main characters each. Operation Moscow is an individual game, however once you complete it and El Escarabajo de Cleopatra (Cleopatra's Scarab) you can combine them together to play the third part of the story and get the real ending. |
| Play the Games Vol. 4 | 2001-10-01 | Infogrames Europe SA, Eidos GmbH, Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation is the successor to Play the Games Vol. 3. Once again, the three publishers Eidos, Electronic Arts, and Infogrames are offering together a 15 games compilation. But this time, they don't provide equal amounts of games, Eidos and Infogrames providing six games each, while Electronic Arts only provides three games.The compilation consists of 15 games spread over 15 CD's. The manuals are only available on CD in PDF format, while the printed manual is only some sort of reference card.Electronic Arts' part of the compilation:
Bundesliga Stars 2001
SimCity 3000
Theme Park World
Eidos' part of the compilation:
Abomination: The Nemesis Project
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
John Romero's Daikatana
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Urban Chaos
Infogrames' part of the compilation:
Grand Prix 3
Hogs Of War
Slave Zero
Street Wars
V-Rally 2
Worms: Armageddon |
| Pontifex | 2001-10-01 | Chronic Logic LLC | Chronic Logic LLC | Puzzle, Simulation | Side view | | | City building / construction simulation | | Train | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Build your bridge with love. Be proud of your creation, and give it a pompous name. Then eventually watch it with horror collapsing as a train runs of it, giving you an undeniable proof that your bridge was indeed flawed.
Then start over.These few sentences depict well a typical game of Pontifex, the successor of the infamous freeware Bridge Builder which had already made crazy numerous players around the world when it was released.As its name suggests, this game is all about building bridges. Each level confronts you with the same challenge: there is a river to cross, and it's up to you to devise the bridge. Three materials are available - light steel, heavy steel and wire - each with own strength, weight and price.
In order to clear a level, your bridge must be able to withstand successfully the weight of a train running on it. Hopefully, you can try an unlimited number of times...The game actually features a very advanced physics model, taking into account compression and stretching - and of course gravity. |
| President for a Day | 2001-10-01 | Ethos Games | Ethos Games | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | President for a Day is an educational game (ages 12 and up) exploring themes of poverty and international debt, through making the player President of the fictional African country of Mobesi. It was developed in partnership with Tearfund, a Christian relief organization.The game is divided into 4 parts, which can be played in any order. Each part begins with the country facing a crossroads. (For example, choosing to focus on farming, cash crops, or manufacturing.) Advisers will present each choice in a video, then the player will choose which path to follow. Each choice will result in followup complications, which will require further choices. Some choices will result in revolution, invasion, or other disaster, and are to be avoided.The game is designed to be played in a classroom environment, and to that end, has a teacher's guide, resources, and discussion questions at the end of each part. |
| Quiz Millionär | 2001-10-01 | Limesoft | cerasus.media GmbH | Puzzle | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Quiz Millionär is a quiz game for up to players. Answer 5555 questions from 20 categories alone or in turn with your friends. Included game modes are buzzer, random, classic or training. A high score list and an editor for creating your own questions are included. |
| Rockman Strategy | 2001-10-01 | Acer TWP Corp | Dream Come True | Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Dr. Wily's at it again, and this time he's teamed up with aliens(?). Following the crash-landing of a mysterious meteor, Dr. Wily launches his new plan for global domination with the help of a set of extraterrestrial Robot Masters. As always, it's up to Rockman to save the day - but this time, he won't be doing it alone.Like traditional Mega Man games, Rockman Strategy has the player travelling through a series of themed levels in order to defeat Robot Masters. In this game, each level is a turn-based strategy mission; Rockman forms squads with fellow robots Rush, Rightot, Eddy, Blues, and the newly-introduced Fan in order to take out groups of enemy robots. Similar to games like Shining Force or Fire Emblem, strategic battles take place on a grid divided into squares and combat scenes are depicted via separate cutaway side-view screens. |
| Rugrats: All Growed Up | 2001-10-01 | THQ Inc. | Sapient Interactive | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Rugrats: All Growed Up is based on the Daytime Emmy-award winning animated television series Rugrats. Particularly in a three-episode story arc of the same name. In All Growed Up the Rugrat babies have gone through a time machine and have become 10 years old.In this side scrolling platform game you have to find the blueprints and construct an un-time machine to return the status quo. |
| Scooby-Doo!: Jinx at the Sphinx | 2001-10-01 | Learning Company, Inc., The | ImageBuilder Software, Inc., TerraGlyph Interactive Studios, L.P. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | Gerald Broas | | | | Windows | Scooby-Doo and the gang go to Egypt as tourists and to visit Velma's cousin who turns out to have disappeared. A mummy is scaring visitors and you must help them find clues in the Sahara desert as to what is happening in this mystery edutainment adventure. Kids need to think and use problem-solving skills such as researching, using deductive reasoning, and logical analysis. Scenarios will have different outcomes every time you play. There are also 3 difficulty levels: Spooky! is easy for ages 5-6, Spookier is medium for ages 7-8, and Spooktacular! is hard for ages 9-10. There's 25 fully interactive areas to explore, with up to 35 clues per game and 7 per suspec but some will be false leads. When you solve puzzles and complete activities, you will get clues. The animations are similar to the tv cartoon with cutscenes and an original soundtrack. |
| Street Tennis: The Next Generation Champions | 2001-10-01 | Mindscape, Inc. | Carapace | Sports | | | | | | | Greg Panayotou | | | | Windows | This is a 3D Tennis Game in comic environments, based on the code of Roland Garros French Open 2000. The setting is urban, and the players include a Rastafarian and a Skater. The 4 courts are city streets, a space ship, residential suburbs, and metal court, all seen as very unusual places for tennis courts.The game has a fully textured 3D engine, with dynamic lighting, realtime shadows and a dynamic camera and replay system. Motion Captured animation is used for realistic movements and shots, with the gameplay designed to be arcade oriented. Multiplayer mode allows for up to 4 player on the same computer. |
| Sub Command: Akula Seawolf 688(I) | 2001-10-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Sonalysts, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft, Vehicular combat | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Sub Command allows you to take control of the most deadly attack submarines in operation at the beginning of the 21th Century: the American Seawolf and 688(i), and the Russian Akula and Akula II. As the worthy successor of 688(I) Hunter/Killer, Sub Command provides an extensive, if not excessive simulation of most of the stations present on a real combat submarine - which include navigation, fire control, ship control, TMA (Target Motion Analysis), radar, radio and everyone's favorite, periscope - and ships with a consequent 232 page manual. More than 250 submarines, ships and planes also have been modeled in the game.Newcomers will spend long nights trying the stand-alone missions and figuring out how to launch a torpedo on the Akula, while experienced submarine officers will be able to take part into the main game campaign or battle out in multiplayer missions. |
| The Shadow of Zorro | 2001-10-01 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | In Utero | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | The Shadow of Zorro is a 3D action game that revolves around dagger-fighting. The game is set in California in the year 1822, and is based on the pulp fiction tales about the character Zorro (Don Diego). Don Alejandro, Don Diego's father, has his reasons to believe the new Police Commissioner De La Hoya is none other than the "Slaughterer of Saragossa", a horrible criminal everybody thought to be dead. It is up to Zorro to unveil the mystery and punish the criminals. |
| Williams Pinball Classics | 2001-10-01 | Encore Software, Inc. | Redoubt Ltd. | Simulation | | | | Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | Williams Pinball Classics is a pinball video game that includes digital recreations of four classic Williams' tables:
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Tales of the Arabian Nights
Black Rose
Lost World
It should not confused with Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection that was also released by this title in PAL territories in 2011. |
| Zabugorie: The Fairy Planet | 2001-10-01 | Yavsoft | Yavsoft | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Zabugorie: The Fairy Planet is a shareware adventure game released in five episodic chapters. The player can purchase the whole game at once or download the first chapter free and get the last four chapters for a fee later.An alien spaceship crashes on the planet of Zabugorie. In the crash, a valuable chest was flung and landed somewhere on the planet. You play an alien who has been transformed to blend in with other lifeforms. Your objective is to recover the lost case.The game features traditional adventure-style puzzles and problems in a fantasy world containing humorous elements. The planet is inhabited by many fairy tale characters to interact with, and there are various items to find and use. |
| Creatures Village | 2001-10-02 | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Creature Labs Ltd. | Compilation, Educational, Simulation | Side view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Creatures Village is a compilation of Creatures Adventures and Creatures Playground. Combined they create one huge world. Linking the games together will unlock bonus content: A village square with two additional bonus activities. |
| Outdoor Action Pack | 2001-10-02 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This package contains the full versions of the following games:
Cabela's Big Game Hunter 4
Cabela's Grand Slam Hunting: North American 29
Ultimate Paintbrawl 3 |
| SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition | 2001-10-02 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | Crime | Shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | The Tactical Game Of The Year Edition of SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle contains the game with some added missions. Also included is an Advanced Tactics CD containing educational videos shot on location at the famous Blackwater Training Center with commentary provided by actual SWAT officers.SWAT 3 and SWAT 3: Elite Edition owners were able to upgrade to this version, except for the Advanced Tactics CD, via free downloads on the Sierra website. |
| Smugglers 2 | 2001-10-02 | Niels Bauer Software Design | Niels Bauer Software Design | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Smugglers 2 is sci-fi turn-based strategy/trading game. It is the 23rd century. Humanity has expanded to many star systems, and has established the Federation to manage its far-flung colonies. However, some of the colonists were not satisfied with the Federation's rule. These worlds, located in the furthest parts of Federation space, formed the Outer Rim Alliance and rebelled against the Federation.You are a young ship captain who must ally with either the Federation of the Outer Rim Alliance and may eventually bring an end to the civil war. You start with a small fighter class ship, but can buy (or even capture) many larger vessels, each with its own unique features. You choose your own path to glory - be that through trading between planets and star systems, completing missions for your faction, through piracy and ultimately attacks on whole planets.Smugglers 2 is the sequel to the first Smugglers game. It adds crew combat, large variety of missions in each solar system (like patrolling various locations, hunting down a wanted criminal or transporting a set amount of goods to certain colony) and additional star systems. All actions in the game, whether combat, traveling or trading, are turn based. |
| From Dusk Till Dawn | 2001-10-03 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Gamesquad | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | Horror | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | In From Dusk Till Dawn, the player follows the main character Seth through his anguishing seclusion on the Rising Sun (a tanker transformed into a high-security jail), to his escape off this floating prison. Only one problem seems to be standing in his way -- deceitful vampires with a fatal grudge against him destine to stop him dead in his tracks...literally.It is a kill or be killed situation, and Seth needs the help of some twenty faithful friends, which include a riot gun, an assault rifle, a nailing gun and a circular saw. With these weapons, courage, a bit of wit and a gulp of Garlic Soda, he may make it through the night. |
| Runesword 2 | 2001-10-03 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | CrossCut Games | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Runesword II is an RPG designed to appeal to "pen and paper" role-players. The game comes with two full-length adventures, a number of smaller adventures, and a completely flexible construction set. Though the adventures which come with Runesword II have a fantasy flavor to them, the construction set gives users complete control over every possible aspect of the game, allowing for any genre of RPG (sci-fi, horror, modern-day) to be created. |
| The Operative: No One Lives Forever - Game of the Year Edition | 2001-10-03 | Fox Interactive, Inc., Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Comedy, Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | Africa, Cold War, Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic | Motorcycle, Off-roading, Snowmobile | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | In this Game of the Year edition, there are plenty of new extras as well as the original classic:
All 60 original assignments, as well as a completely new episode to play.
Multiplayer support for up to 16 players, with some new bonus skins.
The complete source code and map editor, allowing users to create and share their own mission and level creations.
CD Soundtrack, featuring all of the 60's style music from the game.
The official strategy guide from Prima, in case you need a hand
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| LEGO Racers 2 | 2001-10-04 | LEGO Media International, Inc. | Attention to Detail Limited | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Truck | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Following the first game, Rocket Racer issues a new challenge to find the best racer in the galaxy, summoning the greatest racers of all time to Planet Xalax for the Galactic Racing Championship. Players must prove their driving skills to qualify for the ultimate race on planet Xalax. The Story Game mode is where all the real action of Lego Racers 2 takes place. In this mode, you become a new racer, determined to become Galactic Racing Champion. Along the way, other racers challenge you as your quest to become number 1 continues. The more races you win, the more Golden Blocks you win. Golden Blocks help you move throughout the different levels of the game. You start out with zero Golden Blocks and move up as you win more races.There are also a number of multiplayer modes. |
| Moorhen 3 ...Chicken Chase | 2001-10-04 | Phenomedia AG | Phenomedia AG | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Moorhen 3 ...Chicken Chase is a shooter still in the same style as the first Moohrhuhn. The player has a gun and he shoots chickens which fly over the screen. If they are far away, they give more points. After six shots the player has to reload the weapon (which gives a time penalty). The time is limited, the screen can be scrolled left and right and the ultimate goal is to improve the own highscore.In this game the only background is set at a sea. New features are more different animals to shoot, including the "Lesshühner" which give negative points. Two new ammo types are more powerful but limited and have to be earned by shooting certain things. There are multiple hidden extras to find, e.g. ways to extend the playing time. In the PC version there is an online highscore list. |
| Command & Conquer: Theater of War | 2001-10-05 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Command & Conquer
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Unlike most other compilations for this series, no expansion packs are included. |
| Fiend | 2001-10-05 | FiendTeam | GripDesign | Action | Top-down | | Horror | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | When Nick Cane is sent by his Boston firm to inspect a mine in Lauder, a sleepy village tucked away in the woods of New England, his subterranean expedition unleashes a great evil. Wild wolves are on the loose, vile rats use the darkness to cover their hunt, and in the depths of a forgotten mansion something is waiting.Fiend is a top-down, 2D tile-based game. While Nick begins unarmed, he quickly finds a gun to fight off the beasts of Lauder. Nick also collects old manuscripts to decipher the mystery of Lauder, healing tonics to cure his wounds, and inventory items to solve puzzles. Lovecraft-inspired, this freeware game finds a niche outside the traditional survival horror realm and balances action with puzzle-solving. |
| Randevu s neznakomkoy 2 | 2001-10-05 | Russobit-M | Experience Entertainment Software | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Randevu s neznakomkoy 2 (translated as Rendezvous with a Stranger Girl 2) is the sequel to Rendezvous with a Stranger Girl and offers the same kind of dating gameplay, but with different girls and new locations: a sauna, a night club, and a bar. The goal of the game is to seduce one or more girls by saying things they want to hear, through dialogue choices. There is also a built-in pool game which you are required to complete if you want to see some of the more frivolous videos. Unlike the previous title, this game is in Russian only. |
| RayCrisis: Series Termination | 2001-10-05 | CyberFront Corporation | Taito Corporation | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | RayCrisis is the third part of a series of "Ray" shooting games. In the story it is considered a prequel to the first game's plot, RayForce. It is the only game without a two-player mode in the ported PlayStation version, even though the arcade does have 2 player mode.You have 2 weapons at you disposal, a vulcan gun and a lock-on missile attack. You can also do special attacks if you use the lock-on system to the max. The graphics are all in 3D, but the gameplay mechanics are in 2D.The players ship is a Waverider computer virus, which must get inside the Con-Human supercomputer's system. All enemies you encounter are antibodies, programmed to terminate any virus.Following this virus-infiltrate-in-body theme, the levels are called Self-Area, Emotion, Consciousness, Intelligence, Memory, and Consideration, each reflecting Con-Human's details of sentience. Finally the player must fight against the Dis-Human Antibody, and Infinity, Con-Human's heart. |
| Bomberman vs Digger | 2001-10-06 | DivoGames Ltd. | DivoGames Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Bomberman vs Digger is an arcade game which is a variant on the classic Boulder Dash. The player controls a digging machine which can tunnel through the earth, and the goal on each level is to collect all the diamonds and destroy all the enemy vehicles. The enemies can be destroyed by dropping rocks on them or blowing them up with explosives. Bombs can be found strewn around the levels and the player is also equipped with three different types of explosives (bombs, dynamite, mines) that can be set down at any point, although their supply is limited. Explosives can also be used to destroy some fragile walls. Contact with an enemy means instant destruction, as does getting crushed by a falling rock or diamond, or getting blown up. Additionally, the player must watch for the depleting fuel, which can be replenished by pick-ups. |
| Ski Resort Tycoon II | 2001-10-07 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Ski Resort Tycoon II the sequel to Ski Resort Tycoon. The game combines the best features of the original with new elements and improvements. Add ski runs and buildings to your resort, while managing your income and trying to keep the visitors happy. Better graphics, bigger maps and a wide variety of animations distinguish this product from its predecessor.The game has the same general atmosphere as the original, but with improved graphics and user interface. More equipment, additional views including 360 degrees, better and more complete buildings and a new and improved sound. Control any skier on the mountain from a 3rd person perspectiveRandomly generate maps of the terrain for limitless possibilities, plus 360 degree view modes with 90 degree incrementsFeatures Night Ski Option with lighted village and slopesObjects in the game include: Radio stations, Banks, Power Plants, Wild Life Control, Ski Schools, Snowmobile Tracks, Olympic Jumps, Helicopter Tours, Weather StationsFeatures land sculpting and clearing, varying weather conditions that affect the building of your resort as well as the experience of the skier, and more staff personality than SKR 1. |
| Dark Age of Camelot | 2001-10-09 | Abandon Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Mythic Entertainment, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | Direct control | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Set in the period immediately following the death of King Arthur, Dark Age of Camelot is an online role-playing game which offers a blend of killing AI controlled monsters, and killing (or being killed by!) player controlled Invaders from Other Realms.Each copy of the world (of which there are many, each holding up to 3000 simultaneous players) is divided into three competing realms: Albion, Midgard and Hibernia. The realm of Albion is based on Arthurian legend, whereas Midgard is modeled after Norse mythology, and Hibernia on Celtic myths. Each realm offers extensive internal areas for straight "monster-bashing" of a style similar to Everquest and other Diku MUD derivatives, as well as a large frontier region which can be invaded by players of the competing realms.Dark Age of Camelot is a subscription based game. |
| Fast Food Tycoon 2 | 2001-10-09 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Software 2000 | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Comedy, Crime | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Build your own pizza empire. Choose a city, buy a site for your pizzeria, furnish it, design your pizzas by choosing the right ingredients, order the ingredients, hire staff, and watch the sale ratings go up (or down). You can also hire criminals to help you compete with your business rivals and fund the local police to protect you against possible threats. |
| Patrician II: Quest for Power | 2001-10-09 | Strategy First, Inc. | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Join the Hanseatic League - a group of daring traders banded together to trade with foreign lands and become a patrician in this third installment of the Patrician series. You play the role of an emulous trader determined on succeeding and shaping your own empire by gathering information, setting up trading offices across the Haneseatic League and trading in those offices all the while battling off pirates along the trade routes.Start off as a shopkeeper with one ship buying and selling in your town and others in the hanse. The more money you make and the higher your reputation in your town (as well as others) will afford you higher titles and privileges such as building workshops to increase production to trade more. Not just a trading simulation anymore as you can play a role in politics and work your way from a lowly shopkeeper to Lord Mayor to Alderman. You will have four different ships to build and upgrade to either fight back at pirates or try and out run them. Sea battles with pirates are played out either manually by the player or automatically by the computer. As the seasons change so does the graphics in towns to show fall leaves, snow covered roofs etc., and even ports that freeze over in the winter.Single player games include the typical campaign and a single player mode in which you can choose all the settings to successfully win a campaign. Multiplayer allows for up to eight players to play with or against each other at the same time. You can play in a hot seat, over a network (LAN) or the Internet. |
| Mega Man: Save Dr. Light | 2001-10-10 | Triclyde's Creations | Triclyde's Creations | Action | | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Mega Man: Save Dr.Light is a free, single-screen 2D platform game, based on the Mega Man series. Mega Man must rescue Dr. Light, who was kidnapped by an UFO (controlled by Dr. Wily). The gameplay is typical - Mega Man can jump on platforms and shoot, he must go to an exit door on each level. Various enemies from the series and obstacles are placed in the levels - Megaman can destroy or avoid them. Every few levels the brave robot fights against a boss.The game can be played in two-player mode, where the second player controls Link from the Legend of Zelda series. Link is taller than Mega Man, more resistant to damage, moves a little quicker and jumps higher. |
| Fussball Manager 2002 | 2001-10-11 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Deutschland GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Fussball Manager 2002 is in many aspects an spiritual successor of ANSTOSS 3 with a more serious basic structure and a trimmed financial aspect. The player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his team. For both aspects he has several options to his disposal, e.g. training, tactics, buying and selling players, merchandise or stadium expansion. It also has a strong personal aspects because the player can work on his personal career by changing his team, improving his manager level or simply marrying.The matches are presented in a live calculated 3D presentation using the engine of Bundesliga Stars 2000. The player has the possibility to make tactical changes or substitute players during the match. Alternately match presentations are a highlight mode and a text mode. The most unique features of ANSTOSS 3 are still present in this game, e.g. the possibility to host parties to improve the team atmosphere, rule changes over the playing time or a soccer quiz during winter break. New are special player abilities which improve his overall quality, e.g. "Flügelflitzer" for a player with high speed and dribbling skill who plays at the wings. These can be specifically trained with the right training sessions. As usual for EA's games it has the license to use the original player and team names. Nonetheless it ships with an full-fledged editor to change names or even create new leagues with rule sets. |
| Gold Games 5 | 2001-10-11 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation is the successor to Gold Games 4. It offers 15 games (plus two expansion packs) from many different genres. Manuals are only available on CD in PDF format.The following games are included:
Battle Isle: The Andosia War
Chessmaster 8000
Close Combat: Invasion: Normandy - Utah Beach to Cherbourg
Cold Blood
Flanker 2.0
Freedom: First Resistance
Imperialism II: The Age of Exploration
Prince of Persia 3D
Pro Rally 2001
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force
The Settlers III, including the first Mission CD and the second, Quest of the Amazons
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Warlords: Battlecry |
| Z-Ball | 2001-10-11 | Retro64, Inc. | Retro64, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Z-Ball is has gameplay similar to Breakout or Arkanoid, but differs from most in that the paddle moves up and down on the right side of the screen. The game has sound, music, power-ups and a high score table. The shareware version comes with two game packs each containing ten levels while the full version Z-Ball Gold has one hundred and fifty levels. |
| AquaNox | 2001-10-12 | Fishtank Interactive | Massive Development GmbH | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft | | | Teen | | Windows | In this sequel to Archimedean Dynasty, the player once again controls Emerald "Dead-Eye" Flint, the hero from the first game. Five years after Archimedean Dynasty, the underwater metropolis Neopolis, capital city of the Atlantic Federation, is a battlefield. It is a battle between the government and a new, hard line. Admiral Cox, well known from the previous installment, has to decide - and he really has problems with this decision...Like its predecessor, AquaNox is a hybrid of submarine simulation and shooter. The game contains more than thirty single player missions and nine different player vessels. Flint earns money by completing missions, allowing him to purchase better submarines, weapons and equipment. Outside the submarine, Flint can visit stations, talk to NPCs, and receive missions from them. Unlike the first game, the player's view is fixed to the cockpit in this installment, and the controls resemble more those of a first-person shooter. The defensive turret system has been replaced by two cannons that can be installed on the hull.
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| Championship Manager: Season 01/02 | 2001-10-12 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | This was the fourth and final version of the Championship Manager 3 game engine. The basic gameplay is as ever - take control of a football team (literally thousands are offered, from 26 leagues) and aim to make them the best in the country and then the world.Your players are depicted via a huge selection of statistics, covering their abilities, histories and performances (in each match they are rated out of 10; average ratings to 2 decimal places are among the stats saved for every one of the 30 seasons you can play for). A huge number of preset tactics are available, and each player's individual role can be customised for each area of the field. The transfer system allows you to scout for players all over the world and sign them permanently or on loan, with other clubs trying to do the same, and bidding for your players. You choose training schedules for each player, and watch their performance change as a result.As well as updating the player and team data to account for transfers and promotions / relegations, a number of new features are included in the game. The transfer system changes in line with new EU rules limiting the length and binding nature of contracts, you can compare player stats side by side, and send players away for rehabilitation. There's also more interaction with the club's owners and the league officials. An extra challenging option of Attribute Masking is added - this results in obscure information being hidden, and requiring more scouting to discover. |
| Moon Tycoon | 2001-10-12 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Anarchy Enterprises | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Moon Tycoon is a strategy game reminiscent of SimCity. Instead of building a city on Earth, you're colonizing the moon.The game is entirely 3D, which gives the player a freedom of movement not usually present in a SimCity type of game. Players have to accommodate the various needs of the colonists with finite resources that can be dedicated to developing things like mining, tourism, and habitat.Diplomacy and trade are also major components of the game. The moon colony can interact with the folks on Earth or with other space colonies. |
| F1 2001 | 2001-10-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Image Space Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Officially licensed Formula 1 racer for the 2001 GP season featuring every car, driver, and track featured in the real life Formula 1 season. The game boasts new physics and graphics engines which actually model and take into account track irregularities and bumps, and add some extras like fully animated 3D pit crews. Game modes available are the same as in last year's edition (Quick Race, Test Day, Multiplayer, Grand Prix and Championship) with the addition of the new "Driving School" mode, plus a series of brand new driving aids. |
| Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure (Director's Cut) | 2001-10-14 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Reality Pump Sp. z o.o., TopWare Interactive | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure (Director's Cut) is an enhanced version of the adventure game Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure.The original game was for MS-DOS/Windows '95; the Director's Cut version is an updated Windows version and includes some additional scenes. The original inventory (hidden at the top of the screen) was replaced by a special inventory screen, representing the inside of Orlando’s coat, and the new version introduced an easy mode (Orlando can't die). |
| Anstoss: Meister Edition | 2001-10-15 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Anstoss Meister Edition is a compilation that includes:
Anstoss 3: Der Fußballmanager
Anstoss Action: Die Fußballsimulation
The package for the compilation is a simple cardboard sleeve wrapped around both games' original boxes. |
| Julia: Back to the Sweet 60's | 2001-10-15 | Limesoft | Compedia Software & Hardware Ltd. | Adventure | | | Detective / mystery | | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Julia: Back to the Sweet 60's is an adventure game. You control Julia, who has a very bad day. Her friend Mel wants to help her and tells Julia about a site on the internet, from where Julia is transported back into the 60's. Mel keeps contact via video phone and tries to help. Julia finds out that somebody wants to prevent her parents from meeting each other which would have terrible consequences in the present and on Julia's existence. Help Julia to find out who is behind this mystery and make everything right. |
| Ominous Horizons: A Paladin's Calling | 2001-10-15 | N'Lightning Software Development, Inc. | N'Lightning Software Development, Inc. | Action, Educational | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Europe, Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Mainz, Germany, 1455. Johannes Gutenberg, creator of the printing press, completed his great masterpiece: a printed Bible. Thus, a new era in human development would ensue where scribes were no longer needed to painstakingly hand copy manuscripts. Gutenberg could now create thousands of copies of the Bible to be distributed throughout the world, making the Word of God easily available to any who sought it. With his press destroyed, and the Bible stolen, a Paladin is called upon to once again free the world of evil and return the Bible to Gutenberg. You are that Paladin in Ominous Horizons: A Paladin's Calling.The gameplay is similar to a first person shooter although you can pick up certain items and use them at a later time. There is also some interaction with NPCs. You are empowered with a sword of the spirit that shoot holy energy to dispatch your enemies. The sword can be upgraded and there are two other weapons you can find along your adventures. |
| The Rage | 2001-10-15 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | FluidGames | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | The Rage is a beat'em up based on old classic games such as Final Fight and Streets of Rage. The plot of the game is that Sarah, Bruce's girlfriend, goes into a coma after she's given an experimental drug. Bruce and his friends Max and Lisa find out that she went to a bar run by mafia, who are testing this drug on people at random. The friends, along with Alfred, a long-time friend of Sarah, then decide to take on the mafia and find a cure for their friend.Up to four players can play simultaneously in the same machine or over a LAN or the Internet, selecting one of the four available characters: Max (a karateka), Alfred (a wrestler, clearly inspired in Max from Streets of Rage 2), Bruce (a metalhead with moves inspired in those of Axel, from SoR series) and Lisa, the gang's girl. The gameplay is that of SoR series, only translated to 3D: characters can move around in all directions, throwing punches, kicks, jumping and running. Enemy characters can also be held and thrown away. Weapons can be picked up, such as bats, golf clubs, revolvers, machine guns and even bazookas, as well as items such as money (for points) and food (for health). Many of those items are hidden in breakable parts of the scenery.Each character has specific attributes (power, speed and technique) and moves, including a running attack (combined with a punch or a kick, depending on the character) and a superblow, which is stronger than other attacks but takes a portion of the character's life bar when used. The game is comprised of 6 stages with two or three sections each. |
| Zenfar: The Adventure | 2001-10-15 | Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. | Dynamic Adventures, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Zenfar: The Adventure is a science fiction RPG. Gameplay shows an isometric view of your character from above; you move him by clicking on onscreen places or items with your mouse, similar to Diablo or Fallout. Gameplay is in real time.After creating a character, you must explore the alien world of Zenfar, figure out how to defeat a series of force fields dividing Zenfar into separate habitats, and unite the inhabitants against your alien overlords. |
| Pizza Quest | 2001-10-16 | Mike Doak Productions | Mike Doak Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Pizza Quest is an adventure game in which you are a pizza delivery boy of sorts. You are hanging out outside when a bird falls from the sky with a note. Your grandpa has been kidnapped! The kidnapper's ransom demands a pizza and a Pepsi in exchange for his Grandpa back. Your job is to scrounge around the ingredients and manage to get into your pizza truck to pay off the ransom. |
| Seven Seas Deluxe | 2001-10-16 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Sea pirates / Caribbean | Naval / watercraft | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Seven Seas is a top-down strategical puzzle game with a pirate theme, set on an ocean board of 11x11 squares. Players control a white galleon and need to eliminate all pirate ships to complete a level. For each turn the ship can move in any of the eight squares surrounding the ship, unless blocked by an obstacle. Pirate ships have the same movement options and an identical speed of one square per turn. It is also possible not to move and fire the two broadside cannons to the left and the right of the ship instead, with a maximum reach of three squares.Since the player's galleon is always outnumbered, the pirates can be tricked to move inside the line of fire. Black ships also blindly track the player's movement, meaning they can be lured to collide with island reefs or ship wrecks. Red ships are smarter and avoid obvious obstacles by moving around them. As a last resort the player's ship can also move into a whirlpool, which teleports the ship to a random location on the map. Players get points for each ship taken down and later levels introduce new opponents such as sea monsters. The player start with three lives. There are three main difficulty levels and a high score list. |
| Valhalla Classics: Episode 1 - The Crypt | 2001-10-16 | Vulcan Software Limited | Vulcan Software Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Valhalla Classics is an episodic remake of the classic Amiga games Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve, and Valhalla: Before the War. Each game was divided into four episodes (overall twelve) which can be bought and played separately from each other. Improvements to the original games are new graphics, music, and voice recordings.The Crypt is the first episode of the Lords of Infinity timeline where King Garamond was murdered by his brother, the Lord of Infinity. He also wanted to kill Garamond's son, the Prince, but he was able to flee to another kingdom. Now the player takes the role of the Prince to regain the reign which was stolen from him. In this episode the player is in an area of the castle's outer walls to find the four orbs of Infinity which will grant him access to the inner castle.The game is an adventure in top-down perspective. The player walks through the maps, talks to people and solves puzzles which are either logic, inventory, or dialogue based. To interact with his surroundings the player has to walk in front of the object and person and then needs to press one of the three action buttons (look, operate or take). The inventory is limited to ten objects and the player can hurt himself. When the stamina bar reaches zero he dies - but it can be replenished by potions. |
| Schizm: Mysterious Journey | 2001-10-17 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Detalion | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The year is 2083. A scientific team has been sent to the deserted planet Argilus and never came back. You are a member of a supply ship crew, whose task is to check the bases, and it becomes your mission to uncover the mystery behind the planet and to find the vanished camerades.Schizm: Mysterious Journey is a traditional 1-st person perspective adventure in the style of graphical Zork games. It features 180-degree movement and was released on DVD, although it has also a scaled-down 5 CD version. |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear - Black Thorn | 2001-10-17 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed, Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Black Thorn is the latest terrorist group to challenge Rainbow. By recreating some of the most infamous terrorist incidents in history, its diabolical leader, once rejected for mental imbalance from Team Rainbow, plans to destroy Rainbow once and for all... And it's up to Team Rainbow to save the day. This stand-alone expansion pack (does NOT require Rogue Spear to play) has new weapons, new multiplayer maps, and new missions rounds out this latest (and probably last) expansion pack for the Rogue Spear franchise. Rogue Spear, the sequel to Rainbow Six, is a tactical shooter that emphasize coordination and tactics. In the one-shot-you're-dead world, you have to save the hostages and take down the tangoes (terrorists) by selecting the right members, outfit them with the right tools, then execute the plan in first-person perspective. |
| World War III: Black Gold | 2001-10-17 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Reality Pump Sp. z o.o. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | World War III: Black Gold is a real-time strategy game with a futuristic theme. In the year 2015 the oil reserves are exhausted. Therefore, the USA, in the name of the United Nations, confiscated all oil sources in the world. The player must choose a side and lead it to victory in the global confrontation that followed.With one of the three parties (USA, Russia or Iraq), the player can go through two campaigns, each having five missions. As in many other strategy games, the player can construct bases and other buildings. It is also possible to spent resources in research (weapons or technologies). The player has a choice between fifteen units types and thirteen kinds of buildings in the game. Every party has a specific skill: the Americans can overtake buildings, the Russians have chemical weapons, and the Iraqis are good in camouflage. |
| Biliardo 2 | 2001-10-18 | | | Sports | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Biliardo 2 is a freeware billiards game for two players. The pocketless table is rendered in the traditional top view, with certain controls and settings available at the bottom interface. Sliders can be adjusted to set the power of the shots and the table temperature. The cue aim and angle can be moved on two windows showing a close-up of the ball. Players take turns hitting the balls and scoring to the rules of each variation included:- In 5 Pins, players have to use their yellow and white balls to hit the opponent's and score points. Bonus points are received after knocking down the five skittles set at the table center with the red ball or the opponent's ball. If the skittles are hit directly, the points go to the adversary;- Goriziana and its double variation are similar to 5 Pins, but have nine skittles and slightly different scoring rules;- Bowls is played without cues, where each player throws four balls from their sides of the table. A red ball is launched at the start of each match, and the main objective is to stop the other balls as close as possible to it. Extra points are received when knocking down skittles with the red ball or the opponent's ball;- In Carom, the goal is to hit both the red ball and the opponent's ball on each turn. In the Cushion variations, the player has to bounce the ball from one or more of the cushions before striking the second ball;- 3 Balls is similar to Carom, but the players share a single white ball to hit up to three other balls. |
| Rune: Gold | 2001-10-18 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation contains:Rune (base game)
Rune: Halls of Valhalla (expansion) |
| Ballistics | 2001-10-19 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | GRIN AB | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight, Track racing | | | Everyone | | Windows | The game take place in the year 2090, the world is calm and stable. To get some action and entertainment, extreme sports have developed and Ballistics is one of the bigger ones. And you play as one of the contenders, you are a Ballistics Pilot.Ballistic is a futuristic racing game where you race at enormous speeds through high tech tunnels in different places.There are different leagues to contend in, and you may replace parts such as chassis and engine of your speeder (the racing vehicle). |
| Sega GT | 2001-10-19 | SEGA Corporation | Wow Entertainment, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | With a nod towards GT2, Sega tosses in their entry in the race-career-category, meaning that this game is all about racing. Racing to win competitions, cars, money and other prizes (such as licenses for bigger cars), buying new cars to race in, upgrading cars to race in and gaining licenses to race with.It features realistic controls, graphic and physics, and spans over career, multiplayer or arcade modes, and hundreds of cars to boot. |
| Super Bust-A-Move | 2001-10-19 | Eon Digital Entertainment | Taito Corporation | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Super Bust-A-Move is a real-time puzzle game similar to its predecessors in the Bust-A-Move series. It adds a new multiplayer mode and features graphical enhancements.The aim of the game, as with the previous titles in the series, is to remove a collected number of coloured bubbles from the game screen. To do so, at the bottom of the screen, you aim and fire the coloured bubbles from a launcher, sending the bubbles upwards into the container. Match three or more together of the same colour to clear them from the screen. If you're too slow, the collection of bubbles moves down the screen towards you, and the game will end if it reaches the bottom.Classic mode features a number of bubble puzzles previously seen in the Bust-A-Move series, while Normal mode has some new variations on the bubble removing theme. Two players can also compete against each other. |
| X-Men vs. Street Fighter | 2001-10-19 | i-Dreamsoft | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | X-Men vs. Street Fighter is a fighting game, the first in which characters from the Marvel Comics universe (in this case, the X-Men) compete against Capcom's own creations, the heroes of the Street Fighter series.The X-Men characters are mostly the same as in X-Men: Children of the Atom and Marvel Super Heroes; three new characters are Rogue, Gambit and Sabretooth. The Street Fighter cast is based on that of Street Fighter Alpha 2; however, the appearance and combat styles of some of them have been altered, to match the abilities of the X-Men heroes.The gameplay system is similar to that of the aforementioned games, adding a tag-team gameplay feature. The player controls one character at a time, while the other awaits off-screen. The starting character can tag the waiting one in at any time by hitting specific buttons; the tag partner will jump in with an attack and taunt the enemy. Resting character gradually recuperate their health. The two partners can execute the so-called "variable attacks", which depend on the combination of buttons pressed.The tag team feature has been omitted from the PlayStation version due to memory limitations.
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| Trade Empires | 2001-10-20 | Eidos, Inc. | Frog City Software, Inc. | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Trade Empires is a business simulation in the tradition of Railroad- or Transport Tycoon. You can recruit merchants, hire caravans and build production sites. Then you'll have to send out your men in order to earn money with the goods produced.It's also remarkable that the game's not limited to one special scenario - you can either play in 1820 A.D. London, 1255 A.D. Bokhara or 150 B.C. Han Empire, China. |
| EverQuest: Trilogy | 2001-10-21 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | EverQuest: Trilogy is an anthology that includes the original EverQuest and its first two expansion packs, The Ruins of Kunark and The Scars of Velious. |
| HyperBowl Arcade Edition | 2001-10-21 | Hyper Entertainment | Hyper Entertainment | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | HyperBowl scores just like conventional bowling, but the style of play is entirely unique. In this virtual bowling game, you can steer the ball all the way to the pins!Sound too easy? Not really -- you must dodge trolley cars in San Francisco 2099, leap buses on the streets of Tokyo, navigate across a pitching ship on the High Seas, and avoid whatever other obstacles are thrown your way.Players seeking more predictable play can always fine tune their skills in a Classic bowling alley or bowl through a peaceful Yosemite forest.
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| Icewind Dale + Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter | 2001-10-21 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes Icewind Dale and add-on Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter, without any extra content. |
| Aliens Versus Predator 2 | 2001-10-22 | Fox Interactive, Inc., Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed, Regional differences | Horror | Shooter, Stealth | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | On planet LV1201, ancient alien ruins have been discovered. The Weyland-Yutani corporation sets up a research facility in the area, to study and unlock the secrets of the excavation. When xenomorphic (alien) eggs are found, Dr. Eisenberg is assigned command of the scientific progress. Weyland-Yutani also hires a band of mercenaries, under the command of discharged General Rykov to act as security of the facility. As time passes, observation pods are set up to observe an artificial xenomorphic hive. The xenomorphs however manage to escape containment and the resulting chaos sends out a distress call, which attracts the attention of the "Predator" alien species, as well as dispatching a colonial marine vessel, the USS Verloc, to render aid. Three intertwined campaigns tell the story: that of human marine Lt. Harrison, a newly hatched xenomorph and a Predator clan leader.Aliens Versus Predator 2 is a first person shooter. Players can choose to begin a campaign as Alien, Predator, or a Colonial Marine, each with their own unique abilities and weapons.The Marine plays as a standard FPS, with the player needing to pick up weapons, ammunition and health items. The screen shows the player's health percentage as well as armor. Some of the weapons include flamethrowers, miniguns, grenade launchers, rocket launchers and smart guns. The marine also carries a motion tracker which displays movement around the player. To see in the darkness the marine uses a shoulder-mounted flashlight or night vision, both of which drain battery power (which recharges on its own after a time). The marine can also toss flares which burn for a short time. In the single player mode, Harrison is a technician and handles a wielding torch and a ComTech Hacking Device which can be used to "hack" certain circuit boards.The Alien plays much more stealthily, requiring the player to hide in the darkness and choose its moments of killing carefully. The alien has various stages of its life cycle, all of which tend to leave it with no weapons beyond its own claws and teeth, although some alien forms also feature a tail which can temporarily stun enemies. Depending on the alien's stage of development it can jump 6 feet, switch between normal and night vision modes, climb up most surfaces, pounce forward at targets in a fury of claws and bite the head off defeated foes to regain health.The Predator on the other hand features superior weaponry and abilities but also uses its stealth to properly hunt opponents. It can jump several feet, use a cloak generator, regain health by using the medi-comp in the wrist, recharge energy quickly using the Energy Sift, and switch between several visual tracking and zoom modes built into the hunting mask. Many of the Predator's abilities use energy, which is displayed on the screen along with health. The Predator's weapons are designed for hunting and include: wrist blades, the combstick tribal spear, a spear gun, a plasma pistol, a shoulder cannon which fires balls of plasma, a bladed disc, remote bombs and a net gun to entangle the enemy. In single-player, the Predator is also able to hack certain circuit boards using the Charge Emitter.Aliens Versus Predator 2's multiplayer mode lets the player select any of these three species in various "classes". Game types include Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch Species and Hunt. |
| FireFly Studios' Stronghold | 2001-10-22 | Gathering of Developers, Inc., Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | FireFly Studios Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Europe, Medieval | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | FireFly Studios' Stronghold is a combination of a building simulation (like SimCity) and a real-time strategy game. The player can build and conquer castles, populate lands with his peasants and defend his estate from invaders. Castle management involves food production, resource gathering, processing supplies and weapons production. Peasants must be satisfied and efficient, and these needs are done through food ration sizes, tax (or bribe) management, nice or cruel town elements (boost happiness and efficiency respectively), religion and popularity supervision. Should popularity rise above 50, more peasants will enter the castle until the capacity is filled, otherwise they will leave, and all production will eventually halt. Occasional disasters can occur, such as plague, fires, sudden apple tree rots and even attacks from wild animals and bandits. Many of these can be avoided (with apothecaries, wells, and proper defenses), while others cannot. These events can sometimes affect popularity as well.Combat is based mostly on sieges, where one player is the attacker and the other is the defender (though there are exceptions to this in the military campaign). Armed units require weapons, gold and available peasants (who are replaced once a soldier moves to the barracks, as soldiers do not count as peasants), and are commanded in a typical RTS fashion. Ranged units like archers and crossbowmen can man towers and walls to gain the height advantage, while low-tier melee units like spearmen can repel ladder carriers (who enable invaders to climb enemy walls) when they are adjacent to a wall. Engineers can build various siege weapons (catapults, mangonels, rams, shields, siege towers etc.) or carry pots of boiling oil to spill on enemies below the walls they stand on. Pikemen, swordsmen and knights are more resilient, while macemen can deal a lot of damage very quickly.The game has two principal modes, military and economic. The military campaign (of 21 missions) follows the story of a young lord in the land of an overthrown king, and must reclaim it from the band of four dukes responsible for the fall of the old kingdom: Duc de Puce (The Rat), Duc Beauregard (The Snake), Duc Truffe (The Pig) and Duc Volpe (The Wolf), all with different personalities, play styles and difficulties (The Rat is the least competent, and The Wolf is the most resilient). Endorsed by his commander, Sir Longarm, and eventually other local lords, the player takes back the land county by county, restoring what is lost and defeating his nemeses before saving the king and helping him regain leadership. The military mode also features individual scenarios such as sieges and invasions, as well as a multiplayer mode. There is an economy-based short campaign (of 5 missions, without much of a storyline), individual missions and a free build mode. Finally, the game offers an in-built map editor for those who don't find all of the above to be enough.The game is lost if the player's character, the caped Lord who mostly resides in his keep, is killed, or if another critical objective of the specific mission is not met. |
| Zoo Tycoon | 2001-10-22 | Microsoft Corporation | Blue Fang Games, LLC | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Zoo Tycoon is, as the title implies, a simulation game that allows the player to build and manage a zoo. The new manager starts from nothing, being given just a grass field and an entrance sign for the future zoo. He will then have to purchase animals, place them in exhibits, care for their health, and not forget about the other kind of animals - the visitors. To keep them happy, the manager should make the zoo comfortable, open restaurants, gift stands, and pet houses for children. The game features over forty animal species. It also provides background information about the animals - their classes, origins, habits, etc. |
| Racing Mania 2 | 2001-10-23 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
NASCAR 2000
Superbike 2001 |
| Shrek: Game Land Activity Center | 2001-10-23 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | ImageBuilder Software, Inc. | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This Shrek activity center gives kids many engaging activities while sticking close to the Shrek theme. Like many activity centers, this title is a compilation of several types of fairly low-key edutainment activities.There is a word search, where you will need to find all of the Shrek related words in the list - the word searches are randomly generated so you'll never see the same one twice.2 types of puzzles allow you to put together pictures from the movie - a sliding tiles puzzle, as well as a jigsaw type with square pieces.In Splat!, you'll control Shrek's hand to help him squash the bugs that are crawling out of holes.In Ogre Maze, help Shrek and Donkey find the way out.Criss Cross is a word puzzle where you need to place the words in the right spots.And finally, in Melody Match, you need to imitate the tune of the songbird.The game will track high scores as well as let you print the mazes and word games, as well as the puzzle pictures once you've put them back together. |
| The War Engine | 2001-10-23 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Boku Strategy Games | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | Eric Arroyo | | | | Windows | The War Engine is a strategy game development kit. The extensive game creation tools are bundled with seven professionally developed game modules created with it. These games serve to show off the construction set's versatility and to provide would-be strategy game developers with a starting point for their own game development.The seven titles included are:
Armies of Armageddon, released commercially as Armies of Armageddon: WDK-2K. The editing tools that shipped with it were the basis for this kit.
Tour of Duty '44, a squad-based combat set in the European Theater of WWII
The Northern Realm Saga, a fantasy wargame.
Global War: Total Conflict, an operational wargame that puts you in command of military forces in WWII.
Paintball!, the most graphically impressive game of the seven.
TRL, a desperate war is being fought in the near future in the nuclear wastelands of the former American States.
Warspace, a space combat game. |
| Eastside Hockey Manager | 2001-10-24 | EHM-Team | | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | Everyone | | Windows | A very deep and thorough Hockey Managment Game. You take control of one or more Hockey Teams in the NHL, or another League created with the powerful editor, and try to make it succesful throughout years of play. There is a nice play-by-play mode to watch your team play, if you choose, so you can watch your team work together and see who is playing well or not.
Morale, Trade Rumors, Farm League Players who want to play in the majors, and many other factors are included in the game, so each player has a place in the game. |
| Fritz 7 | 2001-10-24 | Eidos Interactive Limited | ChessBase GmbH | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Chess | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Fritz 7 is a chess simulation which is in the matter of presentation and playing strength basically the same program as Fritz 6. It still features the possibility to adjust the AI to resemble an ideal training partner. For beginners, there are various help functions, including a chess trainer. Another important part is the database with professional games.The big new change is that the game also functions as an interface for an Internet chess server. This server features online play, highscore lists, chat functions and the opportunity to watch other people play. |
| Lineage: The Blood Pledge | 2001-10-24 | NCsoft - North America | NCsoft Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | Direct control | Persistent | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | In this online RPG of Korean origin, the player can explore the medieval world of Lineage as one of the four available character classes: elf, knight, prince, or wizard. Knights are physical fighters, wizards are proficient in magic, while playing as an elf or a prince require a combination of both. After you create a character, your main goal in the game will be to gain enough experience and to join one of the existent blood pledges, which are equivalent to guilds in other games. As a prince, you can also create your own blood pledge. The combat in the game is action-based, and the world is viewed from an isometric perspective, similar to Ultima Online. A large part of the game is dedicated to item hunting. By finding and combining different items (mostly dropped by defeated enemies) you can create your own weapons and armor. You can also tame animals you encounter in the wilderness. When tamed, those animals will help you in combat. |
| Pursuit of Justice | 2001-10-24 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Pursuit of Justice is a Legacy Interactive murder mystery casting you as the district attorney investigating and prosecuting the murder of a young gang member. The game is mostly full-motion video and photo interaction. Contains two stages: the investigation stage, and the trial stage. The opening video shows you the circumstances of the murder; your responsibility is to gather enough evidence to prove it in court. You have four days of game time to gather evidence, order tests, and find witnesses to prove the charge of first degree murder. Once the trial starts, you'll call your witnesses, ask the right questions, object to the defense lawyer's questions, and use proper legal reasoning to respond to his objections. |
| Ultimate Ride | 2001-10-24 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Gigawatt Studios | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation | Contemporary | | Point and select | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Ultimate Ride is a totally 3D rollercoaster building sim. You construct three kinds of coasters (Steel, Wooden, Hanging) in any twist, shape and form your imigination will allow.Share your coasters and download other coasters at the Coaster Exchange. Rate which coasters are the best, and become the Ultimate Ride Rollergod. |
| Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty | 2001-10-25 | Microsoft Corporation | Turbine Entertainment Software Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | Direct control | Persistent, Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The expansion pack to Microsoft's Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) builds upon the original by adding the ability to buy your own castle to live in while not out hunting, as well as a new world to explore and build your skills.Unlike some MMORPG's, there is an actual storyline to be told, and every so often a further part of the story is uploaded for all players to see, as well as new missions that can be completed and new items to collect along the way.
Dark Majesty opens a new area to explore, the island of Marae Lassel ("The Sheltering Isle") which includes new monsters and buildings exclusive to the pack.The main aim of the game is to increase your experience and power, much like any RPG of its type. You can talk to fellow gamers while online or create an allegiance with other players.The best part is, you don't need to buy the original Asheron's Call to play. |
| CR Sushiya no Taishō | 2001-10-25 | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | CR Sushiya no Taishō is a pachinko simulation game, part of Irem's long-running Pachinko Paradise series. It is a stripped-down port of the PlayStation release Sanyō Pachinko Paradise 4: Sushiya da Gen-san!!, featuring two of the three machines from the original release: CR Sushiya no Taishō P7 and CR Sushiya no Taishō M3. |
| CR Wan Wan Paradise | 2001-10-25 | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | CR Wan Wan Paradise is a pachinko simulation game, part of Irem's long-running Pachinko Paradise series. It is a stripped-down port of the PlayStation release Sanyō Pachinko Paradise 3: Wan Wan Daikōshin, featuring two of the three machines from the original release: CR Wan Wan Paradise SK and CR Wan Wan Paradise SE. |
| Microsoft Windows XP (included games) | 2001-10-25 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Corporation | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. In addition to the functions of an OS, Microsoft Windows XP contains a number of games. As these games are not available stand-alone, they are considered part of a compilation:
Microsoft FreeCell
Microsoft Internet Backgammon
Microsoft Internet Checkers
Microsoft Internet Hearts
Microsoft Internet Reversi
Microsoft Internet Spades
Microsoft 3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet
Microsoft Hearts Network
Microsoft Minesweeper
Spider Solitaire
Microsoft SolitaireMicrosoft FreeCell
In Microsoft FreeCell, the goal is to put the 52 cards sorted into the four spots on the top right section. All the cards are opened, having 8 stacks of 6 to 7 cards. For moving and sorting, the usual Solitaire rules apply.However, the players can utilize up to four place holder fields, to temporarily place unwanted cards there. Any cards can be stored there at any time, but pulling them from there to make the spots free again, only proper moves are allowed (e.g. black 6 over red 7). Once all cards are sorted, the players wins. If no more moves are possible, the player loses.Microsoft 3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet
This is the Space Cadet table of Full Tilt! Pinball.Microsoft Hearts Network
In Microsoft Hearts Network the player plays against three computer opponents. The goal of the game is to have the less points at the end of a match, and a match ends when one player reaches or exceeds 100 points. A match consists of several games in a row. In order to win, the player must either avoid hearts (worth one point) and the spade queen (13 points), or acquiring all hearts and the spade queen in a match (this is called "shoot the moon"; if the player manages that, all the other players receive 26 points at the end of the match). While playing, the player must follow the played color, unless the player don't has this color, then any color can be played.Microsoft Minesweeper
In this game, the player must reveal the location of mines by marking them. This is done by revealing empty fields, these contain numbers indicating how many mines are directly adjacent, ranging from 0 (no number, automatically reveals adjacent 0-fields) up to 8 (completely surrounded by mines). If a mine is clicked on, all mines are revealed and the game ends. If all mines are marked, the player winds the game.The game can be played in three game modes, increasing the size of the playfield and the amount of mines in there.Spider Solitaire
Unlike Solitaire, the entire playfield is used here. There are 10 piles of cards, and only the top cards are revealed. Cards are moved in the same manor as in Solitaire. The task is to again sort the cards in question. Another difference from Solitaire is that the player does not get one or three new cards from the pile containing the rest of the cards, but an entire set of 10 cards, which are put on top (below) the revealed cards.There are three game modes, which vary upon the number of different colors; one, two or four (with one color, the cards can directly sorted without the need of using opposite colored cards). The game ends in success if they are all sorted, or in failure if no more moves are possible.Microsoft Solitaire
In this card game the goal is to put all the cards sorted (ace, two, ..., queen, king) by color into the four fields at the top. When starting a game, the target fields are empty, the main field consists of 7 piles or cards, whereby only the top one is visible, also in an ascending amount (left side one card, right side 7 cards) and the rest of the cards are in one pile at top left.Cards can only be moved from one pile to another when putting a lower card of the opposite color on a higher card, when the pile is empty, kings can be placed there, and finally, when the target piles are empty, only aces can be put there (then twos on aces, etc.). Depending on the setting, the player either takes one or three cards from the top left pile. When all cards are sorted in the target piles, the player has won the game. If no more allowed moves are possible, the player has lost the game.
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| Zoombinis: Mountain Rescue | 2001-10-25 | Learning Company, The | Learning Company, The, Technical Education Research Centers, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Fred Dianda | | | | Windows | The Zoombinis get into trouble again when they seek shelter in a mountain cave from a storm. They find some strange creatures called Boolies who live in the city of Booliewood. The storm has scattered them across the land, and their leader, the Grand Boolie Boolie, has disappeared. You have to find 400 Boolies in order to restore their master. There's nine puzzles and three levels of difficulty. Each challenge tests mathematical thinking skills like organizing information, reasoning with evidence, and systematic testing. It uses information-age logic skills used for writing computer programs, organizing data, working with spreadsheets, and more. It has a new 3D look, teaches advanced concepts like networks and binary numbers and has even more wacky characters and adventures. |
| Pocket Tanks | 2001-10-26 | Blitwise Productions LLC | Blitwise Productions LLC | Strategy | Side view | | | Artillery | | Tank | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Pocket Tanks is based on the concept of the older game Scorched Earth that we all know, 2 tanks are placed in a random terrain and the battle begins with over 60 weapons and constant new weapon-packs and game updates by the author.
You can decide if you'd like to play with wind, terrain types, explosion size and kick.
You can play against the computer on 10 levels of difficulty, or against another friend in regular combat or target practice.
The real challenge is to find a combination of angle and power that will hit the opponent's tank, wind making the task prove difficult, and adjust yourself to your opponent's attacks such as dirt-cover based attacks and other high-tech weapons messing with your aim. |
| Racing Madness 2 | 2001-10-26 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The second compilation in the Racing Madness series bundles two Microsoft racing games:
Motocross Madness 2
Midtown Madness 2
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| Sonic Princess | 2001-10-26 | Software House Parsley | Software House Parsley | Action | Side view | | Adult | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | During nighttime, the terrain of the Earth is susceptible to inexplicable changes. Human beings called these strange occurrences the Phantom Phenomenon. Soon, with the power of technology and magic, they learned that threat is lurking in the depths of our planet. The underground city Ge-Pang was built to avert it. One day, a SOS alarm sounds in the city. Leila Reifido, who possesses the magical power of levitation as well as technological skills, sets out to counter an unprecedented robotic assault.Sonic Princess is part of the Mugen no Meikyū universe, built like a side-story featuring related themes and protagonists. Unlike the earlier RPG installments, it is a side-scrolling shooter. The player navigates the flying Leila through a linear series of fairly short stages heavily populated by enemies. The gameplay system revolves around building up a special gauge by quickly eliminating enemies and collecting crystals left by them. Once the gauge is full, Leila can shoot missiles at enemies or execute special powerful all-screen attacks. Stages also feature portals that lead to secluded locations with treasure chests which contain random power-ups (speed or defense increase, healing, etc.) or stat-reducing items. Once Leila runs out of her three health units the game is over. It is possible to save the game after each stage. Anime-style still screens serve as cutscenes between levels. Some of them contain explicit erotic images and sexual situations. |
| Fast Break Basketball 2001 | 2001-10-27 | HeavyReign Software | HeavyReign Software | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Fast Break Basketball is a text-based basketball simulation. It allows the user to take control of a professional basketball team in the role of coach/GM. The user will guide their team through the regular season and will make key roster decisions in the offseason. |
| Beyond Atlantis II | 2001-10-29 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Beyond Atlantis II is the third adventure game in the Atlantis series.This fantasy game takes place in the year 2020 as a young Egyptologist and her companion search for an ancient Egyptian site in the desert. Confronted with many riddles and puzzles, her quest eventually becomes the search for the Lost City of Atlantis itself. |
| El Capitán Trueno: La Espada del Toledano | 2001-10-29 | Zeta Multimedia S.A. | Argos Labs | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Capitán Trueno and his inseparable friends, Goliath and Crispín, have to help Sigrid to recover La Espada del Toledano, symbol of power in the island of Thule. If they do not find the old sword in time, Sigrid's family will lose the control of Thule. Each of the protagonists will have to apply their best weapon in order to resolve the intrigue and follow the track of the sword from the coast of Granada to the icy Viking dungeons. Interrogating smart thieves, escaping from fierce herds of wolves, enrolling in a pirate ship, facing ruthless henchmen are some of the thousand and one adventures that our heroes will live to recover that old relic and presenting it in time in the centennial celebration of the Independence of Thule.El Capitán Trueno: La Espada del Toledano is the second instalment of the exploits of Capitán Trueno in the world of graphic adventures, with more characters, more dialogues, more special effects, more animations and updated graphics. |
| Motor City Online | 2001-10-29 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | Contemporary | Automobile, Street racing, Track racing | Direct control | Persistent | Everyone | | Windows | Motor City Online is an online-only racing game. The game is all about cars. You choose a persona to represent you and you are given an initial amount of cash. With this money you must buy your first car. Once you have a car, take it to the streets and compete in various races. You can either race for money or for pink slips.Cars have a lot of customization options, from wheel bars to fuzzy dice. MCO also delivers an online community, where you can chat with other racers, or join a "club" where you can have club-specific races, and maybe win some turf. The game contains many race modes, such as Drag Racing, Circuit Racing, Sponsored Racing, and Street Racing.You can also buy parts and cars at an auction, or you can visit different dealers. You can choose to sell your own parts or cars, or you can be a dealer and buy stuff, then sell it at a marked up price. |
| 4x4 Evo 2 | 2001-10-30 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Terminal Reality, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | 4x4 Evo 2 is a sequel to the 2000 release 4x4 Evo. This game is very similar to its predecessor, but now it appears on newer platforms and has more trucks, and many more tracks.The trucks in this game are licensed likenesses of trucks you may see driving down the streets of suburban America. You can purchase a truck in career mode, and then trick it out with custom parts to turn it into an off-road monster.The career mode from 4x4 Evo is again the main focus of 4x4 Evo 2. This time, crazy missions provide for an alternative to the races found in the rest of the game. For example, you may find yourself using your truck to track down lost gold or locate misplaced outhouses.The GameCube version features four exclusive tracks and four exclusive trucks. |
| Alcatraz: Prison Escape | 2001-10-30 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Zombie Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Stealth | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Alcatraz: Prison Escape the player takes the role of an innocent man who has to break out of five prisons. The main objective of every level is to find keys or other objects which have to be used to advance in another part of the level. But since the protagonist is a prisoner he has to sneak past the guards - and because he is innocent he only knocks them out and doesn't take their guns. So the player has to wait for the right moment to make his move but since the other guards don't react to unconscious colleagues the actual place is not of much importance. If the player is seen an alarm is sound and he has to hide for a short amount of time. |
| Conflict Zone | 2001-10-30 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Mathématiques Appliquées S.A. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy, Wargame | Contemporary | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Conflict Zone is a modern-day war game with 3D graphics. Your every move is being watched by the media so you'll have to act right to make a good impression (rescue civilians,..). The impression you make will also determine how much money you will get for your missions, so there is no resource management. |
| FIFA Soccer 2002: Major League Soccer | 2001-10-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | With the new open passing system, FIFA 2002 allows you more freedom of play for the new season. Over 75 licensed national teams and 16 licensed leagues including the English Premier League are available for your control, and you have the opportunity to lead your team to the World Cup of 2002.
Updates to the series also include:Improved tackling system. Depending on which angle you make a tackle determines the referee's call.Commentary by John Motson and Andy Gray.New set plays (similar to the style of the NBA Live series) allow for more control over your players during critical corners or free kicks.Consecutive seasons bring promotion or relegation of your team in Europe. |
| Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 | 2001-10-30 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | Horror | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | Windows | Following the events in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Raziel discovers a way back through time and encounters one of the Circle of the Nine, Mobius the timestreamer. Mobius urges Raziel to continue his quest for revenge and destroy the vampire lord Kain. Raziel reluctantly agrees and heads off to discover the knowledge and weapons that will allow him to achieve his goal.Soul Reaver 2 is a third-person action game with puzzle-solving and some platforming elements, similar to the previous installment. The game world is viewed from behind Raziel's shoulder; the player can move him in any direction, climb, attack, swim, jump and use specific abilities. Raziel retains his special moves from the previous game, which include gripping onto the sides of ledges, climbing walls, and gliding downwards with his torn wings. Like in the previous installment, Raziel can travel between the material world and the spectral realm at will, gaining access to new areas by exploiting distortions that exist between the mirrored worlds. As before, he must drain the souls of his enemies to prolong his existence in the material realm.Raziel no longer gains abilities from absorbing great souls and instead must imbue his Soul Reaver weapon by activating certain elemental temples. Once activated, various "elemental fonts" can be used to charge the Soul Reaver to specific attributes. Raziel can arm himself with a variety of other weapons including daggers, swords, axes, spears as well as the Soul Reaver and bare-handed claws.Unlike the previous game, Soul Reaver 2 is linear and follows specific paths through different areas. Raziel cannot return to certain areas once he has left them behind. The game features diverse puzzles, often involving blocks or manipulation of different devices. One common theme is "light puzzles" where Raziel must reflect light, using mirrored objects, so that they touch switches or objects which require activation. |
| Magic & Mayhem: The Art of Magic | 2001-10-30 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Charybdis Limited, Climax Nottingham | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The Art of Magic is a 3D role-playing / strategy hybrid.Apprentice wizard designs spells, summons creatures – if this sounds familiar, you’ve probably played Mythos Games’ 1998 strategy game Magic & Mayhem. The Art of Magic revives the concept, spiced up with 3D graphics.In search for his kidnapped sister, the young mage Aurax confronts evil wizards in battle to claim their powers and increase his repertoire of magical formulas. Although Aurax learns powerful destructive and defensive spells, he will only survive by summoning creatures to fight at his side. To replenish his magical energy, Aurax has to conquer and hold mana wells; his opponents will try to do the same. If you destroy the opposing wizard, the level is won. Not all missions are straight battles; for example, you’ll have to sneak into a troll camp unnoticed or explore a medieval sewer.The Art of Macic’s most intriguing feature is the portmanteau, a spell construction set. Each reagent can be placed in a talisman of either the alignment good, neutral or evil to get one of three possible spells; you have to decide which enchantment is most useful for you at the moment. In the course of the game, you will find more, and more powerful, reagents. |
| Majestic: Special Edition | 2001-10-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Anim-X | Adventure, Compilation | | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Previously only available online, this boxed version brings together the software for episodes 0-4 of the online suspense thriller. Made up characters send you real faxes, emails, phone calls and chat to you online, telling you secrets to solve mysteries at any time during the day, even when you are least expecting it.Also included in the box is an exclusive strategy guide and a behind the scenes video on how Majestic was made. |
| Sid Meier's Civilization III | 2001-10-30 | Infogrames, Inc. | Firaxis Games East, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Sid Meier's Civilization III is a turn-based strategy game where the objective is to rule the planet with the civilization of the player's choice. Players control one of 15 historic civilizations (Aztecs, Egyptians, Russians, etc). Each civilization has its own particular strengths and weaknesses -- some are more scientific, for example, while others have stronger cultural or military attributes; also, each civilization has its own unique unit, and is more prone to certain forms of government while shunning some others. Like in the previous titles in the series, the point of the game is to expand the influence of a civilization through resource management, conquest, or trade with other civilizations. As game time progresses from ancient times through the modern era, a civilization will acquire new technologies, which in turn enable interesting new abilities and enhanced power. Since there are several ways to win (military, diplomatic, or cultural), it is up to each player to determine how best to manage the division of labor.The game includes some mechanics and features which were introduced in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, such as borders between civilizations and the aforementioned differences between each civilization's statistics. The advisors are now present in the upper right corner of the screen in relevant menus. Diplomacy has been expanded, with the ability to trade and even slightly haggle with other civilizations in a more detailed way. Other new additions include the great leader mechanic, war weariness amongst the population, and small wonders. |
| Sid Meier's Civilization III (Limited Edition) | 2001-10-30 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This special release of Sid Meier's Civilization III includes:
a tin case
a letter from Sid Meier
fold-out tech tree
a bonus CD featuring making-of footage, 40 wallpapers (2 being exclusive), footage from Sid Meier's introduction to the IDSA Hall of Fame, and 53 screenshotsThe European version had different contents:
a big carton box
the "Civ 3 Survival Kit" (tech tree, collector's manual and Quick guide)
"Get Civilized" T-shirt
a poster and a postcard
a bonus CD featuring making-of footage, 40 wallpapers (2 being exclusive), footage from Sid Meier's introduction to the IDSA Hall of Fame, and 53 screenshots |
| Thruster 3000 | 2001-10-30 | Virtually Real | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Thruster 3000 is a game similar to Lunar Lander. The player flies a ship that can be thrusted in three directions, left, right and upwards. On each level the ship must be manoeuvred to the exit within a time limit. The player gains score for each level successfully completed. Colliding with an obstacle ends the game immediately and resets the score. |
| Dig Dug Deeper | 2001-10-31 | Infogrames Europe SA | Creature Labs Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This based on a previous game of the same name.In this version, you must dig tunnels in order to look for treasures hidden beneath the ground.
But of course monsters will hinder your progress in your search for riches, but you can just plow them down with your drill.There are dozens of levels, both 2D and 3D, as well as a few bonus levels along the way that you can play as both new and old characters alike.
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| Battlecruiser Millennium | 2001-11-01 | 3000AD, Inc. | 3000AD, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Space flight | | | Teen | | Windows | Battlecruiser Millennium is a genre mix between space simulation, economic simulation and first person shooter. The basic idea of the game is to give the player the freedom to explore the big game world on his own without guiding him in any way - and this includes learning the game mechanics as tutorials are neither ingame nor in the manual but as HTML-files on the disc. The travelling with the spaceship is a complex simulation with around 120 key commands. Because there is no time compression available the player should prepare himself to watch the autopilot for 30-60 minutes while going from one place to another. Sometimes the player gets attacked by pirates which he has to fight. When reaching a friendly space station the player disembarks and talks to NPCs (through menus). Earning money can be accomplished by trading goods between stations.
Another possible way to spend the time is to land on planets. There the player wanders around and shoots people in first person perspective. There are also multiple vehicles, including flying ones, he can use.Besides the roaming mode there are also single scenarios and a campaign. The player can choose between 12 races, 13 fields of expertise (e.g. diplomacy or shooter) and six careers which roughly represent the aspects of the game, e.g. ship commander or foot soldier. |
| Cabela's 4x4 Off-Road Adventure 2 | 2001-11-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Clever's Games Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Off-roading | | | | | Windows | Cabela's 4x4 Off-Road Adventure 2 is a singleplayer-only off-road racing game with six different game modes: skill, navigation, explore, discovery, endurance, freedom. The main objective is to find the navigation buoys using the guidance of compass, map or distance. There is no time limit and no opponents, the focus in entirely on navigating the vehicle. The game offers 6 maps (e.g. desert, mountains) and 12 fictitious vehicles, mainly pickups and a military truck. Crashes and collisions dynamically deform the car and the damage affects the handling of the vehicle. |
| Codename: Outbreak | 2001-11-01 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | GSC Game World | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | In the early 21st century, a meteor storm hits a valley somewhere in the United States of America. Scientists and marines are sent to investigate the occurrence however they all disappear under mysterious circumstances. Eventually, a special team is sent by the authorities, only to discover the shocking truth: the meteor storm contained an alien parasite life form, which has taken control of the scientists as human hosts, turning them into murderous monsters. The soldiers must get to the source of the infestation and put an end to it.Codename: Outbreak is a first-person 3D shooter in which players control a team of two soldiers. Recruits can be chosen among several that are available. The single-player campaign mode is composed of 14 missions. In each mission, the player controls one of the soldiers directly and gives orders to the other. Cooperative multiplayer for up to sixteen players is also available for 13 missions.In contrast to most other games of this type, player characters carry only one weapon, which can be switched to different modes corresponding to standard FPS firearms: machine gun, sniper rifle, rocket launcher, etc., each with different types of ammo. A few missions call for a stealth approach, which is possible to achieve through the use of a silent laser gun mode. Items (e.g. medical kits) can be picked up and stored in the inventory. |
| End of Twilight | 2001-11-01 | New Media Generation | Craftpath Software, New Media Generation | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Troubles in Valhalla. After a hefty dispute between the gods and the destruction of Ragnarok, the eternal home of the gods is destroyed and split up in several floating islands. Odin and Fenril, two rival gods have been slain and dwell on the fallen Asgard, between heaven and earth, but they want to get out of these Sacral lands. To get rid of his enemy, Odin recruits three Viking warriors: Erik, Aks and Bers.You take control of these three through a campaign of twelve islands. The game is presented from a third person perspective in a full 3D engine and the action is turn-based. Your warriors can operate in group and use both melee as magic attacks. |
| Fighting Legends Online | 2001-11-01 | Maximum Charisma Studios | Maximum Charisma Studios | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | Meditative / Zen | Teen | | Windows | Fighting Legends Online is an MMO/ Real-Time Strategy game with role playing elements set in a kung fu anime style.A planet sized robot known as Lurgen floats through space and crashes into a planet fusing the organic elements of the planet with the mechanical elements of Lurgen and creating fractured world of floating land masses and robot creatures. Any survivors have adapted to this new and dangerous environment. Separate races have developed in their own individual way depending on their environment. They have developed specialized skills and powers to face the harsh demands of their new environments. You as the Hero must create and train your clan to defend and explore the world of Exisle.Players choose a race and class for their avatar but are then able to create other classes to control as a group or clan. You must explore the world, place your base to gather resources and defend it from other players and monsters. Resources are used to acquire higher combat techniques and strength of your clan.Control groups of ranged, magic and melee fighters in strategic fighting maneuvers; find rare objects and weapons and fight bosses for better gear.There was a $10 monthly fee to play.
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| Globetrotter 2 | 2001-11-01 | Vision Park AB | Deadline Games A/S | Educational | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Globetrotter 2 is the second game in the Globetrotter series and a spiritual sequel of Backpacker. Once again the players' goal is to become President of the Globetrotter Club. They progress through ranks by visiting the 70 possible destinations all over the world, for each of which they have to complete the assignments of the Club, usually taking some pictures of famous landmarks.The player also needs to answer trivia questions related to the history, culture or geography of their current location in order to earn money or points that they'll need for traveling by train, plane or ferry and for paying for their accommodations. Another way to earn money is taking different jobs, concretely a set of questions and challenges on a specific theme.In addition to this, the player will also experience a few action mini-games, for instance a race through the Grand Canyon with a 4x4 vehicle. |
| Intellivision Rocks | 2001-11-01 | Intellivision Productions Inc. | Quicksilver Software, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The sequel to Intellivision Lives!, this compilation includes over 30 more emulated Intellivision games, primarily those originally published by Activision and Imagic. It also has the complete library of Intellivoice games (minus Tron Solar Sailer, due to licensing restrictions) and a complete library
of Entertainment Computer System (ECS) games (again, minus a few licensed titles), and some unreleased
games. The complete list of games follows:
Atlantis
B-17 Bomber (Intellivoice)
Beamrider
Beauty and the Beast
Bomb Squad (Intellivoice)
Deep Pockets
Demon Attack
Dracula
Dragonfire
Fathom
Game Factory (ECS; previously unreleased)
Happy Trails
Ice Trek
League of Light (previously unreleased)
Magic Carousel (Intellivoice; previously unreleased)
Melody Blaster (ECS)
Microsurgeon
Mind Strike (ECS)
Minotaur (debugged version)
Mr. BASIC Meets Bits N' Bytes (ECS)
Nova Blast
Number Jumble (ECS)
Pitfall
River Raid
Robot Rubble (previously unreleased)
Safecracker
Space Spartans (Intellivoice)
Stampede
Swords & Serpents
The Dreadnaught Factor
Thin Ice (release version)
Tropical Trouble
Truckin'
White Water!
World Series Baseball (ECS; Intellivoice)
Worm Whomper
Each of these games is played via a very accurate emulator. In fact, there are three emulators included on the disc: DOS, Windows, and Macintosh. But there's more to the package than just emulated games. Each game is complete with a box scan, overlay scan (if applicable), instructions, and credits. There's also a museum of Intellivision oddities, including the complete video of several Intellivision commercials. |
| Kirikou | 2001-11-01 | Wanadoo Edition | Étranges Libellules S.A. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Kirikou is an action game based on the animated film 'Kirikou et la Sorcière', or 'Kirikou and the Sorceress' as it is known in the USA. The African sorceress Karaba as turned the male villagers into fetishes, and even though he's still a newborn baby, Kirikou bravely sets off on his quest to stop her.
Jump obstacles, collect life-giving bonuses and jump on your enemies in standard side-scrolling platformer fare, gaining stronger weapons and special abilities as you progress. Animated cutscenes relay the story. |
| Mega 3D Pack | 2001-11-01 | Memir Software Ltd. | Memir Software Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This package contains four different games developed by Memir Software:BemazeDBLOXPenGPsyworld |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 | 2001-11-01 | Microsoft Corporation | ACES Game Studio | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | 2002's version of Microsoft's long running series of non-combat, commercial flight simulators. The game uses a completely new 3D graphics engine which features photorealistic terrain as well as some nifty effects like jet contrails, volumetric clouds and a completely 3D virtual cockpit for each of the 12 planes in the game (which include the new Cessna 208 Caravan Floatplane and Boeing 747-400).Other additions come in the form of a database of over 21,000 world airports, downloadable real-time weather as well as an ATC (Air Traffic Control) module for realistic instrumental flying which is shared by all the AI pilots. |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002: Professional Edition | 2001-11-01 | Microsoft Corporation | ACES Game Studio | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | This is a special edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 and includes the following additional features:
Two new aircraft, the Cessna 208 Grand Caravan and the Rayethon BE58 Baron
A Flight Instructor's Station which allows a pilot to monitor and interact with students while they fly.
An editor that can be used to create new buildings and aircraft or to alter the flight physics of existing planes. |
| Onslaught | 2001-11-01 | Addictive 247 | Addictive 247 | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot, Tank | | | Everyone | | Windows | With more weapons than you can poke a stick at, Onslaught is a blast 'em up with attitude. No detailed missions - just survive in each locked down zone for 3 minutes. Sound easy, well its not! To help you along the way there are 20+ different weapons / power ups that your tank can collect. After each set of three levels you'll be able to upgrade your tank in the hardware store before you go on to fight against one of the end of level bosses. Still fancy your chances? |
| Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri's Druuna: Morbus Gravis | 2001-11-01 | MC2-Microïds | Artematica Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Adult | Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | A deadly virus is spreading rapidly, transforming the population into bloodthirsty monsters. The only person who can help your decaying city is the beautiful woman lying on a cot in your laboratory. Comatose, she is hooked up to a computer, her large bosom completely exposed. The answers to what happened and why are locked inside her brain. Only by reliving her memories can you hope to save yourself and others.Based on the writings and masterful artistry of Italian Paulo Eleuteri Serpieri, this Adult Adventure game follows the story from his book of the same name. It takes place in a chaotic, futuristic city, where Druuna, the voluptuous main character, lives. In 3rd person perspective, use your joystick or keyboard to manipulate Druuna and discover the secrets that will lead to the salvation of her city. |
| Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon | 2001-11-01 | Selectsoft Publishing | Anne Carrière Multimedia, Arxel Tribe d.o.o. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pilgrim is an adventure game loosely based on Paulo Coelho's novel The Pilgrimage. It is set in Southern France in the year 1208. Summoned to his father's side, the protagonist Simon Lancroix is told that he must obtain a valuable manuscript in a secret room and deliver it only to Petrus, a friend who lives in Toulouse. His pleading hints that this mission might be dangerous, but Simon agrees even though he doesn't understand. Shortly thereafter, his father dies. The interaction begins in the library as you start Simon's adventure.This is a first person, point and click game with a somewhat unconventional interface. The inventory contains objects which can be used as well as clicked on during conversations. Icons of the people Simon has met or heard about also act as conversation topics when clicked on. The game features an in-game hint system which provides very vague clues to the many puzzles Simon will encounter. A comprehensive encyclopedia is accessible at any time to document and elaborate upon the historical facts of the era and the game itself. Angels, demons and people from all walks of life will help (or hinder) Simon's progress towards his goals as he travels around France's towns and countryside. Locations are varied with marketplaces, villages, a ruined fortress, gothic churches and, later, fanciful environments. Puzzles include several mechanical problems, helping other characters with objects and information as well as creative environment manipulation. |
| Ploing2 | 2001-11-01 | Suricate Software | Suricate Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Ploing2 originated in the arcades. The main character, Peter Pilot - owner of missiles such as "I painted this as a child" - was careless enough to get stuck during a flight because he forgot to fill the tank. Now he has to go through 50 levels in order to refuel his space torpedo, so that he can make it home and eat his grandmother's ravioli. The levels are a set of highly camouflaged classic arcade and logic toys (breakout, mahjong and others.) |
| Secret Service: In Harm's Way | 2001-11-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | FUN Labs Romania S.R.L. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Secret Service: In Harm's Way is a budget first person shooter incorporating some tactical elements. Players take charge of a bodyguard to various political bigwigs. Aside from keeping himself alive, he also can't let his charge be killed.Shooting out lights and through walls and doors is possible, and the game uses rag-doll physics. When enemies are shot, they slump against walls, fall out of windows, etc. rather than following pre-scripted animation. |
| The Cameron Files: Secret at Loch Ness | 2001-11-01 | Adventure Company, The, Wanadoo Edition | Galiléa | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Interwar | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Set in 1932, you play private investigator Alan P. Cameron, who leaves his home town of Chicago to solve a haunting mystery above the waters of Loch Ness. Devil's Ridge Manor is haunted by an increasing number of ghosts, and at the request of its owner, Allister Mac Farley, it is up to you to find out what really is going on.Combining an investigation and murder mystery scenario (aka the Tex Murphy series) with a presentation similar in ways to the Myst games, The Cameron Files also includes an original musical score and uses motion capture technology to create further realism in the computer generated characters. |
| The Diamond Mystery of Rosemond Valley | 2001-11-01 | PAN Interactive | Liquid Media | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | Jimmy Svensson | | | | Windows | Eighteen year old Emma has just finished school and gets a job as an office gofer at the Rosemond Valley Post. The editor-in-chief asks her to do some research on a famous daughter of Rosemond Valley: the Hollywood actress Kit Grace, who is visiting the town and is staying in the Grand Hotel. Emma discovers soon that Kit Grace isn't her real name, and that a relative of her is still living in Rosemond Valley. She also learns about a unsolved jewel robbery that happened some twenty years ago. Jack Griffin, a former janitor of the Rosemond Valley Museum, was convicted for the robbery, but the jewels were never found. The arresting officer Captain Parker disappeared shortly after the trial. Emma becomes involved when a stranger is leaving notes about the robbery. During her quest Emma will discover the secret past of Kit Grace and she will wonder if Kit is somehow connected to the robbery. But there are various other suspects, including her co-workers at the newspaper, and Emma has to reveal a lot of secrets before she is able to solve the mystery. The Diamond Mystery of Rosemond Valley is a 3rd POV detective game in seven chapters. Movement in the 3D game world is controlled by the arrow keys. The game comes with music, sound effects and voices (that are captioned and can't be skipped). It includes a notebook and travel map. The game doesn't have an option to change settings and the saving system is limited to 16 slots. The (English version of the) game is included in Let's Ride! The Rosemond Hill Collection.
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| The Mummy Mystery | 2001-11-01 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | Big Tuna New Media, LLC | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Mercer Mayer's Little Monster is back exploring the lands of Egypt. An archaeologist named professor Pickle explores a tomb holding the mummy of the Pharaoh named Thanxfurnuthen, but gets trapped in the tomb while exploring. Little Monster and Detective Kerploppus are called to Egypt, to save the professor. To open the door of the tomb, you must journey across Egypt and find five magic rings. To find the rings you must ask people about what they know about Egypt, collect scarabs for money and decipher clues about where the rings are hidden.
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| Versailles II: Le Testament (Édition Limitée) | 2001-11-01 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment, Réunion des Musées Nationaux | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This limited edition contains:
Versailles II: Testament of the King
Strategy guide |
| Wall $treet Raider | 2001-11-01 | | | Educational, Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Wall $treet Raider is a long-running, stock market trading game. The current version, version 6.70 (2013), is played by one to five players with the computer optionally taking one of the player roles.
At the start of the game the player(s) decide how long the game will run by setting the difficulty level and the number of game-years to be played. Each year has four trading quarters each of which represents one turn per player. Players start with a small inherited fortune and when it is their turn to play they can do virtually anything a trader can do, and more.
Stock in any company can be traded, loans can be arranged, companies can be researched, the holdings of other players can be investigated as can their relative net worth. The player can arrange buy-outs, mergers, issue junk bonds, make public offerings, liquidate companies, sue competitors and much, much more. The game even allows the player to become CEO of companies which they can then asset strip, liquidate or nurture.The game has expanded considerably since the early days, it's still about trading stocks and managing and manipulating companies in order to make money but it's larger, easier to use has even more options.
It now has more companies (1590), more industries(70) and can be played by up to five players. Whereas the original game used only dollars as its currency the current game with its world wide fan-base can be played in any of twenty-five different currencies.
Another major change in the game since the early days has been the introduction of ethical decisions where breaking the law can have big pay-offs as well as major penalties if they get caught.The game was initially developed as a board game in 1967 while the author, Michael D. Jenkins, was at Harvard. Over several years of playing and refinement the board game grew and became very complex taking many hours, even days to complete.A computer version was released commercially in 1986 and despite good reviews it did not sell well. Upon reacquiring the rights to the software Michael Jenkins released the game as shareware in 1988 and it has been in development ever since, initially running under DOS and under Windows since 2001.DOS Version 4.0 was released in 1993. It had 250 companies and 36 industries and was played by two to four players with the computer taking the part of one player if required. It was played for a maximum of twenty-five game-years by one to four players.
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| Woody Woodpecker: Escape from Buzz Buzzard Park | 2001-11-01 | Infogrames Europe SA | Cryo Interactive Entertainment, Eko Software SARL | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In the same style of other toon-based games like Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters and Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers, Woody Woodpecker: Escape from Buzz Buzzard brings the famous Universal Studios' character Woody, his nephew Knothead and niece Splinter to Buzz Buzzard dangerous "amusement" park. First, playing as Woody, the player must rescue the kids from this weird park. After that, these characters are unlocked and can be controlled to continue the game story. The game is an action platformer in which the protagonists traverse cartoon-like 3D levels composed out of passages, platforms, and bridges. Extra lives are scattered through the stages, and can also be won by playing slot machines. The stages contain many hazards and traps with light puzzle-solving elements. Woody's trademark beak can be used to fend off enemies, climb wooden boxes, open doors, and trigger switches. |
| Davy Jones C'est Mort | 2001-11-03 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Adult | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Davy Jones C'est Mort is an adventure game set in the town of Reality-on-the-Norm, the author's second such game after Nihilism, and again it is a surreal and bizarre one. The local sorcerer Davy Jones has found himself in black and white limbo. Player should guide him from his house to a certain toilet in another house. The game contains a shocking explicit homosexual scene supposedly depicting the death of Davy Jones. |
| Das Tier | 2001-11-05 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Das Tier (German for The Animal) is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse. It is made with Flash and can be played either in a browser or download and run from a computer.Story:
The nameless protagonist is obsessed with the questions if creatures like werewolves do really exist or not. In the winter of 1899 the protagonist suffers from a severe influenza. Not fully recovered the protagonist receives a letter from the count of Castle Crast and soon arrives there.Gameplay:
The game runs in real time, though it can be paused or sped up. Each full hour is announced via sound and text. The characters do not stay in the same place and move around in the castle. When a person is engaged in conversation, a list of tasks and topics can be selected from a menu. A compass on the right side shows available directions.
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| Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | 2001-11-06 | THQ Inc. | AWE Productions, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is 3D game based on the movie of the same name. The game starts with an alien fleet approaching earth seeking to capture Jimmy Neutron. While trying to capture Jimmy, Carl is accidently beamed aboard the alien ship. Jimmy now has to free Carl and other captives from the alien threat.In the game the player takes control of Jimmy Neutron and has to travel through six levels by completing missions to gather inventions and help defeat the aliens. Collected points (for a higher score) by completing objectives, finding hidden areas and unlocking new inventions. Whenever you find a new invention, you can enter a practice mode to try out the new invention. Such inventions include: a rocket ship to fly around town, a shrink ray to shrink your enemies and a scooter that is used with your pet dog invention Goddard to ride him to move around a lot faster. |
| Kohan: Ahriman's Gift | 2001-11-06 | Strategy First, Inc. | TimeGate Studios, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows |
Khaldun was a world at peace. It has been ages since the last cataclysm and mortal men do not realize that the danger is once again looming on the horizon. Evil is slowly marshalling its forces across the face of Khaldun, preparing for the final Cataclysm, one that will forever unleash the power of Ahriman upon the world. The mortals go about their daily lives, unaware that immortal forces, both noble and vile, are slowly reawakening around them. All of them ready to continue their unending struggle for dominance.One among them has been chosen by the forces of the Shadow to be their champion. Roxanna Javidan gazes once more at a world promised to her. Nothing can stand in her way, as she leads the Shadow into a new age of never-ending darkness. |
| Kriss Kross | 2001-11-07 | Vision Park AB | Vision Park AB | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kriss Kross is a variation of a crossword game where the player creates new words by playing various word mini games. There are seven different crossword layouts and the game features both English and Swedish word databases. Unlike a traditional crossword, Kriss Kross is more free form and the player can place his words anywhere on the grid as long as they fit with the words that are already in place. The game screen consists of two parts. On the left is the crossword and to the right is the word box where the available words can be found. The words become available as the player plays the various word games. For each word game completed the player is awarded with a new word. In some multiple words are created but player can choose only one of them to use in the crossword. The word games that exist in the game are: lingo, word tetris, rebus, picture riddle and scramble. The aim of the game is to score as many points as possible by filling as much of the crossword as possible. Points can also be earned by doing well in the word games. As the crossword gets filled the player can get access to various word helpers. For example it's possible to place an arrow key that allows the player to angle a word. It's also possible to add pictures and extra letters.There are seven different topic categories: science, culture and media, history and society, sports, animals and nature, entertainment and geography. Two different game modes exist: Kriss which is a short round where one crossword is played with mixed topics and Kross which is a large game where the player has to play through seven crosswords each with its own topic. |
| Silent Hunter II | 2001-11-07 | Strategic Simulations, Inc. | Ultimation Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Asia, Europe, Historical events, North America, South America, World War II | Naval / watercraft, Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | Windows | Silent Hunter II: World War II U-Boat Combat Simulator is the sequel to Strategic Simulations acclaimed Silent Hunter. The game is designed to interact on an internet multi-player battlefield with Destroyer Command, another game developed by the same company.The game can be played as individual missions or in campaign mode. The campaign mode allows the player to pursue a career as a U-Boat commander that spans the entire duration of WW II. The player can patrol any one of seven different areas, including the Eastern United States, Caribbean and South Atlantic, where you will face off primarily against the United States; or the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, North Sea or Indian Ocean where you will face off against primarily British forces. After every mission, performances are recorded and you may receive a medal or commendation for notable exploits.As commander you have access to "The Top Commanders" list which historically lists the top scoring u-boat commanders based on tonnage sunk. Perseverance pays off if you want to crack this elite group. In addition the player will be able to man the periscope of up to 12 different U-Boats during the course of the war. |
| WarCommander | 2001-11-07 | Hip Interactive Corp. | Independent Arts Software GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | WarCommander has the best features of real time strategy and tactic games combined with a lot of action.In 1944, the USA started their "D-Day" - Operation Overlord, the Normandy landing. Over 200.000 soldiers landed on Omaha beach to defeat the Nazis, many lost their life on this day on the beach.You are Commander of a unit of Rangers - elite soldiers, which do the dirty work for the others who can't do it. Two campaigns with many different missions await you. Send out your spies to get more information about the enemy and the terrain that awaits you. Then, use the right tactics to reach your mission goals. You have snipers, soldiers with flame throwers, air strike support and maybe even tanks to strike against the "Ubermacht" which wants to stop you. You even have support units which can build beton bunkers, MG nests and barb wire fences for your protection. |
| Zero Comico | 2001-11-07 | Medusa Games | GMM Entertainment s.r.l. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | In Zero Comico three Italian comedians (Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo, modelled after their real-life counterparts) are in a fictional sci-fi world where they try to free themselves by visiting various levels inspired by the history of video games.In the first level the three actors somehow need to repair the spaceship from Space Invaders. Other games present in this level are: Pac-Man, Pitfall, Breakout and Scramble.In the middle there are levels inspired by platform games (Super Mario Bros., Rainbow Islands etc), graphic adventures (Monkey Island) and first-person shooters set in space (DOOM, Alien). The last level is inspired by Tomb Raider.The gameplay is like a classic graphic adventure game, based on finding objects and solving puzzles. You only control one character at a time. In the first three levels only one of them, in the last two they take control of parts of the levels and share the inventory. |
| Battle Realms | 2001-11-08 | Crave Entertainment, Inc., Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Liquid Entertainment, LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Battle Realms is a fantasy real-time strategy innovation inspired by kung-fu movies and Japanese mythology. Players assume the role of the hero Kenji as they develop a village of peasants into a clan of highly specialized warriors. They must defend their village against barbarians, evil magicians and deadly ninja. The game puts the focus of gameplay on the battlefield and features detailed 3D environments, realistic weather effects and a unique battle gear system to advance the abilities of your warriors. |
| Bobo 2: Secret of Crystal | 2001-11-09 | T3 Entertainment, Inc. | T3 Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Bobo and his friends live peacefully in the land of Crystal Country. After they fought off the invasion of the fire dragon and demon king in the previous game, everyone believed they were safe, but when enemies come to their door again they head out to save the day once more. In this hybrid beat-em-up/RPG, players control one of three characters with unique stats and playstyles - Bobo, Roro, and Pong. Like in other 2D beat-em-ups, players move horizontally through multiplane levels beating up waves of enemies. Each character has both a melee attack, usable as a three-hit combo, and a projectile attack; each character's attacks is balanced uniquely. Defeating enemies earns coins, which can be spent back at the town for new equipment; as in RPGs, these alter characters' stats, allowing players to customize their character's build. Players can also buy consumable items with a variety of effects. |
| Dragon Ball Z: The Grand Fighters | 2001-11-09 | CowPie Gaming | CowPie Gaming | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Arcade, Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dragon Ball Z - Grand Fighters is a fan-made fighting game based on the Dragon Ball Z series. Two human players are required, sharing the same PC keyboard.Players select one of 4 fighters: Goku, Vegeta, Gotenks and Gohan. Each fighter has its special attack : Kame-hame-ha!, Hyper Beam, Dragon Punch or Mega Kick. The first non beta version of this game features a cheat system. |
| Let's Go Crazy with Lemmings | 2001-11-09 | Dice Multi Media Europe B.V. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains three Lemmings titles:
Lemmings for Windows
Lemmings 3D
Lemmings Paintball
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| NoLimits Roller Coaster Simulation | 2001-11-09 | Mad Data | | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | NoLimits Roller Coaster Simulation recreates a true to life and authentic roller coaster simulation. The game allows you to ride from existing coasters, to building your own from 13 different track styles. The game comes with a detailed track editor and a terrain creation tool. You also have the ability of including 3D (3D Studio) objects in your track. The tracks can be created and driven during different weather conditions and hours. Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 tracks can also be imported and driven.The simulation part of the games allows you to drive and view coasters in a realistic 3D mode. You can have multiple trains running at once, in which you can view from any angle or use flyby and custom cameras. You can play the dispatcher and control the trains. 3D sound effects and animation are added for the realistic experience. |
| Sky Sports Football Manager | 2001-11-09 | THQ Inc. | HotGen Studios Ltd. | Sports | | | | | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | This revolutionary on-line, football management game lets you manage your favourite club and play head-to-head against other people, live over the Internet. Sky Sports Football Manager features all the real-name players and clubs from the Premiership to the Conference. Compete in the League, the FA Cup, the League Cup plus European competitions.Complete with transfers, tactics, suspensions, training, injuries and the highs and lows of real-world football management, Sky Sports Football Manager is about building your squad and preparing your team before testing your tactical skill against other human managers, in each live fixture.The more successful you are, the higher you climb within the game - and as the rewards grow, the competition gets tougher. Prove yourself a boss of the highest calibre and you could become the Sky Sports Football Manager of the Year! |
| Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds | 2001-11-09 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | The destiny of a galaxy hangs in the balance, and you're in command. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds lets you lead Star Wars armies to victory in intense real-time strategy clashes. Enter the fray as the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Trade Federation, Wookiees, and other civilizations or organizations in campaigns that will determine the final outcome of the Galactic Civil War. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is an epic real-time strategy set against a backdrop of the entire Star Wars saga. The conflicts involve six key civilizations: Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Wookiees, Gungans, Royal Naboo, and the Trade Federation. Execute your campaign over land, sea, and air with more than 300 different units and structures in single-player campaigns, skirmishes, and multiplayer battles. Combat arenas extend from interstellar asteroids and aerial encounters to submerged cities and ground battles. Deploy vast legions of units into battle--up to 200 per side--with groups that include bounty hunters, Jedi Knights, stormtroopers, X-Wings, AT-ATs, snowspeeders, AT-STs, Wookiee Kas tanks, and droids. Manage your resources and integrate the power of upgradable technology into your strategy, such as Wookiee ingenuity, advanced Gungan biotechnology, and Jedi stamina. Each technology level brings new wonders and new forces. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds features accessible gameplay built upon the familiar RTS engine adapted from Ensemble's popular Age of Empires series. Use the scenario editor to create custom single or multiplayer battlegrounds with virtually any Star Wars units and settings. |
| Project Eden | 2001-11-10 | Eidos, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Earth's population has grown, and because of this, humongous skyscrapers have been erected. The rich and average live in these skyscrapers, while the poor, deranged, illegal and criminals live at the very bottom, in the scummy area. The only time people go down there is to do foundation maintenance. Recently, a team of engineers has gone missing at the "Real Meat Factory", and the Urban Protection Agency (UPA) team is sent in.Project Eden is a 3D shooter with an emphasis on puzzle-solving. The player takes control of four UPA agents: Carter Dorlan, Andre Herderman, Minoko Molensky, and Amber Torrelson. Each of the protagonists has his or her own special ability, which must be frequently used to solve puzzles and advance in the game. Carter can interview suspects and open locked doors; Andre uses a special Omnitool to repair broken equipment or machinery; Minoko can hack into computer terminals, accessing information and controlling cannons, robots, tanks, and other machines; Amber can shoot pulse laser bolts and missiles, and is unaffected by hazards such as flames, poison gas, electricity, cold temperatures, etc.Problem-solving in the game often involves cooperation between characters. Shooting can be done from either first- or third-person perspective. The game also contains a multiplayer mode, allowing up to four players in a cooperative or deathmatch game. |
| The Final Cut | 2001-11-10 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Arxel Tribe d.o.o. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Mature | | Windows | In Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Final Cut the player takes the role of the psychic private investigator Joseph Shamley, who is hired by a silent woman to solve the mystery of her uncle's mansion: This rich man is obsessed by Alfred Hitchcock's movies and is in the process of shooting his own picture. But now the whole film crew disappeared...Being a detective game, the main goal is to find clues to puzzle together the solution of this mystery, but there are also classic combination puzzles, e.g. to open a locked door. Additionally, there are timed puzzles and platforming sequences, but those elements are in the minority. Conversations are sparse, and the majority of the game is spent in the deserted movie sets. The movement in the game and performing all the actions and/or dialogues are keyboard-oriented. The mouse is used for the rest of the game, e.g. searching for clues in close up views after activating a hot spot or using the organizer. Through this organizer the player reaches his inventory, a diary, a map for quick traveling to the outside portions of the mansion, and the main menu. During Shamley's visions the game uses footage from Hitchcock movies. |
| Comanche 4 | 2001-11-12 | NovaLogic, Inc. | NovaLogic, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Helicopter, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Comanche 4 is the fourth incarnation of Novalogic's helicopter simulation Comanche. This time, the game uses a real 3D environment (no voxels) and has easier gameplay. There are six brand new campaigns; you'll get to fight in cities as well as deserts or even Arctica. If you want to play against your friends, that's no problem: Comanche 4 supports up to 16 players at once in LAN or Internet play. |
| Etherlords | 2001-11-12 | Fishtank Interactive | Nival Interactive LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | The lords of Chaos, Kinetics, Synthesis, and Vitality compete for dominance, each trying to possess ether, the world's governing force. The goal of each of these leaders is to defeat the current White Lord, the master of ether, and become the next White Lord of the realm.Etherlords is a turn-based card strategy game set in a fantasy world. The player selects either the Kinet/Vital or the Chaot/Synthet campaign. The heroes in the game are the units the player moves around the strategic map, much like in Heroes of Might and Magic series. However, instead of having hordes of creatures following the hero, he/she is equipped with a deck of fifteen cards. With these cards the player can summon creatures and cast different spells. In the beginning the player only has the standard set of cards available per race, but as different locations on the strategic map are captured, the player can buy new, more powerful cards. To buy cards the player needs resources, which can be simply picked up or acquired by capturing mines. Both the strategic map and the battlefield utilize 3D graphics. |
| Mahjongg Empire | 2001-11-12 | eGames, Inc. | | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Mahjongg Empire is a one or two player implementation of the Solitaire or Shanghai version of the game.There are three modes of play in this tile matching game:
Solitaire: the single player mode where the player plays any tile pattern the game has available
Versus: the player vs player mode
Victory: where the player plays the computer over a series of games which increase in difficulty. Each victory increases the player's rank until they become 'Ruler of Japan'.
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| Survivor: The Interactive Game | 2001-11-12 | Infogrames Europe SA | Magic Lantern, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Oceania | | Mark Brian Sachs | | Everyone | | Windows | Survivor: The Interactive Game is a game version of the TV show. Players choose one of the contestants, who are all real contestants from Survivor: The Australian Outback or they can create their own player and distribute stat points, in categories such as Cooking, Hunting, Fishing, Strength, etc.Once in the game, players must play through a survival period, in which you will carry out your allotted task. If you chose to cook, your player will spend his/her time around the fire, cooking if you have any available meat. After the survival period, you will move on to the challenge round, where you take part in challenges taken directly from the show. After the challenge round, you move on to Tribal Council, where one of you will be voted off (unless you won immunity in the challenge round).Survivor gives you the opportunity to play a full game (13 episodes), a short game, which takes place after the two tribes merge into one or a quick game, with three people remaining. |
| Empire Earth | 2001-11-13 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Stainless Steel Studios Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Historical events, Sci-fi / futuristic, World War I, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Age of Empires is set in the past, Command & Conquer explores the future, but up to now there was no real-time strategy game that covered the whole breadth of human history. Empire Earth fills this gap and lets you wage war with everything from prehistoric stone thrower up to futuristic battle-mechs. Empire Earth’s mastermind Rick Goodman was lead designer of the original Age of Empires. Similarities are thus hardly surprising; in fact, his new game can be considered a 3D version of its predecessor. Despite the graphical leap, the game’s look and feel are very familiar - AoE fans will feel perfectly at home. The perspective is fixed in an isometric view, camera management is not required. In your quest to crush the opposition, you build settlements, collect five resource types, recruit troops (land, sea, air) and, well, fight battles. Unit improvements are no longer researched in buildings, but can be bought at once for each unit type. For example, you can increase your tanks’ hit points, attack value, armor, speed and range separately -- for a price. It's your choice whether to spend your income on a huge army, or on an advanced one. Throughout the campaign, you also earn civilization points for heroic deeds; you can spend these on general unit improvements, e.g. reducing your archers building time by 30%, or making your citizens 20% faster.The game’s four campaigns span the entire history of warfare: conquer the Mediterranean as the Greeks, lead the English from the middle ages to the battle at Waterloo, change history by making the Germans victors of the First and Second World War, and finally create a Russian empire in 2025. The campaign missions are heavily scripted and contain quite a few adventure elements; for example, you must lead William Duke of Normandy safely through enemy ambushes. As the scenarios focus on a set time frame, you don’t advance through the 14 epochs (from the Prehistoric Era to the Nano Age). In skirmish mode and in multiplayer battles, however, you may lead your people from caves into skyscrapers. |
| Nancy Drew: The Final Scene | 2001-11-13 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Nancy Drew rolls up her sleeves to solve her latest case, The Final Scene, which takes place in the historic Royal Palladium Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri. Nancy's friend, Maya, suddenly disappears and Nancy is convinced she was kidnapped. Nancy's sense of intuition tells her that Maya is hidden somewhere inside the old theatre, but the authorities are not convinced. Time is critical because the theatre is scheduled to be demolished in only 3 days!In first person perspective, you play the famous teen detective. It will take keen observation and all of your detective skills to solve this intriguing case. Dig for clues, interview suspects, find secret passageways and solve puzzles in the atmosphere of the once-grand theatre. Can you find and rescue your friend before the walls come crashing down? |
| Operation Plasticine | 2001-11-13 | Manta Multimedia Sp. z o.o. | 1C Company | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Far in the cosmic abyss there is a clay spaceship traversing the void. It is owned by the General of Intergalactic Special Forces. As it’s calm at that time, he decides to play snooker. During the game, one of the golden balls jumps into the pipe and lands on the nearest clay-planet. As General cannot leave the ship, he sends his trusted soldier - Clay Agent - with the goal to bring back the golden ball.Operation Plasticine is a point-and-click game inspired by The Neverhood. Player commands the hero by clicking on items visible on a scrollable screen. All actions are done by using a mouse. Game changes cursor when hovering over interactive elements of game level. Game consists of 30 locations with various puzzles, mostly focused on interacting with the environment, as well as “crafting items” found in the inventory. Game is seen from the 3rd perspective.Game has the capability of saving or loading the game at any time with 7 available slots. There is no main menu or options menu, except the possibility to change sound volume level. |
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon | 2001-11-13 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed, Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The year is 2008, and Russian rebels have taken over Moscow in an attempt to restore the old communist regime. You are in command of The Ghosts, an elite military team and the United States' first line of defense.Both single-player and multiplayer modes are available. In the single-player missions, you have an entire platoon of men at your disposal. In multiplayer, you command just one man, with the rest of your platoon controlled by humans instead of the computer.Ghost Recon is a first-person tactical shooter. You can choose one of four characters: sniper, rifleman, demolitions expert, and support expert, with specialists being unlocked as you complete the single-player missions. |
| Vet Emergency | 2001-11-13 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Become a veterinarian in this "real-life" medical simulation. Right out of college, you are the new intern at Legacy Animal Hospital, a busy pet clinic. Your patients are the family pets of the local residents and will include dogs, cats, birds and reptiles. Some come in for their annual check-ups while others have illnesses or injuries. Your goal - to be offered a permanent job at the clinic. You are their doctor!Choose your level of experience (Easy, Normal or Expert) at the beginning of the game. This difficulty level will determine the seriousness of your cases and cannot be changed. Dr. Maddie, your boss, will be reviewing your progress periodically (at the end of each case if you wish) and will add (or subtract) points depending on how well (or how poorly) you perform. Do well and you will advance. Do badly and you could be fired!There is an in-game hint system and a full library of research materials, plus tips from co-workers and your boss to help you. Use realistic medical equipment; learn how to give shots, take x-rays and even do surgery! 35 different patients with various problems are waiting for your help. Are you up to the challenge? |
| Bicycle Board Games | 2001-11-14 | Microsoft Corporation | Random Games, Inc. | Compilation, Strategy | Side view, Top-down | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bicycle Board Games is a licenced board game compilation. In the game, you choose a character portrait and name and play against animated computer-controlled characters in one of these fifteen different classic board games:
Chess
Checkers
Chinese Checkers
Dominoes
Backgammon
Four-in-a-Row
Mancala
Color Match
Sink the Ships
Reversi
Mahjong
Vanish
Cross and Circles
Five Dice
Mill
You can also choose options for all of these games, such as choosing the pattern in Mahjong or color of the pieces in Chess or Checkers. |
| Bicycle Card Games | 2001-11-14 | Microsoft Corporation | Compulsive Development, LLC | Compilation, Simulation | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Bicycle Card Games is a licensed card game compilation. It is very similar to Bicycle Board Games, another Bicycle licensee that features board games. Like Bicycle Board Games, the player chooses a character and plays against animated computer-controlled characters, but in this game they compete in one of fifteen classic card games: Bridge
Canasta
Cribbage
Gin Rummy
Hearts
Spades
Solitaire
Pinochle
Card Match
Crazy Eights
Spite and Malice
Whist
Oh Hell!
Old Maid
Go Fish |
| Bicycle Casino Games | 2001-11-14 | Microsoft Corporation | Compulsive Development, LLC | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Bicycle Casino Games is a licensed game that simulates casino life. Choose a character and try your luck at one of the three casinos, based on real-life locations: The Mirage, Bellagio and Treasure Island. There is a help function to learn the different games, and each casino has rooms where the different games are selected. Some games are played alone, while in others you will be joined by animated computer-controlled players. The available games are:Baccarat
Big 6 Wheel
Carribean Stud Poker
Craps
European Roulette
Five-Card Draw (Poker)
Mini Baccarat
Omaha Hold'Em (Poker)
Pai Gow Poker
Roulette
Seved-Card Stud (Poker)
Slots
Three-Reel Slot Machines
Texas Hold'Em (Poker)
Video Keno
Video Poker
Video Slots
You can also play the Casino Challenge Tournament, where you compete against a variety of computer opponents in all games at the different casinos. A ranking shows your progess. If you win the challenge or completely fill up your comp card, the High Roller room in the Bellagio is opened up. |
| MegaRace: MR3 | 2001-11-14 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Stéphane Lombard | | Everyone | | Windows | MegaRace 3, the third game in the MegaRace series, is a futuristic racing game where players compete on more than 30 circuits over 8 different worlds.A dozen different vessels are available to ride, each with its own strengths, characteristics and three active modes: Speed, Attack and Defense. All of these ships are modular and, depending on the players results, can all be personalized. With a player’s winnings, different modules can be obtained to improve the engine characteristics, and/or upgrade the armor and weapons.Several game modes are available as well, such as a simple solo race, race with customizable ships, capture the flag and duel mode. All game modes can also be played in network mode.
Unlike its predecessors which used prerendered graphics for each racing track, everything in MegaRace 3 is rendered in real-time 3D. |
| Gothic | 2001-11-15 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | Piranha Bytes Software GmbH | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | Regional differences | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | With the orc hordes invading, the king needs a lot of magical ore to create enough weapons for his army. All the criminals are now sentenced to work in the ore mines till the end of their days. To prevent them from escaping, the king has a group of powerful wizards create a magical, impassable barrier. But the barrier grows out of control, capturing a large chunk of terrain within itself, and the wizards become imprisoned inside. In the confusion that follows, the prisoners kill the guards and take over the whole area within the barrier. Many years later, the prisoner community has been divided into three camps: the Old Camp, where miners dig up ore and sell it to the king in exchange for goods from the outer world; the New Camp, where anarchy rules, and where the miners dig up ore in hope of blowing up the barrier with its magical power; and the Brotherhood, whose members worship a mysterious god called the Sleeper, hoping that he will release them. A new convict has been recently dropped into the prison, trying to find his place within the community, and knowing nothing about the pivotal role he will soon play in earth-shaking events.Gothic is a third-person perspective 3D action role-playing game. The game is set within the Colony, the large area of land within the barrier. The player is free to explore most of the Colony from the beginning, though it may prove difficult, as the protagonist is initially very weak and most wildlife can kill him with one attack. Combat with melee weapons requires the player to input combinations of keys to execute various types of attack.The player character must train to increase his attributes - Strength, Dexterity and Mana. As he vanquishes creatures and completes quests, he receives experience; with enough experience, he will gain a level, which not only increases his number of hit points (and thus lengthens his lifespan), but also gives him skill points. If the hero meets someone who is eager to teach him, the player will be able to spend skill points to increase attributes or learn completely new skills. Skills include: the increasing ability to fight with various types of weapons; the ability to pick pockets and locks; and the ability to jump further and sneak. The protagonist can also learn to harvest furs, claws and other things from the animals he kills, and then sell them for money. Collecting plants and getting meat from defeated creatures can be very useful, since eating food heals the main character, or restores mana lost when casting spells. The game features a day and night cycle, character schedules, and interactivity with the game world: for example, the player can find a pan or a stove and roast raw meet to raise its healing qualities.The player can choose to join any of the three camps, which influences most of the quests in the first part of the game. By focusing on particular skill sets, the player can turn the main character into a specialized melee fighter, archer, or mage. However, it is also possible to learn skills belonging to other classes at any time. Even if the player doesn't want the protagonist to learn mage skills, he can still find or buy scrolls and runes which allow the hero to cast various magic spells, e.g. toss fireballs at the enemies, teleport, turn himself into other creatures, and many more. |
| Puzzle Bobble 2 / Puzzle Bobble | 2001-11-15 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Action, Compilation | | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes the Windows ports of Puzzle Bobble and Puzzle Bobble 2X. The first game is based on the SNES release of the game, while the second game also includes a selectable version of the original Puzzle Bobble 2. |
| Tennis Masters Series | 2001-11-15 | Microïds | Microïds Canada Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Tennis Master Series is an officially licensed tennis game. The career mode lets you play the entire Master Series, including the qualification rounds, nine different tourneys and the final Masters Cup, where the last eight players compete for the first price. In exhibition mode you can play a single or doubles game to your liking, both against the AI or a friend via LAN.The official Master Series license allows for official courts and locations, but all actual players are fictional. Each player has their own stats which generates their personality in play. |
| Wizardry 8 | 2001-11-15 | Sirtech Canada Ltd. | Sirtech Canada Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Wizardry 8 is a direct sequel to Crusaders of the Dark Savant, the previous installment of the Wizardry series. All hell breaks loose as The Dark Savant takes flight with a device called the Astral Dominae, an incredibly powerful artifact containing the secret of life itself. Following him are two powerful races, the T'Rang and the Umpani, as well as the player's own brave party of adventurers. Everyone is heading to Dominus, a world on the cusp of the Cosmic Circle, birthplace of the Astral Dominae and home of the Cosmic Lords. Many paths will converge on Dominus, and many long-hidden secrets will be revealed.The basic gameplay system is similar to the previous entries in the series: the player-controlled party of up to six characters roams the world viewed from a first-person perspective, completes quests and fights enemies to gain experience and become stronger. Unlike those, however, Wizardry 8 has a real 3D environment, where enemies visibly approach the party (rather than appearing randomly). The party is also able to move during combat, sometimes using terrain to its advantage. Character formation plays a role, the player being able to use tactical setups for the party in order to be better prepared for upcoming fights. Though still turn-based, the battles are more flowing than in the earlier games, since the characters act depending on their personal statistics rather than being confined by rounds.The eleven races from the two previous games return, encompassing traditional fantasy RPG representatives such as elves and dwarves, as well as the more exotic rawulfs, felpurrs and mooks. A new character class, the Gadgeteer, has been added to the other fourteen imported from the previous games. The player can customize the statistics of these characters as he sees fit during the party creation phase. It is also possible to add personality traits to each of the characters. These do not affect the gameplay, but provide commentaries from the party members during conversations with the NPCs. A skill system is used for all the character types, ranging from weapon and magical proficiencies to pickpocketing and communication. Skills, as well as main attributes, can be manually developed by the player when the character levels up, but they also increase with repeated use.Similarly to its predecessor, Wizardry 8 has several beginnings depending whether the player has imported a party from Crusaders of the Dark Savant or not, and which faction that party was allied with in the previous game. The game also has three different endings, which are achieved by making choices before the final confrontation. |
| Dark Mist: The Wizard Vanishes | 2001-11-16 | Emerald Forest Toys | Pathworks Interactive | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Dark Mist - The Wizard Vanishes is a fantasy, multiple room-based discovery game designed for ages 8 to adult. The player must solve cognitive puzzles, collect items and spells, and interact with animated characters to discover what has happened to the wizard and release him from his imprisonment with the Dark Mist. The game was designed around a custom QTVR-type engine developed in Macromedia Director. The game includes original soundtracks, digital video, 2D animation, is non-violent, and includes positive value and self-worth messages throughout. |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | 2001-11-16 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | KnowWonder, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Nearly everyone knows about Harry Potter, the little child wizard from the books by J.K. Rowling. In this action adventure game, you are Harry Potter and play through the story of the first book (and the movie), "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". You arrive at the Hogwarts School of Wizardry where you will learn how to cast spells, create potions and how to fly the broomstick. When you are ready, you'll have to find and retrieve the Sorcerer's Stone which is in danger - the "he-who-must-not-be named" wants it too. |
| Star Trek: Armada II | 2001-11-16 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Mad Doc Software, LLC | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Star Trek: Armada II is a real-time strategy game set six months after the events shown in the original game. The Borg have managed to survive the cataclysmic Omega particle explosion and are once again invading planets deep in the Alpha Quadrant. Meanwhile, a powerful rogue Cardassian force lurks to seek vengeance on other races. There are now only three singleplayer campaigns - Federation, Klingon, and Borg.There are two new playable races in addition to the original four: the Cardassians and Species 8472. There are new resources: metal (gathered through planets) and latinum (gathered in latinum nebulae, useless to the Borg); Species 8472 harvests any resources to "bio-matter". Arsenals of all races have been vastly expanded with new ship types, stations, and special weapons. Trading stations allow for trading between players, as well as a secondary source of latinum via Ferengi cargo ships. Planets can now be colonized in order to accelerate the influx of new crew members, and ships' vital systems can now be upgraded in the late game. The 3D world can now make use of the height axis, so ships can move in and stations can be constructed in different height levels. Skirmish/multiplayer maps can now be generated randomly. |
| Tintin: Destination Adventure | 2001-11-16 | Infogrames Europe SA | Infogrames Paris House | Action | | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | The popular European comic book character, Tintin, has his first game in 3D. Tintin is at a presentation of Professor Calculus' new invention, which isn't working, as usual. His dog Snowy falls asleep and dreams about their past wild adventures. The story is based on 5 books: The Black Island, Red Rackham’s Treasure, Land of Black Gold, Explorers on the Moon, and Flight 714. Tintin and Snowy are the major characters in the game through over 20 levels with a boss at the end of each one as well as bonus games. You'll travel to varied locations such as the desert, an exotic island and even the moon. Levels feature races on a boat, plane, jeep, and underwater shark submarine as well as some standard platform gameplay. Tintin is capable of a rather broad variety of movements: walk, run, jump, balance himself, grip and climb. It is also possible for him to: scare away certain animals, capture enemies using the flash of his camera, use his fists, and throw chloroform bottles to neutralize certain characters. Another part of the play is to collect parts of a statue of Snowy which will give access to bonus levels if these are all collected. |
| BemazeD | 2001-11-18 | Memir Software Ltd. | Memir Software Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | BemazeD is an action game that draws heavy inspiration from both the classic Pac-Man and its later sequel, Pac-Mania.You are an unnamed round creature that goes around 40 different levels eating "Tasties"; collect all the Tasties and you'll clear the stage. There are baddies around, though - some, which are diamond-shaped, will outright knock you out of the level and kill you, while others (who are trapped inside boxes) will just walk around and get in your way, or push you around. These same baddies can also stop the diamond-shaped baddies, which adds a bit of strategy to the mix.But you're not completely defenseless! You can grab a special Tastie which will make you invulnerable to harm and will let you defeat all the baddies who touch you for a limited period of time. The levels often have more than one floor, too - by using fans located on the floor to float upwards, you can reach bigger heights and collect more Tasties, as well as evade the baddies. There are also conveyor belts which block you from returning through certain paths. But there's always a way around...Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Group Pac-Man variants
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| The Lost Treasure of RON | 2001-11-18 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The pirate Hooky McPegleg has arrived upon the shores of Reality-on-the-Norm to find the Lost Treasure. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Hooky to complete this mission in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| You cheng huan jian lu tian di jie xu zhuan | 2001-11-18 | Soft-World | Dynasty International Information Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | China (Ancient / Imperial), Fantasy | | Direct control | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | You cheng huan jian lu tian di jie xu zhuan is a role-playing game and the prequel to Shen mo zhi zun zhuan. Xia Houyi, the mysterious blonde evil wizard from Shen mo zhi zun zhuan, is the main character. |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 2001-11-19 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Gray Matter Interactive Studios, Inc., Nerve Software, LLC | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic, World War II | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Two secret agents are captured while they are investigating Nazi Germany's occult activities in Castle Wolfenstein. Agent One is subsequently tortured to death by his interrogator, but B.J. Blazkowicz manages to escape his cell by killing the guard.Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a first-person shooter and a reboot of Wolfenstein 3D. The game puts the player in the combat boots of Blazkowicz, who will first have to escape the castle and report back to his superiors, and afterwards restart the hunt for the SS Paranormal Division. This division was founded by Heinrich Himmler and is trying to find the grave of Saxon warlord Heinrich I to bring him back to life. The player's arsenal includes among others a Luger, MP 40 submachine gun, Mauser rifle with sniper scope, flamethrower, dynamite and grenades.The game also features a multiplayer component in which players are split into Axis and Allies sides with each a set of objectives to complete.
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| Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Collector's Edition) | 2001-11-19 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | You return as B.J. Blazkowicz to stop Heinrich Himmler's genetic mutations from over-running the planet, in this sequel to the classic first-person shooter, Wolfenstein 3D.It is a bit unclear as to what the contents for the Collector's Edition were, it all depended on how soon you pre-ordered from ID's website. Some came out with a clothes patch and a poster, some others just with the poster and a bonus cd and others only with the bonus cd. That's why the collector's contents aren't listed on the back cover as they usually are.The cd contains: a Screen Saver, Making-of for Return to Castle Wolfenstein and some video and music tracks. |
| 1193 Anno Domini: Merchants and Crusader | 2001-11-20 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | Independent Arts Software GmbH | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Medieval | | | | | | Windows | 1193 Anno Domini is a trading simulation set in the second half of the Middle Age. The player takes the role of a little unknown trader, much like their three rivals, which can be played either by the computer or by other human players. The goal is to become a rich and powerful merchant and overpower competitors. To achieve this, the player can expand their business through 98 towns, while trading 36 different goods. They're however not limited to just trading goods, as they can also produce them, using 22 different types of production facilities across 6 different economy sectors.
To maintain their trade business, the player has to protect their goods from thieves or their rivals, as well as anticipate external factors like the weather or the plague. Once the player gains enough influence as a trader to become respected by the authorities, they not only benefit from extra protection services for their goods, but can also take part in some political decisions (such as taxation). This also comes with some extra tasks the player has to do for the town and the church. |
| Clusterball | 2001-11-20 | Strategy First, Inc. | Daydream Software AB | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | Windows | Try this futuristic sport! Take your craft with special equipment to collect prize balls in the full 3D arena, avoid other players, then drop the balls off at the goal to claim the prizes. In your way are various traps and obstacles, other players, special power-ups and power-downs (tractor beams, control inverter, and more), and more. Play alone or go against friends online! |
| Dreamstars | 2001-11-20 | Jaishaw Games | Jaishaw Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Dreamstars is an involved space shooter arcade game similar to Asteroids. It allows the player to build up a space ship from unique components and then pit that space ship against a random assortment of enemies.Dreamstars support two player simultaneous game play.Because enemies and levels are random and the components that you use to build your ship are also randomly generated it provides a depth of game play that most arcade games do not. |
| IL-2 Sturmovik | 2001-11-20 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | 1C:Maddox Games | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | IL-2 Sturmovik is a Russian-developed World War II flight sim that takes place in the Eastern Front of the European theater. You can fly as the Soviets or Germans. In addition to familiar combat-flight sim elements such as campaign and single mission options and a host of flyable aircraft for each country, this title adds the ability to turn the flying over to AI and lets you control the rear gunner. The difficulty (i.e. realism) of the controls is customizable, so you can play IL-2 as a realistic sim or as an arcade shooter. |
| Empire Earth (Limited Collector's Edition) | 2001-11-21 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Only 6.000 units of this edition were produced and it includes:
Empire Earth
The 160-pages pocket book release of the Brockhaus encyclopedia about world history
34-pages booklet titled "Historic background information - Facts about the history of the world" by F.A. Brockhaus AG
Empire Earth mouse-pad
Two-sided poster with tech-tree and extensive information on every unit |
| Panzer Campaigns V: Bulge '44 | 2001-11-21 | HPS Simulations | John Tiller Software | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Panzer Campaigns: Bulge '44 is a turn-based strategy game and covers the German offensive efforts at the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945. It is hex-based (1 hex = 1 km) and includes 24 scenarios of varying scope (between 7 and 162 turns, 1 turn = 2 hours). While the scenarios are mostly historical, there are some hypothetical ones available, too. The player can take over the German or Allied side. The interface mainly uses the Windows approach (the player uses drop-down menus and icons in order to open pop-up windows which can be freely moved over the screen). In those windows the player can view statistics and change advanced settings for the war effort. The main window is an overhead map and the units are represented with abstract symbols. Besides the usual considerations of unit movement and attack, one of the most important aspects are the logistics of supplies. New in comparison to the earlier installments of the series are various new optional rules, e.g. regarding unit surrender. |
| Hooligan | 2001-11-22 | Front Wing Co., Ltd. | Front Wing Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles, Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | Setting | Windows | Yukito Nogi, a high-school student living by himself in the city, was out walking one night when a strange object fell from the sky... crashing straight into him. This object turns out to be a cosmic force, its power so great that it splits Yukito into three different entities, each composed of one part of his psyche. It also happens to give each part enormous psychic powers!However, he's only just started arguing with himself, when three different factions converge on him all at once. A trio of aliens, led by the self-aggrandizing scientist Olga Mengele, want to steal Yukito's power for themselves. Yuki and Yuka, a pair of sister demon hunters, believe Yukito to be a demon that must be sealed. And of course Hiromi Togo -- alias Trigun, defender of justice -- wants to use these events to prove herself as a superhero.Hooligan is a superhero-comedy adult visual novel. The majority of the game consists of lightly-animated cutscenes and voiced dialogue, with occasional player choices that will branch the story and lead toward relationships with the various female characters. There are also several mini-games that occur throughout the game, most notably a simple card battle where the player must select cards to defeat the opposing characters in rock-paper-scissors style.The PC version contains explicit sexual content, which was removed from the PS2 release. The PS2 version also contains fully-redone voice acting with a different cast. |
| Petka 3: Vozvraschenie Alaski | 2001-11-22 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | Nikolai Mesheryakov (Николай Мещеряков) | | | | Windows | Don't tinker with time machines... That's the lesson Vasilij Ivanovich, a brave hero of Russian civil war (1918), and his young assistant Petka will never learn. During their last quest, they messed up with the time machine and as a result landed with the entire village Gadjukino in the middle of modern United States of America. Captain Furmanov is now a mormon priest, the sexy Anka works for FBI, and VICH and Petka have to save the world again. They'll face criminals in Las Vegas, travel to jungles in Central America, fight Saddam Hussein, and even visit Alaska in this traditional point-and-click 2D adventure game. |
| Sky Sports Football Quiz | 2001-11-23 | THQ Inc. | Hothouse Creations Ltd. | Sports | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Jamie Toghill | | Rob Snow | | | | Windows | Sky Sports Football Quiz features several thousands of questions from all over the football world, including pictures and audio clips. Up to four players will be able to play over four different game styles, including ‘Dream Team’ where answering questions awards ‘money’ which is used to build up a custom team of players, and a fast-paced ‘Penalty Shoot-Out’ mode for a quick-fire challenge. The game rewards knowledge and speed, but punishes bad guesses with a Red- and Yellow- card system. |
| Tanks 3D | 2001-11-23 | DeaddyBear | DeaddyBear | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Tank | | | | | Windows | Tanks 3D is an action game where the player controls a tank, moving around a small, hilly area and fighting enemy tanks. The tanks are equipped with a number of weapons: a weak cannon, grenades, homing missiles, and mines that can be set off at will. All these weapons have limited amounts of ammo, except for the cannon. Each tank has a limited amount of health and is destroyed when all health is depleted. Occasionally, pickups appear on the map which replenish ammo or refill health.The single-player game has two modes: "one vs. all", where the player's tank must survive against waves of enemies, and "all vs. all", a deathmatch game where the first competitor to reach the minimum number of kills wins. A multiplayer mode is also available. |
| Frank Herbert's Dune | 2001-11-25 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Widescreen Games SARL | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Frank Herbert's Dune is a 3D action game based on the TV mini-series. As Paul, the son of the Duke Atreides's concubine and heir to the throne, you must earn the trust and respect from the natives of the planet Dune, the Fremen, to ultimately become their prophesied Messiah, Muad'Dib. You will have to free them from the desolate conditions their home planet is in. Done that, there still is the evil Lord Harkonnen, who, with covert backup from the Emperor, slaughtered your family... do you really let him get away with this? |
| Atrox | 2001-11-26 | dtp entertainment AG, Egmont Interactive GmbH | Joymax Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Isometric | Windows | Atrox is astonishingly similar to Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft. The gameplay, the graphics, units, buildings, even single animations are extremely close to the original.The game is a real-time strategy game where the player controls one of three races (Hominides, Inteliom, Kreators) and tries to destroy all the others on the map. To accomplish this task, he can build a base with many different buildings such as weapon factories, barracks, power plants and so on. He also has to gather resources to build all his stuff, in this game, he needs to get Quark and some liquid crystal.The game features three different campaigns (one for each race) as well as skirmish mode, network and online play (the latter using a server). |
| Myth III: The Wolf Age | 2001-11-26 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | MumboJumbo, LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | Myth III: The Wolf Age takes place one thousand years before Myth: The Fallen Lords. The Fallen Lords you battled in that age are now your allies. Can you defeat Moagim and the armies of the dark?Everything is now fully 3D, and there are more units then ever before. Each race, for example the Trow and the Dwarves, has several units, for a total of thirty-nine units in the game.Unlike most RTS games, Myth III has no resource gathering (like the first two games) so the units you are given in the start of the mission are all you get.Multiplayer is only on a modified Gamespy. |
| Takeda | 2001-11-26 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | Magitech Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | In Takeda, you are Takeda Shingen, the 16th Danjo of Province Kai and leader of House Takeda - and you are known as one of the greatest tacticians ever. Your country's peace is threatened by an invasion and you also need to expand the country a bit. If you are successful, you can end the civil war and your way to Kyoto and political power would be open. If you fail, everything you had and loved will be gone forever.Takeda is a hardcore realtime strategy game in ancient Japan where you command whole armies. Thousands of units are on the battlefield - and you need to command them all, preferably at once, to defeat your opponents army.Takeda features:
Historic battles, re-created in every detail
Five tactical units to battle with
Over a dozen strategic battle formations
Deep historical themes and artwork
Multiplayer battle over LAN and Internet
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| SubTerra | 2001-11-27 | Spiderweb Software | Crystal Shard | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | SubTerra is a puzzle/action game, reminiscent of the classics Boulder Dash and Chip's Challenge, although SubTerra is more varied.The basic goal of each level is simple: collect a set amount of gems, then run to the exit. However, a myriad of obstacles block your way, testing your reflexes, your puzzle skills, or both. There's falling rocks, duplication machines, enemies, laser beams, machinery that changes gems, heavy explosives, a variety of tools to help you out, and a monster that eats those tools.To make things worse, each level has an additional "difficult" mode, requiring more gems, a harder-to-reach exit, and imposing a time limit. A nifty feature is that the tutorial levels, normally the easiest in the set, have a challenging extra puzzle in difficult mode.Starting with a basic set of slightly over a hundred levels, SubTerra has since expanded with fan-made material to encompass more than 500 different puzzles. Players can use the in-built level editor to make their own, and join in the yearly Level Design Contest.
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| Dämonenwelt | 2001-11-28 | | | Action | | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Dämonenwelt is a platform game not completely unlike the original Prince of Persia.When archangel Gabriel cleaned his trumpet he made the mistake to play it thus initiating the end of times. The only ones that can save the world from all the demons that have been set free are the Timeaunts. The player must now save the Timeaunts so that they may save the world.The Timeaunts are spread across the levels and they are so occupied with their knitting so that they are oblivious to what happens around them. Once the player has a Timeaunt following him he must lead her to the exit teleport. The teleport, however, will only activate once all the golden glyphs in the level has been collected. Once all the Timeaunts have been rescued (or killed) the player must continue to the next level.There are many traps such as mines and foothold traps spread out across the levels. |
| Icewind Dale: Complete | 2001-11-28 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation offers the main Icewind Dale game, its commercial expansion pack Heart of Winter, and the free downloadable expansion pack for the expansion pack, Trials of the Luremaster, all in one package. |
| Operation Flashpoint: Gold Edition | 2001-11-28 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Gold Edition of Operation Flashpoint contains the original game and the Gold Upgrade (including the Red Hammer campaign). |
| Microsoft Action Pack | 2001-11-30 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This is a compilation of several Microsoft published titles, which includes:
Metal Gear Solid
Crimson Skies
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| Polis 3: Vargspår | 2001-11-30 | Vision Park AB | Vision Park AB | Adventure, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Crime, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Turn-based strategy | Contemporary, Europe | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Polis 3: Vargspår (Police 3: Wolf tracks) is the third game in the Polis series.You take the role as a lead investigator of the Swedish Crime Scene Investigators. You and your four police officers are tasked with solving a big murder case. By examining suspicious objects and crime scenes, interrogate and track suspects the plot thickens in this very intricate murder mystery. But your resources are limited. To solve the puzzle you cannot waste any resources like having your police put innocent people in custody. Spend your resources wisely might lead to breakthrough in the investigation, which would make you gain more resources.Two ferocious robbers have joined forces make the city unsafe to travel by night. But during one of their robberies on a side street something goes wrong, and suddenly one of the robbers ends up stabbed on the sidewalk while the other robbers is nowhere to be seen. The only person the police may interrogate is the woman who claim to be the victim of the robbers. The robbers seem to have attacked each other - but is it really so easy? Where there others at the scene of the murder? And what is the meaning of the origami wolves head left on the dead robbers head? There are many riddles in this investigations, and nothing can be sure. But one thing is for sure, there will be more murders if the police doesn't act quickly. |
| Quiz Show | 2001-11-30 | Eon Digital Entertainment, Halifax S.R.L. | Einstein Multimedia s.r.l, Warthog Plc | Strategy | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | The game based on the Italian TV game show of the same name. Players on the PC or PlayStation play against the show's host Amadeus to win up to 512 million virtual Lira. Features audio and video clips of hosts Amadeus and Donna Fortuna and additionally contains a backstage area with views of the hosts dressing rooms and clips from the real TV show. |
| The Art of War: Limited Edition | 2001-11-30 | NovaLogic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
F-22 Lightning II
Comanche 3
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| Benjamin Blümchen: Meine elefantenstarke Spielesammlung | 2001-12-01 | KIDDINX Studio GmbH | KIDDINX Studio GmbH | Educational | | Licensed | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Benjamin Blümchen: Meine elefantenstarke Spielesammlung is a collection of 10 mini-games with the elephant Benjamin Blümchen. Included are games like memory, quiz or mini golf. All games can be started directly from the menu without an installation.
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| Chuckie Egg: The Next Batch | 2001-12-01 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Arcade, Platform | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This freeware remake of the arcade game from 1983 expands the gameplay with more precise controls, new elements, and more modern graphics and sounds while still remaining true to the original. As before, the objective is to guide a farmer through a large henhouse, where he must collect all the eggs by climbing ladders and jumping from platforms to finish each level. The chicken coop is guarded by the angry birds that keep roaming around the place and are ready to attack any approaching strangers. A flying duck gives aerial coverage to the patrol while crossing the scene. The farmer must avoid the poultry, and move fast to pick up all the scattered eggs necessary to end the level, optionally grabbing the piles of grain for extra points. |
| Combat Pillows | 2001-12-01 | SleepTeam Ltd | SleepTeam Ltd | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | IWannaPlay.com product page (from Ad Blurbs)Combat Pillows (aka. Bulánci) takes place during the Second Pillow War. It has developed into conflicts among small but heavily armed groups. Train your own pillow against the computer enemies or go fight the real players. Gunfights can appear in various places and it depends only on player's skill and smarts whether he/she comes out as the winner or loser.
It's often the landscape that plays the crucial role in the course of the gun battles. You can play the game against up to three human rivals and you may decide together whether it's going to be a team fight or an individual mission. |
| Conway's Game of Life | 2001-12-01 | | | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Some programs conventionally considered games are simulators that have been described as "software toys", such as Little Computer People or the iterations of Will Wright's Sim franchise, concerning themselves with the life cycles of simulated entities; in The Sims, it's the lives and deaths of people being simulated, while in Conway's Game of Life, it's the lives and deaths of single-celled entities (or "cellular automata").These entities live on cells of a flat, 2D binary Cartesian grid and their life and reproduction is dictated according to a few demanding conditions. From step to step, their amount of adjacent neighbours (above, below, on the sides and diagonally) are measured: fewer than two or more than three, and the inhabitant of the cell will die; exactly two or three and they will remain stable; finally, any uninhabited square with three neighbours will spawn forth a new entity.The player is a Newtonian clockmaker god, arranging starting conditions of cell locations on the grid and then setting the system into motion to continue, untouched and unabated, as the game plays itself, evolving, and generations of cells tick along and produce kaleidoscopic patterns, flickering oscillators and stubborn, stable little clumps and lumps (or "still lifes").The game was originally worked out slowly, by hand, on grid paper, blackboard or using tiles on a Go board, after being popularized in Martin Gardner's "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American in October 1970, but increasing availability of computers have enormously expanded the options available (and enormously reduced the time and labour needed) to cell pattern researchers. |
| Egypt Kids | 2001-12-01 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | EMG | Adventure, Educational | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Travel back in time to Ancient Egypt for a adventure in the time of the mummies and the Pharaohs! Find yourself in Heliopolis, a city located on the banks of the River Nile, right at the heart of Ancient Egypt. Solve mysteries with the help of your new pal Dragoo, a mischievous young dragon, who will be there to help you every step of the way. Learn about daily life in Ancient Egypt, the Egyptian Gods, and the hieroglyphs. Includes integrated multimedia encyclopaedia. |
| Eisenbahn.exe professionell | 2001-12-01 | Software Untergrund GmbH & Co KG | Software Untergrund GmbH & Co KG | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | | | Train | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Eisenbahn.exe professional lets you plan and build a complete model railroad system on your PC. Design landscapes, towns, stations, bridges and tunnels. Many assets like houses, roads or vehicles such as cars and train engines and waggons are included. Every vehicle can be controlled individually or automatically by signals. The model railway can be viewed from a lot of different camera positions. |
| Fortress Europe: The Liberation of France | 2001-12-01 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Lamb Soft Games | Strategy | | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Fortress Europe: The Liberation of France is a real-time strategy wargame covering the Allied Invasion of Normandy. The game's units are generic representations of infantry, armor, or artillery, each with limited amounts of fuel and ammo. The player can call air strikes, drop paratroopers or place minefields. As units take over territory, they earn victory points for their side based on the type of territory. |
| Guilty Gear X | 2001-12-01 | Sammy Entertainment Inc. | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | When the humans created artificial beings named "gears" in 22th century, they didn't expect that their creation will eventually turn against them. Because gears had no will of their own and could only obey humans. Only one gear, named Justice, was able to transfer his will onto other gears and to rebel against the humans. In year 2180, Justice was killed as a result of a bloody tournament organized by the Sacred Order of Holy Knights. Yet recently, a new gear was discovered. He showed no signs of hostility, yet he had no master and was roaming about free. It was impossible to capture or to kill him because he was immensely strong. Fearing a new Justice will grow out of this gear, the Order organized yet another tournament, this time with a solid prize: five hundred thousand world dollars for the winner.Guilty Gear X is a follow up to Guilty Gear, and is also a 2D fighting game. There are now 16 characters available for you to choose. The battle system became more complicated, thanks to the variety of moves you can perform. Beside special attacks which you can execute if you build up your Tension Gauge by attacking or advancing towards your opponent, there is also a variety of defensing moves to perform. The instant kill moves are back from the previous game. |
| PC Fútbol 2001 | 2001-12-01 | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Simulation, Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | PC Fútbol combines both Football Management and an Arcade simulation. The game includes 3D Match-on-line, a multiplayer game mode playable through a modem connection or TCP/IP networks, and a superb 3D simulator engine. Other features include all the major European leagues, and new additions Argentina, Holland, Scotland, Belgium and Portugal. PC Fútbol gives you the chance to both manage and play as your chosen team, offering both a stand-alone arcade game, or an in-depth managerial simulation. |
| Panzer Elite: Special Edition | 2001-12-01 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Wings Simulations GmbH | Simulation, Special edition | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | World War II | Tank, Vehicular combat | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Panzer Elite (Special Edition) is a re-release of Panzer Elite. This version has been slip-streamed with the 1.1 patch and contains some of the best mods (modifications) from the fan community. |
| Rayman Arena | 2001-12-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view, Side view | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Rayman Arena/Rayman M is the first multiplayer game in the Rayman series. It's not a platformer like earlier games of the Rayman franchises but a race and arena battle game. The game is divided in five leagues (beginner, advanced, expert, extreme and bonus). The first four have each three racing tracks and three arenas that increase in difficulty.The racing mode is split in four different race types:
Training: for exploration and practice of the racecourse and setting personal records;
Race: up to four different characters race each other over several rounds with the first one crossing the finish line winning;
Popolopoï: one must reach the finish line before time runs out. Time can be replenished by shooting some kind of butterflies called Popolopoï and no opponents are to be beaten;
Lums: over three laps, a certain amount of Lums have to be collected and one must beat the other opponents to the finish line.
The arena battle mode is split in three different battle types:
Lum Spring: the first to collect five Lums/crystals or the one with the most Lums when time runs out wins. Ice bullets can be fired at an opponent to temporarily freeze them and beat them to the Lum;
Lum Fight: all players start with five hit points each that need to be shot off with weapons found around the arena. A point is scored if a player shoots off the last hit point of another player. The first to reach a certain amount of points or the one with the most points when time runs out wins. When killed through one’s own actions, a negative point is scored;
Capture the Fly: the goal is to find and capture a Light-Fly. The fly follows you around and gives you a point when a certain amount of time has passed. One loses control of the fly when hit by an opponent's bullet. The first to reach a certain amount of points or the one with the most points when time runs out wins.
Playable characters include:
Rayman: the series main protagonist. A creature without arms, legs and neck but with hands, feet and a head that can move independently from his body;
Globox: some kind of frog and Rayman's best friend;
Teensies: a pair of strange dwarfs working together;
Tily: a cat-like fairy;
Admiral Razorbeard: the final boss of Rayman 2;
Henchman 800: one of the Robo-Pirates from Rayman 2;
Henchman 1000: an other Robo-Pirate;
Razorwife: Admiral Razorbeard's wife.
To unlock rewards such as bonus levels, additional leagues, character skins, and new characters, finishing first in races and arenas is required.
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| Seihou 2: Kioh Gyoku | 2001-12-01 | Amusement Makers, Shunsatsu sare do? | Amusement Makers, Shunsatsu sare do? | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Seihou 2: Kioh Gyoku is 2D vertical scrolling danmaku/bullet hell shoot'em up game, second game in Seihou series. Gameplay is very similar to Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream - the player select one from playable characters (like maid Vivit from previous game) - and "fights" against other character in specyfic duel. They flies (each has own screen), kills enemies, and avoids bullets. Who dies first - loses duel. |
| SpaceMan | 2001-12-01 | | NAWAR Sp. z o.o. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | SpaceMan can be considered as clone of Pac-Man with differences in graphics and level design.Main hero named SpaceMan collects burgers and has to avoid 3 unnamed monsters: ghost, evil pumpkin and talking head. Once all burgers are collected, a new level is loaded. If monster hits SpaceMan, number of lives decreases and player has to start level again (if there are lives left). Each collected burger gives one point.SpaceMan starts with 3 lives: number can be increased by collecting aid-kit which appears rarely in the game. Additionally, Pacman cannot teleport from one edge of the screen to the other one like in the original.There is no difficulty level to set, no options to disable sound or change keys used to play the game. There are 10 levels in game overall and high scores table where player can record the score after the game is over. |
| Zauberfläche | 2001-12-01 | | | Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Zauberfläche, you are in control of a 5x5 big playfield, which is randomly filled with five squares of five different colors at startup. On each side, there is an arrow to move the entire row one square to the left, right, top or bottom (whereby the playfield is a 2D torus - you move left and come back right, same for top and below).The goal is simple: arrange the playfield so that there are 5 identically colored horizontal or vertical lines. The game counts both the moves used and the time needed to complete a stage. |
| I Spy II | 2001-12-02 | agagames.com | agagames.com | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Mika Huy has received the assignment from her boss at "The Realiser", Reality-on-the-Norm's local newspaper, to make three photographs for the upcoming issue. The photographs of the alley bum (former Litton police officer Sinny Binds), grave of Davy Jones, and zombie Mayor Michael Gower are necessary. Player should help Mika to complete this mission in classic point-n-click icon-based adventure. |
| Candy Cruncher | 2001-12-04 | Pyrogon, Inc. | Pyrogon, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Candy Cruncher is a single player, shareware, sliding block puzzle game.The player is faced with a game area filled with colourful pictures of sweets arranged in a 6 x 6 grid with one empty slot. The player has to arrange the sweets to form rows or columns of identical symbols, when this is done they disappear and the player scores points.Each level has a target number of rows/columns to be created before the game times out, if the player achieves that target then they progress to the next level which has a higher target. In addition to the sweets the player can match up the game introduces more and more black jelly bean pictures as the player progresses, these sweets cannot be moved or matched.The game has sound and a high score table, it can be played in a window or full screen. The first level is a step-through tutorial.
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| Megapak 10 | 2001-12-04 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The tenth part of the Megapak-compilation series includes ten games:
Combat Chess
Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc
Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche versus Ka-52 Hokum
Ford Racing
Mig Alley
Pro Pinball: Timeshock!
Sheep
Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic R
TalonSoft's East Front
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| Randevu s neznakomkoy 3: Kurortnyi roman | 2001-12-04 | Russobit-M | Experience Entertainment Software | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Randevu s neznakomkoy 3: Kurortnyi roman (Rendezvous with a Stranger Girl 3: Vacation Romance) is the third in the series of interactive dating simulations with live actors. The player takes the role of a man who is on a vacation in Crimea. He meets several girls who can be seduced with right dialogue choices. In certain scenes it is possible to change the camera view to look at the scenery or search for items which can be essential in seducing a girl. The items are used automatically or provide new dialogue choices, there is no inventory in the game. At certain point there is a shooting gallery mini-game. As with the previous titles in the series, it is very easy to get a Game Over by choosing wrong dialogue options. |
| Horde: The Citadel | 2001-12-05 | Buka Entertainment | 7th BitLabs | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Horde: The Citadel is a sequel to the fantasy real-time strategy game, Horde: The Northern Wind. Continuing the story of the land of Semirechye, The Citadel further explores the conflict between the Semireks and the invading nomads lead by their khan Teimur. In The Northern Wind, Semirek leaders have been able to drive Teimur's forces out of Lower Urgal, however the khan had been able to ally with hermit wizards and fortify his lands. The only path to his main citadel, Vorezh, lies through the Land of Shadows no man dares to tread, and the Semireks will need to secure an alliance with the dreaded dragons to pass safely into Teimur's domain.The Citadel essentially uses the same engine as its predecessor, retaining all of the original game mechanics but also adds new content in the form of units, structures, items and terrain types. The game runs in higher resolution as The Northern Wind, but the sprites are not scaled up so a larger portion of the battlefield is visible. Gameplay remains mostly the same, with the player having to explore each of the nine maps in order to solve the main quest, find necessary items, defeat or negotiate with opponents. The maps are also larger, and each usually has two neutral Semirek settlements for the player to interact with, while in the previous game, only one settlement was initially present on most maps.Most of the new units introduced in The Citadel have the ability to use two attacks, melee and ranged, something which was not possible in the original game. Additionally, the player can produce air units - pigeons - to quickly scout the map. New monsters had been introduced as well, such as dragons, crocodiles, scorpions, were-bears and magic riders. The game re-uses portraits of non-player Semirek leaders from The Northern Wind, but with different names; key plot-related characters however have new portraits and, in some cases, new sprites to represent them on the map.There is an option to import characters from The Northern Wind into The Citadel, so that all items and units that were present with the character when the first game was won will be carried over into the sequel. |
| X the Hyper Ball | 2001-12-05 | Syntax Error | Syntax Error | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | The player takes on the role of the champion of Paddleland, and has to save the world from the Enclosers invasion. He or she must break out every brick wall that threatens the universe and defeat the ten Elemental Lords.X the Hyper Ball is a Breakout variant. The player's goal is to destroy bricks by making a ball bounce of a paddle, which the player can move horizontally. There are fourteen kinds simple bonuses (Telekinesis, Atom missile, etc.) which can be collected by breaking certain bricks, plus thirteen special ones; however, there are also "maluses", which bestow negative effects, such as shortening the pad, reversing the direction of the ball, etc. Various monsters appear, trying to further impede the player's progress. There is also a shopping system, which allows the player to trade bonuses between levels. |
| Elfenwelt: Abenteuer im Elfenland | 2001-12-06 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | MadCat Interactive Software GmbH | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Elfenwelt is the official computerized version of the 1998 German board game of the year "Elfenland". The game has three variants:ELFENLANDAs an elf, the player is traveling through the country and visits many different places, where they need to obtain a magical stone. Their journey leads them through deserts, forests, plains and rivers. Players must choose their way wisely, and use the proper transportation device (for example a dragon, a cloud demon, or a giant pig).ELFENGOLDSimilar to the above, though with a few more tactical elements involved. Additional spells have been added and, of course, gold. With their newly earned gold, players can buy new transportation devices and spells. ELFENWELTThe original gameplay was changed for this: there are some mild RPG aspects and it's possible for players to fight each other. It's also possible to fight monsters to get new transportation cards. |
| Moto Racer 3 | 2001-12-06 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Delphine Software International | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | Motorcycle, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Moto Racer 3 is the third incarnation of this already classic motocycling game by Delphine Software. This time, you don't only race on famous circuits around the globe or let the mud fly with your Motocross cycle - there are even more styles to play:
Racing on famous race track
Motocross/Supercross in really muddy arenas
Trial - drive your special motocycle on a obstacle-littered parcours without touching the floor or driving off the track
in Freestyle, you can perform insane stunts in an arena full of ramps
in Traffic mode, you drive in the streets of Paris - with traffic
Everything is shown in rich 3D graphics with high detail. There are more than 40 motocycles, you can choose from 15 tracks. Multiplayer exists for up to 8 players at once.
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| Championship Manager Quiz | 2001-12-07 | Eidos Interactive Limited | King of the Jungle Ltd. | Sports | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Championship Manager Quiz is the unexpected result of developer Sports Interactive looking to branch out from their successful football management series called, funnily enough, Championship Manager. If you think a quiz game may not be the best use of their skills then think again. This isn't just a collection of thousands of football trivia questions with points scored for each correct answer - that would be too simple. The football fans at Sports Interactive have managed to create a quiz game that not only mixes football knowledge but also the rules and tactics involved in the sport too. The quiz is played out like a real game of football. You see the pitch and two sets of teams and get to pick who you want to play as at the start. The idea is to pick your favourite team as the questions will really probe your love for the club. From the kick-off, you must pass the ball around the field by answering questions correctly. Below the shirt of each player are question categories. Pass the ball to that player and answer the question correctly to keep possession. Of course, answer a question incorrectly and the ball goes to the opposition. Get the ball to a striker, answer the question correctly and you've scored. Whoever gets the most questions correct is irrelevant; the game is decided on who scores the most goals. There are over 11,000 questions so you shouldn't see many being repeated often - in comparison, last year's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? game only contained 1,000! The questions cover a broad range of football knowledge too, from domestic to international, third division to golden boot winners. There are five different modes of play, including penalty shoot out, pub quiz where more than two can play and keepy-uppy where you've got to answer correctly for as long as possible. |
| Hooky McPegleg: Pirate Postman! | 2001-12-07 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The pirate Hooky McPegleg has accepted a proposition made for him in The Lost Treasure of RON to replace a postman murdered in The Postman Only Dies Once. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Hooky to learn reading English and to deliver letters to all necessary recipients in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Ballerburg: Castle Siege | 2001-12-10 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Artillery, Managerial / business simulation, Shooter | Fantasy | | Hans‑Arno Wegner | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Ballerburg: Castle Siege is a real-time artillery strategy game influenced by an earlier game with the same name. The goal is to destroy the opponent's castle (or something else, as described in the mission briefing). To accomplish your mission, you have no armies to command - your only weapons are ballistic: cannons, catapults and the like. It is also possible to use a bomber airship and some magic effects.Everything takes place in a 3D environment. You can build your own castle and its surroundings such as peasant huts and smithies,where weapons can be placed. These things cost gold, and you get gold by collecting taxes from the peasants. To destroy the opponent's castle, you use your guns and catapults. It is impossible to see in advance where the shot will land, so you need to shoot the target more than once to be more precise. You can have multiple guns and switch between them to bombard your enemy with heavy stones, cannonballs, etc. You can upgrade these weapons to become even more deadly. However, these weapons cannot be fired all the time - they need time to reload and every shot needs to be paid for.Meanwhile, the opponent shoots at your settlement, trying to cut you short of peasants so you cannot buy anything. To hinder him, you can use wizards, which are able to summon sandstorms and rain, obstructing the opponent's sight and targeting. The game supports multiplayer and hot-seat mode up to four players at once.
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| The Key 1: Flight From Arcadia | 2001-12-10 | Mug Software | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The Key is a freeware graphical adventure game. It is set in the future on a distant planet (time unknown as time-scale does not seem to match ours). Your objective is to explore an abandoned colony and uncover The Key to the power source of The Hub, the universe's central power source. The game consists of numerous rendered stills which are clicked in hotspots to navigate from location to location. Apart from moving from location to location and zooming in and out all interaction with the game is done via many 'panels' which can be accessed in numerous locations. Atmospheric sound-effects and some animations are also included.Unlike many adventure games this one has no inventory, the whole game is resolved by interacting with panels using information gained from other panels. |
| Whack A Mole | 2001-12-10 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Rail shooter, Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Whack A Mole is a simple aiming game where the player must click on the moles appearing in random places on the screen. After a succesful hit the player scores one point. In addition, neutral characters appear on the screen (cats in the "Backyard" level, Indians in the "Desert" level) which cause a score penalty if accidentally hit. The player's goal is to gain as much score as possible within a time limit. Bonus time can be gained by scoring at least 45 points. There are four weapons to choose from (shovel, club, cleaver, gun) although they are identical in terms of mechanics. The player can also choose whether to have blood displayed in the game or not. |
| Europa Universalis II | 2001-12-11 | Strategy First, Inc. | Paradox Entertainment AB | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | The sequel to Europa Universalis adds new provinces, new empires, more control over your empire (examples: free subjects/serfdom, Centralized/Decentralized government, Defensive/Offensive Doctrine, etc.), new religions, 100 more years (1419-1819), new music, and the ability to control *any* empire and annex any empire.The economic part is basically the same as EU I, but some of the technology levels have changed. Many new random events have been added, and also historical empire-specific events are now possible (in other words, things that happened in real history can happen and you must choose one of several options that will determine the way your empire will progress). |
| Allefant | 2001-12-14 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Once there was a big and well liked C-Library and it was maintained by the Master of Allegro. One day he looked away for just a moment and at just that moment a bunch of evil Allegators broke into the library and scattered the code all over the world. The player now takes on the role of the Allefant who must search the world for all the pieces of code and bring them back into the library. The player starts in the library located on the island of Allegro and there are 77 pieces of code that must be brought back to that library. A compass at the bottom of the screen shows the direction of nearby code pieces and the direction to the library. Enemies can be defeated by shooting water on them. There are three types of monsters: Allegators, Allefish and Allebears. The Allefant has enough water to shoot 100 shots then the player must find water to refill. This game was created using Allegro. |
| EVE: The Fatal Attraction | 2001-12-14 | C's Ware | C's Ware | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | "Eve: The Fatal Attraction" is a chapter in EVE series, and is based on the hentai PC game Adam: The Double Factor. The sex scenes were removed, and the scenario expanded in this game up to the point of being a sequel to "Adam".You control the two main heroes of the game, the young careless detective Kojiroh and the sexy red-haired super-spy Marina. The events of the game are connected to their previous investigation (in Eve Burst Error). Kojiroh's ex-girlfriend and colleague, Yayoi Katsuragi, receives a case: somebody is threatening the life of two young girls, Mika and Miki, the daughters of the owner of the powerful Andou Corporation. Naturally, Yayoi needs Kojiroh's help, and here the investigation truly begins!Like in other Eve games, you control two characters in two "scenarios", and sometimes the cooperation between them is necessary. The game utilizes the same "Touchable View" that was implemented in "Adam": you interact with the environment and with the characters not by selecting menu options, but by moving the cursor around and clicking on objects, like in Western point-and-click adventures. |
| Larry Ragland's 4x4 Challenge | 2001-12-15 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | Katana Games S.L. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Are you ready for high speed offroad competition in the only game endorsed by Larry Ragland, winner of 5 Baja 1000 races? Race on 8 different short tracks designed by offroad pros in 15 different high-powered 4x4's, for 3 different championships. The races are long, the competition is fast, and the outlook is grim. All you got is your skills and unerring faith in your machine. Are you ready for Larry Ragland's 4x4 Challenge?Larry Ragland's 4x4 Challenge (LRC from now on) is basically an arcade racer in a short-track offroad setting. Usually set inside a stadium or such, it features some unknown-make vehicles (no adjustments allowed) each with slightly different ratings in handlings, acceleration, and more. The courses are very reminiscent of the ones in LEADFOOT (by Ratbag Interactive). The tracks are your typical supercross type-tracks... Lots of curves, jumps, and a few straights with switchbacks and more switchbacks. The tracks are different enough as some are longer with higher speed whereas some are low-speed with lots of switchbacks. You get an arcade mode where you're supposed to keep up with the clock, or you can play the championship, where you race a field of 5 other AI drivers across a series of events on the various tracks. When you win one championship, you unlock the next one, which is longer and features a couple new tracks. There are a total of 3 championships across 8 different tracks, up to 6 laps each. The vehicles in LRC are pretty tough, but they are NOT indestructible. This game actually models damage to your vehicle. There are four components you can damage: front tires/suspension, engine, transmission, and rear tires/suspension. The usual cause for damage is smacking into walls too hard, though hard collisions with another vehicle will do damage. Damaged cars don't run quite as fast and generates black smoke. The parts go from green to yellow to red, and if you're really bad... black. Multiplayer is only supported as 2-player split-screen, or 6-player LAN. Internet play is not supported.
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| The Amazing Virtual Sea-Monkeys | 2001-12-15 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | Creature Labs Ltd. | Simulation | | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | The player has to look after Sea-Monkeys in a virtual fish tank, providing them with food and oxygen. They are created from a virtual packet of "Instant Life" - much like the real-life Sea-Monkeys which the game is based upon - and can then be encouraged to collect pearls as they grow, which can be used to purchase add-ons for the tank, such as fish and toys.Created using a modified version of the technology from the Creatures series - although without the complicated AI of that series - the game simply involves interacting (generally using the mouse) with the Sea-Monkey "pets" and the contents of the tank, rather than involving any specific goals. |
| Trevor Chan's Capitalism II | 2001-12-17 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Enlight Software Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.Use marketing, manufacturing, purchasing, importing, retailing and more to become a corporate CEO. Capitalism’II features 2 new campaigns – The Capitalist Campaign and the Entrepreneur Campaign – plus an in-depth tutorial. |
| Baroll | 2001-12-18 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Baroll This is a single player, freeware puzzle game. Barrels roll out of the factory but the track between the factory and the destination is incomplete. The player has to arrange the existing pieces of track to route them to their destination. Pieces of track are selected by clicking on them, they them appear on screen within a hexagon, a green hexagon means the track can be moved while a red one means it cannot. Points are scored when a barrel reaches its destination and are lost if a barrel gets smashed.This game comes with seventy-two levels and a level editor.
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| Cylindrix | 2001-12-18 | | Goldtree Enterprises | Action | | | | Arcade, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Choose your ship, your shipmates whom will have ships of their own and command your groups to win by taking over the Cylindrix. You'll also have to face the COMPUTER'S choices of it's group and it's ships! A FAST PACED GAME in REAL TIME 3D COMBAT. You must try to outwit the computer, but usually the computer will outwit you! Game is also playable by modem; head-to-head! |
| Pyrastak | 2001-12-19 | | | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pyrastak is a single-player, freeware, falling block puzzle game in which both the colour and the shape on the block are important. Players start with a pyramid of blocks and more blocks fall from the top of the screen. The object is to create a series of three horizontal blocks in which either the colour or the shape match - the matching blocks then disappear and the player scores points. Awkward blocks can be zapped by clicking on them but the player only has a limited amount of shots in their arsenal - though more can be earned by creating lines of three blocks. Clicking in the general game area toggles the direction of gravity causing the falling blocks to fall to the left or right. |
| Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2 | 2001-12-20 | SEGA Corporation | SONICTEAM, Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Persistent | | | Windows | The world's first online console RPG gets an update with PSO Ver. 2. New items and weapons, new online games and play modes, a Dressing Room, new areas to explore, and the Ultimate Difficulty mode have been added. You can also bring in your PSO characters, modify them in the Dressing Room, and attempt Ultimate Mode and strive to reach Level 200!PSO Ver. 2 functions as a stand-alone game, as well as an add-on. You don't need to have owned PSO in order to play. |
| Zwei!! | 2001-12-20 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | | | | | | | Windows | Magic was once strong in Granvallen, the miraculous world of floating continents. A thousand years ago, six demons lords rebelled against the benevolent twin goddesses Aplyes and Espina. Thus the Great Sorcery War began, in which humans fought valiantly against demons. Tiara, the Priestess Princess of the Holy Kingdom of Valence, and the Crusader Paradys managed to defeat the demons, but the force of magic that penetrated Granvallen began to fade as a result.Five hundred years later, a mysterious masked man enters the peaceful village of Puck on the continent of Arshes. Two fourteen-year-old children, the girl Pipiro and the boy Pokkle, witness how he enters the village temple, murders a guard, and steals six Goddess statues, the village's biggest treasure. The kids decide to leave Puck, track down the stranger, bring him to justice, and perhaps gain fame and fortune in the process.Zwei!! is an action role-playing game with bright, cartoon-like 2D visuals. The player can switch between Pipiro and Pokkle at any time; when controlling one character, the other is handled by the AI. Pipiro uses magical projectiles while Pokkle fights with a drill-like close-combat weapon. Elemental and combo attacks can be used to exploit enemy weakpoints and force them to drop better items.The player accesses individual locations from the overworld. Most of them are labyrinthine dungeons with multiple levels populated by enemies. Experience points are obtained from food dropped by enemies or found in the game world. Food items can be combined in a restaurant to create more powerful ones with a higher experience count. The player can also acquire a pet animal (a cat or a dog), who follows the protagonists, helps them collect items, and unlocks specific combo attacks. |
| Bumper Wars | 2001-12-21 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Boston Animation Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Bumper Wars is a futuristic racing game, as the name implies not unlike the bumpers you'd see in your local fair. Naturally, the arena's the matches take place in are a wee bit more complex. Also, some things have been introduced to spice up the whole experience a bit.You'll come across 54 Vehicles in the games 15 arenas set on different alien worlds, and once you've mastered them all, up to six people can play this game in multiplayer. |
| Izumo | 2001-12-21 | Studio Ego | Studio Ego | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Hikaru is a normal Japanese teenager, who goes to the prestigious Izumo academy. Lately he has been seeing dreams: a mysterious woman appears, trying to tell him something. One day he accidentally touches a mirror in an abandoned building near the school. At this moment, the school becomes infested with monsters. Hikaru and his sister have no choice but to fight the monsters and to find out the connection to the hero's mysterious dreams.Izumo is a standard Japanese RPG with extensive portions of "digital novel", in which the player views events displayed as anime-style still shots, occasionally making a decision. The main part of the gameplay - RPG - consists of navigating the party of heroes through the dungeon and fighting random enemies in turn-based combat viewed from isometric perspective. The camera can be rotated 180 degrees during exploration. The characters have elemental affinities and can learn various types of elemental magic. The game contains some images with nudity and sexual situations. |
| Icy Tower | 2001-12-22 | Free Lunch Design AB | Free Lunch Design AB | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Icy Tower is seen in a traditional platform side view and players control Harold the Homeboy as he attempts to climb a tower of infinite height whilst doing cool jumps and moves in order to get a high score and awe from his friends in the hood.The main game mechanic is that the faster Harold runs, the higher he can jump. This can be used to pick up speed in order to jump several stories in one go, something which is required to string together combination jumps which in turn score the most point. This is made harder by the fact that the screen where the player is seen is constantly moved upwards, faster and faster, and the player must keep up or forfeit the game.Controls are very simple with only left, right and jump being used. Replays can be recorded and shared with friends and via a global online highscore function. The game also supports custom characters which either can be created by the user or downloaded from the net. |
| Pirate Fry and Volcano Island | 2001-12-22 | | Squinky Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Fry is a pirate who needs to acquire his pirating license since the passing of a new rule in his guild. He has to take three tests: kill someone, steal something valuable and redeem himself. After successfully passing a logic test, he's sent to Volcano Island in order to fulfill his triple objective; an island that is the territory of terrible headhunters. Will Fry remain a pirate or will he die so young? Pirate Fry is an independent game made with the AGS Engine and is the first game in the Pirate Fry Trilogy.The gameplay is in classic point-and-click fashion. The player has to select an action and then click on the object or the person to interact. There are four actions: "walk", "look", "talk" and "use/interact". Objects can be picked up in order to combine them or to use them later. They are stored in a inventory accessible at all times. |
| Magna Carta: The Phantom of Avalanche | 2001-12-28 | Softmax Co., Ltd. | Softmax Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Calintz is the adopted son of King Helios and a famous hero known as "The Phantom of Avalanche" due to his victorious battles against monsters. He returns to the land of Shudelmir only to find out things aren't what they seem. The new emperor has made some unpopular decisions, and now a faction known as Vermillion opposes his rule. The fallen princess Juclecia attempts to regain her throne as well. Despite tragic memories from his past, Calintz decides to stay in the city, and accepts the position as the leader of the 7th Squad of Shudelmir military. There unravels a tale of mystery, love, political intrigue, and betrayal. Magna Carta: The Phantom of Avalanche is a Korean-made role-playing game with Japanese-style gameplay mechanics and aesthetics. Enemies attack randomly, and battles are turn-based. Characters can move across a confined battlefield during combat. Movement, spells, and attacks cost turn points, which the characters are given each turn. Characters can execute ability attacks which deplete their TP bar, as well as perform powerful combos that require the player to press keys in certain rhythmical patterns.Carta points are awarded for defeating foes. Carta are energy patterns that roughly correspond to elemental magic and are represented by Chinese characters, The player can distribute carta points freely to many characters attributes which affect their spells, range, attack and defense. The system is somewhat similar to the junctioning of Guardian Forces in Final Fantasy VIII. |
| Korona | 2001-12-31 | | | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Korona is freeware game that is a mix between two other games: pool and air hockey. The differences are the square-shaped table and the the four holes on each corner of the table. You also hit pucks instead of balls.You can play from two to four players on the same computer. Each player has its own color, eight small pucks and one big puck of the same color. Shoot the big puck with your stick and try to pocket as many little pucks, that share the same color, as you can. If you fail to do so or pocket the big puck you lose your turn. The player who pockets first all of his pucks wins.The controls are very simple : move the mouse to aim. Hold the left mouse button and move the mouse left or right to reposition your big puck. Hold the left mouse button and move the mouse up or down to zoom. Hold and release the right mouse button to shoot. |
| .shot | 2002 | 30-50-80 | 30-50-80 | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | .shot is a 2D arcade shoot 'em up. The player controls a space ship that can only be moved left or right (landscape mode) or up and down (portrait) mode, shooting other ships and gathering power-ups. The ship, all enemies and bullets are built out of the same white squares and the game is played against a dark background. |
| 100+ Great Games: Volume II | 2002 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Antidote Entertainment | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 100+ Great Games: Volume II is a collection of just over one hundred casual games. The games are grouped into four categories, Action, Board, Puzzle and Cards. When the player selects a category and scrolls down the list of games a brief description and a screenshot of the game is displayed. All the games play in a window in the game area next to the game menu and have their own, individual instruction screen. The games in this package are:Action: Aim And Fire, Anti-Gravity Ball, Bubble Plunge, Base Defender, Beaver Fever, Bombardiers, Bounce Back, Crazy Creeps, Dog Fight, Enter The T-Roy, Fish'n Hole, Machine War, Miner-X, Pad Hop, Pay Out, Repair Scare, Robotic Invaders, Sea Invaders, Sky Gunner, Snow Fight, Space Canyon, T-Roy Returns, Wake Race, Water Fight, Weapon Earth, Worm Feast
Board: Checkers American, Checkers Crowded, Checkers Sparse, Darts (301), Darts (Clock), Darts (Scram), Darts (Shanghai), Go Moku, Hex, Keryo Pente, Maze Craze, Peg Scramble, Pente, Pro Go Moku, Roll A Ball, Simple Faro, Slight O' Hand, Tower Of Hanoy
Puzzle: 3 Billy Goats, Beams, Cosmos, Cubed, Cube Slide, Dune Faces, Geo-Match, Labyrinth, Leading Lady, Lost Sheep, Mirror Faces, Ramps, Rows And Columns, Silhouette, Spell This, Sphere Shift, Spin Sect, Tantrix, Traffic Escape, Train, Tropics, Word Up
Cards: Above Below, Aces Square, Ace To King, Agnes Bernauer, Agnes Sorel, Auld Lang Syn, Bakers Game, Betsy Ross, Black Hole, Blind Alleys, Blondes + Brunettes, Box Kite, Carribean Poker, Class Day, Congress, Corners, Czarina, Doublets, Duchess De Luynes, Flea, Ninety One, Picture Patience, Reversi, Simplicity, Sir Tommy, Stonewall, Streets Alleys, Sultan, Superior Canfield, Tower Hanoy, Triad, Two Rings, Willow Wisp
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| 15 Beaut Aussie Games: Volume 4 | 2002 | Nodtronics Pty Ltd | Ezone.com | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 15 Beaut Aussie Games: Volume 4 is a collection of fifteen casual games from Ezone.com. The games in this collection are:Amoeba Madness
Aussie Surf Classic
Blingball
Do You Want Flies With That?
Ezone Match-A-Pair
Ezone Solitaire
The Fleebees!
Halloweeeen
Learn to speak Australian with Lennie Loosejocks
Lennie Loosejocks in Bunyip Boomerang Bash
Lennie Loosejocks Slot Machine
Little Bugga Goes Nutty
Santa Goes Butt-Boardin'
Valet Ballet
Web Hockey
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| 201 Solid Gold Games | 2002 | Cosmi Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 201 Solid Gold Games is a compilation of both individual games and other compilations, all previously published on-line and in the US by Cosmi. It auto-runs when the CD is loaded and brings up a menu from which the user can install the games. Each product is installed separately, there is no 'Install All' feature. This compilation contains;
3D Frog Frenzy
Swift Classics Board Games (here called just 'Board Games')
Card Games (aka Card Games For Windows)
Slots 100
Top 20 Solid Gold Games
Top 30 Games 4 Kids
Top 50 Blazing Games, which was released separately under the title Blazing Games
Trivia Quiz: a simple 'one-time' quiz which asks the same questions each time it is played and does not record the results. |
| 2D 3D Puzzle Dreamy Kiss | 2002 | Aktiva-S | Aktiva-S | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 2D 3D Puzzle Dreamy Kiss is a single player, shareware, mouse controlled jigsaw puzzle, it is one of a series of 2D 3D games produced by Aktiva-S in which the gameplay is the same but the pictures in each are different. There is just one picture in the shareware version and this is a sepia photograph of two people kissing.This game takes the picture and breaks it into a number of squares which it then shuffles, the player's task is to reassemble the picture within the time limit. The player selects two pieces with the mouse by left clicking on them and then right clicks to swap them around. In this respect the game is similar to many other 2D tile swapping jigsaw programs, however there is a 3D element to the game as the fragmented picture floats around in space giving the player a more challenging experience as sometimes parts of the picture cannot be seen.. As the player makes progresses they will have the opportunity to convert points earned into extra time.The game plays in Spanish, English (US), French, German and Italian. There are three other titles in the series making four games in all. Aktiva-S also released four free screensavers, one based on each game, plus three compilations. |
| 2D 3D Puzzle Flowers No1 | 2002 | Aktiva-S | Aktiva-S | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | | Windows | 2D 3D Puzzle Flowers N01 is a single player, shareware, mouse controlled jigsaw puzzle, it is one of a series of 2D 3D games produced by Aktiva-S in which the gameplay is the same but the pictures in each are different. There is just one picture in the shareware version and this is shows a group of white daisy-like flowers.This game takes the picture and breaks it into a number of squares which it then shuffles, the player's task is to reassemble the picture within the time limit. The player selects two pieces with the mouse by left clicking on them and then right clicks to swap them around. In this respect the game is similar to many other 2D tile swapping jigsaw programs, however there is a 3D element to the game as the fragmented picture floats around in space giving the player a more challenging experience.The game plays in Spanish, English (US), French, German and Italian. The game plays in Spanish, English (US), French, German and Italian. There are three other titles in the series making four games in all. Aktiva-Salso released four free screensavers one based on each game plus three compilations.
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| 2D 3D Puzzle Say I Do | 2002 | Aktiva-S | Aktiva-S | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 2D 3D Puzzle Say I Do is a single player, shareware, mouse controlled jigsaw puzzle, it is one of a series of 2D 3D games produced by Aktiva-S in which the gameplay is the same but the pictures in each are different. There is just one picture in the shareware version and this is a colour tinted sepia photograph of courting couple.This game takes the picture and breaks it into a number of squares which it then shuffles, the player's task is to reassemble the picture within the time limit. The player selects two pieces with the mouse by left clicking on them and then right clicks to swap them around. In this respect the game is similar to many other 2D tile swapping jigsaw programs, however there is a 3D element to the game as the fragmented picture floats around in space giving the player a more challenging experience as sometimes parts of the picture cannot be seen.. As the player makes progresses they will have the opportunity to convert points earned into extra time.The game plays in Spanish, English (US), French, German and Italian. There are three other titles in the series making four games in all. Aktiva-S also released four free screensavers, one based on each game, plus three compilations.
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| 2D 3D Puzzle War Craft No1 | 2002 | Aktiva-S | Aktiva-S | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 2D 3D Puzzle War Craft No1 is a single player, shareware, mouse controlled jigsaw puzzle, it is one of a series of 2D 3D games produced by Aktiva-S in which the gameplay is the same but the pictures in each are different. There is just one picture in the shareware version and this is a sepia photograph of an old battleshipThis game takes the picture and breaks it into a number of squares which it then shuffles, the player's task is to reassemble the picture within the time limit. The player selects two pieces with the mouse by left clicking on them and then right clicks to swap them around. In this respect the game is similar to many other 2D tile swapping jigsaw programs, however there is a 3D element to the game as the fragmented picture floats around in space giving the player a more challenging experience as sometimes parts of the picture cannot be seen.. As the player makes progresses they will have the opportunity to convert points earned into extra time.The game plays in Spanish, English (US), French, German and Italian. There are three other titles in the series making four games in all. Aktiva-S also released four free screensavers, one based on each game, plus three compilations. |
| 3 CD Games Pack: Games of Conquest | 2002 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
Majesty: The Northern Expansion
Risk II
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| 3 CD Games Pack: Games of Flight | 2002 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th!
European Air War
Gunship!
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| 3 CD Games Pack: Games of Steel | 2002 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
MechWarrior 3
MechWarrior 3: Pirate's Moon
X-COM: Enforcer
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| 3 CD Games Pack: Games of the Arcade | 2002 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Atari: Anniversary Edition
Combat
Ms. Pac-Man: Quest for the Golden Maze
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| 3 Puzzles | 2002 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 3 Puzzles is a compilation of three freeware games from Robin Burrows>. The installation process puts four files onto the players machine, a full screen version of the game, a windowed version of the game, a 'safe' version of the game together with game instructions and advice in a .txt notepad file. All three games were available for independent download from the developer's website and it's US mirror, in 2002 he rolled all three into a single download. The games available are;
Baroll
Molefest
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| 3D Hearts Deluxe | 2002 | Freeverse, Inc. | Freeverse, Inc. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | 3D Hearts Deluxe is a multiplayer computer card game featuring interchangeable characters that can be played against computer opponents or online. Unlike most other computer card games, this one uses a 3-D first-person environment as opposed to the plain top-down 2-D. There is a tutorial feature for those who are learning how to play. There is also the option to connect to the GameSmith service for network play. The player can set up the card game with different rules, levels of difficulty, characters, and backgrounds. |
| 3D Monster Maze | 2002 | Demon Star | Demon Star | Action | 1st-person | Fangame | | Arcade, Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | This remake of 3D Monster Maze features sound, color graphics and some extensions of the original game, such as auto-mapping (that, due to the 8-bit technology used in the game, is only working intermittently), keys needed to open the exit, and items like a tracker that shows the dino's position and a CD with the maze map. |
| 3D Shooter | 2002 | GameYard.com | GameYard.com | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 3D Shooter is a simple shooting game where the player is on a shooting range, and must hit incoming targets as close to the bull's-eye as possible. The player can shoot by clicking, and after running out of bullets he must reload by clicking the bottom-left corner. There are three difficulty levels available, differing in the amount of targets appearing simultaneously and their speed. The player gains score by shooting targets, and loses points if he misses a shot. The game lasts 60 seconds, then the round ends and the score is displayed. |
| 3D Spades Deluxe | 2002 | Freeverse, Inc. | Freeverse, Inc. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | 3D Spades Deluxe is a multiplayer computer card game featuring interchangeable characters that can be played against computer opponents or online. Unlike most other computer card games, this one uses a 3-D first-person environment as opposed to the plain top-down 2-D. There is a tutorial feature for those who are learning how to play. There is also the option to connect to the GameSmith service for network play. The player can set up the card game with different rules, levels of difficulty, characters, and backgrounds. |
| 40 PC Games: Mega Game Box | 2002 | Megaware Multimedia B.V. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 40 PC Games: Mega Game Box is a box that contains 40 games. Each game comes on a separate disc and is contained in its own card slipcase. Inside the box is a card stiffener which creates a space to hold all the games in place so that they do not rattle around. The box itself contains no publisher's name, no date, and no contact details. The games are all labelled as belonging to Megaware Multimedia's 'PC-Gamehits!' range so they have been credited as the publisher and the release date is based on the most recent create date of all the discs. There are some system requirements and there is a product code which most sites say is unknown and a couple say is not a valid code. The games in this compilation are:
Vol 2 : Magic Builder
Vol 3: Sleepwalker
Vol 04: Scooter Pro
Vol 5: 3D Gunpad
Vol 6: Bemazed
Vol 7: Target: Earth
Vol 8: Mega Pinball
Vol 9: Psyworld
Vol 10: WaveBall
Vol 11: State of War
Vol 12: CompuChess
Vol 13: Qlympics (just called Qlympics in this compilation)
Vol 15: Rolling Marbles
Vol 16: Lookz
Vol 17: Pharaoh's Pitfall
Vol 18: Parg
Vol 19: Mahjongg 3D
Vol 20: 3D Armada
Vol 21: Casino Deluxe
Vol 22: Toyland Racing
Vol 23: G-Tok
Vol 24: World of Colours
Vol 25: World of Music
Vol 26: World of Games
Vol 27: World of Puzzles
Vol 28: World of Maths
Vol 29: Robots
Vol 30: Operation Overkill
Vol 31: TurboToons
Vol 32: Boxers Story
Vol 33: RollerBot: Time Journey (just named RollerBOT here)
Vol 34: Platypus
Vol 35: Submarines
Vol 36: RingRiker
Vol 37: Marbles 3D
Vol 38: Nemo Junior: Circus
Vol 39: Nemo Junior: Music
Vol 40: Nemo Junior: Holidays
Vol 41: Solitaires
Vol 42: Pickman 3D |
| 5 Jumbo Puzzels: Kastelen | 2002 | Koninklijke Jumbo B.V. | Engine Software B.V., Foreign Media Group | Puzzle | | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 5 Jumbo Puzzels: Kastelen is a Dutch jigsaw puzzle title with five pictures all of castles, it is one of a series of such games, other titles include Landscapes and Cats & Dogs.The game is played entirely with the mouse which is used to drag and drop pieces into place over a ghost image of the original picture. The jigsaw size and complexity is adjusted via two sliding scales on the configuration screen.The game has music and a choice of backgrounds, there are also player aids to arrange all the pieces |
| 500 for Windows | 2002 | | Special K Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | 500 for Windows is a trick-taking card game played by one player and a computer partner against a pair of computer players.500 (sometimes called Five Hundred) is a game that originated in America in the late 1890's. It is a variant of Euchre incorporating elements of Bridge. The card game can be played by two to six players, in this computer version it is played by one person against three computer opponents.The object of the game is to stare how many tricks a partnership can make, play the hand and score/lose points for making/not making the stated contract. The first pair to score five hundred points wins or, alternatively, the first pair to score minus five hundred points loses.The game is played internationally and this has led to variations in the rules, consequently this game has many different options. There are:
Six different bidding rules
Three different types of partner play, conservative, standard and cowboy
Australian standard playing rules - these are the default
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| 7D Rings | 2002 | 7th Department | 7th Department | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 7D Rings is a single player, shareware, mouse-controlled logic puzzle.The player is presented with a number of interlocking rings made from coloured beads. Using the mouse the player clicks on a bead and drags it to rotate the ring, the object being to get all beads of the same colour together.The game starts with two rings in level one, three rings in level two with the puzzles getting harder as the player progresses. One unusual feature of the game is its transparent feature in which the game is played without the normal window frame.
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| ASUS Quadforce | 2002 | ASUSTeK Computer, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This package was included as a bundled item with several different ASUS-branded video cards. The package includes three full games:AquaNoxMidnight GT: Primary RacerRage RallyAlso included is a third CD with demos for Rally Championship Xtreme, Comanche 4, Delta Force 3: Land Warrior, Colin McRae Rally 2.0, Operation Flashpoint and Incoming Forces. |
| Abysma | 2002 | | Trixiam Studios, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Abysma is a single-player, shareware, mouse controlled, puzzle game.The player starts with a rectangular game area filled with squares of different sizes, or rather it's almost filled because there are some holes. At the top of the game area is 'The Bar Of Doom' which slowly descends over the game area. When it encounters a hole the player loses energy and when that's gone it's game over so the player has to move shapes from elsewhere to fill the holes before 'The Bar Of Doom' reaches them - naturally this makes another hole somewhere else so the player must somehow fill those holes tooFor every level the player completes the game adds another shape to the game area so while level one is just different sized squares level three has cross shapes and so onThe game has a high score table and an on-line high score table, music, a tutorial level, four difficulty settings and can be played in a window or full screen. The shareware version was downloaded as a complete game but was locked after sixty minutes of play, if the player wished to continue they had to purchase an unlock key. The game could also be played on-line for a short period. |
| Action Arcade 5-Pak | 2002 | Swift Software | | Action, Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Action Arcade 5-Pak bundles five Webfoot Technologies games in a single package:3D Alien Invasion3D Brick Busters3D Caveman Rocks3D Dragon Castle3D Galaxy Fighters |
| Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Early Science | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | Keysoft | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Early Science is a title that is designed to help children learn through a gaming environment. The subject here is, obviously, science and the title plays just like a computer game.The format throughout is the same, The player is presented with a series of multiple choice questions each of which has four possible answers. Each question has a points value which decreases the longer the pupil takes to answer. To aid the pupil there are three help options, a 'Zap 2'box which eliminates two false answers; a 'Clue' box which gives the pupil a very strong hint that, in some cases is the same as giving the full answer; and a 'Look It Up' box which gives the pupil the information they need to answer the question. The topics/levels in this title are: Life Processes, Humans, Plants, Variations, Living Things, grouping Materials, Changing Materials, Electricity, Forces and Motion, Light and Sound, Equipment and The Solar System
The first level, 'Life Processes', typifies the game play; here the pupil is shown four pictures or words and is asked questions such as 'Which of these has never lived?' or 'Which of these is alive now?'Each topic is treated as a new level in the game, when a level is completed the player is treated to a mini-game and the points scored in these games are used to increase the pupil's game time. The game continues until the player runs out of time at which point the game ends. The mini games in this title are:
Sirius B: A mouse controlled Defender style game where the player flies left and right shooting alien space ships, there are no little men to rescue though
Floyd: a mouse controlled Breakout game where the object is to destroy as many blocks as possible with three balls.
Rocks: a mouse controlled Asteroids game where the player has just one ship to destroy as many rocks as possible.All levels can be revised, i.e. played individually, and the pupil can also take a test in each subject for which they are rewarded with a printable certificate |
| Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Numbers | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | Keysoft | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Numbers is a title that is designed to help children learn through a gaming environment. The subject here is, obviously, numeracy and the title plays just like a computer game.Each topic is treated as a new level in the game, when a level is completed the player is treated to a mini-game and the points scored in these games are used to increase the pupils game time. The game continues until the player runs out of time at which point the game ends.
The topics/levels in this title are: Counting to Ten; Addition to Ten; Subtraction to Ten; Addition to Twenty; Subtraction to Twenty; Odd/Even Numbers; Two, Five and Ten Times Tables; Decimals; Rounding Up and Down; Fractions; Sharing; and Simple Algebra.
The format throughout is the same, The player is presented with a series of multiple choice questions each of which has four possible answers. Each question has a points value which decreases the longer the pupil takes to answer. To aid the pupil there are three help options, a 'Zap 2'box which eliminates two false answers; a 'Clue' box which gives the pupil a very strong hint; and a 'Look It Up' box which gives the pupil the information they need to answer the question.In most levels the pupil is asked a question, sometimes in mathematical form e.g. '6 - 3 = ?", sometimes in words such as "Which of these numbers is odd?" or "Find the quarter?". Accompanying the question are four possible answers and the player and must select the correct answer from the four letters shown. There are some minor topic dependant variations, for example in Level 1 the player is shown a picture of a number, e.g. 6, and must select the word 'six' from the four words presented.
There is a high score table and the game is played entirely with the mouse.
The mini games in this title are:
Hell Bats: A Space Invaders style game where the player must destroy as many green alien bats as possible with just one life.
Pop Shots: A mouse controlled shooting gallery game in which the player aims for a high score, the rows of targets go faster and faster as the game progresses
Meteor Wars: A mouse controlled Missile Command game All levels can be revised, i.e. played individually, and the pupil can also take a test in each subject for which they are rewarded with a printable certificate.
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| Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Phonic Spelling | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | Keysoft | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Phonic Spelling is a title that is designed to help children learn through a gaming environment. The subject here is, obviously, spelling and the title plays just like a computer game.Each topic is treated as a new level in the game, when a level is completed the player is treated to a mini-game and the points scored in these games are used to increase the pupils game time. The game continues until the player runs out of time at which point the game ends.
The topics/levels in this title are: First Letters, Missing Vowels, Short / Long Vowels, Rhyming Words, Final 'ing', Same Endings, Building/Using Words, Silent Letters, Vowel Sounds, More Vowel Sounds, Days and Dates, and Letter Blends.
The format throughout is the same, The player is presented with a series of multiple choice questions each of which has four possible answers. Each question has a points value which decreases the longer the pupil takes to answer. To aid the pupil there are three help options, a 'Zap 2'box which eliminates two false answers; a 'Clue' box which gives the initial letter of the answer which, when the question is 'what is the missing letter?' is the same as giving the full answer; and a 'Look It Up' box which gives the pupil the information they need to answer the question.
The first level, 'First Letters', typifies the game play; here the pupil is shown a picture of say, a log, hears the word 'log' spoken, and must select the letter 'l' from the four letters shown. There are some minor topic dependant variations, for example in Level 3 'Short and Long sounds' there are no pictures and the pupil is asked questions like 'Which word has a long sounding 'e'?' and must select the correct word from the four presented, e.g. in a list of bed, lemon, female and wet the answer would be female.
There is a high score table and the game is played entirely with the mouse.
The mini games in this title are:
Skid Marks: A mouse controlled driving game where the player must race down a road, avoiding cones and roadside obstacles, for as long as possible
Meteor Wars: A mouse controlled Missile Command style gameRocks: a mouse controlled Asteroids game in which the player has just one ship and must survive and destroy as many rocks as possibleAll levels can be revised, i.e. played individually, and the pupil can also take a test in each subject for which they are rewarded with a printable certificate.
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| Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Time | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | Keysoft | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Time is a title that is designed to help children learn through a gaming environment. The subject here is, obviously, telling the time and the title plays just like a computer game.Each topic is treated as a new level in the game, when a level is completed the player is treated to a mini-game and the points scored in these games are used to increase the pupils game time. The game continues until the player runs out of time at which point the game ends.
The topics/levels in this title are: Time, O'Clock, Quarter Past, Half Past. Quarter To, Minutes, Seconds, 24 Hours, Day, Week, Months and Seasons
The format throughout is the same, The player is presented with a series of multiple choice questions each of which has four possible answers. Each question has a points value which decreases the longer the pupil takes to answer. To aid the pupil there are three help options, a 'Zap 2'box which eliminates two false answers; a 'Clue' box which gives the pupil a very strong hint that, in some cases, is the same as giving the full answer; and a 'Look It Up' box which gives the pupil the information they need to answer the question.
The third level, 'Quarter To', typifies the game play; here the pupil is shown pictures of four watches and is asked a question such as "Which watch shows quarter to seven?", and must select correct picture from those shown. There are some minor topic dependant variations, for example in Levels One and Two the pupil is shown asked questions about a picture, for example in one question they are given picture of a watch with an arrow pointing to one of its hands and must say whether the hand tells minutes hours, seconds or days.
There is a high score table and the game is played entirely with the mouse.
The mini games in this title are:
Floyd: a mouse controlled Breakout game where the object is to destroy as many blocks as possible with three balls.
Hell Bats: A mouse controlled Space Invaders game where the player has to destroy as many of the ranks of green aliens as possible with just one base.
Star Feud: a mouse controlled space shooter. In this game the player's ship is in the centre of the screen and can only rotate to target the increasing number of enemy ships that attack from all directions.All levels can be revised, i.e. played individually, and the pupil can also take a test in each subject for which they are rewarded with a printable certificate.
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| Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Times Tables | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | Keysoft | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Times Tables is a title that is designed to help children learn through a gaming environment. The subject here is, obviously, mathematics & simple multiplication and the title plays just like a computer game.Each topic is treated as a new level in the game, when a level is completed the player is treated to a mini-game and the points scored in these games are used to increase the pupils game time. The game continues until the player runs out of time at which point the game ends.
The topics/levels in this title are: 2 & 5 times tables; 3 & 4 times tables; Tables to 6 times 5; Tables to 12 times 5; 6 & 10 times tables; 7 & 8 times tables; Tables to 6 times 8; Tables to 12 times 8; 9 & 11 times tables; 11 & 12 times tables; and Tables to 12 times 12.
The format throughout is the same, the player is presented with a series of multiple choice questions each of which has four possible answers. Each question has a points value which decreases the longer the pupil takes to answer. To aid the pupil there are three help options, a 'Zap 2'box which eliminates two false answers; a 'Clue' box which gives the pupil a very strong hint that, in some cases, is the same as giving the full answer; and a 'Look It Up' box which gives the pupil the information they need to answer the question.
Often questions are simple sums such as "2 x 5 = 5 ?" and the answer is a number. Sometimes however it is a question such as 'Moby has six games each of which has five levels, how many levels are there altogether?', and while teh answers are generaly numbers they can be words or occasionally four pictures showing different numbers of items.
There is a high score table and the game is played entirely with the mouse.
The mini games in this title are:
Skid Marks: A mouse controlled driving game where the player must race down a road, avoiding cones and roadside obstacles, for as long as possible
Marbles: This is a Pac-Man style game in which the player must collect dots and fruit scattered around a maze while avoiding four baddies. There's only one life in this game.
Fishy Business: The player controls a mini submarine and must dive for shells. This is another single life game and any contact with the fast swimming fish means the end of the game.All levels can be revised, i.e. played individually, and the pupil can also take a test in each subject for which they are rewarded with a printable certificate.
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| Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Words | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | Keysoft | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Words is a title that is designed to help children learn through a gaming environment. The subject here is, obviously, literacy and the title plays just like a computer game.Each topic is treated as a new level in the game, when a level is completed the player is treated to a mini-game and the points scored in these games are used to increase the pupils game time. The game continues until the player runs out of time at which point the game ends.
The topics/levels in this title are: People; The Home; The Street; Animals; Shopping; The Body; Clothing; Transport; Colours, Shapes, Numbers; The Park; and The Country
The format throughout is the same, The player is presented with a series of multiple choice questions each of which has four possible answers. Each question has a points value which decreases the longer the pupil takes to answer. To aid the pupil there are three help options, a 'Zap 2'box which eliminates two false answers; a 'Clue' box which gives the pupil a very strong hint; and a 'Look It Up' box which gives the pupil the information they need to answer the question.In most levels the pupil is shown a word and is asked to select the appropriate picture from the four possible picture answers.
There is a high score table and the game is played entirely with the mouse.
The mini games in this title are:
Zarkoph: A space shooter which places the player's ship to the left of a whirling mass of asteroids that must be destroyed.
Fishing Trip: The player must control the path of their fishing boat downstream avoiding collisions with piers and the banks while catching, i.e. Running over, as many fish as possible along the way
Star Feud: Another mouse controlled space shooter. In this game the player's ship is in the centre of the screen and can only rotate to target the increasing number of enemy ships that attack from all directions. All levels can be revised, i.e. played individually, and the pupil can also take a test in each subject for which they are rewarded with a printable certificate.
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| Advanced Clicks | 2002 | | MarBit | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Advanced Clicks is a clone of a game known mainly as Same-Game. Here the playfield dimensions are 12x18 and all tiles have to be cleared by clicking groups of at least two adjacent pieces with the same color. Selecting and removing tiles is done by using the mouse. The game ends when there are no possible moves and there are still tiles remaining on the board.The game offers customization of the background screen, tiles and overall skin of the interface. There are three difficulty levels, differing in the number of tiles colors: 3, 5 or 7. It is possible to undo the last move or start a new game at any time.The game has a high scores table and shows points scored per each move, as well as number of possible moves to perform. |
| Adventure Workshop: 4th-6th Grade | 2002 | Learning Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Adventure Workshop is a collection of three complete titles for the 4th, 5th and 6th school grades:
Carmen Sandiego Word Detective
ClueFinders Reading Adventure
Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets! |
| Afrosanta | 2002 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Stealth | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Afrosanta is freeware 3D stealth FPS with christmas themes. The player controls Santa's "replacement" - he must find and deliver presents under christmas tree. Main Hero works unnoticed - if human sees him, a flying monster-ghost is released and Afrosanta must fight against this enemy - he has weapon with unlimited ammo, but his HPs are very limited. People, ghosts and presents are visible on special radar in right bottom corner of screen. |
| Agassi Tennis Generation 2002 | 2002 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | In this tennis game with the endorsement of former world no. 1 Andre Agassi, the player has 32 players (all male, of which Agassi is the only real player), every one with their own strengths and 16 tournaments around the world, each with their trademark court (so you can count on Carpet in St. Petersburg, Grass on London, Clay in Paris and Cement on New York). Three game modes are available: Quick game (a simple game where the players sets all options, from location to the participants), Arcade (beating a series of games in a row) and Agassi Tournament, where the player competes for the No. 1 spot. Gameplay is simple, as usual in most tennis matches. There are four buttons, controlling a simple shot, lob, top and back spin, and to win points, the player must be positioned correctly and add the right amount of direction and strength into the shot (by moving the d-pad). Serving uses a power bar where the player presses a key to toss the ball, and the bar fills up as the best time to hit the ball approaches, when the player hits the button again. Like in Virtua Tennis there are two views, the usual TV camera and a "behind the player" camera. Unlike other games published by Cryo in the Roland Garros series, the camera does not change so that the player is always on the bottom court. |
| Age of Sail II: Privateer's Bounty | 2002 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Akella | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, Sea pirates / Caribbean | Naval / watercraft, Vehicle simulator | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Age of Sail II: Privateer's Bounty is the second game to bear the name Age of Sail II. What started life as an expansion soon grew to become a second edition of the game with plenty of bug fixes and new features included. Enhancements from the original Age of Sail II include a brand new pirate campaign, a variety of additional missions and new units; the paddleboat, submarine, hot air balloon, fire ship and bomb ship.The game itself is identical in nature to the previous Age of Sail II, the premise being 18th and 19th century naval warfare. A variety of battles, both historical and fictional are included as well as a campaign mode that features several different sea-faring countries and factions; England, France, American Revolutionaries and Pirates. Objectives can vary greatly and can include offense or defense of targets on land or at sea, and different types of units are stocked with different levels of firepower, armor, speed and maneuverability. Gameplay itself is achieved on a rotatable and zoom-able isometric map with several of your ships controls and status indicators on top of the graphics. In addition to the single player modes, the game also includes TCP/IP multiplayer support for up to 16 players, each with their own historical portrait and flag. Included also within the game is a scenario editor for building and designing your own missions and distributing them to others. |
| Agent 2002 | 2002 | AxySoft | AxySoft | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Agent 2002 is a Christmas-themed enhanced revision of MoneyMania, where the player in a Pac-man style should fill up the mazes with Christmas gifts instead of collecting the treasures. Levels are different from the original, and wider playfields are supported with mini-maps. |
| Air Attack Pack | 2002 | NovaLogic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of 5 aircraft simulations:
Comanche Gold
F-16 Multirole Fighter
F-22 Lightning 3
JSF
MiG-29 Fulcrum |
| Alien Onslaught | 2002 | THEADOS Corporation | THEADOS Corporation | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Alien Onslaught is a shooter game set in space. The player controls a spaceship and must shoot at hostile alien ships. Enemy shots deplete health and running out of health means the player's ship is destroyed. Power-ups can be collected during gameplay, which give new weapons, shields that protect the ship, health replenishment, an extra life, or automatic drones that fight alongside the player. The game is "THEADOS Enhanced": after logging into an account created at the THEADOS Corporation homepage, the player could make in-game purchases for real money in order to buy new weapons, repair the ship or continue after a game over. |
| Ally's Adventure: Through The Glass | 2002 | | Pharos Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Ally's Adventure: Through The Glass is a first person point-and-click adventure inspired by the 1871 novel “ Alice Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll.The story starts when Ally falls asleep after reading the aforementioned work. She dreams of the world outside her window and of going through the glass to explore it. As she falls asleep, in her dream, that's exactly what her cat does and so she follows through the window to find Kitty and bring her home.In this game the player takes the role of Ally and sees what Ally sees. Each scene is a photograph based on the world of Lewis Carroll, whether it is a garden of talking flowers, the white queen, the jabberwock, the slithy tove, or a goat driving a traction engine. The game is entirely mouse controlled and the player explores and interacts with this world by clicking on hotspots within each scene. The player moves from one scene to the next by moving their cursor to the edge of the viewing window, if an arrow appears then the player can travel in that direction.There is optional music within this game; however, all conversations are text based. The player's progress through the game is charted via a points score. |
| Alonix | 2002 | AxySoft | AxySoft | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Alonix is a game inspired by Pac-man with 85 levels during 5 different missions, where the player should reconstruct power fields of the destroyed stations, collect precious amethysts, fly around dangerous tracks, seize enemy platforms, and admire super difficult level-brain-twisters for best players. The game progress can be saved to restore it later, and high scores are stored for each mission. |
| America Double Barrel Collection | 2002 | Data Becker GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | America Double Barrel Collection is a compilation of A*M*E*R*I*C*A and America Expansion Pack. |
| American Idol | 2002 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game, Music / rhythm | Contemporary | | Point and select, Voice control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | American Idol is the first video game based on the casting show of the same name. The player creates a character and tries to become the new American Idol. Each match consists of five steps:1) Character Creation: The player creates a new character which is used for the cause of the match. The character is either male or female and can be customized by choosing between a few names (no manual input), skin types, hairstyle and clothes.2) Karaoke: By using the included microphone, the player provides the lyrical performance to one of 21 songs. Those are comprised of both classic and contemporary performers, e.g. Jackson 5 (ABC), Gloria Gaynor (I Will Survive) or Smash Mouth (The In Set). The player's performance is not rated by the game.3) Road to Stardom: The main gameplay portion is this board game. The goal is to earn enough star points so the next stage of the game is unlocked. After each turn, the player enters a spot which has one of a few possible outcomes: multiple-choice scenarios (points are gained or lost depending on the answer), performances (a standard rhythm game where the player has to push the correct buttons in correspondence to the prompts) or various shops (the player can spend money on dance moves, camera angles, etc. which earns star points). Other events, for example completing a round on the board, earn money.4) Video editor: In this step, the player creates a music video to accompany the karaoke performance. This is basically a simple video editor in which a time-line is created with the bought assets from the board game. 5) Sharing the result: After the game's original release (at least during the second American Idol season), the resulting music video could be uploaded on the show's website. Other visitors could rate it then. |
| Amiga Classics | 2002 | Revive | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Amiga Classics is a bundle comprising a claimed three hundred plus Amiga games and emulators with which to run them. Though the packaging says the disc can be used on DOS, MAC, Windows and Unix platforms what it really means is that the disc contains files of Amiga games and a variety of emulators some of which will run on each of the listed platforms. In the Windows environment and presumably all others the CD does not autorun when loaded, there's no game browser nor is there an on disc manual to guide the user through the installation.All the game files appear to contain public domain / freeware games. Most of the files that have been examined and played were included on cover discs for UK magazines such as Amiga Power and Amiga Format in the early 1990's, in addition all the game files contain multiple games so the claimed three hundred games is a significant under estimate. Emulators need two things to work, program files and a KickStart ROM. This product contains a couple of files that fit the bill they are all Kick Start v1.3 which is needed for A500 emulation. This as a shame as the game files were intended for use with an A1200 machine and, while most run perfectly well, some do not..As there's nothing to run and precious little to see to properly describe this compilation is to list the contents of the disc.Note: the letters 'UAE' appear a lot in the following paragraphs, they represent either 'Universal Amiga Emulator' or 'Ultimate Amiga Emulator'The contents of the disc are as follows:
In the root directory are folders, detailed below together with assorted documents and software. The documents consist of a partial list of the games on the disc, a 'read1st' document which is no help, and part of a document describing WinUAE version Beta 7. The software here is WINZIP95, presumably to to unpack the zipped files, and one of many versions of WinUAE an Amiga emulator.
The folder AmigaInABox contains a single emulation program but with no documentation.
The folder EMULATOR ARCHIVE contains the graphics driver Picasso v2 in .lha format and four sub folders, one for each operating system.DOS: There are two emulators here, DosUAE V0.6.8c a DOS port of the Unix Amiga Emulator, and Fellow v0.3 described as "a Commodore Amiga emulator for the IBM compatible PC."
MAC: This contains many files are in .hqx or.sit format which appear to be the MACUAE emulator
UNIX: Just a single file for UAE v6.0 in .bin format
WINDOWS: This contains three versions of UAE 0.6.9 Win32 (releases 7, 12 and 13) together with XDMS a tool for decompressing Amiga DMS files.
EMULATORS: This contains a separate folder for each of the following emulators, DosUAE v0.69 and v0.69c, Fellow v0.3 and v0.32, WinUAE v0.69 releases 12, 13 beta 7 and 13 beta 9. Also present is UAE v6.9 in .bin format for UNIX and a Kickstart ROM file
FELLOW: Version 0.2.1 of the emulator which runs in Dos
SUPPORT: There are two sub folders here, one for DOS and one for Windows. The DOS folder contains Gzip needed by DosUAE or WinUAE to use compressed adf's & rom files; and UAEL 3.6, a launch program for WinUAE and DosUAE. The list of programs that should be present references SDD5.3, a Vesa bios extender, which is not in this folder.The Windows 95 folder has folders for DirectX3.0a and DirectX5.0 but both are empty it does, however have folders for each of the following launch programs ; UAEL 3.7, UAEGo Release 3 and UAELaunchPad
TEXT: An assortment of text files describing the hardware needed to run Ultimate Amiga Emulator, UAE's version history, advice on transferring software to an Amiga and ROM files from an Amiga, emulation problems, and setting up a hard disc.
UTILITIES: This contains Amiga Disk File Suite V1.5; ADF Transfer program v1.2; adf2disk which writes amiga disk files made for UAE back on amiga disks; ADSKUTIL - which retrieves files from an amiga disk format (ADF) image; an Amiga Floppy reader; UAE source codes; a demo version of WorkBench 95; and zipped files containing icons, blank discs etc
GAMES: The contents of this folder is why most of us will buy this CD. It contains two hundred and eighty eight Amiga data files which are numbered sequentially in the form ASI001 to ASI250; GG001 to GG018; TOOLS001 to TOOLS019 and one file named PROTRACKER. NOte: There is no index that shows the contents of these files.As was stated earlier these files contain multiple public domain games all of which are freely available. The ASI series of files was being sold in Amiga magazines back in 1993 as shareware / public domain software by a coupe of guys from the north of England known as 'The Assassins'. Each file in the series contains multiple games, the file ASI001 for example contains Amigoids, Avtatris, Cave Runner, Rollerpede and Tanx, while ASI246 contains Ooze, Cruel, and Lactose Intolerance. Most of the files in this series seem to run using an A500 emulation which is just as well because the KickStart ROM is for that machine.The GG* are a series of compilation files known as "Games Galore", they require an A1200 emulation and, as the KickStart ROM on this CD is for the A500 it does not seem possible to play them with the emulators supplied.The TOOLS files are just that, collections of software and utilities. For example TOOLS001 contains a selection of public domain sound programs including versions of Noise-Tracker and Sound-Tracker while TOOLS10 contains Pay-Advice v4.0, Show-Std, Flexer data-Base, Home Budget, Share manager, Amiga Diary and Any Month |
| Amoeba Madness | 2002 | Ezone.com | Ezone.com | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Amoeba Madness is a single player, mouse controlled, casual game.In this game the player controls Meebie the Amoeba who looks a bit like a green pea. The player directs Meebie by dragging their mouse around the screen and make him rise up the screen by clicking on the mouse. Meebie falls to the bottom of the screen under gravity.Roaming around the screen are the evil Crunchy Pricklies, which look a bit like Corn Flakes. Points are scored by dropping Meebie onto a Crunchy Prickly and lives are lost if a Crunchy Prickly drops on top of Meebie, the objective is to achieve a high score with just three lives.
While the game can be played on-line in a browser window at Ezone's web site, a PC version was released in the compilation 15 Beaut Aussie Games: Volume 4.
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| Animals of Africa | 2002 | | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Animals of Africa is a single player, mouse controlled maze game.The object of the game is to travel from an entry point to the exit point, the faster this is done the more points are scored. If, however, the player manages to visit the animals within the maze in their wanderings then bonus points are scored. There are six puzzles, or safaris as they are called, in this game each one harder than the last. The game has a high score table and when it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active |
| Another War | 2002 | Cenega Publishing, s.r.o., Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Alien Artefact Team, Mirage Interactive LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | World War II | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Another War is a RPG created by Polish developers. It takes place during World War II, the protagonist being a resistance fighter in the German-occupied territories. The player will visit France, Germany, Yugoslavia, USSR, and Iceland during the course of the game. The game's interface is modeled after classic isometric RPGs, closely resembling that of Baldur's Gate. Experience points are earned by defeating enemies (in real-time combat) and completing quests. The game is rather heavy on text, and most conversations allow the player to choose between different answers and/or actions. The game has 2D rendered graphics in an isometric view with pre-rendered characters. The game features many allusions to classic books and movies, such as Raiders of the Lost Ark, Allo, Allo, Catch-22, Saving Private Ryan, and The Dirty Dozen amongst others. |
| Aqua Digger 3D | 2002 | | GameOver-Games, Ltd | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Aqua Digger 3D is a clone of Digger but placed in 3D perspective and in a different setting. Here, the game field is placed in the bottom of the ocean and the protagonist is an oyster.The goal remains the same: character has to collect all golden coins placed in the level and evade enemies (sea-urchins). The character has an attack mechanic of spitting rope pearls to destroy enemies, as well as pushing chests to make them fall on the enemies. There are also additional bonuses to help the oyster go through the levels.The player can redefine the control keys (arrow keys by default and "Space" to shoot), there is also a highscore table. It features fifty levels and is distributed via a shareware model. |
| Arcade Bowling | 2002 | | Binary Zoo | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Arcade Bowling is a ten pin bowling game for up to four players. iIt is entirely mouse controlled. This game features different alleys: Bowl-O-Rama, Tin Pan Alley, Coalmine, Candycane Court, Flower Power Boulevard and Landmark Lane all of which play exactly the same.In this game the player has a choice of two control systems, both of which use the mouse. They always use the right mouse button to move their bowler left/right at the end of the lane and the right mouse button takes the shot. However the shot control can either set power and spin with the direction being the final adjustment, or power and direction with spin being the final component.There is a choice of character to play as but there is no option to name the character with the player's name(s). All shots are animated in 3D and cannot be skipped, after particularly good/bad shots the player's character dances or shows extreme despair with their opponents usually reacting in the opposite manner. There are three levels of difficulty and the game keeps the top five scores for each. There is in-game music and an option to play tracks from a CD. |
| Arcade Chess | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Board game, Chess | | | | Turn-based | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Arcade Chess is a chess game aimed mainly at beginners. It uses the GFK Chess Engine and has a limited feature set. The player can start as black or white and can play against another person or against the machine. The game has 3D graphics which means the board can be rotated and tilted via the arrow keys, it has five different 'game room environments', the AI player's strength can be adjusted, and there is in-game music. There is no timing of player's moves, no importing or exporting a game, no move undo feature, and crucially there is no save/load game feature. |
| Arcade Master | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Arcade Master is a compilation of casual games from eGames
As is typical of these compilations the install process loads a game browser onto the player's machine. The first time a game is accesses it is installed from the CD but any subsequent times the game is accessed it is loaded and played, there is no 'install all' option. Most games here are either 'Special' or 'Standard' Editions, a reduced version of the full game, or filler games that appear on other compilations. In this product the games are divided into five game rooms with ten games per room, they are: Room 1:
Basketball
Blast Thru SE
Brain Twister
Dart Mania
Atlantis Rising
Bowling Mania SE
Speedy Eggbert SE
Maze Cube
Colors of War SE
Blox Rox
Room 2:
Balloon Kaboom Challenge
Jewel Jam SE
Drop!
Sunken Treasure
99 Bottles
Dweebs SE
Leap & Croak
Four Orbs
Balloon Kaboom
Room 3:
Demonstar SE
Gonzo Heads SE
Boa Constrictor
Max Mix Foto
Crazy Drake SE
Moon Buggy
Drone
Foto Breakout
Mini Golf SE
Kombat Cars SE
Room 4:
Mini Golf Master 2 SE
Funny Diet
Node Jumper SE
Nebula Fighter SE
Master of Dwarves
Treasure Mines
Rifle Range
Diamond Fall
Oxide
Moonshot
Room 5:
Photo Match All
Raptor SE
Dweebs 2 SE
Space Battle 2001 SE
Pinball Master SE comprising just two tables Casino and Heddes of Justice
Wild Wheels SE
Tile Blazer SE
Snake Arena SE
Zulu Assault
Star Miner SE
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| Arcangel: The Legacy Of Peace | 2002 | Cornutopia Software | Cornutopia Software | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Arcangel: The Legacy Of Peace is a turn based, isometric, strategy game.The story is based on the wise and benevolent titans who rule the Earth and use their powers to look after the other creatures who inhabit the universe. The zone of peaceful co-existence over which they stand guard over threatened by creatures from elsewhere. To protect themselves, and those in their care, the titans form an elite corps of warriors named the "Arcangels". The player controls squad of these elite soldiers who are equipped prior to each mission from an arsenal of over one hundred weapons and other items. The soldiers can see and hear their enemy who in turn can see and hear them. They can also run, walk, duck, etc and the in the game barrels may explode, fire can spread, smoke can choke and so on.This is a turn based game which can be played as a single player game or as a multiplayer game, on random or custom made maps, during daylight or night time. It has twenty six missions of increasing difficulty, and an advanced turn-based engine. |
| Arkannoyed | 2002 | Violation Entertainment | Violation Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Arkannoyed is a freeware Arkanoid variant with the classic gameplay elements. It includes 30 levels with an end boss and multiple power-ups called "effects" such as "extend", "follow", "hotball", "multiball" and "laser". |
| Arthur's 1st Grade | 2002 | Learning Company, The | ImaginEngine Corp., Presage Software, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Arthur's 1st Grade is an updated version of Arthur's 1st Grade (1999). The basic content and premise is identical, but there are some changes as well as new content. You enter your name and the start of the game and Arthur now calls you by your name when it is a common one stored in the database. Performance in the different activities is tracked better as it now clearly shows how much more is needed to complete an activity through a bar. In the original version a voice only announced that when you reached the requested amount. There are three reward activities that become available after all the other ones have been completed along with a new animated sequence announcing them.The three activities are presented as games on arcade cabinets:
In the first game the player controls an octopus at the bottom of the ocean. Different characters pass by near the top and the player has to time releasing bubbles to hit them.
The second one is a racing game. There is a limited amount of time and on the straight road the car needs to be moved left or right to dodge objects such as traffic cones, pits and logs.
The third one can be played with two players. It consists of a grid with squares forming a table of rows and columns. Players take turns colouring a line green or orange. Points are scored by colouring the line that completes a square. |
| Arthur's 2nd Grade | 2002 | Learning Company, The | ImaginEngine Corp., Presage Software, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Arthur's 2nd Grade is an updated version of Arthur's 2nd Grade (1999). The basic content and premise is identical, but it expands the nine existing learning activities with six more, for fifteen activities in total. Most notably there are three reward activities that become available after all the other ones have been completed.The three activities are presented as games on arcade cabinets:
In the first one the player controls Bionic Bunny with gameplay similar to Asteroids. The bunny is floating in space in the middle of the screen in a fixed position and the player needs to aim and pop bubbles that then break up in smaller fragments. The bubbles cannot hit the bunny or a life is lost.
In the second game a character needs to be guided through a maze. There are animals such as elephants, birds, lions, monkeys and seals with animations and actions that can block the path. The player need to time carefully to reach the exit while avoiding the animals.
The third activity is a turn-based game with ants and ladybugs on a blanket. Taking turns the goal is to get five of them in a row in any direction as each player takes turns putting a bug on the blanket. The first player to make a row wins the game.The skills that are developed in this title are arts & crafts, categorization, compound words, drawing & coloring, geography, measurement, patterns & sequences, reading, sequence story writing, spelling, synonyms & antonyms, and telling the time. |
| Arthur's Kindergarten | 2002 | Learning Company, The | ImaginEngine Corp., Presage Software, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Arthur's Kindergarten is a new, updated version of the original Arthur's Kindergarten (1999). The game comes on two discs and it is an educational title for children aged four to six based on the book series by Marc Brown. The first disc contains the game Trouble at Arthur's Treehouse and the second is a creative activities disc. There are additional features for this version: progress can be tracked with a goal checker and after completing the learning activities on the first disc and rebuilding the tree houses, three entirely new one become available.The new ones are painting rubber ducks in a factory, a game of tic-tac-toe, and monkey match where you need to match identical looking monkeys by the animation they perform when clicked. They only show it when clicked, so the player needs to remember which monkey does what in order to match and remove them from the tree branch. |
| Arthur's Reading Games & Just Grandma and Me | 2002 | Softkey London | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Arthur's Reading Games & Just Grandma And Me is a compilation of two edutainment titles Arthur's Reading Games and Just Grandma and Me. Each game comes on a separate CD and both are multi-platform |
| Arthur's Thinking Games & Dr Seuss ABC | 2002 | Mindscape (UK) Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Arthur's Thinking Games & Dr Seuss ABC is a two disc compilation of educational games containing:
Arthur's Thinking Games
Dr. Seuss's ABC (this game uses US English) |
| Artus et le vaisseau fantôme | 2002 | Réunion des Musées Nationaux | Gyoza Media | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Artus et le vaisseau fantôme is the second title from the series, released after Artus et le démon du musée.Artus the mouse has now to deal with a "ghost ship", and obviously, its ghosts. To help his cousin that went on vacation, Artus is a lighthouse keeper, in charge of watching over the harbor and its old ships. But every night, strange things happen : a ghost ship appears and sailors are terrorized. Everyone wants to leave the harbor. That would be a disaster since a party is about to take place. And you know, a party without sailors has no sense. Artus will have 6 missions to accomplish in 4 ships from various periods. Those ships are real ships, from the collection of the french "Musée national de la Marine", based in Paris. The twenty locations of the game are filled with mini-games : action, memory, and thinking games.The game also features a karaoke with 5 original songs from the CD, a printing activity and the box also contains a manual to become a perfect sailor. |
| Ashes | 2002 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | Tank | | | | | Windows | Ashes is a tank duel game. The year is 2015 and the world has been at war for some time. Both fighting forces are now down to 10 tanks and these 10 tanks will determine who wins the war. The player(s) has to change the angle and power of the gun so that the shot will hit the enemy controlled tank. Once the enemy has been destroyed the winner is awarded 1 point. The first to reach 10 points win i.e. all enemy tanks have been destroyed. |
| Assimilation | 2002 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Small Rockets | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The fastest way to describe Assimilation to an old school gamer is "It's like that dang microscope puzzle in The 7th Guest".The second fastest way to describe Assimilation is to say look at screenshot two which explains all the rules with illustrations.The goal of this puzzle game is to block out and assimilate your opponent's beads with tactical movement on a variety of game boards. Up to 8 human or AI players can struggle to control territory and conquer opposing pieces. |
| Atari Revival | 2002 | Infogrames, Inc. | Creature Labs Ltd., Digital Eclipse Software, Inc., Magic Lantern, Inc., Meyer Glass Interactive Ltd. | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Atari Revival is a compilation with three remakes of Atari games from the late seventies and early eighties. The original versions were developed for the Atari 2600, they are:Warlords, released in 1981.Combat, released in 1977.Missile Command, released in 1981.The remakes of Missile Command (defend cities around the world from incoming missiles fired by aliens ) and Combat (2001) (shoot enemy tanks before they shoot you) had been previously released as standalone games. The remake of Warlords (defend your castle against attacks from three other castles) was made for this package. Besides updated 3D graphics there are also new game modes.The emulated versions of the original Combat and Warlords are also included. Missile Command has a classic mode with updated 2D graphics. |
| Atomic Hero | 2002 | | | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In 2002 an earthquake strikes right in the middle of a nuclear reactor. To clear up the disaster a robot called NDRR will be used (NDRR stands for Nuclear Disaster Recovery Robot). There is only one person capable of running this robot and that is you, the Atomic Hero. First of all the player must clear a path to all red doors. This is done by killing enemies with the the mini rocket launcher. Then behind each red door the player must program the NDRR so that it recovers all the reactor rods and drops them back into the reactor. The robot can only carry one rod at a time. Once all the rods are back in place the reactor is saved. |
| Autocracy | 2002 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of strategy and city-building games. Included on 5 CDs (Settlers III on 2 CDs), and in a non-standard box are the following games:
Call to Power II
SimCity 3000
The Settlers III
The Settlers III: Quest of the Amazons |
| Baker's Dozen | 2002 | | Tracker Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Baker's Dozen is a single-player collection of solitaire card games.The twenty-five games in this collection are; Aces Square, Auld Lang Syne, Black Hole, Block Ten, Carpet, Double Auld Lang Syne, Doublets, Double or Quits, Easy Golf, Five Piles, Fourteen Out, Golf, Monte Carlo, Nestor, Pairs, Pyramid, Pyramid 2, Quadrille, Robert, Suits, Thirteens, Treasure Trove, Triangle, Twenty-One and Vertical.The games are all played with the mouse and the game features music, a choice of background and card back, and game statistics.
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| Baldy's Big Day | 2002 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Baldy's Big Day is a humorous RPG developed with RPG Maker 95. When Baldy woke up it seemed like this day would be like any other day in his life but when he exits his house he discovers that for some unknown reason his yard has become flooded. He now teams up with his dad (it's Colonel Dad for Baldy) and his wife Kathy to go on a quest to find out why his yard has become flooded.Since the game is created with RPG Maker the gameplay strongly resembles that of console RPGs. The game features no random encounters, attacks of enemies may occur as a result of pressing a button, moving to the middle of a skeleton-littered room or by opening a chest. Since combat is uncommon in this game, the game mainly centers around exploration, and of course some quests of the type give X to Y. The game progress may only be saved at save points represented by a funny looking figure called Savo Pointo. |
| Ball Breaker 3D | 2002 | XDGames | XDGames | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Ball Breaker 3D is a Breakout variant. You have your paddle, from which you launch the ball into the playfield and later bounce it back. Destroy all bricks in the level to complete it, once that is done, you continue with the next level.The game's playfield is 3D, including multiple brick layers, and you can adjust how it looks (rotating and zooming). |
| Ballines | 2002 | | Onefog Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ballines is a clone of Tetris with balls, present in the game area with 8 columns and 13 rows. The objective is to connect three or more balls of the same color horizontally, vertically or diagonally to create matches and play until any of the stacks in columns reaches the top of the screen.Player’s movement consists only of moving balls from one stack to another by clicking on it - only the top ball in the stack can be moved to earlies spot in another stack. After each move, new balls are added to the bottom of level's area. Game provides 3 difficulty levels which change how many balls are needed to create a match (3 balls in Easy mode, 4 balls - in Medium and 5 in Hard). |
| Balloon Kaboom Challenge | 2002 | | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Balloon Kaboom Challenge is a single player, timed, puzzle game based on eBrainyGames colour matching game Balloon Kaboom.Where this game is the emphasis on puzzle solving and the introduction levels. There are fifty levels in all grouped into sets of ten, the player must clear six of the levels in a group before they can advance to the next group.
The player starts with a screen in which are coloured balloons and blocks, spikes and suchlike. The object is to remove all the balloons within the time limit, balloons are cleared by clicking on groups of two or more of the same colour or by guiding them onto spikes. The game has a high score table and when it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active. |
| Balloon Kaboom Expert | 2002 | | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Balloon Kaboom Expert is a single player, timed, puzzle game based on eBrainyGames colour matching game Balloon Kaboom.Gameplay is very similar to Balloon Kaboom, initially the screen is filled with coloured balloons. The object is to remove all the balloons and to keep on playing until time runs out or until a screen cannot be cleared. Balloons are cleared by clicking on groups of two or more of the same colour, all adjacent balloons of the same color will pop in chain reactions and, the longer the chain the higher the points. This game also has the star balloons which double run points, bonuses for clearing a colour and a level and most importantly clouds along the side of the screen which can blow balloons left or right.Where this game differs from Balloon Kaboom is that the player must decide the minimum length of chain they will destroy, options are two, three or four adjacent balloons. Choosing 'two' gives an easier game but scores lower than the other game options. Whatever option is selected the player can still destroy longer chains but the game will not recognise chains smaller than the chosen option.The game has a high score table and when it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active. |
| Bananarama: Raiders of the Lost Bananas | 2002 | Natomic Studios | Natomic Studios | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Africa | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Bananarama is a single player, keyboard controlled platform gameThe story behind the game is that Man arrived on an island of intelligent monkeys, their population was decimated and now they are learning to fight back. This, naturally, involves climbing up and down ladders, collecting bananas, bombs and power-ups. The game has four zones and each zone has four levels. When the player advances from one level to the next they acquire a new skill such as throwing bombs and detonating bombs remotely. The game also has bonus levels, to enter these the player must find a special item |
| Bangball | 2002 | ASYLUM Games | ASYLUM Games | Action, Puzzle, Sports, Strategy | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bangball is a single player, action/puzzle game which uses the keyboard to control movement and the mouse to control direction and to shoot.
The game is set in the year 3012, all mankind's problems have been solved - there's no war, no hunger and no disease, peace and freedom reign. Naturally the masses need entertaining and this has led to the development of a new and brutal sport where warriors in titanium armour compete in arenas which are sealed and have a limited amount of oxygen.
There are two modes of play:In Arena Mode the player uses laser canon to fight plasma balls, their objective being to connect t he red balls to the arenas power generators thus opening the door to the next level.In Billiard Ball mode the player shoots the green plasma balls using them to direct the red plasma balls onto the generatorThe games instructions are in both English and German |
| Barbie Beauty Styler | 2002 | Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing UK Ltd | Addictive Media | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Barbie Beauty Styler is a creative painting / drawing package featuring Barbie and her friends Teresa, Kira and Christie. It is aimed at the younger gamer. There is very little writing, all the icons 'speak' to identify themselves as the mouse passes over them and the game regularly chips in with encouraging comments like 'You're really good at this' and 'Isn't this fun!'.As the gaming equivalent of dressing up dolls this game's strength lies in its ease of use and the number of possible combinations of model, pose, location, clothes and accessories that can be used to create a picture. Once a picture has been created it can be printed and / or saved in Barbie's Beauty Book. The game starts by opening Barbie's beauty case, selecting one of the models and whether a full or close-up portrait is going to be used as the starting point. From there the player chooses from one of four locations, Fantasy, Party Fun, Evening Glamour, and Totally Trendy, which will form the background for the picture. Each location has a its own music track and offers five different backgrounds. With these selections made the game displays the model on-screen against the chosen background on the design screen and the real fun begins.The Design Screen is what this game is all about. Around the screen in two arcs, one on the right the other on the left, are a series of special effects windows. By selecting these the player can use the mouse place sequins on the models dress. This can be done by placing one sequin at a time or my holding down the left mouse button while moving the mouse whole strings of sequins can be used to decorate the dress of any part of the picture.
The arcs that show the available effects can be rotated to bring yet further effects into view. Mistakes can be removed either with the erase icon which restores the picture to its original state, with the undo icon which removes the last placed piece, or any of the three scissors icons which allow parts of a placed adornment to be removed.Around the edges of the screen are the Styling icons. These change the available effects shown in the design arcs. When the 'Styling Brushes' icon is in use the arcs will show a series of hair effects while the 'Accessories' icon will show sunglasses tiaras etc.
The designer screen also allows player to add animated stamps such as butterflies and raindrops to their picture, change the models outfit and add a friend. |
| Barbie Coffret Cadeaux | 2002 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes three Barbie adventures:
Barbie: Pet Rescue CD-ROM
Detective Barbie 2: The Vacation Mystery
Secret Agent Barbie |
| Barbie Explorer | 2002 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Runecraft Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Barbie Explorer is a game much in the style of the Tomb Raider series. Barbie is a reporter doing a story about a local museum when she learns of a mystical mirror that is missing four shards. If it is reassembled, it will have great power. She sets out across the world to find them.Barbie has a wide variety of moves, such as jumping, diving and rolling and she can collect new shoes to gain new abilities, like spring shoes for extra jumping height or hiking boots for better traction. After she jumps and climbs her way through the obstacles of a level, she must fight a boss for a piece of the mirror.A two-player mode is included where Barbie competes with Theresa to complete levels, with the goal to lose the fewest number of lives and collect the most gems. |
| Barbie Sparkling Ice Show | 2002 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Krome Studios Pty Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Join Barbie and friends on her spectacular world tour as she performs dazzling ice skating maneuvers in cute costumes that you can select yourself. On your way to ice-skating super stardom, you can join the tour or skate through the game at your own pace.All aspects of Barbie's skating escapades are fully customizable - you can design your own routines and select music and outfits. Girls of all ages will have hours of fun with Barbie and her friends. |
| Barbie Spiele-Box | 2002 | Mattel, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Barbie compilation contains the following three games:
Secret Agent Barbie
Barbie: Pet Rescue
Detective Barbie 2: The Vacation Mystery
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| Batman: Vengeance | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Soft Entertainment Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | Teen | | Windows | Based on the cartoon series rather the comic books or the movies, Batman: Vengeance puts you in the role of the 'Dark Knight' in a 3D Gotham City, in order to face and fight enemies; such as Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, and, yes, The Joker.The Joker has died after falling from a bridge mid-scuffle with our caped hero. With the big man's place at the top of the criminal hierarchy up for grabs, the city's most heinous villains are out in force, clambering over each other for the new employment opportunity. Batman's most dangerous opponents are causing a crime wave the likes of which Gotham has never seen. Nothing is as it seems. You can't even be sure that the infamous Joker has really ceased to exist. Gotham's safety hangs in the balance and only Batman can save it. |
| Battle Raper | 2002 | Illusion | Dreams Co., Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | Adult, Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Battle Raper is another hentai fighting game, only this time with the added bonus of in-game groping and molestation.That's right. Battle Raper pits 5 fighters against each other in a one-on-one fighting tournament. The game is your basic Tekken-clone, except there are power-ups randomly spawned through the arena and that when your power gauge grows large enough, you can unleash a series of super grapples in which you get to fondle your opponent in a sexually explicit manner for some extra "damage".Graphics are fully polygonal, which allows the game to take the clothes off the models whenever they receive enough damage as well as providing smooth animation and giving you the option to freely pan the camera.Game modes include a single, vs and story mode which introduces each fight with fully voice-acted still-screen cutscenes (think Bloody Roar). Also available as in any hentai game worthy of the name is an "Extra mode" from which you get to see (provided you unlock them) CGI artwork for each character, pre-rendered movies and a real-time hentai sequence in which you get to choose what to do to each girl's model without needing to fight them. |
| Beat The Dragon | 2002 | | GRAPHICAindustria | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Beat the Dragon is a single player, shareware, solitaire card game. A dragon character appears and makes a sarcastic comment whenever a player fails to complete a game, hence the name.The object of the game is to transfer all the cards to the foundations building upwards from ace to the king. What makes this game a different to most is the way cards in the game area are built up in sequence and in suit. Suppose in a column there was the king of hearts , the eight of spades and the three and two of hearts (K♥,8♠,3♥,2♥).
If another column ended with the nine of spades (9♠) then the eight of spades and all the cards below it could be transferred making the sequence 9♠,8♠,3♥,2♥.The game has an in-game help function, a scoring system based on cards played and speed of play, a hint function limited to three per game (or one in the unregistered version) and game statistics. It is played entirely with the mouse. |
| Beat Up a Millionaire 2: Edycja Druga | 2002 | Xplorys BV | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Compilation including two following games:
Beat Up A Millionaire 2
Euro-Man |
| Becher's Dream | 2002 | | Enteron | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Becher's Dream is a downloadable Czechoslovakian adventure game created with Adobe Flash. You play a young man who had a dream about war coming in the 19th century, and he sets out to stop it by finding a magical potion that will supposedly bring about peace. You will need to solve many different puzzles, talk to many different people, and get many different items to help in your quest. But be warned, there are people who would rather see you fail, and allow war to come about. |
| Bhagat Singh | 2002 | Mitashi Edutainment Pvt. Ltd. | Lumen Phon Multimedia Pvt. Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Asia, Historical events, Interwar | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Bhagat Singh is a game based the Indian socialist revolutionary Bharat Singh. This 3D first-person shooter has its premise based on the Indian independence movement against British imperialism and also references historical events. In the first mission for instance a British police officer called John Saunders need to be killed and this is stated to be revenge for Lala Lajpat Rai, the Indian activist who played a pivotal role in India's independence movement. The gameplay itself is more straightforward. It takes place in February 1928 in near-curfewed Lahore and Singh needs to set out to kill Indian and British officers. The game then moves on to different locations, including bombing the Raj’s Central Legislative Assembly. |
| Biathlon 2002 | 2002 | Infogrames, Inc. | GamesGang | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | As it name suggests, Biathlon 2002 simulates biathlon. This sport consists of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting on a shooting range. The character's energy needs to be spent wisely, as skiing constantly at a very fast pace will impede accuracy on the shooting part.There are about 15 different athletes to choose from and various courses to race on. Everything is presented in real-time 3D graphics. According to the publisher, this was the first biathlon game on PC at the time of release. |
| Big Game Trophy Hunter | 2002 | Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. | Fusion Digital Games Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | | | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Just another hunting simulator, featuring 10 large hunting areas, 12 different weapons, 9 different species (Wolves, Whitetail Deer, Elk...) as well as GPS tracking system, binoculars and sniper scopes. Full 3D graphics and free-to-roam landscapes bring the real hunter feeling to the PC. |
| Binman | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | Miltronec | Action | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Binman is a single-player, keyboard controlled, arcade type game. The player controls a binman named Stan. The objective is to help Stan achieve the coveted 'Dustman of the Year' award in Turniptown. To do this they must collect and dustbins and empty them into the truck while avoiding obstacles such as skateboarders, passing cars, dogs and more. Hidden on each level are turnips, gathering ten of these gives the player an extra life. |
| Black Isle Compilation | 2002 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of most of Black Isle's Advanced Dungeons & Dragons licensed titles:
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast
Planescape: Torment
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter |
| BlackHole | 2002 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | BlackHole is a mission based, space shoot 'em up.The story behind the game is that the Mafia want to discretely move a large quantity of money about. They hit on the idea of hiding the money in a pizza box and having the money moved around by an innocent pizza delivery service. The player takes the role of the space pizza man and sets out to deliver what is supposed to be a pizza. He is therefore very surprised when several ships forcefully relieve him of his cargo and open fire.
Evading destruction he returns to base where the Mafia are waiting. They are not happy. However, being businessmen they recognise that only an ace pilot could have escaped his pursuers in the space equivalent of a delivery truck and survived. They offer a deal which is to work for them until the debt is paid off or, ..... well there is no or - just an 'Or else!'.There are six missions in the game and there is a multiplayer option. Missions can be played in any order and they can be replayed to achieve a higher score. After each mission the player gets paid and this allows the craft to be upgraded.The keyboard is used to control the ship and the mouse is used to fire the weapons. |
| Blackjack | 2002 | | bksoft | Gambling, Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | 12th Century BlackJack is a single player Blackjack game.The game has medieval style graphics and sound effects combined with a jazz music score. When the player wins the game offers a hi-lo gamble feature that allows them to increase, or lose, their winnings. The game is played entirely with the mouse. The menu bar allows the player to switch from an English/US version to a German version. This changes the screen titles but the actual table and the voice clips remain in English. |
| Block Manouveres | 2002 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Block Manouveres is a single player, keyboard controlled, Sokoban type of game.The number of levels varies with the version of the game being played for example version 1.2 has thirty eight levels while version 1.3 has forty nine. In each level the player has to move 'Wee Jimmy' around the screen eating all the fruit. This involves pushing blocks around, avoiding or trapping enemies, and defusing traps. When a player completes a level they automatically start the next but any level can be skipped without penalty. There is no save game facility, and the game can be played in a window or full screen. |
| Block Rox | 2002 | eGames, Inc. | | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Block Rox is a single player, mouse controlled, tile match / removal game.There game area is filled with animated bricks of two or more colours. The player's objective is to click on connected groups of bricks of the same colour to remove them and hence clear the level. Each level is timed and they become progressively more complex as the game continues and more colours are introduced.The game is mouse controlled, has some music and sound effects and a high score table |
| Blox | 2002 | | Memir Software Ltd. | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Blox is a 3D puzzle/strategy game. The player must release boxes by joining together either boxes of different colours, boxes whose letters spell a word, or bomb boxes. This task must be achieved within a time limit and with a limited number of boxes to drop.The game is keyboard controlled and has a high score table. There are three modes of play, Normal (also known as Solo), Challenge, and Puzzle and it can be played in single player mode or against another player via a network connection. |
| Blue's Clues Preschool | 2002 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Published by Infogrames in 2002, the same year as Blue's Clues Kindergarten, Blue's Clues Preschool offers a similar game experience. The story takes you and Blue, star of the paper-cutout-animated television show, to her pre-school classroom, where Miss Marigold assigns a neighborhood adventure to the class. You, Blue, and other members of Blue's class will visit five places and bring back something from each location.After you choose a color and level and sign in, clicking on the cloud in the upper left corner of your screen takes you to a "Likes" page - the color, animal, food, song, and sport you choose here will be used somewhere in the game. The Parent's area is also accessible here, showing the curriculum goals for the game, and giving parents suggestions for additional activities connected to each neighborhood location. Gameplay uses the mouse (point, click, and drag)
and an optional printer for the printable pictures and games available in Miss Marigold's classroom.As you and Blue travel through the neighborhood (escorted by Blue's human friend, Joe, who drops you off at each location), you'll visit these places:
The Music Store - Listen to Purple Kangaroo and play instruments in the same order he does
The Bakery - Learn how to wait your turn and practice finding shapes and colors
The Library - Match letters or find the first letter describing a picture as you help shelve some library books - choose a book to read as a reward
The Present Store - Wait on customers; help them find the gift they can afford and count the money
The Grocery Store - Find ingredients described by Mrs. Pepper, put them in your cart, then check and bag them
As you finish each area you'll receive a special shape and the neighborhood location is checked off on Miss Marigold's List, which appears as an icon on the top right. Once all the locations are checked off, return to the preschool classroom to discover what the teacher will do with the items you've collected.On it's most basic level, Blue's Clues Preschool introduces the toddler to some of the places in a community and what they're for, using characters the child is most likely already familiar with. While he plays, he's practicing some of these skills: color/shape recognition, auditory memory and discrimination, letter recognition/pre-reading skills, number recognition, counting/addition, spatial and size relationships. A higher difficulty level will change the game somewhat to suit the child's learning progress. |
| Board & Dice Games For Windows | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Board & Dice Games For Windows is a collection of shareware and freeware games published by Indigicon as part of their Family Fun series. The games in this compilation are divided into groups as listed below:Chess Games: Arasan Chess 16,
Arasan Chess 32
Chess It!,
Chess Mate,
Chess Recorder,
Detective Chess,
Econs Arena,
Gnu Chess,
K Chess,
Knights Tour,
Lighthouse Chess,
Photon Chess,
Rival Chess,
Waxman,
WinChess 2.50DDice Games: 10000 v1.0,
Ancient Ivory,
Ancient Yacht
Yaht-c,
Dice,
Craps,
Kismet,
Pentam,
RoboDice,
Ultimate Craps,
WinCraps 3.0,
WinDice,
Win YahtzeeDraughts: CheckerCom,
Checkers,
Checkers Challenge 16,
Checkers Challenge 32,
DraughtsGo, Backgammon & Connect: 4 Play,
4 Wins,
BackGammon,
Connect,
Connect 4,
Go-Moku 95,
GoMoku,
Link Four,
Pro Backgamon,
WinFourMastermind: Another MasterMind For Win...,
Code Breaker,
Mastermind 2,
Mastoid Mind,
Miser Mind,
Mister Mind,
Mr Mind,
Ultra Logic,
WinMindMisc 1: Alquerqu,
Attaxx,
Backup,
Board Game,
Board Games For 2,
Capsize,
Cell War,
Cheatmine,
Chinese Checkers,
Combine 'Em,
Collex Game v1,
Confound,
CyberClone,
Destroyer for Windows,
Dominion,
Ecneuqes 2.1,
Flop,
Game ChestMisc 2: Hotel,
Ishido,
Larry's Marble Removal,
Laser Trace,
Lines95,
Merlin,
Moraff's Radiation,
Mynes,
PenState,
Rings Of The Magi,
Sherlock,
Super Maxit,
Terrace,
Vortex,
WinPolis,
WMake5,
Yova,
ZarathustraWar Games: BattleGrid,
Battle Sat,
BattleStar,
Board Warfare version 2.1,
Deepsea,
Depth Charge!,
Hex Minesweeper,
Search & Destroy,
Stellar ExplorerWorld Games: 20 Squares,
Dominate,
GoMoku Narabe v2.0,
Halatafl -- The Fox Game,
Hounds & Jackals,
Naughts & Crosses,
Patolli,
Quinta,
Rendzu,
Royal Game of Ur' v1.0s,
Senet,
Shih Dao v3.7,
Tasholiiwe
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| Boat Fury | 2002 | Guildhall Leisure Services Ltd. | Aludra Software | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sea pirates / Caribbean | Naval / watercraft, Vehicle simulator | Direct control, Point and select | | | | Windows | Boat Fury is a 17th century sailing ship simulator that lets you play single missions or embark on a full-fledged campaign. Choose a faction from Pirate, Republic of Venice, Kingdom of Spain or Kingdom of England. Buy low, sell high at sea ports and sail using the map and compass. Fight against enemy vessels on the open sea to protect your shipment. |
| Boing | 2002 | Exciting Prospects | Exciting Prospects | Action | | | | Arcade | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Boing is a simple action game where the player must click a rapidly-bouncing sun, while avoiding clicking any soccer balls. Clicking the sun gets the player to the next level, while clicking a ball forces the player to restart the game. There are five levels in total. The final level is slightly different, as the sun changes to a heart, and there are teleports present which toss it all over the playfield. The game can be saved and loaded at any time with F5 and F6, and switched between full-screen and windowed modes with F4. |
| Boule & Bill: Boule a rétréci ! | 2002 | Eidos SARL | LaserMedia | Action, Adventure, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | Comedy | Arcade, Mini-games, Platform | Europe | | | | | | Windows | Boule & Bill: Boule a rétréci ! is a game inspired by the Boule & Billcomics series, created by Jean Roba. To make things clear, Boule is the dog (a Cocker Spaniel) and Bill is the young boy. Bill's father has accidentally shrunk Boule with a strange machine (ring bells ? answer is the comic film: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids). So Bill will have to bring back Boule to its normal size after 7 mini-games of action (in the garden, beware of giant insects) and logic (such as a maze).The game features two levels of difficulty and in the end, the opportunity to print drawings. |
| Brain Bamboozling: Computer Games Compendium | 2002 | Lagoon Multimedia | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Brain Bamboozling: Computer Games Compendium is a collection of ten games from Soleau Software.
The games in this compilation are special editions of:Oilcap ProRollemSquarkWall UpFlapsQuarryDiaggleAxium AdventuresGem JamBeetle Run
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| Brain Busting Games For Windows | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Brain Busting Games For Windows is a compilation of shareware and freeware games published by Idigicon as part of their Family Fun series. The games in this compilation are grouped into categories, these are the games in each category: Category 1: Word Search - Puzzle Builder,
100% Word Search Free,
123 Free Puzzle Game,
Paraben's 5 in a line,
ABC puzzles,
Alhademic Lines,
AnimaXCategory 2: Brains Breaker,
BigJig 5.0,
Boulder panic,
Balloon Pop Demo,
Cross Craze Demo,
Castle Mouse 2000,
Color blind,
Color break,
Cracker,
Cupid,
Cyclanoid,
Dragons,
Five+,
Foxy Columns,
FreeLoads,
Pretty Good Solitaire 2000,
Gem Master,
Hang 2000,
HoneyComb,
Hex a funCategory 3: Hierophant,
JigSaw Puzzle,
Laser kombat,
lines 98,
lazer tank 3.0,
Magic Balls,
marble 1.0,
Master Mind,
Million 0850,
Mined out,
Mini memory,
Match Mania
Mugs game,
Nice Dice,
Oktagon,
Penguins2000Category 4: Puzzler,
Pyramid Power,
Quaketrix,
Sapphire Yours,
Viger Games for MsExcel,
Same Game,
Super Logic Game 2.0,
Snood 4 Windows,
Sokoban,
Spheres 2000,
Sega Swirl,
Tetris 2000,
The Oracle,
Varmints EITris,
Web Word Search,
Noughts and Crosses,
Zig Zag Lines,
Actual Checkers,
Advanced Tetric LiteCategory 5: B-jigsaw 32,
Blackout,
BrickShooter,
BrainTwister,
Cascade PC,
Checks,
Clear it!,
Columns free,
Tuberoid,
15 Puzzle DemoCategory 6: Crossword Plus,
Dweep,
Gems 3D
Germ nation,
Goo Roo,
Hangman 3D,
Hex Mines 32,
Inertia,
Intricacy,
Krest,
Laser blocks,
5 Star Free Lines,
Master Mind 2Category 7: Maths 100,
Mastermind 2.52,
Miss Match 6.7,
Midnight Tiles,
Numbers 2.0,
Crossword Puzzle 1.2,
Pentango 1.1,
Parabens mahjong,
Polyomino,
Random Fun Machine,
Rubiks Hypercube,
Shag,
Sir Arthur,
Tetroboom,
TicTacToe,
Triplix,
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| Brain Teasers | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Queendom.com | Educational | | | | Mental training | | | | | | | Windows | Brain Teasers is a single-player brain training game that aims to hone the player's reasoning skills. The game takes the form of a series of tests which the player can customise to a limited degree. For example the standard test is twenty questions in thirty minutes but the player can choose to answer forty questions and can select a time limit of either ten minutes, thirty minutes, one hour or no time limit at all. There are two types of tests, the Brain teasers and the Masterclass, all questions are numbered and are selected apparently at random.When a test is complete the player is given their score and a standard piece of text saying whether they did well or not, they are also shown which questions they answered incorrectly and what the right answers are but there is no explanation as to why it is correct. The game is played entirely with the mouse. |
| Brain Twister | 2002 | | | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Brain Twister is a single player, freeware math game.The player is presented with a set of thirty six of apparently random numbers. Across the top of the game area is an equation in the form '?= ? + ?', it is a simple sum and the player's objective is to clear the board by using all the available numbers to form successive equations.The game has two difficulty levels, a high score table, and the background, screen colours and sounds can all be customised.
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| BrainBurst! | 2002 | XDGames | XDGames | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | BrainBurst! is a puzzle game with a simple task: click on at least 2 adjacent blocks of the same color and they vanish (the more adjacent you use, the better you score). Once all are gone (or all combination possibilities), the game ends and you may or may not got into the highscore.The game has 4 difficulty setting, which influence the maximum of colors of the blocks; the playfield's dimension can be set (ranging from 10 to 14 rows and 12 to 22 columns); and the block skins can be selected. |
| Brainstorm: The Game Show | 2002 | Global Star Software Ltd. | IAV Cyberwox s.r.o., InterActive Vision A/S | Educational, Strategy | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Brainstorm captures the spirit of a typical quiz show game. A player can create a cartoon character with which to play alone, answering successive multiple choice questions in a set time limit. This is known as the Time Trial mode. There is also the Brain Clash mode where a single player can select up to 5 computer-controlled opponents to compete against. Further, there is a single-player Einstein mode where only level 3 questions (the hardest questions, and worth the most points) are used.Brainstorm also features multiplayer gameplay, where multiple players can take turns answering questions in Hot Seat mode on a single computer. Alternately, the players can compete against each other in real time via TCP/IP LAN play.The graphics and characters are cartoonish in appearance, and competing computer-controlled players (as well as the game show host) constantly toss out taunts (which can be disabled through the game's configuration). Brainstorm boasts over 6500 questions and are drawn from diverse categories such as literature, sports, geography, and science.
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| Break It | 2002 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Break It is a Break Out variant.
Destroy blocks in 140 levels with the help of more than 50 power-ups that are hidden in the blocks. If you free a power-up from a block you have to catch it with your paddle. Also included is a level editor to create your own levels. |
| BrickAttack | 2002 | XDGames | XDGames | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | BrickAttack is a puzzle game which presents you an oddly formed playfield (inner field is 5x5 (at easy; 7x7 at normal; 10x10 at hard) and on each side are 3 rows with each 5 (respectively 7 or 10) bricks attached). The outer rows can be rotated clockwise.When you start a game, some bricks are in the center field, now your job is to shoot bricks from the outer rows into the center field, but only bricks from upper/lower/left/right of the center bricks can be shot. Each brick in the center will be marked with an arrow indicating from which side it was started. Your job is now to combine at least 3 bricks of the same color (total color amount depends on the difficulty setting, from 5 over 8 to 10). When this happens, they vanish, you score and possible other bricks, once blocked by these, will move and fill the gap (or if they were at the outer rows, it will move into these rows).Score as much as you can, before the inner field is completely filled with bricks, and you loose.As already told, the game offers three difficulty settings and the brick skins can be customized. |
| Bridge | 2002 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Purple Software Ltd | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Bridge is a single-player, mouse controlled implementation of rubber bridge, the classic four player card game.The game has a configurable bidding system based on either of the ACOL, Five Card Majors and American Standard bidding systems. Each system has a beginner mode and an advanced mode, the latter being where the bidding extensions or conventions can be toggled on/off.The game has sound and optional in-game music. There are no alternate table colours, no alternate card backs and no internet play option. |
| Bridge Baron 13 | 2002 | Great Game Products Inc. | Great Game Products Inc. | Educational, Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Bridge Baron 13 is a single player bridge game and tutor.The game is played entirely with the mouse. It has sound, game stats, and multiple configuration options besides the usual change the card back and background features. It can:Play Duplicate or Rubber bridge.
Play specific deals or random deals.
Optionally offer hints on play and advise when the player's actions differ from what was expected.
Use either the Standard American, 2/1, ACOL or La Majeure 5eme bidding systems together with the player's choice of bidding conventions.
Replayed, rebid or review completed hands.
Allow the player to play hands from major tournaments, demo tournaments are included while others can be purchased separately.
Simulate a club match.
Maintain statistics on contracts bid, made, defeated etc.
The new features introduced Bridge Baron 13 in addition to improvements in the bidding, declarer play, and defence together with an improved user interface are:A further nine bidding conventions: Extended Stayman, Bergen Raises, Brozel, Maximal Overcall Doubles, Mathe Asking Bid, Control Asking Bids, Unusual over Unusual, Invisible Cue-Bids, and Preemptive Reraises.
Additional bridge challenges bringing the total available to one hundred and twenty.
Two free bridge tournaments, the Summer 1990 NABC in Boston and the Summer 1993 NABC in Washington, DC. |
| Bridge From Special K | 2002 | | Special K Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Bridge From Special K is a single-player, shareware, bridge program. It can be played either with the mouse or the keyboard, caters for both ACOL and American Standard bidding, and scores for either Rubber Bridge or Chicago Bridge. The only bidding conventions supported are Stayman, Blackwood and Cuthbertson.
Hands can be reviewed and replayed, and there is a feature which explains why each bid was made. |
| Bubble Bobble Quest | 2002 | TERMINAL Studio | TERMINAL Studio | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bubble Bobble Quest is a remake of the classic game Bubble Bobble. The player controls a dragon that needs to kill the enemies by blowing bubbles on them. After the enemies are trapped in the bubbles, the dragon needs to jump on the bubbles and they then turn to fruit that provides points. To move on to a new level all enemies need to be gone. If the enemies remain trapped in the bubbles for too long, they will free themselves. The game similar to the game Bubble Bobble World by the same developer, but it contains different levels, enemies and bonuses. There is an option to play with two players. |
| Bubble Bobble World | 2002 | TERMINAL Studio | TERMINAL Studio | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Bubble Bobble World is a remake of the classic game Bubble Bobble. The player controls a dragon that needs to kill the enemies by blowing bubbles on them. After the enemies are trapped in the bubbles, the dragon needs to jump on the bubbles and then the enemies will turn to fruit that provides points. To move on to a new level all enemies need to be gone. If the enemies remain trapped in the bubbles for too long, they will free themselves from the bubble. During the game different bonuses are introduced for more points and enemies grow stronger and numerous. There are also special bubbles such as water ones that provide a water stream.There are ten types of monsters with The Dark Dwarf near the top. The game contains 100 levels and more than 120 items and bonuses. There is an option to play with two players. |
| Build City | 2002 | Black Tooth Inc., Xing Interactive, Inc. | | Simulation, Strategy | | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Build City is a city-building game set during a monarch's rule in the early 1700s. The player's job is to, as the title implies, build a city. The game constantly monitors a town's current population, gold in the treasury, and food in storage. The player has the option at first to build roads, farms, residences, and markets. Roads and farms may be built anywhere. Residences and markets must be built next to roads. After the population in a city passes certain milestones, the player also has the option to build additional structures essential for a proper city: churches (boosts religious rating), schools (boosts educational rating), medical offices (boosts health rating), and taverns (boosts recreational rating). Further, as these structures become available, nearby neighborhoods see a boost in prosperity which increases housing size as well as population.Building things costs money as does maintaining the infrastructure on an ongoing basis. Tax money is always rolling in from the citizens in order to cover these expenses and the player can adjust the tax rate in increments of +/- 5%. Higher taxes can lead to a loss of population; lower taxes can lead to higher population but also place further burden on the infrastructure and food stores. Also, random bad things can happen in the game, such as theft from the treasury and earthquakes.The game has 3 modes:
Campaign: The king gives you 10 missions, each with very specific goals of increasing difficulty. Certain sets of missions build on previous missions; e.g., the first mission allows the player to build a new city from nothing while the second and third missions build on the same city from the first mission.
Puzzle: Solve a series of puzzles based on the pieces and characteristics from the game. E.g., with a very small plot of land (5x5 squares), grow it to a population of 60 people.
Open Play: No goals, just use the tools in the game to build a city for fun or practice. |
| Butt-Ugly Martians: Martian Boot Camp | 2002 | Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing International S.A. | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Butt-Ugly Martians: Alien-Drill is based on the TV series Butt-Ugly Martians. Because the Butt-Ugly Martians have not conquered earth yet, they have to improve their skills in a training camp. Different skill and action games are included. Defeat robots, destroy asteroids or fight other aliens. |
| CUBE: Discover Your Cleverness | 2002 | Dice Multi Media Europe B.V. | M2play | Puzzle | Behind view, Top-down | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | CUBE: Discover Your Cleverness is a single player block-moving logic puzzle.The object is to move a robot from the start point through to the end point in each level. Each level consists of a pat that 'floats' in space. In addition to the obvious risk of falling off the path into space there are other perils including bomb tiles, conveyor belt tiles, obstacles that must be moved out of the way.
Each level is timed. Any remaining seconds in the countdown timer when the level is completed are translated into the player's score in dollars. These can be used to buy items, such as a lantern to get through the dark levels.The game consists of 50 such levels and can be entirely controlled by the keyboard though moving the mouse while holding down the left button will adjust the observers position while function keys change the viewpoint. |
| Calcio Championship | 2002 | Ubisoft Ltd. | Trecision | Sports | Side view, Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In this budget football game built on the framework of Puma Street Soccer, 40 of the best national teams are available to play in either Friendlies, Cup Tournaments (16 team knockout), Leagues (for a maximum of 14 teams) and Penalty Shootout. It's also possible to store the best moments and replay them later. All teams are unlicensed (no real kits), and players are known by their shirt numbers, while having different appearance and physical/technical skills.With the usual array of moves seen in a football game (passing, lobbing, shooting on attack and both simple nudges and brutal two-feet sliding tackles while defending), the player also has the ability to define tactics to get the most from their players. The usual array of options seen in other games (half length, difficulty level, referee toughness, golden goals and auto-replay) can also be found here. Three cameras allow the player to control the action from the side, back or top down view, with the two first allowing to reverse the orientation. |
| Canasta From Special K | 2002 | | Special K Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Canasta From Special K is a single-player, shareware, card game in which the player plays against the computer either directly or in a team with a computer partner.This is a game about making melds, three or more cards of the same rank. Jokers and 2's are wild and the first player or team to achieve the required total wins.The game has sound, a score table, and can be played via the mouse or the keyboard. The configuration options allow the target score, the number of cards in the player's hand and more to be altered. |
| Capoeira Fighter 2 | 2002 | | Spiritonin Media | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Capoeira Fighter 2 is a fighting game. There are 5 fighting modes in the game:
• The standard fight: knock out your opponent to win.
• Stay in the ring and keep your opponent out to win.
• Humiliate opponents with jump tricks, and combos.
• Get opponent's money back to your side of the roda.
• Knock your opponent out of the roda to win.The player can play the fighting mode that he wants or to play in the tournament that includes all the 5 fighting modes. In the tournament the player selects the fighter that he wants to fight with him, and the opponent and the location of the fighting automatically selected. If the player selects a fighting mode (not a tournament), he selects the fighter that he wants to fight with him, the opponent and the location for the fight. There are also some fighters that the player can't select them, he needs to play in tournaments and win in order to get enough points that let him to select these fighters. The options to play in a fighting mode are player against the computer, two players: one player against the other or computer against computer. |
| Carcassonne: Ritter, Räuber, Ränkeschmiede | 2002 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | Meridian'93 | Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Carcassonne: Ritter, Räuber, Ränkeschmiede is the PC version of the eponymous board game. The basic principle is simple: There are 72 cards which show parts of a medieval landscape, e.g. streets or castles. Every player gets the same amount of cards and puts one of them on the game board every turn. A player gets points if he finishes a building or a part of a road. He also has minions which he can put into finished buildings. The game ends when all cards are played and the highest score wins.The game's new features are AI opponents with adjustable personalities, online multiplayer features including a high score list, a replay feature and slightly different rule variants. It also includes a rare card set for the board game. |
| Card Games For Windows | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Card Games For Windows is a collection of shareware and freeware games published by Idigicon in their Family Fun series. A single install program loads all the individual games onto the player's computer and creates a Windows shortcut to each one. The games in this compilation are:Aces Up,
Four Aces,
Four Corners
Four Seasons,
Six Pack,
Thirteen Out,
Acey Ducy,
Arachnid,
Badlands Black Jack,
BC Poker,
Beleagured Castle,
Black Dog Cribbage,
BlackJack,
BlackJack II,
Block Of ten,
Brain Jam,
Bridge Assistant,
Bridge For Windows,
Bride Ezee,
Busy AcesCalculation Software,
Canasta For Windows,
Canfield,
Carlton,
Casino Blackjack,
Catch Three,
Chamelen,
Clock Solitaire,
Constitution,
Craps!,
Cribbage,
Cribbage II,
Cribbage Solitaire,
Crispy,
Draw 5,
Dubbel,
Ecneuqes,
Eggy,
Fifteens,
Firing SquadFlower Bed,
FoxFire ,
Freecell,
Funsol,
Gaps,
Hearts 2.0,
Hearts For Windows,
Jacks or Better Poker,
Kings Corners,
Kingsol Solitaire,
Klondike,
Klondike II,
Leap Frog,
Loch Ness,
Mah Jongg,
MD Video Poker,
Memory Games,
Mile Bones,
Montana,
Name of the GamePai Gow Poker,
Paradise Solitaire,
Pile,
Poke-It Poker,
Poker Tris,
Hearts 2.0,
ProVideo Poker,
Pub Poker 2.0,
Queen,
RealVideo BlackJack,
Rummy Drop,
SeaHaven,
Sheeps Head,
Loch Ness,
Spider,
Steel Wheels,
Stop The Bus,
Super Craps,
Super Craps II,
Super Video Poker TaiPei,
Terrace Cards,
Thirteen Out,
Towers,
Turbo Caribbean Stud,
Turbo Video Poker,
Vegas,
Vegas Casino Poker,
Vegas Draw Poker Challenge,
Vegas Poker and Blackjack,
Video Joker Poker,
Video Poker
Win Euchre,
Win Poker III,
Win Spades,
Win Spider,
WinBridge,
WWI Fighters,
Zack's Video Poker |
| Carling Pub Quiz | 2002 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Strategy | | Licensed | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Carling Pub Quiz is a general knowledge quiz game that supports up to four people playing on the pc, or alternatively quiz sheets can be printed out so that the quiz can be shared with a wider audience. It is one of a set of three quizzes in all that make up the entire Carling Quiz Master collection the others being Carling Football Quiz and Carling Sports Quiz.This product contains over seven thousand five hundred questions split as follows:
Art and Literature, three quizzes, 255 questions in total.
Entertainment, fifteen quizzes, 1485 questions
General Knowledge, fifteen quizzes, 1500 questions
Geography, three quizzes, 255 questions
History, three quizzes, 255 questions
People, three quizzes, 255 questions
Pop Music, sixteen quizzes, 1530 questions
Science, three quizzes, 255 questions
Sport, sixteen quizzes, 1515 questions
Words, three quizzes, 255 questions
Quiz questions can optionally be timed and questions can be asked on a 'cyclical' mode, buzzer mode or a combination of the two In cyclic mode question one goes to player one and only player one can answer, question two goes to player two and so on. In 'buzzer' mode each player has their own action key, by default player one uses numeric key '1'; player two uses number '4'; player three uses key '7'; and player four uses the '0' key but these can be altered. All answers are typed and the game makes an attempt to allow partial answers so, for example, if the answer was 'Orson Welles' it would ask if 'Welles' was an acceptable answer but would reject 'Wells'.Player's relative scores are shown by slowly rising pints of Carling. Results are only shown when a quiz has been completed.
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| Carom3D | 2002 | Neoact Co., Ltd. | Neoact Co., Ltd. | Sports, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Carom 3D is an online multi-user Billiard game. Play online against players from around the world, one on one or competition between 5 or team play 2 on 2 or 3 on 3. The game offers a diverse variety of billiard and pool games; billiards, snooker, carombole, 3 ball, 4 ball, 6 ball, 8 ball, 9 ball, rotation ball, card ball.The backdrops are some fully modeled 3D rooms such as an antique room with a fire place, Carom Beach and a Korean room and a heavily sponsored "Event Room" where all four walls are advertisements by sponsors. The game is similar to TrackMania Nations ESWC, in that the game is released as freeware, but throughout the game advertisements are seen by various companies, mainly consumer electronics and computer parts companies.The game started in Korea in 2002, and over the years it has evolved into a fully fledged online game, even with some RPG elements. In the latest versions of the game, the players are represented as animated characters that walk around the pool table. You can customise your character by buying add-ons (with real cash), such as special cues and clothes. As of 2007, Carom3D has been one of the games offered at the World Cyber Games. |
| Casino Games For Windows | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation, Gambling | | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Casino Games For Windows is a collection of shareware games published as part of Idigicon's Family Fun series.The games are selected via a launcher program which attempts to install them on the player's computer. The games are grouped into eight categories. The games in each category are:Category 1: 123 Free Solitaire,
Million Dollar Slots ,
Two Handed Net Spades,
31 for Windows ,
Animated Slots,
Wingo,
King Solomon's Online Casino,
Spades,
Super Fruit,
Super Video Poker,
Universal Casino Client,
UltraLott,
Ultima 21 Blackjack,
Win A LottoCategory 2: Bonus Slots,
Big Bucks Slots,
Championship Slots,
Double Dynamite Slots,
Extreme Slots,
Home Stretch,
Haloween Slots,
Jackpot Slots,
Animated Keno,
Mystery Slots,
3 Peak Space Cards,
PowerPlay Slots,
Real Video Blackjack,
Absolute Spades,
5 Card Poker Collection,
Ultimate Solitaire CollectionCategory 3: Valentine Slots,
Wild Ball,
Wild Wizard,
3D Ten Thousand,
Platinum Casino,
Aces Casino Lite,
Instant Bingo,
Advanced Video Poker,
Baker,
Bridge Baron,
BJ Black Jack,
BlackJack 2021,
Canasta 3,
Canasta 4Category 4: Internet Casino,
Casino Land,
Casino on the Net,
CC Free,
Card Fun Golf,
China Solitaire,
Casino of the Kings Lite,
Crown and Anchor,
Deal1,
Play and Learn Bridge,
DESiRE,
Las Vegas Slots,
Patriot Slots,
Video Keno,
Poker Tally,
Quibbles,
Slot MachineCategory 5: 3d Wild Diamonds,
2am Creation,
Double Decker,
College Euchre,
FC Wizard,
Game Suite,
Gold Club Casino,
5 Draw Mania,
777 Slots,
BFM Casino,
Bingo,
Bounty,
Cheat 100,
Dicey Dice,
TrixSlotsCategory 6: Hearts Deluxe 2,
Hong Kong Mah Jong,
Harewood Hearts,
Idiots Delight,
Leo BlackJack,
Lotto,
Lotto Maniac,
Video Craps for Windows,
Millenium Online Casino,
Mountain Casino,
Instant Bingo,
Sunflower Solitaire,
3D RouletteCategory 7: Super Double Jackpot,
Interbet 2000 Gold,
MEGA Slots,
Solitaire,
MVP Bridge,
3DPro SlotsCategory 8: Spades,
Super Fruit,
Super Video Poker,
Ultra Lott,
Ultima 21 Blackjack,
Win A Lotto,
Windows Bridge,
Prono Lotto,
PP Cards,
Pro Video Poker,
Roulette Analyser,
Casino Regal,
Super Double Jackpot,
InterBet 2000In addition to these games the first menu offers the player a selection of game demos from Kool Dog games. |
| Casino Inc. | 2002 | Konami of America, Inc. | Hothouse Creations Ltd. | Gambling, Strategy | Top-down | | | Real-time strategy | | | | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | Casino Inc is a sim in which the player takes on the role of a casino manager. While it does a fine job as a business simulation, unlike other sim games, Casino Inc allows players to be as seedy and underhanded as they want to be. Assassinations, hookers, cheats, thugs, and strong arms all play roles in this deceptively simple game. |
| Casino Master | 2002 | Centron Software, Inc. | Centron Software, Inc. | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Casino Master is a collection of games played in a casino that has been around since 1999. What makes this game a bit different to the norm is that it has instructional video clips from professional gambler John Patrick for each game and on money management.The games available in version 5.0 are Baccarat, Blackjack , Craps , Keno, Pai Gow, Red Dog , Roulette (American or European style), 7-Card Stud, Slots (four machines available), Texas Hold ‘em , and Video Poker. |
| Chain Reaction | 2002 | GarageGames, Inc. | Monster Studios, LLC | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Chain Reaction is a 3D variation of The Incredible Machine. You solve puzzles by arranging an assortment of levers, belts, motors and other items to achieve a goal. The game comes with timed levels and a sandbox mode. You can fully rotate the camera to observe your constructions and there are 8 settings for more than 50 game levels, along with a few tutorials.The goal is to move a fuzzy monster to a designated spot in the level, using items such as flashlights, basketballs, trampolines and fans. The game depends on gravity as the primary key to all puzzles. The solutions require a pre-selected array of pieces to be arranged in certain ways. The game comes with a "Builder", a construction set where you can design your own levels with over 65 parts in the toybox. These can be exported and shared online. |
| ChainReaction | 2002 | | | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | ChainReaction is a single player, mouse controlled, puzzle game.In this game the player is presented with a collection of balls representing atomic particles. The player has a collection of Radium and Uranium atoms at their disposal. By careful positioning of these atoms the player must light up all the atoms in the game area by causing a Chain Reaction.The Radium atoms are labelled U,D,L and R for Up, Down, Left and Right. When struck by a particle from another atom Radium emits a particle that travels as far as it can in the specified direction lighting up all atoms in its pathThere are two types of Uranium atoms, Uranium and Uranium 2, the Uranium atom lights up all atoms touching it while the Uranium 2 atom does the same thing but lights up two layers of surrounding atoms.The game has fifty levels most of which are locked until the player has made sufficient progress through the game
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| Champion Mahjongg | 2002 | Xing Interactive C.V. | Guardian Light Studios | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Champion Mahjongg is a simple implementation of the Chinese tile matching game Mahjongg. A board is completed by clicking on the tiles.It is a single-player game with three background locations to choose from as well as custom tiles that can be loaded from the main menu. The board state can be saved and loaded from the main menu. If there are no legal moves, a shuffle button can be used to rearrange the tiles. A timer is displayed in the bottom left corner.The shareware version contains one location and one tileset. |
| Chemicus II: Die versunkene Stadt | 2002 | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Chemicus II: Die versunkene Stadt is a first-person adventure. A famous professor disappears during an accident in a chemistry laboratory. As his assistant it is your job to find him and get to he bottom of this accident. You find a mysterious charm and the adventure begins. The player has to solve puzzles with the help of chemistry. For example the player needs to produce some gypsum as a part of the game. The necessary ingredients are stored in the inventory. The game includes a knowledge base in order to help the player to solve the puzzles. |
| Cherokee Trails | 2002 | | Pharos Games | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cherokee Trails is an educational point and click adventure game aimed at teaching children about the 'Trail of Tears', the forced relocation of the native American peoples that occurred in the 1830's.The game starts with Lynetta, an old Cherokee woman, telling the stories to a group of young people, how in 1838 soldiers forced them to walk 900 miles to a new home in Oklahoma and how one third of them did not survive the trip. She gives them a magic box which, next day, turns into a covered wagon. The player takes the role of one of a group of eight young people following the 'Trail of Tears' in the the wagon. Each character takes the place of one of the men in Lynetta's story. Along the way there are scenes with ghosts from the past who explain what conditions were like, opportunities to fish and trade, wild animals and natural obstacles. |
| Chicken Invaders | 2002 | InterAction studios | InterAction studios | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | After centuries of human oppression the chickens have had enough. With the aid of kin from another galaxy, they have begun attacking Earth's defenses with millions of dropped eggs and asteroids. You, as the pilot who just wants to get a hamburger, are Earth's final hope for survival.
Chicken Invaders is the first part of a series of Space Invaders parodies where you control a space-ship while facing waves of asteroids and space chickens. Your movements are limited to a horizontal plane but are armed with a blaster which you can use to shoot the enemies. You can upgrade your weapons to spread or to missiles by simply getting enough points or by collecting the gift boxes the occasional chicken will drop.
Your enemies are the waves of chickens who move in patterns down the screen and shoot eggs at you. Coming into contact with them will also be detrimental to your survival. Accompanying the chickens are asteroids which in one wave go slowly diagonally across the screen and asteroids which plummet quickly down. All can be blasted given that they're shot enough.
After every nine waves of chickens you will face off against a boss chicken which is larger and more dangerous. This chicken will require a multitude of landed blasts to defeat. Of course you don't have to be the last pilot facing off against these invaders as the game allows for two people to play off the same keyboard. Whoever gets the higher score can afterwards post their score online. |
| Circuitron | 2002 | Trek8 Games | | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Circuitron is a single player puzzle game reminiscent of Pipe Mania.The action takes place in the centre of the screen. Pieces of pipe-work 'fall' to the centre of the screen from each of the four sides, the player has no control over where the pieces fall but once in the playing arena they can be rotated at any time. The object of the game is to make loops, once a loop is made it disappears and the remaining bits of pipe shuffle inwards to fill the gap. The game ends when the pipe-work reaches the edge of the playing area.
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| Classic Backgammon | 2002 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Purple Software Ltd | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Classic Backgammon is a one or two player version of the classic board / dice game. This version of the game includes a full set of rules, five levels of difficulty, and a save game feature. It also supports Doubling and the Crawford Rule (i.e. if one player is just one game away from winning a match then the game cannot be doubled). |
| Classic Board Games | 2002 | Mindscape (UK) Limited | | Strategy | Side view, Top-down | | | Board game, Chess | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Classic Board games is a compilation of six traditional board games.The games in this package are:
Backgammon
Chess
Connect Four
Draughts
Reversi
SolitaireThis is not a shareware compilation. All games have been developed by the same team and share a common menu as well as a similar look and feel, they are all played against the computer. There is a save game feature and a scoring system which records how many games the player has won/lost.The games are played entirely with the mouse and can be played in either French or English. |
| Classic Games: Arcade Games | 2002 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Classic Games: Arcade Games is a compilation of fifty shareware games. It was produced in conjunction with the PC Guide magazine.
The install process loads a game browser onto the player's machine and this is used to select the games to load. To play the games the player selects and installs them via the browser. The games in the compilation are:
Adventures With Chickens
Another Pool
A version of DX-Ball which has been renamed Arkanoid
Aro II
Astro3D
Avenger
Avoid The Roids
Bad Toys 3D
Blades Of Exile
Blob Factory
Bomb Golf
BrainWave
Brain Wave 2
Bricks
Calamari Cubes
Cyber Dome!
Dig It
Diversion Slots
Domination, which is a re-issue of Rex Blade : The Apocalypse
Drone
Enemy Lines
Exile II: Crystal Souls
Exile: Escape From The Pit
Gravity Wars
The Greens
Hunchback 96
Operation: Inner Space
Missile Attack
Mission Cobra 98
Moraff's Cyber Pinball
Moraff's Escapade
Ms. Chomp
Necrodome
Orbsters v1.3
Pacman 3D
Poolster
Popper
Prairie Dog Hunt Pro
Prairie Dog Hunt Pro '97
ROAR
Slam!
Snooker 147
Space Junkie
Space Rocks
Starcom
Star Merc
TRON
TZ Mini Golf
Underworld
Win Pac 2
Also on the disc, but not referenced by the menu system, are:
Comet Busters!
Moraff's Ultra Blast
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| Classic Games: Chess | 2002 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Purple Software Ltd | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Chess | | | | | | | Windows | Classic Games: Chess is another game in GSP's Classic Games series. Games can be one player vs the computer, two player, or computer vs computer.The CD autoloads and gives the user the option of reading the game's manual or installing the game. Once installed the game can be played vial the Windows START menu and the manual can be accessed from within the game.This game has five skill levels for the AI opponent, an optional feature to show valid moves for each piece and undo and redo functions and a choice of in-game music. Games can be saved to be resumed later but there is no game clock, choice of notation, or collection of historic games to play/replay. |
| Classic Puzzles | 2002 | NZP Puzzles & Games | | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Board game, Mini-games | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Classic Puzzles is a freeware collection of four single player, mouse controlled, counter swapping puzzles, the object in each puzzle is to change the starting order of the counters to another order in the minimum possible moves.In all puzzles the background theme is an old advertisement for an American car. In the lower left corner is a counter which records the number of moves made, In the lower right there is 50 speed sign which can be used to show the target solution.
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| Classics Collection 2 | 2002 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This 4 CD compilation contains:
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption |
| Click & Create With Mia: A Complete Creativity Studio | 2002 | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Educational | | | | | North America | | Point and select | Real-time | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This game includes a variety of creative art tools activities which are designed to be fun to use and to suit some early learning projects. This includes a paint program, a paper crafts utility, a shapes section, a drawing tool and movie making program. There also coloring pages and several characters from the Mia franchise. Created images and media can also be exported for sharing on the computer. |
| Clickenzee | 2002 | | YupGames | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Time management | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Clickenzee you are presented with a screen full of various types of squares. The objective is to clear the screen, which is done by removing groups of 2 or more identical adjacent squares. These are removed, with those which were above them falling down. Empty columns also slide along to the left. Each time scores points for the number of tiles you remove with that move.The tactic is therefore to avoid leaving a single square of a particular design isolated from the others. A minimum victory points target is assigned - beyond that, you get a bonus for each percent of the screen that is cleared. Targets are cumulative, so that comfortable success on one level will make your task easier on the next one.There are five bonus titles, distributed randomly though the levels. Two of these rotate the blocks (horizontally or vertically), producing a random one in place of the tile, while the other three change all tiles in a row, column or block at random. Note that these are the only moves which can't be undone.There are four different sets of tile patterns. |
| Codename Silver | 2002 | Xing Interactive C.V. | Aidem Games, Nerlaska, S.L. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Silver is a secret agent with a mystical past. He works for ARTEMISA, an organization of politicians and scientists who wants to save the world from the claws of TKG, a huge and unscrupulous organisation. TKG uses any mean to transform the world to place of deceit and destruction. Killer robots and mutants are only some of the members of their army that tries to conquer the world. Silver is no ordinary man though. He has been chosen to become the world's first genetically modified super agent and therefore is much stronger than anyone else. He is the only one that can change TKG's domination and create a better world. Codename Silver is an action game where the player controls Silver from a top down perspective. To defeat the army of TKG he has an arsenal of 15 different weapons, from pistols to shotguns and machine guns. All these can be purchased for beta pulses, which is a mysterious energy that Silver gets when killing enemies. To help himself through the levels, Silver has a radar that shows him information about the mission objections. In some missions Silver first has to find his radar. Each mission also has secret objects which can increase the player's score. |
| Collection: Combat Flight | 2002 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Collection Combat Flight is a compilation of a flight simulator and two add-on packages. It consists of:
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator
Luftwaffe Collection
Royal Air Force 2000
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| Combat Engineer | 2002 | Agentix Software | Agentix Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The freeware game Combat Engineer is basically a remake of Minesweeper, but with some things of its own.The playfield consists of 33x19 cells and one bomb in each corner. The primary goal of the game is to defuse those bombs before your time runs out. This is simply done by clicking on the corner cells, however, unlike Minesweeper, you can't just click any cells, but only adjacent ones to already opened ones (you start with 3x3 opened ones in the center). So you have to make your way to all four corners.Like Minesweeper, each cell contains a number from 0 (blank) to 7, telling how many mines are in adjacent cells. So you have to think which ones you simply open and which ones you mark as a mine. If you trigger one or two mines, the game does not end, because you are a bit protected, however the third mine will kill you.The game comes with 4 difficulty settings (Easy, Medium, Hard, Very Hard), which impact on how dense the minefield will be. |
| Command & Conquer Pack | 2002 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun |
| Command & Conquer: Mania Pack | 2002 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge
Command & Conquer: Renegade |
| Cosgrove's Umbrella | 2002 | D R Incorporated | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Cosgrove's Umbrella is a single player platform game that was created using Gamemaker software.The main character, Cosgrove, is a blob who has been whisked away from his home by an evil weather demon. The player's job is to guide Cosgrove back home which, in gameplay terms means completing a series of increasingly difficult screens. Each screen has an exit point which is revealed when the player flips a switch. Points are scored by collecting coins, sixty coins gives the player an additional life. In addition to coins the player can collect Glob which is what Cosgrove spits / fires at enemies. The umbrella of the title is an on-screen item that, when collected, grants temporary invincibility.The game has a high score table which shows the top ten scores and levels which are password protected. It is entirely keyboard controlled. |
| Cosmic Memory | 2002 | Beenox Inc. | Beenox Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cosmic Memory is a Concentration game with a space theme. A number of monitors is presented to the player. Each monitor has an object that is revealed when the player clicks on it. The player gets to choose two monitors at a time and the aim is to reveal the same object. If they are not the player has to pick another two until he all pairs have been revealed. The player scores points for each pair matched and loses some points when he fails with a match. By matching consecutive pairs the player earns bonus points. The game has two modes: normal and time trial. The normal mode is endless without any restrictions in time. In the time trial the player has to be quick and find the matches before time runs out. For every matched pair extra time is won. Three different difficulties can be choose from and the difference between them is the size of the board. |
| Crazy Eight | 2002 | | eBrainyGames, LLC | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Crazy Eight is a single player implementation of the popular children's card game in which the player plays against a single AI opponent.The game is played entirely with the mouse and records just the highest score.
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| Cribbage Champion | 2002 | | Fun For All Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Cribbage Champion is a single player vs computer, shareware, card game.This is a version of standard six card cribbage played with a single deck of cards. A game continues until one player has scored one hundred and twenty-one points or more, i.e. they don't have to achieve exactly that number to win. The game uses the standard skunk ruling that if a player wins, i.e. scores one hundred and twenty-one points, before their opponent scores ninety points then the win counts as two wins. There's also an optional double-skunk rule whereby if a player wins before their opponent scores sixty points it counts as three wins, if it is before ninety points it counts as two wins.A match consists of the first player to win five games.The game is played entirely with the mouse. There are options to change the card backs, the colour of the game area and the shape of the board and there are many kinds of game statistics. It was designed to support both internet play and publishing of scores on the game's website but these functions are, as at 2013, no longer working. |
| Crime Fighter | 2002 | | | Action, Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | Arcade, Board game | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In the near future, gangland crime runs rampant. And you and up to three other friends are fighting to become the boss of the criminal underworld in a small city. You must commit various crimes, such as burglary, pickpocketing, robbery, kidnapping, assassination, and smuggling to climb through the ranks. Each type of crime has a minigame attached to it, be it tactical fighting, item pushing puzzles, breaking a code, sneaking past guards, or running through halls, trying to stay away from the cops. Eventually you will command up to 9 other gangsters to help you rise to power.Crime Fighter can be played by up to four people at the same machine, though a single player mode is available as well. |
| Critical Point | 2002 | Peach Princess | Sweet Basil | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Adults Only | Setting | Windows | Early in the 21st century, a sudden shortage of energy and food caused World War III - the most devastating in the history of mankind. The Earth' population was reduced to 15% of its pre-war level. Some years later, four powerful organizations control the Earth and the Moon. Each one of them wants to be the sole ruler of the world...You are Captain Reiji Osumi of the Free Alliance Space Force. You were a fighter pilot during the War, and your past is shadowed by a terrible incident. You are now sent to the Free Alliance Moon Base, suspecting a sabotage has taken place there. The Base is populated entirely by women, and when you arrive there, you notice their behavior is quite strange.... has this something to do with the sabotage? It's up to you to reveal the mystery in this sci-fi hentai adventure. By selecting choices when investigating and talking to the women on the base, you can influence the course of the game and reach one of the 24 endings. |
| Cross Roads: Green Wave | 2002 | Novitas GmbH | TriNodE Entertainment Systems | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Back in the days of the Commodore 64 there was a game named Traffic in which you could control traffic lights.
"Cross Roads" is a remake of this classic. In 12 German cities like Berlin, Bochum, Hanover or Nuremberg you have the power of controlling the volume of traffic by switching the traffic lights on a crossroads with a simple mouse click.Road works or very slow vehicles don't make your task easier and when more than 10 cars have to wait too long, you have lost and can enter your name in a high score list. |
| Crosscountry Canada 2 | 2002 | Ingenuity Works, Inc. | Ingenuity Works, Inc. | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | North America | Transport, Truck | Point and select | | | | Windows | Crosscountry Canada 2 is an educational computer game for ages 9 and up. It is the sequel to the original Crosscountry Canada and its enhanced version Crosscountry Canada: Platinum. Players drive an 18-wheel truck picking up commodities and delivering them to their destination. Along their route, players learn geography skills, map reading, making decisions, estimations, problem solving, and directions targeted for grades 4 to 9. The game provides descriptions and photos from each of the 50 commodities.All actions are performed with a click of the mouse. As the player travels through 79 cities across Canada, on-screen maps are provided from the laptop to plan their route as selected from the compass, and popular cities, landmarks and places are recorded during the player’s travels. |
| Crossword & Puzzle Games For Windows | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Crossword & Puzzle Games For Windows is a collection of shareware and freeware games and utilities published by Idigicon in their Family Fun series. The games in this collection are divided into twelve banks or groups, the games in each bank are;Bank 1: Achi,
Alientic,
Alquerqu,
Amnesia,
Another Mastermind,
Babylon II,
Geert's Backgammon,
Binary Blitz v2.13,
Bogout,
Brain CruncherBank 2: Brainsbreaker,
Brickbat,
Chainreaction,
Cipher,
ClearScreen,
A1 Collex,
ColourBlind,
ColorHunt,
Combine 'Em,
CompoundBank 3: Concentration,
Confound
CrossWord,
Crossword Compiler,
Crypto V2.0,
Cubic,
CyberSpace Cross Word,
DeepPockets,
Dequoter,
Detective ChessBank 4: DialWord,
DiceDeluxe
Doiley v0.95,
Doubleblock,
Econ's Arena,
Egg Carton,
Erno Rubiks Cube,
Fifteen,
Gowords,
Hangman Bank 5: HangWin,
Hop,
Jeek,
Jewels of the Oracle,
Jigsaw2,
Jixxa,
Josho,
JT'S Concentration,
Jumble V2,
JuxtoBank 6: Klox,
Knight's Tour,
Leapfrog,
Lexpert,
Lines,
Reverand Lowell's Treasury of Humour,
Magic,
Marble,
Matchbox,
MaxitBank 7: Maze Master,
Memory Game 95 v1.1a,
Magic Squares,
MicroBalls,
Miser Mind,
Mr Mind,
Mixline,
Memory Jiggler,
Moraff's Morejongg,
Mr MindBank 8: Peg Puzzle,
PentaBlox,
Pentopuzzle,
Puzzle,
Puzzler,
Quarto,
Radiation 95,
Rainbow Balls,
Raisin HangMan,
Rotating InsanityBank 9: Roxie's ABC Fish,
Roxie's Reading Fish,
SGH HangMan,
Shuffle,
Slider,
Sliders,
Sokoban,
Span-It,
Spin -n- Match,
Spin-n-Win Bank 10: The Spelling Voice, Subliminal,
Swap,
Sympathy,
T4,
Taipei,
Tangram,
The Lame Game v3.0,
The Cube,
Thorus LinesBank 11: Typegame,
Voice Match,
Win Tetris,
Crypto,
Winwheel,
Wordmix,
Wordsearch,
Word Search Mania,
Wordtrix,
Gowords\LucasprobBank 12: ROXIREAD\ColourLinez,
Win Tetris\5orMore,
Win Tetris\TileFall11,
Computer Word Search,
Crossword Construction Kit 98,
Crossword Mania,
Descrambler,
Word Builder,
Words,
Word Search Construction Kit,
Word Search Rampage,
Word Wrestle |
| Cruncher in Mazeland | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | 123-D Software, Inc., Duckfoot Technologies, Inc., Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Cruncher in Mazeland is a single-player, 3-D Pac-Man clone. It is very similar to its companion game, Lady Cruncher.The object of the game is to achieve a high score by guiding Cruncher, a sort of mechanical digger, around a maze eating pellets. Each pellet eaten scores a point, additionally, each obstacle encountered and knocked off the maze also scores points as do keys that are collected. Some pellets can only be reached by jumping. Within the maze are robot enemies. If these are encountered after eating a power pellet then they are defeated and more points are scored, any unempowered encounter costs a life. When three lives have been lost the game is over. There are three worlds to explore, Wild World, Fantasy Land, and Mystic Mazes each with its own set of levels.The game has sound effects and music, both of which can be disabled, and a high score table. It is played via the keyboard, the arrow keys move the character and the space key causes it to jump. |
| Cultures Gold | 2002 | THQ Inc. | Funatics Development GmbH | Compilation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Cultures Gold is a compilation including:
Cultures
Cultures: Die Rache des Regengottes
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| Curious George: Downtown Adventure | 2002 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | When Curious George and the Man With the Yellow Hat venture into the city one day, the Man foolishly leaves George alone while he goes off to shop for shoes. Curious George has a curiosity streak a mile wide that no admonition can suppress, and when he sees a crowd gathered he just has to investigate. George's actions precipitate a series of little disasters which he must set to rights.The game begins with an illustrated narration and then moves on to the first puzzle in the game, where the narrator guides the player through a mini-tutorial. The puzzles are very much like "Rube Goldberg machines", similar to The Incredible Machine series of games. Items must be arranged on the screen in a cause-and-effect manner to accomplish certain tasks. More items are collected as each puzzle is solved. Each successful puzzle awards bananas which are considered the player's "score".Recommended ages for this game are 3 - 6 according to the publisher, however, the puzzles can be confusing. Luckily, the game offers hints on each puzzle page, allowing even the youngest player to complete each task. Player Achievement certificates, based on the player's progress, can be printed out.The game also features an "Open Play" mode where the player can design their own puzzles. |
| Cédric: Chen a disparu! | 2002 | EMME Interactive SA | Pense-Tête S.A.R.L. | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Cédric: Chen a disparu! is a game inspired by the Cédric comics series. Cédric's girlfriend Chen has disappeared. You will have to investigate to find clues by visiting Cédric's and Chen's friends and talking to them. The CD-ROM features several mini-games such as a skateboard race. Beware of Caligula the dog, which seems dangerous. |
| DOR | 2002 | G-Collections | D.O. Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | This edition of DOR is a collection of three short stories, taken from two different DOR games:From the first DOR:
Kanako's Depression: You are visited by a beautiful vampire who wants only one thing: To suck your blood. In return, she will be your servant for one day.
The Telephone Scandal: You call into a telephone dating service. You can choose to talk to a young schoolgirl or an older working woman.
From DOR 2:
Armored Fighter Gyleban: Parody of good-versus-evil anime, such as Macross.
Each story can be finished in approximately ten minutes. DOR features depictions of sex, and is for adults only. |
| Dancin' Hijinks | 2002 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | In Dancin' Hijinks, you have to follow the arrow keys to preform dance moves. But don't take too long to press the keys, or make too many mistakes, or it's game over. As you progress, you learn more moves with the up and down keys. Further in the game as you gain points, you can choose from two other dancers. You can also enter codes for special items. |
| Dart Mania | 2002 | eGames, Inc. | | Sports | | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dart Mania is a mouse controlled game for up to four players.There are three games in this product; Baseball, Golf, and Freestyle. Darts are 'thrown' in a three click system, the first click starts a horizontal pointer moving back and forth beneath the dartboard. The second click stops the horizontal pointer and starts another marker moving up and down to the right of the dartboard. The third click stops the vertical marker and launches the dart at the point where the pointers intersect.The game is mouse controlled, has some music and sound effects and a simple high score table which does not differentiate between the three games |
| Dawn of Aces und Warbirds | 2002 | Interactive Magic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Dawn of Aces
Warbirds
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| Dawn of empire | 2002 | NBG EDV Handels- und Verlags GmbH | Dartmoor Softworks GmbH & Co. KG | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Dawn of empire is set on the continent Pangueon which is ruled by the dynasty Shina. Because of corruption Shina is divided into three factions which start a war for power. The game is played like many real-time strategy games of its time: The player collects the three resources gold, food and wood which are used to construct buildings. These are used in turn to build units or to defend the own base. The ultimate goal is mostly to rush the enemy, in some missions the player has to defend his base for a set amount of time.Every faction has heroes with unique abilities. Units gain experience points when defeating enemies and a level up results in more attack power. Some maps feature an additional underground map which can be explored. There are three campaigns with six missions each. |
| Deathchase 2002 | 2002 | | | Action | 1st-person | Fangame | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Deathchase 2002 is a remake of Deathchase. The basic gameplay involves riding a motorcycle through a forest, trying to shoot down 2 enemy bikes as well as interloping tanks and helicopters, with money awarded for distance travelled and for each successful shooting. The game alternates between day and night settings. Graphics and sound have been updated, with extra detail on the skyline as well as more defined multi-colour enemy sprites. The screen layout remains as before, although the high score is now saved. |
| Defender of the Crown: Digitally Remastered Collector's Edition | 2002 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | Cinemaware Corporation, clickBOOM Interactive | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events | | | | | | Windows | This edition is the first release of Defender of the Crown for Windows / Macintosh and it is a remake of the original game. This digitally remastered edition features enhanced graphics and sound, and additional material.Years later, an original version of the game with original graphics and sounds was also released for Windows, which makes this a remake and a separate game to the regular port of the original MS-DOS version to Windows. |
| Dell Magazines Crosswords | 2002 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dell Magazines Crosswords is a collection of 1,200 crossword puzzles from Dell Magazine and released as part of Sierra's Hoyle series. There is support for two players to compete head-to-head or work collaboratively. For competitive two-player games a turn time limited can be set at 30, 45 or 60 seconds. When playing alone options include the user of a timer and solving any letter, word or the whole puzzle. Three backgrounds are available (grape satin, lime or newspaper) and there is optional music. The game keeps statistics and solved clues can be marked. Puzzles come with six difficulty settings. The puzzles can also be printed. |
| Delta Force 2 / Delta Force Land Warrior | 2002 | NovaLogic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Delta Force 2
Delta Force: Land WarriorThe keep case contains separate manuals for each game. Each game comes on a separate disc and has its own product key. |
| Der Stratege II | 2002 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains demo-versions of the following games:
Conflict Zone
Warlords: Battlecry II
Hotel Giant
Imperialism II: The Age of Exploration
Trevor Chan's Capitalism II
Industry Giant II
RIM: Battle Planets
RollerCoaster Tycoon
Strategic Command: European Theater
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome
Caesar III
Earth 2150
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| Devyat' princev Ambera | 2002 | Akella | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Devyat' princev Ambera is an adventure game based on Nine Princes in Amber (1970), the first novel from the Chronicles of Amber series by Roger Zelazny. It follows the adventures of Carl Corey, who wakes up in a hospital with amnesia, escapes and starts searching for answers. After a while he discovers his true identity, his mission and a fantasy world hidden from the eyes of mere mortals. A lot of work has to be done.The gameplay is linear and consists of several loosely connected elements: a simple point-n-click adventure, a number of quick-time events and 9 stand-alone puzzles. The story is told through dialogs that follow the text of the novel closely. The game comes with 2D hand-drawn characters and pre-rendered backgrounds. |
| Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza | 2002 | Fox Interactive, Inc., Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Piranha Games, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed, Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza is another game based on the 1988 blockbuster action movie Die Hard starring Bruce Willis. Unlike other Die Hard games, Nakatomi Plaza works to retell the story in-game as much as possible, allowing you to witness many of the film's events (or participate in them!) from inside the tender bare feet of protagonist John McClane. Many areas from the film (and by extension, the actual Fox Tower where the film was shot) are reproduced with careful detail, and will be instantly recognizable to fans. The game reuses sound effects and background music from the film, along with imitators for the main actors (with the exception of Reginald Vel Johnson, who reprises his role from the film). Details also include using a lighter to navigate dark air ducts, an arsenal true to what was seen in the film, and a character who shoots all his guns left-handed (Bruce Wills is a lefty in real life, and in the film). The player is governed by three meters - health, stamina, and resolve. Health tracks the hits a player can take, stamina tracks how long they can run, and resolve grants accuracy bonuses as the player kills terrorists (confident), but makes the player a worse shot as they take damage or are pinned down by gunfire (afraid).Nakatomi Plaza follows Die Hard's plot to the letter. The player controls New York cop John McClane as he visits his estranged wife in L.A. during her company's Christmas party. Terrorists arrive and take over the massive Nakatomi Plaza office building, trapping all inside. The player must fight through waves of goons (with numbers substantially increased for the game) to rescue his wife and stop the leader Hans. The game also includes expanded levels and sequences, meant to suggest what John was doing in the time that other outside events or character discussions were going on in the film. |
| Die große Fußball Chronik: Das multimediale Nachschlagewerk | 2002 | Systhema | BoST interactive GmbH | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Die große Fußball Chronik: Das multimediale Nachschlagewerk is an encyclopedia about soccer. It features two independent programs: one about the Soccer World Cups (2002 just as preview) and the other about the Bundesliga, the first German soccer league. Both programs also feature a quiz game for one or two players. The basic rules are simple: every player is in charge of a soccer team. The player who has the ball needs to answer a soccer question. If he is right the ball gets passed to another player of his team which is more near at the opponent's goal. If he answers wrong the other teams gets in control. If a player answers enough question in a row correctly he scores a goal. Every question, no matter if correctly or false answered, causes the time to progress. After 90 minutes the game is over and the player with the most goals wins. There are five difficulty levels which influence the asked questions.Both versions of the game are basically the same, just the questions vary. On the first CD all questions are about World Cups and on the second CD the questions cover soccer in general and the Bundesliga. |
| Digimon World | 2002 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | You're a young boy who loved playing with the Digimon virtual pet with his friends after school. One day after he came home, his virtual pet started to glow and then all of a sudden he gets sucked in. You land in a place called the Digital World and you meet the leader Jijimon and your Digimon partner (either Agumon or Gabumon). Then, Jijimon explains to you the crisis that a terrible force has disrupted the island and you have to stop it.You have to raise your Digimon by feeding it, training it, fighting, putting it to sleep, taking care of illness and exhaustion and going to the toilet.You have to restore the island by fighting digimon and letting them join the city. Your main objective is to make it to Infinity Mountain and the real enemy, Machinedramon! Since you can only go to the Ultimate level you have to have strategy to win the fight. Do you have the strength and skill to defeat this almost foe? |
| Dinosaur Resurrection | 2002 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Dinosaur Resurrection, a remake of the classic dungeon-crawler RPG Dinosaur, is a first-person RPG in which you take the role of the famous warrior Ash, who is constantly haunted by the spirits of his deceased enemies and comrades. As the game starts he finds himself summoned to the world of Zamhan by a magic butterfly, and thus he sets out to explore the land, completing quests for the town inhabitants and clearing dungeons with the aid of a few companions you can find in the game.Gameplay-wise the game uses first-person view for exploration, with all movement being grid-based. You can freely explore each town to buy items, get quests, etc. and then you go dungeon-crawling for loot and experience. Combat is turn-based and actually takes place in a separate screen, in which the attacking monsters are presented as cards that await your commands to attack, defend, cast a spell, etc.The Windows remake revamps all of the graphics, most notably replacing the main view with polygonal graphics, and also includes an arranged soundtrack and mouse support. New features have been added, such as an auto-map and auto-targeting functions, as well as the ability to select different formations for your party. |
| Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Hawaiian Discovery | 2002 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Gorilla Systems Corporation | Action, Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | | | | Oceania, Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control, Point and select | | | | Windows | Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Hawaiian Discovery is a collection of mini-games featuring the main characters of the Disney film. All the games are introduced by a sinister secret agent, Cobra Bubbles, who does his best to make the most trivial task seem dark and mysterious. The mini-games in this product, which must be completed in order, are
Lilo's Pa Hula: This is Lilo's dancing class, there is a dance video to watch and numerous hot spots that trigger small animations or changes of scenery.
Area 626: Here the player must search the area around Stitch's crashed spaceship for his gizmos. This game ends when all items have been found.
Hoaloha Doggie!: This is a Whack-A-Mole variant where we find Stitch trapped in a dogs home. All the dogs are scared of him and hide on top of their cages. Eventually they get curious and come down to the floor and the player must scare them back on top of their cages by clicking on them. There are three levels to this game and the object is to keep all the dogs on their cages and out of sight so that when Lilo enters she'll see Stitch and adopt him.The player must also keep an eye on Stitch as he will grow antennae and/or additional limbs and these must be made to go away or he will be unable to scare the dogs
The Wikiwiki Trails: This is a mini maze game, it sees Lilo and Stitch on a tricycle and they must negotiate a maze without running any red lights. The levels of this game become progressively harder with later levels requiring Lilo and Stitch to help people to earn coins and wrenches so that they can operate barriers and repair the trike.
The Luau: Here the player works in a restaurant where they must give seat, serve and give checks to patrons while keeping two aliens away from Lilo and Stitch
Alien Constructomatic: In this game the player helps Stitch construct buildings from the pieces that move by on conveyor belts and construction cranes
Pa 'ina with Pudge: In this game the player helps Lilo feed Pudge, a fish, and his friends.
Lilo's Kauhale: Kauhale means home and Lilo's Kauhale is in a mess. The player clicks on objects and returns them to the appropriate room.
The Big Kemu: This is the final mission and it in three parts. Lilo and Stitch have been captured by Captain Gantu who is taking them to his home planet, Planet Turo. The first part of this level is to free Stitch, the second is to pilot the spaceship through an obstacle course to rescue Lilo and the third is to get Lilo and Stitch home on their surfboard again avoiding a series of obstacles |
| Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise | 2002 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Blitz Games Ltd | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is a 3D kids action-adventure based on the Disney animated movie. You take turns controlling Stitch, the cute alien experiment that can turn deadly, to avoid the bounty hunters looking for him and Lilo, the Hawaiian girl being raised by her older sister, to use her voodoo magic to scare enemies throughout levels in various parts of the island. There are varied enemies, ranging from a turtle to man-eating plants to alien bounty hunters. There are three sections of five levels each and Lilo & Stitch must navigate various moving platforms. Both characters can run, jump and butt-stomp, along with some unique moves of their own. As they progress, 100 tokens and 4 special icons must be collected in each level as well as different power-ups, health and lives. The items will be found on the ground, in breakable pots or high in the air which require jumping around on platforms to get. There's also a few mini-games like a timed race against an opponent. Hidden photos and movie clips are bonuses to be revealed between levels. |
| Disney's The Emperor's New Groove: Groove Center | 2002 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Public Technologies Multimedia, Inc. | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Disney's The Emperor's New Groove: Groove Center is an activity game for children based on the Disney movie "The Emperor's New Groove".The game features four mini games with arcade and puzzle gameplay."Kroc Krusher" has you saving the llama Kuzco from crocodiles while swinging from beneath a rope bridge. You can spit against the bridge to have boards of wood fall on the crocodiles."Kornotopia" requires you to plant, grow, water and harvest bumper crops. You have to be aware for natural hazards that might harm your crops."Yzmania!" is a color recognition game where different coloured enemies swarm the player, using potions which can be thrown the player can transform them, but he can only transform them when the platform he's on equals the colour of the enemy."Loomation" allows you to create an animated tapestry. You can watch the animations, print it or send it via e-mail to friends and family. Online you can buy new components to be used in your tapestry. |
| Disney's The Lion King: 3 Games | 2002 | Disney Interactive | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Disney's The Lion King: 3 Games is a compilation of three games:
Disney's Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games
Disney's The Lion King 2 - Simba's Pride Activity Centre
Disney's The Lion King 2 - Simba's Pride Action Game
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| Disney's Treasure Planet Collection | 2002 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games
Disney's Treasure Planet: Treasure Racer
Disney's Treasure Planet: Broadside Blast
Disney's Treasure Planet: Etherium Rescue
Disney's Treasure Planet: Ship Shape
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| Disney's Treasure Planet: Print Studio | 2002 | EPSON Europe | Méga-Art | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Disney's Treasure Planet: Print Studio is an art studio program that allows children to create and print calendars, cards, certificates, flyers, invitations, stationaries, and so on. All in all, there are 13 kind of projects to be customized and printed. It includes various official artwork of characters from Disney's Treasure Planet film. |
| Disney•Pixar Monsters Inc.: Monster Tag | 2002 | Buena Vista Games, Inc. | Sapient Interactive | Action | Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This game is part of the Wreck Room Arcade series which consists of four different "activities". You can buy and play them separately, but they link into the same main menu - and, if you have bought them all, you get another bonus game for free (it will be unlocked after you've installed the last game).In this game, you control a figure on some sort of paddle. Another figure will jump on the other end of the paddle and, if you press space in the right moment, it will be sent back in the air where some gadgets are. These gadgets need to be collected to advance a level. It's hard to explain, but look at screenshot no. 4 to understand :) |
| Disney•Pixar's Monsters Inc.: Pinball Panic Mini Game | 2002 | Buena Vista Games, Inc. | Sapient Interactive | Simulation | | Licensed | | Pinball | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This game is part of the Wreck Room Arcade series which consists of four different "activities". You can buy and play them separately, but they link into the same main menu - and, if you have bought them all, you get another bonus game for free (it will be unlocked after you've installed the last game).This is a simple pinball game with a Monsters Inc. theme. |
| Disney•Pixar's Monsters Inc.: Wreck Room Arcade - Bowling for Screams | 2002 | Buena Vista Games, Inc. | Sapient Interactive | Action, Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This game is part of the Wreck Room Arcade series which consists of four different "activities". You can buy and play them separately, but they link into the same main menu - and, if you have bought them all, you get another bonus game for free (it will be unlocked after you've installed the last game)."Bowling for Screams" is a fun bowling game with the characters from the Disney/Pixar movie "Monsters Inc.". It's no normal bowling - the lanes are littered with obstacles and you can maneuver the bowling ball with the arrow keys. |
| Disney•Pixar's Monsters Inc.: Wreck Room Arcade: Eight Ball Chaos | 2002 | Buena Vista Games, Inc. | Sapient Interactive | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This game is part of the Wreck Room Arcade series which consists of four different "activities". You can buy and play them separately, but they link into the same main menu - and, if you have bought them all, you get another bonus game for free (it will be unlocked after you've installed the last game).Eight Ball Chaos is "billard light" - you don't play against an opponent, you "just" have to shoot the balls in the pockets with the corresponding color. You can get bonus points for scoring tricks, though. The game features the well-known "Monsters Inc" protagonists. |
| Disney•Pixar's Monsters, Inc.: Scare Island | 2002 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Artificial Mind & Movement | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is the action game based on the movie from Disney/Pixar, "Monsters Inc.". You play as either James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (the big hairy monster) or Mike Wazowski (the small green "walking eye"). The goal of the game is to become Masters of Scare. The first level is training, where you learn movement and how to scare someone. Scaring is done by standing in front of the person to be scared and pressing a combo of buttons (your playing figure will then perform really funny moves and sounds). To be scary enough, you need to collect monster slime - some persons can only be scared with a special amount of monster slime.The game is presented in 3D graphics and all of the voices are from the movie. |
| Do You Like Horny Bunnies? | 2002 | G-Collections | ZyX Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Do You Like Horny Bunnies? is a multi-scenario interactive hentai game.Play as 18-year old Yukari Fujisawa, a feminine-looking Japanese boy who have never scored with a girl. He starts working as a waiter in a membership restaurant where all the girls who work there wear sexy bunny suits. He soon finds that other waitresses, including his cousin Sae Ishigami, have very abnormal sexual tendenciesThe game features the original Japanese voices along with an English translation. The game is 100% uncensored. |
| Dogs Playing Poker | 2002 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Slightly Subtle Technology Inc. | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The second most popular piece of American artwork (behind only the velvet Elvis) is now a computer game. This poker simulation pits the player against up to five canine opponents in four different environments from the standard "parlor" to Fido's Casino. Choose opponents from 18 different 3D pooches including one that looks suspiciously like a cat wearing a sign that says "dog". Each dog has their own play style, body language, and personality that the player can learn to read.The underlying poker program offers five different game types: 5 card draw, 5 card stud, 7 card draw, Texas hold 'em, and Omaha hold 'em. There are a huge variety of wild card options to choose from ranging from standard games (deuces wild) to exotic ones (baseball) and the betting can be configured from small scale fixed amounts to high stakes, no-limit free-for-alls. |
| Donggeul Donggeul Haerongi | 2002 | eSofnet | Danbi System | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Donggeul Donggeul Haerongi is a Korean-made game based on the Japanese manga Hero-Hero-kun, which recounts the adventures of elementary school students in the fictional town Uki-Uki. The player controls the main protagonist (called Haerong in Korean) and guides him through left-to-right scrolling 2D levels, defeating enemies on the way.The gameplay concept is very similar to the first Wonder Boy. The protagonist's health bar is being gradually reduced, and he has to eat fruits scattered through the stages to survive. Power-ups include hidden worms that Haerong can throw at enemies, and well as a scooter, which functions like Wonder Boy's skateboard. Haerong can also become temporarily invincible by turning into a muscular adult version of himself. A two-player splitscreen mode is available as well. |
| Double Digger | 2002 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Double Digger is a multiplayer remake of the classic Digger game, one of the most known games in the history.
The idea is the same, drive your miner through the haunted underground mines and collect gems and treasures while avoiding ghosts.
This remake includes various new skins and modes of gameplay, very configurable game options, a saving and auto-saving feature (plus a special difficulty level for kids).
Some more new ideas introduced in this remake are impossible-to-dig stones, new bonuses such as slow-down-enemies bonus and more.
Fun for all classic Digger fans, and lets face it, who isnt? |
| Dragonfarm | 2002 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | Soft Enterprises GmbH | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Dragonfarm is basically a mix between Pokémon with dragons and economic simulation. The player is the manager of a farm which breeds dragons. To do so, the player has to expand the farm to improve the infrastructure and the breeding process. In the city, the player has to resources and food for the dragons. Other possible actions are dragon trading or sabotage. As every round represents one month, it is important to plan ahead.If these arrangements were successful shows during the dragon championships. Firstly, there is the dragon fight were the player moves the dragon, attacks, and defends by using the number pad. The second championship is the beauty competition which handling is a Simon Says' variant: pressing the right buttons to recreate patterns. The difficulty of these games depend on the dragon's stats. There are four game modes where the winning condition changes: Fighting (number of fights won), Beauty (number of beauty competitions won), Gold Rush (earned money after a certain number of rounds), and Regular. |
| Dream Street: Magic Time Adventure | 2002 | Mindscape (UK) Limited | Arxel Tribe SARL | Action, Educational, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Direct control, Point and select | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dream Street: Magic Time Adventure is a game based on the British children's television series Dream Street that ran between 1999 and 2003. It revolves around toy vehicles. In this title Buddy needs the player's help to solve some trouble in Dream Street. Aimed at young children the game offers various mini-games. This is done from a central area where Buddy is moved around Dream Street using the mouse. Mini-games are started by entering a play area. Some of the ten included activities are a top-down racing game played against Hot Rodney, collecting stars with Jumping Jack Hammer in a factory, zapping bees to prevent them from eating cake on a picnic, discoring the identity of the milk thief, knocking down skittles, colouring in pictures, drawing pictures and printing them, and making spinning tops move.Games can be played on three different colour-coded levels to make them accessible to children aged three to six. There is also a Tech Cam section to record parts of the gameplay and the rewatch it. Characters are voiced and the game is mainly controlled using the mouse. |
| Drop Of Light | 2002 | Tursiops Truncatus Software | Tursiops Truncatus Software | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Drops of Light is a single player puzzle game that's played on a star shaped webOn the web are what look like coloured beads, these are photons and the puzzle is to move, arrange and combine the photons to produce a specific pattern of colours.The game is postcard-ware, i.e. It is freeware but the developer would like a postcard so that they know their game is being played and how far it has travelled. Each level gives the user a password which allows them to restart the game without replaying all the earlier levels, the passwords were available on-line too. Expansion levels were included with each version of the software, they were also available on-line, version 2.0.3 was supplied with the following;
drops2.dlv -- "Dropping Down Further" expansion levels (med - hard difficulty)
colorful.dlv -- "Simple But Pretty" expansion levels (easy difficulty)
metamrph.dlv -- "Chromatic Metamorphoses" expansion levels (easy - med difficulty)
pro.dlv -- Hall of Fame levels
example.dlv -- Example Levels for the Editor
classic.dlv -- A copy of the "Classic" level set this copy does *not* support hall of fame)
roll.dlv -- "The Honorable Roll of Color" expansion
ufo.dlv -- "The Logical Brain Train" expansion
plus the passwords for the first thirty or so levels.The game also comes with a built in level editor that is accessed via the main menu screen. It also has an on-line Hall of Fame |
| Drop! | 2002 | iSurf, Inc. | iSurf, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Drop! is a puzzle game similar to Tetris. Marbles (known as "Drops") are continually, um, dropping from the top of the screen, and the player controls a "switch frame" which can horizontally switch the position of two neighboring Drops (or switch the position of a Drop and an empty space). The player's goal is to form rows or columns that consist of three or more Drops of the same color - then the row or column will disappear and score will be increased. If the row/column consists of four or more Drops, this is referred to as a "combo" which yields more points. As the player gains score, he keeps reaching higher levels; on each levels, the Drops fall faster and the game is more difficult.Apart from this classic gameplay mode (called "Infinite mode" in the game), there's a "Tutorial" option where the player learns the rules of the game by following on-screen instructions; a "Challenge mode" which consists of 125 levels, each of which poses the player with some specific task, and completing it unlocks new challenge levels; and a "Hyper mode", where not only the screen is already partially filled and new Drops just keep coming, but also special types of Drops appear occasionally - some helpful, some harmful. |
| Duffer Dave | 2002 | Soleau Software, Inc. | Soleau Software, Inc. | Puzzle, Sports | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Duffer Dave is an avid golfer and in this game the player must collect various items of gear before collecting the bucket of balls he needs to start his game. The game is a single player, shareware, Sokoban type of game in which the player controls an on screen character who pushed blocks around to avoid traps as they search for Dave's stuff.The shareware game has just seven puzzles while the full game has fifty. The puzzles include rolling boulders,crates, force fields, secret passageways, etc and each puzzle/level comes with an animated solution |
| Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project (Limited Edition) | 2002 | ARUSH Entertainment | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition includes:
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
A T-Shirt
A keyring pendant |
| Dweebs: Official Mutation Platinum Remix Release | 2002 | Xing Interactive B.V. | Mutation Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Dweebs: Official Mutation Platinum Remix Release is a single person puzzle game that has some of the elements of Lemmings about it.The backstory to this games sees the Dweebs, (small, furry, cute, edible and not too smart) being transported to some alien planet as a delicacy when the cargo vessel crashes here on Earth. The Dweebs survive unharmed but need help to escape from their captors. This is where the player enters the story. The objective of the game is to guide the Dweebs to safety. There are ten zones and each zone consists of a series of timed puzzles. The Dweebs are coloured and are continually on the move. Whenever they walk into an object, the edge of the screen, or each other, they reverse direction and keep on walking. It is the player's job to direct each Dweeb to an exit point of the correct colour. This is done by placing directional arrows in the Dweeb's path, once they cross the arrow they will change their direction to match that of the arrow.The game can be played entirely with the mouse or with the keyboard. Through the game's Options menu the player can change the difficulty level, the speed at which the Dweeb's move, and enter a password to start/restart at a specific zone. |
| E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Away From Home | 2002 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Lexis Numérique SA | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Another in a series of games released in conjunction with the 20th Anniversary of the release of the movie E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, this one takes the form of a board game. Through rolling virtual dice, a player moves either Elliot or Gertie around one of three boards (moving from room to room or in the backyard) and lands on various locations like bonuses or traps and ones which can trigger 15 different mini-games. These can involve play that challenges dexterity, logic, and memory. One mini-game involves covering E.T. with toys in the closet so the kids' Mom won't see him. Another has you pushing planets into the correct slots of an astral chart. Others have you making a Halloween costume, or matching candy. As activities are completed, you can collect pieces that E.T. needs to communicate with his home planet. Two people can also play co-operatively as Elliot and Gertie and solve challenges together. |
| Earth Defender | 2002 | Speedengine.de | Speedengine.de | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Earth Defender is a space shooter where the player must kill or avoid hostile ships across a series of levels. The player's ship has limited ammo (rockets) which slowly regenerates over time. The ship's health ("power") is depleted by contact with enemy fire and slowly drops on its own over time. The player can find pick-ups which replenish rockets or power. |
| Easy Whist | 2002 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Easy Whist is a single player card game based on the game commonly known as 'German Whist', this game is played with the mouse against the computer who plays as Grace.In this game the players cut the deck to determine trumps after which they are then dealt thirteen cards face down. A card from the deck is turned face up and the players play to win, or strategically lose, this card. The winner takes the card while the loser takes the top card from the deck. Play continues until all cards in the deck have been exhausted at which time both players will still have thirteen cards. Play continues but from this point the tricks taken are counted and it is the player who takes the most tricks who wins.The game keeps statistics of games won and lost. There is no save game facility and no game customisation option |
| Eden | 2002 | Forst | Forst | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | An expedition was sent to the moon, to explore mysterious ancient ruins that were discovered there. Your name is Glenn, and you are the head of this expedition, consisting of several men and the lovely girl Erin. But a terrible accident occurs, and you are morphed into an alien creature. Now your whole essence is nothing but lust, and raping Erin is all you can think about. But not all is simple. Since your former friends don't recognize you, they will kill you on sight. You must choose your path cleverly to avoid getting killed and to attain your monstrous goal.Eden is an adventure with pre-rendered movies, or, better to say, a pre-rendered movie with some adventure gameplay elements. You are automatically taken through the locations and the story of the game, but from time to time you'll have to decide where to go. The movie turns into a pre-rendered image, and you can click on different arrows to choose your path. If you choose the wrong way, you'll be killed. At few points, you'll also be able to examine objects, whenever the corresponding cursor is highlighted. |
| Ein Fall für dich und das Tiger-Team: Alarm in der Kaugummi-Fabrik | 2002 | Terzio, Möllers & Bellinghausen Verlag GmbH | Retina GbR | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Alarm in der Kaugummi-Fabrik is a detective game for kids. Secret light signs, inexplainable noise and a coded message: All clues lead to the
bubble gum factory. An adventure awaits you and your team in which different puzzles have to be solved. Logical thinking and dexterity will
be improved by this game.
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| Elvis: Live on Stage | 2002 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | Westka Interactive GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | There are many merchandise articles about Elvis and one of them is a "Jiggle-Elvis" which played an important part in a car TV commercial. This game is based on this article and it has the same level of complexity: Clicking the left mouse button to the rhythm of the music. When doing this right the "Jiggle-Elvis" dances and the player gets points. There is exactly one song available which is sung by an Elvis impersonator. |
| English+ Kids | 2002 | OPTIMUS Pascal | Edusoft Learning | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | English+ Kids is a take on teaching English to children in aged five to nine using colorful graphics, toddlers, chants and interactive world design.The game is set on a fantastic planet named Gummix, with eleven separate screens-landscapes featuring various puzzles and mini-games. The focus is on teaching children to listen what the residents of Gummix communicate to the player. There is also a multimedia dictionary with all the words used throughout the game, as well as illustrations and the option to listen to the pronunciation. |
| Entrance Gate | 2002 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Entrance Gate is freeware a 2D platform game set in the future. The Earth has been ravaged by the effects of radioactivity, and the player is one of the few survivors. The player must go complete the levels, and shoot many enemies and several bosses. To ultimate goal is to reach a secret base, the only shelter on the planet. Controls are like Abuse using the mouse to aim and keyboard to move. All levels are full of traps and mutated enemies, but also power-up and special weapons.The game has 25 levels in 3 worlds, 9 different weapons to choose, and several bosses, each one with unique behavior. |
| Equipe Actimel contre les Mégakrasses | 2002 | | Yamago | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Equipe Actimel contre les Mégakrasses is an advergame for the yogurt-type drink Actimel (called DanActive in the United States and Canada). Based on the French TV ads, you play as a member of the Actimel team fighting purple creatures called the MégaKrasses in the digestive system.The game contains three worlds (each representing a part of the digestive system), each divided in three levels: two platformer levels and a side-scroller shoot-em-up level. |
| Eternal Daughter | 2002 | Blackeye Software | Blackeye Software | Action | Side view | | | Metroidvania, Platform | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Eternal Daughter is an anime-themed freeware platformer. The player is cast as Mia, a young girl born into slavery under the Dungaga race. When her mother is about to get hurt in a temple, she interferes and discovers her powers. Mia has to escape the bonds of her oppressors, find the leader behind this evil and explore her abilities.Mia can jump, crouch, swim and slide back, and she has 3 different means of attack: a swing for melee combat, a ranged attack and a special weapon when it's available. During her quest she can extend or replenish her health, acquire special weapons and enhance her weapon power. The level path is not linear and there are often entirely different regions to explore in any order. The story unfolds through in-game sequences, when Mia meets characters or defeats bosses.Despite the bright graphics and the cute theme, the game is very difficult and unforgiving. Avoiding enemies (when possible) is often a better solution than attacking them one by one. Mia has an unlimited amount of continues, starting from the latest save point. |
| Ethnic Cleansing | 2002 | Resistance Records | Resistance Records | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | D. Bryan Ringer | Windows | In this first-person shooter, you play either a skinhead with a gun or a Klansman with a rope. The game has two levels. In the first level, you must run through a ghetto shooting blacks and Latinos. In the second level, you must run through a subway system shooting stereotypical Jewish people. In order to beat the game, you must defeat Ariel Sharon. |
| Euchre From Special K | 2002 | | Special K Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Euchre From Special K is a single player, shareware, trick taking card game in which the player competes against three computer opponents.Euchre has been around since the 1860's and has spread around the world, consequently there are many variants and rule variations that are dealt with in the game customisation menus.The game itself is played either with the mouse or the keyboard. It has in-game help text and a save game option. The shareware version loads with a picture of the developer and his family which can be replaced in the full version with a picture of the player's choice.
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| Eurofighter Typhoon: Operation Icebreaker | 2002 | Rage Games Ltd. | Digital Image Design Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Eurofighter Typhoon: Operation Icebreaker is an extended version of Eurofighter Typhoon. Besides all the original content it includes the new campaign "Operation Icebreaker" in which the whole island is taken by Russia and the player's pilot colleagues are in captivity. In the fully dynamic campaign the main goal is to rescue these six pilots. It also adds new multiplayer modes, e.g. a soccer variant with aircrafts. Other additions are new weather effects and a strategy guide on CD. |
| Evolva / Giants: Citizen Kabuto | 2002 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Dual-CD re-release of
Evolva
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
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| Exodus | 2002 | | Rocklyte Systems | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Exodus is a clone of the C16 game Exorcist. The player controls Sparkie, a gold star trapped in the Dungeon Dimensions by an evil wizard. Instead of collecting pills, Sparkie's ability to light up the walls lets him escape rooms full of ghosts. Rooms are connected, forming a maze where rooms can be revisited.Sparkie is controlled using the arrow keys and the Space key to shoot enemies. Instead of a numeric life indicator, a health status is used. It is reduced after an enemy hit, but also regenerates progressing through the game. Bonus items can be collected to make Sparkie move faster or shoot enemies.The shareware version limits the game to half of the rooms and half of enemies. |
| Expansions for Combat Flight Simulators 1&2: Fighter Force Add-Ons | 2002 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fighter Force Add-Ons is a collection of shareware, fan made, planes and missions for Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 1 and Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2.On the disc the user will find a set of folders, for each simulator there are separate folders for aircraft, missions, scenery etc. The full contents of the disc are:
Combat Flight Simulator 1: 147 aircraft files, 61 missions and 37 scenery upgrades. Extras include an upgrade to make the AI B17g 'A Bit O'Lace' player flyable, models of the USS Yorktown and a Sherman tank, and an upgrade to apply a more realistic colour to the Sopwith Camels and other WWI aircraft. Utilities include a mission editor, radio chatter, weapons profile editor and 'a short code sample for the Combat Flight Simulator Software Development Kit (CFS SDK)'
Combat Flight Simulator 2: 63 aircraft files, 48 campaigns and 57 scenery upgrades including aircrraft carriers such as HMS Argus, HMS Ark Royal and USS John C. Stennis. Extras include an upgrade to introduce Gromit of 'Wallace & Gromit' fame, a 'Bullet Impact Replacement' sound upgrade and documentation explaining how to import aircraft, missions and scenery into Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2.
Also included are Acrobat Reader 5, Winzip 8.1, WordViewer and WinRAR v2,90Note that while there are multiple aircraft files some contain multiple aircraft while others duplicate each one another, there's more than one Spitfire for example. Also the missions contained here may need additional aircraft installing before they can be used. |
| Extreme Paintbrawl 4 | 2002 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Extreme Paintbrawl 4 is a game based around the paintball sports where two teams go head-to-head in arenas armed with a paintball gun.This release includes twelve different markers, ten uniform choices and twelve environments with different themes such as Crypy, Junkyard, Movie Theater and Prison, filled with objects. Sound is important and characters can run, walk or sneak. Weapons can be upgraded and better gear can be acquired. Strategic ammo use is important as reloading takes several seconds.Games can be played in Skirmish or Tournament modes. The game supports online multiplayer through GameSpy servers. |
| Extreme Value Pack 2 | 2002 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Bacteria
Battle Race 3D
Game Maker Professional
Jagdverband 44: Screaming Eagles
Oil Tycoon
Popstars: Deine Chance
Siege of Avalon
Software Tycoon: Der Spielemanager
Winterspiele 2002
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| Fallout Radioactive | 2002 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics
Fallout pen and paper game
Bonus missions for Fallout Tactics
Art, storyboards and logos |
| Falls Classic | 2002 | | vmGames.com | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Falls Classic is a clone of a game known by several names: Same Game or Chain Shot. A playfield of 13x11 tiles needs to be cleared by clicking groups of at least two adjacent pieces with the same color. The mouse is used to click the cells. After a group of cells is removed, a new set of blocks is added to the field. The game ends when there is no space left to add new pieces.The game's look is customizable: it is possible to modify the color, skin and style of board, as well as the pieces and the background. There are four difficulty levels and they influence the number of pieces that appear after each move. It is possible to undo or redo any move. |
| Family Games Compendium 2 | 2002 | Phoenix Games B.V. | eBrainyGames, LLC | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Family Games Compendium 2 is a collection of twenty casual games from
eBrainyGames. The CD autoloads and displays a game menu. When the player clicks on the menu the game installs along with eBrainyGames' 'Super Menu'., installing further games adds the game to the menu. When all the required games are installed the player runs the games through the eBrainyGames' 'Super Menu', games are presented as tiles or cells in a 3x4 grid with twelve games on screen one and eight on screen two. The games available in this compilation are:
Four Orbs
8 Away
Checkers (part 1)
Balloon Kaboom
Balloon Kaboom Challenge
Balloon Kaboom Expert
Charmed
Color Wheel
Dark Tiles
eBrainyDarts
Gonzo Heads
Miner Max
Paper Scissors Rock
Poker Palace
Spelling Bee
Strata 21
StrataPoker
Sunken Treasure
Super Word Slide
Word Wiz
Some, or all, of the games allowed the player to create a player identity and to upload their scores to an on-line 'Hall of Fame'.
There is a link on the last screen which implies that further games could be downloaded from eBrainyGames. The company marketed and sold its games on-line with player's trying the games and paying for a key to unlock the full game however when tested, in 2015, this site was no longer active though archived versions of the site are available.Game documentation comes in two forms, there is a single multilingual file in .pdf format that can be accessed from the install menu however this does not match the games on offer as it describes the games 'No Bull' and 'Maze Cube' which are not included but does not describe 'Word Wiz' or 'Super Word Slide' which are. There is in-game help for each game but this is entirely in English.
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| Family Sports Pack | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Family Sports Pack is a compilation of seven sports themed games. Each game here is a 'Special Edition' and is limited in some way. The games in this product are:
Bowling: This is a single lane, the Fifites lane, of Bowling Mania
Superball Challenge: Superball Challenge
Fishing: Five lakes of the thirty lakes available in the full version of eGame's Fishing game
Mini Car Racing has five tracks from League A and five from League B, the full game has over fifty
Darts Mania has three games, Baseball, Golf and Freestyle
Mini Golf is a Special Edition of Miniverse MiniGolf from No 2 Games, it features six holes whereas the full game has thirty seven.
Pinball: This is the Jungle Warrior table from eGames' Pinball game, the full version also contains the 'Viking's Life' and 'Curse of the Pharoah' tablesThe install process first installs eGames' 'Game Butler', individual games are installed as the player access them for the first time via the 'Game Butler' after that they are available to be played.
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| Fatman Adventures | 2002 | | Another Day Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fatman Adventures is a clone of Lode Runner with more colorful graphics and mechanics.The player controls the Adventurous Fatman whose goal is to travel through 50 levels in five locations and gather all the crystals. The hero can dig in specific ground types using the shovel, move using a liana, use a gun to shoot at enemies or set up cages to trap monsters. There are three types of monsters, different in movement speed and intelligence.Various bonuses are available to support Fatman, including a fireball to make him immune to the monsters, invisibility or lightning strike that kills all the monsters in the level. Fatman starts with 10 lives and all usable items are indicated in the bottom left corner of the HUD. |
| Fengse Huanxiang 2 | 2002 | Unistar | FunYours Technology Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Shuilan is a land that hovers above the ocean. Recently, a demon lord appeared nearby. The people of Shuilan know that the demon lord's plan is to invade and to conquer their country. The wise teacher Wentini builds a special unit of fighters, called the Fate Travel Group. She knows that the only one who can help the people of Shuilan is a girl with special powers, named Li Fu. She sends a young fighter named Ares to find Li Fu, but meanwhile Shuilan is invaded by a hostile army. The battles for survival begins...Fengse Huanxiang 2, also known as Wind Fantasy II, is set in a fantasy world, unlike most Chinese RPGs, which prefer concrete historical setting in China. The game is more close to Japanese RPGs in style, being heavily influenced by anime art. Unlike other games in the series, it has no elements of strategy/tactical RPG. You navigate your party from location to location, fighting random enemies and bosses on the way. The game uses Final Fantasy-like third-person perspective in battles, yet the battle engine is not active time, but turn-based. |
| Fila World Tour Tennis | 2002 | THQ International Ltd. | Hokus Pokus | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Fila World Tour Tennis is a tennis simulation with a focus on fast-pace matches. The heart of the game is the career mode where the player creates his character and starts on place 100 of the world ranking. To become number one he has to win matches and tournaments - but he is on a very limited budget. Every participation costs money and if the first match is no success the career is practically over. The player character also has stats which have an influence on the performance. These can be improved by buying better equipment or absolving costly training sessions which are mini games like hitting balls through rings. Other playing options are instant matches or single tournaments.The game features 50 pre-created player characters and 24 courts which have to be unlocked in the career mode. The license is restricted to the sportswear. |
| First Anchor | 2002 | Forst | Forst | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In the near future, human beings managed to reach Mars and to colonize it. However, during the last 25 years the relationship between Earth and Martian colonists has worsened. An expedition is sent to Mars for scientific and training purposes, with the crew consisting of young students. On the way, they discover an abandoned warship and decide to investigate it. This is where their adventure begins...First Anchor is a Japanese-style adventure game, without puzzles. Unlike most games of this kind, there is real time movement in a 3D environment here. However, most locations and events are displayed as still pre-rendered images. Only the sex scenes are shown as animated 3D movies. The gameplay consists of navigating your character through the ship. The choice of the next location you go to might influence the story line. |
| First Thousand Words: Thai/Eng Version | 2002 | Genesis MediaCom Co. Ltd. | Communication Wave | Educational | 1st-person | | | Interactive book | North America | | Direct control, Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This title is an edutainment version of Usborne's book for children "First Thousand Words", there are versions of this title in many languages including French, German and Spanish among others. This is the Thai/English version however it should be noted that the English used in the game is American English so, for example, it uses words like elevator, faucet, french fries, band-aid, gas station etc.The game starts with an animated title screen, clicking anywhere on it brings up the main menu screen which has thirty five scenario icons arranged in a 7 x 5 grid with navigation buttons along the bottom. The title can be played in either English or Thai and players can switch between languages mid game however all the spoken help is in Thai and when the mouse hovers over a navigation button the description that pops up is in Thai also.Clicking on a scenario icon can either go directly to a big colourful picture or it can give the player a choice of up to four related windows. For example clicking on the Home icon shows the player pictures of four rooms in a typical American house - The Bathroom; The Hall; The Bedroom and The Living Room while the Travel icon offers pictures of the Railway Station; Airport and Gas Station.Once a picture has been selected the player can explore its hotspots with the mouse, the number of hotspots in a picture varies, examples with thirty plus have been observed. Clicking on a hotspot brings up a picture of the item selected together with the word written and spoken in the currently selected language. If the player has a microphone they can use it to try and pronounce the words correctly.
In addition to just exploring the pictures there are also six educational games triggered by the navigation buttons across the bottom of the scenario screen. The games are the same for all locations but naturally they use different words.
The first game takes away all the colour from the picture leaving a line drawing and then presents the player with a series of pictures which they drag and drop into the correct position, as it snaps into place they will hear its name being spoken.
The second game is almost the reverse of the first, the player is given the name of something in the main picture, both written and spoken, and they must locate it. Each item will play some form of animation or sound when it is found.
The third game gives the player a virtual paper bag and a list of items to locate and drag into it, this game is timed and has three levels of difficulty.
In the fourth game the player clicks on the hotspots around the main picture hunting for a rubber duck which is hidden behind one of the items. Once found there's a short animation and then the duck hides again, and again ...
The fifth game is Word Challenge - the only named mini-game in the title. Word Challenge is played in a separate window with a list of words on the left of the screen and a clown in the middle of the screen. The player is either shown a picture and asked to select the correct word for it from a list that appears on the right or they hear a word and must select the correct picture - again from a list on the right.
The sixth game isn't really a game at all. Clicking on the red book icon at the bottom of the screen opens up a scrollable grid of all the words in the game. Each word is accompanied by a picture and is written in both English and Thai, by clicking on the picture the player can hear its name in the currently selected language while clicking on written English/Thai word will cause the word to be spoken in the selected language. Words are listed alphabetically in the currently selected language and to assist with word location there's an alphabet across the top of the screen which takes the player to the first word starting with the selected letter
The same games are present for each location. They can be replayed as often as the player chooses but each replay is identical to the first.
The game requires the 16 bit version of Apple's Quicktime (v2.1.2 or later) which can be installed along with the game.Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameAlternate Titles "Usborne's Animated First Thousand Words" -- In-game title
"1000คำศัพท์สำหรับคุณหนู First Thousand Words" -- Keep Case title
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| Fish's Revenge | 2002 | Musicbank Ltd. | Snarf Blat Software | Simulation | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | North America | Naval / watercraft | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Fish's Revenge is a parody fishing game in which the player take the role of a fish, fishing humans. The player can choose from three locations (Garth Brook, Lake Stankfoot and Moonshine Lake) and picks an area to move the boat to. The game then switches to a first-person perspective and the player can look left and right, cast the line and reel it in with the help of the "hick finder" device. Once captured, the humans are displayed in a trophy room. The player also gains different types of lure (beef jerky, road kill, beer ...) that can then be used to attract different types of catches. |
| Fisher-Price Big Action Construction | 2002 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Funnybone Interactive | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fisher-Price Big Action Construction is a mouse controlled series of mini games aimed at children in the age range four to seven years old. In this game they get to operate seven vehicles including a wrecking ball to knock down houses, a dumper truck to haul rubble, and a crane. They can also blow things up with dynamite. The game is divided into different zones with separate activities and vehicles in each. As the player completes a level in a mini-game they receive a construction selection card which the player can onto a certificate that can be printed. The activities are;
The Crane: Here the player is shown a series of pictures across the bottom of the screen. The objective is to find these objects, pick them up using the crane and drop them into a chute. The crane has forward.back/left/right controls together with a pick up/drop control and the player activates these using a mouse. For some objects the player has to scroll the scenery left/right by manoeuvring the crane, occasionally one object is hidden behind another.
Wrecking Ball: A simple point-and-click game, this activity sees the player using the mouse to direct a wrecking ball at a building. Each click results in one swing, there's a satisfactory noise as the ball strikes and bits fly off. When the building has been demolished the player clicks on a 'Done' button and moves on to the next building
Build It: This game has two modes 'Build Your Own' - in which the player puts together a construction of their own design, and 'Follow A Blueprint' in which the player constructs a pre-designed building. 'Follow A Blueprint' is the game mode that earns the player construction cards for their certificate. In it the player uses vehicles to prepare a site, uses the mouse to place rivets into the framework before completing the building by drag-and-dropping shapes into the structure, repeated clicks on a shape change its colour. When the construction is complete the player is given the option of customising their work by adding extra items.
Lunch Break: Here the player is shown a screen with other in-game characters, clicking on them results in a short animation. There's also a Lunch Wagon game in which the player constructs sandwiches to earn construction cards. There's no sandwich recipe to follow here and anything can be used from cakes to clothing to hammers and bricks.
Boulder Blast: Here the player places dynamite at random places around the quarry and detonates them, the object is to find an item buried in the rock
Dump Truck: This is a series of mini games none of which involve any driving. In one activity the player uses the mouse to put air in the tires and must stop when the numbers on the gauge match the specified pressure, in others they use the mouse to fill the truck up with petrol or clean the windscreen
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| Flugsimulator für Airbus A320: Gold Edition | 2002 | Tandem Verlag GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Flug Simulator für Airbus A 320: Europa Edition - Version 2
Flugsimulator für Airbus A320: USA West
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| Flugsimulatoren für Microsoft Windows | 2002 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation, Simulation | | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | The compilation Flugsimulatoren für Microsoft Windows includes the following
five games:
Airbus A320
Die Jagd auf den Roten Baron
F-16 Fighting Falcon
Jagdverband 44: Screaming Eagles
Pro Pilot '99 |
| Flying Froggies | 2002 | Greenstreet Online Limited | 123-D Software, Inc., Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Flying Froggies is single-player, keyboard controlled game in which the player negotiates a series of levels collecting coins, and killing all the monsters to unlock the exit. The levels are a sort of ‘maze in space’ and they all have a time limit. The monsters are killed by hitting them with a gloopy green goo that immobilizes them so that the player can push them off the path into the depths below, however the player can push too hard and fall to their doom too.The game has sound, music and a high score table, it can be played in either windowed or full screen modes. |
| Football Mogul 2003 | 2002 | Black Tooth Inc. | Sports Mogul Inc. | Simulation, Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Football Mogul 2003 is the football equivalent of Baseball Mogul 2003. The player can build their own team, from changing the name, venue, stadium and even players to suit their look. The game has the player take control of every little corner of their franchise, from maintaining player salaries to concession stands intakes. They can also add and delete teams to suit their needs or even rename the league itself. It also features up-to-date stats at the time, with every stat imaginable to view and evaluate. There are many top players photos with the ability to add updated or missing photos. |
| Fox Kids Kinder Spiele: Volume 2 | 2002 | Walk On media publishing | Toon 8 Games | Action, Compilation, Gambling, Puzzle, Racing / Driving, Sports, Strategy | 1st-person, Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Cards / tiles, Paddle / Pong, Platform, Shooter, Tile matching puzzle | Africa, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval), Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Motorcycle, Tank | Direct control, Point and select | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Fox Kids Kinder Spiele: Volume 2 is a collection of casual 'Shockwave' games that play in a browser window on the player's computer. The games play directly from the CD, require no installation and do not record any high scores on the hard drive. Although the title is in German the games have instructions in English, French, German and Spanish.The games in this compilation are grouped into categories, they are:
Shoot' em up:Fair: is based on the fairground game of throwing bean bags at piles of cans on a shelf. The bean bag moves back and forth across the bottom of the screen. Clicking the mouse stops it moving and builds up power for the throw, releasing the mouse initiates the throw.
F-toon8: is a vertical scrolling space shooter
La Vacamata: help a cow fight mad cow disease! Green blobs of the disease descend from the top of the screen and the player must prevent them from reaching the floor of the dairy by shooting them. However when they are hit the virus splits, and splits ..., only the smallest blobs can be killed
Mr Hammer: a button mashing game based on the fairground test your strength game. The player presses the mouse key as often as possible within a fixed time, this swings the hammer and generates a score.
Tank: the player has to guide their tank through a vertically scrolling desert avoiding traps, destroying enemy targets and rescuing trapped prisoners
Reflection:
Squares Room: a tile matching game where blocks of connected tiles of the same colour are removed by clicking on them
Poker: A simple implementation of five card draw poker. The player is dealt five cards face down, makes a bet and then gets to see their hand. They select the cards they want to discard, these are replaced and that's it. This game pays on a hand containing any pair and above
Virus: is a keyboard controlled Pac-Man variant
Reverse: is an implementation of Reversi
Hangman: another traditional game, however this uses the AZERTY keyboard layout
Sport:
Roller: a keyboard controlled, side scrolling game where the player controls an urban skater who must collect cans of drink. This is one of the few games in the collection with an introduction and a choice of characters.
Mini Wave: a top-down, keyboard controlled, powerboat racing game
Bike Racer: a side scrolling game where the object is to navigate an obstacle strewn motorway
Bowling: is a mouse controlled ten-pin bowling game. The player clicks on the ball and drags the mouse up the screen, the faster the mouse moves the faster the ball travels in that direction.
Skill/Reflex:
Canon Man: based on the fairground attraction of shooting a man out of a canon, here the object is to land him on numbered targets
Ball Breaker: a Breakout-like game
Dragon: a keyboard controlled Snake like game where the player must feed the constantly moving dragon while avoiding walls, obstacles, and their own tail
Neko's Lunch: A Whac-a-Mole like game with a twist. Neko is an alley cat who wants to eat fish which jump randomly from barrel to barrel, however instead of clicking on the fish as they pop up which is standard "Whac-a-Mole" gameplay the player must click on the barrel the fish is going to land in, up will pop Neko to swallow it.
Christmas Night: a top down puzzler game. Santa walks across a room on the floor of which are stars. Clicking on a star reveals an arrow and when Santa gets to the arrow he changes direction. The object is to get him from the fireplace to the Christmas tree
Mini Foot: is a mouse controlled, top down, table football game
Delirium Sumotori: is a game where the player drops a giant, sumo wrestler on top of the pink elephants he sees because he's high. It's the kind of game that's easy to play but hard to imagine
Crazy Wooly: is a right to left side scrolling game in which the player manoeuvres a biplane through a set of hoops
Platform:
Aïtchu 2: is a the second episode in a side scrolling platform game featuring Aïtchu the ninja in his search for Sowsi San. In this game he fights his way through the waterfall lands to face Shohoku the dragon. This game is currently available as an on-line game (2015)
Jungle: inthis side scrolling platform game the player is an African warrior battling against crocodiles
Memory::
Atronis: this is a 'Simon Says' type of a game
Others:
Haunted Castle: the player is presented with an increasing number of ghosts per level. The object is to divide the screen into vertical slices each containing just a single ghost within a fixed time limit
Gratoon Net: is the gaming equivalent of a lottery scratch card. The player uncovers a tic-tac-toe grid and if there's a winning line they score points.
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| Fox Kids Kinder Spiele: Volume 3 | 2002 | Walk On media publishing | Toon 8 Games | Action, Compilation, Puzzle, Racing / Driving, Sports, Strategy | 1st-person, Side view, Top-down | Licensed | Horror | Arcade, Artillery, Beat 'em up / brawler, Board game, Cards / tiles, Fighting, Paddle / Pong, Platform, Shooter, Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient), Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval), Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile, Naval / watercraft | Direct control, Point and select | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Fox Kids Kinder Spiele: Volume 3 is a collection of casual games that play in a browser window on the player's computer. The games play directly from the CD and require no installation. Although the title is in German the games have instructions in English, French, German and Spanish.The games in this compilation are grouped into categories, they are:
Shoot' em up:
Escape 3: is the third episode in the Escape series. It's a three level, mouse controlled shooter in which the character shoots hordes of grey ghostly characters before meeting the boss. If the boss is defeated the three levels repeat
Snipe: based on a fairground shooting gallery where the player shoots as many pipes as possible in a thirty second period. This is made harder because the target reticule will not keep still
Catapult: An Artillery variant where the player must destroy the enemy castle with a fixed number of shots
SSD: is a side scrolling, mouse controlled, space shooter
Shoot Butterfly: Is a Whac-A-Mole game, the butterfly must protect the planet from aliens so whenever one appears on the screen the player has to zap them with the mouse
Pigs War: Shoot the pigs while avoiding their bullets. The player can move from side to side with the arrow keys, the gun is aimed with the mouse
Balltrap: is a clay pigeon shooting game, hit as many plates as possible within a limited time
Reflection:
Diamonds: is a Connect Four variant
Puzzle 2: is a jigsaw puzzle where a picture is broken into squares and must be reassembled within a time limit
Reverse 2: is an implementation of Reversi
USS: is a player vs computer battleship game where the object is to sink the enemy fleet before they sink yours
Labyrinth: here the player must find their way out of a maze within a limited time by tracing their path with the mouse. This is made difficult because any contact with a wall ends the game and only the area around the mouse cursor is visible
Sport:
Formula Toon: a keyboard controlled racing game
Fat Punch: is a keyboard mashing fighting game where the player must out box their opponent
Tiercé: is a top down, horse racing game. It is keyboard controlled and plays much the same as Formula Toon
Tennis Open: is a keyboard controlled one or two player tennis game that plays like Pong
Skill/Reflex:
Big Splash: This game is based on a fairground game popular in the USA where the player throws ball at a target and if they hit it some unfortunate person gets dunked into a tank of water. Here the player throws pies and once the person is dunked additional points are scored for hitting a clown target while she's out of the picture.
Crazy Cars: A two player, keyboard controlled game. Each player controls a car with spikes on the front and balloons on the back, the object being to burst all the opponent's balloons to win.
Snow Ball: An implementation of Ping for one player, one played vs the computer, or two players.
Fireman: is a vertical shooter, a bit like an inverted Space Invaders. The fireman is on top of a burning building, beneath him fires break out of the windows. The player must shoot water onto these fires and prevent them from reaching the top of the building
Ghost House: a cute little girl has wandered into a house of zombies and the player must scare her away. Clicking on the zombie coffins causes the zombie to sit up and reveal a direction arrow. The little girl is in constant motion and as she comes to an arrow she changes direction. The player must click on the coffins in the right sequence and at the right time to guide her to the door
Mashed Monkeys: Monkeys are hiding in trees, the player must fell each tree by ramming it with their car and then mercilessly run down each cuddly green monkey
Star Command: is a two player, keyboard controlled, Light Cycle game
Corrida: is a single player game based on bullfighting. It plays like Space Invaders with the player controlling the bull, which moves left/right across the bottom of the screen, and fighting descending waves of bullfighters.
Platform:
Aïtchu 3: is a the third episode in a side scrolling platform game featuring Aïtchu the ninja in his search for his pig Sowsi San. Here he enters the underground aquatic domain of king Fugu.
This game is currently available as an on-line game (2015)
Ozy Rush: a side scrolling platform game with Ozy the mummy. Ozy rushes left to right across the screen and the player must click on the platforms in his path to make them raise up or come down
Others::
Jackpot 2: a simple slot machine game
Last Fight: a two player, keyboard controlled beat 'em up
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| Franklin the Turtle: After School | 2002 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Nelvana Limited | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | When school is finished, it's time to have fun. The game starts in Franklin's bedroom. There are five activities available: play music with a radio and a piano keyboard, choose characters and backgrounds then take pictures with a camera and print your own "masterpieces", look at the funny-shaped clouds through Franklin's bedroom window to match them with the descriptions of items, and, at last, arrange letters to form words.If we stay inside his bedroom, Franklin can also give ideas to play outside the house, in real life. The game also features a print studio. It is aimed at kids from 4 to 6 and is based on the Frank the Turtle character from the book series of the same name. The three difficulty levels allow your kids to improve themselves. |
| Fred: The Remake | 2002 | FZero Software | FZero Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | Fangame | | | | | | | | | Windows | This freeware remake of the Spanish platform game from 1983 recreates the levels and gameplay of the original, while updating the graphics and sounds with new enhanced assets. As before, the player controls the titular Fred, an archaeologist navigating through a labyrinth of Egyptian ruins to collect a series of artifacts. Fred carries a pistol, and has to climb ropes to reach higher places and escape the maze to the next level. The tomb is haunted by lots of dangerous animals and supernatural creatures, like flying vampire bats, scurrying porcupines, lumbering mummies and floating ghosts that take some of the main character's energy when touching him. The ruins contain scattered pieces of treasure that give points, and helpful items like the blue vials that recover some of the lost health energy, a map that shows the whole outline of the maze and extra bullets for the gun. |
| Freecell3D | 2002 | Amber Mango | Amber Mango | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Freecell3D is a 3D shareware version of, as the name suggests, the classic single player Solitaire card game Freecell. The game earns it's 3D title by giving the player the ability to either select one of two pre-set views or zoom and rotate the play area to suit themselves.Gameplay is standard for games of this type, cards are dealt onto the playing area and are dragged and dropped into position using the mouse. There is just the one version of the game with no options to customise the basic rules.The game has a save game feature, a Check feature which lets the player know if the game is solvable, a suggest the next move feature, together with undo, reset and game statistics. Other features which are less commonly found are:A move history. This lists all the moves a player made in their attempt to solve the game. By clicking on a particular move the game will automatically undo all moves back to that point so that the player can replay from that point.A Race feature. Here the player attempts to solve a game faster than the computer, the computers playing & thinking time can be varied to alter the difficulty level.
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| Frog Frenzy 2 | 2002 | Cosmi Corporation | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Arcade | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Frog Frenzy 2 is a single player game which can be controlled by the mouse or the keyboard.In this game the player takes the role of a frog and has the choice of playing as either a male or a female frog. While on holiday, a crazed monkey king, kidnaps their partner setting the plot for a game in which the player explores hostile 3D landscapes looking for keys to unlock the cage and free their beloved. There's no fighting in this game. Every creature and most moving objects are hostile and contact will cost one of the player's three lives and therefore must be avoided, however there are med packs scattered around which will restore health points.The game has music, sound effects, four different landscapes and twenty-one levels
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| Fruit Machin€ | 2002 | Dice Multi Media Europe B.V. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fruit Machin€ is a compilation of four fruit machine simulators from Software Illusions. It features the games
Splash Cash
Encrypted
Inferno
Safe Cracker
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| Fruit Smash | 2002 | Electrotank, Inc. | Electrotank, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fruit Smash is a tile matching puzzle game that uses fruit as a central theme. The player needs to swap 2 adjacent fruit to create 3 or more fruit of the same type in a row horizontally or vertically. The game includes also Supermoves to smash tons of fruit at once. To acquire a Supermove the player must collect Supermove Spheres. For each Supermove he can collect up to 3 Supermove Spheres for a stronger attack.There are 3 modes to the game:
Normal mode: in this mode the player needs to fill up the Juice Meter by matching same 3 or more fruits. After the Juice Meter filled up, the next level will begin, when the Juice Meter is empty, and the player needs again to fill him up in order to go to the next level etc.
Brick challenge mode: this mode is very similar to Normal mode, but there are also some bricks. Bricks can't be matched up or selected for a swap. The only way to get rid of the bricks is with a Supermove.
Time trials mode: in this mode the player selects the time to play (one minute, 3, 5, 10 or 15 minutes) and he needs to get as much score as he can during the amount of time, by matching same 3 or more fruits and using Supermoves. |
| Fun Crazy Eights | 2002 | | AimGames | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Fun Crazy Eights is a single player card game in which the player takes on three computer players.At the start of the game each of the four players is dealt a hand of cards, five cards each being the default. The remainder of the deck is placed between them and play starts with one player placing a card, face up. A player can play any card onto the revealed card if it is the same suit, the same number or if it is an eight.
If the player does not have a suitable card in their hand they must take a card from the deck, this is the end of their turn and play passes to the next person.The object of the game is to be the player who plays all of their cards at which point the cards in the opponents hand are totalled and become the winning player's score. A player is out of the game when their score exceeds a predefined limit, one hundred being the default. Player continues until their is only one player left.The game is played entirely with the mouse and it is customisable, for exampleplayers be dealt between five or ten cards at the start
the maximum score can be set to a value between one hundred and nine hundred and ninety nine points
the card back and background can be changed
The in-game music consists of ten midi tracks which can be changed to tracks from the player's own library
The game supports multiple languages. Version xxx, (2002) can be played in English, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Dutch, French and Slovene and the help file offered tips on translating the game into even more.
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| Funcrd Card Games | 2002 | | Softgame Company | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Funcrd Card Games is a single player, shareware collection of card games. The collection consists of the following gamesHeartsSpadesCribbageGo Fish
All games are played with a mouse and it has a save game feature. The opponents playing style, the card back, game area and other items can all be customised via menu bar options. |
| Funny Face | 2002 | | Z-Ware | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A children's game wherein kids could make their own drawings by butting several parts of a face together. You could choose from a high amount of noses, mouths, ears and eyes, as well some haircuts. In version 2 there are double as much tiles to make faces off, as well an option to color (though this is made pretty bad, you could color the game-interface away) and support for some more printers (now we know why we love windows again)You could also export your pictures to a .pcx file.
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| Funpok Video Poker | 2002 | | Selectsoft Games | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Funpok Video Poker is a single person, shareware, video poker machine simulator.The basic machine / screen layout always stays the same as do the reels and the gameplay. However this game offers multiple game play combinations. In 2002 version 7.0 claimed forty five different games including multiple 'Jacks or Better' and 'Four of a Kind' games with optional progressive bonuses all of which can be played with or without a 'Double Up' option.The current version, in 2013, has seventy games including Jacks or Better, Power Poker, Pai Gow Poker, Bingo Bonus and others.The player can set up their own user id or use the basic id name that is provided.
The game records statistics on the player's progress and saves their final cash total on exit. |
| Funsol Solitaire Gold | 2002 | Softgame Company | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Funsol Solitaire Gold is a shareware compilation of over six hundred single player card games.The games are listed in alphabetical order and can be accessed in that way but the games can be accessed via the menu system in many more ways, for example there are options to select all games byType: for example all Freecell, Spider or Klondike gamesFavourites: The player can construct lists of preferred gamesUnfinishedMost PlayedThere is also an 'Advanced Selection' menu where the player chooses games from a list that match their preferred criteria based on completion time, difficulty, 'chances of winning' and 'number of decks in play'.
There are options to change the card back, playing surface, and view in-game help files. The game keeps statistics for each game played and has the option to replay any game.As is usual for games in this genre the game is played entirely with the mouse, has sound effects, and a choice of card back, card face, and background.
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| Fur Puppies | 2002 | Megaware Multimedia B.V. | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Puppies Pon and Pupis are suddenly abandoned by their owners. Together they must undertake the long journey that will take them back to their true home. Fur Puppies is a 2D platform game that can be played either by one or two players, using a split-screen mode in the latter mode. Players must navigate the environment, collect bones and avoid enemies on the ground, in water and in the air. Certain items act as a health bonus when collected. The game is divided into six different levels (countryside, forest, rocky mountain, lake, haunted castle, snowy mountain) each divided into several sections. In aquatic zones the player must keep an eye on the oxygen bar of the dog. |
| Furry | 2002 | Fallen Angel Industries | | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Furry is a side-scrolling platform shooter game. As the game's namesake, the purple furball Furry, you must combat the black ball army and defeat their evil leader.
Jump over pits, dodge under bouncing mines, collect weapon powerups and take out your enemies through 4 worlds and 15 levels, going through forests, caves, snowy mountain peaks and finally the black army's moon base. |
| GL Force | 2002 | | | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | GL Force is a shooting game with 3D graphics, where the player controls a ship moving around an abstract playfield. There are several mines moving around the playfield, which can be shot to transform them into immobile bumpers that can in turn be destroyed as well. Colliding with a mine causes it to explode but does no harm to the player's ship. Also on the playfield are rolling spheres, which deplete the ship's shields when colliding, and hostile robots which occasionally shoot projectiles that take away one of the player's lives instantly if they connect. The spheres and the robots can be destroyed, but respawn soon after. Shooting any element on the playfield increases the player's score. |
| Galaxy Of Games: Kids Pack | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Action, Compilation, Educational, Sports, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Galaxy Of Games: Kids Pack is one of a series of game compilations in
eGame's 'Galaxy Of Games' series.Typically these compilations contain 'Special Editions' of games that were in eGame's catalogue at the time. Such 'Special Edition' games are usually fully functional games but with a reduced number of levels. As such these compilations could be considered as taster packs designed to promote the sales of the full length games. All the Special Edition games are identified by having 'Special Edition' or just 'SE' appended to their name.This pack installs a menu system on the users hard drive which, when launched, opens in a browser window giving the player the option to install any of the six games in the package, to go to the eGames web site and either download demo games or play games for free. Once installed the same menu can be used to select and play any of the games or, since they all place an entry on the Windows Start menu they can be played directly.
The menu also has a Utilities option that can be used to install either DirectX, version 7.0, from the disc or downloads and installs ebot, a download manager.The games in this package are:Page 1 Mini Golf SE which is a version of Miniverse Minigolf.
Gardener SE.
Discover Painting For Kids SE.
Chinese Checkers SE.
Space Solitaire.
Page 2
3D Creation Station SE.
Word Search Mania.
Geo Jump.
Extreme Dinosaurs SE.
Dweebs SE |
| Galaxy of Games 201 | 2002 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Galaxy Of Games 201 is a collection of is a compilation of casual and special edition games many of which have featured in other eGames compilations. As with many of eGame's compilations the initial installation loads a version of eGames' Game Butler onto the players computer. This is used to access the games, when the games are accessed for the first time the Game Butler runs the installation process for that game henceforth, when the game is selected, the Game Butler will run it. There is no 'Install All' feature.
In this product the games are grouped into four numbered categories, the compilation contains;
Group 1;
Wild Wheels SE
Draw Poker: A single player 'Jacks or Better' poker game
Just Aces: This is a two round implementation of the solitaire game 'Aces Up'
Tai Match: Is a two round, mouse controlled, tile matching game
Box Attack: This is a mouse controlled, tile match/removal game which has much in common with Block Rox. In this game the player shoots groups of connected tiles of the same colour as they descend down the screen, space invaders style.
Drop!
King Solitaire: This is a version of Klondike
Tafl, Sliding Coins, Halma and Chess all board games from Zillions Development
Word Search which is the full version of MVP Word Search for Windows
Group 2;
Colors of War
5 21's: This is a blackjack based game in which the player is dealt random cards and must make hands totalling 21. It's played over three rounds
Checkers: This is the registered version of MVP Checkers Deluxe
Eleven Max: This is a variation of Aces Solitaire where players must click on combinations of cards that add up to eleven
Four Field Kono, Hip, and 9 Men's Morris, Tic Tac Toe and Turn Off are more board games from Zillions Development
Queen's Solitaire: A single player, timed version of Klondike played without the Kings, thus making the Queen the highest card
Krazy 8's and Next Two: These are both single player, timed, two round solitaire games
Group 3;
Jigsaw USA
Foto Breakout: A single player Breakout style game in which the player's reward for clearing a screen is to see the background picture
Burmese Chess, English Solitaire, Star Solitaire, Senat, Morris Game, are more board games from Zillions Development
Basketball: A three round shooter game in which the player fires basketballs at baskets. The player has no control over movement, just the launching of the basketballs
Jack Solitaire: A single player, timed card game played without the Kings and Queens thus making the Jack the highest card
Triple Peaks: A single player, two round, timed card game
Secret Circuit: A single player Pipe Mania style puzzle
Max Mix Foto: A single player game where pictures are broken into tiles and the player must correctly re-arrange them within a time limit
Group 4;
MVP Solitaire, this is the shareware release otherwise known as MVP Solitaire: Clubs Edition
Foto Match All: A concentration style game where the player's reward for clearing a screen is seeing the background picture clearly
Fairy Chess, Maze, Turning Coins and Nim are yet more board games from Zillions Development
Rings of the Magi, a Windows version.
Solitaire Master 3 Special Edition 1 with just fifty games
Maze: Just two mazes in this game which is also from Zillions Development
Triple Bogart: A single player card game played over two rounds
Zap 21: A solitare game that is similar to 5 21's which is described above
Mancala: This is MVP's implementation of the game Mancala
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| Galaxy of Games: Blue Edition | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Galaxy Of Games: Blue Edition is a compilation of fifty shareware and special edition games. It is one in a series of compilations in the Galaxy of Games range that are denoted by a different colour, there are Red, Yellow, Green editions and others.When the CD is inserted it runs automatically installing a menu system for the compilation and nothing more. When a game is selected for the first time it is installed, later selections from the same menu will then run the game.The product claims there are "fifty great games", however twenty-five of these are contained in one product, Solitaire 25. |
| Galaxy of Games: Gold Edition | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Galaxy of Games: Gold Edition is a compilation of casual and special edition games. It is one in a series of compilations in the Galaxy of Games range that are denoted by a different colour, there are Green, Red, and Silver editions and others. When the CD is inserted it runs automatically installing a menu system for the compilation and nothing more. When a game is selected for the first time it is installed, later selections from the same menu will then run the game. The menu system also has a link to eGames' web site where more demo games were available, a help section which has information on some games but for most says 'See the in-game Help section', and a Tools section which will install DirectX 7.0The games in this compilation are grouped by type, they are:
Arcade Games: Raptor SE, Oxide SE, Moon Buggy SE from Koala Software, Blast Thru SE, Atlantis Rising SE, Crazy Drake SE, Nebula Fighter SE,
DemonStar SE, Star Miner SE, Booym SE,
Galactic Patrol Lite from Monkey Byte, Speedy Eggbert SE,
Strategy Games: Glowing Bugs SE, Gardener SE, Tile Blazer SE, jewel Jam SE, Dweebs SE, Snow Bound Sheri SE, Playground SE from Soleau Software, Alchemist SE, Wendy's Word Game SE, Peggy's Party SE, Garret SE,
Card Games: Euchre SE, Solitaire 25: Volume 3 , Solitaire 25: Volume 4, Hearts all of which come from Card Classics & Solitaire by Goodsol. Memory Match and 31 by John Turner, Solitary Confinement
Casino Games: Galaxy Video Poker, Galaxy Slots, US Slots, Castle Video Poker, Castle Slotsand Roulette Fever all from WickedWare together with Castle Slots and Keno SE from Crescent Vision Interactive, LLC
Puzzle & Word Games: Crazy Puzzle SE, Extreme Bugs SE, Extreme Orchids SE, Extreme Animals SE and Extreme Dinosaur Puzzles all from Khaoscape, Crossword Mania and Wordsearch Mania both from all from RomTech, Inc., and Puzzle Master SE.
Family Games: Chinese Checkers SE from Khaoscape,
Win A Million! SE and Bingo Master Standard edition from Soleau Software, Dominoes Deluxe SE from WinGames, Mini Golf SE, Champion Chess, and Discover Painting for Kids SE by Khaoscape which isn't really a game as such
SE in the above list denotes a Special Edition, Shareware Edition or Standard Edition - the meaning of the initials varies from game to game but in essence this version has fewer levels than the full game. Some of these games were released as full titles by eGames, Inc., Puzzle Master being one such example. Though the packaging promises an "ALL NEW" collection this is slightly misleading, while this combination of games may be unique most, if not all, of the games have appeared in other compilations from eGames. For example Galaxy of Games: Green Edition contains Chinese Checkers, Champion Chess, Galaxy Video Poker, Old West Poker and Roulette Fever while Casino Jackpot 2 contains all Casino games in this Gold Edition. |
| Galaxy of Games: Green Edition | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Galaxy of Games: Green Edition is a compilation of casual and special edition games. It is one in a series of compilations in the Galaxy of Games range that are denoted by a different colour, there are Blue, Yellow, Red editions and others. There are no shareware games in this compilation.When the CD is inserted it runs automatically installing a menu system for the compilation and nothing more. When a game is selected for the first time it is installed, later selections from the same menu will then run the game.
The games which are grouped into categories consist of:
Arcade Games:
Drone,
Node Jumper,
Kombat Kars SE,
Fishing SE and
Bowling Mania SE
Family Games:
Champion Chess,
Chinese Checkers,
Go-Moku,
Mahjongg Master 3 SE,
Jungle and
Word Wiz
Casino & Card Games:
Bridge Deluxe,
Craps Deluxe SE,
Galaxy Video Poker SE,
Keno Craze SE,
Old West Poker SE,
Poker Palace,
Roulette Fever SE,
Strata 21,
and US Video Poker SE
Strategy Games:
8 Queens,
Alquerque,
Animals of Africa,
Blobs,
Brain Twister,
Charmed,
Color Wheel,
Dark Tiles ,
Gems 3D,
and Gonzo Heads
SE in the above list denotes a Special Edition which usually means the game has fewer levels than the full game. The list consists of just twenty-nine games. The claimed total of fifty is achieved by counting some games multiple times because they have more than one level or puzzle, for example Alquerque counts as three, 8 Queens counts as five and Blobs counts as eight. |
| Galaxy of Games: Silver Edition | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Action, Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Galaxy Of Games: Silver Edition is a compilation of casual and special edition games. It is one in a series of compilations in the Galaxy of Games range that are denoted by a different colour, there are Green, Red, and Blue editions and more. When the CD is inserted it runs automatically installing a menu system for the compilation and nothing more. When a game is selected for the first time it is installed, later selections from the same menu will then run the game. The games in this compilation are:Win A Million from Soleau Software
Drone from Pixelsplash Software
RajJongg: The Curse Of Ra SE from Used Star
MahJongg: Game Of Four Winds SE from Berrie Bloem
Acey Ducey Backgammon from WinGames
Zulu Assault from Dallas Nutsch
Blast Thru SE from RockSolid Software
Word Skramble from John Turner
Dominoes Deluxe from WinGames
Juxto SE from Soleau Software
Lexicon SE from Nature Boy Software
Spooky Castle from Hamumu Software
Total Recall from WinGames
Game Chest also from WinGames
Renee's Resort SE from Soleau Software
Dominion from WinGames
Solitaire 25: Volume 2 from Goodsol which is a subset of Solitaire Master
2 Player Chess
Geo Jump
Galaxy Man from John Turner
Space Solitaire
SE in the above list denotes a Special Edition, Shareware Edition or Standard Edition - the meaning of the initials varies from game to game but in essence this version has fewer levels than the full game. The packaging promises fifty games and the above list only runs to twenty-one games. The math just about works if "Solitaire 25: Volume 2" is counted as twenty-five games and "Game Chest" is counted as five games.Some of these games were released as full titles by eGames, Lexicon SE is one example of this. Many games have appeared in other eGames compilations, for example Geo Jump appears on Galaxy of Games, Galaxy Of Games: Kids Pack, and Galaxy Of Games: Blue Edition.
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| Galaxy of Games: Yellow Edition | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Galaxy of Games: Yellow Edition is a compilation of casual and special edition games. It is one in a series of compilations in the Galaxy of Games range that are denoted by a different colour, there are Green, Red, and Blue editions and others. When the CD is inserted it runs automatically installing a menu system for the compilation and nothing more. When a game is selected for the first time it is installed, later selections from the same menu will then run the game. The Game browser/menu also has Demos tab which links to eGames' web site where more demo games were available, a Help section which has information on some games but for most says 'See the in-game Help section', and a Tools section which will install DirectX 7.0 and/of Internet Explorer 5.0 if required.The games in this compilation are grouped by type, they are:
Casino/Trivia Games:
Keno SE from Crescent Vision Interactive, LLC
Castle Slots, Galaxy Poker and Roulette Fever SE from WickedWare
Win A Million and Bingo Master SE from Soleau Software
Arcade Action:
Oxide SE from Exelweiss Entertainment
Tile Blazer from Terminus Software Systems
Blast Thru SE from RockSolid Software
Booym
Atlantis Rising from EvilX Systems
Strategy Games:
Peggy's Party and Snowbound Sheri from Soleau Software
Alchemist SE, Glowing Bugs, Garrett and Gardener all from Nashi Igry
Puzzle Games:
Puzzle Master SE containing ten pictures each with five levels of difficulty
Extreme Animals, Extreme Orchids, Extreme Dinosaurs all from Khaoscape
Crossword Mania and Word Search Mania from RomTech, Inc.
Card Games:
Solitaire 25: Volume 4 from Goodsol
Euchre Deluxe and Hearts by Craig W. Kellogg & co
SE in the above list denotes a Special Edition, Shareware Edition or Standard Edition - the meaning of the initials varies from game to game but in essence this version usually has fewer levels than the full game. The packaging promises fifty games and the above list only runs to twenty-five games, the math only works because "Solitaire 25" is counted as twenty-five games.Some of these games. such as Crossword Mania and Crossword Maniawere released as full titles by eGames, Inc.. Many, if not all, of the Special Edition games have appeared on other compilations, for example:Alchemist and Glowing Bugs appear in both Office Games and Galaxy of Games: Gold Edition
Blast Thru SE is included on Galaxy of Games, Galaxy of Games: Gold Edition and Galaxy of Games: Silver Edition |
| Galileo: The Game | 2002 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | Galileo: The Game is a licensed game based on the eponymous German quiz show which is a spin-off of the infotainment show Galileo. Three candidates want to master the three rounds to win money. In the first round every contestant has to answer ten questions in ten seconds each. Every second spare time gets credited on his account. The candidate with the least points gets eliminated.In the second round there are twelve questions to answer. The player has so many seconds time as he earned in the first round. In both rounds there are three answer possibilities to choose from. In the last round the player has to solve logic puzzles like in an intelligence quotient test, e.g. completing numerical series or anagrams. There are 2500 questions and an online high-score list. |
| Games Room | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | 123-D Software, Inc., Duckfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Games Room is a collection of four mini-games. The darts games can be played as a single-player or two-player games, all the rest play as player vs machine. The four games in this package are
Air Hockey
Darts: three variations of darts are included, 301, Countup, and Around the World.
Foosball
Ping PongThe games can be played either with the mouse or with the keyboard and the number of games in a match can be customised. |
| Games Spectacular | 2002 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Games Spectacular is a compilation of over two hundred shareware games.
The games are grouped by category, Arcade, Board and Dice, Sport and Word, Casino and Cards and finally Miscellaneous. |
| Gast | 2002 | Mindscape SA | Idol FX AB | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Gast the ghost is the caretaker of an amusement park. An evil clown takes over the park, and Gast must figure out ways to get rid of as many of the clown's minions as he can in order to collect enough stars to survive the final arcade sequence. |
| Gematria: Code | 2002 | Forst | Forst | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | The hero of the game awakens in a office of a seemingly abandoned building. He doesn't remember much, his past is blurred. He knows that his name is Hinoe, and that he was brought to the building by a secret organization that fights demons. A monster has invaded the building, and your task is to vanquish it. As you begin your investigation, you realize that your arm contains powers similar to those possessed by the demon. You are determined to find out more about your past, and to reveal the truth behind your mission.Gematria: Code plays similarly to Savior, being an adventure game with real time movement through 3D environments. Story-related events are mostly depicted as still CG sequences. There are no puzzles or action elements, and the gameplay consists entirely of exploration. |
| Geo Jump | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Geo Jump is a single player, casual game that is based on the traditional game of Peg Solitaire.In this game the player does not play on a traditional board, they play across the United States of America with each state offering a different layout. Points are scored only when the player is left with five pegs or less with a large bonus being scored if the last and only peg is positioned on the state capital.Geo Jump does not appear to have been released as a separate game in it's own right, however it has appeared in a number of eGames, Inc. titles among which are Galaxy of Games, Galaxy Of Games: Kids Pack, Galaxy Of Games: Silver Edition and Galaxy Of Games: Blue Edition.
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| Gettysburg: Civil War Battles | 2002 | Game Mill Publishing, Inc. | Stellar Stone LLC | Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Gettysburg: Civil War Battles is a real-time strategy game where you must take control of your troops during various battles in the American Civil War. Choose either North or South and engage the enemy in battle. There are 118 brigades between both of them: 66 for the North, and 52 for the South. You must command your troops, order cavalry support, deploy infantry, and entrench positions in order to win the Civil War. |
| Gianluca Vialli's European Manager | 2002 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Waywardxs Entertainment S.R.L. | Simulation, Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Gianluca Vialli's European Manager is a soccer management simulation in which the user embodies both the manager and coach of a football team, but with tactical as well as economical duties and responsibilities.The immediately perceived goal is to prove oneself and be the number one. As the user strives to become a football legend and enter the Hall of Fame, he will have to overcome the bitter opposition of the other victory hungry managers and the heavy pressure put on him by his own players, his bosses and his fans. And in the merciless world of football, the failure of the team's objectives might cost the user his beloved job. |
| Go Figure! | 2002 | | | Educational, Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Go Figure! is a single player, freeware, mouse controlled math game from India.In this game the player is given a selection of four numbers and they must use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to devise a calculation that will match a target number. The player scores points for every equation they solve within the game's time limit. There are skill levels, a hint function and a high score table.
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| Gold Sprinter | 2002 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Aliasworlds Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Gold Sprinter is a remake of the classic game Lode Runner. The player has to collect all the gold and diamonds on the level, and then an exit door that leads to the next level will appear. The player also needs to avoid from enemies. He can also dig holes to reach gold under and in the platforms or to trap enemies. There are also items that help the player like extra life and bonuses that bring great score. There are 4 worlds, every world includes a number of levels. |
| Great Clips 500 | 2002 | Great Clips | Digital Content LLC | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Great Clips 500 is a racing game where you can race in stock cars on various tracks. Each car has its own sponser, from companies like Great Clips, Holiday Inn, GameSpy, and Real. You can choose 17 cars to race in, and you can race on 5 different. It also features FMV sequences of NASCAR driver Christian Elder giving racing tips before each race. This game was given to people with their haircut for free as part of a back to school promotion. |
| Gun Viper | 2002 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Gun Viper is a 3D Japanese vertically scrolling shooter. The player controls a spaceship and shoots many enemies. When a crystal is collected, some energy is restored (depending on its color). The ship has rapid fire and access to a smart bomb. In addition, a disc surrounding the ship can be controlled to absorb enemy fire and provide more fire power. Many levels have a boss at the end. The game is very fast and arcade-like, with hundreds of enemies. There are five difficulty levels: kids, easy, normal, hard and super. |
| Halcyon Sun | 2002 | Brightstar Entertainment Ltd. | Kuju Entertainment Ltd. | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Halcyon Sun is a dogfighting game set in space that mixes gameplay sequences with the narrative of a science fiction TV series. It was originally released for free and exclusively downloadable through the website Freeloader.com as an episodic series of twelve instalments released every two weeks, of which the first one was launched on 3rd November 2000. Next to the main game, players could also read additional reports and briefings on the official website to extend the game. Through poor distribution however, later parts missed the release schedule, causing players to use hacks to retrieve the episodes from the website. It faded quickly into obscurity and the entire package was re-released as a single game on a CD-ROM.The game tells the story of Dru Avery, a squadron commander that leads a group of fighter in the last days of a space war set between a coalition of the Eridani race and the Carolan Commonwealth (the latter of which Avery is a member), and the Nolledah Revolutionary Republic. The story also contains more drama-like elements such as complex relationships. For instance, Avery's girlfriend is the Eridani liaison officer on the Carolan base ship and this leads to trouble as the relationship between the two factions in the coalition deteriorates due to rivalry. The story is furthered through lengthy, rendered cut-scenes including cliffhangers and credit sequences that can take up up to twenty minutes for a portion. A single episode generally takes up 45 minutes of time. During the gameplay potions, players guide Avery and his squadron through space combat. The gameplay is arcade-like, with just a few buttons to fire, switch between guns and missiles, and release decoys or use an afterburner. Most missions require the player to destroy a specific target, attack a base, or escort another craft. Because the game has a strict storyline, sometimes certain ships of the squadron are invulnerable because the pilots are needed further in the game. Players cannot switch between ships or customize them. There are 24 combat missions in total and three hours of narrative scenes. If a mission is failed repeatedly, players are given the option to skip it.The original game structure of the episodic series was left unaltered for this compilation package. That way, every three missions players need to watch the list of credits and then relaunch the game to continue playing. |
| Halloween | 2002 | Jadeware | Jadeware | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Halloween is a first-person shooter with a Halloween theme. The gameplay is a bit different from other 3D shooters as it involves a time limit. The game world is set in a medieval setting - so you get maces, bow+arrow, etc. Many Halloween monsters will stand in your way, including spiders, mummies and giant bats. More than 10 levels are to complete. |
| Hardwood Euchre | 2002 | Silver Creek Entertainment | Silver Creek Entertainment | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Hardwood Euchre is a single player, shareware, trick taking card game which, in most versions, is played by two pairs of players. In these games the computer plays the role of both partner and opponents.The basic game of Euchre is played in pairs and ends when one pair scores ten points. It is played with a deck of just twenty-four cards, the nine, ten, jack, queen, king and ace of each suit, with five cards dealt to each player. Euchre has been played since 1860 and consequently over time many rule and scoring variations have developed. In addition to the basic game there are five Euchre variants available with this product:
British Rules - also played as in pairs with a Joker included in the deck becoming the top trump. This game ends at eleven points.
Cut Throat - a three player game using a where players are scored individually, there are no mines in the deck of this version
Stick The Dealer - this version forces the dealer to pick trumps if everyone has passed twice.
Sevens Up - uses an extended deck of cards from the seven to the ace of each suit
Play to Fifteen Points, also known as 'The Long Game'The game features Four levels of difficulty
Fooming - a feature where one player can send nasty things, such as lightning bolts, or nice things, such as kisses, to another player
A three part tutorial on the basic game with two additional sections, one on the Cut Throat variation and the other on Fooming
An Achievements ladder
On-line play via either a Hardwood Games account or a Facebook account. The Hardwood Game's website posts leader boards for all it's games
The card back, table, background or environment picture, can all be changed as can the player's name and avatar. The game can also be played in a window or in full screen mode |
| Harvest | 2002 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | Harvest is a suspenseful mystery adventure game. This first game by the independent developer Michael B. Clark delves into the subconscious and paranormal.You are walking your dog in the park one night when he suddenly dashes off after something and disappears from sight. Searching for him, you find the entrance to an underground complex. Knowing your dog has gone into it, you follow and find yourself inside a huge bunker-like residence. Curiosity, plus the desire to find your pet, leads you further in. You uncover a madman's plan involving a water extraction machine and the poisoning of the population's water supply. The life of a once normal person was irrevocably changed with the death of his parents. What pushed him over the edge .. and where is your dog?The story develops as you read diaries, newspaper articles and other materials left behind. Secret rooms in the bomb shelter type area are protected by elaborate locks with puzzles connected to them. Puzzles are varied and include inventory-based ones, mechanical-logical Myst-style puzzles, a slider puzzle, memory puzzles and a maze.Graphics are mostly stills with little animation. There is mood-music and some sound effects can be heard. The game is mouse-controlled, point-and-click with various cursors for navigation and interacting with the environment.Harvest was made using the Adventure Maker game creation software. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic: Platinum Edition | 2002 | 3DO Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This collection includes:
Heroes of Might and Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic II: Gold (includes Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars and The Price of Loyalty)
Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete (includes Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, Armageddon’s Blade, and The Shadow of Death) |
| Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe | 2002 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Illusion Softworks, a.s., Lonely Cat Games, s.r.o. | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | | | | Mature | | Windows | An updated release comprising of Hidden & Dangerous and it's expansion pack, Devil's Bridge. The update consists of an included editor to modify the missions included, improved graphics, and slightly modified missions (new enemy patrol paths etc).The update did not affect gameplay. Hidden & Dangerous is still a matter of partially planning the actions of your SAS-team, and playing as one of those brave people to complete the missions as a team. The total of episodes is 9, which hold 32 missions. Your chance of survival are dictated by your ability to use the proper tactics at the right moment, not by being the fastest gun in town. A number of useful tactics are explained in the manual. |
| Hired Team: Trial Gold | 2002 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH, Summitsoft Entertainment | New Media Generation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | Vasily Vasiliev | Windows | Much as Serious Sam: The First Encounter was really a tech demo of Croteam's Serious Engine, Hired Team: Trial is a tech demo of New Media Generation's Shiny engine. This Russian first person arena shooter has finally found a US publisher and has been released in the states as a Gold edition. Players participate in a series of battles across 28 virtual arenas against bots or other humans on a LAN or the net. Game types include standard and team deathmatch, capture the flag, and domination.The story behind Hired Team can best be told with this verbatim transcript of the opening movie:The drastic growth of science and technology in 3rd millenium has resulted in the global urbanization of the whole planet.The huge and waste Megacities now fill the planetary surface with their complicated infrastructures. The ultimate part. about 96% of Earth's population lives in those Megapolises.But global urbanisation leads to global crisis, pandemics, unemployment, crime and government corruption. The police and Secret Services cannot successfully fight well organized ruthless criminal groups. everyday bloody exchanges of fire for city control. City hospitals are overcrowded with street wars victims.Only a new, well trained and skilled force can stop this urban chaos now. Former soldiers of special military forces, police brigades and secret services must pass a TRIAL to get enlisted to the elite 'Hired team'. |
| Historion | 2002 | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | Ruske & Pühretmaier Edutainment GmbH | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In Historion the player is a time traveller Tom with the mission to save the classical era. To do this, he has to solve history-based puzzles, fight enemies and collect four magic gems. The player collects items and stores them in the inventory for further usage. The game takes place in Greek towns, harbors and four of the seven Wonders of the World. An in-game knowledge base is included and it is marketed as an edutainment title for players aged twelve and up.Despite being set in the year 2000 Tom's starting environment has a science fiction look. He is a technician in the department of time travels in Historion 3 and he is sent back in time when the system malfunctions. The entire knowledge of all of mankind is stored in giant databases, but suddenly objects from other times appear elsewhere. He soon discovers there may be more to it than just a technical error. The game is played as an adventure with 3D characters against prerendered 2D scenes. |
| Hopmon | 2002 | Musicbank Ltd. | JJsoft | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Hopmon is a single player puzzle game.The player takes on the role of the main character, Hopmon, and has to collect crystals which are scattered around the play area. Once collected these crystals are placed on a warp zone, when all crystals are collected Hopmon warps to the next level. There are a forty-five levels in all each with baddies to avoid and puzzles to solve. The game has an 'automatic save' feature and is played via the keyboard although a joypad is supported. |
| Hotel Giant | 2002 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Enlight Software Ltd. | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Hotel Giant is a business simulation game where players have to prove their managing skills within the hotel industry and keep their guests happy to succeed.
Starting out small with a small hotel for business travelers, players are challenged to build a successful business, overcoming all obstacles that the world of business management can throw at them. With over 26 different hotel complexes to choose from, there are plenty of options available to create a tailor-made hotel that exactly meets one's dreams and the needs of its virtual guests as well.
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| Hover Bovver 2: Grand Theft Flymo | 2002 | Llamasoft Ltd. | Llamasoft Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Easyce PPC Library | Windows | You play Gordon Bennett. You have fifty lawns to mow, and your Flymo's not working. You have five neighbours, all of whom have perfectly serviceable Flymos. Surely they won't mind if you just nip and borrow their mowers? Armed with your 'borrowed' lawnmower you have to mow your lawn, avoiding your irate neighbour and sundry other interested parties while trying not to mow over your precious flower beds. It's lucky you've got a dog to protect you. |
| Hoyle Card Games | 2002 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This version of Hoyle Card Games is the fifth release of this title. It contains sixteen games and a version of Hoyle Solitaire for the Palm OS.The main new feature in this version is the 'International Games Selection' which introduces Skat, a three-player game from Germany and Tarot, the national game of France. All games have full sets of rules and a strategy guide. In common with other games in the series the player can play against ten animated AI opponents and can create their own likeness using the Facemaker function. Player identities created in this game can be used in other products such as Hoyle Board Games and Hoyle Casino and vice-versa.The full list of games is: Bridge, Canasta, Crazy Eights, Cribbage, Euchre, Gin Rummy, Go Fish, Hearts, Memory Match a concentration like game, Old Maid, Pinochle, Pitch, Poker, Solitaire - forty three varieties, Spades, and War.
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| Hugo XL | 2002 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Hugo XL includes 7 games where Hugo has to collect different things and avoid dangers and obstacles. Included are:
Hugo in the woods
Hugo on a raft
Hugo the diver
Hugo on a skateboard
Hugo in a cart
Hugo in a plane
Hugo on a mountain |
| Hungry Red Planet | 2002 | Health Media Lab, Inc. | Health Media Lab, Inc. | Educational, Simulation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Hungry Red Planet attempts to make learning about nutrition fun for kids by sliding the educational component into a sci-fi, turn-based strategy game with an interesting story line. You’re the leader of a crew sent to Mars with several objectives: feed your settlers healthy foods, create self-sustaining settlements, explore the planet, and defend yourself against strange mutant creatures. Most of the gameplay takes place on an isometric map of the planet, and a food pyramid-based interface where you drag and drop foods trying to create the perfect meal. |
| Hyperspace Delivery Boy! | 2002 | Monkeystone Games | Monkeystone Games | Action | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Hyperspace Delivery Boy! is an action-puzzle game with bizarre environments, quirky humor, and complex levels.Players control Guy Carrington, who needs to make his way through numerous delivery jobs spanning the galaxy in his quest for the title of Delivery Boy 1st Class.Players control Guy with a mouse, clicking on the place they want him to go to or with a keyboard. Guy can shoot gems that will help him activate switches he has no access to.While Guy's job is to deliver things for his employer, often in his quest, Guy will take odd jobs from the recipients for extra money and will need to move objects, flip switches, push crates and barrels into water or buttons, point lasers to the right direction to create new paths and avoid enemies in order to reach the person he needs to deliver something to or the place where he has to use a specific item.While most enemies will instantly kill Guy upon contact, a few enemies will steal his gems. Before starting the game, players are given the option of playing the game in Puzzle mode or Action mode, with the latter option allowing him to attack and defeat enemies. |
| Här kommer Pippi Långstrump | 2002 | Levande Böcker i Norden AB | Elva Femtiofem Media AB | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Här kommer Pippi Långstrump is the second game of Pippi Långstrump games. It contains ten different mini-games which can be played with Pippi, Tommy and Annika. |
| Icewind Dale: The Collection | 2002 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Icewind Dale: The Collection contains Icewind Dale and the Heart of Winter add-on bundled together in a single budget-priced package.The compilation also includes Sybex' official strategy guides for both games and the original manuals, all in PDF format, and a soundtrack CD with 51 tracks.The free add-on Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter - Trials of the Luremaster is not included but can of course be downloaded. |
| Illustrerad Vetenskap: Quiz | 2002 | Bonniers Specialmagasiner | | Educational, Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Contemporary, Historical events | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Illustrerad Vetenskap: Quiz is a general science knowledge game, bundled with one of the 'Illustrerad Vetenskap' magazines in 2002. The IV magazine is a lightweight science magazine published in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.The game has eight sections of knowledge: Biology, Culture, Psychology, Nature, Technology, History, Astronomy and Anatomy. Each section has 75 questions, from which 25 are randomly chosen each time the game is played to make the game varied.A player chooses one of the sections, or a mixed selection from each called 'Expert', and has a limited time to answer all questions (150s), after which a score is given, and an optional diploma can be printed. You can also check which questions were wrongly answered after the test is completed. The best time and score in each category is kept for comparision against other players. |
| Inferno | 2002 | Software Illusions | Software Illusions | Simulation | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Inferno is the third in a Software Illusions series of pinball simulators.This is a three reel slot machine simulator based on the British style of fruit machine. It pays out when three identical symbols appear on the centre line.
Game features include random nudges, reel holds, a bonus feature as well as the main 'Inferno' feature. The game runs in a window and has documentation explaining the controls and how the feature works.
The bonus feature presents the player with the typical Hi / Lo choice, if correct the player advances one run up a ladder thus increasing their prize money. If incorrect the player loses all winnings accrued so far.
The player starts with £10 credit, each spin costs £0.25.
The game has a high score table and players are also able to post their high scores on-line. |
| Istiden | 2002 | PAN Vision AB | PAN Vision, Göteborg | Adventure | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Istiden is based on a Swedish TV series for children called "Världens minsta lillasyster". It tells the story of what happened after the end of the series. A group of children led by the somewhat older Litea finds themselves in a mysterious valley after their boat went down a great water fall. Their boat is badly damaged and now they have to go out and look for parts so they can repair the boat and go home again. The player controls Litea from a isometric top down perspective with the use of a point and click interface. Boat parts needs to be searched for in snow drifts but they can also be found by playing different mini games. The player also needs to find food for the kids to eat and wood to keep them warm. When the paltry is empty or the fire has burned out the game is over and the player has to start over. The game features six mini games. These involve fishing by pushing animals into an ice hole, paddling an ice floe, teaching baby eagles to fly, skiing, tango dancing and making a stone bridge playing music.
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| Jardinains! | 2002 | Magic Chopstick Games | Magic Chopstick Games | Action | | | | Paddle / Pong, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Jardinains! is a one player break-out game featuring 50 levels. Use the ball to break bricks and bounce nains. Some bricks hides bonus items such as extra balls, x2 points and bonus points. There are several types of bricks in the game; for example exploding bricks, invisible bricks and reinforced bricks.Now and then nains will show up and throw pots at your paddle; if you hit a pot with the ball you get some bonus points but if a pot hits the paddle you lose points. If you hit a nain with the ball it will fall down and if you let it bounce on your paddle you will gain additional points, if you manage to bounce it a pre determined number of times it will explode and a bonus item will appear.
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| Jasiu Spacerowicz | 2002 | Art Games | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Jasiu Spacerowicz is a simple platform game that tells the story of a young boy who tries to find the reason of animals character change. The action takes place in the woods. The game requires walking, jumping, collecting and using objects and avoiding hostile animals. In order to save the land player has to wander through the boards to score points and open magic chests filled with gold coins.
To go through each of the boards, our hero has to find the keys and open the boxes. There are 2 boxes on the board that must be opened. The board cannot be completed if all the chests are not open.Elements that take energy: apples falling from trees, falling stones, animals, bonfires. Red elements add energy, blue elements add long jump.The game features a total of six levels. |
| Jay Jay the Jet Plane: Jay Jay Earns His Wings | 2002 | Learning Company, Inc., The | Medium One Productions, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Jay Jay the Jet Plane is the hero of a CGI children's cartoon series featuring a group of animated aircraft and their friends. The action in this game begins at the fictional Tarrytown Airport, Jay Jay's home, where he is excited to hear that he's almost ready to take on his own route and fly solo. Before he can do that, however, he must fly a few more training flights to six locations where he will pick up packages, only then returning to Tarrytown.The player uses the mouse to point and click - when the player needs to pick up an item the game uses click-and-stick, a common feature in children's games, where one click picks up an item and it sticks to the mouse without holding down a button, and another click releases it. On-screen icons are very simple stylized buttons; on the bottom left is an arrow to go back, on the bottom right are a question mark for help and an X to exit. During the activities you also have level icons (1, 2, and 3) on the right.You can choose your destination from the map in any order you like; there are six places you can go to, plus question marks that take you to short informational videos with Brenda Blue, a human aircraft mechanic. At each destination there's a game to play:
At Ridgeway, Jay Jay can't get to the hangar to pick up the package because the runway is in terrible shape; pick puzzle shapes from a tray to patch holes on the runway. At higher levels there are more holes and gaps
At Lightning Bug Lake, Jay Jay offers to help Tracy judge a light show contest; watch the patterns a pair of lightning bugs make, then pick the pair that matches them exactly. At higher levels the patterns are more complex
At Sandy Landing, Big Jake needs help measuring the height of some cargo in the hangar; instead of traditional measurements, pile up objects to reach the same height, then click on the number of objects you used. For example, it took three oilcans to equal the height of a rake. At the highest level, estimate the quantity first
At Frosty Pine, Herky the Helicopter skis down an icy slope to pick up a package Jay Jay cannot get to; as he calls out a number, click on the flag that matches it. At the highest level solve an addition problem
At Smiling Meadow, Jay Jay helps Snuffy the Skywriter pick apples; sort apples into baskets by color. At higher levels, you sort by color and quantity, or read the spelled-out color
At O'Malley's Ranch, Jay Jay and Old Oscar play a game of I Spy while waiting for a package; pick the animal that Oscar describes out of a group. At higher levels there are more specific clues and more choicesWhen all six packages have been picked up, you can return to Tarrytown airport, where Jay Jay gets a celebratory surprise - the packages are for him, and each one contains a picture the player can color and print. |
| Jet de GO!2 | 2002 | Taito Corporation | Taito Corporation | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Jet de GO!2 (translated 'Let's go by airliner!2') is an airliner simulation featuring passenger jets of Japan Air Lines
(JAL). It is the direct sequel of the first Jet de GO! game that was released for PSX and Windows.Aircrafts available:
* Boeing 737-400
* Boeing 747-400/D
* Boeing 767-300
* Boeing 777-200/300
* DC-10-40Hidden aircrafts:
* MD-11 McDonnell Douglas MD-11
* DC-8 Douglas DC-8
* YS-11 Japan YS-11 aircraft Airports:
* Haneda Airport
* New Chitose Airport
* Komatsu Airport
* Nagoya Airport
* Osaka Airport
* Kansai International Airport
* Hiroshima
* Fukuoka Airport
* Naha
* Shimoji Island AirportIn comparison to the first game, available destinations now include whole Japan, including Hokkaido and Okinawa provinces.Game Modes:
* Scenario mode
It includes plane manoeuvering to the starting strip, takeoff, and landing a variety of playing situations. The purpose is to finish all the scenarios.Pilot Mode:
It includes departing and arriving with selected aircraft from the airport and on time. You start as newby, as a co-pilot, and will be promoted to captain.Free-cruise mode:
As it says - just flying, just for fun! |
| Jeu de Dames 3D | 2002 | Micro Application, S.A. | Blue Sphere (France) | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Board game | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | | Windows | Jeu de Dames 3D is an adaptation of the classic game of checkers played on a 10x10 checkerboard.You can choose between three versions on the same game of checkers: classic, cyber and cartoon. Each mode has its own board, graphics, and so on. You can play against the computer or against another player on the same computer. The game features seven skill levels, from novice to expert.Jeu de Dames 3D also features a save option, and the the ability to take back a move. The game is entirely mouse driven. While playing, you can toggle music on/off, or play your favorite audio CD. |
| JumpStart 1st - 3rd Grade Learning Playground | 2002 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A compilation of the games
Jump Start Reading
Jump Start Math
Jump Start Explorers
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| JumpStart Advanced: 1st Grade | 2002 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Educational, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Direct control, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | JumpStart Advanced: 1st Grade is an educational game for children aged five to seven in the first grade according to the US curriculum. It starts with an assessment test that determines which activities suit the child's interests best. All activities are still available afterwards but the game suggests a starting activity based on the quiz. The game's story revolves around a group of children who go up against the town bully Jimmy Bubbles in the JumpStart Ville Scooter Tournament. The player completes many types of activities linked to the racing training different skills. From a town map different houses can be selected for an activity.Different types of gadgets power-ups need to be earned first and these can be used to customize the scooter in Frankie’s Scooter Design Shop. At a shop many types of decorations can be used to decorate the tracks. Edison's shop trains using exact change to buy the decorations based on the different coins. At another house the player can paint pictures to decorate the race tracks with billboards or create shows that combine art with music. Music can also be composed to be played at the winner's circle later on. Art is created at Kisha's by dragging elements onto a canvas and music by selecting which instruments ought to be used. At Eleanor's house reading comprehension is trained. After a story, news story, webpage or encyclopedia section is narrated questions about the content need to be answered. A football mini-game is used to train rhyming words. Pierre trains the order of numbers to build a snow bear while dodging animals. In another game a frog needs to collect letters in swamp gas bubbles to spell words while avoiding an alligator. Players also get to decorate pizzas with toppings based on instructions that train division. Another game trains sorting concepts and organizing words in categories.Finally the race tracks need to be designed and then the race starts played from a top-down view. Different types of gadgets and power-ups need to be used during the race to get past obstacles. Each character gets to race with a custom scooter and a custom track. The race is played against AI-controlled players, but a multiplayer option is also available. |
| JumpStart Advanced: 2nd Grade | 2002 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jumpstart Advanced 2nd Grade is an educational game for ages six to eight. Dr. O, the game's antagonist, has scattered Hopsalot's gadget parts all over the world. The player is assigned as a secret agent and enters JIA Headquarters to begin his/her mission. There are different areas of where the gadget parts are hidden, including Moscow, Paris, Antarctica, the Amazon Jungle, Australia, Africa, and in New Orleans. All-Star help is provided in the game if the player gets stuck, and the player can choose from seven different learning styles based on their preferences. |
| JumpStart Animal Adventures | 2002 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Funnybone Interactive | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Frankie, the Jump Start dog, announces registration for an Animal Habitat Contest, a magazine contest that requires you to travel all around the globe, photographing wildlife and learning about many different kinds of animals in their ecosystems. After you register, you enter the All-Over-Rover, a special exploration vehicle that can travel anywhere, including under the ocean. The interior of the vehicle serves as your home page – inside, you’ll find:
Level buttons; change your difficulty level
Volume control
Your Sticker Book; as you complete the pages and activities for each habitat you earn points which can be traded in for stickers
Your Progress Report, to keep track of what you’ve covered
Book of Arts & Crafts pages, which you earn as you complete the activities and mini-games on the contest sheets
Habitat sheets to print out
The Map, with icons to click on to visit the habitats
And the Exit door
The habitats you’ll visit correspond to places on three continents – in North America you’ll find the Temperate Forest and the Tide Pools; in South America is the Tropical Rain Forest, and in Africa there’s the Savanna Grasslands. Each location is full of animals, all of them ready to tell you something about themselves. Some have mini-games, which usually involve some aspect of the animal’s real life, such as a deer fighting over territory, a beaver building it’s lodge, or a leaf-cutter ant gathering leaves and carrying them back to it’s home. Some animals perform in their own music videos; a brown bat (Batney Ears!) sings “Echolocation” and the Crab-O-Matics sing and perform "Regeneration"...Most actions are accomplished using the mouse, but some mini-games require you to use keyboard keys such as the spacebar or arrows for special actions. After you’ve finished all the contest sheets you can play the Animal Smarts Game, alone or with another player; see who can be first to match a picture or words to the pictures/words that move quickly across the screen. There are also a lot of printable pages in this game; besides the arts and crafts pages, you can print out your progress report or lyrics to the game's songs as well as the certificate you receive naming you an official Jump Start Animal Habitat Explorer. |
| Knight of Knights | 2002 | Tomoshibi | Tomoshibi | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | | | Windows | Knight of Knights is a 3D brawler with an anime-style visual design for one or two players in a cooperative mode. The story revolves around a village terrorized by monsters that need to be defeated. At the start a character can be chosen, such as a the blonde fighter Lapis, a samurai, a witch ... each with different weapons and abilities. The game also incorporates an experience system to gain access to new features. The game has a random element for item placement and effects of restorative items.An unusual element is that the characters can attack with whatever has been equipped in either hand. Whether it is offensive or defensive, each hand can be controlled separately to string together attacks and the combos differ for each equipped item. Each character has two bars near the top of the screen that form a charge ring. They are each charged by a separate "hand" button to access special abilities. They can also be charged up to three cycles for different effects. Other elements include crystals to restore health, spell books and rods to perform magic, and a mix of melee and magic combat to juggle enemies into extensive combos. |
| Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra | 2002 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii, Inc., Konami Software Shanghai, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra is a compilation of five classic Konami games from the 8-bit era.The Belmont clan strikes back against Dracula and the forces of darkness in Castlevania, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, and Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. Contra and Super C pit two human soldiers against alien invaders bent on conquering the earth. Five games, five chances to save the universe! |
| Krakout Unlimited | 2002 | Musicbank Ltd. | Master Creating GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Krakout Unlimited is a remake of Gremlin's popular game
Krakout which itself was an Arkanoid-style Breakout clone.This is a one or two player game which, like the original, is played with the paddles on the side of the screen rather than along the bottom of the screen in true Breakout style. Brick formations are randomly generated (hence the "unlimited" tag to the title). It comes with a level editor that allows players to create their own levels.
Other features are the ability to take screen shots and to save games (by the F8 and F12 keys respectively), two levels of difficulty, and choice between control systems (keyboard, mouse, or joystick/gamepad).At the time of release players could upload their high scores to the game's website, together with MOD files containing player-created levels which could be downloaded and played via a menu option. |
| Kremlin Puzzle 3D | 2002 | Terra Game | Tavex | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Kremlin Puzzle 3D is a single player, mouse controlled, 3D jigsaw game.The player assembles the Kremlin in sections from the supplied pieces of wall etc inside a rendering of the Kremlin. The game has three levels of difficulty.The game was also released as shareware, this version was limited to assembling just the only Saviour Tower at easy difficulty level.
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| LEGO Masterpiece Collection | 2002 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes six LEGO games, created between 1998 and 2000, in one package:
LEGO Alpha Team
LEGO Chess
LEGO Creator
LEGO Friends
LEGO Loco
LEGOLAND |
| La voce del violino | 2002 | Sellerio Editore | IM*MEDIA | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Interactive book, Mini-games, Puzzle elements | Contemporary, Europe | | Direct control, Point and select | | | | Windows | La voce del violino is the fourth novel in the Commissar Montalbano mystery series by Andrea Camilleri and the third and final game to adapt the story into an interactive cartoon fully voiced in Italian.The interface and the gameplay is the same as in Il ladro di merendine, while the story is based on the investigation of the murder of a beautiful young woman whose body has been accidentally found by Montalbano himself. The many dialogues are interrupted by mini-games and situations where we have to choose a line for commissar to say, a phone number to call or a place to go next. |
| Land of the Magic Stones | 2002 | I.C.E. Multimédia | I.C.E. Multimédia | Adventure, Educational | | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Land of the Magic Stones is a non violent role playing game adapted for the 3 to 6 year old children. Once the child has created his avatar: a sorcerer character, he or she can start to conceive magical recipes.The game is presented in a colorful cartoon atmosphere and lets the player explore fantasy locations like an Enchanted Village, a Flying Manor and a Happy Elves Mine.The main goal of the game is to help the inhabitants getting rid of the nasty dragon. Many mini games give the opportunity to the children to play with:
Creativity, logic, dexterity, knowledge, reading, recipes, and more.Features include 7 learning modes with increasing difficulty, 400 animations and nursery rhymes. |
| Le pays des Pierres Magiques 2: Les brumes de l'oubli | 2002 | I.C.E. Multimédia | I.C.E. Multimédia | Adventure, Educational | | | | Arcade, Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | "The Mist of Oblivion" is the second in the Land of the Magic Stones series of games for children.The player must help the inhabitants to recover their memory and rebuild the Great Knowledge Encyclopedia in the attic of the laboratory.
The game is presented in a colorful cartoon atmosphere and lets the player explore fantasy locations like an Enchanted Village, a Flying Manor and a Happy Elves Mine. Included are many mini-games played in different perspectives with more than 350 levels. Arcade games, in which jumping, running and avoiding obstacles are involved, will teach hand-to-eye coordination and strategy. More traditional adventure games improve the player's puzzle-solving skills or memory.
The game is bilingual in French and English. |
| Les Voyages de Balthazar | 2002 | Rue des écoles | Rue des écoles | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Africa | | | | | | Windows | Balthazar is a curious young tiger. He has an orange coat patterned with strange blue triangles and stripes.Started as a cartoon TV series designed by Millimages, Les voyages de Balthazar is also an interactive story designed by Rue des Ecoles. Once started, the user can choose one story:
Bathazar and the caterpillar
Bathazar and the gorilla
Bathazar and the lions
Bathazar and the chameleon
Each story is a cartoon to watch. Since the four stories are interactive, kids can take photos, answer to questions and play to mini-games. Since the CD-ROM is also educational, it also provides information about animals and a kind of simplified dictionary to learn the significance of difficult words. |
| Let's Ride! The Rosemond Hill Collection | 2002 | ValuSoft, Inc. | PAN Interactive | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In the Let's Ride! The Rosemond Hill Collection, a collection of "3 games for girls", two of the horse riding games are included: The Legacy of Rosemond Hill and Competitions at Rosemond Hill. These games were also released separately in a two game collection with the same title.
The third game is a mystery game called The Diamond Mystery in Rosemond Valley. |
| Liberty's Kids | 2002 | Learning Company, The | ImageBuilder Software, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Historical events | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Liberty's Kids is an educational game for children aged eight to twelve based on the PBS Kids animated TV series. It teaches children about the American Revolution by letting them become a reporter for The Pennsylvania Gazette. As a journalist you need to cover the clash between the Patriots and the Loyalists and report the facts. This is done through several animated sequences. Players listen and observe the characters and then compose reports and articles by reporting the five W's: Who, What, When, Where, and Why. That information needs to be gathered by interrogating the characters, but it is up to the players to link the information with the correct question. A printing feature then allows players to construct a front page story.There are seven events in total that can be replayed from different perspectives to develop an understanding of the events surrounding the birth of a nation. Events include the 1773 Boston Tea Party or Concord & Lexington in 1775. Characters include George Washington, Samuel Adams, Abigail Adams, Phillis Wheatly, Thomas Jefferson and Paul Revere among others. The game also includes several mini-movies from the television show, a reference guide of important people, places and events, an exploration into Ben Franklin's inventions, and about 20 printable puzzles, games, and quizzes. |
| Live Billiards | 2002 | Terra Game | Tavex | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Live Billiards is a pool game for one or two people. In 2001 players originally paid a subscription to play the game on-line with the game being available as a free download for solo play. Later this model changed There are six kinds of game available here, 3-Ball, 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Straight Pool, 14+1, and Pyramid. The games can be practiced alone, practiced with an AI opponent or played against an opponent, opponents can be human or AI and there are nine levels of AI expertise to choose from. With each game the number of frames needed to win the match can be adjusted, the default is two.The features two kinds of table and on each of these the colour of the cloth can be adjusted. It can be played either with the mouse or the keyboard and can be played as a two player 'hot-seat' game or over a network.. The configuration screens allow it to be played full screen or in a window, the level of detail shown can be customised, and there are multiple screen sizes to choose from. |
| Lock 'N' Load | 2002 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Lock 'n' Load compilation contains two first-person-shooters:
Kingpin: Life of Crime
Soldier of Fortune (Platinum Edition)
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| Lock 'n' Load | 2002 | Pier 57 | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Lock 'n' Load compilation contains four first-person-shooters:Kingpin: Life of Crime
Sin
Soldier of Fortune (Gold Edition)
Spec Ops II: Green Berets |
| Lock N' Load | 2002 | Pier 57 | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Not to be confused with Pier 57's Lock 'n' Load shooter compilation, this one contains a 5 mission demo of Deus Ex and full versions of:
Beach Head 2000
Project: I'm Going In
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Spec Ops II: Green Berets
Spec Ops II: Operation Bravo |
| London Racer II | 2002 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | London Racer II is another iteration in the prolific Racer series by Davilex. The races take place primarily in the streets of London and Edinburgh, with additional tracks in Las Vegas, New York and Chicago.There are three single player modes available: Single Race, Tournament and Time Trial. In Single Race, the player is free to choose any of the 6 characters available, any of the tracks and any of the unlocked cars. In Tournament mode, the player races in a series of tracks while collecting money prizes and unlocking new cars. In both modes, players race against other racers while avoiding being caught by the police. In the Time Trial mode, players race against the clock trying to beat the best time for each track.Each car (driven by a different character) has different stats in acceleration, top speed, handling, breaking and strength. The cars can also be upgraded using money collected from winning races and collecting money tokens during races. The cars also take damage when hit and can break into total loss if the damage bar is full. Repair tokens can be collected during races and if a car finishes a race damaged, it can be repaired before the next one using money. Nitro tokens can also be collected and bought, and the cars' colors can be changed.There are also two split-screen two player modes: Duel and Cop vs. Driver. In the Duel mode, players race against each other in any given track. In Cop vs. Driver, one player is the cop and the other a regular racer, and the cop player must try to crash the driver within the time limit.The game can be played from either first (hood camera) or third person (behind the car) perspective. |
| LucasArts Classic: The Entertainment Pack | 2002 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains four classic LucasArts adventures:
The Dig
Full Throttle
Grim Fandango
Sam & Max: Hit the Road
It is more than a compilation of the original versions, because all games (except Grim Fandango) were originally released for the DOS platform. This pack contains optimized versions, designed to work with the latest range of Windows operation systems (XP, 2000) and up to date DirectX versions. |
| Ludo | 2002 | | eBrainyGames, LLC | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Ludo is a single player, mouse controlled version of the classic four player board game.This implementation is played with a singe dice and players must roll a six to start. Points are awarded for getting a token out onto the board, getting to the home base, and knocking an opponents pieces off the board.The game varies from standard gameplay in that if a player lands two of their pieces on the same square then this forms a block which other players cannot pass. Such blocks of two pieces can be moved together if the player throws an even number, if they throw a 2 for example then the block can be moved one squareAnother variation is that a player's pieces are not safe on their home square unless they form one of the aforementioned blocks |
| MSI Multimedia Games Collection | 2002 | Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This games collection bundles together the complete versions of the following 3 games:
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
Sacrifice
AquaNox
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| Magebane 2 | 2002 | Instant Kingdom | Instant Kingdom | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Magebane 2 is a top-down role-playing game where the player controls three monks on a quest to recover the holy Amulet of Yendor. They have to fight many enemies with swords and magic. Each monk has different abilities and their skills can be upgraded. Battles are done in real-time and a tactical approach (planning attack and defense) is required to win. The game has 3D graphics with a bird's eye view perspective. |
| Magic Builder | 2002 | Musicbank Ltd. | ZOIment | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Point and select | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Magic Builder is a building blocks game in which the player can create three-dimensional objects using pre-made elements. In 'Puzzle' mode, the player has to arrange blocks to reproduce with the least amount of permutations a target object displayed in the corner of the screen. In 'Create' mode, the player starts from a blank slate and is free to arrange any block on a three-dimensional grid. The resulting objects can then be saved and used as puzzles.Four themes of blocks are available: European Village, Fantastic Castle, Cute Playground, and Futuristic Spaceship. The game comes with 16 ready-made puzzles, four for each of the themes. |
| Magic Sokoban | 2002 | | StrongGames | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Magic Sokoban is a game about pushing a number of boxes to designated positions, just like in the original Sokoban.There is no time limit for each level, the game by default uses a diagonal view, however the player can rotate the board along the vertical axis by dragging the level area using the right mouse button. Player controls an unnamed skeleton pushing the crates. Player has to select the crate and select one of possible displayed destination fields to move the crate to.Game allows the player to save and load the game, reset the level and undo one direct previous move. |
| Mah Jongg III | 2002 | Data Becker GmbH & Co. KG | Soft Enterprises GmbH | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Mah Jongg III is a 3D version of the classic Mahjongg tile game. Next to the classic mechanics it contain a camera with free rotation and zoom to view the board from any direction. Options include setting the game's background, different tilesets and switching the background music. It is possible to use scanned images or photos to create custom tiles. |
| MahJongg Match | 2002 | eGames, Inc. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | MahJongg Match is a single player, casual, tile matching game.The player is presented with a two heaps of tiles, that are hexagonal and show pretty pictures rather than the usual Mah Jong images. The object is to match all the pairs of tiles before the timer runs out in order to progress to the next level and get a high score.
The game is mouse controlled, has some music and sound effects. |
| MahJongg Variety Pack | 2002 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
MahJongg Clicks
MahJongg Slider
MahJongg Rivers
MahJongg Empire
MahJongg Master 3
MahJongg: Game of Four Winds
MahJongg Memory
Rahjongg: Egyptian Mahjongg
MahJongg Match
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| Mahō no Shippo na 2 | 2002 | Sith | Sith | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The second part of the Mahō no Shippo na series continues directly the story of the previous installment: the young cute magician apprentice Emiru and her friends have found one of the elemental crystals that opens whole new possibilities to magic. The teacher Sakura-sensei, however, finds a most extraordinary way to use the crystal, causing some strange gender modifications to Emiru. With their flying bicycle, the girls embark on a journey to obtain the rest of the crystals.Like the first game, Mahō no Shippo na 2 can be called "game" only in a very narrow sense. The only gameplay here is possible after you have watched the huge pre-rendered movie, which tells the whole story of the game. You can choose to watch it from any chapter and even go straight to the ending. After that, you can fiddle around with a so-called Scenic Stream Editor, which allows you to make your own composition out of different movies clips, combine them with different background music, and make them loop as much as you want. Many of the movies feature explicit sex scenes. |
| Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim - Gold Edition | 2002 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim (base game)
Majesty: The Northern Expansion (expansion pack) |
| Majewelune World | 2002 | | | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Majewelune World is a freeware 2D fighting game made by the Japanese coder Retsuzan. Rules are easy - players choose characters and fight in the arena. Battles in the game are very fast and arcade-style, and can be fought solo or as a team. Fighting system features special moves for all characters. The game has three modes: Story Mode, Single Vs Mode and Team Vs Mode. Characters are designed in an anime style, and animations have many flashes and explosions.
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| March! Offworld Recon | 2002 | Buka Entertainment | HBM Ltd | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | March! Offworld Recon is a first person shooter that takes place on Mars. When contact with a military research station is suddenly lost, a heavily armed reconnaissance team is sent to investigate. Quickly they uncover that all the robots on Mars have been brainwashed and have started murdering all the humans.In the game you play the leader of a squad of four soldiers whose task it is to uncover the reason for this insurrection. The three other soldiers are controlled by the AI. When the player dies he takes over control of one of the remaining team mates, so it's not game over until the entire team is down. At various points in the game you can resupply your team with additional men and weaponry.The game features seven episodes with a grand total of fifteen missions. Each episodes ends with a boss fight. Levels also feature some limited puzzles to unlock secret areas.Multiplayer modes include Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch. |
| Martians: Space Conquerors | 2002 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Sherwood Media S.L. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Martians: Space Conquerors is basically another Space Invaders clone, but with two minor additions, apart of the (obviously) improved graphics and sounds: - The starship weapons can be improved shooting the UFOs that appears in the upper zone of the game area.
- The enemy ships can abandon his formation and, like a "Kamizake", attack the player spaceship.The game also has an High-Scores table for the best seven players. |
| Mary King's Riding Star / Equestriad | 2002 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mary King's Riding Star / Equestriad is a budget double title release containing two horse riding titles; Mary King's Riding Star and Equestriad
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| Masq | 2002 | AlterAction,Inc. | AlterAction,Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Masq is an interactive comic with typical soap opera elements such as love, betrayal and murder, and the portrayal of characters in a pulp fiction fashion. It consists of five seamless episodes, which can be finished in an hour, but depending on the choices different storylines and plot twists can be explored. Notable developer Noah Falstein, of LucasArts adventure game, is involved with the project as an advisor.The protagonist owns a fashion firm and is about to launch a new collection called MASQ. He is married to Susan, an elementary school teacher. Other major characters are Thelma, an employee married to your friend Carlos, Peter, designer of the new collection, Williams, the superintendent of Susan's school, and Rogers who works at the bank. An investment is needed to launch the collection and there are different options to consider; there is a loan request at the bank but Mr Williams is prepared to make an offer as well. At the beginning of the game, Carlos needs your help and at the same time, the sexy, yet familiar, Nikki starts to work at the office.As a work of interactive fiction, the game cannot be lost. Instead, there are different outcomes based on the player's actions, offering a high replayability factor. The gameplay is shown as a series of still and animated comic-style sequences and images. The game is entire in black and white, with scarce spots of colour and no sound at all. At certain moments, the player can choose one of the available options or responses at the bottom of the screen. Before starting the game, the player's reading speed is determined. Not taking an action or late actions are interpreted by the game as well. It can still be adjusted manually while playing. Players can engage in relationships with other characters, and explore both violent and non-violent ways to solve conflicts. The game starts with 15 lives. Every time episode 5 is entered, a life is used up and when out of lives, the game cannot longer be played from the account. Sudden endings before the start of the fifth episode do not influence the number of lives.An active internet connection is required to play the game. The game exchanges messages, surveys and ads, and gathers playing behaviour for future games. Players need to register as the third episode can only be activated through e-mail. The game can also be played inside a browser. Due to the explicit content, such as swearing, nudity, sex and violence, players should be over 17 years. |
| Masque Slots from Bally Gaming | 2002 | Masque Publishing, Inc. | | Gambling | | Licensed | | | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Masque Slots from Bally Gaming is a gambling game that contains over 20 (licensed) slot machines such as Popeye, Betty Boop, Blondie, Pearly Gates, 777 and Movie Star. |
| Masters of Track | 2002 | Fujifilm France | Studios SAVOIRfair S.A.S. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Masters of Track is a an arcade single-player F1 game released as an advergame for Fujifilm France. It features only one track, two perspectives, and one goal: beat the clock in a four laps race. The arrow keys are used to control the car: left and right for steering, up and down for accelerating and braking. The game was free along with the purchase of Fujifilm CD-R spindles. |
| Match Up | 2002 | | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Match Up is a single player implementation of Concentration.In this version the game is played over a single round with a fifty-four cards arranged in six rows each with nine cards. The cards comprise a full fifty-two card deck plus two 'death cards' - the game ends if/when those cards are paired.
The game is timed. It starts by showing the player all the cards face up and after a few seconds it flips them over. The player must then match pairs of cards of the same rank. A bonus is awarded for a speedy conclusionThe game has music and sound effects, it is played entirely with the mouse and records just the highest score.
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| Matchbox: Cross Town Heroes | 2002 | THQ Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | In Matchbox: Cross Town Heroes, the player takes part in three different rescue missions with six different Matchbox emergency vehicles. In the Circus area, the player has to navigate the firetruck to put out the fires and bring the dogs back to each tent. In the Zoo area, the player has to navigate the police car by bringing the penguins back to their homes while getting rid of the monkeys. In the City area, the player has to navigate the SWAT truck to catch the thieves, find money, protect the candy store, and rescue the Mayor. There are over 50 different characters in the game, and when the player finishes a mini-game, printable certificates are awarded. The targeted age group is 5 and up. |
| Metal Slug: Collector's Edition | 2002 | SNK NeoGeo Korea | MEGA Enterprise Co., Ltd., SNK Corporation, SNK Playmore Corporation | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of 4 Neo Geo Metal Slug games bundled on a single disc and made compatible with Windows XP:
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle - 001
Metal Slug 2: Super Vehicle - 001/II
Metal Slug X: Super Vehicle - 001
Metal Slug 3 |
| Metris II | 2002 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Metris II is a clone of Tetris, the classic arcade falling block game. As opposed to other Tetris versions, Metris II has a choice of three game mode possibilities. The game modes (Classic, New Art, Colors) are similar to Metris:
Classic mode is very similar to the original Tetris game.
The second, New Art, offers new types of tokens.
The third game mode is very similar to the principle of 7 Colors.
New is the usage of DirectX. This allowed some nice effects to be installed. For example: Rain, snow, fog, full screen mode and more. |
| MiG-29 Fulcrum | F-22 Raptor | 2002 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | MiG-29 Fulcrum | F-22 Raptor is a compilation of two flight-simulations from NovaLogic:
MiG-29 Fulcrum
F-22 Raptor
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| Miami Speedboat Racer | 2002 | Davilex Games B.V. | Lost Boys Games, X-Plosive | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Miami Speedboat Racer is an arcade boat racer with events based in eight major locations, including Miami, Amsterdam, London and Venice. Each event consists of multiple races. In the championship mode six racers take part and a good ranking is needed to unlock new event and boats. There are ten characters to choose from, of which 4 need to be unlocked. Each boat has different strengths.While racing, power-ups can be collected, providing jumps, boost, mines or rockets. The tracks are checkpoint-based with a few alternative routes. Sailing boats, yachts and even cruise ships are also part of the environment and they can block the route. Explosions or too much speed can cause the boats to flip, making room for some strategy. The other two game modes are Quick Race and Sightseeing. All events have historical hotspots of which the name is shown during a race. Players can keep track of the competition and the checkpoint through a mini-map in the top right corner, but there are also arrows that point to the right direction. |
| Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator / Crimson Skies | 2002 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series
Crimson Skies |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator 98: Xplosiv release | 2002 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Microsoft Flight Simulator 98: XPLOSIV release with bonus game is a re-release of Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 together with the game Motocross Madness 2. Each game is supplied on a separate CD and both games come in the same keep case which carries a sticker billing Motocross Madness 2 as the 'free game CD'.
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| Microsoft Software Jukebox | 2002 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Usually bundled with a Packard Bell computer, Software Jukebox from Microsoft includes the full version of Pandora's Box and demo versions of:
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (expansion)
Crimson Skies
Midtown Madness 2
Microsoft Classic Board Games
Asheron's Call
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| Midnight GT: Primary Racer | 2002 | Rage Games Ltd. | Rage Games Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Midnight GT is an early entrant into the swathe of night underground racing games, a sub-genre made popular by Need for Speed: Underground and the Midnight Club series of games. The game offers rather advanced graphics for a title of its caliber, including complex shadow, lighting and reflection effects on the cars.A simple budget title, it offers ten tracks in eight different environments throughout Japan in everything from bustling urban jungles to open rural roads. The player must place first in each race to be able to access the next track. |
| Miner Max | 2002 | eBrainyGames, LLC | eBrainyGames, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Miner Max is a single player puzzle game.The game has one hundred levels grouped into sets of ten, the player must clear six of the levels, i.e. collect all the gems, in a set before they can advance to the next set. The game is similar to a much older game Dig Dug in that the player digs their way through earth to collect gems. In the earth there are all sorts of nasties such as snakes that patrol corridors, skeletons that and rock crabs that not only patrol but can dig through the earth to give chase and ghosts that can travel freely through the earth. Some levels can only be completed by using dynamite and TNT to clear away rock that's too hard for Max to dig through, there may also be boots that make Max move faster, a pick axe which makes Max dig faster, and a gun to shoot the bad guysThe game has a high score table which does not distinguish between the scores of the different games. When it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active.
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| Mini Golf Master 2 | 2002 | e-Games | 3LV Games | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Mini Golf Master 2 is a re-issue of an earlier game Mini-Golf Megaworld. It is a casual mini-golf game for up to four people.When the game installs it loads a game-browser onto the player's machine. This means that when the player selects the link to play the game they actually load the browser and from there they launch the game. Gameplay is simple and can be controlled either via the keyboard or the mouse. At the amateur level all the player has to do is point the arrow that runs through the ball in the direction they want. This can be done either with the mouse or the left/right arrow keys. The only other control is the strength of the shot which is shown on a horizontal orange bar. The player either presses the SPACE key or clicks the mouse to start shot strength increasing and does the same thing when the desired strength has been reached. That's all there is to it.
At the professional setting the player gets another control which affects accuracy.The game is based on a series of cups. The player starts playing the Bronze cup which consists of five courses, they cannot progress to lay the Silver Cup until four of the five Bronze courses have been played. Each course consists of nine holes. In the Silver Cup there are again five courses but one course is locked and can only be accessed after the player has achieved a sub-par round on one of the other courses.
The holes are varied and each hole appears as though it is floating in space. Some are shaped like letters, others are themed so that, for example, after playing a course where a hole was positioned, say, at one end of a capital 'E' the next course may have the player sending the ball through a dinosaurs legs. All the hills and ramps, twists and bends, obstacles and hazards that would be expected in a game of this type are featured. As the player progresses more special features, such as sinking the ball down a hole to have it fired across a gap to another part of the course, make their appearance.The game does have sound effects which can be heard during play. There's ambient effects such as birds tweeting, wild cheering for a hole in one, mild cheering for a par, and a single person clapping sarcastically for a bogey. There's also in-game music that's heard when the scorecard is displayed.There are two kinds of play. There's the practice mode where the holes can be played but the score is not recorded and the normal game which records the best score for each hole and ultimately puts the player into the Hall of Fame. |
| Molefest | 2002 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Molefest is a single player, freeware, variant of Pipe Mania but instead of laying pipes to carry water the player is laying a pathway so that the mole can find its way home. The player cannot progress from one level to another until the current level has been completed.The game has sound, three levels of difficulty, a high score table and is mouse controlled |
| Moorhuhn ohne Ende | 2002 | Phenomedia AG, Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Moorhuhn ohne Ende is compilation of four Crazy Chicken games.The compilation contains:
Crazy Chicken: The Original
Moorhuhn 2
Moorhen 3 ...Chicken Chase
Moorhuhn Winter-Edition |
| Moraff's Maximum Mahjongg: Volume 2 | 2002 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Moraffware | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Moraff's Maximum Mahjongg: Volume 2 is more of Moraff's Maximum Mahjongg, but this release provides new features, rule variations, stats, graphics and more. You can change the default cursor, background image and also the tilesets.The objective of Mahjongg is to remove all the tiles in matching sets from the board without getting stuck. In the traditional game, tiles are removed in pairs, and there are four of each tile. Only tiles that are free can be removed. A tile is free when it is not covered by another tile, and there is an open space immediately to the left or right. Moraff's Maximum Mahjongg: Volume 2 offers several variations from the traditional game play which offer new challenges. |
| Mourir en mer | 2002 | Digital Mind Studio | Digital Mind Studio | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Mourir en mer is a short freeware adventure made with the Adventure Game Studio. A lonely young man has lost his mother and is locked up by his father in the attic. He is hideously disfigured and is never allowed to be outside the four walls. He finds comfort in Melville's Moby Dick and hopes to see the sea at least once in his life before he dies.There is only a small amount of puzzles, but challenging enough to give you one hour of gameplay. Help the poor boy escape and find a way for him to see the sea. |
| Mouse Music | 2002 | d2 Digital by Design Ltd. | d2 Digital by Design Ltd. | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mouse Music is an early learning edutainment title for children around three years old. It is entirely mouse controlled and consists of four mini games full of animated objects and sounds. The mini games are:
Old MacDonald's Farm: After a short introduction the child is shown a picture of the farm. There are three hotspots here, the farm, the pond and the cottage each of which is highlighted when the cursor rolls over it. All three hotspots open up a new picture containing lots of items which, when clicked on, make a sound and play a small animation
The Mouse Piano: This shows the player a small, one octave piano and clicking on the keys plays a note. On the right hand side is a dial which changes the instrument's sound from a piano to sound effects or a harp. On the left is another dial which changes the tune, the default is "Old MacDonald's Farm" but "London Bridge Is Falling Down", "Polly Put The Kettle On" and "The Wheels On The Bus" are other options. These songs can be played and the words are displayed one line at a time.
Mouse Dancing: This is a simplified version of the dance games played on other platforms. There are three dances to choose from and as each dance progresses the child is shown one of the words arms, ears, tail, or feet and they must click on the picture of the relevant body part. There are ten selections to be made per dance
Picture Songs: There is a choice of three songs to choose from. each song consists of a series of pictures of musical instruments, piano, drum, harp, guitar etc strung together in a short sequence. When played there's a backing track over which these instruments play a couple of bars of music each in their turn. By dragging and dropping different instruments into the sequence the child can create their own music. |
| Mr Bob | 2002 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mr Bob is a Polish game where the player controls the eponymous office worker in his multi-floored mansion. Mr. Bob is almost late for work and must complete a number of chores within a time limit - washing up, eating breakfast or finding his keys, for instance. All these chores are completed by walking up to an object and pressing Space; the object will then disappear, another will appear elsewhere, and it must be found and used as well (and it's not always obviously visible) - until all the chores are filled. Mr. Bob will speak and make comments throughout the game. A bar at the bottom of the window serves as the time limit indicator. Mr. Bob is controlled with the arrow keys, and can use the up and down arows to travel in the elevator or ascend and descend the staircase in his house. |
| Mr. Men Arcade Games Pack | 2002 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mr. Men Arcade Games Pack is a compilation of four arcade-based games previously available separately. They feature characters from the Mr. Men and Little Miss franchise. The games are are:
Mr. Bounce Presents Demolition
Mr. Bump Presents Mad Run
Mr. Funny Presents Challenge
Mr. Noisy Presents Balloon War |
| Mr. Noisy Presents Balloon War | 2002 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Hyptique | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mr. Noisy Presents Balloon War is a game based on the Mr. Men and Little Miss series of media. You, as the player, must be the first to reach various balloons throughout each stage. Once you reach the balloon, you must stay there without it being stolen. There are also many obstacles in your way, but each character has special abilities to help them or mess up the other player. There is a total of 5 themes: The Garden, Flowerpots, The Refridgerator, The Train, and the Deep Space. There are three different levels of difficulty in case the game is too easy or too hard. The game can also adapt to a difficult level as the player is playing, which is mainly meant for educational purposes. |
| Muscle Car 2: American Spirit | 2002 | Global Star Software Ltd. | 3Romans LLC | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Muscle Car 2: American Spirit is a low-budget racing game featuring muscle cars from the 70's. A sequel to Hot Chix 'n' Gear Stix," which was called "Muscle Car '76" when it was re-released by Global Star. Featured modes include Rally racing, outrunning cops, and a career mode. The meat of the game is in the career mode, where you race for cash to buy more cars and improve your current ride with better engines, wheels, or nitrous turbo boosts. |
| Music Collection | 2002 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation, Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Music Collection consists of the eJay Dance 3: Club Machine, another title in the range that lets players create their own music with no training.Also included areeJay Sound Collection #3: a music sample library with over seven thousand five hundred royalty free sounds, the eJay Sound Browser and the eJay Realstretch Time Stretcher
eJay 360° Xtreme Soundtraxx containing video clips, three thousand samples, video and audio editing and synching software
eJay MP3 Station Plus! software for copying and creating CD's |
| NGT: US Open 2002 | 2002 | Wanadoo Edition | Carapace | Sports | Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Roland Garros French Open 2002 is the 2002 version of the annual Roland Garros tennis game. It sports an official license for the Roland Garros and US Open tournaments. The game comes with 4 official and 6 fictional players.The game features the following game modes: arcade, training, exhibition, career, endurance and multi-player. All modes can be played in both singles and doubles. The arcade mode allows you to unlock new courts, players and gear. In the career mode you can start out small and use the cash prizes to further train your character and buy better gear.You walk around with the arrow keys and you have four different ways to hit the ball: top spin, no spin, back spin and lob. By pressing an arrow key while hitting the ball you'll aim it at a different direction. Multiple difficulty levels can be selected and 17 different courts are available.Both the PC and PlayStation 2 version sport multiplayer options for up to 4 players in LAN or Multi-tap respectively. |
| Napoleon | 2002 | Infogrames Entertainment SA | collision-studios GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | | Historical events | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Napoleon is a licensed game based on the European TV movie series. The player takes the role of Napoleon Bonaparte and recreates his most important fights. Every fight gets accompanied with footage from the movies, altogether about 45 minutes.The game itself is divided into two parts. The strategic part is basically a Risk variant: The player moves his troops over the European map and orders attacks. There are no other tactical options available. The combat parts are real-time tactical fights where the player controls his three unit types (infantry, cavalry and canons). Again the options are limited to moving, attacking and choosing between two formations. |
| Nibbles 3D | 2002 | Xing Interactive, Inc. | Twinno Software | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Nibbles 3D is a Snake variant. This game can be played as a single player game or against up to four human opponents over a LAN or the internet. The single player game has three difficulty settings and nine levels in which the player must eat all the apples in order to progress to advance to the next. There are also power-ups to collect and an enemy worm to avoid. Games can be five, ten or fifteen minutes long. |
| Nicke & Nilla: Showtime! | 2002 | PAN Vision AB | Teknikhuset i Umeå AB | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Nicke & Nilla: Showtime! is game based on the Swedish TV series Nicke & Nilla on TV 4. Aimed at young children, it ran between 2001 and 2004. In this game adaptation the siblings have decided to put together a show. The player needs to help create them a hit song in the music studio through a simple music sequencer. Next the two need to put together a stage show with dance songs and lighting effects. They also need to be dressed up with wigs, hats, clothes and other styling.There are also babysitting missions that are presented as arcade mini-games where the two characters need to be assisted helping children in trouble such as fixing a sticky chewing gum machine, stopping a monster fish and finding a way in a scary attic with rats. |
| No Limite | 2002 | Pi Editora Ltda. | Continuum Entertainment | Puzzle, Sports | Top-down | | Survival | Game show / trivia / quiz | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | Isometric | Windows | No Limite is based on the TV reality show "NO LIMITE” (Survivor), which the player assumes the role of one of the 12 program participants, who together face several challenges, hunting, fishing, looking for food, making fire and dealing with other participants. Players also participate in the surviving evidence, where the loser left without food and can be removed from the program.While exploring the outskirts of the camp, the player finds the other participants, interact with them, talk, tell jokes, compliment, flirt, make a plot, gossip, curse, play cards or take objects. Winning the group can be vital to stay and win the challenges. |
| Office Games | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Office Games is a collection of games, many of which are Special Editions, that are considered easy to run on laptops and which are 'perfect for those boring journeys and endless meetings'. These games are a clever re-packaging of games that have been included in other games compilations, for example five of the games listed below appear in the Galaxy of Games: Green Edition product.The CD auto plays when it is inserted into the drive. Initially the install process puts a game menu onto the player's machine. From this menu games can be accessed, the first access installs the game and subsequent clicks on the game icon will run it, however playing the games via the game menu requires that the CD is always in the drive.The games in this compilation are:
Alchemist SE from Nashi Igry
Blast Thru SE from RockSolid Software
Checkers from Zillions, it's included in their Zillions Of Games package, verson 1.0
Color Wheel from eBrainyGames
Glowing Bugs SE from Nashi Igry
Gonzo Heads from eBrainyGames
Kombat Kars SE from Positech Computing
MahJongg Master 2 SE
Node Jumper SE from Soleau Software
Puzzle Master SE from David P. Gray
a Solitaire game called Solitaire 2 on the games menu and Solitaire 25, Volume 4 on the games splash screen. This is really a Special Edition of Solitaire Master 2 from Goodsol Development that is limited to twenty-five games
Strata 21 from eBrainyGames
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| Olivers äventyr: Drakens förbannelse | 2002 | Levande Böcker i Norden AB | Liquid Media, Oblivion Entertainment | Adventure | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | Rickard Gunnarsson | | | | Windows | Olivers äventyr: Drakens förbannelse is an adventure game set in a fantasy world. The player controls Oliver, a young boy who lives in a valley where strange things are happening. Days get shorter, the air gets colder and the milk gets sour instantly after being milked. Now Oliver is sent out by his grand mother to get some food. He will soon find out that an evil dragon has awaken and that the King's daughter has disappeared. Hence the ultimate goal of the game is to rescue the princess and put the dragon back to sleep. The gameplay involves exploring the valley's 3D environments from a third person perspective. While doing so Oliver will come into contact with a number of characters and creatures that he can talk to. This include trolls, giants and fairies as well as a wizard and his toad. When moving past an object that can interacted with Oliver's head turns toward it. Items can be collected and placed in an inventory. Much of the game's problem solving involve picking up items and then carrying them to the right character. |
| Ollo in the Sunny Valley Fair | 2002 | Plaid Banana Entertainment | Hulabee Entertainment Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Early Childhood | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Meet Ollo, a cute ball of clay with eyes. He lives in Sunny Valley, which is about to have its Sunny Valley Fair. He helps his friend Rose make a really, really big tomato for the farm contest, but things get a bit out of hand (round things roll, after all). This pre-schooler title is done in a form of painted backgrounds with either 3D or clay characters and items. The interface even looks like clay. While the main character does not talk, the game includes an off-screen narrator. Most other characters do talk, however.Like most kids adventure games, there are things to click on but this game has more of an undercurrent of trying to teach and encourages exploring by the acquiring of marbles to play a pachinko game.
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| Omar Sharif Bridge | 2002 | Global Star Software Inc. | Purple Software Ltd | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Omar Sharif Bridge is a program that allows players to both learn bridge and play it.The game consists of two separate parts, the Omar Sharif Bridge Tutorial and Omar Sharif Bridge in which the game is played.
The tutorial opens in a separate window. It shows the player a dealt hand and shows how the hand is evaluated, how the bidding should proceed, how the hand should be played, and what the final result would be. The player can view their hand in isolation and/or view all hands.The bridge playing game allows the player to customise the bidding according to their own preferences. It caters for three bidding systems Acol, 5 Card Majors and Standard American at both beginner and expert levels most major conventions such as weak/strong two openings, Flint, Stayman, Cue Bidding, Gerber etc are catered for but Blackwood, a way of communicating the number of aces and kings in a hand, is not among them. Players can create their own bidding variationsAs the hand is bid a voice, presumably Omar Sharif's, can be heard announcing the bids and the final contract.This game can be played by 1-4 human players.The game is played entirely with the mouse in a window. It has in-game music, a choice of card back and table backgrounds and some speech. |
| Once Twice Thrice! | 2002 | Dexterity Software | Ape Interactive | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Once Twice Thrice is a top-down realtime puzzle game in which the player controls three wizards, each with a unique ability. One wizard has the power to destroy enemies with fire and walk on lava. Another wizard has the power to create trees and walk through them. The last wizard has the ability to put out fires with water and walk across water squares.The player controls each wizard, avoiding enemies like golems and sharks, and manipulating levers and doors to position each of his wizards on the goal squares, which ends the level. |
| PLAY!ING AL!VE Vol. 2: The Role Playing Games | 2002 | AL!VE Vertrieb- und Marketing in der Entertainment Branche AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The compilation PLAY!ING AL!VE Vol. 2 - The Role Playing Games contains the following games:
Jagged Alliance 2
Gorky 17
Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator
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| Pacific Gunner | 2002 | Infogrames, Inc. | Running Dog Software, WayForward Technologies, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade | Oceania, World War II | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Shoot at incoming aircraft and ships in an arcade-styled game. Switch between multiple gun turrets and ammo types to take on changing threats. Easy to understand controls and interface.Similar to the Beachhead series, you man a stationary gun, and shoot down all attacking enemies. Unique to this game is the ability to switch between turrets to take out different enemies.Missions take place at historical sites during the WWII Pacific campaign. Defend the fleet, and lead the United States to victory. |
| Pack 5 Action Games | 2002 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Action, Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2
Oni
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Myth II: Soulblighter
Rune |
| Pack 5 Flying Games | 2002 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Pack 5 Flying Games is a budget compilation of flying games containing full versions of:
Search & Rescue 3
Jetfighter IV: Fortress America
Fly! II
Bounty Hunter
Red Ace |
| Pack 5 Puzzle Games | 2002 | Global Star Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | One of the Pack 5 compilations from Global Star Software, this bargain priced package contains full versions of:Bejeweled: The addictive jewel arranging puzzle game.Moraff's Maximum Mahjongg: 4 variations of the classic tile matching puzzle game.King Sol Solitaire: 400 different solitaire card games.Pro Series Chess: You guessed it, a chess game.Assimilation: A marble and board territory taking puzzle game. |
| Pack 5 Racing Games | 2002 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Compilation, Racing / Driving | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A budget compilation of racing games containing full versions of:
4x4 Evolution
Hot Chix 'n' Gear Stix
Jetboat Racing 2
Motocross Mania
N.I.C.E. 2
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| Paddington: The World Mystery Tour | 2002 | Mindscape (UK) Limited | Arxel Tribe SARL | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Paddington: The World Mystery Tour is an educational title aimed at children aged four and upwards. It uses Paddington and simple puzzles to teach basic skills such as colour recognition and geography.The story behind the game is that Paddington and his friend Mr. Gruber travel to Lima to see Paddington's Aunt because it is her hundredth birthday. She isn't there but there's a clue that leads them to Italy, there they find a clue that takes them to Paris, then to Hong Kong and so on around the world in their adventure.There are three levels of adventure, the short tour which has a single puzzle in each location, the random tour which has between one and three puzzles in each location, and the full tour which has three puzzles in each location. The adventures have full narration and are entirely mouse controlled. |
| Paintball Heroes | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | IncaGold Ltd. | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Paintball Heroes is a first-person shooter with paintball guns. The player joins a team and has to defeat another team. Among the available game modes are classic deathmatch (free-for-all), capture the flag, assassin, and attack-and-defend. The only weapons are paintball guns that spew out coloured paintballs. There are five locations and these include small cities, forest, villages and bunker hills. Players can work together or fight with AI-controlled bots controlled or human players in a network game mode up to 4 players. |
| Panzer Campaigns VI: Korsun '44 | 2002 | HPS Simulations | HPS Simulations | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | | | | Windows | Part six of the ever-growing strategic wargames by John Tiller/HPS. All Panzer Campaigns are highly strategical and complicated hex-map style games, where strategy and perfect unit knowledge is an absolute must. This is nothing for the casual gamer, as you need patience, time and knowledge. The historical event behind PZC 6 is the encirclement of 60.000 German soldiers at the Dnepr river by Soviet forces, also known as Korsun Pocket. Two fronts attacked the Germans which quickly had pretty much problems.Features:- map size 200x180 kilometres
- over 2.800 units
- over 25 different scenarios, not only the historical stuff but including "what-if" scenarios too |
| Paper Scissors Rock | 2002 | | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Paper Scissors Rock is a single player, timed, mouse controlled puzzle game.The game area is a 9x9 grid in which there are some 'hills' to make the game more difficult but most of the squares are filled with tiles showing either a rock, paper or a pair of scissors.
The object of the game is to clear as many tiles as possible, a pair of scissors will destroy paper, a rock will destroy scissors, and paper will destroy a rock. Points are scored for each tile destroyed and the longer the 'run' of tiles destroyed in a sequence by the same object, i.e. if a pair of scissors is used to destroy a piece of paper and is then used to destroy the neighbouring tile which is also a piece of paper, and it's neighbour and so on.The game has a high score table and when it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active.
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| Paragon Bridge | 2002 | TELLIS Software, Inc. | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Menu structures, Point and select | | | | Windows | Paragon Bridge is a computerized bridge game for one player with digitalized speech. The computer controls opponents and the player, depending on the game phase, his own cards or additionally cards of his partner. The game starts from bidding. After bidding the players follows the rules of classic bridge. Each party is summarized on the score board. The game features a complex bridge instructions. |
| Pepper Man's Reise: Gold Edition | 2002 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In this game the player takes the role of Pepper Man, a meerkat, who has to cross the land of the lions to get reunited with his family. It is played like a conventional platformer: Jumping and running through the 36 3D levels, fighting against the lions and collecting all crystals to open the exit. When choosing the "Think & Run" mode the focus of the challenges lie on little puzzles. These are mostly switch or colour puzzles. The four bonus levels are based on arcade classics, e.g, Pac-Man. |
| Pettson o Findus och mucklornas värld | 2002 | Bokförlaget Opal AB, Gammafon Multimedia AB | Bajoum Interactive AB, Gammafon Multimedia AB | Adventure, Educational | | Licensed | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In the fourth game with Pettson and Findus the cat, you have to guide Findus and a companion through the house. Twelve minigames are scattered over different locations such as the kitchen, the attic, the bedroom and the living room. By completing puzzles, you receive collectible cards, items and finally keys which can be used to unlock hidden worlds.This installment has much more interactivity. Classic games such as Battleship, The Incredible Machine and Lunar Lander have inspired the developers to create modern spin-offs for kids. Not only reflexes are trained, but maths and logic as well. |
| Pharaohs' Curse | 2002 | AncientSoft | AncientSoft | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | | Egypt (Ancient) | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pharaohs' Curse is a side-view puzzle platform game in which the player controls a treasure hunter, collecting ancient Egyptian gold. The exit door on each level opens only when all the pieces of gold have been collected. Getting past the levels requires clever usage of shovels, pickaxes, hammers and drills. These tools can break through one or two layers of walls or floors, but are one-use only. Once picked up, a tool cannot be dropped until it is used, and the player character can't jump while holding a tool. The player can also find knives and boomerangs which can be thrown to kill the hostile mummies roving the levels, although a killed mummy soon reappears. Other elements found in the levels include pushable boulders, floors and ladders that vanish after being passed over twice, and pushable doors. The levels are all wraparound, so that falling through the floor will result in the player emerging from the ceiling. A level editor is included. |
| Photoscramble | 2002 | | | Strategy | | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Photoscramble is a freeware single player, sliding block puzzle.The game comes with one example picture and can be used with any picture as long as it is in .bmp format, the puzzle size can be varied from a 3x3 grid to a 15x15 grid.
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| Physikus ... und Physik wird zum Abenteuer!: Limitierte Sonderedition | 2002 | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | Ruske & Pühretmaier Edutainment GmbH | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This limited special edition includes:
Physicus: Save the World with Science!
Solution guide |
| Pickman Saves The Kingdom | 2002 | Nodtronics Pty Ltd | Nice-Games | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | Windows | A long time ago in the Pickland there was a knight named Rubbus, who always dreamt of becoming King of the Pickland. One night he decided to steal it. As in the morning it was discovered, Pickmen King sent his loyal servant, Brave Pickman, to bring back the crown to the kingdom.Pickman Saves The Kingdom is a game heavily inspired by classic Pacman with slight differences. Camera is using 3D perspective, ghosts are replaced by skeletons and other evil fantasy creatures and "power dots" are replaced by treasure chests. The goal is to collect all dots in a single level and keep progressing through the game's chapters.Player controls Pickman using arrow keys. Game consists of 100 levels, two modes: Story and Classic and password-mode to access any level at any time by providing its code.
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| Picture Cubes | 2002 | | | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Picture Cubes is a shareware, mouse controlled, sliding block puzzle.This game comes with four difficulty settings - Beginner a 4x4 puzzle; Intermediate, a 6x6 puzzle; Expert, an 8x8 puzzle; and genius, a 10x10 puzzle. The shareware version of the game comes with thirteen pictures grouped into categories, in addition it can use either the current desktop picture or any file in .jpg format, it is limited to sixty plays after which it has to be registered
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| Pinball Collection | 2002 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes four pinball games from the 3-D Ultra Pinball series:
3-D Ultra Pinball
3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night
3-D Ultra Pinball: The Lost Continent
3-D Ultra NASCAR Pinball
That's one more pinball game, compared to 3-D Ultra Pinball (Collector's Edition). |
| Planescape: Torment (Srebrna Edycja) | 2002 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Silver Edition is a special re-release of Planescape: Torment that includes in addition to the game:
Dictionary
Mousepad
Poster
T-shirt |
| Platypus | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | Squashy Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | The big city of Collosatropolis has reached the limits of its expansion. The Collostropolan leaders have decided to solve the problem by invading the neighboring country of Mungola. Since Mungolans are simple, earthy types they don’t expect much of a struggle. Mungola’s defense force consists only of a single squadron of fighter planes – the F-27 Platypus.Platypus is a side-scrolling shooter, where you use your little space craft to blast the enemy ships. Shooting some formations gives the player weapon upgrades for twenty seconds. All models in the game were designed in clay, photographed and then digitally coloured. There are 20 levels in four different worlds each with their own themes and enemies.The PSP version includes minor changes. It adds worlds, ships, and enemies not in the original game, constructed from existing graphics, with new movement patterns. The weapon balancing and bonus scoring system have been changed. Enhancements include a save system, a new Survival mode and Wi-Fi multiplayer action for 2 players. |
| Playhouse Disney's Stanley: Wild for Sharks! | 2002 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Artech Studios Ltd. | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Stanley wants to bring his shark model and real shark tooth to school for Show and Tell, but the model pieces are scattered all around the house and he can't find his shark tooth or his friend Lester's animal cards. In this point and click game, the player takes Stanley through the house and out into his backyard to hunt for the missing things. There are many clickable animations and walk-on characters who dole out snippets of information about sharks and other sea creatures. As in Playhouse Disney: Stanley Tiger Tales, clicking on some objects takes Stanley into his imagination, where he pretends to be anything from a penguin sliding on the snow to a sting ray navigating around obstacles on the ocean floor. The mini-games :
Dolphin Rhapsody - find the dolphins that make the same sounds
Tentacle Trail Adaptations - guide Stanley the Octopus through a maze to collect a model piece
Stingray Stanley's Sweep-up - move Stanley the Stingray along the ocean floor, collecting shark teeth and avoiding obstacles
Ready, Set, FLY! - race Stanley the Flying Fish to the finish line, leaping over enemies and collecting fish treats
Turtle Tally - find the turtle with the dots to match a number or equation
Whale of a Scale - answer questions about sharks to balance the scale and free the whale
Seahorse Roundup - match the hidden seahorses to their shapes
Jellyfish Junction - match up pairs of jellyfish
Always present with Stanley are his pet goldfish and the Great Big Book of Everything - the goldfish offers advice, and the book has information about sea creatures from A - Z, printable pages, keeps track of the cards collected and gives access to the high score list. If the player owns Playhouse Disney: Stanley Tiger Tales, the Great Big Book of Everything will also include the animals and facts from that game.This game is based on Disney's "Whole Child Curriculum", and incorporates social issues like cooperation, responsibility, and ethical choices as well as preschool educational content. |
| Poker Palace | 2002 | | eBrainyGames, LLC | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Poker Palace is a single player implementation of a card game known generally as Poker Squares, Poker Solitaire, or Poker Patience.In the standard game the player to build the best poker hands using just 25 cards from the deck that are arranged in a 5 x 5 grid, in this implementation the player has two such grids and a game timer to contend with. Poker hands in each grid are scored both horizontally, vertically, diagonally, and the four corners plus the 'top card'. Cards cannot be swapped between the grids so what starts out in the right/left grid stays there. Points are scored for each poker hand made. The game has a high score table and when it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active. |
| Popstars: Deine Chance | 2002 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | Ixyom Digital Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Popstars: Deine Chance is a licensed title about the German casting show Popstars. The player controls one contestant and has to prove his worth in four minigames:
Singing: A song gets played and the player has to press the right button when the lyrics start.
Lyrics: The player has to sort text blocks with the song lyrics.
Dancing: There are 18 dance moves which have to be activated by pressing the assigned button.
Group Dancing: The same as above but the moves have to be coordinated with the other dancers.
After every minigame the player gets judged by the jury and receives points. The candidate with the lowest score gets eliminated. This goes on in different locations until the winner is set. In the lower difficulty levels there are optical clues when to press which button. The nine songs are all from the bands No Angels and Bro'Sis, the former winners, and sometimes a video clip from the show gets played. |
| Postman Pat: Package of Fun | 2002 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Q&D Multimedia Ltd | Educational, Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Postman Pat: Package of Fun is a package of four mini games aimed at the three to six year old age range, each game addresses an element of the National Curriculum. It is a very simple game which loads to a picture of Postman Pat in Mrs Goggins' post office. By moving the cursor around the screen the player can find the four large hotspots each of which triggers a separate activity.Jess the cat triggers an activity in which the player monitors Jess' thirst and hunger, as shown in two progress bars. Feeding Jess and attending to the cat's needs satisfies two elements of Science Key Stage 1, namely that humans and animals need food and water to stay alive and how to treat animals with care and sensitivity. This activity lasts for six minutes after which the player is shown a progress report.
Clicking on Postman Pat triggers a memory game. There are three levels to this game which is of the Simon Says variety. In level one the player sees two characters each of whom has a characteristic movement and sound. The player has to remember the sequence of movements and reproduce it by clicking on the characters. Levels two and three are the same as level one but with three and four characters respectively. This activity helps develop memory skills and encourages the use of mental calculation which are required for Mathematics Key Stage 1.
The Postcards in Pat's hand trigger a matching game. This is a one or two player game which is a variant of a Concentration game with three levels and three different sets of pictures. In level one there are six pairs to match up, level two has nine pairs and level three has twelve pairs. Level three also has a timer. The pictures also affect the difficulty of the game. The easier set shows characters from the TV programme, the second set shows different people but the pairs are matched on the hat they are wearing. The final set is called 'Dance Moves' and is a series of pictures of Postman Pat in different positions. This activity also develops memory skills needed in Mathematics Key Stage 1.
The final mini game is 'Making Parcels' and it is triggered by clicking on Mrs. Goggins. This is single player three level mini game where the player has to make parcels that match those already on the shelves. To do this they are presented with a machine, by clicking on the correct sequence of buttons they are able to load a parcel into the machine. Once loaded they are able to click on more buttons to change its colour and still more buttons to load the parcel onto the right shelf. Level one has the player match two parcels by colour, level two introduces another machine into the process, there is now one to change the pattern and another to change the colour, and again two parcels must be matched. Level three is the same as level two but there are three parcels to be matched.This addresses elements of Design and Technology Key Stage 1The games are played entirely with the mouse. There are sound effects and, of course, the Postman Pat song. |
| Pox | 2002 | | Zenops | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pox is a clone of Tetris but with balls instead of bricks. The objective is to connect four or more balls of the same color to create matches and play as long as possible until the stack of balls reaches the red line at the top.There are 80 levels and several bonuses affecting the gameplay, like clearing the bottom lines or changing ball colors. Controls consist of the left and right arrow keys to position the balls and the Ctrl key to rotate them.
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| Prisoner of War: World War II | 2002 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Wide Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | War | Stealth | World War II | | | | Teen | | Windows | It is World War II, and the player takes the role of an American pilot, Captain Lewis Stone, who is thrown into a prison camp of the Nazis. While attempting to escape the camp, Captain Stone discovers that the Germans are developing a secret weapon they intend to use against the Allies. Soon his personal wish of escape turns into a desire to save the world from the destruction the Nazis are planning.Prisoner of War can be described as a stealth game. Unlike most other games of its kind (e.g. the Thief series), the game relies on stealth entirely, without offering violent options. The protagonist is helpless in the prison camp, and his only weapon is his wit. Sneaking past guards to deliver an important object to a fellow prisoner, hiding items, staying in shadows to avoid being recognized, and other stealth-based activities occupy the largest portion of the game. |
| Private Nurse | 2002 | G-Collections | AngelSmile | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Healthcare | Visual novel | | | | | Adults Only | Narrative | Windows | Hiroki has suffered for years from an unknown illness. Due to his weak constitution, he is unable to live like a normal schoolkid and often has to depend on his best friend Ayano to take care of him. When he can attend school, he often spends most of his time in the nurse's office. Ayano cares for Hiroki more than she is willing to admit, and Hiroki repeatedly pushes her away due to his embarrassment at being unable to "be a man" and fend for himself.One day, an outlandishly-dressed girl named Maria drops in, and cheerfully tells Hiroki that she is to be his private nurse for one month. Maria will live with Hiroki, give him her personal care, and help cure him. Hiroki is bullheaded and doesn't want to lose what freedom he has, and Ayano has mixed emotions about a beautiful girl living with her lifelong friend. Over the course of that month, a romance begins to blossom -- but with whom?Private Nurse plays as an interactive novel. The story proceeds at its own pace, pausing occasionally to allow the user to intervene by making a decision, resulting in a plot branch. The game features multiple endings, and countless CG illustrations.The game includes graphic depictions of consensual sex, and is for adults only. |
| Pro Soccer Cup 2002 | 2002 | Axel Springer Polska Sp. z o.o. | Enigma Software Productions, S.L. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Pro Soccer Cup 2002 is a football game, released just before the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan. The game has all phases of the world cup and the 32 national teams are in the game, but football players have a fake names, and haven't the characteristics of their real-life counterparts.The game can be played with friendly matches or a full world cup. There are 4 stadiums and matches have fast gameplay: there are no injuries, shooting goes very quickly, and tackling is easy. The ball can be passed in three ways: short, long and ahead of a player. If a player doesn't have the ball, he can make a tackle or a serious foul. Strategically the team's formation can be altered and players can be substituted.The game is in full 3D and matches are conducted in varying weather conditions and different times of day. There are eight cameras viewpoints during matches and there is no commentary. Multiplayer is supported for two players on a single PC. |
| Progress Quest | 2002 | | | Idle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In what some might dub the logical conclusion of the statbuilding RPG genre, Progress Quest is a game that plays itself. Stripping away the flashy and distracting bells and whistles of things like graphics and sound, automated gameplay consists of three simple phases, stock components of any game in its genre: 1) going into the killing fields to slay monsters; 2) returning to town to sell plunder looted from the monsters' corpses; and 3) using the resultant lucre to upgrade one's equipment, so as to more effectively facilitate the efficient slaughter of further monsters. Abstracting things away from even a nominal Nethackian 2D textmode depiction, Progress Quest instead represents all these goings-on as a series of progress bars, gradually but irrevocably filling up until they tick over and place checkmarks in task boxes.Effectively a monotonous, game-themed screen saver with all the excitement of watching your hard drive defragment, developer Grumdrig has nonetheless instilled a great deal of subtle complexity into this title, it randomly generating enough missions of common types (Deliver, Seek, Exterminate, Placate) to keep the avatar diligently questing while the player eats, sleeps, or works, occasionally checking in to monitor the "fire-and-forget" game's progress. An impressive array of creative spell, treasure and equipment types await the stalwart player willing to invest the CPU cycles needed for the long haul -- as with Kingdom of Loathing, the pseudofantasy proceedings are tempered with a certain quantity of whimsy (available races, for instance, including the Panda Man, Land Squid and Enchanted Motorcycle, while class types include Puma Burglar, Tickle-Mimic and Tongueblade). |
| Puzzle Master 2 | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Puzzle Master 2 is a single person jigsaw game. It is essentially the same game as Puzzle Master with a revised screen for browsing through and selecting one of its 75 pictures. Other new features include variable 'thickness' of the pieces, six different styles of jigsaw pieces which can be changed during a game, an optional 'ghost' picture, and an autosave feature.The game starts in a small window from which the player can select a puzzle group and a picture from within that group. The same window allows the player to customise the puzzle's difficulty, the size and therefore the number of pieces, as well as giving access to saved games.Gameplay is straight forward, pieces are selected and rotated by clicking on them and then they are dragged into position. The player can sort pieces manually or the game can perform that chore, by shape or by colour, for them if they wish. There are also 'trays' into which pieces can be placed for later use and, most importantly, there is a hint feature, an auto-complete feature, and a save game feature. The game has sound effects and music plus it allows the player to use their own music files ( MIDI, .wav and .mp3 formats only). Additional jigsaws can, or could when the game was new, be purchased or downloaded plus the player can make jigsaws from their own images. |
| Puzzle Master 3 | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Puzzle Master 3 is a single person jigsaw game. It is essentially the same game as Puzzle Master which is itself a re-release of Jigsaws Galore. There are 200 new images included, compared to the downloadable version of Jigsaws Galore. The game starts in a small window from which the player can select a puzzle group and a picture from within that group. The same window allows the player to customise the puzzle's difficulty, the size and therefore the number of pieces, as well as giving access to saved games.Gameplay is straight forward, pieces are selected by clicking on them and then they are dragged into position. The player can sort pieces manually or the game can perform that chore, by shape or by colour, for them if they wish. There are also 'trays' into which pieces can be placed for later use and, most importantly, there is a hint feature, an auto-complete feature, and a save game feature. The game has sound effects and music plus it allows the player to use their own music files ( MIDI, .wav and .mp3 formats only). Additional jigsaws can, or could when the game was new, be purchased or downloaded plus the player can make jigsaws from their own images.
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| QuarterPole Plus | 2002 | Action Games, Inc., Wizard Games of Scotland, Ltd. | Action Games, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | QuarterPole Plus is a upgraded version of Hooves of Thunder! with some enhancements and extras added.Additional gameplay features include in-game tutorials for newcomers to the sport of horse racing, the ability to rename virtually anything in the game (horses, stable, jockeys and more), an internet-style interface layout, a chat area and Casino-style betting.Extra content includes an art gallery with horse-related prints from prominent artists. |
| Racing Triple Pack | 2002 | Brøderbund Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Racing Triple Pack bundles three budget racing games in a single CD:Autobahn Total (named "Autobahn Racing")Total Adrenaline 3D Drag Racing (named "Power Surge")Speed Demons Jet Ski |
| Rage Rally | 2002 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Rage Games Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Rage Rally is a typical rally racing game. The player gets to choose from two different cars (Rage Typhoon 4WD 270Bhp and Rage Phantom 4WD 300Bhp) which can be driven both from first and third person perspectives. The gameplay is action based and the cars do not take any damage, either mechanically or visibly. Four tracks are available: Goldstone, Luger, Quarry and Dyson, each with different characteristics such as setting and surface. The game features two different game modes: arcade and time trial. In the arcade mode the player competes against three AI controlled drivers with either car on any of the four tracks. The time trial mode is similar but lacks AI controlled cars. In addition there's also a demo mode where all cars are controlled by the AI. |
| Rainbow Fish: The Most Beautiful Fish in the Ocean | 2002 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | EMME Interactive SA, Lexis Numérique SA, Tivola Publishing, Inc. | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Rainbow Fish: The Most Beautiful Fish in the Ocean is an educational title for three to seven year old children. The aim is to teach math, logic, problem solving, shapes, colours and creativity. It is a single-player game that has two levels of difficulty and which is entirely controlled with the mouse.The story is that Rainbow Fish is the world's most beautiful fish, not just because he has such wonderful colours but because he also has eight very shiny scales. One night, during a big storm, three crabs Bumble, Rumble and Tumble, steal these shiny scales. This story revolves around the adventures of Rainbow Fish and his friends to recover them which they do through a series of mini-games. |
| Red Shark | 2002 | Buka Entertainment | G5 Software LLC | Action, Simulation | Behind view | | War | Shooter | World War II | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | In Red Shark the player takes the role of a pilot who has been sent back in time from the present day to World War II. His mission is to fight Nazi Germany in a helicopter called Red Shark and put an end to WWII.Missions range from defending an Allied convoy to destroying a whole panzer division, and are set in different settings like mountainous regions of Russia or the Egyptian deserts.The helicopter is armed with machine guns and two types of missiles, to take on enemies like normal Tiger tanks and AA gun transports and artillery. |
| Reel Deal Slots 2nd Vol. | 2002 | Phantom EFX | Phantom EFX | Gambling | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Reel Deal Slots 2nd Vol. is a slot machine simulator. Starting with $3,000, play the 39 slot machines, 5 video poker machines, and 1 video bingo machine to hopefully leave with more. Most of the slot machines are modern machines, with many features and gimmicks.Stats are tracked per game, so you can see which games make the best money, and by playing, prize tokens are earned, which can be exchanged for virtual prizes in the gift shop. |
| Reflexion | 2002 | reflexionteam | reflexionteam | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Reflexion is a puzzle game. By flipping the mirrors, the player must help the ball collect all gems in the level and get to the exit to complete level. |
| Reksio i Skarb Piratów | 2002 | Aidem Media Sp. z o.o. | Aidem Media Sp. z o.o. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Reksio i Skarb Piratów is a point and click adventure game designed for children (6-12 years old) with the dog known from several television animations called Reksio.Story starts with Reksio windsurfing and getting lost due to the storm. Once he wakes up, he travels to near-by island where he discovers the bottle with potential location to the treasure left by Kapitan O'Gryzek. Player's goal is to help Reksio solve puzzles and riddles to find out where and what the treasure is.Player is guided by narration heard the whole time as there are no "normal menus" or hints displayed on the screen. Only a mouse is needed to play the game and the state is automatically saved, as the game is divided into mini-chapters that can be loaded from the main menu at any time. There are no violence acts in this game and graphics are claimed to be "hand-made".
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| Rescue Heroes: Meteor Madness | 2002 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Funnybone Interactive | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Rescue Heroes: Meteor Madness is another in the Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes Series, this one is aimed at children in the 4-7 age range. The story behind the game is that the earth has been struck by a cluster of meteors that have done damage in specific areas. It is the Rescue Heroes task to travel to the trouble spots and rescue people who are trapped. There are four hot spots to be dealt with, each representing a different mini game featuring different heroes. Each game has three levels of difficulty, trainee, specialist and expert, with each level of difficulty having more people and animals in need of rescue. The player can change the difficulty if they find the game too hard or too easy. When all missions have been completed the game unlocks one of a series of printable pictures which the player is invited to colour in.The four mini games in this title are:
Outback Nature Preserve: This game is set in the Australian Outback and features Billy Blazes. It is in two parts, the first part is a side scrolling game in which the player uses the mouse to navigate Billy's All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) to the bush fire. Some obstacles such as rivers cannot be driven around and here the player uses the winch to get the vehicle back on track. The second part of the game is to put out the fires which is done by pointing at the flames with the mouse and firing water at them. Once all the fires are out the player calls Ariel Flyer to transport the animals to safety. When playing this game on the expert setting Billy's backpack has a limited quantity of water and this must be replenished from the ATV.
Seaside Studios: A nearby meteor strike has flooded the Seaside movie studio, this is a job for Gil Gripper and rescue dolphin Nemo. Nemo finds the trapped people one at a time and the player steers Gil's jet-ski to their location through a watery maze. Once there the player has to fire rescue buoys over floating obstacles to the victim at which point Nemo guides them to safety.
Klondike Canyons: This game features hero Rocky Canyon with Jake Justice as his unseen assistant. Hikers in the Klondike Canyons were left stranded after meteors caused the cliff paths to fall away. The player guides Rocky around the cliff face to locate each hiker. Once the hiker dons the safety harness Rocky gives them Jake winches them to safety. This is the only game with active hazards. There are vultures, snakes and falling rocks any of which can knock Rocky off the cliff face.
Alpine Slopes: In this game the object is to rescue climbers trapped when a meteor triggered an avalanche. It features heroes Al Pine and rescue dog Wind Chill in a two-part game. In the first part the player navigates Al Pine around obstacles as he races down the mountain side on his snowboard. This part ends when Al encounters Wind Chill who's found a trapped climber. Al then smashes the ice away from the cave in which the climber is sheltering and Wind Chill guides them to safety. These two stages are repeated until all climbers have been rescued. |
| Resident Evil: Survivor | 2002 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Tose Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror | | | | | Mature | | Windows | A man wearing white, a crashed helicopter, a pair of dog tags with the name 'Ark Thompson', and a pistol. These are the only clues a young man finds to his identity as he awakes on Sheena Island. On his journey through the island he will encounter many monsters as well as discover the terrible secrets of Umbrella's biological weapons programs.Resident Evil: Survivor is set several months after Resident Evil 2 & 3 and is the first Resident Evil title to be rendered in real time as opposed to making use of pre-rendered backdrops. Levels are explored in first person, and when enemies are encountered the press of a button will bring up a targeting reticule for shooting. As with most light-gun games there is infinite pistol ammunition available, but limited ammunition for more powerful weapons. At the end of each level two doors are presented which both lead to different levels, although all paths eventually lead to the same ending. |
| Robot Puzzle | 2002 | NZP Puzzles & Games | | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Robot Puzzle is a single player, freeware, mouse controlled puzzle.The story behind the game is that the Polaris rocket is approaching Mars and now is the time to assemble the XTR-4 robot for its surveillance mission. Captain Corbett starts to do this but has forgotten the correct sequence so it's up to the player to do the job.The game consists of four circular discs containing holes and gear symbols which must be arranged on top of each other so that all gears are visible. There is no score, no save function, the puzzles are not timed.The game plays in a small window and has no full screen option.
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| Rocky Racers | 2002 | Gamesoft Publishing | Positech Computing Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Rocky Racers is a top-down 2D space racing competition. A number of space crafts compete through a series of asteroid-bounded courses. It's not enough to thrust to get ahead in this race, though-- each craft has the capacity to fire at other ships and also engage a tractor beam on other ships to slow them down.The game also features networked multiplayer races via TCP/IP or IPX. There are 9 distinct courses in the game. The courses are named: Jupiter 500, Phobos Derby, Andromeda Cup, Mars Madness, Jovian 500, Mercury 2000, The Black Hole, Asteroid Alley, The Vortex. |
| Roller Coaster Factory 2 | 2002 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Fusion Digital Games Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Roller Coaster Factory 2 is a low budget game in which you can design the scariest rollercoaster rides you can imagine as well as ride them. The coasters can be made from wood, steel and, new in this release, as "inverted" coaster (where the track isn't under, but over the car).The users can exchange their creations via the Valusoft Coaster Exchange website. |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon: Expansion Set | 2002 | Infogrames Europe SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes both expansion packs for RollerCoaster Tycoon, but without the base game itself:
RollerCoaster Tycoon: Corkscrew Follies
RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes |
| SD Qlympics | 2002 | | Gameone Systems Limited | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Kit Yang, Kit Yang | | | | Windows | SD Qlympics is a button mashing, keyboard controlled game for one to four people in which the player takes shapely cartoon style young ladies through a series of sporting events.The game has two modes of play, Practice mode and Combat mode. Practice mode is where the player competes at individual events against an AI opponent, Combat mode is where player(s) compete over a series of events to become the champion.Combat mode always has four competitors and consists of the following events; 100 meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 meter dash, long jump, javelin throw and 800 meter race. Each human player has two buttons to bash and these are used to get their character running. In certain events such as the javelin and shot put there is a point after the run-up where holding down a button changes the angle at which the projectile is launched. The 800m race is the only one where the player has to keep an eye on their runners stamina. Races are always run in split screen mode with a bar in the centre of the screen showing the relative positions of the runners. |
| Sandmen | 2002 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Sandmen is a free, German 2D point-and-click adventure. You are sleeping and are awakened by some voices who turn out to be sandmen. Since you saw them, they want to take you with them unless you manage get them a person who commits suicide. The game is controlled via the mouse and is inventory based. Aside from the cut-scenes there is no music or sound. |
| Scooby-Doo!: Double Pack - Two Complete Adventures | 2002 | Mindscape (UK) Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Scooby-Doo!: Double Pack - Two Complete Adventures is a compilation of two games:
Scooby-Doo!: Phantom of the Knight
Scooby-Doo!: Show Down In Ghost Town
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| Scooby-Doo: The Movie - Interactive ROM Challenges | 2002 | Warner Bros. Inc. | | Puzzle | | Licensed | Comedy | Mini-games | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Scooby-Doo The Movie: Interactive ROM Challenges is a collection of activities and mini games found on one of the UK releases of that film. These games are not available when the DVD is played via a standard DVD player.When first inserted into the computer's DVD drive the autorun feature installs InterActual Player software through which the player can watch the movie and access interactive features one of which is a collection of mini games. All the action takes place in either in a window or full screen, if played in a window then a floating DVD control bar is always present hovering below the screen. The Special Features screen contains the following options;
Groovy Fun: A collection of six mini games;Belch In Tune!: This is a music game in which the player uses a mouse to place empty soda cans onto a music scale. Each bar is associated with a different belching sound. When they are done the composer can play their creation, however it cannot be saved.
Noggin' Nabber: a game based on an arcade claw/crane machine
Scooby Snack Match: A simple memory game using food items. When replayed the items are in a different position
DooTown: This appears to be based on the skateboard sequence from the end of the film
Spooky Smorgasbord: As food rains from above the player moves Scooby-Doo across the bottom of the screen. Points are scored for each piece caught and points are lost for each piece missed. Moving too fast causes Scooby-Doo to lose pieces.
Spooky Groove-a-Doo: Fred is in disguise and to go unnoticed he must continue to dance like a cool dude, this game is keyboard controlled
Printables: There are two things to print a sandwich container and a model of the Mystery Machine, each printable opens a separate print window. Once the print has been completed the player cuts out the final shape and sticks the marked tabs to complete the construction.
Rarades: Scooby has lost his voice and so cannot speak. Through a series of mime and picture clues he tries to convey a message.
Video Features: This attempts to take the player onto the internet to a Warner Brothers website, unfortunately in 2019 this feature is non functional
Downloads: This option takes the player on-line to download a screensaver and/or a Midnight Snacks Themepack
An unusual feature of the Special Features option on this DVD is that it supports voice navigation and checks for the presence of a microphone on entry
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| Sellardore Tales | 2002 | Topologika Software Ltd. | | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This medieval fantasy-themed educational text adventure sets before its players the task of rescuing the community of Sellardore by removing an obstruction in The Black River that is causing the denizens nearby to languish and starve.Though the game takes input through a very simple text parser, the visuals and sound in this enhanced multimedia version (as well as clickable buttons for directions, game options and visual inventory access) downplay its fundamentally old-school interface. The game also has two difficulty modes, the easiest (and default) employing only those puzzles occurring in the original game, plus an advanced mode with additional puzzles getting in the way.In addition to various materials for classroom activities, the game is accompanied by a 56-page illustrated story book, "Zorin, the Curse of Sellardore", establishing the setting and premise of the game. (The storybook also appears on the CD-ROM as a "talking story" program.) |
| Sesame Street: Art Workshop | 2002 | Encore Software, Inc. | Musical Plan Ltd., Children's Television Workshop | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sesame Street: Art Workshop is a game for children aged three and up based on the American educational children's television series Sesame Street. It combines four activities. A voice-over by the characters Elmo is used to provide instructions during the game. From the main menu the following activities are available:
Coloring Book: different scenes in black and white are provided. The child can freely color them along with additional logos and shapes.
Costumes: here children can dress up characters from the series with hats, shirts, pants and a large variety of accessories.
Painting: a blank canvas is provided and children can freely paint with letters, lines, patterns, pictures and shapes. There are also brushes to draw freely with multiple colors and brush types. Parts can be erased quickly and a paint can is used to fill up shapes to color them quickly. Elmo will often name shapes out loud such as a circle, a triangle, a star or a rectangle. Characters from the series can also be inserted.
Stickers: decorate environments with characters, items and symbols using a large selection of stickers. It is possible to erase items or start over at any moment. |
| Sexslot | 2002 | Orion Versand GmbH & Co. KG | | Gambling | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sexslot is an electronic slot machine simulation for one player. The player starts with 1000 points and can bet 100, 300, 500 or 1000 points on each turn. The slot machine has three reels with three different symbols (girls) and one joker. The game ends when one of the players goes broke. At the end the player can submit his score. |
| Shengnü zhi Ge - Heroine Anthem XP | 2002 | Unistar | Winking Entertainment Corporation | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Heroine Anthem XP is a puzzle game set in the universe of Heroine Anthem Chinese role-playing games. They tell the story of a young girl named Edda, who travels to the land of fish-men, where she discovers that the balance in the world has been violated, and seeks to restore the harmony between the races of demons, humans, and fish-men.In this game, the player must click on square tiles in order to reveal a complete picture (mostly portrait of a character). There is a time limit, so if the player hasn't revealed the picture on time, he or she must try again. The game increases in difficulty gradually and puts all kinds of obstacles in the players' way, such as spiders whose web prevents them from clicking on a tile. Between gameplay portions there are short story-related cutscenes, viewed from first-person perspective, with character portraits during dialogues. |
| Shengnü zhi Ge: Heroine Anthem - The Elect of Wassernixe | 2002 | Winking WindThunder | Winking WindThunder | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Edda is a young girl who grew up in a small northern village together with her childhood friend Hulen. One day, enemies attack the village, and Edda is captured and transported to their slave ship. But a mysterious creature attacks the ship, and Edda sinks to the bottom of sea...But she is not dead. Miraculously, she was turned into a mermaid. It appears that the sea is populated by mythical creatures she has heard about from legends. Just when she realizes she would probably never be able to see her world again, a clever little lobster named Bedin declares he is willing to help her.Heroine Anthem is a Chinese (Taiwan)-made role-playing game. Unlike most other Chinese RPGs, it is not set in historical China, but in a fantasy world based on Scandinavian mythology. The game's art is influenced by Japanese anime style. The navigation is done from third-person perspective in predominantly side-scrolling environments. The enemies are visible on screen, and a contact with them initiates a battle. When the player enters a battle, party members must be set on the battle field. Even though the engine is turn-based, there is a real-time element in the battles: enemies will attack continuously, and the player has to assign commands to the characters quickly in order to act. |
| Sherlock | 2002 | Everett Kaser Software | Everett Kaser Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sherlock is a game of logic and deduction. It is your task to determine the locations of 36 blocks, based upon the information available in provided clues. Every puzzle can be solved by using the clues to eliminate possibilities until the location of a specific block can be determined.The game screen is divided in several areas. The top-left area is the puzzle solve board. In the top-right area contain the horizontal or multi-column clues. The bottom row contain the vertical or 1-column clues.A vertical clue tell the player that two squares are or are not in the same column. There are five types of horizontal clues. The "is next to" and "is not next to" clue says that two tiles are or are not adjacent to each other, but it doesn't say which one is on the left and on the right. The "is left of" clue (middle tile is yellow with 3 dots) says that one tile is to the left of another tile, but it doesn't say how far or close to the left.The "is between" clue (three tiles with two sided arrow) says that three tiles are adjacent but this can be from left to right or from right to left. The "is not between" says the same except that the middle tile is not between the other two. |
| SimSig | 2002 | SimSig Ltd | SimSig Ltd | Simulation | 1st-person, Side view | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | SimSig is a freeware train simulator of modern UK railway signalling systems, from the point of view of a railway signaller. The displays emulate those of a British Railways Integrated Electronic Control Centre. Users act as signallers controlling train movements in real signalling areas as the professionals would. Train motion is simulated accurately dependent on load and gradient, sound can be enabled for warning, phone calls, train ready to depart signals, etc. |
| Simon the Sorcerer | 2002 | Adventure Soft Publishing Ltd. | Adventuresoft Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Simon is just an ordinary boy living in modern-day England. One day, his dog Chippy discovers a chest with a book inside, entitled Ye Olde Spellbooke. Without thinking too much, Simon throws the book on the floor; as a result, a portal opens, teleporting the boy and his dog into a fantasy world. Simon is promptly captured by goblins bent on cooking and eating him but manages to escape. Soon he realizes that he must play the role of an apprentice sorcerer and rescue a benevolent wizard called Calypso from an evil one, aptly named Sordid.Simon the Sorcerer is a point-and-click adventure game very similar to contemporary LucasArts titles (in particular Monkey Island) in concept and gameplay. It features twelve verbs displayed on the screen at all times for interaction with the environment. Objects that can be interacted with are highlighted when the player hovers the mouse cursor over them. The puzzles are inventory-based: Simon will have to collect and carry a large number of items in order to advance in the game. Almost every character comes with an extended dialogue tree to explore. Most of the conversation choices are used for a humorous effect and are not required to pursue. Like in LucasArts' adventures, it is impossible to get irrevocably stuck or die in Simon the Sorcerer. The game world consists of dozens of interconnected screens, most of which are accessible from the very beginning. Although there is usually only one way to solve the puzzles, the player can work on multiple tasks at once, and exploration occupies a large portion of the game. Whenever an important location is discovered, it is marked on the map for instant access, so that the player is not required to retrace his steps in order to revisit it. The game frequently parodies popular fairy tales and fantasy works and sometimes breaks the fourth wall as Simon directly talks to the player, acknowledging he is a character in a computer game. |
| Simon the Sorcerer Double Pack | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | Adventure Soft Publishing Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Compilation of the following games:
Simon The Sorcerer
Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe
Simon the Sorcerer's Pinball
Simon the Sorcerer's Puzzle Pack
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| Skispringen: Internationale 4 Schanzen Tournee | 2002 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Puzzle, Sports | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Skispringen: Internationale 4 Schanzen Tournee is a quiz game. Answer questions about ski jumping in the areas of Olympic games, world cups, the 4 Schanzen Tournee and the ski jump stars. When you reach a certain number of points, a level is finished and you move on. Included as a bonus is the game Winterspiele 2002. |
| Smashing Pumpkins | 2002 | NStorm, Inc. | NStorm, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Are you ready for a smashing good Halloween?On the screen, you are presented with a group of eight Jack-o-lanterns. Also on the screen is a mallet, controlled by your mouse. Two of the pumpkins will light up, randomly. Move the mallet over a lit pumpkin and click the mouse button to whack it. Timing is critical because when the light goes out, you cannot hit the pumpkin. If you hit any pumpkin a second time, it will smash and splatter the screen.The object is to see how many pumpkins you can smash in sixty seconds. Be sure to place the head of the mallet on the pumpkin or you will miss. Do not move the mouse too quickly or you could lose control of the mallet, costing you valuable time. After sixty seconds, your score is displayed and you will be given the opportunity to email up to three friends about the game. |
| SmileTris Panic! | 2002 | | | Puzzle | | | Adult | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | SmileTris Panic! is a freeware Dr. Mario clone for Windows. As in the original game, the objective of this puzzle game is to match pills sides of the same color to make viruses (or "smileys" icons in this case) disappear.What sets this clone apart from others is the customization options. The player can set the height and width of the playing field, choose a background image, the number of "smileys" and change their color and the color of pills. An optional feature displays a pin-up model strutting across the window after each level. |
| Smoke Attack | 2002 | | Blackpencil Entertainment AG | Action, Educational | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Smoke Attack is a top-down shooter game made for the Swiss government as part of an anti-smoking campaign. The player fights against the aggressive smoking balls with cigarettes by shooting them with an oxygen gun. The goal is to reach the next level and fight even more smoke. On each level players can find extra ammunition, secret weapons and hidden keys. The gameplay is non-violent; after being shot smoking balls are turned into oxygen. |
| Solid State Pinball: Jinni Zeala | 2002 | LittleWing Co. Ltd. | LittleWing Co. Ltd. | Action, Simulation | Top-down | | | Pinball | Fantasy | | | | | Reiko F. Nojima (as Reiko Fujita Nojima) | Windows | Jinni Zeala is another pinball simulator by LittleWing. The game has one table with a "1001 Nights" middle-eastern theme. The goal is to activate several bonus stages, represented in the table as models with three drop targets (with the exception of Felucca and Zeala stages) and a sink hole each. There are five stages: Oasis, Cave, Zeala, Palace and Felucca Boat. To activate most of them, the player has to acquire four items, each collected by dropping the three targets and sinking the ball in the hole. The Felucca and Zeala stages don't have targets, instead the player has to shoot the ball through the lanes. During the Palace Stage, the bumpers award 200,000 for 40 seconds. The Zeala Stage starts a multiball, where hitting the Oasis and Palace target gives the jackpot. The Oasis Stage increases the value of the scimitar lane to 100,000 for 20 seconds, up to 1,000,000. The Cave Stage makes every switch give 100,000 for 30 seconds.Sinking the ball in the Palace and Oasis holes several times starts a multiball. When more than one multiball starts at the same time, one extra ball is added to the field, up to three.The fortune teller gives a random prize to the player. She appears when the ball enters the bazaar hole with all the rollover buttons turned on. |
| Solitaire Master 3 | 2002 | eGames, Inc. | Goodsol Development, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Solitaire Master 3 is a collection of over four hundred and fifty different solitaire games with a window-based interface and many options. As with Solitaire Master 2 games can be played in a window, or full screen, there are multiple choices of card backs, help screens for each individual game, playing tips, redo and undo options and statistics. The game also includes a wizard through which the player can create their own solitaire game. There is a 'Tour' mode of play in which a group of games are linked together and the player's score is the cumulative total for all games in the tour, players can also create their own tours. |
| Space Tripper | 2002 | PomPom Software Ltd. | PomPom Software Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In this horizontal arcade shooter which is similar to 80s shoot 'em up Uridium, you have to shoot all enemies and survive through 14 levels. These include a Holographic world which transforms as you face it, an Aztec word with traps and curses, and a Mekka world full of battleships and tanks. The game also features large polygon-based boss enemies and two different weapons, upgraded by collecting boxes. |
| Space Xonix | 2002 | XDGames | XDGames | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Similar to the arcade game QIX, your job in Space Xonix is to segment the given screen. Once your space craft moves into the minefield, it will "draw" a detonation line and as soon as this line separates an empty piece from the minefield, then this piece will vanish. As soon as a certain percentage of the minefield is removed, you will continue with the next level.Don't let a mine hit your ship or your detonation line (and don't fly with your own ship into it!). If this happens, you loose a life. |
| Spike the Hedgehog | 2002 | Megaware Multimedia B.V. | Horux Interactive | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Spike the hedgehog and his girlfriend have been separated by the evil Lord Javah-to. The player must guide Spike through 4 different worlds (Farm, Cave, Underwater and Castle), each sub-divided into several levels. On each level, stars must be collected while avoiding the numerous obstacles and enemies. The door to the next level is activated once all the stars have been collected. With its tile-based movement, moving obstacles to dodge and patrolling enemies to avoid, the whole game is reminiscent of the classic game Frogger. |
| Sports Games for Windows | 2002 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Board game, Chess, Managerial / business simulation | | Bike / Bicycling, Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | Sports Games For Windows is a budget compilation of shareware games from Idigicon's Family Fun series.The compilation has its own menu system that divides the games into groups or 'banks'. There are ten banks of games plus two additional banks labelled Xtras and Information. Each bank consists of up to ten games that can be installed from the compilation's menu. The games contained in this compilation are:Bank 1: Dutch Darts,
Virtual Pool (Preview version),
Alley 19 (demo)
Match Up Football,
Bow & Arrow,
4Play,
Virtual Pool for Win 95,
Action Supercross,
Attaxx,
Backup 1.3Bank 2: Match Up Basketball,
Black Book,
BBShoot
Billiards,
Booger,
Bowling,
Carvin,
College Coach,
College coach 2,
Cell WarBank 3: Challenge Pool,
Chansey Golf,
Checkers
Connect 11,
Curling,
Darts,
Darts95,
Day At The Races,
Fishermans Delight,
Dirt BikeBank 4: Draughts,
Electronic Darts,
Elim2
Euchre,
Everest,
Football For Win95,
Fishhatchery 3.0,
Fishermans Delight 2,
Flop,
Gridiron FootballBank 5: Football Fury,
Football For Windows,
Gone Bowlin' 2000
Get A Life,
Golf Master,
Golden Goal,
Golf Handicapper,
GoMoku,
The Green,
Hits HandicapBank 6: Matchup Hockey,
Pop A Hoop,
International Test Cricket (shareware version)
JumpShot,
Laser Trace,
Lunar Ball,
Mad Lap,
NFL Pool,
1999 Universe,
Bomb GolfBank 7: Photon Chess,
Ping,
Pool 40
Pool 99,
Pooly,
Ping Pong,
Primate Soccer Pro,
Pro Football,
PS Curling,
Penalty Bank 8: Quibbles,
Quinta,
Rat Race 98
The Races,
Race Track,
Racing Line,
Above The Rim,
Ringer King,
Road Fighters,
RSC Test CricketBank 9: Scrabout For Windows,
Search And Destroy,
SiarCG
Ski,
Xo 11,
Soccer Sim 2,
Solitary Croquet,
Hover Ski,
Super Racer,
Super SoccerBank 10: Freeride V2,
Uni Football League,
Absolute Mayhem
WaxMan PC,
Win Bet,
Win Bowling,
Win Curling,
Win Fishing,
Winter 3D,
Games For Two
Xtras : Slam for Windows,
Wrestling For Windows,
Golf Calc
The Horses,
Psycho, Slowdown (a utility to slow down a fast PC)Information : This opens up a browser window that shows the Idigicon catalogue from the CD or takes the user to their web site.
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| Star Control II | 2002 | | Toys for Bob Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Mini-games, RPG elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Following an ongoing war with the alien Ur-Quan race, the Alliance has lost. The Ur-Quan armada systematically hunts down the alliance races and imprisons them onto their homeworlds. However, unknown to the Ur-Quan, a small research vessel had been lost during the war while sent to a distant star system looking for evidence of the ancient Precursor race. The survivors of this research team had come across the controls to a Starship factory and used it to build a Precursor supply vessel, one of the largest vessels in the galaxy.Upon return, the captain of the ship discovers, to his dismay, that Earth has become one of Ur-Quan's slave planets. The surface of Earth is glowing red, devoid of life, and a few humans are locked in a starbase orbiting the planet. The captain contacts the starbase commander and finds out that the only way to defeat the Ur-Quan is to convince other races populating the galaxy to join them in their struggle.Star Control II is a hybrid game based on exploration, space combat, and ship customization. Unlike its predecessor, it has a heavily plot-driven, quest-based structure reminiscent of role-playing or adventure games. The game's main focus is on exploring a vast galaxy consisting of numerous star systems and interacting with various alien species populating it. Each species has its own personal traits and would usually require the player to exploit conversation trees or perform different tasks to convince them to join. The main objective is to gather as many allies as possible, though only a few alliances are required to complete the game. While in deep space, the starship can approach any star it comes across, and then the player can guide the ship around its system and land on its planets and their moons. Space is treated as two-dimensional and presented in a top-down view. There is also a starmap available which shows the entire galaxy and allows the player to set the ship on auto-pilot to any star. Throughout space are different alien civilizations. These are represented on the starmap by a sphere of influence. Within the sphere, the aliens have a controlling presence and their ships will venture freely. Outside the sphere, encounters are rarer. Aliens can be dealt with diplomatically, through a series of dialog options, or engaged in combat.Alongside the main plot objective, the player also configures and upgrades his fleet in a role-playing fashion. The main starship is the Precursor vessel and it can be used to travel between star systems, which uses up fuel. Raw materials are used as currency to make purchases in the starbase. It is possible to buy fuel, as well as improve the player-controlled fleet in various ways. These include purchasing smaller ships to accompany the main one on its travels and participate in combat; hiring crew members, which effectively act as the hit points of the ships; and upgrading the main ship with enhancements that improve its speed, maneuverability, and combat efficiency. Successfully completing a quest for an alien race may also result in their combat ships joining the fleet.Raw materials are found on the surfaces of planets and moons throughout the galaxy. The player has to send a landing module to the planet and then guide it around the surface as it picks up materials found earlier with a scanner. Each planet is unique in the type of minerals and metals it is formed of. Some planets are plagued by natural dangers such as lightning storms, earthquakes, or lava, which can damage or destroy landing modules. Non-sentient lifeforms can also be found and stunned to obtain biological samples. Special installations, objects, and ruins can also be found on certain planets and explored. Combat is action-based and utilizes the same engine as the first game, where action is controlled from a top view and influenced by the gravity of nearby planets. Each alien vessel has unique abilities, and the player can select any ship from his fleet to participate in battles, attempting to find the best combination against specific enemies. Combat can also be played as a standalone game (melee mode), separate from the main storyline. It can also be set on a cyborg mode within the main game, allowing the computer AI to take over the battles and calculate their results depending on the attributes of the ships. |
| Star Wars: Episode I - Collector's Pack | 2002 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the following 2 Star Wars: Episode I titles
Star Wars: Episode I - Racer
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
and, in addition, a Star Wars: Episode I - Insider's Guide with detailed descriptions of characters and technologies as well as trailers, a making-of and exclusive interviews. |
| StarFlyers: Alien Space Chase | 2002 | Learning Company, The | Learning Company, The | Action, Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Katie Cadet and the StarFlyers are invited to see Colonel Cracker for the big vote of the space ambassadors. When All of a sudden, a convex anti-gravity bubble explodes and Vexar steals the vote and some of the ambassadors are missing! The Player must help Katie Cadet and the StarFlyers by solving 8 brain-tickling games and activities and save the vote once and for all!The game features critical thinking and creativity, suitable for ages 5-8, but younger players may be familiar with the keyboard. It also features Immersion TouchSense Technology, which provides force feedback mouse compatibility with the game.Places include: Funopolis, Planet Pipeworks, Cafeterium, and Star Cadet Academy.This is the second and last StarFlyers game to be released in 2002. |
| StarFlyers: Royal Jewel Rescue | 2002 | Learning Company, The | Learning Company, The | Action, Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Katherine Diane Cadell is no ordinary girl with an extraordinary imagination. When Mom’s Jewelry was lost, She becomes Katie Cadet, the greatest Star Pilot in the galaxy. She is part of her best friend AJ The Super Spinner, Klanker, a loveable energized robot made of steel, and IO, her loyal fire breathing flying dragon dog. The player must solve 8 brain-tickling games to help Katie and the StarFlyers rescue the Royal Jewels. |
| Stick Fighters | 2002 | Tybee Software Inc. | Tybee Software Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Stick Fighters is an one-on-one fighting game about two stickmen battling each other. The fighters can punch low and high, kick low and high, block, jump and crouch. Either stickman can be controlled by a human or a computer, with four different AI skill levels available. |
| Stick Soldiers | 2002 | Whitespace Unlimited | Whitespace Unlimited | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You play a pencil-drawn Stick Soldier and kill off any and all other (re-spawning) soldiers in the area before they kill you. You have a limited number of lives, but there are random items that may help your survival rate (e.g. weapons, armor, etc.)The game is straightforward platform action, where you can move your little Stick Soldier to jump and shoot (in all directions) around the current platform stage. There are no "stages" or "levels" to advance in. You can play any one map available in the main menu.There is also a game editor where you can edit and create your own map designs. |
| Stuart Little: Big City Adventures | 2002 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | Media Station, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Stuart Little: Big City Adventures is a software title for children.Stuart's adventure starts with him sailing his boat in the regatta across the pond in Central park. After the race he gets lost and finds himself on a deserted mini golf course. From here he must race home in his car, avoiding obstacles and picking up power ups along the way. When he gets home he plays with the model railway before scaling an obstacle course in the kitchen.
Each stage of the adventure is a mini game that can be played separately or as part of the adventure. During the adventure the games are timed and, if time runs out the player is returned to the start of that mini-game. The five mini-games in this title are;
The Regatta Race game has Stuart sailing his boat, the Wasp, across the pond. The player holds down the mouse button to increase speed and uses the mouse to steer left and right. The object is to guide the boat between pairs of buoys that mark the course.
The Big Mini Golf game consists of three holes of mini golf. Here the player moves the mouse to determine the direction of the shot, holds the mouse button down to increase the power of the shot, and releases to take the shot.
The Park Challenge game is a side scrolling race game where the object is to get Stuart home. Again, holding down the mouse button increases Stuart's speed and moving the mouse manoeuvres his car to avoid obstacles which could slow him down. Not all obstacles are bad, some are power ups that he needs to get home.
The Electric Train Adventure is more a puzzle than a race game. The object is to guide Stuart's train across the screen from left to right, collecting flags along the way. This is done by using the mouse to click on points along the track to route Stuart in the right direction.
The final game is the Pantry Chase. This is a platform style game in which the object is to guide Stuart from the pantry back into the Little's house by jumping from point to point. |
| Sunken Treasure | 2002 | | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | Naval / watercraft | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sunken Treasure is a single player, mouse controlled puzzle game.This game is played in a hexagonal grid representing the sea and scattered islands, there is a different map for each level. Hidden somewhere within that grid are five strings of gems each five cells long which the player has to find.The player searches the grid using their sonar which expands outwards from the cell they click on until it contacts a hidden gem, the gem is now known to be somewhere on the outer shell of the sonar ring so the player uses their sonar from another spot and where they intersect should be the location of a gem.Each use of the sonar counts as one turn and turns are limited, while successfully clicking on a gem does not count as a turn.The game has a high score table and when it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active.
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| Super Bounce Out! | 2002 | GameHouse, Inc. | | Strategy | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Super Bounce Out! is a single player, shareware, tile matching gameIn this game the tiles are balls and they descend from the top of the screen. The player uses the mouse to swap adjacent balls to make rows of three or more, such rows disappear, the remaining balls fall down and new balls are added. Black balls if/when they appear cannot be swapped with anything. The objective is to clear a specified number of balls on each level within a time limit, as the player progresses the time limit gets shorter.The game has two modes of difficulty, a high score table and music
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| Super Bubble Pop | 2002 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | sticky entertainment | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | A combination of Tetris and Bust-A-Move, Super Bubble Pop has you controlling a character along the bottom of the playfield, who you use to throw bubbles of different colours towards the other side of the playfield. As you throw them down the line, they will stack up in piles of six. Linking three bubbles together will pop them (remove them from the field), and if there is a stack of six, the bubbles on the way will form a new stack in front of it.The aim of the game is to remove all bubbles from the field, but there is another way of completing a game. Tokens will appear during play, and by collecting enough, you can move on to the next round regardless of what you have on the playfield. |
| Super Game Pack | 2002 | Midas Interactive Entertainment BV | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Super Game Pack is a compilation of six budget games supplemented by security application software.These games are:
Superbike Challenge
Bodyboarding
B.U.G.S.
Card Shark
Animated Mah Jongg
Chomper 3D |
| Super Glinx! | 2002 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Super Glinx! is a puzzle game, where you have to remove all removable items from the screen, by combining at least to of the same kind. If one item, or multiple different single items, remains, then you have lost.You can only combine items, if they are adjacent or if there is free space between them, regardless where the free space is. You can even combine items off-screen, but only at a single side, no curves are possible there. The more items your combine with a single line, the more you score.Besides the different standard items, there are also special items in the game, which are: Linker (can either used to extend the line, where it normally cannot; or to used with a single normal item), Switcher (can used for building long lines, while switching from one item to another), Pyramids (these are blockers, which may hinder creating complex lines), and the Glinx (will help in Action game mode).The game offers 3 difficulty settings and 2 game modes, time based Action mode, or Puzzle mode, where you play without a time limit. |
| Super Nisqually | 2002 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Super Nisqually is a puzzle game, where your job is to remove a certain number of blocks from the playfield, while avoiding dead ends.A level consists of a square playfield, like 8 by 8 rows (level 1), which is filled with many different colored blocks. When you select one block, you have the ability to exchange this block with any of the (max) 4 adjacent blocks. As soon as three identical blocks are aligned in a horizontal or vertical row, they will be removed. Once you removed the critical amount of blocks (i.e. 56 of out 64 at level 1), you have the opportunity to reach level two (and then so on) once all possible combinations are made. But when you made all possible combinations before you reach the critical amount needed, the game will end.There are two situations, where you run into a dead end. When there are five blocks of a kind left in the playfield, but you just combine three blocks, those two can't be removed anymore. Situation two arises, when you deplete a horizontal row completely, in this case you have a gap, which will divide the playfield into two playfields, and each will be separated until the end of the level.In each level, you have all the time you want. However, the faster you are, the more Bonus Points you get. Those are counting down. So if you need too long, they are just zero.The farther you progress in the game, the more equal will be the critical amount and the total amount of blocks, but also the bigger are the bonus points. |
| Super Transball 2 | 2002 | Brain Games | Brain Games | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Super Transball 2 is an action game, inspired by Thrust and Zarathrusta. The player controls a ship, dispatched to retrieve the stolen "Spheres" that provide all energy for the future humanity. On each level, the player must reach the sphere, pick it up with an attactor beam and carry it out of the level. The player's ship is subject to gravity and must be controlled by carefully firing off its thrusters to regulate the speed. The ship can be rotated freely to control the direction of thrust. Bumping into an obstacle destroys the ship and forces a restart of the level. Furthermore, the attractor beam only has a limited range and once the player has picked up the sphere, he must fly slowly enough to avoid leaving the sphere behind. Additionally the ship has a limited amount of fuel and once it runs out, the thrusters no longer work. Later levels have additional obstacles, such as laser beams or cannons, however the player has onboard weapons (consuming fuel as ammo) to dispose of some threats. Three ships are available to choose from, with different speed and weapon power (the fastest ship is also equipped with secondary thrusters on its front.)All playthroughs are recorded, and can be played back at any time. |
| Supreme Soccer | 2002 | Lagoon Multimedia | | Sports | Diagonal-down | | Comedy | | | | | | | | Windows | Supreme Soccer is a humourous soccer game in which national teams compete for the World Cup. The most distinctive feature is that each team wears a stereotypical hat or garment related to their nation. For instance Sweden wears viking helmets, Germany wears lederhosen and England wears bowler hats. |
| Sure Shot | 2002 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sure Shot is a simple action game where two soldiers have to defend a group of islands from waves after waves of enemies. The two machine gun equipped soldiers are positioned on each side of the screen. The enemy soldiers will than appear in the middle of the screen and the player can choose to attack from either sides (or both at the same time) of the screen. The problem is that since they stand face to face they will likely hit each other, and the player therefore carefully has to calculate how much gunfire is needed to mow down the enemies while at the same time not killing his own soldiers. Each of the soldiers has twenty hitpoints. If either of the soldiers die the mission will be failed. In addition the gunfire the player also has a bomb to his disposal. It can be moved horizontally by the soldiers since it's tied to a rope. There is two game modes in the game. The battle ground mode contains 25 preset levels divided on five islands. The training ground mode allows players to setup their own areas. |
| Sure Shot: Star Wars Edition | 2002 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sure Shot: Star Wars Edition is a remake of the original Sure Shot, featuring characters and locations from the Star Wars movies. This version casts you as Han Solo and Chewbacca, as they blast their way through 5 familiar settings whilst trying to salvage Rebel droids (C3P0). New enemies include Storm Trooper variations, Remote Probes, Tuskan Raiders, and Bounty Hunters. |
| Sven Bømwøllen | 2002 | phenomedia publishing gmbh | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | Diagonal-down | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | The little black sheep Sven is the only ram in shepherd Lars Einnicken's flock and his only objective is to bring joy and happiness to his fellow but female sheep.The player has 90 seconds to please all the sheep on screen. Little weather symbols above the sheep's heads show their respective moods, ranging from sunny to stormy. The worse the mood the more affection they need from Sven. But the little ram cannot be idle for the shepherd and his dog are after him and try to prevent him from his mission. If they catch him, he loses a screen life. After he has succeeded in pleasing all the sheep on screen, he enters the next level.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.There are 10 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.Promo Images Part of the Following Groups Animals: Sheep
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Freegame.cz
Feb 20, 2002
100 out of 100
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Apr 22, 2002
6 out of 10
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Jun 07, 2007
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2 out of 6
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| Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Challenge | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Ltd. | Anco Software Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Challenge is a soccer game. It features 204 national teams from all over the world. There are six playing modes: Exhibition match, training, league, play-offs, World Cup qualification or World Cup championship. It uses the same handling as the Kick Off series, which means the ball doesn't stick to the players' feet. There are just three buttons to use: shooting, passing and tackling. The whole technical side of the game is the same as in Kick Off 2002. |
| Take-out Weight Curling | 2002 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Nathan Sorenson Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Finally, the first full 3D simulation of Canada's national sport. Often called "shuffleboard on ice", curling is a game of strategy where teams slide stones down a long stretch of ice in an attempt to land them as close as possible to a bullseye target. If you didn't watch the 2002 Winter Olympics, go rent the movie "Men With Brooms", then you'll understand.Take-out Weight Curling features team creation, tournament play, variable ice conditions, a choice of national or international rules, and even Gamespy supported internet play. |
| Taxi Challenge: Berlin | 2002 | hemming GmbH | Blimb Entertainment GmbH | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Taxi Challenge Berlin is very similar in concept to Crazy Taxi. The gameplay is nearly identical, except that in Taxi Challenge Berlin you must play 21 missions before getting the 3/5/10 minute runs.You are a taxi driver in Berlin, the German capital, and you need to get money. So you drive around on the (more or less) authentic streets of Berlin, and when you see a pedestrian with a colored Euro (€) sign above his head, you can stop next to him and pick him up. He will tell you where he wants to go, and you drive him there. To get orientation, you have a large arrow which points in the right direction as well as a (very small) map. |
| Taxi Challenge: London | 2002 | Hemming AG | Blimb Entertainment GmbH | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | There are rumours that a competition called the "London Challenge" is soon going to take place, in order to determine who is the best taxi driver in the British capital. In this quasi-sequel to Taxi Challenge Berlin, players start by choosing a traditional Black Cab or one of three sports cars, and then try picking up passengers around town and driving them to their destinations as quickly as possible.London is divided into four districts, which are visited in turn. In each district, players will work one shift in the morning, at daytime, in the evening rush hour, and at night. Each time of day has a different amount of street traffic and pedestrians looking for cabs. For the final shifts, the whole city is opened up. Players can unlock three additional cars, timed challenge modes, as well as a free cruising mode.Various power-ups hidden throughout the city provide turbo boosts, a cannon, a jumping ability, or repair the car. Hooligans throw empty beer bottles at taxicabs, and two kinds of special passengers, well hidden in secret corners of the city, pay extra when delivered to their destinations on time. In multiplayer mode, up to 8 players can compete for customers, with the ability to steal passengers out of an enemy's cab if they are driving too slow. |
| Taz: Wanted | 2002 | Infogrames, Inc. | Blitz Games Ltd | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The devious Yosemite Sam has captured Taz and locked him up as a circus animal and is planning to turn Taz's beloved homeland into a amusement park.But then Taz successfully escapes from the clutches of Sam and once again is going on the rampage to stop Sam's plans for his homeland.Blast your way through 15 different levels, each of which can be destroyed using spin, bounce and burp attacks.
You can get foods such as mage hot chili and soda to aid your mission of vengeance against Sam. |
| Tetris 4000 | 2002 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tetris 4000 is a 3D remake of Tetris. Some new bonuses such as the bombs, big blocks, rubber balls and others. Game options include popular music of your choice and various game backgrounds. |
| The Adventures of Little Miss Scatterbrain | 2002 | EMME Interactive SA | Hyptique | Educational | | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | The Adventures of Little Miss Scatterbrain is one in a series of Mr. Men and Little Miss games for young children. This title chronicles some of the adventures of the eponymous character as well as several of her friends. The game starts off in a morning without a sunrise. Scatterbrain and her friends are on the case to figure out why the sun didn't come up and to rectify the situation. This is the lead-in to a series of mini-games and other unrelated storylines involving the gang. Examples of the mini-games include capturing fireflies in a Whack-a-Mole-style game in order to provide a temporary light source; locating a magic book simply by the sound it makes when touched; identifying the happiest person in town (as a magic spell depends on them); and searching the town to find ingredients for a thief-catching spell. |
| The Adventures of Mr. Tickle | 2002 | EMME Interactive SA | Hyptique | Educational | | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | The Adventures of Mr. Tickle is one in a series of Mr. Men and Little Miss games for young children. This title chronicles some of the adventures of the eponymous character as well as several of his friends. The game begins with the characters slowly recognizing that all is not right with the world around them. Colors are all mixed up. Birds are mooing, and other animals have spontaneously started speaking Chinese. Tickle and his friends are on the case to figure out what is going on and to rectify the situation. This is the lead-in to a series of mini-games and other unrelated storylines involving the gang. Examples of the mini-games include using a spray can to color correct different things, such as trees, sheep and the sun.
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| The Earth Lords | 2002 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Tactical RPG | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The Earth Lords is a classic single-character dungeon crawling RPG. It has a complex character system with 9 races and 9 classes to choose from, 22 skills to invest points into, and 40 equipment slots. The game's design makes good use of non-combat skills, with swimming allowing the player to cross water, climbing allowing the player to get to places he can't get to without it, and architecture allowing the player to move through solid walls. The game also features, unusually for an RPG, enemy infighting similar to DOOM or Quake. |
| The Island | 2002 | Shadowed Mist Games | Shadowed Mist Games | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Island is a platform game. On each level the player need to lead the protagonist to the exit, avoiding spikes and bouncing sheep that take away the protagonist's health points. The protagonist can shoot in four directions but ammo is limited. Health and ammo can be replenished through pickups. On some levels the player must defeat a boss. |
| The Little Raven & Friends: The Tricycle Story | 2002 | Tivola International, LLC | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Little Raven and Friends: The Tricycle Story is based on a series of children's books by author Nele Moost and illustrator Annet Rudolph.When Little Raven happens upon Eddy Bear's bike, he wonders aloud what it is like to ride, and he just can't resist the temptation to hop on and take it for a spin. Well, the inevitable happens - he crashes into a tree, scattering tricycle parts everywhere! Even though he'd like to blame it on the tree, deep down he knows it's all his fault. Being a little worried about consequences, however, he needs help deciding whether or not he should lie to Eddy Bear. After all, Eddy's going to be really mad...Thus begins the first of several such decisions the player must help Little Raven make in this game; weighing questions about whether to help out a friend even though he's "too busy", whether to stop and refill a bug jar he knocked over, whether to share his cookies, even though that means there will be less for him, and others. The player is asked to make a yes or no choice in each instance, and if he makes a "bad" one, Little Raven is sent immediately to the Time-Out Cave - a hollowed out tree where he must sit and reconsider the choices. A good decision at this point will bring him right back into the game.The player's goal now is to collect all the parts to Eddy Bear's tricycle by visiting Raven's friends, some of whom are not entirely willing to give up their precious finds and will require some form of assistance or encouragement by way of mini-games:
Shell Game - in order to win the horn back from Mole the player must correctly find the shell without the cookie underneath it.
Weights - The player must drag and drop parts to make weights for Wild Boar, so he'll give up the tricycle wheels he's currently using.
Beetles - Rabbit is willing to give up the seat he's about to make into a skateboard, but first the player has to round up a jarful of beetles Little Raven has knocked over.
Glasses - The player must pick Owl's glasses out of a heap of like-patterned things, then drag them over a blurry window to see the tricycle pedals.
Memory Game - Badger will help find the handlebars if Little Raven will explain how to play concentration; the player demonstrates.
Flag - Sheep will give up the foxtail decoration if the player finds him a very specific flag to replace it.
Cheese - Mouse has the tail lights, and will turn them over in exchange for some help pushing a big chunk of cheese into his larder.Actions are performed with the mouse - point, click, and drag. In some games the cursor becomes a grasping paw - to collect beetles and to make the weights. The cheese-pushing game is played using the four arrow keys to move the miniature Raven.When all the parts are collected and the tricycle reassembled, there is a final racing game where the player can speed up or slow down using the mouse buttons, as well as move side to side to avoid bushes.
This game is suggested for 3 years old and up - the questions it poses are universal, dealing with honesty, generosity, consequences and peer relations.
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| The Powerpuff Girls Learning Challenge #1: Mojo Jojo's Clone Zone | 2002 | Learning Company, The | Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Powerpuff Girls Learning Challenge #1: Mojo Jojo's Clone Zone is an educational game in which players help the titular Powerpuff Girls stop Mojo Jojo and his army of clones, alongside other villains, from rampaging across the city of Townsville. This is done through various learning-based minigames, such as Skyscraper Chaser, where Blossom must choose the correct number to complete an equation, or Letterbugs, where Bubbles must spell out the word said by The Talking Dog. |
| The Three Stooges: Digitally Remastered Edition | 2002 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | Cinemaware Corporation, Oxygen Media | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Three Stooges: Digitally Remastered Edition is a "Remastered" version of the classic Cinemaware game The Three Stooges with new graphics and sound, ported to 32-bit Windows while retaining the original gameplay.In The Three Stooges, you play the three dudes Moe, Curly and Larry who want to save an old woman's orphanage from the evil banker who wants to take it away. They need to get $5000 in the next 30 days or the orphanage is gone. To achieve that aim, they can do diverse activities - like prizefighting, participating in a radio quiz, serving pies or eating oysters. |
| The Trials of Odysseus Kent | 2002 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Odysseus Kent, an odd little fellow is searching for the Lost Treasure of Randolph McBoing (all based on a map he got from a shadowy guy at the bus stop). Equipped with a trusty shovel and treasure map, the would-be treasure hunter braves the cold and darkness to the supposed site where the treasure lies...at the cemetery in the courtyard of the local church. Suddenly out of the darkness, a mysterious figure appears with a cursing eye! Just his luck, he's caught red-handed by the local priest...Oh, well. Now, he has to find access the hard way, since the priest isn't hiring any novice grave diggers.Another freeware game by Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw is a small but humorous adventure game similar to the likes of Monkey Island (you'll notice the resemblance when our hero talks). The game, like most 3rd Person adventure games, consists of action buttons which you use to interact with your surrounding. Simple as it is, it has your standard Look, Use, Talk, Inventory features. |
| The Wiggles: Yule Be Wiggling | 2002 | HIT Entertainment PLC | | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The Wiggles: Yule Be Wiggling is video from the Australian children's band The Wiggles. The DVD contains the main show "Yule Be Wiggling" along with many bonus features. When the DVD is put into a computer, two DVD-ROM games are accessible:• Decorate the Tree - A pretty self-explanatory game. The Wiggles are getting ready for the arrival of Christmas and need your help to set up the Christmas tree. Now that the tree is up, The Wiggles are allowing you to choose the decorations for the tree and put them on as you like. There are ornaments, garland, and even a star for the tree. Character portraits of certain Wiggly Friends near the tree will tell you more about them.• Captain Feathersword's Magic Christmas Buttons - Captain Feathersword's vest has many magic buttons that do various things, as seen in the show. In this game, his buttons pose as a jukebox containing some of the songs heard in the video. Some buttons offer surprises that you won't expect, but most simply play tracks from the main show.There was once a link to more games on the Wiggles website, however it just takes you to the most recent Wiggles website. The games are now down for sure, since most of the original Wiggles retired after 2012. |
| The Wild Thornberrys Movie | 2002 | THQ Inc. | Human Soft Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | The Wild Thornberrys Movie video game loosely follows the storyline of the 2002 movie of the same name. Eliza and her family travel Africa doing nature photography and videos and protecting animals from poachers. The game has three types of games: Story mode, mini-games, and multiplayer games.The primary story mode games interleave with the plot of the movie and must be played in order. First, Eliza must rescue cheetah cubs from poachers. Then, Eliza accidentally gets captured by the poacher's helicopter and must be rescued. Then, Darwin the monkey has to protect leopard cubs from poachers by beating them away with pineapples. Then, Eliza is whisked away to a British private school and Darwin stows away. She must rescue Darwin from captivity in a horse stable and escape from the school. The adventures continue after that.The game also contains 7 mini-games that players can choose at any time:
Donnie Helps Out: Donnie has to guide an elephant through a maze.
Jigsaw Puzzle: sort out a jigsaw puzzle.
Rock Painting: a painting activity.
Swimming With The Dolphins: compete against dolphins to dodge sharks and collect starfish.
Sliding Tiles: a classic sliding tile puzzle to recover a picture.
Feed The Animals: a strategy card game, competing against a poacher to feed the animals.
Car Race: race 500 miles against the poachers in another card game.Further, the game has 3 2-player multiplayer games:
Zebra Race: an all-out zebra-back race through a canyon.
Labyrinth: compete to escape a labyrinth.
Crab Racing: Guide crabs to the finish line by setting a series of arrows on the course. |
| Thirsty Nellan | 2002 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | A small treasure-hunt (of just four items) designed for play by small children, this streamlined point-and-click graphical adventure game adaptation of the venerable text adventure Nellan is Thirsty sees the protagonist (in this adaptation, Tux the Linux penguin) padding around a small complex of linked chambers seeking to retrieve objects the Banker, Mr. Klinkoyn, has misplaced. A secondary puzzle is alluded to in the title -- fetching Nellan, an enormous housecat, a bowl of cool milk... a trickier task than the fetch it may initially seem, given that a hot room lies between the milk source and the cat. A friendly rabbit, Chula, also logs an appearance and helps the player out. |
| Thunderbirds: Vault of Doom | 2002 | Europress Software Ltd. | SCi (Sales Curve Interactive) Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Thunderbirds: Vault of Doom is a single-player game which consists of a series of mini-games. The story for the game is based on an episode of the series. Lady Penelope and Parker must break into the Bank of England to test its security. They succeed and a new system is installed, however something goes wrong and the bank manager is trapped inside the vault and his oxygen is running out. Only Thunderbirds can save him!The game is played in story mode and there are differing mini-games depending on the difficulty level chosen. On the easiest setting the first mission sees Lady Penelope navigating a maze of offices through inside the Bank of England looking for the lift that will take her and Parker to the next level and ultimately to the vault. The second mission at this level has Scott flying Thunderbird One to marker beacons and extracting navigation codes for Thunderbird Two. The third mission sees Virgil landing Thunderbird Two at London airport which leads to the final puzzle that unlocks the vault. Other levels include Lady Penelope and Parker racing through the streets of London in FAB1 to get to the vault and Scott and Virgil negotiating the London underground while avoiding the Hood's robot rats.Completing the game on the any level unlocks the mini-games used in that level so that they can be played independently of the story mode, while completing the game on the hardest level unlocks the Thunderbirds Fact file and the Adventure Maker options on the main menu. Some mini-games can only be re-played if the player scored well in story mode. |
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Collector's Pack | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Apparently only released in the UK and Germany, this compilation contains:
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (base game)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege (expansion)
A Ghost Recon badge
A voucher for the Ghost Recon strategy guide
Making-of disc |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear - Black Thorn / Games Gallery | 2002 | Leadtek Research, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Leadtek bundle release includes:
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Black Thorn
Games GalleryGames Gallery includes demo versions of:
Empire Earth
IL-2 Sturmovik
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Sacrifice
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
Ballistics |
| Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry | 2002 | NewKidCo, Inc., Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | VIS Entertainment Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Fighting, Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | They've been fighting for years in on our TV screens, and now you can join in on the fight.Tom & Jerry, plus a collection of well known supporting characters from the cartoon show, are part of this all-on-all brawl, where the best use of usual household appliances and furniture can win you the game.Each level (including the Kitchen, a deck of a sailing ship and a lounge room decked out in Christmas decorations) includes a range of platforms to use to get out of the way of the firing line, and a heap of items to use in order to bash the living furball out of the enemy. Things like eggs, frying pans, chairs, bottles, roasted turkeys are all available for use in more ways then one. |
| Tomb Raider 2 for 1 Value Pack | 2002 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Tomb Raider: ChroniclesThe package includes the original documentation in PDF format on the game CD's. A level editor for Tomb Raider: Chronicles is also included. |
| Tonka Search & Rescue 2 | 2002 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. | Educational, Racing / Driving, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In the sequel to Tonka Search & Rescue players assist Tonka Joe to help protect the city in four departments: mountain rescue, water rescue, the police and the fire station. Players can visit the different departments to prepare the vehicles (cleaning, equipping, test rides) and earn certificates of achievements. The level progress and medals are stored in a central dispatch center. It also contains a number of images children can print and color.The town map acts as a central hub where the different locations are shown. When a department lights up, the player can visit it to start a mission. There are twelve missions in total and the player will control over thirteen different vehicles. The missions have the player help with traffic jams, floods, forest fires and ships in distress. They are usually presented as a mini-game where the player steers the vehicle using simple and forgiving mouse control. |
| Too C.O.O.L.: Volume 2 | 2002 | Software 2010 LLC | | Compilation, Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Too C.O.O.L.: Volume 2 is the second in a series of edutainment titles. Too C.O.O.L.: Volume 1 was about outer space so naturally Volume 2 is aimed at inner space which, in this case, means underground on planet earth. The title aims to teach kids by slipping in a bit of information along with a dose of 'cool' stuff.When loaded the CD installs it's own browser software which is then used to access its signpost based menus and ultimately the internet. The package contents are:A Jokes page which reveals a month's worth of jokes one day at time. Jokes may be retold as often as required
A 'How To' page which shows how to make a model of the earth from a styrofoam ball
A kid's browser
The Upchucks: an animated cartoon like story
A games page that has the following 'Flash' games:
Guess : in this game the player has to guess the number the computer thought of. The number is randomly generated and is between 1 and 1000. The player enters their guess and the computer responds with 'Too High!' or 'Too Low!'.
Repeat: This is a turn based "Simon says" type of game in which the player must reproduce an increasing complex sound pattern by pressing a sequence of buttons via their mouse. The player's score increases the longer they play.
Slider: is a sliding block puzzle in which the player must correctly re-arrange tiles.
Table Tennis: is a Pong-like game where the object is to keep the ball in play as long as possible.
Tucked away on a secondary menu entitled 'Other Stuff' which includes 'Contact details' and 'Privacy Policy' are demo versions of:
3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Child's Play 4 - a painting and drawing application designed for children
Goofy Golf Deluxe
Nerf Arena Blast
Sim Tunes and a colouring book game
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| Top of the Class: 3 in 1 Triple Pack | 2002 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation, Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Top of the Class - Key Stage 1 is a compilation of educational titles designed to teach five to eight year olds the basics of maths, reading and science.It consists of three titles, all of which use games to teach their subjects:It's Fun To Practice Reading Vol 2 is a re-issue of IBM's Friendly Forest Reading Club 2.
Maths Adventure Game is a re-issue of Gordi And The Math InvadersLearn All About Science is a version of Timmy and Gordi's World of ScienceThe reading title is on a CD of it's own while the remaining two titles share a disc.
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| Torawareta Garasu no Kokoro | 2002 | Teatime | Teatime | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Torawareta Garasu no Kokoro is a prequel to Hana no Hime. Unlike that disturbing second part of the story, which was about a maniac terrorizing and raping girls, the prequel is much lighter in atmosphere. This time, you play as the lawful brother of the family. Your rich father (still alive in this first part of the story) must leave his mansion for a while, and has asked you to keep an eye on the beautiful girls (relatives, maids, etc.) who live there. As you arrive, you find out that all phone lines have been disconnected, and the car is broken. So for now, you can't have any contact with the outside world and you are stuck in the mansion. You decide that it would be best to use the situation to your advantage. The goal is clear: seduce all the girls in the mansion!Torawareta Garasu no Kokoro offers free first-person navigation through the mansion grounds, rendered in full 3D. You initiate conversations by clicking on the girls who walk around the mansion. Often a conversation will lead to dialogue choices. If you play your cards correctly, you'll be able to seduce the girls. The seduction scenes allow you to freely rotate the camera around the girl. You can select various body parts from the menu and touch the girl there. Once her "pleasure meter" reaches maximum, you switch to the next, more explicit scene. |
| Totally Sports | 2002 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Demarrage: Das Spiel zur Tour!
Sports TV: Boxing!
Tennis Manager
Winter Sports: Snow Wave 2
Winter Spiele 2002
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| Totally Strategy | 2002 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following 5 games:
1193 Anno Domini: Merchants and Crusaders
Earth 2150: Lost Souls
Knights & Merchants: The Peasants Rebellion
Terra Inc.
Zeus |
| Totally Tycoon | 2002 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following five games:
Chartbuster
Airport Tycoon
Oil Tycoon
Railroad Tycoon II
Software Tycoon: Der Spielemanager |
| Tower of the Ancients | 2002 | Global Star Software Ltd. | Fiendish Games, Ltd. | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Tower of the Ancients is a falling block puzzle game where the player builds a hollow tower. Stones with different symbols on them come in from the top and the player has to place them on the circular game field. When three stones with the same symbol are placed to each other - horizontal, vertical or diagonal - the vanish and give a point each. When the tower reaches the top of the screen the player loses. The game features ten levels with basically one winning condition: earning enough points. But the higher levels also introduce restrictions, e.g. only horizontal or vertical rows count. |
| Toxic Mayhem: The Troma Project | 2002 | Troma Entertainment | Nekrosoft, ZUXXEZ Entertainment AG | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Comedy, Horror | | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Mature | Isometric | Windows | Tromaville needs You! In this turn-based, sophomoric quasi-RPG game from your friends at Troma, you take on the roles of famous Troma heroes like the Toxic Avenger and Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD in an effort to clean-up Tromaville (one Surf Nazi at a time). Find guns, shoot hookers, blow up cars, do *questionable* things with mops, and much much more! |
| Trains & Trucks Tycoon | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Virtual X-citement | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Christian Drenkard | | | | Windows | Trains & Trucks Tycoon is an economic simulation in full 3D where the player is the manager of a transport company. To make money he uses his vehicles - overall 56 different kinds including trains and trucks - to ship goods from the production place to the customers. The player has to build all streets and routes himself. There it is important to think of the complex good circuits, e.g. a car factory needs raw materials from steelworks which in turn needs coal and iron from mines.In the campaign consisting of seven missions the player recreates the history of the family Mann. For example in the first mission he builds as Charles Mann the first train between Stockton and Darlington in 1825 or later he is Bau Mann after WWII. In the nine scenarios the goal is to compete with the AI. Of course there is also a free playing mode with random maps. |
| Transfer Student | 2002 | JAST USA | JAST Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Transfer Student is an adult visual novel which, like many others, tells the story of a young man with raging hormones who spends much of his time fantasizing about girls. Unlike most other visual novel protagonists, however, this particular man is obsessed with a girl who doesn't actually exist - or so he thinks. When Shiho, a girl who he thought he had only created in his imagination, suddenly joins his school as a transfer student, our unnamed protagonist begins to question his perception of reality and vows to solve the mystery of her arrival. Meanwhile, his younger stepsister, Motoka, develops an obvious crush on him, and it becomes apparent that his friendship with the flirtatious Terumi may develop into something more.The game takes place over the course of one month (April 13th to May 13th). Each day consists of four main segments: walking to school, lunchtime, after school, and nighttime. The player has complete freedom to travel almost anywhere and talk to almost anyone within those constraints, but meeting girls will raise the player's excitement meter, which represents how sexually excited the protagonist is. In most encounters, the player can choose which part of the girl's body to look at, with some body parts filling the meter more than others. If the excitement meter is allowed to grow too high, the protagonist will have a nosebleed and pass out. Excitement can be lowered by fantasizing or masturbating, unlocking adult scenes. In typical visual novel fashion, the player can also make choices which affect the outcome of the story and ultimately which girl the protagonist ends up with. |
| Treasure Hunt: Mit dem Heli auf Schatzsuche | 2002 | New Media Agency GmbH | FAKT Software GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Treasure Hunt: Mit dem Heli auf Schatzsuche is a 2D game shown from a side view where the player has to collect gems with a helicopter and bring them back to a base. Gems are dug out from the ground using bombs and rockets, but be aware of opponents like birds, balloons, UFOs and others since they can cause the helicopter to crash. There is only a limited supply of ammo per level. A certain number of gems needs to be collected to progress to the next level. |
| Triangle Trifle | 2002 | | Longbow Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Triangle Trifle is an arcade-style puzzle game inspired by Tetris. Main difference is the shape of puzzle pieces - diamonds formed of triangles. Game's objective is to connect four or more triangles of the same color in order to "detach" them from the game level and get the highest score possible.Player moves falling shapes using arrow keys and Space bar to rotate, while the P key allows the player to pause the game. Game is over when triangles pile up and block the next shape from falling. As the player progresses through the levels, shapes fall faster to the bottom of the screen.Game is distributed in a shareware model, with 15 free plays available without registration. |
| Triptych | 2002 | Chronic Logic LLC | Chronic Logic LLC | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | This is another "drop objects and make them disappear" game (Tetris variant). The bricks are triminos with cells of different colors. When three or more cells are combined, they disappear. New triminos are falling from top of the box. The special feature of the game is the physics model. The player can push and shove the triminos, throw them, rotate them, etc. |
| Trump 1 | 2002 | Daiso Sangyo Inc. | | Simulation | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Trump 1 is a straightforward compilation of three card games. All three games are four-player games played against three CPU opponents. The included games are:
Daifugō, or Grand Millionaire, a well-known Japanese card game. The player's goal is to empty their hand as fast as possible while playing cards of a higher value than the previous player.Napoleon, in which players are dealt five cards and then bet on how many tricks they believe they can make.Page One, a Japanese variant of Crazy Eights.
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| Tsarevna: A Medieval Russia Quest | 2002 | Yavsoft | Yavsoft | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Bob Bisquit is an American on a quest to win the heart of a beautiful Russian princess. Only the one who will find Tsarevna's real name can marry her, and thus Bob's journey begins.Tsarevna is a puzzle-solving point-and-click adventure game, with cartoon-like 2D graphics reminiscent of the first two Monkey Island games and other adventure titles of the early nineties.Puzzle solving is not the only aspect coming into picture in this game; players also get to take a look at life of a medieval Russian city (based on true historical facts!).
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| Ttris | 2002 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Sherwood Media S.L. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Simple Tetris clone that basically copies the setup of all the levels presents in the arcade version.The game is divided into separate stages (the action isn't continuous, like in the computer versions - each level starts from zero). The player must clear 12 lines to pass to an higher level.The game hasn't any configuration option with the exception of the game music (the player can choose between play with one of the two pieces of music offered by the program or play without music). |
| Tyujiro | 2002 | CnC Darkside | CnC Darkside | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Tyujiro is a freeware game where the player takes on the role of an angry little mouse that defeats enemies by setting bombs or the mouse can simply jump over them. The game features four different stages with end bosses and different themes. |
| US Racer | 2002 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | A clandestine group has been organizing illegal street races in the USA for more than 50 years. What started as a fun event has grown into an annual contest for cash and glory. Only six are given a chance to prove their worth.USA Racer contains 11 tracks in different locations across the USA. Players can race in cities such as Los Angeles, New York or Washington DC or can take part in a race through the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone. Next to Time Trial and Single Race, the Tournament is the main event. It has been split up in three sections: Park Trial, City Trial and US Race. After completing a section, the next one is opened up.The tracks contain obstacles and jumps. Enemies will try to push other cars off the road, and the police also make an appearance. Scattered around the tracks are power-ups that repair the car, provide boost or cash. The money can be used to upgrade the car, repair it or buy boost prior to the race. After completing an entire tournament with a certain car, an alternate vehicle becomes available for that character.In the Windows version two-player duels are available over LAN or TCP/IP. Players can either go head-to-head or play a game of Cop vs. Racer. |
| Ubi Soft Games Pack | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ubi Soft Games Pack is a compilation of three games:
Speed Challenge: Jacques Villeneuve's Racing Vision (one disc)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (two discs)
The Sum of All Fears (one disc) |
| Ultimate Casino 3 Pack | 2002 | Game Mill Publishing, Inc. | Beachware, Inc. | Compilation, Gambling, Strategy | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Although the packaging would have you believe this a a compilation of three casino gambling games, it is in fact not. The "Ultimate Casino 3 Pack" depicts three game boxes on the cover: "Casino Games", "Vegas Slot City", and "Casino Table Games". Unfortunately, none of these games really exist.A better title for this package would be "Slot Machine 2 Pack". It's actual contents are the slot machine games Slot City and Casino!. Both titles are budget games from Beachware produced in 1998. The former is a collection of 120 virtual slot machines, the latter six slots along with a video blackjack machine, video keno, and two video poker machines. Any implication that there are table games in this package (such as the Roulette wheel on the box cover, the reference to dealing cards in the ad blurb, or even the phony "Casino Table Games" box) is purely coincidental.
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| Ultimate Pinball | 2002 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Antidote Entertainment | Action, Compilation, Simulation | Top-down | | Horror | Arcade, Pinball | Historical events, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Ultimate Pinball is a series of 20 different pinball tables which run from separate executables from the launcher. They are grouped by the following categories:
Space
Parallel Universe
UFO
Space Ranger
Project Zero
Historic
Dino Adventure
First Flight
Man on the Moon
Civil War
Monster
Sorceress
Ghost
Shark Attack
Skulls
Sports
Raw Speed
Hockey
Hunting
Fishing
Places
San Francisco
Egypt
Paris
New York
The tables themselves run on the Balls of Steel game engine. Like that game, each of these pinball tables is presented in an overhead view with a "dot pixel" display at the bottom of the screen which relays the player's score, messages and bonuses. The "goal" of each table varies with the theme but generally the player is expected to shoot & ricochet their pinball into specific places in specific orders. The player's controls are to move the paddle on the left, move the paddle on the right, launch a new ball and "tilt" (shake) the pinball machine. |
| Ultra FlexBall 2000 | 2002 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ultra FlexBall 2000 is a Breakout-style game. The levels are grouped in episodes of various lengths and feature a very large variety of different bricks for the player to destroy. Most of them only differ from one another cosmetically, though there are plenty of bricks and objects with different properties. Teleporters, exploding bricks, indestructible bricks, bricks that fling the ball in a certain direction, and so on. Many different power-ups are present to aid the player in clearing the various boards. A level editor is included with the game. With it players can create their own episodes of however many boards they want to include within each. |
| Under Ash | 2002 | Dar al Fikr | Afkar Media | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Historical events | | | | | | Windows | Under Ash is a 3d shooter set in Israeli/Arab disputed territories (Judea and Samaria, also known as the "West Bank") during the first "Intifada", a series of violent riots between Palestinian Arabs and the Israeli Army between 1989 and 1993. Based on several real life accounts of Intifada participants, you take the role of the young Palestinian Arab named Ahmad from East Jerusalem, who has to fight Israeli soldiers in various real-life locations, including Jerusalem, Hebron, and Abraham's Tomb (Machpela Cave). Starting with rocks and slings you'll eventually be able to steal a few weapons and oppose the superiorly equipped Israeli army while still relying on guerrilla tactics. |
| Up Yours | 2002 | Megaware Multimedia B.V. | Kedamonoware | Action, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Up Yours is a simple game where you have to keep a ball in the air for as long as possible. The game is entirely played with the mouse. You have to hit the ball with the mouse cursor to make it go upwards. The harder you hit the ball, the faster it will go. For every hit you get one point. However if you are fast you will gain several points per hit. Once the ball hits the ground you'll have to start over from the beginning. The game has three levels. The first one is available from the start, but the other two are unlocked by earning 50 or 100 points respectively. |
| V8 Challenge | 2002 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Digital Illusions CE AB | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Oceania | Automobile | Direct control | | | | Windows | The game is, as can be understood from the title, a V8 racing simulation. You as a member of a team of pilots race against the other teams. They include Holden Racing Team, Ozemail Racing, Castrol Perkins Racing, Big Kev Racer and more... It has most of the tracks of the original race like Bathurst, Adelaide, Queensland, Melbourne and some others. Also supports multiplayer LAN and play over Internet. There are even some bonus tracks for those who finish the game. |
| VIP | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Shanghai UBIsoft Computer Software Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting, Mini-games, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | V.I.P. is based on the TV series of the same name. V.I.P. is a bodyguard agency that protects its clients in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles. Pamela Anderson stars as Vallery Irons, the boss of the Vallery Irons Protection bodyguard agency.In the game, the player controls one of the V.I.P. bodyguards (Vallery Irons, Tasha Dexter, Nikki Franco, Quick Williams, Johnny Loh), in a mission to rescue a plastic surgeon from LA's most famous mobster. In addition to the main story, the game includes more than 10 minigames.The player controls his character simply by pressing the number 1-4 keys (in the Windows version) in correct order; this will control the character to kick or hit opponents. Sometimes the player can use the mouse for shooting enemies. After completing a mission, the player can unlock video clips or photos in the photo gallery. The game can be saved only after completing each mission. |
| Val d'Isère Ski Park Manager | 2002 | Microïds | Lankhor | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Val d'Isère Ski Park Manager is a management game in which you are the boss of a ski resort. You start from the ground up with just some cash and are expected to open a ski resort, make some money, expand your park, perform maintenance and keep all visitors safe and happy. You can perform research for new buildings and equipment and have to hire personnel to work in your resort. You can draw your own ski slopes on the map and assign a colour to them to indicate their skill challenge. Buildings you build include chalets, tourist offices, diners, ski lifts, etc.The game comes with thirty scenarios, which can all be played in 3 difficulty settings. |
| Vampire Hurts | 2002 | EXE-CREATE Ltd. | EXE-CREATE Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | Romance | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Vampire Hurts is a role-playing game based around Touma, last child to the human race, who becomes involved with the beautiful vampiress Stella. The game is displayed using a bird's-eye view. It has voice-acting in Japanese, puzzle solving and a real-time battle system. |
| Vampiromania | 2002 | Organizações Globo SA, Pi Editora Ltda. | Green Land Studios | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Vampiromania is a game that mixes action and role-playing, where the player controls 3 personages individually - Teodor, Petru and Ecaterina - who possess different characteristics. Teodor is a strong man who fights with his hands and protects the group with his shield. Petru, the boy, uses his sling to attack the enemies and Ecaterina is a fast woman with good kicking abilities.The objective of the group is to find the terrible Vlad Tepes and to destroy him. Three types of different enemy creatures exist during the game: vampires, buzz and ghosts. |
| VeggieTales: The Mystery of Veggie Island | 2002 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Mini-games, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | VeggieTales: The Mystery of Veggie Island is a game for children based on VeggieTales, a US series of children's computer animated television shows, videos, and feature films. In this game three veggie kids are going on a camping trip on a Veggie Island with Larry the Cucumber and Bob the Tomato as their guides. Junior Asparagus and his friends have to earn three Cub Sprout merit badges by participating in activities presented as mini-games. Examples are launching acorns at squirrels with slingshots, moving over lily pads to retrieve a hat while avoiding frogs, fishing for special items while avoiding ducks, getting rabbits to move inside a hole, rolling baby moles to get them back to their mother while avoiding passing turtles and so on. Eventually the kids must solve the riddle of Mr. Nezzer's ancestor to find a way off the island.The characters are moved between fixed-screen environments. After earning a merit badge (e.g. aiming, climbing etc.), the kids need to return to the camping site and talk to Bob to receive their merit badge. Some parts of the island are unlocked until the proper badge is earned, so that way there is somewhat of an adventure element with small puzzles. For instance Socrates the parrot can only be found by climbing a tree through the many branches presented as platforms or a cave entrance can only be located after earning the climbing badge. Certain items can be picked up and they are stored in a backpack. The characters can be moved around freely with some exploration and players are not forced to follow a linear path through scenes. A treasure map shows all available locations. Certain items in the environment can be clicked just to see a funny animation.There is a section with sing-along songs called Silly Campfire Songs with Larry. The game has parental controls through a password protected virtual egg timer that can be used to limit the playtime. |
| Versailles II: Testament of the King | 2002 | Jean‑Martial Lefranc, Philippe Ulrich | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | Grégoire Valayer | | | | Windows | The sequel is set 14 years after events of previous game. Now is 1699 and the game opens against the background of the imminent death of Charles II of Spain. You are a young nobleman, who want to join foreign affairs office at French court with only goal: return to your beloved Elvira, who lives in Spain. But it is not simple, so during the game you have to raise your rank and become an assistant of Minister of Foreign Affairs. You have to do a different tasks, for example, make a tour for Spanish ambassador and correctly answer his questions or arrest German countess. Finally you must help France to get the Spanish throne from Germany. |
| Virtua Tennis | 2002 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Hitmaker | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Virtua Tennis is a tennis game in which it is possible to control one of eight licensed players and uncover the secret stars. As well as the traditional arcade mode, you can play in the exhibition mode, with four-player action via doubles play.Once you've mastered those modes, take on the world in the world circuit mode, with unique training games, different challenges, and shops to buy clothing, equipment, stages, and playing partners. |
| Vortiball | 2002 | | Longbow Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Vortiball is an action arcade game where the player controls Vort (the ball) to complete fixed-screen levels and collect the required number of coins. Money is required to open the exit gate indicated in the HUD on the right side of the screen. Vort is constantly moving, so only the arrow keys are used to determine the direction.There are two enemies in the game: traps and ghost balls. The first kills Vort immediately, while the second causes Vort to lose money. Vort can pick up power-ups that provide protection against traps or kill the ghost balls.The game is distributed as shareware and the unregistered version allows for ten games only. |
| Världsmästarna | 2002 | Nordic Softsales AB | Great Circle Interactive Television | Educational, Strategy | | Licensed | | Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | Världsmästarna, or Conquest as the English title is, is a quiz show originally broadcasted in Norway and Sweden. The show was later translated into a PC/Mac game with the same name. In the game there are two teams, one red and one green, both player controlled. The game is played on a map of the world, and the target for each team is to conquer the world by answering to questions from different continents. On the map each continent has a couple of rings, each representing a question. The questions come in five different topics i.e. sports or history. The topic is decided by using a dice, and after that you choose your continent. After reading the question you will come to a map of the chosen continent. Here you have to move a ring to the the place on the map where you think the answer is. The size of the ring can be changed and this determines the amount of points you'll get.When all questions for a continent has been used, another dice is introduced. This has the different continents, and if you get the right one you can buy it. The team with most continents when all has been conquered wins the game. |
| Wall Breaker | 2002 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Wall Breaker is a Breakout variant. Before playing, you can select the overall speed of the ball, between 100 and 130%. You can also choose between two difficulty levels: normal or difficult.With the arrow keys you move the paddle and have to destroy all the blocks to pass to the next level. The game features special balls (fire or diamond balls) and different types of blocks: exploding, gold, indestructible blocks or blocks filled with water. Two players can compete at the same time; each one has its own paddle and ball, and loses energy if a ball hits the paddle of the opponent.Sound effects and music (which is played from audio tracks) can be toggled in the menu screen. |
| Wan Wan Umi Monogatari: PachiPara PC DX | 2002 | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Wan Wan Umi Monogatari is a pachinko simulation game, part of Irem's long-running Pachinko Paradise series. It is a stripped-down port of the PlayStation release Shinsō Kaiten!! Wan Wan Umi Monogatari: Sanyō Pachinko Paradise DX, featuring two of the three machines from the original release: CR Umi Monogatari 3R and CR Wan Wan Paradise SK. |
| War Train: Normandie 1944 | 2002 | ASYLUM Games | ASYLUM Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | World War II | Train | | Real-time | | | Windows | War Train Normandie 1944 is a third-person action game, set in WW II. You are Allied agent Steven Miller and are fleeing on a train in Normandy. With the on-board guns, you have to take out attackers such as tanks, infantry and planes. |
| WarBirds III | 2002 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | iEntertainment Network | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation, Naval / watercraft, Tank, Vehicular combat | | Persistent, Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | WarBirds III is a version of the venerable online flight simulation, WarBirds, winner "Online Game of the Year" by numerous publications over several years. WarBirds III (Fighter Pilot Academy) is a store ready version of the game with several offline and online enhancements that match the major 3.0 revision of the game.The most prominent enhancement is extremely updated graphics and terrain. Plane models are much more detailed both inside and out. Special effects like tracers and explosions are also present and more detailed than in previous versions of the game. The terrain is modeled from satellite data as well.New in this version is a more detailed offline training mode, called the Fighter Pilot Academy, that will help get new players acquainted with the game. While there are some other notable game changes, the online version of WarBirds is still similar, featuring great plane physics, historical scenarios, and tanks and ships to engage. |
| Warlords | 2002 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | Creature Labs Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | Fantasy | | Gary Buckley | | Everyone | | Windows | This game allows you to play two different versions of the Atari arcade classic, Warlords. One faithfully emulates the four-player cocktail cabinet version, complete with cabinet art and buttons framing the action. The second version, "Warlords Updated," offers 32-bit graphics with themes that advance through time as you advance through levels. The sound is improved, background music is offered, and a floating power-up with thirteen different effects -- both helpful and hindering -- provides an alternative target. Network play is supported, where in the classic version multiplayer means sharing the same keyboard. |
| Weihnachtsquiz für Schulkinder | 2002 | | | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The school children version of Weihnachtsquiz.In this Christmas quiz your task is to answer 20 questions (in a game) about the Christmas time. Get points by selecting the correct answer and additional points by answering fast (before the bonus point timer counts down). The ten best players can make it into the highscore.Unlike the original version, this version has only four possible answers and helps learning by revealing the correct answer if selected the wrong one. |
| Where's the Blanket Charlie Brown? | 2002 | Tivola Publishing, Inc. | Web Production, The | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Linus' blanket is missing and it's up to you and the Peanuts gang to track it down. Play the game in 3rd Person environment either as Charlie Brown or Lucy. Snoopy will always be there to hep through educational puzzles and mini games.The player will explore different locations such as Charlie Brown's Home, Magic Show, Super Market, Library, Computer Camp, Garden and various other locations to find the missing blanket.The title also features many other activities such as drawing or colouring. |
| Who is Oscar Lake? | 2002 | Language Publications Interactive, Inc. | Jersey Cow Software | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Who is Oscar Lake? is a point-and-click adventure game with FMV sequences that aims to teach a foreign language. Several versions are available, both for the language to be learned (e.g. German, Spanish and French), and the learner's mother tongue.The player assumes the role of a traveller to a foreign country, and is accused of stealing a priceless diamond. The police thinks the player is Oscar Lake, a notorious thief, and only through thorough investigations and interactive conversations can his innocence be proven. All conversations are in the foreign language, and have several options that lead to a different outcome and eventually different endings. The game has over 1200 vocabulary words.Built-in tools like a dictionary provide help for the player, and it is possible to record voices and listen to native speakers pronounce words and phrases. |
| Wielki podbój | 2002 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Wielki podbój is a real-time strategy game. It is based around gathering resources, the construction of buildings, buying units and commanding them against the enemy. There are 12 types of units and 15 types of buildings and providing them with electricity also has to be taken into account. Command armes is similar to early entries in the Command & Conquer series. The game had 2D graphics and contains five missions. |
| Willowbrook Stables: The Saddle Club | 2002 | Infogrames, Inc. | IR Gurus Interactive Pty Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Willowbrook Stables: The Saddle Club is the same game as Willowbrook Stables: Search for the Golden Horseshoes. The only difference is that this version is re-branded based on the license of The Saddle Club, an Australian children's television series. The characters are redesigned so the player can choose to play as Carole, Stevie, or Lisa from the TV series. |
| Witchcraft: Hexenjagd durch magische Welten! | 2002 | Data Becker GmbH & Co. KG | Brainfactor Entertainment KFT | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Fighting | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Witchcraft is an action game. You play as a witch and fly with your broom through the spooky caves and forests of Darkhorn in the 17 levels included. 11 spells and a number of power-ups help you to defeat enemies such as bats, kobolds, spiders, dragons and evil wizards. 5 Bosses need to be defeated. The background story is told via comic panels. |
| WordUp | 2002 | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In WordUp, the player's task is to create words using the letters on your play-field. The longer the word is, the more points the player gets. Unlike in a Scrabble game, all the letters have the same fixed value: 250 per any three-letter-word, plus 250 for each additional letter.At the beginning of a game, players are presented with a 6x6 letter playfield, combining letters to form words horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Once a valid word has been formed, the WordUp button will highlight. When the word is sent, it will disappear and the letters used will be replaced by new random letters. The player must combine words worth a certain amount of points per level; if successful, the player proceeds to the next level.The game offers three different game modes: Arcade, Strategy, and Vanilla. The Strategy mode offers unlimited time for each level, while introducing power-ups and hazards. Arcade mode is played against the clock, which is reset at the beginning of each stage. If the player fails to reach the required amount of points within the time limit, the game is over. The following power-ups are included in the game: multipliers (2x, 3x, and 5x; will multiply the points obtained from creating a word), random vowels (A, E, I, O, U, Y; the power-up will cycle through each of these), random consonants (L, M, N, R, S, T; will also cycle), and wild tiles (works as a wildcard/joker). The multipliers appear in the top horizontal row and will then sink down, one row every few seconds, and eventually disappear unless the player picks them up. For the cycling power-ups, the player must rapidly stop the cycle with a mouse click to select a desired letter. In addition to the power-ups, there are also hazards in the game. The following hazards are included: firecrackers (will destroy the eight direct adjacent tiles), bombs (will destroy the 24 direct adjacent tiles), TNT (will destroy the entire playfield), and walls (will hinder the player to create words).The Vanilla mode is the same as Strategy, with the exception of a unique item that will, after clicking on it, rotate all eight adjacent tiles 45° counterclockwise (one tile to the left).
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| Worlds of Billy 2 | 2002 | Global Star Software Ltd. | IAV Cyberwox s.r.o., InterActive Vision A/S | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Worlds of Billy 2 is a simple 2D platformer, with strong inspiration from Lode Runner.
A young boy, Billy, has a problem with his imagination. In his dreams he is in magic worlds, that he has to travel across and fight against imaginary enemies. For this Billy has to dig holes, wait for enemies, and when creature falls into the hole, Billy can bury it. When Billy defeats all enemies he can go to a teleport. The young hero can't jump, only climb on ladder.Ten different worlds are waiting for the player, for example a pirate island and a spaceship. |
| Worms Triple Pack | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Along with a demo of Worms Blast, Worms Triple Pack contains full versions of three Worms games:
Worms 2
Worms Armageddon
Worms World Party |
| Xin Jianxia Qingyuan | 2002 | Kingsoft Corp. | Kingsoft Corp. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | During the late years of Song Dynasty in China (12th century), the ambition of the northern Manchu-like Jin nation to invade the rich empire became too strong. The situation was worsened by the corruption of Chinese minister, such as Qing Gui, who was one of the most prominent politicians who betrayed his country. You play as a young man named Dugu Jian, the best pupil of the school Hengshan. His father was a famous swordsman who was betrayed by his best friend, Zhang Feng and was killed. Dugu Jian begins a quest for personal revenge, which only becomes stronger because of his desire to protect China from the Jin invaders.Xin Jianxia Qingyuan is a remake of an older Chinese-made role-playing game. This version features isometric pre-rendered backgrounds with small 3D characters, and point-and-click interface with highlighted persons and objects, similar to Baldur's Gate series. The combat is action-based. The player has to click on the enemy to attack physically, or cast spells in real time by pressing one of the previously assigned quick buttons. In standard RPG fashion, the protagonist receives experience points by defeating foes, gaining levels and becoming stronger. |
| Xorb | 2002 | | Batfish Studios Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Xorb is a one or two player, arcade style puzzle game.There's an odd story behind this game concerning an ark or zoo adrift in space and saving aliens from the clutches of Tnargent Grix all of which leads to a game which looks superficially a little like a side scrolling Tetris clone.
Xorb it seems needs to save cute little aliens, called xeo, by matching up three or more of them. A level starts with some xeos trapped in an energy grid. Xorb can add new xeo to this grid hopefully forming groups of identical xeo as he/she/it does so. When three or more identical xeo matched up they are freed from the grid and disappear somewhere scoring points as they go. There is a catch however, just forming groups is not enough, at least one xeo of the group must be in the end column nearest to Xorb.
Each level is timed, at the far end of the game area is the 'electroNet' and should a line of xeo become so long that it touches the net then it's game over. The timing element is introduced by periodically moving the 'electroNet' closer to Xorb so that eventually there's no room for any xeo in the grid at all.
The game has three levels of difficulty and is entirely keyboard controlled. In later levels 'special' xeo appear to further complicate the game, these include clouds, eggs and asteroidsThe two player game is a head to head, split screen game with the top player playing a left to tight game while the lower player plays right to left. The game includes an option allowing the player to construct and name their own levels
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| Xplosiv Top 10 | 2002 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Xplosiv Top 10 is a compilation of 10 games of different genres, previously released separately on the Xplosiv budget label. Most games have patches and a digital manual included. The box comprises the following games:Combat Chess
International Cricket Captain 2000
Panzer Dragoon
Pro Pinball: The Web
SEGA Touring Car Championship (as SEGA Touring Cars)
SEGA Worldwide Soccer
Sonic 3D
Sonic R
Virtua Cop 2
Virtua Fighter 2 |
| Yoho ahoy | 2002 | BBC Worldwide Ltd. | Absolute Studios | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Yoho Ahoy is a collection of mini-games made for very young children. It is one of a series of games based on BBC television programmes for young children. The Yohos are knitted and cloth puppets who crew a pirate ship. All the games are simple, played with the mouse and use big pictures and bright colours. There is sound and voice acting but, in keeping with the TV programme the actors just say the words 'Yoho' and 'Ahoy' in a variety of intonations and combinations. One feature of the game is that the in-game titles and text that the children will see have no capital letters, not even for character's names.The mini games contained in this product are:
Look with Bilge: In this game the player looks through Bilge's telescope and clicks the cursor when they've spotted a Yoho. This brings up another screen in which there are four short animations to play.
Mops with Poop: Poop's job is to keep the decks clean. The cat knocks over his bucket spilling dirty water everywhere and captain Grog wants the mess cleaned up. The player moves Poop around by positioning the mouse cursor and clicking, Poop then skates to that point, he has scrubbing brushes tied to his feet, cleaning up any mess he comes across along the way.
Bubbles with Cutlass: It's night time and Poop is asleep on the deck beside his bucket after a hard day's work. He's snoring and as he snores his breath blows bubbles from the soapy water. The player uses the mouse to target these bubbles which Cutlass pops with a pea shooter.
Toot with Swab: This is a musical game. Booty plays the organ and the other members of the crew stand by with two part-full bottles each. By clicking on the bottles the player can make a tune.
Chairs with Grog: This is a game of musical chairs. The player selects their character which joins others dancing around some chairs. The music stops when Grog clangs his pot, that's the player's cue to point the mouse at the chairs and click rapidly to move their Yoho to the chairs before the others.
Paint with Booty: This is a fairly standard picture making game for kids. Pictures are made bu clicking on shapes and then positioning them on the 'paper'. Two things make this one that little bit different. The first is that the Yohos are present in both front and side on view. The second is an animation button which makes any characters in the picture do a little dance.
Boing with Jones: Jones' tools are out of his reach. The player uses the mouse to control Jones so that he/she can jump around on a pogo stick to reach them, the longer the mouse button is held down the higher Jones jumps.All games start with a short animation and, apart from 'Look with Bilge' and 'paint with Booty' they can be played in both an easy and a hard setting; for example in 'Boing with Jones' the tools must be collected before the pogo stick breaks while in 'Chairs with Grog' the hard setting means the other Yohos move faster.The game has explanations for each game available within the game and a full manual can be accessed from the main menu - this opens in a separate browser window. |
| Yuki Hotaru | 2002 | Teatime | Teatime | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | In this game, the player controls a successful doctor who left his quiet hometown for Tokyo. There, he had a successful career at the central hospital, which made him forget his past life in the province. However, an inexplicable desire to return overcomes him, so he takes the next train to his hometown. He finds that many things have changed. Other people are living in his former house. His old lovers have a new life. Little children have turned into pretty young girls. Some people remember him and not everyone is happy about him leaving the town and moving to Tokyo. Now, the doctor wants to establish good relationship with the female inhabitants of the town... which for him, can only mean one thing.Yuki Hotaru plays like a traditional Japanese adventure game, without exploration, puzzles, etc. Text boxes are displayed on top of 3D images or pre-rendered backgrounds. The seduction of the girls does not depend much on the hero's actions (even though the player is required to make decisions from time to time). Once in the seduction mode, the player is able to physically interact with the girl, by placing, clicking, and dragging the mouse button to imitate actual movements (for example, unbutton a shirt, caress a body part, etc.). |
| Zenobi Adventures CD | 2002 | Zenobi Software | | Adventure, Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A collection of all games that were published by Zenobi Software for the ZX Spectrum. They are Spectrum memory images, to be ran with any emulator for any CD-capable system. As the games are text-based, they will run smoothly on almost all emulators.The games on the CD include:
39 Steps
A Harvesting Moon
A Legacy for Alaric
A Stroll in the Bleak Forest
Agatha's Folly
All in a Day's Work
An Everyday Tale of a Seeker of Gold
April 7th
Arnold the Adventurer
Arnold the Adventurer II
Arnold the Adventurer III
Aunt Velma is Coming to Tea
Aurascope
Aztec Assault
Balrog and the Cat
Behind Closed Doors
Behind Closed Doors 2
Behind Closed Doors 3: Revenge of the Ants
Behind Closed Doors 4: Balrog's Day Out
Behold Atlantis
Beyond Eldorado
Bog of Brit
Bored of the Rings
Bounty Hunter
Boyd File
Brian the Dishonest Politician
Brian the Novice Barbarian
Bugsy
Bulbo and the Lizard-King
Castle Adventure
Celtic Carnage
Civil Service
Civil Service II
Cloud 99
Cpl.Stone
Crack City
Cuddles
Davy Jones' Locker
Deek's Deeds
Demigod
Desert Island
Desmond and Gertrude
Diablo
Diarmid
Double Agent
Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde
Dragon's Quest
Dungeon Romp
Dungeons of Maldread
Earthshock
Eclipse
Elfindor
Escape from Hodgkins' Manor
Faerie
Feline Fancy
First Past the Post
Fistful of Necronomicons
Flameout
For Pete's Sake
Four Minutes to Midnight
From Out of a Dark Night Sky
Fuddo and Slam
Game Without A Name
Get Me to the Church on Time
Gods of War
H.R.H.
Hide and Seek
Hob's Hoard
House on the Tor
Ice Station Zero
Impact
In Search of Angels
Into the Mystic
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack the Ripper
Jade Necklace
Jester Quest
Jester's Jaunt
Kidnapped
Knight Life
Kobyashi Ag'Kwo
Kobyashi Naru
Labour Pains
Laskar's Crystal
Laskar's Return
Leopold the Minstrel
Lifeboat
Lightmare: The Village of Delvhorn
Limelight
Loose Ends
Lost in Time
Lost Twilight
Lycanthropy
Man About the House
Mansion Quest
Marooned
Matchmaker
Meltdown
Microfair Madness
Mission X
Murder-He said
Murder Hunt
Murder Hunt 2
Murder Mystery Weekend
Mutant
Mutiny: Episode One
Mutiny: The Final Chapter
Nightwing
Norman's Lament
One of Our Wombats is Missing
One of Those Days
P.C.W.
Perseus
Phoenix
Project Nova
Quann Tulla
Quest for the Holy Joystick
Quest for the Holy Snail
Quest for the Holy Something
Radiomania
Raymond Pringle's Quest for Pickled Cabbage
Realm of Darkness
Red Alert
Research Centre
Retarded Creatures and Caverns
Return of the Joystick
Rhyme Crime
Robin of Sherlock
Ronnie Goes to Hollywood
Sam's Unexcellent Adventure
Search for the Nether Regions
Seaside Sorcery
See-Kaa of Assiah
Serpentine Tale
Sherwood Forest
Silverwolf
Six in the Village
Snow Joke
Stalker
Starflaws
Stranded
Tax Returns
Teenage Emergency
Ten Green Bottles
The Amulet of Darath
The Apprentice
The Bardic Rite
The Beast
The Beginning of the End
The Bermuda Triangle
The Big Sleaze
The Black Tower
The Boggit
The Case of the Beheaded Smuggler
The Challenge
The Citadel
The Crystals of Kings
The Cup
The Curse of Calutha
The Curse of Nimue
The Dark Tower
The Darkest Road
The Dogboy
The Domes of Sha
The Dragonstar Trilogy
The Elfin Wars
The Ellisnore Diamond
The Emerald Elf
The Enchanted Cottage
The End is Nigh
The Energem Enigma
The Escaping Habit
The Extricator
The Final Chorus
The Final Demand
The Fire Ruby
The Fisher King
The Goblin Gazzette
The Goblin Gazzette II
The Golden Locket
The Golden Pyramid
The Golden Sword of Bhakhor
The Gordello Incident (parts 1&2)
The Hammer of Grimmold
The Hermitage
The Hit
The House
The Infiltrator
The Islands of Sinbad
The Jade Stone
The Khangrin Plans
The Krazy Kartoonist Kaper
The Labours of Hercules
The Lamberley Mystery
The Legacy
The Lemming's Urge for Extinction
The Little Wandering Guru
The Lone Electron
The Lost Temple
The Magic Isle
The Mapper
The Menagerie
The Mines of Lithiad
The Mise
The Mummy's Crypt
The Oppressed Land
The Pawns of War
The Pendant of Logryn
The Secret of Little Hodcome
The Secret of St.Brides
The Shard of Inovar
The Slaughter Caves
The Snow Queen
The Song of Taliesin
The Staff of Power
The Tales of Mathematica
The Taxman Cometh
The Tears of the Moon
The Time of Dread
The Treasure of Santa Maria
The Trouble with Trolls
The Twelve Days of Christmas
The Unborn One
The Very Big Cave Adventure
The Violator of Voodoo
The Well of Zol
The White Feather Cloak
The Wizard of Oz
Theme Park UK
Theme Park USA
There is a Bomb under Parliament
Toddler Trouble
Treasure Island
Urban
Venom
Weaver of Her Dreams
Why is the World Round Anyway?
Witch Hunt
Wizard Quest
Zen
ZZZZ
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| Zoboomafoo: Creature Quest | 2002 | Brighter Child Interactive, LLC | FiniteMonkey, Inc., Horizons Companies | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Zoboomafoo: Creature Quest is a game based on the American PBS Kids television series featuring the Wild Kratt brothers. In order to find a treasure map that the Kratt brothers are looking for, you must play a few mini-games in order to retrieve the pieces. In the first mini-game, Counting Coyotes, you must match two of the same number together in order for baby coyotes to help you find that part of the map. The second mini-game is an interactive coloring book with many different environment like the forest, jungle, and desert. In the third mini-game, Chameleon Patterns, you must find the next color in the pattern to get pieces. In Noggendrill's Maze, you must navigate Zoboomafoo through a maze to find Noggendrill, who has a piece of the map. In Smart Fox, you must match different objects hiding in their burrows, similar to Memory. In Tent Shadows, you can look at a shadow on the tent and figure out which picture it's a shadow of. In Bubble Game, you must pop bubbles of a certain color with a porcupine. The last mini-game is a spot the difference game, but with animals. You can also learn about certain animals by watching clips from the TV show and facts from the Kratt brothers, but you don't earn any pieces from it. The entire game consists of clips from the show to learn about different animals, which can also be played back. You can also print out pages in the coloring book. |
| eBrainyDarts | 2002 | | eBrainyGames, LLC | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | eBrainyDarts is a single player, mouse controlled collection of darts games.There are six games in this collection Shanghai, Round The Clock, 301, Baseball, Overs, and All Fives. The player aims the dart with the mouse. In the upper left of the screen is an 'accuracy wheel' which contains a rapidly revolving pointer on which slides a red dot. The closer the red dot is to the centre of the wheel when the player clicks their mouse button the more accurate the shot.The game has a high score table which does not distinguish between the scores of the different games. When it was released it was possible for players to compete with other players by uploading their scores to an on-line Hall of Fame. In 2015 the site which supported this feature is no longer active. |
| eGames Master Series 151 | 2002 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | eGames Master Series 151 is a collection of is a compilation of casual and special edition games many of which have featured in other eGames compilations. As with many of eGame's compilations the initial installation loads a version of eGames' Game Butler onto the players computer. This is used to access the games, when the games are accessed for the first time the Game Butler runs the installation process for that game henceforth, when the game is selected, the Game Butler will run it. There is no 'Install All' feature.
In this product the games are grouped into categories, the compilation contains;
Arcade Games;
Fishing SE, limited to five lakes
Gonzo Heads
Kombat Kars SE
Blast Thru SE, ten levels only
Node Jumper SE
Bowling Mania SE, just the 1950's alley
Drone
Block Rox, just three levels
Snake Arena SE
Casino Games;
Galaxy Poker SE
Keno Kraze SE
Old West Poker
Western Video Poker SE
Roulette Fever SE
US Video Poker SE
Craps Deluxe SE
Family Games;
MahJongg Master 3 SE
Checkers, Fanarona, Go Moku, Jungle and Chinese Checkers from Zillions Development
Word Wiz
MahJongg Match, two rounds only
Champion Chess
Puzzle Master 2 SE
Darts Mania
MahJongg Empire SE
Kids Games;
3D Creation Station: This is a 3D Drawing tool that allows children to position blocks and other shapes, colour them and add people, animals etc
Professor Wilde's ABC Adventure: This is a simple teaching program that uses cute animated pictures to help children identify letters.
Card Games;
2 For 2: is a single player card matching game
Strata 21
Poker Palace
Max Solitaire: is a single player implementation of Klondike
Quik 21: is a single player game where the object is to make as many blackjack hands as possible
Eleven: Here the player must click on combinations of cards that add up to eleven
Pinochle Deluxe, Bridge Deluxe and Cribbage Deluxe all from the compilation Card Classics & Solitaire Gold
3 Castles: is a solitaire game much like Golf Solitaire
Solitaire Master 2 SE with just fifty games
Draw Poker: A simple poker game that plays like a game of video poker
Strategy Games;
Brain Twister
Alquerque, Blobs, Dodgem, 8 Queens, 8 Puzzle, Knight's Tour and Fox and Geese from Zillions Development
Gems 3D
Charmed
Animals of Africa: This is one maze from the eMazing Mazes game
Color Wheel
Dark Tiles
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| 911 Paramedic | 2002-01-01 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Go where the action is as a 911 Paramedic. You answer the calls - You arrive at the scene first - and You are the one who can make a difference. The difference between life and death!Experience first-hand what it's like to ride inside the ambulance speeding to the scene of a medical emergency, a horrific accident, or a brutal street fight. Quick, level-headed thinking is a must in these situations when stress peaks and emotions flair. With your trusty hand-held computer, you have all the informational resources at your fingertips to help you make the important decisions ahead. Your ambulance comes equipped with all the nifty tools of the trade. Talk with persons at the scene to be sure your documentation is complete and accurate. Stabilize your patients then accompany them as they are transported to the nearest hospital or clinic.The game has three modes of difficulty, a point-and-click mouse-driven interface and an in-game hint system. There are 35 true-to-life emergency situations to conquer. You begin as an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician). Points are awarded for successes and detracted for mistakes. Do well and you could achieve the highest level of expertise - EMT Paramedic! |
| Abyss Boat | 2002-01-01 | Aquaplus | Leaf | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Survival | | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Abyss Boat is a survival game in a similar vein as Resident Evil. It features mostly dialogues, exploration and some light combat. The game was not for sale, and instead was only distributed to members of the Leaf Fan Club.The protagonist John Oakland is working with his father Bill, a professional shipwreck salvager, when they encounter the wreck of the New Hampshire, a passenger ship that disappeared five days earlier. The ship is drifting underwater, neither rising to the surface nor sinking deeper. Somehow there is still air aboard the ship, and the lights are still on. John, his father, and a group of volunteers enter the wreck to investigate. Soon after they enter the shipwreck, someone destroys their diving equipment so that they are stuck inside the wreck, and terrifying creatures start attacking. |
| Akuji the Demon | 2002-01-01 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Akuji the Demon is a 2D platformer in the Metroidvania style. The protagonist is Akuji, a very powerful, pink vampire demon who defeated by a hero and robbed of his powers. He has been locked up in a dark labyrinth and now it is time for revenge. The goal for Akuji is to find the scattered skulls. He must go through the labyrinth and find his powers, including the ability to run, use of fire, or longer jumps. With each discovered power more of the game becomes accessible, also in previously explored areas. Along the way he has to avoid various obstacles and fight against different bosses. |
| Chicken Raid | 2002-01-01 | | NAWAR Sp. z o.o. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Chicken Raid tells the story of an unnamed chicken that was tired of living on a farm and decided to run away. Once finding a group of chicken rebels, the hero decides to pick up a “combat helicopter” and take revenge on the farm's owners.Player takes control over an unnamed chicken in this action game. Player’s goal is to eliminate all the enemies - cowboys - from each of 10 stages and complete the game with the highest score possible. Each stage consists of multiple "sections" that can be reached by navigating to the edge of the screen. Chicken’s inventory consists of a slingshot (navigated using a computer mouse) that distracts enemies and eggs thrown from the helicopter down on the terrain that effectively kill enemies.Arrow keys are used to navigate the combat helicopter and Enter key throws the egg. HUD contains information about level, scored points and number of lives. Hero has 10 lives at the beginning of the game. Number of points scored varies depending on the “colours” of the enemies - 20, 30 or 40 points per killed cowboy. |
| Chromatron | 2002-01-01 | | Silver Spaceship Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Chromatron you have to manipulate one or more laser beams with reflectors, splitter and much more so that the targets are activated in the correct manner.For example, a level may have 3 static laser, one with red, one with green and one with blue light. Then there might be a cyan, magenta and yellow target. In this specific level all you have are three reflectors (mirror). Now you have to place them on the grid so that the targets get activated correctly, meaning say the cyan target must be hit by green and blue laser beams. Once all targets are activated, the level is complete and you can start the next one.The game offers 50 levels to master, increasing in complexity and difficulty (more lasers, different targets, more manipulation devices, obstacles). |
| Quicksilver Fantasies Solo Gaming Adventures | 2002-01-01 | | Quicksilver Fantasies | Adventure, Compilation | | Fangame | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | A fan has made unauthorized adaptations of Quicksilver gamebooks, all of a Dungeons & Dragons-ish medieval fantasy bent, published between 1981 through '83, converting them into a Windows-executable dB2K database to automatically handle hypertext transitions between paragraphs and automate periodic stats and inventory management as well as randomization as might have been initially called for with die rolls.The program includes all four entries from Quicksilver's small-scale Mini-series gamebooks, each containing three distinct but related adventures for different player classes:Carnival in Windemere;Crystal's Pleasure Palace;The Freak Show;and Tails of the Expectedas well as the first two of the four larger-scale, single-class Maxi-Solo adventures:Message from Heartbreak Mountainand Journey from Rigour. |
| Star Wars: Starfighter | 2002-01-01 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Action, Simulation | Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Taylor | | Teen | | Windows | Based on the events of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, there are three main characters: Rhys Dallows, Vana Sage, and Nym, each with their own perspectives on the events surrounding the battle for Naboo. Each character has their own ships for you to fly, with both positives and negatives attached, but either way you must stop the Trade Federation and their plans to destroy the peaceful planet. |
| Becherdó | 2002-01-04 | Nooldsoft | Nooldsoft | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Becherdó is a point and click adventure. The player takes on the role of Johnny, a guy that
won a Becherovka slogan competition. But to claim his prize he must travel to an island called Banda and free it from cannibals and his only companion will be a bottle of Becherovka (which he is only too happy to use to cheer up the people he meets). Now and then the player is asked geographical questions which puts an educational twist to the game. |
| Defendguin | 2002-01-05 | New Breed Software | New Breed Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Defendguin is a clone of the arcade game Defender, but with a Linux theme. The player controls a space ship shown from a side view in a 2D environment. The plane can freely move left or right in a scrolling environment that wraps around. Your mission is to defend little penguinoids from being captured and mutated. To do that a variety of aliens needs to be battled. Smart bombs can be used to destroy an entire screen worth of foes. |
| MoneyMania | 2002-01-06 | AxySoft | AxySoft | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | There once was an uncle who was a fabulously rich eccentric, and now that he is dead, the nephew has become heir to all his fortunes. However, the uncle had hidden his money in the depths of space, and in order to recover it, a top-secret remote proximity device must be used.The game plays as a graphically-advanced Pac-Man remake. Players explore mazes in space, collecting the coins lying on the ground and avoiding the cyber-guards protecting your uncle's fortune. There are various powerups that will freeze/destroy the guards. When all the money is collected on a level, progress is opened to the next level.The game contains 55 levels, twelve enemies, and six powerups. |
| Catch the Sperm 2 | 2002-01-07 | | Phenomedia AG | Action, Educational | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Catch the Sperm 2 is the successor to Catch the Sperm. While the gameplay stays the same it features new types of sperm (e.g. golden, superman), new types of viruses (e.g. syphilis, hepatitis) and temporary power-ups (e.g. torpedo). A multiplayer mode (duel) and a chat function were added too. Additionally the number of levels was raised from one to six. |
| Marbles Deluxe | 2002-01-08 | Retro64, Inc. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Marbles Deluxe is the sequel to a puzzle game on the Amiga simply called Marbles. You guide a blue marble from start to finish on each level, collecting all the gems on the way. There are 96 levels to complete, and also a built in level editor so you can make your own levels.Levels consist of background tiles that you roll over. Each tile can be rolled over only once. After that it will disappear, so you need to plan your movements in carefully. The tiles are of various type. Besides normal empty tiles you will also find one way arrows, deadly skulls, rocks that you can roll over twice, keys that open locked pathways and even teleporters. To make it all the way to the finish you must rearrange the tiles by swapping them with the mouse. This way you can build a way for your marble to reach the finish!
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| Archibald's Ice Cubes | 2002-01-10 | Archibald The Cat Entertainment | Archibald The Cat Entertainment | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Archibald's Ice Cubes is a single player, mouse controlled, shareware puzzle game.This game is all about sliding coloured blocks of ice around the game area and positioning them on a spot of their own colour. Being ice cubes once they start sliding they keep on going until they hit something so a lot of thought is required. The full game contains thirty levels plus a level editor so that players could create and share their own levels. Player made levels were posted on the developer's website for others to download.
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| Electronic Arts Top Ten: Blue | 2002-01-10 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of some of the top games from Electronic Arts. This is basically a re-release of Electronic Arts Top Ten Pack but with a couple games that are different.The games included are:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Dune 2000
Fighter Pilot
Madden NFL 2000
NASCAR Road Racing
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Sid Meier's Gettysburg!
SimCopter
Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf
Theme Hospital |
| Electronic Arts Top Ten: Red | 2002-01-10 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of ten games from Electronic Arts.The games included are:
NHL 2000
Sim City 2000
F1 2000
Championship Bass
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Superbike World Championship
SimSafari
Sid Meier's Civil War Collection
Nuclear Strike
Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island |
| The Apatic Bird Game | 2002-01-12 | snark.co.il | snark.co.il | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Apatic Bird Game is a shoot 'em up with a gloomy atmosphere. The objective is to destroy the maximum number of Apatic Birds, making this world a better one. |
| Vectoroids | 2002-01-12 | | New Breed Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Vectoroids is an Asteroids clone. It is a SDL-based version of the author's earlier game Agendaroids, and it was originally created as an entry into the SDL Game Development Contest organized by No Starch Press. On each level the player must destroy all the asteroids, shooting them to explode them into increasingly smaller chunks. Getting hit by an asteroid causes the player to lose a life. |
| Demonworld: Dark Armies | 2002-01-13 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | Ikarion Software GmbH | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Demonworld II is the second game of the little known German Table-Top-Game specialist Hobby Products. The second part has turned the series into a native real-time Strategy Game. The plot of part 1 is continued in this game and is once again presented in well written campaigns, both the human and the demonic side. Over 50 single player missions must be survived only to play on in various multimplayer missions. Just as part one, the key to success is the right use of your armies and the detailed army formations on the battle-field. |
| Beach Head 2002 | 2002-01-15 | Infogrames, Inc. | Digital Fusion, Inc., Exelweiss Entertainment, S.L. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Carles Pons Ridaura, José Vicente Pons Alfonso | | Teen | | Windows | Beach Head 2002 is a 360 degree shooter in a photorealistic 3D environment. You are a lone gunner in a machine gun nest somewhere in the middle of a war. Your task is to keep your area clean - which means, that you need to shoot down everything that moves. And there is much movement - Marine Infantry transporters will drive up and unload a fresh batch of cannonfodder, helicopters will circle above and shoot you with their guns, tanks creep up bombarding you with shells...To kill them all, you have quite an arsenal of deadly weapons: first of all, your trusty machine gun. You can rotate 360 degrees and crush your opponents into pieces with this huge weapon. You don't have unlimited ammo but usually it should be enough for killing all human life on the area. If this fails (when dealing with helicopters or tanks, for example), you can unleash some more power with your - limited amount - of rockets. They explode a tank or helicopter in one shot but you need to target really well - most of the usual rocket targets are moving. And if you are out of ammo for the machine gun and there is some marine soldier annoying you, pull out your pistol and finish him off!The game has unlimited levels with increasing difficulty. A multiplayer mode is not included. |
| ChessRally 2 | 2002-01-16 | Ingenuware | Ingenuware | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Board game, Chess, Turn-based strategy | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | ChessRally 2 simulates the chess board game through a variety of game modes: single-player games played against the Crafty chess engine, local multi-player games, e-mail games through internet or LAN, direct network multiplayer games (internet or LAN) and online games (internet or LAN) with support for lobbies through online Rally Rooms.Features include computer suggested moves, rated games, risk indicator, move highlighting and validation, experimenting mode, move history preview, custom boards setups, unlimited undo, context-sensitive user guide, saving and loading games, printing capability, import and export for PGN and FEN formats, and downloadable themes and personalization.After the initial release the game was updated for eight more years until the final version v2.6 Build 925 released in 2010. |
| Project GunViper | 2002-01-16 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Project GunViper is a freeware vertical shooter rendered with full 3D graphics. The game follows the standards of the genre, where players control a flying aircraft moving upwards against endless waves of incoming foes, carefully avoiding collision to obstacles and other ships to finally reach the end of the level and fight the boss enemy.The adversaries drop capsules after being destroyed, valuable assets that float around and can be collected for bonus points and energy. While the button is pressed down, the default weapon fires a continuous barrage of bullets damaging anything in their path. A secondary weapon can be purchased by landing on the shopping platforms that appear at the middle point of most levels, with homing missiles and other types of guns available. |
| Tropical Storm | 2002-01-16 | | Digital Awe | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Jesper Ek (Mulux) | | | | Windows | Tropical Storm is a freeware, independent 3D title where the levels and enemy soldiers are dynamically created from a variety of levels (up to 9999 levels). The player can also generate random profile names and save them.You play as an elite commander, set up on the mission to destroy the allied association of Marxist rebels, drug running Fascist insurgents, and terrorists from the Greenland Liberation Army. What makes your mission hard is the allies are using ancient Marxist reincarnation technology, to re-appear at bunkers healthy and well, only a few seconds after you've killed them. In each mission, you have only one objective: to destroy the bunkers with your grenades without being killed. |
| Little Fighter 2 | 2002-01-18 | | | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | A simple 2D fighting game with the style of a scrolling beat-em up, with one huge twist - rather than one-on-one action, there can be up to eight characters on screen at once, for all-on-all or team action (you could even have 7 on 1 if you really wanted).Using simple controls (block, jump and attack), the player controls one of the 10 main characters (or one of the 7 enemy characters from "Stage Mode" - more on that later) to bash, throw and slash through the opposition. Every so often weapons, crates and healing drinks drop from the sky, creating even more mayhem on screen. Each character has their own range of four or five special moves to complement their normal attacks and the many weapons that can be found and used, and there are numerous parallax-scrolling backdrops to fight in front of - indeed, the game provides templates to make your own, should you be so inclined (there's also a character editor for the particularly imaginative).There are three modes to the game - Vs. mode, where you choose up to 8 characters, either human or PC controlled, create teams if you so wish, and then fight; Championship mode where a series of one-on-one fights take place in a tournament, knocking out each loser until only the victor is left, and Stage mode, which is a true scrolling beat-em-up, where you can choose to play alone or with up to 7 allies as you take on the massed computer opponents. |
| Betty Bad | 2002-01-20 | WildTangent, Inc. | Studio Pummel | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Betty Bad is a simple arcade style 3rd person shooter set in a sci-fi future where your playable heroine is a bounty-hunting mercenary, Elizabeth Badowski, a.k.a Betty Bad. Gameplay comes off as a mixture of Tomb Raider and the arcade classic Tempest.A deep space mining asteroid has been overrun by insect alien creatures and Betty's mission is to destroy them through a series of mining tunnels and also to find any surviving miners. Betty's armor allows her 360 degree movement in a circular direction. Using her "UniGun", she'll blast her way through enemies while collecting energy for five different weapons. She also has use of a plasma shield which blocks shots and kills any enemies that run into it. You can also make her do somersaults and flips in order to avoid incoming fire. Also, she must avoid obstacles like blades in the tunnel walls, automatic gun turrets and sometimes need to shoot distant switches to extend bridges over tunnel section chasms. You have 5 lives and when all those are lost, the game is over.The game was available as a purchasable download. |
| Max 2: Counterattack | 2002-01-20 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Max 2 is a simple freeware 2D platform shooter. Aliens kidnapped the protagonist's wife, Jane. Max has only one hour to rescue her.The goal is simple: kill all the enemies and get to next level. There are more hazards than just the enemies: the player can find moving platforms, electric platforms (which can kill Max upon contact) and many more. |
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | 2002-01-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 2015, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Shooter | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Direct control | | Teen | Todd Alderman, Keith Bell | Windows | In Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, the first PC installment of the famous Playstation game series, you assume the role of Sgt. Mike Powell, a member of the 1st Ranger Batallion. You have been recruited by the OSS (some sort of secret service) and need to battle through over 20 levels based on historical campaigns during WW2.Missions include the landing at Normandy (D-Day), assaulting the town Arzew, a rendez-vous with the french Resistance outside the village of St. Lo, and even taking the famous bridge at the German town Remagen. You will need to rescue agents, plant explosives, assault desert camps with your team and of course kill every Nazi that comes into your gunsight.There are plenty of weapons available, including the MP40, some sniper and assault rifles, hand grenades and explosive charges. |
| TechnoSylph: vsys gaiden | 2002-01-22 | TyoMaho Denno | TyoMaho Denno | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | TechnoSylph is a score attack-based overhead space shooter. The player shoots through levels of enemies trying to survive as long as possible while maximizing score. What distinguishes TechnoSylph from other games is its complex powerup system, challenging the player to keep on top of their choices and micromanage their powerups while also dodging bullets and shooting enemies. The player's primary shot has seven levels, which the player can switch between at will; higher levels feature more bullets and a higher spread, but this power is balanced by their drain on the player's special shot meter. That meter is used to power the player's bomb, and recharges over time - the higher the player's primary shot level, the slower their special shot recharges. The player's bomb creates a small explosion on the player's ship, destroying enemy bullets, and also fires homing shots which are crucial to take out more powerful enemies. The bomb itself can also be powered up via collecting powerup items which boost its maximum level.This version was released as freeware; it was followed up by a commercial CD-ROM version called TechnoSylph: vsys gaiden Special version. |
| Disciples II: Dark Prophecy | 2002-01-23 | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | This is the second part in the Disciples Series from Strategy First. It continues the plot of Disciples - Sacred Lands, ten years after the defeat of the undead hordes.Although the game may look very similar to the more known Heroes of Might and Magic series due to its turn based game style and its 2D Graphics, Disciples 2 offers some very fine and unique features to make it a game worth looking at. The game plays at a fixed resolution of 800x600, just like HOMM3. You'll either have the chance to play one of the single scenarios, play the campaign or join a multiplayer-game. A scenario editor is also included in the game package in order to create missions on your own.The core part of the game is the very well written campaign. Here, the story of Disciples II is told. You'll have to play each faction of the game: The Human Empire, The Mountain Clans, The Undead Hordes and Legion of the Damned. Just like in Blizzard's Starcraft, the story is linked together in the four parts of the campaign - you don't know what happens in the end unless you've played all races.The game not only focuses on the development of your heroes but also on your other characters. You don't send forth huge armies like in other games of the genre, you control parties similar to typical role-playing games. Each member of your party has special abilities you'll have to use with care in order to remain successful in the game. |
| Sid Meier's SimGolf | 2002-01-23 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Firaxis Games East, Inc. | Simulation, Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Now is your chance to build and manage your very own golf course. Build the layout of each hold in the 18 hole course, then manage the greens and the resort, and even play the course against local Sims.SimGolf brings together elements of SimCity and The Sims by allowing you to choose the important options that will either build your golf course into a major place to visit and play, or turn it into a one day wonder. Keeping each hold in order, managing memberships and costs are all part of the game. The Sims themselves may also challenge you to play the course itself, giving you a bit of time off and fun. |
| Car Tycoon | 2002-01-24 | Fishtank Interactive | Vectorcom Development | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Car Tycoon is a manager game in which you are the owner of a car company that produces and sells cars. You start in the 1950's in a small town somewhere in the USA. You build a factory, a car shop and a repair facility (most of your money is gone by then) and start to produce cars. By selling them, you'll get money to invent new parts which will then power your new car models. There are up to 3 computer players which want to become rich, too.Features:develop more than 400 cars, 7 different types
40 scenarios
more than 400 pre-made cars from 1950-2000
more than 300 different buildings
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| Bondage Game | 2002-01-25 | AIL | AIL | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This game is adult-oriented, in which you play the role of a entrepreneur, who is contracted to make and train one of four submissive maids to become an ideal product with the perfect body. The game has menu options to make decisions on how to interact and treat one of the chosen maids. Being too hard on a maid can deteriorate their usefulness. The game is quite heavy on torture, sexual slavery and bondage. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII with Power Up Kit | 2002-01-25 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | | Compilation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII with Power Up Kit is the compilation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII and Sangokushi VIII: Power Up Kit. |
| Salt Lake 2002 | 2002-01-25 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Attention to Detail Limited | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The only official licensed game of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter games.Take part in Mens' Alpine Skiing Downhill, Ladies' Alpine Skiing Slalom, Mens' Two-man Bobsleigh, Womens' Freestyle Skiing Aerials, Mens' Ski Jumping K120 Individual and Mens' Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom.Multiplayer action supporting up to four players including Head-to-head split screen snowboarding. Multiple modes of play : Olympic, Tournament, Classic and Freeform |
| Tulle's World III: The Glorious Realm of Thendor | 2002-01-25 | Andail Entertainment | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In this third installment of the series the player once again assumes the role of Artram, a master thief in the city of Candale. Due to the hazards of his profession he must flee from the soldiers of Candale and make it to the country of Thendor. Thendor is at war with the Draugians, who have occupied the land of Thamas and now also want to conquer Thendor. The Draugian Queen Laudra has kidnapped the princess of Thendor, and Artram finds himself in the middle of this conflict.Tulle's World III: The Glorious Realm of Thendor is a freeware 2D point-and-click adventure game similar in visual style and gameplay to older Sierra games. The game features inventory-based puzzles. Actions can be controlled via mouse and keyboard.
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| Vovochka i Petechka | 2002-01-25 | 1C-SoftClub | 1C-Avalon | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Vovochka i Petechka is an adventure game starring Vovochka, a boy that's popular in Russian anecdotes (Similar to Little Johnny) and his best friend who want to ditch school and look for adventures.The game is divided into small episodes and as players unlock each episode, they will see them appear in the main menu, which is modeled after a notebook. Players will have to control both characters and, at times, only one of the characters would be able to pick up and find a use for the various items hidden in each episode. |
| Darkened Skye | 2002-01-28 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Boston Animation Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Skittles brand candies "Taste the Rainbow" ad campaign is the inspiration behind this action adventure game in which the tasty, brightly-colored orbs are transformed into magical spheres with tremendous powers.You play Skye of Lynlora, a "sexy Warrior-Hero-Adventurer-Goddess with a smart mouth" whose mundane life as a Dwentil shepherdess is changed forever when she comes upon one of the magical Skittles while following a stray dwentil. It is up to Skye to reassemble the Great Rainbow which has been squelched by the evil Lord Necroth. Armed with her sense of humor and trusty staff, harness the power of the Skittles to defeat Necroth’s minions, solve ancient mysteries and ultimately save the world.As the witty, and often sarcastic, Skye, you’ll be running, jumping and battling your way across medieval lands depicted in three-dimensional detail. The story and plot unfold gradually as you meet numerous non-player characters and solve many puzzles along the way. |
| Critical Seeker | 2002-01-30 | | Braveworld Networks Co., Ltd | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Critical Seeker is a single 'spot the difference' game from Australia.Players are shown two almost identical pictures and must spot the five differences between them. Each picture is timed and the player loses time for random/incorrect clicking. Pictures are shown in groups of five and at the end of the round the player is given a score. The player has no control over the pictures being shown, the game selects them automaticallyThe game documentation says that this is a freeware game, however registered players get additional pictures and they do not get a nag screen popping up and staying on screen for five seconds
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| Vacation Gone Awry | 2002-01-30 | Milbus | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | You play an Australian on a skiing Vacation in Germany. As you wake up the first morning at the cabin, you find that your family is gone. It will be your task to figure out what happened to them. The game is entirely text-based. |
| Crazy Clown | 2002-02-01 | | NAWAR Sp. z o.o. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Crazy Clown is a platform game where the player helps an unnamed clown escape the circus. Game consists of 10 stages which vary in number of enemies, obstacles and “bonuses” as well as the “setting” - clown moves through desert, sewers, city and few more locations. Clown’s only weapon is a cake that he throws at enemies.Player controls the clown using arrow keys (with Up key to jump), Ctrl key to throw the cake and Shift key to make the clown move faster. Each level has a time limit (120 seconds) that affects the number of bonus points scored upon stage completion as well as the boss fight. Player’s goal is to complete each of the stages and get the highest score possible.There are 12 monsters in the game that “steal” the health from the clown. Clown has only one life but health can be regenerated by picking up “heart” collectibles. |
| Disney's You Can Fly! with Tinker Bell | 2002-02-01 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Gorilla Systems Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Peter Pan has hidden Captain Hook's treasure, and is holding a contest to see who can recover the map pieces first. There are five pieces, one in each area in Never Land. Areas include London (the tutorial), Lost Boys' Hideout, Indian Village, Skull Rock, Mermaid Cove, and Starry Skies. Each area has five balls to find. Three are scattered around the area, and two are given once a minigame is won. Once all five are found, another minigame starts, which has the reward of a map piece. A total of 16 minigames are included, 3 for each area, and a 16th once all map pieces have been found. There are three difficulty levels, and players can try to beat Peter Pan's score on any game. |
| Heli Heroes | 2002-02-01 | ZUXXEZ Entertainment AG | Reality Pump Sp. z o.o. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | | Helicopter | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | In this arcade action game you control a helicopter. You have to blast all enemies. If you shoot enough of them, you can collect some extra weapons (rockets, laser). The game contains 30 levels. Sometimes you can choose between 2 ways but normally the game is designed very straight.Heli Heroes uses the graphic engine from the RTS World War III: Black Gold. |
| Hundred Swords | 2002-02-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Smilebit | Strategy | | | | | Fantasy, Steampunk | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Hundred Swords is a fantasy real-time strategy game with 3D graphics.Boy prince loves girl princess, but an evil invader spoils the fun by, well, invading. Prince Larf thus battles his way back to his sweetheart. The 3D real-time strategy game was originally created for Sega's Japanese fiber optic service , then ported to the Dreamcast but never released outside of Japan. Ported once more to the PC, Hundred Swords finally reached North America and Europe.Single soldiers? Don’t bother. You control complete units of five to 20 men gathering round a commander. Micro-management is reduced, instead it’s paper, scissors, stone: cavalry is strong against mages, mages are strong against infantry, and so on. Officers can recruit new soldiers in barracks, as long as your mines supply enough of two resources. Your tasks on the small 3D playfields vary from flight to defence to all-out attack, sometimes with time limits. Depending on your success, you are awarded shells, magical items that can be equipped to the commanders and activated in battle for a short-term benefit. Commanders will also gain experience, making them tougher and able to control more soldiers.In the single-player campaign, anime stills and 3D cut-scenes tell the story of prince Larf and his gang. When the adventure’s through, a mission mode let’s you play single battles with units not available in the main storyline. Up to four players can also link together via network or internet and test their skill against each other. |
| Jerusalem: The Three Roads to the Holy Land | 2002-02-01 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Arxel Tribe d.o.o. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Jerusalem is the sequel to Pompeii: The Legend of Vesuvius. You again play the 20th century cartographer Adrian Blake as he searches for his beloved Sophia, this time in Jerusalem in the year 1552. Immediately upon arriving in the city, Adrian learns from the governor that Abraham’s holy dagger has been stolen and that the governor’s daughter was kidnapped by the thief as well. Many of the characters and puzzles in the game are connected to three religions: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Adrian will learn the customs, cultures and religious practices of each group and discover their differences as well as similarities.The majority of the game is played in first person perspective, but there are segments which incorporate third person views and actions. Conversing with non-player characters and finding the proper inventory items are keys to solving the puzzles Adrian encounters. |
| Kick Off 02 | 2002-02-01 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Anco Software Ltd. | Sports | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A remake of the classic Amiga game Kick Off 2 made by Steve Screech, one of the creators of the original, with big help from fans that posted their ideas for the new game at ko-gathering.com, ideas that later were implemented by Screech. The game still has the fast paced gameplay the original was famous for, but with improved graphics and new features such as a team editor. |
| LEGO Creator: Harry Potter | 2002-02-01 | LEGO Media International, Inc. | Superscape Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | Stefan von Cavallar, Evangelos Ginis | | | | Windows | LEGO Creator: Harry Potter takes the LEGO Creator concept to the Harry Potter franchise. It is the third game based on the LEGO Creator concept and it is related to the movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. This game gives the player a whole Hogwarts to explore and build in using LEGO bricks. From furniture to students, almost anything can be build anywhere, either to solve puzzles and to unlock new areas, or to properly guide Hogwarts students. In addition, the player may lay the tracks for the Hogwarts Express to ride on. |
| Polda 4 | 2002-02-01 | AT Computers, a.s. | ZIMA software | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In 2001, Pankrác, former cop and CIA agent, enjoys the well-deserved holiday accompanied by his beloved female agent. This blissful holiday is interrupted by a desperate phone call from Professor Santusov, one of the Russian scientists he met in his previous adventure. Santusov created a machine that suppresses certain parts in the brain needed to understand and learn languages. The professor is afraid that his superiors will use this device to suppress all languages except Russian and effectively prepare the whole planet for world domination under the Reds. Fortunately, his other invention is a time machine and Pankrác will use it to travel to times and areas like Communist Paris ten years later, prehistory or French Revolution.Polda 4 (Cop 4) is Czech point-and-click adventure. The characters are, for the first time in series, rendered in 3D. The inventory is yet again hidden on the top of the screen and reveals after the mouse approach it. The screens do not scroll this time, the more spacious locations are shown from more angles and the mouse pointer changes into a camera on a tripod when such situation arises. The game also has a more serious approach compared to the previous installments. |
| Project: Atlantis | 2002-02-01 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Action | Top-down | | War | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Project: Atlantis is a top-down action game, set in the futuristic, underwater nation of Atlantis which is under attack by mysterious foes. The player, piloting a small submarine, performs a series of missions for the Atlantis military. The missions include clearing out minefields, protecting transports or attacking enemy ships. The controls are simple; the submarine can turn with arrow keys and accelerate with A. The player's submarine is equipped with two laser weapons, which are useful for destroying different objects. |
| Rode Quest | 2002-02-01 | Shawno | Shawno | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Rodney Kill, intergalactic scapegoat, has been ordered to transport to the surface of an uncharted planet, and retrieve food for Captain Iota Bravery's pet, Stenchie the dog. No matter how many lives are lost, Stenchie is guaranteed food at it's every whim. So now it is up to Rode to solve this puzzle of puzzles and save the day.The game was made with the Adventure Game Studio and uses a text parser. The player moves the character on the screen to a certain item, identifies it with a mouse click and then types the appropriate verb + noun command to perform an action. Most of the actions involve collecting berries for the dog; the player will also have to escape from cannibals and assist a crew mate. |
| Stickman | 2002-02-01 | | | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Stickman is a simplistic platform game where the player in each level must locate the exit to the next level. The further the game progresses the more maze like the levels become. The player must also avoid (or kill) enemies such as birds and beaver like things. This game was written in C++ using Allegro. |
| UEFA Champions League Season 2001/2002 | 2002-02-01 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The last game in the line of Silicon Dreams' Champions League licensed titles (and only released in European markets), Season 2001/2002 includes all 32 teams qualified for the competition plus all finalists since 1960. There is exclusive Champions League footage to be unlocked and the in-game commentary is done by Guy Mowbray, Barry Venison and Gabby Logan.The game allows the player to participate in friendlies, Champions League matches, leagues and cup tournaments. You can also edit players and create teams with custom players. Tactics can be modified to suit the team's style and qualities. The gameplay remains close to the previous title, with free-flowing ball physics and the stress on accurate passing. The new changes mostly revolve around set pieces (it is now possible to aim to a player). Graphically, it uses a new engine with features such as volumetric grass and real-time lighting. |
| Mall Tycoon | 2002-02-04 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Holistic Design, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Mall Tycoon is the latest tycoon game, which places you in the shoes of a mall designer.You must select and build your mall from the ground up. You can opt to build a one level "strip mall", or build a multi-level shopping center.You have access to numerous items, such as rollercoasters, benches, floor types, parking lots, drink machines, escalators, elevators, ATM machines, etc.You can choose between a large variety of store types, such as electronics, clothing, kids, cooking, furniture, etc.As the mall owner, you must research and develop new products and research upgrades to existing products so that you're always one-step ahead.You can hold special events, such as bringing in Santa Clause, or hire a live band to attract people to your mall, or you can issue promotions, such as coupons and "half-off day" types of things.Mall Tycoon has over fifteen scenarios, or you can build to your heart's content in Free Play mode.You can also choose which music you would like to play throughout your mall, from jazz and easy listening to holiday specific music. |
| Serious Sam: The Second Encounter | 2002-02-05 | Gathering of Developers, Inc., Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Croteam | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Serious Sam: The Second Encounter continues where The First Encounter left off. While on his way to Mental in the Sirian spacecraft he discovered in ancient Egypt the ship collides with something and crashes in Mesoamerica. With the ship damaged beyond repair Sam is once again trapped in hostile territory. But it seems the Sirians left a second backup spacecraft somewhere on earth. To reach the spacecraft you have to fight your way through Mentals hordes that attack in great number and several waves across the ancient temples of Mesoamerica and Babylon to finally reach Medieval Europe where the final boss Mordekai the Summoner awaits. The game offers several new weapons like a chainsaw, flamethrower, sniper rifle, and a device called the Serious Bomb that will kill all enemies in a certain radius. New enemies include Cucurbito the Pumpkin a creature wielding a chainsaw, Zorg mercenary and commanders armed with rifles, large creatures called Zumb'uls wielding a twin rocked launcher and Fiendian Reptiloid Demons that attacks with fire balls from a great distance.In 2010 the game received a HD remake. |
| Valhalla Classics: Episode 3 - The Chapel | 2002-02-06 | Vulcan Software Limited | Vulcan Software Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Valhalla Classics is an episodic remake of the classic Amiga games Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve, and Valhalla: Before the War. Each game was divided into four episodes (overall twelve) which can be bought and played separately from each other. Improvements to the original games are new graphics, music, and voice recordings.The Chapel is the third episode of the Lords of Infinity timeline where King Garamond was murdered by his brother, the Lord of Infinity. He also wanted to kill Garamond's son, the Prince, but he was able to flee to another kingdom. Now the player takes the role of the Prince to regain the reign which was stolen from him. In this episode the player is in the chapel which was spared by the evil influence of the Lord of Infinity. Here he has to retrieve four plates to end and to end Infinity's rulership.The game is an adventure in top-down perspective. The player walks through the maps, talks to people and solves puzzles which are either logic, inventory, or dialogue based. To interact with his surroundings the player has to walk in front of the object and person and then needs to press one of the three action buttons (look, operate or take). The inventory is limited to ten objects and the player can hurt himself. When the stamina bar reaches zero he dies - but it can be replenished by potions. |
| ACid ARena | 2002-02-10 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Acid Arena Turbo (aka ACid ARena) is a first-person shooter. It is a game built on top of Quake III: Arena, but illegally bundling the game's assets for its own game, prior to the official source code release in 2005.The offline part of this bright, psychedelic shooter takes the player through a number of challenges against AI-controlled opponents. The game has many multiplayer modes: free for all, duel, team deathmatch (TDM), capture the flag (CTF) and more. Weapons include the gauntlet for melee attacks and a machine gun as the spawn weapons. Further there is a shotgun, plasma gun, lightning gun, rocket launcher, railgun and BFG and power-ups are directly from Quake III: Arena.The initial version (ACid ARena) contains 13 levels and 23 characters.
The second version (Acid Arena Turbo) contains 19 levels and 43 characters.
The third version (Acid Arena Monster Blast) contains 23 levels and 52 characters and use new skins for weapons and power-ups.
The fourth version (Acid Arena Monster Blast final edition) contains 28 levels and 59 characters. |
| Valhalla Classics: Episode 2 - The Sanctuary | 2002-02-10 | Vulcan Software Limited | Vulcan Software Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Valhalla Classics is an episodic remake of the classic Amiga games Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve and Valhalla: Before the War. Each game was divided into four episodes (overall twelve) which can be bought and played separately from each other. Improvements to the original games are new graphics, music, and voice recordings.The Sanctuary is the second episode of the Lords of Infinity timeline where King Garamond was murdered by his brother, the Lord of Infinity. He also wanted to kill Garamond's son, the Prince, but he was able to flee to another kingdom. Now the player takes the role of the Prince to regain the reign which was stolen from him. In this episode the player is in the inner castle where the Lord of Infinity turned five shamans into stone. They guard the three rings of escape which the player needs to leave this place.The game is an adventure in top-down perspective. The player walks through the maps, talks to people and solves puzzles which are either logic, inventory, or dialogue based. To interact with his surroundings the player has to walk in front of the object or person and then needs to press one of the three action buttons
(look, operate or take). The inventory is limited to ten objects and the player can hurt himself. When the stamina bar reaches zero he dies - but it can be replenished by potions. |
| Davy Jones is Back! | 2002-02-11 | | | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The spirit of dead Davy Jones after his head's explosion in The Universal Equalizer has arrived Reality-on-the-Norm to attempt the resurrection. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Davy Jones to find some way to bring himself back to life in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Ski Stunt Simulator | 2002-02-11 | | Motion Playground | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ski Stunt Simulator is a realistic physics-based simulation of acrobatic ski stunts with intuitive "mouse gesture" controls.The player has to ski down a slope, perform certain stunts and land safely. If you succeed the crowd will cheer, if you crash the crowd emphatically yells out "aah". Ski Stunt Simulator was first released as a online Java game/experiment. Later it was released for Windows with more features and levels and better graphics.The first Java web based game only has 4 stages: kicker jump, crash & burn, the wall and practise. The Windows version has 23 stages divided over 4 difficulty levels: trainer, beginner, intermediate and professional. The Windows version also has additional features like collapsing cliffs and bridges, falling boulders, a bombshell and a jet packYou control the posture of the skier through the X and Y position of the mouse cursor. Move the mouse up and the skier straightens out, move down and he’ll crouch. Move left or right and he’ll lean forward or backward. The simulation interpolates every mouse position in between, making the skier move from one posture to another in fluid and natural movements. |
| Destroyer Command | 2002-02-12 | Strategic Simulations, Inc., Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ultimation Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | Naval / watercraft, Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | Windows | Destroyer Command is a World War II naval combat simulation based on the same engine as Ultimations previous title, Silent Hunter II. This is just one of many similarities these two "siblings" share. The game comes with a handful of historical missions and two campaigns, one each for the Atlantic and Pacific theatres. Each campaign puts you in charge of a U.S. Navy destroyer and overall there are about 40 campaign missions for you to fight your way through. If that isn't enough, Destroyer Command offers three different multiplayer options: cooperative, head-to-head and interoperability with Silent Hunter II (which allows you to fight friends commanding u-boats). |
| Lohotronshhik: Crazy Loto | 2002-02-12 | Buka Entertainment | RUD Present | Action, Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Mini-games | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Lohotronshhik: Crazy Loto is a collection of 54 mini-games tied into a single "plasticine gag" adventure telling a story of an indebted man on a mission to gamble up his last 51 dollars in order pay his debts back. |
| Trainz: Virtual Railroading on your PC | 2002-02-13 | Strategy First, Inc. | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | A model railroading and general train simulator for the PC, Trainz allows you to build your own layouts and run various locomotives and rolling stock on them. Players can either control their trains either via a model train-like controller or through more realistic controls, which include actual working handles in the cabs. The base program comes with three modules. The first is the 'My Collection' module, which simply lets you look at your train collection. The second module is 'Surveyor', which is the tool used for creating your layouts. Finally, 'Driver', which is the train running mode. Trainz emphasizes ease of layout design and expandability. The core program included some fifteen engines with various liveries and over fifty pieces of rolling stock, however new content was/is continually being created and version 1.3, which was released in the UK by GSP, boasted seventeen locomotives, over sixty pieces of rolling stock, five maps that were both playable and editable together with more content that was available for download. |
| Adam Blaster: Atomic Enforcer | 2002-02-15 | PAN Vision AB | Creative Capers Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Atomic Enforcer is a classic-style science fiction game set in the Quad Galactic Alliance. Using advanced technology and futuristic weapons, players search the galaxies for deadly criminals and retrieve these fugitives from alien worlds for financial gain; bringing them back, dead or alive.The game begins under the shadow of a mystery. The hero (and player), Adam Blaster, regains consciousness within the confines of a galactic prison colony unsure of the events that have landed him in this predicament. As an enforcer trapped in prison, the player is immediately thrown into conflict, caught between the cold threat of robotic guards and the loathing of fellow inmates who find themselves in prison because of enforcers like the player. The player must stage a jailbreak, defeat the warden, recover his ship and return to Atomic Enforcer Headquarters, only to find out that he has been declared renegade, having allegedly accepted a bribe for the release of several intergalactic fugitives. The player’s only hope of proving Adam Blaster’s innocence is to track down the escaped prisoners in an action-filled adventure that covers the remote corners of the Quad Galactic Alliance.Gameplay focuses on Adam Blaster tracking and capturing intergalactic criminals. The player travels the Quad Galaxies searching for information leading to the whereabouts of the escaped fugitives.Upon landing in a local system, the player must travel on foot to track down the exact location of each fugitive. With the aid of an extensive arsenal of weapons and technology, the fugitive must be apprehended and returned relatively undamaged to collect the maximum reward.In addition to the challenge presented by the bounty, the alien flora and fauna factor into the pursuit significantly. In this way, each world offers an action/puzzle challenge to the player in navigation and alien contact. |
| The Nations: Gold Edition | 2002-02-15 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | JoWood Vienna | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | This package contains both the original Die Völker 2 (a.k.a. The Nations) and the Bonus Pack. Owners of a previous release can download the additional content free of charge.The Nations: Gold Edition contains a number of new features and changes, including 22 new missions, a new story, more music, and new video sequences. A new research system has been implemented, vile bandits have been added, and the game has been fine-tuned (including trade, production chains and unit strengths) to make it more balanced. The original missions have also been amended, and the game supports a downloadable editor to create new missions and share them with other players. |
| The 6 Day Assassin | 2002-02-16 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Thriller | Graphic adventure | Contemporary | | Point and select | Persistent | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The 6 Day Assassin is a very short free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.
It won the awards Best Gameplay in an AGS game 2003 and Best Puzzles in an AGS game 2003.Story:
This game puts the player in the role of a hitman. He gets called by Mrs. Halloway, the secretary of his boss to meet her in a hotel room. In the hotel room she is about to tell him a secret, but is shot by a sniper before she's done. The player begins at this point with the sniper still around. |
| Swarm Rampage | 2002-02-18 | Mountain King Studios Inc. | Gate 5 Creations | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Swarm Rampage is the successor to Swarm Assault. Fight for dominance over ant hills in this real-time strategy game with your ants in 60 levels. Build a base and attack your enemy with 22 different units. |
| Vega Strike | 2002-02-19 | | | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Vega Strike is an open source space simulator in the same vein as Elite. You pilot a space ship throughout interstellar space, fighting bad guys and engaging in trade in the process. The game supports keyboard, mouse and joystick controls, and a planned multiplayer extension is in the works.One of the game's main attractions is its mod-ability. In fact, several mods already exist, including (most famously) two Wing Commander: Privateer mods, a Star Trek mod, an Elite mod and a Babylon 5 mod.The game is currently at version 0.5.0 and is completely playable. However, continued development has progressed only very slowly. |
| Magical Broom Extreme | 2002-02-20 | Twin Tail Lovers | Twin Tail Lovers | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Magical Broom Extreme is a freeware, open-source horizontal shooter from Japan, where the player controls a witch flying in a broom across the screen, shooting projectiles from its tip while carefully avoiding collision with all sorts of bizarre enemies and their incoming shots. Like in R-Type and other classic shooters, holding down the fire button charges the special shot, that when released goes directly to the foes. Destroyed enemies drop the standard power-ups of the genre, like speed boosts, satellite spheres that orbit around the witch and attack the incoming waves of flying adversaries, and other upgrades. |
| Jigsaw Boom | 2002-02-22 | 8floor Ltd. | 8floor Ltd., Creobit | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Jigsaw Boom is a simple jigsaw puzzle game. You have forty different puzzles split across five different categories: Animals, Nature, Transport, Art and Industrial. The puzzles can be as small as 16 pieces or over 200 pieces in size, but the number of pieces is randomized between gameplay sessions.In order to win the puzzle, you have to join all pieces correctly until the full picture is completed. To do this, you click and drag puzzle pieces together. You can also rotate puzzle pieces by using the right mouse button, but this is disabled in some puzzles. Other options include a pocket in the upper left corner where you can place pieces in storage so they don't clutter up the screen and make things easier to see.There are also a few options to help you complete your puzzle: You can tell the game to highlight all pieces that form the outer border, use a magnifying glass to scope out details in the pieces, have the full puzzle image shown in the background or in a corner to use as reference, or sort the pieces in multiple piles to help you keep them apart.You can also create a custom sized puzzle, using the photos included with the game, and adjust the amount of pieces, their complexity, and whether or not you can rotate pieces. |
| Juusou Koujo Metal Princess | 2002-02-22 | AniSeed | Silver Co., Ltd. | Adventure | | | Adult | Visual novel | | Mecha / giant robot | Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Soon after his 20th birthday, our protagonist sets out in search of a job. An advert on a telephone pole catches his attention: apparently, an evil secret society is recruiting combatants. He decides to apply, expecting it to be no more than a joke - but not only does the secret society exist, they forcibly enlist him as their leader! To make matters worse, he learns that his dying grandfather has a similar request. On his deathbed, he forces him to accept a leadership position at the Earth Defense Force! The rival organizations are both staffed by beautiful women piloting mechas who do not take kindly to double agents. He must play both sides in order to survive, but for how long can he hide the truth and avoid casualties?Juusou Koujo Metal Princess is an erotic Japanese visual novel in the mecha genre. As with most visual novels, the player is periodically tasked with making choices which influence the direction and outcome of the story. The game features fully animated battle and sex scenes interspersed between static CG backgrounds. |
| Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force: Gold Bundle | 2002-02-22 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This package contains:
Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force
Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force Expansion Pack |
| BCT Commander | 2002-02-25 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | ProSIM Company | Compilation, Simulation, Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | | Windows | BCT Commander is a compilation with the following games:
BCT: Brigade Combat Team
BCT: Expansion Pack 1
BCT: Expansion Pack 2 - Light Fighters
BCT: Brigade Combat Team - Construction Set
It additionally contains 12 new scenarios and updated documentation. |
| Dynomite Deluxe | 2002-02-25 | PopCap Games, Inc. | Raptisoft, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dynomite is a revised version of Raptisoft's Eggsucker and has similar gameplay to Bust-A-Move.
You launch colored dino eggs upwards from a swivable slingshot launcher to break groups of slowly descending egg patterns. At least 3 of similar color must be touching for them to break and large groups cracked elicit a witty shout from a dino character and bonus points.
Cracking groups in succession will also bring shouts of ever increasing "combos" until a bomb is rewarded which explodes a large area of any eggs it contacts and pushes the descending egg field upwards temporarily.Some eggs will shake and if they are cracked in time, a dino baby will hatch giving a bonus. Certain eggs will also, if cracked, give extra points, mutiply scores, widen the play area, or show the route path of your launched egg for easy targeting.There are four different play modes:Endless Mode - eggs continue falling at ever increasing speeds. Occasionally when a timer runs down, a pterodactyl named Whirly will fly from the bottom of the screen and if not hit before he reaches the screen top, will drop a new color of egg making the game harder. He will fly ever faster each time he appears and is shot.Stomped Mode - Each screen is a set pattern of eggs that all must be cleared to move to another screen. Every set number of eggs fired, Mama Brontosaurus will stomp the screen down one row.Fossil Challenge - A prehistoric fossil trapped among the eggs must be freed by cracking all eggs surrounding it. There's two submodes - Strategic, where the screen remains static or Panic, where it will descend one row for every set number of shots taken.Time Trial - Simply clear all eggs in the quickest time possible in a choice of 3 different difficulty levels. |
| Shadow Force: Razor Unit | 2002-02-25 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | FUN Labs Romania S.R.L. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | In this military-themed first person shooter, you are a part of the Air Force Special Operations Group, sent deep into a hostile Middle Eastern country. You'll have to radio-in coordinates for airstrikes, demolish enemy structures, meet with covert operatives, and kill as many terrorists as possible. You need to use stealth, quick-wits, and a variety of weapons to complete your mission. |
| Stealth Combat | 2002-02-25 | BMS Modern Games Handelsagentur GmbH | TriggerLab GmbH | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Fighting, Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Mecha / giant robot, Tank | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | In 2038, a war rages between the EMA ( Economic and Military Alliance) and the Great Empire. You must choose what side you want to be on, as you are going to undertake 25 infiltration, reconnaissance, and wipe out missions behind the wheel of the most powerful military hardware that the Special Forces possess. Tanks, helicopters, jeeps, amphibious vehicles, etc. Nothing is over the top. However, be careful: whatever situation you are faced with during your missions, never forget which side you are defending. |
| Command & Conquer: Renegade | 2002-02-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This pre-order retail release of the game includes:
Command & Conquer: Renegade game
3 Havoc skins for Westwood Online (snow, desert, and stealth suit)
Additionally, for those who pre-ordered the game directly from Westwood Studios, the box also included:
Command & Conquer: Renegade soundtrack by Frank Klepacki
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| Diggles: The Myth of Fenris | 2002-02-26 | Strategy First, Inc. | Innonics GmbH, Spieleentwicklungskombinat GmbH | Strategy | Side view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Diggles, you manage a tribe of dwarves ("wiggles") that dig deep below the earth to find Fenris, the fiery dog, on behalf of Odin. The action is seen from a side view, comparable to an ant farm. Most goals can be reached with peaceful means, but more warlike players can force their cuddly dwarves into war. |
| Star Trek: Bridge Commander | 2002-02-26 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Totally Games, Inc. | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control, Menu structures, Voice control | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Star Trek: Bridge Commander puts the player in the role of the new captain of the starship USS Dauntless right after the previous captain perished in a sudden and mysterious explosion of the Vesuvi star which wiped out the nearer half of the planets in the system. Narrowly escaping the fallout, the ship is repaired, receives a new first officer and is tasked with investigating the background of the event throughout the region of space referred to as the Maelstrom, encountering other Federation, Klingon, Ferengi, Romulan, and Cardassian ships, as well as a new race known only as the Kessok.The player can control the ship and its operations by speaking to the relevant personnel (e.g. hailing and moving the ship by talking to ensign LoMar, or managing the ship's power output and repairs by talking to chief engineer Brex), and can do so either from a first-person perspective from the captain's chair or by viewing the ship from the outside. The ship is almost entirely controllable through hotkeys, and its weapons can be fired manually via mouse controls. If the player's ship is joined by other friendly ships, they can be given simple commands.The singleplayer campaign is split to 8 episodes, each with its own sub-missions, which form a larger storyline. Unlike many other licensed Star Trek games, combat is not the only focus of the game, as there are missions where exploration and assisting endangered colonies and ships is the main objective. A diplomatic decision late in the game affects the circumstances of the finale. Between missions, the player often moves to Starbase 12 for repairs, stocking on torpedoes, and occasionally to receive more delicate assignments.Aside from the singleplayer campaign, the game has a so-called "Quick Battle" mode where the player can initiate battles using ships, stations and other objects which appeared in the main campaign, and the player can control any ship from the list. This game mode is also available in multiplayer. |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002 | 2002-02-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Headgate Studios Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Tiger Woods returns once again to the video games world, this time in an all new 3D world. Using Headgate Studios TruSwing Technology, golfers move with true realism. More accurate shot detail allows for a more competitive game, and better chances at making the hole. 6 courses, with a choice of 12 golfers (including Tiger, Justin Leonard and many more) are available, plus a host of fictional characters each with a different style of play and attitude towards golf.Game modes include the usual single player campaign to take the golfing crown, the Tiger Challenge (where you play against or with Tiger Woods on the Tiger Dream 18 holes) and Speed Golf, where the technical aspects of golf are thrown out the window. It's just you against a friend to see who can get to the hole quickest. |
| Golf Resort Tycoon II | 2002-02-27 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | In this sequel to Golf Resort Tycoon you take on the challenge of designing your own resort. You must design and build your golf course and all the amenities that make a perfect resort. Make sure your greens keepers are properly maintaining the course and watch out for those pesky gophers.
This new version resolves many of the bugs and annoyances that hampered the original game and includes a time accelerator to speed things up. The ability to grab a set of clubs and actually play the couse you design has also been added.
In design mode, the game offers all the building tools you'd expect for modifying the landscape, raising/lowering terrain, creating ponds, lakes and other water hazzards, adding sand bunkers, trees, structures, buildings and various famous landmarks.
In 3D play mode, the game offers a 1st-person perspective typical of most golf games and uses a standard 3-click control to determine distance, accuracy and power. You can customize the golfer you play with, choose to play alone or against an assortment of computer controlled players with varying skill sets. You must select the appropriate club for the current shot, so a little golf knowledge will come in handy.
If you're looking for a true golf sim, this isn't your game, but if you want to take a break from the challenge of the game's main focus, that being to build the ultimate golf resort, and have a little fun, the 3D play mode is acceptable. |
| Zaphie 2 | 2002-02-27 | eSofnet | MiraSpace Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | Ten years have passed since the events described in the previous game. Zaphie Cronin is released from the mental hospital, but his visions continue to persecute him. People's faces turn into horrifying demonic images, as if death itself were sending messages to him. Following a car accident, the young man finds himself on a mountain road, near a strange town called Saintless. Exploring the town and meeting its inhabitants, the hero begins to doubt his own sanity once again.Zaphie 2 is a Korean-made horror adventure game. It differs from its predecessor in several aspects: instead of Myst-style visuals and navigation the game uses full 3D graphics for character models and environments with fixed camera angles and character-related movement, making it visually very similar to Silent Hill. Further common point is the increase of survival elements: the hero must find medicines and use them regularly in order to stay sane, while his condition can be worsened through various factors. However, unlike Silent Hill games, action elements are kept to the minimum, and the game feels much more like a pure adventure, with item-collecting and light puzzle-solving elements. |
| Archibald's Free Puzzle | 2002-02-28 | Archibald The Cat Entertainment | Archibald The Cat Entertainment | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Archibald's Free Puzzle is a freeware puzzle gameIn this game the image is fragmented into cells which have been randomly rotated. The player's task is to reassemble the picture by clicking on the pieces and turning them back.Though this is a free game the player still had to go through the registration process to get an unlock code before they could play the game. Registration is/was free but in 2018 the site is no longer functioning making the game unplayable. |
| Narsillion: Leithian Another Story | 2002-02-28 | Digital Age | Garam & Baram Corp., Grigon Entertainment | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Two countries, Temision and Halicarnassus, are at war with each other. King Ferdinand of Temision commands war magicians, hoping to gain the upper hand in the struggle thanks to their power. A girl named Leina was taken to the court of Temision when she was a child, and trained to become a prominent member of the team. However, as she completes another mission, she begins to have guilt feelings and questions the necessity to obey her superiors who order her to kill people. Very soon Leina begins to realize that even her love is jeopardized by politics and war.Narsillion is a prequel to Leithian, telling the story that eventually led to the birth of Ellen, the heroine of the earlier game. Like Leithian, it is an action role-playing game taking place in vast interconnected environment consisting mostly of outdoor areas populated by enemies. The gameplay system is also similar to that of the previous game. The player controls a party of characters, manually fighting with the leader and assigning AI behavior (attacking, using abilities and items) to the rest of the team. Money gained from defeating enemies can be spent in towns on weapons, armor, accessories, and items.Like in Leithian, accumulated experience does not result in leveling up. Instead, the player must find specific magic circles where he or she can freely distribute experience points to raise the heroes' attributes such as maximum HP and MP, attack and defense rating, etc. |
| A Snake's Life | 2002-03-01 | Twilight Games | Twilight Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | A modern take on the classic Arcade snake game where you grow longer whenever you eat food. This version features modern graphics and many multi layered scrolling levels as well as special bonuses, different snake skins, and gameplay enhancements like player speed control. During play you explore areas like the forest, desert, field and swamp and try to match wits with the many different animals and prey you must eat to move forward. Each animal requires a different approach and several offer special bonuses of their own. A Snake's Life also features a separate 'Snake Arena' mode with gameplay similar to the original classic games for those who want a taste of nostalgia or just want to play a quick game. |
| Al's Home | 2002-03-01 | click-pool Entertainment | click-pool Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Al's Home is a freeware game in which your job is to collect various given monster types on the bottom of the sea. All you have to do is to click on a swimming monster and it gets collected with the "vacuum cleaner" on the top. Walking monsters need more clicks to collect them.Since you are underwater, you have a limited oxygen amount, which will be replenished a bit after collecting the four required monsters (the to-do-list is randomly generated). If not required monsters are collected, the to-do-list will reset and you have to start this sequence from the beginning. As soon as you are out of oxygen, the game is over.With every completed sequence the difficulty rises, because there are more monsters moving around. This makes it more difficult to catch the correct ones. |
| Bionicle: Bohrok Swarms | 2002-03-01 | LEGO System A/S | | Adventure, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | BIONICLE: Bohrok Swarms is a promotional CD-ROM used to promote the 2002 LEGO BIONICLE line. Included on the CD-ROM's multimedia content are animated clips relating to the characters, desktop wallpapers, desktop toys, building instructions, and games.The three games on the disc are:
The Battle for Mata Nui
A mini-game from the Mata Nui Online Game where the player controls six Matoran fighting a horde of Rahi.
Another mini-game from the same game where the player controls Pohatu kicking balls to destroy a Nui-Jaga nest. |
| F1 2002 | 2002-03-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Image Space Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Oceania | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Every track, driver, team, and pit crew from the official F1 2002 competition are included in this, the '02 version of the long-standing EA F1 series.Drive in a full season, a single race, test sessions (where you can modify your car's setup to increase your cars speed, handling, etc and test them under normal racing conditions) and training, where you can learn the basics and more advanced areas of Formula 1 racing. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic IV (Elite Edition) | 2002-03-01 | 3DO Company, The | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Elite Edition of Heroes of Might and Magic IV includes the full game along with bonuses not included with the standard edition. The game comes in a full grey-black retail box and contains a tactical map and a one-year membership to the Might and Magic Guild - the fee-based fan site by 3DO with additional content.
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| Jane's Combat Simulations: Attack Squadron | 2002-03-01 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | Looking Glass Studios, Inc., Mad Doc Software, LLC | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | War | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Jane's Combat Simulations: Attack Squadron is a WWII flight simulator based in the European theater. There are two campaigns: an Allied campaign and an Axis campaign. Fourteen flyable aircraft are included: the standard fighters such as the Spitfire, P-38, Mustang, BF-109, etc., as well as a number of bombers and even the German jet fighter, the ME-262. Each aircraft features a fully-modeled and authentically detailed cockpit. The terrain and play area include all of Europe and Britain using actual satellite-mapped terrain data.Each mission has the player flying one aircraft in a squadron, and he can issue orders to his wingmen. Missions include patrol, intercept, ground support, and strategic bombing. One of the main features is the ability, in bombers, for the player to switch positions between pilot, nose gunner, tail gunner, side gunners, belly turret, top turret, and bombardier. This is especially fun in multiplayer mode, as several players can man a bomber while others try to shoot it down.The game is modifiable with new skins and models. Additionally, a mission editor is available for players to create their own missions. |
| Matt Hayes' Fishing | 2002-03-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Seattle, Engineering Animation Inc. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Timed input | Europe | | | | | | Windows | Matt Hayes' Fishing is a fishing simulation game that can be played as a single player game off-line or as an on-line multiplayer game with up to eight players.There are four modes of play;
Matt's Challenge : There are three levels in each challenge and to progress to the next challenge the player must achieve a top three ranking in each. Each challenge level has specific objectives and bonuses such as a Super Distance Cast of flags that show where the really big fish are. these are awarded if the player catches the level's 'bonus fish'.
Fishing Trip : This is fishing without competition or objectives. The player decides where to fish, sets the lake conditions and difficulty level and then plays the game.
Tournament : This mode replicates a fishing tournament where the highest weight of fish landed wins. The player decides the location, difficulty level and duration and the game sets up the game with lake conditions, qualifying species etc.
Multiplayer : The multiplayer game is hosted on one computer and is initiated by a 'Create Game' option from the main menu. Only Fishing Trip and Tournament games are available in multiplayer mode.In all its modes the game offers tips and advice and the appendices in the game's manual explain the fishing terms and techniques. The game can be played with the keyboard, mouse, joystick, or the Madcatz Fishing rod for which the game supports the vibrate function. |
| Memory | 2002-03-01 | AblazeSpace | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Memory is a mouse controlled, concentration game for up to four players, three of the players can be the computer.Like virtually all games of this type Memory is played on a grid and players take turns turning over a pair of cards. If the cards match the player scores a point and gets another turn. The winner when all cards have been revealed is the one with the most points.The AI opponent has three skill settings, the game has music, sound, and three sets of cards
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| NASCAR Racing 2002 Season | 2002-03-01 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Papyrus Design Group, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Eric Busch, Greg Hill, Steve Myers, Scott Sanford, Shawn Wise, Richard Yasi | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | NASCAR Racing 2002 Season is the licensed racing game for the 2002 NASCAR racing season. Using a 3D engine, it offers both a Simulation Mode for driving experts or an Arcade Mode for beginners. Players can also tune their vehicles down to the tiniest details in the garage and online multiplayer games for up to 43 players are supported. New to this versions are driving lessons and 23 new tracks. |
| Pet Jumping | 2002-03-01 | | NAWAR Sp. z o.o. | Sports | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Pet Jumping is a ski jumping game. The game features two modes, training and competition, which differ only in presence of hints on performing the take off at the right time. Only a mouse is required to play the game, with the left button to take off and the right button to perform the landing. The mouse is also used to balance a ski jumper’s position in the air.There are seven playable characters: four standard ski jumpers supplemented by a kangaroo, a chicken and a yeti. Each of the characters has different technique and strength parameters that affect the gameplay. The game features six hills. A few resemble realistic ski hills like Zakopane or Kuopio, while others, like Miami or Kair, are invented.There are no wind conditions in the game to modify not any customization of the ski jumpers. The results are tracked in the table of best jumps available from the main menu. |
| Shift 247 | 2002-03-01 | Addictive 247 | Addictive 247 | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Shift 247 is an original game combining arcade/action and a puzzle element. The player has to take control of "Shifter", an ever-changing character which morphs between four different shapes. You must guide Shifter through each exciting environment and try and reach the goal within the time limit. There will be puzzles to solve, different environments to navigate through, potions and weapons to collect and a variety of enemies to fight. |
| Slyder | 2002-03-01 | WildTangent, Inc. | Sandlot Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Slyder is a casual game in which you solve a series of mazes. Use the arrow keys or use your mouse to push big buttons on screen to tilt the maze up, down, left and right. Your objective is to move Slyder, a cheerful blue ball with eyes and a smile, to the exit point. The catch is that Slyder moves until he hits a wall or other object, and there are other object careening around the maze with Slyder, and some of them are lethal.In the mazes along with Slyder are bottomless pits, vats that swallow one character but then become safe to cross, neutral characters called Boffos, and nasty characters called Ungers. Many of the 150+ mazes require you to maneuver all of these elements to your advantage in order to progress to the next maze. |
| The Legend of Dragon's Son | 2002-03-01 | Soft-World | Soft-World | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | The Legend of Dragon's Son a RPG that adapted from a Japanese manga. The protagonist goes back to the Three Kingdoms era. Different formations can be put in the battle during the fights and they have an extensive impact on the fight. Puzzles can be solved to improve the protagonist's abilities. Experience is gained through winning battles. |
| Tomak: Save the Earth - Complete Edition | 2002-03-01 | Seed9 Entertainment Inc. | Seed9 Entertainment Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Life / social simulation, Visual novel | Contemporary, Fantasy | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Japanese version of Tomak: Save the Earth adds new contents and features. New routes expand the original game's story with additional love interests beyond just Evian, with new endings if players end up falling in love with a different character. The Korean releases also include selectable audio tracks, letting players choose between the original Korean voice acting and the Japanese dub. |
| WinBoard | 2002-03-01 | Computer Shopper | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Chess | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | WinBoard is a piece of chess 2D freeware that allowed players to play against each other via chess servers using a graphical Windows interface, it is derived from XBoard which performs the same function for the Unix based X Window system. WinBoard also was sometimes issued with a copy of GNU Chess.When the version that was used to produce this submission, version 4.2.3, was installed the user would find multiple links and entry points to the program had been placed in the Windows START menu under the WinBoard program group, these entry points were:
A pre-configured connection to the chessclub.com server
A pre-configured connection to the freechess.org server
An unconfigured connection which could be used to play games, play against a chess engine, play one chess engine against another, or view and edit game files.
A game viewer with a library containing some of Bobby Fischer’s games starting with the New jersey State Open Championship in 1957 and ending with a Sousse Interzonal game against Leonid Z Stein in 1967.
A game viewer with a library containing the Kaparov v Kasparov match from the 1990 World Championship in Lyon, France
WinBoard opens in game viewer mode with no default library. The game viewer will automatically play the selected game file once it has been selected, any comments recorded are displayed in a separate window. The player has options to pause the game and step forwards/backwards as often as they wish.
GNU Chess versions 4.0 and 5.0 were installed with this game and options to use both plus links to their documentation were installed. When run both versions use WinBoard rather than their own in-built graphical interfaces.
A link to the WinBoard Help system which can also be accessed in-game via the menu bar
A link to the WinBoard README file
An option to open the WinBoard Startup dialogue and either play on-line or against a chess engineWinBoard has many options to play chess games in different sized window with a wide range of colour options. Though was supplied with WinBoard it could also be used with many others including Arasan, Comet, Crafty, The Crazy Bishop, Comet, EXChess, Fortress, Gromit, OliThink, Inmichess, La Dame Blanche, OliThink, Phalanx, Rival, SSEChess, Tristram, and ZChess. Game files in .pgn format could be played and edited, there is also a training mode which could be used in conjunction with a game file. In the training mode the player tries to guess what move was made next.Players could also play chess on-screen, pieces are moved by dragging & dropping or by typing in the move using standard chess notation. Such games could be saved to be replayed later with the game viewer, they could also be printed. |
| OXO | 2002-03-02 | University of Warwick | University of Warwick | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Mental training | | | Text parser | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator), the first "practical stored-program electronic computer", was built at the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory and ran its first program on May 6, 1949.Among its small software library (small not least because the early computer was unique, as were most contemporary computing machines) was a program written in 1952 called OXO, an implementation of tic-tac-toe which EDSAC plays perfectly, and which briefly took the title of "oldest documented computer game" from Tennis for Two (1958) before relinquishing it in turn to NIMROD (1951, not unchallenged itself).In its emulated EDSAC environment the player interacts with the game by entering numbers into the machine's simulated dial; 0 and 1 are used for binary choices (determining who plays first, the human or computer player), and locations on the tic-tac-toe grid are indicated according to a horizontally-flipped keypad scheme where 9 is in the top left corner and 1 in the bottom right. The game board is depicted graphically in EDSAC's 35x16 cathode ray screen. |
| Hover Bovver | 2002-03-04 | Idigicon Limited | Llamasoft Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Your lawn needs mowing and your mower doesn't work. Now what? You look next door and see your neighbor's lawnmower. When he's not looking, you grab his lawnmower and start mowing your lawn. Try to avoid being caught as you mow up to 16 lawns while avoiding your flower beds. If you mow a flower bed then the gardener will arrive to try and take away the mower. Your dog can help you keep that pesky neighbor away while you finish your work. However, the dog's tolerance of the mower noise decreases over time and he may eventually end up attacking the mower. |
| LBreakout2 | 2002-03-07 | LGames | LGames | Action | Side view | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | LBreakout2 is an open source Breakout variant. The player controls a paddle to bounce back a ball, break a group of colored bricks and at same time prevent that ball from leaving the playing field. Like similar games there are special items that increase or decrease the game's difficulty. Later versions of the game incorporate custom level sets that refer to classic games such as Space Invaders. The game has 50 levels, a level editor and lots of custom levels created by users. |
| Action Man: Arctic Adventure | 2002-03-08 | Infogrames Europe SA | Intelligent Games Ltd | Action, Educational | Side view, Top-down | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Action Man once again tries to foil Dr. X from conquering the world in this game based on the animated TV series. The polar ice caps are going to be melted with the help of Tempest, another archenemy who can control the weather. There are nine action-filled missions, with some educational content as well, through ice storms, frozen wastelands and murky underwater locations. These include Drop Zone Helicopter, Thermal Threat Spying, Robot Penguin, Cave Chaos, Polar Bike, Jetpack Jigsaw, Scuba Skills, Supersonic Sub-Traction, and Terror Tunnel Trail missions. Gadgets and vehicles from the Action Man toy line are included in the game such as helicopters, polar bikes and jet packs. Kids can print out colourful awards, medals and certificates. Also, they can design, colour and print Action Man outfits and pictures. |
| ESPN NFL Primetime 2002 | 2002-03-08 | Konami of America, Inc. | FarSight Technologies Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | ESPN NFL Primetime 2002 is the first football game to combine the NFL license with the ESPN license. This NFL adaptation boasts a comprehensive franchise mode that introduces some innovations in this standard mode. One of these is a draft ticker, which puts your team on the clock each time it selects a player in the draft. With the draft ticker on, it is important to scout college players beforehand and analyze draft positions and team needs in order to preselect your team's draft candidates. In simulated games, NFL Primetime gives a variety of coach options. Here you can customize your team's aggressiveness level in offense and blitz tendencies and even set spies on more mobile quarterbacks for simulated games. Naturally, there are also obvious franchise mode options such as the ability to draft, trade, and sign/release free agents over multiple seasons.The game also provides the standard football modes of exhibition and season play.The cutscenes between plays give the game a TV-style presentation, which borrows graphics from the ESPN Primetime show.Chris Berman and his Primetime sidekick, Tom Jackson, provide the commentary during games. |
| PacMania II | 2002-03-09 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | PacMania II is the fourth game in the Alawar PacMania series based on the original Pac-Man. Like in Pac-Man all the dots from a board need to be eaten in order to pass to the next board. If the characters bumps into a monster, he loses a life. There are special pills in every stage allowing the character to eat the monsters for a short period of time.The game contains three game modes:
Classic: this is the original style of Pac-Man, the player is the yellow dot muncher, and the enemies are the four ghosts.
Advanced: in this type the player's character is a pair of big lips and the enemies are skeletons.
CarMania: in this type the player is bulldozer and the enemies are little cars. Objects turn into fuel tanks, screwdrivers and hearts. This third mode was added in an updated version.In every game type there are also bonuses. Most of them offer points and hearts provide extra lives. For every five completed levels a password is provided to continue from there. |
| Death Illustrated | 2002-03-11 | QuiltBrain Entertainment | QuiltBrain Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Death Illustrated is a first-person shooter rendered entirely in black and white and with fast-paced gameplay. In single-player there is a campaign with a series of levels as well as regular deathmatch games. Multiplayer is supported as well. Enemies consists of the undead, knight-like creatures and other monsters. The available weapons are two types of rifles, rockets, a minigun, a shotgun and a melee attack. There are also power-ups such as quad damage. The HUD includes health, remaining ammo and remaining armor. The game is a total conversion of Cube and does not require the original game to play. |
| Real Pool 2 | 2002-03-11 | ARUSH Entertainment, Infogrames, Inc. | Groove Alliance, Inc., The | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This sequel offers better playing environments, competition against up to 12 AI players each one their own skills levels.A 3D graphics engine had been applied to allow a complete movement freedom. This engine allowed the developers to work out the ball physics effects allowing friction, spins and banking for example.Game modes are Single Player featuring a Grand Championship up to the Golden Cue Award and 9-Ball, 8-Ball, One Pocket and Straight Pool.Support for Multiplayer games is included.
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| High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 | 2002-03-12 | 3DO Company, The | | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The High Heat series returns for another season of baseball, this time with the following updates:
Improved Truplay AI technology, allowing more true to life animations for batter, fielders and pitchers, etc.
All the updated team rosters for the new season.
Two man commentary team.
On field coaches and managers.
New gameplay modes including home run derby, fantasy draft, create-a-player, batting practice, and a two on two challenge. |
| Warlords: Battlecry II | 2002-03-12 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Strategic Studies Group Pty Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | The world of Etheria is in a state of war. Choose your race, and lead them through the world to claim each area as your own. Use all of the elements available to you: hand-to-hand combat, magic and monsters.This fantasy real time strategy title takes races of all different sizes and strengths and sticks them all on one land that you must fight for. The land is split into territories, and each territory represents a level of the game. Simply fight your way through each level, developing your clans strenghts along the way, and take control of Etheria. |
| Grandia II | 2002-03-14 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Game Arts Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy, Steampunk | | | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Long ago, the battle of light and darkness was held, pitting the god Granas against the demon Valmar. Though scars of the battle still mark the land, time has passed and the people of the world have built new civilizations and kingdoms to colonize the planet. The "Day of Darkness" will someday occur, heralding the resurrection of Valmar.Ryudo is a "GeoHound", a mercenary available for hire, usually for slaying monsters and recovering goods. Working with a talking bird named Skye, who sites on Ryudo's shoulder, they will "do anything" if the price is right. One day Ryudo receives a job from a branch of the Church of Granas, they ask Ryudo to become a bodyguard for a young priestess named Elena during a prayer ceremony. During the ceremony, strange events occur requiring Ryudo to escort Elena on a journey towards the Grandia 2 is a 3D RPG, viewed from a top-down perspective for most of the game and a 3rd person view during battle. Controlling Ryudo, the player will explore various locations, locating townspeople and objects within an area to interact with. Towns and dungeons are displayed in the same manner, though dungeons tend to be mazes filled with monsters and towns tend to be friendly areas filled instead with conversation and shops. Any monsters present in these areas will be shown walking around. Walking over to and touching the monster in any way will activate a battle. If the monster notices the player approaching it is considered a normal battle, if Ryudo is able to approach undetected the player's party will gain the initiative in battle, if any party member besides Ryudo is approached by the enemy then the party loses initiative.In battle, each character is able to choose from a list of actions that include "attack combos" (standard attack command), Special Abilities/Magic, "Critical Strike", Guard, Evade and Escape. Critical Strikes are weaker versions of attack combos with the advantage that they can block an enemy's action. This partly depends on the positions of the character on the action bar, displayed at the bottom of the screen, which shows each character's (and enemy's) time to act within the battle. Some magic spells and special abilities are also able to block enemy actions, though they take longer to perform than normal attacks. Both combo attacks and critical attacks require the attacker to run up to the enemy in order to perform the action. This depends heavily on the character's individual movement as well as other characters acting as obstacles on the screen. Successfully defeating enemies in battle awards experience points, power points, magic points, gold, and items. |
| Hot Wheels: Williams F1 - Team Racer | 2002-03-15 | THQ Inc. | KnowWonder, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hot Wheels Williams F1 Team Racer was developed especially for children. In this game, you advance in the ranks from driving go karts to F1600s, F3s, and finally onto F1s to provide a realistic F1 training and racing experience. This pure racing simulation allows you to follow the career path of your racing heroes and as you are immersed in the exhilarating world of Formula 1 racing. The game includes 16 international tracks, as well as a custom track builder in addition to super-realistic driving physics. |
| Strange Adventures in Infinite Space | 2002-03-15 | Cheapass Games | Digital Eel | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Strange Adventures in Infinite Space is a strategy game. The player sails the high sea of stars in his or her own deep space exploration vessel. Stars, planets, black holes, nebula mass, alien patrols, items, lifeforms and other encounters are randomly generated for each new Strange Adventure. The full version of the game includes 21 different ship types, 69 different weapons, drives, shields, gadgets and artifacts, 18 alien lifeforms, 17 different planet and star types and 7 unique alien races. The player can explore exotic star systems, as well as seek out new technologies, artifacts and lifeforms. |
| Universal Monsters: Monsterville | 2002-03-15 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Intelligent Games Ltd | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Horror | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Labeled as a "management game" by its publisher, Monster Ville could better be described as an action/basic RTS game with a humorous tone, starring the Universal Studios Monsters: Dracula, the Monster of Frankenstein, the Bride of Frankenstein, the Werewolf, etc.The objective is to control a medieval town of humble peasants by hypnotizing the citizens. Two or more monsters compete for the domination of the town and have a limited time to use their magic powers to convince a majority of peasants to rally to their cause.Each monster has its own special powers (e.g. Dracula can fly), strengths and weaknesses. You can use a series of traps to stop your enemy's advance (e.g. place a mirror somewhere to stop Quasimodo, since he can't stand his own reflection), or build new dwellings for your supporters. On certain maps, there's a "neutral" monster that you can hypnotize too and use as a secondary character to gain support amongst the citizens twice as fast. |
| Atout p'tit Clic: Salto et Zélia chez les Robots | 2002-03-16 | Hachette Multimedia | Hyptique | Educational | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Atout p'tit Clic: Salto et Zélia chez les Robots, Salto and Zélia, aged six, have decided to help robot dog Doggy to win an interplanetary robot contest.Players train Doggy through 20 activities in five parts of Salto and Zélia's "small universe": the bedroom, the kitchen, the garden, the workshop and the laboratory. These activities are in line with the official education programs of the French Ministère de l'Education Nationale: oral and written language, knowledge of numbers up to 31, logic, sorting, identification of sounds, graphic activities and so on.The intro song is composed and performed by French artist Henri Dès. |
| Casino Mogul | 2002-03-17 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc., Monte Cristo Multimedia | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Casino Mogul puts you in the shoes of a casino manager. You must take an empty tract of land, and transform it into a billion dollar casino.At your disposal are all the major casino games, like Roulette, Black Jack, Poker, Craps, Keno, Slots, and more. You also have access to a wide array of buildings, such as restaurants, bars, gift shops, cash machines, and more.In order to attract more guests, you must build a stage and hire an entertainer. You can choose to employ an impersonator, a juggler, or a magician.Your casino will need staff to keep it running smoothly, so you must hire and fire cocktail waitresses, pit bosses, entertainers, security, and others. |
| The New Adventures of Zak McKracken | 2002-03-17 | LucasFan Games | LucasFan Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The New Adventures of Zak McKracken is a fan made sequel to the original Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders and it takes place directly after the events of the original game. After returning from their adventure Annie gets kidnapped to Bogota and Zak has to rescue her. Like in the original game the player once again visits places all over the world. The gameplay remains identical. The player solve puzzles with classic point-and-click adventure gameplay. At the beginning of the game Zak McKracken receives a letter from Bogota that his friend Annie Larris has been kidnapped. It is up to him to find her. Technically the game is based on the FM Towns version of the original one. |
| WWII: Desert Rats | 2002-03-17 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Canopy Games | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | World War II | Automobile, Off-roading | | | Teen | | Windows | WWII: Desert Rats is a World War II-era third-person action game that incorporates driving and shooting elements. Players control a two-man British Jeep team behind German lines in North Africa. The driver of the Jeep is always the same, though the player has a choice of five different tail gunners, each with their own different attributes. For example, one of them may be better with the bazooka, while another one is best with grenades, etc. However, all gunners are able to use all weapons.Controls are similar to a first-person shooter. The keyboard moves the Jeep around while the mouse aims the weapon operated by the gunner. This allows the player to drive in one direction while shooting at enemies alongside or even behind the Jeep. |
| Archie Barrel - Case #2: Casino Golden Palace | 2002-03-18 | Russobit-M | Revolt Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Unlike the fictional 1930's in the U.S.A. where we last saw Archie in his first case, this time he visits post-Soviet Moscow. Tricked by a group of swindlers in the train Archie finds out that all traces lead to famous Moscow casino "Golden Palace". The game is represented in third-person perspective view. Player moves around, talks with persons, collects and uses the items. The game is full of two-dimensional cartoon animation in game and cutscenes as well as several full motion videos appear from time to time. Numerous casino games may be played, such as slot machine, blackjack, and even strip poker.Made in Russian, the game includes nudity and sexual scenes, but all of this is stylized to be represented in humorous way. One of humorous examples is that at the first stages of the game Archie speaks in slang Russian with strong American accent, and narrator translates this speech into cultural Russian. |
| Command & Conquer: Red Strike | 2002-03-19 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Packaged together in the one box are:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (base game)
Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge (expansion pack)
Both titles' manuals are merged into one booklet. |
| E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Interplanetary Mission | 2002-03-19 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Digital Eclipse Software, Inc., Santa Cruz Games | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | E.T., finally having left Earth, has been tasked with retrieving rare species of plants across five planets. E.T. has several abilities to help him out, including healing, which can restore life to plants, telekinesis, which can move inaccessible objects, and heart stun, which can knock out enemies.In each level, you will explore and collect all the plants, while avoiding or knocking out enemies. Some areas may be locked behind barriers which require switches to be pressed, or objects to be moved. Once all plants are collected, head to the exit. |
| Geneforge | 2002-03-19 | Spiderweb Software | Spiderweb Software | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Jeff Vogel | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | The Shapers are the most powerful of the magical guilds, and you have recently been accepted as an apprentice. With training you will be able to create creatures that will serve you unquestioningly. This is the power of the Shapers, and with study of discipline it will be yours.You're on your way to the colony where you will serve your apprenticeship when things start to go wrong. Your craft is destroyed by an unfamiliar vessel and you're forced to land on an island that has been abandoned and Barred by your people. The events that follow will lead to questions about power and responsibility, to secrets thought buried and to the source of what could be ultimate realisation of the arts of the Shapers.Geneforge is a shareware RPG title that lets you decide on the course your character takes. You can choose your allies, your creations and your goals in the game's original setting. The game features isometric graphics, turn-based tactical combat, and highly customisable summoned creatures. |
| The Legacy of Kain Series: Blood Omen 2 | 2002-03-20 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | Horror | Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | | | Mature | | Windows | Following the events of Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen, the vampire Kain has assembled an army of vampires to take over the world of the humans. Fighting across Nosgoth, his goal is to make his way to the great city of Meridian and take control of this stronghold. However, upon reaching the gates of the city, the army is challenged by the Serafan Order, an organized force of vampire hunters and its leader, the magical Serafan lord. Kain engages the Serafan lord in single combat, is struck down and defeated. Kain's sword, the Soul Reaver, is claimed by his enemy. Unconscious for 200 years, Kain awakes under the care of the vampire Umah to a world he barely recognizes. Following the defeat of Kain's army, the vampires have been hunted down by the Serafan and only a few remain. The city of Meridian is ruled under martial law by the Serafan Order, which is very oppressive towards its citizens. Strange glyph magic is used to power machines and fuel industry and at the same time is deadly to vampires and used as wards throughout the city. Kain swears revenge on the one who defeated him and seeks to reclaim his place as the ruler of the vampires.The Legacy of Kain Series: Blood Omen 2 is a third person action game with adventure elements, more similar in perspective to Soul Reaver than the first Blood Omen game. The player views the environment from behind Kain's shoulder, moving him in different directions, attacking, jumping, using dark gifts, and grabbing on to ledges. Kain's life energy steadily depletes and must be replenished constantly by drinking blood. Blood is found by consuming any living creature nearby, often requiring defeating an enemy through combat first. As Kain consumes blood, his meter is filled up. Once full, Kain gains additional health. Kain also learns new dark gifts throughout the game by defeating boss creatures. Some gifts include: the ability to blend into mist, fire projectiles, use projectile telekinesis or make a great horizontal leap. Many of these abilities can be used to perform stealth kills which will instantly defeat a foe. Kain will fight using his bare hands or by picking up daggers, swords, axes, and other weapons. These weapons all attack differently, eventually breaking, and may also be thrown at enemies from afar.The Serafan Order uses glyph magic, partially because it is deadly to vampires. Kain will often encounter areas where he is barred from progressing because of glyph barriers and must find a way around them. Additionally, glyphs function similar to electricity in that they power machines and switches. Many of the puzzles featured in Blood Omen 2 involve needing to create a glyph circuit in order to deliver power to a specific point. Glyph energy glows as it travels down its path, allowing the player to see exactly where the energy spark is. |
| CR Umi Monogatari | 2002-03-21 | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | CR Umi Monogatari is a pachinko simulation game, part of Irem's long-running Pachinko Paradise series. It is a stripped-down port of the PlayStation release Sanyō Pachinko Paradise 2: Umi Monogatari Special, featuring two of the four machines from the original release: CR Umi Monogatari 3R and CR Umi Monogatari 6. |
| Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis | 2002-03-21 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Creative Edge Software | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | For eons, the planet Natrolis was controlled by the magic of the reptilian Sorin race. But when a fleet of tech-powered humans arrives to colonize the surface, they awaken the unimaginable - the Dreil, a hyper-evolved insectoid warrior race hibernating deep within the planet's core. Now, all three forces collide in a mortal struggle for domination.
A mix of Starcraft and C&C type RTS. Choose from 3 sides and blow them away. |
| The Settlers IV: Gold Edition | 2002-03-21 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is compilation includes:
The Settlers: Fourth Edition
The Settlers IV: Mission CD
The Settlers IV: The Trojans and the Elixir of Power
A large collection of multiplayer maps
Early editions also include some mini-games, desktop wallpapers and skins for ICQ and Winamp. |
| Ultima Complete | 2002-03-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ultima Complete is a compilation of Ultima games that was only released in Japan in 2002. It features the entire contents of the Japanese version of the Ultima Collection plus Ultima IX: Ascension and Ultima Online.It comes with a total of 4 CDs. Also included are paper maps for Ultima IX and Ultima Online, as well as a metal serpent coin and a Citizenship of Britannia certificate.Ultima I - V are the PC98 versions run via an emulator, while Ultima VI - VIII are DOS only.
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| Star Wars: Battle Pack | 2002-03-22 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Included in this Star Wars compilation are the following 3 games:
Star Wars: Force Commander
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance |
| Astonia 3 | 2002-03-23 | Intent Software GmbH & Co. KG | Intent Software GmbH & Co. KG | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Astonia 3 is an MMORPG in which each player assumes the role of a battle-hardened warrior or a powerful mage in the world of Astonia. Experience gained by solving quests, discovering new places, and killing monsters can be applied to raise any of a large number of attributes, skills and spells. Characters gain rank and power, qualifying them for better and more powerful equipment. |
| Sraz 2.002 | 2002-03-23 | 32bita d.o.o. | 32bita d.o.o. | Simulation | Top-down | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sraz 2.002 is an updated version of the quiz game Sraz 2. It includes all questions from the first two games (1,000 from Sraz and 3,000 from Sraz 2), with corrections and updates, as well as 1,000 new ones by Zvonimir Bulaja, which can all be chosen in the settings tool outside the main game. Apart from the serf skins from Sraz 2, two new ones have been added: robots and dinosaurs. A modem multiplayer mode is also available. |
| Freedom Force | 2002-03-25 | Crave Entertainment, Inc., Electronic Arts, Inc. | Irrational Games Australia Pty. Ltd., Irrational Games LLC | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Freedom Force is a real-time tactical role-playing game which allows you to create and customize your own superheroes.Along with the ability to create your own skins, names and super power attributes, you can take your team of superheroes out in the town to defeat countless enemies, improving the experience points of your character. All of the buildings and items in each city are destructible and you can throw most items at your enemy. The single player campaign starts with you taking control of Frank Stiles. Frank overhears a conversation between two scientists about a secret experiment. The scientists discover Frank and leave him to die by a glowing statue. Luckily for Frank, the statue turns him into Minuteman, and now you must stop the scientists from getting away.As you dive deeper into the story, you will gain teammates, each with their own special powers, and even more deadly enemies to defeat. |
| Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs | 2002-03-26 | Strategy First, Inc. | Overmax Studio | Strategy | | | | Real-time strategy | Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliff is a realtime strategy game set in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. The game covers the 15 year period around the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 AD, focusing on the key protagonists Cao Cao, Lu Bei and Sun Quan.Dragon Throne follows the gameplay template set out by realtime strategy standards like the Age of Empires series. Notable features include an experience system for all units and skills-based advancement for hero units, support for diplomacy and trade, a multiple map system and six resources to harvest.The game features an isometric 2-D perspective with historically authentic graphics and subtitled Mandarin Chinese voice-acting. In addition to the single-player campaign, Dragon Throne supports 2-8 player LAN and 2-4 player internet modes.Dragon Throne is the sequel to 2001's Three Kingdoms: Fate of the Dragon. |
| Global Operations | 2002-03-26 | Crave Entertainment, Inc., Electronic Arts, Inc. | Barking Dog Studios, Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Global Operations (GOPS) is a first person shooter game that puts you in some of today's hotspots, like Chechnya, Sri Lanka and the South China seas.You play a member of an elite military force and must accomplish team-specific missions, like "Rescue the Hostage", "Disarm the Bomb", "Assassination", and "Object Control".You have an arsenal of real-life weapons, such as machine guns, shotguns, snipers, and more, as well as accessories, such as silencers, laser sights, and night vision goggles.You can play as one of seven different roles; Recon (find the enemy), Commando (lead your team), Medic (heal your team), Heavy Gunner (lay covering fire), Demo (explosives expert), Sniper (long-range kills) and Intel (multiplayer only; command your troops).You can play multiplayer, with up to 32 players, with 26 elite fighting forces and 13 diverse conflict zones. |
| MechWarrior 3: Gold Edition | 2002-03-26 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | MechWarrior 3: Gold Edition is a compilation which includes:
MechWarrior 3 (base game)
MechWarrior 3: Pirate's Moon (expansion pack) |
| Risk: Gold Edition | 2002-03-26 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of Hasbro's boardgame conversions Risk and Risk II, plus the partly Risk-inspired Sid Meier's Civilization II. |
| SimMania for Kids | 2002-03-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | SimMania for Kids is a children's compilation with six games:
SimAnt
SimPark
SimSafari
SimTown
SimTunes
Widget Workshop: The Mad Scientist's Laboratory |
| E.T.: Phone Home Adventure | 2002-03-27 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Lexis Numérique SA | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This was one of three games released as a tie-in to the 20th anniversary re-release in theaters of the movie E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. It's a 3D adventure with 12 games where those 8 years and up can move E.T. to explore various areas, partake in activities and quests, and interact with other characters such as Elliot, Gertie, and Michael. Movie trailers can be seen on the login screen. E.T. has become stranded on Earth and in order for him to phone home, he has to find certain items so he can build a communicator to contact his home planet and to have his spaceship pick him up. The player's cursor is E.T.'s finger with which you can move him and around and click on objects. It illuminates when an action or a response can be performed and turns into a grasping hand when items can be picked up and put into his backpack such as candy, a coat hanger, or a key. A task bar onscreen will show the collected items until E.T. can use them and also you can access Elliot or Gertie to help you. Players can save their progress at any time or exit. Locations include Elliot's bedroom, Gertie's closet, the main floor and attic of the children's home, and the famous moonlit bicycle ride. E.T. can use his healing power to save flowers and use logic to solve puzzles to obtain certain items. |
| Season Ticket Baseball 2003 | 2002-03-27 | WizardWorks Group, Inc. | Out of the Park Developments GmbH & Co. KG | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A different style of baseball game, Season Ticket Baseball 2003 pits you as the general manager of your own baseball team. Unlike most baseball games where you actually control your players, this game is entirely driven on statistics. Your job is simple, build the best team you can and beat the competition in the Great American Pasttime. You make trades, manage the minor leagues, train in the off-season, sign contracts, hire scouts and coaches, even set the ticket prices. It's your job to ensure that your baseball team is a success. |
| Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast (Collector's Edition) | 2002-03-27 | LucasArts | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This collector's edition includes:
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II
a tin case
a miniature lightsaber keyring / keychain |
| SuperPower | 2002-03-27 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | GolemLabs Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | | Everyone | | Windows | SuperPower is a geopolitical simulation game in the tradition of Balance of Power and Shadow President. Diplomacy, espionage, economics, demographics, and military might are all placed in the player's hands, and the goal is global domination. Game time passes primarily in turns, with the turn order being determined by a nation's GDP--wealthier countries move first. Combat occurs in real-time, but the player does not control individual units as in standard real-time strategy games. The player must devise a battle plan and then watch the action from afar. If things aren't going according to plan, the player may opt to establish direct communications with troops in the field and issue a new set of orders. Over 4,500 different military units are included, additionally the player may also design new units.Other key game features:
A database with current United Nations (U.N.) and Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) info on 140 different playable countries. Accurate geography/topography is an important part of this data, as terrain plays a role in combat. Evolutive Human Emulator (EHE) artificial intelligence. This Artificial Intelligence (AI) is supposed to adapt its behavior based upon the player's actions and also behave in decidedly human ways: favoring certain countries over others, anticipating potential problems, and even acting out of frustration. |
| Army Men RTS | 2002-03-28 | 3DO Company, The | Pandemic Studio Pty Ltd | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The world of Army Men is under your control in the first Real-Time Strategy episode in the Army Men series. Command your Green troops, from the simple soldier to high powered tanks, against a former fellow Green commander who is now leading the enemy, the Tan Forces. The mission is simple, kill the traitor and his forces before all-out chaos begins. Fight in the trenches of real-world battle areas set in the plastic toy world, or fight in the trenches of backyard gardens, using gnomes, flowers, and garden hoses as extra defense against the enemy. And just when the Tan army falls back, the ant or cockroach army comes rolling in, with the wildlife getting their own back on you.The familiar "Red Alert" style resource management system allows you to choose from a wide range of attack and defense options. Resources themselves come from siphoning plastic and electricity from discarded toys, batteries, and the like scattered around the battlefield. When you lose a building or soldier, melt it down to re-build a new building or soldier. |
| Carnivores: Cityscape | 2002-03-28 | Infogrames, Inc. | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | A giant spacecraft carrying cryogenically frozen dinosaurs crashes near a city on a distant planet. This planet is owned by a corporation which runs dinosaur hunting tours, but they never expected to have the dinosaurs running loose in their corporate headquarters city. Players take the role of a hired agent, attempting to destroy the dinosaur menace, or the role of one of the dinosaurs, hunting down the human threat. Environments include the canyon where the ship has crashed, the ship itself, the city, the sewers, the subway system, and the industrial area.In a departure from the rest of the Carnivores series, this game is a first person shooter, and not a hunting simulation. The levels are played sequentially and are mission-based, each mission unlocking the one following it. The game allows you to play as either a human Agent, or as one of the dinosaurs. As a human, players can choose to equip a machine gun, sniper rifle, shotgun, grenade launcher, or x-rifle before each mission. Additional equipment includes binoculars, night vision, and thermal vision. Dinosaurs have their claw attack and leap attack, as well as the aid of a sort of low-light vision mode. When playing as a dinosaur, your species changes from mission to mission, so that by the end of the game you have played as each species at least once. Mission objectives include things like turning off the ship's reactor, rescuing civilians, protecting hazardous materials from destruction, defending a workman who is repairing a train, and also plenty of "get from point A to point B in one piece" type of missions. Additionally there are several Deathmatch modes available, and the single player missions can be played cooperatively. Once missions have been beaten, they are all available for replay from a menu.
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| Heroes of Might and Magic IV | 2002-03-28 | 3DO Company, The | New World Computing, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Everyone | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | As the fourth installment of the series, Heroes of Might and Magic IV brings many new features to the game while retaining the old interface design and gameplay.The game still is about exploring huge maps with your heroes and armies, collecting treasures, building up cities, fighting monsters and defeating your foes. There are six new and large campaigns and 24 single scenarios to play. 48 new hero classes and many new skills have been created so the game is even heavier on the strategic side as before. You now can lead multiple heroes to battle as well as separate troops from heroes (so you may move troops alone to another hero).The new battle screen has now isometric view instead of side perspective. And now your heroes may fight side by side with your soldiers and be used for real battle, not only magic. |
| Kikokugai: The Cyber Slayer | 2002-03-28 | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Asia, Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In a bleak future where criminals can obtain incredible power through the use of cybernetic augmentation, Taoluo Kong, a skilled assassin in a Chinese crime syndicate, is betrayed by his cyborg comrades and left for dead. After recovering and tracking his former allies to Shanghai, Kong learns that they also gang-raped and killed his sister, splitting her consciousness into five pieces and placing each into a different cybernetic body. Armed with nothing but his skills, his blade, and his still-organic body, Kong swears to exact his revenge on the men who betrayed him and unite the scattered pieces of his sister's psyche in order to save her soul - though there may not be much of it left to save.Kikokugai: The Cyber Slayer is a dark cyberpunk adult visual novel. It is a kinetic novel, a type of visual novel which features a completely linear storyline with no branching routes. It features an original soundtrack, but no voice acting. |
| Myst Trilogy | 2002-03-28 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The realm of Myst comes together for one complete journey of strange worlds, mystic powers and amazing people. All three Myst episodes are contained in the one boxed set.Start your quest in Myst (Masterpiece Edition), where your journey will throw you into an adventure with Atrus, who will take you into a realm of mystery. Only you can solve and discover the secrets of the D'ni civilization.Next jump into Riven, the sequel to Myst, where you will delve further into a world of dark powers and strange appearances. This time Atrus requires your help to save his wife Catherine, and uncover the many secrets of Riven.Finally, your quest will conclude in Myst III: Exile, where many years have passed since the adventures in Riven, but nothing has changed. Evil still breathes throughout the kingdom, and Atrus and Catherine need your help to save the rebuilding D'ni civilization from Saavedro, who has returned from Exile to wreak havoc on the peaceful world. |
| Shtyrlitz 3: Agent SSSR | 2002-03-28 | MagnaMedia | MagnaMedia | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult, Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Styrlitz 3: Agent SSSR is the third installment of the Styrlitz games series loosely based on the Soviet spy drama Seventeen Moments of Spring. Like its predecessors, Styrlitz 3 is a point-and-click adventure game; the player assumes the role of the title character in a story, which is driven by the exploration of the game's environments and by solving puzzles. These puzzles are traditional adventure game conundrums that require the player to use the environment, or items that have been found and stored inside the game's inventory, to accomplish goals. In keeping with previous installments, Styrlitz 3 allows players to combine certain items to create new items. |
| Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast | 2002-03-28 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Raven Software Corporation | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | RPG elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | In Jedi Outcast, you once again play Kyle Katarn, star of LucasArts' Star Wars-inspired 1st-person shooters Star Wars: Dark Forces and Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II.Kyle has retired from being a Jedi fearing consequences from the Dark Side of the Power found within himself during his chase of the foul Sith-Lord Jerec into the lost vale of the Jedi at the end of Dark Forces 2. Chronologically taking place after the second Star Wars Trilogy, you'll meet various well known people from the original Star Wars movies like Luke Skywalker himself and Lando Calrissian.Also following the tradition of its predecessors, you explore the surroundings in the typical 3D environment and can use a lot of different weapons and gear from the Star Wars Universe, including the famous Jedi Weapon, the light saber. |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 | 2002-03-28 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Tony Hawk returns with an all new line-up of skaters, an all new line-up of parks to crash through, and a whole new level of graphics.The line-up of street and vert riders include Elissa Steamer, Jamie Thomas, Steve Caballero, Rune Glifberg, Geoff Rowley, Andrew Reynolds, Rodney Mullen, Eric Koston, Chad Muska, Bucky Lasek and Bam Margera from MTV's Jackass (and Tony Hawk, of course).The create a skater mode returns, allowing for even further levels of options for your character, like adding glasses and tatoos to changing the colour of the knee and elbow pads or even the hair.And the levels themselves that you must skate through are now more interactive, with cars and humans blocking paths and making noise as you race around to make as many points as possible. Use items around the streets or the park to jump from or over to increase your score, and pull of as many wild and wacky tricks as you can. |
| Might and Magic IX | 2002-03-29 | 3DO Company, The | New World Computing, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | The world of Axeoth seems to be in grave peril. The region of Chedian is threatened by an invasion of the Beldonian Horde, led by the warlord Tamur Leng. A party of rangers from Ravensford are shipwrecked on the Isle of Ashes, where they encounter a mysterious troll who announces to them that their fate lies in liberating Chedian and opposing the Beldonian leader.The ninth installment of the Might and Magic series takes place in a different world, following the destruction of the planet Enroth, which served as a setting for the three previous games. Its story is not directly connected to its predecessors, though there are a few references to them. It is also the first game in the series rendered fully in 3D and with full screen navigation.As opposed to its immediate predecessor, the game features a traditional party creation system with four races to choose from: human, elf, dwarf, and half-orc. There are only two character classes available during character creation: Fighter or Initiate. Both can, however, be promoted to other, more powerful classes during the course of the game, with two class development branches each. In order to achieve promotion, characters need to complete specific quests given to them.Other aspects of the character-building system remain largely unchanged. Each character can train in a variety of skills, ranging from weapon proficiencies and magic disciplines to bartering, perception, identifying items, etc. Some skills bestow greater benefits on the character if he or she has been promoted to a specific class, and mastery in certain skills can only be attained following a specific promotion. As in the the three previous games in the series, default real-time combat can be paused at any time to switch to turn-based mode. Party formation options are also available.Outdoor areas in the game are mostly limited to immediate environment of the towns, resulting in a reduced amount of outdoor exploration. Much of the game, however, takes place in the large cities as well as in dungeon-like areas. The player must complete the quests of the main story in order to finish the game, but may freely travel between any of the game's cities and surrounding areas, tackling main and sub-quests in any order. |
| Mr. Driller 2 | 2002-03-29 | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | Namco Limited | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Platform | | | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | You play the game as Susumu or Anna. Equipped with nothing but a pressurized suit and a drill, you need to contact the King of the Undergrounders. To do this, you will need to drill down several thousands of feet avoiding being crushed and remembering to pick up air tanks.This is a real-time puzzle game where you will be continually moving down or sideways in an effort to get to the bottom. As you dig, blocks will fall to fill in the spaces below. Like colored blocks will stick together (giving you time to rest), but will disappear if 4 or more blocks come together. This can cause chain reactions (very common in two-color levels) that become dangerous quickly.Three modes of play: Story, Time Attack, and Endless Driller. Story Mode uses the bare bones story from above. Time Attack gives you a set levels with a specific time limit. Endless Driller allows you to dig for as long as you can.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.There are 14 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.Promo Images Part of the Following Group Mr. Driller games
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| Ninjets: XKalibre's Feat | 2002-03-29 | Podium Games | Podium Games | Action | Side view | | | Platform, RPG elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ninjets: XKalibre's Feat is a reworking of the concept of the original Ninjets game, which was never released. The game is set in futuristic world where robots controlled by an advanced AI, called Ninjets, have taken over the human world. However, a virus manages to turn all Ninjets evil and it is up to the last remaining pure ninjet, XKalibre, to defeat the other robots and the most advanced one called Justice.The player controls XKalibre and has to infiltrate a flying fortress. It is mostly an action game played as a scrolling shooter, but it also has RPG elements with an experience system, levelling for HP and MP, and different type of magic summons. Movement includes two types of dashes and attacks are performed using sword swings or by firing different type of cannons such as the shot beam and blue thorns. Different levels of magic can be accessed based on the amount of experience collected. An advanced one, called Heavenly Chaos - Armored Apocalypse, fires ten bombs in the sky that each do 800 damage. Another called Napalm - Armored Apocalypse, fires a bomb that does 5,000 damage. |
| Heroes | 2002-03-30 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Heroes is a free game released under the GNU licence. It is a 2D top-down action game, strongly inspired by Nibbles, the movie Tron and futuristic racing combat. The player controls a vehicle (or rather ball with deadly 'tail'), collects power-ups and tries to eliminate all opponents. The game has five modes: Quest, Death Match, Kill'em All, Time Cash and Color. |
| Baseball Mogul 2003 | 2002-04-01 | Monkeystone Games | Sports Mogul Inc. | Simulation, Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | You own a major league baseball team, and it is your job to build the team up into a champion team. This not only includes buying players, coaching staff and other staff members, but the stadium, behind the scenes money matters and a whole lot more. In truth you aren't controlling a baseball team, you controlling a company that owns a baseball team, and that company needs leadership.The latest MLB stats are available in all categories, from player ability to their current salary terms. Every single stat becomes important to the success of your team, like the crowds support and memberships or locker room conditions.And if you want even more control, you can modify areas of the MLB itself. Move a club from one place to another, re-name them, change their colors, etc, etc. |
| Delta Force Trilogy | 2002-04-01 | NovaLogic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Novalogic compilation is of three squad-based action games. The 3 games included are:
Delta Force
Delta Force 2
Delta Force: Land Warrior |
| F.D.N.Y. Firefighter: American Hero | 2002-04-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Mekada | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Endorsed by the New York City Fire Department, this game was designed to honor the brave heroes who served during the September 11th attacks on New York's Twin Towers in 2001.Similar to the previous game, In the Line of Duty: Firefighter, you play a fireman who must enter burning buildings to rescue victims trapped inside. Douse flames with high pressure water hoses and extinguishers. Hack away anything blocking your path with your axe.Improvements to the previous game include: a more realistic environment (smoldering ash, falling debris, billowing smoke, explosions), 12 new missions with more varied locations, and a "companion" firefighter who comes to your aid when rescuing victims. The interface has been enhanced to allow a more complete range of motion and view.Switching between first and third person view is possible like in the earlier game, and mouse or keyboard controls can be used. |
| Max and the Haunted Castle | 2002-04-01 | Kursor Multimedia s.c., Tivola Verlag GmbH | Contor Interaktiv Multimedia Consulting & trading GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Max and the Haunted Castle is a point-and-click game for kids, starring the friendly dog Max who lives in a small village. One day, he hears dire news: Willy, a friendly ghost living in a haunted castle, is stuck in a room and is too hungry to escape via his ghostly powers. The only way to free Willy is to find enough of his favorite food, i.e. holey yellow socks. Max sets out to the castle to free the unfortunate ghost. The castle has many rooms, and clicking on various background objects will trigger humorous animations or longer dialogue scenes. Yellow socks are hidden in some of these places and the player must find all of them to complete the game. The player can go from room to room by clicking doors, or by using the fast travel button to instantly teleport. The game has three language versions (German, English and French in the original release.) |
| Natomi Bottle Rockets Extreme | 2002-04-01 | Natomic Studios | Natomic Studios | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The planet is menaced by alien invaders, and the only one who can hold back their assault is you, a little boy in his backyard with a battery of bottle rockets. You must pick up sparklers from a box on the left, then run up to a rocket to light it up and launch it at the alien spaceships. Helpful groundhogs immediately replace each launched rocket... unless temporarily stunned by an alien's laser strike. All the while, the ruthless invaders keep shooting at the poor boy; even a single hit is fatal and ends the game. |
| Tomak: Save the Earth, Again | 2002-04-01 | M Dream Co., Ltd. | Seed9 Entertainment Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Tomak: Save the Earth, Again is a horizontal scrolling shooter from Korea. The graphics are reminiscent of the artwork in the Metal Slug series, with large enemies and giant bosses at the end of the levels that take most of the screen state. As in most titles of this genre, the game is divided in stages with a unique boss enemy at the end. The player controls one of three bizarre characters: a girl inside a flowerpot called Evian, the red demon Bastylo or a wizard named Night Moon Shine.As they fly around shooting at the oncoming foes, each successful hit increases a charge point meter at the top of the screen, below the health bar. This accumulated blue energy is used by the secondary weapons, that can be selected at any time to switch to more effective and powerful shots. Up to two players can cooperate in Arcade Mode, or compete for points in the Versus Mode. |
| Classic BASIC Games | 2002-04-02 | AW Software | AW Software | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Classic BASIC Games is a compilation of games first played on mainframes in the 1960s and 1970s. The program includes a TRS-80 Level II Emulator running BASIC and a variety of BASIC programs. Included are the following games:
Conway's Game of Life
Eliza
Hamurabi
Hunt the Wumpus
Lunar Lander
Star Trek
Towers of Hanoi
Other programs include some ASCII art for output on printer, some games written by the author himself as well as dozens of listings that were printed in David Ahl's Creative Computing magazine. |
| Crisis Team: Ambulance Driver | 2002-04-02 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Antidote Entertainment | Racing / Driving | Behind view, Top-down | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | Windows | Take control of an ambulance (out of 3 choices) and save lives! Race to the scene of crisis, take the patient to hospital, and keep up until your shift is over! Choose between 5, 10, or 20 minute shifts in a city where pedestrians abound (and if you hit one, you get to carry him/her to a hospital too!) and cars are on the street. You just have your ambulance, your reflexes, and your siren. How many lives can you save?Ambulance Driver is basically a copycat version of Crazy Taxi, with patients and hospitals taking the place of riders and destinations. |
| Catapults | 2002-04-04 | | | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Board game | | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Catapults is based on the board game Connect Four. The game offers two modes of play:
Classic: A turn-based mode. The playfield is 6 rows by 7 columns. In his turn, a player can choose a column where he wants to put a pawn (which is shown as shooting it out of a catapult), which will be dropped into the lowest available row in the column. The first player to create a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line of four pawns wins.
Real-time: This mode is very different from the Classic game. The players no longer take turns, but can place a pawn at any time (if the players "shoot" at the same time, their projectiles even destroy each other in mid-air.) A limited number of bombs is available to each player; they destroy pawns in a 3x3 area around where they land. Sheep are wandering the playfield randomly, and can be shot for points. If a player gets four pawns in a row, the pawns vanish and the player gets points, but the game continues. The game ends once a player makes a four-pawn line 6 times, once 50 sheep are blown up, or once 75% of the grid is filled. In the latter two cases, the player with the most points wins.
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| Dungeon Siege | 2002-04-05 | Microsoft Corporation | Gas Powered Games Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | Located in the corner of the Aranna continent, the Kingdom of Ehb has recently gained independence following a prolonged war. One day, a small farming community is attacked by a band of wild creatures known as Krug. One of the farmers has to venture to the neighboring town of Stonebridge to seek help. During his travels he finds out that an even greater peril is threatening the land, and must find a way to stop it.Dungeon Siege is a role-playing game sharing many similarities with Diablo. It is heavily combat-oriented and emphasizes item-gathering and gradual building up of the protagonist for purely battle-related purposes. The game's linear progression is determined by quests that send the protagonist to newer areas. Combat is handled in a point-and-click fashion; when the player character fights alone, it resembles the action-based fights of Diablo. However, other characters may join the party as well, at which point combat flows in real time, somewhat similarly to the semi-automated party battles of Ultima VII. It is possible to build formations and assign basic tactics to the party as well. When a character's health drops to zero, it becomes unconscious, and if left alone it will regenerate back to life. Other party members can speed up the healing process with spells. On the other hand if the enemies keep attacking the character will eventually die, and only resurrection spells can bring it back from the dead.Unlike other role-playing games, there are no classes, but characters can improve up to four skills: melee, ranged, nature magic and combat magic. Advancing in a skill is done by simply using it. The characters become better at melee attacks if they fight with melee weapons, they can master nature magic if they cast nature spells, and so on. Using a skill will automatically improve one of three attributes: strength (necessary for melee), dexterity (ranged) or intelligence (magic). |
| Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai III | 2002-04-05 | Harvest | Jaleco Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | The third arcade entry in the Suchie-Pai series, Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai III brings more strip mahjong with Misaki Kyoko, better known as Suchie-Pai. But things get strange when a second Suchie-Pai appears. This game features some returning opponents and some new opponents. Graphics are vastly improved over those of its predecessors, released several years earlier. |
| Nu, pogodi! Vipusk 1. Pogonja | 2002-04-05 | 1C Company | K-D Lab Game Development | Action | Side view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Nu, pogodi! Vipusk 1. Pogonja is a platform game based on the popular Russian TV cartoon series. You play as a wolf, and you need to reach the end of the level to pass it. |
| Wazzal | 2002-04-07 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Wazzal is an action game set in space. The Sun is soon going to go supernova. A group of friendly aliens offers evacuation, but only for those who can pay. The player takes on the role of a space pirate captain, eager to collect enough money to flee the doomed star system. The player travels the solar system in his ship. When encountering neutral vessels, the player can choose to try and attack them. Battling with other ships is done in a Star Control-style minigame where the player and the opponent navigate their ships around a limited playfield, shooting at each other until one's health is fully depleted. Once the enemy ship is put out of commission, a "boarding" minigame follows: a top-down shooting game in which the player controls one of his crewmen during a heated gunfight with the enemy crew. Captured ships can be added to the player's fleet, and later assist the player during battles. When visiting planets, the player can sell ill-gotten goods, repair ships, and take on various missions to earn additional money. |
| Cybernoid II | 2002-04-08 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This freeware remake of Cybernoid II: The Revenge upgrades the original with new graphics and sounds, while maintaining the same gameplay from 1988. In what is essentially a shooter, the player controls a small spaceship navigating the many rooms of a pirate battle station to retrieve some stolen cargo. Each screen has several enemies and obstacles that must be negotiated before moving to the next scene. The ship carries a varied arsenal of rockets, time bombs, temporary shields, bouncing mines, heat-seeking missiles, and other weapons like smart bombs that destroy most enemies on the room, and the tracer that drops from the ship and follows the edge of the screen killing all the foes in its way. The need to select the appropriate power for each situation adds a tactical element to the otherwise fast-paced action. |
| Factory Mogul | 2002-04-08 | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Martin Milenkovic | | Teen | | Windows | Using techniques covered in the many 'tycoon' style games (such as Railroad Tycoon or Theme Park), in Factory Mogul you are an owner of an abandoned warehouse. Your task is to re-build and invest in the warehouse, turning it into a busy business location. Build a manufacturing company, hire employees and create amazing products that target one or many types of audiences. Watch the budget and pay expenses while building a consumer market and beating the competition to the next big thing. |
| Valhalla Classics: Episode 4 - The Tower | 2002-04-10 | Vulcan Software Limited | Vulcan Software Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Valhalla Classics is an episodic remake of the classic Amiga games Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve, and Valhalla: Before the War. Each game was divided into four episodes (overall twelve) which can be bought and played separately from each other. Improvements to the original games are new graphics, music, and voice recordings.The Tower is the fourth episode of the Lord of Infinity timeline where King Garamond was murdered by his brother, the Lord of Infinity. He also wanted to kill Garamond's son, the Prince, but he was able to flee to another kingdom. Now the player takes the role of the Prince to regain the reign which was stolen from him. In this episode the player has finally reached the castle's heart where he faces the evil Lord of Infinity.The game is an adventure in top-down perspective. The player walks through the maps, talks to people and solves puzzles which are either logic, inventory, or dialogue based. To interact with his surroundings the player has to walk in front of the object and person and then needs to press one of the three action buttons (look, operate or take). The inventory is limited to ten objects and the player can hurt himself. When the stamina bar reaches zero he dies - but it can be replenished by potions. |
| xSynergy Gate | 2002-04-10 | Sexy Death Entertainment | Sexy Death Entertainment | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | xSynergy Gate is an almost top-down, vertically scrolling space shoot'em up. It is played on a single plane, but it has 3D graphics. The player controls a space ship, flies forward and shoots enemies, but the special weapon system is quite different. Defeated enemies leave behind small fragments that form a cloud that circles around the screen. When it gets close to the ship some fragment can be absorbed to load a special weapon. There are three weapons that are chosen through floating cards on the screen. Once activated it slowly drains the fragment meter in the bottom left corner. Bosses appear often and shoot lots of bullets. |
| The Chef | 2002-04-11 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Chef Lucca and his brother Guido had opened an Italian restaurant, which was loved in Reality-on-the-Norm. But an accusation from D.O.R.K.S. organization has lead to his restaurant's closing. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Chef Lucca to clean his reputation and to find the rival of his restaurant business in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. The game is inspired by The Godfather. |
| Warrior Kings | 2002-04-13 | MC2-Microïds | Black Cactus (Games) Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Warrior Kings is a 3D Real-Time Strategy Game similar to Shogun: Total War. Set in a medieval kingdom scenario.You take control of a brave people and its huge army and have to set up supply buildings, maintain your army and fight large battles against other armies. The game's controls are intuitive and easy to learn, so you can quickly follow the well written campaigns, which are constantly increasing in size and difficulty.The most interesting features are the possibility to put up an espionage network, lay ambushes, enter diplomatic conversations, make raids or siege the opponent's cities. |
| Master Rallye | 2002-04-17 | Microïds | Steel Monkeys | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | | Licensed | | | | Off-roading | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Master Rallye is a 5000 km long rallye from Paris to Moscow. It takes ten days to do this distance and the track leads through seven countries and all terrain types, from asphalt road over dust ways to mud and even snow. Ten days, you are alone with the road and the roaring sound of your engine. With this game, you can participate on one of the most demanding rallyes of the world. You need to race through 30 stages, on all terrain, against aggressive AI opponents, to win the cup. The game is the official Master Rallye computer game. |
| NightStone | 2002-04-19 | Titus France SA | New Horizon Studios S.L. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | In NightStone you get the chance to play a Barbarian, Sorceress and Amazon, joining forces to wade your way through a land plagued by evil to destroy the NightStone.A basic isometric role-playing game, each of your characters has a limited series of statistics and an overall 'level' that, obviously, increases as you play. Limited inventory slots exist for each character and, with only one location to sell and buy items present in the game, you will have to juggle your inventory carefully.The land you explore is split up into over 30 'sections', each of which is the basis for a single mission. Missions can be 'destroy all of monster type X', or 'find such-and-such an item' or even just make it through alive. Each of your champions start the game at different points of the landscape, so your first few missions will be spent just getting them together to join forces. Saves are not possible during a single mission - only once you have completed and returned to main land overview map.Multiplayer options are also available, and the game comes with a simple-to-use adventure and mission editor that will allow you to create your own quests for up to 8 friends to play. |
| Simon the Sorcerer 3D | 2002-04-19 | SouthPeak Interactive LLC | Headfirst Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Continuing the series after seven years, Simon the Sorcerer 3D marks the return of the young spellcaster. The game is a direct sequel to Simon the Sorcerer 2, and starts precisely where the second game ended: Simon is imprisoned in Sordid's body... At the beginning of the game, the evil wizard Sordid is free again. He is now selling a mind-changing cola and you must stop him, and this time, unlike in the first two games, also save the world.Many familiar characters from the two previous games are back, and so is Simon himself with his red cloak (and not the violet clothes from the first game). The classic adventure gameplay is based mainly on wacky puzzles, like the first two games, but the game is now entirely rendered in a 3D world. There are some action sequences, less linearity in the plot, and Simon can die. Besides, some puzzles can only be solved in a 3D environment and require extensive exploration. |
| Bug Squish | 2002-04-20 | | New Breed Software | Action | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Bug Squish the player has to protect their own arm from blood-sucking insects. Using a fly-swatter (controlled by the mouse or a touch screen) they need to be squished before they suck you dry. There are 32 waves, with various bug types, and occasional "extra blood" and score multiplier bonuses. It is based on the Macintosh shareware game Blood Suckers. |
| Arabian Nights | 2002-04-24 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc., Visiware, Wanadoo Edition | Silmarils | Action | Behind view | | | Puzzle elements | Middle East | | | | Teen | | Windows | Arabian Nights is similar to Prince of Persia 3D, combining action with adventure elements in 3D. Each of its 7 Episodes is in "serial" format with a distinct beginning and conclusion. You play Ali who must find and rescue the Sultan's five beautiful daughters (quintuplets), who have disappeared on the eve of their 21st birthday. As Ali, you'll meet a variety of foes and can choose how to fight them - either by casting one of 4 magic spells, using over 30 hand-to-hand maneuvers with your feet and hands, slashing them with your scimitar, or throwing knives and other weapons. In addition, you can walk, run, sprint, jump, climb ladders and ropes, walk a tightrope, read parchments and inscriptions, fly on a magic carpet, push and pull objects, play the flute, as well as pick up and use inventory objects. Interact with over 60 non-player characters in various locations including towns and neighborhoods, the Palace, a burial ground, crypts, and gardens. |
| Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror | 2002-04-24 | Infogrames, Inc. | Kamehan Studios | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Like the popular Half-Life: Counter-Strike team-based shooter, Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror lets players assume the role of a terrorist or an anti-terrorist special forces soldier, and they must work with a team of other players in order to complete certain objectives, such as rescuing hostages, defending vessels, and capturing hideouts. In addition to the multiplayer mode, the game includes a complete single-player campaign.This stand-alone game is based on a user-made counter terrorism mod for Unreal Tournament. It features more than 30 different maps, more than 20 real-world weapons, and 11 detailed character models and skins. |
| FlipTrip | 2002-04-25 | Elmer Interactive | Demiurge Studios, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | FlipTrip is a match-three puzzle game played on a hexagonal board. The game is played by rotating cubes on the board. Each side of a cube is red, blue, or green and the aim is to make a match of three sides of the same color. The cubes are then removed from the board. More cubes will fall from the top of the screen and the player has to stop them from filling the board.The game contains a classic mode where the game speeds up as progress is made, a match mode, with a limited amount of cubes, and an unlimited mode that keeps going forever. |
| Hooters: Road Trip | 2002-04-25 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Hoplite Research, LLC | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | In Hooters Road Trip, the player takes control of a muscle car, competing in races and different skill tests sponsored by Hooters Restaurants, a popular food and bar franchise in the U.S. that employs well-endowed women, in locations such as California and Florida. The gameplay mostly consisted of racing against computer opponents while avoiding oncoming traffic, such as other cars and semi-trucks. The winner of these races will get to meet a real Hooters Girl (video wise of course), chosen for the game for each state they actually live (i.e., if they player wins a race in Florida, the player will get to see a Hooters Girl from a restaurant in Florida). There are 12 different cars to choose from, some of which need to be unlocked by winning certain races. Players can also race against each other in two-player action while the graphics are reminiscent of Destruction Derby. |
| Project Earth: Starmageddon | 2002-04-25 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Lemon Interactive Sp. z o.o., We Open Eyes | Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Years from now the people of Earth colonize another planet called Cognita, found near Rigel Kentaurius (Alpha Centauri A). It is the only place besides Earth where the human race can survive and grow.That is, however, until another planet is discovered. 68 light years from Earth and not far from Aldebaran, one of the Taurus constellation's stars, the "third Earth" awaits. Not long after the discovery, a fleet of Sundivers, mind controlled ships the size of large cities, begin the trek to the new planet. But on the way there, they are intercepted by an alien race.While controlling one of the many Sundivers, build an army with enough fire power to defend the rest of the fleet from the new enemy, and continue the mission to colonize the "third Earth". |
| 2002 FIFA World Cup | 2002-04-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, Intelligent Games Ltd, Software Creations Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Asia, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | | Windows | 2002 FIFA World Cup is the official game of the 17th FIFA World Cup, held in Korea and Japan between May 31 and June 30. It is based on the engine of FIFA Soccer 2002, so experienced Fifa players can get used for it quite fast. It is based on the 2002 World Cup - Korea and Japan and includes all of the countries who promoted to the World Cup, and a lot more. Small statistics are shown for every country - their last biggest win, appearances at the World Cup, etc.The stadium and all players are really detailed. The player's texture's resolution is so high, you can easily recognize most of them. The stadium is big and impressive and full of colored crowd.As in FIFA Soccer 2002, the animation was taken from real players, with motion sensors. Thus, some new animation was added - new sliding, falling, and more.And the newest feature of 2002 FIFA World Cup, is the air ball control model. You can take balls from the air, and have much more control with them - creating great goals from the air. |
| R/C Helicopter: Indoor Flight Simulation | 2002-04-26 | Summitsoft Entertainment | Aqua System Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Helicopter, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | RC Helicopter Indoor Adventure is a RC helicopter flight simulation. You have to navigate your way through rooms, hallways and corridors collecting points to gain access to bigger and faster helicopters.There are no enemies, just you, rc helicopter, ticking time and some obstacles. There are 2 game modes: challenge and adventure. Challenge contains missions and in adventure you have to collect stars. |
| Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen | 2002-04-26 | Aquaplus | Leaf | Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | | Adult | Tactical RPG, Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In Utawarerumono, the player takes the role of Hakuoro, a mysterious masked man who awakens one day in a strange village without having any recollections of his past. Soon he discovers that the country inhabitants are being oppressed by their emperor. Hakuoro organizes a rebellion, and eventually becomes the emperor himself. Determined to bring peace to the world, Hakuoro must nevertheless fight against countries who oppose his benevolent rule, and discover the truth about his own past in the process.Utawarerumono is a turn-based tactical RPG with elements of a visual novel. Much of the narrative develops through text and still images, with the player being able to make a choice from time to time. Battles occur as dictated by the narrative. The player navigates the characters on the battle field, attacking enemies when they are in range. Experience points are gained after the victory, and are distributed to raise the parameters of the characters.The original PC version has explicit sexual scenes, which have been removed for the PS2 release. |
| Hugo and the Animals of the Ocean | 2002-04-29 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Adventure, Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Hugo and the Animals of the Ocean is an adventure game for children. Hugo is looking for parts of an old treasure map in four oceans with his submarine. Every ocean has a skill game and an interactive encyclopedia about the animals there. If all four games are finished, you can restart the game. |
| Steel Beasts: Gold Edition | 2002-04-30 | Strategy First, Inc. | eSim Games | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Tank | | | Teen | | Windows | Gold Edition of Steel Beasts contains patched version of the game, 30 new missions and a improved version of the mission editor. |
| Apidya 2002 | 2002-05-01 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Apidya 2002 is a fan-produced remake of Apidya for the Amiga. It is faithful regarding graphics and sound (which are actually ripped from the original), features different resolution options, configurable keys and selectable number of lives. The last known public release from 2004 however only includes the first level of the original game. |
| Bioscopia: Where Science Conquers Evil | 2002-05-01 | Tivola Publishing, Inc. | Ruske & Puhretmaier Edutainment GmbH | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In a secret laboratory in a hidden research facility, artificial intelligence waits to be awakened. Artificially intelligent robots with human characteristics were created and originally intended to assist the human race. But, before the project could be completed, something went awry. Why was the Bioscopia research station abandoned? What happened to the scientists?Another research scientist was determined to find the answers to those questions and she, herself, becomes trapped within the complex. You are sent to find her and are plunged into a graphically intense world where science rules. Zoology, biology, botany and genetics are the keys to finding the scientist and unlocking Bioscopia's secrets.In first person perspective, explore the detailed rooms and grounds of Bioscopia. Find information in the computers and written documents. Discover items to use in a multitude of puzzles. Rely on your common sense and deductive abilities as well as what you have learned within the game itself to rescue the lost researcher. |
| Blip & Blop: Balls of Steel | 2002-05-01 | LOADED Studio | LOADED Studio | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Pac-Man is a ball with a mouth; Blip and Blop are balls with arms -- conventional arms of several varieties, in addition to more exotic heavy weaponry such as lasers and flamethrowers. Chekhov's law dictates that the gun in the first act must go off in the third, but these hardened spheres haven't got the patience for that, wading directly into a non-stop carnival of carnage, a shooting frenzy only occasionally interrupted with cut-scene dialogue and nods to what might otherwise be described as the run'n'jump platformer genre -- had they legs to run and jump with. (Wiggle and bounce?)Of course, a game based on wholesale slaughter is only as wicked as its antagonists, and here developer LOADED Studio has taken an interesting tack, setting up forty sinister derivative versions of much-loved video game protagonists and other paragons of childhood benevolence -- the Smurfs (aka "Snuffs", presumably for copyright reasons), the Care Bears ("Scare Bears"), Pokémon ("Dorkemon"), Snorks, Rayman, Lara Croft, Lemmings (in a bonus stage reminiscent of Lamers), and so forth across 5 levels (and two bonus stages), both as mooks and bosses. And when you and they meet? You'll demonstrate that you've got balls and they've got guts. |
| Cool Soccer | 2002-05-01 | | NAWAR Ltd. | Sports | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Cool Soccer is a custom implementation of a game known as table football / kicker. It is a 2-player “hot-seat” only game, without CPU / AI enemies.Game allows players to choose either normal football pitch or futsal pitch. Two modes are available - game with time limit (3 minutes) and with score limit (3 goals). There are two teams in the game - one with yellow-blue livery and second with white-red livery.Each team has 8 footballers on a table in pre-defined, non-modifiable positions. Once the ball hits one, the player has to hold and release the left mouse button to determine the shot's direction. Goalkeepers are moving automatically between the posts. If the ball goes outside the play arena, the closest footballer is moved there to kick the ball and comes back to pre-defined position. |
| Cosmic Rift | 2002-05-01 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Cosmic Rift was a 2D online-only multiplayer space action shooter similar to SubSpace where you take command of one of thirteen star fighter crafts of varying strengths and unique weaponry and wage war with hundreds of other players. It consists of different gaming zones each with their own game modes and rules. Next to solo and team matches, there was also support for Capture the Flag-type of games, a soccer variant, and a RPG-inspired mode where money is earned by gathering minerals, collected by destroying ships. The game was included in Sony Online Entertainmen's "The Station" games lineup. |
| Cult II: Federal Crime | 2002-05-01 | Studio Blum | Studio Blum | Adventure | Top-down | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | One week after taking down the Cult of the Stars, Police Special Operations Unit Officer Zack Bon is back in action. His newest target is Jonathan "Nathan" West, president and CEO of West Petrol Inc. West is a suspected member and financier of an underground militia focused on taking down the federal government. Bon has infiltrated West's compound under cover as a party guest. There he must learn of West's intentions by mingling with partygoers and gathering any evidence he can. Using his proven skills as an unarmed negotiator it's up to Bon to stop West.Cult II: Federal Crime continues programmer Lee Blum's vision of nonviolent gaming. Conflicts are resolved through "negotiations and trade." Cult II is a top-down game where the player moves Zack through the maze-like compound, talking to guests, collecting inventory and keys, and pressing switches to open doors. While Cult II is nonviolent, Zack can still die from repeated exposure to toxic puddles. |
| Dinotopia: Game Land Activity Center | 2002-05-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | ImageBuilder Software, Inc. | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Dinotopia is a series of books (as well as a TV mini series) about an island where dinosaurs and people live in harmony.This activity center follows the dinosaur theme - the player uses a decoder to decipher dinosaur footprint phrases, flies a dinosaur through a side scrolling game, tries to match hatching dino eggs, and more. |
| Mad Plumber | 2002-05-01 | | NAWAR Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mad Plumber is a simplified variant of Qix. The goal is to mark all paths on the level and reveal the image. There are enemies, whose number varies between 1 and 5 depending on the level, that, once touched, destroy the player's vehicle and cause the game to restart on the same stage. Game over also happens if the timer decrements to 0.It contains both a single-player mode and multiplayer (split-screen for two players). The direction of vehicle movement is changed using the arrow keys by one player. A second player uses the WASD keys to control the vehicle. Players have an unlimited number of lives and the game state can be saved or loaded after completion of any level.There are 15 levels in the single-player mode and 15 levels in the two-player mode (unique to each of the game modes). |
| MusicVR Episode 1: Tr3s Lunas | 2002-05-01 | Oldfield Interactive Ltd. | Oldfield Interactive Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Music / rhythm | | Flight / aviation | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Before explaining what Tres Lunas is, you need to know who Mike Oldfield is. Mike Oldfield is an iconoclastic British composer and musician, best known for a composition which he released in 1973 called "Tubular Bells", a portion of which was used in the film "The Exorcist". Most would consider his style of music to be avant-garde or New Age.In 2002, Mike Oldfield decided to expand his artistic horizons and create a computer game that used his music as a foundation. He named the project MusicVR and Tres Lunas is the first instalment in this endeavour. Tres Lunas fuses Oldfield's music with surrealistic images to create a sort of dream world for the player to wander through. The player can find and collect up to seven golden rings, but this is not really the goal. The real goal is simply to explore and discover. While playing, the player will encounter various creatures, people and objects. Some are helpful and some are a hindrance but none are dangerous or malicious. |
| OpenOffice (included games) | 2002-05-01 | Sun Microsystems | StarDivision | Action, Compilation | Top-down | | | Arcade, Board game, Falling block puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | An easter egg is often just one more program tossed in to a cumbersome mix of other programs; in this case, the German developers of the StarOffice application suite (later to be bought by Sun, further developed and given away for free as OpenOffice) threw in a clone of Space Invaders that could only be invoked through its Calc (spreadsheet) application.The game plays as one might expect, the player keyboard-controlling the left and right movements of a ship at the bottom of the screen as well as directing when it fires upward -- hopefully to hit aliens overhead, gradually descending as they glide with menace from side to side of the screen. The aliens shoot down as well, though the player starts with protective barriers overhead to hide beneath. Later levels introduce tougher alien opponents, including some requiring multiple direct strikes to kill and others that appear and disappear. Unusual play mechanisms here are that the player may have up to five shots on the screen at a given time, and that player shot and alien shot will cancel each other out.In addition to the Space Invaders clone, OpenOffice Calc also knows how to play Tic-Tac-Toe to a stalemate, a mode which can be activated by entering =Game(A1:C3;”TicTacToe”) into cel A4.Earlier versions of the applications suite (up until StarOffice 4.0 Service Pack 2) also included a 3D Tetris game and a Frogger clone ("Froggie") in StarCalc and a Pac-Man clone ("Sunnyman") in StarWriter. |
| Phobia III: Edge of Humanity | 2002-05-01 | RedLynx Ltd | RedLynx Ltd | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Phobia III: Edge of Humanity is the third and final game in the top-down shooter series. The player controls a soldier who must fight against aliens with seven different weapons available through six missions. The gameplay involves power-ups that provide better weapons or introduce cannons in the environment. The aliens are based on four different lifeforms. Multiplayer is available for two players. |
| Pinball Madness 4 | 2002-05-01 | Encore, Inc. | Digital Extremes London, Empire Interactive Entertainment, Pin-Ball Games Ltd., Redoubt Ltd., Spidersoft Limited | Action, Compilation | | | | Arcade, Pinball | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Billed as the "world's largest pinball collection", Pinball Madness 4 brings together 5 full-version pinball games in one box. Included are:
Williams Pinball Classics (Encore, Inc.)
Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey (Empire Interactive)
Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island (Digital Extremes)
Platinum Pinball (Encore, Inc.)
3D Pinball Express (Cosmi Corporation)
Pinball Madness 4 is unusual even amongst other shovelware titles. For example, the included title Platinum Pinball is already a bundle of Slam Tilt Pinball, Absolute Pinball, 21st Century Ltd's Pinball Mania as well as original tables from developer Redoubt, Ltd.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Group Pinball Madness series
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| The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | 2002-05-01 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Bethesda Game Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Action RPG, Sandbox / open world | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Freed by the decree of Uriel Septim VII, the Emperor of Tamriel, a lone prisoner is transported to the province of Morrowind. It seems that the strange dreams this prisoner has been having lately may have a connection to equally strange events occurring there. The protagonist is given a simple assignment: join the Blades, a secret organization whose goal is to protect the safety of the Emperor. This leads to a discovery of an ancient prophecy and an evil scheme concocted by a powerful deity whom the protagonist alone is able to stop.Conceived in the tradition of the Elder Scrolls series, Morrowind is a fantasy role-playing game with a vast world open for exploration. After being released from a prison ship at the shores of the island Vvardenfell, the protagonist may do more or less what he or she wants: follow the main quest and solve the mystery of an ancient prophecy, join any of roughly a dozen guilds and rise in their hierarchy by performing duties, or simply explore the gigantic island with its stylistically diverse cities, hundreds of dungeons and tombs, ancient ruins and mighty fortresses. Morrowind uses a two-stage skill system. The hero’s primary stats (strength etc.) increase with each level gained, while secondary abilities improve by use – for example, the more often the character jumps, the more proficient he or she becomes in the Acrobatics skill, etc. The action-oriented fights are simple exchanges of strikes or spells, until one combatant dies. The enemy's hit points and condition were not originally shown; however, at the request of customers a health bar was added for enemies as part of the first upgrade patch.The protagonist's race and gender, but also his or her reputation influence the reactions of NPCs. If a character’s sympathy for the hero is low (rated on a scale from 1 to 100), he might refuse to answer questions; if it is high, the player will get more detailed information and better bargains in shops. Most quests involving other persons can be solved by persuasion, pick-pocketing, or simply by force.The game's NDL 3D game engine is powerful in drawing wide, detailed outdoor landscapes as well as complex indoor environments. Transitions are not fluent; houses and dungeons must be loaded upon entering. |
| The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Collector's Edition) | 2002-05-01 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This edition contains:
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Morrowind Soundtrack CD: Composed by Jeremy Soule (Icewind Dale), the CD features the soundtrack to Elder Scrolls III. (Not included in the European releases)
Ordinator Figurine: One of the Holy Guards of the Dark Elven Temple, The Ordinator is an important part of the world of Morrowind. This pewter figurine is sculpted by Sandra Garrity.
The Art of Morrowind Book: Go behind the scenes in the making of the game, with 48 pages of artwork in full color. Features drawings, sketches and renderings on the characters, races and places of Morrowind.
The Map of Morrowind: The full color poster map of Morrowind by Mike Wagner.
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| Birdie Shoot | 2002-05-02 | TopWare Interactive Poland Sp. z o.o. | e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment gmbh | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Birdie Shoot is a shooting gallery game. It consists of four environments where as many birds as possible need to be shot down as they have been infected with the ASE (Avis-Spongiforme-Enzephalopathy) virus. The gun's cartridges put them to sleep so they do not cause a global pandemic. The four available environments are an Arctic region, a forest, a jungle and the sea. The animals include ducks, hens, pigeons, storks, etc. The game supports up to four players on a single PC.Aiming is done with the mouse. The screen is not static, but the player can freely scroll left or right. Each type of animal provides a different score and the points are added up in the top right corner. The top left corner shows the remaining time. There is only a limited number of bullets and every now and then manual reloading needs to be done to fill up the ammo again. A meter on the right hand side shows the combo level. It continually goes down, but when hitting fast enough it fills up and starts a new level, providing more points. |
| Cosmowarrior Zero | 2002-05-02 | CyberFront Corporation | Taito Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Cosmowarrior Zero is a 3D combat game based on characters from Leiji Matsumoto's universe - or "Leijiverse".After the Great War against the machines' Galactic Government, Earth is a ruined planet. Warius Zero once was the commander of the terran fleet, but he lose his wife and children during the war and is now a broken man. Earth's government decide to give Warius a new mission : find the space pirates led by young Captain Harlock and stop them before the Galactic Government decides to break the already weak peace treaty. At first, Warius accepts the mission as he is searching a new meaning to his life. But he will soon discover that things are in fact much, much more complicated...The game features action scenes where you explore levels and fight enemies, and boss battles in 3D arena. Multiplayer involves only the latter. As you progress in the "story mode", you unlock new characters both well-known heroes of the Leijiverse - such as Lady Emeraldas, Great Samurai Tochiro, Battle Analyser (the robot from "Starblazers") and of course Captain Harlock - and newcomers such as Grenadier the mercenary, the bounty hunter La Sylviana, and the evil Hellmatear. You also unlock a special gallery containing production sketches, artworks and original drawings from Matsumoto himself. |
| Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns - Special Awards Edition | 2002-05-02 | Strategy First, Inc. | TimeGate Studios, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | The first game in the Kohan series packaged in a new Game of the Year edition. The GOTY edition comes with 12 new maps, 13 brand new heroes, 16 new computer strategies, and an improved computer A.I. The game is set in a fantasy world where you take on the role of an immortal known as the Kohan. Your race once ruled the world, but was devastated in a series of cataclysms. As an immortal you have reawakened to a new world, unlike the one you once knew. If you are to return your race to their rightful glory you must solve the mystery of their destruction. |
| Combat Medic: Special Ops | 2002-05-03 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Alpine Studios, Inc. | Action, Educational, Simulation | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Front Lines ... Middle East war zone ... your buddy cries "Medic!" and you scurry on your knees towards him. Lying beside him is another member of your unit, blood pouring from his side .. his arm a mass of unrecognizable goo. You rip open your medical backpack and pray that you have enough morphine to go around. In this game, from the people who brought us the Emergency Room series, you become the Combat Medic working in the most life threatening of circumstances.The story echoes real-life events. Akhmed Abdullah Zhareem and his army of terrorist plan to release deadly biological weapons. Your unit is part of a major U.S. force sent to fight and gain intelligence about this terrorism threat. You are not only a combat soldier .. you are the only medically trained person in the near vicinity. In between dodging enemy fire and returning with your own, you must perform triage, patch up the wounded, administer pain shots, move the wounded to safer ground and coordinate evacuation for the worst of them.Gameplay is an unusual mix of puzzle-solving along with action using both the keyboard and mouse. In top-down view, you'll be shooting back at the enemy in between (and sometimes during) treating the wounded, who are scattered about the action map. When you approach a hurt soldier, the view changes to first person so you can administer whatever medical treatment is needed.You'll be using authentic US Army medical tools to treat more than 45 combat injuries. Choose one of three characters to play with diverse backgrounds. Adding to the replayability, there are also three difficulty settings: Novice, Intermediate and Expert. |
| Arthur's Knights II: The Secret of Merlin | 2002-05-06 | Adventure Company, The | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | After Bradwen has successfully completed his quest to become a Knight Of The Round Table in the first game, he must now fight against the dark forces in this sequel to "Tales Of Chivalry". His wound, worsened by a horrible curse, doesn't want to disappear, and he must find a magic way to heal himself."The Secret of Merlin" is a historical adventure that takes place in 7-th century Britain. |
| Final Duel 2: Deathmatch arena | 2002-05-06 | FRACTiLE Games | FRACTiLE Games | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Fighting, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | Real-time | | | Windows | Final Duel 2 is a fast action multiplayer space shoot'em up game with 3D hardware accelerated graphics and CD-quality sound effects. This game allows up to four players on single computer.In Final Duel 2 you control your chosen space fighter ship in deathmatch arena set up in open space. Avoiding collisions with meteors, taking cover behind them and picking up more and more powerful weapons, your sole purpose is to shoot the other players down before they shoot you!
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| Mahjongger | 2002-05-07 | Nordos Game Studio | Nordos Game Studio | Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Mahjongger is similar to the ancient Chinese game of Mahjong (solitaire). Game is intended for children and promotes development of figurative thinking. The goal of the game is to eliminate all tiles on the board by matching pairs of free tiles. A tile is "free" (and can be matched) only if it is a top-most tile and has either a right or left edge with no neighbouring tile. You collect points by matching pairs of tiles. You lose the game if there is no possible move left (you cannot shuffle the tiles again in this case). You win the game if all tiles are eliminated from the board. If you manage this in a good time, you can enter your name into the highscore list. |
| Becher Flask | 2002-05-08 | Nooldsoft | Nooldsoft | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Becher Flask is a Boulder Dash clone but instead of diamonds the player must collect bottles of Becherovka. In each level a certain number of bottles must be collected before the player may continue to the next level. Enemies such as trucks and helicopters must be avoided or crushed to open up walls or to generate more bottles of Becherovka. |
| Raklem: War on Earth | 2002-05-08 | Generation Stars | Generation Stars | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Raklem: War on Earth puts you all alone out there on enemy territory with only one goal: to stay alive as long as possible. In this freeware top-down arcade shooting game, you have some bonuses to help you along the way, providing you with better accuracy, faster reload or increased bullet and soldier speed. The AI adapts to your playing style and there are some humorous elements, such as sheep as shields.Your performance is measured by how long you can stay alive, the number of opponents killed and an overall score, with an included high score screen. You can also upload your best scores to the world scores to compare them with other players. There are some real-time rendering effects with blood and snow. |
| The Mystery of the Nautilus | 2002-05-09 | Adventure Company, The | Cryo Interactive Entertainment, T-bot Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This adventure game was inspired by the Jules Verne novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".The story begins aboard the USS Shark, a research submarine, exploring the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The crew discovers a huge metallic object and argues whether to further examine it. During the debate, a young scientist, taking it upon himself to go without orders, steals a mini-sub and docks at the mysterious wreck. You play the scientist aboard what he learns to be Captain Nemo's vessel the "Nautilus". There are many rooms to explore and numerous puzzles to be solved in this 1st person point-and-click adventure game. |
| Virtual Sailor 6 | 2002-05-09 | Quality Simulations | Quality Simulations | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Virtual Sailor 6 (Version 6.0 and above) is a sailing and boating simulation which allows you to drive and sail a wide variety of boats. Using your mouse, you can turn the steering wheels or move the sails of hundreds of different motorboats, sailboats, submarines, seaplanes, cruise ships, steam ships, or just about any kind of boat that either comes with the game or can be downloaded. The game includes a single sailboat, motorboat, and submarine, but the website includes realistically modeled versions of modern, sci-fi, and historical boats including a Zodiac, Catamarans, a German U-Boat, a battleship, a futuristic amphibious car, and the Titanic. The boats' control panels are usually fully interactive and mouse controlled.You can play over a modem with several players, or create multiple boats and set behaviors and waypoints for them. Combat is also possible, with realistic sinking and capsizing. |
| GearHead | 2002-05-10 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Roguelike | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | GearHead is an anime-inspired roguelike taking place in the far future following the aftermath of a cataclysmic conflict between the Earth's governments and mega-corporations. Pilot a mecha (or giant robot) and lead a rag-tag band of companions in an effort to carve out a place for yourselves in this harsh new world.You lead a group of companions (called a "lance") into battle versus rival groups. Additional lancemates can be recruited over time as you explore the game world. Lancemates may also leave your party if they find your actions reprehensible.GearHead comes in both graphical and ASCII variants. Like other roguelikes, locations, encounters and starting characters are largely randomized. You can further customize your character by gaining XP, choosing skills and feats, equipping weapons and armor, and installing cyber implants.The game plot varies based on your character's background. An arch-nemesis is automatically generated at the start of the game. A series of set encounters with this nemesis are periodically spawned leading up to a final, dramatic encounter. Based on the outcome of this encounter you either win or lose the game.The main focus of the game, however, is the mecha-vs-mecha battles. Each mecha can be reconfigured in multiple ways by installing different equipment and body parts. There are multiple movement modes, including walking, rolling, jumping or flying. There are also a variety of weapon types, including melee, ranged and chain weapons, and weapons with additional status effects. Combat is turn-based and takes place upon a grid as per other roguelikes. Lancemates are not controlled directly, but rather are governed by their own AI. Combat is triggered either by missions or random encounters. Some missions have set objectives, such as destroying a piece of equipment or protecting a convoy. Missions are granted by different factions and award varying amounts of money and "renown". Some missions allow you to salvage remains, which you can then use to outfit your mecha. |
| Valhalla Classics: Episode 5 - The Servants Hall | 2002-05-10 | Vulcan Software Limited | Vulcan Software Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Valhalla Classics is an episodic remake of the classic Amiga games Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve and Valhalla: Before the War. Each game was divided into four episodes (overall twelve) which can be bought and played separately from each other. Improvements to the original games are new graphics, music and voice recordings.The Servants Hall is the first episode of the Before the War timeline which is a prequel to the first four episodes. Here the player takes the role of the Lord of Infinity who wants to kill his brother, King Garamond, to become king himself. In this episode the player is in the tombs where all former court wizards are buried. But one wizard is yet alive and Infinity has to face him.The game is an adventure in top-down perspective. The player walks through the maps, talks to people and solves puzzles which are either logic, inventory or dialogue based. To interact with his surroundings the player has to walk in front of the object and person and then needs to press one of the three action buttons (look, operate or take). The inventory is limited to ten objects and the player can hurt himself. When the stamina bar reaches zero he dies - but it can be replenished by potions. |
| Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project | 2002-05-14 | ARUSH Entertainment | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | 2D scrolling | Windows | Duke Nukem returns in a new adventure in a third-person platform game which hearkens back to the days of the original Duke Nukem platformers, but this time with a 3D game engine. The story takes place in New York City, where Duke battles his way across towering skyscraper rooftops and through gritty subway stations on the hunt for power-hungry villain, Mech Morphix. Mutants of every kind are thrown at Duke as he chases down Morphix through eight large stages and avoids the green slime called GLOPP that is causing all the chaos. There are over 25 different enemies Duke has to face such as Uzi-sporting alligators, ten-foot tall roach beasts, Fem-mechs (Female mutant robots with deadly whips) and the classic Pig Cop - all while spouting off his sarcastic one-liners and saving babes. There are nine weapons to choose from, such as the Golden Desert Eagle Pistol, pipe bombs, a machine gun, a rocket launcher, a pulse cannon, and others. |
| Pac-Man All-Stars | 2002-05-14 | Infogrames, Inc. | Creature Labs Ltd. | Action | | | | Arcade | | | Gary Buckley | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Pac-Man All-Stars is just another game starring the Pac-Man family of characters - but this time, there are no mazes. Instead, it's a game for up to four (human or CPU) players, where each player needs to catch more pellets than any other to advance a level. Each level consists of one detailed 3D screen with a fairy-tale setting. Different pellets appear and need to be catched by the players, who need to pay attention to the ghosts which want to catch the Pac-Men :)Features:
- 25 levels in six different worlds
- four player models: Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man Jr. and Professor Pac-Man
- story and adventure mode |
| Spacewar for PC | 2002-05-14 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Spacewar for PC is a remake of the classic game Spacewar!. Two spaceships on a limited battlefield are trying to shoot each other, with the bullets bouncing off the edges of the screen; the ships are not immune to their own bullets. The winner is the first player who scores the minimum requisite number of frags. The player can choose the frag limit, the size of the ships, and the maximum number of a ship's bullets that can be onscreen. Each ship can be controlled by a human or a computer, with three different AI skill levels available. |
| Anarchy Online (Special Edition) | 2002-05-15 | Funcom Oslo A/S | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Special Edition of Anarchy Online features the following content:
The fully patched game
A 12"x12" map of Rubi-ka
An illustrated beginner's guide
A keyboard overlay
A bonus CD with concept art, animated episodes, wallpapers, game soundtrack, hi-resolution intro video and trailer, and the first part of an ongoing web novel. |
| Aztec Wars | 2002-05-15 | Summitsoft Entertainment | New Media Generation | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | | | | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Aztec Wars is a budget RTS game that takes place in an alternate history 17th century Europe where the “Russes” and “Cathayans” must fight back an invasion from the Atlantic crossing Aztecs (who have already conquered France, Germany, and Spain).Initially in each mission, the player is in control of several basic houses. Each house produces money (the only resource in the game) and can produce the basic soldiers, but that's all it can do. However, for a large sum of money you can turn a house into a village, a city or a fortress. Each of three types of settlements allows you to build different units and buildings (Note that the three civilizations also have varying units and buildings).Within a settlement, you can recruit units and construct buildings: mines and farms (that give you money), defense towers that fire at enemies, and facilities that allow the settlement to build a specific unit - e.g. you cannot recruit a war bear until you build a bear's cave. Units are controlled similarly to other RTS games. After recruiting, they become 'garrison' of the settlement and stay inside to defend it. When you organize some units into a squad, you can instruct them to move around the map and use them to attack the enemy. The objective of a mission is typically to conquer or destroy all enemy settlements/units. You can capture an enemy settlement by destroying all units and towers that defend it. The settlement then becomes yours and you can control it - which means you can build units normally unique to enemy civilizations. Apart from a single Russes campaign, Aztec Wars offers fifteen single player missions and an additional thirty multiplayer maps for battles with up to six other players. |
| Elite Forces: Navy SEALs | 2002-05-15 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Jarhead Games Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Contemporary, Europe | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | As an elite US Navy SEAL, you will tackle some of the toughest missions the military has to offer in the world's hottest spots. You will infiltrate Iraq and chase down a fallen satellite that cannot be allowed to fall into Iraqi hands. You will infiltrate Bosnia and chase down a stolen nuclear warhead. Finaly, you will infiltrate North Korea to rescue two downed airmen. Along the way, you will encounter all sorts of enemies. Can you do the impossible?Navy SEALs is a budget 1st Person Shooter with a military theme. The weapons are somewhat authentic, but the conventions are tried and true: explore the level, shoot enemies, grab ammo and weapon(s) from fallen enemies. Follow the path until you get to the next level, rinse and repeat. No multiplayer available. Based on the Lithtech engine. |
| Liga Polska Manager 2002 | 2002-05-15 | MarkSoft | MGroup | Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | The fifth installment in MarkSoft's Liga Polska Manager series of football management games. This edition of the game comes with no substantial changes and is a perfect example of "pay again for the same". Except music tracks, minor graphics and engine corrections and upgraded players, teams and competitions, there were no innovations in the game. The player starts off managing a team in first, second or third Polish league. The game covers national backyard and European cups. The game has all the typical features for a middle advanced football managing titles. The player starts the game on July 2001.The game has a built in editor of teams and players.All players are described by: dribble, pass, tackling, speed, fair play, shot, susceptibility to injury, form. During the match all the interesting situations are presented in text form. |
| The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Trivia Challenge | 2002-05-15 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Gunnar Games, Inc. | Strategy | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Trivia Challenge is a game show-style trivia game. The player can play alone or with one or two friends, facing first several multiple-choice trivial questions about survival, then a multi-step survival situation.The types of scenarios players will be faced with include: how to survive if you are lost in the desert, what to do if you are attacked by a bear or mountain lion, how to escape killer bees, what to do if you are lost in the mountains, and survive if you fall onto subway tracks. |
| Uncommon Valor: Campaign for the South Pacific | 2002-05-15 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | 2 by 3 Games | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, Oceania, World War II | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Set during World War II, you control either the Japanese or the Allied forces in the South Pacific, defending or destroying the surrounding islands in Asia and Australia.You command everything from a top down perspective on the world below. Here, you can order every troop around to different positions while the enemy pushes forward. You can start bomb raids, bring in the submarines to patrol or invade off-shore areas, constructing new bases, training and swapping pilots in and out of service, and everything else that a War Commander can use to achieve victory.
Your ultimate objective is to wipe out the opposing forces and capture/defend territory.
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| Another War: Wydanie Kolekcjonerskie - Edycja Limitowana | 2002-05-17 | Cenega Publishing, s.r.o. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Another War
Mortyr: 2093-1944
Interview with the game developers
Poster
Stickers
T-shirt |
| Astonishia Story | 2002-05-17 | Wizard Soft Ltd. | Sonnori Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Astonishia Story is a Korean-made RPG and a remake of a PC game of the same name. This version features technically improved, more detailed graphics and soundtrack, animated cutscenes, and several tweaks in the interface and battle system. The PSP version is also the first English-translated release of the game. |
| RC de GO! | 2002-05-17 | CyberFront Corporation | Taito Corporation | Action, Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | RC de GO! is a take on the Densha de Go! series, however this time the focus is on remote controlled rally cars. The player can choose from three unique RC cars, each with their own strengths and weaknesses and over 80 different customizable options to choose from including new chassis that can be used to either make a car faster or turn better, among many other unique attributes.Players can race on fourteen different courses and have four different race modes to choose from: Practice lets the player learn the basics elements and controls of the car. Quick Race allows the player to choose from any cars and tracks available for an exhibition race. Time Attack has the player complete a course in a set amount of time and Championship puts the player on twelve different off-road and road courses in an attempt to win the championship. If a player is able to win this mode, they will have the chance to test their skills on three special unlockable tracks. Additionally, players unlock many of the parts, upgrades, tracks and cars from the championship mode. |
| Grand Theft Auto III | 2002-05-21 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | Rockstar North Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Regional differences | Crime | Sandbox / open world, Shooter | Contemporary | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | After leaving San Andreas and going on a crime spree throughout the country, Claude Speed and Catalina head to Liberty City for a life of crime. During a bank heist, Claude is betrayed by Catalina and her Colombian friend Miguel, and he is shot by her just as they are leaving the scene of the crime. Claude fully recovers....in a prison cell. However, while being transported to a prison, Colombians ambush the prison van for an inmate riding with Claude. Claude and his friend, 8-Ball, escape in the process. Now it is time for revenge. Claude slowly rises through the ranks of the local gangs, gaining trust from local mob bosses and turning on others. Claude gains influence, trust, and most importantly, money along the way. It is time for Claude to rise from the dead and get revenge for what Catalina has done.Grand Theft Auto III is similar in its concept to its predecessors: the player is cast in the role of a vicious (albeit novice) criminal, who performs tasks for crime lords and gradually raises his rank in the criminal world. Driving is the main gameplay element in the game, though the player can also fully explore the city on foot. For the first time in the series, the entire game is rendered in 3D. Different camera angles are available for driving, and free camera rotation is available when on foot. As opposed to the previous games, Liberty City is the only city the player can explore in the game. The game puts more emphasis on the story, displaying cutscenes before each mission. In order to complete the game, it is necessary to perform all the main story missions; however, the player often has the choice between several missions at a given moment. The missions include chases, races, short third-person shooter sequences, as well as various mini-game-like activities. Outside of the missions, the player is free to explore the city and undertake sub-missions, for example working as a taxi driver, delivering sick people to the hospital in an ambulance car, etc. |
| Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix | 2002-05-21 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Raven Software Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Licensed, Regional differences | | Shooter | Asia, Contemporary, Europe, North America, South America | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The stakes are higher in this sequel to Soldier of Fortune. The player is John Mullins, a patriot, weapons specialist and anti-terrorist mercenary, who takes on a new threat bio-terrorist organization and their Gemini virus. His mission is to neutralize the terrorists before they unleash the virus.Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix features over 55 levels and an all new Random Mission Generator mode. The game uses the Quake III: Team Arena engine with GHOUL II technology and its models are designed with 36 damage zones along with 16 dismemberment zones. |
| Archibald Alphabet MiniGolf | 2002-05-22 | Archibald The Cat Entertainment | Archibald The Cat Entertainment | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Archibald Alphabet MiniGolf is a single player, shareware, keyboard controlled gameIn this game there are twenty six levels / holes to play on, each of then being in the shape of a letter. The player uses the left/right arrow keys to turn a pointer which controls the direction of the shot and the spacebar to control the power. The game has music, in-game help and a high score table.
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| Baroque Typing | 2002-05-22 | Sting, Inc. | Sting, Inc. | Educational | | | Horror | | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | A typing tutor based on the game-world and characters of Baroque. You select a character from the game and attempt to correctly type the words that appear on screen before a timer runs out. Many words contain bonus items and weapons taken from the game, which grant you extra points if you type them correctly, furthermore you can chain words for extra bonuses.Besides the single player story mode you can play a Vs match against the CPU or another player via online gameplay, in which the objective is to outscore your opponent in a fixed time period.Also included is a desktop companion in the form of the game's Archangel who tells your fortune. |
| Plastilinovyj Son | 2002-05-24 | 1C Company | Avalon Style Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Plastilinovyj Son is a humorous point and click adventure game where all the characters, backgrounds and objects are made entirely of plasticine and shot as a live video. A similar technique was employed in the 1996 game Neverhood and it's sequels and the fighting game series Clay Fighter.Plastilinovyj Son is set in a fantasy dream world, which is populated by the good creatures called Dreams. And everything in there was fine until one evil Dream called Daydream decided to destabilize the idyllic world by destroying the Dream Crystal - a source of positive energy in the Universe. He smashed it into six shards which didn't fly away in random directions, but ended up in the dreams of just one family. Now, the good Dream, named Ruff, has to enter their slumber and retrieve the pieces. The family consists of six members and everybody see different dreams at night: the boy sees travel do the moon and the aliens, the cat sees dogs and mice, grandpa dreams of fishing and so on. Ruff has to be very careful not to wake them from their sleep, while fulfilling his quest. |
| Intergalactic Life 2.0 | 2002-05-25 | | das TOBI-AS Interactive | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Remake of Intergalactic Life keeps the same plot, but proposes a new walkthrough. Starship of the alien #28493 (named Knoffel in Toxically Earth) has crashed in Reality-on-the-Norm. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Knoffel to find a fuel and leave the Earth in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Frequon Invaders | 2002-05-27 | | | Action, Educational | | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Frequon Invaders is so unique that it's hard to describe. Even a cursory glance at the screenshot will make you wonder: What kind of game is that?The objective is simple and conventional: The Frequons are invading! Destroy them before they reach the bottom, by moving the mouse onto the frequon. Sounds easy enough, huh?Well, the game is complicated as it doesn't display the frequons directly, but in a "two dimensional fourier space": All you see is a colourful band of waves, which change according to the relative position of the frequon to the mouse. When you get close to the frequon, you'll see dark bands appear, if you get even closer, the dark bands widen until the frequon itself is revealed as a dark spot. Move the mouse on it to make it explode.The game is so abstract that, as the author states it, "unless you dream in complex exponentials, you may be quite flustered the first time you play." A configurable training mode exists to help you develop an intuition to detect the frequon's positions. The training mode can also be used just for fun to create interesting wave patterns!While the first levels are quite easy, later levels are made harder by having more frequons at the same time, resulting in more complicated wave patterns, or by damaging your radar, thus limiting the displayed information, like showing the only magnitude of wavelength, or only some primary colors.As in Space Invaders, you can never win this game; all you can do is destroy as many frequons as possible before they get you. Your best performances are recorded in a high score table. Sound is limited to some blibs when a frequon appears or is destroyed.
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| JumpStart Advanced: Kindergarten | 2002-05-29 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Back of Case - Windows/MAC (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Frankie's Learning Games support the UK National Curriculum from Pre-school to Year 3. With Frankie's Crazy Racing, children will enjoy learning essential Year 1 skills.Seven Learning Buddies
to match your child's learning style!Some children respond better to pictures, some learn through songs, and others prefer hands-on examples. Educational experts have identified 7 key learning styles: the Franke All-Stars characters personify these different teaching methods, guiding children through early learning.(screenshot captions)As your child plays learning games, they are assessed and automatically matched to the All-Star, that best suits their learning style.Identify letters and sounds to help Frankie get back on track.Develop addition and subtraction skills you can really count on!Explore the garden and learn about insects and animals.Team up with Frankie and friends to win the wackiest car race ever! Help Kathy decorate her colourful Paint-Mobile, select wheels for Eleanor's Bow Cart, and mix Pops-a-lot fizzy pop to power Charley's baseball spinnin'sporster. Customise your own crazy car and unlock five racing arenas, while developing over 50 skills including:
Letter recognition
Reading comprehension
Sentence building
Counting
Addition and subtraction
Spelling
Science
Music, Art |
| JumpStart Advanced: Preschool | 2002-05-29 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | JumpStart Advanced: Preschool is an educational game for children at preschool age.The story is about Frankie the Dachsen-dog starting an adoption/re-housing center for homeless pets.
The player takes part in the care of individual pets in a classroom environment.When various activities with the pets are completed, the player gets rewards for their pets like toys & food.
The activities are related to shapes, colors & drawing, letter recognition, counting, sounds & music.Once all activities are completed, Frankie will find a new home for the pet. |
| Test Drive | 2002-05-29 | Infogrames, Inc. | Pitbull Syndicate Limited, The | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | Windows | This is the 2002 update to the long-running Test Drive series. The Test Drive games put you in the driver's seat of a fast real-life sports car, and let you drive around at reckless speeds through busy city streets and scenic mountainside highways.This edition of Test Drive has some improvements over it's predecessor, Test Drive 6. This time around there is a story driven mode, called "The Underground." You take the role of Dennis Black, an independent street racer who improves his standing in the underground street racing world with the help of a mysterious benefactor.There are 4 tracks: San Francisco, Tokyo, London, and Monaco. These tracks are considerably larger and more open than the previous games. There are now multiple races and routes through each track. |
| Big Biz Tycoon | 2002-05-30 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Animedia Entertainment | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Back of Jewel Case - Windows (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Rule The Business World!
You're the BOSS!It is your job to design and build an office from the ground up. You will be designing everything from the bathroom locations to the board room specifications. You will hire, fire and reward your employees... Are you a NATURAL LEADER or just someone who is destined for middle management forever?
Variety of industries
Millions of different options
If you like SIM games, you are going to love Big Biz Tycoon! |
| Laxius Power | 2002-05-30 | Laxius Power | Laxius Power | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Random, a young swordsman from the town of Rillia, is bored of the daily life and wishes to become a true knight.
In the same time, a tournament is supposed to happen in a faraway town, SankT Leona.
As soon as Random hears about it, there does not seem to be any other possibility but to go over there, and win!
But once in SankT Leona, things do not go quite as expected, nevertheless.
Embark on Random's journey, along with his friends Sarah, Luciana and Coryool, as they meet with the dreadful Dark Order, in this traditional Japanese-style RPG. |
| Operation Blockade | 2002-05-30 | Infogrames, Inc. | Professor Fog's Workshop, L.L.C., Screaming Games LLC | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Operation Blockade seems to be the unofficial sequel to Infogrames' earlier Beach Head 2002 as it's quite similar. The only exception: here, you shoot at ships, planes and soldiers - and in the other game, you shoot at tanks, planes and soldiers.You are a lone gunner on some island in the Pacific (or somewhere else) and need to get rid of all attackers. To accomplish this, you have some big guns at your disposal - among others, an assault rifle against walking cannon fodder, an anti-air gun against enemy planes and a mortar against ships. You cannot move (it's a gun, not a tank) but you can rotate 360 degrees so you always can follow the enemy. You have only one life; if you die, the game is over. The ammunition is limited too. |
| Captain Scarlet: In the Shadow of Fear | 2002-05-31 | Europress Software Ltd. | Europress Software Ltd. | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Captain Scarlet: In the Shadow of Fear is a game based on British science-fiction television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967-1968). The story is that in the year 2068 a Spectrum mission to Mars led by Captain Black goes wrong and a Martian city inhabited by the Mysterons is destroyed. The Mysterons kill Black, use their powers of retrometabolism to take over his body and declare war on Earth. Your mission is to help Captain Scarlet discover their plans and foil an attempt to blow up the Spectrum observatory on Earth.The game features six mini-games of different genres that can be played in sequence in the Story mode, or in any order in the Mission Select mode: cracking alien codes, piloting a Rover vehicle, landing the probe on Mars, locating color keys to open color doors etc. There is also a multimedia area with facts about the solar system and a quiz. |
| Dragon Master Silk 1&2 | 2002-05-31 | Gimmick House | Gimmick House | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This compilation includes two games, originally released for PC-98 (DOS):
Dragon Master Silk: Ryū Shōkan Musume
Dragon Master Silk II
The games themselves are direct ports to Windows, identical to the original versions. |
| Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - Forever Free | 2002-05-31 | THQ Inc. | Fizz Factor, The | Simulation | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Based on the film of the same name, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron tells the tale of a rambunctious mustang stallion named Spirit and his journey through the untamed American West. A sudden and violent thunderstorm has hit Homeland and scattered the herd. Even Spirit is nowhere to be found. Luckily, Little Creek and Little Brook know of the lost horses and have set out to help them return to Homeland. Only you can help them get the herd home safely and find out what has happened to Spirit. |
| The Sum of All Fears | 2002-05-31 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed, Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Sum of all Fears is a first person shooter game reminiscent of the Rogue Spear series. It's from the same development team and the look and feel is alike, although it's not as tactical as Rogue Spear. The game's story is built around the Tom Clancy book with the same title. You take control of a team of elite fighters trained for hostage rescue and anti-terror operations. Each and every team member is the best of the best. The first mission is to recapture a TV station seized by terrorists who broadcast their demands into the world. They have hostages, too, so you need to ensure that no-one gets hurt. But that's only the beginning of a global campaign against terrorism taking in 11 missions. A training mode and multiple difficulty levels are included.Unlike Rogue Spear, you can't choose team members or equipment, it's all pre-defined, from a range of over 15 guns plus grenades . You can't make your own mission plans either, so it comes down to controlling a team member, shooting every terrorist you see and performing various tasks (disarming security systems etc.). Unlike other shooter games, you can't survive many bullets, two wounds is usually enough to kill you. However, you then can switch to another team member. |
| Backyard Hockey | 2002-06-01 | Infogrames, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | | | | | | | Christopher Miller | | Everyone | | Windows | The Backyard sports series lets the player play games with a group of virtual kids, some of whom happen to be young versions of professional athletes. Backyard Hockey is (obviously) a hockey game complete with a National Hockey League Player's Association license.Players can create a junior avatar and draft a team from 30 other backyard kids and kid versions of 10 NHL superstars then deck themselves out in their favorite uniforms and hit the ice. Standard sports simulation game types are available including exhibition games and season play, however emphasis is on fun and accessibility for all ages in a fight free, pond hockey environment. |
| FireFly Studios' Stronghold Deluxe | 2002-06-01 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | FireFly Studios Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Europe, Medieval | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Firefly Studios' Stronghold Deluxe is a re-release of Stronghold that comes pre-patched to version 1.2. It also includes additional maps based on sieges, economic missions and invasions. Historical maps included enable the player to reconstruct sieges of famous strongholds such as Camelot, Mordred's fortress, Tintagel, Edinburgh, Koblenz Stolzenfels and the Tower of London.Stronghold HD (versions 1.3 and newer) is a high definition re-release of the original game. It introduces high resolution support to the game that allow the player to zoom out and view the entire battlefield on a single screen. For owners of the original game there is an official HD patch to upgrade that version, free of charge. |
| Le Mans 24 Hours | 2002-06-01 | Infogrames, Inc. | Infogrames Melbourne House Pty Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Take on the LeMans endurance racing challenge! Join one of the 25 factory teams take one of the over 50 vehicles (designed with assistance of actual teams) on the eight different LeMans circuits. The actual wear and tear are simulated. Tire wear, oil and fuel consumptions... Day and night and back to day driving... |
| Little Kings II | 2002-06-01 | ficus Softwareentwicklung & Entertainment | ficus Softwareentwicklung & Entertainment | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Little Kings II is a mixture between managerial simulation and Risk. In every match there are two win conditions: a fixed (make another player landless) and a random one (e.g. get a certain amount of resources). one of them has to be fulfilled to win the game.When receiving tax money from the citizens it can be reinvested in the army or used to buy needed resources from other players. Like in Risk other areas are attacked by moving an army from a bordering area into the enemy territory and the computer calculates the results. The special gimmick is that it is not possible to see the enemy's strength before attacking. The game features seven nations with different advantages and disadvantages.New in comparison to Little Kings are missions which each player gets additional to the win conditions. These missions are more complex because mostly there are multiple requirements to fulfill before the mission can be taken care of. Also new is that the cities can be evolved to get better abilities, e.g. a higher defense. |
| Logos | 2002-06-01 | | NAWAR Ltd. | Puzzle, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Board game, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Logos is a game consisting of two separate parts. There is a puzzle game identical to the concept of Color Lines named Kulki and a board game based on Battleship.Kulki is about arranging objects (marbles / fruits) into horizontal or vertical lines of at least five marbles. Marbles can be moved from cell to cell if the movement is possible. When a line is created the marble that form it disappear. After each move three new marbles are added to the board. There are also bonuses for setting up lines of six to nine marbles, like changing colours of incoming marbles or clearing all marbles of specific colour from the board.The second part allows for either player vs CPU or multiplayer games via internet. The player has to place ten ships of different sizes on the board. In the fighting phase, the player (or CPU) performs one shot per turn, unless hitting the enemy's ship as that provides a bonus shot to continue the streak.Both games are controlled using the mouse. |
| Schnock n' Blopf | 2002-06-01 | | | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In Schnock 'n Blopf, you control Schnock, who tries to open a gate in his dimension, but the evil Blopf don't like this.Basically, Schnock n' Blopf is an Amidar remake. You control Schnock who moves on the side lines of the sub-squares of a 6x6 or up to 10x10 big square playfield. Each square side you will pass will be "marked" (turn from silver into red) and once all four sides of a square are marked, the background (which is part of a bigger image) will be revealed. Once all image fragments are revealed (all square sides marked red), you have won the game.While you don't get points or play multiple levels, the highscore will track how long you took to complete the game.The game offers a lot of options, so you can decide the size of the playfield, the amount of Blopfs (one to five), the difficulty (easy or hard) or how fast the game is (four different settings). In addition, you can even change the image you will reveal (including using an own image). |
| Legion | 2002-06-03 | Strategy First, Inc. | Paradox Entertainment AB, Slitherine Software UK Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Legion is a game of conquest, battle, diplomacy and economics. As ruler of your own nation, you will strive to outmaneuver, out-fight, out-talk and out-produce up to 20 enemies in an intense struggle to rule the boot of Italy, Britannia or Gaul.Grow your cities by collecting resources such as wood and ore to increase your armies in numbers and types like building a Fletcher provides archers to your troops. Once you amass your troops you can declare war on your neighbors and proceed to capture cities to claim as your own. Combat is purely tactical in the sense you only select the type of troops, how many, in what formation and how to attack (hold for a few seconds then advance, advance for a little then hold, etc.). Once the battle begins you have no control of your armies. Combat is not the only option as you can form alliances with other nations and offer peace to a nation at war with you. Once you have conquered 40% of the map and it is at least 25% bigger than the next largest nation you are victorious.Legion is a single player game only. Some of the unique features include: historical accuracy in maps, uniforms and weapons that reflect the country you play in and large numbers of AI opponents with their own strengths and weaknesses. |
| Gore: Ultimate Soldier | 2002-06-06 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | 4D Rulers Software, Inc., Eyecon Pty Ltd | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | It's the mid-21st century. The planet has fallen into ruin as street gangs have grown so powerful that they control neighborhoods and the more powerful ones control entire cities. Desperately trying to reclaim power, the U.S. government develops a highly advanced combat training simulator.In the world of Gore, you are a soldier who has just entered the training program. As you begin bootcamp, the gangs hack into the training simulation with intent to use it for themselves. What ensues is a life and death struggle that will determine the future of the entire planet. |
| Westlife Fan-O-Mania | 2002-06-06 | TDK Recording Media Europe S.A. | | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Contemporary | | | | | | Windows | Westlife Fan-O-Mania is a quiz game aimed at fans of the Irish boy-group Westlife. The game consists of 500 questions centered around the band members and their lives. If the player correctly answers all questions in one level, a video interview with one of the boys is shown. There are five levels in total presented by a hostess named Tara. A multiplayer mode lets players compete against each other to see who knows the most about the band. The game also features video snippets, a photo gallery and audio recordings of the band members. |
| The Watchmaker | 2002-06-07 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Trecision S.p.A. | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Centuries ago, two dozen men were carefully chosen to become immortal, each possessing different qualities which would lead the world into a future free of strife, hunger and oppression. Combining science and the technology of clock making of the time, the Watchmaker devised a formula to take his plan to fruition - and it came to pass. Through hundreds of years, the immortals, rather than becoming the virtuous mentors the Watchmaker had envisioned, succumbed to the hunger for global power. The secret to stopping their lust and greed, and saving the world from them, lies deep inside the 18th century Austrian castle.This is where you come in. You are dropped inside the castle to find the Watchmaker's ancient clock. Explore the castle and its surrounding gardens; find hidden rooms and passageways; interrogate the castle's current residents; dig through the old records; and solve ancient puzzles.Incorporating both 1st and 3rd person perspectives and 3D rendered scenery, switch between your two characters within the game - Darrel Boone, a former Scotland Yard consultant specializing in the paranormal, and Victoria Conroy, a young attorney. Besides being a mouse-drive "point-and-click" adventure, extensive use of the keyboard is also required. |
| BuzzingCars | 2002-06-08 | Epsitec SA | Epsitec SA | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | Helicopter | | | Everyone | | Windows | BuzzingCars is a totally crazy racing game where you'll not only need to be fast but also smart. You must carry out various missions such as drive robots around, chase flying saucers, electrocute aliens and of course race against the clock.You can buy seven different cars with various properties.
In every crash, the cars begin to lose parts, until eventually after enough is lost they completely fall apart. You have a choice of three play modes -- free races, missions, and duels. |
| Delta Force: Task Force Dagger | 2002-06-10 | NovaLogic, Inc. | NovaLogic, Inc., Zombie Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Asia, Contemporary | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Delta Force: Task Force Dagger is a standalone mission pack for Delta Force: Land Warrior. It expands upon the gameplay with new missions in Afghanistan, a new location. There are 25 new missions and 13 new weapons. The game comes with new multiplayer maps and includes a level editor for the player to design their own. |
| Jazz and Faust | 2002-06-11 | 1C Company | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | Seek out hidden treasure and uncover a mysterious conspiracy in this 3D adventure game set in the ancient East. It features a point-and-click interface, adventure style puzzles, gathering inventory objects and talking to inhabitants in picturesque locations. Because you can experience the game through two distinct points of view, Jazz and Faust is actually two games set in the same graphic environment. Jazz, a smuggler, starts his story in jail. He must obtain enough gold to buy his freedom and is set free to do so. Faust is a sea captain. His story begins as searches for a passenger who fails to appear after booking passage on his ship.The stories start in the same city and take place during the same period of time, but otherwise they are different from each other with unique paths, sets of circumstances and puzzles that ultimately lead to the same conclusion. Visit sea ports bustling with merchants selling spices, slaves and other wares, a ghost town, desert caravans, and the treacherous trade routes of the open sea where piracy is commonplace. |
| Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne | 2002-06-12 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Triumph Studios B.V. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is about a young wizard named "Merlin". The world is unbalanced, and Merlin must fight against other powerful wizards to gain control of all the different Spheres of magic to bring back the balance.This game is the sequel to the original Age of Wonders, released in 1999. It is a turn based strategy game, and is more like Master of Magic than Heroes of Might and Magic. Some new features in the game are the "Pioneer," which lets the player to build new cities, and the "Teleportation Gate" that allows units to teleport to any friendly city.Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is focused on magic. The leader is a powerful wizard, and for the most part of the game he stays in his "Wizard Tower," a powerful structure built in cities. This wizard has a certain range, or "Domain," in which he can cast his spells.
To aid him are individual heroes, which can carry items and gain experience. There is also a wide variety of units to choose from, including the "Glutton" that can swallow his enemies whole, and the pretty "Nymph" that seduces her enemies. |
| Auryn Quest | 2002-06-12 | Adventure Company, The | Attaction, Discreet Monsters | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Arcade, Platform | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Inspired by the novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, Auryn Quest combines 3D adventure and puzzle-solving with arcade "jump and run" sequences, but without any shooting or violence.Your hero, Atreyu, must find the magic Auryn and restore Fantasia its power before it is destroyed by The Nothing. Beginning at the Temple of a Thousand Doors, Atreyu will explore six richly detailed worlds during his quest, each with its own challenges and puzzles. The difficulty of the arcade elements increases as the player advances through the levels. |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Game of the Year | 2002-06-12 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Game of the Year release of Return to Castle Wolfenstein contains:
Game patched to version 1.33
7 new multiplayer maps that were not in the original version: Trenchtoast, Tram Siege, Ice, Chateau, Keep, The Damned, and Rocket
Full version of Wolfenstein 3D
Making of movie
Demos/movies/concept art: Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix and Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast
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| SubmarineS | 2002-06-12 | TERMINAL Studio | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | You are a ship on the sea. Using the keyboard, you can move left or right, fast or slow, but not past the edge of the screen. Below you are submarines. Using the keyboard, you can release depth charges to try to hit the submarines. Remember that the depth charges sink slowly so timing is needed. The submarines are releasing mines to try to hit you. Destroy all the submarines to move on to the next level. At the bottom of the sea in an octopus. He releases a life potion, at times, that can grant you an extra life. In the water are fish. These are voracious fish. They will eat your depth charges, the submarine's mines and the life potion. In the water is, also, a jellyfish. It will eat fish and life potions. Your depth charges do not affect the jellyfish but will kill the octopus. The mines do not affect the jellyfish. At times, a zeppelin will fly over and drop helpful items that give you shields or stop the submarines from moving, among other things. If a mine hits you, you lose a life. Lose all your lives and the game is over. |
| Wahl Schlacht 2002 | 2002-06-13 | Koch Media AG | Meridian'93 | Action | 1st-person | | Comedy | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Wahl Schlacht 2002 is another Crazy Chicken variant. It's about the German elections of 2002. First, the player has to choose between the two candidates for the German chancellorship Gerhard Schröder and Edmund Stoiber and then, instead of shooting the player needs to check boxes on the right candidate to reach more than 50% of the votes. |
| Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Manager | 2002-06-14 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Anco Software Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | In 2002 Anco developed two soccer games that were licensed by the Swedish England coach Sven-Göran Eriksson. One was a action football game and this is the manager game. Your job is to take control of the England team and lead it through the qualifying stage before reaching the World Cup (and then later Euro 2004). For each match you play you are to take out a 23 player squad. The player database is reasonably large with most english players from the premiership to the conference league. The matches are presented with a 3D engine, where you watch the game from an isometric perspective. |
| Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Explores the World of Animals | 2002-06-15 | Microsoft Game Studios | KnowWonder, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Climb aboard the Magic School Bus for an exciting ride filled with untamed science fun for kids ages 6 to 10. What a beastly mix-up--animals from the Wild Animal Park are returned to their wilderness, but they're in the wrong places. Help Ms. Frizzle and her class return them to their natural habitats on a rescue adventure that spans the globe. Players can enjoy more than 14 games and puzzles, seven experiments, more than 60 photos, eight multimedia reports, and printable awards, While doing this kids can travel to seven geographic locations, including the Arctic, the African Savanna, and the Himalayan Mountains. A range of tools helps kids figure out science clues and return the animals to their natural habitats. Plus, kids can use the bonoscope to learn about and see the animals' skeletons. |
| Hengband | 2002-06-16 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Roguelike | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Hengband is based on a Japanese version of Zangband, meaning it can also trace its roots to Angband. While the goal is still to defeat Oberon and the Serpent of Chaos, significant changes and additions have been introduced, some of which are associated with Japanese culture, including videogames. Examples are:More than a dozen new classes, including Ninja, Samurai, and the Final Fantasy inspired Blue, respectively Red Mage.
Additional races. Among these, the Android race stands out, as the level of a character belonging to it is directly related to the equipment, rather than the usual experience gain by battling enemies.
New monsters, including unique Dragons from the Lodoss universe.Major changes have been made to the overworld. Aside from the main dungeon, there are now multiple, differently themed dungeons, with unique features and guardians.
In the Anti Melee cave for instance, a player cannot directly attack enemies. The game also has tweaked mechanics, new items, and features proficiencies for weapons, spells and some new skills, like riding. |
| Airborne Assault: Red Devils Over Arnhem | 2002-06-17 | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Panther Games Pty Ltd | Strategy | Top-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Airborne Assault: Red Devils Over Arnhem is a strategy game in which the player recreates Operation Market Garden. The main difference with other strategy games is that the player doesn't control single units but companies and battalions. The graphics consist of a overhead with abstract symbols which represent friendly and hostile units. On this map the player looks up statistics and gives orders to his companies.The gameplay is in real-time (but can be paused) and the campaign contains 22 scenarios playable as both Allies or Axis. Each scenario includes hundreds of units and 80.000 men and totally 440 types of units. The game is shipped with the ScenMaker Beta application allowing the player to create their own scenarios. |
| Neverwinter Nights | 2002-06-18 | Infogrames, Inc. | BioWare Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed, Regional differences | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | A plague known as the Wailing Death is terrorizing the city of Neverwinter. Lady Aribeth summons an adventurer, who teams up with her fiance Fenthick Moss and his friend Desther to capture four monsters which are needed to prepare the cure. However, the matters become more complicated when the protagonist is attacked by mysterious assassins. It seems that an evil cult is behind the infestation, and the hero must find out what its ultimate goals are, and eventually save the city.Neverwinter Nights is a role-playing game based on the third edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules. The game utilizes 3D graphics with a zooming function and free camera rotation. Combat is handled in real time, and is similar to that of Baldur's Gate series, allowing the player to pause in-battle to issue orders. Unlike other RPGs that utilized this system, Neverwinter Nights allows the player to fully control only one character. Various "henchmen" may join the hero during the journey, but their functionality as party members is limited, as they cannot level up, have no inventory, and only follow general commands.The multiplayer modes include Dungeon Master, in which a "DM" controls the traps and battles set for other players in the dungeon, and a range of game types such as hunting for treasure or a simple death match battle between players. The game also comes with an extensive tool kit for the construction of custom adventures. It allows players to create their own maps using a tile system. It is possible to add objects to the areas and even produce scripted events, cutscenes, and conversations. |
| Shadow of Destiny | 2002-06-18 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A young man named Eike Kusch strolls through the quiet patriarchal German town Lebensbaum. Suddenly, a tremendous blow darkens the sight of his eyes, and the next thing he can see is a very strange room filled with bizarre objects, and a voice talking to him from nowhere. A mysterious being known as Homunculus tells Eike that he has been stabbed to death. Homunculus gives Eike a time-travelling device and brings him back to life a short while before his murder took place. From that moment on, Eike's miraculously acquired second chance turns into a constant race against time, as he tries to escape from his destiny. In order to alter the course of events, preventing the unknown person from carrying out his murder, Eike will have to travel back in time as far as the 16th century, meeting people closely connected to his own existence and changing the fabric of reality.Shadow of Memories (Shadow of Destiny in North America) is an adventure game. There are no action elements in the game, and the protagonist has no health bar. Each chapter has a time limit, during which Eike has to find a way to prevent the murderer from killing him. This is mainly achieved by traveling through time to different hours, days, years, and even centuries. Obtaining a crucial item, having a conversation with a specific character, or performing another action in the past will prevent Eike from getting killed. Time-traveling requires energy units, which can be found by exploring the town. If Eike fails to achieve the goal at hand within the allotted time and prevent his murder, the chapter must be restarted.During the course of the game the player will have several choices and opportunities to change the future in various ways. Due to the time-traveling feature, many objectives can be accomplished in non-linear ways, branching the storyline and eventually resulting in eight different endings, six of which can be achieved during the first playthrough, and two others unlocked after having reached the other six. |
| Soccer Mania | 2002-06-18 | Electronic Arts, Inc., LEGO Interactive | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Sports | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Soccer Mania is a LEGO-licensed soccer game. Teams are based on characters from LEGO sets. The game takes a more arcade-style approach to soccer, with fast-paced gameplay and power-ups that aid your team. There are five game modes: Quick Start, which starts a game with random teams, exhibition mode, story mode, Skill Zone, which has five tutorials on how to play the game, and LEGO Cup, a World Cup-like mode (suitable for being released in 2002, a World Cup year) where you choose a country and face other countries. You start with only three playable teams, but you unlock each team you defeat in Story Mode and unlock one player each of a special team in each of the six objectives in Skill Zone mode. |
| Sudden Strike: Gold Edition | 2002-06-18 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Sudden Strike (base game)
Sudden Strike: Forever (add-on) |
| Peter Pan in Disney's Return to Never Land | 2002-06-19 | CD Projekt Sp. z o.o. | Doki Denki SA | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The nefarious pirate Captain Hook found a map to Neverland's hidden treasure and intends to plunder it. Since he now knows where the treasure is located he hacks up the treasure map to pieces and scatters the pieces throughout Neverland so no one else will be able to locate the treasure. Meanwhile, the fairy Tinkerbell informs Peter Pan that there is a treasure somewhere in Neverland. So now Peter Pan and Tinkerbell are on a quest to locate the hidden treasure too by finding and putting back together the pieces of the sliced up treasure map.Players take the role of Peter Pan and occasionally as Tinker Bell throughout 20 different stages. Some of the stages include Hangman's Tree, the Mermaid Lagoon, Pirate's Cove, Indian village, and Skull Rock. Peter's has the ability to fly and he can use a knife, as well as bombs, against his enemies such as seagulls and pirates, not to mention boss enemies such as Hook's first mate, Mr. Smee, and of course Captain Hook himself. Throughout these stages players can collect items such as feathers and film reels.In stages where players take control of Tinkerbell, they have to fly throughout the stage keeping a torch lit while avoiding obstacles that would put the torch out.In between stages players can visit the Indian shop where they can spend their feathers and buy things such as pixie dust, tips, and a health boost.
Also players can use the film reels they found and view the actual clips from the animated feature film the game is named after. |
| Britney's Dance Beat | 2002-06-21 | THQ Inc. | Hyperspace Cowgirls | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Britney Spears is holding dance auditions for her next concert. Choose from a variety of dancers and go compete to win a spot as Britney's own dancers. Play with some of her hits such as: Oops, I Did It Again, Baby One More Time, I'm A Slave 4 U, and more. You go head to head against other dancers. Successful combos result in an attack against your opponent. Gameplay is set on a radar type object that spins clockwise. Buttons will appear and you have to time it and press it when the radar passes through it. Gameplay on the Windows version differs quite a bit. It is more like DDR where arrows will scroll up and you have to press them when they reach the top. Unlock music videos and concert footage. |
| Cycling Manager 2 | 2002-06-21 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Cyanide S.A. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bike / Bicycling | | Real-time | | | Windows | Cycling Manager 2 is a sequel to Cycling Manager . In the game you manage a cycling team and have to push them to the top. There are 60 professional teams available for play and all the important international races are present. As the manager you have to set up training programs, negotiate about contracts, manage rosters, buy equipment, hire medical staff and select strategies. During the races you can adjust individual and group strategies of all your riders. Each of the 180 stages are presented in real time 3D with 8 different camera views and allow multiplayer games with up to 20 different managers at a time. |
| Mummy Maze Deluxe | 2002-06-21 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Mummy Maze Deluxe is an electronic adaptation of the pencil-and-paper maze puzzle Theseus and the Minotaur by Robert Abbott, first published in 1962. It is based on the concept of logic mazes where an exit needs to be found, but with a number of rules that restrict or modify the possible movement. Locating the exit does not consist of travelling towards it directly, the introduced limitations can be based on arrows restricting directions, opened or closed doors, or the amount of spaces each move is permitted to be. The name of the maze is based on the Greek legend of Theseus who needs to outsmart the stronger and faster minotaur in his own labyrinth.In PopCap's take on the concept, the setting is moved to Egypt where the player controls an explorer in search of treasure. Instead of minotaurs, the explorer encounters different types of mummies and scorpions. The level lay-out of the mazes is seemingly simple, but usually a large number of steps is needed to enter the exit. Played in turns, mummies can move two steps at a time, while the explorer is limited to one. To outsmart enemies, they need to be lured away. Enemies do not react to the player directly, but to a specific logic of vertical and horizontal movement. Once discovered, this can be exploited by the player. For instance, when on a tile surrounded by walls on three sides, the mummy will not leave his position when his logic anticipating the player's movement prevents him from moving into the direction of the exit. Further rules are added through a number of traps, multiple mummies (who get into a fight where one is killed when the explorer lures them towards each other), a key that opens or closes a gate, and the specific position of walls. Although most levels seem to resemble each other, the solution is always different.The game's main mode is called Adventure. It consists of fifteen pyramids, with fifteen levels each, that need to be unlocked gradually. After finishing a pyramid, a treasure is provided and in the final pyramid the valuable riches of Pharaoh Tutankhamen await the player. The Classic mode has similar gameplay, but there the mazes are randomly generated with an increasing difficulty. The Adventure mode only keeps track of the player's completion time, but in the Classic mode points are awarded based on how quickly the maze is solved. The game also contains a tutorial where the basic game mechanics are explained in three sessions.After completing a level, progress is saved automatically. During gameplay the player can also undo as many moves as needed or reset the entire maze. An ankh near the left side of the screen turns red when the explorer is moved into a position where he can no longer solve the maze. The explorer is controlled through the cursor keys or the mouse. Sometimes, it is also need to perform a "wait" action, where the player skips his turn, used to lure an enemy into a specific position or movement pattern. |
| Magic: The Gathering Online | 2002-06-24 | Wizards of the Coast, Inc. | Leaping Lizard Software, Inc. | Strategy | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card | Fantasy | | Blake Millard, Corey Macourek | | Teen | | Windows | This online version of the popular trading card game 'Magic: The Gathering' offers exactly that: an internet community for playing the game online and trading virtual instances of cards.There are no monthly fees for playing as one only pays for new packs of cards and can play with or trade them at one's discretion.Many popular modes of play are supported such as constructed, limited or booster draft which one can play on casual basis (head to head or multiplayer) or at official tournaments.The single most important feature is that every rule is properly handled by the program, so one can be 100 percent sure of the way a duel is resolved. This makes the game enjoyable for unexperienced players as well as veterans.An interactive tutorial is available along with a trial mode free of charge. |
| Tropico: Mucho Macho Edition | 2002-06-27 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Tropico: Mucho Macho Edition is a package that includes:
Tropico (base game)
Tropico: Paradise Island (expansion pack)
12 all-new scenarios
the official Tropico strategy guide
a "making of" video |
| Cricket 2002 | 2002-06-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is another in Electronic Arts annual cricket franchise which first started with Cricket 96 however this was the first game developed by HB Studios.
All ten international teams are represented together with twenty-two international stadia allowing the player to play one day games and test matches. As the player progresses through the game there are unlockable tournaments and historic teams to extend the gameplay. Other features include detailed controls that, for example, allow the player, as bowler, to spin, seam or change the pace of the ball.The game has commentary from Richie Benaud. |
| I'm Gonna Nurse You | 2002-06-28 | G-Collections | Trabulance | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You control Shinobu Nakagawa, a new doctor at Saint Michael's General Hospital. Unexpectedly, your foster mother Kaede asks you to be a substitute teacher at the nursing school. There you meet your younger foster sister Momiji and many other young girls. By making decisions at "critical" situations, you can reach one of the many different endings, each one with a different girl. Unlike most other hentai games, you must be monogamous in "Kango Shicyauzo". No matter what girl you choose to be with, you'll have to stick with her until the end! Of course, you can always replay the game afterwards... |
| Kana: Little Sister | 2002-06-28 | G-Collections | D.O. Corp. | Adventure | | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | Adults Only | Narrative | Windows | Kana: Little Sister is an adult visual novel in anime style. The player takes on the role of Taka Todo, whose younger sister Kana is terminally ill. Taka is not particularly fond of Kana, because he believes she is monopolizing their parents time and attention. As Taka Todo grows older, he starts to understand the situation better and wants to do everything to save Kana.During the game, the player can make different decisions that will influence plot development and determine which of the six endings the story shall conclude with. |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Sōtenroku | 2002-06-28 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Behind view | | War | | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Nobunaga no Yabō: Sōtenroku is a turn-based tactical strategy game set in 16th century feudal Japan. It is the tenth title in the Nobunaga's Ambition series. This game returns to castle-taking battles. It is single-player only. There is also no multiplayer in any versions of the game. |
| Hero X | 2002-06-29 | Infogrames, Inc. | Amazing Games, Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | As a former apprentice to a superhero, you are ready to strike out on your own. You have been provisionally assigned to protect Smalltown from evil big and small. Unknown to you, the evil Mr. C has plans for Smalltown, and you are in the way! Defeat evil in various forms such as Biker Gangs, Frat Boys, Gangsters, Killer Clowns, and various super villains. Discover Mr. C's evil plot, and stop it before it's too late!Hero X is an isometric perspective 3rd-person superhero game where you punch and kick your way through enemies as well as use some of your superpowers. With over 50 superpowers to choose from, plus ability to customize your hero's looks (to a certain extent), your strategy will be different each time you play.
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| Soldat | 2002-06-29 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | Direct control, Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Soldat is a side-view action game with simple controls. Having certain similarities to Worms, the game combines gameplay simplicity with on-screen mayhem. There are single player modes for quick battles, however the game's focus is on multiplayer play. The game begins as soon as the player presses the start button. The player character, spawning at a starting location, can choose up to ten weapons to use; once done so, he can move around the screen left, right, down (crouch) and up (jet boots). Using the mouse to aim his weapons, the player's goal is to kill the other player characters, and attain the highest score. Some weapons aim properly with a continuous stream of fire (machine guns, miniguns), others are full of power in one shot (sniper rifle, shotgun) and are slow to reload, or, on the contrary, load fast but don't contain much power in each individual shot. Certain weapons are noticeably affected by gravity. Each player also has a jetpack to aid in jumping, falling and firing from the air. Medical kits and special ammo boxes spawn around each level while the players work to destroy each other's avatars. Successful completion of a level is based on kill count within a specified time limit. |
| Backyard Baseball 2003 | 2002-06-30 | Infogrames, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | Jay Prochaska, Tom Verre, Jennifer Dawkins | | Everyone | | Windows | The Backyard Sports series let you play games with a group of virtual kids, some of whom happen to be young versions of professional athletes. Backyard Baseball 2003 brings the stars of Major League Baseball to your home park.Players create a junior avatar of themselves and draft a team from 30 other backyard kids and kid versions of 30 MLB superstars then deck themselves out in their favorite uniforms and head for the diamond. Standard sports simulation game types are available including exhibition games and season play but the emphasis is on fun and accessibility for all ages. |
| Flipull | 2002-06-30 | SibGame | SibGame | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Flipull is an arcade-logic game, where the main goal is to destroy as many blocks as possible on the playing field. The more blocks you destroy, the more points you build up. Going from level to level, the number of blocks increases as does the difficulty. The game contains more than 100 levels and also offers the ability to add new levels. The game supports multiple skins. |
| Big Brother Brasil | 2002-07-01 | Pi Editora Ltda. | Continuum Entertainment | Simulation | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Life / social simulation | Contemporary | | Point and select | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Big Brother Brasil, as the name implies, is based on the Brazilian version of the TV reality show. Players select one out of twelve characters to compete with. Each character has different stats such as charisma, mood, hygiene, etc. which will influence how they behave and interact with other characters.The game plays like a simplified version of the The Sims. During gameplay, each character has several bar meters that must be kept full, such as acceptance among the other players, motivation, energy, hunger and hygiene. Acceptance is raised by doing house chores or by displaying your body, motivation is raised by doing fun activities such as telling jokes to other characters or swimming in the swimming pool, energy is raised by resting or sleeping, and so on. There's also a bar meter for the quality of the player character's relationship with other characters: you can chat, tell jokes, dance, flirt and kiss other characters. There is also a popularity meter with the viewers of the TV show, who don't like people who behave badly or do always the same things.The characters are confined for 64 days (which duration can be set from a minimum of 3 minutes). Every Thursday a leader is selected from a draw. Every Saturday the leader chooses a character to be up for elimination. Every Sunday the other characters vote one player to be up for elimination. In the mean time between the leader's choice and the other characters' choice, the player can try to form alliances with other characters to vote someone specific. Every Tuesday the show viewers vote to decide who leaves the house. When only three players are left in the house, the viewers vote to decide who wins. |
| Cabbages and Kings | 2002-07-01 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Two dudes, Melt and Drake, are out of money to pay for rent of the flat owned by baron Wolfgang. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Melt to find the money for the rent and to uncover the evil plans of the baron in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. The game is planned as trilogy, and it has a sequel Kittens & Cacti. |
| Dance Dance Revolution | 2002-07-01 | Konami Corporation | Konami Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Simon has been taken to the next level in this arcade dancing game. The game cues you which direction to step. You use a special floor mat to step out the moves in rhythm. The more moves you step out keeping the beat, the better your character does on screen. You get to choose from 28 different songs to dance to. It's possible to dance alone or with a friend. |
| Drift: When Worlds Collide | 2002-07-01 | Cosmi Corporation | Redward Studios | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Tamás Kálmán | | Teen | | Windows | Drift: When Worlds Collideis a 3D space action simulation game set in a fictional world. Fly through 28 action-packed missions with wingmen at hand and fight against the Dor forces to save the Phoenix Alliance. The game features a linear storyline and pre-scripted missions like old classics X-Wing and TIE Fighter.The game features various types of fighter ships. Several kinds of weapons are at hand, combining them well is a major factor to success. Players can travel to three different bases during the story and buy weaponry there to improve their firepower. Various mission types from escort through base exploration, to search and destroy requires proper collaboration between you and your wingmen to be successful.Multiplayer mode with up to 8 players over LAN or internet. The game is best controlled by a joystick with a thrustmaster. |
| Generic | 2002-07-01 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Generic is a platform game, where the player controls the Tasmanian Devil from Looney Tunes, and has to make it to the end of each level while collecting as many coins as possible. The Devil can walk and jump as usual in platformers, but holding down the run key allows him to move faster and jump much farther. Pressing the "down" arrow while in mid-air allows the Devil to execute a "kill jump", used to destroy enemies and fragile blocks. |
| MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology | 2002-07-01 | THQ Inc. | Climax (Brighton) Ltd | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Race as one of the official 2001 MotoGP season riders in this motorcycle racing simulation.MotoGP features layered modes of play to get you up to speed:
Training Mode - learn cornering, braking, top speed and acceleration
Quick Race - race a single race
Time Trials - qualifying rounds based on fastest laps
Arcade Championship - points-based arcade style racing
Grand Prix - Career mode
There are 5 different difficulty levels. In the beginning, you are limited to a small number of race tracks. Once you make it to Grand Prix mode, you can race the entire season on 10 of the 16 official race tracks. Your competition consists of about 30 experienced riders on various makes and models of 500cc motorcycles. Races take place all over the world including Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, and Australia and on famous tracks such as Donington and Suzuka. Playing through the Career mode will unlock more tracks for the Time Trials and Quick Race modes.Customizations include the ability to assign the controls to your preference, color choices for your bike, helmet, leathers etc., importing your own custom soundtracks, and other upgrades which are unlocked with ability points you earn as you win. Graphical effects like weather changes, variable lighting, cheering fans and on-track competitor animations have been added for realism.Multiplayer is split-screen for 2, 3 or 4 players as well as LAN play. |
| Rock Manager | 2002-07-01 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Monsterland Produktion AB | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Mature | | Windows | With this game the player can create their own band, and try to make it successful. On each level they have a specific set of musicians to choose from, within a set area, and with set requirements of success.First the player must record their own song. Then find a company to publish it. Then they must do the advertisement, find places to do gigs and eventually national/international tours. Maybe they must bribe the media to play your music.Options are selected using an icon system, but recording and practicing takes place in real time.There are four styles of music the player can use: Rock, Pop, Punk and Heavy Metal. |
| Scarecrow: Heart of Straw | 2002-07-01 | Hamumu Software | Hamumu Software | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Scarecrow: Heart of Straw you play the role of the titular defender of the corn. It is required to frighten off crows, scurvy pelicans, and cows, all of which will steal and eat the corn if they're not intercepted. The scarecrow can shout 'boo' at the creatures to frighten them off one at a time, but must pause between shots, because each costs breath. The scarecrow can also shout 'ooga booga' to scare off all creatures on the screen, but this costs an Ooga Booga Mask.After each day of defending the field, the player may spend points in Mumbly Jim's Grain N' Feed Emporium for upgrades to the scarecrow's capabilities, to restore lost corn, or for other benefits.Corn stalks can have as many as three ears of corn. Fertilizer, purchased from Mumbly Jim, will cause stalks with fewer than three ears to grow one extra ear. If the last ear of corn is stolen from a stalk, it withers and dies. A corn seed can be bought to grow a new stalk with a single ear of corn. The game ends when all corn has been stolen, and the player's total score is reported.Scarecrow was an entry in Ludum Dare #1 (which had the theme "Guardian"), winning first place in the Overall, Graphics, and Complete categories, and tying for first in the Sound category. It additionally won third place in the Gameplay, Fun, and Technical categories. |
| Snow White and the Seven Hansels | 2002-07-01 | Kursor Multimedia s.c., Tivola Publishing GmbH | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Snow White and the Seven Hansels is a point-and-click adventure game which combines 3 fairy tales: Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood. Game offers the possibility to lead the stories as they are to the end or do interesting mixes and "fairy-tales-crossing" which can lead to different ends of all of the stories, for example: Snow White eating witch's house or Little Red Riding Hood forgetting about her grandma.
Game is split into 10 scenes per each story and each of the scenes can be accessed at any time by the player. Game does not offer any mini games or difficulty settings and only a mouse is required to play the game.
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| WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos | 2002-07-03 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy, Steampunk | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a fantasy themed real-time strategy game with role playing elements set on the world of Azeroth. After the defeat of Orcish horde at the hand of the Alliance in the second war and the destruction of the Dark portal, the remaining orcs were rounded up and put in internment camps. The game starts with the Orcs being freed by a new warchief from their internment camps and leave for a new continent across the sea. The Humans are troubled by a mysterious disease that turns people into living dead. Meanwhile the undead are preparing for a way to let their Demon masters enter the world of Azeroth. The game features five campaigns and four playable races: Humans, Orcs, Night Elves and Undead with unique units and buildings. Several heroes that can level up and learn new skills support your troops in battle. The game was followed by an expansion called The Frozen Throne. |
| WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (Collector's Edition) | 2002-07-03 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This collector's edition includes:
WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos
a bonus DVD with cinematics, interviews and a making-of segment
an Art of Warcraft coffee table book
4 limited-edition lithographs
a signed manual
soundtrack disc |
| America's Army: Operations | 2002-07-04 | U.S. Army | Army Game Studio | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In America's Army: Operations, the player is cast into the role of an ordinary American soldier. They must begin the game in offline mode, undergoing several trainings: rifle marksmanship, an obstacle course, US weapons training, and training for military operations in urban terrain. After completing the trainings, participation in the actual game is available, which is played online. Players join the United States army and fight against OpFor, a fictional "opposing force" enemy army. The game relies heavily on teamwork, in Counter-Strike fashion, and strives to achieve a high degree of realism in its depiction of battles and weapons you can use. |
| Links LS Classic | 2002-07-05 | Microsoft Game Studios | Access Software, Inc. | Compilation, Sports | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Links LS Classic is a budget compilation of Links LS 2000 and 21 compatible golf courses. The add-on courses are:
Banff Springs Golf Course, Canada
Bay Hill
Bountiful Ridge Golf Club
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
Covered Bridge Golf Club
Devil's Island Fantasy Course
Entrada at Snow Canyon
Firestone Country Club
Hapuna Golf Course
Harbour Town Golf Links
Innisbrook Golf Course
Kapalua Golf Club, Bay Course
Kapalua Golf Club, Plantation Course
Kapalua Golf Club, Village Course
Latrobe Country Club
Mauna Kea Golf Course
Monument Course at Troon North Golf Club
Mountain Course at Bighorn
Phoenix Country Club
Three Canyons Fantasy Course
Valderrama Golf Course
Although this collection includes Links LS 2000, it is not exactly like the original retail version. From the readme file:
"Links LS Classic is not compatible with the multimedia tours included in some expansion courses. In order to see the multimedia sections you will need the complete version of Links LS 2000 or Links 2001."
Manuals are provided on the first CD in PDF format. |
| Austerlitz: Napoleon's Greatest Victory | 2002-07-08 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | BreakAway Games Ltd. | Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Relive the excitement of this historic 1805 event by commanding Napoleon's armies in the Battle of Austerlitz, considered by many historians to be Napoleon's most significant victory.Using Sid Meiers' Gettysburg engine, play singly or over LAN or Internet with up to 8 players. Experience up to 25 historical and hypothetical scenarios and even design your own random battles with the built-in "Randomizer."Features 3 new armies (Russian, Austrian and French) and the historical landmarks of Pratzen Heights, the Pheasantry, and Sokolnitz Castle. |
| GeneRally | 2002-07-08 | | | Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | GeneRally is a freeware, top-down racing game, mixing arcade-like gameplay similar to Ivan "Iron Man" Stewart's Super Off Road with more realistic elements such as damage and a limited fuel reserve that cause players to use pit stops.The game is played on a large amount of tracks shown on a fixed, single screen. Up to six offline players can participate at the same time, or computer-controlled cars can be added. Their expertise can be adjusted and the colour design can be altered. There are only four keys to control a vehicle (accelerate, brake/reverse, left and right) and cars can slide through corners, jump and there are also elevated sections or areas flooded with water.Players can create their own championships by selecting a number of tracks, or play single races. The game also includes an editor where new tracks can be created and shared with other users. |
| When Clones Attack! | 2002-07-08 | Midnight Synergy | Midnight Synergy | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | When Clones Attack is a top-down space shooter, where you defend your ship against sheer infinite numbers of aliens (clones).Move your ship with the keyboard, aim with the mouse, avoid that the enemies catch you by firing at them with all you have. Your primary weapon runs in two modes, semi-automatic (slow) or automatic (fast, but overheats). In addition, if they have surrounded you, you can use a bomb to destroy nearly all of them.The game itself is played on one single screen, where you start at the center. After you have beaten the first wave of aliens, the second starts immediately and so on, until the game is over.To beat the clones, you have the possibility to catch different power-ups (by shooting at them), which give you special weapons, additional bombs, or help you cool down your gun. |
| Disney Learning Adventure: Search for the Secret Keys | 2002-07-09 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Disney Interactive Victoria | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | It's a dark and stormy night when Mickey and friends drop in at a haunted house looking for directions; the front door slams shut, locking the group in, and the five of them spread out to search the house for keys. The house is haunted by three friendly ghosts that only Pluto and the player can see; Shaky, Quaky and Clyde, who assist the group by making keys available as Mickey and pals solve six puzzles.Silverware dances, a stuffed bear yawns and stretches, spiders scurry about as the player clicks on items in the six rooms; often two characters will converge in a room and hold a short conversation while the player is idle. Gameplay uses the mouse; to move from room to room the player clicks where the cursor becomes an arrow - at the edge of the screen, on the staircase and
the secret passageway.The activities are as follows:
Piping Up - click the color-coded pipe organ keys to fill in missing notes in songs (once the key has been won the player is free to experiment with different styles of music and instrument sounds on the organ).
Scattered Volumes - Goofy has accidentally scattered books around the library floor and the player must shelve them, first in single letter order, then on shelves that don't contain all the letters, finally, using words that begin with the same letter.
Armor Disaster - Pluto has broken up the suits of armor in the dining room; the player reassembles them by matching numbers and equations and their solutions, sometimes represented by dots or a grouping of decoration.
Leaky Pipes - the pipes in the basement are leaking and the player must connect pipe sections before the bucket overflows.
Haunted Pictures - startled by a ghostly trick, Goofy has knocked down all the nameplates from the hallway pictures; the player must sort them out first by selecting the beginning letter, then by missing letter, and finally by missing word.
Haunted Gears - Mickey discovers that the bats living in an old grandfather clock have loosened its gears; the player returns them to place by finding rhyming words, opposites, and relationships between words.Disney Learning Adventure: Search for the Secret Keys comes equipped with a tutorial ghost who appears when a player seems to be struggling with an activity. Using his haunted chalkboard, this ghost explains and expands on the concepts used in the current activity in ways that a child can understand. A chart of the players progress is available from the sign-in screen. |
| Gutterball 3D | 2002-07-11 | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In this game, you can play three different lanes: Wacky Alley, Retro Bowl, and Cosmic LanesBefore you actually start to play, you also choose the ball you want to play with. For this, you can select one of 15 balls provided in the game. But you have also the ability to import balls, either from your harddisk, or directly from the Internet.The 15 balls consist of: 5 different Wacky Balls, 4 different Retro Balls, Highway, Skunk Ball, and 4 Cosmic Balls (including Earth, Jupiter, Neptune, and Mercury). Each ball has its own characteristics (weight, speed, and spin), so each ball plays different. Once again, you have the chance to customize your ball, changing those characteristics. But you need “power” to change them. You get the “power” either by decreasing characteristics (like slowing it down), or through cumulating strikes while playing.You aren’t forced to play Retro Balls in the Retro Bowl-lane, actually you have the full choice to play which ball in which lane. So you can even play the Earth Ball in the Wacky Alley, making the gameplay much crazier. Once you start a game, all you need to do is to shift you ball to the position, you want to start from. Then left click and the ball begins rolling. Now you can control in which direction the ball is rolling through movement with your mouse. But be careful, if you move to fast, the ball ends in the gutter…In addition to the local highscore, the game also offers a worldwide highscore. |
| Soldiers of Empires | 2002-07-11 | IgorLab Software | IgorLab Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Soldiers of Empires is a game based upon classic wargame principles. You choose the actions of your own units, which can be to attack an enemy unit, to bombard an enemy unit with artillery fire, to move your unit or to reinforce and renew your unit with more men, tanks or other equipment. You can also form new units, adjust the rate of production of a particular tank or ordinance and also share a war production amongst your units. After you have finished with your turn you can choose to have your remaining units (with unused actions) to be played by the computer. The opponent can either be a human player or be played by the computer, depending on what option you have chosen at the start of the game. |
| Cultures 2: The Gates of Asgard | 2002-07-12 | Russobit-M | Funatics Development GmbH | Strategy | | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | This sequel to Cultures contains an improved new military system that fit for the warrior player better than before, also diplomat features were reworked. New weapons, new armors, and more bonuses are included. New scenarios bring historical background about the Middle Ages. Meet again Bjarni (the main character) and his Vikings in a real-time strategy game starting in England and including four great Western cultures. |
| Mika's Surreal Dream | 2002-07-12 | | das TOBI-AS Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person, Side view | | | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Mika Huy was tired on the work in Realiser, she has fallen asleep, and her dream, where the seamonster Jackal is terrorizing the lifeforms, starts. Most of the game Mika is seen from 3rd person perspective, but some scenes are examined by Mika's eyes from 1st person perspective. Two mini-games are included: Vicks should escape a dead fish, and Mika should guide a ship between the obstacles in the river. Walking in her dream, talking to Reality-on-the-Norm's inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Mika to wake up alive in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| 3D Code Cracker | 2002-07-15 | Sima System | Sima System | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | 3D Code Cracker is a collection of 5 advanced Matching games in a space station environment.Your aim in each stage is to crack the matching codes which are side by side in a group of 2 to 7.
There will be a Hot Code which indicate the combination that you have to find in order to get the bonus scores and move on in the game.
In most stages you should keep an eye on the Hot Code indicator and in some case on Timer Indicator as well. |
| Strategic Command: European Theater | 2002-07-16 | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Fury Software | Strategy | Top-down | | War | Wargame | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Strategic Command: European Theater is a World War II grand strategy game. The game, that is turn-based, takes place on a map that stretches horizontally from the east coast of North America to the Ural Mountains in Russia, and vertically from just below the Arctic Circle to the North Coast of Africa. There are six campaigns, each a year in the war that are played until the end of the war, starting with the Germans attacking Poland.The player is the supreme commander of the Axis or Allies forces. In total, there are 25 different nations (6 major and 19 minor), each having effect on the outcome of the war. All major unit types are covered, including HQs, Corps, Armies, Tanks, Submarines and Air Fleets. These, research and upgrade of equipment and management of supply are some of the keys to be successful.Multiplayer is an important part of Strategic Command. It can not only be played over the Internet and LAN, but also by PBEM (Play By Email). Also included is a Campaign Editor. |
| Gatorman | 2002-07-17 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | In this football-themed platform game you play as Gatorman, the mascot of the Florida Gators football team. You have been separated from your team and must find your way to the stadium before kick-off time.On the course of your journey you will face obstacles, challenges, and, of course, angry fans of opposing football teams. There are numerous items you can collect to help you; a jetpack, football helmets for extra lives, and health-restoring kisses from your reptilian girlfriend Alberta (who appears in the game from time to time).There are three levels in total, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida State. At the end of each level, you must fight the enemy team's mascot. |
| Guren Tensho: Shura | 2002-07-19 | Zone | Zone | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | Windows | Guren Tensho: Shura continues directly from where the original Guren ended. After the fateful battle with Yasha, a new threat appears: a blond young man who has apparently come from another time. Lee Rekka and his girl-only Guren brigade (now fully assembled) have to figure out why and how such a man ended up in medieval Japan, defeating more demons on the way.Despite being a direct sequel story-wise, the gameplay in Shura has been greatly simplified, to the extent of not being a RPG any more. There are still turn-based battles, but they occur only against "boss" enemies, when the story dictates it, and involve little strategy but choosing the strongest attacks for all the characters. There are no experience points, no equipment, no items, and even no movement of any kind in the game - it just takes the player from place to place, allowing him only to click on the only available location on the map and occasionally slightly branch the story by making a decision. |
| At Wit's End | 2002-07-21 | | | Adventure | | | Detective / mystery | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | At Wit's End is a freeware text adventure / interactive fiction game. It was developed using the T.A.D.S., the Text Adventure Development System, and runs in a browser window as it is written in HTML. The game starts with the player taking the role of Jake Garrett a baseball player. The game starts with Jake, bat in hand, on the mound at Fenway Park facing the New York Yankees pitcher in the World Series.
After facing the final ball of the match Jake is injured and is carted off to hospital. On the way there is an accident and in the course of trying to survive Jake stumbles onto some dastardly doings and the adventure gets underway.The game is played entirely via the keyboard but a mouse can be used to access the menu bar when saving & loading the game. |
| Dr. Horst | 2002-07-22 | | | Puzzle | Side view | | Healthcare | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dr. Horst is freeware clone of Dr. Mario with identical mechanics. The player must drop differently coloured pills onto viruses (three colours: green, blue and white) to remove them from the field. Align three pills of the same colour to a virus of the corresponding colour (or any combination of pills and viruses totaling four or more) and it will be removed from the bottle, along with the aligned pills. The game has 20 levels and three difficulty settings. |
| Half-Life: Platinum Collection | 2002-07-22 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Half-Life: Generation contains:
Half-Life: Game of the Year Edition
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life: Counter-Strike
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Half-Life: Uplink (not advertised in some versions)
Team Fortress Classic
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| Onefog Xonix | 2002-07-25 | Onefog Games | Onefog Games | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Onefog Xonix is a variant of the arcade game QIX. On the playfield, enemy balls bounce around. The player also controls a ball, which can move both around the sides of the playfield, and inside it, leaving a trace behind.When the player's ball reaches the edge of the playfield, the area of the drawn rectangle that does not contain enemy balls is filled in. If any enemy balls hit the player or the trail, the player loses a life. |
| SaaP2003 | 2002-07-25 | Midnight Oil, The | Midnight Oil, The | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | SaaP (Sick as a Parrot) is a performance based soccer management game - there are no skill levels but the qualities of players must be deduced from their performances in matches and on the training ground. It includes both club (European leagues and MLS) and international soccer (55 nations included) either played as two separate games or as one with the databases shared.The game is updated continuously with new releases every month or so. Gamers subscribe to the update service when they buy the game. |
| AfterShocked! | 2002-07-26 | MadGames | MadGames | Adventure | | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | AfterShocked! is a full-featured post-nuclear comedy adventure game in the vein of The Secret of Monkey Island and other classic adventure titles. Nearly every known city and town has been destroyed by nuclear missiles, leaving behind a strange world full of of drug dealers, mutant talking fish, and disgusting, yet friendly, "zombies", whose skin has been blown off. You play as a teenager trying to save what's left of the world from certain destruction at the hands of a madman, while simultaneously keeping under control the conflict between zombies and norms. Features hand-drawn 16-bit color graphics, an original musical score, and lots of scenes, puzzles, and characters. The game was released as freeware after a lengthy development period. |
| Free Spider | 2002-07-26 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | 123 Free Spider is a single-player, freeware, card game. It was released as a 'taster' game to promote TreeCardGames compilation of Solitaire games SolSuite 2003 which can be ordered via the menu bar of this game.This title features the following Solitaire games:
Scarab
Simple Simon
Spider
Spider One Suit
Spider Two SuitsAll games are played with the mouse, the backgrounds and card backs can be changed and there is in-game access to the help files. There is no hint feature and no savegame feature in this game.
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| NingPo Mah Jong | 2002-07-26 | Pyrogon, Inc. | Pyrogon, Inc. | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | NingPo Mah Jong is a classical Solitaire Mahjong game, similar to the Mahjong Titans game included in Microsoft Windows. The player must dismantle a board comprised of numerous rectangular tiles by removing pairs of tiles with matching symbols; only visible tiles whose longer side is completely unobstructed can be removed. The game features 18 board layouts, 8 different tile artworks and various background patterns. During play, the player can request a hint to highlight two tiles that can be matched, and if the player runs out of available matches he can ask to reshuffle the remaining tiles. Both of these options will give a time penalty, and when all tiles have been removed the total time is used for a highscore table. |
| Toro to Typing: Doko Demo Issyo Typing Software | 2002-07-26 | MediaQuest | MediaQuest | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Toro to Typing is the first computer entry in the Doko Demo Issyo series. It follows the adventures of Toro Inoue, a little white cat who wants to become human. Like in his original game, players converse with Toro to help him learn Japanese, but this time around that's done via typing words and sentences using the computer keyboard. Aside from Toro, it also features appearances by his friends Suzuki, Jun, Ricky, and Pierre. |
| Archibald Arcade Diver | 2002-07-29 | Archibald The Cat Entertainment | Archibald The Cat Entertainment | Action | Side view | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Archibald Arcade Diver is a single player, keyboard controlled puzzle game.The player is a diver who's girlfriend has become trapped behind a wall of rock, it's the player/hero's job to rescue her. In a typical level the lady is trapped behind a brick wall or in a brick room with no door. The player has to scour the level for bombs - used to destroy walls, and air - needed to stay alive. Whilst doing this they must avoid all contact with the plentiful shoals of fish all of which are poisonous.The game has sound, music and a high score table, the registered version has fifty levels
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| Cramgene | 2002-07-29 | Yamisoft Entertainment Inc. | Yamisoft Entertainment Inc. | Puzzle, Strategy | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cramgene is a two player competitive pet feeding game.In each round your pet asks for a specific meal, which you must then try to duplicate by choosing the correct ingredients from a meal menu. The first player to create a matching meal for their pet wins the round.Bonus ingredients appear in higher difficulty modes, which you can use for your own benefit, or to slow your opponent down.There are a total of ten pets to unlock in Cramgene as well as eight bonuses to help you win. The game also features a scoreboard and ranking system. |
| Gunless | 2002-07-30 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Space arcade. You can buy new space ships, equip it with weapons, defence systems, various energy sources and other devices. In the game you will travel between planets, talk with characters, accomplish dangerous quests. |
| BII-NARY: The War Against Pop-Ups | 2002-08-01 | Natomic Studios | Natomic Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | BII-NARY: The War Against Pop-Ups, the sequel to BII-NARY, is a 2D platform game with a visual design similar to the Tron franchise. The player controls a small, green character inside a computer system and must destroy pop-up and viruses (that look like tanks). The main goal is to destroy the TRO-JAN computer. The game is played with classic platformer mechanics. The main character can shoot, jump and hang on an edge to execute a surprise attack. |
| Dora the Explorer: Backpack Adventure | 2002-08-01 | Infogrames, Inc. | Stunt Puppy Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | When you first enter this game you are taken to a series of pages for signing in and decorating the sticker book that you can access after you earn some stickers. You are given the option to play the game fully (Backpack Adventure Mode), or to enter the Map Mode and play the mini-games in whatever order you like. The mini-games are designed to exercise some early-childhood skills; color recognition, problem solving, shape recognition, pattern completion, number recognition, classification, mousing skills.Dora the Explorer, the little heroine of the animated TV series, has a brand new backpack from her parents. You'll help her fill it with books to return to the library and it's your job to help her get there. As you make your way through Dora's world, you'll meet some of her friends - Swiper the fox, who is notorious for swiping things and must be told firmly three times not to; Boots, Dora's monkey sidekick; Isa the iguana, who needs help finding a tool; Benny the bull and his fabulous balloon - you'll guide him to pick up some more friends; and others. As you complete each task along the way, the Fiesta Trio - a musical bug, frog, and snail - dances onto the screen bringing you a virtual sticker for your book.Gameplay is through the mouse - point and click. At any time you can click on the Map character to find out where you are, and the level icon to adjust the difficulty. You also have a back arrow, to take you back a screen or to the sign-in page. When you do go back to your sign-in page, you can click on your sticker book, choose a background, and decorate it with the stickers you've earned. When you've arranged your picture to your liking, print it!
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| Gaea Fallen | 2002-08-01 | Amaranth Productions | Amaranth Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | A point-and-click adventure game with 45 puzzle-filled scenes.
The world of Gaea is falling into darkness. Eve, a seamstress who loves leg-of-rat, really doesn't want to take on the daunting task of saving the world. No matter what she wants, she's going to have to do it. Her one worry about setting off on a quest? Her Aunt Mildred filling her cottage with junk furniture while she's away. |
| Max and Marie Go Shopping | 2002-08-01 | Kursor Multimedia s.c., Tivola Verlag GmbH | Contor Interaktiv Multimedia Consulting & trading GmbH | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Max and Marie Go Shopping is an educational adventure game where the player must help two young anthropomorphic dogs, Max and Marie, buy all the necessary things for Aunt Lisa's party. Each location in the city is represented by a full-screen scene where the player can click on things and people to interact with them, or just trigger a funny animation. The player can move between various places in the city by riding a bus, or just by clicking the icon that allows him to instantly move to any location. The goal of the game is to visit the shops that sell objects from Aunt Lisa's shopping list, and talk to the shopkeeper to buy each of the necessary things. The game comes in three languages (German, English and French in the original release), and the player can change the language at any time. |
| Playhouse Disney's The Book of Pooh: A Story Without a Tail | 2002-08-01 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Playhouse Disney's The Book of Pooh: A Story Without a Tail is based on a Disney television series that is in turn based on characters created by the author A. A. Milne. The characters in the game are animated to resemble the Bunraku puppetry style of the series.As the game begins, Pooh and his friends are gathered in the Hundred Acre Wood discussing the fine-ness of the day when Eeyore announces he has lost his tail. The friends quickly offer to help him find it, and the player can select any of five characters to set off on a search. Each set of searches soon leads to an activity:
Bounce with Tigger - bounce Tigger through an apple tree to knock down matching letter apples; Piglet moves back and forth to catch the falling apples. Tigger and Piglet add together the caught and fallen apples after the tree is emptied
Pooh's Alphabet Stream - Pooh and Eeyore set Christopher Robin's toy boat afloat; move it back and forth to "catch" objects and their starting letters as it sails downstream
Rabbit's Kitchen - select from a cookie cookbook at Rabbit's house; follow recipe measurements and then decorate the treat
Sing a Song with Kessie - Kessie is looking for the right words to finish her songs; select the correct items from her description
Piglet's Short Stories - Eeyore and Piglet come across The Book of Pooh; choose from 12 stories to read and listen to and click on stickers to automatically fill in the illustrations
Parents can access an activity completion chart from the beginning scene in the Hundred Acre Wood by pressing CTRL + I; only when the displayed number of activities are finished will the tail be found. Included on the disk are some further printable activities: coloring, cutouts, mazes and puzzles.As in Playhouse Disney's: Stanley Tiger Tales, the developer utilizes Disney's "Whole Child Curriculum," seeking to cover social, motor, life, thinking, and self-expression skills as well as academic.
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| Porrasturvat: Stair Dismount | 2002-08-01 | | tAAt | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Stair dismount is the predecessor to Truck dismount. The legendary superhero Spector has found, to his shock, that he cannot write off all the damage he has caused to the city out of his taxes unless he proves that he has sustained significant damage in the process himself.You come to the rescue. Spector is placed on top of some stairs and you select which body part to push and the angle. Time your click on the push button when the pulsating force bar reaches the desired level. Points are awarded through the sustained damage. The game features many camera positions and a highscore list. |
| Powrót Bombera | 2002-08-01 | | Destan Entertainment | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Few years ago the king of the “Hate Kingdom” captured Princess Nanoe. There’s only one brave man who can defeat the king and bring the princess back - Felix the Bomber.Powrót Bombera is a re-interpretation of classic Bomberman with several changes. There are 15 types of enemies, 7 types of weapon and bonuses to collect. Weapons include standard bombs, bazookas, rifles and shotguns, being useful for certain types of enemies immune to specific weapons or with more health. Bonuses include faster movement, extending time limit or moving through walls.Game consists of a campaign and multiplayer mode with 4 game types. Campaign is split into 4 zones: desert, forest, rocks and castle. In each level in campaign mode the goal is to access the “gate”. There is a time limit but once it is reset, Felix is still alive. However, several enemies are spawning to make level completion very difficult.There is also a “level editor” that allows the player to customize any in-game level, add or remove enemies, bonuses and weapons, as well as move the “gate” to a different place. Levels are not saved so after closing the game, modified arenas are lost. |
| Rhem | 2002-08-01 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Rhem is a first-person, point and click adventure that can be compared to Riven. You ride into the large, unusual world of Rhem in a mining cart and soon you discover that you are unable to leave. Your major objective is to find a way to leave Rhem. To do this you must find and reconstruct a letter which has been divided into four parts and hidden. You will do this totally alone without interaction with any other characters.Many of the areas are closed to you at first and the way to open them is by solving a multitude of adventure-type puzzles. There are mechanically based puzzles involving levers and switches, but you will also find codes to decipher and strange symbols, maps, color patterns and switchboxes. |
| Space HoRSE | 2002-08-01 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Gilligames | Strategy | | | | Board game, Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Space HoRSE is essentially a modern PC remake of the classic game M.U.L.E. Four players each control a team of HoRSEs (Holistic Robotic Slave Engineers), to help them colonize a planet. Each player must claim land and use it to farm, mine, or generate electricity while trading commodities with other players. Space HoRSE features advanced computer AI and some occasional cutscenes related to special events, such as a meteor impact. |
| Tsunami 2265 | 2002-08-01 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Prograph Research S.r.l. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | Windows | Tsunami 2265 is an anime-style action game. A mysterious power source called "E.L.E.N.A." is at the center of the plot along with the main characters Naoko Ikari and Neon Shima, two modern samurai. On an Akira-like plot, Neon and Naoko are called to defeat some corrupted politic powers by subtracting E.L.E.N.A. from their hands, using latest generation combat units in the shape of gigantic mechs. The game combines mech-shooting action with some puzzle-solving sections. |
| W.A.R. Soldiers | 2002-08-01 | IncaGold GmbH | ASYLUM Games | Action | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | Asia, Cold War | | Direct control | | | | Windows | As soldier Peter Cowbell, you're a war correspondent in Vietnam during operation Starlite (1965). Involved in a violent battle and cut off from the rest of your troop, you will have to guide Peter Cowbell through five 3D levels: jungle, underground tunnel system, village, ammunition dump and, at last, your base camp. |
| Beat Angel Escalayer | 2002-08-02 | Alice Soft | Alice Soft | Adventure, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Life / social simulation, Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A few days before summer break, a pretty girl is transferred to Kyohei Yanase's class: Sayuka Koenji, a childhood friend and former crush who had moved away when they were young. However, when Kyohei tries to talk to her, Sayuka acts like he doesn't exist. That night, Kyohei meets a different girl when he visits Sayuka's house: Madoka Koenji, Sayuka's younger sister. Unfortunately, she also drives Kyohei away, saying that she doesn't have time to deal with him.On the way home from school the next day, Kyohei tries to talk to Sayuka again, but is interrupted by a massive explosion caused by the evil intergalactic empire Dai-Lust, who have commenced an invasion of Earth. Amidst the chaos, Sayuka runs into a back alley alone, but Kyohei follows her at a distance. After summoning the courage to approach her again, Kyohei stumbles upon a shocking scene: Sayuka indulging in intense, feverish masturbation. The shocked Kyohei makes a noise and is noticed by Sayuka, who suddenly screams and is enveloped in a dazzling light. When it subsides, Sayuka has been transformed into a magical warrior who dispatches Dai-Lust's forces with ease.After returning home in a daze, Kyohei is visited by Madoka, who tells Kyohei that she is a robot, that Sayuka transforms into the warrior Escalayer and fights Dai-Lust, and that the energy for Sayuka's transformation is obtained through sexual arousal. The next thing Kyohei knows, Sayuka is begging him for sex - and who is he to refuse?Beat Angel Escalayer is a hentai raising simulation game with elements of a visual novel. The game progresses in increments of days, and each day is divided into 5 parts: morning, noon, sortie, afternoon, and night. In the morning and afternoon, the player can replenish Sayuka's energy by executing any one of the selection commands, including sex.There are four main commands available in the morning and afternoon:
1. Dokidoki H (どきどきＨ): Like the name suggests, this is a command to accumulate energy by having sex with Sayuka. When selected, the screen switches to a command menu showing the available options for sex. After choosing a command, a dice is rolled, and if its number is higher than the difficulty of the command, the command is successful and the player can proceed to the sex scene. Rolling the dice consumes a value called Libido.
2. Rest (休憩): When executed, the libido that was consumed during the sex earlier will be recovered.
3. Strengthening (強化): This takes the player to the enhancement screen where energy earned from sex can be used to power up Escalayer. If certain conditions are met after strengthening, Escalayer can learn special moves.
4. Information (情報): This takes the player to the information screen where three actions can be executed: "Search for enemies" (索敵), "Eroge" (エロゲー), and "Public service" (奉仕活動). The "Search for enemies" command reveals invisible enemies and displays their status. Invisible enemies are indicated by a red marker on the info screen and cannot be fought. The "Eroge" command increases the player's maximum libido. The "Service activities" command increases the city's "peace points", which indicate the state of peace in the city.
At noon, the player will have a conversation with Sayuka and special battle events will occur. In conversation, the player can choose positive or negative responses. The type of response chosen will affect Sayuka's mood and the resulting sex.During the sortie part, the player fights enemies with Escalayer. The player can choose which opponent to fight from the enemy markers displayed on the sortie screen. Enemies with red markers are invisible and cannot be selected, but markers can be made green with the "search for enemies" feature of the "Information" (情報) command. If the enemy's HP reaches zero first, the player wins, and if Escalayer's shield value reaches zero, the player loses. If the player wins, peace points are recovered, while if the player loses, energy must be regained by having sex.There is no particular action to take during nighttime except for evaluating enemies, though special events may occur.If the city's peace points reach zero, the game is over. The player has 35 days to defeat Dai-Lust and save the city. |
| Xuanyuan Jian 4: Hei Long Wu xi Yun Fei Yang | 2002-08-04 | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | DOMO Production | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | 221 BC was the year that marked the end of the Warring States Period in China. Ying Cheng, the ruler of the Qin kingdom, established a totalitarian state in his country, and soon began to invade other kingdoms, which resulted in the unification of China and the establishment of the Qin Empire. Ying Cheng became Qin Shihuang, the First Emperor. He mercilessly repressed rebellions and forbade all teachings except those who praised him and his regime. At this terrible time, Shuijing, a young girl who studied the secret science of the Mohists (followers of the great Chinese philosopher Mozi), saw how the teaching she followed became more and more deformed, departing from its original rules. From the point she realized that she broke two important rules of the Mohist school, Shuijing decided to dedicate her life to two purposes: reform the teaching of Mozi, and defeat the Qin Empire.Xuanyuan Jian 4: Hei Long Wu xi Yun Fei Yang is the first 3D installment of the Xuanyuan Jian series. Both navigation and battles are fully 3D, and it is possible to rotate the camera 180 degrees during exploration. The game abandons the active time battle system of the third game, returning instead to full turn-based system of earlier games. There is a wide variety of techniques to learn, including the traditional magical spells and special attacks that require stamina. The game introduces a special bar that appears during battles, displaying the order of the participants' turns. By attacking an enemy who is about to act, it is possible to "push" it down the bar, delaying its actions.Like in the previous installments of the series, it is possible to capture monsters and then summon them during battles. However, Xuanyuan Jian 4 expands this gameplay element to the "Heavenly Book" system, which allows the player to build living quarters, weapon factories, shops, and temples, populating them with monsters. Each monster contributes unique parameters to the building he is in. By collecting various raw materials (wood, gold, etc.) and balancing the required parameters for the facilities, the player can create his or her own weapons, armor, accessories, and items, learn new spells, and enhance the abilities of summoned monsters. |
| Jagged Alliance 2: Gold Pack | 2002-08-06 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Jagged Alliance 2 (base game)
Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business (first standalone expansion) |
| Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 15 | 2002-08-06 | Brøderbund Software, Inc. | Brøderbund Software, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 15 is a typing tutorial game that includes typing tests, progress reports, and typing games and challenges. It is aimed at people aged eight and older. |
| Bikini Karate Babes | 2002-08-07 | Creative Edge Studios, Inc. | Creative Edge Studios, Inc. | Action | Side view | | Adult | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Bikini Karate Babes combines the basics of a fighting game with realistic real-life video. Players can choose from various (all-female) fighters, with several secret characters incorporated. Play modes include your average 'arcade' mode, but modes like 'spectacle' (watch the CPU do all the work), 'practice' (beating a passive opponent) and 'marathon' are also included. As a bonus, the game features 'Sweet Stuff', which acts like a jukebox/gallery sort of section, in which themes and movies can be replayed. |
| Crazy Taxi | 2002-08-08 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Hitmaker | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Crazy Taxi is an arcade-like racer where the player takes the role of a taxi driver who weaves his way through crowded streets, across sidewalks, and even underwater, in a wild and frantic race to deliver passengers on time. The courses are largely set inside cities crowded with general traffic and pedestrians (which can't be run over, they dive away). The main goal is to bring as many customers as possible to their destination in time. Available customers are marked through circles and the color represents the distance and the fare they offer. Green means long rides with plenty of money, and red ones are very short. In the main Arcade mode, there is a timer that quickly runs down. It can be replenished by picking up customers. While driving reckless maneuvers are encouraged. Players can disregard all traffic rules and customers give extra tips for speedy and dangerous driving, but these can only be cashed when the customer arrives at his destination in time. By the same token, the reward at the end of a ride is based on the amount of time left, as each customer also has a personal timer. The city is filled with slopes and jumps, and the game uses a very loose driving model. No damage can be done to the car, so driving as fast as possible is encouraged. While driving players can toy with the gears to perform two special tricks: a crazy drift and a crazy boost to speed up more quickly.Next to the Arcade mode, there is an Original mode and Crazy Box where specific goals need to be met on closed-down courses. In the regular modes, it is possible to disregard the usual timer and play for a fixed amount of minutes. At the end of the race, the player is rewarded with a license, either D, C, B, or A, with S for outstanding performance. Next to the interactive courses from the arcade version, there is a new course for home consoles. There are four cabs and drivers to choose from. The cars have different statistics and the drivers' different attitudes while racing. The game has a soundtrack featuring The Offspring and Bad Religion (not for the Xbox 360 version). |
| Eye of the Kraken | 2002-08-08 | Absurdus | Absurdus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This point-and-click graphic adventure game is filled with original jokes and slapstick comedy.The original storyline begins aboard a sailing vessel in the high seas. A very important document must be delivered “post haste” to Hyade Island and you, Abdullah, have been selected as the envoy. But before you get very far on your journey, you are interrupted by the delivery of a letter containing an urgent message from your friend, Titien. Titien advises that the Eye of the Kraken has been stolen and that the thief is aboard the very ship on which you are travelling. He implores you to find it and see that the thief is apprehended. You, of course, comply with your friend’s requests and set about finding the culprit.The gameplay as a whole is non-linear, meaning that you can accomplish some things in any order. The puzzles in the game are mostly object or inventory based, and none have time limits. Some objects are nonsensical and are included to add to the comedy element.
There are numerous animated characters who move about the ship, all of whom you must seek out and talk to. Dialog is presented on-screen in text form only as are descriptions of objects and locations.The colorful graphic backgrounds are rendered in 2D in an isometric perspective. Outside scenes change when day falls into night. You can choose the background music you wish to hear within the game itself. |
| Farscape: The Game | 2002-08-08 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Jim Henson Interactive, Red Lemon Studios | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Farscape: The Game is an action game based upon the Sci-Fi TV show. You can direct a team of three characters from the show, relying on their specific abilities to accomplish missions. The player directly controls only one character, while others help the protagonist in combat. The game requires that all of the characters survive, otherwise the game is over. It also requires that you work with the characters, which may have slightly different agendas. The game is set on planets that require exploration, ships, and various outworldly places. |
| Mobile Light Force 2 | 2002-08-08 | SourceNext Corporation | AlfaSystem Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Mobile Light Force 2 is a budget-priced port of AlfaSystem's vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up Shikigami no Shiro. It features five levels with three stages each. Extending the replay value is a two-player mode and the ability to select from six characters (three male and three female to be exact). Aside from the standard rapid-fire stream of bullets standard to the genre, a spirit attack unique to each character is available, which significantly slows the ship's movement, but rewards the player with a substantial point increase. Coupled with the spirit attack is the Tension Bonus system, which rewards you with increased power and bonus points based on how close you are to enemies and their bullets. |
| 1914: The Great War | 2002-08-09 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | TriNodE Entertainment Systems | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War I | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Two campaigns of fifteen missions, which are based on real battles of World War I, each puts the player in the shoes of either an Allied or a German officer. From a gameplay view it is similar to Blue Byte's Historyline: 1914-1918.The game features classic turn-based gameplay, enriched with a fully rotatable and zoom-able environment. As usual with these kind of games the player has to use different tactics to win the missions - to do so he has several tactical possibilities to his disposal, e.g. using trenches or using pioneers to build barbed wire fences. The goals are mostly to liberate or defend an area. |
| Bob the Builder: Bob Builds a Park | 2002-08-09 | THQ Inc. | Asylum Entertainment Ltd. | Educational | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | Colin Robinson | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Help Bob and his team to build a park! Enjoy 10 different activities including: Build a Park with Bob - Create endless exciting park designs adding ponds, band stands and flowers. And then view the park in all the different seasons and print out your design!
Skateboard Spud - Fix the broken skateboard with Bob and then help Spud perform amazing tricks and stunts! Bob's Crazy Golf- Help Muck around a maze to collect the pieces he needs to create his golf course. Farmer Pickles' Pets' Corner - Help collect food to lure the various animals into their correct homes! Lofty's Squirrel Run- Help Lofty to build a run, so the hungry squirrels can reach their nuts. Mr Ellis' Dinosaur Discovery - Choose to build up to 3 dinosaur skeletons with Bob and Mr Ellis. |
| Snowboard Park Tycoon | 2002-08-09 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Action, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Snowboard Park Tycoon is more of a first-person snowboarding action game than a tycoon game. Players have the option to jump right into the action with the "Action" mode, or complete challenges on various unlockable slopes in the "Career" mode.In the Action mode, players can either race down a pre-designated slope or else construct their own using an assortment of ramps, rails, mounds, natural forms, and bonus structures. After constructing a custom slope in the third-person slope editor, players can click the "Try It!" button to test their skills in first-person mode against their new creation.In the Career mode, players can create a custom profile, choose their character model and board style, and complete various challenges. These challenges unlock additional levels, and include:Jam Session Challenge: Get as many points as possible performing tricks down the mountain
Race Challenge: Race other boarders down the mountain
Maximum Coinage: Collect all the coins and reach the trophy before the time runs out
Snowball Challenge: Throw snowballs at targets and perform tricks to obtain more snowballs
Follow the leader: Keep up with your rival as you board down the mountain
Bone Crusher: Break all 206 bones in your body before the time is up
Impress the Photographers: Place pieces on the mountain in such a way as to pull of as many tricks near the pre-positioned photographers as possible
Slalom Challenge: Board through the slaloms before the time runs out. Each gate awards you more time.
Monkey See, Monkey Do: Watch the tricks the monkey performs and then reproduce them.
Hoops Challenge: Make it through all of the flaming hoops placed on the mountain
Tycoon Challenge: Buy jumps in the third-person construction mode in order to attract snowboarders. They'll perform tricks on these jumps, each of which awards you cash for bigger and better jumps. Make enough cash before the time runs out.Tricks are performed by pressing certain keyboard combinations while in the middle of a jump. The higher the jump, the better potential for higher-scoring tricks. Additionally, players can use the tilde (~) key to view the action in slow-motion.In some levels, comical characters such as a roaring yeti or penguins jamming to boom boxes decorate the terrain. |
| Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi-hen | 2002-08-10 | 07th Expansion | 07th Expansion | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi-hen is the first part in the Higurashi: When They Cry visual novel series. It is a simple visual novel without branching paths or choices, where the player simply advances the text to read the story. After finishing each chapter, the player unlocks a number of optional bonus scenes called "TIPS".The protagonist is Keichii Maebara, a teenage boy who has recently moved into the remote Japanese village of Hinamizawa. Keichii quickly develops a close friendship with a group of schoolgirls and joins their game club. However, he soon discovers that Hinamizawa harbors a dark secret, connected to the yearly Watanagashi festival and the supposed curse of the village's guardian deity. |
| Little Jonny Evil | 2002-08-10 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Little Jonny Evil is a free 2D point-and-click adventure. You control the game with the mouse and have access to an inventory. It is a short game and consists only of one room. The player takes control of little Jonny who is sentenced by his mother and locked in the basement. The only exit is the door and you have to find a way to get out. |
| Glove on Fight | 2002-08-11 | Watanabe Seisakusho | Watanabe Seisakusho, SHUNPU-TEI-KO-BO | Action, Sports | Side view | Fangame | Comedy | Fighting | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Glove on Fight is a comedy boxing 2D fighting game featuring characters from various visual novels and other media. Its gameplay, loosely inspired by Urban Champion, is more grounded and boxing-inspired than traditional 2D fighting games.Characters come from the following series:
Kanon
Tsukihime
Tohoku Electric Power
Gunparade March
DiGi Charat
To Heart
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| Gridrunner++ | 2002-08-11 | Llamasoft Ltd. | Llamasoft Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Gridrunner++ is a remake of the original Gridrunner from 1982. The game is a shoot 'em up game where the player has to blast wave after wave of multi-segmented Centipede-like enemies. Unlike in Centipede or the original Gridrunner, enemies move around the screen in a variety of different ways. The player's spaceship, which is controlled with the mouse, can be moved around freely on the screen which scrolls in multiple directions. Firing is done automatically and continuously. In addition to the regular weapon, there is a special weapon called the Sheppiezapper which can be used once per level. The player can die by colliding with the enemies or being hit by the bombs they drop. When shot, enemies leave behind pods which will detonate and send out lasers in all four cardinal directions if not shot quick enough. Additional enemy types include drop ships that emerge from screen edges and leave behind a trail of pods and the X-Y Zapper which bounces around in the space beyond the playing field. Occasionally it fires its weapon which is indicated by sparkly golden lines that converge and release laser bolts across the screen.The firepower of the ship can be increased by collecting sheepies that appear after every few enemies destroyed. Each one increases the bonus multiplier and adds a trail of ghost ships that follow the ship and fire additional forward and rear-firing lasers. When the bonus multiplier maxes out at x9 the next collected sheepie gives a pill, which is a cross-eyed sheep that swoops around the screen killing enemies in its path. Shooting the pill makes it larger and it can emit horizontal and vertical lasers. Sheepies can also be lifesavers. After getting killed, the player can still steer the wreckage as it falls down the screen, and if it touches a sheepie the ship is restored. |
| The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil | 2002-08-11 | Team Shanghai Alice | Team Shanghai Alice | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is a vertical-scrolling shooter, the sixth official game in the Tōhō series, and the first being made exclusively for the Windows platform.During a peaceful summer in Gensokyo, an unnatural scarlet mist appears blocking out the sun and causing the affected areas to become dark and cold. Playing as either Reimu Hakurei (a shrine maiden) or Marisa Kirisame (a playful black magician), the player has to battle his way through 6 challenging stages, and face the "Scarlet Devil" behind the cause.The game is a bullet hell shooter: Enemies are shooting bullets in very high counts, often creating a certain pattern covering the entire playing area. The focus lies more on evading those bullets than on shooting down enemies.The player has a normal shoot and a limited bomb option which clears the screen of any bullets.
Enemies appear in multiple waves, dropping power-up and point items when shot down. The player can use a focus button, causing the character's shoot to become more powerful and his movement to become slower, which makes it easier to avoid bullets.Each stage has two bosses, one more easy mid-boss and a more difficult final one. These bosses often use multiple "Spell Cards", which create a particularly difficult bullet pattern for the player to avoid. |
| Madden NFL 2003 | 2002-08-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | In the game you control the ball by players of your favorite team to win the match. Opposite players also has tactic commands of their coach to take the ball from you. The game for first time features on-line gaming capability and also adds new teams like Houston Texans, and new NFL division alignment.The game also has Create-a-Player option, where the players can determine in mini-games their physical conditions, for example, to be receivers or quarterbacks. Later you can include these players into teams. However, there is also availability to trade players instead of train them. Also the game has an option, which allows to play from playbook and then practice it. The commentary is provided by Al Michaels. The game has rendered graphics with all animation based on it.The game is up to 4 players. |
| Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand | 2002-08-12 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this point and click adventure game you play the famous teen detective, Nancy Drew, as she takes on an interesting summer internship as Deputy Curator of a Washington D.C. museum, Beech Hill. The museum specializes in the ancient Mayan culture, and part of Nancy’s job is working with Mayan artifacts and preparing them to go on exhibit.Shortly after beginning her new position, Nancy learns that the museum has had a series of mysterious thefts. Only one clue has been left behind to connect the otherwise seemingly unrelated incidents – a bright red handprint. As she learns more about the Mayan civilization and its culture, she realizes that there is much more to the thefts than the authorities realize.Part of Nancy’s investigation involves travel outside the confines of the Beech Hill Museum building to other parts of the Capitol City. She will take a subway, visit a hospital and meet characters in the Mexican consulate in Washington, D.C.Secret of the Sacred Hand is based on a book by the same name, #124 in the paperback series. |
| Light | 2002-08-13 | | | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Light is a labyrinth game in which the player must escape from a hole he/she fell into. In each level the player must navigate through a labyrinth to find the exit to the next level. The player has to move swiftly because the sun is setting and once it's gone it's game over. This game was written in C++ using Allegro. |
| Moonbase Commander | 2002-08-13 | Infogrames, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Moonbase Commander is a turn-based strategy game where players compete to spread a web-like base across a lunar battlefield while annihilating their opponents. Players can select from four factions each of which has a unique look for it's units and a specifically voiced adviser (although all four have identical capabilities) and compete alone or in teams against other humans (locally or via the net) or the assorted Bots that are included. Competition takes place on a variety of terrain, sometimes barren and empty sometimes green and full of rivers.Once a battle is started, players take turns using a limited supply of energy to launch weapons against their enemies or launch new buildings to expand their base. Both are done with a simple aim and force interface similar to Worms or most early golf games so it takes some skill to land a building exactly where you want it. Because buildings are connected to your main hub with a web of power lines, careful planning is required to avoid leaving important nodes unprotected. There are 18 different weapons and buildings each with an energy cost based on how powerful and useful it is. Ultimately, you must destroy an enemy's main hub unit to eliminate him from the battle.Moonbase Commander has a minutes to learn, lifetime to master quality. There's never enough energy to do everything you want to and your opposition is always breathing down your neck. Should you risk a tricky shot to place an expensive shield generator by your hub or just settle for launching waves of cheap cluster bombs at those enemy anti-air batteries in hopes of overwhelming them. Maybe you should just bide your time and send up a few more observation balloons. The possibilities are surprisingly limitless in this simple yet complex game. |
| Atomica Deluxe | 2002-08-14 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Atomica Deluxe is a tile-matching puzzle game where players need to form molecules by moving atoms around the grid. The most straightforward molecule is a square form of four atoms of the same colour, but more complex patterns using different colours are also possible. The game can be played turn-based, with new atoms appearing after every move, or real-time where the game progresses regardless of the player's actions. For each of these modes, there is also an expert version with many more colours.To progress through the levels, players need to form a certain amount of molecules before empty space on the grid is taken up entirely. For each group, a molecule meter near the top of the screen is filled, showing the level progress. Atoms are moved around using the mouse and can be placed anywhere on the grid, as long as there is a direct route possible without other atoms blocking the path. Points are awarded for each molecule formed, causing it to disappear from the grid. New atoms that appear on the grid are hinted at with a faded, coloured symbol, which can be incorporated in the strategy.By forming combos, a geiger meter is filled. Multiple combos trigger a super combo and the different combos charge up an atomic bomb that can be used to blow up random atoms on the grid. When enough molecules are formed, the player is offered to form a more complex, bonus molecule using more advanced shapes and different colours. Upon completing it, a bonus atom is provided on the grid. It can be moved around to form a group (opening the option to get a more powerful bonus atom) or it can be double clicked to trigger it. For instance, the level 1 fire bonus atom will clear nine squares on the grid, but an advanced one will destroy more. There are also time-limited biohazard atoms that need to be disposed off quickly before they start replicating.The game includes a high score list and saves the level progress. |
| Kittens & Cacti | 2002-08-14 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Melt, Drake, Mika Huy and Dr. Raoul Duke are going to stop the evil plans of baron Wolfgang they've unveiled in Cabbages and Kings. While others perform their actions according to plans, the player controls Drake. Walking around the forest and mansion of baron in the past, talking to inhabitants (people and animals), and collecting the items, Drake should not allow a murder of mayor zombie Michael Gower in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. The game is planned as a trilogy, and it has a sequel Gatitos: The Paws of Fate. |
| Pac-Manhattan | 2002-08-14 | | | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Pac-Manhattan is a version of Pac-Man in a city setting, created for a competition at the website GameCodingUK. The city was taken over by robbers who unleashed ghosts to scare away all citizens, and it's up to Pac-Man to foil this evil plot. The gangsters are driving around the city in their car, fleeing from Pac-Man and dropping a trail of coins behind them. To complete each level the player must catch and eat several cars (only one is present at a time), and pick up all the dropped coins. Ghosts roam the levels and kill Pac-Man if they catch him, but there are a number of power pills strewn around which allow Pac-Man to turn the tables and eat the ghosts for a limited time. The game also includes special bonus items which move around the level and give bonus score when eaten. Pac-Man has the ability to jump, which allows him to avoid getting caught by a ghost by jumping over it. |
| The Italian Job | 2002-08-14 | Global Star Software Ltd., SCi Games Ltd. | Pixelogic Limited | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | Crime | | | Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | Windows | Based on the 1969 British film The Italian Job starring Michael Caine, this third-person mission-based racing game offers 16 missions, 50 levels, five game modes, two "free ride" levels, and an eight-player party mode. With a simple four-key control scheme, you'll race as Charlie Croker across London, Turin, and the Alps in the main event, unlocking missions as you go, with an eye on the prize of a four million dollar gold bullion heist at journey's end. Fifteen vehicles are available in the The Italian Job, including three classic Mini-Cooper S cars, 4x4s, and a motor coach.Gameplay involves finding shortcuts and eluding police and Mafia heavies through sewers, around city streets, and across rooftops, thwarting capture by keeping your license plate number hidden from your pursuers as you follow onscreen arrow prompts. |
| Hard Truck: 18 Wheels of Steel | 2002-08-15 | ValuSoft, Inc. | SCS Software, Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Move cargo from place to place. Collect money to buy or improve your 18 wheeler. You can also manage your business by winning recurring contracts and by hiring drivers to haul loads for you.There are 3 game areas, each has Interstate highways, back road highways, by passes around and through the cities and of course city streets.This game is about the business of trucking. |
| Mobile Forces | 2002-08-16 | Majesco Sales, Inc. | Rage Games Ltd., Realtime Worlds Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | Mobile Forces is a modern era deathmatch and mission based multiplayer first person shooter with vehicles. The usual array of weapons (shotgun, assault rifle, etc...) is augmented with four different vehicles (from buggies to Armored Personnel Carriers) that can provide fast transport around the battlefield, hit and run fatalities, and mobile firing platforms.The eight different modes of play include the standards (death match, capture the flag) and some that are less familiar (Safecracker, Detonation). All can be played on 11 different maps (ranging in size from large to very large) that are designed to take advantage of the speed at which distances can be covered on wheels.In single player Mobile Forces, a player must earn points by succeeding in the various play modes (with and against bots). Once a player has enough points, the next map is unlocked. Multi-player on LAN or the internet allows competitors to jump on the backs of humvees and gun down passing soldiers.
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| Big Scale Racing | 2002-08-18 | HD Interactive B.V., Summitsoft Entertainment | BumbleBeast | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Big Scale Racing you can race with 1/5 scale RC racing cars. The game features multiple tracks, variable weather, internet competitions and 10 cars/classes. You can also download extra bonus cars from the Internet. RC cars can also be controlled from trackside. The gameplay interface is full of different indicators to make driving easier. |
| Shoplifter | 2002-08-18 | | Vicious Arts | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | This arcade game is made with The Games Factory. Player takes the role of a man, who is on a mission from some giant head to steal as many cans of cola as possible from different shops. On first two levels, player should use the arrow keys to move the man on the screen, evade the shopkeeper, and pick up the cans. If the man get caught, all collected cans are taken from him. The man will go back to the giant head if he was caught 3 times. After the man has 10 cans (20 in second level), the man must escape by car and stop the police chasing him. Using the cursors the player should keep the police going off the top of the screen. If the mission is completed, the man will get his reward, a hamburger. |
| Dino Crisis 2 | 2002-08-20 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Survival horror | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The research on the mysterious Third Energy is being continued in secret, but then an entire island with the facility conducting this research and a neighbouring town has vanished, moving back in time to the dinosaur era. A military unit is sent to the past to save the survivors and retrieve the research data. But nearly all soldiers are massacred by dinosaurs. You take control of Regina and Dylan, who managed to escape this fate. Now you must find the survivors, retrieve the data, and get back to your own time. Dino Crisis 2 is a survival horror game in which you control the characters Dylan and Regina (switching from one to another at various points in the storyline). You will collect items and use them to solve puzzles while fighting the hordes of dinosaurs that inhabit the island. Much like Alone in the Dark, the game uses 3D models for characters, enemies and items and static 2D backgrounds for their surroundings. Initially, each character starts with a gun and a melee weapon, but more weapons, such as flamethrowers or rocket launchers, can be bought later in the game. The dinosaurs' attacks cause you to lose "vitality", which can be restored using healing items. Sometimes an attack will cause you to bleed and thus slowly lose health; specific health items stop the bleeding. For each killed dinosaur you receive "Extinction Points". By killing a couple of dinos in quick succession, you activate a 'combo' and thus get more points. The points can be used in "Save Shops" throughout the game to buy weapons, ammo (and cartridge upgrades which allow you to store more ammo within the weapon), healing items and "tools" (such as armor, more powerful melee weapons, or "cards" which allow you to get bigger combos). You can also save the game at these points. While wandering around the island, you'll find many documents and letters to read, including "Dino Files", which contain a flavor description of a dino species. |
| Medieval: Total War | 2002-08-20 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Creative Assembly Ltd., The | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Turn-based strategy | Africa, Europe, Historical events, Medieval, Middle East | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Rewrite 400 years of medieval warfare - from the first Crusade in 1095 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Rule your kingdom and guide it through conflicts and upheavals. With 12 playable factions and 100 different unit types, laying siege and expand your empire throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Prove yourself worthy in the shoes of a famous historical figure (Richard the Lionheart, Joan of Arc, Saladin and Frederick Barbarrosa). Choose alliances well, and enemies with care, Total War shows no mercy.
3D battles featuring over 10000 troops;
Different battlefields, from the lush farmlands of Western Europe to the arid deserts of Northern Africa;
Command medieval armies of knights, men-at-arms, archers and siege weapons to make their royal family the masters of Europe;
Castle Sieges, with a vast array of siege weaponry, like siege cannons, mangonels and ballistae;
Over 100 different unit types each with different playing styles including: the English, German, Byzantine, French and Turkish Empires;
Engage in historical campaigns including, The Hundred Years War, The Crusades and The Mongol Invasions. |
| Mega Man X5 | 2002-08-20 | Capcom U.S.A., Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Years after the Reploid Wars, all seems peaceful in the world. But peace was not meant to last forever. When the "Eurasia" space colony is attacked by an unknown virus, the call goes out! X and Zero are called back into action to help destroy the colony, which is now on a collision course with Earth, and is expected to collide into the planet in only 16 hours! At the same time, Sigma, the archenemy of the Maverick Hunters, shows up again...Mega Man X5 retains the gameplay style of the previous games, adding new features such as advanced Maverick AI, bigger and more challenging stages, and new gameplay elements: ducking and swinging on vines and ropes. |
| Operation Tiger Hunt | 2002-08-20 | Infogrames, Inc. | Digital Fusion, Inc., Exelweiss Entertainment, S.L. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person | | | Shooter | World War II | Tank | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | You are the driver of an M4 sherman tank.
Your mission: drive, shoot, destroy.You can hunt down german tanks as they hide and when you find them, guess what, you destroy them!You fight across various terrains including fields, forrests and villages to hunt and destroy your prey. |
| Prince of Qin | 2002-08-20 | Strategy First, Inc. | Object Software Limited | Role-playing (RPG) | | | Martial arts | Action RPG | China (Ancient / Imperial), Fantasy | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Prince of Qin is an action RPG that blends fighting and strategic elements in a voyage through the ancient Qin Dynasty. Meet over 70 NPCs based on real historical characters in over 100 different settings including the Great Wall of China and the Terracotta Warriors Tomb. Use a variety of weapons, equipment and abilities to fight for your cause and search for the treasure that will bring you closer to the Emperor's throne. |
| The Thing | 2002-08-20 | Black Label Games | Computer Artworks Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed, Regional differences | Horror | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Set after the events of the 1982 John Carpenter movie, The Thing is a squad based 3rd person shooter, where each member of your team is equipped with a range of weapons and items to help you in your quest to destroy The Thing. You must use every player in the squad if you wish to proceed through each level, and once you find one of the thousands of alien creatures through-out the complex, weapons such as flame throwers, pistols and more come into play.20 levels are on offer, with humans scattered around the area. But are they friend or an infected foe? Trust is the key to success. |
| Kaze no Uta | 2002-08-23 | Milksoft | Milksoft | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Kaze no Uta (aka Song of the Wind) is a visual novel erotic adventure game with explicit content. The story takes place in a small rural area around the seaside town called Sakuragi-cho. The protagonist returns from Tokyo to spend the summer in a town which brings him a lot of nostalgic memories. But after being absent for so long, unaware about the current events in the town, the summer vacations may not be so carefree and relaxing as you expect them to be.The Dreamcast port was release two years after initial Windows release, and is adjusted for consoles as it removes all the adult content. It adds however new CG events to the gameplay and also includes bonus drama disc. There is also a DVD-Player game release which is more similar to the original game and features all the adult content. |
| Mega Man Legends 2 | 2002-08-23 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Mega Man returns in this, his second 3D outing. The Blue bomber and his teammate, Roll, must journey to a distant island to recover The Mother Lode, an item that no-one really understands, but that they all believe may hold the key to make their dreams come true, and so everyone is after it. Unlike past Mega Man titles, Legends 2 also adds RPG elements into the mix, allowing players to talk to villagers and the like. Some may help in finding items, others aid the player with important information about The Mother Lode, and other areas on the island. |
| Invasion Of The Space Aliens Who Are Not From Earth But From Some Other Planet | 2002-08-25 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Set between Lunchtime of the Damned and Vengeance of the Chicken the game introduces Alec Spherguson, an alien agent from Spheroidia. Aliens were informed about a great evil for their existence. And this evil is a magic of Davy Jones, which is centered in Reality-on-the-Norm. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help spheroid alien to hire a killer to get rid of Davy Jones in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Arthur's Quest: Battle for the Kingdom | 2002-08-26 | ValuSoft, Inc. | 3LV Games | Action | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Play as Arthur in this 3D first-person action/adventure game in his quest to save the kingdom from evil. Play through 11 levels built on the Lithtech engine fighting evil enemies from dark dwarves to werewolves. Weapons include a sword, bow, mace and the fabled Excalibur. Find faeries along the way to increase your attack and defense and to heal your wounds. This game is a single player game only. |
| Ken's Labyrinth | 2002-08-26 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Ken's Labyrinth is a first-person 3D shooter. The protagonist has to escape from an underground labyrinth populated by monsters while trying to rescue his dog Sparky. The game plays similarly to Wolfenstein 3D and involves the protagonist traversing colorful maze-like areas, shooting monsters on the way with exotic weapons such as a bubble-gum gun. The game's stand-out feature are interactive elements: there are vending and slot machines in the stages which the player can interact with, as well as breakable walls. |
| Virtual Pool 3 / Virtual Chess 2 | 2002-08-26 | Interplay Productions Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Virtual Pool 3
Virtual Chess 2 |
| Aid Zondulux | 2002-08-27 | AidSoft | AidSoft | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Aid Zondulux is a freeware, single player, mouse controlled puzzle/logic game.The game is simple. The player is presented with a grid whose cells are randomly filled with X's and O's. By clicking on the end of a row or column the player can cause the contents of all the affected cells to change state. The objective being to fill all cells with X's, the player's score is based on how fast they complete the puzzle.The game has nine different sized grids ranging from Super Easy (3x3) to Impossible (18x11) and it keeps the top five scores for each. There is also a custom mode which allows the player to play on a grid that is up to 20x20. |
| Cabela's Big Game Hunter 6 | 2002-08-27 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | nFusion Interactive LLC | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting | | | | | | | Windows | The Cabela's Big Game Hunter series has been known as the hunting games where you hunt by shooting at real live action video - well, Cabela's Big Game Hunter 6 is the first game to combine that with a real 3D game! Walk around massive levels stalking your game, and then shoot at a live video shot of a real animal. |
| Cabela's Ultimate Deer Hunt 2 | 2002-08-27 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | nFusion Interactive LLC, Sylum Entertainment Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Cabela’s Ultimate Deer Hunt 2 is a realistic hunting simulation with 6 large maps and a variety of deer types. Hunt in Texas, Washington, Alaska, Missouri, Idaho and Michigan.Choose quick hunt for instant action, or mission-based play to face a series of 26 specific challenges. Customize your hunting experience with a wide selection of gear, and set off on your virtual hunt, with full 3D terrain, trees and grass. |
| Celtic Kings: Rage of War | 2002-08-27 | Strategy First, Inc. | Haemimont Games AD | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | In the game you control the great soldiers of Gauls, who want to defend their independence. After the Teutons destroyed your village and killed your beloved, you trade you life to ancient Celtic goddess. After that time you control the great armies and gain great powers of Celts to fight with Teutons and Romans.Controlling your units with personal tactics you have to defend your natives and to control your land using great powers of druids.Real-time strategy and role-playing elements allow you to gain Celtic experience. |
| Messiah / Sacrifice | 2002-08-27 | Interplay Productions Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Messiah
Sacrifice |
| Widelands | 2002-08-27 | | | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Widelands is a freeware, open-source strategy game inspired by the first two entries in the Settlers series. As in these earlier real-time games, the player assumes the role of the leader in a feudal society, overseeing the construction of central buildings, production facilities and connecting roads of a medieval economy. This implementation retains the simpler and straightforward gameplay of the first titles, while updating the graphics and sounds with enhanced assets closer to the modern standards.The player can start one of the included campaigns, or use the random map generator to play a custom game. There's support for the map formats of Settlers and its sequel, and LAN or online multiplayer. The integrated map editor allows the creation of new scenarios and campaigns. |
| Icewind Dale II | 2002-08-28 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Black Isle Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Just a generation after the events depicted in the first Icewind Dale, a new threat has appeared in the Northern region of Forgotten Realms. Something - or somebody - is trying to cut off the Ten Towns area from the rest of the world. Hordes of monsters invade peaceful towns and kill their citizens. A party of adventurers happens to be in the region, and upon their arrival they are requested to help to defend the town of Targos against monster invasion. But once they have accepted the quest, the adventurers realize it will only be the beginning of a long and perilous journey...Icewind Dale II is a role-playing game that uses the Infinity Engine, first introduced in Baldur's Gate. Like its predecessor, it is more combat-oriented than Baldur's Gate games. The combat flows in real time, but the player is able to pause at any time to give orders to the controlled characters. In the beginning of the game, the player creates the entire party, up to six characters. The game uses the third edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules. There are new character classes (such as monk or sorcerer), new races (e.g. drow) and many new spells. The game features isometric pre-rendered backgrounds, like its predecessors. |
| Mafia | 2002-08-28 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Illusion Softworks, a.s. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | Crime | Arcade, Shooter | Interwar | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | Mature | | Windows | Tommy Angelo was an ordinary taxi driver trying to make a living on the streets of Lost Heaven until one day an unexpected meeting changed his life forever. Two men jump into his cab, telling him to drive as fast as he can. Bullets begin to hit the cab, and a car with armed pursuers gets closer. Barely escaping a violent death, Tommy obeys the instructions of the two men and delivers them to a bar of their choice. Impressed with his driving skills, the men pay him and offer him a job in the mafia. The next day, while Tommy is taking a coffee break, his cab is smashed by two rival gangsters. After this, he recalls the proposition from yesterday, and, without much hesitation, joins the Salieri family, making his first steps on the path of organized crime. While performing missions for Salieri, Tommy gradually begins to regret his choice. However, it turns out that joining the mafia was much easier than leaving it.Mafia is an action and driving game set in the 1930s in Lost Heaven, a fictional city in the USA modeled after New York and Chicago of the Prohibition Era. Similar to GTA games, it consists of free-roaming (driving or on foot) in a large city, completing missions to advance the narrative. The missions often include driving to various locations, car chases, and one race; however, most of them are structured like fairly large and long third-person shooter levels.The player will have the chance to drive over sixty vehicles that are reminiscent of the 1930's period. Each car handles it differently, with various degrees of damage. It is possible to smash windows, destroy bumpers, lights, and mirrors, dent the car, shoot out the tires, or shoot the tires so much that they fall off. To add to the realism, if the car's gas tank gets punctured, gas will slowly leak out until the car totally empties. There are gas stations scattered throughout the city, allowing the player to refuel. With these vehicles, the player is able to explore twelve square miles of the city, visiting areas such as Central Island, Chinatown, and the Downtown district.Complementing the vehicles is an array of weapons, such as pistols, tommy guns, shotguns, explosives, baseball bats, and crowbars. While driving a car, Tommy can perform a drive-by, sticking his hand out the window and firing. Trying to impede him is the police force; they will act on anything suspicious. If they see Tommy carrying a weapon, they will attempt to arrest him. Going over the speed limit, running red lights, crashing into buildings, cars, or objects will result in fines.Tommy is often given new cars to use during the missions, usually provided by Ralph, the mechanic of the Salieri family. The player can also save hijacked cars in the backyard of the bar belonging to Salieri. Weapons can be acquired at the beginning of a mission by Vincenzo, the local arms dealer. |
| The Great Empires Collection II | 2002-08-28 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is the second collection of Sierra's city building series developed by Impressions Games. This collection includes:Caesar IIIPharaohCleopatra: Queen of the Nile (expansion to Pharaoh)Zeus: Master of OlympusZeus Official Expansion: PoseidonRecreate the great civilisations of the past. Construct great monuments like the Coliseum, hippodromes, pyramids and sphinx. Appease the gods, Zeus, Athena, Neptune and Bast. Build and govern a city and watch it prosper. |
| BVS Video Poker | 2002-08-30 | BVS Development | BVS Development | Educational, Gambling, Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Game that simulates video poker gambling machines. It features the most commonly found machines in casinos: Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, Joker Poker, and more. BVS Video Poker can also be used as a teaching tool. It trains you to use the best long-term strategies when playing video poker. BVS Video Poker provides you with statistical analysis for any hand you can play. In AutoHold mode program tells you the best cards to hold and automatically holds them for you. It can also alert you when you make a mistake in playing strategy. Or you can analyze any hand to find the best choice. |
| Discipline: Record of a Crusade | 2002-08-30 | Active Software | Active Software | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | Menu structures, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Discipline: Record of a Crusade is an erotic visual novel from the same creators of the Bible Black eroge/hentai series. It tells the story of transfer student Takuro Hayami to the St. Arcadia school, when he eventually discovers his "Ultimate Sex Power". After this catches the interest of the school's Social Club leader Leona Morimoto, his live changes from student to sex slave. The game consist of six episodes, each culminating and leading to the eventual end of the game. Like any other visual novel the game features different endings, various CG and event galleries on which the player has to react to reach a full-filling end, which includes graphic uncensored depictions of sexual situations
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| Pīlì Kù Yuè Māo | 2002-08-30 | Lonai Software | Lonai Software | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Pīlì Kù Yuè Māo is an adaptation of the Japanese manga and anime series Cyborg Kuro-chan. Loosely inspired by Mega Man and Metal Slug, it has players taking control one of Cyborg Kuro-chan's three protagonists to shoot through various 2D sidescrolling stages and take out big bosses. Like in Mega Man, players are given a stage select screen that lets them take out the bosses in any order. The actual gameplay is closer to Metal Slug; the cyborg cats are equipped with regular pistols, machine guns, and a melee knife to take out enemies. |
| Icewind Dale / The Art of Magic: Magic & Mayhem | 2002-08-31 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Icewind Dale
Magic & Mayhem: The Art of Magic |
| Ragnarök Online | 2002-08-31 | Gravity Co., Ltd. | Gravity Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Ragnarok Online is a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based on the fantasy manhwa comic series Ragnarök by Myung-Jin Lee.The game is set in the Rune-Midgard world of Norse mythology which Ragnarök comes from that means "doom of the gods". The game world is in 3D graphics while the characters are drawn in 2D sprites done like a traditional style console RPG. |
| Stuart Little 2 | 2002-08-31 | Infogrames, Inc. | Hyperspace Cowgirls | Action, Racing / Driving | Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Help Stuart solve puzzles and explore action-packed scenes from the popular movie. Activities include mazes, skateboarding, flying, and driving. Approachable 3D gameplay and kid-friendly controls allow players to experience the game through story and free-play modes. |
| AFL Live 2003 | 2002-09-01 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | IR Gurus Interactive Pty Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Oceania | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The aim of the game is simple: Choose your team and take them all the way through the regular season to the Grand Final, in front of thousands of screaming fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Grab high-flying marks, kick the ball over 50 meters down the ground, score the winning goal in the dying seconds. It's all here. Besides the season you can also play an exhibition game or just the finals.Every one of the 16 teams and players from the 2002 AFL season is included, along with all of the usual rules that you expect for an AFL game. The game also features six stadiums and different weather (wet/dry) and time (day/night) conditions. |
| Dirt Track Racing 2 | 2002-09-01 | Infogrames, Inc. | Ratbag Pty, Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | After the 2000 first version and the two expansions Ratbag bring this time the 2002 version with the later models, the modified ones and the pro-stock ones.On each race the player can compete against up to 15 vehicles on two game modes: Career and ArcadeThe vehicles are customizable where the player can adjust shocks, tire pressure and more and there is a garage for purchasing, upgrading and repairing.The 14 tracks selection includes for example tracks like Knoxville Raceway and Eagle Raceway all of them featuring realistic graphics.The ultimate appeals are the on-race commentary and the workup on collisions.Finally, this version includes Multiplayer support over Internet or LAN.
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| Midnight Outlaw: Illegal Street Drag | 2002-09-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Canopy Games | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hit the streets after dark, and join the midnight outlaw circuit, where horsepower is king and nitro is queen! Speed is the game and it's just you, your opponent, and quarter-mile of asphalt. Bet money as you challenge different opponents and gain respect with your wins. Use the winnings to upgrade your car with the latest gadgets for better performance and more respect. Can you be the fastest guy around the block?Midnight Outlaw is one of the few games that deals with drag racing, but this one is racing on the streets, similar to the events seen in "The Fast and the Furious". There are a lot of cars, and a lot of upgrades to wade through, though no name brands, and no specific parts, just generic designations like "Header 1". Multiplayer is supported as you can challenge friends over the Internet through Gamespy Arcade or other game matching services. |
| Mike's Monstrous Adventure | 2002-09-01 | Disney Interactive | Hulabee Entertainment Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Mike's Monstrous Adventure is a point-and-click adventure aimed at young children, similar to other games from Hulabee Entertainment. Taking place after the events of Disney/Pixar film Monsters Inc., the game puts the player in control of Mike Wazowski about to head home after a long day working on the laugh floor. On his way out the door, he spots co-worker George tinkering with the New Laugh Energy Filter 5000 that Sulley was planning to unveil to the press the next morning. In attempting to return it to normal, Mike accidentally causes the filter to go haywire, causing pieces of the machine to break off and fly into vent shafts, scattering them across the factory. Now it's up to Mike to find all the pieces and repair the Laugh Energy Filter in time for Sulley's conference. |
| Soccer Manager | 2002-09-01 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | heart-line Software GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | In this number-crunching soccer simulation game, you take on the role as the coach, manager and chairman of a club. You can choose between Germany, England, France, Italy, The Netherlands and Austria, with all official clubs and different divisions in the 2001/2002 season. Through an included editor, you can tweak all statistics, including the individual variables of the clubs. Next to the national competitions, which include the first two leagues, a regional league, a domestic cup and a super cup, you can also compete on the European level in the Champion's Cup (Champion's League) and the UEFA Cup.The players' skills are defined by stars representing basic strength, fitness and morale, which can be improved, and special talents such as club loyalty and team spirit. Through a talent tree, players learn specific abilities at four levels during their career, such as calmness, dribbling or the skill to take a free kick, until they ultimately become a "Football God".As a dedicated manager, you need to take care of your players' performance through detailed statistics, and constantly re-evaluate formations, substitutions and tactics. At regular intervals, trainings need to be held, while managing your finances through loans, ticket prices, kits and equipment, television rights and advertising revenues.Contrary to similar games, Soccer Manager does not use a calendar system to plan events - all changes (transfers, building new stadiums, ...) take immediate effect. The matches themselves are shown live using a 3D view, but you cannot join the action yourself. Aside from regular gameplay, unexpected events occur during the matches.You can compete with up to four players, online or over LAN, or on single PC in the hot-seat mode. The progress of network games can be saved on the host server. |
| Star Wraith 3: Shadows of Orion | 2002-09-01 | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Star Wraith 3 is a shareware space combat game. You can play through a branching campaign where your choices effect the war around you, or jump right into instant action and enjoy a quick dogfight.You can outfit your ship with a selection of missiles and choose your default attack cannon before launch; also change your ship design, if you want. Stability or speed? Your choice. Configure your squad, too, and then shoot out into space for some action.The game includes a wide selection of enemy ships, both human and alien designs, with various weapons. Fight in a planet's atmosphere, in a meteor field, or out in space. Wage multiplayer battles around space stations. Hide behind planets and use their atmosphere as cover. Perfect your dogfighting.The fate of your squad is in your hands. Keep them alive and hone your skills, and you just might be able to win the war.
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| Virtual Skipper 2 | 2002-09-01 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Nadeo SAS | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Sequel to the sailing game Virtual Skipper, Virtual Skipper 2 is a 3D real time regatta simulator. The player can choose among 4 boats type, from the trimaran to the Melges 24. Five locations are available including the most popular ones in the sailing world like the England needles.Both solo and multiplayer mode are available and the game feature the true regatta physics, official competition rules as well as customisable weather conditions. |
| WizMo's Workshop: Dragons of Frozzbokk | 2002-09-01 | Infogrames, Inc. | Professor Fog's Workshop, L.L.C., Screaming Games LLC | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | WizMo's Workshop: Dragons of Frozzbokk is an educational game created for kids aged three to six. It is meant to stimulate the imagination of children and teaches color and shape recognition while developing hand-eye coordination. Children can explore the Workshop, help WizMo build different machines, collect prizes to show off to their friends, and learn while playing with WizMo's little dragons. |
| Industry Giant II | 2002-09-02 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | JoWood Ebensee | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | This sequel to 1997's Industry Giant brings new innovations, such as three new industry sectors, business that is affected by seasonal demand (cotton clothes sell more in the summer and wool during winter, for instance), 150 different raw materials, and 50 different transports.Influenced by many games, from Transport Tycoon and Capitalism, to later games in the City Building Series such as Zeus: Master of Olympus or Emperor: RotMK, IG2 is a game where the player is in charge of a manufacturing and distribution company in the 20th century. The player's ultimate goal is to obtain profits from the distribution of goods.The main concept of the game is similar to the City Building Series: after products are finished, they are added to the closest available warehouse. From there, stores and factories can pick them up and sell them according to the demand. This is the only source of income, as transportation and manufacturing all take money from the companies' finances (unlike Transport Tycoon and Capitalism). However, before selling these items, the player also has to manufacture (or grow) them. For that, they must either grow agricultural goods, from crops to livestock (some can be sold directly to stores), wood (can either be transformed into sawdust to produce paper and cardboard, or cut wood which can be refined into boards and then into furniture or other applications) or mine several metals (which become more and more crucial as the time passes). These raw materials must then be combined with other goods in factories. For example, while it's possible to ship fruit directly for sale, combining it with glass (mined from silica and transformed at glassworks) makes it possible to sell juice for a higher price. As time passes, a larger number of goods become available; some of them more elaborate and requiring a much larger range of source materials.While crucial for development, most industrial units devalue a city and hamper growth. To counter this effect, the player can build several facilities (including universities, rodeos and stadiums) which allow the city to grow a bit faster. A large city not only demands more basic goods, but also starts accepting luxury goods (such as clothing, sports goods and electronics) that also increase the speed of a city's growth.There are two main game modes. Scenario presents the player with a timed goal (ranging from meeting typical company value and yearly profit goals, to filling a storage area with an amount of a pre-determined product). The other mode is a long-running "Free Play" mode, where the player aims for several values over several decades. |
| A Fool's Errand (Demo Version) | 2002-09-03 | snark.co.il | snark.co.il | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Medieval | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A Fool's Errand (Demo Version) is an adventure scene on a lonely island, made using AGAST. It was created as a feasibility study for full game development that never came about and was released for free. |
| Icewind Dale II (Collector's Edition) | 2002-09-03 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Collector's Edition of Icewind Dale II, in addition to the game, includes:
A cloth map of the Spine of the World
Dice
A poster with a creature list
Trading cards with characters and creatures from the game
A bonus CD with in-game extras and soundtrack
Spiral-bound manual
Black Isle Studios stickers
Writing tablet
If preordered, and depending on the retailer, this Collector's Edition might have additionally included the Icewind Dale II: Adventure Pack. |
| Alias Underground Episode 1: SD-6 Agent Training | 2002-09-05 | ABC Television | Dream Mechanics, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | ABC Television released this promotional episodic videogame to hype the TV show starring Jennifer Garner as an undercover CIA spy named Sydney Bristow. The training mission plus 9 more episodes were available for download on ABC's website initially prior to and during the second season of the show. It is a 3D third-person stealth/action game and episodes came out on a monthly basis between September 2002 and June 2003. From both 3rd or 1st-person perspective, Sydney can run, jump, duck, climb, and interact with objects. When encountering a bad guy, she can punch, kick, or shoot if she gets hold of a gun which will allow you to zoom in when in first-person mode. Sydney must use various disguises and act covertly, so as not to blow her cover, while infiltrating various areas. There was a contest which ran until June 30, 2003 based on getting a high score in the game and it featured prizes from Ford Focus cars and Nokia phones which were also featured as in-game ad sponsors. Initially a free game, ABC later charged US$0.99 for each mission excluding the training mission. This first episode trains you on how to become a field agent, and shows you how to master the moves. It was released concurrently with the Turkish Embassy episode and must be completed first before continuing. |
| Alias Underground Episode 2: Mission - Turkish Embassy | 2002-09-05 | ABC Television | Dream Mechanics, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | This is the second episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer Garner as an undercover CIA spy named Sydney Bristow. It has Sydney going on her first mission to steal a document from the Turkish Ambassador and to make her way out of the embassy alive.From both 3rd or 1st person perspective, Sydney can run, jump, duck, climb, and interact with objects. When encountering a bad guy, she can punch, kick, or shoot if she gets hold of a gun which will allow you to zoom in when in first-person mode. Sydney must use various disguises and act covertly, so as not to blow her cover, while infiltrating various areas. |
| Antz Extreme Racing | 2002-09-05 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Supersonic Software Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Antz Extreme Racing, the characters of the movie Antz are bored and start a racing championship. Each character has eight individual courses and challenges they must take on; besides the initial two the rest has to be unlocked by finishing the game with another character. Like in most arcade racers there are various power ups to collect, e.g. rockets or protective shields. The game features four basic race types: driving the backs of larger bugs, running, flying on the backs of bugs, or surfing on a leaf. The game also can be played in four-player split-screen multiplayer. |
| Elixir | 2002-09-05 | eSofnet | g2G Entertainment Company Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | The starting point of Elixir is an ancient prophecy about a long extinct tribe, the Ingoles, which were brutally murdered by the humans. The prophecy says that their god will be reborn as girl to revenge his people. The evil king Ektele Ulka kills all children, but Elixir, a baby with the gift of magic, manages to escape. Now she travels through the country with her friends and tries to survive.The game is played similar to Diablo. The enemies are killed simply by clicking on them, the player also can use special abilities and magic. The biggest difference to other action RPGs is that Elixir is party based. The player has up to four characters to control and since there is no pausing feature like in Baldur's Gate this results in hectic playing.The game is divided into 52 missions and 80 varied quests. Like similar games the main motivation is to find better equipment and advance the characters. |
| Mafia (Special Edition) | 2002-09-06 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Special Edition is a unique packaging of the game, limited to 5,000 units and includes the following:
The original Mafia game
Official Prima Games guide
Ballpoint pen
Notepad
Seven stickers
Postcard "Greetings from Lost Heaven" |
| Doom, the Roguelike | 2002-09-08 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | Fangame | Horror | Roguelike | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This game is a mix between two classic games: Rogue, the text-only dungeon crawl role-playing game that has spawned a whole genre of games, and DOOM, one of the breakthrough games for 1st-person shooter genre.The story is the same as in Doom: You are some soldier performing his monotonic duties in a space base on Phobos -- when suddenly your base is attacked. The only way out is through. Equipped only with a pistol, you start to shoot your way through the mazes.Early versions were text-only: instead of DOOM's 3D environment, the game world is rendered as a 2D grid of ASCII graphics (sound offects were borrowed from the original game). A later update added an optional graphics mode, using tile-based artwork, and a soundtrack of remixed DOOM tunes plus original material.Apart from the style, this game is a straight Rogue-like dungeon crawler. The gameplay is turn-based, with each action taking a certain amount of time. As in a role-playing game, the character has different stats that increase with his experience -- he can reload faster, do more damage, shoot more accurately etc. During the game, you find different weapons and power-ups, all well-known to doom players (blue sphere power-ups, green armor etc.).The game is freeware and was written in FreePascal, using the Valkyrie library by the same developer. |
| The Partners | 2002-09-09 | Strategy First, Inc. | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Partners is a Sims-style game offering missions to accomplish. It features more than 100 possible interactions, over 200 on-objects actions, and three campaigns including 21 missions. Characters are pre-designed and all of them are lawyers working at a law firm. The game is based on the interactions between the employees of this firm. It focuses on the business life of the people and lets the player go all the way to the success. As the player advances into the different missions, he discovers different character types such as playboys or depressives.
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| Chessmaster 9000 | 2002-09-10 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Soft SRL | Educational, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Chess | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | The Chessmaster series returns, offering three variant opponents for players to compete with.The Teacher: Chessmaster teaches beginning and advanced players the best openings and the best endings, alerts players to damaging moves, explains why certain moves are illegal, and spots checkmates as many moves in advance as the player wishes.The Mentor: Get advice on your next move, see tutorials from chess coach Bruce Pandolfni, study classic games and endings.The Ultimate Opponent: Play against Chessmaster's The King AI, compete against over 150 opponents or create your own, or take Chessmaster online and play against human opponents around the world. |
| Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom | 2002-09-10 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | BreakAway Games Ltd., Impressions Games | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Emperor: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom is a game about politics, trade, and city design in ancient China. In Emperor, players progress through 3000 years of Chinese history, facing ever-changing economic, military, and diplomatic challenges as each Chinese dynasty waxes and wanes. This game is similar to Caesar III or Pharaoh and is the sixth full game in the Impressions City Building Series. Gameplay is centered around laying out a city in the best possible manner. For instance, all houses will need access to a market and a water source but also to entertainment and religious structures as well. The game begins easily and walks you through all the needs of a city. Later scenarios add requirements such as building a large structure or defending the city against an attack.Unlike other games in the city building series, Emperor adds multiplayer play and an engine that supports more detailed graphics. |
| Norman Cooks in "Search for the Don" | 2002-09-10 | Wizkid Games | Wizkid Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | It's a rainy night in the city. Private Investigator Norman Cooks can't decide whether to stare out his office window or curl up with a good book and two-day old coffee. A note slipped under his office door offers a welcome diversion; his friend, Baldie, has news for him and awaits him in the park. But a night out in the park is the first step on a harrowing (but brief) journey leading to The Don.Norman Cooks in "Search for the Don" is a freeware game made with the AGS software. Closely resembling the SCUMM interface, players control Cooks via a third-person point-and-click interface. |
| Syberia | 2002-09-10 | Adventure Company, The | Microïds Canada Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | | | Teen | | Windows | Kate Walker is a lawyer who has been entrusted by the Universal Toy Company to negotiate the takeover of an old luxury toy and automaton factory. Over the centuries, the factory has been developing clockwork devices, specializing in perpetual mechanical movement. The factory's ambitions, however, are ill-suited to the contemporary economic climate, and the elderly Anna Voralberg, at the helm of the Valadilene factory for more than half a century, has decided to sell up. It turns out that the takeover might not be as straightforward as expected. The day that Kate Walker arrives, Anna Voralberg is being buried. What is more is that she has left an heir – her brother Hans. But Hans had left the valley at the end of the thirties and never returned, and was actually believed to be dead. However, a letter written by Anna in the days leading up to her death reveals that Hans is well and truly alive and living somewhere in Siberia. Valadilene's elderly notary entrusted to take care of Anna's affairs suggests that Kate find Hans Voralberg as he is now the only person in a position to ratify the sale of the family business. Syberia is a traditional puzzle-solving adventure. The player navigates a 3D model of the protagonist over pre-rendered backgrounds with fixed camera angles. Puzzles are mostly inventory-based, though some involve manipulating the environment (such as mechanical devices). The interface features a single cursor; only highlighted objects can be interacted with, and there are no verb choice commands. |
| BVS Solitaire Collection | 2002-09-12 | BVS Development | BVS Development | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | BVS Solitaire Collection is a large, multi-featured, collection of solitaire card games.The collection has been around for a long time and is still growing. The current version, v8.1 (2018), has 520 games together with a rules modifier. The game collects game scores and statistics which may be published on the internet and compared with other players.All games are played with the mouse and the game supports both drag-and-drop and point-and-click forms of play. In addition to the standard features of this type of game, selectable backgrounds, card backs, an undo button and so on, other game features include:
one hundred original games that are not found elsewhere. It's claimed to be the largest collection of original solitaire games.
more than 4 billion possible starting positions for each game
"You Are Stuck" and "Show Next Move" functions
a save game function and automatic game saving on exit |
| Battlefield 1942 | 2002-09-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Digital Illusions CE AB | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation, Naval / watercraft, Tank | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Battlefield 1942 is a massive online multiplayer shooter roughly based on World War II, but with emphasis on balance and fun. Join armed forces of United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany or Russia, and battle up to 63 of your friends online. Have access to up to twenty different authentic weapons. Control any of the 30+ vehicles over land, on water, or in air. Combat takes place in four theatres; South Pacific, North Africa, and Eastern and Western Europe. Have epic battles with up to 64 players on the same map, or hone your skills in single-player mode against AI bots.
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| Draggo | 2002-09-12 | L.K. Avalon | Detalion | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Draggo is an action puzzle 3D platform game for kids. Guide a small dragon through complicated levels and collect all magic gems in order to restore Draggo's ability to throw flames and getting access to the next level. The game features eight graphically different worlds full of puzzles, obstacles and enemies, for example moving roads, footbridges, crates, falling circles, floating boards, creatures or mechanical traps. The gameplay involves solving number of logical puzzles, adapted to the age of small recipients. |
| Wulfram II | 2002-09-12 | | Slurpysoft | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | Persistent | | | Windows | Wulfram II is a free online game that combines elements of strategy and first-person tank combat. The Crimson Federation and the Azure Alliance are battling for control over planets, and the players are the cannon fodder they use. Players control one of two hovering vehicles in order to bring their team to victory by destroying the enemy's bases and players. |
| Zelenhgorm: Episode I - Land of the Blue Moon | 2002-09-12 | Federation X Media Group AB | Moloto Productions AB | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Zelenhgorm: Episode I: Land of the Blue Moon was conceived as the first episode of an adventure game series. Three more episodes were planned, but never released.Zelenhgorm is a fantasy continent with earth-like qualities. The player meets and learns about the Deyrec people whose clothes, dwellings and environment are decidedly early Scandinavian. Embedded in this civilization are superstition, folk-lore and magic as well as science.The player controls Arrikk Vaheirr, a young man who lives in the fishing village of Senava and invents odd machines in his garden. One day, two strange things happen to upset the daily routine - a giant ship runs aground on the river bank near Arrikk’s garden ... and the dormant lighthouse begins to shine again. Arrikk’s quest to discover the mysteries of the great ship, and the truths behind his haunting dreams, begins.The game is played from first-person perspective; even though it utilizes pre-rendered backgrounds, the scenery incorporates characters going about their daily lives. Even if the player cannot interact with an onscreen character, they react as Arrikk passes by. The view switches to third person only when the main character changes locations, or during special video sequences. Over 140 live actors form the cast, among those some who participated in the Star Wars movies. Using full-motion video, the game has 360 degree panoramic views. All actions are controlled completely with a mouse, with the exception of using the ESC keyboard key to call up the main menu. Drop down menus appear when talking to the numerous characters. Open and close the bottom-screen inventory window by right-clicking and left-clicking, respectively. Objects in inventory can also be combined which is necessary for solving some of the game’s many puzzles. |
| Des Blood 4: Lost Alone | 2002-09-13 | Illusion | Illusion | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In the future, mankind has mastered interplanetary travel. Mars was the first target for pioneers; soon, settlements were built on the planet, and it became Earth's colony. A young girl named Esk was born on Mars, but her father took her to the Earth when she was little. For some reason, she always longed to see her home planet. Against the will of her father, Esk travels to Mars, but on the way her spaceship is attacked. Upon arriving on Mars, Esk teams up with a young adventurer named Cifer, and together they must find out who has attacked the spaceship and why.The fourth entry in Des Blood series is, like its predecessors, a story-driven shooter with adult content. The exploration mode is viewed from a third-person perspective and involves the player navigating Esk through 3D environments, finding the correct route and occasionally solving simple puzzles. Most of the game's locations are inhabited by enemies, which pop up at pre-set points. The player is then taken to a first-person shooting mode. The protagonist cannot move during battles, and the player must aim and reload the gun manually in order to take down the enemies before they kill Esk. It is possible to purchase and find better ammunition, basic armor and health-restoring items. Beside regular enemies, the player also has to deal with a few bosses.Sex scenes in the game are interactive, and occur infrequently, dictated by plot events. Controlling different characters at certain points of the story, the player has the possibility of interacting with 3D female character models. In order to perform certain actions, the player can control the speed and the direction of the corresponding movement with the mouse. |
| Frogger: The Great Quest | 2002-09-14 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami of America, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Frogger returns with a brand new look, style of gameplay and attitude. Enter Firefly pond and join a magical adventure where an all-new Frogger searches for the princess of his dreams. In a lush 3D environment, Frogger explores dark caverns, goblin trails, swirling streams, perilous swamps and huge castles. During his adventures, Frogger interacts with over 80 unique characters that will help or hinder him in his quest to become a prince. |
| Tennis Masters Series 2003 | 2002-09-14 | Microïds | Microïds Canada Inc. | Simulation, Sports | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Tennis Masters Series 2003 is a fully licensed tennis game which expands upon previous releases in the series and adds some improvements.The game features 9 official stadiums of the Tennis Masters Series tournaments, 4 different shots to choose from (i.e. the slice and the lob), 67 different players with detailed skills and 3 difficulty levels (Amateur, Pro and Master).The graphics have been updated with better face expressions and players moves. This game also adds a player editor allowing the user to customize his character.
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| Tetris Arena | 2002-09-14 | TERMINAL Studio | TERMINAL Studio | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tetris Arena is a 3D version of Tetris. The basic gameplay and perspective is identical, but the blocks are shown with a 3D effect. The game has four game modes:
Advanced
Classic
Crazy
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| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Call of the Siren | 2002-09-16 | | Blade Games | Adventure | 1st-person | Fangame | Adult, Horror | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | A siren, an enchanting but murderous seductress of folklore and fable, has descended upon Sunnydale High School, stirring primordial callings with her stimulating songs. Meanwhile, an Irish exchange student named Sarah Calling has moved in with Buffy's family and wants to get to know the whole community better.This unlicensed erotic fangame picks up on perhaps the most vigorous fan fiction fandom since Star Trek -- that of the polymorphically perverse world of Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- and presents directly, through the magic of photo-manipulated celebrity nudes and sound clips divorced of their original context the fervid lasciviousness only suggested on the show.The player controls clueless Xander Harris who gets to see the hidden sides, dark sides, and insides of many members of the Sunnydale community in this game, interacting with members of the show's Scooby Gang of heroes and assorted supernatural characters, Slayers and faculty members of the school through a mouse-driven icon interface in which inventory management plays a large role. Numerous missions and erotic scenes in the school are supplemented with forays to sites (new and canonical) in the wider Sunnydale area, with the task before Xander not only saving Buffy and getting his groove on, but saving the whole town from the emotional depredations of the siren... and getting his groove on. |
| MegaBattle! | 2002-09-16 | | Ian Software | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | MegaBattle! is an action game where the player must defend himself from encroaching hordes of enemies. Before every enemy wave the player can set up defenses around the field; these include walls that block enemy shots, catapults that launch giant rocks, and tripwires which kill human enemies instantly. Once the battle begins, the player must move around to avoid projectiles thrown by enemies, and attack them with his own projectiles. Getting hit with even a single enemy attack means game over. The defense structures have a limited endurance, and can get destroyed by enemy attacks. There are also special weapon pickups, different for every scenery, which appear randomly and last until the end of the current wave. The player can choose from three different difficulty levels, which decide which wave the game starts on. |
| Real Lives | 2002-09-16 | Educational Simulations, Inc. | Educational Simulations, Inc. | Educational, Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Real Lives is an educational game in which you take the role of a person in just about any country in the world. You are given a random country, gender, name, and family and must go through life. You can choose your education, leisure activities, job, and also make many moral choices along the way. Lives can be lived in about an hour or two, so you can experience life from someone else's point of view just about any time you want.The game also contains a character designer where you can select your country, name, and attributes if you're looking for a specific simulation. |
| The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Vs. Jimmy Negatron | 2002-09-16 | THQ Inc. | AWE Games | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | Fantasy | Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Vs. Jimmy Negatron is a 3D action game based on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius series.
The evil Jimmy Negatron from another dimension has devised a plan to travel to Retroville by using his dimensional portal to switch places with Jimmy Neutron. Not knowing Jimmy Negatron is waiting for him to activate one of his inventions and so locking on to his signal, Jimmy activates an old time machine during a school trip at the museum in Retroville while trying to impress Cindy. But instead of travelling back in time he is transported to a cage in Jimmy Negatrons underwater lab. Jimmy Negatron explains his plan off taking his place and then transports himself to the museum. Now Jimmy Neutron has to escape and has to find a way to get back to his own dimension.In the game you take control of Jimmy Neutron while trying to get back to his own dimension and stop the evil plans of Jimmy Negatron. Gameplay includes gathering items while platforming, flying on Jimmys robot dog Goddard, steering a submarine, flying around with a jetpack and rocketship to make gadgets/inventions to get past enemies and obstacles. |
| The Sims: Deluxe Edition | 2002-09-16 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Sims: Deluxe Edition includes:
The Sims
The Sims: Livin' Large
The Sims Creator
This last tool allows the player to paint and modify skins. |
| Airline Tycoon Evolution | 2002-09-17 | Monte Cristo Multimedia, Strategy First, Inc. | Spellbound Entertainment Software | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Airline Tycoon Evolution is the second upgraded re-release of Airline Tycoon. The player is the manager of an airline and has all the typical options of managerial games, e.g. buying and selling aircraft, assembling the flight plans or hiring employees. The handling is similar to Mad TV, which means the whole game is played in real-time and in 3rd person. To reach the menu screens the player character has to walk to the appropriate office.The game is exactly the same as Airline Tycoon: First Class with a few additions:
An editor to design own planes which also can be traded over the internet.
An online highscore list.
Ten new missions.
More sabotage options including a security office to foil the opponent's dirty tries.
A revised LAN mode. |
| CellFighter | 2002-09-17 | TERMINAL Studio | | Simulation | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This game is an amusing extension of the Game of Life: fidgety swarms of tiny critters wage a war against each other, and the player takes part in this battle in real time as a commander of their own living army. Files delivered together with CellFighter provide a wide choice of "battlefields". Moreover, lots of new games can be constructed by changing rules of the critters' behavior and by placing various extra objects into the game environment. |
| Jurassic Park: Dinosaur Battles | 2002-09-17 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down, Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Jurassic Park: Dinosaur Battles is a fighting game based upon the Jurassic Park franchise.The player is send to Isla Sorna to rescue a group of junior explorers led by Harrison Manly. The player, a government agent uses a DinoVoc to control dinosaurs on the island and use them to battle other dinosaurs in order to protect the group of explorers.Several dinosaurs can be controlled and customized with skills through the usage of DNA. Fighting is always 1 on 1 and has two commands, postures and skills. Posture influences the way the dinosaur approaches the enemy, being aggressive or defensive for example. Skills depend on the specific dinosaur and also depend on which posture is used. Players can also rest to heal.Players can control a Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Triceratops and Spinosaurus. Dinosaurs only encountered as enemies are the Dilophosaurus and Gallimimus. |
| Michael Schumacher Racing World Kart 2002 | 2002-09-18 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | TerraTools GmbH | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Jan Liebetrau, Constantin Rahn, Klaus Riech | | Everyone | | Windows | One of the few Kart games in the market.Race through the beginnings of Michael Schumacher's career as a kart driver.Advance through the different race classes and difficulty levels and win the world-wide championship on the Internet.With 16 different tracks, three play modes and multiplayer options.More features are real outdoor and indoor tracks, Ghost Kart and three Kart classes (FUN, ICA, FSA).The game also includes a tutorial for first steps. |
| Avernum 3 | 2002-09-19 | Spiderweb Software | Spiderweb Software | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Avernum 3 is the third installment of the Avernum series and is an overhaul of Exile 3: Ruined World. In it, you create a party of 1-4 characters and play as one of the first bands to return to the surface from years of exile in the prison caves of Avernum. Rather than the paradise you expected, you find a world struck by sickness and plagued by monsters. The game is very open-ended, and your party can attempt to save the world or just set up shop and live out their days as merchants. |
| Cossacks: Back to War | 2002-09-19 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | GSC Game World | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Europe, Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Cossacks: Back to War is the second standalone add-on to Cossacks: European Wars, adding more nations (Switzerland and Hungary) with new building architecture and new units to wage war across European grounds between the 16th and 18th century. |
| Divine Divinity | 2002-09-19 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Larian Studios NV | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Hack and slash | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | Two thousand years ago, the wise mages of the Council of Seven sacrificed themselves to save the land of Rivellon. A Divine Order was established in their memory, sworn to protect the land from forces of evil. Now, growing unrest, corruption, and greed indicate that evil is near. The protagonist wakes up in a house in Aleroth, the town of healers, without any recollection of what happened beforehand. It appears that the leader of the healers has gone mad. The hero is asked to find a way to cure his predicament, which leads to a confrontation with higher powers, and eventually to a grand quest to unite the heirs of the Council and face the ultimate evil in battle.Divine Divinity is a 2D action role-playing game with an oblique (rather than isometric) perspective, set in a fantasy universe. The game borrows certain elements from the Diablo series, most notably point-and-click action-oriented combat and item randomization. However, the game's locations are not randomized, and it contains many features of traditional role-playing games such as interaction with NPCs and multiple dialogue choices.The entire game world consists of over twenty thousand screens, each one being a seamless transition into the next with weather effects as well as day and night cycles. The main quest progression is linear; however, there are plenty of sub-quests available, many with multiple solutions, and the main character is pretty much free to travel to most parts of the map right at the beginning. Also notable is the ability to loot almost anything, not just equipment or healing items, but also chairs, candle sticks, and pretty much anything that isn't nailed down (except tables).In the beginning of the game, the player selects between three character classes for the protagonist, each coming in two variants (male or female): Warrior, Survivor, or Wizard. Each of these classes has four categories of unique skills. For example, the Wizard can specialize in elemental disciplines or choose the path of summoning various creatures, while Survivor skills include, among others, pickpocketing and alchemy. Each class can learn the skills of other classes, and the differences between them are mainly the starting skills and stat bonuses as they level up.The game features a random item generator similar to, albeit less extensive than, Diablo. Items at certain locations have fixed names, but most attributes (like damage, armor rating, poison or stun effects, stat bonuses, or gem slots) are randomized. The player can also improve their weapons with gems dropped from enemies, or bought from shops; the dedicated player may even embark themselves on the quest to find the legendary weapons. |
| Sniper: Path of Vengeance | 2002-09-19 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | Mirage Interactive LLC | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | RPG elements, Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | A first person shooter powered by the Lithtech Jupiter engine wherein you take the role of an unknown lunatic only known as The Sniper, blasting this way through the streets killing everything he comes across. You though don't only shoot using a sniper gun and even most of the time you're blasting your way through with automatic pistols, shotguns and grenades, instead of the sniper rifle you might expect. The game contains a little RPG element which lets you develop your skills as you progress. |
| Sudden Strike II | 2002-09-19 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Fireglow Games | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Like its predecessor, Sudden Strike II is a real-time, strategic, tactical war game set during World War II.The game contains more than 40 missions in 5 campaigns in separate scenarios or single one-off missions. Japan has been added as a playable nation in addition to Germany, Russia, Great Britain and the United States for a total of 5 countries. The player's troops will have to march through rain, snow and other weather effects in landscapes set in winter and summer. It's possible to control boats, railways, tanks, aircraft, ambulances and transport vehicles and destroy bridges, houses, trees, forts and more objects.The game includes a editor so over 20 in-game maps for the multiplayer mode and over 10 maps for single missions can be created. |
| Combat Mission II: Barbarossa to Berlin | 2002-09-20 | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Wargame | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin is the second game in the Combat Mission series. The game covers World War II on the Eastern Front from 1941 to 1945.The game itself is a hybrid of real-time and turn-based play in which you are put into a mission set to take place over a specific number of turns. You begin each turn with the phase where you issue orders to your units. Once you give those orders, you get to sit and watch for a full minute without being able to interact with your army. Based on your planning at the beginning of the turn you will either succeed or fail.The game offers four geographical regions that the missions take place in, the first being Finland the then all the way to the Black Sea. Each location has it's own weather conditions that effect play of the game.For realism, all seven nations that you can play as have a full table of organization and equipment - having thousands of individual units based on what year, month and region the mission takes place in.The game lets you play in either Operation, Battle or Quick Battle modes along with multiplayer options. |
| Commander Keen Enters Reality-on-the-Norm | 2002-09-20 | | das TOBI-AS Interactive | Adventure | Side view | Fangame | | Graphic adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The starship of Commander Keen (Billy Blaze), a protagonist of Commander Keen series, has descended on the Reality-on-the-Norm town square, because the fuel was exhausted on his way to the lost pogo-stick. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Commander Keen to find a fuel for the starship as wells as his pogo-stick in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Fast Action Paq | 2002-09-20 | Wyrmkeep Entertainment Co | Dreamers Guild, The | Action, Compilation | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Real-time | | | Windows | This collection is a set of four "retro games" based on fondly remembered titles from the 1980's. BOT
Your mission is to prevent the Mother CPU from completing its military conquest of the planet. To succeed you'll need to pass through 5 levels of BOT soldiers shooting them at will, including a larger BOT boss at the end of every level. Try to pick up extra grenades, armor protection, and more powerful weaponry along the way to assist you in accomplishing this task. Finding the experimental lightning gun is especially helpful, since it inflicts twice as much damage on enemies as your normal gun.BUBBLE TROUBLE
You control a spaceship which you must use to clear the starlanes of subspace vortices (which look like terrestrial water bubbles). You must avoid contact with these vortices and shots by your own weapons, or your energy will slowly drain away. Your ship is armed with two weapons: guns, which are weak but use up little energy; and penetrators, which are strong but use up much more energy. Ship energy is used for thrusting, subspace jumping, and conducting repairs. Shields are used for defense only, and you lose shield power when you come in contact with vortices, bullets, penetrators, saucers, or stationary energy barbs.FLAK ATTACK
A horde of robot commandos are attacking your base from the skies above. You control a single gun which you must aim and fire to stop the invaders, but don't run out of ammunition, or your base will certainly be destroyed. When a robot parachutes to the ground, it will walk towards your base and stand beside it. When 4 robots gather on one side of the base, they will destroy it, and the game will be over.
The enemy ships include satellites, jets, and helicopters. Satellites fly past at high speeds, but they cannot harm your base directly. Jets fly overhead quickly, and the pilot will eject if you fire enough shots at it. Helicopters drop parachuting robots as they pass. Friendly UN Helicopters will drop extra ammo on your base if you let them fly peacefully overhead. MOLE'S QUEST
As Monty the Mole, you must rescue your belongings which the miners have scattered throughout the mines after they destroyed your beautiful home. Jump from platform to platform from the left to the right, grab the belonging, and jump back to the left to safely pass each level. Each time you save ten belongings, you will see an animation of Monty taking the rescued belongings to his new home. Since the mines are covered with radioactive ooze, you must limit your exposure to no more than 5 minutes at a time. That should be sufficient time to rescue each of your belongings. Every time you save a belonging, you will be given a password, so you can continue from the level where you stopped, even if you shut off your computer. |
| Rocknor's Bad Day | 2002-09-20 | Monolux | Monolux | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Rocknor's Bad Day is a puzzle-oriented action arcade game. The little robot Rocknor is lost and wants to find his way home. He has many obstacles to overcome on his journey, and getting through them will take using his brain more than his brawn.There are 30 levels to solve, each getting progressively more difficult. Because some puzzles build on each other, remembering your earlier steps is necessary for success. The levels are varied. For instance, on one level you may be pressing switches or pushing blocks; on another you could be working with other robots or conveyor belts. Additional elements are added in higher levels to vary the gameplay. If you make a mistake, restarting will take you back to the last saved waypoint. You control Rocknor using your keyboard keys in a overhead, top-down view. The colorful, scrolling screens are a mixture of 2D with some 3D animations. You see only a 9x9 view of the current level as you play. A sidebar provides hints on your current problem plus the option to pause.Passcodes allow you to return to the beginning of the next unsolved level. There are no time limits so the game can be played at your own pace and with ample time to think things through. Preferences can be set for sound, music and speed. |
| SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month | 2002-09-20 | THQ Inc. | AWE Productions, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Based on the Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob Squarepants: Employee of the Month is an adventure game aimed at children, although it can be enjoyed by adults too (as witnessed by yours truly). It features appearances by many of the TV show's recurring characters.Mr. Krabs gives SpongeBob two tickets to Neptune's Paradise, an amusement park, as a reward for being named the Krusty Krab's Employee of the Month (again). SpongeBob and Patrick have to figure out how to get there. You will visit some familiar locations (Bikini Bottom and Rock Bottom) and a couple of new locations as well.Gameplay is pure point and click; there are no timed puzzles and SpongeBob cannot die. |
| BongoBoogie | 2002-09-22 | Phelios Inc. | Phelios Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | BongoBoogie is a pretty standard Breakout variant, but instead of an ordinary pad, the player here controls a monkey sitting on a rope with a wooden board over his head. The bricks here are wooden crates that are filled with bananas and other monkey snacks. Like in any other Breakout, the player uses either the mouse or a gamepad to move the monkey left or right while trying to keep a ball in the air as long as possible. Each of the game's 200 levels is completed by breaking all the crates. By breaking the crates and catching the goodies that fall out of them the player is awarded points. Some crates can also contain special objects that has either a positive or negative effect. This include changing the speed of the ball or the size of the pad, giving a gun to the monkey and affecting gravity. The game also feature a high score chart. |
| Brixout XP | 2002-09-22 | Sunny Games LLC | Sunny Games LLC | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Brixout XP is a new fast-action block-smashing 3D game of the Arkanoid and Breakout family. This extremely addictive game boasts outstanding full-color graphics, an advanced 3D engine, original soundtrack and sound effects, 4 different worlds, over 80 unique levels, 20+ power-ups, 30+ types of bricks, a multiplayer mode, three levels of difficulty, free level packs and custom levels. |
| Astral Tournament | 2002-09-23 | Apus Software | Apus Software | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Astral Tournament is a turn based card game much like Magic the Gathering, where you duel other mages (computer or other player over the internet) for control of magical planes, using creatures and various spells.
The game includes a tournament mode where you can chose to play one of six kinds of mages: Necromancer (Death), BattleMage (Fire), Druid (Earth), ThunderMage (Air), StormMage (Water) and Wizard (Mixed).
Each of the five elements (mana) of the game contains 13 cards, which make every battle a unique experience of its own. |
| Hoyle Casino Empire | 2002-09-23 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Gambling, Strategy | | | | | | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | In Casino Empire, you play as the manager of many different casinos. You start at a run-down, poor casino, eventually working your way through Vegas to the top of the line, multi-billion dollar casinos.Games you can build include blackjack, poker, craps, roulette, baccarrat, pai gow poker, slot machines and video poker.To maximize your casino's profits, you have access to a variety of different buildings, including a cashier's booth, restroom, bar, lounge, amusement ride, bingo, Keno, and gift shop.To make your patrons happy, you must decorate your casino, using items such as statues, fountains, plants, water, and television stands. You can also build hotels, and offer in-room Keno, video games, and Internet access.Patrons come in four different forms; Tourists, who make 60% of your clientel, and don't play the high priced games; Gamblers, who are just above tourists, have more money, and like the high priced games; High Rollers, who have the most money, prefer the most expensive games, and like the private rooms, such as the Poker Lounge; and VIP High Rollers, who are celebrities, and who make your casino more appealing. |
| Law & Order: Dead on the Money | 2002-09-23 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The game is based on the hit TV show "Law & Order". The game consists of two parts. The Investigation and the Trial. In the Investigation part you collect evidence, question witnesses, etc. And in the Trial part you try to convict the suspect based on the evidence collected in the first part. Depending on how well you do in the Investigation part of the game the Trial part will be easier/harder. |
| Pusher | 2002-09-23 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | JoWood Vienna | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Pusher the player builds formations containing at least three balls of equal color aligned in a straight line. The score depends on total formation size, when the playing field is empty, extra points are awarded. When formations are cleared in particular order of colors, additional boni appear. At given scores the player advances to the next level. The game play gets gradually faster and the number of ball colors increases steadily. |
| Rugrats Munchin Land | 2002-09-23 | THQ Inc. | KnowWonder, Inc. | Adventure | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Come join the Rugrats in the land of odd. Tommy and all his Rugrats friends and try to find the Whizzer of Odd. Based on the classic story, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, each of the familiar characters are protrayed by the Rugrats. Characters include Kimi as “the girl from Kansas”, Chuckie the “Scaredy-Cat Lion,” Tommy as “The Scarecrow” and Phil & Lil as “The Tin Twins.” The first one to find the Whizzer of Odd (Grandpa Lou) wins the game, but beware.. . . there are many obstacles standing in your way including The Munchin’ Tollbooth Keeper (Dil) and the Wicked Witch of the West (Angelica). Luckily, the Good Witch (Susie) will always be around to provide you with all the help that you may need. |
| US Special Forces: Team Factor | 2002-09-23 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | 7FX, s.r.o. | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Team Factor is an online team-based FPS (First Person Shooter) in which the player can take control of one of the four characters (Sniper, Soldier, Scout & Weapons Expert) in one of the three groups (Terrorists, US Special Forces & Russian Specnaz) through the 22 maps, each with its own objectives.Team Factor uses a RPG system that basically allows the player to choose and develop their own unique way to fight by setting up whichever skills they likes to work on. Later on, players will be granted with access to better equipment according to the skills developed. The player's character info is being stored in an online database on the server. |
| Dino Island | 2002-09-24 | Strategy First, Inc. | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The objectives in this game are similar to Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 & 2. You must build your dream entertainment park, but there's a catch; you must fill your park with dinosaurs to satisfy your visitors. You also need to feed and take care of your dinos. You can play in adventure or free mode. |
| Earth & Beyond | 2002-09-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Westwood Studios, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Massively Multiplayer | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Earth & Beyond is the first online role-playing galaxy. This galaxy is filled with monsters and strange new worlds, but it is also home to thousands of other players from around the world. Players create unique characters and starships and can affect the galaxy, but the game persists even after individual players log off. Alien encounters, fierce combat, cutthroat commerce, new discoveries, perilous quests, strategic alliances, diplomatic backstabbing, and epic wars await you and the friends you'll adventure with.
Earth & Beyond lets you build your character and career in three distinct ways: exploration, trade, and combat. The game is designed around these three activities, and each race, profession, skill, starship, and item affects how well you do these core activities.Explorers have access to hidden locales, the best sensors, the most accurate maps, the fastest ships, and stealth capabilities. Tradesmen make and sell goods, run trade routes, go on trade missions, have the biggest cargo holds, and do whatever it takes to make a profit. Warriors thrive on combat, destroying enemies, going on dangerous missions, and protecting their friends during perilous missions.
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| Incoming Forces | 2002-09-24 | Hip Interactive Corp. | Rage Games Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Tank | | | Teen | | Windows | Incoming Forces is the sequel to Incoming: The Final Conflict.Set twenty years after the original Incoming, humans on Earth began to worry after the defeat of the invading aliens that another attack against them was a real possibility and they decided they needed to take preemptive action rather than just passively wait around. Soon this paranoia, combined with a lust for revenge, led to the creation of a vast armada to search the universe for impending threats from hostile planets and to destroy them upon discovery. Eventually, the humans found the alien planets and started their attack.In this game, you command a number of vehicles like different types of fighters, bombers and tanks. In some missions, you will have under your command a number of aliens which will help you accomplish your goals.There are sixteen missions, each introduced through an animated briefing. Each mission is broken into a linear series of five or six secondary tasks such as escorting friendly vehicles, defending installations, and defeating groups of attackers. The play modes are a bit limited, as aside from tutorial and multiplayer modes, your only option is to play through the campaign.The game has a few multiplayer options, including eight-player deathmatch and team deathmatch modes. However, the game doesn't have a built-in server browser, and there's no support for the simultaneous use of ground and air vehicles (a server can only implement one or the other). |
| Micro Commandos | 2002-09-24 | Strategy First, Inc. | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Micro Commandos is a real time strategy game where you control tiny aliens from another planet look for a so called "Ultimate Weapon". Lead your aliens through 14 missions in the world of the big people. Explore unusual settings like a museum, subway, pizzeria....Collect resourse's of food and material to feed and construct vehicles and buildings for your aliens. Fight off another alien race looking for the Ultimate Weapon as well as bugs hamsters and the family cat. |
| Ultimate Action 4 Pack | 2002-09-24 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | | Action, Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This is a four game compilation pack with full versions of:
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Quake II
Operation: Shadow Force
Deus Ex (5 mission demo version) |
| Might and Magic: Platinum Edition | 2002-09-25 | 3DO Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A partial compilation of the Might and Magic series. The games included are:Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor
Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer
Might and Magic IX
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| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder | 2002-09-25 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | The Ghosts are an elite team of U.S. Army Green Berets, sent to Cuba as part of a UN peacekeeping force to destroy the rebel forces and their mercenary leaders and secure the elections for a free Cuba.Ghost Recon: Island Thunder includes a complete single and multiplayer challenge, featuring Xbox Live multiplayer support and future downloadable content. |
| Trophy Hunter 2003 | 2002-09-25 | Infogrames, Inc. | Southlogic Studios | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting | | | Cláudio Marzo da Silva | | Teen | | Windows | Trophy Hunter 2003 is Southlogic's first foray in the hunting series. Using the Aspen engine, the game opens up the hunting simulation into wide maps with plenty of vegetation, but without the framerate hits. Players can customize a hunter and the weapons used to. As the player progresses through the game, skill points are awarded and the character grows to be a more efficient hunter. Multiplayer is included so that players can challenge each other in online hunts and compete for the monster prizes. |
| The Digital Spell | 2002-09-26 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The Digital Spell is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. There is no inventory and actions can be controlled via mouse. You take the role of two mages Misiy (female) and Razor (male) with the task to find a powerful magic called The Digital Spell. The setting is futuristic combined with magic elements and anime-like characters. You can cast spell on every object or person. In order to do so you need to know the pattern of a spell and draw them in a spell box. Spell hints can be found on some objects or creatures. |
| FireFly Studios' Stronghold Crusader | 2002-09-27 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | FireFly Studios Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Historical events, Medieval, Middle East | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Firefly Studios' Stronghold Crusader is the standalone expansion pack to the 2001 Stronghold. In Stronghold Crusader, the player can command either Crusaders or Arabs loyal to Saladin.The four historic campaigns, which serve as training for different gameplay aspects, follow the first three Crusades, in which the player alternates between commanding Crusader and Arabian forces. New to the game are the desert environment, which holds fertile farming land only in small oases, and Arabian troops available from the Mercenary Post, which do not require weapon production, but are either cheap and only useful in numbers, or powerful but double the price of their European counterparts. Depending on the campaign and the player-set options, the Lord unit can either have a Crusader or an Arabian skin, which also reflects on the cursor (sword or saber).The game introduces and prominently stresses the skirmish mode, where the player can choose a map and fight against several opponents who do not only differ in appearance, but also in competence and play styles. The four dukes from the original Stronghold (The Rat, The Snake, The Pig and The Wolf) make a return, and they are joined by Saladin, The Sultan, The Caliph, and Richard The Lionheart. Three additional adversaries (Emperor Frederick I, King Phillip I and the Sheriff of Nottingham) were distributed separately in exclusive bonus discs in select stores, but are available for free download on the official website and were part of subsequent re-releases of the game, Stronghold Crusader Extreme and Stronghold Crusader HD.These adversaries are the player's enemy, in various combinations, throughout the Crusader Trail, a series of 50 linked skirmish missions, which are progressively harder, but can be skipped up to 3 times (using the aptly designed chicken icon). Multiplayer with up to 8 players is available via LAN or over the Internet, and plays exactly like the skirmish mode. In both the skirmish mode and multiplayer, all players, including AI opponents, can use Crusader units alongside Arabian ones. As with the original Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader includes a scenario and map editor, as well as a free build mode (here called Castle Builder). |
| NHL 2003 | 2002-09-27 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Side view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | This year's edition features many different modes of gameplay for the NHL enthusiast. Players can start the game right away in play now mode, play an international game, play through a playoff series, or start a franchise. The franchise mode puts you in charge of a team for a 10-year legacy. You can either play every game during a season or simulate each game and take a manager role. After each season, you have the option to play around with the roster in anticipation of next season. You can draft new players, sign free agents, make trades with other teams, and retire old players. Statistics are kept throughout the life of a franchise in several categories.Also new this year is the use of the right analog stick to execute manual dekes and slip the puck past the goalkeeper. |
| Project Nomads | 2002-09-27 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Radon Labs GmbH | Action, Simulation, Strategy | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Steampunk | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Project Nomads leads you into a very strange futuristic world. Your planet is destroyed, and all that's left are thousands of small islands, floating around. One of those small islands is yours. You can navigate through the world with it, build gun turrets, windmills, storage-silos, etc. Project Nomads is a very stylish genre-mix. You have to manage your island (strategy), fight against a lot of enemies from your different turrets (arcade), walk around, cast spells (jump 'n' run) or even jump into a fighter or bomber and attack the enemies islands and units (action-sim). |
| Tea Society of a Witch | 2002-09-27 | Front Wing Co., Ltd. | Front Wing Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Contemporary, Fantasy | | Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | The world used to be shared by humans and magic-users. War broke out and raged for ages, until the magic users finally escaped to a land of their own; for centuries afterwards, they would live apart. Having finally established peace, the two societies try to reintegrate by encouraging contact between each other. To do that, three witches are sent to the human world to attend high school as exchange students. The player controls a normal human teenage boy who gets to know all three of the witches. This visual novel features a branching story depending on the player's choices. |
| Nether Earth Remake | 2002-09-29 | Brain Games | Brain Games | Strategy | Top-down | Fangame | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | This open-source, freeware remake of an early entry in the real-time strategy genre completely updates the presentation, changing the isometric graphic to full 3D rendering. The game remains the same basic strategy title, where the goal is to build lots of autonomous robots to destroy the opponent's machines and resources. The player controls a hovering aircraft that acts as a cursor, moving it around the map to show all the available installations and buildings, where machines are constructed and raw materials are harvested. Construction buildings have landing pads that open up menus with options.A mini-map at the bottom shows the whole extension of the map, with blinking dots pinpointing the relative positions of the ship and the robots. When placing the aircraft on a factory, the construction menu appears where robots can be assembled from several different pieces, to give them singular abilities and weapons. The robots can be ordered about by landing on their heads, and choosing one of the options from a list of commands. The main objective is to send the robot army to take over the factories of the enemy and eliminate the opposing units. Besides recreating the default map, several new ones are included as well, some much more complex than the old, primitive original. |
| BomberFUN | 2002-09-30 | dtp Vertrieb und Marketing GmbH | LightBrain GmbH | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | BomberFUN is an action game which basically resembles the gameplay of the Bomberman genre.Using bombs which you can kick, throw, punch and drop, you have to blow up crates that might contain power-ups or diseases. While collecting them, so that you get faster, or will be able to drop more bombs at the same time, your goal is to blow up also your opponents. Five different worlds are available to choose from with every world containing up to four levels; some small (fitting onto the screen) and some large (good for network play). Up to 8 players can compete against each other either on one PC or over LAN or over the Internet. When playing on one PC, the players can choose whether they want to have computer opponents involved. |
| Conflict: Desert Storm | 2002-09-30 | Gotham Games | Pivotal Games Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | Shooter | Historical events, Middle East | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Conflict Desert Storm is a first-person/third-person shooter (the perspective can be switched by pressing a button), in which the player controls a squad of four soldiers from either the British S.A.S or American Delta Force during the first Gulf War. It has ideas borrowed from the book Bravo Two Zero and other real missions from the war. Missions are performed behind enemy lines and have specific objectives (infiltrate a base, destroy a SAM site, assassinate an opposing general, ...). Team members can be sent orders (attack, retreat, follow, stay, ...) or controlled individually. On the team is Bradley, the team leader, Conners, the heavy weapons man, Jones, the explosives and anti-tank expert, and Foley, the team sniper. Each soldier has different skills that improve as they kill more enemies and gain experience. This results in them doing a better or faster job (Foley will have more stable aiming or Jones will plant C4 faster as their skills increase). In some missions, the player drives tanks or jeeps around while other squad members man the guns on the vehicle. At the end of each mission, the soldiers can be awarded medals for their braveryThe game also features up to four-player co-op, each player controlling a soldier in the squad. |
| Deer Hunter 2003 | 2002-09-30 | Infogrames, Inc. | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | Gary Phillips | | Hunting, Shooter | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | You have only one aim in this game: to kill as many deer as possible, being able to kill your prey from point blank range to up to 100 yards' distance. With each hunt you complete, your hunting abilities increase so you can become more cunning and personalise your own gun.To increase the thrill, you can also hunt with friends over network play. |
| FX Chess Plus | 2002-09-30 | FX Interactive, S.L. | Purple Studios | Educational | Top-down | | | Chess | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | New version of FX Chess that includes almost nothing new.Graphics lightly revised, a new chess course, improved level system and the possibility of play on Palm and PocketPC. |
| Full Moon in San Francisco | 2002-09-30 | Alternative Games | Alternative Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Pick your character’s gender, their characteristics, how much money to start with - even their type of pet - in this point-and-click adventure game. Selections you make in the beginning of the game have an impact on how the game is played out from start to finish.A San Francisco investigative agency has a job opening for a private eye and your application is accepted - with a catch. Do well on your first case and the job is yours. The case you are assigned sounds simple enough .. find who is behind the theft of a valuable piece of artwork. You are left to your own resources, however, when everyone in the agency heads off to work on another case and the office is locked up. The story gradually deepens, you find yourself knee-deep in not only the theft case, but also in a suspenseful murder investigation.The game contains mystery, magic and humor along with puzzle-solving. The static, hand-drawn graphics appear in slide-show fashion, but react to what you do in the game. Features include background music, sound effects and voice-overs.
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| Monopoly | 2002-09-30 | Infogrames, Inc. | Artech Studios Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Monopoly (also known as Monopoly 3) is the successor to the 1999 Edition also known as Monopoly 2. It is based on the same technical framework and the only major differences is the absence of the board editor. The city-themed boards differ between the US (US cities such as New York or Atlanta) and the European (nine European cities) versions. |
| Torleif 2: Freedom of Competition | 2002-09-30 | | Space Entertainment | Action | Side view | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Torleif 2 - Freedom of Competition is a two-player game. The players take control of Torleif and Rebecca, two antropomorphic bombs, and fight each other across various arenas, trying to score as many frags as possible. Taking out the opponent grants the player a frag, while falling off screen causes the loss of a frag. Items appear randomly on the arenas and can be picked up and used by both players. Some items are weapons, such as lasers or fireballs, that ignite the struck player's fuse. When the fuse runs out, the struck player explodes and respawns elsewhere. Other items can render the player invisible or invincible, freeze the opponent in place, or steal their weapons. |
| Alias Underground Episode 3: Mission - Raid On SD-6 | 2002-10-01 | ABC Television | Dream Mechanics, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | This is the third episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the TV show starring Jennifer Garner as an undercover CIA spy named Sydney Bristow. It's based on a first season episode of the TV series called "The Box". Sydney must "defuse" a hostage situation and prevent SD-6 headquarters from being blown up. From both 3rd or 1st person perspectives, Sydney can run, jump, duck, climb, and interact with objects. When encountering a bad guy, she can punch, kick, or shoot if she gets hold of a gun which will allow you to zoom in when in first-person mode. Sydney must use various disguises and act covertly, so as not to blow her cover, while infiltrating various areas. |
| Austin Powers Pinball | 2002-10-01 | Global Star Software Inc. | Wildfire Studios Pty. Ltd. | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Pinball | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Austin Powers Pinball is a based on the Austin Powers movie franchise.Two tables are included - one based on International Man of Mystery and the other based on The Spy Who Shagged Me. Tables can be played in either full-screen or scrolling mode. Sound effects and dot-matrix animations are taken from the movies, while the music is merely in the same style. And here comes the obligatory tagline: "Groovy baby, yeah!" |
| Best Friends | 2002-10-01 | Retro64, Inc. | Retro64, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Best Friends is a 3D platform game where you help two friends, Petey and Patty, reunite with each other. Every board possesses unique characteristics. Try not to fall as the boards twist, turn, and slide. The game has "cute" Japanese-inspired cartoon graphics and whimsical speech sounds. |
| Blue's Clues Kindergarten | 2002-10-01 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Blue, the spotted blue puppy from the preschool television program Blue's Clues, has thought up a way to help her friend and neighbor Periwinkle (a small periwinkle-colored kitten) overcome his nervousness about going to school for the first time. She sets up her home, yard, and Periwinkle's Fort to simulate a kindergarten class so Periwinkle can play school and perhaps lose some of his fears.Blue's Kindergarten Curriculum:
Rhyme Time - Pick out refrigerator magnets with rhyming words (with pictures, for the easiest level of play), then select from them again to fit into a little poem
Telling Time With Tickety - Move Tickety's (the clock) hands to point to the right time for various activities, such as snack, meals, soccer-time; at the easiest levels you'll be looking for pictures, rather than numbers
Book About Us - Put together pictures by choosing backgrounds and stickers; these can be printed
Math Collections - Grouping and adding/subtracting objects in Blue's sandbox
Super Science - Periwinkle's Fort has been transformed into a science room! Learn basic facts about the planets in the solar system and answer some questions/grow carrots/watch a pollywog grow or a butterfly emerge from a chrysalis
Your controls are all mouse - point, click, and often drag, although you can use the keyboard to enter your name on the extended sign-in pages. Enter your gender, your birthday, your favorite color and favorite things for a more personalized experience of the Book About Us area. The sign-in page also gives parents a selection of tips and activity suggestions for helping their child learn the kindergarten skills covered in the game; letter recognition/rhyming, counting/adding/subtracting, telling time, basic science facts and creative play. After successfully completing each activity you can go to a project page to print out, color, and use as a learning aid. |
| Bomberman Fantasy Race | 2002-10-01 | Amusement Korea | Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | The man with the big bombs is blowing up a completely different type of game in this strange and whimsical racing game. It sure isn't like your typical racer -- Bomberman Fantasy Race has players riding on big loping kangaroos and giant blue rabbitty-dinos as they hop and dash to the finish line with long, bounding gaits. It's a wild race, made even wilder with all the bombs and action of Bomberman. Two can challenge each other to a blast around the track, or run for it on your own in the single-player mode. Buy new bombs and better ride-a-long animals to give the competition something to blow its top over!
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| Chemicus: Journey to the Other Side | 2002-10-01 | Tivola Publishing, Inc. | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This 1st-person, point and click adventure game looks and feels very much like Myst and Riven.Richard, an avid chemistry buff, unwittingly finds the portal to the strange city of Chemicus and steps in. Strangers in white hoods capture him, lock him up inside the city, and accuse him of trespassing and stealing "transmission molecules" that protect their valuable energy source. You play Richard's friend who goes to the city to rescue him.The 3D world has many varied locations to explore, many inventory objects to find and use, and problems and puzzles to solve. The puzzles are all based on fundamental Chemistry, help for which can be found in documents found while exploring as well as the in-game science database.The game's educational value has been given high acclaim by science teachers, students and adventure gamers alike. |
| Crosscountry USA 2 | 2002-10-01 | Ingenuity Works, Inc. | Ingenuity Works, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Crosscountry USA 2 is at its heart an economic simulation of driving an 18 wheel truck delivering commodities.Players travel across the country picking up commodities in different cities - and then delivering them all to their destination. Along the way, they solve problems, use map skills to plan the trip and math skills to calculate expenses, balance sleep, food and fuel requirements.It is an educational program but only in that it matches up to curriculum requirements in North American schools particularly well (Geography, Cardinal Directions, Math/Balance Sheet, etc)
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| FlyOrDie GemJam | 2002-10-01 | FlyOrDie | FlyOrDie | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | FlyOrDie GemJam is a Boulder Dash clone. The protagonist is a dragon miner exploring caves full of dangers, obstacles, pitfalls and monsters. The dragon's goal is to collect a specified minimum number of gems in each cave so that he can move on to the next level, all within a time limit. The caves include standard Boulder Dash features, such as pushable rocks that kill the player if they fall, roaming monsters, and others. The levels have varying graphical themes, including old mines, snowy peaks, dry deserts and more. |
| Gold Games 6 | 2002-10-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The second Gold Games from Ubi Soft, part seven in the complete series, offers 15 games from many different genres. Like always, the manuals are only available on CD in PDF format.The following games are included:
Battle Realms
Conflict Zone: Modern War Strategy
Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles
Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado
Gothic
Grandia II
Motocross Madness 2
Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
Rally Championship Xtreme
Rayman Arena
The Settlers: Fourth Edition
Silent Hunter II
Starlancer
Trains & Trucks Tycoon
Warlords: Battlecry II |
| Just a Life | 2002-10-01 | | NAWAR Ltd. | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Life / social simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | Just a Life is a less-featured real-time simulation based on the concept of The Sims. Compared to that title, it does not feature character customization or home customization. The character itself is also not visible at all during gameplay.The game monitors how much money the character has, the hunger / relax / satisfaction levels, as well as the current job and the courses the character attends. It does not provide any goals to achieve, the character just needs to be kept alive as long as possible. Controls include the mouse to click on interactive items and perform actions, numeric keys to change the weather, arrow keys to move the camera and the Ctrl key to rotate the screen.The game is over when the character runs out of money or due to starvation or a lack of life satisfaction. It can be played by up to four players at the same time. |
| Links 2003 | 2002-10-01 | Microsoft Game Studios | Indie Built, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The newest version for the Links golf series featuring new swing types like the real time swing, ultimate realistic graphics, career play playing with real golf players or created ones, a strong multiplayer community to increase the online play experience and a practice facility for the new players. |
| Motocross Stunt Racer | 2002-10-01 | Dig-Concepts.com, LLC | Dig-Concepts.com, LLC | Racing / Driving, Sports | Side view | | | Arcade | | Motorcycle | | | | Isometric | Windows | Motocross Stunt Racer is a small motorcycle game, which was originally designed for Pocket PC. The game features realistic physics and gameplay. You can control your bike with keyboard or mouse. There are 3 game modes: Racing, Stunts and Free Ride. You can unlock up to 45 tracks when playing the Racing mode against the computer. |
| Santa Balls 2: Bigger, Bolder & Bouncier | 2002-10-01 | Kewlbox | Blockdot, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sausage balls, shopping malls, prank calls, all we really want this holiday are Santa Balls 2: Bigger, Bolder & Bouncier.Santa Balls 2: Bigger, Bolder & Bouncier is a new twist on Santa Balls. Use your mouse to swap two balls to create a straight row of three or more the same. These will then disappear and new ones will slide onto the screen. Unlike Santa Balls, the balls are in hexagons so you can slide balls from the left, right, upper left, upper right, lower left or lower right. You still have a "Total Possible Matches" counter at the bottom but now it is joined by a "Hint" button that can grant you three hints per game. You still have "Ball Jugglers" on the left but they now number six total. If you have no possible matches and no "Ball Jugglers", the game is over. |
| Scooby-Doo!: Case File #1 - The Glowing Bug Man | 2002-10-01 | Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | ImageBuilder Software, Inc., Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | There’s mystery and spookiness afoot in the Natural History Museum – exhibits and artifacts have been mixed up and damaged, a Glowing Bug Man has been glimpsed, and it’s up to Scooby-Doo and his human friends to find out what’s going on. This is the fourth Scooby-Doo game, and the first in the Case Files series, geared to children aged 5 – 10.Scooby, Shaggy, Daphne, Velma and Fred begin in the Museum’s main lobby. Action is performed with your mouse; when the cursor is a pointing finger you can move in that direction; when it is a grasping paw you can pick up or move objects, or click on an item for animations. At the bottom of your screen is the Mystery bus; if you click on it, it will separate into a box of Scooby Snacks for bribing Scooby and Shaggy when they're acting cowardly, a headphones icon for sound options, and a door icon for exiting the game.Your job is to collect clues by listening to tapes (conveniently left lying around!) and solving puzzles. As you solve each puzzle you receive an item that you place in files beneath pictures of five museum employees. With this method you are able to eliminate suspects one by one until you arrive at the guilty party. The puzzles include sliding and matching patterned tiles, completing sets of rock patterns, remembering which ice-cream machine buttons correspond to what flavors, and three more. Pattern recognition and logical thinking skills are stressed throughout the game, which can be difficult enough at its hardest level to appeal to older children as well. Also available on this disc are various Scooby-Doo printables, including posters, mazes and crossword puzzles.
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| Scrabble Complete | 2002-10-01 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Word construction | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Scrabble Complete is an updated version of the popular board (and computer) crossword game.This version ups the ante of previous Scrabble computer editions with updated art and effects, music, and full support for the latest versions of Windows (2000, Me, XP, etc.) There are over a dozen mini-games including 2 and 3 letter variants, anagrams, and blitz. The latest version of the official Scrabble Player's Dictionary is also incorporated with full searching and fast-guides and hints for playing odd or special case words.Support for up to 4 players over LAN or Internet is offered for gamers looking to play against a live opponent. |
| Speed Challenge: Jacques Villeneuve's Racing Vision | 2002-10-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc., Ubisoft SRL | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | You can choose your futuristic car, but this doesn't really matter. Only your drive skills.Now you can try a game which is made after the racing vision of Formula 1 champion, Jacques Villeneuve and challenge other people over the Internet on Speed Challenge League.
You have enough of circuit racing? You can test your drive abilities on actual streets of great cities (Paris, London, Montreal...) too.New gaming features includes: Autopilot, Car Auto-Repair, the Target.The game is based on Ubi Soft's REVENGE ENGINE which can handle 70,000 polygons per track, allowing realistic car models managing over 60 parameters, providing the player with unique and intense driving sensations ! |
| Star Trek Action Pack | 2002-10-01 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Star Trek: Armada
Star Trek: Armada II
Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force
Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force Expansion Pack |
| The Powerpuff Girls: Gamesville | 2002-10-01 | BAM! Entertainment, Inc. | Intelligent Games Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Mini-games | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Powerpuff Girls: Gamesville is an action, arcade game starring the cartoon superheroes Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles. In this escapade, the evil villain Him has trapped all of Townsville inside a computer game. To free the town, the girls must defeat Him in eight arcade-style games.There are two modes of play: Story and Arcade.In Arcade mode, the objectives include tossing Townsville kids at Broccoloid aliens, punching or kicking blocks into place before a bridge collapses, rescuing citizens and getting them onto a bus, and going into storm drains to save City Hall from invading monsters. Each of the girls has a special power to boost their health, skills, or attack effects such as mega-blast and temporary invincibility.In Story mode, players must finish the games in a specific order, using an easy or hard difficulty setting, and finish all levels before winning and thwarting Him. Each level has 30 coins which must be collected to unlock the games for unlimited play in Arcade mode.Using the included Comic Book Creator, adventures can be captured into four file image libraries: characters, props, backgrounds, and speech bubbles. Images can be flipped, rotated, positioned and scaled via the point-and-click interface, and printed out. |
| Twilight Mahjongg | 2002-10-01 | Twilight Games | Twilight Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Twilight Mahjongg is a sci-fi spaced theme mahjongg game. It offers classic mahjongg play as well as many new variants including simple mahjongg, memory, and space mahjongg. Also included are several 2 player mahjongg games where players can play against eachother for the most matches or most time. Twilight mahjongg has 15 tilesets, and 5 layouts. |
| Unreal Tournament 2003 | 2002-10-01 | Infogrames, Inc. | Digital Extremes, Inc., Epic Games, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Unreal Tournament is a First Person Shooter representing a fast paced extreme sport of the future, where you compete against other warriors to determine the best. It has the same feel of the original, but new graphics, effects, and game modes adds new flavor to the game. Choose from Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Domination 2.0, or Bombing Run. Adrenaline adds a new factor in the gameplay as you can execute special abilities like regeneration, speed, invisibility when you reach full Adrenaline by either collecting the pills or killing enemies. UT 2K3 can be played single player against bots, or multiplayer through LAN or the Internet. |
| Wendy: Ein Turnier mit Hindernissen | 2002-10-01 | KIDDINX Entertainment GmbH | KIDDINX Entertainment GmbH | Adventure, Sports | | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Wendy: Ein Turnier mit Hindernissen is an adventure game for children. Wendy wants to take part in a showjumping tournament, but her horse Penny is sick. Will it get better in time to make it? Also, Wendy has to build a course. Help her with that and to win the tournament. |
| dMuse | 2002-10-01 | Digital-Muses.Com | Digital-Muses.Com | Action | Side view | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | dMuse is an interactive screenmate desktop toy with a twist. The software displays full motion video of Sexy Nude Muses directly on the user's desktop in order to keep them company at play, work, or home. Users have the option of giving a favorite Muse one of three different offerings to show their gratitude, and she will appear personally to accept it.More than simply a desktop screenmate, dMuse is also an interactive title. Players can pit two Muses against each other in "Battle Muse" mode and enjoy a rock/paper/scissors style fight. Each Muse starts with 100 health and must fight and strip their opponent to nudity. For every 25 health that is lost the Muses must reveal more of their bodies.The software is freeware available on the publisher's website. Nude video for the Muses is available to paid members. |
| Airlines 2 | 2002-10-02 | Global Star Software Inc. | InterActive Vision A/S, InterActive Vision Mind Beacon Sp. z o.o. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | Windows | Airlines 2 is a strategy game focusing on finance, investment, design, and management of an airline company and its fleet.The player starts with 20 planes in the beginning and by advancing in the game, this number will rise up to 110. There are also more than 250 different airports and 15 starting geographic regions. The player may play alone or against a maximum of seven bots and will have the option of trading shares on the stock exchange. |
| Hitman 2: Silent Assassin | 2002-10-02 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Io-Interactive A/S | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Crime, Spy / espionage, Thriller | Shooter, Stealth | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The perfect hitman, Agent 47, tries to distance himself from his violent past and becomes a humble church gardener. But he is tricked into returning to his trade when his friend, a priest, gets kidnapped by an Italian mafioso.
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is a third-person stealth game. As a titular hitman, you have to complete a number of missions all over the world. Each mission generally involves assassinating someone and possibly fulfilling a couple of other objectives. Typically, your target will be protected by numerous guards. While there's a large arsenal of weapons available to you - ranging from stealthy weapons such as a garrote or a silenced pistol, up to machine guns and sniper rifles - your main weapon will be stealth. Agent 47 can sneak around to remain undetected, and he can disguise himself in clothes from killed or stunned guards. The guards aren't completely stupid, however, as they will investigate suspicious noises, and they'll react if they see you waving around a gun. They'll get suspicious if they see you running around, raise alarm upon finding a corpse, and if you hang in a disguise around them too long, they'll eventually realize you're not one of their buddies. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin brings something new to the series: depending on your stealthiness, you are given a rating upon completing a mission. Going trigger-happy on everyone will result in being called a "Mass Murderer", while only the most patient and skilled players will manage to receive the "Silent Assassin" rating, which generally involves stealthily eliminating the target without raising any suspicion. |
| Real War: Rogue States | 2002-10-03 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Rival Interactive, Inc., Semi Logic Entertainments, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | This is an expansion/sequel to Real War with new features. Rogue States picks up where Real War left off. The Independent Liberation Army (ILA) is back again and has managed to get their hands on some of the newest technology. Of course the United States has to come in deal with the ILA.Some of the features are:
Component Command Multiplayer: players can play in co-op where one controls the land forces while the other controls the air forces.14 New Units: including advanced fighters, amphibious tanks, railguns, and remote gun turrets.New Multiplayer and Skirmish Modes: includes air-only maps, alliances, selectable starting resources, and more.14 new campaigns, 20 new skirmish maps and much more. |
| No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way | 2002-10-05 | Fox Interactive, Inc., Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Comedy, Spy / espionage | RPG elements, Shooter, Stealth | Asia, Cold War, Europe, North America, Sci-fi / futuristic | Off-roading, Snowmobile | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | A year has passed since Cate Archer foiled the plans of the terrorist organization known as H.A.R.M. The tension between USA and the Soviet Union has increased, and the two powers quarrel over a tiny, but strategically important island of Khios. Cate is once again recruited by the secret British organization UNITY, whose goal is to avert international conflicts and preserve the world peace. As Cate is sent to investigate a secret meeting, she meets new and old villains who, once again, won't stop until she is out of their way to world domination.No One Lives Forever 2 is the sequel to The Operative: No One Lives Forever, casting the player as the super-spy Cate Archer in the 1960's. As in the first game, many different weapons and items are available to Cate, from pistols to automatic weapons, as well as her trusty lipstick bomb and other gadgets. The sequel introduces new weapons and gadgets, such as eye shadow that doubles as a tazer, a robotic bomb disguised as a kitten, and others. The game enhances the light role-playing angle from the original, as the player is now able to gather intelligence and upgrade Cate's sneaking and shooting abilities as well as equipment.The sequel retains the humorous tone of its predecessor and takes the player to various exotic locations such as Japan, India, and a trailer park in Ohio during a tornado. Players may also go online and engage in deathmatch or cooperative mode, teaming up against the enemy. |
| Search & Rescue: Coastal Heroes | 2002-10-05 | Global Star Software Ltd. | InterActive Vision White Eagle Sp. z o.o. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter | | | Everyone | | Windows | Coastal Heroes is Interactive Vision's fourth installment of their Search and Rescue series. This time around you can control one of three real helicopters: the HH-65A Dauphin, Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, and the BK-117 C-1. Fly single missions ranging from free flight with no objectives to rescue missions involving full search and rescue. Campaign mode allows you to create a pilot and start a career as a USCG officer. Fly missions creating flight hours and points to raise your pilot in rank from Ensign to Aircraft Commander. There are two modes of flying the helicopters: easy (more arcade like) and realistic (sensitive controls) and the control setup allows you to choose your type of controls from keyboard only to full flight controls with pedals. You can select the weather (rain, snow, fog, wind, etc.), time of day (morning, day, evening, etc.), start positions (base - stationary helicopter with engines off, hover - hovering in the air at the base) and turn crashes on (take damage) or off (indestructible) when you fly single missions. During campaign mode (and some single missions) you will play the role of pilot in rescues, control the flight mechanic (hoist operation, cargo loading and off- loading) and be able to deploy a rescue swimmer or medic who will evaluate the situation of the rescue and advise the flight mechanic on which rescue device to lower to rescue the victim. You will also be able to land and deploy a stretcher team to pick up the victim when possible. Coastal Heroes is a single player game only. Some of the unique features include: realistic flight controls, all types of weather that can affect your flying and the ability to complete missions in different ways with a critique at the end of your mission adding or subtracting points for what you did right or wrong. |
| ReVOLUTION | 2002-10-08 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | FUN Labs Romania S.R.L. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | A futuristic first person shooter where a mega corporation (known as 'The Corporation') seems to have taken over every facet of life.
You start the game as a new janitor for The Corporation. Before long however, you find out that the corporation is up to no good. You then join the resistance (known as... you guessed it: 'The Resistance'). |
| ShadowFlare: Episode One | 2002-10-08 | Emurasoft, Inc. | Denyusha Co.,Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | | Masahiko Mimata | Windows | ShadowFlare: Episode One is the first of four episodes in an action role-playing game series organized through missions. The gameplay is similar to Diablo and the main task is to slay monsters. Player starts the journey as a mercenary working for gold, treasures, and fighting experience. Character can fight with regular weapons or magic. There are three classes in the game: warrior, wizard/witch, and hunter, and an animal companion can be used to fight alongside. Players get experience when they or their companion defeats enemies, and experience is used to level up abilities. In the world of ShadowFlare, there are eight attributes: Fire, Water, Earth, Thunder, Holy, Dark, Gel and Metal - every monster has own attribute. Against a monster whose attribute is fire, a player with a strong water attribute level has an advantage. The game can be played online with up to four players cooperatively. |
| Snakey | 2002-10-08 | Generation Stars | Generation Stars | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Snakey is a remake of the classic snake game.Your mission is, like usual, to grow your snake, accumulating score, and avoid the edges of the playfield, obstacles and your own body, while moving your snake around.You are scoring both by eating the meadow below you and by collecting "score-blocks", which providing you with extra points, but they are not a fixed value. In fact, they starting at a certain number, then counting down to zero. The earlier you get those blocks, the better you score. These "score-blocks" are also the snake-growth-accelerator. So, the more you score, you longer you become. |
| Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds - Saga | 2002-10-08 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | | Compilation, Special edition | | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (base game)
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds - Clone Campaigns (expansion pack)
three booster packs for the Star Wars trading card game (retail box versions only) |
| Strike Fighters: Project 1 | 2002-10-08 | Strategy First, Inc. | Third Wire Productions, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | Strike Fighters: Project 1 lets the player take off in various fighter jets from the 1960's era, when missile technology could be unreliable, and the pilot who could best handle an in-your-face gunfight had the best chance at coming out on top. The game sports over 10 different real aircraft from the era, including the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, F-100 Super Sabre, F-104 Starfighter, and A-4 Skyhawk and is set during a fictional conflict in the Middle East. There are three difficulty levels and a slew of customization options, including determining payload and flight plans, plane skins, and a variety of mission plans. |
| Virtual Resort: Spring Break | 2002-10-08 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Deep Red Games Ltd. | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Design your own holiday resort by building rides, hotels, bars, swimming pools and much more. Much like other "tycoon" style games, this see's you trying to keep the little people happy and help them with their needs.The game has two modes; scenarios and sandbox. Scenarios see you trying to accomplish certain tasks, such as getting fifty people drunk within two days. Sandbox lets you play the game with no missions, and no time limit. |
| Grand Prix 4 | 2002-10-09 | Infogrames, Inc. | MicroProse Ltd., Simergy | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Do you like Formula 1 racing, the Grand Prix series, racing in general or do you just want to be the best at the Grand Prix? You can become the world's best F1 driver on the best tracks from around the world with this very simple racing game.Grand Prix 4 contains all what you would expect from a Grand Prix race: pitstops, mechanics and engineers are all included.Physics, sound and graphics were improved compared to its predecessor. You can race against the AI, or play over LAN with anything from 1 up to 8 other players.
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| Season Ticket Basketball 2003 | 2002-10-09 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Take control of a pro basketball team and control all aspects on and off the court. Sign free agents, trade players, draft rookies and even coach the games if you want, but be sure to stay under the salary cap.STB 2003 is a career based spreadsheet type simulation of professional basketball with minimal graphical flair and even less sound. If you want to play a single game you get a text based sim mode that allows you to substitute players and change general strategies. The game also allows you to sim an entire season with the push of a button allowing you to play several seasons in one sitting if you want. A plethora of stats are kept on each player as they progress through their careers as well as stats pertaining to your job as Owner/GM/Coach. |
| WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (Exclusive Gift Set) | 2002-10-09 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This release includes:
WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos
WarCraft II: Battle.net Edition
the official BradyGames strategy guide for WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos
a bonus DVD with cinematics, interviews, and making-of features |
| Anchor: The Last Hope of the Brilliant Ocean | 2002-10-10 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Anchor: The Last Hope of the Brilliant Ocean is a freeware arcade game where the player controls a small yellow submarine with a cage attached to it, whose job is to fish all the creatures from the sea and bring them up to a platform floating on the ocean's surface. The tiny seacraft is equipped with a limited amount of harpoons and torpedoes, that can be replenished by touching the platform.The harpoons are used to capture the sea life, while the torpedoes are launched to destroy obstacles and enemies. The sub can be destroyed by sinking boulders, mines and other dangerous objects, or explode after the air supply is exhausted. A gauge at the bottom right shows the remaining air left, with red arrows appearing over the sub when the reserves are almost empty.Each of the six levels have unique features and creatures, like the blowfish that can only be captured when deflated, hammerhead sharks and red crabs that attack the cage liberating all the captured creatures, octopi that squirt ink making the screen pitch black for a few seconds, and other amusing little touches. A radar at the bottom left always shows the relative positions of the platform and the cage. Sometimes the cage becomes loose and starts to sink, and has to be retrieved and reconnected to the submarine. |
| Earth 2150: Lost Souls | 2002-10-11 | Strategy First, Inc. | Infinite-X, ZUXXEZ Entertainment AG | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Today is December 6th, 2150. Brilliant scientists came to the conclusion that a cosmic catastrophe will hit the Earth soon. Alliances are forged to be broken again, without providing any use to neither side. Now, the last war rages on Earth - the war of the lost souls.This third game in the Earth 2150 trilogy is no longer published by Topware, but the game essentially remains absolutely identical to the predecessor. It's still a real-time strategy game with 3D graphics and true three-dimensional terrain with many different environments (desert, snow...).There are three campaigns with a total of 50 new missions as well as multiplayer gaming (LAN, Internet and via Earth.net). A map editor is included as well as 25 multiplayer maps. |
| FourFourTwo Touchline Passion | 2002-10-11 | SCi Games Ltd. | Bubball | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | FourFourTwo is the followup to UEFA Manager 2000, Bubball's first managing game. It includes nine playable European league (English, Scottish, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Belgian and Portuguese) that can be played in both Free mode (where the player selects any team and plays with it for the duration of the game) or Career mode, where the player starts in lower divisions and build his career from the bottom. Another mode allows the player to choose one of eight challenges: get a promotion in one season, win a domestic double or generate enough money to save the club.
The game also includes two special modes: Coaching a team in either English, French, Scottish, Italian or German leagues in the 1981-82 season., or selecting one of Europe's finest 20 teams ever.While the game goes beyond the coaching roles and includes usual financial options usually seen in German managing games, the player can choose to play as either Coach or Manager. By selecting coach, the financial aspect of the game (stadium upgrades, ticket prices, merchandising and catering among others) is delegated to the computer. The game includes a 3D engine that is used for both the 3D match view and to take part in press conferences, pre-match pep talks and post match interviews. |
| DemonStar: Secret Missions 1 | 2002-10-12 | Mountain King Studios Inc. | Mountain King Studios Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | This is a spinoff title from the original DemonStar game, which uses an enhanced version of the original engine.The enemy alien race, the Xidus were busy developing in secret new, more powerful DemonStar ships to destroy Earth. As usual, the player's mission is to battle his way through hordes of new enemies, and destroy their devastating new weapons.The game contains 8 levels. |
| Call of Combat | 2002-10-13 | | | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Call of Combat is a free cross-platform 3D World War II multiplayer combat simulator. The game is made in Java and supports OpenGL. It is based on Chain of Command by 2AM Games, following their bankruptcy. The general interface looks similar, but new campaigns and features such as grenade exchanges have been added.Each player joins a German or an American team and then controls four soldiers in a squad. With different squads per team controlled by different human players (up to 30 in a single game), the aim is to kill the soldiers on the other side, or to hold the most points in strategic points at the end of the round. Soldiers start with 5 grenades and basic rifles and on certain maps extra weapons such as machine guns, Thompsons / MP40s, ammo boxes or extra grenades are given to the Commanding Officer to assign. Each side has a Commanding Officer, an experienced player to give orders, manage the weapons and ammunition, and make tactical decisions.Teams can then be split to cover different areas. The soldiers can crawl, hide, throw grenades, and there are different fire options. Combat happens in real-time, but is often based on stealth and the use of buildings and the environment for tactical play. Visibility is based on a logical line-of-sight system, and you can only see what your soldiers see. |
| WWF Raw | 2002-10-13 | THQ Inc. | Anchor, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | WWF Raw is a wrestling game based on the television show of the game name, the flagship program of the World Wrestling Federation. The player can control any of the forty-five WWF superstars, including The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Triple H, and others. The game features a tag team mode, in which four wrestlers can compete with each other. Also included is a superstar mode, which allows the player to create and customize an own wrestler, taking him through a series of matches on the way to the WWF crown. Many of the game's presentation details imitate those seen in the original show, such as introduction sequences for each wrestler, "double replay" feature, the ability to assault opponents and interfere with them on their way to the ring, etc. |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 | 2002-10-14 | Infogrames, Inc. | Chris Sawyer Productions | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 is the sequel to RollerCoaster Tycoon. The player once again takes the role of a theme park manager, tasked with building a park using various rides and attractions, such as restrooms, restaurants, bumper cars, ferris wheels, go-karts, and, of course, roller coasters. There are over twenty different buildable rollercoaster types, from simple wooden coasters to complex inverted coasters. Many new rides and attractions are featured in the game, including handy "stalls" like the ATM machine and the first aid room, as well as lots of new scenery and theming items, such as the Pirate theme. Many scenery items now have wall and roof sections for higher levels of park customization.There are a lot of scenarios to complete, from easy ones that only ask a certain park rating and guest count to extreme ones, such as making a yearly profit of $100,000 with rides that must have a certain rating, without letting the park rating drop to a certain number. The monetization mechanics are different - in the same scenario, the park can only have purchasable ride tickets or park entrance tickets, never both, while items from shops and stalls are purchasable in both cases. Staff wages have been raised as well.RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 keeps the same graphics engine as the original, though slightly polished, and adds a few new touches, such as guests observing rides as they move. The guests' AI is also slightly improved in a way that they will no longer get lost on thicker footpaths. There are improved landscaping tools, including one that clears all scenery in the selected area, and objects can be placed on different heights, including on top of each other, by holding the Shift key.Another notable addition are the in-built scenario editor and roller coaster designer, which allow for more fan-created material to be created and shared. In addition, most ride track designs from the original RollerCoaster Tycoon (with the exception of the Steel Mini Roller Coaster due to some sections missing in RollerCoaster Tycoon 2) can be imported and used in RollerCoaster Tycoon 2.The game makes use of the Six Flags license, which include some of the franchise's largest and best-known parks, track designs (which can not be edited), and scenery, as well as a scenario where players can create their own Six Flags park. |
| Alien Tequila | 2002-10-15 | dtp digital tainment pool GmbH | imagon GmbH | Action | 1st-person, Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | An alien raiding force is coming to Earth, seeking the "green gold" (hemp). When the aliens have located the ideal spot for their raiding, they send anything they have... directly to the property of the hobby desert farmer Pedro El Moral. Your job is to help him to get rid of the aliens.The game is basically a side-scrolling FPS, where you stand on a fixed position and the environment scrolls 360° around you when you move your mouse, which offers 9 levels and 3 difficulty settings.Armed with a multi-functional weapon (primary mode is a gun, secondary mode is a magnetic alien-sucking lasso), your job is to shoot down the UFO's, capture ammo for the gun (with the lasso), capture aliens with the lasso too and put them into Tequila bottles, and of course, protect the hemp. You also have a shield, which protects you from the UFO's weapons, but shield and weapon can't be used simultaneously.When you run out of ammo and/or a huge invasion force is coming, you have the opportunity to create the Alien Tequila. That means, that you transform an alien filled Tequila bottle by "liquefying" the alien to get an "alien juice", which you can use as ammo. It results in a score reduction, but the ammo is much more powerful then normal ammos.Finally, while the game is a singleplayer game, it offers an online-highscore for "multiplayer" competition. |
| Noah's Ark Deluxe | 2002-10-15 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Noah's Ark Deluxe is a matching game centered around the Christian tale of Noah who needs to take two animals of each species aboard his ark before god floods the earth. Players need to match animals to clear them from the board. In most included game modes, this needs to be done before the upcoming water reaches the ark shown on the left side of the screen. This acts as the time limit and players are given points based on the remaining distance. When the water hits the ark, the game is over. The game can be played on different difficulty levels, based on the speed of the water and the diversity of the animals that need to be matched. There are three main game modes.Action
In a series of levels, players need to match animals two by two to make them disappear from the board. The animals do no need to be next to each other, as long as they can reach each other without an obstacle in the way (in a path of horizontal and/or vertical steps, not diagonal). Players need to click each animal for the pair, or drag one to another. When a part of the board is cleared, it becomes easier to find matches. When no more moves are possible, some animals disappear at a loss of points until new matches become possible. Players are awarded points for each match as well as the remaining distance of the water to the ark before clearing the level. Every few boards, there a Stampede Round bonus level where groups of three identical animals need to be clicked quickly to make them disappear and to keep the climbing stack from reaching the top of the screen.Strategy
This mode is fairly identical to Action with the major difference that matched animals not only disappear, but also cause the animals and other types of blocks on top of it to drop down, reshuffling the level and sometimes even trapping animal blocks. There are also no bonus rounds. Apart from that, the gameplay is the same.Puzzle
This game mode is completely different and uses the typical Match-3 gameplay from such games as Bejeweled. The board is filled with animals (no other blocks) and each animal's position can be swapped with one next to it. That way, matches of three animals or more, in a horizontal or vertical line, need to be formed. They disappear and new animals appear from the top of the screen, filling the board. The game is over when no new matches are possible. |
| Street Legal | 2002-10-15 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Invictus Games, Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation, Puzzle elements | | Automobile, Street racing | | | Everyone | | Windows | Street Legal is just like Gearhead Garage, but in Street Legal you only don't fix and build cars, you can drive with them too. Buy, Fix, Tune and Race for money or respect.There are 4 types of cars grouped by engine types: Inline 4, V6, V8, V10. All these types have lot of customizable and upgradeable parts.You start with 20 000$ as a rookie, then you buy yourself a car, after some tuning you are challenging club members. if you are lucky enough then you will be Pro with V10 engine car (including Turbo and NOS), lot of respect and lot of money. This is not that easy as it seems, all cars are very sentsitive about collisions. One crash with other car or touch with sidewalk, will smash your car chasis or loose something valuable like starter. |
| Bird Hunter 2003: Legendary Hunting | 2002-10-17 | Infogrames, Inc. | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter | North America | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | In this sequel to Bird Hunter, the player assumes the role of a hunter, going around hunting for most forms of bird he can find (including turkeys) across the USA. There is a wider variety of birds to hunt and kill, complete with more detailed bird actions and sounds. It is also possible to utilize decoys to lure the prey or just wait and shoot them down from the sky. |
| Dora the Explorer: Lost City Adventure | 2002-10-17 | Infogrames, Inc. | Stunt Puppy Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Dora the Explorer is the 7-year-old Latina heroine of an animated television series of the same name. In the Lost City Adventure she has lost her teddy bear and learns from Map (always in Dora's backpack) that the best place to find him is the Lost City. You are recruited to assist as Dora and her monkey sidekick Boots venture through the Big Pond, the Number Pyramid, and finally the Lost City itself, along the way running into friends who enlist Dora to find their own lost objects.The game plays very much like the other games in the Dora the Explorer series; the player is able to personalize a "treasure box" by choosing colors and stickers, select a level, and decide whether to play in Lost City Adventure Mode or Freeplay Map Mode. Adventure Mode takes the player from game to game automatically as each area is completed, while in Freeplay Mode he can pick any location from the map to play. As in other Dora games, actions are performed with the mouse by pointing, clicking, and dragging.
Boot's Treehouse - paint a picture of Dora's lost teddy bear to show around.
The Forest Path - collect all the stars in this clearing.
The Big Pond - match the Pirate Piggies by quantity (and color, in higher levels) to the boats they belong in.
Bugga Bugga Babies - put the numbered bug babies in the proper places in their buggy.
The Number Pyramid - collect the correctly numbered shapes and jewels to move through the pyramid.
The Lost City - using pictures collected from friends along the way, find the lost items as they appear in windows and doorways.Dora's treasure chest contains a number of activity sheets to print, complete, and color as a reinforcement and extension of the educational content. The game covers some early learning skills such as; counting, color recognition/matching, sequencing, memory, number recognition/matching, focusing primarily on early math. |
| Meteor Blade | 2002-10-17 | InterServ International Inc. | InterServ International Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hack and slash | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | In this game the player takes the role of a trained assassin named Meteor Blade. Together with his colleague Meng Xing Yun he was sent to kill an influential man. Unfortunately he has a lot of goons on his side which need to be dispatched. Meteor Blade is a standard 3rd person action game: the player clicks his mouse rapidly to hit his opponents. With the right key combinations he can perform combo attacks. Since the game uses a Far Eastern setting the player mostly uses swords or throwing knifes. The story is told by unvoiced texts which are reminiscent of chat texts known from online games: they appear on the upper side of the screen during game play. |
| Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! | 2002-10-17 | Infogrames, Inc. | Blitz Games Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this game the player controls a cricket named Zapper on a mission to save his brother. The protagonist will have to pass through six worlds divided into 20 levels, each with hazards to avoid and eggs to capture, meeting both friends and enemies that help and hinder his progress towards a diabolical nest-building magpie named Maggie. Zapper can move in four directions, climb vertical surfaces like trees and walls, and zap opponents with his electric antennae. |
| Animated Rummy | 2002-10-18 | | Wrightgame Limited | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Animated Rummy is a single-player, shareware card game based on seven card rummy. It is a four person game with the computer playing the other three players. What differentiates this came from other card games is the style of the animation of the three computer players.The object of the game is to be the first to play all the cards from the hand onto the table. This can be done by making sets of three / four cards of the same rank or runs of three or more sequential cards of the same suit. Cards can also be added to the other player's sets and runs.
When a player emptied their hand they win that round and there reward is that all the cards held by their opponents are added up to make the winning player's score.
Play continues until a player achieves a winning score.The game is played entirely with the mouse.The shareware version of the game allows the player ten games before they are locked out. |
| Come See Me Tonight 2 | 2002-10-18 | Sekilala | Sekilala | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | JAST USA Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Come See Me Tonight 2 is a classic dating-sim in which you are the heir to a large and noble shrine, and you must now choose one of several cute girls to become your wife. Your actions change the story, with multiple possible endings. Filled with lots of beautiful art, and all the adult content is uncensored.
Story
Kensuke Tsukikage is the son of a family that runs the famous Tsukigake Shinto Shrine. One day his grandfather, the chief priest, introduces him to a beautiful girl named Koruri. She a young shrine maiden still in training, who will be studying here, at his family's shrine. Kensuke's heard that it's quite an honor to be able to train at such an ancient and famous religious site, but to him, this is just his home. A party is held with his friends, Nanao and Shiina, to welcome Koruri, and at this party the upcoming harvest festival is announced. It's an ancient tradition, and the climax is a beautiful dance of the shrine maidens. There's just one complication: its shrine maidens have sex as part of this traditional dance. As the heir and next-in-line to lead the shrine, Kensuke is selected by this grandfather to train all the shrine maidens in the art of lovemaking. He must teach them before the festival, so they can perform their dance. In the process, his grandfather wants Kensuke to choose a future wife was well, for the sake of the Tsukikage Shrine. |
| Fate Axis | 2002-10-18 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Fate Axis is a freeware 3D fighting game from Japan, similar to Battle Arena Toshinden and other games, where the characters use weapons besides their standard repertoire of melee attacks. The player selects one of six available fighters to battle against computer or human-controlled opponents on various arenas. There are three attack buttons, and two shoulder buttons to evade incoming attacks that can be combined to initiate special attacks.There are four modes: the self-explanatory Story Mode with dialog cutscenes between each battle, the Normal Mode with computer opponents, the Versus Mode for two players against each other and the A.I. Mode with light RPG elements, where the skill of the selected character increases with each victory. |
| Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Double Pack | 2002-10-18 | Harvest | Jaleco Ltd. | Compilation, Strategy | Top-down | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | This boxed set contains the following games:
Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai III (regular edition)
Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Fan Disc |
| Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Fan Disc | 2002-10-18 | Harvest | | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a fan disc for Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai III. It includes the following features:
Calendar
Clock
Suchie-Pai series dictionary
Suchie-Pai history gallery
'Paper doll' dressing game featuring Miyuri
Talking calculator featuring the voices of the characters
Wallpapers |
| Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 | 2002-10-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Back of Box - Windows (from Ad Blurbs)Dream Machines Getaway SpeedsAll-Out Police PursuitStunning SupercarsOnline Multiplayer CompetitionBe the CopOpen-Road ThrillsOwn the road in the world's most elite exotics - Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, McLaren and moreIntense police pursuit with full squads of cruisers, choppers, and road blocks.Immense, richly-detailed open-road courses.Choose your own reward path: Unique unlock system for cars, tracks, and more!Hot EA GAMES Trax including Bush, Uncle Kracker, Rush, Course of Nature, and Hot Action Cop.Bonus Online Racing**
Includes access to Need For Speed Top Speed mini-game.Screenshots Promo Images Part of the Following Groups Automobile: Aston Martin Vanquish
Automobile: BMW 5 Series
Automobile: BMW Z8
Automobile: Chevrolet Corvette
Automobile: Dodge Viper
Automobile: Ferrari 360
Automobile: Ferrari 550
Automobile: Ferrari F50
Automobile: Ford Mustang
Automobile: Lamborghini Diablo
Automobile: Lamborghini Murciélago
Automobile: Lotus Elise
Automobile: McLaren F1
Automobile: Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR
Automobile: Porsche 911
Automobile: Porsche Carrera GT
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The last true Need For Speed game
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A boring arcade
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Same episode, only the cast got more glamorous.
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Fragland.net
Jan 07, 2003
90 out of 100
90
Gameplay (Benelux)
Oct 31, 2002
87 out of 100
87
GameStar (Germany)
Nov, 2002
86 out of 100
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Dec, 2002
83
UOL Jogos
Oct 31, 2002
80
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Nov 09, 2002
78 out of 100
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Nov 01, 2002
7.7 out of 10
77
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Dec 02, 2002
76 out of 100
76
JeuxVideoPC.com
Nov 29, 2002
15 out of 20
75
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Oct 28, 2002
14 out of 20
70
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| Red Feud | 2002-10-20 | | Being the Game | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | The player controls Red Beard, a running, jumping, and slicing protagonist on a mission to rescue innocent Junior from Fred the sinister clown, who has kidnapped him. While the motivations are somewhat obtuse, the interface is practically instinctive; navigating the game's varied platform environments (and engaging their varied hostile denizens, including bosses) maintains a cartoony 8-bit console platform feel down to the refillable heart containers.Red Beard can't storm Fred's castle immediately but must traverse a platformy landscape of yawning frogs, snoring dragons and banana-hurling monkeys (ingrates!), completing areas in the right sequence in order to overcome locked-door puzzles and obtain necessary power-ups. |
| NASCAR Thunder 2003 | 2002-10-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Image Space Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | NASCAR Thunder 2003 simulates the NASCAR driver experience. Dozens of locations are available, each with several alternate tracks. All the big-name drivers of the present, and a few of the past, are available to choose from, or you can create your own driver and car. Simulate a season, or even a full 20-year career complete with sponsorship deals and car improvements along the way. Moments of the Race places you in real-life racing situations, asking you to either duplicate reality's outcome, or improve upon it. Or you can race against up to three people. The choice is yours. |
| The 'Mech Collection | 2002-10-21 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The 'Mech Collection is a compilation of the following games:
MechCommander 2
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
MechWarrior 4: Black Knight |
| Caillou: Four Seasons of Fun | 2002-10-22 | Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | Brighter Child Interactive, LLC | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Play through the year with Caillou, the bald-headed little boy - animated star of the PBS series based on books written by Christine l'Heureaux and illustrated by Helene Desputeaux.After you sign in and choose a season, Four Seasons of Fun opens on Caillou’s room, where you help Caillou get dressed to go outside by picking the appropriate clothing for the season – select the long pants for winter, for instance, by clicking on them and dragging them to Caillou to dress him. Some of the options are deceptive; several of the hats and shirts should logically be appropriate for more than one season, but aren’t allowed. However, there is no “penalty” for wrong choices, just a gentle suggestion to try again. After you have dressed him, Caillou goes outside. Here there are a number of interactive objects and games to play, and you have the opportunity to pick up or win items to place in Caillou’s Nature Book. There are icons along the bottom of the screen that you can select to go home, view your Nature Book, access help, or exit the game, and as you run your cursor over the icons a character speaks the options aloud in a clear, friendly voice. Arrows that appear at either side of the screen will take you forward to the next screen or bring you back to the previous one – very easy for a young child to understand and use.Each season has it’s own activities as well as some that are available year-round: in the fall you can help Caillou clear a path through the leaves on the playground by clicking on the tiles showing the letter he names. In spring, there is a see-saw game where you can help Caillou balance by choosing a partner for him whose number matches a number on the screen. In winter, help Caillou match his snowman to the one his father built.There is a Bouncin’ Ball game in each season (In winter the ball is actually a snowball.) – you select a word that rhymes with a word Caillou says by throwing a ball at it, and a Race Along game (Or skate, or skateboard, depending on the season), where you have to decide whether to move under, over, or around obstacles in your path.
There is a Picture Perfect game; choose the items that don’t belong in the picture onscreen. This, like dressing Caillou, can be a little confusing at first when you are unable to remove beach-related things from the lawn in front of a house – however, it’s the season that is the important factor here!Four Seasons of Fun will give the 2-6 year-old child practice in several early-learning areas including decision-making, letter and number recognition, pre-reading skills, and ordering of events.
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| Hot Wheels: Velocity X | 2002-10-22 | THQ Inc. | Beyond Games | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | Automobile | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | When a criminal gang of street-racing villains steals Professor Justice's secret Velocity X fuel formula, his son Max must put his driving skills and mean street machines to the ultimate test.Hot Wheels: Velocity X is a game based on Mattel's Hot Wheels line of miniature racing vehicles. In the game, the player has to drive one of over 30 Hot Wheels cars in races on 3D curvilinear tracks, which include banded loops or crazy stunt launchers. During the races, weapon attacks and power-ups are available. The racing is mission-based with 14 missions to complete in the game's main Adventure Mode. |
| Soldiers of Anarchy | 2002-10-22 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Strategy | | | | | | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Civilization as we know has been wiped out by a incurable genetically engineered virus. Political chaos and public panic forces countries to take drastic measures to control infected populations: Death counts take toll by the millions as countries launch nuclear warheads to their own virus-infected cities. The main plot revolves around a small group of soldiers and scientists that managed to survive in a military bunker. After ten years solitary confinement, depression and boredom, the group decide to take their chances in the real world.Soldiers of Anarchy is a real-time squad-based strategy game set in the near future. The perspective is top-down with full rotating camera action and gameplay similar to Command & Conquer. The game uses a mission-based system supported by a full continuing plot (full voice-overs) of the surviving soldiers... and their mission to find out what the real world has turned into. Each mission has different objectives in accordance to the pre-set game plot. Optional (usually unmentioned) sub-quests may be found during each mission.Characters have minor RPG attributes (not enough to qualify for the RPG genre) such as speciality skills improvements (ie. Heavy weapons, Explosives, Medical, etc.) including a paper-doll inventory sheet to equip weapons and items.Starting with almost no equipment, your soldiers will loot weapons and vehicles as the game progresses. Progress in the game will enable your team to access more elements in the game. After the 2nd mission for example, the team gains access to basic military base facilities: buy and sell weapons and equipment; equip and upgrade your military vehicles; gear-up team members before the next mission.Vehicles range from various land based APCs, tanks, helicopters and fighter planes. These vehicles however must be operated (driven/piloted) manually by your team members. |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2002-10-22 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Surreal Software, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Action RPG, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Based on the legendary novels by the late JRR Tolkien, you take control of the Fellowship as they follow a path of evil to the steps of Mount Doom, in order to cast the One ring of Sauron back into the depths of the volcano, in turn destroying the evil that lies within it. This first in a trilogy follows Frodo and the fellowship as they begin their journey to Mount Doom, only to find that what lies ahead may be too much to handle.The Xbox version, a 3rd person adventure, has you scaling the lands of middle earth in real time combat with a host of evil creatures to find your way past. Along the way, you will come across familiar characters that will aid or hinder your progress.Unlike the movie trilogy, this adaption of the tale includes characters not seen on the big screen, including Tom Bombadil and others, as well as including many of the songs written by Tolkien as puzzles. |
| Brave Dwarves 2 | 2002-10-23 | GameOver-Games, Ltd | GameOver-Games, Ltd | Action | | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Alex O'Conner | | | | Windows | Brave Dwarves 2 is an action platform game. The player has to find all keys in every level and defeat a boss. Every level is filled with enemies and collectable goodies, like coins and gems. There are two playable characters to choose from: a barbarian and a wizard. The player can exchange accumulated points for weapons and power-ups in the shops. |
| Worms Blast | 2002-10-23 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Team17 Software Limited | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Worms Blast is a puzzle game similar in concept to Puzzle Bobble, with several important distinctions and gameplay features taken from Worms games. Instead of releasing and matching bubbles, the player has to color blocks on a hexagonal grid. Unlike most Bust-A-Move variants, the player character can move right and left, sailing in a boat. Various weapons, such as bazooka, grenades, dynamite, and others, can be used to fire at the blocks, coloring them on impact. Like in the main, artillery-based Worms games, holding down the fire button increases the power of the weapon, affecting the distance it travels. If the player hits a block that is either the same color as the missile fired, that block and any other same-colored blocks adjacent to it will be destroyed. Differently-colored blocks will not be affected by shooting at them; however, if they are held solely by a group of blocks of the same color, they will fall into the water when that group disappears. Blocks with rainbows on them can count as any color. Unlike Puzzle Bobble, there are no walls in single-player mode. If the player aims the weapon outside of the screen, a heavy object might fall on the player-controlled boat, damaging it.The game's main mode is called "Puzzle mode": the player completes various stages, the goal being different in each (e.g. shooting down certain forms of blocks, avoiding hostile blocks that move around the screen, etc.). Beside this mode, the game features a single-player tournament mode with high scores, as well as a variety of multiplayer modes. The action component is particularly noticeable in this mode, since the walls between the areas will periodically open, allowing players to use this opportunity to shoot at each other's boats. |
| Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe | 2002-10-24 | Microsoft Corporation | ACES Game Studio | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | Windows | Combat Flight Simulator 3 is the 3rd version of the popular WW2 simulators from Microsoft. This version is focused specifically on the European theater of operations with mission areas like Germany, UK, and France.This version has major enhancements over previous ones mainly in detailed graphics and improved dynamic missions. Graphics features include realistic cloud banks you can fly in and out of, losing yourself or an enemy aircraft and incredibly detailed ground detail and scenery visible at normal flight altitudes. Explosions, plane damage and smoke effects are also greatly improved over previous versions.Playing the game allows for dynamic missions that vary as you progress through the game. Based on the outcome of your mission - S&D, reconnaissance, air superiority, etc. you earn prestige points and change the outcome of the war. Eighteen different planes (P-51, P-47, Spits, Me 109, Fw 190, Ju 88, Typhoon IB, etc.) with multiple variants each allows for some specialized playing. Online and multiplayer options are available with specific multiplayer missions included as well.
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| Sid Meier's Civilization III (Game of the Year Edition) | 2002-10-24 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Sid Meier's Civilization III is patched up and repackaged with extras in this "Game of the Year" reincarnation.In addition to the original 4X conquer-the-world classic, new features include several new maps, a keyboard command reference card, a behind-the-scenes "making of" documentary, and an excerpt from the official strategy guide. |
| War of Conquest | 2002-10-24 | IronZog LLC | IronZog LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Wargame | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | War of Conquest is a massively multiplayer nation-building real-time strategy game. It was released in 2002 and ran through 2011. Each player founds a nation, expands the nation's territory, allies and battles with other nations, and captures resources. As a nation progresses in level it develops technologies, chosen from a large tree of possibilities that begin in the neolithic age with options like "stone tools" and "heads on pikes" and advanced through the modern era and into far future realms of nanotechnology, interdimensional travel and post-singularity AI. Parallel technology paths explore psychic abilities, magic, and biological fantasy. The ultimate goal of a nation is to pursue the ancient and mysterious Orbs scattered throughout the landscape. Orbs come in several types, ranging from the relatively common Orbs of Noontide, through to the singular Orb of Fire located at the heart of the game map. Nations that capture an Orb accrue prize winnings for the duration that they hold it, and these winnings can be exchanged for the in-game currency, "credits", or cashed out.War of Conquest is unusual among nation-building strategy games in that it places all players' nations, which typically number in the several thousands, onto a single large open-world map. This makes conflict between nations inevitable, and reinforces the value of alliances, negotiation, and community. |
| Ikusa Megami II: Ushinawareshi Kioku e no Chinkonka | 2002-10-25 | Eushully | Eushully | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | An ancient fiend who was sealed in the depths of a dungeon long time ago is about to awaken. The priestesses need a brave paladin who would defeat the demon before he destroys the world. For that, they call Celica, a young warrior who has two souls: his own and the one of the War Goddess. The Goddess within tries to have full control over Celica's body in order to do the same things as the demon; the only solution to keep her soul inactive is not really that unpleasant: he needs to be intimate with the women who accompany him on his quest...The sequel to Ikusa Megami has the same core gameplay (first-person menu-based navigation in towns, isometric dungeons, random turn-based battles). Beside significantly improve graphics, the sequel also has a more refined character advancement system: unlike most Japanese RPGs (adult or not), it allows the player to allocate experience points to raise the characters' statistics by himself. The characters all have different strengths and weaknesses and can use a vast variety of techniques and magic spells. The game also keep tracks of the girls' disposition towards the hero: talking to them at the right time will make them friendlier to him.Like other Ikusa Megami games, this one features cut scenes (still anime-style shots) with explicit sexual content. |
| Iron Storm | 2002-10-25 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc., Wanadoo Edition | 4X Studio | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The year is 1964, and World War I still continues. The Russian Baron von Ugenberg (based on the real-world Baron von Ungern-Sternberg, with a similar biography) conquered Mongolia in an uprising following the Russian Revolution. The alternate timeline began when he invaded Soviet Union, defeated the Bolsheviks, and founded a Russo-Mongolian state, with the eventual goal of capturing the whole of Europe. United States of Western Europe (the Alliance) were established to counter that plan. Lieutenant James Anderson, a veteran soldier who has been with the Alliance since the age of nineteen, is sent on a highly dangerous mission: breach the enemy's defense line, and prevent the Russo-Mongolians from developing a new nuclear weapon.Iron Storm is an alternate reality-themed first-person shooter (with optional third-person controls). The gameplay strives to reflect realistic warfare, a mixture of World War I and World War II styles. Siege tactics, trenches, and mustard gas co-exist with machine guns, mortars, and other weaponry characteristic of World War II; more advanced technology such as wireless communications, automated turrets, and spy satellites, is also common. The hero has to rely on careful advancement, taking cover and trying to avoid or outsmart the more powerful enemies. |
| Paris-Marseille Racing II | 2002-10-25 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Almost two years after the first Paris-Marseille Racing, Davilex Games decided to continue the story and make a series.In this follow-up, the player can choose between six drivers (one female) with unique driving skills, and two game modes, one or two players. In the single player mode, you will have to choose between the three classic sub-modes : tournament, time attack and single race. New with this release are the two 2-players modes : Duel and Driver Vs Police. In the Duel mode, race head to head against a friend. In the Driver Vs Police mode, one choose to play a police man, the other must try to drive as fast as possible to escape.The game also features three skill levels, repairing and fine-tuning options in the tournament mode, and of course new and enhanced graphics to race through France and its famous cities such as Marseilles, Paris or Lyon. Three bonus races can also be played in London, Edinburgh or Las Vegas! |
| Rance 5D: Hitoribocchi no Onna no Ko | 2002-10-25 | Alice Soft | Alice Soft | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Rance 5D: Hitoribocchi no Onna no Ko, the seventh entry in the Rance series (since there were three Rance 4 games), begins in an embarrassing way for the hero: he is lost in a huge dungeon, with only his loyal and lovely slave Sill to help him. Little does he know that escaping the dungeon will be just the first part of a new adventure, which will involve invoking ancient powers, meeting an old rival, and of course, having fun with various girls.The game introduces new features to the standard gameplay formula of the series. The dungeon navigation is done from a "wheel screen"; the player has to spin the wheel, and as a result Rance and his party will advance to a new location. Even though the player can choose the speed of turning the wheel, and field representing different locations are displayed on it, landing on a new location depends mostly on luck. Rance can encounter a random enemy, find a treasure chest, trigger an event, etc. The battles are somewhat simplified, using a standard turn-based engine without the strategic element of moving on the battle field. As always in Rance games, expect to see some hardcore erotic images. |
| RotaDim | 2002-10-25 | Addictive 247 | Addictive 247 | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | RotaDim is a puzzle game in which the player has to get each planet into its relevant wormhole. To make things difficult the whole play area is walled in and once a planet starts to move it won't stop until it hits a wall or another planet. Each level has to be completed within a certain amount of moves, so a bit of strategy needs to be thought of before moving each planet. |
| Star Trek Collection | 2002-10-25 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Star Trek Collection is a compilation of four games:
Star Trek: Away Team
Star Trek: Armada
Star Trek: Hidden Evil
Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force |
| Caravel: Deadly Rooms of Death | 2002-10-26 | | Caravel Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Caravel Software's first game is an open source (and thus free) re-write of Deadly Rooms of Death, a challenging puzzle game, involving 25 levels of dungeon exploration and monster slaying. Beethro Budkin has been hired to clean out King Dugan's dungeon which has become infested with roaches, serpents, goblins and living tar, to name but a few. The gameplay is identical, but the newer version features slight graphical improvements, new sound and music, a few bugfixes and - most importantly - automatic saving and checkpoints to make the game slightly easier. |
| Pontifex 2 | 2002-10-26 | Chronic Logic LLC | Chronic Logic LLC | Puzzle, Simulation | Side view | | | City building / construction simulation | | Train | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | More bridges coming down for you !The goal hasn't changed a bit between Pontifex and Pontifex 2: it's still all about building bridges.
Nevertheless, even if you're a seasoned Pontifex player there is much to discover in this game. More materials have been added, suspension bridges can now be made. And if your bridges could hardly withstand the weight of a single train, just think of several crossing at once your bridge...
But the most interesting new aspect of this game is probably the possibilty of making drawbridges: at last, you can prove that if you had been the engineer of the tower bridge, it would have ended being a much more fun - but maybe not as reliable - bridge.
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| The Gladiators of Rome | 2002-10-27 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Classical antiquity | | | | Mature | | Windows | Buy, train, and equip a team of gladiators to die for your enjoyment.Gladiators of Rome is a cross between a sports team management simulation and a pseudo action game. Players buy slaves, arm them, and progress through a series of arena combat missions. Victory in the linear story path earns money for new purchases. Defeat means the possible death of your expensive property. |
| Eight Legged Freaks | 2002-10-29 | Warner Home Video | Groove Alliance, Inc., The | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Contemporary, North America | | | | | | Windows | Eight Legged Freaks is a freeware movie license tie in developed for Warner Bros to promote the movie of the same name. It's a first person shooter where you play as either Chris McCormick (David Arquette) or Sheriff Samantha Parker (Kari Wuhrer) to push back the spider invasion. The game is centered around archaic style of gameplay, similar to Wolfenstein 3D, where you are navigating a maze to find keys and weapons to make it to the next level. You can also play the game online and share high scores to an online scoreboard. |
| G.I. Combat: Episode 1 - Battle of Normandy | 2002-10-29 | Strategy First, Inc. | Freedom Games Inc., TalonSoft, Inc. | Strategy | | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | GI Combat wants to bring you to the combats between Allied and Germans in Normandy '44. Battlefields are mainly Normand bocages and villages, interesting for some ambushes.Developed by the creators of Close Combat series, GI Combat is a try to put this Close Combat system into a 3D engine: simple but efficient orders system, requisition points in order to make you own company and real time strategy. You still command up to 15 squads and/or vehicles (about a 100-men company). The morale, the amount of ammo,and ballistics are still represented in order to play a realistic game. |
| The Dig | 2002-10-29 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | A group of scientists discovers an asteroid that is on its way to a collision with the Earth. Is there any way to prevent the disaster? Boston Low, a NASA veteran, is sent to command a space expedition on the asteroid. Accompanied by the journalist Maggie Robbins and the archaeologist Brink, Boston investigates the asteroid and finds a strange structure that undoubtedly belongs to an alien civilization. During the course of investigations, the team finds itself on a seemingly deserted planet. They have no knowledge of the planet and no possibility of going back. Will they ever discover the secret of this strange world and find a way to get home?The Dig is a point-and-click adventure game with a simple one-cursor interface. Most of the puzzles are inventory-based, tending to be somewhat more complex than in most preceding LucasArts' adventure games. There are also a few logic-based puzzles, which require understanding and manipulation of alien technology and life forms on the planet. Traditional branching dialogue system is utilized; however, the game focuses more on puzzle-solving than on conversations to advance the plot. The game's story is influenced by science fiction literature and movies, and strives to be realistic, departing from the comedy style of LucasArts' adventures. Despite that, humorous elements are present in some of the dialogues and text descriptions. The game utilizes hand-drawn graphics with a few pre-rendered 3D images. |
| Xtreme Tankz Madness II | 2002-10-29 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | VSBgames | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | Tank | | | | | Windows | Xtreme Tankz Madness II is a top-down tank action game with tactical elements. There are five different tanks at the player's disposal; each has a primary weapon with unlimited ammunition that can be used for standard and plunging fire, and a special weapon (such as minigun or rockets). During the game, the player will be able to upgrade speed, armor, and weapon systems of the tanks. There are three game modes: Campaign, which requires completing all the levels to get access to the most powerful tanks; Arcade, an online competition with other players; and Skirmish, a training mode which allows the player to customize all battle conditions. There are 80+ levels in the game. Enemies usually consist of tanks, which possess various weapons, including mines, shock waves, etc. They can also retreat to their bases and repair themselves when damaged. |
| Age of Mythology | 2002-10-30 | Microsoft Corporation | Ensemble Studios Corporation | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Classical antiquity, Egypt (Ancient), Europe, Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Age of Mythology is a spin-off title from the Age of Empires series of real-time strategy games, sharing most of its gameplay with prior titles in the series. However, as opposed to the numerous civilizations that are present in Age of Empires which differ in statistics, tech tree availability and a few unique units and upgrades, Age of Mythology has three factions which differ visually and functionally in their entirety - the Greek, the Egyptians, and the Norse. Each civilization has a different economic model, a different tech tree and unit roster, a different play style, and a different way to acquire favor from their gods.Other than introducing a 3D engine, the main feature that Age of Mythology brings are myth units and heroes, as well as choosing gods to worship. Gods are split to major and minor ones - major gods act as subfactions (not unlike "countries" in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2) which have their own bonuses and abilities, and each major god has a selection of two minor gods for each age transition. Each minor god brings their own unique units, upgrades and god ability, and only one can be chosen per age.Myth units are available for training at temples (or docks if they are seafaring) and require favor to produce and upgrade. Heroes are special units who are more effective at fighting myth units than regular human units, while human units still have entire series of upgrades. Certain units also have special abilities which require time to recharge, such as anubites jumping towards their target, or minotaurs throwing their enemies a considerable distance.Certain economic changes have been made as well, such as farms and fish schools being infinite food sources.Age of Mythology has a single campaign with 32 missions, titled "Fall of the Trident". The storyline is unified and played from the perspectives of all three playable factions, whose representatives (Atlantean/Greek hero Arkantos, Egyptian pharaoh Amanra, Greek heroes Ajax and Chiron, and more) end up interacting with each other despite the large geographic distances between their homelands in order to stop pirates and followers of the evil cyclops Garganensis from unleashing an imprisoned titan. Skirmishes and multiplayer matches take place on randomized maps which follow several preset templates and feature multiple game modes. |
| Archangel | 2002-10-30 | Fishtank Interactive, JoWooD Productions Software AG | Metropolis Software House | Action | Behind view | | | RPG elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy | | | | Mature | Rafal Fedro | Windows | The player takes on the role of Michael Travinsky, who doesn't remember a lot of things after the car accident. But the mysterious Lord of Light has a mission for him: to decide the fate of humanity. He also receives the ancient Sword of Light which is the most important weapon against evil. During the course of the game, he will visit three worlds (middle ages, the future of 2039 and the realm of darkness). Each world has its own set of characters and weapons.Archangel is an action game with slight role-playing elements. Travinsky can explore the worlds freely, talk to other characters and take on various side quests. During fights, the focus of the game, he can either use a variety of standard weapons (melee and ranged) or special abilities (e.g. health regeneration, a shield or invisibility) which use up his spirit energy. This energy automatically refills over time, but is also required to use the powerful Sword of Light. He can also shapeshift into either a strong warrior or a sneaky ghost, but which one has to be chosen at the start of the game. Solving quests and killing enemies rewards experience points which are used to upgrade special abilities and the second form. |
| Zoombinis: Island Odyssey | 2002-10-30 | Learning Company, The | Learning Company, The, Technical Education Research Centers, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Zoombinis: Island Odyssey is the third game in the Zoombinis series of educational games. In this game the Zoombinis return home after finding out that the Bloats have left the island after doing much ecological damage to it. Now they try to restore the balance and save the zerbles, an endangered species, by re-establishing their food chain and do zerbles genetics research. The player starts out with creating an party of twelve volunteer Zoombinis. The Zoombinis can be customized with different feet, eyes, nose color and hairstyle. Once a party has been created it's time to set sail to Zoombini Island. The game consists of seven activities, as follows:
The catapult - When the Zoombinis arrive at the island they have to use a catapult to launch themselves onto the island. The player uses a gear contraption to launch stones at the catapult so that the Zoombinis, one at a time, are sent onto the island.
The wall - Each Zoombini carries a caterpillar and has to deliver it to a tree so that it can be nourished and turned into a moth. A wall is in the way though and the player has to open a door so that the Zoombinis can pass through. This is done by placing tiles on the wall. Each tile has four shapes and these has to match with hieroglyphic characters that are written above each socket in the wall.
The planetarium - Here it's time to metamorphose the caterpillars into moths. This is done by activating special lighting effects. There are two exhibits in the planetarium that represents the movements of the earth and the sun. One shows the sun shining on earth as it rotates from a space perspective while the other shows the sun's movement in the sky from an earth perspective. The player here has to match a certain time in both of the exhibits by using coins to advance the time.
The greenhouse - The moths are used to pollinate snozzleberry seedlings so that they can bear fruit. The player is presented with a field of plants and has to lead the moths on a path through it and towards the right seedling. Each moth has a plant attribute that it is attracted to and each plant has a variation of three attributes (color, shape and number of leaves).
The garden - In the garden the seedlings must be planted before sunset so that they can bear the fruit needed by the zerbles. Here the player meets Arno the Tree Stump who gives advice on where to plant the seedlings. Each plant consists of four parts (roots, stalks, leaves and flowers) and depending on these features they can be planted in different holes.
The corral - Now the player has the food needed to feed the zerbles. The problem is that the zerbles are very shy and fussy about what they eat. Each zerble only eat certain snozzleberries, so the player has to use light projectors to lure the zerbles towards the right snozzleberries.
The barn - After being fed the zerbles are ready to repopulate the island with babies. The zerbles have different kinds of feet (wheel, claw or pontoon) which determines what of the three regions of the island (desert, forest and wetlands) they can live in. The player here has to pair up male and female zerbles so that they produce babies with the desired features for each region.
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| Disney's Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon | 2002-10-31 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Barking Dog Studios, Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | You are Lieutenant Jim Hawkins. It's been a couple of years since your adventures on the Treasure Planet. You have just graduated the Royal Naval Academy and captured your first pirate vessel when you receive a message from cyborg pirate John Silver. His message: Beware!Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon is a real-time strategy game from the developers of Homeworld Cataclysm. Players save the queen and empire from marauding space pirates and a mysterious new enemy using solarsail-powered spaceships that resemble old-world vessels.Battles play out more like the Age Of Sail games than Homeworld.Ahoy matey! |
| Search & Rescue: Vietnam Med Evac | 2002-10-31 | Akella, Global Star Software Ltd. | InterActive Vision Mind Beacon Sp. z o.o. | Action, Simulation | | | | | | Helicopter | | | Teen | | Windows | From the people who created the critically acclaimed Search and Rescue Series comes the latest addition to the saga. Search and Rescue: Vietnam Med Evac is the next generation, stand alone sucessor to the storied series, placing you in command of the world famous UH1 "Huey" helicopter, as you fly rescue missions into the heart of war torn Vietnam during the American campaign. This adventure will be like nothing you've ever experienced before, as the war comes alive all around you. Buckle in, and fly into the fray - lives depend on your bravery and skill. |
| Taxi Challenge: New York | 2002-10-31 | Hemming AG | Blimb Entertainment GmbH | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | In order to compete in the "New York Challenge", which aims to crown the best cab driver in New York City, players start out in a traditional yellow cab and start serving customers in the Lower East Side and Bowery area. After four shifts (morning, daytime, evening, and night) have been completed, more districts and vehicles open up. For the final shifts, players will be able to choose from four different vehicles (two taxicabs and two sports cars), and have access to all of lower Manhattan. Winning the Challenge will unlock additional timed and free cruise game modes.There are four different power-ups to be picked up: turbo boost, jump, cannon, and vehicle repair. Performing stunts can entice passengers to pay tips, but after too many crashes, they might leave the car without paying anything at all. In multiplayer mode, players can partake in waypont races, or compete for passengers by trying to steal them from slowly moving enemy cabs. |
| Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths | 2002-10-31 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Nayma Software, Prograph Research S.r.l. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | A dastardly alien is stealing all of the children's Halloween candy! Tony Tough P.I. will not stand for this. He sets out to stop the fiend before it's too late, and the alien takes over the world! Tony Tough is a traditional 2D "point and click" adventure with a crazy story. The humor and style are reminiscent of old LucasArts games, like Day of the Tentacle. |
| Atomaders | 2002-11-01 | Kraisoft Entertainment | Kraisoft Entertainment | Action | | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Atomaders is a Space Invaders style game that puts you in a fighter ship on a mission to defeat wave after wave of alien attackers. There's no real plot to this game, just progressively harder waves of aliens and different backdrops to do battle in.You can gain bonus weapons, such as curving missiles, a powerful laser, and the all mighty crusher, by collecting items that fall from the defeated enemies. You also have to avoid asteroids and fight giant boss enemies on several different planets. All with the control of your mouse, keyboard, or gamepad.Each planet is divided up into 12 levels, with a bonus level every 5th level, and a boss at the final level. And each also provides a new enemy type and weapon to battle and earn respectively. |
| Baldr Force | 2002-11-01 | GIGA | GIGA | Action | Top-down | | Adult | Shooter, Visual novel | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | Vehicular | Windows | In the future, cyberspace has become exceedingly dominant. Armed conflicts and cyber-terrorism flourished. Giant mechas known as Simulacrums are utilized for battles within the cyberspace. Toru Souma is an expert hacker of the Steppenwolf group, which specializes in stealing and selling valuables from servers. One day, Toru was caught in a battle between the military organization FLAK and a terrorist group. In a series of events, his friend was killed. Stricken by grief, Toru decides to avenge his death and joins FLAK, only to unravel a much larger conspiracy.Baldr Force is a follow-up to Baldr Bullet. It uses a different scenario and character cast, but is very close to its predecessor gameplay-wise. Like in Baldr Bullet (and unlike Baldrhead), there is no exploration of any kind in the game, and all battles take place within confined areas as dictated by the plot. Combat system is nearly identical to that of the previous game, with the exception of "force crashes", powerful attacks that can be equipped on the protagonist's mech. The game's plot may branch depending on the decisions taken by the player during the visual novel-like portions. |
| Chatka Małolatka | 2002-11-01 | | Merlin Games | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Chatka Małolatka is an educational game aiming to teach children in age 6-12 the basics of the English language.Game contains several mini-games including guessing the right word in Polish by its English equivalent, painting drawings and watching animations. Each mini-game has several stages of difficulty and completing each stage gives "certificate" to indicate how good children are in specific areas of learning: reading, listening or writing.Only a mouse is needed in the whole game, as typing-modules also contain a list of words to use. |
| Donald Trump's Real Estate Tycoon! | 2002-11-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Red Cap Entertainment | Simulation, Strategy | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Your goal in this game is to accumulate money and properties from your starting fund.At the start of the game, there are many empty lots available for construction and improvement; once all lots have been purchased, (By either yourself, or one of the AI players. There is no multiplayer option.) the game becomes a race between the various players to either improve their holdings, or devalue the properties of the other players.The actual gameplay is simple enough. Buy a few lots, construct buildings on them (or buy existing buildings), then either improve and sell them, (hopefully making money) or make sure the income from the tenants is more than the maintenance cost. The problem is in the details, of course.This game is a traditional example of a Tycoon game, with the added feature of a license from Donald Trump. |
| El Juli presenta: Torero - Arte y Pasion en la Arena | 2002-11-01 | | Gamepro | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Guillermo Perez Laurrauri, Ricardo Urioste Rodríguez | | | | Windows | Torero: Arte y Pasion en la Arena is one of the few games dedicated to the art of the "corrida de toros", or Spanish-style bullfighting, a very popular show in Spain, Mexico and southern France. This simulation recreates the three "tercios" (phases) of a real bullfights and allows you to take control of three different members of the "cuadrilla" (team of bullfighters): picador, banderillero and matador.Just like a real corrida, the game is very ritualized and you have to execute a precise series of actions to achieve the perfect fight. The most important part requires you to attract then avoid the bull in a series of passes with cape, before eventually killing the bull with the "muleta" (a shorter cape) and the "estoque" (sword). The game features several modes (training, vs., career, story) and allows you to create custom bulls and bullfighters. |
| Kaan: Barbarian's Blade | 2002-11-01 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Eko Software SARL | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Kaan: Barbarian's Blade is a 3D action game in which the titular protagonist must recover the stolen Orb of Hope from an evil sorcerer. The hero travels to various locations, from the great Asaquan to the Syrkonian lands, and fights his way through many foes including skeletons, sorcerers, bear-men and huge monsters. Throughout the missions Kaan will have the opportunity to engage in Arena Battles to enhance his skills. To recover the stolen artifact Kaan will need to master different weapons, each with its unique combination of attacks. |
| Moorhuhn Kart XXL | 2002-11-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Moorhuhn's first venture into the racing genre. This kart racing game features a number of new characters that are to be introduced as members of the Moorhuhn-Family (known from the Moorhuhn shooters).The game features comic-style 3D-graphics, 5 different drivers - each with its own driving style - and 3 different game modes. The whole concept reminds one of the Mario Kart games. The player chooses a character, either Moorhuhn itself or Lesshuhn, Frog, Snowman or Pumpkinhead. The game's objective is to win the race, of course, but your opponent will try everything in their power to keep your chosen character from winning by sending you off the racetrack. To achieve this they resort to things like weights, water bombs, chewing gum, sudden holes in the road, boards larded with nails or even rockets. But the player can also find these so called power-ups, small packages that can be found at random order on the racetrack. Unfortunately, you do not know what is in the packages until they are opened which adds a little surprise to the action.The kart is controlled using the arrow keys on the keyboard, but one can also use a Windows compatible gamepad.The XL version lacks the Duel mode and two courses. |
| Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit | 2002-11-01 | Wanadoo Edition | Étranges Libellules S.A. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | One Christmas day, Pink Panther is heading toward the mansion of his late uncle. It is said that there is a treasure hidden somewhere in the mansion. As the inheritor of the mansion, Pink set out to find the treasure as soon as he steps into the mansion. He soon finds out that the treasure is locked inside a safe; the keys of which can be obtained by exploring the "rooms" (probably the places/enemies that Uncle Pink previously explored/defeated) in the mansion. Now it up to Pink Panther to retrieve all the keys to the treasure!The main objective of all the levels in the game (except the final level) is to collect the key hidden in each level and get to the goal to proceed to the next level. There are a total of 12 "rooms" (levels) within 3 game modes: platform, race and boss fight. Most levels are in platform mode. In platform mode, the key is guarded by a certain character in a certain place. The way to that place is not straightforward: there are plenty more characters blocking the ways each time players proceed. The only way to proceed is to do the suitable exchanges with these characters (what they need will be displayed in the thought bubbles when players come near them). Very often the object a character needs is also the one another has, so stealing and chasing are essential parts of this mode. Hiding spots are provided for players for convenience during chase sequences. In race mode, Pink's controls are restricted: he cannot freely walk; he can only accelerate or decelerate while moving forward. The key will be obtained once players get to the goal. In boss fight mode, players' only objective is to defeat the boss to get the key. Various enemies are presented in platform mode and race mode, but only in platform mode can players beat the enemies. At the beginning of the game, players is provided with a key to open the first "room". The higher the level is, the greater number of keys is needed. Coins are presented in all levels. Players can collect coins to unlock artworks in the gallery opposite the mansion There are some question mark signs which will summon Uncle Pink to explain new things for players when players stand near them.The graphics are in 3D. Players have a choice among English, France, German, Spanish and Italian. The game is automatically saved when a level is completed or manually by pressing the certain button (can be set in the option section). After completing a level, players can freely choose to replay that level or the lower levels. |
| Private Dancer | 2002-11-01 | Kaboom Studios Ltd. | Kaboom Studios Ltd. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Private Dancer is a card game set in a strip club. It includes five different games including Blackjack and Poker. Next to the classic card gameplay the game also advertises the inclusion of 21 motion-captured, sexy pole dancers. The more the player wins, the less their wear and one of the goals is to win a private dance. Other features includes winning control over the cameras following the dancers. The game is endorsed by Spearmint Rhino, a chain of strip clubs. |
| The Cameron Files: Pharaoh's Curse | 2002-11-01 | Adventure Company, The | Galiléa | Adventure | | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Interwar | | | | Teen | | Windows | Cameron solves a new mystery in this point-and-click adventure game – this time set in Egypt.The Pharaoh’s mummy, on display in the Cairo Museum of Antiquities, has mysteriously disappeared. Unravel the treacherous plot using your keen sense of observation and investigative skills. Solve puzzles and talk to interesting characters, some of whom could be suspects, in what may be a dark conspiracy laced with supernatural undertones. Search the Museum, travel down the River Nile and explore the Egyptian sands looking for key clues as to where the mummy has gone and why.
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| Trailer Park Tycoon | 2002-11-01 | Jaleco Entertainment, Inc. | Jaleco Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Trailer Park Tycoon puts you in the shoes of a budding trailer park owner.You are tasked with building various trailers and ammenities to attract people to your park. You start with five to eight basic trailers, each upgradable three times. Specialized trailers become available, catering to specific people. A trailer in the shape of a car, for example, will attract motorheads, while a bike shaped trailer will attract bikers (and their gangs).Various ammenities are available to make your citizens happy. You have laundry rooms, stageshows, bars, and more. You can increase the value of your trailer park by building scenery, such as trees, playgrounds, water, flamingos, etc.TPT can be played in either Tycoon mode, which is a mission-by-mission game, giving you various objectives, or in a free play mode, where you can build and build with no constraints or restrictions.There are four areas available for developing; Country, Swamplands, Desert, and Urban. |
| ZooCube | 2002-11-01 | PuzzleKings LLP | PuzzleKings LLP | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Asia, Egypt (Ancient), Middle East, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | ZooCube is a puzzle game that involves matching parts of animals to eliminate them and get points.The Cube is a 3D object in the center of the screen and the animal parts fall towards it. In a similar style to Tetris the player must keep the sides from building too high. It is a quickly paced, real-time game and at later stages the player struggles to juggle the cube items to keep eliminating animals on all sides. Power-ups can be used to destroy animal parts, get points, or to make life more difficult for the player's opponents, such as by speeding up the rate at which animal parts fall to their cube, or reduce how fast their cube can spin. |
| U.S. Most Wanted: Nowhere to Hide | 2002-11-02 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | FUN Labs Romania S.R.L. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | Mature | | Windows | In this budget shooter, you play as Randall Joyce, a retired counter-terrorist operative, who takes it upon himself to bring to justice top criminals without being encumbered by government rules. Dead or alive, and by any means possible you will make them feel the cold hand of justice. From locations around the world, including Mexico City and Eastern Europe, you track down: members of a lost terrorist network, the Kingpin of a Mexican kidnapping ring, and war criminals among others. You can play from both first- and third-person perspectives and the game features a realistic damage model indicated by an on-screen silhouette and depending on where you get hit, it will impact gameplay (i.e. being hit in the leg will slow you down). At your disposal is a large weapons arsenal, from pick-locks and knives to shoulder-launched missiles and grenades. Using a silencer or gun-mounted flashlight will help you locate and dispatch your targets but at the cost of less shooting accuracy and revealing your location to the enemy, respectively. You can move in 3 ways: stealth, jogging, or sprinting. You can also join multiplayer games for up to eight people in modes such as Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and "Most Wanted". |
| Noiz2sa | 2002-11-03 | ABA Games | ABA Games | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | The official description for Noiz2sa is "abstract shootem up game", and indeed it is. Noiz2sa takes the mechanisms of the "mania shooter" (the modern kind of shoot'em'up with extreme amounts of bullets on the screen at the same time) and removes all graphical touches. Instead, all graphics are rendered in flat polygons.Your goal is to fly your ship through ten abstract levels while avoiding being hit by the barrages of enemy bullets. Unlike orthodox shooters, your ship is only vulnerable at its very core, the "sweet spot" if you will. As long as the trajectory of enemy bullets doesn't cut through the core of your ship, they will pass through you without hurting you. In order to better navigate the bullet clusters, you have a slow-down key which slows down your own movements so that you gain more precision.Shooting down enemies makes them release green stars which give you bonus points, but no weapons upgrades or smart bombs are available; the goal is simply to survive using your plain cannon. In addition to the ten normal levels, there are four endless levels, where the aim is to survive as long as possible, thereby gaining a higher high score.Noiz2sa makes use of the special BulletML markup language for defining bullet patterns. |
| Jonah: A VeggieTales Game | 2002-11-04 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jonah: A VeggieTales Game is a game for children aged five and up based on VeggieTales, a US series of children's computer animated television shows, videos, and feature films. This title is inspired directly by the 2002 movie Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie. It weaves together two stories, one in a current day environment on the way to a concert and another set in ancient Israel and based directly on the biblical story of Jonah. The game contains twelve arcade mini-games to experience the story along with scenes directly from the film. The game only borrows from the biblical part of the movie.The journey starts at Joppa and a map shows the journey through twelve locations until Nineveh is reached. The mini-games have multiple levels for each one. They are:
Special delivery: shown from a top-down view Jonah riding Reginald needs to deliver ten messages in a 2D vertically scrolling environment. The scrolls need to be thrown into open tents and barrels need to be avoided by moving left or right.
Crunch Time is played as a first-person shooter in a fixed-screen environment aboard a pirate ship. The goal is to feed the pirates moving left and right, avoid to feed the rats and hit Mr. Twisty bags for super speed.
In A Bumpy Ride a ship needs to be navigated through a 2D vertically scrolling environment shown from a bird's-eye view. Steer around docks, do not hit boats or red barrels, and pick up special crates.
Pirate's Plank has you flinging pirates off a plank of their ship, shown from a fixed-screen side view. The amount of pressure determines the distance and the pirates need to land on rubber duckies to score.
In Thar She Blows! a whale has got hold of the ship. The gameplay is almost identical to A Bumpy Ride, but now the ship is pulled by a while. The player needs to collect sports equipment to launch it at the whale. Islands need to be avoided.
In Drop the Ball the whale has swallowed a bowling ball with Khalil inside. This is a platform section shown from a side view where the screen scrolls upwards automatically. The player has to steer the ball down platforms to reach the bottom of the whale. There are traps that need to be avoided and the ball cannot hit the top of the screen of the game is over.
Second Chance Dance has angels sing and dance to give Jonah a second chance. In a fixed-screen environment symbols scroll horizontally in a row. When they pass a frame the player needs to select the correct, matching symbol to score.
In Desert Dodge Khalil and Jonah ride Reginald in a 2D horizontally side-scrolling desert environment. Desert critters need to be defeated by aiming at them or jumping over them. Cheese curls can be tossed at buzzards flying overhead. When a cobra is hit two times a Mr. Twisty bonus is provided.
Crazy Caves is about navigating canyon mazes shown from a top-down view in a fixed-screen environment. Jonah needs to be guided through the caverns, but most of them are dark and he needs to reach the end before his torch goes out. Along the way new torches can be picked up and puddles need to be avoided.
In Cliff Side Jonah is about to reach Nineveh with only a cliff in the way. He slides down and the screen scrolls down vertically as he steers around obstacles, uses ramps to jump over cracks, and avoids rolling boulders, all shown from a bird's-eye view.
In Flying Fish Jonah needs to navigate the center of the town in a side-scrolling environment shown from a bird's-eye view. To reach the center he needs to avoid flying fish. Bucket shows can be used to wash off the smell.
Finally, in A Message from the Lord God wants to give Jonah a second chance. He needs to reach the top of a structure classic Donkey Kong-style using ladders. He needs to avoid Ninevite peas and jump over rolling fish. There are special bonuses to be picked up. |
| Survivor Ultimate | 2002-11-04 | Infogrames, Inc. | Magic Lantern, Inc. | Action | | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The second game by Infogrames/Atari with the Survivor license. The player goes thru the game completing various challenges such as; memory, trivia, shooting, word find, etc...all in the quest to receive immunity. Keep in mind, the goal is not to get voted off, so in-between challenges, the player must interact with other tribal members and gain favor while at the camp. |
| Blue Sky: Acceptable Casualties | 2002-11-05 | Terminal Zero | SC exosyphen studios SRL | Action, Simulation | | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | Hacking is not a simple thing to do. Yet, you will have to do just that if you want to avoid being caught. See how far you can go in this game set in a semi-UNIX environment.The game allows for custom skins, missions, levels, and mods and includes a SDK for adding new commands and features to your game.Steal money from the bank, get information on a person, upload trojans... complete your missions the way you want to and improve your score as you do so. And don't forget to keep your hardware updated to help you complete your missions. |
| EverQuest: Gold Edition | 2002-11-05 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | EverQuest: Gold Edition is an anthology that includes:
EverQuest (base game)
EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark (first expansion pack)
EverQuest: The Scars of Velious (second expansion pack)
EverQuest: The Shadows of Luclin (third expansion pack)
Two large posters
A map of Norrath and Luclin
A mousemat |
| FIFA Soccer 2003 | 2002-11-05 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | | Windows | FIFA 2003 continues the trend of improving each year's new release by keeping the formula that worked, while also adding new features to make the game more enjoyable.Some of these new features including a "Freestyle" control, which is activated by the right thumbstick, causing you to do special moves, such as a deke, or kick the ball a fair length forwards to gain some speed.New and improved "dead ball" control makes corner kicks, free kicks, etc. more controllable and gives you more options. The passing game has been improved to allow better passing by kicking directly to a teammate, passing to nowhere in particular, or open passing to allow anybody to take it.FIFA 2003 includes all FIFA clubs, leagues, and players. |
| Shrek: Swamp Fun with Early Math | 2002-11-05 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | ImageBuilder Software, Inc. | Educational | Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Shrek Swamp Fun with Phonics is an educational side-scroller for kids. As Shrek, the goal is to navigate around the Shrek-inspired swamp or castle, jumping on ledges and and collecting the appropriate item for that activity.The math category is stretched a bit as the topics covered also include such things as color recognition, coin identification and telling time.Curriculum covers several difficulty/skill levels, from finding all objects of a specified color, to identifying shapes, counting, less than and greater than, addition/subtraction/multiplication/division, and odd/even.If the player collects too many wrong answers, Shrek will get tired and lie down for a little rest. There are also printable certificates of completion. |
| Shrek: Swamp Fun with Phonics | 2002-11-05 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | ImageBuilder Software, Inc. | Educational | Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Shrek Swamp Fun with Phonics is an educational side-scroller for kids. As Shrek, the goal is to navigate around the Shrek-inspired swamp or castle, jumping on ledges, and collect the appropriate item for that activity. Curriculum covers several difficulty/skill levels, from finding all the capital Ls and lowercase rs, to all the words that start with H or Cl, to all three syllable words or words that come after ogre in the dictionary. If the player collects too many wrong answers, Shrek will get tired and lie down for a little rest. There are also printable certificates of completion. |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 | 2002-11-05 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Headgate Studios Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 is the fourth edition in the best-selling golf series.TG contains over ten PGA tour pros, twelve original golfers, nine PGA Tour golf courses and three fantasy courses, which are completely original.There are ten different game modes to play, from a stroke game to the actual PGA Tour. You can also go against three other friends in multiplayer.In the SkillZone area, there are six different mini-games you can attempt, which is purely for fun. Do them yourself or go up against a friend.The game features a worldwide leaderboard, which tracks stats from you and everybody else who plays the game. Using XBox Live, you can upload your stats and compare them with other players. This feature will last until January 1, 2004. |
| Tunnels of the Underworld | 2002-11-05 | GigaMess | GigaMess | Action | Top-down | | | | Post-apocalyptic | Space flight | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In the year 2525 World War III wiped out almost every living creature on the surface of Earth. Huge dust clouds and nuclear radiation in the atmosphere made it impossible for mankind to keep living on the surface of the Earth. The only place warm enough for living was deep beneath. And so the few survivors started to dig tunnels, trying to get closer to the center of the Earth. But everything was scarce; room, food, machines, basic goods... And so the people had to fight again, for the survival of the fittest.Tunnels of the Underworld is an action paced side-view game. The basic idea is to fly a spaceship in order to wipe out your enemies. Terrain explodes in thousands of pieces, you hear your troopers screaming in pain, your ship starts smoking and you shoot that final dumbfire towards the enemy ship and BOOM.There are 4 hand drawn levels, millions of generated levels with 6 photo-realistic themes, 7 deathmatch styles, over 70 special weapons and over 10 basic weapons. Special weapons vary a great deal, and only few of them are meant for straight shooting. Turrets, troopers, fireworks, bombs, nuclei and Komet Bomb 3s. But most of the weapons are just too strange to describe in a single word. |
| Aba Daba | 2002-11-06 | Astatix Software | Astatix Software | Educational, Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Aba Daba is a variant of the classic Gomoku board game which is also known under the name Five in a Row. It is a game for two players (or in this case player against AI) which both have distinguishing symbols, e.g. one uses stars and the other uses balls. The contestants alternately place one of their items on the game field; the goal is to place five of them in a row. The lines may be horizontal, vertical or diagonal. The one who makes five in a row first wins. Aba Daba has a modern interface with different skins and board sizes. The player can customize the game to his skill levels with multiple difficulty settings and an optional undo feature. |
| Dragon Jumper | 2002-11-06 | Astatix Software | Astatix Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | On each level you play a funny little dragon. You must jump on the tussocks to collect prizes and avoid evil monsters. To finish level you must collect big orange diamond. To increase your score you should pick up colored dots. You can also pick up some items to make your journey easy. This items are called "bonuses". Some of them help you to catch diamond, others give you a chance to get more score points, additional time or extra lives. Keep in mind that your time is limited in each level. |
| RalliSport Challenge | 2002-11-07 | Microsoft Game Studios | Digital Illusions CE AB | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Erik Hemming | | Everyone | | Windows | RalliSport Challenge puts you into the seat of one of 29 different licensed rally cars to compete in 4 different rally race types: Hill Climb, Ice Racing, Rallycross and traditional Rally.The cars range from classic Group B cars to modern day Hill Climb monsters and include such unique vehicles as the Beetle Rally Cup Car and the Pikes Peak winning Toyota Tacoma.Tracks are located in 8 different locations around the world and each location is highly realistic with modeled objects, swaying trees and grass, moving clouds, animated crowds and animals, breakable and movable objects, bushes that bend when you drive over them, and much more.Custom ripped music from your CD collection, an intense Career Mode, 4 player split screen multiplayer, modifiable car settings, car damage/dirt, great sound effects, wide-screen support, Dolby 5.1 support, and more special features. |
| Star Trek: Starfleet Command III | 2002-11-07 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Taldren, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Starfleet Command III is a 3D tactical starship combat game, set in the universe of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The single-player campaign arcs are playable as Federation, Klingon, or Romulan factions. The game has customizable starship construction options (giving the player the opportunity to retrofit phasers, torpedoes, engines, and other components as he or she gains prestige points). The Dynaverse 3 feature offers persistent online gaming as up to 128 players compete to conquer the galaxy. The single-player storyline is broken into Klingon, Romulan, and Federation segments. The plotline involves a threat to galactic peace which emerges after the Klingon-Federation alliance constructs an advanced new starbase, designated 'Unity One', near the Romulan border. Each campaign invites the player to behave in a manner suited to the character of the chosen faction, as one proceeds through a consistent plot.In addition to the single-player campaigns, there is a single-player 'Conquest' campaign which allows the player (as Klingon, Romulan, Federation, or Borg) to attempt to dominate the galaxy without passing through campaign missions.
Head-to-head multiplayer action without the grand strategic elements of Dynaverse 3 is available in multiplayer battle scenarios which can be played over Internet or LAN. |
| Age of Mythology (Collectors Edition) | 2002-11-08 | Microsoft Corporation | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Collectors Edition of Age of Mythology includes:The Making of Age of Mythology on DVD
The original soundtrack on CD
Six mini-posters showing the major gods of Age of Mythology
A movie style poster with signatures of the Ensemble team
Bulfinch's Mythology book
Three detailed technology trees
A limited edition Minotaur figurine |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002-11-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | KnowWonder, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this Harry Potter game, join him during his second term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.A dark plot against his "Mudblood" classmates has Harry befuddled as more and more students are strangely petrified. Harry must learn new spells and cast them without mistake to uncover the secrets and solve the mysteries.In the PC version, the 3D environments are "free-roaming" as players actually become Harry Potter and learn more about his world and personality. Conversations with the various characters and keen observation as you explore are crucial to solving the game. Interact with familiar characters from the movie: Ron, Hermoine and, of course, Gilderoy Lockhart. Additionally, there are multiple mini-games and side quests. |
| MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries | 2002-11-08 | Microsoft Corporation | Cyberlore Studios, Inc., FASA Studio | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | War | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | The sequel to Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance. When you're a 'Mech Mercenary, you call the shots. You don't fight for honor - you fight for cold hard cash, a fierce reputation, and the heart-pounding thrill of the kill. Your allegiance goes to the highest bidder. You answer only to the call of fortune. Your fate is in your hands alone. Select from 4 of the most notorious mercenary units, Kell Hounds, Wolf's Dragoons, Northwind Highlanders, and Gray Death Legion, to alter your missions, with different outcomes based on your victories. Choose from over 35 different 'Mechs, including 10 new ones. And for the first time ever, your secondary lance allows you to muster 8 'Mechs into battle simultaneously. Or make a killing in the infamous Solaris VII arenas, where fighting dirty can make you filthy rich. Includes 'Mechs from the Black Knight expansion for Mechwarrior 4, and is fully compatible with Mechwarrior 4 'Mech Packs. Fight for fame. Fight for fortune. Fight as a Mech Mercenary! |
| O.R.B.: Off-World Resource Base | 2002-11-08 | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Long ago a great empire spanned the stars until it collapsed. The worlds of this empire fell into an intergalactic dark age and forgot their past. In the Aldus solar system, spaceflight has been regained. Two different races, the Malus and the Alyssians, both venture out into space for the first time and encounter one another. Due to fragmented legends among both races, they soon grow distrustful of one another and declare war. However the Alyssians and Malus are weak in resources, having been confined to their planets for so long, and so it's important for both sides to establish Offworld Resource Bases.O.R.B. is a 3D real-time strategy game, similar in gameplay to Homeworld. The player must build up bases and oversee the collection of resources in space. These can then be used to construct new vessels and spaceships as well as research additional abilities. Asteroids and planets can provide a strategic advantage in the positioning of forces. The player can assign movement and combat orders to individual units or as a group. |
| Beam Breakers | 2002-11-09 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Similis Software GmbH | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A sci-fi street racing game set in the crowded city of Neo York. The year is 2173 and underground racers known as Beam Breakers tear their hovercars through the skies of the city searching for the ultimate rush.The single player campaign features 51 missions starting with your first job in Neo York (delivering pizzas) and following your rise through a criminal organization to become a champion Beam Breaker. There's also a 30 circuit race competition and "survival mode" where every police car in the city is chasing you and your goal is to last as long as possible before being brought down. On top of all that, up to 6 players can race head-to-head on a network or the internet. |
| Marble Blast | 2002-11-10 | GarageGames, Inc. | GarageGames, Inc., Monster Studios, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Marble Blast is an arcade action game where the player takes control of marbles. The objective of the game is to race the marble through the 72 levels each containing moving platforms, dangerous hazards, sparkling treasures and power up enhancements, and complete it in record time.New players are introduced to the game via a set of beginner training levels designed to showcase new power ups or hazards. Among the hazards are fans, tornadoes, land mines and many others. To help the player five different power ups are available: SuperSpeed, SuperJump, SuperBounce, Shock Absorber, and Gyrocopter. In some levels, the player can change the direction of gravity.The game also allows players to create their own levels that they can share over the Internet. The GarageGames site contains several fan made custom levels. |
| Arx Fatalis | 2002-11-11 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Arkane Studios SA | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Action RPG, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Arx was a once a prosperous place. However, after one night the sun of the world of Exosta never rose again, and the blistering cold forced their inhabitants into the dwarf mines. There, a new city was built, and humans, trolls, goblins, dwarves, and other races lived along peacefully, until the scarce resources proved to be too few for everyone. The animosity started to build up, and conflict between races ensued. The protagonist starts the game dazed out, being dragged into a cell by a goblin. Where is he? Why did he end up there? Who is he? With only that in mind, the adventure starts...Inspired by the Ultima Underworld series, Arx Fatalis is a first-person role-playing game taking place in a vast underground world. All the locations and interconnected by passages, tunnels, and stairs, with eight levels altogether. Despite their dungeon-like appearance, locations also include populated settlements such as the city of Arx, where the player character can buy and store supplies, as well as other non-hostile areas. The player, however, is free to attack and possibly kill any non-player character encountered. While several main quests must be completed in a specific order to unlock a new area, the player can access and explore certain locations freely at some points in the game. There are no dialogue options, but some missions can be completed in different ways, and there are also a few side quests.The player generates and builds up the main character by customizing his main attributes (strength, intelligence, dexterity, and constitution) as well as various skills, which include close or ranged combat proficiencies, technical skill for lockpicking and disarming traps, and others. Vanquishing enemies and completing quests yields experience points, which are converted to attribute and skill points when the protagonists levels up and can be allocated manually. Much of the combat in the game can be avoided, and the player may opt to develop a stealthy character, a spellcaster, a ranged attacker, as well as the traditional physical type. Combat in the game is action-based. The player can press down the attack key to build up force in order to strike more efficiently. It is also possible to execute several types of melee attacks by combining them with directional arrows. One of the unique aspects of the game is the spell-casting system, where the player uses the mouse (or the directional pad in the Xbox version) to draw the runes constituting a particular spell. The most complex spells can be performed by combining runes. Spells can also be readied and cast simply by pressing a corresponding key. Casting spells depletes the protagonist's magic points. As some places lack light sources, players can take advantage of the darkness to stealthily move in the shadows, or use torches to lighten up a room to search for some object or find their way in a path. The game's world offers interactivity by allowing the player to pick up, drag, and place most objects. Food must be collected and eaten periodically to prevent the protagonist from dying of hunger. The player can combine various items to create new ones, as well as modify their properties. For example, it is possible to cook food, bake bread, use tools such as pickaxes and shovels, and brew potions. |
| Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf | 2002-11-11 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Battle Realms (base game)
Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf (expansion) |
| Deadly Dozen: Pacific Theater | 2002-11-11 | Infogrames, Inc. | nFusion Interactive LLC | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Oceania, World War II | | | | Teen | | Windows | Play in realistic WWII scenarios featuring authentic uniforms and 20 weapons like the flamethrower for example. This time you can customize your squad and your strategy to fit the different mission's requirements.The game includes a single player campaign located in the Pacific from the Philippines to Okinowa.This FPS comes also with the possibility of driving tanks and other vehicles in the field.Multiplayer different options include DeathMatch, Cooperative and Capture the Flag and a new teams mode.
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| Igor: The Time Machine | 2002-11-11 | Elmer Productions | Elmer Productions | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | It all begins on a dark and rainy night... An alien artifact is about to land on Earth. In it are the plans for a real Time Machine! during the thousand years it's floated in space, it's protection algorithms have mutated into the most bizarre puzzles imaginable.And of course the artifact just happens to crash through the roof of your house. Crazy for knowledge, you immediately decide to tap into the artifact to reveal the hidden plans so you can build your own Time Machine.Solving each level will reveal a piece of the puzzle. So a real Time Machine can be yours... If you are smart enough to solve all levels...For those among us that remember, Igor is a game in the same genre as Boulderdash and Supaplex. For those that don't, in short, Igor is a puzzle game. Your job is to finish each level (puzzle) by collecting enough Datapods to open the Exit.While collecting Datapods, you will face all kinds of dangers. There will be Poison, you can stand before locked Doors, there are many Enemies that chase you around, and in many cases you will have trouble pushing the Marbles out of your way, and dodging them when they fall.This is just the beginning... Igor contains dozens more interesting objects that will help, or hamper progress in each level. Most objects work intuitively (like Keys and Doors) but to make sure you can find out all you need, the game includes a Cast of Characters that explains the function and behavior of all objects. |
| Alias Underground Episode 4: The Circumference | 2002-11-12 | ABC Television | Dream Mechanics, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | This is the fourth episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer Garner as an undercover CIA spy named Sydney Bristow. Sydney must destroy a Rambaldi device known as "The Circumference" and escape alive from a Taipei lab in this episode.From both 3rd or 1st person perspective, Sydney can run, jump, duck, climb, and interact with objects. When encountering a bad guy, she can punch, kick, or shoot if she gets hold of a gun which will allow you to zoom in when in first-person mode. Sydney must use various disguises and act covertly, so as not to blow her cover, while infiltrating various areas. |
| NBA Live 2003 | 2002-11-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | The 2003 version of the NBA simulator has improved graphics in relation to the previous installments and features like detailed faces and a player design engine. It also has rosters in accordance to the 2002-2003 Season.The game features more than 30 new rebound animations worked out by motion capture sessions, different passing styles and blocks and a frame rate of 60 frames per second.As usual, a complete fantasy draft is included and multiplayer support is present. |
| Skoki Narciarskie 2003: Polski Orzeł | 2002-11-12 | Axel Springer Polska Sp. z o.o. | L'Art | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Skoki Narciarskie 2003: Polski Orzeł is a third edition of the game series. The game features all current ski jumpers and twenty-seven faithfully mapped ski jumping hills. The jump is presented by full 3D multi camera's view with hundreds of spoken comments. The jump is performed by executing several actions with the mouse: push from the bench, reflection from the hill, Telemark landing. The final score is a combination of distance and the assessment of the style. The games consist practice mode, career mode, single ski jump and ski flight contest, Four Hills Tournament and World Cup.
The game features the single player and multi player mode for up to eight players and has a built-in jumpers names editor and ski jumping encyclopedia. |
| World War II: Panzer Claws | 2002-11-12 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | In Images, ZUXXEZ Entertainment AG | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | Tank | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In this real-time strategy game you take control of the Allied, German or Russian forces in the harsh reality of the battlefields of World War II. The campaigns cover operations in France and Italy to the powerful German offensive in the Ardennes Forest.At your disposal are a vast number of vehicles and tanks, as well as ground troops and the ability to call in air forces when needed. The day and night cycle combines with changing weather to make timing a factor. All these elements must be used in order to obtain the ultimate prize: Victory!
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| World's Greatest Coasters 3D | 2002-11-12 | Global Star Software Inc. | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | World's Greatest Coasters is a coaster-building tool.Featured in the game are some of the most popular rides on the planet, including such steel behemoths as the Pepsi Max Big One in Blackpool, England; the Tonnerre de Zeus at Parc Asterix in France; the Raven from Holiday World; the Legend in Indiana, USA, and more. Players can both build their own coasters and ride on the default ones. |
| Autobahn Raser IV | 2002-11-13 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Autobahn Raser IV is another entry in the Davilex Racer series.
The game contains tracks in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and three bonus tracks in Paris, London and Las Vegas.
Available are five game modes. |
| Full Throttle | 2002-11-13 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Crime | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Contemporary | Motorcycle | Point and select | | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | Future technology paved way to the creation of hovercrafts, which began to gradually replace motorized vehicles. Ben is the leader of the Polecats, one of the toughest biker gangs on the road. One day he drives over and damages a hovercraft limousine which belongs to Malcolm Corley, owner of Corley Motors, the last domestic motorcycle manufacturer. Later, Ben is having a bit of good clean fun at the Kick Stand Bar when Corley drops by for a bit of reminiscing. This leads to a meeting with Corley Motors' vice president Adrian Ripburger, who has his own sinister plans concerning the company, the Polecats, and the future of motorized vehicles. Ben refuses to co-operate and must now face the consequences and do everything in his power to bring Ripburger to justice.Full Throttle is a third-person puzzle-solving adventure game. The graphics are cartoon-style, similarly to LucasArts' previous adventure games Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max Hit The Road. The game features a revamped interface: instead of choosing a command verb or an action icon and then interacting with an object, the player can now simply point at it, and the available action icons will appear automatically. These include the standard "use", "examine", and "speak" actions, but also a separate foot icon for kicking. As in other LucasArts adventure games, the player can select different responses during most conversations. However, compared to their previous works in the genre, Full Throttle is more streamlined, with less exploration, dialogue options or puzzles. Cinematic cartoon-style cutscenes are used to advance the plot. The game also includes a few simple action driving sequences, during which the player is required to navigate a motorcycle and fight hostile bikers by punching and kicking them, as well as using crude weapons such as chains and planks. |
| Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake | 2002-11-13 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake is the seventh in a chain of interactive adventures in which you play through the eyes of the famous teen detective Nancy Drew.Someone or some thing is determined to chase Nancy and her friend out of the cabin sitting beside lovely Moon Lake. Dogs with glowing eyes and moanful howls are making it impossible for them to enjoy the lakeside retreat. Nancy's intuition tells her that there is more to their appearance than meets the eye.Meet the residents and search the dark and foreboding woods surrounding Moon Lake. Discover the history of the lake and the secrets that the residents are desperately trying to keep hidden.Gameplay is similar to the previous games in the series featuring a point-and-click interface, solving puzzles, finding and using inventory items and interrogating suspects. |
| Hegemonia: Legions of Iron | 2002-11-14 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc., Wanadoo Edition | Digital Reality Software Kft | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Gabor Szabo | | 4X | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Norbert Szabó, Gabor Szabo | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Taking place in the year 2104, Mars has more than 700 million people living on it and Earth carries all their space projects on Mars. As months goes by, Mars becomes more powerful and they decide to gain independence from Earth. Things get out of hand and war is declared between the 2 factions. But that's just the beginning of their problems, as alien forces start to appear out of nowhere. In desperation, Mars and Earth form the Legions of Iron to fight back.Haegemonia is a space based 3D RTS, very similar to games like the Imperium Galactica series but without the ground battles. The player will have to colonize nearby planets, research new technologies, build up his/her fleet to battle enemy forces, use spying tech and also manage colonies. Haegemonia emphasizes more on space battle than micromanagement. |
| Barbie as Rapunzel: A Creative Adventure | 2002-11-15 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Funnybone Interactive | Educational, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Barbie plays Rapunzel. A witch has turned Prince Stefan to stone and destroyed much of the castle, all for the offense of not being invited to the masquerade ball. Rapunzel and her dragon friend, Penelope, set out to restore the castle in time for the ball and find missing magic gems to restore the prince.The player must help Rapunzel restore and redecorate 6 locations in the castle: The grand foyer, the hallway, the bedroom, the throne room, the dining room, and the garden. In each room, the player uses items from the magic toolbox (such as a magic wand or magic paint brush) in order to restore and further customize various pieces of the room. Further, each room has a larger challenge for restoration that allows for a higher level of creativity. For example, in the grand foyer, the player must create a new mosaic for the floor by selecting a pattern, filling in the blocks to the right places, and filling in between the blocks.Once a room has been completely restored, the player is able to use a magical magnifying glass to carefully search the room for 1 of the 6 missing gems. Once all 6 rooms have been restored and all 6 gems have been collected, Rapunzel must conquer the garden hedge maze and use the gems to rescue Prince Stefan.In addition to the active play mode, there is a passive storybook mode. This game teaches early reading skills to young children. |
| Modi i Nanna: Sprytne Smyki | 2002-11-15 | Licomp Empik Multimedia Sp. z o.o. | ReSync | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Modi and Nanna are the children of Tyr, a Viking leader, and they have to rescue a village. A huge ice dome imprisoned Vikings and as the only passage is narrow, only a child can fit through. The player chooses one of the kids to go on a quest and seek help. Modi i Nanna: Sprytne Smyki is a 3D platformer with occasionally 2D stages. Modi and Nanna have a different weapons to fight enemies and sometimes they must sneak up on them. The gameplay involves a lot of jumping, fighting enemies and solving simple puzzles. Fights with enemies are non-violent as the game is aimed at younger players. The game has 32 levels in total. |
| Pyrrhic Tales: Prelude to Darkness | 2002-11-15 | Zero Sum Software | Zero Sum Software | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Prelude to Darkness is a classic single-player, turn-based RPG with dark overtones. It takes place in a dying River valley on the verge of civil war, and the player can choose either to join this rebellion or stop it.Prelude is called a "dark" RPG for a reason: It has a lot of moral choices, lots of "gray" areas. For example, in the first town you arrive in, there's a pregnant girl who was kicked out of her house and the her dad doesn't know the father. You can choose to rat the girl's lover out for 250 drachs, or be compassionate and keep your lips shut. |
| Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood | 2002-11-15 | Strategy First, Inc., Wanadoo Edition | Spellbound Studios | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Stealth | Medieval | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Lead the men in green pants through the Sherwood Forrest and fight the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. Robin Hood is a teambased realtime-strategy game from the developers of Desperados. You can control up to six different characters with different trades in a mixture of realtime-action, strategy and sneaking... You have to kill enemies, make them drunk (Friar Tuck's special ability) and investigate the area... All six characters have different special abilities and weapons. If you don't want to kill people, make them unconscious and tie them up with Stutely, for example... Robin Hood is much like other team-based rts - as Desperados or Commandos - just with the trashy-touch of the old Robin Hood movies... :) So, a lot of tactical and strategical knowledge is needed to free the land from the evil Sheriff of Nottingham... |
| Neocron | 2002-11-17 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | reakktor.com | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | Massively Multiplayer | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | Mature | | Windows | By the end of the third millenium, Earth has changed... Global pollution, excessive wars and a perforated atmosphere have turned the planet into an almost lifeless sphere of toxic mud. Radiation is everywhere and most animals have either gone extinct or have mutated into bizarre monstrous creatures. The remnants of mankind seek protection from the desolate, scorched world and gathered behind the protective walls of giant cities. These few mega cities became the last lights of hope, in the darkness of Earth's final dusk...Play with (and against) thousands of players online in the post apocalyptic world of the 28th century. You become a citizen of one of the last mega cities on Earth (Neocron) and it is up to you whether you want to experience exciting adventures or just lead a normal life in this virtual world.
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| Windows XT | 2002-11-17 | | | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Windows XT is a Breakout clone, where the player controls the bounces of a ball using a paddle at the bottom of the screen and has to break all the blocks in order to go to the next level. If the ball is missed by the paddle, the player loses a life.
In this game the blocks are replaced by Windows program icons. There are surprises during the game in the form of question marks, hiding power-ups affecting the ball and the paddle. Some of them help the player (extra paddle, extended paddle and more balls), and some of them hinder the player (smaller paddle or lose a paddle). There are also flying windows that give bonus points if hit with the ball.
The game also includes sounds from Windows 2000/ME. |
| Catz 5 | 2002-11-18 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Studio Mythos Inc. | Educational, Simulation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Catz 5 takes the concept of the previous games in the Virtual Petz series and adds new features such as the ability to have multiple catz born in a litter instead of one, five new breeds like the Egyptian Mau and many new playscenes like the Pet Salon. It also contains 5 mini-games to play with your pets. Other features are Day & Night Cycles, more toys, new clothing and a new graphics engine. This time it is 24-bit instead of 16-bit. |
| Dogz 5 | 2002-11-18 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Studio Mythos Inc. | Educational, Simulation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Dogz 5 is the latest addition to the Petz series by Ubi Soft. This version comes with many new features like the ability to have multiple dogz born in a litter instead of one, five new breeds like the Terrier, and many new playscenes like the Fantasy Castle. The game also contains a total of five minigames to play with your pets.Other features are a day/night cycle, more toys, new clothing and a new graphics engine. |
| Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair | 2002-11-18 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Dragonstone Software | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | The goofy, but courageous knight Dirk the Daring is on a quest to save the pretty princess Daphne. The princess was kidnapped by the evil dragon Singe and imprisoned in a medieval castle owned by an even more evil wizard called Mordroc. Now, it's only up to Dirk to use his courage and his quick reflexes to overcome the traps in the castle, if he wants to save the princess and his skin.Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair can be considered a re-imagining of the 1983 arcade game: gameplay-wise it deviates from it significantly, being a full-fledged action platformer with unrestricted character movement. Dirk has to battle enemies, jump across platforms and hazards, and solve a few puzzles on his way. Health and mana points can be upgraded over the course of the game. Dirk can also use a crossbow to combat enemies and solve some of the puzzles. Collecting Dragon Essences scattered through the castle grants him new powers.The game features the familiar cartoon-like style of the original version (done with cel-shaded technique), as well as many familiar locations and boss enemies. |
| Europa 1400: The Guild | 2002-11-18 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | 4HEAD Studios | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events, Medieval | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Die Gilde is the official third part of Germany's popular historical business simulation series Die Fugger. You are a trader in the emerging middle-class of Europe in the 1400s. You choose your profession and set off on in life. You control your shop, whether it be a church or a tavern, a alchemist shop or an iron smith. You produce goods and try to sell them for reasonable prices at local markets.As your wealth and influence in your city grows, and if you are very daring, you can delve into political life, initially becoming a lowly spy and building your way up to Mayor, Archbishop, even Sovreign. You can get married and have children to continue your dynasty. All this success makes your rivals jealous, and they will do whatever they can to degrade you and your name. However, you can do it all back. |
| Myth of Ambition | 2002-11-18 | Open Mind World | Open Mind World | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Myth of Ambition is a turn-based strategy game about gang wars in the capital of colonial Korea. The player chooses a scenario between 1931 and 1945 and a main character, before fighting for dominance in Seoul. The game involves personnel and resource management, administration of territories and tactical brawls between gang members. |
| Platoon | 2002-11-19 | Monte Cristo Multimedia, Strategy First, Inc. | Digital Reality Software Kft | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | | | | Zoltán Kovács, Norbert Szabó, László Rimóczi, Márton Antoni | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Platoon is a mission-based tactical combat game taking place in the Vietnam Conflict. Terrain, vehicles and soldiers are all modeled and authentic, right down to the pockets on the uniforms and the types of plants and grass. The terrain affects your line of sight, and the surface and weather impose limits of the characters. The missions themselves are based on real missions undertaken during the Vietnam war. You groups contain up to 30 men, including engineers and commanders.
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| Total Immersion Racing | 2002-11-19 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Razorworks | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Total Immersion Racing is a simulation concentrating on the GT / GTS and PRO (prototypes) classes racing series. Since these are official racing classes the game simulates circuit racing only.A whole racing breed is presented to the player consisting of 14 racing cars ranging between the GT / GTS and Prototypes (PRO) classes, modeled and detailed according to the real models.12 circuits are available in total, like Silverstone, Monza, Hockenheim and Talheimring among others.Only a few of the circuits and the cars are available on initiation and the rest get unlocked upon the completion of several races and challenges later in the game.The player can play the game in four different modes: via the career mode, the quick race mode, the time trial mode and the challenge mode.During the career mode one has to compete a full season starting in a low spec GT car. The objective in the career mode is to win the seasons in order to gain contracts with better car teams and get promoted through the three classes.The challenges are unified type of races which means that they are either same model cup races, same manufacturing country, same class etc. Winning one challenge unlocks the next till all 30 available get won. |
| Wonderland | 2002-11-20 | Midnight Synergy | Midnight Synergy | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | A 3D action/puzzle game. Wonderland combines gameplay elements of earlier puzzle games such as Chip's Challenge and Soko-Ban, while adding new gameplay elements.The player controls Stinky and Loof on their quest to gather the magical Rainbow coins. Gameplay takes place over 85 levels in ten worlds. Introductory levels introduce the player to the various gameplay elements, and slowly increase the difficulties of the puzzles and action challenges. There is also a special section of "just for kids" levels. Graphics are bright and colorful 3D, with a slanted top-down view. The game features comical sound effects, including the helium-voiced heroes. |
| RTL Skispringen 2003 | 2002-11-21 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | VCC Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | RTL Skispringen 2003 is a ski jumping game with a hot-seat multiplayer mode. The jumpers have to built up based on statistics similar to a role-playing game. They are trained and managed through the ski jumping season 2002/2003. As a sequel to RTL Skispringen 2002, it includes a number of new features compared to the previous iteration. There are now different leagues (Junior, Amateur, Pro), it runs on a new graphics engine, multiplayer games are supported through internet, LAN or hot-seat, there is a new commentator, a transfer market for trainers, and a sports quiz with more than 500 questions. |
| War and Peace: 1796 - 1815 | 2002-11-21 | Microïds | Microïds | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | War and Peace: 1796 - 1815 is a strategy game that takes place during the Napoleonic Wars. The game features a tutorial mode and a single player mode. The tutorial mode explains the controls and basic tactics and strategies that can be employed in the game. The single player mode allows the player to reenact some of the major battles from this time period. There's campaigns for France, England, Russia, Austria and the Ottoman Empire. Each nation has eight different battles that can be fought (except for Russia which has sixteen). To successfully complete the battles players mustn't only fight well, but also make the right political, economic and diplomatic decisions.The game is presented fully in 3D and the player can move the camera freely around the map. |
| Ace Lightning | 2002-11-22 | BBC Worldwide Ltd. | Absolute Studios | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | This third-person action game is based on the BBC TV series of the same name and you play as the hero, Ace Lightning, who is the most valiant of the Lightning Knights.Your goal is to defeat your arch-enemy Lord Fear and send him and his gang back to prison in the sixth dimension. In order to do this, you must first collect all the pieces of the magical Amulet of Zoar, which he has hidden throughout the Carnival of Doom, a surreal and spooky place.You must make your way through its four zones - the Ghost Town, Fun Park, Circus and House of Horror. In each zone you must use your weapons to dispatch enemies such as evil clowns and zombies through different levels before coming face to face with the bosses of each zone - the characters Lady Illusion, Pigface, Googler and Dirty Rat from the TV series. Only after you have all the parts of the Amulet will you meet the evil Lord Fear in a final battle. |
| Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings | 2002-11-22 | Microsoft Corporation | Turbine Entertainment Software Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Mature | | Windows | Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings is the sequel to the Asheron's Call. In this game, the people of Dereth emerge from underground shelters to find their world in ruin. Player actions will reflect upon the game world and in time, the player and fellow adventurers might rebuild the destroyed world.The game uses a new graphics engine, with new combat system and an updated interface. There are three races to choose from and dozens of branches on the skill trees for the player to create a truly unique character.Similar to Asheron's Call, monthly updates will add new monsters, dungeons, quests, skills, classes, and more without charging the player additional fees. |
| EverQuest: New Dawn | 2002-11-22 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | EverQuest: New Dawn is an anthology that includes:
EverQuest (original game)
EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark (first expansion pack)
EverQuest: The Scars of Velious (second expansion pack)
EverQuest: The Shadows of Luclin (third expansion pack) |
| Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction | 2002-11-22 | BBC Multimedia | Climax Group Limited, Gamezlab | Action, Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | A sequel to BBC Multimedia's first Robot Wars game, Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction.
This game is based on the TV show Robot Wars. In the game you get to create your own robot, or use robots from the TV show, and battle your way through all the competitions.
The sequel brings you 8 new and improved arenas, new weapons, all new robots, and a much improved robot creator. |
| Evolution 2: Far off Promise | 2002-11-23 | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Sting, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Evolution 2 is a direct sequel to World of Sacred Device. The events of the game take place six months after the conclusion of the previous game. Mag Launcher, the son of a great adventurer of the past, has earned the title of "best adventurer" in the town Pannam. The adventurer guild (called the Society) sends him to the south, to the large town Museville. Mag has to explore the surrounding dungeons, performing various archaeological quests for the Society.The game is more like a second chapter to the first Evolution than an actual sequel. You control the same party of characters: Mag, the cute girl Linear Cannon, the butler Gre Naid, and the adventurers Chain and Pepper. The dungeons are randomly generated. In those dungeons, you can find rare artifacts you can later sell, and special weapon enhancements called "CyFrame", which can upgrade your characters and teach them various techniques.The US version of Evolution: Far off Promise features original Japanese voice-acting with English subtitles. |
| Star Defender | 2002-11-24 | Awem Studio | Awem Studio | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | While taking the Tornado, a new space-ship, out for a test flight you begin to encounter masses of enemy ships. Now it's up to you to defend Earth and it's borders against invading aliens in Star Defender.This Galaga inspired game will throw wave after wave of enemies at you while you try to shoot them down with lasers and rockets. Movement is limited to the horizontal plane and there are a total of five power-ups for your guns. At the end of each level there will be a boss battle who usually ends up being in a huge well armed space-ship. As you move up the one hundred levels of the game enemies will evolve and naturally get tougher. |
| Fighter Ace 3.5 | 2002-11-25 | Jaleco Entertainment, Inc. | Jaleco Entertainment, Inc., Ketsujin Russian Studio | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | World War II | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | Windows | Fighter Ace 3.5 is an online combat flight videogame that takes the player to the skies over Europe and the Pacific. The ability to participate with other players from all over the world enables huge aerial battles involving dozens of aircraft from small and nimble fighters to hulking flying fortresses.There are three primary modes of play: Dogfight, Territorial Conquest, and Offline Play. The first mode is pure action: jump-in and fight either individually or as a team. The Territorial Conquest is the real meat of the game: players align themselves with a particular country and fly strategic bombing missions against their enemies. Enemy supply centers and tank columns must be destroyed while the player's own resources are protected. Finally, Offline play is designed to train and hone the player's skills needed to participate in online play. A.I. enemy pilots serve as fodder.Players can chose from over 96 planes to fly from all the major belligerent countries: United States, Great Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union, and Japan. The box included includes three months’ free online gaming for new subscribers. |
| Mad Dog McCree | 2002-11-25 | Digital Leisure Inc. | American Laser Games, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Rail shooter | Western | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Mad Dog McCree and his gang have kidnapped the Mayor and his daughter, and it's up to you to rescue them. You must blast through bars and bank robberies to take the gang out and save everything you regard as good and true. Where the game differs from other Operation Wolf-influenced shoot-'em-ups is in the use of live video, with real people appearing on the screen before you shoot them down. You have unlimited continues with which to reach the end, so the actors will have their screen deaths seen by as many people as they would had they starred in a film.The PlayStation 3 version has re-mastered full-motion footage (720p), a new scoring system with leaderboards, and cooperative gameplay for up to four players. The Move peripheral is supported as a controller. |
| Packs Revenge | 2002-11-26 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Packs Revenge is a puzzle game with strategic and tactical elements. It is Pack's task to destroy all the bombs and mines, without getting killed himself.Pack must always find the optimal path. He must press switches, move bombs, build paths and much more. Should he blow himself he loses a life.The playing field is in an isometric 3D perspective.Packs Revenge is similar to Bombuzal. |
| Ultimate Trainz Collection | 2002-11-26 | Strategy First, Inc. | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train | | | Everyone | | Windows | Ultimate Trainz Collection contains an updated 1.5 version of the original Trainz with new features including new scenarios, multiple cab views and dual cab controls, a manager for custom content, new track side objects and new locos such as the GG1 and TGV. The new scenarios are Biriburra Yards, Banks Heath, East Coast Sunlander, Robe River Iron, Alcopulse Railroad and Blue Sky Steel. With internet access, you can read the in-game Trainz eXchange Magazine where news, reviews and tips are shared. The package also includes an Ultimate Trainz Collection edition of the Paint Shed program, a design tool to repaint the locos. |
| Legend of Blue | 2002-11-27 | eSofnet | Gleam Entertainment | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic | Naval / watercraft | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Legend of Blue is based on the Korean animated TV series of the same name by KBS2 TV and Seoul Movie. In the year 2050, the world is devastated by environmental pollution. The united world government is fighting against a crime syndicate for ruins from the ancient Korean kingdom Silla on the bottom of the sea, which are said to hold an alternate energy source that can save humanity.The game is a horizontally scrolling 2D shoot-em-up, where the player takes the role of submarine captain Jang Bogo to fight a variety of enemies in brief underwater stages. The completion of missions is rewarded with money, which can then be used to purchase and upgrade a variety of ships. |
| Star Wars: Action Pack | 2002-11-27 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Included in this Star Wars compilation are the following 3 games:
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Star Wars: X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter |
| Total Club Manager 2003 | 2002-11-27 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Deutschland GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Total Club Manager 2003 is EA's third shot at a football managing game series, following both FIFA Soccer Manager (1997) and F.A. Premier League Manager (1998-2000). TCM 2003 features 43 leagues with over 40.000 players and a powerful editor. The game offers the player the ability to choose between a "fixed" or a "real" career. In the "fixed" mode the player is stuck with a team, and will not be dismissed no matter how bad things might go, but in the "real" mode the player risks a sack if results, either financial or on the league table, go bad. It is also possible to choose an initial contract from three lower division teams, and start building the career from the bottom. In addition to the difficulty levels (which affects the aggressiveness of the transfer market, effects of game fatigue and playing level of opponents), players can also set an initial cash injection and delegate roles (such as marketing, tickets, contacts or even squad related options such as team selection, tactics and changes during the matches) to assistants, allowing the game to be played from a trainer point of view to manager or accountant.Instead of relying in "spreadsheet statistics", the game uses rates players in key aspects (passing, shooting, heading, etc) in a simple scale, that combined with character traits (leadership, fairness, consistency, etc) output a single value. This value is then modified according to form, morale and match practice to output a single value (Actual Playing Level) that displays how good a player is at a certain position. Some players earn certain titles and become key players for being exceptionally good (or bad) in certain attributes: the nickname "Diego" is earned by someone with exceptional ball control, while a player with poor values on both crossing and dribbling earns "Blind Bat". As well as the classic text mode (which later had an editor for commentary strings, inherited from the German release), It can use the FIFA 2001 engine to simulate games. The text mode is the most extensive part, as it reacts on how the player selects to behave (and occasionally has the option to delay the game or take part in other antics that might earn a sending off). |
| 007: Nightfire | 2002-11-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Gearbox Software LLC | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | You take on the role of James Bond and must save the world. The Phoenix International Corporation is focused on dismantling nuclear warheads throughout the world, but lately evidence has been found that the CEO of the corporation, Raphael Drake, is using his company's concept as a means to find and use the warheads for his own purposes. Because his plans are so well hidden, it is up to Bond, with the help of Q and his gadgets, to stop Drake at whatever cost.Throughout the game, you will be taken to several exotic areas around the globe, confronting the beautiful Bond women. In your quest to stop the Phoenix Corporation, you have have a variety of weapons available to you, from your trusty Walther to more advanced and prototype machinery.There are nine total missions, all of which combine stealth, combat, and Q's trusty gadgets, such as your laser watch and X-ray eye glasses.On the multiplayer side of things, there are three multiplayer modes, some of which include characters and settings from previous Bond movies. |
| Anstoss 4: Der Fußballmanager - International | 2002-11-29 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Anstoss 4: Der Fußballmanager - International is the fourth main game of the German Anstoss soccer manager series.The main difference to its predecessor Anstoss 3 is the simplification and restriction of the economical part of your manager life. You can no longer do whatever you want with the money of your club. The president states budgets for salaries or player transfers and if you don't want to get fired, you shouldn't ignore them. This instalment brings back the scene mode for match presentation known from Anstoss 2 and features both the full match representation and the text mode from the predecessor. |
| Bygg hus med Mulle Meck | 2002-11-29 | Levande Böcker i Norden AB | Gravity e-learning AB | Educational, Racing / Driving, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Bygg hus med Mulle Meck is the fourth game featuring the children book character Mulle Meck (known as Gary Gadget in the US). After building cars, boats and air planes in previous games, this time he is building a house. His old house has been demolished in a storm and now the player needs to help him build a new one.As in previous games, Mulle's garage is full of different parts that can be combined in different ways to create the house that Mulle always have dreamed of. Objects that can be used is added to a building book and to construct the house the player simply drags and drops the different walls, floors and roofs he wants to use onto the scene. The house can also be decorated with different furnishings. The player can leave the construction site and go out and explore the world around him. By doing so he will meet several different characters that he can do missions for. By doing missions he can get more parts and furniture for his house. The travelling is done both by car and by boat. |
| Gunsister | 2002-11-29 | AniSeed | Silver Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In 250 years, the human population has been reduced to 2.5 billion after a bitter war for survival with the fairy race. Clyde, a talented gunman, is ambushed while travelling on the road and suffers injuries to his arm and foot. After passing out, he wakes up in a monastery inhabited by a priest and five nuns and becomes entangled in their troubles.Gunsister is an erotic action fantasy visual novel with animated sequences. As with most visual novels, the player has to decide what the protagonist (Clyde) does in the form of options, which can lead to different story routes. Each of the five sisters has their own accessible route where Clyde can get to know more about the girl and have sexual encounters with them. |
| Hearts of Iron | 2002-11-29 | Strategy First, Inc. | Paradox Entertainment AB | Strategy | Top-down | Regional differences | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Hearts of Iron is a strategy game that covers the World War II period at a theater-wide level. Unlike the majority of WW2 games, it focus on global strategy and not on tactical aspects. You play the role of any nation present on the period (not only the major powers of the Axis, Allies or the Komintern), and struggle to make your path over that turbulent years; not only the time of war, but also the years of pre-war (1936-1939), when tensions ran high and hostilities were soon to break out.The game presents several scenarios that cover different time intervals, allowing you to choose between preparing for battle or starting in the middle of the affair. Also, the game includes a strong scenario editor to make the situation fit your preferences. Although the game is real-time, you can set the time flow and pause if you wish.The final objective in the game is to make your ideology (fascism, communism, or democracy) the most extended in the world, and you do so, obviously, by the force of arms, but also making use of political influence and domination. On the road to victory, you have to pay attention to countless factors: industrial capacity, population support and discomfort, supplies, raw materials, convoys, weather, politics and diplomacy, including a huge technology tree and managing your own Cabinet from an also huge array of ministers and officers with their own motivations and personalities. Also, many historical and random events play their role in the outcome of each game.The game has a strong board-like feeling, with the world divided into countries, and the countries into provinces, which are the tiles where action takes place. Each province has its own value, both material and of manpower capacity.The game follows the path of the Europa Universalis series, and so shares many similarities with it. |
| Inquisition | 2002-11-29 | Wanadoo Edition | Wanadoo Edition | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Stealth | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | Windows | This game takes place in France during the medieval 14th century when the Holy Inquisition reigned over the populus and poverty and wide-spread hunger were common place. During this time in history, simple survival (and your next meal) depended upon your skills in stealth, cunning and weaponry. You play the part of Matthew, a common thief who is captured by the city guards and thrown into prison to await punishment. While trying to escape the prison, Matthew finds out about the so-called "Treasure of the Templar Knights" and becomes involved in a quest to find it.Stealth and fighting are a major part of gameplay as you wind your way through the treacherous streets and underground sewers beneath Paris. Only by using various weapons, lock-picks and other thief tools will you be able to dodge the numerous sentries and other menaces lurking about. You will be sneaking between homes, jumping from ledge to ledge, picking locks and the pockets of unsuspecting victims. The tiniest mistake could mean your death.As you advance through the levels, enemies become more numerous and more difficult to beat. The Windows game is controlled completely by keyboard and no mouse support is provided. |
| Serious Solitaire | 2002-11-29 | Tower | Tower | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Serious Solitaire features over 100 card games, ranging from Free Cell, Spider and Sir Tommy (and variants) to several original creations. The implementations include variable card backs, optional sound, AutoPlay (for cards which are ready to go to the foundations), and various visual effects.You can practice the games, or play Quick Challenges, in which you must reach a certain percentage in eight different games to unlock a ninth, with bonus cheats unlockable for winning games outright. Career mode gives you 12 increasingly difficult challengesThe full challenges involve a sequence of 4 card games of increasing difficulty, themed around a particular group of games. Unlocking the next game in each one you have a percentage target to reach across a set number of games. The game constantly updates the percentage you require in the current game to win the challenge outright, realizes when you have an average high enough as to be sure to complete this, and when you can't reach the target (even if you have games in hand). |
| 9Squares | 2002-11-30 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 9Squares is an arcade-style puzzle game. The goal of 9Squares is to earn as much points as you can by matching identical tiles. Every turn you control a randomly generated figure consisting of differently colored squares. This figure can be freely moved over the game field and placed in any free space. The goal is to arrange three or more identical pieces in a vertical or horizontal row and they will be removed from the field. After placing a figure you instantly control the next one which is also shown on the right side of the screen. There are four difficulty levels, an optional time limit and different tile sets to suit your taste, sizes of game field ranges from 12x12 to 24x24. |
| Ball Attack | 2002-11-30 | Archgames Inc. | Archgames Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Ball Attack is an Arkanoid/Breakout style game. Original solutions give a new twist to the classic "ball-and-bricks" concept. A number of unique elements that never before appeared in such games give Ball Attack absolutely fresh look and feel.The Ball Attack concept can be described as follows: make your way through the brick arrays and have fun! In this game you always have objects to destroy and weapons to destroy them with. Impressive destruction of several hundred bricks within a couple of minutes is quite common here. On the Ball Attack levels you can come across several types of bricks: some of them are very common, but others may be very special. An individual brick is not so large, but there are hundreds of them on each level! Due to this the Ball Attack levels have very special appearance. On some levels you can come across moving units that make the levels livelier. The levels can transform and even rotate adding new challenge for the player. Ball Attack features a number of levels where the player must demonstrate not only his agility, but also the quick-wittedness.Ball Attack features a wide variety of power-ups, including absolutely unique ones. The player must avoid penalty items, mighty power-ups help him destroy large clusters of bricks and bonus weapons can turn the whole massive of bricks to dust in just a few seconds. Additionally, several types of special objects such as Bonus Generator add new gimmicks to the gameplay.The game features 16-bit graphics with translucency effects and particle system enabling vivid and impressive visual effects. The wide variety of game elements and thoroughly designed graphics give Ball Attack absolutely unique look and feel. |
| Biathlon 2003 | 2002-12-01 | Infogrames, Inc. | GamesGang | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Biathlon 2003 is the second part in the Biathlon series and sequel to Biathlon 2002. Like its predecessor it allows you to play the Biathlon on your PC. Biathlon consists of two elements: cross-country skiing and rifle shooting on a shooting range. The game features a unique mixture of racing and shooting. If you waste too much energy during the race, the shooting parts will become more difficult. There are ten events at the World Cup that can be played. The player can create his own avatar to play with. There's nine different statistics that can be tuned.The game features commentary by German TV spokesman Wilfried Hark. |
| Blasterball 2: Revolution | 2002-12-01 | WildTangent, Inc. | WildTangent, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Blasterball 2: Revolution is a remake of the arcade game Breakout. You have a screen filled with bricks of various types and colors, which must be destroyed with the ball you control with your paddle, in order to get to the next level.The game starts with 3 lives, once you miss your last ball in the game, you loose a life. If you scoring enough points by breaking the bricks, you will be rewarded with an extra life. The same goes when you are lucky enough to catch one of those rare 1-UP-Power-Ups. With those lives, you play through two worlds, each filled with 100 levels. At every 20th level, you are facing a guardian, which blocks the next levels. The more guardians you face, the more powerful they are. Some guardians have self-defenses, which can destroy your paddle. The game has also bonus levels, which can be accessed by destroying the Secret-Brick. If you loose your final ball their, you don’t loose a life, but the secret level ends immediately.Before the start of the game, you can choose from 4 difficulties, which will affect the base speed of your ball, from very slow to very fast. There is no possibility to save the game, but every 10 level you complete, you can access those from the New Game Menu, means you can start from level 1, level 11, level 21, and so on.On the journey to the end of the game, you are facing 7 different brick types: normal bricks, the 2-hit brick, indestructible bricks, phantom bricks (which will reappear some seconds after their destruction), exploding bricks (which will destroy up to all 8 non-2-hit/indestructible bricks directly around that brick), the plague brick (it’s the opposite of the exploding brick, it don’t destroy, it spawns normal bricks), and the secret brick (when it appears, you have only a few seconds to destroy it, or it vanishes).Once you destroy a brick, there is a chance it drops a power-up, some affect your ball, some affect your paddle, and others affect the surrounding. The following paddle-based power-ups are included in the game: mini, grow, laser (here you can destroy bricks with your paddle too), attach (the ball don’t bounce from the paddle), phantom (this provides a ghostly extension which follows you), twin (it divides your paddle into two paddles, but you move them like one); the ball-based power-ups are: slower, faster, divide (every ball gets splitted into 3 new balls), 8-ball (every ball “explodes” into 8 new balls), blasterball (the ball that gave the game it’s name; this red ball will destroy every brick in their way and will only bounce on the three walls and your paddle); the surrounding-affected-power-ups are: 1-UP (extra life), flash (destroys the critters), catcher (this will catch one ball you miss), 2x and 3x score multiplier (which are time based).The paddle-based power-ups can’t be combined, so you can’t have a grown laser equipped paddle. But the ball- and surrounding-based power-ups are cumulative, so you can have a 4x multiplier by collecting two 2x multiplier, or you can collect a divide, making your ball into three balls, then you can collect an 8-ball, resulting in 24 balls on the screens, furthermore you can collect a blasterball, changing those 24 balls into blasterball.The critters are enemies, which normally can only divert the ball in other directions when they explode after impact. Furthermore, you are able to smash them with your paddle, or kill them with your laser, if you have a laser. But they can also help you, since some of them can destroy bricks. Or they can hinder you, like the bricklayer, which morphs into a brick.
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| Brain Teasers: Volume One | 2002-12-01 | Personal Computer World | | Puzzle | | Licensed | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In the early 2000's the Times Newspaper released a series of 'Times Testing' books published by Kogan Page. CR-ROMs based on these books were released and Brain Teasers: Volume One is one of these, other titles include
Brain Teasers: Volume Two,
Test Your IQ, Test Your Aptitude, and Psychometric TestsThere are two types of test available in this title;
The Brain Teaser Test: In this test the player can choose between twenty and forty questions; select a time limit of ten, thirty, sixty minutes or no time limit at all; and choose between no sound, a ticking clock or a 'stress' sound.
Masterclass: Here there is no player choice, the fixed format test consists of twenty questions and the time limit is thirty minutes.
Question types include pattern, letter and number sequences, anagrams, mental arithmetic, synonyms, antonyms, and comprehension ( a pen and paper are recommended) When a player completes a test, of either type, and assuming there is some time remaining they can review their answers to check those they submitted or to have another attempt at the ones they skipped. When the test is complete the player is given their score and, where they have answered incorrectly, they can review the correct answers which have an accompanying explanation stating why they are the right answer.The game is played in full screen mode throughout, some answers are multiple choice and can be answered using the mouse while others require a typed response. There is a 'Hall of Fame' which shows player scores but creating a player id is optional.
Internet Explorer 5 or above is a system requirement, Internet Explorer 6 is supplied with the game.
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| Championship Boxing | 2002-12-01 | Idigicon Limited | MDickie Limited | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Championship Boxing is a single-player, 3D, boxing game, it is gamepad or keyboard controlled. It is the published, updated version of the game Rocky which was made available for free.The game can be played in two ways. The main game is the 'Boxer's Story' which takes the player through Adam Bradbury's, there's no choice of character, career. This consists of a series of matches, the first two are workouts in the gym and are essentially practice matches. After this the player must fight and defeat progressively harder opponents on their way to the title. The other mode is 'Boxer's Fantasy' in which the player can play as any of the other boxers and fight any other boxer.
There are three different kinds of boxing match
Normal: which is an unlimited number of three minute rounds which ends either with a knock out or when a boxer has been knocked down three times in one round
Hardcore: Here there are no rounds, just one long battle, and this ends only when one boxer is knocked out
Technical: Similar to Normal but limited to five rounds when if there has been no knockout, the winner is decided by pointsOther features designed to introduce a bit of unpredictability are 'miracles' in which a boxer can land a lucky punch, get second wind after being knocked down, or both boxers can knock each other out, as the name suggests these are rare occurrences. The action keys can be redefined and there is also an editing feature which allows the player to create and save up to thirty of their own boxers, once created these boxers cannot be deleted but they can be replaced. |
| Federation Wrestling | 2002-12-01 | Idigicon Limited | MDickie Limited | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | Mat Dickie | | | | | | | | Windows | Federation Wrestling is a wrestling game with two modes of play. In 'The Contract' the player guides their player through twelve months of wrestling matches to, hopefully, win the ultimate prize - a wrestling contract. Naturally as the player progresses the opponents become harder to beat. The second game mode is the Exhibition mode in which the player can play as any of the supplied wrestlers, or as one of their own creations, and battle any other wrestler in the game. This mode makes use of some pre-set game types to help the player deal with the options shown belowThere is a game editor which allows the player to create their own wrestler and even their own arena, but this is only unlocked when the game has been beaten. The game itself has many configuration options:
There are five kinds of match: Confrontation, First Fall Wins, Best Of Three, Most Falls In A Time Limit, and Last Fall Wins
Three kinds of match rule: Hardcore - falls count anywhere and there are no disqualifications, Normal - only falls in the ring count and there are disqualifications, Strict - only falls in the ring count and players are disqualified if they use their special weapon
Different scoring systems: Pin - where a wrestler is held down for a count of three, Submission - the fall only counts if a wrestler screams in pain, and to decide elimination matches there are KO's, Injury and Facial Bruising
Some matches are fought in cages, others have a time limit that triggers an explosion or gas attack leaving the last man standing as the winner
Finally matches can be a free-for-all, or a free-for-all team event, or a TAG team matchThere are a great number of key combinations in this game and all can be redefined. |
| Fish Fillets | 2002-12-01 | ALTAR interactive | ALTAR interactive | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fish Fillets is a challenging puzzle game. The player's goal in each level is to guide two fish, one large and one small, to the exit by moving various objects around. The fish can lift objects and push them along surfaces, and some objects (steel ones) can only be moved by the bigger fish. Be careful though, if an object falls onto or is pushed onto one of your fish the fish will die.The seventy levels are arranged into eight branches which open up as the game goes on, so the player has a bigger choice of puzzles to try. Careful thought and planning is needed to ensure that the fish can escape unharmed. |
| Gekko Mahjong World Championship | 2002-12-01 | Micro Application, S.A. | GEKKO Software GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Gekko Mahjong World Championship is another Shanghai-like solitaire game system that uses Mah-Jong tiles: just match pairs of tiles to remove them.Two modes are available: "classic" mode lets you play and choose from 12 classical layouts. "Championship" offers one thousand levels. In championship mode, time matters.Gekko Mahjong World Championship is customizable since you change backgrounds, import new ones, and choose from four tilesets.
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| Hello Kitty: Cutie World | 2002-12-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Artech Studios Ltd. | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game, Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Enter Hello Kitty’s world in this little collection of minigames starring everybody’s favorite Sanrio character. Directions and layout for each game are very simple, in keeping with the minimalistic style of Hello Kitty, and everything is point-and-click or point-and-drag.You are welcomed by Hello Kitty on the home screen, where you can click on any of eight bubbles to select a game. Prepare for a lot of pink and cheerful music!
Creative Kitty; here you can select a background and fill it with character and item stickers, then print it out
Kitty Cards; a matching game played for points – each level gets a little more difficult
Candy Tiles; a timed Mahjongg-style game of matching and removing tiles
Sweet Tooth; help Hello Kitty make ice-cream sundaes for her friends before the time runs out
A Sleepy Song; try to catch snowflakes as they land on musical bars, until you have enough for a lullaby to play
O’Starry Night; you are Hello Kitty as a cute little witch on a broom, sweeping stars from the sky while avoiding bats
Penguin Catch; get your boat underneath those falling penguins before they make a splash
Balloon Ride; win points for catching butterflies from your hot-air balloon, but look out for the bees, it’ll cost you if you bump into oneYou can exit any game at any time by clicking on one of the game bubbles near the bottom of the screen – skip around as you will; this collection is perfectly suited to the attention spans of the age group it is aimed at, preschool to Kindergarten. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Gold Edition | 2002-12-01 | 3DO Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Heroes of Might and Magic IV (base game)
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm (first expansion pack) |
| LEGO Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002-12-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc., LEGO Interactive | Qube Software Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | You explore different parts of Hogwarts, picking up chests and chocolate frogs to open up tutorials, completing tutorials to open up new areas. You can also build LEGO models in the workshop. By collecting chests in the game you get more kinds of LEGO bricks in the workshop. You can play as Harry, Hermione, Ron, and other characters from the books, or even as a spider or flying an owl. You can also place your models from the workshop in the game, and even blow them up with exploding bricks.Voice acting and text is available in English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish.
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| Melty Blood | 2002-12-01 | Type-Moon | French-Bread, Type-Moon | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | The events of this game take place one year after those described in Tsukihime, continuing to focus on the series' main protagonist, the high-school student Shiki Tohno who possesses a supernatural power to destroy objects by tracing their outlines with his glance. Shiki learns of a series of murders committed in Misaki, under circumstances similar to the previous case. As the young man attempts to solve the mystery, he encounters a mysterious woman who attacks him. After the fight she admits that she is a vampire seeking for a cure against her condition. Shiki agrees to help her - but in order to do that, he'll have to defeat opponents whose powers are a match for his own...Melty Blood combines the gameplay of a 2D versus fighting game with player choices and branching story progression characteristic of visual novels: depending on the outcome of the fights, the story will evolve in different directions. Six characters are available to the player right from the beginning, while eight others should be unlocked by playing through the story mode (in the patched version, all the characters can be played from the beginning). The fighting gameplay incorporates traditional moves, special attacks, and canceling combos. By building up power, players can unleash devastating blows called "EX attacks". Similarly, "EX shielding" will greatly enhance the character's defense. Recovery options are available for further tactical decisions during battles. |
| Minnnni-Golf | 2002-12-01 | | | Sports | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Minnnni-Golf is a freeware top-down miniature golf game, which offers 18 levels to play.All you have to do is to set the speed of the ball and select a direction and ultimately aim for the hole on the opposite side of the playfield.There are different things in the game that hinder you (water, sand; barricades, a rotor and more) and there is even a level with multiple fake holes in the game. |
| RS3: Racing Simulation Three | 2002-12-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Soft Paris Studios | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Racing Simulation 3 is already Ubisoft's fourth F1 game release.
Racing Simulation 3 is without the FIA license, so you have to accept imaginary teams, drivers on imaginary tracks.Racing Simulation 3 features 16 tracks, the new Indy track, improved old good F1RC engine, improved driving physics, improved driving behavior and impairment features with collisions, some new views and cameras, you get penalties for making rally-moves, good AI, a lot of options for customizing your car, six different game modes - Single race, Full race, Championship, Time attack, Private trials, and a brand new Scenario mode. For PS2/GC players, there are six different game modes, ranging from the driving school to a complete championship and multiplayer up to 22 players via LAN/Internet.
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| Shanghai Dragon | 2002-12-01 | E-Pie Entertainment & Technology Co., Ltd | Archosaur Studio, E-Pie Entertainment & Technology Co., Ltd | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Rail shooter | Historical events | | | | | | Windows | Shanghai Dragon is a 3D rail shooter, similar to The House of the Dead or Virtua Cop. The action takes place in 1937 and the player takes the role of Jackie Hua. He is a member of the Chinese resistance, fighting against the Japanese occupation. The hero walks through the city without player input and the player only has to shoot enemies. Sometimes he has to save some civilians. They give him first aid kits, weapons and ammunition. He has seven types of weapons. The main weapon is a pistol with unlimited ammo. |
| Sven Zwø | 2002-12-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The second part of the Sven Bomwollen series lets the player choose one of the various game settings such as a farm, a meadow or a junkyard. It is Sven's objective to please all sheep within the setting until they burst with joy. The shepherd Lars, his dog Wotan and a girl called Bromse are trying to keep Sven doing so.There are four episodes divided into 45 levels.Every level has to be cleared within a set time limit. To make things easier, Sven can collect extra items that give him special abilities for a short while, e.g. a rocket that makes him faster, a mushroom that makes him lethargic and a gift that provides him with a little extra time.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.There are 15 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.Promo Images Part of the Following Groups Animals: Sheep
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Jan 19, 2003
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| The Fifth Disciple | 2002-12-01 | Napoleon Games | Napoleon Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, RPG elements | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Help Engeor, a student at the University of Magic, save Rovenland from the evil wizard Wahargem. In the beginning of the game Engeor accidentally says something against the evil wizard and finds himself in a prison camp. His first task is to free himself from the prison so he can continue on his journey to save his country and its inhabitants.The Fifth Disciple is a fantasy adventure with RPG elements. The game is point and click and the puzzles are inventory based. The RPG elements are turn-based combat and leveling up. The combat involves only magic spells and there are no weapons involved in the fighting; since the combat is turn-based, the player has plenty of time to select the best strategy to win the battle. When Engeor levels up, new spells can be selected or current spells can be strengthened. |
| The Sims Online (Charter Edition) | 2002-12-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This special edition of The Sims Online includes:
the full version of the game
90 days of free subscription
a charter member certificate
soundtrack CD
a unique full-color version of the manual
an interactive "Be Somebody Else" magnet
"Twisty Sim" key chain |
| Tiny Trails | 2002-12-01 | Arena Games | Virtual X-citement | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Tiny Trails is a 3D puzzle game telling the story of Whoofy the Wolf who one day wakes up and sees the world all around “misfigured”. Hero’s goal is to travel through 60 levels, meet and beat the “Stupid King” and restore world to the original form.Player controls the hero using arrow keys. Goal of each level is to collect bunnies (also called “King’s minions”) displayed in the bottom right corner of HUD and exit through doors present in the level. Hero cannot be moved freely in the game's world as it’s possible to move him only in 4 directions. Hero cannot jump, but obstacles like rocks can be pushed. Game is divided into 4 special worlds with 15 levels per environment.There is no life limit, however if the hero dies, level is restarted without saving the progress of collected bunnies. It is possible to start any level via the “Levelcode” menu - code is visible for each level after beating it. |
| Vandell: Knight of the Tortured Souls | 2002-12-01 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | Atmosphere Studios | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The year is 2289, and the stage is La Herida 5, a grim, dark metropolis where it never stops raining and where humans have long lost their last hopes. You play the role of Adam Vandell, whose young wife was brutally murdered. Driven by revenge and despair, Vandell joins the police and is implanted with a special device that lets him read other people's minds. Now he is about to investigate a dreadful murder case, that looks almost like an imitation of another mystery he solved years ago..."Vandell" is a film-noir style/sci-fi point-and-click adventure similar to Rise of the Dragon and Blade Runner.
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| Vos en Haas: Het ij van uil | 2002-12-01 | Lannoo Nieuwe Media | Takka Takka, Telraam | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Het ij van uil is based on the renowned children's books about the duo Vos en Haas (Fox and Hare) by Belgian author Sylvia Vanden Heede and Dutch artist Thé Tjong-Khing. This educational game brings the stories to life with professional voice acting and interactive games. There are twelve stories in total, but they are unlocked one by one as the child completes them chronologically and the difficulty is heightened. At certain intervals, while reading, the story is stopped and the children have to solve a relevant puzzle to keep the plot going.The balancing of the difficulty level is a notable feature. First, the child has to enter his age and reading level (or the lack of one). This information is used to adjust the puzzles and the difficulty of the written sentences. After each game, the player can award a score from one to three according to the difficulty. Using this, the game 'grows' with the child and the content is constantly adjusted based on the ratings and the overall progress. |
| Decker | 2002-12-02 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | Decker is basically a simulation of the online cyberhacker "matrix run" aspect of Shadowrun Pen & Paper games... Using the established rules from the game, Decker provides you with a graphical representation and gameplay of a Matrix run. Bypass tough security programs, scan through data archives, Infiltrate the CPU and begin a system crash. You'll need your wits, your hardware and your software about you to come out of decker with your synapses intact. |
| Santa Claus in Trouble | 2002-12-02 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Joymania Development | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Oh no! Just before his busiest day of the year, Christmas Eve, Santa loses all the presents! He can't stand having to disappoint all those good boys and girls on Christmas day, so despite a terrible cold, Santa makes his way to gather them all again. It's not as easy as you might think - there are presents all over the place. Poor Santa doesn't just have to jump from roof to roof over hot chimneys, he also has to stay out of the way of scary-looking creatures and slip and slide across ice as well. And to top it all off, he's got to watch out that he doesn't fall into an abyss.This 3D jump-and-run game has Christmas music (which can be turned off). Effects like snow can be added at varying intensities. |
| WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (Demo Version) | 2002-12-02 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy, Steampunk | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The demo version of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos features a five-mission Orc campaign called Exodus of the Horde of which only the first two tutorial missions are included in the retail version of the game. The campaign tells the story of Thrall's adventures as he leads the Orcish Horde away from Lordaeron across the Great Sea to the land of Kalimdor. The part of the campaign that is exclusive to the demo version is rather important for Warcraft lore, as it explains how the jungle trolls became part of Thrall's Horde.Additionally, the demo version contains one multiplayer map, Deadlock, which allows game sessions with up to four players, and only the Orcs are available for play. Other than that, there are no tech level restrictions, and all Horde heroes, units and structures are accessible in multiplayer games.The Warcraft III demo was released both as an Internet download and on CD. The CD version, which was also distributed on magazine cover disks, included intro cinematics, while the electronic distribution version omits those because of download file size considerations. |
| Monster Jam: Maximum Destruction | 2002-12-03 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Inland Productions, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting | | | Edward Kuehnel | | Teen | | Windows | Using recognizable Monster Trucks, Monster Jam Maximum Destruction is a fast action vehicle combat game. Players control the awesome power of a huge monster truck to smash through walls, leap over buses, and grind opponents beneath their tires. Damaged truck pieces deform, blacken, bend and eventually fall off under the fury of savage vehicular combat. |
| Veggie Carnival | 2002-12-03 | ValuSoft, Inc. | iToons Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Veggie Carnival is a game for children aged five and up based on VeggieTales, a US series of children's computer animated television shows, videos, and feature films. This title contains five mini-games based on the universe. The game is set in a Veggie Carnival with famous characters such as Bob, Larry and others. There are five mini-games to play selected from a central overview and players earn tickets they can exchange for tokens.Bobbereeno: the cars of this ride have become unhooked and need to be linked again. A car needs to be steered on a rollercoaster track and the goal is to reconnect a loose cars. The car can be sped up or slowed down. A car is linked by getting in front of it so it attaches itself. In order to achieve that it is also necessary to switch lanes.
Bumper Clickers: choose a character and drive a bumper cart in a fixed-screen environment shown from a top-down view. In a time limited session points are earned for bumping into another car and points are lost when an opponent does the same to you.
Clown Around: use different items, accessories and clothing to dress up the vegetables.
Dart Guns in Dodge: a gallery shooter with targets that appear in a fixed-screen environment shown from a behind view. The character can be moved left or right and by holding down a mouse button the amount of pressure can be determined to get the right distance. Each target is worth a different score.
Silly Songs with Robots: listen to robots singing songs in a theatre and sing along.The Bobbereeno and Silly Songs with Robots mini-games are only available by using tokens. The game has parental controls through a password protected virtual egg timer that can be used to limit the playtime. |
| Chicken Shoot | 2002-12-04 | TopWare Interactive Poland Sp. z o.o. | Toontraxx | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Chicken Shoot is a gallery shooting game based on free 2003 flash game of the same name. The player, controlling Chicken Bill, shoots all the chickens that appear on the 2D hand-drawn screens, shown from a first-person perspective. There are 3 game modes:
Arcade: shoot a specific number of chickens to move on to the next level. There is no time limit and the enemies attack by throwing eggs towards the screen. There is no time limit and when Chicken Bill's 100 points are depleted, the game is over.
Classic: the same gameplay as Arcade, requiring a certain number of chickens to be shot, but now with a time limit added. Certain chickens carry time packages, providing time bonuses.
Multiplayer: score more points than your opponent in a set amount of time.There are three difficulty levels and support for high scores (not saved after powering off). At the end of each level, statistics are shown based on the shots fired, hits, accuracy, general score, and energy or time remaining. There are different types of weapons (pistol, shotgun, uzi, machine gun, laster, flame thrower and bombs) and a limited amount of ammo. During gameplay, accuracy is shown through a thermometer on the screen. When it rises to the top, all hits are awarded with double points. |
| Drome Racers | 2002-12-04 | LEGO Interactive | Attention to Detail Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Drome Racers is a futuristic combat racing game based on the LEGO (Drome) Racers line of construction toys from 2002. Drome Racers features on- and off-road racing in vehicles that resemble their LEGO counterparts, with some designs being completely new. The game focuses on the Career mode, where the player takes the role of Max Axel, the driver of the newly-formed Team Nitro, one of the six racing teams in Drome, a large elliptic racing arena with many different natural and urban surroundings. All drivers compete in a set of Multi Challenge Races (MCR), which are a series of connected races. At the start of each MCR, a drag race determines the pole position, while in all subsequent races, the position, and delay at which the driver approaches the starting line is determined by the results of the previous race. Hence, whoever wins the last race of an MCR, wins the MCR itself. There are 9 standard tracks available, and each one has A and B variations (up to half of the track can differ), and can be driven in forward or backward directions, resulting in 4 ways to drive on each track. Three MCR categories exist; Novice, Intermediate, and Expert, with the opening MCRs of each category unlocking new tracks. Different times of day and weather conditions are also featured.After a certain number of MCRs, individual drivers will challenge Max to race in all four variations of a track. Finishing in fourth place or better (or just first in challenges) earns upgrade points (which can be used to improve the engine, turbo, aerodynamics, tires, and armour), and finishing certain MCRs or challenges earns build tokens, which can be used to unlock new cars. All cars can be driven with automatic or manual gear changing, except for manual-only drag cars. Scattered on the tracks are health and weapon powerups, as well as accelerator pads. Each car has four measures of health - the less health it has, the slower it gets, and when it loses all the measures in the health meter, some (non-essential) parts can fall off the car. Various weapons add to the arcade nature of the game and help drivers maintain their position or press forward. Joining Max in Team Nitro are Rocket, a retired driver who arranges practice and challenge sessions and gives tips on the game mechanics; Shicane, the team's mechanic who informs Max of the upcoming races and manages the garage (cars, upgrades, and unlocking); and Slot, the analyst who follows Max' statistics and enables saving/loading of the Career mode progress. They assist Max in winning the 2015 Drome championship and dethroning the current champion, Sever from Team Exo Force.In addition to the Career mode, players can choose Arcade mode and the Quick Race mode (which is the same as Arcade, only with randomized settings). These modes only feature tracks that have been unlocked in at least one saved game from the Career mode and can be played by one or two players in local split-screen multiplayer. |
| Neverwinter Nights (Collector's Edition) | 2002-12-04 | Infogrames, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A rebundled version of Neverwinter Nights with a bunch of goodies. Includes a DVD-style box for the 3 game CDs, a soundtrack CD, a NWN shirt, an artbook, poster, mousepad/map, and of course, the manual. |
| RailKings Model Railroad Simulator | 2002-12-04 | Global Star Software Inc. | IncaGold GmbH | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Train | | | | | Windows | RailKings Model Railroad Simulator is a simulation that allows players to create their own model railway lines. The game was made following a concept similar to Trainz, but it is not as extensive and does not have as many options. The player can design tracks, build stations and finally watch the trains traveling through the custom designed scenery. The game features 40 different missions with special tasks, a tutorial and a built-in encyclopedia. |
| The Tapestry: Prologue - The First Stitch | 2002-12-04 | | | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Events in this game, first in The Tapestry trilogy inspired by Loom, are set shortly after The Repossessor. Greyson, 1st Class Threader, has received an order from The Elder Gods to discover a small tear originating on Reality-on-the-Norm, Earth, and to repair the damage. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Greyson to fulfill the order in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. The story is continued in a sequel The Tapestry - Chapter 1: The Unraveling. |
| Metal Slug 4 | 2002-12-05 | MEGA Enterprise Co., Ltd. | MEGA Enterprise Co., Ltd., Noise Factory | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | An organization called "Amadeus" wants to take over all the military computers in the world using a new virus they have created. It's your mission to destroy them before they accomplish their evil ambition.The 5th episode (including Metal Slug X) of the most famous arcade-shooting-series comes bringing the unaltered classic gameplay, a new arm (Dual Machine Gun), 6 new vehicles (Motorcycle, Truck, Bradley Tank, Metal Crow Tank, Four Legged Walkmachine and Forklift Truck) as well as 2 new soldiers for the pantheon (Nadia Cassel and Trevor Spacey).The most notable introduction to the series is the Metalish System, giving to the player a new possibility to score more points: after pick up certain shield-shape emblems, a timer bar will be displayed at the top of the screen. During this time, you must to shoot rapidly as many enemies as possible and, depending on your acting, you will receive a corresponding badge bonus that will be added to your score after completing it. But, if you die during the mission, the bonus will be lost.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.There are 96 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.Promo Images Alternate Titles "合金弹头4" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"メタルスラッグ4" -- Japanese spelling
Part of the Following Groups Arcade Archives series
Genre: Side scrolling run and gun
Metal Slug series
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| Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams | 2002-12-05 | Konami of America, Inc. | Team Silent | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | Mature | Cinematic camera | Windows | Restless Dreams is an updated version of of Silent Hill 2. It contains all of the content of the original version and adds several pieces of new content. The most significant is a new short scenario called Born from a Wish, where players take control of Maria from her first moments right up to where she first appears in the main game. Also included is a sixth ending to the main scenario and a minor feature that allows the player to turn off the graphical effect, which makes the game look like it was shot on cheap film stock. |
| Island Xtreme Stunts | 2002-12-06 | Electronic Arts, Inc., LEGO Interactive | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | Island Xtreme Stunts is a mixture of different genres in a single game. The player explores a LEGO-based environment in an open world format: ride a skateboard, drive, fly and pilot a range of vehicles all whilst performing stunts and tricks while taking on the bad guy, Brickster. The player is cast as Pepper Roni, a lead stuntman in a big movie production set on LEGO Island.Even though the player is free to go wherever he wants, there is a story behind the game divided over 25 missions. All the missions are stunt-based. Running around the world in 3rd-person view, the controls are pretty basic and do not offer the trick combinations of other stunt/trick-based games. It is easy to pick up and play, even for the younger players, without worrying too much about what button combination will do what trick. Instead the player can focus on the missions by only having to complete basic tricks with a few button presses.During the quests players can collect trading cards to unlock mini-games. Other features include bricks to create "Brickimals" and the ability to change LEGO Island objects. |
| Nickelodeon Party Blast | 2002-12-06 | Infogrames Europe SA | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Party game | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Nickelodeon Party Blast is a party game for up to four players with Nicktoons characters from Nickelodeon. Game modes are Blast, Replay, Cup Challenge and Party Play (multiplayer only). There are several game modes where characters need to complete stages through different events. The eight playable characters are Angelica, Invader Zim, Spongebob, Eliza Thornberry, Otto Rocket, Reggie Rocket and Jimmy Neutron. They come from the series Invader Zim, Jimmy Neutron, Rocket Power, Rugrats, SpongeBob SquarePants and Wild Thornberrys.A game generally consists of several types of stages based around a mini-game with a boss at the end. There is Food Fight where characters throw food at each other in a single-screen environment, there is a squirting game called Squirt and Splash, a basketball game mixed with skating elements, Pipe Challenge where pipes need to be put together to blast rockets, a racing game and so on. There are also bonus stages with different gameplay. Stars can be earned to unlock additional cups as series of stages. |
| Panzer Campaign VII: Kursk '43 | 2002-12-06 | HPS Simulations | HPS Simulations | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Another in the John Tiller/HPS series, this one focuses on the German offensive of the Kursk Salient, in which Stalin's Red Army tried hold off the advance the German's resulting in massive casualties on both sides with about 5,000 units fighting to the death in a heavily defended area.The gameplay is as same as the others before it, hex-style maps where you must strategically place units and has 18 different scenarios or you can go at it in the Grand Campaign. Plus a new map feature is that it shows results while in map view instead of showing boxes upon boxes of turn results. |
| Spells of Gold | 2002-12-06 | Buka Entertainment | Jonquil Software | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | An interesting combination of an RPG with a trading game, this game puts you in a setting where the class of trader can be just as important as you combative or magical skills. Starting on the world of Vayon you must trade and travel between the various towns, building up money and skills, avoiding hostile situations and heavy taxes, and making the most of import and export trends from the various places to get enough money to purchase new skills and equipment for you lone hero. From here, well, who knows what worlds you could end up on or plots you could become embroiled in... |
| Taisen Mahjong Final Romance 4 | 2002-12-06 | Harvest | | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Taisen Mahjong Final Romance 4 is the fourth game in the Final Romance series. You play strip mahjong against various female opponents. If you win, you get animated strip scenes. Between girls, you can use your points to buy cheating devices to increase your chances of a winning hand or look at your opponent's tiles. |
| Elf Bowling 3 | 2002-12-07 | NStorm, Inc. | NStorm, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | Comedy | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Santa has returned to the North Pole but there is a problem. There always seems to be. It seems the reindeer have gotten into Dingle Kringle's hooch stash and gotten soused. Now they're out of control and Santa can't use them to pull his sleigh so he needs to train his elves to fly and land accurately. That's why Santa has taken one of Mrs. Claus' bras, hooked it between two trees and set up targets of the mountainside.This is a target game, something like midget tossing or lawn darts. Taking an elf, you put him in the bra sling and you will see an arrow with a line moving up and down it. You aim the arrow left or right with the mouse. The moving line is the shot's power. When it is where you want it, press the left mouse button to fire. If you hit one of the floating balloons, you will get the point amount, depending on what balloon was hit. Starting in level two, if you hit a reindeer, you will be knocked from the sky, maybe landing on a target, maybe not. Also, starting with the second level, you will have presents. These will give points, protect from reindeer collisions, etc. You will have ten tries per level to get as many points as you can but you must get at least two bullseyes per level or the game will end. |
| Yuki's Vacation | 2002-12-08 | Totally Screwed Software | Totally Screwed Software | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Yuki's Vacation is a simple beat'em up game about Yuki, a vampire ninja who was trying to have a nice vacation in her favorite vampire nightclub when suddenly thousands of ninjas started attacking her and her vampire buddies.
She realized that the ninjas were created by The Horrible and then decided to kill some thousands of them and feed off civilians that were there.Yuki can kill her enemies using her two knifes and using some special powers, such as Fire Bomb, Flame Lick, Bolt and Ice Blades, which she gets by feeding off civilians. Civilians will also drop ammunition and health items. Besides, Yuki also cast a "Dragon punch" (by pressing up and attack). |
| Alias Underground Episode 5: Turkish Embassy - CIA Countermission | 2002-12-09 | ABC Television | Dream Mechanics, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | This is the fifth episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer Garner as an undercover CIA spy named Sydney Bristow. This time, you play as Agent Vaughn who must infiltrate the Turkish embassy and replace a document with a fake. He has to do it before Sydney arrives and without setting off the alarm.From both 3rd or 1st person perspective, Sydney can run, jump, duck, climb, and interact with objects. When encountering a bad guy, she can punch, kick, or shoot if she gets hold of a gun which will allow you to zoom in when in first-person mode. Sydney must use various disguises and act covertly, so as not to blow her cover, while infiltrating various areas. |
| Gunner 2 | 2002-12-09 | Warlock Studio | Warlock Studio | Action | 1st-person | | | Fighting, Shooter | | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | Gunner 2 is a war game with well known rules: "Shoot'em all to win!". Enemies will try to destroy your objects but you must stop them by using different deadly weapons. So shoot, shoot and shoot some more!Actually this is not just one game. This is 3-in-1 game, because it has three episodes with different objects, enemies, weapons and worlds, plus Special Xmas Mission Pack.
Episode 1: Old fashioned crafts and weapons.
Episode 2: Modern crafts and weapons.
Episode 3: Fantasy crafts and weapons.
Xmas Mission Pack: Fantasy crafts and weapons. |
| Puzzle Inlay | 2002-12-09 | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Puzzle Inlay is a puzzle game, where you need fill the picture by various geometrical shapes, by dragging the shapes from the field at the bottom of the screen at the picture. To complete a level you need to fill the picture. If there are too much shapes at the bottom of the screen you'll lose and start the level from the beginning. |
| The Underworld | 2002-12-09 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Once Frank Malone, a local mobster, is visited by zombie mayor Michael Gower with a proposition to do nothing with his existence for a certain payment otherwise Frank will be put into a jail. Frank's twin, Fred Malone, has heard this just after returning from a jail, and he wants to get a revenge on Frank. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Frank to stop the murder of zombie Michael Gower in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Buboids: The 3D Action Puzzle Game | 2002-12-10 | Blue Dojo Studios | Blue Dojo Studios | Action | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In Buboids: The 3D Action Puzzle Game the player has to help cute purple creatures defy gravity using a steady hand and a keen mind. Buboids are creatures that hang on to loopy networks. They slide back and forth bouncing off of each other, and it is up to you to guide them to their blue home. The full version of Buboids: The 3D Action Puzzle Game has 50 stages, twenty-five in 2D and twenty-five additional in 3D. This game is simple to learn but still challenging enough for experienced players. |
| Huan Shen Jie Tian Di Jie Wai Zhang | 2002-12-10 | Soft-World | Dynasty International Information Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | Crime, Detective / mystery, Romance | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | China (Ancient / Imperial), Fantasy | | Direct control, Menu structures, Point and select | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Huan Shen Jie Tian Di Jie Wai Zhang is an RPG. The battle in Zhuo Lu changes the world. Jiuli and the people of Nuhuo fight for life and death. Emperor Huang defeats Chiyou by holding the Nine-Yi Heavenly Sword. The legendary power then hides the dust of time and space.This story is part of a series of games loosely translated as Disaster Among Human and Immortal. In this title the characteristics of Jiuli are fleshed out, a tribe in the underground world. The proportion of the large maps has been reduced. However, the levelling process and enemies are now more difficult, and it is harder to amass money. |
| Valhalla Classics: Episode 6 - The Dungeons | 2002-12-10 | Vulcan Software Limited | Vulcan Software Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Valhalla Classics is an episodic remake of the classic Amiga games Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve, and Valhalla: Before the War. Each game was divided into four episodes (overall twelve) which can be bought and played separately from each other. Improvements to the original games are new graphics, music, and voice recordings.The Dungeons is the second episode of the Before the War timeline which is a prequel to the first four episodes. Here the player takes the role of the Lord of Infinity who wants to kill his brother, King Garamond, to become king himself. In this episode the player is in the castle's dungeons where he has to uncover the mystery of Herman's uncouth soldiers and the teleport system to progress.The game is an adventure in top-down perspective. The player walks through the maps, talks to people and solves puzzles which are either logic, inventory, or dialogue based. To interact with his surroundings the player has to walk in front of the object and person and then needs to press one of the three action buttons (look, operate or take). The inventory is limited to ten objects and the player can hurt himself. When the stamina bar reaches zero he dies - but it can be replenished by potions. |
| Daleks | 2002-12-11 | | | Strategy | Top-down | Fangame | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Following in the footsteps of the early UNIX game Robots and the earlier BASIC game Robot Chase!), this game puts the player in charge of a little protagonist, often claimed to be The Doctor, occupying a position on a top-down grid which is otherwise strewn, not with mines, but with those killer cyborgs which are his personal nemesis, the Daleks. They have no long-range weapons, but if they touch him, he will find himself ex-ter-min-ated!Fortunately for him, contact with them is as lethal to each other as it is to him. Every time he takes a step, they all draw one square closer to him; The Doctor's cunning strategy is to manoeuvre himself so as to cause their paths to intersect and the Daleks to terminally collide, leaving a pile of rubble dangerous both to him and to subsequent Daleks -- a strategy not always possible on the narrow confines of a grid. Fortunately for the good Doctor, where this game outdoes its predecessors is that he also has his trusty Sonic Screwdriver in hand, whose offensive use destroys all Daleks within a threatening one-square radius of him. Also, it allows him to teleport out of harm's way to a random location on the map -- hopefully one behind a pile of Dalek rubble, and not one within a single step of a Dalek currently on the map. In many versions both Sonic Screwdriver and Teleport use are limited. Should The Doctor survive this onslaught, he is brought to a new grid map, generally one populated with still further Daleks.Other features particular to some versions and absent from others include the use of graphical tiles vs. mere roguelike textmode character representation, and occasionally a conversion will use (universally unlicensed) sound effects taken from canonical Doctor Who sources; more commonly these games also offer a Last Stand command, to be used, like the "drop" in Tetris, when the player is so confident in the security of their location that they are willing to sit tight and grant the Daleks as many moves as it takes to either reach The Doctor or be rendered down into scrap metal through unforeseen collision. Successful use of the Last Stand often results in a score bonus; unsuccessful use of it, of course, results in The Doctor's death. (Don't worry, chances are good that he'll regenerate into a new incarnation -- not in this game, however).Some versions feature keyboard directional control (in which sometimes the player is granted access to diagonal movement like the Daleks are, and sometimes not), while others present The Doctor with a halo of directional arrows around him, to move him one step in the appropriate direction if an arrow is clicked upon. Generally he also has the option of standing in place and passing a turn. |
| Eternal War: Shadows of Light | 2002-12-11 | Two Guys Software, Ltd. | Two Guys Software, Ltd. | Action, Educational | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Eternal War: Shadows of Light is a Christian-themed first/third-person shooter running on a modified Quake engine. Eternal War expands upon the gameplay formula of Quake by introducing additional features and playing modes.The story of Eternal War is centred around a deeply troubled teenager called John Coronado, who is nearly driven to suicide by his inner "personal hell". John calls to God to save him, and the game's protagonist called Mike, endowed with holy powers, is sent into John's mind to purify it from inner demons and save the youth's life. It is implied in the intro that Mike is an angel, but not stated outright. The game manual simply calls him a friend.Mike's journey spans 17 levels, which can be completed either in single-player mode or in co-op with other players. There is also another game mode called Flood, which involves fending off waves of demons and sealing the gates through which they come. This is primarily a multiplayer mode, but it can also be played with friendly bots.The game's setting has strong medieval fantasy motives. The eight weapons at the player's disposal either come from a medieval arsenal (dagger, crossbow, sword) or are various holy spells like Smite and Trinity Blast which are powered by manna. Essentially, most weapons function similarly to those of Quake. However, each also has an alternate firing mode that can be toggled at any time. Alternate attacks deal more damage at the cost of increased ammo consumption.The monsters also have medieval fantasy designs, sometimes reminiscent of Heretic or Hexen. These include zombies, levitating necromancers and various humanoid fighters in medieval attire. Many of the enemies have special abilities and alternate attacks, making them even more dangerous.One special feature unique to Eternal War is the player's ability to pray, which allows Mike to regain full health. It is not possible to fight while praying, but the player is surrounded by an aura that will banish any demons that might try to attack him. |
| Telengard | 2002-12-12 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Roguelike | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Telengard is an earlier example of a "dungeon crawler" role-playing game--albeit with a top-down view- with either real time movement (DOS version) or turn-based movement and turn based combat. Telengard is also played in real time, which means that monsters can attack even when the player's character is not moving. The player controls a single adventurer, selecting randomly-rolled sets of attributes: Strength, Intelligence, Wisdom, Constitution, Dexterity, and Charisma. The vast Telengard dungeon consists of 50 levels down and 200 by 200 rooms each level. Experience is awarded not only for defeating enemies, but also for finding treasure. When the player character gains a level, their attributes increase, and they gain the ability to cast higher-leveled spells.Treasure chests appear randomly in the dungeon. There are also specific features such as altars, thrones, fountains, etc. that the adventurer can discover which may have various effects on the character, whether being either positive or negative. Some creatures will befriend the player, sometimes providing the player with an item and/or healing them, provided the player's Charisma is high enough. |
| TipTop | 2002-12-12 | PopCap Games, Inc. | ASAP Games LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | TipTop is a matching game with three modes, using fruits, bells and other slot machine symbols for its tiles. The player has to make arrangements of three or more icons of the same type, by selecting a column and adding a new tile to make them disappear. If the pile gets too high or too deep, touching the top or the bottom of the screen, the game is over.On regular mode, each click makes one tile fall to the top of the column and another one float up to the bottom. The goal is to fill a wavy meter at the right side of the screen with successful matches. In the strategy mode, the player adds both the falling and floating tiles in separate turns. In the speed mode, the floating tiles are added automatically every few seconds.Special tiles appear randomly on the gamefield. The magnet pulls a column upwards to the next row. The anvil is the opposite, pushing the column downwards one row. The joker face becomes a copy of the same type when touching other tile. The color bomb removes all tiles of the same type it lands on. The dynamite stack explodes one whole column.There is a bonus puzzle game between levels, where the objective is to clear the screen before time runs out. |
| XRick | 2002-12-12 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | XRick is a free 2D platform game. It is a very faithful open source clone of Rick Dangerous with practically unchanged rules of gameplay and levels. |
| Baby Einstein: Baby Newton - Fun with Shapes | 2002-12-13 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Interactive book, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Baby Einstein: Baby Newton - Fun with Shapes is a title based on the DVD video of the same name. It is an educational game that is meant for infants and toddlers so they can learn their shapes. There are five shape "games", along with a interactive book and a Shape Scenes activity. The five shape games show the shape and objects that are the same shape, and lets you click on the objects to interact with them. Some shapes, such as the heart and the circle, let you insert your own image for more interactivity, such as a baby's favorite ball that bounces when clicked.The interactive book has a read mode and a guess mode. The guess mode lets the player guess which object will appear next, and the read mode reads the book to you. The Shape Scenes activity is like a coloring book, where you must click on certain areas to fill that area in with color. There is also a difficulty setting that parents can change as their baby grows. |
| Demonic Speedway | 2002-12-13 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o. | NAWAR Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Demonic Speedway is a 3D motorcycle speedway racing game without an official license from Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme.The game contains ten arenas based on real speedway stadiums, as well as several enemies loosely based on actual competitors of speedway Grand Prix season 2002. Both first-person and behind-view cameras are available. Multiplayer is available in both local LAN and global internet modes. The game features four types of realism and four gameplay modes: training, quick race, time trial and career.Career mode gives the player an opportunity to create own rider, set his age (16-30), improve skills (as they impact how good the rider is handling the bike in the corners or how the maximum speed can be) and motorcycles with a range between 0 and 10. Motorcycles are improved by spending money earned from achieving good results in Grand Prix tournaments. The older the rider is, the more difficult it is to improve the rider's skills. |
| Mega Man X6 | 2002-12-13 | Koko Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | It's been 3 weeks since the space colony "Eurasia" crashed into the Earth. Since then, the Earth has become a deadly, barren wasteland, unfit for humans to inhabit the surface. The humans now live underground, while Reploids begin the task of attempting to recover from the deadly onslaught of the Sigma Virus.For the Maverick Hunters, the task is difficult, especially for X. Zero was lost in the attack, and all X has left of him is his Beam Sabre. As the Maverick Hunters assist in the recovery operation, a young Reploid scientist, Gate, discovers a mysterious chip in the wastelands. He immediately sets out on a cause to discover the mysterious "Nightmare Virus", and sends 8 assistants out to search for answers. But when Gate's assistants suddenly vanish, the worst is feared: they've gone Maverick.X is the only one now who can discover the answers needed to unravel the mystery of this deadly "Nightmare Virus", and perhaps find out what it is exactly Gate wants with it.The sixth episode of Mega Man X begins... |
| The Sims Online | 2002-12-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Maxis Software Inc. | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Life / social simulation, Massively Multiplayer | | | | Persistent | Teen | Isometric | Windows | The Sims Online takes the gameplay from The Sims and brings it into a consistent online universe, where all the Sims are controlled by real people.Taking place completely online, The Sims Online runs 24/7. Upon installation, you can create up to a maximum of three Sims, dress them however you like, name them whatever, and enter a region, where you can build a house or become a roommate with someone.Skills in TSO are more important than the off-line versions, as the better skill you have, the more money you'll make when taking part in group objects. For example, if you have a high charisma rating, you'll be able to sell more items using the telemarketing phone, which in turn brings in more money. Having a high Cooking rating will allow you to make bigger and better pizza's, bringing in more money.Most money making objects require a group. The pizza maker, for example, requires four people; one to take the order, one to select the proper dough, one to select the proper ingredients, and one to finish off the toppings. Communicating will result in a good pizza, while not communicating will result in a charred mess, equaling nothing in money.You can choose to live anywhere there is a free spot and build up a house all your own, or you can move in with someone, sharing the house and buying objects together.Most of the objects from all the expansions are in the game, including some that are specific to TSO, such as the aforementioned Pizza Maker, mathematics board, telemarketing machine, lawn bowling game, and over one hundred more objects.The 2003 version includes some new features:
Jobs
Pets
Service characters
Clothing racks
Death
Secure tradingThe game's last server was shut down in February 2008, officially ending the game, but all the cities were merged into a larger realm based on an improved version of the game, living on as EA-Land. |
| Whiteout | 2002-12-14 | Konami of America, Inc. | Vicarious Visions, Inc., Driver-Inter, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Snowmobile | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a snowmobile racing game. The game engine simulates the real physics of a sled on all kinds of surfaces such as snow, ice, mud and many others so the player has to pay attention to where and how to accelerate, break and turn in order to win a race. The AI engine uses a complicated model that simulates real human behaviors so that NPC opponents can fall asleep on fanfares or get reckless in a rage. Making different stunts is not the last tactic that might lead to the win.
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| Mtp Target | 2002-12-15 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Mtp Target is an online game about flying penguins for up to 16 players. The goal is to roll on a ramp, take off, fly and to land on a target. A different score is attached to each target and the goal is to have the highest score. Players can interact with other players and push them off platforms. Players who arrive first are awarded a higher score, but this also based on the location. Some small, harder to reach areas on the target provide more points.After first creating an account, players need to practice on test servers until they have gained 1,000 points. Only then are the full servers opened up with more advanced levels. The accumulated score over different games is stored and shown at all times. Strategy is introduced by approaching from different directions and gaining a large amount of speed. |
| Super Collapse! II | 2002-12-15 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The game concept is that you have to eliminate clusters of at least 3 blocks with your mouse, but the more you remove at once, the more you score. Once that happens, all blocks above the ones, which have vanished, will fall down and close the gap.Beneath the lowest row, there you see the new row building up. Once all blocks are present, this row will be now the lowest row, while all others are moving up. Once one block reaches the top of the playfield, you loose.Each individual level has a preset value of rows, which will build up. To win a level, all you have to do, is to prevent that a full vertical row (from bottom to top) gets stacked up.The game offers 4 game modes: Traditional, Puzzle, Relapse, and Strategy. Two of them need a brain, while the other two just need a fast hand.Traditional works like explained above. New rows show automatically, with increasing speed not only from level to level, but also in a level. Means: the level starts slow, but in the end, new rows will complete every second. Power-Ups are available in this game mode.Relapse works exactly like Traditional, but with one major difference. The action isn't just limited to the bottom of the playfield, in fact, both bottom and top now filling with blocks. Power-Ups used on one side affecting both. How to win is the same, but you loose, when blocks from one side touching the other.Strategy is one of the two game modes where you must think. Clicking fast will only help to see the Game Over screen. New rows won't appear automatically, instead for each cluster you remove, a full new line will appear. So you have to plan carefully before neutralizing a cluster.Puzzle is the game mode, where no new lines appear. Also there are no Power-Ups here. But this is the most complex game mode. Your task is to completely remove all blocks, if at least one block is still available, you loose. There is also no time limit, so you can think as long as you want.The first three game modes offering bonus levels, which works like the Puzzle mode. So, if one block remains, you only scoring the normal points for removed clusters. Only when all blocks are removed, you score the bonus points. There are only two differences: it isn't so complex, and you only have 15 seconds time.There are 5 different Power-Ups in the game (2 good, 2 bad, 1 depending of the situation): Platform Block (won't move, just blocking the vertical row where it is), Indestructible Block (does move like a regular block, but can't removed with normal actions), Color Bomb (one of each of the 5 colors, will detonate all same colored blocks in it's big radius), Super Bomb (shorter range than the Color Bomb, but blow up all blocks, regardless the color; only way to remove Platform/Indestructible Blocks), and finally, the Gravity Block (only available in Relapse Mode, will shift all blocks from the side where it was activated to the other side). |
| Animate TetBlox | 2002-12-16 | Jaibo Software | Jaibo Software | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Animate TetBlox is a shareware Tetris variant that contains five different variations of the game for single player or two-player competitive play. The backdrop skins are still shots of nature scenes with the addition of animated birds, butterflies and a moving sky plus sounds of singing birds and music in the background.The three difficulty levels (easy, normal, hard) influence the number of points gained. Other customizations include keyboard control keys, full or windowed view, background skins, a large number of tile sets, and the amount/speed of the animations.Three games operate the same as the original Tetris: Light (simple block shapes), Classic (traditional) and Pentix (more elaborately shaped blocks). Groups of blocks fall from the top one at a time and can be rotated and then dropped. This starts out slowly and increases in quickness as the game progresses. Entire rows must be filled with blocks completely, with no blank spaces, to be cleared from the playing field.Color Tetris and Horizontal Color Tetris are deviations away from the standard game. These two have only one shape, a vertical or horizontal rectangle block with three icon tiles inside it. Rotating simply mixes up the icons in the box. Matching three or more alike icons, vertically, horizontally or diagonally, will result in clearing them.The game ends when any block reaches the top of the screen. Bonus icons appear randomly for a limited time and must be passed over with a falling block. One adds points while others destroy chunks of blocks or all blocks on the current screen.Multiplayer games are not played on the internet. They appear on the same screen but with separate controls for the two players. The default keyboard configuration makes it possible for two people to play using the same keyboard, if desired, at the same time.Three multiplayer game modes are provided:
Cooperative: Two players work together on the same puzzle board.
Combat: The first player to complete the final level is the winner.
Race: Speed-based with no levels. The first player to end the game is the loser. Speed for each player is indicated on their screen. Clearing blocks slows down that player's speed while increasing it for the opponent.
Animate TetBlox can be controlled using a joystick or keyboard, with mouse support for menu navigation. Games can be paused, and high scores are recorded on separate tables each game type. Registered players can submit their high scores to an Internet High Scores Table. |
| Randevu s neznakomkoy: Priklyucheniya studenta | 2002-12-16 | Russobit-M | Experience Entertainment Software | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Randevu s neznakomkoy: Priklyucheniya studenta (Rendezvous with a Stranger Girl: Student's adventures) is the fourth game in the Rendezvous with a Stranger Girl series. You are a male student, and one morning you find a naked girl in your dorm room's shower. Your first task is to find and bring back her clothes, which she left in another room. Then you need to get prepared for the exam (which is later that day) and pass it one way or another.Traditional for the series, the game is an interactive dating simulation with live actors. By dialogue choices and also by collecting certain items and using objects ('turn around' button) you can make the girls you meet strip or seduce them and advance the story in different directions. In a certain scenario you can play a game of backgammon. This is the first game in the series where you can save and load you progress at any moment (outside FMVs). |
| AirStrike 3D: Operation W.A.T. | 2002-12-17 | DivoGames Ltd. | DivoGames Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | A mysterious terrorist organization named N.I.T.O. has alarmed the international community. Their factories and oil refinery production has suddenly gone up and there is talk about the manufacturing of nuclear warheads. In order to stop them, the military decides to send a single helicopter in to destroy the N.I.T.O. facilities and weaponry.AirStrike 3D is vertically-scrolling shooter featuring a single helicopter. The game world is fully in 3-D and can be played at a slanted 3-D angle or a more traditional "top-view". Before choosing a mission, the player must decide which one of 10 helicopters to use, each with different capabilities. Once in flight, this helicopter will fire at swarms of enemy opponents and installations, uncovering power-ups while doing so. The exact effect of the power-ups changes depending on the helicopter being used.There are 20 levels to complete, 100 different enemy units, 5 types of hostile terrain and 3 powerful terrorist bosses to handle. |
| Bratz | 2002-12-17 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | DC Studios, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is a dance game where you can be one of the 5 Bratz girls. You can practice or make your way through the Bratz tournament.There's a competitive dance mode and a copycat mode where you can have fun with your friends. |
| Extreme Value Pack 1 | 2002-12-17 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Demarrage: Das Spiel zur Tour!
Sports TV: Boxing!
Tennis Manager |
| K. Hawk: Survival Instinct | 2002-12-17 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Similis Software GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | Oceania | | | | Teen | | Windows | A budget game from JoWood.
Helicopter pilot Kitty Hawk is shot down while trying to deliver a navy SEAL to investigate a supposedly deserted island.
As the only survivor of the crash, she is now expected to carry out the SEALs mission.
More of a sneaker than an action game, you are expected to hide in shadows and use stealth. A sort of fully 3D take on Metal Gear Solid. |
| King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones | 2002-12-17 | AGD Interactive, LLC | AGD Interactive, LLC | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Medieval | | Point and select | | | | Windows | King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones is a remake of King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne and a follow-up to AGD Interactive's (formerly Tierra Entertainment) earlier remake of the first game. Similar to its predecessor, it has VGA graphics reminiscent of Sierra's adventure games of the early 1990's and a new musical score. The remake retains the general outlines of the original story and the gameplay system, however contains additional locations, expanded dialogue, and new characters. Some of these characters are original, while others are taken from various installments of the series to present a more cohesive view of its overarching story.In 2009, AGD Interactive released King's Quest II VGA 3.0, which can be considered a remake of their original 2002 remake. It contains the following enhancements:
Newly enhanced game visuals featuring hand-painted game backgrounds and character dialog portraits.
Full narrator speech and lip-syncing for all characters.
Windows Vista support.
Native Ogg Theora movies, which means in-game cutscenes and movies will now play in Linux and PC emulations under Macs.
Full digital speech and music tracks are now included as part of the download rather than being separate downloads. |
| Defender of RON | 2002-12-18 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Phil Nihilist, a brainwashed clerk of Yahtzeebrand general store, has gained superpowers after rehabilitation from events depicted in Melt & Drake trilogy. And at the same time David Hasselhoff came to Reality-on-the-Norm to carry out some plan. Walking and flying around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Phil to make good deeds and to find the 'Turquoise Daffodil' gemstone stolen from the local museum in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. The story contains four bonus tasks, and completing all of them unveils a bonus picture in the ending. |
| FIM Speedway Grand Prix | 2002-12-18 | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | | | Windows | FIM Speedway Grand Prix is the follow-up to the speedway racing game Speedway Championships and also the first 3D motorcycle speedway racing game part of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix series licensed by Benfield Sports International.The game features licensed riders from the 2002 Grand Prix season and all ten licensed stadiums featured in this season. There are three modes in the game: Grand Prix, quick race and training. Players can modify the difficulty level and choose one of 22 real drivers to use in the player's profile. Grand Prix mode is about completing tournaments, earning the money and improving performance of the vehicle by buying engines and wheels, as well as monitoring usage of vehicle's parts.The game claims to use realistic driving physics, track state affecting the steering of the vehicle and randomized behavior of enemies (being more or less aggressive in the races). There is also the replay studio and multiplayer mode. |
| RPG Maker 2003 | 2002-12-18 | Enterbrain, Inc. | ASCII Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)UNLEASH YOUR PASSION FOR RETRO RPGsFor the first time ever, RPG Maker 2003 is officially available in English! This legendary game development engine is both highly affordable and easy to use, and it remains one of the most popular RPG Maker installments to date. It is the first engine in the series to employ a sideview battle system similar to the classic RPGs of the early-to-mid 90s. If you have always wanted to create a retro RPG with a third-person battle system, or simply are looking for an affordable but reliable game creation engine, then RPG Maker 2003 is for you!KEY FEATURESSide-view Battle SystemMost titles in the RPG Maker series center on first-person, turn-based combat. RPG Maker 2003 breaks this tradition by offering an engaging sideview battle system that is perfect for fans of classic RPGs. Creating and managing your game’s combat is as easy as filling in a database and playtesting, with no scripting knowledge required! This departure makes RPG Maker 2003 an excellent alternative for game developers who are not particularly fond of front-view battle systems.Straightforward ToolsRPG Maker engines are designed to be as flexible as possible while still being user friendly, and RPG Maker 2003 is no exception. Virtually everything in the engine is managed through a simple point-and-click interface. All of your game’s characters, enemies, skills, animations, and equipment are created and stored in an easy-to-navigate database. An in-depth event system contains dozens of functions to help make your story and world come to life, such as custom messages, character movement, player choices, special effects, and more. Plus, RPG Maker 2003’s powerful map editor is extremely easy to master, allowing you to craft your world tile by tile with unprecedented efficiency!Retro PresentationRelive the golden age of RPGs with RPG Maker 2003’s diverse selection of 16-bit default graphics. If you’re feeling especially creative, RPG Maker 2003 allows you to import custom 16-bit graphics, including character sprites, tilesets for your environments, battle animations, backgrounds, and more! The engine is also loaded with a variety of catchy midi tracks and sound effects for your game; custom MP3/WAV/MIDI tracks can be added as well.Share Your Game!Want to share your creation with the world? You can export your creation in a portable file that can be played on ANY Windows system! Plus, games made with RPG Maker 2003 can be sold as long as you have the appropriate rights and have followed the registration procedure. With some hard work you could become the next great indie game developer! |
| Target: Pheromone | 2002-12-18 | G-Collections | Trabulance | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Life seems just too ordinary to Takuya Sakuragi, a university student, until he meets a mysterious woman named Silk. Silk is a witch who has been traveling from world to world during the last 500 years, longing to find her way back to her true reality. For that, she needs four elemental powers extracted from four young and pretty girls. Problem: the elemental power can be obtained only when the girl in question has an orgasm... With a magical spell, Takuya is turned into a sexy man all girls desire. By selecting choices from the menu, that serves as an interface to the game, you can help Takuya to obtain the powers from the girls and to reach one of the six possible endings. |
| Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal | 2002-12-18 | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | Funatics Software GmbH | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Amy's 18th birthday set in motion the start of a series of adventures. An unknown stranger enters her London house, leaving behind a curious casket in her attic. In it, she discovers a magical rune that teleports her to a magical land created by fairies: Zanzarah. In Zanzarah, the unknown stranger reveals himself a goblin. The goblin requests help from Amy, who he believes is the prophesied Fairy Master whose duty it is to save Zanzarah, as the land is now ravaged by wild fairies, pixies, and shadow elves. Amy, now a stranger in a strange land with the help and advise from the local elves, dwarves, owls, and goblins, must attempt to become a Fairy Master by obtaining and training fairies, dueling and defeating wild fairies and their masters along the way. To ultimately fulfill her destiny to save Zanzarah!In Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal, play the role of Amy and help her become a Fairy Master. To do this, the player must obtain and train a fairy. With the help of the local inhabitants of Zanzarah, Amy will explore the land in third-person perspective in search for different types of fairies to defeat and capture, while helping the people of Zanzarah along the way.Fairy Combat
When Amy obtains her first fairy, she will have to train it and make it stronger to face the various wild fairies that constantly attack travelers. Fairy combat, which may be considered the primary gameplay element of this game, either occurs when Amy is attacked by a wild fairy or enters into a duel with when challenged by other Fairy Masters. Combat occurs is first-person perspective, where the player directly controls the movement of a selected fairy. In combat, the fairy may fly (jump) and attack with spells. When a fairy is weakened enough and the player obtains a magical sphere, the player may opt to capture the fairy. Depending on the element of a fairy, some fairies may be stronger or weaker when facing an opposing element. For example, a Water fairy will sustain additional damage and suffer less damage from Fire fairies, but are weaker when facing of Air fairies.Winning an encounter or duel may randomly reward the player with fairy coins (used to purchase various beneficial items) or a dropped item. Fairies that have entered and survived combat will also gain experience and may level up, obtaining new spell levels as well as stronger attributes. A player may only carry five fairies at a time, all of which may be summoned and switched at will during combat. Additional captured or obtained fairies will be sent to Amy's London house.Fairy Character Sheet
Role-playing character development only occurs with fairies. Fairies have several attributes such as Hit Points, Mana Points, Jump Ability, etc. Fairies attack in combat using spells. Spells come in two variations: offensive spells and passive spells. Offensive spells are used to attack the opponent while passive spells are automatically active. Spells may be purchased and equipped to fairies. As fairies come in different types and elements, only specific spells may be assigned to a specific type of fairy. For example, nature spells may only be used by Nature Fairies. Additionally, fairies have spells levels and will have to gain experience in order to equip more powerful spells. In total, there are 77 fairies the player may capture and level-up, consisting of the following elemental types: Air, Water, Fire, Stone, Energy, Psi, Chaos, Metal, Darkness, and Light. Additionally, certain fairies when reaching a particular level may evolve to a stronger type of fairy if the player wishes to do so. Other fairies may evolve to a stronger type of fairy by combining the fairy with specific items. |
| "Hello, world." | 2002-12-20 | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult, Romance | Visual novel | Japan (Modern/Futuristic), Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In the near future, technology has advanced to the point where robots inhabit every facet of society and occupy most of the same roles as humans. However, despite their ingenuity, robots remain incapable of experiencing human emotions. To rectify this, an artificial intelligence named HIKARI creates a robot named Kazuki Tomonaga who is designed to be physically indistinguishable from a human being in order to allow him to live as a human would. Kazuki begins his human life by attending a school in Tokyo as a student, where he meets several girls who each begin to change his outlook on life. As Kazuki grows closer to the girls, his programming begins to change, and he finds himself fighting against a conspiracy that may endanger something much greater than himself - potentially the world."Hello, world." is a sci-fi action/romance visual novel. Like most visual novels, the gameplay consists of reading text atop of illustrated backgrounds and periodically making a decision which will influence the outcome of the story. The game features voice acting for female characters only and contains scenes with explicit sexual content. |
| Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren Gaiden - Jokenji Asuka Kenzan! | 2002-12-20 | SEGA Interactive Co., Ltd. | Neverland Co., Ltd., Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Roguelike | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time, Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren Gaiden - Jokenji Asuka Kenzan! a female swordsman called Asuka (who had previously fought beside Shiren the Wanderer) travels with her weasel companion Coppa to save the lands from the corrupted Koga Ninja army and the monster Hachimaten. Along the way she meets a ninja called Minamo. The player will navigate through some randomly generated dungeons. As they progress, Asuka may acquire better swords and shields along the way, which can also be modified for better combat performance. There is also the mechanic that allows breeding monsters to aid Asuka in battles. |
| Space Rangers | 2002-12-20 | 1C Company | Elemental Games | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Denis Petrov | Turn-based | | | Windows | Space Rangers sets you up as a member of the Space Rangers, a small group of individuals who are there to protect the universe. After a long and bloody time, the four races in the galaxy have learned to live together mostly peacefully. Everything seems to be going well until the Klissans enter this arm of the galaxy.The Klissans are a race who are bent on conquering all worlds and systems and will not reply to diplomacy. Their weapons and ships are much more powerful than the other races. Because the Klissans are more likely to target and wipe out large groups of ships, it was decided to have the Space Rangers do battle with the Klissans. The military, privateers, and even traders will help out, but it is up to the Rangers to turn the tide.Choose from any of the four races and then if you want to be a pirate, trader, or warrior. Each of these combinations have specific abilities and "inabilities." For instance, you might have a bonus to technology, but be hated by one or more of the four races. Choose wisely and then start your campaign.In the game, you will work to make money by trading and recovering items such as minerals floating in space. With that money, you can upgrade your ship with new items - weapons, armor, shields, engines, cargo hook, scanners, and more. You will need these upgrades to survive.When you get into space, you can collect anything floating around in space, destroy asteroids (try not to get hit by any), fight ships (steal from them, kill the enemies, or protect friends), talk to other ships, and move between sectors.Battles in normal space are real-time with the ability to pause the battle between turns. You can try getting other ships to help you in a battle, or you can do it all yourself. If you survive, you might find some piece of the enemy's ship that you can get and either use or sell.Other than normal space, there is also hyperspace (worm holes) that connect sectors. In these areas, you have the option to stop in different pockets of space where you can possibly find minerals and enemies. These areas are set up in an arena fashion with a small area to move around in. When battling in these areas, battles are completely real-time without the ability to pause or run from the battle. You can run around the arena to avoid being shot, but you can't leave until all enemies are destroyed. There are also powerups in these areas that can help or hurt you.The battle is so large and the Klissans are so powerful that you will most likely not be able to start turning the tide before they control over 2/3 of the galaxy. And then you have to manage to take it all back with the help of other Rangers. You can hire others to join you if you would like extra help. |
| Chicken Invaders: The Next Wave | 2002-12-22 | InterAction studios | InterAction studios | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | After defending Earth in the previous game, our anonymous hero just wants to have a double chicken burger special, but soon enough he finds out the main assault of furious chicken is yet to come. The chicken's true plan is to invade each planet on the solar system and form a chicken empire.
Our hero must jump into his spacecraft once again and promise the future of mankind...and chicken burgers.Chicken Invaders 2: The Next Wave is the second game in the Space Invaders clone series. The player controls an anonymous space pilot which must clear 110 waves of space chicken (including 10 secret ones) and reach their leader - a giant laser-shooting egg.The player has 3 types of weapons: red shots (rapid but weak), green shots (slower but powerful) and yellow shots (weak but penetrating laser). Each weapon can be upgraded by collecting power-ups up to level 10 with a secret 11th level.Throughout the game the player receives various bonuses according to his performance (quick wave clear, minimum shooting, collection of all points and more), and additional points can be obtained by collecting items dropped from dead chicken. |
| Nanosaur Extreme | 2002-12-22 | Ideas From the Deep | Pangea Software, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Prehistoric, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Nanosaur Extreme is a re-release of Nanosaur, in which the amount of enemy dinosaurs and ammunition pickups has been greatly increased. |
| Steel Tide | 2002-12-25 | Infogrames, Inc. | Professor Fog's Workshop, L.L.C. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | In this game you are the admiral of a submarine during a fictionalized WWII, tracking and destroying "Souverian" (aka Nazi) subs and protecting friendly ships. You can use your torpedoes, deck cannon, deck gun, and sniper rifle to destroy the enemy ships, planes, and troops. There is also a puzzle aspect, as you dispatch frogmen to bomb underwater gates. The game throws out the traditional simulation focus of submarine games to focus on arcade style action. |
| Tiny Cars | 2002-12-25 | Realore Studios | Realore Studios | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Tiny Cars is a racing game with a top down view. Using your keyboard or a joystick, you and three computer controlled cars race around a variety of tracks. All of the track were created by hand. To continue on to the next race, you must come in first or second. You have several cars to select from, each with its own acceleration, weight, handling, grip, etc. Many levels, tracks and cars are locked until the earlier levels are completed. |
| Guren Tensho: Rasetsu | 2002-12-27 | Zone | Zone | Adventure, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Guren Tensho: Rasetsu directly continues the story that began in the first and was continued in Guren Tensho: Shura. After Lee Rekka and his all-female Guren squad have defeated the evil organization of Tetsu ("iron") in the previous game, they thought that there would be finally a chance for peace in the old Japan. But then came the assassination attempt on a commander of Guren. The trace leads to the assassin Naotaka. Rekka and his companions have to chase him down, but they aren't ready for another surprise: the remnants of the Tetsu clan raise their ugly heads again...Rasetsu follows the non-RPG template of its predecessor, rather than returning to the RPG roots of the series. A large bulk of the gameplay is the same as in "Shura": listening to/reading dialogues, being automatically taken to locations and from time a time participate in pre-set turn-based battles. There is however an important gameplay mode that makes "Rasetsu" a strategy game: in dungeons, the player has to throw dice to navigate the hero over top-down corridors with grids. Depending on the number on the dice, the hero advances to different grids, which results in battles, poison traps, items, healing spots, or puzzle pieces that are needed to unravel anime-style pictures of the Guren girls.Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Groups Eroge / Hentai games
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| Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Watanagashi-hen | 2002-12-29 | 07th Expansion | 07th Expansion | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Watanagashi-hen is the second release in the Higurashi: When They Cry visual novel series. It includes parts 1 and 2 of the novel: "Onikakushi-hen" and "Watanagashi-hen". It is a simple visual novel without branching paths or choices, where the player simply advances the text to read the story. After finishing each chapter, the player unlocks a number of optional bonus scenes called "TIPS".The protagonist in "Watanagashi-hen" is Keichii Maebara, a teenage boy who has recently moved into the remote Japanese village of Hinamizawa. Keichii quickly develops a close friendship with a group of schoolgirls and joins their game club. However, after Keichii and several other people foolishly break an old taboo, strange and terrible things start happening in Hinamizawa. |
| 10 Games: Fantasy Volume 2 | 2003 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 10 Games: Fantasy Volume 2 is a compilation of 10 titles. The games come in a slipcase containing three keep cases:
One case contains Soulbringer which is referred to as Soul Bringer on the packaging.
The second contains:
Seven Kingdoms (7 Kingdoms)
Polaris Rebellion (Space Rebellion)
Gun Metal
The final disc is a Grabit "multidisc" containing:
The Legend of LuWa
Caveman Survival
Arcangel: The Legacy Of Peace
Dark Corona Pegasus (Corona)
Zenfar: The Adventure (Zenfar Battle Grounds / Battlegrounds)
Alien Anarchy Anarchy
The multidisks have launchers for each installer. |
| 10 Spiele-Hits Vol. 3 | 2003 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation is part three in the 10 Spiele-Hits compilation series and contains 10 games.
The following games are included:
Bacteria: You are the Cure
Dragonfarm
Field & Stream: Trophy Buck
Motocross Extreme Action
NASCAR Racing 3
Red Clash '93
Return to Krondor
Super Putt
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle
Taxi Challenge: New York |
| 11 Jeux de Flipper | 2003 | Walk On media publishing | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 11 Jeux de Flipper is a French "Fox Kids" compilation of eleven pinball games. The games in this collection are:
Dare Devil Pinball
Jackpot Pinball
Checkers
Judge Dredd Pinball
Kickoff Pinball
Roswell Pinball
Simon the Sorcerer's Pinball
Tarantula Pinball
The Avengers Pinball
The Visitors Pinball
World League PinballWhile the Simon the Sorcerer and Judge Dredd tables have been released as commercial products the remainder appear to exist only in compilations such as this one, Platinum Pinball, Arcade Pinball and Power Pinball. There is a single install process which loads all the tables onto the pc creating separate entries for each table in the Windows Start menu.
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| 123 Free Memory Card Games | 2003 | | TreeCardGames | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 123 Free Memory Card Games is a single-player, freeware, card game. It was released as a 'taster' game to promote TreeCardGames compilation of Solitaire games SolSuite 2003 which can be ordered via the menu bar of this gameThis title features five different memory games which are:Ace-to-King: Cards are placed face down and the player has to uncover them on order.Concentration: All fifty-two cards are placed in a 4 x 13 grid and the player must match pairs of cards by rank.
Forget-Me-Not: Ten cards are placed in a row, face up. They are displayed for ten seconds then they are turned over. The same cards are then made available to the player who must recreate the sequence.
Memory-Up(6x4): Twelve pairs of cards are laid out face down and must be matched on number.
Memory-Up(8x5): Twenty pairs of cards are laid out face down and must be matched on both number and suit.
The card backs and screen background can be customised and each game has a set of rules and a scoring system.
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| 123 Free Solitaire For Children | 2003 | | TreeCardGames | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 123 Free Solitaire For Children is a single-player, freeware, card game. It was released as a 'taster' game to promote TreeCardGames compilation of Solitaire games SolSuite 2003 which can be ordered via the menu bar of this game.This title features the following solitaire games:
Doublets: Cards are arranged in a 6 x 2 grid with four cards in each cell and the remaining cards to one side as a reserve. The object of this game is to clear all the cards by matching them in pairs of the same rank.
Grandfather's Clock: Where the object is to build up twelve stacks of cards in sequence until they all match the numbers on a clock face.
Klondike: Possibly the most universal patience game of all.
Pyramid: Here cards are matched if their combined ranks totals thirteen.
Twenty: So called because the player has twenty cards visible at any one time. The object here is to build up cards in sequence onto the eight foundation cards, building up from the four aces and down from the four kings.
The games have sound effects that can be disabled, the card back and screen colour can also be changed. There is a scoring system for each game which can also be turned off but there is no high score screen. |
| 201 Action Adventure Games | 2003 | Cosmi Europe, Ltd. | | Action, Adventure, Compilation, Racing / Driving, Role-playing (RPG), Simulation, Sports, Strategy | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | 201 Action Adventure Games is a compilation of shareware, freeware and demonstration games for Windows. The games in this package are accessed via a bespoke game browser which groups the games into
Action games: An interesting mix including space shooters such as Raptor and Alien Battlecraft Arena,
Tank shooters such as Hard Core,
Naval shooters
racing games such as Pro Wheelchairing , plus the odd board game Reversey. There are also fighting games AJ Super Fighter and Final Duel 2: Deathmatch Arena, sports games Aspen: The Worldwide Skiing game and Gap Sk8er 2.
This group also includes some Breakout clones, a pool game, Worms Armageddon and a pinball gameAdventure games: Another grouping that has a broader than usual scope. It starts off with a few hex based war games
1941: Operation Typhoon,
1942: Campaign for Malaya, 1945: Operation Konrad
and goes on to include Hyperspace Delivery Boy! for the Pocket PC,
Micro Flight 2 and Formula Broomstick both flight simulator, and a clone of The Castles of Dr. Creep. There are side scrolling games like Watkins, and K9, shooters such as Atomaders, and puzzlers such as Mysterious Palantir but not much in the traditional adventure mould.
Role Playing games. This group contains some adventure games such as
Ally's Adventure Through the Glass , a bunch of sports management games including ActualCoach, Playmaker Football and
Baseball Mogul 2003, a Chess game Chess Rally 2, together with some sports games like Kayak Extreme, Bowling Mania! and Go Fishin!. There are real RPG games here too among which are Nethergate, Magebane 2: Trinity, Winged Warrior I together with Winged Warrior II and Winged Warrior III, and Exile: Escape from the Pit together with Exile II and Exile III
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| 2D 3D Puzzle Bundle 01 | 2003 | Aktiva-S | Aktiva-S | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 2D 3D Puzzle Bundle 01 is a compilation of two of Aktiva-S's games. This contains:
2D 3D Puzzle Dreamy Kiss
2D 3D Puzzle Flowers No1
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| 2D 3D Puzzle Bundle 02 | 2003 | Aktiva-S | Aktiva-S | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 2D 3D Puzzle Bundle 02 is a compilation of two of Aktiva-S's games. This contains:
2D 3D Puzzle War Craft No1
2D 3D Puzzle Say I Do |
| 2D 3D Puzzle Bundle XL | 2003 | Aktiva-S | Aktiva-S | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 2D 3D Puzzle Bundle XL is a compilation of four of Aktiva-S's games. This contains:
2D 3D Puzzle Dreamy Kiss
2D 3D Puzzle Flowers No1
2D 3D Puzzle War Craft No1
2D 3D Puzzle Say I Do
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| 3 Hoyles: Card, Casino and Board Games | 2003 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 3 Hoyles: Card, Casino and Board Games is a compilation of three previously released Hoyle licensed games. Each of the games listed below comes on a separate CD, they are;
Hoyle Casino featuring Baccarat, Blackjack, Caribbean Stud poker, Craps, Horse Racing, Keno, Let It Ride, Pai Gow poker, Poker, Poker Tournaments, Roulette, Slot machines - thirty machines playable in twelve denominations, Thee Card Poker, Video Blackjack and Video Poker
Hoyle Card Games containing Solitaire - forty three varieties, Gin Rummy, Poker, Cribbage, Canasta, Euchre, Pitch, Bridge, Spades, Hearts, Pinochle, Go Fish, War, Crazy Eights, Old Maid, Memory Match, Tarot, and Skat
Hoyle Board Games containing Backgammon, Battling Ships, Checkers, Chess, Chinese Checkers, Dominoes, Line 'Em Up, Mahjong and two sub-games using the same tileset: Concentration and Gravity Tiles, Mancala, Master Match, Parchisi, Placer Racer, Reversi, Rummy Squares, Snakes & Ladders, and Yacht.
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| 3105 A.D. | 2003 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 3105 A.D. is a freeware single-player arcade style game similar to Galaxian.It is keyboard controlled with the arrow keys moving the ship and the space bar firing the front mounted cannon, Waves of alien ships progress down the screen towards the player who must destroy as many as possible to achieve a high score. During the course of the game the player can collect shield and weapon upgrades.There is no high score table and the game is limited to a single life.
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| 3D Chess | 2003 | eGames, Inc. | Magic Lantern, Inc. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Chess | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | 3D Chess is a one or two player, mouse controlled game.It features eleven computer opponents with various skill levels. traditional, modern, Egyptian, interstellar, and medieval chess sets and a skinnable interface. The game also has a Blitz Mode, three tutorial modes and a Chess Strategy Guide. Versions of this game with reduced functionality were included in some eGames' compilations such as Card & Board Games Deluxe Suite 2
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| 3D Game Pack | 2003 | Cosmi Europe, Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains 10 games developed by Webfoot Technologies, Inc.:
3D Alien Invasion
3D Caveman Rocks
3D Brick Busters
3D Galaxy Fighters
3D Pinball Express
Bug Attack
Dragon Castle
Sea Bubble Burst
Slots 100
Super Huey III |
| 3D Mahjong | 2003 | | | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | 3D Mahjong is single player variant of Mahjong Solitaire.The object of the game is simple, find two matching tiles that are not blocked by other tiles on either side and click on them. Matched pairs of tiles are removed until, hopefully, there are none left.This implementation has the standard hint, shuffle and undo functions and it allows the player to change the point of view either via the keyboard to one of three pre-determined angles, or via the mouse where the board can be rotated and viewed from almost any angle - except from underneath.The game has a choice of five tile sets and many different layouts.
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| 3D Marble Flip | 2003 | Cosmi Corporation | TLK Games S.A.R.L., Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | 3D Marble Flip is based on marble labyrinth games. The game contains a series of mazes that grow gradually more complex and even lethal to the player's marble. For each maze, the player must tilt the board in any direction in order to make the marble roll. The goal is to collect items on the board and then get to the finishing pit. Finish the board in the allotted time limit and avoid any traps, like falling off into the void. |
| 3D-BattleShip | 2003 | DtlSoft | DtlSoft | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Board game | | Naval / watercraft | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 3D-BattleShip is an adaptation of the board game Battleship. The player and the computer opponent arrange several ships of various lengths on a 10x10 grid, then fire at each other's grids in turn, trying to destroy the enemy fleet. Successfully hitting a square that holds a ship allows a bonus shot. True to the game's title, the player's fleet during the game is presented in 3D graphics. There are three difficulty levels available. |
| 3DRT BrickBlaster | 2003 | TLK Games S.A.R.L. | TLK Games S.A.R.L. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 3DRT BrickBlaster is a game in the vein of Arkanoid, so the goal is to destroy a wall of bricks by bouncing a ball on a paddle located at the bottom of the screen. When destroyed, some bricks release power-ups that affects the gameplay either positively (for instance by allowing the paddle to shoot bullets, making the paddle wider, or adding additional balls) or negatively (for instance by sending back the player to the previous level, inverting the controls of the paddle, or making the paddle narrower). Gems are special bonuses that are released randomly when destroying a brick. When the player has collected a gem in each of the 5 available colors, he or she gains an extra life and jumps 5 levels forward.Most levels are several screens tall and contain different layers of brick formations. The zoom level is adjusted dynamically to allow the player to see both the paddle and the ball. When the lowest layer of bricks is completely destroyed, the paddle automatically moves up to the next one. The game was distributed as a shareware with a limited amount of content. The registered version contains 240 levels, 3 difficulty levels, and a level editor.
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| 5 Days a Stranger (Special Edition) | 2003 | Fully Ramblomatic | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 5 Days a Stranger (Special Edition) is a more feature rich version that originally required a five dollar donation to acquire.This version contains:5 Days a Stranger
An author commentary
A new 'Interview' scene
Three concept sketches
All four music tracks in MIDI format |
| 5 Spots | 2003 | Katana Games S.L. | Katana Games S.L. | Puzzle | | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 5 Spots is an electronic variant of the well-known newspaper activity. The goal is to notice five differences between the two given similar pictures. The unusual feature is that all the pictures have more than five differences available, but only five are given at a time. So even if you encounter the same picture at another gaming session there is a very slim chance that you will see the same differences you remember. The game imposes a time limit on a player. The more time left before player spots all the five differences, the bigger the score he receives. The scores are kept in the usual form of a high score table. If an internet connection is available, the game will show the records of the most successful players all around the world. |
| 505 Game Collection | 2003 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ultimate Games: 505 Games is a casual games compilation package comprising a number of previously released compilations all bundled together on the same CD:
100+ Great Games Vol II
203 Game Pack. This does not seem to have been released on it's own but it was included on the 303 Game Collection release.
Millennium GamePak Gold
Millennium GamePak Platinum
Ultimate Gamepak
All packs were developed by Antidote Entertainment and date to around 2000/2001. Although there is a single install process it installs all of the above compilations as separate products.
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| A Case for TKKG: The Mystery of the Mayan Treasure | 2003 | Lannoo Nieuwe Media | Malmberg | Adventure | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | Detective / mystery | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Een zaak voor TKKG: De schat van de Maya's... is a detective adventure for children. Same as with other games in the TKKG series, they feature Tim, Kasper, Karin and Gijsje on their case.This time, two jade masks from Hunapuh, from the Mayans, get stolen from a museum and it's their job to find out who did this. The game features simple game point and click game mechanics. Players can choose one of four characters to take with them and choose a location to search or to question people. Any of the four main characters can get different results out of a questioning, or may or may not be able to solve a certain puzzle. So it's important to go to the same location with different people. Gaining evidence and testimonies is vital to cracking the case. |
| A Tale in the Desert | 2003 | MDO Games | eGenesis | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Point and select | Persistent | | | Windows | A Tale in the Desert is an massively multiplayer online roleplaying game with an ancient Egyptian setting. It has two main differences to other games in this genre: Firstly it abandoned fighting completely. The main focus of the game lies in the community and the mutual forming of a society. Secondly it has a limited run time, every few years a new "tale" starts which resets the game and brings new features.Since grinding monsters is out of the question, the main occupation is crafting and the completion of several tests which are divided into seven categories: Architecture, Art, Body, Conflict (later replaced with Harmony), Leadership, Thought and Worship. The tests itself are varied, e.g. logic puzzles for Thought, finding a certain number of mushrooms for Body or building houses for Architecture. Every category starts with an easy quest as tutorial and ends with special challenges where many players have to work together.Another important part of the game is research and development which are conducted in schools and universities. Like the tests these improvements are divided into the seven categories, e.g. Chemistry in Thought or mining in Architecture. Like in reality before an invention is made "public" the development costs time and resources in it. Later everyone can learn the techniques in schools. Other things have to be developed/learned by the players themselves, e.g. the optimal production of certain goods. Another special feature of the game is the legal system which is basically done by the players themselves. The process is basically that one player starts a petition and gathers signatures. If he got enough there is a voting. When the proposal passes this step the game gets reprogrammed to enforce the law. |
| Adron | 2003 | | DroidGames.com | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Adron is a clone of Pac-Man with a purple character named Adron as the main protagonist. The game follows the basic concept of the original arcade title.The goal is to collect all the dots present in the level. Here however, enemies differ from the original, as there is a “mother-monster” spawning eggs and not attacking the player. After a short period of time, aggressive monsters are born from the eggs and start following Adron.Movement is performed using arrow keys. Power-ups include killing all monsters, freezing monsters, additional life, additional time and few more. The game features 112 levels to beat and 3 difficulty levels. |
| After Burner 3D | 2003 | Brodaroda Software | Brodaroda Software | Action | Behind view | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | After Burner 3D is a freeware 3D remake of the arcade flight simulator After Burner. Players start from the aircraft carrier and shoot enemy planes out of the sky. Weapons include a fast vulcan cannon (a machine gun with unlimited ammo) and a limited number of missiles. Just like in the original game the fighter flies forward automatically, the player only needs to steer. The arrow keys are used to move, with two additional keys for each weapon type. |
| Age of Wonders: Masters Collection | 2003 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The AoW Masters collection is a bargain priced compilation of the original Age of Wonders and its sequel Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne. Both games are patched to the current version and include .pdf manuals. Also, in an ironic side effect of budget compilation packaging, the AoW disc includes the demo for AoW II. |
| Air Offensive: The Art of Flying | 2003 | BlueLine Games | Bluemoon Interactive | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Air Offensive: The Art of Flying is a 3D arcade flying shooter. The player controls a futuristic air fighter and fights other planes in air battles. The game's story is set on an island attacked by terrorists. It features seven different craft, from Ranger class to Viper, each with their own statistics and firepower such as air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, cannons, and a few more esoteric weapons. The main task is to fight against the enemy aircraft, but the player has limited ammunition, which must be replenished at airports. The game is played from a first-person perspective and it has 50 missions.The game is entirely keyboard controlled. |
| Airline 69: Return to Casablanca | 2003 | Redfire Software | Redfire Software | Strategy | | | Adult | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Airline 69: Return to Casablanca continues in the same vain as the developer's previous Wet Attack: The Empire Cums Back and is a managerial strategy game with erotic elements. The game is set in 1942 and the player takes the role of the pilot Wayne whose aircraft is shot down over Casablanca. Fortunately he survives and even gains a love interest: the secret agent Chou-Chou who hid in said aircraft. The goal of the game is to gain a license for an own airline and keep Chou-Chou happy.At first, the player has only the option to do small-time trading: talking to the various people of Casablanca, buying one of the 24 wares (each trader has the same ground prices which have to be lowered with haggling and the player can only purchase one item per ware at a time) and selling it for a profit. Later, when the player takes over the bordello and receives the airline license, more managerial options become available. However, progression is not only based on earning enough money but also on buying information from the same traders. Depending on the current progression, more information becomes available which means all persons have to checked regularly. Additionally the player needs click on the correct interactive screen elements.Locations are reached by choosing them from the city map and (just like the characters) are represented with drawn comics graphics. Females are usually depicted naked and with large breasts; the animations in those screens mostly show sexual acts. As managerial game most of the time is spent in those screens and the menus which are opened by clicking on the associated spots and persons. The only exception are the mini games: to keep Chou-Chou happy the player both has to buy her presents and solve the sex mini game (using the correct sex tool on one of her four erogenous zones) and airline missions involve playing a basic vertically scrolling shooter. |
| Airport Tycoon 2 | 2003 | Global Star Software Inc. | Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Airport Tycoon 2 is a 3D management simulation in which the player runs an airport, and manages all the headaches that come along with that. It offers the same gameplay mechanics as most tycoon games: the player has a piece of land to his disposal and constructs all buildings and structures which are needed to maintain an airport, e.g. runways or terminals. Additionally every building has other customizable aspects like restrooms or luggage carts. The goal is of course to maximize the profit by identifying and reforming problem areas - this means a lot of time is spent in various statistics screens. If the player is successful he can get new contracts (which are negotiated by the player himself) which means more traffic but also new challenges. Catastrophes like tornadoes or earthquakes force the player to change his working structures to keep the airport running.The game is played in real-time which can be slowed down or sped up. Besides the free playing mode there are scenarios in which the player needs to fulfill requirements to win it, e.g. a certain number of flights in a limited time frame. There are overall about 25 cities to choose from. |
| Alien Shooter | 2003 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Sigma LLC | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter, Survival horror | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Somewhere in a secluded research facility, something has gone wrong. Suddenly the area is overrun by strange alien creatures. Soldiers have been sent to this place with one mission: Destroy them all.Alien Shooter is an isometric action game in which the player must shoot his way through swarms of alien creatures and complete mission objectives which invariably involves stopping the spread of the alien creatures. Choosing from one of two characters, each with slightly different statistics (the male character can carry more ammo and take more hits, while the female shoots more accurately and moves faster), the player can start the 10-mission campaign or see how long they can survive endless waves of aliens in survival mode. Both modes feature firefights against the aliens using 9 progressively more destructive weapons, from the simple dual pistols to the destructive MAGMA Minigun. Survival is quick and dirty slaughter. In campaign mode, the player will travel through different areas of the base; restoring power, destroying alien entry sites, and picking up cash to buy weapons, ammunition, implants that raise attributes, body armor and various gadgets at the mid-level shop. The aliens are at first simple grunts which have only one tactic which is to rush the player character; however, later on, most are equipped with weaponry and are much more numerous. The game sometimes has hundreds of aliens swarming the character at the same time.The color of blood can be changed between red and green, as well as locked with a password. |
| AlienFlux | 2003 | | Puppygames | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | AlienFlux is a top-down shooter game where the goal is to defend fluffy little creatures from hordes of evil aliens coming from the fifth dimension. The player controls the armored spaceship with various weapons. Every level starts with 8 fluffies to defend and aliens showing up every few seconds. A fluffy, once attacked, is pushed into "the bubble" - if the bubble is destroyed at the right time, the fluffy is unlocked and stays alive.Apart from basic laser weapon, the player can use bombshock to destroy all enemies on the field. The spaceship is moved using arrow keys, with mouse buttons to shoot and change weapons. Powerups include spawning more fluffies, increasing fire rate or becoming invulnerable for a short period of time.The game features 16 types of aliens, 4 bosses and 100 levels to beat, as well as the online high scores table to compete against other players. |
| Alvin: Abenteuer im Puzzleland | 2003 | | Casual Games | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Alvin: Abenteuer im Puzzleland is a mix of Tetris and match 3. Solve puzzles in 5 different worlds by either playing Tetris or match 3. Make rows disappear by ordering geometrical shapes or by getting three of the same symbols in a row. Once you reach a certain goal, the level is complete. |
| Apprentice | 2003 | Herculean Effort Productions | Herculean Effort Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Apprentice is the story of Mortimer "Pib" Pibsworth, an apprentice to a great wizard. Most days involve sweeping floors for the Master or collecting spell components, but today is different. Pib is going to cast his first spell. The game details the story of Pib preparing for the spell. The gameplay consists of humorous multiple choice dialogues and inventory based puzzles. |
| Aqua Bubble | 2003 | Realore Studios | Realore Studios | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Aquatic lives hundreds of years in a cave at a waterfall, all time without problems. But this time something happens, hundreds of aqua bubbles invading his home. And Aquatic's only hope for survival are you.Once you started a level, you see multiple rows of bubbles with different colors. All of them are moving down in real-time. So you don't have much time to think. Now you control a colored gun, which also fires bubbles (the bubble has the color, which the gun currently has). Your mission is to combine at least 3 bubbles of the same color; if this happens, they will explode. But you can blow up 20 and more bubbles at once, just fire at the bunch of them. If there are any bubbles beneath the one that explode, and if there is no further connection, these bubbles will fall down, making more space (and providing bonus points). If you are too slow, and the bubbles touching the water at the bottom of the screen, you loose. But if you are fast enough, and scoring a certain amount of points (you can see how good you are on your water-meter), you proceed to the next level.The more levels you play, the more different colors you face. And, of course, the faster the bubbles will come down.To make the game more fun, the game offers 8 different power ups. But you can't find them, you will shoot them, like normal bubbles. And when you blow them up (by combining them with other bubbles of the same color), the power up gets activated.The game offers the following power ups: Dual Color (acting as two different colored bubbles in one; i.e. firing blue/red bubble will react with blue and red bubbles), Double Bonus / Triple Bonus (multiplying your score for bubbles you blow up), Layer Up (give you more air to breath by moving the bubbles some rows up), Prompt (will show you the exact destination where your fired bubble will attach), Freeze (will freeze the entire playfield for some seconds; you can blow up bubbles, but they do not move), Bomb (will blow up all adjacent bubbles, even if they are the wrong color), and Repaint (will color black bubbles with colors from the current level). |
| Aqua Bubble II | 2003 | Realore Studios | Realore Studios | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | For rescuing Aquatic in the predecessor, Aqua Bubble, more and more Aquatics from around the world now needing you for rescuing them too. While the predecessor had only one game mode, this game now offers four different game modes (two real-time, two turn-based). The basic gameplay, however, is still the same: Shooting an aqua bubble with the gun at the bubbles in the level, combining at least three of a kind to remove them. If the bubbles reach the water at the bottom, the game is lost.The four different game modes are: Arcade is the same game as the predecessor. You have a point limit you must reach before the level completes. If you wait, the bubbles will move down in real-time. You can see at your water meter how long it will take before the level ends.
Panic is the same as Arcade, except that it is turn-based: After firing a bubble your water meter will climb and when it reaches the top, the bubbles will move down a bit. When waiting too long the computer will perform an randomly aimed auto-fire.
Puzzle is like Panic, except that the gun won't auto-fire and the levels are not randomized.
Recolor operates like Arcade, except that all adjacent bubbles of a newly attached bubble will take the color of that new attached bubble. So, either you remove at least three bubbles with a shot, or you will change the color of existing bubbles. This can be used as an advantage to remove big amounts of bubbles at once.
Like the predecessor, the game offers eight power-ups which bring certain advantages like freezing the playfield for a few seconds. They can be used in all game modes except Puzzle. The more levels you complete, the more power-ups and colors (up to eight) will be available. Furthermore, the bubbles will move faster. |
| Arcade Classics | 2003 | Oxygen Interactive | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Arcade Classics From Revive is a collection of 200 games for Windows (though many are DOS based) and Amiga. It also has Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum games through emulation. It contains mostly clones of old arcade games such as Asteroids, Donkey Kong and Space Invaders. Many of the titles are shareware versions that include a limited amount of levels, or are just abandonware.Some of the PC games included are Astrofire, Here They Come, Winroids, Kerboom, Turiod, Megapede, Choplift, Scorch, Aldo's Adventure, Leaper, Macblast, Jman, Runner, Megaman, Hotshot, Hextris, ATR2, Overkill and StarGoose. |
| Arthur's Pet Chase | 2003 | Learning Company, Inc., The | ImaginEngine Corp. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Arthur's Pet Chase is a cartoon-style side-scrolling platform game starring characters from a popular children's book series by author Marc Brown, also made into a PBS television series. Arthur is a young aardvark entrepreneur - he has started up a pet-sitting business in his home, and as the game opens, he signs in his 30th customer. All seems to be going well, although his mother and sister DW plant doubts about his ability to care for so many animals. As Arthur goes to sleep, he falls into a nightmarish dream - all of the animals have gotten loose and are running around the city, and Arthur has to chase them down one by one. The player guides Arthur through 30 levels in 5 different areas:
Arthur's Neighborhood
DW's Room
The Sugar Bowl
The Library
The Haunted House
There are different monsters and different power-ups in each area - the weapon of choice is a water balloon, which stuns opponents long enough to get past them. The player begins the game with water balloons as well as X-Ray Vision Eyeglasses, which make the pet's paw prints visible. As he progresses through the levels, the player can pick up the Bionic Bunny Super-Strength Cape, allowing him to move large objects out of his path, and DW's Safety Scissors, for cutting ropes that block his way. Arthur can climb, run, crouch, and jump over spaces and objects using the keyboard controls, collecting power bars and moon boots and avoiding gum, which slows him down. Milk cartons denote checkpoints, which Arthur is returned to if he falls or runs into an
enemy. Enemies vary from flying books and witches to evil troll dolls and malignant hamburgers.Pressing P (for Pause) brings up the level selection screen, where the player can view how many power bars were collected and whether or not a pet was found on a level, and elect to return to any level already played. |
| Arthur's Sand Castle Contest | 2003 | Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | ImaginEngine Corp. | Educational | | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Arthur is an 8 year old aardvark created by children's book author and illustrator Marc Brown. In Arthur's Sand Castle Contest, he enters a castle-building contest while visiting the beach with family and friends - the goal in this game is to complete a castle using pre-made blueprints or your own imagination. This requires a certain amount of planning, as you have to collect the ingredients to make bricks: sand and water.To collect sand, you control Arthur with the mouse in an arcade-style game. As his dog Pal digs up clumps of sand, you move Arthur and his bucket across the screen with the mouse, catching the flying sand. Sometimes, Pal will dig up crabs that inflict a painful nip and cause Arthur to lose his sand, and sometimes he'll find special items that Arthur needs to make bricks. Pushing the spacebar causes Arthur to jump over crabs on the ground. When the bucket is full you have the option of filling another. Depending on the level, each bucket of sand can be worth 3 or more bricks.To collect water you move Arthur across the hot sand through a maze of beach towels until he reaches the water's edge and can fill his bucket. There are dogs, crabs, and large bathers to avoid, puddles of water to soothe hot feet, and french fries to renew Arthur's energy. Success at collecting enables cut-scenes in which Arthur's friends bring him pretty rocks and shells they've found, to use as decorations.Arthur's friend Brain has stumbled upon an old junked Sno-Cone machine, which he has managed to convert into a sand castle brick-making machine. If you bring him the sand and water to feed into it, his machine will mold it into bricks for you. Moreover, if you collect particular items that Brain asks for he will exchange them for specialty bricks. Finding an old shoe, for example, may allow you to make a crown-like brick; finding a milk carton may open up a pyramid-shaped brick, etc.At the sand tray, drag and drop bricks from Arthur's wagon onto the grid in free building or follow the blueprint you've chosen, poke window holes, add decorations and flags and pour water for a moat. When you are done, use the whistle to call over the contest judge, and if your castle passes muster you'll make it into the local paper! Arthur's Sand Castle Contest is intended for children aged 4 - 7 and exercises learning skills; critical thinking, creativity and problem solving. |
| Asteroid Miner | 2003 | eGames, Inc. | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Asteroid Miner is a single player Asteroids clone.In this game the player must mine asteroids to collect metals to sell or collect bounty from rival miners.
The game is keyboard controlled. |
| Asteroids Fighter | 2003 | Zeta Multimedia S.A. | Ediciones Cátaro, S.L. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Asteroids Fighter is an Asteroids clone. The game is extremely similar to the Atari classic, with solid graphics instead vector graphics. In fixed screens, the player takes the control of a space ship with the mission to eliminate all the asteroids present in the screen to reach the next level. When an asteroid is reached by a shot, it is broken in multiple pieces. If the player's ship touches one of these pieces a life is lost. In advanced levels the player will must destroy armed enemy spaceships in addition to asteroids. The ten best scores are archived in the high scores table. |
| AstroRaid | 2003 | GameRange Studio | GameRange Studio | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | AstroRaid is a fixed-screen shoot 'em up game, where the player controls a spaceship and must defeat wave after wave of enemy ships and asteroids. The ship can be controlled with the mouse. Getting hit by enemies drains the ship's life bar, and the player loses a life when it runs out. Initially the player begins with a weak basic gun and a handful of rockets; the gun has infinite ammo, while the rockets, though powerful, are in limited supply. Defeated enemies sometimes leave behind power-ups that e.g. improve the ship's gun, restore life points, or give a bonus life. |
| Atlantis Trilogy | 2003 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Atlantis Trilogy is a compilation of:
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Atlantis II
Atlantis III: The New World
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| Atomic Cannon | 2003 | | Isotope244 Graphics LLC | Strategy | Side view | | | Artillery, Turn-based strategy | | Tank | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Atomic Cannon is a tank combat game similar to Scorched Earth or Pocket Tanks Deluxe. The main goal for each player is to defeat the opponent's tanks and get the highest score possible.In each turn the player selects the weapon, specifies the power (from 0 to 100) and angle of the rifle. Hitting the Fire button from the HUD located in the bottom of the screen fires the weapon. Tanks can also be moved on the playfield by using the Move button with specified direction.The game is highly customizable, allowing the player to specify the number of rounds, moves, difficulty, wind or tank size. Also the number of players (both human and CPU) can be set up to 16, with up to 5 tanks per player. There are 25 environments, both fixed-screen and scrollable. There are 50 weapons to choose from. |
| Attack-Attack | 2003 | Black Pepper Games | Black Pepper Games | Action | | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Attack-Attack is a simple action game for one or more players. The game takes place on a two-dimensional battlefield. Each player (human or computer) controls a spaceship which can rotate, activate thrusters and shoot, similar to Spacewar. Each player's ship has a limited amount of health and once it is shot enough times, the player is out of the game. Before the beginning of each match, the players can change their ships' names, appearance and weaponry. There are a number of obstacles of various sizes arranged around the battlefield, giving some tactical dimension to the proceedings. Several different game modes are available, including a free-for-all deathmatch and a competitive team game. |
| BIpack: 2 Grandes Aventures Historiques | 2003 | Wanadoo Edition | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation features two Cryo's historical games:
Jerusalem: The Three Roads to the Holy Land
TimeScape: Journey to Pompeii
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| Backgammon Deluxe | 2003 | AGCrump Software | AGCrump Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Backgammon Deluxe is an updated and enhanced version of Backgammon Deluxe. It is still a straightforward game with traditional red and black game pieces but the game now has sound and a few customisation options, there's an alternate blue board colour and both the board's border an the background screen can be changed. It's a single player, mouse controlled game with two levels of difficulty, novice or an expert, where the player always plays against the computer. There is an in-game help screen with the rules of backgammon and save/reload options.The game is available as shareware from the developer's web site and it has also appeared in some board game compilations |
| Ballerburg | 2003 | | Heavy Mental Soft | Strategy | Side view | | | Artillery | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Ballerburg is an unofficial remake of Ballerburg. As in the original the king in the enemy castle needs to be killed, by shooting him with cannons. The influencing factors for a shot are the angle of the muzzle, amount of gunpowder, strength of gunpowder (can be improved via research), wind direction and wind speed.The complete environment, castle and all constructions are destructible. When a storage room for gunpowder, cannonballs or the money is hit, all or a part of the respective resource is lost. Before a game starts, each player can choose from various castles. Each castle has a different layout of cannons, storage rooms and a king. There are also several maps available.Fresh supplies (gunpowder and cannonballs) can only be bought at the market where the prices vary over time. The player earns money via taxes, mine head towers or taking out a loan. The amount of income taxes also depends on the number of inhabitants of the castle. If the inhabitants become displeased or the living conditions in the enemy castle are significantly better, they will change sides. The happiness of the inhabitant is influenced by the investment in food and luxury and the tax load.The game ends when one king is dead or surrenders. |
| Basil Brush: Fun Pack | 2003 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation, Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | Comedy | Cards / tiles, Mini-games, Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Basil Brush: Fun Pack is a collection of activities and games featuring the fox puppet 'Basil Brush'. The product contains:
Room names & Posters: In this activity the user can select any of twelve supplied pictures and add shapes, text etc to create their own work of art
Jigsaw: Here the player can select any of the twelve supplied pictures, or any other image in .bmp or .jpg format, and create a jigsaw. The maximum number of pieces in any puzzle is 256 and they can be regular jigsaw shapes or squares.This game has options which allow it to be played as a single player game, with or without a timer, or as a two player turn based game. games can be saved to be loaded and replayed/continued later
Card Games: This is a collection of one hundred and one solitaire games. These have help, hint, undo options with a choice of card back, backdrop and card face. They may be played as timed or un-timed games.
Word Search: This game contains ninety-eight puzzles grouped in a series of 'books'. One book is based on Basil Brush and contains puzzles like 'Basil's Favourite Things' and 'Basil's Friends', the seven other books have a wide variety of puzzles such as 'Bodily Functions', 'James Bond Films', 'Pop Stars Names', and 'Parts Of Furniture'.This game also features a make-your-own word search puzzle option..All puzzles can be printed, played against the clock and have 'find word' and 'solve' options. The font used and the colour of the highlighted words can be changed.
Jokes: A selection of thirty six silly jokes told by the great fox himself, speakers are needed to use this option as there is no text
Basil's Factfile: A biography of the famous fox |
| Battle Pak | 2003 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains three war-themed games:
Steel Beasts
Sudden Strike
WWII Online: Blitzkrieg |
| Beach Soccer | 2003 | BlueLine Games | IncaGold GmbH | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | This beach soccer game lets you play on eight beaches all around the world from Rio Grande Do Norte in Brazil to Sydney in Australia. The game features to different game modes: Exhibition where you play friendly matches, and Compete where you get to play a full tournament. These modes can also be played in multiplayer by up to four players on the same PC. You can choose whether you want to play with male or female teams. Before starting a match, you get the option to customize the game. You can choose the number of periods (1-3), the duration of each period (1-12 minutes), and what location you want to play on. There is a total of 35 different national teams to take control of. The gameplay is similar to other sports games of the time. It uses a simple control scheme, using only two buttons in addition to the movement control. One button is used for passing, and one for shooting. In defense play these are used to steal the ball and slide tackle. |
| Beach Volleyball | 2003 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | IncaGold GmbH | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Beach Volleyball is a one to four player volleyball game. Players can play as one of sixty four national teams, thirty two male & thirty two female, at any of eight classic volleyball locations.There are four modes of game play, single or multi-player exhibition matches and single or multi-player tournaments. Players control their teams either by the keyboard, where the action keys can be customised, or by joystick. |
| Beauty or The Beast | 2003 | EMME Interactive SA | Lexis Numérique SA | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Europe, Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Beauty or The Beast allows the player to adventure through a variation of the classic "Beauty and the Beast" tale through the eyes of either the Beauty or the Beast. From the perspective of Belle (the Beauty), her father has been imprisoned in the Beast's castle and she must find her way through the castle in order to rescue him. The Beast is investigating interlopers in his domain.The gameplay has the player navigating the character through a point and click adventure. Navigate against pre-rendered backgrounds and pick up items to use later. Consult the automatically drawn map for directions. Many of the rooms in the game also contain some type of minigame necessary to advance the overall game. Minigames include reassembling suits of knight armor from a mess of pieces; quickly lighting a sequence of torches; guiding a group of frogs off a fountain via circling lily pads; and protecting a moth from a gang of hungry spiders.There are two owl brothers -- Horace and Boris Finefeather -- who offer advice and assistance throughout Belle's and the Beast's quest respectively. |
| Beetle Ju | 2003 | INTENIUM GmbH | OXXO Media | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Beetle Ju you control a little bug who has to overcome a variety of dangers. Help Beetle Ju through a labyrinth by digging up the path and moving or blowing up boulders. Different Weapons like grenades, rockets and bombs are available. Use these weapons against monsters and defeat a set number of them in every of the 100 levels. |
| Bestowers of Eternity | 2003 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Bestowers of Eternity is a short AGS adventure by Dave Gilbert. It was originally meant as the first part of a series, but the later games were never developed. Instead, it reappeared as the 2006 commercial remake The Blackwell Legacy, where large parts of this game are used, especially the storyline, and where the story is continued. Most of the puzzles do not reappear in the remake however.When young writer Rosangela visits the grave of her aunt, Lauren Blackwell, who has just passed away, she is not aware that the ghost of her aunt is present. Joey, another ghost, has guided Lauren, but will now leave her for Rosangela. The young writer decides to investigate the death of her aunt. Rosangela lived with her aunt until her aunt was hospitalized. The story takes place during two days, where Rosangela will meet her neighbour, visit her aunt's doctor, and investigates her family history in the local library.The two mouse buttons are used to examine items or trigger actions. Rosangela also has an inventory and a notebook with clues. These clues can be combined with the environment (e.g. with a computer, or another character) to get to know more. |
| Big BumpZ | 2003 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | Mat Dickie | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | official game website (from Ad Blurbs)The ultimate 3D incarnation of my classic "Stunt Challenge" gameplay - whereby you perform back-breaking stunts in the name of entertainment! Guide your wannabe superstar through a gruelling career - ranging from their humble backyard beginnings through to championship gold. Featuring 10 unique stages, 30 characters, over 50 spectacular moves, and dozens of destructible items... |
| Big Mutha Truckers + Gun Metal | 2003 | Leadtek Research, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Leadtek bundle release includes :
Big Mutha Truckers
Gun Metal |
| Björnes magasin | 2003 | Gammafon Multimedia AB | Gammafon Multimedia AB | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | In this game you get to meet Björne, one of Sweden's most famous and lovable bears. Based on the television show with the same name, fans of the show will feel right at home as they get to explore Björne's digitally recreated shack.Throughout the game the player gets to play various minigames and do various activities. Examples being: Baking gingerbread snacks (the bear's favorite snack), grow plants, play the gingerbread snack game and other things of that sort. |
| Blade | 2003 | | | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Blade is a 3D duel swordfighting game. The player can choose three characters: Kurogane, Kyouji and Sirou (and one boss character). Matches are played as duels and the characters use swords to fight each other. Characters are controlled through four keys: two for slashes and two to block. |
| Blazing Games | 2003 | Cosmi Europe, Ltd. | The Code Zone | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Blazing Games is a compilation of fifty games developed for Cosmi by The Code Zone. The compilation installs with a menu screen on which there are five game categories, Arcade, Board, Cards/Dice, Logic Puzzle and Puzzle. Clicking on any of these changes the game icons in the sky above a stylised figure of a player. When the cursor hovers over an icon a group of pretty animated sparkly stars appears, by clicking on an icon the player can launch the games directly from the menu screen. The Arcade group is the default group, i.e. it is displayed when the compilation is launched.The game menu does not fill the whole screen and cannot be re-sized, likewise the games launched run in windows of their own most of which also do not fill the whole screen and cannot be re-sized.The games in this compilation are
Arcade:
Zap Pod!
Suzy Sushi
Laser Clash
Cheesy Pursuit
Invaders from Neptune
Head-On Collision
Robottrack
Olive Wars
Think Tank
Maze Race
Stack Blitz
Board:
Shi Sen
Engulf
Backgammon
Core Meltdown
Checker Connector
Moku
Push-Pull
Wari
Winding Standoff
Reversi Plus
Hexaspawn
Hex
Um El Bagara
Pangki
Cards/Dice
Kizbot
Poker Patience
Arcade Poker
Chess Cards
Poker Machine
Brain Bones
Siege
Vanishing Cross
Logic Puzzle
Deductive Logic
Nim
Adjacent See
Neutron Trails
Black Box Chess
Cryptograms
Quinto
Puzzle
Ultimine
Voracity
Pegopolis
CardMatch
Bulldozer
Bulldozer II
Make4-3D
Bulldozer Builder
Sechseck
Tic Tac Toe 3D
Once installed the games can be played without the CD having to be in the drive.
Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameAlternate Titles "Top 50 Blazing Games" -- Install Screen title
"Solid Gold Games" -- Cosmi Software release (2000)
"Blazing Games: 50 fully licensed games with attitude!" -- Tag-lined title
"50 Blazing Games" -- CD Game Title
Part of the Following Group Genre: Board game - Mancala
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The developer's web site lists forty-eight of these games in what they call their 'Retro Pack', which in 2013 is still available for download and purchase. Different combinations of these games have been packaged into around twenty different products and some of the covers, including Blazing Games, are shown on their web site.
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| Blitzkrieg | 2003 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Nival Interactive LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Africa, Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Blitzkrieg is a real-time strategy game with three campaigns during World War 2. During the campaigns the player keeps its core army of tanks and guns. In the missions there are additionally units provided by the game, including infantry and air units. There is a description of all units in the game, even if the units cannot be commanded by the player. The three campaigns are:
Allies (US, UK, French) fighting in Europe and Africa
German fighting in Europe, Africa and Russia
Soviet Union fighting in Russia and afterwards in Europe
The campaigns include historical battles like the battle of Kursk and optional bonus missions, which can be played to:
Get experience for the profile of the player to increase the rank of the profile. A higher rank leads to a larger core army.
Get experience for the units in the core army, so that the units become deadlier.
Exchange weapons to newer types.
During a mission the losses are never replaced, losses in the core army are replaced after missions. For the repairing and rearming of units depots have to be conquered, where the service trucks load their resources. All depots have unlimited resources. The game itself has a 2D graphic, but uses a 3D terrain with a full destructible environment. Buildings can be occupied by infantry to use them as cover. The game includes maps for multiplayer matches over LAN or the internet. |
| Blockworks | 2003 | Hypervisual | Hypervisual | Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Blockworks is a construction set that allows you to create a scene from a myriad (100+) of predefined blocks. Blocks with animation are available as well as a selection of sound effects. Predefined backgrounds can be added or new ones created. You can share you creation over a online community or print it out when finished. Your creation can also be easily converted to a bitmap file for image editing out side the program.Building is performed by intuitive menu and clicking.This game is an enhancement on the Freeware Blockworks Lite |
| Blockworks Lite | 2003 | Hypervisual | Hypervisual | Educational, Simulation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Blockworks is a construction set that allows you to create a scene from a selection of several dozen predefined blocks. You can share you creation over a online community or print it out when finished. Your creation can also be easily converted to a bitmap file for image editing outside of the program.Building is performed by intuitive menu and clicking. |
| Blocmania 3D | 2003 | Anuman Interactive SA | TLK Games S.A.R.L. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Blocmania 3D is a Tetris variant that differs from Alex Pajitnov's original mainly in the graphical presentation. Except for the game's 3D graphics and a multiplayer mode there is little that differs from the original falling block puzzle game. The gameplay of Tetris involves guiding geometrical shapes of four squares (although Blocmania 3D also has shapes consisting of more squares), called tetrominoes, to create lines. The shapes appears randomly and falls from the top of the screen. The player can then moves these left or right and spin them around so that they fit in with the shapes that have already fallen on the bottom of the playfield. When a horizontal line of blocks is created it disappears and any block above it will fall down to take its place. After clearing a number of lines the level will change and for every level the shapes will fall faster and therefore make the game harder.In addition to the singleplayer mode, Blocmania 3D also allows the player to compete against another player locally on the same computer. The gameplay is the same as in the singleplayer mode but when the player clears multiple lines, penalty lines of the same number will be added on his opponent's screen. |
| Blupimania II | 2003 | Epsitec SA | Epsitec SA | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The yellow egg-shaped character, Blupi, must navigate his way through one level after another in this puzzle game to find his balloon after which he floats upwards to the next level. In a 3D environment, Blupi must clear a path through crates and different barriers. He can push but not pull a crate, plus operate different machinery and cranes he comes across. You can give commands for Blupi to execute in sequence, then you can watch him perform the moves. Different items to use are gradually introduced on different levels including: mines, cranes, traps, catapults, tunnels, pushers, crazy robots, doors, diving boards, large balls, window panes, perforators, cages, bombs, force potions, glue potions, carts and destructors. Sometimes there are more than one Blupi on the level. There are 80 levels with different themes: futuristic, pirate, laboratory, factory, volcano, movie set, dressers-and-drawers, scary castle, ice and swamp locales. In addition to puzzle mode, there is challenge mode with extra "cool" (easier) or "hard" (more difficult) puzzles. There is also the Workshop - a level editor where you can create new puzzles to share with others. |
| Board Games | 2003 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Board Games is a collection of games based on traditional lines.
It includes the following games:
MahJongg Match
Champion Chess, a game previously published by Softdisk
From WinGames.Inc we have:
Acey Ducey Backgammon
Game Chest which includes Backgammon, Rummy, Yatze, Queens Audience, and Fortune's Favor
Dominoes Deluxe with three games and domino sets with six, nine, twelve or fifteen spots.
From Zillions Development we have
Swappers a tile swapping puzzle with nine variants
Fox and Geese which has ten variants of the game, 16 Rebels (Shap luk kon tseung kwan), 16 Rebels II, 20 Rebels, 26 Rebels, Checkerboard Fox and Geese, Checkerboard Wolf and Goats, Cows and Leopards, Fox and Geese - 13, Fox and Geese - 15, and Fox and Geese - 17.
Tic Tac Toe with fourteen variants including Beer Square, Order and Chaos, and Felix and Rover.
Knight's Tour a set of seven chess based puzzles in which a knight must land on all the squares on a board of varying sizes
Nine Men's Morris which contains five, six, and twelve men variants.
From Khaoscape International Software there is
Chinese Checkers (Special Edition)
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| Bob the Builder: Can We Fix It? - Limited Edition | 2003 | THQ Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This limited edition includes:
Episode #4 from the series (DVD)
Bob the Builder: Can We Fix It? |
| Bomba | 2003 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | Solid Games GmbH | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | Contemporary | | | | | | Windows | In this puzzle game the player takes the role of Bomba, who works at the company uneXplosive.com which produces illegal special effects for computer games. The "Ministry of Non-Violence" wants to shut the place down and arrest the staff and Bomba is the last one who is able to destroy the evidence...Since the evidence basically consists of bombs the goal is to light them and avoid getting killed in the process. This is easier said than done because every bomb destroys a part of the floor. In later levels there are more complex levels and obstacles, e.g. treadmills, slippery ground or varied bombs with different explosive powers. The controls are simple: the arrow keys are for moving and space is for exploding a bomb. There are no enemies, the whole point of the game is figuring out how to solve the puzzles. The game features 61 levels in 10 chapters. When the player runs out of lives they have to continue at the start of the chapter. |
| Bonaparte | 2003 | Netmin e.K. | Netmin e.K. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Bonaparte is a turn-based strategy game in which the player takes the role of a European nation (France, Prussia, Russia, Britain or Austria) and tries to become the most powerful one. The game starts in 1789 and ends at the latest 70 years later. Every turn represents one month and the ruler has to think about a lot of things: Diplomacy, Military, Economy, Research and Reign. In every of these categories the player has a lot of settings which influence a lot of further statistics, e.g. high taxes decrease the satisfaction of the population. When they really hate the player this can result in a revolution or even a successful assassination.Of course the player has not only to think of the own population and diplomacy to progress in the game - war was an important part in these times. When he chooses to start a war with another nation he can order his troops to attack a province. His only possibility to influence the outcome is to choose one of four tactics beforehand - the rest is automatically calculated by the computer. The battle presentation is abstract with differently coloured arrows. |
| Bowling Mania | 2003 | eGames, Inc. | No.2 Games | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Bowling Mania is a one or two player game with four modes of play, open play which is a single player mode, player vs player, player vs computer, and tournament mode.The game has three difficulty levels, a choice of eight player characters, and eight themed alleys; Jungle, Castle, the 1950's, Haunted, Junkyard, Saloon, Traditional, and Sci-Fi. The pllayer's character is moved into position by dragging it right/left at the end of the lane. The bowling action is controlled by a double power meter affair in the lower right of the screen. The first click starts the power meter increasing, the second click stops the power meter an starts a direction meter, the third click starts the ball rolling.The game has optional sound effects and music |
| Brave Soul | 2003 | Peach Princess | Crowd Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | Adult | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In this game, the player controls a young man named Rudy, who was was raised in the beautiful countryside of Souvania. Ever since his adolescence, a beautiful girl standing naked at a lakeside has been appearing in his dreams every full moon. Once he decides to join the Hunter Guild, Rudy heads into town with his dragon Shell, and meets a girl who strikingly resembles the image of the Moon Goddess in his dreams. This meeting will change Rudy's life and will drive him towards a daring adventure, during which he will discover a great mystery.Brave Soul is an action RPG with adult content. During his quest the hero will meet many charming young women, and attempt to conquer the heart of one of them. The player manages a party of maximum four characters, directly controlling only the protagonist - companions are controlled by the computer AI, and their behavior in battles can be modified by the player. The game features "nostalgic" graphics reminiscent of the 16-bit era, anime-style cutscenes, and voice-overs for the main characters. |
| Break Gold | 2003 | eGameZone Networks | | Action | | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Break Gold is a single player, mouse controlled, Breakout type of game.The game consists of a series of boards named Break Gold, another series named "Noid '99" which may come from one of the author's earlier freeware games of the same name, and a single level known as 'test'. The game comes with a level editor and the last 'test' level, while fully playable, serves as an indicator for the way user created levels are accessed via the game'e main menu.In the supplied levels the player uses the paddle to keep a ball in play and using it to destroy bricks and tot up a high score. In most of these levels alien space ships appear through trap doors at the top of the screen and points are awarded for their destruction.Other game features include force fields, bricks with springs that move horizontally, and a moveable tileset - it 'waves' like a flag in a breeze.The game has music, sound effects and a high score table, it can be played with either the mouse or the keyboard |
| Brief Karate Foolish | 2003 | D.C.S. | D.C.S. | Action | Side view | | Comedy, Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Here comes a new epic of live action fighting game!!With 60fps smooth action, sexy and deadly guys fly into air and bounces their flab!Legendary underwear "Black Briefs"... It is said that the owner of the briefs rule the world.Now, Brief Fighters from all over the world gathered and underground tournament for the Black Briefs has started.Defeat mighty enemies, and get the legendary briefs! |
| Bubble Xmas | 2003 | Realore Studios | Realore Studios | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Your mission in this game is to shoot with your gun, firing colored bubbles at the bubbles already in the level. When your fired bubble comes in contact with other bubbles, it will attach there, unless it hits at bubble with the same color, which has at least one another same colored adjacent. In this case, these three or more bubbles will vanish and you will score.With each shot, your thermometer will rise. Once it hits the top, the ceiling will move one row down and the thermometer resets. You can counter the rise of the temperature by detaching bubbles. This happens when you neutralize certain bubbles and some other colored bubbles have no longer a connection with the rest, these then falling down. The more bubbles falling down, the more does the temperature fall.If some bubbles reaching the bottom of the playfield, you loose.The game offers 3 different game modes: Classic, Puzzle, and EndlessClassic works exactly as mentioned above. To increase the fun, there are Power-Ups in the game. More and more Power-Ups, but also more different colored bubbles, will show when you advance through the levels.Puzzle works like Classic, except there are no Power-Ups, and the level is not generated. There are 20 different levels per difficulty available, most of them are geometric figures.Endless is a variation of Classic, whereby the ceiling won't come down. Instead a new, randomly generated, bubble row will appear. And unless you don't clear old rows faster then the new row appearing, this game mode can be really endless.What's so special about this Bubble game, compared with other Realore-Bubble-game, is that both background art and music are in Xmas style. |
| Bud Redhead: The Time Chase | 2003 | Space Ewe Software | Space Ewe Software | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The protagonist Bud Redhead travels through time and space in order to rescue his girlfriend from the clutches of Feyatta the intergalactic abductor. His travels will take Bud through an 8000 year old forest, catacombs of ancient Egypt, castles and dungeons of Medieval Europe, and finally to Feyatta's space ship which orbits Saturn where he will try and rescue Rachel. Bud Redhead is a 2D platform game where you can run, jump and climb. You must use your evasion skills and occasional stomping to combat the enemies filling the levels. The 4 worlds of the game have 5 huge levels each for a total of 20 levels altogether. The levels feature high resolution graphics as well as parallax plane scrolling. There are also many secret nooks to find in each level where you can grab extra coinage. Your progress will be saved in auto-save areas as well as at the ends of levels. |
| Bug Attack | 2003 | Kelly Media GmbH | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bug Attack is an action shooter. You play as a killer bee that has to fight against an invasion of ants, bugs, wasps, spiders and more. Collect points and bonus weapons like knifes, rockets and bug spray. You control your bee with the arrow keys from left to right and shoot at the enemies coming from above. |
| Bumper Arena | 2003 | Galileo Factory | Galileo Factory | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bumper Arena is a game about balancing the ball on a self-rotatable "bumper" platform placed above the hole. The goal is to keep the ball on the arena level and collect the green stars to progress to the next level.The ball can be moved using the arrow keys or mouse. There is a "jet" mechanic to make the ball fly for a short period of time, as some levels are set on non-flat platforms.There are five difficulty modes which differ in platforms' movement and velocity, as well as the ball's energy to "jet". There is a two-player module with both cooperative (collect green stars together) and competitive (get more stars than the opponent) modes.The game is distributed via shareware. |
| ButterFlight | 2003 | Absolutist Ltd. | Absolutist Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | ButterFlight is a strategy game where you must "collect" a certain amount of butterflies.The game presents you a 10 by 10 (or 9 by 9, depending on the game mode) big playfield, randomly filled with different types of butterflies. Your job is now to arrange at least three butterflies in a row, by simple exchanging the position of two adjacent butterflies. Once three or more are in a row, they fly away and new ones fills the gap. But you can only change position of butterflies, which will then form a row; if this is not the case, you can't move them.Depending on the game mode you play (4 different available), you have to make horizontal and vertical rows, or vertical and diagonal rows. And the number of butterflies you are rotating (two, three, or four) also depends from the game mode.Each level has an unique type of butterflies and a certain amount which must be collected. Those are blocking the others, so you must plan which butterflies you use for a row. Once all butterflies from this unique type are on the playfield, all butterflies flying away, and you can proceed with the next level. |
| Ca$hflow for Kids at Home | 2003 | CASHFLOW Technologies, Inc. | RoganStreet, Inc. | Educational, Strategy | | Licensed | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This educational game is based on the board game Cashflow for Kids. It is aimed at teaching children the basics of finance and passive income. It is divided into three age levels: years 5-7, 8-10, and 11-14. Up to 5 people can play in hot seat mode.In the game for 5-7-year-olds, the player needs to grow carrots in their garden and feed bunnies. The more carrots and carrot seeds (symbolizing passive income) the player has, the more bunnies they can invite to stay. Sometimes a nasty skunk will try to steal carrots, and the player will need to lead it away in a mini-game. When the player has more growing carrot seeds than bunnies, they win the game.The game for 8-10-year-old kids simulates a situation where kids work and get a salary, buy stocks and start their small businesses to get passive income. Once the monthly cashflow exceeds monthly expenses, the player wins. This mode features a more advanced financial sheet with an income statement, balances, and liabilities. The version for 11-14 is basically the same, but there are more variables and opportunities in the game, for one, players can buy real estate for let. |
| Ca$hflow: The E-Game | 2003 | CASHFLOW Technologies, Inc. | Quicksilver Software, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This is an accurate computer recreation of the board game Cashflow (also known as Cashflow 101). It is aimed at teaching people of all ages how to acquire financial intelligence, understand the language of money, read and understand financial statements, and earn passive income. In the game, the players will trade property and stocks, manage assets and liabilities and try to escape the rat race -- the everyday cycle of having to go to work to pay the bills. The game ends when the best player makes enough passive income to afford their dream (which they choose in the beginning of the game). Up to 5 players can play simultaneously. Hot seat and online multiplayer options are supported.
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| Caillou: Alphabet | 2003 | Brighter Child Interactive, LLC | FiniteMonkey, Inc. | Educational | | Licensed, Regional differences | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Caillou and his friends are spending the day at the park, learning about the alphabet.Caillou Alphabet is an education game for preschoolers, teaching letter recognition. It includes 26 minigames, one for each letter. Most are variations on choosing the right letters. For example, the game Apple Drop asks the child to click on all apples that have "A" or "a" on them. There is no penalty for failure. A couple games are different. Earthworms asks the child to place earthworms into an outline of an uppercase and lowercase e, and Umbrella Catcher asks the child to move an umbrella under raindrops with the letter U on them.All instructions are given verbally; languages include English, Spanish, and French. Winning a minigame earns the child a star; up to three stars will be given for each game, which are displayed on the game selection screen. The child's accuracy at choosing the right letters is tracked, and can be displayed as well. |
| Capcom Arcade Hits Volume 2 | 2003 | Selectsoft Publishing | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | World War II | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is a repackaging of the games 1942 and 1943, using an emulator and the arcade ROM images, along with a small frontend. |
| Capcom Arcade Hits Volume 3 | 2003 | Selectsoft Publishing | Capcom U.S.A., Inc. | Action, Compilation | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Capcom Arcade Hits Volume 3 is a compilation of two arcade games Gun.Smoke and Commando redeveloped using HanaHo's Hive Technology. Both games have one or two player options.The games come with a launcher program that allows both games to be customised. Through this launcher the player can redefine the action keys and joystick buttons, change when bonuses are awarded, and even change the start level.Both games start with a warning that it is illegal to play them in Japan. |
| Casino Inc. / Casino Inc: The Management | 2003 | Konami of Europe GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This release includes:
Casino Inc. (base game)
Casino Inc: The Management (expansion pack) |
| Casual Romance Club | 2003 | Libido | Libido | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | As it often happens, you play a handsome and popular Japanese high-school student in this dating sim from Libido. The Casual Romance Club is being formed in the high school to give students the opportunity to enjoy casual romance relationships in a relaxed way.Casual Romance Club is the first hentai game released with a full English translation included in the original Japanese version. Game text and voices is included in both English and Japanese.During one month you meet with girls from Casual Romance Club in Starry Sky family restaurant, where you can chat with them and try to date them. You also keep a notebook with detailed profiles of all twelve girls and can read their daily notes from a shared dairy. |
| Championship Snowboarding 2004 | 2003 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Championship Snowboarding 2004 is a 3D snowboarding game where players go down mountains performing tricks. It also supports constructing custom tracks. Levels have free exploration with hills and ramps. There are no races against other players, only a single character and challenges. Points are scored through tricks and by collecting snowflakes. Based on the number of points (80,000, 50,000 or 30,000) a golden, silver of bronze medal is earned. These provide free passes for randomly selected incomplete challenges in a level. There are twenty boards to choose from and thirteen characters. The game has a rock soundtrack by FLIPP.It includes Snowboard Park Tycoon as a bonus title |
| Chemicus: Limitierte Sonderedition | 2003 | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition contains:
Chemicus: Journey to the Other Side
printed game solution |
| Chess Champ | 2003 | Grabit | Lokasoft | Strategy | Top-down | | | Chess | | | | | | | Windows | Chess Champ is another chess program for Microsoft Windows.Although simple to use, with its top-down view (no 3D view) many of its options are targeted for club players, such as at the tournament modes, for example : the first 40 moves must be played in 1 hour 3/4. Next, every 20 moves must be completed within 45 minutes.Chess Champ was enhanced until version 2, then, it was rewritten from scratch for 32-bit versions of Windows, and renamed ChessPartner. |
| Cinegramas | 2003 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Sherwood Media S.L. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cinegramas is a thematic crossword game pretty similar to Crucigramas Classic, another game created at the same year by Sherwood Media. In this case, the game offers 200 crossword puzzles of five different sizes (6x6, 8x8, 10x10, 12x12x 13x13). These puzzles include nearly 2,000 cinematographic terms and 40,000 general words. As in Crucigramas Classic the player can save the game in progress in any moment, and also can print the chosen crossword to solve it manually. |
| City Racer | 2003 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Soft SRL | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | City Racer is an action-oriented racing game with 24 courses set in six cities (London, Rome, Moscow, New York, Montreal, and Lisbon). Basically the goal is to be the first one to reach the goal and get the most prestige points. These points are gained by risky driving maneuvers and hurting the opponents by using a power-up.The game features eight gaming modes. Besides the usual championship and quick race modes, the most interesting possibilities are "chase" where the player races against the police and "last man standing" where the goal is to wreck the other cars. The 14 cars are licensed, e.g. from Audi or Peugeot. |
| ClueFinders: Adventure Pack! | 2003 | Learning Company, Inc., The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This pack is a collection of three ClueFinders adventure games:
The Incredible Toy Store Adventure
Mystery of the Missing Amulet
The Phantom Amusement Park
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| Coffret 3 Razmoket: 3 jeux Razmoket | 2003 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of:
Rugrats Adventure Game
The Rugrats Movie: Activity Challenge
Rugrats: Mystery Adventures
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| Come See Me Tonight | 2003 | G-Collections | G-Collections, Sekilala | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Ryoichi Sakaki is in an unusual predicament. His parents have sold their house and everything in it, and left to follow their dreams - leaving nothing but a good luck note and an envelope of money! Luckily, he is taken in by Chidori, his mother's cousin. Chidori won't let him off easily, though - not only does she want him to earn his keep at her restaurant, but she is hoping that he will one day take the business over - and marry one of her three daughters!Come See Me Tonight plays as a "Choose Your Own Adventure"-type adventure game. It plays through at its own pace, pausing on occasion to allow you to intervene by making a decision, thus resulting in a plot branch. The game features several different endings.Come See Me Tonight features graphic depictions of sex, and is for adults only. |
| Comecocos | 2003 | Zeta Multimedia S.A. | Ediciones Cátaro, S.L. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Comecocos is heavily influenced by Namco's all time classic, Pac-Man. In fact, it's practically the same as Pac-Man (maze, game mechanics, items, characters, etc...), except for the new updated graphics and for the fact the player has the possibility to modify the speed of the game. |
| Command & Conquer: Collected | 2003 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation unique to the Oceanian market includes:
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge
Command & Conquer: Renegade |
| Command & Conquer: Generals Combat Cards | 2003 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This game is a free companion Flash game for Command & Conquer: Generals and uses its audiovisual assets. The player chooses a set of cards belonging to one of the three factions (USA, China, Global Liberation Army), while the AI opponent randomly chooses one of the remaining ones randomly. In each round, the player whose turn it is chooses one of the unit statistics from their top card in the deck - firepower, speed, cost, or build time. Then, the other player's top card is revealed and the statistics are compared - the player with the better statistic (higher for firepower and speed, lower for cost and build time) "captures" the first player's card into their deck and it is now their turn to play until they lose a card themselves or no more cards are in play. The game ends when either player captures all the cards from the opponent's deck. |
| Cossacks: Anthology - Collectors Edition | 2003 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Anthology edition is the bundle compilation that encompasses original game and both add-ons.The Package contains:
Cossacks: European Wars
Cossacks: The Art of War
Cossacks: Back to War
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| Cradle Rocks | 2003 | Warner Bros. Inc. | | Action | 1st-person, Behind view, Top-down | Licensed | | | Contemporary, North America | Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | Cradle Rocks is a licensed action game based on the 2003 movie Cradle 2 the Grave. The ganster Anthony Fait, driving an ATV, must find thirty stolen black diamonds hidden around Los Angeles. The player must navigate around the city, being careful not to run into police blockades and other obstacles; receiving too much damage or running out of fuel ends the game. Fuel refills can be found throughout the city. An indicator light shows when the player is close to a diamond by flashing rapidly. Each of the three levels contains ten diamonds to find. The action can be viewed from 3rd-person, 1st-person or overhead perspective. |
| CrashBangWallop!3 | 2003 | | | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | CrashBangWallop!3 is the third entry in a series of cause-and-effect games which are specifically designed for the youngest of users out there. Its very simplified game play allows children who didn't even celebrate their first birthday to play it, because being able to sit and having the power to somehow hit the keyboard is enough to have fun with this game. Older children can also play this game and practice a little reading, though.The basic game play hasn't changed much when compared to its predecessors. A colorful picture with a one word caption is assigned to every alphabet key of the keyboard, the picture showing something that starts with the letter it is assigned to. If a character key is pressed, the related picture will be shown and an appropriate sound will be played. If other keys than the alphabet ones are hit, the game will only play a funny sound effect - and not change the color of the picture's frame any more like the previous game did. And that's about it.The most notable change within this incarnation of the series is the addition of four new languages beside the English one: German, French, Spanish and Italian. The language can be switched at any time during game play. The author couldn't fill the whole alphabet in each language with pictures, sounds and words, but created a place holder asking for suggestions of the audience instead. |
| Crayola Arcade | 2003 | | | Action | | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | A collection of mini games featuring Crayola brand products taken from the Crayola.com website. This disc was given away free with certain General Mills breakfast cereals and includes four simple games... Marble Munch: Catch the balls of modeling clay in the correctly colored bins Space Pop: Pop bubbles with the correctly colored Twistables pen Window Tic Tac Toe: A Tic Tac Toe game using Window FX markers Treasure Hunt: Use a Color Wonder marker to locate gems and avoid spiders on a treasure mapCrayola Arcade also includes four "Project Ideas" for crafts that kids can make with Crayola products.
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| Crescendo | 2003 | G-Collections | D.O. Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | Adults Only | Narrative | Windows | Crescendo is the sentimental tale of Ryo Sasaki, and the last few days of his high school life before graduation. As the curtain closes on his childhood, he wraps up affairs with Kaho and Kyoko, his friends in the literary club. He visits with Kaori, the school nurse who always had a cup of coffee ready for him when he wanted to escape for a while. He shares dinner with Ayame, the stepsister who protected him as though he were her real brother when their parents died. Together they have all made so many memories, but soon it will all change...The game plays as an interactive novel: the story proceeds at its own pace, pausing occasionally to allow the user to intervene by making a decision. These decisions affect the subsequent development of the plot, leading to branching scenarios with unique endings. The game features graphic depictions of nudity and sexual situations. |
| Crime Scene Manhattan: The Real Car-Shooter | 2003 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Blimb Entertainment GmbH | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In Crime Scene Manhattan: The Real Car-Shooter the player takes the role of the contract killer Gloria from L.A. who has to go into hiding in New York after a failed assassination. She had to leave everything behind except a few dollars and is forced to work for the local crime organisation.The game features in principle a freely drivable city, but practically the player follows the story and solves linearly arranged missions, e.g. car chases or assassinations. The handling is similar to the Grand Theft Auto series but Gloria never leaves her car. Nevertheless she is allowed to use a variety of weapons, such as machine guns or rockets. There are also various bonus pickups, e.g. repair or invulnerability. The story is told in comic strips.Besides the story mode the game features several other playing modes: Cruising (free driving in the city), Taxi, Mafia (collecting protection money), Police (car chases with the police), Stuntcar, Tourist (driving to 150 special points in New York) and Killer (assassinations). Another feature are optional penalties for hurting pedestrians. |
| Crucigramas Classic | 2003 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Sherwood Media S.L. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Crosswords game in which the all the crosswords are generated randomly from a base of 50000 words.The program offers crosswords of five different sizes (6x6, 8x8, 10x10, 12x12 and 13x13). Also, before starting, the player can choose between two difficulty levels.Another interesting feature is that the program allows to save a game in progress in any moment. |
| Cryn: The Dark Reflection | 2003 | k.soft | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Cryn: The Dark Reflection is a one player, two dimensional role playing game.Cryn and his older brother Beorne are sons of the king. The king is dying and has yet to name his heir. He says he has made his mind up and has decided on a successor but until he has got his affairs in order the two sons must govern the kingdom together. Beorne, the warrior son, suggests that they should cross the forest and locate a tree whose magic leaf can cure all things. So together they set off battling creatures along the way, although it seems to be Cryn who does most of the fighting.The game has turn based battles which lead to greater experience and the acquisition of more hit points and spells. It can be saved at any point. The game is entirely keyboard controlled. |
| Crystal Maze | 2003 | WildTangent, Inc. | WildTangent, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | When Lily, the games heroine, is in school, she fell asleep and begins dreaming. But something goes wrong and she got trapped inside her dream in the Land of Nod, where the Dream Reaper lives. Now she must find a way to escape before it’s too late.Essentially, the game based upon Pac-Man. You must collect all Dream Crystals in a level, avoid all enemies (or destroy them if you can), and must do this fast enough or you will be chased be the Dream Reaper himself. Once you collect all crystals, you proceed to the next level. There are 49 levels in the game, with four different environments, like ancient Rome or Egyptian theme. There are also bonus levels for gaining extra lives.The game is 3D in an isometric overview (including different altitudes, but no "overlapping" between areas). The level itself is divided into squares, where most squares contain either a Dream Crystal, obstacles (like pillars, water, etc.), or are empty by design. All “lower” minions move only horizontal or vertical along those squares, “higher” minions, including the Dream Reaper himself, can move in all directions. Lily can also move in any direction, but that make the crystal collecting a bit difficult if you are under time pressure (chased by enemies).As already said, your goal is to collect all Crystals, which are either green, red, or blue. You get 10 points for each crystal, once you collect 25,000, you gain a new life. But you don’t need to collect 2,500 crystals for this, since there is more than just those crystals in the game.There are 6 different Power Ups in the game: Cake (will give extra points, 1000 and more, depending on the level), Magic Coin (will double all Crystals for a short time, doubling both the points you get and the size of the crystals too), Clock (will slow all enemies down for some seconds), Speed Boots (will increase the movement speed of Lily, by more than doubling it), Heart (will give an extra life; mostly defended by an “higher” minion), and Star (will make Lily invulnerable some seconds, with this, Lily can destroy enemies; this is the only way to do this).The Power Ups are either on a fixed point in the level (like Cake and Heart) or move themselves from one point to another.When Lily gets caught, she "dies", you loose one of your few lives (you have three at the beginning), and you restart at your starting point and can continue collecting crystals. With "dies" I mean, it does not look like dying (she fell to her knees, and a bit later the game continues on the starting point). That's because their is absolutely no violence in the game.Once you killed an enemy, you are rewarded with 200 points, and with every enemy more you kill, the points get doubled each time, so hurry and kill as much enemies as you can find before the invulnerability goes away. When you collected the Power Ups, they are gone in this level, so they won’t “refill”. Collecting all Power Ups before you collect your last Dream Crystal will give you extra points on the end of the level, this is also the case when you don’t die (Survivor Bonus). Clearing the level as fast as possible will not only prevent the appearance of the Dream Reaper, but it will also give you extra points, but only if you clear the level in less than 2 minutes (100 bonus points per second, up to the 2 minutes). |
| Cubert Badbone, P.I. | 2003 | Deirdra Kiai Productions | Deirdra Kiai Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Cubert Badbone, P.I. is a freeware adventure game inspired by film noir. With grey-scale graphics it tells the story of an alien detective trying to find out where all the human tourists have gone missing. In the process you will meet characters such as the bartender Baked Potato and a blind psychic pianist. Yep, it is a humouristic take on the noir genre. The game plays as a traditional point and click adventure game. This means that the game is played with your brain, rather than with quick reflexes. Puzzles are solved in order to progress through the story. It is developed using Tim Furnish' SLUDGE engine. |
| Cunyngas | 2003 | Comport Interactive | Akatora | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Cunyngas is an old-school top-down shooter. The story: The race of Gomin lives under oppression of the race of Mopol. An alien race comes to the Gomins and gives them a mighty weapon, the Cunyngas. Now the player mounts this weapon on his space ship to kill the Mopols.The ship and its weapon are completely handled with the keyboard. There are two shooting modes: the standard weapon and the spawn weapon which can be upgraded with different colored items which destroyed enemies leave behind. The game features five levels. |
| Cyberchase: Castleblanca Quest | 2003 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc., Learning Company, Inc., The | Basis Applied Technology, Inc. | Educational | Side view | Licensed | Horror | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Cyberchase: Castleblanca Quest is based on a PBS-produced kids show called Cyberchase. This game sets out to teach about basic math principles and spatial reasoning. The three young stars of the show and their bird creature visit the town of Castleblanca only to find that it is being inundated with an inordinate amount of sunlight. They take it upon themselves to build a solar protection device but need a number of components to do so. In order to obtain these components, the kids must play a variety of math-related games to help the monstrous townfolk. The assorted games, puzzles, and activities are:
Scary Scales: Mummies need to get into their favorite restaurant via the back door. You must help them by making them drop through trap doors onto either side of a large scale. Each mummy is assigned a weight and when the scale becomes more or less balanced, the mummies may enter the restaurant.
Goop Zapper: Help the goop factory package frozen goop for shipment. Pull a lever to drop a block of goop onto a conveyor belt and configure the zapper ray to either grow or shrink the block to the optimal size for the crate in which it is to be shipped.
Monster Dive: You are presented with a tank with a low volume of water. Monsters will be diving into the tank and you are told what level of water they need. Your task is to place enough other monsters in the water to displace enough water to reach the required level.
Get The Lead Out: 2 Alchemists want to evenly divide a quantity of lead between them so they can turn it into gold. Use glasses of water to divide the lead by observing the amount of water that each quantity displaces.
Lights Out: You must close all the blinds in the castle so that Dracula can get out of his coffin. Configure the angle and distance to throw your grappling hook to bring down the shades.
Disco Deflector: Change the angles of a series of wall-mounted mirrors so that when a beam of light is fired from one wall in the dance hall, the light makes its way to the disco ball so that the monster dance party can start.
Haunting Hang Gliders: Help guide a monster's hang glider over a short course by dodging obstacles. After profiling a short flight, use that time to evaluate how long it would take to complete a longer flight.
Drape Maker: Use the tools available (ruler, string, fabric, and basic math operations) to create properly sized drapes for different sized windows. |
| DX Lines | 2003 | | AimGames | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | DX Lines is a puzzle game similar to Color Lines. The goal is to arrange objects into horizontal or vertical lines with five or more marbles. Marbles are moved from cell to cell if the movement is possible. This is done using the mouse button to click on the ball and then click on the target field.Depending on the difficulty, either 1, 3 or 5 balls are placed on the game area with each move. The level is shown using a 3D perspective. The game offers 3 skins to change the colors of the balls or the game area. There are 3 difficulty modes and a high scores table.The game is distributed via a shareware model. |
| Dao Jian Feng Mo Lu 2 | 2003 | Centent Interactive Co., Ltd. | Pixel Studio Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Dao Jian Feng Mo Lu 2 (Blade & Sword 2) is the sequel to original Blade & Sword. Forty years have passed since demons that attacked Wa-Dang village, were exterminated by a local brave warrior. The village has grown into big and flourishing town, but one day dark forces once again appeared on the outskirts. The calm life of Wa-Dang citizens was disturbed and people are once again waiting for a new hero to save them.The game incorporates hack 'n slash mechanics, known from Diablo, against a Chinese setting. There are four characters to start with, 60 kung-fu attacks, 20 skills, 40 maps to explore, and more than 40 monsters and 7 bosses. |
| Dark Wars | 2003 | Blue Skull Entertainment | Blue Skull Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Dark Wars is a 2D side-scrolling shooter where the player controls a soldier who has to defeat a dark army. The character's arsenal consists of an assault rifle, a minigun, a flamethrower, grenades and many other weapons. The character's appearance can be altered. There is an in-game currency to buy new weapons and ammunition. |
| Das Mega Quiz | 2003 | New Media Agency GmbH | New Media Agency GmbH | Simulation | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | Das Mega Quiz is a quiz game with more than 4,000 questions for many different topics. It can be played by one to four players and contains several game modes. The standard mode has 80 levels and every level has 50 questions. If you answer enough questions, you get promoted to the next level. The casino mode picks a level at random and allows you to bet an amount of money before answering the question. |
| Das grosse Racing-Paket | 2003 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
BuzzingCars
ToonCar
Demolition Derby & Figure 8 Race
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| Deluxe Suite: Card & Board Games | 2003 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Card & Board Games is a themed collection of games, many of which have appeared on other compilations from eGames which were published in the UK by Greenstreet.This compilation comes on a box. Inside the box are two keep cases, each with their own product code. The installation process puts the eGames' game browser onto the player's machine, this has four game categories each of which contains a set of game icons or buttons. Clicking on a button for the first time will install that game, any subsequent clicks in the same icon will run the game.The games in this compilation are:
Board Games: These are installed from disc 1
From developer Arthur Crump we have
Backgammon Deluxe
Shark Dominoes
From eBrainyGames comes
Ludo
Darts which is a single game from the eBrainyDarts collection
Snakes & Ladders
Maize Quest
The remaining games are
War!! a Battleship game from Khaoscape
Checkers and Chess, two simple and uncredited games
Bingo Master SE from Soleau Software
MahJongg Master 3 SE, this special edition has just five layouts and fifteen or so different backgrounds
MVP Mancala
Peg Hop a single player game of the Peg Solitaire genre
Reversi a 1997 game originally named Dragonflip
Rings of the Magi
5 Dice aka Poker Dice: another game with no documented author
Card Games: These are installed from disc 1
From Webfoot Technologies we have
Pinochle
Hearts
Spades
Euchre
Canasta
Gin Rummy
Go Fish
Old Maid from Webfoot Technologies
From eBrainyGames comes
Eight Away
Pyramid
High & Low
Memory Match
21
Crazy Eights
Then we have
Paragon Bridge
Solitaire Master 3, this special edition has just fifty games whereas the full product has four hundred and fifty
Cribbage from Vladimir Alemasov
Photo Match All
Puzzle & Word Games: These are installed from disc 2
From Arthur Crump we have
Cryptic Puzzles
Crossword Fill-Ins
From eBrainyGames comes
Magic Square
Word Search
Other games are
MVP Word Search for Windows, here named MVP Word Search Deluxe
Space Puzzle aka 'Space Quads', another uncredited game
Puzzle Master 3 this special edition has just fifteen pictures games whereas the full product has two hundred
Casino Games: These are installed from disc 2 and are classed as 'Bonus Games'
From WickedWare comes
US Slots
Galaxy Slots
Castle Slots
Western Video Poker
USVideo Poker
Castle Video Poker
Craps Deluxe SE
Roulette Fever SE
Blackjack Fever SE
Together with
Keno SE from Crescent Vision InteractiveScreenshots Promo Images Alternate Titles "Karten- und Brettspiele 3" -- German title
"Card & Board Games Deluxe" -- Used in game documentation
"Card And Board Deluxe Suite" -- Used in the compilations menu bar
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| Denk & Knobelspiele | 2003 | Purple Hills | | Compilation | | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Denk & Knobelspiele is a compilation of 60 shareware and freeware games for Windows.
AllMyBugz, Axis, BluesCafe, BombFinder, Braincracker, Cascade, CelticCross, ChessSweeper, Circle, Coins, Croix, Dehumanizer, Diamonds, DiceMania, Duplikator,
EktoplasmaSyntheseModul, Etoile, Filzläuse, Flowers, FruitsEtLegumes, GatesOfMystery, Gem, Glibberkram, HeavenAndHell, Hexy, HighVoltage, Hoellenmaschine,
Hot_SMS, Intelligizer, Jeton, Kauderwelsch, LostMyCoins, Loxx, Mandalla, Manoka, MDMahjongg, MDSSolitaireCollection, Merkwuerdig, MichisGehirnkiller,
NeuronaleWorkstation, Nullinger, Octagon, Pentagramma, Postmortem, Primus, Quadron, Ra, Rhombus, Spektrograph, Sssss, Stargazer, Sternenhimmel, TheWheel,
Treasures, Triangle, TripleMind, VirusExterminator, WinSchach, Wisdom, ZickZack, Zodiac. |
| Der Grosse Wissens Trainer | 2003 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Puzzle | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Der Grosse Wissenstrainer is a quiz game for up to 4 players. More than 5500 questions from 20 different areas are included, such as sports, history, politics and music. Own questions can be included into the game via the editor. |
| Desktop Destroyer Christmassy | 2003 | Gemtree Inc. | Gemtree Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Desktop Destroyer Christmassy is a Christmas version of the game Stress Reducers. Like in Stress Reducers the player destroys his desktop by using variety of weapons. In this version the weapons are with Christmas theme (for example rock candy instead of hammer, ice gun, candle, throw colors in form of gifts, snow gun etc. and the termites are replaced by goblins). This game is good if the player feel some stress, he can take out nerves by destruction his desktop for a few minutes and then he will feel relaxed. The game is also similar to Desktop Destroy II: Chicken Carnage. |
| Diablo II: Battle Chest | 2003 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Diablo II Gold contains:
Diablo II (base game)
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (expansion pack)
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| Diabolika 2: The Devil's Last Stand | 2003 | Blackeye Software | Blackeye Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Meditative / Zen, Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Demonic hordes are invading the kingdom from planes beyond, and it is the job of the arcane and eldritch occultists -- yourself chief among them, as the apprentice of the immortal sage Old Loth -- to banish them back to from whence they came. A barbarian chief might storm into the fray swinging his mighty axe; a knight might gird himself in full plate and direct a cavalry charge of lancers... and their bodies would both come floating down the stream the following day, disfigured and eyeless. (Kirk Cameron would likely suffer the same fate.) You have other, subtler and more calculating ways of waging war at your disposal.With an ambiance akin to an all-strategy Archon, this game has you arranging supernatural and pyrotechnic units allotted to you along a gameboard strewn with invaders, growing thicker in random scatterings with each passing turn. Rather than placing strategically for territory as you might in Go, placement is done with more of an eye toward offensive potential, like Chess or, better yet, Dominoes. Instead of setting up numbered tiles to fall over, however, you have instead nasty little homonculi... exploding, directionally. Each of your units is inert until triggered by the overlapping explosion of a nearby unit, at which point they "go off", hopefully eradicating demon scum in the fiery wash -- as well as activating the next unit down the line. The strategic element involves most elegantly arranging the units at your disposal into the most murderously effective chain reaction sequence possible, working around existing positions on the board held by the legions of Hell and incorporating leftover units or pre-existing support structures such as braziers, cannons or sacrifices into your elaborate Rube Goldberg machine of exorcism.Though you unlock the use of special units (Iron Maiden, Fallen Angel) and get point bonuses for exceptionally effective strings of explosions, the enemy advances relentlessly, another wave always just around the corner. If you should leave ten of them on the board at the end of your turn, the game is over. |
| Disney Best Of: 3 jeux avec Winnie l'Ourson | 2003 | Disney Interactive | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes three Winnie-the-Pooh games:
Disney's Animated Storybook: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
Disney's Pooh's Party Game: In Search of the Treasure
Tigger's Honey Hunt |
| Disney Hotshots: Disney's 101 Dalmatians | 2003 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Disney's 101 Dalmatians is an entry in the Disney Hotshots series. It is a compilation of two games released separately previously. It includes both Disney's Animated Storybook: 101 Dalmatians and 101 Dalmatians Print Studio, both originally released in 1997.The Animated Storybook includes an interactive storybook based on the 1961 Walt Disney animated classic, as well as some plot elements from the 1996 live-action adaptation remake, particularly the fact that Roger is a video game developer rather than a songwriter. Here young players (particularly children) can enhance their vocabulary skills by reading along with the story, listen to sing-along songs from the films and even play activities hidden throughout the story, only on the 'Read & Play' mode.The 101 Dalmatians Print Studio allows players to create and print documents, calendars, colouring pages and other stationary based on the films. This is part of the Disney Print Studio series for the PC. |
| Disney•Pixar Finding Nemo: Nemo's Underwater World of Fun | 2003 | THQ Inc. | KnowWonder, Inc. | Adventure | | | | Puzzle elements | | | Moksha Marquardt | | Everyone | | Windows | Finding Nemo: Nemo's Underwater World of Fun involves many of the star characters from the film Finding Nemo, including Nemo, Marlin, and Dory. The player can play seven different minigames and puzzles that require courage, perseverance, trust, and helping one another as the player guides Nemo to become a true Super Swimmer. The player can also interact with characters from the film including Bruce, Crush, and the Tank Gang. The game features film clips from the movie. |
| Do You Like Horny Bunnies? 2 | 2003 | G-Collections | ZyX Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Working as a sommelier in a restaurant in Italy, Kazuma Takatsuki gets a surprise visitor - Sumika Ichikawa, the girl who broke his heart back in college. He was indecisive about his future and unwilling to commit to her, and she thought it better to end things than to continue in a directionless relationship. Seven years have changed them both greatly. He is now a reliable man, and a master of wine selection, paid well for his talents. She has a good mind for business, is to manage the soon-to-open second branch of the famous members-only Italian restaurant, "Platinum". She is also married. Sumika convinces Kazuma to move back to Japan and work for her, and he can't pass the offer up.In addition to being a top-flight restaurant, "Platinum" has another attraction; it is staffed by beautiful young women in bunny suits. As the bunny girls get to know Kazuma, they each begin to like him. Which of the girls will he choose? Or, can he still rekindle his old flame?Do You Like Horny Bunnies? 2 plays as a "Choose Your Own Adventure"-type adventure game. The story progresses at its own pace, pausing on occasion to allow you to make a decision, thus resulting in a plot branch. The game features several different endings.The game features graphic depictions of sex, and is for adults only. |
| Dogfight: Battle for the Pacific | 2003 | Fantastic.TV | InterActive Vision White Eagle Sp. z o.o. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Oceania, World War II | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Pacific Warriors II: Dogfight is an arcade combat flight simulation set in the Pacific campaign during World War II. The player can choose between a variety of WWII-era fight and bomber planes on both the US and Japanese side.In total, there are 25 missions in the campaign for each side. After the mission briefing, the player is taken to an upgrade screen, where they can buy various enhancements for their planes, ranging from weapon upgrades to increased speed and better handling. Upgrades are paid for by stars and stars in turn are awarded for successful missions. The amount the player gets depends on the difficulty of each mission.During most missions, it is possible to switch the aircraft type by landing on specific airfields. Taking off and landing is an automatic process, the player only has to fly through a series of guidance rings. The missions usually centre around destroying or protecting a certain amount of units. |
| Dogma | 2003 | Inudon Empire | Inudon Empire | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Dogma is a 2D fighting game that is very similar to Street Fighter or Samurai Shodown.There are a total of 9 players to choose from and four different modes of play. In the story mode you battle your way through each player. In VS-User and VS-Comp mode you can either play against a computer player or a friend. Each character has their own unique skills and special moves, and certain characters have weapons as well. |
| Domaine | 2003 | Denda Multimedia BV | Dartmoor Softworks GmbH & Co. KG | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Board game | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | You take over the role of Richard Lionheart (original board game title "Lionheart") after coming back from the crusades. On a 3D-landscape you have to claim back the biggest territory from your enemies with the help of strategic building of castles and tactical placing of your knights. This game is from the same author as "Settlers of Catan".
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| Doppelkopf XXL | 2003 | bhv Software GmbH & Co. KG | Mediaglobe GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Doppelkopf XXL is an adaption of the classic German card game Doppelkopf. Play against 15 different computer opponents or other players on a local network or the internet. The game supports all rules of the game, special rules can be applied. Extensive high scores and rankings are included for comparison with other players. |
| Dragon Tales: Learn & Fly With Dragons | 2003 | Scholastic, Inc. | Hypnotix, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | "I wish, I wish, with all my heart
to fly with dragons in a land apart" - Emmy and Max, from the Dragon Tales showCassie, a young dragon from Dragon Land, has volunteered to help three of her siblings earn their Dragon Badges and learn to fly. As she guides them one by one through Dragon Land they each encounter different situations where they need to give assistance. Among them:
Arlo needs to have some junk fitted back into place in his Junkpile - find the right spots for each shape. The items can be dunked in the shrink and grow pools to change their sizes
Zak and Wheezie, a double-headed dragon pair, can't agree on a toy to play with - choose a toy that meets both of their requirements
A giant has stumbled outside Mr. Dustfree's house and shaken up all his shelves - each shelf needs to be sorted by finishing patterns. There is also a Swirloscope to re-assemble and play with - place crystals on a lens and spin it to see the intricate patterns that are created.
The Royal Horseflies have gotten loose and must be re-captured and put into number-defined groups
Princess Kidoodle is trying to draw, but someone keeps sweeping off the objects she's sketching - the player chooses which item is the missing one
As each dragon finishes a group of games correctly, he earns a Dragon Badge. Once all three have their badges they can proceed to the training grounds for more mini-games and arcade-style flight lessons.All actions are accomplished with mouse-clicks; most of the time the cursor is a yellow star that throws off sparkles when there is something to click on, but in some activities it takes on a special shape, such as a net, or an arrow. On the lower left of the screen is a back arrow, and on the right, a character who will help by explaining the current game. At some points there will be a rainbow-hued shape on the left that allows the player to exit or start a new game, and a house icon on the right that takes him back to Cassie's house. This game explores a lot of pre-school skills, most of them precursors to math learning. Skills include counting, number recognition, logic, patterns and sequencing, shapes and sizes, matching, memory, and classifying.Dragon Tales: Learn & Fly With Dragons is based on the Dragon Tales Public Television series created by Nina Elias-Bamberger, which is in turn based on original characters created by Ron Rodecker.
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| Dungeon Scroll | 2003 | Robinson Technologies | Robinson Technologies | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Word construction | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dungeon Scroll brings together two genres never before put together. Your dungeon crawl is about to begin... and all you have for weapons are a bunch of letters.In order to defeat the enemies you find, you will need to complete words using a selection of letters. Each dungeon level has a series of monsters you need to defeat and you will have to defeat all monsters on that level using the same group of letters without using the same words twice on that level. Depending on the letters available, this can become challenging... especially when fighting monsters that require you to type many words to defeat them.The longer your words are, the more damage you will do... but don't forget those small words, as they can also help you out in a pinch. You will also occasionally get various special tiles that will increase or multiply damage, heal you, and even show you a large word you can use.Completing each level of the dungeon will allow you to find various items.You have the option of three skill levels to choose from so that kids and adults can both play the game and be challenged. |
| EA Games Power Pack Vol. 1 | 2003 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | EA Games Power Pack Vol. 1 is a compilation which includes the following games:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
007: Nightfire
SimCity 3000 Unlimited
The games come in the original keep cases including printed manuals. |
| EA Sports Power Pack Vol. 1 | 2003 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | EA Sports Power Pack Vol. 1 is a compilation of the following games:
F1 2002
FIFA Soccer 2002
NHL 2002
NBA Live 2001
The games come in the original keep cases including printed manuals. |
| Eisenbahn.exe professional SE | 2003 | | Software Untergrund GmbH & Co KG | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Eisenbahn.exe professionell
Nebenbahn - Epoche III |
| Eisenbahn.exe: European Class - Gold Edition | 2003 | Trend Redaktions- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Gold Edition contains:
Virtual Railroad
Lokomotiv- und Wagonbau Wuppertal: Volume 1
Lokomotiv- und Wagonbau Wuppertal: Volume 2
Eisenbahn.exe European Class: Zusatz CD Nr. 3
Eisenbahn.exe European Class: Zusatz CD Nr. 5
Eisenbahn.exe European Class: Zusatz CD Nr. 7
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| Eisenbahnwelten interaktiv | 2003 | Trend Redaktions- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | Trend Redaktions- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | | | Train, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Eisenbahnwelten interaktiv is a model train simulator with three model layouts with 150 different engines and cars. Manual or automatic control of the trains is included and the game is compatible to Eisenbahn.exe professionell. New layouts cannot be created in this game. |
| Electro Air Hockey: Under the Mallet | 2003 | Electrotank, Inc. | Electrotank, Inc. | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Electro Air Hockey: Under the Mallet is an air hockey game where the player needs to put the ball at the opponent's goal.There are three modes to the game:•Tournament mode: in this mode the player selects a character and needs to win 10 opponents. He will win an opponent If he will put the ball seven times at the opponent's goal. If an opponent will put the ball seven times at the player's goal, the game over.•Time attack mode: in this mode the player selects a time limit to the game (one minute, 5 minutes or 10 minutes), selects a character, and he needs to score as many goals as possible in that amount of time.•Survival mode: in this mode the player selects a character and needs to defeat as many opponents as possible without the opponent will put the ball even one time at the player's goal, else the game over. After the player put the ball one time at the opponent's goal, he defeat the opponent and will be other opponent to play with him.In tournament mode and time attack mode there is technical move for the player/opponent if the player/opponent gets some goals (there are players that need 4 goals, 2 goals or one goal). Each player has its own technical move (like the player's ball will hit the ball faster, the opponent's ball disappear for a few seconds, stopping the opponent's ball for a few seconds, the gate of the player is closed for a few seconds and more).When the player succeeds to win the tournament in tournament mode, get many goals in a time attack mode or get many goals in survival mode, he will get bonus material that includes things like unlock other characters and air hockey strategy tips. |
| Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life | 2003 | ARUSH Entertainment | Sixteen Tons Entertainment | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | In Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life the player takes charge of an emergency team to solve 25 life-threatening problems, e.g. a traffic accident, a sinking oil tanker or a volcanic eruption. The most important part of the game is the operations center where the player plans and coordinates the mission.Like in a conventional real-time strategy the player buys units and sends them to their goal. The units can be divided into firefighters, rescue personnel (e.g. search dogs or helicopters) and police. The player can use the mini map to send the units on their way but when they reach their goal he has to coordinate all actions himself, e.g. getting the personnel to leave their vehicle.The units are used for the same actions as in real-life, e.g. the firefighters rescue people from their cars or police psychologists interrogate a suspect. It is important to carefully plan the operation because there is a tight budget. In most missions there also is a time limit, e.g. if the police don't close off a crash site in time there will be additional accidents. |
| Energy: The Petanque Factory | 2003 | Phelios Inc. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Energy - The Petanque Factory is a single player, shareware, mouse controlled puzzle game with four 'worlds' each containing twenty-five puzzles.The story behind the game tells of Jean-Luc Cabiel who has worked in the Petanque factory for many, many years. When he started he was fit and all the balls were silver making his job of packing them easy. He's much older now and not as fast added to which the game has changed and the balls now come in many colours which is a problem because Jean-Luc is colour blind. It's the player's job to help him sort the balls.In the game the balls roll down the assembly line in random colours. Along the way they reach rotating bases that can hold four balls and it's here that the balls are caught. The object of each level is to capture four balls of the same colour in each base. The player clicks on the base to rotate it to catch the next ball and clicks on a captured ball to release it. Other features include springs that bounce balls back along their incoming path and tunnels which change the colour of any ball passing through them
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| Enigmo | 2003 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Pangea Software, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | www.pangeasoft.net (Developer's website) (from Ad Blurbs)Enigmo is the most unique game that Pangea Software has ever created, and it is a departure from our action-adventure games which we are known for. Enigmo is a 3D puzzle game where you move various streams of flowing liquid so that the droplets get to their destination. Liquids (water, oil, and lava) fall from "droppers" and will bounce around the walls of a mechanism. You move and rotate into postion various types of bumpers, sliders, accelerators, and sponges in order to divert the flow of the falling droplets. The faster you complete each level, the more bonus you will recieve.In addition to the 50 levels that come with Enigmo, there is also a built-in level editor which allows you to create your own entire games. You can then email these games to your friends to try playing, or even post them to your web site. We expect that as users create their own games and we link to them, there will eventually be thousands of levels for you to download and play with Enigmo! |
| Eric Young's Squad Assault: West Front / Napoleon's Battles | 2003 | GMX Media | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Eric Young's Squad Assault: West Front
Napoleon's BattlesRather than a regular compilation, Napoleon's Battles was included as a bonus incentive. |
| Espresso Games | 2003 | Comport Interactive | X-Pressive.com | Action, Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Espresso Games is a compilation of eight games developed by X-Pressive.com.
Arcatris
Bantumi
Blasteroids
Brick Breaker
Click Clack
Mahjongg
Missile Strike
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| Euphrat & Tigris | 2003 | Dartmoor Softworks GmbH & Co. KG | | Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Euphrat & Tigris is the PC version of the eponymous board game with a tactical and complex rule set. It is set during the time of the ancient Greek civilization where four dynasties fight for supremacy. The basic rules: At the start of the game every player owns tokens in four colours which represent kings, priests, farmers and merchants and a temple. The player can use his tokens to build kingdoms and when one is finished and he puts another token besides it he gets points. The catch is that the points are calculated for every colour separately - and in the end only the player's weakest colour counts.The obvious advantages of this version compared to the board game are a automated calculation and KI opponents. It also features an improved graphical presentation of the tokens and a tutorial for new players. |
| Expedition nach Tikal | 2003 | Dartmoor Softworks GmbH & Co. KG | bvm Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Gestaltung digitaler Medien mbH | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Expedition nach Tikal is the conversion of a successful board game that won the German "Board game of the year 1999" award.Up to four expedition are digging for Mayan artifacts in the Mesoamerican jungle. Each expedition is competing with the others to excavate the highest temple. In each turn, you can first add a new random field and then secure temples by placing your workers there (temples belong to who has the most manpower there), raise the temples or dig out some treasures. The higher your temples, the more "action points" you get, which are mainly used for moving. Movement is costly, so you may also consider to build camps from where you can reach important places more easily.The game also features an "expert mode" where you place bids on new fields. Up to four human players can compete online. |
| Fame Academy | 2003 | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Fame Academy is licensed game about the eponymous TV show where the player controls the show's winner. It is a variant of The Sims, which means the player has to take care of the character's needs. At first he furnishes the candidate's house, e.g. a gaming console helps the need for leisure, a bed for relaxation and so on. Of course the candidate also has to train for his career: Tutors give tasks which have to be fulfilled in a certain time, e.g. singing. Mostly the player has to buy items like a microphone for this.The player can give instructions to his character by clicking on the item he wants to use. If he does nothing the AI takes over. For concerts the player assembles a performance with the learned dancing steps which are performed automatically. |
| Family Adventure Games | 2003 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Family Adventure Games is a collection of shareware games published by Idigicon in their Family Fun series. The games in this collection are divided into four sections, the games in each section are:Section 1: 3105 AD,
Above And Beyond!,
Adventure Maker 3,
Agapito,
Ancient Domains Of Mystery,
All Aboard for Santa,
Ally's Adventures,
Ally's Adventures 2,
At Wit's End,
Avernum 3,
Babel 31,
Battle of Youstrass,
Black Hole,
Blades of Exile,
Bob's Adventure,
Building Mage,
Caribbean Treasure,
Castle,
Cherokee Trails,
Cosgrove's Umbrella,
Cryn,
Cubert,
Dark Continent,
Dark Ages 1,
Dark Woods 2,
Death Trap 2,
Defender,
The Crisis In Dersernia,
Digtal Overlay,
Dragon LordSection 2: Drod,
Dungeon Odyssey
Escape,
Enemies,
Exile 2,
Fantasy Quest,
Flaps,
First Mate,
Fairy Land,
Foggy Wood,
Forge 3,
Furcadia,
Geneforge,
Golden Wombat of Destiny,
Gorch's Quest,
Grinbo,
Hamish McTavish,
Helius,
Hero's Adventure,
Homeland,
Last Point,
Last Rose In A Desert Garden,
Legend Of Lu Wa,
Loony Land,
Losing Grip,
Lost In Labytinth,
Lost Adventures of Kroz,
Mansion Murders,
Maze MakerSection 3: Metal Knights,
Mc Murphy,
MedWar,
Midnight Motel,
Mission: Caduceus,
Monster Manor,
Necrotech,
Nonsense Trilogy,
Once Twice Thrice,
Pierre's Nightmares,
Plane Of Goofiness,
Quad Quest,
Quest Creator,
Quibbles,
RingRiker,
Robin And Marian,
Rollerbot,
Santa's Secret Valley,
Sapiens,
Save the Earth,
Silver Island,
Sky Roads,
Stellar Gun,
The Anywhere Machine,
The Epic,
The Secret of Easter Island,
The Sorceror's Tower,
The Will,
The Will 2,
TsarevnaSection 4: Trash Killer 2,
Warrior Dragon,
Westfront Omega
Westfront PC: The Trials of Guilder,
Winged Warrior,
Winged Warrior 2,
Winged Warrior 3,
Win Maze,
Win Way 2,
Yipe! 2,
ZooomIn addition to the Adventure games listed above, the compilation also includes an install of Direct X 8.0 and there are another ten games under a Trial Software menu, two of which are duplicates of games in the preceding sections. |
| Family Card Games | 2003 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Family Card Games is a compilation of over one hundred shareware and freeware card games. The games are accessed via a menu system. Each game is installed separately, when it is accessed via the menu system this causes the appropriate installation program to run. Once installed it will run on the player's machine without the CD having to be in the drive.Though the artwork of this product is very similar to another title in
Idigicon's Family Friendly range, Card Games For Windows, this product contains different shareware titles.Menu 1
123 Free Memory Card Games,
123 Free Puzzle - the menu shows this game twice, once as '123Free Puzzle' and again as '123 Free Puzzle Card Games',
123 Free Solitaire for Children,
12th Century Blackjack,
2 Handed Solitaire,
2 Handed Net Spade ,
3 Leaves,
31 for Windows,
4 Flush,
500 for Windows ,
5-Draw Mania (v2.1),
Absolute Patience (v 3.4),
Amazing Poker Squares,
Animated Rummy (v2.0.03),
Astral Tournament (v 1.0.1),
Baker's Dozen,
Beat the Dragon,
Big Patience,
Blackjack Trainer,
Bridge Baron 13,
Bridge From Special K,
BVS Solitaire Collection (v 3.3),
Canasta From Special K,
Canasta for Windows by Mark-Jan Harte,
Cards For Kids,
Championship Euchre Pro,
Championship Hearts Pro,
Championship Spades,
Chinese Solitaire by Randy Rasa
Menu 2
Crazy Eights Deluxe (v1.1) - by Arthur Crump listed as Crazy8 in the menu, Cribbage Champion (v1.2.11),
Cribbage Squares (v3.10) - listed as Cribbage Solitaire in the menu,
DeadEnd by Sergey Melnikov,
Easy Bridge (v3.2.0) by Steven Han,
Easy Whist by Malcolm M Bain,
Euchre From Special K,
FlowerBed,
Free Solitaire,
Free Spider,
Freecell 3D,
Freecell Wizard,
Fun Crazy Eights ( v1.01.3),
Funcrd Card Games (v3.0),
Funpok Video Poker (v7.0),
Funsol Solitaire Gold ,
Gin Rummy Pro 2,
Gin Rummy,
Hardwood Euchre,
Hardwood Hearts,
Hardwood Solitaire II,
Hardwood Spades,
In Between(v 2.0) by David Patrick Lewis,
In the Round,
King Sol,
The King,
King's Corners,
Kings On Top by Chris Pando,
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MS Texas Holdem
Menu 3
MVP Bridge,
MVP Cribbage,
MVP Euchre,
MVP Hearts,
MVP Solitaire,
MVP Spades,
Net Cribbage,
Net Solitaire,
Poker Challenge (v2.05),
Poker Patience Pack by Randy Rasa,
Poker Patience (v1.2) by Tim Surtell,
Poker Slot,
Pretty Good Solitaire 500 (v8.1.1),
Pyramids X by Nathan Chambers,
Pyramids (v2.00) by Suvathana So,
Rummi (v2.1.63),
Rummy From Special K,
Rummy Fun by Malcolm M Bain,
Scout's Game,
Seahaven Towers (v2.5) by Cary Farrier,
4UFREE! Sevens (listed as Sevens v3.0 in the menu),
Solitaire Studio (v1.3),
Solitaire Wizard,
Solitary Confinement,
Sologames 2003,
Solitaire Player/Maker - listed as Solo in the menu,
SolSuite 2003
Spanish Solitaires,
Spider Wizard,
Spite and Malice by Vic Huebner
Menu 4
Spite and Malice Multiplayer Edition (v8) by Mari JP Söderberg,
Sweet Sol: The Solitaire Suite (v1.11),
The Real Deal,
Thursday Night Poker (v1.6) by Dave Yazel,
TriPeaks 2001,
Tutorial Bridge (v4.1) by Dave Dever,
Tommy's VideoPoker - by Tommy Nilsson listed as Tv Poker in the menu,
Twenty One by Suvathana So,
Ultimate Gin 5.0 ,
UNO Hearts (v1.2) by Claude Toupin,
Whist From Special K,
WinHanafuda,
Wiz Solitaire (v1.3) by Simone Tellini,Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameUser ReviewsThere are no reviews for this game.Critic ReviewsThere are no critic reviews for this game.ForumsThere are currently no topics for this game.TriviaThere is no trivia on file for this game.
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| Family Software Pack | 2003 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Family Software Pack is a compilation of titles from GSP. It contains:
A Typing Tutor
A Money Organiser
Family Tree Software
Solitaire Games
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| Far West | 2003 | Encore Software, Inc., JoWooD Productions Software AG | Greenwood Entertainment Software GmbH, Kritzelkratz 3000 GmbH, Phenomedia AG | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The goal in this real-time western strategy game is to become a cattle baron that rules the prairie. Typically, you start with a small ranch that can be extended by breeding herds and trading cattle. Indians, bandits and bounty hunters will be on the look-out, so you need to hire gunslingers in the saloons to protect your property. As the ranch grows into a small community, different buildings can be constructed: houses, cowboy quarters, sheds, storehouses... After a while, you can also build your own towns with banks, hotels, churches, railroads, saloons and a sheriff's office.Your men need to be kept in good health, just like your cattle. Experienced characters are to be protected at all costs, as they level-up and earn veteran skills. Six different levels are available, for abilities such as shooting, attention, branding, healing, pasture and trail. Their performance is also affected by energy, courage and morale. Next to the transport of goods through dangerous areas, you can also be struck by drought and epidemics.If the trade business lets you down, you can train your cowboys to become bandits, and rob nearby stores and banks. If you break the law, you need to deal with the local sheriff as well, or you can bribe him. Far West can be played as a full campaign or with skirmish maps. |
| Federation Booker | 2003 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Simulation, Sports | Side view | | Mat Dickie | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | official game website (from Ad Blurbs)Step backstage and experience the REAL world of professional wrestling! Having won control of the hot new "Federation Online" promotion, it's your job to make it a success. A lucrative TV deal has been signed but only you can book the entertaining action that will make it a ratings winner! On your way to the top you must trade talent, develop their skills, deal with their tantrums, produce arena improvements, and book exciting cards. Then step into the ring and act it all out for real - thanks to glorious 2D gameplay! Federation Booker is the ultimate wrestling management game, boasting unsurpassed detail in and out of the ring... |
| Fight for Death | 2003 | Finson Software España, S.L.U. | New Babilon X-Play Systems | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation, Space flight | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Fight for Death is a vertical shoot'em up with classic mechanics for one or two players. It consists of fourteen levels based on five environments (city, desert, ocean, woods and space). Temporary power-ups can be collected through capsules that appear. There is a high score table. |
| Fimbles: Fimbling Fun! | 2003 | BBC Worldwide Ltd. | Fifth Dimension | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fimbles: Fimbling Fun! is a game aimed at the very young. It's based on the BBC TV series 'The Fimbles' and is designed to fit in with the UK's National Curriculum Foundation Stage.It features five games:Footprints: where the player has to guide a Fimble through a maze collecting objects
Suitcase: here the player has to select three items with a common theme
Feather: where the player tickles the Fimbles to make them laughPebble: this is a picture making gameShimmy Shaker: where the player makes tunesIn addition to the above there are greeting cards and pictures to be printed and coloured, stories, video clips and music. |
| Fire | 2003 | | | Puzzle | 1st-person, Side view, Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fire is a keyboard controlled puzzle game from France in which the player has to navigate a beach ball and/or a crate around the game area putting out fires, however only the ball can put out the fire by rolling over it.
The game needs NUM LOCK enabled as the objects are controlled with the arrow keys and some of the numbers on the numeric keypad alter the viewing angle. The spacebar toggles between the ball and the crate allowing the player to move either. As soon as one level is completed the player is flicked into the next.The game comes with two sets of puzzles, game file one contains twenty one original levels while game file two contains twenty four harder levels - there's an in game option to select which set of levels are to be played.
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| Forbidden Forest | 2003 | Cosmi Corporation | Cosmi Corporation, Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Horror | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Return to the Forbidden Forest in this update of the classic Commodore 64 game. Experience the terrors and thrills of the Forest in 3D action. Divided into 100 levels, your job is to explore the forest, collect coins and power-ups, and destroy killer bees, giant snakes, zombies and more. You can choose to explore the forest in the Summer or Winter and both seasons feature realistic weather and night and day effects. |
| Foxeroids | 2003 | Bouncing Fox Productions | Bouncing Fox Productions | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Foxeroids is a simple clone of Asteroids, with no special features. Using the cursor keys, the player guides Bouncing Fox's snailfox around an asteroid field. The space bar lets it fire at the asteroids. There is no hyperspace or shields.A large asteroid splits into two medium asteroids. These, in turn, split into two small asteroids. Small asteroids, if hit, just clear from the screen. Once the last asteroid is cleared, the player moves to the next level with more asteroids. Being hit five times, means dying and the game ends.As this game is trying to feel like a silent movie, there is no sound or music. When the player is hit, a screen pops up that says "Owch!" and when he dies, it says "Bugger!". |
| Foxy Jumper | 2003 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Foxy Jumper is a game for one or two players.
In Game with one player, the player have to jump through the holes that appear on the lines and go to the house, that placed in the top of the level, in order to go to the next level. It's look easy but if the player falls from a line (but not from the first) he gets knocked down, and if he falls from the first line, he loses a life. In the lines there are objects that bring score.During the game there are elements in the lines, that effects the player, and when the player pass level, more elements added.
Some of the elements help the player (extra life, lets the player to jump through lines for a few seconds, move faster for a few seconds, and more), and some of them (the animals) hinder the player in his way to the house (gets knocked down, falls one or two lines, can't jump for a few seconds, can't move for a few seconds, and more).There are bonus levels in the levels 4, 8, and 12 in each level pack. (apart from pack 1, that contains only in levels 4 and 8, because there are only 10 levels)
In bonus level the player needs to catch as many chicks as he can in order to get high score.In a game with two players there are 2 options:
game together - in this option there is 10 life to both players, and if one of the players loses a life, it's effect on the life of both them. One of the players needs to go to the house in order to pass to the next level.
game one against other - in this option each player needs to go to the house first before the other will go. The winner takes one life from the loser. The players can also fire one on the other.
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| Frazzled | 2003 | Midnight Synergy | Midnight Synergy | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Patrick Maidorn | Windows | Colored balls bounce from the distance towards you. You must use the arrow keys to move the catcher to catch them and arrange them in groups of three or more. Release the balls with the space bar or Ctrl key. It starts easy enough. You must make three vertical stacks of three same colored balls. But the next level is five stacks then the next is four horizontal rows of three. Each level increases the difficulty. See how far you can go and how high your score can get before you get Frazzled. |
| Freecraft | 2003 | | | Strategy | Top-down | Fangame | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Freecraft is an open source 2D real-time top-down strategy game and a clone of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. The engine allows users to import Warcraft II files. The basic gameplay is almost identical to the game that provided the inspiration. The player controls one of two armies (Alliance and Mythical - based on humans and orcs), collects resources (like gold and wood from mines and forests) with peasants, builds farms and other buildings, and produces military units to conquer enemies. The game has its own set of maps and new graphics. The project was eventually halted in 2003 after a cease and desist letter from Blizzard Entertainment and the project continued in two new forms as Stratagus and Wargus in 2004. |
| Friday Night 3D Bowling | 2003 | Global Star Software Inc. | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Who doesn't like heading out on a Friday night with your friends for some bowling? With Friday Night 3D Bowling, Friday can last all week. Practice your game in the practice mode, play against the computer or a friend in the arcade mode, or go up against the best in the career mode.Whatever mode you pick, the next step will be to pick a bowler. There are plenty to choose from, as well as a character creator. Once you start bowling, (in one of eight different alleys) the controls are simple enough. You can adjust your footing, aim, spin, and power. |
| Full fart i stallet! | 2003 | Stabenfeldt AB | Artplant AS | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Contemporary | | Direct control, Point and select | | | | Windows | Full fart i stallet is a game where the player character (a young teenage girl) is introduced to horse care as a beginner to the stables at the local horse club around which the gameplay centers, with daily chores like cleaning the stables and feeding the horses. If the player is doing good with the stable chores, the opportunity may come to ride a horse belonging to one of the club members.There are also other teenage characters at the farm, some of which may become friends, others competitors in the upcoming riding club competition, in which the protagonist may partake if prepared. |
| Funny Creatures | 2003 | Astatix Software | Astatix Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Funny Creatures is a puzzle game similar to Atomix. The player's goal is to move all the spherical creatures onto colored tiles that match the creatures' color. Each creature can be moved in four cardinal directions, and moves forward until it hits a wall or another creature. Later levels also feature arrow tiles that can change a creature's direction mid-movement. There are two levelsets available, Easy and Hard. The game keeps count of how many moves the player has made, and keeps track of the quickest level completion records. |
| Galaxy of Arcade Classics | 2003 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Galaxy of Arcade Classics is a compilation of games from eGames. It consists of Special Editions, i.e. cut down versions, of the following programs:
Crazy Drake from One Reality
Speedy Eggbert from Epsitec
Booym
Nebula Fighter from Holodream Software
Demon Star from Mountain King Studios
Star Miner from Positech
Spooky Castle: The Adventures of Bouapha from Hamumu Software
The product installs eGames' Game Butler and it is through this that all the individual games are installed and played.
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| Game Show Wizard | 2003 | Pathos Learning | Pathos Learning | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | The Game Show Wizard allows the teacher/presenter to input questions, answers and images (optional) into a game show format and then pull them up into one of four games involving two to six teams. Use a digital projector or a large monitor to flash this interactive teaching tool up for the kids to play. The teacher/presenter enters categories, questions, images, and answers into the Game Creator and then pulls these questions up into one of the four games via a single text file. |
| GameRoom Excitement | 2003 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Magic Lantern, Inc. | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | GameRoom Excitement is a compilation of the kind of game that might be found in a typical 'man cave'. The install process loads a game browser onto the player's machine. The first time a game is accesses it is installed from the CD but any subsequent times the game is accessed it is loaded and played. All instructions for playing these games are accessed through the game browser and not via an in-game option. All games have a similar look and feel to them with graphics on pennants and big red buttons beside each option, they are all played with the mouse and none of them has a high score table nor do they maintain any kind of win/lose statistics.The games in this package are all from Magic Lantern, they are :
Air Hockey: There are three different tables to choose from. The game is played against computer opponents, winning games unlocks tougher opponents. There is only one point of view in this game.
Foosball: The game is played against computer opponents, winning games unlocks tougher opponents. There is only one point of view in this game. There are three different modes of play in this game, the normal game, 'Goalie Wars' in which the middle sets of men are removed, and '2 Ball'.
Shuffleboard: This too has three tables to play on. It is the only game of the three that has a choice of camera angles and a multiplayer mode
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| GapKids Adventure | 2003 | Orange Design, Inc. | Orange Design, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The GapKids Adventure allows the player to select between a male or female player, dress them, and embark on a series of Saturday activities. Before heading out of the house, the GapKid must collect a series of items from the house that will allow access to later activities. Further, there are several clues scattered throughout the game that are obscured by red blocks. The game's sleeve includes a pair of red-tinted paper glasses to help decode these clues.Activities in the game include skateboarding, rollerblading, and bicycling around various obstacle courses; negotiating a complex ladder maze in order to ascend to the tree house; a music mix station in the tree house; and video game system in the tree house that has 2 arcade-style games: a lunar lander-style game and a Pong game whose game field is obscured with the same red blocks used to hide clues throughout the game.
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| Generals of War | 2003 | IncaGold GmbH | ASYLUM Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Wargame | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Generals of War is a science fiction real time strategy game. The Malkari, an alien race, have conquered and destroyed earth. Fight in two campaigns as the humans or the aliens with modern weapon systems like tanks or planes and even orbital cannons. Multiplayer is possible via LAN and internet. |
| GhostBlood | 2003 | WRF Studios | WRF Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | GhostBlood is a role-playing game reminiscent of DOS RPGs of old.When the game starts, a figure hooded in a brown cloak tells you that the "source of darkness" must be destroyed to save the town of GhostBlood. Throughout the game this cloaked person, Mystar, is stationed at the beginning of each new area and will keep you up to date with the quest at hand.While exploring the various levels, your objective is to kill monsters which consist of skeletons, specters, ghouls, vampires and others. Your foes wander around aimlessly and do not attack unless they happen to get in your way. You must whack at them first to get their attention. That is handled by pointing at them and repeatedly clicking your mouse button. When defeated, some foes drop valuables which can be collected in inventory.Spend your coin at the store which is accessed at any time by pressing the Shift keyboard key. Click open treasure chests to find gold, equipment, reviving potions and magic scrolls. Various types of armor and weapons can be found and their stats are explained on screen. All items have varied degrees of strength or effectiveness. Monsters become more numerous as well as more powerful as you progress.There is limited inventory space and excess objects must be dropped. With each Level-Up, you are able to assign points to strength, magic, dexterity, and stamina. All information is communicated in text form without voices. There is no music but spooky sound effects give the impression of a horror theme. Sound effects include a howling wolf, creaks, rattling chains, moans, screams and so forth.The game includes an editor for creating your own levels. |
| Gold Miner | 2003 | GameRival | GameRival | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Gold Miner the player needs to explore mines containing gold, rocks, diamonds, foxes and other objects that are worth money. He needs to catch these objects so that money will appear, allowing the player to proceed to the next level. In every level, the player has only one minute to catch them. If the player fails to collect enough money, the game is over.Gold and diamonds yield the player more money than simple rocks. The foxes are worth a small amount, but if they have a diamond their value increases. There are also bags that contain random items - random amounts of money, dynamite needed to bomb rocks preventing the player from catching gold and diamonds, or a power-up allowing the player to catch objects very fast. In addition, there are TNT barrels, which explode and damage everything around them if the player catches them.After every level there is a shop that the player can buy helpful things in. These includes speed power-ups, diamonds that are worth more money, more expensive rocks, dynamite, and items allowing the player to freeze foxes that interfere or catch those holding diamonds. After every four levels, there is a slot machine allowing the player to bet money he has collected in the previous stages.There are also other modes in the game, such as a no-limits mode (the player should not worry about the money, he can play as long as he wants) and online strategy mode where slot machines do not appear. |
| Golf Adventure Galaxy | 2003 | Katana Games S.L. | Katana Games S.L. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Golf Adventure Galaxy is a game of mini-golf taking place among the most common sci-fi elements: asteroids, stations, planets, temples of the ancient civilizations and so on. The game features a total of five unique worlds: each with it's own appearance and style. Each of the afore-mentioned worlds is comprised of four levels, with the goal of each being to deliver a ball into a socket in a limited amount of strikes. The number of strikes available varies per three difficulty settings.While the obvious challenge of the game is to guide the ball through the scenery, GAG provides additional obstacles not that often encountered in other mini-golf games. At different points in the game the player may be required to shoot the cannon with the ball, play a break-out clone, avoid asteroids with the spaceship, activate different types of machinery, defeat the boss-like enemy by meeting additional conditions. All those challenges are seamlessly integrated into the usual gameplay of a mini-golf game.Also, as most of the other mini-golf games GAG offers a multiplayer mode for two players on the selected levels of the single-player campaign. |
| Great Qin Warriors | 2003 | Cosmi Corporation | Archosaur Studio, E-Pie Entertainment & Technology Co., Ltd | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Mature | | Windows | In the year 2164, a wormhole into an alternate realm was opened by accident, and malevolent creatures known as "replicators" have emerged from there. A bitter war was fought, but the replicators had overwhelming numerical superiority. They managed to replicate the entire Earth, and a suicide mission was sent to destroy this alternate Earth with an energy bomb, by reaching as deep as possible into its core. However, the heroes were unable to reach the core, and were forced to engage their alternate plan - detonate the bomb at the wormhole in hope of closing it.When they came to, they found they had crashed landed on Earth, more specifically in China of the year 241 BC, right in the middle of a battle where five kingdoms have united to challenge the dominant Qin nation. Upon seeing the survivors in their mecha suits, they regarded them as gods, and fled in fear. The twelve people from the future have turned into the Great Qin Warriors, helping the ruler of the country to conquer the entire China, found the Qin dynasty, and become the First Emperor. But the price to pay for this glory is too high - the twelve heroes must find a way to return to their own time and save the Earth.Great Qin Warriors is a mecha-type first-person shooter. The single-player mode is mission-based; the player selects available missions, which take him to various exotic locations of different regions and time periods. A multiplayer mode is available as well. |
| Grown Up Pack | 2003 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Grown Up Pack is a compilation of software and games. It contains the following games:Chess
Carling Pub Quiz
Puzzler 1000 Wordsearch
Solitaire Genius
The other software products included in the package are:Photo Album
Human Body 2.0
Joanna Hall's Step By Step Guide to Weight Loss
Dorling Kindersley's Encyclopedia of World History
Everyday Spanish
Mavis Beacon teaches Typing (v 1.2)
Patrick Moore's Universe
Dorling Kindersley's Encyclopedia of ScienceWill MakerThe Times Home Contents Tracker
The products come on two discs, one CD containing the Encyclopedia of World History and one DVD containing everything else.
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| Hamtaro: Wake Up Snoozer! | 2003 | Learning Company, The | Digital Praise, Inc., ImaginEngine Corp. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Direct control, Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Hamtaro: Wake Up Snoozer! is a child-oriented mini-game compilation starring Hamtaro the hamster and his friends Bijou, Panda, Howdy, Dexter, Pashmina, Boss, and a few others. Activities are selected from a main clubhouse. There are also several animated cut-scenes, in the same style as the animated TV series, as well as voice acting. The game is aimed at children aged four to seven. |
| HangARoo | 2003 | NetCent Communications | NetCent Communications | Puzzle | Side view | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | HangARoo is a puzzle game based on the popular Hangman concept. There's a kangaroo with a noose around its neck, and a title, name or phrase the player has to guess. To complete the phrase, the player must choose letters from the alphabet: if the letter is in the phrase to guess, then all occurrences of this letter are highlighted. But if the letter is not within the phrase, you're one step closer to game over - if four mistakes are made, the kangaroo hangs! After guessing a phrase, the player is given a new one to solve, and his mistake count is reset. If 10 phrases are successfully guessed, the player wins, and the kangaroo is freed. |
| Hard Hat Harry | 2003 | Soleau Software, Inc. | Soleau Software, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Hard Hat Harry is a single player, shareware, keyboard controlled, platform puzzle game from Soleau Software. The shareware game has just seven puzzles while the full game has fifty, both games have a step-through tutorial.The object in each puzzle is to get construction worker Harry to his lunchbox. This involves picking up and moving crates, rolling tyres, getting keys to unlock elevators, crossing and destroying bridges and so on. Harry cannot make a running jump to cross gaps but he can jump up onto the top of a crate - so if a ramp of crates is constructed he can climb. The levels are not timed and can be played in any order
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| Hard Rock Casino | 2003 | JAMDAT Mobile Inc. | JAMDAT Mobile (Canada) ULC | Gambling | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Under licence of the company Hard Rock Cafe International, Inc., Hard Rock Casino offers eight popular casino table games. Here, play with a rock and roll music themes from the fifties until now, to Poker, Slots, Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, Keno, and of course, Roulette and Video poker!Since you will find on the same disc versions also designed for your Palm and Pocket PC why not start a game on your desktop computer, synchronize it, then finish it elsewhere with your favorite mobile device? |
| Harry Bu$ter XL | 2003 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Blackpencil Entertainment AG | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Harry Bu$ter XL is another Crazy Chicken variant. In 20 levels the player throws tomatoes on unscrupulous vultures, the family members of Harry Buster, to protect the stock exchange and the brokers from his greedy relatives. |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: UK 2 Disc Widescreen Edition (Included Game) | 2003 | | | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This UK, two disc, widescreen edition of Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets comes in a keep case sized card slip case inside which is a card gate-fold, four panel disc holder. The set consists of two discs, the movie is on Disc 1 and the bonus material containing interactive games are on Disc 2, the Special Features disc.An animated introduction takes the player to a student's study where the following options are available;
Additional Scenes: This is accessed via the fireplace hotspot, it contains scenes that were not included in the film, they are shown in a picture gallery and can be played individually or consecutively via a "Play All" option
Lockheart's Classroom: triggered by the doorway on the left of the screen. Here the player has three hotspots to interact with, one shows Gilderoy Lockheart's pictures, another shows his certificates and a third shows his books. Each option has an audio commentary but none of them is truly interactive, for example the player can move from one book to another but the books cannot be opened.
Spellcaster Knowledge: Triggered by selecting the wand on the study's desk. This is a quiz based on spells cast by various characters in the film, the scene plays up to the point where the spell is cast and the player has to choose what happened as a result from three possible answers. If an incorrect answer is given the game moves to the next question without revealing the answer, if it is correct the remainder of the scene is played.
Game Preview: There are four pictures on the study wall, one takes the player to six short rolling demos of the game of the film
Extra Credit: This option is accessed via the scrolls on the desk and it brings up a message saying there are features which can only be accessed by putting the DVD into a computer, there's also a short animated preview of these features.
Behind Hogwarts: Also triggered by one of the scrolls on the desk, this contains a conversation with J. K. Rowling; Dumbledore's Office - which includes a tour of the office and a short video showing how it was built; Interviews with students, professors etc; and a Gallery of Production Sketches
Activities: The third and final scroll triggers a feature which includes;
The Chamber Challenge: Harry is on his way to the Chamber of Secrets. Along the way he's spotted by various characters Filch the caretaker, Professor Snaith etc, and each person poses a series of challenges which are based on the film. These are multiple choice questions such as who owns which pet, in what order were the students attacked by the Basilisk etc. Eventually the player reaches and enters The Chamber Of Secrets where they use the arrow keys on the DVD remote to negotiate the Basilisk's maze
The Forbidden Forest Challenge: Stuck in the Forbidden Forest the player must navigate their flying car back to Hogworts using the arrow keys on the remote. If the player takes a wrong turn their car will save them - but only three saves are allowed per attempt. Fail to escape and the player is eaten by spiders.
Tour Diagon Ally: Here the player uses the DVD remote to take a walk down Diagon Alley. They can enter some of the shops but this is not an interactive game.
Colin's Darkroom: This is where the player can create their own picture gallery from the supplied photographs
Note: The Chamber Challenge, Forbidden Forest Challenge and Diagon Ally Tour activities are also present on a US DVD release Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (Included Game)When the DVD is in the player's computer they prompted to install the InterActual player through which the Extra Credit features are accessed. This player will not run on a MAC
The InterActual Extra Credit menu has links to features require access to internet sites, these seem to have been redirected via interactual.com and, in 2019, are no longer available. Originally they would have been links to;
The Daily Prophet - Important News
Newsletter - Receive the Latest Harry Potter News via Email
Discussion - Join the Online Community and view DVD Clues
Wizard's Shop - Official Harry Potter Merchandise
Special Events - Online Events, Sneak Peeks & More
HarryPotter,com - The Official Web Site.
There are features referred to on the slipcase cover which are not present on the disc and it is assumed these were accessed on the official site, these include a screen saver that could be downloaded; fifteen activities such as jigsaws and sliding puzzles among which were Colin Creevey's Photo Hunt; Polyjuice Pairs - a Concentration style game; Transformation Tiles a sliding block game; the Official Hogwarts Timeline and a feature that allowed the user to "Magically control your computer with your voice!"
Functioning activities that are on the disc include;
a desktop wallpaper in three sizes
Printable items including foldable posters, a Hogwarts great Hall cut-out model; and three mazes - all printable documents open in Adobe Acrobat.
A playable demo of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
| Hello Kitty: Dream Carnival | 2003 | ValuSoft, Inc. | 3 Pin Media | Action, Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hello Kitty Dream Carnival allows the player to partake in 8 different games and activities that involve Hello Kitty and her friends.
Pen Pal Word Find: Circle words in a word scramble within a given time limit. If successful, the player gets to read the postcard that Hello Kitty has written to her friend which includes the words from the puzzle.Amazing Aquabatics: The game shows the player a pattern and the player must click the matching pattern from a set of patterns. If correct, a dolphin performs a trick.Ferris Wheel Friends: A matching game-- click on various carriages on the ferris wheel to find pairs of friends.Fireworks Show: Select a series of 8 fireworks for a big show.Rainbow Smoothie Coaster: Hello Kitty and her friends pull up to the smoothie stand while riding on the roller coaster. Each requests a particular fruit flavor and the player must click on the fruit's corresponding color of the rainbow to fulfill the order.Penguin Plunge: Place a penguin on a platform and adjust the height of the platform as well as the angle of the trampoline below. Drop the platform with the goal of bouncing the penguin through a series of goals and into a floating tube.Pachinko Balloon Race: Hello Kitty is in a frantic balloon race with her friends. In order to make Hello Kitty's balloon rise, it is necessary to score points on the Pachinko board.Twilight Teasers: Click on stars in a constellation in order to change all of the stars to a consistent pattern.
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| Historion: Babylons Fluch | 2003 | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | Ruske & Pühretmaier Edutainment GmbH | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Historion: Babylons Fluch is the sequel to Historion. Computer viruses revived demons from antiquity and they are threatening humanity's history. By travelling back in time you are trying to prevent that by solving riddles and puzzles in places like the pyramids of Gizeh, the temple of Ephesos or the hanging gardens of Babylon. The game also teaches the player about architecture, religion, society and politics of the eras. |
| Horrorween | 2003 | The DGDev Team | The DGDev Team | Action | Top-down | | Horror | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Horrorween is a top-down 2D shooter with gameplay mechanics very similar to Crimsonland. The player fights against hordes of zombies in a survival mode. It is impossible to win, the goal is merely to survive as long as possible. There are different types of weapons with unlimited ammo: a plasma gun, a shotgun or an automatic rifle. Sometimes, bigger zombie appear that are much harder to kill. |
| Hot Rod: American Street Drag | 2003 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Canopy Games | Racing / Driving | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Hot Rod: American Street Drag is a racing game with a tie-in to Hot Rod magazine.The game can be played in three ways. There's the Quick Race mode in which the player starts with a fully functioning, high performance, drag racer and races against the computer. There's a multiplayer mode, which can be played over the internet or via a LAN, where the player pits their skill against another person, and there's the career mode which is the main body of the game.All the action takes place in a fictional city called Speedville. The objective of the game in career mode is to feature on the cover of Hot Rod magazine. This is achieved by winning the annual Hot Rod American Street Drag Tour, but to do this the player must first qualify in the sub-12 second category and having a custom paint job.
Initially the player stars with $5000 and has to buy and renovate their car. Further cash is awarded for winning races, either as prize money in recognised events in street races where the prize is either cash or a spare part. Cars can be customised, accessorised, painted and repaired. Old parts and parts won in races can be sold for cash.The game features the voice of Dave McClelland, an icon with his picture is on most screens and when clicked he can be heard providing an in-game tip.
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| Hugo: Bukkazoom! | 2003 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | Track racing | | | | | Windows | Hugo: Bukkazoom! is a 3D racing game based starring Hugo the TV Troll, a popular cartoon character on Danish television. In this game Hugo is shrunk to the size of little green creatures called greenflies. He must race a kart through marshes, deserts and various landscapes. The circuits have checkpoints, upgrades and a scoring system open to different possible strategies. Both single-player and multiplayer games for up to two players are supported. Included game modes are balloon race, greenflies in basket, regular races, capture the balloon, taxi race, free roam and time trial. There are different characters to choose from and they can use power-ups during the races, such as a shield, a cluster bomb or a turbo. |
| Icewind Dale: The Ultimate Collection | 2003 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This collection contains:
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter
Icewind Dale II
Icewind Dale soundtrack CD with 51 music tracks
Icewind Dale II bonus CD with an additional level, eight character portraits, a trailer and some MP3s
There are two printed reference cards in the box, while the manuals are on discs as PDF files. |
| Imaginext: Battle Castle | 2003 | Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing UK Ltd | | Action | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy, Medieval | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Imaginext is a range of toys from Fisher-Price and this title supports a range of medieval toys - knights, castles, dragons etc.The menu has five shield shaped buttons, apart from the obvious Play and Exit buttons there are:
Imaginext Movie: This plays an advertisement that combines animation and live acting to promote the Forest Fortress and Pirate Raider toys and the Imaginext: Pirate Raider PC game which included a free character.
Rescue Heroes Movie: Another advertisement this time for for the Rescue Heroes movie and the Rescue Heroes: Mission Select game.
Help: This opens up a browser window and explains all the controls and mini games. It's effectively the game's manual, there is a manual inside the keep case but it holds only installation instructions and contact details foe multiple countries
The story starts with Dragomont, the game's baddie, releasing a mighty dragon from its prison and recruiting an army of orcs and knights to try and conquer the kingdom of Kingsland. The king is old and can no longer protect his people so he has decreed that whoever can vanquish the threat can take the crown. Over twenty-five missions the player fights key-board controlled battles and, if victorious they earn new parts to help build their own castle, additional armour etc. During combat there are two shields on the screen, one in the upper left corner and the other in the upper right these show the status of the player's armour and their opponent's. Once the armour has gone the battle is over. After a battle the player just has to return to their base castle to reset their armour. Exploring the kingdom and battling other knights is all controlled by the keyboard as are some mini games while other mini games are mouse controlled.
Missions start of as a simple 'fight this knight' battle but later have multiple objectives such as 'capture this castle and rescue a captive' or 'beat this knight to get a potion then trade the potion in various castles until you get a red one'. The player is guided through the game by a squire whose advice is spoken and, after a victory, Dragomont may pop up and deliver a vague threat.
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| Imogen | 2003 | Ovine by Design | Ovine by Design | Action, Puzzle | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Drunk on power after defeating a terrible dragon, an enchanter's mind snaps and for the good of himself and the community he is imprisoned in an insidious donjon, each chamber containing a more whimsical challenge than the last. Maybe, the villagers hope, by the time he cools off and gathers his senses enough to successfully run the gauntlet, he'll have become sufficiently rehabilitated to reintegrate into human society without posing a threat to anyone - except perhaps the next dragon that comes along.An enhanced Windows remake of Michael St Aubyn's Micro Power 1986 game of the same name on the BBC Micro B/B+/Master and Electron, this game will keep Jill of the Jungle fans up with 16 levels of polymorphic platform game puzzle-solving; an object-using wizard can shift to the forms of a climbing monkey and a leaping cat to evade foes, cross obstacles and devise unconventional uses for peculiar objects, all toward the goal of recovering the spell fragment at each level's end and, ultimately, escape from the gaol when all sixteen fragments are collected. Like the three specialist-heroes of The Lost Vikings, all these abilities will be called into selective use in every level; where it differs (more akin to Infocom's Arthur) is that as a shapeshifter, only one body manifests at a time. Experimentation and trial-and-error are the key, but not too much; while it is impossible to die in this game, Imogen the wizard is saddled with a tight limit on the amount of transformations he can undergo (150, across 16 levels) -- and when that well runs dry, there's no replenishing it. A small margin of wiggle room is built in (31, a walkthrough claims), but you may want to replay occasional transformation-expensive reflex puzzles to ensure you'll have enough to not only pass the level, but pass ALL the levels and finish the game.The levels are played in what amounts to a random sequence, each featuring a wacky or punny name (eg. Baboonacy, Hamster-Jam), so if the player is unsuccessful at solving a particular puzzle, it's still possible to explore the rest of the game. Since there is only one solution for most of the puzzles, replay value is minimal beyond the speedrunning-style challenge of how-few-transformations-can-I-get-away-with-using. |
| IncrediBubble | 2003 | | Suricate Software | Puzzle | Behind view | | | Tile matching puzzle | Oceania | | Direct control | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | Windows | IncrediBubble is a game that takes a three-in-a-row concept into the underwater puzzle 3D world. The player's goal is to clean the area from bubbles located in the center of the rectangle-like area by shooting bubbles into the right row and column.The player takes control over one of four characters in this game: dolphin Philipper, shark Jacomo, octopus Octavius and seahorse Aquarius. The characters have different movement speed and number/color of bubbles to shoot in a single shot.The characters can be controlled using a mouse, keyboard or joystick - arrow keys for horizontal and vertical movement and Spacebar for launching a bubble in keyboard configuration.The game features 180 levels, seven game modes (5 in single player, 2 in two-player), and in-game help to provide guidance for the player on completing levels. Game modes include "training", "score hunt" - getting the highest score possible, "puzzle" - removing all bubbles with a limited number of bubbles to launch, "mission" - removing a specific number of specific types of bubbles from the level, and "2D" - game in 2D mode.
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| Industry Giant II: Gold Edition | 2003 | Bigben Interactive S.A. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Industry Giant II (Gold Edition) is a compilation of both Industry Giant II and the expansion pack Industry Giant II: 1980-2020. |
| Inhabitants | 2003 | S+F Software | S+F Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Inhabitants is a puzzle game that will put your skills to the test as you work your way through level after level of tile clearing action! Play with three friends in competition mode or play by yourself and unlock many new modes of play.Inhabitants will remind you of many other popular games where you need to remove tiles of the same color, only this time there is a twist - You can only remove tiles one away from the tile you are on. The maximum tiles you can remove is therefore five, and that will give you what is known as a four-way combo. |
| Inspector Parker | 2003 | Oberon Games, Inc. | Oberon Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | Detective / mystery | | Europe | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Something sinister has happened at Misanthorpe Manor. Old Aunt Agatha, the wealthy and mean owner of the Manor, was murdered. Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Parker has taken statements from the potential victims and suspects. As his protégé, you must sort and figure out the what's and where's so that forensic and Parker can crack the case. If you succeed, you will be promoted...and who knows...you might match your mentor and become Chief Inspector!Gameplay consists of a game board with a number of rows and columns that represents different rooms of the Manor. The object of the game is to figure out where each suspect, victim and items are located at the time of the crime. You are giving clues like "Stella Sweetheart is in a room to the left of Rolly the Rector" and you must solve the case by elimination (cross out objects/people from a room until only one remains which indicates that's the correct object) or deduction. There are 3 difficulty modes: Easy, Normal and Deadly. Each mode has 10 levels. You start with a practice level and then a regular level. In the earlier levels, you will have only 2-4 floors and will only have to locate the suspects, weapons and victims. As you progress in the different levels, there will more floors and you will have to figure out the possible motives and how the corpse was disposed of. The difference between the modes is in the clarity of the clues. For example, in Easy mode you will have clues indicating exactly how many rooms are between 2 objects...while in Deadly you will only be notified of the direction of the objects.Another choice is to choose between Puzzle Mode and Timed Mode. In Puzzle Mode, you are allowed a certain number of guesses. If you make too many mistakes, the game ends. In Timed Mode you have unlimited guesses but you must solve the case before time runs out.So who killed Agatha? Was it Fred or Portia? Were they in the Red Bedroom or the Garden Room? What was the weapon used? Was it the knife or poison? And what was the villain's motive? Money or vengeance?If you can answer all these questions, you will become Chief Inspector in no time! |
| Intellivision Greatest Hits: 20th Anniversary Edition | 2003 | Brøderbund Software, Inc. | Intellivision Productions Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | An updated version of the same titled original Intellivision Greatest Hits: 20th Anniversary Edition. This version contains 25 games instead of the original version's 10.7 of the original version's 10 games included are:
Astrosmash
Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack
Night Stalker
Shark! Shark!
Snafu
Space Armada
Super Pro Football
This version loses the original's following 3 games:
Motocross
Skiing
Body Slam: Super Pro Wrestling
But adds these additional 18 games:
Star Strike
Space Spartans
Buzz Bombers
Thin Ice
Vectron
Pinball
World Championship Baseball
Super Pro Basketball
Stadium Mud Buggies
Super Pro Golf
Reversi
Backgammon
Thunder Castle
Tower of Doom
Sub Hunt
Hover Force
B-17 Bomber
Utopia |
| IperSoccer | 2003 | Microforum International | Feedback Games | Sports | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | IperSoccer is an arcade approach to the genre of football games, similar to Total Football 2000 or Sensible Soccer '98Player uses arrow keys to move footballers, Ctrl key for cross pass and switching the player when in defending mode and Space key for shooting and performing a slide. Game includes several cameras, including top-down, diagonal and side view of the pitch.There are 3 game modes: single game, tournament and career. Game includes 64 fictional teams, divided into four leagues and customizable through “editor application” included with the game. Three statistics that characterize footballers are “speed”, “endurance” and “power” - valued between 0 and 100. Few footballers are capable of performing one of 9 available “special tricks”, that include removing gravity, making the footballer invisible or shooting two balls in the penalty area.In career mode, the goal is to advance with a team from Division D to Division A and win the league. Player can buy (or sell) players from / to other teams and change tactics.There are no commentators in the game, no special chants from the crowd or footballers communicating with each other. |
| Ishido | 2003 | Idigicon Limited | Kool Dog | Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ishido is a single-player, mouse controlled, strategy game. It is an implementation of Ishidō: The Way of Stones, a Macintosh game from the 1990's.This game is played on an 8x12 board. The player is presented with a series of coloured tiles, there are thirty-six pairs in total, each carrying a symbol. Tiles must be placed on the board such that they match their neighbours by colour and/or shape. Points are scored for the number and complexity of the matches made. The game ends when all tiles have been played or when the next tile presented cannot be placed on the board. There are three levels of difficulty and three tile sets. |
| JAST USA Memorial Collection | 2003 | JAST USA | | Compilation | | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the following games:
Three Sisters' Story
Season of the Sakura
Runaway City
All three games have been made compatible with Windows XP and ported to a new engine. The games now feature support for anti-aliasing, an updated skip feature, joystick and mouse scroll wheel support, and other technical improvements. The music has been resampled for better sound and is provided as a bonus on the disc in MP3 format. |
| Jak rozpętałem II Wojnę Światową: Nieznane przygody Franka Dolasa | 2003 | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Mirage Interactive LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Comedy, War | | World War II | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Jak rozpetalem druga wojne swiatowa: Nieznane przygody Franka Dolasa utilizes an unusual RPG scenario: is is set during World War II. It is licensed from the Pen & Paper system Weird Wars and the Polish movie series Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową. During a passage near Norway the hero and his assistant get attacked and need to flee on a ice floe. Later they get picked up by a German submarine which thinks they were Gestapo agents. Here they learn the Nazis are searching for a mystical wonder weapon - of course this means the player has to find it first...The gameplay is similar to the classic Infinity-games: the player explores his surroundings which is presented in an isometric perspective. The fights are in real-time but can be paused at any time to issue commands to the party members. There are also many (mostly unvoiced) multiple choice dialogues where the player needs to carefully think about choices - bad decisions can lead the game to an unwinnable state. There the game also tries to insert the movies's humour.The player only creates his main character, all other party members are recruited on the way. He has the choice between seven classes, e.g. blacksmith, cook or drunk, which all have different abilities and uses. He also distributes points to more traditional character stats like strength or intelligence; these can also be improved after level ups when gaining enough experience points by solving quests and killing enemies. |
| Jewel Jones | 2003 | Comport Interactive | X-Pressive.com | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Jewel Jones is a Boulder Dash variant. The player takes the role of Jewel Jones, a treasure hunter. He digs through 40 levels where the goal is to grab all diamonds in a limited time. Similar to Boulder Dash the underground is full of dirt and stones. If Jones digs through dirt under a stone it falls and crushed down. The challenges are either action oriented traps, e.g. a regular shot arrow which has to be avoided, or puzzles like a locked door.The player starts with five lives, he loses one if crushed by a stone or dying in a explosions and he loses two when the level is in a unwinnable state. When losing all lives the player has to start all over because there is no save or password system. |
| Jigsaw USA | 2003 | eGames, Inc. | | Educational, Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jigsaw USA is an educational puzzle game based on a map of the United States of America. There are seven games in this product each with four levels of difficulty, they are:
Jigsaw Puzzle: where the player is shown silhouettes of each state and must correctly place them on a mapState Quest, Capital Quest, Flower Quest, Bird Quest, Flag Quest and Nickname Quest: in each of these games the player is shown a sideways scrolling list along the bottom of the screen and must select an item and assign it to the appropriate stateThe game has optional voice clues, sound and music; four difficulty settings, and players can print information cards for each state. |
| Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Double Pack | 2003 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Double Pack is a compilation containing two Jimmy Neutron games:
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius vs. Jimmy Negatron |
| JoWood RPG Compilation | 2003 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains three RPGs previously published by Jowood :
Arx Fatalis
Archangel
Gorasul |
| Juno Nemesis Remix | 2003 | Mountain King Studios Inc. | Mountain King Studios Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | A giant computer code-named "Juno" has been infiltrated by a enemy program. This program is set to destroy the computer's functions. An defense program is quickly created for Juno. Virtually resembling a spaceship, it must travel through Juno's core and destroy the waves of enemy ships that represent the destructive program.Juno Nemesis Remix, the updated version of Juno Nemesis, is a 3rd person game in which the player controls a spaceship. Similar to Gyruss this ship ventures down a circular area and can move along the inner edges of this circle. The spaceship can only shoot forward until it's energy (shield) is depleted and unleash a destructive bomb. Additional power-ups increase the strength of it's shooting, provide additional energy or extra points. If a weapon is powered up completely, additional power-ups for it will unleash an Overload weapon. |
| Kaiser: Das Erbe | 2003 | Comport Interactive | GamesArk | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Kaiser: Das Erbe is a remake of the 1984 game Kaiser. The background story: The emperor dies and four princes fight for power. Every player has a certain amount of money to his disposal and is only income are taxes. The money is used to maintain the army and to buy farms and mills. In turn these are used to produce corn and farina to feed the residents (in years with bad harvest it has to be bought). The goal is to conquer the whole kingdom; attacks are issued on the overhead map and calculated by the computer. Every turn represents one year. |
| Kalas med Rut & Knut | 2003 | Levande Böcker i Norden AB | PAN Vision Studio AB | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kalas med Rut & Knut is an educational game in Swedish for children aged five to eight. It centers around the characters Rut and Knut. They are at home and the player is encouraged to explore the different rooms and play mini-games. Everything is controlled through the mouse. Often there are small animations when something in the environment is clicked. Activities include gathering items to create specific shapes, forming words letter per letter, guessing a missing word in a sentence based on the context, sorting and ordering, creating songs based on different options and instruments, playing a board game with snails, doing maths and more. |
| Laser Kombat | 2003 | | | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | Tank | Direct control | | | | Windows | Laser Kombat is a puzzle game played by controlling a tank from a top-down perspective. The tank must be guided through different levels and uses its laser to interact with the environment and destroy other tanks. The laser can be used to shoot tanks, push them into the water, and they can also be blown up with nuclear bombs. Through a mirror the laser beam can also be split. The player has to outsmart enemies using the environment, because the player's tank is killed as soon as it's in the enemy's cross-hairs. The game contains over 100 levels. |
| Lemonade Tycoon | 2003 | Brøderbund Software, Inc. | Hexacto Games Inc. | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Lemonade Tycoon is a managerial game inspired by the classic Apple II game, Lemonade Stand. After naming your business, your goal is to make a profit selling lemonade. You do this by checking the weather forecast and planning your purchases accordingly - for example, you'd want more lemonade with ice on a hot day, and less lemonade on a cold or rainy day. However, as with real forecasts, they are not always correct, and this can send your plans awry.As you earn your money, you can invest it in your stand, choosing to buy items such as juicers, cash registers, fridges and more to help you in your quest to become a Lemonade Tycoon! You can also visit different neighbourhoods with more expensive rent, but more customers, which will be more profitable for you. |
| Light&Shadow | 2003 | | Lemonade Productions | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Board game, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Light&Shadow is a different take on Reversi board game concept. It uses the same 8x8 board and black/white pieces. What makes the game different is that the board is filled with black and white pieces except for a single field. The player's goal is to fill the right side of the "progress bar" at the bottom of the screen by collecting four or more white pieces in a row. The game features two modes: Time Trial and Puzzle. There are three difficulty levels.The basic mechanic in the game is flipping the piece. Clicking on a piece adjacent to an empty field makes it "flip" there and reverses the color (from white to black and vice versa). The player has to avoid making vertical or horizontal lines with black pieces as this causes the "progress bar" to be filled on the left side and eventually results in a game over. Apart from the standard black white pieces there are also "neutral" pieces and bonus pieces that result in more points once collected in a row.The game is distributed via the shareware model. There are twelve levels in the free version and over 150 levels in the full version. |
| Liquid Crystals | 2003 | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Liquid Crystals is a single player, freeware tangram puzzle.The Liquid Crystals of the title are shapes that can be constructed from tangram pieces, in the game they've been shattered and the player's job is to reconstruct them. There are thirty-seven shapes to be reconstructed including a multicoloured example shape which shows the player where each piece goes.The game uses a mouse keyboard combination to position the pieces, the left click selects and the right click rotates clockwise, left clicking while holding the SHIFT key rotates clockwise and the spacebar flips the tangram piece.
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| Little Miss Sunshine and the Scary Scarecrow | 2003 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Hyptique | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Based on the 4th book in the Little Miss series by Roger Hargreaves, Little Miss Sunshine and the Scary Scarecrow involves children helping the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters to make Little Miss Scatterbrain's garden grow by completing numerous tasks. However, the mischievous Little Miss Naughty plans to create a scarecrow designed for one purpose only: To frighten everyone!Like the other games in the Mr. Men and Little Miss PC series, the gameplay mainly involves children completing several games requiring skill in order to progress through the main storyline. A map of Misterland serves as the main hub, while Mojo the mosquito still provides gameplay advice to younger players. |
| Live Pool | 2003 | Cosmi Europe, Ltd. | Terra Game | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Live Pool is a pool game for one or two players with some interesting features. The game has a customisable pool room to enhance the atmosphere. Not only can the player control how much furniture is in the room, they can also have their own pictures hanging on the walls, play their own music through the jukebox, choose the style of pool table and select the colour of the cloth.The game plays 3-Ball Pool, 8-Ball Pool, 9-Ball Pool, 14+1, Straight Pool, American Pool, Pyramid Pool, and Rotation Pool. In addition to playing with an opponent the game has practice sessions during which 'cheats' are enabled, the cheats being sighting and prediction lines for the cue and object balls. Control of the cue is via the mouse. Shot taking is divided into an aiming phase and a shooting phase, power for the shot being decided by the rate at which the player moves the mouse back and forwards. There are options for in-game help, network play and internet play. |
| Lookz | 2003 | Megaware Multimedia B.V. | Full Home Studios | Puzzle | | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Lookz is a single player, 'Spot The Difference" game.The game shows the player two photographs side by side. They are almost identical but have six subtle differences that the player must identify within the available time limit. The game has three difficulty levels, these show the same pictures with the same differences but vary the time limit per picture. The easy setting allows 150 seconds per picture, the medium 120 and the hard just 90 seconds.The game is played with the mouse, has one hundred pictures, optional music and sound effects, and three different types of cursor. |
| Lord of the Shades | 2003 | Absolutist Ltd. | Absolutist Ltd. | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Lord of the Shades you are presented with a board like playfield, which is filled randomly with different colored blocks. Your starting block is the most left block in the hexagon looking playfield, while your opponent (the computer) starts at the most right block. Each player has a different color. There are six different colors in the game.Now your job is to accumulate as much blocks as possible by selecting an adjacent block with a different color than yours, and also a different color than your opponent. Once the block is selected, all your blocks changing to the new color of the selected block. Your opponent does the same thing. If you master to surround a block (or blocks) completely with your color, this/those block(s) will automatically become your color.The player with the highest score (the biggest amount of blocks) wins the game.The game offers four different game modes: Fighter (regular play, like explained above), Spotter (same as Fighter, but there are empty fields inside the playfield, which can't be occupied), Islands (same as Spotter, but the empty fields grow over time), and Blinker (named after blinking fields (changing color), which grow, but those can be captured).Finally, the game offers three difficulty settings, which influences the size of the board. |
| Lyriq Crosswords: Gold Edition | 2003 | Enteractive, Inc. | Amygdalan, LLC | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | LYRIQ Crosswords: Gold Edition is a computerized crossword puzzle. While it includes standard features like save/load, print, and assistance in the form of solving letters, words, and checking for wrong answers, the draw of this game is the quality and quantity of crosswords included. 1000 crossword puzzles are included, from well-known crossword creators. If solving on the computer, time is tracked, and a score is given for speed, accuracy, and not requiring hints. |
| Macky & Pentell | 2003 | | | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Macky and Pentell is a "bullet hell cute-em-up" fan game with manga-like graphics. It's based on the video game Twinkle Star Sprites and is 100% free.The rules are simple - a player shoots down enemies, collects coins and bonuses, and goes for the high score. There are six stages: Forrett, Achelis, Cloudia, Freezia, Mevious Castle, and Wonder World.
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| Mage Bros | 2003 | JJsoft | JJsoft | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Mage Bros is a game where the player controls a mage and use his magic wand in order to defeat the enemies. The player needs to light all the torches in each level in order to open the warp gate to the next level and defeat the boss to go to the next world. The player needs to be careful from enemies and other obstacles like thorns and falling to the abyss. When the player kills an enemy, he will get gold, and he can use gold in the shops during the game in order to buy helpful things like extra life and upgrade weapon. There are 4 worlds, each world contains 10 levels and a boss. There is an option to play with 2 players. |
| Magic Balls | 2003 | Agentix Software | Agentix Software | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Magic Balls is a single player, mouse controlled, tile matching game that is part of
Agentix Software's
Magic Games Collection . It is also available as a stand alone game and in some compilations, for example Card & Board Games Deluxe Suite 2.The game is played on a square grid, sizes from 5x5 through to 9x9 are available, and the grid is filled with different coloured balls. The object of the game is to swap adjacent balls around to make a matchingline of three or more. The matched balls then disappear , balls above them fall down, the spaces are filled and the game continues.As well as setting the grid size the game configuration options include using textured or coloured balls, 2D or 3D balls, and toggling the game's hint mode on/off. The game has a save-game feature and a high score table.
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| Magic Lines | 2003 | Agentix Software | Agentix Software | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Magic Lines is a single player, mouse controlled, tile matching game that is part of Agentix Software's
Magic Games Collection. It is also available as a stand alone game and in some compilations, for example Card & Board Games Deluxe Suite 2.The game is played on a fixed 9x9 square grid upon which a few coloured balls are randomly placed. The object of the game is to assemble these balls in lines of five or more, the matched balls then disappear, points are scored, and the game continues. However each time the player moves a ball some new, baby balls appear on the grid. While they are small they can be squashed by a bigger ball but after two moves they are fully grown and have to be found a home.The game configuration options include using textured or coloured balls, 2D or 3D balls, and toggling the game's hint mode on/off. The game has a save-game feature a high score table and a built in MIDI player. |
| Magnetic: The Game of Games | 2003 | Mulawa Dreaming | Mulawa Dreaming | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Oceania | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Magnetic: The Game of Games is a game played from a first-person perspective that allows the player's character to walk around a deserted island, finding sixteen different games to play. The island is made up out of photographs of a real tropical island. Each of the games has been created from scratch or is a modified version of a well-known classic, and each of the games requires the player to beat the computer AI at least eight times to consider the game "won". There is no backstory to the game to discover, and no real reward for completing the games, other than the satisfaction of working out the strategy required to win, and then seeing it through.At the start of the game the player chooses one of the six available companions. These travel along with the player's character and explain the puzzles. While walking around, clicking is used to zoom in or out from items that provide clues. After a number of games have been solved, a magical transporter is introduced that takes the character directly to a puzzle. Once a puzzle has been completed, a gold frame appears around. It can still be revisited afterwards to play once more. |
| MahJongg Master 4 | 2003 | eGames, Inc. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | MahJongg Master 4 Building on Mahjongg Master 3 this game includes Solitaire the basic tile matching game, Mahjongg Rivers, Mahjongg Memory referred to in the documentation as '2 Tile Match', Mahjongg Clicks, and Mahjongg Sliders which were introduced in previous titles in the series.
This game extends the title by presenting the the Solitaire game in both one and two player modes, it can be played online or offline and in both cases there are two modes of play, in the first each player plays for thirty seconds making as many moves as possible, in the second players remove one pair before control of the board switches to their opponent. As the game manual says "Needless to say, it's not a very practical way to play in offline mode. Unfortunately, it was the only mode available in MahJongg Master before the online mode was added."The Solitaire game can be played using either a random or a specific deal, this game can also be played in horizontal or vertical modes. Horizontal is the standard way of playing mahjongg while in the vertical game the player must free the tiles on the top or bottom sides, instead of left or right.Other game features include choices of borders, backgrounds including the option to use your own, tile sets, playing in full screen or a window, an optional 'Hall of Fame' and 'Manga Girls' who comment on progress.All the games can be played in 2D or 3D modes, have optional lighting effects such as coloured lighting which highlights different layers, movable camera angles, and optional animations. There are over one hundred and thirty tlie layouts and two hundred and fifty tilesets. The game plays in multiple languages and includes music, sound effects, a layout editor and a function which allows the player to create their own tile set.
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| MahJongg Patience | 2003 | eGames, Inc. | Goodsol Development, Inc. | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | MahJongg Patience is a hybrid game which uses mahjongg tiles to play games of solitaire that are usually played with cards. The rules have been adapted accordingly because instead of playing with four suits and two colours the games are played with three suits, three colours plus dragons and winds.The games are played in a window with the mouse, they are: MahJongg FreeCell, Crazy Quilt, Car Park. MahJongg Klondike, Klondike Gold Rush, MahJongg Spider, Short Spider, MahJongg Gaps, Pyramid of Wild Dragons, and Easy Pyramid. Each game replaces the game selection screen when it runs and quits back to the game selection screen on exit. The game records a player id and statistics are kept on the number of wins / losses for each game played by each player. The game has a save/load function and four tile sets; Chinese, Taiwan, Simple and MJP. There are 2,147,483,647 different deals which the player can play randomly, sequentially or they can select a deal number of their choice. There is no in-game music, sound effects are limited to clicks as tiles are dealt or played. |
| Mahjongg Master: Egyptian Edition | 2003 | eGames, Inc. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Mahjongg Master: Egyptian Edition is a single player implementation of Mah Jongg with an Egyptian Theme. This is not the variety of Mah Jonng which has multiple levels of tiles stacked in towers. In this game the tiles are arranged on a single level and the object is to match identical tiles that can be connected by a line that contains no more than two right angles. There are two modes of play, story mode and freeplay, each has both one and two player modesStory mode consists of two hundred levels of increasing difficulty and is presented as a journey, as each level is solved a password is revealed that allows the player to restart at the start of the following level.
The Freeplay mode consists of randomly generated puzzles, this mode has five levels of difficulty rated from Slave to God. Both levels of the game have special tiles that find a matching pair, curses that remove a single tile, wall tiles that limit the way in which connections are made, and flower tiles which 'magnetically' attract tiles in the same row towards them. There is also a level editor and an option to import levels from an external source. The game can be played by the keyboard or the mouse as it installed. |
| Mahō no Shippo na 3 | 2003 | Sith | Sith | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The third chapter of Mahō no Shippo na series concludes the search for the elemental crystals, so desired by the magical school. The two cute heroines, students of magical arts Emiru and Hiroko, descend into the cave where the final crystal is supposedly hidden. What they don't know is that there are some very ugly and unfriendly creatures lurking in the cave. Can two fragile girls escape from the danger and complete their quest?Mahō no Shippo na 3 has exactly the same format as the two previous games. You first watch a long movie, which tells the whole story of the game. You can choose to watch from any chapter you want. After you have watched the ending movie and the credits, you are given access to the actual gameplay: view all the movie clips and compose your own movie out of them, combining them in any order you like, have them loop as many times as you want, and also choose background music for them. |
| Maniac Jackson and the Moonwalking Mindbenders | 2003 | | Fat Girl in Ohio | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Entertainer Michael Jackson is in the news for awful and bizarre allegations after having apparently thrown in his lot with the wrong crowd; you control a fan determined to get to the Neverland Ranch to set the story straight -- in the process uncovering an outlandish, out-of-this-world secret so strange... you'd swear the developers had been drunk when they wrote it. (In the documentation, they fess up to it.)Some people feel so strongly about disparate passions that they can't help but attempt to synthesize them into a new whole. So it was with the authors of this game, torn between their love for the music of '80s King of Pop Michael Jackson and early SCUMM adventure games Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. And so we get an all-new SCUMM-style adventure (scripted in SCUMJTM), using the classic click-on-verb, click-on-object interface. |
| Match 'n' Patch | 2003 | | CoGS Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Match 'n' Patch is a single player tile matching game that is played entirely with the mouse.In this game the player's task is to uncover a background picture by matching tiles on the overlying grid. The tiles are distinguished by both colour and by shape and must be placed so that all adjoining tiles match by either colour or shape. There is also a wild card tile which will match with anything.
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| Matchball | 2003 | bhv Software GmbH & Co. KG | Caipirinha Games GmbH, Espaço Informática Ltda | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Matchball is a tennis game featuring sixteen players with different characteristics and abilities and seven arenas all over the world. The game modes include Quick Match, Tournaments, Career Mode, Training and Multiplayer (for up to two people). In the career mode, players can start a full career following a beginning players, going up the rankings by winning competitions. Different kinds of items can be bought in stores with prize money to improve the performance during the matches.There are also a large number of training sessions, different camera views, replay fuctions and an in-game hall of fame, along with three difficulty levels. Gameplay is very arcade-like, based on three main actions: hit, lob and curve, but with a wide variety in actions from the baseline and close to the net. The ball's trajectory and spin are shown through lines with bright colours. |
| Maths Mansion: Disk Two | 2003 | 4 Ventures Limited | Periscope Design Solutions | Educational | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Maths Mansion was a UK educational television series from Channel 4, it was aimed at children aged 9 - 11 and ran for four seasons, forty episodes, between 2001 and 2003. The TV show spawned two game discs intended for use in schools Maths Mansion Disk One and this title Maths Mansion: Disk Two which was intended for 10 - 11 year olds.The format of the disc follows the format of the TV show, children are lured to a gothic mansion by Bad Man and can only escape if they win a series of mathematical games. The games in this product are;
Decimal Rocket: At the bottom of the screen is a string of rockets each numbered with a single digit and a decimal point. Across the top of the screen are the player's instructions which will be something like "Move the rockets to divide the number by 100" in which case the player would move the rockets to the right two places so that the decimal point changes "1234." into "12.34"
More Fraction Action: here the player is presented with a sum in the form "¾ of 8 = ?" which they must break up into two simpler sums "8 ÷ ? = y" and "y x ? = ?" where the player must fill in the missing numbers
Handy Rectangles: The player is shown a rectangle with a section missing, they must derive the size of the missing piece and the overall perimeter of the shape
Fishy Fractions: The player is shown three fractions, they are said to be identical but two are incomplete and the task is to complete them. An example would be "3/10 = 9/x = y/90" where the player must enter the values for x & y
Order, Order!: This set of tasks is about understanding numbers. In level one the player simply has to select either the highest or the lowest of three decimal numbers. In level two the player has to place four decimal numbers in ascending or descending sequence
The X and Y Files: The player is shown a grid with x & y axes, each question asks the player to identify a point on that grid using the coordinates provided
On Reflection: Another set of grid based tasks. Here the grid is divided by a line down the centre. On the left side three points form a triangle, the player must replicate these points on the right hand part of the grid to form a mirror image of that shape
A Cool 100: The game gets its name because it's played on a 10x10 grid set on an ice cube. The player is given a fraction 1/5, 33/100 etc and must mark off the appropriate number of squares in the grid
Perfect Proportions: Like the previous game 'Perfect Proportions' also uses a 10x10 grid and supplies the player with a fraction, however here they not only mark off the correct number of cells they must enter the correct ratio of coloured to non coloured cells as well as the proportion of coloured cells
Penguin Polyhedra: The player is shown a regular solid such as a tetrahedron and must enter the number of faces the shape has and identify the shape of that face from a pick list.Most puzzles are timed and consist of five or ten questions. Players are rewarded with printable certificates when they complete a section. |
| Maximum Action | 2003 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation includes:
State of Emergency
Serious Sam: Gold |
| Maximum Racing | 2003 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Muscle Car 3: Illegal Street
4x4 Evo 2
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| Maximum Rescue | 2003 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Search & Rescue: Coastal Heroes
Search & Rescue: Vietnam Med Evac |
| Maximum Strategy | 2003 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Tropico: Mucho Macho Edition
FireFly Studios' Stronghold |
| Maximum Tycoon | 2003 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Railroad Tycoon II: Platinum
Airport Tycoon |
| MechWarrior 4: Vengeance / Black Knight | 2003 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance (base game)
MechWarrior 4: Black Knight (expansion pack) |
| Meteor Crash | 2003 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Sherwood Media S.L. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Meteor Crash is yet another in the vast universe of Asteroids variants.One time more, the player pilots a little spacecraft in the middle of an Asteroid belt. To survive, and to pass to the next level, the player must destroy all the asteroids. Furthermore, some armed enemy spacecrafts will be appear, occasionally in the game area with the only objective to destroy the player's ship.Luckily, to help the player, from time to time will appear (temporarily) also some capsules with nice improvements for the spacecraft.Also, the player's ship has a shield, that can be used for a while (there is a bar in the upper right of the screen that shows the energy level of the shield).It's important to mention that there are three difficulty levels available to choose at the beginning of each game, and that the best scores vill be registered in the high scores table. |
| Mia's Big Adventure Collection: The Kidnap Caper | 2003 | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Educational | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | After Grandma Mimi won the art show contest, a strange thief came by. Grandma Mimi was kidnapped, and Mia has to find out who did it while learning a foreign language for ages 6 to 10. The game uses a side-scrolling and mouse-controlled interactivity to guide Mia through the adventure. The game's 14 educational activities teach Basic vocabulary words (objects of everyday life, animals, fruits & vegetables, occupations, family members, etc.;) adjectives, verbs, numbers, prepositions, sentence structure, placing the adjective, verb tenses (present, past, future). |
| Millennium Gamepak Platinum | 2003 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Antidote Entertainment | Action, Compilation, Racing / Driving, Sports, Strategy | | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Millennium Gamepak Platinum is a collection of casual games. The install process loads a menu system onto the player's machine. Through this the player accesses the games and plays them directly from the CD. The games are grouped into four categories, when the player selects a category and scrolls down the list of games a brief description and a screenshot of the game is displayed. All the games play in a small window beside the game menu. The games in this package are:Action: Air Rescue, Balloon Bust, Bubble Craft, Bunker 1452, Clam Jump, Curling, Deep Space, DefCon-X, Dimensia, Earth Invasion, Foosball, Galactic War, Hover Hockey, Last Defense, Marble Toss, Meteoroids, Mini Golf, Orbitron, Paddle Attack, Pool Explosion, Puttz 2001, Robo Snake, Sea Attack, Sharp Shooter, Skeet Shooting, Snail Patrol, Space Escape, Space Hunt, Sky Rally, Truck Rally, Tunnel Finder, Water Hydrants, Water Planes
Board: 2 Player Dominoes, 4 Player Dominoes, Backgammon, Bingo, Bouncer, Checkers, Chinese Checkers, Connection, English Pegs, Five Of A Kind, Fliparoo, French Pegs, Lazer Gate, Matched, Snakes & Ladders
Puzzle: alphabetize, Aneurism, Apple orchard, Backwords, Bingo Dictionary, Catch, Colorcatch, Color Cubes, Crushed, Delirium, Drop It, Enigma, fallen, Fling It, Form Fitter, Grid Alert, House Hunt, Keno, Line Frenzy, Loop Match, Metal Madness, Mine Field, Pool Slide, Safe Code, Shape match, Shape Shifter, Spinners, Sports Slider, Spring Drop, Tak Tic, Tower of hanoi, Trap It, Triangle Press, Vertical Drop, Wordcell, Word Jumble, Zappem
Cards: Aces High, Crazy Eights, Golf, Klondike, Leap Frog, Napoleon, Poker Columns, Pyramid, Tri peaks, War
Many of these games also appear in other compilations such as Ultimate Game Pak.
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| Mini Golf | 2003 | Cosmi Corporation | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This simulation of the game of miniature golf features nine 3D holes. The course varies in theme from Egypt, to a Race Track, to the North Pole. The holes stick to the possible, so don't expect the weirdness of 3-D Ultra Minigolf, just what you may find at a real minigolf course. You can either practice a hole, or enter a tournament by yourself, or with up to 3 friends. Control is of the "two-click" variety; aim, click to start the power bar moving, then click once more to set the power. |
| Molecule Man | 2003 | | | Adventure | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Molecule Man is trapped inside a radioactive maze of 256 screens, and it's your job to get him out. To do this you must collect 16 circuits which are located at extreme points of the levels. You must regularly consume radiation tablets to fend off certain poisoning, and your initial supply of 20 is totally inadequate.Fortunately, there are coins dotted around the levels, as well as ant-radiation tablet vending machines at which you can buy them. Coins can also be used to buy more time, or to blow up obstacles which make some sections difficult or impossible to access. Viewed isometrically, the screen designs are intentionally surreal, each taking on an unlikely distorted real-world theme. If you find the initial level layouts too easy, too hard or too dull, you can design a new set with the bundled maze editor. |
| Monkeys & Bananas | 2003 | | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Monkeys & Bananas is a single player, mouse controlled maze/puzzle game.The player is presented with a maze and a number of bananas. In the maze are cells containing either monkeys or bananas. The bananas represent the number of moves available to the player.The object of the game is to enter the maze and collect as many monkeys as possible before exiting the maze. Navigation is controlled via Arrow buttons and these do not always allow the player to move in all directions. An additional limitation is that the player cannot use the same path twice
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| More Arcade/Strategy Games | 2003 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | More Arcade/Strategy Games is a compilation of shareware and freeware games that is part of Idigicon's Family Fun range. Surprisingly though this title uses artwork from Idigicon's title
More Arcade Games on the front cover the content is completely different. The product's menu shows four CD icons captioned 'More Arcade Games'; 'Strategy Games'; 'DirectX 8.0; Trial Software'. The menu makes a buzzing noise each time the cursor moves over one of these icons. The 'DirectX 8.0' icon launches the DirectX installer while the remaining three open up new menus which sit in the centre of the screen and cannot be moved.
Both the More Arcade Games and Strategy game groups consist of four sections in which sections 1,2 & 3 each hold thirty games while section 4 has just eleven. Some games appear in both game groups, Dragon Glide is an example of this.The games available in the 'More Arcade Games' group are
Section 1: 360, 3D Dragon Castle, 3D Shooter1, 3D Shooter2, Abyss Action, Agent 2002, Air Hockey, Airlift, Airstrike 3D, AirXonix, Al's Home Antack, Arcade Mah Jong, Arcade Minesweeper, ArmageTron, Astroship Evader, Atoll Atomic Cannon, AttackAttack, Ballistic Bananas, Best Friends, Big Bug, Big Money Deluxe, BlotterGeist, Bonzala, Brave Dwarves 2, Bubble Trouble, Bugatron, Bugz4
Section 2:
Building Panic, Bursting Bubbles Deluxe, Charlie the Duck, ClickBuster, Cloner 3D, Crazy Computers, Crazy Eggs, Cyber Mice Party Pack, Docker Sokoban, Dragon Fire, Dragon Glide, Dragon Jumper, Dreamstars, Drift Zone, D-XBall, Earth Defender, Fatman Adventures, FishMine, Fiznik, Flaps, Gem Slider, Gold Sprinter, GoofBall, HaCKeR, Hopmon, Hover Wars II
Section 3: Ice Mania, IXS Recharge, JoKenPo, Kitty Rescue, Lambs a Leapin, Lawn Mower, Lines, Mage Bros, Magic Spheres, No Limits, Noname, Novel Save, Outbreak, Paintball Party, Penguin Puzzle, Perfect Absorber, Puzzle Inlay, Rats!, Reactor, Ricochet, Rocknor's Bad Day, Saucer Attack, Shepherd Dogs Team, Shift 247, Silly Balls, Slider, Smiling Bubbles, Snowball Fight, Sonic Speedsters
Section 4: Space Battle, Space Rancher, Space Task Force, Strayfire, Submarines, Super Rebound, Teddy Adventures 3D, UFO Sokoban 3D, Water in Fire, XOP, Yoshi's Journey Home
The games available in the 'Strategy Games' group are;
Section 1: 1st Mate, 2 Squared, 4000 A.D, Ambush, Ant Run Pro, Approach, Arasan 16, Artifact, Awale, Axium Adventures, Bacteria, Ball Master, Bang Bang, Battle Fleet 1939, Battle Grid, Battle Pets, Battle Sat, Battle Ships, Battle Star, Battles in a Distant Desert, Battles On Distant Planets, Battleship, Bereich: England, Billionaire 2, Blades Exile, Bombsquad, Box World, Brain Block's Logication, Build City, BZ Flag,
Section 2: Cash Invaders, Castle, Castles, CellFighter, Cheat Mines, Chess, Chess-It!, Clone, Conquest, Crazy Eggs, Critical Mass, Deep Sea, Decker, Depth Charge, Destroyer, Dogs of War, Dots, Dragon Glide, Drod, Empire XP, Escape, Exile 2, Farm 51, Foggy Wood Hijinx, Forge, Fortune, Fox Hunting, Fractal Fighters, Gaea Fallen, Gazillionaire,
Section 3: Gold Hunt, Gomoku, Halatfl, Hanoi, Hex Mines, Hex, Hollywood Mogul, Intellex, Jumper, Kyodai, Light Chess, Lines 95, Liquid War, Lord Monarch, Mission Risk, Modern Warfare, Mother of All Battles, Nanotech, Napoleon, Pocket Tanks, Pugwars, Recreational Warfare, Rocket Duel, Roll'em, Search and Destroy, Seawar The Battle, Simu-Trans, Slay, Smugglers 2, Soldiers Of Empires
Section 4: Space Empires III, Starlines, Starships Unlimited, TAO2 Titans of Steel, Turbo Risk, Vantage Master 2, Warheads SE, West Bang, Winant, World Empire V
The 'Trial Software' titles are; 3D Mini Golf, Boxer's Story, Double Top, Knightmare, Mah Jong, Marbles 3C, Pongo Bongo
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| Morton Subotnick's Making Music | 2003 | Viva Media, LLC | | Educational | 1st-person | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | "In Making Music, I set out to offer the young child the same experience in creating music that they already had in visual arts, using finger-paints or crayons."
- Morton SubotnickMorton Subotnick's Making Music is the first title in his music series that includes Making More Music, Hearing Music, and Playing Music.There are many features to this educational game - you can dive right in and learn to use it as you go along, or you can access the tutorial/overview from the opening screen. Click on this option, and it will take you to the area you choose and explain it quite thoroughly, as well as showing you how to use it. As you play, you can also access help by clicking on the question mark on the lower right; when you run the cursor over an item you'll hear an explanation of it.
Building Blocks: design a melody by dragging and dropping blocks.
Making Music: music as an art program; paint your notes on canvas, save, and listen.
Sound Palette: pick your instrument sounds from classic instruments and some exotic ones.
Melody & Rhythm Maker: birds on a wire are your notes and eggs your rhythm! Create your own songs and save them here.
Mix and Match: switch melodies and rhythms around and use them in your own compositions.
Same or Different: listen to two short pieces and decide if they are the same or not.
Find the Same: listen to three melodies and decide which one matches the original.
Name That Difference: listen to two pieces and determine whether they are the same, or if the second is higher, lower, or backward.This game is geared to the 8 and up age bracket, and is certainly suitable for children of all ages.Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameAlternate Titles "Musikmaskinen" -- Swedish title
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| Mouse Mind: Secrets of Pharaon | 2003 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Mouse Mind is a turn-based puzzle inspired by classic Soko-Ban concept. You control a young mouse that has to find his way through the labyrinth where he was trapped. You can move and push stones, jump over obstacles. Solve puzzles and collect all the treasures to finish the level and proceed to exit door. |
| Mr. Donutman | 2003 | New Media Agency GmbH | Engine Software B.V. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Mr. Donutman is a Pac-Man clone. All donuts are missing and Mr. Donutman has to find them in the labyrinth. Collect all donuts in each level but avoid monsters that want to eat Mr. Donutman. |
| Mumble Jumble | 2003 | Idigicon Limited | | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mumble Jumble is a single player, mouse driven, tile matching game.The game features ten different game themes, represented by a 'shop' on the main menu, but all have the same music and gameplay.
Tiles fall from the top of the game area and the player clicks on groups of three or more connected tiles of the same colour. This group then disappears and the player scores points while the remaining tiles drop down and/or shuffle to the left to fill in the gap. As is common with games of this genre there are some special tiles, there is a bomb which will clear several adjacent tiles and some tiles randomly change colour. |
| Muscle Car 3: Illegal Street | 2003 | Global Star Software Inc. | 3Romans LLC | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Muscle Car 3 is a low-budget racing game featuring muscle cars from the 70s. The game builds on its predecessor with 26 cars, 36 courses around the world, and four modes. Players have the option to build a career beginning from an amateur's background, or to play cops-and-speeders as either the cop or the speeder. One can also just drive a single course and race against their best times or a "ghost" version of their best run. The game is built on the Renderware engine. |
| Music Collection 2 | 2003 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation, Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Music Collection 2 is a compilation of two music titles.It consists of eJay HipHop 3: Street Style which has a sound mixer, virtual turntables four thousand royalty free samples and internet access to an on-line sound archive. Also included is eJay Sound Collection #2: a music sample library with over seven thousand five hundred royalty free sounds, the eJay Sound Browser and the eJay Realstretch Time Stretcher
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| Nebula Fighter | 2003 | eGames, Inc. | Holodream Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Nebula Fighter is a one or two player, side-scrolling, space shooter in the vein of R-Type.The story behind the game is that all the terrorists in the world banded together to form a single army. World governments were toppled and the terrorists took control of the world which they ruled by terror. After all this happened Earth was visited by an alien race and the New World Order realised there were other worlds to dominate. They captured an alien ship, built a fleet, and sent a single pilot to break through the aliens defences and wait in orbit for the rest of the fleet to arrive.As is normal in such games the player starts in a basic ship and by destroying alien ships and capturing energy pods which automatically upgrade their ship. The full game has twenty-one levels and, according to the developer, has advanced AI which launches surprise attacks and co-ordinates the waves of enemy ships.
The game is entirely keyboard controlled.
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| Need for Speed: Porsche 2000 / Command & Conquer: Renegade | 2003 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Command & Conquer: Renegade
Need for Speed: Porsche 2000
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| Nemesis Crisis: Operation Gallant Thunder | 2003 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Nemesis Crisis throws you into the seat of a space fighter with the simple of objective of "kill or be killed". The gameplay of this rail shooter is much in the same style of the Rebel Assault series, only is the case of Nemesis Crisis, it is presented in a 3D world. It is also important to note that the text for the game is not in English, although if you have the Japanese language pack it should appear fine and be readable (as long as you understand Japanese). |
| Neo Sonic Universe | 2003 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | While walking along, Sonic happens to meet Shadow on the way. Shadow doesn't seem to behave like he should and push Sonic down the pit with a Chao Emerald. Sonic falls down a lake when he hears the voice of his friend Tikal saying that his other friends - Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Shadow - have been captured by the evil Templest (the "Shadow" Sonic saw before). Now it's up to Sonic to rescue all his friends before Templest does anything bad to them!Neo Sonic Universe is a parody inspired by the Sonic the Hedgehog series. At the very beginning of the game, players take control of Sonic. The other characters (Sonic's captured friends) can be unlocked one by one as players proceed. Players move their character to the goal while trying to wipe out enemies and avoid obstacles on the way. Obstacles and enemies are various, depending on the levels. When players reach the goal, they have to defeat a boss there to proceed. Players attack enemies mostly by jumping onto them, but there are some special moves which players can use. Different characters has different special move. Rings are not only point-earners but also life saviors: when players hit an enemies, they will not die if they have rings. Instead, rings will be shattered all over the place. Doing so will kill the players if they don't have any rings. There are also other items such as ring boxes (give players more rings), invincibility (makes players invincible for a short time), life boxes (gives players a life)... There is a bonus level in each level which can be obtained by getting 3 "Tikal face". All bonus levels have the same objective: playing snowboarding and getting enough rings to earn a Chao Emerald.The graphics are in 2D. The player's progress is automatically saved. The game features two game modes: Normal mode and Battle mode. In Battle mode, you use the current characters to battle with the computer or with the other player. |
| Neverwinter Nights: Gold | 2003 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | As one would expect from a gold re-release, this package contains the original award winning Neverwinter Nights, with the latest updates and patches, as well as the first expansion pack, Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide.The package also contains a couple of "mini-adventures", created by Bioware's employees. "The Winds of Eremor" and "The Dark Ranger's Treasure" are mods by Rob Bartel, and "The Heir is Human" was created by Dan Whiteside.
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| New World Order: Deluxe Edition | 2003 | Project Three Interactive BV | Termite Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | This deluxe edition is a revised and advanced version of New World Order.
The game is patched to version 1.42 and comes with 13 recompiled levels and a new Restaurant map. |
| Nickelodeon Adventure Pack | 2003 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Nickelodeon Adventure Pack is a compilation of three games based on Nickelodeon cartoons. They are:
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Rugrats: Mystery Adventures
The Wild Thornberrys: RamblerEach game comes on a separate CD and all three discs are contained in a single keep case.
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| Nightclub Shufflepuck | 2003 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Paddle / Pong | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Nightclub Shufflepuck is an air hockey game inspired by the 1988 game Shufflepuck Cafe. Play against computer controlled opponents and with fitting music. Try to move the puck into the goal of the opponent with a paddle. Every opponent has a different play style. Train in single player mode or participate in the tournament. |
| O dobrym pasterzu: Przypowieść biblijna | 2003 | Soft Serwis Dział Multimediów Dobry Pasterz | Soft Serwis Dział Multimediów Dobry Pasterz | Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Game show / trivia / quiz, Mental training, Mini-games, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | O dobrym pasterzu: Przypowieść biblijna (About the Good Shepherd: Biblical Parable) is a Polish educational Christian game, based on the Biblical Parable of the Lost Sheep. The program contains two stories and a song with simple accompanying animations, as well as a number of mini-games. Winning in the mini-games grants the player points, and it's possible to have several player profiles with score tracked separately for each one. The minigames include:
a board game where the player must answer trivia questions about the parable and about religion to move his piece forwards along the track, while also collecting letters of the alphabet for answering questions
jigsaw puzzles
a simple activity where the player can compose a funny animal figure from predefined elements freely arranged on the boards
a memorization game where the player must put scenes from the animated story in the right order; in the harder version, each picture is also divided into nine elements which must be put together
coloring games where the player must color the picture the right way
a sheep-counting mini-game where several sheep are hidden randomly around the screen and the player must enter the right number
a Concentration mini-game where the player uncovers pairs of identical tiles
crosswords where the players enters words, guessed from the picture |
| O2Jam | 2003 | e-Games | O2Media | Action, Simulation | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | O2Jam is a rhythm and music game similar to IIDX, but with some fair amount of differences. The basic premise of these games is, notes fall down across the screen. You must hit these notes, and you will be judged by accuracy. Hitting keys will activate sounds which are part of the music playing. Unlike IIDX, or Pop'N Music which use their own unique and often expensive controller. This game is more easily accessible by being designed for the keyboard. It also has freeze holds, which is in neither of those games. The freeze holds are also implemented differently than the ones you would see in DDR, or Pump it Up. Instead of a freeze hold counting as one step or several, they only count as two. How this works is, you hit freeze note as it starts. Then when the note is about to end you let go. Failing to let go will count as a miss.When playing, players have a choice of different rooms. Such as Single where they play alone and Versus where people play against each other or on teams. Another one is Album, which is similar to Versus, except that you will be playing a collection of songs back to back. Both Versus and Album can hold up to 8 people. Then there is Couple, where two people can play O2Jam on a single computer. By passing songs, players gain experience and gems. How much they earn from each song depends on how accurate they hit the notes. Although after a certain level they must participate in multiplayer in order to gain money and experience. With gems players can customize their avatar, or even buy additional songs to play. Only a few songs can be bought with gems, and not many of the stand out items as an avatar. The way to buy the better avatar items and songs is through e-points. E-points is a new online currency for this game and a few others. You can pay $3 US for 100 points, or $27 US for 1000. Keep in mind though, in this game the avatar items do not change your performance. They only change your character's appearance on the screen. With one exception for the rings. Those can only be paid for through e-points. They can add modes to songs such as Vanish or Sudden, but they break after a certain amount of uses.As players gain levels, they occasionally have to do missions in order to move on to the next. This happens when you try to gain a level divisible by 4. For example, I'm on level 27. In order to get to level 28, I have to get less than 10 misses on a level 12 song. Only when the mission is passed, I can gain the next level. By doing this, it encourages people to get better. Instead of people only playing easy songs and not improving. Another good thing is, you still collect gems during this mode. You also have unlimited tries to pass the mission. |
| Ochakumi | 2003 | Tsumiru Studio | Tsumiru Studio | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Play as Ooe Rumiko, bored and hungry secretary, in this arcade-style game from Japan. Ooe must navigate through eight different office levels, propelling herself in her rolling office chair, and we all now how much fun rolling about in those chairs is!
First you will have to find a bit of Ice Cream or Cake in the area. And well the perfect thing to wash down such a rich snack is a little tea. You will have to get to the tea ingredients after which the tea itself will appear in the office. Once you down the tea the level is over. However your co-workers and bosses want to see you being productive (What Rubbish!) If they run into you Ooe will lose one of three lives.
Seeing as you are in your chair pushing the up arrow key will cause you to move in which ever way your back is facing via the pushing actions of your legs. When facing a wall you may press the space bar to quickly launch yourself backward, if you hit anyone they will be momentarily stunned.
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| Ochakumi + | 2003 | Tsumiru Studio | Tsumiru Studio | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ochakumi + is the game Ochakumi with a new main character and more levels, most of which are outside of the office as opposed to the original Ochakumi. Sakuragi Ayako the new character of this game rolls about in her office chair looking for lunch while avoiding anyone who might make her be more productive (gasp!) from mere clerks to high ranking company members. First you will have to find a bit of Ice Cream or Cake in the area and then wash it down with some tea. You then go after the ingredients for the tea. Once you down the tea the level is over. Seeing as you are in your chair pushing the up arrow key will cause you to move in which ever way your back is facing via the pushing actions of your legs. When facing a wall you may press the space bar to quickly launch yourself backward, if you hit anyone they will be momentarily stunned.
Game is available for download from it's Official Japanese site, see links. |
| Old Maid | 2003 | eGames, Inc. | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Old Maid is a mouse controlled implementation of the classic children's card game. In this game the player plays against two or three AI players. The game is played with a standard fifty-two card deck from which a queen has been removed. Players take turns playing pairs of cards from their hand, if they can, after which they take a card from an opponent. Eventually all pairs are played and one player is left with the odd queen, the eponymous 'Old Maid', and they are the loser.The game has optional sound and music and can be played in in a window or full screen. It is entirely mouse controlled. This implementation has appeared in a number of eGames compilations including Card & Board Games 3 and Deluxe Suite: Card & Board Games. |
| One Must Fall: Battlegrounds | 2003 | Diversions Entertainment | Diversions Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Kevin Byrd | | Teen | | Windows | One Must Fall: Battlegrounds is the sequel to One Must Fall: 2097. It is set several years after the original, and continues the story of giant robots fighting each other. One Must Fall is a fully 3-dimensional fighter. Characters have the freedom to run about the arenas as they please. Rather than following a side scrolling view camera, One Must Fall uses a 3rd person chase cam to observe the action in order to adjust to it's full range of motion. Players choose which HAR (Human Assisted Robot) they wish to use, as well as a pilot to control it. Each pilot has different stats which affect how strong, fast, focused, or how much damage each robot can take. This, combined with the different attacks for each HAR, make up most of the variety in the game. One Must Fall: Battlegrounds also has a unique combo system that allows for a large variety of moves to be strung together. The game also incorporates "hazards" into the arenas, such as fireball launchers, electrically charged walls, and minefields. |
| Ore no Ryomi | 2003 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Action, Strategy | Side view | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | Contemporary | | | | | | Windows | A blend of strategy and action, Ore no Ryomi is a simulator of a restaurant (or - more specifically - a bar), based somewhat on the 1999 PlayStation game Ore no Ryōri.In the strategic section of the game, you buy various things for your bar - e.g. a candy machine or an expansion of your limited menu. Then, you begin a day of work, and the action begins...Numerous customers run into the bar, each of them demanding to be served fast, fast, fast! You have to skillfully divide your time between preparing their meals (while adhering to their orders perfectly), disposing of trash, washing the dishes, and - sometimes - chasing crooks. After you prepare an order, you sometimes have to wait until it cooks, being careful that the customer doesn't receive a raw - or overcooked - meal! If you slip, you'll receive less money for the order. And if someone waits too long for your attention, their patience will run out and they'll pull out of the bar. Every few days, an inspection from the Dept. of Health will come along to see if your restaurant is safe and clean - failing leaves you forced to pay a tremendous fine. Once you finish the main "Franchise Mode" (you need to collect a large amount of money within 40 days), you can try your skill with the "Arcade Mode". |
| Out of Order | 2003 | Hungry Software | Hungry Software | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Hurford Schlitzting cannot sleep through a storm one night and finds out he has been kidnapped in his own bedroom. He meets grumpy aliens with strange requests, is brainwashed by hypnotic music, hacks computers running Lookout Express, tries to overthrow the dictatorial reign of The Panel and has philosophical conversations with Random Access Memory. Something is definitely out of order.In this humorous freeware 2D point and click adventure, which took three years to develop, you guide Hurford in his sleeping gown through about thirty hand-drawn rooms, with ingenious puzzles and a wacky storyline, as you try to find out how you ended up in a parallel world. Developer Tim Furnish made this game in his own scripting language SLUDGE, with 16-bit high resolution graphics. A complete music score and fitting sound effects have been included as well. |
| Outlaw Golf | 2003 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Hypnotix, Inc. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The first game in the Outlaw series of sports titles, Outlaw Golf is what you get when you take the classic game of golf and throw in lesbian strippers, wannabe rappers, ex cons and other wild personalities. The game has a bad attitude chock full of sexual themes and language that puts Happy Gilmore to shame.Outlaw Golf pits you as one of ten over-the-top golfing personalities (paired with equally over-the-top caddies) to compete in over 30 different tour events from where you attempt to unlock new characters, better clubs and balls as well as improving your golfer's skills along the way with 12 different mini-games. The game also sports a composure response system, which simply means that when you do well, the game is easier and when you aren't doing so well you will find your shots not going exactly where you want them. Composure too low? Beat up your caddy and you can relieve some of that stress to regain your lost composure. Multiplayer supports 8 different game modes, including stroke play, match play, skins, best ball and casino with up to four players. |
| PC Dominó | 2003 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Sherwood Media S.L. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Board game | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PC Dominó is an adaptation to PC of the well known tile laying game of Dominoes, homologated, in this case, by the Dominó Spanish Federation.The game has three game modes: Training, Match and Championship, and only allow to play one human player, even in the championship mode that is played in couples (one of the players must be controlled by the computer). |
| Pac Brothers | 2003 | Skitso Productions | Skitso Productions | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | An evil wizard has ruined a once-peaceful land, and the Pac Brothers must save it. In this Bubble Bobble style game, you control a Pacman-esque character. The goal is to eat every yellow pellet in the level to proceed, but there are naturally many enemies trying to hinder you. Eat red pellets and shoot them at the enemies to knock them out. You can eat the enemies while they're unconscious, but overeating will fatten your character up and slow his movement for a while. However, if you let them wake up, they will become furious (again in a Bubble Bobble fashion). Baron von Blubba also appears as a ghost. |
| PacDoom III: Halloween Party | 2003 | Absolutist Ltd. | Absolutist Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | PacMan was invited to a Halloween party. There he faces his fears.The game is a variation of the classic Pac-Man game.Unlike an usual Pac-Man game, your job is not to eat all dots to proceed to the next level. Instead, in each level, there is a Exit, which you must reach. The dots are in fact bullets for your weapon.You can, and must, fight your opponents. For this, you have different weapons available, from a gun to grenades, bombs, and even rockets. But also some of the enemies will fire at you.Each level consists of multiple screens, filled with plenty of enemies, but also plenty of power-ups. Some of the walls in a level are destroyable. Sometimes the exit is blocked by obstacles, like fire, in this case you must search for a fire extinguisher, etc..The game offers 20 levels to play and a level editor for creating your own levels. |
| Pacman Worlds | 2003 | | danjosoftware, TSAP-MEDiA | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | For ages the Pacmen and the Ghosts have been living in harmony, thanks to the power of magical gems. However, the machinations of the evil Dr. Strange brought an end to the peace, and it's Pac-Man's task to recover the gems. Pacman Worlds is a Pac-Man variant. On each level the player must eat all the dots, at which point a key appears which allows entering the next level. The game is nonlinear, with the player able to take on the levels in any order. As typical for Pac-Man games, Pac-Man must stay away from hostile ghosts, but collecting a Power Pellet allows him to eat his ectoplasmic enemies. Some of the dots contain fruits, and when five fruits are eaten, Pac-Man briefly enters a "Turbo" mode where he moves much faster. In addition, Pac-Man can jump over enemies, up to three times in each level. Special items that sometimes appear include glasses that grant brief invulnerability, winged shoes that give extra jumps, and a fairy named Oracle who temporarily doubles the amount of scored points. Special enemies include a police ghost, who appears if Pac-Man runs in Turbo mode past a speed limit sign, and Dr. Strange himself, who turns dots into poison pellets that must be run over twice to be eaten. Each separate world in the game ends with a boss level. The boss levels include additional bonus levels, and bonus mini-games can be unlocked as well. |
| Pathological | 2003 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pathological is a freeware clone of Rainbow Arts' puzzle game Logical.Each level consists of wheels that can be spun by a mouse click and balls in four different colours rolling down paths. Your objective is to fill every wheel with same coloured balls. Having completed a wheel, the balls disappear and the wheel turns dark as a sign that you finished it. By completing every wheel, you win the level.Various extra fields like teleporters or filters that can only be passed by balls of a determined colour and triggers and/or stoplights complicate the whole task. A trigger shows a special wheel configuration you have to use to complete the first wheel. A stoplight names the order i.e. when the first colour is red, the first wheel has to be filled with four red balls. Furthermore, you always have to keep the timers in mind. Time for finishing a level, storing a newly launched ball and the amount of freely rolling balls is limited. |
| Peewee Dodgeball Championships | 2003 | Xing Interactive B.V. | | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Peewee Dodgeball Championships is a one or two player implementation of dodgeball.The game screen is divided horizontally into two halves, in each half is a team of seven players. When the game starts a player in Team 1, the upper team, has the ball while in the lower half of the screen opposing team players start to move around in a random fashion. The mouse cursor becomes a set of cross-hairs and the player uses this to aim and fire the ball at Team 2. Any player hit is removed from the screen. After a shot the play is reversed with Team 2 shooting at Team 1 and so-on until one team's players are all eliminated.The game has a friendly mode - just one match, a league mode, and a 2 player mode. |
| Penguin Kelvin | 2003 | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | X-Ray Interactive | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Pingwinek Kelvin is a 3D platform game where the player controls a penguin who has to navigate several levels.Dr. Grzałka wants to destroy winter, he had set heater, which dissolve snow. The player controls little penguin Kelvin - he must stop evil Dr. Grzałka and his henchmen. The gameplay is similar to many other platform games, like Mario 64, focusing on collecting heaters, jumping (over holes, spikes, on higher platforms, etc), avoiding obstacles and defeating various enemies. Kelvin may use 2 attacks, he can spin (like Crash Bandicoot or Gex)and slide into enemies. The game has varied gameplay - for example on the second level, Kelvin slides on the stomach down from the mountain.The game features 6 stages and checkpoint saves system. |
| Perfect Ace: Pro Tournament Tennis | 2003 | Oxygen Interactive | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Perfect Ace: Pro Tournament Tennis is a tennis game for one to four players. It offers three different game modes: single matches, tournament and world championship. Single matches can be played against either AI of human opponents and involves both singles and doubles matches. Sixteen courts from locations all over the world can be chosen. The tournament consists of five rounds and can be played alone or cooperatively with a friend. First round is played on an easy setting and for each new round the difficulty goes up. The world championship is a series of ten tournaments around the world where one player takes control of a duo representing their country with the aim of scoring enough points to become number one in the world. The game is played from a third person perspective. When serving a power bar is used to determine the power of the serve and while the ball is in play there are different strokes that the player can make. These are normal shot, topspin, lob and slice. Some aspects of the game are customizable. The player can choose speed of game, games per set (1-6), difficulty and whether to play with tie breaks or not. |
| Pet Racer | 2003 | Big City Games | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pet Racer is an action-oriented racing game similar to Super Mario Kart. The player chooses between six characters from the animal kingdom, e.g. shark or platypus, and tries to be the first one who reaches the goal. Every animal has its own advantages like better speed or acceleration. Like in other games of this genre the contestants can pick up symbols to give the enemies a hard time, e.g. a wasp swarm or dynamite.The game features four playing modes: single races, adventure (all thirty courses), extra (five special courses with gimmicks like low gravitation) and split-screen multiplayer.Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Group 3D Engine: Chrome
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Apr 22, 2003
5 out of 10
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Jun 19, 2003
50 out of 100
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PC Action (Germany)
Jul, 2003
47 out of 100
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Jul, 2003
33 out of 100
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| Pet Soccer | 2003 | Big City Games | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Pet Soccer is a soccer game dedicated especially to younger gamers. The game features three-dimensional graphics maintained in a distinctive cartoon-style. The player may choose between four camera views, setup commentary, replays, audience or match stats. The player has twelve football teams of different animals to choose from, various numbers of outfits and extra playing fields. The team names are a combination of animal names with the names of real European clubs. The game consists two game modes: single match and Ultimate Pet Championships tournament. The game features a multiplayer mode for two players on the same screen. |
| Pferd & Pony: Mein Pferdehof | 2003 | dtp entertainment AG | pixon interactive media development GmbH | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements | Contemporary | | Direct control, Menu structures, Point and select | | | | Windows | Pferd & Pony: Mein Pferdehof is a horse farm management simulation. You've inherited from an aunt you did not even knew you had a small horse farm called Heidetraum. Inside the stable there is a mare waiting for you to take care. At the beginning of the game you are given some tasks, including breeding a foal, raising the farms income and winning the championship.You can make money, by breeding and selling horses, incomes from guests in the guest house and winning competitions, but on the other side, your expenses grow with extended farm buildings, employees and costs for horse feed, the vet, etc.You manage the farm in a menu-interface, but the horse riding takes place in a 2D mini-game, where you control the horse with the keyboard. |
| Pharaoh: Gold | 2003 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Pharaoh (base game)
Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile (expansion) |
| Pinwall | 2003 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Sherwood Media S.L. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pinwall is a Breakout variant where all the bricks in an area need to be removed by bouncing a ball against them using a paddle placed at the bottom of the screen. Some of the bricks, like in Arkanoid and similar games, release bonuses once broken. The game contains 50 levels. The ten highest scores are saved in the high score table. |
| Play The Top Of Games 4 | 2003 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains ten games:
Aces of World War I
Bundesliga Manager X
Carrera Grand Prix
Clusterball
Crazy Designer
FireFly Studios' Stronghold
Mahjongg für Microsoft Windows
Railroad Tycoon II: Platinum
Taxi Challenge: New York
Vandell: Knight of the Tortured Souls |
| Player Manager 2003 | 2003 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Ltd. | Anco Software Ltd. | Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Player Manager 2003 is a single player football management game.In this game the player can manage any club in the English league, that is the Premier League, Divisions 1,2, & 3, and the Football Conference using either real player names or fictional player names. There are no European clubs to manage but the top premier league clubs do have European commitments to fulfil.
The player takes control of their selected club literally as a new manager. Players in the squad are all 100% fit but their playing stats serve as a guideline only, they were achieved under the previous manager, however they can be motivated with the Player Talk function which allows the manager to praise, or discipline their squad individually.
As is common with management games of this type the player must build the best squad they can with their money keeping their players fit, trained and motivated. They must select the squad and decide the team's strategy for each match, renew contracts (or not if the player is surplus/not performing), manage the finances, appoint trainers and other club staff, all while playing and hopefully winning matches. Matches are not limited to just the league games, there are reserve games and cup games too.The actual games can be watched real-time in 3D, allowing for on-the-fly substitutions and tactical decisions, and a unique feature is you can both manage and play for a club, there is no choice of camera angle for these matches nor is there an audio commentary. |
| Polar Bowler | 2003 | WildTangent, Inc. | WildTangent, Inc. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Polar Bowler is a bowling game. But no ordinary, the game uses an Arctic theme (more or less). Furthermore, there is not even a ball in the game.First off, the game offers two different game modes, “Straight Bowling” and “Power Bowling”. Furthermore there are 7 different lanes and 6 different characters in the game, so you can play an Ice bear, a Penguin, a Snowman, or even Santa Claus. But the game starts only with one lane and one character.Straight Bowling acts much like the classic bowling. You have the ten pins and your character, which is the game’s substitute for your ball, and you must smash as many pins as possible in order to get a good score (and to win the game when you are not playing alone). You start your ride by positioning your character at the beginning where you want him to slide from. In contrary to a real bowling, you can’t throw the “ball” diagonal, but that’s not needed too. Once your ride has started, you can move your character left and right and change his destination. You can even slide a curve, if you’re good. If not, the physic do their job. You can even control how fast you slide, but that only at the beginning of the ride. Their, you can choose the speed by tighten the line you use to throw you into the lane.Power Bowling sets on top of this. Here the game gets spiced up by Power Ups. After you positioned your character and tightened your line, at that time you can’t change your position anymore, Power Ups appear on the lane. Once you collect them, they work in this throw, and this throw only, once you return to the start, their bonuses will be reset. So you must collect them, and use them immediately (will be automatically used, when the character impacts on the pins). There are two different types of Power Ups, one that affect your character, and one that affects your score.The following Power Ups are possible to find: Bomb (doubles the power of the character; at the impact it will smash more pins then regular), Zap (will send an electrical discharge out on impact with the pins, which will smash much more then the bomb), Vapor (will vaporize all pins on impact; will result in a strike even when you only touch one of the pins at the far sides), Multiplier (will multiply the amount of pins you smash with the type you collected for your total score), Multiplier can be found as 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, and 6x. Smashing 5 pins with a multiplier of 3x will result in 5 regular points and 10 power points.The basic scoring is on both game modes the same, it is also the same like regular bowling rules. In Power Bowling mode, once you finished the game, the amount of power points you gathered, will be added to the regular points, and so both of them will determine your final score. So, with many strikes you can get awesome scores.Every time you reach 200 points on a single lane, you unlock a new lane or a new character.And like a real bowling game, the game can be a multiplayer game, were up to four player can participate, playing on the same computer in Hotseat mode.
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| Police Quest: SWAT Generation | 2003 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Police Quest: SWAT Generation is a compilation containing the following games:
Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT
Police Quest: SWAT 2
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle: Elite EditionThe UK version of the game has identical packaging and was released in the same period, but the first game, Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT, is not included. |
| Pop Idol: TalentBox | 2003 | | | Educational | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Pop Idol: Talentbox is a singing game based on the UK TV program Pop Idol.
The game came in a box along with a microphone, players used the microphone with the supplied software to record and edit their performances which were then uploaded to the game's website where they were voted on.There were ten tracks on the CD, these cannot be played in a normal CD player. The tracks are;
I'm Outta Love - Anastacia
Ironic - Alanis Morissette
Don't Stop The Music - Robyn
A New Day Has Come - Celine Dion
Hip Hop Ballad - Awa
She Bangs - Ricky Martin
Sex Bomb - Tom Jones
My Love - Westlife
Glorious - Andreas Johnson
If Tomorrow Never Comes - Ronan Keating
There were also bonus tracks
Evergreen - Will Young
and two instrumental tracksThough the game refers to the original artists all the tracks here are instrumental versions by Rythm & Jazz Production. They play in the supplied media player which also shows the words for the player to sing along to and through which the player records their voice.In order to upload the player had to register an account at the PopIdol: Talentbox website. This website launched on July 3rd 2003, however in March 2005 a new product had been released, TalentBox Karaoke, and the PopIdol: Talentbox website was no longer in use. In December 2005 it was up for sale.
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| Pop Minds | 2003 | dtp digital tainment pool GmbH | DatKom Softwareentwicklung Köln | Strategy | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | Pop Minds is a humorous quiz game like the You Don't Know Jack series, but instead of general knowledge it concentrates solely on music questions.One to three players can play against each other. Every one has to enter the name of his band and the name of the album which his bands wants to release. Instead of points the game rewards correct questions with sold albums. At the end of a game the players are judged by a jury.Every play-through consists of nine rounds. The questions are sorted by difficulty, this means question 1 is easy and question 6 is hard. Every third round is a bonus round:
In round 3 you have to sort six musicians according to their age.
Round 6 is a memory game, in which you have to match musicians and their songs.
In round 9 you are given a name of a band or musician. You have to guess pre-defined keywords, e.g. members or song names. |
| Poppers | 2003 | Blackfish Software | Blackfish Software | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Poppers is a puzzle game where the goal is to remove a triangle made up of 28 balls of various colors. This requires removing balls pair by pair in the right order to avoid getting stuck. A pair of balls of the same color can be removed as long as there are no other balls below and to the left or right of either ball. There is also a pipe which deposits one ball at a time, always in the same order (the sequence is different for every initial arrangement of balls.) There are 100.000 starting arrangements available to choose. Running out of available pairs causes the puzzle to be restarted. 50 points are scored for every pair removed, and 2000 points for completing a puzzle. After five failures the player's score is (if applicable) entered into the high score table and then reset back to zero. Solving three puzzles in a row grants a bonus restart. |
| Postman Pat Activity Centre | 2003 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Educational | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles, Puzzle elements | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Postman Pat Activity Centre is a compilation of simple, brightly coloured, mini games for young children. It consists of the following activities;
Snap: This is a two player game which can be played against a friend or the computer.
Jigsaw: The player selects a picture and the number of pieces they wish to use, four is the smallest number and twenty-five is the largest. They are then shown a screen with a grey central area around which are scattered the jigsaw pieces which the player drags & drops into place
Colouring: This is not really a game, it consists of some line drawn pictures which the player prints off to colour in
Word Search: This is a single player, mouse controlled game where the player has to find words hidden on a grid, there are five easy puzzles, five tricky puzzles and five hard puzzles.
Pairs: This is a simple Concentration game which can be played as a single player game, against a friend or against the computer.
Meet the Cast: This isn't a game either. The player is shown a picture of all the Postman Pat characters and as the mouse cursor moves over each character their name is spoken and it appears on screen |
| Precision Skateboarding | 2003 | Musicbank Ltd. | Pantera Entertainment | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Precision Skateboarding is a simple game in which the player competes in half a dozen events.The game is keyboard or joystick controlled, and the controls are straightforward, left/right to steer, jump, crouch - increases speed, and duck. There are four types of contest, the Race Against The Clock, the Half Pipe Race, the Half Pipe Tournament and the Speed Track. There's no career progression, no learning new tricks, no choice of players but the game does have alternate camera angles and sound effects.
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| Premier Manager: 2002/2003 Season | 2003 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Tuna Technologies Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | After many versions developed by Realms of Fantasy and Dinamic Multimedia, when Gremlin was acquired and then disbanded, it seemed this long-running series were about to end, but in 2002 ZOO Digital announced the return.Featuring five nations (England with three leagues and Germany, Spain, France and Italy with two), PM takes a new approach to the series, not much different from the classic Match Day Manager. Each day has several time slots (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) which your secretary can fill with appointments with other staff members, the chairman or players in order to discuss contracts and other working orders. While you can act freely between time slots, most actions can only be completed after a meeting with the staff.As usual with managers with less detailed databases (those who don't allow to manage in the Estonian second division while tapping the youth pool in Taiwan), the player is also in control of setting ticket prices (and stadium building), advertising and website (which increases the value of the club, and lead to higher merchandise sales) and manage staff.All staff conversations and player information screens are presented in full 3D, as well as the match engine. The news screen is based on real-life sports news TV channel EurosportNews. |
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Exclusive Edition) | 2003 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This box release contains:
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Thrustmaster Gamepad Firestorm Dual Analog 3 with "Prince of Persia" written on it. |
| Project: Starfighter | 2003 | | Parallel Realities | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | | | Windows | In the future, after decades of war, the Weapco corporation, using its superior weaponry and AI driven craft, defeats both warring factions and becomes the most powerful force in the galaxy. You must take on the role of rebel pilot Chris who is attempting to overthrow the corporation.There are 4 solar systems containing several planets, where each planet represents a mission. Missions can be selected in any order. When travelling from one planet to another random encounters are possible. When all available Missions of a system are finished a boss mission appears. After that the player enters a new solar system. Between missions you can upgrade your ship and communicate with your allies who inform you of the tasks that must be completed.During a mission the player controls a space craft and can head in all 4 directions freely, trying to destroy enemy fighters or collecting items (escape pods, money, upgrades) left behind by destroyed enemies. In some missions computer controlled allies are fighting along.The Game is open source and based on libSDL. |
| Prügel Star: Lande den Volltreffer! | 2003 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Zone 2 Media GmbH | Action | | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Prügel Star: Lande den Volltreffer! is a simple shooter. Your task is to shoot the candidates of a casting show off the stage in 30 levels with different items to gain points. 20 different items for throwing such as irons, eggs, toilets and rotten food is included. Individual candidates can be created. |
| Pub Quiz Machine | 2003 | thequizmachine.com | | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pub Quiz Machine is a single player, shareware game designed to look like one of those quiz machines found in pubs. In the game the player is asked a series of questions and is given four possible answers, if they score high enough they progress to the next round, if not it's game over. All answers are timed. When the player makes a mistake they are informed and shown the correct answer immediately as the player progresses and their score increases their rating rises from Corpse and Brain Dead at the lower end to Deity and Perfection at the other.The game plays in a window and comes with four sets of questions and is one of a suite of programs, the others being a French vocabulary trainer and a Quiz Studio a tool for creating further quiz books. Further quiz books were available for purchase via the game's website.
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| Pump It Up: Prex 3 | 2003 | Andamiro Co., Ltd. | Andamiro Co., Ltd. | Simulation | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | A home version of the arcade game Pump It Up : Prex 3. Unlike other home versions, this one will allow you to change the mode during gameplay. So instead of picking Normal and only being able to do normal. Now you will be able to pick Normal, then do a song on Hard right after. The videos for newer songs are much better quality than some of the older songs. As well as a new nightmare mode which tests your skills to the max. Over 70 songs can be found in this mix.While this series is often compared to the DDR series, there are a lot of differences.
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| Puzzle & Word Games | 2003 | eGames, Inc. | Crescent Vision Interactive LLC, Digital Content LLC, eBrainyGames, LLC, eGames, Inc., Goodsol Development, Inc., iSurf, Inc., Khaoscape International Software, Mukherjee Innovations, MVP Software, Nature Boy Software, Soleau Software, Inc., Tavex, WickedWare, LLC | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of a large number of games. Special Edition games in this compilation are cut-down versions of the full game. Includes the word games:
MVP Word Search for Windows
Word Search Spelling Bee: Given a honeycomb of letters, find the words hidden inside.
Word Scramble/Speed Unscramble
Cryptic Puzzles: Similar to Wheel of Fortune, there is a phrase, and letters. Select the letters found in the phrase without making too many mistakes.
Crossword Fill-ins: A crossword with no clues, only answers. Put the answers in the right places to complete the puzzle.
Wendy's Word Game Special Edition: From the letters in a starter word, create as many words as possible.
Lexicon Word Challenge Special Edition
Word Wiz: Place letters on a grid to form words under a time limit.
The puzzle games:
Puzzle Master 3 Special Edition: A standard jigsaw puzzle.
Jigsaw USA Special Edition: A geography program for the United States.
Crazy Puzzle Special Edition: A jigsaw puzzle with unusually-shaped pieces.
Extreme Animals Special Edition: A jigsaw puzzle with pictures of animals.
Extreme Dinosaurs Special Edition: A jigsaw puzzle with pictures of dinosaurs.
Kremlin Puzzle 3D Special Edition: A 3D puzzle, where you assemble pieces of the Kremlin.
And the brain teasers:
Block Rox: You remove groups of connected blocks of the same color.
Space Puzzle
Magic Square: The classic game of the same name.
Slide Puzzle: Slide blocks to create the finished pattern.
Brain Twister: Form 3-in-a-row matches on a sphere.
Charmed: Match 3 figures by rotation, color, or shape.
Color Wheel from eBrainyGames
Maze Cube: A maze on the surface of a cube.
Drop
Balloon Kaboom: Pop connected balloons of the same color. You can move balloon around with the wind.
Finally, as a bonus, includes these casino games:
US Slots
Galaxy Slots
Castle Slots
Western Video Poker
US Video Poker
Castle Video Poker
Craps
Roulette
Keno Special Edition
Black Jack |
| Puzzle Master 4 | 2003 | eGames, Inc. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Puzzle Master 4 is a single person jigsaw game. It is essentially the same game as games in the Puzzle Master series with a revised screen for browsing through and selecting one of its two hundred and fifty pictures. The game's advertised features include:
The ability to create your own jigsaws from images in BMP (Windows bitmap), JPG, PCX, MAC, TGA, WMF, ICO and WPG formats. The game contains basic functionality to capture, cut, stretch and alter the colour of the pictures. Puzzles the player has created can also be saved and exported so that they can be sent to friends
six styles of jigsaw piece
The size and style of the jigsaw pieces can be changed mid game
Gameplay is straight forward, pieces are selected and rotated by clicking on them and then they are dragged into position. The player can sort pieces manually or the game can perform that chore, by shape or by colour, for them if they wish. There are also 'trays' into which pieces can be placed for later use and, most importantly, there is a hint feature, a cheat feature, an auto-complete feature, and a save game feature.The game has sound effects and music plus it allows the player to use their own music files ( MIDI, .wav and .mp3 formats only). It can import puzzles saved in earlier Puzzle Master and export in those formats too but older versions of the game cannot always read puzzles saved in the latest, default Puzzle Master format. |
| Puzzle Monkey | 2003 | | Clever Monkey Studios | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Puzzle Monkey is a single player, keyboard controlled, Soko-Ban variant.The story here is that there are crates of bananas on a plantation somewhere that need sorting which, in this case, means pushing crates onto red 'X's.The game was published via download from the developer's web site, it had one hundred levels. The player had to pay a registration fee for which they received a code to unlock the full content.
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| Puzzle Ring | 2003 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Arkon Games | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Puzzle Ring is an alternative take on the known falling bricks concept of a game. Here, the game is set in 3D perspective, in an "invisible cylinder" with blocks falling, forming horizontal rings. Player's goal is to keep building full horizontal rings and making free space as long as possible.Game provides 3 game modes: classic, advanced and full game mode, which differ with existence of blocks lying already in the level. Player controls falling blocks using arrow keys and "Spacebar" to drop blocks immediately. There are also "bomb" bonuses allowing to clear specific columns or blocks by specific colour.Game contains only offline high scores tables. Game is distributed in the shareware model, and there are over 40 levels in the full game version. |
| Puzzler 1000 Crosswords | 2003 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | Puzzler 1000 Crosswords is a game based on the Puzzler magazines, it contains all the crosswords puzzles from five Puzzler books. Each puzzle can be completed on the computer or printed out and completed by hand. There is a choice of five different crossword grid types, a scoring system and both concede word and concede game functions. Though this is a single player game it does cater for multiple player identities so once installed many people can use it. All crosswords run in a window that cannot be resized. There is no sound with this game. |
| Puzzler 1000 Wordsearch | 2003 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Puzzler Media Ltd. | Puzzle | | | | Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | Puzzler 1000 Wordsearch is a game based on the Puzzler magazines, it contains all the wordsearch puzzles from five Puzzler books. Each puzzle can be completed on the computer or printed out and completed by hand. There is also an option to construct wordsearch puzzles using the player's own words, these can be saved and either played as any other puzzle in the game or they can be printed. The game is played with the mouse but a keyboard is needed to enter words when constructing a puzzle. There is no in-game music. |
| QBz | 2003 | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Your mission in QBz (pronounced Cubes) is simple, all you need to do is to remove all QBz from the playfield, once it is done, you proceed with the next level.The game can be either played as a strategy game, were you must get a certain amount of points to reach the next level, if you fail, its game over. Or on the other side, you can play it more like an "action" game, were you play against the time. And if you don’t play it at an easy difficulty, you don’t have time to think there.Once you start a game, you will be presented with your playfield, which consists of 4x4 or up to 14x14 QBz. There are three different colors available (in easy difficulty), four in normal, and five in hard. Now all you need to do is to click on any of the QBz, which has at least one of the same color adjacent (horizontal or vertical). Then these specific QBz will vanish and you score, but the more of them you can remove at the same time, the better you score. If you try to remove a single QB, you get a penalty of 1000 points (removed). Once all possible combinations are gone, the level is completed. Now you get bonus points depending on how many percent of the playfield you cleared, if you cleared them all, you will see a special “Perfect Clear” sequence. To help you on your mission, you have three buttons at your control. Two of them will rotate the QBz in the playfield, either left or right. The other button will randomize them all. All of these buttons are only accessible three times per level.
So if you rotated the playfield three times to the left, you can't randomize it any more.To maximize the replay-value, the game can be played at 96 different ways. This is a result of 13 game options from 4 different categories, which you can be combined the way you like it.The 13 game options are: 4 game modes with “time challenge” (playing against time on different sized playfields), “gigantic time” (only 14x14 playfields), “points challenge” (playing for a certain point limit on different sized playfields), and “gigantic points” (only 14x14 playfields).2 mix modes with “today’s game” and “random mix” (the first will generate similar games on the same day, changing the pattern from day to day, while the last will always randomize).4 level amounts with “3 levels”, “5 levels”, “10 levels”, and “infinite” (choose how many games you want to play in one row).3 skill levels with “easy”, “normal”, and “pro” (increasing color per game, from 3 to 5; decreasing time in time modes; increasing points needed in points modes).In addition to this all, the game offers multiple local highscores, one for each game mode. And furthermore, even an Internet based world wide highscore. |
| Quest for Water Safety: A Wizardly Adventure | 2003 | Ontario Power Generation | Northstar Communications | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Quest for Water Safety: A Wizardly Adventure is an educational game about water safety, originally intended for grade 4 students in the Ontario region of Canada. Whirl-on the super safety wizard assigns the player on a quest to help people stay safe from hydroelectric stations. The player will also learn about the generic water safety rules when going out fishing at the camp site or playing in a swimming pool in the backyard. There are eight zones to choose from during the player's quest. Once a zone is selected, a video explaining the danger is presented, then the player answers three questions correctly to move on to the next zone. If the player answers each question incorrectly three times, they are sent to the dungeon to solve a maze, avoiding the dragon. If all eight zones are completed, a certificate is rewarded to the player. Two bonus word puzzles are included in the game. |
| RTL Skispringen 2004 | 2003 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | VCC Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | RTL Skispringen 2004 is a simulation of the ski jumping sport. The handling is quite simple: the player uses the mouse to hold a steady course and clicks at the right moment to jump respectively land. In the career mode the player creates his own athlete who starts in the amateur league. For successful competitions he receives prize money and experience points which he reinvests into better coaches or equipment respectively better character statistics, e.g. landing technique. The goal is to become the best athlete in the world.In comparison to the 2003 version it features two important improvements: Firstly there is a optional technique analysis after every jump which shows potential points of improvement. Secondly there are challenges in the career mode which unlock special pieces of equipment, e.g. a perfect landing. There is also a quiz game with a few hundred questions about ski jumping. The license is restricted to the 28 original ramps. |
| Race Collection | 2003 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Race Collection is a compilation of three racing games:
Edgar Torronteras' eXtreme Biker
Sonic R
Total Immersion Racing |
| Rainbow Fish and the Amazing Lagoon | 2003 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | EMME Interactive SA, Lexis Numérique SA | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Rainbow Fish and the Amazing Lagoon is an interactive story based on characters created by the children's book author and illustrator, Marcus Pfister, for his picture book about the colorful fish, and on the television series stemming from the book.In this game, Rainbow Fish's friend Molo is very sick; covered with spots and sleeping all the time. Rainbow Fish must talk to everyone who lives in the Amazing Lagoon, solve their problems, find a magic cauldron and assemble potion ingredients in order to cure him. The interface is point and click and every action is performed by mouse. Two levels of difficulty are available, and the activities can be completed in any order. Among the mini-games:
repair a nursery wall for Ruby by assembling jigsaw pieces
help the crabs to re-plug a hole in a cave by clicking on the bubbles that block them
follow Lucy's directions (up, down, right, left) as she guides Rainbow Fish through a dark cave
find the hidden yes/no fish and click on the correct one to answer simple questions
match up fish according to their stated preferences
free Mrs. Sorcerer Fish and friends from the flowers that imprison them, while avoiding the Lagoon bulliesThe suggested age group for this game is 3 - 7. |
| Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc (Edition Collector) | 2003 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This limited Collector's Edition contains:
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
Rayman 3 Print Studio
Rayman 3 notebook
Rayman 3 string bag |
| Red Clash '93 | 2003 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | Blimb Entertainment GmbH | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Ultra-nationalist army generals in ex-Soviet Russia revolt against their government, and plan to reclaim Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. As the president is forced into exile, increasing military activity attracts the attention of a small NATO reconnaissance unit in the area. They receive orders to investigate and deal with potential threats.Campaign mode includes 20 missions taking place over a coastal industrial zone, high above the clouds, or out at sea. Missions range from reconnaissance (taking pictures of enemy facilities) to escorts, defending allied and bombing enemy facilities, and directly attacking enemy forces. For each mission, one of three planes, which differ mainly in armament, can be chosen: The F-14 Tomcat of the U.S. Navy is most suited for attacking ground targets, the Panavia Tornado of the German Luftwaffe carries 20 bombs for bombing runs, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon of the RAF is best suited for dogfights.If the mission takes place over land, players can land at an allied airfield where their plane will be refuelled, repaired, and its ammunition restocked. The multiplayer mode allows up to 8 player to battle it out over a local network. |
| Reksio i UFO | 2003 | Aidem Media Sp. z o.o. | Aidem Media Sp. z o.o. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Reksio i UFO is a continuation of the story finished in Reksio i Skarb Piratów with the same protagonist, Reksio. As in the previous game, it is a point and click adventure game designed for children.Story picks up on the moment when Reksio comes back home, but the next night a UFO invades the chicken coop near Reksio’s hut, capturing chickens to an unknown planet in the near galaxy. Player’s goal is to help Reksio find the aliens and bring chickens back home.Gameplay remains identical to the original game - player is guided by narration, no "normal menus" or hints on the screen, mouse is the only device needed in the game and story is built into 8 chapters, with each being available to begin from in the main menu once unlocked. |
| Removal Man | 2003 | Idigicon Limited | 100 Tin Soldiers | Action | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Removal Man is a single-player, arcade style game. The player takes on the role of a removal man who has been called to Lord Bray's manor house to transport some cases to the museum. On arrival there's an accident and Lord Bray's parrot escapes so the job which makes the job much harder as now the player bust collect all the tea chests and transport them to the van, find and recapture the parrot, avoid being killed by the ghosts, find the hidden combination to the locked rooms and, to start, find a way into the locked manor because his lordship has lost his keys. The game is keyboard controlled by default but does support a joystick. It has three save game slots. |
| Reversi 3D TR | 2003 | TLK Games S.A.R.L. | TLK Games S.A.R.L. | Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Reversi 3D TR is a conversion of the Reversi board game. Players can choose between a 2D and a 3D view. You play against the computer or another human player. There is an option to undo the last move. The game offers to save your moves to watch them later. 'TR' in the title of the game refers "Temps Réel", (i.e. real-time), which means the computer uses less than one second to think. |
| Richard Longhurst and the Box that Ate Time | 2003 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Richard Longhurst and the Box that Ate Time is a humorous point-and-click adventure game. The player controls Richard Longhurst, a garishly dressed individual who one day finds himself in an abandoned zoo without memories of what happened, and afterward keeps being tossed forward and backward in time - all because of the titular antagonist, The Box, whose schemes must be foiled. The game offers controls standard to games made with Adventure Game Studio: there are several commands - walk, examine, interact, talk - which can be cycled with the right mouse button or with a menu on top of the screen, and there is an inventory where items can be kept. |
| River Raid eXtreme | 2003 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The shoot 'em up River Raid eXtreme is a take on the classic game River Raid. The player controls an airplane which flies along a river swarming with enemy troops, such as helicopters, planes and tanks. The airplane can move left and right, accelerate, and shoot. All enemies die in one shot, but bumping into an enemy or into the boundaries of the river means an immediate loss of one life. |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 / RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Time Twister | 2003 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (base game)
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Time Twister (second expansion pack) |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Combo Park Pack | 2003 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (base game)
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds (expansion) |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Time Twister / Wacky Worlds | 2003 | Atari Deutschland GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Time Twister
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky WorldsThe base game, RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, is not included. |
| Rotlicht Tycoon | 2003 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Spielwert | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Adult | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | In Rotlicht Tycoon the player manages a brothel with the goal to make as much money as possible. The game basically offers the same options as other tycoon games. Firstly the player has to furnish his building by dividing the space into rooms and buying the needed equipment, e.g. water beds or torture instruments for "special needs". The next step is hiring the employees: bartenders, bouncers and cleaning staff. Of course the most important workers are the prostitutes which differ in look, origin, age, breast size and expertise. After assigning the employees with the shift plan and marketing the business with commercials there is nothing new to do.The player spends most of his time in the isometric view where he watches over the business flow, e.g incoming customers - the unavoidable erotic scenes are censored. The rest of the game consists of menus and statistics screens with drawn pictures of lightly clad women. Besides free mode there are also a few scenarios where the player has to solve missions. |
| RunMan | 2003 | Coolmoose Productions | Coolmoose Productions | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | RunMan is a simple game where RunMan needs to survive as long as possible by jumping over objects or ducking to roll under them. Starting at a very slow speed, RunMan moves automatically and the player only needs to perform one of the two available actions to get past the obstacles. For each successful move, the game speed (shown in the top left corner) is increased incrementally. After a certain number of points the backdrop changes with a new effect, changing day into night, or adding rain. The game also offers a high score list. |
| RunMan Unlimited | 2003 | Coolmoose Productions | Coolmoose Productions | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | RunMan Unlimited is the sequel to RunMan and it is the second game in the series. The gameplay from the first game is kept, but two new sections are added.
Running: this is the game mode from the original game. RunMan needs to survive as long as possible by jumping over objects or ducking to roll under them. Starting at a very slow speed, RunMan moves automatically and the player only needs to perform one of the two available actions to get past the obstacles. For each successful move, the game speed (no longer shown in the top left corner) is increased incrementally. After a certain number of points the backdrop changes with a new effect, changing day into night, or adding rain.
Gliding: after a certain number of points the second sequence is started. RunMan is in the air with a hang glider, but constantly loses altitude. To avoid obstacles, a key can be pressed to float upwards slowly. When an obstacle is hit or RunMan goes off the edge of the screen, the game is over.
Falling: when the gliding section is completed, RunMan is falling through the air. He has to be moved left or right to grab red orbs. When the altitude reaches 1,000 a parachute can be deployed using the space bar to land safely. When it is released too early 10 points are deducted and if it is not deployed before 500 the game is over. When it is deployed at 1,000 exactly a bonus of 20 points is awarded.The section need to be played in a fixed order and the game features a high score list. |
| RunMan's Christmas Adventure | 2003 | Coolmoose Productions | Coolmoose Productions | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | RunMan's Christmas Adventure is the third game in the RunMan series. Santa Claus is missing in action and of course RunMan has to resolve this. The game is divided into three section that need to be played in a fixed order:
Snowball fight: ward off penguins and birds by hurling snowballs at them. RunMan is at a fixed position behind a small pile of snow. There is an unlimited amount of snowballs, but soon the enemies start appearing faster. The pile of snow serves as defence for two incoming attacks. After that, it's gone. Aiming is done through the mouse and the spacebar is used to fire.
Ice-skating: this part is identical to the first RunMan game. RunMan needs to survive as long as possible by jumping over objects or ducking to slide under them on his ice-skates. Starting at a very slow speed, RunMan moves automatically and the player only needs to perform one of the two available actions to get past the obstacles. For each successful move, the game speed is increased incrementally.
Sleigh ride through the sky: RunMan rides a sleigh pulled by a deer through the sky. Obstacles appear either near the top or the bottom of the screen. RunMan only needs to choose between two positions to avoid hitting an obstacle. For each successful move, the game speed is increased incrementally.The game features a high score list. |
| Rzeźnik | 2003 | Play.com.pl | TMReality | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Rzeźnik is a first-person shooting gallery game. In twelve environments the player has to shoot ten types of monsters. The game is played from a fixed position without movement, only aiming is possible and more of the environment is revealed by moving the cursor to the left or the right side of the screen, but only for a small portion. There are six weapons, such as a pistol, a saw and a grenade launcher. |
| Savior | 2003 | Forst | Forst | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In the future, scientists mastered the technique of cloning, succeeding in creating fully functional artificial life forms. However, a powerful corporation took control over creation of such beings, using them for their own purposes. One of those artificial humans, a girl named Emma, managed to escape, holding some important information that supposedly incriminates the corporation. You control another artificial girl, Nel. You were just created, and the assignment you receive from your boss Elena is to find where Emma is hiding, and to prevent her from leaving the corporation building.Savior is a Japanese-style adventure game, without puzzles or action elements. However, unlike most other hentai titles, you can freely move in a 3D environment, viewing it from third- or first-person perspective. You navigate Nel through the game world, exploring it and searching for clues. Important events are displayed either as still CG images or pre-rendered movies. Many of these images and movies contain explicit sexual content. You can view them again from a special menu accessible from the title screen. |
| School Tycoon | 2003 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | Point and select | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Want to run your own school? Here is your chance!This game gives you the chance to build and run your own school while trying to avoid many of the problems that schools face. Problems such as poor staff/teachers, poor grades, unhappy students, and even fires will test your abilities along with various other problems you will encounter.The game offers you the ability to build 50 different buildings that are set up such that you have to unlock some of the buildings by first building something else. For example, if you want to build a high quality math classroom, you'll have to first start out with a portable math classroom. For those who don't know what portables are since they are not used often anymore, they are like small trailers that poor schools have classrooms in when there is no more room in a school building.Buildings that can be built include many different kinds of classrooms, gym, sports fields, an arcade, nurse's office, detention hall, and more.Trying to keep your students happy requires work. You can choose to improve the look of the school by adding sculptures and fountains, or replace strict, boring teachers with fun teachers. You have 80 different kinds of students who will populate your school from jocks to cheerleaders. Trying to keep them all happy will be a challenge you will need to overcome. You can even add your own students to the game such as putting yourself or your friends into the game.You have virtually complete control over your school. Hire and fire teachers and staff, expel students, and more. Run your school how you want to run it as you work through 24 scenarios in three difficulty levels. Or take your school to sandbox mode where you have no goals or requirements and can build your school from scratch. |
| Scooby-Doo!: Case File N°2 - The Scary Stone Dragon | 2003 | Learning Company, The | Learning Company, The | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In the second part of the Case File Series Scooby, Shaggy, Daphne, Velma and Fred went to China. The Scary Stone Dragon, welcome committee begins a new mystery adventure. The action is performed with a mouse and keyboard in the case of some selected mini games. At the bottom of the screen is the Mystery Machine menu with the action icons: Scooby Snacks for bribing Scooby and Shaggy when they're acting cowardly, a headphones icon for sound options, a door icon for exiting the game, a map showing all locations, a clues collection and a case book with all founded data inside.The task requires collecting clues and solving puzzles. Each solved puzzle mini game puzzle is rewarded with a clue item that may be attached to the suspects in the case book. The mini games include sliding and matching patterned tiles, cooking by using appropriate component, cleaning the lantern shop, getting more Scooby Snacks and finding the way out in the dark underground cellar. As a special bonus the game features printable activity patterns. |
| Scooter Pro | 2003 | Megaware Multimedia B.V. | Fusion Digital Games Ltd. | Action, Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | Scooter Pro is a single player game in which the player races around a selection of urban courses collecting tokens. All runs are timed and the faster they courses are completed the higher the score. The game is entirely keyboard controlled, has a high score table and a choice of male and female characters. |
| Scrabble: 2003 Edition | 2003 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Runecraft Ltd. | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Word construction | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The 2003 edition of the board game translation offers games with different settings: six board sizes, different board themes, the number of games, a timer for the overall game or a clock for each player, lose a turn when entering an invalid word, hints, ...There is a built-in vocabulary that checks the entries, but you can also disable it to increase the difficulty. You can then choose to challenge the validity of words of other players, with a penalty attached. There are four difficulty settings for the AI level. The game can be played with the classic 2D top-down view, or the 3D one with the ability to zoom and shift around the board. The tiles are shown at the bottom of the screen. While playing, you can use hints or look up words in the included dictionary.Next to regular games, you can play variations such as the championship mode, duplicate scrabble, conundrum, anagram, making the point and word challenge. Multiplayer games are available for up to 4 players simultaneously on LAN or internet (through ubi.com). |
| Sea Bubble Burst | 2003 | Cosmi Corporation | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Closely resembling Bubble Bobble, Sea Bubble Burst stars Bubbly, an underwater creature with the power to trap creatures in bubbles, then pop them to turn them into fruit. Eliminate all enemies on a level to proceed to the next level. Includes 20 levels. |
| Secret Service: Security Breach | 2003 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | 4D Rulers Software, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Secret Service: Security Breach is a First Person Shooter that places you in the role of a Secret Service agent fighting terrorists, gangsters, and other threats against the United States of America.Security Breach is the sequel to Secret Service: In Harm’s Way although it abandons most of the features that distinguished it's predecessor from other FPS games. The complex mission briefings have been replaced with single page load screens, the customizable weapon load-outs were dropped in favor of “start with a pistol and loot bigger guns” and health packs now allow you to painlessly heal wounds.As for the standard FPS benchmarks: Security Breach has 9 weapons, 10 levels, and no multiplayer modes. |
| Secret Wives' Club | 2003 | G-Collections | Sekilala | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | To celebrate his last days of freedom before beginning a tutoring job, Issei takes a trip to Bali. There he meets a young woman named Chisato, with whom he has a one night stand. Upon coming home to begin his new job, Issei finds that his student is none other than Chisato's son! Chisato is a married woman, but she makes Issei a deal: She and two other married friends will share Issei. He gets to have the time of his life, and they get to find physical satisfaction outside of their dull marriages. Thus, the Secret Wives' Club is born.Secret Wives' Club plays as an interactive novel of sorts. While there is little story to speak of, you choose which woman you will have your next "sex lesson" with, and what the lesson type will be. The game features several different endings depending on the pacing of your "instruction" and which woman you concentrate on. |
| Sensei 2 | 2003 | G-Collections | D.O. Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Shuichi Nakata is at his father's deathbed when he is visited by his childhood friend and sister figure, Kumiko. Out of contact for several years, Kumiko convinces Shuichi to move to her town and study at the school where she is now a teacher. The Nakata family is one of the most powerful in Japan, but Shuichi learns that all may not be as it seems. Evil blood flows through his veins...Sensei 2 is an interactive novel. It plays through at its own pace, pausing on occasion to allow the user to intervene by making a decision, thus resulting in a plot branch. The game features several different endings.The game features graphic images of non-consensual sex, and is not for play by minors. |
| Serious Sam: Gold | 2003 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | After the releases of Serious Sam: The First Encounter and Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, both games were compiled into one collection to form Serious Sam: Gold Edition. Unlike the Xbox edition, Serious Sam: Gold Edition doesn't have anything added to it except for a series of fan levels that formed an episode named "Dark Island". |
| Shark Dominoes | 2003 | AGCrump Software | AGCrump Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Shark Dominoes is a single player, mouse controlled, version of dominoes played with a standard 'double six' deck.The game has a few basic customisation options, both the board's border an the background screen can be changed, and the game can be played in either full screen or in a larger window.The player always plays against the computer and there are two levels of difficulty, novice or expert.There is an in-game help screen with the rules of the game and save/reload options.The game is available as shareware from the developer's web site and it has also appeared in some board game compilations |
| Sheffield United Club Manager | 2003 | Just Football | Smoking Gun Productions | Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Sheffield United Club Manager is a football management game centred around a specific club, Sheffield United. It is just one of a range of games dedicated to specific clubs that were produced for the 2003/4 season.In this management game the player can buy and sell players, decide tactics, train players, select the team and take part in both the league and the the tournaments.
The matches can be followed with either a normal or brief commentary, there is no 3-D action.
All menus appear over a picture showing different views of the stadium. |
| Shelly Club | 2003 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Random Games, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy, Medieval | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Shelly Club is a title in the Barbie series of games. It is aimed at a younger audience and features Barbie’s younger sister Shelly. (Shelly was her European name, she was called Kelly in the USA. The Shelly/Kelly doll was withdrawn from the Barbie range in 2010 and replaced by Chelsea in 2011).The game starts in Shelly’s back yard, here there are two mini games and a link to the clubhouse which gives the player access to further mini games. The games are;
Jungle Adventure: In this game the player uses a mouse to navigate a boat through a jungle maze to rescuer baby animals.
Castle Adventure: Here the player rides through the forest as Tommy collecting flowers for princess Kelly.
Kelly’s Clubhouse: In the clubhouse there are further mini games Unicorn Forest, Mermaid Lagoon, and Winter Wonderland
Unicorn Forest: Here the player uses the mouse to move Kelly left/right to catch falling stars. When they have collected enough they can use the stars and other shaped stamps to adorn Kelly’s unicorn
Winter Adventure: This mini game to guide a toboggan as it runs down hill picking up items Kelley has dropped. When the player has enough they can use the collected items to decorate a snowman.
Mermaid Lagoon: This is a hidden object game, the player has to find five objects to open a large sea shell. Once opened they can use stamps to decorate the inside of the shell
Tea Party: Here the player helps Kelly and Diedre set a table for the tea party and decorate cakes.
Magic Greenhouse: The player uses Kelly’s magic seeds to grow flowers, they must select one flower seed and one leaf seed then water them
The Scrapbook: This has a picture from each mini game which the player can decorate with stampsAll mini games, with the exception of the scrapbook, have a dress up option which allows the player to change the style and colour of Kelly's clothes and those of the friend accompanying her.
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| Shengnü zhi Ge: Heroine Anthem II - The Angel of Sarem | 2003 | Unistar | Winking WindThunder | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Edda grew up in a simple, pure village, and could never imagine she would have a life full of adventures and danger. But one day there was a storm on the ocean, and Edda was transported into the secret land of fish people. There she met the lobster Bedin, a pupil of a wise magician and a treasure hunter. Together with him and her childhood friend, the powerful warrior Hulen, Edda embarks on a quest to put an end to a sinister force that threatens humanity.Heroine Anthem II continues directly the story which started in the first game. Although a Chinese (Taiwan)-made RPG, the game differs from others of its kind by being set in a fantasy land and not in historical China. Graphically it is heavily influenced by Japanese anime style. The game features large character sprites and hand-painted backgrounds. Enemy encounters are not random: enemies are visible on screen before the player initiates a battle with them. During the turn-based battles, the player can position and move characters tactically on the small battle screen. |
| Sideswipe: Project 053 II | 2003 | | Natomic Studios | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | Sideswipe: Project 053 II is 2D freeware platform game. Main hero, special agent 053, has a special (stolen) motorbike, can jump and dash. He just must escape the forest. The screen is automatically scrolled, and the player must hurry up. The gameplay is simple - the hero humps over holes, collects coins and squashes enemies. His bike has several colors to choose from. |
| Silly Soccer | 2003 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Wihlborg Entertainment | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Silly Soccer is a humorous arcade soccer game modelled after the Euro 2000 Cup that took place in Holland and Belgium. The goal of the game is obviously to try to kick the ball into the opponent's goal in order to end up the match with more points than them. The player picks a nation among 16 and compete against the other teams through the final by dribbling, passing, and shooting the ball. Keeping the Shift key or the corresponding joystick button pressed for longer will shoot the ball with more power when the key is released. Picking up a water bottle on the pitch will grant a short speed boost. Silly Soccer can be controlled with the keyboard or a joystick. The match length is configurable (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 minutes). Up to four players can compete against in the championship, but only in a 'hot seat' way. |
| Ski Jumping 2004 | 2003 | Fantastic.TV | L'Art | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ski Jumping 2004, as its name implies, is a game all about ski jumping. The action consists of pushing off from the ski jump, heading down the jump, launching properly, and most importantly, landing smoothly. In order to help you get the hang of these essential components, Ski Jumping 2004 features a tutorial mode which carefully explains everything and allows the player to practice through each move over and over again. From there, the player can move on to the Realistic mode which allows for customizing many parameters of the run, including the particular mountain and size, the weather, the type of snow, and wind direction and strength, and whether the jump occurs during day or night.Further, the game features multiplayer network play and arcade mode.
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| Slurp | 2003 | JAMDAT Mobile Inc. | Hexacto Games Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Slurp is a tile removal puzzle game where the objective is to clear the board by slurping up drops in different colours. This is done by tapping on drops that are larger than one unit in size. The surrounding drops will then fall down and reform into different shapes. A level is cleared once there are no more drops that can be cleared (i.e. larger than one unit in size). The following level will then be smaller since the remaining uncleared drops become solid at the bottom. The game goes on until there is no more space left on the screen. |
| SmileTris 2 | 2003 | | | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | SmileTris 2 is a freeware Dr. Mario clone for Windows, and a sequel to SmileTris Panic!. As in the original game, the objective of this puzzle game is to match pills sides of the same color to make viruses (or smileys icons in this case) disappear.What sets this clone apart from others is the support for skins that alter the graphics. These can be downloaded from the author's website or created by the user. There's also an online high-score table and the option to upload the player score from within the game. |
| Soccer Stars Pinball | 2003 | | WildSnake Software | Action, Sports | Top-down | | | Pinball | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Soccer Stars Pinball is a computer pinball simulation for two players playing simultaneously against each other. Game takes the basic gameplay of pinball into the mix with a football theme and results in a game, where the goal is to win a soccer match.The pinball table is divided into three sections: goal area per player 1 and player 2, and central area with flippers and bumpers. As in standard pinball, the ball is launched from the plunger. Players use flippers located in each area to kick the ball. Game features AI opponents as well as the possibility to play head-to-head. Player controls flippers using Shift keys and nudging with the spacebar. Game is considered finished when one of the players scores 10 points.Game features 16 national teams, three difficulty levels and two modes: versus (basic match) and championship. |
| Software: 10 Top Games XP (1) | 2003 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Software: 10 Top Games XP (1) is a compilation of ten games:
Hostile Waters
Gunlok
Offroad
Space Clash
Snooker (Maxx)
Snowcross Extreme
Warrior Kings
Sheep
Total Immersion Racing
Ford Racing
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| Solitaire Antics: Ultimate | 2003 | Masque Publishing, Inc. | Ant Software | Compilation, Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Solitaire Antics: Ultimate is another updated release in the Solitaire Antics series that brings together a large number of single-played card games based on Solitaire. This version contains over 225 variations, new animations (based around ants with a humorous tone) and a game builder. Both single deck and double deck games are included. Below are a few examples of included variations.Single Deck Games
Acquaintance
Agnes
Ali Baba
Auld Lang Syne
Baker's Dozen
Beleaguered Castle
Bisley
Calculation
Canfield
Carpet
Chessboard
Cruel
Dutchess
Easthaven
Eight Off
Fortune's Favor
Four Seasons
FreeCell
Gaps
Golf
Grandfather's Clock
King Albert
Klondike
Monte Carlo
Pyramid
Royal Family
Scorpion
Sea Towers
Shamrocks
Simple Simon
Simplicity
YukonDouble Deck Games
Alhambra
Black Widow
Blondes and Brunettes
British Square
Buffalo Bill
Colorado
Deuces
Double Canfield
Fort
Forty Thieves
Frog
Giant
Imperial Guards
Midshipman
Napoleon's Square
Octagon
Red and Black
Spider |
| Solitaire Deluxe | 2003 | Dice Multi Media Europe B.V. | BVS Development | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Solitaire Deluxe is a single player, mouse controlled card game. It is a retitled special edition of BVS Solitaire Collection. This version has seventeen solitaire games whereas the full version of BVS Solitaire had, at the time this was released, three hundred and twenty.The solitaire games available here are a mixture of one and two deck games, they are: Bisley, Carpet, Flower Garden, Fortune's Favour, Forty Thieves, FreeCell, King's Secrets, Klondike, Monte Carlo, Napoleon Leaves Moscow, Napoleon Takes Moscow, Picture Gallery, Russian Solitaire, Spider, Topsy-Turvey Queens, Vague and Westcliffe. The full features of BVS Solitaire are available here. All games have a set of rules, and can be played against either a random shuffle or a specified shuffle. There are game and player statistics, hint, undo/redo options, choice of card back and may more customisation options. The game plays in a window and all of the customisation and game selection options open in separate, smaller windows.
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| Sonic Zone | 2003 | Effeser Project | Effeser Project | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Eggman's up to no good again, and only Sonic can stop him! Sonic Zone is a fangame based on the Sonic the Hedgehog series featuring some of the series' characters and very simple controls. Players lead Sonic to the goal while sweeping enemies and avoiding obstacles on the way. Sonic attacks only by jumping on enemies' heads; he doesn't have the ability to roll or use Spin Dash as in the other games of the Sonic series. Like in the original series, rings are present; players can collect rings for more points. The difference is that the rings cannot keep Sonic alive - touching any enemy can cost Sonic a life. Other items are present: Ring TVs (each adds 10 rings) and Sparkle TVs (make Sonic invincible for a while). Obstacles are not varied: just (mostly) deep pits and spikes. There are a total of 4 zones (Rust Winter, Festival, Riverside and Nocturne), each of which contains 3 levels (two normal levels and a boss level). The boss is always Eggman (running around in the first zone and in his ship in the others). After defeating Eggman in the last zone, the player have to encounter him again in the so-called "Final Act". When the player run out of lives, the game is over and a high score board will be presented. The player will be asked to write their name on the board if their score is at least higher than the lowest score on the board.The graphics look similar to Sonic CD. There are very few options in the game menu: players only have a choice to play or quit the game. |
| Space Invaders: Anniversary | 2003 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Taito Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | 25 years after Space Invaders was released, Taito has decided to bring us a special anniversary edition that includes all the versions of Space Invaders that were ever released in the arcades, plus two extra game modes. These include:
Space Invaders - monochrome version: The original, as first appeared in 1978. Move your ship left or right, shooting at oncoming invaders, while dodging theirs. Shoot the flying saucer that goes across the screen for extra points. Four barriers protect you from invaders' shots, but will be destroyed after several hits. Once you shoot every invader on screen, you have to do it again and again. The game ends when all lives are lost.
Space Invaders - color version: Same version as above, but in color.
Space Invaders - cellophane version: Five strips of cellophane (cyan, green, yellow, blue, red) are placed across the game screen, in an attempt to block out the two black areas.
Space Invaders - upright version: Space Invaders in color, but a background has been added, and contains a planet and some stars.
Space Invaders doubles: Two players can play at the same time. Lives are separate, so if one players loses all their lives, the other keeps on playing.
Space Invaders Part II: Known as Space Invaders Deluxe in the US. The differences between the original and this game is that there are two different flying saucers: one is steadily visible and another blinks. Different points are awarded for each one that is killed. Also, from wave two onwards, invaders can be split into two when shot, and the flying saucers drop alien reinforcements. Also available as a cocktail cabinet.
Space Invaders VS: Two-player game. The screen is split is split into two, with each side reserved for each player. Invaders occupy both sides. The object of the game is to kill these invaders, so that you can destroy the ship at the top of the screen that belongs to your opponent. Matches are determined before the start of the game. You can have a CPU opponent.
Space Invaders 3D: Everything on screen appears in 3D. Instead of bullets, not only do invaders shoot arrows at you, but they can launch fireballs at you. You lose a life when you come in contact with these. As always, flying saucers go across the screen, but will then fly directly toward you. When these saucers are hit, you automatically receive a power-up that will help you kill the invaders.Before you start each game, you can adjust the view of which you can play. One view shows the cabinet as it is played as if you are standing in front of the machine itself, while another allows you to play the game in full-screen mode. The sounds of Space Invaders serves as the background music, but this can be changed to music from various Taito games, such as Bubble Bobble, Elevator Action, The Fairyland Story, Darius, and several others. Other options let you choose the number of lives to start off with and adjust the number of points needed to gain extra lives.Along with the games, you can also view promotional material, as well as any development sheets for the original game. |
| Space Quest 0: Replicated | 2003 | | | Adventure | Side view | Fangame | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Text parser | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Space Quest 0: Replicated is a fan-made prequel to the Space Quest games. The game places Roger Wilco aboard Labion Orbital Station 10, where he wakes up to find all the crew members murdered. Roger must escape and visit Labion to find out what happened.The gameplay is identical to Space Quest 1 and 2, as the game uses Sierra's AGI interpreter. |
| Space Shooter: Alpha Impact | 2003 | bhv Software GmbH & Co. KG | Oniria Entertainment Ltda. | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | In 2014, Earth was invaded by an alien army and most humans were exterminated. The survivors were enslaved by the aliens. This event became known as the "Alpha Impact". In 3693 a human resistance group manages to build a powerful spaceship capable of traveling through time and sends it to the invasion date, trying to stop it.Space Shooter: Alpha Impact (or Impacto Alpha originally) is a casual space shooter. The player controls a ship equipped with one of two types of main guns available (selected at the game's start) and a "super" weapon. The ship has also a teleport feature which allows the player to quickly evade approaching threats; it has a power bar which takes a moment to be replenished after each use. Weapon changes, upgrades, shields and extra lives can be collected along the game. The player starts with 3 lives and 3 continues. |
| SpaceTanks | 2003 | ak tronic Software & Services Vertriebsgesellschaft mbh & Co. KG | YawThrust Software Laboratories | Strategy | Side view | | | Artillery | | Tank | | Turn-based | | | Windows | SpaceTanks is a Artillery Duel variant where two players sit on two different planets and shoot at each other with a tank. To do so the player has to adjust his tank in two directions and move around the planet's surface because the missiles are affected by gravity. Every of the 32 missile types (including unusual ones like coconuts or trash cans) has different characteristics. Optional lines help to predict the course of the missile.Even if this game is more a multiplayer game it also features a solo campaign with randomly generated maps. There the player gets money for every victory which he reinvests into new tanks, weapons, fuel or repairs. |
| Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom / Spongebob Squarepants: Operation Krabby Patty | 2003 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
Spongebob Squarepants: Operation Krabby Patty |
| Springy | 2003 | Idigicon Limited | | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Springy is a single player 3D puzzle game. The player controls a spring that is very much like the 'Slinky' or 'Lazy Spring' toy that has been sold as a toy since the mid 1940's. The object of the game is to guide the spring as it walks down a series of boxes until it arrives at a destination block. All blocks that Springy encounter have an arrow on them and that is the direction that the spring will take when it exits the current block. Red blocks can be rotated by the player to change the direction of Springy. In addition to the movable red blocks there are other specialised blocks such as blocks which change the effect of gravity and exploding blocks.Included in the game is a level designer so that the player can build, test and play their own levels. The game uses the arrow keys to change the players point of view and the mouse to rotate blocks. |
| Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | 2003 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | InLight Entertainment Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down, Side view, Top-down | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Arcade, Mini-games | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over is a computer game based on the Dimension Films motion picture of the same name. The player begins as Juni Cortez, and has to participate in three different events from the movie's plot in order to find Carmen (Juni's sister) and shut down the virtual reality world. During gameplay, secret files are unlocked, which include behind-the-scenes photographs from the film. After two levels of gameplay in each event, the player enters a bonus stereoscopic 3-D level which requires the use of Red-Cyan 3-D glasses to view the special effects. |
| Spy Muppets: License to Croak | 2003 | Global Star Software Inc. | Vicarious Visions, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | Spy / espionage | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Kermit the Frog agent of M.U.P.P.E.T. must find three villains and spoil their evil plans in this children's game.In "story" mode, stopping each villain requires completing a series of mini arcade levels such as spy car chases or snowball battles (at a choice of three difficulty levels). These mini-games can also be played individually in "activity" mode.Muppet fans will enjoy the spy themed twists on familiar characters such as Gonzo the Great as "Dr. Nose" or Fozzie Bear as "Agent Triple-F" although there is no voice acting for their dialogue and the cut scenes are slideshows not animations (a limitation of GBA design). |
| Squigs 3 | 2003 | Enhance Software Solutions Ltd | Enhance Software Solutions Ltd | Puzzle | | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | A game in the style of Sega's Columns. Squigs 3 is the second Windows sequel to the original Squigs from the Amiga home computer.As in the original, in this game the blocks are represented by various coloured aliens. These fall in random groups of 3 and have to be grouped into horizontal, vertical or diagonal sequences of 3 the same colour. Diagonal sequences are hardest to get, but score the most points. By setting up 'combos' - where one line causes other blocks to drop so as to create other lines, big scores can be earned. Each level has a different background theme, although these have no effect on the gameplay. In higher levels, there is a wider variety of coloured aliens. |
| Star Wars: The Battle of Endor | 2003 | | | Action | 1st-person | Fangame | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Star Wars: The Battle of Endor is a free fangame and a 3D space combat shooter based on the Battle of Endor, a single climax scene from the movie Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi . The player is an X-Wing pilot and fights for the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire in a big battle. The Galactic Empire has a second Death Star and a giant fleet. The player controls the X-Wing, shoots TIE Fighters, defends the Rebellion fleet, and tries to destroy the enemy's battleships. The Death Star has a power field and is invulnerable like in the movie. The pilot has three lives and the game consists of six stages. It uses many music themes from the movies. |
| Starters Orders | 2003 | Strategic Designs Ltd. | Strategic Designs Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Focus Multimedia product page description (from Ad Blurbs)Will your horse be the first to cross the finishing line?
John McCririck's Starters Orders is a realistic PC horse racing game.
Own, train, ride and bet on horses at over 40 well-known racecourses worldwide
including Arlington, Ascot, Flemington, Newmarket and Tokyo. Train the
horses yourself or let your PC do it for you! Bid at the auctions for additional
horses or sell one of your own horses to generate extra cash, but make sure you
keep a close eye on your finances - jockeys and race entry fees soon add up.
View current race details and entries then analyse the form before you place
your bet. On race day watch as your horse takes to the field and see
whether your hard work has paid off. Will your horse be the first to cross the
finishing line? Even take to the saddle yourself, judge the pace of the race
then make your move. It's a great game to play with friends using
multi-player mode. Take it in turns to bet on the horses and see who can be
first to win £1 million. John McCrirck's Starters Orders brings the
challenge of form analysis and betting to life.Features
Realistic race calendar featuring key UK and foreign races on over 40 simulated racecourses.
3 different game modes - punter match, training game or jockey mode.
All major race types accurately simulated including handicaps, group races selling/claiming races and maidens with fields of up to 30 runners.
Exciting race sequences with zoom options, weather effects and overhead course ‘radar’ view.
Detailed and accurate Racecards for every race.
Dynamic real time formbook - stores up to 5 years of game results.
Realistic and statistically accurate betting model.
Dynamic race world with new 2 year old horses joining and older horses retiring every season.
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| Steamland | 2003 | Buka Entertainment | Buka Entertainment, Gromada Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | Train | | Real-time | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Colorful crazy world of a fantastic planet. Bizarre plants, strange landscapes! Under these unusual conditions there arose steam-robots civilization. But there’s no peace there - robots are at war.Day and night, rain and meteor shower, volcano and snow – nothing can stop armored trains which rush towards each other in order to have a cruel fight. You need to develop your economy using given resources and to repulse attacks of various hostile creatures and elemental forces. The task is complicated by the fact that the locomotives can move only by railroad. But your main objective is not just enemy defeating. After your long and difficult journey you will get to – what? This will be clear at the end of your mission.Easy to play both for children and grown-ups without sacrificing keen gameplay!Impressive landscapes, changing weather conditions and shadow effects give us the overview about the fabulous world.Striking variety of fantastic units and weaponry completes this surprising civilization.20 exciting missions of different complicacy and unpredictable plot!Mouse click on an background to deselect.Right Mouse Button to send your trains on their ways or to attack an enemy. Right Mouse Button together with Shift Button to order your forces to attack any place on a game map. To combine trains just send it to each other with the Right Mouse Button. Right Mouse Button to detach a coach from a train. Hold Shift Button and give an Attack order to finish an enemy train with a ram attack. Hold Ctrl Button to send your train on patrol mission. |
| Sternenschiff Catan: Das Strategische Weltraumabenteuer | 2003 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Rockazonga | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Sternenschiff Catan: Das Strategische Weltraumabenteuer is a game based on the card game of the same name which is known as Starship Catan in English. It is part of the highly popular Settlers of Catan series of board and card games.In the game you play against one other online player or computer opponent. The colonists of Catan have travelled into space and have been sucked into a black hole. When they start to run out of resources they have no other choice but to colonize planets to mine resources. Resources are required for upgrades of your starship, such as a bigger cargo hold, a better engine and a canon to ward of pirates. The goal of the game is to be the first to obtain 10 victory points. These are acquired by putting up trade posts and colonies and gaining friendship points and medals.The game is played completely with the mouse. Each round of play has three phases: production phase, flying phase and the trade and build phase. Each colony has a number assigned to it. In the first you roll dice to determine which colonies produce resources (such as ore, food and fuel). In the flying face you can turn over cards from the main deck. Your speed determines the amount of cards you receive. The received cards determine further actions you may do such as trading, founding posts and colonies, and fulfilling special quests for the galactic council. In the third and final phase you may expand your ship and build colonies and trade ships. After the the third phase it's your opponents turn to play. |
| Streets of Rage 2 | 2003 | | Ancient Co. Ltd., M.N.M Software, Shout!Designworks Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | After Axel Stone, Blaze Fielding and Adam Hunter destroyed the evil Syndicate leader, Mr. X, the city became a peaceful place to live, and each one of them followed their own paths. One year later, after their reunion, Adam's brother Sammy returned from school to find their apartment in a mess, and Adam nowhere to be seen, and after calling his two friends, one of them notices a photo of Adam chained to a wall, next to someone they knew very well - Mr. X, who returned to turn the peaceful city once again into a war zone. Now, Axel, Blaze, Sammy, and Axel's good friend Max, a pro wrestler, must head out to stop Mr. X once again...hopefully for good...Streets of Rage 2 differs from the previous title in several ways. There are changes in both graphics (characters now are bigger, more detailed and with more animation frames, and scenarios are less grainy) and gameplay (the rocket move was replaced by a special move that doubles in offense and defense along several new moves), along other new features such as life bars (and names) for all enemies and the radically different new characters. |
| Sun Doku | 2003 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sun Doku is a Sudoku game with branding from the British newspaper The Sun, which featured Sudoku puzzles in its pages every day. The game follows exactly the same rules as Sudoku, which is to complete a 9×9 grid with numbers from 1 to 9 being used only once in each row, column and 3×3 square. The game features 10,000 puzzles and three levels of difficulty: Teasers, Toughies and Terminators. It is possible to add annotations to squares and save and restart a game at any stage. There's a hints feature that shows all the possible answers for a specific square based on the current completion of the grid, or even a cheat option that will directly show the correct answer. The game appears to be closely related to Su Doku from the same developer. |
| Super Huey III | 2003 | Cosmi Corporation | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Helicopter, Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | Windows | Super Huey returns in this update to the classic 1985 game. Train on your huey and then attack the enemy. Use your flame thrower and gatling gun to disrupt enemy forces. Take out enemy installations with your rockets. Put your life on the line rescuing your troops caught behind enemy lines. |
| SuperTux | 2003 | SuperTux Development Team | SuperTux Development Team | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | SuperTux is classical sidescrolling platformer in 2D, starring Tux, the Linux mascot, as main character. Tux has to rescue the penguin Penny from the clutches of the evil Nolok.The gameplay of SuperTux is heavily influenced by Super Mario Bros. Tux in his normal form dies at one hit, but he can transform to Super Tux if he finds an egg, and he can throw fireballs if he finds a fireflower (which only appears when he's Super Tux). Tux can collect coins, which in the current version are used to activate save point within a level (otherwise, Tux has to go through a level all over again if he dies). |
| Tabaluga: Im Land der Karawanen | 2003 | BMS Modern Games Handelsagentur GmbH | Forest Interactive Pty Ltd. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tabaluga: Im Land der Karawanen is an adventure game for children. Tabaluga's home Grünland is in danger. The big grain of sand Humsin wants to bury Grünland under sand. Tabaluga and his friends are fighting against sand storms, stone hail and heat. This teaches knowledge about hot regions on earth. This is done via puzzles and skill games.
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| Table Tennis Pro | 2003 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | GrassGames | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Table Tennis Pro is a table tennis simulation. The bat is controlled with the mouse and different tables are available to be used with different backgrounds and camera views. There are fifteen opponents with different characteristics. Most parts of your bat can be customized, for example the grip, color or coating. For training purposes it is possible to play against a programmable ball machine. The player and opponent character are never visible, only the bats. |
| Tadzio's Island | 2003 | Reboo | Reboo | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Adult | Fighting, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | This jump and run game parodies the popular Super Mario games series and transports the setting into a modern gay story. The hero's boyfriend is kidnapped by a nymphomaniac hippo lady and trapped inside her castle. Tadzio is challenged to cross seven exotic landscapes of a paradise like island to get from the beach to the up-hill castle. Defeating several level bosses he meets Hippotha to rescue his boyfriend in a final battle from the claws of this heavy weight girl. |
| Tap a Jam | 2003 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Similar to the Dance Dance Revolution Games, Tap a Jam is an arcade music game where you use a combination of four keys to play a song as the instructions fly by horizontally, at an increasing difficulty. The music list includes over thirty classic tunes with a twist, divided over three difficulty levels. Highscores are kept for each level and you can create your own tunes with the in-game Beat Box. |
| Taxi Racer London 2 | 2003 | Xing Interactive C.V. | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Taxi Racer London 2 is a single player, keyboard controlled racing game set in London. In this game the player takes control of nine cars and drives around a 3D representation of London picking up fares and delivering them to their destination. The fares are identified by having coloured '$' signs over their heads, the different colours show the player which are the high paying fares.A knowledge of London is not needed to play this game as, once a passenger has entered the taxi, a direction arrow appears and points the way. There are eight timed taxi missions in the game, each set in a different area of the city and a different time of the day. In these missions the player has to earn a set amount of cash from their customers by delivering them to their destination quickly. For each pedestrian picked up the player receives a bonus item grenade, missiles, flamethrower, invulnerable, repair, jump, boost, etc.
In addition to the taxi missions there are four races around the city in which landmarks are used as checkpoints and the player must race between them within a specified time. Once a race has been finished the time is saved and the next time the mission is played the player will see a ghost car representing their current best time which they must try and beat.Finally there is an untimed mission with no goals and no people to pick up where the player can just cruise around the city. The game has multiple camera angles, redefinable action keys, a multiplayer mode, plays in many screen resolutions from 640x480x16 to 1920x1080x32 and also supports a steering wheel. |
| Team DK BMX | 2003 | | Gaucho Games | Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Bike / Bicycling | | | | | Windows | Team DK BMX is a freestyle BMX game similar to Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX. Players participate in different competitions of BMX circuits and can choose from different bikes based on the license of manufacturer DK. Players need to score points by performing tricks, based on jumps, grinds and a wide range of possible moves. The game features both indoor and outdoor locations and they are unlocked gradually by performing well in the competition mode. |
| TechnoSylph: vsys gaiden Special version | 2003 | Daiso Sangyo Inc. | TyoMaho Denno | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | TechnoSylph is a score attack-based overhead space shooter. The player shoots through levels of enemies trying to survive as long as possible while maximizing score. What distinguishes TechnoSylph from other games is its complex powerup system, challenging the player to keep on top of their choices and micromanage their powerups while also dodging bullets and shooting enemies. The player's primary shot has seven levels, which the player can switch between at will; higher levels feature more bullets and a higher spread, but this power is balanced by their drain on the player's special shot meter. That meter is used to power the player's bomb, and recharges over time - the higher the player's primary shot level, the slower their special shot recharges. The player's bomb creates a small explosion on the player's ship, destroying enemy bullets, and also fires homing shots which are crucial to take out more powerful enemies. The bomb itself can also be powered up via collecting powerup items which boost its maximum level.This CD-ROM version is an update of the freeware TechnoSylph: vsys gaiden featuring remixed, more challenging gameplay and recoloured in-game artwork. |
| Teudogar and the Alliance with Rome | 2003 | Wolf Mittag Software Development | Wolf Mittag Software Development | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Teudogar is a RPG set in Rome during the time of emperor Augustus. You are playing a member of a Teutonic city named Teudogar and your tribe is faced with the question whether to arrange a alliance with Rome or to unify the Teutonic tribes to fight them.The main feature of this game is the historical accuracy. Every aspect of the game world is researched to align with the historical facts. There is even a whole encyclopedia included. Otherwise it is a RPG in the style of Ultima VII: You explore the world in a isometric perspective, talk to a lot of people and solve quests. You have a lot of freedom what to do and what not do do - you can explore the world or concentrate on the plot.Combat is complete turn based but if you are wounded your combat abilities start to decrease dramatically. The character system is based on "learning by doing" - if you use a certain weapon you get better in using it. There are no experiment points. The interface and the movement are completely mouse-controlled. |
| The Beyond | 2003 | | | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The Beyond is a space exploration/conquering/strategy game. The sun lost its fuel much earlier than expected and now most of the life on earth is dead. It is now the players job to seek out new life and planets to prolong the life of your race. At the beginning of the game the player can select which race to play: Humans, Pure energy or Skyranians. Each race has its pros and cons. Only one planet is known at the beginning of the game but as the game progresses more planets will be discovered, either by pure luck by the player or by explorers that will report in the location of the new planet to the player. If a new found planet is hostile it can be conquered by the player by destroying its defences. Friendly planets can be mined for resources and they might also offer the player missions.This game was created using Allegro. |
| The Biggest Creators of Empires | 2003 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following titles from Impressions Games' City Building series:
Caesar III
Pharaoh
Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile
Zeus: Master of Olympus
Poseidon: Master of Atlantis
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom |
| The Breakdown | 2003 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Breakdown is a short, freeware, point & click adventure game written in the style of the old Lucas Arts adventure games and containing quite a few references to them. Anyone remember "I am rubber, You are glue"? In this humourous cartoon style adventure the player takes the role of a young computer hacker who, while at a convention in another town, finds an old lottery ticket at the bottom of his back pack. Wonder of wonders - it's a winner! The catch is that he has just five hours to return to the lottery office to collect his winnings. On the way there his car breaks down and the game is based on the trials he has to go through to get his car fixed.The game has an original music score, logical puzzles and a save / load facility. |
| The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon & Tribunal Duopack | 2003 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This pack contains both expansions, Tribunal and Bloodmoon, for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. |
| The Fall of Atlantis | 2003 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Fall of Atlantis is a top-down shooter game, a sequel to Project: Atlantis. Three years after the original game, the enemy ships return and once again threaten the underwater city of Atlantis. The player, swimming around in a military submarine, performs a series of missions set in fairly large levels, most of which involve combat against enemy ships. The submarine can be turned with the arrow keys and moved forward by the A key, and it can shoot two kinds of weapons which are effective against different threats. |
| The Fate | 2003 | 4am Entertainment Corporation Ltd | Tronwell, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | The Fate is a cRPG similar to Diablo originally released in Korea before it made its way to Europe. You play as Lony, a warrior who just arrived on an island. You have been searching for the blade of Eukleed with your brother Ranon. While in the ruins, fighting monsters, the area collapses and your brother may not have made it out.The Fate has day/night cycles, weather effects, and other characters will join your party on your journey. |
| The Memory Machine | 2003 | | Twilight Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Timed input | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Memory Machine is a single player, mouse controlled gameThe game plays like a cross between a Simon Says game and a Hangman game.The player is shown a four lights which flash in an ever increasing sequence. Every time the player fails to reproduce the sequence Robbie, their little robot chum, is dropped a little further into a recycling furnace.
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| The Need for Speed: Collection | 2003 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Need for Speed: Collection consists of the following games:
Need for Speed II: Special Edition
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: High Stakes
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 |
| The Powerpuff Girls Learning Challenge #2: Princess Snorebucks | 2003 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Powerpuff Girls Learning Challenge #2 : Princess Snorebucks is an edutainment title featuring the super-powered children from Townsville USA.In this game the spoiled Princess Morebucks wants to be the heroine of Townsville. She tricks the Powerpuff girls by sending them a bedtime music box that sounds great and certainly helps them get to sleep but once they are asleep the music changes trapping the girls in their nightmares and rendering them unable to wake up. The player enters each of the nightmares and solves puzzles to earn wake-up points. Solving puzzles also unlocks printable items, pictures to colour in, dot-to-dot puzzles etc for the player to print off.Each Powerpuff girls has her own nightmare. Buttercup's nightmare is called 'Fuzzy Flower Fractions' and is maths based. Bubbles' garden has been dug up by Fuzzy Lumpkins and as Buttercup it's the player's job to solve problems about fractions in order to replant the garden. The player is given a fraction, say 6/8, and a flower. They must select a picture from the notebook that divides the flower bed into eighths and them plant six of the portions with the correct flower.
'Escapade en Español!' is Bubble's nightmare. Here the Gangreen Gang have hidden acorns so that the squirrels in the park cannot reach them. The nuts are in piñatas and though the squirrels know which one they cannot get their nuts back. They spell the word in Spanish for the player who, as Bubbles, strikes the appropriate piñata until the nuts fall out.
This leaves Blossom's nightmare, 'Roach Coach Reading!' Blossom keeps a diary and Roach Coach has sent his cockroaches to destroy it. On each page they have rearranged the words and it's the players job to put them back into the correct order in a sliding puzzle game while at the same time bashing any roaches that attempt to mix the words up once more.
There are five levels of difficulty in each puzzle set and the player can progress through these sequentially or the game can tune the difficulty level to the player. Each game has a replayable introductory video sequence with worked examples that explain how to proceed. A progress chart shows how well the player is performing.
The player must collect ten wake-up points from each activity before the girls can be awakened. To awake them the player must match pieces of music to overload and destroy the music box. This is therefore called the 'Music Box Match' game, the player must complete this game before they can proceed.
The final section of the game, 'Dynamic Damage Control', is to clean up Townsville and stop all the monsters and villains who have been running out of control while the girls have been asleep. Throughout this part of the game the player will hit red stop lights and must answer a question before they are allowed to proceed with the clean up. This part of the game uses the keyboard to direct the girls around a map of the town. |
| The Sim Collection | 2003 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of four Electronic Arts simulation games. The games are:
The Sims
SimCity 3000 Unlimited
Sim Theme Park
The Sims Online
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| The Super GameHouse Solitaire Collection | 2003 | MumboJumbo, LLC | GameHouse, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games:
Super GameHouse Solitaire
Super GameHouse Solitaire 2 |
| The Times: Art Adventure - Ace Goes Sailing | 2003 | Times Newspapers Limited | Birchfield Interactive plc | Educational | 1st-person | | | Mini-games | Africa | Naval / watercraft | Direct control | | | | Windows | The Times: Art Adventure - Ace Goes Sailing is a title in The Times Education Series. This title is aimed at the very young, pre-schoolers aged two to five years old and it is a simple painting program. After signing in the player can select from three mini-games;
Ace Goes Sailing
Ace Goes Underwater
Ace In The Jungle
The background to all the stories is that the baddie - Sharpfang - has stolen colours from the world and by colouring in on-screen pictures the player fixes things and this enables the cartoon story to play.The format of all three stories is the same, the player colours in three or four items using a digital paintbrush and ten colours arranged like a paintbox at the bottom of the screen. The first picture to colour is Ace Monkey where the player colours in his clothes. The last picture is always a friend who will be there to watch Ace Monkey during his adventure. The final picture is where the player can get creative as they have four drawing tools - pen, crayon, spray paint and rubber, together with heart and star stamps. Using these tools they can create their own character or, if inspiration fails, they can use a pre-drawn shape.When all pictures have been coloured in the game pays a short animation.
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| The Uncertainty Machine | 2003 | Ratracer | Ratracer | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The Uncertainty Machine is a point-and-click adventure game which takes place in the near future. The big cities where middle and upper class citizens live are separated from the run-down "off-limits" areas, which are home to the poor. Life in the city is perfect, with no crime whatsoever. Then one day, Susan Gant, a reporter, is given a simple assignment to investigate a robbery of a prestigious politician for a story. Then she realizes that not everything is what it seems. |
| The Wiggles: Wiggle Bay | 2003 | Disney Interactive | Dataworks Australia Pty Limited | Educational, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | The Wiggles: Wiggle Bay is a game based on the Australian children's band The Wiggles. The game is mainly focused around Dorothy the Dinosaur, who follows you around each mini-game and tells you how well you're doing. There are eight mini-games in total, each of them revolving around a certain Wiggles character.With Captain Feathersword, you can watch three music videos from the direct-to-video film of the same name. With Henry the Octopus, you can make music using a xylophone and sounds of the sea. With Jeff, you can solve jigsaw puzzles that get harder as you play. With Murray, you can play through mazes while playing as a mermaid in order to reach the treasure chest. With Wags the Dog, you can play a simple treasure hunt game, where you find scrolls in different scenes to find the hidden treasure. You can play Tic-Tac-Toe against Anthony, where you must line up three in a row to win. With Greg, you play a simple game where you must find what's different between two pictures.With Dorothy herself, you can grow flowers by watering them to make them grow. All of the mini-games are very simple, as they are for young toddlers and preschoolers. |
| Three In One: Sports Compilation | 2003 | Revive | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Three In One: Sports Compilation is a collection of three sports games:
Perfect Ace: Pro Tournament Tennis
International Cricket Captain 2002
The Ultimate Billiards |
| Tokimeki Check in! | 2003 | Peach Princess | Crowd Co. Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | Adults Only | Narrative | Windows | A young Japanese guy named Takayuki Yamano reluctantly becomes the manager of the Yamano Inn, a former propriety of his parents, who decided to open another business and leave the inn to him. He doesn't like the job much in the beginning, but his opinion changes once he notices that some very attractive ladies frequent the inn. Now it's up to Takayuki to become the perfect seducer and capture the attention of ten gorgeous women.Tokimeki Check In! features typical hentai adventure gameplay - the player makes decisions in the game by choosing from several available options that appear every time during a conversation with a girl. Depending on these choices, the protagonist will succeed or fail. There are seventeen different endings to the game. It comes with CD quality music and full Japanese voice-overs. |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (Limited Edition) | 2003 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Limited Edition of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield contains the following extras:
Two signed concept artworks
A poster showing the game's armoury
A balaclava-like cloth cover that is pulled over the packaging
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| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Limited Edition) | 2003 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition in a Special Edition that was released in the UK. It contains:
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (three discs in a digipak)
Bonus disc with three new maps (Kola Cell, Vselka 1, and Vselka 2), game trailers and cinematics.Both the digipak and the bonus disc come in a leather carrying case with a shoulder strap. |
| Tonka Firefighter | 2003 | Atari Interactive, Inc. | Boston Animation Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | Automobile, Helicopter | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tonka Firefighter is a single-player collection of mini-games for children. The game takes the player to the Fire department in Tonkaland where the building serves as the menu screen. In addition to the Job List and Back buttons in the lower right and left corners there are five hotspots on this screen, the office and four vehicles. There are two mini-games per vehicle and a Fireworks mini game making nine games in all. The player can jump to one of the mini-games via the Job List button or they can click on a vehicle and drive to its activity. Each game is starts and ends with a short animation featuring Tonka Joe and they all have three difficulty settings. The player gets a certificate whenever they complete a level and a Fire Chief certificate when they complete all games at level three.
The Fire Station Office: here the player can view their certificates which, along with pictures that can be coloured, can be printed.
The Ladder Truck: the two games here are the Tool Factory Fire and Rescue Training. In the first game the player directs the jet of water through windows to put out a fire, not all windows have fires behind them so the player has to follow instructions carefully. In the Rescue Training game the player has to position the ladder correctly so that firemen can escape from the building. The controls for this game are the same as the controls for the Fire Copter.
The Pumper Trick: there are two Whack-A-Mole style mini-games here - the Warehouse Fire mini-game and the Park Powerwash game. In both the player positions the mouse cursor over the target, they know they've done it right because the cursor turns red, and the hold the mouse key down until the fire is out, or the area is clean, depending on the game.
The Fire Copter: the games here are Copter Kitten Rescue and Volcano Chopper Patrol. Copter Kitten Rescue sees a ship loaded with cute fluffy kittens sinking in the harbour. The player must position the helicopter's rescue basket by the portholes so that the kittens can jump into it. In Volcano Chopper Patrol the player looks for fires started by lava on the mountainside and douses the flames by firing barrels of water at it.
The Fire Dozer: the Forest Firebreak game has the player driving the 'dozer felling dead trees and stopping the lava from the volcano before it can destroy Tonka forest. The level one game has a limited number of dead trees to fell, level two has more trees and a few rocks, level three has lots of trees and lots of obstacles. The Beach Bulldozer game is similar to the Firebreak game. This time it is beach bonfires that have got out of control and must be ploughed over, as before the number of fires and obstacles increases with the difficulty level.
Fireworks Celebration: the player gets to operate the fireworks machine in which they can change the colour, shape and sound of the fireworks.All games have a vertical status bar in the upper left of the screen which shows how close the player is to completing a task. In the upper right if the screen is a 1/2/3 icon which is used to change the difficulty level. |
| Tonka Town | 2003 | Atari, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Tonka Town is a single player children's game for ages 3 to 6. The player drives around Tonka Town in one of four vehicles, helping others solve problems. The vehicles include Pat the Patrol Car, Chuck the Dump Truck, Boomer the Tow Truck, and Hook and Ladder the Fire Truck. Almost every object in the game is a living citizen of Tonka Town. The player can put out fires, chase bad guys out of town, clean trash out of the river, race against bad guys in the twelve race tracks, and solve many other problems that crop up in the town. |
| Tortuga Bay | 2003 | IncaGold GmbH | Brainfactor Entertainment KFT | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting, Shooter | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Tortuga Bay tells the story of a retired pirate captain who looks back on his adventures in the Carribean in 12 missions, divided over different chapters.The gameplay is similar to Sid Meier's Pirates!, but entirely arcade-based, without role-playing, adventure or strategy elements. There are two types of missions: the player either commands a ship and has to take out different enemies with the cannons, or the mission takes place in a city, on an island or on a ship, controlling only the captain in fighting sequences. Both types of missions are time-limited. During the ship sequences, the player has to track down enemy vessels in a region with different islands using the compass, and attack them with the cannons. These can only be fired from both sides. Sunken ships provide bonuses such as lead cannon balls, an extra cannon, repairs, or more time. Some of these can also be found in the water. There are also smaller boats and sharks that attack the ship.During the fight sequences, the captain can strike enemies and needs to collect loot. Other bonuses are life potions, treasure, new weapons such as an axe or a sword, and additional time. The game is entirely in 3D. The camera can be rotated and zoomed in on the action. In between certain missions, 3D-rendered cut-scenes are shown. |
| Total Pinball 25 | 2003 | GameMill Entertainment LLC | Stellar Stone LLC | Action | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Pinball | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Total Pinball 25 is a pinball game that consists of five main tables, with five variations for each one. The tables are always shown in full, without scrolling. In the bottom right corner there is an additional window that follows the ball, zooming in on its position. |
| Totally Board Games | 2003 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains three board games published by Atari:
Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion
Monopoly: New Edition
Risk II |
| Toybox Games Collection | 2003 | BBC Worldwide Ltd. | | Compilation, Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Toybox Games Collection is a compilation of mini games from other BBC TV inspired games, a picture making game and video clips. The product consists of three parts:
Playbox: which has mini-games from six BBC games:
The Pots 'n Pipes game comes from
Bill & Ben: Flowerpot Fun
The Spotting Spiders game comes from
Bob the Builder: Bob's Castle Adventure
The Suitcase Game game comes from
Fimbles: Fimbling Fun!
The Rolling Game game comes from
Teletubbies: Favourite Games
Jungle Maker game comes from
Tweenies: Magic Messy Time
Bubbles with Cutlass game comes from
Yoho Ahoy: All Aboard!
Paintbox: where the player can make pictures using their favourite characters. Though there are six different games represented here each game loads the same picture creating screen but with different character stamps.
Picturebox: which contains video clips |
| Tropico 2: Die Pirateninsel (Special Edition) | 2003 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition contains:
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove
soundtrack disc
4 postcards
a mousepad
"Die Piraten" ("Pirates") booklet
eyepatch |
| Tsuki: Possession | 2003 | G-Collections | ZyX Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | Adults Only | Narrative | Windows | As it's common in these kind of games, you are playing a young horny Japanese boy named Yosuke.One day Yosuke wakes up and feels that something has changed inside of him. Some dark spirit has come into his mind and from now on he tries to make sex slaves out of the people who care for him after his parents have died. Tsuki: Possession is a dark and serious representative of its kind. It can be more likely compared with Virgin Roster than with hentai games like Heart de Roommate. But you don't have to play such an evil character, during the game Yosukes attitude changes and he changes back into a normal person.Tsuki: Posession is an interactive novel. You play by clicking through the story and from time to time you have to make a choice that affect the following events. Furthermore, the game features multiple endings and lots of CG illustrations.Because the game is full of sex scenes it should be played only by adults. |
| UFOrce Drive | 2003 | Absolutist Ltd. | Absolutist Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You job in UFOrce Drive is to "remove" a certain amount of UFO's from the board by arranging them into a certain order (in most game modes a row of 5 UFO's).The basic concept is that you start a game with a square or hexagon board, where a few UFO's are already present. Now you must move an UFO so, that it will trigger a start and a group of UFO's flying away. If you can't trigger a start, some new UFO's will land on the board. If all room is used, the game ends and you have lost. You can move any UFO to any position at the board, but only if there is a free route between the start and the target place.The game offers 8 different game modes, 4 for each board layout (square and hexagon), these are: Line (connect at least 5 UFO's in a row; moving single UFO's), X-Ray (same as Line, but same colored adjacent UFO's are connected, even when moved), Chaser (combine rows, but also complex figures, like crosses), and Jumper.Jumper is different then all other game modes, because here you start with a filled board, instead of a nearly empty board. At the start, you only have one free field, all other are filled with randomly colored UFO's. Now "jump" with one of the UFO's over another, which is adjacent to the free space. The jumped-over-UFO will fly away. If you jump over 2 or more same colored UFO's, nothing will happen (except that those flying away). But if you only remove one UFO with a jump, then additional UFO's will land, filling the board. Once only one single color of UFO's remains, you have won. If all the space is used up, you have lost. |
| USA Bass Championship | 2003 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Digital Content LLC | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | USA Bass Championship is a sport fishing game. The player competes in an unnamed tournament versus a number of computer controlled opponents to see who can catch the most fish. A variety of lakes are fished, and each lake is divided into separate areas. Players view their boat from behind in a 3rd person perspective. Once the go signal is given at the starting point, the participant boats all race off to try to find the best fishing location. The player can move their boat left and right in the water, speed up and slow down. At any time the player can enter fishing mode and decide to fish that spot. The player can choose between multiple lures (bonus lure powerups can sometimes be found while driving the boat) and then casts out the line. The player can then rotate the camera while waiting for a fish to bite, reel in the fishing rod or cut the line.Initially players can only compete on Long Lake and must successfully win before other lakes become accessible. |
| Ultimate Game Pak | 2003 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Antidote Entertainment | Action, Compilation, Gambling, Puzzle, Racing / Driving, Sports, Strategy | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Board game, Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle, Mental training, Paddle / Pong, Shooter, Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft, Tank | Direct control, Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Ultimate Game Pak is a collection of over one hundred casual games. The install process loads a menu system onto the player's machine. Through this the player accesses the games and plays them directly from the CD.The games are grouped into four categories, Action, Board, Card and Puzzle. When the player selects a category and scrolls down the list of games a brief description and a screenshot of the game is displayed. All the games play in a small window beside the game menu.The games in this package are:
Action: Air Rescue, Alien Invasion, Balloon Bust, Battle Paddles, Bomb Drop, Bug Battlez, Bunker 1452, Cave Escape, Deep Space, DefCon-X, Dimensia, Extreme Shootout, Fleet Commander, Galactic War, Hover Hockey, Ka Boom, Last Defense, Marble Toss, Meteoroids, Orbitron, Paddle Attack, Petri Dish, Prototype-X, Puttz 2001, Sea Attack, Sharp Shooter, Space Rally, Space Cadet, Space Escape, Truck Rally and Wave Racer
Board: Automobilia, Bingo, Bouncer, Checkers, Chinese Checkers, Connection, English Pegs, Five of a Kind, French Pegs, Hyper Slots, Kono, Memory, Polygon Poker, Snakes & Ladders, Super Slider, The Wheel and Tri-Lock
Cards: Aces High, Braid, Clock, Crazy Eights, Deuces Wild, Eight Away, Everything's Wild, Florentine, Golf, Grandmamma's, King Albert, Klondike, Leap Frog, Maze, Napoleon, Poker Columns, Poker Holdem, Poker Yacht, Streets, Tri Peaks, War and Windmill
Puzzle: 3D Tic Tac Toe, Aneurysm, Avalanche, Blockade, Bounce, Colour Cubes, Delirium, Diamond Driller, Enigma, Enigma 2, Flip Side, Flippin' Insanity, Gears, Karmatron, Keno, Kubed, Metal madness, Moving Target, OuttaTime, Ping-Pong Cannon, Robot Rampage, Shape Shifter, Tak Tik, Trap it and Vertical Drop
These are not shareware or demo games and though the games may share a title with a retail product, Fleet Commander being a good example, they are totally different games. |
| Ultimate Puzzles 500 | 2003 | ValuSoft, Inc. | GameAgents Corp | Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Ultimate Puzzles 500 is a jigsaw puzzle game. Players start by choosing an image and number of pieces in the puzzle from the main menu. The included images are classified under a variety of categories: Classic, Fireworks, Flora, Fractal, Landscape, Marine, Material, Microscope, Sunset, Things and Trees. Additionally the player can import images from their own file to use as puzzle pictures. Once these menu options are selected the playing field loads. The player has but a moment to see the puzzle whole before the image smashes apart into puzzle pieces. The player must then put it back together as fast as they can. There are no opponents except the clock and beating one's own "best time".The player is also able to choose what "world" they are playing in for the puzzle field. These are: City, Colonial, Desert, Dungeon, Space and Warehouse. In the game's default 2D mode, this simply changes the texture that the puzzle is arranged on. However if the player switches to 3D mode, each "world" has a variety of 3D models and objects that can be seen around the puzzle field. This 3D mode also features advanced camera angles and movement. |
| Unka: Le Roi des Animaux | 2003 | GO Multimédia | GO Multimédia | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | Africa | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Unka: Le Roi des Animaux (Unka, the Lion King), a lion named Unka, though king of animals, is frightened by mice. This is the beginning of a story in eleven chapters. Each chapter has its own mini-game: spot the difference, bug chase, a coloring activity and so on.This hybrid CD-ROM is easy to use and you do not need to install it, though the Windows version requires QuickTime for Windows to be installed. |
| Val d'Isère Ski Park Manager: Gold Edition | 2003 | Microïds | Lankhor | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | This edition of Val d'Isère Ski Park Manager implements two new game modes: free mode and individual scenarios outside the career mode. |
| Valhalla Classics: Episode 10 - Village of Evesland | 2003 | Vulcan Software Limited | Vulcan Software Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Valhalla Classics is an episodic remake of the classic Amiga games Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve, and Valhalla: Before the War. Each game was divided into four episodes (overall twelve) which can be bought and played separately from each other. Improvements to the original games are new graphics, music, and voice recordings.Village of Eveswood is the second episode of the Fortress of Eve timeline which continues after the Lord of Infinity timeline. After the Prince defeated the Lord of Infinity he is now known as King Garamond II and searches for a bride. Unfortunately all eligible women were kidnapped by Queen Eye from another kingdom. Now the player takes Garamond II's role to rescue them. In this episode, the player is in the Village of Eveswood where he has to locate four keys which were hidden by the town folk. These are needed because the way to the fortress is guarded by four stone gargoyles.The game is an adventure in top-down perspective. The player walks through the maps, talks to people and solves puzzles which are either logic, inventory, or dialogue based. To interact with his surroundings the player has to walk in front of the object and person and then needs to press one of the three action buttons (look, operate or take). The inventory is limited to ten objects and the player can hurt himself. When the stamina bar reaches zero he dies - but it can be replenished by potions. |
| Valhalla Classics: Episode 11 - Fortress Courtyard | 2003 | Vulcan Software Limited | Vulcan Software Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Valhalla Classics is an episodic remake of the classic Amiga games Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve and Valhalla: Before the War. Each game was divided into four episodes (overall twelve) which can be bought and played separately from each other. Improvements to the original games are new graphics, music, and voice recordings.Fortress Courtyard is the third episode of the Fortress of Eve timeline which continues after the Lord of Infinity timeline. After the Prince defeated the Lord of Infinity he is now known as King Garamond II and searches for a bride. Unfortunately all eligible women were kidnapped by Queen Eye from another kingdom. Now the player takes Garamond II's role to rescue them. In this episode the player is in the fortress courtyard which is a creepy place where the Queen's relatives live. Here he has to find a way to the tower where the women are imprisoned.The game is an adventure in top-down perspective. The player walks through the maps, talks to people and solves puzzles which are either logic, inventory, or dialogue based. To interact with his surroundings the player has to walk in front of the object and person and then needs to press one of the three action buttons (look, operate or take). The inventory is limited to ten objects and the player can hurt himself. When the stamina bar reaches zero he dies - but it can be replenished by potions. |
| Valhalla Classics: Episode 12 - Fortress Tower | 2003 | Vulcan Software Limited | Vulcan Software Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Valhalla Classics is an episodic remake of the classic Amiga games Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve, and Valhalla: Before the War. Each game was divided into four episodes (overall twelve) which can be bought and played separately from each other. Improvements to the original games are new graphics, music, and voice recordings.Fortress Tower is the fourth episode of the Fortress of Eve timeline which continues after the Lord of Infinity timeline. After the Prince defeated the Lord of Infinity he is now known as King Garamond II and searches for a bride. Unfortunately all eligible women were kidnapped by Queen Eye from another kingdom. Now the player takes Garamond II's role to rescue them. In this episode, the player is in the tower where the women are kept imprisoned. Now he has to find a way to free them and to win their hearts - and in the end he has to choose his bride.The game is an adventure in top-down perspective. The player walks through the maps, talks to people and solves puzzles which are either logic, inventory, or dialogue based. To interact with his surroundings the player has to walk in front of the object and person and then needs to press one of the three action buttons (look, operate or take). The inventory is limited to ten objects and the player can hurt himself. When the stamina bar reaches zero he dies - but it can be replenished by potions. |
| Valhalla Classics: Episode 9 - Edge of Eveswood | 2003 | Vulcan Software Limited | Vulcan Software Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Valhalla Classics is an episodic remake of Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve, and Valhalla: Before the War. Each game was divided into four episodes (overall twelve) which can be bought and played separately from each other. Improvements to the original games are new graphics, music, and voice recordings.Edge of Eveswood is the first episode of the Fortress of Eve timeline which continues after the Lord of Infinity timeline. After the Prince defeated the Lord of Infinity he is now known as King Garamond II and searches for a bride. Unfortunately all eligible women were kidnapped by Queen Eye from another kingdom. Now the player takes Garamond II's role to rescue them. In this episode, the player is in the Edge of Eveswood, which is guarded by three forest gods. He has to satisfy them with gifts so he gets passage to the next goal of his journey.The game is an adventure in top-down perspective. The player walks through the maps, talks to people and solves puzzles which are either logic, inventory, or dialogue based. To interact with his surroundings the player has to walk in front of the object and person and then needs to press one of the three action buttons (look, operate or take). The inventory is limited to ten objects and the player can hurt himself. When the stamina bar reaches zero he dies - but it can be replenished by potions. |
| Vegas Jackpot Gold | 2003 | | Beachware, Inc. | Gambling | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | The next best thing than going to Vegas. With 50 casino games and 200 distinct slot machines this is the largest collection of computer casino games in the world. We've even built a realistic 3D interactive casino so you can enjoy the full Vegas experience. Visit the interactive Bar, Gift Shop, Wedding Chapel, or Guido's Easy Loans for that truly Vegas experience! Windows 98/ME/2000/XP Macintosh OS9/OSX |
| VeggieTales: Minnesota Cuke and the Coconut Apes | 2003 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Antidote Entertainment | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | VeggieTales: Minnesota Cuke and the Coconut Apes is a 2D side-scrolling platformer based on VeggieTales, a US series of children's computer animated television shows, videos, and feature films. The player controls Minnesota Cuke (Larry the Cucumber) who as a master explorer has recovered the fable Crock of Hookie Balookie. However, his plane crashes in the jungle and when he recovers it his treasure is gone. In fifteen levels he needs to track the Crock to the legendary city of the Coconut Apes with the help of Bob the Tomato. He collects items, defeats enemies and needs to get past platforms with different behaviour. Collecting items is required to unlock the next level. The game incorporates a lasso mechanic that can be used to grab platforms and swing to a next one. He has a small amount of lives represented as hearts.The game has parental controls through a password protected virtual egg timer that can be used to limit the playtime. There an easy mode can also be activated to provide unlimited tries and help with harder sections. For instance if Cuke needs to get past a pit and misses a jump the cucumber will bounce out of it and continue instead of losing a life. |
| Video Game Classics | 2003 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Video Game Classics is a collection of 25 shareware and free games:
Ack Ack Attack
Airlift Rescue
Apydia 2000
Asterocks
Bugatron
Centiped-M
Chomp Kong
Dynamite Joe
Galagon
Galaxi
Galaxia
Galaxians 97
Giana
Invaders
Kerboom
Leaper
Marbles Deluxe
Mario
Pac PC2
Pacem
Rally-K
Revenge of Frogger
Super Ball !
WinPac
Z Ball |
| Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh Trail | 2003 | ValuSoft, Inc. | E-Pie Entertainment & Technology Co., Ltd | Action | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | Cold War | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | You are separated from your main group of special forces soldiers, but you are not alone. However, you are surrounded. With your trusty radio, and a full arsenal of weapons including a Vulcan cannon, a mortar, your M-16 (with sniper scope), and RPG launcher, you will hold back wave after wave of Vietnamese forces intending to overrun your tiny position. However, it will not be easy, as they will enjoy the help of MiG-21's and even the occasional bombers, as well as plenty of RPGs and lots of human wave attacks. You, on the other hand, can call upon the firepower of howitzer batteries and even some friendly napalm drops, and when available a chopper that drops additional ammo for your fight. How long can you survive?Vietnam:HCMT is basically an updated version of Beachhead, albeit set in Vietnam. It is best described as "stationary first-person shooter", where you stay still and rotate 360 degrees, engaging enemies from all sides, switching weapons as needed, and hopefully don't run out before the attack is over. The game is divided into separate "missions" with different enemies and time of day. |
| Virgin Roster | 2003 | G-Collections | ZyX Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Kengo Inui is the perfect model citizen. He wakes up five minutes before his alarm clock goes off, and exercises every day before work. As a chemistry teacher, he is loved by his students and respected by his peers. He is fit, attractive, and very charming. However, outward appearances mask his sinister inner self; he is mean-spirited, easily annoyed by everyone around him, and likes nothing more than to hunt young women and make them his willing slaves... after some "training", of course.Developed by ZyX and translated into English by American publisher G-Collections, Virgin Roster plays as a "Choose Your Own Adventure"-style adventure game. The game plays through at its own pace, pausing on occasion to allow you to intervene by making a decision, resulting in a plot branch. The game has several different endings. Not for children, Virgin Roster contains graphic depictions of sex. |
| Waldmeister Sause | 2003 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | TASK four | Action | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Waldmeister Sause is an arcade shooting gallery title like the games in the Crazy Chicken / Moorhuhn series. You are hunting and shoot everything you see like boars, ducks, deer and other animals. You can choose from different guns, crossbows or dynamite. Every target increases your high score. |
| Wally | 2003 | Button Man Games | Button Man Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Wally is most likely the first game by Mark Essen. It is a short platformer with seven levels (+ a bonus level) where the player controls Wally in his quest to pop all red balloons. Why? One of the level introduction screens suggests that they were talking about his mom just the other day.With a limited number of lives, Wally need to do a lot of platforming jumping, collect keys, pop the balloons, and make it to the exit gate safely. There are also a few extra lives to collect and at the end of each level points are awarded. |
| War Chess | 2003 | XS Games Ltd. | SuperEmpire Interactive Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Chess | | | | | | | Windows | War Chess is a basically a chess game with a unusual presentation. All the set pieces for the game are substituted for the character of the High Fantasy setting. Whites are pictured as joined armies of humans and elves, while blacks are mostly represented by the undead forces. The player has an ability to choose from 11 various location for the match to take place. Those include: Forest, Desert, Ice and Lava, Dragon Cave etc. All the environments and pieces are rendered in full 3D with a fully rotatable camera.For the single playing experience the game provides a difficulty slider to account for gamer's proficiency skill. Additionally War Chess offers a multiplayer mode for two players to battle each other as at one PC so as over the network.The game obviously takes it inspiration from the Battlechess series, however doesn't provide unique animations for each type of encounter on the chessboard. Each piece has a double set of animations: one for attacking, another for dying. Those do not differ depending on the type of the opposing piece. |
| Warrior Kings: Battles (Collector's Edition) | 2003 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Warrior Kings: Battles (Collector's Edition) boxed game set consists of the game Warrior Kings: Battles (version 1.0) and a selection of six (10.4cm x 14.8cm.) limited edition art prints from the game.
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| Wave Ball: root_revision | 2003 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | No Way Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | Konstantin A. Kochanov (Kane) | | | | Windows | Wave Ball root_revision is a Arkanoid variant. The player controls a paddle on the bottom of the screen and needs to prevent a ball from falling down. To do this he bounces it up with the paddle. On the playing screen are also blocks of different colors which dissolve if the player hits them - the ultimate goal is to get rid of all blocks. There are also 16 different bonus items which change the playing experience when collected, e.g. a narrowed paddle or an extra ball. |
| When Bugs Attack | 2003 | Cosmi Corporation | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | When Bugs Attack is a single player, arcade style shooter from Webfoot Technologies, it bears a striking resemblance to their game Bug Attack.In this game the player takes on the role of a killer bee and fights against an invasion of ants, bugs, wasps, spiders and so on. The bee is at the bottom of the screen and generally moves left/right while continually shooting. It is possible for the player to advance some way into the game arena, this is necessary because, occasionally an insect will traverse the bottom of the screen and must be avoided because the cannot be shot, and also because occasionally one of the deceased insects will leave power-ups behind.In the game arena are insects which are to be avoided and shot to score points as well as obstacles such as rocks which cannot be destroyed, flowers and fruit which can be destroyed but score no points, and barrels of explosive which destroy everything nearby. Ants and other insects approach from the top of the screen and make no attempt to dodge the players shots. In the early levels the enemies approach in a single column, as the player progresses the difficulty increases and more columns descend at the same time. Every few levels or so there is a bonus round in which a large number of single insects come down the screen, these score higher than the average insect. The game has a high score table which only allows three character names. It also allows the player to both disable the sound effects and/or the music. and also disable the background image and/or the game arena's 'floor'.
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| Wikingowie | 2003 | Sunmedia sp. z o.o. | Sunmedia sp. z o.o. | Action, Educational | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Arcade | Europe, Medieval | | Direct control, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Wikingowie (The Vikings) is an educational program, teaching about the titular Norse seafarers. The educational part of the program consists of a series of audio lectures on various subjects concerning the Vikings. There are also two minigames included:
"Wyprawa po skarb" (Treasure hunt) is a top-down game where the player controls a Viking ship and, on each screen, must collect all the shields while avoiding rocks and sea monsters.
"Wyścigi łowieckie" (Hunting races) is an arcade game where the player competes with three Vikings in fish-catching. He must quickly click the fishes appearing on the screen to collect fifty of them before the other hunters do.
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| Wild Rides: WaterPark Factory | 2003 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Gigawatt Studios | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation | Contemporary, North America | | Point and select | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Wild Rides: WaterPark Factory is a game where the player can build a custom water park by constructing a waterslide. There are three levels represented through a different location: Slippery Swamp, Seasick Island or Texas Hills. The game does not focus on managing a park, but rather the design of the slides.Players can freely move the camera and use different pieces to create a slide. To succeed, it needs to be tested by different people that each have a different personality. Once it is built a test can be performed, showing the character from behind going down the slide. Emojis show how that character experiences the ride and adjustments can be made to improve their satisfaction. A ride can be made too dangerous or fast, causing the character to fly out of the ride. |
| Wildlife Park | 2003 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | B-Alive GmbH | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Wildlife Park is a managerial strategy game similar to Zoo Tycoon: The player builds and manages an animal park to make money. The two most important keys to success are the visitors and the animals. The visitors expect a sensible structure of the park, meaning good accessibility of the compounds through pavements and a varied landscape, e.g. lakes or trees. Advised are additional businesses to get more of their money, e.g. gift shops or ice cream parlours.The animals on the other hand all have their special needs. This means it is not enough to just build different compounds, they need fitting flooring, buildings and fences. It is possible to buy already finished compounds but these are expensive. When animals are very happy they have sex and the player can sell their offspring for a lot of money. Lastly the park needs employees which take care of the everyday duties, e.g. zoo keepers or gardeners.The game also includes an ecological simulation of the park. Every individual animals has different statistics, they socialise, mate and age. Besides the free mode there is also a campaign with 20 missions (including four tutorials) where the player has to solve missions in pre-build parks, e.g. "90% satisfaction of the okapi" or a certain income after limited time. |
| Wings of Honour | 2003 | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person | | | | World War I | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Wings of Honour is an arcade flight simulator. The game follows the exploits of James Charles Bisscup, a British Royal Flying corp. pilot. As a member of the 60th division James has to complete 20 dangerous missions taking place during the First World War. Some of them must be performed alone, while on others James will be accompanied by a wing of allied planes, which he can give commands to.The missions are quite diverse. While most of them involve a lot of dogfighting with German biplanes, some of them require player to defend a strategic object, patrol through a number of checkpoints or destroy ground and naval targets. After completing these missions new types of planes become available to the player, which then can be accessed in a multiplayer mode, supporting up to 16 players.While not striving for any historical accuracy and deliberately simplifying the flight mechanics the game will be of most interest to action-oriented gamers than those who prefer a serious flight simulation. |
| Winnie the Pooh: Triple Pack | 2003 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Winnie The Pooh Triple Pack is a compilation of three educational titles for children ages 1½ to 6 years old. The package comes in a red slipcase containing three DVDs:
Disney's Winnie The Pooh: Toddler
Disney's Winnie The Pooh: Pre-school
Disney's Winnie The Pooh: Infants |
| Word Games | 2003 | Mindscape (UK) Limited | | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Board game, Word construction | | | Aténéa D'Angelo | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Word Games is a suite of single player games. The game developers are all French and this leads to some quirks in the games and the way they are named, for example 'The Hanged Man' instead of 'Hangman'. The games in this collection are:Anagram: A scrambled nine letter word is shown to the player together with its definition; the player must unscramble the word by dragging and dropping letters into their correct position.
Crossed Words: This is a crossword game. Crosswords can be saved and/or printed.
Crossed Words Editor: This is a crossword creator.
Digged Words: The player is presented with a 4x4 grid of letters and must construct as many letters as possible from those supplied. One of the options with this game is that the player can choose whether of not they wish to re-use the letters in future words.
Mysterious Words: This is a Mastermind variant. The player is given the first letter of a six letter word together with its definition and they must correctly identify the target word. Confusingly, putting the correct letter in the correct place is indicated by colouring that letter red on the next attempt whilst a good letter that is in the wrong place is coloured green.
Replaced Words: This is another crossword game, however in this game the player is given a grid and all the solutions. The game starts with just one letter in the grid and the objective is to use logic to place all the words into the grid correctly.
Set Words: This is a variation on Scrabble which uses a different grid to the commercial game and which allows abbreviations.
Striked Words: This is a word search game. The player selects a difficulty level, a theme and, unusually, a language. They are then presented with a grid in which they must search for words.
The Hanged Man: This is a Hangman variant. Here the player is given a nine letter word with the first and last letters already in place. They have thirty seconds to complete the word by dragging and dropping letters into the grid.
The Longest Word: This is similar to the television game Countdown. The player selects nine letters one at a time by choosing either a consonant or a vowel. They then try to construct the longest word they can from their selection.Anagram, The Longest Word, Hanged Man, Mysterious Words and Digged Words are played over three rounds against the computer, the highest score wins. All games are played with the mouse. |
| WordWars | 2003 | Game Thoughts | Atomic Monks | Puzzle, Strategy | | | | Word construction | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | WordWars is a player vs computer scrabble based game. It comes with the in-game tag-line 'There is no score... it's a fight to the death'.Though the basic game is like Scrabble, but without the double/triple word/letter squares , this game differs in that players have special tiles. These, like the blank tiles in Scrabble, can represent any letter but should your opponent use that letter in a word of their own they trigger a trap. These special tiles are:
Ambush: This triggers a canon to fire up/down/left/right destroying enemy tiles and thus causing points to be lost
Poison: Damage spreads out from this tile to all of the player's adjacent tiles causing loss of points, it also deactivates any of the players' special tiles it encounters. This loss continues for a few turns until the tiles heal.
Heal: this spreads like poison but instead of causing loss of points it scores points
Reveal: This reveals any enemy special tiles within a five tile radius
Scramble: This randomly changes tiles within a five tile radius
Trap: This spreads along all adjacent tiles of the player triggering the trap, these tiles are slashed causing points to be lost.The game has three levels of difficulty, several different skins and could also be played on-line. The word list can be edited manually, via notepad or something similar, but there is no option to add new words via the game.
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| World Racing | 2003 | TDK Mediactive, Inc. | Synetic GmbH | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | | Windows | World Racing is a racing game developed in cooperation with DaimlerChrysler AG, allowing players to control various Mercedes-Benz cars.The game features 117 different tracks throughout 7 large terrains (Nevada, Japan, Mexico, Australia, the Alps, the City, and the Test Centre). Players can drive more than 100 original Mercedes-Benz cars, including classic Silberpfeile and Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. Different mission types include Sport Runs, Training Sessions, Test Runs, Checkpoint Races, Endurance Contests and others.Players can customize AI skill level and simulation precision (from arcade to real simulation). In dynamic AI skill mode computer opponents will adapt to the player's skill. |
| X-Change 2 | 2003 | Peach Princess | Crowd | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | Adults Only | Narrative | Windows | One year has passed since the events described in X-Change. Takuya Aihara has a steady girlfriend named Asuka, and studies at the Miyanomori Private School. Are the nightmares of his past life in a girl's body finally over? Probably not... A chemistry club member Chisato uses Takuya as a guinea pig in an experiment, and as a result he turns into a girl again. Only this time, not only men, but also girls want him!X-Change 2 is an adult visual novel, featuring more hardcore sex scenes than its predecessor, including lesbian sex. There are 23 possible endings to the game, which the player can attain by making choices presented to him during its course. |
| X-Plane Version 7 | 2003 | Laminar Research | Laminar Research | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | X-Plane 7 is the seventh installation in the X-Plane series of the flight simulator for fixed wing and rotor aircraft in civilian, military and space use, as well as a concept and prototyping tool. Focus of the X-Plane series is a realistic model of airflow, using engineering techniques similar to that used to design real aircraft. In addition to flying around in the provided aircraft & world, there is also tools to create custom aircraft and scenery. The focus for the seventh edition is a new engine model. As an extra treat, there is a Mars environment, with suitable glider-like aircraft. |
| X-Tranoid | 2003 | Zeta Multimedia S.A. | Ediciones Cátaro, S.L. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | X-Tranoid is simply another typical Arkanoid style game. In fact, all the things present in Arkanoid are here, with one only exception, the lack of enemies in the screen area.The objective of the game is the same as always, destroy all the bricks of each level, hitting a bouncing ball with our paddle (placed at the bottom of the game area) trying to avoid lose the ball.For last, it's important to remark that there are three difficulty levels available (selectable at the main menu) and a High-Score table only for the best X-tranoid players. |
| Xplosiv Top Ten: Second Edition | 2003 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This budget compilation pack bundles ten games of different genres. Each game has an electronic PDF manual on the disc, and some have additional patches included.Battlezone II: Combat Commander
Bust-A-Move 3 DX
Call to Power II
Crazy Taxi
Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche versus Ka-52 Hokum
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
SEGA Touring Car Championship
The House of the Dead 2
Virtua Tennis
Warrior Kings |
| Zhengtian Fengwuzhuan | 2003 | Unistar | FunYours Technology Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | During the late years of Eastern Han Dynasty in China (3rd century), it was customary for the emperors to befriend eunuchs, and often the eunuchs could use their influence on the emperor, attaining high positions. Eventually this led to a growing corruption and weakened the emperor's power. Illegal organizations and private armies appeared everywhere. A nobleman named Dong Zhuo let his army rush into the capital Luoyang, kill all the eunuchs and dethrone the emperor Ling Di. Dong Zhuo burnt the city and put the prince Xian Di on the throne, who was under his control. Few dared to resist the new power in China. Among those few was Xue Aotian, the son of Xue Yuntao, the chief of imperial kung-fu school. He swears to return to Luoyang and to face Dong Zhuo in battle. But other powers are in the game. A mysterious nation called Yumen, who existed since the ancient times, now has appeared on the stage of history. The great battle for China begins.Even though Zhengtian Fengwuzhuan is set in a concrete historical epoch in China and features real characters, it utilizes Japanese-style anime character graphics. The player navigates the hero from third-person perspective over pre-rendered backgrounds. The battles are random and are viewed from a side-scrolling perspective. The characters can act in battles once the time bar displayed near a character becomes full. There is a variety of special techniques and spells to use, beside the standard physical attacks. |
| Ziggi's First ABCs | 2003 | CogniScience Publishing Inc. | CinéGroupe Interactive | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ziggi the dolphin invites the player to explore the ABCs through games, music, puzzle activities, and creative play in this cartoon-style animated game. After choosing the English or French version, the player is taken to the main page, where he can select from:
Activities - clicking on each of the seven characters on the screen takes the player to a different spelling activity, including connect-the-letters, spelling words by selecting syllables, and matching pictures and words by their first letters
Song - listen to and read along with Ziggy as she sings an original song
Nursery Rhymes - read two original nursery rhymes and click on interactive objects for animations
Word games - play 5 alphabet-oriented mini games, including an arcade game where the player has to catch flying words with the mouse and put them in a box
Your Stories - the player can create his own pictures to make a story, using a selection of backgrounds, objects, characters, and sounds that can be linked to the objects. All the items can be resized and rotated, and pictures can be saved and printed, as can most pages in this game
All the actions in Ziggi's First ABCs are accomplished with the mouse, clicking and dragging, aside from one activity that requires the player to hit the spacebar. Help is easily available, either from a life-preserver icon on the bottom of the screen, or audibly, by clicking on a character's speech bubble. The game is labeled for ages 4 - 6 (although many of the words are far beyond the kindergarten curriculum), and introduces the player to the concept of syllables, sounds and pronunciation of letters and words, connections between pictures and letters and between pictures and words. |
| dbaza's Diabetes Education for Kids | 2003 | dbaza, inc. | dbaza, inc. | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The interactive educational software program called dbaza's Diabetes Education for Kids CD-ROM was developed with support from the National Institute of Health and received "Favorably Reviewed" status from the American Association of Diabetes Educators. The software was designed for young children age 6-12 years as an introduction to the basic principles of diabetes care and the fundamental skills necessary for self-management (e.g., it shows how to do home blood glucose monitoring and illustrates how to do a finger stick). The CD-ROM presents an age-appropriate story line, using an animated cartoon character to engage the user in the learning process, and provides opportunities to apply the information in an interactive format.The software program has a customization and an introductory section and five chapters that provide explanation of diabetes concepts. In the customization and introductory section, the user creates a character that will represent him/her in the story and meets Piper, a storybook character who needs help. To help Piper, the user has to learn the basic principles of diabetes care and undertake a series of challenges. Importantly, each chapter includes interactive exercises, quizzes, and practices of diabetes-related skills. For example, after instructions are presented on how to test blood glucose level, the child is given an opportunity to control action on the screen that show the steps of blood glucose testing. As part of the CD-ROM, the user also creates pages of a book after each topical chapter, based on what was learned. The book then can be printed out providing a personalized reference.Chapter 1 focuses on blood glucose testing and basic diabetes information, including the steps involved in blood sugar testing, symptoms of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia and corrective steps, and basic pathophysiology. Chapter 2 presents information on insulin, including site rotation, insulin injection preparation and administration, and insulin action profiles. Chapter 3 covers the different aspects of meal planning, including the diabetes food pyramid, information on carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, and methods of meal planning. Chapter 4 addresses heavy and light exercise and their effect on blood glucose levels, the importance of snacking when exercising to avoid hypoglycemia, and planned versus unplanned exercise. Chapter 5 covers the interrelationship among insulin, diet, exercise, and blood glucose levels. It contains a comprehensive review of the material covered in previous chapters, as well as interactive quizzes and practice exercises that reinforce the concepts learned in previous chapters.The user-friendly features of the CD-ROM include a comprehensive dictionary of diabetes-related terms, flexible navigation to educational material in any chapter, ability to replay any part of the chapter's material, and ability to stop the program and continue at a later point. Also, the program keeps track of the user's activities though the CD-ROM, recording the number of correct and incorrect answers, which can be printed out for a later review. The CD-ROM takes approximately one and a half hours to complete. |
| eMazing Mazes | 2003 | eGames, Inc. | eBrainyGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Emazing Mazes is a collection of 2D and 3D mazes for one playerThe install process loads a version of eGames' Game Butler, a browser that allows the player to select any installed eGames product, this gives the player the choice of the 2D or 3D mazes.2D Mazes: These are all separate programs which are accessed via the eBrainyGames 'Super Menu'. There are three types of maze here. Animals of Africa, Dragon Quest, Egypt, Four Kings, Planets, Precious Stones, Sharks, Twilight and Winter Wonderland are all mouse controlled 'picture mazes'. within the maze are a number of embedded pictures. The objective is to navigate a path through the maze connecting all the pictures. Movement is controlled by clicking on the left/right/up/down buttons on the right of the screen, the game automatically draws the path through the maze to the point where the next direction decision has to be made.
Marble Maze is a puzzle with over one hundred timed levels. In this game the player uses the arrow keys to 'tilt' the maze so that they can roll coloured marbles onto spots of the same colour. The marbles explode if they make contact with each other or any of the traps set within the maze.
Magic Max is a keyboard controlled puzzle game with one hundred and five levels. It's The object is to guide Max through the maze collecting gems and avoiding snakes, skeletons, ghosts etc.
Maze Cube is a maze set on the outside of a cube, the player must find a path that passes through the centre of each side of the cube and returns to the starting point. There are five levels to this puzzle
3D Mazes: There are an unspecified number of these
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| Dvenadtsat' Stuljev | 2003-01-01 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Interwar | | Nikolai Mesheryakov (Николай Мещеряков) | | | | Windows | Ippolit Matveevich Vorobyaninov was once a rich and influential member of Russia's merchant class. But the revolution of 1917 took his money and his position away from him. Now he works in an office in a little Russian city. Suddenly his mother-in-law becomes gravely ill, and tells him a big secret before she dies: when the revolution broke, she had hidden her diamonds in one of the chairs standing in her living room. The question is: where are those chairs now? And in which one are the diamonds? The quest for the lost treasure leads Vorobyaninov and his side-kick, the sly thief and swindler Ostap Bender, to a journey through the early Soviet Union, full of surprises and bizarre encounters."Twelve Chairs" is a satiric novel written by Ilya Ilf and Jevgeny Petrov about 1930. The novel quickly became a cult book among Soviet citizens, mainly thanks to its critical approach towards the regime and brilliant humor. Now it appears in a form of a classic adventure game in spirit of Curse of Monkey Island, with cartoony graphics, plenty of characters to interact with, and tricky puzzles for the two heroes to solve. |
| Football Generation | 2003-01-01 | Comgame 576 Ltd. | Trecision S.p.A. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Stefano Prosperi | | | Nicola di Leva, Marco Castrucci | | | | Windows | Football Generation features 44 international and 33 major club teams from across the globe. The players' names are not licensed, but the game has a wide array of game modes:
Quick match: a friendly match between national teams, clubs or a mix of both.
Clubs cup: a complete cup with the classic rules such as the away goal rule, extra time and the golden goal.
Clubs league: a full league, followed by a championship.
Custom competition: a fully configurable custom competition.
Scenario mode: play specific cup and league scenario's.Using Criteron's Renderware engine and Firelight's FMOD sound engine, Football Generation contains detailed stadiums, 3D players, four camera angles, realistic weather effects and various replay modes. |
| Hardwood Solitaire III | 2003-01-01 | Silver Creek Entertainment | Silver Creek Entertainment | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Hardwood Solitaire III is a collection of card solitaire (patience) games. Solitaire games are usually designed for one player. The main goal in them is to rearrange a shuffled deck of cards in a logical manner (e.g. from Ace to King in ascending order; by alternating colors). The layout varies with each game, but most have at least one tableau and at least one foundation pile. The player has to move the cards from the tableau(x) to the foundation pile(s) according to the logical sequence. This game includes the following types of solitaire:
3 Shuffles and a Draw
Aces Up
Archway
Ayers Rock
Backbone
Beleaguered Castle
Betrothal
Black Hole
Blind Alleys Hard
Blind Alleys
Block Ten
Bristol
Can-Can
Canfield Easy
Canfield
Clock (also known as Sundial)
Compass Easy
Compass
Cruel
Down Under
Easthaven 2 Deck
Easthaven 3 Deck
Easthaven
Eight Off
ForeCell (also known as Napoleon in St. Helena)
Forty Thieves (also known as Big Forty, LeCadran or Roosevelt at San Juan)
Four Colors
Four Seasons Easy
Four Seasons
Fourteen Out
Freecell 3 Deck Easy
Freecell 3 Deck
Freecell Easy
Freecell
Funnel Web
Giant
Golf Easy
Golf
Grand Duchess
Grandfather
Grandfather's Clock
Indian
Josephine
King Albert
Klondike 2 Deck Easy (also known as The Harp)
Klondike 2 Deck
Klondike
Klondike Deal 3 (also known as Solitaire)
L'Imperiale
La Belle Lucie (also known as Alexander the Great, Clover Leaf, Fair Lucy, Midnight Oil or The Fan)
Little Giant
Little Milligan
Lucas
Maria
Matrimony
Maxel's Gambit
Memory
Montana (also known as Blanket or Spaces)
Monte Carlo
Nestor
Number Ten
Pas Seul
Pauline
Penguin
Plait
Pyramid deal three
Pyramid Easy
Pyramid Golf
Pyramid Seven
Pyramid
Quilt
Rank & File (also known as Deauville, Dress Parade or Emperor)
Russian Solitaire
Scorpio
Scorpion Easy
Scorpion
Sea Towers
Simple Pairs
Sir Tommy
Spider
Spider 2 Suits
Spider 4 Suits
Spike
Steps
Storehouse
Streets
Sultan (also known as Emperor of Germany, Harem or Sultan of Turkey)
Super Flower Garden
Superior Canfield
Tens
Thumb & Pouch
Trefoil
Twenty
Westcliff
Whitehead
Xray Klondike
Yin & Yang
Yukon - Rigel's
Yukon - Two Decks
Yukon
Zodiac
The Mac OS X port, which was released later, had the following additional games:
Demon
Forty Thieves Open
FreeCell 2 Deck
Klondike 3 deck
Lady of the Manor
Miss Milligan
The Xbox version offers a Gauntlet mode that pits the player against the timer in several of these solitaire games. |
| Kellogg's Frosties Gr-r-rand Prix | 2003-01-01 | Kellogg Company | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Oceania | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Kellogg's Frosties Gr-r-rand Prix is a promotional F1 driving simulation game that was given away with boxes of breakfast cereals. The game was developed by Ubisoft and seems to be very closely related to Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2, released a few years earlier.The game features seventeen real tracks, although unlocking all of them requires the player to collect four different discs. The teams themselves are not licensed and instead use generic numbers. Owning the four discs also allows the player to unlock a special mode with cars from the 1950s.There is a comprehensive replay mode that allows the player to see the race they've just completed from many different angles. |
| Mensch ärgere Dich (nicht)! | 2003-01-01 | | | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | This game is basically a computer game version of the popular German board game Mensch ärgere Dich nicht!, but it features its own addition to the original rules.In Mensch ärgere Dich nicht!, two to six players trying to bring their four game pieces from there home into the finish row, by moving each piece one time around the complete board. On there way, they can kick out other pieces of other players which are in the way. Those pieces have to restart from the home. The player, who first has all four pieces in the finish row wins the game.Mensch ärgere Dich (nicht)! uses the four player board (the real-life board has a four player board on one side and a six player board on the other side) and it can be decided if two, three or four players want to play (the computer can fill any missing human players).The special rules of this version are special events that are usually triggered by stopping on a "?"-field. Events ranging from slower movement (halved dice number), faster movement, teleportation, backward movement, moving an opponents piece, kicking out a certain opponents piece (or even an own), earthquake (removing some pieces), alien abduction (removing one piece), swapping pieces and the trap (kicking out the piece which stops at the trap position). |
| Midnight Outlaw: Illegal Street Drag - Nitro Edition | 2003-01-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Canopy Games | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This Nitro Edition is the same as Midnight Outlaw: Outlaw Illegal Street Drag, but contains more cars and a few more racing spots. You start with a junky car and $400. Buy parts and race other cars for money. Upgrade parts for performance and respect (or both). You also earn respect by beating the other cars (only the first time you win though). When you win enough respect, you can race in the next higher "class" (four of them total). Can you be the fastest guy in the city? |
| Prisms of Light 2 | 2003-01-01 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Prisms of Light 2 is a puzzle game. Similarly to Prisms of Light, the goal is to redirect a beam of light towards a crystal. Each level contains a beam emitter and a crystal, as well as a number of elements, such as mirrors, which can be freely moved; the player arranges the elements and turns on the emitter, so that the light reflects off mirrors around obstacles and reaches its goal. If the light beam misses the crystal, the level must be restarted. Like its predecessor, the puzzles in this game also feature more complex elements. Prisms of Light 2 introduces many new concepts, such as "plasma prisms" which must all be struck with a beam of light to remove the shell surrounding the crystal, or "crystal prisms" which can to be changed between reflecting and pass-through, using a light-activated switch. |
| QuadroX-2 | 2003-01-01 | TERMINAL Studio | TERMINAL Studio | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | QuadroX-2 is a puzzle game, where you have to fit geometric fragments of a square, which you can rotate in many different positions, into a background square. As soon as you place the last fragment, the level completes and you can proceed with the next one.Depending on the level, you have a few or many fragments, and the complexity of the fragments (from simply triangles to trapeziums, irregular pentagons, etc.) changes too.The game offers 100 puzzles to solve in three different difficulty levels. |
| The New Media Reader (included games) | 2003-01-01 | The MIT Press | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A CD-ROM accompanying the book The New Media Reader includes the following historical New Media programs, including emulators for modern Windows and/or Macintosh computers wherever possible, among other multimedia and net.art content:Spacewar!, the first modern video game, running in a PDP-1 emulator;
Eliza/Doctor, the first chatterbot, Hunt the Wumpus, the early hit computer game, and You!, "an interactively created, computer program generated data structure that simulates an intimate relationship between two people", representing the wave of early creative BASIC programs;
Adventure, the first work in the interactive fiction form, and Curses, the harbinger of the modern era of noncommercial interactive fiction;
Missile Command, Yar's Revenge, and Adventure representing the Atari 2600;
Karateka, the early cinematically-inspired martial arts tour de force, Mystery House, the first text-and-graphics adventure game, and Wings out of Shadow from the little-known Berserker Works to demonstrate fresh currents on the Apple II;
In the Ocean of Streams of Story, an interactive essay that includes video documentation of interactive video projects The Erl King and Sonata;
Four hypertext poems: "Fours," "Heresy," "Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra," and "Accomplished Night";
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars;
MacTuberling and Spit on Saddam to show off the Macintosh shareware ecosystem;
Writing on the Edge, the Spring 1991 issue, bundled with Storyspace hypertexts Izme Pass WOE;
The Clue, an animated poem with soundtrack, as a program for PC and documented on video;
Cybertext HyperCard poems from the winner of the Electronic Literature Organization's first poetry prize;
and the hypervideo documentary Jerome B. Wiesner: A Random Walk Through the 20th Century. |
| FreeCol | 2003-01-02 | | | Strategy | Top-down | Fangame | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | FreeCol is a freeware open source clone of Colonization. It follows the original game rules and gameplay, while adding new isometric graphics and multiplayer support. The game was written in Java to make porting it over easier, and is available for several platforms supporting many languages.Initially, the project goal is to create a perfect implementation of Colonization with updated graphics. Later releases will include optional new additions and modifications to make the game more streamlined and fun to the modern player. A pure Java version is available to theoretically run on any machine supporting it.Being essentially a remake, the game closely follows the original. The main objective still is to colonize and conquer the American continent, by exporting goods back to Europe and importing colonists to establish new colonies and expand the dominance in the territory. The player must fight or make alliances with other European nations, and deal with the native population by means of force or peace. Finally, when a new nation is fully developed, the ultimate challenge is to declare independence and survive a war with the royal army and loyalist forces. |
| Supercharged! | 2003-01-02 | | | Educational, Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Supercharged! is a 3D flying game that is designed to give players an intuitive understanding for introductory electromagnetic reactions. The game is intended to help students studying AP and first year college physics. Players have to fly a talking Van de Graaf generator through a 3D maze filled with charged particles and magnetic fields by flipping the generator's charge and manipulating electromagnetic field lines in real time.Created at MIT as part of the Games-to-Teach program funded by Microsoft. |
| Air Raid: This Is Not a Drill | 2003-01-03 | Big City Games | Made By KIDDIES, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | World War II | Naval / watercraft | | | Teen | | Windows | It's World War II and naval battleships have come under attack by enemy plains. It is up to the skill of the gunners to shoot down the incoming enemies and protect the ship.Air Raid: This is Not a Drill is a first person shooter. Players man one of the fixed gun positions (e.g. turrets) aboard an allied battleship. When the air raid sirens go off, enemy forces begin to approach by air and by sea. It is up to the player to fire on them and destroy these targets. The player has access to three different kinds of weapons: The main gun function fires bullets, there is a limited supply of missiles that deliver a stronger punch and finally there are depth charges to destroy enemy ships. By continuing to advanced levels, the player earns medals along with their score. Multiplayer is supported over a network to allow multiple players to man different turrets and protect the same vessel. |
| CodeRED: Battle for Earth | 2003-01-03 | COR Entertainment, LLC | COR Entertainment, LLC | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | CodeRED: Battle for Earth is a first-person shooter based set in an alternate 1999 where the remaining humans have rebuilt civilization after the Mech Wars largely exterminated them. The player controls Lt. Commander Joseph Hicks of the United Resistance Front. Hicks has to save Earth from another invasion by killing the alien commander. Gameplay is fast-paced with ten futuristic guns and about twenty levels to explore. Multiplayer is supported with bot matches as well. |
| BricksFix | 2003-01-05 | Madivar Games | Madivar Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Amazing Tetris (later renamed BricksFix) is an unusual variant of the classic Tetris game. You can play this game not only with usual blocks made of squares, but triangles too. It includes five different variations of the game with falling blocks.The goal of the game is to maximize your score by placing the falling blocks or triangles into lines. Playing with triangular blocks you should assemble them into full squares and form full horizontal lines. Every assembled line disappears increasing your score. Score is increased as fast as the number of disappearing lines at a time is higher. Points are also given after every block has dropped.While you assemble a certain number of lines the level of the game increases by one. With every next level the speed of the falling blocks grows. And every disappeared line increases your score by a quantity of points equal to the number of the current level. After the block has fallen to the bottom of the playing field or on an other block, the new one starts to fall. If the playing field is overfilled the game is over. You can play this game upside-down, with usual playing field or a huge one, with "trash" (useless objects) or without.The game features settings to adjust game complexity and set other preferences, music and sound effects, and a high scores table. Originally players could compare their scores with others from players around the world by the Top Records Table on the game's website. |
| Impossible Creatures | 2003-01-07 | Microsoft Corporation | Relic Entertainment Inc | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Impossible Creatures is a real-time strategy with a twist. Rather than building "Unit A" and "Unit B" like nearly all other real-time strategies, in this game the player acquires DNA from animals and mesh them together, creating unique hybrids of two separate animals. Use the strength of a bull, with the speed of a cheetah and the player might have a Cheebull, or give a skunk an extra defense and mix in a porcupine, making a Porskunkine. With dozens of different animal DNA to combine, there are nearly endless combinations.The main campaign's storyline is something like this. Your father, whom you've not seen since your childhood, sends you a letter in which he says he does not have long to live, and there is a secret he must tell you before he passes on. So you head to one of the uncharted islands in which he works, but you're suddenly ambushed by half-wolf, half-scorpion freaks of nature. Using the creature workshop and DNA collected from the animals, you must create hybrids of your own to rescue your father.Each creature hybrid has several areas of the body in which can be meshed together. The head, pawns, legs, back, rear, can all be attributed by either of the two creatures involved in the mix. |
| Puzzle RailRoad | 2003-01-07 | XDGames | XDGames | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | Train | Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | In Puzzle RailRoad, your job is to set track pieces so, that the train can drive from the start train station (lower left corner) to the end train station (upper right corner), underway you must take all workers with you. If you reach the end train station without all workers, you have lost. The same goes when your train derails.The game screen consists of a 5x10 block field, where the starting and ending track (each side) is fixed. The rest is rotatable and movable.Each block consists of one of the following things: line track, curve, cross-track, two interlocked curves, tunnel, empty field, or missing block (needed for moving tracks to another position).Some fields have signals, where the trains stops a short time, others have workers on them and others have coal on them (since you drive a steam engine train, it's critical to have enough coal).The clue on the game is, that you must plan and lay the tracks "on the fly", because as soon as you start the level, the train begins to drive. |
| Alive! Jigsaw | 2003-01-10 | Yavsoft | Yavsoft | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Ever desired to have animated jigsaw puzzles instead of static ones? This game gives you such opportunity. You will be able to take any AVI or MPG movie or short film clip (or static pictures) and turn it into an jigsaw. This feature can be turned off, if you prefer a more classical approach. The game has options that make it suitable for kids and those who prefer less challenge and animated images.If you drag the piece close enough to its counterpart, they will automatically snap together. |
| Goof Ball | 2003-01-10 | Evertt.com | Evertt.com | Action, Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | This colorful game combines puzzle elements with fast paced action. From labyrinth style puzzles to last man standing firefights; this game comes with over fifty levels built around seven different game types. Goof Ball features innovative game-play, stunning graphics, and realistic physics. |
| Robert Redford Saves the Day: Episode 3: Who Framed Roger Redford? | 2003-01-10 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Robert Redford Saves the Day: Episode 3: Who Framed Roger Redford? is the third and final part of a humorous point-and-click adventure game series. In this installment, Robert Redford has been falsely convicted of murder and ended up in jail. He must now escape, and hopefully find out who framed him. The game uses a classic point-and-click interface, with the player cycling between various actions (walk/look/interact/talk) with the right mouse button or via a menu at the top of the screen. |
| SimCity 4 | 2003-01-10 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Maxis Software Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The most noticeable change in the fourth main game in the series comes through the new graphics, now in full 3D. The basic goal remains the same: build the ultimate city. You do this by balancing funding of community services with taxes, transit fares, and other forms of income.But now you have more options. The new god mode tools allow you to sculpt a realistic terrain in seconds. And now disasters won't happen in random locations, you choose where to unleash them. There are all new buildings, and the gameplay is a bit more challenging this time: you have to actually start small, the way a real city is developed, or you'll run out of money. You can also import people from The Sims and insert them into your city, and have them give you feedback.Your advisors are improved. They too are in full 3D, and they won't annoy you as much. They will provide you with helpful advice, and you can listen to them or annoy them to the point that they all turn into llamas. Literally.SimCity 4 also lets you control your neighboring cities. Low demand for industry? Go next door and build some houses. Then connect the two cities with roads, and soon residents of your neighbor will want jobs. The game stays true to its predecessors, while adding new features and improvements. |
| The Emperor's Mahjong | 2003-01-10 | Brøderbund Software, Inc. | Hexacto Games Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Traditional Mahjong takes a twist in this game. Although you can play the normal Shanghai style of mahjong where you match tiles in either single or 2-player mode, there is also an emperor's challenge.The emperor's challenge mode can only be won by completing all 72 layouts in the time limit. When you complete a layout in the emperor's challenge, you also gain chinese wisdom quotes.The 72 layouts are grouped into six categories: Horoscope, Crafts, Nature, Scenery, Martial Arts, and Emperors. The game has three tilesets and three difficulty levels to choose from and includes a layout editor to make your own games.When you have played for awhile and have a good record, you are able to submit your record to Hexacto's website to compare with other players.The game can also be played on Pocket PC or Palm. |
| Arcade Lines | 2003-01-11 | Lobstersoft | Lobstersoft | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Arcade Lines is a puzzle game similar to Color Lines. It takes place on a board where pieces of various colors keep appearing, and the player's goal is to move pieces so that they form lines of five or more pieces of the same color. A piece can only be moved if it has a free path to its destination. Several new pieces appear in random spaces on the board after every move, but completing a line makes its pieces disappear and grants a bonus move. Each vanished piece grants the player score, and creating several lines consecutively gives combo bonuses. The game is over once the board is completely filled. There is a number of special pieces; two-colored balls can be used to complete lines of either color, joker balls fit into a line of any color, dynamite blows up all pieces on the board of a particular color once it's put into a line, etc. There are several game modes available which differ in difficulty and rules, such as number of colors, frequency of special pieces or how crowded the game board gets. |
| Legend of Zord | 2003-01-13 | Imaginations FZ LLC | Imaginations FZ LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 5000 years ago the wise king Gilgamesh ruled the land Zord. But the king of the bordering kingdom Askhar was jealous of Zord's wealth and so he invoked a demon to kill all inhabitants. But Prince Raymond survived and now the player takes his place to avenge his family.The game is a simple 3rd person action game. The player walks through the 16 levels, e.g. an oriental palace or a sewer, and kills everything he sees. The handling is similar to other 3rd person games: the keyboard is used for walking and the mouse for selecting an enemy respectively attacking by clicking. The player can choose between six weapons and 18 spells. Later in the game he can transform into a lion or a hawk. |
| Net Cribbage | 2003-01-13 | NetIntellGames | NetIntellGames | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Net Cribbage gives you a chance to play Six Card Cribbage with computer bots or live opponents by the Internet or LAN. It is also possible to play simultaneously on two tables easily switching from game to game. For each table you can use your own preferences; change information window settings; select cards and cloth views; and much more... |
| Net Gin Rummy | 2003-01-13 | NetIntellGames | NetIntellGames | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Play Gin Rummy with your friends and PC.
Our Net Gin Rummy gives you a chance to play the game with computer bots or live opponents by the Internet or LAN. It is also possible to play simultaneously on two tables easily switching from game to game. For each table you can choose the gin variant from Simple, Standard or Oklahoma Gin; use your own rules for the score system; select cards and cloth views; and much more... |
| Net Spite and Malice | 2003-01-13 | NetIntellGames | NetIntellGames | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Play Spite and Malice double solitaire with your friends and PC.
Net Spite and Malice gives you a chance to play the game with computer bots or live opponents by the Internet. It is also possible to play simultaneously on two tables easily switching from game to game. For each table you can use your own rules for the score system; select cards and cloth views; change information window settings; and much more... |
| The History Channel: Civil War - Great Battles | 2003-01-13 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | The History Channel Civil War is a turn based strategy game that tasks you with winning the war that tore apart America. Fought both on a map where you move your troops and on the battlefield where you command your soldiers, this game can either be played against the computer or a friend.Also includes tons of reference material, such as relevant official documents, timelines, and even hundreds of real photos. |
| Ultra Assault | 2003-01-13 | Small Rockets | Small Rockets | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | Ultra Assault is Top-Down shooter. Like Airstrike 3D, but Ultra Assault is not 3D. Graphics are still amazing and there is endless action all the time. There are 6 huge levels, each with its own bosses to defeat. With level editor you can make new maps and share them with your friends.There are lot of power-ups and weapons what you can use to beating enemies. Different situations needs different actions.
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| The Purity of the Surf | 2003-01-17 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Josh Beachcomber has come to Reality-on-the-Norm to win the golden Watakiki trophy in the annual surfing contest. Unfortunately, his is out of money, and his board is missing. Walking around the beach and the town, talking to inhabitants most of which are wearing swimsuits, and collecting the items, the player should help Josh to find the money, the board, and to win the contest in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Alias Underground Episode 6: CIA Mission - Return To SD-6 | 2003-01-20 | ABC Television | Dream Mechanics, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | This is the sixth episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer Garner as an undercover CIA spy named Sydney Bristow. Sydney and Vaughn team up to steal crucial intel from the SD-6 facility. Will Vaughn get caught or will Sydney blow her cover? It depends on how well you control them.From both 3rd or 1st person perspective, Sydney can run, jump, duck, climb, and interact with objects. When encountering a bad guy, she can punch, kick, or shoot if she gets hold of a gun which will allow you to zoom in when in first-person mode. Sydney must use various disguises and act covertly, so as not to blow her cover, while infiltrating various areas. |
| Highland Warriors | 2003-01-22 | Data Becker GmbH & Co. KG | Soft Enterprises GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Real-time strategy | Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Highland Warriors is a standard 3D real-time strategy based upon medieval Scotland in a very William Wallace/Braveheart-esque themed game. Authentic dialect and soundtrack emphasize the "Highland Warrior" feeling.The engine (ATLAS engine) was built by the developers and uses state-of-the-art technology. It allows each unit to consist of up to 8,000 polygons, and 200,000 polygons on-screen altogether with real-time shading. Each unit and building is very detailed at all angles.The game also boasts a change of seasons throughout any given skirmish, which can aid you or hurt you, depending on your situation. For instance, farms won't grow during the winter, forcing your workers to find other means to feed your armies, and mountains may be unpassable. |
| The Mystery of the Mummy | 2003-01-22 | Adventure Company, The | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Mystery of the Mummy was inspired by The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The player is Sherlock Holmes in this point-and-click first-person adventure game.Lord Montcalfe, a well-known Egyptologist, is missing and is believed by the police to have committed suicide. His daughter, Elisabeth, insists that he is still alive and calls upon her fiancé's cousin, Sherlock Holmes, to prove her theories. Arriving at the manor, Holmes finds that Lord Montcalfe was suffering from a deep paranoia. It seems he had made a terrible mistake and triggered what he believed to be a mummy's curse. Trying to shield himself and others from that curse, he had booby trapped his own home with elaborate locks, some of which were designed to kill anyone who tried to tamper with them.Holmes investigates mostly in solitary fashion without the aid of his normal sidekick, Watson. Other people in the game appear only in the cut-scenes. Puzzles become more difficult as the story progresses. Find illusive inventory objects and read many documents for clues as you search the secret passages and elaborately decorated rooms of the Montcalfe Manor. |
| Baldr Force EXE | 2003-01-24 | GIGA | GIGA | Action | Top-down | | Adult | Shooter, Visual novel | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | Vehicular | Windows | Baldr Force EXE is an enhanced release of Baldr Force. It adds a new weapon (gravity field), a "very easy" difficulty level, and a Hell Mode, which puts the player in a row of increasingly challenging battles. The PlayStation 2 version also adds Hyper and Time Attack gameplay modes, voice-overs, and a new intro. The Windows release retains the explicit sex scenes, while the console releases removes them.
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| Feed the Snake | 2003-01-24 | RealApex | RealApex | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | Kids to Adults | | Windows | Feed the Snake is a new modern remake of the popular classic snake game.
You are a little snake. The goal of the game is grow, grow and grow. You start as a small worm, but you may end as a mighty python. To grow you need a food. This won't the problems for you: you can find a lot of tasty meal. But be caution! You can't live without moving. The edges and stones stop and kill you immediately. You move around different game fields, trying to gobble up good food, growing longer along the way. There are a couple of gameplay changes that help this version surpass the original python. Most importantly, there is a vast variety of power-ups and inedible food.
The amazing graphics will keep you enthralled. Two players mode is available - so play the snake game and have fun with a friend together. |
| Hourglass of Summer | 2003-01-24 | Berries | PrincessSoft | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Romance | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | With summer vacation just around the corner, Kotaro Makimura commits himself to asking out his classmate and crush, the kind and beautiful Kaho Serizawa. However, Kotaro wakes up the next day to find that he has somehow jumped forward in time to September 1st, the end of summer vacation. Confused as he heads to school, Kotaro finds his classmates in an atmosphere of mourning and is told a horrible truth. Apparently, he and Kaho became lovers over the course of the summer until Kaho died in an accident on August 31st. Using his newfound ability to travel in time, Kotaro ventures into the past again and again, vowing to prevent Kaho's terrible fate.Hourglass of Summer is a visual novel adventure game that plays like most visual novels: the player reads the text on screen atop illustrated backgrounds and periodically makes a choice that influences the development of the story. It features full voice acting for all significant characters.The PC version has a different cast and includes scenes with sexual content. |
| Mayhem | 2003-01-24 | JD Games | JD Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Mayhem is an arcade-style platform shooter. The world is being invaded by killer bunnies, and you have to stop them! Armed with 8 deadly weapons you must try to survive as the bunnies invade. The goal of the game is simply to survive for as long as possible, kill as many bunnies as you can and get a high score. Achieving certain milestone scores unlocks bonuses such as cheat codes and artwork.Bunnies keep appearing out of portals infinitely, and if you don't kill them quickly you will soon be overrun. There are also smaller portals which every now and then drop ammo for your guns. There are also warp portals that teleport you or the bunnies across the stage when touched.
Health cannot be replenished, but you can find shields which will protect you against one additional hit. There is also money strewn across the stage, which you can pick up for some extra points.There is a selection of two stages - the caves and the forest - with a secret third level being unlockable. |
| Tenohira wo, Taiyou ni | 2003-01-24 | Clear | Clear | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Tenohira wo Taiyou ni is a love romance visual novel. The protagonist of the story is a high-school sophomore Akio Haruno, living in a small rural town surrounded by beautiful landscapes. His parents have passed away and he is currently living alone. As the summer vacation is approaching, he met a girl by the name of Towa Natsunomori who just transferred to the same class he was in. Smitten by her charm with the feeling like she knows her even though he met her for the first time, he decides to find out more about her. The two of them soon become close and the summer memories are about to begin.While the original PC version contains explicit scenes like any other hentai game in the same vein, the adult content was removed from the ports to Dreamcast and PlayStation 2. |
| Xianjian Qixia Zhuan 2 | 2003-01-24 | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Kung-fu has many different teachings, and one of them is Xianjian - magic sword. Li Xiaoyao, the hero of the first Xianjian Qixia Zhuan, has become the leader of this school. But another teaching, called Emei, is gaining popularity among disciples of king-fu. The head of Emei school, a man named Qian Ye ("Thousand Leaves"), is admired by simple people. Will there be cooperation or conflict between these two kung-fu masters? Meanwhile, a tower where ancient demons were once sealed has been destroyed. Demons broke free and began to roam China undisturbed. Many heroes are ready to face the challenge of defeating those demons. Among those is a young man, Li Xiaoyao's former neighbor, named Wang Xiaohu. Li Xiaoyao refused to teach Wang Xiaohu martial arts, and the boy realized that he will have to prove to kung-fu masters and the whole world that he can become a worthy heir to Li Xiaoyao and his Xianjian technique.Xianjian Qixia Zhuan 2 is a sequel to Xianjian Qixia Zhuan, utilizing the same gameplay system as its predecessor. The player navigates the characters through isometric locations (now with pre-rendered backgrounds) and fights enemies in turn-based style, using regular attacks, sword techniques, and magic spells. The battles are also viewed from an isometric perspective, and the enemies are visible on screen before a contact with them initiates a battle. Gameplay additions include the ability to conjure powerful creatures to assist the party in combat, as well as a magic system that requires characters to mark the battle field with a particular element in order to gain tactical advantage over the enemy. |
| Alien Blast: The Encounter | 2003-01-27 | Strategy First, Inc. | Made By KIDDIES, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | InJ Jeong | Windows | On planet Rexus, located on the far edge of the galaxy a distress call has been sent out. When an Allied Forces freighter arrives to investigate they find that everyone on the planet is dead or has left and the full content of the distress call is a warning to stay away from the planet. Unfortunately it's too late for the Allied Forces investigators, as a large force of alien creatures is spotted incoming on the radar. The only hope is to man the few remaining turret weapons left behind on the planet and destroy all waves of the attack.Alien Blast: The Encounter is a first person stationary shooter similar to Made By Kiddies' previous title, Air Raid. On any given level, the player mans one of the defensive turrets, with a 360 degree view of the area and must blast alien creatures as they appear on the radar. Aliens can come by both land and by air. A friendly spaceship named the UMBK will sometimes arrive to drop power-ups on the battlefield including shield restores, ammo replenishing and new weapons. |
| Entropia Universe | 2003-01-30 | MindArk PE AB | MindArk PE AB | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent, Real-time | | | Windows | Entropia Universe is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) set in the far future, where dangers, wonders and opportunities lie behind every corner. The game world is divided into multiple planets that the players can visit, each with their own theme:
Planet Calypso - this is the original planet that Project Entropia started with back in 2003. It has a sci-fi theme where the humans are in the early stages of colonizing an alien world. Upstart cities, outposts and forts dot a surface rich in minerals and wildlife. Meanwhile, a powerful faction of robots is seeking to undermine the settlers' efforts and take over the planet for themselves.
ROCKtropia - this music/Hollywood-themed planet has been hit by a vicious virus that makes the dead rise from their graves. The streets of Zomhattan are now infested with zombies and thugs seeking to capitalize on the helpless people. Besides horror-themed locations and monsters, there have been several instances of merging media franchises: in the Arctic region, players can do a series of missions called Hunt the THING, inspired by The Thing movies, as well as chase and kill a recently reanimated King Kong as part of an organized event.
Next Island - a resort planet that was designed by scientists on Earth as a kind of serene utopia. The colonization is relegated to a group of robots guided by a handful of humans. The project goes awry, however, as most of the first wave of colonists lose contact with the robots. Next Island is not as focused on combat as the other planets; it also offers the opportunity to time travel to Ancient Greece.
Planet Arkadia - a distress signal launched by a mysterious alien race reached Earth. The scientists of our planet deciphered the message and found out that they called themselves the Arkadians and were being wiped out by the Oratan. Humanity organized a rescue mission, but once they reached the planet, they found only ruins. This world is focused on treasure hunting--the dilapidated structures of this once great civilization hide rare artifacts and wealth beyond imagination. In the background there's a battle raging between the Imperial Federal Navy and the descendants of the Oratan, who seek to drive the newly arrived off the planet.
Planet Cyrene - a world torn by different factions, such as the native Zekkonians and Turrelions, or the Imperium and the rebel Acacia Rebirth Corps. There is an ancient Roman and tribalistic theme mixed with sci-fi here. Players can choose to help a specific faction, while also facing the xenophobic feelings of others. At the time of release it was unique for its PvP arenas.
Monria - a Cthulhu Mythos-inspired planet.
Planet Toulan - a desert planet with an Arabian theme going on. After being destroyed in a nuclear war 600 years ago, it's now being steadily recolonized by the Insians, the original inhabitants of this world.
All the planets share the same game mechanics, with only slight variations. Besides a skill tree, there is also a profession system in place. Both can be used to gauge how efficient players are at what they are doing. A skill is improved by doing an activity related to it, for example the Rifle skill goes up when two-handed ranged weapons are used in combat, the Evade skill depends strictly on how many times the player avatar is hit by monsters in melee, while Mining is improved by extracting resources from the ground. Professions are, to put it simply, the sum of all skills tied to it, however certain skills can influence a profession more than the others. Once a set amount of skill points is reached, the player gets a better rank; being better at a profession is also shown via ranks and levels. There is no level cap in this game, but even so it's impossible to reach a 100% success rate.There are several ways to spend time and make money in Entropia Universe. The main ones are:
Hunting - killing mobs using ranged or melee weapons. There is a chance that these monsters or robots will drop loot. Multiple players can form teams in order to confront high-level mobs.
Mining - the players use a finder to detect deposits in the ground. Every use depletes a specific amount of survey probes, depending on the finder. Once a deposit is found, it's possible to extract it using an excavator. There are two main types of resources: ores and enmatter. Both can be refined into different types of materials. On planet Arkadia players can also find treasure besides the usual resources.
Sweating - gathering sweat from nearby creatures. This requires the equipping of VSE Mk1 and pointing it at a monster; robots and mutants don't generate sweat.
Walking - stones, fruits and dung can be spotted if the player avatar moves slowly. The only thing left to do then is to pick them from the ground.
Manufacturing or crafting - this is done via a construction bench, but first a blueprint of the final item is needed, and then the required material components as well. Players can obtain materials from the other activities in the game. The crafting process doesn't always end up with a success--a complete failure expends the materials and leaves the players with nothing.
Trading - this can be done either face to face, or via the auction house, however listing an item in the latter requires a fee.
Missions - the equivalent of quests in most MMORPGs, sometimes the rewards for completing them are ammo or items, others give skill points, some of them may have nothing to offer.
Although free to download and use, Entropia uses an economy system where players can convert real-world money into the virtual PED (Project Entropia Dollars) for use ingame. This also applies the other way: as you can also make money in the game which can be converted back to real-world credits. Exploiting this is restricted by a decay factor present in all items, but also by the randomness which affects all activities in the game, making the loot dropped by monsters or the deposits mined, for example, always inconsistent. Some damaged items can't be repaired, and those that can are fixed only for a fee at a repair terminal or by other players. Other significant expenses include buying ammo, new items, materials, etc. The only activities that are free to do are gathering sweat, for which the VSE Mk1 suffers no decay, and walking, but the products of these (sweat, fruits, dung, stones) can't be sold to the Trade Terminals (or back to the game so to speak), only to other players, which teoretically creates an economy inside the economy.People with spaceships can travel between the planets of Entropia Universe, and they can also take passengers to their destinations, however every player starts on a planet of choice and is unable to freely visit the other worlds at the beginning, unless of course they are willing to part with some PEDs. |
| Grounstream | 2003-01-30 | | | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Grounstream is a freeware Japanese RPG, where the player controls the cat-like heroine, a novice sorcerer completing her training by traveling and collecting basic magical elements from the world. The game is presented as a side-scrolling platformer, with the protagonist jumping on ledges and shooting incoming enemies with her repertoire of spells, receiving experience points after destroying each foe.After being killed, the monsters drop coins that can be collected and used on shops to buy power-ups and health potions. Tombstones appear sporadically throughout the levels, acting as save points to record all the progress done so far. Keeping with overall arcade theme, each section ends with a boss battle against some large creature that takes most of the screen state. |
| Lost Memory of Angel Frane III: Hi Ao No Gensōkyoku | 2003-01-30 | EXE-CREATE Ltd. | EXE-CREATE Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | Comedy | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | In Vanneth, the world above, and under the direction of God two races coexist charged with looking after the world below. These two races are: the Angel Clan, who are in charge of blessings; and the Demon clan, who are in charge of trials. Sadly, being unable to compromise in their beliefs, they have clashed and fought over how to promote growth in the world below for an untold number of years. Once upon a time, an angel named Escude decides to prove who is right once and for all, and in breaking Godʼs commandment not to interfere directly in the affairs of humans, she descends to the world below. Having caught wind of this, God summons Escude's most trusted servant, Kunah, the son of the fire dragon chief. And along with Riel, Kunah's childhood friend, he follows after Escude in an attempt to bring her back to Vanneth.The Lost Angelic Chronicles of Frane: Dragons' Odyssey is an Action-RPG full of humor which tries to add some variety to the gameplay with additional things the main character can do, as well as keeping level grinding to a reasonable degree. The main character navigates from place to place while quickly defeating enemies, finding tons of treasure, and making girls fall in love with him. Also, by helping those around, the player can see the world change as a forest, in which the main character built his house, grows into a bustling town. The Lost Angelic Chronicles of Frane: Dragons' Odyssey keeps a balance between the story and the player’s interactions with NPCs, which can trigger new scenes, and in the end, give the players some replay value. |
| robotfindskitten3d | 2003-01-30 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Meditative / Zen, Real-time | | | Windows | robotfindskitten3d is a 3D OpenGL variation of robotfindskitten.As in the original, you, robot, have to find kitten. This mission is complicated by the existence of various non-kitten objects. To know if an object is a kitten, you must touch it. The game ends when: robotfindskitten.Gameplay is very much the same -- running around, blindly touching things until you find kitten --, only now the world is 3D texture mapped instead of 2D ASCII. |
| Mayhem 2: Rise of the Bunnies | 2003-01-31 | JD Games | JD Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Mayhem 2: Rise of the Bunnies, similarly to the previous Mayhem game, is an arena platform shooter where you have to kill an invading army off killer bunnies.An endless amount of bunnies well in through portals, and you have a handful of weapons at your disposal to kill them with such as a shotgun, flamethrower, Uzi, rocket launcher and the futuristic 'Red Dwarf' plasma gun. Letting the bunnies touch you take away health points or shield power, and when you run out it is game over. Killed bunnies drop money that can be used to buy ammo for your weapons or extra shield power, as well as give you some extra points. Reaching specific milestone high scores unlocks new levels, game modes and even cheat codes.The Special Edition update adds an intro cinematic and an extra level taken from the first Mayhem. |
| AH-64 Apache Air Assault | 2003-02-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | InterActive Vision White Eagle Sp. z o.o. | Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | | | | Helicopter, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | In July 2001 it was discovered that an terrorist organization known as the "The Solar Martyrs", hiding in a small country called Banhar, may have nuclear weapons at their disposal. The U.S. government decided that a large-scale attack would prove risky, and so a small group of Special Forces was formed..."Only one machine is fit for such a task..."In this simulator the player controls an AH-64 Apache, the "primary attack helicopter in the U.S. Arsenal". It can be controlled from 5 different points of view, including 1st (inside the cockpit) and 3rd person ones. The on screen display holds valuable information to the pilot, such as damage meters, status of engines, rotor brakes, wheel brakes and hover, air speed, altitude, compass, radar, RPM, Torque, Fuel and more.The game features two control systems: arcade and physics mode. In arcade mode the helicopter maintains altitude while flying forward, while the physics mode is based on real world physics, thus, when the helicopter is moving forward, it will also lose altitude if the motor power isn't increased. The helicopter can be controlled either with a keyboard/mouse combo or with a joystick.The AH-64 comes equipped with 3 different types of weapons: Hellfire Missiles, m230 Chain Gun 30mm Automatic Cannon and Hydra Rockets. There is also a fourth kind of weapon, the Zuni Rockets, only available later in the game. Hellfire missiles are target lockable and the Cannon can be aimed with the mouse.There are 30 unique missions in this game; in most of them the player must accomplish several objectives, usually destroying enemy buildings and vehicles. The game can be saved at the end of each mission, but not during them. If the player gets killed during a mission, he must start it all over again, but the number of tries is unlimited. |
| Bomberman Collection | 2003-02-01 | Konami of America, Inc. | Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Three Bomberman games in one collection. The featured games are Bomberman, Bomberman '93, and Bomberman World. Those three games show the evolution of the "Bomberman" arcade through the years. The idea is controlling the "Bomberman" character through a series of levels, collecting prizes and powerups, while blowing up the obstacles with the bombs he carries and trying not to get in the path of explosion. |
| Jadernyj Titbit | 2003-02-01 | Buka Entertainment | VZ.lab | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | Jadernyj Titbit tells the story about the adventures of one Moscow guy who has gone to St.-Petersburg looking for the weekend to remember. Suddenly he gets involved in plot connected with new extra powerful drug called Nuclear Titbit.
Humor in game is out of any censorship. There is a lot of sex, violence and nuclear hallucinations without restrictions. That’s why Nuclear Titbit was not recommended for players younger than 18 years old. The soundtrack is done by Russian musicians “Deadушки” and “Пьянству бойс”. |
| Rode Quest 2: The Sweet Smell of Stenchie | 2003-02-01 | Shawno | Shawno | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The starship Visionairo you are flying on is in peril. Captain Iota Bravery's pet, Stenchie the dog, has eaten something not good for the stomach and sets the control room in an unclean state. Rodney Kill needs should stop the dog and get the room cleaned.Made with the Adventure Game Studio, The Sweet Smell of Stenchie is a point-and-click adventure game, where the player uses icons to walk, look, use, and talk on the active items and characters. The text parser from the first game is no longer used. The game also sports a Puke-O-Meter, which increases as time goes on. The faster the game is finished, the more pleasant the comments on the player's actions will be in the end. |
| Xiao Ao Jiang Hu 2: Wu Yue Jian Pai | 2003-02-01 | InterServ International Inc. | InterServ International Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Martial arts | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Xiao Ao Jiang Hu 2: Wu Yue Jian Pai is based on the book The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by the Chinese writer Jinyong. The hero is Ling Huchong, a young man who studies martial arts according to the system of Huashan school. Lately he has been often seen spending time together with the lovely Ren Yingying, who studies a different style of fighting, which involves magic spells. His teacher, Yue Buqun, gets angry because he considers such style impure. He attacks the young people and expels them from their homeland. And that's only the beginning of their troubles, for there are many other martial arts schools and a great rivalry is developing between them...The game is not a direct sequel to Xiao Ao Jiang Hu; unlike that game, it is a turn-based role-playing game in Japanese style. Characters can execute a wide variety of physical attacks and magic during the battles, gradually building up a special bar that will allow more powerful attacks. They can also block enemy attacks and need precise timing for that. Otherwise, the gameplay system is similar to Japanese RPGs: traveling on the world map, visiting locations, fighting random enemies and bosses, managing the party, etc. The game utilizes real-time 3D graphics. |
| Xin Juedai Shuangjiao 3 | 2003-02-01 | Unistar | UserJoy Technology Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | After the mortal strife between the twin brothers Jiang Xiaoyu and Hua Wuque was finally over, Hua Wuque adopted his real family named Jiang. His son Jiang Yun was raised by the chairman of the Chouhuang palace. Worried about the boy, Hua Wuque went to visit him. This was the last meeting of the brothers, since neither Hua Wuque nor his son ever returned.Eight years later, Jiang Xiaoyu was still determined to find his lost brother and nephew. His own son, Jiang Xia, inherited the father's slightly demonic and sly nature. Jiang Xia begins the search for his cousin, hoping to unite the family again. But fate is not to be stopped, and it plays the old tragedy again...Xin Juedai Shuangjiao 3 is a direct continuation of the story that was told in its two predecessors. However, unlike the previous games, it is not directly based on Gu Long's original novel. Graphically, the game also uses pre-rendered backgrounds and small 3D character models. The battle engine is active time, similar to the one of Final Fantasy. Combat and many exploration screens are viewed from an isometric perspective. Battles with regular enemies are random in some areas, while in others enemies are visible on screen. |
| Unreal II: The Awakening | 2003-02-04 | Infogrames, Inc. | Legend Entertainment Company | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Some years after the Strider Wars, humanity has resumed its expansion into space. On the rough frontier, it falls to the Terran Colonial Authority to maintain peace and order among the outlying colonies and outposts. TCA Marshal John Dalton and the crew of his ship, the Atlantis, patrol this dangerous sector of space when several distress calls lead to the discovery of alien artifacts with unique properties. Soon, the hunt for these artifacts is on between several alien factions as well as human corporations and their mercenary forces, with the TCA and their allies caught in the middle.The first-person shooter Unreal II, while a sequel to Unreal, has no direct connection to the first game except being set in the same universe (with the Skaarj from Unreal and the Liandri Corporation from Unreal Tournament being major enemy factions). The player controls John Dalton through a dozen missions, taking place in such locations as the dense jungle of a tropical planet, a research facility on a frozen moon, the insides of a planet-sized living organism, the home world of an insectoid machine civilization, as well as a huge starship.The weapon arsenal consists of more than a dozen guns. Standard types include pistols, an assault rifle, shotgun, and sniper rifle. Some heavier ones are a flame thrower, as well as rocket and grenade launchers, with the grenade launcher being able to use six different ammunition types, including fragmentation, EMP and smoke grenades. Available in later missions are weapons adapted from alien technologies. These include various energy guns, a biological weapon that creates living spiders that attack enemies, and an autonomous floating orb that either seeks out and attacks enemies or circles around the player in point defense. As in other Unreal titles, each weapon has two different firing modes.Missions are usually of the run-and-gun type, but there are exceptions. Several levels include defense assignments where either a position must be held for a certain time or a character be kept alive. These levels usually include additional tools such as energy barriers and automated turrets that can be placed by the player in any location. Sometimes, AI-controlled characters will be there to help out the player as well. In that case they can be given orders on which sector to defend or patrol, for example.The story of the game is told through a variety of means: besides in-engine cutscenes, there is a lot of radio chatter during a mission; in fact, it's not unusual for mission objectives to completely change due to story developments. Between missions, Dalton can wander freely about the Atlantis and chat with his crew, going into their personal backstories as well as more details about the main plot. |
| American Conquest | 2003-02-06 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | GSC Game World | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | American Conquest is a realtime-strategy game with masses of enemies and allies - you have to conquer (as the game-title suggests) and defend the American continent. The game features the wars and struggles from 1492 to 1813, a multiplayer-mode, up to 16.000 units, 12 nations you can play (from Hispanics to Sioux) and a 3D graphics-engine...American Conquest combines realtime strategy with complex tactics features. You have to control huge armies, find the best formation and build up strong companies and find the best blend of long and short range units. There are 100 different units and 106 buildings.The game features 8 campaigns with 42 missions such as Pizarro's Expedition, the War of Tecumseh, the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence.GSC Gameworld also built in a diplomacy system, and something resembling a moral system. Wins and defeats influence your army's strength.Also, you can play six historical battles in the multiplayer-mode. And nine solo-missions that aren't part of a campaign. |
| Die Siedler: Platin Edition | 2003-02-06 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Serf City: Life is Feudal
The Settlers II: Gold Edition
The Settlers III: Ultimate Collection
The Settlers IV: Gold Edition
Die Siedler IV: Die Neue Welt
The mini-game The Settlers: Smack a Thief!
The mini-game Die Siedler: Die Dunkle Seite
Additional bonus material including wallpapers, WinAmp skins, and screensavers |
| GROM: ...Terror in Tibet! | 2003-02-07 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Rebelmind | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | World War II | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | During World War II, Hitler's Third Reich sought out and pilfered art and wealth, hording their stolen booty in secret strongholds. This game takes place during that time. In 1942, special German forces have invaded Tibet and are searching for more to add to their Führer's arsenal - the 12 "miracle" weapons of King Arunja in an undiscovered "Lost City". One of these weapons, according to legend, could obliterate major cities, wiping them off the face of the earth. The player takes the part of Colonel Grom, a member of the Polish army fighting the Nazis during World War II. Grom is a seasoned and shrewd commander who has his own personal score to settle with the Germans.GROM: Terror in Tibet is a predominantly role-playing game with elements of stealth and emphasis on tactical combat. The player controls a party of characters, navigating them through towns and other locations in a fairly linear fashion, often engaging in conversations with multiple dialogue choices. Travelling between the various locations is handled by way of a country map. Combat system has similarities to that of Baldur's Gate, with real-time management and the ability to pause in order to issue commands. Unlike in most RPGs, the characters themselves do not level up in this game; their only growing attribute is weapon proficiency, which plays an important role in combat. |
| Command & Conquer: Generals | 2003-02-11 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Pacific | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | War | Real-time strategy | Asia, Middle East, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | A new chapter in the Command & Conquer universe, set somewhere in the 2020s, pits three sides for global domination: the United States of America, the People's Republic of China and the Global Liberation Army (GLA). Generals features real world (renamed or slightly altered) weapons combined with quasi-high-tech ones, new control schemes and a fast-paced multiplayer. Generals is the first game in the Command & Conquer series not to include FMV or pre-rendered cutscenes between missions, and was also the first C&C game without the Westwood Studios label (although the development studio was initially called Westwood Pacific before being merged into EA Pacific). It uses a full 3D environment powered by the SAGE engine, a modified version of the W3D engine previously seen in C&C: Renegade.The core gameplay differs somewhat from other games in the series, a move done in order to modernize the formula. First off, construction yards are absent, as structures are built by dozers for the USA and China, and workers for the GLA. The sidebar is replaced with the bottom bar, and support powers are "purchased" with leveling up as a general, which is done through participating in combat. For the first time in the series, each factory-type structure (barracks, war factory, airfield...) has its own build queue, in the same fashion as in Blizzard's RTS titles before it, instead of having a shared one like in the previous C&C games. Upgrades are available for the first time in the series as well, bringing improvements to units and structures. Everything is paid for in advance instead of having credits slowly drain as the object is constructed. |
| World of Outlaws: Sprint Car Racing 2002 | 2003-02-11 | Infogrames Europe SA | Ratbag Pty, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing | | | Everyone | | Windows | World of Outlaws: Sprint Car Racing 2002 is a game that focuses on the niche motorsport of sprint car racing. The game is for the most part a simulation of real-life racing, with a career mode and a number of customization options. The game has a number of different modes to choose from. The most basic of these are the time trial and single race options, both of which are self-explanatory. There is also an arcade championship mode that lets you jump right in and start as part of a professional racing team, complete with your own vehicle and free maintenance. The career mode is the most in-depth of all the options, as it puts you in the shoes of an aspiring sprint car driver. You'll start off with just enough cash to buy a basic car and enter a local event. The goal is to win the event, or at least place high enough in it to begin building your reputation as a racer. One of the keys to success is impressing sponsors, who will offer you contracts if you do well enough. At first, because you're low on funds, you'll have to wait for events to come to your local track. As your wealth and reputation grow, you'll be able to travel to larger events with larger prizes and more visibility. Each event consists of a battery of races and a somewhat complicated process of progression and elimination that you'll need to brave on your way to the prize. At the beginning of each championship or career race, you'll have the option of taking a few practice laps to get warmed up. Once you've gotten a feel for the track, you can move on ahead to the qualifying race.The qualifying race has you complete three laps around the track. The first is to get you up to speed, while the second and third have you trying to post a good time for each. The times you post in these laps are compared with the times of other qualifying racers, and the starting position of each racer is decided in this way. After you've received your position, you'll move on to one of two heats involving 12 racers each. The heats usually consist of five laps, and the top six cars from each heat move on to the trophy dash, while the bottom six cars from each heat are pushed into the B race. The racers participating in the trophy dash race another five laps or so to vie for a better starting position in the main event. The racers in the B race complete another five laps as well, and the top four cars from this event are brought back into the main event. After this somewhat process of elimination and progression, the top 12 cars will compete for the trophy in the main race, which typically consists of 15 to 20 laps. In single player mode, you have your chance to race against the World Of Outlaw drivers, from Steve Kinser to Stevie Smith. |
| Danger Angel: Ijō Shinka | 2003-02-14 | Mink Co. Ltd. | Mink Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Danger Angel is a sequel to Dangel. Hundred years have passed since Anduke and his companions defeated the demons and saved the Human Tribe. But now, the demons have broken free and are attacking the humans again. Julisse, a young woman from the Heavenly Tribe, asks the king Zeus to stop the massacre, but Zeus refuses. Against the orders of her superiors, Julisse descends onto the Earth, and frees Anduke, who had been imprisoned in a rock all this time. Since Anduke is the only one on the earth with blood of Heavenly Tribe in him, Julisse needs him for a magical ritual that involves finding four mysterious women, and which will ultimately save the humans...Danger Angel plays similarly to its predecessor, being a traditional Japanese-style RPG with random enemies, turn-based battles, party management (the party can contain up to six people), weapons and armor, etc. The battles are viewed from an isometric perspective. Instead of navigating the characters on an open world map, the player selects locations by simply clicking on them. The game utilizes high-resolution 2D graphics for locations and characters. There is voice acting for important dialogues, and cut scenes include, beside the usual anime-style images, pre-rendered 3D animations.Like the first game, Danger Angel features explicit sex scenes. |
| I was an Atomic Mutant! | 2003-02-14 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Canopy Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Take on the role of an atomic mutant and destroy pitiful humans and their cities in this tribute to 50's B grade monster movies.IWAAM is a 3D action game putting you in the role of a giant monster smashing through towns and battling the tiny military forces sent to stop you. Players select from one of four mutants (disembodied brain, fire breathing lizard, 200 ft tall woman or cybernetic mutant) each with their own arsenal of destructive powers. Then, they are turned loose on a variety of cities which they must destroy before the local military forces bring them down.The game drips in 50's atmosphere with black and white film intros for the mutants, B movie music, shockingly lettered menus, and horrified people who scream as they flee from your atomic terror. |
| NASCAR Racing 2003 Season | 2003-02-14 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Papyrus Design Group, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Eric Busch, Greg Hill, Kevin Iannarelli, Steve Myers, Richard Yasi | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | The latest release from this series since 1999.23 real-life tracks (including the new versions of New Hampshire International Speedway and Infineon Raceway) are included. The game has been reworked with an improved graphics and physics engine, developed in partnership with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Jasper Motorsports. Tutorials will bring the player up to speed quickly, while driving aids will help them compete against NASCAR pros. An adaptive AI will keep the game challenging at all skill levels.Multiplayer supports up to 42 players online in the same race.
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| Sqiek | 2003-02-14 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Sqiek is an arcade game. A pink colored rabbit, Sqiek, has to run over platforms and turn the greyish environment into a pink looking surrounding. One-way streets, ice fields or explosion fields and other things try to slow him down at his mission. From dark holes monsters like pumpkinheads crawl off and try to catch the rabbit. The rabbit has weapons to fight against them: if he gets in danger he throws carrots at his enemies.Sqiek includes a level editor to design your own levels. The player can choose between English and German languages.
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| ThinkTanks | 2003-02-14 | GarageGames, Inc. | Bravetree Productions | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Tank | | | | | Windows | In this future, combat tanks are controlled by the brains of former soldiers, to prevent an alien race having to fight its own wars. As one of those soldiers, you have rebelled, and are on a mission to rescue your cohorts.Three types of tanks are available - light, medium and heavy, trading off speed against armor and weaponry. With tank powerups, boost pads, and shields, you can give your tank a leg up on the competition. Players can engage in a variety of single and multiplayer types of games - single-player missions or quick play, multiple Battlematch and Scrum (a rugby variant with tanks).All battles are held in different stages of combat arenas spanning various landscapes. From the lush green islands to spooky hollow's and lava lands, the player will traverse terrain that is almost as deadly as their opponents. |
| PipeMan | 2003-02-15 | Dremov SoftGroup | Dremov SoftGroup | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PipeMan.
The goal of the game is rather easy: to build as long water-pipe as you can with pieces, which appear in the left part of the screen. At the beginning of the game you have time to analyze the first set of pipes and to build the first part of the water-pipe. On most of the levels you can change the pipes you have already established. Water begins to run through the pipes in the same time after the establishing of the first element. You can’t change parts of the water-pipe that are filled with water. It’s enough to build the water-pipe of the proper length and to take it to the exit, if there is such one to complete the level. |
| Space Station 13 | 2003-02-16 | | | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Space Station 13 is an open-source multiplayer video game that runs on the BYOND game engine. Players take the role of crew members on a spaceship. Different players have different roles, including the ship's captain, security officers, scientists, engineers, and doctors, as well as more novel jobs like bartender and clown. However, each round, there is also at least one player taking an antagonistic role, such as a traitor, shapeshifter, or nuclear saboteur. Regardless, players are generally expected to role-play, fulfilling the role of whatever their job is. The goal of the game for the antagonist(s) is to accomplish their goals by subverting the station and avoiding detection, while the other players' goal is to weed out the antagonists and prevent them from executing their objectives.Space Station 13 is a game noted for its depth and complexity, and the resulting chaos that can result from all players trying successfully or unsuccessfully to fulfill their roles. This is compounded by the game being open-source, which has led to a number of different groups each hosting their own servers with varied rules and gameplay mechanics. |
| Robot Arena: Design & Destroy | 2003-02-18 | Infogrames, Inc. | Gabriel Interactive, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Robot Arena: Design & Destroy is a PC game of robotic construction and combat. It is a sequel to the original Robot Arena. It's a simulation/arcade game based on robotic combat like you see on television.
Robot Arena: Design & Destroy has more weapons, more accessories, more ACTION!Powered by the Havok Hardcore physics engine, bots can now bounce, flip, twirl and arenas are no longer just a flat box. |
| Special Forces Pack | 2003-02-18 | NovaLogic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This is a compilation of 3 Special Forces type shooter games from 3 different companies:
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Shadow Force: Razor Unit
Delta Force |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell | 2003-02-18 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Soft Entertainment Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Stealth | Asia, North America | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Splinter Cell is a third-person action game with a focus on stealth, similar to the Metal Gear Solid series. The player takes on the role of Sam Fisher, an operative for the secret organization NSA Black Operation, part of the U.S. government. The organization deals with very sensitive missions, often taken on by a Third Echelon splinter cell division Fisher is part of. His missions are so discreet, that if he is captured the government will deny any such existence of that organization.To get around and reach his objectives, Fisher has a variety of moves at his disposal. He can walk, run, crouch, jump, rappel, shimmy, cross horizontal wires, zip using a zip cord, and do a split jump. There are different approaches to taking out enemies. He can use weapons, but the noise might alert guards and that generally makes it more difficult to complete missions. Opponents can be stunned, killed, or subdued. Fisher can for instance jump down from the ceiling and knock an opponent unconscious. Some enemies are needed to activate a door or passcode. Therefore enemies can be taken hostage by holding a gun to their head. They can also be interrogated or be used as human shields.Other features include the ability to peak through a door before going through or use an optic cable camera (a "snake" camera) to peer through the underside, to check what is ahead. As the focus is on stealth, the amount of weapons is rather small. There is an FN F2000 assault rifle that can be fitted with a silencer and other modifications, and there is a suppressed FN Five-Seven pistol. Ammo is limited and additional bullets are scarce. Players are encouraged to avoid danger by sneaking through shadows and hiding behind objects. Fisher has access to a light meter to check how visible he is, and night vision as well as thermal goggles to see in the dark and view warmer temperatures in colour. Other weapons are ring airfoil projectiles, gas grenades and sticky shockers.The Xbox version is the original one, with a closely adapted version for the PC, and separate ports for PS2 and GameCube. The latter have slight changes in levels generally to make it a little easier. Each version also contains some exclusive features. The Xbox and PC versions include three additional downloadable missions (Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Mission-Pack). The PS2 version has an exclusive level, and the GameCube version can be connected with a Game Boy Advance through a link cable to view an overhead map. The PS2 and GameCube versions include additional binocular items, and the latter also has an extra sticky bomb weapon. The PS2 release also has an exclusive 5min pre-rendered intro cinematic with full orchestrated score, showing how the two agents you are sent to look for at the beginning of the game were captured. |
| Best of EA Sports | 2003-02-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation pack containing the 2002 editions of four of Electronic Arts' popular sports games. This set includes hockey (NHL), Golf (Tiger Woods PGA Tour) and both kinds of football (Madden NFL and FIFA Soccer). As with most compilations, all the manuals are on the game discs as .pdf files. |
| Tower Toppler | 2003-02-20 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Tower Toppler is a free remake of the original Tower Toppler. The game has unchanged rules and gameplay, but improves graphics and has new levels. The game includes a level editor to create and share new levels. |
| Train Tracking | 2003-02-20 | Idigicon Limited | Demon Star | Simulation | | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Train Tracking is a game about one of Britain's more bizarre pasttimes, Trainspotting. You start the game with only an overhead view of the station and a list of serial numbers. The point of the game is to check them off as the matching train passes through. For each Day (Day is the name for a level in this game, there's totally 29) you play the number of serials and tracks to view increase. There is a time limit for this and if you fail three times it's game over.There's over 2500 random train stations, with five settings (Country, Town and City Stations, Industrial Depots and Express Bonus Rounds) meaning that each round will different from the other. The game has the typical British weather condition of rain, snow and lightning. |
| Hugo: The Evil Mirror | 2003-02-21 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action | Behind view, Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hugo: The Evil Mirror is a 3D platform game starring Hugo the TV trolls children, Trollerit, Trollerat, and Trollerut. Scylla the evil witch has captured Hugo in a magical mirror, before the eyes of his children. Afterwards the mirror is split in three pieces and scattered around Troll forest. Now each of the children has to recover a piece of the mirror to release their father from it.Gameplay includes sled racing, platforming, defeating enemies and collecting diamonds. You play as each of the three children to retrieve a piece of the mirror. If all pieces are retrieved you enter the mirror where you play as Hugo who has to free himself by taking on Scyllas projection inside the mirror. |
| Alias Underground Episode 7: Phase One | 2003-02-24 | ABC Television | Dream Mechanics, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | This is the seventh episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer Garner as an undercover CIA spy named Sydney Bristow. Here, Sydney finally gets her chance to take down SD-6 and the Alliance. You guide her and ensure her survival as she delivers the intel.From both 3rd or 1st person perspective, Sydney can run, jump, duck, climb, and interact with objects. When encountering a bad guy, she can punch, kick, or shoot if she gets hold of a gun which will allow you to zoom in when in first-person mode. Sydney must use various disguises and act covertly, so as not to blow her cover, while infiltrating various areas. |
| CeeBot-A | 2003-02-25 | Epsitec SA | Epsitec SA | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | CeeBot is a brand new concept whose aim is to lead you to
programming and have fun at the same time. The language
brought to you is very similar to those used by professional
programmers to develop their products. CeeBot introduces many
modern concepts found in today's most popular environments
like C++, C# or Java. |
| Master of Orion 3 | 2003-02-25 | Infogrames, Inc. | Quicksilver Software, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | The long-awaited follow up to the "spaceploitation" strategy classics Master of Orion and Master of Orion 2, MOO 3 attempts to combine unprecedented depth with user-friendliness in one ultimate "4X" gaming eXperience. The basic game formula is the same, though: start out with one planet, eXplore the galaxy, eXpand by founding new colonies and bases, eXploit resources, and then eXterminate your opponents--or at least show them who is boss!Many years in the MOO timeline have passed since the last installment of the series. The Antarans have triumphed and imposed their rule on the Orion sector, even dubbing themselves the "New Orions" in their pretentiousness. Most of the old alien species have been defeated and nearly exterminated by the New Orions, but a few remnants of their civilizations still remain as non-playable races, so you will occasionally come across the odd colony of the Darlok, Bulrathi, Alkari, Mrrshan, Elerian, or Gnolam variety. The 16 playable races that have survived the wrath of the Antarans include the insectoid Klackons and Tachidi; the reptilian Raas, Sakkra, and Grendarl; the fishlike Trilarian and Nommo; the robotic Cynoid and Meklar; the humanoid Human, Evon, and Psilon; the crystalline Silicoids; the ethereal Imsaeis and Eoladi; and the genetically-engineered harvesters, the Ithkul. Management is handled primarily at the imperial level through general plans and policy decrees, with a system of AI viceroys assigned to doing most of the grunt work in managing the various regions of your colonized planets. Up to four great leaders at a time may come forward and join your empire, adding bonuses (and perhaps also penalties) to your base racial abilities. Research is divided into six schools: economics, energy, biological sciences, social sciences, physical sciences, and mathematics; some 380 technological advances are available overall, and not all will be available to your chosen race.Ship and ground combat have both changed from previous MOO games. Naval battles are played out in real time, with orders being given to ships assigned to the various task forces you organize before any battles take place. The player now has more tactical options in commanding ground forces in planetary assaults. Espionage is still available for implementing a variety of dirty tricks on opposing empires, and diplomacy is expanded so that you can now negotiate not only on an inter-empire basis, but also through the Orion Senate. With enough votes, laws can be passed by the Senate which have galaxy-wide effects, thus making it possible for the clever diplomat to change the rules of the game to his own advantage.Victory is yours if you can accomplish one of three things: eliminate all opponents and become Sole Survivor, garner enough votes through diplomacy to become President of the Senate, or recover the five mysterious alien artifacts--the "Antaran Xs"--scattered across the galaxy. Just be prepared for a tough fight, because powerful Guardians will once again stand between you and total mastery of Orion.
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| Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix - Gold Edition | 2003-02-25 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Raven Software Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The stakes are higher in this sequel to the hit shooter. You, as John Mullins: patriot, weapons specialist and anti-terrorist mercenary, go against a new threat - bio-terrorist organization and their Gemini virus. Your mission is to neuteralize the terrorists before they unleash the virus.- There are over 55 levels
- All new Random Mission Generator mode
- The game uses the Quake III Team Arena engine with GHOUL II technology to bring a more intense and graphic rich game.
- 36 damage zones along with 16 dismemberment zones.New Features in the Gold Edition:
- New Demolition game type
- 11 new maps
- New SIG 552 Rifle
- New MP5SD weapon
- New Silver Talon Pistol
- PunkBuster for Anti-Cheat |
| Harbinger | 2003-02-26 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Silverback Entertainment | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Harbinger can be described as Diablo in space. The game takes place aboard the vast slave spaceship Harbinger. A small band of outcasts is running free aboard Harbinger, trying to wrest control from the ship's Overlord.
There are three character classes to choose from in the game: Human, Gladiator (a cyborg-like robot infused with the consciousness of a living being), and Culibine who resembles Diablo's sorcerer character. |
| Bookworm Deluxe | 2003-02-27 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bookworm is a combination of Scrabble and Bejeweled, in which you create words by selecting letters from adjacent tiles. Completed words are converted to points and removed from the board. New tiles fall in from the top to fill in the empty tile positions. Watch out for fiery letter tiles that will burn through your other tiles one at a time. Creating longer words will stave off burning tiles and generate bonus tiles as well. Words containing bonus tiles are worth more points.The dictionary in this deluxe version is robust, containing over 150,000 words from three to twelve letters long. The Deluxe version adds an Action Game, new bonus gem tiles, automatic saved games, many word definitions, and a high score Hall of Fame maintained locally and, optionally, on the Internet. |
| Gefeuert! Dein letzter Tag... | 2003-02-27 | Blackstar Interactive GmbH | Limbic Entertainment GmbH | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | In Gefeuert! Dein letzter Tag... the player takes the role of Jo Bless who got fired from his job. Today is his last day and he wants to cause as much chaos as possible. With simple point & click controls the player walks trough the levels and uses the various items to play his pranks, e.g. knocking over a drinks dispenser or formatting a hard drive. For some actions he needs to collect and use another item, e.g. a lighter to set fire to a waste bucket.Every action takes time and is rewarded with points, more complicated or mean ones give more. So the main goal for a level is to beat the highscore in a limited time. When the player gets caught he has to absolve a mini game where he has to repeat given color pattern, similar to Simon says. The campaign consists of 20 levels and the player can choose his gender and the names of the NPCs. |
| Post Mortem | 2003-02-28 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Microïds | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | Interwar | | | | Mature | | Windows | Set in the 1920s, Post Mortem puts the player in the role of MacPherson, a retired private detective, whom is hired by Sophia Blake. His assignment is to find out who killed her sister and brother-in law.The gameplay is similar to games like AmerZone: The Explorer's Legacy and other first-person adventure games, where the player goes hunting around for clues and interacts with other characters. During cinematics, the game moves the perspective to the third-person and offers different dialogue choices. The storyline is affected according to chosen lines. |
| Routes | 2003-02-28 | Aquaplus | Leaf | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Setting | Windows | As the first decade of the 21st century comes to its end, people are convinced that they live in the age of peace. This also seems to be the permanent state of Soichi Nasu, who sleeps through his high school classes and apparently just wants to go through life doing nothing. All this changes when several ships disappear in the sea under mysterious circumstances, and an equally mysterious blonde woman appears and attacks Soichi. The age of peace is over for everyone, including Soichi himself: being an undercover special agent, he must figure out a way to avert the threat of war while protecting his own secret identity and continuing to enjoy the romances of high school.Routes is a visual novel. The bulk of the game is dedicated to still anime-style images accompanied by text descriptions and dialogues. The player's interaction is restricted to occasional decision-making, which might influence the subsequent course of the storyline. |
| Tombstone 1882 | 2003-02-28 | Summitsoft Entertainment | IncaGold GmbH, RA-Dev | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | North America, Western | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | A budget priced RTS set in the wild west. Players choose a side in the famous Earp/Clanton feud and set about harvesting wood and mining silver to construct the buildings and hire the fighters needed to defeat the other.There are approximately 20 total scenarios (although all take place on the exact same map) with each side having access to the same six types of buildings and five types of units. |
| Backyard Soccer 2004 | 2003-03-01 | Infogrames, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Another entry in the Backyard Sports series, Backyard Soccer 2004 brings thirteen kid-versions of real life professionals and the Backyard Kids together for another game of soccer. Players can construct a team of eight players and choose from any of the ten MLS teams. As usual, the player can either choose to play a standard exhibition match or battle for the top in a season game. New to this edition are four new fields, four new powerups, and an entirely new voice cast. |
| Environmental Extremist | 2003-03-01 | Bay 12 Games | Bay 12 Games | Action, Educational | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | From your hiding place, you witness a peaceful forest grove being menaced by hunters in blinds, chainsaw-wielding loggers, and toxic waste dumpers. Keep the trees from being cut down and save the lives of the animals living in them by clicking your mouse on the human intruders, shooting them with a bow and arrow! |
| Gods and Generals | 2003-03-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | AniVision | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Historical events | | Brent Fox | | Teen | | Windows | Gods and Generals is a first person shooter (FPS) based on the film of the same name. You can play as a Confederate or Union soldier in several real Civil War battles, such as Chancellorsville, Fredricksburg, or the Second Battle of Bull Run. You can use weapons from the same time period as well, such as muskets, sabers, bowie knifes, revolvers, and grenades. There are various missions to accomplish, which require you to do different things, such as reconnaissance, raids, or commanding a company. The game also contains various scenes from the aforementioned movie. |
| Jigsaw Blocks | 2003-03-01 | Blue Dojo Studios | Blue Dojo Studios | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jigsaw Blocks is simple to learn yet challenging. Slide rows and columns to reconstruct various images. Increase the number of blocks and increase the challenge. |
| Operation Flashpoint: Game of the Year Edition | 2003-03-01 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The GOTY edition of Operation Flashpoint contains the original game, the Gold Upgrade (including russian campaign Red Hammer) and the latest expansion pack OFP: Resistance. |
| Pay Day | 2003-03-01 | WalkOn media publishing | Ace Platinous Family Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Pay Day is an action game with comic graphics. 4 opponents fight in different arenas like the super market, circus or kitchen until there is a winner. Select different characters like a scarecrow, a clown or a zombie. Collect weapons and gold that can be invested in better equipment after a fight. |
| Piposh 3D: HaMahapecha | 2003-03-01 | Atari Israel Ltd | Guillotine | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Piposh 3D marks the return of the failed actor Piposh, for the first time in 3D.
The game features traditional point-and-click adventure gameplay, with the addition of a handful of mini-games such as racing and poker.This time, Piposh is asked to deliver an expensive earthenware vessel abroad. After the vessel falls off the plane, Piposh finds himself searching for its broken pieces in the strange country of Pozpozmeijan.
Things get even more complicated since Pozpozmeijan happens to be on the brink of revolution, and Piposh has an uncanny resemblance to its president, which does not go unnoticed. |
| Reiner Knizia's Samurai | 2003-03-01 | Klear Games, LLC | Klear Games, LLC | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | Charles Grant | Windows | A conversion of the board game of the same name, Samurai is a turn-based strategy game set in pre-unification Japan.
As a warlord trying to unite the country under one authority, it is the player's task to gain the support of as many cities as possible.The game takes place on a hex map with the player placing different tiles next to cities to influence them. There are three different types of pieces (represented by different caste-symbols) that must be acquired: Clergy (represented by Buddha-symbols), nobility (represented by helmet-symbols) and peasants (represented by rice-symbols). Most cities contain only one piece, but larger cities can contain two or even three pieces. Placing an appropriate tile next to a city (for example a Buddha-tile next to a city showing a Buddha-symbol) increases the players influence over that city. Once a city is completely surrounded on land, its piece(s) go(es) to the player who has the most influence on them. That is, the numbers of all surrounding tiles are added up and the player with the highest number gains the piece(s). If two players have the same number, no one wins the piece(s). If a city contains more than one piece, they are not necessarily won by the same player; depending on how the tiles have been placed, different pieces from the same city can go to different players.Apart from the normal tiles that only influence castes with a corresponding symbol, there are also special tiles. Samurai, Ronin and ship tiles influence all castes. Ship tiles are also the only type of tiles that can be placed on water. Exchange tiles are used to pick up already used tiles and play them again. Piece swap tiles can be used to switch pieces (castes) between two cities. Finally, tiles are divided into slow and fast tiles. Each turn, the player can play one slow tile plus as many fast tiles from his deck as he wants.Samurai features two gameplay modes (classic and domination) with different winning-conditions and supports up to four players. |
| Snowball Run | 2003-03-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | The object of Snowball Run is to beat all 75 levels spread over three stages; beginner, intermediate, and advanced. There is a time limit to beat; points are awarded based on how far under it you are. There are also fish to collect for points.You are a penguin riding a snowball in what seems to be some sort of amusement park in the sky. Visually, there are elephant balloons, roller coasters, merry-go-rounds, and candy stores. Gameplay hazards include ramps, holes and barriers. If you hit a barrier hard and do not quickly adjust your course, it is possible to fall out of a level, losing a life automatically. The lack of direct contact between yourself and the surface makes it harder to change direction quickly. |
| Stable Masters 2 Tycoon | 2003-03-01 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | ESP Software | Sports | | | | | Europe | | Menu structures | Real-time | | | Windows | The game is a special edition of the original Stable Masters with newer features added which includes buying horses, building a stable and training the bought horses with a selection of jockeys. The player starts off with £50,000 to manage prices for horses, supplies and maintenance expenses as well as for placing bets at the starting gate of the racing derby. Winning successful bets earns the player money to further advance their career and better manage the stables and horses. |
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Gold Edition | 2003-03-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Gold edition includes the original game and one expansion pack:Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (full game)Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege (add-on) |
| Top Gun: Combat Zones | 2003-03-01 | Titus France SA | Digital Integration Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | Windows | Top Gun: Combat Zones is an arcade-style flight simulator. The game features 36 different missions in locations around the world. The mission objectives vary greatly. Some missions require you to take out multiple ground targets, like anti-aircraft guns and buildings. Others require you to shoot down enemy MiGs. Some missions have both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat.You start with only 1 selectable plane, an F-14, and only one scenario in which to fly missions, Southeast Asia. By completing missions you can unlock other planes and war zones. There are 4 different combat zones in which to fly. |
| aReaker Water | 2003-03-01 | Reeware | Reeware | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong, Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | aReaker Water can be best described as a mixture between a Breakout game and a Pinball game.Like usual, you have a playfield filled with bricks, a paddle you control and a ball. Your job is now to bounce the ball so in the playfield that you destroy all bricks without loosing the ball when its going to leave the playfield on the lower side (there where you paddle is). Once you removed all bricks, you proceed with the next level. Or when all lives are gone, it's Game Over.But besides the normal bricks, you also have bumpers and other pinball objects in the game, which you can use for scoring manipulation and other things.And like in other Breakout games, you have a lot of power-ups, like paddle/ball expander/shrinker, weapons, a special gravity power-up and more. |
| ChesseR | 2003-03-03 | Ponder Labs | Ponder Labs | Strategy | | | | Board game, Chess | | | | | | | Windows | ChesseR is an application that allows you to play correspondence chess with anyone that has an email address.
Visually the chess board is very easy to look at. The chess pieces are not all cluttered together as I have seen with other programs. This is important for tough moves that require you to study the board.
There is an optional "piece trail" feature that displays legal moves for a piece when the mouse cursor is placed over it. The chess board can be resized.
A neat feature is the use of color tinting. This allows you to change the color of an item, yet retain its shading. All the colors of the "ChesseR Desktop" can be "tinted" to your liking.
Current game information is in plain view listing total moves, game length (in days), last move, captured pieces and so on.
You can send and receive moves directly with your email account or simply cut and paste your moves from your email application. A POP3 email account is NOT required to use this program.
A message to your foe can be sent along with your move if you wish.
This is a blue jeans program for people that want to play a nice game of chess with their friends. No time limit on moves. Just bat your moves back and forth till someone wins. |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles | 2003-03-03 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | 1C:Maddox Games | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | Yuri Kryachko | Windows | IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles is the sequel to IL-2 Sturmovik. It is a WWII flight simulator focusing on the Eastern Front. The player flies as either a fighter or a bomber pilot for one of the several nations participating in the battles. There are dozens of realistically modeled planes to fly and even more enemy planes. The flight model is very realistic and the damage model influences the flight as much as the visual appearance of the plane. Missions are generated randomly in the campaigns but there are also single missions to choose from. The campaigns are dynamic and played from the perspective of a single person. One can also fly missions and skirmishes in multiplayer. |
| Freelancer | 2003-03-04 | Microsoft Corporation | Digital Anvil | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | The war between the Coalition and the Alliance depicted in Starlancer had raged on and the Alliance forces were losing. A final plan was organized to punch through the Coalition attackers and send five colony ships across space to the Sirius Sector. 900 years have passed since then and the Sirius sector has been colonized by the surviving ships, dividing the area between four major nations: Liberty, Rheinland, Kusari and Bretonia. The fifth sleeper ship, Hispania, suffered a malfunction in flight, and is thought lost. In the spacelanes between these nations borders and outside of any specific jurisdiction lie undeveloped solar systems, pirate bases, corporate outposts and the neutral Freeports. One of these Freeports has come under attack and been destroyed by an unknown enemy attack. Survivors of the attack, including a freelancer Edison Trent and his business associate, Lonnigan, are evacuated to Planet Manhattan, capital city of the Liberty nation. Once there Edison hears rumors about military buildups and friction between the Sirius nations. It will be up to Trent to seek employment, rebuild his lost assets and discover the meaning behind these rumors.Freelancer is a third person or first person space simulator and trading game, much like Elite or Wing Commander: Privateer. Players, taking the role of Edison Trent, will need to visit several locations on each planet in order to trade cargo, buy and repair equipment as well as obtain information. In space, Trent controls his spacecraft from either a first person or third person perspective and is able to use primary and secondary weapons. Destroyed enemy spacecraft often leave behind cargo which can be tractor beamed into the cargo hold.Freelancer is a plot-driven game that slowly becomes completely open-ended. As such the player (eventually) has the freedom to fly around 150 planets across 40 solar systems looking for profit. As Trent trades cargo and undertakes missions (following an expanding story arc), he will affect the faction status of over 50 different groups (comprising of 3000 NPCs). Faction status will affect their attitudes towards Trent, including interaction planetside and in space. |
| Grand Touring | 2003-03-04 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Elite Systems Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | This is a solid circuit racing game featuring more than 20 tracks and cars (no official car manufacturer licenses so the cars are all called coupe, saloon etc), multiplayer capability and 12 different characters, each with their own unique AI and driving characteristics.There are 2 game modes. Arcade Mode consists of Checkpoint Mode (continuous racing getting from checkpoint to checkpoint before the time runs out) and Single Race Mode. In Simulator Mode there are a 3 further options. Championship Mode will allow you to practice, upgrade and repair your car whilst aiming to win races and climb up the world rankings. Auto Test Mode will put you on an obstacle course to allow you to test your car's handling. Finally, Multiplayer Mode will allow you and up to 7 friends to challenge each other across a LAN or serial connection.The race tracks themselves are all based on international Grand Prix tracks. You also have the option to try these tracks in reverse (mirror image). Different weather options are also available (rain, snow and dry) and you can also choose whether to race during the day or at night. |
| High Heat Major League Baseball 2004 | 2003-03-04 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Bringing High Heat to a new level, this 2004 version takes all the best from previous versions and adds more to give you a top-notch baseball game.This new version brings you improved graphics thanks to a new graphics engine. You also get new career and franchise modes so you can manage your own team and build up multi-year stats for it. Recruit from all the minor leagues (A through AAA) to help your team become the best.Play the 2-on-2 Showdown and select a pitcher and batter to compete against another pitcher and batter. This does not include competing against another human player in the PC version, which has no multiplayer support.Also, experience a more realistic audio environment as you hear people yelling and cheering, and vendors selling hot dogs, not to mention the return of the two-man announcer team.Watch realistic player movements, including jumping and diving for the ball, sliding, and even shaking fists when hit by the ball. |
| Line of Sight: Vietnam | 2003-03-05 | Infogrames, Inc. | nFusion Interactive LLC | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Historical events | | | | Mature | | Windows | You are a sniper of the american 5th special forces compound in Nha Tong, Vietnam.
Your mission in simple. Disrupt Vietcong command structure, scout VC posistions, ambush the enemy at night and most importantly, stay alive!Also as your sniper role might suggest you must snipe your enemy, one by one.
Whether it be while waiting or during a strike, you'll get out and home that way. |
| Pro Bass Fishing 2003 | 2003-03-06 | Infogrames, Inc. | Fireline Interactive, LLC | Simulation, Sports | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A last-generation fishing simulator featuring real bass locations including Dale Hollow.Up to 20 well recreated different species of fish including the famous Catfish and the wall Walleye.Create the perfect tackle, rod and reel set-up or just play the career through tournament.Multiplayer is included.
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| The Gladiators: Galactic Circus Games | 2003-03-06 | Arxel Tribe d.o.o., Tri Synergy, Inc. | Eugen Systems | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | You are Major Greg D. Callahan of the United States Marine Corp currently in jail for unknown reasons but set free to lead a space mission to research a newly found black hole.
After being shot through the black hole you find yourself in a strange solar system where an evil race of aliens participate in gladiator style fights in an arena. Luck seems to be on your side though as Princess Lydia needs your help in gaining control of her deceased father. Not your typical real-time strategy game Gladiators is structured to play as a fast paced strategy game without the resource gathering and city building. Play through three campaigns starting with the misfortunate Major Callahan and progressing to General Maximix of the galactic to finally the infamous Fargass “The Magician”. To play each character you must complete levels in the game. Play consists of certain goals given by the arena announcer in which you could defend a fort on one level and attack the fort on the next. You collect joker cards for points which then can be used for more troops and power ups.Some special features include: No fog of war means you can see all terrain in the arena. Use your “Line of Vision” and place your units in positions with advantageous site lines, on top of buildings, on hilltops, etc. in order to gain an edge on your enemy. Ambush your enemy by hiding from them in vegetation such as leaves and branches where you can see them but they can’t see you. Destroy the terrain and buildings to take a shortcut or flush out you opponent. Hear the spectators cheer or boo you as you fight for your life. Command 24 different types of units up to 500 at the same time. Play three campaigns in single player which include human, fantasy and galactic. Multiplay with up to 16 others over the Internet or LAN on 15 maps created just for multiplayer. Game modes you can play in multiplayer include: Gladiator Mode, which is a death match, Capture the Flag and Cooperative Mode where 4 players can play the solo missions together.
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| My Sex Slave is a Classmate | 2003-03-07 | Liquid | Liquid | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | My Sex Slave is a Classmate is a visual novel in which the player controls Masato Kirishima. Masato's father was the CEO of the mighty Kirishima Conglomerate and when he died (one week before the game starts) it was decided that Masato would succeed him as CEO. However, there is one condition. His father's secretary tells him that the condition is that he, according to the family's tradition, must have a female slave and that this female must willingly take the position as his slave. One day after revealing the condition she presents a possible slave to him; her own younger sister and also his classmate. He now have three weeks to train her to become his slave. The training takes place in the basement of his house, at school or at public locations. |
| Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis | 2003-03-10 | Universal Interactive Inc. | Blue Tongue Entertainment Pty, Ltd. | Educational, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis puts you in the shoes of a Dr. Hammond-type scientist, and challenges you to build a dinosaur themed amusement park.Similar to the first movie, you can lay down electric fences. Some fences have a higher electric discharge than others, and are meant for the bigger dinosaurs. While a 100 volt fence might keep a raptor safe, it might take a 500 volt fence to keep a T-Rex from escaping.You have various buildings at your disposal, from the standard restaurant and bathroom to gift stalls and photo booths.You can opt to construct a safari tour, like what took place in the first movie. You even have the ability to take the tour yourself, and see your park as your visitors see it.One of the most important objects is the Ranger Station. With this building, you can have helicopters patrol your park to watch for any disasters. If a dino should escape, you have the option of entering the helicopter in a first person view to try to shoot the dino with a tranquilizer dart. If you want to stick to building only, you can let the AI capture the dino.In order to breed a dinosaur, you must hire a team to locate fossils, then you must have the fossils analyzed. The whole process takes a while, but the longer you let your teams work, the longer your dino will live, and the happier your visitors will be. Force the team to give you the results early, and your dino might only live for ten days.The different dino's require different resources. Herbivores require lots of trees and grass, while carnivores require goats and cows. Your carnivores may get tired of being fed, so you might have to send in a smaller sized dino (a raptor in a T-Rex pen, for example), for the larger dino to hunt.The game includes multiple camera angles. You can rotate 360 degrees, zoom in and out, enter "visitor" cam, ride on the safari, take a scenic tour in a hot air balloon, or look out the helicopter.Also included is a comphrensive guide to dinosaurs, geared to help you figure out what each dino likes and dislikes, and how to make them happy, as well as a brief history of each specific dino. |
| Demolition Champions | 2003-03-11 | ValuSoft, Inc. | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Smash up Derby is a racing game with destructive racing similar to the Destruction Derby games. The player becomes a driver taking part in breakneck races and by triumphing in subsequent competitions can climb the career ladder. Just like in Destruction Derby, the aim of is not only to get to the finish line first, but also to "smash" other opponents, damage their cars etc.Players can smash up 20 different computer controlled cars on 28 tracks. Multiplayer is supported for up to eight players via LAN or internet. |
| Enclave | 2003-03-11 | Conspiracy Entertainment Corp., Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Starbreeze Studios AB | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Action RPG, Hack and slash, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | During a great war, the land of Celenheim was separated into two sides; the light side and the dark side. On the side of the Light, the Enclave was protected from all sides by a wide rift, a bottomless abyss. On the Dark side, twisted forms struggled for survival, while slowly growing more powerful, preparing to invade the Light side once again.Enclave is a level-based action RPG game with a mix of shooting and puzzles, pitting the player as one of twelve different characters on either side in this medieval era. As a member of the Light side: a Knight, a Huntress, a Wizard, a Druid, an Engineer or a Halfling can be chosen. At the opposite end of the spectrum: a Berserker, an Assassin, a Sorceress, a Lich, a Bombardier, or a Goblin. The player needs to perform different tasks leading ultimately to one objective; protect the Enclave (Light) or invade the land (Dark). To accomplish these tasks, various weapons, such as swords, bows, staffs and spears, can be used. To aid the player, shields are readily available, as well as a select few potions. Armor is abundant and comes in many shapes and sizes. |
| Praetorians | 2003-03-11 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Pyro Studios S.L. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Classical antiquity, Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Praetorians is a real-time strategy game set during the last days of the Roman Republic and Julius Caesar's ascension to power. As a Roman general, you will travel through 24 missions across the desert battlefields of Egypt, the frozen lands of the barbarian tribes, and to the heart of the republic itself, Italy. While fighting for Caesar in the Gallic Wars and the Great Roman Civil War you'll have the chance to employ the military achievements of three civilizations (Roman, Barbarian, and Egyptian), each featuring a unique set of troops and war machines. For example, the legionaries, praetorians, gladiators and the balearic slingers are specific to the Roman army, the Egyptians have war chariots, camel riders and Nubian archers, and only the Barbarians can recruit berserkers and hunters. The availability of these factions depends on the mission in the single-player campaign, but otherwise they can be selected freely in the multiplayer mode. The terrain and landscape play a major part in battle. Ranged units can be positioned on ridges in order to ambush the enemy from above. Without the services of a scout, units traveling through valleys will have difficulties in spotting the troops on higher grounds. Furthermore, not all types of terrain are accessible to everyone. For example, the legionaries will never set foot in swamplands or in the marshes, but they have no qualms about entering forests to rout hiding enemies. The spearmen are the opposite, while praetorians are proficient in both. The maps can also have the occasional patches of grassland where you can hide your troops. If spotted, they will be vulnerable, because enemy archers can set the dry grass on fire.Every unit has its advantages and weaknesses against certain enemy units. Some can switch to an alternate formation that makes them more effective, sacrificing mobility in the process. In this regard, while stationary, the archers benefit from an increased range and the spearmen are deadly against charging cavalry. Besides variables such as defense, attack and speed, all units possess health and stamina. Health is lost in battle and can be replenished by a healer (called physician, druid or priest). Stamina is used for running and special abilities/formations, and will be recovered automatically with time. The generals (centurion, chieftain or official, depending on the faction) give bonuses to certain variables when nearby. Besides that, only they can enter captured villages and start recruiting more troops.The missions in the campaign have several objectives that must be completed to achieve victory. They range from defending against a siege, sieging a fortress, conquering enemy villages, and killing a specific person to escorting caravans and defectors to safety. Additionally, there may be heroes in your army. Since they are central to the story, you will automatically lose if they get killed.Up to 8 players can play over LAN and Internet. |
| Uplink: Hacker Elite | 2003-03-11 | Strategy First, Inc. | Introversion Software Limited | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | Crime | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | Menu structures | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Uplink Corporation needs you, the Hacker Elite!Be an independent operator who leases a gateway from us. Access it from anywhere and perform your jobs, anything from sabotage of enemy computers to backtrack another hacker, to modifying public databases, you may be called upon to do it all. Start with the small jobs, and gain money and reputation. Then you can take on the bigger jobs with the right tools and upgrades to your gateway. Consider adding motion sensor and/or self-destruct to your gateway... as Uplink will allow law enforcement personnel access to your gateway should they trace illegal activities to your gateway. Can you become the elite among the Hacker Elite?Uplink is a pseudo-hacking game where you simulate hacking into various systems and using various fictional (but good sounding) tools to help you break through, including password guessers, cryptographic attack tools, voiceprint fakers, proxy bypassers, and more. Bounce your connection through many hosts to slow down the backtrace. Perform your job before the backtrace is completed, and destroy any records of you ever been there! The law can and will come after you if you are not careful. However, opportunities are plentiful. Various corporations are always at war with each other, and there are plenty of jobs for hackers of various calibers. As you complete missions and get money and reputation, use the money to upgrade your gateway (to process faster on tasks that require a lot of computing, such as password guessing and cryptographic key attacks) and/or to purchase more powerful hacking tools. Continue to participate in the game and make your decisions. Soon, the game will draw you in, and you'll soon be required to make a choice... and pick a side. |
| Frozzic's Revenge | 2003-03-12 | Twilight Games | Twilight Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Frozzic's Revenge is an abstract puzzle game where the player must undo spells to save a magical kingdom. The spells are undone using a set of abstract rules, colors, shapes, and special objects to eliminate colored balls.The player is presented with a cursor made up of many targets and morphing into a particular shape like a cross, L-shape, U-Shape or box. The targets within the shape are used to target magic spheres in the playfield. If the sphere's match the player can destroy them and release the birds contained within. The game contains over 120 unique puzzles and has no random play element. Each puzzle is a particular problem to solve.Unmatched spheres will fall in special groups and some spheres can be activated when they land and perform special actions like rolling, or copying other spheres. |
| Pentari: First Light | 2003-03-12 | Malinche Entertainment | Malinche Entertainment | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | As this text adventure opens, the land of Pentari is in chaos. A band of renegades has infiltrated the Delphin Wizard's Guild, seized the city, and is attempting to overthrow of the rest of the Empire. As a military captain, your mission is to regain control of the city. Free the captured royalty, identify and eliminate the insurgents, and retrieve the magical Orbs they have stolen. Along the way you'll explore vast cities, castles, and underground caves, all inspired by real-life places. Use magical "Trumps" to transport you between various locations, but take care, the enemy is always watching!Also built into the game is a treasure hunt, which adds replay value and a number of optional puzzles to the adventure. |
| Castles & Catapults | 2003-03-13 | Infogrames, Inc. | Magic Lantern, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | It is late in the thirteenth century. Your father has died; responsibility has fallen to you to command the troops, beat back your enemies, and expand your holdings. At your command -- when you can afford them -- are pikemen, swordsmen, and longbowmen. Survive, and trebuchets, cannon -- even mages and dragons -- will be in the offing. Then you can really start to do some damage!The mechanics of play in Castles & Catapults are rather like a small board game sprung to life. You and your opponent (real or artificial) take turns purchasing tiles which represent troops, siege engines, castle sections, and even healing. Like the rest of the game, you have limited time for your decisions. You're also drawing from the same random pool of tiles, so you might wait to see what your opponent will take, or wish you had taken that longbowman on the first chance you had.Next, you arrange your troops into small armies and maybe expand your castle, all by placing the tiles you purchased. When the battle begins, though, your troops slug it out in 3D graphics, under your commands to move and attack. As your army grows, you'll be able to lay siege to your opponent's castle. If you prove a poor commander, you'll simply be defending yours -- down to the last man. |
| Blood Zero | 2003-03-14 | Totally Screwed Software | Totally Screwed Software | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | It is a little known fact that a quarter of humans on earth do not have souls. When a person loses their will to live, their soul goes to what is called the Bad Universe, a sort of mid-life purgatory, and their body lives on as an automaton in the world we all live in. Once in Bad Universe, the only way for a soul to return to its rightful body is to express such a will to live that it is judged right to live again by the higher powers. Until this is the case, the soul lives out several full lives there, spending a lifetime on the Bad Universe for every year its body does in the regular one. But there are loopholes in this system...Blood Zero is some sort of cross between Diablo, Zelda and Final Fantasy. One or two players control a party of two to four characters. They can interact with the world with an action key, which is also used as an attack key. The interaction consists in talking to characters, pulling switches, opening chests, reading signs and using telephones to save the game progress.Each character has a red bar for life, which is filled by using health items or by killing a rapid succession of enemies. By doing so, an orange bar is also filled, and when it is completely full, the character goes "Freak Out", dealing more damage than usual. At the right top of the screen there's a blue bar, which is the Magic Meter, used for some special abilities. Other special abilities use the special weapon inventory at the top center, represented by Crosses, Cells, and Bombs respectively. At the top left there's a red bar called the Massacre Meter, which fills when a rapid succession of enemies is killed. If it is completely filled a special effect is triggered. There are several random effects, from lighting attacks to more money dropped by dead enemies.By killing enemies the characters earn experience points and can gain levels. Each level gained adds one point to each stat (Strength, Defense, Dexterity and Intelligence) and and five points to max Health, plus five extra points to be expended at will. If an option called "Best Attack" is selected, the computer will expend the bonus points the best way according to the kind of weapon the character uses (melee, guns or magic).The game features an unusual Menu key. While pressed, the player can press up to select a different character in the party to control, down to access the inventory and character sheet screen, left and right to select a different special power and the attack key to bring all party to the same spot. When players have more than four party members to choose from, pressing the Special Attack key will let them sort them out.There are over sixty kinds of basic weapons, which can be upgraded and customized. Some weapons have stats requirements and will fit better some characters than others. Weapons shown in red cannot be used by the given character at that time.There are seven possible endings to Blood Zero, seen depending on the character with the highest level in the party. |
| Dangel | 2003-03-14 | Mink Co. Ltd. | Mink Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | The Windows version of Dangel is very similar to the PC-98 original; story, dialogues, and most in-game graphics are the same. The anime-style images used as cut scenes in the game utilize higher resolution in Windows version.Gameplay-wise, the difficulty level is somewhat reduced in Windows version, and enemy encounter rate is lower. The most noticeable change are in battle graphics and perspective: instead of first-person view with still enemy images of the original, the battles now take place on an isometric screen, with playable characters and enemies visible as sprites. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX | 2003-03-14 | Taiwan Koei Entertainment Software, Inc. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | The ninth installment in the famous series set in Ancient China is vastly different from previous games in the series. Most notably, players immediately assume the rank of a Ruler. Traditionally reserved as the highest rank in the series, the role of Ruler will test your leadership, management, and strategy skills. Combat takes place at a much faster pace than in previous installments.The game features 15 Historical, 5 Fictional, and 5 Challenge scenarios, with multiple story endings and epilogues. An enhanced Officer Development System allows you to use points to increase officer abilities and skills or further an officer’s development by giving special items. New display shows capital, troop movements, geography, enemy strongholds, and more all on a single map displaying all of China. Player may set troop formations to activate over 30 different tactics; build towers or set traps to hold back invasions; use save data from Dynasty Warriors 4, Dynasty Warriors 4XL or Dynasty Tactics 2 to obtain a new officer. The game includes character-specific events and clear bonuses; 34 special event sequences; updated Tutorial System, hidden features and more.Soundtrack performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra.
Available for 1-4 Players. |
| Gatitos: The Paws of Fate | 2003-03-15 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Started in Kittens & Cacti the damage of Reality-on-the-Norm is continued by the kittens in a search for the chicken, who killed the brother of baron Wolfgang. Player controls Drake, who has fallen from the roof, saved the clerk of Yahtzeebrand store, and found a hideout in the house of Davy Jones. Walking around the house, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, Drake should try to stop the kitten's apocalypse in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Big Mutha Truckers | 2003-03-16 | Empire Interactive Entertainment, THQ Inc. | Eutechnyx Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | Windows | Ma Jackson, the owner of Big Mutha Truckers, tells her four sons she is retiring. The new owner of Ma's company will be the son who makes the most money trucking through Hick State County for 60 days.Big Mutha Truckers is a truck racing game in which the player can take control of Bobbie-Sue, Cletus, Earl, or Rawkus. The basic gameplay consists of transporting wares from one of the game's five cities to another one. In each city, there is a local store, where these goods can be bought or sold. Each store indicates how their buying and selling prices for an item measure up against the competition. At the local bar, the player can talk to the bartender to get some tips on what kind of items to buy and where to sell them. It's also the place to get some special missions, like destroying a number of cars. Players can refuel, repair, and upgrade their truck at the garage. |
| The Phantom Inheritance | 2003-03-16 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Ludwig, a nephew of baron Wolfgang, was invited to take possession of the mansion, which belongs to his father killed in Vengeance of the Chicken. But several ghost are already living in there. Walking around the Reality-on-the-Norm town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Ludwig to settle down in the mansion in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. The game supports English and Spanish subtitles. |
| Nick Naster's eXtinction | 2003-03-17 | Most Wanted Games | CGS Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The entire galaxy is threatened by a virus epidemic, which transforms humans into alien controlled mutants. This worst case scenario is called eXtinction.But there is hope. Some scientists developed a vaccine. But the world where it was developed is now completely under the control of the mutants. That is the part where you, or better say Commander Nick Naster, pilot and special agent of the Earth Forces gets involved. Since he is immune to the epidemic, he’s the ideal candidate for infiltrating this alien controlled world and salvaging the vaccine.eXtinction is a classic 2D platform game in a 3D environment (characters, enemies, the look of the level itself). You are controlling Nick Naster, or one of the four other heroes you can choose from, moving him through six different zones, each with 5 levels. Since the game itself is only 2D, you can only move left or right. Nick (and the others) can’t even jump, but that’s not necessary, since he is carrying a rocketpack, so you can fly.In order to go through these levels, you must find your mission objectives (levers, computer terminals, etc.) and activate them, to get to them, you must find keycards, which will open the colored energy barriers. On your way to them, you encounter self-firing cannons, mines, and, of course, lots of bad guys, who want kill you (including a boss at the end of each zone). So, kill them first with your 9 different weapons, partly futuristic and non-futuristic, like the Uzi, Machine gun, Bio Cannon, Magman Launcher, Photon Launcher, and other. In each level are Power-Ups, which will help you through that level. These are: Health, Energy Packs (for your Rocketpack), Regeneration (regenerates both health and energy), Damage Amplifier, and Slow Motion (reducing game speed by 50%). |
| New World Order | 2003-03-18 | Strategy First, Inc. | Termite Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | Gianni Aliotti | Windows | New World Order is a single and multiplayer first person shooter in a near-future setting. A terrorist organization wants to take over the world and an official anti-terror team has to prevent it. The development team Termite Games made NWO especially for multiplayer sessions, where you also can play the singleplayer missions in co-op mode with a friend. The multiplayer mode features the usual game modes (deatchmatch, ctf,...) but is also a bit different from other games. At the beginning of a game, you have some weapons to choose from, but the more guys you kill, the better weapons you can buy! |
| The Omega Stone: Riddle of the Sphinx II | 2003-03-18 | Adventure Company, The | Omni Creative | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Omega Stone extends the adventure experienced in its predecessor, Riddle of the Sphinx, in which players were left with the question, "Did Sir Geoffreys actually find the illusive Ark of the Covenant?" The quest leads beyond Egypt to some of the world's most famous locations. Search and explore Chichen Itza, Stonehenge, Easter Island, and Bimini in the Devil's Triangle, all of which are reproduced with pre-rendered graphics or still photographic images.The adventure is played from first-person perspective, in Myst style. The game features a point-and-click interface, atmospheric effects (rain, wind etc.), cutscenes with live actors and in-game animations, and many mysterious puzzles to solve. |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield | 2003-03-18 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Soft Entertainment Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Rainbow Six: Raven Shield is a first-person tactical shooter wherein the player takes on the role of the leader of a worldwide, anti-terrorist group, code-named Rainbow.In 1945 two members of the fascist Ustaše movement of Croatia manage to leave the country just as it begins to crumble at the hands of the Allies, taking with them a large sum of Axis gold and spoils; disappearing entirely. In 2005 Rainbow is called in to intervene in a series of continuously exacerbating terrorist attacks on oil and financial interests carried out by neo-fascist organizations in Europe and South America. As the attacks progress they begin, more and more, to seem as if they may be inter-connected, an alarming possibility which causes Rainbow to investigate more deeply.The game is segmented into a series of fifteen separate missions, each of which begins with a briefing and a news report concerning the outcome of the previously completed assignment. The player must prepare his men in advance by deciding how to organize them into teams and how they'll be outfitted, specifying everything from the type of body armor they will wear to the ammunition they will fire. Each member of Rainbow has different strengths and weaknesses which must be exploited depending on the nature of the mission. If during a mission any member happens to be killed they will be permanently removed from the roster and replaced with a less qualified stand-in. The option exists to load an alternate set of pre-defined arrangements for each individual mission, circumventing this stage of planning.Each mission can be accompanied by a detailed map of infiltration, allowing the player to designate waypoints for each individual team, action points wherein they will pause in order to carry out a specific maneuver, and stopping points, which will cause them to stop until given a specific go-code. These plans will appear visibly within the game, and allow the player's AI team members to adequately navigate the level. The player isn't required to design these themselves, as pre-made plans exist for each level which can instead be altered by the player to fit their preferences.During the action segment of each mission the player is placed at the head of one of the teams and leads it through its specifically assigned goals in conjunction with the other detachments, at any point being able either to switch between the men in his squad or between teams. The player may also give team members specific commands to be carried out, such as blowing open doors or holding position, allowing for a degree of micro-management. In an attempt to more closely mirror the actions of special operations teams, the action segment of each mission tends to be slowly paced and strongly emphasizes the dependence of the various teams on each other.The game has four multiplayer game options, two of which are specifically designed to take advantage of Raven Shield's unique style of gameplay. |
| Piglet's Big Game | 2003-03-19 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Hulabee Entertainment Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Piglet's Big Game is based on characters originally created by the author A.A. Milne in 1926 for his book Winnie-The-Pooh, illustrated by Ernest Shepard; it was eventually licensed to Disney and made into several films. Some characters also appear in the Square Enix game Kingdom Hearts. This particular game is very loosely connected to the movie "Piglet's Big Movie", released in the same year.Piglet is a very small and somewhat scatterbrained animal - he has an idea that something special is going on today, but he's forgotten what. He stops in to visit Rabbit in the Hundred Acre Wood, and discovers that Rabbit is making a Very Large Soup, and needs Piglet's help to gather the ingredients.This is an adventure game with point-and-click controls. As you collect the six missing items for the soup and explore the Wood, you'll meet Piglet's friends and help each one with a puzzle:
Tigger is bouncing at a beehive and is very anxious to collect it's honey, but he needs something to put the honey in
Pooh has dug a Woozle Trap in front of his door, and now he can't get across it to get to his own pots of honey
Owl needs help finding the key to his house
Eeyore needs a little assistance mixing paints
There are more puzzles as you solve the first ones and look for your soup ingredients; to get the pepper from Owl you first have to put his spices in alphabetical order. To collect the milk, you have to cross a pond by jumping on lily pads and rocks, and once you've gotten Pooh across the Woozle Trap you'll need to put a broken honey pot together for him. The puzzles are not exactly the same and vary in difficulty from game to game. There are many small clickable animations in the scenes - pop-up gophers, chirping birds, plates that bounce - adding another layer of interest for the very young player the game is meant for. |
| Sim Mania 2 | 2003-03-19 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Sim Mania 2 includes:
SimCity 3000
Sim Theme Park
SimCoaster
Sid Meier's SimGolf |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2003-03-20 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | 369 Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This game is named for and based upon the CBS television series CSI. Solve five intriguing crime cases as a member of the Las Vegas police force and work in the same settings and atmosphere as the show. Interactive parts are voiced by the actors and actresses from the series.High-tech equipment and tools are at your disposal and must be used in combination with your wits, intuition and common sense. During your investigation you will question witnesses and suspects, find evidence and clues and discover motives to make an arrest. |
| CTU: Marine Sharpshooter | 2003-03-20 | Groove Games | Jarhead Games Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | One shot. One kill.As a sniper in one of the world’s most deadly specialty infantry units, the player will chase down a terrorist organization bent on nuclear Armageddon for the West. The mission: save the USA … and maybe even the planet.CTU: Marine Sharpshooter, a first person shooter, focuses on the combat sniper, one of the most legendary specialties in the infantry. The player will be one of the elite marksmen, dealing death from afar. Along with the player’s spotter buddy, participate in a series of covert missions that center on preventing the construction and launch of a nuclear missile.The player/sniper will be accompanied at all times by the spotter, who acts as a radio link to headquarters, provides close fire support, and assists the sniper in finding his target (if the spotter dies, game over). Quality voice-over dialogue draws the player through the plot where the player must chase a fictional terrorist organization around the world, from Afghanistan to Chechnya and then on to a fortress on a small South Pacific island. Along the way the player will encounter wheeled vehicles, helicopters, terrorist troops wielding assault rifles and RPG launchers, and even their own snipers …Much of the combat will be through the sniper scope mounted on your special sniper weapon, from the massive .50 cal Barrett rifle to the advanced AW. When threats appear closer, there is always the trusty SOCOM .45 pistol (optional silencer) and the infamous K-Bar combat knife. |
| Gokuraku Jongg | 2003-03-20 | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | Enterbrain, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Gokuraku Jongg is the sequel to Raku Jongg, a puzzle game based on the rules of Mahjong. Mahjong tiles drop from the top of the screen, and must be matched up to create mahjong hands to earn points. This version tweaks the game's rules, and adds full 3D graphics, numerous mini-games, and a new mission mode compared with the original game. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | 2003-03-20 | SEGA Corporation | Sonic Team | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Dr. Robotnik's Death Egg has crash-landed on Floating Island, so called because it harnesses the power of the Chaos Emeralds to float in the air. Robotnik needs them to repair the Death Egg, so he tells the guardian of Floating Island, Knuckles the Echidna, that Sonic and Tails are there to steal them. With Knuckles tricked and trying to stop the heroes at every turn, will they be able to stop Robotnik in time?Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the third in the Sonic series of games. As with the previous games, it is a side-scrolling platformer based around speed. The basic game remains the same - players collect rings to earn extra lives, which are also used for protection, and scatter everywhere when Sonic is hurt. Sonic can jump on enemies to defeat them, and Spin Dash by holding down and the jump button, then letting go of down.New to Sonic 3 are three different types of shields - the Fire Shield (which protects you from fire but disappears if you enter water), the Water Shield (which lets you breathe underwater infinitely) and the Electric Shield (which pulls nearby rings towards you). Sonic can use extra abilities when he has these shields by pressing jump while in the air - either a horizontal fireball dash, a vertical bubble bounce, or an electric double jump. If Sonic has no shield active, he can activate a brief energy shield, also by pressing jump in the air. Tails cannot use the shields' special abilities, but he can instead either fly or dog paddle (in water) for a limited time. He can also carry Sonic with him while doing so.There are now two types of bonus stages - one is available by collecting 50 or more rings, running past a checkpoint lamppost and then jumping into the stars (as you could in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. This stage give you the chance to earn bonus rings, lives and power-ups. In this stage, there is a giant gumball machine. By hitting the crank, you'll spit out a bonus item that can either be rings, lives or bonus shields. The stage is over when you fall down the bottom of the screen.The other, more important, Special Stage can be accessed by jumping into giant rings that are hidden away in secret areas in each level. In these stages, you must collect all the blue spheres while avoiding the red ones (which end the stage early). Collecting all of the outer blue spheres around square or rectangle sphere formations will turn them all into rings - if you collect 50 or more in this stage, you can earn a continue. Once you collect all the blue spheres in the stage, it clears and you earn one of the seven Chaos Emeralds.Sonic 3 features six different Zones, which are made up of two Acts. At the end of each Act is a boss that must be defeated to complete the stage and rescue Sonic's animal friends that Robotnik has captured to turn into Badnik robots. The zones in Sonic 3 are approximately three times bigger than those in Sonic 2, and feature multiple, branching paths.As with Sonic 2, there is a two-player Vs. Mode, which plays in a split-screen horizontal style. There are special monitor pick-ups in this mode which do things like swap player positions, lose rings, or cause a Badnik to appear. You can also race against the clock in a time trial mode. |
| Interstellar Trader 2 | 2003-03-21 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Stormcloud Creations | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Interstellar Trader 2 is the sequel to the under-the-radar hit game of galactic trading. Following in the tradition of games like Gazillionaire, the goal of Interstellar Trader 2 is to trade your way to big bucks. Of course, there are all sorts of ways you can do this. Most obviously, you can travel from planet to planet, buying low and selling high as you go. Passengers will also be waiting at each planet for you to take to their next destination. You can earn some interest on the money you place in the bank, but higher potential returns will tempt you to get into the stock market, or just invest in one of two major galactic mutual funds. If you are lucky, the planetary prime ministers will even grant you gifts to help your business along.Trading is not without its dangers and other costs, though. You’ll need to get regular repairs on your spacecraft, purchase various cargo and weapons upgrades, buy escort ships for protection from pirates, and pay “protection” money to keep pirates, and the local authorities, off your back. Naturally, you’ll also need to be prepared for a variety of random events.Your galaxy always consists of ten planets, which are randomly generated each time you start a new game. With new planets and different trade goods every time, you’ll have infinite opportunities to become the king of interstellar traders. |
| Paradise Cracked | 2003-03-21 | Buka Entertainment, Tri Synergy, Inc. | ZAO MiST land South | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | Turn-based | Mature | | Windows | Paradise Cracked is a mixture of a cyberpunk RPG and X-COM-esque tactical combat. All movement, attacks, and such is done in a turn-based interface, but the game also features dialogue with NPCs, quests and exploration.The background setting portrays the world as an overpopulated, massively polluted remnant of what it once was. At some point, scientists invented a supercomputer they christened BigBrain, which now regulates and controls everything, turning the world into a "paradise". People started hanging around cyberspace more and more, trying to escape from the real world - but on the other hand, this results in a total lack of technological or evolutionary progress for mankind - who needs new inventions if everyone can have whatever they want in cyberspace?The player controls a hacker which stumbles into some odd data in a high-security zone of the all-encompassing cyberspace and is started off with the police raiding his apartment moments later... |
| Fruits | 2003-03-23 | AlwaysNeat.com | AlwaysNeat.com | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fruits is a puzzle game with three different game modes. The relax mode requires less effort, but the player can choose the time trial mode for gameplay with the pressure of a time limit. The game includes boards of various sizes. |
| 1503 A.D.: The New World | 2003-03-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Max Design GesMBH, Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | 1503 A.D.: The New World is, like its predecessor, a 2D-strategy game where the player colonizes a new world. The first important part is the constructing of several buildings which are used for different means, e.g. residences or plant facilities. There he needs to ensure a logical arrangement to reach short production cycles and the population's satisfaction. With preceding time there demands grow which force the player to expand and build more respectively more effective buildings.As the game knows 46 resources it is unlikely that the player finds all on one island. This also results in the need of expansion which may be against the interests of the up to three AI opponents or one of the nine neutral factions. These problems can be resolved with trading or military action. The latter is still a small part of the gameplay but is noticeable more complex than in 1602 A.D., now the player has a few formation and behaviour orders to his disposal and the 14 military units gain experience. Other innovations are a research function where the player works on upgrades, four new climates and more production cycles. Besides the free playing mode with randomly generated islands the game also features ten scenarios and, also new, a campaign with twelve missions. |
| Delta Force: Black Hawk Down | 2003-03-24 | NovaLogic, Inc. | NovaLogic, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | Shooter | Africa, Contemporary, Historical events | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Delta Force: Black Hawk Down is a first-person action game that takes place in Somalia, where the famous Mogadishu operation took place. The game is based on real events that were also depicted in a book and a movie "Black Hawk Down". First half of the game consists of varied missions that Delta Force soldiers had to engage into, like defending UN food convoys, rescuing hostages or destroying weapon shipments.Second half of the game covers the events of the mission Irene on October 3rd, 1993. Its goal was to capture two lieutenants of the Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid and was expected to last less than 30 minutes, but after two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down, it took US soldiers more than 16 hours to return to safety. 18 US soldiers, 1 Malaysian and hundreds of Somalis were killed. A 19th SFC. Matt Rierson died two days later in an mortar attack.On most missions the player works as a member of a small Delta Force team, working in co-operation with US Army Rangers or UN forces. Some missions include the player riding as a machine-gunner on a Humvee or a helicopter (including Black Hawks). |
| Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb | 2003-03-24 | LucasArts | Collective, Inc., The | Action | Behind view | Licensed, Regional differences | | Puzzle elements | Interwar | | | | Teen | | Windows | Indiana Jones is at it again. This time, he must travel his way through-out Asia to recover an artifact that, according to those who required his assistance, is the most powerful in the world. As usual, Indy isn't the only one who is out to find the treasure, with the Nazi's right on his tail.Along with a heavy dose of exploration, whip cracking and platform jumping, you will also control Indy through fighting elements against a range of enemies. Hand-to-hand combat and a collection of weapons (from guns to table legs) can be used to defend yourself. |
| A Better Mouse Trap | 2003-03-25 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Elandra has invented a better mouse trap, while Davy Jones wanted to enhance it. It teleports both to the distant planet, where Elandra and Davy are separated. Walking around the planet, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Elandra and Davy to get united and to return back to Reality-on-the-Norm in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. Davy and Elandra are controlled by the player in non-cooperative way. |
| Cabela's 4x4 Off-Road Adventure III | 2003-03-25 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | FUN Labs Romania S.R.L. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view, Top-down | Licensed | | Hunting | | Off-roading | | | Teen | | Windows | Cabela's Off-Road Adventure 3 has the player test his driving skills combined with RPG elements. Each completed mission has the player accumulate experience that allows for the purchase of better parts, newer trucks and the ability to accept tougher and more rewarding missions. Unlike other Cabela's Off-Road titles, Off-Road 3 offers hunting with perspectives in and out of the truck. |
| Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance | 2003-03-25 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is a re-vamped and revised edition of the original Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, in which Solid Snake must recover the stolen Metal Gear Ray from a group of terrorists bent on using its power for unthinkable reasons.Along with the original espionage shooter comes a collection of 200 virtual reality (VR) missions. Missions range from killing certain targets and using particular weapons, as well as seeing the world of Solid Snake from different perspectives and styles, with first-person target modes and a variety mode including crazy characters of different shapes and sizes. Also included are various alternative missions, ranging from the protagonist sneaking around and snapping photos of targets to bomb disposal, all out destruction, and more. |
| Shadowbane | 2003-03-25 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Wolfpack Studios Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Shadowbane is a dark fantasy Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game (MMORPG) with a large amount of player interaction with other players and the world. The game takes place in the world of Aerynth during the Age of Strife -- a dark period in the history of the world. Players can play as one of 10 races and over 20 character classes. One of the most notable aspects of the game is the high level of player-versus-player combat (PvP). "Feature characters", portrayed by actors hired by the developer, Wolfpack Studios, play important people in the world. Politics is also a major part of gameplay. Unlike many other MMORPGs, Shadowbane puts all the players in one large conglomerated set of worlds rather than mirrored shards/servers. Beyond the price of the game software, players must pay a monthly fee to play this exclusively online game. |
| Bandits: Phoenix Rising | 2003-03-26 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | GRIN AB | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile, Off-roading, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Bandits: Phoenix Rising is an action based car game in the future, with a setting of the wastelands, similar to the Mad Max movies. You may equip your car with cannons, missile launchers, sniper guns, mine droppers, etc.The game features a story driven single player mode or up to 8 players in deathmatch or team deathmatch over internet or LAN. |
| Galactic Civilizations | 2003-03-26 | Strategy First, Inc. | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The galaxy had been linked together by stargates, allowing minimal travel between two very specific points in the galaxy. However in the late 21st century, the Humans of Earth enter the interstellar community by inventing the hyperspace drive. With the hyperspace drive allowing travel to previously uncolonized planets, a race is on to establish the largest empire and exploit choice minerals.Galactic Civilizations is a 4X space strategy game where the player controls the human empire on a randomly generated map. The player must first name his civilization and choose a political party. Five other alien civilizations are your opponents: the Altarian Republic, the Yor Collective, the Drengin Empire, the Torian Confederation, and the Arcean Empire as well as a few minor extraterrestrial races.Starting from a single planet, Earth must send colony ships to choice planets in order to expand it's control as well as explore and make contact with the other alien races. From there, the player must research new technologies, manage the economy, create military, send trade ships to other races, negotiate diplomatically, all while keeping an eye on the political approval rating. As the form of government becomes more democratic, the morale of the planets matters most in who they will elect for the next four years. Keeping control of the senate confers bonuses to the player. Only through successful management can the humans take their place among the galactic civilizations. |
| Off-Road Arena | 2003-03-26 | Microïds | Katana Games S.L. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Choose one from nine cars and race against six opponents in arena stadiums through all major cities of America.The Arcade mode is simple : sign-in, choose your car then race from city stadium to another. You must finish first to unlock the next stadium. The Championship mode let's you play up to three events : off-road, masters' cup and world cup. The faster you are, the more points you get.On the same computer, two human players can play at the same time in a split-screen mode. Up to six human players can race against each other in LAN mode. |
| Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc | 2003-03-26 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Action | Behind view | | Comedy | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Globox, a friend of Rayman, has placed the world into a deadly possibility. By eating Andre, the Lord of the Dark Lums, Globox has enraged the Hoodlums, who plan to take back their master no matter what the cost to the world around them. It's up to Rayman to save the day and find a cure to rid the Dark Lord from Globox. Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc is a 3D third-person platform game. Rayman, the main hero, jumps and punches his way through numerous colorful levels, with Globox (and Andre inside him) tagging along and occasionally commenting on the goings-on. Rayman's main weapon is his fist; he can use it to shoot projectiles at the attacking Hoodlums and other foes, and the projectiles are more powerful when the fist is charged by holding down the "shoot" button. The game is divided into several worlds, each divided into a couple of levels; the game is saved automatically after each level. In between the worlds, the player has to complete a mini-game where he has to surf along light-beams in a psychedelic environment. Rayman can also come across power-ups which temporarily give him a special power: the green power-up allows him to shoot tornadoes, the blue power-up gives him the ability to use a grappling hook, the yellow power-up allows him to fly for a short while, the orange power-up allows him to shoot precisely guided missiles and the red power-up grants him a very powerful fist that can bash doors. These power-ups are always necessary to defeat an enemy or a boss, or to get to the next part of the level. Rayman can find and free the Teensies locked in cages throughout the level; the freed Teensies will express their gratitude by opening up the next part of the map or by summoning some bonuses to collect. Each six Teensies freed increases Rayman's health bar. There are numerous bonuses hidden throughout the levels; completing the levels with lots of score will unlock humorous animations and mini-games. The Game Boy Advance Rayman 3 links to the Gamecube through the link port, allowing you to play exclusive mini-games on both systems, and download new levels to the GBA.The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions are straight ports of the original game with HD textures and a smooth framerate. They also add nine short mini-games. |
| Winglancer | 2003-03-26 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Winglancer is an attempt to create a so-called "mania shooting game" for the MSX2 (and subsequently Windows). Mania shooters have been popularised by Cave and can be characterized as vertically scrolling shooters with an emphasis on putting as many bullets on screen as possible. In order to make a game where the screen is often covered with bullets playable, your "hit box" is not your entire ship, as in the shoot'em'ups of the eighties and early nineties. Instead, only a small box one or a few pixels in size is your sensitive area, and bullets may otherwise pass right through you, as long as they don't pass your sweet spot.Despite its modern play mechanics, Winglancer has a consciously retro look, similar to the classics such as Galaga or Galaxian, including a score panel occupying a large part of the screen.Winglancer has five stages, three ships with various weaponry and speed, four difficulty levels ranging from "easy" to "god" and two rounds in which to clear the game. It also has a boss mode, where you only train yourself against the game's bosses, one after one. Apart from your ship's main weapon (choose from power, wave or laser), you have three smart bombs per life. From time to time, you will find bonus bombs coming down the screen. When enemies are shot, they will sometimes release a star. When picked up, the star will render you invincible for less than a second – enough time to move through a particularly tricky bullet pattern. |
| Empire Earth: Gold Edition | 2003-03-27 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Gold Edition contains:
Empire Earth (base game)
Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest (add-on)
Official strategy guide |
| Manic Minefields | 2003-03-27 | Norbyte | Norbyte | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Manic Minefields is a Minesweeper variant. The objective of the game is to carefully select squares on a board, trying to avoid mines. The hints to the mines' positions are provided by numbers displayed on mine-free squares, which display the amount of adjacent squares with the same properties. The game features twelve minefields with different themes, such as Space Pirates, Army, Navy, Skulls & Demons, Dino Park, and others. The mines are replaced by other kinds of obstacles on some of the stages, and the boards vary in size and shape. Also included is a marathon mode, a hint/help function, and import/export best times feature. |
| Relics Anthology | 2003-03-27 | Bothtec, Inc. | Bothtec, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Relics Anthology is a compilation of the two titles, previously released for several systems:
Relics
Relics: Ankoku Yōsai
The compilation includes the original game for the following platforms:
PC-88
PC-98
Sharp X1
Fujitsu FM-7
MSX
MSX2
While all the games are being emulated through wrappers, this release fixes the loading times issue of the second game by automatically swapping disks when prompted and applying speed hacks during the loading sequences. There are a lot of bonuses on the CD, such as promo artwork, movies, advertisements and a Relics clock. This was the first game released on the Project EGG service. |
| Vietcong | 2003-03-27 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Illusion Softworks, a.s., PTERODON, Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Shooter | Asia, Cold War, Historical events | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | This first-person shooter takes you straight to the jungle on 'Nam, in the heat of the battle where your only ally is your ability to blend onto surroundings. Wether through singleplayer mission or multiplayer mode, you will experience what it means to be in boots of an american soldier (or vietnamese in multiplayer) and relying upon the rest of your team. You can issue orders to your team members, plan your attack, deactivate possible traps, call in an airstrike, pick up enemy weapons, and more. Aside the suspenseful storyline, the multiplayer is extended to provide you with several well designed maps on which you can select several different gameplay methods, from clearing the ruins of enemy presence in coop mode, and protecting the relay station while enemy (either other players of computer AI) is marching attack upon you, to typical capture the flag and deathmatch modes. The weapon arsenal is wide enough, though you can only hold up to one knife (regular item), one hand gun (that means if you wanna pick up enemy's gun, you'll have to throw down yours), one machine gun (sniper, M16, shotgun, or such stuff), grenades, and possibly a map or some medicaments. Vietcong brings you into the heart of the conflict and it doesn't care about your sorry ass, but leaves you there in the dirt instead, to rely on nothing but your instinct for survival. |
| Championship Manager 4 | 2003-03-28 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Championship Manager 4 is the latest addition to the long-running series of soccer management sims. Like its predecessors, the interface still consists mainly of text, menus and clickable boxes, which are all navigated using the mouse.Though CM4 is visually very similar to its predecessors, it does offer a few new additions as well as some enhancements to the series. The most notable of these additions is the 2D pitch viewpoint, which is only available during matches. Basically, it replaces the classic commentaries with a top-down view of the match, where you can watch your players live up to your selected tactics (or watch them stuff up in style). Other additions and enhancements include a totally skinable interface, a revamped tactics engine and an enhanced contract negotiating system.As for the actual gameplay, little has changed since the previous installment. Being the manager still means you're in charge of almost every aspect of your selected club, from hiring staff to setting up team tactics and so forth. And you still have to live up to that pesky club board's expectations. |
| DTM Race Driver (Director's Cut) | 2003-03-28 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | | Special edition | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition of DTM Race Driver was specifically made for the German market. It has full DTM licensing and also includes some exclusive cars. Some of the cars are the Opel Astra V8 Coupe, ABT-Audi TT-R, and the Mercedes-Benz CLK-DTM. |
| Devastation | 2003-03-28 | ARUSH Entertainment, Groove Games | Digitalo Studios, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | A first-person shooter that takes place in post-apocalyptic Earth, where corrupt corporations run the world by controlling technology, media, and society itself. You take the role as a member of the Resistance, and along with other gang members you fight for what's left of society.Devastation features squad-based battles, where you and your AI teammates fight together against the enemy and a very good physics engine, allowing you to use or manipulate virtually anything you see in some way. |
| Galaxy Stir | 2003-03-28 | Magecom | Magecom | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Be careful in cosmic mazes of this arcade game, because you must destroy Evil Emperor to save mankind. But before you will fight with Emperor from another Galaxy, you had to neutralize his army. Aliens permeate into our Galaxy using the Darkness Gate. The Darkness Gate receives stellar energy with the help of special solar batteries. So you had to deactivate all solar batteries and destroy all alien spacecrafts in our Galaxy. This game is Pacman-like, but only in first levels. |
| Tenerezza | 2003-03-28 | Aquaplus | Aquaplus | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Tenerezza is a young cute girl who lives in the town Esperanza. She is an expert cook and a highly skilled magician. Cooking various kinds of food, she produces healing items, and she is proficient in using magic of the four elements. One day the town's mayor asks her to go to the nearby Magic Forest and investigate the recent appearance of monsters in the area. On her way Tenerezza meets the fairy Lolo, and together they oppose a dark force that threatens to conquer the world.Tenerezza is an action role-playing game. The player can charge up magic spells by pressing down a key or a controller button, and then unleash them on the enemies. It is also possible to attack physically and equip a variety of weapons and armor. When a sufficient amount of experience points is gathered and Tenerezza levels up, the player can manually raise her attack or defense power, or her proficiency in one of the elemental magic kinds. |
| Pocket Billiards 3 | 2003-03-30 | SmashFactory | SmashFactory | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pocket Billiards 3 is a single-player 3D billiards game. There are no AI opponents and no multiplayer option; instead, its focus is on using its accurate physics engine to practice taking shots. Along with a classic nine-ball mode, it includes a large number of challenge levels which test the player's ability to clear the table given a set ball layout and a specific number of shots. An official level editor is also included. |
| Battlecruiser Millennium (Gold Edition) | 2003-03-31 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | 3000AD, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Peter Rushworth (UK) | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Space flight | | | Teen | | Windows | Battlecruiser Millennium (Gold Edition) is the latest in the Battlecruiser series, and includes a variety of improvements over Battlecruiser Millennium. List of improvements include:
50 new planetary mission zones and scenes (total of 152 regions, 238 planets, 4033 planetary mission zones)
10 additional starstations and 10 starbases (total of 96 starbases, 71 star stations)
1 new single player ACM scenario with 15 missions (advanced player only please)
20 new single player Instant Action scenarios (total of 45)
Multiplayer support (client-server model)
Mouse flight controls
Plus misc. fixes and patches
For those of you who don't know what the Battlecruiser series is about, let's say it's a fusion of all these games: Wing Commander, Elite (and Privateer), Bridge Commander, Starfleet Academy, Starfleet Command, with a few other games thrown in for seasoning. You are basically in command of a large ship (over a dozen to choose from, ranging from cruiser to supercarrier, with a wide variety of equipment, from fighters to cloaking devices), in service of one of over a dozen different races and various factions. Would you be in service of Terran/ Galcom, Terran Insurgents, or other combinations? Once you have your ship, you can travel among dozens of star systems, hundreds of planets and moons, and land on those that you CAN land on. Trade commodities at the various star stations (that are friendly or neutral to your faction), buy up more fuel and weapons, and perhaps upgrade your ship. Fight off enemy forces (could be raiders, insurgents, or just hostiles), give orders to marines to fight off armed intruders. Control shuttles and/or fighters (including towing, retrieval of jettisoned cargo, etc.). Capture enemy ships and send them to a star station for reward. Take control of one of the over 60 different crafts in the universe (your ship is merely one of them). Mine planets and moons for minerals (which can be sold for money). Exit the craft in first person (in space or on the ground) and fight/move in first person, including use of ground vehicles... If you can think of it, this game probably has it. |
| Breath of Fire IV | 2003-03-31 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Nina, the princess of Wyndia, and Cray, chieftain of the cat-like Woren tribe, are searching for Cray's relatives who disappeared under mysterious circumstances during a diplomatic mission. Flying through the sky on their sandflier, Nina and Cray are attacked by a worm shaped dragon. With their vehicle damaged, Nina returns to the city to find parts, bumping into a naked young boy named Ryu along the way, who is unsure of where he is. At the very same time, Nina is again attacked by a dragon. Confused by the strange events taking place, Nina agrees to help the young boy. Meanwhile, the ancient Emperor Fou Lu awakens from his slumber in his tomb. His plan is to return to the world of human, conquer it anew, and impose his iron rule on it...This fourth installment of the Breath of Fire series is a fairly traditional Japanese-style RPG, with turn-based combat, party management, linear story progression, and other characteristic elements of the genre. As in the previous game, characters become stronger and learn new skills by performing tasks for "masters" living in different towns. Ryu, the main protagonist of the series, has retained the series' trademark gameplay element: the ability to turn into a dragon during combat. Breath of Fire IV is rich in mini-games of various types, including the popular fishing mini-game that was present in previous installments as well. |
| Knight Rider: The Game | 2003-03-31 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Davilex Games B.V. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Spy / espionage | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is a game based on the famous TV series Knight Rider starring David Hasselhoff, which aired from 1982 to 1986 in the US.In the game, the player takes control over the Knight Industries Two Thousand, better known as KITT, a high-tech, fully computerised car. Together with Michael Knight, you have to fight crime in 10 missions and 15 races.Many original ideas from the TV series have been included in the game. KITT, Michael, Bonnie and Devon are all in the game, as are the evil Garth and KARR. The player can also use various original functions of the car, like Turbo Boost, Super Pursuit Mode, Ski Mode or the famous Scanner, whose sound everyone should recognise.The game can only be played in campaign mode, where KITT and Michael have to solve a mysterious case, starting out as a simple bank robbery. |
| Purge | 2003-03-31 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Freeform Interactive LLC | Action | | | | Shooter | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | Purge is an updated version of the same developer's Future vs. Fantasy mod for Quake, first released in 1996. It had a game mode named "Purge" and involved two teams and CTF (Capture The Flag) gameplay elements.The game uses a modified Lithtech Talon engine and features a futuristic world where players can join one of two factions. The first one is "The Order", a group of engineers who have developed androids and genetically modified human beings far superior to ordinary citizens. The other one is a religious group, "The Chosen", who use arcane magic and the spiritual teachings of their science-rejecting leader Mabus.The action takes place both indoor and outdoor, on maps that vary from small (2-24 players) to large (10-64 players) in size. There are four classes per side: androids, cyborgs, commandos and wastelanders in the Order and mages, fighters, assassins, and monks in the Chosen. Each of these player classes can tweak seven different attributes and has four different weapons plus three special skills it can use in combat. In every map there's a team spawn point called a portal with a certain number of hit points. Its condition has an effect on how quickly each team's members can respawn after dying. Whichever team destroys the other one's portal wins. Killing enemies, destroying enemy structures like charge stations and ion barriers, and dropping upgrades for teammates helps the team and gives the players experience points that will level up their character and increase their skills and natural attributes. |
| Beach Head: Desert War | 2003-04-01 | Digital Fusion, Inc. | Digital Fusion, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This turret gun shooter is a remake of Beach Head 2002 but it changes the location to the Iraqi desert. It's only available as a downloadable purchase.From a stationary position, you can rotate 360 degrees to shoot at any approaching enemies. The main military force has met little resistance in the desert, so it has moved onward towards the capital. You have been left to guard a rear position when the enemy's elite forces regroup and unleash a last desperate surprise attack. You must keep them at bay in both day and night attacks. At night, you have night vision and the use of flares and searchlights. There's new APC's (Armored Personnel Carriers) armed with gun turrets and missile launchers, and you also have a new heat seeking missile launcher. You must repel both land and air attacks and gather diverse ammo drops including bullets, missiles and shells. |
| Big Money! Deluxe | 2003-04-01 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this puzzle game, you need to collect money bags. In the Action and Strategy mode, you need to remove coins from the screen by selecting groups of 3 or more adjacent coins of the same colour. As they disappear from the screen, you earn points and the money meter will rise. If the meter is filled, a money bag appears. Acquiring a set number of money bags brings you to the next level. As you play, new coins will be minted at the bottom of the screen continually. At times, a special dollar bomb appears that destroys all coins of one colour. The strategy mode allows you to play at your own pace.In the Puzzle mode, you have to plan your moves to clear the entire screen. Your moves do not cause new rows to appear. |
| Lunar Jetman | 2003-04-01 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This freeware remake of the science-fiction space shooter from 1983 replaces the old, 8-bit graphics and sounds with new assets while remaining faithful to the original gameplay. Once again, the player controls Jetman, an astronaut equipped with a jetpack on a mission to destroy a hostile alien base on the moon. The main objective is to carry a large, round bomb and drop it on the alien installation, by traveling across the landscape with either the jets or the lunar rover. The vehicle can't jump over gaps of terrain, and any crater or other feature has to be bridged with a special metal kit deployed by the hero. Both pieces of equipment have limited amounts of fuel available, displayed as two meters at the top of the screen. The jetpack is automatically refueled when the main character enters the rover.The moon is inhabited with roaming alien creatures moving on random patterns, killing the protagonist when touching him. Jetman is protected from danger when driving the rover, but exposed when flying around to accomplish the mission. He can shoot the waves of bizarre monsters with a laser gun, giving him some time to perform any necessary task. Teleporters can be found on certain sections, instantaneously transporting the hero to distant places. A cannon can be collected and mounted on the back of the rover, to provide artillery support while searching for the base. If the player takes too long to explode the base, two missiles are launched from it targeting the rover and Earth. As they appear crossing the screen, Jetman has a last chance to intercept and destroy them. If he fails, the game is over. |
| The Adventures of Mr. Pratt | 2003-04-01 | Bouncing Fox Productions | Bouncing Fox Productions | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Mr. Pratt woke one morning to find that his £200,000,000 mansion was overrun with creepy-crawlies. Well, he's not taking this lying down! He grabs his Colt 1911 .410 shotgun and sets forth to clean house!This is a platform game controlled with the keyboard, although the menu is controlled with the mouse. Using your shotgun, you must kill or remove enemies from the screen. Vampire bats and red spiders can be shot and killed. Red goo is not affected by your gun but can be squashed if something is dropped on it. Zombies will slide when shot but not die. They can, however, be driven into holes in the floor or have something dropped on them. If you are touched by a zombie or a bat, you will take damage but not instantly lose a life. If you are touched by a red spider or red goo, you lose a life.There are other hazards as well, like spikes that you can land on or that land on you, red pools you can drop into and loose floorboards that can drop you. These can also be used to your advantage in that they can be dropped on enemies or, if an enemy walks on them, they will drop the enemy, maybe to his death. |
| Mori no Fukurou | 2003-04-02 | Tsumiru Studio | Tsumiru Studio | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | You play as Mumu, friendly yellow squirrel who is looking forward to an evening with his beloved Fufu. However you will have to eat all the fruit in the area before she will show up. Normally this would not be difficult, but an owl by the name of Fukurou lives in these woods. Now we all know the relation predator/prey relationship between Owls and squirrels....
You move by pushing the left and right arrow keys and jump with the space bar. Jumping into the air and hitting a food will count as eating it. Fukurou will occasionally wake from his sleeping spot (on the leftmost tree) and try to catch you.You will have to jump on his head and be flown up to get fruit higher than your jump will reach. The owl is not, however, agreeable and will try to shake you off. |
| Bump Over | 2003-04-03 | Southern Lake | Southern Lake | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Bump Over is a challenging game based on Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy. You have to move a jumping ball, Bumpy, through different platform levels.You move Bumpy either with joystick or keyboard. The goal is to collect all fruits in each level while avoiding all traps and obstacles. In each level you will find different platforms on which Bumpy can move, jump, slide and more.The game consists of eight worlds with 6-12 levels each. Registered users of the full version will get new levels and worlds as well as patch updates without any costs whatsoever. There is a free shareware version as well, but with only one world and the first ten levels. |
| Easter in Reality on the Norm | 2003-04-04 | | das TOBI-AS Interactive | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Made for Easter 2003 this title includes two sections:
Puzzles from the Alley
Ten puzzles vary from search for the hidden object on the screen to solve the maze or answer a specific Reality-on-the-Norm question.
Easter in RON
The Easter Bunny has arrived in Reality-on-the-Norm town to celebrate Easter 2003. Walking around the town and talking to inhabitants, the player should help Easter Bunny to give three presents to correct residents in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game.
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| Final Stretch: Horse Racing Sim | 2003-04-04 | Global Star Software Inc. | Cyanide S.A. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Be the jockey, the stable owner or just bet on your favorite horse in this horse racing simulator. The game features four types of races, 100 tracks worldwide and even includes breeder options. It is aimed for horse racing enthusiasts and casuals. Multiplayer is included.
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| Digger | 2003-04-05 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Digger or Digger Remastered is free version of old the classic PC Booter version of Digger. It is a faithful clone with unchanged gameplay, but it has new (optional) graphics and is available for a wide range of new platforms. |
| Alias Underground Episode 8: Breakout | 2003-04-07 | ABC Television | Dream Mechanics, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | This is the eighth episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer Garner as an undercover CIA spy named Sydney Bristow. Sloane has assembled a Rambaldi microwave weapon and holds Vaughn and Caplan captive in this episode. Sydney must recover the device and rescue them.From both 3rd or 1st person perspective, Sydney can run, jump, duck, climb, and interact with objects. When encountering a bad guy, she can punch, kick, or shoot if she gets hold of a gun which will allow you to zoom in when in first-person mode. Sydney must use various disguises and act covertly, so as not to blow her cover, while infiltrating various areas. |
| Codename: Nina - Global Terrorism Strike Force | 2003-04-08 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Detalion | Action | 1st-person | | Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Codename: Nina is a Polish-made first-person 3D shooter that places you in the role of Nina, an operative for "The Center" with the unique ability to read the minds of her enemies. Nina must fight her way through nine missions in a plot that may involve terrorists and a stolen nuclear rifle. Some enemies will have key information that can be drained from their mind: you'll know which ones because the mission fails when you shoot them and you have to start over. Unlike in most shooters, the protagonist does not scavenge guns from her kills. At the start of each level, she is equipped with one pistol and one automatic weapon. Although she can find ammunition, her loadout will not change and she will not pick up any additional weapons (at one point, she even refuses to steal an important looking briefcase because she needs her free hand for reloading). |
| Red Faction II | 2003-04-09 | THQ Inc. | Volition, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | Long since the revolt from the mining of Mars, a new group has taken over Red Faction, and their sights are set on the dictator, Chancellor Sopot. Sopot originally created the Red Faction soldiers using a form of nano technology but, fearing they would fight back, ordered them to be destroyed.As the leader of the group, your task is to take back freedom that was lost, and save your skin as well as that of those who work with you.As was originally designed in the first Red Faction, Geo-Mod builds the world around you as a means to destroy it. Using rockets, mines and the many other weapons available, you can take down walls, blast through doors (therefore deleting the need for a security key) and bring down enemies by destroying the floor that they stand on. Vehicles can also be used to help in your tasks.Multiplayer modes are also included for up to 4 players, as well as a collection of bots. As a note, the PC version does not have multiplayer. |
| Space Colony (Demo Version) | 2003-04-09 | FireFly Studios Ltd. | FireFly Studios Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | The demo version of Space Colony includes three missions that either exist in the main game but have their briefings, objectives and/or starting characters changed, or completely unique ones. The only other content in this demo is the tutorial mission. The available characters are Venus, Stig, Tami, Slim, Candy, and Nailer. |
| Bod Blob | 2003-04-10 | Buziol Games | Buziol Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bod Blob is a puzzle game. On each level a little green ball (called "Blob") has to destroy all stones. They can be destroyed by pushing them into water or by using sticks of dynamite that can be found in the level. However Blob will die if he falls into the water or is caught in an explosion. Moreover, Blob can't jump, but can climb ladders. Later the levels are require collecting all stars, and moving certain stones into specified places. During gameplay, Blob occasionally makes humorous comments. |
| Indiana Jack | 2003-04-10 | Big City Games | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | An ancient Evil Force took over what was once a peaceful place. Casting it's spells on almost all inhabitants it changed them into wild and dangerous creatures. Our hero, a monkey named Jack, sets off for his journey through many dangerous lands. On his quest to undo Evil Force's spell he must fight many enemies and collect ten ancient artifacts, which are crucial for successfully finishing of the mission, save his fellow animals and of course, get his bananas.The game is split in 12 varied levels to wander filled with different obstacles. Your enemies are different form land to land. You will have to fight evil penguins, bears, foxes, a giant snowman, pelicans and in the end the ancient Evil Force himself. |
| Kiki the Nano Bot | 2003-04-10 | | | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Kiki the Nano Bot is a freeware, open-source puzzle game with 3D graphics, described by the developer as a combination of Sokoban and Kula World. Players control Kiki, the only machine remaining fully-functional in the Nanoworld after a parasitic component incapacitated the Maker device, traveling through its mechanisms in a quest to fix it. Kiki can be moved around the levels in all directions, rolling around with two adhesive wheels that attach to the available surfaces, changing the room gravity to where it stands. The little robot is equipped with a laser gun that has to be used to destroy obstacles and activate switches.The main objective of each level is to reach the exit portal. In some rooms, the portal has to be activated first by shooting the switch. Later puzzles add new features, like blocks that have to be moved out of the way, platforms to jump and land on higher places and a series of gears that must be positioned and connected in a chain, to start a generator and give power to the portal. |
| Disney's The Jungle Book: Key Stage 1 | 2003-04-11 | Buena Vista Games, Inc. | Lexis Numérique SA | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Disney's The Jungle Book: Key Stage 1 is a game for children aged five to seven based on the UK national curriculum. Based on the famous The Jungle Book story, the player has to help Mowgli the mancub and Balu the bear to prevent the tiger Shere Khan from attacking. By participating in various educational activities and solving small puzzles they gather clues that lead to an object that all tigers fear. Other characters that make an appearance are Banana and Barnaby the monkeys, Mango the vulture, the Caracal and Jacko the Parrot.The characters are guided between fixed-screen locations. Often there are different paths to follow with entrances opening up when something has been solved. Activities include recognizing shape sizes and colors by grabbing the correct one, locating a jaw so an animal can use scales again, collecting a fixed number of fireflies in a jar using a honey stick, drawing freely on a canvas with different colors, cutting up words in syllables with a pair of scissors, guessing words based on pictures by picking the correct letters, cooking based on following recipes, telling the time and so on. Everything is tied to the jungle theme. The game ends with a big puzzle where many skills need to be combined.The educational focus is on the English language, maths and science. The skills that are developed are English spelling, sentence construction, word recognition, reading comprehension, syllables and following instructions. Maths covers addition, subtraction, counting and place value, measuring, shape and space, and time. For science there is variation and classification, and the human body. |
| Tropico 2: Pirate Cove | 2003-04-11 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Frog City Software, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Set on a hidden pirate island and starring some of history's scurviest sea dogs, Tropico 2: Pirate Cove casts the player as an all-powerful Pirate King managing a seventeenth century band of buccaneers. The traditional economic model of the Tropico is reversed: the player maintains his/her wealth not through the production of materials, but by plundering merchants on the high seas and bringing the victims back to the island as captive workers. |
| Gravity Fight | 2003-04-13 | | Anastasei Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | Real-time | | | Windows | Gravity Fight is based around controlling a ship which can rotate, thrust in the direction it is facing, fire bullets ahead and use a variety of special weapons. The point of the game depends on your mode of play. In normal mode the aim is simply to destroy the other ships (you must have friends for this one, there are no AI ships!). There is a race mode, in which you can race around a course against friends or to beat previous records. And in the crate mode your aim to pick up all the crates as quickly as possible in one-player mode, or to collect more than your opponents in multiplayer mode. You can choose any of over a hundred levels to play on. |
| The Sydney Mystery | 2003-04-13 | Twilight Software | Twilight Software | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Oceania | | | | | | Windows | This mystery adventure game takes place in Sydney, Australia, where you play the role of the niece of a kidnapped retired Private Investigator. While you seek out clues to solve his disappearance, you take an interactive tour of Sydney including the Opera House and the Harbour. As the mystery unfolds, you will visit other places in the city of Sydney and even venture into parts of Australia's bushlands.Through the use of full-motion video, the game features over 240 scenes, 11 characters, 17 authentic Australian locations, puzzles, inventory objects, music and interactive exploration and conversation. |
| Postal² | 2003-04-14 | Whiptail Interactive | RWS, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | Comedy | Shooter | North America | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Postal 2 is the sequel to Postal, the gritty, violent, over-the-top game that was the target of almost every politician's speech about violence in video games. Once again, the player takes on the role of Postal Dude, a normal (comparatively normal, anyway) guy living in Paradise, Arizona. The game is composed of a five day week, Monday to Friday, where the player must accomplish various errands. There is no time limit and errands can be done whenever the player feel like it. Errands range from getting a carton of milk (buying it or stealing it, player's choice) to cashing a cheque at the bank (either wait in line or kill everyone, again, player's choice). The game is as violent as you are, meaning the player can go through the majority of the game without killing someone or beating up someone, but can also go through it killing and decapitating every one the player comes across.For killing needs, the player has a plethora of ways to dispatch people: kick them, urinate on them (making them vomit), shoot them, bash them with a shovel, throw gas on them and set them ablaze, leaving behind a charred corpse, and if the player wants to be stealthy, it is possible to pick up a cat and stick a shotgun into its rear end to use it as a silencer. One of the similarly over the top weapons is a decapitated cow's head filled with anthrax, which will cause everyone in the immediate area to gag, throw up, and eventually die.The game uses the Unreal Warfare engine, and comes packed with the Warfare editor, allowing the player to create new people, levels, or even entire mods. |
| Atlantis Underwater Tycoon | 2003-04-15 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Anarchy Enterprises | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Atlantis Underwater Tycoon brings the tycoon craze to the depths of the ocean. The game plays like most other tycoon games, but is set on the ocean floor instead of on the surface where most other tycoon games are located.Tasks vary depending on the type of game chosen to play. There are four game modes to choose from: Tutorial, Sandbox, Single, and Story. Tutorial mode just shows how to do different things in the game. Sandbox mode allows the player to play the game without any requirements or goals. Single mode allows the player to play a single mission such as defending against an attack. Story mode allows the player to take a single character through a large series of missions, similar to playing a campaign.The game gives the player the ability to build many buildings that can be used for promoting tourism, holding prisoners, military uses, mining/drilling uses, and more. Additionally, the player can dig for treasures to sell, create various sea life, and unlock new buildings.The game can be rotated and zoomed and that allows for some very close-up views of your buildings and the ocean creatures in the game... everything from sea turtles and scuba divers to sharks and whales.As with any tycoon game, there are disasters that can happen in the game... either randomly, or with your help. There are 9 disasters which range from oil spills and sinking ships to giant squid and earthquakes. |
| Frogger Beyond | 2003-04-15 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii, Inc., Konami Software Shanghai, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Frogger just got back from his adventure at the Temple of the Frog and is enjoying life in the swamp. Before long, it's his birthday, and he is summoned to the Elder Council. Frogger has come of age, and it is time for him to complete his rite of passage. Each of the 8 council members will send Frogger to a different world, where he will be tested to prove his readiness to be a teenage frog.This game follows the gameplay model seen in the Game Boy Advance Frogger games. You play the game from an overhead view and must move Frogger to the end of many maze-like, trap ridden levels. |
| Pro Race Driver | 2003-04-15 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | Windows | Race Driver adds a storyline and career structure to the Codemasters touring car racing lineage. You are Ryan McKane, son of a fatally crashed racer and younger brother of a very successful racer. Guide Ryan to the top of closed-wheel racing.A wide roster of championships and cars are featured. You can race a Mercedes DTM silhouette car, a BTCC Peugeot, Australia's V8 Supercars, and more. Realistic circuits are included, although many have to be unlocked. The physics engine is realistic, and multiple camera angles are on offer.The Director's Cut release has extra tracks and some of the championships are updated. |
| X2: Wolverine's Revenge | 2003-04-15 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | GenePool Software | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Wolverine has just hours to find a cure to a virus and save his life. Along the way, he will discover further details on his past, and fight against other familiar characters from the X-Men franchise, including Magneto and Sabertooth.Returning to the lab where Logan became Weapon X, you must use his unique abilities (adamantium claws and hightened sense of smell) to sneak your way around the areas past the many guards. And if needs be, you can use stealth abilities to quietly attack the enemy from behind or above.Bonus objectives include finding hidden Wolverine comic covers and dog tags to unlock secrets such as new costumes and improved abilities. |
| Quazatron | 2003-04-16 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This freeware remake of the robot battle game from 1986 completely revamps the presentation, with full 3D graphics replacing the ancient isometric bitmaps. The player controls KLP-2, nicknamed "Klepto", a robot sent by its creators to disable others of its kind patrolling an underground citadel. The other machines can be destroyed in several different ways: Klepto can shoot them, collide and throw them off balance, making them fall from a great height or touch them to override their circuits with the grapple.As in Paradroid, the grapple move brings a window at the center of the screen with a mini-game, where the two cybernetic adversaries try to make as many connections as possible to light the circuit board. After winning the battle, Klepto can salvage parts from the wrecked robot to increase his capabilities. The citadel has several levels that can be reached with lifts scattered around each floor. |
| Crimsonland | 2003-04-18 | GameGekko | 10tons Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | 2D scrolling | Windows | Crimsonland is a top-down shooter in which you must defend yourself against a large horde of aliens. You use both the mouse and keyboard, moving with the keyboard and shooting with the mouse, similar to Abuse and Soldat. After a large amount of kills, your character will gain a perk, such as faster reloading, extra speed, or some more outrageous ones.There are four modes of play. Quest lets you play through several missions to unlock new weapons and perks in the Rush and Survival modes. Rush requires you to survive a fast, endless horde of aliens without any perks (it's hard to survive for more than 20 seconds). Survival is similar, except more forgiving: you play for points, not time, and you can pick up other weapons and gain perks against a slower horde. There is also the "Type-O Shooter" mode, in which you type out tricky words and odd combinations thereof to shoot slowly advancing aliens. |
| Restaurant Empire | 2003-04-19 | Enlight Interactive Inc. | Enlight Software Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Do you have what it takes to be a world famous chef? Start out the game with a single restaurant in France and work to build your way into Italy and the United States. Work to make you customers happy by providing a wide range of foods and preparing them well. Set your prices, add special items to your recipes, trade recipes, upgrade how your restaurant looks on the inside and the outside... it's all up to you.Be sure and hire enough staff to provide fast service and clean dishes, or you will lose customers. And add that special touch by using high quality ingredients rather than the basic ingredients at the local market.In-between improving your restaurants, try your hand at the local and international food competitions. Winning here can get you more recipes and make you more famous. Work hard and you might just make a name for yourself as the top chef in the world. |
| Laxius Power II | 2003-04-20 | Laxius Power | Laxius Power | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Direct sequel to Laxius Power, Laxius Power II features this time the separate destinies of each of the four main heroes: Random, in Tyrine, home of the best knights, Coryool in SankT Leona, Sarah in the elven forest Indinera and Luciana on the high peaks of Fanta. Play their destinies, get them promoted into major classes (as they grow up and get more mature), and head to the conclusion of the story. |
| Humvee Assault | 2003-04-21 | Infogrames, Inc. | Sylum Entertainment Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Contemporary, Middle East | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Humvee Assault, you are at the wheel of the Humvee, the combat vehicle with big guns. In this game, you must eliminate hazardous forces around the world across terrains such as tundras and deserts in the likes of countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan to deliver knock down blows against enemies of the United States.
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| Marble Blast Gold | 2003-04-21 | GarageGames, Inc. | GarageGames, Inc., Monster Studios, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Marble Blast Gold is an extended edition of the original Marble Blast game. It adds 28 new levels, making a total of 100 levels. Each level now also has gold standard set for the high score, so that the player can test his skills against the gold record. Owners of the original Marble Blast game can choose to buy an upgrade instead of purchasing the whole game again. |
| Sinhwa-ui Jewang: Zeus vs Chronos | 2003-04-21 | Orangesoft | Orangesoft | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Sinhwa-ui Jewang: Zeus vs Chronos is a 2D side-scrolling action game. In order to fight his arch nemesis Chronos, the young Zeus fights his way through side-scrolling stages and monsters that are loosely based on Ancient Greek mythology. Zeus has a variety of special moves to deal with his enemies, and scoring is based on combos. In between the platforming stages, Hera appears to confront the player with multiple choice questions about Greek mythology. |
| Puzzelate | 2003-04-23 | Squirrely Productions | Squirrely Productions | Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | In puzzelate the player has to solve a jigsaw puzzle of their favorite (or one of many supplied) images against the clock.
the game randomly chooses a piece from arbitrarily complex puzzelations of any jpeg image.
if the player manages to places all pieces under the given constraints of time and tries he wins the game and gets a score and time.Also a cool selection of songs get the player into the zone and make for a fun and addictive entertainment |
| 1893: A World's Fair Mystery | 2003-04-24 | Illuminated Lantern, The | | Adventure, Educational | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | Detective / mystery | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Historical events, North America | | Text parser | | | | Windows | 1893: A World's Fair Mystery is a historical mystery text-based adventure game using very detailed factual information regarding the famous 1893 World's Fair. Chicago historian Peter Nepstad was the one-person creator and researcher of the game. You play a detective who is looking into a diamond theft but eventually come upon kidnapping and murder as well which seem to be linked to a grander plot. There are 500 historical photographs used throughout the game, and numerous locations throughout the fair which will take many hours to discover and explore. If you get stuck, there are a visitor's guide to the fair, a map of the grounds and in-game hints if you can find them. |
| Alien Rape Escape | 2003-04-24 | agagames.com | agagames.com | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | In 2034 year humans live in harmony with aliens. Alotta Aynoos, a 19-year-old virgin is living in a prosperous area of Lunartopiopolis (Lunar utopia polis), the new colony on the Moon colonized by mankind. Down on a luck, and desperate for work, Alotta answered an ad saying 'beautiful young girls wanted for glamour modelling'. But during the casting she understood that director (suspiciously named Ben Dover) wants to create a pornographic movie with her and 8-feet alien. Her next step is to shut herself in the dressing room. Here the game starts.The game is a short point-n-click adventure game with voice-overs. Player should help Alotta, who is dressed only in underwear, to escape from a flat of obsessed director and to avoid the alien rape. Alotta is focused on the objects with mouse icon, and she understands commands through mouse button clicks:left single-click - walk to;left double-click - get / combine / use;right single-click - look at;right double-click - talk to.
The game includes various description of sexual scenes and related stuff as well as partial nudity in the ending. |
| Angelic Vale | 2003-04-24 | Electronic Arts K.K. | Chrome Six | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | Tactical RPG | Europe, Fantasy | | | | | Cinematic camera, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Angelic Vale is a fully-voiced tactical RPG in which the story and battles are divided into chapters and are accessed by traveling to a territory on the World Map. Each character has a set of special skills and magic and their MP is slightly restored after each turn. Players can also buy and assign additional troops to each character which can chain attacks. Unfortunately, items gained during battles can't be sold. Each character levels up separately after defeating an enemy and, depending on how well the player fought during a battle, they can get rare items and extra gold. The game has 3 difficulty levels and the harder the difficulty level is, the more items the player can acquire after each battle. Some of the levels can be replayed to gain additional items and experience.The game takes place in the kingdom of Belluna which is still healing from the scars of a civil war that took place a decade ago. The rookie knight Ogil and his childhood friend Fio fall witness to the assassination of the king of Belluna by rebellion soldiers from the neighboring Jerenia Republic. Despite losing the king and being torn between both sides of the conflict, the hero makes his own choices of what to fight for. However, the path the heroes have chosen will be filled with blood, darkness and significant changes to their beloved homeland. |
| Deimos Rising | 2003-04-24 | Ambrosia Software, Inc. | Swoop Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Using alien technologies, a military force has swept to power on Mars. This totalitarian regime must be stopped and its robodroid armies destroyed. You are an elite pilot in charge of a VacFighter, an experimental craft equipped with both air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons.To successfully complete your mission you will need to master your fighter and its weapons. New weapons, bonuses and surprises will be available as you progress across the Martian battlefields!This is a basic, top-down shooter that came pre-installed on many Macintosh systems. There is litter in the way of story once the game begins - it is all arcade action. It is also the sequel to "Mars Rising". |
| Homeplanet | 2003-04-24 | Russobit-M | Revolt Games | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | War | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | | Windows | In the third century of the space era, humanity has found a way to explore deep space and colonize outer worlds. The game makes you a member of one of the military clans living somewhere far away from the Earth. Your clan, Troydens, is currently under siege from other more powerful and more populated ones. And just as you finish your pilot education, the war breaks out and casts you as a defender of your people.Homeplanet is story-driven space combat simulator. That means that the game structure is linear and mission-based unlike games like the X series or Elite. The plot is revealed through the radio communications and also during the briefings.One major difference is a use of Newtonian physics, which means that inertia applies in space and affects your maneuvers. But unlike a car driving game, here it applies to all three axes, so all three of them may have separate speed vectors. That is for example useful to get the enemy pilot off your tail, as by rolling you continue keep moving and can face the enemy at the same time. The flying mode may also be set to a more traditional way during the game.There are different space ships, nineteen in total, five of which can be piloted, with fighters, bombers and interceptors. There are several types of weapons including energy based ones, bombs and rockets both homing, dumb and TV guided ones. And as you advance in ranks, you can have a limited control over friendly ships. The game is strictly single-player, with a network multiplayer component eventually scrapped during development. |
| ROTN Quiz Game | 2003-04-24 | | | Puzzle | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Inspired by RON Quiz Part 1: Section A: RON Characters this game is created with Adventure Maker 2.7.0. It also represents a quiz, but now with twelve questions about Reality-on-the-Norm and one joke question. In case of correct answer more information on the subject is provided with a brief comment. In case of any wrong answer the game starts from the beginning until it will be finished successfully. |
| The Tapestry - Chapter 1: The Unraveling | 2003-04-24 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Set somewhere between I Spy II and Paranormal Investigation the game continues the Greyson's involvement in repairing the tears found in Reality-on-the-Norm started in The Tapestry - Prologue: The First Stitch. Three weeks have past since the last events, but more tears appear. Greyson is transferred back to the town, but this time in human form. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Greyson to find and repair all the tears as well as to unveil the strange and horrific actions in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. The story is continued in a sequel The Tapestry - Chapter 2: Rend. |
| Deus Machina Demonbane | 2003-04-25 | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | Kurō Daijūji is a private detective in Arkham City, down on his luck and dead broke. He gets an offer of work from the Hadō Financial Group to track down a magic book. He turns down the offer at first, until he sees the more-than-handsome reward they are offering upon completion. Not long after, he runs into a small girl named Al Azif, who is in fact a powerful grimoire. The two of them form a contract, with Al Azif granting Kurō powerful magic, and soon after activating a powerful giant mecha known as Demonbane. The two of them will need to go up against a mysterious mechanical menace known as the Black Lodge.Demonbane is an erotic visual novel which combines the giant robot and transforming hero genres with elements of the Cthulhu mythos. It plays like a standard visual novel, with little interaction apart from occasional dialogue choices, leading to one of seven different endings.Initial Japanese PC releases included randomly-selected telephone cards; two with the limited edition, one with the first print regular edition. The PS2 release removes all of the adult content, features completely redone voice acting with a new cast, and includes a 1-episode anime OVA. |
| Superstar Chefs | 2003-04-25 | Arcade Lab | Arcade Lab | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Superstar Chefs is a platform game in which you play as a chef, trying to get back his stolen recipes from the "baddies". You play alone or together with a friend on the same screen. There is also a competitive mode where you can challenge your friend and try to get the best score on a limited set of levels. The game is non violent, and so suitable for children of all ages.The game has a total of 64 levels. You can choose a starting level and play all the way to the last level. Each level is a single screen with unique background and platform design. The game screen "wraps", so if you walk outside the screen you will end up on the other side. The goal is to collect all the fruits on the level. When this is done a golden key falls from the sky. Pick it up to go to the next level.If you touch an enemy you lose a life. Fortunately you can take out most enemies by jumping on them. By stomping the enemies you get bonus items and one of the enemies on each stage will also give you the stolen recipe back! |
| Zanma Taisei Demonbane (A-Brand Box) | 2003-04-25 | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This limited-edition package of Zanma Taisei Demonbane includes the game along with an Al Azif scale statue made by Volks and a telephone card. |
| PuffBOMB | 2003-04-27 | | Sykhronix Entertainment | Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | PuffBOMB is a free physics based puzzle game somewhat similar to The Incredible Machine. Using the mouse, you place and set the delay time on bombs. The bombs are used in turn to push hamster(s) to a goal. Of course, the bombs cause the hamsters to ignite, resulting in hamsters screaming and using some mild language.The game includes eight standard levels as well as a level editor, to make your own maps. Nearly a dozen user contributed maps packs are available. |
| Jak rozpętałem II Wojnę Światową: Nieznane przygody Franka Dolasa - Limitowana Edycja Kolekcjonerska | 2003-04-29 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o. | Alien Artefact Team, Mirage Interactive LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Comedy, War | | World War II | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Special Edition including Belt, Poster, Guide and DVD Box. |
| Empire of Magic | 2003-04-30 | Summitsoft Entertainment | Mayhem Studios s.r.o. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | A long time ago the world was once ruled by an Empire of Magic where many mages lived. During the reign of its 23rd High Mage the empire reached a period of peace and prosperity. In the midst of this period strange things began to take place in outlying territories. Whole garrisons of soldiers and scattered townspeople disappeared without a trace. Undead raise from their graves to spread death and destruction across the empire. The school of Adu sends its apprentice Artemian to find out what is causing the strange occurrences. Control Artemian in this fantasy turn-based strategy game as he searches for the truth. Travel through 12 levels over a wide range of terrains from snow-covered mountains to fiery deserts. Control over a hundred different units and spells as you conquer evil. Take on a wide variety of quests from capturing towns to saving townspeople from an evil death.You control several groups of set number of soldiers with one hero. Each character has a set number of action points in which to use in traveling and fighting. Use a vast number of spells from Druid, Mage and Psionic to defeat your enemies.
Train your troops in conquered towns to upgrade them along with your heroes.Special features include a difficult setting that rewards you the harder the difficult setting is, many sub-quests that enhance the storyline, using the terrain to your advantage like setting ambushes and sieging castles and a multiplayer system that lets other players play as the enemies, neutral units or allies. |
| RoboCop | 2003-04-30 | Titus Interactive, S.A. | | Action | 1st-person | Licensed, Regional differences | Crime | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | Robocop places you in the titanium-coated-with-kevlar boots of Alex Murphy, killed in the line of duty and resurrected as the cyborg officer Robocop. The 2003 game features a new plot not featured in any of the films. Crime is up in Neo-Detroit due to the rapid proliferation of a new designer drug "Brain Drain," and the efforts of crime lord William Nexx to control its profitable distribution. Meanwhile, a mayoral race is heating up and getting dirty. And of course, mega-corporation OCP's role in all this is almost certain, but unclear. Robocop will have to get to the bottom of all of these mysteries through 9 missions. Gameplay is handled as a typical first-person-shooter, with various Robocop enhancements. His HUD is projected on screen and points out available targets. The player can mark up to three targets with a lock-on button, who Robo will then auto-aim at in sequence. Thermal vision can be activated to see through walls in a limited distance. Multiple weapons are also available, from the signature automatic pistol, to missile launchers and energy weapons.Objectives are given for each mission, from rescuing hostages to finding clues. Clues can be examined after each mission to explore the story (also updated through TV news breaks, in the style of the films). If the player can target and shoot a enemy's pistol, they will surrender and can be arrested. Should the player kill a hostage or surrendered enemy, they will take damage, forcing the player to follow Robocop's ethics and "prime directives." |
| Crazy Chicken X | 2003-05-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Moorhuhn returns with a complete redesign in 3D in this sequel to previous titles of the Moorhuhn shooter series. Instead of simply flying and running around, the chickens feature a lot of animated motion sequences that make them seem almost alive. The surroundings are completely generated in 3D and feature a lot of crazy objects and scenes such as two hedgehogs playing cards (one is actually wearing dark sunglasses!). The chickens try to hide in every conceivable place on screen, be it an old oven or in an outdoor toilet. They hide in wheat fields and even dress up as a sunflower in order to escape the player's dreadful gun. All these features make it more difficult for the player to get all the chickens. The actual shooting controls remain the same as in previous Moorhuhn games: the player aims with the mouse, shoots by clicking the left mouse button and reloads by clicking the right mouse button. |
| Disney•Pixar Finding Nemo | 2003-05-01 | THQ Inc. | KnowWonder, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Mini-games | Oceania | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The computer game based on the 2003 Pixar film Finding Nemo is a point-and-click adventure intended for younger players.The story of the game follows that of the film: clownfish Marlin loses his son, who is taken by a scuba diver and ends up in a fish tank. Marlin, with the help of the slightly confused Dory, gets underway to rescue him, while Nemo plots to escape with the other inhabitants of the aquarium.At any time, the player can switch
between Marlin and Nemo. Several puzzles must be solved to complete the game: including logic and memory puzzles and inventory-based ones.Actual clips from the film illustrate the storyline.
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| ExZeus | 2003-05-01 | Hyper-Devbox s.a.r.l. | Hyper-Devbox s.a.r.l. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Rail shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | In 2102 C.E., a giant asteroid enters Earth's orbit, and inside is a horde of aliens led by the entity Diadora, unleashing an invasion on mankind. Hiding deep underground, the surviving rebels create three experimental robots, Sophia, Calista and Dynamis, to combat Diadora's army, the objective codenamed "Operation ExZeus". These three robots are humanity's last hope.ExZeus is an on-rails arcade shooter in a third-person perspective. The player can move in all directions while progressing forward, shooting enemies and collecting power-ups and gold. The player has the ability to lock onto enemies and fire powerful missiles at them, and also has a laser (which recharges by itself after every use) they can launch by holding down the fire button. The player can also send out nuclear bombs that destroy all of the enemies on screen, which can also be used to help with bosses.At the end of every level, the player faces a boss. Before the fight begins, a screen will display the weaknesses of that boss. Successfully defeating a boss will bring the player to the item shop, where they can buy items to power up their robot, and then proceed to the next level. |
| Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold | 2003-05-01 | Digital Leisure Inc. | American Laser Games, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Rail shooter | Western | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | The sequel to American Laser Game's original Mad Dog McCree, with pretty much the same gameplay and motion capture graphics. This PC conversion seems to have been tweaked a bit to be more stable than the original Mad Dog. There's also somewhat limited replay value as you can choose from 3 different guides for 3 different routes through the game. |
| MemoTrimo | 2003-05-01 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | MemoTrimo is a Memory game, or better say it is both Memory and Trimory in one.When you start a game, you will see a 36 squares big square (6x6), which is filled with up to 18 different symbols, all hidden. You have to find those that are the same by opening two or three (depending on the game mode) squares. If you revealed the matches, they stay open; if not, they close again.You can play the game as Memory (18 different symbols and two open squares at a time) or as Trimory (12 different symbols and three open squares).For highscore purpose, the game counts the number of two or three square groups you have opened. |
| Soccer Cards | 2003-05-01 | | | Sports | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card | | | | | | | Windows | Soccer Cards is a football game that is played with cards. For each match there is 22 cards each of which depicts a situation in play such as goal, tackle, shot, pass, penalty etc. To win a game you will need luck but also a sense of strategy is required to be a good player. The game offers several game modes such as Career Challenge, Tournament and Friendly. There is also an Editor that allows you to create your own teams and tournaments or just modify those that are already in the game. Soccer Cards includes all teams in the top eight British football leagues and some international. |
| With Your Destiny | 2003-05-01 | HanbitSoft, Inc. | JoyImpact Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | Isometric | Windows | With Your Destiny is a Korean free-to-play MMORPG that was subsequently released worldwide within the WYD Global Project. Story-wise, it incorporates certain religious aspects, as humanity is nearly destroyed in a war between God with his angelic devotees and a group of rebellious Seraphims, lead by Harden. After the latter was defeated, he escaped to Earth and proceeded to obliterate all the people inhabiting it. A part managed to survive the slaughter, but the balance was broken and even after 400 years after the conflict, the player steps into a world of chaos.Since the game is not particularly story-driven, this world background and other bits of information are known solely from the main website and quest descriptions. The game follows closely the traditional MMORPG formula using elements such as leveling up, grinding, learning skills, completing quests for experience points etc. The combat is carried in a point-and-click fashion, similarly to the one in Lineage: The Blood Pledge, and therefore, to the fighting mechanics in the Diablo games. There are four initial classes (Transknight, Foema, Beastmaster and Hunter) and two additional god classes, to which the player can transfer the character later in the game. Every initial class has a set of three skill masteries (or trees) - a means of developing a specific manner in combat, also reminiscent of Diablo II. |
| Platformerius: The Ninja Incident | 2003-05-03 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Platform | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Platformerius: The Ninja Incident is a free platform game. It is completely controlled via keyboard. Since it consists of only one screen, it is more like a demo.
The player has a sword and can use throwing stars to defeat ninjas. |
| Mika's Surreal Dream II: The Dream Comes True!? | 2003-05-04 | | das TOBI-AS Interactive | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | In the sequel to Mika’s Surreal Dream the local reporter Mika Huy is trapped in another dream. This time it is full of demons and strange creatures. Walking around already familiar and new locations, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Mika escape the nightmare in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| 1-9-4-2 Wing Baron | 2003-05-05 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Sherwood Media S.L. | Action | Top-down | | War | Arcade, Shooter | World War I | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | 1-9-4-2 Wing Baron is a vertical scrolling shoot'em up that follows the style of classic games such as 1942, 1943 or Flying Shark. The player must pilot a military plane across 15 levels full of all kinds of enemies (planes, tanks, zeppelins, etc.). Every five levels, a boss must be defeated to continue with the game. The player can pick up capsules that improve the capabilities of the plane or give extra points. The game has a high scores table that shows the best ten scores. |
| Alias Underground Episode 9: Countdown | 2003-05-05 | ABC Television | Dream Mechanics, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | This is the ninth and second-to-last episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer Garner as an undercover CIA spy named Sydney Bristow. This episode has Sydney preventing a doomsday prophecy. She must get her hands on the Rambaldi Heart on a heavily guarded ship docked in Cartagena. Also, she must do it before the NSA is forced to destroy the ship and the Heart.From both 3rd or 1st person perspective, Sydney can run, jump, duck, climb, and interact with objects. When encountering a bad guy, she can punch, kick, or shoot if she gets hold of a gun which will allow you to zoom in when in first-person mode. Sydney must use various disguises and act covertly, so as not to blow her cover, while infiltrating various areas. |
| Rugrats Go Wild | 2003-05-05 | THQ Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Action, Adventure, Educational, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Based on the movie of the same name, the toddlers and babies collectively known as the Rugrats are stuck on a desert island during a vacation gone wrong. Meeting up with The Wild Thornberrys, they embark on a quest through the island's jungle. |
| Day of Defeat | 2003-05-06 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Day of Defeat is an online game from the makers of Half-Life and Counter-Strike taking place during WWII in Europe. The player joins a team of an elite military squad in deep battle. These elite teams are made up of players of different classes like scout, infantry, sergeant, and machine gunner. Each player class has a unique arsenal at their disposal.The game has a large collection of missions based on historical battles. It's also possible to download additional missions that have been created by the online development community.Day of Defeat first started out as a downloadable Half-Life mod but was made available for retail later on.
New features:
British troops
Enhanced FX for smoke, fire, rain, etc.
New sounds and music
Updated player and item models
New maps
Completely overhauled interface - supports in and out of game configuration, server browser and more. |
| EVE Online | 2003-05-06 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | CCP Games | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation, Massively Multiplayer | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | EVE Online is an online RPG which is set in a futuristic galaxy. The main focus of the game is open-ended space travel including combat, territorial control, trade and politics. In the beginning of the game, you create your character, choosing one of the available empires and races (EVE has no classes, anyone can learn any skill), and customizing the way the character looks. Then you are given a space ship, allowing you to begin exploring the game world. One of your main goals in the game is to upgrade your ship in order to be able to defeat space pirates and other players. Most items in the galaxy are player-made, and there is a robust economy. By obtaining money from mining, exterminating NPCs, or cunning market trading, you may also increase your character's skills (for example, Mining, Survey, Refining, Drone operation, weapons skills, and more). Unlike most other RPGs, leveling up does not depend on the amount of foes you have defeated, but requires you to train for a certain period of time, dependent on your stats. Training continues even while logged off. |
| Empire Deluxe Internet Edition | 2003-05-07 | Killer Bee Software | Killer Bee Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Empire Deluxe (Internet Edition) is 32-bit Windows port of Empire Deluxe. Players can now duke it out remotely with newly added IP (Network) play. Graphics for the game are completely revamped and are openly exposed for players to edit. The interface also features more customization in areas such as zoom levels and sound effects. Furthermore some bugs and issues with the previous version of the game have been resolved and some minor game play features have been added to make it easier on the player. |
| Arkanoid 4000 | 2003-05-08 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | ImproGames | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Arkanoid 4000 is a Breakout game. So your job is to use your paddle and bounce the ball so that you remove all blocks in the level. Once that happens, you proceed to the next level. If you loose your last ball, it's game over.Unlike other games, certain power-ups survive a player death and a level completion. So, for example, when you have a fast ball and a short paddle, you can only get rid of it by collecting slow-ball and paddle-expander power-ups.Special is also when the power-ups appear, as they don't appear random on the destruction of the bricks, but only on special power-up bricks.The game offers 3 different level settings with plenty of levels in each setting. |
| Salammbo: Battle for Carthage | 2003-05-08 | Ontario Europe SA | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | Based upon Gustave Flaubert's 1858 novel Salammbo, this is the epic story of love and hate, revenge and rivalry. Taking place during the fall of Carthage to the Roman Empire, you play Spendius, slave and close companion of Matho, a Libyan mercenary, who is in love with Salammbo, General Hamilcar's daughter. As Spendius you must outwit rebel forces and rescue the City of Carthage as well as reunite Matho with his true love. The game features music from "Mozarts Requiem", and rich graphics designed by famed French artist Philippe Druillet whose illustrations also appear in Ring: Legend of Nibelungen and its sequel Ring II. Druillet rescued Salammbo from Cryo, the company who began the development, and finished the product himself.Find inventory items, talk to numerous non-player characters and solve a variety of different puzzles in this point and click, mouse-driven adventure. |
| The Adventures of Fatman: Toxic Revenge | 2003-05-10 | SOCKO! Entertainment | SOCKO! Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The Adventures of Fatman is described as a retro-style adventure, made with the AGS engine. Therefore the controls are mouse driven, movement and actions are not in real-time, and puzzles are presented similarly to the Secret of Monkey Island and its ilk. An 'easy' mode is provided for beginners, which offers clues and allows resumption after death.The game puts you as crime-fighter Fatman in the city of Shadowlawn, which is virtually crime-free...until one day there is an explosion at cosmetics company Acne Labs. Fatman must solve the case and figure out what is truly going on in Shadowlawn. The game plays out with humor inspired by Batman and similar comic characters.
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| BaktiNet | 2003-05-11 | Scienide Digital Artwork | Scienide Digital Artwork | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | BaktiNet is a single player, freeware, falling block game with an on-line score table and options to play against other players on-line Initially the screen is populated by coloured animated viruses cells and the aim of the game is to destroy them. The player does this positioning bicoloured capsules as they fall from the top of the game screen, when four colours line up they disappear and if a virus cell is part of that group it goes too.The single player game consists of four levels of increasing difficulty, the on-line game has two difficulty settings. The developer's say they based the idea for the game on Dr. Mario. |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | 2003-05-13 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | Rockstar North Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Regional differences | Crime | Sandbox / open world, Shooter | Contemporary | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Tommy Vercetti is a gangster who just got off a fifteen-year prison sentence for not squealing on his friends. Because he didn't rat out his "family", Tommy's sent to work with Sonny Forelli, his old boss. Sonny gives him an easy drug job, but everything goes wrong, and Tommy loses everything. Upon returning to Sonny, he gets mad and wants his money back. Unfortunately, everybody in Vice City, from gangsters and Cubans to bikers and politicians are in his way, and it's up to Tommy to clear a path.Grand Theft Auto: Vice City offers the same free-roaming driving and action gameplay style as its predecessor, but in a new setting based on the city of Miami. The game includes all the features of the previous installment and builds upon them. There are new cars in the game, reminiscent of typical vehicles from the 1980s. Some cars are earlier models of the vehicles from GTA III. A few missions also involve the protagonist navigating a boat.New to this installment is the ability to drive motorcycles. Tommy can drive a variety of two-wheeled vehicles, from huge Harley-esque bikes to dirt bikes to a standard motorcycle. Flying is also a bigger part of the game, as the player can fly small planes and helicopters, traveling from area to area, landing on helipads on top of towering skyscrapers.Firearms are for the most part the same as in GTA III, and melee weapons have been added to the protagonist's arsenal. Tommy can use riot batons, crowbars, and a few others. Activities outside of the missions (driving taxis, delivering sick people to hospitals, firefighting, and playing a vigilante policeman) are available as well.To effectively capture the mood of the 1980s, the soundtrack has been altered to fit the time period. Players will listen to an estimated nine hours of music (nearly three times the amount featured in the previous game) across ten radio stations. The eclectic mix features such noteworthy titles as I Ran by Flock of Seagulls, The Message by Grandmaster Flash, You've Got Another Thing Coming by Judas Priest, and Out of Touch by Hall & Oates. |
| Rocko's Quest | 2003-05-13 | Big City Games | Revistronic | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Ignacio Martinez | Windows | Rocko's Quest (known as Grouch in Europe) is a Spanish-made 3D action platformer, in which the player controls the titular Rocko - a big barbarian whose girlfriend was kidnapped by monsters. Rocko doesn't hesitate - through swamps, mountains, caves, and dark castles, he will do everything it takes to rescue her, slaying evil creatures on his path.Rocko starts with a simple sword (he is also quite adept at fighting with bare fists), but he will be able to acquire additional weapons by disarming his opponents and wielding whatever they were using against him - which mostly includes melee weapons, but also a few ranged ones, such as a bow. Healing items and power-ups that increase Rocko's attack power are sometimes dropped by enemies as well.Platforming occupies a large portion of the gameplay. Rocko can run, jump, climb, and swing, to help him get past various obstacles. These include moving platforms and assorted environmental hazards (hot geyzers, spikes, pits, etc.). |
| Liga Polska Manager 2003 | 2003-05-14 | MarkSoft | MGroup | Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | The sixth installment in MarkSoft's Liga Polska Manager series of football management games. The most important change of this edition is the introduction of overtime and the shootout, in the case of ties in cup matches. Until now, when the match was tied and the meeting was decisive for promotion to the next phase, the success of the player decided a stroke of luck - a coin toss. The other innovation is more detailed players position - defenders and midfielders are divided into righteous, left and middle. The graphics and interface remain unchanged.According to the suggestions of fans a new feature was implemented - cheat codes.This edition of the game comes with the upgraded database from the season 2002/03. The game has a built in editor of teams and players.All players are described by: dribble, pass, tackling, speed, fair play, shot, susceptibility to injury, form. During the match all the interesting situations are presented in text form. |
| Maxx GP | 2003-05-14 | Idigicon Limited | Binary Zoo | Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | Maxx GP is a motorcycle racing game that features ten different courses and six bikes, each with their own different handling, speed and acceleration.When starting the game two tracks are available, and by winning the races the rest of them can be unlocked. You can choose from three modes: Practice Session, Qualifying Session and Race. In Practice Session you get the opportunity to learn all the twist and turns of the circuit. In the Qualifying session you have three laps in which to record the fastest lap time possible. At the end of the session the lap time achieved determines where you will be placed on the starting grid for the race. In the Race mode you race against five AI bikers over the specified number of laps (2 - 25 laps can be chosen). You need to finish first to unlock more circuits. |
| Enter the Matrix | 2003-05-15 | Atari, Inc. | Shiny Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | John Gaeta | Windows | In the war to save Zion, what part will you play?Enter The Matrix casts the player as Niobe or Ghost, captain and first mate of the rebel ship Logos, respectively. Niobe is a master combatant, capable of beating up everyone in her way. She is an excellent pilot, both in the real world and in the Matrix. Ghost is very adept at firearms, and his marksmanship is a mastery. Both characters are very athletic, and throughout the game the player will have to walk, run, jump, strafe, peek, run on walls, climb ladders and pipes, and fight various enemies.Available weapons include a security pistol, an automatic pistol, a submachine gun, a machine gun, a shotgun, and grenades. Besides weapons, a variety of hand-to-hand moves are available, from punches, throws, and grabs to kicks and chokes. Throughout the game, the player will be called upon to utilize Focus moves, which is basically bullet time from the films. When Focused, time slows to a crawl, allowing the player to zoom around enemies, dodge bullets, and jump to avoid oncoming obstacles.The game was written and directed by the Wachowskis, and its plot is intertwined with that of the second movie, The Matrix Reloaded. |
| Might and Magic: Collection Edition | 2003-05-15 | Buka Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor |
| Monkeys Odyssey | 2003-05-15 | Game Thoughts | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | Real-time | | | Windows | Monkeys Odyssey is an arcade game which features space ships, monkeys and bananas!
It has pretty straightforward gameplay: the goal of the player is to destroy enemy ships and collect as many powerups and bananas as he can. |
| Ever17: The Out of Infinity | 2003-05-16 | KID Corp. | KID Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | Setting | Windows | The game is set in a huge futuristic water amusement park. Built on the ocean, this park is technology's latest word, and is at the first sight the most fascinating and secure construction of all. However, something goes wrong, and seven people - two boys and five girls - become trapped in the park. The danger increases as they face a mysterious virus that brings them on the verge of death. The player controls two different characters: Takeshi Kuranari, a simple, normal Japanese teenager, and a mysterious boy with amnesia, who cannot even remember his name. The relationship between the characters becomes more and more tense as the story develops. Will the young people be able to solve the mystery and escape death?Ever17 is the second game in KID's Infinity series. The game is not connected to Never7: The End of Infinity either by storyline or protagonists, but both games share the same "dreamy", semi-futuristic setting, and their stories have a similar style. The gameplay of Ever17 is that of a visual novel: the player reads dialogues and watches scenes, viewing them as one of the two protagonists, occasionally having to make decision as to what to do next and how to answer in a conversation. Those decisions influence the course of the story and lead to different endings. |
| After Dark Series | 2003-05-17 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | After Dark Series contains:
After Dark Games
After Dark screensaver collection |
| What Fools These Mortals | 2003-05-18 | | | Simulation | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The player of this Python game must surely agree with the utterance of faerie fool Puck in Act 3, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream: Lord, what fools these mortals be! The player enjoys such confidence since, as in works such as Actraiser or Populous, the player here controls a divine entity or god (if you will).Unlike in those games, this god is of a more passive type, not exercising their will and agency upon monsters and landscapes directly, but rather favouring mortal adventurers with their attention, granting boons and punishments, as these champions sally forth in an automated fashion on behalf of the player-god, plumbing randomly-generated dungeons of doom (and, no doubt, gnomish mines) in search of a holy artifact, the Amulet of Yendor. That's right: the player in this game is playing the role of a god in the preeminent roguelike NetHack, and stands to be the ultimate beneficiary should their chosen one successfully retrieve the Amulet and sacrifice it to their god.Player input into this adventuring is quite limited; sporadically the champion will make an sacrificial offering at an altar and the player has the option of receiving it graciously, granting a boon, or ungraciously, smiting the sniveling wretch. Similarly, adventurers in dire straits may pray to their god for divine intervention -- intervention which isn't always enough to keep their bacon out of the fire. Worst of all, the simulated human playing the role of the adventurer underling may just get bored and wander off, quitting the game and cutting short the simulation the real player is divinely overseeing. |
| Mutant Storm | 2003-05-19 | GarageGames, Inc. | PomPom Software Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The inhabitants of a world, far away, are been hit by dark ray and have been transformed into rampaging mutants. Your job is to kill those mutants.You are controlling a tiny space craft, which is centered on the screen when you start a level. However, you can move your craft with your keyboard to any point on the screen. You are aiming your weapon with your mouse.Your job is now to kill anything on the screen, while avoiding all enemies. If they touch you, your ship explodes and you have lost a life. Once the last enemy is gone, you proceed with the next level. There are 89 different levels to play. |
| PlanetSide | 2003-05-19 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Massively Multiplayer, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | PlanetSide is a Massively Multiplayer First-Person Action Game in which players join one of three Empires fighting for control over the planet Auraxis. Each Empire features a distinctive theme and philosophy, as well as specific equipment available only to them and not their enemies. |
| Rise of Nations | 2003-05-20 | Microsoft Corporation | Big Huge Games, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy, Turn-based strategy | Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Rise of Nations is a real-time strategy game which covers a long period of time, from the early stone age up to the modern-day technology.The game offers many unique features that you can not find in other RTS games, such as: National Borders, Rare Resources, "Conquer the World" risk-like campaign, Citizens can occupy themselves, 18 Historical Nations (with unique powers/units), Multiple victory conditions, and many more. Also, a multi-player mode is included and offers a ranking system. |
| Curse of Atlantis: Thorgal's Quest | 2003-05-21 | Adventure Company, The | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this point-and-click adventure game you play Thorgal Aegirsson, a mighty Viking warrior, son of Storms and the Sea. Travel to places and meet famous characters right out of Viking mythology.The future of Thorgal, his family and his people is foretold in a magical mirror shown to him by an elderly man whom he meets during a journey. The vision he sees in the mirror shows the impending death of his son - by his own hand! He vows to find a way to change the events that lead to this terrible future! Somehow he must protect his family and people from the wrath brought upon him by the gods. |
| Explodin Crapola: Helicopter Cacophony II | 2003-05-21 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | Helicopter | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Explodin Crapola: Helicopter Cacophony II is an action game, where the player controls a helicopter and must perform several missions, most of them revolving around blowing things up.The helicopter is armed with bombs, missiles, machine guns, and a sniper rifle, all of which have unlimited ammo. The weapons are divided into enemy weapons, which damage enemy vehicles and men, and structural weapons, which damage buildings. Each mission requires the player to complete a specific objective, as well as to destroy all enemies. The helicopter's hull integrity is limited, and it will eventually be destroyed if hit by enemy gunfire or missiles.There are several game modes. After completing all the missions, the player can try and take on the missions with new, harder objectives to earn perfect tokens. Tokens can be spent to unlock additional missions, an arcade mode where there are no objectives beyond amassing score, and other bonus content. |
| MotoGP 2 | 2003-05-21 | THQ Inc. | Climax (Brighton) Ltd | Racing / Driving, Simulation | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | The sequel to motogp for PC with 20 licensed professional riders, bikes and 16 tracks. 6 different modes: Stunt, GP, time trial, training, tag and single race. You unlock tracks, bikes, riders and other cheats when you develop your rider's attributes in the GP and training modes. Races feature realistic bike physics and weather conditions that influence gameplay and handling. The online mode supports up to 16 players. |
| Tennis Critters | 2003-05-23 | GarageGames, Inc. | Nerd Riot Games | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tennis Critters is a tennis game with chipmunks, that can be played with up to four players on the same machine. It gives the player the chance to experience tennis with a variety of topspins, slices, lobs, desperation dives and hard hitting smashes. In the game there is three tournament cups, two different courts, singles or doubles and a built-in internet game creator and browser. To suit both casual and experienced gamers, there is adjustable game speed and difficulty settings. |
| Hulk | 2003-05-27 | Universal Interactive Inc., Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | Direct control | | Teen | Cinematic camera | Windows | Taking place after the events of the blockbuster movie (starring Eric Bana), you play Dr. Bruce Banner and his alter ego, green giant The Hulk. After fighting his way through the first year of his new identity, Bruce and The Hulk must now face a new enemy, The Leader, who wants to use the same gamma technology that created The Hulk in Bruce to develop an army of giants.Levels in the game have you controlling either Bruce or The Hulk. Bruce must use his smaller size to sneak around areas 'Splinter Cell' style, while The Hulk can bash and blast his way through enemy territory in every way possible, with over 40 different attacks to use. |
| Legion Gold | 2003-05-27 | Strategy First, Inc. | Paradox Entertainment AB, Slitherine Software UK Ltd. | Compilation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | An enhanced edition of the original Roman-themed, turn-based strategy game Legion from developer Slitherine. Includes the original Legion with all patches/updates, plus 3 new campaigns (one in "fantasy" setting), maps buildings, and units exclusive to the Gold release. |
| Pure Pinball | 2003-05-28 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Iridon Interactive AB, A.S.K. Homework | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Pinball | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Pure Pinball contains three different 3D tables with their own themes (Racing, War and Trains) each featuring multiple flippers and special game modes. The game can be played from any of 12 different camera setups (for instance complete overview, ball close-up, ball follow or traditional scrolling style). This has been made possible through use of real-time 3D graphics. The game also features spot-on flipper control featuring a multiball enabled physics engine that calculates the ball movement more than 1500 times per second. |
| Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | 2003-05-28 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Splash Damage, Ltd | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic, World War II | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is a multiplayer spin-off to Return to Castle Wolfenstein.In this game, two teams battle each other through a series of three missions that make up a single campaign. There are two campaigns: North Africa and Northern Europe. Within a mission there are objectives that must be completed by each team. These are as varied as escorting tanks, building bridges, stealing gold, or blowing up fuel dumps. Each player picks a character class, such as engineer, soldier, field ops, or covert ops, and then makes use of that class's special abilities, class-specific weapons, and inventory items.There are two new character classes:
Covert Operative class is best suited to gathering intelligence and launching silent attacks on the enemy. Able to steal uniforms from dead enemy players and use these to infiltrate the enemy base, passing through team doors normally reserved for the opposition. Also he has a selection of silenced weapons to choose from and special inventory items, such as his binoculars, which allow him to report the location of enemy defenses to his teammates.The Engineer is similar to the one in Return to Castle Wolfenstein, except that he is now more central to the completion of mission objectives, often being required to construct a bridge, deploy a command post, or repair a tank. He is also able to establish base defenses by placing land mines and can use rifle grenades to launch long-range attacks on the enemy.A new game mode, Last Man Standing, is played on one map at a time, with two teams of players fighting to overcome the enemy through sheer force alone. Each team spawns in a different area of the map and then must use the spread of weapons and abilities that are available to them to kill everyone on the opposing team. The last team standing is declared victorious. The mode is played in rounds, with the overall winner determined by the number of rounds won. Both team play and individual skill having a significant bearing on the outcome. |
| PC Basket 2003 | 2003-05-29 | Global Star Software Ltd. | DEMSoft | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | PC Basket 2003 is a basketball managerial game with 200 teams of six European nations (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey).
Manage all the economic aspects of your club. Coach your team, buy or sell players on the transfer market, choose the game tactics to improve your team.
Included are the national and European leagues and cup competitions.
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| Project Visitor | 2003-05-29 | | | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Persistent | | | Windows | Project Visitor is, at its heart, a hybrid MMO game with both FPS and RTS characteristics. At the time of the initial release they were called PSWs (Persistent State Worlds) where later on most MMO games are PSC (Persistent State Characters) where essentially only the player's character changes and is saved. In Project Visitor you build the world around you, you attack others and the lands they have built and the whole world is saved to the database. Also the world continues to grow and battles happen, lands are lost, gained etc. even while your offline. To maintain your land you have to be involved, you have to join a protective group called an MDN to own, mine, defend, and survive.The game environment is nearly identical to a first-person shooter. The "avatar" can equip gear and weapons and attack other players. Each player owns territory(s) with assets. The player base is divided into four "corporations", each with different items (which are traded or lost to others). Anyone can attack other players of other corporations to expand their personal empire (made up of "camps") and build their own defenses.All the action takes place on a planet named Visitor which has entered our solar system. The four corporations spread themselves across the planet with their camps. Transportation between camps is done by teleportation and specific location on a planet has little strategic value (however, as in real life, there are some cases where a location or camp number may appeal to someone). Camps are destroyed and reclaimed by teams of players, constantly shifting the power between corporations. Once a player builds up his empire, he depends on his "Mutual Defense Network" (MDN) to defend it. An MDN generally consists of (no more than) 20 members of the same corporation who usually play hours that complement one another. With an active MDN, a player can sleep with the satisfaction that his assets are protected by the others online. |
| Radio Helicopter II | 2003-05-29 | Aqua System Co., Ltd. | Aqua System Co., Ltd. | Simulation | | | | | Contemporary | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Like the last game, Puchi Copter 2 features RC helicopters roaming around a full-size house. Along with new aircraft and stages, this game includes new mini-games. |
| Aliens Versus Predator 2: Gold Edition | 2003-05-30 | Fox Interactive, Inc., Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Gold Edition combines Aliens Versus Predator 2 and its expansion pack, Primal Hunt, into one package. |
| International Superstar Soccer 3 | 2003-05-30 | Konami of Europe GmbH | Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka Co., Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is the last installment to the discontinued Konami's ISS series, the arcade-oriented brother of the PES/WE saga. In ISS 3 you can choose from Friendly mode, International Cup, Custom League, World League, or Training mode, where you will take part with the best national teams. You will also count with a points system, where for every match you win you will accumulate points that later can be given away in exchange for extra moves, extra modes, or stadiums. There's also a Mission mode, which is quite similar to the Scenario mode previously seen in the earlier ISS games. The game itself has many arcade components, as the possibility to execute spectacular dribblings adorned with flashes and lights or the fact that you can't usually make poor directed shots. The players will also look like their counterparts in real life. |
| JewelDrops Deluxe | 2003-05-30 | Quarter Note Software | Quarter Note Software | Action, Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | JewelDrops Deluxe is an action puzzle game and a Columns variant. Gameplay consists of different sets of tiles moving down the screen. The goal is to get three or more matching tiles in a row upwards/downwards, left/right or diagonal. When they are lined up correctly, they disappear from the screen. |
| Phantom Knight: Mugen no Meikyū 3 - Type S | 2003-05-30 | Software House Parsley | Software House Parsley | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Two years have passed since the mysterious Phantom Labyrinth emerged in the desert. One day, a young adventurer seeking for excitement and riches met a mysterious traveler. He did not remember his own name and, before disappearing, told the astonished youth to go and seek out the Desert City. There the adventurer encountered the unique civilization of Ge-Pang and ventured into the depths of its dungeons.Type S is the third installment in the Mugen no Meikyū series. It is similar to its predecessors gameplay-wise, being a real-time dungeon-crawling role-playing game with randomized locations and items. The hero can equip various weapons and armor, and cast spells by finding wands with limited charges. Equipment can be combined to increase its efficiency. Female characters would sometimes join the protagonist and fight alongside him. Towns can now be physically navigated. Unlike the two previous entries in the series, the game has 3D graphics, though it retains the top-down look of the predecessors and has no zooming or camera rotation. |
| 4 Moohrhuhn Teile | 2003-06-01 | Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes 4 parts of the Moorhuhn shooter series:
Die Original Moorhuhnjagd
Moorhuhn 2
Moorhuhn 3
Moorhuhn Winter Edition
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| Abashera | 2003-06-01 | | | Action, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Abashera is a first person maze/platform game. Your mission is to find, and sometimes activate, the exit by solving different tasks. The maps are filled with very single minded creatures and much of the point of the game is to learn these creatures behaviors. Different dogs eat each other, frogs jump when you move in front of them, you can kill green dogs by falling on them, etc.The game has no linearity at all, you do not need to solve one map before you move on to the next. Maps vary greatly in difficulty. Some maps have humorous themes, such as "Slaughter house" where you are supposed to lead a whole stable full of half blind purple giraffes into a meat grinder. The maps are built up by 20*20 squares and they can be 4 planes high. You can design your own maps in a separate level editor. There are a few stand-out features in this game: for example, if you look down you see your feet, and there is a function that lets you lean out over edges in order to look down. |
| Cycling Manager 3 | 2003-06-01 | GMX Media | Cyanide S.A. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bike / Bicycling | | | | | Windows | Cycling Manager 3 is the 2003 edition of the Cycling Manager series.New features are:
Reach sponsor goals, if not be fired.
Better results increase budget for next seasons.
Improved graphics.
Manage individual training for each cyclist.
Hire scouts and look for those superb cyclists to increase your team's performance.
Negotiate contracts but avoid upsetting your team.
Improved GUI helps the user to have better control.
Improved AI. This time more challenging.
Three new ratings add more to the stats experience.
World Championships by nationality.
Two new energy bars added to "endurance", making a total of three now.
Keyboard shortcuts make controlling your cyclists easier.
Multiplayer enabled. |
| Fritz 8 | 2003-06-01 | Viva Media, LLC | ChessBase GmbH | Educational, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Chess | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Fritz 8, like previous versions, is a training tool for chess players of all levels. It includes tutorials and other in-game training aids to help you get the most out of your games and learn from your mistakes. Chess can be a very serious game, but with the comical King Fritz acting as your teacher and opponent, even people who have never played chess before can learn and enjoy the game.This newest release features photo-realistic virtual 3D boards that zoom and tilt to suit your viewing preference. Fritz 8 also contains a huge 500,000+ games database, including historical matches like those between the world renowned chess champions Bobby Fisher and Boris Spassky, and Napoleon versus The Chess Automaton. |
| Hua Mulan | 2003-06-01 | Cpsoft | Cpsoft | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | In 386 AD, the kingdom of Northern Wei was attacked by several neighbors, the most dangerous of which were the Rouran people. North China, once a rich region, was devastated by wars. In order to protect the northern border, the king Tai Wu ordered the general Liu Chengyi to form an elite squad of soldiers to attack Rouran. Hua Mulan's father was chosen. He is already an old man, and Hua Mulan's brother is too young. So Hua Mulan decides to go to war instead of the father. There is one problem, however: Hua Mulan is a girl...Based on a popular classic Chinese legend, "Hua Mulan" feels like a traditional Chinese RPG, but its gameplay is a departure from the typical turn-based style of the genre. "Hua Mulan" is an action RPG in which you attack enemies directly on the field, without being taken to a separate battle screen. You attack by targeting the enemy and clicking on it. You have AI-controlled partners who will help you in battles. You also receive many quests and visit towns where you can buy weapons and supplies. |
| New Star Soccer | 2003-06-01 | New Star Games Ltd | New Star Games Ltd | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | New Star Soccer is the first instalment in the New Star Soccer series. In the game players take control of a single player instead of a team or club manager, which is the case in most other football games.While following the career of their player, players get to make decisions both on and off the field. Matches are displayed in text only. At various intervals the player has to make a decision about what action to take. his stats determine how well he'll do in performing the action. The match is accompanied with simple sound effects.Off the field the player has to decide on various things that can affect his relation with the other team members, the media and the managers. |
| Onimusha: Warlords | 2003-06-01 | Typhoon Games Ltd. | Capcom Production Studio 2 | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | Fantasy, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Direct control | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Onimusha: Warlords is set in 16th century Japan during the period of the civil war dominated by Nobunaga Oda. You play Samanosuke Akechi, who dies during an attempt to stop the kidnapping of young princess Yuki, the sister to Yoshitatsu Saito. However, Akechi is given another chance at life, and is handed the gauntlet of the Ogres. With this new power Samanosuke must fight through the monster-filled halls of Inabayama Castle. As monsters are defeated, their souls are absorbed by the gauntlet, increasing its power. Some souls restore Samanosuke's health and magic, while others can be used to power up weapons, armor, and items. Powering up weapons will increase their damage and the strength of their associated magic, and is also required to pass by special locks throughout the castle. Items will need to be found in one part of the castle to unlock doors or otherwise bypass obstacles elsewhere in the castle, and sometimes the player will take control of Samanosuke's companion Kaede while Samanosuke is incapacitated in some way. Kaede can reach some locations that are beyond Samanosuke as well as pick locks and throw kunai, but she can not absorb souls or open any lock intended for the wearer of the Ogre gauntlet.The 2018 enhanced HD version for Windows and consoles now supports 16:9 wide screen resolution as well as the old 4:3 ratio. Improved controls now allow players to move and fight with analog-stick precision. |
| Rebels Prison Escape | 2003-06-01 | Hip Interactive Corp. | Philos Laboratories | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Stealth | | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Rebels Prison Escape is a strategy/adventure game in which you control up to five characters in an attempt to escape from prisons scattered about the country. Each character has his/her own talents and skills. Escape from the prisons using stealth to hide from the guards or bribe your way with some and overpower others. Friedrich, a cruel dictator, controls his country's people with an iron fist. Now a band of rebels is about to stage a coup to overturn the dictator, but they are found out and thrown into prisons throughout the country. You must now re-unite your rebels and oust Friedrich. Starting off with one rebel you must infiltrate his prison and move through six different levels helping your comrades escape. Interact with the environment like throwing objects to distract the guards. Sneak past guards because they can hear your loud footsteps if you try to run. Watch out for his "field of vision" as you can tell where he is looking. If you knock a guard out he will eventually come to and look for you. If you kill a guard you must hide his body to keep from raising the alarm. Every rebel has his/her own skills like feign death to surprise the guard and overcome him. Pick locks and set traps for unsuspecting guards. Conceal yourself in shadows to hide. Disguise yourself to fool the guards and even imitate sounds to throw them off your trail. And even cast Voodoo magic to hypnotize unwary opponents. |
| Spintensity | 2003-06-01 | Bopscotch | Bopscotch | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This puzzle game takes a pretty simple concept and blows it into an addictive, entertaining challenge. All you have to do is rotate puzzle pieces so their edges match up... but it's not as easy as it sounds, and later puzzles get very tough. If you're into puzzles or logical challenges, this will be a nice diversion for you along the lines of Pop Cap games. It's easy to understand and nice to look at... plus it automatically saves your place so you can come back later if you want to take a break. |
| The Last Bounty Hunter | 2003-06-01 | Digital Leisure Inc. | American Laser Games, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Rail shooter | Western | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Last Bounty Hunter is a simple shooter in the tradition of American Laser Games's Mad Dog McCree. Fairly simple in design, it features a video background with which you interact - you use your mouse or a light gun to literally shoot your foes and protect the innocent.The story is this: you're a bounty hunter, one of the last, who come to a crime-infested Wild Western town to aid its Sheriff in getting rid of the criminals. |
| MVP Baseball 2003 | 2003-06-02 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | MVP is EA Sports' replacement for the aging Triple Play series. Re-written from the ground up, this rookie title includes a Homerun Showdown (not a derby - something a little different) and Franchise mode as well as the usual exhibition games. Many custom batting and pitching animations as well as vendors hawking hot-dogs and hecklers shouting player and team specific heckles - all in an effort to submerse you in the game. |
| Rubies of Eventide | 2003-06-02 | Cyber Warrior, Inc. | Cyber Warrior, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | This is a 3D fantasy MMORPG based on a MUD (an online RPG in text only) from several years back, and is set on the continent of Vormis where the ruler of South Vormis has sealed the gates of the capital and declared martial law. The town of Kajblood is now a make-shift governing body and is seeking adventurers to help them defend against a recent onslaught of Kobold invasions from the north. Bandits roam the countryside, necromancers are bringing to life the undead, and even wildlife are acting strangely. Graphics are provided by the Lithtech Jupiter engine.The game includes 7 races (Human, Dwarf, Elf, Orc, Gnome, Ogre, and Leshy), over 100 professions per race (usual ones like wizard and warrior but also unusual ones like tailor or poet), over 200 spells and close to 3000 items. There's a calendar and justice system, and a turn-based combat system combined with real-time actions like cancelling combat preparation and fleeing. You can personalize your character with several face, hair style and hair color options per race. The class you choose all have slightly different skill distributions and weapon styles. Stat points must be distributed among the four stats: Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Constitution. Also, a few hundred DP (skill points) must be assigned among Martial, Magic, Craft, Gathering, Worldly, and Language skills. When first starting in a small town you can talk to tutorial NPCs. Originally it was subscription-based but was later turned into a free to play game supported by player donations after the original developer ran into financial trouble and the game was taken over by Mnemosyne LLC on Aug. 5, 2004. Players who donate receive benefits such as priority access to game servers even if they are full. |
| Dark Age of Camelot: Gold Edition | 2003-06-03 | Mythic Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Gold Edition includes:
Dark Age of Camelot (base game)
Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: Foundations (expansion)
45-page beginner guide that compliments the updated manuals to introduce players to the world of MMORPGs.New players can utilize the one month free trial subscription that is included. |
| 303 Game Collection | 2003-06-04 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This package includes two multigame packages developed by Antidote Entertainment on one CD-Rom:
203 Game Pack (also included in other ValuSoft releases)
100+ Great Games: Volume II |
| Alien Horde | 2003-06-04 | FireFly Studios Ltd. | FireFly Studios Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Alien Horde is a side-scrolling shooter in a space setting. Your task is to rescue a man named Stig, who has been captured by aliens. You start near your landing pod and have to fight your way through the alien territory, while waves of alien attackers are trying to push you back. At the end of each level, you have to fight a Mother Alien in order to be able to free Stig and return to the landing pod. Your main weapon is a laser rifle which can be independently aimed in any direction. Additionally, you have homing grenades and a powerful shockwave (which slowly recharges after use) at your disposal. A robot dog accompanies you, providing additional firepower and protection against alien projectiles. Your landing pod also features a powerful stationary cannon.Besides fighting, you also have to keep an eye on your oxygen support. It can be refilled by planting oxygen plants near your landing pod, but while you are going back, the aliens are able to reconquer territory. And if you start heading back too late, you won't have enough oxygen left to reach your pod.The title was made as a free mini-game for the then upcoming Space Colony. |
| Alias Underground Episode 10: Endgame | 2003-06-05 | ABC Television | Dream Mechanics, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This is the tenth and final episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer Garner as an undercover CIA spy named Sydney Bristow. Sydney's last mission is to break into Sloane's heavily guarded house and find the final Rambaldi artifact. Will she succeed and what will happen if she does?From both 3rd or 1st person perspective, Sydney can run, jump, duck, climb, and interact with objects. When encountering a bad guy, she can punch, kick, or shoot if she gets hold of a gun which will allow you to zoom in when in first-person mode. Sydney must use various disguises and act covertly, so as not to blow her cover, while infiltrating various areas. |
| Kasparov Chessmate | 2003-06-05 | Mindscape Asia Pacific Pty Ltd. | Hexacto Games Inc. | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Chess | | | Laurent Vitalis | Turn-based | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | The game is backed by grand chessmaster, Garry Kasparov.Players can create a personal profile using their own name, MSN nickname for online/network play, country and a facial icon. Select a side black or white and game type: "Local" against the computer or other human to either no time limit or specified; "Online" via MSN Game Zone or over a computer network; and "Kasparov Chess Club" of 45 club members in a single "exhibition" game versus any member or "championship" to become Club Champion against all members each has different abilities and ratings ranging from Bronze to Gold with "hints" available during play. Actual play has accessible "history" record of all movement, option to "resign" or "draw" a game. The chessboard is viewable in 2D or 3D and styled as Staunton Black & White, Staunton Rosewood or Modern set with notation in algebraic or figurine. Movement is instant or adjustable by a slide for fast or slower paced game.For a novice unfamiliar with Chess, the "training" (tutorial) segment covers basic rules of play to winning. Strategies for openings and defenses to middle/end games. Useful tips, possible traps and problems.Review a selection of 64 historical games played by the grandmaster himself, Kasparov including famous matches against various top chess players to IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue. Install or synchronize the game using a handheld device: Palm OS 3.5 or PocketPC docked in the cradle from Windows PC CD-ROM. |
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Deluxe Edition | 2003-06-05 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead which also includes strategy guides for every single and multiplayer level. A bonus CD with a behind-the-scenes look at development of the next Medal of Honor title. Also on the bonus CD: new WWII based character skins. |
| Port Royale | 2003-06-05 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | North America, Sea pirates / Caribbean, South America | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | The Caribbean Sea in 1570. England, France, Spain and the Netherlands fight for leadership of the colonies in the New World. This is the setting for Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates, the unofficial sequel to Patrician II: Quest for Power.At the start of the game you have to choose your favorite nation. In one of their cities you begin your career with a little ship. At the beginning you have 19 goods you can trade. The prices change by offer and demand; after selling one type of good in a city, the price sinks. With enough money you can buy new ships or own plantations. With rising respectability among the population, you can lead up to 10 convoys with up to 100 ships.Sometimes pirates will attack your ships, then a sea battle starts. You only take control of one of your ships – the CPU control the others. Like in Pirates! you shoot at your enemies' ships or flee by reaching the edge of the screen.Your aim is becoming Governor. To achieve this, finding your captured mother and sister or a buried treasure also helps.The additional content of the Gold Edition was also included in the 1.30 patch for this version of the game. |
| TalesWeaver | 2003-06-05 | Nexon Corporation | Softmax Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | Isometric | Windows | Talesweaver is based on the popular fantasy novel Children of the Rune (author Min-hee Jeon). Characters featured in the novel appear in the game, participating in stories beyond the original novel. The game is set in a fictional kingdom called Anomarad. There are four major cities that the player can travel to: Narvik, Laydia, Clad and Kaul. Other major cities have been added in Episode 2, such as Keltica, Eltivo and Cardiff.The game is a 2-D MMORPG, with a viewing angle of about 60 degrees. The characters in Talesweaver come at different levels and with a variety of different skills through which they can be developed. The skills are "leveled up" by using experience points, rather than skill points. All skills use MP, and buff skills along with the more powerful skills use a number called Environmental Points. Environmental points are shared along every character nearby each other, and have a default of 999. Environmental points regenerate faster than MP, with almost a 10 to 1 ratio.
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| DBVR | 2003-06-06 | Illusion | Illusion | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The year is 2156. The space station SAFED collided with what appeared to be a huge meteorite. Three large pieces of the meteorite fell down on Earth and into the ocean, causing a huge tidal wave. Nobody suspects yet what this disaster will lead to...Tatsuya and his partner, the lovely Kaoru, are two police officers. They are informed that a gang boss has kidnapped a girl and is holding her hostage. Tatsuya's first assignment is to rescue the hostage. Little does he know that this will lead him into confronting the mystery of the collision between SAFED and the meteorite, in which the future of Earth is at stake...DBVR is part of the Des Blood series, and is based on the first installment. The setting and the premise are the same, but there are many significant differences between the story lines, and the gameplay system is absolutely different. There are two main gameplay modes in the game. The first one is third-person shooter, somewhat similar in style to Fear Effect. The player navigates a polygonal character (there are several controllable characters in the game beside Tatsuya and Kaoru) over pre-rendered backgrounds. When approaching an enemy from a suitable angle, a red cross-hair will appear, at which point the player can shoot at the enemy to kill it. There are objects such as healing kits or keycards scattered around. There is also a map that allows the player to investigate locations in a different order.The other mode is Illusion's trademark 3D seducing simulator. Players interact with a large 3D model of a girl by selecting an appropriate icon (touch with a hand, kiss, etc.) and a part of the girl's body or garment. Some actions can be executed in a very precise manner. For example, if one places a hand on the girl's breast, they will be able to stroke it in different directions, squeeze it, etc. Those movements are displayed on the screen as real time 3D animation. |
| JumpStart Study Helpers: Spelling Bee | 2003-06-06 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | JumpStart Study Helpers Spelling Bee is a JumpStart game designed to help primary school pupils improve their spelling skills. It is possible to play the game in both English and Spanish.Unlike other JumpStart games, there are not three, but six difficulty levels to choose from, each with various alternatives. It also has three gameplay levels, similar to previous JumpStart games. The tasks are not presented in the framework of a narrative, set of goals, or distinct fictional location, unlike most JumpStart games, however there is an underlying undersea theme.Users can also utilize the Editor to create their own unique spelling lists in the game. When entering spelling lists, individuals must include three misspelled variations of each word as well as their pronunciation. |
| Play the Games Vol. 5 | 2003-06-06 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U., Eidos GmbH, Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation is part five in the Joint-Venture compilation series Play the Games from Electronic Arts, Eidos, and Infogrames.But this is the first compilation in the series, which changed the amount of games. Instead of 15 games, there are only 10 games included.The games' manuals are only available on CD in PDF format.Electronic Arts' part of the compilation:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Superbike 2001
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001
Eidos' part of the compilation:
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Startopia
Thief II: The Metal Age
Tomb Raider: Chronicles
Infogrames part of the compilation:
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Monopoly Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon |
| Suikoden II | 2003-06-06 | Konami Marketing (Asia) Limited | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | A young boy from the town Kyaro, adopted and raised by a martial artist together with his sister Nanami, now serves in a Highland army, in a youth squad, together with his best friend Jowy. Their camp is attacked during the night. The two friends escape and jump down from a high cliff into a river. Soon the two become involved in a political struggle, as several nations seek an alliance against a powerful country led by an insane, bloodthirsty prince. What will destiny bring to the young heroes? What will they achieve in their lives? Will they fight together or will their paths be separate from now on?Like its predecessor, Suikoden II is a Japanese-style role-playing game with a story that focuses on war, friendship and betrayal. As in the previous game, the goal it to build an army and participate in a war, defending the lives of the innocents. Once again it is possible to recruit 108 characters (Stars of Destiny), as well as build and customize a castle that serves as headquarters for the army. The main bulk of the gameplay, however, is traditional RPG exploration and character growth. Together with turn-based party combat, which allows up to six active player-controlled combatants, there are also a few strategic battles, which are quite different from those of the first Suikoden: the player has to move squads on a grid field, trying to surround the enemies and eventually defeat them.Characters can equip runes that allow them to cast a limited amount of magic spells; unlike the first game, it is possible to equip up to three runes on a single character. Items are shared by the party rather than being restricted by individual inventories. There is a variety of mini-games, some of which are available only if the player recruits specific characters. |
| Bounce | 2003-06-09 | WildTangent, Inc. | Escape Factory, Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bounce (later renamed to Bounce Symphony) is a casual puzzle game where the player must arrange balls in a 2D ball pit into specific patterns in order to win. The balls have collision physics, so moving one ball will also move the rest. Balls are picked up and placed using the mouse (or stylus, depending on the platform).There are three game modes: Relax, Think, and Sprint. In Relax mode, the player must line up rows of five or more balls of the same color to remove them from the level. Lining up rows of more than five balls at once awards more points, and the level ends when there are no more rows to create. In Think mode, balls must be arranged into a specific, more complex pattern in order to win. Sprint mode features the same gameplay as Relax mode but with a time limit. |
| Will Rock | 2003-06-09 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Saber Interactive, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Will Rock has been described as Serious Sam set in Greece.A budget First Person Shooter where you take the role of the title character, an archaeologist named Will Rock. Your mentor has been murdered by a cult calling themselves the Olympian Restoration Army.This of course leads to you running around Grecian ruins shooting at hundreds of bad guys and mythological monsters.
Like the aforementioned Sam, Will Rock relies more on spawning dozens of bad guys at a time and furious combat than story. |
| Disciples II: Guardians of the Light | 2003-06-10 | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | A new threat is sweeping over the human lands while self-proclaimed leaders try to take control of the Empire. Meanwhile the Mountain Clans are trying to uncover an ancient ritual that will let them communicate with their god, Wotan.Disciples II: Guardians of the Light is a stand-alone expansion that adds 2 new campaigns (the Empire and the Mountain Clans), 16 new multiplayer maps and 3 new characters. The original Disciples II campaign is also included. |
| Sweet Tooth To Go | 2003-06-10 | Pogo.com | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sweet Tooth To Go is Pogo.com's own variant of Bejeweled, developed by the original creators of the game. The gameplay is identical to Bejeweled, however it has a new theme. Instead of different kinds of jewels, the player now has to match sweets of different kinds. The game takes place on an 8x8 grid of tiles. The player's task is to match three or more tiles of the same sort. This is done by swaping adjacent tiles. Once a match has been made, the tiles disappear and other tiles drop down to fill their place, possibly creating a chain reaction of more matches.Sweet Tooth To Go has two game modes, normal mode and time trial mode. The difference is that the normal mode lets the player take as long time as he wishes, while the time trial mode has a bonus bar that continually counts down towards zero. The bonus bar is replenished when the player makes matches. |
| Typer Shark Deluxe | 2003-06-10 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Action, Educational | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Typer Shark is a computer game in which the player must type the words on various sharks and piranha to avoid being eaten while he/she dives to the bottom of each level. Typer Shark also contains a typing tutor mode to increase typing abilities, along with a statistics page so that the user can track their performance and see how they improve over time. The main adventure game mode has branching paths that allow players to choose various challenges, from toxic sharks with mutating letters, to stealth hammerhead sharks where the word remains invisible for a period of time. Over time, the player's "Shark Zapper" builds up and can be used to instantly destroy an entire wave of enemies. Every few levels a boss battle occurs, in which the player must type the words on the projectiles to send them flying back at the enemy.Abyss mode is an endless mode in which the player continuously dives deeper and the waves of sharks become more challenging. Every few hundred feet a boss battle occurs. |
| Ultima: Escape from Mt. Drash | 2003-06-11 | | | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Ultima: Escape from Mt. Drash is an unlicensed port of the VIC-20 version of the same name. The only differences lie in the combat being rendered somewhat easier and the original game's music being removed. |
| Big Biz Tycoon! 2 | 2003-06-12 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | 4HEAD Studios | Simulation | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Build a business empire from scratch. Hire employees for every branch in your company, from publicity to the sales department. Manage research and development by developing new products and improving your existing ones to new quality levels. Design your office and improve the commodities. Buy and sell stock to approach wealthy (or bankruptcy). Take care of advertising and manage your distribution lines."The Sims" elements were added at the workplace, from buying desks to drink machines. |
| Chariots of War | 2003-06-13 | Strategy First, Inc. | Paradox Entertainment AB, Slitherine Software UK Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | A game orientated to ancient wars being the same style as "Medieval Total War" but without focusing so much on tactical strategy.Play with one of 58 nations belonging to 10 different ancient civilizations, for Example the Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Assyrians and so on.Collect strategic resources like horses or wealth ones like gems, improve your cities by building city developments, research to improve your empire, recruit almost thirty different units like the Nubian warriors, the Sheridan Swordsmen or the Maryannu Chariots and manage trading and diplomatic.In addition, expand your territory by conquest.
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| Colin McRae Rally 3 | 2003-06-13 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | The third title in the rally series has you off road over a range of courses around the world as Colin McRae, in the Ford Focus rally car.You are given 3 seasons to win the world rally championship, racing the Ford Focus RS RWC. In each season there are 8 competitions, staged in Australia, the USA, England, Sweden, Japan, Greece and Finland. Each competition has 6 stages set around different landscapes, and a special head-to-head stage at the end. You are out to beat the clock, and the time set by the opposing teams, on each occasion. Beat the time, win the stage, and you are once step closer to taking the world title.Along the way you can alter and modify the Focus' setup, from the wheels used, gearboxes, brakes, suspension and so forth. You can also test drive the car before any event to make sure the setup is to your liking.Apart from the championship mode you can also play stage mode, allowing you to race in any of the cars unlocked during the championship mode, on all the courses you have completed. Compete against the clock or against a friend in 2 player mode. |
| Roland Garros French Open 2003 | 2003-06-14 | Wanadoo Edition | Carapace | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Roland Garros French Open 2003 is a tennis game with an official license for Roland Garros and US Open. The game comes with 5 official players and a variety of fictional and quasi-fictional players which resemble actual players in appearance and game style.The game features game modes: arcade, training, exhibition, career and multi-player. All modes can be played in both singles and doubles. The arcade mode allows you to unlock new courts, players and gear. In the career mode you can start out small and use the cash prizes to further train your character and buy better gear.You walk around with the arrow keys and you have four different ways to hit the ball: top spin, no spin, back spin and lob. By pressing an arrow key while hitting the ball you'll aim it at a different direction. |
| Donnie Darko: The Adventure Game | 2003-06-15 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Donnie Darko: The Adventure Game is an unlicensed AGS adventure game, based on the 2001 film of the same name. It was created for the June 2003 MAGS (Monthly AGS) competition, for which the guidelines stated that the game should parody an existing movie, cover new quests, or continue the storyline.In this game, young Donnie Darko is woken up at night by Frank, which he only hears in his head. Donnie is a disturbed teenager who, after an incident with a jet engine that came crashing down in his room, investigates a doomsday warning he receives from a man in a bunny suit by the name of Frank. Frank tells him there are 3 quests to complete before Donnie can get back to sleep. He has to post a letter, retrieve confiscated movie reels and help a shopkeeper who locked himself out. The game takes place on October 21, 1988 and some characters from the film recur, but the quests are new.The game uses a point-and-click interface, with menu actions at the top or cycled through with the right mouse button (walk, pick up, talk, use), along with an inventory. The game itself is quite short and can be finished in less than 15 minutes, and the soundtrack is lifted from the original film. |
| RC-AirSim | 2003-06-15 | Fabricated Reality Software | Fabricated Reality Software | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Learn to fly r/c model airplanes with this realistic flight simulator! RC-AirSim has been used successfully by many r/c pilots to learn how to fly a model airplane. RC-AirSim has more realistic flight dynamics and ground handling than most of the much more expensive r/c flight sims. RC-AirSim was one of the first big hits on Xbox Live Indie Games (XBLIG), where it held the #1 ranking position for many weeks. |
| StarPeace | 2003-06-16 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Oceanus Communications | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | | Isometric | Windows | StarPeace is a MMORTS in which players manage economic empires. Each player builds facilities (factories, shops, dwellings), à la Sim City, which interact with each other. For instance: a player can own a farm that will sell wheat to a food processing plant owned by another player, which could in turn sell the food to a store, which would then sell to the general public - whether there will be demand or not depends on many factors, such as location, price, etc.There are approximately 30 industries in the game ranging from raw material (e.g. agriculture, mines...) to complex manufactured product (computers, cars...) and services (television, movies...), and anything in between (plastics, electronics...). Raw materials and semi-processed goods are required by more than one industry, which allows complex interaction between players. These interactions take place at the building level: one given plant or shop buys and/or sells goods from another plant or shop, which can belong to the same player or to another one. As it is difficult to manage all of these relationships (one player can potentially manage thousands of buildings), players can set up high-level rules: a plant can try to get raw material from "allied players", for a price not higher than a given amount. This allows the economy to keep functioning even when players are offline.Workers also have to live somewhere: this is why players can also build dwellings and set rent levels, just like they can define the wages they pay in their factory. This has a direct influence on their behavior as consumers. Players must take the market into account: if all of them are manufacturing clothes, for instance, the equilibrium price will fall drastically, and only the most efficient cloth makers will be able to turn a profit. Likewise, the first player to master the technology necessary to manufacture advanced products such as cars has basically a license to print money. Planets, initially, look like huge playing fields but are limited in space. Each facility occupies one or more tiles. While planets are a few million tiles wide, the available space shrinks rapidly as the game progresses. That can be regulated by "mayors", players which are elected by their peers with special powers. While players can only destroy their own buildings, mayors can bypass that limitation (but must refund the offended players out of the city's budget) and can apply "zoning". |
| Syberia: Adventure Game of the Year | 2003-06-17 | Adventure Company, The | Microïds Canada Inc. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This package includes:Syberia
Syberia poster
The Making of Syberia movie on a bonus CD
From 2D to 3D presentation
Syberia's trailer and teaser
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| Cruise Ship Tycoon | 2003-06-18 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | In Cruise Ship Tycoon, you can pick your ship and build it the way you want - add rooms, restaurants, bars etc. You'll try to get people to board at every port, and keep them happy enough that they don't get off at the next stop!You can choose from free play or mission-based, and items will unlock as you progress. Place your rooms and attractions, hire and manage your staff, and try to make your cruise line as successful as you can. |
| Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection | 2003-06-18 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is a compilation of the first three Zoo Tycoon releases:
Zoo Tycoon (Base Game)
Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs (Expansion Pack)
Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania (Expansion Pack)
Also included is the Bonus Endangered Species Theme Pack, which features endangered animals such as orangutans, whale sharks, and Komodo dragons. |
| A Ressha de Ikō 2001 | 2003-06-19 | CyberFront Corporation | Artdink Corporation | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | Train, Transport | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | A Ressha de Ikō 2001 is a sequel to A Train 6, featuring updated features and new content. There is now an increased social element, with people appearing to use train stations in-game. A new materials system introduces complexity by introducing the concept of scarcity, with the presence of different materials necessary for industries to be built up around train stations.The PS2 and Windows versions are essentially identical aside from control schemes. The PS2 version includes the option to install the game to the PS2 hard drive, while the Windows version always runs from the hard drive. Both versions featured optional, paid expansion packs, but they contain different content; the Windows version's are more complex and featured additional content. |
| IndyCar Series | 2003-06-20 | Codemasters GmbH | Brain in a Jar Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | | | Windows | IndyCar Series is the official game of the 2002 Indy Racing League season, including the world-famous Indianapolis 500. It's a fast-paced racing sim with up to 33 cars racing on track at a time, at speeds well over 220 mph. The game features commentary by Bob Jenkins, and a Masterclass training mode taught by Indy 500 winner Eddie Cheever Jr. |
| Congo Cube | 2003-06-22 | Real Networks, Inc. | Monkeystone Games | Action | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Congo Cube is a jungle themed "match 3 or more" cube matching game with the innovation of being able to drag the blocks around on the screen instead of click to select, click to move (the standard method for casual games of this type).With crazy screaming monkeys, multiple levels with lots of crawling wildlife, fruit flies and parrots, there's a lot of action in this game. |
| Second Life | 2003-06-23 | Linden Research, Inc. | Linden Research, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | Adult | Massively Multiplayer | | | | Meditative / Zen, Persistent | | | Windows | In Second Life you are dropped into a virtual world with the ability to perform a variety of actions You can socialize, play games, fight, listen to music, shop, or just hang out. You can also create objects and scripts in-game using the built-in script editor, which uses Linden Lab's own Linden Scripting Language (LSL For short) to allow you to essentially let you make whatever you want, provided you remain within the rules given.The game also has a solid avatar system, in which you can attach any object you create (or 'rez', which here means to generate, if you already have it in your inventory) to an appendage of your body. This feature can be used in creative ways, producing avatars such as robots, zombies, even furries (anthropomorphic animals). The object building system is very simple, similar to a 3D modeling program, in which the 'player' uses primitive objects, or prims (such as squares, circles, or triangles, for example), to piece together an object. With LSL, this could be anything, from something as simple as a physics-enabled beach ball, to a drivable robot.There is a ratings system enforced at all times, with two ratings: PG and Mature. PG could be anything from G through PG-13 as far as content is concerned, and mature simulators (or sims, the places that the areas of the game are divided into), can have anything R rated and up. The teen version naturally only has PG rated sims so concerned parents need not worry. It is considered an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) and thus is internet-only, although some things such as sound production and creating animations must be made separate from the Second Life application itself.There are various groups in the game. Anyone with 100 Lindens (in-game currency) can start up a group, and anyone can join one. The leader of a group (and the group's council if it has one) can decide to hide it from public view or only allow certain people to join by way of invitation. A group member or council member has a title above their username (for example, in the Junkyard Furrys group, a member has Furry-4-Life above his or her name) that classifies them as such.There is an in-game economy, and real cash can be exchanged for in-world cash, and vice versa. You can buy or rent a piece of land, much like in real life, with increasing prices, relevant to the amount of land you're purchasing or renting.One needs a premium account (starts at $10 per month) to own land, but a premium account comes with a complementary 512 m² of land. Additional land, as well as other account-related options, are changeable on the official website. It is possible to sell items you create in-game in a shop, either rented or purchased, so theoretically, if someone's in-game business was successful enough, he or she could sell all their in-game cash and live off of the resulting cash in real life.Payment is accepted with a credit card, but when selling money you can either have the real life money charged to your PayPal account or have a check sent to you. |
| Streets of Rage Remake | 2003-06-23 | BoMbErGaMeS | BoMbErGaMeS | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Beat 'em up / brawler | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Streets of Rage Remake is an unlicensed Windows remake of the 16-bit Streets of Rage series. This side-scrolling fighting game borrows material and sprites from the three original games to offer a completely new game. Next to familiar locations and enemies, there are also new moves, characters and backgrounds, more colours, different scroll layers, and 34 original music tracks remixed for this version.The story picks up one year after Streets of Rage 3. Zan discovers a new crime organization that plans to take over the city. As he cannot tackle it alone, he contacts Blaze, who gathers all available help to face this new threat. Zan suspects that Barbon's bar is a cover for illegal arms dealing, and the team starts its investigation there. You can take on the story mode on your own, with the help of a CPU player, or cooperatively with another human player. Certain moves are only possible when two players work together. There is also a battle mode for one-on-one duels. Three more game modes can be unlocked later on: Survival (fight an endless stream of enemies until you run out of health), Flag (hold a single flag as long as possible), and Volleyball.There are six characters available, from the three series combined: Axel, Blaze, Skate, Max, Zan and Adam, and two unlockable secret characters. The story is told through still images with dialogs. Most of the moves will look familiar, although a lot of new ones have been added as well. There is a button to attack, another one to jump, a third one to launch a health-consuming special attack, and a final one to have the entire screen bombed by police back-up. Attacks can be combined into combos, with over 20 moves per character.The game can be fine-tuned with a colour editor for the characters (unlockable), and various options such as team damage, the combo and jump type (both were changed in SoR3), the death type, the use of guns, a time limit, a difficulty level and the amount of lives. The game contains 43 locations with multi-path splits and 52 different enemies. Other extras include an image and movie gallery, a cheats screen, various unlockable secrets, and four different endings based on the chosen path. |
| F1 Career Challenge | 2003-06-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Visual Sciences Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | Released | Windows | F1 Challenge '99-'02 spans four entire championship seasons and features accurate team, vehicle, and driver data for each.Across the four racing seasons, F1 Challenge '99-'02 features 14 different teams, 44 different vehicles, and 17 of the world's most famous racing circuits--some of which have slightly different configurations, depending on the year. The level of detail on the visuals looks to be second to none, with each circuit boasting its own real-life structures, bumps in the track, motion-captured pit crews, animated grid girls, and planes and helicopters in the sky above.The cars in the game feature realistic driving physics and damage models that take into account the materials that the various components are made of. Fortunately, players have access to the same kind of data telemetry that real drivers and their teams do, so it should be possible to devise car setups that are appropriate for each circuit and so minimize the chances of crashing. |
| Star Trek: Elite Force II | 2003-06-24 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Ritual Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | As the Starfleet Lieutenant Alexander Munro returns to Alpha Quadrant from a long voyage, the authorities consider the Hazard Team that he had commanded an unnecessary luxury, disbanding it and assigning Munro to teach small unit tactics at the Starfleet Academy. Two years later, Captain Picard contacts Munro and offers him to reassemble the Hazard Team on board his space ship, the USS Enterprise. Shortly afterwards, the ship receives a distress call from USS Dallas. Apparently, members of a mysterious alien race known as the Exomorphs have attacked the ship. As Munro is sent to rescue the crew members, he is reunited with an old friend, and has to face dangers graver than anything he has encountered so far...Star Trek: Elite Force II is a sequel to Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force. It is set in the Star Trek universe, chronologically overlapping with the last episodes of the Star Trek: Voyager series. Like its predecessor, it is a first-person shooter in which the player controls Alexander Munro (who can only be male in this sequel), who is usually aided by his AI-controlled teammates during exploration of the levels and combat.Munro has fifteen weapons at his disposal, most of which have been ported from the previous game. Most of these futuristic, Star Trek-themed weapons are energy guns that have alternate firing mode. The tricorder reappears with a new function: the player must now actively use it in order to bypass security, participating in a power-routing mini-game, during which it is necessary to connect two nodes by manipulating a series of pipes. During certain scripted events, the player can choose between two or more responses to a particular situation. These choices may affect the subsequent events and the level progression. There is also a possibility of a romantic involvement with one of the two female characters. |
| Star Wars: Galaxies - An Empire Divided | 2003-06-25 | LucasArts | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | Licensed | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent, Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Explore the worlds of Star Wars in your own, special way. Become a Jedi, a Bounty Hunter, smuggler, ranger, merchant or simply live the world as a free spirit, without a care in the world.Share the likes of Tatooine, Corellia, Naboo and six other planets with thousands of other players around the world in real time. Join the Rebel Alliance to battle Stormtroopers, become an agent of the Emperor and defeat the last remaining Jedi, or simply stay out of the conflict all together. You decide your destiny.There are eight initial races to choose from, including humans and Wookiee, each with their own innate species bonuses. Characters can master professions, or specialize in broader areas by taking skills from multiple profession trees - there is no required "class" or path. You can also develop and decorate your own 3-D household, join a guild, or try your hand at carving out a part of the completely player-crafted market and economy.Each lesson learned and task completed improves your skills and experience for the chance to take on larger and more complex adventures; from visiting famous landmarks from the Star Wars universe to talking face to face with the legends of the original movie trilogy. |
| Star Wars: Galaxies - An Empire Divided (Collector's Edition) | 2003-06-25 | LucasArts | | Special edition | | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Become a part history in the Star Wars galaxy, with options to become one of eight different species, as well as a range of different job types (whether it be Bounty Hunter, a Rebel commando, or a Jedi) and build your own world (from weapons and droids to homes and shops). Play with thousands of fellow gamers online and become a group of evil Bounty Hunters with death on their minds, Jedi Knights who fight for peace, or simply hang around a cantina.This Collector's Edition of Star Wars: Galaxies - An Empire Divided includes the full game as well as an art concept book filled with drawings and the history of each character and race in the game; a special pewter figure of the Zabrak female character; a sew on patch and pin of the Galaxies logo and a collector's manual signed by the team.Anyone who purchased the Collector's Edition also received three sets of goggles, wearable by their characters in-game. These are exclusive to the account registering the Collector's Edition key, and cannot be otherwise found or traded. |
| Valhalla Chronicles | 2003-06-25 | Big City Games | Oblivion Entertainment, Paradox Entertainment AB | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Valhalla Chronicles is a role-playing game that lets you step into the role of a Viking chieftain. The setting is the world of the Vikings and Norse mythology, complete with encounters with Thor, Odin and other fabled god-like beings. Ultimate doom and destruction is approaching, and only you and your courageous party can halt its coming.Choose from 4 characters: Grim, Tuva, Hymer or Thorgeir. Each of these characters has a unique weapon and their own perspective on the story. You will meet many skillful characters who can help you increase your wealth and holdings. Up to six of them can be in your party. Choose to construct a Viking ship or explore the terrain by foot. Interact with townsfolk, traders, monsters, villains and gods who ask you to do simple as well as complex missions. During conversations you can choose whether to be friendly or hostile, recruit that person or simply question them. Build your character's skills as you complete the numerous quests. As your fame grows, the number and quality of the quests increase.Some aspects of Valhalla Chronicles mimic the game Diablo. Gameplay view is isometric in design, and the interface is point-and-click. |
| Combo Chaos | 2003-06-26 | GameHouse, Inc. | Half Pint Productions, LLC | Action | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Combo Chaos is a fast-paced concentration game, where player have to find pairs of identical images by flipping grid tiles. New rows are added every few seconds, and if the pile reaches the top of the screen the game is over. The objective of each stage is to fill a green meter at the right side of the grid, that keeps getting higher with each match.Special tiles appear randomly on the grid. The wildcard can match any tile, and its bomb variation removes all tiles of the same image from the field. The cyclone destroys adjacent columns and rows. The tile with multiple symbols flips all the other tiles, exposing them for a few seconds. The hourglass stops the addition of new lines for a limited time. The joker tile can't be matched and gets in the way.A bonus round appears between stages, where the player must memorize the position of a number of tiles in a grid filled with jokers, and click on them after all tiles are turned down. |
| World War II: Frontline Command | 2003-06-26 | Strategy First, Inc. | Bitmap Brothers, The | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | World War II | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | World War II: Frontline Command is a World War II themed 3D RTS game built on the Steel Soldiers engine. The game doesn't feature resource management; every mission starts with a fixed number of units with which you have to fulfill your mission. The fog of war in this game is a literal grey fog that shrouds the landscape. Only high objects such as buildings and treetops stick out through the fog. The fog disperses once you scout the terrain.Available units include infantry, tanks and artillery. Your most important unit is the Commander. He has a much larger visibility range than any of the other units which allows him to spot targets from afar so that they can be attacked from a safe distance. Furthermore he boosts the morale of your units. Morale is affected by many factors such as separation, mission status and enemy fire. High morale improves the capabilities of your units, while low morale decreases their effectiveness. Besides the mist which disappears when in line of sight to show the terrain and possible enemy units, your units can also hear enemy units move when they are nearby.The game features a campaign for both Axis and Allies and can be played in two difficulties: recruit and veteran. Besides a increase in difficulty, the veteran difficulty also features some changes in gameplay such as more dynamic missions, less health regeneration for your units and limited ammunition. Besides the campaign you can also play against others in online multiplayer. |
| Endless Ages | 2003-06-27 | Summitsoft Entertainment | Avaria Corp | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent, Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Endless Ages bills itself as a "Massive Multi-Player Online Real Time First Person Shooter Role Playing Game."Players in this online game enter the realm of IIa, an afterlife where science and magic coexist and beasts of all sorts roam the land waiting to be hunted. There are four races to choose from: the powerful but slow Blobic, the fragile but crafty Amphibians, and the more balanced Human males and Human females (yes, women are a completely different race). There are no set classes and players are free to develop over a dozen skills (ranging from alchemy and magic to smithing and engineering) as they please. IIa itself has over 100 square miles of terrain to explore on foot or in vehicles with designated housing regions for the construction of player owned homes and shops.The interface crosses the combat system of a first person shooter with the item inventory system found in role playing games. Each race has access to dozens of ranged and melee weapons and a variety of armor tailored for specific purposes.The game also allows players to choose between a server that permits the killing and looting of other players (although with severe consequences) and a server that is Player vs. Monster only. |
| Guess it not | 2003-06-27 | Generation Stars | Generation Stars | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Word construction | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Guess it not is a hangman-like guessing game where you have to guess the names of various soccer players.You have a limited amount of time and lives (for wrong guesses). Simply enter the letter and it will be revealed. Complete the name to continue with the next player name. With each name you complete, the time you have will decrease. |
| Derek | 2003-07-01 | Virtue Creations | Virtue Creations | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The sequel to Nacah, Derek is a point and click adventure game with a Christian theme. A group of people had their Bible taken away from them centuries earlier and had forgotten all about it. The point of the game is to return the Bible to these people.The puzzles are almost all Bible based and can be solved by reading particular passages. There are also a couple of mechanical and inventory based puzzles.The perspective of the game is first-person and the navigation is slide-show. There are also some Quicktime video sequences with characters that help move the story along. |
| Die Siedler IV: Gold Edition Plus | 2003-07-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This alternate release of Die Siedler IV: Gold Edition is exclusive to the German-speaking market and includes:
The Settlers: Fourth Edition (base game)
The Settlers IV: Mission CD (first expansion pack)
The Settlers IV: The Trojans and the Elixir of Power (second expansion pack)
Die Siedler IV: Die Neue Welt (third expansion pack, German language exclusive) |
| Gustav | 2003-07-01 | Natomic Studios | Natomic Studios | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Gustav is a small platform game made in a 72 hours for the Pixelation contest. The player controls Gustav and tries escape from mental institute. He has just one minute; the hospital is about to explode and time is running out. There are dangerous monsters in the buildings and Gustav can kill them. Four keys are used for movement and three additional ones to jump, run and slash. By killing monsters quickly a blue power bar can be filled. Once full, time is frozen for a short moment, providing an opportunity to kill enemies quickly and finish levels with a larger time bonus. |
| Hexic | 2003-07-01 | Microsoft Game Studios | Carbonated Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Hexic is a puzzle game by Tetris mastermind Alexey Pazhitnov. Originally released as a free online game included with MSN Messenger 6.0, a commercial, enhanced, downloadable version, Hexic Deluxe, was released soon after. The Xbox 360 version, Hexic HD, comes preinstalled with all Xbox 360 premium units. It improves upon the original game with high-definition television support, achievements and score tracking through the leaderboards.The game shows a board filled with red, blue, light green, dark green, yellow, pink, and purple hexagons. The object is to select three adjacent pieces and choose the rotation direction, causing the pieces to rotate until a match of three same-coloured pieces is created (a cluster) or until they return to their original position. When a cluster is created, the pieces disappear and new ones are added from the top.Advanced strategies are required to handle bombs. These count down with every move you make. To clear them from the board, you have to form a cluster with it. When the bomb detonates, the game is over. You gain additional points by including stars, creating chain combos or by forming a cluster with a special pattern. When you manage to surround a single piece with six same-colour pieces, a flower star appears. Flowers stars rotate all pieces around it. If you manage to surround one piece with six flower stars, a black pearl is performed. To win the game in the Marathon mode, you have to create a black pearl combo. There are different final combos possible and the most impressive one requires you to create a flower of black pearls with a black pearl inside.The main game modes for Hexic Deluxe and Hexic HD are:Marathon: unlimited gameplay without time pressure until a black pearl combo is formed or a bomb detonates.Timed: get as many points as you can before time runs out. Forming clusters provides a time bonus and star flowers reset or expand the time.Survival: 50 levels where you need to score as many points as possible. Cleared pieces are not replaced by new ones and the remaining ones are locked into the board for the next round. These locked pieces can no longer be moved, but you can remove them by creating clusters with star pieces. The game ends when the entire board is filled with locked pieces. |
| Huanxiang Sanguozhi | 2003-07-01 | Unistar | UserJoy Technology Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | In China there is a legend about the mighty Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor, who lived about 3000 BC. He waged war against two other powerful monarchs, Yandi and Chiyou, fighting for control over China. After a long time, the power of Yandi was reduced, and Chiyou disappeared, allowing Huangdi to become the emperor. But the war was not over. For centuries and millennia later it continued, taking different shapes - blood, battles and ambitions of warlocks would not end. In the Three Kingdoms era, 3rd century AD, the ancient war was revived once again. And so the seventeen-year-old boy Ji Xuan, proficient in sword fighting, and his older sister Ji Shuang, a master of demon-summoning, found themselves involved in a great conflict that will soon change their lives forever..."Huanxiang Sanguozhi", meaning Fantasy Story of Three Kingdoms, is based on historical events, featuring famous characters from the Three Kingdoms epoch, which became so popular in Asia thanks to Luo Guanzhong's classic novel. But the game gives a different interpretation to the story, involving fictional and supernatural characters and themes that were absent in other adaptations of the saga. The game plays like a traditional Asian RPG. You can set your combat style to be entirely turn-based, or with active time element, like in Final Fantasy games. The battles are viewed from isometric perspective, while navigation through the game world is done from a regular third person view. The enemies are visible in hostile areas, but appear randomly on the world map. The game allows you to choose between three difficulty levels. |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Angel of Darkness | 2003-07-01 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Help Tomb Raider's famous heroine, Lara Croft, save the world from the forces of evil.As the game begins, Lara wakes from a stupor. Recalling what she can of the past few hours, she remembers walking in on a killer after discovering the body of Von Croy, her friend and former mentor. She must make a hasty escape from the authorities who blame her for the crime. Determined to discover the fiend responsible, Lara eventually uncovers an evil plot that could cause the destruction of mankind. If the reincarnation of the "angel of darkness" is allowed to happen, the world is doomed!The game environment is set in the somewhat distant future. You'll lead Lara mostly in 3rd person perspective, travelling to various locales in Europe. Explore sewers, cemeteries, warehouses, factories and cities. A multitude of NPCs will be encountered, both in the form of friend as well as foe.Angel of Darkness introduces new stealth and close-combat moves - ducking, sneaking and hug-the-walls walking. Lara must build her skills by performing action sequences. You'll have her running, dodging, performing flying leaps and platform jumps, shimming along walls and cables, as well as moving boxes and other obstacles around. Advancements are achieved with strategically placed power-ups. Collect weapons and ammunition, artifacts and money.You'll also play Kurtis Trent, a new male counterpart, for several "levels". Although Kurtis gets in Lara's way when she first meets him, he eventually becomes an ally when they realize they are both working towards the same goal. |
| Myst: 10th Anniversary DVD Edition | 2003-07-01 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Cyan Worlds, Inc. | Adventure, Compilation | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Myst: 10th Anniversary DVD Edition features the first three games in the Myst series on DVD remastered for modern computer systems plus an interview with Cyan Worlds' CEO Rand Miller.
Myst (Masterpiece Edition) - The classic adventure game is now presented with better sound, better graphics and an integrated help system.
Riven: The Sequel to Myst
Myst III: Exile |
| Neverball | 2003-07-01 | | | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Neverball is a 3D game, in which you must guide a rolling ball through various levels of obstacles, while collecting the required amount of bonuses. Unlike most of these types of games, in which you directly control the ball, you must control the ground by slanting it one way or another (with your mouse), which indirectly controls the ball.Neverball's gameplay is heavily influenced by Super Monkey Ball. |
| Pirates of the Caribbean | 2003-07-01 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Sea Dog | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | Teen | | Windows | Pirates of the Caribbean is a role-playing game in which the player takes the role of a pirate who has to grow in skill by fighting, trading and solving quests. The player can buy and upgrade a ship, sign-up a crew, and try to rule the seas of the Caribbean. |
| Xianjian Qixia Zhuan 3 | 2003-07-01 | Unistar | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Jingtian is a servant in the biggest jewelry store in the town of Yuzhou. He can judge jewels very well and has an eye for beautiful things. He also has an extraordinary memory and a talent for sword-fighting, so he hopes to become one day the most skillful swordsman and the richest person in China. Naturally, the young man is also interested in beautiful girls, particularly in Xuejian, the daughter of Tang Kun, the boss of the store he works in. Xuejian is not only beautiful - she has knowledge of culture, kung-fu, and medicine. Lately, Tang Kun became sick, and there is a family struggle for his heritage. Willing to protect Xuejian, Jingtian becomes involved in a net of conflicts, and realizes the time to find a use for his talents as a swordsman has finally come.Xianjian Qixia Zhuan 3 is the third installment in the Chinese role-playing series; it begins a new story arc which is not directly connected to the one of the two previous games. It is also the first game in the series that utilizes a fully 3D engine. The camera can be rotated 180 degrees, and the isometric perspective is abandoned in favor of 3D third-person one. The battles also take place in a fully 3D environment. Battle engine has undergone several refinements, including two different energy types for special techniques as well as a bar that shows the progression of turns and the exact time a player-controlled character or an enemy needs to execute an attack. Magic spells initially take longer time to cast; this can be countered by improving a character's proficiency in casting corresponding magic. By focusing on one elemental discipline, the character will also be able to gain access to more powerful spells.True to the tradition of the series, the enemies are visible on screen, and battles are triggered when there is contact between the protagonist and the enemy. A few character-specific field techniques have been added, which are sometimes needed to remove an obstacle during dungeon exploration. A light dating element has been added: Jingtian can talk to his female party members in towns, and influence his relationship with them depending on the player's choices. |
| 4-Play Action Pack (Volume 1) | 2003-07-02 | Hip Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | A budget compilation featuring 4 full games from Eidos Interactive:
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Thief II: The Metal Age
Tomb Raider: Chronicles
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| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Angel of Darkness (Limited Edition) | 2003-07-02 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This edition is limited to 7600 copies and includes:
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Angel of Darkness
A mini-maglite "Solitaire" with an autograph of Lara Croft in a black case
A Tomb Raider lanyard keychain
The official soundtrack
A DIN A3-poster
Postcard
Three stickers
A notepad
Making-of disc that includes:
The "new" Lara Croft"
Core Design - the developers
The German market
The history of Lara Croft
Artwork
Screenshots
Trailer
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| Learn to Play Chess with Fritz & Chesster | 2003-07-02 | Viva Media, LLC | ChessBase GmbH, wpMediendesign | Educational, Strategy | Side view, Top-down | | | Chess | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Children and adults alike can learn chess in the midst of an adventure-like atmosphere in this game. When Fritz's parents, the king and queen, go on vacation, Fritz becomes King for a Day and is in charge of the castle. He is having a grand ole time until King Black decides to challenge him to a duel. Fritz must defeat him but not in the way you might think. The duel will be played out on the chessboard.You play as Fritz in 3rd person perspective as he explores the Kingdom with his cousin, Bianca. Find 7 arcade-style games that explain the basics of the game of chess. Tips and tricks are explained in easy to understand language along the way. Then in the "Intelligym", test what you have learned and train for the grand finale.The whole family will enjoy the crisp, colorful graphics, cartoon characters, humorous dialog and upbeat music in this mouse-driven game. |
| Midnight Club II | 2003-07-02 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | Rockstar San Diego, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | Ryan Higa | | Teen | Ben Padget, Andrew Zaferakis | Windows | On the streets at night, anything can happen. And if you have a car that can race the distance, there's money involved too.This is the premise behind Midnight Club II, in which you must work your way up the ranks of illegal street racing by challenging and defeating the best over three cities.Each race occurs in a different area of the city, and all you have to do to get started is flash your lights at the person you wish to drag. Then follow the map for the track route and go hell for leather. Further along, shortcuts will also come into play, giving you an advantage in getting to the finish first.Each race you win racks up cash, which goes towards new and much faster cars for the more difficult challenges. You'll also get the chance to go two wheels with a selection of highly mobile bikes.Multiplayer modes include the usual all-on-all race mode, and capture the flag, in which you must race to the opposing flag somewhere in the city and return it to your destination. |
| Train Collection | 2003-07-02 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Train Collection is a compilation of the following railway and train related games:
Rails Across America
Ultimate Trainz Collection
Trainz: Paint Shed
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| Alex the Allegator 4 | 2003-07-03 | Free Lunch Design AB | Free Lunch Design AB | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Alex the Allegator 4 is a classic-style side scrolling jump'n'run complete with boss fights. The player has to help Alex rescue his girlfriend Lola before the evil humans make shoes out of her. Alex can jump on enemies to defeat them or step on certain activators which send Alex rolling across the level at high speed. This way, enemies can be knocked off the level, wide gaps crossed and special blocks crushed. The game automatically saves the progress and any completed level can be skipped.Visualized in a resolution of 160x120 with only four green tones the game is reminiscent of old Game Boy games. |
| Mistmare | 2003-07-03 | Strategy First, Inc. | Arxel Tribe d.o.o., Sinister Systems | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Mistmare is a role-playing game set in an alternate reality of the year 1996, where the industrial revolution never took place. You play as the monk Isidor, in a medieval looking Europe, using magic based on sounds to fight wrongdoers and monsters and to restore order to the fragile world around you. A mystical, deadly fog has separated the northern parts of Europe from the southern and one of your main tasks is to solve the mysteries surrounding the phenomenon. The game is fully 3D, and can be played in first or third person perspective. The combat is done in real-time: the player selects attacks, magical spells, or other actions, and clicks on the enemy; the selected action will be repeated by the AI until the player chooses a new one. The game has an internal clock, with certain events occurring only at specific times. Character-building is achieved by using special items: for example, weight-lifting is needed to increase strength, praying to increase magic powers, etc. Magic spells are called "chords" in the game, and can serve to strengthen Isidor in combat, heal him, or weaken the enemy. |
| Dr. Blob's Organism | 2003-07-04 | Cheapass Games | Digital Eel | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Dr. Blob's Organism is a unique shooter game that combines the lightning-quick gameplay of games like Tempest with the artificial life algorithm of John Conway's Life.In the game, the player must destroy pesky giant one-celled organisms as they try to escape from a spinning petri dish.Each level introduces powerups (freeze, lightning, multiguns, etc.) and special abilities (force field, regeneration, frenzy, etc.) to keep the game challenging, surprising and exciting right to the mind-mangling last level, Spore Storm! |
| Brain Games 2 | 2003-07-11 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Duckfoot Technologies, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Brain Games 2 is a compilation of four casual games previously sold by Webfoot Technologies, Inc.. The games are:
3D Marble Flip (here just called Marble Flip)
3D Super Row Mania (here called Super Rows)
Nomi
ZanAlso included is a demo version of the game Super Bubble Pop. A single process installs all the games and a game menu |
| Escape Velocity Nova | 2003-07-11 | Ambrosia Software, Inc. | ATMOS Software Productions Pty. Ltd. | Action, Simulation | Top-down | | | Arcade, Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | In Escape Velocity Nova (EVN) the player takes the role of a starship captain, warping from system to system, trading commodities and engaging in combat.The game interface is, oddly enough, a top-down perspective, such as might be found in games such as Asteroids or Star Control. To maneuver, players simply point their ship in the direction they want to go and thrust. Stopping is as simple as turning in the opposite direction and thereby thrusting against the ship's current direction.In addition to the exploration inherent within the game, there are also a number of side-missions that can be picked up by the player at their leisure, as well as a handful of storyline missions.EVN is a very freeform game; players are not even required to peruse the story missions. They can focus on upgrading their ship, become a pirate, or establish a fleet in order to exploit profitable trade routes.When players engage a ship in combat, it will become "Disabled" shortly before it takes enough damage to be destroyed. Players then have the option of stopping their attack in order to board the ship in order to steal credits, resources, or even the entire ship itself (it can either replace the player's own ship or be added to their fleet). Naturally, ship captures are not always successful. |
| Sexy Beach 2 | 2003-07-11 | Illusion | Illusion | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | You are just an ordinary guy who has won a trip to a place called Sexy Island in a lottery. Upon your arrival, you discover that there are six beautiful girls on the island. Each one of them has different personality and interests. Now you'll have to date those girls and eventually to bring the dates to their logical conclusions...The gameplay of Sexy Beach 2 consists mostly of picking up locations for dates and then watching the girls do various things (swimming, drinking, etc.). The game is divided into days. At some point, the girls whom you were dating most will begin to like you. New options for kissing and caressing them will become available. Eventually, you'll be able to have sex with the girls at the hotel. During the game you also unlock various swimsuits and make the girls wear them. The game features 3D graphics with polygonal models, animation, and free camera rotation and zooming. |
| Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel | 2003-07-13 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The 8th in the HerInteractive game series based on the Nancy Drew books finds Nancy in Jersey investigating strange happenings in the Captain's Cove Amusement Park. Not only did a serious accident occur when the rollercoaster mysteriously lost power, but in the middle of the night the beautiful antique carousel has hauntingly begun to start by itself!You, as Nancy Drew, will go behind the scenes into the workings of theme park rides, talk to people (all of whom have secrets to hide), and solve the puzzles while digging into the carousel's past and unveiling the culprit behind the sabotage. Like other games in the series, the game uses a point and click interface, an inventory and several difficulty choices. |
| Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb | 2003-07-14 | Wyrmkeep Entertainment Co | Dreamers Guild, The | Adventure | | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | In this game you are Rif, a young fox, who is falsely accused of stealing the magical orb of storms. This orb is capable of predicting when storms will arrive. Obviously this is important to farmers, but it is just as important to the boar tribe, for their supply of mud.You'll have to find the Orb and the real thief, to clear your name, save your girlfriend and prevent war with the boar tribe. While your doing this you'll encounter a much larger mystery: What is the origin of the tribes? Legend has it that the humans gave the animals the power of thought and speech, and then vanished. Who were they and what happened to them? |
| Backyard Basketball 2004 | 2003-07-15 | Atari, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Christopher Miller | | Everyone | | Windows | Be a hoops hero! Sink jump shots and stuff slam dunks with the Backyard Kids and kid versions of your favorite NBA stars. Pick players, team names and cool jerseys… then, choose a court for all of the exciting action. 3-on-3 action with crowd noise and announcers. Cool power-up shots. You can customize players, lineups and Backyard jerseys. |
| Backyard Football 2004 | 2003-07-15 | Atari, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Backyard Kids! Pick your favorite players, NFL jerseys and fun fields… then, play in sunshine, rain, even snow. Call the right plays and become a Backyard Football’ hero. |
| Disciples II: Servants of the Dark | 2003-07-15 | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | In Servants of the Dark, the Legions of the Damned are spreading Brethrezen's plague across the land while they sense a great threat in the reborn Elven god. Mortis and her Undead Hordes, however, are seeking revenge against Gallean.Disciples II: Servants of the Dark is a stand-alone expansion that adds 2 new campaigns (the Legions of the Damned and the Undead Hordes), new multiplayer maps, new characters and new features. The expansion also includes the original Disciples II campaigns. |
| Dora the Explorer: Animal Adventures | 2003-07-15 | Atari, Inc. | Stunt Puppy Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Join Dora the Explorer, the monkey 'Boots' and cousin Diego for an exciting adventure in the rainforest. There are a variety of fun activities including animal match-up, feed the animals, amazon river waterskiing and more. The game covers the following concepts: counting and number values, matching colors and shapes, creative play through pictures and music, memory skills and basic Spanish words and phrases. |
| Mars Rover | 2003-07-15 | WildTangent, Inc. | Escape Factory, Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Mars Rover is a Moon Patrol variant set on Mars. Like in the original game, the player controls a vehicle which is constantly moving to the right and can speed up, slow down, and jump to avoid obstacles or hazards. The rover is also simultaneously firing lasers capable of destroying obstacles and hazards from its vertical and forward cannons. There are sequential checkpoints with names which correspond to the letters of the alphabet (Alpha, Bobo, Canine etc).The main hazards in the game are Martian rocks which can either be destroyed or jumped over and enemy spaceships which drop bombs that must be avoided. Destroying spaceships can cause them to drop temporary power-ups such as increased firing speed or a homing missile launcher which replaces the vertical cannon. |
| Overball | 2003-07-15 | WildTangent, Inc. | Escape Factory, Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Overball is an action/puzzle game where the player controls a ball on a mission to plant flowers across a mysterious world called Overland. The core gameplay involves rolling over empty flower patches to plant flowers. The player has a limited number of balls/lives which may be lost by falling out of the world, though balls can be replenished by collecting 16 life shards. Planting an uninterrupted chain of 13 flowers of the same color awards a star, and the player may be awarded a bronze, silver, or gold ball depending on the number of stars collected by the end of each level.Certain areas are blocked off by doors which only open once enough flowers of a specific color have been planted. Overland is home to monsters which trample flowers, but they can be destroyed by the player with a time-bomb power-up, which temporarily turns the player into a rolling time bomb. The game features 17 levels across 4 themes. |
| STX: The Sentinel Conspiracy | 2003-07-15 | WildTangent, Inc. | Escape Factory, Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Arcade, Shooter | | Automobile | Direct control | | | | Windows | WildGames product page description (from Ad Blurbs)You are a secret agent who just stole a combat racing car from the bad guys! Can you survive the mission of this top-down driving action shooter? Use special weapons like the tesla coil, tire buzzers, guided missiles, oil slicks and the Laserator to get away clean! The Tach6 is equipped with special features like the Speed Boost, Invulnerability and the Score booster to help you along the crazy roadway!
5 special weapons: Tesla coil, guided missiles, tire buzzers, oil slicks and the laserator
Awesome special effects- explosions, enemies, road hazards
4 bonus items: score multipliers, extra lives, nitro boost, and invulnerability
All out top-down action street fighter, you are an agent!
Exciting Street terrains with a James Bond feel
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| State of Emergency | 2003-07-15 | Global Star Software Inc. | VIS Entertainment Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | Mature | | Windows | It's some time in the far future, where The Corporation controls everything. People are generally happy, except for a resistance group called Freedom, who do not like The Corporation's dictatorial rule.In State of Emergency, the player can choose from one of five different characters: Spanky, an ex-gang member; McNeil, a disgruntled ex-cop; Bull, a criminal in prison; Libra, a lawyer; and Phreak, an orphan. The player must complete a variety of missions, ranging from Rescue missions to "Kill This Person" missions to "Blow Up This ..." missions. The player has many different weapons at his or her disposal, including shotguns, machine guns, pistols, knives, rocket launchers, tear gas launchers, flame-throwers, gatling guns, pepper spray, molotov cocktails and more. It is even possible to use street props, such as boxes, construction cones, benches, signposts, trashcans, and more. Breaking and entering stores allows the player to use the items there as a weapon, such as a DVD player or a television. There are many different enemies such as gang members, skinheads, and The Corporation forces. |
| C64 Classics | 2003-07-17 | Oxygen Interactive | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation that, according to the box, contains around 3000 Commodore 64 games, including among others Adidas Championship Football, Arkanoid, Sanxion, First Samurai, Cobra and Rodland. The games are in original C64 formats, so any system with an emulator can run them, but only Amiga and PC emulators are included on the CD. Also included is 10000 audio tracks plus SID players to run them with. |
| Live for Speed | 2003-07-17 | Live for Speed | Live for Speed | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Live for Speed is an online racing simulator. Its main features are the realistic physics engine and internet multiplayer with up to 32 players in race. This simulator offers 20 cars of various types and classes - from classic road cars to GTR's and single-seaters. Most of the cars are fictional. However, there are 4 real car replicas in the game: RaceAbout, MRT5, Formula BMW FB02 and BMW Sauber F1.06. The recommended controller is a steering wheel and pedals, although there is a good support of a mouse or a keyboard.You can race on 7 large track areas, while each area has a number of its configurations. There is also an autocross area with a 1/4 mile drag strip or a skid pad. Licensed users can make their own "autocross layouts" - several objects (cones, walls, poles, tyre stacks etc.) can be placed on any track and wherever they like, so new original tracks can be created.A free demo version can be downloaded from their website. It has got almost all features of the licensed versions - ability to race online, full online web statistics, unlimited setup changes etc. The demo is restricted to 3 cars and 1 track with 3 configurations (+ reversed) to try out. To access all cars and tracks and all features of this game, you have to buy a license. So far, there are two licenses to buy - S1 and S2. S1 contains 4 cars and 9 tracks (including demo), while S2 contains all cars and tracks available in Live for Speed.The three developers have a close connection to the community and recently visit the official forum to get ideas what the players want to see in the game. The game is being developed all the time and new features are published in free patches.In the recent S2 patches, several improvements were made. Physics and graphics were improved, new cars were added (BMW Sauber F1.06 and Formula BMW FB02). The maximum number of players in the server has been increased as well - from 16 to 32 in race and 47 in the server (spectating + in race). |
| Yongzhe Paopao Long 4 | 2003-07-17 | Lonai Software | Lonai Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | After the last game stuck to a more conservative take on the Bubble Bobble formula, Yongzhe Paopao Long 4 experiments with a more open design. Players start in an open hub world, which is a long sidescrolling level that can be explored freely. Doors throughout this level lead to individual worlds, which are played through as a series of single-screen stages like in the previous games. |
| Elite Forces: Navy SEALs - Weapons of Mass Destruction | 2003-07-18 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Jarhead Games Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Time to reenlist! Navy SEALs 2: Weapons of Mass Destruction takes the player back to Iraq, in search of a chemical weapons plant, then deep into North Korea, in search of their nuclear weapons plant, and finally to Pakistan to ferret out an Al Qaeda camp and chase down a top Al Qaeda leader.The player has a choice of weapons when the mission starts, and is sometimes joined by an AI buddy who will help whenever possible. Go and save the world again! |
| Street Legal Racing: Redline | 2003-07-18 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Invictus Games, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | | | Everyone | | Windows | Street Legal Racing: Redline is the second in the Street Legal racing series, inspired by the movie The Fast And The Furious, and similar to Juiced and NFSU.It's all about car building/tuning and illegal day/night street racing. The car building part resembles Gearhead Garage, with much more detail (down to the crankshaft, camshaft, pistons) plus fine-tuning capabilities comprising 100 interchangable parts. It's even possible to interchange compatible parts between different cars. Custom paint jobs can be created using paintbrush and stickers.Races are duels, and can be divided to two parts. Day races use on the fly generated courses for prestige, while night races are quarter mile runs for money or pink slips. The game also has police chases and a prestige ladder divided to four racing clubs. |
| CeeBot3 Educational Programming Software | 2003-07-20 | Epsitec SA | Epsitec SA | Educational, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | CeeBot has been designed for teaching programming to students from 11 years on with a modern pedagogical approach: autonomous learning, creativity, interdisciplinarity, staged in a colorful 3D environment. The students program a robot that draws still images and animations with a sound track.CeeBot3 features a complete object-oriented Java-compatible language, but only a few basic concepts are taught in the exercises: simple "repeat" loops (non-standard in Java), functions without and with one float parameter, "for" loops. With these concepts the students can draw cartoon-like animations. Many more concepts are implemented and documented, including several variable types, arrays, file management instructions, and class definition. Advanced students can use these features to implement complex algorithms.The demo version has no time limit and you can use it to teach programming in a classroom. It contains 6 out of the 25 chapters of the full version. If your students already know some basic programming concepts, CeeBot3 demo is a complete programming environment that offers an introduction to multimedia and will allow the students to apply their programming skills in a motivating environment. If your students do not know anything about programming, you will need the full version in order to get a complete educational tool that will do most of the teaching by itself, offering a smooth pedagogical progression with more than 100 exercises.The interactive debugger will help the students to understand the first programming concepts and debug the most advanced algorithms. |
| Tough Trucks: Modified Monsters | 2003-07-21 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Bugbear Entertainment Oy | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Off-roading | | | Everyone | | Windows | Get behind the wheel of your stock pick-up truck and enter the ranks of the amateur monster-truck racing league, testing your skills against the same obstacles and hazards that the real monster trucks face in a knock-down, drag out race for the gold cup. As you emerge victorious race after race on the various obstacle ridden dirt tracks, you’ll earn money and prizes to repair and upgrade your vehicle to match the growing level of competition for bigger prizes and unique parts, eventually converting your stock pick-up into a mini-monster truck that can match the skills and performance of its big brothers. |
| Europa Universalis: Crown of the North | 2003-07-22 | Strategy First, Inc. | Paradox Entertainment AB | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Europa Universalis: Crown of the North is a compilation of the following games:
Svea Rike III
Europa Universalis II
This is the first English language release of Svea Rike III. |
| Abandoned Well | 2003-07-23 | Realore Studios | Realore Studios | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In search of Abandoned Well, your space ship landed on one of a suburban planet. The onboard sensors detected large beds of nuclear waste on a continent of the planet. Your task is to consume nuclear fuel from all dungeons. Be careful, monsters-mutants are guarding the waste and can damage the pipeline. Protect the pipeline from monsters by studying mutants' habits, swallowing or avoiding them, and become the first to reach the Well.
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| Dark Fall: The Journal | 2003-07-23 | Adventure Company, The | XXv Productions | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This first-person, point and click adventure is an atmospheric ghost story which takes place primarily in an old train station and a nearby hotel in Dorset, England.The game begins as you listen to a phone message from your brother urging you to meet him immediately because "something has gone wrong" and that "what they were looking for has found them." You leave immediately and, upon arriving, you discover that your brother is only one of many whose disappearances are unexplained.Your investigations into the past and present will involve reading diaries, newspapers, letters and other records to uncover the secrets hiding in the buildings. You will be finding clues to puzzles as you explore the creepy environment where apparitions come forth without warning.The in 2009 released Classic Edition adds support for Windows XP and Vista, new sound effects and other technical adjustments. |
| Frontal Assault | 2003-07-23 | | | Action | 1st-person | | Adult | Arcade, Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | Frontal Assault is a game about doing special kind of moves on breasts by slapping them with hand. Floating move icons show what move should be performed. If the move is not performed on time, move icon will disappear and player will lose one life. There are four different moves: helicopter left, helicopter right, bouncer and swinger. The game was created for the Assembly'03 GameDev compo. |
| Keyboardmania: Yamaha Edition | 2003-07-23 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Music / rhythm, Timed input | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Keyboardmania: Yamaha Edition is an entry in the Keyboardmania series and the only version to be released on PC. It was only available bundled with a Portatone EZ-250i keyboard by Yamaha. It contains some songs of the each arcade releases: Keyboardmania, Keyboardmania: 2ndMix and Keyboardmania: 3rdMix. It contains 20 songs and the amount can be increased to 32 through DLC. This game is the final release in the franchise.The player hits the keys to make music into the game, which displays the notes to compose the music that is playing through a vertically scrolling field. The precision is calculated by an energy bar named groove gauge. This bar has to be completely full, or at least filled in the permitted mark. If the player keeps the energy bar filled, the stage can be won. |
| Nexagon Deathmatch | 2003-07-23 | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Nexagon Deathmatch is a Real Time Strategy game that takes place in an imaginary future world where people have grown bored. As a form of entertainment televised gladiatorial combat has been called into existence. In these deathmatch shows two teams fight each other.Like a typical RTS each player builds a base and recruits units. The base's purpose is to defend the Nexus, which when captured makes a player go game over. The player can set up traps and barriers to further defend the base. It is also possible to place decorations, which don't have any combat benefit, but have crowd appeal and allow you to earn more money. Money can in turn be used to buy more base improvements. There are four different races with each their own typical units: the fantasy based Tekhan, the industrial Strunar, the futuristic Ghandros and the organic Olfrum. Each map has neutral armaments that can be occupied by units for additional combat strength. There are four types of units: Moles (basic), drones (close combat), golems (slow but strong) and brains (support). |
| Sakura Taisen 3: Paris wa Moeteiru ka | 2003-07-23 | Dysin Interactive Corp. | Overworks, Production I.G, Inc., Red Company Corporation | Adventure, Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | | Interwar, Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk | Mecha / giant robot | Direct control | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In the third installment of the Sakura Taisen series, Ichiro Ogami goes to Paris, to command the pretty girls of Paris Kagekidan (Flower Assault Squad), led by the lovely Erica. Just as in Japan, this special unit has a complex base which is disguised as a theater, since the girls of Paris Kagekidan can can act on stage as well as pilot huge steam-powered mechs. An unknown evil is threatening the city, so it's time for Ichiro to take command and save Paris from the demonic threat.Sakura Taisen 3 retains the basic gameplay style of the series, being a hybrid of dating-oriented role-playing (with timed responses during conversations with the girls, and the possibility to conquer the heart of one of them), and strategic turn-based battles. The game features fully 3D graphics for the battles and the map of Paris (although the locations in adventure mode are still 2D still images). The interface for the battles has been modified: you can move your mechs physically on the battle field instead of pointing and clicking, and an action points-based system replaces the "two different commands per turn" style of the first two games. |
| The Great Escape | 2003-07-23 | Gotham Games | Pivotal Games Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Licensed | War | Rail shooter, Shooter | Europe, Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation, Motorcycle, Vehicle simulator, Vehicular combat | Direct control | Real-time | Teen | Cinematic camera | Windows | In this game you play the role of an American fighter pilot who is captured by the Germans during the second World War. The game is based on the film of the same name which was also based on true events. Your character is a computer generated version of Steve McQueen as are all the other actors for their characters.The game play involves sneaking about the prison camp and interacting with other prisoners to obtain various items to aid you in your escape. The physics are identical to Conflict: Desert Storm. The game play shifts to all-out combat as well as the infamous motorbike chase. |
| Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life (Deluxe Edition) | 2003-07-24 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Sixteen Tons Entertainment | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Deluxe Edition of Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life contains the base game with two bonus missions, a headset and speech recognition. That way, the player can directly shout orders instead of using the regular controls.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.Promo Images Alternate Titles "抢救行动2：生命的终极保卫战" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
Part of the Following Groups Emergency Life Fighters series
Setting: City - Berlin
Theme: Firefighting
Theme: Law enforcement
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| Fowl Words: Farm Fresh Goodness | 2003-07-24 | Kewlbox | Blockdot, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | Side view | | | Word construction | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In the word game Fowl Words / Chicktionary the player must find as many words as possible using the 7 letters given - either against the clock or not.At the beginning of each round, you have to choose the bonus you try to get. The higher the bonus, the more points you get - but you must find the amount of words you specified while selecting the type of bonus.When the round starts, you have the 7 hens there, each with a letter. Those letters can form 33 words, with many 3-letter-words to one 7-letter-word. Simply type in the word and if it is a new one, it will be added to the egg rows at the top. If the word is a duplicate, a red box will tell you that. If you don't find anything more, you can either scramble the letters, get a hint (limited amount) or skip to the next level (only if you have revealed enough words). If you proceed to the next round, all missing worlds will be revealed so you can see what you have missed.The more words you reveal will of course increase your score. Once you run out of time (in time-mode-play), the game ends. In non-timed play you have all the time you want. |
| MahJongg Master Deluxe Suite | 2003-07-24 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation, Puzzle | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This release includes Version 19.80 of the classic Kyodai Mahjongg (previously released by eGames as MahJongg Master 5) by René-Gilles Deberdt, as well as a second game, Mahjong Patience. This release of the game includes 389 different tilesets. |
| Warning Forever | 2003-07-24 | Hikware | Hikware | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Warning Forever is a top-down shooter in which you have to fight a virtually endless number of increasingly difficult boss-battles. Not only do enemy space ships gain better and stronger weapons with each stage, they also adapt to your playing style.To stand a chance against the various spaceships, you can control your own ship's speed and and the direction your weapon shoots in. There are four different modes of play:
Normal: You have an infinite number of ships, but also a time limit.
You get penalties for loosing ships, but can also increase the time limit with certain actions.3 ships: You have three ships and there's no time limit.Sudden Death: No time limit, only one ship.Custom: You can customize your time limit and number of ships.
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| Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic | 2003-07-25 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Triumph Studios B.V. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic is a stand-alone sequel to Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne. Like its predecessors, it's all about turn-based strategy in a fantasy world.In the campaign, a corrupt new empire led by the wizard Phobius, has launched an aggressive assault on the ancient races and all things magic. Meanwhile, an even greater evil in the form of hellish demons, breeds within its shadows. The wizard Merlin has been captured by the demons, but can still communicate with his old wizard friends. The player is cast as these wizards as they fight the human empire and the demons.The main character is the Wizard, who most of the time stays in his wizard tower casting spells in his domain. He researches new spells and abilities and becomes more and more powerful as the game moves on.One unique feature is the Simultaneous turns mode, where all players move their units at the same time. For those that like it old-school there's still a Classic turns mode.The innovations and improvements compared to Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne are:
Three new races.
One new unit for each race, and all the old units has been balanced to make the races more equal.
A third level, the Shadow world.
Several new structures.
Improved graphics.
Improved AI.
Random map generator.
Better editor with modding tools and campaign editor. |
| Broken Sword I & II | 2003-07-25 | MediaHouse Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Circle of Blood
Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror |
| FireFly Studios' Stronghold Warchest | 2003-07-25 | Gathering of Developers, Inc., Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Firefly Studios' Stronghold Warchest is the two-for-one release of Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader. Paper manuals are not bundled in the box, but are readable from the game discs, along with complete strategy guides. Exclusive content is available for Stronghold Crusader. There is a second Crusader Trail, consisting of 30 linked skirmish missions, three previously available separate adversaries in skirmish and multiplayer (Emperor Frederick I, King Phillip I and the Sheriff of Nottingham) as well as five new ones (The Wazir, The Emir, The Nizar, The Marshall - known in the original Stronghold as Sir Longarm, and The Abbot).Stronghold comes pre-patched to version 1.2, while Stronghold Crusader includes all changes from patch 1.1. |
| Two Heroes for One - RollerCoaster Tycoon + Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim | 2003-07-25 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Two Heroes for One is a compilation that is part of Australia's budget Heroes series, and includes:
RollerCoaster Tycoon
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim |
| The Postman Only Dies Once | 2003-07-27 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Second game of the The Repossessor's author. The postman Pete Bailey has been murdered, and the only suspect is zombie Michael Gower. The local reporter Mika Huy asks Max Griff, Reality-on-the-Norm's private eye, to unearth the real killer, while she will interrogate the suspects. Player should help Max to complete this mission in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight | 2003-07-29 | Microsoft Corporation | ACES Game Studio | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | As the name suggests, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight, is that year's version of the popular simulator from Microsoft and celebrates 100 years of flight. Flight Simulator 2004 includes 9 historical aircraft such as the Wright Flyer from 1903, DC-3, Vickers Vimy, Curtiss Jenny and the Ryan NVP 'Spirit of St. Louis’ that you can pilot and new challenges centered around the historical aircraft. It includes a new help system called 'Learning Center' and an improved ATC, and a new dynamic weather system. The GPS systems in Flight Simulator 2004 have been completely overhaulled and are now based on real world Garmin 500/295 GPS systems. |
| Emergency Fire Response | 2003-07-30 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Real-time strategy | | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Emergency Fire Response takes a new spin on the tactical strategy genre. Take command of a full team of firefighters and lead them through 34 missions of intense heat. Different situations from poisonous fumes, toxic materials to rapid fire spreads require different tactics. Work with distinct firefighters and fire specialists with different skills and support vehicles to get the job done. Experience what life is really like for firefighters. It is in your hands, to train and lead your team through the many tasks successfully and more importantly .... safely.
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| A-Sock-Ellipse Now! | 2003-07-31 | Astral Entertainment | Astral Entertainment | Action, Compilation, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | A-Sock-Ellipse Now! was the result of a contest ran by Astral Entertainment to make more games in their Pea-Guy series. It contains 3 games.The first game, The Magic Land, is a tactical RPG with an exploration mode that works similar to action games, except when enemies are encountered it goes to a hexagonal battlefield and combat is played turn-by-turn. The plot of The Magic Land is that the hero, Pea-Guy and 3 of his friends have been teleported to a distant land, and must now defeat the wizard that rules that land.The second game, The Secret of Coolness, plays as a 3D third-person shooter with the addition of a puzzle element where on each level you need to push down a series of buttons to progress. Also ammo is limited, so the player has to dodge as much as he shoots. Between levels are humorous 3D cinemas. The plot of this game is that the Nasty Lord WitchyWitch steals Pea-Guy's sunglasses to be as cool as he is, and now Pea-Guy needs to get them back.The third game, Defeating Dr. Robotica is also a 3D 3rd-person shooter, but a more typical one as the player has a health percentage and lots of ammo, rather than lives and limited ammo like the previous game. There are many different types of enemy on every level. The plot of this game is that Pea-Guy is attacking the castle of the Nasty Lord Dr. Robotica.In addition to 3 games there is a ~15 minute mini-movie where Pea-Guy and a friend The Mortuator go on a quest to find The Mortuator's brother. |
| Stranded | 2003-07-31 | Unreal Software | Unreal Software | Action | 1st-person | | Survival | | | | | | | | Windows | Stranded I is a 3D survival game set on an tropic island featuring a day-and-night cycle and changing weather conditions. The game is played using a 1st-person perspective and navigated with keyboard and mouse. The player is a castaway on an island and has to survive until he can craft a raft and escape from the island. It is played on a randomly generated island or choosing one of three different islands which include some special missions.The character can find several kinds of food, drinking water, wooden sticks, stones and other resources on the island. This food and water is used to supply the basic survival. The other resources are used to craft tools, weapons, a few buildings and finally a raft. On the island a few other people live which adopt the roles of a merchant or a teacher. There are also animals such as turtles, butterflies, crab and dangerous lions. |
| Zworx | 2003-07-31 | Westlotto | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Being a king is not an easy job. Wars want to be financed and you don't want to live like a beggar, don't you? But without sparing you will be soon bankrupt and that's exactly the problem the leader of an unknown kingdom has. His treasury is empty... Unfortunately Zworx works for the king as an alchemist and so he is ordered to produce gold. Without any knowledge in this area Zworx sees only one option: picking up a shovel and digging for gold.In 30 levels you control Zworx below ground. In each level you have to pick up a specific amount of nuggets before a door to the next level is opened. Equipped with a shovel you can dig your way through the dangerous underground which is filled with guards, vampires, mummies and dragons to mine gold and diamonds. To defend yourself you can pick up garlic or onions. The garlic helps against the vampires and having onions in your inventory, you are able to fart what results in a temporary paralysis of the enemies around you. Rocks can also be found in the underground. You can move them around, let them fall on enemies to eliminate them, or combine them. There are two types of rocks: gray ones and brown ones. When a gray rock falls on another gray rock, both disappear. If you do the same thing with brown rocks, they explode and destroy the area around them, which is very useful when enemies are in this area or granite is in your way.
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| AFL Live 2004 | 2003-08-01 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | IR Gurus Interactive Pty Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Oceania | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | As its predecessor AFL Live 2003 this game is a simulation of Australian Football and it's main league, the AFL. Updates include the chance to win player awards throughout the season (including the all important Brownlow Medal for best player of the year). Player Missions will have you attempting to re-create history, or change it, as some of the best and worst moments for each team are there for you to make or break. Plus you can now take your team through the pre-season Wizard Cup competition.Updates to team rosters, new replay features, photo realistic player faces, and a new commentary team led by Denis Commeti round out the changes. |
| Bionicle: Mask of Light Promo CD | 2003-08-01 | LEGO System A/S | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | BIONICLE: Mask of Light Promo CD is a promotional CD-ROM that was distributed at LEGOLAND Windsor to promote the upcoming film BIONICLE: Mask of Light - The Movie. It features a story overview, character bios, a listing of DVD extras, a trailer for the movie, a screensaver, and six mini-games.The mini-games include:
Gali Nuva's Rapid Descent
Lewa's Forest Flyer
Kopaka's Ice Trail
Onua's Memory Challenge
Pohatu's Matching Pairs
Tahu's Lava Surfer |
| Boomertrix | 2003-08-01 | | Destan Entertainment | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Boomertrix is a diagonal-down game with 3D graphics in which the player takes control over an unnamed character trying to run away from labyrinths full of evil creatures.The game consists of a single-player mode with 60 levels split into 4 zones. In each level, the goal is to eliminate all enemies by using the hero's only weapon - a boomerang. Once all enemies are dead, a magic gate appears on the level and the hero must be led to this gate.Some of the level's elements like trees are destructible. There are several types of enemies like jellies, jumping beach balls and ghosts, differing by movement speed and number of points awarded upon death.The hero is controlled using arrow keys and the spacebar to shoot the boomerang. Each level has a time limit after which the character dies. The hero starts with 3 lives. The game features a password system to start the game from a specific level as there is no standard save-load module. |
| Brickman! | 2003-08-01 | Fortress Game Studio | Fortress Game Studio, RUN Interactive | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | In Brickman! (inspired by games like Miner 2049er), you play the part of a painter who has been given the task to paint all the floor tiles. You have to walk over the tiles to paint them over, but it's never an easy task, is it? Aside from painting the blocks, our hero must also scare away pigeons, squash bugs, evade ghosts and wandering fireballs, climb ladders, go down tubes, jump using dangling ropes, slide over frozen tiles, and avoid falling down pits.Oh, if you don't scare away the pigeons, they'll leave their mark on the tiles... if you know what I mean.But not everything's lost! Our hero can fight back! He can squish the bugs, put out fires, and scare pigeons using his paintbrush (which runs out after a while). You can pick up paint cans to refill your paint meter, First Aid kits to refill your life, and lunchboxes that give you extra lives. |
| Decisive Battles of WWII Vol 2: Korsun Pocket | 2003-08-01 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Strategic Studies Group Pty Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Turn-based strategy, Wargame | Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This operational wargame lets the player command both German and Soviet troops in the battle of Korsun Pocket that took place in January 1944. The game is turn-based, each turn representing 12 hours of real time, with sequential Russian and German turns.The objective of the game is to amass more Victory Points than the opponent. The difference between the sides will in the end decide the level of victory. To get Victory Points one must destroy enemy units and capture objectives. To do this, units need to be moved on a tactical map and opposing forces need to be fought. The game features Play-by-Email for two players. As a bonus an updated version of the previous game in the series, The Ardennes Offensive, is also included. |
| Hellhog XP | 2003-08-01 | StateVector Games | StateVector Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Hellhog XP is a 3D Orbital Combat Shooter playing in the futuristic NAG universe.
You control an orbital combat drone (OCD) whose mission it is to guard and protect your
mothership or space station against waves of alien intruders and space parasites.The original 3D gameplay is based on straight arcade-style action.
While circling around your mothership, your goal is to survive the attack waves and eliminate
all enemies as quick as possible.Every destroyed enemy increases your score.
If you manage to eliminate enemies with a bonus
within a certain time, you gain extra points or bonus drones.Level by level you encounter different planetary or outer space environments
facing various types of enemies with different behaviour and weaponry. Your combat drone is equipped with a collection of weapon systems like
Dual Phaser Guns , AMT Guns (AMT = Anti-Matter-Torpedo) and some more (7 in the full version).
It has a regenerative energy shield and a power supply system.
You have to keep an eye on your surplus energy level as running out of energy
can be a dangerous situation.
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| Impossaball | 2003-08-01 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This freeware remake of the arcade game from 1987 replaces the old 2D bitmap graphics with fully 3D-rendered levels and obstacles. The player controls a ball going from one end of a corridor to the other, guiding it through the path and bouncing it over traps, spikes, moving objects and other dangerous scenery features that puncture the ball and end the game. The sphere casts a shadow on the checkered ground pattern, that can be used to aim it and land with precision at any point of the terrain. The main objective of each level is to crush all the cylinders on the corridor within a time limit, to open the exit to the next one. An extra life is added after each 10,000 points. |
| Mad Bomber | 2003-08-01 | New Breed Software | New Breed Software | Action | | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mad Bomber is a fast game where you move a stack of buckets at the bottom of the screen to catch the bombs a mad bomber drops from the top. They need to be caught and extinguished in the buckets before they reach the ground. A bucket is removed when that happens until none are left. The game has a single-player mode and a two-player mode for both cooperative and competitive gameplay.The game is a clone of Kaboom! |
| Mis Ladrillos Interactivo | 2003-08-01 | Mis Ladrillos | NGD Studios | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | A collection of four games, each with its own distinctive setting and gameplay mechanics, bundled together in one pack. Kids must face challenges both in the game and in real-life, building vehicles and structures with the “Mis Ladrillos” building blocks. Also includes building tutorials with over 105 minutes of interactive pre-rendered animations. |
| Q-lympics IQ-marathon | 2003-08-01 | dtp digital tainment pool GmbH | Abraxas Medien | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Q-lympics IQ-marathon is a puzzle game. Your task is to guide the cow to the trophy by using a fixed amount of arrows per level with which you can guide the cow. Traps and obstacles like pits, fences, walls and bulls make your life harder. 3 worlds with 42 levels are already included and the level editor allows you to create more. |
| Titans of Steel: Warring Suns | 2003-08-01 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Vicious Byte | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | Turn-based strategy with giant mechs. Not unlike a computerized version of the Battletech miniatures games. Full design options for custom mechs, RPG system for leveling up pilots, and a management system for mech squads, income and the cost of repairs, mechs, and new recruits. |
| You Don't Know Richard | 2003-08-01 | Not Our Productions | Will Interactive | Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult, Romance | | | | | | | | Windows | You Don't Know Richard is an FMV game that simulates romance and dating, aiming at male players as a training tool for active listening and meeting women. The protagonist is a man named Richard, who stumbles through the dating scene. The player decides how Richard responds to dialogue in order to progress through the game.The game involves adult themes and provides choices for the player to make. The right choices obviously end in romantic intimacy. The wrong choices serves as a tool to educate the player about active listening. |
| SummerVacation | 2003-08-02 | Alpha Secret Base | Alpha Secret Base | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A familiar beach, one not quite like any other. On this beach, there are star fragments which glitter strangely. Natsuki collects them up, feeling somehow nostalgic...SummerVacation is a puzzle game similar to classics like Adventures of Lolo and Sokoban. Each single-screen stage is a puzzle where you must collect three star fragments, and is filled various tools and enemies. Rocks can be destroyed with hammers, bridges can let you cross water, and blocks can be pushed around to block attacks or fill holes dug with a shovel.The game includes 30 different puzzles to solve, and will save a replay of your most efficient solution for each puzzle. There are also five different BGM tracks to choose from. |
| Rocket Mania! Deluxe | 2003-08-03 | PopCap Games, Inc. | Nuclide.com BVBA | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Rocket Mania! Deluxe is a simple strategy game with strong similarities to the arcade game Cachat. The player must try to get the flame of a fuse from one side of the screen to the rocket (fireworks) on the other. Do this by rotating the tile pieces of the fuse to connect from one side to the other. There are three modes of gameplay. Classic: This is a timed game in which you have to launch a certain number of rockets in a set time.Arcade: This is a more fast paced game in which you have to "burn up" the fuses as they drop from the top of the screen by rotating them to connect one side to the other. If a column reaches the top you lose.Strategy: This mode is untimed and slow paced. Practice and get high scores by getting multiple rocket launches. You have a certain number of matches and have to get more by setting off three or more rockets to drop more matches, Then pick up matches by "burning up" the fuse tile it is on. When you run out of matches its game over.With all three modes you can get better scores with multiple rocket launches as well as better fireworks. Collect items on certain fuse tiles for bonuses like coins and gems. Coins are thrown out by the crowd watching your fireworks display and are used for upgrading your rockets for a better show.This game can be played on the web or can be purchased on cd-rom. |
| Truck Dismount: Rekkaturvat | 2003-08-03 | | tAAt | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Truck dismount is the follow-up to Stair dismount. The aim of the game is to hurt a little fellow called DJ. After the incident with the stairs, he noticed he needs that kind of an activity to relax, so he signs up for a crash test dummy procedure. You place him somewhere near a truck and then try to smash him as painful as possible against a wall. You control the damage rate (which is awarded in points) through a number of parameters: the speed of the truck, two ramps, the position of the guy, ...The game features different camera views, a replay function for top scores and a near unlimited number of possibilities. |
| Pekka Kana 2 | 2003-08-06 | Piste Gamez | Piste Gamez | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | In this platform game, you play Pekka, a rooster from Finland set out to rescue the chickens that were stolen from his farm. Using his doodle horn, eggs, and other goodies, he must travel across Rooster Island, winding around farms, caves, and castles while defeating various nasty little critters. |
| Tin Toy Adventure in the House of Fun | 2003-08-07 | Mutation Software | Mutation Software | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The House of Fun is no fun anymore. An evil clown used a magic spell to bring the house into his possession; including all of its inhabitants. The only one spared is the tin man who now has to travel through the side-scrolling levels in order to fight the clown. This game offers the standard platforming action: jumping to avoid falling in holes and touching enemies - if not successful in the latter task, the energy bar decreases which eventually leads to death. However, the player character is not defenseless: he can shoot little sparks at the enemies and he has four spells to his disposal. The latter are basically power-ups which can be activated at will: creating a temporary platform under his feet, floating, invulnerability and a smart bomb. All those spells are limited regarding the number of usages, but refills can be collected during the levels. A boss awaits shortly before each level exit. |
| Shadows of RON | 2003-08-09 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | John Roley, one of the guardians of time, has arrived to Reality-on-the-Norm in "The Jules Verne Mark IV", a time-traveling spaceship. Unfortunately, the spaceship is out of positive ion gas to travel further. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help John to find the gas, to fill the spaceship, and to travel away from the town in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game.John Roley and all related stuff are part of author's published novels in "Shadows of Time" series. |
| War! Age of Imperialism | 2003-08-10 | Eagle Games, Inc. | Donohoe Digital LLC | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Computer version of the board game with the same name, up to eight players fight to build an empire on the earth.Meet natives, develop technologies, trade, growth, train armies, make allies and dominate in order to win.Feel like a conqueror and rules the world.Map design includes more details that in the board game.Multiplayer allows the "Hot Seat" mode, online and offline (play by email) modes. Tweak the rules as you wish. |
| Die Rache der Sumpfhühner: X-Tra Large | 2003-08-11 | Koch Media AG, Austria | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Die Rache der Sumpfhühner: X-Tra Large is a compilation of all three parts of the Die Rache der Sumpfhühner series:
Die Rache der Sumpfhühner
Die Rache der Sumpfhühner 2
Die Rache der Sumpfhühner 3 |
| MI5 Bob: The Uplift Mofo Party Plan | 2003-08-11 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Set after The Purity of the Surf, the game introduces a former dumb MI5 agent Bob, who came with another former MI5 agent Joe Linders to Reality-on-the-Norm. Walking around the town including a whole new area to the left of the bum's alley, talking to old and very new inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Bob to find the Red Hot Chili Peppers` "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan" album in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Blue's Clues: Blue Takes You to School | 2003-08-12 | Atari Interactive, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | In this second Blue's Clues game from Atari - based on the preschool television series Blue's Clues - Blue and Periwinkle invite you into their classroom to experience their school day along with them. Their human friend Joe makes a brief appearance in the intro and walks you to the school before handing you over to Miss Marigold and Blue's friends. Sign in and pick a picture from a choice of six, representing either a boy or a girl with differing types of hair - this will determine whether you are later referred to ingame as "he" or "she"! You are assigned your own cubby, containing folders where you'll later place pictures you've drawn, and where friends can place pictures they've drawn for you.Gameplay uses the mouse to point, click, and drag. Most of the time your cursor remains an arrow; on the creativity pages it becomes whatever tool you are using - paintbrush, eraser, etc, similar to any paint program, and in the garden it becomes a camera viewfinder.Your day with Blue and her friends follows a basic preschool curriculum, focusing on social skills, creativity, pre-math logic, and simple science:
Music Time - Listen to the rhythm Blue plays, then see which of her friends is playing the same rhythm. Then join in with your own instrument
Painting Easel - Create pictures using painting tools and stickers, then print them or save them to a folder for your friends
Rabbit Table - Learn how to take care of Giggles the class pet; try each object (carrot, water, brush, radio, even changing the cage paper!) to raise the rabbit's happiness-meter
Water Table - Out on the playground, Orange Kitten shows you his favorite thing; place the blocks in the water table to make your boat head toward an island
Garden - In the Nature Garden you'll be shooting things - with a camera! Find the object Miss Marigold describes and take a picture of it for your Nature Discovery Book. Then Miss Marigold tells you some basic facts about it
There are many clickable animations throughout the game - books that fall to the floor to be retrieved by a frog or a teddy bear (among others), a globe that spins and plays rhythms from around the world, insects and a bird that show off their sounds - quite a lot of small things for the preschool child to discover as he plays and learns. In addition, you can choose your level of difficulty, giving the game added replay value. |
| Madden NFL 2004 | 2003-08-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Tim Spangler, Ruchita Burman | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | The long running Madden series returns for another series of NFL action on nearly every platform available in 2003.New to the series this year are, of course, every new player included in the rosters for the new season, along with every other defensive and attacking player from every team in the league.New gameplay modes include Owner Mode, an option that allows you to hire your own staff, set prices for tickets and hot dogs, build your own stadium, organise camps pre-season, and nearly everything else an owner needs to do to make his or her team special.Play a full season and go all the way towards the Super Bowl final, or re-live special moments from past games and try to change history. You can use a full playbook based on the pros, with a host of tricks and formations.Those new to the series (or NFL in general) can watch video tutorials presented by Al Michaels and Melissa Stark, to fill you in on every little detail of the sport and the game. |
| Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader | 2003-08-13 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Black Isle Studios, Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | During the Third Crusade, King Richard the Lionheart ordered the massacre of three thousand prisoners during the Siege of Acre. The spiritual consequences of this act were used by a mysterious person in a ritual that tore the very fabric of reality, opening a dimensional rift that allowed magical energies and demonic creatures to invade our Earth. Four hundred years later, a lowly slave is suspected of possessing magical powers. Through a series of events he discovers that he is a descendant of King Richard, and his unique abilities may be the only key to humanity's battle against the dark forces.Lionheart is a role-playing game set in an alternate version of the sixteenth century, where magic and monsters exist openly. The game is set in various countries, from the city of Barcelona to locations in the Middle East. Real historical figures such as William Shakespeare, Galileo Galilei and others appear in the game, though often modified according to the game's fantasy setting. The game utilizes the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. system of character development taken from Fallout, with the same main attributes and some common skills and perks, with the addition of new ones pertaining to magic. There are also racial differences, with four races to choose for the protagonist: Human Pureblood, Demokin, Feralkin, or Sylvant.The first half of the game takes place in and around the city of Barcelona and involves questing and free-form character building, with various factions to join and different ways (combat, stealth, diplomacy, etc.) to overcome problems. The game becomes noticeably more combat-oriented in its second half. Combat in the game is action-based and similar to Diablo in execution. Various characters may join the protagonist if certain conditions are met, and aid him in combat. These companions are fully controlled by the AI. |
| Eternal Fighter Zero: Bad Moon Edition | 2003-08-15 | Twilight Frontier | Twilight Frontier | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Eternal Fighter Zero: Bad Moon Edition is the second update of the original doujin fighting game Eternal Fighter Zero that features characters from visual novels developed by Key and its parent company, Tactics.Added in this installment are four new playable characters: Ikumi Amasawa from Moon., Doppel Nanase (based on Rumi Nanase from One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e), Mishio Amano from Kanon, and Kaori Misaka, also from Kanon. As in previous games, the new fighters have move sets and even win quotes that parody popular fighting game series such as Street Fighter and King of Fighters. Also introduced in Bad Moon Edition are air throws and "floatier" physics to facilitate juggling. |
| Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Tatarigoroshi-hen | 2003-08-15 | 07th Expansion | 07th Expansion | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Tatarigoroshi-hen is the third release in the Higurashi: When They Cry visual novel series. It includes parts 1, 2, and 3 of the novel: "Onikakushi-hen", "Watanagashi-hen" and "Tatarigoroshi-hen". It is a simple visual novel without branching paths or choices, where the player simply advances the text to read the story. After finishing each chapter, the player unlocks a number of optional bonus scenes called "TIPS".The protagonist in "Tatarigoroshi-hen" is Keichii Maebara, a teenage boy who has recently moved into the remote Japanese village of Hinamizawa. Keichii quickly develops a close friendship with a group of schoolgirls and joins their game club. However, these fun days come to an end when an abusive uncle of one of Keiichi's friends returns to the village. |
| Hoyle Majestic Chess | 2003-08-15 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc., Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Fluent Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Chess | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Majestic Chess features single- and multi-player chess game modes, as well as a special mode called "Chess Adventure." In this mode you play as a lone king, building up your army of chess pieces to take on the various challenges you find along your way. It is designed to teach someone how to play chess from the very basics to complicated middle game strategies. The player encounters tutorials, speed drills, puzzles, and other challenges. |
| Naval Attack | 2003-08-15 | RNASoft Pvt. Ltd. | RNASoft Pvt. Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Naval Attack is based on the classic turn-based board game BattleShip, but developed as a multiplatform multiplayer game, for Windows, Windows Mobile, PPC 2002 and above, using Toshiba SPANworks' WiFi SDK ImmediaNet.The game shows both playing screens. Players can see their own map with ships and the damage sustained, and a dark opponent screen where attacks can be launched. Players take turns to guess the location of enemy ships. This game was used as a technology demo of ImmediaNet SDK and its potential. |
| Northland | 2003-08-15 | GMX Media | Funatics Software GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | This game tells the story of Bjarni, a brave Viking whose adventures also involved the secret sun stones of America, together with his family, while he was but a mere lad. His dad, Leif Eriksson, is said to be the true discoverer of America - even before Christopher Columbus.His last adventure had led him through Europe all the way to the Orient while he was solving the mystery around a strange vision he had. On his way, he met up with three other brave heroes out of different countries he visited throughout his adventures, and together, they were able to beat the terrible Midgard Snake and save the world from a terrible doom. As the four heroes were celebrating their victory, it soon became clear other dangers and adventures were waiting for them... |
| Pajama Sam: Life is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff | 2003-08-15 | Atari, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | Side view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Sam is an ordinary kid who, with the help of his red cape, turns into "kid superhero" Pajama Sam. This time, Sam loses his prized comic book in his messy room and needs your help getting it back.Go on this fun adventure to help Sam find his comic book. Listen carefully for clues from the people you meet. The adventure changes each time you play. |
| Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise | 2003-08-15 | Atari, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure, Educational, Racing / Driving | Side view | | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Putt-Putt is a lovable little purple convertible with a go-getting attitude who always helps his friends! Join him as he travels through Cartown gathering supplies for Pep's surprise birthday party.Drive around Cartown and help Putt-Putt collect party supplies. Talk to friends along the way and help them out. The adventure changes each time you play. |
| Seiklus | 2003-08-15 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Seiklus is an exploration/adventure game, exploration being the key element. Your goal is to find your lost girlfriend while collecting as many treasures and colored pieces as you can find. The game is very nonlinear, allowing you to roam the Seiklus freely, no time limit, no specific order of things. |
| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | 2003-08-15 | Atari, Inc. | Small Rockets | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is a 3D action game based on the animated movie of the same name. The swashbuckler Sinbad was accused of stealing the Book of Peace, which had been protecting the city of Syracuse from peril. However, it soon becomes clear that Eris, the goddess of Chaos, is the real thief, and Sinbad must find her and bring the book back.The gameplay mostly focuses on melee combat. Sinbad can execute three basic moves: slash, thrust, and block. Combining these moves opens additional ones, which inflict greater damage. Sinbad can also power-up and perform devastating all-screen attack that damage several enemies simultaneously. |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 | 2003-08-15 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 is the fourth game in Activision's skateboarding franchise.The main feature of this game is it's redesigned career mode. When beginning a level, you have all the time in the world to skate around, perform tricks, get a feel for the level, without the hassel of any goals or time limits. When you're ready to attempt a goal, simply find a pro skater, talk to him, then receive the goal, similar to Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX. Goals are similar to the previous games, such as collect SKATE, get a certain amount of points, transfer over this and grind that. There are new goals, however, such as collecting the word COMBO while doing one big combo. Miss a trick, and goal fails. Once all regular goals are accomplished, you can attempt the Pro Goal, which is specific to each skater, and is extremely hard.All the major skaters are here, including Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist, Steve Caballero, Kareem Campbell, Rune Gilfberg, Eric Koston, Bucky Lasek, Bam Margera, Rodney Mullen, Chad Muska, Andrew Reynolds, Geoff Rowley, Elissa Steamer and Jamie Thomas.The levels are been expanded and are huge. Some of the levels include a college campus, a shipyard, and the infamous prison complex Alcatraz.For multiplayer, all the favorite modes are back, from Graffiti and Trick Attack to Horse and King Of The Hill. New modes include Capture The Flag and Combo Mambo. THPS4 also supports System Link play, but not XBox Live.The PlayStation 2 version offers everything from the XBox version, but also has online play, utilizing either your own network adaptor or the official one. The PS2 version also features a one level demo of Shaun Murray's Pro Wakeboarder, which is not featured on any other version of the game. |
| Digital Hazard | 2003-08-16 | SC exosyphen studios SRL | SC exosyphen studios SRL | Simulation | | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | It's tough being a great computer user, but without the grades to prove it. As a mediocre college student, you plug in your computer one day and decide to check out the hack about networks in New York City. But keeping out of trouble has never been a strong point and it won't be long until you may stumble across something that will put you on the wrong side of those who control the law.Digital Hazard is build on the same framework as exoSyphen's other Hacker games. The player's only eye to the world is a console interface showing the position of systems on a satellite map, the status of traces, the current action and a general overview. Much of the screen is taken up by the command line interface into which you will type various UNIX style commands to connect to and manipulate computers on a simulated internet. |
| Circus Linux! | 2003-08-17 | New Breed Software | New Breed Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Circus Linux! is a clone of the Atari 2600 game Circus Atari, which is in turn based on the Arcade game Circus. The goal of the game is to move a teeter-totter back and forth across the screen to bounce clowns up into the air. When they reach the top, they pop rows of balloons and then fall back down. Gameplay is similar to a title like Breakout or Arkanoid. |
| Construction Destruction | 2003-08-17 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Gabriel Interactive, Inc. | Simulation | | | | | | Agricultural / industrial, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Construction Destruction is a construction simulation game. Players take on projects and control seven different construction vehicles in nine different environments. The projects should be completed on time and within budget. There is a career mode as well as a training course and free play mode. |
| Corridors of Power | 2003-08-17 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Corridors of Power is a freeware first-person 3D shooter. The player character finds himself in a house in a desert. A secret base is nearby, where the protagonist has to fight against various enemies, search for ammunition and first aid kits, and use switches to advance.The game uses the freeware Retribution Engine. Originally, the aim of the project was to learn 3D game design through the production of a simple game. The game has seven levels. |
| Perfect Cherry Blossom | 2003-08-17 | Team Shanghai Alice | Team Shanghai Alice | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Perfect Cherry Blossom is the seventh game in Touhou series. It's like previous game, The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, but just "more". More characters, more bullets, more effects. The game is a bullet hell - the player shoots the enemies and dodges hundreds of bullets. Now, character has visible hit-box (hold shift to slow and see it.) The player can choose one of three girl characters - Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame and new Sakuya Izayoi. Each stage has mid-boss and main boss. Cherry points are new elements - reach 50,000 Cherry+ points to take a temporary shield. |
| Chaser | 2003-08-19 | Encore, Inc. | Cauldron Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | In the year 2044 the UN established MARSCORP (Martian Security and Economics Committee). Its president Samuel Longwood gradually became unpopular with other companies by acquiring a considerable amount of wealth from dubious sources. Meanwhile, a man named John Chaser, wakes up on board the spaceship H.M.S. Majestic. He does not remember who he is, but after a very short time he finds himself fighting for his life, persecuted by mysterious men in black uniforms. Chaser must survive, regain his memory, and regain the dark secrets of Earth and Mars.Chaser is a traditional cutscene-driven first-person shooter with some sneaking and submarine-navigating segments. The player character fights his way through indoor and outdoor levels, utilizing standard modern-day firearms as well as a "bullet time"-like feature (called "Adrenaline" in the game). Multiplayer offers Deathmatch as well as team-based modes such as Capture-the-Flag. |
| Packs World 2 | 2003-08-19 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Packs World 2 is a Pac-Man variation. The player has to collect yellow pills within the mazes and by that he gets more lives and points. Ghosts and other figures try to get Pack and if they do, Pack loses one of his lives. If the player finds the superpill he can turn the tables and for a short while he can´t be killed and can hunt the ghosts by himself.
With enough points Pack will get a Jetpack and that speeds him up.
The game has a level editor to create your own levels. It also has a multiplayer mode to play with two persons.
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| Runaway: A Road Adventure | 2003-08-19 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Péndulo Studios, S.L. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | For New Yorker, Brian Basco, scientific study and having a career in Applied Physics is everything! He is as "excited as a kid in a candy store" when his application for a position at the University of Berkeley is accepted. Before setting out on the long trip from New York to California, Brian remembers one last errand to do. Little does he know that this slight detour would change his life, and his life style, forever!Minding his own business driving along the New York streets on the way to a bookstore, he cannot avoid hitting the beautiful girl who runs out in front of his car! He does the right thing and takes her to the hospital. When she comes to, he learns that she witnessed a murder and that vicious gangsters are after her! Because Brian helped her, his life is also in danger! And so the story of Brian and Gina begins...In this point-and-click adventure, you play Brian in 3rd person as he figures out how to avoid and escape the Mafia-like thugs chasing them. Their travels will take them to a variety of different places (a Museum, the Arizona desert etc.) during the six game chapters. Put your thinking cap on to solve situations and puzzles using objects and conversation with people they meet.The game features drawn cartoon-like 2D and 3D graphics and cut-scenes. Its original soundtrack includes over 24 songs. Interact with almost 30 different characters with interesting, and often comical, personalities. Find and use a multitude of items that can be manipulated within the inventory window. |
| Dead Man's Political Party | 2003-08-20 | agagames.com | agagames.com | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Zombie Michael Gower lead by Mr. Reaper has decided to become Mayor of Reality-on-the-Norm. His opponent is corrupt Baron Wolfgang. Player should help Michael in his attempt during 4 days.The game is a point-n-click adventure game, where player sets object on the screen in focus with mouse icon and performs commands through mouse button clicks:
left single-click - walk to;
left double-click - get / combine / use;
right single-click - look at;
right double-click - talk to. |
| Plop! | 2003-08-20 | | Akatora | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Plop! reuses the concept of arcade game Pang and pushes it into the 3D world. The player controls the Plo-Bot to eliminate all the evil balls.Every level starts with 2 or more big balls that have to be split to the smallest possible form and then destroyed. The hero is controlled using arrow keys to move and left mouse button to shoot energy lasers. All balls must be destroyed in a specific time visible in the game's HUD. The hero starts with 3 lives.There are power-ups such as shooting 3 lasers with a single shot, making the ball bounce while hitting walls or medkits to replenish the hero's energy used as indicator of remaining health.The game features 3 worlds with 20 levels per each zone. |
| AquaNox 2: Revelation | 2003-08-22 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Massive Development GmbH | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft | | | Mature | | Windows | It is the 27th century, and humanity has fled the surface of the Earth, plagued by radioactivity, into the depths of the ocean. William Drake is the last offspring of an old aristocratic family. After the death of his grandmother, the young man sails off on a freighter belonging to Drake Enterprises. Soon, a group of mercenaries attack his vessel and take control of it. The attackers spare William's life, but he has no other choice but to link his fate to theirs from that moment on.Like its predecessor, AquaNox 2: Revelation is a hybrid of submarine simulation and first-person shooter. Four different gunships can be controlled and upgraded by the player throughout the course of the game. The vessels have different characteristics and often have to be chosen for particular missions, e.g. one that requires stealth or heavy plating to withstand attacks. Torpedoes and energy-based weapons can be used to combat the foes. The ship's controls can be switched between the FPS mode and the Simulation mode, in which the submarine is controlled more realistically. |
| Barbie Beauty Boutique | 2003-08-22 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | On Barbie Beauty Boutique, players create the perfect makeover using makeup, hair, nails and fashions for eight events. Characters are modelled in 3D and can be rotated to view from any angle.In the Beauty Bar, players will decorate Barbie, Christie and Teresa's face with makeup and decorations. In the fashion stop, players will choose jewelry and fashions. In the Hair Square players can choose various hair styles, cuts, colors and lengths. (even streaks) In the Nail Place players choose various nail shapes, colors, patterns and decorations.After the makeover, players watch a video of the event featuring their character in her new look. The eight events include a Movie Premiere, Modeling Assignment, perfect date, and Wedding Day. |
| Cold Zero: No Mercy | 2003-08-22 | Encore, Inc. | Drago Entertainment | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Take the role of private detective John McAffrey and step into a world of trouble in Cold Zero. A deal-gone-wrong has the hero indebted to the mob. He is asked to put his skills of stealth and tactics to use for his underworld overseers. His first mission has him sneaking inside a bioresearch facility and stealing a virus known as "Cold Zero." But what exactly is this virus? Is delivering it to the mob the smart thing to do? Players must find out for themselves as they play through this dark adventure.The missions can be completed using stealth or full out combat. There are 100's of different weapons including melee weapons. You can also pick up objects from dead bodies which you can pawn for cash. |
| EverQuest: Evolution | 2003-08-25 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | EverQuest: Evolution is an anthology that includes:
EverQuest (original game)
The Ruins of Kunark (first expansion)
The Scars of Velious (second expansion)
The Shadows of Luclin (third expansion)
The Planes of Power (fourth expansion)
The Legacy of Ykesha (fifth expansion) |
| Maluch Racer | 2003-08-25 | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Maluch Racer is a simple arcade racing game, dedicated to the memory of the Polish car Fiat 126 (also known as Polski Fiat 126p), produced between 1972-2000. The game features six models of Fiat 126 (Standard, Sporter, Sport, Tuning Sport, Tuner Max, Top Tuning), six unique tracks (countryside, old town, small city, city market, garage, supermarket parking), two play modes (race, training) and several camera views. Each model of Fiat 126 has different power specifications. The game starts with only one available track and one basic car. Progress in the game (place on the podium) unlocks the next ones. To win the race the driver is required to complete all the checkpoints in the indicated order. |
| Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2004 | 2003-08-26 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | FUN Labs Romania S.R.L. | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting | | | | | | | Windows | Cabela's Big Game Hunter: 2004 Season challenges you to hunt all of the most popular big game animals in North America.There are 24 big game animals to hunt, from whitetail to grizzly to mountain goat, pronghorn and musk ox. Large maps include British Columbia, Montana and Texas.You'll choose from a wide variety of guns and other gear, such as calls, lures, tents, tree stands, cover scent, medical kits and gps. |
| Enigma: Rising Tide | 2003-08-26 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Tesseraction Games, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | Teen | | Windows | Enigma: Rising Tide creates a new level of naval combat simulation by harnessing elements from RPG, first person shooters and strategy games. Experience unique and detailed naval combat, command realistic modeled ships, submarines and aircraft in a dynamic ocean environment and lay waste to your enemies. Easy to learn hard to master.The first game to offer complete hands-free gameplay through the use of a microphone and built in Voice Command Control. Enigma: Rising Tide is sure to appeal to casual gamers and hardcore fans alike.
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| Ghost Master | 2003-08-26 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | International Hobo Ltd, Sick Puppies Studio | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Horror | | | | | | Teen | Andrew Jones | Windows | Ghost Master is an innovative sim/strategy game with puzzle elements. The player works for the Haunter Committee, an astral realm organisation responsible for managing hauntings, possessions and all manner of astral disturbance. Starting with a small team of ghosts, the player must complete a number of missions in and around the city of Gravenville, recruiting new ghosts from the sites they are haunting to aid them in their future missions. |
| Smack Some Smackers | 2003-08-26 | InFluid Software | InFluid Software | Action | Top-down | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Smack Some Smackers is a 2-player paddle war game. Play as either the Pig or the Devil as they fight back and forth using a severed head as a ball. It is extremely violent, and features a sick and twisted sense of humor. Enemies will invariably wander into the path of the head and get splattered, and power-ups are available that will freeze/stun the opposition. Play either against the CPU or against other players through the Internet or LAN. |
| TRON 2.0 | 2003-08-26 | Buena Vista Interactive | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | RPG elements, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Alan Bradley once helped a computer genius named Kevin Flynn to defeat an evil artificial intelligence with the help of a security program called Tron. Twenty years later, Bradley has reached a new high point in his career: he succeeded in digitizing a human being into the computer and stored the secret of this technique in the Ma3a program. However, the powerful Future Control Industries (fCon) has gained access to this groundbreaking invention, and digitized hackers with the intention of dominating the computer network from within. Alan Bradley is kidnapped, and his son Jet, a computer game programmer, enters the world inside the computer, searching for answers.TRON 2.0 is based on the events of the CG rendered 1982 film TRON, and has been conceived as a sequel to it. The game is a first-person shooter with light role-playing elements. As Jet Bradley, the player must battle digital opponents using guns, rods, grenades, missiles, and the iconic TRON disc. The named of locations and opponents resemble those of programs and other computer-related terms, sometimes with a humorous intention. Using most weapons, as well as acquiring ("downloading") various kinds of items depletes the player character's energy bar. Energy and health can be replenished at special terminals or gained in small amounts by defeating enemies. The RPG elements appear in form of special items that can be collected and leveling up the player character, allowing the player to upgrade his parameters. The protagonist's level ("version") increases when a sufficient amount of so-called "build notes" has been collected. The player is free to increase any of the protagonist's five main attributes when leveling up. In addition, various "sub-routines" belonging to three classes - combat, defense, and utility - can be found and equipped. These may grant the main character special abilities, new weapons, or combat modifications. Each sub-routine can also be upgraded.Players can race against each other in multiplayer light cycle races, designed by Syd Mead, the film’s concept and original light cycle designer. The game has unusual visuals, representing the inside of a computer program (stylized after the movie). It includes the voice acting of many actors and actresses who were part of the original movie cast. |
| Republic: The Revolution | 2003-08-27 | Eidos, Inc. | Elixir Studios | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | In Republic: The Revolution, you must rise to power in a former Soviet state using political and coercive means.The game opens showing you the current dictator of the country of Novistrana, and what horrible acts he commits against the populace, including giving an order to abduct your entire family. You are then presented with ten multiple choice questions. Answer carefully! Your answers will determine who your character is and how he acts.At the outset, you are a nobody. Your first job is to hire some henchmen you can order around. Once you hire some people, you can instruct them to perform various acts to help gain support. Some of these acts include bribing officials (bribe the police chief so he'll look the other way), intimidate people, commit assault, arson, and even murder (only when you have to). There are also peaceful ways of gaining support, such as attending charity gala's or donating money to a worthy cause.You can hire someone to go around plasting posters, gaining political support, or you can hire a person to go door-to-door advertising you and what you stand for. You can hire a boxer to fight for you, tell him how aggressive you want him to be, and if he wins, more support for you. If not, well, there's always blackmail.The main campaign has you trying to overthrow the current president so that you may take control of the country. You'll have to go through three different cities to reach your ultimate goal, each one harder and larger than the one before it.Most of the game takes place in an open-ended 3D environment, where you can walk (or drive) around. Everybody in the game, from the man in the store to the old lady in the walker, has a name and political alignment, and it's your job to make sure they see things your way. When push comes to shove, and the current president tries to get rid of you, you can initiate a peaceful protest and stand in front of tanks, blocking their path. Whether they stop or not is dependent on how the military likes you.There are multiple ways to finish the game, guaranteeing a couple of replays. You can go through the game completely neutral, or you can go all out, committing terrorist acts and inciting national riots.Victory means the presidency. You don't want to know what happens if you lose.... |
| Spy Hunter | 2003-08-27 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Paradigm Entertainment Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Arcade, Shooter | | Automobile, Flight / aviation, Motorcycle, Naval / watercraft | | | Teen | | Windows | Evil multinational corporation, NOSTRA are ready to destroy the world and keep what's left, but as the Spy Hunter, it is the player's job to take them down, using all of the available weapons.In this remake of the 1980's arcade game, the player must ride through seven real life locations in a G-6155 Interceptor, the most high tech car ever built. Weapons include built in machine guns, oil slicks, missiles and much more.Two major things happen to the Interceptor: When it hits the water, it transforms into a speed boat. When shields dip lower then 50%, it transforms into a motorcycle or jet ski. |
| Ultimate Beach Soccer | 2003-08-27 | Wanadoo Edition | Power and Magic Development | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ultimate Beach Soccer is a game endorsed by the PBS Limited.The game features up to six modes : friendly, arcade, Pro Beach Soccer Tour, Tournament, Championship and Training modes. You will have the choice to play in Bangkok, Rio de Janeiro, Marseille or Venice Beach. You can also have the choice to listen to audio commentaries in English, Thai, French or Portuguese languages. At last, you can play up to two players at the same time, in solo or cooperative modes.Since 2000, the Beach Soccer Wordwide organization (BSWW) has links with the FIFA Fair Play Campaign so we can see up to 32 official national teams, with some of their real stars such as Eric Cantonna or Pascal Olmeta for France, Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle or Valeiro Mato Roberto, both for Spain. |
| Cultures: Die Abenteuerbox | 2003-08-28 | Funatics Software GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Northland
8th Wonder of the World |
| RunOut | 2003-08-28 | Momor Productions | Momor Productions | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing | | | | | Windows | RunOut is an unofficial remake of the racing game OutRun. The player has a limited amount of time to reach the next checkpoint driving a Ferrari Testarossa through dense traffic. As soon as a checkpoint is reached time is extended. Traffic vehicles are there acting as obstacles. The game has a map editor as a hidden bonus and allows players to import custom music. |
| Kreed | 2003-08-29 | Russobit-M | Burut Creative Team | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In the year 2944 humanity is still at war with the Tiglaary and a strange anomaly named Kreed gives the scientists riddles they can't solve. Some religious groups believe the Kreed is a higher being and many of them try to enter it. One day they finally succeed and under the command of Teofrast Rumi, a high ranking officer, a ship full of fanatics makes his way into the anomaly. As a soldier of the legion, you and your colleagues aboard the spaceship Aspero are sent after him.Kreed is a straight-forward shooter with no surprises and very few riddles. The game solely chases you through ship corridors and ventilation shafts. Meanwhile you shoot your way through aliens and humans with nine different weapons. But there are also friendlies on board the Aspero as well as Rumi's ship who help you or give you objectives like freeing prisoners or help them repair subsystems. |
| Postal: Classic and Uncut | 2003-08-29 | Whiptail Interactive | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This package is a re-release of the original Postal Plus compilation. It contains:Postal
Postal: Special Delivery
The 'Monday'-Demo of Postal² and a
Postal² Bumper Sticker |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX with Power Up Kit | 2003-08-29 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | | Compilation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX with Power Up Kit is a compilation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX and Sangokushi IX: Power Up Kit. |
| AGON: Episode 1 - London Scene | 2003-09-01 | Private Moon Studios | Private Moon Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | You, as Professor Samuel Hunt, a scientist of the British Museum, receive a mysterious letter while working at night, then you embark on a journey around the world through 14 episodes to learn the rules of a mysterious ancient board-game, you have to return that board-game to humanity and expose it in the museum.In this first episode you must look for a work of art inside said museum that is the first hint of Hunt's quest.The view is in first-person and has a 360º panoramic view plus 3D characters and video cut-scenes, the controls use the established point and click interface. During the course of the game you have to solve various logic puzzles, e.g. deciphering a code or sorting keys. There are also many documents and texts to find, some give puzzles hints and other only give background information on the setting and the plot. Conversions proceed automatically without multiple choice. |
| Bontãgo | 2003-09-01 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | Circular Logic | Strategy | | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Bontãgo is a strategy game where players must pile various shapes of blocks high to gain influence around a board and use this influence to capture flags. Using the Tokamak physics engine, the player can rotate the blocks in any direction before dropping them, and they stretch the player's influence where they are dropped, increasing it more the higher they are. This requires blocks to be piled high in organized towers or disorderly clumps in order to encircle the flag area in your influence to win. There are also several special pieces that tilt the game board or do other things to shift blocks, and they can be used in your influence or "thrown" outwards to cause effects outside. The game can be played free for all or team based, single or multiplayer. There is also a sandbox mode for people who just want to build. |
| Crazy Chicken: Kart Extra | 2003-09-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | Phenomedia AG | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | This is the graphically enhanced sequel to Moorhuhn Kart. It features the same gameplay as its predecessor. The player chooses one out of five characters from the Moorhuhn-Family (Moorhuhn itself, Moorfrosch, Snowman, Lesshuhn or Pumpkinhead). The remaining characters automatically become the player's opponents on the racetrack. It is their objective to keep the player from winning no matter what. To achieve this they make use of various power-up packages that can be found at random on the racetrack. These contain several items and weapons to make the player's life miserable, such as lightning strikes, steamhammers and layers of oil. Fortunately, this holds for the player as well!The game comes with 3 game modes and 10 different racetracks that have rather descriptive names such as Kritzelklotz, Kartbahn (kart track), Luna, Docklands, Boooh!, Outdoor, Wüste (desert), Canyon, Eis (ice) and Vulkan (volcano). The three different game modes consist of a time-race, a 2-player mode in which you can race against your friends, and the Grand-Prix-mode. In the latter the player has to race through several race tracks, qualifying himself for the next track in every single race. If you are too slow, the Grand-Prix is over.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.There are 4 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.Promo Images Alternate Titles "Морхухн. Легенды картинга. Новый сезон!" -- Russian spelling
"Moorhuhn Kart Extra" -- German title
"Gallinelle Kart XXL" -- Italian title
Part of the Following Groups Animals: Chickens
Crazy Chicken / Moorhuhn games
Genre: Kart racing
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| DemonStar: Secret Missions 2 | 2003-09-01 | Mountain King Studios Inc. | Mountain King Studios Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Secret Missions 2 is the second spin-off of the original DemonStar game. It uses an enhanced version of the original engine, with more refined textures and a bigger variety of bad guys. SM2 has its own set of levels (8 in total).This is a standard top-down space shooter, arcade style. An evil alien race has developed just another secret DemonStar Fleet to destroy Earth. So, your job is to battle your way through hordes of enemies, that, of course, want to kill you. |
| MakeBridge | 2003-09-01 | | | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The goal of MakeBridge is very simple. You try to create a chain from the left to the right and the computer is trying that from the bottom to the top. Whoever first completes such a chain wins.The game is played at a 13x13 big playfield, which is filled partly (every second square) with O's and X' and you create a chain fragment by moving one O over another adjacent one, but that of course only works when the space between isn't occupied by the computer. And the computer does the same when it is his turn.You basically have to think in to directions to win the game: creating your chain (it just need to be a connection from somewhere right to somewhere left, how complex it is, is unimportant) and stopping the chain creation of the computer at the same time. |
| Pettson & Findus: Spökskrämmarmaskinen | 2003-09-01 | KIDDINX Entertainment GmbH | KIDDINX Entertainment GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | In this game you need to help Findus and Pettson to make a machine which can scare off the ghost who yelling at the yard. When you play games, you get green peas which you can later shoot at the target and get some parts to the machine. You can also win playing cards which you can print on a stack. |
| Power Rangers: Ninja Storm | 2003-09-01 | THQ Inc. | Artech Studios Ltd. | Compilation | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Mini-games | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Direct control | Meditative / Zen, Real-time | | | Windows | Power Rangers Ninja Storm is a collection of mini-games made to commemorate the (then) new series. Each mini-game is controlled by using a mouse and has 3 levels before it's considered as completed.After choosing a Ranger to play as, there are 6 mini-games for players to go through and they are as follows:
Locker Room: Players drag and drop the gear on the ranger they've chosen to suit them up.
Vehicle Run: Players steer the ranger of their choice as they ride a motorcycle and run 3 laps around a level, collecting as many flags as possible.
Power Sphere: A Breakout clone. The aim of the game is to knock down flags protected by the bricks. Players can collect a toolkit for bonus points, an extra ball, double ball and will need to watch out for falling junk which will make them lose one life upon contact with the ranger.
Memory Game: Players are given 16 folded cards. They must unfold the cards one by one to find matching cards. The game is finished once all the 8 pairs have been found.
Hang Glider: Players use the mouse to glide higher in order to collect flags. Players must collect as many flags as they can and also collect special flags which will reset the timer.
Maze: Players navigate the ranger of their choice through a maze collecting flags. Players must watch out for traps and sentries and the level is slowly scrolling so idling is not an option.
After completing all 6 mini-games a monitor appears on the desk. Clicking on it will start a mission mode which features cutscenes of the rangers going to rescue their friends and will force players to replay all the mini-games but without the division into levels and with enemies or obstacles instead of flags which make these mini-games more challenging for the player.Some additional mini-games exclusive to this mode are:
Missile Rebound: A Pong clone where players move the ranger using the mouse to rebound Mad Magnet's missiles. Players must score 3 points to complete this game.
After completing the mini-games and gaining high-scores, players are rewarded with certificates which they can print out in the options menu. |
| Robot Rescue | 2003-09-01 | | Destan Entertainment | Puzzle | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Robot Rescue is a logical game with the plot following robots imprisoned in a computer's interior. The goal is to rescue the robots from the labyrinths, however robots are synchronized and the player moves all robots at the same time.The game features 45 stages on 3 difficulty levels (easy / medium / hard - 15 levels per each). The game features a profile system as a way of keeping track of player's progress. Some of the levels feature additional features like teleports, gates or glue stains.Robots are moved by using arrow keys and the view can be switched between default diagonal-down look on the level and first-person view for every robot placed in the level. The camera can be also freely rotated. |
| Thomas & Friends: Thomas Saves the Day | 2003-09-01 | Atari Interactive, Inc. | Stunt Puppy Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | The characters in Thomas and Friends: Thomas Saves the Day are based on those in a children's book series by the British author and clergyman Reverend W. Awdry, and from the British television series Thomas and Friends.The island of Sodor has been struck by a terrible storm, and Thomas the Tank Engine needs to sort out all the things that have gone wrong because of it. As the player travels around the island with Thomas in this point and click adventure, he'll encounter all kinds of characters needing assistance, from creating links for a chain to rescue a derailed engine, to finding a lost shipment of chocolate for Mr. Jolly's Chocolate Factory, to helping Harold the helicopter recover his cargo from the river. There is an option available to skip the adventure and go straight to the mini-games:
Help Thomas forge a chain by matching colored and patterned links
Help calm Thomas' nervous companion by matching spooky sounds in the mine with the objects that made them
Click on crates as they float past to help Harold the Helicopter collect his cargo
Match the positions of levers to those on a chart in order to open the railway to the docks
Match sounds in a memory game to get the Troublesome Trucks out of the way
Select shapes and decorations for a gift of chocolate for Sir Topham Hatt
The focus of this game is on early childhood skills such as sound, color, shape and pattern recognition, and stresses the value of helping others.
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| Toontown Online | 2003-09-01 | Disney Online | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | | | Direct control | Persistent | Everyone | | Windows | An MMORPG set in Toontown, the place where cartoon characters live. Players take on the role of anthropomorphic animals of any shape, size, color or species they want. Out in the brightly-colored streets of Toontown, they can meet other Toons and battle the Cogs, corporate robots who seek to turn Toontown into an endless sprawl of metallic gray offices.The game is meant to be kid-friendly, so PvP is limited to games at "playgrounds" in the center of each of the six "neighborhoods" that make up Toontown. Also, rather than commit real violence, the Toons and the Cogs do battle with a variety of gags (a Toon can hit a Cog with a cream pie or a blast from a seltzer bottle; the Cog might counterattack with a Bouncing Check).Three-day free trial is available, after which subscription is US$9.95 a month. |
| Torres | 2003-09-01 | Dartmoor Softworks GmbH & Co. KG | Radon Labs GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | This is the PC adaptation of the award winning board game Torres. All players take over the role of a King's knight who has to rebuild castles of a ruined city. Your goal is to build and/or conquer the most and highest castles. |
| Valhalla Classics: Episode 7 - The Gallery | 2003-09-01 | Vulcan Software Limited | Vulcan Software Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Valhalla Classics is an episodic remake of the classic Amiga games Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve, and Valhalla: Before the War. Each game was divided into four episodes (overall twelve) which can be bought and played separately from each other. Improvements to the original games are new graphics, music, and voice recordings.The Gallery is the third episode of the Before the War timeline which is a prequel to the first four episodes. Here the player takes the role of the Lord of Infinity who wants to kill his brother, King Garamond, to become king himself. In this episode, the player is in the castle's gallery where he has to solve many mysteries to find the hidden exit to the Royal Chambers.The game is an adventure in top-down perspective. The player walks through the maps, talks to people and solves puzzles which are either logic, inventory, or dialogue based. To interact with his surroundings the player has to walk in front of the object and person and then needs to press one of the three action buttons (look, operate or take). The inventory is limited to ten objects and the player can hurt himself. When the stamina bar reaches zero he dies - but it can be replenished by potions.
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| Valhalla Classics: Episode 8 - Royal Chambers | 2003-09-01 | Vulcan Software Limited | Vulcan Software Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Valhalla Classics is an episodic remake of the classic Amiga games Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve, and Valhalla: Before the War. Each game was divided into four episodes (overall twelve) which can be bought and played separately from each other. Improvements to the original games are new graphics, music, and voice recordings.Royal Chambers is the fourth episode of the Before the War timeline which is a prequel to the first four episodes. Here the player takes the role of the Lord of Infinity who wants to kill his brother, King Garamond, to become king himself. In this episode, the player is in the Royal Chambers where only the most faithful servants stand in his way to his brother.The game is an adventure in top-down perspective. The player walks through the maps, talks to people and solves puzzles which are either logic, inventory, or dialogue based. To interact with his surroundings the player has to walk in front of the object and person and then needs to press one of the three action buttons (look, operate or take). The inventory is limited to ten objects and the player can hurt himself. When the stamina bar reaches zero he dies - but it can be replenished by potions. |
| Vos en Haas: Het plan van Haas | 2003-09-01 | Lannoo Nieuwe Media | Takka Takka, Telraam | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Het plan van Haas uses the gameplay and interface from the first game, but with new stories, drawings and games. It is most suitable for children from five to eight.Piep, the chicken from the first game, has grown up. Owl now has a new egg, but he receives a strange note by mail. In the meantime, Hare puts Fox on a diet. The child reads along with the story and has to solve a puzzle at the end of every chapter to unlock the next part. |
| Wielki Teleturniej Smoka Wawelskiego | 2003-09-01 | | Aidem Media Sp. z o.o. | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Wielki Teleturniej Smoka Wawelskiego is a game show title for up to four players (either AI or human-controlled), testing the contestants’ knowledge in various disciplines such as science, literature, movies, religion, sport and others.It contains over 1600 questions divided into three difficulty levels and twenty subjects. A basic tournament consists of four rounds. There are twelve characters as participants of the show to choose from, as well as additional tools to use during the quiz, like “call enemy” which will hint wrong answers to other contestants.Existing questions can be edited with a built-in editor. It is also possible to modify the rules of the game show itself, including allowed categories, number of questions or points scored per each correct answer. |
| Black & White: Deluxe | 2003-09-02 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is the full version of Black & White combined with Black & White: Creature Isle. Nothing else is included. |
| Heaven & Hell | 2003-09-02 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | MadCat Interactive Software GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Heaven & Hell is a real-time strategy god game in which you are either God or the Devil. Your goal is to convert as many villagers as you can to accomplish your mission, by creating prophets and creating miracles in order to gain mana to create even more powerful miracles. There are seven prophets for each faction, ranging from converting people to building structures in order to attract more followers.Eventually you will clash with your rival faction, sending out warriors in order to stop them is your goal to keep them from beating one of your followers to join your rival faction. You also can manipulate the world around you, with the hand of power, you can lift people, usefully to move them where you need them or even if your devilish enough drop them into the sacrificial pit to gain more mana, create earthquakes, produce lightning or even create a plague of frogs and locusts.When you gain enough followers and complete convert the map, you then bring about armageddon, as for the light, you can create a flood of biblical proportions such as Noah, or the dark side, create hell on earth by turning the Earth into fire and brimestone.It features twenty missions with different goals or a random mission generator to create your own map and degree of difficulty, a day and night cycle, which effects which faction you are in, light miracles are more effect during the day and dark miracles at night. |
| Hoyle Casino 2004 | 2003-09-02 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Gambling | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Hoyle updates their casino-themed series for 2004. Like previous Hoyle Casino games, it offers simulations of many Vegas games, such as poker, roulette, keno, slots, and much more. Players can create their own accounts as well as their own face, and enter the casino with $5000 in their pocket ready to strike it rich. For novice players, the game is a good source for help on rules and strategy. |
| Hoyle Table Games 2004 | 2003-09-02 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Buzz Monkey Software, LLC | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | The 2004 edition from the Hoyle table series includes 18 table games for one player and some available for "Hot seat" multiplayer mode. The games are listed below in the order they appear on the game's menu:
Maximum Pool: Oddly this game requires two registered players even though the player can play against an AI opponent. Available games are Basic Pocket Billiards, Carom Billiards, Cutthroat, Eight Ball, Nine Ball, Rotation and Snooker. There is a help screen for each game and games are played with a keyboard/mouse combination.
Mahjong Tiles: This is a game for one or two people which also includes a level editor. There are sixty two supplied tile layouts, two styles of tile and an optional timer which gan be set at fifteen, thirty, forty-five or sixty seconds. This is the standard tile matching game where the player has to match pairs of like tiles to remove them the objective being to clear the board. Completing a game earns Hoyle Bucks but using the hint feature means that no cash will be earned.
Gravity Tiles: This is a standard tile matching/removal game where the screen is filled with random coloured tiles and the player has to click on groups of two or more of the same colour to remove them - the objective being to clear the screen. When groups are removed any tiles above drop down to fill the space and when columns are cleared the remaining tiles slide together.
DoubleCross: This is a four player word game with three seats occupied by AI opponents. The players take turns placing letters on the board and the object is to make words. This game differs from other word games, Scrabble being the obvious example, in that players can place letters to make part words such as adding 'ng' to an available 'i' or 'o'. These part words can then be converted to full words but until that happens they remain in an unsafe state, In the four corners of the board are bomb tiles, one for each player's colour and when a player makes a word that uses that tile all unsafe letters for the appropriate player are cleared from the board and their score is reduced accordingly.
Word Yacht: This is a Yahtzee-like game played with letters. It is a four player game where the player(s) can play against AI opponents. Each player takes turns to roll ten letter-dice and they must then make up words of three letters or more to score points. Each turn is timed.
Wordox: This is four player word game that resembles Scrabble.
Backgammon: A standard two person backgammon game played with the mouse. The game is viewed top down and can be played against an AI player
Reversi: As with Backgammon this is a standard two person game played with the mouse. The game is viewed top down and can be played against an AI player
Chess: This game is also a standard two player game that is played with the mouse and can be played against an AI opponent, however this game uses a pseudo-3D point of view.
Dominoes: This is the standard game that starts with a double from which players can play on either side. The two available playing positions are outlined at the end of the chain for players to drag and drop their domino into - doubles are automatically rotated ninety degrees. First to play all their tiles wins, if both players are unable to play the winner is the one holding the least spots.
Yacht: This is a four player dice game that has the same rules as Yahtzee but has a slightly different scoring system.
Rummy Squares: This is another four player game that looks and feels like a Rummikub variant. It is played with coloured sets of tiles numbered one to thirteen and the player's objective is to rid their hand of all of their tiles by making or adding to melds - three or more tiles of the same number but different colours, or runs - three or more sequential tiles of the same colour
Battling Ships: This is a two-player, mouse controlled Battleships game. After placing their fleet in their game area each player attempts to find and destroy their opponent's vessels. It is turn based but players start by each placing six shots onto the board which the game then fires in turn. As vessels are hit the number of shots a player can place in their turn decreases.
Master Match: Master Match is a two player Mastermind game. Each player selects a four colour code from the six available colours, duplicate colours are not allowed, and then the players take turns trying to guess what code their opponent has set.
Chinese Checkers: This is a standard six-player, mouse controlled game that can be played against five AI opponents.
Checkers: Another classic two player, mouse controlled game. This uses a faux-3D point of view and can be played with either black/red counters or frogs.
Pachisi: This is a four player, mouse controlled, dice based game which is very similar to Ludo. Each player has four tokens and must take each round the board and into the HOME area, first to get all four home wins.
Bump ‘em: This game is similar to Pachisi. The differences being that player movement is controlled by tickets not dice and each player has their own HOME area
Winning a game and completing various objectives earns 'Hoyle Bucks' which can be used in-game to unlock music tracks, environments and other features.There is also an on-line gaming feature but, when this was tried in 2021, the site is no longer active.The UK disc release comes with two games Placer Racer and Mahjong Tiles that can be transferred to a Palm PDA or a Windows CE device |
| The Laptop Collection | 2003-09-02 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of 5 Electronic Arts games that are playable on the go. The games are:
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Collection
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Simcity 3000 Unlimited
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire
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| The Movie Collection | 2003-09-02 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of 3 games based on movie franchises. The games included in this are:
007: Nightfire
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds - Saga |
| Crystal Caliburn | 2003-09-03 | LittleWing Co. Ltd. | LittleWing Co. Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | Crystal Caliburn is a pinball game from the makers of Solid State Pinball: Tristan and Eight Ball Deluxe. You get one medieval-themed table on which to play with up to 4 players. Graphically, the game features the entire table on the left side of the screen, with the score and other info on the right side. Graphics are high-resolution and you get raised ramps and two-level glass boards, among other goodies.Controls are fully customizable and are the standard pinball ones: left, right, shoot, and different "nudges". |
| Golden Logres | 2003-09-03 | LittleWing Co. Ltd. | LittleWing Co. Ltd. | Action, Simulation | Top-down | | | Arcade, Pinball | Fantasy | | | | | Reiko F. Nojima | Windows | Golden Logres is another pinball simulator by LittleWing. A sequel to both Tristan and Crystal Caliburn, the game features three tables based on the Arthurian legends: Camelot, Land's End and Fisher King. After completing all the missions on one table, the game moves to the next one. A practice mode is available to test the last two tables and prepare to the full game.In Camelot, the first table, the objective is to complete all quests, each assigned to a different knight of the round table. The screen shows two medieval banners with the table sitting at the middle. The banners list the active quests, the score, the number of balls left and the status of the game. To start one of the adventures, the player must shoot ramps, sink the ball in holes or drop targets a number of times and then hit the Taliessin holder near the Merlin ramp. Taliessin was a court jester, musician and poet, and he assigns the quests to the knights. When an event occurs, like the end of a quest, a small window appears over the table with a picture and text explaining the situation. After all the quests are complete, the game moves to the next table after hitting the drop targets for the sloth, envy and lust sins, and sinking the ball in the quest hole.In the second table called Land's End, Lancelot, Tristan and Gawain, the three knights considered the bravest of them all, must prove their courage by undertaking the most dangerous quests. A multiball starts after completing each adventure. Tristan has to kill the dragon, by shooting its ramp and turning on all the lights that spell its name, then sink the ball in the medicine and "myst" hole. Lancelot must lift the curse that fell upon Dolorous Gard, his castle, by shooting the castle ramp and turning on "CASTLE", and receive a gift from the Lady of the Lake after dropping the ball in the magic shield hole. Gawain has to defeat the Green Knight by hitting the "ERRANTRY" ramp to turn on the letter lights, and collect a proof of bravery from Lady Bercilak by getting the ball inside the sash hole. When all the quests are complete, the game switches back to Camelot automatically.In the final Fisher King table, the ultimate goal is to collect the holy grail from the castle. The three guardians of the grail (Perceval, Bors, and Galahad) must acquire the holy relic and bring it back to Camelot. They receive the aid of other three fellow knights: Balin, Gareth and Palomides. Balin must get the Longinus spear that pierced Jesus on the cross, by turning on its name hitting the "LONGINUS" spot targets, and enter the castle at the top of the table. Gareth has to defeat the three evil knights, by sinking the ball in the challenge hole and dropping the red, blue and black targets, and finally send the ball to the castle to start a multiball. Palomides must kill Arthur's sin, that became a monster after his death, by shooting the beast lane turning on the "BEAST" lights, and sinking the ball in the castle. The grail knights retrieve the sacred cup by hitting the holy targets and the Perceval hole, both activated after colliding with bumpers named after each knight, turning on the "HOLY GRAIL" letters at the center. A multiball starts after entering the castle and receiving the grail. After all modes are finished, the game returns to Camelot. |
| Wendy: Rettung für Sternchen | 2003-09-03 | KIDDINX Entertainment GmbH | KIDDINX Entertainment GmbH | Adventure, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Wendy: Rettung für Sternchen is an adventure game for children. Wendy and Bianca discover an abandoned farm with neglected horses. Both take care of the animals and spot a secret brand mark on a horse named Sternchen. You have to solve the mystery around this mark. |
| Flashbax | 2003-09-04 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Flashbax is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.In the story, the player wakes up as a prisoner in a futuristic cell. He can't remember his name nor what you're doing previously, so he tries to escape his cell and find his identity. The game has some violent scenes and one sexually oriented one. |
| Nedetskie Skazki | 2003-09-04 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure | Europe, Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Nedetskie Skazki (Unchildish Fairy Tales) is a 2D point-and-click adventure game set in a world of Russian fairy tales. The protagonist is an ordinary guy Ivan, who has watched TV of his boss. This event transferred Ivan to the house of Baba Yaga, who has told him that the creatures of Russian fairy tales in this world are suffering from the invasion of similar creatures from the West. Collecting signatures of the most influential Russian creatures, Ivan should compose a petition for Tsar to prevent the invasion and figure out the real cause of the problem.Most of the time Ivan is guided between static or side-scrolling screens, collecting or using the scattered items, and talking to characters to gain more items or information. The cursor has states (walk / look at / interact with / talk) auto-selected on hovering over an interactive spot. |
| Szkoła Koziołka Matołka | 2003-09-05 | Aidem Media Sp. z o.o. | Aidem Media Sp. z o.o. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Szkoła Koziołka Matołka is an educational title with Koziołek Matołek, a fictional character from Polish comics as well as an animated series, going to school. The Game is aimed towards children in primary school (6-12 years old) and offers learning by playing mini-games: tournaments about Polish and English vocabulary, math knowledge, memo puzzles about geography or drawing / painting modules. Some of them are also non-learning related like football mini-game or driving the bicycle around the city.All of the modules offer two difficulty levels, and sometimes rivalry not only against the computer, but also other players with dedicated keyboard layouts for 2nd, 3rd and 4th players. Depending on the subject, some mini-games require mouse and some - keyboard input. |
| The Amazing Adventures of Lucy Lavender | 2003-09-06 | | Logical Relations | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Designed with the AGS engine, The Amazing Adventures of Lucy Lavender is a freeware point-and-click adventure game that uses the background graphics and music of The Adventures of Willy Beamish.The player is cast as the teenage girl Lucy Lavender, who has fallen in love with the tall Roger. But this love is not mutual, and Lucy desperately needs to write down her feelings in her diary. Alas, her little brother David has stolen it and to get it back she has to fulfill his three wishes; excite him with some adult materials, fix his Nintari gamepad, and make him a "tasty" cocktail.All the actions are performed using classic classic point-and-click gameplay, at Lucy's home while her parents are off to Las Vegas. The brutal punk Sam, who always beats up David, is present in the game as a guest. |
| BloodRayne | 2003-09-09 | Majesco Sales, Inc. | Terminal Reality, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | | | Fantasy, World War II | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | There are things in the world that humanity should not know about, and things it must be protected from. It is these things that the Brimstone Society hunts, and their newest agent for the cause is the half-vampire codenamed BloodRayne. Her mission will take her from clearing out the walking dead and man-sized insects in the swamps of Louisiana to hunting down members of the secretive Gegengheist Gruppe branch of the Nazi military around the world, as well as the monsters they unwittingly awakened.Rayne's primary weapons against both monsters and men are the blades attached to her arms, and as the game progresses she will gain additional attacks to string together. Rayne can also hold many weapons, such as pistols, shotguns, and submachine guns, at once, but she is not overly attached to them and will discard any weapon that runs dry. Her enhanced vampiric strength even allows her to rip up mounted gun emplacements and fire them from the hip. Another vampiric strength is her ability to drain the blood out of any human she can grab in order to restore her health. By killing enemies Rayne's rage meter will fill, eventually allowing her to enter Blood Rage, slowing the world around her and gaining new combo attacks that can dismember or totally cut in half weaker opponents. Rayne's ability to perceive the world will grow as the game progresses as well, allowing her to see living things through walls, zoom in on distant targets, and speed up her perception that everything, herself included, appears to slow down. |
| I-Ninja | 2003-09-09 | Namco Europe Limited | Argonaut Games PLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A robot army led by Master O-Dor has destroyed the ninja clan. As the last of your kind, you must take on the robot army and defeat Master O-Dor. You play a cartoon ninja with a big head in a level-based 3D platform game. Each level is packed with new skills to master, challenges to beat, and grades to earn.Various power-ups can be acquired as you progress, including sword upgrades, shurikens, darts and a ninja revive move which boosts your health. |
| Ring II: Twilight of the Gods | 2003-09-10 | Global Star Software Inc. | Arxel Tribe d.o.o. | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | Twilight of the Gods is the second installment continuing Richard Wagner's opera about the Ring of the Nibelungen, based upon Nordic mythology and works of the brothers Grimm, and features his original music.The player is the main character, Siegfried, who is called upon by Wotan, the king of the gods, to fulfill his destiny. In this segment, Siegfried will boldly challenge the gods of power themselves and ultimately cause the end of their reign.There are significant interface differences compared to the first game, Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen. Those include: a 3rd-person perspective (instead of 1st-person), keyboard controls (versus point-and-click), action oriented puzzles/situations, and changes in the way inventory objects are handled. |
| Starsky & Hutch | 2003-09-10 | Gotham Games | Minds Eye Productions | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | Crime | Shooter | Contemporary | Automobile | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Starsky & Hutch is an arcade racing game based on the popular TV series from the 70s, released to tie in with the film. The game includes 18 missions, each based on an episode of the TV show and introduced by Antonio 'Huggy Bear' Fargas. There is also a free roaming mode, in which the player explores the GTA-esque environment looking for action and trouble.Like the film, the game does not entirely play it straight. Starsky & Hutch are actually shooting a TV show, and the scoring for each mission reflects how ratings-friendly your driving is. You are awarded gold, silver or bronze medals for each mission depending on performance, and must get at least 1 gold and 2 silvers on season 1 for a second season to be commissioned, and 3 golds and 2 silvers in season 2 for there to be a third for you to play through.The overall goal in each mission is usually to chase and destroy a criminal's car. There is always a secondary target as well. In addition, the player will gain viewers by hitting the bad guy, pulling off elaborate jumps and skids, nearly hitting civilians, and hitting the bonus targets such as canisters which are strewn through the levels. Hitting civilians will lose viewers.Dave Starsky is the guy behind the steering wheel and Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson shoots out of the windows of the car. On PS2 and XBox a second player can take care of the shooting, using either a light gun or a standard controller. During single player, the aiming is automatic for shooting. |
| Zlatogorye 2 | 2003-09-10 | Russobit-M | Burut Creative Team | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | It has been 300 years since the evil god Drakh-Shu has been banished from GoldenLand, but now the high priest of the cult of heroes witnesses the signs that can mark the return of the evil god - the spread of diseases, hunger and undead crawling from their graves. Several heroes are sent out to investigate, and you are one of these heroes. Zlatogorye 2 is a turn-based RPG and a sequel to Heath: The Unchosen Path. The game is played a-la Fallout or Arcanum - the hero visits towns and villages, talks to NPCs, takes on quests and engages in turn-based battles. The protagonist can be trained to become a warrior, rogue or mage, however there's no strict class system, so the player may choose to upgrade different skills as he sees fit. There are skills that directly affect combat (like providing the increased number of action points) and social skills like thieving and advance communication ability. Smithing and alchemy systems allow to create weapons and armor and brew potions.Traveling between towns and places of interest is done on the world map, with a relatively high possibility of random encounters. The game features three distinctly different geographic regions which the hero will need to explore in the course of the main quest. There's also a day/night cycle implemented. |
| Heinzeljagd! | 2003-09-11 | BMS Modern Games Handelsagentur GmbH | BWM Software GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Heinzeljagd is a Moorhuhn variant where the player shoots at garden gnomes instead of chicken. The goal is to beat the high score in a limited time, further away and frightened gnomes reward more points. The game also features a second playing mode where the player has unlimited time to shoot ten gnomes - but he has to buy guns and ammo When winning he gets prize money to buy more ammo and so on. The gnomes say filthy sentences when shot. |
| Conspiracies | 2003-09-12 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Anima Ppd Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Time has not been kind to our Earth. The world is comprised of six city-states, each governed by their own laws, but subject to the Supreme Federal Government. Now it is over-populated, riddled with disease, poverty, organized crime and a depleted environment. In the futuristic city of Greece, life was good for Nick Delios. He was engaged to be married to a beautiful girl, and his career as a researcher and programmer in the highly competitive field of bio-electronic medical transplants was really taking off. Just when it looks like there's no where to go but up, everything goes haywire! Nick's boss, his fiance's brother, takes credit for his research, he is fired and the wedding is cancelled! Angry and depressed, he tries to drown his sorrows in booze, borrows some money and hits the gambling tables hoping for a break. His situation worsens when "Lady Luck" shows her ugly side and Nick has no choice but to accept "an offer he can't refuse". Things get more interesting when Thanos Pekas, Police Inspector and an old friend, asks him unofficially to help solve the murder case of a small time crook. But, of course, the case is not as simple as it sounds ...You play Nick in first person perspective in a story that is mostly non-linear. Although the theme of the story is serious, the atmosphere is lightened by Nick's personality and sense of humor. Overall, the game has been compared to some of the later Tex Murphy games because of the science fiction mystery elements combined with sarcastic humor, full-motion video and live actors. Released initially for the PC on DVD-Rom only, it contains a standard point and click interface with inventory objects, conversations and a multitude of varied puzzles to be solved. |
| Counter-Strike | 2003-09-12 | Valve Corporation | Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | The Steam and Xbox releases of Counter-Strike are commercial standalone versions of the game, updated with a newer GoldSrc engine build. However, they omit the extra modifications which were available in the Half-Life: Counter-Strike retail releases that are not Counter-Strike itself.The Linux and Macintosh PC versions were never available separately. When they were released, Counter-Strike could only be bought as a compilation pack containing both Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and the original Counter-Strike. However, existing players who only owned Counter-Strike thus received it for the additional platforms for free, even if they did not own the original Counter-Strike: Condition Zero or never bought the compilation pack. |
| Deathmatch Classic | 2003-09-12 | Valve Corporation | Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Deathmatch Classic is a pure multiplayer game, designed as a tribute to id Software and the multiplayer gameplay in its older games. While very similar to multiplayer Quake, some elements of the game are borrowed from Half-Life, such as player models and the melee weapon.The game was originally developed as a mod for Half-Life, and continues to use the GoldSrc engine. The idea behind DMC was to allow Half-Life players to play deathmatch games in the style of Quake and Quake II, but with the enhancements of the GoldSrc engine. |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power | 2003-09-12 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power is the first instalment in KOEI's long-running Nobunaga's Ambition strategy game series to feature full 3D environment. The player once again take the role of Nobunaga Oda, or one of his rival warlords, and set to unify 16thy century Japan under one ruler.The scenarios spans from 1551 to Nobunaga's death in 1582, and feature hypothetical 'What if' turns of event. The many characters present in the game affect how events turn out with their unit stats and skills. From the castle and surrounding areas, the player issues orders to manage the resources and growth of the land under the warlord's control. The construction of the village and the life of its people evolve in real-time. In battle, either field battles or sieges, up to 24 units on each side ranging from spearmen to cannon troops can engage in real-time 3D battle. Routing the enemy lowers their morale, which allows the use of charges and counter attacks. In siege battles, the adequate use of skills and resources is key to victory.When most of the land is under the player's control, the 'Kessen' command becomes available. Kessen is an all-or-nothing all-out attack that will either result in the unification of the land, or the total loss of the player's land. |
| Star Trek: The Neutral Zone | 2003-09-13 | Cateia d.o.o. | Cateia d.o.o. | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Star Trek: The Neutral Zone is a free, simple deathmatch game where players (and bots, named after characters from the Star Trek series, but unlicensed) choose a ship to destroy others in order to reach the frag limit. There is a variety of ships available with their graphics taken from Star Trek: Bridge Commander and possibly a few of its mods. But apart from the visuals, they do not differ in any way. All of them are armed with phasers and photon torpedoes, with the colour of phasers chosen by the player in the options menu. Occasionally, certain power-ups appear on the map.Up to two players can play on the same computer, and a TCP/IP multiplayer mode is available. |
| CodeRED: The Martian Chronicles | 2003-09-15 | COR Entertainment, LLC | COR Entertainment, LLC | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The Martian Chronicles is a stand-alone sequel to CodeRED - Battle for Earth. Six years after the Martian invasion force was defeated by Lt Commander Hicks, a new Martian leader known only as "Big Brain" starts an insurrection on Mars, intending to build up an army and take revenge on Humanity. It is up to Hicks to step into battle with Martians once more, however this time the fight continues on their home planet.Compared to Battle for Earth, The Martian Chronicles features several new enemies, improvements to the AI and graphics, and the level design is generally aimed at more intense, fast-paced, combat-oriented action. |
| Friday Night 3D Darts | 2003-09-15 | Global Star Software Inc. | AI Factory Limited | Sports | 1st-person | | | Board game | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Just like Pub night…
Friday Night 3D Darts allow you to play 10 different match games form 101 to 1001. You can also play a game of Cricket or engage in a simple practice session. Can’t hit the target? Don’t worry, an in-game hints feature will aid in your game. Whether you get a double, a triple or bulls eye, this 3D dart game will keep you playing for hours!Scored MP3 music files
4 different darts to unlock
Custom characters
In-game help
3 adjustable menu looks
3 different arenas from Home, Bar and Tournament mode
Charity or championship matches |
| London Racer: World Challenge | 2003-09-15 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | This high speed racing game takes gamers on races across 18 cities around the world including London, Paris, Berlin, New York and Los Angeles.Enhancements like nitro boosts emulate the sensation of speed. Compete in championship mode unlocking new cars and tracks. Race against lifelike A.I opponents in single player mode or challenge friends in the two player and multiplayer modes.While racing you will have to try to lose the police and watch out for traffic, which you can use to your advantage in causing crazy accidents. Breaking through roadblocks and rules will help you win.Gameplay is in the style of Midtown Madness. |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog: Phonics | 2003-09-16 | Scholastic, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Clifford the Big Red Dog: Phonics is based on a series of picture books created by author Norman Bridwell about the big red dog and his owner, Emily Elizabeth.The carnival has arrived on Birdwell Island, and Clifford and friends are excited to attend. The host of the carnival has lost all the decorations for the parade float, and is counting on Clifford to find them by completing five activities. As each activity is finished, the player is allowed to choose a prize from a display, which is then placed in the float tent ready to use for decorating. Navigation and game play use the mouse - the player clicks on arrows to the right and left to move from screen to screen, and playable activities elicit sparkles from the arrow cursor.
Inflate the Balloon - Clifford has broken the parade balloon and must make more by matching words and pictures on the balloon machine.
High Dive - help the elephant fill the high dive pool by selecting the bucket picture that starts with a given letter.
Ferris Wheel - match children and their letter balloons to words on ferris wheel cars that are missing their beginning letters.
Silly Stories - fill in the blanks to create a silly "mad-lib" story; this is a printable activity.
Tightrope - find the ball with a picture that matches a spoken rhyming word, then fire it from a cannon to load the tightrope walker's balancing pole.
Cow Herding - cull cows from a browsing herd by matching their letters to a letter carved on the pasture gate.As well as the activities, there are five carnival games centered around letter recognition, including Whack-a-Letter, a Strong Man/Silent E game, Wheel O' Words, and more. When the player has collected prizes he can go to the float tent and select a float to decorate, which can then be printed out. The ultimate goal of the game is to participate in the parade, which honors the player by name and showcases the balloons and floats he has created. This game uses an automatic leveling system, and a progress report showing levels achieved, number of rounds completed, and the skills covered in the activities is available by pressing CTRL + L. |
| Crime Fighter 3 Pack | 2003-09-16 | Digital Leisure Inc. | | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | A compilation package containing three American Laser Games live-action light-gun shooter conversions Who Shot Johnny Rock?, Crime Patrol, and Drug Wars.Crime Fighter 3 pack was released in two formats, a PC-CD ROM version and a DVD version. The DVD version was marketed as a PS2/Xbox compatible release which is technically true although on these systems, you have to play the games using the DVD remote as the controller (although this means you can also play them on most standard DVD players).
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| Homeworld 2 | 2003-09-16 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc., Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Relic Entertainment Inc | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | "You reclaimed your home, now reclaim your destiny."Long after you returned to Hiigara in the first game, the imperialistic Vaygr, armed with the third hyperspace core (you have the second) and the false idea of their own divine origins, are intent on enslaving and destroying your homeworld and your people.Homeworld 2 continues the Homeworld saga four thousand years into the future. Control a large space fleet in real-time 3D graphics, using a brand new engine and new interface improvements. |
| NASCAR Thunder 2004 | 2003-09-16 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | You can race on a variety of courses, from twenty three real world Winston Cup courses, twelve road courses and eleven fantasy courses, including a costal town and a busy city. There are sixty challenges in all.When racing, what you do on the circuit affects future races. Ram someone into the wall or cause someone to spin out, and they'll remember. They'll try to get back at you in a future race. Help someone out, by clearing a path or sharing the draft, and they'll return the favor to you. Grudges and alliances are tracked throughout your career, so the more you piss someone off, the more likely they'll try to harm you.Like the Football Camp mode in Madden NFL 2004, the Speed Zone is comprised of different many games that will earn you points and increase your skill, such as passing and drafting, blocking and drifting.With the Career mode, you can go through a full twenty seasons before having to retire. You manage everything, from your pit crew and car parts to your sponsors and research and development.There are seventy officially licensed drivers and over 180 vehicle skins. If nothing suits you, create your own driver and car and see how you do.As in every 2004 edition of EA Sports console games, you'll find the EA Sports Bio, which is a career tracker that tracks your stats over every EA Sports game. The more games you play and the longer you play, the higher your level and the more rewards you can unlock.Tune your car right and drive like a pro, and you may just make it to the finish line. |
| Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy | 2003-09-16 | Activision Publishing, Inc., LucasArts | Raven Software Corporation | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | RPG elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy is the sequel to Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast.
The player is cast as Jaden Korr, a padawan at the Jedi Academy taught by Luke Skywalker and Kyle Katarn. Both the character and his lightsaber are to be created at the beginning of the game. Throughout the game, the player will acquire several force powers and weapons, such as lightning and the Tenlos Disruptor Rifle. As he progresses through the different missions, he may be seduced by the dark side of the Force... |
| The Temple of Elemental Evil: A Classic Greyhawk Adventure | 2003-09-16 | Atari, Inc. | Troika Games L.L.C. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Temple of Elemental Evil is a turn-based role-playing game using the AD&D Greyhawk campaign setting with 3.5 version D&D rules. The game plot revolves around the (suspected) rise of evil, originating from the Temple of Elemental Evil. In this game, players start with five generated (or pre-generated) party members in the start of the adventure (a maximum of eight, the later three comprising non-player characters). Unlike most AD&D games, the maximum level cap for characters in this game is the 10th level. The party itself has an alignment (in addition to individual character alignments) which greatly affects the plot and choices the party makes throughout the game. Character alignments and the party alignment are now closely related. For example, a Lawful Good or Chaotic Evil character may not be selected within a True Neutral party alignment. Additionally, Paladins do not want to be in the same group with anyone evil.Thus, depending on the party alignment (nine default alignments to choose from), players may either take the course of being the good heroes ridding evil from the land or be the evil raiders butchering anything that moves, all of which (may it be good, bad or neutral), may effect the party reputation. |
| Coded X-Word | 2003-09-18 | Yoogi Logic Games | Yoogi Logic Games | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | This game is the computer version of the coded crossword puzzle.The playfield is split into three different parts. The main part is the crossword puzzle, where only a few blocks are revealed with the correct letter. The rest uses numbers to code the letters or are black (free) blocks.Beneath the main part is the alphabet part, where each letter will be grayed once it is used. Right of the main part is the number section, there you can select a number (and all corresponding blocks in the crossword puzzle will be highlighted) and assign it a letter by typing it.Your job is now simple (at least in theory), you have to assign the correct letters to each number. As soon as that happens, you have completed the board, and depending how fast you were, you may get into the highscore (which is time based).Unlike with a real coded crossword puzzle, you have the opportunity to get help from the computer, i.e. to check if the current letter<->number assignment is correct or even to completely reveal the board. However, each of these help results in a time penalty, the amount of penalty depends on how big the help was. |
| Coronel Indoor Kartracing | 2003-09-18 | Digital-XL | Engine Software B.V. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Arjen van Haren, Marco Willemsen | | | | Windows | Coronel Indoor Kartracing is a karting simulation game that is based on the existing karttracks of the famous Dutch driver Tom Coronel. The game features exact replicas of the tracks Francorchamps, Le Mans, Monaco and Suzuka and includes the following gamemodes: Single Race, Tournament (A and B), Time Trial and Multiplayer (LAN/Internet).The game is aimed at the true karting fans and not the average racegame fan. Races are not about finishing first but about racing the fastest lap time within a given time (heattime). The driver with the fastest laptime wins the race. By winning the two tournaments you can unlock additional racetracks, which will be available for single race and time trial afterwards.Other gamefeatures include: customizable characters (clothing, helmet, name), interactive 3D menu, different kart-models and a Hall of Fame ranking. |
| Sakura Taisen 3: Paris wa Moeteiru ka (Music Box Edition) | 2003-09-18 | SEGA Corporation | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition of Sakura Taisen 3: Paris wa Moeteiru ka bundles together the original game with a themed music box. The Dreamcast version includes a faux wood music box themed after an in-game item, while the Windows version features a music box decorated with colour art of its main characters. |
| Before the Legacy | 2003-09-19 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Set before Lunchtime of the Damned, the game puts the player in shoes of Davy Jones on his mission to clear the road to the Reality-on-the-Norm blocked by cows. Unfortunately the town is almost empty, excluding presence of Mr. Reaper and some other guy. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Davy to clear the road to the town in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Bomb3D | 2003-09-19 | Industrial Data Design Pty. Ltd. | Industrial Data Design Pty. Ltd. | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Bomb3D is a three-dimensional variant of Minesweeper. Similar to the original game, the goal is to identify and mark all the tiles of the board that contain bombs, without accidentally revealing a bomb. Instead of a flat square board, however, this game features a 3D cubical playfield made up of cube segments. Left-clicking on an empty cube shows numerical indicators that indicate how many bombs in total are in the neighboring cubes (including those joined only be their corners.) Tiles can be right-clicked to mark them with an X that shows there's a bomb in the tile, or double right-clicked to mark them with a question mark if the player suspects there's a bomb there but he's not sure. The camera can be freely moved and rotated around the playfield. Several sizes of the board are available, and the player can play on a board of any chosen custom size. The game also supports skins that change its graphical appearance. |
| Ninja Jajamaru-kun | 2003-09-19 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Jaleco Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In a realm of feudal Japanese folklore the eponymous Ninja Jajamaru-kun must rescue his beloved Princess Sakura from the clutches of a fiendish catfish-faced pirate. Jajamaru-kun begins on the bottom of a three tiered horizontal field. On each level of this field there are two enemies on each tier. The tiers have weak brick ceilings that Jajamaru-kun can break by jumping into them. Once a passage is made Jajamaru-kun can move through them as can enemies. To clear a level all enemies must be defeated, most enemies can be killed by having a shuriken thrown at them, the only weapon available without a power-up, some need to be stunned either by falling through a hole in a tier or by being jumped on. Enemy projectiles can also be canceled out by the shuriken. Being touched by an enemy projectile, or in a few cases an enemies body, will instantly kill Jajamaru-kun. After an enemy has been killed its spirit will ascend, you can grab this for extra points.In each stage at the 80 seconds remaining mark Princess Sakura will, fittingly, drop a cherry blossom onto the field. This will float through the platforms and eventually slip off the bottom of the screen, unless the ninja intercepts this message from his love. Once three blossoms have been collected a bonus stage will occur. In the bonus stage the foe is the Pirate Lord on the top throwing fire down onto Jajamaru-kun below. Here shuriken can be thrown upwards. One hit kills the pirate and frees the princess. As the game progresses these bonus stages become more difficult adding clones of the wicked lord and more fire.As the levels progress the new enemies, based on Japanese folklore, emerge. A new enemy will always appear as a "boss". This new enemy will be the only one of its kind on the top tier and all the other spirits will be comprised of the previous boss. The boss will be more intelligent than the other minions. After a spirit has been the boss for several stages it will become the standard minion and loss some of its difficulty. A new more difficult boss will then appear for the next few levels, and so on.Items can be found occasionally by breaking a brick ceiling, the items in any give stage are randomized. Items once uncovered will remain until another ceiling is broken or are picked up. Items that alter the status of ninja have a transient effect.The items in this game are:Speed-up: This red ball will increase the determined ninja's speed, now he can get behind even the most cunning kami.
Ninja-cart: This little carriage can crush anything in it's path and move at incredible speeds, find this and your victory will be assured!
Shuriken: Finding this shuriken will increase the distance your deadly ninja stars can be thrown, snipe those oni.
Invisibility Potion: A highly potent blend capable of turning this ninja, if not totally invisible, into an invincible outline.
Inscribed Coins: These coins give additional points, different colors give different point valuations.
Extra Ninja: These little ninjas are extra lives, very rare!
Bombs: These two bombs can appear when a ceiling is cracked open. If the player is careless enough to jump into them after they are revealed he will surely meet his death. Enemies may pass through bombs with impunity.
Trusty Frog: The trusty frog is Jajamaru-kun's trusty steed, by getting three different items, or by gaining four lives, the frog will appear. |
| A7Xpg | 2003-09-20 | ABA Games | ABA Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | A7Xpg is a freeware, open-source abstract shooter with vector graphics created by Japanese developer Kenta Cho, where the player guides a ship within the limits of a force-field to collect floating pieces of gold while avoiding collision with incoming enemies. The ship has no weapons, but is able to eliminate the foes after gathering enough gold to fill a gauge at the bottom-right corner and become indestructible for a few seconds. The boost button gives a speed increase that lasts about two seconds, and has to be pressed down repeatedly to keep the ship's momentum. Each stage has a time limit, and a set number of gold pellets to be gathered before moving to the next level. The game is over when time runs out, or the ship is destroyed after colliding with one of the wandering enemies. |
| The Tapestry - Chapter 2: Rend | 2003-09-20 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Set shortly after Davy Jones is Back! the game continues the Greyson's involvement in keeping the safety of reality in Reality-on-the-Norm. Five weeks have past since Greyson destroyed an adumbration at the Reality-on-the-Norm high school in The Tapestry - Chapter 1: The Unraveling. Greyson is instructed to stay and monitor the situation in human form, and suddenly more adumbrations appear. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Greyson to fight several adumbrations including the First Adumbration in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. The story is planned to be concluded in a sequel. |
| Magic Numbers | 2003-09-21 | DVKSoft | DVKSoft | Educational | | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The simple but funny logical game with nice graphics and sound. The rules of game are very simple. It is necessary to remove from a field all numbers for as shorter time as possible. To remove from a field it is possible only those numbers, which give in the sum 10, or identical numbers, if they are in one line or column and between them there are no more numbers. |
| 5 Days a Stranger | 2003-09-22 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The freeware horror-themed point-and-click adventure 5 Days a Stranger is the first part of the The Chzo mythos. It tells the story of a cat burglar named Trilby who sets out to steal the family valuables from the manor of the recently deceased Sir Roderick DeFoe. But once Trilby gets inside, all the doors and windows are locked, and he cannot get out.Soon he realizes that four other people are trapped in the house as well and the house has a reason for keeping them there - a truly sinister one. Together with scavenger Philip Harty, TV reporter Simone Taylor, the youngster Jim, and the secretive AJ, Trilby has to delve into the family history to solve the secret the manor is hiding.The game is controlled through five mouse-controlled actions: walk, look, use, and talk. These can be selected from the bottom of the interface, from the inventory screen, or by cycling through them with the space bar. The entire game takes place over the course of five days, introducing a whodunnit theme when some characters go missing. Most puzzles are inventory-based, but some also rely on conversations. It is also possible to die during certain sequences if the player does not react quickly. |
| Batman: Justice Unbalanced | 2003-09-22 | Learning Company, Inc., The | Learning Company, Inc., The | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Designed for grade-schoolers, you help Batman and Robin to stop the super-villains Penguin and Two-Face from stealing beautiful jeweled eggs and destroying a Gotham City landmark. Through five different activities, and three levels of difficulty you can have fun with a wide array of high-tech devices. Helpful hints are available if needed. Sharpen important skills like critical thinking, listening, hypothesis testing and pattern recognition.To solve the mystery, you'll have to drive to various places in the Batmobile and chat with various characters including Commissioner Gordon, Batgirl, and some of Gotham's key legal figures to piece together the story. Complete various tasks in order to obtain the nine ticking eggs which also contain riddles that must be decoded before Batman can enter certain levels. To help you decipher information and provide additional clues, you've got access to the Batcomputer. It also lists specs and descriptions of Batman's gadgets, and there's also a rogues gallery with profiles of some of Batman's most notorious foes. Games include a puzzle of an electrical barrier that can only be disabled by turning the Penguin's umbrellas so that images on adjacent sections of umbrellas match. Batman and Robin also hide out in a dark room peering around with a flashlight and eavesdropping on the Penguin's goons in the next room to find the locations of the hidden safe combination numbers. Batman is also required to use various tools and athletic abilities to navigate a maze of scaffolding in order to collect tiny bat signals for points and discover the eggs hidden at the top while avoiding Two-Face's bombs. When you've decoded all of the eggs' hidden messages, you'll have to throw Batarangs at color-coded girders in order to cross the flames and reach Two-Face. |
| Batman: Toxic Chill | 2003-09-22 | Learning Company, Inc., The | Learning Company, Inc., The | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Designed for grade-schoolers, you help Batman and Robin save Gotham City from Mr. Freeze who is freezing everything in sight and The Riddler who is messing with chemical plants in the city. As Batman and Robin rush to stop these environmental disasters and solve this mystery, they encounter five challenges that require the players' logical reasoning. Among the puzzles to solve, to stop The Riddler from causing chemical tanks to overflow, you need to reprogram the flow of the chemicals into storage tanks using a series of switches and valves. To help Batman unfreeze buildings, you need to discover patterns in the ice that can permit Firebats to travel up the buildings.Through completing the different activities, kids will uncover coded riddles left by The Riddler. When these are deciphered, players can solve the mystery of the Toxic Chill. There's 3 different difficulty levels available. |
| Die Siedler IV: Sonderedition | 2003-09-22 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
The Settlers: Fourth Edition (base game)
The Settlers IV: The Trojans and the Elixir of Power (second expansion pack) |
| NHL 2004 | 2003-09-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Black Box | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Side view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | The "best selling pro hockey franchise" is back with the 2004 edition, and it's loaded with more.Like Madden NFL 2004, NHL 2004 has a deep career mode, titled Dynasty Mode. You take on the role of GM for up to twenty seasons. As GM, you'll have to negotiate contracts, conduct drafts, make trades, sign free agents, make sure your players are getting the training they need, and more. If you're good enough, you may make it into the GM Hall of Fame.Besides Dynasty mode, you've got the basic game modes; Season, Exhibition, and Playoffs.The control for NHL 2004 has been refined, allowing for more precise movement than in the previous games. Precise passes, shots, and accurate skating are accomplished by simply tapping the button.NHL 2004 features a new fighting engine, allowing for more accurate and realistic fights. The right analog stick controls "Bruise Control", which lets you perform different moves by tilting the stick in different directions. Before you get into fights, you'll need to agitate a player, and this is where his Agitation Meter comes in. Losing the game, being checked, making sloppy passes all raises his Agitation Meter, until he is ready to burst and will fight at the slightest poke check.NHL 2004 contains the EA Sports Bio, which is a feature found on all console versions of EA Sports game. Playing more EA Sports titles, playing them for a long time, and winning special accomplishments (such as your first shutout in NHL 2004 or your first number one finish in NASCAR Thunder 2004) will earn you a higher Gamer Level, and will reward you with bonuses, such as cheat codes and new stadiums. This feature isn't found on the PC version.In addition to the standard roster of NHL teams, there are thirty nine international teams for you to choose from, such as Germany's DEL or Sweden's Elitserien, plus the usual U.S.A., Canada, and other regulars.The PlayStation 2 and Windows versions of NHL 2004 support online play. |
| Neighbors from Hell | 2003-09-22 | Encore, Inc. | JoWood Vienna | Puzzle | Side view | | Comedy | Stealth | Contemporary | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | Neighbors from Hell is a game with strategy, adventure, and puzzle elements. The player controls Woody, a participant in a virtual game show. The player is entertaining the audience with cunning stunts and trickery, which are rewarded with points (multiplied if a succession of tricks can be executed successfully). The more fiendish tricks Woody chains together, the more infuriated his evil neighbor Joe becomes. The player must prepare these tricks and traps across fourteen episodes, based on Joe's movement patterns. Graphics are cartoon-style and lean towards humour. |
| SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition | 2003-09-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes:
SimCity 4 (base game)
SimCity 4: Rush Hour (expansion pack) |
| Space Empires: Starfury | 2003-09-22 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Malfador Machinations | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Space Empires: Starfury is a new installment in the long-lasting Space Empires series. No more tiny 2D graphics this time - Starfury features a first-person perspective from a lone ship and a all-new real-time 3D rendering engine. As captain of your battle cruiser, you'll travel through solar systems via warp points, explore the galaxy, engage in furious space combat, and join in large fleet operations. Starfury allows you to completely customize your starship and has a complex ship combat model. Multiple campaigns with a vast array of missions will challenge you to hold back the forces that threaten your race, and to make a little money on the side!As always, the game is completely open: you can alter the game's structure and create custom mods and skins. |
| The Sims: Double Deluxe | 2003-09-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
The Sims (base game)
The Sims: House Party (expansion)
The Sims: Livin' Large (expansion) |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 | 2003-09-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Headgate Studios Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Tiger Woods is back for another round of golf in this edition of the series. The biggest addition to this version is EA's Game Face, which lets you customize the players' physical appearance. You have the basics, such as hair, skin, facial hair and other general appearances, but Game Face allows you to customize every other aspect, from teeth shape, logos, tattoos, headbands, hats, and more. You may also change individual body mass, muscle tone, mid-section, arms and legs. You also have the option of choosing specific swing style animations, post-putt and celebration animations, and "pissed off" animations for when you score a triple bogey.One of the new modes is World Tour, which puts you through a standard 52-week PGA tour to earn money, sponorships, and better gear. You can play for up to twenty seasons. The other new game mode is Battle Golf, where you can win an opponent's clubs if you beat them. All the other standard game modes are here, from Skill Challenge and Speed Golf to a Skins Match or Practice.A new feature is the game's ability to read your console's internal clock, and provide you with game modes. If it's near the end of October and your clock is properly set, you may be invited to a Halloween event where you can win items specific to that event.All top PGA players are included for you to play as (or against), including Vijay Singh and Justin Leonard. Newcomers to the sport have also been added, such as John Daly.Most of the courses from 2003 have made it, with seven new courses, both real and fantasy. One of the new courses is Bethpage Black, an extremely difficult course located in Washington.Like all other 2004 EA Sports console games, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 has the EA Sports Bio, which tracks your accomplishments and games over all EA Sports titles. The more EA Sports games you play, and the longer you play them, will increase your EA Gamer Level and unlock additional rewards, such as a new driver in Tiger Woods or historic teams in NHL 2004. This feature isn't on the PC version.Gamers who buy the PlayStation 2 version will be able to play online through EA's matchmaking service. You cannot play online with the Xbox or GameCube versions.If you buy the GameCube version, you can use the GameBoy Advance to hook up to the GameCube to unlock special rewards not available through normal play. |
| WarCraft III: Battle Chest | 2003-09-22 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Blizzard released yet another Battle Chest, and this one focuses of WarCraft III universe. The box contains original WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos and its add-on, WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne. It also contains two official strategy guides from Brady Games, one for each game included, and a 14 day free trial of World Of Warcraft |
| 18 Wheels of Steel: Across America | 2003-09-23 | ValuSoft, Inc. | SCS Software, Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | The fourth game in the Hard Truck series features you as a trucker who is building his business to an empire. A true trucking simulation in which you can control up to 15 different trucks travelling up to 80mph. You haul from over 30+ different type of products across 1000 miles of highways from the 48 continuous states. The game comes with prebuilt scenarios and a free mode in which you must build up your trucking empire. Gameplay is very realistic as you travel through many highways and inner city roads transporting your goods, while trying to avoid accidents and paying caution to weather, traffic and the police. It's a true lifelike driving experience in which you have to watch your fuel tank, damage, turn on headlights during the night, and even avoid falling asleep at the wheel. Game maps are huge and simulate many different major and inner highways across the U.S. Also, while driving you see major sites, like seeing the Golden Gate bridge as you travel in California, or the bright lights of Vegas. Plus you can add your own driving music to the jukebox. At the Game Map, you'll see the cities of the US. Plus you will see the highways. |
| Etherlords II | 2003-09-23 | Strategy First, Inc. | Nival, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Cards / tiles | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Like its predecessor, Etherlords 2 is a turn-based strategy game, where the battle system is similar to collectible card games. The player the hero around an overland map, and when facing enemies a battle mode initiates. However, there is one big difference from the first game: the movement on the overland map is now performed in real-time. In single-player mode it is possible to player either one duel or the entire campaign. There are four races available (Vitals, Kinets, Chaots and Synthets); unlike the previous game, each one of them has its own campaign. There is also a fifth campaign in which the player controls the mythical hero Diamanda. |
| International 64k-rate | 2003-09-23 | Poke 53280 | Poke 53280 | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | International 64k-rate is a remake of International Karate +. As in the original game 3 characters appear on the screen (white, red and blue) but unlike in the original game all three characters can be played by human players. After they have done the obligatory bow the fighting starts. Each round lasts 30 seconds or until one character gathers six hit points, depending on what happens first. Hit points are awarded every time a character hits another character (one point if the hit is from behind and two if it is from the front). At the end of the round the player with the least hit points loses. After each three normal rounds comes a bonus round where the player must deflect flying and bouncing balls using a shield. |
| 007 3/4: Disappearance Time | 2003-09-24 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Super secret agent Sam Salmon discovers his beautiful female neighbor Mika Huy has disappeared. Making a conclusion that she was kidnapped, Sam starts to search for traces of her in Reality-on-the-Norm. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player needs to help Sam to find Mika in this point-ann-click icon-based adventure game. The last version of the game includes developer's commentary. |
| Mall Tycoon 2 | 2003-09-24 | Global Star Software Inc. | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Users young and old alike will contend with annoying mall creatures such as litterbugs and hooligans! Construct your mall in an infinite variety of ways, from up to 460 unique store models such as bowling alleys, banks and Internet cafés.
Keep your mall up to date using security cameras, escalators and auto-doors.- Create food courts
- Manage your staff
- 1st person or 3rd person views
- Have a consumer report done!
- Build and design up to 9 floors creating the mall of your dreams.
- Add seasonal themes
- There’s soo much to do for this game! |
| Omega | 2003-09-24 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Roguelike | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Omega is usually considered the first roguelike game (CRPG dungeon crawls with top-down or isometric graphics and a high degree of randomization; Rogue and NetHack are examples) with a traditional plot. In it, you play a person from Earth that has been transported to another world by the Omega Project (this part of the plot is explained in the intro). You are trying to become an Adept, a person of immense power who follows the Buddhism-like principles of the Lords of Omega, by undergoing a series of quests.
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| Return of Egypt | 2003-09-24 | Driven Phantom Soft | Driven Phantom Soft | Action | Side view | | | Metroidvania, Platform | Egypt (Ancient) | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Return of Egypt is a side-scrolling action game that models its gameplay after Castlevania games.Players take control of Rania Gadish, a mage who had fought the demon king but could not destroy his magical power so he had to seal it deep underground. 100 years later, Rania, now a 128 year old man armed with a wooden staff, senses that the demon king is close to awakening and returns to Egypt to save all mankind.As players venture deeper into the pyramid ruins, they will fight bosses and unlock new skills, such as dashing, healing, magic attacks which will help them access areas they could not access before. |
| Town Hall Toaster | 2003-09-24 | ScottTown Software | ScottTown Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Taxpayers are going hungry.... A solution must be reached! Of course, turn the Town Hall into a Giant Toaster!
Yes, you will be operating a giant toasting government building to reach your final goal. You will have to launch toast onto four rotating plates in this fine city. Depending on how well you toast your bread product you will receive more points. A nice golden brown waffle will add a hefty thousand dollars to your total. If you meet a certain amount you will clear the level. Miss the plates too many times without reaching the required total and you'll lose.
All controls are handled by clicking on parts of the screen corresponding to such things as, loading the toaster, and ejecting the finished product. |
| Bridge It | 2003-09-25 | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Auran Games Pty Ltd., Chronic Logic LLC | Puzzle, Simulation | Side view | | | City building / construction simulation | | Train | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Bridge It is a sequel to Pontifex 2. Like the previous games it is up to you to build a bridge over a river to let a train pass. The bridge can be constructed from various parts such as metal and suspension cable. This game does nothing to change the formula of previous games, but does present it in prettier graphics. It has 30 levels to play and also lets you create bridges for cars and trucks. New are draw bridges and hydraulics that allow boats to pass as well. |
| Once Upon a Knight | 2003-09-25 | Atari, Inc. | Reality Pump Sp. z o.o. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Once Upon a Knight is a hybrid of the RPG and the RTS genre. The singleplayer RTS part consists of three campaigns, in a fantasy setting. During the campaigns, your characters gather items, develop skills and can level their stats to gain new abilities.In the RPG mode, you can explore a larger selection of maps, quests, actions and enemies. This mode features improved character development with new skills and the ability to hire new characters or trade items.In the multiplayer mode, servers support up to 65.000 players through the EarthNet® server system. Every player on the server has his/her own account protected by a password. With each server account up to 8 self developed RPG characters with their own inventory, skills and level ups can be managed. League and Companion MP matches are supported. MP matches are possible in RTS Battle, RTS destroy structure and RPG adventure mode with predefined or self created maps and mods. |
| III-Spy | 2003-09-26 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | III-Spy is a 2D point-and-click adventure game set in the Reality-on-the-Norm world and is the third installment in the I Spy series. You are Mika Huy, a female reporter for the local newspaper. The are elections and a mayor zombie wants to candidate, but is thrown in jail because he showed pink. Your boss Davy Jones wants you to bust the zombie mayor out o jail. The game is entirely controlled by mouse and features an inventory. |
| Soccer Manager Pro | 2003-09-26 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | greencode Software GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Soccer Manager Pro is to a great extend the same game as its predecessor Soccer Manager: The player is still responsible for the financial and athletic success of his soccer team. To do so he has many options, e.g. sponsorships, entrance fees, expanding the stadium, lineup and tactics. Optionally the player can use KI assistants which take over some of his tasks.One special feature of the game is still the match presentation which is calculated in real-time and offers a lot of tactical possibilities for the coach. This time the game uses a new graphics engine with polygon players. Not only the player's match is calculated in real-time, all parallel matches are too. The player has even the possibility to watch up to four matches at the same time.A new feature in this game are bonus cards. These cost a lot of money but give (for a restricted time) big bonuses to the team, e.g. better shooting power. The transfer area of the game got a complete overhaul, including KI transfers and the mini game when negotiating with players or sponsors. |
| Tenshi no Inai 12-gatsu | 2003-09-26 | Leaf | Leaf | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Tokinori Kida is a high school student who has a cynical view of women and not much confidence in himself. Influenced by what his sister tells him about women, he is unable to understand the nature of love, and finds consolation in brooding and smoking. All this changes when a classmate named Toko falls in love with him. The two begin an uneasy relationship, during which Tokinori will have to decide whether he succumbs to his dark side, or finds enough willpower in himself to overcome his mental problems and let love enter his life.Tenshi no Inai 12-gatsu is a visual novel with adult content. The largest part of the game is composed of non-interactive story sequences, presented as still anime-style images accompanied by text descriptions and dialogues. The player is prompted to occasionally interfere and make a decision that would influence the course of the plot. Depending on these decisions, Tokinori's relationships with various female characters will develop in different ways, leading to different endings. |
| Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim | 2003-09-27 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim is a direct sequel to Ushinawareta Suna no Miyako Kefin, the fifth installment of the Japanese action RPG series. Once again, the player controls the main character of the series, the adventurer Adol Christin, on a new journey. Adol's ship has been attacked, and he loses his consciousness. After a while, he wakes up on a sea shore, rescued by the Rehda, elf-like people who live in a small village. Soon he becomes involved in a quest for mysterious treasure hidden somewhere on nearby islands, and has to face an ambitious empire officer who will not tolerate any rivals on his hunt.The Ark of Napishtim is an action role-playing game set (for the first time in the series) in a fully 3D environment. The game world is seamless, with transitional overworld areas connecting dungeons and settlements. Much of the game takes place in hostile areas, where the protagonist engages in fast-paced action combat against regular enemies and bosses. Like its immediate predecessor, the game abandons the "bumping" combat style of the earlier installments, opting instead for the more common active combat. Adol can execute regular attacks and jump, as well as combine those for upward and downward slashes, dash attacks, and longer jumps. Experience points and money are awarded for defeating enemies, and leveling up is fully automatized. Armor and accessories can be found in treasure chests or purchased.There are only three swords during the game, each corresponding to a particular element. Each sword comes with its own unique magic spell. These swords can be leveled up in a specific workshop by spending blue crystals known as "emel", which are dropped by enemies. As the swords level up their attack power increases, and their respective magic spells gain levels and become more damaging as well. |
| Hunting Unlimited 2 | 2003-09-28 | ARUSH Entertainment | SCS Software | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Hunting Unlimited 2 is the sequel to Hunting Unlimited and pits the player as a hunter against eight big game animals, some of which can kill you, and seventeen ambient animals. There are 25 weapons to choose from and 21 accessories. The game includes four types of games to play:
Challenges where you can gain trophies for each tier depending on how you do.
Free Hunt where you go out and hunt without any specific objectives.
Mini Games where you can shoot squirrels, do timed archery, or shoot at animals that never die.
User Missions where you play on user-created missions.The game includes a trophy room that shows the wounds the animal took from your shots, a mission editor, and a Bullet Cam (optional) that tracks the bullet on its way to the kill. |
| Western Outlaw: Wanted Dead or Alive | 2003-09-28 | Groove Games | Jarhead Games Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Western | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | You are known as "the Stranger". You were just heading out west to get a fresh start, but trouble seems to follow you when bandits try to jack the train you're riding... Seems the lady onboard, Polly, was going back home and she told you that Creston's goons are terrorizing all the people... Before the goons nabbed her. This Creston fellow seems to have the local sheriff on his side, but you got the gun... And in the West, even outlaws can be heroes... Western Outlaw is basically a first-person shooter set in the old West, in the vein of LucasArt's Outlaws, but with a graphics upgrade. You start with just your trusty revolver, but it has three modes! In regular aimmed mode, you shoot one shot at a time, slowly and deliberately, thus giving you accuracy at longer ranges. There's also "fanning" mode, where you slap the hammer back with your left hand and your right hand pulls the trigger, giving you rapid-fire capabilities as long as the ammo lasts. And finally, you can reverse the gun and use the handle to pistol-whip hostiles in hand-to-hand combat. Later you will find advanced weapons such as twin Colts, shotgun, target rifle, and more. by defeating the bosses. |
| American Conquest: Fight Back | 2003-09-29 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | GSC Game World | Strategy | | | | Real-time strategy | Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | American Conquest: Fight Back is the successor to American Conquest. The game features eight campaigns set between 1517 and 1804: during the 25 missions the player tackles missions like finding El Dorado with Germany or conquering Alaska with the Russians at the expense of the Haida. There are overall five new nations and 50 new units to play with, in addition to the mentioned Portugal and the Netherlands.The gameplay is exactly the same as in American Conquest, meaning that the player constructs a base, gathers resources and builds up his army. The fighting morale is very important and can be influenced by either victory, defeat, food supplies or the equipment your units are carrying. Ten new battlefield maps are designed to offer quick combat between two armies. |
| Gourmet | 2003-09-29 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | Gourmet is a comic text adventure set in a restaurant. A week after the grand opening of your restaurant Mack 'n Geez, and Vera Davenport, top culinary reporter is due to pay a visit.You must manage the restaurant, and prevent this important evening from becoming a massive disaster, as it threatens to do. The Puzzles mainly involve you avoiding everything going wrong, as you you keep the guests from being distracted by what is going on behind the scenes. The plot thus resembles that of an episode of Fawlty Towers. |
| Halo: Combat Evolved | 2003-09-30 | Microsoft Corporation | Bungie Studios | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Tank | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Humanity is in the midst of a long war against an alien alliance called the Covenant which has been wiping out colony after colony. Your hero is Master Chief, who is given no name beyond his rank in the game itself. He is stationed on the Pillar of Autumn, a ship which, per protocol makes a jump in a random direction to retreat to avoid revealing the location of Earth. They find themselves at the titular Halo, a planet-sized ring of mysterious origin, and function with the Covenant on their heels. Master Chief must repel the Covenant assault and discover the secrets of Halo with the assistance of the female AI Cortana who lives in his suit and gives missions.Halo: Combat Evolved is a sci-fi first-person shooter with considerable driving elements. Features include friendly NPCs who fight alongside the Chief, squad-based AI where enemies groups work together to flank you under the direction of a leader unit and can be demoralized by his death. They also use cover, set ambushes, etc.Only two weapons may be carried at a time: one active and one on backup. There are five human weapons and three Covenant with distinct art styles for the two groups. Human weapons look basically like real guns and fire projectiles. Covenant are sleek and purple and fire energy. For the most part, weapons are not just left around the environment and must be procured from fallen enemies though there are supply points.Your life is armor and health as in most games of the genre, however, rather than armor being an item that is picked up, it is a force field which quickly recharges itself after several seconds without taking damage, which emphasizes finding cover.One of the most significant features is vehicles. You can drive a variety of vehicles in both single-player and multiplayer, some of which have additional seats for passengers or gunners which can be used by AI characters. Vehicles also come in distinct human and Covenant varieties with their design philosophies. Human vehicles roll around the ground on wheels and covenant vehicles hover or fly.Halo also has a significant multiplayer component with basic deathmatch (called slayer here), capture the flag with the unusual addition that the flag takes your weapon spot while you are holding it, so shooting your way in and out of the base on your own is not an option, territories, and some options unique to the game, such as oddball, where you must hold onto a skull for the longest time, race where you score points by getting to checkpoints and juggernaut, where one super-powered player must get points by killing the others and the other players try to kill him to steal his powers. There is also a game editor which allows you to set custom rules for all the basic game types. All the playable weapons and vehicles from the campaign mode are available in the multiplayer maps with the ability for members of the same team to share the game's distinctive Warthog vehicle, which is essentially a small truck with a mounted gun on the back. |
| Links 2003: Championship Edition | 2003-09-30 | Microsoft Game Studios | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is a compilation of Links 2003 and Links 2003: Championship Courses.It has the 6 original courses that were in Links 2003 plus the additional 20 from Championship Courses. |
| Warrior Kings: Battles | 2003-09-30 | Strategy First, Inc. | Black Cactus (Games) Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Many years have passed since Artos found revenge for his slain father and brought peace to the land of Orbis from the predecessor Warrior Kings. Now Orbis is in turmoil once again after Duke Hagen murdered the heir to the throne, Artos IV. This is where Warrior Kings: Battles, a real-time strategy game, begins. You must conquer province by province to bring peace once again to Orbis. There are several modes to play that include the typical campaign mode in which you will play missions to conquer one province at a time, skirmish mode where you can play a single player mode against 1 to 7 pre-made AI players on a selected map, Valhalla mode like skirmish mode lets you play with no economy for shorter games and a multiplayer mode to play against live opponents online or a mix of AI and human players. During campaign mode you will have different alignments to follow which will determine the type of empire you build. If you choose Renaissance your strong points will include better resource gathering and siege weapons but if you choose to follow the ways of the Pagan you will have the best attack and have access to pagan beasts. There are a total of five to choose from which include two combinations like Pagan-Renaissance (Demons and War Machines). |
| Activision Anthology: Remix Edition | 2003-10-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Barking Lizards Technologies L.L.C. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Windows/Mac version of Activision Anthology offers 76 Atari 2006 games, some of them previously unreleased or homebrew. Players can also view the manuals and the original cards in 3D, and unlock new game modes and earn gamer badges. The game comes with licensed '80s tracks.The games included are:Activision Prototype #1 (puzzle game with coloured squares)
Activision Prototype #2 (Frogger-like with a flea and platforms)
Atlantis
Atlantis 2
Barnstorming
Beamrider
Bloody Human Freeway (Prototype of Freeway with humans instead of chickens)
Boxing
Bridge
Checkers
Chopper Command
Climber 5 (homebrew)
Commando
Cosmic Ark
Cosmic Commuter
Crackpots
Decathlon (The Activision Decathlon)
Demon Attack
Dolphin
Dragonfire
Dragster
Enduro
Fathom
Fire Fighter
Fishing Derby
Freeway
Frostbite
Grand Prix
H.E.R.O.
Ice Hockey
Kabobber (previously unreleased)
Kaboom!
Keystone Kapers
Laser Blast
Laser Gates
Megamania: A Space Nightmare
Moonsweeper
No Escape!
Oink!
Okie Dokie (homebrew)
Oystron (homebrew)
Pete Rose Pennant Fever
Pitfall!
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
Plaque Attack
Pressure Cooker
Private Eye
Quick Step
Riddle of the Sphinx
River Raid
River Raid II
Robot Tank
Seaquest
Shootin' Gallery
Skate Boardin'
Skeleton+ (homebrew)
Skiing
Sky Patrol
Sky Jinks
Solar Storm
Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space
SpaceThreat Deluxe (homebrew)
Spider Fighter
Stampede
Starmaster
Star Voyager
Subterranea
Tennis
Title Match Pro Wrestling
Thwocker (previously unreleased)
Tomcat F14
Trick Shot
Vault Assault
Venetian Blinds
Video Euchre (homebrew)
Wing War |
| Airline Tycoon Deluxe | 2003-10-01 | Spellbound Entertainment AG | Spellbound Entertainment AG | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Airline Tycoon Deluxe is the fourth incarnation in the Airline Tycoon series. It contains all the content from the previous games: Airline Tycoon, Airline Tycoon: First Class and Airline Tycoon Evolution, but adds 20 new airports as well as features such as accepting cargo from remote estates.It is a comic-styled simulation where you manage an airline, competing against other tycoons. Players have to buy new planes or repair old ones from a museum, keep the customers happy and the planes in good shape, and apply for bank loans. You also need to design and decorate the airport facilities, use security measures against opponents or sabotage other planes yourself, along with full maintenance of the stock market listing, route plans, order books and marketing. The game supports network games for up to four players and new planes can be shared over the Internet. |
| Beyond Normandy: Assignment: Berlin | 2003-10-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a World War II shooter that takes place during the historic final onslaught of the Allied forces as they charge their way past the last defenses of Berlin, Germany. Through 10 missions, you will be fighting on foot against Nazi troops in close-up gun battles or sniping at enemies further away. You can also take command of a gun turret of a vehicle plowing through enemy lines. You will experience what it is to fight in an urban setting and try to destroy enemy Tiger tanks. There are 14 historically accurate weapons in your arsenal. Alongside you in some missions there will Russian soldiers, as Berlin is attacked from two fronts, and American troops as in the final mission to bring down an SS leader. |
| Crazy School: Schulverweis! | 2003-10-01 | dtp digital tainment pool GmbH | Limbic Entertainment GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Crazy School: Schulverweis! is exactly the same game as Gefeuert! Dein letzter Tag... just in a school instead of a office. The player takes the role of a pupil who wants to cause as much chaos as possible. With simple point & click controls the player walks trough the levels and uses the various items to play his pranks, e.g. knocking over a bucket or tearing apart a notebook. For some actions he needs to collect and use another item, e.g. toilet paper to clog a toilet.Every action takes time and is rewarded with points, more complicated or mean ones give more. So the main goal for a level is to beat the highscore in a limited time. When the player gets caught he has to absolve a mini game of Hangman where he has to guess words in a limited time and in limited tries. The campaign consists of 21 levels and the player can choose his gender and the names of the NPCs. |
| Der Planer 3 | 2003-10-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | MadCat Interactive Software GmbH, Phenomedia AG | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The player has to build up a shipping company, organize all the workflows, expand the company, buy new trucks, sell old ones, hire new employees and master the tasks everyday life throws at him.First, the player chooses the city where the future company should be located. The game comes in two levels of difficulty (low or high budget) and has a new feature called private life (since the job is not the only spice of life) which can be activated before the game actually begins. Now it is time to choose the location of the company's headquarters on a city map, before one can enter the building. It is time to act: a call to the employment office to hire the right people, buy or rent trucks, get assignments, earn money, keep the employees content, lead a happy and relaxing family life to keep the personal health up, etc. The objective is to build up a successful company and not to let the character die from frustration or too much stress.Screenshots Promo Images Alternate Titles "Der Planer 3: Король грузоперевозок" -- Russian title
Part of the Following Groups Der Planer series
Game feature: Simulated Internet
Genre: Simulation - Traffic network
Green Pepper releases
Software Pyramide releases
User ReviewsThere are no reviews for this game.Critic Reviews
GameStar (Germany)
Nov, 2003
54 out of 100
54
Withingames
Nov 10, 2003
2 out of 5
40
PC Action (Germany)
Nov, 2003
31 out of 100
31
Computer Bild Spiele
Dec, 2003
4.87 out of 6
23
PC Games (Germany)
Nov 01, 2003
19 out of 100
19
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| Desert Thunder | 2003-10-01 | Groove Games | Brainbox Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Tank | | | Teen | | Windows | Desert Thunder is a arcade style third person tank combat game. The eight mission campaign places you in the top secret M1A6 experimental tank with eight different types of ammunition at your disposal. You are the only surviving member of your tank division charged with saving a fictional middle eastern country under attack from rebels looking to exploit the oil riches. There are no complicated controls to learn here - start the game, and start blowing stuff up right away. |
| Final Fantasy XI Online | 2003-10-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This release includes the main game Final Fantasy XI Online and the expansion Final Fantasy XI Online: Rise of the Zilart. Roughly one year after the release of Final Fantasy XI in Japan, the first expansion Rise of the Zilart was released. At the same time, Final Fantasy XI Online: All-In-One Pack 2003, a bundle including the game and the expansion was released in Japan. The subsequent releases of Final Fantasy XI for PS2 and Windows in North-America and Europe also included Rise of the Zilart. |
| Freedom Fighters | 2003-10-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Io-Interactive A/S | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | The Soviet Union has invaded New York City! Chris Stone is just a plumber, and he was willing to live out his life normally even after the occupation until the Soviets picked up his brother Troy and charged him for being a terrorist (i.e. freedom fighter). Now Chris must contact the real freedom fighters, get his brother out, and eventually, drive the invaders out of New York.Freedom Fighters is a third-person shooter with squad-based tactics, with a variety of typical weapons such as pistol, revolver, assault rifle, submachine gun, shotgun, rocket launcher, grenade, and so on. As you proceed further in the game, you can control more and more people in your squad, until you end up with up to a dozen different freedom fighters all fighting alongside you in your quest to drive out the invaders. |
| Höllenjob | 2003-10-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Guarding purgatory really is a hell of a job. It takes long-time professionals like Diana and Daniel to sort out all the lost souls and bring them divine redemption (or send them straight to hell for that matter).Diana is a devil and has to send as many lost souls to hell as possible. She is very good at her job, but has failed to stop smoking. Daniel is an angel and thus want to send as many lost souls to heaven as possible. The objective and gameplay for both characters is the same, only the direction differs. The more souls reach their final destination the more points are awarded. Of course, there are also opponents: the irritated souls that can shove the character which can result in the loss of a screen life. ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameAlternate Titles "Адская Работка" -- Russian spelling
User ReviewsThere are no reviews for this game.Critic Reviews
Plné Hry
Sep 22, 2004
70 out of 100
70
PC Action (Germany)
Nov, 2003
48 out of 100
48
PC Games (Germany)
Nov 04, 2003
33 out of 100
33
GameStar (Germany)
Nov, 2003
22 out of 100
22
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| Magische Kristalle | 2003-10-01 | bhv Software GmbH & Co. KG | Digital Mining | Puzzle | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Magische Kristalle is a puzzle game with a simple goal, remove as many crystals from the board before either time or the space on the board runs out.When you start a game, you are presented with a 10x10 big board, filled with a few crystals. Now you have to move those crystals so that a row of same colored crystals is created, which is then removed from the board. If you remove a row, nothing happens (except that you score some points), but if you don't remove a row with your current move, an additional number of crystals appear on the board, making it harder with each turn.You can move any crystal to any place on the board, provided the route is neither blocked horizontal or vertical (you can't move diagonal, but you can create a row diagonal).The game offers the following features:2 game modes: free play or play against the clock
3 difficulty settings (affects the number of crystals you need to form a row and the speed the board fills)
6 different boards
3 special board objects: color pail, bomb and joker |
| Moorfrog | 2003-10-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh, Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Yet another member of the Moorhuhn-Family hits the computer screens. This little green frog is on his way to the spawning grounds where he was born.The game's objective is to guide three frogs per level to the safety of a water lily. On their way they can catch insects with their sticky tongues to improve the total score. But one can also lose points by catching a barbed insect. The greatest danger comes from the road that lies between the frog and its destination. The player has to be careful not to let the frog get caught by the passing trucks. Some of them carry stars which can be collected. If one has collected 10 stars, an additional life is granted. The green fellow is controlled by keyboard.The game is about speed and dexterity and is based on Frogger gameplay. |
| Moorhuhn präsentiert 10 Fun Games | 2003-10-01 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A compilation of 9 classics of phenomedia's broad range of advertising games (adgames) plus a demo version of Moorhuhn Kart. List of games included:
PoodleERazor (Dexterity)Moorhuhn TennisDon Horn (Dexterity)
Rettet die Kühe (Dexterity)
Ede Kowalski (Shooter)
Ski-Cross (Skiing)
Mordillo's Jungle Fever (Arcade)
Nanuk (Frogger style game)
Original Moorhuhnjagd (Shooter)
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| Power Pegged | 2003-10-01 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Power Pegged, your job is to remove game pieces of the playfield by jumping with one piece over another piece. The ultimate goal is to remove all but one game pieces (since you must jump over another in order to remove a piece, the last one can't be removed).At the beginning or a level, you have only one empty square. There you have to start, jumping (only horizontal and vertical) one piece into this empty square will produce a new empty square and moves the existing one (the original position of the jumping piece and the removed jumped over piece). So you must think carefully or you run into dead ends.Power Pegged can be played alone or against another player. In multiplayer, you goal is to make sure that your opponent runs out of possible moves while preventing that from happening on your side.Finally, the game features also a Level Editor for creating own levels. |
| RotaPicture | 2003-10-01 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | RotaPicture is more or less a good old puzzle game.When you start RotaPicture, you can choose the picture you want to play (one of the 11 included or one of your own), then you see the original (and final) look on the left side, using the first four upper rows in the 5x5 playfield. The lowest row contains 5 empty (white) pieces.Once you hit 'randomize' you can start the game and try reverting it back in the original shape by moving those single, now messed up, pieces. If you move a piece in a direction where another piece is, that piece will be pushed away.Finally, if you don't know any further (or just want to try it out), you can let the computer reverting it; including a turn-by-turn procedure on how to do it. |
| Strategic Simulations: Commander's Collection | 2003-10-01 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of three simulation games:
Silent Hunter II
IL-2 Sturmovik
Flanker 2.5 |
| Strawberry Shortcake: Amazing Cookie Party | 2003-10-01 | Encore, Inc. | Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | In this game - based on a character originally created for American Greetings in 1977 - Strawberry Shortcake and her friends are having a tea party at her house when someone suggests that the only thing that could make her party better is...cookies! Strawberry, accompanied by her talking cat Custard, makes her way to Cookie Corners and the Cookie machine, where she learns she needs to collect ingredients before making cookies. From Cookie Corners there are three locations where the player can perform tasks or activities in order to earn and collect ingredients; clicking on each of the arrows will take you there:
Rolling Oranges - Orange Blossom needs oranges to make juice for the party; the player must direct the specified number of oranges into a basket by using tools to modify their path as they roll along tree branches. Tools include a woodpecker that drills holes through the branch and marshmallows to cushion a drop and make the oranges bounce
Cakewalk - Angel Cake needs help building cake houses; the player assembles them using cake bases and decorations from a scroll, following directions about the minimum number of doors, windows, and decorations required
The River Fudge - As Strawberry floats down the river on a giant graham cracker the player maneuvers her raft with the mouse, collecting fish pops and magic berries and avoiding traps such as whirlpools and rock candy crystalsOnce all the ingredients have been collected the player proceeds to the Amazing Cookie Machine, where he must deposit ingredients in the machine according to recipes. The quantities and assortment of items vary depending on the level selected. From the options screen, the player can adjust difficulty settings manually or select auto levels to allow the game to adjust automatically.Clicking the strawberry on the bottom right brings up a control bar from which the player can choose to exit, change options, view how many and what type of cookies he has made, check the number of ingredients in Strawberry's backpack, or access a Help movie about the activity he is currently playing.Strawberry Shortcake: Amazing Cookie Party is aimed at children between the ages of 4 and 6 and focuses on skills developed in pre-school and kindergarten - logical thinking, following directions, hand-eye coordination, problem solving, spatial reasoning and creative planning. |
| Unlimited Checkers | 2003-10-01 | | | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Unlimited Checkers is a Checkers game written in Java.
The game searches for moves by using NegaScout searching
(a variation of the Alpha Beta algorithm).The game contains two game types: the Regular Game and Unlimited Game. The two types are very much the same, except that in the regular game pieces can't move beyond the board borders, where in the unlimited game, there are no border's to the board, so that pieces can jump beyond the board borders, to the opposite side. |
| Uwis Shooting Gallery | 2003-10-01 | | | Action | | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Uwis Shooting Gallery is literally a shooting gallery game.You have to shoot at various different things (balloons, ducks, flowers, etc.) in three different rows until you run out of ammo and it is Game Over.The game offers three different special things: Multiplier at the top right side for getting more points. At the top left side, you can increase you ammo by shooting at the ammo box when it is open. Finally, there are ghosts in the game which sometimes begin to fly and hunt you. If they get you, you loose some of your ammo. |
| Wheel of Fortune 2003 | 2003-10-01 | Atari, Inc. | Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | Menu structures | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This release of the popular Wheel of Fortune game takes advantage of more up-to-date multimedia graphics and sound to make the player feel he (or she) is actually a contestant on the television show.Take the contestant exam and then begin to play one of the 3,000 puzzles in the categories of "Place", "Person" or "Phrase".Dollar amounts and prize packages are posted on a large wheel. After spinning the wheel, guess a letter in the puzzle. If that letter is contained in the puzzle, you win the prize. If you win enough puzzles you'll have a chance to win even more in the "beat the clock" bonus round.Up to 3 players can play against each other, or you can play solo against computer opponents.
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| Friday Night 3D Pool | 2003-10-03 | Global Star Software Inc. | AI Factory Limited | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Bring home the real excitement of Pool and Snooker!From the first break to the final bank shot, amaze your opponents with skill and precision. Compete with over 77 different computer opponents, each with unique playing styles and skill levels. Included in Friday night 3D Pool are detailed in-game hints and tips to help guide you along the way.
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| Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island | 2003-10-03 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This Nancy Drew adventure takes place on an island in the Pacific Northwest where she goes to do some whale-watching. The mystery centers around an Orca whale that has appeared in the channel. Everyone in the town of Snake Horse Harbor has a different opinion about what should be done about the whale, including the person who invited you there, Katie Firestone. Evidently Katie has ruffled someone's feathers because her tour boat is vandalized and she received a threatening note to "stop meddling." Something sinister is certainly going on here, and Nancy begins to investigate.You play Nancy Drew as she explores the island on foot, bicycle or in a kayak. Hit the beach and build a sandcastle or search the lighthouse. Visit the Whale Center and the Hot Kettle Cafe. Like other games in the series, this is a point-and-click game that involves talking to several characters and solving puzzles to unravel the mystery. |
| Coin World | 2003-10-05 | Addictive 247 | Addictive 247 | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Coin World is a platform game, where you control Colin the Coin on his quest to collect all lost coins, which were stolen by the evil bank note Flash.The game offers five different countries to play in, each with its own style: England, Scotland, USA, Egypt, and Japan. All in all, there are 40 levels available. Each level is in "Doughnut"-style, means both left/right and upper/lower edges are combines. So, when you fall through the bottom, you will re-enter the screen from the top.In each level you must collect all of the coins. Some are protected by enemies, which can be killed by jumping on top of them. If you have collected an Invincible Power-Up, you are immune for ten seconds, and in this time, all you need to do, is to touch enemies, and they die.If you stay too long in a level, Flash will show himself and chase you. He is invincible, so all you can do is to collect the coins, while avoiding him. When he catches you, you die, but this will also reset the time for Flash's re-appearance. Once all coins are collected, you proceed to the next level. |
| Walkover | 2003-10-05 | | | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Walkover is a Splatter-Strategy-Action-Game.
You can fight side by side with your friends against hordes of Aliens.Get reinforcements by collecting silver and gold medals and improve your skills like "internal fire" and "regeneration".
Command your Soldiers, build turrets and try to defeat the alien supremacy.If you die, you get reborn at a respawn point as long there are non human controlled soldiers. Otherwise, you loose.The main part of your enemies are bugs that are born from nests. The goal of the game is to kill all enemies on the battlefield.Graphics are 2D and in a normal game, you can fight more than 1000 enemies at once. |
| Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad | 2003-10-07 | Gotham Games | Pivotal Games Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | War | Shooter | Historical events, Middle East | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad is the sequel to Conflict: Desert Storm. The player is ordered back to Iraq for some unfinished business.The gameplay and controls haven't changed since the original, but it has more detailed graphics. There are more weapons at the squad's disposal and more vehicles to drive. |
| Digi Pool | 2003-10-07 | Arcade Lab | Arcade Lab | Puzzle, Sports | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Digi Pool is a manic arcade variant of pool, with elements of billiards and pinball also included. Playing on a pool table layout without pockets, your goal is to make balls of the same color collide with each other. When they do, they turn grey, and are removed from the board when they have stopped moving. There is at least one white cue-ball - these do not need to be removed, but the first shot must be made using it. Multiple shots can be in progress simultaneously - the only requirements are that the starting ball is not moving, and is not greyed.A total of 84 stages are available, all with different layouts, and various fixtures that affect your balls. There are pinball-style bouncers which cause ricochets, dots which must be removed by running a ball over them, colour-changing vats, and fans and magnets to affect ball motion. |
| Savage: The Battle for Newerth | 2003-10-07 | iGames Publishing | S2 Games, LLC | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | As the name implies, 'Newerth' is the New Earth some long time in the future after man has managed to destroy all that has been created and are not in a time period of magical and technological conflict.The game is a Real Time Strategy Shooter (RTSS) as the designers call it. One player acts as the commander and builds a base, controls workers, researches, gives orders, etc. The difference is that the battle units are all player controlled up to a maximum of 31 per team (64 players/server max).The game itself is a battle between man and evolved beast lead by a sorceress. It is a completely different experience from any other game on the market but is similar to CounterStrike and Warcraft III mixed together. For the full story in a handy comic book format visit the website.As a side note, the game has no monthly charge and is online only. The game comes in one disc or the player may download it and purchase a CD-Key online. |
| SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom | 2003-10-07 | THQ Inc. | AWE Games | Action | | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | One of Plankton's nefarious plans, as per usual, has gone awry. The robots he created with his Duplicatotron 3000 failed to obey him and are now running amok on Bikini Bottom. The robots have captured Patrick, Sandy, Gary, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs and now it's up to SpongeBob to rescue them.SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom consists of five locations which include Downtown Bikini Bottom, the Mermalair, Kelp Forest, Flying Dutchman's Graveyard, and the Chum Bucket. Each location has various minigames for SpongeBob and his rescued friends to complete. |
| Super Strategy 4 Pack | 2003-10-08 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Age of Empires: Gold Edition
Risk II
Sid Meier's Civilization II
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim - Gold Edition |
| Petka 4: Den' Nezavisimosti | 2003-10-09 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | Svyatoslav Kondaurov (Светослав Кондауров) | | | | Windows | Another chapter in the popular Russian graphic adventure series, based on Soviet folklore humor. Once again, Vasilij Ivanovich Chapaev, a brave Russian soldier in reality, and a drunk idiot in the series, has to save the world with the help of his assistant Petka. Another failed experiment with a time machine catapulted the heroes into the future. The year is 2050, and Russia is the only super-power of the world. But aliens have invaded the earth! It appears that in the time of the king Ivan the Terrible (16th century), those aliens helped him to conquer the Tatar city Kazan. As a return, the king promised to pay them an enormous amount of money in 2050. Now they are here to collect the debt. To prevent this disaster, Vasilij Ivanovich and Petka have to travel to the 16th century - the feudal Russia... |
| XIII | 2003-10-09 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Paris Studios SARL | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | XIII is a cel-shaded first-person shooter based on the popular Belgian cult comic created by Jean Van Hamme and illustrated by William Vance. The game is loosely based on the first five comics. The main theme of the game is based on Robert Ludlum's book The Bourne Identity, and features a man who is suffering from amnesia and quite possibly involved in the recent assassination of the President of the United States. The hero knows almost nothing except that he must be important, since everyone is trying to kill him. Gradually uncovering the mystery, the hero, learns more about his secret agent past and his curious name: XIII.The player unravels clues, trying to solve a conspiracy set in an environment that breathes a comic book ambiance. Footsteps and shots are visualized in text and actions: for example, head shots are shown in a series of still images. Aside from that, the game has all the typical FPS elements: both stealth and action, more than fifteen weapons (shotguns, crossbows, rifles, ...), interaction with environmental objects and plenty of enemies in levels spread all over the world. During the game, the player can learn a number of skills such as silent walking, lockpicking and dual weapons handling. |
| 3D Crazy Ballz | 2003-10-10 | Unnatural Games Studio | Unnatural Games Studio | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This game is a full 3D remake of Lines. In this game your task is to remove balls from the table by grouping them in three different manners (lines, blocks and star like). Each move new three random balls will pop up filling out your table. The game is over when your table is full. There are three difficulty settings in the game. |
| Armobiles | 2003-10-10 | 1C Company | Ganymede Technologies S.C. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | Armobiles is a mixture between racing and shooting game. The player uses one of six cars to solve the about 70 missions that the game offers. The cars are equipped with guns which can be used to shoot enemies. The missions themselves range from regular races from checkpoint races to driving to a certain point and avoiding getting killed on the way. The game also uses different scenarios, e.g. a submarine base, a desert or a snow landscape. |
| Battle Mages | 2003-10-10 | Buka Entertainment | Targem Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | The world exists apart from Chaos through the use of a Magical Crystal. This crystal gives life to the world. Outside the realm of the crystal's power, there is Chaos -- no sunlight and no magic.The world is made up of Elves, Humans, and Dwarves, though the dwarves have moved underground. Through trickery by a wizard who wanted to destroy the crystal, the elves waged war against the humans in an effort to destroy the crystal. However, the humans were able to defeat the elves. The wizard did not like losing and has brought the undead and other monsters into the world to destroy it. It is up to you to search for and find this crystal in order to prevent the chaos that is threatening your world.Battle Mages is a real-time strategy game (RTS) with role-playing elements. Characters in the game will respond to your actions as well as live their lives without your intervention. This allows the game to become more realistic as you take your character through quests in an effort to locate the crystal.You may choose from four characters for your own character (three types of mages as well as a mage that specialized in tactics). Then choose upgrades for your character and find various armors, weapons, and artifacts to help you on your journey. You may recruit units to help you in your quests as your travel throughout the lands.You can view the entire map by scrolling around, but if you move too far from your units, you will start losing mana. |
| The Black Mirror | 2003-10-10 | Adventure Company, The | Future Games s.r.o. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Mature | Cinematic camera | Windows | The death of his grandfather, William, brings Samuel Gordon back to Black Mirror, the family's ancestral home. Although William was considered a kook and his death most likely a suicide, Samuel is investigating the matter. Samuel is convinced that the death was no accident and that the mystery's answer lies in the research William conducted, sequestered in the castle's tower. But will uncovering ancient family secrets bring new light to the matter or shroud the Gordon family in doom?The Black Mirror is a third-person, point-and-click adventure game set largely on the sprawling grounds of Black Mirror Manor including an asylum, the church and its grounds, and the town of Willow Creek. The game begins immediately after William's funeral and Samuel is reintroduced to his estranged family and meets the household staff. An uncle who hides himself away in his study, an ill-tempered gardener, and a family doctor who hints that he knows something are just some of the cast members Samuel will deal with. The Black Mirror contains 150 locations and five hours of spoken dialogue. |
| Deer Hunter 2004 | 2003-10-13 | Atari, Inc. | Southlogic Studios | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Experience true hunting excitement in the great outdoors. Gear up using a variety of sporting arms, camouflage and equipment to track and bag whitetails, black-tails, and mule deer. Witness ultra-realistic animal behaviors in a variety of stunning hunting locales. Hunting locations include: Alberta, Northern Kansas, Oregon Valley, Kentucky farmlands and more. |
| Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | 2003-10-13 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | Remedy Entertainment Oy | Action | Behind view | | Detective / mystery | Shooter | Contemporary, North America | | | | Mature | | Windows | Two years have passed since Max Payne first embarked on his desperate quest for revenge. Returning to his former position as a detective in the New York City Police Department, Max is assigned to investigate a series of murders carried out by group of contract killers known as the Cleaners. Unexpectedly, Max encounters the enigmatic Mona Sax, whom he assumed dead. People from his past begin to return one by one, and Max gradually realizes that he did not know everything about the mysterious Circle and those who were involved in the murder of his family. Somebody out there is trying to kill Max, and he must find the answers before they succeed.Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a direct sequel to Max Payne. The game is very similar to its predecessor in gameplay concept and presentation, bringing back noir detective atmosphere, cinematic John Woo-style action, and cutscenes shaped like comic book panels.The game is built on the same engine as the predecessor, with several additional special effects and enhancements, such as dynamic shadows and lighting, cubic mapped reflections, and high resolution textures. The Havok engine with ragdoll physics is used to enhance the interactivity with the game world: objects can be moved and destroyed, physically responding to the actions of the player character and opponents.A new feature in the sequel is the possibility to use secondary weapons alongside regulars guns, namely melee strikes, grenades and Molotov cocktails. Certain characters will join Max and fight on his side from time to time. The player also controls Mona Sax during a few stages. The Bullet Time feature from the previous game has been upgraded to version 2.0, in which Max's speed in bullet time increases as he gets more kills consecutively.During the first playthrough the game only offers one difficulty level. If the player struggles to succeed, the game will automatically lower the difficulty, reducing the effectiveness of enemy fire and increasing the amount of painkillers. Additional difficulty levels are unlocked when the player completes the game, as well as two new modes: New York Minute and Dead Man Walking. The first awards the player with a score for completing a level as quickly as possible, while the second has Max fighting endlessly respawning enemies. |
| The Fairly OddParents!: Breakin' da Rules | 2003-10-13 | THQ Inc. | Gorilla Systems Corporation | Action | Side view, Top-down | Licensed | Comedy | Mini-games, Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The PC version of The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' da Rules is a different game from its console counterpart. The game starts with Juandissimo Magnifico tricking Timmy into wishing the book destroyed so that Cosmo and Wanda will get in trouble for it.In the game, you take control of Timmy Turner and have to retrieve the rulebook through a variety of environments, including a ski slope, a computer game, and so on. Gameplay includes platforming, mini-games, and puzzle solving. All levels are accessed from a blueprint. |
| Commandos 3: Destination Berlin | 2003-10-14 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Pyro Studios S.L. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | War | Stealth | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | In the continuation of the tactical combat series, take your commandos on their deadliest mission yet venturing into enemy territory across 3 campaigns, from Stalingrad through to Central Europe and the beaches of Normandy.You control 6 commandos, each with unique skills, to accomplish your goal and finish the task at hand. The environment is both indoors and outdoors, and adjusts to your actions in unique ways which must be accounted for in the heat of the moment.Deathmatch multiplayer is included for the first time in the series, allowing up to 12 friends (or enemies) to take each other on. |
| Deer Hunter: Trophy Collection | 2003-10-14 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of 3 hunting games:
Deer Hunter 2003
Trophy Hunter 2003
Bird Hunter 2003: Legendary Hunting |
| Kings & Myths: The Age Collection Limited Edition | 2003-10-14 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
Age of Mythology
Age of Mythology: The Titans
Sybex's strategy guide for Age of Mythology |
| People's Tactics | 2003-10-14 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | | | | Windows | People's Tactics is a blend of two game types, the empire-builder and the war game. While the game may look complicated at first, most of the game's complexities are handled behind the scenes and there are actually very few rules for the player to take in to account.The game play basically breaks down in to two distinct theaters: The home front and the front lines. On the home front, the player must decide which new technologies to pursue, decide which military units to place into production, hire and organize his officer-corps and form new combat units and headquarters. The front-lines sees the player making strategic decisions about the composition of his forces, managing supply lines, maneuvering his armies and formulating the tactics required to defeat his adversaries.People's Tactics is a game that rewards patience and long-term planning. Solid, consistent victories cannot be achieved with overwhelming force alone, smart tactics are required to win. Enemy units must be isolated, supply lines cut and harbors blockaded if you wish to defeat a larger or equal sized opponent. A smart general will tailor his research and production to most benefit his master plan -- producing a badly organized army, or being forced to disband and restructure often may prove fatal in a close-pitched battle. |
| SeaWorld Adventure Parks Tycoon | 2003-10-14 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Deep Red Games Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The tycoon craze has hit SeaWorld! Take control of a SeaWorld Park and build it up to become the best SeaWorld Park in the world. Choose to complete scenarios in three difficulty levels, or build your Park from the ground up in Sandbox Mode.Build events and exhibits of SeaWorld animals such as dolphins, flamingos, manatees, turtles, and more. Add in some buildings to sell food and beverages, as well as souvenirs. And don't forget to add some bathrooms.Hire staff to keep your Park clean, maintain and fix exhibits and other buildings, vets to take care of the animals, and animal specialists to help keep your animals happy.Add some decorations such as flowers, trees, fountains, and more to help increase the beauty of your Park. And add some seating, lighting, and even trash cans to keep your park clean and make people happy.Research new items for your Park and join in Conservation by rescuing animals.Can you keep your profits high and public opinion high? Can you make a SeaWorld Park that could be an international wonder? Try your hand at doing just that in this game. |
| Space Colony | 2003-10-14 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | FireFly Studios Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | | | Simon Bradbury, Casimir C. Windsor | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | In the future, mankind expands through the galaxy, and corporations race to exploit every planet they can. You are the employee of Blackwater Industries ("Putting profit before people.") given the task of running a series of off-world colonies. You must manage both the base and the personnel which inhabit and run this base. This task is complicated by the fact that the colonists are all rejects from society, and will cause problems of one sort or another.Space Colony is both a strategy game and a personality management simulation; it can be described as Stronghold and The Sims combined, put in space. You will have to set up resource harvesting, resource processing, recreation facilities, tourist facilities, military installations, and such to keep your colonists happy/productive, defend the base, and make money. The colonists have a shift cycle, how long they will work is directly affected by how happy they are, so it pays to have a good base.What makes this game distinct is that each colonist has a unique personality. There are around twenty colonists which will populate your base in one mission or another. Each colonist has personal likes and dislikes, some are social, others will pick fights; you have to achieve a balance. There are a number of game modes, Career Mode, Galaxy Mode, Sandbox Mode, and you can play user-created maps. In individual missions, you will have to compete against rival corporations or aliens for domination of the planet you are exploiting. Once you have stripped the planet bare, you will move on again, and start the process over again.Space Colony HD is a HD (high definition) version of the 2003 game Space Colony. It introduces high resolution support to the game that allows the player to zoom out. For owners of the original game, there is an official HD patch to upgrade that version, free of charge. |
| The Command & Conquer Collection | 2003-10-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge
Command & Conquer: Renegade
a demo of Command & Conquer: Generals |
| Vegas Tycoon | 2003-10-14 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Deep Red Games Ltd. | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Vegas Tycoon puts you in the shoes of a budding developer in Las Vegas, the gambling capital of the world. You are tasked with buying lots on one of several different streets off the strip, and you must build up on those lots. From the world view, you can construct various buildings to suit your intended clientele, from hotels (small hotels for families or large hotels with high-roller suites), restaurants, magic shows, rollercoaster, circus, bars, nightclubs, beauty parlors, and more. You need to take care of these buildings, which will require you to construct buildings for your mechanics and cleaners.The main part of the game is your casino. You choose a size of casino you wish to build (small to large), and you build it. You then enter your casino to design the interior. You can change wallpaper, carpeting, and floor height (to create raised or sunken areas). When it comes time to build, you have a wealth of stuff to choose from. You get the standard tables, like Blackjack, Five Card Stud, Pai Gow, Baccarat, Roulette, and Backgammon. You also have access to a variety of slot machines, from your standard slots, to video poker, to group slots, even to large slots where you can make a car the jackpot, like an SUV or a sports car.You can also choose the theme of your resort. Will everything have an American pride them? Will it be futuristic? Will it be set in space? Or will it look like something straight out of the age of dinosaurs?You will be required to construct special buildings to serve the gamblers, like a buffet (and accompanying kitchen), cashier booth, ATM machines, security office, pit boss stations, and more.Each building and game has it's own factors, including smell and noise. You won't want to put the restroom right beside a row of slots, and your high-stakes gamblers won't appreciate screaming loud slot machines next to their quiet, $250 minimum Blackjack tables.Vegas Tycoon offers a campaign mode, as well as sandbox play. |
| Geneforge 2 | 2003-10-15 | Spiderweb Software | Spiderweb Software | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Jeff Vogel | | | Isometric | Windows | Geneforge 2 is an isometric role-playing game that puts you in the role of a Shaper. Shapers are like conjurers, and can create life using magical energies. As you increase your levels, you not only can increase your stats, but those of your created minions as well. The story of Geneforge 2 is one that is open ended. You begin the game on a quest with your teacher, but betrayal rears its head and everything quickly transforms to chaos. What you do from there depends on you. |
| Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer | 2003-10-15 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Treyarch Corporation | Action, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Do you like to surf? Have you ever imagined surfing at different remote locations around the world? Well, Kelly Slater takes you around the world on his boat to surf some of the more famous beaches. With a control scheme similar to all the other Activision O2 brand games, it's easy to jump into the game and surf. Game Play Modes:
Infinite Time - With no clock, no objectives, and nobody around, this gives you the best opportunity to just enjoy the surf. High Score - With 3 minutes, how high of a score can you get?Icon Challenge - See how many icons you can collect and how high of a score you can get before time runs out.Career Mode - Select a surfer and journey around the world to surf the best waves on the best beaches. As you progress you will unlock new beaches, new surf boards, and new tricks which will be usable in all the other modes of play.Multiplayer Modes:
Push - Two players surf simultaneously in an attempt to "push" the split screen towards their opponent's half of the screen. As you score points the screen gets pushed more. The winner is decided once one player is pushed from the screen.Head to Head - Similar to Push but the screen is stationary and the winner is the person with the highest points when the time runs out.Time Attack - Players take turns to achieve the most points possible. The more points you get the less time is alloted to your opponent.
The Pros in the game: Kelly Slater, Lisa Andersen, Tom Carroll, Tom Curren, Nathan Fletcher, Donavon Frankenreiter, Bruce Irons, Rob Machado, Kalani Robb, and some other secret characters.The beaches in the game: Sebastian, Trestles, Mavericks, Antarctica, Jaws, Pipeline, Teahupoo, Bells, Curren's Point, Kirra, G-Land, J-Bay, Mundaka, Cortez Bank, and perhaps some other tucked-away hide-aways.The PS2 version of the game also includes a playable demo of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. |
| StarCalibur | 2003-10-15 | Russobit-M | ZAO MiST land South, Secret Sign | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | StarCalibur is an arcade style space combat game that takes the player to the 24th century, battling an alien race that resembles some kind of sea dwellers. The story is all about lack of communication due to missing translation abilities and the resulting struggle. The action takes place on board of 3 different starfighter types and in some missions in command of a turret. The environment can vary from mission to mission, taking place in free space or planet surface environments. During the rather linear course of the game the player can acquire new weapons and can upgrade his ship's characteristics. The missions proceed very similar to each other: fly from waypoint to waypoint to accomplish a variety of objectives including "seek and destroy", "escort" or "recon" mostly. |
| TRIpack: 3 Grandes Aventures Historiques | 2003-10-15 | Wanadoo Edition | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation features three Cryo's historical games:
Versailles 1685
China: The Forbidden City
Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh
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| Equilibria | 2003-10-16 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Equilibria's game principle is simple. When you start a level, you have a mass or marbles in the center of the screen, where you must remove groups of at least 3 adjacent marbles of the same color by clicking on it.While you remove marbles, new marbles entering the screen via the marble throwers at all four sides. Those building up a group of marbles (at least 3, at most 15) and throwing it into the screen. All of those marbles will center themselves, which can result in a big regrouping of already placed marbles. When the marble mass reaches the second outer rows, a red blinking square will show up, indicating that the situation is now critical. Once the marble mass reaches the outer row and another group of marbles are shot into the screen at that position, it's Game Over.The game is divided into levels. In each level, you have to score a certain amount of points by removing groups of marbles (a bigger group rewards more points). Once the score meter reaches the top, you have completed the level, and you proceed to the next one.While playing the game, you can/must use four special marbles (they are normally shot in like regular marbles): Blocker Marble (does exactly what it says), Time Marble (will slow down new marble throws for a short time), Bomb Marble (blows up adjacent marbles), and Ring Marble (blows up all marbles in the particularly inner square where the marble is located).The game itself offers three game modes, one is the classic mode mentioned above and one of the other two is a time based game mode. |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | 2003-10-16 | Micro Application, S.A. | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | Journey to the Center of the Earth is a point-and-click adventure game inspired by the stories of Jules Verne.The player controls Ariane, a lovely young photographer and reporter for a travel magazine. Just as her helicopter lands on a rocky ledge in Iceland's volcano region, a sudden rockslide occurs. The copter is destroyed and its pilot has vanished. Ariane is thrown clear and must somehow find help. Searching the cliff on which she landed, she discovers the entrance to an underground passage.Players guide Ariane through the strange and enchanting lands hidden beneath the earth's crust for centuries and meet and talk with exotic beings. There are over hundred puzzles to be solved and depending on the actions taken during the game, there are two distinct endings possible. |
| Froggy Castle | 2003-10-17 | 1C Company | Snowstep Development | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Froggy Castle is a vertical shooter with a total of 50 levels in five different worlds. You are Pit the Hamster, fighting with your bow and arrows against frogs. You control Pit with your keyboard, moving him from left to right at the bottom at the screen and shooting at frogs and power-ups that are falling from the top. Every hit adds to your high score that can late be viewed in a leader board. After you have passed one level you progress to the next one.
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| Tiny Cars 2 | 2003-10-17 | Realore Studios | Realore Studios | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Tiny Cars 2 is a top-down arcade racer that brings back the original gameplay of classics such as Ivan "Iron Man" Stewart's Super Off Road on modern computers. Packed with two modes (championship and arcade) and nine cars with different settings, you explore a wide variety of tracks with names such as 'Spring rush', 'Forestland' and 'Sleeping castle'. While racing, you can pick up bonuses such as oil slicks, nitro, cannonballs and protective shields to give your opponents a hard time.Tiny Cars 2 is the sequel to Tiny Cars and features more bonuses, new improved AI, and advanced cars, all on fans' requests. |
| There | 2003-10-18 | There Inc | There Inc | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | A 3D, multi-user virtual world/MMO where the players themselves provide the enjoyment. Boys and girls of all ages meet online and hang out. A real currency (which you can buy for US dollars) and a heavy focus on user-design artifacts (clothing, vehicles, etc) makes for a thriving economy.There are no hit points or dragons, but there are awesome personalized avatars and well integrated voice chat. |
| Deadly Rooms of Death: Architect's Edition | 2003-10-19 | | Caravel Games | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Deadly Rooms of Death: Architects' Edition is the updated version of Caravel Software's Deadly Rooms of Death. The game itself is identical, but has one major improvement—a level editor (hence Architects' Edition). So in addition to delving through the 25 levels of King Dugan's Dungeon that were first introduced in Webfoot's original version of DROD, you can build your own dungeons (or "holds"), and play other people's creations. Architects' Edition also adds support for multiple players on the same installation, so your saved games are kept independent from anyone else's, and many other small improvements. |
| MTV Celebrity Deathmatch | 2003-10-19 | Gotham Games | Big Ape Productions, Inc. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Based on MTV's claymation animation show Celebrity Deathmatch. You play a series of wrestling matches, much in the style of other wrestling games. The twist being, that you play one of various celebrities, such as Marilyn Manson and Carmen Electra. Various weapons appear in the ring during play, such as a chainsaw and crossbow. The game is set out in 6 "episodes" of 3 matches each, and you can play either of the celebrities in each match. |
| The Pet Shop Incident | 2003-10-19 | | das TOBI-AS Interactive | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Flossy, a little sheep, tries to find the pissants escaped from the pet shop in Reality-on-the-Norm. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Flossy to track the pissants by a trail of nasty urine they left and return them to the pet shop in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. The game has two endings: good and bad. Good ending may treat the game as a prequel to the events depicted in Monty on the Norm. |
| Electronica | 2003-10-20 | Nice-Games | Nice-Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Electronica is a puzzle game with a simple objective: combine (by rotating) all parts of circuits in the level so that all of them are connected. The circuit parts, which you use in the game are: line, corner, T-girder, cross, and end piece.Each level has a time limit, so you don't have unlimited time (how much time depends on the difficulty setting). Once you connect the last part, the level completes, and you can proceed with the next level.The game offers a high score, but unlike other games, it's not for the entire game, but only for each level. So, after each level, you have the chance to get into the high score. |
| Battlefield 1942: Deluxe Edition | 2003-10-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilations contains:
Battlefield 1942
Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome
Three new maps: Coral Sea, Operation Aberdeen and Battle of Britain |
| Chainz | 2003-10-21 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Chainz is a puzzle game, where you must connect chain segments into chains.Once you start the game, the level is filled with chain segments from different colors, some are aligned horizontal, some are vertical. The playfield has always 100 chain segments (10 x 10 playfield) in it.When you now adjust at least three same colored adjacent segments in the same direction by rotating them, they will "explode", making space, you score, and the chain segments from above falling down filling the gap. And finally new chain segments are inserted at the top. The longest chain you can create is 5 segments long.In the Normal game mode, you job is to score a certain amount of points. If you can handle it, you proceed to the next level. If you fail (no possible chains left), it's game over.In Time Attack, you play not only against the score limit, but you also have just one minute time to complete a level.On your way through the levels in the game, you encounter many different special chain segments, some helping you, some hinder you.For example: Universal Link (can be used to combine different colored segments), Multiplier (2x and 5x; multiplying your score for the particularly chain), CHAINZ letters (collecting at least one of each in a single level will give you extra bonus points), Black Ring (works like any other segments, but it can't be rotated), and others... |
| Command & Conquer: Generals - Deluxe Edition | 2003-10-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Command & Conquer: Generals
Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour
a 2-sided poster showing all buildings, units and powers of both games (physical release only) |
| Empires: Dawn of the Modern World | 2003-10-21 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Stainless Steel Studios Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | From Rick Goodman, lead designer on Age of Empires, and the studio that created Empire Earth comes Empires: Dawn of the Modern World. Empires is a non-symmetrical historical RTS spanning in time from the Middle Ages to World War 2. With 7 different civilizations all with entirely unique units, effects, and special attacks, Empires: DMW focuses as much on gameplay variety as on historical weaponry.Players can play with up to 8 people or computers online through GameSpy, a direct IP, or on a LAN. Or they can play one of 3 single player campaigns involving Richard the Lionheart's war against France, Admiral Yi's defense of Korea against Japan, and Patton's legendary landing on the beaches of Normandy. Or they can just play a randomly generated map against any number of computer opponents. Level and campaign editors are included in the package, though original units are not supported. |
| Hidden & Dangerous 2 | 2003-10-21 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | Illusion Softworks, a.s. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Shooter | Africa, Asia, World War II | | | | Mature | | Windows | Hidden & Dangerous 2 is set, like its predecessor, throughout the period of World War II, the game puts the player in charge of a squad of SAS troops, leading them on a variety of historical missions. The player will, during the course of the game, visit a number of theaters of operation, participate in stealth missions, frontal assaults, and a number of other authentic actions. |
| JetFighter V: Homeland Protector | 2003-10-21 | Global Star Software Inc. | InterActive Vision White Eagle Sp. z o.o. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | North America | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | While on a routine training mission, you've been suddenly called back to base. It seems that an invasion fleet has been sighted just off the waters of US West Coast! Just a few days ago, North Korea has reported that an unknown force has attacked its main base, and made off with a large amount of fighters, bombers, tanks, trucks, warships, and more. US Forces are already tied down in the Middle East... Which means you, the rest of rookie pilots on this base, and some National Guard units, are all that stands in the way of this invasion of American soil! Take to the air in F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-35 JSF, or F-22 Raptor, and stop the invaders! Features hi-res terrain graphics, realistic cloud effects, accurate weapons and flight model (up to a point), up to 16 multiplayer dogfights, and mission editor/generator. |
| No Man's Land | 2003-10-21 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Related Designs Software GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | North America | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | A real-time-strategy set in the period of early America. Experience the fascinating story of the settlement of the New World. Decide the fate of six different nations including the Spanish, North American Indians, English, Patriots and Settlers through 300 years of American history as you struggle for freedom and justice. Three campaigns allow you to experience the history surrounding the settlement of America.No Man's Land is a typical RTS with 3D landscapes in which you control your units with your mouse. Collect resources to build structures and develop a fully functioning civilization. You can shape the struggle between different nations by taking control of various individual heroes and their respective armies.Play single player campaigns or single battles on randomly generated maps. Special features of No Man's Land include Heroes that play a key role in the story, Elite units with numerous special skills, exciting land and naval battles, progress in technology from canoes to frigates and stage coaches to steam trains.Play multiplayer in a local network in several modes including death match, king of the hill and a exciting new railroad building race. Some multiplayer special features include counter upgrades used as unconventional weapons like plague, chastity belt and termites to bounty hunters used to eliminate enemy elite units. The bounty hunters can be diverted by outbidding your opponent. |
| Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi | 2003-10-21 | iGames Publishing | Idol FX AB | Action | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi is action driven shock-style horror first person shooter game. You face the challenge of freeing your family and friends from the captivity of a Romanian Count at his castle. As the game progresses it stands clear that all is not what it seems and violence becomes the only way to save yourself, your family and mankind. The first objective of the game is obvious. You have to locate and rescue each of your family members and friends held captive. As you rescue your family, you'll learn about the Count's real goals. Among the more unique features in the game is the time limit (you'll have to rescue everyone before midnight), and that the environments are randomly generated each time you play the game. |
| Space Haste 2001 | 2003-10-21 | Big City Games | Church of Electronic Entertainment | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Hovercraft, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Space Haste 2001 has similar gameplay to its predecessor. The player drives a hovercraft in a race and increases his top speed based on the performance. Winning races provides the player with bonus laps in which the previous time must be beat. This sequel features updated graphics. |
| The Kids Collection | 2003-10-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation features six complete games designed for children:
LEGO Soccer Mania
LEGO Island Xtreme Stunts
SimSafari
SimTown
Sim Theme Park
SimCoaster |
| Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria | 2003-10-21 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Infinite Interactive Pty. Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Wargame | Fantasy | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Heroes of Etheria is the fourth game in the Warlords turn-based strategy series, combining classic turn-based strategy with real-time strategy tactics as you attempt to conquer towns and provinces and destroy your foes.Warlords IV features a plethora of units and races available to you, with every single unit having its own unique abilities and role in your quest for conquest. Units and heroes gain experience and levels, growing ever stronger as you advance through the map. Persistent heroes allow you to equip them with magical artifacts and bring the heroes from one battle to the next.Your Warlord gains levels as well, allowing you to upgrade your capital or put points into a number of skills that will aid you in future battles.Gameplay is a very simple Heroes of Might & Magic-style turn-based strategy game. It uses the same engine as Warlords: Battlecry and almost all graphics are from Battlecry and Battlecry II. |
| Haegemonia: Gold Collector | 2003-10-22 | Wanadoo Edition | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This gold collector edition includes:
Haegemonia: Legions of Iron (base game)
Haegemonia: The Solon Heritage (multiplayer expansion pack) |
| Troll | 2003-10-22 | 300AD | Rake in Grass | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The kingdom of poor King Uterus is under attack by evil forces from beyond. As a brave heroic troll you are the only thing (literally) standing in the way of the evil onslaught.
An unusual spin on the Breakout genre, Troll, places the main character in place of the customary paddle. Besides running left and right you are able to either use your shield to bounce the fireballs trying to penetrate your defense or use your trusty morningstar to swat said fireballs. The morningstar also comes in handy for bringing devastating blows to the enemies who attack at ground level and try to burn down the village behind you.
There are six areas of the map to traverse through and multiple levels within these areas. Bonus levels also appear at random and will allow you to collect bonus points. Levels are passed once the castle the enemy is attacking from is destroyed by the fireballs you ricochet back. Bonuses and penalties also float down to the player allowing him special abilities like turning into a rock to become invincible, and penalties such as reversing the direction in which you move. Boss battles will also hinder your quest to rid the lands of the invading evil. |
| Vintergatan: Rädda Jorden! | 2003-10-22 | PAN Vision AB | Teknikhuset i Umeå AB | Action | 1st-person, Side view | Licensed | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Vintergatan: Rädda Jorden! is a game based on a Swedish television series for children. Vintergatan is the Swedish name for the Milky Way and most of the game takes place on board a space ship that the player is in command of and where he will interact with some of the characters from the TV show. The player's task is to find and retrieve a number of organisms that have become extinct on Earth and are needed to save the planet.The player controls the space ship through its navigation system which shows a map of the solar system that the player clicks on to move. Each solar system consists of a number of planets, the ships of other space travellers and black holes that allow the player to travel to other solar systems. To retrieve the required organisms the player has to land on the right planets. When landing, the game changes into a side view platform game where the player takes control of one of the members of his crew. Each planet consists of a number of screens that the player has to traverse by climbing ladders, jumping between platforms and avoiding various creatures. There are also various items that can be collected such as gems or health packs. Sometimes specific items have to be used to progress, for example using bricks to build a bridge or a rope to reach a ladder. There is also a platform level aboard the space ships in which the player has make his way though to reach the engine room. In the engine room are crystals that are needed for the ship's shields. To get crystals the player has to visit special crystal planets. When collecting the crystals the game turns into a Lunar Lander-esque game where the player has to pick up the crystals without crashing into the surface.Upon exploring the galaxy the player will come across various odd space creatures. To communicate with these the player has to first turn on a translation machine by playing a mini-game similar to Mastermind where the player has to figure out which cables to connect with the machine. Once this is done the player has two options: to trade with the aliens or to battle them in a space duel. The space duel is played from a first person perspective where the player can only move left and right and where the goal is to shoot down the opponents. There are two other mini-games played from the same first person view, one where the rocks of an asteroid field has to be avoided and one where the player has to move through a black hole. |
| Anstoss 4: Der Fußballmanager - Edition 03/04 | 2003-10-23 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Anstoss 4: Der Fußballmanager - Edition 03/04 is an updated version of Anstoss 4. The player takes the role of a manager/coach and is responsible for the financial and athletic side of the club by changing many big or small setting in menus.The main focus of this version is on removing the bugs, expanding the possibilities in certain aspects (for example going public or finances) and making the game feel more like the first three games of the series. This is evident with a reworked interface and the removal of the 3D match representation. Now the player has the choice between the scene mode, in which only separated highlights are shown, or the expanded text mode (or one of its variants). In a new playing mode players can merge two savegames into one and compete with a friend. |
| Astranded (Astro-Stranded) | 2003-10-23 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Astranded is a short point-and-click adventure made for the October 2003 Mags competition. It features a female space pilot as the protagonist. When she tries to pass a planet with her space ship the engines fail and the gravity of the planet forces her to land. The goal is to find a replacement power cell. Actions for the character are shown as buttons on a separate panel near the bottom of the screen and take up a third of the available space at all times. |
| Backpacker 3 | 2003-10-24 | PAN Vision AB | PAN Vision Studio AB | Adventure, Educational | | | | Board game, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The third game in the Backpacker series, where you travel around the world by train, plane or boat and work (in the form of quiz and puzzle solving mini-games) to gain money for more traveling. The game features 800 locations in 100 cities around the world, and it is possible to play the game with up to 8 other players on the same computer or online. You navigate the world through a world map, and the locations you visit are shown using combinations of computer rendered images, montages, photographs and comic book style art. |
| Curse: The Eye of Isis | 2003-10-24 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Asylum Entertainment Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Someone has stolen an artifact from the British Museum - a sacred (and CURSED) Egyptian statuette called the "Eye of Isis". You are called in to investigate its disappearance, find and return it to the pyramid where it once resided. The deadly curse must be stopped, and time is of the essence!Curse: The Eye of Isis is a horror action game. Choose to play either Dr. Darien Dane or his assistant, Victoria Sutton. Each character has different scenarios to complete to reach the same objective. Travel to seven different locations, battling undead monsters (zombies, mummies, etc. and their bosses) as well as animated deadly objects. Locate and use a variety of weapons including a shotgun, rifle, pistol, truncheon, crossbow, flame-thrower and mortar gun. Find clues, characters and puzzles to help you discover the location of the sacred statue.During the game, realtime 3D cut scenes, interactions with NPCs as well as visual and audio messages provide more information to advance the story line. Gameplay is in 3rd person with action scenes reverting to 1st person. |
| Gorky Zero: Beyond Honor | 2003-10-24 | Russobit-M | Metropolis Software House | Action | Diagonal-down | | Spy / espionage | Stealth | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In Gorky Zero: Beyond Honor; players take control of Lieutenant Cole Sullivan on mission in Ukraine. NATO has got intelligence of a dangerous sect that brainwashes its members and turns them into zombies, willing to obey any orders. Therefore, Cole Sullivan is sent to infiltrate and destroy their secret laboratory. Things however don't go as planned and Sullivan will find out more and more about the truth, a truth that differs from what he has been told by his superiors.Gorky Zero is a stealth based action game, similar to games like Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid. The game can be played in two different perspectives, isometric and third person, which can be changed easily in-game. Stealth games usually let the player play with different gadgets and Gorky Zero isn't an exception. In your inventory, you'll find not only standard weaponry like knives and guns, but also gas traps and explosives for more ways of taking out enemies, flashlights and signaling devices to draw their attention, and your portable computer to access all the text and sound data you'll find during your mission. Gorky Zero is a prequel to Gorky 17 (known as Odium in some countries) by the same developer. |
| Turok: Evolution | 2003-10-24 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Acclaim Studios Austin | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | In this prequel to the previous Turok games, you are Tal'Set, the saviour of natives of the River Village in the Lost Lands, who must confront the evil Lord Tyrannus, leader of the reptilian hordes. Tyrannus is bent on a "Holy Mission" to purify the Lost Land through slaughter and misery.During the fight with your nemesis Captain Tobias Bruckner in 1886 Texas, you were injured and sucked in to the Lost Lands. After recovering in the village, you discover that Tyrannus appoints a new general to his armies –Bruckner. So you begin the war in a land of lush jungles, suspended cities, mysterious temples, reptile armies, and towering dinosaurs.In the game you can also fly a fully-armed winged Quetzalcoatlus, use the destructible environment – such as trees and massive rocks – to help your weapons, and order your troops to take cover, establish strategic positions, and even surrender.
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| UFO: Aftermath | 2003-10-24 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | ALTAR interactive | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Horror | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | In the year 2004, Earth is suddenly overcome by "spores" launching from an alien mothership. Slowly blocking earth from the sun, in only a week it rains down biological death on the earth... killing most of humanity and larger life forms.Since then, the few survivors of mankind have sought out each other, and by 2005, enough humanity has joined together to make a stand. Calling themselves the Council of Earth, and working secretly in hidden bases, they must research, recruit and train to the ultimate goal of shooting down UFOs, engaging aliens in combat and reclaiming the Earth from their oppressors and the mutated biology.This game is VERY similar to the cult favorite, X-Com but with a post-apocalyptic War of the Worlds (or perhaps "V: The miniseries") feel to it. Much of the game takes place on the world map where you choose which missions to attend to, where to build new bases (and what type) and your overall sphere of influence. Additionally, you control Research & Development and current equipment for your squad.On the 3D map of each "area" however, the game is real-time strategy that pauses to allow you to give orders to your forces. In fact, at the end of queued actions or whenever something 'signifigant' is noticed, the game stops allowing you to put together a strategy. Just as in X-Com, these areas are limited in size, and visibility. However objectives vary.. killing all enemies is not always the purpose of a mission. Soldier development is also fairly detailed. The skills your squad uses out in the field they will get better at (they gain experience individually). Additionally when they reach certain prerequisites in their base stats, they can train to get better at certain skills, including Soldier, Medic, Scientist and others. |
| Dominions II: The Ascension Wars | 2003-10-27 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Illwinter Game Design | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | It is the time of the Ascension wars, when powerful creatures of several races and origins battle against one another. The prize itself is nothing short of god-hood and dominance over the land. But for any one to achieve this, they must overcome the other Pretenders and convince the world that they are indeed the creature to worship.Dominions II: The Ascension Wars is a 4X turn-based strategy game played on a world map. Starting from a randomly generated or pre-designed map, players choose from among 17 civilizations and the avatar "pretender god" creature with which to conquer all others. From this new kingdom, players manage resources in their provinces and assemble armies (a commander, and any additional units) who are able to move between the provinces, conquer new lands and perform other tasks. |
| Klass of '99 | 2003-10-27 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | This remake of Skool Daze replaces the limited 8-bit graphics and sounds from the original with new enhanced assets while maintaining the same classic gameplay from 1985. Besides the overall graphical improvements, this version adds small touches like random weather and other special effects. The player assumes the role of Eric, a school student in a desperate quest to erase a disastrous report file from the director's computer. The teachers and other fellow students are shown moving about on a scrolling side-view of the building, where the player has to guide the main character to the classes and make him attend and perform other chores from the daily routine. The protagonist can interact with the environment and cause mischief, write messages on the available blackboards, punch the other kids making them fall flat on their backs, and shoot pebbles at distracted teachers with a slingshot.Eric must hit the shields decorating the many rooms of the building to retrieve the password for the headmaster's computer, where the report file is stored. After being caught doing any transgression, he receives a random number of lines as punishment, with 10000 as the maximum allowed before being expelled from the school. Most of the children are anonymous characters milling around the location, but some have names and personalities that can hinder progress. Angelface is the local bully that sometimes contracts mumps, infecting Eric if he crosses path with him and causing the end of the game, as the sick boy is sent home by one of the teachers. Einstein is a snitch, telling the teachers about any misbehavior he witnessed. |
| Railroad Tycoon 3 | 2003-10-27 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | PopTop Software Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Train | | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Five years after its predecessor, Railroad Tycoon 3 offers you the opportunity to build your own railroad empire, this time in full 3D. The most adventurous tycoons may even try to become wealthier than their competitors online. The game still revolves around the three key aspects that were featured in the previous game:
Railroad building - Plot new routes, play with supply and demand, buy new locomotives in order to amass money.
Economy - Buy up businesses and industries or open restaurants and hotels near your stations to become richer earlier.
Stock Market - Invest in other rail companies, manipulate the market - the stock market may well make or break you.
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| The King of Fighters 2001 | 2003-10-27 | SNK Playmore Corporation | Eolith Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In this eighth installment of the King of Fighters series, ten different teams once again battle it out in several countries to decide which team will be this year's King of Fighters. However, the NESTS organization is once again standing in the participant's way; they have deployed their own team of four fighters, lead by two individuals of high-rank within NESTS: a man claiming to be the original Zero and Igniz, the CEO of NESTS.The character roster has been updated yet again for this release in the series. Counting the new characters (May Lee, Angel, K9999, Original Zero, Igniz) and returning fighters (such as Heidern and Goro Daimon), The King of Fighters 2001 has 40 normal characters and 2 boss characters to choose from. In terms of gameplay, the system used in The King of Fighters 2000 remains more or less unchanged with the exception of the striker system, which has been redeveloped since that last KOF release. The number of strikers you may have is now fully customizable; you can have as many as 3 characters assigned as strikers and one as a fighter, or assign all 4 of your characters as active fighters. The number of strikers and fighters can be changed after each battle. In addition, the amount of power you can store for special maneuvers and Desperation Moves increases with each character assigned as a striker. A fully active fighting team has only one Power Stock to play with, while a team that is striker-dedicated (save for the single fighter) can access up to four Power Stocks. |
| Gothic II | 2003-10-28 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Piranha Bytes | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Mature | Horst Dworczak | Windows | The demon known as The Sleeper has been banished and the magical barrier around the prison mining colony on the isle of Khorinis destroyed. The nameless hero who accomplished this, however, had to pay a high price: he lies buried under a pile of rocks.Shortly afterwards he is revived by the renegade mage Xardas. A new threat is rising: evil armies, led by dragons, are gathering in the old mine valley. Someone has to take the news to the people of Khorinis and help them in defeating this menace. But the people have their own problems: the war against the orcs is still raging on the mainland, and the king has sent his paladins to Khorinis to make sure that the mining of the magical ore continues, now that the prisoners have fled the mine. Many of the former prisoners have now become mercenaries, hired by the farmers on the island, who refuse to obey the king and his minions any longer. Violent conflict seems inevitable.Gothic II is a 3D action role-playing game that uses a refined version of the previous game's engine and controls. The world is many times larger than in the first game: the mine valley (which has changed a lot in the meantime) is still accessible, but is only a relatively small part of the game now. As in the original game, the player can join one of three different factions, with the choice influencing the player character's abilities, opening up different quests and changing the details of the story. The available factions are the city militia, the mercenaries and the fire mages.Aside from significantly expanding the environments and adding many new weapons, armor, and monster types, the sequel plays very similarly to the preceding installment. Combat and magic are action-based; melee fights are based on combinations of attack moves and directional arrows. Non-playable characters follow a daily schedule, and many objects are usable. |
| Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup | 2003-10-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts UK Ltd., Visual Sciences Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | Released | Windows | Quidditch, the broomstick and ball “sport” of the Harry Potter world comes to life in this simulation. For those unfamiliar with the game, two seven-player teams of flying wizards attempt to score goals with one ball while dodging more flying balls and each other. For those who are familiar with the game, you will be happy to know that the players, positions, and “strategies” of Quidditch are faithfully recreated.The game starts with a player selecting which of the four Hogwarts school teams he or she wishes to play for. Following some tutorial events, they are launched into the competition for the Hogwarts Cup against the other three teams. As the player wins games and completes specific challenges (such as “score 120 points in one game”) they collect Quidditch cards which unlock special combo moves. Once a player has won the school championship, they can go on to play as one of nine international teams competing for the Quidditch World Cup each with its own style and special combo moves. After winning the cup once, there are still more cards to be collected by playing and winning as different teams.People familiar with actual sports know that the rules of Quidditch (as described in Rowlings' books) are fundamentally flawed and that the only meaningful part of the game is the 1 on 1 competition between the two seekers trying to catch the golden snitch. Quidditch World Cup alleviates this problem with the “golden snitch bar”. As the game progresses, completing action combos and performing special moves adds to a team progress bar. Eventually, when the snitch appears, the team with better positioning on the bar will start with an advantage in the chase. Ironically, this system rewards things other than actual scoring so in-game goals still remain mostly meaningless (except on lower difficulty levels where it is very easy to build a 160+ point lead and make the snitch inconsequential).Because it is designed for younger audiences, Quidditch World Cup lacks most of the advanced features you would expect in an EA sports game (league play, team management, etc…). It also lacks any multiplayer options other than two-player (same machine) exhibition matches |
| Hegemonia: The Solon Heritage | 2003-10-28 | Wanadoo Edition | Digital Reality Software Kft | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | 4X | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | A stand alone expansion pack to last year's Haegemonia: Legions of Iron.The Solon Heritage (TSH) is a multiplayer only package which includes 50 new inventions, new skills and heroes, new spaceships and strategy options as well as an improved Artificial Intelligence. The game combat is very much similar to Homeworld in terms of combat but it the whole game structure is a simplified version of Imperium Galactica. Players are able to colonize, conquer, do research, spy on enemy empires and even battle it out. The add on also adds a new features like trading and diplomacy between empires. The multiplayer network code has been improved and players won't have any synchronization errors like the first Haegemonia. |
| Massive Assault | 2003-10-28 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Wargaming.net, Inc. | Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Vadim Gaidukevich, Arthur Maximenko | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Massive Assault is a 3D hex-based wargame. You won't see hexes all over the map, however, as little circles indicating hexes appear only when you need them. It is a simple turn-based game, with minimal rules. You control an army of sci-fi vehicles, and fight for control of various countries across small islands or massive archipelagos. The game is rendered in full 3D, complete with water effects. Some critics describe the game as being more of a puzzle than a strategy game, as a few wrong moves will often lead to defeat. |
| PlayOnline Viewer | 2003-10-28 | Square Enix, Inc. | Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | PlayOnline Viewer is an online portal for Square Enix games such as Final Fantasy XI. The Windows version is available through download and, like the console versions, is included with each release of Final Fantasy XI and its compilations.Tetra Master, the card mini-game from Final Fantasy IX got a stand-alone release as part of PlayOnline.
It was included with many Final Fantasy XI releases and cost 1$ per month to play. The services for Tetra Master stopped on December 31, 2010.Each card represents a character, monster or item from the Final Fantasy franchise. They have arrows that may be on any of the four sides or corners of the card, and a four-digits stat. value (Power, Type, Physical and Magical defenses). The arrows point in directions in which the card can have effect. If it is stronger than the cards it points to, these will be taken-over and turn into the same color as the attacking card (one of the two player's color). Combos can be made by having multiple take-overs happen. The winner is the player who owns the most card once the playing grid is full. |
| Traitors Gate 2: Cypher | 2003-10-28 | Adventure Company, The | 258 Productions AB, Data Ductus AB | Adventure | Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In the modern age, the world's lifeline is through digital technology. A new threat to Earth comes in the form of a simple yet lethal virus contrived by those set out to bring worldwide chaos and destruction. You play Raven, an American secret agent, whose mission is to use his stealth, cunning and imagination to seek out and stop the virus at its source.Explore an ancient Babylonian site where using logic and tactics are the keys to solving brain-teasing puzzles that block your progress. Use advanced espionage equipment to help you complete your mission. |
| Call of Duty | 2003-10-29 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Infinity Ward, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | Tank | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Call of Duty is a first-person shooter set during World War II and the first title in a long-running series. It is also the first game by development studio Infinity Ward and in some ways builds upon Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, a similar title a part of the team had been working on at 2015, Inc. before forming a new company.Players experience the battle in Europe during World War II in different campaigns divided further into missions. Unlike MoH: AA these are not only presented from the view of an American soldier, there is a British and a Soviet campaign as well, each focusing on different parts of the battle. In total there are 24 interconnected missions to play to get to Berlin. In each campaign a different perspective is offered, starting as an American Paratrooper during D-Day, progressing to assume the role as an English Special Forces commando, and finally as a Russian tank commander. Some missions are played in solitary fashion, but in most of them the player is part of a larger group with computer-controlled team mates.Most of the combat is infantry-based, but some is also set between vehicles or tanks. Multiplayer modes include death match, team death match, behind enemy lines (where the allies are outnumbered) and two objective-based modes: retrieval, and search and destroy.The later-released console version Call of Duty Classic is a reworking of the original game with enhanced graphics. |
| Chrome | 2003-10-29 | Strategy First, Inc. | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile, Flight / aviation | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | As a freelance mercenary, Bolt Logan has been to some tough planets and had some tough jobs. In fact, one year ago his partner betrayed him and alerted the soldiers to take care of him. But Logan survived with the aid of another person, and worked hard to rebuild his credit supply. Now, a year after that incident, the freelancer has a new ship, new implants, a new partner and is looking for some new jobs. It's a good time too - since the corporations and individuals of the galaxy are all in a virtual gold rush looking for the rare terraforming compound, Chrome.Chrome is a story-driven first-person shooter spread over various types of terrain and scenery. Missions are self-contained, and the plot follows the player's progress between and during them. Most of the stages are fairly large and can be completed using different approaches. There are various weapons and vehicles to try out, including armored cars, air transporters and humanoid robots. Bolt Logan is equipped with armor, a motion detector and a selection of implants that will allow him to specialize towards the mission profile. The implants affect the body and are used to enhance the vision, increase the speed of running, steady the aim or reduce injuries, among others.The multiplayer component has six modes: Death Match, Team Death Match, Team Domination, Team Total Domination, Assault and Capture the Flag. In Death Match, the player who reaches first a set number of kills wins; Team Death Match works in the same way, except the players are divided into teams. Team Domination awards points for capturing and defending bases, and the first team to reach a set number of points wins. In Team Total Domination the points are awarded to the team controlling all bases. In Assault mode, two teams play the role of attackers and defenders, while in Capture the Flag the goal is to steal the opponent's flag and bring it back to the home base. |
| Chō Aniki | 2003-10-29 | Masaya | NCS Corporation, Winds Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The great bodybuilder Bo-tei Bill runs out of much-needed protein after having won ten consecutive titles in the Great Galaxy Bodybuilding contest. In order to gather more protein for his factories, he begins invading other planets. The heavens sends the god Idaten and the goddess Benten (the Japanese variants of the Hindu deities Skandha and Saraswati, respectively), to stop the bodybuilding army from conquering all known space.Like other representatives of the genre, Chō Aniki puts the player in control of a flying avatar that must clear out several levels of enemies while avoiding their firing patterns and attacks, as well as collecting power-ups that increase firepower, life, etc. The unique aspect of the game (much like Konami's Parodius games) are its often bizarre and deliberately nonsensical thematics. Idaten and Benten are the playable characters with different firing modes; other characters can aid them as options. Said characters include flying babies and laser shooting bodybuilders Samson and Adon. Enemies include flying heads and gigantic bodybuilders, as well as other examples of (usually very muscular) men fused with all sorts of machinery. The game features single player-only gameplay with three difficulty levels to choose from. |
| Railroad Pioneer | 2003-10-29 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Kritzelkratz 3000 GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | North America, Western | Train | | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The year is 1830 on the new American frontier and people are starting to realize just how big the country really is. In an effort to bring people together, something must be built to trade goods and carry people. This something is the railroad.As the owner of a railway line, it will be up to you to place the tracks, maintain the trains and overall turn a profit so that you can expand. The eventual goal is to create a trans-continental railroad that links New York to California. But beware, natural obstacles, rugged highwaymen and competing companies will all get in your way and try to stop you. You'll also have to keep an eye on supply and demand to make sure the train is picking up the goods it needs in each station and which are the most profitable. Successful expansion will result in upgrades to locomotives, train cars, areas of production and skills.The game itself is an isometric construction and managerial game. Your only controls are where to lay track, where to direct & supply locomotives with and where to direct your geographers (people on foot) to. Different buildings allow you to build more pieces of your train, tweak the production of certain facilities and take on special missions that occasionally pop up. Getting goods to where they are needed most will reward you with a steady bankflow and allow your empire to expand. |
| Airport Tycoon 3 | 2003-10-30 | Global Star Software Inc. | IAV Kronologix | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | You start with a plot of land. From there, you create your airport, including runways, terminals, restaurants, and even retail stores. You strive to keep your customers both safe and happy, facing bad weather, problems with air traffic control, and overcrowded runways. You manage virtually every aspect of your airport business: including the creation of contracts for entertainment (casinos, retail stores), living (hotels, restaurants), and even gas stations. This game has two main modes of play, scenario and new airport, as well as a tutorial mode. The tutorial mode is as the name implies, a mode in which you get to familiarize yourself with the game's interface and dynamics. Like SimCity, you start out by staring at a plot of land. A message near the bottom of the screen tells you what you absolutely need to build, such as a runway or control tower. The menu on the left has buttons for public services, air support, air navigation, storage facilities, transportation, emergency, external services, and demolish. Each of these open up sub-menus where various facilities are. For instance, runway is located under air navigation, whereas fire and police are under emergency.Once you're ready, you can delve into the scenario mode. Here, you start out in a designated city, a starting year, a game period (i.e. 5 years), a set amount of money, and a goal (i.e. obtain 4 flight contracts). Then you build away, keep customers happy, and try to fulfill your goal before running out of funds/time.The new airport mode is almost identical, only you don't have a set goal or a time limit. You merely choose your city, such as Cairo, Russia, Atlanta, or Hawaii and build. Each city, of course, comes with different parameters, such as weather, population, airport area/size, and number of international and domestic flights. |
| Loophole: Skrattmagi och glädjetjuvar | 2003-10-30 | TV4 Vision AB | Idol FX AB | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Loophole was originally an interactive television game similar to the Hugo series where players phoned in and competed live in a Swedish children TV show. This home computer version features the same world and characters but has completely different gameplay. Unlike the arcade action gameplay of the TV game this version is more similar to a point-and-click adventure game. It is played entirely with mouse and the world of Loophole is presented through a combination of 3D models and pre-rendered backgrounds.The game takes place in the town of Broomfrost which is threatened by the ghost general Boogiboo who has cast a curse on it. This causes the citizens to become grumpy and easily irritated and if the curse is not broken they will turn into ghost nibblings which in turn will spread the irritation to more people. The only person that can stop this is Yuma, a young magician apprentice who the player has to navigate through the town, meet the inhabitants and do their errands.Upon completing an errand, which usually involves finding and bringing back a certain item, the citizen will be cured. Time is limited though since the people will get increasingly irritated until they turn into ghost nibblers. Citizens that have turned can only be saved with the use of laughter magic but this comes in limited supply and can only be recharged by collecting certain green plants.To win the game the player simply has to save a certain number of people, which depends on the difficulty level chosen. At the same time the game can be lost if too many people turn into ghost nibblings. In addition to the citizens there are also visitors arriving at the space harbour that the player has to help get to the right locations. These are also affected by the curse and are considered saved when they reach their destinations. |
| Pilot Light: Episode 1 | 2003-10-30 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Pilot Light is a short AGS game (like a short film or short story, except it's a game) about a female space pilot who is struggling to get a two-ton package delivered. On the way, she must survive astro-serpents, save a gas station from robbery, and negotiate with a motor-stealing monkey. The game is rendered in a style similar to The Curse of Monkey Island. |
| 10 Spiele-Hits Vol. 1 | 2003-10-31 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains, like the title suggests, 10 games, which are spread over 6 CDs.The following games are included:
Der Taxi Racer in Berlin
Edgar Torronteras' Extreme Biker
Grant - Lee - Sherman: Civil War 2: Generals
Necromania: Trap of Darkness
Pharaoh
Siege of Avalon: Collectors Edition
Spin Off
Strand Volleyball
Trophy Bass 3D
Wild West in Tombstone 1882 |
| Angels Vs Devils | 2003-10-31 | 1C Company | Enigma Software Productions, S.L. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Angels and demons fight each other in different games to see which are stronger and to see who will be able to exert their influence over humanity. It's a 3D action game with some RPG elements. You can choose to be either an angel or devil
and customize the name, hair colour & style, skin & eye colours, tattoos, sunglasses, hats, gloves, boots, and shoulder pieces. Set characteristics include strength, power, constitution, agility and speed, and can be increased with experience. Variable characteristics include life, mana, experience and experience level. The angels' powers are shooting balls of celestial energy, rays, divine multi-rays, forces, freezing rays, and celestial rays which home in on enemies. They also have healing, low gravity, invisibility, and celestial shield powers. The devils' powers are shooting infernal fireballs, fiery breath, explosive balls, poison, paralysis, hell (multiple rays), and spectral rays which home in on enemies. They also have healing, spectral shadow, and infernal shield powers. In single-player, you can change players with any from among your team whenever you want. In third-person view, you fight against opponents with blows or using your powers. You run, jump and flap (glide) through each area while looking for items that give points or extra powers. You can also buy tools in a shop between missions. There are 6 single player campaigns and the same can be played in multi-player with up to 8 people. They include deathmatch and capture-the-flag game types called Annihilation and Steal The Symbol. There are also: Obstacle Race, Greed (collect most coins), Search (collect will o’ the wisps which move and flee from players), and The Curse (one player must touch another to pass on the curse). There are also Multiplayer modes of Annihilation and Greed where each person plays individually regardless of whether they are angel or devil. |
| Barbie Horse Adventures: Mystery Ride | 2003-10-31 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Blue Monkey Studios, Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Direct control, Point and select | | | | Windows | In Barbie Horse Adventures: Mystery Ride Barbie needs help to find her horse Lucky before the championship. The game includes various activities such as brushing and feeding your horse. Then you practice your skills while riding: jumping, herding and using a slingshot. But Lucky has to be found first to enter the horse show. The game is in full 3D and has voice acting. |
| Bionicle | 2003-10-31 | Electronic Arts, Inc., LEGO Interactive | Argonaut Games PLC, Argonaut Sheffield | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Playing as the Toa, Toa Nuva, and finally the 7th Toa, you must explore the six elementally-themed regions of Mata Nui - a tropical paradise of high mountains, great lakes, and mighty volcanoes - rescue the scattered Matoran and break the spell of darkness sent by the evil Makuta. In doing so you will face danger in equal measure from the islands many environmental hazards (including falling rocks, rainforest winds, icicles, and lava falls) and the foul minions of Makuta. Choose any one of the six Toa characters to begin your adventure. Use the unique elemental powers of the Toa and summon blasts of elemental energy to defeat your enemies. |
| Chaos Legion | 2003-10-31 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Hack and slash | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Cinematic camera, Free-roaming camera | Windows | The story of Chaos Legion is based on a light novel of the same name, written by the Japanese author Tow Ubukata. The events begin in the year 791 A.S. (Anno Satanis). The protagonist of the game is a Knight of the Dark Glyphs named Sieg Wahrheit. His best friend, Victor Delacroix, blames him for the death of Siela, Victor's sister and Sieg's lover. Unable to contain his despair, Victor decides to "purify" the sins of the world by unleashing hordes of monsters and finding three sacred glyphs to resurrect the evil spirit Azrail, who would eventually obliterate all existence.Chaos Legion is an action game with a heavy emphasis on melee combat. The game's stand-out feature is Sieg's ability to summon the so-called Chaos Legions. Named after various emotions (Guilt, Hatred, Malice, etc.), these Legions have different combat styles, strengths, and weaknesses. Sieg himself is weakened once a Legion is being summoned, and has to rely on their powers to survive. The legions can be assigned general combat tactics, but are otherwise controlled by the AI. They can be upgraded during the course of the game, increasing their attack power, duration of their presence, etc. |
| Gamers Pack | 2003-10-31 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This bargain price pack includes:
Command & Conquer: Renegade
Earth & Beyond
Freedom Force
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit |
| Ghost Master (Collector's Edition) | 2003-10-31 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | International Hobo Ltd, Sick Puppies Studio | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | The collector's edition of Ghost Master is a three-disc UK-only special version released on Halloween. The collection contains the patched UK version of the comedy/horror game along with the bonus/alternate ending scenario "Class of Spook 'Em High" and an additional haunter for your team.In addition to the game material, there are production shots, behind-the-scenes videos, a "making of" documentary, wallpapers, and sound and music clips. Finally, the set includes a Region 2 (PAL) DVD of the horror spoof Scary Movie. All discs have their own DVD packaging and are held in a slipcase. |
| NBA Live 2004 | 2003-10-31 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | It's another season of the NBA, and with it comes another edition of NBA Live.For 2004, the player can expect an expanded EA Sports Freestyle control scheme, allowing the player to pull off plays by simply using the right analog stick in collaboration with the player's movement with the left analog stick. Dynasty mode has also been upgraded, with the opportunity of expanding the player's squad with the top free agents and rookies from the college leagues.Up to 4 players can play on the Xbox, while PlayStation 2 players can go online with full stat tracking. |
| Patrician III | 2003-10-31 | Encore Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Patrician II: Quest for Power (base game)
Patrizier II: Aufschwung der Hanse (expansion pack)
This is the first release in which the expansion's content is available outside of the German-speaking market. |
| Pirate Fry 3: The Isle of the Dead | 2003-10-31 | | Squinky Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Fry ends up on a strange island, woken up by an old dead friend and poisoned by a snake in a private area. He needs to find the healer of the island but when he does, she doesn't want to help him unless he does something about the demonic parrot annoying her. Will Fry be healed or will he die because of a parrot who doesn't leave the healer in peace?Pirate Fry 3: The Isle of the Dead is the sequel to Pirate Fry and Volcano Island and Pirate Fry 2: The Hand of Anturus. This independent game is made with the AGS engine and is totally free.Gameplay is in the point-and-click fashion, similar to the one used for Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. The actions available are at the bottom: "Look at", "Give", "Pick Up", "Use" (also useful for combining two items in the inventory), "Talk to", "Push", "Pull", "Open", "Close". You select what you want to do and then you click on the character or the object you want to interact with. The action of walking is automatically selected when you have finished interacting with your environment. |
| Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 | 2003-10-31 | Oteeva Entertainment | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this 3D railroad simulator, you can operate locomotives from the golden age of steam to the modern present in realistic scenarios, to move goods and resources from one place to another and keep the wheels of industry turning. You are in charge of every aspect of the process: complete control over the orders of the drivers, limits for the transportation process, the movement of the passengers and freight and a custom scripted system to create your own rules.The game includes the locos from the original Trainz with now 50 locos and train cars in total. The engine allows for realistic physics based on the transported goods and the environment. Through the included Download Helper, you can access the online Download Station and share content with other gamers. There is a full editor included to create your own worlds and tracks. The game's content CD's, with all the 3D source models of objects of the game, can be ordered separately. |
| AGON: Episode 2 - Adventures in Lapland | 2003-11-01 | Private Moon Studios | Private Moon Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The clue found by Professor Hunt in the British Museum in the the first episode pointed to Lapland, land of ice, where the next hint awaits for Samuel Hunt. At your arrival you will find yourself in a train station in the middle of nowhere without any vehicle or transport available. It's up to your brain to solve this new episode of Agon.The gameplay and engine is exactly the same as the first episode, so don't expect any changes in this aspect. You have your inventory on the top of the screen and you interact with the objects or characters on the screen with your cursor by clicking on them. The puzzles are still mostly logic puzzles. |
| Air Masters | 2003-11-01 | Pointsoft GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
iF/A-18E Carrier Strike Fighter
Dawn of Aces
F/A-18 Hornet 3.0
Flying Corps Gold
iF-22: Version 5.0
Ultra Fighters
WarBirds
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| Beanotown Racing | 2003-11-01 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Simian Industries | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Beanotown Racing allows players to race with characters from the popular Beano and Dandy comics in the U.K. The respective characters are competing in the Beanotown championship challenge race. Races take place in six special tracks set around Beanotown. Graphics have a unique comic style, cell shaded like effect, while gameplay consists of wacky weapons, power-ups and speed boosts.
Characters include: Plug, Bea, Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Desperate Dan, Roger the Dodger, Brain Duane, Korky the Cat, Gnasher and Bananaman. |
| Crazy Chicken: The Pharaoh's Treasure | 2003-11-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | | | Windows | Moorhuhn's first daring leap into the Adventure genre. The game's story leads Scottish archaeologist and adventurer Moorhuhn (in Indiana Jones-style including hat) to far away Egypt where great danger awaits: after a curse lasting 4000 years, pharaoh Tutatüt awakes in the depth of the pyramid of Inshalalala in order to rule the world.
As the title suggests, there is also a magnificent treasure involved. Moorhuhn has to overcome many obstacles, solve riddles and complete a number of dangerous tasks before he finally succeeds to obtain the pharaoh's treasure. He travels - sometimes on foot, sometimes by aircraft - through an animated comic Egypt, be it through scorching deserts with the occasional oasis or gloomy tombs inside of ancient pyramids. As can be expected of an adventure, he has to talk to people and find clues in order to continue his journey. |
| Die drei ???: Band 1 + 2 | 2003-11-01 | United Soft Media Verlag GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Die drei ???: Bomben in Rocky Beach
Die drei ???: Das Geheimnis des Magiers
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| Disney's Brother Bear | 2003-11-01 | Disney Interactive | Amaze Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is a children's game based on the Disney movie Brother Bear. Take control of Kenai as he makes his way to where the lights touch the earth. Along with his sidekick Koda you journey through levels like The Valley of Fire which and the Aspen Forest and meet up with other characters like Rutt and Tuke as well as combat sequences with Denahi, the hunter!
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| Frogger's Adventures: The Rescue | 2003-11-01 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | 'The Rescue' is another game in the storied Frogger franchise. You play as Frogger who must "hop-n-dodge" his way through 7 worlds and 25 plus levels. All this in search for his girlfriend. The gameplay follows in its predecessors' footsteps with challenging puzzles and enemies. On your quest, you will also encounter mini-quests and side stories adding to the fun. In addition to the story mode is a multiplayer mode for up to 4 players to compete in action. |
| I Spy: Fantasy | 2003-11-01 | Scholastic, Inc. | Black Hammer Productions, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | I Spy Fantasy is a riddle-solving game for ages 6-10, based on the popular book series by Jean Marzollo and Walter Wick.The game features 3 different fantasy locations with 18 different areas for riddles. The three locations include the Sand Castle, the Deep Blue Sea, and Outer Space. Each location has a mission for you: collect certain items by solving riddles in order to win. In space you need to find 6 fuel crystals to power your shuttle and get back home. In the medieval castle you need to free a princess guarded by a dragon by finding 6 keys and then make potion to defeat the beast. The underwater mission has you find 6 pages of a mermaid's book to locate hidden treasure.Each location can be played 3 different times with new and even harder riddles in every new game. The riddles are read by a narrator and are different every time you replay that location. When you find everything, you will be given something you will need to win the mission. |
| Little Bill Thinks Big | 2003-11-01 | Scholastic, Inc. | Animal Joy, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Little Bill Thinks Big is a cartoon-style educational game based on a book series and children's television show created by comedian Bill Cosby. The title character is a five-year-old boy with some big ideas about a surprise he wants to make for his family. There are four paths for the game, one for each season, and although the basic mini-games remain the same each path has a slightly different storyline and a different final surprise. The player chooses which season to play at sign-in, and can decide to play another once the first one is finished. Following the introduction, Little Bill presents the player with a list of items he needs in order to create his "surprise". To win the items, the player must explore the house and discover and complete five activities:
The Cookie Match Game - help decorate cookies by duplicating a template
The Submarine Game - avoid obstacles and collect a given number of gold coins with a submarine
The Alien Game - click and drag lost aliens to their ships, grouping by color and pattern
The Hamster Game - match pipe connectors by color and shape to make a tunnel for Little Bill's hamster, Elephant
The Photo Album Game - re-order some photos in a logical sequence
Some objects animate when clicked or offer quick little mini-games such as picking out a can that is different from others in a group, or picking a block by color and number. The game uses automatic leveling, adjusting the difficulty as the player selects correct or incorrect answers.Once all the items have been collected the player is directed to the back yard to assemble Little Bill's surprise and create his own picture which can then be printed.Some of the early childhood skills covered in this game are sequencing and logic, matching and pattern recognition, counting, sorting, shapes and colors, early math and creative play.
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| Magic Inlay | 2003-11-01 | RealOne Arcade | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Magic Inlay is a single player, mouse controlled, side scrolling inlay puzzle game.There are three episodes to the game Dragon Land; Fantasy Valley; Fairy Isles. Each has a different set of tiles, a different end of level boss and can be played on now of three difficulty settings and the player also has a choice of three starting bonuses.Each episode consists of a series of side scrolling 2D screens containing grey shapes, these roll in and stop until a shape has been filled. Beneath shapes scroll right to left which the player selects and drops into the grey outlines above. Pieces that the player cannot use will clog up the conveyor belt area and end the game so there's an option to move unwanted pieces into the Drop Section. Alternatively the player may use a magic hammer to destroy unwanted shapes or a magic wand to create a missing piece , some hammers and wands are supplied at the start of the game and more are awarded as in-game bonuses.
When a mosaic is completed the shapes usually move right to left to reveal another mosaic but sometimes they can move left to right to show a new addition to an already completed mosaic. 'Floating' around among the mosaics are bonus items which are earned when mosaics are completed, some of these are traditional gems but others such as birds and coffee grinders are a little bizarre.Each episode consists of a series of levels which end with an end of level boss, these can shoot balls of fire that destroy tiles on the conveyor or in part completed mosaics, they can disable the Drop Section or cover the conveyor with fog (pieces can still be picked up but the player has no idea what they are getting. When a level is completed the player can save their progress. |
| Premier Manager 2003-04 | 2003-11-01 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Premier Manager 2003-04 is a soccer management sim, in which the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of a soccer team. The game features all 4 divisions and domestic cups of the English leagues, all 4
divisions, FA and league cups of the Scottish one, and the top 2 divisions and domestic cups of the French, German, Italian and Spanish leagues.The matches are shown using a 2D engine. |
| Return to Wonderland | 2003-11-01 | Midnight Synergy | Midnight Synergy | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Return to Wonderland is the sequel to the 3D puzzle game Wonderland. It introduces new elements to the game such as boulders, plasma boxes, rainbow spirits, UFOs, Ghosts, transporters, and many more. It also includes a free level editor. |
| Super Elf Bowling | 2003-11-01 | NStorm, Inc. | NStorm, Inc. | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | Comedy | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Super Elf Bowling, the fourth game in the Elf Bowling series, is a remake and updating of Elf Bowling. In addition to all the features of Elf Bowling, there are new items. Next to bowling to get your best score, you can play against the computer or another person. You can now select what lanes to play on, with your choices being Ice Alley, Toy Factory, Candy Factory, Cruise Ship, Rooftop or Hockey Rink. You can play with the same controls as in Elf Bowling or select Super Elf Bowling, where you center the ball with the mouse then use the movement of the mouse to throw or Slingshot, where there is a rubber band across the lane and you use that to send the ball down the lane. You can bowl with Santa or select Mrs. Kringle, Dingle Kringle, Elly Fay Elf, Elliot Elf or a custom bowler, each with varying levels of skill. It is, otherwise, a normal bowling game, where you try to knock down as many pins, I mean, elves, in each frame, with two throws per frame. The maximum score is still three-hundred. |
| Sven XXX | 2003-11-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In the third part of the Sven Bomwollen series, the little black ram has been abducted by aliens who cloned him and now let both Svens loose on the unsuspecting sheep community. Now he is not the only casanova in the flock anymore. The innovation in this story twist is the resulting two-player-mode. Two players share one keyboard and compete in obtaining the highest score and pleasing the most sheep respectively.The sheep have different moods (indicated by a weather symbol above its head), ranging from sunny to storm clouds. Various items can improve the sheep's mood such as roses and rockets. There are 43 levels divided into 4 episodes. And of course, Sven's opponents like the shepherd or his dog are also in for the ride again.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.There are 12 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.Promo Images Part of the Following Groups Animals: Sheep
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| The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - Game of the Year Edition | 2003-11-01 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Game of the Year edition includes:
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (base game)
The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal (expansion)
The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon (expansion)
TES Construction Set (retail version only) |
| The Kids Puzzle | 2003-11-01 | | | Educational, Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | The Kids Puzzle is a Jigsaw Puzzle game designed for children. As with traditional jigsaw puzzles a picture is loaded and the pieces shuffled, it's up to the player to put the picture back together. There are many different images and multiple difficulty levels to choose from (from 2x2 pieces onward). The game features sound effects and vocal instructions. The example picture can optionally be hidden. The time spent solving the puzzle is saved and shown in a high score list. |
| The Spirit Engine | 2003-11-01 | Natomic Studios | Natomic Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Spirit Engine follows 3 travelers (of your choosing) who run into each other by very uncommon means. Their goal begins simple, they wish to learn how they arrived together. They are soon riddled with other problems, namely what the small floating object they follow is, and what secrets it holds. The game is a side-scrolling RPG, where chains are used to make up battle commands.
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| The Wonderful World of Boxing | 2003-11-01 | Logique Eclectic | Logique Eclectic | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | The Wonderful World of Boxing is a game where you manage the career of a professional boxer.Face many events, complex situations, and confront the true egomaniacs in this world, and the courageous fighters and criminals that live in it. Be the victim or the aggressor in this evil industry where even the most "roughneck" persons can be aimed.In the game, you can go scout and hire a boxer, incite a boxer who works for a rival stable to sign for you, as well as plan and organize matches. But beware: a bad relationship toward another stable can cost you a chance that you may deserve, like a championship. |
| To the Eds-Treme! | 2003-11-01 | Cartoon Network, Inc., The | | Sports | Side view | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | To the Eds-Treme! is a halfpipe skateboarding game starring the characters of the Ed, Edd & Eddy cartoons. The Eds wanted to show off their skateboarding skills to Nazz and the other kids which is why they built a ramp from whatever they could find.The aim of the game is to do tricks as each of the Eds and make as many points as possible within 1 minute while meeting the minimal requirements for each level.Each Ed has 3 basic tricks and 3 super tricks unique to every one of them. Players must also watch out for parts of the ramp that fall off. |
| War Masters | 2003-11-01 | Pointsoft GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
iPanzer'44
Liberation Day
Napoleon 1813
North vs. South
Spearhead
The Great Battles of Alexander |
| Battle Engine Aquila | 2003-11-02 | Encore, Inc. | Lost Toys Ltd | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | Windows | In the future, on the planet Allium, the situation has become desperate. This world has suffered from global warming, causing the polar ice caps to melt. The rising sea has resulted in the amount habitable land to decrease dramatically. All that is left are island chains, making land the most valuable resource on the planet. The entire population must survive and compete over these islands.Currently, there are two distinct civilizations on Allium, settled into an uneasy cease-fire. There are the scientifically advanced Forseti and the aggressive Muspell. The Forseti have recently developed the most advanced combat vehicle in existence, the Battle Engine Aquila. The Aquila is both a four-legged mechanized tank and a combat jet, it is capable of switching modes at will. Players take the role of Hawk Winter, a Forseti cargo loader operator who has been conscripted because of his piloting skills.Battle Engine Aquila is a mechanized shooter taking place in a larger battlefield. The player plays only a single, yet important, role in a larger war effort. A large part of the gameplay consists of supporting and being supported by the allied forces. Players will have to fight naval, air, and ground forces in both modes of their battle engine. |
| Eric Young's Squad Assault: West Front | 2003-11-02 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Freedom Games Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | | Teen | | Windows | Eric Young's Squad Assault: West Front is a real-time strategy game allowing players to command troops in both the Allied and German armies on the Western Front of World War II. All major armies that fought in France in 1944 are in the game, including the American, German, British, Canadian and Free French. The game has a user-defined auto-pause feature for order entry and battlefield assessment. There is also a 2D overhead map available. |
| Korea: Forgotten Conflict | 2003-11-02 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Plastic Reality Technologies, s.r.o. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events | | Jan Bulin | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | A real-time squad level tactical game set in the Korean War. Each squad member has varied skills they lend to the team, such as demolitions, sniper skills or medical training. There are varied missions as well, ranging from sabotage and demolition, capturing enemy personnel, protecting convoys, diffusing bombs set in buildings, etc. |
| SnowTraxx | 2003-11-03 | Kewlbox | Blockdot, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | SnowTraxx is an arcade game similar to Snake. It is a promotional game made for Nokia and RadioShack. The player controls a boy named Chilly who wants to get out of the snowy park to meet his friend Lisabella. On each level, Chilly must find a specified number of warm food items (as indicated by text messages send by Lisabella to his Nokia phone), then find the key and go to the gate out of the park. There are other food items strewn around which increase the player's score when collected. Chilly can be turned in four directions, but cannot stop walking. Running into obstacles, wandering kids, or into tracks left by Chilly in the snow causes the player to lose a life and restarts the level. Chilly's tracks disappear after some time, but as the player collects more warm treats they stay behind longer and longer. On the other hand, they can be used to the player's advantage by luring other kids into them to eliminate them. There are also four special RadioShack items that give bonus score when picked up: a portable CD player that changes the soundtrack, a GPS which points the way to the key, a RC car that erases Chilly's tracks faster, and a video camera that freezes all the other kids. |
| Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat | 2003-11-04 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Magenta Software Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Based on Dr Seuss's Cat in the Hat movie, you play as the
cheeky cat. There are all the original characters including,
Conrad, Sally, and Mr. Quinn who tricked Conrad, and Sally
into opening the box the Cat was in, as he was released into
the outside world. The Cat must help Conrad and Sally to return the magic to the box the cat came in, and get all three pieces of the "Crab Lock" in order to lock the box for good. The game allows you to see rooms that where not included in the movie. |
| FIFA Soccer 2004 | 2003-11-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | FIFA Soccer 2004 features eighteen leagues, with thirty-five national teams and over ten thousand players. Take them into a multi-season career, or individual tournaments or matches.Like EA's other 2004 games it has an in-depth career mode, where you must manage your budget and team. Promote players, demote players, and renegotiate contracts, all in an effort to get your team to the finals again and again.The skills to master range from kicked passes and headers to lob passes and bicycle kicks. You can take control of players before the ball reaches them, which makes it easier to find space to take the ball. Like other 2004 titles, FIFA uses the right analog stick for it's Freestyle gameplay.Console versions use the EA Sports Bio, whereby you can continue to improve your gamer level and unlock rewards by playing other 2004 titles, such as Madden NFL 2004 or NBA Live 2004. |
| Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 | 2003-11-04 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o., Titus Interactive, S.A. | Tate Multimedia S.A. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Kao the Kangaroo Round 2 is a third-person perspective platform game about a young, cute, yellow kangaroo, who saves animals from the hands of the evil Hunter and his equally evil colleagues. In order to bribe the guard and get aboard Hunter's ship, Kao must collect lots of coins scattered throughout the game. The main character can fight with his boxing gloves and can throw lethal boomerangs. The game consists of 25 levels in 5 different worlds. Playing through the levels, the player must jump over platforms, make difficult leaps, and fight about 30 different types of enemies, free captured friends and solve many puzzles. Occasionally Kao will get to ride a vehicle like a barrel or a snowmobile. Kao can also find purple crystals, which can be spent to buy minigames to play. There are also stars - collecting 50 of them will upgrade one of Kao's abilities, e.g. giving him the ability to stomp on the ground to defeat enemies around him. A rarely encountered item is a winged helmet, which, when grabbed, allows Kao to fly for a short while. |
| Robert Redford Saves The Day Deluxe | 2003-11-04 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Robert Redford Saves The Day Deluxe is a compilation of three games from the series:
Robert Redford Saves the Day: Episode 1: Getting There
Robert Redford Saves the Day: Episode 2: The Pit and the Pendulum
Robert Redford Saves the Day: Episode 3: Who Framed Roger Redford? |
| Rugby 2004 | 2003-11-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | The official game of the 2003 Rugby Wold Cup in Australia, Rugby 2004 is the sequel to Rugby 2001 with HB Studios replacing The Creative Assembly as the developers. Fully licensed by the IRB, Rugby 2004 features 75 stadiums from around the world, including all the World Cup venues, 95 teams including the British Lions and world champion Australian Wallabies and more than 2000 players each with individual names called by the BBC's John Inverdale and Channel 7's Gordon Bray.Major additions to the game include Super 12 and European Cup provincial tournaments, a player editor, custom teams, skill challenges like those found in other EA Sports games and an exclusive soundtrack by INXS. |
| Sid Meier's Civilization III: Gold Edition | 2003-11-04 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is Civilization III and the add-on Civilization III: Play the World, packed together.They are not integrated into each other in one installer, but rather it’s just the two games in the same pack. Both are patched up to the newest version available that would be v1.29f for Civilization III and v1.27f for PTW. |
| The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring | 2003-11-04 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Liquid Entertainment, LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring takes the highly acclaimed, much loved Fantasy story, written by J.R.R. Tolkien and converts it into a Real Time Strategy game. In it, you can choose to lead the forces of Good or the forces of Evil as each struggle to control the One Ring.The game is split into two 10-mission campaigns, giving you the chance to take a look at some of the aspects of the LOTR storyline that weren't focused in the books. In the Good campaign, you follow Legolas, Gimli and Boromir as manage to show up in Rivendell just in time to join the Fellowship of the Ring. In the Evil campaign, you must lead the forces of Sauron, break out of Mordor and besiege the city of Minas Tirith.Instead of being based on the movie license, the game is devoted exclusively to the books, so you will not hear the actors from the movies in the game.You will, however, be able to control dwarves, elves, humans, trolls, orcs and huorns.The resource management is toned down with only wood and ore to worry about.It does add a twist: you must amass 'Fate', so that you can better your heroes, making them better and better units for you to use against the opposing side. |
| Władca o pierścieni: Wojna o pierścień (Limitowana edycja kolekcjonerska) | 2003-11-04 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Poland-exclusive Collector's Edition of The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring includes the game itself and the following extras: - Poster
- Ring of Power replica
This Collector's Edition is limited to 500 copies.
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| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003-11-05 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Redwood Shores Studio | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Hack and slash, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Rachael Bristol | | Teen | | Windows | The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King video game again puts the fate of middle-earth in the hands of the gamer. In the last installment of the movie trilogy, destroy the Ring by casting it into the Crack of Doom, which frees Middle Earth from Dark Lord Sauron.Return of the King's third person gameplay allows immersive action set in rich, interactive levels. The new game also features an all new co-op multiplayer mode which lets players form their own Fellowship and eight playable characters like Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimil, Sam and Frodo all played out by thier actual actors from the films, battle vicious boss monsters like Shelob and the final showdown with Dark Lord Sauron, all backed up by Academy Award winner Howard Shore. |
| America's Army: Special Forces | 2003-11-06 | U.S. Army | Army Game Studio | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | America's Army: Special Forces is the US Army's own soldier training simulation online multi-player game. You start the game offline as a new recruit going through the paces of basic training. Upon completion you choose your path. You can go online to start playing as a basic soldier. Or before you get "deployed", you can choose to go through some advanced training. The ultimate goal is to complete the Special Forces training to become a Green Beret. Going online begins the real part of the game as you join with other fellow soldiers and work on the missions which you choose.As a military simulation, it's not a free-for-all first person shooter; you are bound by the Army's code of conduct in your behavior. Key to the game is not only your skills as an individual soldier but also how you perform as part of a team.This game includes America's Army: Operations and adds new training courses, indigenous forces classes and four new maps. |
| Crime Patrol | 2003-11-06 | Media-Service 2000 | American Laser Games, Inc., Digital Leisure Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Rail shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Originating in the arcades, this is a full-motion video rail shooter with real actors, produced by the makers of Mad Dog McCree.Crime Patrol puts the player in the shoes of a police officer, who starts as a Rookie and has to work his way up to become a member of SWAT and eventually the Delta Force team. To do that, he has to complete missions, which involve taking down criminals in a variety of locations. Beginning with smaller-scale criminals (such as shoplifters), the hero will later have to face gangsters, drug lords, and eventually terrorists. For each set of missions, the player characters is being teamed up with another police officer. The gameplay is quite similar to any other of the large live-action laser-gun games found in the arcades - all the player has to do is take the gun (or the mouse in the computer version) and show those criminals who's the boss! |
| Pax Romana | 2003-11-06 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Galiléa | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Pax Romana is a real-time strategy game in the tradition of Europa Universalis. The setting: the ancient Mediterranean world. The objective: control the destiny of the Rome. There are two gameplay modes: strategic and political.In the strategic mode, the player controls Rome with the goal of securing the Republic and expanding its borders while also keeping the citizens happy. The map can be viewed through four different filters: military, economic, diplomatic, and administrative. Military view allows the player to manage armies and navies and appoint leaders of varying skills and abilities. In the economic view, the focus is on trade goods; the player must build trade routes (imports and exports) for each territory. Trade routes vary in value, cost to establish, and likelihood of being broken by war or other events. Diplomatic view allows the conduct of foreign relations; the player can raise or lower relations with other states (both major and minor) through gift-giving, public approval/disapproval, support of rebels, and other means. Once relations deteriorate, Rome has the option of declaring war—a necessity before making any aggressive military moves. Administrative view has the player building military units and roads, clearing land for economic development, and setting the priorities of the local governors.In political mode, the player controls one of six historical factions, each with its own agenda. Success in this mode depends not only on fulfilling the overall goals of the strategic mode, but also on achieving the goals of the individual faction. This requires getting your faction members elected to the various offices (including censors, tribunes, governors, consuls, and proconsuls) and implementing policies through the Senate. Elections occur on a yearly basis, with the rest of the time being spent on politicking at the various locations of the Forum (baths, basilica, tavern, etc.). Historical scenarios range from the Punic Wars to the rise of Caesar. A scenario editor is also included, giving the player the chance to alter scenarios and build new completely new ones. Of course, the ultimate goal is always the same: expand your power and establish the Pax Romana. |
| Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo | 2003-11-06 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Frontier Developments Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Inventor Wallace and his clever dog Gromit, characters in a series of Academy Award-winning Claymation short films, star in this video game adventure.Project Zoo starts off one morning as Wallace and Gromit are preparing to visit their adopted friend, Archie the polar bear, in the local zoo. As soon as they get to the zoo, they find that it's been closed! What's worse, a villainous penguin named Feathers McGraw has taken Archie and hidden him deep within the zoo. So, Wallace and Gromit set out to rescue him.This game is an action-platform game, with many puzzles and side quests. The player controls the long-suffering Gromit, and must cooperate with Wallace to complete tasks such as fixing machines or pulling switches. The main goal of each of the six levels is to free 3 trapped baby animals. Doing so opens up new areas and allows you to continue to the next area. In addition, there are hidden bonus levels and coins to collect that unlock video clips from the animated shorts. |
| Hillbilly Whack! | 2003-11-07 | Small Fry Studios | Small Fry Studios | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hillbilly Whack! is about a hillbilly named Samuel Jones who has lost his sweetheart Winnie May to an evil hillbilly named Clem. The objective of the game is to collect boards to rebuild your shack, two-seater, and moonshine still. The game features classic Atari-Age graphics with blue grass/techno music. The game also features a two-player one keyboard mode where two hillbillies can collect boards and fight each other to win the game. |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein: The Platinum Edition | 2003-11-07 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Platinum Edition includes:
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory |
| Dead to Rights | 2003-11-10 | Hip Interactive Corp. | Namco Hometek Inc. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | Detective / mystery | Mini-games, Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Dead to Rights is a 3rd-person shooter in which the player is Jack Slate, a police officer in Grant City. On a routine call, he finds the dead body of his father. While trying to find the murderer, he is framed for another murder. Jack becomes a fugitive; his run from the law will take him to various places, from strip joints and hotels to office complexes, and even prison, as an inmate.When controlling Jack, players can perform various moves, such as grabbing an enemy from behind and using him as a human shield, or tossing a fire extinguisher and shooting it, causing a huge explosion. If Jack does not have a gun drawn, he can disarm an enemy which causes him to steal the enemy's gun, then performing some sort of finish, such as a neck breaker. Initially, only a few disarm moves are available, but more can be unlocked as the game progresses.Players will sometimes have to control Jack's best friend and partner, his K-9 dog Shadow, which allows enemies to be killed from a distance. In addition, Shadow will fetch their guns and bring them to Jack.The game also features "adrenaline combat", similar to "Bullet Time" from Max Payne. Jack will then perform slow-motion dives and spins, giving him an advantage, as long as his adrenaline meter holds out. |
| Fox Jones: The Treasures of El Dorado | 2003-11-10 | Play.com.pl | Evis Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Fox Jones: The Treasures of El Dorado is a 3D arcade game for kids, and it's a sequel to Bomberic. The player must help Fox Jones harvest the legendary treasures of El Dorado and defeat the evil Necroarch. Fox explores the levels, collects diamonds and other precious objects, and defeats the enemies by placing bombs, with gameplay similar to Bomberman. The game has six episodes in total. |
| Star Chamber | 2003-11-10 | Nayantara Studios LLC | Nayantara Studios LLC | Strategy | | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Star Chamber is an online multiplayer strategy game. Players play one of the nine races that are part of the Galactic Republic. Maneuvering through the galaxy with ships players try to outsmart each other with their deck of virtual cards. During the game, the different races try to use their racial advantage to outmatch the opponent and achieve dominance on one of the three fields: Military, Culture or Politics. These are three different victory types where each lends itself to a wide range of different playing styles. |
| Astrobatics | 2003-11-11 | Kraisoft Entertainment | Kraisoft Entertainment | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Astrobatics is a space scrolling shoot 'em up. Like in many other games of its type, the player controls a spaceship and flies right, blasting enemy ships and avoiding their attacks. The ship's shields are depleted by collisions with enemies and enemy missiles, and the player loses a life when the shields run out. Enemies include both smaller enemy ships and powerful bosses with health bars. The ship is initially armed with a weak gun, but bonus items can be picked up which improve the player's firepower, attach additional weaponry, or grant special limited-use items such as mines, homing missiles etc. The player's gun charges when not firing for a while, and when fully charged it can shoot a powerful laser beam. |
| Contract J.A.C.K. | 2003-11-11 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Cold War, Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic | Motorcycle, Off-roading, Snowmobile | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Contract J.A.C.K. is the prequel to No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way. The game revolves around John Jack, a contract killer under the H.A.R.M. flag. Jack is sent on a mission by H.A.R.M., whether he likes it or not, to stop an Italian crime organization. The game lets players explore "the dark side" of the No One Lives Forever universe, and features a large arsenal of weapons and over 10 single player levels. |
| Major Bummer Dude: Lassi Quest RON | 2003-11-11 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The characters of Lassi Quest are visiting Reality-on-the-Norm. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Lassi to find Roger and leave the town in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| The History Channel: Crusades - Quest for Power | 2003-11-11 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Zono, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The History Channel: Crusades - Quest For Power, as the name implies, is a game about the wars between the Christian Crusaders and the so called "Infidels" for the Holy Land.This is a RTS composed of 2 campaigns, each with 8 missions. You choose to play either as the Western Crusaders or the Eastern Infidels. Both armies have 4 unit types:Infantry (west)/Warrior (east): costs 50 gold, average melee attack, poor defense (good against ranged), good movement;
Crusader (west)/Holy Warrior (east): costs 150 gold, good melee attack and defense, poor movement;
Archer (both): costs 100 gold, poor melee attack and defense, good ranged attack, average movement;
Priests (west)/Holy Man (east): no attack, poor defense, can heal other units.
You can create new units by building different tents for each of the three types of attack units, but you can't create new healing units. Creating tents and units will cost you gold, gathered from the corpses of dead enemies or found in treasure chests along the way.As your units score kills against opposition units, they gain experience (measured by ranks out of 4). Higher ranks give the units special attack abilities (such as fire arrows). Throughout the missions you will also collect ancient relics which will upgrade your healing units (Priest/Holy Man) abilities. Units that survive a mission will proceed to the next one.Besides the campaign mode, you can also play a random skirmish between the Western Crusaders and Eastern Infidels. |
| The Hobbit | 2003-11-11 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc., Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Fizz Factor, The, Inevitable Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Third-person platformer adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's famous book.
Players control Bilbo as he's taken from his safe little hole in the Shire by a band of Dwarves to confront the dragon Smaug while picking up a glowing sword, an invisibility ring, and coins and crystals.
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| The Simpsons: Hit & Run | 2003-11-11 | Fox Interactive, Inc., Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | Comedy | Platform, Sandbox / open world | North America | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | The Simpsons: Hit & Run can be best described as Grand Theft Auto in Springfield.The player takes on the role of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa or Apu and tries to uncover a mystery surrounding mechanical bees that are taking over Springfield, mysterious vans, and cola that can control the minds of those who drink it.Like GTA, the game follows a linear-based path through fifty plus missions. The player will have to chase cars and find out where they're headed, grab all the spilling cola cans before people can drink them, and chase down villains before they get away.Throughout the course of the game, the player can unlock tons of rewards by completing missions in a set amount of time or performing outstanding stunts.All voiceovers are performed by those who act in the show, including Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge) and Yeardley Smith (Lisa).The game supports multiplayer action for up to four players. |
| Uru: Ages Beyond Myst | 2003-11-11 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Cyan Worlds, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk | | Mark H. DeForest | | Everyone | | Windows | Uru: Ages Beyond Myst continues the saga of the D'ni at a different point in their time line. In the first Myst game, players met the sons of Atrus whose actions contributed to the demise of the D'ni Ages. In Uru, players instead interact with Atrus' daughter, Yeesha, who sends them on a quest through the linking books.As in the earlier games, players progress through exploration, finding clues, and solving puzzles.Unlike previous games in the series, Uru allows players to utilize both first- and third-person perspectives. A new play-style has also been introduced to capitalize on the game's use of real-time 3D, allowing players to run, strafe, climb, and jump through the game world. The game's interface reflects this, as players must now use both the mouse and the keyboard to control the protagonist.The game does not utilize a traditional savegame system but instead saves the player's progress whenever the program is exited. Checkpoints exist in each location. |
| Wirtschaftsgiganten: Die Ultimative Collection | 2003-11-11 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | JoWooD Productions' Wirtschaftsgiganten (Economy Giants in English) is a bundle consisting of five individual games on five CD-ROMs:
Die Gilde
Hotel Gigant
Der Verkehrsgigant Gold Edition
Die Völker 2 Gold Edition
Industriegigant Gold Edition |
| Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna | 2003-11-12 | Microsoft Corporation | Mad Doc Software, LLC, Gas Powered Games Corp. | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | Stand alone expansion pack for Dungeon Siege.This expansion pack includes a new single player campaign with new content (monsters, weapons, armor, spells, etc.), as well as multiplayer and user interface improvements.This game comes packaged with the original Dungeon Siege, and does not require owning the original game. |
| Highway Pursuit | 2003-11-12 | RetroSpec | | Action, Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Highway Pursuit is a freeware racing/action game featuring a third person perspective. You are driving down an endless road full of civilian and hostile vehicles, trying to maximize your score. The game ends when you run out of lives. A small amount of points is constantly awarded while driving, but to get anywhere (score-wise), you have to shoot enemies. Destroying several of them in quick succession will activate score multipliers, which is the key to very high scores. Accidentally destroying a civilian car starts a short penalty period, during which you cannot receive any points.Your basic weapon is a mounted machine gun, but from time to time you will encounter so called "weapon vans" which provide you with temporary power ups like smoke screen or oil. It is also possible to push enemy cars off the road to destroy them. Among your villains, there are different types of cars with unique abilities and even a helicopter. At the same time, you have to watch out for the environment, as it's occasionally possible to fall into water or crash into trees. Weather effects like fog or ice keep the gameplay challenging. |
| Drug Wars | 2003-11-13 | Media-Service 2000 | American Laser Games, Inc., Digital Leisure Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Drug Wars is another in the long line of traditional American Laser Games arcade-conversion shooters. It's a straightforward FMV shooter game in which you fight the usual gang of not-so-law-abiding citizens in a typical small town. |
| Gold Games 7 | 2003-11-13 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This part of the Gold Games series offers 10 games from many different genres. Like always, the manuals are only available on CD in PDF format.The following games are included:
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles
Largo Winch: Empire Under Threat
Racing Simulation 3
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Partners
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Will Rock |
| The Spoons | 2003-11-13 | Vicious Arts | Vicious Arts | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The Spoons is a first act in The Spoons Trilogy. Nick Linders, a son of former MI5 agent Joe Linders who came to Reality-on-the-Norm in MI5 Bob: The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, is starting up a new band called "The Spoons!" Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Nick to find a perfect bassist to complete the band in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. |
| V-Rally 3 | 2003-11-13 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | Eden Studios | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | The rally racing series is back, with more drivers, cars and tracks than in the preceding games.Players can choose from a variety of game modes including rally racing in V-Rally Mode, time runs in Time Attack mode or time limited challenge runs in Challenge Mode, the last two also being available for up two four players taking turns in multiplayer mode. But the main goal is to defeat every racer on the rally circuit and become champion. The better players are and the further they get the more cars and tracks can be unlocked. In all, there are 80 drivers (six being actual rally drivers), 48 tracks (across six countries), and 20 cars for players to beat and unlock. There are two titles to earn - the 1.6 liter 2WD championship, and the 2 liter 4WD championship.Players can view the race from inside the car or behind it as they scream through snow, rain, fog, dirt, gravel and over jumps at different times of day and night as they try to become the best rally racer on the planet. |
| Atari: 80 Classic Games in One! | 2003-11-14 | Atari, Inc. | Digital Eclipse Software, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | Anna Fong | | Everyone | | Windows | Atari: 80 Classic Games in One! contains Atari 2600 games from the 1970's and 1980's. Over 85 games are reproduced, including arcade titles: Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Battlezone, Black Widow, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Liberator, Lunar Lander, Gravitar, Major Havoc, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, Red Baron, Space Duel, Super Breakout, Tempest, and Warlords.Also included are Atari 2600 titles: 3D Tic Tac Toe, Adventure, Air-Sea Battle, Asteroids, Atari Video Cube, Backgammon, Battlezone, Blackjack, Bowling, Breakout, Canyon Bomber, Casino, Centipede, Circus Atari, Combat, Crystal Castles, Demons to Diamonds, Desert Falcon, Dodge 'Em, Double Dunk, Flag Capture, Football, Fun with Numbers (a.k.a. Basic Math), Golf, Gravitar, Hangman, Haunted House, Home Run, Human Cannonball, Math Gran Prix, Maze Craze: A Game of Cops 'n Robbers, Millipede, Miniature Golf, Missile Command, Night Driver, Off the Wall, Outlaw, Quadrun, Radar Lock, RealSports Baseball, RealSports Football, RealSports Tennis, RealSports Volleyball, Sky Diver, Slot Machine, Slot Racers, Space War, Sprintmaster, Star Raiders, Star Ship, Steeplechase, Stellar Track, Street Racer, Submarine Commander, Super Baseball, Super Breakout, Super Football, Surround, SwordQuest: EarthWorld, SwordQuest: FireWorld, SwordQuest: WaterWorld, Video Checkers, Video Chess, Video Olympics, Video Pinball, Warlords, and Yars' Revenge.Each genre of game is broken down into an individual hub where gamers can check out both arcade and home came versions of these classics. As bonus features, gamers are offered comics, instruction manuals, catalogs, and updated visual modes, which allow higher res versions of the games, to features which distort gameplay to make the games more challenging. |
| Dragon's Lair: 20th Anniversary Special Edition | 2003-11-14 | Digital Leisure Inc. | | Action, Compilation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This anniversary compilation includes:
Dragon's Lair
Dragon's Lair 2: TimeWarp
Space Ace
The games have been visually remastered and are authentic versions of the original games. Previously cut scenes are included and are playable. The games offer multiple difficulty levels and a new Watch feature, where you can view the animated sequences without playing.A bonus CD-ROM collects press clippings and other documentary information on the Dragon's Lair series.
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| Uru: Ages Beyond Myst (Collectors Edition) | 2003-11-14 | Ubisoft Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Collector's Edition of URU: Ages Beyond Myst includes the full game, along with a bonus 'making of' disc and a short game guide. |
| Bechtris | 2003-11-15 | Nooldsoft | Nooldsoft | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Word construction | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bechtris is a block-puzzle where each of the falling blocks contains a letter and these letters must be arranged to form words. The playfield has the form of a bottle and to the left of it is the dictionary ordered by word length. Creating words longer than three letters enables the player to use a bonus that can make the game easier. If the player manage to spell "Becherovka" a secret bonus is earned. If a word is spelled horizontally that row will disappear and if the word is spelled vertically all rows that the word spans through will disappear. If the blocks reaches the neck of the bottle it's game over. |
| Tradewinds | 2003-11-15 | WildTangent, Inc. | Sandlot Games | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | Naval / watercraft | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | This casual game is set in a fictitious Far East, among coastal ports and and a secret floating pirate city. Players select a playable character and begin sailing among seven ports, buying goods at low prices and selling them elsewhere at high prices.In the ports, players click on and enter various buildings: Bankers store your money where it accrues interest and is safe from thieves, but where you cannot spend it. Moneylenders will help you in your time of need for a steep price. Taverns offer tips and insider information about the markets. Port Authorities warn of pirate attacks, and pay bounties on the defeated enemies. Shipyards offer repairs, new ships, and more cannons (at the cost of cargo space).At sea, the player encounters pirates and fights them in a simple turn-based battle. Players can target specific ships for their fleet to focus on, or attempt to flee.As the game progresses, more powerful ships become available, more valuable goods enter the market, and more deadly enemies scour the seas looking for prey. |
| Hidden Swap Buttons | 2003-11-16 | SaNaPe Software | SaNaPe Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Hidden swap buttons is a simple puzzle game. A new game opens a window filled with 8x8 coloured squares. The aim of the game is to get as much points as possible by removing squares, by making a vertical or horizontal combination of three or more buttons of the same color. The game is over if there is no pair of buttons which, when switched, can lead to making up a combination and accordingly to their removal. There's a function included to hide the game quickly when you're playing at work. |
| Adventure Elf | 2003-11-17 | Kewlbox | Blockdot, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In this classic side-scrolling adventure, you play Oliver the Elf. Santa's sleigh has been raided by some evil penguins and it's your job to make your way through the city of Kringlevill to retrieve all lost presents. Oliver has to avoid traps, collect power-ups and jump on penguins to retrieve the gifts. In between missions, you can play timed bonus events where you have to collect as many items as possible.The registered version removes the time limit from missions, enables about a hundred new maps, allows full screen gameplay, enables a personal scoreboard and removes the ads. |
| Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon | 2003-11-17 | Adventure Company, The | Revolution Software Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Africa, Europe, Fantasy | | | | Teen | Cinematic camera | Windows | No less than six years have gone by before the third installment in the Broken Sword series saw the light of day. The first two games (The Shadow of the Templars and The Smoking Mirror) delved into the Knights Templar and Mayan mythology. This time, George Stobbart and Nico Collard are after the Voynich Manuscript to unravel its mysteries.The Sleeping Dragon moves away from the 2D point-and-click concept from the earlier games and features a full 3D world, with a camera that does not rotate, but uses fixed cinematic perspectives, combined with full 5.1 sound. For the Windows version the game is no longer controlled through the mouse, but now through the keyboard, for the movement of the characters as well as all the actions. The player alternately controls George or Nico. Next to typical adventure gameplay such as exploration, conversations, and searching and combining items, there are also a few action sequences. The characters can duck, sneak, hang from ledges and move crates to reach higher areas.The locations visited throughout the game include The Congo, Paris, England, Czech Republic and Egypt. |
| Need for Speed: Underground | 2003-11-17 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Black Box | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Need For Speed: Underground is the seventh game in the long running Need For Speed racing series. The game revolves around illegal night time street racing with heavily modified import cars and has been greatly influenced by the movie the Fast And The Furious and its sequel. Players get the chance to build their own racing machine almost from the ground up, with hundreds of real licensed parts and lots of licensed cars, including the Mazda RX-7 and the Nissan Skyline GT-R. The game also features over 100 single player races and a hip hop/hard rock soundtrack including artists such as Mystikal, Rob Zombie, and the Crystal Method. |
| Poldek Driver | 2003-11-17 | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Poldek Driver s a simple arcade racing game, dedicated to the memory of the Polish car Polonez. The game features ten models of Polonez, ten unique tracks, three difficulty levels and several camera views. Each model of Polonez has different power specifications. The game starts with only one available track and one basic car. Progress in the game (place on the podium) unlocks the next ones. To win the race the driver is required to complete all the checkpoints in the indicated order. |
| The Lost Dollar | 2003-11-17 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Set between The Lost Treasure of RON and Hooky McPegleg: Pirate Postman!, the game describes the story from the eyes of a local private investigator Max Griff, whose valuable dollar was stolen by a pirate Hooky McPegleg. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Max Griff to recover his dollar in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior | 2003-11-17 | THQ Inc. | Kuju Entertainment Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Set in the grim future of the Warhammer 40,000 table-top game, Fire Warrior is a first person shooter where the player spends a day in the life of a Tau (an alien race) commando. Charged with rescuing an immortal who has been captured by the human Imperium, he will soon realize there are darker forces at work.The game offers a twenty-one mission single player story as well as multiplayer death matches, team death matches and capture the flag for up to eight people online. Players can use and pick up a wide variety of weapons of both Tau and extraterrestrial origin including a sniper rifle as well as healing capsules, to confront both men and vehicle enemies. |
| Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance | 2003-11-18 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Acclaim Studios Manchester | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | Windows | Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance is an action game that takes place in the times of the Roman empire. You take control of Invictus Thrax, a Roman slave, who ascended through the ranks to become champion of all gladiators. Favored by the emperor, Invictus was to be granted his freedom. Mysteriously though, the emperor was killed and replaced by a crazy man named Arruntius. Arruntius, so full of himself, has decided to destroy Rome and replace it with a city named Arruntium. As the game begins, an epic event is staged with Invictus as the gladiator. Invictus fights bravely, but he is killed by an unknown and possibly un-human creature. In the afterlife, Invictus meets the sons of Jupiter. They inform him of how Arruntius' power came from help of the gods of terror. They charge him with the task of eliminating Arruntius and restoring Rome to glory.Gladiator is essentially an 3d action/combat game which features hand to hand combat with weapons, combos and magic. The action also includes maneuvering around, from gliding down ropes to jumping traps. Challenges are scattered around the game world, which when defeated, unlock magical powers granted by the gods, such as Pluto's power, which raises spirits from the dead to help you in battle. A unique feature of the game is the execution maneuver. Upon the near death of certain enemies, you can execute this maneuver which will result in a cinematic random brutal execution by Thrax.The game's graphics try to recreate the atmosphere of gladiator films such as Spartacus. A wide range of characters are featured from opposing gladiators to mythical enemies like cyclopes, demons. and skeleton warriors. Audio features include a blend of soft and hectic tunes, and voice over acting. |
| Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds | 2003-11-18 | Atari, Inc. | Secret Level Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Fighting, Trading / collectible card | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds is a real-time fighting/strategy game in which players use Magic: The Gathering cards to combat each other. Three possible types of spells can be played: creatures, sorceries and enchantments. |
| Secret Weapons Over Normandy | 2003-11-18 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Totally Games, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation | Arthur Koch | | Teen | | Windows | In Secret Weapons Over Normandy, you take the role of James Chase, an American pilot who joins a secret elite squadron of Royal Air Force pilots during World War 2. As a member of the Battlehawks, you must take part in missions in several war theaters including Western and Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Pacific, experiencing historical battles and encounters like the Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, D-Day and the Battle of Midway. The primary enemy of the Battlehawks is their German Luftwaffe counterpart, called Nemesis.The game features over 20 flyable historical aircraft, 15 campaign missions and 20 optional "challenge" missions. Between missions, the player's plane can be upgraded with things like better armor and engines. The game also features unlockable bonuses like new planes and movies. |
| Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun | 2003-11-18 | Strategy First, Inc. | Paradox Entertainment AB | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun takes players to the Victorian era (1835 to 1920), in which time they can direct their nation in the fields of diplomacy, warfare, economy, industrialization, colonization, technological research and politics.There is somewhat more micro-management in this game, compared to Europa Universalis releases. The economy model in the game is rather complex and often takes precedence over military strategy. The game is all about re-creating world history according to the players' wishes, with a healthy set of events to either support or go against them. |
| Beyond Good & Evil | 2003-11-19 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Pictures SAS | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Hovercraft, Space flight | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | In the future, on the planet Hillys, the population suffers from constant attacks from the alien DomZ. The situation is gradually getting worse, as the rate of DomZ kidnapings increases. The Alpha Section forces, who are in charge of protecting citizens, seem to be completely ineffective, not even fighting the DomZ. In the midst of this situation, the secretive organization IRIS alleges that the Alpha Section is involved in a massive government conspiracy, and seeks to expose the truth through journalism.The player controls a young reporter and photographer named Jade with her companions Pey'j and Double H. After experiencing first-hand a DomZ attack, she is contacted by IRIS, who recruits her as an action reporter. Jade is now tasked with infiltrating the Alpha Section, exposing the government conspiracy, and ultimately finding the truth for herself.Beyond Good & Evil is an action game with diverse gameplay. Much of the game is based on stealth and puzzles, but there are sequences of racing, shooting, combat, and platform action. Jade fights with her staff and also uses various abilities to execute long-ranged attacks and solve puzzles. Many of the puzzles require switching between the characters and using their special abilities; often it is necessary to coordinate the actions of two characters to achieve precise co-operation that leads to a puzzle's solution. Besides hostile areas with puzzles and enemies, there is also a city and other friendly areas to explore, where various items and gadgets can (and sometimes must) be bought. There are several mini-games and even an online ranking system (used by entering codes online after they are assigned in-game when the game is saved). |
| Championship Manager: Season 03/04 | 2003-11-19 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Championship Manager: Season 03/04 is the last Sports Interactive edition of the successful series. The game retains all the features of Championship Manager 4, but improves on many of them, with a host of new features added too:
Improved Media Module
Player to player relationships
Updated data for 03/04 Season
New intuitive training system; effects of training now visually indicated on player profile screen
Improved match engine with more commentary, better AI, weather effects and inclusion of visual status indicators
Goal of the month and season awards |
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | 2003-11-19 | LucasArts | BioWare Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Four thousand years before the events depicted in the Star Wars movies, the political and ideological situation is not much different from what we have seen in the prequel trilogy: the Republic and the Jedi Order are fighting against two powerful Sith lords, Darth Revan and his apprentice, Darth Malak. It is said that the former was successfully defeated by the Jedi, and that Darth Malak betrayed his mentor and is planning to take on the Republic by himself. His aggression is so successful that some Jedi have decided to join his ranks. A seemingly ordinary soldier of the Republic is traveling aboard a space ship that is attacked by Darth Malak's minions. Narrowly escaping, the soldier meets a female Jedi named Bastila, one of those who have fought Darth Revan in the decisive battle. With her help, the soldier must learn to become a Jedi, stop Darth Malak, and discover the truth about his or her own past.Knights of the Old Republic is a role-playing game that uses the Star Wars D20 rule system, which is similar to the 3rd Edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Character development and combat are handled similarly to BioWare's previous RPGs such as Baldur's Gate series. Combat engine follows similar "real-time with pause" rules. There are only three active combatants on the player's side (as opposed to six in Baldur's Gate). Several characters join the party and can be switched at the player's will.Eventually, the protagonist will have to train at the Jedi academy to earn a lightsaber and force moves. Force powers include stun, force pull (which pulls opponents or objects toward the player-controlled character), the Jedi Mind Trick, which persuades people to see things the player's way, and many others. The player has various weapons at his or her disposal, from the lightsaber to blasters, grenades, ion rifles, etc. Throughout the game, the player will visit many Star Wars locations that appeared in the movies, such as Kashyyyk, the homeworld of the Wookiees, the desert planet of Tatooine, and others. Interacting with characters in various ways and performing side quests influences the protagonist's stand with the forces of Light and Darkness. The player can turn the main character into a flawless Jedi, a ruthless Sith, or anything in between. Some of the player's choices influence major events that occur within the storyline. |
| Arrow Flash | 2003-11-20 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | ITL Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Arrow Flash is a side-scrolling space shooter. The player controls a female spaceship pilot who is sent on a mission into deep space to save the Earth from an assault by an evil dragon from another galaxy. Moving vertically or horizontally, players must avoid or kill the enemies and make it to the end of the level alive where a boss battle awaits. During gameplay, the player can switch at any time between two modes: normal spaceship and flying robot. The two forms use different weapons and also have different special abilities, called Arrow Flash. While the spaceship can fire destructive lasers for major damage, the robot can raise a shield that will protect from enemy attacks for some time and instantly kill anything that touches it. The Arrow Flash attacks can be charged by holding a button for several seconds, or collect icons during your flight to release it quickly afterwards. |
| Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing | 2003-11-20 | Game Mill Publishing, Inc. | Stellar Stone LLC | Racing / Driving, Simulation | Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing allows you to play as one of four rigs racing against a competing company to deliver your cargo before they do. You must race an opposing company's truck to beat it to the cargo destination to put the competition out of business. There are five separate courses to play on, each with its own scenery and environments. In the meantime, police cars will chase you down and attempt to block your truck from getting to your goal.That is what the game was meant to be. In reality, the game has no gameplay. A lack of AI means that the opposing truck does not even move from its starting location, so there is really no "race" to begin with. Winning is virtually guaranteed. As well, the game lacks collision detecting which means you can go through any objects like houses, boulders, trees, and bridges that you are required to cross. Besides this, the trucks do not have any top speed, which means you are able to accelerate into infinite, even when going backwards. Traveling off of the edge of the map is possible in the game. Despite the fact that the back of the box and advertising said it would have police chases, absolutely no police cars are actually present within the game.Later revisions of the game included a bug fix preventing the game from crashing when selecting the fifth course and implemented a rudimentary AI for the opposing truck, which now actually moves, although it stops just shy of the finish line, meaning it's still impossible for the player to lose. |
| Disciples II: Rise of the Elves | 2003-11-20 | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy First, Inc. | Compilation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | The Elves have lived in seclusion ever since the monstrous terror brought by their god Gallean. Repulsed by the worldly ways the Elvish Royalties live, another group of Elves breakaway from the Elvish Queen and lavish lifestyles to return to the Wilder Origins of the Elf.Now arises an unsuspected threat. The undead creatures of Mortis are swarming the once peaceful Elvish forests. The oracle receives visions from a distant unknown god. Has Gallean returned? Destiny calls once again: the time has come to rally the remnants of the Elves and bring them to their former glory once again.Rise of the Elves is a stand-alone expansion of Disciples II, which adds the Elvish Alliance as a new race to the already existing races in Disciples II which introduces among others 33 Elvish units, 24 new magic spells, and new neutral units.The original Disciples II is included in this package, which totals to four campaigns from its predecessor and one new campaign from Rise of the Elves to choose from. |
| Lock On: Modern Air Combat | 2003-11-20 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Eagle Dynamics SA | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | Windows | Lock On: Modern Air Combat is the first true modern hardcore flight simulator since the days of Falcon 4.0 and a direct continuation of the Flanker (1.0/2.0) games. Players get to fly six different aircraft: Mig-29, SU-25, SU-27, SU-33, F-15 and A-10. Comprehensive training missions and wide range of single missions help to prepare to the campaign where the player either helps to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine or advances it. Multiplayer offers head-to-head or a co-op mode through TCP/IP or locally on LAN. |
| Contract J.A.C.K.: Special Edition | 2003-11-21 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Contract J.A.C.K.
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way |
| Silent Hill 3 | 2003-11-21 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Team Silent | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | Mature | | Windows | In Silent Hill 3 the player controls Heather, a simple teenage girl. One fine day she goes shopping, but suddenly finds herself trapped in a strange, terrifying place - the eerie town Silent Hill. She hears footsteps; disgusting, creepy monsters attack her, and she has to defend herself. Exploring Silent Hill - and her own past - Heather must find a way to escape the dreadful town.The third installment in the Silent Hill series is similar to its predecessor visually and gameplay-wise. Like the previous entries, it is a survival horror game combining action-based (predominantly close-ranged) combat and puzzle-solving. The game is somewhat more combat-oriented than the preceding installments. Heather is able to side-step and block some attacks, but in general shares with the other protagonists of the series their relative ineptitude in combat. |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2003-11-21 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Studios, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Based on the newer anime styled FOX cartoon of the same name, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles features Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello as green ninjas. Living in the sewers, they creep out when nobody is looking to fight for truth, justice and another slice of pizza. Fighting against the public face of inventor Baxter Stockman and the more shadowy figure of Shredder and his Foot Clan, these Ninja Turtles will get the chance to make their opponents eat shell!The game is a 3D beat-em-up with multiple players. The game sprites all resemble the cartoony look of the TV show and each turtle features unique moves, sound bytes and fighting style all his own. Ninja Turtle moves include a weaker/quicker attack, a stronger/slower attack, Ninja Shuriken and a Jump-Kick. |
| Total Club Manager 2004 | 2003-11-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Deutschland GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | 2004 edition for this soccer managerial game that so far has been released only for the European market.The game offers to the player the opportunity to become a every-aspect manager of a soccer team. At a first point you pick a team, hire your staff, build your tactics, develop your techniques and so on.Therefore you are ready for the matches where you have the option of fast simulation, text simulation (like CM 01/02) or a complete 3D simulation...Career Mode offers you to take a low-reputation club and turn it to a big success.New features are:
"Football Fusion(tm)" allows players owning this title and "Fifa 2004" to play a manager on TCM 2004 while actually playing their team games on FIFA 2004 instead of just simulating.
More leagues and teams from every place around the world.
Manage National Teams at the same time that you manage your team club. Play continental cups and the World Cup.
More than 10 additional stats to keep of your players best characteristics
Half-time interviews allows the coach to improve the team moral.
Trophies room and Hall of Fame offers you to track your achievements.
Player of the month and Manager of the month awards.
Improved Skill System.
3D graphics improved. |
| Yu-Gi-Oh!: Power of Chaos - Yugi the Destiny | 2003-11-21 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Strategy | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Yu-Gi-Oh! comes to the PC in Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Yugi the Destiny. The game is set up as a card battling game without any extra genres added in such as RPG elements or adventure elements that are part of other Yu-Gi-Oh! games.You have one person to battle in this game - Yugi. You start the game with a deck of 40 cards and no extras and must win battles against Yugi in order to get new cards to improve your deck.The game's battles are set up as either a single battle, or a match battle. The match battles take much longer as you have to win (or lose) more than once before you end the match. In the single battle, you either win or lose once and then you can play another battle if you want. With the match battle, however, you can use a side deck to trade cards in and out of your deck (if you have some) in order to improve your deck based on what you see your opponent has for cards. |
| Anito: Defend a Land Enraged | 2003-11-22 | Anino Entertainment | Anino Entertainment | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Anito: Defend A Land Enraged is an RPG set in the fictional 16th century Asian land of Maroka. It has two characters that the player can choose to explore the rich tribal settings and colonial settlements, battling monsters and solving various quests along the way. The game is played from the viewpoint of a single character. There are no party-mates but NPCs and henchmen may occasionally join the player on quests.The player must solve the quests spanning 5 towns in Maroka. The player may also solve numerous side quests along the way to make his character more powerful. Combat is done in a real-time basis, with the player choosing from a wide array of Asian and colonial European-inspired weapons. The player has access to both melee and ranged weapons. Enemies ranged from fellow humans to characters based on Asian folklore, such as the Filipino "tikbalang".The skill system is defined by Chakras - 7 colors each representing a different "school" of inner magic. The player receives Chakra skills (equivalent of spells) through quests and items found within the game. Chakra skills may grow more powerful by Skill Up points gained throughout the game. |
| Mysterious Journey II: Chameleon | 2003-11-24 | Adventure Company, The | Detalion | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Sen awakes from a deep sleep aboard a strange space vessel. He has no recollection of the past -- who he is, where he is or why he is here. Exploring his surroundings, he learns about Sarpedon, an ancient colony on the isolated planet around which his abandoned craft is orbiting. In a recording left 200 years before, he learns that he caused the planet's desolation and is being punished for his crimes. But, he has no memory of what happened. Before his spaceship falls out of orbit, he must get out and descend to the surface ...In this original story by Australian science fiction author, Terry Dowling, the player controls Sen in first-person perspective. Explore the beautiful Sarpedon, the one valley which escaped destruction during a terrible global war. Change Sen's appearance to infiltrate the camps of feuding tribes using the advanced Chameleon technology. Help Sen unravel the mysteries that involve an intriguing, revengeful plot, an alien invasion, and a mistaken identity.This game has a similar mouse-driven, point-and-click interface to the first game, Schizm: Mysterious Journey, including how the inventory is managed and how the player interacts with characters and objects - but the story is completely different. The environment is 3D and real time incorporating Touchdown's Jupiter engine (the same engine used in the game No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way). Features include an original soundtrack, a multitude of ambient sound effects, and video cut scenes in third person perspective. |
| BS Hacker: Replay | 2003-11-25 | SC exosyphen studios SRL | SC exosyphen studios SRL | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | In the year 2012, the corporations of the world paved over the Internet, designing their own network system. Keeping the same name, they developed a system where every piece of information was audited and paid for before it was passed on to the world at large. Those who still followed the ideology of an open and uncontrolled Internet gathered what resources they could and formed the SwitchNet. Build mostly out of discarded technologies and backdoors in the current Internet, it allowed some manner of uncontrolled communication around the world. The "Hacker Outpost" is in need of new recruits to perform missions in information gathering against the corporations, which will allow them to increase the presence of the SwitchNet in the world.The universe of BS Hacker is represented by a single interface which contains a satellite map, trace data, information on the current action and overall status. The bulk of the user interface is taken up by a command console. By entering text UNIX style commands, you can send different commands to computer systems and explore the Switchnet and various networks. |
| Blocco | 2003-11-25 | Apocalyptic Coders | Apocalyptic Coders | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You are playing Blocco, a green whatever. He is stuck into a warehouse, where you must navigate him through.Each levels consists of an exit door, which you must reach, holes, which you must avoid (or you loose a life), rocks, which can fill the holes, and some switches, which will unlock the exit door.So you must move Blocco around, moving rocks to fill the holes, switching all levers and make your way to the exit. Easy as that. But the more levels you complete, the more complex each level will be. |
| Chicken Invaders: The Next Wave - Christmas Edition | 2003-11-25 | InterAction studios | InterAction studios | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Chicken Invaders: The Next Wave Christmas Edition is a modified version of the original Chicken Invaders: The Next Wave with Christmas themes. From carols playing as background music to chickens wearing Santa hats modifications to the game have been made in music, story line and most obviously the graphics. Instead of dropping eggs on you the enemies drop Christmas Tree decorations. Instead of entering a meteor shower you are now bombarded with snowballs.
The game play has remained the same as the original version including the 110 levels of play. The three weapons remain mostly the same but with added colour changes. Their intensities are still up to eleven levels. The option of putting your high scores up to the table on the developer's website still stands. |
| Delidash | 2003-11-25 | Apocalyptic Coders | Apocalyptic Coders | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Delidash is a small freeware game, with some similarities to Tetris - the player arranges the falling blocks. In this case, the player is a cook, and makes big sandwiches. Two identical pieces of food next to each other disappear. The sandwich is ready if appropriate slices of bread are on top and bottom; this gives more points than just disappearing food. The game has a competitive mode for 2 players. |
| Betty's Beer Bar | 2003-11-26 | Mystery Studio | Mystery Studio | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | Betty has grown up on a farm, and now she works in a local bar. But she dreams to have her own bar, somewhere in the Caribbean.Help Betty, by controlling her, to get as much money together to buy the bar she dreams of.Your job is actually very simple. When someone asks for a beer, you grab a glass, fill in the beer, and bring it to the customer. When the customer wants more, you take glass, rinse it out, refill it with beer, and bring it back to the customer. When the customer is near drunk, you serve him with coffee instead of beer.The problem is, that you can only serve up two glasses at once (both hands used), but you have to serve up to seven customers simultaneously. If you are too slow, the customers getting annoyed and start leaving.The game offers four different bars to be played, three difficulty settings, and three game modes, Free Play, Time Challenge, and Story Mode.The first two are just for playing the bar game, either against the time or not. The last game mode will lead you from Betty's home town to the Caribbean. |
| Mortadelo y Filemón: Balones y Patadones | 2003-11-26 | Zeta Multimedia S.A. | Alcachofa Soft S.L. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Spy / espionage | | | | | | | | Windows | Mortadelo y Filemón, the infamous secret agents of the TIA agency, must infiltrate the football world cup matches in order to stop the evil plans of the famous head of the mafia Vito Corvino. Four bombs strategically set in the stadium must be deactivated by our heros. However, during their adventure they'll find several characters who might put the success of the mission in danger: the corrupt president Vil y Vil, football star Vaguinho and the grumpy coach of the Spanish National team. The future of football is in your hands!This is another entry in the series of adventures based on the Spanish comic-book characters Mortadelo & Filemón. Again, the game takes advantage of the legacy of old adventures making use of 2D hand-drawn graphics and the classical point and click interface into a third person adventure game. The multiplayer function adds a unique feature to the game. This is a standalone game, but can be combined with its sequel Mamelucos a la Romana (a continuation of the story) to form a longer game named La Banda de Corvino. |
| Mortadelo y Filemón: Mamelucos a la Romana | 2003-11-26 | Zeta Multimedia S.A. | Alcachofa Soft S.L. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Spy / espionage | | | | | | | | Windows | After seeing his plans of attacking the football world cup torn apart in Balones y Patadones, the famous head of the mafia, Vito Corvino, escapes to his hometown: Rome. The couple of secret agents Mortadelo and Filemón will be in charge of capturing him, and they will eventually find out they're not the only ones after Corvino. In their pursuit, Mortadelo and Filemón will have to come to an agreement with another mafia gangster in order to obtain information, to hold a full opera session, to kill a dangerous mob thug and finally, to enter in the secret hide-out of Vito Corvino.This is another entry in the series of adventures based on the Spanish comic-book characters Mortadelo & Filemón. Again, the game takes advantage of the legacy of old adventures making use of 2D hand-drawn graphics and the classical point and click interface into a third person adventure game. The multiplayer function adds a unique feature to the game.This is a standalone game, but can be combined with Balones y Patadones as a sequel, to form a longer game named La Banda de Corvino. |
| Smoke Attack Vol. 2 XL | 2003-11-26 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains the first two Smoke Attack games:
Smoke Attack
Smoke Attack Vol. 2
5 extra levels for Vol. 2 |
| Bubblet | 2003-11-27 | oopdreams software, inc. | oopdreams software, inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bubblet, often found pre-installed on a lot of Windows Mobile devices as "Bubble Breaker", is a game with quite a lot of similarities to Bejeweled. Using the stylus (if available), you mark adjacent bubbles of the same colour, thereby deleting them. More bubbles fall down to fill the space left, but eventually those bubbles will run out. When a column is cleared, the columns to the left of it are moved to the right to fill the empty space. Your goal is to clear the entire screen of bubbles, which requires both luck and strategy. Alternative modes add new rows and columns continuously, to make for longer games. |
| Cultures: Die Saga | 2003-11-27 | Funatics Software GmbH | Funatics Software GmbH | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains three games from the Cultures series:
Cultures
Northland
8th Wonder of the World
Also included is a new campaign, 28 user-developed maps, and a map editor. |
| Biathlon 2004 | 2003-11-28 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Geronimo Entertainment | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Biathlon 2004 is the third installment of the Biathlon series. Like its predecessor it allows you to play the Biathlon on your PC. Biathlon consists of two elements: cross-country skiing and rifle shooting on a shooting range. The game features a unique mixture of racing and shooting. If you waste too much energy during the race, the shooting parts will become more difficult. The player can create his own avatar to play with. There's nine different statistics that can be tuned. Game modes include time trial against a ghost opponent and a career mode in which the player can try to win the World cup.The game features commentary by German TV spokesman Wilfried Hark. |
| Bomb the City | 2003-11-28 | Apocalyptic Coders | Apocalyptic Coders | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Bomb The City, you are flying a bomber, and your task is to level all skyscraper in the city to the ground. Your bomber will fly from the left screen to the right, and after disappearing, it will reappear on the left side, but with a lower altitude.If you manage to level all buildings, you proceed to the next level. If you don't manage to destroy all buildings, your plane will crash into one and it's game over. Each new level increases the flight speed of your bomber.The game graphics, including colors and resolution, are completely retro-style (details see Trivia). |
| Classics Collection | 2003-11-28 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This 6 CD set contains six separate titles. Games included:
Age of Empires: Gold Edition
Crimson Skies
Microsoft Flight Simulator 98
Midtown Madness
Motocross Madness 2
Pandora's Box |
| Euro Club Manager 2003-04 | 2003-11-28 | GMX Media | Waywardxs Entertainment S.R.L. | Simulation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Soccer Management game will let players assume control of teams from 12 different European leagues in 5 different countries including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch leagues and all international club cups.Ideally, the game can be played forever. Included are thousands of footballers, hundreds of teams and hundreds of managers and staff members. All these elements provide an almost unlimited number of combinations that can challenge the hardcore user for a very long time.Euro Club Manager 2003-04 simulates a real match encompassing movements, crosses, fouls, throw-ins, corners and goals. Every match is made to last 90 virtual minutes but just a few minutes of real time. Hi-Camp is a new exclusive match observation system to feel and act exactly like a real club trainer allowing you to pinpoint the opposition team's tactics and notice where on the field the match is mainly being played, you can then change your tactics to suit. Game tasks include: tactical planning of the matches, training of your players, management and administration of your team finance and so on... |
| Full Pipe | 2003-11-28 | 1C Company | PIPE studio | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A nameless protagonist is sleeping when a monstrous hand appears from under his bed to nick one of his slippers. Awakened and annoyed, he pursues his precious possession through the giant hole... to unwittingly enter Full Pipe! Getting the slipper back is an easy task, but the little man is soon trapped in a complex system of pipes - all leading to different cells with unusual characters. Shown from a third-person perspective with drawn characters against pre-rendered 3D backgrounds, progress is achieved by collecting items, solving puzzles and playing mini-games.Many puzzles are illogical, just like the game's world, and inventory-based, though a few of the puzzles are presented as arcade mini-games. Collected items are shown at the top of the screen. The game's actions are controlled by the mouse and there is an in-game map which can be used to move directly to the selected cell. Full Pipe consists of 39 scenes, divided over three floors. There are 45 characters, with their own behaviour and names such as Hand Thirty For, Hare-the-Nooksiter and Polly the Janitress. There is no dialogue however - by interacting with the creatures you need to find out what their purpose is. |
| Hot Wheels: World Race | 2003-11-28 | THQ Inc. | Climax (Brighton) Ltd, Climax Nottingham | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Compete to be the world's greatest driver in the most intense race ever created - The Highway 35 Circuit. Do You have what it takes to master treacherous jumps, death-defying loops, and win the Hot Wheels World Race event?Hot Wheels Highway 35: World Race, celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Hot Wheels range, features dozens of authentically modeled Mattel Hot Wheels cars. |
| Snow Sakura | 2003-11-28 | D.O. Corp. | D.O. Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Comedy, Romance | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Snow Sakura is an adult visual novel which tells a story about Yuuji Tachibana. While his parents went to Hawaii for a certain period on time due to their business, Yuuji went to live with his uncle at his inn in Hokkaido. Earlier on, Yuuji had a dream about a girl by the sakura tree. As he moves to Hokkaido and starts attending classes, he meets several girls and falls in love in one of them, depending on player choices, and also finds out the meaning behind his dream.Snow Sakura is a visual novel with all the typical gameplay elements the genre and multiple endings. It features full voice-acting and contains adult scenes. The game was originally released only in Japan as Yukizakura (雪桜) in 2003. The translated English version was released four years later in 2007. |
| Transcendence | 2003-11-28 | | | Action, Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Transcendence is a space-based starcraft fighter set in 2419 with a top-down perspective and controls similar to Asteroids. Traveling through a variety of star systems linked by stargates, players begin with a single entry level spaceship, which they can upgrade by destroying enemy ships and bases and looting the wrecks.Players can dock at various space stations and fix their ships, upgrade their armor and weapons, and take on missions. The game has a wide variety of ships, weapons, and special equipment waiting to be found. |
| World Championship Snooker 2003 | 2003-11-28 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Blade Interactive Studios Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The 2003 edition of the snooker series features more than 25 top professional players, including every world champion from the last 11 years. Players can create their own characters and compete in all the major tournaments in Career Mode, earning ranking points and unlocking new features as they progress. It is also possible to play 8 or 9-ball Pool, a Coaching Mode, several mini-games, and a Trickshot Challenge presented by John Virgo, who provides in-game commentary alongside Dennis Taylor. |
| PARSEC47 | 2003-11-29 | ABA Games | ABA Games | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | A top-down shooter at frenetic speeds, distributed as freeware.Destroy the incoming fighters (which come in different sizes and even include bosses every few rounds), while trying to gather the "energy cubes" for points as they're left behind by your dead enemies. The setting feels futuristic, but it's quite abstract, and one could assume it takes place in a sort of cybernetic world.Each time you play the game randomizes the enemy's location and firing patterns, so it is impossible to memorize positions, while providing quite a bit of replay value.The graphics are pseudo-3D, with a minimalistic wire-frame look for the background and ships, though the colors and effects are quite impressive and have a very peculiar style.It features four difficulty modes, but even the first two modes are quite challenging and demand extreme reflexes and hand-eye coordination. |
| Lightspeed | 2003-11-30 | Cubiform Games Lab. | Cubiform Games Lab. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Lightspeed is a puzzle game, where you have a laser and an absorber. The basic idea is to rotate the laser so, that the laser beam hits the absorber.Depending on the scenario, you have one or more lasers, either white or colored. Each laser must be rotated, so that all absorber are in use (with the correct color; a red absorber can only absorb red light). But on some scenarios, the laser is fixed, so you can only use the support items to help you.The support items are: Reflector (you can use them to move the beam around corners, etc. ), Semitransparent Reflector (same as reflector, but the beam also get through), Color Filter (only the beam with the color identical to the filter can pass), Semitransparent Reflector with Color Filter, Multiplier (emits multiple beams of the same color), Prism (breaks the beam into it's basic colors), Generator of the white (counterpart of the Prism, when hit by the basic color beams, a white beam emits), Shifter (will either cool down or warm up colored beams), and Transformer (will change the color of the initial beam into the one currently used by the Transformer).The game itself offers 52 scenarios, 3 difficulty settings, and a level editor. |
| Vet Emergency 2 | 2003-11-30 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The sequel to Vet Emergency, Vet Emergency 2 has you starting your new job as First Year Vet Resident at an animal hospital. Again, your goal is to do well enough to be offered a permanent job at the hospital. Choose to play as a Beginner, Normal or Expert player depending upon how much you know about veterinary medicine.This 2nd game builds upon the first by adding more features as well as 50 brand new cases with more variety of animals to be treated. Your patients could include the family dog or an injured chinchilla or sick iguana, for instance.Over 40 medically-correct veterinary tools can be used (X-rays, IVs, clippers, splints etc.) More information is available to you through complete descriptions of treatments, illnesses and animal species as a whole. Receive hints, get answers from the pet owners themselves and feedback from the head veterinarian. |
| Aliensurf | 2003-12-01 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Space flight | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Due to a malfunction, an alien spaceship looses its cargo while flying over the Atlantic. The cargo is the food "blablobli", which is crucial for their voyage home. So the aliens decide to salvage all their blablobli containers, which are now deep in the ocean. For this purpose you get a submersible spaceship and the order to collect all the still sealed food containers.In each level, you have to collect all five containers. You can also collect the leaked food, which gives extra points. Once you collected those five containers, you proceed to the next level.This task is simple. All the containers floating around in the water. Now simply move the spaceship with the mouse and collect those containers.But there are also "enemies", like sharks, water maelstroms etc. If you swim into them, you loose a life.The further you progress through the levels, the more enemies you will encounter.Finally, you have the opportunity to either play a normal game (3 lives and that's it) or against time (you are invincible, but you loose points when colliding). |
| Angriff vom Saturn | 2003-12-01 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Angriff vom Saturn is a freeware 2D vertically scrolling space shooter.It's the year 3860 and the inhabitants of the Saturn are attacking Earth. And you are a fighter pilot, who is countering that attack.All what you have to do is very simple. Just survive the enemy attack for two minutes and you have won the game.But of course this is a bad strategy for the highscore. What you really have to do is to destroy as many alien ships as possible, by avoiding being destroyed yourself.To help you in those two minutes, there are three power-ups in the game: Power Tool (increases shield and weapon power), Alien Tool (makes you invincible for 5 seconds) and "Mini Spaceship" (removes half of the enemy ships on the screen). |
| Barn Runner 1: The Armageddon Eclair | 2003-12-01 | TackyWorld Interactive | TackyWorld Interactive | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | Prick Peckard is a detective in Evansville, in a world where the Earth has been reduced to wasteland and where humanity is living in great and enclosed cities. But humans aren't working except for a few; in reality, robots are doing everything that the people don't want to do anymore (like cleaning). However, some robots are dreaming of freedom, which is not allowed. Some of them are turning against humans. That's why a Robot Crimes Division was created. Peckard is one of the officers working in the department.When he's given the case of a runaway robot, he doesn't know that he will live a dangerous adventure...Barn Runner 1: The Armageddon Eclair is an adventure game divided in to two distinct parts. Finishing the first one will give you the password for the second. Also, the game is made with AGS, a freeware adventure game engine.The game is a point-&-click one. You have to select what you want to do, then, click on the object or the person you want to interact. You have four main actions: "walk", "look", "talk" and "touch". You can pick up objects in order to combine them or to use them later. They're put in a inventory you can access when you want. |
| BounciBall | 2003-12-01 | | | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | BounciBall is a Breakout game. So you have a paddle, a ball and a level full of bricks. Your job is now to destroy all bricks in the level with your ball, which you have to reflect with your paddle in order to avoid the loss of it when it moves out of the playfield. Once all bricks are destroyed, you proceed to the next level.While this game has no power-ups, it offers some unique features:
multiple layered paddles (i.e. one at the bottom, one in the middle and one at the top of the screen)
multiple open sides (not just the ground, but sometimes also the top too; or just the top)
reversed playfield (paddle moving on the top of the playfield)
There is also a two-player game mode, which isn't really a Breakout game anymore. Each player controls his paddle and your job is to reflect the ball so that your opponent can't reflect the ball. |
| Collector's Edition 251 | 2003-12-01 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Collector's Edition 251 is a compilation of games, many of which are 'Special Editions' i.e. They have fewer levels that the full retail game.When the CD is inserted it runs automatically installing a menu system for the compilation and nothing more. When a game is selected for the first time it is installed, later selections from the same menu will then run the game.The product claims there are "over 251 incredible games", however the menu system only shows ninety-three. The higher number is achieved by counting some games more than once. For example there are ten variants of the games Fox and Geese and French Solitaire so they are each counted as ten games, other examples include Solitaire Master 3 SE which is counted as fifty games and Solitaire Master 3 SE 2 which is counted as twenty-five games. |
| Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps | 2003-12-01 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Wargame | Africa, Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Combat Mission 3 - Afrika Corps is the third and last instalment in the Combat Mission series that take place during World War II. After battles on the western and eastern Front in World War II you fight this time in Africa.
The game combines turn-based and real-time strategy. In the planning phase both sides give timed orders to their units which are resolved non-interactively in the real-time execution phase.Field of view, shooting ranges, armour plating, type of damage and even the exact hit points of the shots are considered in the game making the game very pseudo-realistic. |
| Das große RTL-Quiz | 2003-12-01 | RTL Playtainment | Limbic Entertainment GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | This game was released in celebration of the 20th birthday of German TV station RTL. Each of the players take the roles of RTL reporters who have to travel to given places all over the world. They plan their travelling route themselves but have to watch their budget. On every section of their travel they have to answer a multiple choice question about various topics, e.g. sport, history or RTL. Random occurrences, e.g. a last-minute closing of an airport, force the players to plan alternative routes and make fast decisions. When someone doesn't know the answer to a question he can use three jokers. The game features about 3000 questions and an editor to create own ones. |
| Der Große Preis von Raddorf | 2003-12-01 | | | Action, Sports | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Der Große Preis von Raddorf is a freeware top-down bicycle racing game.You are in control of one of the 18 participants, starting from the last row. Your job is now to drive 4 laps through the village (Raddorf), the desert and the grassland to be the first one who goes through the finishing line.If you manage to drive in the lake, it's game over.Finally, you can play the game in three difficulty settings. |
| Devil Whiskey | 2003-12-01 | Shifting Suns Studios, LLC | Shifting Suns Studios, LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Robert Thomas | Windows | Devil Whiskey is a role-playing game in the tradition of the classic Bard's Tale games. Players create characters in the Adventurer's Hall, drawing from nine races and eleven basic classes, to create a party of up to eight adventures. After being recruited and outfitted, the party ventures forth through the Isle of Orkney exploring dungeons and combating opponents.While players navigate through Orkney from a first-person perspective, Devil Whiskey uses 2D graphics for characters and locations and most of the game plays out through text commands. Early versions rely solely on keyboard commands, but later versions include mouse support. |
| Evil Zone | 2003-12-01 | Amusement Korea | Yuke's Co. Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Evil Zone is a 3D / 360 degree movement anime style fighting game. It has Story Mode, One Player Battle Mode, VS Mode, Survival Mode, and Practice Mode. You have 8 characters to choose from (and you can unlock more). Each character in the Story Mode is treated like a different TV Show complete with voice intro of the beginning of the episode and previews of the next episode / fight. The "TV Show" varies from non-serious comedy to very serious depending on the character. |
| Greystone | 2003-12-01 | Malinche Entertainment | Malinche Entertainment | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | Patients and staff are being systematically slaughtered at Greystone. After three murders in just two weeks leave local police stumped, they turn to the New Jersey State Police for help. You, a detective with the state police, enter Greystone undercover as a patient. Since everyone in Greystone is a suspect nobody on Greystone's staff knows your true identity. As far as everyone is concerned, you're just another patient with problems.As far as text adventure games go, exploring Greystone will be challenging as there are acres of land to be explored containing forests, trails, ponds, basketball courts and even a softball field! You will make your way through underground tunnel systems, many buildings, both active and abandoned, and even the surrounding neighborhood in search of clues, evidence and witnesses as you pursue the criminal. Interacting with several key characters in the story you're challenged to ask the right questions to the right people in addition to knowing when to tip your hand with critical evidence you'll gather. When you make your move and and arrest someone, you have to be 125% positive your case is strong enough to get your suspect convicted.Parts of Greystone may appear haunting; you'll be walking the halls and corridors of areas long since closed as you strive to solve the mystery of Greystone. What's even more chilling is that the murderer is seeking you out just as much as you are seeking your culprit!Implemented in the tradition of Infocom's Witness and Deadline, you'll be talking to witnesses, suspects and just ordinary patients. As you explore Greystone, ask these people important questions and gather evidence as you establish motive for your prime suspect and build your case. With forty different endings, your skills as a detective will be taken to their limits. |
| GuessWhat | 2003-12-01 | | | Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | GuessWhat is a guessing game, where your job is to guess the computer's selection before he guesses yours.Before you start a game, you choose the profile you want to play, which are flags, cars, houses, dolls, etc. Then you see all 24 possible selections. Now you have to select one of those and when you start a game, the computer will also have selected one.When actually playing, you ask the computer a question (selectable from the right side), like "does the flag have a triangle in it?", the computer then answers and all wrong candidates are filtered out. Then the computer asks and you are answering. Then that goes back and forth until someone wins.Besides playing against the computer, you can also play alone or let the computer play alone. |
| Itch! | 2003-12-01 | Bigben Interactive GmbH | JoWood Vienna | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Itch! is a tricky puzzle game with simple rules and crazy graphics.The game principle is to simply arrange four equally colored fleas side by side in a straight line or square pattern for making the score increase. New fleas are born continuously, and you must keep pace with population growth. Every level reached makes your quest still tougher.There are 3 game modes available: Time game, round game and puzzle game mode. In the puzzle mode there are 100 difficult puzzles to solve. |
| Lords of EverQuest | 2003-12-01 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Rapid Eye Entertainment | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Lords of EverQuest is a real-time strategy game with role-playing elements. The game is set in the EverQuest universe and takes place ten thousand years before the events of the original EverQuest. Players can choose to control any of the three alliances, each composed of different races: Shadowrealm (dark elves, ogres, and the iksar); Dawn Brotherhood (humans, barbarians, and dwarves); and the Eldaar Alliance (high elves, wood elves, halflings and froglocks). The single-player mode offers three campaigns, one per alliance. Each alliance has its own motivations for war, and the three stories are intertwined.Each alliance has five "lords" (equivalent to "heroes" in other strategy games), making a total of fifteen lords with different abilities. The player chooses one of these lords to help his units in battles. The lords greatly enhance the performance of friendly units and can also sabotage the enemy. The units consist of race-specific soldiers and can be selected before each mission; a certain number of them can be transferred to the next one. Both lords and units level up, learn new abilities and become stronger, in a RPG-like fashion.Resource management plays a lesser role in the game than in most other games of its type. Only one type of resource (platinum) is available for mining. |
| Lotus Challenge | 2003-12-01 | Sold Out Sales & Marketing Ltd. | Kuju Entertainment Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | First game of new millennium to be officially licensed by Group Lotus Plc. A British company famous for their racing and sports cars notable appearances in earlier games include James Bond: The Spy Who Loved Me starring Roger Moore and Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge.Features 42 cars spanning the company’s history covering: Formula One era (1962 Type 25, 1978 Type 79T to 2001 Formula Lotus), Classic era (1957 Seven S1 to 1986 Excel SE) to modern sports cars (1964 Competition Elan, 1980 E-spirit S2 to new Elise), and two concept cars designed by Lotus Engineers. Each virtual Formula One car is based on actual Team Lotus accomplishments, and other models were thoroughly tried by actual Lotus test drivers. A brief corporate history is also provided in the game.“Challenge” mode begins on ‘Lotus test track’ beat best lap time to qualify, then select a character from fictional Lotus Challenge team in story based contest a mixture of World Series Championship racing circuits, stunt driving, and one-on-one races. Each completed segment is ‘unlocked’. “Collection” mode gives players’ access to every car and track ‘unlocked’. “Championship” mode involves seven different championship classes of Classic cars to Super cars, only two of these can be used, as others must be ‘unlocked’ to play. “Single” mode lets you play a quick game of up to 15 laps of any event, challenges, stunts, and races that is ‘unlocked’.Twenty circuits across various locations from city, speedway to custom circuits: Trafalgar Square or Buckingham Palace in London, Arizona Yuma County Speedway, Florida Jupiter Beach to Tokyo Bay Tunnel in either day or night with set weather conditions like sunny, fog, rain or snow. Circuits range from flat terrain, navigating sharp hairpins to steep hill climbs. Diversions include nine special events, four stunt sequences and nine different challenges – stunts on Hollywood movie set or advertisements to car football; tasks like fleeing the paparazzi in approaching traffic to transporting against time a pregnant woman to hospital before delivery. Official Lotus test drivers offer advice on undertaking individual courses.A variety of options are available from transmission controls, driving aids, and opponent skill to degree of vehicle damage ranging in minimum windows or headlights breakage to total bodywork and engine destruction from minor or major indentation, scraping to separable tires. In game visuals provide information on current ranking in comparison to other drivers, laps completed and remaining, overall circuit map, transmission setting, relevant times for present to entire race time, Speedo and revs counter, three tags for anti-lock braking system, traction control and assisted steering.Selected multi-player games have access to hidden cars and circuits that can be ‘unlocked’ by finishing agreed single or championship race. |
| Move2Play | 2003-12-01 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | Fantastic.TV | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In Move2Play, similar to the EyeToy series, the player uses a webcam to transfer his movements to the game. The player's torso gets projected on the monitor and the player uses his hands to solve the tasks. The game consists of five mini-games:Music Star: bells that represent music notes are arranged on a music sheet. The player touches them in the right order to recreate a classic tune.
Jungle Attack: several items and animals fall from the top of the screen. The player needs to catch the items and avoid the animals.
Brave Seaman: on the left and right of the screen are rivets that open randomly and leak water. The player has to close them as soon as possible - but if he touches the wrong ones these start to leak too! The game ends when the room is completely flooded
Food Grab: The same game as Jungle Attack, just with eatable and non-eatable objects. This mini-game is the only one that can be played with two players.
Chicken Hunt: birds are flying all over the screen. The player needs to catch them while avoiding the green birds. |
| NRL Rugby League | 2003-12-01 | Tru Blu Entertainment Pty Ltd | Sidhe Interactive | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | NRL Rugby League is a New Zealand-developed rugby sports game in the tradition of console based sports titles. It features 30 licensed teams, several major leagues and interantional test matches, 25 realistic stadiums, commentary by Andrew Voss, variable weather conditions, and all the action on the field you would expect from a game based on the sport, including advanced moves such as offloads, fend offs, side steps and dummy passes. You can create your own players, teams and competitions, with detailed statistics, and you have to take injuries, sin bins and send offs into account. |
| Reckon | 2003-12-01 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Reckon is a number matching puzzle game, where you have to create mathematical equations to achieve this.When you start a game, you are presented with a playfield consisting of 94 hexagons filled randomly with the numbers 1 to 9. In a separate windows on the left side, you have a limited amount of addition, subtraction and multiplication signs available. And you also get a starting number, which is also randomly chosen.Your task is now to select a number, choose a sign and a number again, creating a chain of adjacent numbers (at most 6 cells) and trying to match the number given. Depending on how accurately you matched the number, you get points. Then those cells vanish and you get a new number.You play a game until either you run out of signs to use, or you run out of adjacent cells (for an equation, you need at least two).To customize the game, you can change the bonus points limit (which are awarded if you create an equation fast enough), you can change the cap of the random number which you target, and you can activate a subtotal display for the case you aren't good at mental arithmetic (or to deactivate that for training, particularly interesting when using a low bonus time value). |
| Sailors of the Sky | 2003-12-01 | | | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Africa, Europe, North America | Flight / aviation | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Sailors of the Sky was an on-line aviation game that started out as a glider simulator that had it's first 'final' release in 2003 though it had been available as an on-going development before this. A demo version of the game could be downloaded from the game's website which allowed five minutes of flight and the full release could be ordered on-line to be delivered by CD or download. Each registered user could undertake glider training up to silver standard, join on-line gliding clubs and, when qualified, take part in multiplayer on-line gliding competitions.The game was expanded and added to over the years leading to version 4.63 (2005) in which the name changed to Sailors of the Sky Gold. Version 5.98 was released in the UK commercially as Glider Simulator even though by this time the game had expanded to include several powered aircraft.Version 5.98, the UK Glider Simulator release, contains
The following aircraft;
Gliders: ASH25; ASW17; ASW22; ASW27; ASW28; Bkanik; DG800s; Discus; G103Twin2; ka8; Lak18; LS4; LS8; Nimbus-3D; Nimbus-4M; Pirat; Swallow and Ventus2a
Motor Gliders: None present
Motor Planes: Air-7; Albatross; Auster, c170; Camel; Dornier27; GeeBeeR1, Me-109E-3; Me-163; PA26 Pawnee; Spitfire and Su-26
Standard Class: This is a sub class of the available gliders containing ASW28; Discus; ka8; LS4; LS8; Pirat and Swallow
Open Class: Another class of gliders containing ASH25; ASW17; ASW22; ASW27; Bkanik; G103Twin2; Lak18; Nimbus-3D and Nimbus-4M
15m Class: Just three gliders here DG800s; LS6 and Ventus2a
Six flight zones; Kufstein (Austria)Mafikeng (SouthAfrica),Ocaña (Spain),Minden (Nevada-USA) ,Arras (two competitions Battle of Britain, Arras 1918),Segovia (Spain)
The following tools;
A terrain editing tool,A 3D design tool for creating new aircraft,A Cockpit Creation tool
In 2020 the game's website is no longer functional however many copies haves been captured on The Wayback Machine. These archives start in mid 2003 and run through to 2012 and beyond, however by 2013 the domain was being used by an on-line poker game. The final release was Sailors Of The Sky Gold v7.30 in July 2009.
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| Tom Clancy's Counter Terrorism Classics | 2003-12-01 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of 3 of the Tom Clancy games put out by Red Storm Entertainment that are based on counter terrorism. The 3 complete games included are:Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
The Sum of all Fears |
| Unreal II: The Awakening - Special Edition | 2003-12-01 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This re-release includes Unreal II: The Awakening and the multiplayer expansion eXpanded MultiPlayer (XMP). |
| Virus 3 | 2003-12-01 | Jetacer Interactive LLC | Jetacer Interactive LLC | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Virus 3 is a puzzle game based on the Filler concept. It takes place on a board separated into individual cells in various colors. The player starts with a single cell in the top-left corner, and must spread the "virus" onto the rest of the board. In each move the player picks a color, and all cells in the specified color that border his territory come under his control. In single-player mode, on each level the player must take over the entire board within a limited number of moves. On each subsequent level the move limit decreases by one. If the player fails to cover the board within the move limit, the game is over and the player's score is tallied. Score is gained for conquering cells and for completing a level with leftover moves available. In the two-player mode the human player can compete with the computer or with another human. Both opponents start from opposite corners of the board and strive to take over more cells than the other player, with the game ending once the entire board is filled. There are three cell shapes (square, hexagon, triangle), several board layouts, and various numbers of colors to choose from. The browser version of the game acts as a limited teaser for the full retail version, offering a limited selection of layouts and color schemes, and no two-player mode. |
| X²: The Threat | 2003-12-01 | Enlight Software Ltd. | EGOSOFT GmbH | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | X²: The Threat is the sequel to X: Beyond the Frontier. The player takes the role of Julian Gardna, a space pirate in search of his missing father. A new mysterious and hostile alien race, the Khaak, emerge on the horizon, and Julian will have to learn about their origins, intentions, and a possible connection to his father's disappearance.Like its predecessor, the game is an open-ended space trading and combat simulation. The player is generally free to go anywhere in the vast X-Universe, provided he has enough resources and credits. The game features a dynamic market economy: prices rise and fall depending on many factors, which the player should consider before making purchases. The player can acquire weapons, equipment, entire space ships, and eventually space stations of unlimited amount, as long as he has enough credits to afford them. It is also possible to build factories to produce goods such as weapons and shields. Numerous alien races populate the X-Universe. The protagonist's reputation among the socially inclined races can be built up by undertaking missions on their behalf, defending their space, or though trade. The way these races treat the protagonist and the nature of the missions given to him depend on his reputation rating, which is divided into "Mercantile", "Combat", and "Notoriety" categories.Some races are irreversibly hostile, and will leave the player no choice but defend himself in space ship combat. However, the player can also choose to be aggressive, piracy being an available option together with trading, mining, and bounty-hunting. |
| You Don't Know Jack: Volume 6 - "The Lost Gold" | 2003-12-01 | Jellyvision Games, Inc. | Jellyvision Games, Inc. | Strategy | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | You Don't Know Jack: Volume 6 - "The Lost Gold" is a humorous quiz game. Up to three players have to answer multiple choice questions; a correct answer awards a certain amount of money (depending on the difficulty) . The player with the most amount of money after 13 questions wins. Every correct and false answer is followed by a humorous reply by host Jack. Players can "nail" other players to force them to answer a question - but if the other player actually knows it, it has a negative affect on his points. The game features overall 300 questions (600 in the German version).There are several additional question types which sometimes have to be played:
Typing in a word to complete a word series or sentence
A nonsensical sentence is given and players have to type in the phrase which rhymes to it
Solving an anagram
A special question type for one player requires him to match seven words into two categories, e.g. if "Ravioli" is the name of a composer, a noodle or both.
A certain date, e.g. the birth of Jesus Christ, is given and players have to say if other happenings occurred before it, after it or never
The last question is always the Jack Attack which plays with associations. So for example the pointer is "Extremes meets" and a term is shown on the center of the screen. Then multiple other terms fly into the screen; one of them is fitting for both the pointer and the given term. If this one appears on screen players have to quickly press a button to receive money - but if they are wrong, they lose it. After the correct answer is given (or no one answers), the next of seven terms is given. |
| Armed and Dangerous | 2003-12-02 | LucasArts | Planet Moon Studios | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Armed and Dangerous, the player controls Roman, a thief in the Lionheads gang. The evil King Forge is attempting to unlock the Book of Rule, which will grant him magical powers. Aided by a blind seer and his thieving friends - a robot and a mole - Roman decides to intercept the book and banish the king.The game is a variation of the run-and-gun third-person shooter. Created by Planet Moon, it has the same humour and similar gameplay elements as Giants: Citizen Kabuto. The game has several unusual characters and weapons. Included is the shark gun, a device that literally shoots a shark at your enemies. There is a corkscrew device that burrows in to the ground and inverts gravity. You hang on to the device while your enemies fly into the sky and fall hard back to the ground. |
| Deus Ex: Invisible War | 2003-12-02 | Eidos, Inc. | Ion Storm Austin | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Stealth | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Twenty years have passed after the events described in Deus Ex. The actions of JC Denton have eventually led to a period of economic depression, known as "The Collapse". The world is on the brink of chaos after the dismantling of the mighty biotech corporations, and multiple religious and political groups lust after power. The city of Chicago is destroyed in a devastating energy blast by unknown terrorists. Two trainees of the Tarsus Academy, Alex D and Billie Adams, are evacuated to another Tarsus-controlled facility in Seattle. Shortly thereafter the facility is attacked by members of a religious organization called the Order. Billie admits that she has been collaborating with them, implying that Tarsus may be involved in a conspiracy. It is now up to Alex to find his or her place in the new world, and ultimately shape its fate.Deus Ex: Invisible War is a first-person shooter that retains many gameplay elements of its predecessor, such as conversations with characters, inventory management, exploration, and mixing various gameplay styles during missions. As in the original game, the style of play helps shape the game as it progresses, from how characters interact with the protagonist to the types of situations encountered. Each potential conflict can be resolved in a number of ways, through peaceful means or through violence, using stealth or a show of force. Hacking computer terminals and unlocking doors with special tools are prominently featured.Weapons can be modified in a variety of ways, e.g. increasing their rate of fire, silencing the shots, allowing the weapon to shoot through glass, etc. Characters can once again outfit their bodies with an array of biotech parts, some of which include the ability to see through walls, disappear from radar, regenerate from critical hits, or jump forty feet in the air. Unlike the previous installment, there are no true role-playing elements in the game. The player must search for biotech canisters to install and upgrade biomods; however, no experience points are awarded for either completing missions or dealing with enemies. Inventory management has been simplified as well.The sequel places more emphasis on decisions and different approaches to missions. From the beginning of the game the player has the freedom of performing missions for organizations and people of his or her choice. Like in the first game, several endings can be reached depending on the player's decisions. |
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | 2003-12-02 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Middle East | | | | Teen | | Windows | The King and the Prince of Persia are besieging the Maharajah's castle to plunder the treasures hidden inside. In order to impress his father, the Prince sneaks inside to recover the magical Dagger of Time. He quickly learns that this dagger has the ability to control time. The malevolent Vizier has other plans for the dagger, however, and tricks the Prince into unlocking a mysterious secret of the Dagger that causes the King and many of his subjects to be turned into sand zombies. Now, the Prince must figure out what has happened and try to set things right again.Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action game with platforming and puzzle-solving elements. It updates many of the gameplay concepts from the previous games, and brings them into a fully three-dimensional world. The Prince will engage in sword fighting, wall climbing, spike dodging, puzzle solving, and more in his quest. The Prince also carries the Dagger of Time, which allows him to unleash several magical powers. The most important of these powers is the ability to reverse time. This ability allows the player to reverse their actions when they lead the Prince to his death. |
| The Journey to Wild Divine | 2003-12-03 | Wild Divine Project, The | Wild Divine Project, The | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This game combines two industries in one -- video gaming and medicine. Through the use of a biotechnology, hook yourself up to a specially designed biofeedback unit and explore your inner self, all while delving into a graphically rich adventure.The creators call the experience "Inner-Activity". Through 40 activities, help reduce stress, increase self esteem, relaxation, energy, productivity and even your physical and mental performance.Gameplay is point-and-click through 3D graphics surrounded by an orchestrated musical score intended to uplift, entertain and enhance mood. |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Gold Edition | 2003-12-03 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Gold Edition of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 includes:
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (base game)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword (expansion pack) |
| Electra | 2003-12-04 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Visual War Lab | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | | | Released | Windows | The basic concept of this puzzle game is that you have a playfield filled with blocks, which contains wire segments. The left and right side of the playfield are high-voltage collectors, which are part of a broken power line. Now your job is to rotate those wire segments so, that you create a direct connection between the two collectors. Once that happens, this wire, and all connected ones, will blow up. The gap is then filled with new wire-blocks.The game offers six different game modes: Time, Action, Strategy, Wire, Dual Wire, and Fight.The Time-mode plays exactly like mentioned above. You have to score a certain number of points for each level, before the level time runs out. The playfield consists of 8x6 blocks (hight by width), and the wire segments are Line, Cross, and Corner. The playfield is completely filled, and once a wire explodes, new segments falling down, filling all gaps.In Action, you basically also plays against the clock, but not against a timer, which counts down to zero. You start a level with just one row of blocks, and when time passes, more blocks falling down, creating new rows. Once the playfield is completely filled, and another block tries to drop in, you loose. Playfield size and wire segments are identical to Time-mode. Different in here is also that you can move blocks horizontal, if you like.Strategy looks like Time, however, you have all the time you want. Special here is, that new blocks only dropping in when you removed a certain number of blocks simultaneously. So, the more blocks you remove at once, the better for you.Wire-Mode works exactly like the Action-mode, but the playfield size has increased from 8x6 to 15x12.In Dual Wire, each block contains not only one wire segment, but two, which are not overlapping. The problem here arises, when you rotate the block to create a wire connection, the second wire may be useless for you. Or say it the other way, when you have a wire connection through one of these blocks, and you need the other wire to be rotated, you most likely destroy the first connection.The Fight-mode works like the Wire-mode, but with one major "problem". When a new blocks drops in, which happens every few seconds, it will change the alignment of those wires in all blocks which are beneath the point where it lands, disturbing all your efforts in creating a connection between the collectors. |
| Flatspace | 2003-12-04 | Cornutopia Software | Cornutopia Software | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Flatspace is a game in the veins of Elite/Frontier etc, although with a bit of the roguelike-Game approach. Gameplay strongly resembles the one of Frontier: Elite II, you can trade, attack ships, dock at stations, etc. You can do what you want - earn money as a mercenary and accept courier jobs or safely escort passengers to other sector. Or be a space pirate, you can raid other ships and later even destroy whole stations! Everything is possible. The game is seen from a top-down viewpoint, just like Asteroids. |
| Terminator 3: War of the Machines | 2003-12-04 | Atari, Inc. | Clever's Games Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Terminator 3: War of the Machines is an online game for up to 32 players to face off as either Skynet's technologically advanced machines or John Conner's Tech-Com Special Forces. The game is set in the war between man and machine outlined in the Terminator movies. Battlegrounds include post apocalyptic downtown Los Angeles, a battered ocean harbor and devastated highways. Fight with weapons, vehicles and characters taken from the movies including: T900 Endoskeleton, HK tank and even play as Arnold Schwarzenegger's T800 Model 101. |
| Fowl Words 2: Trouble at the Chicken Ranch! | 2003-12-05 | Kewlbox | Blockdot, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Unlike its predecessor, this word game is mostly about speed (fast typing) instead of quick thinking, though there are exceptions.In each round you have letter-eggs combined to words, which moving from the right to the (open) left side, parallel in different rows. Now you have to simply type the word from those eggs to save them. Do this with as many words as possible to complete the round and to prevent the eggs from falling down and smash.Starting with round one, you only have to save 6 short egg-words and the eggs moving slowly. But with increased round number, the speed increases, the length of the words and the number of words needed too. And in addition, the eggs in the different rows start to have different speeds.The game is over when you lose 33 eggs by falling down at the left side.And finally, there are bonus rounds, where smashed eggs don't count against you, but you must first unscramble the letters before typing the word. So here you must both think and write fast! |
| Room Zoom: Race for Impact | 2003-12-05 | Jaleco Entertainment, Inc. | Blade Interactive Studios Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Contemporary | | | | | | Windows | Room Zoom: Race for Impact is an arcade racing game where you race across a house called the Room Zoom manor.The game can be played in single player (including a championship), multiplayer and online. A roster of sixteen cars is available as well as eight tracks. Not all cars and tracks are available at the start of the game and have to be unlocked. While racing across the house the player can pick up power-ups. These include a shield, nitro, fire ice and lighting. Two bonus modes are also included: car soccer and domination mode. |
| PacShooter 3D | 2003-12-06 | TERMINAL Studio | ArcadeStudio.com | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | According to TERMINAL Studio PacShooter 3D fulfills every Pac-man player's secret wish, that they could shoot those troublesome ghosts. As a yellow sphere with a hankering for dots you'll proceed throughout the games labyrinthine levels shooting your foes. Once you have all the dots laid out in the maze you'll clear the level. Numerous enemies roam the map which is infested with traps and turrets. Most enemies will also be able to shoot, but just one touch for them is good enough to mean your death.There are different power-ups that can be acquired to increase the range of your shots, the amount of pain you can take, etc. |
| NetHack | 2003-12-08 | DevTeam | DevTeam | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Roguelike | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | NetHack is a roguelike role-playing game with both traditional ASCII graphics and a graphical tileset. The objective is to find the Amulet of Yendor and sacrifice it to your deity. In the beginning, you choose one of the classes - there are some traditional ones, like Priest or Knight, but also unusual ones like Tourist or Caveman. Then, you find yourself on the 1st level of the dungeon, along with your pet that will accompany you and help you in combat. On each level, you have to find an exit to the lower level; on the way, you'll find countless monsters to fight, as well as items to collect. Sometimes, you come upon a shop, where you can buy or sell items. Items you find can be blessed (more effective than normal), but sometimes are cursed (less effective, or outright harmful). Eating the corpses of fallen enemies is an important part of the game since many creatures give you special abilities or immunities when eaten. While the above description might seem brief, NetHack is, in fact, a very complex and merciless game - there are lots of ways to die. Since NetHack is a roguelike, everything is represented as a top-down view of the current dungeon level, where the walls, the floor, and all items, characters, and monsters are ASCII characters. More recent versions of the game also include an official set of graphical tiles which can be turned on at the player's option. |
| Zuma Deluxe | 2003-12-08 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | North America | | | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Zuma Deluxe is an Aztec-themed action puzzler. The goal: eliminate all the balls before they reach the skull. Balls roll down a track towards this skull and the player-controlled frog-shaped idol must shoot balls toward them to stop them, earning points. Using the mouse to rotate the frog and clicking to fire, the player needs to create rows of three or more of the same color balls to eliminate them.The catch is that each track is shaped differently. Part of the track may block others so that if the track is filled with balls, the ones behind some may be unreachable. Fortunately, the player has up to four lives, a rarity in many puzzle games.The game offers two different play modes:
Adventure Mode
The player must battle through multiple temples to find the secrets of the Zuma. In this "campaign mode", temples that have been defeated may be skipped by the player when the player continues the game via save game.Gauntlet Mode
The player must work the player's level up from Rabbit to Sun God. Levels used in this mode must first be unlocked from the Adventure Mode. Gauntlet Mode also offers 4 (four) additional play modes: Random, Spesific, Practice, and Survival. |
| Horizons: Empire of Istaria | 2003-12-09 | Atari, Inc. | Artifact Entertainment, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Horizons: Empire of Istaria is an MMORPG from Artifact Entertainment, the makers of Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan. As a member of one of the nine Living Races, you must battle the invading hordes of the Undead along the Frontier lands. Whether you want to take to the front line as a warrior, wizard, scout, or healer, or stake your claim and set up shop to do your part for the cause as a crafter or merchant, the world of Istaria is waiting for you.In the vein of similar real-time, persistent online worlds like Ultima Online and EverQuest, Horizons brings multiplayer gaming to the global community. For $12.95 a month (discounts for longer term memberships) you can create up to five unique, diverse characters per CD key to battle for the fate of the world of Istaria.Improving on a somewhat underdeveloped aspect of preceding games in the MMORPG genre, Horizons has arguably the best crafting system seen in an online game to date. With the ability to dynamically create new content, the world of Istaria is potentially limitless without the need to wait for expansion packs or update patches. Combined with the aspect that you needn't play an axe-swinging warlord or a fireball flinging wizard to participate in Istaria, Horizons has the flexibility for players who might rather set up shop and start a brisk business rather than risk certain death fighting the Undead hordes. |
| Corvette | 2003-12-10 | TDK Mediactive, Inc. | Steel Monkeys | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the great American dream machine. This race game features over 100 Corvette models, from the 1953 original to the fine-tuned 2003. Simple single and split-screen player modes are available, or start from the beginning and race through history, collecting and upgrading cars along the way. There are over 15 tracks, with alternate routes that can be unlocked through races. Models and colors are true to spec, although custom cars can be unlocked as well. |
| Ford Racing 2 | 2003-12-10 | Global Star Software Inc. | Razorworks | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | If you love Fords and racing, you'll get a chance to live out your fantasies in Ford Racing 2.Drive Mustangs, Thunderbirds, concept cars, stock cars, exotic sports and race cars - even F-Series pick-up trucks. Choose from 32 models, legendary classics as well as futuristic supercars, like the Ford GT (classified under these categories in the game: Living Legends, Movie Stars, SVT, Concept, Off Road, Custom and Stock Car).The 16 graphically detailed venues include road race tracks, off-road (over desert and jungle terrain), high speed oval speedways and race circuits. There are different competition types to test your driving skills including: Time Attack, Elimination, Racing Line, Driving Skills and more.You select the amount of driving control you want. Standard gives you automatic transmission, anti-lock brakes and traction control. Choose Advanced for more precision driving with a manual transmission and more option selections. Learn the controls of the game in "Quick Race" which automatically selects a car for you and puts you on a pre-selected track. Then choose the "Single Player" to race with computer opponents or "Multi Player" for head-to-head competition with a friend. Select from different background music types (rock, funk etc.) to further customize your experience.Views can be toggled between 1st and 3rd person perspective. On screen in the first person view, the speedometer, tachometer, rear view mirror, are shown as well as a map on left side showing your current location and nearby competitors. Classic car dash panels differ from more modern cars, too. Depending upon your perspective, you'll see your lap times, overall position, rpms and speed. |
| Prezzemolo in una Giornata da Incubo | 2003-12-10 | MC2-Microïds | Prograph Research S.r.l. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Prezzemolo in una Giornata da Incubo is a licensed adventure game based on the mascots of a popular Italian theme park. It's a point and click adventure for kids and grown-ups not directly tied to the plot lines of either the comics or the cartoon series based on the same characters. Instead, it inspired the appearance of both the models and the game locations.The gameplay is typical of the genre, featuring logical puzzles, exploration puzzles, dialogue puzzles, mathematical puzzles and also a couple of spacial reasoning puzzles with dynamic labyrinths rendered by the game's 3D engine. The difficulty level has been adjusted for kids. Other important features are a non-linear storyline and round characters, not a common trait for kids' adventure games. |
| SolSuite 2004 | 2003-12-10 | TreeCardGames | TreeCardGames | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | TreeCardGames have been releasing shareware solitaire games for many years, their 123 Free Solitaire was often tweaked and re-issued to promote the latest version of their full commercial game SolSuite. It seemed as though each year a new version of SolSuite was produced and sold with a different name, at the time of this submission SolSuite 2019 v19.1 is available for download with over 700 games. SolSuite 2004 has many features including Sound; Window & Full Screen modes; Rules, Game Tutor and Win/Lose Statistics for each game; Players can mark preferred games as favourites; A 'Tip of the Day' feature; Multiplayer modes; Undo/Redo/Restart/Save/Load functions; etc. The look and feel of the game can be customised, there are options to alter the size of te buttons; toggle pop up menus; change card backs and faces; change the background; toggle shadows & animation, and customise the sounds.
In addition to playing single games SolSuite 2004 comes with nine 'Game Series' plus the option to create new ones. These are a bit like playing a solitaire pentathlon, or longer, in which the player's score is accumulated over a collection of games.The game documentation states that there are three hundred and ninety games in SolSuite 2004. The games are grouped by type such as; Adding games; Baker's Dozen type games; FreeCell type games e.t.c. which allows players to quickly find games they like and others which are similar in nature, there's also a 'Fast Find' which lists all the games alphabetically. In addition to the grouping the games by type there are also options to select by;
Game Time: Quick (less than five minutes), Medium (five to ten minutes), Long (More than ten minutes)
Difficulty: Easy, medium & Hard
Skill level: Chance only - winning depends on the order the cards are dealt, Mostly Chance - occasional choice of moves will affect the outcome, Moderate - a roughly equal balance of skill and luck is needed to win, Mostly Skill - Forward planning is required but luck will still affect the outcome, Difficult - Success depends on forward planning, perseverance and luck plays only a small part
Chance of Success: Very Low (1:50 - 1:250), Low (1:10 - 1:49), Medium (1:5 - 1:9), High (1:3 - 1:4) & Very High (9:10 - 1:2)
New features for SolSuiite 2004 are;
Six new games: Argos, Goldfield, Knight Catch All, Marsha, Peg Star Solitaire and Three Hills
Skins: Three skins are included with the game - Golf, Sand and Sky
Total Moves: A new statistic counts ALL moves made during a game
The documentation which lists the new features of SolSuite 2004 states that another of TreeCardGames' products SolSuite Plus! 4.0 contains more skins and is "freely downloadable for all customers purchasing SolSuite 2004.
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| World Basketball Manager | 2003-12-10 | icehole games | Metal Fin | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | World Basketball Manager is, as the name implies, a game that allows players to take charge of various basketball teams around the world. The game features a training mode, transfers, drafts, ability to make a career in more than 100 countries around the world, and a vast database of 10.000 players and 830 teams. |
| Bumer: Sorvannye bashni | 2003-12-11 | 1C Company | Gaijin Entertainment Corporation | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person | Licensed | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Bumer: Sorvannye bashni is an arcade first-person shooter with racing elements. It is based on the Russian movie Bumer, but as a free interpretation. The gameplay consists of racing, gang chases and gunfights. Racing levels are similar to sprint races from the Need for Speed series. The player races point-to-point tracks and needs to finish before an opponent.Chases in Bumer consist of racing and shooting elements. AI-controlled passengers of the character's car kill enemies to defend the car. For every killed enemy the player receives new weapons. These include assault rifles - AK-47 and AKSU, Makarov and Tokarev pistols, double-barreled and sawed-off shotguns, grenades. Temporary bonuses are also provided, such as invisibility, health regeneration, faster speed, slow motion, full ammunition, radioactivity and others.The gameplay of the last two levels is pure first-person shooting: you kill enemies, take the bonuses and weapons for every killed enemy and complete objectives such as placing the bomb, killing a boss, and defending against enemies.An additional game mode called 'Sorvannye bashni' is a survival level where you need to defend against waves of enemies. |
| RC Cars | 2003-12-11 | 1C Company, Whiptail Interactive | Creat Studio, LLC | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | RC Cars is a simulation of remote controlled cars. You can race 3 different RC cars on 10 different tracks. Each track simulates a real world place i.e. the beach,a military base. Like most other racing games you can race in championship mode to win money to upgrade your car and gain access to new levels. Your radio controlled car reacts much like a real RC would. Many objects your car can interact with like running into people (which will either kick your car or pick it up and throw it) dogs, real cars, soda cans etc.
Multiplayer includes up to 6 players online and has support for joysticks and gamepads. |
| Northpole Showdown | 2003-12-12 | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Northpole Showdown is a side-scrolling brawler with a Christmas theme. Robots designed to help Santa's elves have gone haywire and are trying to take over the Northpole. The players control an elf who attempts to stop them. The gameplay is typical of the genre similar to games like Final Fight. The game offers both single-player and multiplayer with two elves as playable characters: Elfington and Panza. They can use fists, jump kicks and several special moves. Each of the five levels has a boss at the end. |
| Warblade | 2003-12-12 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The classic alien spaceship shoot-em-up genre is revived in this modern arcade game. The shareware demo version has 25 levels, while the registered version boasts 100 levels. The game is loaded with power-ups, including many weapons, rank promotions, and special sub-games like Memory Station and Meteor Storm. Like the classics, there are bosses and bonus rounds as well. Play with one or two players, or in the more intense Time Trial mode. You can save your stats in a profile and submit your high score online. |
| Orbz | 2003-12-13 | GarageGames, Inc. | 21-6 Productions, Inc. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Orbz (unofficially known as Orbz 2 after version 2.0) is a combination of golf, Super Mario, and its own quirky style. You take an Orb, and must aim it and launch it at a designated level of power to collect stars as fast as you can. Collecting multiple stars in one launch multiplies your points. You will need to do this either yourself or against other Orbz, the latter of which can be experienced online as well. |
| Legacy of Kain: Defiance | 2003-12-16 | Eidos, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | Horror | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | Windows | Following the events of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2, Raziel and Kain were trapped in the Serafan fortress. Separated by sudden events, Raziel was forced to retreat into the spectral realm, leaving Kain to escape from the Serafan on his own. Both must escape the predicament they find themselves in and fight back against those who would seek to use them as manipulations in a grander plot. From both heroes cry out shouts of defiance, and a thirst to find the revelations that have been buried in the world of Nosgoth.Legacy of Kain: Defiance is a third-person action game with light puzzle-solving elements, combining concepts seen in both Blood Omen 2 and Soul Reaver 2. The story unfolds through chapters, focusing alternately on Kain and Raziel as they pursue their separate, though intertwined quests. Control of each character alternates between levels, however both are controlled from a behind-the-shoulder perspective. While both heroes are different, they are similar in movement, ability to attack, defend, jump and access special abilities. Kain and Raziel no longer pick up weapons, instead both using a form of the Soul Reaver weapon (Kain uses the physical sword form, Raziel uses an energy blade). Each Soul Reaver can now be "charged" to unleash a special ability, determined by the current alignment of Soul Reaver at the time. Both Kain and Raziel lose energy at a constant rate and must feed to replenish life energy (Kain feeds on the blood of living creatures, Raziel feeds on the souls of living and non-living creatures). And both Kain and Raziel feature telekinetic abilities to manipulate objects at a distance. The two are, however, different characters that play differently, each requiring use of his talents, to bypass obstacles (sometimes the same obstacle). Kain focuses on strong combat and destructive abilities. He is able to power up the Soul Reaver weapon using properties of the Pillars of Nosgoth. Raziel is more subtle, able to use stealth and the phasing between material and spectral worlds in order to discover new paths. As in Soul Reaver, Raziel can phase into the spectral world at any time but must find a special location in order to phase back. Raziel powers up the Soul Reaver using elemental powers. |
| Chicken Shoot 2 | 2003-12-17 | ZUXXEZ Entertainment AG | Toontraxx, ZUXXEZ Entertainment AG | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | The sequel to the GBA game Chicken Shoot is almost completely identical to the first game. It has the same three game modes, the same weapons and a completely identical concept. The only difference is that this game comes with a set of new levels. |
| Checkers Ultimate | 2003-12-18 | Magic Lantern, Inc. | Magic Lantern, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Checkers Ultimate is a 3D checkers game. There are three ways to play Checkers Ultimate -- against the computer, competing against 10 computer opponents and unlocking each opponent through a win; in addition, you can play a friend on the same computer in a game of "Hotseat" like regular checkers; finally, you can play Checkers Ultimate over the Internet. Players are given the option to play "official" Checkers -- according to the "must jump" rule or a more casual Checkers which allows you to take a jump or not. These options make for completely different games due to the strategic planning necessary to win a game with the "must jump" rule. |
| Sonic Adventure DX (Director's Cut) | 2003-12-18 | SEGA Corporation | Sonic Team | Action | Behind view | | | Metroidvania | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | An updated version of the Sega Dreamcast hit Sonic Adventure, the first appearance of Sonic and the crew in a full 3D action title.Once again Sonic is up against Dr. Eggman, who had teamed up with Chaos for the ultimate opportunity to take over the world. Tails, Knuckles and Amy join in on the action, along with a host of new characters and enemies.The GameCube version includes a brand new mission mode, a new Chaos Garden link up mode to the Game Boy Advance, and a host of mini-games including appearances of classic Game Gear Sonic adventures such as Tails' Skypatrol. |
| DEaktivacija | 2003-12-19 | Akella | StepGames, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | In the 22th century robots are used all over the world. But one day, a powerful terrorist organisation steps in. They use kamikaze robots to take control of the world. The player becomes the leader of an antiterrorist squad and has to take control war robots to fight the terrorists. Shown from a third-person view the player needs to tactically deploy and control drones to fight the ones of the terrorists. This requires deactivating bombs, bypassing security, stealing codes etc. Drones are piloted via the keyboard. There is also a map including the positions of the drones and important objects (e.g. beaming stations, bombs ...). After finishing a mission the player has the possibility to buy upgrades for his drones. |
| Onsen Mo Issyo: Doko Demo Issyo Typing Software | 2003-12-19 | MediaQuest | BeXide Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Mini-games | Contemporary | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Toro, the little white cat who wants to be human, is off on a relaxing vacation to an onsen - a Japanese-style hot spring. Bringing all his friends with him, he takes it as a chance to learn more Japanese in the hopes of becoming human. This time around, rather than teaching him words in the way players did in Doko Demo Issyo, they use the computer's keyboard to type things to them. Aside from its typing tutor mode, players can also take part in various minigames including karaoke, vocabulary quizzes, snowman building, and more. |
| Klabutong | 2003-12-21 | Free Lunch Design AB | Free Lunch Design AB | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | It's the day before Christmas and Santa's workshop is in full production. Once presents are finished they get thrown out the factory window into the sleigh. But the sleigh is parked at the wrong building and a couple elves have to save as many presents as possible.Klabutong is a Christmas themed arcade game were you control an elf who must redirect bouncing presents into the sack on the right side of the screen. The presents will bounce quite high and it is possible to control the angle of the bounce; your elf aims with the candy cane it's holding (press shift and the tilt direction). Cumulative scoring occurs with successive presents saved, when a present is dropped the bonus scoring resets to one. Two modes of play are included: In Arcade mode, presents will appear until 5 are dropped in the snow then the game ends. In Time Attack mode, presents will appear frantically for 60 seconds; get the highest score possible, and presents dropped in the snow aren't considered.The game also comes with cheery Christmas music and a high score table. |
| 5 Spots II | 2003-12-22 | Katana Games S.L. | Katana Games S.L. | Puzzle | | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this sequel to 5 Spots, you still have the classic game where you must use your mouse to click on five differences between two pictures before time runs out but now you have new games to play. You have a new Leisure game that is the same except there is no time limit. You have Puzzle where a picture will have five squares removed off the screen. You are then presented with twelve squares. Some look similar to the missing squares but are not. You must click the five missing pieces before time runs out. In all of these, you have up to five jokers you can use. These will reveal one difference or place one missing piece.You also have the game Find the Monkey. You will have a picture with five hidden monkeys in it that you must find before the time runs out. At each level, the clock goes just a bit faster and there are no jokers available for Find the Monkey. |
| Blade & Sword | 2003-12-22 | Whiptail Interactive | Boya Studio, Pixel Studio Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | Martial arts | Action RPG | China (Ancient / Imperial), Fantasy | | Point and select | | Mature | Isometric | Windows | In BC 1044, Emperor Jo sets fire to himself when invaders destroy his country. Emperor Jo's grand wizard Wen creates a rift between worlds powered by the emperor's hate-filled dying thoughts. Monsters from the beast and demon realms roam through the rift to the human realm and Wizard Wen enslaves the creatures to create a powerful army. Players must save the populace by adventuring through the human, beast and demon realms to confront Emperor Jo and Wizard Wen.Blade & Sword is an action role-playing game combining Diablo-inspired gameplay with an ancient Chinese setting and Kung Fu combat. Players choose from 3 characters, each with 12 unique Kung Fu attacks and 4 Super Attacks triggered by mouse gestures. The player can combine attacks to design customized combo moves. |
| Snowy: The Bear's Adventures | 2003-12-22 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Aliasworlds Entertainment | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Help the white bear Snowy to get to Arctic.
Could it be possible for a little white bear to withstand a whole army of
evil monsters? For sure, if we’re talking about charming and fearless Snowy.
Armed to the teeth with the snowballs, he is turning his enemies into large
balls of snow and ice figures. But this snowballs throwing champion doesn’t
want to do any harm, he simply wants to get back home to Arctic and collect
as many prizes and bonuses on his way as possible. And he will make it! But
only with your help.
Attention: During the game play, more then 10000 snowballs will be made.
All of the monsters will be defrosted afterwards. No white bears will get hurt. |
| Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray | 2003-12-22 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Shaba Games LLC | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Wakeboarding is part of Activision's line of Extreme Sports titles. A rider (using a board that's like a combination of a surf board, body board and skateboard) is pulled along the water by rope at high speeds by the boat up front, and must pull of tricks either by jumping of jumps or using the wake left by the boat itself (hence the sport's name).Unleashed takes this sport and turns it upside down, allowing you to fly down water ways through well known locations around the world, pulling stunts off buildings or cliff faces. Other objectives are included that have you completing tasks and busting tricks in a unique way.Multiplayer modes include one-on-one trick attack and horse, where both players compete against each other to pull off the best tricks. Co-operative mode has one player driving the boat while the other hangs on behind, with new challenges for the boat driver to complete as well as the rider. |
| PC Calciatori 2004 | 2003-12-23 | Panini Group | Waywardxs Entertainment S.R.L. | Simulation, Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | PC Calciatori 2004 is the first soccer title published by the Panini Group representing the latest evolution in football management genre.The game offers chances to embody both the Manager and Coach of a football team and to prove oneself and be the number one. As the user strives to become a football legend he will have to overcome the bitter opposition of the other victory hungry managers and the heavy pressure put on him by his own players, his bosses and his fans. Besides standard game modes, PC Calciatori offers an exclusive Superleague modality allowing the user to set up his dream team, freely picking all database players and facing immediately the best managers worldwide. PC Calciatori is an official licensed product by A.I.C. (Associazione Italiana Calciatori) and by L.F.P. (Liga de Fútbol Profesional) for the Italian and Spanish markets. Its database contains more than 20000 football players including, under A.I.C. and L.F.P. license, portraits for the Italian Serie A and B, and the Spanish Liga players. Prepare to tactical plan the matches, to train your players, to manage and to administrate your team finance and so on... Game features include:- in-game commentary by Massimo Caputi
- AI algorithms that simulate a minimum of 6 countries / 17 divisions simultaneously (Italian Serie A, B, C1, C2, all main club cups and more)
- in-depth player information, including strengths and weaknesses and full Playing History
- After-Match Summary including red and yellow cards, fouls and performance, match events, Shots On Target Analysis
- Enhanced Player Report including Pitch Coverage
- full FMV for wins, leagues and matches
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| Fobos | 2003-12-24 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Space beetles are attacking your space stations and you are the only hope for defending it.You are driving an unarmed space craft, which hovers over the playfield, which consists of squares. You can only move from one square to another, and only horizontal or vertical. But you are able to fly short ranges, crossing chasms that way.And with this unarmed craft you have to kill the invaders. A contradiction? Actually not. You use you space craft to ram the invaders, driving them of the edge of the playfield. Once all invaders are floating in space, you have won the level. But if you drive over the "cliff" yourself, you have lost a life.However, it is not so easy. Depending on the strength of the invaders, you have the advantage to drive them away, or they have the advantage to drive you away. In addition, you have to prepare for the recoil, which may kill you while you try to kill the enemy.You have to collect a special strength power-up to enhance your strength, that way you can even beat mighty opponents.Besides this special power-up, there are also plenty of other power-ups in the game, like paralyzer (stops all invaders), increase or decrease speed, level-skipper, an atom bomb (destroying some squares), and others.If you take too long in a level, meteor strikes will begin to impact on the playfield, destroying random squares.The game itself offering four game modes, Arcade, Arcade for Two, Advanced Arcade, and Strategical, all totaling in 248 levels. |
| Babylon 5: I've Found Her - Danger and Opportunity | 2003-12-25 | Space Dream Factory | Space Dream Factory | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Babylon 5: I've Found Her is a space combat simulator game, based upon the popular TV series Babylon 5. It uses the "true space physics", seen in games such as Elite and I-War, which means the ship will continue moving in one direction until the engines are fired in another direction (unlike games such as Wing Commander where the ship handles like an airplane). The storyline in the default campaign (more are downloadable from their official web site) is centered around the Shadow War.Danger and Opportunity is a prequel campaign to the game with 3 training missions and 5 full missions based on a stand-alone prologue storyline |
| A Ressha de Ikō: The 21st Century - With Power Up Kit | 2003-12-26 | CyberFront Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation was released alongside the first expansion pack for A Ressha de Ikō: The 21st Century; it bundles the base game and the expansion pack together. |
| Saya no Uta | 2003-12-26 | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Horror, Romance | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fuminori Sakisaka has a traffic accident which kills his parents and leaves him heavily injured. After an experimental treatment to save his life, he awakens in his hospital bed to find his perception of the world has changed: everything he sees becomes blood and guts, people are horrible creatures, everyday noises sound warped and horrific, and there is a constant and disgusting smell.Whilst contemplating suicide in the middle of the night, a beautiful girl walks up to him, seemingly out of nowhere, and looking completely out of place against the walls of flesh and roaming monsters. She explains that she is looking for her father, a doctor at the hospital. Fuminori, amazed, begs to see her again and soon she becomes the only thing keeping him sane. Saya No Uta is a short visual novel with very few interactive elements. The text is displayed over the whole window on top of the graphics. |
| Word Harmony | 2003-12-27 | Sprout Games, LLC | Sprout Games, LLC | Puzzle | | | | Word construction | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Word Harmony is a word game with a Japanese art theme, in which the player manipulates physically-simulated "letter balls" to accomplish different goals, depending on the mode.In Puzzle mode, the challenge is to match a set of words on a list by manipulating the balls through an often complex environment. Tsunami is a real-time mode in which the player must make words out of letters dropping into a pool. Finally, Think mode is a mental challenge in which the player must find a set of words that perfectly uses up all the letters provided. |
| Flip 'Em 3D | 2003-12-28 | | Ergenter Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Flip 'Em 3D is a version of Othello which can be played against the computer or against another player via a network, modem, or the internet.The board can be rotated and tipped, the counters can be replaced with cows, marbles, ice, happy faces, and gingerbread men.
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| Leylines | 2003-12-28 | Crystal Shard | Crystal Shard | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Leylines is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy setting. As a mighty magician that rules a kingdom of one of seven unique races (or an alliance of any two of those races) your goal is to explore the countryside, gather resources, research magical spells, develop your cities and build units to conquer your enemies. You can use your magics to augment your units', harm enemy units, summon powerful aids and even affect the terrain.Each map is randomly generated, but is highly customizable. Alternatively you could play premade scenario maps. The game can be played as single-player against computer opponents or as hotseat multiplayer. |
| Liero Xtreme | 2003-12-28 | | | Action, Simulation, Strategy | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Fighting, Platform, Shooter | | Tank | | Real-time | | | Windows | Liero Xtreme is an online multiplayer game based on the original game called Liero. It is also similar to Worms except that Worms is turn-based and this one is real-time. The objective of the game is to try and kill your opponents before they take you out. There are a few game modes in this version like Team Deathmatch, Last Man Standing, and Tag. You can make your own weapons (mods), skins (for player models), and levels (where you fight). |
| Action Pack - 4 Killer Action Games! | 2003-12-30 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Collection of four actions games:
Aliens Versus Predator: Gold Edition
Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza
Gunman Chronicles
The Operative: No One Lives Forever - Game of the Year Edition
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| Law & Order II: Double or Nothing | 2003-12-31 | Adventure Company, The | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Law & Order II you have to solve a murder case with the advantages and restrictions of dealing with the law as your instrument. Here everything you investigate, collect and use as proof must be ultimately done by the book, or face rejection in a court of law.The game mechanics center on:
- Questioning: Think about the questions you make because the questioning process is truly dynamic... ask the wrong question and you just might end irreversibly shunned off. However if you feel you led the questions the wrong way, you're presented with the option to redo the questioning.- Item processing: The items you pick up are more evidence than traditional direct puzzle pieces, so count on a few departments such as analysis lab to turn your findings into solid evidence.- Court intervention: Proper investigation will reward you with a smooth court intervention in your aim to achieve a guilty verdict, and while there are two clear stages for investigation and trial, the latter one will not dispense additional investigation to tighten the accusation. |
| Mega Man X7 | 2003-12-31 | Koko Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Production Studio 3 | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The year is 21XX. Earth is recovering from the Eurasia Incident and the Nightmare Crisis. Slowly but surely, it seems peace may finally return to Earth. But as long as there are Mavericks causing trouble, the Maverick Hunters are there. But in recent days, X has grown weary of so many years spent in endless combat. He wishes to end the war in a peaceful method, and has removed himself from the front lines, leaving Zero to handle the hard work. In the days since this crippling blow to the Hunters, a new Syndicate named Red Alert, led by the charismatic Red, has taken up the task of the Maverick Hunters, and his newest partner, Axl, takes up battle with his mentor. Finally, the day has come: Axl escapes from Red Alert, and Red gives chase. Axl is in desperate need of help: Red Alert must be stopped, and Axl must not be allowed to fall back into their hands. X and Zero must keep Axl safe, even if it means endangering their lives.A combination of 3D platformer and 2D side-scroller, Mega Man X7 allows the player to control two characters during each level, swapping between the chosen two warriors to defeat enemies and solve any puzzles that require their unique abilities. New to the series is Axl, whose weapon of choice is a pistol, along with the ability to change into any other robot he has defeated in the past for a short space fo time, using their strengths as an advantage during battle. |
| 10 Great Games Just For Dad! | 2004 | Idigicon Limited | Kool Dog, REFLEXion games, Squeaky Duck, Voodoo Dimention | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 10 Great Games Just For Dad! is a compilation of ten small games by separate developers put together in a package by Idigicon. Some of these games have appeared in other releases by Idigicon or by Guildhall Leisure.
Each game in this collection must be installed separately, the games in this collection are
3D Arcade Chess
A chess game against a computer opponent which can be set to one of ten difficulty settingsDelux Pontoon (2.0)
This is a card game similar to Blackjack or Vingt-et-un in which the player aims to draw cards to a value that is higher than the value of the cards drawn by the house while being equal to 21 or less. In this game points are awarded tor winning and just surviving a hand. The game records the highest points total for each session.Derby Day
Subtitled 'Virtual Racing' this game allows up to four player(s) to bet on races on English and French courses.Double Top (v1.02)
This is a one or two player game that features two common darts games, 501 and 'Round The Clock'. It allows the player(s) to change the match duration to be the best of 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 rounds, has 31 different computer opponents of varying degrees of skill, and two modes of play 'Pub Game' or 'Tournament'.Fruit Machine Simulator
This game has all the usual features, holds, nudges, feature wins, and a money trail. A later version of this was released commercially as an independent product.Hanoe Tower
Another traditional puzzle game more commonly known as "Towers of Hanoi"or "Tower of Brahma". The player starts with three poles in front of them. On the left most pole is a tower built from a series of circular blocks which decrease in size, the largest being at the bottom. The player must transfer all the blocks from the left pole to the right pole moving only one block at a time and never putting a larger block on top of smaller one. A later, more fully featured, version of this game was released commercially as an independent product.Ishido
This is a tile matching game. Player(s) must place tiles onto a grid such that the other tiles they touch have either the same design and / or the same pattern.Mah Jong
Another classic tile matching game with 40 different tile stacks and a range of backgrounds and tile sets. This game contains a level editor.Showcase Pool
This is an arcade version of Pool. The balls do not run as fast and stop much quicker than in a 'true' simulation. The game can be played against a variety of different backgrounds.Showcase Snooker
As with Showcase Pool this is an arcade version of the game Snooker. Here to the game can be played in a variety of locations and the balls stop much faster than in other simulations of this game
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| 1000 Games | 2004 | Avanquest Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 1000 Games is a compilation of one thousand games.The publisher attests that this is a collection of one thousand games and that the compilation include neither shareware games nor demo games. The games come on two discs, both themselves previously released compilations:
555 Games XP Championship
Ultimate Games: 505 Games |
| 2 for 1: Riddle of the Sphinx & Riddle of the Sphinx II | 2004 | Adventure Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Riddle of the Sphinx
The Omega Stone: Riddle of the Sphinx II |
| 2 for 1: The Messenger & Traitors Gate | 2004 | Adventure Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
The Messenger
Traitors Gate |
| 2 for 1: The Mystery of the Nautilus / The New Adventures of the Time Machine | 2004 | Adventure Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation contains:
The Mystery of the Nautilus
The New Adventures of the Time Machine |
| 2004 Mahjongg | 2004 | | Rightdown Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | 2004 Mahjongg is a single player game compilation featuring five separate games, these are:
2004 Mahjongg: A traditional tile matching game with forty different layouts. The compilation contains a level editor which allows the player to create new formations for use here and with other games in this package.
Lines: This game is similar to Magic Lines. It is played on a grid that is either 9x9, 10x10, 12x12 or 15x15 in size and starts with just a few balls being placed randomly in the playing area. Balls can be moved to another place on the grid provided they can slide freely on the board to their new position. The object is to remove as many balls as possible by forming horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines of 5 balls or more but with each turn the game will add three new balls to the board.
There are no hints or undo in Lines game, the only help is a small window that shows the next three balls to be added.
Blocks: This game is a falling block puzzle similar to Columns and it's the only game here that can be played using the keyboard. It's a falling block puzzle where the shapes are all three block columns and the object is to match three or more blocks of the same colour in columns, rows or diagonals. The more tiles are in a line the more points you earn. When a line is completed its tiles disappear and the other tiles can fall. If they form another column when falling (it's usually called a "chain reaction"), even more points are scored.There are three basic game areas to this game
Memory: This game uses Mahjongg tiles in five specific formations. Initially all the tiles are face down. When the player clicks on a pair of tiles they briefly turn face up, if they match they disappear and the game continues until all the tiles have been removed.
Concentration: This game is a mix of Mahjongg and Memory modes. It's a standard game of mahjongg played with mahjongg rules for removing tiles and the full range of forty mahjongg tile layouts, but the tiles are all placed face down and only turn over when selected. The game continues until all the tiles have been removed.
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| 2004: Space Becherovka | 2004 | Dast | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | 2004: Space Becherovka a Czech freeware point and click adventure game that was developed using Macromedia Flash.The story concerns Victor, a store keeper in the Becherovka factory, who quite by accident finds himself exploring the galaxy. He learns that many suns ago there was a fabulous drink called Blog's Gimelian Superblaster that is reputedly the best drink ever conceived. Unfortunately neither the drink, nor Blog, nor the planet Gimel exist. They were destroyed by the evil Daft Vapour, a semi-legitimate businessman and black marketeer. Legend has it that one day a stranger would appear with a drink that is even better than Blog's Gimelian Superblaster and that this hero would rid the galaxy of Daft Vapour. The player takes on the role of Viktor who is the sole human among a galaxy of aliens and who is, therefore, very strange and who just happens to have a bottle of Becherovka with him. Thus begins a humorous adventure containing spoofs on characters and places from many space / sci-fi films and television programs and in which the player will have to escape from prison, rescue a princess, sail on the Titanic, and duel with light sabres - though not necessarily in that particular order.The characters and the backgrounds are drawn in a cartoon style and the game is entirely controlled via the mouse. There is in-game music, which is optional, but no spoken dialogue. |
| 3D Reversi | 2004 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | GrassGames | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | 3D Reversi is an adaption of the classical board game Reversi. Play against 24 different AI opponents or other players via the Internet. A big selection of boards and settings is available, own boards can be designed.
Every aspect of the game can be modified: cameras, animations, colours, boards, sound and controls. |
| 5 Cards Slingo Deluxe | 2004 | funkitron, Inc. | funkitron, Inc. | Gambling, Strategy | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 5 Cards Slingo Deluxe is a game that combines the Poker card game with the Slingo mechanic that by itself is a mix of two concepts: slots and bingo. The implementation in this game allows the player to play twelve poker hands at once. There are three game modes to choose from, including a Mixed Matrix mode allowing the player to put cards anywhere on the matrix. The game keeps track of the score and the variable spin timer can be set to three speeds. |
| 7 Days a Skeptic (Special Edition) | 2004 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 7 Days a Skeptic (Special Edition) is a more feature rich version that originally required a five dollar donation to acquire.It contains: 7 Days a Skeptic
An author commentary
An original 'Birthday' Easter Egg
Outtakes
The in-game MIDI music
A new 'early warning' system for the chase sequences |
| Adventure Pack | 2004 | MC2-Microïds | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In this compilation you can find the following three adventure titles:
AmerZone: The Explorer's Legacy
Post Mortem
Road to India: Between Hell and Nirvana
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| Airborne Troops: Countdown to D-Day | 2004 | Playlogic International N.V. | Widescreen Games SARL | Action | Behind view | | War | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | | | | | | Windows | You are John Welsh, 25 years old, American soldier member of the paratroopers. Two days before operation Overlord, you are sent in Normandy to secure Murat.Airborne Troops: Countdown to D-Day is a 3D real-time shooting game, in which you will always have to choose between action and infiltration to complete your missions. You have eight weapons to choose from and the nineteen types of enemies have each their own AI. |
| Alexander: The Heroes Hour | 2004 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Meridian'93 | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Hack and slash | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In Alexander: The Heroes Hour the player takes the role of three elite soldiers aligned to Alexander the Great: Megacles (brute force), Ekhedem (sword fighter) and Bilikidi (ranged weapons). They carry out orders from Alexander. The player controls these with the typical Diablo-type controls: Clicking with the mouse to move and attack, special abilities are reached through menus on the edge of the screen. Because there are three characters instead of one to control, the game includes a a pause function similar to Baldur's Gate where the player stops the time and gives orders.For every killed foe and solved quest the characters receive experience points. These can be used to improve the character's combat skills and special abilities. Even though the gameplay is action oriented the quests have more varied goals than "kill them all". In the second playing mode named Arena the player faces hordes of monsters and receives trophies for defeating them. |
| Alexandra Ledermann 5: L'Héritage du Haras (Edition Collector) | 2004 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collector's edition includes:
Alexandra Ledermann 5: L'Héritage du Haras
Backpack
5 postcards |
| Alien Logic | 2004 | Megaware Multimedia B.V. | White Lynx | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In Alien Logic the player represents Planet Earth in an intergalactic competition held on the remote planet Kash-Tan, where each species of the Universe will be judged on its capacity to solve puzzles. The game plays as a 3D puzzle where the player is tasked with guiding a vehicle from the entrance of a level to its exit, which will only be open if all the special items called Energons have been collected. Along the way, the player will encounter moving enemies, projectile-shooting turrets, keys to unlock doors, bombs to destroy blocks, and tiles that only allow passage in certain directions. The less time taken to complete a level, the more IQ points are awarded, with later levels requiring a minimum amount of points in order to be unlocked. In total the game contains 31 levels that get gradually more complex. |
| Amazing Mah Jongg 3D | 2004 | Pointsoft S.A. | Thinking Thing Software | Simulation | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen, Free-roaming camera | Windows | Amazing Mah Jongg 3D is a PC adaption of the famous board game. 60 different variants and more than 25 backgrounds and token designs are included. The board is 3D and can be rotated. |
| Apache Longbow Assault | 2004 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | InterActive Vision White Eagle Sp. z o.o. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Helicopter, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | Apache Longbow Assault is a helicopter simulator for the AH-64 Apache Longbow variant and the follow-up to AH-64 Apache Air Assault. Similar to the previous game it is a mix of a simulation and arcade so players can start right away. The in-game cockpit then serves largely as a reference frame rather than complex manipulation by the player.The only game mode is a linear campaign that consists of about 30 missions. They take place during different times of day, weather and over varied terrain, including mountains, beaches and seas. It features head-to-head fights with other helicopters, attacking AA batteries, ships and ground vehicles, rescue operations and defense missions. Before starting the mission, a loadout can be defined as it is possible to run out of ammo. Weapons include Hydra rockets, Hellfire missiles and a M230 cannon. Optionally automatic targeting can be enabled. There is a night vision view and flares can be launched to assist the ground operations. |
| Arcade 2 Collection | 2004 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Lance Grooms, Andrew Glaister, Greg Snook | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Arcade 2 Collection is a games compilation. It comes in a sleeve containing two keep cases and most of the games come on separate discs. The contents of the release are:Part 1: This consists of four games from
Taito
Space InvadersThis version of the game comes with three screen savers, three wallpapers and a video interview with developer Tomohiro Nishikado. The game itself emulates the classic monochrome, cellophane, full colour games plus the planetary backdrop of the upright machine. Players can switch between display types mid-game via function keys, they can also customise game settings such as screen size, sound, difficulty and controller. It installs as Space Invaders '95 but looks nothing like that game. It's very like Space Invaders DX but it lacks the parody mode of that game and has a different title screen.
Bust-A-Move 3 DX aka Bust-A-Move '99
Bubble Bobble
Rainbow Islands
Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands are the only games to share a disc. They install through a single install process and can be launched through ether a shared launcher or from their desktop icons. Both are licensed Windows ports of the game and have in-game documentation and options that allows the player(s) to customise the controls, display, and action keys
Part 2: consists of two pinball games
Pro Pinball: Big Race USA
3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride
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| Arcventure: The Vikings | 2004 | Sherston Software Ltd. | Sherston Educational Software Pvt Ltd | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Arcventure: The Vikings is an educational title designed to teach 7 - 11 year olds about the Vikings and how they lived in the Coppergate part of York in the 10th century.There are two game levels, easy and hard, as well as a teacher mode where progress of pupils can be checked on.
The game itself has two modes, the Adventure and the Time Traveller.
The Adventure simulates one of the Coppergate archaeological digs that took place between 1976 and 1981. Players have seventeen days, game time, to excavate an area and see what they can find. To do this they must choose the correct tools for the job, shovel, trowel, fine brush and magnifying glass. Recovered artefacts are logged into the dig's database where players can find out more about them as well as see an image of the reconstructed item. This part of the game plays like a point and click adventure game
The Time Traveller game plays like a role playing game. Players are given an object and are sent back in time to explore York, talk to characters, etc in order to find out what it is.
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| Ardennes Offensive | 2004 | ASYLUM Games | ASYLUM Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | | | | | | Windows | Ardennes Offensive is a World War II first person shooter set during the Battle of the Bulge. The player takes the role of an American soldier, Cowell who was out on patrol when the Germans suddenly attacked the allied camp. Cowell survives the attack but finds himself alone and injured among the German forces. His only hope survival is to make it to the allied camp but to reach it he has move through the center of the enemy lines. At the same time Cowell has to gather as much information about the German offensive as possible and do what he can to sabotage it.Ardennes Offensive follows the traditions of the genre. It consists of seven missions where the player combats German soldiers in both indoor and outdoor locations. There are five weapons (pistol, rifle, machine gun, sniper rifle and rocket launcher) available plus hand grenades. Each level has a number of objectives that the player has to succeed with. Most of these involve destroying the equipment and infrastructure of the enemy and gathering intelligence. As the player is injured at the start of the game, he is not allowed to take too long time with the mission or he might bleed to death. |
| Arthur's Reading Games | 2004 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | ImageBuilder Software, Inc. | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Arthur's Reading Games is an educational title for five to seven year olds that is based on the book Arthur's Reading Race. This is an educational title designed to help children learn to read by using games to teach sentence construction, word recognition and story building.The product features Marc Brown's interactive story together with four mini games ‘Learn With Arthur’, Word Recognition’- a Concentration style game where the player looks for words that rhyme, ‘Vowels and Consonants’ featuring Francine’s Word-O-Matic Machine, and a Story Building game where the player fills in blanks on a page by dragging and dropping pictures into them.The games have five skill levels and in addition to the games and the story there are both music and art options too. |
| Artus et le grimoire secret | 2004 | Musée du Louvre, Réunion des Musées Nationaux | Gyoza Media | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Artus is a little mouse living secretly in the Louvre museum. One day, he discovers a strange scroll and he finds himself sent back to the middle-ages taking part in four stories. In each of these stories, he will have to find four items: a cup, a sword, a walking stick and gold.Artus et le grimoire secret is a mix of adventure and RPG, since Artus will have to fight thieves, deal with courage and charity points, this game will see Artus grow up, become knight, solve puzzles, travel all over Europe and learn about history. The game is endorsed by the Musée du Louvre. |
| Atomic Butcher | 2004 | Das Humankapital | Das Humankapital | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | Atomic Butcher is a freeware, post-apocalyptic platform shooter with gameplay similar to Abuse, where the main character is a survivor of a nuclear holocaust hunting for food sources on the radioactive wasteland. The game starts at the fallout shelter with a quick tutorial explaining the basic controls: the mouse has a crosshair cursor to aim and shoot the weapon, while the famous WASD keys are used to move and jump over gaps. The default weapon is a lethal stream of endless glowing urine capable of killing any enemy, but of limited use due to its short range. More efficient weaponry can be found scattered around the landscape, ranging from revolvers and shotguns to flamethrowers, assault rifles and grenade launchers. Armour and power-ups can also be found laying around, with syringes filled with drugs boosting the abilities of the protagonist, and radioactive symbols making his piss more powerful for a few seconds.The main objective of each stage is to gather a minimum amount of meat to open an exit to the next level. The flesh of the slaughtered mutants has to be collected to complete this gruesome task, with excess meat being stored for bonus upgrades for the health meter and the weapons between levels. The game only saves at the start of a new level, but several skull checkpoints are placed at regular intervals to avoid tedious backtracking. |
| Audition Online | 2004 | YD Online | T3 Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Audition is an online music and dancing game that allows players to compete against and cooperate with players from around all over the world. Dance your way to virtual stardom by syncing your avatar's moves with the beat of today's hottest pop music. Players get to engage in a variety of single and multiplayer modes, while dressed in your choice of threads. No two avatars are alike, so customize your avatar to your heart’s content. |
| Aurora 4X | 2004 | | | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Menu structures, Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Aurora 4X is a grand strategy space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, exterminate) game that has been in development since 2004. It is distributed as freeware but not open source.Sometimes said to be the Dwarf Fortress of 4X games, the game features gameplay and UI that similarly involve a rather steep learning curve, and its graphics are best described as functional and minimalistic. But also likewise, Aurora 4X features finely-detailed imperial management and combat; RPG-like management of a corps of officers, administrators and scientists; and similar potential for emergent gameplay and storytelling potential.The game is turn-based, with flexible turn length; turns can be run in any increment from 5 seconds to 30 days. Space combat is modeled after mid-20th-century submarine warfare, with sensor signatures, detection and stealth being crucial tactical elements.Aurora's universe is generated procedurally on-the-fly; on new game generation, the player can choose to generate AI empires immediately, or generate none and have them have a chance of one generating with each new system explored. |
| Autobahn Total | 2004 | IncaGold GmbH | Brightstar Games | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | | | | | Windows | Race the clock or other German road racers on the infamous German Autobahn, where speed is not limited. Up to 32 different highway segments, 10 different levels of difficulty, and different time of day and weather conditions provides new challenges. Alternatively you can generate a random track that is different every time you play.Autobahn Total is an arcade racer that lets you drive on the German Autobahn from city to city, either in time trial mode, or against an AI car. |
| Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper | 2004 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | WayForward Technologies, Inc. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Mini-games, Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Barbie takes on the roles of Erika and Princess Anneliese in her new journey. The Prince and The Pauper follows Erika as she strives to show that she is worthy of being proclaimed queen, based on the classic fable The Prince and the Pauper. You must guide Erika through the game's many locales and settings, including the hamlet, castle, and forest, with the assistance of Princess Anneliese, so that she is thoroughly prepared for the coronation ceremony and her duty as queen. Help the people, solve riddles, and complete innovative chores to show off Erika's greatest traits.As you go across the royal realm, you'll come across a village, a forest, and a castle. Solve puzzles and play entertaining games! Gather apples in the orchard, spin wool for fabric, and complete other activities. As you assist Erika in becoming queen, you must complete five innovative tasks. Prepare the castle for the event by decorating it! Collect flags, flowers, and other items to unleash unique surprises; add stained glass windows and banners for the finishing touch. Collect emblems, florals, and other items to get unique rewards. |
| Battle Fleet Commander II | 2004 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Laubenheimer Productions | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Wargame | World War II | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Battlefleet Commander II is a BattleShip variant.
Two players place their fleet on the playing field. Available are the German and Japanese fleet and the Royal and US Navy. The player has to try and hit a ship by shooting at certain coordinates. If he does not hit, the next player starts his turn. If he hits, he can shoot again. If a player sinks the entire fleet, he wins. Three single player campaigns are included as well as an option to play versus another human opponent via LAN or internet. |
| Beasts | 2004 | Regne Entertainment | Regne Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | Beasts is an adventure game with a horror-themed sci-fi story but most of it is only suggested, not shown. The game is a classical adventure game, in color. The view is in the 1st person, so you seen what the character sees, in a frame that takes a quarter of the screen.You can interact with the scene using three different actions: look, use (or pick) and the inventory. You can then get description of items, usable objects or commands of the scene, and get clues to solve the few puzzles of the game. As you can pick objects from the scene, you can use them later elsewhere by using the inventory icon. All controls are mouse driven, the keyboard is not used.At the beginning of the game, you are woken up by a loud scream and will have to figure what's going on in your mansion. Soon, you will face the horror that is set there, and the hideous Beasts that are now in your house. |
| Bees & Bears | 2004 | | Devworks Game Technology | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bees & Bears is a single player, tile matching gameIn this game the player is faced with a game area that comprises of hexagonal cells which represents the beehive. Many of these cells are coloured and the object of the game is to join together cells of the same colour in specific shapes which then disappear from the hive and appear as honey to feed the bear.Other cell types include honey cells there are little bees that change the colour of any cell it touches, honey bombs which when used in a combination clear all cells of the same colour, and a selection of bonus items.The levels are timed and if the bear does not get enough food in that time they break the hive.
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| Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 1 - In Search of the Skunk-Ape | 2004 | Grundislav Games | Grundislav Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The first installment in the Ben Jordan series by Grundislav.
A traditional point and click adventure game (made with AGS) where you control Ben Jordan, a freelance paranormal investigator, one day you receive a call from Florida asking for help, the Skunk-Ape creature is murdering people in a park in Florida and they want Ben to investigate.The controls are like the ones of the old Sierra games, with icons for walking, looking, talking, etc. |
| Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 2 - The Lost Galleon of the Salton Sea | 2004 | Grundislav Games | Grundislav Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Ben Jordan receives a call from a woman whose husband's gone missing, you will have to travel to Dunesberg, California to investigate the man disappearance. Then there you will learn about the mystery of a Spanish lost galleon that it's supposedly linked to the man disappearance.The interface it's the typical of the old point and click Sierra games, in this new case you dispose of a notebook, in which all important information is automatically noted down.
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| Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 3 - The Sorceress of Smailholm | 2004 | Grundislav Games | Grundislav Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | This time Ben Jordan travels to Smailholm, Scotland to investigate the murder of two children. Everything seems to point to witchery, so it's Ben's duty to investigate this crime.The interface is typical point and click with icons. The action is divided into days and there are two different paths towards the end.Also the game comes with a Handbook in HTML that contains some information that will be very helpful to solve the Smailholm mystery. |
| Besieger | 2004 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Primal Software | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | When Korin, rightful king of the Cimmerians sets on a quest to find a fabled magic sword, his sister Mara sees her chance and seizes power with her dark magic. Vikings that live nearby hear of this and fear an attack. Therefore they send out some warriors on a quest to find Thor's hammer. They set out on a flying ship, only to be shot down and see Mara's forces destroy their capital.Besieger is a real-time strategy game where it is up to the player to find Thor's hammer and set things straight again as the vikings, fight as the Cimmerians or play as the returning Korin in three different single player campaigns. It is also possible to fight in loose skirmish battles with up to 9 AI opponents or players on the internet. Different skirmish modes include Deathmatch (where the last surviving player wins), Artifact (win by conquering enemy artifacts), Siege and Battle. In Siege, one player receives a fortress to defend while another player must lay siege on it. This game mode doesn't feature resource management and unit training. In Battle mode this is also the case. Players have to make do with the units given to them at the start of the skirmish. The Deathmatch and Artifact modes make use of a traditional RTS game system with construction buildings, training units and fighting the enemy to cripple his unit production.Like Warcraft III the game features hero units who have special abilities and are extra strong. |
| Beyond Divinity: Deluxe Edition | 2004 | MediaMix Benelux | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Deluxe Edition contains two fantasy role-playing games (RPGs):
Divine Divinity
Beyond Divinity
The two keep cases are held together in a cardboard sleeve. |
| Bikini Beach: Stunt Racer | 2004 | Cosmi Corporation | Davilex Games B.V. | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Off-roading | | | Everyone | | Windows | Bikini Beach: Stunt Racer pits the player against the clock in a desperate, mad dash effort to please the hot mascot babes at various tropical paradises. The player selects from among 3 male characters -- either the surfer jock, the fat party animal, or the drunken lush -- each has his own dune buggy. The goal is to impress trophy women by riding the dune buggy around various courses in Bali, Rio, and St. Tropez and performing increasingly outrageous and daring stunts worth varying points. In addition to a preset number of points, it is also necessary to collect 7 diamonds on the course in order to earn a woman's approval.The game features a leisurely practice mode to allow the player a relaxed environment for practicing stunts. The game also has an unlockable fourth level for each of the parameters-- a fourth player (an Elvis impersonator), a fourth bikini babe, and a fourth beach (Daytona) to conquer. |
| Binman & Removal Man | 2004 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:Binman
Removal ManThough both games are installed from a single menu, they create their own folders and are launched and played separately. |
| Blades of Avernum | 2004 | Spiderweb Software | Spiderweb Software | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The fourth role-playing game in the Avernum series. Create a party of four heroes, and set off to one of four scenarios:
The Valley of Dying: Explore the world of magic and sorcery and find the secret to the mysterious plague.
A Small Rebellion: A group of rebels formed against the empire, will you fight them or join them?
The Za-Khazi Run: Quest your way through a dangerous river and try to save your allies on the other side before time runs out.
Diplomacy With the Dead: Help a small city fight a powerful vampire.
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| Blitzkrieg: Strategy Collection | 2004 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon
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| Blokketiblok | 2004 | Gomma Games | Gomma Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Blokketiblok is an arcade game in which the player, as a creature named Blokketi, must destroy spherical monsters named Zzepallepa by crushing them with blocks. On each level, the player's task is to kill all the Zzepallepa. Close contact with one of the monsters means a loss of life. Blokketi can push blocks around, causing them to move forward until they bump into something. Pushing a block against an obstacle (a wall, or another block) causes it to be destroyed. Any Zzepallepa in the path of a moving block are killed. Blokketi also has the ability to strike a nearby wall, releasing an electric spark that temporarily paralyzes any Zzepallepa who happen to be near the wall. A paralyzed monster can be killed by walking into it. When all but one Zzepallepa are killed, the final monster turns into a very fast, aggressive creature before expiring on its own after a few moments, at which point the level ends. Special blocks include: gem blocks which give bonus score when lined up together; bomb blocks which explode soon after activation, killing all Zzepallepa (or Blokketi) in the blast radius; magic gems which release two blocks to the sides whenever they strike something; and a nitro gem which turns nearby Zzepallepa into bombs whenever it strikes something. Additionally lining up two or more blocks of the same color turns them into coins, which give bonus score after the level is over, but they block the way and cannot be pushed (only destroyed). |
| Bloxter | 2004 | Norbyte | Norbyte | Puzzle | | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Bloxter's basic game concept is similar to Columns. Here you play inside a reactor. Your mission is to combine a certain number of energy cells (how many depends on the level; ranging from two to five) either horizontal or vertical. For this purpose, you will drop a 2x2-energy-block, which can be rotated to all four positions, at the top of your energy cells. When you finally combine a row, the energy cells will react (jumping out of the screen). If there are any same numbered energy cells of a different color adjacent, they will chain-react, even if they aren't horizontal or vertical aligned. Once you got a certain number of reactions, you complete the level and you can proceed to the next one.The game offers 5 different Zones with 6 Reactors each. Changing from level to level are the number of energy cell needed for an reaction, the number and the type of the bonus items and cells (like a drill to remove cells or a special block which will generate energy cells on its destruction), and the presence or absence of Vanders, these are enemies, which will try to hinder you. An example for these are leeches, which will drain the energy out of a cell, leaving an empty, non-reactive block. |
| Bomber: Steep Dive | 2004 | | Three Oaks Games | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | Flight / aviation | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Bomber: Steep Dive, the player takes the role of a pilot aiming to bomb city buildings. Each sweep the pilot makes allows bombs to be dropped, destroying a single level of building. The next sweep, the plane will drop to lower altitude, re-enacting the same routine, until the player either destroys all the buildings or crashes into one of the buildings. Destroying all the buildings will enable the player to advance to the next stage. |
| Boohbah: Wiggle and Giggle | 2004 | Selectsoft Publishing | Polkadot Place | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Boohbah: Wiggle and Giggle is a game based on the British children's television series. The game contains five mini-games, one for each Boohbah. In the first mini-game, you design wrapping paper using paint and stickers, which you can print out, In Boohball, you light up the sky using bubbles and Boohbahs. In Designing a Present, you use spray cans with many different textures to design the wrapping paper. In Exercise With the Boohbahs, you drag the bubbles into the circles to watch the Boohbahs perform various dance moves. In the last mini-game, Storyworld Picture Book, you can create stories using the Story People and drag and drop them onto many different backgrounds. Every single activity in this game is printable. There are also 3 different language options: English, Spanish and French, |
| Bool | 2004 | Button Man Games | Button Man Games | Action | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Bool is an early game by Mark Essen. The player needs to keep a white ball afloat in different levels and collect yellow balls and orange squares before running out of time or thrust power. Each level contains a number of balls and squares, and triangles that provide an additional bar of thrust. Completing the level is done by returning to the white starting point with all items aboard before running out of thrust. To do so, the player needs to let go of the controls every now to avoid waste of power and then to let the ball glide along with the scenery. Items are collected by activating a rope that reels them in. The environment cannot be touched directly. When this happens three times, the game is over.Starting from the title screen, the game's font immediately changes into an illegible typeface, which deliberately makes it impossible to read any of the game commands or menu text. Finding out how to get the game to start is a challenge itself. All letters of the alphabet are included as separate images with the game files. By comparing or replacing the images, it is possible to decipher it. |
| Boulder Dash Xmas | 2004 | FlyOrDie | First Star Software, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Boulder Dash Xmas is a single player, keyboard controlled, updated version of an classic puzzler.The game is available for download as a try-before-you-buy fifteen level demo game while the full game has sixty five levels. Given the Christmas theme its no surprise that instead of Rockford tunnelling underground for gems and diamonds, this game features Santa ploughing through the snow in search of tree ornaments and presents.
Other than that and obvious graphic improvements the game plays just the same, Santa must collect all the items on the screen while avoiding falling snowballs. Once he collects the last item an exit door is revealed and he can escape to the next level.There is a high score table within the game and there's also an on-line high score table which, in 2014, was empty.
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| Brave Dwarves: Back for Treasures | 2004 | GameOver-Games, Ltd | GameOver-Games, Ltd | Action | | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | For centuries the Dwarves have guarded the underground passages and fortresses beneath the world. But now a monstrous horde led by evil wizards has taken over these passages. It's up to a Wizard and a Warrior to stop these villains and take back all that is theirs and restore order to the world.Brave Dwarves: Back for Treasures is the third outing for the Brave Dwarves in this series of platform adventures. As a Wizard or Warrior you will have to collect all the treasures and keys on each of the one hundred levels to move on to the next. At your arsenal you will have a bevy of weapons and powers to use that you will pick up from power orbs scattered through the levels. These power orbs will also add strength to existing weapons and each colour of orb denotes a different kind of power-up. Most of the Warrior's weapons are axe-like and naturally the Wizard's weapons are spell based. Enemies are for the most part the usual suspects in all the different worlds of the game, from crawling caterpillars, to walking skeletons, to bats there's not many more for you to meet. Each world is guarded by a boss character who range from the aforementioned evil wizards to even a robotic contraption. Naturally as is in most platform games the player must also be on the lookout for hazards and pitfalls that he/she may fall prey to. The worlds of the game present new backdrops for the the player to play against. The adventure will take the player from a conventional underground caverns, to a robotic factory, and even to two different castles. Once you are finished with this set of adventures there are expansion packs available for download from the developer's website. |
| Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands | 2004 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Probe Entertainment Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Bubble Bobble: One or two players attempt to save their friends in this re-release of the 1987 classic puzzle/action game. Players blow bubbles to trap enemies. When they pop the bubbles, fruit comes out and the players compete for the points. If they don't pop the bubbles in time, the enemies escape and become faster.Rainbow Islands: One or two players. Rainbow Islands is the sequel to Bubble Bobble. Instead of bubbles, you create rainbows. The highly versatile rainbow can be used as bridges, as platforms, or as a weapon. You can shoot a rainbow at an enemy, you can trap it inside, or you can drop a rainbow on an enemy from above. |
| Bugdom 2 | 2004 | Ideas From the Deep | Pangea Software, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | In this sequel to the popular 3D platformer, this time you play as the grasshopper Skip who has his backpack stolen by a Bully Bee. Together with Sam the Snail and Sally the Chipmunk, you perform mini-quests to get clues in order to retrieve your backpack. You have to collect items, release mice from mousetraps, catch fish and blow up anthills from the air. You maneuver balancing on a baseball through a firecracker field, race on top of radio controlled cars through a bedroom, and slide down gutters filled with leafs and pine cones. Befriending Buddy Bugs will also give you aid in how to defeat enemy bugs. Skip can run, jump, fly and swim through various areas while collecting four-leaf clovers. You go through 10 different levels such as the front & back yards, the sewer, playroom, closet, gutter, garbage can, and park. With a leg-kick Skip can fend off foes such as bottle cap-throwing fleas, leather jacket-wearing flies, and oversized lawn gnomes. Catching butterflies will release power-ups such as health-giving strawberries, blueberries that fill up Skip’s flight meter, extra lives, protective shields, and killer bees that follow Skip around until he sets them on an enemy. |
| Bumper Blaster | 2004 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In Bumper Blaster the player has to collect all flag tokens before the time runs out. How many flags that should be collected and
how fast it should be done can be set at the start of the game. The player navigates a flying saucer through a labyrinth in the hunt for the flags. Cows also fly around in the labyrinth and they will impede the player. Cows are dealt with by firing bubbles at them. Various power ups will either help or hinder the player.This game was created using Allegro. |
| Bushgame: The Anti-Bush Video Game | 2004 | | Starvingeyes Studios | Action, Educational | Side view | | Adult, Comedy | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Bushgame: The Anti-Bush Game is a simple platform shooter spiced with educational and/or propagandistic elements, according to your own political views.The background story: The Evil Bush Administration has built a mech called Voltron to achieve world domination. This angers Hulk Hogan, who gathers his old friends, He-Man (in a somewhat modernized version) and T-Bone, to stop Voltron and his doings by collecting the five Voltron Keys. You get the idea.Beginning the game as Hulk Hogan, you jump and run along the scenery. There is no scrolling, the game is composed of rooms that you traverse. Hordes of evil Bush supporters will be attacking you, but you can take them down by shooting horizontally or upwards. Each character also has his own smart bomb-like special attack to wipe the screen clean of any harmful entities.At the end of each level, some big strong stupid boss awaits you, jumping and using weapons of mass destruction. These are quite original; for example, you won't see Barbara and George Bush sr. copulating often in a video game, but here you will, with George spitting hot lava rocks and Barbara birthing Junior Bushes at you. You'll also fight Paris Hilton in her flying, bullet-shooting cabriolet or Janet Jackson's giant right boob, controlled by Michael Powell.Each time you lose a character, you play the next member of in your sturdy freedom fighter band, as long as you still have one. Fortunately, you'll be picking up new characters along the way -- including Howard Dean, Christopher Reeve and Michael Moore, each with his own spectacular and/or cheesy, smart bomb-like special attack, like Howard Stern's "Porn Star Attack".Interwoven with this straight and simple gameplay are "presentations", which constitute the educational part of the game. You'll learn about some political and economic subjects like the evolution of U.S. surplus/deficit, or the changes to the estate and dividend tax and their effects, and many other interesting tidbits of information about the evil doings of the Bush Administration.
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| CCCP: Russian Collection | 2004 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | CCCP: Russian Collection is a compilation including the following 4 strategy games:
Cold War Conflicts
Cossacks: Back to War
Rage of Mages II: Necromancer
Sudden Strike II |
| Cactus Bruce and the Corporate Monkeys | 2004 | Blue Tea Games | Blue Tea Games | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Foster Island is being targeted by the Hoollabanger Corporation to be the site of a banana plantation. The legendary buccaneer Cactus Bruce and his One-Ton Claw Machine must stop the invasion corporation monkeys and save the island.Cactus Bruce and the Corporate Monkeys is an arcade game that combines the brick-breaking action of Arkanoid and similar titles with a claw crane machine. The objective of every level is to break all the bricks on the screen within a time limit, by grabbing monkeys and other objects with the 180º rotating claw and throwing them towards the bricks. Monkeys keep appearing on certain bricks, throwing things at Bruce. The hero is sitting below the machine on a small island at the bottom of the screen, and the player has to protect him from harm with the mouse-controlled claw.Bruce's friends and some objects act as power-ups, he can grab and throw them towards the bricks and the monkeys. The blowfish swims around Bruce and the machine, and can be grabbed when it jumps out of the water. When throw, it gets several times larger, destroying everything in its path. The flower pots kill the monkeys, but can't break bricks. The snowman explodes on contact like a cluster bomb, throwing snowflakes around that destroy surrounding bricks and kill monkeys. The bird flies around the gamefield, and when grabbed and thrown it bounces off the monkeys, hitting several of them in sequence. A blue creature moves around the screen, and when grabbed it adds some time to the clock, and slows down the incoming coconuts and wrenches. The cube gives a random object.Some monkeys throw wrenches that paralyze the claw for a few seconds. When time runs out, a laser beam starts to descend from the top of the screen, killing monkeys and eventually Bruce if the player can't break the remaining bricks. |
| Camgoo Sixplay | 2004 | Rebel Games | bhv Software GmbH & Co. KG | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Camgoo Sixplay brings the gameplay experience of the PlayStation 2 EyeToy peripheral and games to the PC. Like the EyeToy games, this is a collection of mini-games played by moving in front of a web camera. It places the player in the centre of a game and registers the movements.The game comes with six of these mini-games, most based on the whack-a-mole theme: defend your pot of gold from pirates in Treasure Trouble, keep a ball up as long as possible in Keepie Uppie, fight off robots in Box a Bot, test your rhythm skills in Beatmaster, collect gifts in Pixie Presents and fight off bi-planes King Kong-style in Cam Kong.Next to this game, there is also Camgoo Campack, identical to this game but with a Philips web cam included. |
| Carcassonne: Jäger & Sammler | 2004 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | Meridian'93 | Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Carcassonne: Jäger & Sammler is a variant of the eponymous board game. It is basically the same game as Carcassonne: Ritter, Räuber, Ränkeschmiede with a new, prehistoric setting and adjusted rules.The basic principle is simple: There are 72 cards which show parts of a prehistoric landscape, e.g. cottages or rivers. Every player gets the same amount of cards and puts one of them on the game board every turn. A player gets points if he finishes a part of the landscape. He also has minions which he can put into something finished. The game ends when all cards are played and the highest score wins. |
| Card & Board Games 2 | 2004 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Card & Board Games 2 is another compilation of games and special editions that was originally published by eGames. The installation process installs a game browser on the player's machine, this gives access to the individual games. The first time a game is accessed it is installed, subsequent accesses will play the game. The games in this compilation are grouped into three categories:
Board Games
Backgammon Deluxe from Arthur Crump
War!!, a Battleships game from Khaoscape
An uncredited Checkers game
An uncredited Chess game">
An uncredited game Hex which is a one or two player game where object is to be the first to connect different sides of the game area with hexagonal tiles
Shark Dominoes from Arthur Crump
Bingo Master Standard Edition from Soleau Software
Mahjongg Master 3 Special Edition
Mancala
Peg Hop which is an adaptation of the one-player board game Peg solitaire and which is also uncredited
Ludo from eBrainyGames
Reversi is also an un-attributed conversion of a traditional board game
Rings of the Magi adapted for Windows
5 Dice, referred to in-game as Poker Dice, an uncredited Yahtzee variant
Card games
Solitaire Master 3 Special Edition with just fifty games
Crazy 8's from eBrainyGames
Paragon Bridge
from Tellis Software
Pinochle
from Webfoot Technologies
Hearts
from Webfoot Technologies
Cribbage
from NetIntellGames
Spades
from Webfoot Technologies
Euchre
from Webfoot Technologies
Canasta
from Webfoot Technologies
Gin Rummy
from Webfoot Technologies
Memory Match, also known as Concentration from eBrainyGames
21 from eBrainyGames
Go Fish
from Webfoot Technologies
Foto Match All
from Webfoot Technologies
Bonus Strategy Games
Colors of War Special Edition from Brundelock Treasures
Sunken Treasure from eBrainyGames
Secret Circuit: a single player puzzle game where the player has to find a route between two corners of the game area
99 Bottles from eBrainyGames
Dweebs 2 Special Edition
15 Puzzle a collection of sliding block puzzles
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| Card Games: Hoyle 2004 Edition | 2004 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 18 Classic Games!: Card Games is an updated re-issue of Hoyle Card Games and has much in common with both the 1999 and 2002 versions of the title. Games such as War for example look virtually unchanged.This release contains all the games of the 2002 release. It also has the games that can be installed on the Palm OS, the Facemaker option etc, internet play etc. The game interface has changed so the main menu looks different and the Facemaker option allows for greater customisation.The main new feature in this version is 'Hoyle Bucks'. This is system where the player can earn points, Hoyle Bucks, by achieving certain goals in each game. These points can be used to buy alternate backgrounds, card backs, music tracks, ornaments etc that can be used in the game. There are three parts to this system, the Hoyle Bucks Guide which lists the achievements and how many points each will earn, the Hoyle Bucks Catalog which shows what is available to buy, and the Hoyle Bucks Ledger which shows points accumulated and what they have been spent on.Al games have a quick in-game guide and a detailed guide which opens in a browser window, the more complex games Bridge, Canasta, Gin, hearts and Spades also have full audio tutorials. The Bridge game available in this collection is a single player game that is a 'Bridge lite' implementation. All the bidding and playing is present but there's no mention of a bidding standard such as American or Acol nor are there any options to toggle conventions such as Blackwood or Stayman on/off.Some of the twelve AI opponents are the same as in previous games, the bear, the alien, the dinosaur etc while others seem to have had a makeover, same name but new hairdo. All AI opponents have a background biography and during lulls in the game there are little animations, for example one juggles and the alien listens to music through earphones. They all talk and make comments but their behaviour can be customised to 'serious' which minimises this feature. They have no customisable skill setting but the player can specify their skill level..The full list of games is: Bridge, Canasta, Crazy Eights, Cribbage, Euchre, Gin Rummy, Go Fish, Hearts, Memory Match a one or two player Concentration game, Old Maid, Pinochle a two or four player game, Pitch, Poker, Skat, Solitaire, Spades, Tarot - a trick taking game not the fortune telling kind, and War.The Solitaire games available are:
Single Deck Games: Aces Up, Baker's Dozen, Baroness, Beleagured Castle, Betsy Ross, Bowling, Bristol, Calculation, Canfield, Clock, Cribbage Square, Eagle Wing, Eight Off, Eliminator, Euchre, Flowr Garden, Fortress, Four Free, Four Seasons, Gaps, Golf, Klondike, La Belle Lucie, Nestor, Penguin, Poker Square, Pyramid, Scorpion, Seahaven Towers, Shamrocks, Slide, Spiderette, Strategy, Triplets, and Yukon
Double Deck Games: Aces & Kings, Alhambra, Batsford, Colorado, Forty Thieves, Mount Olympus, Red & Black, Spider, Sultan nd Terrace
Arcade Games: 3 Towers, Best 21, Fast 21, Pick 2, and Sum 11 |
| Casino 5 Pack | 2004 | Game Mill Publishing, Inc. | Beachware, Inc. | Compilation, Gambling, Strategy | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games:
Lady Luck 200 Slots: Jackpot Gold
Video Poker Games
Slot City 120
Keno Master
Lottery Advantage! Jackpot Gold
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| Casino Jackpot 2 | 2004 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Casino Jackpot 2 is a compilation of single-player, mouse controlled, casual games from eGames that was sold in the UK by Greenstreet.The installation process puts a menu system on the user's hard drive which, when launched, opens in a browser window giving the player the option to install any of the games in the package. Once installed the same menu can be used to select and play any of the games. The product contains:
Video Poker: A group of games consisting of:
Galaxy Video Poker SE from WickedWare
Castle Video Poker from WickedWare
Tropical Poker SE from Crescent Vision
Raw Poker
Western Video Poker from WickedWare
Old West PokerSE from Crescent Vision
Galaxy Video Poker, Raw Pokerand Old West Poker are straight poker games paying out on a pair of jacks or better, the remainder are 'deuces wild' variants of poker and pay out on three of a kind or better. Raw Poker is the only game with a high score table.
Slots: A group of games sharing a similar style as they were all developed by WickedWare:
Galaxy Slots has three win lines
Castle Slots has five win lines
Western Slots has a single win line
US Slots also has just a single win line
Keno SE from Crescent Vision
Blackjack from WickedWare
Craps Deluxe from WickedWare
Roulette also from WickedWare
As with most of eGame's compilations these games have each appeared in one or more other compilations, for example Galaxy Slots is included in Galaxy Of Games: Red Edition, Puzzle & Word Games, Collector's Edition 251 Games and probably others.
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| Caveman Zac | 2004 | Redfire Software | Grasland Production | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Adult | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | In Caveman Zac a virus made all dinosaurs homosexual and all males impotent. Just Caveman Zac was spared and has to have sex with all women to ensure humanity's survival.Caveman Zac is a two-dimensional platformer. The player has to jump through the 12 levels to fulfill his destiny. On his way he has to avoid the dinosaurs because when he touches them they have sex with Zac which costs valuable time. With his bat the player can knock them out.
The main goal is to have sex with all women in the level in a limited time frame. But it isn't that easy because the player has to find one hormone package for every active sexual activity. All sex is illustrated in soft-core comic animations. |
| Chain of Command | 2004 | ValuSoft, Inc. | InterActive Vision Mind Beacon Sp. z o.o. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Chain of Command is a traditional real-time tactics game set in World War II. During the 20 missions the player takes the command over American troops which fight against the Nazis in Northern Africa and the Western front. All missions use the same basic pattern: The player needs to move his troops to a marked point on the map to kill everything there. Most missions consist of two or three of these goals.The game features 20 units on every side with different strengths and weaknesses - for every unit there is a especially dangerous enemy unit. The controls follow the established genre standards: the mouse for move and attack orders; special functions are reached with key combinations or menus on the screen sides. |
| Challenge World Poker Championship | 2004 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Challenge World Poker Championship is a single player poker game.
In this game the player pits their poker skills against twenty AI players, each with a different playing style. There are four poker variants, 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Draw, No Limit Texas Hold 'Em, and Omaha Hold 'Em. The player must prove they are good enough in six tournament rounds to be able to progress to the final championship round. |
| Championship Chess | 2004 | Selectsoft Publishing | AI Factory Limited | Strategy | | | | Chess | | | | | | | Windows | Championship Chess is a single player chess game that allows the player to play against the computer or against other players over the internet, a local network or Auto 232.The game features include:
The Chess Tal game engine which finished 10th in 2004 the world chess championships.
Game save and load.
Configurable game area.
Digital or analogue clocks that either count elapsed time or count down.
Five notation types, coordinates, FIDE: NBRQK, long algebraic, descriptive, and correspondence.
Six time modes, blitz, infinite, tournament, average, matching time, and exact time.
Fifty settings for the strength of the computer opposition.
Specific games can be set up.
Games can be imported if in Portable Game Notation (PGN).
The player can determine the size of the main and pawn hash tables, these are internal tables that the game uses to ‘remember’ moves it has already analysed. |
| Charm School | 2004 | Xing Interactive B.V. | Hanako Games | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Charm School is a single player resource management type game. The player takes the role of a boy / girl who's Aunt May runs a training school for young witches. Aunt May is going on a years holiday and writes a letter telling the player that they must take over the school in her absence. The player must set the girls study schedules and keep them happy. Though some money has been left it won't be enough so the player must set the girls to work using their abilities to protect crops from rabbits, zap bugs, etc in order to raise extra cash. The game has over 60 possible endings and is entirely mouse controlled. |
| Chemicus II: Die versunkene Stadt - Jubiläumsausgabe | 2004 | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This anniversary issue contains:
Chemicus II: Die versunkene Stadt
Game solution on the disc |
| Christmas Conquest 1 | 2004 | Neonair Games | Neonair Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Christmas Conquest 1 is a 2D platformer, made as a prototype for a Christmas game-making competition. The gameplay is similar to Super Mario Bros. and the player controls Santa Claus who has to rescue Christmas when villains from other holidays threaten to take over the North Pole. Santa is able to jump on enemies to defeat them. He also needs to cross gaps, grab bonuses, and smash walls to complete levels. |
| Cindy's Caribbean Holiday | 2004 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Ivolgamus UAB | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Cindy's Caribbean Holiday is a single player game aimed at young girls and which consists of a series of simple activities. The game starts with an animated sequence in which Cindy calls up her friends and invites them on a holiday in the Caribbean. This leads the player to the main menu. From this menu all the game's activities can be accessed. They consist of
Adventures
There are five adventures to choose from.
Packing for the holidaysIn this mini-game the player starts in Cindy's Room. A number of items of clothing are scattered around and the object of the game is to click on each to remove it from the screen within a fixed time limit. After clearing Cindy's room the player moves to Kate's room and then Diana's.
Interior Designer
The player is presented with a picture of Cindy's Room and four icons. These icons change the style and colour of the sofa, the light, the picture and the chair.
Lost Rabbits
This mini-game is similar to Whac-A-Mole. There are three levels to this game, all using the same tree-filled background. Behind some of the trees are rabbits which randomly slide into view before going back into hiding. The object of the game is to catch the rabbits by clicking on them. There is no time limit.
Delicious Fruits
There are three levels to this mini-game, each featuring a different character against the same background. Each level lasts for a fixed period of time. Pictures of fruit and bugs fall slowly from the top of the screen and the object is to catch as much fruit as possible while avoiding the bugs. At the end of each level, and at the end of the game a score is given.
Bikini Fun
In this game the player gets to change the clothes the girls wear. There is no option to save or print the picture
Cool tests
There are four tests in this section
In the Boyfriend Finder the player answers questions about their favourite colour, shape and number then the computer calculates the name of the boys who would be a perfect match.
The Coolest Girl test is very similar, after answering five simple multiple choice questions the game responds with an assessment of the players character.
The Pet Guide asks questions about the players favourite food, flower and fruit before calculating the player's ideal pet.
Finally the Friendship Indicator asks five multiple choice questions before responding with an assessment of whether the player would make a good friend or not.
Beach ImagesThis mini-game invites the player to select one of ten pictures. It then shows that picture full-screen in join-the-dots format. As the player must click on the dots in the correct order the game completes the picture line by line.This game is entirely mouse controlled. |
| Cindy's Fashion World | 2004 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Ivolgamus UAB | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cindy's Fashion World is a single player game aimed at young girls and which consists of a series of simple activities. After a short animated introduction the game displays it's main menu from which the game's three groups of activities can be accessed. They consist of:
Adventures:
There are five adventures available, each is preceded and followed by a short animation sequence. They are:
Hot Styles: Here the player gets to change the shoes, jacket, hat, and trousers/skirt on each of the girls, there are five or six of each to choose from. There is no option to save or print the player's selection nor does the player get to see the girls in the chosen outfits.
Berry's Cafe: Here the girls all go to a cafe for a meal but the lights go out and when they come back on the food is randomly placed on the table. The player must sort this out. The game displays the picture of one of the girls on the lower left corner and the player must select the an item of food that the girl likes from those on the table. The process is repeated until all the food has been cleared from the table. There is no time limit and there is no score.
Shopping Spree: There's a sale of the new season's fashion items and the girls must rush to get the bargains. This mini-game consists of a maze made of shop counters. At random points in the aisles items of clothing appear which the player must direct one of the girls to collect. This mini-game is timed and the items collected are worth points. It is controlled via the keyboard's arrow keys.
Beauty Parlour: Here the player gets to change the hairstyle, and the colour of the lipstick, fingernail and toenail polish on each of the girls. There is no option to save or print the player's selection nor does the player get to see the girls fully made up.
Cutie Pets: Very similar to the Beauty Parlour game but here the player is adding accessories to the girl's pets. There are five or six hats, collars and bracelets that can be added. As in previous games there is no option to save or print the final result.
Cool Tests: There are four tests in this section
In the Personality Indicator the player enters their name and the game responds with an assessment of their personality.
The Love Indicator invites the player to enter their name and the name of a boy to see if they would make a good couple.
The Suitability Indicator is very similar to the Love Indicator. In this test the player enters the names of two friends and the computer responds saying who is the best potential match.
The Cool Test is very similar to the Personality Indicator. The player enters their name and the computer responds with an assessment of how cool they are
Fashion Design: Here the player is presented with eight pictures that they can colour in on-screen. There is no option to print the completed picture. |
| Club Football 2005 | 2004 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Hoodoo Studios | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Club Football 2005 is a series of 21 club-specific football games. Each version has its own opening sequence, menu graphics, and packaging as well as a Club Album that contains facts and memorabilia from each clubs present. When playing the game you earn credits that can be used to unlock features as pictures and video clips. The gameplay from last years game has been improved with a new animation system as well as some new skills including dummies, close control and fakes. The game comes with several different game modes. You can play in Domestic, European and Custom leagues and tournaments. The Career mode lets you create yourself in the game to play with your team. Several scenarios has been included allows you to play classic matches from the history of your club. For new players is the practice mode that lets you prepare for the big matches. |
| Collapse! Crunch | 2004 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Once again, your mission is to remove a cluster of same colored blocks, at least 3, but the more the better. As soon as these blocks have vanished, the blocks above of them will fall down and filling the gap.And while you remove blocks in the level, the game pumps new rows from the bottom in. So you must remove them faster as new rows appear and the blocks stacking up. Once all rows are in the game, you win. If one block reaches the top, you loose.The game offers four different game modes: ZigZag, Big, Crunch, and Perplexor.Big is the classic Collapse mode. It works like explained above. New rows appearing without doing anything, so waiting too long can be fatal. The speed of new rows increases from the beginning of the level to the end, but also the general speed from level to level. There are two possibilities for new rows: full 28 block rows or 14 block rows with a gap between each block. The gap will change the structure of the blocks in the game (while one vertical row stacks up, the other don't). There are Power-Ups in this game mode, which will help you, but can also hinder.
This game mode is identical to Traditional from the predecessor, but is more then double the width, that's why it's called Big.ZigZag is a strategy variant, so new rows only appear when you clear a cluster. ZigZag is referring to the playfield, while the blocks in the other three game modes are ordered in a rectangle, this is ZigZag. Means: odd numbered vertical rows are like normal rows, while the even numbered vertical rows are shifted a half block up. For this game mode, you have infinite time for your movement.Perplexor is similar to the Puzzle Mode from the predecessor. You have to remove all blocks, if one remains, you loose. You also have so much time as you want. The greatest problem in this game mode is, that you can't use all of the blocks at the beginning. The playfield is divided into two different areas. The bottom area looks like in Big and works like in ZigZag. The upper part is partly hidden, but can't be used at all. Once you clear something in the bottom part, blocks from the upper part will drop down.Crunch is the most unique of the four. The playfield has blocks centered at the four edges. In the middle is a big mine, if the blocks hitting the mine, it's Game Over. Instead of putting new lines into the game, now it's just blocks. The new block feed will putting each by each counter-clockwise, moving the inner in one of the two possible directions (block feed from upper right corner will move inner blocks more left or down). So all blocks heading directly to the mine. Once you remove a block cluster, the blocks "beneath" of it will collapse in the direction of the nearest wall. While Big is speeding slowly up, this mode here speeds really fast up, putting multiple blocks in a single second in the game.The Power-Ups, which are available in all game modes, except Perplexor, are both good and bad: Platform Block (don't move, just blocking all), Indestructible Block (moves like a regular block, but can't be removed with normal actions), Color Bomb (will destroy all same colored blocks in it's radius), Super Bomb (will destroy all blocks in it's radius, including Platform/Indestructible), Shifting Block (will move all blocks, including Power-Ups, in it's radius to a new location; it's like randomizing, but without loosing the amount of specific blocks). |
| Concorde (Limited Edition) | 2004 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition includes the game Concorde and a video of the history of Concorde's development.
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| Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller | 2004 | SEGA Corporation | Hitmaker | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Crazy Taxi 3 serves up more of the classic gameplay that made the series so popular on the Dreamcast. High Roller takes place in "Glitter Oasis" which is modeled after Las Vegas. You take the roll as one of 4 new drivers and you must try to deliver as many customers as possible to collect huge fares.Crazy Taxi 3 also includes reworked versions of the original 2 levels from Crazy Taxi and Crazy Taxi 2 -- West Coast and Small Apple each with their respective drivers. Also included is Crazy X mode in which you play through a slew of minigames for when you don't feel like tackling the main game. |
| Create City | 2004 | IncaGold GmbH | | Simulation, Strategy | | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Create City is a game in which the player builds cities and manages the financial and food resources needed to sustain them. It is a later version of Build City with improved graphics and additional missions.This is a much simpler game than Sim City with which it will inevitably be compared. The player starts with a blank piece of ground onto which are placed roads, only when a road has been placed can the player can build houses. I in this game the first houses are tents but these upgrade into apartment blocks as the city grows. The more houses in the city then more people can live there however for the city to grow the player must create farms to feed them and public buildings such as schools, taverns and churches to nurture them. The creation of nearby public buildings is the trigger for tented accommodation to become an apartment block which in turn leads to more people living in the city.
Building structures costs money and public buildings incur a maintenance cost. The only way in which revenue can be raised is via a tax on the city's residents but if taxes are too high the city will not grow and people may actually leave. In some missions food and gold are provided by the king so the player does not necessarily have to raise taxes and feed their population, while in others the player must manage both resources to create a stable city economy.The game has three modes of play.
There is the "Campaign Mode" in in which the player builds a single city and must achieve a set of mission objectives in the process - usually with limited time and/or resources. The Campaign Mode consists of five levels, the first of which is a two-part tutorial. Levels 2, 3 & 4 have three missions and part 5 has just two, the difficulty of the missions increases as the player progresses and they are dependant upon one another as in each level the player starts with a blank map in mission one and builds a city which is carried through to the later missions.
There is a "Puzzle Mode" where the player is presented with a series of individual scenarios which must be managed, the game recommends that these are only attempted after the campaign mode has been completed,
Finally there is the "Open Mode" where the player can build their city with no restrictions or objectives.
The game is entirely mouse controlled. It has its own in-game music which can be disabled, and the game speed can be adjusted. There is no Easy/Medium/Hard difficulty setting. |
| Creatures: The Albian Years | 2004 | Fusion Software | Creature Labs Ltd. | Compilation, Educational, Simulation | Side view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Creatures: The Albian Years is a compilation of:
Creatures
Creatures: Life Kit #1
Creatures 2
Creatures 2: Life Kit #1
Creatures 2: Life Kit #2
Additionally, it includes the following official Object Packs previously released as free downloads:
C1 Christmas Pack 1
C1 Object Pack 1
C1 Object Pack 2
C1 Christmas Pack 2
C2 Object Pack 1
C2 Object Pack 2
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| Crimson Alive: Extreme Encounter | 2004 | | KEROPYON | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Crimson Alive: Extreme Encounter is a Japanese 2D fighting game in a fantasy/sci-fi world. The story is all in Japanese, menus and short texts before fights are in English. It's a typical "Doujin" game for hobbyists. The Game is based on a 2D Fighter Maker engine and manga alike graphics.The game offers 16 characters - 14 female and 2 robots. Some of the girls use several types of power up attacks, others use classic weapons like sword, pistol or special doll with chainsaw and spikes.The game offers one player mode and versus mode for two players on the same screen. The player uses 4 move keys, 4 attack keys (hits and kicks), and 2 special moves keys (pushing enemy to the wall and dodge attacks). The gameplay itself is similar to SNK's fighting games. |
| Crosscountry BC | 2004 | Ingenuity Works, Inc. | Ingenuity Works, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | | | | | Contemporary, North America | Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Crosscountry BC, the final game in the longrunning Crosscountry series of truck simulators, was created specifically to teach students in British Columbia about their province's geography. Created in consultation with 32 different schools across the province, it features accurate recreations of the province's roads and communities. |
| Crossword Buff 501 | 2004 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Nithbridge Ltd. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | Licensed | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Crossword Buff 501 is a collection of single player crossword puzzles. There are six kinds of puzzles in this product
Diamond: There are eighty of these small puzzles which typically are in a diamond shape with a maximum word length of nine characters though most words are of three, four or five characters
Tiddler: There are one hundred and fifty of these crosswords. They are in an 11x11 grid and are usually simple clues such as "Holiday afloat = Cruise" rather than anagrams or cryptic clues
Challenger: Eighty Six puzzles in a 13x13 grid
Weekender: These crosswords have a mixture of simple clues and general knowledge with questions like 'Former territory of Sioux Indians", there are just twenty-five of these
Cryptic: Fifty puzzles of anagrams and devious clues in a 15x15 grid
Backwords: One hundred and ten puzzles where the black squares of the crossword have been replaced with random letters, the object is to select these letters and change them to black thus reconstructing the puzzleAll puzzles have Print Reset, Help and a Solve options, the Solve option opens a .pdf document in a separate window showing the correct answers. The game records all games attempted and all games completed. There is no timer function and no help on individual clues |
| Crown of the North / Valhalla Chronicles: Bundle Pack | 2004 | GMX Media | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the English versions of:
Svea Rike III
Valhalla Chronicles |
| Crusaders of Space: Open Range | 2004 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Adept Studios | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Crusaders Of Space: Open Range is a single person, shareware, space shooter of the fixed screen variety. It is the sequel to the game Crusaders Of Space In the earlier game, Crusaders Of Space , Earth had been attacked by aliens and a lone hero battled through their base and destroyed the controlling Master Brain. This game is set five years after that event and Earth's satellites have detected a swarm of alien attack craft headed our way together with something much larger that is undoubtedly the Big Brain. It's time for another hero to step forward.The game consists of two missions/episodes each of which contains five ten-level missions that can be played on three difficulty settings. As the player progresses the opposing enemy ships become progressively more numerous and harder to defeat. The player has only one life with which to play this game and achieve a high score. However as they progress they can collect weapon power ups and shields and when they take damage instead of dying instantly their ship loses one of its power ups. In each mission the last level, level ten, is special in that missiles cannot be used. Some of these levels have an end of level boss while others have an extra hard combination of enemy ships.The left side panel has been changed since the first game. It now includes a status bar that shows how long the invulnerability power-up will last, and a representation of the pilot's head which makes sense as the game now features his witty comments as power-ups are collected.
The game also sends messages to the player's laptop, accessed via the F1 key, which show the kind of enemy they're dealing with and how many points each is worth.
The final major change in the game is the way destroyed alien craft fling out lumps of high-speed shrapnel that are capable of doing serious damage.There is in-game music, a high score table, and the game can be played via the mouse, keyboard, or joystick. There is a separate game setup program that configures the game, using this the player can alter the default action keys. |
| Cédric: La chasse au trésor | 2004 | EMME Interactive SA | EMME Interactive SA | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | In the "real" world, Cédric is a Franco-Belgian comics series (and also an animated series loosely based on the comics) written by Raoul Cauvin and illustrated by Tony de Luca, aka Laudec.As for this game, during the last day of school before summer holidays, a treasure hunt (hence the title, in french) is about to begin. Choose between Cédric (for boys) and Chen (for girls) and become a treasure seeker ! The hunt is divided into several stages (games) : skateboarding, bicycling or tree climbing.The game features two difficulty levels. |
| DJMAX | 2004 | Pentavision Entertainment | Pentavision Entertainment | Action, Simulation | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | DJMAX is an online multiplayer game, similar to IIDX or O2JAM. The gameplay consists of notes falling down the screen, which players must hit them accurately. By hitting a key it will activate samples that go with the music being played. Players can play alone, or against other people. The winner is the one with the highest accuracy. Passing songs will give you money in which you can use to play videos or buy different avatars. Players can practice alone, or challenge an opponent in the battle mode. |
| Das Original Malefiz-Spiel | 2004 | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Das Original Malefiz-Spiel is the official PC version of the board game Malefiz. The rules: Every player (up to four) has five meeples which he has to bring in the goal on top of the board. The design of the board is not linear but with various junctions.After every throw of the dice the player can decide which meeple he uses and in which direction he wants to go. In general the rule is that a field has to be reached directly when the player wants to interact with it, be it the goal or other meeples to send them back to the beginning. The special gimmick of the game are barricades which can't be jumped over. When a player reaches a barricade exactly he can place it on any field he wants (excluding the lowest row) to block the opponent's way or to protect his own.This game features the typical new features of board translations: Playing against AI opponents, enhanced graphics and multiplayer options. |
| Death Race | 2004 | Rogue Synapse | Rogue Synapse | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Fangame | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | This is a fan attempt, using the program DarkBASIC and from memory, to recreate the 1976 arcade game from Exidy on the home computer. Use the "5" key to enter coins for more time and use "1" to start the game. The arrow keys drive the right car, the "z', 'x', 'c', and 's" keys control the left. Drive over the pedestrians for points. When they are hit, they scream and turn into tombstones. |
| Deluxe Suite: Card & Board Games 2 | 2004 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Deluxe Suite: Card & Board Games 2 is a compilation of casual games that was originally published by eGames, Inc.. The compilation comes on two discs. When Disc one is loaded it autoruns and installs eGame's 'Game Butler', a browser which allows the player to access this, and other, eGames' products. The game browser also allows access to the help text for some games and has links to the eGames' web site where the user can find other products to buy as well as product support.Using the 'Game Butler' the player accesses the games which are grouped by type, when a game is first accessed the 'Game Butler' runs the relevant install process and thereafter when a game's icon is selected the game will run.Some of the games are 'Special Editions' of eGames' titles and many games have appeared in other eGames' compilations. The games and game groupings in this product are:Card Games:
Wiz Solitaire
Run A Round an uncredited three round game based on Golf Solitaire, cards can be removed if they are one higher, or lower than the two exposed cards.
Match Up from eBrainyGames, here named Memory Match in the game menu
Raider Run an uncredited three round game based on Golf Solitaire, shields numbered one to thirteen can be removed if they are one higher, or lower than the two exposed cards.
TriRangle is a tile matching game where the object is to clear all the tiles on screen
Max Blackjack is a single player black jack game
Video Poker or Turbo Poker is a single player 'Jacks or Better' poker game
Xtreme Cat and Mouse
Crazy Eight from eBrainyGames, here renamed Crazy 8's
WinHanafuda
Twenty One a game in which the player is dealt random cards and must assign them to one of five columns to make up blackjack hands totalling twenty-one.
Triathalon is another uncredited game based on the principle of Golf Patience
Solitaire Master 50 is a special edition of Solitaire Master 3 that contains just fifty solitaire variants
MVP Solitaire: Clubs Edition
Puzzle Games:
Match 'n' Patch, here called 'No Match'
from CoGS Games
Speed Trip also from CoGS Games
Puzzle Monkey
Kremlin Puzzle 3D
Bees & Bears Special Edition
Flipster
Penguin Puzzle
Wild Cats: A game of speed with rules similar to the card game 'Crazy Eights'. Cats appear at the bottom of the screen and must be matched by either colour or number to cats in one of three windows
Balloon Kaboom
Box Rox: A fifteen level tile removal game
Crystal Wizard from Tate's Colony
Balloon Brigade: A game based on the rules of Pyramid solitaire. The player is presented with a screen of numbered balloons and to clear them must make pairs, or groups, totalling eleven
Puzzle Master 4 Special Edition: A fully featured version of the game with just twenty-five pictures
Magic Balls
Paper/Scissors/Rock from eBrainyGames
Magic Lines
Munkey Boom
Board Games:
3D Chess, a 'Lite' version with just three AI opponents, a single chess set, and no internet play
Checkers
2004 Mahjongg
BrainPower
Turbo Bingo: A single player bingo game. This is a fast game, the player places their bet, the balls are drawn and the win/loss announced in the time it takes for a slot machine spin.
Nan Jing: A single player, tile matching game
Cribbage Champion
Flip 'Em 3D
Field Battle: A single player Battleship variant played against the computer
Mini Chess: A single player chess game played against the computer on a 5x5 board
Combat Engineer
Pyramid: A version of Pyramid Solitaire from eBrainyGames
Monkeys & Bananas, here renames as "Monkey Maze"
Poker Dice from Touch 'n Go Games, here renamed as '5 Dice'
Peg Hop, here named Peg Jump Deluxe, which is an implementation of the single player game Peg SolitaireWord Games:
Hangman: The Wild West II - Billy's Adventure
WordWars
Word Search which is a re-titled single level from eBrainyGames
Spelling Bee
Lexicon Word Challenge - here just called Lexicon
Word Wiz
Super Word Slide
Word Scramble
No Bull
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| DemonLisher | 2004 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | BrainBombers Group, The | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | DemonLisher is an action game with a top-down view. The player controls a mage who descends into the chambers of an old castle to defeat demons. On each level the mage must free all "souls" imprisoned throughout the map, then enter the gate. Demons of various kinds keep appearing, and most of them can be defeated with magic. The mage starts with a basic spell that shoots sparks, but it's possible to collect artifacts which temporarily allow using other spells, such as projectiles that freeze or slow down demons. The mage's health is depleted by demon attacks and the level must be restarted if the mage is killed. |
| Der zerstreute Pharao | 2004 | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | | Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Der zerstreute Pharao is the official PC translation of the eponymous board game. It is played on a 6x8 game board where twelve chips and 47 pyramids are randomly distributed on the board. There are also three piles of cards, where each treasure card corresponds with a chip.When the first card of the first pile gets revealed the players need to find the treasure. Since there are 48 fields and 47 pyramids this means there is always one field left open. The acting player moves a pyramid and when he finds the treasure he grabs it. If the revealed field is free he tries again; when there is another treasure the turn ends. This goes on until all treasures are found. The second pile of cards contains action cards which give orders to the players. The player who finds a wrong treasure during the third pile is knocked out.This game offers the usual improvements over the board game: enhanced graphics, multiplayer modes and AI opponents. |
| Die Gekirin & Die Gekirin II Pack | 2004 | SourceNext Corporation | Nihon Application Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the following games:
Die Gekirin
Die Gekirin II |
| Die drei ???: Das Geheimnis des Magiers | 2004 | United Soft Media Verlag GmbH | Büro für neue Medien Hamburg | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Die drei ???: Das Geheimnis des Magiers is an adventure game for children. Based on the American book series The Three Investigators, you take over the role of the three detectives. Some suitcases fall out of a plane over Rocky Beach and a famous magician asks for help finding them. Take finger prints, collect hints and solve the mystery. |
| Dino and Aliens | 2004 | Oberon Games, Inc. | NevoSoft LLC | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | Prehistoric, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | A flying saucer lands in Dino's garden where he grows all his fruit, and unleashes a horde of aliens. They knock down the trees, trample the grass, shoot their pistols and laugh meanly. Even more, they set up lasers and plant explosives to blow everything up and build their own city on the ruins. Dino has been lenient, but this is the last straw - the garden needs some sweeping.Dino and Aliens is a 3D puzzle game with maze-like levels. The player controls Dino through short levels where the goal is to find and activate a portal to continue to a next section. Dino can push items, kick enemies, and use regular or radio-controlled bombs to clear the way or defeat multiple enemies at once. Other items include a battery to charge a laser, often used in mirror reflection puzzles, a magic hat to become invisible, and a watch to slow down time. Health can be restored with apples and pineapples. |
| Disney Winnie l'Ourson: 3 Jeux | 2004 | Disney Interactive | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation features three games:
Disney's Pooh's Party Game: In Search of the Treasure
Tigger's Honey Hunt
Piglet's Big Game |
| Dora the Explorer: Fairytale Adventure | 2004 | Atari, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | "Find the Dragon's magic rings
Teach the Giant Rocks to sing
Turn Winter into Spring
Bring the Moon to the Queen and King"
- Dora's quest, as quoted by a character in the gameFairytale Adventure follows the adventures of Dora, the young Hispanic star of the animated television series Dora the Explorer, as she sets out on a quest to become a real princess and wake her sidekick Boots from an enchanted sleep. As in other games in the Dora series, you are given a number of choices when you begin: you pick a color and key style for your "keychain" and decorate it with a sticker. Once you've entered your name and clicked the ¡Vamanos! button, you can choose whether to play the entire adventure or just pick from the mini-games. Choose your level of difficulty - 1, 2 or 3 - which can be changed whenever you feel the need. A mouse is the only tool you need to play (a printer is optional - there are some printable stories and coloring pages); actions are performed by pointing, clicking, and dragging.You play as Dora's assistant as she travels through Fairytale Land, overcoming obstacles that that a wicked witch throws in her path, collecting Explorer Stars and helping her solve some mini-games that will win her items to aid in the quest:
Open the Dragon Cave - Color matching
Find the Magic Rings - Color/shape matching
Save the Giant's Pets - A little maze game
Teach the Giant Rocks to sing - Use an item you've won to teach the Rocks, and then you can use the Music Box
Play the Music Box - Create songs and play back at different speeds
Dress the Snowmen - Color/size matching
Turn Winter to Spring - Drag the sun around on the page to bring Spring back to Fairytale Land
Use the Magic Hairbrush - Help Dora grow her hair a la Rapunzel
Catch the Stars - Numbers, coordination (a simple arcade game)
In addition, there are three classic fairy tales in the game (The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, and The Gingerbread Man) that can be read or listened to in English or Spanish. Each book comes with coloring pages that you can paint/sticker on screen and print, or you can print the entire book to color in later.
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| DoveZ: The Second Wave | 2004 | Intergenies | Intergenies | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Space flight | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | DoveZ: The Second Wave is the sequel to DOVE. It is an arcade 2D side-scrolling shooter with classic gameplay where the player controls a spaceship and destroys huge crowds of enemies. |
| Dransik | 2004 | Iron Will Games, LLC. | Iron Will Games, LLC. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Dransik is a 2D MMORPG fashioned in the likes of Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny. There is a variety of different ways to develop your character as you explore the world of Dransik and get involved in the community. You can choose the life of a hunter, mage, merchant, farmer, cook, lumberjack, or earn a living as a mercenary for hire.It evolves every day with every new adventurer that walks down the dirt path, fighting off creatures and finding treasure; or with every veteran noble that protects the lands and fellow journeymen. The world can provide riches from loot, or death by beast. The better you equip yourself, the better you can endure. |
| Driving Collection | 2004 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Driving Collection is a collection of six driving games that come in two keep cases:
Europe Racer
Crazy Taxi
London Racer
Ford Racing 2
Big Mutha Truckers
Total Immersion Racing
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| Dönermafia: Korrekte Wirtschafts-Action mit alles! | 2004 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Zone 2 Media GmbH | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Dönermafia is basically a tycoon game with arcade elements. The player manages a kebab restaurant, expands it and ultimately takes over all restaurants of the city. On the legal side the player has all the usual options: hiring and firing employees, choosing the furniture, buying ingredients, advertising, betting and so on. Additionally he can create his own kebab. On the other hand the player can also participate in several illegal activities to earn money, e.g. smuggling or sending goons to another restaurant to "convince" its owner to sell it. The arcade elements are all variants of arcade classics and are played after special incidents, e.g. a Soko-Ban variant to hide evidence when the police makes a swoop.Like many similar games the player spends most of its time on statistics screens and menus with static backgrounds. The city is presented in a isometric perspective where the player can choose his destination, e.g. one of his restaurants. |
| Ego | 2004 | eGames, Inc. | Dual 5 International | Action | | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Ego is a one or two player Breakout variantThe game has a story that starts with some good news, you've won the lottery. The bad news is that so have many other people because the evil Dr. Centric has fixed it. Worse still all lottery winners have had a virus planted in the winners subconscious. Cue a breakout game in which the player must defeat the evil doctor.The game itself is a keyboard controlled two player breakout game played either against the computer or against another person. Each player has a stack of bricks arranged along the top, or bottom, of the screen. In front of each stack is the player's paddle and they must use this to defend their bricks by keeping the ball in play. If they fail to intercept the ball it will hit their stack and damage or destroy one or more bricks.Each player has a gun built into their paddle but this only fires bullets to the centre of the screen. Power-ups appear as bubbles which move from right to left along the centre of the screen and the player who shoots the bubble has a chance of catching it as it falls towards their stack of bricks.Players also have one or two missiles which can be used at any time but which are intended for use towards the end of a battle when their opponent has just a few bricks left.There are fifty one levels in the game and every ten levels a new part of the story unfolds, it has sound, music and a high score table. The action keys can be redefined.
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| Enclosure | 2004 | Femo Duo Entertainment | Femo Duo Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Mike Goodman is a con artist. Together with his girlfriend Sarah, he makes a poor living from tricking people into believing that he can contact the dead. After one particularly unsuccessful day, he gets a tempting offer from a stranger in a bar. The stranger introduces himself as William Mayfield, son of an oil tycoon. His father had drilled for oil in Greenland, but after some mysterious events and sightings, abandoned the drilling station. Mayfield offers Mike and Sarah 10,000$ for joining him on an expedition to the abandoned station to find out whether it is indeed haunted. Mike doesn't hesitate to take this offer and soon finds himself, along with a number of scientists and "paranormal investigators", on his way to Greenland. On their way to the station, the helicopter pilot passes out and while Mike manages to land the helicopter without anyone getting hurt, the helicopter is crashed. Trapped in the station until the helicopter is repaired, it doesn't take long for everyone to find out that there are indeed strange things going on around the station.Enclosure was made using the New Adventure Game Interpreter (Nagi) based on Sierra's Adventure Game Interpreter (AGI). The player can control Mike's movements using the arrow keys or the mouse. All other commands (e.g. open door, get fishing rod etc.) have to be typed in.
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| Erotic Empire | 2004 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Zone 2 Studios GmbH | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Managerial / business simulation | | | Andre Kuklinski, Daniel Buscher | | | | Windows | Erotic Empire is a economical simulation. The player manages a company which does business in several erotic industries, e.g. pornographic movies or sex toys. The whole game is spent in statistics screens and menus where the player sets the details of his business, e.g. how many toys he wants to produce in the next week or the development budget. The game features a free playing mode and nine scenarios which have different winning conditions.A mini game is associated which the movie production. The player operates a camera and can zoom in and out to film a not-naked woman's body parts. Then he uses special effects, e.g. lights or flying hearts, on the material. When the hired director is better, there are more effects available. Depending on the quality of the production, it sells better or worse. Another special feature is that the player can motivate his hired woman by giving presents to her. Sometimes there are random occurrences, e.g. a wrong parking chauffeur. |
| EverQuest II (Collector's Edition) | 2004 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | As well as the game itself, the Collector's Edition includes:
An embossed tin
Scenic paintings
Talking statues of Antonia and Lucan
A pet baby dragon
Art book
Bonus DVD
Soundtrack CD
A collector's coin with a pouch
A cloth map of Norrath
Two posters
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| EverQuest II (Pre-Order CD) | 2004 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | EverQuest II (Pre-Order CD) was released in 2004 in advance of the game. It does not contain the game, because that was yet to be released. It consists of the following promotional content:Disc 1:
System Scan: a check that the player's machine could run the game. This option attempts to open a web page which, in 2020, is no longer active.
Sample Music: three in-game tracks Queynos; Freeport and Black Burrow
The Official Trailer and "Making of" videos
Gameplay video: over eight minutes of video with a voiceover from Scott Hartsman
Lore: an account of a meeting of the gods which begins with Rallos Zek wanting the destruction of all mortals and which ends with a compromise he's not willing to accept.
Fan Club: links to relevant websites
Wallpapers: four wallpapers each in four sizes
Journeyman Boots: these boots can be used in-game for an extra burst of speed, they are included here as a bonus for pre-ordering the game. The instructions talk of a code in the game's manual but the instructions provided with this Starter Set are only a single sheet that contains no code. The code is actually on a sticker inside the keep case.
Character Creation: this is present on the Disc One's menu but only as a screen which says 'Load CD 2'Disc 2:This disc contains just the character creation software. Its installation takes a while and displays lots of concept artwork as it does its job. There are sixteen possible races though five are unavailable. The software allows the player to select a race, gender and alignment after which the fine details of the facial features etc can be chosen. Unlike some games there is no option to customise clothing though its colour can be changed. |
| Everest: The Ultimate Strategy Game | 2004 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Zono, Inc. | Strategy | | | | | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | In the quest to pit man against nature, one ominous fixture has remained the scale by which to measure mankind's mettle, Mount Everest. It takes the unquestioned cooperation of a highly skilled team as much as it does the individual determination of each member to mount a successful climb. With harsh, unpredictable weather, and unforgivable jagged slopes, Mount Everest can easily make anyone a part of history; the difficult lies in surviving to recount the journey to the top.Successfully scale the Seven Summits of the world while earning grants from National Geographic to fund future expeditions. Begin by assembling a balanced team. Although experienced climbers pursue their passion for the thrill, they still need to support themselves. All climbers charge for their services, and the more skilled a climber, the more expensive they will be. Through successful climbs, even the most unskilled climbers can be trained, so taking the most expensive isn't always the wisest choice. Second, buy supplies. Make sure to take only what's needed to survive - just because your team can carry it, doesn't mean the weight won't take its toll on the way to the summit. Take care when selecting specialized supplies. Each has a specific use. Next start the trek to the top. Carefully select which obstacles to tackle based on your team's strengths, and although you're trying to set a record, don't go too fast or risk injury and altitude sickness. A safe climb is preferred far above a fast climb. When against a particularly difficult obstacle, don't be afraid to use some rope. Move the most skilled climber to the top of the obstacle and select 'Rope' from the on-screen menu. Then select the obstacle to secure the rope to. This will make the climb much easier for less skilled climbers. Camps are a quick and cheap way to replenish the stamina of your exhausted climbers. Climbing while exhausted is both slow and dangerous. |
| F.R.O.G.: Frantic Rush of Green | 2004 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ToyboxGames Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Many years ago, a prince was cursed into the form of a frog, to be released only by the kiss of a princess. Unfortunately, the prince didn't know of any princesses, until he saw one on TV, in the far off land of Hollywood. Starting in Australia, travel across the world to the land of Hollywood, passing through China, France, and Canada along the way, through 15 different levels.F.R.O.G.: Frantic Rush of Green is a side-scrolling platform game. Avoid enemies and traps, break open crates, collect coins and power-ups, and make it to the end of each level intact. |
| Family Arcade Games | 2004 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Family Arcade Games is a compilation of shareware and demo games published under Idigicon's Family Fun label. It includes the following games grouped into four sections:Section 1:
1st Go Warkanoid 3: Story-book,
3D Caveman Rocks!,
3D Dragon Castle,
A Snakes Life,
Advanced Tetric,
Alien Battlecraft Arena,
Alien Monsters Invasion,
Alonix,
Ancipital,
Android,
Androkids,
Animated Kid's Games,
Aquadigger,
Arcade Mahjong,
Arkanoid Games Pack,
Atomaders,
3Bak,
BallaBalla,
Ballman,
Battle Painters,
Binman,
BlackStar First Attack,
BlotterGeist,
Bomberman vs Digger,
Breaking Battle,
Bubble Frenzy,
Bubble Shooter,
Bubbles,
Bugz 4,
Castles.Section 2:
Chicken Invaders,
Cloner 3D,
Clu Clu Land,
Cockroaches,
Cosmic Pool,
Destroyer,
Discovera,
Dive! Advanced,
Double Digger,
Double Top,
Dr. Lunatic,
Dweebs,
DX Ball,
Enigmaze,
Frank Cook 2042,
Further Time,
G-Tok,
Gem Thief,
Glory Zone,
Gold Sprinter,
Golden Line,
Greenface,
Gridrunner,
Grinbo,
Happyland Adventures,
Hole In One,
Hypertron,
Icebreaker,
Icy Tower,
Infest.Section 3:
IXS Recharge,
JoPac,
JoRace,
Keep Your Cool,
Knightmare,
Kombat Kars 2002,
Lawn Mower,
Lemmis,
Lightweight Ninja,
LX Episode 1,
Marble Buster,
Mars Taxi Inc,
Max Resistance,
Metal,
Money Mania,
Monkey Pong,
Music Ball,
Mysterious Palantir,
Onefog Xonix,
Operation Overkill,
Orion,
Pac Quest,
PacDoom 2,
PackMania Games Pack,
PacManiac,
PenG,
Pinball Golf Pool,
Planetoid Pack,
Plasma Duckhunt,
Platypus.Section 4:
Ploing 2,
Pool Wars,
Rapture's Arcade Pack,
Sammy Suricate,
Saint Nicolas,
Skateboard Crazy,
Sky Maze,
Sky Racer,
Space Battle 2001,
Space Xonix,
Strayfire,
Submarines,
Tank,
Teddy Trubble,
Time Jumper,
Tiny Cars,
Tobi On The Run,
Trash Killer 2,
UFOs,
Water In Fire,
When Clones Attack!,
Xop
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| Field Mania | 2004 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Field Mania is a simulation of 6 different track and field disciplines. 100m run, 110m hurdles, high jump, long jump, hammer throw and javelin are included. A training and a competition mode with 4 different difficulties are included, up to 4 people can play. |
| First Person Shooter Collection | 2004 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of six first-person shooters:
Quake II
Heretic II
Hexen II
ReVOLUTION
SiN
Soldier of Fortune: Special Edition |
| Five-A-Side Football | 2004 | IncaGold GmbH | | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Five-A-Side Football is a football game set in the parks of the UK for one to four players. The game has four game modes - Exhibition – Single player Friendly;Exhibition – Multiplayer Friendly; Compete – Single player Tournament and Compete – Multiplayer Tournament. Once the game mode has been selected the player(s) select a team from one of the sixty-four that are available, thirty two male teams and thirty two female, and after that they specify the match duration.The game venues are Sutton Park, Birmingham; Sefton Park, Liverpool; Philips Park, Manchester; Heaton Park, Newcastle; Stoke Park, Guildford; Hyde Park, London; Victoria Park, Portsmouth and Springhead Park, Leeds.Controls are simple, four keys handle movement and there are two others, one for shooting and another for passing & changing the active player. The action keys in this game are customisable and the game supports joysticks for players three & four. It can be played in many different screen resolutions, this is something the player must select before the game loads
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| Flibbidy Jibs: Stop the Machine!!! | 2004 | Singularity Software | Genuine Games Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Flibbidy Jibs: Stop the Machine!!! is a puzzle game. Your goal is to stack tiles that fall down from the top of the screen with the Flibbidy Jibs. By combining tiles of the same color they form towers so that Flibbidy can jump over obstacles to reach the goal, which is a switch at the top of the level. Different power-ups like weapons make certain tiles disappear. Play against the computer or another player in more than 80 levels. |
| Flipster | 2004 | eGames, Inc. | Anarchy Enterprises | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Flipster is a falling-block puzzle game. Individual blocks fall from the top of the screen, and can be moved as needed. If three or more blocks of the same color are touching, they will be removed from the board, blocks on top will fall down, and points will be given. The twist is that all blocks can be flipped, from one color to a second color, before landing. Power-ups include bombs (destroy all nearby blocks), row destroyers (destroy a row), flippers (randomly reflip a row or column), and color destroyers (destroy all matching colors). Special blocks include metal (will crush all blocks underneath, but cannot be matched), and stars (can only be matched with stars). Levels will be completed once enough blocks have been destroyed.Two modes are included. Puzzle mode is level-based, with over 100 levels, and endurance mode just asks you to survive as long as possible. Each can be attempted on three different difficulty levels. Also included is a tutorial.The retail version is bundled with Crystal Wizard. |
| Foxy Jumper 2 | 2004 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Foxy Jumper 2 is the second game in the series and has the same objective as the first game Foxy Jumper. It is a 2D platform game where the player controls a fox who has to get inside his house. It cannot be accessed right away, the fox needs a key and in order to get the key he has to collect all the treasures on the level for the key to appear.The game is more difficult that the first one. There are more enemies and they much smarter, but there are also items that will help the fox to kill the enemies and go ahead. Enemies can also be shot and some of them leave behind a letter. When all letters are collected a bonus game comes available with stars going down or balloons going up. The fox can touch them or shoot them in order to get high score. There is sometimes a question mark that bring the player a random bonus. It can be helpful (super jump, super fire, more diamonds) or work against the fox (no jump, no fire, move contrary direction) for a few seconds. Some levels have a castle that opens up a bonus level. Just like the first game it can be played with two players. |
| Foxy Jumper 2: Winter Adventures | 2004 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | I-Nova Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Foxy Jumper 2: Winter Adventures is a Christmas themed version of the 2D platform game Foxy Jumper 2. The basic gameplay concept is the same, but there are so minor differences. The house that the fox needs to go to is replaced with a Christmas tree and after all treasures have been collected, a yellow star appears instead of a key. In addition, there are different enemies, foxes with long clothes and Christmas themed backgrounds in the levels. |
| Fresco Wizard | 2004 | | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Fresco Wizard is a single player, mouse controlled, puzzle game.The story behind the game is that an evil wizard has taken over a kingdom and has turned everything into patterns of mosaic tiles. The player's task is to reverse the damage done by replacing the wizard's grey mosaic with coloured tiles. The game is played in a 3D landscape in which the player comes across various scenes containing 2D grey mosaics. Coloured tiles fall from the sky on the left of the screen, these must be seized and placed into the mosaics. Each completed mosaic restores something such as a building or a bridge etc. As the game progresses there are skills to upgrade, magic items to collect etc. Fresco Wizard comes with a detailed integrated player guide, cheat codes and a wide range of screen resolutions, it can be played in a window or full screen. It has language options of German, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Russian.
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| Future Pinball | 2004 | BSP Design Software | BSP Design Software | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | Future Pinball is a free pinball construction program supporting OpenGL for the 3D graphics, Visual Basic for the table logic and Newton Game Dynamics for physics. The included editor can create, load or play tables. When playing, the table and its arcade environment are rendered in full 3D, with the possibility of switching between several views with the functions keys. The graphics engine is scalable, supporting a broad range of old and new hardware. Several custom tables created by users are available to download from the website. |
| Future War Collection | 2004 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Cyberstorm 2: Corporate Wars
Homeworld: Cataclysm |
| Gadget & the Gadgetinis | 2004 | Fox Kids Europe | | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Gadget & the Gadgetinis is a short 2D platformer made in Macromedia Flash v.6.0, and released with a MacDonalds Happy Meal package. The same title is also used for a 3D game tie-in to the cartoon character Inspector Gadget.In this game, Inspector Gadget's orange mini-robot Fidget is traversing the screen from a starting point in one corner, across several platforms to reach the exit door at the other corner of the screen. There are various obstacles to prevent him doing so, like electrified floors and hostile robots. There are power-ups to collect before the exit door will open, and extra lives represented by symbolic heads looking like Inspector Gadgets own. After clearing one screen, the player appears on the next screen entrance, with different obstacles to pass. In total the game contains ten levels/screens to play.In addition to the game part, with the Inspector Gadget theme song looping during the game, there is a single soundtrack featuring a version of the 'Totally Spies' cartoon theme song, a FoxKids screensaver and four 1024x768 wallpapers with 'Inspector Gadget' themes to install. |
| Galaxy Invaders | 2004 | Sunny Games LLC | Sunny Games LLC | Action | | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Galaxy Invaders is a clone of Space Invaders. You control a small ship which can move left and right at the bottom of the screen, and keep firing lasers at the crowd of aliens which flies above you, all while avoiding the lasers shot out by the aliens. Once all the aliens are dead, you get to the next level. Occasionally, an UFO appears which releases a bunch of enemies that home in on your ship and fly directly at you; shooting the UFO provides a large score bonus. Sometimes the destroyed aliens yield powerups - these include: a "plasma megablaster" which allows you to fire a single shot that can destroy multiple aliens, a couple of "tachyon missiles" which can be fired in pairs at your whim, a "rocket strike" where a bunch of missiles appears at the bottom of the screen and flies up, a "time freezer" which slows down the aliens, "score" which gives you score (sic!), and a "shield generator" - the shield will protect you from one laser blast. |
| Galaxy of Games 350 | 2004 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Galaxy Of Games 350 is a compilation of two previously released games collections:
Master's Series151
Galaxy Of Games 201
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| Garfield: It's All About Phonics - Kindergarten | 2004 | Multimedia 2000, Inc. | Maestro Learning, Inc., Paws, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Garfield: It's All About Phonics - Kindergarten is an educational game for children ages 4-5 years. It consists of 15 different activities and aims to teach young children the basics about phonics while playing with Garfield, the famous cartoon cat. By playing the game children gets to learn about vowels and consonants, find words that rhyme and to pronounce words. It promotes memory and concentration skills. Among other things the player will go to the town zoo to look at different endangered animals such as monkeys, whales, crocodiles, pandas and rhinoceroses. |
| Gearz | 2004 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Gearz is an Action-Puzzler, where you have to place gears at the screen, connecting the start gear (Drive Gear) with the end gear (Target Gear), before time runs out.When you start a level, you will see the playfield (a geometric figure in the screen and on one side extending beyond the screen) and the starting gear. The screen is centered at the start gear at this time. At the bottom of your screen, you have five gear holder, from where you take a gear, then you see where you can place it.Once you placed your first gear, the level starts by slowly (or fast - depending on the difficulty and level) scrolling in direction of the end gear. When your gear chain drops out of the screen, you loose a life. But as soon as you reached the end gear, you completed the level and start the next one.There are three different kind of gears in the game, depending on what you use (small, normal, or large), the next placeable positions may change, either resulting in dead ends or may slowing down your progress. The problem here is, that you don't have unlimited gear elements, so you may run out of available gears. To counter this, you have to reach bonus gears. You can also use bombs to destroy dead ends.For highscore purpose, you goal is to create a gear chain as long as possible with only one color.To help you pass through the levels, there are power ups in the game, which effects the scrolling of the screen (Slow, Pause, Reverse). The other type of power ups is for the score (Multiplier). |
| Ghosts 'N Goblins | 2004 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Arcade | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ghosts 'N Goblins is an unofficial remake of the Capcom arcade game of the same name. It is very faithful to the original version. The player controls the knight Arthur through six side-scrolling platform levels, fighting his way through skeletons and other types of monsters to rescue Princess Prin Prin. |
| Gibo: Stepmother's Sin | 2004 | Peach Princess | Will Japan | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Yousuke is a college-aged student who became emotionally damaged in youth from seeing his birth mother repeatedly engage in adulterous acts while his father was away. Now, his father has decided to remarry. His lovely new wife, Misako, is moving with her daughter into the house Yousuke previously inhabited alone. Will he accept her as his mother, or use her to have his revenge on the mother who tormented him for so many years?Gibo is a Japanese adult visual novel. The plot proceeds at its own pace, pausing occasionally to allow the player to intervene by making a decision, resulting in a story branch. There are over 40 such decisions, leading to 13 different endings, some "good" and others bad. The game contains Freudian imagery and graphic depictions of sex. |
| Goats and Tigers | 2004 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Goats and Tigers is a freeware, open-source implementation of Bagh-Chal, an ancient Asian board game originally drawn on sand and played with stones. Two players move pieces over the intersecting lines crisscrossing a 5x5 square grid. The players take turns, where one controls the four tiger pieces initially stationed at the corners of the grid, while the other adds twenty goat pieces to block their movement.The tiger pieces can only remove goats by jumping over them to the next node. After placing the last piece, the player controlling the goats has to move them around the board to block the tigers, while the player controlling the tigers has to remove all the goats to win. In this version, the player can control the butterflies as the goats or the moths as the tigers against the computer, or play a third mode with a time limit for each move. |
| Golem | 2004 | PC Treasures, Inc. | Longsoft Multimedia | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | Golem takes place on earth in the distant future after a certain cataclysm, which the opening FMV depicts as a series of large, radioactive meteors hitting the earth which cause massive waves that destroy much of civilization and mutate 2/3 of the remaining human population. The survivors have formed factions along the lines of their mutations: The United Clan are the remaining humans unaffected by radiation; The Genes are a brute race of mutants; and The Cytexes are a highly intelligent race of mutants.Golem is a real time strategy game that can be played by a single player against computer components or with 2-3 human players taking turns at the same computer. The participants build facilities to harvest resources and then use the resources to build means by which to wage war on the other factions in the game. |
| Gothic II: Limited Gold Edition | 2004 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Gold Edition contains:
Gothic II (base game)
Gothic II: Night of the Raven (expansion)
Soundtrack disc
Digital strategy guide
Poster |
| Great Glacier | 2004 | Daiso Sangyo Inc. | | Action | | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Great Glacier is a Xevious clone. Like its more famous sibling, it's an overhead space shooter in which the player must take out a variety of enemy ships and structures while fighting their way to a boss. Also like in Xevious enemies can be found both on the ground and in the air; the player's primary shot travels forward through the air, while the secondary shot is a bomb with a fixed arc which takes out enemies on the ground. There are powerups for both shots; powering up the primary shot increases its horizontal range, while powering up the bomb turns it into a much more flexible missile. After the player either defeats the boss or fails to defeat it during its time limit, the game's single level loops back to the beginning. |
| Hail to the Chief | 2004 | SiLenT Games | SiLenT Games | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Hail to the Chief is a top-down shooter fangame based on the Halo universe. The player controls the series' iconic protagonist Master Chief. The only things not created by author are the music and some of the background tiles. The game contains six weapons, borrowed from the Halo first-person shooters, and six enemy types. The goal is simple: complete levels and kill all enemies. |
| Hamsterball | 2004 | GameHouse, Inc. | Raptisoft, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In this game player must guide a little hamster trapped in a glass ball through 12 unique levels to reach a designated area marked "GOAL". The gameplay is similar to that of Marble Madness or the much recent Ballance. While completely following the player's will, little hamsterball is also a subject to the rules of Newtonian physics. So when a ball has gained enough momentum player has to overcome a force of inertia while directing the ball in a desired direction. Falling from a considerable heights will break the ball and make it reappear in a nearby location. The game doesn't impose a limit on a number of lives the player has, but a time limit instead. The amount of time given is varied depending on a difficulty chosen. There are three difficulty level aptly named: Pipsqueak, Normal and Frenzied.In the beginning of the game player is asked to choose a preferable game mode. The Tournament mode requires player to complete all of the 12 levels in a limited amount of time. So that completing one level faster will give additional time for others. Time-trial mode doesn't put a time limit on a whole game but on a each level individually. Completing the tournament mode allows access to a third Mirror Tournament mode, which offers a mirrored versions of familiar levels.In Hamsterball each level has a unique feature that distinguishes it from others. It can either have an unusual stylistic solution or introduce a new gameplay element (e.g. variable gravity, spiral staircases, pool of tar etc.).After completing all of the levels offered for at least once, player may compete with his friends in the Party Games section. In a Party Race game players are challenged to complete the level faster than theirs opponent, while Rodent Ramble features an arena level in which players try to remove each other from the outlined area. There are total of 12 arena levels, each one corresponding to a specific level in a single-player mode. |
| Hangman The Wild West II: Billy's Adventure | 2004 | | e-FunSoft Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Word construction | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Hangman The Wild West II: Billy's Adventure is a single player version of the classic spelling game.There's a story behind this game. Billy traveled around the wild west, he wanted to be a hero so he sought and beat all the outlaw that he could find. Then, one day, he entered a saloon which played a strange game, a game that only real men dared play. The object of the game was to shoot all the bottles in the bar with a limited number of bullets. Billy had to enter, he was good and he won lots of money. News of Billy's prowess spread and bandits made there way to the saloon, some wanted to beat Billy because he was good, others just wanted his money.The game itself is a standard game of hangman. When the player selects a letter it is either in the hidden word or it is not, if it is in the word a bottle on the bar is broken, if it is not then one of Billy's bullets is used up. When the word is solved Billy/the player earns some money.It's a mission based game. In the first mission a bandit has kidnapped Billy's girlfriend and he must earn $1200 before defeating the baddie to get her back. While playing other bandits will occasionally attack Billy and when defeated they drop gold coins which can be used to buy special items, this is an optional part of the game and if it is disabled gold coins are awarded
after words have been guessed.The game has original wild west music, a high score table, and plays in six languages
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| Head Over Heels | 2004 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | Diagonal-down | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Two distinct characters called Mr. Head and Mr. Heels are played in this arcade adventure, originating on the Sinclair Spectrum in 1987. They are separated at the shoulders but capable of joining together to maximize their abilities in some situations (but reduce them in others, so they can be split again).The game is presented from an isometric perspective, and presents the characters with a number of puzzles involving switches, jumps and climbs. The levels are 3 dimensional, and the characters must collect crowns as they progress. Objects can be picked up and manipulated as necessary. |
| Heidi: Deine Welt sind die Berge | 2004 | Tivola Publishing GmbH | Web Production, The | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Heidi: Deine Welt sind die Berge is a game for children of five to eleven. It is based on the 1974 Japanese anime series Heidi, Girl of the Alps, which was in turn based on Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre, a children's book by Swiss author Johanna Spyri published in 1881. Heidi is a little orphan girl living with her aunt Dete in a town. When her aunt moves to Frankfurt, the five-year-old Heidi goes living with her grandfather in a little Swiss village in the Alps. In the game, players spend time with the grandfather, graze goats with Heidi’s friend Peter, come to Frankfurt and meet there a girl named Clara, and engage in many activities, mini-games and simple puzzles. |
| Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire | 2004 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Limited deluxe edition that includes Hidden & Dangerous 2 and the official expansion pack Sabre Squadron. |
| Hitlist 2004 | 2004 | Vector | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Championship Manager 4
Colin McRae Rally 3
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness
Republic: The Revolution
Splinter Cell |
| Hugo: Cannon Cruise | 2004 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Fantasy | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Hugo: Cannon Cruise is a 3D shooting game starring Hugo the TV troll in a nautical adventure. In long forgotten times Iduna the witch queen planted a magical tree. This tree is located in her tomb and each thousand years one apple grows from this tree, granting the first to eat from it three wishes. Scylla the evil witch is after the apple now, but to get in she has to raise all statues of Iduna's sisters from the sea floor, to break the tomb's magical seal. Scylla has send messages to all her allies to help her.You take control of Hugo and his ship. Gameplay includes sailing around and destroying various enemy ships and towers with your cannon. Enemies include Vikings, Romans and pirates that try to prevent you from reaching the tomb. Destroyed ships sometimes drop additional ammo and extra health. |
| Hugo: Heroes of the Savannah | 2004 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action | | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Hugo: Heroes of the Savannah is a collection of 5 mini games.
In Hugo and the egg of the ostrich you have to bring an egg to an ostrich's nest and avoid dangers and animals.
In Fernando and the egg of the eagle you have to guide Hugo's friend Fernando through a labyrinth of trees and mountains.
Hugo's friend Jean Paul needs help with getting to the crocodile's nest with the help of hidden trampolines.
Also included is a memory game and a photo game in which you have to take photos of animals. |
| Hugo: Runamukka | 2004 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Hugo: Runamukka is a top-down action game set in maze-like levels. Hugo has to escape the claws of the Kawa by passing through complex mazes of temples. Enemies can be shot and there are health pick-ups. |
| Hyper Rails | 2004 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | Digital Steelworks Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | City building / construction simulation | | | | | | | Windows | In Hyper Rails you can construct and build your own roller coaster. There are six different types with a great number of elements included. Connect these elements to build your personal roller coaster and test them right away. You can trade and test other roller coasters via the internet. |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles - Gold Pack | 2004 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles (base game)
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles - Ace Expansion Pack (expansion) |
| Iggle Pop! | 2004 | Sprout Games, LLC | Sprout Games, LLC | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In this fast-paced, arcade-like game, players choose to be one of the four available characters (with different difficulty levels) to help doctor Iggle free the small furry creatures known as Iggles. They have been trapped by the evil Zoogs who locked them up in bubbles. In 150 levels divided over ten chapters, players need to rescue the Iggles from their cages in different mazes and bring them to safety.The game offers two main modes to play. In Adventure Game, the Iggle can move around in the maze and walk over the bubbles with his trapped friends to get them to trail behind him (somewhat similar to the Snake games). The Iggles come in four colours and need to be delivered at the transportation point with the corresponding colour. The colour of the trail can be in any order, but identically coloured Iggles forming a single line provide more points, leading to combos. The enemy Zoogs come in different flavours and try to trap the player's character. Some simply walk around, while others have fixed patterns or shoot bubbles. When they touch the trail, it is cut off, sending the Iggles loose or trapping them again. To complete a level, the player has to free all Iggles.New techniques and features are introduced gradually through short tutorial sessions with doctor Iggle between the missions. The main Iggle can collect letters to earn extra lives, walk with the correct number of Iggles in the trail through a chain bonus pad to unlock diamonds, walk into a pad to sort the colours, freeze enemies, shortly activate electricity to hunt the Zoogs, and more. He can also get a short burst of speed, but this needs to be recharged. After completing a set of levels, a bonus level is played where a hidden bomb and an extra life is introduced, along with secret passages. These levels have a time limit. The Iggle can be controlled both using the keyboard or the mouse.The second mode, Retro Game, keeps most of the game elements, but resembles Pac-Man in gameplay. Instead of forming a trail, the mazes are filled with more Iggles and they can be collected right away. without having to take them along to a transportation point. When the player is out of lives, it is possible to continue in the Adventure Game mode, while a Game Over is final in the Retro Game mode. The game supports both local and global, online high scores. |
| Impossible Creatures / Motocross Madness 2 | 2004 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Impossible Creatures
Motocross Madness 2 |
| Impossible Golf: Worldwide Fantasy Tour | 2004 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Antidote Entertainment | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Impossible Golf: Worldwide Fantasy Tour is a golf game that takes place in exotic locations. Players get to visit 72 different holes in the desert, on skyscrapers or in the arctic ice. There is the option to play a season or single courses and against AI opponents. The game can be customized through many different settings. |
| Inago Rage | 2004 | Dejobaan Games, LLC | Dejobaan Games, LLC | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Inago Rage is a first-person shooter set in small arenas. The game starts on 1st January 1999 and it is set on Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon. Through comic-book like sequences with manipulated photographs between levels it is shown that the arenas are simulations designed by humans. There are 50 levels in total and most of them consist of multiple platforms linked together. The player's character can freely move around, jump and shoot. It is also possible to use rocket boots for a short amount of time to cross gaps. The goal of most of the levels is to shoot a certain amount of enemies or collect a number of jewels before time expires. Many small enemies spawn at once and form swarms. There are 31 different types of enemies in total. There are power-ups that provide bonuses such as triplefire, rapidfire, splinter, slow time, boost, guardian, shield, health, neutron bomb, attractor, and lunar quake. Later levels often have a vertical design with many platforms stacked on top of each other. You respawn after falling down, with a small time penalty. The game includes a level editor to build custom levels that can be shared with other players. |
| Insolvenz Tycoon | 2004 | unitygames | beetle tec, studio.311 | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Insolvenz Tycoon lets you ruin the Soliantes AG. Move your little guy with the keyboard and destroy as much stuff as possible. Hack the computer system, steal documents from the safe or just destroy them. You can use the computers in the office. Steal key cards and use them to go to other offices. Kill guards with your totally safe non-lethal horror kill gun and destroy cameras. 20 levels are included. Every level is another company. If you fuck shit up enough and ruin everything, the game is over.
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| JAMDAT Word Craft | 2004 | JAMDAT Mobile Inc. | JAMDAT Mobile (Canada) ULC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Word Craft is a word-building game, similar to the Bookworm games. The player has to create words of 3 letters or more by clicking on the approriate letters in the right order. This needs to happen fast because the tiles on the grid will cool down if they remain unused. The player constantly has to maintain the temperature. Once the grid is completely frozen, it's game over. Each created word is replaced by hot tiles, which are worth more points and take longer to cool down. There are also many bonus tiles in the game. One of them is the icebreaker tile which warms up frozen tiles. |
| Jet Ball Bundle Pack | 2004 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Jet Ball Bundle Pack is a two game compilation containing;
Jet Ball: Techno
Jet Ball II: Wildlife
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| Jet Set Willy | 2004 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | This freeware remake of the 8-bit classic from 1984 updates the graphics and sounds, adding a unique classical melody for each room, and more colors and details to the environment and characters. As in the original, the player controls Willy, the miner that became a millionaire in the previous game, wandering through his mansion after being ordered by Maria the housekeeper to clean all the rooms after a party. Willy must collect all the objects to gain access to his bedroom, whose entrance is blocked by the bossy woman. The rooms are filled with strange creatures, and Willy can be killed by touching any of them, by falling from great heights or by hazardous environments. The DOS version allows saving and loading with the F7 and F8 key at any point in the game. Other settings like speed and music selection can be changed on the options menu. |
| Jets 'n' Guns | 2004 | Rake in Grass | Rake in Grass | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | In Jets 'n' Guns, a humorous side-scrolling shooter, the player assumes the role of a freelance pilot who has to save the universe. His old Colonel, aboard the United Space Ship Impotence, enlists him back into space military to foil the plans of evil warlord Xoxx who has stolen a gigantic space gun with the power to destroy the entire universe.The game lets the player pilot various space ships and features upgradable weapons which can be combined. Certain weapons will suit a particular level better than others. Upgrades also include ship defenses as well as cooling mechanisms and engines. Destroyed ships come crashing down, damaging other ships and units on the ground. |
| Jigsaw365 | 2004 | | Playtonium | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jigsaw365 contains one image for every day of the year and if that's not enough the game has a bonus month "My Month" that fits between December and January where the player can add their own images.The game's main screen is a calendar from which the player selects either the current day's picture or any other picture if today's is not to their taste. Having chosen a picture there are many different ways to manipulate and break up the image.The image can be broken into twelve, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, twenty, twenty-four, twenty-five, fifty, one hundred, one hundred and fifty and two hundred pieces. The player selects the desired number of pieces via a slider control. All of these configurations have sub categories selected by a second slider control. This allows the player to choose between different styles of piece.In addition to the above there are five special jigsaws. These are the thirty and ninety piece piece jigsaws whose pieces are in the form of a the American revolutionary Flag, the forty-five and seventy-two piece jigsaws with pieces making the states of the USA, and a one hundred and thirty five special shapes jigsaw.
To make the jigsaw that bit more, or less, challenging the player can choose whether or not the pieces are randomly rotated when they are first displayed.When completing the jigsaw the game has a number of options to help the player. For example the player can request that just the edge pieces are displayed, say at the start of a puzzle. Puzzles can be saved in a part completed state. When the image is next selected the player is offered the choice between continuing or restarting. All puzzles are timed and can be played either in a window or full screen. The game is entirely mouse controlled. |
| John Deere: American Farmer | 2004 | Bold Games | Gabriel Entertainment | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | John Deere: American Farmer is a simulation about owning and operating a farm, featuring the John Deere brand license. Starting with the most basic equipment, it will be up to players to decide what to grow and what to buy in managing their farm. Successful choices will increase the amount of money available to the farmer, allowing them to expand and make new choices.John Deere: American farmer resembles SimFarm in some ways, however the world is now made of 3-D models. Choosing one of several scenarios or choosing "Free Mode", Players are introduced to a game map of their farm acreage. Players must select individual workers on the farm and assign them to tasks or equipment. New equipment and buildings can be purchased and placed at any time from the buy menu. Crops must be planted and animals must be raised, and maintenance must continually be performed on equipment. |
| Kenny vs Spenny: Versusville | 2004 | Breakthrough New Media | Breakthrough New Media, DC Studios, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Based on the TV series Kenny vs Spenny (starring Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice), Versusville is free to play and features 4 different games that can be played in real time in either single or multiplayer online modes. The four games are Residence Evil, Wasteball, Kart Dart & Grave Rave. High scores were featured on the website for the game when it was active. Residence Evil is the tutorial that explains how all the other games work. Wasteball is a paintball game. Kart Dart is a shopping cart racing game. In Grave Race, players have to throw zombie parts at their competitors in a graveyard. The game was nominated for a Canadian New Media Award for Excellence in Gaming. |
| Kid Pix Deluxe 4 | 2004 | Learning Company, The, Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | Learning Company, The | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Kid Pix Deluxe 4 is an enhanced version of Kid Pix Deluxe 3. This version has an easy-to-use interface (but not like in the other Kid Pix Deluxe 3 installments) with help videos to help the child make use of the program.There is also a version of Kid Pix for schools. Teachers can add Kid Notes to the project and submit their own starter projects to the Idea machine. However, this was removed in later instalments.Kid Pix Deluxe 4 has some features not seen on other releases, but lacks other features used in the earlier Kid Pix Studio Deluxe such as the Wacky TV and the Draw Me section. |
| Kkoma Daejang Mangchi | 2004 | Candy Global Media | Digital Dream Studio | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Kkoma Daejang Mangchi is a 3D platforming game for children based on a Manhwa series by Huh Youngman. The game allows movement in three dimensions, but most of the platforming sequences in the five stages are structured like in a 2D game. A few sequences focus on walking into or out of the depth of the screen in a mostly straight progression, usually running away from enemy vehicles. Enemies have a yellow ring around them on the floor, and the hero can only whack them with his mallet as long as he is standing outside of the ring. |
| Klar Chef! | 2004 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | | Action | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | Klar Chef! is a pinball game with one table with a building site theme. Like most pinball games the goal is to score as much points as possible to enter the high score list. It features several bumpers for point multiplication. In a window in the lower left corner there are seven mini games to play if the pinball ball hits the crane. The whole game is presented in comics graphics. |
| Knight Rider 2: The Game | 2004 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V., Media Design Group | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In the sequel to Knight Rider: The Game, Michael and KITT are targeted by a missile attack while driving back to the foundation. They barely survive and set up a meeting with the base. On their way home however, they notice unusual black marks in demolished villages, and decide to investigate.All missions have the player control KITT, who has now been equipped with three weapons: a lock-on laser, a plasma gun, and missiles. There is also turbo boost to jump over obstacles, micro jam to scan items and recharge, the ski mode to drive on two wheels through narrow passages, super pursuit mode for faster speed, and a shield to block incoming attacks. When damaged or running low on energy, certain functions are disabled.The different missions are linked by sequences where the story is further explained using the in-game engine. Many familiar characters from the tv series make an appearance, such as Bonnie, Devon, Garth and KARR. Missions either focus on racing or exploration. In the first type, the player mainly evades attacks while racing on a highway. The latter has the player drive inside closed areas, maneuvering through passages and fighting robots. There are also a few puzzle elements where the player has to locate terminals, shoot an object in the environment, or find enemies' weaknesses. When a stunt is performed, the action slows down and the camera switches to a spectacular angle.Next to the main story mode, the individual missions can be replayed in the mission mode. The player can also unlock TV scenes, view background information about the series, or do a quiz. |
| Kochmeister Pfanne 2 XXL: Nachschlag! | 2004 | | Artex Software | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Kochmeister Pfanne XXL is a Moorhuhn variant where the player takes the role of a male or female chef. The chef travels to four places all over the world (India, China, South Pacific and Africa) and shoots a lot of animals. On the upper left corner there are pictures of animals and how many there have to be shot before the time runs out (e.g. eight cows). When the requisite is met, more time and a new, higher goal is prompted, also introducing more and different types of animals.The game is completely controlled with the mouse: moving the mouse to scroll left and right, left button to shoot and right button to reload. Every animal the player shoots is awarded with points, and far away ones are worth more. The game features 30 levels, sixteen animals and eight weapons. |
| Kombat Kars | 2004 | Black Tooth Inc. | Positech Computing Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Kombat Kars is a top-down racing game in which 4 well-armed cars battle to complete the course at the head of the pack. The various courses in the game are delimited by rocks and boulders. It is possible to maneuver outside of the course; however, doing so will invariably cause the player to miss certain check points. Fire upon opponents' vehicles in an effort to gain an advantage.There are 8 courses in the game which vary by construction and shape as well as landscape feature. The 8 courses are named Collision Canyon, Curvesville, Crossroads, Snowcrash, The Ice Zone, Hourglass, Oilfield, and Marsh Arena.
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| L'Oncle Ernest: Coffret 5 aventures | 2004 | EMME Interactive SA, Lexis Numérique SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of the five Uncle Albert ( l'Oncle Ernest) adventures:
Uncle Albert's Magical Album
Le Fabuleux Voyage de l'Oncle Ernest
L'Île Mystérieuse de l'Oncle Ernest
Le Temple Perdu de l'Oncle Ernest
La Statuette maudite de l'Oncle Ernest |
| LMA Professional Manager 2005 | 2004 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Kuju Sheffield, Hoodoo Studios | Sports | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | LMA Professional Manager 2005 is the PC version of LMA Manager 2005, but it is beyond a conversion, with a complete redesign. The game is all about in-depth football management - you have to scout for new players, manage your team, put tactics to the test and please the management. You can manage some financial aspects as well, like selling advertising space, but the focus is on the team management itself.The 2005 edition covers the 2004/2005 season and includes more countries (England, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands and Portugal), leagues and trophies, including The Championship, League 1 and League 2, under license from the Football League, with all the clubs, players, badges, and trophies, plus the Conference. You can also build you dream team in the Fantasy Team game mode. Matches run real-time, and smart, on-the-fly decisions can turn a game around. The games are shown in full 3-D. For those who want to move more swiftly, there is a Quickmatch view where the game progresses quicker, but you still control the tactics. A personal tactic and style can be assigned to each individual player.Game commentary is done by Barry Davies, while Gary Lineker and Alan Hansen take care of match day summaries. |
| Laptop & Travel Games | 2004 | eGames, Inc. | eBrainyGames, LLC, Goodsol Development, Inc., iSurf, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Laptop & Travel Games is a compilation pack from eGames that includes several games that are simple to play and have relatively low requirements. They are:Solitaire Master 3
Chess
Poker Palace
Spades
Mahjongg Master 4
Checkers
Puzzle Master 3
Gonzo Heads
Hearts |
| Law & Order: Justice Is Served | 2004 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a release of Law & Order: Justice is Served which included Law & Order: Dead on the Money as a bonus game.
The two Law & Order: Justice is Served discs came in individual card holders while the two Law & Order: Dead on the Money discs were each in a sealed paper windowed envelope. |
| Legacy | 2004 | Redshift | Redshift | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Legacy is a first-person turn-based RPG. It was created with classics such as the Eye of the Beholder, the Might and Magic or Anvil of Dawn in mind, combining dungeon crawling with more or less an open world. The game combines discrete movement with 90 degree turns, dungeons with hidden doors and secret buttons as well as a party-based gameplay.As nearly any RPG it starts with a character creation, though in Legacy it is done randomly and player has no say in that. There are seven classes to choose from that vary in their arcane and physical skills from cleric to swordmaster. Additional characters can be gathered at the inns, where they appear from time to time. New weapons, spells and equipment can be purchased in town shops that are represented by static screens.The combat is turn-based, where only the front row characters can execute melee attack, and the back row can use magic or projectiles. Legacy supports additional downloadable expansions that can be accessed through the portals found in the game world.Another feature is a built-in card game that can also be played inside the inns. It has a fantasy theme and is similar to Arcomage or Magic the Gathering, where players trade turns using attacking and defensive spell cards in order to reduce opponent HP counter to zero. |
| Les recettes de Monsieur Parmentier | 2004 | Planet Nemo Productions SARL | Planet Nemo Productions SARL | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Monsieur Parmentier is a cook who speaks with an Italian accent. He invites children in his own kitchen to teach them how to cook.This CD-ROM contains 13 simple recipes (from pancakes to creams and syrups) explained step by step, with pictures and audio. It also offers goodies such as wallpapers, and activities : coloring book and postcards.At the beginning of the session, kids can choose between three languages: French, German, and Dutch. |
| Let's Meow Meow! | 2004 | G-Collections | Yamikumo Communications | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Ibuki is a cat-person, through and through. Although he is not allowed to keep pets in his apartment(something his landlords daughter and his longtime friend Nanami often reminds him of) he takes food from The Exelion restaurant, where he works, to feed stray cats and takes injured ones to the vet, even with his poor economy. One night he dreams that he is visited by the eccentric Cat God, who grants him one wish in return for being so kind to cats. Ibuki, true to his nature, wishes for a catgirl. The next day, he dismisses the whole thing as just a happy dream, but upon returning home he actually finds a cat girl, Mikan, in a cardboard box outside his apartment. Mikan is not the only kemonomimi sent by the Cat God, and over the course of the next few days more cat girls, bunny girls and dog girls arrive to him.Let's Meow Meow is a visual novel type game. A few key decisions are made by the player, and the rest is played out from that.The game has a few sex scenes as it is an adult-only game. |
| Liberation Army | 2004 | | | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | RPG elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Liberation Army is a hybrid of a shooter and a real-time strategy game. It plays as a series of battles in which you control a commander who can both fight and give orders to his/her army. In a 2D futuristic space setting, space marines and spaceships move steadily towards the enemy, firing and being fired at. Soldiers are eventually killed and replenished, in a dynamic equilibrium. Your actions as commander are of great importance in shifting the equilibrium towards victory.At the end of each battle, credits are awarded, which can be used to buy more units or improve your commander, units, and ships. A "territory" percentage indicator indicates how far your army has reached, and how hard the next battle will be: as you gain more territory, each battle is worth more credits, but the enemy grows stronger, until eventually you lose, and the territory indicator decreases. Your injured commander is not dead, but he/she must rest for a few battles. Losing means the next battle will be easier, so in this kind of tug-of-war mechanics, the player eventually accumulates enough upgrades until the final battle can be won.Each commander has a specific setup, with some unique weapons and abilities. Due to the fact that commander damage persists among battles (with a percentage being regenerated for each battle he/she does not participate in), you are constantly forced to switch between them, leading to greater variation in play style. Also, each battle has a different formation, for instance being surrounded by enemies, or surrounding them, which leads to greater variation between battles: each play style works better for a given formation.Visuals are cartoony and commanders have portraits drawn in typical anime style. There are few dialogs, mostly between you and enemy commanders (which start showing up after territory/difficulty reaches a certain threshold).The battles last each only a few minutes, so you can just drop by for one or two battles whenever you want, and come back later. Progress is saved between sessions. |
| LightWeight Ninja | 2004 | Black Tooth Inc. | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | LightWeight Ninja is a platform scroller/jumper in a similar style to Sonic, Super Mario Bros. and Commander Keen, but is even less violent than these - weapons on offer include oversized acorns and paper-plane darts, although as appropriate for the theme, a throwing star is also available.The hero of the game is Ty, a product of chemical manipulation and training sponsored by Xavior Industries to create the perfect ninja. However, as Ty completes his training and is sent on his first mission, he finds that not everything is as it seems . . . |
| LoveChess: The Greek Era | 2004 | Beat Games | Interstudio | Strategy | | | Adult | Chess | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | LoveChess: The Greek Era is a 3D chess game where the chess pieces are love making gods, based on Greek and Trojan epos. Every time one chess piece captures another instead of a typical battle scene a love scene takes place. Every chess piece has his or her own animation that can be viewed at any angle, zoomed in or out. Ambient music and erotic background scenery sets the mood for romance. The gameplay can be set for beginner chess players or the experienced pros. |
| Magic Ball | 2004 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Dream Dale | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Magic Ball is a 3D Breakout variant where the player controls a ball with a paddle and needs to break all the blocks in order to go to the next level. If the ball falling from the paddle, the player loses a life. There are power-ups that help to the player (like extra life, weapons to break blocks easily, increase and reduce paddle and more). |
| Magic Snake II | 2004 | WC-Game Studio, Inc. | WC-Game Studio, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Your job, like in any snake game, is to move your snake, feed it (here with magic berries), and avoid obstacles (walls and your own snake body). Once a certain number of points is scored, you proceed to the next level. When all lives are gone, it's game over.The first and major difference is, that you don't control a land snake, instead it is a sea serpent, which is all the time below the sea surface. But you are looking at the snake from above the water surface. And normally the water is crystal clear. However, when the snake makes a turn, or a berry is falling into the water, you see those turbulences as real water effects.The second difference is that the game has a day/night cycle. But don't worry, your snake glows like a glow-worm, but only in white. Furthermore, after triggering a special power-up, there is even rain in the game, and each drop of water producing those water effects, including interference from two or more drops of water. And since you are viewing through the water surface, it can become difficult to control the snake their. And, of course, those effects are cumulative, so a rainy night is possible.Third difference is about the snake itself. The snake has a weak heart, so it can't grow several meters. After reaching a critical length (25 length units), the snake will detach 19 units. So you have then again a short snake. The detached body however will turn to stone, increasing the amount of obstacles in the game.Forth difference is the level design of each level. In every level, there are no walls by design, but all walls will stay when the level ends. So it will fill over time.As mentioned before, you have to eat berries to get points for the next level. However, if you succeed in eating 5 berries of the same color in a row, a special power up (one associated with each color) get activated, like extra fruits fall down (and a rain starts) or transforming wall into berries, and, and, and...Last thing to say is, that the playfield has no edges, moving out of the left side will move you snake from the right side into the playfield, and so on. |
| Magical Broom | 2004 | Daiso Sangyo Inc. | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Magical Broom is a Pac-Man-style maze game. The player controls a witch who has to paint over the entire floor of a maze while dodging enemies. In between levels, the story follows the player chasing down a rival witch. |
| Magician's Lair | 2004 | Greenstreet Software Ltd., Xing Interactive B.V. | Illusion Software | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Year is 1302 and an army of evil goblins has taken over your village, and poisoned and kidnapped the princess. Magician's Lair is an action game where the player is tasked to rescue the princess by defeating the goblins on each screen. Some power-ups will randomly appear but some of them have negative effects. The hero also has the ability to become invisible when needed, with the caveat of not being able to see his position on the screen. The game appears to be re-using most of the assets from the game of the same name that was provided as an example with the game creation tool The Games Factory. |
| Mah Jong Jr. | 2004 | Hulabee Entertainment Inc. | Hulabee Entertainment Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | "Mah Jong Jr. is a version of Mah Jong, the tile matching game, for children. This is the version of Mah Jong where tiles are stacked in multiple layers with lower layers obscured by those on top.The game has ten tile sets, one traditional and nine brightly coloured sets with letters, numbers and symbols and has nine file layouts. It is played with the mouse and ends either when all tiles have been paired or there are no more moves.
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| Mah Jong Medley | 2004 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Mah Jong Medley is a shareware game comprising four variants of the Shanghai (Mah Jong) tile matching game.
The four types of game supplied are:
Addiction
The player is presented with ten racks of randomly placed Mah Jong tiles. Each rack can hold nine tiles but there are only enough tiles to fill nine racks. The object of the game is to arrange all the tiles in groups and in numerical order, however tiles can only be moved next to a tile which is either one higher or lower than itself. If the player get stuck, i.e. they reach a point where there are no more possible moves then they can use one of the two available 'slides', a process which re-introduces spaces into the racks. This game starts with a high point bonus which decreases as the game progresses. Points are scored as each sequence of tiles is built.
Classic
This is a straight forward tile matching game where the player matches identical tiles. Points are scored as tiles are removed. There are three reshuffles available in this game.
Ten
The object of this variation of Mah Jong is to match tiles but not identical tiles as in the Classic version, here the sum of the numbers on the pair of tiles must total ten. A single reshuffle is available in this game.
Freecell
Here the object is again to remove pairs of identical tiles, however a tile can only be selected if it has a right or left edge completely clear and no tiles on top if it. The special feature in this game is the ability to put two tiles into a special holding area to use later in the game. There are no reshuffles in this game.
The Classic, Ten and Freecell games each have over one hundred tile arrangements. In these games the player starts with a bonus score which decreases as the game progresses. Additional points are scored as tiles are removed.
The option to shuffle / slide tiles in the games can be disabled in the game's customisation screen. |
| Mario Forever | 2004 | | Buziol Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Mario Forever is an unofficial remake of the famous Super Mario Bros. with some improvements and additions: better graphics, music and sound effect, an intro with a detailed story, difficulty choices (though it may take time for players to discover this function), lives exchange for mushroom and flower, automatic saving function, easier re-designed levels, additional rooms, platforms and secrets. Since this game is a remake, the basic gameplay is not different from the original game.The graphic are in 2D. Players has a choice between English and Polish. The game will be automatically saved when players pass a level. |
| Mashed: Drive to Survive | 2004 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Supersonic Software Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Mashed is an action-packed top-down arcade-racer. On 13 tracks (which must be played free in single-player first) you need all your driving skills to survive and make it to the finish as the 1st with one of the four different cars available (from slow ones to really fast ones).The heart of the single-player mode (besides the quick battle against the AI) are the bronze, silver and gold challenges for every track you need to complete to play free the next track. Each challenge is one of the seven (eight in multiplayer) game modes available in Mashed. From normal race-events (just be the 1st) over battles where you need to kill all your enemies before they do to the ultimate survival mode where everyone doesn't really like you.To make things much easier there are nine different power-ups and weapons scattered on the tracks which you can pick up. From simple oil slicks over mines to deadly mortars there's everything you need to kick the enemy drivers out of the race. Of course they can also choose from the equipment. As you can only survive a few hits you need to make sure they can't use them on you. And to make it even worse there are many small passages (or the track is just one small passage...) with nothing on one or both sides of the track in which you or your enemy can fall very deep.But the real heart of Mashed is the split-screen multiplayer mode which you can play with up to four players on one PC. If you don't find four friends you can fill in the missing spots with bots or just leave them open. The additional eighth, multiplayer exclusive game mode is like CTF with cars. The goal is to hold the flag and drive as far away from the enemies as possible to get a point. To keep the race interesting for the players that are already out of it, they can use a helicopter which flies over the track to launch missile attacks on the cars still racing. So you can take your revenge before the race is even over and the racers have one more thing to worry about. But this feature can be deactivated when you setup the race. |
| Master Mind | 2004 | Air France | Sude | Puzzle | | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This version of the classic game Mastermind comes very close to other Mastermind clones. The gameplay is based on finding the correct four-colour code. This single-player game is played entirely with the mouse. There is also a time gauge: break the code before the times runs out. |
| Maze of Galious | 2004 | Brain Games | Brain Games | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This freeware, open-source remake of the platform game from 1987 replaces the limited graphics and sounds of the 8-bit original with several custom-built new sets. The gameplay remains the same. Shrines appear on certain rooms, containing an oracle that helps the player in some way, by giving advice and hints, selling new weapons and tools, or saving progress with the password system. The 45-characters password can be noted down and entered manually like in the original, or saved and loaded from the disk. The graphics and sounds sets can also be changed on the fly with keyboard keys. |
| Medabots | 2004 | Fox Kids Europe | | Action | | Licensed | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Medabots is a simple platformer featuring Ikki Tenryou from the Medarot franchise. Ikki has to go through this 10 level (mini-)game, jumping over pits, avoiding lava and opponents firing at him. To complete a level, he has to collect all the gold medals, then, the exit door opens to the next level. The gameplay is somewhat similar to that of Lode Runner, with less ladders and complexity.The CD-ROM also includes wallpapers, a screensaver, and opening songs from other animated television series broadcasted on Fox Kids Europe, such as Totally Spies!, Power Rangers Ninja Storm and Gadget & Gadgetinis. |
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault \ Battlefield 1942 \ Command & Conquer: Generals | 2004 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Battlefield 1942 & Command & Conquer: Generals is a compilation package containing these three games:
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Battlefield 1942
Command & Conquer: Generals |
| Mega Man X3 X4 X5 | 2004 | Koko Capcom Co., Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mega Man X3 X4 X5 is a compilation release for the Korean market. It contains Windows conversions of three games:
Mega Man X3
Mega Man X4
Mega Man X5Only Mega Man X5 is localized in Korean, the other two titles are in English. The conversion of Mega Man X3 is based on the PlayStation version of the game. |
| Memories Off: Sorekara | 2004 | KID Corp. | KID Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | Windows | You are a 3rd grade student in Hamasaki high-school. Your girlfriend, Inori Misasagi, is in the same grade as you. The two of you have been dating for over two years now, and while your relationship may seems perfect on the outside, it seemed to have hit a rough patch recently. You've been busy with your part-time job and you didn't even notice how Inori's feelings for you have subsided by the time the graduation day drew near. One of the reasons might be the fact that you were too busy to even go together on a Valentine's Day which bears such a strong thing for Inori because of the way the two of you started dating. The two of you go to an old little church on the shore where you started the romance, and while anxiously anticipating her to tell you her troubles, Inori says that the two of you should break up...Main female characters in the game are, Inori Misasagi, your girlfriend who goes in the same school as you do and likes piano, Yukari Sagisawa, your younger sister who is not aware that you are actually an adopted son of Sagisawa family, Miyabi Fujiwara, your classmate, Karin Hanamatsuri, a regular customer on your part-time job cafe who comes from a rich family and works as a model while attending university, with rather nice and friendly personality, and Haya Nonohara, a colleague at your part-time job place.The gameplay is similar to previous games in the series, letting you select the route when choices appear on the screen which leads to several different endings. |
| Michael Schumacher: World Tour Kart 2004 | 2004 | 10tacle studios AG, Bigben Interactive S.A. | Inverse Entertainment GmbH | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Michael Schumacher World Tour Kart 2004 is a kart simulation. With keyboard, steering wheel or gamepad the player races against his opponents and makes kart-typical sliding maneuvers. The playing options are what is expected from such games: training (complete with a ghost of the own best time), single races, multiplayer and a championship with four, five or eight races.The player can create his own driver and customize the colour of his kart and clothes. The game features 17 varied courses, both indoor and outdoor, and three different kart types. |
| Midnight Race Club: Supercharged! | 2004 | Game Mill Publishing, Inc. | Stellar Stone LLC | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | A sister game (if not a complete twin) to the infamous Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, Midnight Race Club: Supercharged! is a game where you race against an opponent in five different tracks (taken straight from Big Rigs). You can race in cars, trucks, and motorcycles in this game.The game's menus are set up similarly to those of Big Rigs and the credits screen is the same. There is collision detection, AI, sound effects, and better physics (you may no longer drive up nearly vertical slopes anymore). |
| Midnight Racing | 2004 | MumboJumbo, LLC | IncaGold Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | | | Everyone | | Windows | Midnight Racing is a street racing game. In the game you partake in illegal nighttime street races on public roads. Driving in speedy sports cars you have to avoid normal traffic and finish first.The game comes with three different cars plus two unlockable ones (SUV and Mini). The SUV is unlocked after finishing the campaign mode in top three, the Mini is unlocked after winning 5 track races. There are 10 different tracks available and 12 different camera angles with which to behold the action. |
| Millipede | 2004 | TOPICS Entertainment | Atari, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Millipedes, cousins of the Centipede, are all over the garden. This will ruin anything trying to grow there unless they are stopped. But there are other insects as well; spiders, bees, dragonflies, and earwigs. Nature is dangerous. Luckily, there's a bug zapper that can shoot arrows at these insects and destroy them.Millipede is the sequel to Centipede, and features similar gameplay, but with a new swarm of insects! The goal is to destroy the multi-segmented millipede as it traverses its way through the mushroom forest towards the bottom of the screen. When all millipede segments have been destroyed, the player will progress to the next, more difficult level. Millipedes and other creatures are all worth a different amount of points. Occasionally dynamite will appear on the screen, which will explode if shot by the bug zapper. With a well-timed shot, numerous millipede segments (and other insects as well) can be taken out as they pass by. |
| Modern Air Power: War over Vietnam | 2004 | HPS Simulations | HPS Simulations | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | | War | Wargame | Asia | Flight / aviation | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Modern Air Power: War over Vietnam is a simulation of aerial warfare in the Vietnam war. 23 historic scenarios and 118 different planes are included. As the player, you command your units in real-time, with the help of a pause and fast forward function. Matches can be played against other players via internet or LAN. Included is a scenario editor for the creation of custom missions.
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| Mon Grand Imagier: Les Egyptiens | 2004 | Larivière Jeunesse | | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mon Grand Imagier: Les Egyptiens is both an introduction to two buildings from ancient Egypt (the temple of Karnak and Cheops' pyramid) and also an art studio program based on Egyptian patterns and themes. It allows to create a coloring book, invitations and writing paper. |
| My Fantasy Wedding | 2004 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ZEMNOTT, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | My Fantasy Wedding allows the player to dream of an idealized virtual wedding. After selecting a bride avatar and a wedding location, the game prompts the player to choose a number of bridesmaids, an ideal groom, and his groomsmen. If the player so chooses, she can elect to have her mother makes these important decisions by clicking on a mother icon.The main game action takes place at the mall. There are stores where the player is able to configure all of these characteristics about the wedding:
Bridal dress
Bridesmaid dresses
Tuxedos for the groom and for his groomsmen
Wedding ring and other jewelry
Shoes
Hairstyle and veil
Makeup
Bouquets
Music
Cake
Poetry -- a kiosk where the player can customize verses of a poem to be read during the ceremony
There are also 6 minigames in the mall, each with 3 levels. The motivation for the minigames is that successful completion will unlock further options in each of the above shops. These are the minigames:
Dice game -- You and 3 of your girlfriends take turns rolling dice. When someone rolls a pair, they get to pick a bridal shower present, either from the gift pool on the table, or that someone else has already chosen. When the time is up, the player takes stock of which presents they chose. Some will be joke presents. The goal is to get a certain threshold of legitimate shower presents.
Matching game -- There are 12, 16, or 20 cards (depending on the level) obscuring wedding-related pictures and the player must flip 2 at a time to find matches. The game limits the number of misses for added challenge.
Invitation game -- Get the invitations in the mail on time. In this 1st-person perspective game, fling the invitations at the letter carrier marching back and forth on the sidewalk.
Packing game -- Optimally load rectangular wedding presents of various sizes into your "just married" vehicle.
Bouquet game -- Your friends think you have too many presents and are trying to steal them. Defend your presents by firing wedding bouquets at your friends.
Flower girl game -- In this Pac-Man homage, your flower girl leads the bride through a maze to collect assorted wedding-related treasures while trying to dodge the groom, since the groom must not see the bride in her dress before the wedding.Further activities include the opportunity to decorate the wedding ceremony location. Also, there is a camera icon that allows the player to capture any scene in the entire game. The player can then create a wedding album in the game based on these photos, which can even be printed.Finally, the player can select to get married, which will play out all of the parameters selected in the various mall stores. |
| My Little Pony: Best Friends Ball | 2004 | Atari Interactive, Inc. | ImaginEngine | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | Early Childhood | 2D scrolling | Windows | My Little Pony: Best Friends Ball is a game for young children that is based on the My Little Pony Generation 3 toyline. It makes use of 3D graphics.The player begins with their own custom mailbox before choosing one out of four available ponies on an activity adventure to make preparations (indicated on a checklist) for the Friendship Ball in Ponyville. Each cottage in Ponyville has its own mini-game:
Pony Cottage, where the player can design invitations to the ball and customize the interior room design
Twinkle Twirl's stage, where the player choose a dance moves sequence
Amberlocks' Celebration Salon, where the player can pick an outfit and hairstyle for the chosen pony
Cotton Candy's cafe, where the player can make. bake and decorate cakes
Fetch quests for at least three ponies
The Celebration Castle, where the player can decorate the interior to finish up for the ballAt any time, the player can pick a different pony to play with. The player can also take pictures for their scrapbook and print out any saved projects. |
| My Pet Hotel | 2004 | dtp entertainment AG | Independent Arts Software GmbH | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)You alone are responsible for the wellbeing of these animals, entrusted to you by their owners, in your own carefully set up pet hotel. You can build up and decorate the pet hotel in a complete 3D world, as you wish, using exciting scenarios and different levels of difficulty, in order to be able to provide the animals with a secure haven. You will Find in the various character sheets, that each animal has its own short history and characteristics, together with Information on its specific needs. There is also the possibility that, through the grateful thanks of happy pet owners, you may ultimately be rewarded by being named as “Best Pet Hotel in the World”. |
| Myst IV: Revelation (Limited Edition) | 2004 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special limited edition includes Myst IV: Revelation standard two DVD disc set. It also contains Myst III: Exile on a single DVD disc which includes the "Making of" video that goes behind the scenes of Myst III. |
| Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch | 2004 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The famous teenage detective goes on vacation starring in her 10th adventure game - this time out west to a real western-style ranch. Her vacation turns into a mystery when the ghost of the former ranch owner rides in on his ghostly horse! Nancy finds herself in the middle of a dangerous and vengeful plot.Based on "best-selling Nancy Drew book of all time", Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch is a point-and-click adventure game with puzzles to solve, interactive non-player characters, and items to find and use. A larger game window is introduced in this game with icons at the bottom for the main menu, inventory, journal, mobile phone and help. The inventory screen is much larger than in previous games, and Nancy can use her phone to connect to the internet. |
| Nelson Piquet's Grand Prix: Evolution | 2004 | IncaGold GmbH | N-Side Software | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Ranieri Panchetti | | | | Windows | It is the year 2100, and the sport of Grand Prix is faster than ever. The latest version, Grand Prix Evolution, takes place on Earth, Moon, and various other locations in the Solar System. Magnetic levitation and high-power turbines push your vehicle to reach up to 1200 km/h. The courses still have the turns, climbs and dives, even the occasional pitstops. Take one of the GPE teams, and lead it to victory, using your winnings to upgrade your vehicles. Can you win the GPE Championship?GPE is a game in the vein of hyper-velocity racing, similar to Star Wars Racer, Slipstream 5000, and so on. You "drive" these hovercrafts on these magnetic tracks. The tracks are wide, but the side lanes have repeller fields that slow you down. Only in the center can you accelerate. The trick is then how to turn just enough to stay in the center and when to use the repeller fields to slow down. The courses are varied in appearance and the locals are quite imaginative, from the vistas of Earth to barren rocks of Moon, it's all here. The different teams have somewhat different vehicles. AI can be set to 6 different levels for variety of challenges. Multiplayer is supported. |
| New Star Soccer 2 | 2004 | New Star Games Ltd | New Star Games Ltd | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | New Star Soccer 2 is the second instalment in the New Star Soccer series. In the game players take control of a single player instead of a team or club manager, which is the case in most other football games.While following the career of their player, players get to make decisions both on and off the field. Matches are displayed in text only. At various intervals the player has to make a decision about what action to take. his stats determine how well he'll do in performing the action. The match is accompanied with simple sound effects.Off the field the player has to decide on various things that can affect his relation with the other team members, the media and the managers.This sequel includes a prettier interface, an improved match engine and more control over the life of your player. |
| News of the World Game CD | 2004 | News of the World | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | News of the World Game CD is a compilation that was distributed with the eponymous British tabloid and contains the following 12 games on a single CD-ROM:
Tactical Manager 3
Five-A-Side Football
Supercross Kings
Tennis Antics
360° Beach Bodyboarding
Spin Off
Midnight Racing
W.A.R. Soldiers
Rat Attack!
Megacity Challenge
Pearl Harbor: Shadows over Oahu
Build City
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| Nyanpoline | 2004 | Daiso Sangyo Inc. | Nanshiki Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Nyanpoline is a take on the classic Breakout genre. The player controls two cats holding a trampoline who help bounce a kitten around the screen in the hopes of breaking all of the balloons in the stage. Its physics are well-defined, and the balloons bounce the kitten off when burst, so the player has to be careful to chase the kitten where they fall after bursting balloons. Certain balloons contain powerups such as a multi-kitten mode, or a hard hat that allows the kitten to go right through balloons without bouncing off them. |
| Olympia | 2004 | GRAFO Α.Ε. Multimedia | GRAFO Α.Ε. Multimedia | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure | Classical antiquity | | Point and select | | | | Windows | 'Ολυμπία' is an adventure game developed in published in Greece - and dedicated to the story of ancient Olympic games.We play as a young pentathlete from Rhodes named Tritonas, son of Milonas, who wants to participate in the Games for the first time in his life, continuing the traditions of his family. Unfortunately he gets late to the ship sailing from Rhodes - and has to find his own way of transportation to Elis. After his arriving to the destination, the troubles do not end: some evil forces are trying to destroy the Olympic games, and it is up to Tritonas to save them.Gameplay-wise, 'Ολυμπία' is a traditional point-and-click adventure game with the inventory for storing the collected items that are used on other objects to solve the puzzles. |
| Operation: Invasion Evasion | 2004 | | | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Operation: Invasion Evasion is a freeware action/light strategy game, modeled on the classic Cannon Fodder, but the enemy's soldiers are replaced by aliens.The player takes control of four soldiers and moves them around the map taking out all aliens. Enemies put up a good fight, shooting back and grouping up on players. Each players soldier has own gun, death of any of these increase difficulty.The game uses a 3D engine from DarkBASIC. The camera can be moved by nudging the mouse to the corners of the screen and rotated/zoomed with the cursor keys. There are eight levels - four missions on normal land and the other four go on snow. |
| Over 1000 Jigsaw Puzzles | 2004 | Eureka Software (NZ) Limited | Inertia Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Over 1000 Jigsaw Puzzles is a fully featured jigsaw program.Unlike some games in this genre which come with a dozen or so pictures that can be played with multiple numbers of pieces, this game comes with 1,029 pictures that of varying degrees of difficulty. It also allows the player to create their own jigsaws using half a dozen or so different styles of puzzle piece and up to six thousand pieces.Other features include optional piece rotation, sound effects, music, an optional 'ghost' image of the completed picture, a save/load feature and an option to download additional pictures from the internet.
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| Oz: The Magical Adventure - Interactive Storybook | 2004 | DK Multimedia | GMD Group Pty Limited | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Oz the Magical Adventure: Interactive Storybook is a piece of learning-to-read software that reuses many of the graphics and sounds from Oz the Magical Adventure. The program begins by allowing children to choose whether they want to read themselves or be read to by the narrator. Also they can choose between three levels of reading difficulty, though all difficulty levels are about at first grade -- the sentences just get a bit longer.Regardless which version is picked, the game presents a very abbreviated summary of L. Frank Baum's classic, accompanied by animated illustrations. These illustrations are interactive in that there are hotspots which can be clicked to give small rewards. For instance, clicking a weather vane will cause it rotate. As such, the only interactive game element in this title are the animated reward for exploring the illustrations. It also includes printable stickers, invitations, writing paper and color-in pictures. |
| PacFish | 2004 | Suricate Software | Suricate Software | Action | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | PacFish is an aquatic themed take on the classic Pac-Man formula rendered in 3D. As per usual for this type of game the player is tasked to collect all the dots per maze while avoiding contact with the numerous enemies populating them. The game's underwater motif takes shape in various ways. A fish serves as the player character, levels are decorated with various maritime details and enemies include crustaceans, sharks, sea anemones and submarines among others. These enemies differ in attributes and behavior.Aside from the usual power pellet there are other helpful items present such as a speed-up and a snowflake that temporarily freezes the enemies in place. Furthermore the game features various camera angles and switches into a first-person view when entering tunnels present in some of the levels. |
| Pinball Master | 2004 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This release is a compilation that contains:
Pinball Master
11 Pinball: Abenteuer |
| Plane Arcade | 2004 | 3Division s.r.o. | 3Division s.r.o. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | World War II | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Plane Arcade is a 3D flight combat games set during World War II. The player controls a combat plane and fights other planes. Next to dogfights it is also possible to bomb ground targets like enemy barracks. The plane has five bombs and unlimited ammo. The game uses simplified, arcade-like flight physics. The plane can be controlled entirely with the mouse and the cursor keys are used to change the camera settings. Damage is shown through the pilot's portrait in the top right side of the screen. The game has two modes: a campaign with fifteen missions and survival battle. |
| Planetary Defense | 2004 | Positech Games | Positech Games | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Planetary Defense is an arcade/strategy space game where you have to defend your planet from incoming rocket attacks by launching your own rockets to destroy enemies.Planetary Defense has 21 action-packed missions for you to play through on 3 difficulty settings, starting from simple levels that require defending a small world against streams of rockets - and up to complex levels with multiple moons, defensive shields, evacuating cities and a wide variety of attacking aliens including multiple-warhead scatterpacks, Cloaked cruisers and laser equipped point defence satellites. To defend your planets you have 2 types of rocket, a fast rapid-fire missile (right-mouse button) which explodes ahead of your target and uses it shockwave to destroy incoming rockets, but which is also itself destroyed by other rockets blast waves, and a slower 'shielded' missile (left-mouse button) which is not destroyed by other missile shock waves. You will have to pick the right missile for the right job, and you only have a limited supply of each. |
| Play65 | 2004 | Interlogic Ltd | Interlogic Ltd | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Play65 is a freeware online backgammon game designed with 3D graphics offering 3 different board designs, and 3 time speed modes (including blitz backgammon).Play65 has thousands of users all day, so there is always a game partner under any conditions (long matches or single games, free or real money games at any stake from $0.5 to $1000). Free bonuses are given to new players (there is an option to play for free, without real money), and there are tournaments all day long, including satellite tournaments for live events. |
| Poker Dice | 2004 | | Touch 'n Go Games | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Poker Dice is a single player game similar to 'Yahtzee'Players have two rolls of five dice and aim to make up 'poker hands' such as five of a kind; straight; full house; all fives etc. The 'hands' are split into two sections, one for the scores for the numbers 1 - 6 and the other for the poker hands. The more a player scores in either section the higher their bonus.
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| Poker Master | 2004 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Poker Master is a single player poker game. This game features four of the most popular kinds of poker, 5 Card Draw, 7 Card Stud, Omaha Hi, and Texas Hold'Em. There are four skill levels, a variety of card backgrounds and, as a bonus game, a version of Texas Hold'Em for the Pocket PC. |
| Pool:shark 2 | 2004 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Blade Interactive Studios Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Pool:shark 2 is a simulation of the pool sport. Its most unique aspect is its setting: instead of high class tournaments, the player finds themself in smoky pubs with opponents like truck-drivers and lightly clad biker women. The handling, however, is similar to other pool games. The player has a lot of opportunities to tweak the position of the cue. A analog stick or mouse movement simulates the shot.The game features ten pool variants, including popular ones like Eight-Ball and trick shots or exotic ones like snowboat pool. When playing the career mode (called "Hustler"), the player can bet money. The winnings are reinvested in clothes or pieces of equipment which look different but have no bearing on gameplay. Every successful match unlocks the next from a roster of 20 opponents overall. |
| Power Mad | 2004 | Xing Interactive, Inc. | Cancerian New Media | Strategy | | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Power Mad is a single player strategy gameIn this game the player plays against four of the ten amusingly named computer opponents. Each player has four cities which start out with a few troops, and civilians. During their turn the player may add 'peace' initiative points to one of their cities, this is a defence against nuclear attack; stockpile a nuclear warhead to one of their cities; launch a propaganda campaign from a city, if successful this lures civilians away from an opponents city; or they may attack using the troops based in their city.
The peace / stockpile actions cost five troop units, and attacking with troops or propaganda may be unsuccessful and could result in loss of troop or civilian units. New troops spawn automatically at the start of a player's turn but the only way to attract more civilians is to launch successful propaganda campaigns.The game ends when either the player has lost all four of their cities or when all of the computer opponents have been eliminated.
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| Power Surge | 2004 | Megaware Multimedia B.V. | Microvalue | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | North America | Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | | | Windows | Power Surge is a drag racing simulation game, which in practice is a contest of acceleration and raw speed between two cars over a quarter of a mile. The two cars race side by side, not against each other, but against a set time. The player starts by selecting a car from an initial selection of two and by picking a driver from a choice of eight, each with their own characteristics. The player can then pick between a single race or a full tournament season. When playing a single race, there are three tracks to choose from: Arrowhead Raceway, Georgia; Armadillo Dragway, Texas; and Sunshine Beach Dragway, California. The full season pitches the player against random opponents that needs to be defeated to move onto the next round. At the end of the season a championship trophy is awarded to the driver with the most points.Winning races earn the player money which can then be used to upgrade their car by swapping the engine, transmission, tires or suspensions for better ones, or to buy a more powerful car altogether. The game supports sunny or rainy weather conditions which have unique effects on each of the tracks due to their different tarmac surfaces that alters the handling properties of the cars.There are three difficulty levels. The multiplayer mode lets up to 8 players compete over a local area network. The game can be played with a keyboard, joystick or steering wheel.
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| Psyche Metal: The Bleeding | 2004 | | | Action | Side view | | Horror | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Psyche Metal: The Bleeding is a bullet hell horror shoot 'em up, and a sequel to a series of games made with the Dezaemon 2 tool for the Sega Saturn.You play as a flying eyeball, moving through grotesque levels of flesh, body parts and corpses, firing smaller eyeballs at the disembodied heads, hands and other grotesque enemies that spew blood red bullets at you.
Destroyed enemies can drop blue, red or green skull icons for shield power, weapon power or bonus points respectively.
Grazing bullets grant you points as well as increase your "rampage" meter. Getting hit with a full rampage meter not only absorbs one extra hit, but will make you fire super-powered shots for a couple seconds. The rampage meter still fills up when full, so you can "store" several filled meters at one time.
Aside from the fire button, you have one button that temporarily slows time in exchange of losing two levels of weapon power, and one slows your movement, making the tight-knit bullet patterns easier to dodge.
You have three lives, and losing them means game over. There are four available difficulty levels to choose from.You can also choose to practice a single stage that you've reached before. |
| Pulsarius | 2004 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Psycho Craft Studio | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | The Pulsarius planet system has been attacked by alien forces, and you know what, you've been asked to protect the colony and defeat these aggressive aliens.
Pulsarius is yet another vertical space shooter, arcade-oriented, scrolling-down, with all the classic situations (alien bases, asteroid belts), weapons and power-ups that belong to the genre. As it is distributed electronically, the full version has twelve levels with three super-bosses. |
| Quong | 2004 | LaceyWare | LaceyWare | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Made with The Games Factory, a successor of Klik & Play, the game is another Pong variant. 1-4 players control their paddles in order to hit the ball. The winner is a player, who misses less balls. |
| Random House Puzzles & Games: Crosswords | 2004 | Cosmi Corporation | Centron Software, Inc. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Random House Puzzles & Games: Crosswords is a compilation that consists of two separate games each containing one hundred and fifty puzzles.Random House Crosswords is based on three books published by that company; Golf Crosswords , Tournament Crosswords - the crosswords derived from this tome have target solve times, and Random House Ultrahard Crosswords Omnibus.Random House Crosstics are also based on three books, Crostics With A Twist, and Random House Crostics Volume 4 and 5.
There are fifty "Crostics With A Twist ", In these puzzles the initial letters of the answers spell a title which, when used with the associated text, becomes a clue to the name of a famous personality. The first letters of the hundred Random House Crostics spell out the author and title of the work the associated quotation is taken from.All puzzles can be played on the computer with a combination of keyboard and mouse, alternatively they can be printed and solved on paper.
In some releases the Crostics games are described as a bonus product. |
| Rapid Gunner: Tactical Shooter | 2004 | Morphicon Limited | 7FX, s.r.o. | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Rapid Gunner: Tactical Shooter is a first person shooter game. Find and eliminate all targets in 8 missions in the shortest time possible without hitting the civilians. Levels include a warehouse, a plane or a parking garage. Different guns are available. |
| Red Jets | 2004 | Rebel Games | InterActive Vision White Eagle Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Red Jets is an action flight simulator. You fight off enemies as a Russian pilot. Plan your missions and choose the weapons on your plane. You will fight other planes, ships and tanks. The game contains a campaign, 16 missions and 4 training missions. Play with up to 16 other players via Internet or LAN. Four planes are included: Mig-29 Fulcrum, SU-25 Frogfoot, SU-27 Flanker and Yak-141 Freestyle. |
| Retro Gamer Issue 6 | 2004 | live Publishing International Ltd | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The magazine Retro Gamer issued Retro Gamer 6 a keep case cover mount in 2004 that prominently featured the game Beneath a Steel Sky.The games in this compilation are:
Beneath a Steel Sky
Cubert Badbone, P.I.
Fiend
Flight of the Amazon Queen
Gaea Fallen
Last Rose in a Desert Garden
Beneath a Steel Sky
Out of Order
Photopia
The Breakdown
The Infinite Ocean
The Key Part I : Flight From Arcadia
The Key Part II : The Valley of Stars
The Key Part III : Quest For The Key
Treasure of Drunk Island
Valhalla Classics: Episode 1 - The Crypt
Zork 1
Zork 2
Zork 3
Zork: The Undiscovered Underground
The games included in this compilation were all freeware at the time of issue but some had previously been successful commercial releases. Also included were a number of game demo's, the ScummVM adventure game emulator and WinZip. |
| Reversi | 2004 | Daiso Sangyo Inc. | | Puzzle | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Reversi is a straightforward reversi game. It pits the player against one of three strengths of AI following the classic rules. |
| Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown | 2004 | Play.com.pl | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of following games:
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown
Moon Tycoon
Easy Chess
Go Jo Pogo
and one program - Firewall Pro
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| Robin Hood: Forest Adventures | 2004 | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Robin Hood: Forest Adventures is a budget platformer.Designed for kids, controls are limited to the 3 keyboard arrows (down arrow is not used). The game features four levels to explore. Just collect bonuses, get fruits, and jump over enemies to "kill" them since there is no violence. An arch is your only weapon.Since the game has no save feature, each level has a specific code that you can enter from the title screen. |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack | 2004 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack is a compilation which includes the following:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (the base game)
Wacky Worlds (first expansion pack)
Time Twister (second expansion pack)
A preview of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (only in retail releases) |
| RunMan: Going Coconuts | 2004 | Coolmoose Productions | Coolmoose Productions | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | RunMan: Going Coconuts is the fourth main game in the RunMan series and this time it has a summer theme. RunMan is marooned on a desert island where he has to find a way to escape. It is divided into three game sequences that need to be completed in a fixed order:
Stage 1: a variant of the most prominent gameplay in the series. RunMan is moving at a fixed speed on the beach and the player can choose between two types of jumps (slow and high, or quick and far) to overcome obstacles. These include crabs, debris and piles of sand. If a single obstacle is touched the game is over right away.
Stage 2: shown from a top-down perspective, RunMan is swinging a hammer. He has to knock out all the red crabs while avoiding the yellow ones. Also he cannot disappear off the screen.
Stage 3: RunMan is surfing the waves of an ocean filled with sharks. He has to avoid the sharks and use ramps to jump. When a shark is hit in mid-air, it is killed right away.The game includes a high score list. |
| S2: Silent Storm - Gold Edition | 2004 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Gold Edition includes S2: Silent Storm as well as the add-on S3: Silent Storm - Sentinels. |
| Saddle Up: Time to Ride | 2004 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Lexis Numérique SA | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Saddle Up: Time to Ride is the fourth game in what is known in France as the Alexandra Ledermann series, horse racing/caring games endorsed by the French equestrian champion. In this edition, Aventures au Haras, players assume the role of the young girl Lucy who is appointed by Alexandra to become a part of her team. She needs to prove herself in six tests to win championships for the farm. Strange things have been happening to the horses however and Lucy needs to find out who is responsible.Before being able to race, Lucy has to learn how to take care of the horses. She can train up to eight different horses and walk around on the domain to visit locations such an office, different rooms and the stables, or talk to other characters, such as the team leader Mathieu, Mr Gantois the local veterinarian and Garance, a stuck up princess who is also part of the team. To get a horse in shape, it needs to be taken care of every day. This includes brushing, showering, petting, feeding, picking the hooves, shoeing, vetting, mucking the stall, and of course riding. These improve various statistics such as cleanliness, health, morale and endurance. Other characters also often interact with questions, challenges, or they ask to help with their horses.For the riding aspect, there are two main disciplines: jumping and cross country, each with different courses and tracks. The entire game is split up into eighteen days with different events and encounters. Players can design custom tournaments as well. There is also a number of puzzles to solve, based on items and riddles in the environment. |
| Sagaland | 2004 | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Sagaland is the official PC translation of the eponymous board game. It consists of three important parts: the town, the forest and the castle. The town is the starting point for all players and a path (with junctions) leads through the forest and to the castle. On the castle there is a pile of cards; each card represents a fable. On the path some fields are occupied by trees which have corresponding symbols at the bottom.The topmost card gets revealed and the players need to search for the corresponding tree. When a player hits a tree field with the exact dice result he - and only he - gets to see the bottom of it. If its the right one he gets the card and the next one is revealed. The game is over when a player gets three cards. Every dice throw is performed with two dice and if both show the same number the player may mix the cards or directly go to a tree or the castle. When a player hits a field with another player's token directly the opponent has to go back to the town.The game offers the usual improvements over the board version: enhanced graphics, multiplayer modes and AI opponents. |
| Santa Claus in Trouble... Again! | 2004 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Joymania Development | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Santa Claus in Trouble ... again has the same premise as its predecessor: Santa Claus has lost all the presents. Now the player takes his role and has to retrieve them.This game is a standard 3D platformer, meaning the player uses his keyboard to jump through the 12 levels. He has to avoid pits and enemies. Since Santa is a peaceful guy there is no way to kill them.The basic goal of the level is to reach the exit alive. On the way the player finds the presents, for each one he collects he gets points - more challenging to get are more rewarding. There are also health boosts and reset points. But these are just temporary saves when the player dies - if all lives are lost or he ends the game he has to start all over. |
| Sataan: Das Spiel | 2004 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Zone 2 Media GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | | | Daniel Buscher, Andre Kuklinski | | | | Windows | Sataan: Das Spiel is a licensed game based on the radio comedy show Sataan. It is a conventional three-dimensional platformer where the player needs to jump on platforms which float in the air. There are ten platforms with different characteristics, e.g. one of them regularly materializes a flame that kills the player. On the upper right corner there is always a picture of Sataan who taunts the player. There are 35 levels and a CD soundtrack consisting of original radio episodes. |
| Scarabeo Digital | 2004 | Editrice Giochi spa | Fi System Italia | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Word construction | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Scarabeo Digital is a electronic adaption of Scarabeo, the Italian language version of Scrabble. It contains ten levels played against virtual players or up to four human players. The player has to form vertical or horizontal words on a board as in the original game. Points are earned based on words length, special boxes with letter multipliers and bonuses. A maximum of eight letters is available to the player to write words. The game includes a rule book of 32 pages. |
| Schiffe versenken | 2004 | Fantastic.TV | Tavex | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Schiffe versenken is a Battleship variant: Two players spread ships of different sizes on a squared game field. Each turn the players guess the coordinates of the enemy's ship, if he is right a part of the ship gets destroyed. One player wins if all the opponent's ships are destroyed. The only difference to the original is a three-dimensional presentation of the game field, there are no additions to the rules. |
| Scrabble Interactive: 2005 Edition | 2004 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | | Strategy | | Licensed | | Board game, Word construction | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Scrabble Interactive 2005 Edition is one of many versions of the popular word game.In addition to the standard version for up to four players, this game also features the duplicate mode of play for up to sixteen players that is used in Scrabble clubs and championships. Other features include:
The official Scrabble Words list
Six game modes
Adjustable difficulty levels
Forty virtual opponents to play against
On-line play
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| Sea Wolves | 2004 | New Media Generation | Anvil Entertainment, Ghost Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Sea Wolves is an independently developed, free-scrolling arcade shooter published both in retail and online distribution channels. The basic concept is somewhat Waterworld-ish; the world has been mostly flooded, and now treasure hunters compete for whatever they can get. Much shooting ensues as everyone tries to keep everyone else from getting the treasure. The goal of the game is to find and destroy a heavily defended enemy fortress somewhere in each of the levels.The player's ship also has some stats, which will influence the ship's performance in movement speed, firepower, and damage tolerance. The basic stats are defined by choosing a combination of a ship captain and ship type and can be upgraded using the points gained by destroying enemies.The pacing of the gameplay is in parts somewhat reminiscent of Serious Sam, with large amounts of enemies basically going for all-out confrontation with the player, whose task it becomes to out-maneuver his enemies. The shoot'em'up part of the game is spiced up a bit by the fact that the player actually needs to manually fire the cannons available on his ship in three different directions using three different buttons. |
| Seinfeld Trivia Game | 2004 | America Online Inc. | Dircks Associates | Puzzle | | Licensed | Comedy | Game show / trivia / quiz | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Seinfeld Trivia Game is, as the title suggests, a trivia game, released via America Online subscription CDs to promote the then upcoming release of the first three seasons of Seinfeld on DVD. There are twelve questions, each one with four answers to choose from. Depending on the amount of questions you get right, you'll get a message praising you or outright mocking you with quotes from the show.The game also includes a trailer for the DVDs, a clip of a bonus feature, and some wallpapers for your computer. |
| Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Time Machine | 2004 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Compedia Software & Hardware Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Time Machine is an adventure game featuring the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Holmes and Watson must go back in time to various eras and locations to catch Jimmy, who has also gone back in time to cause trouble. To do that, the player must solve various puzzles. |
| Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Vanishing Thief | 2004 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Compedia Software & Hardware Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Vanishing Thief is an adventure game featuring the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Holmes and Watson must go back in time again, to various eras and locations including ancient Rome and the Wild West. Once again, the goal is to catch Jimmy, who has also gone back in time to cause trouble. To do that, the player must solve various puzzles. |
| Silmar | 2004 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Silmar is a rogue-like/hack type of RPG, with random generated dungeons, in which you as an adventurer are descending to fight monsters and find treasure. The game was first released for DOS around 1990, with later incarnations running on Windows, Linux and OS/X.The DOS version has tile-based graphics, and was split in three parts. The first (Dungeons of Silmar) was distributed as shareware, and the second (An Everpresent Magic) and third (The Forward Terminus) parts were made available with the purchase of the first part.The story is that the evil wizard Syrilboltus was defeated in a war with a dwarf country called Gormarundon, but left a cursed magic labyrinth of dungeons under his tower, crawling with monsters, nearby the village Silmarii, which needs to be cleansed and sealed by reaching the bottom of the dungeons. Many adventurers have tried but failed, and now you are to try your luck.You choose your character from a list of mixed characters, ranging from werewolves to baseball players (oh, the horror!), and venture forth.
As is usual with these games, there is a shop in the village above where you can purchase necessities and sell any treasure you find below.
You can reach the shop by using a teleport bead, so there is a quick way out if things get too hot below.The updated version of Silmar, v2.x (1999-2004) has pixel-based graphics, but while the backstory and rogue-like game style is the same, the map screen and player characters are differs from the original, e.g. now you can only play a human adventurer, and the above ground area includes the village, a smithy, a priest for healing, a wizard for magic supplies, a shop for purchasing supplies, and a royally appointed trader that purchases your loot/goods, plus a messenger that can take items to your home village. |
| Ski Resort Extreme | 2004 | Global Star Software Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Ski Resort Extreme puts you in the shoes of a ski resort developer whose job is to attract a varied groups of skiers and snowboarders by catering to their needs and expectations, be it ski runs, equipment, entertainment or amenities. You can either start your resort from scratch, with more or less money depending on the difficulty level, or go for one of the challenges where your role is to fix the problems of an existing resort in a specified amount of time. The game also allows you to create your own terrain with the map editor, where you have the option to import your own height map. |
| Slave Pageant | 2004 | G-Collections | Ignition | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | You play the role of Yujiro, a student at a local high school where a highly anticipated school event is about to commence soon: the Miss Twilight competition. As the story unfolds, it appears that the elected Miss Twilight is a secretly trained courtesan. The three beautiful candidates have no idea what awaits them. Our hero strips the student council president of his authority and decides to train them for himself... Slave Pageant is a command selection adventure game, where you select different commands during the game that will result in different storylines and multiple endings. Most of the commands in this game however revolve around the selection of the 4 available main female characters: Sumi Mizuno, Shinju Nakategawa, Sorami Sugawara and Ryoko Furuya. |
| SmileTris 3 | 2004 | | | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | SmileTris 3 is a freeware Dr. Mario clone for Windows, and a sequel to SmileTris 2. As in the original game, the objective of this puzzle game is to match pills sides of the same color to make viruses (or "smileys" icons in this case) disappear.What sets this clone apart from others is the amount of customization support. "Skins" alter the graphics and can be downloaded from the author's website, or created by the user. Optional features, displayed as icons on a window at the left side of the playing field, change the game in several ways (the player can set the number of matching blocks necessary to make them disappear, the random appearance of objects and enemies, etc.) There's also an on-line high-score table, and the option to upload the player score from within the game. |
| Smiling Bubbles | 2004 | Absolutist Ltd. | Absolutist Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The goal of this Puzzle Bobble-style game is to match and remove all the bubbles from the playing field, and earn as much points as possible. There are two game modes to choose from: Strategy and Arcade. |
| Snow Drop | 2004 | Peach Princess, Will Japan | Sweet Basil | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | Adults Only | Narrative | Windows | You are Minoru Sasazuka, a handsome 19 year old Japanese boy who is on a ski trip with his family and some friends. The story starts when your parents leave the scene for a "second honey moon", leaving you with your younger sister Honami and your childhood friends Kyoka the Tomboy and her more stylish older sister Kasumi. Alone at the ski lodge, Minoru experiences strange "memories" that develop the story of this game: Finding the missing links that trigger his strange memories, which seems to revolve around past experiences with Kyoka, Shizuka - a sweet servant at the ski lodge and a flower - the Snow Drop.This hentai game is in English, based on a story text interface where just click on next actions for the story to continue. Each choice will (of course) affect the ending. Some are good endings, some are bad endings and there are a lot of endings! Fortunately, this game also includes lots of slots for save games, in case you would like to find out alternative choices for the story line. |
| SnowMotion | 2004 | Comport Interactive | twisted pair GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control, Point and select | | | Isometric | Windows | SnowMoton is a puzzle game where the player takes the role of Nova who wants to build snowmen. On every map there are three snowballs which Nova has to roll to the destination. On every step in snow the snowball gets bigger respectively smaller on dry ground. At the end she needs three different sized snowballs for the foundation, the middle part and the head - obviously the biggest has to be brought first.The challenge is figuring out how to move the snowballs. The player also has to keep in mind that the snowballs can block each others way and that Nora can't pull them. She can be moved with the keyboard keys or alternatively by dragging the mouse while holding the left mouse button. When pressing the right mouse button grid gets displayed which shows the field the player can walk on. There are 58 levels. |
| Space Panic | 2004 | Guildhall Leisure Services Ltd. | | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Space Panic is an action puzzle game about saving astronauts on a space deck against invading aliens. The game is played on a single screen and there are two game modes: Panic and Puzzle. In the Panic mode four competing factions are active shown using four distinct colours: blue, green, red and yellow. Astronauts for each of the colours stream out in one of the four parts of the screen and they need to reach a vortex-like hole for that faction to score. Meanwhile aliens roam and kill the astronauts. The player's only interaction is putting down arrows to redirect the aliens' movement, but the other factions are doing the same. The goal is to get the highest score by constantly guiding the aliens away from your own astronauts.The game supports two players and contains an editor to design custom levels. Each game mode comes with twenty levels. |
| Space Paranoids | 2004 | Rogue Synapse | Rogue Synapse | Action | 1st-person | Fangame | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | | | | Windows | "You shouldn't have come back, Flynn. Now, I'll have to put you on the game grid."Space Paranoids is a fan-made creation of a game seen briefly at Flynn's in the motion picture TRON. There are fifteen levels. First. you select what level to start on, either one, four, seven, ten or thirteen. Next, the level is explained to you. Now, you must traverse the level, find the key and then the exit, except the last level you must destroy the MCP. In all cases, avoid or destroy enemies.If you are destroyed by an enemy, you lose a life. Lose all your lives and the game is over. |
| Space Taxi | 2004 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This is a remake of the first eight levels (Morning Shift) of the Commodore 64-version of Space Taxi. It is designed to play, look, and sound as close to the original as possible. |
| Space Wombat | 2004 | Ezone.com | Ezone.com | Action | Behind view | | Comedy | Platform, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Space Wombat is a 3D platformer that follows the adventures of the eponymous spacesuit-wearing bipedal wombat. Space Wombat is heading home to Planet Ucliptus when his spaceship receives a distress call from a nearby planet. While landing to investigate, Space Wombat damages his ship; to make matters worse, his cargo—a shipment of the valuable Power Gumnuts—is seized by the evil WomBots, whose ploy it was to lure him to their base. Now, Space Wombat must recover his stolen cargo, repair his ship, and escape.Gameplay mostly consists of collecting Power Gumnuts while jumping on crates, avoiding obstacles, and dealing with WomBots, some of which can be destroyed while others can only be temporarily disabled. There is a boss fight after every five levels, as well as a bonus level that can be unlocked by collecting the letters "W," "O," "M," "B," "A," and "T," which are strewn around the levels.Running on Macromedia Shockwave, Space Wombat was originally released as an ad-supported browser-playable game, but was later made available as a paid downloadable version. |
| SpacePod | 2004 | Xing Interactive C.V. | The Robusta Company | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | SpacePod is a space shooter that can be played either as a single player game or as a multiplayer game over the internet. In an attempt to end war. and bring peace to Earth, the major superpowers built Indigo, a self-maintaining system that intervened whenever any activity involving weapons of mass destruction was detected. The system worked. Over time, peace became the norm and disarmament programs eradicated all nuclear weapons. However, when the world tried to decommission Indigo they found that they could not do so. The astronauts sent to do the job disappeared and Indigo began destroying all facilities capable of launching anything into space. Amid rumours that Indigo is torturing captured astronauts for information, has developed new weapons of its own and possibly even developed time-travelling capabilities, a lone astronaut sets out from a previously abandoned base in a last ditch effort to destroy Indigo.The player's ship is flown by either a gamepad or by keyboard controls. Both single player and multiplayer have four types of game:Arcade: This is a series of levels which the player(s) must blast through in order to reach and destroy Indigo itself. The player(s) can collect pods containing weapons, shields, fuel etc. to add to their ship. They will face off against robot ships with the same capabilities and StarCastles which may contain prisoners. When the StarCastles are destroyed, the prisoners escape and must be collected and transported to rescue vehicles. This game is played to score points.
King-Of-The-Hill: the object of this game is to accumulate the most time inside the zone marked by space-buoys.
Demolition: The player(s) must destroy a StarCastle and rescue the prisoners. Levels in this game are unlocked by progressing through the Arcade game. This is called Rescue in the game's manual.
Deathmatch: The player(s) takes on the game's AI on a randomly generated setting |
| Special Event Racing | 2004 | MediaWorld | Media Research Group | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Special Event Racing is a racing game with cars whose handling can be customized along with their drivers. You'll race through 3D tracks set throughout the world in a variety of differently designed vehicles. There are several different racing mode to play:
Grand Prix: win all of the races to win this mode, you can select the difficulty and number of other races, up to six.
Single Track: pick any car or track and just start racing. You can choose the weather and number of opponents.
Quickplay: tosses you on a random track with a random car.
Training: pick your track, but you wont see any other racers here. |
| Spin Off | 2004 | IncaGold Ltd. | Simis | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Spin Off is a physics-based puzzle game in which the player is tasked with guiding a wooden marble to the target area of a level in the shortest possible time. The marble is only controlled indirectly by tilting the level forward, backward, left, or right with the mouse to get it to move in that direction, with inertia needing to be taken into account.There are 14 levels in total, with most of them containing hazards such as holes, ice, fire, glue, or dangerous creatures. In addition to items that need to be collected on the way, some levels require the use of teleporters or special items, for instance for shrinking the marble.Levels are timed but there is no time limit to complete them. |
| SpongeBob SquarePants: Typing | 2004 | Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | ImaginEngine Corp. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | SpongeBob SquarePants, star of the animated childrens television program, is the unlikely typing tutor in this educational game.Eugene H. Krabs, crabby denizen of Bikini Bottom, has found a strange artifact in a dumpster. When Squidward tells him it's a typewriter, Eugene first tries to cash in by selling it as a "Wordyburger". Not having any luck with that, he sets up a pay-to-enter typing tournament at the Krusty Krab, with a seanut butter & jellyfish jelly sandwich for the grand prize. This proves to be a popular idea, and the resulting line naturally attracts our friend, SpongeBob...SpongeBob takes you through 20 different lessons, covering all the keys including uppercase and numbers, and working to develop your typing speed and accuracy. Prior to entering the tournament, you can go to a practice center, where you can select from a large list of typing exercises (printable upon completion), or go to Glove World and play the typing mini-games.These include:
Senseless Patrick - Patrick has lost his senses; you are inside his head and must type letters in a maze game to retrieve them.
Snail's Pace Race - Type the words at the bottom of the screen to keep your snail moving along on the racetrack; speed and accuracy count!
Doh Ray Me - Pick a song and type the notes (letter keys) shown to play the music.
A Star is Born - Type the words shown on screen to dress Patrick up in your favorite colors; mix and match to make some truly ridiculous costumes.
Glove World 500 - As you drive, type the words shown on your dashboard; errors manifest as splats on your windshield. Keep your eyes off the road!The tournament itself is actually the lesson series, each one consisting of a tutorial, a drill, keystroke practice, an activity from the Glove World games, and a quiz. As you successfully complete each lesson you are considered to have won a tournament round, and the cut-scenes in between rounds are little vignettes about the character you will be facing off against next. SpongeBob also stresses the importance of ergonomics and proper finger placement - as you play you will see a keyboard on screen with a pair of semi-transparent hands showing the correct placement (I asked someone else to type while I watched, and those hands actually type each letter along with you!).There are three levels of play - Seaworthy, Sailorific, and Holy Mackerel, so you can up your level for an extra challenge or practice. |
| Spy Kids Learning Adventures: Mission: Man In The Moon | 2004 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | FiniteMonkey, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Spy Kids Learning Adventures: Man In The Moon is one of a series of educational games that focuses on math and logical thinking. In this adventure, Carmen and Juni are assigned to take their Dragonfly craft -- which has been retrofit to handle the rigors of space -- and head to the moon in order to investigate a mysterious occurrence at the moonbase up there.The game unfolds as a multimedia comic book, with characters narrating over still drawings. At various intervals in the story, the game asks you for a code which is also the solution to a puzzle. The game comes with a separate puzzle book (or as a PDF file included on the disc, or downloadable from the Brighter Child website) with a series of "missions" which individual math and logic puzzles that must be solved to yield the codes. Interspersed with these code requests and the story advancement are various logic-oriented minigames. |
| Spy Kids Learning Adventures: Mission: The Anti-Gravity Agenda | 2004 | Brighter Child Interactive, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation contains two Spy Kids Learning Adventures in one game disc:- Spy Kids Learning Adventures: Mission: The Underground Affair- Spy Kids Learning Adventures: Mission: Man In The Moon |
| Spy Kids Learning Adventures: Mission: The Candy Conspiracy | 2004 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | FiniteMonkey, Inc. | Action, Educational | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Candy Conspiracy is one of a series of four Spy Kids Learning Adventures. In this episode, the Spy Kids, Carmen and Juni, are assigned to investigate why it is that kids in North America have suddenly stopped caring about playing and all seem to be eerily focused on chores and schoolwork. The Spy Kids perform an epidemiological study of incident reports and find that the Sueno Dulces Candy Company must be behind the behavior somehow. So the underage agents mount an invasion of the factory.The game unfolds in an animated comic book manner. In order to accomplish the mission, the player guides the Spy Kids through 2 types of challenges. In the first, the game comes with a separate puzzle book (either printed or in PDF format) which can also be downloaded from the publisher's website. The book contains math and logic puzzles. The player will be prompted at various junctures for the answers to certain puzzles in order to advance the storyline.The game also contains 8 minigames tied to the story: Incident Reports (a sort of epidemiological study and block game), Clue Wrappers (a pair-matching game), Taffy Canons (a Simon-style memorization exercise), Jaw Boulders, Word Steamer, Complete The Code Pattern, Encryption Engine, and Robot Rundown. |
| Spy Kids Learning Adventures: Mission: The Nightmare Machine | 2004 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | FiniteMonkey, Inc. | Action, Educational | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | Spy / espionage | | | | | | | | Windows | The Nightmare Machine is one of a series of four Spy Kids Learning Adventures. In this episode, the Spy Kids, Carmen and Juni, are called upon by their superiors to rid the world of The Nightmare Machine. It seems that there is a diabolical machine located in the Antarctic that is broadcasting nightmares to all the grown-ups in the world, making sleep rather difficult.The game unfolds in an animated comic book manner. In order to accomplish the mission, the player guides the Spy Kids through 2 types of challenges. In the first, the game comes with a separate puzzle book (either printed or in PDF format) which can also be downloaded from the publisher's website. The book contains math and logic puzzles. The player will be prompted at various junctures for the answers to certain puzzles in order to advance the storyline.The game also contains 8 minigames tied to the story:
Penguin Path: Penguins are blocking your vehicle's path. Toss fish in strategic squares to goad the flightless birds into moving out of your path.Ice Wall: A traditional pair-matching game where an ice wall has an assortment of concealed patterns. Flip 2 patterns at a time to find matches.Jump the Ice Floes: A Frogger clone where the player must maneuver the spy vehicle across ice floes moving in opposite directions at different speeds.Ice Tunnels: Ice is falling and the player must maneuver through the ice using a pattern specified by the game.Alphabetical Spire of Doom: Spell out valid words using adjacent letters from a hexagonal grid.Run In Up The Spire: Carmen and Juni are on their rocket skates to cruise up a spiral ice tower. Help them dodge falling snowballs by either ducking or jumping. The action to be taken depends on whether the snowball has an even or odd number.Antarctic Gothic: Defeat the ice giants using a supersonic tuning fork to match their own tones.Disable The Autodestruct
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| Spy Kids Learning Adventures: Mission: The Underground Affair | 2004 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | FiniteMonkey, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Underground Affair is one in a series of three Spy Kids Learning Adventures games. In this episode, a huge amount of anti-gravity mineral ore has gone missing from its silo. This material has applications in the spy business and the Spy Kids are called in to investigate the situation. In order to solve the mystery, the Spy Kids must solve a series of puzzles in an accompanying book. The action unfolds in a colorful, comic book-style of narration. |
| Starters Orders Pro | 2004 | Strategic Designs Ltd. | Strategic Designs Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | www.startersorders.com (from Ad Blurbs)Starters Orders PRO builds on the success of the origional genre leading game by adding a range of new features. Check out the feature list below. Download the game from the Downloads section. To unlock the full game you need a Visa, Mastercard, Switch or Solo card - payments are taken from anywhere in the world!. The full version of Starters Orders Pro costs £19.99 (or $34.99 USD) and is not available in the shops. Owners of the Full price Starters Orders 1 game (web version only) are entitled to a fantastic rebate! (Go to Downloads for details).
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| Steel Saviour | 2004 | Fantastic.TV | Atlanteq s.r.l. | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Steel Saviour is an old-school horizontal shooter. The story: Many years after "the war" humanity is close to become extinct because of lack of water. But then a young man finds a flying war ship and travels into inner earth. Here he discovers machine creatures who are responsible for humanity's suffering. Now the player takes control of the flying ship and kills everything.The game is played with the keyboard, the controls are constrained to moving, shooting weapons or a smart bomb which kills everything on the screen. Sometimes a killed enemy leaves an extra weapon behind which gets mounted on the bottom of the ship. It has to be fired off separately and is restricted to a limited time frame. There also is a combo system which multiplies the player's points. The ship can endure multiple hits but a collision with an enemy or the walls lead to an instant kill. |
| Steinzeit Ur-lympiade | 2004 | ASYLUM Games | Grasland Production | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Steinzeit Ur-lympiade is a sports game with parodies of sports. It features six mini games:Bärenfell-Clipping (bearskin clipping): Cascade a chasm and trying to hit pterosaurs.
Granit-Dancing (granite dancing): Avoiding cascading rocks.
Furzerandon-Rennen (fart dinosaur racing): The player rides on a pterosaur from left to ride while avoiding other pterosaurs.
Frauen-Weitschlag (women hitting): The player has a bat and a woman falls from above the screen. Now he clicks at the right moment and the women flies to the left side.
Homosaurus Derby (homo dinosaur derby): The player rides a dinosaur and runs along the course. He has to jump over kneeling women on the way. |
| Strategic Command + Cold War Conflicts | 2004 | Most Wanted Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Cold War Conflicts
Strategic Command: European Theater |
| Sudden Strike: Resource War | 2004 | Fireglow Games | Fireglow Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Sudden Strike: Resource War is the successor to Sudden Strike II with a modified game engine. All vehicles now need ammunition besides their fuel. Buildings can now be repaired. Factories allow the manufacture of tanks and vehicles. The game comes with 4 new campaigns which consist of 18 missions. |
| Super Blocmania 3D + 3D Brick Blaster | 2004 | K.E. Media | | Compilation | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This double pack contains one game based on Tetris, and one based on Breakout:
Super Blocmania 3D
3D Brick Blaster
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| Super PileUp! | 2004 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Super PileUp! is in the basic concept similar to any Columns-based game. Your job is to combine at least 4 balls of the same color, when this happens, they vanish and ball from above will fall down to fill the gap. When the stacked balls reaching the top of the playfield, then you have lost.Unlike most of those games, you have not a row which falls from the top of the playfield, but a bunch of three balls, aligned as a triangle, which can be rotated.The farther you progress through the levels, the faster those balls falling down and the more different colors will be in the game. |
| Sure Shot 3D | 2004 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Mat Dickie | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | official game website (from Ad Blurbs)The original was hailed as a "gem" by PC Utilities magazine. Now Sure Shot is back, better than ever, with a glorious 3D campaign! The concept harks back to the good old days, when games were simple but addictive (and so challenging that you could barely get past the first level!). That's about all that remains intact though - because the game has been dragged, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century. Boasting infinitely superior 3D gameplay, immersive visuals, and sublime presentation, Sure Shot 3D is almost unrecognizable from its clumsy predecessor. Thankfully, the action-packed gameplay is still reporting for duty though - and now takes place over 25 unique locations. Bite the bullet and sign up for a real challenge... |
| TV Guide: Crosswords | 2004 | eGames, Inc. | | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | TV Guide® Crosswords is a single player game consisting of a thousand crosswords with many clues relating to US television shows.The game can hold the scores for eight different players, though only one player can play at once. The game has optional music and sound effects, a function that checks whether the answers entered by a player are correct, and an auto solve button.As with many games of this type the clues become less useful with time, 'New 77 Sunset Strip star' may have been obvious once but no longer. |
| TV Manager | 2004 | eGames, Inc. | Niels Bauer Games | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Run your own TV station! Your Granduncle has died, leaving you with a nearly-bankrupt TV station. Turn this station around, expand your influence, and become a TV Tycoon. For each day, you'll need to fill the timeslots with a mixture of news, TV programs, and movies. Content costs money, so be sure to attach ads to the programming. More expensive programs will attract more viewers, and can therefore be used to show more profitable ads. Keep an eye on demographics, as well. Ads focused on a particular demographic will pay more, but need to be shown on the right type of show. Not enough viewers? Put out advertisements of your own! Newspaper ads, fliers, and TV ads are all yours to purchase, and will increase viewership. |
| Table Games | 2004 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains three games developed by Magic Lantern:
Air Hockey Adrenaline
Foosball Frenzy
Shuffleboard Showdown |
| TankWar | 2004 | Softology | Softology | Strategy | Side view | | | Artillery | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | TankWar is a game similar to Scorched Earth that puts you in control of a tank with the goal of destroying your opponent. The game can be played with a computer or with another person who will try to hit the other tank. The first player to hit the other tank the most wins. The game has 10 stages with some of them having a parashooter or a plane from the sky attempting to destroy the tanks. |
| Team Factor: Gold Edition | 2004 | Morphicon Limited | 7FX, s.r.o. | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Team Factor (Gold Edition) contains the original Team Factor game plus 5 new missions + 10 new weapons + new units. |
| Tennis Ace | 2004 | | Binary Zoo | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tennis Ace is a 3D tennis game for one or two players. Though it supports gamepads and other controllers the keyboard is the default method of control.In this game the player practices, plays friendly matches and eventually gains enough experience to enter career mode, as the player's career progresses their strength and aptitude increases. The game has thirty-two opponents, sixteen male and sixteen female, each with their individual strengths and weaknesses. Matches are played on hard court, clay and grass surfaces each requiring a different approach and revised tactics. The game also has some 'fun' options which change the size of the players heads from Normal to either Big, Massive, or Shrunken. |
| Test & Improve Your Memory | 2004 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Happy Neuron | Educational | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Test & Improve your Memory is a single player, 'brain training' game.The game consists of a series of puzzles which are accessed via a menu with a geographic theme, the puzzles though are logic based and not geographic. A player can either play individual puzzles, a tour which consists of three puzzles, or a competition which consists of four puzzles.At the end of each puzzle the player is shown their score and the 'normal' score that should be expected for someone of their age, sex, and level of education.Test and Improve your Memory is a product that will not run unless the original CD-ROM is in the disc drive.
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| Tetris Elements | 2004 | THQ Inc., ValuSoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tetris Elements is the second Tetris game published by THQ and like the first one, Tetris Worlds, it consists of six different variations of the original Tetris gameplay. Like in Tetris Worlds there is a hold option which means that the player can choose to save a block for later use. The classic mode plays just like the original Tetris formula but the others differ by adding various elements that affects the gameplay:
Earthquake: This is a cascade version of Tetris where blocks remaining after a line has been cleared will fall down into empty cells below. Playing the game slowly will lead to earthquakes that shake the screen and creates fault lines and garbage that make it harder to clear the screen.
Fire: Here the hard drop key can be used to superheat blocks. By doing this with enough of them in one row it's possible to explode them and cause chain reactions that can clear as many as eight lines at once.
Ice: Icicles in two different sizes will form at the top of the screen and once they reach their maximum size they will crack off and and fall down. Small falling icicles will capture any falling blocks and drive it through the locked blocks at the bottom. When the larger icicles fall they will leave a layer of unbreakable white blocks. This layer can only be removed by clearing the line directly below it.
Stratosphere: In this mode various meteors will appear after lines are cleared. There are four different ones: green which leaves random garbage blocks, red which destroys blocks as it ricochets off them, blue which destroys bricks but breaks through them and white which destroys all the blocks on the playing field.
Tempest: This mode features two playing field which are attached to a windmill. Gusts of wind turns the windmill and the playing fields will be swapped. When using the hold feature the current block will be passed to the other playing field.
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| Texas Hold 'em Poker | 2004 | Black Tooth Inc. | | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Texas Hold 'em Poker is a computer adaptation of the poker game with the same name, featuring three dimensional graphics. It can be played against up to eleven AI controlled players. Each player avatar depicts a famous politician, for example Bill and Hillary Clinton and Yasser Arafat. Options that can be configured ahead of a game include number of blinds, bet amount and starting cash amount. The play style of AI opponents can also be customized with sliders for optimism, aggression and risk. The game can be played with either keyboard shortcuts or with a mouse based graphical interface. |
| The Adventures of JP and Cosmo: A Friend Indeed | 2004 | | Twin Design Entertainment | Adventure | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | You play as JP, who is relaxing at home watching the news. On it, there's suddenly breaking news, which is the Earth is going to be destroyed by an asteroid in thirty minutes, and if possible, you should go to your fallout shelter. Luckily, you remember that your friend Cosmo has a fallout shelter, unfortunately, you know that he's out, but luckily you have an extra key to his house. So, you must make it to Cosmo's fallout shelter within thirty minutes.The Adventures of JP and Cosmo: A Friend Indeed is a standard point & click adventure where you explore your environments, collect items and solve puzzles to progress in the story. The mouse cursor can have four states: looking, interacting, taking and walking. This state can be changed by pressing the right mouse button and by clicking on an item the corresponding action is performed by the player character. There are no hot spots. |
| The EA Sports Collection | 2004 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation, Sports | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | EA Sports Collection is a five-game package that collects five different EA Sports games:
Madden NFL 2003
MVP Baseball 2003
NASCAR Thunder 2003
NHL 2003
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 |
| The Energy Thieves | 2004 | Vivendi Universal Games International S.A. | Coktel Vision | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view, Diagonal-down, Side view | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Energy Thieves is an action game for children five years and up starring the Adiboo character. There are fourteen levels with different types of gameplay as Adiboo needs to stop a robot from taking away all of the planet's resources such as lava, rocks, wood and water. Levels include 2D side-scrolling platforming sections and races using both a frontal and a behind view. There is also a central hub world where Adiboo can be moved around freely to explore and further the story. There is a two-player multiplayer mode as well as time trial challenges. The difficulty level adapts dynamically based on the player's performance. |
| The Greatest NES Games Ever! | 2004 | Nintendo Official Magazine UK | | Action, Compilation, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Greatest NES Games Ever! is a compilation issued by Nintendo Official Magazine UK. It contains the following games;
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
The Legend Of Zelda
Donkey Kong
Excitebike
Duck Hunt
Metroid
Zelda II
Ice Climber
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| The History Channel: Battle of Britain - World War II 1940 | 2004 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | iEntertainment Network | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | War | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | Real-time | | | Windows | Battle of Britain - World War II 1940 is a 3D WW2 flight combat simulator.Play either the German Luftwaffe or the Royal Air Force and maybe you can change the course of history. The game features 12 historical campaigns, 3 levels of difficulty (cadet, intermediate, expert) and a training mode. You can choose one of the 70 aircrafts and switch between cockpit and 3rd-person view,The planes can be controlled by joysticks, rudder pedals and a throttle control. |
| The Infinite Ocean | 2004 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | A hacker prowling around different secured areas and accessing encrypted memory banks in the atmospheric confines of a space station, gradually getting up to speed with the rich backstory from the log entries of disappeared crew members recounting the ongoing development of an uncooperative military artificial intelligence (the ASD Project of the SGDS - Sentient Global Defense System)... playing this game, you could be forgiven for mistakenly believing you were in a missing chapter from the System Shock series.Unlike its spiritual predecessors, however, this game features no combat or RPG elements -- instead it is a game of narrative exploration from the perspective of a Mystian 1st-person adventurer. As the player learns more about Dr. Leonard Eaves' principled opposition to the Crusade Project, storywise it also delivers a more philosophical and nuanced take on the hackneyed dark-SF subject matter, perhaps closer to the work of interactive fiction A Mind Forever Voyaging.It is more than a little mysterious. Where exactly is everybody, exactly? And what role does the player occupy in this allegorical setting, precisely? The game isn't going to spell it out for you; instead, between rummaging through refuse for passwords and 23-bit encryption keys, it'll make you reflect a bit on the true nature of intelligence and consciousness. |
| The Sims: Full House | 2004 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
The Sims (base game)
The Sims: Hot Date (expansion)
The Sims: House Party (expansion)
The Sims: Livin' Large (expansion)
The Sims: Makin' Magic (expansion)
The Sims: Superstar (expansion)
The Sims: Unleashed (expansion)
The Sims: Vacation (expansion)
The Sims 2 (bonus preview disc)It contains all seven expansions for the game. |
| The Super Drive | 2004 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | Play.com.pl | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Street racing | | | | | Windows | The Super Drive is a simple racing game with 13 different courses like Formula 1 tracks, city and off road races. 13 classic American cars like the Ford Mustang are available in a training and a racing mode. Up to 12 AI controlled opponents will race you. |
| Tiny Planets: Heroes of the Universe | 2004 | BMS Modern Games Handelsagentur GmbH | | Educational | | Licensed | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tiny Planets: Heroes of the Universe is a mini games collection for children and is based on the cartoon series of the same name. Accompany the aliens Bing and Bong on their galactic adventures. Visit tiny planets and learn about mathematics, science and technology and watch video clips from the series. |
| Tischfußball | 2004 | Fantastic.TV | | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tischfußball is a translation of the table-top sport table football (which is based on soccer). It is made of a table and eight metal rods which are stuck in consistent distances through the table. On the rods are overall 22 figures which represent soccer players. The two players stand on the opposite sides of the table and try to kick the ball into the opponent's goal by rotating his four rods.The PC version features three tables, AI opponents with three difficulty settings, a multiplayer mode and an online help with the soccer football rules. |
| Tomb Raider / Tomb Raider II | 2004 | Sold Out Sales & Marketing Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider II |
| Total Challenge Trilogie | 2004 | INtex Publishing GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Blitzkrieg: Total Challenge
Total Challenge II: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg
Total Challenge MP: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg
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| Totally Combat | 2004 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Totally Combat is a compilation of three first-person shooter games:
Deadly Dozen
Line of Sight: Vietnam
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror |
| Tournament Blackjack | 2004 | | Beachware, Inc. | Gambling | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tournament Blackjack is a simulation of Table Blackjack. Play against twelve different computer players of varying skill levels. The game continues until everyone runs out of money and there is just one winner. |
| Toy Factory | 2004 | Green Pepper | FAKT Software GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this puzzle game, toys are created, and travel through a series of tubes, conveyor belts, and other machinery to bins. Your objective is to get the correct toys to the correct bins. You do this through moving the bins back and forth, and flipping switches to direct the toys down the right paths. In advanced levels, you can build toys out of individual pieces, paint them, and even gift-wrap them.Toy Factory includes a campaign mode, with the ability to replay any level, as well as a level editor. |
| TrackMania Power Up! | 2004 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Nadeo SAS | Compilation, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | | Windows | TrackMania: Power Up! combines the original TrackMania with the Power Up! expansion. Owners of the original version can download the add-on for free, but Digital Jesters decided to re-release it in one package.Power Up! adds a new solo mode, visible opponents during solo races, an extended view-line, enhanced multiplayer modes, a video editing replay centre, improved multiplayer code, new interfaces, in-game videos, new construction blocks, bug fixes and tweaks. |
| Trading Spaces: Design Companion | 2004 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Chief Architect Software | Simulation | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | This title is based off of Home Designer Suite, but includes 20 challenges based on rooms that Trading Spaces redecorated. In these challenges, the player is given suggestions on how to redecorate the room, $1000 to spend, and an 30 minute timer. Both the budget and timer are optional. The player will need to move or replace furniture and fixtures as needed, as well as redecorate the room. A free-play mode is also included, which functions as a cut-down version of Home Designer Suite. |
| Trainz Railway Simulator 2004: Passenger Edition | 2004 | Just Trains | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Trainz Railway Simulator 2004: Passenger Edition is an enhanced version of Trainz Railway Simulator 2004.
This version of the game includes carriages with doors that open and stations with virtual passengers who board / disembark. For this feature to work the player must use interactive carriages, these are marked with a green tick and the letters IND, and interactive stations. There are also other improvements including timetables and improved signalling. |
| Trick or Treat Smash | 2004 | Electrotank, Inc. | Electrotank, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Trick or Treat Smash is a tile matching puzzle game, and very similar to Fruit Smash, but the game has candy instead of fruit. The player needs to swap two adjacent pieces of candy to create a line of three identical pieces of candy or more horizontally or vertically. Like in Fruit Smash there are Supermoves to smash tons of candy at once. To acquire a Supermove the player must collect Supermove Spheres. For each Supermove up to three Supermove Spheres can be collected for a stronger attack.There are three modes to the game:
Normal mode: in this mode the player needs to fill up the Candy Meter by matching same three or more pieces of candy. After the Candy Meter has filled up, the next level begins with an empty Candy Meter.
Skull challenge mode: this mode is very similar to the Normal mode, but there are also some skulls. Skulls can't be matched up or selected for a swap. The only way to get rid of the skulls is with a Supermove.
Time trials mode: in this mode the player selects the time to play (one minute, three, five, ten or fifteen minutes) and the goal is to get a high score in the provided amount of time, by matching pieces of candy and using Supermoves. |
| Troonies: Castle Rock | 2004 | Ediciones Cátaro, S.L. | Zeta Multimedia S.A. | Puzzle | Side view | | | | Medieval | | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | As in the original Lemmings game, in Troonies the player is put in charge of leading a none too bright group of creatures from the entry to the exit of an area. You cannot control the creatures directly but to help them reach their destination, you can assign a role to each of them, so they can for instance dig obstacles horizontally or vertically, build bridges, climb walls, stop other creatures, etc. The number of those jobs is limited so the main difficulty for each level is to assign the right role to the right creature at the right place and at the right time. You must save a certain percentage of Troonies safely to the exit to pass a level. |
| Tropico: Master Players Edition | 2004 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Tropico: Master Players Edition is a package that includes:
The original Tropico.
The Paradise Island expansion.
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove.
The BradyGames strategy guide for both games.
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| Trump Game | 2004 | Daiso Sangyo Inc. | | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Trump Game is a compilation of four card games. Each of the games is a four-player game, pitting the player against three CPU-controlled opponents.Sevens Annihilation (殺しの7ならべ) is a variation on the classic game of sevens. The table is laid out with place for each of the 52 cards in the deck, arranged by suit and value; the sevens are placed in the centre of the board, and the rest of the cards are randomly given to each player. On their turn, a player can place one of their cards in its assigned position as long as it's adjacent or diagonal to a card already on the table. If the player places a card so that one or more blank spaces is completely surrounded by cards, the player scores points based on the number of captured spaces. Because players can't play cards in spaces that have been captured, capturing spaces is uesful both for points and to deny opponents the chance to play cards. At the end of the game, the player with the most points wins.Sevens (7ならべ) is a more traditional version of sevens. It plays similarly to the game above, except there is no space capture mechanic and cards cannot be placed diagonally. If a player can't play a card, they are forced to pass, and are eliminated after passing three times. The last player standing wins.51 is a classic family card game commonly played with children in Japan. The player's goal is to assemble a hand of five cards in the same suit; players take turns randomly picking cards from the hand of the player before them.The final game is a straightforward version of Old Maid (ババ抜き). |
| Tutankhamun: Interactive Egypt | 2004 | | MdA Business Communications GmbH | Educational, Puzzle | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Egypt (Ancient) | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Tutankhamun - Interactive Egypt was developed for the exhibition Tutanchamun – Das goldene Jenseits (Eng. Tutankhamun - The golden Afterworld) in Basel. It contains a large knowledge base about the ancient Egypt and Tutankhamun and detailed information about i.e. mummification or the Egyptian gods. Beside the solely educational content it also consists of five minigames to test your knowledge. The minigames are
Tomb game: The player has to find the tomb of Tutankhamun as fast as and with spending as less money as possible.
Memory amulets: A memory game where the cards consist of elements typical for the ancient Egypt
Gods and goddesses: The heads of several gods appear for a short time and the player has to click at the right moment to get three identical
Hieroglyphics: The player has to catch the correct hieroglyphics to write the word shown on the right side
Test your knowledge: A multiple-choice quiz
At the end, the player can submit his score to participate in a contest. |
| Two of a Kind | 2004 | Epileptic Fish | Epileptic Fish | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The town of Bluff City was founded in the area where an asteroid came crashing down five hundred years earlier. After a while, the pioneering citizens noticed something strange: the next generations were born with special abilities such as invisibility, flight or transformation. In this freeware adventure, the player controls private investigators and fraternal twins Tim and Tiffany Walters in Bluff City. This game deals with a case where the duo needs to retrieve a stolen crystal.Using a classic click-and-point interface, both Tim and Tiffany can be guided. The bottom right corner holds their portraits where they can be selected individually. Tim has the ability to float and Tiffany talks with animals, two important powers needed to solve the puzzles. Visiting locations such as a mansion, a cave, a store, a farm and the home office, the two need to combine items, examine the environment and talk to other characters to discover the crystal's location, which ultimately leads to a more sinister plot. |
| TypoGun | 2004 | | | Action, Educational | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Tank | | | | | Windows | TypoGun is a freeware action typing game where the player controls an immobile tank, shown from a top-down view, in the middle of the screen. With a limited amount of health, the player has to type in words displayed on top of incoming enemies to fire in their direction. Unlike The Typing of the Dead, words needs to be confirmed by pressing the return key to fire the shot. When a typo is made, the tank misfires. If the shot hits another nearby enemy, it is also taken out even when the word is not typed in.With each new attack wave, enemies appear faster until the tank is destroyed. Players can also collect power-ups such as a Wrecker Gun (broader range), TimeFrost (freezes the attack), ForceShield (extra protection), a bomb, and a repair power-up. To activate them, another word needs to be typed in.The game offers 5 variations with different vocabularies: Simple, Random Words, Countries Worldwide (191), Left-Hand Strain (all words can be typed in using the left hand), Vocabulary (I), and Vocabulary (II). For certain difficult words, the meaning is also displayed. The game screen shows the word that is being typed in, the amount of time played, the number of words per minute, and the attack phase. |
| Ultimate Civil War Battles: Robert E. Lee vs Ulysses S. Grant | 2004 | Game Mill Publishing, Inc. | Stellar Stone LLC | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | A RTS game of the civil war, Ultimate Civil War Battles allows you to command over 100,000 brigades of cavalry, infantry, and artillery as the Union or Confederacy in "The War that Divided a Nation and Split families" featuring "authentic" weaponry, uniforms, and four 3D rendered Civil War battles: the Seven Days Battle, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Gettysburg, and the Battle of Chancellorsville in this game that claims to be "historically accurate." |
| Ultimate Mahjongg 5 | 2004 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Gunnar Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ultimate Mahjongg 5 is a computerised version of the classic tile matching game from China.Classic Mahjongg is a tile matching game based on an arrangement of 144 tiles. The objective is to remove all tiles from the playing area by matching up pairs, but only tiles which are visible and have a space to either the left or right can be moved.
That game, and others using different numbers of tiles and different matching rules, are included in this compilation but the basic principle remains, tiles must be matched in order to remove them from the game.
There are five different styles of Mahjongg in this game
The classic one-player solitaire where a player aims to remove all the tiles. Players can aim to beat their previous best time, or select from other scoring options
A two-player game where players take it in turns to match a pair of tiles. A players turn ends when they match two tiles or run out of time. The winner is the player who matched the most tiles.
a 'Memory' game where tiles are laid out face down and the player attempts to match them. Tiles are turned face up when selected and are returned to their face down state if they do not match.
Waterfalls where the player attempts to remove as many of the 216 tiles from the layout as possible. Any number of tiles can be removed in one click, as long as the tiles are matching and are adjacent (vertically or horizontally).
Shisen (aka Four Rivers) is a tile matching variation where the layout is always a flat rectangle. Any tile in the layout can be clicked. Two matching tiles can be removed if they can be connected by drawing an uninterrupted line between the two tiles with 2 turns or less.
An on-line play mode is supported where the player joins or hosts a game with friends.The game keeps statistics on the best times for each separate layout and difficulty setting.This game also has many features that allow the game to be customised to suit the players taste or mood while they play. These features include :
300 tile sets - these are change the colours of the tiles and the styles of the characters.
Over 1250 different backgrounds on which the tiles are displayed, these include plain backgrounds, backgrounds with an Egyptian or a Roman theme to them, and others.
300 different layouts or arrangements of tiles. These include traditional arrangements and many modern ones.
In addition the difficulty levels of the games can be customised, the sounds & music can be played changed or disabled.
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| Ultimate Solitaire 500 | 2004 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation, Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ultimate Solitaire 500 is a large collection of five hundred unique solitaire games with, it is claimed, two hundred 'never before seen' games. It is one of a series of Ultmate Solitaire games, later games being Ultimate Solitaire 750 and Ultimate Solitaire 1000All games are played by mouse and are played in a window that can be moved but cannot be resized, many of the drop-down menu options open up smaller windows which can be freely dragged around the screen.Features include :
Manual save & load game options
Undo, redo and autoplay
Games are grouped into one deck games, two deck games, four deck games, pairing games, re-dealable games, and special games and are listed alphabetically. In addition to the supplied groupings players can create their own list of favourite games for easy access
The game records statistics on games played, games lost and games won and can record statistics for multiple players
There are over twenty card backs and a similar number of background images, The card faces can be customised and the game has optional sound effects and music
The cover clearly states that the player can create their own card backs and can create their own games. These features were not observed when the game was played.
As with many older games there are issues running Ultimate Solitaire 500 in 2021 under Windows 10, while it will install and run flawlessly the help files which contain the rules for all the games try to open a browser window and fail.
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| WCR: World Championship Rugby | 2004 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Swordfish Studios Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | WCR: World Championship Rugby is an action-oriented translation of the rugby sport. The player uses the gamepad or the keyboard to simulate various motion sequences, e.g. passing or kicking. Playing modes are single matches or a world cup championship using one of the 20 teams which participated in the 2003 World Cup. The game also features most of the official rugby rules, the original names for the teams of England and Wales and commentary by Miles Harrison and Stuart Barnes. |
| War Pack II | 2004 | IncaGold GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Ardennes Offensive
Airborne Hero D–Day Frontline 1944
War Train: Normandie 1944
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| White House Joust | 2004 | Kewlbox | Blockdot, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This game has no background story. Just pick up either John Kerry or George W.Bush and sweep your opponents out of White House! White House Joust is an arcade game featuring John Kerry, President George W.Bush and other notable people of the political field. Players move their character left or right and fly on their opponents' heads or touch them by the back to kill them. If players are under their opponents, they get killed. The characters can also fire missiles or use a so-called "WMD" to kill all opponents immediately. There is a limited amount of missiles and WMD, all of which can be obtained by getting Eggs appearing when killing certain opponents. Opponents may vary depending on the character players take control. They cannot identify the players' characters, therefore just run and fly randomly. The players' character and the opponents speak random words; some have various saying, but some only know one sentence.The graphics are in 2D, except for the real-life-looking head of the characters. This game know no save function. When the game is over, players' score are recorded, and players have a choice to submit their score on the official website. |
| WinSPMBT: CD Edition | 2004 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | SP Camo Workshop | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Wargame | | Self-propelled artillery, Tank | | Turn-based | | | Windows | WinSPMBT was released as freeware. However some means of recovering the cost of the bandwidth used by those who downloaded the game was needed and contractually the developers could not charge for the game. Step forward WinSPMBT: CD Edition which was the same game but with additional features such as; WinSPMBT plays in either 640x480 or 800x600 screen resolution in both full screen and windowed mode while the CD version allows 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x1024 and 1600x1280 screen sizes
Encrypted Play-By-E-Mail tournament functionality
The Camo Workshops Map Editor which gives greater functionality such as twelve levels of undo/redo.
A sort function for the Encyclopedia screens
Timed Objectives ... And more. At time of writing the last game patch was a V12 Upgrade in 2018. |
| WingNuts: Temporal Navigator | 2004 | Freeverse, Inc. | Freeverse, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | War | Arcade, Shooter | Historical events, Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In this topdown scrolling shooter, the devious Baron von Schtopwatch has assembled an airforce from across time. in order to fulfill his ruthless ambitions. You are the last line of defense against the fleet of the Baron, and using your jet and the various weaponry you can equip it with you will take on his legions of assembling legion biplanes, monoplanes, jets, helicopters, air mines, blimps, and titanic robot aircraft to cleanse the skies of the Baron's armada. |
| Wiz Solitaire | 2004 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Wiz Solitaire is a single player, mouse controlled freeware card game. This game features a single resizeable card deck, based on NASA pictures. The games available are Klondike, Freecell, Spider, Monte Carlo, Pyramid, Diplomat, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Josephine, Streets, baker's Dozen, Eagle Wing and SeahavenEach game has it's own help file which opens in a new window.Unusually, instead of asking for payment the developer asked anyone who liked the game to purchase something from their Amazon wish list.
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| Wizard of Wor | 2004 | Boolean Games | Boolean Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Wizard of Wor is unofficial, but faithful remake of Wizard of Wor with improved graphics. The player controls a warrior with gun in a dungeon and must shoot enemy creatures like in the original game. Two players are supported. |
| WordJong | 2004 | Pogo.com | Gameblend Studios, LLC, Magellan Interactive, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Word construction | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In WordJong, the objective is to use letters in the game to create words in a board layout that is based on Mahjong. There are three different single player modes, one of which is to pick a date on a calender and try to beat the computers high score, another is to play against seven opponents based on the Chinese zodiac in tournament play or play in the Temple Challenge mode and collect rank medals for each level you pass.There is also a multiplayer mode where the player can connect using local wireless or using Wi-Fi. They can also download a puzzle and give it to someone without a game so they can play it as well. It features a 100,000+ word dictionary. |
| Wordsearch Buff 501 | 2004 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | puzzle.tv | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | Wordsearch Buff 501 is a single player collection of word puzzles.The word search puzzles in this package come in four groups. Each puzzle has a theme and appears in a menu with two associated tick-boxes, 'Attempted' and 'Completed':
Micro Wordsearch: There are fifty of these where the player has to find eight words in an 8x8 grid
Mini Wordsearch: There are one hundred and fifty-one of these where the player has to find sixteen words in an 13x13 grid
Wordsearch Collection 1 and Wordsearch Collection 2: Each of which contains one hundred and fifty puzzles where the player has to find twenty words in an 15x15 gridOn the computer words are identified by clicking on an end letter and then holding down the left mouse button while dragging the cursor along to the other end, while this is done both the letters in the word and the connecting line are shown in red. When the mouse is released the letters return to their native black colour, the connecting line becomes a pale purple as does the word in the word list.
When a puzzle is complete a small green tick mark appears in the upper left and the 'Puzzle Completed' tickbox on the game menu is completed.Each puzzle can be completed on the computer or printed out and completed by hand, printing is achieved by loading the puzzle into Adobe Acrobat. There is a 'solve' function which also loads the solved game into Adobe Acrobat.The game is played entirely with the mouse. There is no in-game music and no player id so if loaded on a family computer there's no way to tell who completed which puzzle unless the game is loaded into separate user accounts.
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| World Fables | 2004 | Comport Interactive | EST Games | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | World Fables is a conventional real-time strategy game with a unconventional setting. The world of fables is reigned by four fairy tale characters in their own kingdoms: Red Riding Hood and her high tech world, the last of the Three Little Pigs with his goon squad, the magical land of Humpty Dumpty and the witch from Hansel and Gretel. When the Three Goats find the magical book of life the four forget their peace and begin a war to claim the book for themselves.The game is played like many other similar games: Workers collect the two resources which are used to construct buildings. In turn these are used to defend the base or to get more troops. There are four campaigns with ten missions each. These missions have varied goals, e.g. rushing the enemy, defending the base or reaching a village. When the player explores the map he can find additional troops. The leaders of the kingdoms are playable and have special abilities. |
| World War II Collection | 2004 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Battlefield 1942
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Secret Weapons over Normandy |
| World War II: Pacific Heroes | 2004 | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Historical events, Oceania, World War II | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | World War II: Pacific Heroes is an arcade shooter and, as the name implies, takes place in the Pacific theater of World War II.The gameplay is two folded. In some levels the player controls an airplane, in some others, the player controls an anti-aircraft gun. In the airplane levels, the player controls either an F4U Corsair or an SBD Dauntless in dog-fighting or bombing missions, fighting enemy airplanes, tanks and ships, while protecting allied structures or ships. In these levels, the airplane is controlled with the mouse, with the first button used to shoot the airplane's cannon and the second button used to fire rockets (for the F4U Corsair) or dive bombs (for the SBD Dauntless). Speed up and down controls can be assigned to the mouse wheel, allowing full mouse control.In the anti-aircraft artillery levels, the player is put in a first-person view, controlling machine guns, autocannons and field guns. The aim is controlled with the mouse with the first button being used to shoot. The missions consist in shooting down enemy airplanes or destroying enemy barges while protecting allied structures or ships.The game comprises 20 missions. |
| Wrong Turn: Welcome to Dark City | 2004 | Purple Hills | Motelsoft | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In Wrong Turn: Welcome to Dark City the player takes the role of Jaz Lana Melroy who got captured by the goons of the evil dictator Paul Zuna. The first goal is to escape from prison and to join the resistance which wants to overthrow the dictatorial regime.During the course of the game Jaz meets more or less important people which assign quests to her. When completing quests she receives experience points, which are used to improve her abilities, and money to buy implants or weapon modifications. Of course these also result in better or special abilities.The combat is action oriented. Rez uses either melee or shooting weapons to get rid of her enemies - the effectiveness and handling of the weapons depend on her skills. The special abilities aren't only used for fighting but also to solve puzzles. The game prohibits the player from shooting important people. The controls follow the established shooter standards. |
| Xeno Assault II | 2004 | Jagged Blade Software | Jagged Blade Software | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Xeno Assault II is the sequel to Xeno Assault, with many reworks and improvements. The evil aliens are back and once again need to be taken out in this retro shooter.You can now move left, right, up and down, your primary weapon's firepower no longer decays, and your laser beam now has multiple upgrades. Extra weapons include missiles, assault lasers, mountable turrets, rapid lasers, sonic waves and so on. Some levels have special encounters where you have to either destroy cargo fleet, avoid dangerous asteroid belts, or defeat elite alien wings who will prove challenging to you. And at each ending level of each mission, you must face the big boss in order to proceed further. |
| Xtreme Cat and Mouse | 2004 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Xtreme Cat and Mouse is an implementation of a card game that is also known as 'Spite and Malice' or 'SkipBo'. This game, which the help file describes as "kind of competitive solitaire game for two players", is a turn based game in which players try to be the first to get rid of a pile of "pay-off cards" by playing them to centre stacks which are begun with an ace and continue in upward sequence to a queen.This game also has an option to play against other players over a network connection |
| Yetisports Deluxe | 2004 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Edelweiss Medienwerkstatt GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Yetisports Deluxe is collection of two mini games based on the Yetisports browser games:Super Pingo Throw: Based on Yetisports Part 1: Pingu Throw. The player takes the part of a polar bear with a baseball bat. A penguin falls from a mountain and the player has to hit him with a timed mouse click. The goal is to time this perfectly so the penguin flies a long range. In comparison to the browser game this version adds additional obstacles which stop the penguin, wales which give a speed boost when the penguin lands on it and wind. There is also an additional playing mode where the player has to strike other ice bears which are standing on the runway.
Orca Slap: Based on Yetisports Part 2: Orca Slap. Here the player stands in front of a big dart board. Then penguins fly into the screen (on at a time) and the player has to throw a snowball at them. Then the penguin gets deflected and flies to the dart board and the player scores. The goal is to get a high score. In comparison to the browser game this version adds a slot machine between rounds where the player can get additional penguins or snowballs. There is also an additional playing mode where the player has to hit specific fields on the dart board.Both games feature improved graphics and a multiplayer mode. |
| Yetisports: World Tour | 2004 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Edelweiss Medienwerkstatt GmbH | Action | | | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Yetisports: World Tour contains 10 mini games that can be played alone or in multiplayer. The games are: Pingu Throw, Orca Slap, Seal Bounce, Albatross Overload, Flamingo Drive, Ice Bear Attack, Pingu Dart, Pelican Crossfire, Hill Side Rocket Ride and Pingu Breakthrough.
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| Zoombinis Triple Pack | 2004 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Technical Education Research Centers, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Zoombinis Triple Pack is a three game compilation containing;
Zoombinis: Island Odyssey
Zoombinis: Mountain Rescue
Zoombinis: Maths Journey: This is supplied on two discs, disc 1085 A1 installs version 1.1.0 of the game while disc 1085 A2 contains the Zoombini: Math Journey - Printable Activities which can be run from the disc. These activities consist of mazes, matching and logic puzzles, and a dice based game called Zoombingo.
Each game comes in its own keep case and the entire collection comes in a single slipcase.
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| Zwölfzehn | 2004 | Spielwerbung.de | Spielwerbung.de | Action | | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | The Zwölfzehn is a bar in the German town Stuttgart. In the game of the same name, your aim is it to reach this bar on a Saturday evening.Zwölfzehn is a platform game with altogether ten levels. Controlling a skull ,you have to reach the exit of each level. On your way you can pick up objects like CDs, cocktail glasses or beer bottles to get points, skulls for extra lives and a gun. Each level is filled with enemies, being touched by them results in losing a life and having to restart at the beginning. You can eliminate the enemies by jumping on them or by shooting them with your gun. |
| eGames Doppelpack: Flipster - Crystal Wizard | 2004 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Flipster
Crystal Wizard
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| rE/Generation | 2004 | Dream Codex | Dream Codex | Action | | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | rE/Generation is a freeware remake of D/Generation. The original levels are recreated with enhanced graphics and sounds, while the storyline is expanded to accommodate new scenarios and effectively create a sequel as well. The main objective remains the same: to infiltrate the headquarters of a bioengineering company called Genoq, whose unnatural creations got out of control and started to roam free in the many rooms of the installation, threatening the people trapped in the building.The game is rendered in isometric graphics, with the player controlling the main character and guiding him towards switches and other clearly marked interactive places of the scenery, to open passages to adjacent rooms. Some areas contain other humans who must be rescued and guided to the nearest exit. Some of them have information that advances the plot, and the player receives an extra life for every person saved. There's no action button per se, only the cursor keys or numeric pad for movement, and three buttons for the laser gun, grenade and shield, with all the other actions being performed by bumping into switches and other scenery. Blue doors open via yellow wall switches, while green doors are locked and require a keycard and red doors only open after all the monsters are eliminated and all the vents are closed. Yellow switches can be activated by lasers shots, grenade explosions or roaming enemies. The game progress can be saved with the "S" key, and loaded later from the main menu. |
| Aerial Antics | 2004-01-01 | Leadfoot Productions | Leadfoot Productions | Action | Behind view | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Aerial Antics is an arcade flying game. Its gameplay resembles the rocket belt portion of the game Pilotwings. The player controls a man wearing a jetpack using the mouse and keyboard combination or a joystick. Using the keyboard, the sacred WSDA keys control the jets direction, while the mouse movement controls the stabilization and its buttons the jet flow.The overall objective is to reach a landing pad at the end of a course. Additional goal requirements vary from level to level. In some the flying figure has to pass through floating hoops before reaching the pad. In others a ball has to cross the hoops before landing at the end. |
| Greedy | 2004-01-01 | Edromel Studio | Eclipse | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Greedy gives Pac-Man an enhanced makeover, even while retaining the core concept: fill your bottomless appetite by cleaning out mazes full of dots, while evading the pursuing ghosts. The power pellets still allow our hero to top the food-chain for a limited time and hunt down the enemies, but dozens of other power-ups are new on the menu - from speed changes to invincibility, score multipliers, wildcards and a random bonus slot machine. There are power-downs, too, which invert your controls, stop you from eating, and cause other assorted mischief.The yellow, rotund eater is armed with a limited (but rechargeable) speed booster, and can gain extra lives by completing matching groups of colorful crystals. Different speed and skill settings can be selected; every level boasts a completely new maze layout, and the DOS version complements this with a fully-functional level editor to customize things even further.
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| Heart de Roommate | 2004-01-01 | G-Collections | AngelSmile | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Yusuke Sawada is the type of guy who always sees the glass as half empty and cries a lot. Against his will, he is send to a school far away from his home but the boys dorm there is full and his apartment burns down. He is walking down the street and doesn't know what to do. Then he meets Asumi, a girl he used to know in his childhood. She owes him something and decides to help. Yusuke may stay with her in girls' dorm. It should be clear that boys aren't allowed to live in the girls' dorm, and so Yusuke has to dress like a girl; because Asumi has already two roommates (the shy Tomoe and the strange Marumu) he has to live in the closet. At first Yusuke isn't very happy because he is called "Parasite No. 1" all the time, but soon he and the girls become friends. And who knows? Perhaps he will fall in love with one of them...Heart de Roommate is a visual novel which is divided into 26 episodes, similarly to an anime series. At the end of each chapter the player is presented with a preview of the next one. The game is played by moving through the story and making choices to develop relationships with the girls. The game features multiple endings and many CG illustrations. |
| Lemmings X-Mas | 2004-01-01 | Dice Multi Media Europe B.V. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Lemmings X-Mas is a compilation pack of Lemmings Revolution and XMas/Holiday Lemmings. |
| Matau's Toa Metru Mini Promo CD | 2004-01-01 | LEGO System A/S | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This mini CD-ROM is based on the early 2004 storyline of LEGO BIONICLE. In this adventure, the player takes control of Toa Metru Matau, who is journeying through Le-Metru on Metru Nui. He is trying to find the Le-Matoran Ussal Rider Orkahm, who can help him find the Le-Metru Great Disk, which is needed to defeat the Morbuzakh, a giant, intelligent, evil plant whose vines are appearing all over the island city, causing massive destruction. Along the way, the player will encounter other Matoran, who will provide Matau information, and puzzles, which must be solved to find clues as to Orkahm's whereabouts.The game plays in a linear, storybook-like fashion, where once all tasks in an area have been completed, the player moves on to the next. Arrows at the bottom of the screen let the player move on once they are done in an area, or backtrack to previous areas. There are hot spots the player can click on. These include characters the player can talk to, puzzles the player needs to solve, and also random objects that, when clicked, give the player trivia about Metru Nui.The mini CD-ROM was originally released with the LEGO BIONICLE canister set 8605 Toa Matau, but this release was exclusive to European countries. The executable setup file was later made available for download on BIONICLE.com's Kanoka Club worldwide. |
| Moorhuhn Total | 2004-01-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Die Original Moorhuhnjagd
Moorhuhn 2
Moorhuhn 3
Moorhuhn Winter Edition
Moorhuhn Kart
Moorhuhn Tennis |
| Morton Subotnick's Hearing Music | 2004-01-01 | Viva Media, LLC | | Educational | 1st-person | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Morton Subotnick is an electronic composer with an interest in promoting musical literacy by providing creative musical play for children. Hearing Music is part of a series that includes Making Music, Making More Music, and Playing Music. The composer deliberately chose to use the word hearing instead of listening to reflect the way we use the words, as in “Listen! Do you hear what I am saying?!” He expressed the wish “to offer children, through games, a way to hear what they are listening to.”This game is meant for children 8 and up. There are two levels of difficulty – beginner and advanced, and four parts to each level. There are four separate games in all and every action is done with the mouse – point, click and drag.
Reading – listen to a short piece of music and choose which of two sets of musical notation belongs to it
Matching – click on three bushes, listen to the music they produce, and find the matching pair
Ordering – listen to a piece of music, then listen to the parts of the piece associated with 3 or 4 people and place the people in the correct order
Comparing – listen to two short pieces and decide if they are the same or different
As you advance through the levels the music pieces become longer and the puzzles somewhat more complex. Finishing a level gives you a success screen, where the animated characters dance around to the Hallelujah chorus from Handel’s Messiah. Hearing Music also features a narrated book, About Music; 10 chapters all about the way we hear and respond to music, read aloud in a pleasantly quiet voice.
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| Myst: Masterpiece Edition + Riven: The Sequel to Myst | 2004-01-01 | K.E. Media | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Myst: Masterpiece Edition + Riven: The Sequel to Myst is a bundled release of two titles in the Myst series:
Myst: Masterpiece Edition
Riven: The Sequel to Myst
The "Myst: Masterpiece Edition" media is for Windows only, while the "Riven: The Sequel to Myst" media is both for Windows & Macintosh. |
| Nokama's Toa Metru Mini Promo CD | 2004-01-01 | LEGO System A/S | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This mini CD-ROM is based on the early 2004 storyline of LEGO BIONICLE. In this adventure, the player takes control of Toa Metru Nokama, who is journeying through Ga-Metru on Metru Nui. She is trying to find the Ga-Matoran Student Vhisola, who can help her find the Ga-Metru Great Disk, which is needed to defeat the Morbuzakh, a giant, intelligent, evil plant whose vines are appearing all over the island city, causing massive destruction. Along the way, the player will encounter other Matoran, who will provide Nokama information, and puzzles, which must be solved to find clues as to Vhisola's whereabouts.The game plays in a linear, storybook-like fashion, where once all tasks in an area have been completed, the player moves on to the next. Arrows at the bottom of the screen let the player move on once they are done in an area, or backtrack to previous areas. There are hot spots the player can click on. These include characters the player can talk to, puzzles the player needs to solve, and also random objects that, when clicked, give the player trivia about Metru Nui.The mini CD-ROM was originally released with the LEGO BIONICLE canister set 8602 Toa Nokama, but this release was exclusive to European countries. The executable setup file was later made available for download on BIONICLE.com's Kanoka Club worldwide. |
| Nuju's Toa Metru Mini Promo CD | 2004-01-01 | LEGO System A/S | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This mini CD-ROM is based on the early 2004 storyline of LEGO BIONICLE. In this adventure, the player takes control of Toa Metru Nuju, who is journeying through Ko-Metru on Metru Nui. He is trying to find the Ko-Matoran Messenger Ehrye, who can help him find the Ko-Metru Great Disk, which is needed to defeat the Morbuzakh, a giant, intelligent, evil plant whose vines are appearing all over the island city, causing massive destruction. Along the way, the player will encounter other Matoran, who will provide Nuju information, and puzzles, which must be solved to find clues as to Ehrye's whereabouts.The game plays in a linear, storybook-like fashion, where once all tasks in an area have been completed, the player moves on to the next. Arrows at the bottom of the screen let the player move on once they are done in an area, or backtrack to previous areas. There are hot spots the player can click on. These include characters the player can talk to, puzzles the player needs to solve, and also random objects that, when clicked, give the player trivia about Metru Nui.The mini CD-ROM was originally released with the LEGO BIONICLE canister set 8606 Toa Nuju, but this release was exclusive to European countries. The executable setup file was later made available for download on BIONICLE.com's Kanoka Club worldwide. |
| Onewa's Toa Metru Mini Promo CD | 2004-01-01 | LEGO System A/S | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Onewa's Toa Metru Mini Promo CD is a mini CD-ROM based on the early 2004 storyline of LEGO BIONICLE. In this adventure, the player takes control of Toa Metru Onewa, who is journeying through Po-Metru on Metru Nui. He is trying to find the Po-Matoran Carver Ahkmou, who can help him find the Po-Metru Great Disk, which is needed to defeat the Morbuzakh, a giant, intelligent, evil plant whose vines are appearing all over the island city, causing massive destruction. Along the way, the player will encounter other Matoran, who will provide Onewa information, and puzzles, which must be solved to find clues as to Ahkmou's whereabouts.The game plays in a linear, storybook-like fashion, where once all tasks in an area have been completed, the player moves on to the next. Arrows at the bottom of the screen let the player move on once they are done in an area, or backtrack to previous areas. There are hot spots the player can click on. These include characters the player can talk to, puzzles the player needs to solve, and also random objects that, when clicked, give the player trivia about Metru Nui.The mini CD-ROM was originally released with the LEGO BIONICLE canister set 8604 Toa Onewa, but this release was exclusive to European countries. The executable setup file was later made available for download on BIONICLE.com's Kanoka Club worldwide. |
| Perils of Poom | 2004-01-01 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Perils of Poom is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features a classic inventory and actions are can be controlled via mouse and keyboard.You are Mac Arack and you are about to loose your job. After that a guy named Moze will offer you a large amount of money if you get him an illegal substance called pure Poom. It is located a planet therefore you have to organize a space ship and do some space travel.
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| Smugglers 3 | 2004-01-01 | Niels Bauer Games | Niels Bauer Games | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Smugglers 3 is the sequel to Smugglers 2. The long war between the Federation and the Outer Rim continues, with neither side able to gain the upper hand. Amidst the turmoil new factions emerge: the Trader Coalition represents the merchants hurt by the war, whereas the Syndicate is a gathering of pirates and smugglers who seek to profiteer from the fighting. You can pick any of the four sides, lead them to greatness and amass as much wealth and fame as you can before your eventual retirement.The gameplay is similar to the sequel, but features improved graphics, more star systems and planets, new ship designs, more ship modules and ship parts to modify, new unique locations (like derelict ghost ships or hidden spy stations), a technology rating for planets which determines which ships or modules are available, a distance factor in ship-to-ship combat which determines the effectiveness of your weapons and jamming systems and a reputation system that shows how much you are trusted by your faction. |
| Vakama's Toa Metru Mini Promo CD | 2004-01-01 | LEGO System A/S | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Vakama's Toa Metru Mini Promo CD is a mini CD-ROM based on the early 2004 storyline of LEGO BIONICLE. In this adventure, the player takes control of Toa Metru Vakama, who is journeying through Ta-Metru on Metru Nui. He is trying to find the Ta-Matoran Mask Maker Nuhrii, who can help him find the Ta-Metru Great Disk, which is needed to defeat the Morbuzakh, a giant, intelligent, evil plant whose vines are appearing all over the island city, causing massive destruction. Along the way, the player will encounter other Matoran, who will provide Vakama information, and puzzles, which must be solved to find clues as to Nuhrii's whereabouts.The game plays in a linear, storybook-like fashion, where once all tasks in an area have been completed, the player moves on to the next. Arrows at the bottom of the screen let the player move on once they are done in an area, or backtrack to previous areas. There are hot spots the player can click on. These include characters the player can talk to, puzzles the player needs to solve, and also random objects that, when clicked, give the player trivia about Metru Nui.The mini CD-ROM was originally released with the LEGO BIONICLE canister set 8601 Toa Vakama, but this release was exclusive to European countries. The executable setup file was later made available for download on BIONICLE.com's Kanoka Club worldwide. |
| Wally: Land of the Wallows | 2004-01-01 | Button Man Games | Button Man Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Wally: Land of the Wallows is an early game by Mark Essen. It is the sequel to Wally and the gameplay is fairly identical. After climbing an enormous icy staircase in the first game, Wally falls asleep. He dreams about being lost in a world called Land of the Wallows, but he does not even know what a wallow is. The player has to guide him to get him home.It is a classical platformer that consists of different levels where Bally needs to collect red balloons to exit the level. This is done by jumping platforms and avoiding spikes. Wally can also collect up to five different keys to open gates, as well as extra lives. In later levels, steam is introduced (lifts Wally up), bouncing pads, yellow balloons as temporary platforms, blocks that can only be passed from a certain direction, moving platforms, and giant balls that can be run on to get past spikes. Larger levels also contain checkpoints and contain many puzzle elements to get to the exit and all the balloons. Points are awarded based on the completion time, and for a set number of points a new life is earned. Each level has a humorous text introduction. Many of the original game's graphics are reused - as well as some of the levels -, and it includes a level editor to create custom worlds. Many custom levels are included with the game. It also supports custom skins for Wally that can be executed using an in-game command line. |
| Whenua's Toa Metru Mini Promo CD | 2004-01-01 | LEGO System A/S | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This mini CD-ROM is based on the early 2004 storyline of LEGO BIONICLE. In this adventure, the player takes control of Toa Metru Whenua, who is journeying through Onu-Metru on Metru Nui. He is trying to find the Onu-Matoran Archivist Tehutti, who can help him find the Onu-Metru Great Disk, which is needed to defeat the Morbuzakh, a giant, intelligent, evil plant whose vines are appearing all over the island city, causing massive destruction. Along the way, the player will encounter other Matoran, who will provide Whenua information, and puzzles, which must be solved to find clues as to Tehutti's whereabouts. The game plays in a linear, storybook-like fashion, where once all tasks in an area have been completed, the player moves on to the next. Arrows at the bottom of the screen let the player move on once they are done in an area, or backtrack to previous areas. There are hot spots the player can click on. These include characters the player can talk to, puzzles the player needs to solve, and also random objects that, when clicked, give the player trivia about Metru Nui.The mini CD-ROM was originally released with the LEGO BIONICLE canister set 8603 Toa Whenua, but this release was exclusive to European countries. The executable setup file was later made available for download on BIONICLE.com's Kanoka Club worldwide. |
| Kokomando | 2004-01-03 | L.K. Avalon | L.K. Avalon | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kokomando is a platform game for kids. The player directs the young rooster. Until recently, he lived a quiet life in a henhouse. The situation changed dramatically when foxes appeared in the area. One night they kidnapped all the hens. Our hero was saved by a hermit living in the surrounding area. A map found along the way shows the likely hideouts of foxes.The rooster controlled by the player is not defenseless. The hermit regularly gives him newer types of weapons. Each level is set in a different reality, such as Egypt, Wild West, the land of ice, foxes area. The game features a total of 20 levels, full of traps, obstacles, various enemies and end stage bosses. |
| Shoujo Attack! | 2004-01-03 | Lemma Soft | Lemma Soft | Puzzle | Side view | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Pretty Japanese girls are trying to flee from the land of the Tentacled Monsters (wouldn't you?) and are relying on you to direct their activities through various landscapes (70 levels) utilising diverse skillsets (22 abilities) inspired from manga and anime archetypes of Japanese popular culture.Gameplay is directly inspired from the venerable Lemmings series, individual girls selectable with crosshairs to boost their talents with whatever skills necessary (primarily of the terrain-removal or gap-spanning variety) to facilitate getting them and all their sisters to the Shinto shrine gate marking each level's goal. Levels and abilities are categorized together in "channels" of similar themes (Family, Goddess, Ren'ai, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Sexy), with supplementary bonus channels unlockable through effective Shoujo rescuing. |
| Dark Disciples | 2004-01-04 | DodgySoft | DodgySoft | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Your father Darrius was once a respected merchant at Middengrave...until he killed himself 3 days after your 14th birthday. With his death he also left a gambling debt of 100.000 gold he owed to the Merchant Lords of Middengrave...and an ultimatum of certain death if you are unable to fulfill that debt. Your quest is to reach Middengrave and plead your case to the evil Merchant Guild...there may yet be another way to settle your debt and family honor.Dark Disciples is another (freeware) Rogue-like hybrid RPG game, similar in many aspects although in this RPG it does not really recognize any "classes" found in other RPG's. The class system however is replaced by an attribute system of 7 statistics that represent the "class" of the character. If one would prefer a "Warrior" role, the Strength stat would be increased compared to the "Dexterity" stat of a Thief or the "Intelligence" stat of a Mage.The gameplay is fairly straight-forward, the character may interact with various NPC's which offer mini-quests, training, goods or other information related to your quest. There are also various approaches in handling a problem, although most are usually the Warrior-brute force approach or the Thief-skill approach. |
| Medieval: Total War - Battle Collection | 2004-01-06 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Medieval: Total War (base game)
Medieval: Total War - Viking Invasion (expansion) |
| Fast Lanes Bowling | 2004-01-07 | Enlight Software Ltd. | Lab Rats Games, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Fast Lanes Bowling is a bowling simulator with the following features:
Detailed 3D graphics and characters.
True physics.
Character personalization by modifying their four attributes. Pick from eight different characters: four girls and four boys.
Twelve fantasy locations e.g. a moon base or a pirate ship.
Six games modes include open play, tournament, skins, challenge, golf and practice.
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| Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter | 2004-01-07 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Warthog Games Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Mature | | Windows | You play as Mace Griffin a former space ranger who after being framed and sent to prison has turned to a life of bounty hunting in an attempt to find out what really happened.The game plays as a standard FPS with a twist. Every now and then you get to pilot different space ships in hectic dog fights. The transitions between the two parts of the game is almost unnoticeable and while you are in space you can even park your ship and have a walk around inside before you get on with your mission. |
| Mini Spheres | 2004-01-07 | Addictive 247 | Addictive 247 | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mini Spheres is a light version of the game Solid Spheres.Your job is to remove all (or all but one) spheres from the level. You can do this by jumping one sphere over another. Only spheres with another adjacent can be moved, so a sphere with no other adjacent is not movable at all. So you have to plan carefully, which sphere you move at what position.The game offers 5 different levels, each of them can be selected without succeeding any levels at all. There are 3 different Power-Up in the game: Bomb (will destroy the sphere, which would normally land there, but also the entire ground) and Horizontal / Vertical Blast (if being hit by a sphere, all spheres on the entire row, either horizontal or vertical, depending on which Blast it is, will explode). |
| Augustus: Im Auftrag des Kaisers | 2004-01-08 | Atari Deutschland GmbH | collision-studios GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Stealth | | | Thomas Pecht | | | | Windows | Augustus: Im Auftrag des Kaisers is a licensed game based on the TV movie Imperium: Augustus. The player takes the role of gladiator Titus Gladius who has to rescue Rome from insurgents. Since he is outnumbered, he mainly uses stealth to avoid his enemies or kill them unnoticed. Similar to Thief: The Dark Project, the player uses shadows and a light meter to his advantage. Light sources can't be extinguished. When there is no way around the guards, the player also has the possibility to distract them with a coin or to kill them with one of his five weapons (e.g. throwing spear or sword). The fights are action oriented, the player can only stab or block. There are also switch puzzles to solve. The game features eleven missions with cutscenes taken from the movie. |
| Dr. Lunatic Supreme with Cheese | 2004-01-08 | Hamumu Software | Hamumu Software | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The sequel to Dr. Lunatic, Supreme with Cheese offers over 1000 levels to play in over 80 different unlockable worlds. And if 1000 levels aren't enough, use the built-in editor to create your own.There are over 200 different enemies you will face along the way. Whether you defeat them all, or simply bypass them, is up to you.Each level has a specific goal that you will want to complete. Other than that, you can try to collect all the items in the level and defeat all the enemies in order to get bonus coins. These coins are used in the SpisMall to unlock other worlds and get various items.Levels include underwater levels, levels with lava, stealth levels, and levels with disappearing bridges, just to name a few things you will encounter. Each level will require some strategy to get through in as quick a time as possible, while getting all the items. Speed gives you even more coins to spend.When you complete a level, you can choose to upload your score to the Internet to compare with others. Or, if your score isn't very good, just go back and try again. |
| Cabela's Dangerous Hunts | 2004-01-13 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | FUN Labs Romania S.R.L. | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Hunting | | | | | | | Windows | Cabela's Dangerous Hunts is a hunting game with adrenaline - hunt or be hunted!Many of the animals you'll be after are dangerous and aggressive and will take you one-on-one - and you'll be armed with a primary weapon as well as a knife or pistol for close combat defense. You'll hunt for 27 animals in 12 regions. Animals include dangerous species such as bears, wolves, leopards, rhinos and cape buffalo; big game species such as moose, bighorn, mountain goat, elk and caribou; and exotic species such as impala, duiker and kudu.The regions include British Columbia, Colorado, New Mexico, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Game modes include Quick Hunt (one tag, one animal, one region), Action Zone (warp from location to location, where dangerous animals are waiting to attack you), and Career Hunt (a series of missions where you have some choice as to which task you'll take on next, and unlock chartered hunts). |
| Riot Police | 2004-01-14 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Zono, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Crime | | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Riot Police is an isometric real time strategy game where you are the commander of Metro City Police Force. Throughout 16 different missions (and 1 extra bonus) in Metro City, you try to achieve various goals like keeping property damage to a minimum or capturing a specific criminal in real time. The game lets you command an increasing amount of pre-selected units and use them to achieve your goals as you see fit. The civilians respond to your actions directly, where capturing a criminal will make them happy and assaulting an unproven suspect will create rioters. |
| Black Pencil | 2004-01-15 | ATP Projects | ATP Projects | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | Windows | Black Pencil is a short visual novel created using Multimedia Builder. It has 14 story paths and 5 different endings. The novel has no save or back function.Time after time you have the same nightmare; it's a dream about a girl who dies. Clues in the dream reveals that she will die on January 15, 2006 and as this date draws closer the nightmare haunts you more frequently. By doing some investigation you discover that the girl in the dream exists for real and you decide to save her from her horrible fate. 3 months before January 15, you manage to get a job as a cleaner at the same place that she works. It is now up to you to make the right choices so that she will not die on January 15, 2006. |
| Gold Miner Joe | 2004-01-16 | Arcade Lab | Arcade Lab | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Gold Miner Joe is a platform game in which you play as Joe, exploring the "legendary four-shafted gold mine". Each shaft contains 12 stages. Complete all the stages to unlock the next shaft.The goal for each level is to find all the gold nuggets and then go to the exit to continue to the next stage. The stages are filled with various enemies that you need to avoid or take out using your unlimited amount of rocks to throw at them. You also have a limited set of bombs that you can use to either kill enemies, or, if you find a crack in the ground, blow up a hole and find hidden bonus gems for bonus points. Besides normal stages there are also bonus stages that are filled with gold and other valuables for you to collect and increase your score. |
| Shadowbane / Shadowbane: The Rise of Chaos | 2004-01-16 | En-Tranz Entertainment, Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This package contains :ShadowbaneShadowbane: The Rise of Chaos (add-on) |
| Calith 3D | 2004-01-18 | RNASoft Pvt. Ltd. | RNASoft Pvt. Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Calith 3D (Captain Aarnie: Lost in the Hell) is an Indian first-person shooter. The story follows the Indian captain Aarnie who has been captured by an enemy country and has been put in a deep dungeon. The introduction takes you through all these events and shows how Aarnie overpowers the soldier who comes to deliver food, and snatches his MP40. Aarnie's initial mission is to escape from the jail, make his way back to your country, and evade the enemies in the cities and suburbs as he is hunted for having stolen important maps.The game features various locations such as a city, suburbs, villages, railroads, etc. There are seven different weapons, and three types of grenades. |
| S2: Silent Storm | 2004-01-20 | Encore, Inc. | Nival Interactive LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | RPG elements | World War II | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Silent Storm is a 3D turn-based tactical combat game. Set in 1943 during World War II, Silent Storm plays much like Jagged Alliance 2, with some very noticeable differences, such a true 3D world, completely destructible environments, ragdoll physics, and lack of 4X (eXpand, eXploit, eXplore, eXterminate) elements.You can lead a squad of the Axis or the Allies as you play through 24 missions and random encounters, unfolding a sinister plot that would threaten both sides of the war.75 weapons are available to you as you fight through nonlinear missions that range from quiet villages in snowy Russia to secret underground enemy bases. There are six professions to choose from: Sniper, Scout, Soldier, Grenadier, Medic and Engineer, each with their own advancement tree, where you assign perks to as they level up. |
| Ultimate Tycoon | 2004-01-20 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation bundles different Tycoon games:
Airport Tycoon 2
Mall Tycoon
Railroad Tycoon II: PlatinumAs a bonus, Loco-Commotion has been included. |
| Knjaz' 2: Prodolzhenie legendy | 2004-01-23 | 1C Company | | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Originally developed as a fan-made modification for Konung 2: Blood of Titans, this game was eventually picked up by the publisher and released commercially as a standalone expansion pack. The story takes place between the first and second games in the series and includes a new playable race, 100 new locations, new items, tactical pause mode, a reputation mechanic, and multiple endings. |
| RiftSpace | 2004-01-24 | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation, Sandbox / open world | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | RiftSpace is a space combat/trading/mercenary simulator. It is a spin-off of the Star Wraith series, based on the "Mercenary Mode" from Star Wraith 2. The game takes place in the same Star Wraith universe but instead of a mission-based, story-driven campaign, in RiftSpace the player picks contracts to complete various missions, and uses the funds earned by completing them to buy better equipment, upgrade the ship and hire other mercenaries to aid in future assignments.RiftSpace was developed concurrently with Star Wraith IV, with both games based on the updated engine of Star Wraith 3. As such, the visuals and gameplay are very similar, but RiftSpace adds a completely new dimension in how the player manages their equipment, wingmen and assignments. The funds available for ship upgrades, ammo supplies and wingmen salaries are limited and depend on the player's contract performance, whereas in Star Wraith campaigns resupplying between missions is free, and wingmen are assigned based on the mission conditions and not the player's choice. RiftSpace also features a dynamic universe, with the situation changing dependent on the player's actions among other things (for example, excessive supply of certain goods into a system by the player will result in prices falling etc.).While RiftSpace has no campaign mode, there's an overarching plot line for the player to pursue, which involves collecting artifacts that will allow to discover a hidden world which is crucial to mankind's survival. However, this "main quest" is completely optional and the player may forego it altogether, building up the mercenary career in any way desired. |
| Barkanoid II | 2004-01-26 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | As the title already suggests, Barkanoid II is a clone of the Arkanoid series and the successor of Barkanoid. It features 300 levels, 50 collectible extras and an almost ambient electronic soundtrack. In contrast to the numerous other clones the version also has monsters and weather effects, otherwise the gameplay is exactly the same. |
| Kraptor | 2004-01-26 | | | Action | Top-down | | War | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Kraptor is a free, open source vertical-scrolling top-down shooter that pays homage to Cygnus Software's Raptor: Call of the Shadows. The background story told via an CGI animated intro cinematic reveals that in the future, the world is ruled by a powerful tyrant with an uncanny likeness to Bill Gates. Many people are unhappy with this and an uprising starts, with the player cast as a mercenary pilot who aids the rebels against the oppressing empire.Gameplay is quite similar to Raptor: the player's ship is initially outfitted with a weak gun with unlimited ammo, but better weapons, other equipment and repairs may be purchased between missions for credits earned during a level. The player is confronted by numerous enemy fliers of different varieties, and can also destroy ground targets, all of which yields additional credits. Some ships also drop useful powerups when destroyed. A typical level ends with a boss battle.Kraptor was developed as an open source game and is distributed under the MIT License. There are ten levels in the game. |
| Monster Garage | 2004-01-26 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Invictus Games, Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Based on the TV show, this game takes various shows and lets you make the vehicle that was made on the shows. For those who do not know the TV show, it works like this...Jesse and his team are to build a creation that will do a certain task within 7 days and by spending under $3000 and the vehicle must look stock when completed.So this game gives you the task of building a vehicle that does something such as drive through a swamp by floating on the water and using a large fan to make you move.In day one, you must design the vehicle. In the early scenarios, you only have one pre-made design to choose from. In later scenarios, you can choose from three pre-made designs.Days two through six are devoted to constructing the vehicle. You can buy various parts for the vehicle, but most parts will need to be fabricated. To do this, you will need to purchase raw materials such as sheets of metal or metal rods and assign the task of making something like a roll cage to one of the team members. They will make the item within a certain period of time while you handle other things. Things you need to do include removing parts from the vehicle or attaching parts to the vehicle as needed, and welding items to the vehicle or cutting items off the vehicle. Every weld and cut is already set up for you and you just follow the line indicated. Bolts are unscrewed or screwed on as needed.By day seven, your vehicle will have to have been completed, or you will need to try again. Day seven is used only to update the look of your vehicle. This includes adding certain custom parts such as gold plated rims, painting the vehicle, and applying decals.Once you are ready, you will take your vehicle to test it out and see if it works. If you made it to day seven without being required to start over, your vehicle will work. This is really just a test where you must complete a track in a certain amount of time. For example, in one mission, you will have to make it around a snow-covered track in your upgraded car that has snowmobile tracks added to help with tracking within a certain amount of time. You get as many tries as you need to complete this. Once done, you can move on to the next mission.The challenges of this game are to stay under the $3000 when buying/selling parts and to complete the track at the end. |
| Surreality | 2004-01-27 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Prince Yahtzee has awaken Tom to return to Reality-on-the-Norm and to find the Surrealist, who may be causing problems for the plans of Yahtzee. Walking around the surreal world and town, talking to inhabitants, and examining them, the player should help Tom to detect the Surrealist in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. |
| The Misadventures of Sir Randolph Doogleberry, British Explorer | 2004-01-27 | Apocalyptic Coders | Apocalyptic Coders | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You are playing Randolph Doogleberry, an archaeologist who is inside an Egyptian tomb, searching for the pharaoh. Help Randolph to find him by mastering 45 levels.Each level has sinkable platforms, which will sink when Randolph moves over it. Once that happens, you never can use this platform again. Your job is now to sink all platforms in the level. If one or more platforms remain and you can't reach them, you have lost the level. But you can try the level so often as you want.However, for the scoring, you should complete each level without retrying. Because, when you complete the level at the first time, you get 3 points, 2 points if you need a retry, 1 point for 2 retries, and nothing for 3 or more retries. Also the level selections show an award of how smart you were, and the absent of the award, how, uh, you know... |
| Diceies | 2004-01-28 | Apocalyptic Coders | Apocalyptic Coders | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Diceies bases upon the NES game Palamedes.The game can be seen as an "inverted" Tetris game with card game elements.When you start the game, you have your empty playfield, and with time passes, a huge block of dices moves from the top of the screen in direction of the bottom. Once those dices hitting the bottom, you have lost.But you have the ability to counteract those dices with your "Dice-Cannon". At the bottom of the playfield you have a movable dice, which can change the number on it, depending what you want it to be. When you now fire this dice at the corresponding dice in the dice-cluster, this dice will vanish and it will show in the line beneath your "Dice-Cannon". Once you have filled a combo there, you can use this combo to remove a certain amount of lines from the cluster.These combos ranging from 3 of a kind/3 continuous/Black Jack (1 line) over 5 of a kind/5 continuous/3 Pairs (2 lines) to Straight Flush (5 lines). A Straight Flush for example means in this game that all six possible dices are in the combo with one of each type, in order from one to six.If you have a combo combined, you are not forced to use it. You can just continue to try getting a better one. |
| Tetris Revolution | 2004-01-28 | TERMINAL Studio | TERMINAL Studio | Action, Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tetris Revolution is a 3D version of Tetris. The basic gameplay and perspective is identical, but the blocks are shown with a 3D effect. The game has five game modes:
Emptyx
Kids
Pentix
Retro
Revolution |
| The Road to Baghdad | 2004-01-28 | Bold Games | Atomic Games, Inc. | Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The Road to Baghdad is based on Close Combat Marines, which is used as a USMC training simulation.
The Road to Baghdad is the first commercial version for civilians of Close Combat Marines.
In November 2007, Matrix Games released Close Combat: Modern Tactics, an enhanced commercial release of Marines.
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| Jack the Ripper | 2004-01-29 | Adventure Company, The | Galiléa | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Historical events, North America | | | | Teen | | Windows | The real murders by the renowned killer, Jack the Ripper, took place in London in the year 1888. As everyone knows, the cases have never been solved. What would happen if Jack left London and started his killing thirteen years later ... in New York City?Similar to other Jack the Ripper stories, the main character is a reporter. You play James "Jimmy" Palmer, a newspaper man in New York, who is assigned to get the scoop on some strange and grotesque murders. Guide Jimmy around the dank and dirty "Low Side" of New York in the year 1901 - twelve years after Jack the Ripper's last known killing in London. Visit crime scenes, interview people who knew the victims in a brothel, a cabaret nightclub and alleyways. Get help from different types of people from various walks of life - bookies, prostitutes, street bums as well as the police, investigative agency professionals and Jimmy's co-workers.This first person adventure game is completely mouse controlled and features an in-game map for navigating between locations, 360° views, 3D graphics, and ambient background effects. Exploration, interaction with other characters, solving various types of puzzles, and finding/using inventory objects are all part of the gameplay. |
| PC-Bakterien! | 2004-01-29 | TOM Productions | TOM Productions | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | PC-Bakterien! is set in the microcosm. A vicious attack of mean bacteria and viruses endangers the organism. You take the role of Mikky, the worm-like chief defense microbe, and have to defend the organism against the microscopic meanies. Mikky won't be able to do this task alone, but he gets the help of allied cells, namely the hurrying helper cells and the hungry but sluggish feeder cells. Together, Mikky and his allies have to eliminate the multiplying foes to save the organism.PC-Bakterien! is an isometric puzzle game against time. In every level, the basic objective is to clear the organism of all bacteria and viruses. As the enemies constantly multiply when they have the space to do so, this goal has to be achieved before there are too many foes around. Mikky is the only character you directly control. You have to instruct the helper cells to mark the enemies by moving Mikky to your allies, then the feeder cells are able to eat the critters. However, your friends are not the smartest and you have to help them finding their targets. When the enemies are not close to them, the allied cells just aimlessly move around. Mikky himself can act as an obstacle to help the cells finding the way, but is more effective to make use of the items the chief microbe can pick up. Place barriers and arrows to guide the cells to the bacteria and viruses, certain less common items such as a whistle might also help you.The first enemies are immobile and do nothing but multiplying, but later you also encounter moving bacteria, enemies that can only be defeated under certain conditions, and even predators that destroy the helper cells. You might also not find any helper cells in a level and have to create them yourself first. Various puzzle elements are introduced throughout the game, such as enzymes to open new ways by creating tissue, nerves that trigger certain pulses, multiple layers, or alcohol bacteria you have to lure away with beer...You are able to choose between three difficulty levels, with the easiest one being a training level without multiplying enemies. For every level, your high score will be saved. You are awarded points for various things, such as instructing helper cells, collecting certain items, or when foes are eliminated. You also get bonus points at the end of a level depending on how fast you were and on the difficulty level. |
| Vietcong: Purple Haze | 2004-01-29 | Gathering | | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | Asia, Cold War, Historical events | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Vietcong: Purple Haze is a compilation pack that bundles the original Vietcong game alongside its expansion pack Vietcong: Fist Alpha. For the PlayStation 2 and Xbox version this is the first and only release of the game; the individual game and its expansion were not available separately. |
| 112 Reddings Helikopter | 2004-01-30 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | Europe | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | 112 Reddings Helikopter is an action game that takes place in the cities of Amsterdam and Berlin. Completely remodeled to give the feeling of flying over the city in a helicopter. The player has a total of 20 missions to complete, these are dangerous missions with the ultimate goal to bring the person at risk to safety within a limited amount of time.The fires, traffic accidents, chemical disasters, armed robbery, factory accidents, sudden heart attacks and rescues from tall buildings are some of the many situations that will occur. |
| 8th Wonder of the World | 2004-01-30 | GMX Media | Funatics Software GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | 8th Wonder of the World plays in the Cultures Universe, just a couple of years after the happenings in Northland. Our hero viking Bjarni and his brave comrades are returning to their respective homes after succeeding their last adventures and are living happily and peacefully together with their families. But it didn't take long until evil strikes again and tries to take over the world. No one listens to the warning of Bjarni and his friends, but very soon, among the different cultures war, hatred and evil are spreading. A new adventure unfolds before the eyes of Bjarni...Gameplay remains largely the same: The player constructs buildings which form production cycles to create products from gathered resources. These products are needed to satisfy the population's need. Additionally the player also needs to care for duties like training his men for different professions. Unlike most similar games the goals of the eight missions are not to defeat other races but to solve tasks like organizing a mayor meeting or to save resources so the player can win the friendship of another tribe by paying a tribute - every mission consists of several tasks like this.This entry in the series introduces an AI assistant which can be used to automate micro-management tasks and a new tribe, the Egyptians. |
| BallPark 3DX | 2004-01-30 | Comgame 576 Ltd. | 576 Media | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Imagine a square checkered board. Put on it balls on starting places that show a starting direction thanks to arrows on them. The goal of the game is easy: guide the balls to the exit. Simple, yes, but you will have to avoid spikes, you will encounter corners that change the direction and depending on the ball (i.e. plastic, metal), its behaviour won't be the same: for example, beware of magnets using a metal ball. |
| Biko 3 | 2004-01-30 | Illusion | Illusion | Simulation | Behind view | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | The third game in Biko series is once again a 3D "stalking simulator". You control Takumi, an ordinary Japanese guy who likes following and observing pretty girls. Your goal is to "conquer" five girls, in one of the two possible ways: either to have a relationship with them and to win their love, or to stalk them successfully and to rape them. To do that, you have to walk, run, and crouch in order to remain unnoticed for a certain time. The five girls are: the dark-haired schoolgirl Rin; the redhead nurse Reiko; the blond ninja Chris; the uniformed waitress Mayu; and Mio, who is a miko (a girl who serves in a Japanese shinto shrine).
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| Fate/stay night | 2004-01-30 | Type-Moon | Type-Moon | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Contemporary, Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | Fuyuki City is home to an underground battle between sorcerers, each trying to obtain a powerful relic known as the Holy Grail, summoning spiritual familiars ("Servants") to do their bidding. An amateur teenage mechanic named Shirō Emiya was once thought to harbor the powers of a sorcerer, but has lived through most of his life without any connection to magic. This changed on the day when a hostile Servant attacked him, and he inadvertently summoned another one, becoming involved in the grand battle.Fate/stay night is a visual novel. The player reads text accompanied by still anime-style images, and is from time to time prompted to make a decision that would influence subsequent events. There are three main plot arcs in the game that can be accessed through these choices, each corresponding to a female character in the game.The computer version of the game contains scenes with explicit sexual content. The console version does not feature these scenes. |
| Kuro no Danshō: The Literary Fragment | 2004-01-30 | Abogado Powers | Abogado Powers | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Detective / mystery, Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | The Literary Fragment is the first game in Abogado's mystery/horror/adult Detective Suzusaki series. The story focuses on Satoshi Suzusaki, a private investigator with a tragic past, which has left a permanent scar on his life and mental abilities. The case that opens the game's story is a horrifying death of an entire family in their house, at the dining table; circumstances lead to an assumption of either a ritual suicide or murder. Suzusaki, his lovely secretary Asuka, and his young friend, psychologist extraordinaire Kusanagi, have to do everything in their powers to solve the case, while the hero's mysterious past continuous to haunt him...Though Suzusaki is the main hero of the game, the player sometimes controls and sees the events from Kusanagi's point of view. The gameplay is point-and-click adventure without puzzles. To interact with the object, the player is required simply to click on it. Sometimes, different ways of interactions open up, such as verb commands, dialogue choices, and decision-making.The game features scenes with horror content as well as explicit sexual situations.Sega Saturn release comes with a bonus CD-ROM which includes:
Audio track - game soundtrack (21 tracks in total)
Data track - containing character, background, and CG art comparison between PC-98 and Sega Saturn versions
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| ATCsimulator2 | 2004-02-01 | aerostudios inc. | aerostudios inc. | Simulation | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Flight / aviation | | Real-time | | | Windows | ATCsimulator2, much like its predecessor, simulates the no-holds-barred world of air traffic control, with every realistic detail. The game pulls no punches—it gives you the painstaking difficulty and stress that real air traffic controllers face. Like the previous version, it features authentic TRACONs, speech recognition (which is improved), and authentic keyboard interfaces. Some new features include the ability to use the new STARS (Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System) ATC system which is rapidly replacing the old ARTS system in airports today. There is also a career mode, in which you must maintain a work quality level in order to receive pay raises and avoid demotion or firing. In addition, there are several options to make the game easier for new players. An add-on to Microsoft Flight Simulator is also available so that you can act as air traffic controller for your friends playing Flight Simulator multiplayer. |
| Arcade & Puzzle Games | 2004-02-01 | Masque Publishing, Inc. | CleverMedia | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A collection of more than 50 Arcade & Puzzle Games. The games were originally featured on CleverMedia's websites. Several of the games have updated graphics and sounds from the versions available online.All the games have also been tied into a single interface which tracks high scores, and sets target scores for each title.There is a wide selection of game types on this disc, including many action/puzzles, several sports titles, and a few arcade type games as well. |
| Ashen Empires | 2004-02-01 | Iron Will Games, LLC., TKO Software, Inc. | TKO Software, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Ashen Empires is a 2D MMORPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Two factions battle for control over the island and players can choose to align themselves with the factions or forge unique alliances. Aside from PVP, there are quests and dungeons throughout the world. It is even possible for a player to level simply through trade skills and crafting.Players can choose to be humans, orcs, or night elves. There are no limits to the number and type of skills that one can advance, which yields a wide array of character builds. The item system somewhat caps player's creativity, however.Two expansions are available to the original game; Talazar's Revenge and Sands of Creation. The original game is free to play, but premium content such as subscriptions, expansions, and other in-game items are available for purchase through the game's token based store. Players who do not subscribe can play the entire original game, but they gain experience at a decreased rate. |
| Crazy Machines: The Inventor's Workshop | 2004-02-01 | Novitas Publishing GmbH | FAKT Software GmbH, Green Pepper | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This game is basically a modern version of the The Incredible Machine series.In this game you solve puzzles, called "experiments", by using a large variety of gizmos, such as candles, basketballs or generators. You use this items to create a chain reaction which helps you reach your goals, e.g. blowing out a candle or start a machine. This title features over 100 experiments,Other main features are the realistic physics engine and the possibility to create own experiments and share them with other people.In 2005 the translated versions of this game and its successor Crazy Machines: Neue Herausforderungen were used to create the first English entry in the series, Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game. |
| Crystal Wizard | 2004-02-01 | eGames, Inc. | Tate's Colony | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Crystal Wizard is a single-player gem matching game that takes elements of standard tile matching games and combines it with a bit of Puzzle Bobble and a bit of Tetris.As with many tile/gem matching games the heart of Crystal Wizard is lining up three or more gems of the same colour. When this happens the gems disappear and points are scored. Any gems stacked above the gems that have disappeared will drop down to fill the vacated spaces and if they make combinations of three or more they too will disappear rewarding the player with 'chain bonuses'.What makes this game a bit different are the puzzle levels and game design. The basic game is straightforward enough, the player positions the wizards hand and releases the gem so that it falls to its brethren waiting below. However the play area is divided into two halves, the upper half which the player uses to direct the gem they are about to drop and the lower half where the stack of fallen gems resides. There is a floodline to this lower half and when the stack of fallen gems rises above this limit it's game over.As the player progresses positioning gems accurately becomes more difficult because pegs and ramps appear in the play area and obstruct the fall of the gem. This is where another of the game's feature comes into its own because, as well as just dropping gems into place, the player can also 'throw' then to bounce off the side walls.In addition to the standard game there are several bonus levels which are single level quick games. There is no save-game feature but the main game and the bonus levels all record the ten highest scores and there are multiple difficulty settings. |
| Dodge | 2004-02-01 | | | Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In this strategy game, which you play against the computer, your goal is to move all your game pieces from the bottom to the top before the computer moves all of his pieces from the left to the right side.You can move your pieces one square up, left or right; you can't move them back or diagonal, so you also have to make sure that you don't stuck anywhere (because then the computer automatically wins).The game can be played on a variable sized playfield, ranging from a fast 2 pieces game to a complex 7 pieces game. |
| Fengse Huanxiang 3: Zui yu Fa de Zhenhunge | 2004-02-01 | Unistar | FunYours Technology Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The 100-year battle between humans and ghosts ended when the hero Jiaseduo used the seven magical emblems to seal the leaders of the ghosts. But those ghosts were symbols of nature. Although the humans won the battle, their crime against the nature brought punishment. After the death of Jiaseduo, the seven emblems broke the curse and were released into the world. 92 years after the Ghost War, the humans were threatened once again. North Empire and South Republic united at the sight of a common enemy. The Holy Fire King called the best fighters in those two countries, and they formed an organization called "Duan Zui zhi Yi" - "Sin-Breaking Wings". Led by the young and beautiful girl Karin Seraphim, the fighters are now ready for their greatest battle ever...The third game in the Wind Fantasy series belongs to a different genre. Unlike the second game, this is a strategy RPG. Instead of free-roaming exploration and fast-paced battles with few party members, "Fengse Huanxiang 3" consists mainly of large strategic battles. You navigate your characters on the battle screen in turn-based mode. Each character has his/her own range of attacks (for example, archers can attack from distance, swordsmen are restricted to the nearest field, etc.). The character level up in a RPG fashion after a successful attack. |
| Mr Stumps Dentures | 2004-02-01 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | A series of events following an all-night bender ends with Mr Stumps' dentures getting loose and falling, threatening to choke him. In a hurry, Mr Stumps separates his mouth from the rest of his face to save himself. It is now up to him to jump into his own mouth and the various worlds contained within to retrieve his dentures.Mr Stumps Dentures spans seven different platforming scenarios with two levels and a boss encounter each. Each with their own challenges and inhabitants. Many platforming game standards are present in this game: enemies to be head-bopped, moving platforms, springs that fling our hero upward, and so on. Players are afforded five hit points per life, with a chance of refilling one each by collecting one of the many health packs strewn about the worlds. Skilled players may also find a way to obtain precious extra lives.Besides the regular one player mode there also are a two-player race mode and an extra menu option, the latter having to be unlocked by clearing the single player game. |
| Reportazh | 2004-02-01 | Akella | | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure | Europe | | Point and select | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Reportazh (or The Report) is a humorous adventure game. It is set in the late 1960s where Jacque, a reporter, comes to Monaco to write about the upcoming car race event. However, he gets mixed up with dodgy characters and ends up taking on the role of an amateur sleuth. However the game is very light-hearted and mostly based around jokes and puns.Reportazh is similar to other "humorous" Russian adventures of that time, specifically Red Comrades series or Shtyrlitz. The linear story takes up four in-game days with separate day and night events and there are over a hundred of locations. The game utilizes a first person view and the chosen graphical style is rather eclectic: the characters are hand-drawn, while the backgrounds are a combination of 3D and 2D art. |
| Wanted Dead or Alive | 2004-02-01 | XS Games, LLC | Iridon Interactive AB, Nerlaska, S.L. | Action | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Rail shooter, Shooter | Western | | Direct control | | Mature | 2D scrolling | Windows | Devlin was an outlaw of the Mexican gang Los Gauchos, who grew tired of them and set up an elaborate plan to walk off with their gold. After some gunfights and losing his eye, Devlin set himself up for an easy life north of the border and traded his guns for a priest's collar. Ten years later, in the year 1862, Devlin is suddenly attacked by a new gang of outlaws who promptly burn down his church and steal his gold. There's only one way to protect his parish and that's to return to his gunslinging days.Wanted Dead or Alive is a Western shooter played from a bird's eye view in some levels, and becoming a 1st-person rail shooter in others. In the first mode, players move Devlin with the keyboard, while changing his orientation and firing his guns are done with the mouse. In the second mode, aiming and shooting is also done with the mouse. The game offers a variety of objectives and a progressing story. Six shooters, shotguns, rifles and dynamite will all be at Devlin's disposal as weapons to clear the Texas lands. In a few levels, the game goes for a stealth approach, and players must sneak up on foes with only a knife. Crates can be found scattered around which contain weapon ammunition and health restoration items.
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| Echelon: Wind Warriors | 2004-02-03 | Encore, Inc. | Madia Entertainment | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Wind Warriors is the sequel to Echelon. Set in the year 2351, this game allows players to assume the role of a Galactic Federation pilot named Jason "Wolf" Scott with more than 40 new missions to complete in an all-new single-player campaign.Wind Warriors features numerous new weapons, units, and objects and also features an improved command-and-control function that allows players to call in other craft, ground units, and antiaircraft support. The multiplayer aspect of the game is also improved through the introduction of new gameplay modes, new arenas, dedicated server support, and improved chat functionality. |
| Legacy of Kain: Defiance (Special Edition) | 2004-02-04 | Eidos GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Special Edition of Legacy of Kain: Defiance includes:Legacy of Kain: Defiance
Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 |
| Manna Munchers | 2004-02-04 | Full Armor Studios, Inc. | Full Armor Studios, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | You guide Chuck. He eats food. If you keep him moving by clicking your mouse in a new location on the board besides his current destination without intersecting with Mr. Teeth, you can score big points and earn power-ups. The key to each level is to get enough points to earn the end level icon. Grab the icon and go to the next level. |
| Universal Combat | 2004-02-05 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | 3000AD, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Peter Rushworth (UK), Andrei Proskurine (Russia) | | | | Space flight | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Universal Combat is the fifth installment in the long running Battle Cruiser Series.The new action-based focus of Universal Combat takes the player from sea to land to space in this space simulation. One can engage in space battles, fight ground skirmishes, control naval combat and fly dog fights. The player can create his / her character choosing among 12 different races, then explore 250+ planets containing more then 21,000 areas of interest (military bases, cities, star bases). |
| Battle of Words | 2004-02-06 | Xdyne, Inc. | Xdyne, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Word construction | | Naval / watercraft | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Battle of Words is a combination of Battleships and a word guessing game.First, you place your 5 ships (three 3, two 4 and 1 five cell ships) at the 12x12 cell playfield - so that they don't are adjacent. Now you assign words to the ships, whereby the 5-cell-ship gets a five-letter-word and so on. The computer does the same on its hidden playfield. When ready, start the game...The playfield is now split into four parts. Upper left is your fleet which the computer tries to find, upper right is the enemy fleet. Lower left is your alphabet and at lower right is your target's alphabet.You start and shoot at either the water trying to find a ship or you shoot at the alphabet to reveal if the letter is used or not. If you hit (ship location or letter used) you can fire again until you miss, then the opponent gets the chance.The player who first locate all ships and reveals all used words by the enemy wins the game. |
| Fightbox | 2004-02-06 | BBC Worldwide Ltd. | Gamezlab | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Re-live the FightBox BBC TV experience. Design and build your own virtual athlete to take part in a series events against other warriors and the Sentients, to take the ultimate prize of the Fightbox, and become the 7th Sentient.The retail game features all the arenas from the TV series, plus 4 new arenas, allowing you to replay the TV series in your own home, or playing your own tournaments.After building and training your warrior, you then take part in a series of test - completion of these allows you to upgrade your warriors strength, speed and weapons.The gameplay consists of various gladitorial style events, such as fighting other warriors on moving platforms, or two warriors each trying to collect as many points from the same arena.
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| WWI: The Great War | 2004-02-06 | Encore, Inc. | Lesta Studio | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events, World War I | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | WWI: The Great War is a real-time strategy game in the style of Age of Empires, which tells the history of the World War I. Players can control five countries in their campaigns - France, Great Britain, Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia. Command authentic units with real weapons (including the Red Baron's Fokker Dr.I and the terrible Mustard Gas) on real confrontations, like the battles of Marne, Somme and Gallipoli. |
| Xuanyuan Jian Waizhuan: Cang zhi Tao | 2004-02-06 | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | DOMO Production | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The year is 383 AD, when the Jin Empire controlled the southern part of China. In the great battle of Feishui, the Han (ethnic Chinese) nations of the Jin Empire fought against the non-Han country of Qin. As we know today from history books, the Jin people emerged victorious. But what if history could change?..One thousand years before the Feishui battle, there lived a young girl named Che Yun, who was born in Linghu, at the outskirts of the country of Jin. Her grandfather was once a minister and a scientist who invented the Wooden Shield Technique, which allowed to make animated wooden creatures. He was falsely accused of treason and killed. Che Yun inherited the secret teaching of her grandfather. With the help of Yunhu, a fox she made out of wood, Che Yun decides to clear her grandfather's name and find out what forces are behind the war in China.Xuanyuan Jian Waizhuan: Cang zhi Tao is a side story to Xuanyuan Jian 4. Traditionally, side stories are games which are made with the same engine as their predecessors, but have their own setting and plot. Like most Xuanyuan Jian installments, the game features both historical and fictional characters. It looks very similarly to the fourth game, and uses the same 3D exploration engine with 180 degree camera rotation, re-vamped turn-based battle system, stamina- and magic-based techniques, and the Heavenly Book system , which allows the player to capture monsters in battles, build settlements for them, use them to create own weapons, armor, accessories, and items, and recruit them later during combat. One of the playable characters can also learn magic from captured enemies.Like in the previous installment, player-controlled party contains three active combatants, each specializing in his or her own special abilities, martial art techniques, or magic spells. Che Yun can use various techniques that damage or sabotage mechanical enemies encountered in the game. A new feature is the player's ability to upgrade Yunhu, Che Yun's wooden fox who represents her in battles. Special points are awarded beside the regular experience, and can be allocated by the player to teach Yunhu new skills and techniques, as well as increase his attributes. Yunhu cannot be healed by conventional means and must rely on special repair kits or Che Yun's techniques for that. |
| Fair Strike | 2004-02-07 | Encore, Inc. | G5 Software LLC | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Helicopter | | | Teen | | Windows | Fly six different combat helicopters: the American AH-64A Apache, the American RAH-66 Comanche, the French/German PAH-2 Tiger, the Russian KA-50 Hokum, the Rusian KA-52 Alligator, and the
conceptual Russian Ka-58 Black Ghost.Your enemy? Terrorists, of course!Battle them in 38 different missions set in the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, South-East Asia and the Middle East. Play in "Arcade Mode" if you just want to concentrate on blowing things up, or "Simulation Mode" for a real challenge.Multiplayer support includes "co-op" and "death-match" modes.
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| Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc | 2004-02-07 | Enlight Interactive Inc. | Enlight Software Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Hack and slash | Historical events | | Direct control | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | In 14th century Europe the king of England lays claim to the French throne and thus begins the hundred year war. Take control of Jeanne la Pucelle "Joan of Arc" and her fellow commanders Jean de Nouillonpont, Etienne de Vignolles and Duke of Alencon as they fight the English to recapture France and keep King Edward III from taking the throne. Joan of Arc can be described as an action role-playing game with some real-time strategy elements. Directly control Joan of Arc or one of the other commanders on missions that relive some of Joan of Arc's more important years in the war. This is the RPG side where you will combat the enemies one on one with some help from a few troops you pick up. Use combos (a series of mouse clicks like AA, AB, AAB etc.) to perform powerful attacks. Gain experience to level up and receive points to increase your stats as well as combo points to enhance your combos or learn new ones. You can switch between the four main characters anytime if they are in your group as they will gain experience and grow stronger also.As you complete more missions and become more powerful you will be able to control armies to lay siege to castles. Switch to RTS mode (an overhead isometric view) and rally your troops to fight for you then switch back to RPG mode (a third person mode for melee and first person mode for range attacks) and fight in the heart of the battle. Assign troops to each of the four main commanders and switch back and forth between them during the battle. Build siege weapons to conquer castles to once again bring France back under control from England. |
| Quiz - Tac - Toe | 2004-02-08 | Generation Stars | Generation Stars | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Quiz - Tac - Toe is a Tic-Tac-Toe game with a twist, based on the TV gameshow Hollywood Squares / Celebrity Squares.While still two players play against each other, they can't just set their X or O, they have to successfully answer a quiz question before their X or O will be set.Questions are from various topics, ranging from the length of the Nile to what Venus clouds are made of and so on.There is also a Question Creator included to add new questions. |
| Duke Nukem: Waiting for Forever | 2004-02-09 | The Sheep Sheet | The Sheep Sheet | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | AVataRR | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Duke is disturbed during a TV show when a military group called Crusade of Eternity invades the studios and announces to have found a way to let everyone live forever. Our hero has a bad feeling about their intentions and has to free the earth from their evil plans in twelve missions, in order to continue the TV interview. The final two levels can only be unlocked after gaining a set amount of points.Waiting for Forever is a freeware platform shooter, using the STX001 3rd person 2D shooting engine and the Game Maker environment. It is made as a light jab against 3D Realms for taking a long time to finish Duke Nukem Forever. The game engine allows for mouse based aiming (similar to Abuse), zooming options and drivable vehicles. |
| Robot III: Insel der heiligen Prüfung | 2004-02-09 | TOM Productions | TOM Productions | Action | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The third part of the Game of Robot series takes place on the fictitious island of Fana, where the telegram the player received in the second episode came from. His task is to find the friend who sent that call for help.Compared to the earlier episodes, there is a bigger focus on the game's storyline. The inhabitants of Fana, the Tamala, speak their own language, which the player has to learn understanding and speaking bit by bit in order to solve the puzzles on the island. |
| World Championship Pool 2004 | 2004-02-10 | Jaleco Entertainment, Inc. | Blade Interactive Studios Ltd. | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | World Championship Pool 2004 is a pool game similar to the World Championship Snooker series and working under the same engine.Both single-player and multiplayer gameplay are available, with six different play modes to choose from. It is possible to compete against real-world pool players, or create custom players to take through the tournament. An aiming mode for beginners is available. Also included are off-beat bonus games such as Minefield. |
| Bart's Quest For TV | 2004-02-11 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | After a day at school Bart returns home to relax while watching TV. Unfortunately there is no sign of the remote control. Now Bart has to find it or he would have to do homework instead.Bart's Quest For TV is a fanmade adventure based on The Simpsons TV series. It was made with the AGS engine and is set completely in the Simpsons' living room. |
| Jumper! | 2004-02-11 | | | Action | | | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Jumper! is a freeware platform game starring Ogmo, a creature created in a lab by the army as a weapon of mass destruction. After all attempts to contain it fail, Ogmo escapes from the cell and starts to negotiate the many traps left on every room of the abandoned research base to finally break free. The main character is controlled with the arrow buttons: left and right for movement, up for jumps. Ogmo is able to do a double jump in mid-air, somersaulting to land on high places.Each screen is configured as a self-contained puzzle with many devices and platforms. Progress is automatically saved at the start of each room. Ogmo has to be guided to the exit, carefully avoiding contact with hazardous features like spikes, lightning arcs and bottomless pits. Helpful items like golden arrows and super pads have to be touched to give extra jumps, allowing Ogmo to deftly reach a top platform. There's a level editor included to create custom puzzles. |
| MI5 Bob: Before RON | 2004-02-11 | | Vicious Arts | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | This arcade game made with The Games Factory tells the story of Bob before he moves to Reality-on-the-Norm depicted in MI5 Bob: The Uplift Mofo Party Plan. It is set in Ireland, where Joe Linders runs a secret organization and Bob is a secret agent for it. Bob was originally in MI5 before he got fired for getting confused between MI5 and the IRA and blowing up part of Belfast. Bob's tasks in the game are to find the lingerie for a snowman as well as to save Nick, a kidnapped brother of Joe. They are achieved through several levels of different kinds, where player performs a various tasks either to reach the end of level avoiding the obstacles with a keyboard or to click the defined objects with a mouse quickly. |
| SpellForce: The Order of Dawn | 2004-02-11 | Encore, Inc. | Phenomic Game Development | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | EO, the world in which the game takes place was torn apart by a ritual called the Convocation. The ritual caused the destruction of the continents and was performed by each of the thirteen most powerful mages (both light and dark) on EO, who collectively were known as The Circle. The Circle ruled EO before its destruction and had slowly expanded their knowledge and power. Their vast knowledge allowed them to extend their lifespan to a point near immortality. Across EO they resurrected rune monuments that could be used to quickly call forth obedient armies to enforce their rule (known as the Rune) and bring peace to all the races of EO. At some point they learned of an ancient text describing a ritual supposedly granting immense power, possible under a certain alignment of planets. Not willing to share this power, wars between the various Circle mages erupted. When the time came each preformed the ritual, but none could tame the elemental forces and the continents shattered. After the event only isolated islands around magical towers remained. The islands were later connected by magical portals that make travel between them possible. At the start of the game the player is resurrected by Rohen, a former mage of The Circle. He is also the one who connected the islands using the portal system in an act to redeem himself and is believed to be the only mage of The Circle to have survived the Convocation. He instructs you to travel to Greyfell, the headquarters of the Order of Dawn. Soon after this you learn that a second Circle mage has survived and embark on a quest to inform Rohen of this fact.SpellForce is a real-time strategy game with RPG elements, similar to Battle Realms. Unlike that game, SpellForce gives more focus to the hero. In fact, the player can go into third person view (only for the hero) and play it like a hack and slash game. The game features six playable races. The player character is called a rune warrior, an immortal warrior bound to a stone by The Circle to fight their wars. If the avatar dies, he will respawn at the last activated bindstone (stones around the map that can be activated and used for fast travel). As the game progresses the player will find rune stones of six races (humans, dwarves, elves, orcs, trolls and dark elves) and hero runes. After being inserted into the rune board, they can be trained at their respective monument and help the player in the quest. The player will also find building planes for each of the races. When a monument of a race is switched on worker units can be trained to gather resources and construct buildings. This will eventually allow the player to train fighting units to overcome an enemy base. With the avatar rising in level runes and items of a higher level can be used to kill tougher enemies. The game has a lengthy single player campaign of 20+ maps. It was followed by two expansions called The Breath of Winter and Shadow of the Phoenix.
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| That Crazy World | 2004-02-11 | | Orange Soft | Adventure | 1st-person, Side view | | | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Zombie Michael Gower has found himself in a strange deserted environment with a computer. Interacting with Windows-like interface of the computer, teleporting between the scenes, and collecting the items, the player should help Michael to leave the place in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Two Thrones | 2004-02-11 | Strategy First, Inc. | Paradox Entertainment AB | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Two Thrones is a grand strategy game similar to Europa Universalis: Crown of the North. The game takes us to the most famous Western European conflicts of the 14th and 15th centuries: the Hundred Years' War and the War of the Roses, with the scope somewhat limited compared to other Paradox games.You can play about a dozen of nations in the different scenarios ranging from 1337 to 1490, including England, France and Burgundy and perform monarchic chores like waging war, laying plots, recruiting knights, and collecting tribute from vassals. |
| kirubiru | 2004-02-11 | | | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | | | | | | | | Windows | Urban sprawl is a problem that affects all of us; extraneous real estate development is a quality of life issue; it creates noise, pollutes, and congests traffic. To counter it, some of us draw up neighbourhood petitions and talk to our local government representatives. This game presents an alternate approach.The player controls a stickman samurai in a vacant lot who quickly discovers that buildings are being dropped on him. Marshaling everything he has learned from his Bushido credo, he jumps up to engage them in mid-air, flashing his sword, and carves them to rubble, one floor at a time, through careful observation of attack and defense energy gauges, noting the right moment to launch into blistering combo attacks on the keyboard to really make that drywall and re-bar fly. Should a building segment reach the ground intact it pins him and he loses one of three heart units. When all three are gone his score is tallied and he leaves the field to some future warrior more schooled in the gentle art of incapacitating inanimate objects. |
| Framed! | 2004-02-12 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In this point-and-click adventure made with AGS you play Jamie, an unemployed simple-minded young man who frequently attracts trouble.One day you receive a frantic call from your girlfriend Eleena and hurry to meet her. But you find that she's been murdered. At the same time cops arrive, arrest you and charge you for Eleena's murder. You should escape the cell and collect evidence to prove that you are innocent.During your own straight forward investigation you will talk with people of different kinds, visit places in Gladsad Town selecting them on the map, and search for the clues, which allows you find out who the maniac is, why he killed your beloved, and how you may revenge him. |
| Forest | 2004-02-13 | Liar-soft | Liar-soft | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Cracks are forming in the overlooked spaces of modern-day Shinjuku, exposing a parallel plane of existence known as 'the Forest' where the normal laws of reality do not apply. Five people with supernatural abilities must band together to solve the Forest's riddles, for if they fail, they will be banished from Shinjuku.Forest is a heavily abstract adult fantasy visual novel. The plot is inspired by classic British fantasy works such as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and The Chronicles of Narnia. It blends an anime artstyle used to represent the characters with real photographs used to represent the setting of Shinjuku. As the protagonist, Akeru Kinosaki, the player must periodically make decisions that determine the outcome of the story. There are multiple achievable endings. |
| World Soccer: Winning Eleven 7 International | 2004-02-13 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | The third installment of the Pro Evolution Soccer series, with improved graphics and a bigger Master League. Because the Master League is so big, it's split into 4 zones with 2 divisions, and cup competitions in each zone. Other than most of the Italian teams, club names are fictional, as are many of the players. However, the game has an improved edit mode, so you can edit the team's name, flag, logo, shirts, and stadium.You can use the 'shop' system to unlock hidden features such as classic teams. The game also has a training mode, and a challenge mode, in which you have to dribble around cones as quick as you can. Replays can be fast-forwarded and rewound, and the view can be rotated. The advantage rule is now implemented, so a foul will only stop play if the fouled team suffers from it. |
| Blanda | 2004-02-14 | | | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Blanda is a word guessing game.A game consists of 10 individual words to guess. At each of those guesses, you have two rows of squares. The top one containing all the letters in the word, but mixed up. The bottom row is empty, there you have to fill in the letters in the correct order.You have as much time as you want, but the time is counted later for the highscore. If you have no clue, you can buy tips. Either buy a letter (the points you have to pay doubles with each tip you need) or you can buy a tip telling what the whole word is about. But don't use this too often, or you end up with a negative score.By design, the game has a database of 500 words, but it can be enlarged to use up to 20,000 words. |
| Polskie Derby | 2004-02-14 | Onimedia Sp. z o.o. | IncaGold Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view, Diagonal-down, Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Polskie Derby is a simple arcade racing game. Players can race with five old Eastern Europe cars: Syrenka 103, Syrenka 105, Syrenka 105L, Trabant, Warszawa. The game features five tracks, three difficulty levels and twelve camera views. Each car model has different power and control specifications. In each race the player races against computer opponent. The game screen shows a map with current position and meters between both cars. The collision with other vehicles cause damage that may result in exclusion from the race.As a bonus, the disc includes two extra games:
Nelson Piquet's Grand Prix: Evolution
Super Bike Racing |
| Cossacks: Gold Edition! | 2004-02-18 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Cossacks Gold Edition combines the original Cossacks: European Wars and its add-on Cossacks: The Art of War in one package. |
| Bubble Bobble | 2004-02-19 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Taito Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bubble Bobble is the story of two humans, Bub and Bob who wander into the mysterious cave of monsters and magically turn into dinosaurs. The only way to transform back is to reach the end of the cave...Bubble Bobble is a platform game, with each level being a single screen. The enemies must be cleared from a level to go to the next one. With one player controlling Bub and the other controlling Bob, the player can jump and collect items for points (such as fruit). The real power Bub and Bob have however is the ability to blow bubbles. These bubbles can be as platforms to leap on, or to trap enemies. Enemies trapped in a bubble must be popped by jumping into them, wherein they'll turn to fruit. Additionally, power-ups sometimes float by in bubbles. They include lightning, which flies out horizontally at enemies, and water, which drags the player and enemies straight down flowing over platforms. Taking too long to complete any level will summon Baron Von Blubba, who will float around the screen trying to destroy the player.The NES version has a few extra stages bringing the total number of stages to 112. The Sharp X68000 version contains a hidden minigame called Sybubblun. It contains a set of 20 original difficult levels with the game being reskinned with a Syvalion theme.
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| Conan | 2004-02-19 | TDK Recording Media Europe S.A. | Cauldron Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Hack and slash | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | As Conan returns from another successful adventure, he finds that a band of masked warriors has destroyed his village and murdered his uncle, bad move. Now it's time for Revenge! "Conan" is a 3D hack'n'slash action title that blends RPG elements by awarding experience points for each defeated enemy. Said points can be spent on a plethora of fighting skills which are then triggered via a simple combo system for spectacular results as you battle hordes of human warriors and supernatural monsters from beyond in your quest for revenge. Should you fall to a well-placed blow, Conan offers you the chance to try and regain your honor in the domains of Crom, where a small arena fight can restore your honor and bring you back to life and continue the game or damn you to eternity should you fail. Also available is a multiplayer Arena mode in which you can duke it out mano-a-mano with other human players as Conan or a selection of original characters. Features the original licensed soundtrack from the Conan movies by Basil Poledouris. |
| Cruisin' | 2004-02-19 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Nihon Micom Kaihatsu | Racing / Driving | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | Automobile | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In City Connection you must drive along on roads, painting them a different color. When you have all the roads painted, you go on to the next level. Cops are frequent along the roads, but oil cans will quickly stop them in their tracks. Avoid cats and spikes, and collect balloons to warp to further levels. |
| Exerion | 2004-02-19 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Kawa Denshi Giken K.K. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | | Windows | This is a shoot-em-up game with parallax effects in the background. It does have a simulation of inertia in the control of the ship.
There are dozens of enemies and two types of shooting: slow and fast. Two weapon systems: one slow double-shot cannon and one fast single-shot cannon.
With each enemy hit by the slow cannon you get one shot added to the fast cannon ammunition supply.
A challenge stage follows each stage in which you can build up your fast-shot bullet supply. |
| First Queen II: Sabaku no Joō | 2004-02-19 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Kure Software Koubou | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | The second entry in the First Queen series is set in a pseudo-historical environment, based on real world countries at the time of Roman Empire, but with anachronisms and fantasy elements. Aleph, the main hero of the game, is a high-ranked officer in the Roman army. He was found unconscious on the sea shore, without any memory of his past. When the country of Frank (sic) plans to rebel against Rome, the emperor sends Aleph on a mission to Alexandria, to convince its king to send his troops to aid Rome in the war.The gameplay system is the same as in the first game, mixing elements of RPG, strategy, and real-time combat: the hero recruits soldiers, the small army roams the world, encountering and fighting large groups of enemies in hostile areas. It is possible to buy and equip items, talk to people, level up, etc., as in a standard RPG; but strategy elements such as recruiting, preparations, and tactics also play a major role. |
| Notrium | 2004-02-19 | | | Action | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Crash-landed on the planet Notrium. Low on food, supplies, ammo; the natives are restless, the predatory aliens are hostile, and night is coming.Notrium is a survival game where the player places an alien race (human, alien, android, or psionic) and has to survive on the hostile planet of Notrium. To do this, the player must brave the wilds by foraging for food and items (some may be combined to create new items), while taking notice of the alien weather and temperatures which may affect the player's overall health. |
| Rainbow Islands | 2004-02-19 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Taito Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Sequel to Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands sees Bub and Bob (in 2 player mode), who are now curiously small boys rather than dinosaurs, attempting to rid the Rainbow Islands of bad guys.Using the power to cast rainbows, trapping anything underneath, the boys must ascend vertically 4 levels each island, with a big, bad boss at the end of each.By trapping beasts under your rainbows, then jumping on them to break them you can collect seven different colored gems, and there are also power-ups for extra speed and rainbows. |
| Autobahn Raser: Das Spiel zum Film | 2004-02-20 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Autobahn Raser: Das Spiel zum Film is the game based on the movie Autobahn Raser which is based on the Autobahn Raser game series. Like usual the player races through courses based on real German cities, this time Munich, Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne. There are four playing modes: racing against opponents, racing against the clock, police chases and a campaign which has nothing to do with the movie. The difference to the regular races is that the player sometimes has to ram stolen car dealers off the road.The connection to the movie are film sequences, biographies of the actors, the original soundtrack and similar cars. |
| Breed (Limited Edition) | 2004-02-20 | CDV Software GmbH | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Only 3,000 units of the limited edition of Breed were produced. It includes:
Breed
Breed or Grunt-figure (they were put in randomly)
Sourcebook with detailed information about every person, weapon, item, ship and vehicle in the game
Feature-CD with movies, artworks and wallpapers
beat4breed - Soundtrack CD with the "Best of CDV Music Contest"
Breed-Dog-Tag
Two monitor-stickers |
| TV total präsentiert Wok WM | 2004-02-20 | bhv Software GmbH & Co. KG | bhv Software GmbH & Co. KG | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | TV total präsentiert Wok WM is a licensed game about the "Wok WM", a German TV event, where self-appointed celebrities use woks to slide from a bobsled course. In the game the player always uses Stefan Raab, the host, as player character. Well, the handling of the game is not very complicated: The player slides and uses the keyboard keys to accelerate, to brake or to steer left and right. On the courses are power-ups which give a speed boost.The player has the choice between three playing modes: Training, a single race or the championship where he slides on all six courses. He can also choose between a single or foursome bobsled. In the latter the race gets halted if the bobsled gets too damaged. After the first championship the player has to beat his own times to win. |
| Digital Eel's Big Box of Blox | 2004-02-24 | Cheapass Games | Digital Eel | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Digital Eel's Big Box of Blox is a column stacking game gone berserk!The game is quick to learn. Carefully arrange the three-blox-high columns as they fall... Match "blox" in each column to eliminate rows... The gameplay is very easy going at first - but then things get really interesting.Besides being able to rotate and stack the blox, you can smash them to pieces, blow them up, squish them flat and even mutate them into new blox. In fact, Digital Eel's Big Box of Blox has bombs, wild card jokers, squishable frogs, hidden blox, slot machine blox, crunchy boulders and lots of other goodies.The game is actually five games in one, and includes the Flaming Peelout, Blok Atak, Groink, Mushroom King and Asylum Cubez variants as well as a custom game mode.It also features groovy psychedelic gfx by Phosphorous, as well as a cool retro soundtrack, multiple difficulty levels and even a cameo by Digital Eel's Plasmaworm! |
| Initial D: Mountain Vengeance | 2004-02-24 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Canopy Games | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Initial D is a Japanese anime series about the adventures of Takumi, a tofu delivery boy in his AE-86 "Trueno" (Toyota Corolla GT-S). One night, when a guy in a shiny new sports car won't let him pass, Takumi passed him despite being in a seemingly inferior car. This touched off a series of events where he must race against some of the best racers in the area. Join one of the four factions and defend your turf in the treacherous mountain roads, or take them all on as Takumi, including the the most grueling racing of all - the Duct Tape Deathmatch. Drift around corners at high speeds up and down the winding roads, where each turn can be your last. Who will you join, and how will you do against the best? Four factions, dozen different tracks, and eight different drivable cars await you. |
| Puzzle Myth | 2004-02-24 | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Puzzle Myth's objective is, like the name suggests, to solve puzzles.When you start a game, you are presented with the puzzle map, where your final goal is to reveal all parts of it. This puzzle map is divided into 60 blocks, each of those blocks is one puzzle you have to play. Some of them are easy, others hard. There are even a few special puzzle there, which can only be played if you mastered the adjacent puzzles with a certain success level.Inside a puzzle, you are presented with one or multiple complex geometric figures (as background), which are divided into little blocks (kite squares) and have different colors. Then you have little to big figures you can move and rotate. They are color coded and fit only into the same colored background, except the bi-color figures. You job is now to fill all background blocks so that all of your movable figures are used. Once that happens, you have completed the level and revealed another part of the puzzle map.While you can complete a level the easy way, you can also try to get bonus points, which happens when you lay a given pattern of figures. For most puzzles it is not needed (except for the highscore), but some need to be mastered at a certain level, therefore there you have to get many bonus points. |
| Diamond Drop | 2004-02-25 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | OXXO Media | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The mole Jerry has a problem, his home is about to be crushed by a huge amount of gems, which moving toward him. You are playing Jerry and your job is to prevent this event, the crushed home.Your job is to create a row of 3 gems of the same kind. To do so, you first collect gems, by standing beneath a certain gem, then you can catch this (or these) gem(s). You will catch all gems of the same kind which are vertically adjacent, so if there is one, you catch one, if there are five, you catch five. Once you have a certain gem type in your hands, you can now either throw them back, to create a 3 gems row, or you can catch other gems of the same kind, before you throw them all back.If you attach those gems to a bulk of gems, you can remove dozens of gems once you created a 3 kind row. Gems which were below those gems, which are removed now, will fall back to attach to the others.A level consists of a playfield, which has at the beginning 7 rows with 9 gems each. The longer you take in a level, the more rows appear on the playfield. Once there are 10 rows, you only have a few seconds to get rid of the 10th row, or the game ends. The rows are increasing simply because each level has a pre-defined amount of gems, i.e. 120 for the first level, so 14 rows are possible.From level to level, the gem dropping speed will increase. So, at the beginning you have plenty of time for thinking, but later, you better think fast.But not only the level speed increases over the levels, but also the amount of power-ups and obstacles available.Obstacles are coal, rock, and slime. Once you caught a gem, which is beneath a rock, the rock will fall down. If you standing in the way, you are knocked out some seconds. If you don't stand in the way, the rock will just smash and is gone then. This also applies to the slime bottle, but, when the bottle is smashed, the slime will be some time at the ground and the ground will become slippery. Coal is a blocker, it won't fall down, except you catch it. It will smash if you throw it back.Power-ups are the Stonelifter, which will lift all gems some rows up. The Bomb, once thrown up, it will explode and destroy some adjacent gems. And the Rifle, which will destroy all gems in two adjacent vertical rows.Finally, there are two special gems, the Magic Stone, which will remove all same colored gems, even not adjacent ones, once it is used in one of the 3 gems rows. And the Diamond, which will change the type of many adjacent gems in the type of gems, which it is attached to. |
| Vintergatan: Fifunernas återkomst! | 2004-02-25 | PAN Vision AB | Teknikhuset i Umeå AB | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Vintergatan: Fifunernas återkomst! is the second game based on the Swedish television series Vintergatan following Vintergatan: Rädda Jorden! which was released just a few months earlier. It has largely the same gameplay and reuses parts of the assets from the first game. This time the player has to stop an evil space race called the Fifuns from taking over the universe. The Fifuns collect different living beings that they enslave and they suck up all the nature resources from the planets they come across. Like in the first game the player takes control of a space ship that is navigated through various solar systems. What's new is that the player need to use memory modules to open up black holes that allow him to travel to new solar systems. Memory modules have to be created by the player with the use of a machine called the carbon atom processor. This is done by placing various items on the machine which then transform them into a module. Recipes can be found that shows what ingredients are needed. The platforming sections when landing on planets remain largely the same as in the original. One difference is that the player now can use grenades to take out enemies. The mini-games for space duels and dodging asteroids are different. In the original game these were played from a first-person perspective but here they are played from a top-down perspective and works similarly to a fixed screen shoot 'em up.Players who have both games installed will be able to copy their player profiles to the new game and will then get access to an extra solar system to explore. |
| A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machine | 2004-02-27 | 1C Company | SkyRiver Studios | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machines is a action game with simulation elements in the same vein as MechWarrior.Deep in space is the planet Polygon-4 where only highly intelligent, mechanical beings live. This advanced civilization's one goal: to become perfect. To that end, they engage in exploration, gathering of data and upgrades, trading as well as in fierce competitions against each other.You will take the role of one of these robotic creatures inside your anti-gravity, floating glider. The world consists of different pods of AIMs called Zones, each with its own social structure and laws. Exploration and interaction with other mechs living in each zone will provide quests and opportunities for trade and conquest. You can also choose to join one of the zones and become a member of that tribe. There are over 50 types of weapons, 30 types of gliders (mechanical and bio-mechanical) and numerous battles and missions. |
| Sveerz Deluxe | 2004-02-27 | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Music / rhythm, Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The basic idea behind the game is to remove all Sveerz from the playfield before they reach the most upper row. For this you must use your brain, or say better, your memory.The Sveerz are extra-terrestrials who cruise the galaxy with their spaceship (the playfield).The game offers four different game modes: Arcade, Memory, Puzzle, and RhythmWhile Puzzle is actually the one game mode, where you don’t need good memory to survive, so is it a game mode, which you can also find in the other three game modes, as the basics. So, I begin with it:Once you started a game, you will be confronted with your playfield, which is hexagon-style.
At the beginning, a certain amount of Sveerz is already in the playfield, currently floating, while a much higher number of them are in reserve (up to 99). Furthermore, there is a crossing station. Once you clicked someone, they all fall down, filling the hexagon playfield. Now the game really begins.Once you clicked someone, he disappears and the ones from the crossing station will fall down into the playfield. If the playfield is empty, for whatever reason, this click will move Sveerz from the reserve to the crossing station, and the next click will drop them down. While you can only click one Sveerz at a time, normally up to 4 of them falling down. So, you now have to use strategic skills, or better say, you must create “Combos”. A Combo happens, when at least 3 Sveerz of the same colour (possible are red, blue, green, and yellow) forming a row, either horizontal, or diagonal (vertical is not possible, because of the hexagon). Once this happens, they disappear and you get extra scores. The more Combos you make simultaneously, the better you score. There is no difference between “real” or “following” simultaneously (immediately disappearing or disappearing follows disappearing without a turn). The Oversveerz (needed for the other three modes, explanation there) will tell you, how good you are (Double, Triple, Quad, or Krazy Combo). When you removed them all, you proceed to the next level. If they reached the top row and new drop in, you lost.If you good enough to clear the playfield while there are still Sveerz to clear (from reserve/crossing), the level prematurely ends successful with a “Perfect Clear”, and showing you a “Perfect Clear Level Completed”-scene, one of a dozen unique.To make this more challenging, there a three types of special Sveerz in this game mode. Multiplier Sveerz (offer 2x, 3x, and 5x multiplier), Wall Sveerz (will redirect dropping Sveerz, or block them, if there are more than just one Wall Sveerz), and Bomb Sveerz (will destroy any Sveerz direct adjacent to them, including Wall Sveerz).The Arcade game mode now needs your memory. This time, not only the little Sveerz are important, but also the 4 big Oversveerz at the outer edge of the playfield. Once you start the game, these Oversveerz will sing you a special colour sequence. Like green, red, green, now you must click the little Sveerz in exact the same sequence. If you do this, they vanish, if you made it wrong, nothing happens. Either way, from time to time, new Sveerz dropping in. Furthermore, there is a (short) time limit. If you need too much time, the sequence will eventually fail. All the bonuses and special Sveerz, like Combos and Bombs, are also in this mode (available). So you can make some Combos, if you made sequences wrong, to prevent loosing. Bombs working special here, they not only destroy the adjacent Sveerz, but they also interrupt the current sequence, resulting in a success, even with no Sveerz removed. So, if you can’t remember the sequence, cancel it with a bomb. Furthermore, this game mode introduces a new special bonus, the Chain Reaction. If you click adjacent Sveerz while clicking the sequence, you are getting special bonus points. But they must be clicked adjacent, means first left, then middle, then right is a Chain Reaction. But first middle, then left, then right is no Chain Reaction, even when they all adjacent.While Arcade is fast paced with short sequences, Memory needs now really your memory. In this game mode you have much more time to answer the sequence, but you need this time, since the sequences becoming really long (up to a dozen colours, maybe more). In this game mode, there is a unique Sveerz available, who help you when you forgot a certain colour – the Rainbow Sveerz. This works like a joker, once you click him, he will change into the correct colour currently needed. If you make the sequence, he will vanish with all the other Sveerz involved. If you fail, he will stay with the colour he was meant to be.The final game mode is called Rhythm. This is the most complex mode. It works like Arcade, but has three major differences. First, there is a time limit, but if you fail to complete the sequence in time, nothing happens, except the sequence gets reset and a new one starts. Second, in addition to the correct sequence, you also have to provide the rhythm, which were used by the Oversveerz. So you must reproduce the sequence with the exact pause length between each colours sung. Third, the Sveerz dropping, it is now directly related to your success with the rhythm. If you make a 100% exact reproduction of the sequence, no Sveerz will drop. For decreasing accuracy, the number of dropping Sveerz will increase (1 Sveerz for 75%-99%; 2 for 50%-74%; 3 for 25%-49%, and 4 for 0%-24%). Good luck.In addition to the game modes, the game offers the following special features: Multiple local highscores, one for each game mode; a worldwide Internet based highscore; and Text-to-Speech-function, which will practically speak anything in the game, including your score, and even your name. Both Oversveerz and Text-to-Speech Voices can be customized. |
| Jeep 4x4 Adventure | 2004-02-28 | WildTangent, Inc. | WildTangent, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Off-roading | | | | | Windows | Race various Jeep vehicles, the Wrangler, Liberty, and Grand Cherokee. Settings for races include cities, deserts, jungles, and other exotic locales. You can upgrade your vehicle by getting credits by performing various tricks during a race. Your place in the race decides what percent of these points you may use for upgrades, i.e. first place takes 100% of their points where as forth takes only 25%.This is a streaming online game, with an online scoreboard. |
| Kuma\War | 2004-02-28 | Kuma, LLC | Kuma, LLC | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events | | | | Mature | | Windows | Kuma\War is a first- and third-person shooter game that depicts real-world conflicts. The game is available as a free download, supported through advertising.Each month, new missions are made available for the game application. These missions are drawn from real-world scenarios such as battles from the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as historical events like John Kerry's Silver Star mission in Vietnam. Over 80 missions are available to download from the Kuma/War website. |
| WWI Medic | 2004-02-28 | Bay 12 Games | Bay 12 Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade | World War I | | | | | | Windows | WWI Medic is an arcade game in which the player is cast as an Allied medic in the midst of a World War I battlefield. Infantry trench warfare rages about the player, with rifle fire, grenades, machine guns, strafing biplanes, deadly mustard gas, and devastating artillery barrages.The player's goal is to bandage soldiers, schlepping them back to the relative safety of the trench if they fell on the hazardous No Man's Land between the lines. The player's counterpart medic on the German side of things is also working to save his pointy-helmeted brethren, and the more effective medic can turn the tide of the battle. The bloodiest aspect of battle is always the charge, where the trumpet sounds and all combat troops on one side surge forward en masse into the exposed kill-zone between the trenches. No Man's Land thus quickly turns into a charnel house of corpses, wounded, and craters. Bandaging wounded soldiers outside the trenches is fraught with extreme peril--any stray round, friendly or otherwise, can spell instant defeat for the player.Reinforcements are endless, but the maximum number of troops is static. A wounded soldier is only replaced upon death or his bandaged return to the friendly trench, so the goal is to outperform the German medic in healing and returning Allies, while at the same time prolonging the misery and pain of wounded Germans close to one's own trench by bandaging them and leaving them to die. This can turn the tide of the battle, leading to a (very rare!) successful Allied charge, occupying the enemy trench and moving the game on to a fresh battlefield.There is no final victory, but scoring is dependent on the number of soldiers saved, with points deducted for wounded Allies that perish. If the player is more effective than the German medic, bonus points are added. |
| The Mystery of Haunted Hollow | 2004-02-29 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The Mystery of Haunted Hollow is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. Actions can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. The protagonist is a boy called AJ who wakes in the night because a police car arrives in your street. Mrs. Derby, an elderly lady and neighbour is missing. Another neighbour suspects the cult leader Jeremiah Swift who resides in the local church. AJ tries to uncover the missing Mrs. Derby. |
| A l'école d'Hector le Castor | 2004-03-01 | Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs | Touche Etoile | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A l'école d'Hector le Castor is a quite strange educational hybrid CD-ROM developed to describe the missions of the French Agence Nationale pour la gestion des Déchets Radioctifs (ANDRA), equivalent to the US Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.Animated by a funny beaver named Hector, and since the "game" is educational, Hector wants you to first know everything about radioactivity and its applications. Hence, the first step is to go to school to learn and answer quizzes. Two others mini games are included :
make the difference between high and low-level radioactive wastes, then collect them accordingly
depending on the wastes, carefully follow the different steps to handle them, storage or decommissioning. |
| Bad Boys: Miami Takedown | 2004-03-01 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Blitz Games Ltd | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This game is based on the Will Smith & Martin Lawrence buddy cop movie sequel Bad Boys II. You can play as either character, Mike, or Marcus, from 1st or 3rd person viewpoints. Each has their own personalities and characteristics. Through 15 stages, you engage in fast-paced all-action gameplay that features multiple mission objectives. Shoot your way through Colombian drug lords, Russian mobsters, and even dirty cops. Sometimes you will need to protect your computer-controlled partner or collect some evidence. You can often duck behind a wall or around a corner, from where you will be able to pick off your targets with less chance of being hit. You will be accordingly rewarded on your successful actions and achievements on a "Bad Boy" rating system. You can follow all the laws and avoid unnecessary damage or take the opposite approach and be a Bad Boy. There's a good amount of different weapons from pistols and shotguns to automatic assault rifles and grenades. Environments are fully destructible. You can use a quick aiming and shooting Action mode, or search for clues and evidence using the Explore mode. |
| Barbie Mermaid Adventure | 2004-03-01 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Barbie Mermaid Adventure, Barbie assumes the role of a specimen of that mythical fish-human hybrid, the mermaid, and plans a party with all of her undersea friends. Unfortunately, a magical light shell in the main palace broke. In order to fix it, Barbie needs to enlist the help of 3 rainbow dolphins.Each rainbow dolphin is hiding in its own area, either in Sunken Ship Cove, Kelp Forest, or the Coral Reef. In order to find the dolphin, Barbie must find 3 musicians in the area so that she can ask them to play at her party; and she must solve 2 minigames in each area. Each area has a maze game where Barbie must collect an accessory that she will be able to wear at the party (necklace, crown, and earrings). Other minigames include a Breakout clone, a matching game, and a puzzle game in which Barbie must rock all of the baby cuddlefish to sleep while not waking others who are already sleeping.Additionally, the game includes activities to decorate the collected accessories as well as the party stage. Finally, the player gets to watch the aquatic celebration. |
| Fuck You | 2004-03-01 | Bay 12 Games | Bay 12 Games | Action, Educational | Side view | | Adult | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The scene is set, resembling nothing so much as Space Invaders: you pilot a spaceship above three strategic targets, defending them against descending enemies. The catch? Your targets are innocent infants, and the enemies, obscene words. Your spaceship shoots censoring stars, and your goal is to neutralize the words by starring out their vowels before they descend to the bottom of the screen and increase the childrens' tolerance for loose morals. Rarely is this battle for the hearts and minds of our most valuable natural resource so explicitly depicted in games, but after all... won't somebody please think of the children? |
| Garfield: Attack of the Mutant Lasagna | 2004-03-01 | System Error | System Error | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In this freeware fanmade adventure, made with the AGS engine, Garfield is forced to break away from his everlasting eat and sleep routine when mutant lasagna takes over town. One of the Big Lab's chemical containers got lost during transport and spilled radioactive material turned all the wheat into strange creatures. The quest to restore the peace will take you through Garfield's town and beyond: the Yuck TV station, a park, outskirts and woods, Jon's house and some alleys. You will meet the familiar cast as well: Jon and his grandmother, the lovely Liz, Odie, Nermal, Arlene, Guido and many new characters.The game uses 16-bit colours and stays true to the original drawing style and humour. You guide Garfield through a typical point-and-click interface where all possible actions are shown at the bottom. For convenience, they have been bound to keyboard shortcuts as well. The game stands out because of the many animations, the long gameplay time and some very original puzzles. A soundtrack, sound effects and a full saving system are included. |
| Gütertrennung | 2004-03-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This game is a fine example of how separation of property after a divorce works best: use a chainsaw! Mr. Smith does. He is the main character of the game and has found his own method of separating the properties once owned by his wife and him. He has to saw against time and the people who want to keep him from splitting the furniture and other belongings in two halves. His opponents are removal men who are in the process of removing his property, his ex-wife's divorce lawyer or his his ex-wife herself. The objective is to saw as many of Mr. Smith's property in two as you can before the time is up or other characters interfere. Mr. Smith and his chainsaw are controlled by keyboard only. |
| N | 2004-03-01 | | Metanet Software Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In N, you play as a ninja whose world is populated solely with robots. Unlike other pop culture ninjas, this ninja is equipped with no weapons, and must rely entirely on speed, flexible mobility, and the way of N.As we all know, ninjas possess an irrational thirst for gold. So while dodging laser blasts and homing missiles, N's ninja also has the opportunity to satisfy the lucre craving.N is a puzzle-platformer featuring 150 levels encapsulated in 30 episodes, with a time limit of 90 seconds per episode. Gameplay progress is saved after each episode (comprising 5 levels), but the player can indefinitely retry a level if they die.N features physics-based control in a tile-based world. Distinguishing characteristics include complex collision detection, and quirky ragdoll physics. |
| Party Bowling | 2004-03-01 | BigFizz Games Limited | BigFizz Games Limited | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Party Bowling is a sports game where the players can bowl in various environments. There are several different characters to choose from, each with slightly different abilities. The game is played similarly to many other bowling games: the player places the ball and, by moving and clicking the mouse at the right time, he sets the direction, power and spin of the shot. There are several game modes available: training, "spare practice" where the player trains knocking down various pin setups, a single exhibition match against a computer opponent, championship mode against a series of computer opponents, challenge modes where the player has to knock down several pin layouts with a limited number of tries, and - finally - "party mode", i.e. competitive multiplayer. |
| Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | 2004-03-01 | THQ Inc. | AWE Games | Action, Adventure | | Licensed | Horror | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Scooby and his friends are at the Coolsville Criminology Museum's grand opening when the Pterodactyl Ghost suddenly escapes with other monsters' costumes and yells revenge upon Scooby Doo and his gang.The game features locations and characters from the motion picture. It includes sixteen levels which can be played in order (Story mode) or as the player wants (Arcade Mode). The player needs to gather clues, set traps, use disguises and avoid some scary monsters from the past. Game levels are based on actual movie stills and artwork. |
| Scrabble Rack Attack | 2004-03-01 | Atari, Inc. | funkitron, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Word construction | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Scrabble Rack Attack is a Scrabble game, but no ordinary. The biggest difference is, that you have only seven letters to use.Before you start a game, you choose the game modus you want to play. One Rack, Rounds, or Extreme, furthermore you can choose to play with or without time limit. If you play with time limit, you have 5 minutes to make as much points as you can, before the round (or the game) ends in easy mode. In normal, you will only have 4 minutes, while in hard, you only have 3 minutes.In One Rack you play a single one-round game. While Rounds and Extreme offers multiple rounds.So, when you now start a game, the computer will generate you seven letters. And your playfield will show you all possibilities with 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, and 7-letter-words. So you can see that you can, for example, combine 21 3-letter words, 8 4-letter-words, and so on. When you now combine a word, the corresponding hidden word will reveal itself and you score the points. When you succeed in finding all words in a category (like all 3-letter-words), you receive bonus points. If you produce a wrong word, it just will be rejected, the same goes for words you already have found.If you playing with rounds, than you have a round limit you must reach, before you can proceed to the next level. But that's not all in a level. You will see how many points you have on your Scrabble Scoring Meter, and you will see the bonus flags there too. Reaching the Double Word Flag will double all your points you get now, then you can aim for the Triple Word Flag, which will triple your words. Furthermore, there is a 1-Minute-Time-Flag, which will give you an extra one minute, if you play a time based game. And finally, there are the bonus points on top of the Score Meter, to catch them, you must find all words. But hurry, the longer you need, the fewer these final bonus points will be.The third game modus, Extreme, is really extreme. Here you can't allow yourself to make errors. Errors (wrong words) in the other modes will just get rejected, but here you will loose one word. So if you produce a typo, regardless the length of your word, one of the 3-letter-hidden-words will turn into X's and you can't find that word anymore, if all 3-letter-words are found/lost, it continues with the 4-letter-words, and so on.You have two possibilities to play the game, either mouse based (clicking the letters) or keyboard based (typing the letter). Once you found a word, it will reveal itself. You can click on it, and Maven will give you it's definition (both description and grammar) and sometimes you can that way figure out more words, like the plural form to a word you found. If you are stuck, you can ask Maven for a help (help button), and he will help you, first only with the beginning letter of a word and the amount of letters in it, but, if you ask again, he will also give you all letters (unsorted) in the word. And with every new help you will get a bit more from the beginning of the word, until the whole word is revealed.
If you end the round (by going to the next level, or quitting), the game reveals all words you don't find, and you can ask Maven for it's definitions.In additional to that all, the game offers 3 different highscores, one is total-point-based, one is round-based, and one is word-point-based.The dictionary, the game uses is the North American Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 3rd Edition, and with this you may get stuck in a game, because it contains many non-regular words. |
| Stunt Hamsters | 2004-03-01 | | | Action | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In Stunt Hamsters the player takes control of a cannon that shoots hamsters. The goal is to have as many hamsters as possible reach the goal vortex of each level. The hamsters are continuously launched from the cannon at a fixed rate and the player has to spin the cannon so that the hamsters reach the goal. Missed hamsters can be relaunched from the cannon by simply clicking on them. Some of the levels have fire obstacles which will cause the hamsters to burn when hit. Burning hamsters can't enter the vortex and therefore it's necessary to use a sprinkler on them first. It's also possible to create explosions. This is done by hitting a group of hamsters that aren't on fire with one that is to create a shockwave. This allows the hamsters to reach areas which they otherwise wouldn't be able to. Explosions can also be used to move boulders blocking the path.Some levels also have spinning blades. These are needed to get the hamsters through small passages. By shooting the hamsters at blades they are cut in two and can then easily squeeze through even the smallest of passages. Before entering the vortex the hamster however has to be merged into one again by first igniting them and then sprinkling them. Some of these activities in the game might seem very harmful for the hamsters but since they are all professional stunt hamsters, none of them actually take any damage. |
| Gangland | 2004-03-02 | Whiptail Interactive | MediaMobsters Aps. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements, Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The story begins when Chico Mangano dies by a gunshot. There were witnesses who saw Chico's three brothers kill him.Their uncle phoned up their grandad and he said that he saw the trio somewhere where he lived. So the grandad sent the 5th grandson called Mario to avenge Chico's death and you are Mario the main character. Gameplay may be described as a a cross between The Sims and Grand Theft Auto. You have to build an empire and start businesses and basically you have to build up a gang. |
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - War Chest | 2004-03-02 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of:
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - BreakthroughAlso included is a bonus CD featuring:
The soundtrack from the upcoming Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault.
Three extensive on-disc strategy guides covering every mission.
Exclusive Valor in History interviews with real WWII veterans. |
| Battle for Troy | 2004-03-05 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Zono, Inc. | Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Batttle for Troy is a real-time strategy game that follows the story of the Trojan War as depicted in Homer's epic poems. The game allows the player to command either the alliance of Greek armies (led by the Spartans), or side with the Trojans. Each side has eight campaign missions and nine unit types to command. The Greek missions mainly involve offensive manoeuvres, while the Trojans are more concerned with defending the walls of their city. The primary resource in the game is gold, which can be acquired by destroying enemy units. Supernatural elements ("god spells") are present as well. |
| Doctris | 2004-03-05 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | | Puzzle | Side view | | Healthcare | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Doctris is a puzzle game similar to Dr. Mario. The goal is to help Doctor Smith get rid of malicious viruses that infected all the vials in his laboratory. Dr. Smith keeps tossing pills into the vials, and the player's goal is to move and rotate the falling pills, which behave in a manner similar to Tetris pieces. Each pill consists of two segments of one of three colors (red, blue or green.) If three, four or five segments (depending on difficulty level) of the same color are arranged in a line, they vanish. To get rid of a virus, the player must include it in a line of segments of the same color as the virus. On each level, the goal is to eliminate all of the viruses present in the vial. There are three difficulty levels, which differ in the speed with which the pills are falling, and the length of the lines that must be created. |
| FireStarter | 2004-03-05 | Hip Games | GSC Game World | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | In the year 2010 video games have evolved from consoles to virtual reality playing machines. The only problem is computer viruses still exist and can wreak havoc on your mind. This is the premise of Firestarter, a first person shooter named after the virtual reality machine. The virus infected game has trapped your consciousness and you must complete your virtual reality game within 48 virtual hours to free yourself. You can choose from six different characters to play as with some being an Agent - a female with excellent acrobatic skills, a Gunslinger - a male with good reaction and great accuracy, a Cyborg - a heavily armored player with the skill to restore his armor and a Mutant - a four armed humanoid with the ability to fire with all four arms. Each character can improve his/her skills (27 total) by gaining experience points on completion of objectives in missions. Skills range from learning - increased experience points to vampire - conversion of monster damage to player health. A unique skill is vandalism in which the player receives extra experience points for brutally killing a monster or desecrating dead bodies.Gameplay consists of 16 levels broken down into several episodes with each episode objective being different as in killing a certain amount of enemies or surviving for a limited time before the door to the next episode opens. There are 19 different types of weapons from your typical assault rifle to the mighty mortar firing 7 types of shells in which to slay the 20 different enemies from demons to symbiont's. In each episode you must (or game over) find and pick up artifacts within a certain amount of time. Artifacts range from invisibility to terminator where the monster targeted by this artifact will become the #1 enemy and all other enemies will attack it until death. Choose from single player campaign (from one level to the next) or instant game where you can select a single map to play with your character from the campaign mode. Multiplayer modes include classic deathmatch and cooperative play to hunting - several players on one map with one monster to kill, first one to kill it wins and slaughter - players fight non-aggressive re-spawning stealth mimer's to see who can kill the most.Included in the game is software to benchmark the game on your computer. |
| Freestyle Street Soccer | 2004-03-05 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Gusto Games Ltd., Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Freestyle Street Soccer known as Urban Freestyle Soccer in Europe is, as the name implies, a Freestyle soccer-game in an urban setting. The game focuses on action and fun instead of realism. You play four on four in five game modes: Turf War, Home Turf, Street Challenge Cup, Exhibition and Multiplayer. The first requires you to conquer neighborhoods in the city by winning soccer matches against rival gangs. Street Challenge Cup allows you to play an entire competition.Each player can perform a large variety of moves beyond the typical soccer game moves, such as scissor kicks, midair juggles, and bicycle kicks. Performing said moves allows you to gain skill points that can be used to unlock new game modes, teams, courts, and cheats. Next to these special moves, you can also interact with the environment. Your players can pick things up and throw them around or manually hit your opponents. |
| Ahriman's Prophecy | 2004-03-07 | Amaranth Productions | Amaranth Productions | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | You must explore a medieval fantasy world with the intent to stop a dark prophecy. To win the game, you must solve over 40 puzzles and fight monsters to gain strength and obtain important objects. The choices you make in this game determine how you will defeat the prophecy. You can do evil deeds, solve crimes, get married, buy a home, or join a guild. |
| Alien Sky | 2004-03-08 | Kraisoft Entertainment | Kraisoft Entertainment | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A modern update of Space Invaders, Alien Sky places you in control of a starfighter as you combat swarms and formations of enemies. Your control is limited to horizontal movement allowing you to dodge diving enemy ships and their arsenal. Of course you can also shoot back with a variety of weapons including laser cannons, heavy missiles, homing missiles, nuke bombs etc. Enemy behaviour is for the most part very tight and based on preset formations and movements however, some enemies have differing behaviour allowing them to build barriers to block your shots and protect units. There are also a few boss enemies which are larger in size and behave in more complex patterns. There are missions and each mission contains numerous levels of combat. The points you gain can be uploaded to a world wide list. |
| Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire | 2004-03-08 | Strategy First, Inc. | I-Deal Games Studios | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Tactical RPG | Contemporary, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire is a stand-alone expansion of Jagged Alliance 2. While Wildfire is technically no different from the original game (in story, gameplay, etc.), the game however introduces the following game mods:
Over 80% of the maps have been modified (210 out of 260), including vegetation, buildings, roads, military facilities, etc.
Modified and re-balanced items, gear and weapons bringing it closer to dangerous real-life situations.
All military facilities have increased defensive capabilities: Added mine fields, fences, snipers, watchtowers, perimeter lighting, and alarms.
New weapons: USP, Uzi, UMP, MP5A3, Mini-30, HK33, G36, MP7, MSG90, AN-94, RPK, V-94, VAL, VSS.
Changed difficulty of enemies, in both significant quantity (almost double the number) and quality (AI).
Arulco's population is now more loyal to the local government, in addition to increased support penalties for civilian deaths.
Existing weapons’ graphics and sounds have been replaced, aiming for a more realistic approach.
Militia options have been disabled.
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| Oh! Mama-goto! | 2004-03-08 | CENOTE | CENOTE | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Somewhere in Japan, escalating circumstances leads to a young man finding himself living with a pair of lustful twin sisters. As if the twins weren't enough to keep him busy, his ex-girlfriend Miyu comes back into his life wanting to patch things up, and a seductive nurse wants to give him a very close examination...Oh! Mama-goto! is a trial version of a hentai visual novel that never made it to market. It includes samples of four sex scenes starring each of the four main female characters. As a visual novel, the player is periodically tasked with making decisions that determine the outcome of the 'story', which is to say, how each sexual encounter is concluded. |
| Pirate Fry 2: The Hand of Anturus | 2004-03-08 | | Squinky Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | After getting his license for his job of pirate, Fry is given a secret mission by the new chief of his guild. He has to find the Hand of Anturus, still in the town, before the mercenaries. Indeed, your ancient boss, murdered by your new one, was apparently working with the enemy, aka the Mercernaries's guild...Pirate Fry is an independent game made with the AGS Engine and is the first game in the Pirate Fry Trilogy. It's also the sequel to Pirate Fry and Volcano Island.The gameplay is in classic point-and-click fashion. The player has to select an action and then click on the object or the person to interact. There are four actions: "walk", "look", "talk" and "use/interact". Objects can be picked up in order to combine them or to use them later. They are stored in a inventory accessible at all times. |
| Sitting Ducks | 2004-03-08 | Hip Interactive Corp. | Asobo Studio S.A.R.L., Light & Shadow Production | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Sitting Ducks is a game based on the TV cartoon of the same name. In the world of Sitting Ducks lives Bill, a friendly but misunderstood duck. Bill is imaginative, quirky and adventurous. Bill's best friend meanwhile, is a big alligator named Aldo, who has a tough exterior but is soft hearted.This mission-based game is primarily aimed at children. The player explores a large city and its surroundings, guiding Bill and Aldo through more than twenty missions, which are mainly composed of mini-games. Progressing through the game, the heroes will be able to get different modes of travel including skateboards and scooters. The game environment includes side missions and interactive areas such as a soccer field, swimming pool, skating arena, hockey rink and more. |
| A Quiet Weekend in Capri | 2004-03-09 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | S-G Software | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A Quiet Weekend in Capri is a first-person, point and click adventure. The player is a tourist visiting the famous island of Capri (Italy) for the very first time. Suddenly, something strange happens. Almost all the people disappear and those who are left seem to know the protagonist. The player should explore the island, listen to what townsmen have to tell, wander through gardens, seashores, and old Roman ruins to discover the truth.The game features 4,500 images, original island sounds, an original soundtrack, and 37 real characters. It can be played in English and Italian (with English subtitles). The CD-ROM includes also a comprehensive, virtual sightseeing tour of the pedestrian area of the island. |
| Game Over in Machinimation | 2004-03-09 | GameFly, Inc. | Fountainhead Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Matthew C. Ross, Jah Raphael, Frederick D. Whitlark | Windows | Game Over in Machinimation is a free promotional game made to promote the gaming themed animated television series Game Over. It is a first-person shooter built on the Quake III: Arena engine that features both single-player and multiplayer modes. The single-player mode consists of a single mission where the player takes control of Raquel, the main protagonist of the series. She infiltrates a facility on an hostile alien planet where she has to retrieve an ancient artifact known as the Alien Monkey. Like in any other shooter the gameplay involves killing the enemies that guard the facility while avoiding various environmental hazards such as moving pistons and fans as well as pools of goo. There are five different weapons with different characteristics. For example the gat shoots high speed plasma darts while the blaster shoots balls of explosive gasses with a large blast radius. There is also the halanzer which shoots energy disk that can bounce off walls, the grenner which shoots grenades and the hypersonic disruptor which can be used for sniping. Some weapons can have mods that give extra abilities such as the blaster which can be equipped with a jetpack.The multiplayer mode is a simple free-for-all deathmatch mode similar to Quake or Unreal Tournament. A game goes on until a player reaches a certain amount of frags or the time runs out. There are five different maps and they can be played over Internet or LAN. It is also possible to play against bots. Special features in multiplayer involve an annoying ad robot that can be shot at but gives no points and a rare alien bird which spits goo on players causing them to move slower and see less.A free version of the Machinima tool Machinimation is included with the game. |
| MVP Baseball 2004 | 2004-03-09 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Step up to the plate for the second iteration of EA Sports' MVP Baseball. You can sim, manage, or play your way through 120 years of your MLB, AAA and AA franchise. Manage and play as all three teams - develop your farm and win the World Series - even the Tigers have a chance! Two mini-modes let you play head to head with friends or the CPU to test your batting and pitching skills. You can also play in classic fields using classic players like Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson. Hundreds of uniforms to choose from and thousands of animations to bring the players to life. |
| Saturday Night Speedway | 2004-03-09 | Atari, Inc. | Ratbag Pty, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | North America | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | | | Everyone | | Windows | Saturday Night Speedway is a dirt track racing simulation where you race in Pro Stock, Midget and Late Model cars. There are thirteen real world tracks which are oval dirt tracks and six fantasy tracks. The race formats consist of Practice, Qualifying, Heats 1 & 2, B Main and A Main.The Arcade mode features Single Race where you compete in a single event in a chosen car and track, there is a Championship mode where you compete in thirteen events, and Time Trial where you race alone to try to beat your lap records. Career Mode includes car repairs, car upgrades, sponsorship earnings, race earnings and more. |
| Timothy Lande | 2004-03-09 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Timothy Lande is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory and the game can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. It is a very short game where playing as Timothy Lande you are on an island an try to get off it. |
| Varmintz Deluxe | 2004-03-10 | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Your mission in this game is to get the five Varmintz, some sort of raccoons, to the safe place inside their dens. The five Varmintz are: Binki, Shady, Rubin, Bean, and Lulu.The game offers 10 different worlds to play. Each world consists of 6 levels, one level per Varmint, and an additional bonus level. You need to complete one world in order to proceed to the next one.When you start a level, you are giving control over your Varmint, at the very southern part of the level. Your destination is the very northern part of the level, there are the five dens, where each of them must be filled with a Varmint. The level is filled with obstacles, and enemies. And since you don’t have a weapon, all you can do is to avoid all the enemies in order to get to your destination. For this, the two Power-Ups in the game will help you. These are Freeze (will freeze all enemies, but also rafts for a few seconds) and Potion (will make you invisible, so the enemies can’t catch you). The enemies include animals, people, cars, and trains, sometimes they are normal, but sometimes they are crazy, like pigs with revolvers riding on horses. Furthermore you must avoid water, since you can’t swim. But you can use tree logs and other things as a raft to cross them. If a chasm blocks your way, you can jump above clouds to do the same.On your way to the dens, your mission is to collect Golden Eggz. One is worth 1000 points, and once you have collected 50 of them, you are granted an extra life. Sometimes there are Trash Cans in a level, which are worth 10 Golden Eggz. And in rare occasions there are Golden Varmintz Heads, which are worth one extra life. In addition, there is a Clock, which will give you extra time (5 sec) in the next bonus level. Clocks are cumulative, so you can collect much time for every 6th level.When you die in a level, you can start from a Checkpoint, you don’t need to play the entire level a second time. But that does not mean, that you can’t save the game when you leave it. Just not inside the game. |
| Cricket 2004 | 2004-03-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cricket 2004 has full licenses from the Australian, English and Wales, New Zealand, South African Cricket Boards and the
International Cricket Council (ICC). The game has 56 teams with over 1,200 players, domestic and international. Create cricket legends with the full player editor. The game has a TV style to it, with full action replays, the third umpire, etc. |
| Fenimore Fillmore: The Westerner | 2004-03-12 | Crimson Cow GmbH | Revistronic | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Western | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Fenimore Fillmore: The Westerner is the remastered version of the 2003 adventure game Wanted: A Wild Western Adventure. Next to a whole host of compatibility features for modern systems and widescreen displays, the graphics were redone with high quality textures next to a large amount of tweaks such as the walking speed. |
| Krkal 2 | 2004-03-12 | Krkal Team | Krkal Team | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Krkal 2 is a puzzle action top-down game. You control one of three characters and try to find your way through a maze, which is full of various traps and obstacles.Levels are built from various elements and objects, which influence each other and you as well. You will move stones, slide on ice, avoid mines, properly set various switches, wonder through mazes and maybe rearrange signs for traffic monsters...
You will need quick fingers, as well as a sharp mind, since in later levels the game gets hard!Krkal was inspired by Robbo, Boulder Dash, Supaplex or Sokoban. It contains highly variable levels and levels editor.Krkal 2 is Windows game (Czech and English) from 2004, in 2018 re-released. It was distributed as freeware.
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| Taiko-Risshiden V | 2004-03-12 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Direct control | Turn-based | | | Windows | Taiko-Risshiden V is the 5th entry in Taikō Risshiden series.In addition to the existing 3 occupations (Samurai, Ninja and merchant) in Taikō Risshiden IV, the game introduces more occupations: sword master, pirate, doctor, tea master and blacksmith. It also improved the card collection system and the number of characters. |
| Worms 3D | 2004-03-12 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Team17 Software Limited | Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view, Top-down | | Comedy, War | Artillery | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | As depicted very well by the title of the game, the infamous quarrelsome Worms are squirming for the first time in full 3D.
The goal of the game hasn't changed a single bit from its predecessors: the objective is still to crush, annihilate and put into oblivion the worm team of the enemy using massively-wacky weapons of destruction. About all the features of its original 2D ancestors are also present, including random wind and a fully destructible landscape.Not all the weapons that were previously available have made the cut into the 3 dimensional realm, however Worms 3D comes too with a selective set of new weaponry such as the Lottery Strike or the Gas Grenade which should allow you to find a few dozen of new ways to kill your fellow worms online. |
| AfterBurn | 2004-03-13 | | | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | AfterBurn is a horizontaly scrolling space shooter. Shoot at everything that moves, collect bonus items and power ups and avoid enemy shots. The player starts with a health of 100 and 3 lives. Once the health reaches 0 the player loses a life and when all lives are gone it's game over. The game is skinnable. |
| OpenTTD | 2004-03-14 | | | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | Fangame | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport | Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | OpenTTD ("Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe") is a freeware, open-source remake of the traffic simulator from 1995. It greatly expands the original game, featuring lots of new additions and maps several times larger in size. The version available requires separate graphics and sound resource files to work. The player can use the assets from the original game or download the free custom sets created specifically for the remake.The main objective remains the same, to create and maintain a complex infrastructure of transport units and connect the industry installations of a region. The map is randomly generated at the start, where several initial parameters can be tweaked to produce unique environments. Custom maps and scenarios can also be built with the integrated editor. |
| Battlefield: Vietnam | 2004-03-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Digital Illusions Canada, Inc., Digital Illusions CE AB | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | Shooter | Asia, Cold War, Historical events | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Naval / watercraft, Tank | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Battlefield Vietnam is the sequel to Battlefield 1942, and is very similar, except that it is set in the Vietnam era. Single player and multiplayer gameplay are basically the same. In both, the player has to capture outposts, and when enough have been captured, the other team's tickets, which are essentially lives, start to fall down slowly. The more people of a team are taking an outpost at the same time, the more quickly this team will capture the outpost. There is no plot at all except that the player is a United States or Vietcong soldier in the Vietnam war. |
| Findola | 2004-03-15 | Star Mountain Studios | Star Mountain Studios | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Findola is a pair-matching game that uses not one but three tiers of tiles. Players have to click on a tile to reveal it, and remember its location in case the next clicked on isn't a match.Players can match images across the different tiers, for combo bonus points. Special features include different types of wild tiles which cause problems if not quickly captured - some can freeze the board solid, and some explode (spewing many tiles). |
| Flight of the Amazon Queen | 2004-03-15 | | Interactive Binary Illusions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Joe King is the hero of this point and click adventure. His plane is carrying actress Faye Russell when it crash lands in a remote jungle, and he must battle through 100 screens of adventure and puzzle. The game's feel is influenced by hammy B-movies, and the characters are quite stereotyped and comic. As standard in point and click adventures, a set of icons at the bottom of the screen allow you to interact with visible characters and items in the main view area. |
| El Airplane | 2004-03-16 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | IL Game | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | El Airplane is a single player, side scrolling, shareware shooter.This game is a simple keyboard controlled scrolling shooter in which the object is to score points and attain a high score. This is a humorous take on the scrolling genre. The player flies a steam powered chariot and shoots down balloons, rocket firing toilets, insects, dinosaurs and flying castles.
There are two weapons which can be upgraded by collecting power-ups. The main weapon is the basic machine gun which defaults to firing bullets but with upgrades it can fire fish, birds, boomerangs, bubbles and more. The secondary weapon defaults to torpedoes but with upgrades it can fire anvils, boots, napalm light bulbs and more.There are six episodes in the game which can be played in any order and in three difficulty levels, each level has an end of level boss which must be defeated. Once an episode has been completed the game will automatically progress to the next.
The player has three lives and health points that decrease as they take damage but which can be replenished by collecting health power-ups along the way.The game has sound effects, music, a high score table and redefinable action key. |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | 2004-03-16 | Atari, Inc. | Digital Extremes London, Epic Games, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Unreal Tournament 2004 is the third game in the popular Unreal Tournament series.This latest edition includes several new features. First and foremost is the return of Assault mode from the original Unreal Tournament. This mode pits two teams, attackers and defenders, against each other. The attackers must try to complete various objectives, and the defenders have to stop them. At the end of the round, whether time runs out or the attackers win, the roles are switched, and the defenders become the attackers. A mode new to 2004 is Onslaught. Another team-based mode, there are several Power Nodes spread throughout the map, with one base per team that houses a large Power Core. The players must go to each Power Node, link it to the enemy Core, and eventually attack the enemy Power Core itself. Rounding out the remainder of the game modes is the standard Capture the Flag, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Double Domination, Bombing Run, Last Man Standing, Invasion, and Mutant, for a total of ten different game modes. An additional official game mode is Vehicle CTF, which will only appear in the gametype browser after the user adds a VCTF map in the Maps directory, be it an official VCTF map (released after the game was published) or releases from amateur mapmakers.There are several weapons available to you, all of which come with a secondary fire. You have a shield gun, an assault rifle (which can be dual wielded if you pick up a second one after an enemy or ally dies while holding one, much like the Enforcer in the original Unreal Tournament), a shock rifle, Redeemer missile launchers (which can launch a missile guided by you), an AVRiL missile launcher, a lightning gun, a rocket launcher and a flak cannon, to name a few.2004 features, for the first time, vehicles, which are available in Onslaught, Assault and VCTF. You can hop into a tank (Goliath), a humvee (HellBender), a lightweight wheeled vehicle (called the Scorpion and relatively similar to the Warthog in Halo), a juggernaut vehicle (Leviathan) and several different hovering or flying vehicles, notably some space ships in some Assault maps such as AS-Mothership. Each vehicle has its own characteristics, some can hold multiple players and additionally some players can hitch a ride by standing on the external body of the vehicle. Some vehicles also have a personalized license plate with the name of the player driving it.There are over one hundred maps to choose from. A lot of them are remakes from the past versions of the game, and there are several new ones made for 2004. Most maps for UT2003 are compatible with UT2004. Maps can be downloaded in the future, from official sources or from amateur mapmakers.Unreal Tournament 2004 also includes a detailed single player campaign, in which you earn credits by competing in tournaments, which you then use to draft a team to compete in team-based tournaments. You work your way up qualifying ladders to the championship.2004 supports voice chat. It also includes the possibility to give a limited number of command through speech recognition. The game also supports text-to-speech, translation in-game text messages into voice messages using the computer default SAPI 4/ SAPI 5 synthesis voice. |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 (DVD Special Edition) | 2004-03-16 | Atari, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Every new release seems to come with a special edition these days. In this case, it's also a format upgrade to DVD.This metal shielded special edition contains the entire game on a single DVD, along with an additional DVD of video tutorials on scripting, weapon design, and other uses of the Unreal tools. As an extra bonus, it also includes a Logitech microphone headset for use with the game's extensive built in voice support. |
| Airborne Assault: Highway to the Reich | 2004-03-17 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Panther Games Pty Ltd | Strategy | Top-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Paul Scobell (Panther Paul), Steve French (Sos) | Real-time | | | Windows | Airborne Assault: Highway to the Reich is largely the same as its predecessor Airborne Assault: Red Devils Over Arnhem. The main difference is the addition of the whole Market Garden campaign which is covered in 34 scenarios. While the game is played in (pausable) real-time, it is still more akin to wargames: units are presented in abstract symbols which are placed on an overhead map and the game's goal is to simulate reality closely. The player is more in the role of the general strategist than the micro-manager of every detail: the general strategy is issued to subordinates (the AI) which then develops and performs the tactical details. In this context it is important to note that the game also simulates delay of commands which means a change in strategy takes it time until it reaches the soldiers. |
| Crystal Key II: The Far Realm | 2004-03-17 | Adventure Company, The | Earthlight Productions Inc., Kheops Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Crystal Key 2 is a science-fiction fantasy adventure game. It begins in the world of Evany, the earth like planet which was saved from destruction by your father when he defeated Ozgar, a Balial marauder, in The Crystal Key. Now, a generation later, you play Call, who learns that Ozgar's followers are still in existence and following an evil plot that Ozgar set in motion before his death.Played in "point-and-click fashion", explore numerous distinct atmospheric locations including:
- Evany, the Earth-like planet you saved in the first game
- Geshon, a world covered with pools and hot springs
- Balial's Prisons with cell complexes built into hollowed-out volcanoes
- An ancient Spaceport now flooded from the Old War bombings
- Merari, a tropical underwater city with luminescent glass towersDuring the course of the game, you will meet and talk with numerous non-player characters. Find clues and resolve situation-type problems and logical puzzles to stop the Balial from completing Ozgar's diabolical plan.Improvements over the first game include: "Full circle" 3D viewing, a better inventory management system, easier save and load routines and a navigation travel map. |
| Feeding Frenzy | 2004-03-17 | GameHouse, Inc. | Sprout Games, LLC | Action, Educational | Side view | | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Survival of the quickest, strongest, and biggest in the deep-seas!The player starts as a tiny fish trying to survive, but hunted, in an unknown underwater world full of killer predators.
The player must collect power-ups and bonuses, avoid eating poisoned fish, bumping into mines or getting electrocuted. The player's goal is to eat their way up the food chain, all the way up to the Shark King, and become master of the deep-seas!The game also shows a "Fun Fact" after each level, being a real life fact about sea creatures and plants, giving it the educational twist. |
| Lords of the Realm III | 2004-03-17 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Impressions Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Europe, Historical events, Medieval | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The third installment in the Lords of the Realm series is a medieval real time strategy game. You are one of the medieval kings of Europe and are trying to conquer all your rivals.In the management part of the game, the map is divided into several regions and each region in turn is divided into several parcels. One of these parcels is your castle, from which you govern the surrounding parcels. To each parcel you can assign one of your vassals, a knight, a cleric, a serf or a burgher. Each vassal will provide you with a different bonus. But this is only the part you prepare for the real battles. When one of your armies faces an enemy, you have the choice to command the armies yourself or let your knight do his job. Whatever you choose, the game time continues to advance, which makes your attention a very important commodity.The battle, be it a skirmish or a castle siege, lets you command a wide variety of troops, from horseman to siege engines, while letting you experience the battlefield in all its glory. The game uses classical real-time controls, so you will get used to commanding your armies in no time. |
| AirHockey 3D | 2004-03-18 | | | Sports | 1st-person | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | AirHockey 3D is a shareware game that lets you play the real game of air hockey on your computer.As in real life, the object of the game is to hit a puck with a stick so the puck enters the opposing player's goal. Score twelve goals and you win. The 3D graphics are well-rendered and realistic. In addition to the classic options such as the level of details or the screen resolution, the option menu lets you change the color of the sticks, the color of the puck, the mouse sensitivity and select the camera mode, static or dynamic.AirHockey 3D offers three game modes, classic, arcade and tournament, and also a multiplayer game mode, over the LAN. |
| Anemone | 2004-03-18 | PLAY-publishing.com | Multi Enterprise Soft | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Anemone is an action game in which players take on the role of a nice cat Anemone with a mission to save the computer world from a malicious virus. Traveling centimeter by centimeter of a fantasy universe, the little kitty has to face various robotic opponents and obstacles. Fortunately, Anemone is well armed with a virus vaccine that he can attack hostile creatures with. In addition, the kitten knows how to run, jump etc.The game offers seven different levels and each of them has been divided into smaller sections. In total there are twenty-two stages. The game uses colorful, cartoonish graphics and quirky sound effects. |
| Dead Man's Hand | 2004-03-18 | Atari, Inc. | Human Head Studios, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Western | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | The Mexican gunslinger El Tejon once joined the dreaded Nine gang, hoping to become rich and famous. However, as he became disillusioned with the gang's murderous ways and distanced himself from it, he turned into a liability to the criminals. The gang's leader shot him and left him for dead; barely surviving, El Tejon was imprisoned by the authorities. In the prison, he meets a member of a revolutionary movement, and becomes determined to regain his freedom and exact revenge upon those who betrayed him.Dead Man's Hand is a first-person 3D shooter set in the Wild West. The protagonist is armed with a fairly standard arsenal, which includes pistols, rifles, shotguns, TNT, bombs, etc. The game rewards the player for precise shooting and creative ways of killing enemies (e.g. by shooting a rock that drops on them): as the player practices these activities, the protagonist's "trick meter" is being gradually refilled. A full trick meter allows secondary shooting mode, unique for each weapon. Between levels the player can compete in poker to increase the protagonist's health and ammunition. |
| Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade | 2004-03-18 | TDK Mediactive, Inc. | Starbreeze Studios AB | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hack and slash | Europe, Fantasy, Medieval, Middle East | | | | Mature | | Windows | Knights of the Temple is a dynamic camera third-person hack and slash game set in medieval times.You take the role of Paul, a fresh-baked Templar knight on his first Crusade, to stop the end of the world. Fighting your way through the somber gloom of European monasteries and villages to the colourful bazaars and powerful bastions of the crusader castles under the blazing sun of the Holy Land. Even enter the realms of hell and face your worst nightmares. As the game progresses, Paul gains new sword combos and even divine powers enabling him to heal himself, conjure up a divine shield around himself and even shoot off homing fireballs that seek out his enemies. |
| Protivostojanie: Voyna v zalive | 2004-03-19 | Russobit-M | Red Ice | Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Protivostojanie: Voyna v zalive real-time strategy about conflict between Iraq and Iran in the years 1980 to 1988.
Command hundreds of different Iraqi and Iranian units such as tanks, air crafts, helicopters and much more with their special characteristics.
The game contains two campaigns (one per side) and ten additional singleplayer maps. Also included is a game editor to make your own maps and missions. |
| Counter-Strike: Condition Zero | 2004-03-21 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Ritual Entertainment, Turtle Rock Studios, Inc., Valve L.L.C. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is a reworked version of Counter-Strike with the addition of all-new multiplayer maps and high-detail player and weapon models.It includes the Tour of Duty mode, a series of Counter-Strike matches against computer-controlled opponents using the official CS bot to simulate multiplayer games offline with bots or take the bots online for added competition. There is a collection of Deleted Scenes, 18 story-driven missions that were developed by Ritual Entertainment but eventually left out with the final release of the game.The Linux and Macintosh version were never available separately. When they were released, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero could only be bought as a compilation pack containing both Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and the original Counter-Strike. However, existing players who only owned Counter-Strike: Condition Zero thus received it for the additional platforms for free, even if they did not own the original Counter-Strike or never bought the compilation pack. |
| Delta Force: Black Hawk Down - Platinum Pack | 2004-03-22 | NovaLogic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of Delta Force: Black Hawk Down and Delta Force: Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre.Also included are 2 Prima strategy guides for each of the games and a soundtrack CD. |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Dark Motives | 2004-03-23 | Ubisoft, Inc. | 369 Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Once again, become a detective and solve 5 new crime cases with the members of the Crime Scene Investigation team in CSI 2: Dark Motives. This game, like the one before it, features likenesses and voices from the cast of the television series.In this suspense-filled mystery/detective game, interrogate witnesses, search crime scenes for clues, find evidence and then analyze it with the latest forensic tools. Several difficulty levels let you customize the game to your playing style and experience. Bonuses for the player include pre-production sketches, a trivia section and "behind the scenes" footage. |
| Far Cry | 2004-03-23 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Crytek GmbH | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | You play Jack Carver, a charter-boat businessman in Micronesia, on a job to escort Valerie Cortez, an ambitious journalist, to the island of Cabatu. The next thing you know someone's blown up your boat (and with that, everything you owned in the world), kidnapped Valerie, and left you for dead. Your job now is to rescue Valerie and get back at the soldiers who destroyed everything you had.Proprietary Polybump mapping, advanced environment physics, destructible terrain, dynamic lighting, motion-captured animation, surround sound and the ability to render an entire kilometer of actual terrain in real time all showcase CryTek's new CryENGINE.Advanced A.I. means enemy soldiers make realistic decisions based on observations of the current state of the world. These highly trained mercenaries are designed to utilize environmental features, attack in groups, divide and conquer, respond to player actions, and call in reinforcements from air, land, or sea.Far Cry ships with a Sand Box Editor, allowing you to create and edit your own maps with an easy drag and drop interface. |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow | 2004-03-23 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Shanghai UBIsoft Computer Software Co., Ltd., Ubisoft Annecy SAS | Action | Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Stealth | Europe, Middle East, North America | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | In Pandora Tomorrow, you reprise your role as Sam Fisher, along with old friends Irving Lambert and Anna Grimsdottir.A terrorist has a disease which he plans to spread through the United States. He makes daily phone calls to an undisclosed location every day, delaying the release of the disease by one more day. As Fisher, you must find out who the terrorist is, where he is, who he is working for, and above all, stop him.In order to do this, you are taken all around the world, from Paris to Indonesia to the holy land Jerusalem. Sam comes equipped with his standard pistol and SC-20K. The SC has been improved, with an added scope with two levels of zoom. You have access to all the equipment from the first game, including Sticky Shockers, Diversion Cameras, Frag and Smoke Grenades.Sam has also learned some new moves. He has the ability to perform a SWAT turn, which allows him to pass from one side of an open door to the other without being spotted. He may perform a half-split jump, enabling him to lean against one side of a wall to give him boost to jump higher. He can also whistle, to attract the attention of any nearby enemies.Pandora Tomorrow also has a full fledged multiplayer game, playable on Xbox Live. The multiplayer ties in to the single player campaign, and it pits the Shadownet team (spies) against the Argus team (mercs). The game supports four players.Members of Shadownet must infiltrate various complexes to retrieve canisters of a deadly liquid, but they must watch out for cameras, motion sensors and trip lasers, all of which alert the mercs to their position. The spy cannot kill with weapons, but he can stun the mercs for several seconds in order to sneak up and kill from behind.On the other side, the mercs must make their way to each canister, guarding it from the Shadownet team. Whenever an alarm is tripped, the merc is instantly alerted to where the spy is. To help fight the Shadownets, the mercs have a built-in motion sensor view, which picks up any moving objects, as well as an electromagnetic view, which picks up on spy gadgets. The mercs come equipped with a rifle, and must defend the viral canisters at all costs.Multiplayer comes with a good variety of maps, ranging from a warehouse and a factory to a cinema and three towering skyscrapers. More maps will be available in the future via Xbox Live. |
| kill.switch | 2004-03-23 | Hip Interactive Corp. | Namco Hometek Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | An innovative third person shooter that makes heavy use of a 'cover system'. This allows the player to 'attach' to objects so that they can fire at the enemy from a safe position. Basically you are some sort of enhanced soldier with no memory of who or where you came from. The story unfolds over the course of fifteen missions, spanning 5 levels, and through FMV cinematics. At first you'll cause all sorts of mayhem in various global hotspots, but as the past is made clear, the real enemy and their ultimate objective will be revealed. |
| Flyonoid | 2004-03-24 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Dream Dale | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Flyonoid is a 2D platform game where hordes of alien scum attacked the little green planet. These monstrous creatures harassed three grasshoppers, stolen spots from the lady bug’s wings, but most importantly, they kidnapped all flies from planet Earth. All the flies are hidden on five different planets. Now the player has to find the flies and free them. There are objects during the game that help the player in his mission such as different weapons, the ability to fly, invisibility, and extra lives. Besides the monsters the character should also be careful from rocks, falling in water or from volcanoes. The game contains 20 levels that divided into five different worlds and each world contains 4 levels. |
| Nemesis of the Roman Empire | 2004-03-24 | Enlight Interactive Inc. | Haemimont Games AD | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | The sequel to Celtic Kings: Rage of War (2002), Nemesis of the Roman Empire is another real-time strategy game set in the ancient Mediterranean world. This time there are four playable factions: the Romans, the Gauls, the Iberians, and (of course) the Carthaginians - Carthage being the Roman "nemesis" alluded to in the title. The focus here is on tactics, not economics; there is no base building, and the only structures (villages, forts, etc.) found in the game are pre-constructed. Control of structures is strategically important, since they are necessary for collecting required resources (food, gold, etc.). Hero units can be recruited to command your armies in formation.Two "adventure" campaigns are included. The Carthaginian campaign recreates Hannibal's march across the Alps into Italy; the Roman campaign depicts the opposite side of the Punic Wars. There is also a skirmish mode with random map generator for contests against up to seven computer or human opponents, and a scenario editor for creating your own adventures. |
| Campaigns on the Danube 1805 & 1809 | 2004-03-25 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Adanac Command Systems | Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Campaigns on the Danube 1805 & 1809 is a macro-management wargame set during the Napoleonic Wars. The seven scenarios deal with the two conflicts mentioned in the game's title and cover Central Europe between Ulm and Olmutz.The player, either on the French or Austrian side, does take the role of the commander. This means the focus is not on battle tactics but on overall strategy and logistics: there is no direct control over troop movement; the player can only issue general orders like moving towards a town via messenger. They require time to reach their target, may be attacked on the way and because of the fog of war mechanics, the player might not even be aware if they made it at all. Like most games of its kind, the play time is mostly spent on an overhead map of the area where troops and represented by abstract icons. The map is framed by utility icons which are used to enter sub-menus. |
| Europa Universalis II: Asia Chapters | 2004-03-25 | MediaQuest | Paradox Entertainment AB, Typhoon Games Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Europa Universalis II: Asia Chapters feature everything the original Europa Universalis II has.
In addition it has an expanded content, 6 new Asian campaigns and new events focused on the grand Asian campaigns as well as map changes have been done to it.New historic opinions and views are available, that have global implications but are not commonly accepted views of Asian history outside of the continent, for instance, the Treasure Fleet campaign takes the view that China has already explored much of the world.The 6 new campaigns are ‘The Treasure Fleet’, ‘Imjin Waeren’, ‘Cultural Metamorphosis’, ‘Rebellion and Civil War’, the ‘Sengoku Period’ and 'The Grand Asian Campaign' |
| Nancy Drew: Double Dare | 2004-03-25 | Atari, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure, Compilation | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation groups two of the Nancy Drew adventure games together in one package:Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Scarlet HandNancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake |
| Sacred | 2004-03-25 | Encore, Inc. | Studio II Software GmbH | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | | Action RPG, Hack and slash | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Sacred is an action role-playing game set in the fantasy world of Ancaria. You can choose from six different characters - Dark Elf, Battle Mage, Gladiator, Forest Elf (a female archer), Vampire Lady and Seraphim (a descendant of arch angels). Your mission is to save Ancaria from evil which comes in form of Shaddar, a Necromancer who spent his days creating monsters to roam the plane.Each character starts out in a different location, but all of them are quite near to each other. Besides the main quests, which are divided into four so-called "acts", you'll get to solve more than 500 different subquests, of which some are randomly assigned. While the main quest doesn't get you anything but to continue in the storyline, the subquests award you experience, gold and sometimes items.The character system is different from other games of this type, since your character can not "learn" the spells or skills he (or you) wants to use, but needs to find "runes". These runes can be read, which gives the character +1 to a certain skill. Besides this, with each level up, you can assign stat points - strength, dexterity, mental regeneration for spells, physical regeneration for life replenish and so on. The character level is not limited, it's possible to gain levels way over 100 but this of course takes time. Also, the skills are not limited; if you want, you can read 200 runes with one skill and thus have level 200 on one skill, but this has a severe disadvantage: the skills get more powerful, but they take more time to regenerate at higher levels (which can lead to extremely powerful attacks which can be performed once in four minutes, rendering them unusable).There are large towns and small villages in the game, all with different inhabitants, different vendors and, naturally, many quests to solve. Travelling through the world can take hours, that's why the game offers horses to ride on, which make the player character move much faster, but can be killed by monsters as well.The game features single player and network, open and closed internet play on four difficulty levels with up to 16 players at once. Player-killing is not possible in normal games, but it's possible to open special Player-vs-Player games where no quests are active, but players may be killed. Hardcore play is also possible - which means that once you're dead, the character stays dead forever (normally, you just respawn in town, the character loses neither experience nor gold).Releases labeled as Sacred Plus automatically include the free patch which includes an improved multiplayer experience, smoother interface, some balancing of items and quests; as well as two new regions, many new quests, five new opponents, and lots of new items, weapons and armour. |
| Strashilki: Shestoe Chuvstvo | 2004-03-25 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Svyatoslav Kondaurov (Святослав Кондауров) | | | | Windows | In this point-and-click adventure game, the player controls the character, a little girl called Shiza, by clicking on the screen, examining the environment, using different items found in the game and combining/taking pieces inside the inventory screen. The game features an auto-map which allows quick travel around the current area of the game's world.The heroine's dog (Kutyavka) suddenly vanishes right after a suspicious person in a black coat tries talking to the girl. Shiza bravely sets on taking her dog back from whoever might have stolen her. The girl's spade is hard and her wit is sharp... so violence is not her primary way to solve the problems.The game is set in your typical Russian city and near it, featuring such environments as the courtyard and streets in Shiza's town, a police station, institute's dormitory, graveyard, a hut in forest etc. To find out where her dog is kept, Shiza finally finds the components for the ritual and breaks into the mind of the game's villain. So the last part of the game is set in a rather surrealistic world of the abductor's consciousness.The game is unrelated to the Petka series which the company was developing at the same time, but still features familiar interface, gameplay and visual style. |
| Pro Rugby Manager | 2004-03-26 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Cyanide S.A. | Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Pro Rugby Manager is one of the first rugby management games.
Choose from over 100 club teams, and 50 international teams.
Select your starting 15, change tactics and watch the game in 3D, and take part in 10 national competitions, including the Six Nations & the Rugby World Cup. You can also play in
real-time over the Internet using Gamespy. Or you setup your
very own league for up to 100 players on a LAN. |
| Symphonic Rain | 2004-03-26 | Kogado Studio, Inc. | Kogado Studio, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Music / rhythm, Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | Windows | Piova is a small town where it never stops raining. It is also home to a prestigious music school, the Scuola Comunale di Musica. Chris Vertin is a seventeen-year-old musician who plays the Fortelle, a piano-like instrument. He has left his home town and his old sweetheart to pursue his musical studies, and shares his room with a tiny music fairy only he can see and hear. The final examination is ahead, and Chris must find a vocalist to perform with him. The search leads to emotional complication the young man was not prepared for.Symphonic Rain is a visual novel with rhythm game portions. Most of the game consists of still screens accompanied by text, the player's input being reduced to choosing one of the few available locations within the school building to venture to, and occasional decision-making that branch the storyline. The rhythm game segments are dictated by the plot; the player has to press the corresponding letter on the keyboard at the right moments to match the musical rhythm of the song. The player's performance is evaluated, and the story proceeds towards different endings depending on it. The rhythm game is also accessible as a separate mode from the main menu. |
| Pyjamarama | 2004-03-28 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This freeware remake of Pyjamarama replaces the monochromatic graphics and sparse sounds of the 8-bit original with new enhanced assets. As before, the player controls Wally Week, a man lost in his own nightmare where the rooms of his house are filled with strange creatures roaming on a surreal scenery with gigantic furniture. He must explore the place to find the alarm clock, and activate it to wake up from the dream and go to work.A glass of milk at the top of the screen is the energy meter, slowly draining with time and every hit received by the main character. Wally collects any useful object after bumping into it, and these inventory items have to be used on specific places to perform an action or solve a puzzle. The game language can be set to English, Spanish, Hungarian or French. |
| Midnight Nowhere | 2004-03-29 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Mature | Cinematic camera | Windows | In Midnight Nowhere, you play a man suffering from amnesia who wakes up in the morgue. Half-naked, dead bodies and blood are everywhere. Something is very wrong, but he hasn't a clue what happened, where he is or even who he is. The city of Black Lake, Russia, is in a state of panic because no one has any idea who or what is behind the horrific slaughters - now numbering in the hundreds. Is it a serial killer? ... or is it something even more evil?You play this point-and-click, mouse-driven game in 3rd-person perspective. Features include animated characters, a mix of 2D and 3D graphical backgrounds and a mood-enhancing soundtrack. To advance the story, find and use inventory objects, read different types of documents, solve various types of puzzles, and talk to numerous characters.Falling solidly under the Horror category, the subject matter is not for the faint of heart. The strong language and adult sexual themes are in keeping with today's "R-rated" films. |
| Syberia II | 2004-03-29 | XS Games, LLC | Microïds Canada Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | Point and select | | Teen | Cinematic camera | Windows | You find Kate Walker continuing her journey exactly where the first game, Syberia, ended. Rather than return to her life as a New York attorney, Kate chooses to journey with Hans Voralberg to the frozen northlands of Syberia aboard his futuristic train.Kate, Hans and Oscar, the humorous automaton, will travel through four locations on their way to the mythical Syberia, where Hans believes the ancient mammoth race still exists. As the three make their way through the harsh, but beautiful, wintery landscapes, many obstacles will get in their way. The player has to talk to people Kate meets and solve situation-, inventory-based and mechanical puzzles. The single-cursor interface and the visual style (3D character models and pre-rendered backgrounds) are very similar to the original game. |
| The Egyptian Prophecy | 2004-03-29 | Adventure Company, The | Kheops Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Egypt (Ancient) | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | Pharaoh Ramses II is dying. Amon-Re, god of the Sun, will extend his life if Ramses erects a magnificent obelisk in his honor. But the construction on the project is delayed due to accidents and the unexplained illness of the overseer. If the setting of the obelisk is not done in time, Ramses will die!The desperate Pharaoh turns to Maya, an Egyptian priestess and magician, who possesses the ability to transcend to another plane - the world of the ancient gods of Egypt. It is Ramses' hope that Maya can uncover the mystery behind the problems and ultimately save his life. In her quest to help her king, you play Maya in this mouse-driven, point & click adventure game.Maya will encounter many problems and puzzles in both the earth realm and in the realm of the gods. Invoking magic and the powers of mystic objects, she periodically leaves her earthly body and enters a dreamlike state. In those visions, Maya will travel to many beautiful locations, meet the Egyptian gods and ask for their intervention. The gods will test her worthiness by asking her to perform tasks and deeds - rewarding her with information or an actual event. The results of Maya's actions in her visions will effect what happens back on the earth plane of Egypt.While playing The Egyptian Prophecy, experience a story full of authentic Egyptian mythology. Meet and talk with 15 non-player characters, explore six varied locations, and learn to perform ancient ritualistic magic by consulting the in-game encyclopedia. |
| Arena Runner | 2004-03-30 | Apocalyptic Coders | Apocalyptic Coders | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In Arena Runner, you are controlling a craft, which must collect all spheres inside a level. Once that is done, you proceed to the next level.Each level consists of squares. And you can only move horizontal or vertical from one square to another. Some squares have spheres, some have obstacles, and others have special ground, like ice (where you can't change course).To make that not so easy, all four walls have a movable turret there, which fires at you. The weapons from the turrets are flying over the walls in the level, so you can't hide somewhere. You must dodge the missiles every time. Furthermore, your craft has no weapons for defending.The game offers 25 different levels and in additions, it offers an online-highscore. |
| AstroPop Deluxe | 2004-03-30 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | AstroPop is an arcade puzzle game with similar gameplay to Magical Drop. The objective is to guide a space ship that stacks and shoots bricks. As the amount of bricks on top of the screen increases, you need to pop a target number of bricks with matching colours before the rows reach the bottom of the screen. By linking four bricks or more, you create chain reactions. To spice up the gameplay, there are special power-ups such as radial bombs, freeze bombs, column nukes and difficult obstacles such as toxic, steel and stone bricks.Each of the four playable characters has a supa weapon that destroys all bricks on the screen. It can only be used after charging it. There are two playing modes: Classic with weapon upgrades and 32 levels per character and Survival in which you need to stay alive as long as possible. |
| Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps | 2004-03-31 | Encore, Inc. | Digital Reality Software Kft | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | War | | Historical events, World War II | Tank | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps is a real time strategy game, set during the North Africa Campaign of World War II. The player can take either the side of the Axis, led by Rommel, or of the Allies, led by Montgomery.The game features distinctive story lines for both sides, experience-gathering abilities for the units, and bonus points that can be exchanged for special units. |
| A Case of the Crabs! | 2004-04-01 | Pinhead Games | Pinhead Games | Adventure | | | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A salesman enters the office of private detective Nick Bounty and is stabbed to death right in the beginning of the story. The killer escapes without being seen and it's on Nick to start investigating. The only clue is, that the man was obviously selling crabs...A Case of the Crabs! is a humorous freeware adventure with black-and-white graphics and film noir atmosphere. Players control Nick Bounty via six verbs, which are placed at the bottom of the screen and allow commands such as "look", "talk" or "use". Most puzzles are of the traditional, object-based kind. The game features a soundtrack and voice actors.
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| AirStrike 2 | 2004-04-01 | DivoGames Ltd. | DivoGames Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Following the previous AirStrike game, the N.I.T.O. terrorists' main plan was defeated. However their terrorism remains a threat and when a spy satellite is shot down by a suspected N.I.T.O. base, pilot Zero-Two is called back into action. With brand new helicopters and weapons, Zero-Two is ready to begin a new Air Strike and fight his way through the enemy forces.AirStrike 2 shares the same gameplay as its predecessor, being a vertically scrolling shooter that can be played at a 3-D angle or the more traditional 2-D top-view mode. The player chooses his mission and from among 6 different helicopters, whose speed and armor vary. Each mission begins by a briefing from HQ. Once in flight, the action begins, where the player can fire forward in front of them at enemy opponents and installations. Different power-ups can be found which change the primary weapon or missile type being used as well as special weapons. There are 18 levels to complete, over 100 enemy units to destroy including 3 bosses, 5 types of hostile terrain and a whole lot of power-ups and bonuses.
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| All-Terrain Challenge | 2004-04-01 | DaimlerChrysler Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A promotional compilation of a variety of Jeep related games. Several songs by popular musicians are also available on the CD, as well as numerous Jeep web links.Games included on this compilation CD are: Jeep 4x4 Adventure, BMX Pro, Snowboard Mountain, Jeep Trail of Life, and Road Ready Teens - Streetwise. |
| Crazy Chicken: Kart 2 | 2004-04-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Part 2 of the Moorhuhn Kart series is graphically improved and 100% in 3D using the renderware technology.
The player can now choose from 7 different drivers of the Moorhuhn-Family, being Moorhuhn itself, Lesshuhn, Moorfrosch, Snowman, Pumpkinhead plus the new characters Hank the mole and Kröt the turtle (both are known from the Moorhuhn shooter series).
The game also features 8 new tracks, 4 racing modes, a 2-player mode and 8 weapons and extras. The tracks are set in settings known from Moorhuhn X and the Winter edition or ancient Egypt or beautiful island scenery, to name a few.
Two mentionable game modes are the so called "Time Trial" (a race against a phantom) and a "Championship-Race".
The gameplay resembles that of the previous titles, except with improved graphics. |
| Dracula: Resurrection & Dracula: The Last Sanctuary | 2004-04-01 | Adventure Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This is a 2-for-1 that includes:
Dracula: The Resurrection
Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
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| Liberal Crime Squad | 2004-04-01 | Bay 12 Games | Bay 12 Games | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | Spy / espionage | Stealth | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | In this satire of American political strife, the player is cast as a revolutionary liberal operating out of one city, seeking to reform a conservative United States through violence, abduction, brainwashing, sex, firepower and crime, with a few less effective options for peaceful political advocacy thrown in the mix.The heart of the game is traveling to sites, recruiting/seducing followers, committing crimes and general mayhem, planting sleepers in the conservative machine, and surviving deadly sieges from reactionary police, CIA agents, corporate mercenaries, the military, and the Conservative Crime Squad which forms to stop you. Your characters gain skills with use, capped by their original stats. Increasing one's original stats can only be accomplished by getting more "juice" points, the LCS version of experience, which is mostly acquired by violence and criminal behavior.All of this is decidedly tongue-in-cheek, and neither of the warring ideologies receives any quarter from the game's biting satire. Thus both liberals and conservatives can enjoy the game, despite the former being the protagonists, as no position on the political compass is safe from the radicalizing bludgeon-like absurdity that prevails throughout.The player's over-the-top actions can influence public opinion and elections, cause violent police/military crackdowns, result in dramatic trials, prison escapes, etc., generating an almost limitless cavalcade of dramatic events. Policy changes regularly via Congressional votes, public referenda and Supreme Court decisions, and these changes influence the game world directly in terms of what is legal and what is popular.The ultimate goal is to turn the country "Elite Liberal," which requires policy shift on an extremely broad range of issues and extensive liberal domination of government. This naturally requires the Supreme Court, a body which can take many in-game years to turn fully liberal due to its potentially life-long terms of service.The core game was brought to its final state via Bay 12 Games' development, but it has been altered well past this version through the release of its source to fans. The fan additions are officially sanctioned and can be found on the Bay 12 Games Forums, Jonathan S. Fox being the current guiding force behind them. |
| Pteroglider | 2004-04-01 | Codeminion S.C. | Codeminion S.C. | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Pteroglider is a fast and hectic vertically-scrolling space shooter. The player controls a small craft through the keyboard and uses the mouse to aim and shoot. The left mouse button fires bullets and the right mouse button is used to launch a limited amount of rockets. Set in a futuristic space environment, the game consists of four different levels, with sub and main bosses next to regular waves of enemies. Players can move their ship over the entire screen. The bottom of the screen shows the amount of rockets left, a life and gun energy bar, and the life and gun regeneration level. Destroyed ships leave behind bonuses such as stars (extra points), full life or energy, energy boost, life or energy upgrade, a bomb that clears the entire screen, bingo bonuses, extra lives, extra rockets, a rocket boost or gun upgrades to increase the amount of bullets fired.After completing the four levels, they are repeated with increased difficulty introducing more and faster enemies. Scores are stored in profiles and can be uploaded online for comparison. |
| Ricochet: Lost Worlds | 2004-04-01 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This game is the successor to Ricochet Xtreme. It's a Breakout variant, so you have your little ship (the paddle) at the bottom of the playfield, which initially shoots a ball, and then reflect it back into the playfield. Your mission is to destroy all bricks in the game. Once all are removed, you proceed to the next level.Unique (at least I didn't saw it elsewhere) about the bricks is, that there are not only fixed and straight moving bricks, but there is also "vibration" in some levels. In example in the Underwater World, bricks will swing in complex patterns, both up/down or left/right, some of them even "fly" more chaotic.The game offers 4 different main worlds (like Underwater, Volcano, or an Alien world) with 4 sub-worlds each. Each of the sub-worlds have 10 levels, so you can play 160 different levels. There are 4 different difficulty settings available.On your journey through the game, you encounter lots of usual Power-Ups, like Small/Big Ball, Slow/Fast Ball, Catcher (to prevent loosing the ball), Multiball, 8-Ball, Laser equipped paddle, the all destroying ball (here it's the corrosive ball). But there also Power-Ups to create new balls (not through multiplying), Power-Ups that change the type of other bricks. Or how about a laser firing ball? But there are much more things in the game. |
| Scrabble Blast! | 2004-04-01 | Atari, Inc. | funkitron, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | Scrabble Blast! is a Scrabble game, but no ordinary. Instead of filling an empty play-field with words, you have already an filled play-field at the beginning.The game offers three game modes: One Bag, Puzzle, and Action.When you start a game, regardless of the game mode, you will be presented an seven by seven letters big play-field, which is completely filled with random letters. Now it's your task to combine those letters to form words with a minimal length of three, but you can combine words with up to 15 letters, if you good enough. Unlike a normal Scrabble game, you do not need to arrange them horizontal (from left to right) or vertical (from up to down), instead you can use all directions, even diagonal or from down to up. And furthermore, you can even combine the directions, means for example: going left, then up, then diagonal down left, etc. Once you scored a word, it will vanish, and the letters above them fill fall down to fill the gap. The empty places now on top of the play-field will also be re-filled.In One Bag you will only have 100 letters, so you have your 49 letters in your 7x7 play-field, and 51 in reserve. Until the reserve is drained, it works like explained above. Once you do not have a reserve left, the letters on top of the play-field won't refill, so there is now an empty unusable space their. When one vertical row is completely vanished, the play-field will shrunk from right to left to remove the gap.
So, your mission is to make as much points as possible before you run out of letters and you have to give up.In Puzzle you play with an unlimited amount of letters, which will refill forever. Your mission is to find 10 words, regardless of the length. But, of course, the longer the word, the bigger the score. Once you done this, you proceed to the next level. For every level you need 10 words. But to make this game mode challenging, there are the so-called Number Bombs in their. If there is a bomb in the play-field, it will advance one row down to the bottom with every word you found. If it reaches the bottom, it will stay there until you found another word, then it will explode and destroy your play-field, and you loose. But you can prevent that, since you can destroy the bombs. You only need to form a word, were the letter inside the bomb will be uses, and the word length is equal or bigger than the number of the Number Bomb. So, for destroying a 6-Bomb, you will need to form at least a seven-letter-word with the bomb inside. Bombs range from 3- to 7-Bombs, and sometimes there are multiple bombs in the play-field. Or, if you have luck, there a no bombs their, but eventually, a bomb will appear.The Action game-mode is the same as Puzzle, but with one significant difference. The bombs don't fall in rounds, they fall in real-time. They will fall one row about every 7 seconds (at the beginning, but increasing speed in later levels), so you must think fast. The good news inside this game mode is, that the bombs have no length, means they can be detonated with every word.To make all three game modes more challenging, the game offers bonus fields, where you either can multiply the specific letter on top of the multiplier-field, or the entire word. You can even combine these multipliers for very big scores. In addition, the longer your word, the more bonus points you get.This Scrabble variant even support the letter exchange, but, of course, it works different. With this you will replace the entire play-field. Since this has a major impact, you can only do this once per level, and one time only in One Bag-mode.And in additional to this, Maven (the Scrabble AI) will help you, when you get stuck, by telling you hints for a word, and when you ask him more and more, he will give you more hints for the specific word, eventually he will reveal it completely. But that's not all what Maven do in this game, he also explains every word (with description and grammar) you found, if you ask him.Furthermore, the game offers multiple high scores, for every game-mode one (for all players totally), but also for every individual player one for every game-mode. |
| Sven Clåssics | 2004-04-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation unites the first two titles of the Sven Bømwøllen series: Sven Bømwøllen and Sven Zwø. The player takes control of the little black ram Sven whose only objective in life is to please all the sheep in his flock. Within 90 seconds he has to make as many sheep burst with joy as he can. If he can accomplish this in the set time limit, he reaches the next level. The sheep have weather symbols above their heads to indicate whether they are in a good or bad mood. Moody sheep take longer to burst than good humored ones.Sven tries to accomplish his dream in various colorful settings and must always be aware of the shepherd Lars and his dog who want to keep him from pleasing the sheep. If he cannot get away in time and they catch him, he loses a screen life. |
| Thunderbolt II | 2004-04-01 | Akella | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | In this game you can control a Thunderbolt bomber, Lockheed SR-71 or an F-16 fighter. Every plane has different weapon lay outs, so the player has to change planes for different missions.There are 18 missions available, and you can select either mission whenever you want. There are stealth missions (taking secret photographs), bombing missions (destroy industrial area), protection missions (defend cities/allied armies), elimination missions (tanks, trains, enemy fighters) and all of this takes place on land (a nameless Middle East country), sea or air. |
| War Times | 2004-04-01 | Strategy First, Inc. | Legend Studios SL | Strategy | | | | | World War II | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | War Times European Frontline is a 3d Real Time Strategy game (RTS) with resources which takes place in World War II. You can control 4 different nations: Germany, Great Britain, United States and Soviet Union across 32 missions in 2 different campaigns: Axis and Allies. |
| Web of Power | 2004-04-01 | Dartmoor Softworks GmbH & Co. KG | Dartmoor Softworks GmbH & Co. KG | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | In this board game adaption, the player steps into the leader of an religious order in medieval times, expanding his influence by building cloisters and sending councils throughout Europe. This adaption does also include the extension set "The Vatican". |
| Aquanoid 2 | 2004-04-02 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Aquanoid 2 is the successor of Aquanoid Gold. As the name implies, the game is located in an underwater world with aquatic creatures and vegetation.The task is to destroy bricks at the playing field by hitting them with a ball. The ball is played with a racket the player uses. Balls and rackets have different features and the bricks carry some extras inside like extra lives. The player starts the game with a simple ball and a bat and gets more and more features with every finished level. Some tiles carry unpleasant extras which can hinder the gameplay if the player is not wary.There are more than 300 levels in three degrees of difficulty. The game has a multiplayer-mode and every level can be saved with a password. To create your own levels a level editor is available. The player can choose between an English and a German version. |
| Ballance | 2004-04-02 | Atari, Inc. | Cyparade | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Bringing Marble Madness to a whole new level, Ballance increases gameplay with many new items not seen in that earlier game.Ballance is a marble/ball game up infinitely high where a fall would never end. You must navigate 12 levels filled with many puzzles you will need to figure out in order to complete the level. This must all be done before your time runs out. Thankfully, there are spots to increase your time throughout the levels.As you progress through the levels, you will have the ability to change your ball between 3 different materials (wood, stone, and paper); all with different properties. For example, the stone ball is slower to get moving and harder to stop. It also will not get up the steeper ramps. But it is needed to move various things out of the way.Maneuver the ball without letting it fall from the platforms and ramps. It may seem fairly easy at first, but as you progress through the levels, the difficulty increases. Can you get your highscore on the official website as a top 10 highscore for each level? |
| Colin McRae Rally 04 | 2004-04-02 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Colin McRae is no longer with Ford and Nicky Grist is no longer Colin’s co-driver. Things have moved on in the rally-driving world, as they have with this, the fourth title in the series. This time the player is in the vehicle of their choice.While the game features improved graphics over the older titles in the series the biggest improvement is the handling in the game, which is now based on real-world physics. Where the previous titles' handling of the cars made use of one pivot point, the new physics engine has four pivot points, each wheel interacting independently of the others. There are four championships modes: 2WD, 4WD, Group B and Expert. 2WD is for beginners. 4WD is the next step up, offering an intermediate challenge. Group B features cars from the '80s that were banned in 1986, as they were unrestricted and capable of extreme acceleration. And finally, Expert is for those that finish 4WD in advanced mode, upon which they are presented with Expert mode where one drives with cockpit view only, and with the highest damage setting. There are 8 national rallies in which to race, including USA, Australia, UK, Finland, Japan and Greece. There are also over 20 cars to unlock, including the Team Ford Transit van. |
| Snoopy | 2004-04-02 | Blueskied | Blueskied | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Snoopy is a unofficial remake of the classic Snoopy title for the Commodore 64. The game is fairly simple, the player can control Snoopy left and right as well as jump. The objective is helping Snoopy the dog get back to his doghouse, who will find multiple obstacles on his way. |
| TUMIKI Fighters | 2004-04-03 | | ABA Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | TUMIKI Fighters is a freeware side-scrolling shooter where the player controls a toy-plane, attempting to destroy enemy toy ships as they advance from the right side of the screen. There are different levels and each level ends with a boss ship.The ship itself is very vulnerable and only has one main weapon, but by destroying enemies ships their parts can be salvaged before they drop down the screen, and are added to the player's ship. These new parts act as shields against incoming bullets and attack the enemy with the weapon they initially used against the player's ship. The effect is cumulative, so a small ship can quickly become a huge gathering of lego-like boxes. The enemy tends to adapt to the ship's power, firing more bullets if the ships become large. There is no collision detection with the enemy ships, only with their bullets. Next to a key to shoot, there is another one to pull in the acquired parts. This is used when a large numbers of bullets is fired and the player wants to avoid them without damaging the parts.The 3D graphics are in pastel colours, with large, minimalistic shapes. It later became the inspiration of the Wii game Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy where the original game can also be unlocked. |
| Blast Zone | 2004-04-04 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Blast Zone is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse. The alien D-Tox a citizen of the intergalactic Circus and is sentenced to death by the circus master because he likes humans. The death should be initiated by a machine called The Blast Zone. The player has to save D-Tox from death and escape from the evil clowns. |
| Beyond the Law: The Third Wave | 2004-04-05 | Magnum Games | MTG Modern Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Beyond the Law: The Third Wave is a squad-based, strategy shooter in which the player commands a covert team of specialists to stop a renegade criminal element intent on destroying the United States of America. In this world corruption is rampant, the police have been bought, and terror reigns - an elite force with authority beyond the law becomes the last line of defense. This mob must be stopped before the US capital is destroyed in a nuclear attack. |
| Flak Warrior | 2004-04-05 | Enjoy Entertainment | ID Softworks | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Flak Warrior is simple arcade shooter. The player takes care of a flak cannon and kills every plane which crosses his sight. The flak is controlled by the mouse and can be rotated through 360°. It is not a wise idea to shoot constantly because then the flak overheats and needs a cool-down time. During that time planes can pass unopposed - and after a few planes the player loses the game.
There are five missions including an unlockable one. |
| Forever Worlds: Enter the Unknown | 2004-04-05 | Adventure Company, The | Hexagon Entertainment LLC | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Forever Worlds tells the tale of ancient magic, myth and inter-dimensional time travel.Deep in the rain forests of the Amazon, scientist Doc Maitland discovers a powerful tree - something he has spent his lifetime seeking. When the Doc vanishes, his daughter Nancy and Dr. Jack Lanser, an archaeological detective, travel into the lush jungles to find him.There are strange magical forces at work in the rain forests and Jack is captured by a mysterious spell. He is zapped to a series of non-parallel dimensions where nothing is as it seems. Jack must find a way out of the puzzling universe - or he and Doc Maitland will be lost endlessly in ... the Forever Worlds.Explore strange and exotic locations and meet new races and creatures. Find and use unique objects to solve puzzles and problems amidst a graphically rich environment. |
| Starship Conquer | 2004-04-05 | Enjoy Entertainment | Game Development M. Molkenthin | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Starship Conquer is an arcade shooter set in space. The story is reminiscent of the classic game premises: Killing the evil aliens who want to conquer the world. The player uses a space ship to solve the four missions in which he has to solve three quest types: Destroying mines while avoiding being crushed by asteroids, dogfights with two kinds of hostile ships with different AI settings and destroying flagships by infiltrating them through tubes. When picking up power-ups the player improves the power of his ship and weapon. The main goal of each mission is to reach a certain score. The player never leaves his ship and there are no real physics involved. |
| Call of Duty: Game of the Year Edition | 2004-04-06 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Call of Duty (Game of the Year Edition) contains Infinity Ward's WWII first-person action game in addition to post-release product updates, including a new multiplayer mode and maps, EAX 3 sound support, mapmaking toolkit and multiplayer gameplay enhancements. |
| Yu-Gi-Oh!: Power of Chaos - Kaiba the Revenge | 2004-04-06 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Strategy | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This standalone expansion to Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Yugi the Destiny brings you over 300 new cards and allows you to battle Kaiba instead of Yugi.The gameplay is the same as in the first game. However, Kaiba is much smarter in his strategies and moves and will give a much greater challenge to you. The new cards also add a very different feel to the game. With upgrade spells, it is very possible to put a monster's attack over 10000 in this game!The expansion automatically imports your deck from the first game if you have one. If not, you can still play with the starter deck that is given to you. Set up your deck with 40-80 cards and prepare yourself for battle.As in Yugi the Destiny, this game has a tutorial to help you get started if you are new to the game. Battles are also the same in that you can play a single battle, or a match battle where you play best 2 out of 3. In the match battle, you have access to your side deck to make changes in your deck between rounds. If you manage to win a match battle, you win 3 cards instead of the 1 card you win in single battle mode. This can allow you to win 3 cards in only two battles if you're good (lucky). |
| Bounce Out Blitz | 2004-04-07 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bounce Out Blitz is a straightforward tile matching game with three modes, where the player has to make matches of three or more rubber balls of the same type. When lined up, the matching balls fall bouncing from the screen. To move to the next level the player has to empty a ball container at the right side of the screen, that has a number at the top showing the remaining spheres. It keeps adding balls when they are removed from the field.In the swapper mode, the objective is to make matches by swapping adjacent balls, clearing the screen before it is filled to the top with the spheres, added every few seconds from the dispenser at the right side.In the strategy mode, the goal and gameplay are similar to swapper mode, but every time the player swaps balls new spheres are added to the gamefield.In the slider mode, the screen is filled with spheres, and the player has to make matches by dragging rows, columns and diagonal lines with the mouse before the timer, shown as a dynamite stack with a burning wick at the bottom, runs out. |
| A Ressha de Ikō: The 21st Century - Deluxe Limited Edition | 2004-04-08 | CyberFront Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation bundles A Ressha de Ikō: The 21st Century with both of its expansion packs. |
| Dark Horizons: Lore | 2004-04-08 | GarageGames, Inc. | Max Gaming Technologies, LLC. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | It is the mid-22nd century in the Dark Horizons universe when the Federated States and Eastern Confederation are in conflict over the rich resources of the east coast of the United States after a nuclear strike. In this mech shooter made with the Torque game engine, you control a Mechanized Assault Vehicle (MAV) such as an AR-16b Hunter or the ECM-74 Juggernaut tank. They are remotely piloted from control pods located halfway around the globe and contain various weapons such as plasma rifles, cannons and missiles. You can pilot a single MAV or take command of a MAV group or entire battalion. In singleplayer you can choose from one of 4 MAVs through 3 tutorial levels plus some missions such as rescuing a fellow MAV, securing scattered waypoints, or recovering a lost power generator core. These also teach you about different multiplayer mechanics. Multiplayer is joined through a lobby with IRC chat, server list and player/faction stats. There's standard modes such as: Free for All, Team Deathmatch, Capture The Core, and Capture and Hold. Players can customize their MAV with weapons they want, and change the ratio between its armor and speed. |
| Apocalyptica | 2004-04-09 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Extreme FX | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | The forces of good and evil collide in this third-person gothic science fiction shooter. The single-player mode lets players select one of 16 characters and lead a team of holy avengers against the forces of Neo-Satan. Characters are skill rated and armed with guns, swords, and spells. Although the teammates and opponents are bots, each of the 18 levels is an objective based mission typical of multiplayer FPS games (rescue hostages, deliver packages, etc...). The player and bots re-spawn an unlimited number of times until the level objective is completed or failed. The forces of evil usually have a numerical advantage including a team of character type bots (comparable to the player's team) and an additional horde of mindless minions.Because the campaign is essentially a bot filled multiplayer game, the multiplayer is virtually identical to the single player game except with human opponents and the opportunity to play as the evil characters. |
| Breed | 2004-04-09 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Brat Designs Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Tank | | | Mature | | Windows | Breed is set in the year 2610. After a long and costly war with the robotic alien race nick-named the Breed, your warship returns to Earth only to discover that the entire war only was a diversion.Now Earth has fallen into the hands of the Breed and only you and your men can stop it...To do this you must take control of a squad of soldiers and win 18 different missions. They take place on tropical islands, Antarctica and even outer space. There is a variety of vehicles including tanks, buggies and fighter jets, ensuring that a range of control skills must be mastered. Everything you see can be blown up, with weapons including plasma guns, assault rifles and grenades. |
| Galaga | 2004-04-09 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Namco Limited | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Galaga is a vertical arcade shooter from Namco. You control a space fighter at the bottom of the screen, scrolling left and right in order to avoid oncoming bombs and kamikaze attacks from alien invaders--and to fire your own missiles to fight back!There are an infinite number of stages to progress through. Every third level is a "challenge stage" in which you have a free chance to shoot as many aliens as possible and rack up bonus points.Certain aliens have tractor beams they can use to capture one of your ships. If that wasn't your last "life," you can try to shoot that alien down and recapture your ship, giving you two ships at once and doubling your firepower.A summary screen appears when the game is over, giving you both your final score and you final "hit ratio"--the number of missiles fired, enemies destroyed, and the percentage of targets hit. |
| New Rally-X | 2004-04-09 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Namco Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | New Rally-X is a sequel to Rally-X. The player controls a blue racing car in a maze using a top-down perspective. While avoiding red enemy cars and rocks in Pac-Man fashion, there are flags to collect in each stage, with an increasing number of points per flag as a reward. When chased, the car can leave behind smoke to confuse opponents. Only a limited amount of fuel is available, which is consumed with time, and leaving behind smoke also depletes the meter.There is a lucky flag that awards points for your remaining fuel and a special flag to double the points of all remaining flags. This remake features new courses, adjustments to enemy cars, new graphics and new background music. |
| Ostrich Runner | 2004-04-09 | ZUXXEZ Entertainment AG | Geleos Media | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Ostrich Runner is a racing game that puts player in the role of an ostrich trying to save the ostrich race from extinction by collecting eggs which were scattered all over the world by a mad and evil professor.In eight different worlds, the player competes with other ostriches in time, and amount of eggs gathered. Each ostrich featured in the game has a unique appearance (i.e. military, cowboy, safari).
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| Pac-Man | 2004-04-09 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Namco Limited | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | One of the most popular and influential games of the 1980's, Pac-Man stars a little, yellow dot-muncher who works his way around to clear a maze of the various dots and fruit which inhabit the board.Pac-Man's goal is continually challenged by four ghosts: The shy blue ghost Bashful ("Inky"), the trailing red ghost Shadow ("Blinky"), the fast pink ghost Speedy ("Pinky"), and the forgetful orange ghost Pokey ("Clyde"). One touch from any of these ghosts means loss of a life for Pac-Man.Pac-Man can turn the tables on his pursuers by eating one of the four Power-Pills located around the maze. During this time, the ghosts turn blue, and Pac-Man can eat them for bonus points. This only lasts for a limited amount of time as the ghosts' eyes float back to their center box and regenerate to chase after Pac-Man again.Survive a few rounds of gameplay, and be treated to humorous intermissions starring Pac-Man and the ghosts. |
| Splatterhouse | 2004-04-09 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Namco Limited | Action | Side view | | Horror | Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Splatterhouse is the first game in the series, but only the second game to appear on a home console (after Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti on the NES), which was later continued on the SEGA Genesis.Rick and his girlfriend Jennifer enter West Mansion (known as Splatterhouse) to study Dr. West's parapsychology teachings for a school project. After a flash of lightning and a scream, Jennifer is gone, and Rick is left wearing the Terror Mask, which gives the wearer great strength.Rick must survive seven blood-soaked levels full of corpses, demons, and other disturbing creatures in this arcade side-scrolling beat-em-up. Several weapons are at Rick's disposal throughout the house, such as a meat cleaver, a two by four, and a shotgun. If Rick wants to find Jennifer alive, he must move quickly through the floors of the mansion.... as a happy reunion is not always guaranteed. |
| .kkrieger: Chapter 1 | 2004-04-10 | .theprodukkt GmbH | .theprodukkt GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | .kkrieger is a first person shooter game without any real story. Instead it was designed for the Breakpoint Demoscene Party's 96k Game Competition in April 2004 to show that it was possible to design games comparable to Quake and Unreal using smarter programming techniques. .kkrieger depends heavily on procedural programming as the game's data files use up are generated from only 97,280 bytes of data which comprises the program. .kkrieger is a fully functional 3D first person shooter game including enemies, weapons and power-ups. Similar to other first person games, the player is able to move forwards, backwards, left and right in real-time 3D. The mouse is used for moving the player's head and aiming. |
| MusicVR Episode 2: Maestro | 2004-04-12 | Oldfield Interactive Ltd. | Oldfield Interactive Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements | | Flight / aviation | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | <>Maestro is the second installment of Mike Oldfield's MusicVR series. It is much like its predecessor, Tres Lunas, but bigger and grander in scope. Maestro begins aboard a giant starship called the Virtual Voyager. Within this starship there are many rooms or compartments, connected by corridors and tubes. Some of these lead to portals that take you to areas entirely outside of the starship altogether.Hiding somewhere in this world are four alien beings known as the Gravitars. Your goal is to find them and bring them back to the Gravitar Pen, somewhere within the Virtual Voyager. To accomplish this, however, you will need to learn the art of play. Like Tres Lunas, Maestro is open-ended in its design. |
| Painkiller | 2004-04-12 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | People Can Fly, Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Painkiller is a "bullet hell" first-person shooter with a gothic storyline and frantic gameplay.Players are cast as Daniel Garner, a regular guy who gets killed in a horrific car crash while taking his wife out for her birthday. She, being the saintly woman she is, gets admitted to Heaven. Daniel, due to his shady past, does not. He finds himself in Purgatory -- a place somewhere between Heaven and Hell. It isn't long before Daniel is recruited by his "caseworker for the dead" to fight the minions of Hell. Lucifer is plotting to overthrow Heaven, and is using Purgatory as a staging ground. The offer is simple: stop Lucifer's armies and earn Daniel's heavenly reward. |
| Cirque de Zale | 2004-04-13 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In this Monkey Island-ish AGS adventure game you take the role of a circus "elephant poo cleaner" that one normal day gets thrown as a punishment into another dimension by his employer, a circus magician.In this new dimension you will have to convince different odd characters to help you form your own circus by helping them and solving other puzzles.The game plays like all the classic Lucasarts adventures, it has a menu with different commands and an inventory to the right where all your objects are stored for future use. |
| The History Channel: Alamo - Fight for Independence | 2004-04-13 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Zono, Inc. | Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Alamo is a real-time strategy game depicting the events leading up to, and following, the famous battle of the Alamo. The user even has the ability to lead the Texans to victory at the Alamo and change the history of Texas!
In addition to unit upgrades, veterans and a group movement system, Alamo has many features that make it unique. Alamo allows for the player to use the environment to his advantage; Units on the tops of walls are dramatically more accurate and deadly. Alamo has a reloading system to depict the slow speed of the firearms in that era. The player can instruct his units to "Hold Fire" until the enemy is at close range, to maximize the damage. Alamo also features a repair system where the units can rebuild wall at night that were damaged the previous day.
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| Massive Assault Network | 2004-04-14 | Wargaming.net, Inc. | Wargaming.net, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Vadim Gaidukevich, Arthur Maximenko | Turn-based | | | Windows | Massive Assault Network is a turn-based multiplayer game and strongly based on its predecessor Massive Assault. The story details a large war between the Free Nations Union and the Phantom League which spans over many planets. The player chooses one side and joins the conflict. The overall conflict has no influence of the playing experience itself, it is always a deathmatch between two players.A match is played on a map. This map is divided into different regions - the goal is to conquer all regions. At the start of the game the player receives a few regions but does not have to occupy it at once. This means he can convert during the match seemingly neutral ground to surprise the enemy. Every faction has 13 units which are either useful on land, on water or in the air. Every round the players move their units or use them to attack.After a round the players get points for every conquered region. These points are used to buy more units. Because of the nature of turn-based games every player has up to a week to make his moves. Similar to play-by-mail games his move gets sent to the online lobby where his opponent fetches it and so on. Of course a player can be involved in several matches played at the same time. The technical side is identical to Massive Assault but the single player mode is scaled-down to a big tutorial and death matches against the AI. |
| Every Extend | 2004-04-15 | | OMEGA | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | An interesting freeware game from Japanese software house OMEGA, Every Extend is a top-down action game (over a 3D background) in which you control a bomb - literally, a bomb - which you must maneuver for maximum damage. Enemy cubes of various kinds move around the playfield and by triggering an explosion at the right moment you can create massive chain reactions which wipe your enemies out.The ultimate goal in Every Extend is to gain points by blowing up enemy cubes and by collecting energy capsules (bonuses that are released from exploding green cubes). You can collect "quicken"-capsules from purple cubes, which will increase the frequency and speed of enemies (a must if you want to create massive explosion chains), and finally there are sunlight-yellow capsules release from yellow cubes, which will give you a +10 second time extensions. Whenever you manage to blow up one of these cubes (green, purple or yellow) it will release a few shots before exploding; hitting one of those shots or any of the enemies will lose you a life as well as a -5 second penalty. You start with 2.5 minutes and 12 bombs in your "stock," and whenever you gain enough points you get an extra bomb (an "extend").Finally, when you have 45 seconds left, you will face one of several bosses (depending on the game mode - "light" or "heavy" - and your performance) which you have to destroy by creating adjacent chain reactions. When the game is over you will get several bonuses: a "stock" bonus (for the bombs you have left), a time bonus and a "chain" bonus (for the maximum chain length in this particular round.)
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| Saga Fallout: Unikalna Edycja DVD | 2004-04-15 | CD Projekt Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Saga Fallout: Unikalna Edycja DVD is a Polish only retail release which includes the following games from the Fallout franchise:
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
Each game disc contains various bonus materials like: wallpapers, posters, fan mods, patches, art sketches, fan stories from the Fallout universe and soundtracks in MP3 format. |
| TOCA Race Driver 2 | 2004-04-15 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | Windows | Codemasters returns to the racing fold once more with Race Driver 2. On this occasion, you can race your way through 15 different types of motorsport including the usual supercars and stock car types to the more unique rally, formula ford and supertruck types, plus much more.The single player career mode has you racing for pride through various championships from around the world, including the European ToCA and Australian V8 Supercars series, racing on tracks that will take you from Laguna Seca to Bathurst with another 20 cars maximum racing against you at any one time. You can then take to the online modes, racing with up to 12 other people through either your PC internet connection or Xbox Live. |
| Battlefield 1942: World War II Anthology | 2004-04-16 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Battlefield 1942 (base game)
Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome (add-on)
Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII (add-on)This set also includes new maps: Coral Sea, Operation Aberdeen, Battle of Britain, the Philippines, and Caen. |
| Demon Day | 2004-04-16 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Detective / mystery, Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | Demon Day is a funny medium-length adventure game inspired by titles like Zak McKracken, the Monkey Island series and Maniac Mansion.Waking up from a weird dream our hero finds himself involved in a strange plot including possessed telechubbies, demons from other dimensions, friendly neighbours, a walk in the park and a kid that tyrannizes the local playground.It will require some skill and a great deal of attention to clues for our hero to sort out the great mess and save the day. The game is packed with humorous dialogue and bizarre events that make solving the often perilous and absurd tasks more than worthwhile. |
| Langrisser II | 2004-04-16 | SEGA Corporation | NCS Corporation | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Langrisser II is a sequel to Warsong (whose original title is Langrisser). The events of the game take place several years after those described in Warsong. Gone is the benevolent kingdom of Baltia, and a new power has risen - the Rayguard Empire, which has made a pact with the malevolent Lord Böser, whose intention is to find the most powerful evil sword in the land, the Alhazard. The main hero of the game, the knight Elwin, must help the Descendants of Light to retrieve the legendary holy sword Langrisser, the only artifact that is more powerful than Alhazard. Like its predecessor, this is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements. The army is divided into soldier units and generals, who fight alone and who are usually stronger than a whole unit. Before the scenario begins, you must hire soldiers, buy weapons and items, etc. During the battle, if you come into contact with an enemy unit, an automatic battle sequence occurs. You can also cast healing spells on your units or offensive spells to hurt the enemy. |
| Warsong | 2004-04-16 | SEGA Corporation | NCS Corporation | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Warsong is the only title of a series of strategy games, known as Langrisser in Japan, to ever see an official release outside of Japan. It is set in a typical medieval fantasy setting and features traditional turn-based combat. The player controls several generals who can command up to eight different units ranging from ordinary soldiers and archers to more exotic creatures like mermen or lizards .The generals fight alongside their units, but are much more powerful and are able to use more diverse commands than just moving and attacking, like recovering a small amount of HP or casting spells. Each unit has certain strengths and weaknesses; for example, soldiers are good against archers but weak against cavalry. Combat is also influenced heavily by terrain types. When two units engage in combat, a small animation, similar to those seen in Advance Wars or Fire Emblem, is shown. |
| Chromentum | 2004-04-17 | Alpha72 Games | Alpha72 Games | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The Chromates, some sort of living quanta, are on a quest to seek intelligent life in the galaxy. Once they found it, and it has proven it is worth, the Chromates sharing the secrets of the quantum universe with them. To test the possible intelligent life, they have developed Chromentum...Chromentum is a puzzle game, where you have to move all Chromates on the level from their start positions to the target positions. Once all Chromates are in place, you proceed to the next level.Depending on the type of the Chromates, this is either done manually (golden Chromates) by selecting the target position and the particularly Chromate moves there. But there are also the not-manually movable silver Chromates, which you must "shoot" into their target position. "Shoot" does not mean that you actually shoot at them, but that you transfers the kinetic energy of your active golden Chromate to the silver Chromate(s) directly ahead. So, basically, you accelerate your Chromate, it will touch the (first) silver Chromate, and it will move halve the distance you moved while accelerating, while your golden Chromate stops. And like in real life, if you do this with a group instead of one, only the first Chromate on the other side will move.The game consists of 324 levels, which are split over 10 game modes with varying difficulty, there is even a story game mode available. One of the 10 game modes is a very complex Tutorial (24 levels), which will teach you how to master the game. In addition, an editor is included to build your own levels.There is also the possibility to undo every move you have done, so you don't need to restart the level once you have recognized that you've done something wrong. And there is even a solution button available, which will show you how you must solve the level, when you don't get it yourself. |
| Ore no Ryomi 2: The Restaurant | 2004-04-18 | Vertigo Games | Morphosis Enter-Active, Vertigo Games | Action, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | Contemporary | | | | | | Windows | Ore no Ryomi 2: The Restaurant is a restaurant management game. Similarly to its predecessor, it's an action-strategy game where the player needs to both manage his funds, and to personally prepare all the dishes for the customers. Before the start of each day, the player can spend his money to purchase expansions for his restaurant, including new food menu items, as well as useful equipment. Once the day starts, the player must manage his time carefully in order to cater for all the customers' and the restaurant's needs, from morning till closing hours. Throughout the day, new customers keep coming in and ordering food, and events (such as the need to wash dishes, or a fire in the kitchen) pop up which require the manager's attention. Each customer and event is represented by a gradually vanishing bar. Preparing food, and taking care of problems, is usually done through a simple, action minigame. The player can only take on one of these at a time, but it is possible to serve prepared meals to customers while in the middle of something else. Each customer expects his food to be prepared exactly according to order. If the player messes something up, either by adding the wrong ingredients or by under- or overcooking the food, the customer will pay less. And if a customer waits too long without their order being attended to, they get furious and leave, causing a small money penalty. Things get even more hectic during the "Rush Hour" that comes twice every day, during which large crowds of customers keep coming in. Ore no Ryomi 2 also contains a number of "Challenges": the player, invited to the Iron Chef TV show, tries to complete a specific difficult task, such as preparing a number of perfect dishes in a limited time. Throughout the game the player receives trophies and awards, which he can proudly view in his Trophy Room, if he has purchased it. |
| Xor | 2004-04-18 | Ovine by Design | Ovine by Design | Puzzle | Top-down | Fangame | | | | | | | | | Windows | Xor is an enhanced version of a puzzle game in which the player controls two avatars wandering through one of fifteen different labyrinthine levels in any order, trying to collect all the comedic masks and return to the level exit without running out of moves. Developed and released seventeen years after the game's initial release, this Windows conversion naturally features a few aesthetic amenities lacking in the original: graphics and sound are greatly enhanced, including an optional alternate tileset, while the player's view of the surrounding map area is slightly expanded. The game also supports user-made levels, and the porters have provided a level editor for this purpose. |
| aXiebal 2004 | 2004-04-18 | Idee Software | Idee Software | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | aXiebal 2004 is a remake of Idee Software's first game (Aktie-Bal, 1994) to celebrate Idee Software's 10th anniversary. The "hero" is a greenish metallic little ball, that needs to collect every flag in a level and find the exit. To help you there are bombs and elevators. Although it looks like a puzzle game at first (and it is too!), it's also a game of skill in many levels. In total there are 75 levels, all exact replica of the original from 1994. |
| Garage (Private Edition) | 2004-04-20 | | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This release of Garage was sold by the game's director, Tomomi Sakuba, on his personal website. Only 90 copies were produced. The package contains the following:
Garage for both Windows and Macintosh
Autographed and numbered concept art print |
| Hitman: Contracts | 2004-04-20 | Eidos, Inc. | Io-Interactive A/S | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Crime, Spy / espionage, Thriller | Stealth | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Hitman: Contracts is a third-person stealth game. Players take the role of "47", a hitman who is unlucky enough to get shot, and falls to the floor dying. The whole game takes place in "flashbacks", where 47 is reminiscing about past missions, some of which were previously seen in Hitman: Codename 47, the first game from the Hitman series.Gameplay in Hitman: Contracts is similar to the previous installments. Your job will be to complete several missions which involve assassinating targets all over the world. You can sneak around in disguise to avoid the suspicious guards, or you can instead open fire on everyone you see. When you complete your mission, you're given a rating - from "Mass Murderer" up to the coveted "Silent Assassin". If you manage to complete a mission with a "Silent Assassin" rating, you receive a reward: a special weapon (such as dual sawed-off shotguns), and you can try playing a previously completed mission using one of the special weapons. |
| Manhunt | 2004-04-20 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | Rockstar North Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | Horror | Stealth | Post-apocalyptic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Manhunt casts you as James Earl Cash, a prisoner on death row. You are led down a corridor where you are about to receive a lethal injection. The needle goes in. You wake up hours later. A mysterious voice tells you to stick in the nearby earpiece, and explains that the "lethal" injection was just a heavy sedative. The man, later identified as Starkweather, turns out to be a director of snuff movies, where the people are really killed. He explains that if you follow his directions, manage to kill people and survive, you'll earn your freedom. This begins James Earl Cash's journey.Throughout the course of the game, you'll have to make your way through different locales, such as a city and a mall, while killing gangs. You'll face lots of different gangs, from The Hoods and The Skins to tougher gangs like The Innocenz. Gang members carry weapons ranging from pistols and shotguns to knives and glass shards.Manhunt is primarily a stealth game. You'll have to hide behind walls, flatten yourself against walls, crouch, hide behind objects, and walk to avoid attracting attention. You can also throw glass bottles to create a distraction, or you can punch surfaces and yell to get gangs to come to you.You have a variety of weapons at your disposal, from the traditional, such as the shotgun and uzi, to the disgusting, such as a sickle and plastic bag. Each weapon has three different ways of attacking, depending on how long you hold the button. A quick attack will do the job, a medium attack will be bloody, but a high attack, requiring the longest amount of time, will earn you the most points, and will allow you to see your kill in a cinematic style, with blood splatting on the camera, and gurgling noises.Manhunt also lets you use a USB headset, such as the one that came included with SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals. With the headset, you will hear Starkweather speak into your ears instead of through your speakers, and you will be able to shout into the microphone to attract gangs instead of pressing a button. |
| Pretty Good Solitaire 600 | 2004-04-20 | Goodsol Development, Inc. | Goodsol Development, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This edition of Thomas Warfield's card game program features no less than 600 individual games. Favourites such as Klondike, FreeCell, Fan and Spider are featured, as well as numerous variants on these - some with as many as 4 decks in use at once. There are plenty of simple addition-pairing style games as well as some very complex ones, many with multiple methods of building either the foundations or the in-play tableau piles. If there STILL aren't enough games for you, a Wizard is included which allows you to create a custom game by varying the standard features.Games are sorted in several ways (type, difficulty, skill/luck ratio) and a random game from any of these categories can be selected. You can also play a Tour of games of a particular style, or a Quest in which you take on 9 different games of progressive difficulty, with some degree of choice in which games you get. Each game is saved as you play it, and can be restored at a later date - statistics for each game are also saved. The game is shareware, with 30 days' unlimited usage before the fee is requested. |
| Space Combat | 2004-04-20 | | | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Enter Space Combat, a space simulator where all of the laws of physics are accurately applied to
your vehicle.You enter the spaceship mass, size, and thruster and engine powers and locations and see
how the resulting ship handles... with the physics being accurate.Take the ship though gates projected on a HUD, or asteroids or comets to test your maneuverability
and flying skills.
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| Universal Boxing Manager | 2004-04-20 | Winter Wolves Studio | Winter Wolves Studio | Simulation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Create a custom manager by assigning skills in training, negotiation, scouting, and more.
Manage up to 6 boxers in 17 weight categories, selecting from a database of over 1,000 unique boxers.
Selectively train your boxer’s stats and then take them to the ring to watch each stunning blow, coaching your boxer between rounds on how to change his tactics and send your opponent to the canvas.
You can customize completely your manager by age, nationality and various skills that really make the game different each time you play it. |
| Portugal 1111: A Conquista de Soure | 2004-04-22 | Visao | Ciberbit | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events | | Nuno Gouveia | | | Isometric | Windows | Portugal 1111 is an real-time strategy game with heavy influences from Age of Empires. The player can take control of either the Christian Crusaders or the Moorish Invaders as both vie for permanence in the Iberian Peninsula.The game has only one resource - gold - which is acquired by selling wheat, or turning it into flour. |
| Heldenzeit | 2004-04-23 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Heldenzeit (German for "time for/of heroes") is a compilation including 4 different RPGs:
Gothic 2, a non-linear third-person RPG with battles taking place in realtime
Gorasul, which plays similar to Planescape Torment
Etherlords, an RPG/Strategy-game with Magic-style card battles
Arx Fatalis, a first-person RPG that lets you explore an underground world and fight in realtime against your enemies. |
| Plots! | 2004-04-23 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Plots! is a remake to mhs Studio's previous puzzle game Plots!.You will now be in control of a vagrant bipedal jack-out-of-the-box that has a more clownish complexion. The game operates in the same way as Plots!, with attempting to match tiles to clear a level. If you use your tiles poorly you'll have to start over, this will cost you a life, when you've done this three times the game ends.The two player mode remains the same as well.The biggest difference is that the visuals have seen a great deal of change. Your spring man is now three dimensional and your tiles seem to have a little depth to them as well. Stages and backgrounds also look a bit more complex. |
| The Ultimate Strategy Game Collection I | 2004-04-23 | PAN Vision AB | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A compilation with these three strategy games from Paradox Entertainment:
Chariots of War
Europa Universalis
Hearts of Iron |
| The Ultimate Strategy Game Collection II | 2004-04-23 | PAN Vision AB | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The second compilation from Paradox Entertainment, with another three strategy games:
Europa Universalis II
Legion
Victoria: An Empire Under The Sun |
| Fiber Tree | 2004-04-24 | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fiber Tree is a puzzle game, where you have to create closed structures before you run out of free space on the playfield.Basically, that is the entire game, because the game is not level based, instead you play a game in endless mode (until it's game over).The game's playfield consists of 12 by 12 rows (2D doughnut world), which are partly filled with branch pieces of different types (line, cross, t-cross, curve and end piece). Now you have to create a completely closed structure (how it looks is unimportant), by grabbing a piece, rotating it if necessary, and placing it.The problem arises as you get a penalty of one piece (normal mode) or five pieces (advanced mode) when you place a piece and it won't complete a structure. So you have to think carefully to avoid a "fast" game over (the game always end in a game over; you can't "win" the game).For playing the game, you can choose between four different looking themes, like a night theme or obscure things like a chess theme. |
| The Dark Legions | 2004-04-27 | Mascot Entertainment | Mascot Entertainment | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | In 1267 the dark lord of Wortheone, King Frank Kalap, slaughtered entire villages because he believed in the prophecy of the boy who would rise to destroy him. During the destruction of one of these villages a small boy escaped into the woods after his entire family including his 10 year old brother were murdered at the hands of these assassins. After a few years of hiding and building his strength this boy would become a man and would then start his journey to exact revenge on King Frank Kalap...The Dark Legions is a real-time strategy game played from a 3rd person isometric view. You will have to gather resources such as wood, stone, and gold to maintain your keep. With these resources you can then build buildings and recruit more soldiers. There are also research branches which you can invest in to create better soldiers, weapons or defensive strength. The game has a mostly medieval setting but with the usual touches of fantasy. The single player campaign will not only have you explore and conquer enemies but will also include dungeon crawling missions where you might have to find levers to help solve various puzzles. There is also a randomly generated mission feature in which you can play against computer opponents. |
| Beyond Divinity | 2004-04-28 | Hip Interactive Corp. | Larian Studios NV | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | When Lucian the Divine defeated the evil organization known as the Black Ring, he was late to prevent a dark ritual from happening: the soul of the Lord of Chaos was summoned into the body of an innocent boy. Unable to slay the boy, Lucian adopted him and raised him as his own son, naming him Damian. When Damian was fifteen, a young witch called Ygerna seduced him and taught him the ways of magic, hoping to unlock the evil powers contained within him. Lucian killed Ygerna with his own hand, and Damian was unable to forgive him. In order to stop him from unleashing his wrath on the world, Lucian had to seal Damian's memories and prevent him from returning to Rivellon.A few years later, a group of paladins of the Divine order was fighting a powerful necromancer from the Black Ring. The necromancer summoned a demon called Samuel, who killed all the paladins but one. The survivor was imprisoned, awaiting torture, when a mysterious armor-clad creature calling himself the Death Knight appeared in his cell. Death Knight told the paladin that Samuel soul-forged them together, apparently as a punishment for something he did. The two must first escape the prison and eventually find a way to break the soul-forging.Beyond Divinity is a role-playing game and a follow-up to Divine Divinity, its events taking place twenty years after those described in the predecessor. Most locations and characters are different, but over the course of the game the connection to the overarching plot becomes revealed. The game plays out in four Acts over a vast territory. The player begins in a large dungeon-like jail area and progresses out into a more open landscape (once escaping the prison), eventually exploring an imp village, monster-infested forests, atmospheres of fire and ice as well as numerous mysterious islands on the journey. Unlike Divine, there is no open world gameplay, and the game advances in a comparatively linear fashion.There is a variety of non-player characters including friendlies and monsters of various types. Many sub-quests can be discovered by interacting with the NPCs, many of which are optional. In addition to the main game questing, there are separate "battlefield" areas within each Act that have nothing to do with the main plot but are accessed by finding special keys in the main game. Intended to help the player increase the skills of the two controlled characters, these accessory areas have more quests, multi-leveled dungeons as well as merchants and special objects that cannot be found anywhere else.The game is both keyboard and mouse controlled and is played out entirely in third person, cavalier oblique perspective, with 2D backgrounds and 3D character models. The main protagonist can be male or female and there is a choice of several classes chosen during the character generation process. The Death Knight is controlled in the same manner as any other party member. Like the main character, he can be provided with equipment and direction while exploring and battling. He can carry just as much (sometimes more) inventory and has his own abilities and skills, which can be upgraded and customized freely.Beyond Divinity uses the same basic engine as the previous game, but its combat is real-time rather than action-based. The player does not physically controls the attacks, but targets enemies and lets the battle evolve automatically. Combat can be paused at any time to issue commands to the two controllable characters. Like in the previous game, characters can learn any skills divided into Warrior, Survivor, and Wizard categories. Each of these consists of disciplines, ranging from weapon proficiencies and spells to sneaking, repairing, and others. Finally, the skill itself may often be learned in various ways (e.g. the player can opt to increase damage or accuracy of two-handed slashing weapons, etc.). In addition, the player can learn to summon dolls that act like party members. Many skills can only be learned when trained by a specific NPC. |
| City of Heroes | 2004-04-28 | NCsoft - North America | Cryptic Studios, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | | | Direct control | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | City of Heroes is the first Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) that lets you step into the pages of a comic book. Set in the 3D world of Paragon City, USA, you become a Super Hero spending your days fighting evil doers, assisting other heroes, forming Super Groups (complete with their very own Team costume), and mentoring Sidekicks. You are able to choose your Origin story and your Archetype, or style of play. There are hundreds of powers for a player to choose from, including learning to fly like Superman or run like the Flash. This is a online game and requires both internet access and a monthly fee. |
| Clannad | 2004-04-28 | Visual Art's | Key | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Developed by | Windows | Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student whose mother died when he was young, leaving his father to raise him. Severe drinking problems caused Tomoya's father to become violent; during one of the quarrels, he injured his son. Their relationship has seemingly improved since then, but Tomoya's injuries, mental and physical, have led him to a delinquent life. This changes when he meets Nagisa Furukawa, a soft-spoken girl who gets sick easily. Tomoya begins to help her reform a drama club she failed to join last year, and gradually changes his view about life.Clannad is a visual novel. The game is dedicated to the development of the story, displayed as still images accompanied by text. The player's interaction is confined to occasional "decision points", which prompt him to make choices for Tomoya, altering subsequent events. The game is divided into two parts; the second one describes the lives of its main characters some time after the conclusion of the first one. In order to access the second part, the player has to play through all the scenarios of the first one, which are only possible to achieve by replaying it and making different choices each time. |
| Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle | 2004-04-28 | NCsoft - North America | NCsoft Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Lineage II is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing game with a fantasy setting. It has fully 3D game play, with the ability to play several class types. One of the biggest features is the ability to form clans and siege castles. The game is actually set as a prequel to the world available in Lineage and takes place in the three kingdoms of Aden, Elmore and Gracia. You can currently choose from one of five races: Human, Orc, Elf, Dark Elf and Dwarf. The game play is both quest and item driven. Lineage II boasts a, "Synchronized Tactical Combat System," which implies that combat is real-time rather than turn based allowing for greater diversity in player-tactics. Another big feature is the taming system, that allows you to tame creatures, ranging from dogs to less likely ones such as dragons.
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| Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle (Collector's DVD Edition) | 2004-04-28 | NCsoft - North America | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This edition features:
Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle
Chronicle I: Harbingers of War (on one DVD with Lineage II)
22-inch tall 3D paper collectible figurine
Limited Edition Prima 159-page mini-strategy guide
Special updated Map of Aden
30 days of free online play for new accounts
Extra materials on DVD including movies, music and more |
| Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged | 2004-04-28 | Atari, Inc. | Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Welcome to Trivial Pursuit with a twist! Play Trivial Pursuit in one of three ways with 1-6 friends either with you or online through GameSpy (PC) or your console's online system.Choose to play in Classic, Unhinged, or Flash. The classic game is just that, the standard Trivial Pursuit game. Unhinged adds two additional features: special spaces (50/50 chance, teleport, board rotate, etc) and betting. With betting, you can choose whether your opponent will answer correctly or incorrectly and bet 1-2 points. These points can allow you to gain the ability to roll again if you don't like your roll.Flash mode is for those who want a quick game. There are 5 levels of the board. You start on the first level and have a choice of 2 spaces. Answer correctly and move up a level for another 2 spaces to choose from. The first to the top wins.Questions are asked from the 6 different categories depending on what space you are on. Each question has a multiple choice selection of 4 possible answers to choose from. The only exception is with the 50/50 spaces in Unhinged mode where there are only 2 possible answers to choose from. The questions are read by famous people like Bill Nye the Science Guy and Whoopi Goldberg. Every now and then, they will throw in other information relating to (or not) the question either before you answer, or after you answer. They may also make comments about your inability to answer a question correctly. |
| Turtle Bay | 2004-04-28 | GameHouse, Inc. | Snowstep Development | Action | Top-down | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Kröt, a member of the Moorhuhn-Family, has to save the day as mutant octopuses from outer space have invaded the once quiet and cosy turtle bay and are freezing the other turtles. Using mines and rocket, Kröt has to stop the octopus invasion.The little turtle equips his rocket backpack and looks for his frozen fellows which can be easily freed by prodding them. He should steer clear of the octopuses themselves until they change into a cocoon. Now it is all a question of speed. Kröt has to drive against the cocoons before two new octopuses hatch. By clearing more and more islands the player is awarded with a stronger shell to get rid of wooden barrels, a turbo boost to reach the cocoons even faster and crates containing TNT which provide access to previously unreachable areas.Kröt can be controlled by either mouse or keyboard.Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameAlternate Titles "Turtle Island" -- German re-release title
"Kröt - Monster, Minen & Raketen" -- German tag-lined title
"Kröt" -- German title
"Bombowa Zatoka" -- Polish title
Part of the Following Group Animals: Reptiles
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May 15, 2004
92 out of 100
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Jul, 2004
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Jun, 2004
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Jul 05, 2004
36 out of 100
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| AFL Live: Premiership Edition | 2004-04-29 | Acclaim Entertainment Ltd. | IR Gurus Interactive Pty Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Oceania | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Following on AFL Live 2004, AFL Live: Premiership Edition boasts the latest team lists, added gameplay features, and unlockable content like videos from the 2003 season. Also new is the inclusion of the "Wizard Home Loan Club", a pre-season competition with knockout-matches.Based on Australian Rules Football, the game attempts to recreate the experience of the real games. Users can set up a single exhibition match, or play through an entire season with their favourite team. Features commentary from experts such as Dennis Cometti and Gerald Healy. |
| President Forever | 2004-04-29 | Eighty Dimensional Software, Inc. | Eighty Dimensional Software, Inc. | Educational, Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | President Forever is a strategy game that puts you right in the presidential campaign. You will have to manage ads, visit states, research new insights into important American issues, give impressive speech, setup your platform, participate in television debate, use your influence to determine what's in the news and even try to unleash a scandal that lower your opponent's appeal.The game comes bundled with 4 scenarios. The Elections in:
2004 (Bush - Kerry)
1992 (Bush - Clinton)
1980 (Reagan - Carter)
1960 (Nixon - Kennedy)but you can also download dozens of fan-made scenarios (fantasy or historical) on the game's website.It's also possible to create a candidate from scratch (you don't have to use the scenario default). |
| Super Splash 3D | 2004-04-29 | Pixel Escape Studios Inc. | Pixel Escape Studios Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Narration in any of four languages recounts that Quackers and his magic paint brush are all that stand between the sordid wizard Chromus and a very old-fashioned-looking greyscale world. The player guides the painter duck as he advances back and forth on a fixed rail through a series of fully 3-dimensional whimsical set pieces, determining what colour (and pattern!) everything ought to be through mouse-clicks on an interface slightly more straightforward than MS Paint yet allowing greater options than the earlier Splash 3D. The camera angle can also be adjusted to better appreciate your handiwork. |
| Adventure Workshop: 4th-6th Grade - 5th Edition | 2004-05-01 | Learning Company, Inc., The | Learning Company, Inc., The | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Adventure Workshop is a collection of four games aimed toward the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades.
Amazon Trail 3rd Edition
Carmen Sandiego Math Detective
Super Solvers: Spellbound! (CD version)
Logical Journey of the Zoombinis |
| Alienoid | 2004-05-01 | Mad Mouse Games | Mad Mouse Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Alienoid is a Breakout variant game with a space theme. There are 20 different worlds, each one with five levels. The gameplay principle is a bouncing ball which needs to be prevented from falling down the shaft with a paddle. This ball destroys blocks on the game field when he hits them - the goal is to clear the level of all destroyable blocks. It's possible to play with one, two, three or four paddles at the same time.As usual in this type of games, there are several bonuses (multiball, extra ball, gravity ball, etc.) available. |
| BS Hacker: Zero Expansions | 2004-05-01 | SC exosyphen studios SRL | SC exosyphen studios SRL | Action, Simulation | | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | This expansion to BS Hacker: Replay brings you 5 more levels, new graphics, and many more features.Take on the Internet again in the new levels with a more realistic game engine. The game now includes a mod editor so you can easily create and edit your own levels. There are two new commands and random passwords that improve replayability.Can you hack your way through the defenses set up on the Internet? Do you have what it takes? |
| Cube | 2004-05-01 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Cube is a puzzle game, set on a grid with both blank and blue squares. The player controls a cube which can be moved around the grid, by rotating it 90 degrees around any edge. When a blank face of the cube touches a blue square, it picks up the color, leaving the square blank. However, when a blue face of the cube touches a blank square, it turns blank and leaves the blue color behind. The goal of the game is to color every face of the cube blue. Other game modes feature different solids, including a tetrahedron, an octahedron and an icosahedron.
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| Fifteen | 2004-05-01 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Fifteen is an adaptation of the fifteen-puzzle game. The player must move fifteen tiles around a 4x4 grid, using the one free square, in order to arrange the tiles in the right order from 1 to 15. The width and height of the grid can be freely chosen by the player. |
| Jewel Knights Crusaders | 2004-05-01 | G-Collections | Zerocool | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Ginji is a street fighting man. His greatest pleasure is to pick fights against strangers, and win them. One night, his life is turned upside down when he meets four women duking it out in outrageous costumes. Three of those women, he discovers, are the Jewel Knights - soldiers sworn to fight for justice at all costs. And as it turns out, they are interested in his abilities.Jewel Knights Crusaders is a comedy, parodying such "battle team" anime and live-action television as Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. It plays as an interactive novel, progressing at its own pace and pausing occasionally for the user to intervene by making a choice, thus resulting in a plot branch.This title contains graphic depictions of sex, and is for adults only. |
| Masters of Sound | 2004-05-01 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Jospin Le Woltaire | Windows | Masters of Sound is a point-and-click adventure set in a distant period of our future where music controls the universe.In the year 103752 AD mankind has discovered that the structure of the universe is based on different sounds. The sound produced by an instrument can have the power to move objects without physical force or to travel through time and space. Music can even destroy whole planets, so it can be used as a weapon as well.The Universal Guild of Music has perfected the abilities of playing music to influence the universe in a positive way. The pupils of the guild have to study long and must face tests in order to become masters. This is necessary to disallow evil persons from getting access to the guild.The story of this adventure starts with a conference of the masters:
Tritonus, who is a master of sound at the guild, has gone mad and wants to destroy the universe by using a gigantic weapon that he has constructed: The "Universal Tuning Fork". Only Knollo a young and for now not very successful music student is able to stop him with his "Horn of Resonance". The game basically consists of three parts:
Find the Horn of Resonance, that has been deposed in the holy temple of sound, learn the capacities of the horn and finally use it to find Tritonus and destroy his evil powers. |
| Melty Blood: Re-ACT | 2004-05-01 | Type-Moon | French-Bread, Type-Moon | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Melty Blood: Re-ACT is an expansion pack to Melty Blood. The game adds an Arcade Mode, which continues the plot of the main game. Several changes have been made regarding character balancing; a few combo sequences have been removed. The doppelgänger characters of the main heroes have received their own move sets, as opposed to the main game, where they were restricted to imitating the fighting style of the original characters. Several new characters, including two playable ones and two bosses have been added as well. |
| MutoReRe | 2004-05-01 | | | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | MutoReRe is a simple strategy game. You control four green pieces and the computer four red pieces on a board for 10 pieces (1 center piece and 9 in the ring). When it's your turn, you have to move one of your pieces to an adjacent empty place. Then it's the turn of the computer, and so on.The player who positions their pieces so that the other player can't move wins the game.When starting the game, you can decide if you want to make the first step or let the computer make the first step. |
| Net | 2004-05-01 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Net is a puzzle game where the player must connect every segment of the network to the central hub, by rotating individual segments in ninety-degree increments. The grid size can be freely chosen, and there are two modes, normal (with barriers bordering the grid) and wrapping (where segments can connect to each other across opposite edges of the grid). |
| Nitro Family | 2004-05-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Delphieye Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | An evil corporation called Golden Bell manufactures a drug called Healthy Family that actually turns its addicts into mutants and forces them to do Golden Bells dirty work. Now they have kidnapped your son, Red Chief, and it’s up to you, Victor Chopski, with your wife, Maria, strapped to your back to get him back. Nitro Family is a first person shooter in which you wield two weapons one in each hand while carrying your wife on your back. She wields a whip, which she will use automatically when an enemy gets to close decapitating them. She will also fly ahead on command and carpet bomb areas with hydrogen gas. Use three different combo (one weapon in each hand) weapons and four different regular (one hand only) weapons to slay your enemies. Each of the “combo” weapons is upgradeable and the regular weapons can be purchased along the way from the scantly clad Lisa. Use the combo weapons to “juggle” your enemies for more Golden Bell credits to spend. Making high combo counts or giving a lot of damage to multiple enemies at the same time using explosive weapons like double rocket launcher or grenade launcher will make you enter Ecstasy mode. While in Ecstasy mode every thing slows down and your firepower damage and jump ability becomes double. Along the way you will find armor, ammunition and health in the form of food to pick up. Fight your way through 15 different locations that include Latin America, South East Asia, China, Russia and U.S.Nitro Family is a single player game with the ability to play co-op mode on LAN or the Internet.
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| Puzzle Blast | 2004-05-01 | Dekovir, Inc. | Dekovir, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Puzzle Blast, your job is to remove all of the colored spheres in the playfield before either the time is running out or the ring container is running full.When you start a level, you will see a stone with a figure inside it (an apple, a butterfly, etc.) and lots of colored spheres, which are inside the figure, and only there. Your task is to completely remove all of them.For this purpose, you have magic rings of various forms (from a single ring over chains to corners) available. Simple select one of the rings and select a same colored group of spheres, and those spheres will vanish and spheres from above will fall down, filling the gap. The longer you take in a level, the more rings appear in the ring container, which must either be used or destroyed (assuming you have enough water jars remaining). Once the container is full and new rings dropping in, it's Game Over.But there are also different bombs available to help you. A vertical bomb (which destroys all spheres which are in the same vertical row), a horizontal bomb (similar to the vertical, just horizontal), and a cluster bomb (destroys, besides the sphere you select, all direct adjacent spheres).Once all spheres are gone, you proceed with the next of the 100 total levels of the game. |
| Shanghai Street Racer | 2004-05-01 | Akella | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | | | | | Windows | SSR was one of the first free-roaming streetracers available on PC.In this racing-game you can select one of the eight customized streetcars and make your way through the city. Speeds of 250 km/h are easily exceeded, and the last cars that can be unlocked can even reach 350+.There are three singleplay modes available: Timetrial, Practice, and Championship. Only during the 3rd mode, you can unlock new tracks and cars. |
| Sixteen | 2004-05-01 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Sixteen is a puzzle game where the player must rearrange a grid of numbers into the correct order. The player can shift any row or column by one position in any direction, with squares leaving the grid reappearing on the other side. The size of the grid can be freely chosen by the player. |
| Spartan | 2004-05-01 | Graphsim Entertainment Inc. | Slitherine Software UK Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Classical antiquity | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Spartan is an empire building Turn Based Strategy game. While the Spartans were known for their strength in combat, the game focuses more on research, diplomacy and trade; but war is also part of the game. The objective of the game is to unite the Aegean states so to be a match against the Persian Empire.The game is played in 3D but the battles can optionally be displayed in 2D for less powerful computers. The campaign offers you with a map of Greece and the near east. Over a hundred different nations populate this map and can be traded with, allied and attacked. Castles can be laid siege on with catapults and ships can be used to perform naval invasions. The game features multiplayer modes for online play. |
| Tactical Manager 3 | 2004-05-01 | Talking Birds | Talking Birds | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Tactical Manager 3 is a football (soccer) management game that puts the player in charge of a professional club chosen from the approximately 1200 clubs available in the 68 divisions that are supported. As a manager, the player can buy and sell players from the 30,000 in the game database, choose a line-up, and pick tactics. All matches are played in turn and during the ones involving their team, the player is able to intervene, make substitutions, inspect performance, mark players, etc. If their rating is good enough, they can also be in charge of a national team for the World Cup.A total of twelve sessions can be played in parallel. The game can also be played online against other players. |
| The Vault of Darkness | 2004-05-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation contains:
American McGee's Alice
Clive Barker's Undying
Dracula: The Resurrection
Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
Dungeon Keeper 2 |
| FBI Hostage Rescue | 2004-05-02 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Idol FX AB | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | FBI Hostage Rescue is very similar to Rainbow Six Series.
You play as member of a highly trained team - your mission is to save all the hostages and terminate all the terrorists.You have 10 levels/missions to play before winning. In each level you have a timer attached to it (if the timer goes down to zero, the hostages will die by the terrorists - and you lose). To complete each mission you must return all the hostages to one of the rescue points.Multiplayer is unavailable. You also don't have difficulty settings. |
| Renex III | 2004-05-02 | Nordos Game Studio | Nordos Game Studio | Educational | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | You must line up 5 balls of the same color either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally so that they will disappear, because when the board is filled with balls the game ends.The only balls you can move are the 3 in the upper left hand corner. In the meantime several small fishes are floating around the board, and they can land anywhere they please - and usually in line with 4 of the same color so you are blocked. You can't move any of the small fishes on the playing field, so if you get blocked-you just have to try to move the block another way. This is nowhere near as easy as it sound. |
| Halo: Custom Edition | 2004-05-04 | Gearbox Software LLC | Bungie Studios, Gearbox Software LLC | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Tank | Direct control | | | | Windows | Halo Custom Edition (Halo CE) is a free, multiplayer-only, standalone version of Halo (PC). This unsupported version of the game requires the original game and introduces a host of new features including the ability to play user created content (which can be created with the included Halo Editing Kit). |
| Shrek 2 | 2004-05-04 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | KnowWonder, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The PC game based on the movie Shrek 2 is a 3D platform game with some fighting sequences.The plot follows that of the movie: newlywed ogre couple Shrek and Princess Fiona travel to Far Far Away to meet Fiona's parents, who don't approve of the marriage. The King then plots with the Fairy Godmother against Shrek, sending an assassin his way. Playing as Shrek himself, his pal the talking donkey or the cat assassin Puss in Boots, one has to navigate through large levels with occasional platform sequences, beating up enemies and collecting coins. The coins can be traded for potions at drive-through shops scattered around the levels. Nine potions are available, from healing and invisibility potions to ones that freeze enemies or turn them into frogs.Other extras to be found are four-leaf clovers, which increase maximum health, and wanted posters featuring common fairy tale characters. When three posters have been picked up, a bonus level opens up for more coin collecting. |
| Shrek 2: Activity Center | 2004-05-04 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | AWE Productions, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Shrek 2: Activity Center contains a number of mini-games based on the 2004 movie Shrek 2 with characters such as Donkey, Gingerbread Man, Harold, Princess Fiona, Puss-in-Boots, Shrek and others. From a central hub location in the swamp all available activities can be selected by clicking on a character.
Catch Puss-in-Boots: in multiple rounds with different backdrops the player quickly needs to click Puss-in-Boots when he appears (for instance from behind a tree or a rock) to catch him. Other characters appear as well and those need to be ignored. Coins dropping down can be clicked as well for extra points.
Careening Carriage: a carriage moves forward automatically in a 2D vertically scrolling environment shown from a top-down view. Many objects can be collected for points, but obstacles need to be avoided by steering away. A horizontal line near the bottom of the screen shows the remaining distance.
Dinner with the King: in a challenge with the king Shrek needs to copy exactly what the king eats. The amount of food gradually increases and the player needs to memorize which items are eaten and in which order to win. With each turns the camera shifts between the two characters, seated on both ends of the table and shown from a side view.
Fairy Godmother's Lab: in multiple rounds Shrek's appearance needs to become regular again. The player brings back his original colour by selecting the correct flasks and powders to mix as components in Fairy Godmother's cauldron.
Hide and Seek: in different backdrops the characters hide in the environment. At the start of a round each character is shown along with the hiding place. Then the player needs to click the hiding place when a character is shown in the magic mirror. It is possible to scroll as the backdrop is larger than a single screen. When near a hiding place the cursor changes into a magnifying glass.
Juice at the Beach: Fiona needs to create a large number of drinks by mixing the correct ingredients in a blender following recipes. The ingredients scroll by near the bottom of the screen.
Muffin Masterpiece: the three little pigs need to gather the ingredients the Muffin Man needs to bake a masterpiece. The three pigs hold a bowl near the bottom of the screen and need to be moved left or right to catch the correct ingredients as they drop down.For almost all mini-games only a small number of misses is allowed. There is a separate Print Center section where unlocked certificates, recipes and other rewards can be printed. The game contains three difficulty levels and it keeps track of the high score for each game. |
| Seasons | 2004-05-05 | Sugar Games | Sugar Games | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Put on your thinking cap and play Seasons, an incredibly exhilarating move-and-rotate puzzle!There are four seasons a year that come and go in a cycle. You start with an intricate layout of chips that come in four types according to the number of seasons. Your objective is to find a lucky chip to flip and explode a combination of three matching seasons. Remember, one lucky click may cause a cascade of explosions, so that you can score more!
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| Cube 2: Sauerbraten | 2004-05-06 | Dot3 labs LLC | Dot3 labs LLC | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Cube 2: Sauerbraten is an open source sequel to Cube by the same company, an FPS with a built in editor. Features include transform and lighting support and fast real-time geometry support. The designers focused more on faster vector processing instead eye candy, to provide a fast, solid gameplay.There is no story, but a couple campaigns are selectable from the start menu. The soundtrack is thrash metal. The bad guys are generic gun carrying demons and trolls. There are ammo and health packs floating around, similar to Quake 3. You can adjust gravity and even play in slow mode.The maps provided with the games are similar to Quake and Quake 3.The game comes with a large arrangement of selectable options, allowing for very customizable gameplay. The sequel comes with rudimentary rag-doll physics, the ability to import Quake 3 models, improved rendering, and easier interface to access and change gameplay. Like the original game, you can actually change the map using editing tools while playing the game. |
| Anacreon: Imperial Conquest in the Far Future | 2004-05-07 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Based on the classic DOS game Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021, this shareware remake (by the original game's designer) adds a graphical, mouse-driven interface while retaining the original's concept of turn-based, strategy gaming at a cosmic level. Featuring a number of scenarios for single or multiple players, Anacreon: Imperial Conquest in the Far Future puts the player in control of a star empire. It's up to the player to oversee their empire, planet by planet. Guide a planet's economy, manage its resources, and provide for its defense. The player must raise fleets, send probes out to explore unknown regions, set up trade routes, and choose a path of diplomacy or war.The game comes with eight original scenarios and the Scenario Pack adds eleven classic levels. |
| Bottoms Up | 2004-05-09 | | | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Many years ago when saint Patrick expelled all the snakes from Ireland he missed one. This snake swore revenge and gathered a large army of snakes. This army then stole all the beer in Ireland and as a drunken Irishman it is the players job to get the beer back and at the same time kill as many snakes as possible. To complete a level all the player has to do is to kill all the snakes in that level. Coins that can be found in the levels can be used to buy useful stuff such as a gun or mines. A mini map of the level is displayed in the lower right corner of the screen and to the left the number of lives the player has is shown as beer bottles. In addition to snakes the player must also kill snake charmers since they make snakes appear out of baskets.In addition to the "story mode" there is a timed mode where one or two players compete to finish a level as fast as possible and battle mode where two players battle against each other. |
| Gish | 2004-05-10 | Chronic Logic LLC | Chronic Logic LLC | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Gish is a platformer with a twist. You play a blob of tar named Gish (yes, I said a blob of tar) who is on a journey to find his girlfriend, Brea - who is not another blob of tar, but rather a human.Using the complex, realistic physics engine, Gish must stick to walls, slide through cracks, topple boxes, and solve many other strange physics puzzles while battling enemies. Even jumping is very physics-heavy; Gish has to bounce up and down to gain momentum for a jump. The game includes three modes: Story, which is standard linear platforming, Collection, a sort of time attack mode, and Vs., where two Gishes fight to the death. |
| Nyamiru to Bonzu no Daibōken | 2004-05-11 | Tsumiru Studio | Tsumiru Studio | Action | | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This adventure game sends Nyamiru, a cavalier puss-in-boots, and Bonzu, a pooch in a kabuto, through four levels of a castle filled with dangerous boar soldiers. In each area you will have to collect a certain number of lamps, which will reveal a key, which in turn reveals an exit to the area. Boars will chase you if you are near enough to them for them to catch onto your presence. The areas are made of ladders and platforms that will either aid you in outwitting the boars or entrap you.The game allows you to choose to play as either Nyamiru or Bonzu in single player, or team up with a friend and send both on the quest. |
| Rectangles | 2004-05-11 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Rectangles is a grid-based puzzle where the player must divide the grid into rectangles. Some grid squares contain numbers; each rectangle must contain one number, equal to its area. The grid size can be freely chosen by the player. |
| Elevator Action | 2004-05-14 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Taito Corporation | Action | Side view | | Spy / espionage | Platform, Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | You are Agent 17 (codename: "Otto"). Your mission is to secure all top secret documents from a security building and escape in the getaway car, located in the basement of the building.Enemies spies are scattered throughout the 30-floor building and they have only one mission: execute Agent 17 at all costs. There are several ways in which Agent 17 can kill them:
Shooting them with his gun.
Kicking them by jumping onto them.
Shooting a light on the ceiling while in an elevator, dropping the light onto one of them.
Crushing them with an elevator.
Whenever a light has been dropped, the hallways will be dark for a short period of time, making the enemy spies harder to see. The same holds true for hallways that are already dark.While Otto is in an elevator, he will have complete control of it by moving up or down. Agent 17 can still get killed if he's already in an elevator if a bullet's trajectory is aimed at it.. When Otto is not in an elevator, it will move from floor to floor automatically, even when enemy spies are in it. Otto is able to leap over the elevator gaps, but he must be as close to the edge as possible without falling off in order to make the jump safely. If there is an elevator cable in the way, however, it will block him, causing him to fall. Just because the game is called Elevator Action doesn't mean that elevators are the only means of travel. There are also escalators which you can ride up or down, useful if you want to avoid gunfire and don't have time to jump.Otto must go into the rooms with red doors to collect the top secret documents. If he tries to get to his car without getting all the documents, he cannot escape and must go back and collect the remaining documents. Once he has all the documents and drives away, he then proceeds to the next building.If Otto takes too much time to collect the documents, the alarm will go off, and he will have trouble controlling the elevators, which will take time to react. Bad guys will be especially aggressive. The alarm doesn't go off when Otto loses a life, it only resets after finishing a building. Besides ducking, bad guys may also drop themselves and lay flat on the floor. It's virtually impossible for Otto to shoot bad guys when they do this. Also, Otto cannot duck when in an elevator. |
| Homeplanet: Playing with Fire | 2004-05-14 | Russobit-M | Revolt Games | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | | Windows | Playing with Fire is a standalone add-on for the space sim Homeplanet. It features a new campaign with seven chapters that have a more detailed and developed storyline and characters. There is a new spacecraft and additional locations as well. Another important addition is a multiplayer mode which was absent in the original release. It offers both a cooperative campaign playthrough and a competitive one in a form of a deathmatch mode. |
| Neverwinter Nights: Platinum | 2004-05-14 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of Neverwinter Nights material which includes the following:
Neverwinter Nights, along with its complete, spiral-bound manual
Shadows of Undrentide
Hordes of the Underdark
The Platinum edition also includes these bonus playable modules:
Contest of Champions - 0492
The Dark Ranger's Treasure
The Winds of Eremor
To Heir is Human
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| True Crime: Streets of LA | 2004-05-14 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | EXAKT Entertainment, Inc., Luxoflux Corp. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Fighting, Sandbox / open world, Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Nick Kang is a young Chinese-American detective who has been suspended from the Los Angeles Police Department due to his extreme methods of policing and his ability to cause massive amounts of damage to property. However, Wanda Parks, the Chief of the E.O.D (Elite Operations Division), requires Nick's assistance in a case that involves attacks on various venues in the Chinatown district. At first Nick is reluctant to help, preferring the vigilante life and focusing on avenging his father's death. However, he eventually agrees to conduct the investigation, on one condition: he must do it his way.True Crime: Streets of LA is a free-roaming driving and action game similar in concept to Grand Theft Auto III. The game's structure is mission-based; most of the missions are dictated by the story and initiate following a cutscene that advances it. Failing a mission still allows the player to continue playing through the chapter and undertake subsequent missions; in some cases this will lead to branching paths and optional missions. However, in order to complete the whole chapter the player must eventually succeed in all the main missions.Nick can hijack any car on the street (usually with little to no repercussions) and freely drive through the 240 square miles of Los Angeles. Nick is capable of firing his weapon when driving; in an open top vehicle, it is possible to aim anywhere. The player can also opt for exploring the city on foot. Nick will be frequently contacted by other police officers and informed about various street crimes. He can then fight perpetrators, arrest them, knock them unconscious, or kill them to deal with these crimes.The gameplay during the missions is separated into third-person shooting, fighting, and (more rarely) stealth sequences. All of these usually take place in relatively small, restricted environments. The shooting sequences involve Nick dealing with waves of enemies that appear in different places. Nick must react quickly, moving, crouching, or diving (with a "bullet time" effect) to avoid enemy attacks. A limited amount of painkillers can be found in such stages.During the fighting sequences, Nick utilizes his martial arts techniques to defeat enemies in hand-to-hand combat. Nick can punch, kick, grapple and throw enemies. The player can execute combos by pressing various combinations of buttons consecutively. It is also possible to pick up primitive melee weapons lying around, or take them from enemies. Both shooting and fighting stages have destructible environments.Stealth missions typically involve Nick traversing a hostile area without attracting the enemies' attention; the mission is failed if an enemy hasn't been dealt with silently, or shortly after he has discovered Nick. The player has the option of killing enemies or knocking them down; the latter awards the protagonist "good cop" points. Conversely, "bad cop" points are given to Nick for killing innocents or surrendered criminals. Depending on Nick's rating in these categories, the storyline branches during later chapters, leading to different endings. |
| Syrenka Racer | 2004-05-16 | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | TMReality | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Syrenka Racer is a simple arcade racing game, dedicated to the memory of the Polish car Syrenka, produced between 1951-1983. The game features seven models of Syrenka (Basic, Lux, Milicja, Pickup, Hatchback, Cabrio, Sporting), nine tracks (stadium, market shop, factory, docks, city, poor district, lake, market streets, mountains), four play modes (career, tourist-training, single race, time attack) and several camera views. Each model of Syrenka has different specifications (weight and power), but they do not affect the gameplay. The game starts with only one available track and one basic car. Progress in the game (place on the podium) unlocks the next ones. |
| Bad Dreams | 2004-05-17 | InFluid Software | InFluid Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Bad Dreams is perhaps the first horror-themed Breakout clone. You bounce a ball using a paddle and try to smash all the bricks on screen, picking up good powerups and avoiding the bad ones that fall from exploded bricks. Like most of InFluid Software's games, it puts an ultra-violent twist to classic arcade action, with weird and disturbing hand-drawn backgrounds rendered in 32-bit, numerous enemies that you can splatter for bonus points, and a pervasive B-movie horror atmosphere. It contains 150 individually designed levels. |
| Chicago 1930 | 2004-05-17 | MC2-Microïds, XS Games, LLC | Spellbound Entertainment AG | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Crime | Stealth | Interwar, North America | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | During the Prohibition Era, where trading with alcohol was illegal, the mafia is ruling the city. Don Falcone is entering the city to carry through his own rules and oppress the people. A special unit of the police around Edward Nash is sent to stop the crimes of the mob. A rough war is breaking out between rivaling gangs and between the FBI and the mob. You can choose whether to play as the police or on the side of the mafia. When you play on the mafia side, you are attempting murders, are kidnapping people and try to take control over the city. When you choose to play the police campaign it's the other way around: You try to free the city quarter after quarter and you have to solve several missions like investigations.
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| Codename: Gordon | 2004-05-18 | Valve Corporation | Nuclearvision Entertainment GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Codename: Gordon is a 2D side-scrolling fan project based on the Half Life universe and programmed in Flash. In this fast platformer, you assume the role of Gordon Freeman and travel through six chapters inspired by the environment in Half Life 2. All the familiar weapons and enemies are present: crowbars, pistols, grenades, the SMG, a manipulator gun, headcrabs, zombies, the infamous G-man, etc. The game even includes a fully functional buggy.The game's controls resemble a 3D shooter. You use the keys to move and the mouse to aim (similar to Abuse), there are medic and HEV recharge stations and even the weapon selection boxes feel as if you're playing the real 3D game. Furthermore, it also features a highscore system with network support and some secrets to discover. |
| No-Action Jackson | 2004-05-19 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | | Windows | No-Action Jackson is a 2D click-and-point adventure game. The hero of the game is a youngster named Jackson, who is a role-playing games fanatic. He wants to meet up with his friends for an important session of D&D, but his mother refuses to let him leave the house because his grandparents are visiting, and she wants him to help her.The player controls Jackson and has to solve puzzles and talk to characters as he tries to sneak out of the house. Actions are chosen through verbs in the bottom left corner of the screen and picked up items are stored in an inventory on the bottom right side, similar to the classic SCUMM interface. |
| Warlords: Battlecry III | 2004-05-19 | Enlight Interactive Inc. | Infinite Interactive Pty. Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Warlords: Battlecry III is a real-time strategy game with some role-playing game features set in a fantasy setting. The campaign mode is a story-based adventure in which you choose a main hero (his name, race and class) and play as that hero from mission to mission gaining experience points. Not only can you carry your hero from mission to mission but his retinue also will carry over gaining experience.Other modes of play include Skirmish where you choose up to five computer controlled enemy races to compete against with several options like map size (number of temples, number of animals, resources, etc.), scenario options ( random weather, game speed, etc.) and victory conditions like raze all buildings or king of the castle to name a few.
Multiplayer allows up to six players to connect to a game across a network or over the internet.Some special features include - sixteen different races to choose from with twenty-eight different classes, retinues to follow your hero from mission to mission and role-playing game features like taking on quests to further the story along. |
| PipeFun 2 | 2004-05-20 | Bee Games | Bee Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PipeFun 2 is a real-time puzzle game which incorporates elements of both Tetris and Pipe Dream, and is the sequel to PipeFun.Square pieces of pipe fall from the top of the playfield slowly at first, becoming faster as levels are completed. During their descent, the pieces can be rotated, moved left or right, and dropped more quickly. The object is to connect pipes together so that they form a connected pipe configuration. When that happens, they disappear.The game offers two modes of play:
Pipeline - Pipe pieces fall one at a time. Connect them across the entire row in a completely closed pipe.
Arcade - Two pieces fall from the top. Join at least four of them in any manner (closed or open).Bombs, which destroy sections when touched to them, appear if five or more sections of pipe are connected.The game has twenty levels, three difficulty modes, an optional timer, sound effects and music. It can be controlled using a keyboard, joystick or gamepad. |
| Maniac Mansion Deluxe | 2004-05-21 | | LucasFan Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Seventeen years after the initial release of the classic LucasArts adventure Maniac Mansion, the game has been revamped for modern systems in a 256-colour freeware remake by fans. Aside from the crisp graphics, they improved the SCUMM-interface itself and it now features digital sound effects and continuous background music, designed with the Adventure Game Studio engine. Although it is a complete remake built from scratch, the designers kept the gameplay, story and the many gags from the original game intact. |
| Noah's Adventures | 2004-05-21 | Cougar Interactive | Cougar Interactive | Adventure | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Noah's Adventures, as the name implies, is a game based on the Noah's Ark biblical story. It is comprised by three games:Hide and Seek: in this game, Noah has to find 10 missing creatures inside a biblically scaled Ark. God Himself will tell Noah which animals to find. Hints about the animals' locations will be given by Noah's sons, Shem, Ham and Japhet.
Animal Adventure: in this game, the animals will ask Noah for items which they'll need for the 40 days flood trip (like oranges, soccer balls, cowboy hats, fire extinguishers, horse shoes, etc.). Once Noah gives them the items, they'll go to the Ark.
Animal Quiz: in this quiz game the player has to answer questions about the animals in the Ark.The game also features a video depicting the biblical story and remixed versions of religious songs as "Amazing Grace". |
| Singles: Flirt Up Your Life! | 2004-05-23 | Eidos, Inc. | Rotobee Realtime 3D GmbH | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | Adult | | | | Martin Hecking, Carsten Pasternack | Real-time | Adults Only | Isometric | Windows | Singles: Flirt Up Your Life is a relationship simulator. Think "The Sims" on a much smaller scale but with a more detailed character interaction.The game starts of by giving you 2 couples who live in a flat. Your task is to explore their relationship while controlling their tasks like cooking, watching TV and a whole lot more. The couples will fight with each like in real life too. Then there are moments where the couples will get intimate with each other. This where the fun starts as players are given a few levels of eroticism to play with. Starting from mild kissing up to making love or having a shower together. |
| Gravity Gems | 2004-05-24 | Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Gravity Gems, your objective is to remove rows of at least five blocks (gems) of the same color, while avoiding the complete filling of the board.The board of this game consists of 9 by 9 rows, which looks like a rhombus drawn from a top-down view. However, it is actually that you look from the side to it, so there is literally a lower and an upper part of the board. And that's where the Gravity from Gravity Gems comes into play, as gems are falling down in direction of the lower part when gems beneath it are removed.The game offers the player four different game modes: Time Gems, Classic Gems, Tactical Gems, and Puzzle Gems.In Classic Gems, you start with a half filled board (obviously, due to the gravity, the lower part is filled). Now you are giving a gems, which you must insert in any of the 18 possible places (lower left or lower right side, 9 at each side). When you insert the gem, all gems in the diagonal line above it will move one place up and the top gem might fall down in the other diagonal line, if there is a free space beneath it in this direction. As soon as five gems of the same color are together in a line, they will vanish. The amount of new gems is unlimited, but as soon as the entire board is filled, you have lost.The mode is divided into levels, but you will always play the the same board. At some levels, you will get more colored gems, making the game more difficult. But you will also get special items, both good and bad, like the blocker (which is useless, but it hinders you), the grenade (which destroys all gems of the same color in the board as the one were it explodes), the rainbow gem (which functions as a wild card, working as any color), and others.Time Gems is like Classic, but you play against the clock (besides against the board filling), whereby Classic is without a time limit. There is a time meter in the game, which will sink slowly. But you can rise it by exploding gems. Once it falls to the bottom, you have lost.In Tactical Gems, you play as in Classic, but with one major difference. In Classic, you can explode any color combination at any time, but here you have to explode a certain color, which is shown upper right of the board. When you have created for example a 6 gems yellow row while your mission was to destroy red rows, those yellow rows will stay until you are allowed to destroy yellow and you attach another gem to this particularly row.Now Puzzle Gems is totally different. You have a certain given board, which is filled with a certain pattern. Now you are giving only a few gems and/or special item and you must remove all gems from the board with those limited things. If even just one gem remain on the board, you have failed and have to retry the level. |
| Coup de Cup | 2004-05-25 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Coup de Cup is a point-and-click adventure with classic game elements. It is a short game made for the May 2004 edition of the monthly MAGS series. The player controls Mortimer Morgan who bets his father he can steal a precious magical cup from a museum. The game is entirely controlled through the mouse. |
| Pac-Man World 2 | 2004-05-25 | Hip Interactive Corp. | Namco Hometek Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Long ago, an evil stronger then anything before or after it, was trapped underneath a tree, which grew the five golden fruits. Years later the band of ghosts, who continue to roam Pac-World, have stolen the fruits from the tree. Unknown to them, they have also unleashed the evil that lurked beneath the tree on a helpless Pac-World. Only one Pac can return the five golden fruits to the tree and stop both the ghosts and the new evil from destroying Pac-World, and that's Pac-Man.Using his famous munching skills, Pac-Man must explore 20 monster, pit and trap filled levels. But of course, the Pac-Pills can be found across each map to aid Pac-Man in his quest.The game also features four classic Pac-Man games to unlock, all taken from different Namco compilations. They are, in order of appearance:
Pac-Man (taken from Namco Museum Vol. 1)
Ms. Pac-Man (taken from Namco Museum Vol. 3)
Pac-Mania (taken from Namco Museum Vol. 5)
Pac-Attack (remake taken from Namco Anthology 2) |
| The Sims: Mega Deluxe | 2004-05-25 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains:
The Sims (base game)
The Sims: Hot Date (expansion)
The Sims: House Party (expansion)
The Sims: Livin' Large (expansion) |
| Netslide | 2004-05-26 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Netslide is a grid-based puzzle game where the player needs to assemble a fully connected network out of the jumbled segments. The player can shift a row or column of tiles by one position in either direction, however there is one row and one column that cannot be moved. There are barriers present in the grid which act as hints towards the layout, since two segments can never connect across a barrier. As the difficulty increases, there are less and less barriers. |
| RON 13:13: Retaliation | 2004-05-26 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Reality-on-the-Norm town was contacted by the group called themselves "The Elder Gods" telling them that for reasons unknown this town will be erased from existence within 48 1/2 hours. Mayor Michael Gower has sent Mr. Death and M. to the compound of "The Elder Gods" in an attempt to prevent this. Exploring this compound, the player should help Mr. Death to complete this attempt in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Thief: Deadly Shadows | 2004-05-26 | Eidos, Inc. | Ion Storm Austin | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Stealth | Fantasy, Steampunk | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Master Thief Garrett is contacted by the Keeper Artemus, who wants him to steal two valuable artifacts. Meanwhile, Garrett learns that the coming of a Dark Age had been prophesied long ago. Gaining access to the Keeper Prophecies, Garrett learns that an ancient book known as the Compendium of Reproach contains more information about the prophecy. As Garrett is trying to solve the mystery, it becomes more and more clear to him that there is a traitor in the order of the Keepers.Thief: Deadly Shadows is the third installment in the Thief series. The game follows the same design philosophy and gameplay structure that distinguished its predecessors. As before, stealth is the key to successful completion of missions. Avoiding confrontation with the guards, Garrett has to make his way through the levels towards the objective. Shadows and sounds play a large role, as guards will react to suspicious noises, and studying their patrolling routines is essential.A few gameplay elements have been slightly altered. Garrett can no longer swim, but is able to use climbing gloves that attach him to the walls. He can also flatten himself against walls while standing; if in shadow, he remains completely unnoticeable that way. The player can see Garrett's limbs even if he is viewed from first-person perspective, allowing more precise movements. Switching to third-person view is also possible.The most significant gameplay change is the non-linear exploration of the City, which has been added to the largely linear missions. In order to access the next mission, Garrett has to explore the City. On his way, he can overhear conversations, steal valuables, avoid or knock out the guards, and even accept secondary missions, which will influence his reputation with some of its factions. |
| Shape Shifter | 2004-05-27 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Action, Strategy | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Shape Shifter is a puzzle game with silhouettes and a circus theme. The objective is to drag and drop the shapes from a tray at the bottom of the screen, into their matching contours slots on moving rows at the game field. New lines are added from time to time, piling up on top of each other, and the goal is to complete each one to make them disappear from the game.In the "Beat The Clock" mode, a hourglass at the bottom-left shows the time left to eliminate all the lines. In the Speedster mode, the lines have to be destroyed before they reach the top. Useless shapes can dropped in the discard bin besides the tray, but doing so in the Speedster mode makes new lines appear faster.Some shapes are marked with stars, giving random power-ups after being placed on their correct slots. The powers add some sand to the hourglass, highlight the correct slot for the piece being held, score up to 10,000 extra bonus points and transform all the tray pieces into wildcards. Bonus points are received when adding several shapes of the same type in succession, placing a special switcher piece that keeps changing shape until it's picked up and eliminating lines. |
| Ancient Taxi | 2004-05-28 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | ZagZag Games | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ancient Taxi is a variant of Space Taxi that is most similar to Ugh! due to its use of a prehistoric theme. The player controls a helicopter taxi that he uses to navigate from platform to platform. On the platforms cavemen appear with a number above them indicating to what other platform they want to travel. The player has to pick them up and carry them safely to the right destination. At the same time the player has to be on the watch out for various threats. At times a rocket kamikaze flies across the screen that the player has to avoid or the taxi will be destroyed. The kamikaze can be taken down by picking up and dropping a stone on top of it. There are also dinosaurs that the player has to handle in the similar way although dinosaurs are only knocked out for a brief time before they wake up again. Stones can also be dropped on trees and by doing so the player is able to pick up fallen fruit. Levels also have water that the player can't stay down in for to long.The game has three game modes that vary in their difficulty: kid, arcade and classic. The kid mode is easiest while arcade and classic add limitations that makes things harder. In the arcade mode the passengers will be knocked down into the water if the player touches them. If they are not quickly rescued they will drown. The classic mode also adds the possibility to crash the taxi when going too fast. |
| Mystereet: Fukagyaku Sekai no Tantei Shinshi | 2004-05-28 | Abel Inc. | Abel Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Yasogami Kaoru is the youngest class A detective in the international crime-solving organization IDLA. After solving a murder case on a cruise ship, Kaoru is contacted by IDLA's director Connor, who tells him that a famous detective named Agyou Sohma has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. As Kaoru begins the investigation, he discovers connections between seemingly unrelated cases that challenge even his abilities.Mystereet is a Japanese-style adventure game. Basic gameplay follows the traditions of the genre and involve text-heavy, puzzle-less advancement with simple interaction. Stand-out features include detailed examination of objects in point-and-click fashion, as well as collecting special points during the investigation, which may increase the player's detective rank.The PlayStation 2 version adds voice-overs to the dialogues and removes the erotic scenes of the Windows release. |
| Minder | 2004-05-29 | Apocalyptic Coders | Apocalyptic Coders | Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Minder can be seen as a training game for your short-term memory.The playfield consists of a circle, which is split into 4 quarters, a red, a blue, a yellow, and a green one.When you now start a game, the computer will play a sequence of one color, and your job is to repeat this sequence. You have all the time you want for this, but the faster you repeat the sequence, the more bonus points you earn.A sequence of one color? Yes, but only in level 1, level 2 has 2 colors, while level 20 will have 20 colors, and so on...If you fail to repeat the correct color sequence, you will have a miss. After three misses, it's game over. However, after earning each 20,000 points, a miss is removed.While the game itself uses random color sequences, so each complete game will be different, one game will have one continuous color sequence (like green -> green-red -> green-red-green, etc.). So you can concentrate on improving your memory on one increasing sequence and don't have to re-learn every level.Finally, the game uses both a local highscore and an internet highscore. |
| The Devil's Shroud: Part I | 2004-05-29 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure | Europe | | Point and select | Persistent | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Devil's Shroud - Part I is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.
The game series consists of 4 parts as separate games. The game uses photographic backgrounds of real locations with hand drawn characters except for the face.Story:
In the first game is set in Turin (Italy) and surroundings. The protagonist Leonard Ketmeier is a professor of medieval history and an expert in satanism. While at home he gets a letter from the abbot of the nearby S. Michele abbey and is asked to make a visit. A dead monk has been found in his cell along with strange blood marks on the wall. Leonard Ketmeier suspects a satanic cult.
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| Hairy Harry | 2004-05-30 | | | Sports | Side view | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Hairy Harry is a beach volleyball game where the players are small, spherical creatures with long, swaying hair. The rules are similar to standard volleyball: the player gains points if the ball touches the ground on his opponent's side, a player can touch the ball only three times before sending it to the other side, and the game ends when one player has scored 15 points. One-player and two-player modes are available. The players can customize the appearance of their character, including color and hairstyle. |
| HamsterJam | 2004-05-31 | Ovine by Design | Ovine by Design | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | HamsterJam is a remake of the VIC-20 game Rockman, which in turn is a variant of Boulder Dash. Gameplay and level design is identical to the original game. What's different is the characters. The player character is here a hamster called Sniffles and the monsters that are out to get him are mice. The aim of the game is to collect all the rings from each level. When that is done a gate opens and the player can move on to the next level. As the player digs his way through the levels be has to watch out for boulders that might fall down over him. These can also be used as a weapon against the mice. The game also has a time limit. When ending a game the player can submit his score to an online leaderboard. |
| Asterix and Obelix: Kick Buttix | 2004-06-01 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | Étranges Libellules S.A. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Classical antiquity, Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The long and rich history of the Asterix comics continue with its newest game entry, Asterix and Obelix: Kick Buttix. The story of the game involves Asterix and Obelix returning to their village in Gaul, after a day of hunting. They come to find that all their fellow village people have been captured. Along with their capture is also the theft of their magic potion, a potion that gives them superhuman strength. Caesar has captured the Gauls and spread them out to the furthest corners of the Roman Empire. Asterix and Obelix must find and free their friends and get the potion before it reaches Caesar.The gameplay consists of the ability to switch between Asterix and Obelix at different times, using each one's skills to your advantage. Through the adventure, you will unlock and gain powerful combos and attack moves to help you. This large adventure takes you through six different countries made up of 47 areas, totaling 40 plus levels. The gameplay is varied from battling hundreds of Romans at once to riding/racing sequences and puzzle-solving. The graphics have vibrant colors, picturesque backgrounds, exciting special effects, and humorous animations. The sound includes zany effects, a range of music from roman to Egyptian, and good-humored voice acting. |
| Chicken Fraction | 2004-06-01 | | | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | One of the non-Adventure Adventure Game Studio-games.Chicken Fraction is a small educational game where the player learns to calculate with fractions. A formula (two fractions and the usual operators +, -, /, *) is given and three possible results. Choose the correct one, earn a point and knock down the chicken. If you selected the wrong, the chicken gets a point and teaches you what the correct solution was.There is no ending, so you can play against the chicken until you decide to close the game. |
| Lux | 2004-06-01 | Sillysoft | Sillysoft | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Lux is a turn-based strategy game that is heavily based on the board game Risk. Starting from a map divided into different regions, the objective of each game is to conquer the whole map and eliminate all other players. This can be done in single player or up to six human players can compete online.The game comes with different maps, containing historical, geometric, geographic, and fantasy settings. It is also possible to create maps by using the built-in map editor. Lux is distributed as a shareware product, with a free demo available and the full version requiring a one-time purchase. |
| Marine Heavy Gunner: Vietnam | 2004-06-01 | Groove Games | Brainbox Games | Action | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The year is 1967 and you are Grant, specialist Heavy Gunner of the 6th platoon US Marine Corps. Your mission is to locate and kill the evil Col. Trung, the mastermind behind a series of sneak attacks on US forces in the area. Along with your six squad mates, you must make your way through the treacherous jungles of Vietnam, villages, rice fields, a secret underground bunker and a POW camp.Use a variety of American and Vietcong weaponry in this Unreal powered first person shooter. Devastate the enemy from a distance aboard a helicopter, an APC and a PVR boat. Mount up your heavy guns and unleash the most powerful weaponry the US military has to offer. |
| Tank-O-Box | 2004-06-01 | Exclusive Games, LLC | Exclusive Games, LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Tank | | | | | Windows | Tank-O-Box is a remake of Battle City, featuring 3D graphics and 3D sound. The protagonist is a soldier navigating a tank, entrusted with the protection of his army headquarters. He is armed with 75-mm cannon, and has a chance to upgrade it to a rocket launcher. It is also important to crush all enemy radars - they play a leading role in enemy tactics. The game is set in the swamps of Scotland and in Siberian snowy taiga. A co-operative two-player mode and an Extra Violent mode are available. |
| The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure | 2004-06-01 | Viva Media, LLC | SchoenerMedia KG | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Robert has a terrible teacher - Mr. Bockel - who makes math class so boring that Robert hates anything to do with numbers. Until, that is, he goes to sleep one night and dreams up the Number Devil! Each night for 10 nights after that, The Number Devil takes Robert on a tour of math concepts, bringing them to life in funny and imaginative ways.You're invited to sit back and listen as the Number Devil explains mathematical ideas to Robert, and then step in and participate by using the mouse and the keyboard to help Robert solve math problems. At the end of each lesson there is a game that reinforces that night's concept. Most of the action is point and click, although you can use the keyboard to enter numbers for blackboard problems, and the arrow keys are necessary for some of the chapter-ending games, such as the "Sleigh Ride in Owl's Wood". At the bottom of your screen are pop-up icons for various options - back and forward arrows, volume control, your scoreboard, help, exit, and two icons that deserve a bigger explanation; Glossary and Table of Contents. Your Glossary icon opens a book listing just about every term, concept, and person mentioned in the game; clicking on a word opens up a page explaining it. The Number Devil uses some humourous terms in place of the usual ones - here you will find that "rutabagas" are actually roots, and "prima donnas" are actually prime numbers! The Table of Contents is broken up into two parts - The Contents list, and the Seek and Ye Shall Find list. Click on a listing on the Contents page and you'll get an explanation of everything that was discussed on that night, and each part of the explanation is a link to the section of the game where that part was covered. The Seek list is an index of everything covered - clicking on a word will bring up a link to the part of the game where it is explained; these are particularly useful options for finding the mathematical concepts you need to review.The concepts range from fairly simple (the discovery and importance of zero) to quite sophisticated (The Golden section; planes, knots and lines), making the game playable from the suggested 8-year-old level all the way through high school and beyond.Some of the games at the end of each chapter are purposely reminiscent of some well-known titles; there is a Pac-Man type maze and a Tetris-inspired game, for example. There's a quantity-guessing game, a road rally, a sled race, a puzzle involving Roman Numerals, and more...there is an 11th level as well, accessible "by invitation only", ie, high scores on all previous nights. The game itself closely follows the book of the same name; The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, illustrated by Rotraud Susanne Berner, and the art is based on Berner's illustrations. |
| WWF Panda Junior | 2004-06-01 | SG Diffusion | Neko Entertainment SARL | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Play as Alex or Emma as you discover the African continent in this educational WWF-endorsed game, the first in the Safari Adventure series - dedicated to an audience from 6 to 9 years old. Guided by the little WWF Panda and a forest ranger, you journey around and meet lots of different animals. Unfortunately, baddies such as the hunter Mr Mank and tourist Mr Rashburn will try to stop you from progressing.Quests are provided by the different animals you meet. After helping an animal by arranging escape routes, rescuing them from confinement or restoring the landscape, you are allowed to take pictures stored in your scrapbook. Each location has environmental information and animal information sheets, and new regions are opened up while playing. The sheets inform you of issues and provide background on the wildlife's behaviour, comprising over 40 different animals.The game is controlled through the mouse with typical adventure elements. Upon hovering over a hotspot, the cursor changes to show the actions you can perform, such as talking, walking around, picking up and dropping items, jumping, and riding an animal. Characters have an inventory where a limited amount of objects can be stored. At certain points, you need to solve padlock puzzles based on clues found in the surroundings. All animals have been voiced, and the game uses a 3rd-person perspective. The difficulty of the puzzles increases progressively while advancing in the game. |
| Word Whomp To Go | 2004-06-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | pixelStorm entertainment studios Inc. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Word construction | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Whomp those moles and spell words to earn the most points.Word Whomp To Go is a downloadable version of Word Whomp with added features. You still have the Classic mode where you spell as many words as you can from a group of six letters before the two minute, thirty second time runs out but there are also two new game modes. Puzzle mode has no time limit. You can take as long as you wish to think of words. Action mode has you spelling words until you reach the carrot or time runs out then you start the next round with new letters. You also, now, have a "Hint" button. This will give you the first or next letter of a word at a cost. If you are playing a timed game, it will cost you ten seconds on the clock. If you are playing a game with no time limit, it will cost you one hundred points. |
| Wankuru | 2004-06-03 | Digital Kids Co. Ltd. | MTO Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Wankuru is a falling-block puzzle game that plays similarly to Sega's Baku Baku Animal. Players drop pairs of puzzle blocks, which can be dogs, doghouses, or a mix of the two. The goal is to place long chains of dogs of the same colour, then place a doghouse of the same colour next to them so the whole chain can go home. Like other puzzle games, creating long chain reactions produces a major point reward. Like in the Puyo Puyo series, chain reactions rain garbage blocks down on the opponent's playfield; in this game, the garbage blocks are bones, and any dog eating a bone will refuse to enter a doghouse until they finish.There are both single-player and multiplayer modes. The main single-player game is a story mode which features some short visual novel-style scenes in between matches against the CPU. There is also a score attack mode, in which the player tries to get as far as possible through a set of 100 levels while racking up points. There are also offline and online two-player versus modes. |
| Acky's XP Breakout | 2004-06-04 | Isotope244 Graphics LLC | Isotope244 Graphics LLC | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Acky's XP Breakout is a Breakout game in a space setting. On each level, the player must destroy all the bricks by hitting them with a ball bounced off a moving paddle, keeping the ball from falling out the bottom of the screen. There are various types of bricks which behave in various ways, e.g. requiring more than one hit to destroy, or occasionally becoming intangible. Some bricks yield pick-ups when destroyed, which have a variety of beneficial and harmful effects, e.g. speeding up the ball, extending the paddle, creating a barrier to stop the ball from being lost, or giving the paddle weapons that can be used to destroy bricks. At any time, the player can choose to create a new ball on the playfield. This requires a certain amount of red and blue "ether", a resource which is replenished by certain power-ups. There is a variety of score bonuses which can be triggered by special conditions - e.g. breaking several bricks in a row without having the ball touch the paddle, keeping two or more balls active for a minimum time, or quick completion of a level. Completing levels grants the player trophies, with more trophies increasing the player's rank, from Reflector (the lowest one) to Zen (the highest rank.) Furthermore, every rank has four tiers (Minion, Apprentice, Adept, Master), with higher tiers gained by collecting a minimum number of score bonuses. Getting numerous score bonuses eventually activates "XP mode", which grants the player a variety of free powerups for the next three levels. The game also includes a custom level editor, and allows creating custom level packs. |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004-06-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | KnowWonder, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The PC game based on the third Harry Potter story is, like its counterpart on consoles, a three-dimensional action adventure, but with entirely different challenges and levels.The player controls both Harry as well as his friends Ron and Hermione, while casting spells, solving puzzles and fighting enemies. Each of the three has one unique spell: Harry can freeze things, Hermione can transform statues into living creatures which can reach areas she can't, and Ron can pull himself over chasms or pull things toward him. When the three (or sometimes only two) of them are together, the one best suited for the task at hand is automatically selected. If the power of several spells is required for a certain task, the other characters (AI-controlled) join in the casting. Spellcasting is context-sensitive - the correct spell is selected according to the object targeted.When not engaged in a specific mission, the castle of Hogwarts can be freely explored. Many secrets and smaller tasks await. Scattered all around Hogwarts, usually in hidden areas, are Every Flavour Beans, Pumpkin Pasties and Cauldron Cakes, which function as a sort of currency. They can be traded for Collectors Cards, passwords for portraits that lead to more secret areas, and power-ups.To finish the game, not only must the main missions be completed, but several side tasks as well. All 80 Collectors Cards must be found, all portrait passwords acquired and several mini-games completed. These include battles against pixies and a magically animated book, and a hippogriff flying course. |
| Star Wraith IV: Reviction | 2004-06-04 | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Star Wraith IV: Reviction is a sci-fi action game where the player controls a space ship. Humanity is in danger because aliens want to conquer Earth. The situation is also aggravated because there is a rebellion starting within the human forces. Now the Alliance arranges the best pilots in one unit - and the player is their lead pilot.As in most space shooters, the game is played in the cockpit perspective where the player has a lot of displays to observe, e.g. ammo and shield energy. There are also various orders for the wingmen, e.g. equated attacks or formations. This is all controlled by joystick, keyboard or mouse. There are two playing modes for single players: campaign and instant action. The campaign is a linear set of missions with goals like destroying something or escorting someone. Before every mission the player can choose his space ship and gear. The instant action missions give ten parameters to the player where he can set mission requirements, e.g. number of enemies or AI level. Alternatively he can also play a randomly generated mission. The player also can create his/her own missions and string them together as a campaign. |
| Taxi Racer: New York 2 | 2004-06-04 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | North America | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Taxi Racer New York 2 is the successor to Taxi Challenge New York. It offers an improved 3D engine with enhanced special effects. Your goal is to move around driving a taxi and bringing passengers in New York to their destination as fast as possible. While driving the traffic code and other cars can be disregarded without penalty. The faster you are, the more money you earn which you can then invest in one of the seven included cars. Different types of power-ups can be collected to reach a destination faster. |
| POWDER | 2004-06-05 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Roguelike | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | POWDER is a rogue-like featuring fast-paced gameplay in randomly generated dungeons. If you die, you have to start over again, because there is only one save slot, which will be deleted upon death. In every new game almost anything is randomized. Any item you pick up can have unknown effects. Some will aid you in your quest, but some will curse you. Only if you are brave enough to try out, you will know what potion will heal you. If you're not brave, but smart and have a spell book, you can also reveal such knowledge with magic.You can't choose a class for your character at the beginning. But you can choose to worship one of seven gods at any time, which in turn will aid you, while others will punish you.Your mission: You have to make your way through the dungeons to slay Baezl'bub and bring his black heart back to the surface. |
| Alpha Ball | 2004-06-08 | Dekovir, Inc. | Dekovir, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Alpha Ball is a Breakout-variant, but it is not a standard 2D-Breakout, it is 3D.Like always, your mission is to destroy all bricks in the game with the ball, which you will start, and later reflect, from your paddle. Once all bricks are gone, you proceed to the next level.The 3D is referring to the perspective, which is rotatable 45° both horizontal or vertical (or horizontal and vertical, if you want). So, it is both top-down and isometric, or nothing (depending how you want to play).But also the level design is 3D. So there are multiple brick layers in the game. Your ball will only use the lowest brick layer, but once a brick with the another brick above it (higher layer level) is destroyed, the higher brick will fill the gap at the lowest layer.The game has 100 levels and a Suspend Mode, so you don't need to play all levels at once. If that is not enough, you can easily upgrade the game. For this purpose, Dekovir Entertainment offers multiple Level Packs with 100 levels each.On your way through these levels, you can use 16 different useful Power-Ups: small/normal/big ball (big ball will go through bricks), slow/fast/very fast ball, shrink/expand paddle, guns/rockets/bombs (to destroy bricks with your paddle), extra life, fireball (destroys additional adjacent bricks), magnet (attach the ball), and three/seven-ball (multiplying balls). Even if some don't sound useful, you get score from all of them. The 17th Power-Up is the only one, which is not only useless, but also dangerous, the Death Power-Up (you will die immediately, when captured). |
| Back to Earth | 2004-06-10 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Backspace Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You are piloting a captured alien enemy ship, your task is to get back to Earth with the ship. Of course the aliens try to stop you with all they have. Dodging through asteroid fields while fighting hordes of enemy ships would be an impossible task if you didn't have the slow-motion drive (bullet-time), enabling you to make your way through all the space debris.The game can be played via the keyboard, mouse or joystick. It has three modes of difficulty, in-game music and sound effects. It records the player's score during the game but there is no high-score table so each game starts afresh.The player's craft is armed with a minigun which never runs out of ammunition. There are three other weapons that the player can pick up along the way, the plasma gun, missiles, and a laser. Use of these weapons is limited not by time, as in some games, but by the amount of ammunition power-ups the player collects as they play. The player is able to switch between combinations of weapons as they play a level by pressing the number keys 1 - 4, this allows the more potent weapons to be saved for the end of level boss. |
| Speesion: Tensai no Me 1 - Dotai | 2004-06-10 | ASICS Corporation | ASICS Corporation, KRI, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | ASICS's Speesion series was an attempt to use simple games for visual acuity testing and training in order to replace more traditional methods. The four different Tensai no Me (Genius Eye) games each feature a distinct set of minigames designed to test and train different visual skills. This volume contains:
Run: Tests dynamic visual acuity, e.g. the ability for the eye to track a moving object. Players have to follow groups of differently coloured birds as they move around the screen and correctly mark which ones travelled in which order.
Jump: Tests eye movement, e.g. the ability to switch eyes quickly. Players have to follow groups of birds flying around obstacles and report on which birds in a scene met certain requirements.
Open: Tests peripheral vision. Players watch groups of birds in their peripheral vision and need to distinguish the targets from decoys.
Catch: Tests quick reactions. Players must identify which set of birds in a set has the most birds meeting certain criteria.
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| The Suffering | 2004-06-10 | Encore Software, Inc. | Surreal Software, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | Horror | Shooter, Survival horror | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | You play the role of Torque, a death row inmate with an ambiguous past who has been imprisoned for slaying his ex-wife and children. Shortly after being interred in a new prison on Carnate Island, an earthquake appears to release demonic creatures based on the many modes of execution used in the sordid history of the island. These creatures proceed to eliminate much of the prison population, leaving only you and a scant few other inmates and guards to eliminate the horde and find out what has happened. |
| Adiboo & Paziral's Secret | 2004-06-11 | Vivendi Universal Games Deutschland GmbH | Coktel Vision | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Adiboo & Paziral's Secret is a 3D action adventure game with 12 levels. Players will take control of Adiboo and help rescue the citizens of peaceful Tonies Island from the threat of mysterious island. The mysterious island has a leader named Paziral. To unveil his secret player must come across five levels: volcano, lagoon, forest, temple, and metal island. The game is divided into platform, racing, and arcade stages. |
| Aeroboto | 2004-06-11 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Jaleco Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Mecha / giant robot | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The player competes in a marathon continuous scrolling horizontal shoot-em-up game across land, sea, air and outer space. You can hold down the fire button for a burst of Charged fire, which is especially essential to defeat the bosses.The player can hold down the Jump button to transform back and forth between a Mobile Robot or an Aero Fighter. Some sections have confrontations on both ground and air; others insist on aerial battling. Your time in the Aero Fighter is limited by its fuel requirement. |
| Kicker Manager 2004 | 2004-06-11 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Proline Software GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Kicker Manager 2004 is a typical German soccer manager game where the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his team and his character. Of course the first step in the career is to choose the team and in this game there are three playing modes: A real career starting at a small club in a low league, a real career starting at a chosen club and a lifetime-job at a chosen club without ever getting fired. There is also the possibility to start as national coach but only when playing on the lowest of three difficulty levels.The main portion of the game is spent in statistics screens and menus which the player reaches by clicking on corresponding items in his office, e.g. training gear for the training menu. Alternatively he can click the right mouse button to choose from a list. The menus itself have various submenus which are arranged at the bottom of the screen. The settings itself are extensive and can basically be divided into three subcategories: financial, athletic and personal options.On the athletic side the player sets everything that has to do with his team or the development of his team, e.g. training, lineup, tactics or youth support. The finances of the club are an important and large part of the game (even for a German manager game). Here the player buy or sell his players, expands the stadium, negotiates with sponsors or even participate in the stock market. He has also the option to hire assistants which take his responsibilities. If they have a high competence level (and of course a corresponding salary) their decisions are better.Lastly the personal options concern the relationship to the management, the own rating and financial status. The rating rises and falls with personal successes or failures. If it rises the player gets points to divide on his abilities, e.g. training, which affect the effect of his action. Here the player also can spend his hard-earned money on status objects or stock options. He even can found his own soccer club and become its president.The match presentation offers either a text or graphical mode. The former uses text messages to describe interesting scenes which happen in the match, the latter uses prerendered movies. During the match the player can make tactical changes. The license is restricted to the game's name based on a German sports magazine; the names of the teams and players are fictional.
There is an editor to change them. |
| Phantom Knight: Mugen no Meikyū Trilogy DVD | 2004-06-11 | Software House Parsley | | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Desert Time: Mugen no Meikyū
Phantom Knight: Mugen no Meikyū II
Phantom Knight: Mugen no Meikyū 3 - Type S |
| Pilot Brothers 3 | 2004-06-11 | 1C Company | K-D Lab Game Development, PIPE studio | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Arcade, Graphic adventure, Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Back Side of the Earth: Pilot Brothers 3
Berdichev, Spring 1958. Sensible Brother Chief and his not-so-bright assistant, Brother Colleague saw a report in papers that in Tasmania number of rare animals was greatly reduced. They decided to go there and do investigation. The main suspect is Carbofos! Help Chief and Colleague to save poor elephants!
14 Increasingly difficult levels to solve
2 Different characters: Brother Chief and Brother Colleague
Fast-paced, arcade mini-games and loads of absurdly witty mini-games!
Join the famed duo in their search for the missed animals! |
| Clonk Endeavour | 2004-06-12 | RedWolf Design | RedWolf Design | Action, Strategy | Side view | | | Board game | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Clonk Endeavour is an official, improved version of Clonk 4 and Clonk Planet, including numerous improvements, part of them adapted from the semi-official Golden Wipf Edition that players created from the source-code of Clonk Planet.The focus of the game is still the strategic action gameplay, where one or more players can partake in peaceful or hostile scenarios, locally on one PC or over a network. Game elements include the building of settlements, gathering of resources, maintenance of an economy, battles, and more.As its predecessors, Clonk Endeavour is fully customizable. Players can create their own scenarios, missions and objects by using a C-like scripting language. In comparison to Clonk Planet, the script language and landscape generator have been improved.The graphics account for the biggest part of the update. OpenGL and 32-bit colours are now supported, and new graphical effects have been added. All the game's graphics have been reworked, and new objects added. |
| Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon | 2004-06-13 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Nival Interactive LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Burning Horizon is a stand-alone add-on for the original Blitzkrieg game. Blitzkrieg is a real-time WW II tactical level game in the Close Combat style. You command your small group of combined arms troops in a single battle or campaign. Campaigns cover a wide range of locations around the world, like the forests of Ardennes, the deserts of Northern Africa, the jungles of Far East and D-Day in Normandy. The game holds hundreds of WW II units from the all-familiar German tanks to obscure trucks. On top of normal troops you can order air support in the form of bombers, fighters, ground attack planes, recon and paratroopers.Successfully completing missions gains you promotions and your troops improve their experience. Success does not come easy, but you are presented with a wide selection of commands for this. On top of the standard movement and attack commands you can order your troops to dig in, lay mines, mount disbanded artillery pieces and so forth. The troops' movement can be altered by different formations and movement styles (crouching, aggressive, march columns etc). |
| Alias | 2004-06-14 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Acclaim Studios Cheltenham, Super Happy Fun Fun, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Stealth | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Based on the successful television show, Alias lets players take on the role of Sydney Bristow, a stealth operative working for the CIA. The game sets the player against two of Bristow's enemies from the original series in a plot which takes her from Saudi Arabia to Rio de Janeiro as she aims to find out about a mysterious device known only as "The Machine". The game was devised in conjunction with the writers from the show and uses official costumes, character shots and voices.Players can use a stealth or action approach to get through the levels. With stealth Bristow needs to hug walls and use the correct timing to approach enemies from behind and knock them out. To accomplish this she has a few gadgets to her disposal, e.g. thermal vision or mini cameras. For the more direct method she uses guns found on neutralised enemies or melee combat. The latter knows different fighting styles depending on which weapon Bristow uses, e.g. knifes, unarmed or even a broom. There are also basic puzzles to solve, e.g. opening doors or a hacking mini game. Health regenerates automatically after a certain amount of time. |
| Drake of the 99 Dragons | 2004-06-14 | Majesco Sales, Inc. | Idol FX AB | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The clan of the 99 Dragons has been wiped out and the artifact they had been guarding has fallen into the wrong hands. One of the clan members, Drake, is brought back from the dead to avenge his clan and recover the lost treasure.Dubbed as an interactive comic book of sorts, this 3rd person shooter has the player utilize a series of violent means to achieve his goals, which effectively equals to shooting at everything that moves with Drake's dual guns. |
| Ultimate Mini Golf Designer Deluxe Suite | 2004-06-14 | eGames, Inc. | Magic Lantern, Inc. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Ultimate Mini Golf Designer brings you the ability to create miniature golf courses of your own and play them against up to three other players (computer or human). The game comes with 5 pre-made courses and the editor will let you make as many more courses as you like.The courses are made up of pieces that are placed together. Pieces include straight pieces, curves, junctions, obstacles, miscellaneous pieces, and the hole itself. Each of these categories have various pieces to choose from and all pieces can be placed together. You can make a hole that has a castle, or one with a pirate ship, or you can make a "generic" hole that has no theme to it. The choice is yours.After designing a hole for a course, you can set the Par for that hole. It is up to you to set the par fairly or not. And you can make the holes very easy or very challenging. Just be aware that players are required to take a 7 on any hole for the maximum shot. That means that if you make a hole that can't possibly be completed in 6 shots, the players will all stop shooting and take a 7 after taking 6 shots.The holes are rotatable in all directions and can be zoomed in and out as needed. Note that you cannot hit another player's ball to slow them down.This game comes with the Mini Golf Master 2 game included which gives another 18 pre-made courses. |
| Puzzle Express | 2004-06-15 | HipSoft LLC | HipSoft LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Puzzle Express is, like the title suggests, a puzzle game, where your job is basically to reveal different pictures.The game is set around trains and train stations, therefore the name Puzzle Express.Each level consists of a train with one or more important good waggons and a conveyor belt. As soon as you start the level, the train moves in position, placing the goods waggon in the center of the screen. Now the conveyor belt begins to move different sized and formed crates, which you have to place on the waggon, which itself isn't just rectangle, but has different formed obstacles already present. So you have to carefully choose what part goes where, particularly because there is only a limited among of 1x1 crates to fill gaps.As soon as you have filled a horizontal row of the waggon, this row will vanish and the picture part below it will be revealed. Once you placed the last piece, the entire picture will be viewable. In this case, either you have completed just one waggon in the level or the entire level. If it is the first, the train will move on to show you the next waggon or the entire train will move out of the screen.The game is over as soon as the conveyor belt is full with crates and a new crate tries to move in the screen.Besides the pictures provided by the game, you also have the option to add your own pictures to the game. |
| Tennis Elbow 2004 | 2004-06-15 | Mana Games | Mana Games | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tennis Elbow 2004 is a tennis simulation. It has different types of courts to play on as well as four different game modes: show match, training, training match and tournament. Different players with different skills are included. Up to two players can play. The computer opponent has seven settings for the difficulty level. |
| The Arrangement | 2004-06-15 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Arrangement is the second game developed and published by independent developer Michael B. Clark.The story puts you in the role of attorney Richard Sullivan whose life gets turned upside down one fateful day. He has had a great life thus far. With a successful career, lovely home and a loving wife, everything is exactly like he dreamed it could be. Little does he know that his bubble is about to burst! His wife is kidnapped ... he must find and rescue her!You play Richard in this first-person, point-and-click adventure. Help him find leads and clues in numerous locales to track down the kidnapper. Solve numerous puzzles using your powers of deduction, logic and wit. |
| Codename: Panzers - Phase One | 2004-06-16 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Stormregion Szoftverfejlesztő Kft. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | War | Real-time strategy | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Codename: Panzers - Phase One is a tactical real-time strategy game which takes place during World War II. The game offers three campaigns (German, Soviet, and Allied) with a total of 30 missions.Since this is a tactical game, the player does not need to bother with resource management. A campaign is started with a predefined number of troops. More troops can be acquired through investing Prestige Points, which are handed out for completing mission objectives (primary, secondary or hidden ones). Units that are killed during a mission will be replaced in the next mission when playing on easy or normal difficulty, but no so on hard.Ammo is not unlimited, but there are ammo trucks for limited reloading. Repair vehicles also have a limited amount of hit points they can repair.In total, the player controls over 50 different units. Besides the tanks and infantry units, there are medics, ammo trucks and repair vehicles. It's also possible to call for scouts, fighters, and bombers, but each mission has an air unit limit. |
| Ground Control II: Operation Exodus (Special Edition) | 2004-06-18 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Special Edition of Ground Control II: Operation Exodus includes a making-of DVD with developer interviews and other extras like artwork and trailers. |
| State of War: Warmonger | 2004-06-18 | 1C Company | Cypron Studios, s.r.o. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | Warmonger is a stand-alone sequel to the real-time strategy game State of War. In the original game, the UFSC forces defeated the rebels and everything is peacefully under the control of the Overmind computer. Soon terrorist groups emerge, of which the Crystal Brotherhood is the most dangerous. Things go awry quickly when Mr Rahman, one of the computer's creators, joins the brotherhood and provides the activation codes of Overmind.This expansion includes 11 new missions, where the UFSC needs to gain control of 10 territories under the player's command, and 5 new multiplayer maps: Goldmine Valley (focus on the capture of gold mines), Air Attack (focus on air raids), Winter War (based on a string of islands), Burn Them All (very large map for all-round gameplay) and Ground Zero (another large map, but mainly ground-based). Additionally, The First Step is a small multiplayer map for beginners. The gameplay and features are identical to the original game, but new cut-scenes to introduce the missions have been added. |
| The Sims: Triple Deluxe | 2004-06-18 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation including The Sims, The Sims Creator, a disc of bonus content, and three expansion packs:The Sims: Livin' Large
The Sims: House Party
The Sims: On Holiday (UK version of The Sims: Vacation) |
| Wire Hang Redux | 2004-06-20 | gingerbeardman | gingerbeardman | Action | | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Wire Hang Redux is a simple yet addictive coffee-break action game where you use a grappling hook to climb high into the sky! If you fall past the bottom of the screen it's game over. Beat your own high score! The mouse is used to control your aim and to fire the hook |
| Söldner: Secret Wars | 2004-06-21 | Encore, Inc. | Wings Simulations GmbH | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Soldner: Secret Wars is similar to the recent online FPS combat games involving infantry and vehicular warfare. But it also has a few features that separate it from the rest. The Advanced Destruction System means you're no longer restricted to how a map should look. You can knock down trees to block a road or destroy a bridge to prevent armour from crossing. Damage remains until the end of the round instead of being just a decal that does not affect game play.Unit are able to be customized. You can choose your look, headgear, uniform and add extras like sunglasses and backpacks. Soldner features a large variety of weapons including the basic pistols and rifles but also features specialized items like sniper rifles, explosives and rocket launchers. There is a large variety of vehicles available to the player as well.The other major game play feature is the command structure. An elected leader is able to set out objectives and waypoints for team members. As well as allocating funds for weapon and vehicle purchases. Bringing a more cohesive sense of game play to the battlefield. |
| The Dead City | 2004-06-21 | NiHiLiS | NiHiLiS | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | Three months have passed since you found your girlfiriend's corpse on the floor of the apartment. Veins severed. Eyes cut out. A vicious binge of drink and drugs landed you in a mental ward. Now you're out. And more girls being found dead. Just like Tess.The Dead City is a short first-person point and click adventure set in the gloomy decay of a futuristic city. Polluted rain falls from the sky and runs into a river more toxin than water. As the main character, the player is trying to find the killer, but the game's antihero soon learns that the stakes are much greater. |
| Ultima Online: 7th Anniversary Edition | 2004-06-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | In celebration of seven years of Ultima: Online, EA/Origin has released this anniversary edition which includes Ultima: Online, all five expansion packs: The Second Age, Renaissance, Third Dawn, Lord Blackthorn's Revenge and Age of Shadows and the full version of Ultima IX: Ascension.
Also available is an exclusive in-game gift, one of seven rare and powerful items, new character slot to try out a different profession and keep your old character and seven "Buddy" registration codes to bring your friends along for a free 30 day trial. Included in the box is an Official Fan Guide with a brief history of the game and all the expansions along with quotes from Richard Garriott, producers, programmers, designers and even game players and a paper map of the Ancient Land of Malas on one side and basics of building a house and home building tools (in UO of course) on the other. Both 2D and 3D worlds are available to play in which you can choose a strictly two dimensional world or a pseudo 3D world (three-dimensional appearance) that you can zoom in on your characters.
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| Backyard Baseball | 2004-06-22 | Atari, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Build the championship baseball team of your dreams and play with the Pros in your own backyard. Create the lineup, take the field, and direct all of the action. Earn new pitching and batting power-ups to light up the scoreboard! The Backyard Baseball’ game includes kid versions of hard-hitting, base-stealing, tough-fielding players including Barry Bonds, Randy Johnson, Mike Piazza, and Ichiro. |
| Ground Control II: Operation Exodus | 2004-06-22 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Massive Entertainment AB | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Ground Control II: Operation Exodus takes place during the year 2741 AD, roughly 300 years after the events in the original game.The democratic and freedom caring Northern Star Alliance (NSA) is being hard pressed by the warmongering Terran Empire. The war has recently entered a new stage; a brutal and deadly ground war, as the Empire has managed to land their first troopships on the last NSA controlled planet — Morningstar Prime.Captain Jacob Angelus, a battle-hardened officer in the NSA armed forces, finds himself becoming the central figure in the war against the Terran Empire. The situation is desperate and for the NSA destiny is at hand; its only hope lies in an ancient legend. Ground Control II hasn’t conformed to the standard format of “base-building” RTS games. There’s no technical upgrade tree, and no mining for gold, crystals, or any other random mineral to be used as a monetary source. You acquire new units by spending “acquisition points” which collect throughout the battle. If you have a large battle force, the points will come in very slowly. While your army is small, the points will come in at faster rate. You can earn more points by destroying enemy units, or by capturing special locations called “victory locations.” Additional units are called in via drop ship. These drop ships will land in designated landing zones. The player must hold at least one of these landing zones in order to receive these reinforcements. You may also spend acquisition points on drop ship upgrades. These upgrades include more cargo space, speed, fuel capacity, armor, and weapons. |
| Tales of the Odd: Brain Hotel | 2004-06-22 | Pinhead Games | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | You're just an average working stiff, delivering a package to the Botsmith staying at the Brain Hotel. As luck would have it, it is a super villain who is there because of the super villain convention. But this super villain, as you learn, is more villainous than the others. He wants to RULE THE WORLD! His henchman (henchthing?), Robot 6, wants to stop him but cannot get the items needed for the device to stop the Botsmith. This is where you come in. This is a point-and-click adventure, much like A Case of the Crabs!. You must gather items and figure out what item or items are used where to complete your objective. Your objective being that you must deliver your package then gather the necessary items and get them to Robot 6 to stop the Botsmith. |
| Chromadrome | 2004-06-23 | Alpha72 Games | Alpha72 Games | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This game is the successor to Chromentum.In the last game, the Chromates (some sort of living quanta) tested the intelligence of the humans. Now they want to test the humans reflexes. For this purpose, they released Chromadrome.Basically, the game is an arcade racer. You control one of the Chromates, a golden Chromate, while it "drives" along a road, where obstacles, loops, gaps, etc. are in it's way. You have to make sure that the Chromate you control does not fall from the track. For this purpose, you will either dodge stationary Chromates or shoot at them to get them out of the way.Besides a complete tutorial, which tells you all what you need to know, the game offers four different Singleplayer-modes and three different Two-Player-modes.The singleplayer game modes are: Arcade (20 levels with varying difficulty), Time Trial (playing against the clock), Warp (orbiting the earth on a very very long track), and Academy (mastering different parts of a track, while completing different tasks).The three multiplayer game modes, which are played in splitscreen, are: Score (the highest score wins), Race (the fastest Chromate wins), and Armageddon (the one who stays the longest time on the track wins).There are a lot of power-ups and special objects on the track, which help or hinder you. Silver Chromates blocking the route, golden Chromates help you to accelerate, with Ramps you can jump over gaps, different rings give you different features (faster speeds, removing Chromates, ...) and much more.Finally, a highscore is available, which not only saves the most points or less time, it also allows the replay of all games involved in the highscore. |
| Aura: Fate of the Ages | 2004-06-24 | Adventure Company, The | Streko-Graphics Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Mysterious and glorious worlds exist parallel to each other - crafted by ancient, high members of the Clan of Keepers. Those elders also possess sacred rings which give them the ultimate power to not only travel to those worlds, but also to create new ones. Legend has it that locked away within those worlds are artifacts that, when combined with the sacred rings, could yield the bearer ultimate power and immortality. To safeguard the universe, entry into the different worlds has been restricted to only a few select members of the Clan. But, a sinister threat has surfaced and the hidden artifacts must be found before it is too late. You, as a "Keeper Apprentice", are chosen to go on the quest. You will explore four wondrous places: the Ademika Valley - the gateway and world of secrets and sacred rituals; Dragast - a mechanical kingdom with a winter wonderland setting; Na-Tiexu - a land full of magic and astronomy; and then the Island of Unity.Aura is a 3D adventure game which combines the visual style of Myst-like games with complex puzzles akin to those found in puzzle games like Obsidian and Jewels of the Oracle. Entirely mouse-controlled in first person, the game features puzzles of varying type and difficulty (mechanical, mathematical, logical, musical, etc.), unusual objects to find and use, and non-player character interaction. In addition, an in-game "Hint Journal" records all of the puzzle clues the player encounters for easy reference while playing. |
| Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising | 2004-06-24 | Electronic Arts Deutschland GmbH | NovaLogic, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising is mainly a multiplayer modern warfare game. With as much as 150 players (although 64-128 players are most common), two sides clash together in an all out war with help of helicopters, boats, APCs and other vehicles which there are 29. Most of the game players will be on foot and aiding them are 35 different weapons from knifes to Stinger launchers. There are many classes to choose from and all of them are useful. There's medic, engineer, soldier, gunner and sniper. The game expects players to work together if they want to win, e.g. a player driving a jeep gets partial credits of the kills made from that vehicle. |
| Kreed: Battle for Savitar | 2004-06-24 | Russobit-M | Burut Creative Team | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Released shortly after the original, Battle for Savitar is an expansion-pack for Burut CT's sci-fi driven role-playing shooter Kreed, which further expands on the unique game universe. With all new missions, tougher and greatly more devious AI, and some novel never before seen enemy monsters, have all been thrown into the mix. Also, a handful of obligatory freshly added implements of devastation have been put at your disposal here, to compliment the standard orthodox arsenal from the previous outing. The plot scenario involves the game's protagonist, here serving as a left tenant of a unitary army, holding back alien enemy forces on a remote Pluto colony, which is severed from any kind of assistance. It's now up to you to face and contend with these unfavourable odds.In this add-on, the proprietary X-Tend game engine has also been further enhanced. With an emphasis being placed on exploiting new physics-based elements, including implementation of dynamic environmental objects, rag-doll type character entity models, more destructible environment, e.g. - computer console panels, glass panes etc., and so on. Incidentally, this engine would be again later employed for the Russian developers' 2006 war\sci-fi FPS, ÜberSoldier.
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| Marine Sharpshooter II: Jungle Warfare | 2004-06-24 | Groove Games | Jarhead Games Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This sequel to CTU: Marine Sharpshooter places a player-controlled sniper team in the African nation of Burundi at the potential dawn of a civil war. Rebels have kidnapped President Ndayizeze and it's up to the player to find and rescue him.Jungle warfare uses the same shooter/spotter system as the first game with an emphasis on using cover and stealth to avoid detection and make long range kills. There are ten missions to complete using three different rifles and a variety of high tech gear. |
| Snowy: Puzzle Islands | 2004-06-24 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Aliasworlds Entertainment | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Snowy gets puzzled in this adventure as he tries to tackle one hundred different puzzles that will take from jungle treetops to warehouses robotic factories. Each world presents its own new challenges from collapsing walkways to running conveyor belts that will stand in your way to get to the exits. Sometimes the exits are blocked and the player must collect keys or even fruits to unlock these gateways. Teleports are placed in some levels that can also ease your travels.
The main mode of transportation, besides walking around, are the multi or uni-directional platforms. These platforms are the basic method of solving the puzzles that each level presents. Sometimes you will have to activate platforms that you are not even close to standing on in order to have them in a position that will help later on in reaching the exit as is typical of puzzle games. If you get stuck there is thankfully a solve option that will solve the puzzle for you but is done at a pace that can be interrupted by the player if he/she decides that they would like to continue solving the puzzle.
The levels are split between sixty regular and forty kids version which presents a much easier range of puzzles. There are also downloadable packs of puzzles from Alawar Games. |
| The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky | 2004-06-24 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | In this latest installment of the long-running Legend of Heroes series, you control two heroes: Estelle bright, a daughter of the famous adventurer Cassius, and her adopted brother Joshua, who was brought to live in their house under mysterious circumstances. The family belongs to an adventurer guild called "bracers", who protect town people and do various dangerous tasks for money. When Cassius leaves to another town, Estelle and Joshua have to perform various missions as the bracers, and soon find themselves in a middle of a sinister conspiracy!Although released for the PC, this is a Japanese console-style RPG with turn-based combat. You can move your party member over the battle screen and perform various attacks, including the so-called "Arts" (special attacks) and "Crafts" (similar to limit breaks in Final Fantasy games). There are also many story-related and optional bracer missions to do that will increase your rank in your profession. |
| A-GA: Gekidō no Wakusei | 2004-06-25 | Illusion | Illusion | Action | Behind view | | Adult | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The planet Antares consists almost entirely of a huge ocean, with the capital city towering over it. The ocean sustains the planet's life and is the source of its prosperity. The neighbor planet Betelgeuse, which has depleted all its resources, invades Antares and captures its capital city. Two years later, a special team of three sexy and skilled special agents is sent to reclaim the lost city. The team is led by the "crimson witch" Eo, who is also the protagonist of the game.A-GA relies heavily on 3D cut-scenes to advance the story. The gameplay segments between the cut-scenes are quite short. During those gameplay portions, Eo is typically thrust into a closed area populated by enemies. Eo can jump, duck, and fight enemies in real-time with her lightsaber-like sword. There are also boss fights during which Eo will use a gun. The game's cut-scenes often contain explicit sexual situations: the girls, who already wear very revealing outfits, will sometimes undress, and also engage in sexual acts with various people. |
| Cycling Manager 4 | 2004-06-25 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Cyanide S.A. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bike / Bicycling | | | | | Windows | Cycling Manager puts you at the head of a professional cycling team. You need to organise and plan contracts, budgets, training camps, decide on race tactics, divide skills and follow the opposition. There are 1300 riders, over 300 real-time 3D races. You can create your own riders or spot upcoming talent with the new scouting system.The fourth game in the series has a reworked interface, a simplified career mode and improved AI. There is more realism, as the weather now effects the performance of your team. There are 18 new national championships, a time trial mode, a new training system and a motorcycle TV camera to keep an eye on your riders during the race. |
| Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris | 2004-06-25 | Cenega Publishing, s.r.o. | Centauri Production s.r.o. | Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | In Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris, the main part of the game is a puzzle-solving adventure in third-person 3D perspective. You play as a young and noble Supreme Judge in a medieval fantasy scenario. The plot involves looking for a cure for your poisoned wife and finding your kidnapped son. Of course there is a greater conspiracy aloft and some ancient mysteries to be revealed.As a RPG element, the character will enhance his attributes and acquire skills during turn-based fights with monsters and other enemies. These fights are tactically challenging and most of them require a well-planned strategy to win.
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| Sky Captain: Flying Legion Air Combat Challenge | 2004-06-25 | Paramount Pictures Corporation | Blitz Games Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | The Flying Legion Air Combat Challenge is a freely* downloadable game based on the movie "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow", released during its promotional campaign.Fly as the brave American pilot, Joe Sullivan, in a retro-futuristic alternate history of 1939, defending New York from the attack of mechanical flying wings and robots sent by the mysterious evil mastermind Dr. Totenkopf. Only you, the Sky Captain of the Flying Legion, can stop the robotic menace with your trusty Curtiss P-40 Warhawk-lookalike fighter.* The game required online registration (no longer accepted) |
| X-Change 3 | 2004-06-25 | Crowd Co. Ltd. | Crowd Co. Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Continuing the pattern established in X-Change and X-Change 2, the adult visual novel game X-Change 3 follows Takuya Aihara and how an unwanted transformation into a girl is affecting his relationship with his girlfriend, Asuka. Now a fourth-year university student at Kita no Miyako Academy, Takuya discovers, much to his horror, that Kouji, his unwanted suitor from the first two games, still hasn't moved on and has convinced his Professor to satisfy her curiosity by using him as a human guinea pig.Like the previous game, X-Change 3 adds more hardcore scenes than its predecessor, which resulted in several scenes being edited or removed in the official Peach Princess translation. |
| Yume Nikki | 2004-06-26 | | | Adventure | Diagonal-down | | Horror | Sandbox / open world | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Yume Nikki (jap. Dream Diary) is an exploration-based game made with RPG Maker. The gameplay consists of exploring the dreams of a young girl, Madotsuki. The game begins in Madotsuki's room, with little to do except for going to bed. Once Madotsuki goes to sleep, she ends up in her "dream world". It is made up of many areas connected with doors and teleporters, filled with surreal, unsettling imagery, strange landscapes and bizarre creatures, most of them completely harmless. The areas are quite diverse, and reaching some of them requires lots of searching. The main objective of the game is to find and collect 24 "effects", objects which can be obtained by talking to the strange dream denizens. Each "effect" gives some ability, usually a purely cosmetic one - e.g. "long hair" turns Madotsuki's hair long, "towel" wraps her in a towel (and gives her the ability to sneeze cutely), and "knife" allows her to kill creatures. Madotsuki can pinch her cheek at any time to wake up and go back to her room, where she can write an entry in her dream diary (a way to save the game) before going back to sleep. |
| Funny Faces | 2004-06-28 | Arcade Lab | Arcade Lab | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Funny Faces' game concept is simple. You have a 8x8 big playfield, filled with different kind of balls and of course the funny faces. You job is now to select a group of at least 3 balls of the same kind, which then vanish and balls/faces from the top falling down, filling the gap. 3 balls of course is the minimum and therefore awards only a few points, but you can remove a dozen balls at once if you can.So what's up with the funny faces? All those balls are static, you can remove them, but you can't change their positions (i.e. to create bigger groups). But that's what the funny faces (human, monkey, bull, and rabbit) can do. Click on one, and all adjacent balls and faces move one cycle counter-clockwise. If you get two funny faces of a kind together, you get a combo and many points. The more combos you get in a row, the more extra points you earn.The game offers four game modes: Classic, Timed, Clear the Board, and Relax.Relax is just like explained above. You have all the time you want to play as long as you want.Time works like Relax, but you have only 2 minutes time to gain as much points as possible.In Classic, you don't have this at-least-three-of-a-kind rule, so you can also remove single balls if you like. This game mode works level based. As soon as you earned a certain amount of points, you advance one level. The difficulty here is that you have to remove a certain amount of balls per group per level. In level one, the average amount of balls per group must be at least 1, in level 5 its 5, and so on (level 10 is max). As this is level based, you have a level meter, showing you progress. But you also have an overload meter, which is climbing too. When the overload meter reaches the end before the level progress meter reached it, its game over. To make sure it does not, simply remove the certain amounts of ball per group as stated.Clear the Board works also without the 3-of-a-kind rule, but it is like the first two game modes without levels. You job here is to remove all balls from the board. Note that no new balls dropping in like in the other game modes. You also have only four funny faces, one of each kind. |
| Spider-Man 2: The Game | 2004-06-28 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Fizz Factor, The | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Spider-Man 2 is an almost completely different game for PC than its console counterpart. This is not a console port as expected, but a different 'kiddie' version brought to you by 'The Fizz Factor' and Activision.As Spider-Man you must battle out through 8 chapters of mischief and mayhem to succeed. Along the way you will encounter and have to battle old foes like Rhino, Mysterio, Puma, Doc Ock and more. The game interface consists of a simple point and click system coupled with keyboard movement. Unlike it's console counterpart there is no free swinging movement but one designed with kids in mind.Fighting consists of basic punching, kicking, jumpkicks and a power meter that lets you do a supercharged attack. 'Spidey' can also zip to walls and objects and use his web to do basic attacks on enemies. |
| The Euchmich Legacy | 2004-06-28 | | | Action, Simulation | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Euchmich Legacy is a naval-themed action game created for the 2004 72 Hour Game Development Competition with pirates as the theme. Players get to explore an open world from a top-down view inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates! There is a storyline about how the pirate Euchmich the Loathsome used to rule all the seas, spreading fear and destruction, but 30 years after his death the people has vowed there can never be a successor. The protagonist inherits a run-down merchant brig after his father and discovers he is Euchmich's grandchild and the old ship is actually the famous Emilia. The goal becomes to take back control the way grandfather Eumich used to have it.The player can freely sail the seas, fight with other pirates, and conquer the national capitals surrounding the seas. From the start, the player's ship is slow, sluggish and unresponsive, but with more sailors in the crew, all aspects of sailing are improved. The action is fast-paced and controls combine steering the ship and shooting cannon balls. Gameplay elements to take into account include speed, gold, food, crew, ammo and the hull. |
| Dark Age of Camelot: Platinum Edition | 2004-06-29 | Mythic Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Platinum Edition contains:
Dark Age of Camelot (base game)
Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: Foundations (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: Trials of Atlantis (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: New Frontiers (expansion)Also included is an introductory player's guide, a one-month free subscription to the game and a complimentary trial copy of the game that players can give to a friend. |
| Yu-Gi-Oh!: Power of Chaos - Joey the Passion | 2004-06-29 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Strategy | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Power of Chaos series continues with Joey the Passion. This game brings hundreds more cards to the series, a new computer opponent to battle, and a new 2-player LAN mode. There is also a new duelist level ranking to show how good you are.Joey the Passion lets you play using the 350 cards from this game, as well as the ability to use cards from the other games in the series that you have won if you have those games. So, if you have a great deck from one or both of the other games in the series, you can bring that over to Joey the Passion and improve it with cards from this game. Cards are not backwards compatible, however. So you won't be able to use Joey the Passion cards in the other games.Although advertising a brand-new interface, you will find that everything is really the same, but with new graphical features, just like the differences between Yugi the Destiny and Kaiba the Revenge. This game has a street feel to it rather than the Egyptian feel of Yugi and the futuristic feel of Kaiba.The new 2-player LAN mode lets players duel it out on a LAN. This mode is not available for Internet play, so find yourself a LAN to try it out on.Also new to this game is the ability to have your opponent (Joey) play using a deck of only the cards from this game, or with cards from all three games. This helps to add some more replayability to the game as your opponent has more cards to choose from.Gameplay is the same as the rest of the series, although Joey has different strategies than are found in the other games just as different human players have different strategies. |
| Age of Mythology: Gold Edition | 2004-06-30 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Age of Mythology
Age of Mythology: The Titans |
| Perimeter | 2004-06-30 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | K-D Lab Game Development | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Perimeter is the self-appointed rebirth of the Real Time Strategy genre. It employs three innovations to the genre to set it apart from all other RTS games. For one, you will only be able to command five squads of three types of 'specialists' - Soldiers, Officers and Technicians - which are able to morph into different units, if the squad composition matches the requirements for that type of unit.You also have the ability to terraform the landscape around you, raising hills or excavating valleys to zero level, where you may then build structures.Finally, the feature that gives the game its title, you are able to set up an impenetrable shield - perimeter - that renders anything in its radius invulnerable as long as that shield is up. It will drain your energy (the game's only resource) very quickly, so you must use it sparingly if you wish to survive.Perimeter is an RTS game that redefines the formula, with more emphasis on Strategy than Micromanagement. |
| Soldiers: Heroes of World War II | 2004-06-30 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Best Way | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Fight as British, Americans, Russians or Germans through more than 30 challenging missions across Europe in this tactical 3D isometric Real Time Strategy game. Although it might sound like a typical World War II RTS, Soldiers: Heroes of World War II has some features that makes it unique.The most distinct feature is Direct Control that allows you to precisely command your units and vehicles (such as a tank or a jeep), with the arrow keys to move and mouse to aim with. This gives the the feel of an old time arcade action game. Note that this is not like other action-strategy games (i.e. Battlezone) that changes the perspective to an first person view, but keeps the isometric view throughout the game.Other features that sets it apart from the RTS norm is the advanced physics engine that allows everything to be destroyed and a hit system where for example tanks take more damage from the rear than from the front (no energy bars like in other RTS games). This gives the game additional depth to the tactical mechanics of the game. Things like these in combination with the openness of each map makes sure that there is always several ways to complete each mission. The game also features an inventory system similar to RPGs, with a drag and drop interface. This allows you to pick up equipment from fallen enemy soldiers. |
| Super Granny | 2004-06-30 | WildTangent, Inc. | Orchid Games, Sandlot Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Super Granny is very heavily influenced by Lode Runner. It is broken down into 5 areas of 20 levels each, with additional bonus levels every 10 maps. Granny must find each of her lost kittens on each map and escort them to the Meow gate all the while avoiding the evil gnomes and dogs that threaten her. Several different power ups are available to Granny such as umbrellas that allow her to float, jackhammers to drill through rock, vines to climb to reach heights, giant Venus flytrap plants that eat the gnomes chasing her, keys that unlock doors and a purse that Granny can swing around to knock out the bad guys. |
| Unreal: Gold Edition | 2004-06-30 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Unreal Tournament 2003
Unreal II: The Awakening |
| (T)Raumschiff Surprise: Periode 1 | 2004-07-01 | Take Two Interactive GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh, Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy | Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The license for this game was acquired from the German blockbuster comedy of the same title by a very popular German comedian called Michael "Bully" Herbig. The movie is parody on SF series/movies like Star Trek and Star Wars.
The story of this point-and-click adventure is close to the movie's plot: the player consecutively takes over the roles of Captain Kork, Mr. Spuck and Schrotty and has to solve many riddles and tasks such as activating the spaceship's own musicbox so that the crew can practice for the "Miss Waikiki" dancing contest. The main story features some mini games like dancing. The characters are controlled by mouse only, using the left mouse button to move the character to the indicated places, start dialogues with other characters or use items. If an item or a person is clicked with the right mouse button, a context menu with the respective information appears.The actors have given the game characters their voices and have recorded over 1600 different spoken sequences.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.Promo Images Part of the Following Group Inspiration: Movies
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The review copies sent to the press only included the first two thirds of the game because the movie production company did not want to leak information about the movie's ending. Because of this, at least a few publications chose to postpone the review until the full version was released.
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| Against Rome | 2004-07-01 | Encore, Inc. | Independent Arts Software GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Against Rome is a real-time strategy game set in the peak era of the Roman Empire. Players can represent Teutons, Huns and Celts, trying to retain their independence and expand their lands across Britain, Germany, Russia, Eastern Europe and Italy. Successful play involves being aggressive, brutal and greedy, as this was the only way to made inroads into Rome's power.The game's main campaign includes 24 missions, as well as accurate recreations of historical incidents. There are unique units, buildings, and even battle formations for each tribe. Chiefs earn glory points by fighting and can use them in a variety of ways. Weather effects and a day-night cycle influence gameplay. The game also has 8-player multiplayer support across 10 scenarios. |
| Armagetron Advanced | 2004-07-01 | | | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Armagetron Advanced is the sequel to Armagetron, and like it's predecessor is a 3D version of the "light cycles" sequence of TRON. Armagetron Advanced is played on a 3D view that can be rotated and by default is displayed from behind the player. The player's only controls are the ability to turn left, turn right and decelerate. As the player travels around the arena, the area behind them is filled with a solid "trail" which is indestructible. The goal of each game is to outmaneuver the opponents, causing them to crash into a trail or the area wall. Each opponent eliminated gives points to the player, while each death loses points. While the core game follows above, Players can customize many variables of Armagetron Advanced including the size of the arena, number of opponents, opponent AI and length of the "trail" of each light cycle. Victory conditions can also be changed, allowing for an end goal of the first player to reach the "win zone" rather than destroy opponents. The game can be played online or offline with several players and individually or in team games. |
| Chaos Am Set? / Brand Im Hafen? | 2004-07-01 | HEUREKA-Klett Softwareverlag GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This bundle contains the two detective learning adventures
Chaos am Set? and
Brand im Hafen?
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| Cupid Bistro!! Max | 2004-07-01 | Firedog Computer Entertainment Ltd. | Firedog Computer Entertainment Ltd. | Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 1st-person, Side view, Top-down | | Romance | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG), Managerial / business simulation, Visual novel | Fantasy | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Love, restaurant, and RPG adventure all in one, the origin of the "Cupid Bistro!!" series is here!As the main protagonist Rato Coriander, a year 2 student of the Royal College of Saint Cinnamon, the highest education institute for cooking in the Kingdom, you need to run a bistro in Fennel as part of your final year assignment. In one year's time, you will research for more cuisines and get to know different people / girls here.... you are the one to decide all different endings!Game SystemCupid Bistro!! MAX is a game you develop your relationship with the girls by running your restaurant. As Rato, your objective is to get a happy ending in the graduation ceremony 1 year later.The game was composed of 4 main parts, and you can schedule them to your weekly planner."Going out": To talk and meet the girls"Management": Manage your restaurant"Adventure": To find new recipes and level up your characters"Research": To master the new recipes you gotFeatures13 beautiful heroinesMultiple endings13 maximum levels of restaurantRPG dungeon adventure mode |
| GuessWord | 2004-07-01 | | | Educational, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | GuessWord is, like the title implies, a word guessing game.When starting a game, you will see a five letter long word, where only the first letter is visible. Now you have to guess what the word is. All correct letters will get a green background and letters which are in the word, but misplaced, get a dark gray background.In total, you have five opportunities to guess until its game over. |
| Horizon X | 2004-07-01 | Crazy Hermit Games | Crazy Hermit Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Your homeworld is under attack by alien forces, and the only way stop the aliens from bombing your world to ruins is to neutralize all bombs before the ground it hit by them.For this purpose, you control a multi-layered collector/reflector. Simply move your vehicle below a bomb, and it will catch them (standard bombs), re-bounce them (advanced bombs), or you loose a layer of your vehicle (spiked bombs).So, your job is to "collect" all green and yellow bombs (the standard bombs) and re-bounce the blue bomb so that it will destroy the enemy ship. If one of those three bombs hit the ground, you loose one layer of your three-layered vehicle (basically one out of three lives). However, when you see a red spiked bomb, you have to avoid it. When this bomb hits the ground, nothing happens, but when you collect it, you loose a life.Besides the bombs, there are other things in the level too, like a bomb splitter (making two bombs out of one), a bomb redirector (changes the course of the bombs), and a bomb accelerator.The game itself offers two game modes, Conquest Mode, that's basically a campaign, where you play through 50 levels, and Survival Mode, where you play without levels.When you start a game, only one alien ship is your enemy, but later, you have to battle multiple enemy ships at the same time. There are even games, where the playfield is reversed (both upside-down and mirror are possible). |
| LLs | 2004-07-01 | | | Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In the strategy game LLs, you and your opponent (the computer) both controlling a L on a 4x4 big playfield. Your ultimately job is to change the position of your L so that the computer can't move his L.As a L takes 4 of the 16 squares, even two L's would provide enough room to play the game indefinitely. For this purpose, you and the computer control two blue neutral squares, which can be set where ever you like. And with those two, in the addition to your own L, you must block the enemy. |
| RoboCop 2D | 2004-07-01 | | Park Productions | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | Crime | Arcade, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This is an original freely released remake of the RoboCop arcade game and ports, made for Windows. It revolves around the first movie, and includes original music from the soundtrack and also video clips. RoboCop 2D is a side-scrolling 'shoot-em up' game that has retained some of the elements of the arcade game such as ammunition styles (the 3-way expanding shots, the 'power' ammunition), but also adds new gameplay mechanics such as a 'bullet-time' feature called Overclocking, which is accomplished by collecting gray OCP icons, and upgrades to RoboCop's armor and systems by collecting gold OCP icons, as well as a special one-time use weapon that creates a 'rain of fire' effect that kills mostly all enemies in an area.It also features a special time attack mode and minigames that allow new features such as additional minigames and cheat codes to be unlocked. |
| Starshatter | 2004-07-01 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Destroyer Studios | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | | | Windows | Starshatter brings together some of the most popular features of space and flight sim games into a single game. The game gives you the ability to perform air-to-air and air-to-ground missions in the planet's atmosphere with fighters similar to those found in other flight combat games.It also gives you space combat and the ability to gain more ranks, starting from Cadet and working your way up from there. The higher your rank, the more you can do. You start out flying only fighters in space and on planets. As you progress, you will begin to use other more powerful ships instead, such as destroyers and, eventually, carriers. As you level up, you will control a certain type of ship and will no longer be able to fly the previous types of ships. But don't worry, because the more powerful ships have more things you can do. For example, the carrier lets you control squadrons of fighters, destroyers, and more.The game also gives you the challenge of taking off and landing on the planet and on other ships without an autopilot to do it for you (except when taking off from a ship). You have full control of any wingmen when you're in the fighters and can request reinforcements as necessary.There are 11 mission types that you will fly, with each mission being dynamically created based on your rank and how you are doing in your missions. The computer AI is the same as the AI of your wingmen, so be prepared for some challenge.The game has 3 flight modes to choose from based on your preferences. You can choose to fly in standard flight mode, where you will not automatically slow to a stop in space because there's no drag in space to slow you down if you stop your engines. When flying on the planets, you'll experience a flight similar to that found in a realistic flight sim.In the second mode (arcade mode), your ship always flies the way the nose is pointing, you slow to a stop if you cut your engines in space. When flying on the planets, you can make flat turns, and there are is no drag or stalls.The third mode is a mix of the other two. It's the same as standard mode, but with drag in space (cutting your engines in space will slow you to a stop).In any mode, you can fly with joystick, mouse, throttle, gamepad, or keyboard. And when using a mouse, you can set it to be a virtual joystick where the distance you move the mouse indicates the rate of your turn rather than the distance of your turn. Joysticks and gamepads are supported with up to 4 axes and 32 buttons!All these flight modes let you have an experience the way you want it. Basically, think of any flight or space sim that you like and see how the flying works, then choose the mode that is similar. |
| Starship Tycoon | 2004-07-01 | Akella | Positech Computing Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Starship Tycoon is a sci-fi management/strategy game that puts you in charge of your own galactic shipping corporation.You build your starships from scratch out of a wide range of different modules, choosing to be a cargo ship, a passenger carrier, maybe a smuggler or a carrier of hazardous cargo. You also choose who to employ as crew, or maybe to replace them with robots, and pick your own routes between different worlds. Starship Tycoon has a freeform 'sandbox' mode as well as a story-based 'mission' mode and also comes with a random map generator.
As well as keep passengers and crew happy you will need to keep your ship repaired and in top condition, and keep on the right side of the customs officials and galactic police. |
| Zauberstein | 2004-07-01 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Mama Game | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The basic concept of this puzzle game is rather simple: you have a square playfield, which is filled with different types of items. Now your job is to create a row of at least three identical items, by exchanging adjacent items. Once that happens, those three or more items will vanish and the items on top of it are falling down to fill the gap.However, you can only exchange items that will create a row. So you can't create a row from scratch (one item). This becomes more difficult when a bunch of different items and Blockers are in the game (higher game levels). Once all possible rows are used up, you lose a life, and the playfield resets.The game offers four different game modes, two of them are time- and level-based, the others are single level / strategy-based:In Classic Mode, you play exactly like mentioned above. One single level, no time limit, and new items dropping in from the top. You also have only a single life, so as soon as there are no possible movements, you have lost.Strategy Mode is exactly like Classic, but with one major difference: the drop-in direction of new items changes, by rotating clockwise, so the first time new items dropping in from the top, the next time from the right, and so on.In Arcade Mode, you play different levels. The first level has a 6x6 playfield with a few different items, but this increases later to a 8x8 playfield with plenty different items. In each level you need a certain amount of movements to proceed to the next level. The time limit comes in effect, when you take to long to find something for exchanging. First it only lowers your score, but when you take to long, you lose a life. In this mode you can have multiple lives. Items are dropping in from the top, like in Classic Mode. Finally, there are also Blockers in the game, which can't be exchanged. You can remove them by aligning three of them in a row, but you must do this by removing normal items, and let them fall in a row.Action Mode is the same as Arcade, combined with the difference from Classic to Strategy; the rotation of the drop-in direction. This is the most complex game mode.Finally, after a certain amount of levels in the time-based game modes, you have the chance to play a Bonus Level, where you have as much time as you need, but all new drop-in items are Blockers, so that you have to think more to get as much score as possible out of this level. |
| Zoo Empire | 2004-07-01 | Enlight Interactive Inc. | Enlight Software Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Zoo Empire is a 3D management game in which you have control over a Zoo. It's up to you to build a thriving zoo. With your starting capital you'll have to buy animals (from the over 40 available different species) and build habitats and cages for them. You'll also have to hire personnel and build souvenir shops and restaurants to keep your visitors happy. Personnel varies from animal handlers, concierges, to veterinarians and park guides. You can also spend your money on research to try and find new possible attractions.You can play in two different play modes: career and sandbox. The first features a campaign in which you'll have to rise in the ranks of zoo managers through the completion of various goals. The second allows you to play as you wish and set your own goals. |
| Carcassonne: Collector's Box | 2004-07-02 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Carcassonne: Collector's Box is a compilation of the following games:
Carcassonne: Ritter, Räuber, Ränkeschmiede
Carcassonne: Die Erweiterungen
Carcassonne: König & Raubritter
Carcassonne: Jäger & Sammler |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms X | 2004-07-02 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Romance of the Three Kingdoms X is the tenth installment of the long-running series and takes place right after the fall of the Han Dynasty. It nearly covers 147 years of Chinese history. Gameplay is the same as previous incarnations, an overhead view, letting the player and the CPU move armies, build cities, gather supplies and attack one another, watching the battles from afar.There are two different ways to play the game. The player can choose the Historical mode where the characters of the game will follow history to the letter, acting the way the did in real life, but players can also choose a Fictional mode where everything is random and the player can change history as they see fit.There are 650 playable characters to choose from, as well as the ability to create over 100 different officers. Players can also trade generals and view stats using online capability. |
| Penguin Panic | 2004-07-04 | MJ2K | MJ2K | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Penguin Panic is a platformer game heavily inspired by the Super Mario Bros. series. You control a small penguin that wants to save their fellow penguins after they were captured by a helicopter. You can jump (also control the height of the jump), walk to both sides and acquire power ups. Most enemies can be defeated by jumping on them one or two times. If the player touches an enemy, trap or falls into the abyss they lose a life. The player can survive touching an enemy if they have eaten a fish, as it makes them grow in size.The game has three worlds, each with a boss and 2 special levels. The first world is at north/south pole, with 10 levels and 2 checkpoint locations, as well as a Pac-Man inspired special level. Keep in mind that checkpoints can only be marked once each, and save all your progress before marking it: This means that regardless of where the checkpoint is located, marking it will save all levels the player already has completed, rather than just the ones before the checkpoint's position. This also means the player can willingly skip a checkpoint to complete more levels before marking it, risking losing progress but securing more levels before marking a checkpoint.When the player loses all their lives, they lose all their progress after the last (map) checkpoint they mark, this includes any of the red squares in the world's map or the beginning of the world itself. There is no way to save your progress without marking a red square checkpoint on your map, or using an external program. |
| TrackMania | 2004-07-05 | Enlight Software Ltd. | Nadeo SAS | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | TrackMania is a racing game where the player has to build his track before racing on it. The game is a mix of track building, puzzles and driving. The player has over 300 different blocks to choose from when building his tracks, from straight blocks to adjustable corners and loops. Each track can consist of 2000 blocks. When playing for the first time the player will only have access to a few blocks from the catalogue, enough to complete the first challenges in the game. For every new medal or best time achieved the player will get more coppers that are used to buy new blocks. The game offers three environments (desert, countryside and snow) that require different driving techniques. |
| Zombiepox | 2004-07-05 | Free Lunch Design AB | Free Lunch Design AB | Action | Top-down | | Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | Zombies have appeared and turned your once peaceful neighborhood into a nightmare! With your trustworthy brain-dispenser it's up to you to replace the brains of the zombies in order to stop them from taking over completely.The game takes place in a graveyard filled with a mixture of humans, zombies and gravestones that get in the way. The objective in Zombiepox is to convert all zombies back into human form; this is done by leaving a brain in their path, when a zombie touches a brain he returns to human. Humans are turned when touched by zombies (their brain will have been eaten), multiplying your troubles, so it's necessary to constantly intervene. The screen shows two gauges, on the right is the current level's human to zombie ratio, and on the left is the brain gauge. You can only place a brain when the gauge is full. If a zombie touches you then you'll be turned, but you can return to human if a brain is on the ground and you can reach it in time. While in zombie form the controls are reversed (up is down, left is right). If no brains are on the ground while in zombie form the game is over. With each progressive level the light fades, the graveyards get bigger and the number of zombies will increase.Zombiepox was originally written for the Ludum Dare 48 hour game programming contest in 2004. |
| Waldmeister Sause: Auf Safari | 2004-07-06 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | TASK four | Action | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Waldmeister Sause: Auf Safari is the third part of the Waldmeister Saus series. This time, you play in Africa and shoot everything you see, for example lions, antelopes, monkeys or hippos. A level is finished if you kill a set number of animals in a given time. Each level will give you trophies and money with which you can buy more equipment and guns. |
| Waldmeister Sause: Edelweiß | 2004-07-06 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | TASK four | Action | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Waldmeister Sause: Edelweiß is the successor to Waldmeister Sause. This time, you are hunting cows, marmots, mice and other animals in the Alps. You can again choose from guns, crossbows and hand grenades. Each hit increases your high score which you can then save in a list. |
| Myst Uru: Complete Chronicles | 2004-07-07 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Uru Complete Chronicles is a re-release of Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, packed in with the commercial The Path of the Shell and the free To D'Ni addons. |
| War in the Pacific: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945 | 2004-07-08 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | 2 by 3 Games | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | | Teen | | Windows | This turn-based wargame is based on the battles in the Pacific theatre of the World War II. Ships, planes, subs, artillery, and other units are accurately portrayed in this game. There is so much detail that every ship and plane have statistics about any people on board that directly affect the ship's or plane's abilities. Ships have commanders who have names and can help you win the war provided you keep them alive. There are over 300 classes of ships in the game, as well as many other units.The map is hex-based. Each hex is 60x60 miles and there are 148x148 hexes on the full campaign map. Every major nation is represented in this game. A turn is 1-7 phases depending on your options, and each phase is one day broken into two 12 hour parts.The player is given as much or as little control over what happens as they like. Choose to only control the naval forces, or only the air forces... or, if you want a real challenge, choose to control everything yourself.As the game progresses, you will have more options. Just as the Japanese started using Kamikazes later in the war, you will have that option when playing as the Japanese. When the atomic bomb was made during the real war, you will be given the opportunity to make your own.Choose to play as the Japanese or the Allies. The game supports PBEM (play by e-mail), or head to head. You can even have the computer play both sides of the conflict. |
| X-Ray Ball | 2004-07-08 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Static X Studio | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | X-Ray Ball is a Breakout variant. Your mission, as usually in such games, is to destroy all bricks in the level with the ball you initially start, and later reflect, from your paddle. Once all bricks are gone, you proceed to the next level.The game offers three different game modes (Kid Mode, Arcade, and Ultra), a level editor, and 31 different Power-Ups (7 bad, 11 useful, and 13 very useful ones).Kid Mode and Arcade are both 2D, differing only in the design of their levels. Both follow classic Breakout-style gameplay.Ultra is the 3D variant, providing three dimensional levels, with multiple brick layers. The ball will only use the lowest layer. Once a brick with a brick on top of it is destroyed, the upper (higher layer) bricks move down (to a lower layer).On your journey through these levels, you will encounter usual Power-Ups, such as: small/normal/big balls, shrink/expand paddle, Extra Life, slower/faster ball, ball catcher (on the paddle), and Multiball/8-Ball. In addition, there are 6 weapon Power-Ups (Rocket launcher, different Laser types, Prism gun, and the Ball Gun (fires new balls)) and some special Power-Ups: Explosive (you ball explodes), Fire Ball (ignites adjacent bricks), Super Ball (goes through bricks), Ultra Ball (Fire Ball + Super Ball), Level Warp (immediately completes the current level), and X Reverse/Z Reverse (first will flip your paddle movement, second will flip the entire screen). |
| Combat Mission: Anthology | 2004-07-09 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Compilation, Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Wargame | Historical events, World War II | Tank | | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The Combat Mission Anthology contains all three Combat Mission games in one box.The following games are included:
Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord
Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin
Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps |
| World Championship Snooker 2004 | 2004-07-09 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Blade Interactive Studios Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | This edition of Codemasters' official licensed snooker game includes over 30 snooker champions and 10 official tournaments.The LG Tour is the campaign of the game in which you can make your own player and play against the best of the world to win the championship. To make it easy for beginners and as realistic as possible for those who want it, you can change how much help the program gives you while you play (i.e. a aim-meter). Also included is a tutorial which teaches you everything from the rules to the right angle for a shot. It is possible to make a free game where you get feedback for every shot you make.Besides the campaign you can also play 8-Ball & US-9-Ball Pool, trick-snooker, five bonus game-modes (e.g. Against the clock - play a frame with the clock ticking and only a limited amount of time for each shot) and the Classic Match mode, which allows you to play famous games from the history of snooker. LAN or online gameplay against up to 16 players is included as well. The names of the best players appear in the hall of fame on the official website. |
| Island Wars 2 | 2004-07-10 | InterAction studios | InterAction studios | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Two islands wage war against each other in the South Pacific seas. Their gripe? Each other's palm trees.
Island Wars 2 offers multiple means of waging war. In the one person campaign you must defend your palm trees by shooting down enemy balloons, planes, robots, ICBM's and more via island mounted canon. Bonus balloons appear that will give you defensive and offensive bonuses such as shields or rapid-fire mode.
The multiplayer battles allow you to take on your friends with a shared keyboard or the computer's AI in a no holds barred fight where you will alternate between dogfighting and defensive canon firings. There is also a Balloon Pop game where you will continually challenge yourself by trying to pop as many balloons in a given time as you can. Also included is a self playing screen-saver mode where you can simply sit back and watch dogfights.
The game also allows for you to make up your own games using preset variables. This will allow you to create a co-op version of the original game where you and a friend can take on the computer's AI. High scores that you earn can be posted up on the official developer's website. |
| Archer Maclean Presents Pool Paradise | 2004-07-12 | Ignition Entertainment Ltd. | Awesome Studios | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Archer Maclean Presents Pool Paradise lets players experience playing pool in exotic locations in the South Pacific. There are 30 different computer opponents to compete against as well as 10 different table designs to play on. There are 11 different rule types to compete in and 10 different tournaments to compete in. There are five different modes to play in including Practice, Championship, Tournament, Trick Shots, and a series of mini-games such as playing a game of darts on the beach, skee ball with cue balls and even shooting coconuts out of a cannon. |
| Global Defense Network | 2004-07-12 | Evertt.com | Evertt.com | Action | 1st-person | | | Music / rhythm, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The Global Defense Network is always looking out for the welfare of our planet. To that end, they are always searching for new, talented individuals with fast reflexes to man their defensive weapons against external threats. Whether it's alien attack, a meteorite on a dangerous course or sending probes down an unexplored tunnel, the GDF is the first line of defense against such threats. In order to facilitate their search for people, the GDF mainframe is open to the public. Any new user can log in and 'play' the training simulations, which combine target practice with rhythmic music and 3D effects. Those with a high enough score will be invited to the real thing, ready to battle these kind of threats outside of the simulator.Global Defense Network is a sci-fi shooter game with rhythm elements. From first-person, behind the defensive weapon, it's up to the player to blast away all the threats on the screen; usually in conjunction with the music being played. Bonuses are obtained for direct hits, ricochets, destruction of multiple targets, quick shots and more! As the scores go up, rankings can be compared against other GDF Agents. |
| Ano Subarashī Bentō o 2-do 3-do | 2004-07-13 | pentacom | iTA-Choco Systems | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This bento-shop simulator has players take over a failing bento shop with the goal of dominating the local town corner. Players can make their own custom bento via drag-and-drop from the available ingredients, choose how to stock their store, or snoop around opponents' stores to get a feel for their strategy. While normally played against the computer, a local multiplayer mode supports up to four players. |
| Kaiser Kitty | 2004-07-13 | | | Action | | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Kaiser Kitty is a platform puzzle game starring the eponymous hero, ruler of Kittyland and proud bearer of Kitty Edge, the sword that is the symbol of his power. One night, the Intergalactic Guild of Evil Space Robots steals the sword and hides it deep inside an asteroid base. Kaiser Kitty must enter the maze-like complex of tunnels and retrieve the weapon to restore honor.The main character is controlled by the cursor keys, jumping and running around the level passages as in most platform games to collect all the crystals and open a portal to the next room. The main gimmick is the ability to switch gravity direction with the famous W, A, S, D keys, with objects and characters reacting accordingly to the sudden change. This power has to be used to enable Kaiser Kitty to walk on ceilings and walls, where some unreachable crystals might be found and retrieved. After switching direction, the player has to wait a few seconds to recharge the capacitor meter at the bottom of the screen and use the power again. Each level is a self-contained puzzle, with later stages introducing dangerous enemies and objects like robots, crates and spiked balls. Kitty is unarmed, but the robotic foes can be destroyed by falling objects, cleverly sent their way with the gravity switcher. |
| Mob Enforcer | 2004-07-13 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Touchdown Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | Crime | Shooter | Interwar | | | | | | Windows | The player assumes the role of Jimmy "Machine Gun" DeMora who is an up and coming thug in the Al Capone family. Set in Chicago at the height of the prohibition era, the player shoots his way through the mean streets on various missions for Al Capone. Chicago Enforcer is mulitplayer with system link (2-8) or Xbox Live.
As a first person shooter, there are several different weapons to use, including a Tommy Gun, Firework Rocket Launcher, pistol, shotgun, lead pipe, sniper rifle and more. The title has several different missions, ranging from roughing up store owners by destroying their stores, to killing snitches who talk to much, to saving Al Capone from certain death.
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| Yaken Rodem | 2004-07-13 | pentacom | iTA-Choco Systems | Simulation | Side view | | | Life / social simulation | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Wild dog Rodem lives in Hyakujiri Park with only one goal: survival. Players control him using only the mouse, and are given a great deal of freedom of how to live his life: stake out territory, sleep, seek out food, get in fights with other animals, communicate with humans and animals. The outcome of Rodem's life depends on the the player's choices.An enhanced version, with content that didn't fit on the original floppy disk release and new scenarios, was released many years later as Rodem the Wild. |
| Pixelus Deluxe | 2004-07-15 | PopCap Games, Inc. | Nuclide.com BVBA | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Claudius has got shipwrecked on the Island of Pixelus. The island gods are upset because their temple floors are broken. To get back home, you need to appease the gods by restoring the floor mosaics. There are nine temples with 201 puzzles in total that are unlocked by fixing a certain amount of floors.Pixelus Deluxe can be considered a remake of the 2001 GBA game Guru Logi Champ. For each puzzle, the player receives a limited number of tiles that need to be locked in blank spots. Claudius can move around the mosaic and fling the tiles. To stop a tile in its tracks, barriers need to be set up. Medals are earned when the player beats the "world record" of each puzzle by using the minimum number of moves. Next to the regular mode, there is an expert mode in which the undo, reset and hint function are not available. |
| Viy: A Story Told Anew | 2004-07-15 | Discus Games | Crazy House | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | Viy: A Story Told Anew is a FMV adventure game, meaning that it uses a recorded footage of real actors over prerendered 3D backdrops, rather than a more traditional animated approach. Other then that, it is a usual adventure game with puzzles, exploration, character interaction, item gathering and a few arcade mini games. The game closely follows the original horror story, written by Nikolai Gogol in the XIX century and inspired by folk myths of Ukrainian people. The player assumes the role of Khoma Brut, a young philosopher from the Kyiv seminary. By an unforeseen combination of events he is tasked to read a series of psalms for three nights over a dead body of Sotnik's daughter, in order to see her safely to the other world. However, on the first night mysterious things occur, rumoured to be caused by Cossack's daughter being a witch during her life.Despite a rather faithful reproduction of original story, the ending was altered for the game's purposes. However, the original ending is still attainable, even though it was relegated to a status of "bad ending", to use a common video game term. During his travels, Khoma will find himself forced to play a handful of mini games. Three of them are obligatory for completing the game.
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| Twisty Tracks | 2004-07-17 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | Train | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The people of the undermountain kingdom of the island of D'roso are living blissful, while mining magical jewels. But at one day, a mighty storm swept over the kingdom and all the jewels are gone with the wind. So you start a quest, to bring all the jewels back to the kingdom.The island of D'roso is filled with railroad track pieces, which you control. You can rotate any of the track pieces so that it forms long tracks. That is basically all you have to do, as your steam powered train moves automatically. So, you have to make sure that the train stays on the track and don't crash at a dead end.In a level, your objective is to collect all those missing jewels. Just move your train over it, it will collect it automatically and create a goods waggon for it. So, basically, the more jewels you collect, the longer will be the train (but the longer the train, the better you score). To score those jewels, move the train in the next depot. There are also coins in the game, which you can use to buy a new train (new life).You play on a screen, which does not scroll, so all you have is this predefined area. However, you can use bridges to enter other areas.In a level, you need to collect a certain amount of points (can be seen at your gem meter). Once you reached the point amount, you proceed to the next level. Parallel with playing to fill the gems meter, you will also play to fill the new-gems-unlock-meter, to get new and more valued gems.The game itself offers 3 difficulty settings (which influences the trains speed and how much points the gems are worth) and 2 different game modes: Realm Tour (playing in 15 levels in 5 different lands of D'roso) and Arcade (unlimited play). |
| Discord Times | 2004-07-19 | | Aterdux Entertainment | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Save the kingdom from the enemies in this strategic RPG! Smash the traitors, Devil's broods and necromancers by using artifacts and spells.You can play as a Knight, a Ranger or an Archmage. Each of these persons has its advantages and disadvantages. You'll have to capture castles and collect taxes from villages to gather money and mana. The acquired experience will help you to train your militiamen to be real knights. Besides this, you'll meet many exciting and enigmatic riddles on your way. |
| Catwoman | 2004-07-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Argonaut Games PLC, Electronic Arts UK Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Another licensed title by EA, based on the movie with the same name, starring Halle Berry. The game follows the film's plot and its models and graphics are based upon the respective characters and locations as seen in the movie. Halle Berry also lends her voice to the character, aside from her likeness.Catwoman has an impressive array of powers at her disposal with which to overcome obstacles and fight her enemies. The gameplay is split between overcoming obstacles using Catwoman's agility and whip, and defeating (but not killing) enemies using her abilities and the aforementioned whip, again. |
| In-Fisherman Freshwater Trophies | 2004-07-20 | Bold Games, Global Star Software Inc. | nFusion Interactive LLC | Action, Simulation, Sports, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Freshwater Trophies is a licensed fishing simulation from the In-Fisherman magazine. The game brings you fishing with high quality graphics and sound. The fish are detailed and accurate in all aspects. This game will give you a realistic fishing experience.With 10 lakes offering 30 different species of fish, you will have plenty to do in this game. The fish are placed in the lakes in a realistic way where their behaviors and appearances are the same as you would find in these lakes in real life.Choose from 70 lures and live bait as you prepare to take on the fish. Choose your rod, reel, and line and get ready! Using your fish finder, cruise the lake to find a good spot to fish from. Once you are close, switch to the trolling motor and slowly approach where the fish are. The maps of the lakes will help you locate the best spots as well.The game offers different weather conditions based on the season and the time of day. These include rain, fog, changing light conditions (day, night, dawn, etc), clear and overcast skies, and different water conditions from clear to muddy.Fish around fallen trees and weeds, or in open water as you search for the biggest fish out there.Choose to go on a simple fishing trip, or compete in a tournament, or choose to play in career mode. Or, if you're up for it, try out the multiplayer mode for the ultimate challenge.And, because In-Fisherman magazine was a major part of the production of this game, you will also find pro fishing tips direct from the magazine on how to catch the various fish found in the game using the many lure types. |
| 1Check | 2004-07-21 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 1Check is a freeware strategy game where your goal is to remove as many balls as possible from the starting location.The game consists of a 8x8 squares playfield, whereby the outer two rings are filled with those balls and the inner 2 rings are empty.Now you have to diagonal jump one ball over another ball into the free space. Once that happens, one ball is counted as removed, the place where it is now is occupied and the place where it was is now part of the empty zone.The game just consists of one level, but the goal is to increase the number of balls you remove and ultimately remove 47 out of the 48 (the maximum). |
| MakeNumber | 2004-07-21 | | | Educational, Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | MakeNumber's goal is literally to make a number.The player starts the game with seven randomly chosen numbers, whereby one is the result number and the other six have to be used to create that one.Each game consists of up to five possible calculation steps, where the player can use one of the six numbers from above, the provisional results or even the result number (that one however will create a new result number). In addition, the player has the four basic calculation methods available (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), whereby it is unimportant if they just use plus or all of them.The game ends successfully as soon as the player has reached their result number or it is Game Over when they are out of possible calculations (already used the five without proper result).Finally, MakeNumber only supports positive numbers and no division resulting in numbers with remainder.Therefore, the player has to think carefully before beginning calculation. |
| Maze | 2004-07-21 | | | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | The goal of Maze is very simple. You are in control of your player at the bottom of the playfield, while the computer is controlling the "monster" starting in the upper part. To win the game, you must reach the upper exit before either the monster caught you or reaches the bottom exit.Before you start a game, you first initialize the playfield by selecting how big it should be (ranging from 5x5 to 32x24) and generating the maze.Finally, you can control how "real" the maze should be, or better say what you experience as real. When started, you can play either with a fully drawn playfield or a playfield to explore.The game plays in real-time, so you have to think carefully and fast! |
| Nim | 2004-07-21 | | | Strategy | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Nim, the player's job is to take turns with the computer opponent removing discs from multiple piles. How many that get removed is up to the player, but the player who takes the last disc loses the game.Before the game starts, the player can customize the piles, ranging anywhere from 2 to 9 piles and between 1 to 16 discs per pile.The player can even get hints if they need them. |
| Numgrid | 2004-07-21 | | | Educational, Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Numgrid is a number puzzle game, where you have to create a complete mathematically working board.The board consists of 7x7 squares, whereby the corners have a random given number. Now you have to create 8 (4 vertical and 4 horizontal) equations so that the entire board makes sense. For this purpose you have to enter numbers from 1 to 9 and use addition, subtraction or multiplication signs were needed. The difficulty comes from the fact that you can't alter the corner numbers.For example is the given top right corner the first element of the last vertical equation. Now choose a sign. The next number is the result of the second horizontal equation. Then choose a sign again and use the result of the third horizontal equation to calculate the result of that particularly vertical equation. The result here equals the given result of the bottom right corner. And so on. |
| DD Tournament Poker | 2004-07-23 | Eagle Games, Inc. | Donohoe Digital LLC | Gambling | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | Contemporary | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A single player Poker game, simulating the No Limit Texas Hold'em variant often used in tournaments.The Tournament mode allows to play various pre-defined tournaments such as the "World Series of Poker" or create a custom one, defining the number and level of players, buy-in, rebuys, add-ons and blind levels.The Poker Night mode is a helper tool for physical poker games with other people. Again a pre-defined or custom tournament can be selected, and a large display will show the level, the remaining time and the Ante, Small Blind and Big Blind values as well as the Next Blinds, Rebuys and Add-ons.The game also contains an extensive in-game help system and provides some cheat options for learning, e.g. to show the winning hand or take a peek at the opponent's cards. |
| Guilty Gear X2: The Midnight Carnival #Reload | 2004-07-23 | MediaKite Distribution Inc. | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | Windows | #Reload is an update to Guilty Gear XX, which changes gameplay by balancing out a lot of the moves, also removing some of the moves which gave a character an unfair advantage over another. Additionally, this version adds a new instantly playable character and new missions to play through for the others.The action is viewed from the side, and the characters include Holy Knights, assassins and bounty hunters. Unlockable extras form a big part of the challenge. The story modes aim to incorporate an evolving storyline with full dialogue. Online play is offered on some systems. |
| 7 Days a Skeptic | 2004-07-25 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | 7 Days a Skeptic takes place 400 years after 5 Days a Stranger.You play as Dr. Jonathan Somerset, a psychiatrist on a spaceship. One day, a strange artifact is found floating outside the ship's doors. When the crew brings it in, it appears to be a coffin with the remains of John DeFoe, which somehow floated out into deep space. At first the crew believes it's nothing, and leaves it lying around. But during the night, the ship's captain goes missing. And even stranger, the box is open, and nothing is inside.7 Days contains fewer puzzles and more action elements than its predecessor, and is also made with the AGS engine. |
| I Have No Tomatoes | 2004-07-25 | | | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | I Have No Tomatoes is a Bomberman-styled game set on an isometric playfield. The player's goal is to kill as many enemy tomatoes as possible across ten levels, each of them 60 seconds long. The player's basic weapon are bombs which explode soon after being set down, the explosion spreading vertically and horizontally and killing any tomatoes in range (including the player, if he is careless.) Each killed tomato leaves behind a special one-use item. These include weapons such as "napalm strike" or "lightning bolt", as well as helpful equipment such as "teleport" or "will o' the wisp" that collects item drops for the player. The player respawns soon after his death, and there is an unlimited number of lives. |
| 10 Spiele-Hits Vol. 2 | 2004-07-26 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation is part two in media Verlagsgesellschaft's 10 Spiele-Hits compilation series. The compilation once again contains 10 games, which are spread over 6 CDs.The following games are included:
3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride
Der Taxi Racer in London
Dr. Pop: Das Musik-Quiz
Earth 2150: Lost Souls
Ground Control
Homeworld
Outpost 2: Divided Destiny
Puzzle Trouble
Strand Fußball
Super Cartoon Tennis |
| EverQuest: Platinum | 2004-07-26 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | EverQuest: Platinum is a compilation that includes the original game and the first seven expansions:
The Ruins of Kunark
The Scars of Velious
The Shadows of Luclin
The Planes of Power
The Legacy of Ykesha
Lost Dungeons of Norrath
Gates of Discord |
| Pirates of Treasure Island | 2004-07-27 | Arcade Lab | Arcade Lab, RL Vision | Puzzle | 1st-person, Diagonal-down, Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You play the pirate Captain Gingerbeard, who is on a quest to find the Treasure Island. You will navigate from island to island, disabling enemy ships with your own ship, seize them and fighting the enemy crew on an one-on-one fight, including the enemy captain. You will attack enemy forts, trying to escape mazes, and gamble with the harbour master of neutral islands for replacements of your crew.Pirates of Treasure Island is a strategy puzzle game. A 12x15 rows large playfield is filled to a specific degree with four different symbols. You have to click on a group of at least three blocks of the same type to get them removed. If you remove more than three at once, you earn more points. But with each click, new items dropping in, filling more and more of the playfield. If you run out of possible combinations, you can redraw the playfield as many times you want, but each time will cost you points already earned. There are four different types of blocks. Besides actually getting points for the blocks you remove, you will also use them to manipulate the environment accordingly to your current situation.To attack an enemy ship, you load your cannon by clicking a cannonball from the puzzle playfield. Your crew will then load the cannon for you. Now you have three different possible blocks you can use, one for the middle ship, one for the right ship, and one for the left ship. Your cannon will fire as soon as you click the block group of your choice. The fourth block group in this example will always miss the ships (shot in the water). While you are firing, the enemy ship(s) will firing too. On each second hit you will loose one of your ten crewmen (first shot wounds him only) and a part of your playfield will drop from the screen.The game runs in real time. While you may still try to find a proper block group in the huge puzzle field, the enemy ships will continue firing normally, regardless of whether you fight or not. Or, in the worst case, when you are fighting the enemy captain, you must parry his attacks with a proper block group, or you will instantly loose your crewman, who is fighting for you. |
| Apprentice II: The Knight's Move | 2004-07-29 | Herculean Effort Productions | Herculean Effort Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Apprentice II: The Knight's Move is the second chapter of the Apprentice trilogy. It is a point-and-click freeware adventure game that uses the AGS system.Play again the part of Mortimer "Pib" Pibsworth, a would be magician's apprentice in the magical land of Willowbean. Due to the growing power of its ruler, the evil knight Lord Ironclaw (and a chess match), Willowbean now finds itself in a state of war and its leader is recruiting fresh soldiers for his army.Pib, protected by the crude negotiation skills of his master, eludes the drafting. As Pib’s current occupation as an apprentice had some technical faults, thus subjecting him to the military draft, attaining wizard-hood appears to be the next logical resort. Finally has the chance to end his apprenticeship if he can complete the three tasks given to him by his master:
Exterminating the rats from the bakery, since it's inhibiting the master wizard to lavish in his favorite sandwiches.
Win money at the annual centaur races and
Create a magical golem from the four elements.
Completing these tasks of course involve a series of solving puzzles and side quests, through obtaining items and interaction with the people of Willowbean. |
| Jewel Quest | 2004-07-29 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | iWin, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In the past, an archaeologist was on a treasure hunt for the fabled Tonatiuh, The Temple of the Fifth Sun. To reach the location, he had to conquer portals by realigning relics according to an ancient description. He wrote his progress into his Jewel Quest journal.Today, while arranging manuscripts for the university, he stumbled across his old journal and now he wants to try it again. The player takes the persona of the unnamed archaeologist writing more notes into his journal as he goes.Each level represents one dot on the treasure map, leading from the airplane take down point to the location of the temple. There are five advancement categories for progression beginning with Explorer and ending in Researcher. All levels within all categories must be completed to reach the treasure. However, if a level is too difficult, the opportunity to skip it presents itself at a cost of one life (out of five). It is possible to attain up to ten total lives during the game.The objective in a level is to do exactly what the ancient script states, "Align the relics you can see, across or down in groups of three. Turn all squares to solid gold, the path to riches will soon unfold.".So, for example, at the start of level 1-1 (first level in the first group), a 7x7 grid appears, each block filled with one of four different items (relics). Exchange adjacent items so that a line of three or up to five items will be created (more than five is possible, but this can't be done manually). Those items will vanish and the ground will change from beige to gold, the spaces will fill with the items from above, and new items fall in from the top of the playfield. Once all blocks are gold, the level is completed. When the time runs out, one life is lost.While the level progresses, there are bigger playfields or more complex ones. Complex means that they are not always in square or rectangle form, but, for example, they can also have a zigzag side, where either horizontal or vertical alignments aren't possible. More relics are added in the playfield, and also the time becomes shorter. |
| Stuck at Home | 2004-07-29 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The parents of Davy Jones left him and his younger brother Simon alone at home, because they are visiting a convention. So it was an appropriate time for Davy to test his new magical spell, but it has opened a way for the demons into their house. Walking around the secured house, collecting the items, casting the spells, and performing other magical tricks, the player should help Davy Jones to save his younger brother Simon from demons in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Holiday World | 2004-07-30 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Island Games | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | In Holiday World, the player's job is to build and manage a holiday resort. The goal is to make money by satisfying the different types of customers and to expand the holiday resort. The player may choose between three different scenarios: Beach World, Serengeti World, and Underwater World. There is a freeplay mode included, untypical for the genre. The game also supports multiplayer. |
| Izumo 2 | 2004-07-30 | Studio Ego | Studio Ego | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | The hero of the game is Takeru, an ordinary Japanese teenager who attends the private academy Izumo. He leads a normal school-boy life, hanging out with his friends, chasing pretty girls, and occasionally training in the martial art of kendo. One day, a terrible earthquake shatters the school. The entire place has become infested by monsters. Takeru must now fight for his life and find a way to stop the invasion.The sequel to Izumo is nearly identical to the predecessor in gameplay and graphical style. As before, the main portion of the gameplay is dedicated to old-school Japanese RPG, with party management, dungeon exploration (now with an auto-map), random turn-based battles (isometric perspective), and learning magical spells of different elements. There are also large chunks of "visual novel" gameplay style, during which the player watches events unfold in still pictures. As in the first game, there is nudity and sexual scenes here. |
| Power Mix: Volume 1 | 2004-07-30 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains five games:
Der Industriegigant: Gold Edition
K. Hawk: Survival Instinct
Mayday: Conflict Earth
THiNK-X
World War III: Black Gold |
| Sommerspiele | 2004-07-30 | dtp entertainment AG | Independent Arts Software GmbH | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sommerspiele is a sports game which simulates eleven Olympic sports. These can be basically divided into five categories: Swimming (five disciplines), sprinting (two disciplines), hurdling (two disciplines), high jump and shooting. Except for the latter the controls are the same for every sport: Holding space and bashing the left and right arrow key to gain speed. Where applicable the player has to press another key at the right moment to trigger an action, e.g. jumping. In the shooting championship the player shoots targets with a wobbling mouse cursor.The game features three playing modes: Arcade (one freely selectable discipline), training (the same as arcade but without opponents) and championship (all disciplines consecutively). There are three difficulty levels. |
| Barista 2 | 2004-08-01 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Barista 2 is a stand alone total conversion of Quake II. It has basically nothing in common with the original Barista, except for the name. The game is billed as an interactive story by its creator and although it's based on a FPS engine it doesn't feature any shooting or other combat elements. The game is entirely about exploring and interacting with the world while learning about the story behind it. The player takes the role of a spaceship pilot who is out on a mission when he suddenly crashes into a planet with the look of a giant face. With his ship wrecked he has no other option than to explore this strange world that he has landed on. Similar to an adventure game the player has to interact with different objects to progress further through the world. By exploring the world and examining different objects more of the story is revealed. Some NPC interaction exist too and this is all done by entering text. The game is very short and can be completed in a few minutes. |
| Barn Runner 3: Don't Jerk The Trigger of Love | 2004-08-01 | TackyWorld Interactive | TackyWorld Interactive | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | It's been nearly one year since Prick Peckard, head of the Robot Crime Division in Evansville, hunt down a running-away robot in The Armageddon Eclair. After proving that he could drive an Autodyne in The Ejection Rejection, he's standing at a fire range, with Debbie Sauer, the range instructor, a beautiful woman, in which Prick is interested. He's there for an evaluation of his shooting skills. Will Prick prove that he's skilled enough to manipulate fireguns?Barn Runner 3: Don't Jerk The Trigger of Love is the third game in the Barn Runner series. It's showing what Barn Runner: Forever Friday should have contained as minigames. Indeed, this version of a shooting game will not be included in Forever Friday, as Tackyworld Interactive wasn't happy with it. It will be replaced by a new system.This shooting game contains three levels, where you have to shoot targets. If you fail, you can restart the test by pressing the buttons next to Prick but you can also speak to Debbie or look around. The first level consists in shooting three targets. The second is about shooting five moving targets. When you have shot three of them, you'll need to reload as your gun can fire only three bullets at the time. For reloading, click on the button "RELOAD" at the top of the screen. The last range will be about shooting eight red targets while avoiding to fire to the green one, symbolizing a civilian. When you've done with a level, the red light will turn to green. Click on "CLICK HERE TO EXIT THE RANGE" for returning to the range booth with Debbie. |
| Crazy Chicken: Wanted | 2004-08-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | The successor to Moorhuhn X in the Moorhuhn shooter series takes the player to a Wild West setting. For the first time in history the chickens strike back! This new turn in gameplay makes for a demanding game. You, as a player, take over the position of marshal in Gun City.The objective is simple: bring law and order to the town by shooting down armed cowboy chickens and the like. The gameplay is similar to previous titles of the Moorhuhn shooter series: the player aims with the mouse and shoots by clicking the left mouse button. The right mouse button is for reloading. |
| Gundeadligne | 2004-08-01 | Platine Dispositif | Platine Dispositif | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | GundeadliGne is a traditional 2D side-scrolling shooter game belonging to the bullet-hell shoot 'em up sub-genre. It features online leaderboard, online co-op (2 players), 3 playable characters each with unique abilities and four difficulty levels: novice, standard, advanced and demonic. While the gameplay is not different from other shmups, there are also other available powers like bomb attacking or slowing down time (planeshift). The game is the second installment of a trilogy that begins with the title Gundemonium Recollection and concludes with Hitogata Hapa.
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| Lemonade Tycoon 2: New York Edition | 2004-08-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | JAMDAT Mobile (Canada) ULC | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Lemonade Tycoon 2 is the sequel to Lemonade Tycoon. It allows you to set up a lemonade business in New York City. There are three different game modes to choose from. You buy supplies, tweak your recipe, set your price, and more. You can move your stand to different areas of NYC and buy upgrades for your stands to help you make more profit. There are 19 different locations including The Bronx, Central Park, and Times Square. |
| Nyankuru (Trial Version) | 2004-08-01 | Digital Kids Co. Ltd. | MTO Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This demo promoted a planned cat-themed sequel to the dog-themed falling block puzzle game Wankuru. Like Wankuru, it would have been a child-friendly puzzle game inspired by games like Sega's Baku Baku Animal. The full game was never released. |
| Xiake Yingxiongzhuan | 2004-08-01 | Kingformation Co., Ltd. | GameBridge | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | During the reign of the Middle Ming dynasty (15th and 16th century), China was split into several focuses of power and as a result plunged into chaos. The rumor of the secret knowledge known as "five poisons" appeared again. The corrupted chief of secret police, Yan Chongying, befriended the famous pirates Yanmo and Wutian and used his power to persecute brave generals and innocent people. In Western China, in the Uighur (East Turkestan) region, an illegal religion wants to avenge the dead and to prevent Yan Chongying from controlling the entire land. Japanese ships are cruising near the shores of China. Everywhere there are battles, and the future of China is dark. This is where Zhang Zhiqiu, the third pupil of Chaoshan school of kung-fu, enters the picture. Even though he is only twenty years old, and his origins are unknown, he is the only one who can stand against the forces of evil and to restore peace in China.Xiake Yingxiongzhuan is a traditional Japanese-style role-playing game set in a concrete historical period in China. The game features hand-drawn graphics and top-down view for exploration. The heroes travel over the world map, entering towns and hostile areas, where the party fights randomly appearing enemies and bosses. The combat uses a dynamic pseudo-3D over-the-shoulder perspective with animated attacks. The characters can attack physically or cast spells which require magic points, in a standard RPG fashion. It is also possible to mine the ground for valuable materials that can be later used to craft items and equipment. |
| Xianjian Qixia Zhuan 3 Waizhuan: Wen Qing Pian | 2004-08-01 | Unistar | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | For an unknown reason, the sacred goddess shrine on the Shu mountain was destroyed. The head of a kung-fu school, Xu Changqing, ordered a young disciple named Nangong Huang to look for Qinleng, a Chinese deity who has the knowledge of Wu Ling, "five spiritual wheels". Only with the help of this knowledge is it possible to restore peace in China. Nangong Huang accepts the mission, willing to prove he is worthy to be the disciple of Shu mountain school, the most highly esteemed school of kung-fu. The young man is not afraid of the dangers that he will have to face, since he is well trained in acrobatics and powerful sword magic. However, he is quite inexperience in love - and among other dangers, that is precisely what awaits him in his adventure!This waizhuan (side-story) to the third game in Xianjian Qixia Zhuan series is not directly connected to it story-wise, but graphically and gameplay-wise the two are nearly identical. It utilizes the same fully 3D graphical engine, role-playing system, and turn-based battles with visible regular enemies, an indicator that shows the speed of your and the enemies' actions (allowing additional strategies), and two kinds of energy bars for special techniques. |
| Hot Rod: Garage to Glory | 2004-08-02 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Canopy Games | Action, Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | From Hot Rod Magazine, here's a game giving you the ability to buy used cars, fix them up, and then drag race them.You start out with $3500 and no car. From there, you must choose a used car to purchase. Once you have a car, you will want to fix it up. You can fix many parts of the car's chassis, engine, and body.From there, you will want to start drag racing across the multiple tracks in order to make more money so you can upgrade your car into a very fast car. The goal is to keep improving your car so you can win all the drag racing tournaments and get your car on the covers of Hot Rod Magazines. |
| DOOM³ | 2004-08-03 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | id Software, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The third game of the DOOM series (now in full 3D) takes gamers through the depths of Hell, where technology and demons meet. But this time round, the game is more focused on horror elements than previous games in series.Doom 3 is set in the year 2145, on Mars. You start as an unnamed marine soldier sent to the Red Planet, where a corporation named The Union Aerospace Corporation makes secret experiments based on ancient aliens' technology. People around the base are on the edge, & something is not right. You receive your first simple mission and when you depart, the game really kicks off.This third major release of the Doom series is especially based on single player experience. As in most First Person Shooter games, you aim, you shoot, & you run... Enemies are zombified humans from the base or daemons straight from Hell. Doom 3 is much darker visually than previous games - you can use a flashlight in dark corridors, but you must choose between various weapons and the flashlight (the marine can't use them both in same time.)The game has multiplayer with four game modes for four players. |
| Arcanoid | 2004-08-05 | SOUNDBOSS games | SOUNDBOSS games | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Arcanoid is a freeware Breakout game, so you have to clear a level filled with different colored bricks with the ball you control with your paddle by bouncing it back into the playfield when it is about to leave the field. Once all bricks are gone, you proceed with the next level. And once all your lives are gone, you have lost the game.Like other Breakout variants, this one offers many different power-ups, like multiball, paddle expander, fireball (destroys all bricks in its way), laser or rocket equipment and many more.There are also special bricks in the game, like explosive bricks or bricks which can only be destroyed from one side. |
| Barista | 2004-08-05 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Barista is a short standalone DOOM modification based on the ZDoom port of the DOOM source code. The story of the game is based on the original DOOM design documents known as the DOOM Bible. The game takes place at Tei Tenga, a Phobos station that has been invaded by demons. The player is a marine who wakes up at a card game with all his friends lying dead around him. The story telling is inspired by Marathon and features a mysterious AI known as Polypheme that communicates with the player with the use of terminals that are found all around the station. With the help of the AI the player has to try to stem the invasion. Barista is a first-person shooter just like the original DOOM, but it is a more slowly paced game with fewer enemy encounters. Instead the focus lies on creating an atmospheric experience while exploring the deserted station. Two weapons are available: a pistol and a shotgun. Both can be dual wielded for extra fire power. Not all enemies can be killed though. The game's cacodemons doesn't take any damage from the player's limited arsenal and therefore encounters with these should be avoided. |
| Dave Gnukem | 2004-08-06 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Arcade, Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Dave Gnukem is a free 2D platformer inspired by the first Duke Nukem. The main hero is Dave Gnukem who fights against an alien invasion. Dave has a gun to annihilate various enemies, he explores levels, searches keys to open locked gates, uses elevators and avoid traps like spikes. He has a health bar. When all health is lost the entire level needs to be replayed. The game was never completely finished and development ended in 2004. |
| Reel Deal Casino: Championship Edition | 2004-08-09 | Phantom EFX | Phantom EFX | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Menu structures, Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Reel Deal Casino: Championship Edition is a collection of 28 casino games including sloth machines, Hold'em Poker and Shuffle Master's 4-Card Poker. There is online multiplayer support for the poker games. The game can be played in tournaments and there is a trophy room and prize vault. |
| Ben's Game | 2004-08-10 | Make-A-Wish Foundation | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | A special 3d game designed by Ben Duskin and LucasArts. Ben is a 9 year old with Leukemia. Ben worked with the Make-A-Wish foundation to find a developer for Ben's game. Ben wanted to make a game that would help kids battle cancer. The game involves a changeable character riding a skateboard over an imaginary playing field, made of red blood cells and cartoon representations of viral infections. The character collects innoculents to shoot at his enemies. The player pivots his character in order to steer around objects and collect bonus shots. |
| The Political Machine | 2004-08-10 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Paul Boyer | | Teen | | Windows | Have you ever wanted to have a real say in the political system of the United States? Would you like to manage a candidate for the President of the US? If so, here is your chance.The Political Machine allows you to manage either a real political candidate, or one that you make yourself. Choose to manage someone like George W. Bush or John Kerry for example, or design your own candidate and choose the political party, the candidate's statistics, and the state the candidate is from.Then, choose to play in either a realistic United States, where real demographic information is used to determine what states are interested in and what political party the people of that state tend to favor. Or, choose to play a fantasy game where all information is randomized for each state and what the states find to be important topics are fantasy topics rather than realistic ones. You can also choose to play a campaign mode, where you work to unlock candidates and work to finally compete against the top candidates of all time.The game allows you to play against a computer candidate, or a human candidate online. Play through 41 weeks and see who wins.As you play, you will have the opportunity to do many things to help get those votes you need to win. You can give speeches in different states, build campaign headquarters, go on cable TV shows such as "The O'Maley Scenario" or "Hard Hitter," and more. There are also random events that happen (the cable TV shows are one of them), such as getting a war hero to join your cause, or getting someone from Hollywood to support you. Altogether, there are 15 of these random events, in addition to the cable TV events.You can also choose to get endorsements from various special interest groups which may or may not help your campaign. Or, if that doesn't suit you, you may choose to hire an operative to help out... such as a smear merchant, spin doctor, or intimidator.Running out of money? Plan a fundraiser... preferably in a state with a lot of money and which supports you.With multiple map views to show everything you could need to know about the states, information about each candidate's views (based on your default political party views and what you choose to stand for in your speeches and advertisements, you will have everything you need to win the election... if you choose to do the right things at the right times and do not alienate the public. |
| Reel Deal Slots: Nickels & More! | 2004-08-11 | Phantom EFX | Phantom EFX | Gambling | 1st-person | | | | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Reel Deal Slots: Nickels & More! simulates casino gambling machines with 5-reel bonus slots and 3-reel slots. With names such as Brain Bonkers!, Bungo Night, Cat Crusader or the classic chariot races they have very different themes as well as bonus games (controlling a cannon firing at a castle) and bonus rounds. As in the other games in the series there is a prize vault where players attempt to unlock prizes. |
| Blue's Room: Blue Talks! | 2004-08-12 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Blue, the spotted blue puppy who stars in the preschool television series Blue's Clues, traditionally does not speak but communicates by leaving "clues" instead. When her paper-cutout character enters Blue's Room, however, she becomes 3-dimensional and furry and gains the ability to speak. In this addition to the Blue's Clues series she serves as the playdate host as the player moves around her room full of games and animating hotspots.As in Blue's Clues Preschool, after choosing a picture to bookmark his game the player is asked to select some things that will be used to personalize the game; favorite color, favorite food, and birthday. Everything is done by pointing and clicking the mouse except for Polka Dot's Puzzle, which requires a minimal amount of dragging.Each game is introduced by a different character:
In the kitchen, Fred talks about her birthday, and as she uses big words, the player points them out in a dictionary and finds the item being referred to somewhere in the scene.
Boogie Woogie the jukebox and Roar E. Saurus invite the player to join them in a game of freeze-dance. The player assists by clicking on Roar E. Saurus whenever the jukebox says "Boogie!"
From the Dress Up Chest, the player can pick a story for Blue to read aloud, and then choose from various options to fill in the story and create a picture for it.
Doodleboard draws a picture, and Polka Dots will describe something he spots in it and ask the player to find it. Once found, the player can click on a color to paint it.
In a listening game, Doodleboard gives a quick clue about what he is drawing and then asks the player to pick the picture he thinks it is going to be.
After each game is played, Polka Dots pops out of a little door somewhere in the scene; when the player clicks on him he receives a puzzle piece. The finished puzzle can be printed out.
Although he doesn't introduce a game, there is another character to click on - Silly Seat - an overstuffed armchair with an arsenal of knock-knock jokes.There are a number of printables and activities accessible from the sign-in screen, including making a joke book, creating flipbooks, making a concentration game, printing out Doodleboard and finishing the drawings, printing the I Spot pictures, and making costumes from Dress Up Chest's stories. The game manual itself has four coloring pages and a connect-the-dots picture to complete. Blue's Room: Blue Talks! covers some skills from a preschool curriculum, such as listening, early reading, problem-solving, and creative play. |
| Fiber Twig | 2004-08-12 | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fiber Twig is a puzzle game, where your goal is to restore a "damaged" branch by inserting new branch pieces.Fiber Twig's screen consists of two sections, the playfield and the right and bottom sides.At the bottom, the pieces to insert will slowly stack, and if it gets full, it is game over. On the right side, besides seeing your score, you will have the opportunity to use hammer and water to destroy or alter existing pieces on the playfield. There is also a container for obtained pieces that you can't use.In the playfield, you have a start branch, a destination branch and lots of middle segments. Now you have to pick a piece (line, curve, cross, t-cross, end and other more complex forms) from the bottom up, rotate it if necessary and place it on the playfield so that you create a way from your start branch to the most upper part of the playfield.The form of the branch you create will always vary, because it depends on the pieces you get and there is also no it-must-look-that-way requirement. Unless you deal with transparent pieces, which needs same real-life pieces to get usable.The game offers 18 levels to play, all of them are vertically scrolling through multiple screens. |
| Minebot Arena | 2004-08-12 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Minebot Arena is an arcade-style action game with unique controls. Players take the role of a hovering Minebot, controlled directly through mouse movement to allow fast and precise motion.Dodge enemies and attack by laying mines in their path, or charge up energy and fire it as shots or point-blank blasts.Enemies come in waves, and after each wave the Minebot can be upgraded with improved weapons and defenses using earned cash. Large bosses appear every 10 waves for added challenge. There are other special gameplay modes like Boss Rush and Survival.The goal is to get a high score which can be submitted to an online site. |
| Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Himatsubushi-hen | 2004-08-13 | 07th Expansion | 07th Expansion | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Himatsubushi-hen is the fourth release in the Higurashi: When They Cry visual novel series. It includes parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the novel: "Onikakushi-hen", "Watanagashi-hen", "Tatarigoroshi-hen" and "Himatsubushi-hen". It is a simple visual novel without branching paths or choices, where the player simply advances the text to read the story. After finishing each chapter, the player unlocks a number of optional bonus scenes called "TIPS".The story in "Himatsubushi-hen" takes place several years before the events in the other Higurashi episodes. The protagonist is Mamoru Akasaka, a rookie policeman who is summoned to the remote Japanese village of Hinamizawa to look for a kidnapping victim. However, he might find more secrets and mysteries than he expected. |
| SoKoStaTioN3 | 2004-08-13 | | | Puzzle | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | SoKoStaTioN3 is a remake of the classic Sokoban puzzle game.You have a room filled with crates, a certain number of destination points, where all crates must stand in the end, and your little worker, who will move the crates. Once all crates are in place, you can proceed with the next level.The game offers 210 levels, a level editor, and the ability to see how the level should be solved (a solution demo for each level).The level display is either 2D (top-down) or 3D, depending what you want to use. |
| Transport Giant | 2004-08-13 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | JoWood Ebensee | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Europe, North America | Train | | | | Isometric | Windows | Build your own transportation empire consisting of several types of land-, air- and sea-vehicles
such as horse carriages, trains - from steam to maglev, trucks and buses, blimps, airplanes and helicopters as well as ships. Start in 1850 and lead your company through 200 years of technical
progress, starting with horses and the early wood-powered steam-engines and ending up with high-tech
machinery like supersonic airplanes, maglev (superconductor) and monorail-trains etc. Choosing from
a broad selection of maps, or run through one of two campaigns, one set in Europe and the other in the
US. |
| Lady Luck 750 Plus Slots Jackpot Gold | 2004-08-14 | Game Mill Publishing, Inc. | Beachware, Inc. | Gambling | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Take the one-armed bandit for all they've got! With hundreds of slot machines, and betting amounts from a nickel to 100 bucks, you're bound to find that lucky machine that will pay out big! You'll find machines that play Multilines, Big Reels, Progressives, Variable odds, Buy-A-Pay, Wild Slots, 2 thru 5 Reels, and even Video Slots. Windows 98/ME/2000/XP Macintosh OS9/OSX |
| Cameron Files 1 & 2 Combo | 2004-08-15 | Adventure Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This bundle includes the first two Cameron Files adventure mysteries:
Secret at Loch Ness
Pharaoh's Curse
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| Puzzle Master 5 | 2004-08-15 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Puzzle Master 5 is a single person jigsaw game. It is essentially the same game as other games in the Puzzle Master series, some of the supplied documentation actually refers to Puzzle Master 4. The game's advertised features include:
Five hundred and fifty pictures.
The player can play, create and e-mail jigsaws from 4 to 64,000 pieces and can change the size, shape, thickness and "oddness" of jigsaw pieces during a game
the game will sort pieces shape or colour
Cheat modes that find the jigsaw piece you're looking for fetch it turn jigsaw pieces the right way upsolve the puzzle
Additionally the player can save jigsaws as wallpaper, import wallpaper and other images to use as jigsaws. There's also a jigsaw solving screensaver The game has sound effects and music plus it allows the player to use their own music files (MIDI, MP3 or .wav formats only). It can import puzzles saved in earlier Puzzle Master and export in those formats too but older versions of the game cannot always read puzzles saved in the latest, default Puzzle Master format. There is an option to connect to the 'Puzzle Master 5' web site to download additional pictures but, in 2016, this is no longer available
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| Tōhō: Imperishable Night | 2004-08-15 | Team Shanghai Alice | Team Shanghai Alice | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Tōhō: Imperishable Night is 2D arcade, vertical scrolling shoot'em up and the eighth main game in the Tōhō series. It has eight playable characters, four human-yōkai pairs: Reimu Hakurei and Yukari Yakumo, Marisa Kirisame and Alice Margatroid, Sakuya Izayoi and Remilia Scarlet, Youmu Konpaku and Yuyuko Saigyouzi. The game's story tells how the moon has been replaced by a fake moon that can never become full and the heroines must find the real moon before sunrise. Every stage has a timer. The player must collect a certain amount of time points. The characters fly through different environments, shoot the enemies, use special weapons (card spells) and avoid a lot of bullets. |
| Chessmaster 10th Edition | 2004-08-16 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft SRL | Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Chess | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | The 10th Edition is the first game in the series to feature a working online component and also the first PC version to feature animated chess sets and customizable interface.There are three main areas:Play, with Training, Ranked, Setup Position, Tournaments, Online/LAN modes
Learn, with Academy (a humongous tutorial collection for all levels of players), Openings training, Database and Famous GamesFun, a kid-oriented area with a whimsical interface where they can play, learn or solve chess puzzles |
| Barbie Fashion Show | 2004-08-17 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Barbie Fashion Show is a simulation game based on the Barbie brand of American fashion dolls. Players help Barbie and her friends take on the fashion world by designing outfits to show off in fashion shows.Outfits can be painted, textured, and printed with decals. The fashion shows are also customizable, with players able to choose the appearance of stages, the order that the models appear in, and even the models' moves and poses.There are three unique design studios set in Los Angeles, New York City, and Paris. More customization options are unlocked as the player progresses through the game. The game also has a feature where players can take screenshots of their creations and play back shows for friends. |
| Barbie of Swan Lake: The Enchanted Forest | 2004-08-17 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Barbie of Swan Lake: The Enchanted Forest is a game based on the 2003 animated movie Barbie of Swan Lake. The story is an adaptation of Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.The toy character Barbie plays the role of Odette in the game. Lila the purple unicorn is getting ready for the picnic with Odette and accidentally takes the magic away from the forest after an accident. She is stuck on an island in the middle of the Swan Lake. Lila and the forest need Odette's help. This is done through a series of mini-games with different types of activities such as painting murals and creating musical flowers. Paintings can be printed. Five different magical wands can be created and they are used to enchant the forest, adding objects such as flowers, colors and animals. |
| Mutant Mahem | 2004-08-17 | Generation Stars | Fire Storm Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Mutant Mahem is a top-down shooter where you have to destroy uncountable numbers of mutants while staying alive. At the end of each wave (except the first one) you have to battle a boss to reach the next level. All in all, there are 10 levels in the game and you can get also weapon upgrades.Note: you fire either with the left, middle or right mouse button. If you click on two of even three buttons at the same time, the amount of bullets are doubled or tripled. |
| Endgame | 2004-08-19 | Malinche Entertainment | Malinche Entertainment | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | A Captain's life is a hard one. After nine months of deployment first in Operation Iraqi Freedom and then running drug interdiction along the coasts of South America, your ship and crew need a break. USS Las Vegas calls at the Navy base in Sigonella, Sicily for ship replenishment and crew R&R (that's rest and relaxation for all you landlubbers). before official attachment to the US Sixth Fleet.Your one week of desperately needed shore leave at a private villa in Tuscany is canceled the night you arrive. Before you get the chance to unpack your suitcase you're speeding back to your Ticonderoga-class Cruiser, under orders to disembark for The Strait of Gibraltar immediately. Your top priority is to stop al qaeda from achieving their latest objective; the complete disruption of international trade through relentless terrorist attacks on maritime shipping.Just one lost freighter can plunge the global economy into chaos as fear drives markets down and runs international trade into the ground. The fate of the modern world itself is at risk if this latest terrorist threat isn't stopped. Enter USS Las Vegas.Traveling from the Mediterranean to the Middle East to the Far East, you are tasked with putting an end to the plans and ambitions of terrorists and rogue nations who seek to further their twisted agendas through fear and intimidation.Your cruiser's cutting-edge technology and the world's best Special Forces ,SEAL Team 3, are at your command as you carry out your orders to bring order to chaos across the world on this multi-mission naval techno thriller!All of the firepower of USS Las Vegas is at your disposal and is yours to command. From firing nuclear-armed Tomahawks to conventional missiles to giving the order to deploy the SEALs, your skills as a captain are put to the test at every turn. You won't only face challenges from enemies abroad, your command skills will be challenged by members of your own crew. The superior strategist will win the day handily while the inferior captain may get his ship destroyed on the open seas.
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| Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror | 2004-08-20 | Play It Ltd. | Black Ops Entertainment, LLC | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror is a first-person shooter starring a bounty hunter named Jake Seaver, whose mission is to track and apprehend some of the world's most notorious criminals. Developer Black Ops Entertainment drew many of its ideas from the FBI's Most Wanted List to create a game that attempts to mirror the realistic pursuits and criminal behavior associated with nationwide manhunts. The game includes a cinematic story line and motion-captured animation, as well as a variety of weapons that can be modified by players throughout the game. |
| Alida | 2004-08-23 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Dejavu Worlds | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Alida, a guitar shaped island off of the Australian coast, was built by members of a musical group who sold enough from their first album to make its members extremely rich.When no second album is produced they're all but forgotten by their fans. So the band split up, each person taking up a separate area on Alida and hoarding their remaining money in elaborately locked vaults. After a time, all of the members of the group left the island. Arin, one of the members, goes to the island for a supposed reunion but has never returned. His wife asks you to go to Alida and find her husband.You play in first-person, Myst-like solitude. Explore the entire island to figure out what happened to the band and to find Arin. The puzzles range in difficulty and most are musical in nature. |
| Dive! | 2004-08-24 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | Naval / watercraft | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Thousands of years ago someone invented chess. Ever since, various board and mind games were starting to pop out of the most unusual places, testing skillfulness amongst the competitors. At some point in time, when people became familiar with the term ship and a submarine, this game was created. This is a two-player version of a ship-sinking game (there is no option to play versus computer). Each player has a fleet of ten naval units at his/her disposal, which then can be placed on the board in various positions, depending upon their size (ships take from 1 to 4 squares of space on a board with is a matrix of 10x10 squares). After deploying their ships, players take turns in trying to sink the opponent's units with one shot per turn. The one who sinks the enemy fleet and remains on the sea, is the winner. |
| Hunting Unlimited 3 | 2004-08-24 | ARUSH Entertainment, ValuSoft, Inc. | SCS Software | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Taking the Hunting Unlimited series to the next level, this third installment in the series brings you 10 big game animals in the US and Canada, as well as 3 more animals in Zambia -- Lion, Elephant, and Kudu. Choose from over 26 firearms and bows, and 26 accessories, including a horse and an ATV to ride around, to complete the hunt. You can also choose different types of camouflage to wear (including a choice of hats).Choose what type of game you want to play from 4 different modes, as well as tournament and user missions. The four modes include Challenges, Free Hunt, Target Range, and Mini Games.Challenges include a large number of challenge missions starting easy and progressing to more difficult challenges. In order to move through the challenges, you need to get enough points in the previous challenges. Points are given based on what you kill and how well you kill it (number of shots, kill zone, distance, etc). Challenges can be realistic and imaginary/humorous.Free Hunt allows you to take your hunt to any of the 6 locations and hunt any animals that are normally found in that location. You get 3 animal tags that are open to any animal, so you are not limited on what animal(s) you bag. You can also choose between 6 different weather types, such as snow, rain, and fog.Target Range is just that... a place to test your skills with the various weapons. If you're not good with a specific weapon, get some practice here before trying to take out a real animal.Mini Games are a fun diversion to regular hunting. There are 4 mini games to choose from... Archery Range, Buzzard Blast, Deer Drive, and Squirrel Bash. These games are just for fun and do not get you any trophies.The game offers an optional bulletcam that will allow you to see your bullet on its way to the target; giving you a close-up view of the kill shot (or close miss).The trophy room is not really a trophy room per se. Instead, it lets you see your animals that you have killed in a standing or running position in an outside view. It also shows you the details of the animal and the kill. You can even see where you hit the animal by rotating the animal around. This can let you show off your great shot, or your many bad shots... depending on how quick you took the animal down.Another thing you will notice is the realism of the game. For example, if you take a bad shot and hit a deer in the leg, it will run away with that leg raised (running on three legs). You may also see that elk collapse and then lift its head up one last time before dying.After you take down that great trophy, take a moment to get a picture of yourself. The game lets you kneel next to your kill for that perfect screenshot of yourself and your kill. |
| Shroomz: The Quest for Puppy | 2004-08-25 | Shockwave | The Planet | Action, Strategy | | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Shroomz is a Mr. Driller clone made for the casual market. The gameplay remains the same as in the original: the player must guide a character to the bottom of the screen, by digging through a pile of tiles (in this game most of them are multicolored mushrooms).The main character is a little girl called Bashful wearing boxing gloves, and her mission is to rescue her lost puppy. Players control the kid with either the keyboard or the mouse, as she punches downwards and sideways, destroying all the connected obstacles and drinking a purple elixir to recover health. Bashful can climb over the height of one tile, and the player must be careful with falling tiles while penetrating deeper. Each level starts with three lives, and Bashful can die squished by the falling debris, exploded by bombs or expire by lack of elixir.Besides the destructible tiles, including a more resilient stone that takes several punches to break, there are some power-ups to help the girl. They are activated with punches and some of them, like the bombs, can kill Bashful if she doesn't get away in time. Instead of saving, the game offers a password system to record progress. |
| Lights Out | 2004-08-26 | Adventure Company, The | XXv Productions | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Europe | | | | Teen | | Windows | This point-and-click adventure game is the successor to Dark Fall: The Journal but is not a sequel as such, since Lights Out! has completely different locations, story and characters.Take on the role of Benjamin Parker, a cartographer, who has been commissioned to map the treacherous shores and waters of Trewarthen, England. Over the centuries, many ships and fishing vessels have gone down there, claiming countless lives beneath the Fetch Rock Lighthouse. It is hoped that his maps will help navigation through the fog in that area.Upon arriving, Parker is given little to go on by his employer except that the light from the lighthouse has suddenly gone out without explanation and he should go investigate. Why him? Why now .. in the middle of the night?Making his way to the dark Fetch Rock Lighthouse, he soon discovers that the 3 lighthouse keepers have disappeared without a trace! Sifting through information left behind, Parker finds evidence of another presence - something (or someone) else is here! Is the lighthouse haunted? What happened to the three men? Why did the lights go out? And, what is the real reason he was asked to come here?To find those answers, Parker will be mystically transported to different periods in the lighthouse's time-line. Exploring in first person "Myst-like" style, interact with objects, reading materials and puzzles. Ambient sound effects, moody shadows and eerie music add to the immersion factor. |
| Medieval Lords: Build, Defend, Expand | 2004-08-26 | Pointsoft GmbH | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Medieval | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | A city building game in the tradition set by the series created by Impressions which begun with Caesar. Medieval Lords is the first themed city building game with a 3D engine. Instead of the "walker" system, Medieval Lords follows the more traditional SimCity approach of connecting roads and zones of influence. When placing a new building, a dirt path automatically appears connecting it with the rest of the town and acting as a "leash", in the sense that it cannot be moved too far from the existing road. When placed, certain buildings project a zone of influence offering bonuses to the houses within. The location of your town affects several factors, such as proximity to water and soil fertility, health, hostile presence, even religious feeling if a henge happens to be nearby. Townfolk have several needs which need to be covered: Hunger, Security, Leisure, Serenity (religion) and others, and there are several buildings covering each need. Catering to those needs is the main focus of the gameplay. Increasing population means more taxes and the ability to construct advanced buildings. Combat is greatly simplified and based mostly on strength of numbers, rather than unit composition and quality. Surrounding your town with walls is a priority that increases the feeling of security amongst the inhabitants. |
| Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2005 Season | 2004-08-27 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Magic Wand Productions | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Hunting | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This sequel to Cabela's Deer Hunt 2004 Season really is more than a sequel. Improved technology gives much bigger levels with more trees and vegetation, as well as much better animal AI. 18 new missions really add to gameplay, as do the clay shooting challenges. 9 deer species across North America will give any virtual hunter hours of entertainment. |
| Rance VI: Zeth Hōkai | 2004-08-27 | Alice Soft | Alice Soft | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Top-down | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This is the eighth installment of the longest-running hentai RPG series (since there were three Rance IV games). The protagonist Rance, the wandering knight who is only interested in women, insults a powerful magician of the country Zeth. As a result Rance is enslaved; ironically, his own slave (yes, you can safely insert the particle "sex" before it), the lovely Sill, is welcomed in the kingdom. Rance joins forces with rebels to get square with the Zeth rulers and be together with Sill again!Zeth Hōkai ("Collapse of Zeth") plays pretty much the same way as its predecessors: it is a Japanese-style RPG with standard turn-based combat system, but not-very-standard depictions of Rance's numerous encounters with the fair sex. It has fully 3D dungeons that are navigated from first-person perspective. The battles are viewed, as before, top-down view. Characters in Rance's party can utilize various magic spells and change their position on the battle field. |
| Rapala Pro Fishing | 2004-08-27 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Magic Wand Productions SRL | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Rapala Pro Fishing takes you through 12 locations such as Mille Lacs Minnesota, Sam Rayburn Texas, Lake Okeechobee, and the Amazon.You'll fish for 13 game fish species such as largemouth and smallmouth bass, catfish, muskie, walleye and king salmon. Choose from over 750 Rapala brand lures. A fishing guide will help you if you're not sure what the best lure, location or strategy is. |
| Loggle | 2004-08-29 | Dreamsteep | Dreamsteep | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Loggle is a clone of the classic Boggle dice letter game. It was written in Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Director. The goal is to build as many words as possible using the Open-source English Word List. The letters can be connected in any direction, either in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal direction. This works pretty much like in the original Boggle game. The game is also customizable by changing the double-click speed. |
| Mogura Rebirth | 2004-08-29 | Krobon Station | Krobon Station | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Mogura (Japanese for Mole) is a jetpack-powered animal you need to fly through horizontal side-scrolling levels, similar to Parodius and Gradius. By destroying enemies, you can collect fruit to upgrade your weapons, recharge your force field (used for quick invincibility in difficult situations) and collect special weapons such as giant fireblasts, red thunder, blue shields and smartbombs. The enemies' design is reminiscent of the cute Nintendo touch with fluffy birds, giant fish and funny ghosts. The background music consists of four pumping tracks.Mogura has nine lives and the weapon upgrades degrade one level each time you die. The levels build up to a boss confrontation with specific weapon patterns. At the beginning of the game, you can continue from the last level and choose between a normal and a turbo mode. Same-screen offline multiplayer has been provided as well. |
| 18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal | 2004-08-30 | ValuSoft, Inc. | SCS Software | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this installment of the series, you will transport cargo across America, Mexico and Canada with your rig. There are over 45 types of cargo and 35 different rigs to choose from.You start the game as an employee. You need to drive the routes and carry the cargoes that your boss assigns to you. If you are able to earn $100,000, you will get the opportunity to advance to Owner Operator.As an Owner Operator, you will have the ability to upgrade your rig the way you want, or even buy a new one. You will also be able to choose your routes and your cargoes. This will give you the freedom to go where you want and see the sights while bringing in the big bucks.Ready to take it one step further? Become the Company Boss and you will run your company... into the ground, or into the money. This is similar to Owner Operator, but you will be focusing on your company rather than driving.Avoid the law and avoid damaging your goods... either one will reduce your money quickly. Drive through various weather conditions as well as night and day. Drive on highways, city streets, and dirt roads. Watch out for deer, construction, wrecks, and more... So much to do and you have to do it within the time frame, or you'll lose money (unless you turn that option off). |
| Virtual Skipper 3 | 2004-08-30 | Enlight Interactive Inc. | Nadeo SAS | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Virtual Skipper 3 is a sailing simulation game and sequel to Virtual Skipper 2. With four different boats you can sail worldwide waterways in various different weather conditions. The game has a dynamic ebb and flow and weather system. You can participate in a number of races against other boats. Said races can be analysed later through replay movies.The player can also create its own waterways which can be shared online. Available water stretches in the game are the San Francisco Bay, La Trinité sur Mer, Porto Cervo, Auckland, Sydney and the Isle of Wight. Online the players can race against each other or in teams. |
| Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 (Deluxe Edition) | 2004-08-31 | Pointsoft S.A. | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | The deluxe edition of TRS2004 comes with the Steam Service Pack 4 and the Passenger Service Pack 2 by default. You can now transport people to and from stations and set up portals to generate new trains onto your route. It also has the latest version of the Paintshed tools, the official TRS 2004 fan pack with logos and artwork and a bonus CD with extra in-game content. |
| 3059 | 2004-09-01 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Roguelike, Sandbox / open world | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | 3059 is a roguelike game set in a science fiction scenario. After you create your avatar you are placed onto the planet of Esperenza, which is one of the many planets humankind is slowly preparing for colonization. Your adventure starts in a small settlement, which can provide you with basic weaponry and equipment, along with some possible companions and quests. From this starting base you are able to explore the vast areas of the planet, encounter non-player-characters including alien lifeforms and solve quests.Much like original Rogue-variants the game is presented in what could be called ASCII-style graphics, but utilizes a lot of non-standard characters to depict the game world and its inhabitants. Graphics display will change according to the built-in day-night cycle, with night mode showing a green-on-black monochrome version of the game world, along with decreasing the field of view. Sound includes basic sound FX and MIDI music. Game elements like weapons, armor, enemies, quests, landscapes etc are randomly generated, player characters are persistent until deleted, meaning they are able to play in 'their' world indefinitely. Detailed statistics are kept for each character (e.g. time played, no. of monsters killed, no. of quests solved, etc). The game world has no apparent boundary (technical boundaries not known) and features complete real-time freedom of movement (within game rules). There is no definite goal or ending to work towards, thus it can be classified as an incarnation of an open-world, open-ended role playing game. |
| Amsterdam Taxi Madness | 2004-09-01 | Davilex Games B.V. | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Sandbox / open world | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | In this taxi game you have to deliver customers to their destination, which are all landmarks in Amsterdam, such as "Central Station", "Anne Frank House" or "Rembrandt Square". All major landmarks, including coffee-shops and the red light district, are present in this game about Amsterdam and its Taxis. Narrow streets, pickup bonuses (snow-shovel, rockets, money, jump, boost...) add a lot to the gameplay, as well as the many canals you have to dodge by jumping over bridges. The snow-shovel allows players to kick traffic away as if they were made out of paper, the boost unleashes an uncontrollable speed (which isn't very useful in Amsterdam) and the jump comes in handy when crossing a canal without bridges.Traffic can be destroyed with rockets or very hard collisions: once damaged, they start to smoke, burn and finally explode. Also included are electronic speed controls which will flash if players drive too fast beneath them - then a speeding ticket is given. There are several special missions in this game that include delivering Dutch celebrities to their own landmarks (actors, soccer coaches, the royal family...). |
| Army Men: Sarge's War | 2004-09-01 | Global Star Software Inc. | 3DO Company, The | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | The story: in a new, grittier direction for the Army Men series, Sargeant Hawk takes on his most insidious enemy yet: Lord Malice. After years of conflict, the Green army has finally defeated the Tan menace. On the eve of the peace ceremonies, a ruthless attack wipes out all of Sarge's squad. It's now up to Sarge to even the score.Gameplay: This is primarily a level-based, third-person shooter. Most of the weapons can also be used in a first-person view. The game includes some multiplayer games for two to four players on some platforms. |
| Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures | 2004-09-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Magic Wand Productions | Action, Simulation, Sports | | Licensed | | Hunting | | | | | | | Windows | Another in the Big Game Hunting series, 2005 Adventures brings you 36 big game animals in 10 locations. Choose from many guns, bows, equipment, and clothing before heading out to take on these animals.Head out looking for whatever animal(s) you have tags for. Track your target through mountains, plains, hills, streams, and lakes. Swim across lakes and streams that are in your way and drive various vehicles to save time getting where you're going. Once you find your prey, get close enough to shoot without your target noticing you. Then take the shot!Play the game in quick hunt or career mode, or play with friends online. Go to your cabin to see the animals you have shot in career mode... you can even choose your what cabin you want out of six choices!Unlike many other hunting games that have you go out and kill what you can in a single day, you can take as many days as you need to bag your limit. Use tents to sleep away the nights, or walk around looking for possible spots to sit and wait for prey on the following day... just don't forget to eat and drink to keep up your energy.Play through rain and snow as well as clear weather conditions. Animals behave differently in different conditions, just like in real life. |
| DDD Pool | 2004-09-01 | Paprikari | Paprikari | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Viewed in three dimensions or via a plan view, this pool simulation features 8-ball (using either US spots/stripes or UK yellows/reds) and 9-ball matches. Realistic fouls are included, with free shots and scratch (ball-in-hand) outcomes. Shots can be taken either by methodically setting shot pace, or by swinging the cue back using the mouse. Either way, spin is set before the shot. As well as individual matches you can play in Challenge mode, in which you must pot every ball as quickly as possible (in numerical order in 9-ball mode), with a 15-second penalty for every foul.There are four table designs, three computer skill levels, and best of 1/3/5 match length. |
| Football Deluxe | 2004-09-01 | Edusoft S.A. (Argentina) | Evoluxion | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Football Deluxe is a soccer management game. The player takes on the role of a manager and can choose to work for one of the numerous teams from all over the world. Like in other management games, the gameplay involves things such as managing the club's finances, buying and selling players, setting up their training regimen and making sure that the players are in top shape. The clubs and players don't have authentic, licensed names, just close approximations of real names. Matches are depicted as a succession of text messages which depict the events happening on the field. The player can adjust the team's tactics and switch out the players during the match. |
| Great Outdoors Pack | 2004-09-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Great Outdoors Pack is a compilation featuring 3 games themed around outdoors sportsmanship and hunting. They are:Hunting Unlimited
USA Bass Championship
Deer's Revenge |
| Hanf Baron | 2004-09-01 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Hanfbaron the player takes the role of Ronny who cultivates hemp all over the city. The goal of the 30 missions is to harvest them to reach a certain amount of money in a limited time. Every picked up plant results in money on the player's account. The player just needs the arrow keys to walk and two other keys to pick up respectively to use items.There are always other people on the map which are in the player's way, e.g. a policeman who pummels him or a anti-drug hippies which destroy the plants. In return the player can pick up extra items, e.g. energy drinks for a speed boost or money to bribe policemen, |
| Runaway: A Road Adventure - Special Edition | 2004-09-01 | dtp entertainment AG | Péndulo Studios, S.L. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Runaway: A Road Adventure (Special Edition) is a re-release of Runaway: A Road Adventure and features the following additional content:
Cutscenes in higher resolution
Extended dialogues
Making Of video
Outtakes
Soundtrack
Hint book (on DVD)
Trailers for Runaway: A Road Adventure and teaser for Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle |
| SpellForce: Gold Edition | 2004-09-01 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the original game SpellForce: The Order of Dawn and the first expansion SpellForce: The Breath of Winter. |
| Sven 004 | 2004-09-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | As the name indicates this is the fourth part of the Sven Bomwollen series. Once again, Sven has please all the sheep in his immediate surroundings (on screen) in a given time limit. He can do this either on foot or by lawn mower, but if he is caught by Lars the shepherd, he loses a screen life. On his way to eternal bliss he has to cross dangerous roads, open gates with pressureplates and keep aliens from abducting sheep. He can collect items such as rockets or power flowers to increases his chances with the sheep ladies. The coins spread at random improve the player's total score. One level is cleared as soon as all the sheep have burst.There are five levels or episodes in all as well as a two-player-mode where two black sheep compete with each other. Another special feature of this game is the possibility to switch sides and take control of Sven's arch-enemies.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.There are 12 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.Promo Images Part of the Following Groups Animals: Sheep
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Sep 09, 2004
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Nov, 2004
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| The Conqueror's Collection | 2004-09-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of the games:
Celtic Kings: Rage of War
Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle
Sid Meier's Civil War Collection
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri |
| The EA Games Collection | 2004-09-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains the following games:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
007: Nightfire
SimCity 3000 Unlimited
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 |
| The Fairly OddParents!: Shadow Showdown | 2004-09-01 | THQ Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Action | | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | When the TV goes out just as the season finale of Crash Nebula starts, Timmy Turner asks his Fairy Godparents for a little help. When they find their magic is gone, they travel to the Fairy world. Where the quickly learn that Royal jewel is missing and Jorgen von Strangle thinks a recently fired jester is responsible. Now the player is off to uncover the truth.Shadow Showdown is a collection of mini games, with animated cutscenes to pull everything together. Mini games include redirecting pipes to get card symbols to their cards, pogo-sticking along rooftops while avoiding snowball-throwing hippos, switching TVs to get them all on the same channel, and so on. |
| Wings of War | 2004-09-01 | Gathering | Silver Wish Games | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Historical events, World War I | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Wings of War takes you back to World War I, as you take to the skies in a variety of early combat airplanes and fight off the German armada.The game is played as a 3rd-person arcade flyer in which most physics are downplayed in favor of arcade action. You can collect power-ups that can upgrade your engine, the amount of machine-guns you carry, replenish your health and shield (yes, shield) and increase the number of bombs and rockets you carry. You can also swap planes in mid-air, man turrets in AI-controlled bombers and even ground vehicles.The game features a single player campaign composed of several missions with dozens of mandatory objectives as well as optional ones played which reward extra points and/or upgrades. Also available is an online multiplayer mode with standard combat and CTF modes, as well as a customizable instant action mode. |
| Xpand Rally | 2004-09-01 | Zeta Multimedia S.A. | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | | | Everyone | | Windows | Xpand Rally puts you behind the wheel of a tuned-up WRC machine in over seventy races in five sceneries, using a modified version of the Chrome engine with fully movable obstacles, dynamic day time and weather changes, full collisions simulation and a complex car damage system. The driver can even sustain leg injuries and concussions. There is much more freedom than in other rally games. In the freestyle mode, for example, there are no invisible borders, you can compete off-road with no restrictions to tracks.Aside from the traditional race, you can build-up a rally career, similar to NFSU, where you work your way up as a rookie. You need to spend your money wisely to take care off repairs and tune your car with over 800 parts. Xpand Rally does not have an official rally license, but includes 35 sports cars over 8 divisions, with some funky models such as tiny coopers or terrain vehicles. There are two driving modes: arcade and simulation with different damage systems and steering models.ChromEd, a full game editor loaded with tutorial and templates, has been attached to the game. You can edit existing tracks or create new ones and even import your own car designs straight from 3D Studio MAX. |
| Alpha Black Zero: Intrepid Protocol | 2004-09-02 | Playlogic International N.V. | Khaeon Games B.V. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Alpha Black Zero: Intrepid Protocol is a tactical third-person shooter set in the year 2366. The planet Qahira (formerly Mars) is ruled by the SolGov Federation. Lieutenant Kyle Hardlaw is the leader of a specialized commando unit called Alpha Black Zero and is accused of assassinating various members of his own government. There are rebel groups fighting against the government and in the game's missions, which are flashbacks to what really happened, Hardlaw and his 5-man team (co-op multiplayer for up to 5 players is available) relive their espionage missions and unravel the conspiracy and treason.The game features expansive outdoor terrains and indoor levels. It is squad-based, meaning that the protagonist is always accompanied by a team, to which commands can be issued. The player is able to switch between any available squad mate. At the beginning of each level the player chooses between three weapon kits: standard, heavy or stealth. |
| Richard Burns Rally | 2004-09-03 | Eidos SARL | Warthog Sweden | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Licensed by the late 2001 World Rally Champion, Richard Burns, this rally game tries to find a niche by adding more depth and realism to the racing experience. This is reflected in the car handling, the influence of the weather and the endless tweaking of the car set-up. There are eight officially licensed cars to choose from, with familiar names such as the Subaru Impreza, Citroen Xsara, Peugeot 206, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo and Toyota Corolla, but you need to unlock them by finishing school lessons, winning a rally or making it to the end of a season.Next to the usual training, quick races, rally seasons and multiplayer mode (only 4-player 'hot-seat'), you can test your skills in the Richard Burns Challenge, a time trial mode in which get the chance to go head to head with Burns himself. There are 36 stages in total, divided over six countries. The in-game music has been produced by Paul Oakenfold, Andy Hunter, Pepe Deluxe and the Plump DJs. |
| Dinos and Bubbles | 2004-09-04 | Play.com.pl | Play.com.pl | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Dinos and Bubbles is a child-targeted platform game, a low-budget variant of Bubble Bobble, with almost identical rules.The player (or players - the game has co-op multi-player on one keyboard) controls a dinosaur, who can split bubbles. He must catch all enemies, and collect various items. The game has four dinos to choose: blue, green (boys), pink and orange (girls). If Dino defeats all the enemies, he or she advances to the next level.The game has 3D graphics, but gameplay is two-dimensional, like the original Bubble Bobble, and contains 100 levels. |
| Stranger by Night | 2004-09-04 | | Five Trick Pony | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Stranger by Night is a freeware AGS adventure game that casts you as Katrina Rose, a reporter for the New York Times. In this story, a mysterious killer known as the Stranger is murdering young women on the streets of New York, and you get a phone call from one young lady who claims to have information if Katrina meets her at her house.But instead of the scoop of her life, Katrina gets a night of terror as she is cornered in the house by the Stranger. You will have to use items, the environment, and whatever else you can find to survive the horror in this short adventure game. |
| Medieval Conquest | 2004-09-06 | Global Star Software Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Medieval Conquest is a real-time strategy game where you are trying to rid a kingdom of hordes of monsters. To this end, you must construct buildings and hire heroes who will slay the beasts. The heroes come in three types - fighters who specialize in melee combat, hunters who shoot from a distance, and mages who cast spells. Hiring each hero costs money, just as building new constructions; money, however, can be earned by killing monsters. The buildings include sanctuaries to heal the heroes, shops which provide them with better equipment, guard towers to shoot at beasts that wander too close to your base, and more. Note that you can upgrade buildings to increase their endurance, capacity or other things (e.g. the damage done by the shots of a guard tower.)Your heroes are controllable like in most real-time strategies - you can select them and instruct them to move to a specific point. The heroes receive experience points and improve their combat skills as they fight enemies and train in the educational facilities you build for them. You can also buy them new weapons, armor, items and spells. You have to make sure your heroes are kept happy - if they have nothing to do, or feel they have inadequate equipment, they may get fed up and leave you. |
| Meteor 2 | 2004-09-06 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | After the events in the prequel Meteor Ash is now a colonel. But despite that he needs one again take to arms
against terrorists. Two more secret bases have been captured by the terrorists and your boss suspects that there is a spy in the organisation. Two mayor differences from the previous game is that in this game the player can drive vehicles and have followers. If a vehicle breaks down a mechanic can fix it. The game features built in editors that allows the player to create mods and new levels for the game.This game was created using Allegro.Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Groups Meteor series
Middleware: Allegro
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| Chris Sawyer's Locomotion | 2004-09-07 | Atari, Inc. | Chris Sawyer Productions | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bus, Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Hovercraft, Naval / watercraft, Train, Transport, Truck | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Chris Sawyer's Locomotion is a successor to Chris Sawyer's original Transport Tycoon, but built on the same engine that powered RollerCoaster Tycoon 2.After choosing one of 40 pre-made scenarios, or creating a new one, the goal is to complete the objective(s) of the scenario. These can vary and may include transporting a certain amount of goods or improving the company's rating. Completion of these goals is achieved by building transport networks using trains, trams, buses, trucks, ships and planes. Depending on the scenario, the game can start as early as 1900 and can continue well past the year of 2000. As time progresses, the number of available vehicles will grow due to technology improvements. Careful upgrades are advised, as depending on the route, new vehicles may cost more than they will bring profit. Like in RollerCoaster Tycoon, the player can play the scenario even after completing the objectives.The size of the world, as well as the number and size of towns vary in each scenario. The scenarios are built around North America, United Kingdom and the Alps. While examining the landscape, the player must choose which transport method is the cheapest or fastest.The player isn't alone in his endeavors, either. In most scenarios, one will need to compete against multiple computer players who will try to take business away from him. The player can choose many tactics to beat them, from increasing the number of vehicles assigned to a town or facility to placing blockades on competing company's railways. Also, the game has a multiplayer mode for two human players via TCP/IP or LAN. |
| Silent Hill 4: The Room | 2004-09-07 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Team Silent | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Survival horror | | | Masayoshi Sato | | Mature | | Windows | Henry Townshend is a man living in a small apartment in South Ashfield, a neighboring town of the infamous Silent Hill. On one strange night, Henry has a terrible nightmare, with recurring events: his phone is dead, his windows are sealed, and his neighbors can't hear him. He looks at his door, only to see it is blocked by several thick metal chains. A note is pinned to the door: "Don't go out!" It is signed only by a man named Walter. Henry explores his apartment, trying to figure out what is happening, when he spots a giant hole in the wall of his bathroom. Henry goes through the hole, only to find a portal which leads him to alternate dimensions. Hopefully, Henry will find out the truth about his apartment, Room 302, and live.Silent Hill 4: The Room is similar to past games in terms of atmosphere. The game is dark and foreboding, never letting the player know what's behind the next corner or down the street. This installment of the series includes multiple new features. Henry never actually leaves his apartment: he utilizes a strange portal to travel to alternate dimensions, including a hospital, a cult command center deep in the forest, and a prison. Aside from the traditional third-person-view, there is now a first-person mode, which is used to control Henry when he is in his apartment. Objects that can be interacted with are highlighted by eyeball icons.The previous games in the series have mostly been about exploring the town and solving puzzles; this installment has much more combat involved. There are more enemies in a given area, and more narrow areas and cramped spaces. Henry mostly uses a standard Silent Hill arsenal of weapons, such as the steel pipe, pistol, and (new to this game) a golf club. |
| The Hula Hamsters | 2004-09-07 | Viva Media, LLC | 3A Studios Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Mini-games, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | When you begin this game you find yourself in a colorful, activity-filled bedroom with your tour guides: Hula Hamsters Frankie and Bean. The room is very interactive - just use your mouse to click on practically anything you see in order to be transported to that part of the room and a minigame, watch (and interact with) an animation, or just listen to fun sounds and see mini-animations.Some of the minigames:Velly Balls
Throw these colorful balls at the target's numbered rings and create an addition equation - then type in your answer. There are no penalties for wrong entries!Where's the Bean?
A hamster version of the classic shell game; Bean is hiding under one of four cups and it's up to you to find him by clicking on the right one after they've been shuffled.Brain Twister
Concentration, on a Twister-style board - test your memory by matching up eight pairs of animated pictures.Mini Moeba's Miraculous Microscope Matching Game
Peer through the microscope and try to match what you see to the original item on the right side of the screen - harder than it looks!At any point you are able to click on an arrow to back out of a game or return to the Hula Hamster's bedroom. You are never forced to finish or made to feel incompetent.
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| Nicktoons Basketball | 2004-09-08 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Take on your favorite Nicktoons characters in a center court basketball game.
The game includes all of Nicklodeon's favorite characters like: SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick, Squidward, double-team Wanda and Cosmo, and Jimmy Neutron. Play against your friends or the computer in a friendly game or a season playoff. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Complete | 2004-09-09 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Heroes of Might and Magic IV (base game)
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm (first expansion pack)
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Winds of War (second expansion pack) |
| Midway Arcade Treasures | 2004-09-09 | Encore, Inc. | Digital Eclipse Software, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation of arcade games from the 1980's to the early 1990's includes:
Spy Hunter
Defender
Defender II
Gauntlet
Joust
Joust 2
Paperboy
Rampage
Robotron 2084
Smash TV
Bubbles
RoadBlasters
Blaster
Rampart
Sinistar
Super Sprint
Marble Madness
720
Toobin'
KLAX
SPLAT!
Satan's Hollow
Vindicators
Root Beer Tapper
This release also contains game histories, developer interviews, and documents. The Xbox version has an Xbox Live feature where players can rank their best high scores against other Xbox players. |
| Creatures Exodus | 2004-09-10 | Fusion Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Creatures Exodus is a re-release of Creatures Internet Edition, the release that bundles the main game Creatures 3 with the Docking Station add-on. In addition to that content, Creatures Exodus contains the Harlequin and Fallow Creatures Mall breeds that were not available in the previous compilation. It has also been made compatible with Windows XP and beyond (32 & 64 bit), but for some add-on packs, an additional Creatures Remastered Patch is required to make them work.It contains the following breeds:
C3 Ettin
C3 Grendel
Bruin Norn
Bengal Norn
ChiChi Norn
Civet Norn
Fallow Norn
Harlequin Norn
Magma Norn |
| Myst IV: Revelation (Collector's Edition) | 2004-09-10 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition of Myst IV: Revelation comes in box which is shaped like a book and contains the standard game in normal packaging (for Europe), a making of CD containing videos and trailers, and a pack of cards. |
| The Great Art Race | 2004-09-10 | Take-Two Interactive Software Europe Ltd. | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Interwar | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The Great Art Race is a revised remake of the classic Vermeer (for C64, Amiga, Atari ST, PC-Dos) from 1987/1988. This management sim is located in the 1920s. The goal is to obtain the collection of paintings that were stolen from your uncle's property. The paintings are offered at auctions and therefore the player needs money which can be made by producing and trading goods, by trading stocks, or by betting on horse races. A multiplayer hotseat mode for up to 5 players is also included. |
| Gate 88 | 2004-09-11 | Queasy Games Inc. | Queasy Games Inc. | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Gate 88 is a real-time strategy game with a twist -- you are in direct control of an individual unit, and can only construct additional structures and units within the sphere of influence of the unit you control. The game is designed for multiplayer, but a single player mode is also included.The game takes place in space, with rival players building bases and launching attacks of fighters to attack others and gain money. It uses a 2D perspective and controls for construction and orders are done with pie menus (a la The Sims) for faster game play. |
| Super Mario Epic 2: Dream Machine | 2004-09-11 | | Jeff Silvers Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Hankering for some old-school platforming action with no clue as to New Super Mario Bros.' release on the horizon, what's a dedicated fan to do but... make their own unauthorized Mario game? And then make a sequel to it?Digging deep into the annals of forgotten Mario history, the game's creators present a scenario pitting Mario once again against the nefarious amphibian lord Wart, employing a sinister Dream Machine to plague the peaceful denizens of the Mushroom Kingdom with restless sleep and ghoulish nightmares. His demand? Nothing short of being delivered the comely head-of-state Princess Toadstool. The answer? Mario is sent in to see if this evil plan can be undone with some combination of running and jumping.While the controls and environmental physics aren't yet quite congruent to the Nintendo originals we drilled in to our collective subconscious over millions of hours, they're as close as anyone's yet seen in a fangame. Aspects of many official Mario games are drawn upon to flesh out this world, from the POW block to Advance coins to thrown vegetables to the Hammer suit to the poison mushroom. All that plus over 45 classic Mario enemies help to make this feel more like a complete missing entry from the series and less like a pastiche homage. |
| Survival Crisis Z | 2004-09-13 | Totally Screwed Software | Totally Screwed Software | Action | Diagonal-down | | Horror | | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The game takes place in a section of city during the wake of a zombie apocalypse. Players assume the role of a Survivor, and are given free reign in how they deal with the hostile world.The game plays something like a cross between RPG, Freelancer, and fast-paced Survival Horror. There are a number of strategies to employ, weapons to use, and skills to help you. You can build your character and party to accommodate different play styles, all while dealing with the growing masses of living dead.You advance the plot by taking missions from leaders; you can also take over houses, trade, or simply roam the map looking for items and weapons to trade, just as long as you watch out for threats of the post-apocalyptic world--living or dead. |
| Cold Case Files | 2004-09-14 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Gunnar Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Not all police cases are solved immediately. Sometimes, many years later, a case is looked at once again. This is the job of the Cold Case teams located throughout the United States. This is now your job.In a game somewhat similar to the CSI series or the Law & Order series, you must put together the evidence in order to put away the perpetrator for good. Some of these cases are very old (20 years old or more), while some are only about a year old.Unlike similar games, your role is mostly limited to interviewing suspects and examining evidence that is already collected. The reason for this is that most the crime scenes are already many years old. In some instances, you will be able to collect some evidence on your own, but it is limited.Work through 6 cases as well as a downloadable 7th case. See if you can solve the cases. |
| NHL 2005 | 2004-09-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Black Box | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Side view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | EA sports long running hockey franchise continues for the 2005 season. This year tweaks features from last year and adds some new enhancements to the game engine. The graphics have been even more improved from last year. Now the 'cyber players' look so close to their real life counterparts that their hard to distinguish. Player models are updated with more life like skin, hair and features. This includes more facial animations and emotions. The coaches are also redone in this manner. The in-game meanwhile adds a whole slew of new animations, cutscenes, goalie animations and enhancements to the fighting engine.In the control department, NHL 2005 adds a new feature called Open-Ice control. This feature lets you potentially control players without the puck, set up for picks, double team and more. Shooting wrist shots and slap shots are also now mapped to separate buttons for more flexibility.The gameplay introduces a new feature as personalities for players. Such that a player like Tie Domi will play more like an enforcer, while Markus Naslund will rely more on finesse and skill. You will be relied on to balance this personalities on each line of a team to create chemistry. The dynasty mode has been redone with a new interface and tweaks. Free Agency and Trading has been tweaked along with the handling of a team. The new system allows you to keep up to date on weekly injuries/streaks reports, letters from your owner, players, etc. This year adds new modes such as the World Cup tournament and Free-for-All. In Free-For-All players compete 2 on 2 trying to score on the other while also defending. Along with the modes come minor tweaks, such as the options for no touch icing, delayed offsides and shootout options for tied games. The create a team feature remains in this year but create a player didn't make it in. Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson return with commentary. |
| Shellshock: Nam '67 | 2004-09-14 | Eidos, Inc. | Guerrilla B.V. | Action | Behind view | | War | Shooter | Historical events | | Direct control | | Mature | Meindert Ekkelenkamp | Windows | Shellshock takes you back to the years of the Vietnam war. You take on the role of a rookie soldier on his first tour of duty. Using a third-person perspective, you experience napalm bombardments of civilian villages, sneaky night missions along the river banks, claustrophobic tunnel systems and huge battles in temples and open fields. Most missions are played as a team, but your team members cannot die and do not influence the mission objectives. You will have to assassinate enemy generals, take out crucial boats and guide your team through unknown territory.The game does not have drivable vehicles, multiplayer options or extensive environmental interaction, but it features a particular system of dismantling the many bombs and traps: in a race against time, you have to perform a long key sequence in the correct order to clear the path. The atrocities on both sides are clearly shown in the cutscenes, filmed as through a shaky hand-camera. Either side is not afraid to abuse civilians for their cause and this sense of realism gives the game a rather raw edge. You can even purchase the services of hookers in the base camp. |
| Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete | 2004-09-14 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes the contents of:
Sid Meier's Civilization III (base game)
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World (first expansion pack)
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests (second expansion pack)
Digital releases only include the executable of the Conquests expansion pack, with a modified main menu background and intro cutscene, but all the assets from the base game and Play the World are present. |
| The Sims 2 | 2004-09-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Maxis Software Inc. | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Life / social simulation | Contemporary | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In this sequel to the The Sims, Maxis has created an entirely new, 3D engine, similar to the console Sim games. The player can rotate the camera in a 360° view, or shuffle the camera to the left and to the right.The Sims are also fully animated, articulated characters. They have a wide range of movements, most of which are humorous. Eating, drinking, going to the bathroom, getting kissed, proposing marriage, etc. with each having a specific animation for it.The Sims 2 has an expanded Build mode. The player can now create large houses, going up to four floors, with new types of wallpapers, carpets, stairs, fireplaces, and more. The player can connect parts of their house via a deck or patio, or a balcony-type catwalk.When first playing the game, the player can choose to move their family into a pre-made neighborhood with different themes, or they can create one from scratch. If the player has SimCity 4 and/or Rush Hour installed, they can import cities into The Sims 2 to use custom neighborhoods.The biggest change to the game is aging and fears/aspirations. The Sims will now age, from a newborn, onto a toddler, then to a child, then to an adult, and then finally to a senior. The Sims will also eventually die of old age (although they can die earlier by other means), but there is a way to prolong a Sims youth.Fears and aspirations are just that. Each Sim has different fears and aspirations that must be avoided and met, respectively. If a Sim has a fear of a loved one dying, the Sim will experience difficulty for a time after that person dies. If a Sim has aspirations to get to the top of the corporate ladder, the Sim will earn aspiration points, which eventually turn into a Platinum meter. When enough points have been reached, the player can buy special items, like a Money Tree which releases bags of money every so often. Meeting a Sims fear results in their aspiration points being lowered.Sims also have memories, which they will use to remember things throughout the course of their lives. This can deeply impact gameplay depending on how the game is played.The last major addition is the ability to create movies using Sims. The player can capture the Sims actions, and then edit the video to make a movie of sorts. The player has the option of adding special effects, like slow motion or blur. |
| The Sims 2 (Special DVD Edition) | 2004-09-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This collection contains the original The Sims 2 game but with some extras:
Interviews with hints and strategies
Moviemaking tips and tricks
The Sims 2 movies, outtakes, and vintage ads from The Sims |
| Wik & the Fable of Souls | 2004-09-14 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Wik & The Fable of Souls has you playing as a frog-man named Wik. As Wik you must use your long tongue to swing on trees and catch grubs. Each level requires Wik to catch a certain number of grubs and give them to his mule before he wanders off. But Wik isn't the only creature who likes the grubs. He must fend off flies and bats who also seek them. And then there are the scorpions. Yes, Wik sure has his work cut out for him. And not to mention the mystery behind the grubs; is there some sort of sinister mystery behind them?The game includes a story mode and a challenge mode. The story mode takes Wik through the story of the grubs' mystery, and the challenge mode requires the player to make Wik do a variety of tricks to get the grubs to his mule. |
| Fussball Liga Champion 2004/2005 | 2004-09-15 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | Mediaphor Software Entertainment AG | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Fussball Liga Champion 2004/2005 is a football game in which you can play against the AI or another player. More than 800 players in 40 teams with individual skills are included. Train your team, set tactics and squad and win championships, friendlies or the league. |
| RON 13:13^2: The Thickening | 2004-09-15 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | In the sequel to RON 13:13: Retaliation Mr. Death and M. are continuing to explore the compound of "The Elder Gods". Walking around the compound, meeting the Yahtzeebrand Store clerk, who became a quarter master, and avoiding the death traps, the player should help Mr. Death to complete his mission in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Pack | 2004-09-16 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Double Pack includes:
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (base game)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Mission-Pack (bonus missions) |
| Decisive Battles of World War II: Battles in Normandy | 2004-09-17 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Strategic Studies Group Pty Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | War | Wargame | Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Battles in Normandy is a turn based strategy in the Decisive Battles of World War II series.The game uses a hexagonal grid with similar gameplay as its predecessor Korsun Pocket. Units are represented by icons and can be given orders during your turn. The game takes place in Normandy during Operation Overlord. There are two campaigns that will pit you against the enemy on both the sea, air and land. From the air you can drop paratroopers or bomb cities and battleship can bombard the coast; amphibious vehicles have to transport the infantry to the battle. You can play as both the Germans and the Allies. |
| Metal Slug 5 | 2004-09-17 | SNK Playmore Corporation | SNK Playmore Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | | Flight / aviation, Tank | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | A paramilitary syndicate known as the "Ptolemaic Army" attacks a research installation that was developing the next-gen of Metal Slugs and with this, they have successfully stolen a disc containing Metal Slug top-secret data. Fearing that such information be used for their evil purposes, the soldiers Marco, Tarma, Eri and Fio received orders to recover the disk and put a end in this syndicate.The latest installment of the most famous arcade-shooting series brings a lot of changes: this time, you will not face Morden's army like in the previous games, but with a new group of enemies that composes the already mentioned Ptolemaic Army.To add more content to this title, 3 guns (Big Rocket, Big Laser and Big Shotgun) and 2 vehicles (Slug Sub and Slug Plane) from past games were reincorporated, as well as all brand new stuff of 3 vehicles (Spider Slug, Slug Gunner and Slug Car).The most important addition is a sliding move: pressing the B Button when ducking will make your character slide for a short time in the ground, which can be helpful to avoid some enemy attacks. During the sliding, you not be able to throw grenades, but your gun can be fired normally.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.There are 73 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.Promo Images Alternate Titles "合金弹头5" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"メタルスラッグ 5" -- Japanese spelling
Part of the Following Groups Arcade Archives series
Genre: Side scrolling run and gun
Metal Slug series
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| Shadow Ops: Red Mercury | 2004-09-17 | Atari, Inc. | Zombie Studios Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Shadow Ops: Red Mercury is an action-driven first person shooter set in the near future. The player controls a Delta Force operative who has to stop the creation of nuclear weapons by tracing a substance called Red Mercury. The gameplay has a large amount of actions sequences and scripted events. The Xbox version supports online multiplayer for up to sixteen players. |
| Dragon Tales | 2004-09-18 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Dragon Tales is a classic point-and-click adventure. You have a inventory and can interact with the game world via actions. The game is controlled by the mouse and free to download.The game was made for the MAGS competition of September 2004, themed "A second chance". The game consists of five rooms. Actions are done using the mouse and by selecting an action in the bottom left corner: use, get, look, talk and bite. Items are stored in an inventory near the bottom of the screen.You are a newborn dragon looking for his parents who are locked in infamous Dungeons of Minestrola. Help this poor creature and use wisdom, might and magic to release his parents from evil wizards hands. |
| Humphrey | 2004-09-18 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Humphrey is a remake of the 1988 game Humphrey by Made in Spain, originally for Amstrad CPC, MSX and ZX Spectrum.An authentic conversion of the original game with improved graphics, the game is set in the year 2454 and players control the alien celebrity Humphrey who goes nearly mad because of his fans and decides to retreat in a new mansion. However, the rooms of the house are not finished yet, they are painted in the wrong colours and the house has already been invaded by his fans.Shown from a top-down view, players need to move over a board divided in different titles. Wherever Humphrey passes, the tiles are repainted. Meanwhile, he has to avoids the fans. He can move around them or jump over them to hang in the air for a while. While doing that, he needs to watch out for flies that hover in the air and have a deadly sting.There are obstacles on the board and they are often disconnected, having Humphrey jump over areas with nothing but endless space below. Other hazards include electrified titles that can be temporarily switched off, bombs tiles that destroy the surrounding area, stop tiles that shortly paralyse the fans, "No Pisar" tiles that cannot be touched, mobile platforms and a glass and a bottle to beat up fans. There are also extra lives, cash tiles for more points, first aid kits and transporter tiles.Humphrey has a small amount of lives and when dying the level is restarted, but the tiles that have been painted are kept. There are two difficulty modes and optional parallax scrolling. Next to the platforms here it is also available for FreeBSD, GP2X and PSP (modded). The source code is offered as well. |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War | 2004-09-20 | THQ Inc. | Relic Entertainment Inc | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Set in the Warhammer 40,000 Universe, this RTS puts you in charge of the Imperial Space Marine Chapter "Blood Ravens" as they try to contain rising numbers of Ork invaders on the planet Tartarus. Leading your forces through an epic single-player campaign with eleven scenarios you discover the true reason for their presence on this world, and find out which roles the evil Chaos Marines and the mysterious Eldar play in this affair. And when the struggle is over, endless challenges await in the Skirmish and Multiplayer modes...Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a real-time strategy game with a heavy focus on real-time tactical combat, base-building, capturing strategic points and researching. In the main campaign the player takes control of the Blood Ravens space marines and, from time to time, some units of the Imperial Guard as well. In the Skirmish and Multiplayer modes it's possible to control any of four available factions:
Space Marines - these elite warriors of the Imperium are genetically and cybernetically modified to withstand the harshest of punishments. They are generalist soldiers, not specialized in anything in particular, but are resilient, possess a high morale and are the best long-range army in the game. They also have anti-daemon weaponry.
Chaos Space Marines - during the Horus Heresy nearly half of all Space Marines turned against their brothers and the Imperium to serve the forces of Chaos instead. This faction is similar to the original Space Marines because they don't excel in anything in particular and they are battle hardened as well. On the other hand they are focused on assaults using mobs and close combat units such as possessed marines, bloodthirsters and even daemons.
Orks - a widespread race in the galaxy and one that loves nothing more than war, the Orks rely on sheer numbers to overwhelm their opponents. They focus on close combat, but have little armor and resistance to damage.
Eldar - the remnants of a fallen empire, the Eldar are still one of the most technologically advanced races in the galaxy. They enjoy a wide variety of abilities, such as teleportation, and fast speed. Their units are highly specialized in one type of combat, meaning they may be bad at everything else.
To win in the campaign missions, the player needs to fulfill the main story-based objectives, while in Skirmish and Multiplayer it's necessary to meet any of the set victory conditions such as controlling over 66% of all strategic points, taking and holding at least half of all critical points, destroying all of the enemies' HQs, or even assassinating the enemy commander. Every strategic point, critical point or relic held generates requisition, which is the main resource of the game used for building structures, researching and recruiting units. Different buildings and units that make heavy use of technology also require another resource, power, produced by plasma and thermal generators.Researching new technology and upgrading existing structures can give the player access to new things. In certain cases the upgrades improve the statistics of the respective unit or building. For example an upgraded listening post has increased firepower for the gun emplacement plus it generates extra requisition points. An infantry unit can receive better weapons, such as plasma guns, grenade launchers or flamethrowers. The order in which the buildings are constructed and the tech tree is explored defines the player's strategy: either focusing on mobs to overwhelm the enemy or on technology in order to exploit a specific weakness.It's not possible to create infinite troops because there is a squad and vehicle cap in place. That's why the player needs to decide which unit to create based on its skills and the strategy employed, however it's very easy to kill your own squads in the game in order to free up space. All units have limited health. Once it reaches zero for a vehicle, it is destroyed; in the case of squads the members die one by one, so it's possible to replace the fallen soldiers with other recruits before the team is completely annihilated. Infantry units have another stat called morale--once it reaches zero the squad is broken and they do little damage to the enemy, however the player retains control over it. There are some leader units which can be attached to squads, such as the force commander, the librarian or the apothecaries. Besides bringing extra firepower they also have special abilities like boosting morale, orbital bombardment and others. |
| Arena Wars | 2004-09-21 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH, Tri Synergy, Inc. | exDream Entertainment GbR | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Arena Wars offers an unconventional mixture of RTS with FPS gameplay. Although something similar has been attempted with Savage, this game actually models its FPS part from multiplayer Arena-type titles, such as Quake III and UT2004. As a consequence, it has no real story and the RTS part is free from the usual resource constraints. All players have the same amount of money at their disposal and are refunded for destroyed units. However, the available unit selection is also somewhat limited. There are six types of units, all vehicular: mechs, light and heavy, an agile buggy, a missile launcher on wheels, a heavy tank and an artillery unit.
Individual strengths and weaknesses aside, all units possess a special ability such as Teleport for tanks. The unit types form a predator-prey circle with each one being strong against a certain type and vulnerable against another. The game offers modes or events that are the mainstay of arena FPS competitions: Capture the Flag, Bombing Run and Double Domination. Unreal Tournament's influence on the game is obvious here. Arena Wars builds on the inherent tactical elements of these games and leaves the actual combat to the AI. It contains over 60 single player missions spread in six tournaments and multiplayer games for up to 8 players. In multiplayer the game offers webcam and voice support. |
| Full Spectrum Warrior | 2004-09-21 | THQ Inc. | Pandemic Studios, LLC | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | Contemporary | | | | Mature | | Windows | In Full Spectrum Warrior, you take on the role of commander of two squads of the United States military, Alpha and Bravo, as you guide them in the fictional country of Zekistan on a mission to capture or kill the terrorist Al Afad.In this game, you don't directly control your troops. You don't take aim at a target and shoot, and you don't circle-strafe around enemies. Instead, you tell your squad what to do, and they'll do it. It's like a real-time strategy game. You can tell your two squads to do numerous things, such as hide behind a wall, take cover behind a car, lob a grenade, fire off a rocket, or attack a target. You will need to utilize both squads to be successful. For example, you can have Alpha squad hide behind a car and lay down covering fire at a target that you can't directly kill, giving Bravo squad cover so they may cross open terrain, and get into a position where they will be able to kill the enemy.The game takes place in one location, a Middle Eastern country, that is split up into several areas. You will have to make your way through parks, an airport, city streets, and even some buildings. Throughout the country are many terrorists, all of whom are trying to kill you. You have four members on each squad; the team leader, automatic rifleman, grenadier and rifleman, each playing a unique role.Full Spectrum Warrior supports Xbox Live, where two players can play through the single player campaign. Instead of controlling both squads, one player controls Alpha while the other controls Bravo. |
| Kohan II: Kings of War | 2004-09-21 | Gathering, Global Star Software Inc. | TimeGate Studios, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | As in many stories, good triumphs over evil and gets over-confident... forgetting all about the evil. It is at that point that evil rebounds to try and seize control once again. That is exactly what happens in Kohan II. Strange creatures are moving across the land, civil war has broken the Kohan people apart, and wars are happening more and more frequently.Offering you five factions and six races to play, this sequel in the Kohan series offers you a variety of things to do. The game offers five different environments to play in and 32 missions for single-player gaming.Unlike many RTS games, KoW does not require you to have many worker drones to gather your resources. Simply build mines and that is it. Use your resources to build armies rather than workers.Another feature in the game that makes it different from other RTS games on the market is that you cannot build individual units (with the exception of siege units). Instead, you build groups of units, led by either a hero or a captain. The groups can have up to 9 units in them if you have the ability to build the support units needed to reach 9.A final unique feature is that as long as you can retreat your group back within your Zone of Control before all units in it are dead, the units will regenerate HP and resurrect fallen units. You will only have to recruit a replacement group if you let your group die off completely. |
| Madden NFL 2005 | 2004-09-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Madden series returns for another year with Madden NFL 2005. Besides the usual roster updates, the major gameplay changes in this iteration mostly concern defensive play. There are also expansions to the franchise mode and to online modes along various other additions and changes.Major changes to defensive play include the introduction of the Hit Stick: it allows precise and context-sensitive tackling through the use of the second analog stick. There is now also defensive playmaker control (allowing on-the-fly position changes) and defensive hot routes. The offense was also expanded and now allows for formation shifts on the line.The franchise mode now features the Storyline Central option, which features an "EA Sports Radio" show hosted by Tony Bruno, featuring news and reports around games and the league, interviews with players and call-ins from fans. There are also newspaper articles (featuring real licensed papers from around the US), emails from players and coaches and more. All of this is accessed through a redesigned interface resembling a PDA. Another new feature is morale for players, which changes throughout the season depending on their contracts, win-lose performance, being benched and more. The draft system has also been revised, and drafting new players can also affect the morale of existing players.Another new feature is called Create-A-Fan: players can create fans with an editor, having them put on outlandish costumes and then watch them sit in the stadium during a game.This year's edition is the first to feature online play for the Xbox via Xbox Live and introduces online league play for the first time on both PS2 and Xbox. |
| Star Wars: Battlefront | 2004-09-21 | LucasArts | Pandemic Studios, LLC | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot, Space flight | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | For the first time in gaming history, after countless games depicting various aspects of the rich Star Wars universe (including some we never wanted to see), players have the chance to step into the boots of the average soldier in the wars that raged across the galaxy. Gameplay is based on the successful standards set by Battlefield 1942, but combat in Battlefront is even more massive and heated, vehicles are more predominant and the familiar starships are also included. There are three different game modes to play: Historical Campaign (featuring a series of "historical" battles from the Star Wars mythos), Conquest (in which players vie for dominance of individual planets) and, of course, Instant Action. The game puts two pairs of factions at war: Republic vs Separatists and Rebel Alliance vs Galactic Empire. Each faction has four standard unit types (soldier, heavy weapons trooper, scout and pilot) plus a fifth, special unit which differs radically for each side. Famous Jedi and Sith are included as NPCs only in selected battles. Finally, the game offers almost all of the vehicles seen in the movies for players to fly, drive or hover and prevail. |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 | 2004-09-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Headgate Studios Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this iteration of the Tiger Woods lineage, you can customize your golfer down to the kind of swing to use, strength, putting skill, luck etc, as well as buying accessories and equipment which all affects your game. Create your own courses by spending "Legend Coins" and gain standing amongst the golfing community and impress even Tiger himself.Putting using the new "Tiger Vision" lets you see how Tiger Woods would play the shot but don't rely on it as even Tiger gets it wrong sometimes. Play against the Hustler, a golfer created by and motion captured by Justin Timberlake. |
| Void War | 2004-09-21 | Rampant Games | Rampant Games | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Void War is a single-player 3D, First-Person Space Dogfight action game for Windows PCs. The player may fly any of six starfighters in a space arenas called "Void Points" bounded by pylons that pull fighters back into the battle should they stray to far from the action. Void War's action includes Newtonian-style physics and elements such as gravitational pulls (in a nod to the great-grandaddy of computer games, "Spacewar").Besides the usual laser-style weaponry, Void War ships include guided missiles that usually have a debilitating effect on other ships, rather than strictly doing damage. This means that players will rarely be able to rely upon missiles alone, but must use their gunnery skills to secure a win. All ships include a "special ability", including the ability to use 'hyperspace' to randomly warp to a new location, or surround the ship with a shield that grants near-invulnerability for a short time, or to drain a nearby enemy's power.Void War includes a single-player campaign mode that takes the player through a series of missions through bizarre deep-space phenomena, fighting waves of enemies and unique "boss" ships. There is also a "free-for-all" single-player mode that is simply a deathmatch-style space brawl. Finally, there are free-for-all and team-based multiplayer modes that allow players to fight with or against each other in LAN or Internet play. |
| Deer Hunter: The 2005 Season | 2004-09-22 | Atari, Inc. | Southlogic Studios | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter | Europe, North America, Oceania | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Deer Hunter 2005 is a game in the Deer Hunter series, that simulates deer hunting in real-life based locations with weapons, ammo, vehicles, equipment (e.g. binoculars and scopes) and animals. The deer species included are blacktail, whitetail, mule, axis and roe deer. There are also ambient animals, like eagles and kangaroos. The game offers multiplayer game modes through Gamespy, customizable weapons, and a level editor, so you can make your own maps, or download them from the internet.New locations are Germany and Australia. The game uses the Tokamak SDK for realistic physics and also has a bullet camera to watch your best shots again. |
| Hearts of Iron: Platinum | 2004-09-22 | Paradox Entertainment AB | Paradox Entertainment AB | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | The Platinum edition of Hearts of Iron contains the original game plus the C.O.R.E (Community Open Resource Exchange) mod. The C.O.R.E. mod adds more than 1600 events to the game, focusing on the 1936 campaign. It also include a reworked tech tree and some new graphics. All additional content in Hearts of Iron Platinum is also available for owners of the original game as free downloads. |
| Necrotic Drift | 2004-09-22 | Jolt Country | | Adventure | | | Horror | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Jarret Duffy knows everything about Dungeons & Dragons-- a sad fact which has secured his position as assistant
manager of Benji's Gaming and Role-Playing Emporium.When not earning minimum wage, Jarret obsessively rents The Fellowship of the Ring to point out trivia to his loser roommates and maintains and on again/off again relationship with Audrey. However, when Jarret disrupts a Summoning Session (by the Wiccan girls at the Bead Shop) and the undead start visiting the Funtime Teen Mall, he's just the man to have around. Similar to Shaun of the Dead, Jarret finds himself in the unlikely position of hero, but can he do it?Necrotic Drift uses the Hugo Interpreter which allows for the use of pictures and sound in addition to the traditional text parser. The top of the screen shows a picture of the current location and head shots of any characters in the area. Events in the game, like reaching the next chapter or stumbling across a monster, may trigger music or sound effects (groans, screams, etc.). |
| Rome: Total War | 2004-09-22 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Creative Assembly Ltd., The, Creative Assembly International Limited, The | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Turn-based strategy | Africa, Classical antiquity, Europe, Historical events, Middle East | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | 370 BC. A select group of influential families have united Italy under the Roman banner. It is time for them to turn their eyes outward. You will be leading one of these families of Rome (Julii, Scipii, Brutii) for more than three centuries in an attempt to conquer most of the known world. The Julii are in control of northern Italy and they are very close to the borders of Gaul lands and the remainder of Europe. The Scipii are in control of southern Italy and Sicily. They are facing the Carthaginian people, who are one of the prime powers in the Mediterranean. And the last family, the Brutii hold the eastern part of Italy. They have already set their eyes on Greece and Macedonia, the most advanced civilizations of the ancient era. No matter which you will be choosing, your faction's ambitions will ultimately lead you to open war against the Senate and the other Roman factions.The game, true to the Total War series, lets you manage your empire and armies in turn-based mode. In the Imperial Campaign you command the movement of your armies and generals on a regional map comprised of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East, managing cities, hiring spies and mercenaries and using diplomats where your military might can't reach. When the time comes to war, the game takes you to a 3D real-time environment where you control your army directly on the field of battle and you can employ different formations and tactics using the units' individual advantages (killing from a distance with archers, chasing routing enemies or flanking with cavalry etc.). Both modes of play let you make strategical decisions that affect your entire game. Each civilization you conquer will be added as a new playable faction. After finishing the game you will be able to choose from all the playable factions. The game has some pre-arranged historical battles for those who want a quick fight. These are the same 3D real-time battles but with pre-determined forces.During the Imperial Campaign it's important to increase the number of your family members. They can act as praetors, which means that, depending on your choice, they can either lead armies in battle or function as a governor of a city or town. In both cases they may offer certain bonuses or penalties based on the traits they possess and the retinue they hold. Characters earn new traits and retinue members depending on what actions they perform. For example, a general who has run from the enemy once, may find out that he is lowering the morale of all nearby units under his next command. Another element that is imperative to winning the game is conquering settlements, not only because the victory conditions state how many you must have, but also because they generate income through trading and taxes. All settlements are capitals of a province--they usually start as a village and can be developed up to a huge city, unless they are already populous by the time you discover it. An entire collection of edifices can be built, such as temples, public baths, defensive walls, barracks, archery range, and so on. Every one of them has a purpose, be that increasing the public health and order or allowing the recruiting of a specific military unit. If the public order is beyond tolerable, the population becomes discontented and will eventually riot, which in the worst case scenario may lead to losing the entire province to rebel forces or a powerful neighbour state. |
| The Saga of Ryzom | 2004-09-22 | Themis Group | Nevrax SARL | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Lémuel Wuibout | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | The Saga of Ryzom is a mmorpg which takes place on Atys, an organic planet. We can play one of the four civilizations. Trykers little guys which live in paradisiac islands. They are also wind's people. Fyros the warriors, the proud people of desert. The Matis and Zorai. Those peoples are living in forest and jungle and they practice magic. The planet is shared between the kami and the karavan. Those two factions want to take the full control of the planet. Players will have to choose their side. The universe style is not fully fantasy nor Science fiction but have piece of each genre. The gameplay is offering to play several kind of roles like warrior, wizard, harvester or crafting. Player will have to fill lonely missions and participate group event. Finally player will be confronted to all sort of insect and animals and particularly hordes of insectoid Kitins which emerge from underground galleries. This game can only be played online. |
| Backyard Hockey 2005 | 2004-09-23 | Atari, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Backyard Hockey returns for 2005 with a new lineup of NHL kids and new 3d gameplay. This year you can draft from 30 backyard kids and 14 NHL Stars. You can also create custom players that improve with experience. All 30 NHL teams are included along with favorite backyard teams from earlier editions.The game features three modes: Quick play, Season Play and Exhibition. The games can take place in nine different rinks including Sharkbelly Shores, Ice Castle Arcade and street hockey areas. As you progress you can unlock secret NHL players, rinks, bonus music etc.The game keeps stats of players and teams throughout the season. Also a bonus Air Hockey Mini-Game is included. |
| Best of Sierra: Strategy | 2004-09-23 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains three real time strategy games:
Homeworld 2
Empire Earth
Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring |
| Port Royale 2 | 2004-09-23 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | North America, Sea pirates / Caribbean, South America | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | The Caribbean Sea in the 17th century. England, France, Spain and the Netherlands fight for the leadership of the colonies in the New World. This is the scenario for Port Royale 2 – the sequel to Port Royale (released in 2002).The main focus is on building production facilities and on trading goods in over 60 different towns whereas the prices change by supply and demand. But trade is not everything, as pirates and military fleets threaten the convoys. The seabattles are similar to "Pirates" after shooting at the enemy ships, swordplays are necessary to capture the enemy ships.Later in the game with more gratitude earned you can build and oversee your own towns. |
| Amorous Professor Cherry | 2004-09-24 | ZyX Inc. | ZyX Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | JAST USA Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)ZyX and G-Collections present Amorous Professor Cherry, a fantastic new game where you take the role of Kouta in his quest for true love. There are three beautiful women vying for his attention: Chieri, the clumsy yet pure teacher, Mamiko, the flirtatious and fun-loving math professor, and Kiyoka, the cutest girl at university. Who will end up winning your affections in this sexy romp through co-ed campus life? Only your choices can find the answer! With dozens of erotic scenes from ZyX veteran Sendorikun of Sagara Family and Virgin Roster fame, and story from Minakami Tomohiro (Crescendo, Sensei 3), this is a great new take on the 'school love' genre that you won't want to miss!
Story
I'm Kouta Koikawa, and I'm having a problem with my studies. It's not that my classmates' ruckus bothers me, I sit at the front of the room to avoid their antics. The real problem is my social studies professor, Chieri Hase. From the day she started teaching here, I haven't been able to keep my eyes off her! She's a rookie teacher, but I'm captivated by every movement of her beautiful body. I can't work up the nerve to confess my feelings - I'm her student, after all, and I'm sure she wouldn't find this sort of forbidden love to be proper... until one day when fate brings us together in an encounter that changes our lives forever. |
| Ice Hockey Club Manager 2005 | 2004-09-24 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | greencode Software GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Ice Hockey Club Manager 2005 is a managerial simulations where the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his team. The gameplay is more or less the same as in typical German soccer managers, just with a hockey setting. The player spends most of his time in statistics screens and menus where he deals with all the details which determine the team's fate. On the financial side the options range from sponsorships and player transfers to expanding stadiums or speculating at the stock market. The athletic side mostly deals with aspects like training or tactics. Every player is represented with 13 statistics, e.g. mobility or puck handling. The player also divides his hockey players into blocks which ideally always play and train together. Each block can be assigned to different tactics.Like in greencode's Soccer Managers, the heart of the game are the real-time calculated matches where the player has a lot of possibilities to intervene. All parallel matches are calculated the same way and the player can watch up to four matches at the same time. In comparison to Soccer Manager Pro the game uses a new graphics engine.If the player doesn't wish to have to care about certain duties an automatic function takes care of it. The game also features a special menu screen where the most important facts are summarized and problems are pointed out. The names of teams and players in the German hockey league DEL are licensed, the other 14 leagues not - but that can be changed with the editor. |
| Inspector Parker in Betrapped! | 2004-09-24 | Oberon Games, Inc. | Oberon Games, Inc. | Adventure, Puzzle | Top-down | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | After the death of Lord North Vandernot of Ravencourt Castle, a young American girl named May Vandernot was left his entire estate. Jealousy brewed within the household and May feels that someone is trying to kill her. Upon hearing the news, Chief Inspector Parker of Scotland Yard decide to visit Ravencourt Castle and personally see to it that the girl remains unharmed and her would-be murderer be arrested before he/she can perform any evil deed.When Parker arrived, a great storm had him and the 12 people staying at the castle stranded. Parker discovered that May might be right because the rooms in the castle are all festered with deadly booby-traps. So before he can do any sleuthing, he will have to carefully disarm the traps. Hopefully, Inspector Parker will survive long enough to crack this case and apprehend the villain.Inspector Parker in Betrapped! is a whodunit puzzle game where you guide Inspector Parker through the many rooms and floors of Ravencourt Castle in order to gather enough clues and evidence to pinpoint who the villain is. In terms of gameplay, the game is like a dish of minesweeper and a small side of adventure. When first entering a room, you will have to disarm the booby traps there. This is the minesweeper part. As you walk around the room, the tiles nearby will light up into a certain color. Blue means no traps are adjacent to the tile, green means one is adjacent, yellow means two and so forth. Based on these clues, you have to determine where these traps are and disarm them with a right click. Special traps act a bit differently: a Flashing Skull Trap indicates a hidden trap that can only be disarmed by finding the remote weapon aimed at it. If you step on one of them, you can save yourself by quickly stepping off. A timed trap must be disarmed before time runs out. Every time you are struck by a trap or right-clicked the wrong tile you will lose a life. If you run out of lives, then you will have to restart that room. Adventure part: When you finish disarming the room, you can start exploring it. By pressing the spacebar, you will see what can be interacted with. If you see a guest there, talk to them and find out as much as you can. Many times, by clicking a vent, you will hear secret conversation between guests. Also, by digging around, you will find items to put in your inventory.At the end of the game, you will have to determine who the killer is and what clues were used to solve the case.If you are more into the disarming-traps part of the game, you can always play in puzzle mode which offers 3 different difficulty settings. Here you will keep solving puzzles that get progressively harder. |
| Puyo Pop Fever | 2004-09-24 | SEGA Corporation | Sonic Team | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Accord, teacher of the local magic school, has lost her magic flying cane. There is word of an award so the students are busy searching high and low for it. Naturally, our heroes Amitie and her school nemesis Raffine make their way toward the distant dark castle, challenging - and being challenged by - everyone you come across in a game of Puyo Pop.Puyo Pop Fever is a puzzle game of the falling-block variety, the goal of which is to clear your blocks (Puyos) by combining four or more of the same color, which will then vanish. This will produce Nuisance Puyos. These colorless Puyos will fall onto your opponents screen, thus blocking chains and combos they could create. These pesky Puyos can only be exterminated by removing neighboring Puyos.When an opponent sends Nuisance Puyos to your screen you can try to "offset" by clearing your own Puyos and limiting the number that would fall on your screen. This will also increase your Fever Meter. When this meter fills you will be given a set of prearranged Puyos with which you can wrack up giant combos and send tons of Nuisance Puyos to your opponent. When any player's field becomes so full that they can no longer drop Puyos they lose the game.The game features a two-player mode. Some versions allow for more people such as the DS version which allows up to eight players to compete in free-for-all or team modes. |
| Strike Fighters: Gold | 2004-09-24 | GMX Media | Third Wire Productions, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | Real-time | | | Windows | This is an updated version of Third Wire's 'Strike Fighters: Project 1' (SF:P1) combat flight simulator.The game has Instant action, Single Mission and Campaign modes for single player.
For multiplayer there is cooperative or head-to-head mode available.Player flyable aircraft are:
F-100 Super Sabre
A-4 Skyhawk
F-4 Phantom II
The fictional campaigns included are:
Burning Sands (Sept 1959)
Operation: Quicksand (Dec 1966)
Operation: Rattlesnake (Aug 1968)
Operation: Desert Thunder (Sept 1972)
As with the SF:P1, there are more flyable aircraft available online. |
| The Goalkeeper | 2004-09-24 | Winter Wolves Studio | Winter Wolves Studio | Action, Sports, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Goalkeeper casts you as a rookie goalkeeper, for one of the five weakest clubs in your home country’s top division, and your aim is to become the greatest goalkeeper in the world. Initially you must assign ratings for handling, reflexes, jumping and charisma – these change throughout the game based on your performance. Training points can be assigned to save practice, weights, team talks, running and friendly matches – each has a different effect on your overall conditions.Matches are played out on a screen displaying names and ratings for both teams. If the Arcade mode is on, you will be required to make saves, by moving the mouse to stop the ball as it travels towards the goal. In Strategy mode, you have three options as to how to attempt the save. The Instant Save option determines whether the save is successful, based on your goalkeeper's quality.Your prestige will increase more for making difficult saves, and drop more from conceding soft goals. This can be used to improve your contract and reputation. Media reporters will sometimes ask questions about the recent performances of yourself and the team, with multiple-choice answers affecting the views of your manager and supporters. |
| Titeuf: Méga compet' | 2004-09-24 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | Eden Games S.A.S. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Titeuf: Méga compet' is a French party game based on the comic book Titeuf. Up to four players select a character from a pool of ten, choose a difficulty level and compete in different mini-games such as bombe glavonique, dinausaure explosif, techerno-débile, hockey-crotte, Zik machine... More than 85 characters from the comic books appear in the game. For the PS2 version six of the mini-games support the EyeToy peripheral.In one of the mini-games the characters need to sneak to the front of the class without the teacher noticing. There is a short window to move to an empty desk before she turns around. When she spots you, the character is sent to the back of the class again. Another is a side-scrolling chase sequence through the city where a man attempts to trap you after eating a bad sandwich. The game has large 3D hub environments to select the different activities and many cinematics. The main game modes are called l'année scolaire (the school year), duels, méga duels, duels de la mort and méga balaise. |
| Tolkien Collection | 2004-09-24 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains three games based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien:
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring
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| AGON: Episode 3 - Pirates of Madagascar | 2004-09-27 | Private Moon Studios | Private Moon Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this episode, you again take the role of Professor Samuel Hunt who travels to tropical Madagascar to track the origins of the 2nd board game which he discovered at the end of Episode 2.Gameplay is essentially the same as the previous games with a point-and-click interface. Players will notice that the story is richer and that it will take longer to finish. There is more interaction with non-player characters during conversations, improved technical aspects and graphics enhanced with more 3D elements. |
| Atomix 2 | 2004-09-27 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | Softouch Productions | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Atomix 2 is a remake of the classic game Atomix with improved graphics.
Again you must arrange a couple of atoms into a specific molecule.
The game contains 40 levels.
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| Backyard Skateboarding | 2004-09-27 | Atari, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | It is a skateboarding game for kids. The main star is Andy Macdonald and of course all your favorite backyard kids. It has 10 playable kids. A bunch of power ups like molasses time (bullet time) tornado, etc. You can customize your own skater. Set up his boards clothes etc. The environments include - Urban Neighborhood, Boardwalk, Rooftops, Medieval Castle - plus an unlockable refurbished skate park. |
| Krakout Unlimited 2 | 2004-09-27 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | Master Creating GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Krakout Unlimited 2 is a revised and improved version of Krakout Unlimited, with new graphics and 3D sound system.
All levels are are randomly generated. The game comes with three levels of difficulty and thirty different power-ups.
Also included is a level editor. |
| Lifestream | 2004-09-27 | Unimatrix Productions | Unimatrix Productions | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Father Randolph Holton, a Catholic priest, has disappeared. The son that no one knows about, John, goes to his father's home to search for him. He soon learns that his father had become obsessed by something he called the Lifestream. To find his father he must also dive into the haunting, terrifying truths that seduced him. What on earth is the Lifestream and how could it have caused his father's disappearance?At first you play John in the present as he searches through his father's notes and his house (inside and outside) to discover his whereabouts. As the game progresses, travel back in time to play Father Holton.There are many adventure type puzzles to solve in this point-and-click game. You'll find other characters to talk to and objects to find and use in this haunting adventure. |
| MechWarrior 4 Compilation | 2004-09-27 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The MechWarrior 4 Compilation pack includes:
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance (base game)
MechWarrior 4: Black Knight (expansion pack)
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries (standalone expansion pack)
The 'Mech Pak add-ons are not included. |
| SRS: Street Racing Syndicate | 2004-09-27 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Eutechnyx Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Street racing | | | Teen | | Windows | SRS: Street Racing Syndicate is an arcade racing game, offering more than 50 licensed cars, which are tunable with licensed tuning parts. The player races on tracks situated in Los Angeles, Miami and Philadelphia, both during daylight and at night. It's also possible to date 18 cute models, each with their own video clips. The game features two modes:In Street Mode, there are tree types of awards: money, respect and girls. Money is necessary to buy cars, tuning parts and place bets, and can be earned by winning races and collecting prizes and bets. The player receives respect points for doing tricks such as two-wheel driving or drifting. These points allow them to progress in the game (i.e. unlock races). The last type of award, girls, will date the player if they win a respect challenge. This can be a car chasing, a checkpoint run or a respect points race. There are 8 races with various crews and difficulty, each consisting of three tracks where the player will race against one or three opponents. It's also possible to drive Street Challenges (point-to-point races) against another car, where the winner takes the bet. Or the player can just cruise around the town in Cruise Zone.Arcade mode offers four types of races: Quick Race, Checkpoint Run, Ironman (set of 3-12 races which have to be won), Speed Trial (a race against time).SRS: Street Racing Syndicate also features six multiplayer modes: Quick Race, Collection Race, Team Collection Race, Team Time Race, Team Position Race and Pink Slip Race. They can be played over LAN or on Internet using GameSpy Arcade.
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| Care Bears: Let's Have a Ball! | 2004-09-28 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Action, Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Care Bears: Let's Have a Ball! is based on characters from a popular children's television show and feature films, originally developed by American Greetings in 1981.The player is taken directly to the home screen among the clouds where he can select a Care Bear to play any of the eight arcade-style games they represent. Each game is prefaced with a description and instructions, and all the other games can also be accessed from here by clicking on the bears that line the bottom of the screen. The games have five levels that become progressively more difficult as the player reaches them. Actions are performed by moving items or Care Bears with the mouse and keyboard.
Wish Bear's Puzzlin' Pipes - rotate and flip pipes to make a conduit for a ball to reach it's rainbow bucket
Cheer & Grumpy Bear's Rainbow Bowling - position the Bear on a lane and adjust arrow direction, avoiding bumpers at higher levels
Friend Bear's Cloud Soccer - "kick" balls into a rainbow goal by stretching and aiming an arrow cursor
Bedtime Bear's Snooze Ball - a pinball table: wake up the minimum number of Star Buddies to win
Tender Heart Bear & Love-a-Lot Bear's Bubble Breakout - a Breakout clone, as the name suggests, using heart-shaped bubbles and a pair of Care Bears carrying the paddle
Share Bear's Bubble Billiards - aim a colored ball at one of a matching color on the table
Funshine Bear's Bucket of Fun - move the Care Bear back and forth under a row of buckets; click the mouse at the right time to drop a ball into it's matching color bucket
Good Luck Bear's Charm Challenge - a Frogger-style game; move a four-leaved clover to the top of the screen while avoiding moving clouds and balls
Once the player has successfully completed five levels of a game he is presented with 1/4 of a poster to print; completing all levels four times wins the player all the poster pieces to print and tape together |
| Crusader Kings | 2004-09-28 | Paradox Entertainment AB | Paradox Entertainment AB | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Crusader Kings is a real-time (but pause-able) strategy game based on the Europa Universalis engine that focuses on the feudal kingdoms of medieval Europe in the time period of 1066 to 1419 A.D.Those familiar with EU & EU2 will find the game easy recognizable, but quite different in many aspects. Gone are the diplomats, merchants and mercenaries, to be replace by a much more intriguing and quite different diplomatic system.You can start the game as ruler of a multitude of different kingdoms, as well as hundred of different dukedoms or counts. Increase your prestige and wealth by fighting for the pope, liege, king and country or just for yourself. Move yourself into position for further expansion by arranging marriages for you, your court members or vassals. Assimilate, assassinate, claim or plain simple meet them on the battlefield, those that will not yell to you or your liege.Fight with the Popes blessing in far of lands and gain wealth and glory – if you can! Create titles for new assimilate land and pass them down to children, court members, brothers, sisters etc.. to insure the survival of your dynastic.The three scenarios of the game are: the Battle of Hastings (1066), the Third Crusade (1187), and the Hundred Years War (started in 1337). Playable factions include various European states, Byzantium, Kingdom of Jerusalem, and others. |
| DreamWorks Shark Tale | 2004-09-28 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | KnowWonder, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Shark Tale is a game based on the Dreamworks animated film. You play as Oscar the speedy, talkative, little fish, who finds himself becoming a hero. The game takes place in over 14 missions, in a variety of over 6 locations. Shark Tale delivers a variety of gameplay experience.You explore Reef City in full 3D with locations from the movie and also new areas. The player is allowed to sidetrack and interact with the urban environment. The gameplay includes races and chases in which you dodge obstacles such as buildings and bridges. You will have to outrun foes such as sharks, while smashing boxes and such for power-ups and items. There are also dance elements to the game, where you dance to hip hop moves. You have to mix and match moves to the vibe.The sound features humorous and hip voice acting similar to the film. Music is made up of a combination of original and licensed R&B/Hip hop music from classic & current artists. |
| Evil Genius | 2004-09-28 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Elixir Studios | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Comedy, Crime, Spy / espionage | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | | | | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Evil Genius is set in the 1960s of James Bond, master-minds, and bad hair cuts; play one of the three available evil geniuses, each with different abilities, all of which have the overall master-plan to rule the world.To do this, the evil genius must send out minions and henchmen all over the world on secret missions to increase the criminal infamy rating and steal cash to fund operations for secret base, known in-game as the "secret island at an undisclosed location." Operation: World Conquer costs money...a lot of money!However, the five major world governments are not unaware of the evil genius's evil plotting. They will send agents to the "secret island at an undisclosed location" to gather evidence of the evil genius's misdeeds. Eventually after enough evidence, they will have just cause to send a strike team or worse...send Super Agents to hamper the evil genius's plans of world domination.After choosing an evil genius, gameplay will fall under the following categories:World Domination Map
The most dominant feature of the game revolves around the top-down perspective World Domination map. Although it only takes a few minutes at a time to check this feature, it is most important because this is where the player plots all plans of world domination. The World Domination map consists of the following actions:
Sending minions and henchmen on Act of Infamy missions around the world to raise criminal reputation rating. Successfully accomplishing these missions will increase criminal reputation. The higher the reputation, the more access the player has to other missions, henchmen, and infamy objects that may be stolen.
Sending minions and henchmen undercover around the world to steal cash and funds operations. The money will then be sent to the "secret island at an undisclosed location" to be stored at the treasury.
Recruit new henchmen. If reputation is high enough, the player may have the option to recruit new henchmen.
Secret Island at an Undisclosed Location Map
Gameplay is primary focused on the secret island base, where it mimics an isometric building simulation game. Here, the player may interact with buildings, minions, and enemy agents. The available actions are as the following:
Build a secret base, in it construct facilities and rooms.
Build a trap system to guard the base's secrets from enemy agents as well as using it to kill, stun, or interrogate enemy agents.
Research new traps, objects, and weapons.
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| Mall of America Tycoon | 2004-09-28 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | 4HEAD Studios | Simulation | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Mall of America Tycoon is an updated version of Mall Tycoon where you run America's largest mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota. Manage all aspects of the mall including store contracts, layout, staffing, amenities, and even the rides in Camp Snoopy. Most rides available for purchase in the game are based on actual amusements which were available in Camp Snoopy. |
| Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor | 2004-09-28 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The magnificent Blackmoor Manor is a 14th century castle located in the spooky British moors. Members of the Penvellyn family have lived there for centuries. Now the newest resident of the manor, Linda Penvellyn, a new bride, has secluded herself in her rooms. In total fear, she refuses to see or talk to anyone! Who or what has caused her to be so afraid? Has the mansion been cursed? Has the spirit of the "old witch" returned? Or, is something entirely different going on?You play Nancy Drew who is requested to go to England and see if she can solve the mystery. Explore all of the rooms in the beautiful Blackmoor Manor searching for clues. You must uncover secrets from the Penvellyn family's illustrious past (as well as the present) by talking to people in and around the estate, finding interesting objects and solving challenging puzzles. |
| Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring | 2004-09-28 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Sherlock Holmes and his loyal sidekick Dr. Watson have been invited to a reception in Sherringford Hall. The wealthy industrial Sir Bromsby wants to commemorate the return of his daughter to England. As the host climbs the stage and starts to deliver his welcome speech, he is shot. Suspicion is immediately drawn towards his daughter, but Holmes decides to thoroughly investigate the case.Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring is a third-person point-and-click adventure set in 19th century England. Players control both Holmes and Watson, interrogating witnesses and suspects, and searching for material clues and evidence. Basic inventory equipment are a test tube, a tape measure and a magnifying glass, all of which can be used to examine the environment and other objects found. A few times in the game the player is taken to Holmes' lab desk, to analyze some substances or tissues.Notes of all findings and conversations are automatically written down in a diary for future reference. At the end of each of the five days the game is divided in, a quiz has to be filled in correctly to progress. |
| Myst IV: Revelation | 2004-09-29 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Myst IV, you learn the fate of the two brothers from Myst 1 and must search for Yeesha, Atrus' daughter. Sirrus and Achenar have remained trapped in their prison worlds for crimes they have committed. With the disappearance of Yeesha, you must explore the two prison worlds and find her.Like the previous games in the Myst series, the gameplay is node based and not 3-D like Uru. Myst IV is more interactive than any other previous Myst game. Using a hand as your cursor, you can push buttons, pull and push things, open and close drawers, or just tap objects. The game also contains a built in hint system with three levels of hints, each level gives more and more help on how to solve a puzzle.The soundtrack was composed by Jack Wall with a song by artist Peter Gabriel.Myst IV also has the addition of a zip mode, allowing you to quickly travel to places you've been before. |
| Outpost Kaloki | 2004-09-29 | NinjaBee | NinjaBee | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | A space-station tycoon game with a story mode and a goofy sense of humor. The Hero (that's his name) manages space stations, and is randomly warped all over the galaxy in his quest to save and hopefully get a date with the imperial princess Bethyni.Space station expansions include such oddities as singles lines, bars, parks, and solar windmills. Basic gameplay is to make money off of visitors and reach various profit and building goals within a time limit. |
| Didi and Ditto: Kindergarten | 2004-09-30 | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | From Kutoka Interactive, the company that made the “Mia” series of educational games, comes this brightly colorful, humorous adventure filled with games and interactive fun for the 4 to 6 year-old.Didi and Ditto are two animated beavers whom we see being interrupted in a game of vegetable tennis, when a hungry – vegetarian! – wolf attempts to steal their vegetable ball and traps Ditto in a hollow log instead. The beavers promise to find him some food in exchange for releasing Ditto, and your quest is about to begin.. Choose a beaver to perform the search, choose a skill level and you’re off!The game uses both the mouse and keyboard – the mouse to select and perform most actions, the keyboard for entering letters and using the arrow keys for some movements (Although you can also use the mouse for this). Moving your cursor – which takes on a Didi & Ditto-themed shape – to the bottom of the screen will allow the carry-sack to pop up to deposit fruits/vegetables you have won, and gives you access to the back “leaf” and the options “leaf”. In addition, some of the F-keys are mapped for this and for bringing up the savegame screen. The F6 key allows you to unlock all the activities that are unavailable from the activities screen until they have been played through successfully.There are several recurring characters you’ll meet at each stopping place – a joke-telling bug, a hapless wizard owl, a very shy blue bear, a pair of turtles who have a hard time keeping their shells on, and others, giving the young player a sense of continuity and familiarity.From a hilltop, your character has a view of the entire valley and you can choose which area to explore – there’s no pre-determined order to the games. There are seven areas and fourteen mini games; fourteen spaces in your carry-sack for hard-won fruit and vegetables to take back to the wolf. Some of the games you’ll encounter are:
Paint Easel – Select a picture and color it in with painting tools
Falling Leaves – Catch leaves and place them on the matching shape
Blowing Bubbles – Finish a pattern by catching the appropriately shaped bubble
Scarecrows – Match the letter to the picture that starts with it
Pond Crossing – Cross the pond on color-coded lily pads to the leaf that solves an equation
Grease Making – Press the lever to select letters for completing a word…this leads right into the next activity: Buggy Ride
Buggy Ride – Careen along a precarious mountainside path, ducking and jumping to avoid obstacles – an arcade-style game
and many more…
If you are stumped at any point, click on your character to get hints and clues. Didi and Ditto: Kindergarten explores a great number of skills and concepts that are part of the kindergarten curriculum, among them; counting, sequencing, spelling, early math, shapes, sound sequence, and rhyming. This is the first in a series of games, followed by “Didi and Ditto: First Grade: The Wolf King”.
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| Haunted House | 2004-09-30 | Apocalyptic Coders | Apocalyptic Coders | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Fangame | Horror | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Haunted House is a fanmade remake of the Atari 2600 title of the same name. Your job is to collect a secret urn from the haunted house of Zacharey Graves. The house consists of 24 rooms, spanning 4 floors. Each room is completely dark, but an unlimited amount of matches has been provided. The main character, which was nothing but a pair of eyes in the original, has been replaced with a male protagonist. He has a scare meter which is filled with frights upon touching enemies such as ghosts, giant spiders and bats. A total of nine scares is fatal.Using a top-down view, you can only see a limited area as you move about. While collecting pieces of the urn, placed at random locations each game, you can use a scepter to become invisible and a key to open locked doors, but it is not possible to carry more than one item at a time. A new addition in this 2004 version are light switches. These can be used to lighten up the rooms completely, but fans of the original can disable this feature. The final score is based on the amount of matches used, the number of scares and the gameplay time. |
| 7 Zwerge: Das Brettspiel | 2004-10-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The license for this game was acquired from a German blockbuster comedy of the same title, picking up the Snow White and the Seven Dwarves fairy tale theme.This arcade game features the seven dwarves' supposedly favourite pastime: the "board game" - the player takes over the part of the dwarf Bubi who is equipped with a wooden board. He has to hit as many dwarves as he can during the different game stages in order to obtain points. The hit dwarf loses points and falls down unless he shouts "Check!" right after he has been hit. The same holds true for the player, of course. There is also a doppelkopf (German card game) version of the board game where the player is equipped with two boards. In the beginning of the game, the player plays only against one dwarf, but with every new round another dwarf joins the game until all seven are participating. In addition to the dwarves, mean knights, sneaky hunters and court jesters telling bad jokes join the game. Who has collected the highest score after the time has run out, wins the respective round.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Group Inspiration: Movies
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PC Games (Germany)
Dec 20, 2004
25 out of 100
25
GameStar (Germany)
Dec, 2004
14 out of 100
14
PC Action (Germany)
Dec, 2004
5 out of 100
5
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| Abandon 2 | 2004-10-01 | | | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Abandon 2 is a Breakout game with an unique approach.Like any other Breakout game, your job is to remove all bricks in the level with a ball you control via your paddle, while avoiding the loss of the ball when it goes outside the screen. Once all bricks are destroyed in a level, you proceed to the next one. When all your lives are gone, you have lost.The unique thing about this Breakout is that you don't just control one single paddle (which is usually on the lower side of the screen), but you control actually four paddles simultaneously (on each side of the screen is one paddle).The paddle control is so made, that you can easily move all four paddle just with your mouse. But the result is, that only two paddles are normal (left to right; up to down). The other two are reverse (moving the mouse left to right will move the paddle right to left).The game itself offers two game modes, Classic and Extreme. Classic is the actual Breakout game, where you play through 12 levels. Extreme is basically Classic minus Breakout. All you need to do is to reflect the ball as long as possible (the often the ball hits the paddles, the more you score). |
| Afrika Korps vs. D-Day | 2004-10-01 | Brigades | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Afrika Korps vs. D-Day is a compilation which includes:
Desert Rats vs Afrika Korps
D-Day |
| Athens 2004 | 2004-10-01 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The official game of the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad held in Athens in August 2004, Athens 2004 features 25 events spread around 8 sports, the real stadiums and arenas such as the state of the art Olympic Stadium built for the competition and the Panathinaiko, venue of the first modern Olympics, and 64 nations from all around the world.While new developers Eurocom (following two games from ATD) kept most of the gameplay still inspired by the old button-mashers of the early 80s, some events feature interesting twists. While sprinting events don't need introductions, there are two middle distance events (800m and 1500m) that require the player to control their pace in order to reach the final curve fresh enough to have a second wind and sprint towards the finish. Other innovations are on field events, such as the high jump requiring the player to alternate buttons not as fast as possible, but time them as well as possible to the athlete's steps as possible, and the discus has the player circling the analogue knobs to build up power, among others. All four swimming events are played in the same fashion as sprinting events, except the athlete must breathe as quickly as possible in intervals, or risks losing precious speed over a section of the race.On gymnastics, floor exercises change according to sex: mens' is mostly based on power, with mashing sequences followed by timed button presses, while womens' require the player to follow on-screen cues (similarly to games such as Dance Dance Revolution), while rings to use both analogues to match the on-screen cues, and the vault has the player mashing the buttons before following an on-screen cue to perform the routine. Some of these events require the player to choose from a predefined routine, which affects the difficulty level and the maximum score awarded by the judges.Making its first appearance in an official videogame, the equestrian individual jump competition requires the player to navigate the horse throughout the track, jumping over obstacles while keeping a steady pace, as the winner is who took the shortest time while collecting less penalties from hitting obstacles.Archery is only slightly modified from previous games in the genre, but skeet now has the player following a predefined path instead of the free aiming gameplay of Sydney 2000.Two game modes are included, the first being arcade (practice, single competitions and a special mode developed with dance mats in minds) and competition, where the player can customize their Olympics in order to play in just one final, compete in the decathlon or heptathlon, all pool or gymnastics events or become one in the Champion mode, featuring all 25 events, the winner being that with the most points. |
| Crazy Kickers | 2004-10-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh, Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Sports | | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | There is a huge rumble in the jungle. All the world's animals are teaming up for an enormous championship. For when it comes to soccer, there is the ultimate question to be answered: which species rules the pitch, and thus takes home the golden cup. To answer this question, the player has to choose an animal team (e.g. gorillas, pandas, lizards or rhinos) and face his soccer enthusiastic opponents.The single players on the pitch are controlled by keyboard only. The game features an all-star-team mode with players from all the competing animals races, a 2 player mode where you can play with combined forces against the other team and a special match mode (for one or two players) where two players can compete against each other with teams of their own.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.Promo Images User ReviewsThere are no reviews for this game.Critic Reviews
PC Action (Germany)
Dec, 2004
54 out of 100
54
PC Games (Germany)
Dec 18, 2004
49 out of 100
49
4Players.de
Nov 08, 2004
48 out of 100
48
GameStar (Germany)
Dec, 2004
38 out of 100
38
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| Dennou Taisen DroneZ | 2004-10-01 | Noviy Disk | SpinVector s.r.l., Zetha Gamez BV | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Ludovico Cellentani (Prometeo) | | | | Windows | DroneZ XL is a single-player futuristic shooter. The player is guiding a male or female avatar through a virtual reality, representing the future world for humans living in suspended animation vats while their bodies are being cared for by insects and their minds are prevented from leaving the virtual world by its dominant AI.The task is for the character to jump/travel on discs representing memory bits in an organic computer, while avoiding wall mounted cannons, electrical fields and various aliens trying to stop you from escaping the virtual reality into the real world. The graphics are reminiscent of the movie TRON with a bright, neon style.You travel from room to room in a somewhat confusing environment, sometimes on a one-way path, sometimes on alternate paths, with some guidance from a character described as a hacker, offering advice on what is up ahead. If you fail to defeat the obstacles in a room, you restart from the beginning of the room, or the one before. At some locations, boss fights occur whith larger enemies, requiring you to hit them in weak spots, or using special power-ups to defeat them.The game was initially only available as a demo and benchmark for NVIDIA's GeForce 3 graphics card and it was shipped as a shorter OEM version with many GeForce3 cards, using the name DroneZ or DroneZMark. The full length game was released as DroneZ XL in Russia (PC) and Dennou Taisen DroneZ in Japan (Xbox). |
| Ich bin ein Star: Holt Mich Hier Raus! | 2004-10-01 | RTL Playtainment | Aruba Studios GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Mini-games | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus! is based on the TV show I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! The original characters of the first German season are included. You are the producer of the show and start by selecting the original cast or other candidates. You also control the daily tasks, the food distribution and with that the mood in the camp and the success of the show. You can also set up jungle challenges, treasure hunts and everything else that is included in the original show. |
| Let's Ride!: Corral Club | 2004-10-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Let's Ride: Corral Club is a horseback riding game. The game allows the player to customize the appearance of the female avatar (e.g. complete outfit color and hairstyle) and the pony (e.g. the mane, saddle and coat). It is also possible to groom the pony and feed it apples and carrots. After the setup, it is time for some activities.There are three game modes:
Practice: Allows the player to take the horse out on a practice field which has arrows on the ground to guide how the horse should traverse a barrel course;Competition mode: Challenges the player to beat the best times of a number of other girl/pony teams at the local, city, county, sectional, regional, state, and national levels in the event of barrel course racing. All of the achievements are automatically saved in a scrapbook that the player can save or print;Pasture: Allows the player to try racing different barrel configurations in an open pasture instead of a corral.
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| Magocracy | 2004-10-01 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The heirless King Ardashir I of the Magocratic Kingdom of Persis is falling ill, and before dying intends to name a wizardly successor based on the outcome of a sorcerous tournament to the death. The main contenders are Balthazar, the king's seer and master of scrying; General Loge, leader of Persis' armies, a War Mage with a focus on flame magic; the beguiling enchantress Lilith, queen of neighboring Partha; Rhiannon the conjuror, daughter of a druid and barbarian chief, strong in nature spells; Uzume, a mysterious summoner; and the protagonist, an urchin with a handful of cantrips to help survive the streets at night, visiting in hopes of learning a thing or two about magic use by observing the proceedings -- but accidentally, and terrifyingly, thrown into the competition unarmed and outclassed. To survive, the hero needs to somehow win the competition.An unusually MUD-like entry in the 2004 IF Compo (placing 18th), this game pits the player against an array of stronger opponents in an enclosed castle complex, all interacted with through a robust TADS text adventure interface. Since the emphasis is on survival, not storytelling, descriptions and character interactions are terse and to-the-point -- more Colossal Cave than Zork, with a generous helping of Legend of the Red Dragon mellowing the difference.A winning strategy involves thorough exploration of the environment, scavenging arcane knowledge and artifacts from the grimoires of adversaries slain by other competitors, and having the dumb luck to be in the right place at the right time to do so. By the end of the game you should have tamed the denizens of the castle's dungeon, mastered the respective sorcerous schools of all your ex-rivals, brought life to inanimate objects and brought back from the dead extinct monsters to do your bidding -- leaving you in a position for kingship to seem a far more plausible possibility than when you started. But to get there, you're going to have to tread lightly and do plenty of hack-and-slash RPG-style stat-building. |
| Mahjongg 2 | 2004-10-01 | Purple Hills | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
3DJongg
Amazing Mahjongg 3D
JongiJongo 2
Mahjongg
Mahjongg Deluxe
Mahjongger
MD-Mahjongg
Twilight Mahjongg
MegaMahjongg
Also included are 15 Shareware Mahjongg variants.
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| Powerpong | 2004-10-01 | | 1-abc.net | Action | Top-down | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Your objective in Powerpong is to manoeuvre your paddle at the right side of the screen so that it reflects the ball without missing it. The other three sides are closed, so ultimately the ball will move to the open right side where your paddle is. The more often you reflect the ball, the faster it becomes. Once you miss it, the game is over.The game features a highscore for the 10 best players. |
| Scrabble Online | 2004-10-01 | Atari, Inc. | Boston Animation Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Word construction | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Scrabble Online is an online game based on the popular word construction board game.Up to 4 players can compete with each other, featuring a couple of different multiplayer modes, including: hotseat, head-to-head tournament and play-by-email.Additionally, in the single-player mode, you can try your skills against computer-generated opponents. There are also practice and mini games included: Scrabble Blitz, that tests your speed when coming up with words; Link Letter, where you're forced to make letters out of connected tiles and Diction or Fiction, in which you have to guess the real word. |
| Taxi Raser | 2004-10-01 | Davilex Games B.V. | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Taxi Raser is basically the German version of Amsterdam Taxi Madness. The difference is that the whole game world is built upon Berlin instead of Amsterdam, including landmarks like the Brandenburg Gate. The game itself is not very complicated. The 20 missions consist of earning a certain amount of money in a certain amount of time by driving customers from point A to point B. Sometimes there are German celebrities to drive.On Berlin's streets are power-ups which the player can use, e.g. rockets to destroy other cars or coil springs. The multiplayer modes consist of races, death matches (similar to Destruction Derby) and taxi competitions. |
| The Land Before Time: Prehistoric Adventures | 2004-10-01 | Brighter Child Interactive, LLC, Cosmi Corporation | WayForward Technologies, Inc. | Compilation, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Land Before Time: Prehistoric Adventures is an educational title based on the The Land Before Time movie series. This game is targeted to preschoolers aged three to five to increase their matching skills, reinforce the alphabet, and learn about shapes and numbers.
The product is a 3-CD re-release bundle of two previously released titles in the franchise: The Land Before Time: Kindergarten Adventure and The Land Before Time: Preschool Adventure, and also includes a new bonus CD and two printed card games, for off-computer use. |
| Wildlife Park: Gold Edition | 2004-10-01 | JoWooD Productions Software AG, Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Wildlife Park
Wildlife Park: Wild Creatures (add-on) |
| Wanted: A Wild Western Adventure | 2004-10-03 | Adventure Company, The | Revistronic | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Western | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | Gamers met the hilarious Fenimore Fillmore about six years ago when he was the main character in 3 Skulls of the Toltecs. The story and feel of the game is reminiscent of what a western version of Monkey Island could have been like.In the wild west town, townsfolk and farmers are being threatened and intimidated by one rich bad guy, Starek. He wants to own the whole territory and fully intends to take the land by whatever means necessary. On Starek's side are several key figures in town including the Sheriff and the Banker. Needless to say, the people are worried and need help.In rides "sweet and scatterbrained" Fenimore Fillmore fresh from the trail. He meets the lovely young schoolmarm, and it doesn't take long before he is completely smitten. But, as he soon discovers, her uncle is none other than Starek! Luckily she wants to help (going against her uncle's wishes). Fenimore resolves to free everyone from the fiend's clutches - and win her affections at the same time. Defending them will not be an easy task, though. These guys are rough and tough. Fenimore must be rougher & tougher!Fenimore will have many amusing wild west situations and meet numerous crazy characters during his 3D adventure. Most of the "puzzles" involve talking to characters and using inventory objects. There are several "action" shooting segments requiring precision mouse movement and good reflexes. |
| Tony Hawk's Underground 2 | 2004-10-04 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Tony Hawk's Underground 2 is the sixth game in the Tony Hawk series.As an aspiring pro skater, you're invited to join Tony Hawk in an around-the-world underground skating competition known as the "World Destruction Tour." It's Team Hawk against Team Bam in a no-holds-barred contest to gain the most points by performing insane stunts and raising havoc in cities all over the world.THUG 2's story mode basically follows the same formula as THUG, in which you have to complete a number of goals before you can move on to the next city.Re-introduced into the series is the "Classic Mode" wherein you have 2 minutes to complete as many goals as possible on any of THUG 2's levels and 6 remade classic levels.THUG 2 has all-new unlockable characters, vehicles, levels.All the Create-A-Modes from THUG are present, with the addition of the new Create-A-Graphic mode where you can make your own graffiti design with layers of text and predefined graphics, then use it to "tag up" during gameplay.THUG 2 supports online play (Playstation 2 only) and 2-player split-screen modes in a variety of new and classic multiplayer games. |
| CodeRED: Alien Arena | 2004-10-05 | COR Entertainment, LLC | COR Entertainment, LLC | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This free standalone multiplayer deathmatch game has a retro sci-fi look to it. The game takes place in the distant future as a war rages between big-brained Martians and Robots. It uses the GNU General Public License of the id Tech 2 engine. There is also single player through the use of configurable bots. The first release featured 5 player characters, 10 levels, and 9 weapons (both of alien and human nature). It featured vertex lighting on models, textured particles, stainmaps, and hi-res full color textures and skins. The HUD shows player deaths and high scorer at all times. All source code was released with game. Version 2.0 added three brand new 1vs1 tourney levels, scripted shaders, quad and invulnerability shell effect added on weapon model and glass effects (helmets, tubes, etc) and intermission sequences were improved. Version 3.0 offered 16 levels (3 new CTF), and several unique powerups, 9 player models and bots featured combat techniques such as rocket jumping, strafing, jumping and crouching. There was also CTF, Deathmatch, and Team Deathmatch rule options, shaders, scripted fog, and a new external browser/game launcher. The final Version 4.0 had new CTF maps, improved bot AI, and all-new All Out Assault mode, in which players can hop into flying alien craft and battle one another. It also brought a Linux port and the now heavily modified engine is now called CRX and features new eye candy such as light blooms, multitexture combine, real-time dynamic vertex lighting, shaders, glass objects, reflective water, textured particle effects and much more.Further versions starting with Alien Arena 2006 removed the "Code Red" reference and had the release year in the title. |
| Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventures | 2004-10-05 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Fluent Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Chess | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventure is a puzzle game that uses and teaches chess to beginning chess aficionados. The player navigates through the world of Disney's Aladdin helping Aladdin and his friends on story-based quests. The player encounters characters, creatures and obstacles along the way and must gather up an army of chess pieces and magic items in order to progress. By successfully completing different chess challenges, mini-games, chess puzzles and tutorials, the player grows his chess army, gathers gold and collects magic items. The quests get progressively more difficult and new chess concepts are folded into the storyline. Players do not need any prior chess knowledge to play - the game teaches the rules as players progress. |
| Law & Order: Justice is Served | 2004-10-05 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | In the third installment of the series based on the famous TV-series your team is investigating the murder of Ukrainian tennis starlet Elena Kusarova at the US Open.
The game is divided in two parts. In the first one, female and male tennis stars, coaches, managers, guards and other people will play a part in your investigation as you search for the murderer. As Lt. Briscoe and his companion, you talk to people, investigate their places, solving the puzzles to open some safe or to composite the broken letter, etc. Your actions result in arrest order of suspect and throw you in second part of the game. Now you have to prove that the suspect is guilty in court, where as Prosecutor you call the witnesses and question them. During this you also can collect additional evidence with the help of Lt. Briscoe. |
| Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude | 2004-10-05 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | High Voltage Software, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult, Comedy | Mini-games, Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Larry Lovage learned everything he knows from his uncle, Larry Laffer, the famous polyester-clad fellow who starred in the previous games. Young Larry finally makes it to college, the best place to meet and pick up girls. He finds them everywhere .. in restaurants, night clubs, dormitories and at fraternity parties. All those scantilly clad, gorgeous babes! But, does Larry have half a chance to score with even one of them? Will he get a peek at what's underneath that braless, too-tight tank top?Larry's sexcapades include varied types of arcade mini-games. Some simply require good reflexes while others involve memory and/or correct timing. For instance, steer a little joker sperm through an obstacle course of flying objects, all the while trying to keep the "course" of the conversation on track. Or .. put the correct ingredients into a bar drink in order - and in the time allowed. Several of the games become more difficult as the game progresses.This action/adventure features three endings, over 20 locations, 3D graphics, and hilarious adult situations and conversations. |
| Tribes: Vengeance | 2004-10-05 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Irrational Games LLC | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | It all began when the Imperial palace was raided by the Phoenix Tribe - one of the many tribes that fight against each other, at the same time opposing the Empire. The young princess Victoria was abducted by them and got involved, against her will, in the continuous struggle between the Phoenix and the Blood Eagle tribes. Twenty years later, Victoria's daughter Julia is determined to find the person who has killed her mother. Switching between time periods and characters, the player is able to see the story from multiple points of view and unravel the tragedy piece by piece.Tribes: Vengeance is the third game in the Tribes series, and the first to feature a complete single-player campaign. The story is told through the eyes of six different characters over two generations. The game is a first-person shooter with an emphasis on futuristic weapons and robotic armor that includes a jetpack, which allows the character to jump into the air and fly for a limited amount of time. Similarly to previous installments, gameplay often takes place in vast landscapes or large indoor environments. A characteristic method of movement known as "skiing" has been incorporated into the game's controls: if the player taps the jump button at the right moment, the protagonist will gain momentum and speed, allowing him (or her) to quickly and efficiently traverse large territories and perform high jumps.In addition to regular FPS levels, the game also contains missions that allow the player to drive and pilot various vehicles, as well as levels with unique gameplay modes and challenges, such as a competition between the tribes, in which the playable character cooperates with teammates, defending a fortress against enemy forces, and others.Multiplayer, an inseparable part of the Tribes series, has been updated for Vengeance. New vehicles, weapons and new game types are available out of the box for up to 32 players to compete with. |
| Conflict: Vietnam | 2004-10-06 | Global Star Software Inc. | Pivotal Games Ltd. | Action, Strategy | Behind view | | War | Shooter | Cold War, Historical events | | | | Mature | | Windows | Conflict: Vietnam is the third game in Pivotal Games' Conflict series, this time going further back in time to the bloody battleground of Vietnam. The game is set during the Tet offensive in the year 1968.The player takes over the roles of four soldiers who aren't, contrary to previous games, elite S.A.S or Delta Force soldiers. In fact, they are normal American G.I. who are separated from their unit during battle and have to fight themselves through enemy territory with hordes of hostile Vietnamese.Game can be played by issuing orders to every member of the squad or directly taking control over one of them. In every mission, there are one or more main and several bonus objectives, like destroying all tanks in the area or collecting Vietcong documents. For each achieved objective, killed soldier or destroyed vehicle, squad members get experience points. Each one of them has different abilities (Sniper, Leader, Heavy Weapons, Medic) which can be improved with these points. To defuse one of the numerous booby traps, it is necessary to have skills in that ability.The levels are set around the jungle and include underground Vietcong complexes or temples. In addition to enemies, friendly characters like allied soldiers or citizens can be encountered and talked to, with some of them giving bonus objectives to complete. Furthermore, some missions involve the use of stationary weapons like machineguns and driving jeeps or tanks.The console versions of Conflict: Vietnam feature a split-screen multiplayer co-op mode with up to four players (Xbox), or two players (PS2). The PC version doesn't have this feature. |
| Tin Soldiers: Alexander The Great | 2004-10-06 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Koios Works, LLC | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Tin Soldiers: Alexander The Great is a simultaneous turn-based strategy game. The player is Alexander the Great, the ancient historical commander and ruler of Macedonia. Players guide him through his conquest of the world, fighting against Greeks, Persians, Egyptians and the Indian Army. He commands various units (infantry, cavalry, archers) who take part in the battles. The player gives orders which are then executed simultaneously with those of the opponent instead of taking turns. Through a reaction system mid-turn adjustments to strategy can also be executed as each turn has several parts for corrections.The main campaign consists of several battles where decisions are carried over. Between battles it is possible to recruit new units, reinforce existing ones, spend resources on training or replace commanders. There are also battle cards with various effects. Multiplayer is supported through LAN and online. The game's visuals are based on tin soldiers, presented as icons without animation. |
| DreamWorks Shark Tale Fintastic Fun! | 2004-10-07 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Santa Cruz Games | Action, Educational, Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Mini-games, Music / rhythm, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | This game is not to be confused with Dreamworks' Shark Tale. It is a collection of several mini-games without any plot elements, suitable for children above three years of age, but not much older. Gameplay is quite simplified and intended to help children develop several basic skills. The mini-games include: Show Me Your Moves (a rhythm game), Office Antics (a game of shape matching), Veggie Surprise (a creative game of shape recognition), Up in the Air (a twitch game), Sure Thing (a simple racing game), and Shocking (a colour recognition/ concentration game). Once all games are completed on a certain level, the player advances to the next and receives special awards and extras according to his/ her performance. |
| Petka 5: Konets Igry | 2004-10-07 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | Svyatoslav Kondaurov (Святослав Кондауров), Vadim Zhiltsov (Вадим Жильцов) | | | | Windows | Vasilij Ivanovich Chapaev, the brave Red Army officer during the Russian Civil War of 1918 in reality, and a low-level drunk idiot in the game series (as well as in countless jokes very popular in ex-Soviet Union), is back for another adventure starring himself and his titular side-kick, the boy Petka. This time, the two unlikely heroes are being used as pawns in a grand scheme by a mysterious mastermind named Kotovsky and his even more mysterious "behind-the-scenes" boss, who want to change the political face of Russia forever. Will Petka and his mentor be able to thwart the danger and save their homeland once again?Not much has changed in this installment; as all the previous games in the series, Konec Igry ("End of the Game") is a traditional point-and-click adventure game, with 2D cartoon-like character graphics and backgrounds. The gameplay mostly revolves around talking to characters, gathering information, and solving puzzles mostly through manipulation of inventory items. |
| Time of Defiance | 2004-10-07 | Strategy First, Inc. | Nicely Crafted Entertainment Ltd | Strategy | | | | Massively Multiplayer, Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Persistent, Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Time of Defiance is a massively multiplayer online real time strategy game. The game takes place on Nespanona, a shattered planet consisting of thousands of islands. Each player has its own empire with control of one island. They then have to explore and conquer as large part of the game world as possible. As in other strategy games, resources must be gathered, to build vehicles that are used to defend the home island and scout the world. Diplomacy can also be used when the player don't want to use his guns to solve a conflict.The big difference from other strategy games is the scope of the game. Each game can go on for a month, and be played by hundreds of players. Therefore the game will go on even when you're away from the computer. For that reason it's important to build defenses that protects your empire while you're away. If that happens the game will send you an e-mail to inform you. |
| SuperPower 2 | 2004-10-11 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | GolemLabs Inc. | Strategy | | | Spy / espionage | Managerial / business simulation | | Helicopter, Naval / watercraft, Tank | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | SuperPower 2 is the only global geopolitical simulation game which allows players to control entire countries. Players control countries in 3 major areas: political, economic and military, but this time, in a beautiful real-time 3D environment. Players build up their own countries and increase their influence in the broader world while competing against sophisticated A.I. Along the way, gamers make use of economic sanctions, political alliances, and military actions to wage their battles. SuperPower 2 offers the ability to fine-tune each country's performance, from creating or breaking treaties, to making tactical decisions in particular military conflicts.
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| Becherov | 2004-10-12 | Inputwish s.r.o. | Inputwish s.r.o. | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | | | Automobile | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Becherov is a car simulator that takes place in a virtual city. The player drives through the city in various cars and completes different tasks for the Becherovka factory. The game resembles early Grand Theft Auto titles, but here the player operates using legal means. He rises up through the company hierarchy and ultimately becomes the director. The city is over four square kilometers big and does not impose any limits on movement. There are up to eight vehicles to drive, beginning with small cars and ending up with big lorries.The available cars are: Škoda 120, Ford Transit, Avia lorry, Liaz truck, Chevy 4×4 allroad, VW Golf, BMW 7.5, and Ford Mustang 69. |
| Castle Strike | 2004-10-12 | Witt Interactive Software | Related Designs Software GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | A fantasy wargame loosely based on Europe during the Hundred Years War. Aside from the usual base building, research and troop movement associated with the genre, this one features heroes and battle formations, monks with healing powers, a wide range of siege engines and advanced castle design. As the name implies, castles do play a prominent role in Castle Strike, as the battle may be carried to the top of the ramparts, and the walls may be scaled with ladders and siege towers or undermined by sappers. The campaigns combine large scale battles with full base control, and missions in which the heroes and a few soldiers must make do with what they have. |
| F-NOiD | 2004-10-12 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | F-NOiD is a freeware Arkanoid variant with a sci-fi theme. Control the paddle at the bottom of the screen and bounce the ball to break all the blocks. Once all the blocks are broken you can go on to the next level.
Breaking blocks can reveal power-ups, which can give extra abilities like longer paddle, laser gun or a stronger ball. The little UFOs that show up from time to time can be smashed for some extra points.
The game contains 50 levels in total to play, each trickier than the last one. |
| Shade: Wrath of Angels | 2004-10-12 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Black Element Software | Action | Behind view | | Horror | Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | You've received a worrisome letter from your brother with a very strange item enclosed. Fearing the worst, you immediately board a train and arrive in a small town in the mountains of Europe. Disembarking from your trip, your senses tell you that something is amiss here. Where is your brother? What is this all about?Shade is a 3D horror action game that tells the tale of hidden, ancient evils deep within the Earth on the verge of escaping. As the dark story unfolds, you'll adventure through four worlds (The Present, Middle Ages, Ancient Egypt and The Shadow Land) and battle the horrific monsters within them. Fight eight different groups of enemies that include cursed animals, the walking undead, evil spirits, vengeful demons and wrathful angels. |
| Snowy: Space Trip | 2004-10-12 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Aliasworlds Entertainment | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | When a gang of evil robots captures Snowy's alien friends it's up to him to don his space suit and blast off into space in Snowy: Space Trip. More of a rescue mission than a trip, the game finds Snowy exploring gigantic robotic space-ships and bases. Snowy must find the aliens and lead them back into his rocket for a trip back home while avoiding those evil robots. This sci-fi foray of Snowy's is a platformer with links to the likes of Defender, in that you must find lost aliens and make them follow you into a space-ship all the while avoiding enemies that will cause the aliens to stray again. In Snowy's arsenal are various objects for him to kick and push around in order for them to wildly tumble into enemy robots. If he's really lucky Snowy can even find a bonus that will make all the robots malfunction and drop dead in their tracks. Other things to avoid are mounted blaster canons that fire in set patterns. Once Snowy's gathered all the aliens in his rocket he can move on to the next level. There are a total of eighty levels split into four worlds. The worlds range from Space stations to alien worlds. There is also a kids difficulty level included.
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| World War II: Sniper - Call to Victory | 2004-10-12 | Groove Games | Jarhead Games Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | World War II | | | | Mature | | Windows | World War II: Sniper - Call to Victory is the third title from Jarhead to place the player in the role of an American military sniper (the first two being their Marine Sharpshooter games). This time, the player takes on the role of an Airborne soldier in 1944 as the Allies are beginning the liberation of Europe. The ten mission campaign takes place around three major engagements: Operation Market Garden, the battle of the Bulge, and the battle for the bridge at Remagen.The game uses the LithTech Jupiter engine and the same basic mechanics of the Marine Sniper games, although the emphasis is more on action and less on stealth. There are a few rail style vehicle missions and the player usually operates without an A.I. sidekick (although some missions include protecting and providing cover fire for friendly soldiers). Most of the time, the weapon of choice for eliminating enemies is the Springfield M1903 Sniper Rifle, but there are a few additional choices available for when things get hairy including Thompson submachine guns, grenades and bazookas. |
| Colin McRae Rally 2005 | 2004-10-13 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | The fifth iteration of the rally racing game inspired by the "Flying Scotsman". Choose from over 30 car models. The detail and physics are improved, and more playing modes are available, including a new around-the-world career mode. Weather conditions and rally courses can both be customized. Network play supports up to eight players with split-screen. As always, the menu design is clean, and the tracks are dirty! |
| Upptäck rymden med Mulle Meck | 2004-10-13 | Levande Böcker i Norden AB | Pipistrello AB | Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Upptäck rymden med Mulle Meck is the fifth game featuring the children book character Mulle Meck (known as Gary Gadget in the US). After building cars, boats, airplanes, and houses in previous games, this time he is exploring space. Mulle has moved into the observatory of a relative and at the same time a meteor has struck nearby. The whole community has been affected by the space fever and everyone seems to have a related errand for Mulle.The gameplay is similar to other games in the series. First of all the player gets to build Mulle's space rocket. Mulle's shelves are filled with different thingamabobs that can be used as parts. The player simply picks the parts he wants to use and drags them onto the building scene. When finished building the rocket he can send it out to the different planets in the solar system. Mulle can leave the observatory and explore the surroundings with his car. He will then get to meet different people that have errands that he needs to do. It's also possible to get new parts this way. Other things that can be done is study the constellations and to read a dictionary full of space facts. |
| Atlantis: Evolution | 2004-10-15 | Adventure Company, The | Atlantis Interactive Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In this adventure game your character is Curtis Hewitt, a photo-journalist, who has just finished an assignment in Patagonia and is on his way home aboard ship. In a terrible storm, the ship sinks and Curtis barely survives. Then suddenly his lifeboat is sucked down into the ocean by the swirling whirlpool. He finds himself in the heart of the lost city of Atlantis, a land of advanced technology and strange beliefs. Using items he finds along the way, Curtis must help the citizens overthrow the daunting gods and goddesses who rule them before he can return home.The gameplay is point-and-click with inventory items, conversations, puzzles and has several mini-games (variations of Pong and Frogger among others) mixed in. An original soundtrack complements the gameplay. |
| El Grande | 2004-10-15 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | Meridian'93 | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | El Grande is the official Windows translation of the complex eponymous board game. The setting is Spain of the 15th century. The basic rules: Spain is divided into several districts. To gain power in a district the players have to send caballeros into it. The most important character is the king because the district he has occupied is taboo for all other players. There are two kind of cards: power cards and action cards. The action cards represent one exact move and are divided into five piles; four of them involve a special number of caballeros (1-4) and the fifth is about the king. Every round one action card of each pile gets revealed. Then each player uses one of his power cards. The player who played the card with the biggest worth, chooses one of the five action cards, then the one with the second highest worth, and so on. Every chosen card is then taken out of the game. After every round the players receive winning points depending on their moves and overall state. After nine rounds the player with the most points wins.This game offers the usual improvements to board games: enhanced graphics, automatic winning point calculations, a tutorial and customizable AI opponents. There is also a replay function to analyze matches. |
| FIFA Soccer 2005 | 2004-10-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Released only a few months after Euro 2004, FIFA 2005 brings several features to the franchise, such as the return of a player creation tool, where a player can be created from scratch from customizing the face (while it's not possible to define the texture like in previous EA Sports games such as NHL 2000, the player can customize the facial features such as shape of the eyes or the cheeks, in a way similar to RPGs such as Neverwinter Nights), accessories and playing abilities. It's also possible to create all kinds of competitions.
The Career mode was also extended, allowing now up to 15 seasons, and giving the player the chance to turn the tide of a simulated match anytime. This mode is a "light" managerial mode, where the player not only plays, but also signs new players and increases the club's abilities in trainers, medical staff, and other club staff).
The main gameplay change was the addition of "First Touch" controls. By performing one of the "trick" moves before the player gets possession of the ball it's possible to do a number of moves, such as touching the ball forward to gain a few yards ahead of the defenders or touch the ball to one side, and roll to the other of a rushing defender, and then pick up up the ball a bit ahead leaving the opponent stranded, and the inclusion of a fake shot move, which allows forwards to sit a goalkeeper before scoring in style or make defenders jump from their positions, opening room for a through pass or a run into the goal. Other aspects of the game, such as the "Off The Ball" controls (allows the control of players that aren't in possession, moving them into an open position) remain unchanged.Another new feature is the FIFA Shop, where the player can trade points earned in many ways, from simple tasks like having a peek at the Jukebox to obtaining 10 victories in a row in Career mode, for several items, such as third jerseys, additional music, more balls and night stadiums.As it became the norm with the series, the game features 18 leagues and 38 national teams (some of these, due to licensing problems feature only generic kits and logos), summing up to around 11,000 real footballers. |
| Pitfall: The Lost Expedition | 2004-10-15 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Edge of Reality, Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Metroidvania, Puzzle elements | South America | | | | Everyone | | Windows | You play as Pitfall Harry, intrepid adventurer on a mission to rescue an archaeological expedition that has gotten lost in the Peruvian jungle. Along the way you'll do battle with your arch rival, Jonathan St. Claire, and help fulfill an ancient prophecy to save the world.Gameplay takes the form of classic platformer action meets Metroid-style adventure as you explore through jungles, ruins, caverns, and mountains, looking for items that will open new avenues for exploration in a huge, connected world. |
| The Mummy | 2004-10-15 | Hip Interactive Europe | Asobo Studio S.A.R.L. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Middle East | | Direct control | | | | Windows | The Mummy is a 3D action-adventure game that is based on the The Mummy: The Animated Series. In the game you play as Alex O'Connell who has to stop Imhotep from obtaining all three pieces of a talisman that supposedly grands the user immense powerAlex has the ability to jump and climb to overcome obstacles. To fight off enemies the player can fire his slingshot or fight the enemies with his bare hands. The talisman on Alex’s wrist gives him the ability to move objects and place them on a floor switch for example. Alex can also send his pet Tut to places that cannot be reached by himself and so activate a switch.For the Game Boy Advance a different and fully 2D game was released. |
| Super Gerball | 2004-10-17 | Si Design | Si Design | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Super Gerball is a game where the player needs to guide a rolling ball through levels with obstacles before time runs out, with gameplay similar to titles like Neverball and Super Monkey Ball. Inside the ball is the character Gerry, a gerbil. If the time ends or the ball falls from the surface, a life is lost. There are crystals in the levels that can optionally be collected. They provide bonus points and for every 100 points an extra life is provided. There are various hazards to take into account that make the ball go faster or attempt to bump it into a direction. There are also moving platforms to traverse, ramps, drops and loops. The game includes three levels of difficulty: easy, medium and hard. There are 60 levels, 20 for each difficulty level. The PC version includes a level editor. |
| Galaxy of Sports | 2004-10-18 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Galaxy of Sports is an eight-game, sports themed compilation from eGames. The games in this compilation are:Darts Mania
Bowling Mania
GameRoom Excitement, here called "3 in 1 pack" because it contains Air Hockey, Shuffle Board and Foosball
Live Billiards from Tavex
Mini Golf Master: two versions of this game were released one with two courses and another with four courses, this is the four course version.
Pinball Master
Rifle Range: a single-player, three round, mouse controlled shooting range
VolleyBall from Absolutist Ltd.The install process runs from the CD and brings up a menu from which each game is installed separately, once installed the games are run from either their entry on the Windows Start menu or their desktop icon. |
| Space Taxi 2 | 2004-10-18 | Twilight Games | Twilight Games | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This is a sequel and, on some levels, remake of the original Space Taxi.In this game, like the original, you pick up passengers and drop them at the requested pads or take them out of the level to the next. In this game, however, you also have bonuses that float up on balloons like more fuel, better fuel efficiency, spare cabs, money, cab repairs, etc. Your passengers also vary like humans (male, female, old), aliens, robots, etc. There are 30 levels total spread out over 3 planets.Some levels have weather conditions and every level has a secret bonus hidden somewhere. |
| Anstoss 2005: Der Fussballmanager | 2004-10-19 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Anstoss 2005: Der Fussballmanager is a further enhanced version of Anstoss 4: Der Fußballmanager - Edition 03/04 (itself an enhanced version of Anstoss 4: Der Fußballmanager - International).In this managerial simulation the player is responsible for the financial and athletic success of his team. It has all typical features of the genre, e.g. training, budget management, transfers, tactics and so on. The main differences to the former installment are several rule updates which took place in Season 2004/05, e.g. a new competition format in the UEFA Cup, a new user interface, a reworked transfer AI for competing clubs and various little tweaks in the general usability. |
| NHL Eastside Hockey Manager | 2004-10-19 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | Everyone | | Windows | The creators of the Championship Manager series turn to hockey with NHL Eastside Hockey Manager, which can be played in four languages (English, German, Swedish and French). Select your team, set up practices and tactics, re-negotiate contracts and scout players from all over the world while interacting with your current stars as well as with the media. The detailed in-game engine will let you see the game events unfold in the form of play-by-play commentary while also providing the usual in-depth statistics. Guide your local team to success and build your reputation in pursuit of developing your career in hockey. |
| PlanetSide: Aftershock | 2004-10-19 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | | | Windows | PlanetSide: Aftershock is a bundle of the following games:
PlanetSide
PlanetSide: Core Combat
It also introduces the so-called "Battle Frame Robotics" which are big combat robots similar to Mechs. These are only accessible to advanced players. Previous owners of PlanetSide get access to them without having to buy this game. |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus | 2004-10-19 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Studios, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The sequel to 2003's updated beat 'em up, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus sets the turtle quartet on another adventure from the series' second season, this time allowing the entire team to work together via a 4-player multiplayer mode.Each turtle now has their own unique ability and special fighting moves that fit in with their personality: such as operating switches and computers, or moving or destroying stationary objects. In single-player mode, players can switch turtles on the fly in order to accomplish the various tasks. Throughout some levels, the turtles also have racing sections over various terrains.As players progress through the game, they can find secret items, abilities, and power-ups, including the original late 1980's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game. |
| Ballistic | 2004-10-20 | Mitchell Corporation | Mitchell Corporation | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ballistic is a puzzle game in which the player must place 3 patterned balls next to each other in order to clear them. It is somewhat similar to Puyo Puyo in this respect. However Ballistic places the player in the center of the screen shooting the balls outward. In Panic! mode, a constant string of balls appear and the player must keep destroying similar balls to keep the string short and prevent it from snaking around and reaching the middle of the screen. In Checkmate mode, a limited amount of balls are given to the player which they must use to destroy all the balls on the screen. Strategy is used here since the amount of balls destroyed must be maximized.Ballistic also features a versus mode in which players can challenge one another. Similar to other puzzle games versus modes, one player's success results in additional balls on the other player's screen which they then must clear. |
| Incadia | 2004-10-20 | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Snowstep Development | Puzzle | | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Incadia is a Columns-style tile matching game. Like in that classic puzzle, columns of three tiles (totem heads in this game) fall slowly from the top of the screen, and have to be arranged at the bottom. Horizontal, vertical, or oblique matches of three or more tiles remove them from the game. The columns can be moved and positioned with the mouse, and the order of the tiles can be changed by clicking the right mouse button.Some tiles give special powers when matched. The multi-color stone can be matched with any tile. The totem gives access to the bonus level after being assembled vertically. The dynamite stack blows a whole row or column of tiles. The hammer breaks all the tiles that share its color. The water jar floods three lines of stones after being matched.Other tiles are obstacles that must be managed. The blocker stones can't be destroyed, and the skull activates a trap when matched.In the bonus level, the objective is to stack the stones and cover the holes in the background. Each hole is filled when the tile covering it is matched. |
| Kaptein Sabeltann | 2004-10-20 | PAN Vision AB | Artplant AS | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Kaptein Sabeltann is a game based on the Norwegian fictional pirate of the same name, known in English as Captain Sabertooth. Captain Sabertooth originally appeared in theatre plays by the singer and actor Terje Formoe, but has since been adapted into books and cartoons for children. This is the captain's first appearance in a game. The player takes control of Spinky (or Tiny as he is also known as), a young boy working at the captain's ship The Black Lady. Spinky dreams about becoming a real pirate and therefore he needs to help Captain Sabertooth in finding Red Ruby's treasure. The aim of the game is to find all parts of the treasure map so that the treasure can be located. For each piece of the map that is found the player is able to sail to the next level. The player navigates Spinky through the 3D worlds of the game from a behind-the-shoulder third-person perspective. The gameplay involves platform jumping, sword fighting and puzzle solving. Interaction with the world is done by pressing the space button at specific locations to perform a specific task. This includes for example jumping over obstacles, moving objects or talking with characters. Throughout the game Spinky will find gold which can be used to buy necessary equipment. First he needs a sword to fight the bad guys that he comes across. He also need to buy a lantern to move through dark locations and a shovel to dig away obstacles or find treasure. The fights are simple and involve the player pressing the space button to lash out against the enemy. Enemies include pirates and skeletons which can fought in sword duels. Spinky will also encounter monkeys that need to be scared away and crabs that can't be fought and therefore have to be avoided. Each level ends with a boss fight that is tougher than the regular enemy encounters and forces the player to figure out the weakness of the boss. Since the game is aimed at children, there is no death in the game. Enemies that are defeated will simple get knocked out.Between levels the player gets to navigate the captain's ship with the mouse. Here the player can be attacked by enemy pirate ships. When this happens Spinky gets to take control of a cannon from a first-person perspective and shoot at the opposing ship. The aim is to destroy all three cannons of the enemy ship. |
| Afterlife | 2004-10-21 | RjB Software | RjB Software | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | Flight / aviation | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Afterlife is a platform action game in which the protagonist Rickard Bronson enters the shadowy dimension known as the Afterlife in order to recover ten stolen "cruciforms"; the keys which lock shut the Gates of Hell.Rickard's mode of transport on his quest is a selection of hot air balloons, which bring an airborne approach to movement in the game in addition to traditional "run and jump" movement when he is on foot. The gameplay primarily features a mixture of skill-driven combat and strategy elements, as well as a certain level of problem-solving.Various objectives exist throughout the game, many of which unlock helpful abilities or extra balloons, but Rickard's primary mission is to recover (and restore) the ten stolen cruciforms, at which point the game ending can be reached.Afterlife also features an unlockable level editor, and the ability to record and share game replays. |
| Total Club Manager 2005 | 2004-10-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Deutschland GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Total Club Manager 2005 is EA's third game in the Total Club Manager series. If the usual presentation of EA Sports games was left untouched, other features were changed from the TCM 2004: The 16 player attributes ranging from -1 to 2 become 30 in a 0-99 scale, the 3D engine was retouched with new AI and presentation, and finally, if the player is tired of world class footballing, now there's the opportunity to create a new club, and bring it up from the bottom leagues. |
| Future Tactics: The Uprising | 2004-10-22 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Zed Two Game Design Studio | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Future Tactics: The Uprising is a turn-based tactical game by developer Zed Two. The world of Pillage has been taken over by alien creatures and the player has to stop this, taking the role of Low and his little sister Pepper, along with other characters they meet along the way. The battle system in Future Tactics combines tactics with a few reflexes. By firing a gun you have to play some sort of mini-game. The better you play, the more accurate your shot will be. Future Tactics uses cartoon-like 3D graphics with completely deformable terrain. |
| Holotz's Castle | 2004-10-25 | MainReactor | MainReactor | Action | | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Ybelle and Ludar have come to Holotz's Castle to explore its depths for fame and adventure. Though apparently, Ludar our hero ends up doing all the exploring.Holotz's Castle uses a Lode Runner theme style of gameplay. The gameplay is also familiar: collect all the keys in the area and exit to the next level before time runs out. The only means of defense is by jumping over obstacles, traps, and wandering monsters.The game also comes with a game editor where the player may design new levels. Fan-made levels are available for download at the game's official website. |
| NBA Live 2005 | 2004-10-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | The 2005 edition of the NBA Live Basketball series has a new graphics engine, and adds new moves and signature moves to personalize the players. Another feature is Freestyle Air, with more control of players in the air, and the option to specify 10 different freestyle configurations. You can build your team over multiple seasons, and additional management in the Dynasty Mode is introduced through rookie scouting, along with a calendar to mark all the important dates. Management is based on dynasty points. By progressing, you earn points that can be spent on training sessions, new equipment, or to send out scouts all over the world.Different multiplayer options are offered, and events include a NBA all-star weekend with a Slam Dunk contest, a Rookie/Sophomore game and a 3-Point shootout, next to the regular game modes. You can also go freestyle anywhere in North America. The game has become quicker than the 2004 version, and the game strategies have been balanced by creating more emphasis on the mid-range jumper. |
| Rise of Nations: Gold Edition | 2004-10-26 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This gold edition includes:
Rise of Nations (base game)
Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots (expansion)For the Macintosh platform this version is the first and only port in the series for the platform. There were no Macintosh conversions for the individual games. |
| The Incredibles | 2004-10-26 | THQ Inc. | Heavy Iron Studios, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This game is based on the hit Pixar film of the same name and same plot.The action game sees you controlling the Incredible family members, each with their own superpowers. Lift insanely heavy objects, bash through walls as Mr. Incredible, stretch to swing across chasms and grab enemies as Mrs. Incredible as well as taking control of their kids' Dash (run amazingly fast) and Violet (invisibility) in the 3D action game. |
| SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie | 2004-10-27 | THQ Inc. | AWE Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Back of Jewel Case - Windows (US) (from Ad Blurbs)BIGGER! BETTER! MORE ABSORBENT!
JOIN SPONGEBOB AND PATRICK ON THEIR MOST PERILOUS JOURNEY EVER TO A MYSTERIOUS PLACE NO SEA CREATURE HAS EVER RETURNED FROM. ONLY YOU CAN HELP THEM SAVE MR. KRABS AND ALL OF BIKINI BOTTOM FROM PLANKTON 'S DREADED "PLAN Z.."(screenshot captions)
Oh no! Plankton has the secret formula!
We found the Patty Wagon!
We have to be men to get across!
i'm ready...Promotion!
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| The Sandbox of God | 2004-10-27 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Sandbox of God is a god simulator. Beginning on an empty and barren Earth, you have a set of divine powers (such as calling down rain or causing a drought) which you can use in a specific order - depending on the order in which you invoke them, different things will occur. As a simple example, if you create tree seedlings on Earth and then create rabbits, the rabbits will eat them. But if you call down rain after planting the seedlings, they will grow into powerful trees! There are tons of various situations that can occur during the game.The gameplay is divided into 6 eras - each era ends once you have used up all the powers, and each has its own set of powers. After all the 6 eras are over, your achievements are tallied up in a checklist. |
| Top Spin | 2004-10-27 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | Indie Built, Inc., Power and Magic Development | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Top Spin is the Xbox's first tennis game, and it's playable over Xbox Live, allowing the player to compete in the XSN Sports Network. Over Xbox Live, two players can face each other in a one-on-one match, while in a doubles game up to four players can join. Stats are recorded and rankings are updated hourly at XSNsports.com.The game has a career mode that takes the player all over the world. The first step is to create a player and give him a technical mastery. Once in the game, the player may compete in various tournaments. There are games, minor pro games, and professional tournaments. Winning games earns money and a higher ranking. The goal is to go from rank one hundred to number one.Four different statistics can be gradually improved: serve, backhand, forehand, and volley. A higher skill will make for better and harder serves, more accurate and powerful back- and forehands, and the ability to keep the ball in play longer with volleys. There are also skills to obtain, such as risk and ace, which improves chances of hitting a successful risk shot or acing the opponent on a serve.In Exhibition mode, the player may choose a created character or one of several real life pros, such as Pete Sampras or Anna Kournikova. |
| Wargamer's Choice: Strategy Six Pack | 2004-10-27 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | | Teen | | Windows | As the title indicates this compilation contains six strategy games:
American Conquest
Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord
Cossacks: Back to War
No Man's Land
Strategic Command: European Theater
Sudden Strike II
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| Anno 1503: Königs-Edition | 2004-10-28 | Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the main game 1503 A.D. and its add-on 1503 A.D.: Treasures, Monsters and Pirates.
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| Men of Valor | 2004-10-28 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | 2015, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Shooter | Asia, Cold War, Historical events | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The creators of the original Medal of Honor take you back to explore the time of the Vietnam war. Playing as marine Dean Shepard, you travel through lush terrains and exotic landscapes to lead your AI controlled squad through jungles, tunnels and hooches while battling the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong. To recreate a cinematic feel, the gameplay uses many scripted events and licensed sixties music.If the single player campaign doesn’t send you home in a body bag, you can mow down some friends in the fierce multiplayer action. Play both sides using weapons of their era, from M60s to RPDs in multiplayer class-based game types such as Search and Destroy, Recover the Documents, Frontline and the traditional DeathMatch. |
| Backpacker 3: Bonus Pack - Mediterranean Edition | 2004-10-29 | PAN Vision AB | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Backpacker 3: Bonus Pack - Mediterranean Edition is a compilation of:
Backpacker 3 (base game)
Backpacker 3: Mediterraneo (expansion) |
| KetnetKick | 2004-10-29 | Transposia | Larian Studios NV | Educational | | | | | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | This educational game has been developed for the Dutch spoken Belgian youth station Ketnet and requires a broadband connection. It can only be played in Belgium and is sold at a low-budget price, only the distribution costs are charged. All Belgian public libraries have received a copy for free rentals.This game, aimed at children aged 6 to 12, is a PC2TV product, with an interactive link between the game and a daily TV show. KetnetKick provides a virtual world where children can compose music, create dance choreographies, make drawings and manipulate the environment by visiting creative studios. The game element is provided by WRAPtors (named after the hosts of the station, wrappers) that show up to sabotage the world. The creations are shown and discussed in a daily TV program on weekdays.New features are to be added through obligatory updates: a 2D-startermachine to launch KetnetKick and KetnetTV and a film studios to make your own films. In the end, it intends to become a full multimedia portal through which children can exchange various Ketnet related creations. Additionally, you can continue playing on any PC that has the game installed. It comes with a full file management and communication system and the profiles along with all the creations are stored on the online server.Later the game was adapted for the British market as Adventure Rock. |
| Ocean City Nemesis | 2004-10-29 | Purple Hills | Motelsoft | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Ocean City Nemesis is a mix of action, adventure and role playing game. As a player, you control agent Darcy, who works for the Ocean City health authority. Accept quests from different employers and gain experience points. You can use these points to improve Agent Darcy's skills. Another way to do this is to implant augmentations.
Weapons can be modified with different modules.
The right tactics and your skills decide over the success of Agent Darcy's quests.
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| Words Worth: XP Taiōban | 2004-10-29 | Elf Co., Ltd. | Elf Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The "XP-supporting edition" of Words Worth, itself a remake of an older game, is the same game on a single DVD instead of two CDs, obviously patched to support Windows XP, and containing another game (not available stand-alone), called Words Worth no Hitobito, which is basically an "expansion pack" for Words Worth, having exactly the same engine, gameplay, and most of the locations. The events of this game take place during the twenty years when Astral, the hero of the main game, was absent from his world. The hero this time is Umihara, the modern-day protagonist of another Elf game, Nonomura Byōin no Hitobito, who is magically summoned to the world of Words Worth by Wordseeker (Wortoshika), the king of the Shadow Tribe. |
| Yin-Yang! -X-Change Alternative- | 2004-10-29 | Crowd Co. Ltd. | Crowd Co. Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Yin-Yang! -X-Change Alternative- is a reboot of Crowd's X-Change series of sex-change adult visual novels. The story follows an effeminate young man named Kaoru Sakurakaza who, after mistaking one of the school nurse's private experiments for cold medicine, wakes up to find himself transformed into a girl.This game makes several improvements relative to the original X-Change series. Most notably, unlike in the original series, Yin-Yang! offers players the choice of a "good ending" where the main character chooses to remain female. The game also lacks the unavoidable "rape bus" scene which occurred once in each game of the original continuity. |
| Smack Some Smackers 2 | 2004-10-30 | InFluid Software | InFluid Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | The Pig and the Devil return. Smack Some Smackers 2 features the same classic paddle wars gameplay as the original (using a severed head as a ball) as well as many new features and improvements.You can "charge up" and shoot slime/lava at the opposing player, employ clever ball bouncing techniques (the game doesn't necessarily end if the ball leaves the playing area), and use many other tricks to gain victory.Contains 32-bit color, cutscenes, TCP/IP support, and lots of gore. |
| Deluxe Ski Jump 3 | 2004-10-31 | Mediamond | Mediamond | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Deluxe Ski Jump is a ski jumping game with 3D graphics. There are 40 hills, ranging from little HS-69 to enormous HS-281. All hills can be jumped both on snow and plastic. There are four game modes: World Cup, Team Cup, Practice and Online play (which is unlocked after paying monthly subscription). There is also a possibility to play with other players on the same computer. Hill records are stored on an online server, so everyone can compare them with other players. The game's controlling system is very easy to learn, but hard to master. Jumper is controlled using only mouse. The key moment is take-off - bad timing will shorten the jump. Wind strength and direction is also very important, because it can push the jumper down, or lengthen up the jump. |
| Ishika & Honori | 2004-10-31 | Azurite | Azurite | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Hirameki International product page description (from Ad Blurbs)You are Araka, a Dispatch Coordinator for the Paranormal Defense Force (PDF). You support PDF agents Ishika and Honori, twin priestesses with tons of shamanistic talent and an even larger penchant for trouble.Together Ishika and Honori are as cute as they are clumsy. Ishika is far too sweet a girl to ever effectively use her stupendous skills at spell-casting. While super strong Honori jumps blindly into battle before ever knowing what she’s getting herself into.Help Ishika and Honori regain the totem spirit creatures that fuel their psychic powers and defeat the masters of paranormal evil!POSSESSING SPIRITS LIKE IT'S NOBODY'S BUSINESS.FEATURES:
- Interactive plotlines and battle sequences!
- Password enabled save points!
- Over five hours of story!
- Multiple endings! |
| Meridian 59: Evolution | 2004-10-31 | Near Death Studios, Inc. | Near Death Studios, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Meridian 59: Evolution is an expansion/update to Meridian 59: Resurrection, the relaunch of the MMORPG Meridian 59. In this release, the graphics client has been updated with a hardware-accelerated 3D graphics engine featuring high resolution display, texture filtering, dynamic colored lighting, and new special effects. The team has also added additional new features such as optional key-binding, mouse look, and many new abilities and fixes. |
| (Not) Just another Space Shooter | 2004-11-01 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This game is, like the title suggests, a space shooter.The player is in control of a red space fighter and their job is to clear the space from the enemy ships by destroying them. Enemy vehicles ranging from small kamikaze fighters to huge battle ships.(N)JaSS is mostly mouse controlled. Accelerating the fighter is controlled with left clicks and firing the primary weapon with right clicks. Their is also a secondary weapon available.Secondary weapons are unlocked at certain levels. The weapons are: Beam, Bullet Time, Rockets, Shield and Mines.There are also power-ups in the game to make playing a bit easier, those are: restoring energy (your life), doubling weapon s power, invincibility and QuadDamage.After destroying a certain amount of ships, the player proceeds to the next level. And once they have lost all their lives, it's Game Over. |
| Attack of the Mutant Artificial Trees | 2004-11-01 | Kewlbox | Blockdot, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A Freaky Fake Xmas Trees truck is going about it's deliveries. Suddenly, one of Santa's elves opens the rear doors and pushes crates out the back. The artificial trees have mutated and are sucking the spirit out of Christmas. You've got to stop them!Attack of the Mutant Artificial Trees is a Whack-A-Mole-like game. When a mutant tree pops up from behind or within a crate, you place your mouse cursor on it and press the button to throw a snowball to kill it. Each tree you smack nets you two-hundred points. If you get all the trees in a round, you get a five-thousand point bonus. Be careful not to hit Santa's helper, if he pops up. Each round lasts thirty seconds.At the bottom of the screen, you have your Xmas Spirit Meter, represented by twelve Christmas lights. Each time a tree gets away or you hit an elf, you lose a light. When all lights are out, the game is over. |
| Black Isle Compilation Part Two | 2004-11-01 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of most of Black Isle's Dungeons&Dragons licensed titles: Baldur's Gate plus its expansion Tales of the Sword Coast, Baldur's Gate 2 plus the Throne of Bhaal add-on, Icewind Dale and its addon Heart of Winter, and finally Icewind Dale 2 in a single box. The only D&D-based title released under the Black Isle label that's missing is Planescape Torment.Game pack contains:
Baldur's Gate (1 DVD)
Tales of the Sword Coast (1 CD)
Baldur's Gate 2 (4 CDs)
Throne of Bhaal (1 CD)
Icewind Dale (2 CDs)
Heart of Winter (1 CD)
Icewind Dale 2 (2 CDs)
Manuals and Patches (1 CD):
Baldur's Gate + Tales of the Sword Coast (Manual & Patch)
Baldur's Gate II + Throne of Bhaal (Manual & Patch)
Fallout (Manual)
Fallout 2 (Manual)
Fallout Tactics (Manual & Patch)
Giants (Manual & Patch)
Icewind Dale + Heart of Winter (Manual)
Icewind Dale II (Manual)
Lionheart (Manual) |
| Crazy Machines: Neue Herausforderungen | 2004-11-01 | Green Pepper | FAKT Software GmbH, Green Pepper | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is practically the same game as Crazy Machines: Die Erfinderwerkstatt with over 100 new puzzles.In this game you solve puzzles, called "experiments", by using a large variety of gizmos, such as candles, basketballs or generators. You use this items to create a chain reaction which helps you reach your goals, e.g. blowing out a candle or start a machine.In comparison to its predecessor it features some new devices, experiments on the moon or in space and better performance. It doesn't need "Die Erfinderwerkstatt" to run.In 2005 the translated version of this game and its predecessor were used to create the first English entry of the series, Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game. |
| Crystal Path | 2004-11-01 | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)The dwellers of the fairy land are happy to greet you in their beautiful country where they've prepared challenging puzzles that await you. Travel through the mysterious paths covered with crystals in many shapes and colors, and if you can remove all the crystals, the 'creature' will let you go further. This game is packed with bonuses that make for an unforgettable, magical experience each time you tread the mysterious paths of this exciting puzzle land. |
| Die wilden Fussballkerle: Abenteuer in den Graffitiburgen | 2004-11-01 | Tivola Publishing GmbH | | Adventure | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Die wilden Fussballkerle: Abenteuer in den Graffitiburgen is an adventure game for kids, based on the popular German book series of the same title. Juli is looking for his father and tries to find him with the help of his friends. Collect and use items and solve different mini games to reach your goal. |
| Duck Doom Deluxe | 2004-11-01 | Noproblo Games | Noproblo Games | Action, Sports | 1st-person | Fangame | | Arcade, Hunting, Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Duck Doom Deluxe is a visually overhauled version of Duck Doom. It is a first-person shooter with the style of Duck Hunt combined with the gameplay and weapons of DOOM.Like in Duck Hunt the player needs to hunt ducks by shooting them. If he succeeds the dog will catch the ducks, but if the player misses all shots without getting a duck, the dog will laugh at him. In every round there is minimum percentage the player must hit in order to proceed to the next round. Every duck missed costs ten percent and each round contains ten ducks. The game begins with one gun, the pistol, and during the rounds the player will get the other guns. |
| Elite Starfighter | 2004-11-01 | Green Pepper | Game Development M. Molkenthin | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Elite Starfighter is a remake of the classic Elite. Except for technical aspects, it stays very close to the original, meaning there are no missions and no multiplayer. The game focuses on the exploration of about 2000 star systems.Each system has a space station where the player can land to restock and by goods for trading. There are 21 different ones available; the prices are randomly generated. If the player don't like to trade he earn his money as pirate too and seizes merchant's ships. Of course AI pirates see the player as easy prey and he has to fight them off. With time and money the player can upgrade his space ship with new weapons and shields. Ultimately the goal is to gain the highest rank: Elite. |
| Erinia | 2004-11-01 | Ignis Entretenimento e Informática S/A | Ignis Entretenimento e Informática S/A | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | In the dawn of mankind, many creatures strived for survival. Among these creatures, there were some more powerful than others; intelligent and magic creatures, which knew men were intelligent beings as they were, and which feared that mankind would someday rule the world. Those creatures haunted mankind, and often kidnapped their children. Some of those children managed to grow up, learning the creatures magical secrets, becoming known as mages. As time passed the mages ended up gathering themselves, and started to search for a way to free mankind from the creatures' constant assaults. They eventually found out a way: they would open a portal to banish the creatures in an other world. But to do so, they would give up their lives so one of them would absorb all their powers. Hur was chosen to perform the task, which he did... but the spell was stronger than planned, and some human groups were dragged to the other side with the creatures. Knowing what happened, Hur decided to cross the portal and lock the passage from the inside, gathering the human groups under his guidance. This new world was called Erinia. The rest, as they say, is history... Erinia is a MMORPG with some elements of Brazilian folklore and religions. All monsters in Erinia are based on Brazilian myths, such as the Sací, and the spell system is based on Afro-Brazilian religious rituals (known as macumba). However, the world of Erinia is a basic medieval/fantasy world. The game takes place in the Tuorhence continent, in which are placed three cities: Aquilonius, Erynian and Hesperius, which are in constant war. New players start at Aquilonius, but can enlist themselves as citizens of any of the three cities.The character creation lets the player chose gender, skin color, hair color, and hairstyle. Each character has 6 basic attributes: Strength, Constitution, Agility, Dexterity, Mind and Spirit. There are no fixed classes in Erinia, but the player can basically emphasize the characters attributes in order to produce a Warrior (with more Strength and Constitution) or a Mage (with more Mind and Spirit). Besides the attributes, the characters also start with two abilities: Battle Concentration and Avoidance. Through the game, new abilities can be learnt, giving focus to the character's class.In regards to the gameplay, Erinia isn't different from other hack'n'slash RPGs in the vein of Diablo: all actions are point-and-click oriented. The character has an inventory and quick item menu (accessed through the F keys). The equipments have attribute requirements, and some of them have magic effects. At any time the player can check his position on a city or world map, where the NPCs are shown by blue dots. Some of them can teach you new abilities, and some can give you quests to fulfill. Besides the pre-defined in game quests, there are cities wars that happen every once in a while, organized by the game masters. In these wars, the two cities with less inhabitants assigned fight against the larger one.If a character dies, he/she is re-spawned at the closest re-spawn point. All the characters belongings return with him/her, unless the character did chose to be a Renegade. In this case, the character is allowed to duel with other player's characters, but if he/she dies, looses all his belongings. |
| Fantasy 6 Pack | 2004-11-01 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This bundle contains six medieval/fantasy-themed games:
Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
Prince of Qin
Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs
Disciples II: Dark Prophecy and its expansion packs Guardians of the Light and Servants of the Dark |
| Firefighter Command: Raging Inferno | 2004-11-01 | Brigades | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In the successor to Fire Department you have the control over a fully operational Fire Department. You can choose a nationality (Germany, USA, England and France) with abilities for the force like dog handlers, emergency ambulances, firemen, engine companies and more. Several vehicles such as aerial ladders, fire engines, caterpillar bulldozers, helicopters and more are under your control. Although baring similar gameplay, compared to its predecessor it has improved AI, more detailed graphics and new features such as the reaction of toxic gas and more. The missions are scripted. |
| Flip Words | 2004-11-01 | HipSoft LLC | HipSoft LLC | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Flip Words is a word puzzle game, where you basically have to guess a word or name.When you start a level, you will see at the top the word(s) you have to guess, where all characters are hidden.In the center, there is a 7x7 big screen, filled with different letters. Now you have to create words (three letters or more) in the screen, whereby the first letter of the word will reveal all corresponding places of this particularly letter in the word you search. But you only have 20 turns to reveal letters, otherwise the game will force you to guess the searched word. If you fail the forced guess, it's game over.Besides revealing letters, the word you creates also gives points, which will rise the score meter at the right side of the screen. Once the score meter is at the top, you get an extra turn. So, the longer those word you create are, the more you score, the more bonus turns you get.If you think you can't get any suitable words out of the playfield anymore, you have the option to randomize it, but this will also use one of your spare turns. Once you think you know the searched word, you can guess it. If it was correct, you proceed to the next level. If it was wrong, you have lost another turn.The game also has the option to both store your highscore online, as also to retrieve new words to guess from the internet. |
| Future Boy | 2004-11-01 | The General Coffee Company Film Productions | The General Coffee Company Film Productions | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | Future Boy! is a comedic, comic book-styled interactive fiction game written with the Hugo programming language. You have to save your roommate, Future Boy, high-flying superhero and protector of Rocket City, after he has been kidnapped by the evil Clayton Eno; figuring out a way to do so while lacking any superpowers.One of the more multimedia-centric modern interactive fiction games, it includes an original music score and many illustrations. |
| Hunter Dan's Bowfishing Survival Gauntlet | 2004-11-01 | Great Outdoors Multimedia | eV Interactive LLC, Great Outdoors Multimedia | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A unique game based on the sport of bowfishing. Players can bowfish from land, or drive a boat through three detailed environments: A Tropical Island, Wildnerness Lake and Amazon River. Go after over 20 different species of fish, including Tarpon, Shark and Tigerfish. Alligators also populate the Amazon scenario.The game also includes a survival mode where you must catch a certain number of fish while avoiding dangerous predators. |
| Leisure Suit Larry: Kühle Drinks und heiße Girls | 2004-11-01 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a teaser game for part 8 in the famous Leisure Suit Larry Series: Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude. It is a compilation of 3 separate sexy mini games made with Macromedia Flash.In the first game, Bar Wars, you have to obtain points by serving all the good looking girls in the bar. The difficult part about this game is to avoid the not so good looking ones. The second game is called Nightwatch and teaches the player that being the night watchman in a hostel full of lovely lonely ladies can turn out quite a tough task. The job always gets in the way is a hard lesson to learn in Babewatch. Being a lifeguard on a summer beach is a dream come true. So many beauties, so many possible dates, but Larry has to do his job and keep people from drowning. |
| Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (Uncut and Uncensored!) | 2004-11-01 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | High Voltage Software, Inc. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Adults Only | | Windows | This is the totally uncensored version of Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude. Several of the girls appear naked and there are secret tokens found throughout the game which unlock even more interesting mini-games, loading screens, and nude models if the player visits the right shop in-game. |
| Little My Maid | 2004-11-01 | Peach Princess | Sweet Basil | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | STORY
You play Ouji Kamogawa (19) a bright student with a promising academic future, which unfortunately comes crashing down when he fails his entrance exams at a top-ranking university. No only that, at the same time he also loses his girlfriend. Six months later, he finds himself walking down a desolated beach and suddenly hears some odd voices...A quick choice leads Ouiji to come to a lone mansion in the middle of an island. All the inhabitants (the owner and the servants) happen to be female. This is where his story begins and mysteries unfold...GAMEPLAY
An interactive fiction hentai adventure with graphics where the game progresses by "clicking or selecting" the appropriate choice of your liking. The main difference with this "hentai" game is that each of the 3 maids that you can personally interact with has 3 statistical bars: Love, Trust and Stamina. Each choice you choose will effect these bars. Higher bars may allow you access to additional choices or tasks for the maid to perform.You also have a Stamina bar. Too much "biological exercise" in one day will prompt you to pass out and return to your room.GAME ENDINGS
There are multiple game endings in this game that you may acquire via the choices you've made. The game states that there are 9 different game endings possible. |
| Powerdart | 2004-11-01 | | 1-abc.net | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In Powerdart your job is to shoot your "dart" at the score blocks to increase your score.Essentially, this game is a one-button-game. Your dart is moving at the bottom row from left to right, then back again. At the top row in the center, there are 9 score boxes (1-2-3-5-7-5-3-2-1); once below the score boxes, press your shoot-key and the dart will be shot against it.In highscore mode, you have 10 shoots available. Depending on what you actually shoot, the number is added to your score. If you fire and miss, you get no points but the dart-counter gets reduced normally. If you don't fire at all, and reach one of the sides, the dart-counter stays normally, but you get one score point removed. You can play it alone or in two-player-mode; in the latter, the game is turn-based. The 10 best players can make it to the highscore.You can alter both your launch keys and the number of shoots you can perform. If you do the latter, the highscore is of course not available. |
| Ragdoll Matrix | 2004-11-01 | R-Tsa Games | R-Tsa Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | | | | | | | | Windows | The objective of this game, made with GameMaker, is to dodge bullets, in a style reminiscent of The Matrix and Max Payne with a character and physics similar to Stair and Truck Dismount. The nameless character is controlled using a side-view. As a continuous stream of bullets is shot, you need to control the different body parts to dodge all incoming projectiles. Damage is calculated based on the importance of the different limbs.As you progress unharmed through the different difficulty levels, new abilities are gained:Defy gravity: ignore the rules of gravity (given from the beginning)
Stiff: halt the position of the different body parts
Move All: advanced control over all limbs
Sticky Legs: allows your legs to stick on walls
Sticky Hands: allows your hands to stick on walls
When hit, the game goes into a blurry slow-motion mode and you are unable to use special moves for a short time. Aside from different game modes (normal, practice, crossfire from both sides), there is a two-player mode available where the second player controls the shots with the mouse. |
| Russian Fool | 2004-11-01 | Plazon | Plazon | Gambling, Strategy | | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Fool (and its variants) appeared in Russia in the nineteenth century and quickly gained widespread popularity. Now Russian Fool (Durak) is Russia's most popular card game. It is easy to play, but has similar qualities to Hearts or Spades and is an extremely competitive game.This game is for two players. The goal is to get rid of all your cards. The deck has 36 cards (standard Russian deck), consisting of all four suits and card values ranging from 6 through Ace (highest).RULES:Each player is dealt six cards. The thirteenth card is put face up on the table and the Deck placed upon it. This card is trump, and is considered the last card in the deck. The player going first is the Attacker and selects any card he/she wants from his/her hand and plays it in any of the initial five Playing Positions on the center of the table. The Defender may only cover with a higher card of the same suit or trump the trick (trump can be played anytime). When the Defender covers all (one or more of) the attacker's discards (in Russian called "bito") roles are switched and on the next turn the Defender becomes the Attacker. After the first "bito" the number of Playing Positions on the table increases from five to six. |
| Texas Hold 'Em Poker | 2004-11-01 | Game Mill Publishing, Inc. | Game Mill Publishing, Inc. | Gambling | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This collection of poker games actually contains 20 poker games. Sit down at the tables with 8 other players to play various versions of Texas Hold'em, Draw and Stud Poker in top-down view. Then go try your hand at the Video Poker machines.The games included are:
Omaha High Poker
No-Blind Hold'em
No-Flop Hold'em
Super Hold'em
Ultra Hold'em
Near Cincinnati Poker
No-Blind No-Flop Super Hold'em
No-Blind Near Cincinnati Poker
Five Card Draw Poker - Jacks or Better
Five Card Stud Poker
Seven Card Stud Poker
English Stud Poker
Spanish Draw Poker
Jacks or Better Video Poker
Deuces Wild Video Poker
Double Joker Video Poker
Unlimited Redraw Video Poker
Aces and Faces Video Poker
Bonus Poker Video Poker
Tens or Better Video Poker |
| The Polar Express | 2004-11-01 | THQ Inc. | Blue Tongue Entertainment Pty, Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Polar Express is a 3D action platformer based on Robert Zemeckis' animated Christmas film from 2004.Play as Chris, the hero boy, and make your way to the North Pole on The Polar Express, helping the other kids to overcome the hazards and villains on the way to meet Santa!Find the children's missing tickets, navigate the spooky train carriage, run along the carriage rooftop, fight against Scrooge, ski down the slopes with the hobo, ride in the suck-o-matic tube system and fly the zeppelin to North Pole!A variety of activities make up this exciting Christmas adventure, including beat/dancing games, run and jumping levels, flying, skiing, and adventure elements, such as collecting lost train tickets and defeating mischievous toys! |
| Vendetta Online | 2004-11-01 | Strategy First, Inc. | Guild Software, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Massively Multiplayer | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Vendetta Online is a science fiction MMORPG set in the distant future in space. It uses both Wing Commander-style combat and realistic physics flight models tuned for fast-paced gameplay. There are also a few thin RPG elements. Combat is twitch-based, requiring skill instead of relying solely on parameters. There is a dynamic economy with independent NPCs living their own lives, different occupations (bounty hunting, mining, missions) and a large galaxy explore.Players can form guilds, concentrate on missions, attack anyone including law enforcement groups, or engage in large space wars. The game is under constant development, with new features and content released almost every week.Although the game uses various shaders and high-res textures for the newest systems, it is scalable for lower-end hardware that very few other games will even run on (a Mac G3 with a Rage128 video card for instance).The game is free to download and try for 8 hours (no credit card required). After that it is $9.99/mo with substantial discounts for longer subscriptions. A boxed retail version was released on 1st November 2004. |
| Xin Yuejian Hen | 2004-11-01 | GameDreamer | GameDreamer | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Xian Yuejian Hen is set in fantasy world most closely resembling China of the Tang Dynasty (7th to 9th century). The hero of the game is the young prince Li Yao, the second son of the emperor Li Xuan of a fictional Yuan Dynasty. Li Yao is proficient in kung-fu techniques, and is dreaming of a great adventure. When he traveled to the lake of Jingxin, he met a mysterious white-clothed girl. Little he knew that this moment would mark the beginning of the great adventure he craved for, which will take him all across the country and make him face the legendary gods of China.The game utilizes pre-rendered backgrounds, isometric perspective for locations, and third-person view for battles. The enemies are not random and are visible in hostile areas. Once you come into contact with an enemy, a battle begins. The battles are turn-based and rely on techniques of various elements. You must assign an elemental proficiency to your hero before the game begins. You gain experience points for individual attacks, so it is possible to gain a level in the middle of a battle. |
| Zombies and Pterodactyls 2005 | 2004-11-01 | Totally Screwed Software | Totally Screwed Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Zombies and Pterodactyls 2005 is a freeware multiplayer side-scroller game. One day a pterodactyl decides to take all the zombies, equip them with deadly weapons, and set them free among the humans. Soon other pterodactyls decided they liked this idea so much that they started helping. Pretty soon there was a huge mess.At first the humans tried to kill the pterodactyls, but then the pterodactyls gave the humans guns, which pleased the humans. The humans then decided to kill the zombies, and the zombies grew upset because they didn't really want to kill humans. But... whatever. No one ever cares what zombies want. So the humans and zombies waged war. The pterodactyls decided that this was a great new game and began to set up battles and flew in competitors.The intial release of the game has 16 character skins and 5 maps (3 CTF, 2 DM & 1 King of the Hill) and can be played online, on LAN, or against bots. All maps can be played in the normal mode or in special ones, such as Crazy Weapons (the weapons' attributes are changed every 15 seconds) or Caste System (world weapon spaws become ammo spawns and every character has a weapon determined by their model, which can still be changed during gameplay).Another game mode is Kill the Ghost (only in DM and KotH) where one player can see in the dark and has full health. All other players are ghost hunters. They can only see where their flashlight is pointed at and have 30% health. Ghost killers become the ghost when they manage to kill it. There are different weapons from pistols and shotguns to grenades and rocket launchers. |
| Alarm for Cobra 11: Hot Pursuit | 2004-11-02 | RTL Playtainment | Davilex Games B.V. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile | | | | | Windows | Alarm für Cobra 11 - Vol. II is a licensed game about the eponymous German action TV series and basically the same game as its predecessor: the player uses one of 25 cars, drives on the highway and causes explosions. It is the second game in the series.The player solves one mission after another the goal is mostly to chase other drivers down. In the process he unlocks special cars and a Making Of about the pilot movie. The courses are based on Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Munich. |
| Atlantis: Evolution (Limitierte Sonderedition) | 2004-11-02 | Adventure Company, The | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This German title is a limited special edition of Atlantis Evolution. The slipcase packaging contains the standard game in a keep case and additionally a printed official strategy guide (62 pages). |
| Axis & Allies | 2004-11-02 | Atari, Inc. | TimeGate Studios, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Real-time strategy, Turn-based strategy | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | A real-time strategy game based on the Axis & Allies board game. Play as the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Germany or Japan. Chose from famous Generals & Admirals including Eisenhower, Nimitz, Montgomery, Montbatten, Zhukov, Chuikov, Rommel, Kesselring, Mikawa, Yamamoto and more.A unique meta game adds an interesting layer to gameplay. Online gameplay is supported. |
| I of the Dragon | 2004-11-02 | Strategy First, Inc. | Primal Software | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Fantasy | Flight / aviation | | | Mature | | Windows | I of the Dragon is a 3D action role-playing game with a twist - instead of a measly wizard or warrior, you play as a dragon. You must fly over large landscapes, killing monsters, destroying their lairs, and protecting the humans. There is also a strategy element: you must help humans build their towns. Your dragon can breath fire, ice, or acid, and cast a large variety of spells, including ones that can change the terrain. You will also have to eat regularly, as your dragon has a hunger meter that will deplete gradually until you eat either a neutral animal or a monster. |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 | 2004-11-02 | Atari, Inc. | Frontier Developments Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 marks the series' debut to a 3D engine, and is the first major title in the series created by a company outside Chris Sawyer Productions. The new engine brings numerous cosmetic additions like day/night cycles; reflective water; improved terraforming tools; and guests who differ in age, gender and appearance (and who can be created by the player in the Peep Designer), while gameplay changes are even more substantial - construction can take place even when the game is paused; park staff now have happiness levels, manageable wages, and can be trained; shops and stalls have more purchasable items which can be changed so, for example, drinks are sold with ice cubes; rides can be viewed from a first-person camera from any seat within the ride; VIP guests can appear, with a secondary objective requiring to please them; fireworks can be created and combined in the MixMaster; new custom billboards can make use of image files on the player's computer, and custom stalls also added.The main gameplay idea remains the same as in the preceding titles - the player is positioned as a manager of a theme park, and has to satisfy the goals of a particular scenario. This time, each scenario has three sets of objectives that act as a sort of difficulty setting - Apprentice, Enterpreneur, and Tycoon, all of which have to be completed in succession. The career mode puts the player in a series of scenarios, many of which are locked but can be unlocked if previously available scenarios are finished at the Apprentice level. Unlike the previous titles, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 comes with a sandbox map by default, allowing the player to build a park using any object in the game with unlimited funds. |
| Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault | 2004-11-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Los Angeles, TKO Software, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | Asia, Historical events, North America, Oceania, World War II | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | The series that kicked off the flood of World War II FPS games on the PC is back. Much like the last console installment, Rising Sun, the theatre of operations has now moved to the Pacific. The game narrates the story of four young US Marines through the eyes of Tommy Conlin. There is the strong leader type, the educated and sophisticated medic (or corpsman), the short and simple sharpshooter and the quiet, but effective, soldier role is reserved for the player. The game attempts to bring Call of Duty's cinematic atmosphere to the Medal of Honor series, with impressively directed scripted sequences, chances for player heroics, hidden objectives which grant stripes and medals and other elements. It also offers detailed statistics for the player's actions and a chance to replay levels in order to achieve any missed objective.The gameplay focuses mainly on the jungle warfare which took place on the islands of the Pacific Ocean, and ends in 1943 with the landing on the Tarawa Atoll. Multiplayer supports up to 32 players and includes a new mode called "Invasion". |
| Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (Director's Edition DVD) | 2004-11-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This edition of Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault contains, besides the game, the following extras:
An exclusive weapon
WWII Timeline Presentation
In-game music with commentary
Medal of Honor - Paths of Glory - interviews with real soldiers
Silent Drill Platoon - narrated footage showcasing the famous pageantry of the USMC Silent Drill Platoon.
The Thought War - a video on how both sides used propaganda as a weapon in the war.
Making of the game
Intro movies with commentary |
| Return to Mysterious Island | 2004-11-04 | Adventure Company, The | Kheops Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | | | Teen | | Windows | Inspired by Jules Verne's book The Mysterious Island, you play a young woman who is stranded on an uncharted island. Attempting to break a world record by sailing around the world by herself, Mina is washed overboard during a storm and manages to swim to a beach. She must learn to survive by finding food and shelter and will eventually find a way to explore the entire island. During her adventure, Mina stumbles upon a beautiful submarine .. Captain Nemo's Nautilus!The game features a non-linear storyline and a unique inventory management system. The majority of its puzzles are inventory object related and have multiple solutions. Readers of Verne's book will recognize the locations and characters in the game. Achievements are logged with points, reminiscent of older Sierra games. |
| Star Trek: Die Verlorenen | 2004-11-04 | | | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Star Trek: Die Verlorenen is a German freeware fan made Star Trek game.You are playing Ensign Morris Dean, who is with his superior officer, Lieutenant Caroline Hayes, on a 30 days exploration mission on board the research shuttle Galen, looking for suitable locations for future mining stations. When an alien ship attacks the Galen, the boring mission changes rapidly.For the most of the time, you play in a more or less top-down perspective, while moving your character with the keyboard. All interactions with the environment, including solving puzzles, are also completely keyboard-based. However, when it's time to fight an enemy, the perspective changes to First Person and the fight itself is turn-based.The quests in the game ranging from simple "get A to B"-quests, over puzzle solving to arcade-like mini-games. |
| Bejeweled 2: Deluxe | 2004-11-05 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bejeweled 2 Deluxe is the enhanced, standalone version of the free online puzzle game of similar name. It builds on the original award-winning game, with the same basic objective of matching "jewels" in a grid by threes, by swapping adjacent jewels of different colors. Sharper graphics and more special effects improve the experience.Also new to Bejeweled 2 are different play modes. There are "Classic" (no time limit, finite possible moves), "Action" (time limit, infinite moves), and "Endless" (no time limit, infinite moves) just for passing the time. Each mode has increasingly difficult levels. An additional "Puzzle" mode challenges the player with over 50 preset arrangements.Bejeweled Blitz, the 60 second mode with unique power-ups, was also later added to the iPhone release of the game, where a player's score can then be uploaded to Facebook to compare with friends. |
| I of the Enemy | 2004-11-05 | Enemy Technology LLC | Enemy Technology LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | I of the Enemy is a real-time strategy (RTS) game with a sci-fi theme and an emphasis on the tactical side of combat. Set in a distant galaxy, it puts the player in the role of the supreme military commander of the Lokob, one of several sentient races inhabiting a distant galaxy. Faced with an invasion of a hostile race known as the Unath, the Lokob are forced into an uneasy alliance with their neighbours, the Y'dray and the Rag'ha. The single-player campaign follows the Commander and his trusted aide, Colonel Verkkal, as they strive for cooperation with other members of the alliance to push back the mysterious invaders.The visuals and parts of the design in I of the Enemy take obvious cues from StarCraft and other popular titles in the genre, but gameplay is notably different, with much greater emphasis on manoeuvring and tactics. Units gain experience and level up (with visible changes in appearance to distinguish between green and veteran units), and can be transferred between missions, like in War Wind. On the other hand, base-building is only rudimentary, and no resource gathering is required: instead, the player receives a steady flow of supplies and may request reinforcements to bolster their ranks. The alliance forces that the player commands are comprised of all three races, with the reptile-looking Rag'ha serving as infantry, the Lokob manning vehicles and the Y'dray piloting aircraft. Each unit has a direct counterpart in the Unath forces, which look distinctly human.The single player campaign is 25 missions long, and the game also offers multiplayer matches and custom games against AI players. Additionally, a built-in map editor is available for players to create their own scenarios. |
| Magic Empire | 2004-11-05 | Purple Hills | Motelsoft | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Magic Empire is a turn-based strategy game set in a medieval land. The player becomes the ruler of a castle and have to get rich and powerful. Resources can be gathering by buying acres to grow corn, grapes, tomatoes and pineapples or breeding cows. The food can be sold on the market or be exported to other cities to get a better price. Military power is gained by recruiting soldiers or hiring mercenary. There are ten different types of soldiers available. |
| Premier Manager 2004-2005 | 2004-11-05 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Premier Manager 2004-2005 is a soccer manager where the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his team. As usual there are a lot of details to take care of, e.g. searching for sponsors, stadium expansion, player transfers, lineup and tactics. But, as usual for English soccer managers, the emphasis is on the athletic aspect.The matches itself use an abstract presentation: the soccer field is shown in a top-down, tactical perspective and the player movements are shown with blue and red balls. It also features a new meeting system where the player needs to convince the management of his views before important decisions. |
| Totally Role Playing Games | 2004-11-05 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains two role playing games published by Atari:
Neverwinter Nights
The Temple of Elemental Evil: A Classic Greyhawk Adventure |
| The Labyrinth of Time | 2004-11-07 | Wyrmkeep Entertainment Co | Terra Nova Development | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | King Minos has commissioned a labyrinth bridging time and space which will allow Minos to rule the earth. You have been chosen to save the world by destroying the labyrinth. Many mazes and puzzles are involved. |
| American McGee presents Scrapland | 2004-11-08 | Enlight Interactive Inc. | Mercury Steam Entertainment S.L. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | American McGee presents Scrapland is a third-person 3D action game set on an asteroid called Scrapland, a ruined paradise rebuilt by robots, the only inhabitants now. The player controls D-Tritus, a self-constructed young robot that has just arrived in Chimera, the main city. The adventure begins when he accepts a job as journalist and strange things start to happen...The game is a mix between free-form outdoor levels and indoor levels with combat and puzzle-solving elements. During said indoor levels, the player can instantly change his form between 14 robots, all with their own advantages and special abilities. Utilizing those robots is important to solve puzzles or mini games, e.g. only a tiny robot can fit into small spaces and only certain robots are allowed into some areas. However, those disguises can be seen through by certain enemy types. Then it is a good idea to change to a robot with fighting abilities - aiming is basically done automatically by the game.The outdoor levels can be freely explored, but there is not much more to do than flying to next the mission objective or indoor level. The parts of the spaceship can be upgraded individually; better parts are gained during the game and by solving optional missions. The player can have up to nine different spaceships and switch between them as needed - a heavy one is better suited for fights while a small one is useful for races.Additionally, the game features various outdoor areas which can be started outside the campaign and three multiplayer modes. |
| EverQuest II | 2004-11-08 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | In the future, Norrath has been struck by a major disaster, which has caused most of the world's prominent civilizations to crumble into anarchy. The world is now clearly polarized between Good and Evil, and the choice of alignment determines whether the player starts in benevolent Qeynos or seedy Freeport. The nature of the quests depends on the player's alignment and there is one special "betrayal quest" that actually allows the player to switch sides.EverQuest II features an updated 3D engine compared to its predecessor. The game introduces a new story line with over 130 hours of spoken dialogue by all non-player characters (NPCs). The player is now entitled to own real estate, ride horses, sail ships, and can now recover health faster in-between battles. The game no longer offers player vs. player (PvP) combat, even though the players can align themselves with the forces of evil if they so desire.Players choose between several classic fantasy races, along with three original ones and four basic classes: fighter, scout, mage, or priest. Later on, they can acquire more specialized classes and sub-classes at important level thresholds. The game supports an advanced guild system, which allows guilds to compete with one another and compare their strengths via a team-level feature. |
| Gadget & Gadgetinis | 2004-11-08 | Hip Interactive Europe | Eko Software SARL | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Gadget & the Gadgetinis is a 3D platform game that is played from a behind view perspective. Villains are spreading a gas across Las Vegas that makes people go mad. WOMP - the organization that Gadget is part of - suspects that MAD and Dr. Claw are behind it. Gadget is sent to deal with the culprits and has to destroy several laboratories across the globe that produce the gas.Gameplay includes platforming with Inspector Gadget and defeating various enemies. The game offers more than twelve gadgets and four levels. These are Las Vegas, China, WOMP headquarters and MAD’s base. Sometimes you take control of one of the Gadgetinis and have to shoot at enemies. |
| Lords of EverQuest: Deluxe Edition | 2004-11-08 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Rapid Eye Entertainment | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Lords of EverQuest - Deluxe Edition contains the base game Lords of EverQuest and new maps and units. |
| Redisruption | 2004-11-08 | EleFun Multimedia Games | EleFun Multimedia Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Tank | | | | | Windows | Earth Federation's computer systems have been hijacked by criminals. You must pilot a one person ship and get through the Earth Federation's own security system and regain control of them. Your mission will be fought in outer space as well as on the surface of planets where ground targets team-up with airborne targets against you. Further along the game the combat will take place within hyper-space and beneath the planet's surface.
REDISRUPTION is a top-down shooter where you will face waves of enemies and try to survive the multitude of levels. Enemies appear in many different formations. Some are turreted and stationary, while others are flying. Some shoot while others just try to collide into you. There are also boss ships at the end of each stage.
Your shield system will regenerate after a certain amount of time so don't fret about taking a few hits if you need to. Your arsenal includes unlimited but upgradeable lasers and secondary explosives. Typical power-ups such as shields are also available. One note about your primary weapons is that the firing rate will slow down if fired for too long. |
| Wings over Vietnam | 2004-11-08 | Bold Games | Third Wire Productions, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | | Cold War, Historical events | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | Wings over Vietnam is the second release in the series by Third Wire Productions. You will find yourself in the jets of the period engaged in a life or death battle against the heavy and well organized SAM and air defense network. Race high in the skies to drop your bomb load and get out, another notch in your Hundred Mission mark. Take damage over the North and watch out for the MiGs waiting to pick off the wounded.Participate in historical missions and campaigns from the Rolling Thunder campaign of 1964-68 and the hard-hitting Linebacker I and II campaigns of 1972. This is the first install of the series to have carriers built into campaigns. Launch from the deck of the Kitty Hawk or Essex class carriers at "Yankee Stations" to go "Downtown" over Hanoi and Haiphong area. Watch as the black clouds of flak erupt ahead of you as the radio crackles of SAM LAUNCH!!! Or find yourself over the same area on Iron Hand missions with your duty to destroy the AAA and SAM before they destroy the following raids.As with all Third Wire Productions games, the after market community additions is huge. Find downloads for more terrain addons, aircraft such as the F-111 Aardvark and of course the ability to fly for the VPAF and defend your homeland against the aggression of the intruder.Player flyable aircraft for the USAF will be the F-100 Super Sabre, the mighty F-105 Thunderchief and the F-4 Phantom II. For the USN and USMC find yourself in the F-8 Crusader, A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 Intruder, F-4 Phantom II and A-7 Corsair II. |
| Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile | 2004-11-09 | Myelin Media, LLC | Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Egypt (Ancient) | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In this historic city-building game by the designers of Pharaoh, set in the ancient Egypt, the focus is on the people who live in the cities. Every character behaves like an intelligent human, with their own wishes and needs. You, as a pharaoh, cannot control them directly, but instead you have to create the conditions that allow them to move up in society. You will need to manage natural resources as well as your people. By building specific structures, you can let your people learn different skills (to become soldiers, farmers, shopkeepers, nobles, priests, craftsmen...). If you are successful, you can construct pyramids, obelisks and monuments to commemorate your own glory.Expanding power is achieved by conquering neighbouring nations or through diplomacy and trade. This improves your prestige, resulting in more educated workers or advanced structures. Building a mighty empire usually takes many generations of pharaohs of the same dynasty.The game is played through a full campaign or individually selectable scenarios. A 3D engine (from Empire Earth) with zooming options is used and an editor to create your own maps, scenarios and campaigns has been included.With the release on Steam in 2008 the game received a massive update, which turned it into the "Enhanced Edition". This included several bugfixes, improved compatibility, new features (like higher resolution support and tweaked controls) and some gameplay additions (like new buildings and shrines). |
| Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | 2004-11-09 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | KnowWonder, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, have received a large inheritance, but have also been left in the care of their uncle, Count Olaf. Olaf doesn't care much for children but he sure cares about their inheritance. After learning of Olaf's plans to get rid of the kids, the children have to make their escape before some unfortunate events happen to them.Players take control of Klaus, Violet, and Sunny as they fight through Olaf's cohorts during their escape. A gameplay element is the creation of gadgets which are put together by items the children find lying around. These gadgets include a smasher, lobber, lever yanker, and sprayer.
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| Liga Polska Manager 2005 | 2004-11-09 | MarkSoft | MGroup | Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | The seventh installment in MarkSoft's Liga Polska Manager series of football management games. This time the developers have focused their attention mainly on expanding the palette of independent events. Other teams finally began to leave themselves with their own initiatives - even with the proposal of playing sparring. From now on our player could finally be bought or rent by a foreign club, and not as has been done before, only the national.
The local rivals start to offer us selling our game.
The game added a possibility of buyout the indebted company, acquisition of the Fan Club, purchase a heated pitch, selection of pre-season conditioning camp and few other minor features, such as cups tree, rules on away goals, guaranteed place in the Champions League for the last year winner or additional package of cheat codes.2005 edition of the game has a lot of extras made by fans because of the creation of the official website and gamers forum. The same can be said about the amount of patches, especially that the game requires to install the first update to function properly.This edition of the game comes with the upgraded database from the season 2004/05.The game has a built in editor of teams and players. |
| Liga Polska Manager 2005 NE | 2004-11-09 | MarkSoft | MGroup | Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | The eighth and last installment in MarkSoft's Liga Polska Manager series of football management games. This new edition was actually an updated and patched version of Liga Polska Manager 2005 with teams and players from the 2005/06 season. There was only one new feature added - MP3 file playback option as a replacement of the original soundtrack of the game Liga Polska Manager 2005 NE proved to be the most stable but also definitely the latest version of the ten years lasting series. |
| Space Interceptor | 2004-11-09 | Merscom LLC | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Teen | | Windows | You take the role of an spaceship pilot set in the 3rd millennium. Your mission is to work for a corporation known as Project Freedom, who is struggling with other corporation to colonize and safeguard their ships.Gameplay is similar to Wing Commander, where your given a ship and you roam about to fight of enemies of all sorts ranging from ships to colony defenses. Project Freedom is the sequel to 2002's Project Earth. |
| Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder | 2004-11-10 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | La Plata Studios, Nival Interactive LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | The second Add-On to Blitzkrieg has a 18-mission campaign with the American tank legend general George S. Patton. The campaign took place in seven different countries, from North Africa to the Ardennes, including the landings on Sicily and the Normandy. Beside the campaign there are eight more single-player scenarios, new units (infantry and also vehicles), new buildings and an improved AI. The occupation of train stations, ports, tank factories and airports ensures constant supplies, meaning that there are reinforcements now.The whole game is build on the graphic engine of the original Blitzkrieg game, only including new graphics for the new theatres of war like Australia-Guinea, Siberia, Spain or the snowy forests of the Ardennes. |
| Jack's Boulder Match | 2004-11-10 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Jacks Boulder Match is a classic Jump`n´Run game with all of the common ingredients. The graphics of the figures and objects are detailed and some look a little bit like Manga-style. The gameplay as well as the functionality is simple. It is controlled by keyboard, mouse or joystick. The target group for this game is younger children. The game is non-violent.The story: Jack has to collect diamonds for his girlfriend. So he goes underground and searches for them by digging corridors, clearing his way through stones and opening locked doors. Other problems are water, swamp, nasty creatures and the flowing time.
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| Jack's Sokoman | 2004-11-10 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In Jack's Sokoman the task is to move boxes and other items to their designated places in a warehouse. It only allows you to push these things, they can't be pulled. You have to go round barriers and also nasty warehouse-creatures. There is a predefined time for solve the single levels.The functionality of the game is to handle with keyboard and mouse. The screen has a small overview map and the figure of Jack acts without delay to your move commands. To revoke done steps there is an undo-function.The game is non-violent and by that also playable for smaller children. |
| Jetpak: Solar Crisis | 2004-11-10 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | | Fangame | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This remake of the platform game of 1983 completely updates the presentation, replacing the graphics and sounds with new ones while remaining faithful to the original gameplay. The player controls Jetman, an astronaut equipped with a jetpack and laser gun, that must fly around the screen and collect all the pieces of his rocket spaceship, to escape the planet where he is stranded and travel to the next one. The rocket sections are scattered around on various platforms, from where the protagonist has to drag them to the construction base at the bottom. Bizarre groups of aliens and other strange creatures float around trying to kill the hero, and he must be zap them with the gun to survive.A plethora of random items fall on intervals from the top, from bonus items that give extra points to useful equipment like power-ups and fuel barrels for the ship. The power-ups include shields of variable strength, bombs and health boosts. Mushrooms start a hallucination where the aliens are replaced with waves of surreal objects crossing the distorted screen. If the rocket pieces are broken after landing too hard on the launch pad, Jetman has to pick up the repair kits and fix the damaged spacecraft parts. |
| Super DX-Ball | 2004-11-10 | Blitwise Productions LLC | Blitwise Productions LLC | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Super DX-Ball is the fourth game in the DX Ball series and the gameplay is similar to Breakout/Arkanoid, but with lots of power-ups that effect the paddle and the bricks. There are 4 different board sets: Retro, Fun, Challenge, and Super. Additionally, there are 2 hidden sets and 3 expansion board sets (Bonus, Surprise and Treasure, of which 2 are free to download). Super DX-Ball has bricks of different shapes including triangles and rounds. |
| World's Best Chess: Fritz 8 Deluxe | 2004-11-10 | Viva Media, LLC | ChessBase GmbH | Educational, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Board game, Chess | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | World's Best Chess: Fritz 8 Deluxe is an enhanced edition of Fritz 8, an interactive game for chess players of all levels, from beginners to experts.Like the previous version, this Deluxe release offers the player choices of either 2D or 3D interactive boards. This adds 6 new 3D boards including one called the "Spanish Room". The searchable database has been enlarged and the engine has been improved.In addition, world champion chess player Garry Kasparov provides his knowledge and expertise in a training video during gameplay. A one-year membership in playchess.com opens up internet play. |
| Cosmo Bots | 2004-11-11 | Retro64, Inc. | Retro64, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cosmo Bots is the precursor to the game Water Bugs. An updated outer space version of the likes of Qix and JezzBall, the object of the game is to divide and clear a certain amount of the playing field. The playing field is filled with enemies who must be evaded and destroyed via being captured within a division. There are also enemies along the border of the playing field who must be treated in the same fashion but unlike their counterparts may fire on you when you are setting off a dividing line. Most enemies walk in random patterns and behave in an unintelligent manner but there are some enemies who will follow your cursor in order to block a division. There are also power-ups to get from destroyed enemies such as missiles, bombs and line enhancers. Look out however for power-downs that will make your job a little harder. |
| Mortadelo y Filemón: Una Aventura de Cine | 2004-11-11 | Crimson Cow GmbH | Alcachofa Soft S.L. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | La abadía | Windows | When Dr. Bacterio tests his new invention with which he can extract anything from movies and make it a real object, he doesn't bring out the famous treasure of the mummy but the mummy Impoteh himself. Since he's a little cranky and wants to take over the world, beginning with the basement of the T.I.A headquarter, Mortadelo and Filemón have to stop him. To do so, they need to enter Dr. Bacterio's machine and get the book of the dead. But since nothing is perfect, they don't land in the right movie and so they've to make their way through several other movies where they meet famous actors like Charlie Chaplin, John Wayne or Humphrey Bogart.The game is a normal Point & Click adventure where you've to find items with which you can solve the riddles in the game and talk to various characters (some already known to the readers of the comic). But since Mortadelo and Filemón are a team, you can always switch between both characters. Everyone has different abilities. For example Mortadelo can disguise himself to distract someone while Filemón steals an item from the person.As a feature, never seen in an adventure before, there's also a multiplayer-mode available where one person takes control over Mortadelo and the other over Filemón. |
| Terrorist Takedown | 2004-11-11 | Merscom LLC | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view, Diagonal-down | | War | Rail shooter, Shooter | | Helicopter | | | Teen | | Windows | This is the first game in the prolific Terrorist Takedown series. In most of its levels it plays like a rail shooter, where the player has to take down enemies with machine guns and rocket launchers mounted on helicopters or HMMVVs. Sometimes the player controls a stationary gun. When controlling a machine gun, a "heat" meter is shown and if the gun overheats, the player has to wait for it to cool down until it can shoot again. The vehicles the player is in have a damage meter at the screen's bottom left.In some other levels, the player controls a helicopter from a third person perspective with unlimited ammo. The helicopter is controlled with both the mouse (for direction) and the keyboard (for height).The game comprises 16 missions. |
| Torus Trooper | 2004-11-11 | ABA Games | ABA Games | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Having a similar visual concept to the old Tempest game, Torus Trooper is a fast freeware 3D scrolling shooter. The player pilots a ship which accelerates into the screen, steering around the inside of a never-ending tube, shooting enemies. Every time the player passes or destroys a certain number of smaller ships, he is presented with a tougher boss, the destruction of which will reap precious seconds to boost back up the player's diminishing gameplay timer. Once the player runs out of time, the game ends. |
| Treasure Mole: Winter Vacation | 2004-11-11 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | DeaddyBear | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This game is the Winter Edition for Treasure Mole.You are controlling a mole, who digs in a mine for gold nuggets, avoids falling snowballs and fight monsters.The game consists of three difficulty settings, where each setting uses a different map pack.Before you start a level, you have the opportunity to study the map on a preview screen, including a magnifying glass for zooms.Once you start a level, you have either to collect a certain amount of gold nuggets or to kill a certain amount of monsters. Just use the cursor keys to dig horizontal or vertical, and collecting the gold. But be aware of falling snow balls, when you dig the ground below the snow balls. However, since it isn't a rock, it won't kill you on impact, but you loose a bit of your life. Once you actually lost a life, you have to restart the level. This also goes for situations, where you are trapped. As soon as you collected the last gold nugget you need or killed the last needed monster, you continue with the next level.To fight the monsters or destroy blocking snow balls, you have a little weapon arsenal available, including a rocket launcher, grenades, mines, TNT, and acid. However, those weapons are only available in the first two difficulty settings. On hard, the only way to beat enemies is to kill them with fallen snow balls. |
| Zoo Tycoon 2 | 2004-11-11 | Microsoft Corporation | Blue Fang Games, LLC | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Zoo Tycoon 2 is the sequel to Zoo Tycoon. The sequel updates the graphics, but keeps much of the original gameplay the same.You start with an open field and must build it up into a zoo. Create exhibits and populate them with animals. Build amenities and concession stands to keep visitors happy in between exhibits. Happy visitors will donate more money to your zoo so you can make it better. However, you have much more freedom in exhibit creation. You don't even need fences; a moat or ditch will suffice, as this technique is popular at real high profile zoos. There are also more animals and attractions to place in your zoo, and animal habitats look as realistic as the cartoony graphics style will allow. |
| Cubis 2 | 2004-11-12 | FreshGames, LLC | FreshGames, LLC, Matahari Studios Ply Ltd. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Played over an isometric grid, Cubis 2 has the player launch different colored cubes into ones already in play on the table. Once three of the same color are in a row (or are stacked), the cubes disappear and the player earns points. Once the board is clear (or enough points are earned), the player advances to the next board which features a new animated backdrop. |
| Der Pferderennstall | 2004-11-12 | dtp entertainment AG | Caipirinha Games GmbH, Espaço Informática Ltda | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | | Real-time | | | Windows | www.espacoinf.com - Official developer's website (from Ad Blurbs)Pferderennstall: The GamePferderennstall is an real-time strategy game, where you manage a Racing Horses' Farm.You need to control all your farm, making the constructions, hiring workers, always caring of your horses.You can buy horses on auctions or same, wild horses at the Hunter's house.You can breed your own horses and observe their growth since their birth until they are prepared to the races.On the races your horses, and yours opponents' horses will match, trying to won the trophies. It won't be easy to win, because your opponents will bet high to have the best horses and the best farm.A completely 3D city, real time day-night simulation, high quality graphics, amazing races and a lot of entertainment are waiting for you in Pferderennstall.It's a strategy game, enjoyable for all ages.Game Features:
Completely 3D Graphics
Day-night real time simulation
Three game modes
Three difficulty levels
Trophy Room, and Hall of Fame
Amazing races, a real challenge
Hi-quality graphics
Three opponents
Evolution of horses and farms
Free for all ages
Several hours of entertainmentDeveloped by the Brazilian company Espaço Informática, and this is the fourth game produced by Espaço that hit the international market.With development between May and November 2004, the game is available since last Christmas' season on Germany and region.The game was developed to the German publisher DTP-AG, through Caipirinha Games.To the Brazil and other countries the game is foreseen to be released on the second semester of 2005. |
| Sabotain: Break the Rules | 2004-11-12 | Akella | Avalon Style Entertainment | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In the distant future, the powerful Empire tries to hold its ground against the ever-growing Independent Confederation. The two states are trying to gain the upper hand in the struggle, at the same time dealing with the Rebels, who fight against both. The Empire has many agents specializing in sabotage at their disposal. One of them is sent to investigate a shady activity in a food-producing factory. This investigation gradually leads to a larger scheme, and the saboteur is forced to choose sides in the imminent war.Sabotain: Break the Rules is a hybrid of a first-person shooter and a role-playing game, somewhat resembling Deus Ex in concept. The player can choose to control either the commando Kent Reed or the female assassin Alex Keeton; the first is tougher physically, while the second can specialize in stealth and has access to more versatile abilities. In the beginning of the game the player assigns main attributes and skills to the protagonist by distributing correspondent points. Main attributes influence the protagonist's weight capacity limit, defense rating, maximum hit points, maximum energy points, and the amount of experience points received further on. Skills include weapon specialization (melee, light guns, heavy firearms, explosives), various abilities that require energy (e.g. slowing down time), efficiency of medikit application, etc.During the course of the game the protagonist receives experience points for killing enemies and completing quests. This experience is converted into attribute and skill points when the player character levels up. The player can then choose where to allocate these points. It is also possible to acquire armor, implants and tattoos, which raise the protagonist's defense rating and other attributes. Weapons, ammunition, health- and energy-restoring kits, and other items are stored in the inventory, occupying correspondent amounts of free space and weight.The game take place in a large city, which is divided into a dozen districts, each with its own places of interest. Districts can be accessed and explored at any time and in any order by using the city's transportation system. The player can also choose between day or night time for these visits. At night there are firefights in some of the districts; the player can choose to ignore them or join any of the sides. The player can also opt to kill any of the many innocent citizens populating the city; however, this will turn other people hostile and alert the authorities. The game's structure is mission-based; typically, the player has to travel to specific districts and either find certain characters to talk to or confront a hostile group. There are vehicles on the streets, but the player is not allowed to hijack them; instead, a vehicle can be purchased for a large sum of money, which normally requires the player to complete several main quests beforehand. |
| Star Wolves | 2004-11-12 | 1C Company | X-bow Software | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | | | Windows | Star Wolves is a space-based 3D RPG/strategy game. You control a team of up to six bounty hunters to fight the factions in a corrupt future... for a price. You start the game with only a single ship, best described as a pile of junk, and a small sum of money. As you complete the missions assigned to you, you improve your ship, your piloting skills and hire other fighters, each possessing different abilities and personalities.As a tactical game, you must combine the pros and cons of your teammates in real-time to achieve the best strategy to complete the 40 missions available. Sometimes you will do stealth missions or scouting, or even assault and run. |
| Söldner: Secret Wars - Reloaded | 2004-11-12 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Wings Simulations GmbH | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Reloaded is a re-release of the warfare game Söldner: Secret Wars at a budget price. It incorporates the four previously released patches, along with five new vehicles, five new weapons and three maps. It also comes with a strategy guide included. Owners of the original game can update to this version for free, so as to make multiplayer games possible. |
| X-Plane 8 | 2004-11-12 | Laminar Research | Laminar Research | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | X-Plane 8 is a flight simulator using the blade element theory, which originated in the 19th century. Like the previous installments in the X-Plane series, the game is a realistic flight simulation, utilizing real-world navaids, airports, and planes. The game is bundled with tools to design and modify aircrafts, navaids, and scenery. This version differs from its predecessor in the following areas:
Higher frames per second.
Higher resolution computer generated scenery based on Shuttle SRTM data.
3D cockpits with same detail and resolution as 2D cockpits.
New Aircraft format allowing for more wings, flaps, bodies and gear.
Version 8.40 for Mac is a Universal Binary and runs natively on Intel Macintoshes.
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| Blockland | 2004-11-15 | | | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Sandbox / open world | | | | | | | Windows | Blockland is a non-linear sandbox game with no set goals, giving players the freedom to design and construct elaborate structures. Styled as a tiny minifigure, players build inside of the virtual world using bricks reminiscent of toy blocks. These structures can be built in either a single-player or multiplayer (either online or through a local area network) setting. |
| BreakQuest | 2004-11-15 | Nurium Games | Nurium Games | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Based on BreakOut classic concept, this game adds a full physics engine and advanced collision system. Bricks can have any shape and will respond according to their physical properties and other interactive elements as springs, dampers and surrounding objects.The paddle has deformable bouncing surface that allows a better control over ball dynamics and a gravity function to further tweak balls trajectory.Includes all the classic power ups plus some new additions including nine different weapons. Two play modes, Story (save the world from the evil empire) and a highly configurable Arcade mode.The 100 levels have unique graphics, sound and elements behavior. |
| MTX Mototrax | 2004-11-15 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Left Field Productions, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | MTX Mototrax is a motocross racing game that features motocross legends such as Travis Pastrana and Carey Hart. As players progress in the game's career mode, they will eventually be afforded the opportunity to challenge the mentioned pros in both Supercross and Motocross events as well as freestyle trick events where the focus is set on performing tricks. Winning these events will allow the player to earn cash and sponsorships that unlock additional gear and upgraded bikes. You can also play in exhibition mode to test your skills on any given track. The game features a total of 127 different tricks to perform.The game also features a track editor that gives players the option of creating their own custom tracks. Multiplayer is also an available option. |
| Need for Speed: Underground 2 | 2004-11-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Black Box | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | This installment in the Need for Speed series, Underground 2 is a racing game based on illicit, night time races, with the player gaining street credit, cash and access to unique tuner parts by schooling the competition.Taking place in a massive, open city, NFS Underground 2 allows players to explore the city at will, engaging random challengers and moving into the coveted Underground Racing League. Once in the Underground Racing League, the player advances first by race wins, then with building up their tuner car and taking on tougher opponents. The objective is to win all Underground Racing League engagements and trick out your car to the max.The PC version is the only version that allows the user to save magazine screen shots of your tricked out car to disk. |
| Snail Mail | 2004-11-15 | Sandlot Games | Alpha72 Games | Action | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Snail Mail is an arcade game featuring snail called Turbo. Native to Earth, Turbo is the only hope the Intergalactic Snail Mail service has to neutralize the threat that evil Slugs pose to all the package delivery system of the universe. The game challenges the player to guide Turbo through dozens of original levels while avoiding various obstacles and collecting postal packages on the way. The more packages per level Turbo will collect the bigger score the player receives. Turbo's shell is mounted with the cannon which can be used to fight off the Slugs or push the asteroids out of the way. The cannon may be upgraded to laser and rocket launcher by collecting a special power-up. At the beginning of the game players are offered three different game modes. The Postal Mode is the only mode that will advance player through the game. The Time Trial is for those wishing to set the record for beating the levels already opened. And the Challenge mode offers a non-stop obstacle course giving the player a chance to earn as much points as possible. |
| The Fall: Last Days of Gaia | 2004-11-15 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Post-apocalyptic | | Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | The Fall: Last Days of Gaia is a game set in an apocalyptic future ruled by different gangs that fight each other to survive. The player takes the role of a lonesome mercenary who joins the "Government of the New Order", an organization that looks rather fair in comparison to others. Once a member, the player chooses five other soldiers to serve the organization while looking for some answers about what happened to his family.This is a 3D party-based role-playing game, mostly oriented to combat and controlled by a point-and-click system. Some other remarkable features of the game are the usual day-night transitions with realistic routines for the NPCs, realistic flora and fauna, the possibility to travel using vehicles and secondary party members with their own story and personality. |
| CSI: Miami | 2004-11-16 | Ubisoft, Inc. | 369 Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Adding to the successful Crime Scene Investigation detective series, this 3rd game mimics the television show of the same name.Join the Miami investigative team from the show to solve five new crime cases in four locations. You'll use scientific equipment to analyze evidence, interrogate suspects and witnesses, watch and discuss autopsies and follow up on leads. Solve puzzles using the improved "hands-on" puzzle assembly system which gives you more interactivity with evidence and objects. Decipher cryptic clues and use high-tech crime solving tools including DNA and fingerprint comparisons. Customizable in-game help options let you receive hints on hidden evidence and in using the forensic tools. |
| Counter-Strike: Source | 2004-11-16 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Turtle Rock Studios, Inc., Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Based on the original Half-Life online multiplayer mod Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source is an updated version using the Source engine used in Half-Life 2.Due to the popularity of the original gameplay, the gameplay in Source remains largely unaltered, with the players taking on the roles of terrorists and counter terrorist operatives competing to complete their respective and conflicting objectives. It also features remakes of some of the maps from the original, in addition to new ones added on. |
| Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition | 2004-11-16 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Galactic Civilizations (base game)
Galactic Civilizations: Altarian Prophecy (expansion pack) |
| Half-Life 2 | 2004-11-16 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Following the period of instability caused by the events described in Half-Life, an interdimensional organization known as the Combine invades the Earth, defeating the human forces in the Seven Hour War. A Combine Citadel is erected in City 17, a town in Eastern Europe reminiscent of World War II ghettos. Dr. Wallace Breen, a human scientist, rules the city on behalf of his new masters. An energy field prevents humans from procreating, and no new children are born. Earth is turning into a grim, oppressive police state.Meanwhile, Gordon Freeman, the man who was at the center of the events that took place shortly before the rise of the Combine, awakens from his stasis and is inserted into a train to City 17 by the mysterious G-man. Gordon is soon brought into a resistance group and makes a seemingly futile attempt to bring down the Combine and liberate the Earth. Half-Life 2 is a linear first-person shooter with light puzzle-solving elements and many setpieces, similar to its predecessor in concept. The player guides Gordon Freeman through City 17 and the wilderness that surrounds it. On his way, he'll encounter a few friendly characters, but also fight dangerous foes. The game features a realistic physics system: Gordon can pick up objects and toss them freely, and many of the puzzles are physics-based - for example, at one point the player has to weigh down a seesaw with bricks at one end to turn it into a ramp. Gordon's enemies, apart from alien wildlife which found their way to Earth, are mainly Combine forces, which utilize a variety of firearms, gadgets, and vehicles. Policemen and foot soldiers work along with helicopters, gunships, and gigantic walking machines to hunt him down. To defend himself, Gordon has a range of weapons available: from the iconic crowbar for close-quarter fighting, through pistols and rifles, up to grenades and a rocket launcher. One of the most notable weapons is the gravity gun, with which Gordon can pick up objects, hold them in the gun's anti-gravity field, then hurl them at the enemy with great force. Setpieces in the game include coordinated assaults on enemy bases, fighting gigantic boss enemies, bringing down aircraft with the rocket launcher, and others. A few levels require the player to navigate buggy-type vehicles. Some of the more exotic stages involve the player summoning an army of antlions to unleash on unsuspecting foes.Included with the game is Counter-Strike: Source, a version of Counter-Strike made with the new Source engine which powers Half-Life 2, and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, an online multiplayer game featuring the same physics and weapons as the single player game. |
| Half-Life 2 (Collector's Edition) | 2004-11-16 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This edition of Half-Life 2 includes the game on a limited edition DVD-ROM and some exclusive extras. The extras included:
Counter-Strike: Source - The next generation of the #1 online action gameHalf-Life: Source - Digitally remastered version of the original acclaimed PC gameFree Limited Edition T-shirt - Offered in men's size XL onlyHalf-Life 2 Prima Book - Information on character backgrounds, the making of the game, and more than 100 pieces of artwork |
| Half-Life 2 (Gold Edition) | 2004-11-16 | Valve Corporation | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Gold edition, downloadable via Valve's digital download service Steam, offers the following:
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Counter-Strike: Source
Half-Life: Source
Day of Defeat: Source
Valve's back catalog of games previous to Half Life 2.In addition, a huge collector's box is sent to the purchaser, including:Hat with the Half-Life 2 symbol
Postcard from City 17
Half-Life 2 soundtrack
3 posters of each of the main protagonists: Gordon Freeman, Alyx Vance, and G-Man
Half-Life 2 sticker
Prima's Half-Life 2 strategy guide |
| Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge | 2004-11-16 | THQ Inc. | Climax (Brighton) Ltd | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Automobile | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hot Wheels meets Fear Factor. Players can play this game with 30 different Hot Wheels race cars through 24 challenges, 12 race tracks, and 12 mini-games. They can collect many decals, wheels and race cars as the try out six different worlds with Ryan Storm (your host) guiding them through all these events to race for the number one spot. |
| Neocron 2: Beyond Dome of York | 2004-11-16 | 10tacle studios AG | reakktor.com | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Massively Multiplayer, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | | Holger Nathrath | Windows | In the middle of the 28th century massive warfare and reckless pollution have brought the life on earth to the brink of extinction. The planet does not offer its last inhabitants more than toxic and radiated wastelands and anything which has not died already turned into an abnormal and horrifying mutation. The remains of humanity have sealed themselves into last bastions of life and technology.
Neocron - a city surrounded by massive walls and regulated by the strict laws of the CityAdmin and their Copbots - tries to stay alive in this dying world.
Meanwhile, an old enemy rises again: The almost anarchistic Dome of York, Neocron's opponent in the Ceres wars, shows up again. Is a new war inevitable?Neocron 2 features a large persistent world and massive multiplayer gaming. Divided into two factions, Neocron and Dome of York, and separated by the vast radiated wastelands between the cities, the players try to build a career in one of the many industrial and military organizations. There are various player classes offered, including different types of fighters, PSI powered monks and hackers. The game allows free exploring of the world, NPC missions or engaging in PvP-combat, using an Egoshooter-like interface for gameplay and fighting.Noteworthy features, amongst others, are the Hacknet (a network similar to the matrix of the pen&paper-game Shadowrun) which allows skilled hackers to travel the whole game-world through a great number of network nodes or attack enemy bases and the usability of driving and flying vehicles in the wastelands. |
| Sonic Heroes | 2004-11-16 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Sonic Team | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Sonic Heroes is a 3D action-platformer in which the player takes control of a team of 3 characters, each with a special ability - speed, fly and power. The objective of the game is to race through levels as quickly as possible whilst defeating enemies and collecting rings. Your time, rings and enemies defeated make up a point system, and more points mean a higher rank on the level. There are 4 teams of characters each with their own changes to the gameplay:
Team Sonic is the intermediate difficulty featuring Sonic (speed), Tails (fly) and Knuckles (power).
Team Shadow is the hard difficulty featuring Shadow (speed), Rogue (fly) and E-123 Omega (power).
Team Rose is the easy difficulty featuring Amy (speed), Cream (fly) and Big (power).
Team Chaotix features new mission-based objectives with Espio (speed), Charmy (fly) and Vector (power).
The game features 4 modes:
Story Mode, giving players the opportunity to play through levels as the story progresses.
Challenge Mode, giving players the opportunity to replay levels that they have previously cleared in Story Mode
Battle Mode, a multiplayer mode where players can race or battle each other
Tutorial Mode, teaching players the basics of playing the game.
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| X²: Die Bedrohung (Collectors Edition) | 2004-11-16 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Collector's Edition of X²: The Threat includes, beside the latest update, an editor and a modder-kit, the following items:Additional DVD with background-videos (Making of, Artwork ..)
Novel "Nopileos", the sequel to "Farnham's Legend"
Booklet with tips & tricks by the staff of PC Games magazine
Double sided poster with sector map and list of ships |
| Mad Cars | 2004-11-17 | Realore Studios, Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Realore Studios | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | Mad Cars is a top-down racing in a post-apocalyptic setting. WW III has turned the earth into a wasteland. Racers seek fame & fortune by taking part in the Mad Cars competitions organized by the arms & parts dealer Marlok. Each tournament consists of a series of standard races in which you need to collect enough money to be able to compete in the Arena of Death (a destruction derby in which you have to kill 3 opponents to win). Money won during races can also be used to buy a new car or to upgrade your old one with armor, land mines, a rocket launcher, better tires etc. After you've won a tournament a new one is unlocked, which adds a new car and a new track. Then you start all over again.Mad Cars has arcade-like physics and simple controls. It's sort of a clone of Apogee's Death Rally. Offers split-screen & TCP/IP multiplayer. |
| Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines | 2004-11-17 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Troika Games L.L.C. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed, Regional differences | Horror | Action RPG, Shooter | Contemporary, Fantasy, North America | | Direct control | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | One morning, a seemingly ordinary inhabitant of modern-day Los Angeles wakes up and discovers that he (or she) is dead. Well, not exactly dead, but turned into a vampire - "sired", as the vampires themselves call it. Before the protagonist is able to reflect upon this new and unexpected form of existence, he is taken to a courtroom, where he gets acquainted with the Camarilla - an organization that preserves order among vampires. Apparently, the protagonist's sire turned him into a vampire without permission, so Prince LaCroix, the head of the Los Angeles Camarilla branch, decides to execute both. The hero's short vampire life would have come to an abrupt end if a mysterious person hadn't stepped in and convinced the Prince to spare it. The Prince takes responsibility for the protagonist from now on and decides to test his abilities, sending him to Santa Monica. Before long the new vampire becomes involved in a net of intrigues between powerful organizations and vampire clans and must choose his own place in this terrifying new world.Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is based on the pen-and-paper RPG Vampire: The Masquerade. In the beginning, the player creates the protagonist, choosing between vampire clans, each with its own unique abilities and disciplines: Brujah vampires are suitable for melee fighting, Tremeres can cast spells, etc. In some cases the choice of a clan greatly changes subsequent gameplay: for example, Malkavians are insane and will therefore have completely different surreal dialogue choices; Nosferatu are so ugly that they can't pass for humans and will have to travel through underground paths throughout the game, etc.The main character gains experience points only for completing quests, not for killing enemies. Many side quests are available during the course of the game. Experience points can be manually allocated to raise the protagonist's attributes, as well as improve various vampire feats. The player can make the main character stronger in combat, proficient in computer hacking or stealth, more powerful in vampire disciplines, more attractive, more intimidating, and so on. Combat in the game is action-based. The protagonist can fight unarmed, use melee weapons and firearms, or employ special vampire abilities. Melee combat is viewed from the third-person perspective, but the view switches to first-person if the main character is using a gun. Blood is used to activate the vampire disciplines, working similarly to magic points in other games. It can be replenished by feeding on certain types of enemies.The protagonist can also feed on innocent humans, though there are repercussions for that. The rules of the Masquerade forbid vampires to reveal their true nature to humans. Openly feeding on humans violates the Masquerade; five Masquerade violations lead to an instant Game Over. Feeding on humans with no witnesses present does not violate the Masquerade; however, killing an innocent human in the process alerts the authorities and causes the player character to lose some of his or her humanity. Losing too much humanity results in the protagonist becoming more and more susceptible to frenzy, eventually turning into an uncontrolled beast.Many quests can be completed in different ways - brute force, stealth, diplomacy, intimidation, etc., depending on the preferred style of play and the main character's attributes. The player will also have to decide which faction the protagonist should side with throughout the game. Eventually, the player's choices will branch the storyline, leading it to one of the five possible endings. |
| Hinter Gittern: Der Frauenknast | 2004-11-18 | RTL Playtainment | Provox Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Hinter Gittern: Der Frauenknast is an adventure game based on the German TV series of the same name. The player has to take over the prisoner named Walter and help her find her way to freedom. She has to use her relations with other prisoners and plan her escape. Walter can be moved around freely inside the prison and can talk to other people and find helpful items. The game contains the original locations, music and voices from the TV series. |
| Gates of Troy | 2004-11-19 | 1C Company, Snowball.ru | Slitherine Software UK Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Gates of Troy is an empire building Turn Based Strategy game. It is a stand-alone expansion for Spartan. When the games are combined all the missions from Spartan can be played with the upgraded engine from Gates of Troy. The game comes with 6 campaigns including an accurate recreation of the Battle of Thermopylae. 19 new heroes from Greek mythology can be commanded to improve your armies. Like its predecessor Spartan, trade, construction, research and diplomacy play a large role, but war remains a last resort. New structures that can be build include the Trojan Horse. |
| Legacy: Dark Shadows | 2004-11-19 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Razbor Studios | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | An ex-cop and now fledgling P.I., Ren Silver has set up shop in an old warehouse. Her cases haven't been much to speak of (finding lost pets, unfaithful spouses etc.) .. until now!While vacationing on the planet Mars, Ren unwittingly becomes involved in a "legacy" of deception and a "dark" quest for intergalactic domination. You'll play Ren in 3rd person perspective as she meets over 25 speaking characters and explores locations on Earth and beyond. Find and use over 80 objects and solve adventure-type puzzles as you explore.The seeds of the story begin in 1930 with the creation of a cell regeneration substance developed by Japanese scientists. Early research is only partially successful - none of the human subjects lived past 10 days. A decade later the solution and all research documents are shipped by plane to Germany's Institute of Hereditary Biology for further development and hopeful completion. On its way, the plane crashes .. the wreckage is found by photo-journalist Jevgenij Borisov in the Stalingrad war zone. It will take him over 35 years to completely understand and finish the serum. Jevgenij injects it into himself .. and becomes immortal! As the years pass, he becomes very rich and extremely powerful. The year 2100 finds him utterly unsatisfied with the workings of the world and his despicable plot begins.Will Ren be able to stop him? |
| PC Fútbol 2005 | 2004-11-19 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Gaelco, S.A. | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | PC Fútbol is a football (called soccer in USA) managerial game that let you pick your favourite team and take it to the top, if you're good enough!You can sign up your favourite players, train the team, expand your stadium, choose sponsors, set the ticket price, etc.The matches can be seen in 3D so you can give orders to your players in real time, or you can choose to see the final score only.The game has a big database with 2,000 teams and 48,000 players, and has the Spanish LFP and FIFPro official licenses so all the players have their real names/appearance. |
| Phantom Integration | 2004-11-19 | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Thriller | Visual novel | Contemporary | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Phantom Integration is an updated version of Phantom of Inferno that integrates the improved graphics and story adjustments of the DVD and PS2 version back into the original PC game (which includes scenes with adult content) to create a definitive version of the game. However, it lacks the voice acting that was present in the DVD and PS2 version. The most significant change in Phantom Integration which differentiates it from prior releases of the game, however, is the addition of a brand new achievable ending at the conclusion of Chapter 3, titled "Gazing at the Starry Sky". |
| Monster Fair | 2004-11-20 | LittleWing Co. Ltd. | LittleWing Co. Ltd. | Action, Simulation | Top-down | | | Pinball | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Reiko F. Nojima (LittleWing) | Windows | Half a century ago, an alien spacecraft crashed on Earth. The UFO crew tried to repair their ship, but mankind technology was too primitive at the time. Seem as monsters by the human population, the aliens resort to disguise themselves as freaks in a traveling roadshow. They must accumulate enough money to buy the new parts and escape the planet.Monster Fair is the 8th pinball simulator created by LittleWing. It has one table with a carnival theme. The goal is to buy all the ship's parts for the aliens, so they can go back to space. Money is awarded after successfully completing a show. Tickets for the shows are acquired by sending the ball through lanes and ramps, and by hitting drop targets.There are five shows that start after hitting Dracula's tent:
In the Summon Werewolf Show, a three-ball multiball starts and the goal is to shoot the rollercoaster six times clockwise to complete the metamorphosis and receive 4,000,000;
In the Bat Frenzy Show, another three ball multiball starts and the player has to hit the targets 100 times, each hit turning the bats into coins and awarding 50,000;
In the Count Dracula Show, a countdown starts with 40 seconds left, and the objective is to hit eleven drop targets before time runs out, with a final score of 5,000,000. Shooting lanes extends the time limit by two seconds, while hitting drop targets adds four seconds;
In the Hide & Seek Show, a three-ball multiball starts and the goal is to hit the bumpers 40 times to receive 3,000,000;
In the Premium Ticket Show, a countdown starts at 40 seconds, and the objective is to collect four tickets by shooting lanes and ramps, and finally hit Dracula's tent for the premium ticket, all within the time limit.Completing all the five shows starts the Return Voyage multiball, with jackpots and several additional multiballs modes available at the stands around the fair. |
| JFK Reloaded | 2004-11-22 | Traffic Management Ltd. | Traffic Management Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Contemporary, Historical events, North America | | | | | | Windows | This interactive reenactment puts the player on the sixth floor of the Texas Schoolbook Depository building, in Lee Harvey Oswald's shoes, behind his Mannlicher-Carcano sniper rifle. Watching Dealey Plaza through the rifle's crosshairs, players take aim on JFK, as the motorcade approaches, and are then rewarded for how accurately they can recreate the events of November 22nd 1963.A replay of in-game events provide famous perspectives on the assassination, including a Zapruder-view of the events. Players are rewarded for not deviating from the Warren Commission's finding, although the game allows for experimentation. Players are also competing for a $100,000 prize for the most accurate recreation. |
| Sid Meier's Pirates!: Live the Life | 2004-11-22 | Atari, Inc. | Firaxis Games East, Inc. | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Fighting, Stealth | Sea pirates / Caribbean | Naval / watercraft | | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Sid Meier returns to his roots with this remake of Sid Meier's Pirates!, his 1987 game about sailing the high seas in search of treasure. As in the original, you will plunder cities, sink enemy ships, and more. A plethora of different styles of gameplay will have you sneaking out of prison, dancing with the governor's daughter, engaging in real-time strategic combat, and a slew of others. Sid Meier's Pirates! features a new 3D engine, but its style of stringing several minigames together to make a congruent game remains true to the original. |
| Alexander | 2004-11-23 | Ubisoft, Inc. | GSC Game World | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | Real-time strategy | Classical antiquity, Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Isometric | Windows | Alexander is an RTS based on the movie of the same same, and the real-life Alexander the Great. The game follows the same general path as the movie, and includes media straight from the film. Present in the game are Greek, Persian, Indian and Egyptian forces, with a campaign for each. The hybrid 2D/3D engine (2D units, 3D terrain - also used in Cossacks 2: Napoleonic Wars) allows for a very large number of troops on the field. This is used to good effect, as battles can easily contain hundreds of units. Finally, multiplayer and skirmish levels are available, and the soundtrack (of the game and the movie) is by the composer Vangelis.The actual goals for each mission vary, but they all are of the "Destroy/Survive/Escort" variety. Still, the scale of the battles is interesting, as is the opportunity to replay some of the great battles of Alexander's rule. |
| Grand Theft Auto: The Classics Collection - Grand Theft Auto / Grand Theft Auto: London / GTA2 | 2004-11-23 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation of the earlier GTA titles includes the original Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 and Grand Theft Auto 2. |
| Remedy | 2004-11-23 | MDNA Games | MDNA Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Europe | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Remedy is an adventure game about the English girl Carol housesitting for a friend in Sweden. When her detective friend Conrad Vogel passes away, she decides to try and solve the case he was working on before he died. Her investigations trigger more questions than they answer.It is a story-driven, first person point-and-click mystery game with inventory-based puzzles. Graphics consist of real photographs, shot in Norrkoping, Sweden, with a waterpainting filter overlay. All spoken dialogue is in English, and also subtitled in English. During the story, new locations will open up which can be travelled to via a map.The game is entirely controlled through the left mouse button. The default cursor changes to a magnifying glass or a hand when an item can be examined, used or picked up. To move between locations, arrows appear near the sides of the screen when the mouse is hovered in that direction. Collected items appear at the top of the screen. Carol can talk to other characters, using the dialogue options that appear at the bottom of the screen. |
| Spin & Win | 2004-11-23 | Arcade Lab | Arcade Lab | Gambling, Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Click the spin button and see where the wheels lands - that's the basic gameplay in Spin & Win. Each stop on the wheel represents a different event. There are mini game like memory, cherry triple, horse racing and scratch a combo, and also tokens like score doublers and extra spins. After the event the score you got is added to your totals and you get to spin the wheel again.The game has three different modes: In Classic mode you get 20 spins to get as high score as possible. Marathon mode is like classic but here you get 100 spins! Fortune is the last game mode. Here the goal is to get 50,000 point in as few spins as possible.Each time you complete a game you are awarded a trophy to put in your trophy room. This room is also accessible from the title screen so you can come back and look at your achievement at any time.
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| The Settlers: Heritage of Kings (Limited Edition) | 2004-11-23 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition includes:
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings
A Sticker
A wooden pen
A lanyard keychain
A two-sided poster with the technology-tree on the back
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| World of WarCraft | 2004-11-23 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy, Steampunk | | Direct control, Point and select | Persistent, Real-time | Teen | | Windows | World of Warcraft is a MMORPG based in the Warcraft universe. The player creates a character choosing from 8 races and 9 classes. Most races start in their own part of the vast world. As the races move out from their starting locations, they can meet the other races if they choose to move out through the world. Both races and classes have unique abilities, skills, and spells to help them survive in the world.The game offers professions for players to learn, if they want. You have the choice of 2 major professions, such as Alchemy, Herbalism, Skinning, and Tailoring, as well as the ability to have unlimited minor professions, such as Fishing and Cooking. Progressing in these skills allows you to make more things or have better results from the skills.The gameplay is similar to most other MMORPG games, where you must go out into the world, complete quests, kill monsters, and level up your character. And, as often is the case, you also will want to find, make, or buy better equipment as you go along. There are multiple levels of equipment from normal to artifact based on rarity. The player can also join various guilds and parties.You also can move quickly between areas by learning to ride a mount when your level is high enough, or taking another form of transport that you can't control movement for, such as train, griffon, and more. |
| World of WarCraft (Collector's Edition) | 2004-11-23 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Besides World of WarCraft (two copies, with a free one-month subscription and a 10-day guest pass), this Collector's Edition contains the following items:
World of Warcraft: Behind the Scenes DVD DVD, which includes developer commentaries, digitally mastered cinematics, artwork, and cinematic concepts
Collector's Edition manual, signed by the development team
Exclusive in-game pet - players can choose one exclusive pet from three surprise creatures available in-game
Cloth Map - scroll map charting the twin landmasses of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms
Soundtrack CD featuring exclusive bonus tracks
The Art of World of Warcraft coffee table book |
| Ford Racing 3 | 2004-11-24 | Akella | Razorworks | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Ford Racing 3 is the sequel to Ford Racing 2.Now there are 55 Ford models available (Ford GTs, Thunderbirds, concepts, SVT vehicles, Mustangs and Trucks) and you unlock them as you win the races.Twenty six tracks are available, including road, off-road and oval ones, in different environments (snow, mud, water, mountain trails, beach, race tracks and more).It has 2 play modes: Ford Competition and Ford Challenge. In Ford Competition you run 14 thematic cups. In Ford Challenge, you run single races in different game modes: boost, relay, overtake, elimination, duel, drafting, driver skills, seconds out, race line and time attack. As you win the races, you collect Ford cars, tracks and race types.The multiplayer mode allows you to play via LAN (only for PC) and split screen mode (on PS2 and Xbox). |
| Worms Forts: Under Siege | 2004-11-24 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Team17 Software Limited | Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view, Top-down | | Comedy, War | Artillery | Classical antiquity, Egypt (Ancient), Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval), Medieval | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Worms Forts: Under Siege is a turn-based strategy game where 2 – 4 people battle it out with a team of 4 worms with the help of weapons and forts. Each player takes timed turns bombing, shooting, causing natural and unnatural disasters, punching and blowing up the opponent’s worms. Each worm has a set amount of health and once that health is depleted or the worm drowns that worm is dead.New to the series is the ability to construct buildings to aid in the fight. Build hospitals to resurrect dead worms, science labs to increase your firepower, strongholds to base your operations in and protect your worms, towers, keeps, castles and citadels to deploy weapons from their tops and weapon factories to produce multiple weapons around them at the start of each turn you take. Along with these typical buildings you can create Wonders which your opponent has two turns to knock down and if they don’t succeed you win. If they in turn build their own you must destroy it to win the game.Along with the typical Worms-style weapons like the mini gun, bazooka, rocket launcher, earthquake and homing pigeon (a homing missile in the form of a pigeon), you will also have weapons to destroy buildings like the trebuchet, fridge launcher, nuclear strike and the Trojan Donkey (which you get to place where you like and it remains there until it explodes, how long it takes to explode is not known). Some weapons like the Old Women and Rhino can be steered to your desired location upon which they explode on contact, or they can be exploded early by pressing a button.Throughout the game different crates will fall from the sky or teleport onto the playing field. There are four different types of crates: weapon crates (more powerful weapons); health crates (increase the health of a wounded or sick worm); utility crates, which carry instant utilities such as spy (see contents of all crates on the field), double time (doubling the time for your turn) and double damage (for one turn inflict double the damage); and collectible utilities like freeze (freeze your worms or buildings to protect them from damage for one turn), parachute (so your worm can safely jump from heights), jet pack (to reach distant locations and heights) and repair (to fix damaged buildings). Single play allows for a quick game, tutorial, campaign, the trials (death match against the CPU) and the viewing gallery, which allows you to view movies you have unlocked in the game by winning matches, see how much of the game you have completed, check out the credits and look through the Fortapedia (a list of buildings available in the game and their descriptions).As with the other Worms games, in multiplayer you have a plethora of options to choose from to set up a match against other people including allowing the CPU to play. Choose schemes (selection of pre-set weapons and game options), landscapes (the type of playing field – Roman, Egyptian, Samurai and Old World), Fortpot (a slot machine that randomly selects three game options from the many available), game settings (wins required, turn time, etc.), worm health and sudden death settings. |
| RTL Ski Jumping 2005 | 2004-11-25 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | 49Games GmbH | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | RTL Ski Jumping 2005 a simulation of the ski jumping sport. The handling is quite simple: the player uses the mouse to hold a steady course and clicks at the right moment to jump respectively land. In the career mode the player creates his own athlete who starts in the amateur league. For successful competitions he receives prize money and experience points which he reinvests into better coaches or equipment respectively better character statistics, e.g. landing technique. The goal is to become the best athlete in the world.The game features a optional technique analysis after every jump which shows potential points of improvement and challenges in the career mode which unlock special pieces of equipment, e.g. a perfect landing. There is also a quiz game with a few hundred questions about ski jumping. In comparison to the 2004 version the biggest improvement are the completely new graphics engine and the possibility to integrate photos when creating a new jumper. Instead of 28 licensed ramps there are now 39, including six summer ramps. A few (but not all) ski jumpers' names are also licensed. |
| Ski Alpin 2005 | 2004-11-25 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | 49Games GmbH | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ski Alpin 2005 is a action oriented sports game which simulates downhill skiing, slalom, giant slalom and super giant slalom. The game is completely controlled with the keyboard (except for the menus) - the player only has to move, accelerate and jump. In comparison to reality the courses are easier regarding flag position, with easy difficulty the player also is allowed to miss up to five ones.The game also features a career mode where the player creates his own athlete and starts in the lowest league. Ultimately the goal is to become the best athlete in the world. After successful races the player gets experience points and prize money. The latter is used to buy better equipment, the former to improve the four skiing skills which influence the performance. There are 48 courses in 12 locations. |
| Ski Jumping 2005: Third Edition | 2004-11-25 | Axel Springer Polska Sp. z o.o. | L'Art | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ski Jumping 2005: Third Edition is a simulation of the ski jumping sport. The handling is quite simple: the player uses the mouse to hold a steady course and holding both mouse buttons to jumps respectively land. In the career mode the player creates his own athlete and starts at youth competitions. Good end results bring sponsors and money which is reinvested in better gear and training lessons. Every good training jump results in better abilities which in turn positively influence the following jumps.Besides the career the game also offers smaller competitions, e.g. the Four Hills Tournament, summer and female tournaments. Overall there are 12 competitions on 44 ramps. Less precision is needed when playing the arcade mode. In comparison to similar titles the multiplayer mode is not restricted to single tournaments but the players can participate in the career mode too. There all competitions are played together and the training part separately. |
| Alexander: Die Stunde der Helden - Limitierte Auflage | 2004-11-26 | Fantastic.TV | Meridian'93 | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition contains the game Alexander: The Heroes Hour and a travel voucher of 20€. |
| Amiga Classix 4 | 2004-11-26 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Darkage Software | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation is part four in the Amiga Classix-series. There are 127 full version Amiga games and 66 additional Amiga Demos in this issue. Since those games aren't ports, an emulator (UAE) is included too.Players can select games by the genre they are interested in (Action, Adventure, Arcade, Sports, and Strategy & Sim; or Demo). Selecting a game will display screenshots and basic info (Year, Company, Web Link, and Manual) about the particular game, and up to two buttons to start the game (mouse/keyboard or mouse/joystick). Emulated are not just the games themselves, but also the actual loading times and the sounds from the disk drives while reading or writing. Copy protections are nearly completely removed, just three out of the 127 games still have them in place. The following 127 full version games are included (in order of the manual):Action Games:Air Supply
Astaroth: The Angel of Death
Aunt Arctic Adventure
Battle Squadron
Battle Valley
Cardiaxx
Charon 5
Cosmo Ranger
Custodian
Cyberblast
Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine
Cybernoid II: The Revenge
Cyberzerk
Deliverance
Disposable Hero
Eliminator
Exolon
Guardian
Gunshoot
Hybris
Insanity Fight
Insects in Space
Lethal Xcess
Moonfall
Nebulus
Nemac IV
Netherworld
Onslaught
The Plague
Rolling Ronny
Rubicon
Sirius 7
Slayer
Steel
Stormlord
Sword
Tearaway Thomas
Trex Warrior
Zarathrusta
Ziriax
ZynapsAdventure Games:The Adventures of Maddog Williams Vol 1. in the Dungeons of Duridian
Another World
Antares
Beneath a Steel Sky
Die Karawane der siebten Dynastie
Jack the Ripper
Lure of the Temptress
Pechowy Prezent
Projekt Prometheus
Sixth Sense Investigations
Valhalla and the Lord of InfinityArcade Games:Arkanoid
Bandit Mania
Benny Beetle in Colorworld
Blockhead
Blockhead II
Bomb Mania
Boppin'
Brain Man
Brainball
Colorix
Crack
Dugger
Eye of the Dragon
Globulus
Goliath - The game of the Demons
Leonardo
Magic Ball
Mental Image Game Disk I
Monster Business
Obsession Pinball
Pinball Dreams
Pinball Fantasies
Pinball Illusions
Pinball Mania
P. P. Hammer and His Pneumatic Weapon
Shizophrenia
Slam Tilt
Sorcerer's Apprentice
Technology 2
Twintris
Winning Post
Zoom!Sport Games:5th Gear
Center Court Tennis
Der Trainer
Diego
Future Basketball
MegArts Hockey
Powerplay Icehockey Manager
Samba Partie
Samba Partie Professional
Samba World Cup 98
Super Skidmarks
Super Tennis Champs
Tactical Manager
Tactical Manager 2
Tactical Manager Italia
Tie Break
World Hockey League Manager
XTreme RacingStrategy Games and Simulations Games:A320 Airbus
A320 Airbus II
Approach Trainer
Big Picture
Black Gold
Conquestador
Cygnus 8
D.N.A.
Debut - Planet Simulation
Designasaurus
Erben des Throns
Flamingo Tours
Hannibal
Hillsea Lido
Hollywood Pictures
JU52-Flight Simulator
Manager
Mobile Warfare
Rings of Medusa
Space M.A.X.
Spoils of War
Subtrade: Return to Irata
Timekeepers
UMS: The Universal Military Simulator
Winzer
Additional Demos:The Addams Family
Alfred Chicken
Alien Breed: Tower Assault
ATR: All Terrain Racing
Apidya
Benefactor
Big Run
Blood Money
Brian the Lion Starring In: Rumble in the Jungle
Bubba 'n' Stix
Bubble and Squeak
Cadaver
Chase H.Q. II
Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck
Dark Seed
Dragon's Breath
Dragon's Lair
Elfmania
Exile
Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun
FIFA International Soccer
Flashback
Flight of the Amazon Queen
Football Glory
Frontier: Elite II
Full Contact
Gem'X
Globdule
Gobliiins
Gods
Hero Quest II: Legacy of Sorasil
Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom
Jaguar XJ220
K240
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
Lamborghini: American Challenge
Leander
Lemmings 2: The Tribes
Mega Lo Mania
Pang
Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III
Premier Manager 3
Pro Tennis Tour 2
Project-X
Rick Dangerous II
Sensible World of Soccer
Simon the Sorcerer
Soccer Kid
Super Stardust
Superfrog
The First Samurai
The Lion King
The Lost Vikings
The New Zealand Story
Titus the Fox: To Marrakech and Back
Tornado
Turrican II: The Final Fight
Turrican 3
Wonder Dog
Worms
Xenon 2: Megablast
X-Out
Yo! Joe! Beat the Ghosts
Zeewolf
Zool
Z-Out |
| Bridge Builder: Planen, Bauen & Testen | 2004-11-26 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | Chronic Logic LLC | Puzzle, Simulation | Side view | | | City building / construction simulation | | Train | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | This version - distributed only in Germany - is a slightly modified and localized version of the Bridge Construction Set.
Among the main differences are a different GUI design, higher resolution textures and some level modifications. |
| Jinkō Shōjo 2 | 2004-11-26 | Illusion | Illusion | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Jinkō Shōjo 2 is a "dating sim" game, in which the player's goal is to successfully seduce a young girl on a beautiful island. The difference between this game and other games of the same kind lies mostly in the player's ability to customize the 3D model of the girl. It is possible to change her hair style, clothes, size of the breasts, etc. The island itself contains several different locations, such as, naturally, a beach, a school building, and even a dungeon. You travel around with the girl, talk to her her, and make progress depending on your choices. You can try and initiate an interactive sex scene in different locations. The scenes will vary depending on the location you chose; also, the position in which you'll have sex will be different depending on whether you were facing the girl or not at the exact moment you made your move. During the scene, you'll have to undress the girl and caress her in order to properly stimulate her for making love. There is no background story in the game, and it focuses entirely on seducing the nameless young girl. |
| Kanon: Standard Edition | 2004-11-26 | Visual Art's | Key | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Developed by | Windows | The Standard Edition rerelease of Kanon updates the PC version with changes from the console version. It includes the new scenes and illustrations from the console versions while retaining the original PC version's adult content, but doesn't include the voice acting which was introduced in the console releases. On a technical level, it ports the game to the REALLIVE engine used by the console versions and comes on a DVD instead of a CD. |
| Shrine: Circus Tycoon | 2004-11-26 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Reality Flux | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Shrine: Circus Tycoon is a economical simulation where the player manages a circus. As usual the player has a building site to his disposal where he simply places all the buildings and items he wants to use. At first the most important acquisitions are caravans and circus artists, e.g.acrobats or animal trainers. He also has to think of other necessary equipment to supply his employees, e.g. a kitchen. Later the player can expand his circus to a small theme park with rollercoasters or carousels. The player can use these attractions himself, then he has to solve an arcade mini game.When the park is open to the public the player can watch the customers walking on the circus ground. With one click he also can fade out the circus tent and watch the artist's performances. Besides this isometric perspective there are also statistics screens. Besides the free building mode there are also 15 missions in different locations. When starting the next mission the player has not to start from the beginning but keeps his circus. |
| The Incredibles: When Danger Calls | 2004-11-26 | THQ Inc. | ImaginEngine | Action | | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | The Incredibles: When Danger Calls is a collection of 10 missions for the original movie characters. Use Mr Incredible's strength to fight Syndrom's henchmen or play as Flash or Violetta. |
| Circulate | 2004-11-27 | PiEyeGames | PiEyeGames | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Circulate is another variation in the matching tiles sub-genre of casual games. This time, the player has to rotate a circle at the center of the screen with the mouse. The inside surface of the circle is constructed as a maze, and the balls residing in its nooks and crannies fall as if obeying the laws of gravity.The main objective of most levels is to link spheres of the same color in order to make them disappear. Some levels require moving the balls to a container. Other levels require that spheres destroy each other (fire balls destroy ice balls, and vice versa). |
| Hyperballoid Deluxe | 2004-11-29 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Kernel Kaput | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Hyperballoid Deluxe is a Breakout game, but no ordinary, at least two of the three game modes aren't ordinary.The Traditional game mode plays and looks like you expect. You have your paddle, and a screen filled with rectangular bricks forming a certain structure. Now you are firing a ball from your paddle to the structure, destroying bricks on ball impact. You use the paddle to bounce the ball back into the playfield when it's about to leave the bottom of the screen. Once all bricks are gone, you proceed to the next level. When you loose all your lives, you have lost the game.The other two game modes, Exotic and Extreme, featuring not only rectangular bricks, but all sorts of geometric figures, like triangles, circles, squares, ellipses and more. Even different sized bricks are possible here. This allows the creation of correctly looking trees, clouds and other tiny things, but also in the level size, like a level, which looks like a clock. Furthermore, motion is possible here. Predefined bricks may move a certain way, loose bricks (which don't break apart on first impact) may fly away on impact, etc. So, back to clock example: the clocks hands are moving.The game itself offering plenty of power-ups, like paddle shrinker/expander, ball speed increase/decrease, 3-ball, 8-ball, level skipper, different sized balls, different weapons (laser, gun, etc.), and much more. All in all 25 different power-ups.Furthermore, you have the chance to play through 150 different levels on three difficulty settings. |
| Learn to Play Chess with Fritz & Chesster 2: Chess in the Black Castle | 2004-11-29 | Viva Media, LLC | ChessBase GmbH, wpMediendesign | Educational, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Chess | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Fritz and Chesster lead the way as they teach you the basics of chess as well as advanced strategies while unfolding the following plot: Chesster, the comical cartoon rat, is being held in King Black's castle. Join Chesster's friends, Fritz and Bianca, as they explore the castle and rescue him. The ultimate showdown will take place on the chessboard, but you will be ready because along the way you will learn all the moves you need to win.
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| Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet | 2004-11-29 | Key | Key | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | Setting | Windows | In the future, mankind has almost wiped itself out due to a long-running global nuclear war brought on by the panic that arose from the depletion of all of Earth's natural resources, and the subsequent failure to colonize other planets. With "The War" over and only a few thousand people left, a constantly falling rain, which is potentially deadly due to years and years of nuclear fallout, threatens to destroy the rest. The protagonist of the story is a scavenger who has broken into an abandoned city. He takes refuge from the rain inside a large department store building and finds something very unexpected on the top floor...Planetarian is a "kinetic novel", or a linear, non-interactive visual novella, running on Key's RealLive engine, that will take about 4 or 5 hours to read. Upon completion, options appear on the main menu allowing you to view the CGs again and listen to the music. |
| Turbo Sliders | 2004-11-29 | Jollygood Games | Jollygood Games | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Turbo Sliders is a top-down track racing game with emphasis on online play, which allows players to participate in racing tournaments. Each tournament ("cup") consists of a number of races, which each consist of a specified number of laps. There are several cars to choose from, differing in stats. Players can create their own cars and tracks (a track editor is included with the game). In addition, the game allows creating a recording of the race. |
| Armies of Exigo | 2004-11-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Black Hole Entertainment | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Armies of Exigo is another RPS (RTS-RPG hybrid) in the tradition of Warcraft III. The land of Men is threatened by a bestial force returning after having been soundly defeated. The elders fail to read the signs of impending doom, and only a young hero who is granted leadership of the council heeds the prophecy that foretold this conflict.This is more or less the story of the game. There are three different sides in Armies of Exigo, with the third joining the fray later in the campaign. The game offers quite a few interesting features, such as travelling in and exploring underground passages, the ability to form "supergroups" comprised of several traditional squads assigned to numbers.Heroes are the most powerful units in the game, but all units advance with experience, even if they do so slowly. Also, being a traditional RTS with base building, Armies of Exigo utilizes three kinds of resources: gold, wood and gems. |
| DD Tournament Poker 2005: No Limit Texas Hold'em (Collector's Edition) | 2004-11-30 | Eagle Games, Inc. | Donohoe Digital LLC | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This Annie Duke themed Collector's Edition of DD Tournament Poker contains:
Version 1.2 of the main game
Game manual (different theme, but identical contents compared to the original retail release)
Annie Duke's business card with printed signature
UltimateBet.com poker software disc (Windows only)
Bluff magazine order postcard
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| Die Pferdebande: Weiße Stute in Gefahr | 2004-11-30 | dtp entertainment AG | Caipirinha Games GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This is a mystery adventure game starring The Horse Gang: Karolin, Chris and Philipp.The three young detectives are enjoying their summer holidays and go for a long ride in the woods. Suddenly two mopeds very noisily race through the forest and scare the horses. When they calm them down, the three discover something terrible: someone has been dumping waste. They also stumble upon an injured white mare and its rider. The Horse Gang is determined to find out who is behind the environmental pollution, who has tried to harm the mare and who has been trying to break in at Hohenhain Manor. Chris, Karolin and Philipp have to rescue the horse, help the vet, capture runaway horses and find out why the white mare is in danger. The game also features horse riding and horse care, collecting evidence and clues, and talking to various other in-game characters. You play as all three the detectives alternately. |
| Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | 2004-11-30 | Valve Corporation | Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is the stand-alone multiplayer version of Half-Life 2. The original game did not contain a multiplayer part, and it was released later. The main goal of the game is to annihilate your opponent(s) in a free-for-all multiplayer battle. The game features the famous HL2 gravity gun which turns random objects into deadly ammunition, making it the first online FPS game to heavily utilize physics simulation for gameplay. Besides the standard HL2 weaponry it adds the Stunstick and the Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition (SLAM). The game features a Deathmatch and a Team Deathmatch scenario (Combine vs. Rebel). This game is often included with various Half-Life packs, both offline and online. |
| Konung 2: Blood of Titans | 2004-11-30 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC, Merscom LLC | 1C Company | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | The sequel to Legend of the North: Konung, from Russian developer 1C. Set in the same Scandinavian fantasy realm as the previous title, Konung 2 is the story of 6 great heroes who are all descended from the legendary Titans (hence the game's subtitle). They include Anastasia, the Byzantine archer; Alexander, the fencing master; Helga, the healer; Ratibor, the battle axe-wielding elder; Ejnar, the ferocious ex-prisoner; and Velmira, the vengeful swordswoman.With the land under the evil spell of the Dark Master, one of these heroes (selected by the player before the game begins) will take the lead on a quest to vanquish the Master and set things right once again. Dialogue and numerous side quests supplement the main storyline, which unfolds in a variety of indoor and outdoor settings.Besides the obvious fantasy-RPG elements, Konung 2 follows its predecessor in incorporating real-time strategy elements. You can direct a party of up to 10 characters into battle simultaneously, and there is also a town management component. |
| Prince of Persia: Warrior Within | 2004-11-30 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Middle East | | | | Mature | | Windows | Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is the direct sequel to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Seven years later, the Prince is hunted by a monster known as Dahaka. He finds out that anyone who manipulates the Sands of Time is destined to die shortly afterwards; but the Prince has escaped his fate, and that's the reason for Dahaka's rage. Now the Prince must travel to the mysterious Island of Time, where he hopes to find the Empress of Time and, through time manipulation, somehow prevent her from creating the Sands in the first place...The game comes with a new, darker look for the Prince and his surroundings. The fights are more brutal and take a larger part in the game, as the Prince now has enhanced fighting moves including new attack moves via walls and poles.Even though the fights make up a large part of the game, the puzzle sections are still present and more complicated than before. A new move in the puzzle sections of the game is the curtain slide, which allows you to slide down to the ground slowly. There are still plenty of options for time manipulation and the storyline also lets you travel back and forth in time, visiting the same locations in an alternate time period. |
| Blasterball 2: Holidays | 2004-12-01 | WildTangent, Inc. | WildTangent, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | This game is the sequel to Blasterball 2: Revolution. It is a Breakout game, so you have your paddle, the ball and a level filled of bricks, which you have to destroy with the ball, which you "control" with the paddle.The game starts with 3 lives, once you miss your last ball in the game, you loose a life. If you scoring enough points by breaking the bricks, you will be rewarded with an extra life. The same goes when you are lucky enough to catch one of those rare 1-UP-Power-Ups. With those lives, you play through two worlds, each filled with 100 levels. At every 20th level, you are facing a guardian, which blocks the next levels. The more guardians you face, the more powerful they are. Some guardians have self-defenses, which can destroy your paddle. The game has also bonus levels, which can be accessed by destroying the Secret-Brick. If you loose your final ball their, you don't loose a life, but the secret level ends immediately.The game offers four difficulty levels and while there is no save function, you can start the game from every 10th level, assuming you already reached those.Like usually, you have a lot of Power-Ups, which will help you to complete the game, those are: paddle shrinker, paddle expander, laser equipment, attach (the ball don't bounce from the paddle), phantom paddle (this provides a ghostly extension which follows you), twin paddle (it divides your paddle into two paddles, but you move them like one), slower ball, faster ball, divide (3-ball), 8-ball, Blasterball (goes through any bricks), extra life, flash (destroys the enemies) and score multipliers.The enemies aren't really enemies, as they can't attack you, but they might divert your ball into a direction, where you can't catch it. They can be destroyed by impacting with the ball.There are also a lot of special brick types in the game, most notable the explosive bricks (damaging adjacent bricks), the plague brick (spawns new normal bricks) and the secret brick.Touching the secret brick will immediately end the current game and you have the chance to play a secret level, to score lots of points (and earning additional lives that way).Special about this game is the theme, which is of course Holiday related, so the background graphics, the level design and your enemies originating from various different holidays. |
| Fuck Quest | 2004-12-01 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a parody of the Sierra-style games like Space Quest, King's Quest, etc. Similar interface, sounds, and graphics. This is a small game that'll make people who have played the Sierra games laugh, although I don't think anybody else will understand the point. Probably R-Rated because of not-so-subtle sexual content. Can be finished quickly. |
| Jonny RPG | 2004-12-01 | Jonny Comics Inc | Jonny Comics Inc | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Created by Jonathan Smeby, Jonny RPG is a humorous depiction of the developer's life with predominantly fantastic and surreal elements, as well as references to popular video games. Despite its name, Jonny RPG is not a role-playing game, but rather an adventure with action-based combat and some mini-games. The player controls the titular character through (mostly) top-down environments, exploring the surroundings, acquiring items, talking to characters, and sometimes fighting enemies in a simple action-oriented combat. The mini-games usually involve spoofs of famous video games such as the Mario franchise, Grand Theft Auto, and others. |
| Magic Ball Christmas Edition | 2004-12-01 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Dream Dale | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | This is the Christmas-/Winter-Edition to Magic Ball Deluxe. The game is a 3D Breakout, so your mission is to destroy all bricks in the level by bouncing your ball with your paddle so that you hit all bricks in the level. Once all bricks are gone, you proceed to the next level.The 3D is for the perspective, which is rotatable horizontal and vertical, but it also relates to the level structure, which is multi-layer. You always play at the ground layer, but as soon as the brick there is destroyed, any brick of a higher layer will fall down.The game offers a basic level pack and three bonus packs, all totaling in 275 levels.There are a lot of power-ups in the game, ranging from very good to very bad. For example: paddle shrinker and expander, slow ball & fast ball, magnetic paddle, multiball, fireball (ignites adjacent bricks), the all destroying ball, many different weapons for the paddle (gun, rockets, chemical rockets, etc.), Earthquake (will shake the screen), Level Skipper, Death "power-up" (will instantly kill the paddle), Day & Night power-ups, and many more.The weapon power-ups wearing not just off when you collect another power-up, but they also have only a limited ammunition. In example, the conventional rockets have an ammunition of 3 rockets, so you can't blow up the entire level with them.Finally, besides the standard offline highscore, the game also supports an online highscore. |
| Miami Vice | 2004-12-01 | Davilex Games B.V. | Atomic Planet Entertainment Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Based on the 80's TV series of the same name, this is a 3rd person shooter. Playing as Sonny Crockett or Ricardo Tubbs, the player must dismantle drug-lord Ortega's organization, following the plot of an episode of the series.Through 14 missions, the player must take down (or arrest, sometimes) drug dealers and solve some minor puzzles (like finding keys to open doors, or switching levers to get access to locked places). In some stages, the player can choose freely to play as Crockett or Tubbs, switching between them by the click of a button. They have different abilities (Tubbs, for instance, is tougher and can kick in doors, Crockett is more agile), and different weapons (Crockett has a pistol as primary weapon, Tubbs has a double barreled shotgun). The characters can also carry a secondary weapon, from among 14 types (9mm pistols, .45 pistols, silenced 9mm, Uzi-like sub-machineguns, etc.). Each character can use only certain types of weapon, Tubbs carrying usually the heavier ones. The primary weapons have unlimited ammo, the secondary ones don't.In the stages where the player can choose either Crockett or Tubbs, basic commands can be given to the secondary character, such as asking for following the partner or covering him. The characters will heal themselves as the time passes, and they can heal each other: if one of them dies, the other can revive him.The characters can interact with the environment: whenever an action is possible, an icon will appear, showing which action can be taken, such as opening (or breaking) doors, climbing ladders, etc. Jumping is part of those particular actions, as the characters can only jump at specific places where the proper icon shows up. As for other actions, characters can run, crouch, walk and lean against walls. To shoot enemies, the player must aim (with an auto aim button) and then shoot (with a shoot button).The game features the original theme from the TV show, as well as original voices. |
| Moorhuhn: Pinball | 2004-12-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | | | | Pinball | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Moorhuhn Pinball is a pinball game, featuring 5 tables related to the Moorhuhn theme, completely with fitting sound effects and graphics. First, you choose one of the tables. Four of them represent a game from the Moorhuhn series: Moorhuhn Kart, Moorhuhn Wanted, Moorhuhn Adventure (Der Schatz des Pharao) and Moorhuhn X. The fifth table is straight out of the 70s with a disco theme.The game is controlled with the keyboard. By pushing the "down" arrow key, the ball is released. The Alt and Alt Gr keys control the bars. The player can use the CTRL key to push the table, if the ball gets stuck somewhere. |
| Other Worlds | 2004-12-01 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Other Worlds is a freeware adventure game created using AGS. Gameplay is classic third person point-and-click similar to old Sierra or LucasArts games.In the game you will take control of a girl named Natalia, who returns to home only to discover that her boyfriend is missing. His tracks will lead you to a mysterious mansion where you'll learn about other worlds that exist parallel to ours. On her quest she will travel to many exotic places and meet interesting people. |
| Steer Madness | 2004-12-01 | Veggie Games Inc. | Veggie Games Inc. | Action, Educational, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Sandbox / open world | Contemporary, Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | You are Bryce the Steer, a sentient bovine who has escaped from the slaughterhouse. Now you are roaming the big city in an epic struggle to save your fellow animals from the disastrous effects of rampant meat consumption and global climate change. Steer Madness is an open world action game that is non-violent and is designed to spread a message of animal rights advocacy and veganism. Activities include racing with bikes and electric cars, hijacking cattle trucks, distributing pro-vegan stickers and posters, platforming, and various collection mini-games. The in-game soundtrack features tracks from various indie bands. |
| Texas Hold'em: High Stakes Poker | 2004-12-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Texas Hold'em: High Stakes Poker is a first person game where you play against 1 to 5 opponents chosen at random. Five classic poker games are included: No Limit Texas Hold ’Em, 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Draw, Omaha Express, and Razz. The opponents behave differently according to the amount of your bet and the moment of the game you place it. The graphics are prerendered 3d, including characters wearing contemporary clothes and some with cowboy style. A voiceover describes the game actions and country style music fills the background. |
| Zoo Vet | 2004-12-01 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Lions, tigers and bears... oh, my! In this game you'll get up close and personal with wild animals, because you are one of their doctors! Assume the role of a zoo veterinarian where you can pet, talk to and treat all types of animals in need of help. Every type of animal imaginable is a guest at this world-class zoo and you'll have the opportunity to meet dozens of them in Zoo Vet.There are several difficulty modes to choose from. You'll receive help along the way from zookeepers and other veterinarians on staff. Look up facts and play animal trivia to learn more about all of the animals. Earn up to 1,000 per case. The number of points determines what trophies and awards you win. If you do well enough, you will unlock more challenging cases and the praise of your co-workers. Win the game by getting a permanent job at the zoo.Travel to each of the animal habitats to perform examinations and evaluate the problems. Use 40 medically-accurate tools - even perform surgeries when needed! Go back to your office to relax, play bonus mini-games or to do research.The game features a simple point-and-click interface, rendered 3D graphics and voices by real actors and actresses. Zoo Vet is a family-oriented game for all ages. |
| Biathlon 2005 | 2004-12-02 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Geronimo Entertainment | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Biathlon 2005 is the fourth part in the Biathlon series. Like its predecessor, it allows you to play the Biathlon on your PC. Biathlon consists of two elements: cross-country skiing and rifle shooting on a shooting range. The game features a unique mixture of racing and shooting. If you waste too much energy during the race, the shooting parts will become more difficult. The player can create his own avatar to play with. There's nine different statistics that can be tuned. Game modes include time trial against a ghost opponent, sprint, pursuit, mass start and a career mode in which the player can try to win the World Cup. |
| Sid Meier's Pirates! (Limited Edition) | 2004-12-02 | Atari, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Limited Edition of Pirates came out in a bigger carton box which contains the game on 2 CDs, a quite big printed map of the Caribbean isles and a Pirates T-shirt. There's also a bonus DVD with some extras like:
Set Sail with Sid - Behind the scenes interviews with the development team
Exclusive content - Mods only available with this version
Bonus material - Artwork, sketches, developer diaries, and alternate cover submissions |
| The Sagara Family | 2004-12-02 | G-Collections | ZyX Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Yusuke is a Japanese youth who is going to attend college in Tokyo. During this time he lives in the house of one of his father's friends Maria. She used to live alone with her four daughters Arisa, Sanae, Ruruka and Emiru but now there is a man in the house again...The Sagara Family is an adult visual novel. The player advances and branches the story by making occasional choices, which influence the hero's relationships with the female characters. The game features multiple endings. |
| Xplosiv Collection Volume 2: Racing | 2004-12-02 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Xplosiv Collection Volume 2: Racing is a compilation and part of Empire Interactive's Xplosiv budget series. The following three racing games are included:
Ford Racing 2
Europe Racer
Total Immersion Racing
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| Great Battles of WWII: Stalingrad | 2004-12-03 | 1C Company | DTF Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Great Battles of WWII: Stalingrad is a World War II real-time strategy game with a focus on historical authenticity. There are 43 missions (including 7 hidden ones) based on real attacking and defending maneuvers during the Stalingrad battle. Every single battle scenario is modeled after real events.The missions have been divided over a German and a Russian campaign, starting from an early Wehrmacht offensive at the outskirts of a town, and ending with the surrender of the Nazi troops to the Red Army on the central square - covering major events from June 1942 till January 1943. The Germans march on Stalingrad while the Russian forces need to liberate the city and destroy the 6th Army of Wehrmacht. Terrain and buildings were reconstructed using pre-war photos, since much of the city was destroyed during bombing, due to artillery strikes and street fights.The player commands his forces through famous locations, such as Mamayev Kurgan, Pavlov's House and the Red October Steel Factory. The more than 150 units - tanks, self-propelled artillery, guns and aircraft have been modeled after the real units at the time. Uncommon models of construction were also incorporated, such as modifications of T-34 tanks built in different factories.Stalingrad uses the game engine from Blitzkrieg, where 3D landscapes and vehicles merge with sprite soldiers, buildings and other objects. It was slightly modified, for instance solving the known Blitzkrieg bug where, even after the patches, units could shoot through the buildings when an enemy was in visible target range.The units' characteristics are based on real-life values and were not altered in favor of easy or artificially balanced gameplay (though there is an "easy" mode available). Since there is not much space to maneuver around the city borders, air combat is limited to only attack ground forces. In contrast to Blitzkrieg, the fighters have been removed and the accuracy of the AA guns has been decreased.The game's music does not contain classic war marches. Instead, it was designed by the Russian metal-dub band Skafandr. |
| Syberia: Collectors Edition I & II | 2004-12-03 | MC2-Microïds | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Syberia
Syberia II |
| World War II: Panzer Claws 2 | 2004-12-03 | Fantastic.TV | Forces of Chaos Development Group, In Images | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | | | Windows | World War II: Panzer Claws 2 is the successor to World War II: Panzer Claws.
In this real-time strategy game you take control of the Allied, German or Russian forces or fight on side of the French resistance in France 1940.
Included are four Campaigns and fifteen additional multiplayer maps. |
| 15 Giant Games Vol.1 | 2004-12-06 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of 15 games of different genres published by JoWooD Productions Software AG, brought together in one large box with separate keep cases for each game, and with the games' latest patches and manuals included on supplementary discs.The games included are:
AquaNox 2: Revelation
Arx Fatalis
Cultures 2
Europa 1400: The Guild
Far West
Industry Giant II
Itch!
Keep the Balance!
King of the Road
Pusher
Rally Trophy
Soccer Manager
The Sting!
THiNK-X
The Nations
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| Fuck Quest 2: Romancing the Bone | 2004-12-06 | | | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Play the role of Richard, who hasn't had some action for the past two years! After watching some eventful TV, the over-ambitious hero decides to go to New York and try to score with a cast member of a popular TV series. Help Richard obtain his goal!Gameplay is still similar with its predecessor and other early Sierra text-based adventures. Type in 'verbs' to activate actions to progress in the game, especially when it comes to female subjects.Fuck Quest 2 was created using the Adventure Game Interpreter (AGI) engine. |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth | 2004-12-06 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Los Angeles | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth is a real-time strategy game set in the Lord of the Rings universe and makes use licensed elements from Peter Jackson's film trilogy.The game features four factions: Gondor, Rohan, Isengard, and Mordor. Bases are comprised of a fortress structure, a limited number of nodes upon which other buildings can be constructed, and surrounding walls with gates. Farm-type structures bring a constant income and raise the population cap. Further nodes can be found on the map to create more structures, either new fortresses or just farms. Unit production structures can level up with usage in order to gain access to more powerful or specialized unit types and upgrades.Regular units (with the exception of artillery) are trained in squads, and much like in WarCraft III, heroes can be trained. Heroes can gain up to 10 levels through experience in combat, and as they level up, they get new abilities and spells to cast. The player can also gain experience points in combat, much like in this game's immediate technological predecessor, Command & Conquer: Generals, which can be spent to unlock support powers from the Palantir, which in turn form a special tech tree as they act as prerequisites for each other.The game has two singleplayer campaigns, one for the Good factions and one for the Evil ones. Both are played on a meta-map, as the player chooses which area to take control of next, and each area bringing a different bonus for future skirmishes. The storyline follows the events of the Lord of the Rings films, and some key moments feature clips from the films themselves in the control interface. |
| Trivia Machine | 2004-12-06 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | HipSoft LLC | Educational, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Trivia Machine, your job is to correctly answer questions from 9 different categories. While the game itself is just a singleplayer game, you can compete in an online highscore with all other Trivia Machine players.One game is split into levels. In each level, you must obtain a certain amount of level points before you can reach the next level. You have a score meter, which will show you your progress. This meter is segmented, i.e. 5000, 10000, 15000, 20000 and your goal 25000 (in level 1). For each correctly answered question you earn the score it promise you before you selected the category. If you fail (wrong answer or time up), you loose all points until the nearest lowest mark (i.e with 9500 and a wrong answer, you will have 5000 remaining).Each level has also a question-counter. So you have only a certain amount of questions available. If you run out of questions before you reach your goal mark, you have lost.At each round, the game will generate one of the nine categories into the three difficulty settings, Elementary (easy), Scholar (medium), and Genius (hard). So you have to choose wisely what you want. Not only thinking about what you like and dislike, but also about the difficulty and the amount of points you earn, which are bigger, the more difficult the question is. But you have all the time you want to choose your category.The nine categories are:
Art & Literature
Geography
History
Movies
Music
Science
Sports
Technology
TV
Once you have chosen your category, you have a few seconds to read the question, and then some seconds more to answer it. The answers are multiple-choice, with four predefined answers. You have the opportunity to remove up to two wrong answers, but you will loose halve of the promised points for each time you do this.Besides the plain answering, there are also special events available, which are visible when you choose the question. Like double points for the current question, an extra round, or Lightning Round.In the Lightning Round, the game will ask you ten questions in just 60 seconds, still multiple-choice, but only three possible answers. The more you correctly answer, the more points you get. But those are just for the highscore, they won't help you will your level score.To make sure that you don't see the same questions again, the game will automatically download new questions each time you start a new game (if you allow it). |
| D-Day | 2004-12-07 | O~3 Entertainment | Digital Reality Software Kft | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Relive the events of D-Day in Digital Reality's World War 2 collection. Like Digital Reality's last game, Desert Rats VS Afrika Korps, players will prepare troops for battle, create combat strategies, and execute one of the largest military invasions in wartime history. The 12 campaigns historically recreates the D-Day events. the game boasts over 60 different units including rifleman, paratroopers, artillery, tanks, transports, and planes. The game features the standard death match and team death match multiplayer. The game includes a map editor for skirmish and multiplayer games. The game is powered by the Walker 2 engine previously seen in Desert Rats VS Afrika Korps. |
| Pattern | 2004-12-07 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Pattern is a grid-based puzzle where the player must figure out a randomly generated pattern of black squares. Numbers above and to the left of the grid indicate how many groups of black squares are in a given row or column, and how many squares are in each group (the groups must be separated from each other by at least one white square). The size of the grid can be freely chosen. |
| Shadowbane: Throne of Oblivion | 2004-12-07 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Wolfpack Studios Inc. | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | The second expansion pack to the MMORPG Shadowbane, Throne of Oblivion includes both the original release, and The Rise of Chaos expansion.The Lich-Queen Ithriana, has taken possession of the legendary sword Shadowbane. Now players can experience the vampire race, with powers fueled by their own "life-force". (Health) Use two new classes, the nightstalker and necromancer, and revel in new-found powers for the previously available classes. Explore two new zones on the Isle of Oblivion.Featuring enhancements to city management and new siege mechanics. Players can now upgrade their city to a capital, which can bestow bonuses (belligerent, mercantile, or feudal) based upon how you run things. Buildings can now be sabotaged and fortified through magic. In addition, players are able to mount weapons on their city towers and use mangonels and ballistae in siege warfare. |
| Worldwide Soccer Manager 2005 | 2004-12-07 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | Everyone | | Windows | Following a long association with Eidos who published Sports Interactive's Championship Manager games, the two companies parted. Eidos retained the rights to the Championship Manager name and Sports Interactive retained the game code and database which they developed into Football Manager 2005. This is therefore the first game in what became the long-running Football Manager series.This game is primarily a management game. The player accesses all aspects of the game from team selection, transfers, media interaction tactics and the like via a menu system. Actual games are viewed in a top down 2-D mode. As is customary with games in this series a data editor is supplied so that the player can update the game as transfers take place and regulations change. Some of the game's featured statistics are:
over one hundred attributes for each player,
over five thousand teams in fifty countries,
over one hundred attributes for each player
statistics for over a quarter of a million players and staff,
a database with over two and a half thousand contributors.New game elements include:
A Media section which allows managers to influence the managers of other teams and players by making statements to the press and TV
A completely revised interface
The Physio Room which provides accurate injury data |
| After the End | 2004-12-08 | Kraisoft Entertainment | Kraisoft Entertainment | Action | Diagonal-down | | Horror | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | All you ever wanted to do was help out. After all you did receive a distress signal from the research base. But as your patrol ship dropped down to investigate on the surface of planet Rydon 7 you were shot down. Thankfully you survived the crash but will you survive the mysteries of this planet which has become a sort of wasteland? If you want to make it out of here you'd better because you will have to gather the stolen parts of your ship and since you're a a patrolman you'd better find out what went down. Otherwise who knows what else will happen after the end.After The End is an isometric shooter game where you control a patrol officer and fight legions of monsters and creatures through forests, labs, shrines and lava fields. There are sixteen weapons to collect and use at your leisure including a flame thrower, shotgun, explosives and mines. On occasion you will be able to take control of a vehicle and crush your enemies for a limited time. Your character will "level-up" depending on the number of monsters killed and you will use these points, for example, to extend your life bar or shorten your re-load time. Game modes are the usual Campaign mode where you will go through the story of the game, a Firing Range mode where you will go through the game and learn how to use the weapons, and a final Survival mode typical of these types of games where you will try and survive the enemy onslaught with limited means of survival. The game allows for users to share their scores on the official website and also allows for the squeamish to turn off the blood.
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| The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay | 2004-12-08 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Starbreeze Studios AB, Tigon Studios | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | You are Richard B. Riddick, a convicted criminal with a record as long as War and Peace. You are the most wanted man in the known universe, and you have just been captured and arrested. You are being transported to Butcher Bay, a triple-maximum-security prison, the deadliest prison ever built. No one has ever escaped, and those who tried have been killed. Will you be the first?As Riddick, you must find your way out of the prison and to safety. You begin in a cell, and soon, hell breaks out. You are left with nothing to defend yourself, so you must find a machine which will allow you to use guards weapons, otherwise you will be shocked, as they are DNA protected.Throughout your adventure, you will explore the prison complex, caverns, mines, the triple-security area, and even the palace area, where all of the administration is housed.To help you escape, you will have access to a small but deadly arsenal of weapons, such as a pistol and machine gun. There are a number of melee weapons available too, like a wrench or shiv (shard of glass).You will have to take on several different enemies, from guards to prisoners to robotics to mutated humans, also called 'dwellers' who lives deep below under the prison.Vin Diesel voices Riddick. The game is a prequel to the 1999 film Pitch Black, which first introduced Vin Diesel as Richard Riddick, the anti-hero. |
| Bad Mojo: Redux | 2004-12-09 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Pulse Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Bad Mojo Redux is a re-issue of Bad Mojo, originally released in 1996, updated for newer computer systems. The core game has not been changed, but technical issues have been eliminated and the FMV sequences have been enhanced. This version contains a making-of documentary, concept art and storyboards. |
| Battle Mages: Sign of Darkness | 2004-12-09 | Buka Entertainment | Targem Games | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Battle Mages: Sign of Darkness is a stand-alone add-on for Battle Mages. This means there are no technical or gameplay innovations but new campaigns. The story is set before Battle Mages where the player rescued the world after humans, dwarfs, elves and orcs divided and fought each other. The four cohesive campaigns of this game show how this could happen.The player takes the role of a soul ghost which flies over the map and controls the units. The game itself is a mixture between classical real-time strategy and RPG. As ghost the player has no inventory and needs his minions to transport items such as artifacts. Of course there also used for fighting. The units get experience points for solved quests and defeated enemies and can level up five times. This improves there abilities. The ghost can intervene too by using magic spells. He gets experience points too and the player can choose the spells he wants to improve. By exploring the map he finds more quests to solve. |
| Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone | 2004-12-09 | Atari, Inc. | Stormfront Studios | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Centuries ago two unspeakably evil forces were entrapped in a Demon Stone while battling each other. Now three adventurers happen to meet by chance and discover the Demon Stone just as it breaks and releases the two spirits: a Githyanki general and a Slaad lord. Now only these three can prevent a war that will sweep over all Faerun.Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone is an action RPG set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms. Take control of three heroes, Rannek the fighter, Illius the sorcerer, and Zhai the rogue, as they try to destroy the evil unleashed by the breaking of the Demon Stone. The player only controls one character at a time but can switch between them on the fly with the direction pad. Each character has his/her own attack and can perform combos by pressing certain button combinations, e.g. B + B or A + B + A, and even perform team attacks and a team super attack. As they gain experience they will gain levels and can purchase new moves (combos) or upgrade old ones with experience points. They also collect gold with which they purchase new weapons, armor, and accessories at the end of each chapter. |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth (Limited Edition) | 2004-12-09 | Electronic Arts Deutschland GmbH | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition includes:
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle For Middle-Earth
Access to certain areas of the "The Fellowship Club" Site
Exclusive multiplayer in-game bonus
Bonus DVD with:
Inside The Battle - Volume 1: Unit Emotion
Inside The Battle - Volume 2: A Living World
Inside The Battle - Volume 3: Middle-Earth A.I.
Making Of A Cinematic
E³ Presentation
E³ Game Trailer
Game Trailer #1
Game Trailer #2
Screenshots |
| Elf Bowling: Bocce Style | 2004-12-10 | NStorm, Inc. | NStorm, Inc. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | | | | | | | | Windows | Elf Bowling: Bocce Style is the fifth game in the Elf Bowling series. In this one, you play an European game called bocce. In the game a random player sends the jack, also called a pallino or boccino, represented here by a penguin, down the lane by setting him in the lane left to right with the mouse, and then aiming the candy cane by moving the mouse up or down. When the green "power indicator" arrows are where you want, press the mouse button to kick. You must get the penguin beyond the blue line but not all the way to the back of the lane. Next, the player that got the penguin into the designated area sends an elf down the lane, trying to get as close to the penguin as possible. Now the other player sends an elf down the lane. Whichever player is now closer to the penguin in "in", the other player is "out". The player that is "in" keeps sending elves until they send four or one they sent is not closer than the opponents. The player whose elf is closest to the penguin, wins the round and gets points for all elves that are closer to the penguin the the opponents closest elf.Play continues, round after round, until one player reaches the winning score, which can be set to four, seven or twelve points. In addition to selecting one player versus the computer or two player, you can play as Santa, Dingle Kringle, Mrs. Kringle or Ellyfay Elf. You can play at the North Pole Sleighport, an iceberg, Santa's Toy Factory or Elf Village. |
| RocketBowl | 2004-12-10 | GarageGames, Inc. | Large Animal LLC | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | RocketBowl is a bowling game with a futuristic twist. It's the 1958 Kalamazoo World's Fair, and it's premiere for the new sport Rocket Bowling. Like in real bowling your objective is to knock down all the pins. But RocketBowl is different in many ways. It's played in a big arena that almost looks like a mini golf courses and it has both hills and curves and different obstacles. You can roll the ball into another frame and there score, making it possible to take out pins in two frames at a shot. Balls are not quite normal either, in RocketBowl the balls are equipped with jets and you have several different balls that you can buy when you have earned enough money. You earn money when you win tournaments or if you hit special dollar bins. The game contains 7 courses and 20 bowling balls. |
| Abandoned Bricks | 2004-12-12 | | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Abandoned Bricks is a Tetris clone, offering several modes of play.In every mode, play proceeds as usual in Tetris: blocks of varying shapes are dropped from the top of the screen, and the player must rotate and position them so as to form complete horizontal lines, which then disappear from the screen.In Classic mode, the goal is to clear a certain number of lines. When this goal is reached, the screen is cleared and the next level begins, requiring more lines to be removed. The shapes drop more quickly as the game progresses, increasing as each line is cleared.In Challenge mode, only two shapes are available for each level but play proceeds otherwise as in classic mode.In Bastet mode, play proceeds as in classic mode, but rather than the shapes being chosen at random, the AI chooses from among the least useful shapes, using the algorithm from Bastet version 0.41. Additionally, the next brick preview is unavailable in Bastet mode.In addition to the single-player modes, a two-player Duel mode is available. In Duel mode, each player attempts to be the last one to survive. Besides the usual mechanics, there is one difference: when a player removes more than one line simultaneously, for each line he removes beyond the first, a line of 'junk' blocks appears at the bottom of his opponent's screen. |
| onEscapee | 2004-12-12 | Invictus Games, Ltd. | Invictus Games, Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | onEscapee is an adventure game similar to Flashback. Daniel White is a reluctant hero, having been abducted by aliens and ended up on a dumping planet; alone, abandoned and with little chance of returning to civilization or stopping the mysterious alien race in question from continuing to abduct humans.There are seven levels to get through before things come to an end, containing many puzzles and action moments, many of the puzzles being timing-sensitive. It is possible to die in several different ways, each death bringing an animated sequence to life. There is plenty of help for the early puzzles, which allows the player to adjust to the combat system. |
| De Rode Ridder: Gebroken Kracht | 2004-12-13 | Standaard Uitgeverij | Art Attack | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | De Rode Ridder, a Belgian graphic novel devised by the late Willy Vandersteen that has been running since 1959, tells about the fantastic medieval adventures of Johan the Red Knight.Gebroken Kracht (translated as "Broken Power") has a typical De Rode Ridder story but in digital form; being ambushed and poisoned by his archenemy Bahaal, Johan is prisoned in his dungeon. After being saved by Marysse, Johan must collect four magic herbs to gain back his health and stop Bahaal from spreading evilness over the country.Gebroken Kracht consists of the following mini-games that can be completed in no specific order:
Introduction game: as Marysse push and pull six levers to imprison Johan. Be quick before the guards come back.
Gelabra the medicine man: Gelabra is the only person who knows how to grow the magical Flycorrhiza herb. He is willing to give it if Johan wins the turn-based bottle-game: Take away bottles one after another. The one who clicks on the last bottle loses.
The Swamps: the Abonicum herb can be found deep in the swamps. In this horizontal side-scrolling game, move Johan to the right. Avoid man-eating plants & stinging mosquitos, kill water snakes & crocodiles and do not stand still for too long; a huge creature is hidden in the muddy waters.
The Graveyard: the living dead guard the Panax Ginseng Papaverum herb. Use your crossbow to kill them off in this shooting gallery. Do not forget to reload arrows.
Jumnos the Gypsy: Jumnos owns Galdium Apatine, a herb he only will give away when you win a turn-based insects-game: On a chequered floor strategically place insects to let them crawl to the other 's side. The one who first has crossed the other's defences, wins.Once Johan has collected the four magical herbs, he has to make his way through The Waterfalls before confronting Bahaal at Devil's Castle. |
| Turtle Odyssey | 2004-12-13 | Realore Studios | Realore Studios | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ozzy the turtle is inadvertently drawn into an aquatic war of good and evil while looking for the dastard that stole his shell. Defying stereotypes this scaly hero will speedily set off to save the artifacts that have protected the ocean from evil. Your carapaced hero will walk through a variety of oceanic and Atlantean levels seeking coins for his score and gems to progress. Each level has a certain number of gems which can be used to open doors to the next level. Coins may be collected singly or in pots, or in ofttimes well hidden treasure chests. As a turtle you'll also have to worry about your air supply, which can be resupplied from bubbles on the ocean floor. At the end of each areas series of levels you'll fight a boss.Enemies can be defeated by jumping on them, unless they have spikes of course. |
| Sentinel: Descendants in Time | 2004-12-14 | Adventure Company, The | Detalion | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | Michał Myśliwiec | Windows | A holographic sentinel guards the ruins - caverns left behind by the extinct Tastan race.You play Beni who knows enough about the caves to be cautious. Only few who have entered have been able to find the way out. Now a greedy treasure seeker kidnaps Beni's sister and will only release her if Beni enters the most fearsome tomb of them all - the one belonging to Dormeuse, the Sleeping Woman.Actively protecting her tomb, Dormeuse appears throughout Beni's exploration - taunting and challenging him. Sometimes her purpose is unclear. At other times she will actively protect, and, in doing so, will put roadblocks in Beni's way. Is she real .. or just an implanted artificial intelligence? Sentinel: Descendants in Time is a first person, point and click adventure game, but uses keyboard keys for walking and a mouse for actions and 3D panning. Typical of the adventure genre, players will have many puzzles to solve, objects to find and use and different environments to explore. |
| Becherov: Xmas Party | 2004-12-15 | Inputwish s.r.o. | Inputwish s.r.o. | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | | | Automobile | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Becherov: Xmas Party is a freeware racing mini-game with multiplayer support. It uses the same game engine, the same game map and has the same cars as the earlier Inputwish game Becherov. This game does not feature any campaign mode, but has a racing mode where you need to race against the clock or against another player. All cars are unlocked from the start and the player can choose from 10 tracks for single-player mode and 5 tracks for multi-player mode. It has a Christmas theme and winter textures as it was released just before Christmas 2004. |
| PC Calciatori 2005 | 2004-12-15 | Panini Group | Waywardxs Entertainment S.R.L. | Simulation, Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | PC Calciatori 2005 immerses players in aspects of coaching and managing a football team offering more football players, leagues and competitions. The game published by the Panini Group shows for the first time ever in the series a new real-time 2D match viewer and the multiplayer mode enabling up to 8 players to play simultaneously offline.Its updated database to the 2004/05 season contains more than 20000 football players, the game simulates all main European leagues plus all main club cups. Three new leagues added (Turkey, Belgium and Portugal) and transfer market extended to Brazil and Argentina too.The New Player Editor represents an important addition to the exclusive Superleague mode that will enable the user to set up his dream team and to create players editing their names and skills. You will be a football legend, your alter ego will challenge the best football players in the world!
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| The Wizard's Castle | 2004-12-15 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | | Fantasy | | Text parser | Turn-based | | HelpNDoc | Windows | A long time ago, the great wizard Zot forged an orb of power. He soon vanished, leaving behind a vast castle filled with monsters, traps, and great treasures including the orb of power. The player takes the role of a bold adventurer in search of the orb of power and whatever other treasures he can make it out of the castle with.The Wizard's Castle is a text-based role-playing game. The player creates a character, choosing between the races of elf, human, dwarf, and hobbit, distinguished by their personal statistics (strength, intelligence, and dexterity). The player can also choose the initial weapons, armor, and items to take on the quest. When all is ready, the hero ventures into the dungeon.Gameplay is in some ways similar to a text adventure, with text descriptions replacing graphics. Simple commands are used to move from room to room, consult a map, or look around. However, many times the player only needs to choose from several options for the current situation, such as during battles. There are vendors the protagonist can trade with, mystical pools which can give or take away power, warps to far parts of the castle, numerous monsters to fight and assorted treasures to find.The game was originally written for the Exidy Sorcerer and was later ported to other BASIC platforms. |
| Densha de Go! Final | 2004-12-17 | Unbalance Corporation | Taito Corporation | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Densha de GO! Final is another entry in the popular Japanese series of train driving simulations. Players can drive a number of the trains on the following lines: Yamanote Line in Tokyo, Chūō Main Line, Osaka Loop Line and Tōkaidō Main Line.New to this game is a chain system which rewards flawless gameplay with a higher score and introduces a more arcade emphasis. Afterwards these points can be used for unlocking new trains, slide shows and videos. There is also a Conductor Mode, in which you have to announce the name of the upcoming station and open and close the trains' doors on the appropriate sides. |
| Santa Ride! | 2004-12-17 | Invictus Games, Ltd. | Invictus Games, Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | Tamás Kozák | Windows | Santa Ride! is Invictus' Christmas gift to the gaming community. Using Cross Racing Championship 2005's 3D engine, you have to help Santa and his reindeer collect as many presents as possible in one minute. Since it is a rally engine, you can sledge drift through corners and collect many gifts at once. Rank up points and collect the yellow presents for extra time. There are 11 camera views and a key to shout Ho-ho-hoo! while racing. |
| Imperivm III: The Great Battles of Rome | 2004-12-21 | FX Interactive, S.L. | Haemimont Games AD | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Africa, Classical antiquity, Egypt (Ancient), Europe, Historical events, Middle East | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Imperivm III: The Great Battles of Rome is an RPG / RTS game based on historical facts, that allows us to choose between 8 civilizations: Republican Rome, Imperial Rome, Germania, Carthage, Iberia, Egypt, Britain and Gaul.The player does not have to build anything, the game focuses on military conquest by the capture or destruction of buildings and villages. Only by this means can procure the only two resources: gold and foodstuffs. It is purely a game of strategy but has little RPG elements that play a fundamental role in the battle.Minor differences from its predecessor "Nemesis of the Roman Empire" are the addition of 4 new civilizations, increased skills in the units, and building skills on the hero. |
| American Chopper | 2004-12-22 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Creat Studio, LLC | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Vehicle simulator | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Based on the TV show of the same name, as seen on the Discovery Channel, this game allows you to customize and race motorcycles.There are a variety of challenges available, from regular races, to free-roaming city driving (featuring plenty of regular traffic to work around).The game has you be the "new guy" on the show; the Teutuls (voiced by the actual people from the show) send you on the various missions. Each mission features several goals, some mandatory while others are optional. Completing the goals unlocks new motorcycles and parts. |
| Big Kahuna Reef | 2004-12-22 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Big Kahuna Reef is a tile matching puzzle game, which consists of two game modes and 150 levels.A level consists of a geometric figure, divided into squares, filled with different aquatic items (pearls, mussels, starfishes, etc.). Now you have to swap two adjacent items so that this will create a chain of at least three items of the same type. Once this happens, the items vanish and new items dropping down from above.Destroy all wooden and metal squares by combining a chain over them and you will finish the level. If you play in timed mode, you only have a limited time. When time runs out, you loose a life.After completing a certain amount of levels, you will unlock different fishes for your personal reef, totaling in 22 different species. In the My Fish Screen, you can set up a new reef, releasing fishes or group of fishes into your own reef and you can even watch your own "aquarium" as long as you want. When you continue your game, this particularly reef will be used as the background, and all the fishes will eventually swim through the game.The game offers two different game modes, whereby the only difference is that the one is time based (playing against the clock), while the other is without any time limits, where you can play a level as long as you want.Finally, Big Kahuna Reef offers a level editor, so you can create your own levels, when those 150 aren't enough. |
| Castle Attack 2 | 2004-12-22 | FireFly Studios Ltd. | FireFly Studios Ltd. | Strategy | Side view | | | | Medieval | | Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | Castle Attack 2 is a promotional game for Stronghold 2 and the successor to Castle Attack.Similar to the first game the player has to defend the castle from engaging enemy units until the castles construction is completed. In order to protect the castle the player may convert up to three workers into archers. The player can change the scooting angle of the archers to aim at enemy units. There are three special weapons too to protect the castle. The fewer special weapons are used and the faster the castle is built the more points are received. The number and strength of the enemy soldiers increases after each level. |
| Panic Invaders | 2004-12-22 | Generation Stars | Generation Stars | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | 44 seconds to the end of Earth...In this vertically scrolling top-down shooter you control a small space craft and your mission is not to save Earth, but to take as many aliens as possible with you before Earth (and you too) gets destroyed.You have to dodge enemy missiles, shoot down alien ships and collect power-ups - all within those 44 seconds (though you can extend that by 1 second for every alien ship you destroy).At the beginning, you only have to dodge the just fired missiles from those alien ships, but later in the game you see why Earth is doomed... the aliens throw anything they have against Earth and you have to dodge a huge endless mass of missiles. |
| Road Rush | 2004-12-22 | White Elephant Games | White Elephant Games | Action | Top-down | | | | | Automobile | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In Road Rush an animated car is trying to reach the legendary Anarchy City, but the task is not easy when the roads are swarming with irresponsible road hogs! The player must get to the end of each level before the fuel runs out. Bumping into other cars or into the sides of the road slows down the player. Since the fuel is constantly slowly depleting, the player must collect fuel refills found along the way, in addition to other bonuses such as monster-truck tires which allow running over enemy cars, or a "carmour" that protects the car. |
| The Guy Game | 2004-12-22 | Gathering | Topheavy Studios | Strategy | | | Adult | Board game | | | | | Mature | | Windows | An FMV-based trivia game, The Guy Game pits you and up to three other players in a series of rounds in which you must answer multiple-choice trivia questions for top scores. Whether you play alone or with friends, you'll also be playing in the company of a couple of comic relief voiceovers that provide commentary, as well as dozens of co-eds out for spring break, who are more than happy to drop their tops off should they lose the questions. Their naughty bits are obscured by "Guy Game" logos, but depending on how much bonus score you get, you can remove the censoring from the clips and unlock them for uhm... further analysis.You get bonus points by figuring out if the girls are going to answer right or wrong, what they answer, and also by betting on the outcome of mini-games where the girls compete in races, and assorted beach activities. |
| Laxius Power III | 2004-12-23 | Laxius Power | Laxius Power | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | Horror | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | After several exploits in Laxius Power I & Laxius Power II, Random and his friends (Sarah the elven healer, Luciana the Wizardress and Coryool the colosseus!) head to Metrolia, the main town in the world, for a special celebration of a brand new museum.
But as he meets with Duncan II, King of Metrolia, Random experiences an odd exorcism. It seems Demons are back, and this time, they've planned something on a much bigger scale.4 Cenodemons plan to revive their friend (the 5th Cenodemon), supposedly the strongest but also the most unstable. Embark on a journey so vast it requires 200H to see its ending parts!
Tons of spells, characters, monsters, quests, secrets, items, make of Laxius Power 3 a huge gaming experience, halfway between typical anime RPG and classical PC RPG. |
| The Sleepy Island | 2004-12-23 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Sleepy Island is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. The player takes the role of a Scottish warrior named Evan Mac-Havoc. Your father tells you on his deathbed from a secret island with a treasure that would make you the richest man in the world. Now Evan Mac-Havoc is about to find the secret island. |
| Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure | 2004-12-25 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure is a 3D platform game with an emphasis on action and platforming with puzzle elements. It stars a 12 year old girl named Parin who needs to move in with her grandfather, the mayor of a mining town called Tiese, as her parents go overseas on an excavation. Parin felt fine about moving in with her grandfather until she hears that she is the only kid in the town and has nobody to play with. Nonetheless her grandfather suggests that she goes exploring the town and stopping by to see Fan, the woman who runs the town bakery, to see if she can be friends with her. After visiting the shops and exploring what little Tiese has to offer, Parin is surprised to find a girl being attacked by a stray dog. Parin hurries to rescue the girl but quickly finds out that the girl she rescued is actually not a girl at all, but a monster named Pino. Parin is then taken through a hidden entrance near her house by Pino and her brother, Puku, where she meets the rest of monsters in Monster Village and finally finds some friends to play with. Unfortunately, soon after Puku is kidnapped by evil creatures called phantoms and it's up to Parin to rescue him, so the other monsters provide her with the only weapon they have, a legendary drill. As Parin makes her way through the first dungeon to rescue Puku, the phantoms attack Monster Village which puts the whole world at risk. It is now up to Parin to make her way through more dungeons to restore Monster Village and save the world. Parin's drill has four power levels that build as she fights, or at restoration points, and the decreases as she receives damage. Parin can also equip accessories that have various abilities such as increasing defense or giving her a larger numbers of coins as she defeats enemies. Coins and junk are two forms of currency in the game that are used to acquire and upgrade accessories or learn new attacks. Coins can be found easily in pots or are dropped by enemies, however junk can only be acquired when dropped by enemies that were carrying an item such as a shield. |
| Advanced Battlegrounds: The Future of Combat | 2004-12-27 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Stealth | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Mature | | Windows | Advanced Battlegrounds: The Future of Combat is an expanded re-release of Chrome. It includes the following extra content:
New single-player missions (not integrated into the campaign)
Video tutorial for the editor
Soundtrack CD
Mouse pad
It is also patched to version 1.2.0.0 which includes improved AI, new vehicles and three additional multiplayer-maps. |
| Snowman in Hell | 2004-12-29 | | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | A snowman built by a group of children is created with a soul. Wanting to escape from the warmth of the rising sun, the snowman imagines itself in a colder place, only to immediately plummet into a fiery abyss. The snowman soon learns that it has arrived in Hell, a nightmarish landscape home to ghoulish monsters and the souls of the damned. One such soul is Vergilius, a talking skull who used to be a journalist until he was murdered while dealing with a criminal organization. Although Vergilius claims that there is no escape from Hell, he offers to help the snowman reach a colder place: Hell's lowest circle. Accepting Vergilius's offer, the snowman places the skull inside its head and ventures forth, encountering other snowmen along the way while unraveling the mystery of Vergilius's murder.Snowman in Hell is a puzzle-platformer developed by students at the Aalto Media Lab of Aalto University, Finland. According to the developers, the character models and environments were made out of "clay and garbage" before being digitized for the game. As the titular snowman, the player must use a combination of platforming and environmental puzzle-solving to reach the exit of each level. The player's head containing Vergilius, who will occasionally offer hints in his dialogue, can be detached and launched into enemies to kill them as well as to push levers and other objects. The player can increase the size of their head and body by stealing snow from other snowmen. If the player loses their head to a hazard, or comes into contact with fiery objects or enemies long enough to melt away completely, they lose the level. The story, inspired by Dante's Inferno, is primarily explored in cutscenes featuring live-action stills of some of the developers playing the roles of the characters in a film noir style. |
| Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Meakashi-hen | 2004-12-30 | 07th Expansion | 07th Expansion | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Meakashi-hen is the fifth release in the Higurashi: When They Cry visual novel series. This release includes only part 5 of Higurashi, titled "Meakashi-hen". It is the first part in the sub-series Kai, whose story arcs answer the mysteries posed in parts 1 through 4. It is a simple visual novel without branching paths or choices, where the player simply advances the text to read the story. After finishing each chapter, the player unlocks a number of optional bonus scenes called "TIPS".The protagonist in "Meakashi-hen" is a feisty, independent heir of a yakuza family, who returns to her home village of Hinamizawa, only to unexpectedly fall in love. However, her romance takes a dark turn. |
| Immaterial and Missing Power | 2004-12-30 | Team Shanghai Alice, Twilight Frontier | Team Shanghai Alice, Twilight Frontier | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Immaterial and Missing Power is a 2D fighting game. This game is "Touhou 7.5" - events in the game take place between Perfect Cherry Blossom (7th) and Imperishable Night (8th). The player can choose one from 10/11 characters: Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sakuya Izayoi, Alice Margatroid, Patchouli Knowledge, Youmu Konpaku, Remilia Scarlet, Yuyuko Saigyouji, Yukari Yakumo, Suika Ibuki and Hong Meirin (only in patch). Gameplay is typical for the fighting genre: defeat opponent, using punches, kicks and special attacks (special Spell cards).
Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameAlternate Titles "Touhou 7.5" -- Informal title
Part of the Following Group Tōhō (Touhou) series
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| Ragnarok Battle Offline | 2004-12-30 | Gravity Co., Ltd. | French-Bread | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Beat 'em up / brawler, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ragnarok Battle Offline takes the world of Ragnarok Online and adapts it to a 2D beat-em-up. One to three players join together to complete quests and take down dozens of enemies. True to its source material, it features some light role-playing elements; players choose from one of a number of classes and are able to customize their attributes. |
| 100% Classics 2 | 2005 | Butterfly-Mediasoft | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The second volume of charityware (1 pound from every sale of this item goes to charity) classics focuses mostly on adventure DOS games.Games listed in this volume are:
Armaëth: The Lost Kingdom
Deuteros: The Next Millennium
Dinotopia
Escape from Delirium
Fable
Flesh Feast
Heaven's Dawn
The Big Red Adventure
The Gene Machine
Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer
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| 101 Casino Games | 2005 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Red Dragon Shareware | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 101 Casino Games is a themed shareware compilation CD. When loaded the CD autoruns and brings up a menu screen. The games are grouped by category into Poker, Pontoon, Dice, Slots and Miscellaneous. Some games run direct from the CD, opening a new window when the link is selected, others have to be installed.Poker Games: There are fifty three games in this group making it the largest of all the game groups. They include various forms of poker and video poker, among the games are 5-Draw Mania,
Amazing Poker Squares, Let It Ride for 95 and Poker Broker.Blackjack: The twenty entries in this group, most of them are games but 'Blackjack Hand Calculator' and 'StatWiz for Blackjack', both of which give the odds on beating the dealer, are also included. Currently the only game that is on the database is
Blackjack Trainer.Dice games: Just four entries in this group, one yahtzee variant called Ancient Ivory, two Poker Dice games, and a craps game called Win Craps.Slot Machines: Nineteen games here including the 1991 game Bandit!.Misc. Games: Seven games that don't fit into the above categories, they include
Acey Deucy, Casino Pro a collection of five card games, Acey Deucy, Cheat a card counting program, In Between, Acey Deucy, a roulette game, a lottery checker, and a game where player bets on crab racing.All of the above games are accessed via the game browser and on the CD there's a folder for each game group. Also on the CD is another group of games called 'Extras' which the browser does not seem to access, here there are a further twelve games including two poker games, two blackjack games, two craps games and three slot machine games one of which is Diversions Slots.
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| 18 Wheels of Steel. Gold DVD | 2005 | Buka Entertainment | SCS Software, Sunstorm Interactive, Inc. | Compilation, Racing / Driving, Simulation | | | | | | Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | The 18 Wheels of Steel Gold DVD contains three games of the 18 Wheels of Steel series. The included games are:Hard Truck: 18 Wheels of Steel
18 Wheels of Steel: Across America
18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal |
| 2 Games: Tomb Raider III / Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation | 2005 | Sold Out Sales & Marketing Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This twin pack includes:
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
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| 2 in 1 Games: Gangster & Piraten | 2005 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
The Boss: La Cosa Nostra
Tortuga Bay |
| 200 Familien Spiele | 2005 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 200 Familien Spiele is a collection of 200 freeware and shareware games.
Included are action games, board games, logical games, sport games and much more. |
| 25,000 Sudoku Puzzles | 2005 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Nithbridge Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 25,000 Sudoku Puzzles is a single player Sudoku game.Games can be played in two modes, Sudoku Classic which is a 9x9 grid and which has four levels of difficulty, or Sudoku Junior which is a 4x4 grid.
Games are timed and the player is awarded points for their completion. The game supports multiple player names so a group of players can compete for top score on the high score table.The Classic puzzles can be printed, e-mailed, or changed to use letters rather than numbers. There is also an option which allows the player to manually enter puzzles and either play them or have the program solve them automatically.
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| 3D Kartenspiele Deluxe: Rommé | 2005 | Franzis Verlag GmbH | MadCat Interactive Software GmbH | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 3D Kartenspiele Deluxe: Rommé is an adaption of the classic card game. You can play against the computer or other players via local network. Included are the traditional rules as well as other variants. The strength of the AI opponents can be adjusted and different backgrounds, card sets and animated players can be selected. |
| 555 Games XP Championship | 2005 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation, Racing / Driving, Sports, Strategy | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | 555 Games XP Championship is a casual games compilation package . In this package games are grouped into six categories:
Jigsaws: There are forty seven jigsaws in this group in a number of different styles. Apart from the traditional interlocking type of puzzle there are puzzles where all pieces are different triangles; puzzles where all the pieces are in the right position but need to be rotated to the correct orientation; puzzles where pieces fly across the screen and the player must click on them as they fly past; slideshow puzzles and more.
Sport Games: This group contains six variations of Space Basketball; nineteen variations of Olympiad, a keyboard bashing race game; Five variants of Pong; eleven Darts games and a Goalkeeper game
Casino Games: This has two blackjack games, eight poker games, eighteen slot machine games and three dice games
Card Games: four guess the number, colour, suit, more/less games; eight Durak variants; sixty six solitaire variants
Racing Games: which has fifteen separate maps for a keyboard controlled game
Action& Arcade Games: Here the player will find thirty pinball tables, fourteen Tank Battle maps and twenty Tank Duel maps; six shooting games - Helicopter, Balloons, Ducks, Spiders, Targets and Bombs; and fifty levels of a Breakout clone called Bust-Out
Puzzle Games: There are forty levels of Electroblock, a 3D Tetris style game; Forty levels of a time limited Pac-Man like game where the player must collect items while avoiding baddies; five themed Hangman games; thirty three assorted games including connect three, Connect Four and Five-In-A-Row games, a maze, the Tower of Hanoi, Nim, and tile matching games
Board Games: comprising five Reversi games played on different sized boards; ten Five-In-A-Row variants; thirty chess puzzles; sixty-five mahjongg layouts
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| 707 Great Games | 2005 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Antidote Entertainment, Brainfactor Entertainment KFT | Action, Compilation, Educational, Gambling, Sports | | | | Arcade, Board game, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | 707 Great Games combines other ValuSoft game compilations into one DVD-ROM. The titles that are included on the DVD are:203 Game Pack,
Ultimate Gamepak,
100+ Great Games: Volume 2,
Millennium Gamepak Gold,
Millennium Gamepak Platinum, and 200+ Game PackThese games take about 1.5 GB of hard drive space for installation, but it can be run from the DVD-ROM also, if the user does not want to install it on their computer. (e.g. limited privileges) |
| 80 Days | 2005 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | | | Teen | | Windows | Inspired by Jules Verne's famous novel Around the World in 80 Days, trace the steps of Verne's original character, Phileas Fogg, in a fantastical trek through Egypt, India, Japan and America. Players take the role of Englishman Oliver Lavisheart who is portrayed as a sort of Indiana Jones fellow in the year 1899.Oliver's billionaire uncle boasts to his scientific colleagues that he has created 4 major inventions and placed them in 4 different countries around the globe. The uncle then makes a hefty wager that his inventions (or proof of them) can be found in 80 days or less. Oliver decides to help his uncle, and he is off in search of them. Can he do it in time? The clock is ticking!Players will use a combination of keyboard keys and mouse for navigation and various actions (including jumping and running). Many different modes of transportation are at Oliver's disposal to help him travel to and throughout the large locales including camels, elephants, or flying carpets, and several unusual cars, trains, steamboats and flying ships. There are adventure type puzzles to be solved and over 100 non-player characters. In addition there are several difficulty levels, side quests and time bonuses. |
| ABC Island | 2005 | Kraisoft Entertainment | Kraisoft Entertainment | Puzzle | | | | Word construction | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | ABC Island is a puzzle game with a sea pirate theme about constructing words using letters in a grid. Letters need to be next to each other to be linked up, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The game has a dictionary of 90,000 words that are recognized. There are three game modes: Strategy (make the longest words possible with the provided letters), Arcade mode (compete against time) and Quest mode (create specific Quest words). Multiple players can play the game on a single device and progress is stored for each player separately. Extra elements to the gameplay include a bonus letter system and different bonus items that provide help. Bombs for instance destroy all adjacent tiles and bonuses and Guns destroy an entire horizontal row. |
| AFL Premiership 2005 | 2005 | THQ Inc. | IR Gurus Interactive Pty Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Oceania | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | AFL Premiership 2005 is based off the Australian Rules Football game that is quite popular in southern parts of Australia. Based off the official rules and has full licensing from the AFL board. It is a mixture of a few sports, originally developed by a Australian Cricket Coach who wanted to keep his team fit in the off season. It is mainly played throughout the state of Victoria but has now gotten a following in other states. The game includes all the 16 teams, 692 AFL players with stats and 8 of the stadiums. The game also includes support for the Cameo Eyetoy (PS2 version) that will allow the player to put his/her head into the game on top of one of the players. Full multiplayer gameplay is supported, using Gamespy for online play, or using the Multi-tap you can have up to 4 players. The PS2 version also comes with a bonus "100 Years of Australian Football" DVD.The later released Xbox and PC versions do not contain the DVD, but because of the later release changes from the AFL draft have been implemented, even though the overall team score has not been updated. |
| Absolute Blue | 2005 | dtp entertainment AG | Intermediaware | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Absolute Blue is a side-scrolling casual shooting game set in a sci-fi setting. The player is given the control of spaceship bound to destroy the hordes of alien invaders in 60 sectors comprising 4 different worlds, each with its own unique appearance. In the vein of classical side-scrolling shooters the game offers a wide array of power-ups and variable movement patters of enemy ships. There is a total of three different difficulty setting allowing the player to adjust the game to his own skill. Absolute Blue is primarily targeted towards a casual coffee-break gaming audience as well as fans of retro side-scrolling shooters such as R-Type or Katakis. |
| Action Ball | 2005 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Rionix | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Action Ball is a variant of the classic Breakout game with a few distinctive features. There are 3 types of robots that try to keep player from breaking the bricks. One of them simply patrols the surrounding area, while the other two repair the damaged bricks and bring the new brick instead of the destroyed one. Another feature is a so-called "Boss" levels in which player has to destroy the robot much bigger in size than the first three. During these levels destroying all of the bricks is not required.The game also has a number of power-ups that either help the player or hurt him. The types of the power-ups are quite common to the games of this genre. Finally the game utilizes a full 3D engine and a wide array of sound effects. |
| Action Girlz Racing | 2005 | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Action Girlz Racing is a kart racing game with a cast of eight girls racing in miniature cars. The gameplay is very similar to the contemporary Myth Makers: Super Kart GP by the same developer. The three game modes are single trial, time trial and grand prix. There are three difficulty levels (beginner, experienced and advanced) and three racing classes (50 cc, 100 cc and 150 cc). The game includes environments such as a fairytale castle, sunset lagoon, action girlz high, dolphin bay resort and aquacoral resort. As with many of the developer's games most of the content is locked from the start. Most characters, tracks and race classes become available after collecting a number of flowers during races as a currency. The different characters only differ in appearance, not in abilities.While racing it is possible to bump into other racers and the tracks contain many obstacles that slow down the racers or can be knocked around. Eight types of power-ups can be picked up such as nitro, an umbrella shield, shooting opponents or stunning them. Power-ups can be doubled or maxed out by collecting diamonds. Tracks often have branching paths, but instead of offering alternative routes or short-cuts, they often lead to dead ends, forcing the racer to backtrack.The Wii version supports local split-screen multiplayer games for up to four players. The karts are controlled through motion by holding the Wii Remote horizontally and then tilting left or right. The PS2 version supports split-screen games for two players and up to four players through Multi-Tap. |
| Adrenalin: Extreme Show | 2005 | 1C Company | Gaijin Entertainment Corporation | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | | | | | Windows | Adrenalin: Extreme Show is an action-oriented racing game with a catch: all twelve selectable drivers are female. But because we are talking about a video game here all of them have jobs like "porn star", "party bitch" or "pole dancer". So the main reason why there are no male drivers is because the most potential buyers don't want to see almost-naked men in their menu screens. With that issue out of the way we can now concentrate on the game itself. As usual the player wants to become the number one during the career mode. When he wins races he receives prize money which he reinvests in his car. In the tuning garage he can buy special maneuvers, e.g. a turbo boost, or just better parts like a new engine. Before every championship he makes a contract with a sponsor which grants him extra money when reaching a certain goal, e.g. winning all races. The race winner is not inevitably the one who crosses the finishing line first. The game rewards drivers with points when accomplishing good performances, e.g. sliding, perfect turns or leading the race for a certain time. On the other hand there are also negative points for actions like getting overtaken or crashing into something. The driver with the most points wins the race. During the career mode he unlocks more courses and playing modes, e.g. duels where he needs to crash the other cars, long jumping or speed races where the drivers need to maintain a certain speed. Overall there are eight cars and 15 courses. |
| Adventure Inlay | 2005 | MumboJumbo, LLC | GameHouse, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | Africa | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Adventure Inlay is a shape matching puzzle game with an African safari or savannah theme. While each of the modes varies in rules, each shares a common method of play: The player's goal is to remove or cover the triangular blocks (often forming a larger image of an animal) from play. The player does this by using an accumulating series of stones (blocks) in various shapes scrolling across the bottom of the screen (the player's "feed area") from right to left. When reaching the left side of the feed area, these pieces start to stack. The player must use (or discard) these pieces as soon as possible for if the stack reaches the right side of the screen, the player loses. Players can rotate the stones they pickup to better fit the blocks they're trying to fill. Occasionally two special power-ups appear: the wand which will magically create stones in the area it's used, and the pickaxe which will smash unwanted stones from the feed area or the play area. The player's score accumulates with stones successfully used and bonus points are awarded for selecting triangular blocks with a spinning star on them.The game is divided into 4 modes with different rules:
Traditional is the simplest mode and features most of the gameplay mentioned above. The discard box pauses to become available for a few seconds after each time it's used. A Feed button is available to add more stones into the feed are.
Strategery mode makes the gameplay area scroll towards the left edge of the screen every time a stone is used. If any remaining triangular pieces reach this edge, the player loses. Using the discard box also causes the play area to scroll. The Pick power-up is unavailable and the player gets a scroll button to increase the speed of the play area's movement if desired.
Revealer mode hides a picture underneath the triangular blocks. The player must use their stones to reveal the image. The discard box takes longer to recharge after use and the Pick power-up does not work on the play area. The feed button is available to add more stones to the feed area.
Enigma mode gives the player a finite amount of stone pieces to use on the play area. There are no power-ups available however the hint button can be used to see where the game suggests using a stone. |
| Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment | 2005 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Alien abductions really do happen, but they aren't interested in studying our physique. Rather, they use them instead of clones dressed in red shirts to carry out simple, but fatal missions. You are one such human.Having survived your "redshirt" mission, you are placed in the helm of the small trading spaceship that kidnapped you, instead of the disappeared captain. It is your job to use your strange and semi-competent crew to search for the lost crew member, while trying your best to stay alive. To do this you must evade hostile pirates (or snoopy policemen), fight space monsters, purchase upgrades for your space vessel, and "recruit" additional redshirts to visit hostile worlds and collect clues about the mysteries of the cosmos itself.This is an indie adventure game, created by Ben Croshaw on the AGS engine. It is his first game to feature non-adventure elements, such as space combat, trading and ship upgrades. Despite these new mechanics the game is mainly an adventure game, where item collection and conversation are key.Unlike the Chzo mythos games, Adventures In The Galaxy Of Fantabulous Wonderment is filled with light humor as well as references to Ben Croshaw's Rob Blanc series and his "Yahtzee Takes On The World" comic. |
| Airline 69 II: Krasser's Revenge | 2005 | MarkSoft | Grasland Production | Strategy | | | Adult | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Airline 69 II: Krasser's Revenge is a sequel to Airline 69: Return to Casablanca, and takes place after the events of the latter. The powerful major Krasser kidnaps Chou-Chou as revenge for his injuries, and orders her boyfriend Wayne to complete a mission or Chou-Chou will die. The game features 4 levels, new locations and characters, new flight and sex modes, and overhauled interface. |
| Alarm für Cobra 11: Vol. III | 2005 | RTL Playtainment | Provox Games, Exozet Games GmbH | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | Automobile | | | | | Windows | Alarm für Cobra 11: Vol. III is based on the German TV series of the same name, featuring the adventures of the German highway police and with extensive stunt scenes and action sequences.In the third installment of the game series the player plays through a full episode in the roles of the detectives Tom and Semir. The two most important gameplay elements are car chases on the German highway and some third-person action scenes played on foot. The aim of this game is to find the head of a criminal organization and make sure justice is served.The game features motion-captured animations, the voices of the main characters and the soundtrack of the series. |
| Alfa Romeo Racing Italiano | 2005 | Black Bean Games | Milestone s.r.l. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | RPG elements | | Automobile, Street racing, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | The prestigious Alfa Romeo brand's cars feature in this racing game. There are several real tracks such as Hockenheim and Laguna Seca, as well as the chance to race in scenic Italian locations such as the Tuscanny hills and the Naples coastline. You can play Instant Action mode, in which you unlock these tracks one by one with indestructible cars, and Dynasty Mode, where you aim to build a more realistic career.What sets the game apart from the crowd is its approach to driver abilities in Dynasty Mode. When setting a driver up, his abilities are split into skill areas such as reflexes and pressure-handling, with points assigned to these. Further skills such as Heart, Intimidation and Recovery can be developed to improve either car or driver. AI cars have the same features applied to them race by race.The driver's heartbeat is a featured sound effect, and in pressure situations it can be heard above all other sounds. One available skill is the Tiger Effect, which allows you to rewind the game to avoid dangerous situations as they are about to happen. Its length and efficiency are 2 of the skills which can be improved. |
| Alice au Pays des Merveilles / Rose Girly | 2005 | EMME Interactive SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation for girls features two titles:
Alice in Wonderland
Rose Girly |
| Aloha Solitaire | 2005 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | Oceania | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Aloha Solitaire is a single player card matching game.The objective of the game is to match cards of the same number to score points, the suit hearts, spades etc does not matter.
The game starts with most of the cards placed face downwards spread over the play area. Only the cards on the topmost layer are turned face up. As the player matches cards they are removed from the play area and cards beneath them are revealed. This continues until all the cards have been removed.
Should the player reach a point where there are no more matches available there is a stack of cards at the bottom of the screen which can be used to keep the game alive. There are also three types of power up cards that can be used to reshuffle the cards, increase the number of reserve cards on view, or increase the number of passes through the cards at the bottom of the screen.
As the player progresses the arrangements of cards change and become more difficult to clear.The game features card backs and play areas with a Hawaiian theme and the level structure is based on a journey through the islands. It can be played either full-screen or in a window. |
| Alphabet Express Preschool | 2005 | School Zone Publishing Company | School Zone Interactive | Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | School Zone's Alphabet Express Preschool is a point-and-click educational game for children of ages 3 - 6. It's an interactive and colorful way for the young child to learn the shapes and sounds of the letters of the alphabet.The game makes use of a train motif - the home screen is at the railroad station, where a friendly alligator signs the player in and explains how to use the mouse to board the Express or to exit the game. Once on board, the player can choose from a variety of activities; on the right side of the screen are the icons to select from:
rainbow star, which will take the player to a group of alphabet-themed puzzles to connect-the-dots, mazes, find hidden letters or watch a movie
musical notes, which take the player to the alphabet song
alligator, who provides assistance
crossroads, which exit the current screen
In the center of the screen are all the letters in upper and lower case. When the player chooses a letter, he will see a short animation and then go to a screen full of clickable characters and items - those that start with his chosen letter will be interactive.The player can choose the paintbrush icon from the right and visit a coloring page that can be painted on screen or printed out and colored by hand.
He can also pick the firedog and visit the firehouse, where letters are matched to pictures to enable the firedog to extinguish a fire.
Another feature is the Movie Theater, where the player can choose from three alphabet-themed movies to watch.There are many, many choices for the young player to make, supplying an experience that is never quite the same twice. Controls are very simple and easy to use and the characters are clear and understandable. The alphabet is introduced and reinforced in a number of kid-friendly ways. |
| American McGee's Alice / Clive Barker's Undying | 2005 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a budget two-pack release by Electronic Arts that contains both American McGee's Alice and Clive Barker's Undying. The package comes with each game on its own jewel case, in a specially designed cardboard box. |
| Amiga Classix Gold | 2005 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Amiga Classix Gold is a compilation with 200 Amiga games which can be played with the supplied emulator. The games can be started through a menu system which also has some additional information on the games and in some cases manuals and walkthroughs. Most games are cracked and are divided into the following categories:
Action: (53)
Air Supply
Alien Bash II
Astaroth: The Angel of Death
Barravento
Battle Squadron
Behind the Iron Gate
Breathless
Cardiaxx
Charon 5
Cosmo Ranger
Custodian
Cyberblast
Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine
Cybernoid II: The Revenge
Cyberzerk
Defender 2
Deliverance: Stormlord II
Disposable
Eliminator
Embryo
Exolon
Fantasy Flyer
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Guardian
Hybris
Hyperion
Insanity Fight
Insects in Space
Legends of the Exploding Fist
Llamatron: 2112
Master Axe
Moonfall
Nemac IV
Netherworld
Onslaught
Photon Storm
The Plague
Revenge of the Mutant Camels
Rubicon
Sirius 7
Slayer
Space Harrier
Starbirds
Steel
Stormlord
Super Grid Runner
Sword
Thundercats
T-Racer
Transplant
Wanderer 3D
Zaxxon
Zynaps
Adventure: (17)
The Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian
Antares
Beneath the Steel Sky
Black Sect
Crystal Dragon
Jack the Ripper
Die Karawane der 7. Dynastie
Lord of Alcandria: Chapter II
Lord of Alcandria: Chapter III
Lure of the Temptress
Maupiti Island
Mortville Manor
Pechowy Prezent
Projekt Prometheus
Der Seelenturm
Sixth Sense Investigations
Tower of Souls
Arcade: (62)
Advanced Lawnmover Simulator
Arkanoid
Aunt Arctic Adventure
Aztec Challenge
Bandit Mania
Benny Beetle in Colorworld
Beyond the Ice Palace
BlitzBombers
Blockhead
Blockhead 2
Bomb Jack
Bomb Mania
Boppin'
Boulder Däsh
Brainball
Brainman
Colorix
Crack
Crazy Cones
Cyber Sphere
Daz-Chaz: The Daz doorstep challenge
Dig It
Dugger
Fatman
Fluffles
Frantic Freddie
Furball
Ghosts 'N Goblins
Globulus
The Hammer
Hardcore Bomberboy
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja
Jumping Jack
Leonardo
Magic Ball
Mega Motion
Mental Image Game Disk I
Mighty Bombjack
Nebulus
Obsession Pinball
Outzone
P. P. Hammer and His Pneumatic Weapon
Panic Ball
Paperboy
Pinball Dreams
Pinball Fantasies
Pinball Illusions
Pinball Mania
Powerball
Rolling Ronny
Rough Castle
Shizophrenia
Shop 'til you drop
Slam Tilt
Sorceror's Apprentice
Splat
Splat 2
Tearaway Thomas
Technology 2
Twintris
Winning Post
Zoom!
Sports: (29)
5th Gear
Buggy Boy
Center Court Tennis
Diego
Eat the Whistle
Football Glory
Fußball Total!
Future Basketball
Hill Climber
I Play: 3D Tennis
Kid Pool
MegArts Hockey
Mikro Mortal Tennis
Overlander
Powerplay Icehockey Manager
Samba Partie
Samba Partie Professional
Samba World Cup '98
Super Tennis Champs
Tactical Manager
Tactical Manager 2
Tactical Manager Italia
Tie-break
Der Trainer
Vroom
Wheelspin
World Championship Soccer
World Hockey League Manager
Xtreme Racing
Strategy: (43)
A320 Airbus
A320 Airbus Vol. 2
Approach Trainer
A Question of Sport
Awaking
Battleships
Belagerung
Big Picture
Black Gold
Brain Artifice
Coin Mania
Conquestador
Cygnus 8
D.N.A.
Debut: Planet Simulation
Designasaurus
Erben des Throns
Eye of the Dragon
Flamingo Tours
Foundation Gold
Goliath: The Game of Demons
Grand National
Hannibal (German)
Hannibal (English)
Hollywood Pictures
Ju-52 Flight Simulator
Logic
Mah Jong
Manager
Mike Read's Pop Quiz
Mobile Warfare
Nuclear Reaction
Oh No! Traffic Warden
Rings of Medusa
Risiko
Space M+A+X
Spoils of War
Subtrade: Return to Irata
UMS: The Universal Military Simulator
UMS II: Nations at War
Weltendämmerung
Winzer
Zarcan |
| Ancient Sudoku | 2005 | Game Mill Publishing, Inc. | ToyboxGames Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Ancient Sudoku is a simulation of the game of Sudoku. This version includes a standard puzzle in easy, medium, and hard, as well as a Master's Challenge which includes 10 puzzles of increasing difficulty. Finally, Puzzle Creator mode lets you manually enter puzzles, which can either be checked, solved, or completed manually. High scores are kept for each difficulty level, plus the Master's Challenge.Puzzles can be displayed as numbers, letters, or shapes. Hints go from showing errors, to solving a space, to solving the entire puzzle. Also, puzzles can be printed out to solve on paper. |
| Arctic Quest | 2005 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Stargaze Interactive | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Arctic Quest is a puzzle game where a large, irregular shape needs to be filled in with small pieces of ice resembling jewels. There is a background story explaining how the Snow Kong, retaliating against global warming, has frozen tropical islands. The player needs to help to bring back warmth.There is no single solution for a puzzle as the player chooses where to place the pieces until the shape is complete. The mouse is used to click, snag and drag the pieces as they fall down from the top of the screen at a constant rate and the right mouse button is used to rotate them. A level is completed when the shape is restored entirely. Not all pieces fit, eventually when the shape is almost complete, and redundant pieces can be discarded by throwing them into a fire or in the water. However, when the water is completely filled with pieces of ice before the shape is complete, the level is lost.The player clicks a button in the HUD to make a new piece appears from the top of the screen. Different types of fish and creatures provide bonuses or ways to complete the puzzle. A pufferfish can be used to fill up an empty triangle, a snail slows down time, a hammerfish can be used to hit a piece of ice to break it, an octopus can be used to snatch a piece of ice from the grid or the water, a shark eats all the ice in the water, and a crab transforms all the ice in the water into little triangles. Fish and birds provide extra points. Treasure is available through pearls provided by inserting a piece of ice in a triangle containing one. A pearl is also provided with every 5,000 points. Three types of medals are earned for completing levels in specific ways.The game contains 60 levels and there is a duel with the Snow King at the end. |
| Atlantis: Collector's Edition | 2005 | DreamCatcher Europe SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Atlantis Collector's Edition contains the Windows versions of:
Beyond Atlantis II
Atlantis Evolution |
| Attack of the Killer Swarm | 2005 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | |
Sciere (825497) added Attack of the Killer Swarm (Windows) on Aug 02, 2007
| | | | | | | Windows | In Attack of the Killer Swarm!, the unlikely protagonist is a swirling vortex swooping down on unsuspecting civilians, hurling them into the air as high as possible for maximum splatter effect. The game keeps track of the average, total and best splatter velocity. When all people are gone, a new batch is dispatched. The graphics look grainy as in a degraded photograph and the action is accompanied by a frivolous circus theme. |
| Battle Rush: Tanks | 2005 | EleFun Multimedia Games | EleFun Multimedia Games | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Battle Rush: Tanks is a 3D remake of the classic game Battle City, with similar gameplay and maps. The player controls a tank, fights other tanks, and protects the eagle block that acts as the base. If the enemy destroys it, the game is lost. Levels are designed as mazes and there are some obstacles, but walls can be destroyed to create new passages. Some power-ups appear if an opponent is destroyed. When all enemies are gone, a new, harder level is loaded. |
| Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory (Limited Edition) | 2005 | G2 Games | Shockwave Productions Inc. | Action, Compilation, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | Historical events | Flight / aviation | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | This limited edition includes:
Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory
Battle of Britain documentary DVDUS and Canadian releases also include:
Wings of Power: B17 Flying Fortress (add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004) |
| Battleship 88: Iron Hero | 2005 | | | Action | | | | Shooter | World War II | Naval / watercraft | | | | Isometric | Windows | Battleship 88 is a naval shoot-em-up taking place in the pacific ocean during world war 2. There are two main type of enemies in this game: ships and air planes. Every ship is divided into 6 zones and every zone can take 3 hits. Once every zone is destroyed the ship is also destroyed. For every 15 enemy planes the player shoots down 5 US fighters will join the battle. To complete a level all the enemies must be destroyed.
There are 6 types of enemies:
Imperial Kamikaze
Torpedo Bomber
B-1 1st Class Submarine
Battleship
Aircraft Carrier
Destroyer
The game consists of 25 levels.
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| Battlestrike: The Road to Berlin | 2005 | dtp entertainment AG | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | Shooter | World War II | | | | | | Windows | Battlestrike: The Road to Berlin is a rail shooter where the player takes the role of an American soldier during World War II. In the 16 missions the player sits in various positions, e.g. as sniper or as a soldier, but practically this makes no difference. The player is stationary and is only able to move his view from left to right (depending on the mission between just a bit and 360°). His goal is to shoot everything hostile in sight. Rapid fire is not advised because eventually the gun overheats and needs a cool-down period. Red arrows show the position of enemies that are currently out of view.An exception are the flight missions where the player has full control over his plane. With the mouse he directly controls its movements. The goal is still to kill everything. |
| Battlestrike: The Siege | 2005 | dtp entertainment AG | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action | Behind view | | War | Shooter | World War II | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Battlestrike: The Siege is practically the same game as its predecessor Battlestrike: The Road to Berlin. It is a rail shooter where the player takes the part of an American WWII soldier.In the 12 missions the player sits in various positions, e.g. as sniper or soldier, but this makes practically no difference. The player is stationary and is only able to move his view from left to right (depending on the mission between just a bit and 360°). His goal is to shoot everything hostile in sight. Rapid fire is not advisable because eventually the gun overheats and needs a cool-down period. Red arrows show the position of enemies which are currently out of view. The only innovation to Road to Berlin is a mission where the player sits on a boat, but the gameplay is the same otherwise.An exception are the flight missions because there the player has full control over his plane. With the mouse he directly controls its movements. The goal is still to kill everything. |
| Beach Volley Hot Sports | 2005 | RTL Playtainment | Idoru S.r.l. | Sports | Behind view | | | Paolo Fosser | | | | | | | Windows | Beach Volley Hot Sports is a game which simulates the sport beach volleyball. It focuses especially on the most important part which makes TV broadcastings a success: women in small swimsuits. That's why there is no male athlete to be found in the twelve teams. With the keyboard or gamepad the player controls his two characters and makes typical volleyball moves like serving.For inexperienced players there are help functions available: displays during the matches which show what to do next and automatic functions which take over basic actions. There are three playing modes: training, exhibition matches and tournaments. When playing the tournaments the player can unlock new swimsuits. The game also features a player editor to "make them even more sexier". |
| Bernard & Hank | 2005 | Peasants, The | Peasants, The | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Contemporary, North America | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Bernard & Hank is a side-scrolling platform game with retro graphics. Bernard Buffalo's farm is in danger due to the evil businessman NationalLiberal stealing his deeds to the land. Bernard and his friend, Hank Hoedown, sets off to recover the deeds and defeat NationalLiberal once and for all. Throughout the game the player controls both Bernard and Hank, depending on the level, though there's no gameplay difference between the two characters. On his way, the player will encounter NationalLiberal's minions of various kinds, who can be damaged by jumping on their heads or shooting them with the farmer's gun. Contact with enemies and other dangers takes away one of four hitpoints. Coins and corn pickups can be found, with coins giving an extra life when enough are found, and the corn restoring the farmer to full health. There are mid-level respawn points available in the form of bars which light up when the farmer reaches them, and the game is saved every five levels. Apart from the platforming levels, the game also has vehicle sequences where the player drives down the road while shooting evil bikers. There are extra features available, including a music player and some minigames, which are unlocked after completing levels. |
| Big Mutha Truckers 2 | 2005 | THQ Inc. | Eutechnyx Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | Mature | | Windows | The truckers return and this time you have to get Ma Jackson off the hook after being arrested for tax evasion. Bribe the jurors as you take the roll of Ma's cousin Jacob in a race to make money by trucking and trading.
Drive and go almost everywhere at any time in a bigger environment than the original finding shortcuts and new towns to go trucking in. Trading is only a small part of the game and has been simplified to allow more time driving. |
| Big Oil | 2005 | East Entertainment Media GmbH | Dartmoor Softworks GmbH & Co. KG, Drago Entertainment | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Big Oil is a simulation where the player manages a company in the oil business. The first part is played like most tycoon games: the player finds himself on a undeveloped piece of land and constructs all the buildings and infrastructure necessary for a functional oil production. This includes a city for the workers. Then, in theory, the player can lean himself back and watch how the business is developing. But because the player manages a big company there are many such production sites to care for. And because the whole game is played in real-time - the slowest setting is one day per second - this results in a hectic gameplay where fast decisions have to be made. Especially when a few events happen at the first time, e.g. a new research result or a country sells a new drilling permit.The game features a free playing mode from 1900 to 2000 (without AI opponents) and 17 historical scenarios, e.g. directly after Pearl Harbor. Additionally the player can choose between two playing modes. In the extended mode the player has to care about everything on every branch, the easy mode focuses more about the overall economic management. |
| Billard total: Pool & Snooker | 2005 | bhv Software GmbH & Co. KG | AI Factory Limited | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Billard total: Pool & Snooker is a pool simulation which features three variants: Eight-Ball, Nine-Ball and Snooker. As with most similar games, the most important part of the game is the careful planning of every shot. The player uses his input device to adjust the position of his cue. For beginners there are help lines which show the probable way of the ball and the ones it hits. There are no tournaments; the player can only participate in exhibition matches. |
| Bionicle Metru Nui: City of Legends - Stop the Morbuzakh | 2005 | LEGO System A/S | Spike Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Stop the Morbuzakh is a first-person shooter based on the 2004 BIONICLE story. You play as Toa Metru Vakama, who is trying to prevent Morbuzakh vines from twisting apart support beams to the foundry's overhead vat system. To stop them, you must shoot them with your Kanoka Disk Launcher. However, it's not that simple: there are different strength vines. Green vines require one shot and award 25 points. Yellow vines require either two shots or a Ga-Metru Freezing disk, and award 50 points. Finally, there are blue vines, which can only be defeated by Ga-Metru Freezing disks, and award 100 points. Ga-Metru Freezing disks must be collected from around the foundry and cannot be simply reloaded like normal disks. Every time a new vine appears, the HUD shows an arrow pointing in its direction. Whenever a vat falls into the molten Protodermis surrounding you, the level raises, and when it raises above the platform you're standing on, the game ends. If the score is high enough, you receive one of five medals. |
| Bistro Stars | 2005 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Green Hill Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bistro Stars is a match-three game similar to Belejewed based on a restaurant setting where the player has to serve customers. The game is played on a board filled with food items. The player must combine three identical elements or more by swapping them and make lines (either horizontal or vertical). Swapping is done through a drag-and-drop mechanic. For the items that disappear, new ones fill up the board, creating combos. Later on new types are introduced such as a locked item that cannot be swapped and will not drop down when a line underneath is cleared. The game contains five game modes: a campaign with a classic and a speed mode, and single-play with classic mode, speed mode and unlimited play. |
| Blitzkrieg: Exclusive Pack | 2005 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Blitzkrieg Exclusive Pack is a compilation that includes the following 2 add-ons for Blitzkrieg:
Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder
Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon |
| Blizzard Xmas Giftset | 2005 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (base game)
StarCraft (base game)
StarCraft: Brood War (expansion pack)
Diablo II (base game)
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (expansion pack) |
| Blokus 3D | 2005 | Fachhochschule Münster | Fachhochschule Münster | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Blokus 3D is a software version of the board game featuring colored, Tetris-shaped pieces (here called stones) that four players lay down onto the playfield. At each corner of the board all four player have 21 stones each that they have to lay down. The first stone is to be placed on the player's corner of the board. The game is finished when no player is able to lay a further stone. There is only one rule: although stones of different colors may touch, each of your stones (i.e. of the same color) must share a corner with another one, but never share an edge.Before you place a stone, try to rotate and/or mirror it. When you're OK with the position of the stone, then you can lay it down following the main rule of the game. You can play alone with three computer-controlled opponents, or have a multiplayer game. A chatbox is also available. The game features both Hint and Undo functions, and in the advanced settings you can adjust the board size, among many other options. Three difficulty levels are available. |
| Bob the Builder: Bob's Castle Adventure | 2005 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Absolute Studios | Educational, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bob the Builder: Bob's Castle Adventure is a collection of mini-games based on Knights of Can-A-Lot a Bob the Builder TV episode that, at least at the time the game was released, had never been aired but was released on video and DVD.In the TV episode Bob's dad, also called Bob lands Bob junior and his crew a big job restoring a crumbling castle under his leadership but he's not a very good foreman. After the restoration is complete there's a celebratory medieval pageant.The game follows similar lines with Bob's dad getting the castle job over the telephone in the opening video sequence. After that Bob and the team roll up to the castle where the castle courtyard is the main menu with a number of hotspots triggering the mini games and activities that eventually unlock the Medieval pageant. The games and activities in this product are.The first group of games takes place in the castle. In each Bob finds a door and must solve a puzzle to unlock the door.Spotting Spiders: Bob cannot get through a castle door because some big scary spiders are hanging in front of it. Luckily the spiders are afraid of the light from Bob's torch. The object of the game is to chase the spiders back into their holes so that Bob can enter the room.
Stepping Stones: In this game Bob must complete a Simon Says type of puzzle to open the door.
Hunting Keys: Here Bob open chests to find keys to unlock other chests with the key to the door being in the last chest.The next two games are accessed via a hole in the courtyard wall.
Robert Fixes Holes: There are holes in the castle walls which must be fixed. The right shaped pieces are available but the holes are occupied by crows. The player must deliver of the building block when the crow files off for a drink.
Dr Mountfitchett's Flags: In preparation for the pageant bunting is strung from the castle walls but the row of flags is incomplete. The player must select the appropriate flags to complete the patternThe next two games are accessed via the castle gateway.
Pilchard's Lunch Run: Pilchard is the cat and in this Frogger-like mini game he must cross the moat by leaping on logs to collect tins of fish
Spud's Recycling Run: There's a lot of rubbish in the moat. The player moves Spud into position with the mouse and then clicks on the rubbish when it is in front of him. They must then place the rubbish into the correct recycling bin.The final three puzzles are set in the castle maze.
Make A Maze: In this game the player controls Lofty the crane. Pieces of hedging are delivered and must be placed into their correct position in the maze as indicated by a 'shadow shape'.
Find A Friend: Bob's friends are lost in the maze, using the mouse and/or the keyboard the player navigates Bob through the maze to his friends and leads them out of the maze
Run A Race: The player races against three AI characters to reach the centre of the maze In the castle courtyard is a treasure chest, here the player can access all the pictures they have earned by completing the above puzzles. When all puzzles have been completed Bob and his friends can enter the pageant where there are three activities.
Bob's Postcard Parade: Here are four postcards but with holes in them. The player can insert the faces of Bob and his friends, or even a picture of themselves, similar to the old seaside attraction.
Bob's Picture Show: This is a piece of animation of the pageant which ends with a firework display over the castle. The inlay states that there is footage from the TV episode so presumably this is it.
Bob says 'Good Job!': The player's certificate of completionAll games have detailed instructions an three difficulty settings, they are played on the easiest setting by default and once completed the player is given the option to replay at a harder level. Each game completed is rewarded with a short animation, for example in 'Spotting Spiders' Bob finds something when he's able to access the room, and a picture that can be printed to be coloured in by crayon. |
| Bode Miller Alpine Skiing | 2005 | RTL Playtainment | 49Games GmbH | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | RTL Ski Alpin 2006 is a winter sports game with some RPG elements. It is possible to start a career as a skiing star or as a manager. One of the highlights of the game is that you can also play US ski superstar Bode Miller.The most important part of the game is the extensive career mode. The player has to to start with an inexperienced but talented skiing amateur. After playing through a number of junior cups it is the aim to develop in a racer able to compete in World cup races. Through some RPG elements it is possible to improve a number of abilities. These improvements can be felt on the track. It is also vital to do the negotiations with sponsors and you can also do some betting against other racers.The game features 32 tracks on 18 locations, different difficulty levels and over 900 voiced lines of commentary. |
| Booloid | 2005 | Bigmound Games | Bigmound Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Booloid by Mark Essen was made as a part of the Bigmound collective, and it can be considered a sequel to Bool as it is based on the same gameplay mechanic. Players control a white, hexagon-shaped craft to collect white dots, yellow balls and orange squares.Instead of a set of separate levels, like the first game, it takes place in a single, large world, with white squares that can be used to teleport to different sections. White balls can be collected by flying into them, but the other items need to be reeled in using a tractor beam, replacing the rope from the first game. The craft is still not allowed to touch the scenery as that draws energy. By avoiding collisions for some time, the shield energy is automatically restored.The thrust mechanic from the first game is still present, but here the craft needs to drain purple pools with the tractor beam to restore coolant. When it runs out, the ship explodes and a life is lost. Certain white teleport squares can also be used to save the game.Entirely new is an upgrade system. By collecting items, players can access a screen where the basic abilities such as stability, coolant, shield and tractor can be upgraded, affecting the craft's handling and behaviour. |
| Boule & Bill: A la Rescousse! | 2005 | EMME Interactive SA | EMME Interactive SA, Lexis Numérique SA | Action, Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Boule & Bill "à la rescousse" is a game inspired by the eponymous comics series. First, let's make things clear: Bill is the dog, and Boule is the young boy.The story so far : Boule's best friend, Pouf, has disappeared. Not surprisingly, Boule & Bill will will have to investigate and find clues by traveling all around the world to find out where Pouf is, and bring him back home. Each country visited (Belgium, of course, but also Kenya, USA, and so on) is a pretext for playing a mini-game. In the end, find out why Pouf disappeared. He just became a treasure seeker !The CD-ROM can be enhanced by online content. |
| Brain Buster Quiz | 2005 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | DK Multimedia | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Brain Buster Quiz is a one or two player quiz aimed at children aged seven to eleven. The quiz is key board controlled. Most questions are multiple choice and are answered with keys 1,2, or 3 but others need the player(s) to respond to something they see on screen and for that each player has an action key - called a 'zapper' in-game, it's 'B' for the single player game and 'A' & 'L' for the two player game.A Quiz can be played at either of three difficulty settings and consists of three rounds, the value of the questions increases in each round. There are five questions to a round, four 'standard' questions and one 'game question', the latter being a rapid fire, five part question where the point value of the questions is determined by a spinner.The game relies a lot on it's audio, so much so that the game will not run if there is no sound card present, but both questions and the choices for answers are displayed on-screen. There is an in-game help file that the player(s) can access from the main menu but at the start of each round and at the beginning of the quick fire questions the in-game player help is entirely spoken.There is a high score table and players can earn 'jokes' told by Seemore the Skeleton in a kind of faux comedy club manner, Seemore is the animated quizmaster and his lines are delivered in a style similar to the way Robin Williams played the genie in Aladdin.
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| Bratz Rock Angelz | 2005 | THQ Inc. | AWE Productions, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Bratz: Rock Angelz chronicles the adventures of the 4 main Bratz franchise girls -- Jade, Sasha, Chloe, and Yasmin -- as they follow their globetrotting fashion dreams on their way to start a world famous rock band. It starts when Jade receives a dream internship at a high fashion magazine with a tyrannical editor-in-chief who also employs twin sisters who happen to be Jade's arch-nemeses. Jade does not last long at this internship. She and her friends decide to found a competing fashion magazine and the adventure rolls on from there.The game features 9 chapters and the gameplay alternates between 3D adventure and assorted minigames. In the 3D adventure mode, the player guides the current Bratz character around various rendered sets and interacts with other characters, who invariably give the Bratz goals to carry out in order to further the storyline.The minigames include a fruit smoothie mixing game, where the player controls the smoothie stand and must make fruit smoothies per the Bratz girl's real-time specifications; a magazine layout minigame; a minigame where the player must pick out the right clothes for the editor's business trip; and many others. Successful completion of a minigame unlocks more outfits that the player can dress the Bratz characters in. |
| Brick Buster | 2005 | Smilie | Arkon Games | Action | | | | Paddle / Pong | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Brick Buster is a Breakout-inspired game that tasks the player with clearing all bricks on the playfield by hitting a ball with the paddle located at the bottom of the screen. Some special bricks release one of the sixteen types of power-ups when hit, both positive ones such as a larger paddle, triple balls or an extra life, and negative ones, such as a smaller ball or increased speed. The game offers 40 levels of increasing difficulty. Once a level has been reached, the player can choose on the main menu to start directly from that point. Brick Buster is fully mouse-controlled, and despite using 3D graphics, it plays purely on a 2D plane. |
| Bricks of Egypt | 2005 | eGames, Inc. | Arcade Lab | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Bricks of Egypt is a Breakout game, so you have your paddle at the bottom of the playfield, which initially shoots a ball, and then reflect it back into the playfield. Your objective is to destroy all bricks in the game. Once all are removed, you proceed to the next level.Like usually, you have lots of Power-Ups to use, like paddle shrinker/expander, slow/fast ball, multiball, gun, etc.The game offers 96 levels, which are spread over 8 level packs, the game also has three difficulty settings and highscores for the separate difficulty levels.Special about the game is, like the title suggests, that all levels using an Egyptian theme. |
| Bubblefish Bob | 2005 | Big Fish Games, Inc | GameGekko | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bubblefish Bob is a single player, mouse controlled, Bust-A-Move style game.The game has two modes of play, Adventure and Survival. In both the he player controls the eponymous fish who sees many of his fishy friends trapped in a stream of coloured bubbles that is heading towards the jaws of a giant angler fish. The only way to free them is to fire his own bubbles to make strings of matching colours because when three bubbles of the same colour join together they disappear scoring points and releasing his trapped friends.
During the game there are power ups that can slow down the rate at which the bubbles move, fire missiles, bullets, burst all bubbles of one colour etc while others speed up the motion, cost a life.In Adventure mode the player works through all sixty four levels sequentially, they have three lives and are awarded a new life for every fifty thousand points scored.
In Survival mode the player must play for as long as possible with the bubble stream moving ever faster until, eventually, it reaches the jaws of the big hungry fish. To progress the player must score a percentage of the expected score for the level - in the early levels they must achieve 80% of the expected score but this percentage increases as the player progresses with later levels requiring 350% of the 'normal' score. |
| C64 Classix Gold | 2005 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | C64 Gold is a compilation of 500 emulated C64 games. They are started through a menu system which also provides additional information, e.g. a manual, for some entries. Most of the games are cracked and about half of them were already included in C64 Classix. Additionally the CD includes three video longplays, four music remixes and three text articles.The games are divided into five categories:
Action
1942
2010
Airwolf
Airwolf 2
Alienator
Alpine Rescue
Anarchy
Armada
Armageddon Files, The
Atlantis
Attack of the Mutant Camels
Back Fire
Balloon Bomber
Battle of the World
Battle Tiger I
Battlefield
Black Lightning
Blaster
Bob Nixie and the Castle of the Illusion
Call of Cthulu
Canals of Mars, The
Cannon Fodder
City Killer
Ciuffy
Contura
Cyber World
Cybernator
Cyborg Attack
Cyborg Hunter 2025
Cybotron
Dalto
Dan Cooper
Dark is the Bark
Dead Ringer
Delta Fighter
Deneb
Duck Shoot
Ducky Dan
Duet
Dunwich Horror, The
Echo Hawk
Elven War
Enforcer
Escape from Metropolis
Farstar
Fire Storm
First Strike
Forest of Aurora, The
Galactic Man, The
Galaxibirds II
Gheddafiah
Great Gurianos
Grid Zone Remix
Gun City
Gunship 94
Hawk Mission
Hawk Mission II
Hawk Mission III
Hell in Space
Hellfire
Hellgate
Hercules - Slayer of the Damned
Hyperrace
Hyperspeed
Iridis Alpha
Issuar
Jack Bullett
Jailbreak
Jonathan
Jungle Patrol
Katakis
Kiss Me
Land of Solaria, The
Last Battle
Live and Let Die
Lost Robot
M.A.C.H. - Maneuverable Armed Computer Humans
Magic Castle
Mama Llama
Matrix
Mazo
Metagalactic Llamas
Metal Gear
Meteors
Najemnik - Powrot (Mercery - The Revenge)
Najemnik (Mercery)
NeaGox * Nebulian
Operation Lemmings
Operation Strikethru
Out of Deep
Outrider
Phantom - The Mission
Phobia
Power Blade
Psycastria
Psyclaps
Psycloid
Punkiller'
Pyramid
Radar
Raid
Ramble over Nazca
Raptor
Repton
Rescue Mission
Return of the Mutant Camels
Ringo
River Raid 64
Rocket
Rubicon
Samurai Trilogy
Screenians
Sector 5
Sentinel
SGA - Super Galaxy Apocalypse
SGA II - Super Galaxy Apocalypse II
Sheep in Space
Shot the Goulds!
Skeet Shootin'
Skramble
Slip of the Memory
Source of Light
Space Gold
Space Harrier
Speccy Attack
Spitfire
Star Goal
Star Wars - The Battle of Yavin
Stealth Bomber
Storm Warrior
Super Space Invaders
Synetic
T-26
Tank Battle
Tapeworm
Tella Terra TV
Terra Cresta II
Thing
ThunderCats
Toadforce
Tough Guyz
Transaction
Triacus
Turbo Ski
Turrican
Turrican II
Walker
Wanderer
Xavier
Xenon
Zariaros
Zarjaz
Zjggen
Zyrax
Adventure
0 Grad Nord
Adventure - The Ultimate Text Adventure
Adventureland
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, The
Ai confini della realtà
Aktenzeichen X-14
Alla ricerca del Buddha di Bodhnath
Arrow of Death - Part I
Arrow of Death - Part II
Art of China
Atalan
Auf der Suche
Barney Bear and the Chicago Connection
Black Knight, The
Charlie Deus
Circus
Citadel of Chaos, The
Classic Adventure Count, The
Crime Time (German)
Crime Time (English)
Cuscino Rosa, Il
Delitto sul Nilo
DFÜ-Adventure, Das
Dylan Dog - Le Notti della Luna Piena'
Escape from Pulsar 7
Feasibility Experiment
Flucht im 20. Jahrhundert
Forest of Doom, The
Ghost Town
Golden Baton, The
Golden Voyage
Gremlins - Das Abenteuer
Gremlins - The Adventure
Indagini di Thomas Bradley, Le
Ingrid's Back
Invaders of the Lost Tomb
Island Adventure
Jan Solo
Kunst aus China
Lancia del potere e il mastio nero, La
Lords of Doom
Lords of Time
Magische Steine
Melissa
Mission Impossible
Misterio di Zambesi Waters, Il
Mordon's Quest
Moscow Summit
Mystery Fun House
Necromancer II
Necromancer's Realm, The
Operation Feuersturm
Operation Neptun
Paddignton and the Disappearing Ink
Paddington's Early Visit
Paranoia Complex, The
Perseus and Andromeda
Pirate Adventure
Pirate Treasure
Price of Magik, The
Prince, The
Pyramid of Doom
Quest of Kings
Rapina in famiglia
Red Moon
Reich der Toten, Das
Robin of Sherwood - The Touchstones of Rhiannon
Robox
Saran Trilogie
Savage Island
Schwert und Magie 1
Schwert und Magie 2
Schwert und Magie 3
Schwert und Magie 4
Secret Mission
Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle
Strange Odyssey
Suche, Die
Super Gran - The Adventure
Ten Little Indians
Time and Magik
Time Machine, The
Verlies
Voodoo Castle
Waxworks
Wizard of Akyrz, The
Yawn, The
Zagor - La Fortezza di Smirnoff
Arcade
Agent Hawk
Alien Blast!
Ancipital
Anter Planter
Ball Fighter
Batalyx
Bath Time
Batty
Beyond the Ice Palace
Blitz
Block-Out
Bluey Blob
Bluey Blob II
Bomb Jack
Bomb Jack II
Bosh
Bounzy
Bubble Bobble 2
Bubbles
Bump!
California Goldrush
Camelot
Campagnella
Cataball
Catastrophes
Cats
Chuckie Egg
Cleanup Service
Cleanup Time
Codebreaker
Columns
Cool Mif 2, The
Crocodile Down-Under 3
Croll Ship
Crystalcave Deluxe
Crystallus
Dead Zone
Deltaplane
Detonation
Dogcatcher
Donald the Hero
Duotris
Eater
Epsilon IV
Escape from the Dark Prison
Felix
Floating Point Action
Freeway
Frog Byte
Frogger
Fruity
Fungus
Galaxy Cargo
Ghosts 'n' Goblins
Gogo the Ghost
Golden Age
Goldfever
Great Escape, The
Great Giana Sisters III, The
Gremlins II - The New Batch
High Memory
Hover Bovver
I Be a Leprechaun
Interview
Island Quest
It's Magic
Jail Break
Jet Power Jack
Jewel Quest
Käsekästchen
Kokotoni Wilf
Labirinto
Lady 'J'
Level Shock
Limes & Napoleon
Logjam
Loopy Landa
Madness
Marble Mania
Melonmania
Mighty Bomb Jack
Mini-Dash
Moxie's Porch
Nebraska Joe
New Intro Game
Oby 1
Oil Challenge
Omidar
Pac-Boy
Pale Moon
Palobs
Paper Route
Paperboy
Paul der Käfer
Pie Emporium
Planet of War
Poing
Pot Fun
Quadratic Area
Radcliffe in Monsterland
Raiders of the Lost Arch
Rainbow Runner
Rascals
Reactor Run
Realm of Zaroc, The
Rings'n'Up
Robo's Revenge
Roboservant
Roman Numerals
Ronald Rubberduck
Scarabaeus
Scavenger Hunt (2D)
Schatzsucher
Scooby Doo
Seaworld
Shocker
Silicon Warrior
Sliggy SOS
Slimer
Snacks 4 Snakes
Snafu
Snakes
Snazzy Snakes
Snowstorm
Space Duel
Spheron
Spray-Cam
Spukschloss
Street of Danger
Stroke World
Suicide Voyage
Super Fruity '99
Syncro
Sysiphus
Tetrix
Toms Revenge
Tron
Tubular!
Turtle Jump
UFO Attack
Velocipede
Velocipede 2
Walkerz
Wheelies II
Winter Holidays
Wizard Tag
Wizard Tag II - The Sequel
Wolkenflieger
Sports
500cc Motomanager
911 Tiger Shark
Biathlon
Big Game Fishing
Bike-Ride
Bocce
Boxing Champion
Buggy Boy
Campionata di Calcio
Championship Sprint
Crazy Car
Danger Drive
Dukes of Hazard
Elektra Glide
F1 Manager
Fall Guy, The
Formula 1 3D - F1 Manager 2
Frank Bruno's Boxing
GP Tennis Manager
I Play 3D Soccer
I Play 3D Tennis
I Play Football Champ
Italy '90 Soccer
Machine, The
Outrun '93
Over the Top
Overlander
Parigi Dakar
Ring Master
Road Course
Simulgolf
Ski Jumping
Space Academy
Speedway
Super Cross
Super Hang-On
Super Staring '99
Supertrux
Surf City
Work Games
World Championship Soccer
Strategy & Mind
Battle of Rome
Battle Ships
Belagerung
Belagerung 2
Blue Angel
Boss
Brain Artifice
Chain Reaction
Crack It!
Deutsches Afrika Korps
Dingdong
Exis - The Planet far away
Exor
Fall of Rome, The
Geometric 2
Glider Pilot
Glücksrad
Grfx-Jump
Imperium Romanum
Inherits of the Throne
Inspector
Jumpin' Cubes
Kampf der Mächte
Krieg um die Krone
Laser Schach
Leonardo
Lunar Outpost
Manager
Mars Projekt, Das
Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz
Mindbender
Modulus
Mühle
Muistipeli
New Jump, The
Nova
Nova 2
Operation Merkur
Persian Gulf
Plis
Poet - Ein Lyrik-Generator
Poker 4
Push'em
Push'em II
Q-Billion
Question of Sport, A
Raumschiff Enterprise
Real Estate
Reversi
Risicom 64
Road to Moscow
Schere Stein Papier
Starhopper
Sterne wie Staub
Su Sweet
Successors of the Throne
Tombola
Top Hat Men
Treasure Wheel
Türme von Hanoi, Die
Upside Down
Warlord
World, The
Yuppie's Revenge (German)
Yuppie's Revenge (English)
Zug um Zug |
| Card & Board Games 3 | 2005 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Card & Board Games 3 is another compilation of games and special editions that was originally published by eGames. The installation process installs a game browser on the player's machine, this gives access to the individual games. The first time a game is accessed it is installed, subsequent accesses will play the game. The games in this compilation are grouped into three categories:
Card games
Wiz Solitaire: this is a single-player, mouse controlled card game. The cards backs are use NASA images and the games available are Klondike, Freecell, Spider, Monte Carlo, Pyramid, Diplomat, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Josephine, Streets, baker's Dozen, Eagle Wing and Seahaven
Run Around: one of many games that uses the rules of Golf Solitaire with a different starting layout
Pyramid: an implementation of Pyramid Solitaire from eBrainyGames.
Raider Run: an uncredited three round game based on Golf Solitaire, shields numbered one to thirteen can be removed if they are one higher, or lower than the two exposed cards.
TriRangle: a tile match/removal game where the object is to clear all the tiles on screens, similar to Gonzo heads and many others.
Max Blackjack: a single-player black jack game
Video Poker: this game is called Turbo Poker on the title screen, it is a 'Jacks or Better' game.
Xtreme Cat and Mouse: called just 'Cat and Mouse' in the Game Bulter's Menu. This is an implementation of a two player card game that is also known as 'Spite and Malice' or 'SkipBo'.
8 Away: a Solitaire game from from eBrainyGames.
High and Low: a Solitaire game from from eBrainyGames based on the rules of Golf Solitaire.
Old Maid: an implementation of the classic children's card game from Webfoot Technologies
Triathalon: another uncredited game based on the principle of Golf Patience
Solitaire Master 50: this is a reduced version of Solitaire Master 3 Special Edition with just fifty games .
MVP Solitaire: Clubs Edition
Board Games
3D Chess from Magic Lantern
Checkers also from Magic Lantern
2004 MahJongg, just called MahJongg in the Game Butler menu.
Brain Power is a Concentration-style game.
Turbo Bingo: a fast single-player bingo game, the player places their bet, the balls are drawn and the win/loss announced in the time it takes for a slot machine to spin.
Nan Jing: A single-player, tile matching game
Cribbage Champion
Flip' Em 3D an Othello-like game
Field Battle: a Battleship game where ships are replaced with aircraft and an airstrip. There are alternate backgrounds and one or two people can play.
Mini Chess: the name says it all, chess on a small board with a limited number of pieces .
The Memory Machine: A hangman game
Maize Quest from eBrainyGames
Snakes & Ladders: a single-player implementation of the board game
5 Dice: 2nd Edition: this game is called Poker Dice on the title screen and it is a Yahtzee style game.
Bonus Strategy Games
Hot Slots: a slot machine with eight payout lines, three horizontal, three vertical, and two diagonal.
Max Roulette: a single-player game where the player starts with $100 and can only make it onto the scoreboard if they quit while they are ahead
Turbo Keno: like Turbo Bingo the player picks their numbers, places their bet and all the numbers arrive at once.
Old West Poker: a video poker 'Jacks or Better' game with wild west styling
Tai Xiu: this is a single-player implementation of a Chinese dice gambling game.
Galaxy Video Poker: this is another 'Jacks or Better' game that's just called Video Poker in the Game Butler's menu
Max Slots: a five-reel machine with nine payout lines. The player starts with $100 and only makes it onto the scoreboard if the y finish with more than $101. |
| Caribbean Combo | 2005 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Carribean Combo is an easy to learn puzzle game. The game is played in an 8x8 field and every grid gets randomly filled with up to 15 differently colored sea creatures, e.g. crabs. The player can change the content of two grids by clicking on both. The goal is to get three or more animals in a row to vanish them and to receive points. There is also a time limit which gets replenished by achieving combos.The three playing modes are arcade (the classic endless puzzle), junior (no time limit) and adventure (multiple puzzles with rising difficulty levels). There is an online high score list to compare the own performance with other players. |
| Carious Weltling II | 2005 | | | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Carious Weltling II keeps the core gameplay of its predecessor with the main objective of control a weltling to make it stay alive in a boiling desert by collecting maggots and taking out enemies. The background information about weltlings is presented as a series of drawn stills and the graphics have received a large overhaul. There are new enemies, new attack patterns and a familiar selection of power-ups. There are three game modes to choose from with different difficulty levels: Story, Classic and Survival. After completing five levels with multiple waves of enemies, there is a boss fight. Because the game is more resources-heavy than the first one, a separate Windows executable with fullscreen gameplay and better graphics is made available as well. |
| Carol Vorderman's Sudoku | 2005 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Atomic Planet Entertainment Limited | Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | A simulation of a sudoku game. Included is a classic mode, four arcade modes centered around accuracy and speed, and career and Challenge Carol modes that ask you to complete increasingly difficult puzzles in a time limit. Classic and arcade modes have four difficulty levels for puzzles.Multiplayer modes include Free For All, where both players work on the same puzzle at the same time, competing to fill in the most squares, Quickfire, where players take turns filling in squares, and the winner is the fastest, and Time Attack, which gives each player a separate puzzle, and the winner is the one who completes their puzzle fastest. All multiplayer modes have adjustable handicaps.Finally, tutorial videos and a sudoku solver are included. Stats are tracked across games, and are saved to memory card. |
| Carrier Operations Collection | 2005 | First Class Simulations | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Carrier Operations Collection is a compilation of three titles by Abacus :
Carrier Operations
WWII Carrier Operations
Vietnam Carrier Operations
These titles are compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 . They can be installed singly, in pairs or all together. As they are separate stand alone packages each add-on will install with a separate instance of the program ArrCab which is a background process that simulates the action of the aircraft carrier catapult start and cable landing. All versions are identical and any version of ArrCab can be used with any add-on. |
| Castle of Elite | 2005 | Remar Games | Remar Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control, Point and select | | | | Windows | Castle of Elite is a freeware platform puzzle game, where the player controls the main character with the keyboard while interacting with the scenery using the mouse. Each level is a self-contained puzzle, where the main objective is to collect all the coins to open a portal to the next stage.The mouse is primarily used to lay down brick platforms of tetrominoes shapes over the available space, allowing the character to gather some of the otherwise unreachable coins. The mouse can also destroy brick sections to open blocked passages. Extra platforms can be found and collected as icons around the level. Later levels introduce roaming enemies, switches, dangerous environments and more complex puzzles. An integrated level editor is available to create custom puzzles. |
| Caterpillar Construction Tycoon | 2005 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Gabriel Entertainment | Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | Vehicle simulator | Direct control, Menu structures, Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | Caterpillar Construction Tycoon is a simulation about managing construction sites. Next to the business management aspect of designing and maintaining a construction site as well as keeping track of salaries and the employees' working hours, several vehicles can be operated directly from a first-person view. |
| Challenge Letters | 2005 | eGames, Inc. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Challenge Letters is a single player word game that was included as a bonus game with Drop! 2 as well as being part of at least one other compilation.There are two modes of play, Eternity and Winds Of Sand, which correspond to untimed and timed respectively. The game is played entirely with the mouse.
The player is presented with a set of lettered tiles and slots into which they can be inserted to make words, there are always more letters than there are slots available. In each set of letters there is one gold letter which must, where possible, be included in the words made. The gold letters are effectively lives, the player starts with a fixed number and each time a round is completed using the gold tile then a new gold tile is awarded, however for every round that does not use the gold tile the player loses a tile from their gold tile rack. The game is over when all gold tiles are lost.
When the gold tile rack is full the player is given a bonus round in which they must correctly identify a single word, doing this resets the gold tile rack and scores points whine failing to do this costs the player both gold tiles and pointsThere are no clues and no 'right' words to make but all vacant slots must be filled to complete the game. There is no high score table, no hint feature and no save game feature.
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| Champion's Choice | 2005 | Brighter Child Interactive, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games:
Kasparov Chessmate
The Emperor's Mahjong
Reel Deal Casino Quest!
Pop's Pipes
Slurp
All games except Reel Deal Casino Quest! are Pocket PC/Palm OS compatible. In addition, games with Pocket PC/Palm OS versions can synchronize between Windows and portable platforms, allowing you to start play on one platform, and continue on another. |
| Chicken Attack | 2005 | INTENIUM GmbH | INTENIUM GmbH | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Chicken Attack is a single player, 3-D, top-down, isometric game based loosely on the classic Breakout. It is the sequel to the game Chicken's Revenge.The game features a hen who's out to rescue her chickens which have been captured and imprisoned. To secure their release our heroine fires a ball, 'Breakout style', at everything in her path. This clears the ground uncovers treasure which increases the score, pressure plates that allow her to advance and power-ups that may either help or hinder. All of which, if used carefully, will ultimately enable her to free the chicks. When the last chick has been freed the level is complete.There are three types of game play, normal, easy and timed, in all the objective is to release the chicks and score points.The game is entirely mouse controlled.
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| Christmas Conquest 2 | 2005 | Neonair Games | Neonair Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Christmas Conquest 2 is a 2D platform game with gameplay similar to the Mega Man games. Just like in the first game Christmas is under attack by the other holidays. As Santa's Elf, you run and jump through futuristic levels, shooting baddies with your blaster, and defeat each of big bosses. When you defeat them, you can take their ability as your own, which can provide an advantage against other types of enemies. |
| Classic Puzzle Games Volume 2 | 2005 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Action, Compilation, Strategy | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Classic Puzzle Games Volume 2 is a compilation of four clones of old arcade games chosen by the staff at Retro Gamer magazine. The 'remastered' classics are:
Rockstory
P-Slider
Skools Out
Krakout Unlimited |
| Cloven Crania Meadow | 2005 | Xing Interactive, Inc. | IQ Publishing s.c. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Cloven Crania Meadow is a real-time strategy game set in a standard fantasy world. The player takes control of the human kingdom, surrounded by hostile nations, monsters and other evil creatures. The solution to the problem is to beat the aggressive neighbors and the expulsion of monsters. Priority is to develop the city, ensuring prosperity, defend their headquarters and destroy enemy cities. It is important to train military units - only a large and well-trained army can deal with the army of the enemy. Battles emphasize taking control of "key areas" on the battlefield rather than simply destroying the opponent's army. The development of the capital consists of constructing important buildings and providing resources. |
| Coffeehouse Chaos! | 2005 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Wicked Witch Software Pty Ltd | Simulation | | | | Arcade, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Jill is a young female who dreams of running her own coffee shop. To pursue this dream she's moved to a new city and set up shop with the bare basics. With the player's help, Jill can become successful and make money from all customers.Coffeehouse Chaos is a simulation game. The player takes control of Jill by clicking on the screen, who can then move around the screen performing various tasks. The player must wait for customers to arrive, seat them at the appropriate table, take their order, serve their coffee, collect the bill from them and clean the table for the next customers. These steps are accomplished by clicking on the appropriate areas of the screen. The steps must be done quickly, as customers will become angry if they're not given top priority. Some customers are pickier than others. |
| Cold War Conflicts | 2005 | Most Wanted Games | Fireglow Games, Red Ice | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Cold War, Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Cold War Conflicts is a real-time strategy game similar to Sudden Strike set in the Cold War: It is focused on tactical skirmishes; there is no base building. It features four campaigns where the player takes the part of Israel during the Suez Crisis in Egypt during the Yom Kippur War, and both Korea and America during the Korean War. There are overall 37 mission based on real events.Since the game uses the same engine as Sudden Strike there are no differences in handling or graphics. The controls follows real-time strategy standards, meaning the mouse is used for moving and attacking, for other orders there are icons on the edge of the screen. Every faction has up to 50 units. |
| Coloriages Codés: Maternelle Grande Section | 2005 | Aventi | | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Coloriages Codés: Maternelle Grande Section is an interactive coloring activity for preschoolers (5/6 years old).This is a simple game is designed to teach shapes and colors. Kids identify and match each shape with its corresponding color using a shape-color key to color the picture. A print feature is also available. |
| Comanche Hokum / Virtua Fighter 2 | 2005 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This "Fair Play" release includes:
Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche versus Ka-52 Hokum
Virtua Fighter 2 |
| Conspiracy: Weapons of Mass Destruction | 2005 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | Kuju Entertainment Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | Gavin J. Rothery, Ed Traquino | Windows | Cole Justice, a retired Secret Service agent has been recalled by The Agency for one last mission. Hydra, a rogue government agency has according to intelligence reports been developing and selling biological weapons to terrorist organizations. Now, Cole's mission is to stop them, but who should he trust, the government or Hydra?Conspiracy: Weapons of Mass Destruction is a first person shooter built on the Fire Warrior engine. As Cole Sullivan, players will be assigned to missions around the globe, including places such as the South American jungle and the Arctic Circle. The game contains typical FPS weapons such as the machine gun, the sniper rifle and the rocket launcher.In addition to the campaign there's also the Endurance Mode, where enemies will spawn around you and you have to stay alive as long as possible. For each enemy you take down you'll earn points, and if you're quick you can make chain combos and get huge scores. |
| Country Justice: Revenge of the Rednecks | 2005 | ValuSoft, Inc. | 3Romans LLC | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Fantasy, North America | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Country Justice: Revenge of the Rednecks is a first-person shooter similar in themes and humour to the Redneck Rampage games. In the Yahoo Country in Mississippi, Steve Earl is informed by his cousin Ellie May that her goat Dixie has been stolen. Steve and Sheriff Cletus set out to search for it, but right at that moment the entire county is affected by nuclear waste, dumped in the river by a scientist, mutating all animals and turning the humans into zombies.Starting from the main, trailer-infested village, the player can attack mutated goats, cows and horses, as well as the zombies with weapons such as a fists, a baseball bat, a pistol, a rifle, different types of shotguns, an M16, a crossbow, dynamite, and a spraycan that becomes a flamethrower when used with a lighter. The action takes place both indoors and outdoors. There is a fixed mission path, but most of the environment can be roamed freely and it covers a lot of terrain with meadows, rivers, bridges, various small buildings, towns and small sites with crashed cars. Earl can travel around using different vehicles such as four-wheelers, pick-up trucks, air boats and semi-trucks. His main truck can be tuned at the local gas station or garage. When driving, the perspective is changed to third-person, except when Steve is in the back of the sheriff's truck manning a machine gun.Health is restored by drinking Moonshine and the player can also earn extra lives and weapons through optional mini-games, such as a bottle shooting gallery, challenges and races. The main level areas include a trailer park, a swamp boat, a nuclear power plant, a fishing camp, and more. Reaching all areas is quite a task however, as the game is virtually unplayable through clipping bugs, random crashes and other signs of unpolished development. The game manual also mentions a key to reset the area when a character is stuck in the geometry. |
| Crazy Burger | 2005 | eGames, Inc. | Zone 2 Media GmbH | Action | | | | Time management | | | Daniel Buscher, Andre Kuklinski | | | Isometric | Windows | Crazy Burger simulates the experience of being the lone employee of a heavily trafficked fast food establishment. Customers queue up at the counter and the player must walk to the counter and engage them in order to take their orders, which are graphically depicted. Different levels depict increasingly complicated restaurants and each one has more equipment covering the floor. Such items to be retrieved and served are drinks (3 sizes), ice cream (3 flavors), fries (which must be fried but not for too long), and burgers (which must be fried just the right amount of time, then prepared, then served).2 players can compete against each other on the same floor with 2 different registers. Watch out for obstacles on the floor, such as random banana peels that can put the player out of commission for a few seconds. The goal in each level is to successfully serve a certain number of customers while never exceeding a certain number of irate walk-off customers. |
| Crazy Sudoku | 2005 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | soft.art Gesellschaft für Softwareentwicklung mbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Crazy Sudoku is a Sudoku variant. The rules: The game is played with nine squares which are arranges in a 3x3 formation. Every square is also divided into nine grids. Now the programme fills numbers into some grids and the player has to add the rest. In every square, vertical row and horizontal row every number of 1-9 has to be there exactly one time. This variant features help functions for beginners, a save feature, different difficulty levels, a "boss key" to minimize the game and a print function so the player can solve the puzzles without a computer. |
| Create Your Own Model Railway | 2005 | astragon Software GmbH | BrainBombers Group, The | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Create Your Own Model Railway is a single player train simulation in which the player designs and builds their own track layout and populates it with buildings, trees and trains. They can then run their layout, operating switches to route trains into stations and sidings, controlling the power to change speed or to pull heavier loads etcBuilding the layout is controlled by a mouse/keyboard combination. Track is selected via a drop down menu and is placed onto the layout with a mouse click, prior to placement the piece can be rotated via the arrow keys. The same process is used for the selection and placement of buildings and scenery objects. When the layout is completed the terrain can be altered, the track can be raised and the game automatically builds a wooden trestle bridge structure underneath it. The terrain itself can be raised to create hills of lowered to create lakes, where hills are created the game automatically creates a tunnel and where lakes are created the game spans the water with trestle bridges.
When running the trains the player uses the mouse to vary the power around the circuit and change the points to route the trains around different parts of the track via the control menu the game creates in the lower left of the screen. The player can place a camera on any of the trains and follow it's journey around the layout and they can take a snapshot in .bmp format.
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| Crystal Rain Forest V2 | 2005 | Sherston Software Ltd. | Sherston Educational Software Pvt Ltd | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Crystal Rain Forest V2 is an updated and enhanced version of Sherston's 1992 title Crystal Rain Forest, there was also a Crystal Rain Forest 2000. It is an educational title sold to schools, it teaches numeracy, problem solving, ecology and environmental awareness but most of all it teaches the LOGO programming language.Crystal Rain Forest V2 is an adventure game in which the player must find a way to save the rain forest which is gradually being cut down and destroyed by the Cut and Run Gang. The gang are chopping down the trees in the planet's last remaining rain forest. The king, who realises the importance of the oxygen giving trees orders them to stop so they shoot him with a poisoned arrow. Now the king lies in a coma in the city hospital and the only thing that can save him are the magic crystals that can sometimes be found in the forest. These natural crystals are hard to find but Professor Roberts is developing a way to make them artificially with his computer.The game can be played in Adventure mode in which the twelve puzzles contained within the game are played in the context of the story, or it can be played in Activity mode where the puzzles can be played and replayed in any order. All puzzles are solved by using Logo commands which in later puzzles are built up into short routines. There is a teacher option to choose between the two levels of difficulty in the game , this affects some, but not all of the puzzles. There are also teacher options to configure the game and an optional Crystal Logo function which allows players to write their own logo programs. The game can be fully narrated and, if enabled, will voice the LOGO commands as they are executed. |
| Crystalize! | 2005 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Crystalize! is a tile-matching, falling-block type puzzle game for one player. It is very similar in gameplay to Bejeweled. The game screen is filled with randomly placed coloured crystals. The player must swap crystals either horizontally or vertically to make strings of gems of the same colour that are three or more crystals in length. Sets of crystals that are three or more long will disappear and more crystals will fall from the top of the screen to replace them. Sometimes the falling crystals form strings as they land. Multiple matching sets like this are called Combos and as these in turn disappear they generate a bonus score.In this game there are some special gems with symbols in them. These have the following effects
Lightning bolts, if these are included in a string of gems then all gems in that column will disappear.
Earthquake symbols cause all gems in their row to disappear.
The Blast symbol causes both a column and a row to disappear.
Gems with a whirlwind symbol cause the gems in the playing area to rotate.
Keys in 'quest mode' are essential to progressing to the next level. When three have been collected special gem with a wizard in it will appear. There are two ways to play the game. In Collector mode the player must collect 200 crystals to complete a level. In Quest mode the player must collect three keys to summon a wizard who must then be moved to the bottom of the screen so he can escape through a portal. Both Collector and Quest modes have bonus levels. |
| Daemon Vector | 2005 | Brigades | XPEC Entertainment Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Hack and slash | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Daemon Vector is set in medieval times where European adventurers recover artifacts from Asia. Now one of these artifacts turns out to bear a curse and transforms all nearby humans into zombies. The player takes the role of a hero to wipe out the zombies.Daemon Vector is a a classical hack & slash game: The camera is fixed behind the player character which performs hits and combos by using the mouse buttons. Combo attacks can only be used when the player has enough special energy which is earned by performing regular attacks. The basic gameplay structure is that the player has to clear a room of all zombies. Then he receives a key to unlock the next room.The player can choose between Asgard who fights with swords and Rhea who prefers heavy but slow weapons. The two have different combos and character values, e.g. health or armor. These can be upgraded with experience points which are earned by killing enemies. After every level the player can take one of two pieces of equipment, e.g. a ring or a sword, which give special abilities like poison resistance. |
| Daily Star: Sci-Fi Saturday - The Entertainment Trilogy | 2005 | Daily Star | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Sci-Fi Saturday is a UK compilation of three discs that were given away in successive Saturday editions of The Star newspaper.;
Disc 1: contains three previously televised programs from popular seriesBattlestar Galactica - The Lost Warrior episode
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - the Vegas In Space episode
Quantum Leap - Star Crossed
Disc 2 contains theme music for Star Wars (A New Hope), Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Joe 90, Captain Scarlet, and The X-Files together with a further eight bonus tracks.
Disc 3 contains the following Arcade Games, all of which are clones/variants of popular titles. They are all played with a keyboard, can be played by one or two people and have high score tables and sound, they are;
Roids: This is an Asteroids clone with solid looking rocks and alien space craft.
Space Raiders: This is a Space Invaders variant
Hopper: A Frogger game but instead of taking a frog across roads and rivers the player is guiding a robot home while avoiding similar obstacles
Bounce & Break: This is a Breakout-like game where the player has to keep a ball on play until it has hit and destroyed a pattern of coloured blocks
Light Racer: A TRON style Light Cycle game
Bubble Puzzle: A Bust-A-Move variant where the player uses a bubble canon to clear a pattern of coloured bubbles
Gobbler: This is a Pac-Man variant played on a steel grid floating in space.
Laser Command: This is a Missile Command game in which the player has two laser towers to shoot incoming flying saucers which are trying to kill out robots
The first disc came in a three panel, card, gatefold holder intended to hold the full set. Weeks two and thee came in a separate card slipcasesThis collection of games was released commercially as Retro for Windows and PlayStation 2. |
| Dark Apes: The Fate of Devolution | 2005 | IncaGold GmbH | Wolfgroup | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | The main character wakes up in a mysterious hospital. He doesn't remember who he was. Now he must survive real madness. In his pocket is a handgun with 99 bullets and three different weapons - slow, but powerful shotgun, rifle with similar firepower and speed, and Tommy gun, with 30 bullets in magazines. Story in game is presented by comic book-like cutscenes.Dark Apes is a low-budget horror FPS. The player character must fight apes, humanoid lizards and mutated nurses. The main task is finding and collecting the ten special crystals. Sometimes, boxes with ammunition, special binoculars and first aid kits can be find on the floor or shelves. The game has only four levels - hospital, city, museum and island - and two difficulty modes. At the beginning the player fights against lone nurses, later opponents are present in larger quantities. |
| De Grote Griezelbox | 2005 | Transposia | | Adventure, Compilation, Educational | 1st-person, Top-down | | Horror | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | De Grote Griezelbox (The Great Horrorbox) is a compilation containing the following children's games:
Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse
Dracula's Secret
La Scuola del Brivido: Il piccolo Freakstein
La Scuola del Brivido: La piccola strega
Haunted Piñatas (Not separately available)
In Haunted Piñatas, the player controls a kid wandering around a haunted mansion, fighting piñatas and avoiding ghosts. Picking up candy earns points, and found keys unlock new parts of the house. The game has a top-down perspective. |
| Deadhunt | 2005 | Akella | REL Games | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Arcade, Shooter | | | Andrey Demenev | | | | Windows | In this arcade FPS shooter, you must dispatch hundreds of zombies, skeletons and bugs that come at you in wave after wave. In campaign mode, you must make it through 4 episodes of 40 missions total. In survival mode, you have to get as many points as possible by killing monsters and gathering items. Also, in greed mode you must stop the game with the highest score possible before you feel you are about to die as you will lose all your accumulated points. The monsters have 10 types of armor and the skeletons and zombies also carry one of 20 different weapons such as swords and halberds (two-handed bladed poles). You can shoot their carrying arm off but they will still come at you trying to claw you with their other arm. You can choose from among 7 weapons and grenades. There are 10 runes that when picked up will increase health, damage, defense, run speed, and score among others. Also, 37 bonuses can be claimed that add to your score or increase your abilities for a short time. It has 15 original soundtracks and 4 difficulty levels as well. |
| Deluxe Pontoon | 2005 | Idigicon Limited | REFLEXion games | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Deluxe Pontoon is a single-player card game following the rules of the British version of Pontoon, a Blackjack variant.In each deal, the player's aim is to receive cards totalling more in face value than the dealer's, but not exceeding 21—otherwise they are "bust" and lose. A hand worth 21 (consisting of an ace and a 10 or a face card) is a 'pontoon' and pays extra.The player starts with £100 and can choose before each hand how much they are willing to bet, in multiple of £10. After being dealt a new hand, the player can choose to twist (hit, add an extra card), buy (double the bet) or stick (stand, play the hand if their total is 15 or higher). Any hand of five cards tops any other configuration, apart from pontoon. |
| Didi and Ditto: First Grade - The Wolf King | 2005 | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This is an adventure/puzzle game intended for 5 - 7 year-olds, following on the heels of Kutoka's earlier Didi and Ditto: Kindergarten.After you sign in on the first page and choose a difficulty level (1, 2, or 3 bugs, for easy, medium, or hard), you are transported to a countryside scene where you listen to short setup story about how the Wolf King has taken over Jako’s Valley and placed his purple lieutenants in various places around the map. Didi and Ditto, 2 brave little beavers, decide to put a stop to his rule, and make a bet with him that beavers are smarter than wolves. The king agrees that if one beaver can outsmart all his lieutenants and win all the flags and royal medallions from them, he and his minions will leave the valley forever.You have agreed that only one beaver will make the attempt, and you must choose which – Didi, the girl, or Ditto the boy – and then click on a map of the Valley to travel to the area of your choice. After each puzzle, you return to the map to pick your next place to explore.Each area of the map holds two puzzles (16 in all) – one to win a flag, and one to win a medallion, both of which you will place in your backpack. The pack stays conveniently off-screen until you run your mouse over the bottom of the picture; then it pops up along with a flower that will exit, and a leaf that will take you back to the map.In order to win a flag, you must help a friendly animal out of a tight spot; the puzzles vary from helping to decide on measuring tools/units, to fetching a teddy bear from a mine maze while you block a couple of frogs from the exit. The medallion puzzles entail besting a wolf lieutenant at a game of wits, ranging from selecting letters and punctuation from a typing table to match a short sentence, to finding shapes on a table by following directions (right, left, between, etc.), and than arranging them into a tangram shape. Each puzzle is preceded by a clear explanation and a little tutorial; even so, some of the puzzles may be beyond the capabilities of the first graders the game aims at. In particular, there is one puzzle that involves using the arrow keys in a mine to drop rocks into moving carts…this was not simple! Another puzzle requires you to catch things falling down a waterfall, according to directions specifying “living” or “non-living” – it was fairly difficult to identify the items and move quickly enough to catch them all. Many first-graders may find themselves frustrated, although you can return to any puzzle at any time to complete it.This game is designed to reinforce skills the child is learning in school; simple addition, measuring, shapes, letters and reading, punctuation, rhyming, classifying and sorting, and reading maps, among many others. There are also some creativity pages that you can access - after solving a puzzle involving color mixing you are able to paint your own picture, for instance. After helping a group of turtles practice their music, you are able to select a drumbeat and click on the turtles to make music of your own which can be recorded and played back. At any time you can visit the Activity menu, where you can directly access the educational mini-games; there are four tabs, for Math, Reading, Science, and Creativity. There are also a number of mini animations starring friends of Didi and Ditto that you can watch during the game by clicking on different parts of scenery. In addition, this game includes a Teacher Mode, enabling a teacher or parent to track the child's progress.
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| Die große PC-Spielesammlung: Solitaire | 2005 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Die große PC-Spielesammlung: Solitaire is an adaption of the famous card game. 320 different varieties and a lot of difficulties are included. A help function and many stats are available. 30 different card designs and 27 backgrounds can be selected. |
| Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Magical Ballroom | 2005 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Creative Capers Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Disney's Beauty and the Beast is a collection of mini-games for children based around the characters of the Disney animated movie of the same name. After signing in, the player starts the game in the great hallway of the Beast's home. Belle is trying to arrange a surprise party for the Beast and this sets the background for the mini-games.
Mrs Potts' Teatime Table: This is a three level timed game. The idea is to prepare the table for a meal, tea, dinner and dessert. All the plates, cups, etc. are stacked on the cupboard and the player must click on them so that the item falls onto the rotating table below building up the place setting in the right order.
Cogsworth's Library Mystery: This is a three level game based on the principles of the board game 'Guess Who?'. Cogsworth has hidden parts of the key to the West Wing inside the books and gives the player clues which they use to eliminate books until one remains.
Belle's Writing Desk: This is the creativity section where players can load party invitations, stained glass windows, backgrounds and stickers. The windows and the pictures can be re-coloured, the invitations can have names typed onto them, and all of them can be printed.
Belle of the Ball: Contains three mini activities. It is here where the player selects the dress Belle will wear in the ball.The other activities are:Create Music: There are three musicians each of which can play three instruments. The player selects a combination that they like to play in the ball.Choreograph the Dance: The dance floor is divided into a grid and the player places symbols onto the grid to make up a dance.Decorating the Ballroom: The ballroom is decorated but by clicking on various elements of decor the player can change the look to suit themselves.Finally the player can start the dance where the Beast and Belle, wearing the dress selected earlier, dance the dance that the player designed. |
| Disney: 3 Spellen | 2005 | Disney Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Disney: 3 Spellen compilation includes 3 Disney-licensed games, for ages 6 and older:
Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers
Disney's Extremely Goofy Skateboarding
Disney's Mickey Saves the Day: 3D Adventure
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| Dora the Explorer: Dance to the Rescue | 2005 | Atari Interactive, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | Dora the Explorer is a very young Latina who speaks English peppered with Spanish words. She stars in an animated children's television series that premiered in the US in 1999.In Dance to the Rescue, Dora and her little monkey sidekick, Boots, have to rescue their fox friend Swiper from his imprisonment in a bottle. He's been trapped there by the (not very) mean Dancing Elf, and to set him free Dora has to enter the King's dance contest and win One Big Wish. But first, she has to learn the latest dance moves, and that's where you come in...As a new player you are taken to the sign-in screen, where you pick a color and stickers to decorate the Dance Adventure Center, type your name, and then click on the vamanos button (Dora icon) to pick your level on the next screen. Every action in the game is performed with the mouse - clicking on items and occasionally moving the mouse. During the game you have two constant icons - the map, which allows you to visit different areas and helps you to keep track of where you've been, and the level icon; if the game level is too easy or too difficult you can change it mid-game.You and Dora and company must visit five locations on the map and learn several different dances before you can go to the castle in your quest to free Swiper. At the culmination of the game you are able to visit the Dance Adventure Center and create dance videos, listen to music, and print out your favorite dance moves.
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| Dora's 3-D Pyramid Adventure | 2005 | Nick Jr. | Nick Jr. Games | Action, Educational | Behind view, Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Dora's 3-D Pyramid Adventure is an educational platforming game based on the children's television series Dora the Explorer. Dora must get to the top of the Number Pyramid to retrieve the key to the Lost City by jumping, swinging, and hopping through three levels.The first level consists of a series of platforms that Dora must jump on. The second contains vines that she must swing from to reach the third area. Dora will count each step she takes as she takes it, teaching the player basic counting skills.The third and final area contains a colorful staircase that can only be ascended by choosing the correctly-colored steps to jump on. Thankfully, the narrator is there to tell Dora (the player) which steps will allow her to climb the staircase instead of plummeting through the floor. Dora will repeat the name of the color in Spanish upon taking each step.The length of the game depends on the difficulty selected. On Easy, each level contains three jumps for a total of nine; Medium difficulty contains five jumps for a total of fifteen; and Hard difficulty contains ten jumps for a total of thirty. |
| Dora's Carnival Adventure | 2005 | Nick Jr. | Nick Jr. Games | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dora's Carnival Adventure is based on the American animated television series mainly aired on Nickelodeon. In this game, you go around a carnival while earning tickets from various mini-games. These tickets can then be exchanged for treasures that can be kept in you treasure box. Each mini-game is based off of something you would actually find in a carnival.There are three mini-games in total:• Swiper's Air Hockey - The main goal of this game is pretty simple, for each goal you get in air hockey, you get a ticket to spend on prizes. The game goes to ten points, so whoever gets ten points first gets the tickets. This game is fully controlled with the mouse in order to move your paddle.• Boots's Crane Game - The main goal of this game is to grab boots with the crane, but there is a catch. In order to get a ticket, the two boots you grab must be of a matching color, and there are four different varieties in the machine. You only have about a minute to catch as many boots as you can.• Slippery Slide Race - The main goal of this game is to get to the bottom of the slippery slide first. There are four characters to choose from: Dora, Boots, Swiper, and Benny the Bull. You must stay in the middle of the track in order to gain momentum. If you hit the walls, you will slow down and lose time. The winner gets 3 tickets, and you race against two other CPU characters.
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| Dragons Battle | 2005 | bluedragon.it | bluedragon.it | Strategy | Side view | | War | Tactical RPG | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Year of Grace 915, the game starts in a fantasy parallel world under the constant siege of monsters, orcs and beasts, the whole mankind is in danger of extinction. All hordes of mosters stands under the will of the great Enemy of mankind, an enormous dragoon with scarlet scales, called Red Dragon, it is the master of all inhuman horde that devastates the world. Our heroes will fight back those hordes, will reach the core of evil, realize an ancient prophecy and become themselves a legend.The game is based on tactical and turn-based strategy gameplay and contains various elements of RPG too, like experience gain, level system for every playable character, including stats like HP, MP, physical attack, magical attack, defense, magic defense, speed, and move distance, depending on each class type, like fighter, swordsman, axeman, archer, lancer, guardian, mage, priest, knight, paladin, ninja, crossbowman, summoner, pegasus rider and so on. The game goes on with winning battlefields and reaching the winning conditions different for each battle. Every battle is based on turns, when all playable characters completed theyr move and action, then the turn passes to the enemy. The equipment is different for every class and can be purchased between battles. There are various rare and unique items that can be found only in secret spots inside some battle maps. |
| Dragons: Fire & Ice | 2005 | | Fuel Industries Inc. | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | | | Hack and slash | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dragons Metal Ages is a series of figures and buildings from Mega Bloks Dragons Universe series that was released in the early 2000's. In support of the later Dragons: Metal Ages merchandise a promotional CD was released which had details of the figures that were available, wallpapers, videos and the game Dragons: Fire & Ice. Much of the content was not on the disc, for example once a wallpaper had been selected it had to be downloaded from the Mega Bloks website.The game Dragons: Fire and Ice that is featured on this CD tucked away as a menu item in the 'Extras' section. The story behind the game is that Xenoz, the baddie, has divided the Fire Krystal into small pieces. The player's task is to collect all the pieces and take them to the top of Dragon Mountain to defeat Xenoz. The krystal shards are guarded by Vorgons who will attack on sight so they must be avoided where possible - especially as the player is unarmed throughout the first level.
It is a single player, keyboard controlled, game in which the player, playing as either Dev or Kyra, explores all areas of a map looking for krystals and a the key to the next level. The CD only contains the first level of the game, when the player completes this level they are given their score along with the message "Finish the game at megabloks.com" at which point the game attempts to open a web page which, alas in 2022, is no longer present.
The game developer's website says, among other things, that the game was developed in just a few weeks and took around an hour and a half to complete. |
| Dreamworks Madagascar: Paint & Create | 2005 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Alternative Software Ltd. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | Africa | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Dreamworks Madagascar: Paint & Create is a painting and drawing package for children based on the film Madagascar.The game opens with one of four menus, basically the same menu but with a different central character, in which the options are represented by icons around the edges of the screen.
The user can create;
Posters: landscape or portrait
Party kits: Invites, place settings, address labels
Door hangers
Bookmarks
Calendars: Three different styles portrait, A4 slim and Landscape which can be one page per year or one page per month
Shapes - to be used as stickers, key-fobs and fridge magnets
Personalised stationery: Letterheads, A5 personalised note paper, Star labels, Mini labels and Round labels
Flyers
Cards, portrait or landscape; A4, A5 or A6;
MasksAll options use a very similar interface with official images from the film that can be used in combinations with each other and/or user generated art and text.
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| Drop! 2 | 2005 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | iSurf, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Drop 2! is a Tetris-like, falling block game where coloured drops/blocks/marbles fall from the top of the screen and the player must position three or more of the same colour in a row in order to remove them from the play area.There are four modes of play:Extreme: which is the basic gameReloaded: where all the star blocks must be removed to complete a levelGold: which contains special blocks such as the stone blocks that cannot be removed and steel ones that explodeVertical: where blocks can only be moved vertically
This game is available for download on its own but was released on CD in the UK & the US with a free bonus game: Challenge Letters in which the player must make the longest words possible from the letter tiles they are given. |
| Egypt III: The Fate of Ramses (DVD Collectors Edition) | 2005 | Adventure Company, The | Kheops Studio | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collector's edition includes:
The Egyptian Prophecy (DVD and EFIGS languages)
Documentary database
Making-of video (French voices, English subtitles)
Gallery with designs, screenshots, cinematics and music
Bonus DVD video, playable on a home DVD player (PAL), with the making-of and gallery |
| Elektromeister Lampe | 2005 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Elektromeister Lampe is a puzzle game where the player takes the role of Lampe, an electrician. In the 100 levels the goal is always to fix destroyed electric cables. The player controls Lampe with the mouse and tells him where to go. He can collect different extra items in the levels, e.g. switches or better equipment. He can also place cable parts on the floor.These parts are processed with the mouse. The player simply has to click on the placed (and already existing) parts to turn them. There are straight and angled ones. In later levels the player also has to solve puzzles and deal with bad people which destroy the links. Lampe can't walk over cables. |
| Ellas Jättememory | 2005 | Ellas | Ellas | Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ellas Jättememory is an educational memory game that teaches sign language. It differs from a traditional memory game in that instead of just combining two identical images, this game features three different media types: images, speech and videos showing signs. The player can then choose in the settings how these can be combined, for example images with signs or speech with images. Various aids can be turned on like having text accompanying images or having speech over a sign video. There is a total of 600 pairs divided into fifteen different categories each with its own topic such as animals, vehicles, words and numbers. The game can be played by one or two players and it's possible to choose how many pairs each game should have (three, five or ten). |
| EuroCops | 2005 | CrazyFoot Gamestudio B.V. | CrazyFoot Gamestudio B.V. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | EuroCops is a third-person shooter where the player takes a task force of three people through six European countries including France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and Russia. The team needs to neutralize threads and can choose between six different agencies, such as GSG-9, NOCS, Team Alfa and the SAS. The player can only control one team member at a time, but issue general commands to the other two members such as "follow" or "hold". At any time, it is possible to directly take control of any of the other team members. This is useful as every agent has access to different weaponry, but the game also encourages the player to place agents in tactical positions to provide cover fire when entering new areas.Missions consist of securing objectives and taking out the opposition. Weapons, ammo or health do not need to be collected. Each agent has a number of different weapons and can switch between them. These include handguns, shotguns, machine guns and sniper rifles. There is a zoom option, a melee attack and the agents can duck or prone when the situation requires it. A mini-map in the top right corner keeps track of enemy opposition and the location of objectives. Next to the singleplayer campaign mode, each unlocked mission becomes available in a cooperative multiplayer mode where each agent can be controlled by a different player. |
| Exeter Castle | 2005 | Russobit-M | Game Factory Interactive Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | War | | Europe, Historical events | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Exeter Castle is an action game with ten levels based on the events of the Hundred Years' War. It is played from a first-person perspective with a character wielding a sword. |
| F/A-18 Operation Iraqi Freedom | 2005 | Application Systems Heidelberg Software GmbH | Graphsim Entertainment Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | F/A-18 Operation Desert Storm is the successor to F/A-18 Korea. It features a campaign with 27 unrelated missions set in the Gulf region. Typical examples are the bombing of ground targets or escort missions. On most missions the player gets help by other aircraft including the famous A-10 Warthog.The game strongly focuses on the realistic simulation of the F/A-18 Hornet so the player has to work with a complex set of key combinations to control it. Twelve tutorial missions are designed to introduce the player step by step to the aircraft. The game also features an editor to create custom missions. |
| Fast Lane Carnage | 2005 | Eclypse | Parallax Factory | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | | Post-apocalyptic | Automobile | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Fast Lane Carnage is a racing game with guns set in post-apocalyptic times. Similar to other genre classics the course is shown in a top-down perspective and the car is controlled with the keyboard keys. With additional keys the player can shoot various weapons and lay out mines to destroy his opponents.Then the player participates in a league and the goal is, of course, to become the number one. Every race is between four cars; money is rewarded for good ending positions and destroyed cars. When a car is hit by a weapon, its energy bar sinks; but if it reaches zero not everything is lost. If the car gets destroyed it gets placed back on the track. With the money the player buys better weapons, engine boosts or armor for his car or nicer furnishing for his apartment. There are four car models with different abilities, e.g. better armor or speed. All opponents are fully equipped even at the start of a league when the player hasn't enough money to buy anything. |
| Fate Sword Dance | 2005 | Rapid Fire | Rapid Fire | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Fate/Sword Dance is a 2D doujin one-on-one fighting game, based on the popular eroge visual novel Fate/Stay Night. It is about a Holy Grail War between seven masters and their hero servants. The player selects one of six (+two hidden) heroes from this visual novel: Saber, Archer, Lancer, Berserker, Rider and Fake Assassin. Opponents needs to be fought in a series of duels. Characters can use kicks, punches and weapons, as well as special combination of attacks. The game has anime-like graphic and five modes: Story, Arcade, Versus CPU, Versus Player and Training. |
| Figures of Happiness | 2005 | G-Collections | AngelSmile | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | You play as Ryo, an ordinary teenager living a happy life with your girlfriend Mio. One day, you are visited by Minamo. This is normally not a strange thing, but Minamo recently died in an accident and she now asks that you lend her your lifeforce so that she can confess her love to handsome boy-toy Satoru. Accepting, you now become a spirit, with all of the body-swapping and spritiual eavesdropping that comes with it. However, if you don't get your lifeforce back from Minamo, the soul collector Ms. Death will be forced to claim you.Figures of Happiness is a visual novel type game. You make the key decisions while the rest is read like a book of sorts. There are some sex scenes, as this is an adult-only game. |
| Fish Tales | 2005 | Sunny Games LLC | Sunny Games LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | The ocean is a dangerous place, and it is your job in Fish Tales to get Sunny through it safely. To do so, you will need to eat as many smaller fish as possible. To make things more difficult, you also need to avoid being eaten by larger fish. As you eat fish, you will grow larger and be able to eat even larger fish.You will encounter obstacles and bonuses along the way, from mines and toxic waste to power-ups and pearls. The game comes with two paths to victory. Halfway through the game, you can choose to take the easy path or the hard path. Each path has different levels that offer different difficulty to the game. You can play both to enjoy the entire game. |
| Fishing Pinguins | 2005 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | Conagents GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Fishing Pinguins is a simple action game where the player takes the control of a penguin on the hunt for fish. These appear on small platforms which the penguin reaches by jumping on them. He can also collect bonus items: Letters for bonus points and penguins for an extra live. To jump on another platform the player just presses on the correct direction key. Sometimes an item sinks into the water and he has to use an alternate route. Other than that the only other things to pay attention to is the time limit and foul fishes which cost points. There are three levels which basically just change the platforms: ice floes, barrels or satellites. |
| Flight 5 Pack | 2005 | Razor Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Flight 5 Pack is a compilation of five World War II combat flight games - mainly expansion packs, they are;
Strike Fighters Gold
Forgotten Battles: Aces Campaigns, an add on for IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles and/or Pacific Fighters
Combat Over Europe,another add on for IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles
D-Day 1944: Invasion Of Europe, an add-on for Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3
FirePower, also an add-on for Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3 |
| Football Fusion | 2005 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
FIFA 2004
Total Club Manager 2004 |
| Formula Challenge | 2005 | Trend Redaktions- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person | | | Arcade | Oceania | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Formula Challenge is a formula 1 game aimed at beginners. There are two single player modes: quick race and championship. The championship consists of ten races with two qualifying laps and up to ten laps and each. The number of laps is adjustable. Unlike other formula 1 games the handling and physics simulation is action oriented. The not licensed tracks are set in Europe, America, Africa and Asia. |
| Franklin la Tortue: Best of Coffret 3 jeux | 2005 | Mindscape France | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Franklin la Tortue: Best of Coffret 3 jeux is a compilation of three games starring Franklin the Turtle:
Franklin va à l'école
Franklin the Turtle: After School
Franklin et le club secret |
| Fussball Liga Champion 2005/2006 | 2005 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Fussball Liga Champion 2005/2006 is a soccer game. The player uses his input device to control his team and to perform actions like shooting or passing. The game features 40 teams which can be used to play an exhibition game, a league or a cup competition. Every soccer player has a profile with values in different categories. The player can choose between different tactics and change the lineup. |
| Future Force Company Commander | 2005 | SAIC | Zombie Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | Real-time | | | Windows | This is a real-time strategy simulation game, demonstrating the US Army's planned (now cancelled) FCS - 'Future Combat Systems'.The simulation lets the player command a 'Mounted Company Team', a group of networked manned/unmanned vehicles, UAV's and weapon systems in four missions set in 2015.You command vehicles to move on a map where terrain can mask enemies which you need to find, and by using UAV's or robot ground vehicles for spotting, the artillery can be directed without putting your troops in danger.The interface consists of a top-down view of a commander'ss map screen, with smaller screens showing individual vehicles views. |
| Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension | 2005 | Tandem Verlag GmbH | Asylum Entertainment Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension is a single-player, keyboard controlled, 3D platform game based on the TV series of the same name. The main character is Nick Bluetooth and the game starts when he and his friends are captured by Gorm, a tyrant intent on taking control of the Outer Dimensions. Nick and his robot friend escape and set out to defeat Gorm by collecting all the fragments of the Key that will unlock the portal to the free Realm of Galidor and Nick’s final confrontation with Gorm. There is quite a story behind this game which unfolds as the game progresses. Nick is the son of an Earthman and the princess of Galidor and has special abilities, his limbs can morph allowing him to replicate the limbs of some of the creatures and objects he encounters. This gives him the ability to copy their abilities. These transformations
are called “Glinches” and are powered by Glinch Energy which he collects as he explored the realms of the Outer Dimension. Gorm has abilities too, he can control the minds of creatures making them hostile to Nick, however there is a way to free them and capture the Glinch Energy Gorm used to enslave them.There are three realms to explore in this game. It has an autosave feature and the player can change the camera's point of view. Once a game level has been completed two additional game modes become available, it can be replayed in Qorium Challenge mode to collect more Qorium and boost Nick's power or it can be replayed in Time Challenge mode where the player seeks to improve their time.This game requires the CD to remain in the drive while the game is played. |
| GameStorm 3 Pak | 2005 | Hip Interactive Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | GameStorm 3 Pak is a compilation of three games:
Airfix: Dogfighter, an action flight sim in which you fly model planes indoor.
Crime Cities, an action where you as a cop dogfight your way through each city’s myriad of skyscrapers.
Mission: Humanity, a real-time strategy game which is set in the aftermath of a thwarted alien invasion of Earth.
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| Garfield's It's All About Thinking Skills | 2005 | ESP International Ltd | Maestro Learning, Inc., Paws, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Garfield's It's All About Thinking Skills is a series of mini-games for pre-school children aged 4-5, all the games use the mouse to either select a picture or to drag-and-drop.After signing in the player is presented with a picture of Garfield holding a card with lots of food items on it, this is of course the 'main menu'. Not all of the items on the menu trigger a game, those that do launch one of the following:
Drag The Object: this mini game has the player dragging a picture from the bottom of the screen towards the one at the top of the screen that it matches
First, Last, Next: here the player puts pictures in the order they occurred. A typical sequence here would be a plant growing from a seedling to a flower.
Garfield Don't be Late: a story book extract
Select The Picture: this is a simple picture matching game. All the images show a letter in both upper and lower case and usually the uppercase letter is decorated with a picture of a Garfield character, usually the letters to be matched are the same colour and are different to the odd one out.
What Belongs?: here the player must select items placed at the sides of the screen that belong with the central picture. A typical example could have a picture of a shed in someone's garden with six images around it, some such as a table, a refuse bin, a barbeque would 'belong' in the main picture while others; a performing seal,; a clown; a sofa would not.
What Doesn't Belong?: here the player is shown some pictures, there is an obvious connection between most of them and the player selects the odd one out.If a player wants help with a game there is a help button which triggers audio assistance, the player can also change the character they wish to help them. |
| Geunyeo-ui Gisadan - Gloria in Excelsis Deo | 2005 | Byulbram Creature | Byulbram Creature | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Gloria in Excelsis Deo is a re-release of Her Knights. This version adds voices to some dialogues, a remixed soundtrack, and redrawn character portraits. It also adds a few events to the game's story that were not present in the original release. The package includes a bonus CD containing an interview with Byulbram developers and a prototype version of Her Knights made in 1997. |
| Gish Gold | 2005 | Blue Bird | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Gish Gold is a special edition of Gish. In addition to the base game, it includes 20 new mini-games, 4 campaigns, and 8 levels. |
| Gone to the Dogs | 2005 | Idigicon Limited | Manyk Ltd | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Gone To The Dogs is a multi player game in which players bet on the outcome of greyhound races.There are two ways to play this game, 'normal game' mode and 'race night' mode.
In the normal mode each player signs in and starts with the same amount of cash, They then bet on the outcome of a race meeting which is usually nine races but this is customisable.
Players can bet in one of two ways, they can bet on the race winner or they can bet on first & second. Bets do not have to be in fixed amounts such as multiples of £5, they can be any size the player can afford. When all bets have been placed the race is run. A full video of the race with commentary is shown on screen after which the results are shown together with who won / lost.The winner at the end of the game is the player with the most money.The 'Race Night' mode assumes that the game is being played to a room full of people and that the event organiser is managing the betting. In this mode selected races are shown as & when required.The game has over 90 races all with full race commentary and live video together with form, recent race history, on the runners in each race.
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| Gum Droppers | 2005 | NStorm, Inc. | NStorm, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | People want sweets so much that the Goody Gumdrop Factory can't keep up. They need your help.The gumdrop machine spits out gumdrops onto the top conveyor. You must gather three at a time and place them on the pile to make three or more of the same color in a row, vertically or horizontally. Pay particular attention to the color of the candy jars on the bottom right. You must fill both jars up to complete the level. If you don't gather a gumdrop from the top conveyor before it gets to the end, it will fall to the bottom conveyor. If the bottom conveyor fills, a new row of gumdrops will be created. If the gumdrop pile gets to high, the game is over. |
| Gun Warrior | 2005 | CD Expert Editora e Distribuidora Ltda. | FRONTLINE Studios, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | North America, Western | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Gun Warrior is a 3D first-person shooter with an Old West setting. The player takes control of Cole Tilghman, once a feared gunman. When an unknown gunfighter kills his brother, he returns to take him out along with the henchmen. The game consists of different missions in locations such as a town or a train. There are animated cut-scenes between missions with voice acting and often killed enemies will trigger a cinematic death sequence.While there is freedom of movement, a lot of shooting is done from fixed positions seeking cover like in a shooting gallery game. Money is earned for killed enemies and a score is shown. There are different guns like revolves, rifles and shotguns. Ammo and health is collected by shooting the pick-ups in the environment. A map in the bottom right corner shows enemy positions.Next to the story mode there is a tournament mode and deathmatch multiplayer. |
| Half-Life: Source | 2005 | Valve Corporation | Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Half-Life: Source is a port of Valve's original acclaimed game Half-Life to their new Source engine used for Half-Life 2 . It was initially only available in the Silver and Gold Edition Steam packages when buying Half-Life 2, and in the Collector's Edition retail disc package. Later, it could be bought separately through Valve's Steam game delivery system.It takes advantage of vertex and pixel shaders to create realistic water effects, and can now portray realistic physics effects. It also has new menus, improved lighting and soft shadows, ragdoll character animations, and a 3D skybox replacing the old 16-bit color prerendered bitmap skies. |
| Hamster Heroes | 2005 | Metro3D Europe Ltd. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Hamster Heroes is an action game based around controlling a hamster encapsulated in a ball rolling through environments similar to the concept of the Super Monkey Ball games. It builds on the concept of the earlier Habitrail Hamster Ball by the same developer and with very similar mechanics. The player steers a hamster through environments floating in the sky with small ledges and platforms to reach the exit without falling off. The game has a large amount of levels as small courses to complete and then move on, unlocking the next one. Levels can be played in a 'normal' mode or in a 'time attack' mode. Moving forward without interruption builds up a speed meter and causes the hamster to go faster. The game supports local multiplayer games through split-screen for up four players racing each other on the same course. |
| Harmony Blocks | 2005 | Idigicon Limited | | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Harmony Blocks is a single-player, mouse controlled Mah Jong style game In this game the player has to match pairs of blocks with the same pattern. Matched pairs disappear and score points. The object of the game being to clear all the blocks. There are two game modes, Normal where the player selects a block arrangement and tries to clear the screen, and Challenge where the game selects a selection of puzzles that gradually get harder.The game has music and over forty layouts, it plays in 800x600x16, 800x600x32, 1024x768x16, 1024x768x32 resolutions and in either windowed or full-screen mode. There is also a tile set creator feature. |
| Hello Kitty: Bubblegum Girlfriends | 2005 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down, Side view | Licensed | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Hello Kitty: Bubblegum Girlfriends is a series of 8 minigames featuring Hello Kitty and her friends.
Tea Cup Croquet: Hello Kitty and her friends take turns trying to get the croquet ball through a series of hoops. Collectively, they only have a certain number of tries to accomplish all the goals for a given course.Sky Bubble Popper: A Puzz Loop clone in which Hello Kitty floats in space launching bubbles at a bubble flow in an effort to pop them all before they round the celestial shape.Cupcake Trampoline: In this Breakout clone, Hello Kitty and a friend use a trampoline to bounce a squirrel up and down in order to collect cupcakes.Rainbow Gardening: Make the garden suitable for planting by clearing the snails. Do this by rearranging the snails in lines of 3 or more according to color so that they vanish.Bubble Gum Taxi: A puzzle involving shopping and Tetris-like pieces.Crazy Cookie Race: Hello Kitty is in charge of a cookie factory and must keep the conveyor belts busy with cookies and decoration while loading the finished product into boxes. Her friends help her out by providing ingredients, but Hello Kitty must manage the mixing of the ingredients as well.Pie Poppin' Dance: Match fruit to make Hello Kitty dance.Beach Bubble Frenzy: Hello Kitty rides the ocean in an inner-tube. She needs to fire bubbles at various items she lost in order to recover them.
Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameAlternate Titles "Helly Kitty: Freundinnen für immer!" -- German title
Part of the Following Groups Animals: Cats
Breakout variants
Hello Kitty licensees
Protagonist: Female
Puzz Loop variants
Scripting language: Lua
User ReviewsThere are no reviews for this game.Critic Reviews
GameZone
May 30, 2005
8 out of 10
80
Tech with Kids (Computing with Kids)
Jul 26, 2005
80
KidZone
May 31, 2005
8 out of 10
80
GameStar (Germany)
Mar, 2006
58 out of 100
58
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| Hero | 2005 | Remar Games | Remar Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Flip Hero is humanity's last hope against the mighty intergalactic warlord, Cruiser Tetron. Armed only with his wits and his blaster, Hero must defeat his nemesis if he is to save the EarthHero is a 2D, retro-styled action game, described by its creator as "a combination of NES, Atari2600 and C64 games but in pure black and white." The player controls Flip Hero, who is armed with a blaster that can shooter either left or right. The game is viewed from a top-down perspective, and Hero may be moved in any direction. Monsters on each screen may be shot and killed, but will respawn if Hero leaves the screen and enters again.Hero contains five levels, each consisting of multiple rooms connected in a maze-like fashion, with most rooms containing enemies, and some containing barriers or doors that cannot be passed. Doors can be opened by defeating the boss enemy that serves as their key. Each level has a 'generator' which unlocks all barriers. Hero starts each level with five lives, and upon reaching a new level, it becomes possible to jump directly to it from the title screen. After completing all five levels, Hero gains access to Cruiser Tetron's hideout, for the final confrontation.Beating the game unlocks bonus features, including an extra, difficult level. |
| Hexalot | 2005 | iWin.com | GameOn Entertainment Software International AB | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy, Medieval | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Hexalot is a single player shareware strategy/puzzle game.The story behind the game is based on King Arthur, ruler of Hexalot, and Merlin. Arthur was defeated in his last battle with the Saxons. All his jewels, his gold, and his crown were lost and most of the kingdom of the realm fell under Saxon rule. The player, as Merlin must lead the scattered Knights of the Round Table back to Hexalot and restore its wealth and glory. This task is achieved by placing magic crystals to guide the knights through the Saxon lands.The game concept is simple. The game area is divided into hexagonal cells. Dotted around the area are destination castles, waypoint castles and knights. The player uses crystals to build bridges between the knights and the castles until all the knights have reached a destination castle. Once used a crystal bridge disappears and must be reconstructed. Points are scored for every cell that a knight crosses with some cells becoming treasure or bonus cells and thus generating more points when they are used.
That's the easy part, what makes the game progressively harder is that:
the crystals come in odd shapesbridges must all be of the same coloured crystalsome game area cells will only accept crystals of a specific coloura knight's route to a destination castle may be quite convolutedsome game cells can suddenly become poisonous and using them will incur a heavy penalty
There are two styles of game play, arcade and adventure. They are both essentially the same but in the arcade the game is timed, the player has just three lives, and crystals placed on the board disappear if they're not used in twenty seconds.There is in-game music, a save/load feature, a high score table. The game is controlled entirely with the mouse. |
| Hidden Stroke II: APRM | 2005 | | Revolution of Strategy GmbH | Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Hidden Stroke II is a stand-alone game in the Sudden Strike series and it is based on the Sudden Strike II game engine. It includes new campaigns and missions as well as new units, objects, landscapes and many new features. These new features are also available in the editor, where new scenarios and campaigns can be crafted. |
| HiddenLynx | 2005 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | HiddenLynx is a freeware implementation of the traditional Chinese board game called Xiangqi (象棋), also known as Chinese chess, where two players move their red and black armies on a 9 x 10 grid representing a battlefield, taking turns and strategically placing the pieces on the available line intersections to invade the enemy territory and capture the opponent's "General" piece.Intended as a casual experience by the developer, the player can only compete against the computer with several difficulty modes, there's no support for multiplayer of any kind. Each move can be undone and redone with two buttons at the right side of the board. Difficulty, and an optional feature showing the available moves for each piece, can be adjusted and turned on/off in the settings menu along with other options. A short manual is included explaining the basic rules of the game. |
| Hits Essentiels: Collection 2004/2005 | 2005 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
FIFA Soccer 2004
Championship Manager: Season 03/04
Battlefield 1942
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Angel of Darkness
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin
Saddle Up: Time to Ride (as Alexandra Ledermann 4: Aventures au Haras) |
| Hostradamus: Hoffnung einer verlorenen Welt | 2005 | Purple Hills | ETS Entwicklerteam Slaby | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In Hostradamus the player takes the role of Hostradamus, the child of a god and a human woman. Now he walks on earth to do good deeds and rescue humanity from evil which manifests as goblins. So he walks freely through the world, solves object based puzzles and conducts multiple choice dialogues. Because the camera is fixed behind Hostradamus' back he is moved by the keyboard keys. The mouse is used to interact with items and people.The player also has to look after his health. He has a thirst and hunger meter which increase during the course of the game and decreasing when he eats or drinks. If both or one value is above 100 the player uses health; if both are under 40 he gains health back. With potions he can increase his health directly. During the course the player meets bunnies which are his allies. They have the same health system as the player - this means he has to bring them food and water regularly. They are also regularly attacked by goblins which take away a chunk of their health. If the health of Hostradamus or one of the bunnies reaches zero the game ends. When starting a new game the player has a choice of three playing modes: Action (focuses on the health balancing with easy puzzles), Logic (harder puzzles with a more generous time limit) and Normal (a mix between the other two). |
| Hotbarrels Clay Pigeon Shooting | 2005 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | World Archipelago Internet | Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Hotbarrels Clay Pigeon Shooting is a one or two player shooting game that plays directly from the CD. It is developed using Macromedia Flash Player 7.The game has two game modes, 'Practice' and 'Shooting Challenge' and two levels of difficulty. In the practice mode the player can shoot on any one of nine stands using the spacebar to release the clays and the mouse to aim and shoot. Each stand is based on a photographic background taken from Harewood Estate in North Yorkshire, England. Twenty clays are released two at a time and at each stand they have different flight patterns imitating decoyed pigeon, duck, driven grouse, partridge, high pheasant, woodcock, bolting rabbit, snipe and springing teal.After the player has practiced all nine stands they can take the Shooting Challenge in which they must play through all nine stands in sequence as well as a tenth stand, 'Flush', in which one hundred clays of different sizes are released and the player has to score as many points as possible with fifty shots. If the player beats the previous high score they are allowed to repeat the Flush stand without having to plough through the preceding nine. |
| Hoyle Board Games 2005 | 2005 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Turn-based strategy | | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The 2005 edition of the Hoyle Board Games series includes the following board games:
Backgammon
Battling Ships
Bump'em
Chess
Chinese Checkers
Dominoes
DoubleCross
Master Match
Maximum Pool
Pachisi
Reversi
Rummy Squares
Triple Yacht
Wordox
World Yacht
ZilchIt uses the Hoyle Bucks achievement system where points can be earned to unlock customization options. |
| Hoyle Card Games 2005 | 2005 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Puzzle, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Hoyle Card Games 2005 is a collection of card games based on the Hoyle brand. It is an updated version of the original 1999 Hoyle Card Games and the content closely resembles the previous year's Card Games: Hoyle 2004 Edition.It contains 20 unique card games as well as 50 variations of Solitaire. There are 12 NPC characters to play against, there is a Hoyle Bucks achievement system and there are customization options. The included games are:
Bridge
Canasta
Crazy Eights
Cribbage
Euchre
Gin Rummy
Go Fish
Hearts
Memory Match
Old Maid
Pinochle
Pitch
Poker
Rummy 500
Skat
Solitaire
Spades
Spite & Malice
Tarot
WarSolitaire Games (1 deck):
Aces Up
Baker's Dozen
Baroness
Beleaguered Castle
Betsy Ross
Bowling
Bristol
Calculation
Canfield
Clock
Cribbage Square
Eagle Wing
Eight Off
Eliminator
Euchre
Flower Garden
Fortress
Four Free
Four Seasons
Gaps
Golf
Klondike (standard "Solitaire")
La Belle Lucie
Nestor
Penguin
Poker Square
Pyramid
Scorpion
Seahaven Towers
Shamrocks
Slide
Spiderette
Strategy
Triplets
YukonSolitaire Games (2 deck):
Aces and Kings
Alhambra
Batsford
Colorado
Forty Thieves
Mount Olympus
Red and Black
Spider
Sultan
TerraceSolitaire Games (Arcade):
3 Towers
Best 21
Fast 21
Pick 2
Sum 11 |
| Hoyle Poker Series | 2005 | Encore Software, Inc. | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Gambling, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hoyle Poker Series installs in two parts, Hoyle Friday Night Poker and Hoyle On-Line Poker. Hoyle Friday Night Poker is the single player version in which the player creates an identity and plays against seven of the ten possible computerised opponents in any of the versions of poker listed below. This game can be played entirely with the mouse and it is possible to save the state of the game on exit.The Hoyle On-Line Poker game allows the player to connect to game servers and play against other players world wide. The poker variants included in this game are:OmahaHi ChicagoCincinnatiBaseball7 Card Stud7 Card Stud Hi/LoJacks or Better5 Card StudOmaha Hi/LoCriss-CrossDealers Choice5 Card Draw5 Card Draw Lo-ballTexas Hold'em
The game also includes in-game tutorials, on-line multi-player options and on-line tournaments. This game draws on a number of other games. The Hoyle Friday Night Poker part is based on Hoyle Texas Hold 'Em and elements of the gameplay can be traced back to Sierra's 'Hoyle Poker' (1997). |
| Hoyle Puzzle Games 2005 | 2005 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Compilation, Puzzle | 1st-person, Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control, Menu structures, Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Hoyle Puzzle Games 2005 is a collection of puzzle games carrying the Hoyle brand. There are both action puzzle games and turn-based titles. The games are grouped based on their mechanics:Arcade Solitaire
3 Towers
Best 21
Fast 21
Pick 2
Sum 11The Incredible Machine
The Incredible Machine: Even More ContraptionsOther
Maze Racer
Maze Raider
Placer Racer (a Bust-A-Move variant)
Rays
Time BreakerPanic (a Tetris variant)
Classic
Lineout
PackerTiles
Edge Tiles
Gravity Tiles
Mahjong Tiles
Memory Tiles
Royale Tiles
Slide Tiles
Star Collector (coloured shapes and objects are placed on a grid to capture constellations)There is a Bucks Achievement system as well as customization options. Points earned can be spent to unlock new avatar options or additional music. |
| Hunting Unlimited Trophy Collection | 2005 | ARUSH Entertainment, ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hunting Unlimited Trophy Collection is a compilation of the first three Hunting Unlimited games:
Hunting Unlimited
Hunting Unlimited 2
Hunting Unlimited 3
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| Höllische Nachbarn | 2005 | RTL Playtainment | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Adventure, Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | | Contemporary | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Höllische Nachbarn is a humorous 2D point-and-click adventure about feuds with neighbors, with themes and gameplay very similar to the Neighbors from Hell series. It is loosely based on the German TV comedy series of the same name. The aim of the game is to drive your neighbours insane and play a number of nasty pranks on them. The player is able to set traps, remove pets and do other nasty things with the ultimate goal to get the neighbours out of their apartments and houses. In the game there are 10 different areas in which the player can roam (library, bathroom, living room, terrace, corridor, kitchen, greenhouse, sauna, cellar and pool) and place his traps. The player is able to enter the neighbouring houses and manipulate the environment. If the player is caught, a life is lost, unless he carries around an item that can be used as a good excuse for his presence there. |
| I Spy Mini-Games | 2005 | Scholastic, Inc. | Black Hammer Productions, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | I Spy Mini-Games is a disc that contains one puzzle from 3 different I Spy CD-ROMs:
I Spy: Treasure Hunt
I Spy Spooky Mansion: Deluxe
I Spy: Fantasy
This disc was bundled with certain copies of I Spy games with the label "Free I Spy Mini CD Inside!" |
| Ice Pingu | 2005 | Chromeflower Multimedia | Play | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Ice Pingu is a simple action game where the player takes the control of a penguin on the hunt for fish. These appear on small platforms which the penguin reaches by jumping on them. He can also collect bonus items for bonus points or extra lives. To jump on another platform the player just presses on the correct direction key. Sometimes an item sinks into the water and he has to use an alternate route. Other than that the only other thing to pay attention to is the time limit. There are three levels which basically just change the platforms: Antarctica, island and South Pacific. |
| Infinite Sudoku | 2005 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | puzzle.tv | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A computerized Sudoku puzzle generator. Puzzles are algorithmically generated, so you will never run out of puzzles to solve. Can create Sudoku puzzles in 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, and the standard 9x9. Puzzles can either be solved on the computer, emailed, or printed to solve on the go. (Solutions can be printed/emailed as well.) Difficulty levels range from Easy to Devilish. When solving on the computer, you can add pencil marks, and use undo/redo. Also includes a solver to let you enter your own puzzles. |
| Insaniquarium! Deluxe | 2005 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Flying Bear Entertainment | Action | Side view | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | An independent developer's action game, Insaniquarium puts the player in the troublesome role of an aquarium owner- purchasing various kinds of fish, feeding them properly and on time, and watching them grow. Each fish drops various coins and trinkets; the larger and more picky the fish, the more valuable the trinkets he drops, from simple silver coins to fancy gold chests. Additionally, every once in a while a vicious alien will appear in the aquarium, trying to slaughter hapless fish and ending the whole enterprise prematurely.Another twist comes in the form of pets. At the end of every level players are awarded a pet, which floats in the aquarium without demanding maintenance and adds some sort of beneficial bonus. Players are limited to using a maximum of three pets at a time.Managing the various fish, fighting aliens, and making the right choices (from pets to various investments in the aquarium) gives the game a slight strategic appeal. The game also supports additional challenges such as time-trials, and includes a Virtual Aquarium which players can nurture purely for pleasure. |
| Jack's Crazy Cong 2 | 2005 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Jack's Crazy Cong 2 is the successor of Jack's Crazy Cong. Again, Jack is jumping and running in the jungle. The player needs to collect bananas and different bonuses in 60 new levels and fight Cong the monkey as well as new enemies. |
| Jet Ball Triple Pack | 2005 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Jet Ball Triple Pack is a three game compilation containing;
Jet Ball: Techno
Jet Ball II: Wildlife
Jet Ball III: StoryBook
Between them the three games have one hundred and thirty levels.
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| Jewel Drop! | 2005 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Jewel Drop! is a single-player tile-matching game. The object of the game is to swap tiles to make rows/columns of three or more of the same colour and thus score points. Four or more matching tiles leaves behind a magic gem which, when used scores more points, five or more matching tiles scores bonus points and clears the row/column it is in.There are three modes of play in this game, it can be played in:
Classic Mode: The game continues until there are no more moves left.
Levels Mode: The game continues until there are no more moves left. It's easier than the Classic mode because the player decides on when a new level begins and a new level means a new set of tiles to match.
Timed Mode: This variation has seven skill settings, and the player chooses between two game end conditions, 'out of moves' alone or 'no more moves / time is up.'
All games can saved and restarted, they can be played in an 8x8, 9x9, or a 10x10 sized play area with any of three types of tile/jewel. There is a high score table which holds separate scores for each mode of play. |
| Jewels of the Black Widow | 2005 | WRF Studios | WRF Studios | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Travel to the darkest part of the Louisiana swamplands to solve the riddles of the "voodoo witch" and her tiny Cajun pets.Jewels of the Black Widow is a puzzle game. You must swap any two tiles to match three or more of the same in a straight line, horizontally or vertically. If you match three or more skull-and-crossbones tiles, you will kill a spider. If all spiders die, the game is over. Occasionally, a spider will drop a gem, worth points, or a tile. Tiles can be used to swap a tile for a different one or collected together to make a "magic spell" like stopping the bonus time clock. If you fill up your collection slots, all items will be swapped for points. Be sure to put together any collectible tiles, if you have whole sets, before that happens so they are not lost. |
| Kajko i Kokosz: Szkoła Latania | 2005 | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following titles:
Kajko i Kokosz: Szkoła Latania
Spidi Literki
Jigsaw Puzzle
In addition, it also contains a demo of Maluch Racer 2 and a program called Internet Niania. |
| Kellogg's Pop-Tarts Presents Ratchet & Madame Gasket's Sweeper Zone | 2005 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | | Action | Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Kellogg's Pop-Tarts Presents Ratchet & Madame Gasket's Sweeper Zone is a promotional game packaged with specially marked boxes of Pop-Tarts breakfast pastries to promote the 2005 movie Robots and its associated commercial games. Despite its name, the game disc actually contains two distinct games along with an activity.The first game is Sweeper Zone. The player controls a robot that is tasked with darting into a busy street and recovering scrap metal one piece at a time and returning it to the salvage point.The second game is Madame Gasket's Chop Shop. Madame Gasket drops scrap metal from above and the player must catch the scrap in a box. There are also Pop-Tarts logos that occasionally fall and function as powerups, widening the receiving box.Additionally, there is a Bot Factory activity where the player can build a custom robot by selecting from among various heads, bodies, arms, and legs. Then, the player is free to paint the various robot parts as well as select a name for the new creation.
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| Kellogg's Pop-Tarts Presents Rescue the Rusties | 2005 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | | Action, Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kellogg's Pop-Tarts Presents Rescue The Rusties is a promotional game packaged with specially marked boxes of Pop-Tarts breakfast pastries to promote the 2005 movie Robots and its associated commercial games. Despite its name, the game disc actually contains two distinct games along with an activity.The first game is Rescue The Rusties. The player must navigate a maze and rescue Rusties (and the occasional Pop-Tarts logo) from roving malicious robots. The bad robots can be neutralized for a short time by squirting oil in their paths.The second game is Pick-A-Part. It is a match-3 game where a magnet holds a large number of colored gears in place but keeps lowering them towards the ground where a robot is looking to steal the gears if they get too low. The player must mouse over 3 or more consecutive gears of the same color in order to eliminate them.Additionally, there is a Bot Factory activity where the player can build a custom robot by selecting from among various heads, bodies, arms, and legs. Then, the player is free to paint the various robot parts as well as select a name for the new creation. |
| KnightShift (Director's Cut Special Edition) | 2005 | TopWare Interactive, Inc. | Reality Pump Sp. z o.o. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is an upgraded version of Once Upon a Knight, featuring:
150 new weapons and armor components
25 new enemies
8 new maps for the RPG part
an enhanced particle system |
| Koko Arena | 2005 | | Nology Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Koko Arena is a casual game, similar to Arcade Volleyball, for either two players or for one player against the computer. The player controls a small, very round, cartoon style character on a volleyball-like court. A ball appears on the screen and the player must knock it over the net to the other side of the court where their opponent is waiting. Points are scored when the ball touches the ground on the opponents side of the net. A match consists of the best of three sets, each set is decided by the first to seven points.There are two types of game, a quick single match or the Koko Cup in which the player must compete against fifteen other Koko's
There are sixteen characters that the player can choose from which represent different countries and are dressed in their national costume, none have any special abilities so they all play the same. During a game icons appear on screen. If the ball passes over an icon it triggers variations in play such as a heavier ball, an on-court oil slick that makes movement difficult, a higher net, or it may change the size of the players character.
The game can be played via the keyboard a joystick, or a mouse. |
| Kumoon | 2005 | | | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Described by the developer as a "third-chick shooter", Kumoon is a freeware puzzle game with 3D graphics made for the 2005 edition of Assembly, a coding competition in Finland, where it won the first prize. The player controls a small chick holding a gun, using the traditional WSDA keys for movement and the mouse for aiming. There are three weapons available: a revolver, a shotgun and a grenade launcher, each with different characteristics and bullets of variable mass.Being a physics-based game at its core, the main objective is to knock down piles of red and green boxes while keeping a score of zero or more to finish each level. After the first free shot with any of the weapons, the next discharges incur point penalties that lower the score. This must be remedied by tumbling the cubes to raise it back to above or equal to zero. The score is also subtracted if the chick touches any of the red/green boxes.The way to solve most levels is to bounce the bullets from the walls or the ceiling to increase the points received when they finally bump into the cubes. The points are multiplied by each bounce before the projectiles hit the target boxes. The mass of each bullet is an important factor, with the revolver shooting a compact sphere that knocks down most piles, the shotgun spraying lots of small pebbles and the grenade launcher exploding a shower of projectiles on all directions. |
| Laptop & Travel Games 2 | 2005 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Laptop & Travel Games 2 is another compilation pack of games that are simple to play and have relatively low requirements. Each game installs separately and once installed it is run as a separate product, the eGames 'Game Butler' is not installed with this product. The ten games in the compilation are:
Checkers
Chess which is a version of Fimbulwinter
Gonzo Heads by eBrainyGames
Hearts by Webfoot
Drop! by ISURF, Inc.
MahJongg Master 4
Poker Palace is another game from eBrainyGames
Puzzle Master 3
Solitaire Master 3 by Goodsol
Spades also by Webfoot
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| Last Galaxy Hero | 2005 | Realore Studios | Stars Ashes | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | | | | Windows | In Last Galaxy Hero you take the role of a lone solider against an alien robot horde. The game is essentially a first-person incarnation of Space Invaders. You view the flying robot foes moving left and right on the screen as they approach your tank, your cannons are on the sides of your vision. You can move to the left and right shooting at the robots. When they explode robots will often drop power-ups or ammo. To progress to new levels you must reach a certain amount of points. So while unlike Space Invaders you will not lose if ships pass you, you will lose the opportunity to get points off them. Should you get 100% on a wave you'll be able to upgrade your tank or get bonus points.The game is available in English and Russian. |
| Lights | 2005 | Pyva.net | Pyva.net | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Lights is a freeware game in which the player has to connect all of the lights together in order to turn them on.
This game has several difficulty levels that the player can choose from that range from easy to expert, and there's even a bonus XXL level too! |
| Lights 3D | 2005 | Pyva.net | Pyva.net | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Lights 3D is a free 3D version of Lights. Like the original game, the goal is to connect all of the lights together to turn them on. However, instead of being in 2D, the lights are now put on a 3D globe, which can be rotated in order to access certain lights. This makes the game more challenging and complex. There are 3 different difficulty levels that the player can choose from that range from Easy to Hard. |
| Live Billiards 2 | 2005 | Terra Game | Tavex | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Live Billiards 2 is a simulation of pool featuring a 3D view, nine different varieties of pool games, and nine different levels of AI.The game room, pool table, pool stick, and balls all have customizable appearance. Ball English is allowed, and the physics engine even allows for balls to fall off the table. Game types include 8 Ball, 9 Ball, Straight Pool, 14 + 1, Snooker, 3 Ball, Rotation, American, and Russian Pyramid. Assistance includes a dedicated tutorial to set up common shots, and lines to show where a shot will go. Players can either play a practice game, play against the computer, play against someone else at the same computer, or enter a network game. |
| Living World Racing | 2005 | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Hovercraft, Off-roading, Track racing | | | | | Windows | Living World Racing is a boat racing game with a cast of eight animals racing in the Living World universe, serving as an advergame.It features three game modes (single race, time trial and challenge) and three difficulty levels (beginner, experienced and advanced) to choose from. As with many of the developer's games most of the content is locked from the start : for example only the four first characters can be chosen when you first start a game : Mr Mouse, Mr Hamster, Mr Rat and Mr Guinea Pig. Other characters, boats, tracks and race classes become available after collecting a number of stars.The other power-ups are extra lives, power boosts and nutritious items, such as red donuts, green puffs or yellow triangles. Do not forget to "drive" over speed stripes to boost your boat, but also collect weapons. These are carrot missiles and pumpkin bombs. But if you use an invincibility shield, no one can use these weapons against you.From the option menu, you can set up sound and music, but also controls and use 8 save slots. As a side feature of the game, the last menu choice gives pet information to kids : chinchillas, mice, Guinea pigs, ferrets, dwarf rabbits, rats, hamsters and rabbits. |
| Log(Hic!) | 2005 | In The Pockets | In The Pockets | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Log(Hic!) is a very simple puzzle game. Smiley faces come falling down one by one, and you must stack them to make vertical combinations of three of the same colour. You start out with only two colours, but more are added as you progress. The problem with stacking the faces is that they will slip down if they are placed simply on top of each other. Building a base out of several faces is therefore necessary to survive. The game is over when the uppermost row is blocked. |
| London Racer: Destruction Madness | 2005 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | London Racer Destruction Madness is an arcade race game in Davilex Racer series. This particular instalment is like the name implied more destructive than previous instalments.The game features 12 environments spread across 10 European cities. Each environment has 5 tracks for a total of 60 tracks, which can all be played in 4 different time settings.In these cities it is your task to cause as much mayhem and destruction as possible. Compete in races and take out your opponents so they will never reach the finish line, with a wide array of weaponry available. Or take on your opponents in a Destruction Derby style arena.You can collect power-ups to visibly improve your car. Several new cars and tracks can be unlocked for a total of 19 vehicles. Cars show visible damage and street furniture can be demolished. |
| London Racer: Police Madness | 2005 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | In this instalment of the London Racer series you play as the police. You have to arrest and ticket traffic offenders and illegal street racers.You can perform all kinds of actions to reach your goals, such as: hanging out your window to shoot at criminals during high speed chases and scanning cars for offenders.Available to the player is a range of police equipment and weaponry to assist him in his capabilities. The player can buy traffic cameras and other items to improve overview of the track. |
| Lost Dutchman Mine 3D | 2005 | Attic Games | Attic Games | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Lost Dutchman Mine 3D the player takes on the role of Fred Homestake. When he was young he found the famous Lost Dutchman mine, but due to an accident shortly after he has no memory of the mines location. For 25 years he lives the good life and enjoys his riches. When he is down to $300 he returns to Lizard Gap to try to once again find the Lost Dutchman mine. The aim of the game is to become rich which can be done in three different ways: Mining for gold, panning for gold and gambling. Out in the desert the player may find the four map stones that shows the way to the Lost Dutchman mine. The desert is also full of dangers such as bandits, Indians and snakes so the player has to be sure to have a good supply of ammunition and snake serum. Running from bandits, Indians or snakes means that you lose all the gold you are carrying.This game is essentially a remake of Lost Dutchman Mine |
| Luxury Liner Tycoon | 2005 | Eclypse | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Luxury Liner Tycoon is a typical tycoon game where the player manages a cruise ship. As usual with these type of games a new game starts with an empty ship and the player uses the space to construct a hopefully profitable business. He has 74 rooms and shops, e.g. cabins, bars or restaurants, and about 80 decorative items at his disposal. The constructing itself works with a drag & drop interface. After hiring employees and setting the cruise route the player sets sail and can watch his visitors walking around the ship and using the environment.A lot of time is spent in various statistics screens to watch the balance and find out which of the customer's complaints need fixing. The game features three playing modes: Free Cruise, Career (multiple cruises) and Captain's Challenge. The latter consists of missions where the circumstances, e.g. time and budget, are set and the player needs to reach certain goals. Sometimes the building options are restricted too. |
| Mafia Racing | 2005 | ND Games | Ad Rem LLC, Psycho Craft Studio | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In the genre of street racing comes Mafia Racing.
The place is Moscow, two gangs are fighting against each other, but instead of direct attacks they decided to compete through races. The game features two game modes, tournament or quick races, and in the options, you can redefine keys (no joystick support found), numbers of laps, and type of traffic, crowded or not.
You can also choose your side among 2 teams, 6 characters and 6 tracks. If you collect power-ups you will for example gain speed, skill levels, or double damages to your opponent. |
| Magic Ball 2: New Worlds | 2005 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Dream Dale | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Magic Ball 2: New Worlds is the sequel to Magic Ball . It is a single player Breakout / Arkanoid variant. As with other games in this series the game area is both three dimensional and animated. This game has one hundred levels split into two worlds. All levels are animated, most have characters such as aliens and teddy bears pottering about, and of course there are special power ups that give the player multiple balls, guns and more. There is a save game feature, in-game music and sound effects and the camera angle can be changed if required. There is a high score table and scores can be compared with the current week's high scores on the internet.Magic Ball 2: New Worlds can be played either with the mouse or a joystick.
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| Mah Jong Quest | 2005 | MumboJumbo, LLC | iWin.com | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mah Jong Quest is a Mahjongg Solitaire game with a storyline. Kwazi is playing with his ancestors' set of Mahjongg tiles one day when a trio of dragons ravages the land. A number of talking animals implore Kwazi to journey through the countryside and use his Mahjongg tiles to restore the lands and defeat the dragons.Mah Jong Quest features 3 modes: Classic, Quest, and Puzzle. The Classic mode allows you to select from many tile arrangements and play typical Solitaire Mahjongg. The Quest mode follows the storyline and presents a certain progression of tile arrangement boards with increasing challenges and new magic pieces (firecrackers that can destroy bricks; magnets that can remove a tile from the arrangement; typhoons that can wipe out all of a particular type of tile). The Puzzle mode contains a series of selectable puzzles based on Mahjongg tiles. |
| MahJongg Master 6 | 2005 | eGames, Inc. | Magic Lantern, Inc. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | MahJongg Master 6 uses a 3D environment. 12 different variations, 1700 different backgrounds, 400 tile sets and 300 tile layouts are included. The editor allows you to add your own layouts. |
| MahJongg Variety Pack 2 | 2005 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | MahJongg Variety Pack 2 is a compilation of games. The games in this product are
Mahjongg Master: Egyptian Edition
Mah Jong Jr.
MahJongg Patience
Mahjongg Master 4 - a demonstration version onlyThe CD autoloads and presents the player with the option to install the games separately. |
| Mahjong: Journey of Enlightenment | 2005 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Inertia Software | Puzzle, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mahjong Journey of Enlightenment is a single player tile matching game played over six rounds of increasing difficulty. The game is played using the mouse and it is time limited, however every pair of tiles matched earns some additional time. The game features random tile layouts, tile sets, lighting, music and backgrounds to ensure that no two journeys are alike.As the player progresses through the game they unlock more backgrounds, tile sets and tile layouts
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| Mahjongg Master: Limited Edition | 2005 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
MahJongg Master
MahJongg Master 2
MahJongg Master 3
MahJongg Master 4
MahJongg Master 5
Mahjongg Master: Egyptian Edition |
| Meine Tierpension (Special Edition) | 2005 | dtp entertainment AG | Independent Arts Software GmbH | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition of My Pet Hotel
released about one year after the original release is also an enhanced edition and contains the following:
new animals
a new scenario
a physical pen
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| Memory Reloaded | 2005 | Molleindustria | Molleindustria | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A chilling game about the fluid changes time and active revisionism lend to understanding of huge and unambiguous historical events, this game plays in a very straightforward fashion like the children's card game "Memory", where the goal is to match pairs from a face-down deck of cards, only recalling the position of like cards through the player's memory. Well, memory is fallible. As this game goes on, the "revisione" meter advances and faces on the unseen cards change as their meaning erodes: the western imperialism card quietly changes itself to the western altruism card, while Pinochet gets a make-over from ferocious to elderly, Hitler is smoothed out from being a killer to being a poor fool, and concentration camps are refashioned as sunflower fields. Several of the political references are particular to Italy, but the gradual shift of Partisans to Communist brigands and Palestinian resistance fighters to terrorists still lend a deeper understanding to the fundamental struggles of the 20th century, their roots and their new faces.An updated English-language version of this Italian original, featuring more contemporary polarized issues, was released in 2010 as Memory Reloaded: the downfall. |
| Microchess | 2005 | | Micro-Ware Ltd | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Chess | | | Text parser | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Microchess, a chess-playing program for microcomputers, has been described as the first commercially successful game for home computers, initially programmed in 1976 on MOS Technology's KIM-1.Designed for homebrew kit hobbyists to plug into less than 1k of memory, what the play algorithms lack in grandmaster talent they make up for in speed. Marginally upgraded (the TRS-80 version expanded to 4k: 2k for game logic and 2k for a picture of a chess board) for the burgeoning microcomputer market (why restrict input and output to a hex keyboard and 6 LED digit displays if you don't have to?) it went on to sell over a million copies for the Apple 2 and TRS-80 (and, among the usual suspects, also eventually ported to other hobby platforms such as those made by "Processor Technology, Imsai, Cromemco, Polymorphic Systems, MITS, Ohio Scientific, and many more") before quickly being overtaken by the likes of Sargon. |
| Military Action Pack Volume 1 | 2005 | Groove Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This is a compilation featuring three military themed games that were published by Groove Games. The titles included are:
Marine Heavy Gunner: Vietnam
Marine Sharpshooter II: Jungle Warfare
Desert Thunder
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| Min & Meer | 2005 | Chrysalis Music Benelux | Tale of Tales BVBA | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | min en meer (less and more) is a game by Tale of Tales included as a bonus on the 2005 music album Min & Meer by Gerry De Mol and Eva De Roovere. It starts automatically when the disc is entered in a computer. It is a short game that uses soundbites from the album in an experimental way, as a visual companion to the music. The game consists of different scenes where the player needs to interact with elements in the environment to progress. This is usually done by clicking items to activate them, drag items, or a combination of both in a specific order. Actions often trigger sounds while parts of the lyrics appear in the background. |
| Mini Racing | 2005 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mini Racing is a variant of Maluch Racer. 9 different Mini cars (classic and BMW-era) and 10 different tracks are available in training and race mode. |
| Missing: Game of the Year Edition | 2005 | Adventure Company, The | Lexis Numérique SA | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This edition contains:
Missing (base game)
Missing: The 13th Victim (expansion)
Behind-the-scenes disc |
| Monadius | 2005 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Monadius is a freeware, open-source space shooter with vector graphics, created as a homage to the Gradius series of side-scrolling games. As in those earlier titles, the player controls a spaceship crossing the screen and shooting down alien forces, while penetrating cave-like structures and carefully avoiding collision with obstacles and the many projectiles from the enemy guns. One of the hallmarks of the series is the menu-based power-up system: some of the destroyed aliens drop energy capsules, that can be collected to move the selection highlight from the menu at the bottom to the desired power-up. There are various types of power-ups available: speed boosts, missiles, satellite guns that surround the ship, double shots, laser weapons and other similar upgrades. Some of them can accumulate, with the menu entry getting crossed out when reaching the maximum allowed. All the levels end with a boss fight, where a large foe has to be defeated by quickly learning its movement and shooting patterns. |
| Monster Box | 2005 | Dice Multi Media Europe B.V. | | Compilation | | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Monster Box is a compilation of three games loosely based on a monster theme:
Evolva
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
SacrificeEvolva and Sacrifice each come on a single CD; Giants: Citizen Kabuto takes up two CDs. The games come in a CD case that, oddly enough, has room for only three CDs. |
| Moorhuhn and Friends | 2005 | phenomedia publishing gmbh | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:Crazy Chicken X
Kröt
Moorfrog |
| Moorhuhn präsentiert Die Funbox | 2005 | phenomedia publishing gmbh | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of games by phenomedia. Most of them are short versions or demos, marked by the suffix XS in their title.Here is a list of the content:
Moorhuhn 2: Die Jagd geht weiter
Moorhuhn Tennis
Bull Run (a Pac-Man style game)
Höllenjob XS
Moorhuhn: Wanted XS
Moorfrosch XS
Moorhuhn: Kart 2 XS
Moorhuhn X: Schnecken Trainer
Gütertrennung XS
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| Mouse Trophy | 2005 | Merscom LLC | Neko Entertainment SARL | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | | | Isometric | Windows | In Mouse Trophy is a puzzle game where the player takes the role of a breeder participating at the Rodent Breeder World Championship. There the rodents have to survive mazes in the lowest time possible - of course with the player's help. The rodents act independently, the player can solve the puzzles by changing parts of the labyrinth, e.g. by opening doors. He also can interact with them directly by holding them or using gadgets like electric shocks. These gadgets are limited and have to be found by the rodents in the maze.The player has to manage up to five rodents at a time. After victories they get experience points and get smarter so the player doesn't have to guide them through every easy obstacle. Overall there are 15 rodents to choose from, e.g. a mouse or a squirrel, and 50 traps and accessories and 30 mazes. |
| Muzzle | 2005 | Fantastic.TV | Meridian'93 | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Muzzle is a puzzle game where the player takes the role of a mouse. This mouse sits in some kind of rotating machinery and wants to steer food, e.g. cheese or cookies, into its mouse hole. To achieve this goal the mouse uses the rotators of its machine to accelerate the food into the right direction. The machine is completely moved by mouse; mouse clicks spin the rotors.Of course this gets harder and harder during the course of the game. Then the player does not only need to bring the food around obstacles but also needs to solve puzzles, e.g. opening a door in the way. There is also a strict time limit when the player wants to unlock the next of 92 levels (including tutorial levels and 22 bonus levels for especially gifted players). An online high score list serves as additional motivation. |
| Mystic: Duell der Zauberer | 2005 | Fantastic.TV | Media Art, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In Mystic: Duell der Zauberer the player takes the role of Tim who suddenly finds himself in castle Urqhard. Unfortunately his sister Laura got abducted. Now he has to become a mighty mage to rescue her. To reach this goal he has to solve linear arranged quests, e.g. finding an an amulet. Most of the quests are solved in one of two ways: a duel with another mage or by solving logic puzzles.Before every duel Tim has to choose the magic spells he wants to use. These spells are simply activated by pressing the assigned button. With every solved quest Tim receives money to buy better better equipment and experience points. With every new level he can improve one of his four abilities and choose more spells.During the game he also has to choose between three guilds with different spell specialization : Transformators (transformation spells), Defendars (protection spells) or Vocars (attack spells). The camera is fixed behind Tim's back and he can be controlled directly. Despite this the action component is not very distinctive. |
| New World Order: Gold Edition | 2005 | Morphicon Limited | Termite Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | This gold edition is a revised and advanced version of New World Order.
The game comes with 2 new maps, reworked graphics and new online features. |
| Nijntje trekt er op uit | 2005 | A.W. Bruna Uitgevers B.V. | | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Nijntje trekt er op uit is an educational game for toddlers featuring Dutch iconic character Nijntje, originally created by Dick Bruna.The game features several different game modes:
Toverlijnen (Magical lines): there is a white sheet of paper in front of the player. The player has to move the mouse over the paper to make the drawing appear
Voorleesverhaal (reading story): The player chooses one of the four available stories and the narrator reads the story to them. Players can choose from Nijntje aan zee (Nijntje at the sea), Nijntje vliegt (Nijntje is flying), Nijntje in de speeltuin (Nijntje in the playground), and Nijntje op de fiets (Nijntje is driving a bicycle)
Verschillenspel (search the difference): Players get three images shown. One of the three is different, which is it?
Vliegspel (Flying game): The player controls an aircraft and has to land near Nijntje's grandma. They need to avoid the obstacles and puzzle their way to the end
Kleurplaat (colouring picture): there is a picture but it hasn't got any color yet. Players can choose a color and colorize the different parts of the picture
Blokkenpuzzel (puzzle with blocks): There are four blocks in a square. Some showing parts of a different picture. The user has to turn the blocks so all four form one and the same picture |
| Ninjabread Man | 2005 | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Action | Behind view | | Martial arts | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Happiness and peace reign in Candy Land, when all of a sudden a horde of menacing jelly monsters, rageful bees and menacing cupcakes invades the land. A samurai as valiant as Ninjabread Man can't keep idle at the sight of such a thing: he starts the journey to save the world then, brandishing his cutting sword.
Ninjabread's adventure is structured as a platform game; a level is cleared when all the eight
rods scattered around are gathered; once levels have been completed a first time, new game modes will be available if they are played further, such as Time Attack and Hidden Pickups, the latter consisting in having to find hidden objects.
As regards the jelly monsters, enraged bees and snapping cupcakes, they can be attacked by distance attacks and close ones, employing
Ninja Stars, Samurai Kicks, the cutting sword obviously, and more. |
| NoLimits Fairground Simulation | 2005 | Mad Data | VIS GbR | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | NoLimits Fairground Simulation is a simulation of nine fairground rides, e.g. a Ferris wheel and a top spin. The player can choose between different camera angles and watch the simulation of the rides. With the control panel the player takes control over the ride's functions, e.g. speed. He also can add effects like fog. In the free walking mode the player can move freely through the park and watch the rides. It is possible to import own music files into the game. |
| OceanDive | 2005 | SCS Software | SCS Software | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | OceanDive simulates a scuba dive on a coral reef in first-person 3D. Swim through shoals of many-coloured tropical fish, past the wreck of a submarine, through dark tunnels and into the shattered remains of an ancient temple. The unregistered version is a non-interactive screensaver (with nag messages). Registration unlocks extra areas, as well as the all-important playable element of the game, which gives you full freedom to swim wherever you like in the game's undersea environment. There are animated creatures including shark, turtle, squid and clownfish. Finding hidden coins will open new areas of the map, though an option on the main menu will open all areas at once, if you prefer. |
| On a Rainy Day | 2005 | | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | On a Rainy Day is a freeware surrealist game about controlling a tree made out of hands. The player has to use the hands to grab umbrellas, providing a safe passage for paper boats passing at the bottom of the screen during rainy weather. Every free hand can be selected individually and dragged across the screen if the branch is long enough. Clicking right on a hand discards the umbrella. For every five boats safely reaching the other side of the screen, a new hand and umbrella fall from the sky. Red bonus boats provide a ton of new hands and umbrellas.The branches can be extended in different directions by picking up hands. When the tree reaches the top of the screen, shown by a meter on the left, the hands wildly applaud your efforts, the rain disappears and the boats continue to travel endlessly without fear of drenched death. |
| Otto Matic | 2005 | Ideas From the Deep | Pangea Software, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In 1957, evil Brain Aliens from Planet X sent a fleet of flying saucers to Earth to abduct humans to other worlds as slaves to the Giant Brain. Luckily, robot police named Otto Matics patrol the galaxy and you control one whose mission is to rescue humans from different alien planets and defeat the Brain Aliens and other alien followers. You start on Earth and try to prevent abductions and also collecting rocket fuel while defeating the aliens. Use 7 different types of weapons through 10 levels while battling 25 types of aliens like giant radioactive killer vegetables, metal beasts, and alien clowns in hovercraft bumper-cars. You can ride in a bubble across noxious lakes of slimy goo, or ride a zip line in certain areas. At one point, you can also control a flying saucer to attack alien fortress. There's also a radioactive potion you can drink to grow to 50 feet in size. |
| P-Slider | 2005 | Realspawn-Productions | Realspawn-Productions | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | P-Slider is a single-player, arcade-style puzzle game.The P in the game's name is short for Penguin. The poor we chappie has become separated from his family after a meteor broke up the ice and the object is to guide him home across a series of levels. Each level consists of an area such as an ice floe or, in later levels, a castle and the object of the game is to tilt the ground in such a way that the penguin slides around from the start point to the finish point. On the level there may also be enemies to avoid together with coins and meteor fragments to collect, coins score points and meteor fragments give the player additional lives.The game is controlled by either the keyboard or the mouse. |
| Pack Guerre | 2005 | Codemasters France | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pack Guerre is a compilation of three Codemasters-published games about war, on a single DVD. The included games are:
IGI-2: Covert Strike
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II
World War II: Prisoner of War |
| Pax Solaris | 2005 | Eclypse | Dio Games | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Pax Solaris is a strategy game set in space. On a overhead stellar map the player sees a lot of stars - and the goal is to conquer them all. Some stars are connected with lines which means that ships can travel between this stars. Basically all the player has to do is to tell his ships where to move next respectively what to attack next. More precisely the movement orders aren't issued to the individual ships but to the stars itself. The player simply has to drag a line between the stars and every ship that passes it automatically goes in its direction until the order is cancelled.Every star produces new ships at a steady rate and a big art of the game is to figure out where to move them. The game is basically in real-time but in the single player mode there is a pause button. The fights are calculated automatically. The hot seat multiplayer mode is special because is is a mixture between real-time and turn-based. The game itself is still in real-time but the players alternate. This means every player has a certain time frame where he can change his commands; then the the next one and so on. The AI takes over for all player who are not playing at the moment and tries to act accordingly to there past orders. |
| Penguin Puzzle | 2005 | eGames, Inc. | Nuclide.com BVBA | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Penguin Puzzle is a puzzle game where you slide colored ice cubes around to either create a 2x2 or 3x2 square of the same color, or match the bonus shape shown to the right. With every move, more ice cubes appear, so plan your moves well. Every five levels, a bonus level will fill the screen with ice cubes. Click on a block to remove all connected ice cubes of the same color. After removing those, the remaining ice cubes will fall down to take their place.Included are both untimed and timed modes, and three difficulty levels.The retail release includes Bears & Bees as a bonus game. |
| Phantomas PC | 2005 | Traperic Software | Traperic Software | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Phantomas PC is an unofficial enhanced remake of the 1986 ZX Spectrum game Phantomas. It keeps the original game and level design entirely intact, but replaces the visuals and the music with a modern variant. The player controls the robot thief Phantomas who infiltrates the mansion of Goldter to steal his safe box and treasure chest. The game consists of several single-screen rooms linked together both horizontally and vertically using a flip-screen mechanic, offering some freedom for exploration. To win the game all switches first need to be located and flipped as only then the safe will be opened. After grabbing the treasure Phantomas then needs to run for the exit.As the character has no means to attack he has to dodge enemies and hazards. Colliding with them drains a health meter. Every now and then glowing energy capsules can be picked up to restore some energy. Most of the gameplay centers around careful platform navigation, timing jumps with many moving blocks. The game keeps track of the overall progress and has a high score table. |
| Pippa Funnell: The Stud Farm Inheritance | 2005 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Lexis Numérique SA | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Pippa Funnell: The Stud Farm Inheritance is story-driven simulation game based around horse-riding and training.The player takes the role of Miss Estelle Beaumont whose great aunt, Patricia Beaumont, has left her a stud farm in her will. The game starts with Estell arriving in the quaint village of Appleton where she must meet with the family solicitor, Mr Scrivener, to discuss the inheritance. After a brief conversation Mr Scrivener takes Estell out to the stud farm where she meets Davy, he and his kid sister Rose live on the stud farm and, under the terms of the will, they can stay there as long as they wish. Davy takes care of the running of the farm and during the game will teach Estelle how to care for the horses as well as how to ride in both dressage and showjumping events.The first thing Davy does is teach Estelle how to groom the far's only horse, which the player gets to name. Later he teaches Estelle how to ride in dressage and on successful completion of the dressage course Estelle's horse earns experience points which can be used to learn new skills or improve endurance, sped or jumping height. Completion of tasks also earns Estelle benefits too as she finds when she next visits Mr Scrivener. It seems that great aunt Patricia attached certain conditions to the inheritance to make sure the stud farm passed to someone who liked horses. Passing the dressage test means that the solicitor will permit the development of either a beginner's show-jumping course or a beginner's cross-country course. As the game progresses he will authorise other work to be done such as the renovation of buildings and fences on the farm, the building of more advanced courses and the purchase of better horses.The game progresses in this manner with both the horse and Estelle gaining experience as they train and compete in horse riding events. In both the training and the competitions, if the player is unsuccessful the game allows the circuit / event to be repeated until success is achieved. The training and the competitions get harder as the game progresses. Pippa Funnell appears in the game making 'phone calls to Estelle and she also appears in the final competition.
Estelle has a mobile 'phone through which she receives information about what to do next and a journal to remind her of the current task.
The adventure story behind the game develops as Estelle gains in experience and centres on other characters who want the farm. The game is mainly controlled by the keyboard. The arrow keys move Estelle, whether mounted or otherwise, with specific keys defined for jumping and other horse riding actions such as saluting, leading in and so on. The mouse is used for grooming the horse, cleaning the stable as well as making selections when talking to the solicitor etc. |
| Pizza Frenzy | 2005 | Sprout Games, LLC | Sprout Games, LLC | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | For many years, the Italian Stromboli family made the best pizza in Europe, but now their business is threatened by assembly line products. The player need to help rebuild the family's empire by delivering pizzas as fast as possible.The game contains three game modes based on the same principle. Shown from a top-down view, the player visits different cities where a certain number of pizzas need to be delivered. Before starting a game, the player can select the main topping to offer in that city. Each game, there are two or more pizza houses, one for each type of topping. At irregular intervals, icons with customers appear, requesting a pizza with a specific topping. The player needs to click them and take them back to the delivery house. For each delivered pizza, a tip can be picked up and after a perfect game a zeppelin dropping money appears.By progressing through the game, new toppings can be unlocked and upgraded in four steps. For upgraded toppings, more of them can be collected at once before returning to a delivery house. The gameplay is spiced up through specific characters such as the celebrity that gives big tips when served in time, the clown that mixes up the order, a banker who collects the tips for the player, bums who can't make up their mind, a gossip lady who can change the orders of the other customers, and many more. There are also bad characters such as a thief or a prankster that need to be taken to the police station first. After a number of games, there is a bonus round where players need to recreate the different toppings on a pizza.There are three main game modes to play. Speed mode is reflex-based and is played in real-time. Players need to pick up the orders and the tips as fast as possible. The second mode is Memory where the toppings for each customer need to be remembered as they are blanked out before the player can deliver them. The third mode is Simon Says, similar to the Memory mode, but also requiring a specific order of delivery. Players can also design their own pizzas based on the unlocked toppings and there are twelve different cities to play. |
| Pluk van de Petteflet | 2005 | IJsfontein Interactive Media | IJsfontein Interactive Media | Educational | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pluk van de Petteflet is a Dutch educational game for children aged three to seven, developed as a tie-in with the 2004 movie Pluk van de Petteflet. Both the movie and the game are based on the 1971 children's book of the same name by the Dutch author Annie M.G. Schmidt. It is about the boy Pluk who drives a red crane car through town looking for a house to live. The dove Dolly tells him there is an empty room in the top floor of the Petteflet, a large skyscraper. There, he gets involved in adventures with the other inhabitants and the surroundings of the building.The CD-ROM version contains seven mini-games. Children can:
colour pictures in Pluk's room;
sing along with all the songs from the movie;
teach the bird Krullevaar how to fly;
do maths exercises with the Heen-en-weerwolf by compiling a shopping list and fetching all items by boat;
learn to write letters with Langhors and the bees;
feed the hungry seagulls with Karel-met-de-houten-poot
juggle apples with Zaza.The disc can also be used as an audio CD and in-game help is provided by the dove Dolly and the Lispeltuut. All animals are voiced by professional Dutch voice actors.The later-released Nintendo DS version contains two additional games:
a Tic-Tac-Toe variant;
a Memory game. |
| Pogo Sticker | 2005 | Skinflake Games | Skinflake Games | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Pogo Sticker is an unusual platformer, best described as "jump'n'run without the running". You'll have to cross the levels with nothing but jumping and bouncing around.Pogo Stickers has no background story whatsoever. At the beginning you may select one of two funny looking figures and the game begins. Your "pogo sticker" is entirely mouse-controlled; by moving the mouse to his left or right, you make him pitch into a direction, and pressing the mouse button increases the force of your next jump by a certain amount. Each time you touch the floor you jump off again depending on your pitch and jump force.There are two things to take care of: First, you have to keep jumping -- if you have not enough energy, you'll have to restart the level. Second, take care of your head! It can only take a limited amount of damage.Your little pogo sticker now has to complete twelve levels as quickly as possible. The levels are colourful and varied, starting out very easy to get used to the controls, but quickly increasing in difficulty, including dangers like low ceilings, steep falls, slippery ice, sandy pits etc.Controlling the pogo sticker turns out to be quite challenging, requiring delicate positioning and good timing. It's easy to overdo it, resulting in the little jumper wildly bouncing around and eventually hitting his head somewhere. There is no high score table. Instead, you get lollipops of different colors if you complete a level under a given time.
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| Pokémon: Masters Arena | 2005 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Strategy | | | | | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Pokémon: Masters Arena is a mini-game compilation intended for young children, themed after the Pokémon franchise. The game includes eight mini-games, among others but not limited to: Spinda's Mahjong, Pikachu's Picture Puzzle, and Pokémon Trivia Challenge. Upon completing the fifth level of each game, the player unlocks one of six poster pieces, which may be printed when every piece has been acquired. There are a total of eight posters, one for each game. |
| Pokémon: Team Turbo | 2005 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Puzzle, Racing / Driving | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Mini-games, Word construction | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Pokémon: Team Turbo is a game compilation intended for young children, themed after the Pokémon franchise. The game contains six races and five mini-games such as Bulbasaur's Domino Dash and Squirtle's Door Dilemma, which upon winning, gives the player special powers to use in the races. The controls are very simple: the mouse is used to steer and the mouse buttons are used to activate the powers. |
| Pop Pop Pop! | 2005 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ZEMNOTT, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this puzzle game, differently colored bubbles are placed on the screen in a hexagonal pattern. Connected groups of bubbles of the same color can be popped, and your objective is to end up with the fewest bubbles possible when there are no more moves left. Power-ups are included in some bubbles, and include points, popping all bubbles in a row, popping bubbles in a small area, and popping all bubbles of the same color.Originally, you could earn "Dots" by playing, which could be used to enter drawings at slingdot.com. The site has moved to valusoftarcade.com, breaking compatibility. |
| Popcorn | 2005 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | official game website (from Ad Blurbs)Ever since Popscene swaggered onto the scene in the Summer of 2004, there had been calls for a movie version of the game. With the predictably titled Popcorn, I duly obliged! It was yet another case of taking an ambiguous art form and turning it into a playable game. I was grateful to emerge with something surprisingly coherent, as you hired writers to lay good foundations and then hired actors to get the best out of each scene - which essentially involved composing a series of screenshots. Most people found this symbolism difficult to get excited about. Not least because Peter Molyneux's The Movies had (coincidentally) done a better job of the concept around the same time, and I simply couldn't pile in as much content. Popcorn sat well with Popscene's existing fanbase, though, and firmly established the management genre as my most successful outside of wrestling. |
| Powerboat Racing | 2005 | Idigicon Limited | Binary Zoo | Racing / Driving, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Powerboat Racing is a single player racing game.The player has a choice of twelve different boats which can be raced around ten courses. In the early stages only the two 'Learner' courses are available and as the player progresses the two 'Amateur', 'Average', 'Semi Pro' and 'Pro' circuits are unlocked.The game is either keyboard, joystick or mouse controlled |
| Pranksters: Treasure of the Indians | 2005 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | Glassfish Games | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | In Pranksters a city is plagued by rowdies which play pranks on innocent people. Now the player takes the role of a male or female kid to set things right. There are basically two goals per level: Drive away all rowdies and gather enough money for the bus. This is done by playing either nice tricks, e.g. washing off graffiti, or bad tricks, e.g. using a banana peel so someone slips. The usage of tricks influence the village's morale either positive or negative, when it gets too low the game is lost. To do tricks the player has to use and combine items he finds on the streets. These depend on the character's gender and are randomly distributed. When pranksters get a hand on the player they pummel him and he loses life energy. |
| Premier Manager 2005-2006 | 2005 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | In this version of Premier Manager, the player has the ability to control a team in the top two divisions in England, Italy, Spain, Germany or France, but many players are also available from non-playable leagues.The manager is in charge of hiring and selling players and staff; improving club property, such as the stadium, club shop and medical facilities; and of course, finding the perfect tactic (among seven available) for the players. The player has the option to jump one day or straight to the next event, which can be player transfer offers (or new progress on one), injuries or other club-related news. |
| Prince of Persia Trilogy | 2005 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation bundles three Prince of Persia games from 2003 to 2005:Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimePrince of Persia: Warrior WithinPrince of Persia: The Two ThronesThe games were remastered in HD for the PlayStation 3. |
| Pro Rugby Manager 2 | 2005 | Digital Jesters Ltd. | Cyanide S.A. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Pro Rugby Manager 2 Is a sports management game, based on rugby, that can be played either as a single player or as a multiplayer game. It is the sequel to Pro Rugby Manager.There are two modes of single player game, the quick friendly match and the longer managerial career mode. In both modes of play the match(es) can the manager can choose any of the teams available, has access to the same tactical options, and can view the action in 2D or 3D.
The game features include:A player editor that allows the manager to change the appearance players.
The manager's career mode which encompasses injury management, transfer & contract negotiations, club facilities, strategy planning both pre game and in game, and more.
Over twenty-five competitions and leagues including the African cup, the Nippon Super league, the Gaelic league, the English First Division and the Zurich Premiership.
Over forty stadiums.
In-game commentary.
A club and player database for the 2004/2005 season.
An in-game MP3 player.
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| Pro Rugby Manager 2005 | 2005 | Scubb Interactive | Cyanide S.A. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Pro Rugby Manager 2005 is a sports management game, based on rugby, that can be played either as a single player or as a multiplayer game. It is essentially the same game as Pro Rugby Manager 2, that is the name used in the menu and the documentation.All the features Pro Rugby Manager 2 are still present. There are two modes of single player game, the quick friendly match and the longer managerial career mode. In both modes of play the match(es) can the manager can choose any of the teams available, has access to the same tactical options, and can view the action in 2D or 3D.The game features include:
A player editor that allows the manager to change the appearance players.
The manager's career mode which encompasses injury management, transfer & contract negotiations, club facilities, strategy planning both pre game and in game, and more.
Over twenty-four competitions and leagues including the African cup, the Nippon Super league, the Gaelic league, the English First Division and the Zurich Premiership, Pro Rugby Manager 2 claims twenty-five.
Over thirty-four stadium models, Pro Rugby Manager 2 claims forty.
In-game commentary.
A club and player database, Pro Rugby Manager 2 claims an updated database for the 2004/2005 season
An in-game MP3 player that allows the player to change the in-game music.Additionally this game has a separate database editor which allows the player to add players, teams and maintain their game through the years by adding new players and transferring them between teams. New players can be used in both friendly matches and in career mode while new teams can only be used in friendly matches. The database editor is labelled 'beta Software' and runs in English, German, Italian or French.The game's manual is a PDF document that is held on the disc in PDF English, French, and Italian, both the English and Italian manuals still carry the Pro Rugby Manager 2 name while the French manual is titled Pro Rugby Manager 2005. |
| Punishment | 2005 | Bigmound Games | Bigmound Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | 2D run-and-jump platform games had their run at market dominance (thank you, Super Mario) but to make a splash with a new one in a modern context demands something quite special and extraordinary. Punishment delivers that, in the form promised in the game's title: nothing less than unmitigated masochism suffuses the game's basic elements.Controls of your stickman are responsive enough, though his flailing parkour-style jump often tends to overshoot the desired landing spot; and yes, it's tedious to fall from the top to the bottom of a level -- then through it, to the previous level, and so forth, until you accidentally intercept a platform to break your fall. But these are just delicious licks of icing atop the cake of punishment dished up through two simple game toggle mechanisms -- the first reverses the player's left and right controls; the second rotates the screen. Not even Morimoto himself could take on SMB3 with these simple but effective hurdles strewn in his path! But in an environment where the criticism of Nintendo games (also) has gone 180 degrees -- from unwinnably difficult in the 8-bit era to toddler-friendly simplicity nowadays -- platformer fans demanding an unfair challenge may well find here something to satiate their gluttony. |
| Pure Pazaak | 2005 | | | Strategy | | Fangame | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Pure Pazaak is a fan-made stand-alone version of a fictional card game Pazaak, which was featured as a minigame in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.Pazaak is a derivative of blackjack: each player is dealt a card with an option to play one of four special cards in hand, draw another card or make a stand. The goal is to have a total value of cards greater than the opponent, while not exceeding 20. The special cards can have a negative value, some can even be flipped (played with either positive or negative value) etc. Just like in the original Knights of the Old Republic games, the player collects a deck of increasingly useful special cards, which can change the outcome of a losing game.Game options include alternative rules and interface (from KotOR1 or 2). Matches can be played in practice mode (all cards available), campaign (collecting cards from opponents) or multiplayer (via direct IP). |
| Puzzle Variety Pack | 2005 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Puzzle Variety Pack is a compilation of three titles previously released by eGames and Greenstreet. The pack includes Puzzle Master 3, Puzzle Master 4, and Puzzle Master 5.
Overall the product claims to give the player over one thousand puzzles, four levels of difficulty, a choice of twelve to twelve thousand pieces, a screensaver and wallpaper feature, the ability to create their own puzzles and bonus 3D puzzles.The three games install separately and are accessed as separate games via the eGames Game Butler.
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| Puzzler Sudoku: Volume 1 | 2005 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Puzzler Media Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Puzzler Sudoku: Volume 1 is a Sudoku game which presents one thousand puzzles from Puzzler magazine.The game is played on a single grid that is composed of nine smaller grids. Each of the smaller grids contains nine squares arranged in a 3 x 3 formation. The program fills numbers into some grids and the player has to put the right number into all the remaining squares. In every square, vertical row and horizontal row every number of 1-9 has to be there exactly one time. Though numbers are used they are purely used as symbols, the game requires logic, not maths, skills to complete.The puzzles which are divided into ten 'magazines'. Each 'magazine' has with one hundred puzzles divided among four difficulty levels; super easy, mild, medium and hard.The game allows the player to enter numbers in 'pen' which is used when the player is certain of the number they are placing, and 'pencil' which is used when the player is listing the possible numbers that could occupy a square.Other controls allow numbers to be erased, give the player a hint or to cheat, print the puzzle so that it can be solved the old fashioned way, and to check their answers which is used both to report on the numbers entered mid-game and to confirm the puzzle has been successfully completed.All puzzles are timed but no record is kept of the time or of which puzzles have been completed. |
| Rayman: Special Edition | 2005 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Ubisoft eXclusive compilation includes:Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc - Print Studio |
| Retro | 2005 | Degriff'Soft | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Retro is not a compilation of previously released games, but eight remakes of retro arcade hits with enhanced graphics and sounds. Although some details change (Gobbler's mazes are not the same as Pac-Man ones, Hopper's view is isometric) the gameplay is the same. Reading between the lines :Bounce'n Break is a Breakout variant
Bubble Puzzle is a Bust-A-Move variant
Gobbler is a Pac-Man variant
Hopper is a Frogger variant
Laser Command is a Missile Command variant
Light Racer is a Tron variant
Roids is a Asteroids variant
Space Raiders is a Space Invaders variant
As for the arcade versions, you can select a one or two players game, and the best of them will have their initials displayed in a high score table. You cannot select a difficulty level since it increases automatically as you progress through the levels. |
| Roller Rush | 2005 | ToyboxGames Inc. | ToyboxGames Inc. | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | Time management | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Roller Rush is a time management game focused on a roller-skating carhop. Take orders, deliver orders, and clean up afterward. There are 40 levels, and a survival mode. You earn extra points, not just from speed, but from performing artfully: taking several orders in a row, seating the same types of customer in the same spot, and so on. After each level, you are graded on performance, earning one to three stars for acceptable to perfect performance. Between levels, you can upgrade the diner using these stars. Make the restaurant look better, serve more customers, get faster skates, and more. |
| RunMan's Monster Fracas | 2005 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | The freeware title RunMan's Monster Fracas is the fifth game in the RunMan series. In the original games RunMan only needed to stay alive as long as possible by timing jumps, but this game ups the ante with the inclusion of a giant monster chasing the main character. The game uses 4 keys to go left, right, jump and slide and RunMan has to avoid being eaten by outrunning the monster as long as possible, while jumping over strange creatures, gaps and diving under obstacles. Most of them slow RunMan down, but flowers launch him into the air. After a while, the day scenery changes to night, all with hand-drawn graphics. The distance between the two characters is shown through a bar near the top of the screen. High scores can be submitted to an online scoreboard. |
| SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 - 4-7 Years | 2005 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 - 4-7 Years is a compilation of six educational titles from Idigicon's Action Learning series that help children learn through a gaming environment. The titles in this package are:
Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Early Science
Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Numbers
Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Phonic Spelling
Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Time
Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Times Tables
Action SATS Learning: Key Stage 1 4-7 Years: Words |
| Saharan Outpost | 2005 | Attic Games | Attic Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Interwar | | | | | | Windows | Saharan Outpost takes place in Morocco 1923. The player has to defend a French foreign legion outpost using a machine gun with only 500 bullets. The ultimate goal of the game is to stay alive and have enough ammo to kill the rebel leader. Enemies attacks either on foot or riding on horses. The player has one health pack that can be used to fully restore health. |
| Saints & Sinners Bingo | 2005 | Oberon Media, Inc. | Large Animal LLC | Simulation | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Saints & Sinners Bingo is a single player shareware game based on a fictional American Bingo circuit with the player playing their way across the country in the 35th Annual Bingo Tournament. Along the way they'll play against computer opponents, fifteen saints and fifteen sinners in a variety of locations.In each game the player plays one or two bingo cards against two, or more computer opponents. A game consists of a fixed number of calls where, in each call, three numbers are presented. The player must locate these numbers on their card(s) and click on them which marks or 'daubs' them within a fixed amount of time. A game or a bonus is won if the pattern of daubed numbers on the player's card matches the pattern displayed on screen for that game. There are over one hundred winning patterns and they change for each game.Each location on the tour has a set goal which the player must achieve before they can progress. In the first location, the East Schenectady Community Centre, the goal is simply to win two games. In others the player must win a fixed amount of cash. Money is used in scoring the tournament. Players receive it for winning games, and for triggering bonus features such as having all three numbers called on their card(s).During a game the computer opponents trade witticisms and insults and one or more of them will attempt to do a deal with a player, usually offering a lucky charm in exchange for some favour. The game is entirely mouse controlled. |
| Sci-fi 6+1 Pack | 2005 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This bundle contains six games with a science fiction theme:
Alien Blast: The Encounter
Nexagon Deathmatch
O.R.B.: Off-World Resource Base
Uplink: Hacker Elite
Submarine Titans
Space Haste 2
The +1 in the title refers to a trial edition of Time of Defiance, a massively-multiplayer online real-time strategy game. |
| Scuba: Geheimnisse der Meere | 2005 | IncaGold GmbH | | Action | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Scuba: Geheimnisse der Meere the player takes control of the three children Johnny, Jill and Luke which get invited by their uncle Marty who lives on small tropical island. There they meet the diving teacher Antonio, the marine biologist Luca and the photo journalist Mark. During the story (which revolves around a pirate captain who supposedly used this island as a hideout) these four persons give missions to the three main characters, e.g. photographing a certain fish or remove junk from the seabed. During the missions the player finds items in the sea which he can trade for mussels. These mussels can be used to buy better gear in the local shop, e.g. a real scuba diving gear instead of snorkels. The gameplay itself is set in the sea which the player explores in first person perspective. Of course he has no unlimited time to his disposal because he has to return to the surface if his air runs out. The missions are always peaceful without violence. |
| Shoot the Roach | 2005 | eGames, Inc. | L39 Studios GmbH i. Gr. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Shoot the Roach you have the task to get rid of many cockroaches as you can. You are the only one who can stop their Invasion!
The game has 5 different levels, 5 different weapons, 6 different types of roaches and many many hidden secrets to explore.The whole game is in 3D using colorful, detailed graphics. |
| Shopping Centre Tycoon | 2005 | Fantastic.TV | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Shopping Centre Tycoon is a managerial simulation where the player builds and manages a mall. The game is played similar to other tycoon games: the player has an empty building to his disposal. Then he chooses in the menus the stores and other infrastructure facilities and drags them to the place he wants them to be. The next important step is to hire employees, e.g. maintenance people. Because of the peculiarities of shopping centres the player is not responsible for the shops themselves, he just provides the localities and infrastructure. As for most similar games the player can watch his customers as they use his business.A part of the playing time is spent in statistics screens where the player can analyze charts with his detailed earnings and expenses. Other important statistics are the criminality rating and the customer's evaluation of the mall, which depends on things like the availability of goods and decor. Besides the free playing mode the game features twelve missions with existing malls where the goal is to reach a certain rating in categories like popularity or turnover. The game features three cities: London, Paris and Berlin. |
| Shredder 6 (Special Edition) | 2005 | GOST Publishing SPRL | ChessBase GmbH | Strategy | Top-down | | | Chess | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Shredder 6 (Special Edition) is a stripped-down version of Shredder 6. It lacks the engine options and offers no support for end game databases. |
| Sir Fred: El Remake | 2005 | RetroWorks | RetroWorks | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Sir Fred: El Remake is a fan-made update to the classic platform-adventure game from Spain. As in the original, the player has to guide a chubby, middle-aged knight through the castle of Baron Beni-Gómez to rescue the kidnapped princess. The rooms are filled with traps, dangerous animals and guards that must be dealt with before proceeding to the next screen. As in Dizzy and other games of that era, the main character can collect objects and carry up to four in the inventory at the bottom of the screen. Sir Fred can equip swords and longbows to engage the enemy, and use other tools to solve environment puzzles.Besides the expected improvements in graphics, controls and sound, the remake adds four save slots to record progress at any time. The control keys can be configured on the main menu, along with optional graphic effects like shadows, transparency and soft lightning that may impact performance on older computers. The menu language can be set to English or Spanish. |
| Skat 3000: Special Edition | 2005 | CreaTeam-Software | CreaTeam-Software | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition is a commercial release of the shareware game Skat 3000 and it lacks its main feature: the freely adjustable rules. With this version you are restricted to the official German skat rules. It was distributed through the Aldi chain of supermarket stores. |
| Skispringen Winter 2006 | 2005 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Krzysztof Lewiński | | | | Windows | Skispringen Winter 2006 is a ski jumping simulation. The handling is quite simple: the player uses the mouse to hold a steady course and clicks at the right moment to jump respectively land. But in comparison to RTL Skijumping 2006 it is more complex, e.g. the player has to do two instead of one timed clicks to achieve a good landing. In the career mode the player creates his own athlete who starts in the amateur league. For successful competitions he receives prize money and experience points which he reinvests into better equipment respectively better character statistics, e.g. starting speed or shape. Between competitions the player can buy training sessions. In contrast to other non-managerial sports games the training isn't performed by the player himself; he simply receives a message afterwards which describes the results. There is also the possibility to play a career as coach. The difference is that the player just watches during the competitions and doesn't jump himself. He also has to deal with travel and housing costs. The license is restricted to the 32 ramps. |
| Snake Eyes | 2005 | eGames, Inc. | eBrainyGames, LLC | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Snake Eyes is a collection of dice games. From the super menu, players can choose which they want to play. The goal of most dice games is to roll certain combinations and then score that combination. These dice games (similar to Yahtzee), each with their own rules are named:
Dragon
Double Bonus Dragon
Double Dragon
Double Cheerio
Poker Dice
Double General
Cheerio
High Roller
General
Bones
Snakes & Ladders
Ludo
The later two on that list aren't generally considered dice games and are instead simple board games. Snakes & Ladders and Ludo. Both these games have a player roll the dice to determine how many squares they will move on the board. In the case of Snakes & Ladders, landing on a ladder brings the player closer to the goal and landing on a snake puts them farther from it. In the case of Ludo (similar to Parcheesi), each player must roll a six to get their piece on the board from the starting area and then must make a complete rotation of the board with that piece. Landing on an opponent's piece will send it back to the starting area. A player can stack two pieces to form a block. |
| Soda Pipes | 2005 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Athletic Design AB | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Soda Pipes is a puzzle game similar to the classic Pipe Mania. Basically the player has to build a pipe connection between two pipes. He is given one pipe piece at the time which he has to use before he gets the next. On the right side of the screen he can see the next few pipes he'll get.The game features three playing modes. In the arcade mode a liquid flows at one of three steady speeds and the player has to build the connection before it escapes. The puzzle mode has no time limit and the challenge is to find a solution to the presented problems. Lastly a mixture between the two is the adventure mode where the player faces 28 levels with varied tasks. |
| Solitaire Meister | 2005 | Tandem Verlag GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
150 Patiencen
150 Patiencen 2
235 Patiencen |
| Splash | 2005 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Splash is an arcade game with color-matching elements. The player controls a fish juggling falling balls by spitting a jet of water up a series of ramps. The game ends if the balls hit the pond. Matching adjacent balls of the same color makes them disappear.Some special spheres contain a power-up. The ones with a plus sign give bonus points. Spheres with a bomb explode all other balls of the same color. Balls with a propeller helix give points and increase in weight with time while being juggled. Spheres with a flame icon destroy all balls on the screen. Water-speed balls increase the power of the water spray for a short period of time. Snowflake spheres freeze in place all balls. |
| SpongeBob SquarePants: Krabby Quest | 2005 | Nickelodeon Online | Midnight Synergy | Adventure | | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Mr. Krabs needs one thousand Krabby Patty burgers made. SpongeBob is on the job and done in no time. But what is this? Sheldon Plankton, envious of Mr. Krabs, has exploded the Krusty Krab and all the burgers have scattered all over Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob, with help from Patrick, must find all one thousand of them.SpongeBob SquarePants: Krabby Quest is an adventure game with puzzle elements. Using the arrow keys, move SpongeBob about the screen, gathering Krabby Patty burgers, until you gather all the ones in the level. If there is a wooden box, push it out of the way. SpongeBob will encounter colored seaweed. He will need to step on a same colored switch to remove the seaweed to pass. Some switches are round and he will need to push a box onto it to keep it pressed. In later levels, you will encounter Bullies. These will run after you if they get in line with you. To avoid them, just get out of the way and behind something so they will go on. Later levels will require you to use the space bar to switch between SpongeBob and Patrick One may need to stand on a switch while the other moves ahead and when you encounter blue metal boxes, only Patrick is strong enough to move them. |
| Spotlight Fever | 2005 | 2WG Media, Inc. | Canopy Games | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Hunting | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Back of Box (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Critters and Varmints Beware!
Spotlight Fever is the unique new NIGHT hunting experience that creates all the atmosphere and excitement of spotlight hunting! Shine critters and call 'em in, to clear the land of varmints and build your trophy room!Interactive hunting lodge that YOU customize with trophies, furniture, and more! Traditional to creative animal mounts, and discarded license plates, hubcaps, all sorts of cool stuff that's perfect for a huntin' lodge..Unlock and load out with Weapons, Ammo, Calls, and Spotlights as you progress through the night! Gain accuracy, see farther, bag more critters!Beware of aggressive animals that'll leap at you out of the dark! Attacking critters will mess you up! Use your wits and your weaponry to confront 'em and bag 'em!
15 Unique Animals
11 Weapons
40 Missions
9 Spotlights
3 Hunting Vehicles
10 Calls
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| Spybot: Search & Destroy (included game) | 2005 | Safer Networking Limited | Safer Networking Limited | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Chess | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This malware-removal tool contains a simple easter egg game. Clicking on the binoculars icon just beneath the main toolbar (adjacent to the program's title) will activate the game, a simulation of the Traveling Knight Problem, a puzzle challenging would-be solvers to move a chess knight located in the corner to every square of a chessboard once and only once, using the knight's characteristic L-shaped movement pattern. In this implementation of the problem, every square visited will reveal one grid cell of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawing Vitruvian Man.The goal is to visit every cell and reveal the complete drawing, though poor movement decisions can result in dead-ends terminating the game prematurely. |
| Star Blaze | 2005 | Gladiators Software | Gladiators Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | HQ relies on mercenaries to do space fighting. It seems that the Theta sector has become overrun with Glaarck spaceships. Choosing an experienced pilot, Theta assigns the mission of entering the Theta sector and destroying all hostile forces.The planet Retulla lies somewhere within the sector and is suspected to be a base for the enemy forces.Star Blaze is a side-scrolling arcade shooter that can be played by one or two players on the same screen. The game consists of four episodes, the first of which is given away as shareware. The episodes each contain six levels including a final level against an enemy boss. Players begin by purchasing a ship and weapons, each with their own capabilities, from the $10000 they are given. Additional money is earned during battle by shooting enemy forces as well as collecting debris left behind during the explosions. In battle, the player is able to move anywhere on the screen, firing their weapon(s). A status display monitors energy consumption by the weapons as well as protective shield and hull values. The shield will reduce damage inflicted to the hull by enemy projectiles or obstacles. If the hull is destroyed, the player's game is ended. As a result of the player needing to buy their weaponry, few power-ups exist during the level. However what can be found are power-ups to to repair hull or shield strength as well as additional guns attached to the top of the player's ship. Bonus debris can sometimes be found floating in various locations which will earn more money. |
| Star Defender II | 2005 | DivoGames Ltd. | Awem Studio | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Star Defender II is a top-down horizontally scrolling shooter game. The player with his single spaceship must move left and right, firing on the enemy ships that appear. Successful destruction of enemy vessels increases the score. Some enemies drop power-ups when destroyed which include upgrading the primary weapon, granting missiles (regular and homing) for the secondary weapon, time freeze, nuclear bomb which destroys everything on the screen and a shield which protects the player for a short time. Without the shield, enemy fire will destroy the player's vessel and cause them to lose a life. |
| Starshine Legacy: Das Geheimnis von Pine Hill | 2005 | Stabenfeldt AB | Hidden Entertainment AB | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Star Shine Legacy: Das Geheimnis von Pine Hill is an adventure game. You play as Linda, a show jumper. Linda is torn between school and show jumping and finds out one day that she has supernatural abilities. She can talk to her horse Meteor and learns of an old secret. Discover the truth together with Linda and her friends. |
| Sudoku Mania! | 2005 | Selectsoft Publishing | Selectsoft Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This simulation of a Sudoku puzzle features two puzzle sizes (4x4 and the standard 9x9), five difficulty levels, pencil marks, an unlimited puzzle generator, hints, a puzzle solver, different tile sets, printer support, sound and music. |
| Sudoku Quest | 2005 | | Inertia Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sudoku Quest is a single player shareware game. The object of the game is to solve a SuDoku puzzle in a standard 9 x 9 grid. The game features:
four styles of grid background
four difficulty levels
a hint feature
a solve feature
a high score table, all games are timed and the lowest solve times are recorded.
It is played entirely via the mouse
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| Sudoku: Addict Deluxe | 2005 | GOST Publishing SPRL | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sudoku Addict Deluxe is a Sudoku game for PC. Generate new puzzles and solve them in 5 different difficulties. All puzzles can be printed. A help function as well as a solution function is included that can help with Sudokus from newspapers. |
| Teaching-you: 31 Languages of the World | 2005 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Transparent Language, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Teaching-you: 31 Languages Of The World is an educational title that aims to teach travellers a basic vocabulary of five thousand words or so in each language. It does this with the aid of it's 'Immersion Environments' which contain various learning aids including games. The games are present for each language and include;
Crosswords: These are simple crosswords around ten words. They are not numbered, the player clicks on the grid to see the clue for that word which is usually in the form of a sentence with a missing word. The game has options to show the English translation of the sentence, verify the answer and have a free letter placed in the grid as an aid. Along with each sentence an appropriate photograph is displayed
Vocabulous!: This also shows the player a sentence in the target language with a missing word that the player must enter, however unlike the crossword game the player has no idea how long the word is or what letters may be in it. As an aid they do have a full English translation of both the sentence and the missing word
Unscramble: The player is shown a sentence in the target language which has been scrambled and it's English translation. The player must drag and drop the foreign words into the correct order, as they are placed they change colour from their initial red to black.
Plug-n-Play: The player is shown some phrases in the target language which are incomplete, the task is to drag and drop the missing words from a pick list to fill the gaps
Graffiti: This is a word puzzle game in which the player must complete an entire sentence in the target language letter by letter
The product comes on two discs each of which contains a separate set of languages and can be installed separately. There is also an option to install a screensaver.The languages taught in this product are Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Chinese, Dutch, English for Spanish Speakers, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Yiddish and Zulu. Several of these languages are transliterated, i.e. they use a different alphabet so the product uses the closest corresponding letters of the English alphabet. |
| Terrorist Takedown: Payback | 2005 | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | War | Rail shooter, Shooter | | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | Terrorist Takedown: Payback is the sequel to Terrorist Takedown, and it is often labeled as a standalone expansion pack. It features 10 missions with the same gameplay of its predecessor: a first person rail shooter with some third person helicopter levels. In the first person levels the player has to take down enemies with machine guns and cannons mounted on helicopters or HMMVVs. Sometimes the player controls a stationary gun. When controlling a machine gun, a "heat" meter is shown and if the gun overheats, the player has to wait for it to cool down until it can shoot again. The vehicles the player is in have a damage meter at the screen's bottom left.In some other levels, the player controls a helicopter from a third person perspective with unlimited ammo. The helicopter is controlled with both the mouse (for direction) and the keyboard (for height).The game features some improvements over its predecessor, like a high score system and different difficulty levels. |
| Tetris: 21 Spiele | 2005 | tewi publishing GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tetris: 21 Spiele contains 21 Tetris variants. |
| Texas Hold'em 3D XP Championship | 2005 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Poker: Texas Hold'Em 3D is a UK issue of a US Selectsoft title named Texas Hold'em 3D XP Championship. It is a single player poker game in which the player plays against up to nine AI players.There are over seventy AI players, each with their own playing style however there is only one player voice and it is male. There are two modes of play, standard and tournament, the initial stake can be varied, the card backs can be changed, the player can change the camera angle and there is a cheat option.
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| The Arcade | 2005 | Liquid Games | Ivolgamus UAB | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | The Arcade is a collection of ten games heavily inspired by classical titles, with modern graphics and sound.The games are:
Battling Bats (Pong clone)
Freakoids (Asteroids clone)
Jetpac Jousting (Joust clone)
Moon Mission (Lander clone)
N-Vaders (Space Invaders clone)
Galaxy Warriors (Centipede clone)
Muncher (Q*Bert clone)
Protectors (Warlords clone)
Operation TNT (Bomberman clone)
Pipe Puzzle (Pipe Dream clone) |
| The Bibleman Videogame Adventure: A Fight for Faith | 2005 | Pamplin Entertainment | Covenant Studios, Inc., Good Faith Ministries, LLC | Action | | | | Arcade | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | Isometric | Windows | The Bibleman Videogame Adventure: A Fight for Faith is a 1-player action game for multiple systems.Based upon the Bibleman video and live tour, the player controls either Bibleman, Biblegirl, or Cypher, as they try to save Gabriel, Olivia, and the children of Andersonville. Using the Full Armor of God and biblical scriptures, you must defeat the Wacky Protester and his henchmen once and for all.Played from an isometric perspective, the player controls their character via the mouse. The game starts in the Bible Cave, and the player can pick up and move items.
From the Bible Cave, the player enters 9 missions, where they must defeat all henchmen within a specific time limit. The player can summon one of their companions or switch between characters at any time. On level 3, the player gains access to Bibleman. The player can increase their spiritual strength by finding bibles and crosses hidden on each level. Bibles can be used to vanquish the nearest henchmen. |
| The Final Quiz Game | 2005 | Trend Redaktions- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | Benjamin Bahnsen Software | Simulation | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | The Final Quiz Game is a quiz game with over 4,700 questions from different areas. There are five game modes supporting up to three players competing against each other. Each player has three keys on the keyboard to enter the answers. |
| The Guild: Gold Edition | 2005 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Guild: Gold Edition is a compilation that includes:
Europa 1400: The Guild (base game)
Die Gilde: Gaukler, Gruften & Geschütze (expansion pack) |
| The Map Detectives: Rural Mystery | 2005 | Sherston Publishing Group | | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Map Detectives: Rural Mystery is a single player, mouse controlled, educational title which aims to teach geography and map reading skills by making maps essential to the game.Pop superstar Rick Spangle was having a party when he was burgled. The thief stole one of his treasured possessions and the player's task is to identify the thief. There are twelve suspects; Shady Sashi; Scheming Scott; Crooked Chrissy; Iffy Imran; Tricky Trevor; Sly Si; No-good Nora; Lootin' Lucy; Lawless Lorna; Break-in Brenda; Dodgy Doris; and Nabber Nick. Each crook has four characteristics, for example they may or may not be local, drive a car or ride a bike, wear a hat or spectacles and so on. Some of the guests at Rick Spangle's party have pieces of information but they've long since left the scene which means the player has to find them using the supplied maps. Two maps are provided, a cycling map and a walking map and, playing with the default settings, the player uses each map to find two guests. With the cycling map, which is used first, the player has to navigate roads to get from a named start point to a named destination. Once there they talk to the guest who supplies a clue and then they set off in search of the next guest. The walking map is trickier because the player starts at a map reference and heads to another map reference where a guest will supply a clue.
On both maps the player is given the location of all the guests they must find and they can locate them in any order.
The in game navigation screen is divided into three areas;
The top half of the screen shows an animation while the player is in transit, for example the cycle's handlebars as they player travels along a road or a footpath as the player walks through the fields. When the player reaches a junction they are presented with some red direction arrows, others may have to be discovered by moving the mouse over the picture, and they select one of these to continue their journey. The picture may also show a named location, for example if a guest is staying at a hotel then when the player arrives at the location a picture of a hotel will be shown.
In the lower half of the screen on the left is the player's notebook which has three tabs;
Task: This tells the player where the guests are
Info: This tells the player where they are, very helpful when using the walking map top find a guest
Clues: This records the information gathered so far
In the lower half of the screen on the right is a mini map showing the player's position and the way they are facing.
The position of the notebook & mini map can be swapped in the game configuration options screen
When all clues have been gathered the player can look through the twelve suspects and, if they find one whose four characteristics match the clues they've collected they can click on the Arrest button. If they are correct they collect the £3000 reward, if they are incorrect they can try again but the reward they stand to collect will have decreased by £250.The game can be replayed as the item stolen, the guests to be located and the criminal all change. The default settings have the player looking for four guests and using both the cycling and walking maps, however the game configuration options allow the game to use just one map and to look for two, four or six guests. In addition the game can be played using either day mode or night mode. All the in-game locations, junctions use real photographs. There is also an Explore mode which allows the player to freely explore the map without having to look for a specific location.
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| The Nessy Learning Program | 2005 | Net Educational Systems | CompleteControl | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Nessy Learning Program is an educational system designed to help children with learning difficulties, especially those with dyslexia. It won numerous awards and was used in many schools in both the UK and the USA as well as being available for home use. As of 2017 The Nessy Learning Program as documented here has been replaced by a new on-line product set which still bears the name 'Nessy'.The full system used both computer resources, traditional methods and board/card games to make learning fun. The computer games were based on a series of ten islands, which equate to ten levels, each named after a colour. Each island focused on a specific set of topics and used games to test the player's grasp of the concepts being taught, there were many topics on each island and only some of them had associated games. The Nessy Program had a standard set of games which are used throughout all levels of the program in different combinations, some topics may had a single game while others had several. While the games are the same throughout the program they used different sets of words that were appropriate to the topic this meant, for example, that the same game could help the player understand when to use the word endings 'k', 'ke, and 'ck' in one lesson while in another it helped the same player understand the different sounds made by the letters 'ough' as on cough, bough, bought etc.The games used in this product are:Brain Drain: in this game the player is shown short sentence with a missing word and must select the appropriate word from four choices to complete the sentence correctly. It's played like Who Wants To be A Millionaire? with 50/50, Ask Nessy, and Stop The Clock options. The more questions the player gets right the bigger their brain grows but it shrinks when they get one wrong.
Chase The Chicken: his is a Whack-A-Mole variant. The player is presented with a screen of eight hen houses and each house has a word above it. The game then says one of the eight words and the player must use the mouse to whack the right hen as it appears
Doggy Din Dins: the player is shown a grammatical rule of the type 'In case A do this, in case B do that' and is then presented with a series examples written on bones. The object of this game is to use the rule to decide to which of two dogs the bone should be fed.
Glynn Goes Fishing: Glynn sits in a fishing boat at the top right of the screen, there's a simple control to make him cast his line into the piranha infested lake. When a fish takes the bait the game pauses and 'says' a word which the player must then type in. If they type in the word correctly Glynn lands the fish.
Hands Off My Bananas: this is a two stage game featuring a monkey, two gorillas and a lot of bananas. In part one the game 'says' a word which the player must type in, every correct entry earns the monkey a coconut. In the second part of the game the monkey must defend his banana trees from two gorillas, it does this by throwing his coconuts at the gorillas to stop them eating his bananas.
House of Fear: this game turns the gaming concept of some of the other games on its head. The player is in a haunted house and is being chased by a monster, to escape they must find the correct path out of the house. Each screen has a different room but all rooms have four doors through which the player could go, above each doorway is a word, and at the top of the screen is a short sentence. If the player selects the correct word to complete the sentence they go through the portal and if they get enough answers correct they eventually escape.
Monster Words: tough words are referred to as Monster words, a typical example are words containing the letters 'ough'. After a brief introduction the player is shown all the possible sounds this combination of letters can make, they are then shown a word which they must read to decide which sound to select
Norman and His Horse: This is a short story in book form with animated sequences and a series of questions at the end.
Poke The Pig: this is essentially the same game as Chase The Chicken but instead of chickens in hen houses it has pigs in sties.
Power Protector: this game is used to teach word endings such as when to use 'dge' and when to use just 'ge'. The game explains the rule and then 'says' a word which the player must they type in. If they get it wrong a monster rushes from a cave and jumps all over their word, if they get it right the monster still rushes out but the correct spelling foils their destructive urge.
Silly Bull: this is a short animated sequence that explains syllables.
Squish 'Em: the flies are trying to eat the player's soup and to stop them the player uses the mouse to swat them. Every time the player swats a fly they hear a word which they must successfully type in to kill the fly, every incorrect answer sees the swarm get closer to the soup.
Wet Kipper: another two stage game this time featuring two penguins, Rocky and Kipper, where Rocky is trying to steal all of Kipper's fish. The game can be played as either character. As Kipper the player gets a snowball for every correct answer in part one which they can throw at Rocky in part two. Playing as Rocky the player gets fishbones in part one which they spit at Kipper in part two.
Whack A Rat: this is very similar to Squish 'Em, here a pack of rats are after a chunk of cheese, they keep running out from the holes in the skirting board and taking a chunk. The player whacks them by clicking on them with the mouse but only kills the rat if they correctly type in the word that's supplied.Naturally 'The Nessy Learning Program' was more than just a set of games, there were lots of lessons, extensive teacher/parent notes, lots of information on dyslexia and links to Dyslexia sites. There was also a Word List Creator so that new lists could be created and added into the program, a Recording Studio so that pupils could hear themselves say words. On the website there were further educational products, a Nessy blog, links to free webinars and the history of how this product came to exist. |
| The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - Gold Edition | 2005 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Heritage of Kings: The Settlers (base game)
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - Expansion Disc |
| The Standard: Games - Volume One | 2005 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Standard: Games - Volume One is a compilation that contains:
Championship Manager 4
Beyond Good & Evil
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy |
| The Sudoku Challenge! | 2005 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Sudoku Challenge! is a variant of the classic sudoku game. More than 1000 challenges in four difficulties are included. Place the numbers from 1 to 9 in a way that every number is only present once in every row and column of the 9x9 board. |
| Think All Publishing: Complete 4-CD Software Set | 2005 | Think All Publishing LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Think All Publishing: Complete 4-CD Software Set is a series of software packages that were mailed to customers every five weeks or so. Customers could keep them, in which case they would be charged or they could return two CDs in which case the two they kept would be free.
The CDs in this set are:
Fun With Games:
On this CD are the freeware games Frozen Bubble, Krystal Drop, Neverball, Ri-li, Super Tux, Tux Racer, and Tux Paint.
Fun With Computers:
This CD contains PySyCache, an educational tool that teaches young children how to use a mouse.
Fun With Math & Science:
This CD contains the freeware packages: Celestia: a space exploration simulation, Stellarium: a planetarium package, and two freeware games Tux Math, and Tux Math Scrabble.
Fun With Learning:
This consists of two freeware packages, Childsplay and Gcompris. Both collections of educational games for young children aged 2-10 years.
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| Tom-Yum-Goong: The Game | 2005 | Game No Limit Co.,Ltd. | Game No Limit Co.,Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Tom-Yum-Goong: The Game is a 3D fighting game based on the plot of the action film Tom-Yum-Goong. The player takes the role of Kham (actor Tony Jaa) who is a skilled Muay Thai warrior. Kham has to recover his prized elephant that has been captured by an international mafia gang. He fights in a 3D environment using the Muay Thai martial art style, with 30 different movements that were generated through motion capture of Tony Jaa.The game includes a bonus video with an explanation of the capturing process, a making-of, and interviews. |
| Tony Hawk's Underground | 2005 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | The fifth game in the series, Tony Hawk's Underground is the first game to have a true career mode.You begin the game as a local skater whom nobody knows. Your board is wearing thin, and your tired of being a nobody. As your out skating, you see a flyer for a pro who's coming to your city to demo. You go to the skate demo and watch. Afterwards, you try to impress the pro, and he gives you advice on how to go about becoming a star. With your friend, Eric, you're now on your way to becoming a legend.THUG takes you to various cities to perform different goals. You begin in New Jersey, which acts as a sort of training stage, where goals are simple. Eventually, you'll visit Manhattan, Vancouver, Moscow, Tampa, San Diego and Hawaii. Most cities are split into different chapters, with each chapter opening new goals.THUG introduces a new system; walking. You can get off your skateboard to run or walk around the level. If there's a high tower you want to jump off of, get off your board, climb to the tower (by climbing a ladder or shuffling across a wire), get back on your board, and jump down. One of the new tricks associated with this is the Acid Drop, which can launch you off an opposing pipe, allowing you to pull off 1080's and up.Also new to THUG is the ability to drive certain vehicles, like a gardener's truck, a sports car, or a leaf blower. These are used for goals, but can be unlocked to drive whenever and wherever.Next to the standard Create-a-Park and Create-a-Skater, you can now create your own decks and your own tricks. The biggest feature is Create-a-Goal. You can create custom goals for one of the levels (or your own), and choose what pedestrian will give it to you, his/her dialogue, and what they'll say when you win.The PlayStation 2 version supports online play. |
| Totally Spies!: Total Swamp Romp | 2005 | Brighter Child Interactive, LLC | FiniteMonkey, Inc. | Action, Compilation, Educational | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | Spy / espionage | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Total Swamp Romp is a compilation of the games:
Totally Spies!: Swamp Monster Blues
Totally Spies!: Zombie Jamboree! |
| Tournament Poker | 2005 | | Beachware, Inc. | Gambling | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | You can play 21 different Poker games in the same tournament, against 12 different opponents. Games include Texas Hold 'em, Omaha High, No-Blind Hold'em, No-Flop Hold'em, Super Hold'em, Ultra Hold'em Poker, Near Cincinnati, No-Blind/Flop Super Hold'em, No-Blind Near Cincinnati, 5 Card Draw-Jacks or Better, Five Card Stud, Seven Card Stud, English Stud Poker, and Spanish Draw Poker. |
| Trendris 5000 | 2005 | Trendverlag | EleFun Multimedia Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Trendris 5000 is a Tetris clone with an animated 3D background. In addition, several bonus weapons are available to use and destroy rows. Players can choose from three game modes and five difficulty levels. |
| TriJinx: A Kristine Kross Mystery | 2005 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Brighter Child Interactive, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | TriJinx is a tile matching puzzle game using an Egyptian theme.Each level consists of a playfield, which is partly filled by different colored triangles. Therefore the playfield is either a triangle or a hexagon itself. What you now have to do is to remove a group of at least three different colored triangles from the playfield by clicking on one of them. Each triangle you remove gets put into the urns on the top. And once all of them are full, you have completed the level. But you play each level against the clock. Once your time has run out or you remove the triangles too slow (as new once dropping in from the top and once the top is reached...), it's Game Over.If you don't seem to find any matches, or if the playfield gets dangerously high on just one side, you have the possibility to rotate the entire playfield to the left or right as often as you want. This results in that all the movable triangles fall into new positions, allowing new possible matches.The game is divided into three game modes: Adventure, Arcade and Puzzle.Adventure is the story mode: It's the year 1935 and you are playing Kristine Kross, who is searching for his missing father, who was last seen near a newly discovered pyramid, the Tomb of Triclops near Luxor, Egypt. After arrival, you are confronted with a sealed door, which you must open by playing the puzzle game. And while playing the 86 levels, the story continues to unfold in drawn comic-style cutscenes.Arcade is Adventure without the story mode, but both two have the following unique additions to the gameplay mentioned above: You can have color coded urns instead of normal ones (so i.e. only red triangles can be collected etc.), there are persistent or destroyable blocks, you can use bombs to destroy colored triangles and destroyable blocks. There are also chameleons (changing color), multi-colored triangles (act as any color) and colored scarabs (destroying all triangles of the same kind) on the playfield. And much more...In Puzzle (or Bonus levels from the above game modes), you really have to think, as you must match given geometric figures with the ones you find on the playfield. Which, of course, get more and more difficult the more you complete. |
| Trike Racers | 2005 | Idigicon Limited | | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Bike / Bicycling, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Tricycle Racers is a one or two player, keyboard or joystick controlled, racing game. In this game the player(s) control a big headed racer on a tricycle. There are two modes of play, a single race or a championship, nine courses of varying complexity - most with power-ups, and a track editor so the player can create and race their own courses. |
| UEFA Champions League 2004-2005 | 2005 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | After many years under Eidos/Silicon Dreams ownership and development, EA releases the official Champions League game for the 2004/2005 season. The last rehash of the engine debuted on FIFA 2003, it draws most of it's gameplay elements from the 2005 edition, but with some changes to gameplay such as a slightly more aggressive AI on attack (reducing the need to constantly push players forward using the Off The Ball controls, still present), new refereeing aspects such as some deliberate errors (as in occasional bad offside calls or throw-ins, not cheating the player through mistakes), advantage rule and handballs and a new set piece system, which replaces the much criticized "targeting" and "push and shove" featured in 2005. This system is much less rigid and less formulaic, as a directional arrow and powerbars define how balls are crossed and there are four player movement setups, thus making each corner and indirect free kicks different. For direct free kicks, players have the option to take driven or curved shots or drop a pass to a nearby player to explore a gap in the defense. All options are available at all times, instead of being determined by the distance to goal.
Many of these changes were later adapted into the new FIFA 06 engine, and it was also chosen as the match engine for subsequent Bright Future's FIFA Manager. The presentation takes notes from real television broadcasts, with goals, fouls and attempts on goal being recapped not only in the full-time highlight reel but also during game stoppages and PiP popups. As the game is presented in a faux letterboxed format, next to the scoreline some statistics occasionally popup, allowing to keep track of them for some missions. A very requested feature, the ability to see the energy bars of the closest players to the ball of both teams, was finally included, as well as icons for the special abilities (speed, shooting, dribbling or tackling) of the best players.The Champions League, where the player leads one team to the Final in the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, in the quest to succeed FC Porto as European Champions, is one of the available modes, but not the most important. That honour goes to the "The Season" mode, where the player starts by creating his managing avatar, and then proceeds to a a series of 50 missions, with the first being a close last-week match against a Champions League spot rival, proceeding with a buyout of the club and increased expectations, and (hopefully) closing with the Champions League final. This mode also allows players to unlock additional features such as balls, a stadium and special exhibition modes by fulfilling objectives set by the club president during the season, some of them crucial matches (which can result in a sacking if failed), others simply a matter of balancing the squad. Other modes include the usual friendlies, "home and away" (a two-legged friendly), scenarios (where the player can create situations such as a defending a 1-0 nil for 45 minutes while two man down) and practice. |
| UFO: Aftermath - Gold Edition | 2005 | Morphicon Limited | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | UFO: Aftermath - Gold Edition is a reworked version of UFO: Aftermath.
Included are new graphics, new features, artworks and making of material. |
| Ubisoft Action-Adventure Collection | 2005 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Ubisoft Action-Adventure Collection is a bundle containing the following action and adventure titles:
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Beyond Good & Evil
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| Ultimate Demolition Derby | 2005 | Global Star Software Inc. | 3Romans LLC | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ultimate Demolition Derby is a car racing game, similar to Destruction Derby. The main goal is to destroy your opponents to win. There are four different game modes at four different locations to race. Crashes and spectacular maneuvers grant points for a ranking. Power-ups like bombs and rocket boosts can be picked up to use them against your opponents. |
| Ultimate Mah-Jongg | 2005 | Eureka Software (NZ) Limited | Inertia Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Ultimate Mah-Jongg is a single player tile matching game.At least three versions of a game of this name have been sold by Nodtronics, the earliest had 'over ninety-nine' tile layouts, this was replaced by a game with three hundred tile layouts and this was replaced with a game that has over one thousand layouts.
The later game, with over one thousand tile layouts, can be played in two modes:
Ultimate Mah-Jongg which allows the player to play of the 1001 tile layouts, using any of seven tile images, in either 2D or 3D. This is the mode where the player has access to the editors that create new tile layouts and tile sets. This game mode plays in a window only.
Each layout has an associated high score table. In addition to this the are statistics which show how many times the game has been played and the all time high score for the tile layout as it is posted on the internet. On completion of any game the player can optionally upload their score to the website which, as at March 2015, was still active.
Ultimate Mah-Jongg: Road To Enlightenment which has two modes of play, Adventure Mode and Freeplay Mode. In Adventure Mode the player plays six consecutive games, each one harder than the one before. Each game is timed and every pair of tiles the player matches earns them additional time, hints and other bonuses. Each game completed scores points and unlocks additional tile layouts for the Freeplay mode. This mode has a high score table and can be played either in a window or full screen. Additionally there are in-game secrets to be discovered.
The Freeplay mode starts with a subset of tile layouts and background pictures, more of each become available as the player unlocks them in Adventure mode.
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| Ultimate Pinball Challenge | 2005 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH, Fancy Bytes | Reactor s.c., SPIN Software Design and Development | Action | | | | Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | Ultimate Pinball Challenge is a typical pinball game. The player uses his keyboard to control the paddles and to jolt the machine. He tries to hit the bumpers, holes and ramps to gather points, point multipliers, multi balls and extra balls. The ultimate goal is to gather enough points to get a good place in the high score list. The game features six tables with different themes: space, flying, Munich Beer Festival, castle, racing and cars. The player can also choose between different camera angles. |
| Ultimate Puzzles 1000 | 2005 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Ultimate Puzzles 1000 is another jigsaw puzzle title from Valusoft who also published Ultimate Puzzles 500.Puzzles are held on the disc in these folders, Arizona – 22 images; Autumn – 35 images; backgrounds – 23 images; Beaches – 22 images; beads – 35 images; Boats – 31 images; Butterfly – 56 images; Children – 12 images; Classic – 19 images; Fireworks – 13 images; Fractal – 196 images; Landscape – 56 images, Marine- 25 images; Material – 29 images; Microscope – 48 images; New York – 77 images; Parks – 45 images; Sunsets – 31 images; Things – 46 images; Trees – 13 images. Within the game they are grouped into broadly similar categories with some overlap, for example a child on the beach appears in both the Beaches and the Children categories.The pictures can be split into puzzles with nine, twenty-five, one hundred, two hundred and fifty, five hundred, one thousand and sixteen hundred pieces that can be extra jumbled and rotated.As with Ultimate Puzzles 500 the player is also able to choose what "world" they are playing in for the puzzle field, that game had six options whereas this game has eighteen. The game has both 2D & 3D modes, special effects, sounds and keeps statistics on how many games each player has completed. It also allows the player to import their own pictures.Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Group Genre: Jigsaw puzzle
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| Ultimate Su Doku | 2005 | Idigicon Limited | Idigicon Limited | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A highly customizable Sudoku game, Ultimate Su Doku lets you customize the difficulty (over three levels), size (from 4x4 to the standard 9x9), and tileset (20 tilesets are included, and you can edit them or make your own using the integrated image editor). Control is the standard left-click to place a number, and right-click to pencil in a guess. There is a high-score list for the fastest solvers, undo ability, and a hint button. Also included is a toolkit to let you print out puzzles for the road. |
| Undercroft | 2005 | Rake in Grass | Rake in Grass | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | You are a brave, if not foolhardy, band of adventurers who made the bet of their life time - to battle the horrors of the haunted royal graveyard and bring back evidence of your journey. Waking up the next day in a jail cell of a small town you realize that you have a long and perilous journey ahead of you, if you want to reach the tomb and return to tell the tale.Undercroft is heavily inspired by old RPG such as The Eye Of The Beholder series and early Might and Magic games. The game is presented through a 1st person view, with simplistic graphics. You can create a party of up to four characters, chosen from five different classes, each with twelve unique skills and three attributes.
Mechanically, the game is almost identical to the RPGs of yore: All actions, be it movement or spell casting, are turn based. You turn in 90 degrees "jumps" instead of a smooth motion (similarly, you walk forward in large "steps" instead of a flowing advance). Quests, stores, tactical puzzles, armors and weapons are abound in this traditional fantasy setting. |
| Vietnam Attack Pack | 2005 | Bold Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Vietnam Attack Pack is a compilation of the games:
Wings over Vietnam
Elite Warriors: Vietnam
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| WarMachine Overload | 2005 | Dark Hell Company | Dark Hell Company | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | WarMachine Overload is a horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up. As a lone ship you're defending the world against alien invaders.Your ship is accompanied by a couple of weapon pods, more of which can be had by upgrading firepower. These can be arranged in formations to fire in three different directions. You also have a slowly recharging powerful laser beam weapon that can destroy enemy bullets, as well as a time-slowing button.
Destroyed enemies will often drop pickup items with upward-pointing arrows on them, these will upgrade your shot level as well as refill part of your beam meter.
Each level ends with a larger boss enemy that you will have to destroy.
A single hit will kill you, and if you run out of lives it's game over.You can also choose to practice a single stage if you've reached it before. |
| Webetiser Puzzle - Best of 2004 | 2005 | rainer eschen web.solutions | rainer eschen web.solutions | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | With this package you are able to play 16 landscape style jigsaw puzzles. Once started, you are presented with the Puzzle Browser, where you choose the puzzle you want to play.While playing a puzzle, just drag a puzzle piece with your mouse over another, if they match, the game automatically combines them. Once all are combined, you win. |
| Wickie und die starken Männer: Ein schlauer Plan | 2005 | Tivola Publishing GmbH | Web Production, The | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | The second in the series of children games based on the adventures of Vicky the Viking - a young Viking boy who is the hero of German-Austrian-Japanese animated television series aired in 1974-1975, which is in turn based on children's book 'Vicke Viking' (1963) by the Swedish author Runer Jonsson.In 'Ein schlauer Plan' (intended for the kids of 4 years and more) we help the vikings to build a new ship. The game is a simple adventure, where we visit different locations and solve the problems there (as all the mighty vikings are actually quite helpless without a little boy) by bringing the useful items or constructing some devices. There are several arcade or puzzle mini-games, like catching the fleas or swimming the river on log by evading the obstacles. |
| Wildfire | 2005 | Eclypse | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Wildfire is another game were the player takes control of the local firefighting forces. In comparison to its competitors, e.g. the Emergency series, this game focuses on wildfires instead of a urban environment. Because the fires spread quickly the main concern is not to extinguish it but to cut it off from fuel sources, e.g. with fire lanes or backburns. In general a mission is lost if the fire spreads too much. In some missions there are also additional goals like rescuing people or protecting certain buildings. The player also has to watch his budget.To accomplish his goals the player has different units at his disposal, e.g. firefighters, bulldozers or helicopters for transportation. Similar to other real-time strategy games there is a base were all units are built. The mouse is used to mark and move units; all other orders have to be chosen from context menus. |
| Word Island | 2005 | eGames, Inc. | Crackpot Entertainment, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Word Island is a collection of word and typing mini-games with cartoon monkeys as their main protagonists. In the two word scramble games (simply called 'Jungle' and 'Temple'), the aim is to create as many words as possible in the allotted time, either 100 or 150 seconds depending on the difficulty level, by clicking on the letters at the bottom of the screen or typing them directly. Longer words are worth more points and words with four or more letters grant for the next round an extra blue bonus letter (up to a maximum of two) that acts as a multiplier - the point value for a word gets doubled when using a blue bonus letter and tripled when using two. A bonus stage is unlocked after completing a certain number of words. Here the goal is to guess the missing letter in as many of the words shown on screen as possible, within the 30-second limit. In the two typing games (called 'Waterfall' and 'River'), the aim is to type as many of the words that appear on the rocks, branches, or logs the monkey is standing on, within the time limit (100, 120, or 200 seconds depending on the difficulty level). Each word correctly typed let the monkey progress further along the river or up the waterfall. If the player is too slow to type a word correctly, the monkey is moved back to the start of the level. Each game is playable in three difficulty levels: easy, medium, and hard. |
| World Domino Championship | 2005 | Game Mill Publishing, Inc. | ToyboxGames Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | A simulation of the game of dominoes, World Domino Championship includes five variants:
All Fives (Double 6s): From a starter domino, take turns placing dominoes with the computer so that the endpoints add up to multiples of 5. The winner is the one with the most points.
All Fives, (Double 9s): Same as regular All Fives, but the dominoes go up to double 9s.
All Threes: Make the endpoints add up to multiples of 3.
Block: Place all of your dominoes before the computer.
Spiral: Same as block, but the dominoes must form a spiral shape. |
| World War Zero: Iron Storm | 2005 | Reef Entertainment Ltd. | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | It is the 1960's, and the First World War never stopped being fought. In this alternate reality, war is the only thing powering the global financial markets and warfare is one vast continent wide trench bound slogging match. The player controls a commando sent to try to break the stale-mate. He must cross the front lines and penetrate deep into enemy territory.World War Zero: Iron Storm is an updated version of Iron Storm. It has enhanced graphics, reworked (mostly simplified) levels, and a few additional weapons, such as a flamethrower and a mini-gun. The Windows release is based on the Playstation 2 version, and retains all the omissions it has compared to the original Iron Storm: no multiplayer, no quick save feature, no optional third-person view, and many cutscenes cut out. |
| World of EA Games | 2005 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Black & White: Deluxe
Freedom Fighters
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| World of EA Sports | 2005 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | World of EA Sports is a compilation which contains five 2004 releases from several EA Sports franchises. It includes the following games:
Madden NFL 2004
Nascar Thunder 2004
NBA Live 2004
NHL 2004
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 |
| Wrecked | 2005 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Simulation | Side view | | Survival | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | official game website (from Ad Blurbs)Long before TV shows like Lost made survival sims ubiquitous, I was always planning to make my own. I originally envisaged it as a 2D side-scroller, which more closely resembled what we saw on mobiles in 2017. In 2005, however, I was experimenting in 3D for every project. It didn't make things any easier in this case, as I had been focusing entirely on wrestling up to this point - which meant outdoor scenery was new to me! So too were the animals that had to inhabit it, which ended up looking rather crude. I did my best and ushered in countless innovations that we hadn't seen until now - including fully interactive 3D terrain with water and particle effects. The presentation was also the most professional yet, and even offered a split-screen multiplayer mode - which we haven't seen before or since. The "turn and advance" controls weren't ideal compared to what would follow in later 3D exploits, but it was an important stepping stone towards better things. The game also introduced a spiritual theme to my work that would go on to be increasingly prevalent... |
| XP-Skat 3D | 2005 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | BufoProject GmbH | Simulation | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | XP-Skat 3D is a simulation of the card game Skat. Official rules are the default but can be adjusted along with the card motives. 3 difficulty levels and a help and a tutorial are included.
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| Yourself!Fitness | 2005 | Respondesign | Respondesign | Sports | | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Yourself!Fitness is a fitness game that includes over 500 types of exercises led by a virtual personal fitness coach named Maya. There are five areas in which you can focus your exercise: Weight Loss, Cardio, Upper Strength, Core Strength, and Lower Strength. Also, you can do Yoga and many healthy recipes are included in the program. The game starts with a fitness assessment where the intensity of the training is determined by comparing the player's resting heart rate with the heart rate after performing a set of jumping jacks. External elements such as an exercise ball, hand weights, an exercise step, or a heart rate monitor can be incorporated in the program. |
| Yu-Gi-Oh!: Online - Phase 1 | 2005 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Konami Corporation | Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Yu-Gi-Oh!: Online - Phase 1 offers exactly what the name promises: a online platform for online matches with the Japanese card game Yu-Gi-Oh!. This is a typical card collecting game. The player choose decks of more or less useful cards. Each round is divided into five phases where the play may or may not play his cards. The goal is to decrease the opponent's hit points to zero to get his cards. The online platform chooses opponents of the same merits so the game doesn't become unfair but this gets reset every month. The game also features a chat function. There is no monthly fee to play the game; the player needs to buy points and every match costs a certain amount of points. |
| aha 2 | 2005 | astragon Software GmbH | Suricate Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | aha 2 is a match 3 game. Combine three or more of the same symbol in a row to make them disappear. The background color is different in the non-completed areas. Clear the areas in more than 150 levels in a certain time. Bonus time is awarded for bigger combinations. |
| eGames Doppelpack: Drop! 2 - Bees & Bears | 2005 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Drop! 2
Bees & Bears |
| eGames Doppelpack: Pinball: Full-Tilt Fun! - Break! | 2005 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Pinball: Full-Tilt Fun!
Break!
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| mono | 2005 | Binary Zoo | Binary Zoo | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Billed as a combination of Asteroids, Robotron, and Paint Shop Pro, mono is a shooting game with a player-controlled difficulty - depending on what colors the player stands on, they will behave differently. Enemies paint the screen behind them when shot, and the amount of different colors the player is standing on at any given moment affects whether enemies will return fire, move faster, or home in on the player.mono features two game modes, Black and White, which differ only in the starting color of the background. |
| BookWormZ | 2005-01-01 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | BookWormZ is a freeware two-player (whereby one player can be the computer) word game.While playing a ten minute game, your goal is to create words by combining the letters in the playfield into a chain. Once you created a word, it will vanish and the free space will be filled by new letters falling in from the top.The points you get per word depending on how long the word is and what letters are used (difficult letters like "Q" or "Z" giving way more points then "E" or "I").When the time runs out, the player with the highest score wins.The game offers two game modes, Staggered and Square, which differs in the layout of the playfield; a hint option, which will list all possible moves and even allows to select the move you want; a "Check Spelling" button to check if the current selection is a valid word; and a "Meaning" button, which will open a browser window to look up the word on four selectable Internet based dictionaries. |
| Health & Fitness Club Tycoon | 2005-01-01 | eGames, Inc. | Magic Lantern, Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | Menu structures, Point and select | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | eGames product page (from Ad Blurbs)Build, create and manage your very own health club!You have complete control over the design of your club! Decide on the layout, equipment, classes offered, decor, and more! Hire staff, advertise to win over customers, and then watch your money accumulate! Once you meet the goals for the small gyms, build bigger, fancier mega-health clubs!Features:
Work your way through 6 club scenarios, including Entry-level clubs, medium-sized clubs and mega clubs!
Choose from tons of fitness equipment, including weight benches, treadmills, leg press machines, steppers, rowing machines, stationary bikes, massage tables, hot tubs, and more!
Advertise, set up promotions, membership specials, and more! |
| L'Ecole des Aventuriers: Cours Élémentaire CE1-CE2 | 2005-01-01 | Mindscape France | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | L'Ecole des Aventuriers: Cours Élémentaire CE1-CE2 is a four game compilation for children between 7 and 9 years old:
Papyrus - La Malédiction de Seth
Logical Journey of the Zoombinis
Une Enquête de l'Inspecteur Bayard
Graines de Génie Anglais - Cours Elementaire |
| Moorhuhn: Der Fluch des Goldes | 2005-01-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | 3Dgrafix, Ernst Weber, Michael Bohne, Stefan Wurzer | Windows | This is the sequel to Moorhuhn: Der Schatz des Pharao. In this adventure, Moorhuhn has to deal with a terrible curse, brought upon him by the treasure he has obtained in his first adventure. Back in his Mansion in Scotland, Moorhuhn finds out that a curse has come upon him as he dreams of the pharaoh he defeated in the first adventure. So Moorhuhn goes on another journey and has to solve many new tasks and riddles in order to get rid of the curse.The player controls Moorhuhn by using the mouse, moving the character through rooms full of riddles. He can move towards specific locations, look at things, take things, use items and talk to other characters he encounters on his journey. When riddles are solved, the player receives points, but they can also be lost by performing useless actions like talking to an empty knight's armour. |
| Powerpuzzle | 2005-01-01 | 1-abc.net | 1-abc.net | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this little puzzle game your objective is to sort the mixed up cells into a numerical order. The game consists of 9 cells, 8 of them filled with numbers from 1 to 8, the 9th is blank. You must switch the blank with the numbered so that you move all of them so that they get ordered (row 1: 1-2-3, row 2: 4-5-6, row 3: 7-8-blank).The game also has a highscore, featuring the 10 fast played games. |
| Sea Wars | 2005-01-01 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Sea Wars is a BattleShip variant: Two players spread ships of different sizes on a squared game field. Each turn the players guess the coordinates of the enemy's ship, if he is right a part of the ship gets destroyed. One player wins if all the opponent's ships are destroyed. The game features four maps with different settings, e.g. the Middle Ages with sailing ships or a space scenario with space ships. There are no additions to the rule set. |
| Zelda Classic | 2005-01-01 | Armageddon Games | Armageddon Games | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Zelda Classic is a fan-made update of the 1986 fantasy action game The Legend of Zelda, in which the young Link must search the land of Hyrule to find the shards of the Triforce of wisdom so that he can rescue the eponymous princess from evil forces. In addition to an exact replica of the original game, Zelda Classic features the option of using the original or updated graphics. It also includes ZQuest, a level designer for players to create their own quests and import custom graphics. |
| Jumper: Redux | 2005-01-03 | | | Action | | | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | BBaller | Windows | Jumper: Redux is Matt Thorson's freeware remake of one of his earlier releases, a platform game starring a mutant creature called Ogmo, created on a secret laboratory by the army as a new weapon. The original levels are included without major modifications, only remade with slightly enhanced graphics and sounds. Two main features were added: a set of new levels aimed at expert players, with increased difficulty and without the gentle learning curve and tutorials of the previous puzzles, and a co-op multiplayer mode (TCP/IP) for three players on any of the single-player levels.The gameplay remains the same, where Ogmo has to be guided through the many traps of the abandoned military base and escape. Progress is automatically saved when entering a new screen, with each room acting as a self-contained puzzle that must be negotiated to reach the exit and move to the next location. Ogmo is controlled with three buttons: the left and right arrow keys to move sideways and the up arrow to jump. The creature does a somersault when the jump button is pressed again while in mid-air, a vital skill used to reach high platforms. Certain rooms have helpful features like jump pads and golden arrows that help Ogmo land on top platforms. Dangerous traps, electric fields, bottomless pits and other hazardous environments kill the protagonist instantaneously, and have to be avoided to successfully exit the many rooms. |
| Cave Story | 2005-01-04 | Studio Pixel | Studio Pixel | Action | Side view | | | Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Cave Story is a metroidvania platformer with the amnesiac soldier Quote finding a city of rabbits called Mimigas. The Mimigas are preyed on by an evil doctor, who kidnaps them for his evil experiments. They still remember Arthur, a hero from their past and others are awaiting for the return of Dragons. The soldier soon falls in with Sue, a stranger to the Mimigas, but the only one who seems to know about the Dragon Eggs. Unfortunately the doctor wants her next.The game closely resembles a NES platformer with a distinct 8-bit style and fast gameplay. The main character collects weapons (blade, bubbler, fireball, machine gun, nemesis, (super) missile launcher, polar star, snake, and spur) that can be leveled up three times. There are also health capsules to increase his life bar. There is a variety of jumping puzzles and boss battles to challenge players as they explore the game.The DSiWare version of the game is fairly close to the original and does not contain most of the changes introduced in the earlier WiiWare release. It however contains the Sanctuary Time Attack mode, seasonal costumes for Christmas and Halloween, and a jukebox where all tracks of the game's soundtrack can be gradually unlocked. |
| Hearts of Iron II | 2005-01-04 | Paradox Interactive AB | Paradox Interactive AB | Strategy | Top-down | Regional differences | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Like the first part, this game situate the gameplay at World War II, but the map spans the entire world and allows you to play one of over 175 countries during the course of World War II, not only the typical countries.This game does not center in battles, instead you have to control the production, research, diplomacy, supply of no communicated regions, the infrastructure and a lot of features that makes this game a long learning curve.You can play a free game, with all aspects of the game at your disposal or a scenario like Barbarossa, The Coral Sea, the Spanish Civil War, North Africa, and a few for the German Blitz into Eastern Europe and France and the Allied invasions of Italy, Normandy and Japan. While these scenarios teach the basics of combat, the production, research and diplomacy options are limited or entirely absent.All of the major personalities in the war are here. Photographs or generals, government officials, etc. are all in the game with detailed descriptions. |
| Romance of Package | 2005-01-07 | Sonnori Co., Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Romance of Package is a deluxe compilation released by Sonnori to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of Astonishia Story, their first game. It contains every physical ("package") game they had released to date, several of them in newly updated forms. The games included in this compilation are:
Astonishia Story (1994)
Darkside Story (1995)
Forgotten Saga (1997)
Steel Empire (1999)
Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity (2000)
White Day (2001)
Astonishia Story R (2002)
Darkside Story, originally released as a DOS game, is included as a Windows port exclusive to this package. Arcturus, originally released as a CD-ROM game, is included as a new DVD version based on the updated code from Falcom's 2003 Japanese release.In addition to games, the bundle included the following extras:
A DVD containing special features
A guidebook containing manuals for each included game and some new Q&As
A book reproducing advertisements promoting the releases of each game
A Sonnori history book
A collection of comics originally released on Sonnori's webpage
A 2005 calendar
A 10th anniversary membership card
Preorder customers also received a 2 CD soundtrack set. |
| Murmeln & Mehr | 2005-01-10 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Murmeln & Mehr is a puzzle game which is played on a 9x9 field. Every round the computer randomly distributes three items of different colours on the field. Every round the player can move item on the field. The range of movement is only limited by other items which block the way. The goal is to connect five items of the same colour, either diagonally, horizontally or vertically. When successful the connected balls vanish. There are also special items with unique abilities, e.g. a bomb which blasts all blue balls. The game features three difficulty levels and a time mode where every round has to completed in a limited time frame. |
| Silent Hunter: Sonderedition | 2005-01-13 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Silent Hunter
Silent Hunter II |
| The History Channel - Civil War: The Battle of Bull Run - Take Command: 1861 | 2005-01-13 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | MadMinute Games | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The History Channel - Civil War: The Battle of Bull Run - Take Command:1861 is a real time strategy wargame that takes place during the American Civil War. The game focuses on realism when it comes to the depiction of battle but doesn't limit itself to historically correct battles.The game is presented completely in 3D and focuses on combat. It doesn't feature any base building or resource gathering. There are three game modes: "1st Bull Run" let's the player play the battle of Bull Run as various military leaders. The player can opt to control a brigade, division or the entire army. Each type of control brings different options and responsibilities. "Custom Scenario" allows the player to choose from a variety of custom scenarios. "Open Play" provides this as well but further allows the player to set his own parameters for play in the scenarios. |
| Sonic Princess: Sonic Dive | 2005-01-14 | Software House Parsley | Software House Parsley | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | | | Adult | | Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | After Leila Reifido managed to defeat the machines, the inhabitants of the underground city of Ge-Pang finally obtained the much-needed technology. Meanwhile, the surface of the Earth was plagued by the so-called Phantom Labyrinths - twisted passages populated by dangerous creatures. Adventures began to settle nearby, creating outposts and towns. Leila and the white tiger warrior Sigma head outside to inform the authorities of upcoming dangers, and have to tackle these perilous places by themselves.Sonic Dive is a sequel to Sonic Princess story-wise. From the point of view of gameplay, however, it returns to the role-playing roots of the Mugen no Meikyū franchise. The game is an isometric dungeon crawler with randomly generated layouts and enemies. Though Sigma follows Leila, only the latter can fight and is controlled directly. Combat is action-based. The player can attack physically with the equipped weapon or choose any of the skills Leila has learned. When Leila levels up the player can increase any of her basic parameters (Intelligence, Strength, Vitality, and Spirit), or level up her spells or skills, which also leads to unlocking new ones.The game is divided into several segments, each consisting of several dungeons and culminating with a boss battle, after which Leila's level reverts to one. Towns can be accessed between dungeon trips to save the game, buy equipment, and talk to NPCs. The game contains scenes with nudity and sexual situations. |
| Bloodline | 2005-01-17 | Cenega Publishing, s.r.o. | ZIMA software | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | You wake up on an operating table with a blinding headache and no knowledge of who you are or how you got here. You're in some kind of hospital, but the place is dark, grimy and half-wrecked. Then, as if things weren't bad enough, you discover the dead have come back to life and are roaming the halls, intent on making you join their ranks!Bloodline is a survival horror game, in the vein of Silent Hill, but from a first person perspective. Fight your way through a variety of creepy locales, scrounging for weapons, ammo and health packs. There is also inventory-based puzzle-solving and a storyline that you must piece together through documents and other clues found along the way. You'll need to work out who you are, what's been going on in this place and how you fit into it all.The default control method uses the familiar WASD+mouse setup for moving, looking around and combat. But the reticule in the center of the screen is also an adventure game style 'smart cursor,' changing its appearance when something can be examined, picked up or used. The inventory screen is very similar to the one used in Silent Hill. Selecting items will equip them, combine them or, in the case of documents, allow you to read them.The game is divided into small areas, most consisting of only seven or eight rooms. For the most part, you have the freedom to move back and forth between areas as you like. However, the game helps to ensure you won't leave vital objects behind, by displaying a red exclamation mark in the top-left of the screen when there is something important nearby. Also, your character will often refuse to leave a map before you've achieved a certain task. |
| Entombed! | 2005-01-17 | New Breed Software | New Breed Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Entombed! is a clone of the Atari 2600 title Entombed. The player takes on the role of an archaeologist, part of a team fallen into the catacombs of the zombies. The screen scrolls vertically at a fixed pace and gradually speeds up as the player progresses. The goal is to survive, while progressing to prevent disappearing through the top of the screen. There are hazards to avoid and potions can be used to create and destroy walls. Destroying walls is needed to create passages, while constructing them can hold back a chasing enemy.The game supports one or two players. |
| Love Invaders | 2005-01-18 | Steambird | Steambird | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Love Invaders is a remake of Space Invaders. In the future, humans and friendly aliens have a weekly celebration where they re-enact the "battle of 1978" with bullets made of cake. The player takes on the role of a human and must shoot his way through numerous waves of aliens. The gameplay remains identical to the original. The player's ship can be moved left and right, shoot one bullet at a time, and there are four shields to protect the ship from the aliens' missiles. Occasionally an UFO flies past at the top of the screen, giving score when shot. On each level the alien horde descends and shoots quicker, and the aliens become increasingly aggressive and speedy as their numbers dwindle. |
| The Punisher | 2005-01-18 | THQ Inc. | Volition, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The Punisher is a third person action game that pits the player against the darkest scum of the Marvel Comics' universe. With over a dozen grimy New York locales, this superhero adaptation embraces the feel of the 30 year comic series.Featuring loads of weapons, brutal environmental kills and an innovative new interrogation engine where the player controls every last aspect of over 70 torture scenarios, the Punisher provides a rich gaming experience for fans of dark, intense action.Story written by comics authors Garth Ennis and Jimmy Palmiotti. |
| Xplosiv Collection Volume 3: Simulation | 2005-01-18 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Xplosiv Collection Volume 3: Simulation is a compilation and part of Empire Interactive's Xplosiv budget series. The following three simulations are included:
Mig Alley
Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche versus Ka-52 Hokum
Rowan's Battle of Britain
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| BorderZone | 2005-01-20 | 1C Company | Orion, Saturn Plus | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG | Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)BorderZone is a role-playing action with a complex non-linear storyline in which the player can choose a profession to his liking (mage, thief or soldier), learn the needed skills and spells, create a team of up to 5 dare-devils and leave for a trip full of danger and unexpected discoveries in the world of Terra filled with various creatures.
Terra was born at the moment when the old Earth passed away. Due to a global nuclear catastrophe many regions of the planet became unsuitable for living
and most of the population was atomized. A new world was created - a world where magic and technology adjoin and people are not the only intelligent race at all. After several millenniums the inhabitants of Terra are facing a new threat. Gods come down from heavens and start spreading death and destruction on the planet. You are to enter a violent struggle and you are the one on whom depends the fate of humanity. |
| Rival Ball Tournament | 2005-01-20 | Longbow Digital Arts Inc. | Longbow Digital Arts Inc. | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Rival Ball Tournament is a multiplayer breakout game featuring head-to-head gameplay against a computer opponent or over the internet. There are 150 levels in 6 unique areas and you can play with 6 fully animated paddles. You can also save your highscores and post them online.The gameplay is similar to other breakout games but RBT features a lot of power-ups like guns. Power ups are similar to the ones in other DX-Ball games (shooting paddles, big ball and so on).In multiplayer, the first player plays first and when he loses a life, it's the other players turn and so on. |
| Hane-kun no Yūutsu | 2005-01-21 | Actress Inc. | Meiousei Team | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Romance | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | After the sudden death of his father, Japanese teenager Hane Kisaragi is sent to live with his mother Noriko, who divorced his father when he was just a young child and whom he only vaguely remembers. Upon arriving at his new home, Hane meets three other girls who he has no memory of: his lively biological sisters Miyuki, Asuka, and Eri, who start pining for his attention as the only male in the household. With the unrelenting affection from his mother and sisters, Hane soon finds his feelings for his own family members beginning to turn from platonic to romantic...Hane-kun no Yūutsu is a hentai visual novel that has the tone of a romantic comedy despite its subject matter. At certain points, the player is presented with choices that affect the outcome of the story. The player can romance and have sex with each of the four main heroines depending on their decisions. The game features voice acting for all the heroines. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms X with Power Up Kit | 2005-01-21 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Romance of the Three Kingdoms X with Power Up Kit is a compilation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms X and Sangokushi X: Power Up Kit. |
| Word Juice | 2005-01-23 | PiEyeGames | PiEyeGames | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Word Juice is a word construction game similar to Bookworm, where the main task is to create as many words as possible by connecting three or more letter tiles on a grid. The game takes place on a small window overlaid on the screen, showing the grid surrounded by a series of arrows placed at the tips of each line and column. The letters can't be connected diagonally, only vertically and horizontally, making the chains limited to square or rectangular shapes.There are two modes available, arcade and strategy. In arcade mode, the objective is to create words to fill a container jar at the bottom with juice before the power bar, continuously depleting at the top, is completely spent. Longer words give more juice, and two buttons below the game area can be used to replace the bottom row or change all the letter tiles, at the cost of some power for each use. Three special tiles randomly appear on the grid: blank tiles that can replace any letter on a valid word, letters with star multipliers that give bonus juice when used and bombs that explode the surrounding tiles when placed in a successful chain.In strategy mode, the goal is to complete lots of words before the time meter at the top runs out. The arrows positioned at the edges are used to move the lines and columns and help creating new lexicon. Optionally, they can be moved by clicking and dragging them up and down or sideways. |
| Flashpoint Germany | 2005-01-24 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Simulations Canada | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | War | | Cold War | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Flashpoint Germany is a turn based strategy game set at the end of the Cold War. The Soviet Union decides to invade Germany and initiates a new World War of NATO versus Warsaw Pact. You play the role of a General in 17 different scenarios. You can play as both the Soviets, Germans, Brits and Americans. You command regiments or brigades and have possibilities in electronic warfare, tactical doctrine, nuclear and chemical weapons, air strikes, artillery and smoke and mine fields. The game features accurate units and equipment from the late 1980s.As a general you can give new orders to your units every thirty (ingame) minutes. Once your orders are placed and you give the clear you can only watch how your actions unfold until you can give the next batch of orders. Electronic warfare adds a unique element to the game. When you give too many orders, enemy intelligence will find out the location of your headquarters, which can result in an early defeat if they manage to bomb it. Stealth is required to get your units near the enemy because preliminary enemy bombardments can wipe out entire squads. Units have a high degree of autonomy, they will attack the enemies they encounter and fall back when spotted on enemy terrain.The game is played in a top-down perspective where the units are represented by icons. It comes with an editor with which you can create your own scenarios. |
| Astro Avenger | 2005-01-25 | DivoGames Ltd. | Sahmon Games | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In the year 2375, humanity is finally at peace after the Empire has conquered five galaxies. However all not all adapted well to the end of wars... and many ex-military officers formed into pirate groups, including one Jake Stone. Jake soon ruled over the planet and made every attempt to avoid notice and conceal the pirate's numbers and resources from knowledge. As the years passed the pirates waited for their opportunity which finally came when the Empire finally launched a war against a sixth galaxy. With the bulk of the military focused, Jake Stone assaulted the core planets and dethroned the Emperor. Jake then put each galaxy under the command of one of his top lieutenants. The only hope lies in the battle fleet far away in the 6th galaxy, who must be alerted to the events which have occurred.Astro Avenger is a vertically scrolling space shooter, somewhat graphically similar to 3D AirStrike. Players control Jake Stone and his single fighter as waves of enemy spaceships attack from the top of the screen. Jake can move left and right on the screen and has a primary fire and a secondary fire weapon. Depending on the weapon being used, it may drain energy from the player's energy bar, which is automatically replenished at a fixed rate. Enemies that are destroyed increase both the player's points and money values. At the end of each stage, the player visits the shop where they can spend the money accumulated on weapons, armor and batteries for the ship. Enemies each have their own health bars, with larger ships typically requiring more firepower to destroy than smaller ones. The return fire from enemies as well as running into obstacles can damage the player's armor value on his ship. This is displayed both as an overall "health meter", where the player's ship is destroyed when it is depleted, and as a more specific damage indicator showing specific areas of the ship affected by damage (such as movement, firing rate, recharge rate...). Enemy ships occasionally drop power-ups which may restore life, grant temporary invulnerability, restore missiles, fix damaged systems or grant bonus money. |
| Playboy: The Mansion | 2005-01-25 | ARUSH Entertainment, Groove Games | Cyberlore Studios, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Adult | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Live the life of Hugh Hefner in this "Virtual Hef" simulation.As a young Hugh Hefner, it is the player's goal to build the Playboy empire through sexy parties and putting together Playboy magazine every month. Build friendships and business contacts with celebrities, political figures, musicians, sports stars and more through hosting events and charming over people. On the business side, Hef has to hire a staff to take photos and write articles for the magazine. The "Playboy Photoshoot" mode allows the player to take the role of photographer. On the personal side, invite friends into your inner circle, and find a girlfriend... or two.... or more. The better the parties Hef throws, the more fame he gets, as well as more interesting people to fill the magazine. More money means a larger staff, and more items (toys and furniture) for Hef to display in the Mansion.Doing well in the game earns Hef points which can be used to purchase extra features, such as cheats and archive photos of Hef and past issue covers. |
| Cops 2170: The Power of Law | 2005-01-27 | Strategy First, Inc. | ZAO MiST land South | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | Sergey Kritskiy | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | COPS 2170 is a tactical strategy game of squad combat with RPG elements set in a futuristic cyberpunk world. It is a prequel to Paradise Cracked, an earlier game by the same company.In the game you control Katy, a new officer fresh from the academy that aims to make a solid career in the police force. You will control her as your main character and recruit additional partners to undertake several missions, which usually involve combat across the urban sprawls of the future against several factions and gangs in the city. As the game progresses a plot starts to surface involving a deranged criminal who aims to bring the city to its knees.You can control up to 6 characters and additional backup NPCs, each with their own stats and equipment and issue orders to them on squad-based turns. Since you are part of the police force there's no resource management and instead the equipment availability is decided by your rank, which depends on the conditions in which you complete each mission. The game uses a fully polygonal engine and features branching mission objectives and different outcomes based on your in-game actions. |
| Animamundi: Dark Alchemist | 2005-01-28 | Karin Entertainment | Karin Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror | Visual novel | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Animamundi: Dark Alchemist is a visual novel about Count Georik Zaberisk, the well-regarded royal physician of the king of the country of Hardland. He finds himself having to resign from his post in order to care for his frail sister, Lilith. However, while he is away one day, Lilith is captured by villagers and accused of witchcraft; the villagers decapitate her and burn her body. When Georik manages to find Lilith's head, he is shocked to discover that she is still alive. In order to restore her body, Georik turns to the forbidden art of alchemy. The player must make correct choices within a limited time span and collect the correct items to achieve different endings. |
| Tenshi no Nichō Kenjū: Angelos Armas | 2005-01-28 | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Humanity is slowly dying, afflicted by a strange condition that stops children from being born. In the years since the last birth, the world has become home to two other types of beings: ghosts which arise from dying humans filled with negative emotions, and angels whose purpose is to send the ghosts on to the next world with supernatural weaponry. By the time the angel Wim was born, eighteen years have passed since the birth of the last human child. Wim meets a human researcher named Komaki Watabe who, seemingly due to her work investigating the global infertility, has become able to perceive him. Later, Wim meets Fuuko, the last human to be born. Despite being comatose due to the physical abuse she has suffered from her father, Fuuko can communicate with Wim through astral projection, and the questions she raises causes Wim to suspect that there is more to the nature of angels and humans than he has been told.Tenshi no Nichō Kenjū: Angelos Armas is a supernatural, post-apocalyptic visual novel. The gameplay consists of reading text atop of illustrated backgrounds and periodically making a decision which will determine the outcome of the story. The game features full voice acting for all significant characters and contains scenes with explicit sexual content. |
| Earl Bobby is looking for his Shoes | 2005-01-29 | | | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Earl Bobby is looking for his Shoes is a very short point-and-click adventure about an old Scottish earl who lives in an old castle in the Scottish highlands, and maybe also about the sense of life. It is the first part of the Earl Bobby trilogy and you will get introduced to Earl Bobby. This Earl is suffering of a kind of dementia and always loses objects. It seems to be his fate somehow. The game starts at midnight. Earl Bobby knows that he has an important conference the next day. When he tries to dress himself he recognizes that his shoes went lost. He goes crazy and needs help. Your task is to help him in finding his shoes. You will have to solve many crazy puzzles to do so and will get to know some funny characters like Arnold the Armor and Antonio the cat. |
| AirStrike II: Gulf Thunder | 2005-02-01 | DivoGames Ltd. | DivoGames Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Helicopter | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Following the events in AirStrike 2, the N.I.T.O. terrorists are at it again and have set up a brand new base of operations and developed a new kind of explosives. They can not be allowed to have the advantage and so they will be invaded. The attack to destroy their facilities will come from a heavy battle helicopter and it's pilot, who will enter the enemy territory and destroy their equipment.AirStrike II: Gulf Thunder follows the same standard gameplay as previous games: It is a vertical shooter that can be changed between an angled 3-D mode and a top-down 2-D mode. The player chooses from among 3 different helicopters, rated on Speed and Armor. Then it's flying into battle where the helicopter can move along the bottom half of the playing area and fire directly in front of it with the primary weapon, or fire missiles. Power-ups take the shape of 10 different primary weapon types, 5 missile types and 15 other bonuses. The player can destroy squadrons of enemy air vessels as well as ground-based facilities. There are 24 levels total and over 100 different types of enemy units, which include 2 bosses. The levels will feature 5 different types of terrain at different types of day and weather. |
| CSI: Double Pack | 2005-02-01 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This bundle has the first two games in the CSI Series in one box:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Dark Motives |
| Coffee Break | 2005-02-01 | Nobilis France | Indie Games Productions | Simulation | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | John and Harry are in trouble. Their somewhat corrupt lifestyles in the marketing office of their company is about to end when their company issues various management quality control from accountants to basically anything that may disrupt the lifestyles of these two British white-collar workers. The player's job is to take charge of the lives of either John or Harry and make sure they're little corporate adventures go unnoticed as well as any other trouble that may come along during the missions available.As mentioned above, the player at the beginning of the game, chooses and controls one of the two characters available in the game: John, the corrupt, sleazy co-worker and Harry, the nervous yes-man always watching John's behind.The game is set on the office floor. The player has their own office surrounded by coworkers and other related person(s). It's viewable in third-person perspective with a camera that may be rotated or zoomed in/out. Gameplay itself is divided into the following sections:Daily Office Tasks
As a white collar worker, the player has to fulfill various tasks assigned to them on a daily basis (viewable on a PDA). Each of these take an amount of time (e.g. 30 minutes, 60 minute) and they must be completed before office hours are over (9 AM - 5 PM) or the player gets an official warning from the superiors. After four warnings, the player will have to find a new job (Game Over).These tasks are usually among the following: photocopying reports with the photocopy machine, phoning clients, or and making reports on the computer in the office. Certain tasks also can only be conducted during a certain time. This usually refers to various management meetings. Not arriving on a meeting on time will mean a failure to meet the task requirement.Personal Objectives
The PDA will advise the player on these objectives. Only by completing personal objectives will advance you in the game. Personal objectives are varied special events that will result in available special actions.Office Politics
The strategy in the game is balancing the time between personal objectives and daily mundane office tasks. Some personal objectives have time limits (e.g. Tuesday, 7 PM) and since those office tasks require a lot of time, choosing which task to do first is essential in strategic gameplay.Social skills is also a major part of the gameplay in the game. Person(s) with good relations with the player will provide more information (or gossip). If the player has really good relationships with a person (i.e. friend or love), the player may even ask them to do some of their work, at the cost of ruining their relationship a bit. Improving social skills is done by correctly using chat features or even buying them coffee, though watch out, money in the wallet is limited to 10 pound sterling. Social relations are returned to the default level every time the player advances in a mission. |
| Dönermafia: Gold Edition | 2005-02-01 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Zone 2 Media GmbH | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Dönermafia (Gold Edition) is an extended version of Dönermafia: Korrekte Wirtschafts-Action mit alles!. It features an improved economical system, a new mini game (thimblerig) and a new kebab ingredient (lard). |
| Jessy: Ein Zirkuspferd in Not | 2005-02-01 | dtp entertainment AG | Bitcrafters Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | When Jessy arrives at veterinary after a wonderful riding by the summer, she becomes acquainted with the scared Abraxas, a former circus horse. The doctor, Mrs. Frau Hansen and its son Fabian took care of the abused animal. She notices that Jessy has a special gift in handling horses and asks for her assistance. Can Jessy succeed in winning Abraxas confidence and protecting it in such a way? Will it heal its physical and mental wounds? Could Abraxas be ridden by Jessy? Can Abraxas return to circus ever again? What do Jessy parents say her, if she spends its entire spare time only with Abraxas, instead of studying math?In this 3D horse adventures the players' actions answer all of these questions. The game features the comic character Jessy and allows the player free riding in a 3D world, solving many tasks around the horses. |
| Jungle Heart | 2005-02-01 | White Elephant Games | White Elephant Games | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Africa | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Jungle Heart is a horizontally scrolling shooter, in which the player controls Joy, a flying elephant on a quest to find a mysteriously vanished star. Joy must make his way through the jungle, battling against hostile cockatoos, vultures, crocodiles and more. Joy can fly around and blast enemies with water, but he can only keep himself in the air for so long. The player can instead land and roll across the ground, jumping over obstacles and enemies. Pickups include butterflies that replenish the flight duration meter, water that replenishes the ammunition meter, heart that replenishes health, and coconuts. Collecting ten coconuts allows Joy to transform into the "Battle Mammoth" who can shoot powerful, long-ranged ice bolts. |
| Metin2 | 2005-02-01 | Gameforge 4D GmbH | Ymir Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Metin2 is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), set in a eastern and magic environment as a persistent game world, to be played exclusively through the Internet. You need to become a master of martial arts and fight as ally of the Dragon God against the dark influence of the Metin Stones, which are poisoning the land.
For that, you can choose between three empires: Shinsoo-Empire, Chunjo-Empire or Jinno-Empire and then between five different classes: Warrior, Ninja, Shaman, Sura Lycan (Werewolf). Every Empire-Class has their own features, and depending on your choice, the game experience may change a lot.Each Empire has his own territory and you are more or less safe in there. Between the three Empires territories there are a vast territory where you can fight against other players from others Empires for the domination of the lands.As in other games like this, you need to raise your level fighting and gaining experience with each kill, to become stronger and to get new weapons and equipment. The game is completely free to play so you don't need to pay for the client or for subscription. |
| NASCAR SimRacing | 2005-02-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Instead of porting the console versions, NASCAR SimRacing was independently developed with a focus on more realism. EA revamped the entire NASCAR physics engine, introducing a much requested "drivable oversteer" feature that allows the player to drive out of oversteering situations. A full career mode is finally included for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Busch Series, and NEXTEL Cup Series, all with fully compliant rulesets. Graphics and sound were also updated to feature full support for advanced vertex and pixel shading and 3D spatial sound support.This version features 23 tracks and multiplayer support for up to 43 players in the same race. |
| Nanosaur 2: Hatchling | 2005-02-01 | FunHouse Interactive | Pangea Software, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Prehistoric, Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | Windows | A rebel group of intelligent dinosaurs called Nanosaurs have stolen the eggs recovered in the first game in the series and plan to raise them to become warriors. As the last Nanosaur egg remaining that hatches, you set out to recover the eggs from various worlds where they have been taken to. This time you are a Pterodactyl flying through the 3D world, the first MAC game in stereoscopic 3D, and snatching eggs to be delivered to the nearest warp gate. Through three large world levels (redwood forest planet, desert planet, and swamp planet), you must avoid floating ground mines, robot turrets and jumping raptors. To preserve your health you have shields, and can use a turbo jet pack for quick escapes. Weapons include a sonic scream, laser blaster, fragmentation grenade, bombs, and homing missiles. There's three two-player split-screen multiplayer modes: Battle, Capture the Egg, and Race. |
| Powersnake | 2005-02-01 | 1-abc.net | 1-abc.net | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In this snake game your task is to manoeuvre your snake so that you catch all blocks while avoiding crashing into the walls or biting in your own snake tail.The game can either be played with keyboard or using the mouse with the up/down/left/right buttons above the playfield.Also, the 10 best players can get into the highscore. |
| Q'Bicles | 2005-02-01 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Dragonfly Game Design, LLC | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Q'Bicles is a logic puzzle game where you play in the role of an office manager. The CEO provides you with a list of goals for the office, and you are tasked to solving it in the most effective manner possible. Goals:
Distance: two objects must be a specific distance away from one another.
Path: two objects must have a clear path through empty spaces to one another.
Quota (Construction Mode only): there must be a specific number of pieces on the board.Special Rules/Objects
Pinned Pieces: these are pieces that are pinned to the floor layout and cannot be moved.
Obstacles: some pieces like plants and pillars do not allow paths through their tile, while other object types (like water coolers) do not obstruct any path.Q'Bicles has two modes of play, Puzzle and Construction. The major game rules are fundamentally similar, however the goal of each mode is slightly different.In puzzle mode, the game pieces are already arranged on the layout, and the player is responsible for 'fixing' the layout in the smallest number of moves possible. In harder difficulty levels, a limit on the number of moves is also imposed.In construction mode, the board is empty (aside of any pinned pieces), and the player is given a queue of items that they can add to the level. This mode allows for more free-form solutions, and the player is rewarded for going above and beyond the requirements of the office. An especially high score will be rewarded with the "Employee Of The Month" award. |
| Shredder 9 | 2005-02-01 | ChessBase GmbH | ChessBase GmbH | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Shredder 9 is a chess engine embedded in the Fritz interface.Compared to other chess games, Shredder (like other chessbase products) is maybe less graphically impressive but has more different features. Most features are aimed at helping you improve your chess skills and there are, for example, various options to analyze your game so that you can spot different kinds of mistakes or to train your endgame skills (these are just a few examples). Also most features are aimed at players who are not beginners anymoreShredder 9 is among the three strongest chess engines on the market and has an elo rating of around 2800 (but this of course depends on the computer speed). Shredder has won numerous computer world chess championships over the years. |
| Subway Scramble | 2005-02-01 | PlayFirst, Inc. | gameLab | Action, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Subway Scramble gives the player an opportunity to take control of the subway lines in five different world cities and reach the highest possible score by arranging the transportation of people between the stations. Unlike most games of this kind Subway Scramble is not a tycoon, but a blend of arcade and logical game. Confronted by different situations the player should quickly response and think of the solution that will bring him the maximum possible score while keeping the accidents rate low. Each stage has a passenger’s quota that should be met before the stage can be considered completed. Completing the stage will award the player golden tokens (maximum of three per one stage), while gathering a sufficient number of tokens will unlock the new city for playing. There are total of five cities in the game. They’re New York, London, Paris, Moscow and Seoul. Each city features its own designs for subway cars, stations and bonus items. The number of cars to control, complexity of the lines and the passengers’ quota increase with each new city. Apart from the Around The World mode described above the game also features a Rush Hour mode that challenge the player to compete against time in order to deliver the given amount of passengers.
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| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Espionage Pack | 2005-02-01 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilations contains:
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow |
| City of Heroes (Deluxe Edition) | 2005-02-02 | NCsoft Europe Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | City of Heroes allows its players to become crime-fighting superheroes in the fictional city of Paragon. The game's design is mainly based on the style of golden and silver age superhero comics, featuring a colorful 3D world in a third person view.
Although the game offers no more than five basic archetypes, player characters are highly customizable in appearance and skill development. Especially the included costume-designer for heroes is a powerful and popular tool.As a Massive Multiplayer Online Game City of Heroes attaches great importance to teamwork, player versus player-combat was introduced with arenas spread throughout the city later (the first standalone expansion "City of Villains" also added whole PvP-zones and assaultable player-headquarters).The Deluxe European edition of City of Heroes includes, besides the original game:A digest of three printed issues of the City of Heroes comic
Printed comic by "PvP"-artist Scott Kurtz
Map of Paragon City
Exclusive in-game content (VIP badge, Prestige Power Slide power and unique cape)
A 'Buddy disk' 30 day free trial for a friend |
| Back to Gaya | 2005-02-03 | Russobit-M | 4HEAD Studios | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The game is based on the German animation movie of the same name and includes almost 30 minutes for videocuts of 90 minutes original.Gaya is a magical land in a world parallel to Earth, where brave boy Zino and inventor Boo lives happily. Most of his days Zino settles a quarrel with harmful Snurks clan and disgraces these hooligans. But everything changes in one day, when a mad professor from Earth steals a magical stone supplying the Gaya's energy. And Zino with his friends teleports to Earth to save their world!The game is a 3d action/adventure, where main protagonist, Zino, should perform different tasks during 7 scenarios of two kinds. During scenarios of first kind, you should find the path from the starting point to the teleportation point avoiding numerous obstacles. During scenarios of second kind, you should drive a sports car to finish different tracks in given time. In walking missions, you should activate necessary mechanisms, find the keys to open the doors, jump to different edges, and fight with different enemies such as armored bugs, giant rats, poisonous spiders, aggressive birds, etc. Zino is also provided by inventor Boo with different weapons such as maul or anti-monster bazooka and tools such as flashlight or universal crossbow. All items uses the three kinds of energy, which should be filled collecting the appropriate crystals as well as health should be kept high.In driving missions you should also collect the accelerating crystals to finish the race as soon as possible. |
| Pure Pinball 2.0 Redux | 2005-02-03 | Fusion Labs | Iridon Interactive AB, A.S.K. Homework | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | Pure Pinball 2.0 Redux is a "director's cut" of Pure Pinball, containing the three tables from the original PC version with enhanced visuals and audio from the Xbox version, but without the latter's fourth exclusive table. Like the original game, it can be played by up to 4 players locally. |
| Yager | 2005-02-03 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | YAGER Development GmbH | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Yager is a futuristic aerial combat game that puts the player in the role of air ace Magnus Tide. After crashing his plane, losing his job and being dumped by his girlfriend, he feels like his life can't get any worse. Fortunately, Magnus managed to get himself a new ship and a new job as a freelancer for his former employer, Proteus. Unfortunately for Magnus, his new job couldn't have come at a worse time, as the world is on the verge of full scale war.It is this war that Magnus must survive and prosper in. From the cockpit the player must shoot through 22 missions through responsive terrain, with ground and air targets. As the game goes on, better machinery becomes available. |
| Alyosha Popovich i Tugarin Zmej | 2005-02-04 | 1C Company | PIPE studio | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Alyosha Popovich i Tugarin Zmej is a colorful and light-hearted point-and-click adventure based on the Russian hit animated film of the same name which features popular characters from Russian folk epics. The player controls Alyosha Popovich, the youngest of three Russian Bogatyrs (warrior heroes). Alyosha with the help of his mentor Tikhon and a talking horse (which also serves as a comic relief), along with other characters from the film, must return the gold stolen by Tugarin's horde. Along with typical point-and-click gameplay there are some puzzles and brief arcade scenes. The game is abundant with elements of Russian folklore. |
| Barnyard Invasion | 2005-02-04 | Sandlot Games | Ares Interactive, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Barnyard Invasion you take the role of aliens from a distant planet coming to earth to free farm animals from a life of boredom. By moving rows and columns of animals on a board you try to make matches of four or more so you can teleport them away. Your mission will take you to more than 5 different farms around the US, each farm having its own graphics and theme. Between each farm you are treated to snapshots of your alien adventures with the farm animals as you take them on a vacation.Barnyard Invasion features 60 levels of play in two modes of difficulty. There are many obstacles and powerups that you will uncover as you progress. The game also features two distinct modes of play: one is a campaign mode where you move from farm to farm, and the other is an endless mode where you stay on a single that gets progressively harder. |
| Gothic: Collector's Edition | 2005-02-04 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Gothic
Gothic 2
Gothic 2 - Night of the Raven (add-on) |
| Transport Giant: Gold Edition | 2005-02-04 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Transport Giant (base game)
Transport Giant: Down Under (expansion pack) |
| Super Monster Painter Extreme | 2005-02-05 | Free Lunch Design AB | Free Lunch Design AB | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | As the story goes a couple of factory workers are working late one night when they discover that monsters are coming up out of the floors. Using corresponding tubes of colored paint they endeavor to eliminate monsters before the factory is overrun.The objective in Super Monster Painter Extreme is to control two characters working behind conveyor belts (one vertically, one horizontally); when they jump onto one of three tubes of colored paint, the paint squirts out into the main factory floor where monsters are appearing. If a monster of the correct color is hit with the paint, it is eliminated. Each wave of monsters becomes more complex and intense. Monsters will appear with secondary colors and the primary colored paint tubes will need to be mixed by correctly intersecting the paint streams. The paint tubes can be rearranged by shifting either of the conveyor belts.After completing wave five you will be granted a power-up that lasts a few seconds; the effect of the power-up will vary. The power-up is activated by the console in the bottom left of the screen. The amount of monsters on the factory floor are measured on the right hand gauge; when it fills up the game is over. |
| Bricks of Camelot | 2005-02-07 | Arcade Lab | Arcade Lab | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Bricks of Camelot is the successor to Bricks of Egypt.This game is, like the predecessor, a Breakout game. So you job is to remove all bricks in the level with the ball you shoot and later bounce back in the playfield with your paddle. Once all bricks are gone, you proceed to the next level. When you are out of lives, you have lost.Like in the many other Breakout games, you have tons of Power-Ups available, like the usual paddle shrinker/expander, fast/slow ball, multiball, ball catcher, "phantom" paddle, weapons (in this game arrows), and lots of other Power-Ups.Except the Poison (Death) "Power-Up", all Power-Ups have something useful, even when you have fast ball and paddle shrinker at the same time, as you get points dynamical, depending how "easy" you remove the bricks. In example, a shrunk paddle will give much move points then an expanded paddle.There is even a Power-Up generator in the game, which generates a random Power-Up every time you hit it with the ball or when you fire at it. Particularly with the last way, you can generate dozen Power-Ups at once, but be careful, the Poison Power-Up will also be generated there.The game itself offers three difficulty levels and 15 level packs, totaling in 120 levels, all of these using a medieval theme with castles, dungeons, forests, treasure chamber, etc. Highscores are available for each of the level packs. |
| Enigma: Rising Tide (Gold Edition) | 2005-02-08 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Tesseraction Games, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | Teen | | Windows | The Gold Edition of Enigma: Rising Tide updates the original game and adds some new features.This is a team-oriented naval sim in which three giant factions vie for supreme control on and under Earth's oceans. Choose to be the Commander from the United States, Imperial Germany or the League of Free Nations. You begin as the Commander of one World War II ship, but as your experience grows and you rise up in the ranks, you may become the Admiral of an entire fleet of warships.Strategically command your team in furious naval combat aboard submarines, destroyers and other vessels. Have them launch torpedoes and drop depth charges. When hordes of enemy aircraft swarm your ship, issue orders to your crew to retaliate by firing the big guns from the deck. Grab a gun yourself and get into the action! Realism is added with sea and atmospheric conditions, accurately detailed equipment and vessels and a fast-moving story.In addition to the typical keyboard and mouse control, a Voice Command Control system was introduced in the original release, offering players "hands-free" gaming with the attachment of a microphone. This Gold Edition adds to that experience with Professional Crew Response so you can hear confirmation of your orders. Other additions include enhancements to graphics and effects, more missions, new ships and weapons. |
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords | 2005-02-08 | LucasArts | Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Five years after the events depicted in Knights of the Old Republic, the Sith have become stronger and more determined to rule the Galaxy. The Jedi Order is nearly exterminated. A mysterious ex-Jedi has been exiled from the Order and is traveling alone. This Jedi had served under Darth Revan (when the latter was still on the Light side of the Force) during the Mandalorian Wars, but due to enigmatic circumstances was forced to retire. Now the past is catching up with the Jedi, and soon he or she will have to choose the side to fight on.The Sith Lords looks and plays very similarly to its predecessor, also being based on the Star Wars d20 role-playing rule set (which, in its turn, is similar to the 3rd Edition of Dungeons & Dragons) and having the same combat engine, character development, and a Light and Dark ethical system, which judges the player's decisions and actions and influences story events and characters' responses. Additions to the gameplay include a lightsaber-crafting system, which allows augmenting lightsabers with various items, new Force powers, and the possibility to influence the alignments of the characters in the player-controlled party through conversation choices and other decisions. Most of the exploration and the combat sequences is done using a party of three, including the protagonist and two companions. However, certain parts of the game will force the player to travel alone, or to control a party made exclusively out of companions.A large part of the military equipment can be upgraded using any workbench that can be found throughout the game world, including one available at all times on the ship that the player uses to travel between planetary systems. Different types of items have more than one piece that can be augmented. For example, the armor has two slots for upgrades (overlay and underlay), while ranged weapons have three (targeting, firing chamber, and power pack), and lightsabers have six. The easiest way to get additional upgrades is to either buy them or loot them, however they can be created as well at a workbench with the right components and enough repair skill. Medical items are a different sort and they can be crafted using lab stations.At various moments during the game, the player has the opportunity to play some mini games: a card game called Pazaak, shooting targets using a turret from a first-person view, and swoop racing. |
| The Dreamhold | 2005-02-08 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Intended as an introductory game of modern interactive fiction for new players, complete with in-game hints and a tutorial for text adventurers, this game puts new players in a wizard's (apparently unoccupied) tower where, as in the Myst games, they must intuit or figure out through trial-and-error how to successfully interact with fanciful and magical machines and other apparatus. The nature of the complex and indeed, the question of the player's past and how they came to be there are revealed through the collection of seven enchanted masks strewn throughout the surreal compound.The game was initially released as a data file in 2004 for Z-code interpreters across numerous disparate computing platforms. A later release for iOS incorporated some enhanced features including a map. |
| Liquisity | 2005-02-09 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Liquisity is a problem-solving action game where the player must get a ball past obstacles into a goal. Each level is set underwater. The player is given a cannon which can be used to fire a ball, with varying force. Once a ball is launched, the player can control it to a limited degree, with the left and right arrow keys. If a ball is destroyed or goes offscreen, the player can launch another. The levels contain obstacles and elements such as fans which block the way, sharp fans which destroy the ball, bubble jets which propel the ball in a specific direction, and others. Solving the level often involves carefully hitting switches to deactivate inconvenient obstacles. There are several different types of balls, in addition to the basic one: the metal ball is heavy and hard to control, but it can shatter glass barriers; the seltzer ball slowly dissolves in water and thus has a limited lifetime, but it can fit in tight spaces and avoid obstacles when shrunk, and it can be made to float upwards at any time. There is also a helicopter ball, which can move freely in any direction, but cannot exit the level. The game includes a built-in level editor, as well as some unlockable bonus content. |
| Codename: Panzers - Phase One (Special Edition) | 2005-02-10 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Codename: Panzers - Phase One (Special Edition) is a special edition of the game Codename: Panzers - Phase One. Its extra content consists of additional multiplayer maps and a sneak preview of the successor Codename: Panzers - Phase Two. |
| Delta Force: Black Hawk Down - Gold Pack | 2005-02-11 | NovaLogic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of:
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre
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| Telltale Texas Hold'em | 2005-02-11 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Telltale Texas Hold'em is a casual poker from the creators of the revived Sam & Max series of games, Telltale. As suggested by the title the only poker present here is Texas Hold'em. The player must compete with four characters, each with his own unique personality and appearance - not that dissimilar in style to the characters seen in Sam & Max games. During the course of the game, they will comment on everything, changing their responses and reactions properly according to the situation. For example an "All In" move will inevitably cause surprises on the characters' faces. Apart from that the characters may engage into an idle humorous banter, talking about things unrelated to the game and happening for comic relief only. While not aimed towards serious poker game simulation the game takes pride in its humorous and light-weight approach to the subject, and cleverly scripted AI that allows characters react accordingly to every game situation. |
| The House of the Dead III | 2005-02-11 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | Wow Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Rail shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Twenty years after the events of The House of the Dead II, Lisa Rogan and Agent G are desperately searching for Lisa's father, Thomas. Eventually they find themselves at a local corporate office, which is over-run with all kinds of deadly and evil creatures of the afterlife.It's up to you (or a friend) to blast your way through the evil dead to rescue Lisa's father. Included are multiple gameplay paths (you choose which way to go), the new auto-reloading shotgun, and 2 player support. |
| Will of Steel | 2005-02-14 | GMX Media | Gameyus Interactive LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | | | Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Will of Steel is a top-down RTS game that has the player take control of USMC Battalion named (ironically?) William Steel as they partake in missions from the 2001 Afghanistan campaign and the 2003 Iraq invasion. The player can take command of over 100 different units such as ground troops, tanks, helicopters and even weapon systems (not including over 100 non-playable support units). Missions of the games are varied such as attacking targets, defending locations and personnel, etc. Players can control their units by using the mouse to either attack enemy units, defend positions, patrol areas, etc. or they can use a USB headset and give orders to individual units. Not only can the player earn medals for their performance in the game, but surviving units can also receive medals and earn higher ranks. |
| Second Sight | 2005-02-15 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Free Radical Design Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Shooter, Stealth | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | After waking up in a high security medical facility with no recollection of how he got there, John Vattic's memory slowly returns through a series of playable flashbacks to his days as a civilian advisor to a military operation in Siberia. In the past, he worked with a group of soldiers known as WinterICE, attempting to locate an elderly scientist who has been conducting research into psychic powers. In the present, John attempts to piece together what he remembers and locate members of WinterICE in the hope that he can clear his name, work out what actually happened, and discover how he came to have psychic powers himself.Second Sight is a 3D shooter with stealth elements. The player mostly controls John from a third-person perspective, though it is possible to switch to first-person view under certain circumstances. During the course of the game the player gets to use telekinesis, healing, charm, projection and possession powers and two types of psychic attack, plus a variety of weapons. Most situations can be tackled with stealth, mindless violence or psychic powers, or a combination of the three. |
| World Soccer: Winning Eleven 8 International | 2005-02-16 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | The new Pro Evolution Soccer has over 3000 licensed players,
and Fully Licensed Leagues & teams from Serie A (Italy), Liga Espanola (Spain), & Eredivisie (Holland). So this new PES has
definitely improved on the License front. There's also full leagues of England, France & Germany. Also there is a revamped
Master League, and this time you don't have to start with them
stupid rubbish Default players, you can start with the proper team!!!
Still if you want a challenge you can choose to start the ML with the
default players. Another thing you can create your very own team,
and play against the world in the Master League, and you get to
swap the Default players, for half-decent ones!
It's not just the master league that's changed in the Edit mode,
you get to edit or change the player's goal celebrations!
Another feature is the PES Shop, you acquire points to unlock bonuses!
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| Bump n' Jump | 2005-02-17 | | | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile | | | | | Windows | Bump n' Jump is a remake of the arcade game of the same name. The player drives a car down the road and must watch out for other cars trying to bump him off the road, but points can be earned by retaliating and shoving the enemy cars into the road edges. Care must also be taken to avoid driving into hills or curbs. Occasionally the player receives a warning about an upcoming narrow bridge, which must be carefully driven onto, or an upcoming lack of a bridge, which necessitates using the car's inexplicable jumping ability to leap across the river to the other side. |
| Gold Games 8 | 2005-02-17 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is the eighth installment of the Gold Games series and the first one which is only available on DVD-ROM. Four DVD's with 10 games are in the box, and like usually, the manuals are only available as Adobe PDF files.The following 10 games are included:Beyond Good & Evil
Biathlon 2004
Lock On: Modern Air Combat
Lords of Everquest
Pirates of the Caribbean
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
XIII
World Racing
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| Crystalline Cauldron | 2005-02-18 | NR, utd. | NR, utd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Crystalline Cauldron is a 2-D game of the genre real-time action card game, a project developed by a group of students at the University of Advancing Technology who later form "NR, utd."The story of the game is Prince Haeuy's quest to discover the murderer of his father, the King of Nomane, and avenge the death before he claims his father's throne. During Haeuy's quest, he must awaken his rare ability, that has been passed down his bloodline, to bring creatures to life from the cards of the land. At the end of his journey, he must confront another who has Haeuy's rare gift.After the completion of Prince Haeuy's journey, the player is able to explore both "Tomboy Thief Awgi's" story path as well as "Overlord Otagaz's" story path. |
| Brány Skeldalu | 2005-02-20 | Napoleon Games | Napoleon Games | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Rovenland is an ancient island country where gods rested after creating of the world. One day a powerful wizard Freghar sensed that terrible evil grows in the southern part of the Rovenland and with ritual Krow-kane summoned three adventurers. They have to reach mysterious tower of Skeldal and stop five renegade mages who are trying to open gates to forbidden dimension Zohar... Brány Skeldalu ("Gates of Skeldal") is a Czech dungeon crawler. The player controls a group of adventurers - at the beginning one has to create three characters. The gender of the character is determined by clicking on the appropriate portrait (player can choose from seven portraits and this choice also determines the paper-doll that one sees in the inventory); the game then offers the choice of one of the four available classes: Fighter, Wizard, Thief or Ranger. Moving the dot from the center of the octogram, in which diagonal angles are the four main classes, player can create any possible combination of each adjacent classes - for example, it is possible to create pure Wizard or Wizard-Ranger hybrid, but not the Wizard-Fighter hybrid. The position of the dot on the creation chart then determines the number of points one can distribute between the statistics of the character. There are only four base statistics, namely Strength, Magic Use, Agility and Dexterity. The secondary statistics like weapon proficiencies, experience or defenses can change during the gameplay. During the game, the player will be able to hire three more NPCs with backstories and agenda. The game also offers the possibility to split the player's group which is useful for solving puzzles that require pressing several levers or buttons located on different places in the given location. It's also possible to approach the enemy from different angles. The fighting is turn-based. The game was released with map editor enabling players to create their own dungeons and maps. In 2007 the game was released for free and so was the source code. |
| Dangerous Waters | 2005-02-22 | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Sonalysts, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Naval / watercraft, Vehicular combat | Direct control, Point and select, Voice control | | Everyone | | Windows | Dangerous Waters is an in-depth simulation of modern submarine and anti-submarine warfare (ASW), with a particular emphasis on realism. As the direct successor of Sub Command, the game entitles the player to command the most advanced nuclear submarines in operation: the American SSN-21 Seawolf-class and 688i Los Angeles-class, as well as the Russian AKULA-I IMPROVED and AKULA-II. Additionally, the player will be able to take control of the variants (Projects 636 and 877) of the KILO-class diesel-electric attack submarine; a ship which lacks the endurance, speed, and power of its nuclear counterparts, however is particularly quiet when running slowly and deadly in shallow waters.The game also allows the player to take part in submarine hunts. The player will be able to conduct anti-submarine warfare operations aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry guided missile frigate, the MH-60 multi-mission helicopter, and the P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft. These three ASW platforms are modeled with the same level of attention as their submarine counterparts.Apart from the new controllable platforms, the game improves the gameplay of Sub Command in many ways, the most significant advance being a more refined acoustic and sonar simulation. The game also features an extensive multiplayer mode, with the ability to play with multiple players on different station onboard the same ship. |
| Garden War | 2005-02-22 | Big Fish Games, Inc | FunPause | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The flowers have declared war on the garden dwarves! March out to battle and prune those flowers!Garden War is a turn-based strategy game. Using your mouse, maneuver your troops about, fire on the enemy or pass your turn then it is your enemy's turn. You, and your enemy, have different types in your army. You have infantry, represented by the dwarves in red hats on foot. These can only go a short way and fire only so far. They also die easily. You have tanks, represented by dwarves in red hats riding in little red cars. These can travel farther and fire farther. They can also take more damage. You also have amphibious units. These are dwarves in blue hats on foot. They move and attack like infantry but, unlike infantry and tanks, they can cross water. They die as easily as infantry, as well. The object is to destroy all your enemies before they destroy you. |
| Strategy Six-Pack | 2005-02-22 | Paradox Interactive AB | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation of Paradox games contains: Hearts of Iron, Victoria - An Empire under the Sun, Europa Universalis II, Europa Universalis II - Asia Chapters, Two Thrones, and Crown of the North. |
| Astroseries | 2005-02-23 | | | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | Astroseries is a free, open source real-time strategy game built on the Stratagus engine. Its gameplay mechanics are generally similar to those in Warcraft II, but the setting is science fiction instead of fantasy.Set in the twenty-second century, Astroseries tells the story of a conflict between the Imperial Union (I.U.) - a totalitarian world state of the future Earth - and the Nagoran Empire, a warlike and expansionist alien government. There are two single-player campaigns, one for each faction, spanning 16 missions each, and split into several episodes. Action can take place on planetary surface (with several different biomes/climates) or in space, and the objectives range from straightforward destruction of all opposition to capturing or destroying specific targets, or escorting important characters to a certain place, and even bombarding planetary defences from orbit.Each side has a wide variety of different units: infantry, mobile armour, navy, and of course spaceships. Additionally, non-playable factions make an appearance in some campaign scenarios, with unique units and structures that the player cannot build. Upgrades can be researched to improve certain units' attack strength and armour, and even unlock new abilities or weapons. In some missions, heroes or unique units may join the player's side.Apart from the campaign, Astroseries offers single-player skirmish matches against AI opponents, and multiplayer games. There is a built-in map editor.Astroseries was released as freeware by its creator, Alvaro F. Perez. The engine's source code is available per the Stratagus engine licence. |
| Last Half of Darkness: Shadows of the Servants | 2005-02-23 | WRF Studios | WRF Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Dr. Muretta, a scientist, brought back an infected monkey to her New Orleans estate. The monkey, named Jaja and intended as a pet for her two daughters, was bitten by creatures in an ancient temple in an uncharted part of a rainforest. The monkey turned vicious over time, and its evil spirit arose to terrorize the family. The player has been summoned to rid the estate of the darkness once and for all.Shadows of the Servants is an adventure game played in first person. The main objective is to uncover the ingredients needed to destroy the evil still present in the house, and then use them at the right time and place. To keep the evil spirits from finding and destroying those items, Mira, one of the doctor's daughters, has hidden them in various places. She left behind clues to the locations in the guise of puzzles and cryptic passages in notes and books.In addition to the house and its attic, secret passageways and cellars, explore a graveyard, a crypt, a swamp and a small portion of the nearby town. The atmosphere, graphics, music and sound effects are all intentionally designed to startle and scare the player.There are several jigsaw puzzles, a match-three game, and other types of puzzles to be solved. The player's inventory is hidden at the bottom of the screen. Each inventory object has a description and can be examined closer by right clicking on it. Some objects can be used with each other and some are actual puzzles. To use an object in the gameplay screen, select it and the cursor will change to become that item. The correct hot spot can be found when the item wiggles.Included are a number of bonus games, demos and extras made by the developer, some of which changed with different version releases of the game:
Death by Dark Shadows (demo)
FunHouse of Terror - a horror theme park simulation (demo; never released)
GhostBlood (demo)
Gridblock - a block puzzle game (demo; never released)
Jewels of the Black Widow (full registered version)
Servants of the Red Sky - a plane cargo flight simulation (demo; never released)
The Nine Lives of Secret Agent Katt (demo)
Last Half of Darkness screensaver
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| Supergirl in We don't need another Hero | 2005-02-23 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Supergirl in We don't need another Hero is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features a classic inventory. Actions can be controlled via mouse and are verb based (Look at, Use, etc.).Story:
You are Linda Danvers, a teenager who can change into Supergirl. As Supergirl she can fly, has incredibly strength, X-ray vision and can heat things up. There is an imposter in town who claims to be the real Supergirl and since all criminals are gone everyone believes the fake Supergirl. As the real one you have to uncover this matter.
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| Top Gear: RPM Tuning | 2005-02-23 | Wanadoo Edition | Babylon Software | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | | | | | Windows | In RPM Tuning you can get behind the wheel and live out numerous driving experiences in the city of Los Angeles while fully customizing your car and adding new elements to it body and mechanics. Drive freely through the streets wherever you want and sail through more than 50 miles of meticulously modeled real-life streets. Test your racing skills in seven different types of driving experiences and participate in five different game modes including two-person multiplayer. Customize trucks, muscle cars, imports, and others while learning the truth about what happened to the love of your life, your car. So get ready to gear up as you tear through the streets, proving you are the best in a race where there is no room for second. |
| Heavy Weapon Deluxe | 2005-02-24 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Tank | | | Everyone 10+ | 2D scrolling | Windows | Heavy Weapon is a cartoonish side-scrolling action game where you control a single tank fighting waves of opponents. Driving to the right over flat terrain at a constant speed, the tank can move left or right while the sky is filled with aircraft such as jets, helis, zeppelins, bombers and missiles. Projectiles need to be avoided or taken out. Some friendly planes will pass and drop power-ups to improve speed, gun power or shield, or provide nukes, rockets, a laser, rapid fire or spread fire. During each level, enemies will drop parts of a mega laser weapon. If the four parts are found, an extremely powerful laser beam is added to your arsenal for a short time.The turret can be aimed 180 degrees, using the right analog stick (Xbox 360) or the mouse (Windows). To position the tank on the screen, you move the mouse left or right (Windows) or use the left analog stick (Xbox 360). The game offers 2 modes. The first is Mission mode where you travel to different countries to take out an increasingly difficult amount of enemies, with a boss at the end of each level. The Xbox 360 version offers cooperative play for up to 4 people. The other mode is Survival, where you need to play as long as possible without dying. For the Xbox 360 version, online Survival is split up into War Party (keep respawning as long as someone else is alive) and Arms Race (all players start with three lives only). After each mission, you get to upgrade your tank with rockets, a flak cannon, defense orbs, a laser or homing missiles. Additionally, there is the Boss Rush mode (Xbox 360 only), unlocked after finishing the Mission mode, where you need to defeat all 19 bosses after each other. |
| Heritage of Kings: The Settlers | 2005-02-24 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Blue Byte Studio GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy, Medieval | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In a world which somewhat resembles the Britain of the Arthurian Legends, you guide the fate of young Dario and his ever growing fellowship of friends as they struggle to restore the old empire, which was ruled by Dario's father years ago and has since fallen apart, to its former glory. This fifth installation of the Settlers franchise moves the focus of the series away from micromanaging a daisy chain economy towards RTS gameplay mechanics, so expect to build up a base and recruit units of spearmen, swordmen and horsemen to ensure your victory.
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| Nexus: The Jupiter Incident | 2005-02-24 | HD Interactive B.V., Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Mithis Games Ltd. | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | At the dawn of the 22nd century, the solar system was being controlled by huge corporations. One of these corporations has woken up something big at the edge of the solar system. Chaos ensues and it's dubbed as the "Jupiter Incident". You take the role of Marcus Cromwell who finds himself in the middle of the conflict.Nexus is a real-time mission-based tactical space game. Think of Ground Control set in space and you get the picture. The developers call it a Tactical Fleet Simulator (TFS) and the first of it's kind. Nexus boasts a powerful Black Sun engine and supports both DX8 and DX9 shaders. |
| Amazon Quest | 2005-02-25 | Sunny Games LLC | Sunny Games LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | South America | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Quest down the Amazon to eventually uncover secrets.Amazon Quest is a match three game. To make a match, use your mouse to swap two artifacts so as to create a straight row of three or more, vertically or horizontally. If you line up four or more in a row, you will create a power artifact. The game consists of two modes.In Quest mode, you must clear all the gray tiles from the board by making matches over them. If the tiles are tan, you must match them to turn them gray then match them again to clear them. You must do this before the clock bar runs out of time. Power artifacts in this mode, when matched with two or more of the same color, will grant bonus time on the clock bar.In Arcade mode, the clock bar starts at the halfway mark. Each time you make a match, you add to the clock bar as well as your score. When the clock bar is full, the level is complete. Power artifacts in this mode, when matched with two or more of the same color, will explode, taking out all the artifacts that border them. These will then add to your clock bar and score. |
| Protivostojanie: Bitva za chernoye zoloto | 2005-02-25 | Russobit-M | Red Ice | Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Protivostojanie: Bitva za chernoye zoloto is a reworked version of Protivostojanie: Voyna v zalive.
All vehicles now need ammunition besides their fuel. Buildings can now be repaired. All original maps and missions were reworked with the new possibilities.
The game contains two campaigns, one on per side (Iraq or Iran).In the additional singleplayer maps you can play also on US or russian side with their equipment. |
| The Moment of Silence | 2005-02-25 | Adventure Company, The | House of Tales Entertainment GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | The year is 2044, and the world has become a globalized, industrialized place where online communication often replaces other forms of socializing and where each citizen can be easily found with tracking devices. Peter Wright is an employee in a New York advertising agency whose family was killed in a terrorist attack. One night he witnesses his neighbor being taken away by a SWAT team. The neighbor's wife asks Peter to find out what happened to her husband, and Peter begins to realize that the authorities are following an unknown agenda he must reveal at all costs.The Moment of Silence is a traditional puzzle-solving adventure game. The player navigates the protagonist through pre-rendered locations with frequently changing, fixed camera angles. Most of the puzzles either involve gathering information by talking to characters and exploring dialogue trees, or manipulating inventory items and using them on objects in the scenery. |
| Uli Stein: 3D Mahjongg | 2005-02-25 | East Entertainment Media GmbH | BWM Software GmbH | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Uli Stein: 3D Mahjongg is a cartoon Mahjongg game from the German artist Uli Stein. Find two of the same tiles and remove them until all tiles are removed. 28 different setups are included, every setup has 144 tiles which can go up to 432 tiles in higher difficulties. |
| Dan! Da! Dan! | 2005-02-27 | OMEGA | OMEGA | Action, Strategy | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Dan! Da! Dan! is a freeware game that combines ideas from traditional vertical shooters with color-matching titles like Mr. Driller. The player controls a ship flying upwards while shooting descending walls made of multi-colored blocks, trying to reach the end of the level before time runs out. Clusters of connected blocks of the same color disappear when shot, enabling the ship to open a safe path through them to avoid collision. Some of the blocks contain power-ups, while others are filled with projectiles, exploding and scattering them around to all directions when destroyed.There are two types of weapons, each assigned to a different button. One button shoots an infinite stream of short laser beams, with a special secondary shot that can be charged by holding down the trigger and releasing it for a large circle that can't be stopped, penetrating even beyond the indestructible blocks. The hyper shot spreads lots of projectiles in a wide arc for a few seconds, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Across | 2005-02-28 | Apocalyptic Coders | Apocalyptic Coders | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In Across you have a playfield which is divided into a red side, a blue side and a movable wall in the middle. Blue and red colored rings floating around.The players task is to move the wall so that those rings on the wrong side get to their own colored side, while those already there don't escape to the other side.Each level runs exactly 60 seconds, and when the time is up, at least 50% of the rings have to be at the correct side to continue to the next level. The more rings are on the correct side, the higher the score will be. Also if the player manages to sort the rings out before the time runs up, additional points are awarded.Level 1 starts with 2 rings each, increasing two rings per level - so level 10 will feature 22 (11 blue, 11 red) rings. |
| Domination | 2005-02-28 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Wargaming.net, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot, Tank | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Because In the End… War Is All About Winning.Domination features a renewed global conflict between the Free Nations Union and the Phantom League on distant planets, including sci-fi land, sea and air warfare at a grand-strategy level. From the developers of Massive Assault, Domination deepens the Massive Assault player experience through increased gameplay options and all new strategic challenges.Single player games take in 2 long campaigns with evolving storylines, with more than 20 non-linear scenarios, with 8 planets for a World War mode, and flexible AI settings including 3 difficulty levels. Assault and Career modes are new, as is the 'Secret Allies' political campaign. More than 150 hours of gameplay are promised.There are 36 highly detailed land, air and sea units. All unit movement, firing and explosions are vividly animated using 3D graphics and sound. Players can view instantaneous visual recreations of spectacular moves using unique camera angles. |
| Mortyr II | 2005-02-28 | Hip Games | Mirage Interactive LLC | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Europe, World War II | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | A typical FPS set during World War II, Mortyr 2 is slightly related to the first Mortyr. This time, you play as the British intelligence officer Sven Mortyr who must investigate the enemy operations in Norway, his homeland. It looks like the Nazi forces are developing a super-weapon and the own father of Sven Mortyr (a famous physicist) is been forced to work on this project.You will infiltrate the enemy fortress using a mix of historically accurate weapons with some experimental (or sci-fi) new ones, blasting through 11 single-player levels, to uncover the secrets of the project and rescue the scientist.There are also 4 multiplayer levels available. |
| Battlefield: Vietnam - Redux | 2005-03-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Digital Illusions Canada, Inc., Digital Illusions CE AB | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | Shooter | Asia, Cold War, Historical events | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Naval / watercraft, Tank | Direct control | | | | Windows | Battlefield Vietnam Redux is a repackaging of Battlefield Vietnam slipstreamed with the 1.01, 1.02, 1.1, and 1.2 patches, which includes new vehicles and maps, and the official World War II mod. |
| Chessmaster Challenge | 2005-03-01 | PlayFirst, Inc. | PlayFirst, Inc. | Educational, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Chess | | | | | | | Windows | A downloadable version of the venerable Chessmaster from Ubisoft. Provides a large selection of AIs to challenge opponents of any level. Includes six different chess boards, three of which are rendered in 3D, and audio tutorials that take you from learning to play chess to advanced strategy points.In ranked play mode, you can work your way up in chess rank against increasingly difficult AI opponents. In training play mode, you get hints and visual board analysis to help you with your game. |
| Constantine | 2005-03-01 | THQ Inc. | Bits Studios Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | Horror | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | John Constantine is the name of the main character in the Hellblazer comic by Vertigo DC. This game is based on the movie Constantine, starring Keanu Reeves. The player assumes the role of Constantine, a mage/exorcist/demonslayer of the modern age. A man who fights Evil, but remains cynical and skeptical in the face of Good. He also smokes a lot.The game is played in third person perspective, switching to first person when the hero enters narrow spaces. Constantine's goal is to discover how and why Demons have managed to physically enter Earth, although the ancient laws forbid it. He utilizes a number of holy weapons and artifacts, from twin revolvers (dubbed the Witch's Curse) that shoot stones from the Holy Lands to Holy Water Bombs and the Cross Shotgun. Constantine can also utilize various kinds of offensive magic powered by the souls of slain demons. Often he will be obliged to travel to Hell, which resembles a perpetually ablaze and decaying version of our world, in order to bypass obstacles. Each level is linear and is played sequentially, following most of the story of the movie with a few sections added in or stretched out to allow for more action. Hidden cards in levels will unlock cutscene animatics, concept art, and interviews with the stars of the film. |
| Driv3r | 2005-03-01 | Atari do Brasil Ltda. | Reflections Interactive Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | Detective / mystery, Spy / espionage | Sandbox / open world, Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Continuing from the storyline of the previous Driver games, players reprise their role as the undercover cop Tanner, this time infiltrating a worldwide high-performance car theft ring.Nothing is too dangerous or too risky for Tanner, as he'll hop into any car, truck, or motorcycle, and cruise the streets of three re-created cities (Miami, Nice and Istanbul) with over 156 miles of roads, in more than 25 storyline missions featuring some characters from the previous installments. |
| Imperium Gier 3/2005 | 2005-03-01 | | | Action, Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the following games:
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
Galaxy Invaders
Party Bowling (referred to simply as Bowling)
Drop!
El Airplane
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| Infinite Jigsaw Puzzle | 2005-03-01 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Media Research Group | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Infinite Jigsaw Puzzle lives up to its name by having 100 included images for you to piece together, as well as converting any image file you may have on your computer into a puzzle. You may specify how difficult you want your puzzle by selecting anywhere between 24 to 1040 pieces, as well as how strange you want their edges to be. The included puzzles are mostly stock photography of landmarks, abstract shapes, and adorable animals.When doing a puzzle one can get a ghost image to place the pieces upon, as well as a reference image to look at, although they'll impact your final score. A hint feature is available where the piece you can't quite place will launch a shadowy doppleganger towards it piece-mate. |
| Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death | 2005-03-01 | Evolved Games | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed, Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Judge Dredd is back. The comic book character who acts as judge, jury, and executioner makes another video game appearance in a first-person shooter set in the 22nd century, where crime and hopelessness run rampant amidst the chaos left behind from a nuclear holocaust.Players must enforce the law using any means necessary within the sprawling, overpopulated Mega-City One, which serves as the gritty backdrop for Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death. Players will battle vampires, the undead, and even a cadre of Dark Judges as they try to maintain some semblance of order in a world gone wild. In keeping with the spirit of the comic, some perpetrators of lesser crimes need to be arrested while others must be taken out with extreme prejudice. The ultimate goal is to confront the evil Judge Death, who has taken it upon himself to cause as much mayhem and destruction to the beleaguered city as possible. |
| Knievel's Wild Ride: The Game | 2005-03-01 | A&E Television Networks, LLC | NStorm, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle | | Real-time | | | Windows | Knievel's Wild Ride: The Game is a daredevil jump simulator created to promote the A&E TV series of the same name.Players control a motorcycle rider who must jump through lots of obstacles and do tricks to make more points.The game is completely controlled using a mouse and has two game modes: Easy Game and Pro Game.The Easy mode has players hold the left mouse button to accelerate and the right mouse button to break. In the air, pressing the mouse buttons allows the biker to pull off tricks.The Pro Game adds the element of balancing the biker which is done by dragging the mouse to the left or to the right. If the biker loses his balance, he can fall before or during the jump.After landing, it is important to break in order to avoid crashing into the hay and taking damage.Crashing makes players lose health and points. The game ends when the biker receives too much damage and loses all his health. |
| Lederzwerge Deluxe XXL Version | 2005-03-01 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Originally designed as the heroes of a teaser game for phenomedia's Sven Bomwollen series, these garden gnomes dressed in leather are slightly different. As soon as the leather dwarves feel unobserved, they cut loose in the most shameless manner.The player's objective is to keep them from performing their pervert actions with the - mouse controlled - whip in order to obtain a lot of points. One must not get diverted by the dwarves' animated poses or their insolent comments. This could mean a loss of points or worse. There are different settings like the garden, the greenhouse or the darkroom.As a bonus, there are two extra mini games included:"Dance the leather dwarf" - Make the dwarf dance to cool beats. The better your sense of rhythm, the higher the score."Sing Sing! - The dwarves prove their singing talent and you have to repeat the lyrics.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameUser ReviewsThere are no reviews for this game.Critic Reviews
PC Games (Germany)
Mar 17, 2005
38 out of 100
38
GameStar (Germany)
Mar, 2005
7 out of 100
7
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| MVP Baseball 2005 | 2005-03-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | An MLB baseball game that allows you to play with teams from single A all the way up to the majors. Play your way through the 120 Dynasty Mode, or the 30 year Owner Mode. MVP 2005 has lots of unlockable retro uniforms, stadiums and players. It includes batting and pitching mini-games for practice and a head-to-head home run derby mode. |
| Osterballerei | 2005-03-01 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | This game is a first person shooting gallery game. With the mouse you control your crosshair and all you have to do is to shoot the various objects that will appear on the screen.For one game you have 90 seconds to shoot as fast as possible to score as much points as possible. But you don't have unlimited ammo. To refill the ammo, you have to shoot ammo boxes.Osterballerei (something like Easter shooting) because the objects in the game are using an Easter theme (Easter bunny, Easter eggs, etc.) |
| Schnappi: 3 Fun-Games | 2005-03-01 | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Schnappi is a character out of an extremely successful German music clip and pop song called "Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil" (Schnappi, the little crocodile). This is a compilation with three different mini games made with Macromedia Flash.The first game is called Schnappi Snap!. The player controls the little crocodile and has to catch food insects. But you have to be careful not to catch the stingy ones!In Schnappi Think! you have to remember and copy Schnappi's moves in the correct order.The third game, Schnappi Dance!, comes in two difficulty modes. Dance moves are indicated in the right part of the screen and the player has to make Schnappi do the correct moves according to the input on screen.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Groups Animals: Reptiles
Console Generation Exclusive: PlayStation
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Plné Hry
Mar 15, 2005
60 out of 100
60
GameStar (Germany)
Jun, 2005
23 out of 100
23
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| Ski Racing 2005: Featuring Hermann Maier | 2005-03-01 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Coldwood Interactive AB | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ski Racing 2005 is an officially licensed downhill racing game on skis. It includes ski pistes from various real locations such as Kitzbühl, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Val d'Isère. The game comes with four game modes taken directly from the world championships. They are slalom, giant slalom, super-g and downhill. The game modes each focus on speed and manoeuvrability. |
| Star Wars: Republic Commando | 2005-03-01 | LucasArts | LucasArts | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Tactical shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Set during the events of the movie, Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones, a secret army of clones has been grown on planet Kamino, designed from the DNA of Jango Fett. These clones are trained for battle and to fight for the Galactic Republic, trained in specific talents and abilities. One such specialization is Delta Squad, a group of four commandos trained for ground combat, recon work and outfitted with bacta healing implants. Delta squad is composed of four members: RC-1138 ("Boss"): the squadron leader bred for tactics, RC-1140 ("Fixer"): a computer cracker, RC-1207 ("Sev"): a hunter and marksman, and RC-1262 ("Scorch"): a demolitions specialist. Delta Squad and the rest of the clone army are deployed to their first battle, on the planet Geonosis.Star Wars: Republic Commando is a first-person squad-based shooter set in the Star Wars universe with tactical squad gameplay. Players take the roll of Boss, the leader of Delta Squad. Like most first-person shooters, the emphasis in gameplay is on action. Republic soldiers use a standard gun weapon, the "Blaster", in order to shoot opponents in front of them. Blasters can be attached to perform three different functions, with individual ammunition: a standard fiting mode, a sniper mode and an anti-armor mode. Players also carry a smaller energy pistol that automatically charges itself. New weapons can be found from a defeated enemy or found lying around on some levels, however only one may be carried at any given time. Some player weapons allow zooming functions for more accurate firing. The player also carries 4 different types of grenades, which are: thermal detonators (basic blast), sonar detectors (limited proximity detection), electrostatic charges (disables electronics and droids) and flash detonators (blinds foes). All of which can be thrown directly in front of the player. Each member of Delta Squad has a personal shield that automatically recharges after a short time and a health bar which can only be replenished by healing bacta. Bacta is found at appropriate dispensers throughout the levels, and additionally each member of the squad carries an emergency bacta device to "revive" any member of the squad who falls in battle. Should the player be the one to lose all health, they watch the level from a hazed view and can issue a last order for other squadmates to try and revive them. Should all 4 members of Delta Squad fall in battle, the game is over.The main feature of Republic Commando is the 4-man squad. Using a "one-touch" control system, the player gives orders to members of the squad. The first type of command is for setting the squad's attitude: Search and Destroy (move forward), Form Up (stay close), Hold Position, and Recall from any assigned positions. The other type of orders are done by highlighting different positions displayed on the player's HUD and assigning a Delta member to perform the appropriate action. All of these positions are pre-defined in the level, with only a single action being possible. Examples of positions include: Cover for a sniper, barriers which need to be destroyed, turrets that can be mounted and used to attack the enemy, mines which can be disarmed, control panels which can be hacked, etc. Despite the hint of specialization designations and character personalities, any squad member, including the player, can be used to perform any action.Multiplayer functionality includes regular deathmatches and capture the flag. There are no squad-based commands in multiplayer, though players may be placed on individual "teams" to work towards their goal. |
| Cops 2170: The Power of Law - Gold Collection | 2005-03-02 | Russobit-M | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Gold Collection includes:
COPS 2170: The Power of Law
"COPS 2170: The Power of Law. Police stories" addon
Poster with maps, stickers and manual (In keep case only)
Original soundtrack (MP3) |
| GalPaniX | 2005-03-02 | D5. | D5. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | Fangame | Adult | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | GalPaniX is a freeware clone of Gals Panic, a series of Japanese arcade games where the objective is to draw connecting lines to uncover a background picture, while avoiding collision with a plethora of enemies and their projectiles showering from all directions. The gameplay is similar to Qix, while at the same time implementing some of the ideas found on scrolling shooters.The player controls a drawing cursor, that can only move inside the uncovered perimeter when not creating lines. A small area of random size is opened at the start of each level, and the final goal is to expand it until it reveals the full background picture. The pictures are cartoons taken from adult games with explicit content, showing girls in suggestive poses. New sections are uncovered by pressing the drawing button to start connecting a line of any radius back to the area already exposed. The line becomes an extension of the cursor while being drawn, and any collision destroys both. Releasing the button makes the cursor quickly return to the starting point.There are several smaller enemies roaming the screen, and a large boss foe that moves sporadically, shooting bullets and missiles at random intervals. The enemies can't enter the exposed areas, but can shoot at the cursor. They can be killed by quickly drawing a line and revealing the section where they are standing. They leave a power-up after being eliminated, that can be collected for speed boosts and other helpful aids. |
| I Spy Spooky Mansion: Deluxe | 2005-03-02 | Scholastic, Inc. | Black Hammer Productions, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | Horror | Hidden object, Mini-games | | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | I Spy Spooky Mansion Deluxe is an upgraded version of I Spy Spooky Mansion which was released by Scholastic in 1999. This newer edition is billed as having 50% more puzzles, three different ways out of the house, a secret room to discover, seven ghosts to create, and more. The I Spy games are based on the series of children's riddle and puzzle-solving books by Walter Wick and Jean Marzollo.Gameplay is fully point-and-click. At the bottom right of your screen there is an arrow you can use to back out of a game or a room. On the top right you have a question-mark; when you click on it you will hear instructions to help you proceed. There are six different rooms with picture riddles hidden in them - as you solve each one, you receive a piece of a jigsaw puzzle that you must put together in order to leave. The riddles are little rhymes that are read aloud when clicked on, and the puzzles are designed to exercise some basic mental skills for 6 to 10 year-olds: problem solving, vocabulary, visual memory, logic and reading. |
| Machine Hell | 2005-03-02 | Nuclear Games, LLC | Nuclear Games, LLC | Action | | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | 2041 is the year in which Earth is taken over by a force of alien robots. 2041 will also be the year that mankind reclaims the planet! As an elite solider in a military hovercraft you'll fight your way through fifteen 3D environs blasting the alien machines back into the junk heaps they came from.At your disposal will be three varieties of weapons, plasma shots, rockets, and nuclear bombs. Yeah so you have to nuke the Earth to save her, big deal! Also don't worry about any old human buildings, if they get in the way, blast 'em solider! These will be found in your foes when you blast them. Some enemies will drop health, lives, others will leave bits that you can grab as trophies, i.e. score bonuses. |
| Sakura Taisen 4: Koi seyo Otome | 2005-03-03 | SEGA Corporation | Overworks, Red Company Corporation | Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Interwar, Steampunk | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | In the fourth installment of the Sakura Taisen series, Ichiro Ogami returns to Japan after having defeated the evil that threatened Paris. Something is once again wrong in the Imperial Capital, as two street cars go berserk without any reason, saved only by the mech-commanding girls of the Hanagumi Brigade. The girls from Paris Kagekidan return to join forces with the original cast, to help Ichiro defeat evil one more time.Sakura Taisen 4 utilizes the same gameplay mechanics as its predecessor, including a virtually identical combat scheme. As always, you have to choose and time your responses well to attract the attention of one of the lovely girls you command. Unlike the three previous games, this game is not divided into chapters. |
| Combat 6+1 Pack | 2005-03-04 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation pack includes the real-time strategy games World War II: Frontline Command, GI Combat and War Times; along with the 3rd-person helo shooter Red Shark, the 1960 era's flight sim Strike Fighters: Project I, the ground-based anti-aircraft shooter Air Raid - and finally, the space-based MMORPG Vendetta Online. |
| Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 4 - Horror at Number 50 | 2005-03-05 | Grundislav Games | Grundislav Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | For centuries, a strange entity has lurked inside Number 50 Berkeley Square in London. In the 19th Century, two sailors attempted to enter the house... one was killed and the other lived to tell the tale.In the modern day, the house is now a bookshop but strange things have been happening so you, as Ben Jordan, are hired to find out what is going on along with a team of four other paranormal investigators. |
| Mind Machine | 2005-03-05 | Katana Games S.L. | Katana Games S.L. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Mini-games, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Mind Machine is a casual action/puzzle game that puts the player against a time clock in order to succeed in 10 unique challenges. The player is given an option to practice them in four difficulty settings, after that, he may proceed to other game modes which include beating a randomly picked challenge and completing a linear progression of ten challenges in a row. Or playing a board game with friends in a multiplayer game. Each tile on the board represents a specific challenge. To dirst one to reach the end of the board is a winner.The challenges themselves include:
What Was It? - spot a quick moving object and select it from the given variants.
The Twilight Phone - computer is dialing a number on a phone, repeat it until the time runs out.
Mathemantics - the player is give three dices, among them he must choose either the highest, lowest or the middle value.
Totem Recall - a big totem statue is missing a couple of pieces, choose the right ones to reconstruct the totem.
Doesn't Belong - among nine objects the player must choose one that doesn't belong to the group of other eight.
Ju Cube - a various amount of cubes appears in different positions, player must count them quickly.
Are The the Same? - the player is presented with two objects and a question, which is either "Are they the same?" or "Are they different?". Depending on the objects presented and the question the player must answer "Yes" or "No".
Think Dice - the player is shown a field of dices, each with a random number. He is tasked with a search for either odd or even numbers among the dices.
Mismatch - select an object that corresponds to the one in the center of the screen.
Match Maker - a well-known "find pairs" game, player is shown an array of objects, among which he has to find pairs. |
| Robots | 2005-03-07 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A gifted young inventor, Rodney Copperbottom, moves to the big city to realize his dreams of working for his childhood hero, Bigweld. But the latter is mysteriously absent and the corporation is now run by Ratchet and his evil bots. With the help of the Rusties, a group of colourful outmodes who help him discover Ratchet's evil plot, Rodney has to defeat an army of mechanical minions to restore order to the city.Following roughly the same plot as the Blue Sky movie, Robots is a classic style third person, 3D platformer where the player control Rodney and battle evil bots, upgrading his various weapons and gadgets along the way. In addition to playing as the movie's hero, the player will also be able to play as his mechanical sidekick, Wonderbot - using him to explore areas that are inaccessible to Rodney. A few levels let you drive the Transport Pod, a giant metal ball Rodney uses as a vehicle. The game takes the player to locations from the movie: Rivet Town, Robot City, Big Weld's Factory, the Outmode Zone, Robot City Sewers, Big Weld's Mansion and Madame Gasket's Chop Shop.
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| Chaos League | 2005-03-08 | Digital Jesters Ltd. | Cyanide S.A. | Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | Chaos League is a game that blends real-time strategy game elements with action, into a sports game. The game is played in the form of a hybrid football style sport. Fantasy creatures from races like trolls, elves, demons etc are chosen to make up the teams, each with their own skills. The action is fierce and can be brutal, with over 100 powerful moves, spells and techniques. The game can be played in a real-time mode, or turn based. You compete for the ultimate trophy in various 3D modeled arenas with their own unique pitches. The Matches are played with live commentary and can be replayed. |
| Supremacy: Four Paths to Power | 2005-03-09 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Black Hammer Productions, Inc. | Strategy | | | | 4X | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Supremacy: Four Paths to Power is a turn-based 4X strategy game. A game begins with selecting one of four commanding officers, each providing different bonuses
throughout the game, and a game type. Starting with at least one planet and one spaceship, players must assemble a fleet and expand their territory. Planets and space stations can be captured to provide resources and technology improvements. These resources can be used to build space ships or manufacture troops. The type of manufactured units depends on the planet they are made on. Most of the gameplay takes place on a 3D space map, which is switched for a 3D terrain map when planets are attacked by ground troops. |
| Ultimate Solitaire 750 | 2005-03-09 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Wicked Witch Software Pty Ltd | Compilation, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ultimate Solitaire 750 is a collection of single player solitaire card games claiming a total of 750 unique games. This compilation of card games is fully featured and easy to load, customise and play. It can be run either in a window or full screen.The first time the game is played after installation it prompts the player for their name. The player then selects their preference from the play area and card backs that are available.All games are played by mouse. The player clicks on a card to drag and drop it into a location, or clicks on a stack to view the next card.Features include :
The ability to turn on/off card animations, sounds, the recording of statistics (fastest times, number of times a game has been played, etc), and whether the undo moves feature is allowed.
Sixty card decks and the ability to create moreLow vision card options for the visually impaired
Over eighty different play area images together with the facility to import more
Help screens which describe both the general rules & terms of solitaire and the rules for each game
A game creator screen
A game tutor which will suggest moves and, if necessary, auto-play the game
A long list of games grouped by type and the ability to bookmark favourite games
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| Mega Man X8 | 2005-03-10 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Production Studio 1 | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In the late 22nd century, humans have commenced a construction of an orbital elevator to the Moon. A Reploid named Lumine was put in charge of the project. Lumine belonged to the new generation of Reploids, which were apparently unable to become Mavericks (i.e. turn hostile towards humans). Soon thereafter, Lumine was kidnapped by unknown assailants. The team of Maverick Hunters, composed of X, Axl, and Zero, must pursue the abductors and find what they were truly after. However, they will also have to deal with familiar enemies from the past...Mega Man X8 is similar in visual style to earlier Mega Man X games, moving away from the 3D gameplay elements introduced by its predecessor. As in classic Mega Man games, the player is free to tackle the levels in any order, and must defeat a boss at the end of each. The player is able to control X, Axl, and Zero, which are distinguished by their gameplay style: X is able to equip body parts and armor, Axl specializes in guns and can also hover and glide in the air, while Zero focuses on short-range attacks. |
| Rugby 2005 | 2005-03-10 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Rugby 2005 is the first update to EA Sports' rugby franchise. The game is now powered by EA's FIFA engine. Features include overhauled gameplay, motion captured animation, crowd chants for major stadiums, and unique heads for famous players. The BBC's Ian Robertson and former All Black Murray Mexted provide commentary. Mexted also guides the player through extensive interactive training drills.Rugby 2005 includes up to date listings for all the major international teams, plus options to edit squads and create new players. Players can compete in tournaments such as the 6 Nations, Tri Nations, Super 12 and European Trophy championships. |
| Wonderland Secret Worlds | 2005-03-12 | Midnight Synergy | Midnight Synergy | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | A magical storm has come through Wonderland and blown all the other Stinkers away. It is up to you to save them.Wonderland Secret Worlds is the sequel to Wonderland. Using the arrow keys of your keyboard, you must guide your character about the maze-like level. You must gather all the key tokens to open the way to the star. Once you have the star, the level has ended. You can, also, gather bonus coins for more points. At times, you will need to build bridges with boxes or boulders to cross water, push switches to open gates and outwit or avoid enemies. |
| Psychotoxic | 2005-03-14 | Whiptail Interactive | Nuclearvision Entertainment GmbH | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | Psychotoxic is a first-person shooter where the player controls one Angela Prophet, whose mission is simply to save the world from the Fourth Horseman who can bring Armageddon to end all existence. Angela, with a little help from some friends, must journey through the futuristic cities and fantastic Dream Worlds, shooting many enemies in the process in order to stop the evil from destroying everything.Gameplay spans through two different kinds of levels: There is the Real World, which is a futuristic city with normal weapons and enemies, and then there is a Dream World where not only the guns, but also the enemies and visuals are sometimes quite weird. There are 19 weapons in all, which means that both the dream- and the real world has about 10 guns each. They span from normal pistols and rifles to more fantastic ones that the dream world has to offer. The basic gameplay is 3D shooting through the eyes of Angela as she makes her way through the levels, shooting people (and monsters), collecting stuff, opening doors, and talking to folks. Once in a while she gets to the Dream World where each level is wackier than the last one, ranging from cartoon-themed ones, to gothic villages and very hell-like environments also.
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| Act of War: Direct Action | 2005-03-15 | Atari, Inc. | Eugen Systems | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Contemporary | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In the near future, America is in crisis... In the midst of a worldwide energy crisis that has pushed gasoline prices to over $7 per gallon, worldwide economy is in a tailspin. Terrorists have taken advantage of this instability to inflict heavy losses. The US Army, with the task of ensuring homeland security, has created a new direct action operations group known as Task Force TALON. Armed with the latest technology and tactics, and lead by the controversial Brigadier General Jason Richter, TFT will perform whatever missions necessary to restore order. In their way are the terrorists, elaborately financed and backed by a group only known as "the Consortium". Who is the Consortium, and why are they doing what they are doing? And most importantly, can Task Force TALON stop them? Act of War: Direct Action is a modern real-time strategy game based on the novel and background by Dale Brown, noted techno-thriller author. The player takes command of Task Force TALON in its battles against terrorists across America, from the oil fields of Texas to streets of San Francisco, and even in other places around the globe with missions in the deserts of Middle East or cities like London.Money is the only resource in this game, but unlike in other RTS games, it can be generated in many ways. For example, one way is to build an oil derrick in an oil-rich area and protect it, or another to capture and hold prisoners. When trying to take back a city from the terrorists during some missions, the player can also raid banks and treasury buildings for quick funds. Buildings play an important role in Act of War, as infantry units can be sent inside to hold them against all intruders. A couple anti-tank teams strategically placed in a few buildings, and the enemy will be forced to waste time blasting these into rubble, or send in their own assault teams to root the occupying forces out. The environment is fully destructible. |
| Baseball Mogul 2006 | 2005-03-15 | Sports Mogul Inc. | Sports Mogul Inc. | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Ian Smith | | | | Windows | Baseball Mogul 2006 is a managerial baseball simulation. The player takes the role of a General Manager of a Major League Baseball team and is responsible for its athletic and financial success.The user interface uses the typical Windows menus to reach the various screens. On the financial side, the player can manage income (ticket prices, concessions and broadcast) and expenses (dividing the available funds - after the fixed costs have been deducted - between the farm system, scouting and medical staff). It is also possible to build a new stadium. Team management includes setting the rotation for defense and offense, changing tactics, selecting the lineup and trading athletes. There are also various statistics which can be viewed for analysis; the accuracy of athlete statistics depend on the scouting budget.The player can choose how long the game should simulate ahead (e.g. only a day, the full season or until a fixed date) and when the period is over, the player takes control again. Matches can be viewed play-by-play, but without options for intervention. Players can also enter the "Commissioner Mode" which allows to edit the properties of cities, stadiums and teams (the latter not during a season). Multiplayer is not directly supported, but leagues can be hosted by using the commissioner mode. The commissioner can set teams to human control and manually enter the commands by other players.The main additions to the predecessor are athlete personalities and morale which affect their performance and team chemistry, expanded contract negotiations, a minor league system and the option to start in all seasons between 1901 and 2006. The data is taken from the Lahman Baseball Database. |
| Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 | 2005-03-15 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Gearbox Software LLC | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Brothers in Arms, one of the few games to truly be based on actual events, places you in the shoes of real-life World War II Sergeant Matt Baker, tasked with commanding your squad through a week's worth of actual battles that Baker's 101st Airborne platoon faced. Combining the cinematic action of games such as Medal of Honor and Call of Duty with the strategic command of Full Spectrum Warrior, you must command your troops to use actual army doctrine to find, fix, flank, and finish the enemy while actually participating in the battle yourself. |
| Flikken Game: De Achtervolging | 2005-03-15 | Transposia | Besier 3D-Edutainment | Educational, Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Flikken is a Flemish TV series about the life and work of a fictional police corps in Ghent, Belgium. With six seasons under its belt and a yearly "Flikkendag" where law enforcement demonstrations are given and fans can meet the actors, the series has not only become a tremendous success, but it has also polished the image and respect for local law enforcement. Flikken Game: De Achtervolging is the first game based on a Flemish TV series, and it has been developed using a 3D driving simulation engine and in cooperation with the actors and the series' production company. The gameplay combines education (driving rules, police guidelines, procedures and restrictions), and entertainment (solving tasks and crimes, free driving dynamics).When starting the game, you choose a partner from the TV series, and that determines the type of vehicle you will be driving (BMW R850RT motorcycle, Toyota Avensis Verso or Toyota RAV4). The amount of help and mistakes allowed are influenced by one of the three possible difficulty levels. When on patrol, you are contacted by Chief of Police Nauwelaerts who provides one of the fourteen missions at random. Tasks include a car jacking, a bank robbery, joyriding, drug deals, kidnapping, hold-ups, and hit-and-runs. After finishing all missions, the end-game becomes available.Your progress is measured in points based on your behaviour, and you lose points when you fail missions or neglect driving conduct. Stopping a car by shooting the tyres gives a better score than simply ramming it. While doing tasks, you can rely on a navigation system that consists of an intelligent compass and a map that shows the entire environment and hotspots. There are various camera options and you can add weather effects such as fog, or drive at night. While chasing a car, you can call for a helicopter and track criminals from the air.Most of the environment has been modelled after the city Ghent. There are various famous hotspots such as de Vrijdagsmarkt, het Gravensteen, the opera, a prison, parks, churches and well-known streets. You can practice driving in the tutorial or use a free-roaming mode without missions. Regardless of which mode, traffic offenses are shown at all times and are saved in the storyboard. |
| Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich | 2005-03-15 | Irrational Games LLC | Irrational Games Australia Pty. Ltd., Irrational Games LLC | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Freedom Force return in this sequel to 2002’s original superhero strategy game. Fighting Nuclear Winter’s menace in *snowy* Cuba, Freedom Force unwittingly allows the conquered Timemaster to fall into the wrong hands. The resulting time crisis twists reality around Freedom Force, plunging them into an alternate 1963 where the “original Axis of Evil” won WWII.Now Freedom Force must set things straight. Traveling through time and taking on the Axis stretches the team to its limits, but the Golden Age was a time of heroes as well as villains. Blackjack, Tricolour, and the Sky King are just some of the new heroes available to combat the combined menace of Fortissimo, Blitzkrieg, and Red Sun. Plus a revamped character creation module makes it easier to send homemade heroes into the fray.Retaining the original game's superhero squad-based strategy set-up, this sequel features cutting edge graphics, more characters, story-based multiplayer missions, and a Rumble Room where players can jump straight to the action.
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| Project: Snowblind | 2005-03-15 | Eidos, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | Spy / espionage | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Project: Snowblind is a first-person spy action game set in the year 2065. You play Lt. Nathan Frost, a cybernetically enhanced super-commando sent to Hong Kong to stop a terrorist plot to shut down all of the world's electronic systems. Player abilities include cyborg enhancements such as cloaking devices and ballistic shields, the ability to take control of robots and vehicles, and the typical FPS assortment of weapons. |
| The Sims Expansion Collection: Volume One | 2005-03-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Two of The Sims expansions packaged together:
The Sims: Unleashed
The Sims: House Party |
| The Sims Expansion Collection: Volume Three | 2005-03-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | 2 of The Sims expansions packaged together.The Sims: Vacation
The Sims: Superstar |
| Act of War: Direct Action (Collector's Edition) | 2005-03-16 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Collector's Edition includes:
Act of War: Direct Action
Black Atari T-Shirt
4 high quality postcards
DIN A4 keyboard reference card with Tips & Tricks on the back |
| Charm Tale | 2005-03-16 | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Charm Tale is an inlay puzzle game. The game relies heavily on the hand-drawn artwork that comprises all the backgrounds in it. Each small section of the bigger picture corresponds to a certain chapter in the fairy-tale story. Each of those sections features a specific creature or object which directly relates to the story itself. Poet and the nightingale, the girl and the knowing snail, schoolmistress, dolphins are some examples of the characters player will encounter through the course of the game, bringing it the flavor of an ongoing adventure.The gameplay remains typical to that of an inlay game. The player should correctly fit the crystalline shapes given to uncover the picture beneath them. The trick is to do that before the string will be overrun by shapes. Additionally player has an access to an array of power-ups that will either stop the string of figures or abandons some of them. Also player can take advantage of Chameleon Shot that will break the complex figure into a simple one. Together with crystalline shapes players will encounter a piece of jewelry that must be correctly assembled in the additional portion of the screen. Once done it will allow to upgrade various gameplay stats. For example, player can increase the number of score given or decrease the speed with which the figures are moving. |
| Tennis Titans | 2005-03-16 | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tennis Titans is an arcade tennis game. Those who have played some of Skunk Studios other games will recognize the characters, since many of them are taken from for example Varmintz. The controls for the game are quite simple to learn since the mouse is used entirely.In the game there are two modes of play. The first is the classic old school tennis where you play in best of three sets. The other one is Ring mode where each match takes two minutes. Here you have to score more points than your opponent by collecting rings. The rings comes in different colours and sizes that give a different amount of points. The ring mode also contain various power ups like a turtle that slows the ball down or the bomb that clears all the rings currently available. After beating an opponent you will unlock it and can use it later on. This is for both game modes. |
| Silent Hunter III | 2005-03-17 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft SRL | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | | Historical events, World War II | Naval / watercraft, Vehicular combat | | Real-time | Teen | Cristian Hriscu‑Badea | Windows | In Silent Hunter III players take command of a German U-Boat (submarine), operating in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. The player will lead a captain’s career that begins in a year of their choice, from 1939 to 1944, assigned to the flotilla of their choice, which influences the player's initial base and submarine type. After these choices, the dynamic campaign takes over, and time progresses at a steady pace, while the player and the AI wage war against Britain and its allies both on the sea and under it.There are four main types of U-Boat (II, VII, IX, and XXI) along with several variants of each sub. Along with the different sub types, there are different armaments that are able to be mounted on/in the submarine, such as the deck gun and the flak cannon, as well as differing types of torpedoes, hydrophones, engines, batteries, etc. Depending on what stage of the war they're in, players will have access to different levels of technology and submarine augmentations. Successes at sea will also determine the upgrades that players can make.Players can award their crew with medals and promotions, each of whom carry over and improve from mission to mission, provided that they survive (and that the submarine itself returns from its patrol). Sailors can specialize in certain elements of the submarine, and while they are working in those areas (e.g. torpedo rooms, engine rooms, etc), the performance of that part of the submarine will be supplemented by their skill. The crew will tire over the course of each 1-2 week patrol, and careful management is sometimes required so that manpower isn't lacking when the pressure is on. Death can come from aircraft in the sky, destroyers on the sea, or even the sea itself.Simply put, this game is a WW2 naval submarine simulator, supplemented with pixel shading graphics technology in an attempt to provide a more realistic ocean and game world. The simulation’s damage model is intricate, and depending on where players land their torpedoes and deck cannon fire (and what part of the ship that's target), they will be met with varying results, ranging from light flooding of the ship to completely splitting the ship in two. The plague of dud torpedoes is modeled as well, so even if a hit is scored, it might simply be met with a loud ‘clang’.As with most modern simulators, Silent Hunter III allows the player to enable or disable certain options that make parts of the game either easier or harder. These options range from the visual stability of the periscope in high seas, easier targeting, what cameras can be used (including forced first-person), even whether the submarine has an infinite amount of diesel fuel. Because of this ability to tweak the realism, more casual players need not be chased off by the heavy simulation elements. |
| Championship Manager 5 | 2005-03-18 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Beautiful Game Studios | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Football (soccer - damn yankees!) management simulation, for the PC. Player takes the role of a club manager responsible for the day to day running of a club in one of 26 countries. Duties include buying and selling players, arranging contracts, setting training schedules and organizing match day tactics. An interactive match day football simulation is at the heart of the game. |
| Five Magical Amulets | 2005-03-18 | Off Studio | Off Studio | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Five magical amulets is a fairy tale adventure game which tells a story of a young girl Linda, as she travels through the magical land of Nyron where she is eventually bound to fight an evil wizard who threatens to destroy the whole world.The game looks and feels like the classical point'n'click adventures of the 90's, which means the gameplay mostly consists of talking to various game characters, picking up and using items and solving puzzles.It's obvious that the King's Quest and Legend of Kyrandia series were a great inspiration for this title, but Five magical amulets adds modern high-resolution, animation-rich graphics, a fitting soundtrack and simplified mouse-only controls. |
| Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai: PC Memorial Box | 2005-03-18 | Harvest | Jaleco Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This box set contains the following discs:
Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai III
Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Fan Disc
Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai desktop accessory
Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai III Omake disc |
| Combat: Task Force 121 | 2005-03-20 | Groove Games | Direct Action Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | In Combat: Task Force 121, you are a member of the elite Task Force 121, the US military force responsible for the capture of Saddam Hussein. You are tasked with taking out a group of Marxist rebels intent on destabilizing the unnamed region. The single player game takes takes you through an oil rig, dense jungles, a refinery, shanty towns and an exotic island.This FPS is very much a multiplayer oriented affair. The game supports up to 16 players over Xbox Live, system link and Internet (PC). There are 10 weapons to use, 10 multiplayer maps to explore and seven modes of play: deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag, king of the hill, team king of the hill, last man standing, team last man standing and VIP escort. There is also an offline training mode that lets you compete in deathmatch against bots. The straightforward control scheme, well balanced weapons and interesting maps make for some quick, dirty and fun multiplayer action. |
| Operation Air Assault 1+2 | 2005-03-21 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Apache Longbow Assault
AH-64 Apache Air Assault
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| The Matrix Online | 2005-03-22 | SEGA of America, Inc., Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | Licensed | Martial arts | Massively Multiplayer | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | The universe of The Matrix goes massively multiplayer in this cyberpunk RPG. Players jack into one of the many districts inside the anonymous sprawling city of the Matrix, and perform missions for the three organizations trying to control the Matrix: Zion, the Machines, and the Merovingian. The trademark gravity-defying kung fu combat of the films shows its face often as players immerse themselves in the Wachowski Brothers' cyberpunk world.As a newly awakened "redpill," you can develop your character by swapping in and out certain abilities at will, made possible due to the fact that the Matrix is a computer, and spontaneous missions are available at literally any time with a simple call on your character's cellphone. The game also aims to allow even low level players to participate in and affect the story. |
| Cupid Bistro!! 2 | 2005-03-23 | Firedog Computer Entertainment Ltd. | Firedog Computer Entertainment Ltd., Success Corp. | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | Romance | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG), Managerial / business simulation, Visual novel | Fantasy | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Interface | Windows | Taking place in the same fantasy cooking world as the original Cupid Bistro, Cupid Bistro 2 puts players back in charge of a fantasy restaurant. Like in the last game, the player juggles three major gameplay elements. In the restaurant mode, players build out their own restaurants in an isometric view, with great control over layout and cuisine. Instead of being able to open separate restaurants, as in the last game, this time players can expand their restaurant vertically with the ultimate restaurant towering an entire nine stories. Players can also travel into town, where they can buy supplies for their restaurant or chat with friendly faces. There are eight different romanceable heroines, and players may be able to fall in love and pursue unique endings if they become close enough with one. In the adventure mode, players can set out to explore the world with their allies; they can being magical dishes with them, letting them take out monsters with flashy cooking magic. Players can collect special rare recipes on their adventures and bring them home, giving them new and exotic meals to attract customers.Although mostly identical, there is one small difference between the PS2 and Xbox versions: each features a unique cast member who isn't available on the other platform. The PS2 version includes Thyme Moscato, an androgynous young woman, while the Xbox version features the feminine Myrtle Raspberry. |
| Six Times the Fun | 2005-03-23 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Compilation package containing computer conversions of popular boardgames originally sold separately.Featured titles:Monopoly
The Game of Life
Clue: Murder at Boddy Mansion
Sorry!
Battleship
Risk II |
| Detonate | 2005-03-24 | | | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Detonate is a short game where the goal is to detonate as many boxes as possible in 50 seconds. Bullets fly from the bottom of the screen in a straight vertical line towards a box. The player needs to click on the box when the bullet passes through to detonate it. Each detonation is rewarded with points. The colour of the bullets determines the type of detonation. |
| Moorhuhn: Total 2 | 2005-03-24 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains 9 Moorhuhn games, from the classic shooters, over kart games even to a pinball game. The following games are included:Die Original Moorhuhn Jagd
Moorhuhn Winter-Edition
Moorhuhn: Der Fluch des Goldes (XS version)
Moorhuhn: Der Schatz des Pharao (XS version)
Moorhuhn X (XS version)
Moorhuhn: Wanted (XS version)
Moorhuhn Kart Extra (XXL version)
Moorhuhn Kart 2
Moorhuhn Pinball (XS version)In addition, the Moorhuhn offspring Moorfrosch is also included in its XXL version.(Note: XS versions are basic versions with reduced features compared to the full featured XL versions, while XXL versions are XL special editions with its own bonus material.) |
| Special Forces: Nemesis Strike | 2005-03-24 | Hip Games | Asobo Studio S.A.R.L. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Special Forces: Nemesis Strike is an action game in which you are a part of an anti-terrorist force whose sole purpose is to strike where striking is needed and put end to evil plans to destroy/take over the world.The player controls two different heroes. Night Owl is an infiltrations expert, and very good at accurate shooting and jumping from planes, which some of the missions require him to do. Raptor on the other hand, is a weapons expert. He is also more than adequate in hand-to-hand combat. These two take turns in their own levels on their way to destroy the evil NEMESIS group and retrieve the stolen scientific plans.Levels are always very action-oriented even when playing as Night Owl and there are very little sneaking to do, as the main focus is on action. The levels range from your basic submarine factories to hidden missile silos and so on, with a few outdoor levels here and there, in which one usually can drive one of the vehicles (jeeps, hovercrafts, boats, etc).There are multiple weapons to choose from. From knives to huge rocket launchers and solid turrets. The physics system is also implemented in the game and most of the time there is a nice amount of stuff and dudes flying around as you make havoc with havok. |
| Billy Blade: Temple of Time | 2005-03-25 | Nordic Softsales AB | Iridon Interactive AB, Nerlaska, S.L. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In this action game you play the role of Billy Blade who, with his best friend Kong the monkey, is searching for the legendary Temple of Time. When Billy finally finds the Temple of Time Kong accidentally gets trapped inside one of the time crystals that they were there to loot. It's now up to Billy to time travel in order to save his friend.As Billy you'll have to travel to Ancient Persia, The Ice Age, and The Caribbean and hack and slash your way to the top in order to fight The Guardians of Time. Each level challenges the player with platform jumping as well as sword fighting and also simple puzzle solving. Each level also includes various power-ups for the player to use in their quest as well as treasures to collect. |
| Elite Warriors: Vietnam | 2005-03-25 | Bold Games | nFusion Interactive LLC | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | War | Shooter | Cold War, Historical events | | | | Teen | | Windows | Elite Warriors: Vietnam is a squad-based shooter in the vein of nFusion's Deadly Dozen. The missions are based around the U.S. Army's classified Studies and Operations Group(SOG) actual missions in Vietnam as described in the book Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of SOG by Maj. John Plaster.Gameplay consists of you controlling your four man squad through eight missions. Rather than having each mission be a discrete level, the game features an RPG-like overhead map of the mission regions on which you plot a course between various points of interest, such as supply drops, mission goals, and extraction points. When your squad (represented by an icon) arrives at a point of interest and the level loads. |
| Gary Grigsby's World at War | 2005-03-25 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | 2 by 3 Games | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | The World at War system is a unique hybrid of a game that brings in classic area movement wargaming and couples it with production, repair, and research. Conquest and liberation is about the tools of production - population, resources, and factories - taken and held by military units that can be upgraded through a detailed yet simple research process.World at War brings to the player's PC a wide array of abilities and options when fighting for world domination or liberation during the titanic years of 1940-1945 and beyond. Taking the part of one or more of the world's foremost powers (Germany, Japan, China, Russia or the Western Allies), the player vies for strategic control over a wide variety of terrain,resources, and economic capacities. By manipulating the game's options, the player may select as simple or challenging a game as they wish. |
| Hellforces | 2005-03-25 | GMX Media | Orion | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In the future, after a doomed experience with alternative power sources (using the soul of human beings to extract energy), hell breaks loose on Earth. Baphomet, a demon from another world, uses the chaos to its advantage and starts a cult of Lucifer to open a portal to bring his evil master to our world. A bartender named Steven Geist is visited by his ex-girlfriend, who has become a drug addict. She asks him to lend her money, but he refuses, assuming that she wants to spend them on drugs. Shortly thereafter, Steven learns that the young woman is missing after having attended a meeting of the cultists. Stepping outside, Steven finds out that the city has been overrun by countless hordes of soulless zombies and demonic creatures, and he seems to be the only one determined to reach the source of evil.Hellforces is a traditional first-person 3D shooter. The gameplay consists of traversing fairly linear stages with various themes (city streets, sewers, laboratory, temple, etc.), fighting vast amounts of supernatural and human enemies. The game features twenty-four weapons types and diverse special equipment, including night vision, binoculars, movement sensors and more. There is also multiplayer support, using LAN. |
| Sudeki | 2005-03-25 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Climax Solent | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Set in a world where realms of dark and light co-exist on top of each other, Queen Luscia of Haskillia is troubled by invasions of the Aklorians. Four heroes with unique abilities: the swordsman Tal, sorceress Ailish, the shape-shifting huntress Buki and the powerful Elco, combine their forces to aid the queen while they make their way through the struggle between dark and light.You control the four characters as a team in a full 3D world with a third person view. Sudeki innovates through the use of realtime fighting scenes with combos, ranged attacks, evasion, the use of shields and Matrix-style effects including bullet-time. The characters are able to combine their forces to produce super-strike attacks. As usual, you can gain skills, spells and weapons to upgrade and add to as you go along and the plot is full of surprising interventions, betrayal and dangerous foes. |
| Togainu no Chi: Lost Blood | 2005-03-25 | Nitro+CHiRAL | Nitro+CHiRAL | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)A groundbreaking classic that feels as fresh now as the day it was released, Togainu no Chi ~Lost Blood~ is a gritty tour-de-force experience. Can you help Akira, numb from a lifetime of violence and isolation, forge the bonds he needs to survive a ruined Tokyo’s deadly underworld? Or will your decisions lead him down a darker path, deeper into chaos and debauchery? With cutting-edge artwork and a pulsing soundtrack, Togainu no Chi ~Lost Blood~ gets in deep under the skin. Fully voiced by the original Japanese VA cast. |
| 3D Tic-Tac-Toe | 2005-03-27 | | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | While playing against the computer, your job is to make three X in a row before the computer completes a row of O's. But you can also play against another person if you like.Unlike the classic Tic-Tac-Toe game, 3D Tic-Tac-Toe is a three-dimensional Tic-Tac-Toe game. (Instead of a 3*3 playfield, you play at a 3*3*3 playfield.)In addition, the game offers an adaptive AI. The more you play, the better the computer will be, as the computer learns per game you play. And if you don't want to play that often (thousands of games are required for a "good" AI), 3D Tic-Tac-Toe includes an AI training program, where the computer plays with itself. |
| Cold Fear | 2005-03-28 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Darkworks S.A. | Action | Behind view | | Horror | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | A team from the Coast Guard boards a nameless Russian Whaler lost in a storm.
Little do they know that a team of CIA operatives tried to do the same
shortly before, all of them ending up dead. Within minutes, the entire Coast
Guard team shares their fate, except one person, veteran USCG Tom Hansen.
Now it's up to him to discover which kind of creatures wiped out his
mates. Are there any survivors? What happened aboard this vessel?
How does its recent visit to the Russian scientific drilling platform
"Star of Sakhalin" fit in?Cold Fear is a typical console-style action adventure, similar to games
like the Silent Hill series. Most of the time players will be viewing
the action from a third person point of view, following the character
around as he utilizes an array of weapons to dispose of a variety of enemies.
Occasionally, a puzzle has to be solved or a cutscene (rendered with the game's
own engine) must be witnessed. Additional insight can be gained by reading the
various notes, letters and diaries that can be picked up every now and then. |
| TMNT: Mutant Melee | 2005-03-28 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee is a 3D fighting game based on the 2003 animated series. The combat system is similar to the earlier games based on that series, but unlike them, it is a competitive vs. fighting game. It is not a traditional one-on-one fighter, but an arena-based, four-player game - somewhat along the lines of Power Stone.There are two game modes. There is a single-player adventure mode in which you must guide one of ten characters (including six unlockables) through a series of 100 bouts that have you either beating up enemies, or, in a few cases, dodging bombs for a set amount of time. Completion of these portions unlocks the additional characters, bonus characters and stages for melee mode.Melee mode is the multiplayer portion. It has ten basic and twelve unlockable characters, and nine basic and fifteen unlockable stages. There are four game types which mirror popular types from first-person shooters. There is a deathmatchesque knock-out mode, where the goal is to score the most KOs. (Players respawn after being KOed.) There is also a Last Man Standing mode, where the goal is to be the only player left when the others are KOed, a King of the Hill, where you must stand on a glowing patch of ground and defend it from other players, and a Keep away mode, where you must hold a treasure chest and avoid other players who are trying to beat you up and take it. |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory | 2005-03-28 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Stealth | Asia, North America | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Set in the not too distant future, Japan creates the Information Self-Defense Force (I-SDF). The creation of this force is seen as a violation of international law and Japan's constitution, and it causes tensions to rise between Japan, China, and North Korea. In time, North Korea and China set up shipping blockades around Japan, and Japan calls on the United States for help, citing article nine of the Postwar Constitution. Throughout this time, Japan uncovers more and more information that the infamous Black Gold Day was caused by intentional information warfare attacks. As the U.S. prepares to launch the USS Clarence E. Walsh, Third Echelon sends the famous Sam Fisher on a mission that appears to be unrelated to the incident, but which may end up being the most important element of it all.In Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, players take on the role of field operative Sam Fisher for a third outing. Fisher has some new moves this time around, and he also has a new weapon always at his disposal; a combat knife. Utilizing the knife, Sam can either kill his enemies, or simply knock them out. At the end of each mission, the player is given an overview of how they did. The more people that the player spares, the better the success score.The single-player game is more open-ended than the past two Splinter Cell games. While players are still forced through some areas in a "tunnel" like fashion, with no choice of where to go, there are many instances where they can decide how they'd like to get there. For example, in the caverns, one can either kill two enemies and cross the bridge, or leave them alone, sneak along the side path, and climb a ladder at the end, bypassing the fight entirely, but still winding up in the same location.Throughout the game many different locations are visited, such as a lighthouse, a Japanese tea house, Seoul, New York City during an East Coast blackout, and other such exotic locales.The Spies-vs-Mercs multiplayer mode that appeared in the previous game has returned, with some new features. There are several new, large maps to play on, as well as updated versions from the past game. The PC, PlayStation 2, and Xbox versions feature this mode. |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (Limited Collector's Edition) | 2005-03-28 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This limited collector's edition of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory comes in a metal tin box and has a DVD with extra features including video diaries, Penny Arcade comics, music from the soundtrack, and more. |
| Clash'N Slash | 2005-03-29 | Enkord, Ltd. | Enkord, Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Clash'N Slash is a top-down, single screen game where the player needs to protect the planet from an onslaught of enemies by using a spaceship that shoots the enemies. There are different weapons and upgrades for the planet, for the spaceship and for the weapons that help to protect the planet and attack the enemies easily. Power-ups are dropped to use against enemies. There are 60 levels, 13 bonus levels and bosses. The game is entirely controlled by the mouse. Clicking and pointing is used to shoot and the ship will also slightly move in that direction, but it always stays in the vicinity of the planet. |
| The Great Machine | 2005-03-29 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | The Great Machine is an allegory for thousands of years of cyclical human history (lessons unlearned, doomed to be repeated) embroiled in continuous military warfare and conflict wherever there are people; the cruel teeth of its gears oiled with the blood of young idealists and its furnaces fueled with the defiled bodies of innocent non-combatants. The function of the machine is nothing beyond self-perpetuation of its own antisocial operation. For some reason warfare is a popular theme for games -- likely on account of a sanitized presentation, playing up the glamorous aspect of saving villages by destroying them. This game does not pull these punches.The player directs the irrelevant choices of a little man caught in the crossfire, compelled by circumstances to serve a tour of duty in his nation's military service and attempt to kill other men such as himself based on orders from his supervising officers, who must have good, albeit undisclosed, reasons for issuing such instructions. The protagonist is assigned the black operation of the assassination of a charismatic cult leader, "Los", whose group's non-aligned activities are undermining the efficiency of his unit's operations in the area.With some ambivalence, but eager to remain on the right end of the gun, the player heads out into the bleak brutality of a tormented world gone mad, its piebald absurdity underscored by ongoing nightmares and hallucinations either the result of supernatural forces or incipient shell-shock-induced dementia.Author Jonas Kyratzes takes a departure here from the Myst-style 1st-person graphical adventure genre informing his other works of philosophical gaming activism, instead presenting the effects (and the futility) of human agency in the face of the insanity of the trenches through an all-text multiple-choice Choose-Your-Own-Adventure idiom, yielding reams of moody reading -- occasionally breaking from prose into free verse to indicate the stark effects of sudden physical (and gradual mental and emotional) trauma -- between player input opportunities.Like Mercy before it, the gameplay here is entirely secondary to the story being told; the author is presenting a morality play about authority and how, as Mao said, all political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The player is not an author of this story, merely a player on its stage, endlessly going through the meaningless motions, between elusive sparks of genuine hope, of an existential nightmare from which one can't escape -- Orwell's "boot, stamping on a human face forever." |
| A Series of Unfortunate Events | 2005-03-30 | Oberon Media, Inc. | Oberon Games, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Inspired by the series of children's novels by Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events is a logic game full of traps, snakes, poison and other tricks. You have to stop Count Olaf's horrors with your brain and solve a lot of riddles. Some clues help you in solving tasks similar to the famous "Einstein's Riddle".The game board shows a number of cells containing various objects or characters. With the help of the graphically represented clues on the side of the board, you must use your deductive ability to discover what was located in which room at the time of the unfortunate event. The game has two modes, the second one being an easier version recommended for younger players.In Deduction Junction, solutions are found by way of excluding impossible combinations. Using the clues as a guide, players can remove objects or characters from rooms that they couldn't have possibly been in by right-clicking them. Once the player is sure about the position of one of the items, they can left-click them to enter their guess. All wrong guesses and exclusions count towards a limited number of allowed mistakes per round. When the location of all items has been found, an animation plays to show what happened during the unfortunate event.Swap Monster mode is played by swapping the positions of characters and items with one another until each is at their correct position. Clues are again available to deduct the positions, but higher difficulty levels limit the number of allowed tile swaps. If the correct solution has not been found by the last swap, the round is lost.There are 10 levels for both game modes, with 3 or 4 rounds each, respectively. Levels raise the difficulty by increasing the size of the house, and the number of objects and characters that were involved in the event. |
| Boyz Don't Cry | 2005-03-30 | L'Art | L'Art | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Contemporary, Europe | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Boyz Don't Cry is a Polish adventure game, a loose sequel to the popular Polish comedy movie "Chłopaki nie płaczą". The game concentrates on two characters from the movie, Fred and Grucha, a pair of gangsters. Near the end of the movie Fred was shot dead by Grucha during an argument. In the game, Fred is raised from the dead via divine intervention. He is given a second chance at life, and he must prove that he's not a completely worthless individual. He finds Grucha and reunites with him. Now both must work together to help Fred in proving his worth by helping the needy. Boyz Don't Cry is a classic point-and-click adventure game where the player controls Fred. The player can examine and manipulate various objects in the area, talk to characters, and collect items into the inventory for later use. Once Grucha starts to accompany Fred, he can be told to move aside if he is obscuring some important object. |
| Dynasty Warriors 4 | 2005-03-30 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Omega Force | Action, Strategy | Behind view | | | Arcade, Hack and slash | China (Ancient / Imperial), Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Take it to the battlefield and challenge multiple opponents at once as you fight against impossible odds. Developed by Omega Force, Dynasty Warriors 4 uses the most advanced melee-fighting engine to deliver the next evolution of tactical action.Ancient grudge and new mutiny bring an end to the four hundred year reign of the Han dynasty. The once noble empire is divided into three warring states. Dynasty Warriors 4 covers a one hundred year cycle, from civil unrest to the reunification of China under the Jin dynasty.Fourth in its series, this game's deep storyline incorporates a host of new features, character depth and insight into the turbulent events of the Three Kingdoms era. Can you succeed as a warrior of honor and loyalty in the face of adversity? Your obligations to lords and allies guide your path as you fight to unify a divided empire. |
| LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game | 2005-03-30 | Eidos Interactive, Inc., Giant Interactive Entertainment, Ltd. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game allows players to relive the events of the Star Wars prequel movie trilogy (Episodes I, II and III) in LEGO form. Players take control of over thirty characters to play through key moments from The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. The storyline includes most of the important events in the movies, omitting or adding a few sequences. The presentation of these events, however, is humorous, with all the characters and environments made out of LEGO bricks. Objects would often break apart like physical LEGO bricks, characters have comical expressions, and all dialogue from corresponding events from the movies is replaced by gestures.The basic gameplay is action with platforming and light puzzle-solving elements. Players navigate two or more characters through stages, each representing a chapter in a movie. These chapters must be unlocked in a plot-dictated order, eventually completing the entire movie. Characters use different weapons (blasters, lightsabers, crossbows, etc.), and each character type also possesses specific abilities. For example, Jedi can use the force to lift, combine, and destroy objects; robots can unlock encrypted doors; other characters may use a grappling hook to access higher platforms, etc. Some of these abilities overlap (i.e. a problem can be solved in more than one way), though often a specific type of character is required to deal with the situation. In the single-player mode, one player can switch between the available characters; in the co-op mode, two players navigate at least two different characters.A few levels involve players piloting aircraft, fighting hostile vehicles, overcoming obstacles or destroying targets on the ground. The Free Mode allows players to access previously visited stages with any characters they have unlocked. This may lead to a discovery of previously inaccessible areas. Various collectible items and LEGO studs (which serve as currency) can be gathered during exploration. Characters cannot permanently die in the game; when a character is killed, he or she only loses collected LEGO studs. |
| The White Chamber | 2005-03-31 | Studio Trophis | Studio Trophis | Adventure | Diagonal-down | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | the white chamber is a sci-fi horror point and click adventure game. It features unique anime-styled graphics and a dark atmospheric soundtrack. You control a young woman from a 3rd person view in a manner similar to most typical adventure games. You collect items and interact with the computers and panels scattered throughout. As she explores the strange space station she finds herself trapped in you must solve puzzles and overcome obstacles in her way. Throughout this horrific ordeal the mystery of what is going on around her slowly unravels. |
| Tribal Trouble | 2005-03-31 | Oddlabs ApS | Oddlabs ApS | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | A bunch of drunken Viking raiders have ended up stranded on a group of tropical islands, much to the annoyance of the local Natives. You can either help the natives drive the Vikings away or conquer these islands in your name as the Vikings.Tribal Trouble is faster paced than your normal RTS with its added simplicity. Each game takes place on a randomly generated map and resource gathering is as simple as assigning the number of men you want to automatically go out and collect that resource for you. There are only three types of buildings on offer with more of the game focused on the actual combat. |
| 1Key Minigolf | 2005-04-01 | Generation Stars | Generation Stars | Sports | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In this game you play miniature golf just with one button. You aim, set precision and power of the shot only using the space bar at your keyboard.After starting a course, your player is rotating clockwise. Press space to set the direction. Now the precision meter becomes active, press space when the green spot is highlighted. Finally, the power meter becomes active, setting the power of the shot. Once you press space here you release the ball. Repeat this until you put the ball in and the new course will load.All in all, there are 18 courses in the game. |
| City Trader | 2005-04-01 | bGame Studios | | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | City Trader is an adaptable freeware clone of the classic Monopoly game. As in the actual board game, the players are able to buy/sell/mortgage/unmortgage properties and purchase houses & hotels. Of course, the well known Chance & Community Chest cards are also present.The game can be adapted via a in-game window, which saves the customizations in a editable database.
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| DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold | 2005-04-01 | Caravel Games | Caravel Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Beethro Budkin returns to King Dugan's Dungeon with his nephew Halph, to explore a previously inaccessible passage in level 10. This passage leads deep down into an expanding underground empire. More importantly, it leads to more puzzles to solve, more monsters to smite, and more secrets to discover!Core gameplay is unchanged from the original turn-based DROD. Each level to conquer is made up of several connected rooms, and each room is filled with monsters, doors, and environmental obstacles. To clear a room, you must destroy all of the monsters in it, which will open doors that give access to more rooms. Your primary weapon for splattering monsters is your sword, and careful maneuvering of it is necessary to kill them in a timely manner while preventing any from attacking from your vulnerable sides or rear.DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold adds several new monsters, such as Golems, Wubbas, Living Mud, and the seemingly invincible Slayer. In addition, it features a new hi-res graphics engine, characters with fully voiced dialogue, and CaravelNet, a server that ranks players' efficiency and speed of clearing the rooms, and hosts dozens of user-created levels which can be downloaded in-game and played. |
| Dora the Explorer: Adventures 3 Pack | 2005-04-01 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Dora-compilation contains the following three games:
Dora the Explorer: Animal Adventures
Dora the Explorer: Backpack Adventure
Dora the Explorer: Lost City Adventure |
| Hühner Frikassee | 2005-04-01 | | 3dsoftart Game Design | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Hühner Frikassee is a Moorhuhn variant where the player shoots at chickens which walk and fly over the screen. More far away chickens give more points. There are also aircrafts which drop bombs - shooting the bombs give points, letting them through gives negative points.The player is stationary and can move his view 360°. He uses a shotgun which has to be reloaded regularly. After a limited amount of time (can be extended through bonus items) the game ends - the goal is to get as much points as possible.There are also two other levels: Chicken Catapult where, similar to skeet shooting, a certain amount of chickens get catapulted in the air and the player has to shoot them. The second mode is Chicken Bowling where the player is on some kind of bowling range and needs to hit the chicken in a specific order. |
| Kazaki II: Napoleonovskie vojny (Kollekzionnoe izdanie) | 2005-04-01 | GSC World Publishing | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is the Russian Collector's Edition of Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars. It includes:
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
Manual
Steel canteen with Cossaks II engraving
T-shirt with Napoleon
Illustrated encyclopedia |
| Mordillo's Jungle Fever | 2005-04-01 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | The main character of this game has been invented by the famous cartoonist Guillermo Mordillo. The game's objective is for the hero, a typically Mordillo comic figure in a Tarzan outfit to reach his lover who is waiting for him in the green depths of the jungle.The player has to swing the character through 30 levels from liana to liana. But his way is far from safe. The inhabitants of the jungle might be cute-looking, but the character should avoid them at all costs. As can be expected in a jungle, one encounters monkeys, giraffes and a nasty crocodile.
After successfully meeting up with his Jane, they both return to their tree house.Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Group Setting: African
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Apr 30, 2005
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| SkiFree | 2005-04-01 | | | Action, Sports | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | SkiFree is the standalone version of the game originally included as a part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3 (1991) for Windows 3.x, and later made available separately for Windows 3.x. It was then re-compiled for 32-bit Windows systems when the author found back the source code and released it for free through his website.Players control a skier on a downhill slope on a mountain. From the start, three types of courses can be selected, but these can also be ignored. In Slalom, the skier needs to pass flags on the right side and makes his way down to the finish. Tree Slalom is identical, but has a lot of trees on the course. The final one is Freestyle were points are scored by performing jumps and doing tricks in the air, followed by a safe landing.The skier can be steered using the keyboard or the mouse. It is also possible to jump, but the biggest ones are achieved with the help of rocks, bumps and rainbow-coloured pads. After the finish, the skier can move on until he is caught by the abominable snow monster. There are various obstacles, such as trees, snowboarders, rocks and more. |
| TKKG: Film ab! | 2005-04-01 | Tivola Publishing GmbH | Web Production, The | Adventure | | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | TKKG: Film ab! Is a detective adventure for children. TV star Mikey offered weird candy to Gaby in the school yard. Were they drugs? Play as the 4 detectives and question witnesses, find clues and hints and solve the case. |
| Vice City: Manhattan | 2005-04-01 | Fusion Software | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Vice City: Manhattan is in the tradition of GTA series and Driver, but while in those you were confined to only one side of the law, in this game you can choose to play a cop from NYPD called Angel or Yasmin, a psycho criminal. The story behind these characters are different and told by episodes. Manhattan Chase mixes some 3rd person foot action with ultra-violent car chases, following typical missions of race against time. You have to destroy items, destroy other cars or follow and capture targets. There are 6 modes available for multiplayer and 2 instant-action modes (without the story of the default single player mode).Unlike GTA (and getting some inspiration from Twisted Metal and others), Manhattan Chase offers power-ups and weapons for your vehicle, including missiles, mines, machine guns and airstrikes.The game soundtrack is featured by the gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy, from their album "Musique". |
| Robotragedy | 2005-04-03 | PPA Entertainment | PPA Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Robotragedy is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse. As the robot Toby X the player takes control of him. He adores the famous robotic singer Robotinna and is a big fan of her. One day his masters are out for a dance in the SpaceClub and left Toby X without an access card to the living room, so he can't watch Robotinna on TV which is a robotragedy. Later in the game he manages to open the room and the TV broadcasts that Robotinna is kidnapped. Toby X wants now to track down the kidnappers and rescue her.Toby X can exchange items via a tractor ray. He is also equipped with extendable hands to manipulate objects such as buttons. During the game there are teleporter stations which allows teleportation to different places. |
| Insect Invade II | 2005-04-04 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Insect Invade II is an action game where the player controls a naked man who is trying to defend himself from an onslaught of purple, tentacled monsters that are falling from the sky. The man can walk left and right and jump with arrow keys, and his weapon is a machine gun, aimed and fired with the mouse; he can also shoot grenades. Power-ups appear occasionally from slain enemies; after collecting, they remain active for a few seconds. The power-ups include better weapons, "weak enemies" that makes the monsters die in one hit, and "grenade craze" which allows the player to shoot grenades faster. Killing a monster while it's in mid-air with certain weapons increases the longevity of current power-ups. A contact with a monster kills the hero instantly, and there is not set goal to the game other than racking up as many kills as possible. |
| Call of Duty: Deluxe Edition | 2005-04-05 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes the game Call of Duty and its expansion pack Call of Duty: United OffensiveThe US release also includes:
Official BradyGames COD Strategy guide (pdf format)
Excerpts from Official BradyGames COD: United Offensive Strategy Guide
Official COD soundtrack |
| Chris Moneymaker's World Poker Championship | 2005-04-05 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Boston Animation Ltd., ImaginEngine Corp. | Gambling | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Chris Moneymaker's World Poker Championship is a poker game that lets the player play eight different kind of poker games with virtual money. The game can be played against AI players or on-line through GameSpy servers.Players can create their own avatar, but the game plays with a top-down perspective so much isn't seen of the avatar. Included is also a very basic tutorial about how poker is played. |
| Luxor | 2005-04-05 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Luxor, you journey through Egypt while battling Set to help Isis save the land.A level in Luxor consists of a pyramid and a long path. On this path, scarabs, Set's minions, are moving long groups of different colored spheres toward the pyramid. Your mission is to hinder those scarabs from completing their task. For this purpose, you have a winged sphere shooter with which you fire your own spheres into the queues of the moving scarabs.When you create a group of 3 spheres of the same color, they vanish. As soon as all spheres of a scarab are removed, you have destroyed this minion. Either when you destroy one of Set's minions, or you take too long to destroy it, another minion with lots of new spheres enters the screen, heading for the pyramid. Once you have destroyed all spheres in a level, you proceed to the next one. But when a scarab's spheres reach into the pyramid, you have lost a life.The game offers 88 levels, which are spread over 12 stages throughout ancient Egypt. When you progress through the levels, you will start with just one pyramid, but this will change over time, and you must play against two (or even more) scarab groups simultaneously.To help you, and make the game more interesting, there are plenty of power-ups available, like fireballs and lightning bolts for destroying multiple spheres, stopping, slowing down, and reversing the movement of all enemy scarabs for a few seconds, precision shots (with an aiming help), and some others. |
| Red Shark 2 | 2005-04-05 | IDDK Group | G5 Software LLC, HBM Ltd | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | War | Shooter | Europe, World War II | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | Red Shark 2 is a simulation game where the player pilots a high-tech helicopter, sent back in time to World War Two in order to prevent undesirable changes to history. The game pits the player against various fascist military forces in Europe, over the Pacific and in the Mediterranean regions. The helicopter is equipped with a powerful cannon and missiles, both normal and homing ones. The game is played in third person perspective, with a number of cinematic camera angles available. The player controls the helicopter's direction and aims with the mouse. |
| SWAT 4 | 2005-04-05 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Irrational Games LLC | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | Crime | Shooter, Tactical shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | In the fourth game of the venerable SWAT series, you play as a Special Weapons and Tactics element commander at a fictional police department. Using realistic SWAT tactics, you must command your four man team to deal with high risk situations while minimizing casualties. But this is not a game for the itchy trigger finger. You must follow strict rules of engagement, and shooting a suspect before he or she points a gun at someone will cost you.Using a variety of weapons, such as standard assault rifles or less lethal weapons ranging from beanbag shotguns to Tazers to modified paintball guns that shoot pepper spray balls, you can maneuver the two man squads that make up your five man (including you) element independently or together, as well as get useful recon from snipers (who you can control through a picture-in-picture interface). The game has a single player career mode as well as an Instant Action mode that generates a random mission using an existing map. You can also customize objectives for a single player mission. Multiplayer includes team-based SWAT vs. suspects games as well as cooperative play with up to five players. |
| Tradewinds 2 | 2005-04-05 | Shockwave | Sandlot Games | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Naval / watercraft | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The sequel to Tradewinds, Tradewinds 2 shifts the geographic setting from the Far East to
the Caribbean Sea in the year 1700. Once again, the object of the game is to select one of several different pre-generated characters and then travel to the various port cities of the region, trading and adventuring along the way.Ports have a number of locations to visit. The Governor’s Mansion is the place to go to obtain important missions and then collect cash and item rewards for success. The Tavern is a good place to find information about prices and to pick up general tips on gameplay. Buy low and sell high at the Marketplace, where a number of legal and contraband goods (cotton, arms, sugar, tobacco, wine, etc.) are available. The Bank allows you to store your hard-earned gold in a safe place while earning a low rate of interest, whereas the Moneylender will let you borrow funds at a higher interest rate. Acquire the Warehouse in your home port if you want more space to store your goods. Pay the Shipwright if you want to get repairs, buy ammunition, or purchase a new ship. Not every port has every type of location, though, and you do not know what locations a port has until you have visited it.Random sea battles against pirates will frequently occur when sailing between ports. These battles take place in real time. Selectively target enemy vessels with a variety of different ammo types (standard, chain shot, firepot, etc.) until all enemy vessels, or your vessel, has sunk. You can attempt to flee and avoid fighting, but retreat means you will not receive the treasure money that is awarded for victory at sea.Missions send you from one port to another, and sometimes you will need to visit several ports before a mission can be completed. New ports, goods, and missions become available as your career progresses. Successful completion of a character’s story unlocks a special playable character. A character-creation mode can also be unlocked for further replay. |
| Gamino | 2005-04-06 | UnikGame | UnikGame | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Gamino is an original puzzle game. You'll have to match colors triangular dominoes and explode them to go to next level.Use the right mouse button, to rotate dominoes and the left one to drop them close to another one.Some special dominoes will help you like "bombs" or "multi up", while others will try to lead you towards the final "game over".
Drop dominoes one after another trying to match them with same colors, then initiate a chain reaction by completing a hexagon!You'll win the game if you make enough explosions to fill an "energy-meter" or if you destroy all colors dominoes from the game area.You'll lose the game, if you can't drop dominoes anymore or if "energy-meter" becomes empty... |
| ObsCure | 2005-04-06 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc., MC2-Microïds | Hydravision Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | | | | | | Mature | Cinematic camera | Windows | Something is very wrong at Leafmore High. The entire school has turned dark and foreboding, strange sounds echo in the halls, and several people have mysteriously gone missing. One group of brave teens decides to find out what's going on... no matter what. They have no idea what kind of horrors have gripped the school and everyone in it. In the darkness, the evil has power... but add light and they can be defeated. Will they survive the night ahead?In Solo Mode, choose from 5 characters with different personalities, aptitude and perspectives. Change between them at any time (as long as they are still alive).The player can also select a second person (as a "teammate") to accompany the player by going to a "gathering point" in the game. At any time during play, the player can switch control between the first character and the second, thereby accessing their special talents.There are several basic types of weapons used in the game: contact (a baseball bat for instance), pistols, guns, and more exotic, high-powered "special" weapons. Ammunition is specific for each gun or pistol and is not interchangeable. Weapons can be swapped between characters and ammunition found is stored in the group's reserves for sharing amongst them.The player will also be gathering up first-aid kits, discs (for saving games), keys, screwdrivers and other tools. Other objects are required for solving riddles within the game. |
| The Great Stroke-Off! | 2005-04-07 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This game is made with the AGS engine and is an ATC (Adventure Team Challenge) Winner.Ned has taken on a summer job at his Uncle Ernie's "Stickz & Ballz"amusement park. Ned's uncle recited half of a proverb to him and promised him a promotion if he can discover the remaining half. So Ned sets off completing different tasks around the amusement park while searching for the missing half of the proverb.On the way, Ned is confronted by opposing teams who are trying to win "The Great Stroke-Off Competition". Ned must choose which team to side with which in turns will determine how the game unfolds. |
| Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition | 2005-04-08 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | 3D People s.r.o. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Mature | Isometric | Windows | Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition takes place in a land where religion is illegal and the Inquisitors do their best to destroy it. Ever since the GodSlayer sword was used to destroy the God of the Land, religion became taboo. In the years following, the sword was used by the descendants of the man who slew the God of the Land to control the lands. Through sacrifices to appease the hunger for blood that the sword had, the descendants worked to rule through tyranny. Finally, these descendants were defeated and the sword held in safe-keeping by monks.This is where your story begins. You are marked with a God Symbol (a mark some people have from birth that marks them as possibly able to become a mage) and are a female Inquisitor mage. You were sent to destroy the GodSlayer sword, but when you arrive, it has been stolen. So begins your main quest... to capture and destroy the sword.The game is a typical isometric RPG, but with many features not seen in other games of this genre. Every equipable item has an attunement. If you use the item long enough, you will learn that attunement. Attunements can be magical abilities, or skills. In order to learn all the attunements, you will need to use all the items you find. This makes it important to actually use everything you find rather than sticking to a single weapon/armor combination.Your character has a limited number of attunement slots that can be active at one time. As you gain levels, this number will increase somewhat. It will be up to you to decide what attunements you want to have active at any one time. For example, if you plan to use a Fire-imbued sword, you will want to use an attunement to add fire damage to your sword. Having an active attunement to add lightning damage (air magic) to your weapon will not help as the magic types are different.One of the most important features of the game is the Dreamworld. This alternate world can only be accessed for short periods of time (unless you are using the Dreamform attunement). In this world, you will find bonuses that will help your stats, as well as dangers. Ghosts are found in this world, as are werewolves and other creatures. Most creatures and people can only be seen in either the real world or the dreamworld, and not both. This can make switching between the worlds a way to escape danger.As you gain experience, you will want to improve your main skills (melee, range attack, magic, etc). These skills start out at an F (think school grades), and can be improved from there for every 100 improvement points. You will have the opportunity to improve 800 points worth when you create your character.One final unique feature to mention is that healing items never disappear. However, you will lose maximum HP every time you use them. The maximum HP will remain lost until you rest at a campfire, inn, or your house (if you bought it).Expect your actions to have consequences as the game reacts to your actions. Choose the path of good or evil and expect to have different reactions from others. Your path will determine the ending to the game, from 6 different endings.The gameplay is similar to other games of this genre. You will need to explore the world around you, talk to NPCs, improve your stats and skills, and battle enemies in real time. |
| HuntersLunch | 2005-04-08 | Alpha Secret Base | Alpha Secret Base | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | The wastelands are a dangerous place, filled with wolves and monsters ready to turn anyone foolish enough to venture there into a handy meal. A young girl named Natsuki has ended up stranded there after her buggy broke down, and must now navigate the rough terrain and find a path to safety.HuntersLunch is a puzzle game similar to classics like Adventures of Lolo and Sokoban, and is a sequel to SummerVacation. Each single-screen stage is a puzzle where you must reach the goal, and is filled with various tools to help you, terrain to traverse, and enemies to get in your way. You can only cross rocky terrain using a buggy, but can only cross spiked land on foot; rocks can be destroyed with hammers, bridges can let you cross water, and drums can be pushed around to block attacks or fill holes dug with a shovel.The game includes 30 different puzzles to solve, and will save a replay of your most efficient solution for each puzzle. There are also five different BGM tracks to choose from, and two characters to play as, as well as Natsuki's original outfit from SummerVacation. |
| ATV Mudracer | 2005-04-10 | Denda Multimedia BV | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Off-roading, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | In this game you have to race against 5 other 'world champion' quad drivers, in locations all over the world. Goal of the game is to earn enough points during the races, to become 'the ultimate world champion'. The follow locations are present in "ATV Mudracer":
France
United Kingdom
Germany
Spain
Russia
China
Brazil
United StatesThere are several quads available in the games: they differ in color and characteristics. "golden turkey", "grass mower" and "black knight" are some of the available quads. |
| Elite Heli Squad | 2005-04-10 | Denda Multimedia BV | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Action | | | | | | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | In Elite Heli Quad you control one of the two helicopters that are available in the main menu. One is a quick but weak helicopter, the other is slower but stronger. The game feels like an arcade game, since you have to shoot down countless attack waves from all types of enemy fighters and bombers. Bombers are the most dangerous ones, since they are hard to shoot down (require a special homing rocket) and destroy anything on their path. Bonuses can be picked up by shooting silly zeppelins that float nearby. Goal of the game is to accomplish all levels, to survive as long as possible and to get the best high score.
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| Lifeboat: Story of Cedrick - The Directors Ultimate Super Cut Edition | 2005-04-10 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Lifeboat: Story of Cedrick - The Directors Ultimate Super Cut Edition is a free 2D point-and-click adventure. You control the game with the mouse and have access to an inventory. The cruise-liner HMS Titanic II gets hit by a meteor and sinks. On board is the dreaded pirated Black Peter. After the accidents he finds himself floating alone on a lifeboat and trying to survive. The game also has some sexual content in it. This is an extended version of the original game Lifeboat. It features longer gameplay, more content and a new ending. |
| Nancy Drew Mega Mystery 4 Pack | 2005-04-10 | Adventure Company, The | | Adventure, Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes 4 Nancy Drew games, packaged in an oversized outer box containing the original boxed releases inside.The games included are:Secrets Can KillStay Tuned For DangerTreasure in the Royal TowerThe Final Scene |
| Twinxoid | 2005-04-10 | TwinxSoft | TwinxSoft | Action, Simulation | | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | TWINXOID is the new arkanoid game. The main difference of any other arkanoids is that it is constructed as a multiplayer game.This species of arkanoid lets a player get real sportive opposition against his or her computer AI or for another player. Two players have a championship in 60 levels in this case. To overcame each level of Twinxoid, the player needs to reach 100% board control breaking bricks as much as it is possible or defeat the opponent. To accelerate the process, players may collect bonuses in the inventory and then apply them.At the same time, the player cannot win if his or her opponent is not attacked by bonuses. It is necessary to hammer the rival with bonuses especially if the opponent is the computer AI with high grade difficulty. |
| Knights: Learn to Fly | 2005-04-11 | PLAY-publishing.com | Mirage Interactive sp. z o.o. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Knights: Learn to Fly is a 3D action game based on the Polish cult comic book Kajko i Kokosz. The player can control one of the two characters: small and fast but weak Kajko or big and slow but strong Kokosz. The mission is to find The Magic School of Fly and pass a broomstick flying exam by controlling Mirmił. The game is divided into nine locations full of dangerous bandits, traps and other obstacles. Finishing the game requires constant fighting with a numerous enemies and high jumping skills, starting from simple rock shelves through advanced moving stone mountains lifting up falling over the abyss. |
| Painkiller: Gold Edition | 2005-04-11 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This gold edition includes:
Painkiller (base game)
Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell (expansion pack)The game comes on one DVD and is slipstreamed up to patch 1.61. The bonus content includes:
Making-of video with developer interviews
Title track music video by rock band Mech
Trailer of Painkiller: Hell Wars |
| Speedy Lander | 2005-04-11 | Generation Stars | Generation Stars | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In Speedy Lander you have to successfully land (without crashing) your lander on all three pods and achieving transmission height to submit the data back to Earth.After starting the game, the lander is in free fall 500 meters above the ground. Now you have to activate the parachute, let it decelerate, drop the parachute and use your brake thrusters to safely land on the ground. You have to start and navigate the lander to land on each of the 3 pods nearby (if you didn't already landed on one). At the pods, the lander is refilled and collects data at the same time. After all data is collected and a minimum amount of fuel is refilled, you have to achieve transmission height by reaching 100 meters again. After that, the game completes. A highscore will record how fast you have completed your mission.If you run out of fuel or land to hard, you crash and the mission ends. |
| Oasis | 2005-04-12 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Mind Control Software, LLC | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Oasis is a strategy/puzzle game depicting the journey of an Egyptian prince to unite the fragmented kingdoms of his father's domain. Players explore the sorcerous fog that has descended on these kingdoms, uniting lost cities to fend off barbarian hordes.Searching the kingdom uses a mechanic similar to Minesweeper, but with the difference that there are no harmful clicks. Each click removes fog from one space and reveals some information about what may be found in nearby spaces. Alternatively, once the player has removed enough fog to reveal useful terrain features, they may use a turn to instead build roads between cities, search them for hidden treasures, or take other actions to prepare for the barbarian hordes.When the player runs out of turns, the barbarians arrive (from where?) and attack. The player will have ten seconds to move people to the nearest city (if the player built the right roads!) and then it's out of your hands. Victory depends on having made the right preparations. So while every click on the map is good, they may not all be equally good for your current situation.The full version of the game includes the Pharaoh's Challenge, a selection of campaign games each telling a different story, and each using different variant rules on the basic game. |
| Food Force | 2005-04-14 | United Nations World Food Programme | Deepend, Playerthree Limited | Educational, Simulation | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | When the island nation of Sheylan is racked by famine and civil war, it's up to the United Nations World Food Programme to feed the hungry and lead the country back to self-sufficiency. A series of six missions puts the the player in charge of the relief effort:
Scout refugees in a helicopter over the island country.Create nutritious food packages based on health guidelines and available monies.Get in the back of a jet and drop food supplies by air.Buy food from different countries and use the correct shipping lanes to get the food to Sheylan.Guide a convoy of trucks to a refugee camp, stopping only to deal with environmental hazards and rebel fighters.Finally distribute the food to different sections of the community to encourage schooling, health services, and restoration of the infrastructure. |
| Genius: Biology | 2005-04-15 | Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co. oHG | Radon Labs GmbH | Educational, Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Genius: Task Force Biologie is an educational strategy game in which you are an UN-contractor. Your mission is to renaturate desolated landscapes in Africa, Indonesia, America, on the Mediterranean and Germany. To accomplish this, you direct a task force of scientists. After the renaturation you have to build up an agricultural production company, with many structures, that uses the natural resources wisely and researches the biotechnological progress.The game mixes real-time 3D strategy with a lot of educational elements. It features a career mode in which you grow from a rookie to a world scientist. You get about 100 special exercises in biology and learn skills such as microscopy, dissection and rearing. This way, you learn a lot about biology while having fun. |
| Kar Racing | 2005-04-15 | Cosmi Corporation | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Kar Racing is a single player race game in which the player drives a car around a track competing with other AI drivers.There are ten cars with different characteristics to choose from, none of which are named/branded models. There are circuits in Sant Ander, Spain; Lyon, France; Moderna, Italy; Juneau, Alaska and 'The USA'.The player can customise the number of laps per race and the number of AI opponents. They can also select alternate camera angles via the function keys.When the race is over the game automatically replays the action. The game is keyboard controlled but a mouse is needed to use the menu and change the game configuration |
| Snowy: Treasure Hunter | 2005-04-15 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Aliasworlds Entertainment | Action, Puzzle | | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Upon his return from his recent adventures in space, Snowy The Bear decides that he's developed quite an interest in collecting treasures. Grabbing hold of a pick-axe, Snowy will travel to three different worlds in order to scamper around platforms and outwit enemies while collecting plenty of treasures. If he's lucky he'll outrun and outsmart the Cyclopses, Barbarians, and Mummies that are guarding these said treasures. But Snowy shouldn't fear because he's also going to get help from explosives and traps which will aid him in his quest.
The first in the Snowy: Treasure Hunter platform puzzler series of games has the titular bear travel to three worlds with distinct graphic themes; an Egyptian world, a Greek mythological world and the final Norse inspired world. Each of these worlds presents twenty different levels with an additional ten levels devoted to training. There is also another difficulty level and additional levels for kids. The object for Snowy on each level is to collect all the treasures, some of which are buried beneath platforms while avoiding the enemies. Other things to avoid are re-filling pits that Snowy will dig, falling into his own mechanical traps, and, of course, getting stuck in dead-end. The player must use all the tricks in his/her arsenal to make sure Snowy doesn't get stuck while reaching for that last piece of treasure. Some levels also need the player to locate a key before moving onto the next level. |
| World Snooker Championship 2005 | 2005-04-15 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | Blade Interactive Studios Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | World Snooker Championship 2005 continues the World Championship Snooker series. Like its predecessors, it features professional players; this time the 100 top players from all over the world, such as Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Matthew Stevens and Paul Hunter. Authentic locations, including the Crucible Theatre, from the 2004/2005 season are represented in the game. There are multiple game modes to play with, including an unlockable League of Champions which allows you to replay past events. As a bonus you can also play Pool, Billiards and Bar Billiards. The game enables you to create your own character.Commentary in the game is provided by Steve Davis, John Virgo and John Parrott. |
| Still Life | 2005-04-16 | Adventure Company, The | Microïds Canada Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Mature | | Windows | Two separate murder cases, in two separate lifetimes -- so alike .. so similar in the smallest of details that one could believe they were performed by the same person. Impossible! One of the crimes took place 75 years ago, while the other just happened! Is someone copying an old serial killer .. or is it remotely possible that the same murderer is still alive and committing more crimes?Victoria McPherson is an FBI agent investigator based in Chicago. While visiting her father and talking about their family, they discuss her grandfather, former P.I. Gustav McPherson (from Post Mortem). Finding Gus' diary in an old attic trunk, she picks it up and begins to read ...In this point and click mystery adventure, you'll play both Victoria in modern Chicago as well as her grandfather, Gus, in Prague in the 1920s. Meet and talk with over 20 characters, explore Chicago and Prague and solve puzzles while investigating in two time periods. |
| Biniax | 2005-04-17 | | | Action, Puzzle | | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Biniax is a very simple arcade/logic game with unique gameplay features.The gaming field is a 5x7 grid, filled partially with pairs of elements. Every pair consists of two different elements combined of four possible. You control the box with an element inside. You can move around the field on empty spaces. You can also remove pairs of elements, if you have the same element as the one of the pair. When you remove the pair, your element becomes the other element of the pair and the score is increased. The gaming field scrolls down and your goal is to stay as long as possible on the field. At the last line, if you can't take the pair in front of you, the scrolling will move your block out and the game will end. |
| Democracy | 2005-04-17 | Positech Computing Ltd. | Positech Computing Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Democracy is a no-frills political simulation game, focusing simply on the tactics of being the elected leader of a country. With the power of your law-making ability, you must balance the budget, improve your country, and please as many voters as you can in order to get consistently re-elected. But problems can ensue quickly if some people don't agree with you. The game is easily moddable by editing or creating text files. |
| Close Combat: First to Fight | 2005-04-18 | 2K Games, Inc. | Destineer Studios | Action | 1st-person | | | Tactical shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Close Combat: First to Fight is a modern military first-person shooter. The player leads a marine fireteam in a fictional campaign taking place in Beirut, Lebanon. At certain times in the single player game, it's possible to call in mortar strikes and air strikes. Enemies have a psych-model similar to what is in the classic RTS Close Combat series, which causes them to hunker down, or even flee when they take enough fire.The game features four player co-op through the entire single player campaign, as well as multiplayer deathmatch. Available weapons are: M16A4, M203 Grenade Launcher, M249 SAW, M590 Shotgun, M67 Frag Grenade, M8HC Smoke Grenade, AK-74, SVD Sniper Rifle, M1911 Pistol, RPG-7, and RPK. |
| FireFly Studios' Stronghold 2 | 2005-04-18 | 2K Games, Inc. | FireFly Studios Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Europe, Medieval | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The sequel to Firefly Studios' acclaimed castle building and management sim offers 3D graphics and many new gameplay elements. It retains the mix of a construction/ management game with real-time strategic combat in which the player either lays siege to his opponents or defends his castle against them.The campaign is again divided in two parts: the more peaceful part in which management is the primary concern of the player, and the military campaign in which the player fights to restore order to the troubled kingdom of England. However, there is some limited fighting in the peaceful campaign (mostly beasts and bandits) and the player must definitely know how to build a good economy to support his army in the military campaign. The game also offers additional modes of play, such as Kingmaker, Free Form play, multiplayer skirmish and others. There are also many ready-made historical castles which the player can either besiege or defend. |
| Maluch Racer 2 | 2005-04-18 | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | k-TecH | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Maluch Racer 2 is a simple arcade racing game, dedicated to the memory of the Polish car Fiat 126 (also known as Polski Fiat 126p), produced between 1972-2000. The game features ten models of Fiat 126 (Standard, Weekend, Binocle, Pickup, Bis Sport, Toxic, Cabrio, Sporting, eXperimental, Red Thunder ), seven unique tracks (electricity, night city, city in the evening, parking, supermarket, go-cart track, winter track), two play modes (career, single race) and several camera views. Each model of Fiat 126 has different power specifications, but they do not affect the gameplay. The game starts with only one available track and one basic car. Progress in the game (place on the podium) unlocks the next ones. To win the race driver is required to complete all the checkpoints in the indicated order. |
| Road to Fame | 2005-04-18 | TopWare Interactive Poland Sp. z o.o. | 576 Media | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Contemporary | Automobile, Street racing | | | | | Windows | Road to Fame is a street racing game. It is set in "Old Steel City" where the mayor, unable to put an end to illegal street racing, decided to start entirely legal street races for professionals. The player is an amateur driver who is trying to earn his position in the racing world. The game offers a training mode, where the player can choose any track and practice driving around it, and an arcade mode, which consists of a series of time trials (where the track must be completed within a limited time) and races against other players. Completing the races grants the player money, which can be used to purchase better cars. The game also contains a workshop where the player can repaint his car, or buy decorations. There are 10 tracks to choose from and 27 cars, based on actual car brands but with false names; each car has slightly different capabilities. |
| Psychonauts | 2005-04-19 | Majesco Entertainment Company | Double Fine Productions, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | At a summer camp for up-and-coming psychics, a young boy with an unusually high level of psychic ability inexplicably shows up. The boy, named Raz, is allowed to stay at the camp until his father comes to pick him up, but his arrival coincides with very strange circumstances. Soon, evidence that someone is psychically tampering with the campers' minds reveals itself, and Raz is the only one who can stop it. Raz must project himself into the psyches of several different people in order to figure out what is going on and who is behind the recent occurrences.Psychonauts is a 3D platform game with a rather unorthodox style. The characters' inner worlds are the game's levels. Each world reflects the personality of the person whose psyche it represents, often resulting in unique, surreal creations, and influencing the gameplay style. For example, the psyche of a giant lungfish is presented as a large city populated by fish people, in which Raz himself becomes a giant monster who can destroy entire buildings; the psyche of a mental patient is a huge board game, where Raz has to command armies in order to defeat Napoleon, etc.There are also many gameplay elements and tasks which are common for all the levels. These include Raz fighting the (not very numerous) regular enemies, defeating level bosses, collecting currency, "figments of imagination" needed to upgrade his powers, and bonus items such as complete sets of the character's memories and others. Many of the game's puzzles require the usage of psychic powers, which Raz obtains in a more or less strict order. These powers range from combat abilities such as Psy Shield to Telekinesis (moving objects without touching them) and Clairvoyance (reading other people's minds). The camp itself serves as the game's "hub", in which the player can explore, interact with characters, search for secret areas and items, and so on. |
| SnakeSlider | 2005-04-20 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | SnakeSlider is a sliding puzzle game similar to Jammed. You must move obstacles out of the way to get to the exit. The green snake needs to leave. Help it leave by clearing the path to the exit.Place your mouse pointer on the head or tail of any snake and hold down the button, then drag it in any direction to move or turn the snake. You need to get the yellow snake(s) out of the way so the green snake can get to the exit. The game has 50 puzzles built-in, 25 normal puzzles with just snakes and 25 extra puzzles that make use of extra game play elements like apples and crates. Additional puzzles can be downloaded or created with the built-in editor.The extra game play elements include apples, mushrooms, locks, keys and crates. When a snake eats an apple the snake will grow in length, when it eats a mushroom it will get shorter. Green and yellow locks block the way but can be unlocked by eating green or yellow keys. Crates can be pushed by the snakes, crates with arrow(s) can be pushed only in the direction of the arrow(s). |
| Wild West Wendy | 2005-04-20 | Mystery Studio | Mystery Studio | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Time management | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Meet Wendy, a girl who was sent away from home to safety after her parents' ranch was attacked by outlaws. Since then, she has been working at a saloon, selling alcohol to men out in the wild west.Work your way through the story to see what has happened to Wendy and to help her get her revenge, or choose the campaign mode, where you try to get saloons in all the territories of the wild west before your opponent does. If those don't suit you, try the time attack mode, where you have one minute in any level to try and beat other players' scores from around the world.The goal in any mode is to serve the men who come into your saloon, stop fights that break out, and shoot at thieves and wanted men who come into the saloon. You may also be required to shoot at cows that sit in front of your door or at the local undertaker. If you let the undertaker sit down, everyone else will leave your saloon. |
| Delta Force: Xtreme | 2005-04-21 | NovaLogic, Inc. | NovaLogic, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Africa, Asia, Contemporary | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | This game is basically a remake of Delta Force with the graphics of Joint Operations.NovaLogic recreated 20 of the original missions and designed a few dozen new ones for this game. Although the layout and objectives of the old levels are still the same as in the original game, all missions now feature weather effects, physics and a better AI of both the enemies and your teammates.The multiplayer part has 20 cooperative missions in which you can engage the terrorists with your friends as well as around 20 levels for Deathmatch, King of the Hill, Team King of the Hill, Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag with up to 32 players. |
| Stolen | 2005-04-21 | Hip Games | Blue52 Games Limited | Action | Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Stealth | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | You play as Anya Romanov, a thief living in a not too distant future. You and your partner in crime, Louie Palmer, have recently landed a job to steal a statue that's been placed in a museum for an exhibition. Once you're in the museum things turn out not to be quite so easy and not quite the way the should be.The gameplay resembles Thief: The Dark Project but also feels a lot like Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid to an extent. Several elements can be recognized from those games, but many of these have been changed slightly or just implemented in an original way. The core of the game is about stealing, without killing. |
| Battle Raper II: The Game | 2005-04-22 | Illusion | Illusion | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Battle Raper II is an adult hentai fighting game. There are two main modes in the game, the story mode and the free mode. In the free mode, you can play against computer or another player, freely selecting any of the game characters (all female, except for the protagonist) and any stage.In the story mode, the main character is a man named Yuuki Kukami, who travels to a secluded, mysterious island in search of a powerful artifact. Very soon he finds out that there are other organizations hunting for the artifact, namely three clans of female warriors: the Eisenkreuz guild, the Arcana clan, and the ninja-like Osei clan. You side with one of the clans and oppose the others. In the story mode, you have to visit various locations on the island to trigger events, and fight opponents (monsters and the clan girls) depending on the story and your decisions.When a girl is losing a fight, her clothes will gradually fall off. If you play as Yuuki and win a fight against a girl in the story mode, you get the so-called "prank mode". Unlike the first game, there is no rape involved here. The half-naked girl is knocked-out, and you can freely rotate the camera, zoom in, and touch the girl. You can even cure her by rubbing an ointment onto her bruises. Like in Oppai Slider series, you can caress the girl's breasts in different ways, with real-time 3D animation. |
| Solo | 2005-04-23 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Solo is an adaptation of the Sudoku grid-based puzzle. In the basic mode the player must enter a number into every square of the grid, so that every row, column and square region contains every number exactly once. Other modes include: "X" where the numbers must also be unique along the two diagonals of the grid, "Killer" where additional regions are indicated in which the numbers have to add up to indicated amounts, and "Jigsaw" where the regions are no longer square but are of irregular shapes. The grid size and difficulty can be changed, and the game modes can be freely combined. |
| Lugaru | 2005-04-24 | Wolfire Games, LLC. | Wolfire Games, LLC. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | In Lugaru the players takes under his control an anthropomorphic rabbit, adept of various melee and long-range combat techniques. His name is Turner, his wife has been killed and his only son kidnapped by a band of rogue raiders. At first, the task seems clear, however soon a tangled up conspiracy begins to unravel itself. The brave kung-fu rabbit will have to face wolves, bandits and even treacherous friends to fully understand what exactly is going on.The prominent feature of Lugaru is a unique combat system that takes advantage of skeleton animation in mix with rag-doll physics. The players will have access to various actions at their disposal, each one resulting in different move depending on the context in which the action was performed. The list include simple attacks, attack reversals, counter-reversals, long-range knife attack and a strong rabbit kick. Sometimes, it stands to reason to remain undetected and sneak up on the enemies from behind taking them out one by one. As the game progress additional weapons become available, like sword or staff, each one with the techniques of their own. |
| Narbacular Drop | 2005-04-24 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | Nuclear Monkey Software | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Princess No-Knees had an inability to jump. For that reason, she was easily captured by an evil demon and imprisoned in a mountain. The mountain spirit, Wally, took pity on her and gave her a magical power to open portals. With this new found ability, the princess plans her escape.Narbacular Drop is a puzzle game presented from a first or third person perspective. Taking the role of Princess No-Knees, the player has a single ability: the power to create portals. The player can only open two portals at a time: an entrance and an exit, though either portal can be used for either function. Using just this power, the player must move crates, out run boulders, and maneuver around lava-strewn levels.Narbacular Drop is a senior student project from the students at DigiPen Institute of Technology. |
| Hoyle Solitaire | 2005-04-25 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Hoyle Solitaire is a compilation of single player card games.There are fifty games in this product, they fall into three groups. The single deck games are : Aces Up, Baker's Dozen, Baroness, Beleaguered Castle, Betsy, Ross, Bowling, Bristol, Calculation, Canfield, Clock, Cribbage Square, Eagle Wing, Eight Off, Eliminator, Euchre, Flower Garden, Fortress, Four Free, Four Seasons, Gaps, Golf, Klondike, La Belle, Lucie, Nestor, Penguin, Poker Square, Pyramid, Scorpion, Seahaven Towers, Shamrocks, Slide, Spiderette, Strategy, Triplets, andYukon
The two deck games are Aces and Kings, Alhambra, Batsford, Colorado, Forty Thieves, Mount Olympus, Red and Black, Spider, Sultan, and Terrace
The 'Arcade' games, each of these games consists of one or more timed rounds, 3 Towers, Best 21, Fast 21, Pick 2, and Sum 11.This product has alternate backgrounds and card backs, scoring and player statistics, optional music and sound effects and an undo function. Also some of the games can be customised, for example Golf can be configured to allow/prevent playing a card onto a king.
The game has both general rules for Solitaire plus detailed rules for each game. Both help files open in a separate window. |
| Tabloid Tycoon | 2005-04-25 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Black Lantern Studios, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | In Tabloid Tycoon you become the head of a newspaper company. You must manage staff and budget to create a successful newspaper empire. The game simulates different weekly aspects of running a newspaper company including finding leads, putting photographers and reporters on a job, planning sabotage on rivals, settling lawsuits and making stories. Along the way you can encounter special shortcuts, win awards, buy things from vehicles to gadgets to improve your paper. With more money, prestige and public praise you can make your newspaper bigger and upgrade your facilities. The news stories can range from funny, weird, to plain bizarre and can be randomly generated and edited. The game also comes with a custom story editor to make your own stories with custom photos. You can save your newspapers to html. Modes of gameplay include scenarios, enterprise, and freeplay. |
| Empire Earth II | 2005-04-26 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Mad Doc Software, LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Historical events, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Empire Earth II is Mad Doc Software’s sequel to Gamespy.com’s 2001 “PC Game of the Year,” Empire Earth. With the whole course of human history as a backdrop, Empire Earth II pairs in-depth RTS strategy with a variety of unique features designed to assist newcomers to the genre.Mad Doc has added multiple innovations to RTS gameplay. To maintain control over their economy quickly and efficiently, a player has the option to use a revolutionary citizen manager, which issues orders to their citizens through an intuitive full screen map. The Picture-in-Picture display is a separate on-screen window that allows the player to keep tabs on multiple locations all over the map. Mad Doc also introduced the Crown system, which gives a temporary (but valuable) bonus to that player who excels in imperialism, economic growth, or military power. Empire Earth II’s expansive single player campaigns capture some of the key moments of human history. They begin with the origins of Korea, as the tribal cultures struggle for unity and independence from neighboring China. The focus then shifts to the 13th century and follows Prussia’s eventual formation into powerful and influential Germanic nation. Finally, the player takes over America’s forces, beginning at 1898 with America’s entrance in the Spanish-American War, and ending with highly advanced technological warfare at the end of the 21st century. Empire Earth II also presents the option to choose sides during Turning Points scenarios (Battle of Normandy and the Battle of the Three Kingdoms), which illustrate two key conflicts in history.Empire Earth II’s multiplayer and skirmish features are equally extensive. Starting in any one of 15 Epochs ranging from the pre-historic to the futuristic, multiplayer games give players numerous customizable settings, allowing the host to alter almost any aspect of gameplay. Upgrade your military from bowmen to tanks to robots, all over the course of a single game. Use the War Planner to send illustrations of coordinated attacks to your allies and prepare for battle. Empire Earth II also has a Quick Start Option that allows players to begin with a pre-established army and play a quick 20 minute game. With nine game types, a multitude of diplomacy and gamepace settings, and up to 10 players per game, every match has the opportunity to be completely unique.
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| Guild Wars (Collector's Edition) | 2005-04-26 | NCsoft Europe Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Set in the fantasy world Tyria, Guild Wars offers a mixture of massive multiplayer gaming and the online cooperative play in games like Diablo. While the city zones of Tyria are shared with all players for trading and finding party-members. as soon as a player or group leaves the city a copy of the outer zone is created for every group. Due to the lower server server usage and traffic, Guild Wars manages to remain free of monthly fees.Although the game contains an epic story which is revealed during questing and fighting monsters and other villains, a great part of Guild Wars concentrates on player vs. player fights (between small teams and whole guilds). The gameplay itself majorly focuses on cleverly chosen sets of skills rather than equipment and character levels. So obtaining a good collection of skills (by fulfilling quests or buying them) is one of the permanent goals of the game.The Collector's Edition includes:
In-game aura for all of the player's characters.
A headset for voice-chat.
Teamspeak, a voice-chat software.
3 months of free subscription for a Teamspeak server.
Printed Guild Wars art book.
Official game soundtrack. |
| Laser Squad: Nemesis | 2005-04-26 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC, Merscom LLC | Codo Technologies Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | The sequel to the original Laser Squad focuses entirely on 1vs1 tactical combat. Units from four different races can be selected: The Human Marines, the artificial Machina, the mysterious Grays and the aggressive Spawn. At the beginning of a game, units are deployed, each with a different cost of force points. Once deployed, orders will be issued (and tested) each turn. Concluding the turns of all players, the game then "go live" for 10 seconds, wherein all orders are played out and the results determined. Each player is given a variety of movement options, such as stances and stances, such as whether to halt, retreat or continue moving when an enemy is spotted. There are options for direct fire, terrain fire and opportunity fire. The progress of the battle can be reviewed at any time using the VCR-style controls.Laser Squad can be played as single player campaigns or a hotseat game. Internet gameplay is based on a per-month subscription, with 3 months being included out of the box. |
| Flight Academy | 2005-04-28 | SystemSoft Alpha Corporation | Aqua System Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Flight Academy is a civil aircraft flight simulator. In the game you can fly various passenger planes and fly over Japan and a large portion of the pacific. You can land and take off from multiple Japanese airports.In the game you first have to get your flying license before tackling one of the 17 available missions.The game world is build up from satellite pictures and features real time day and night changes and changing weather conditions. |
| Guild Wars | 2005-04-28 | NCsoft - North America | ArenaNet, LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy, Medieval | | Direct control | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Guild Wars: Prophecies (renamed after the release of Guild Wars: Factions) sets players in the fantasy world of Tyria.When creating a character, the player has to choose whether they want to create a Role-Playing character or a PvP-character and what character class they want to play (Warrior, Ranger, Elementalist, Mesmer, Necromancer or Monk).Role-Playing:Shortly prior to the game start, the three human kingdoms of Tyria - Ascalon, Kryta and Orr, fought each other in many guild wars. The last guild war abruptly ends when the Charr began to overrun the weakened kingdoms.The Charr, a violent race from the north (whose homeland can be visited in Guild Wars: Eye of the North) began an invasion of the kingdoms of Tyria. Kryta's expelled Saul D'Alessio and his White Mantle repelled the invasion, Orr was annihilated when Vizier Khilbron cast a forbidden spell to protect the capital city of Arah resulting in the Cataclysm and the sinking of the kingdom to the ground of the Sea of Sorrows, what still stands is the Kingdom of Ascalon protected by their Great Northern Wall.The player starts at the day of, and just some hours prior to, the "Great Searing", the Charr ritual that turned the green lands of Ascalon into a wasteland. At the beginning of that day, Ascalon looks for heroes help fighting the Charr and here is where the game starts.In this tutorial area, the player can play alone or with another player, to complete the first quests, acquire the first skills and get in touch with the game world. After choosing a secondary profession, the player can leave the tutorial and start the "real" game.Note: choosing a secondary profession is a crucial part in the design of Guild Wars, as the player does not play just a monk or a warrior, but a combination of the professions. With the six character classes, Prophecies effectively has 30 different character combinations.For example, while a Elementalist/Mesmer (E/Me) and a Mesmer/Elementalist (Me/E) might look similar, the differences are that the armor can only be used for the primary profession and each profession has a primary attribute which only this class can use. As an Elementalist, the E/Me has Energy Storage increasing the available energy drastically. While the Me/E has base energy, they can cast spells twice as fast because of their Fast Cast.The secondary profession is locked for about 75% of the Prophecies game, but can later be changed unlimited times. (With access to Factions and/or Nightfall even much earlier.)After leaving the tutorial, the player can play many side quests (to gain experience, gold and skills), primary quests (which lead to missions) and missions itself (which advance the story). Prophecies offers 25 missions (with primary and secondary (bonus) objectives) to play and hundreds of quests with many plot twists on various game settings (wasteland, green lands, jungle, dessert, snowy mountains, volcanic islands).The player also has access to all PvP content while reaching those outposts in the storyline. Each skill acquired, each rune or weapon upgrade identified will be unlocked on the account for use with PvP-only-characters.The game would is fully instanced, means each player (or a group of players) get their own area/mission "copy" from the server. While no one can join you while the player(s) is/are adventuring, no one will "steal/corrupt" you a boss or missing objective you try to reach. Each enemy slain in an area keep dead (don't respawn) unless they are resurrected per skill like the own group can do it with their own team members.Furthermore, the game is almost only played in teams, as the game area are balanced for the maximum size of a team (2, 4, 6 or 8 players). Therefore you can either play co-op or with the lack of human players, fill in with NPC henchmen.The game has a level cap of 20 and easily obtainable max-level armor and weapons with the design of getting "better looking" stuff instead of weapons with ever increasing damage, and increasing the difficulty as the players have to deploy tactics as the enemies aren't capped at level 20 nor are they limited to groups of 8.For those that "played through the campaign", Prophecies offers four "elite mission" like areas: The Fissure of Woe, The Underworld, Sorrow's Furnace and The Tomb of the Primeval Kings (the last once was a PvP outpost prior to the release of Factions).Finally, the game offers titles to display achievements the character (or the whole account) has made, like exploring the entire map (Grandmaster Cartographer), capping all elite skills (Skill Hunter), beating the missions in normal and hard difficulty (Protector/Guardian) or even "cleaning" an area of all enemies (Vanquisher), and much more. All these achievements can be displayed in Eye of the North's Hall of Monuments.PvP-character:When creating a PvP-character, this character is always at level 20 and has max-level armor and weapons. They can be fully customized with all the skills, runes and weapon upgrades available at the account (unlocked via PvE or PvP itself).PvP-characters starting at the Isle of the Nameless, a PvP tutorial with all the stuff the player needs (testing weapon ranges, different armor class targets, etc.).PvP mechanics applying to both character types:After each enemy kill in an arena or for winning it, the player cumulates Balthazar faction (named after Guild Wars's God of War and Fire), with this skills, runes, upgrades and heroes (the latter one requires an account combination with Nightfall and/or Eye of the North) can be unlocked and therefore used in PvP. The following "arenas" are present in Prophecies (for PvE and PvP characters):
Ascalon Arena - 4vs4 Team - PvE-only (level 1 to 10)
Shiverpeak Arena - 4vs4 Team - PvE-only (level 1 to 15)
Random Arena - 4vs4 at random
Team Arena - 4vs4 Team
Heroes' Ascent - 8vs8 Team Tournament, 8vs8vs8 at final map
Hero Battles - 1vs1 human players, each with 3 Heroes (requires an account combination with Nightfall and/or Eye of the North)
Guild vs. Guild (GvG) - 8vs8 Team
Similar to pure PvE-achievements, the PvP content also has titles for achievements for winning in PvP. In addition, GvG and Hero Battles also featuring ladder play.Final note: all the Guild Wars campaigns - including Prophecies - have, despite being a MMORPG, no subscription fees.
The Game of the Year Edition (also known as 1 Million Edition) provided seven special weapons (Luminescent Scepter, Nevermore Flatbow, Rhino's Charge, Serrated Shield, Soul Shrieker, Tiger's Roar, Wolf's Favor), which can be created as many times as needed, but are bound at the character who created them.The Guild Wars Prophecies 2008 release adds the Igneous Summoning Stone (which summons a Fire Imp which helps players levelling to level 20) on top of the GOTYE items. |
| Love Death: Realtime Lovers | 2005-04-28 | Teatime | Teatime | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Hiroki Yanase is a young boy whose mother has died a while ago. His father entrusted him with a small inn, but the two do not keep contact. Hiroki goes to school and enjoys the quiet life of an ordinary Japanese teenager. But this changes when a new student named Nanami is transferred to his school. Hiroki soon discovers that Nanami harbors some deep secrets in her past. As their relationship develops, Hiroki realizes that Nanami is not what she seems to be, and discovers a world of supernatural beings that exists alongside ours.Love Death: Realtime Lovers plays for the most part like a visual novel: the player reads text and occasionally makes decisions that steer the plot into different directions. The visuals consist of animated cel-shaded 3D characters superimposed on pre-rendered backgrounds. There is no physical navigation in the game. Certain events in the story lead to interactive 3D sex scenes. The player has a limited control over the protagonist's actions and movement. |
| School Days | 2005-04-28 | 0verflow | 0verflow | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | In School Days, the player assumes the role of Itou Makoto, a male high-school student who is considered attractive by his female classmates. One day Makoto notices a very beautiful girl at the school, and takes several pictures of her with his mobile phone. The girl who sits next to him in the class, Sekai, finds out about that, and helps Makoto to arrange a date with the mysterious beauty. But she cannot hide her own feelings for Makoto. As the story progresses, more characters become involved in the emotional drama, and Makoto will have to deal with some serious issues, depending on the choices he makes.School Days plays similarly to other Japanese "visual novels" (such as Kana: Little Sister): the interaction is reduced to moments during which the player is able to choose an answer or an action for the protagonist of the game, influencing the progression of the story. However, "School Days" is more of an "interactive anime" than a novel. Instead of the traditional still images and text boxes the game has fully animated movie segments. The game contains explicit sexual scenes.There are a total of 21 different endings, ranging from happy to very tragic. |
| Tears to Tiara | 2005-04-28 | Aquaplus | Leaf | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | The tribe Gael inhabits the island Erin (based on real-world Ireland of late antiquity), the Western-most part of the Holy Empire. The Gael priestess Rhiannon is kidnapped by a rogue priest of the Empire, who intends to use her in a ritual to resurrect the Demon King Arawn. Surprisingly, the newly born Arawn refuses to side with the Empire, falls in love with Rhiannon, marries her, and becomes the chieftain of the Gael tribe, lending his power to this oppressed people in their struggle against the Empire.Tears to Tiara is a tactical role-playing game with real-time combat. The game's structure is similar to other Japanese tactical RPGs: the player only participates in battles, without the possibility of exploring the world. Unlike most other games of its type, combat flows in real time. The player positions his characters on the battlefield, taking into account their classes, proficiencies, strengths and weaknesses. The battle can be then put on auto, or paused at any time to issue specific one-time or queued commands to individual combatants. Money and experience points are gained in battles and can be later spent to upgrade the characters. Cutscenes advance the storyline between battles; some of them contain explicit erotic images. |
| Adrenalin Sport-Pack | 2005-04-29 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | | Compilation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Adrenalin Sport-Pack is, like the name implies, a compilation of sport games.The following three games are included, all of them as Windows/Macintosh hybrids:
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray |
| Black Mirror: Der dunkle Spiegel der Seele (Special Edition) | 2005-04-29 | dtp entertainment AG | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Special Edition of The Black Mirror additionally contains:
Video-interview with the development team
Nibiru demo and trailer
Game soundtrack
Background story of the castle
Development artworks
Exclusive wallpapers
Some graphics card driver issues are already fixed in this version of the game. |
| Desert Law | 2005-04-29 | 1C Company | Arise | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Post-apocalyptic | | Multiple units/characters control | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Desert Law is a real-time strategy game set in the southern states of post-apocalyptic America. Unlike other RTS titles, there is no base building. Instead, the focus is entirely on combat between small groups of armored vehicles.The main character is Brad, part of a small and generally peaceful community. When the settlement is attacked and his girlfriend is kidnapped, he sets out with a band of friends to wreak vengeance and save his love. The light-hearted story is told through comic book cutscenes as well as in-mission dialog.The game is spread over 29 missions, with multiple objectives ranging from defense, to rescue, to all-out assault. The control scheme (and even the hot-keys) are strongly reminiscent of Command & Conquer, while the highly-detailed isometric visuals are similar in style to the first two Fallout games. The graphics are a mix of 2D backgrounds with 3D-modelled vehicles and destructible elements.'Hero' characters must be kept alive. Each of these people has individual stats which increase with experience. Their stats give benefits to the vehicle they're riding in (e.g. better firepower or better handling). There are also specialized characters like the mechanic, who can repair damaged vehicles.The engine is a modified version of the one used in Nival's Blitzkrieg series. |
| The Fall: Last Days of Gaia (Extended Version) | 2005-04-29 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Post-apocalyptic | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | The Fall: Last Days of Gaia (Extended Version) is the first extended re-release of The Fall: Last Days of Gaia. It adds new voice acting, improved graphics, better balance, bug fixes and two new maps with NPCs and quests. With a simultaneously released patch, owners of the previous release can upgrade their game without charge. |
| TrackMania Sunrise eXtreme | 2005-04-29 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Nadeo SAS | Compilation, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | | Windows | TrackMania Sunrise eXtreme is a re-release of TrackMania Sunrise bundled with the eXtreme expansion, which owners of the original game can download for free. The updated version adds new building blocks and settings, much longer circuits, a stunt mode, new courses, 50 new challenges, support for dedicated servers and various refinements and enhancements. |
| Coffee Tycoon | 2005-04-30 | Anarchy Enterprises | Jamopolis Interactive | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Coffee Tycoon is a typical casual tycoon game that gives opportunity for a player to build up his caffeine empire from a scratch. Or to be exact, from title, logo and a starting city. After that player should try to raise the number of patrons visiting his establishments, strive for opening new coffee houses and keeping the money flow strong. The ultimate goal of the game is to reach one million number of visitors per day.In that daunting task player has only his employees to rely on. The game features three types of workers available for hire: Baristas, Managers and Executives. Baristas occupy themselves with making coffee and collecting money, while Managers try to attract new customers. And Executives are responsible for opening new coffee houses. Player should carefully balance between these three groups in order to achieve maximum performance under specific conditions.Additionally, it is possible to buy upgrades, ranging from the new equipment and vacation offers for you employees up to the media advertisements and even ability to take your company on the stock market. Also broadening the menu with various types of coffee serves great in attracting additional customers to the house.The game is divided into the separate levels by the end of which a certain number of customers should be met. During the working day random events happen: some have a positive effect, some negative and some are of an educating quality brushing up the player's knowledge on the history of coffee-making. The gameplay process is accompanied with moody jazz music. |
| MetalHeart: Replicants Rampage | 2005-04-30 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Akella, NumLock software GmbH | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Konstantin Filatow, Alexander Kremel, Vladislav Mikheenkov | | Mature | Isometric | Windows | Captain Lanthan Signey and his first pilot Cheris Sheridan are survivors from a cargo ship that was destroyed by a freak anomaly when it passed by an asteroid belt. Their priority is to get off the desolate planet that they have crashed on by finding the nearest Starport and hitching the first shuttle out of the system, but things are never that simple, particularly when the planet in question is a mining colony under the strict rule of the Numori Empire...Metalheart: Replicants Rampage is a turn-based role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic/cyberpunk world populated by humans, mutants, cyborgs and nomads. |
| Sunny Ball | 2005-04-30 | Reflected Games | Reflected Games | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Sunny Ball is a game similar to Breakout, that contains classic and colorful levels.
Like similar games the player controls a ball using a paddle at the bottom of the screen. The player needs to break all the blocks in order to pass to the next board. If the ball is missed by the paddle, the player loses a paddle until none are left. There are power-ups, that affect the ball and the paddle. Some of them help the player (slow ball, fireball, iceball, skip board, lasers in the paddle, extra paddle and more), and some of them hinder the player (fast ball, slow paddle, small paddle). There are also bonuses that make it easier to get a high score. There are 120 levels in the game. |
| Twiddle | 2005-04-30 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Twiddle is a puzzle where the numbers in a grid must be put back into the correct order. The player can only rotate 2x2 blocks of numbers (or 3x3 or 4x4 or bigger, depending on the game mode) in 90 degree increments. In an optional "orientable" mode, the player must also ensure each square of the grid is turned the right way up. |
| Ultimate Educational and Fun Kids CD!!: Hundreds of titles - 1 CD | 2005-04-30 | pisces123 | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ultimate Educational And Fun Kids CD!!: Hundreds of titles on 1 CD is a UK home made compilation of shareware, freeware and demo games and Windows desktop files that was sold in the UK probably at car boot sales and on-line though this cannot be verified. The CD cost £3 and came in a plastic wallet with a wraparound paper cover.The CD contains two folders The Content Folder and The Extras Folder and has no top-level menu to guide the user.
The Content Folder. This is where the games are, they are grouped by category, each game is in a separate folder which contains all the files needed to install it and a 'Readme.txt' file. All the games are either freeware or demo versions and are generally WIN 3.x or WIN 95 games, there are no DOS games. The categories are;
Art and Craft: Twenty four programs most of which are about drawing or colouring in, among them are Sean's Magic Slate and Wonkarific Colorizer
Blue's Clues: Blue's Clues is a US television series for preschool children. The thirty-one games here come from Seasons One, Two and Three.
For Parents and Teachers: Thirteen programs ranging from a crosswords game - CrosswordPlus; a word-search generator Word Search Factory to kid-safe browsers and teacher aids
For The Very Young: These are games that are suitable if you must let the very young play on your computer, they include
Banger V1.0 which makes noises whenever a key is pressed and the BiggieBoy Garage Door Simulator.
Just For Fun: Twenty two game folders containing such goodies as The Absolutely Useless Noise Making Program which, as it says just makes funny noises; Crying Screaming Baby - give it toys, give it milk and it will be quiet ... just not for very long; Roadskunk from Nickelodeon in which you hunt the skunk; Virtual Dragon in which the player raises a dragon from an egg.
Letters and Words: Twelve word based games including Acorn Arcade - a word/picture recognition game, the Secret Squirrel Decoder which encrypts and decrypts messages, the Superman Activity Center: Hidden Profiles word search game
Memory: Seven games including Bongo-Mania - A promotion for Disney's George of the Jungle; Lucky Charms Memory Machine; and Nicktoons Memory Challenge
Numbers: Seven maths programs, six of which are games while the seventh is a calculator that works out how much you'd weigh on any planet in the system. Among the games in this section are Penny Penguin's Math Bingo and Counting On Frank: Magic Numbers Game
Other Games: A further twenty eight games including freeware games featuring well known cartoon characters such as
Animorphs - The Yeerk Pool
Casper the Friendly Ghost - Casper's Treasure Hunt
Tinkerbell - "Fly Tink, Fly
and others as well as games such as Splatberry Pie and Pop a Penguin
The Extras Folder contains a menu that opens in a browser window, the four sections of the menu are:
Email Stationary: One hundred and eleven ways to tweak e-mail messages, all in .eml format with subjects ranging from angels singing to Wallace and Gromit
Backdrops: Over one hundred wallpaper pictures all in .jpg format
Desktop Themes: There are three links on this page;
The first link opens a browser window showing the Themes folder on the CD, all of which are child oriented. The user has to select and copy this folder.
The second link opens the Program Files folder on the user's computer, this is where the user pastes the Themes folder
The third link installs Desktop Architect - free software used to install the desktop themes.
Printables: This link opens an index of the CD's folder in a browser window from which the user can choose from over three hundred .gif files to print, the subjects range from Barbie and Bambi to witches and Yosemite Sam.
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| 1Key Rocket Launcher | 2005-05-01 | Generation Stars | Generation Stars | Action | | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This game is a one-button-game where you have to repeatedly hit the space bar to power up your rocket in order to let it fly into the sky... or crash it nearby.You main goal is to hit the button only then when it is over the green part of your control system. The more you are off the center, the more the rockets angle will increase (if you are still in the power-up area) or the rocket is loosing power (if you are beyond the power-up area).Once you have enough power (turned the vertical red line green), your rocket will start with the angle you have achieved. Depending on that angle, you rocket will either go to the orbit or fly a 180° into the ground.The game has a highscore table that counts the time you needed to get your rocket successfully into space. |
| Army Ranger: Mogadishu | 2005-05-01 | Groove Games | Jarhead Games Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Shooter | Africa | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | You are the commander of a squad of Army Rangers deployed into Somalia during the famous "Black Hawk Down" incident of 1993. Make your way through a fortified oil tanker, towns, villages and desert landscape infested with rebels intent on destroying any US presence in the area. Command your squad with commands such as hold position, cease fire and engage. Railgun enemy forces from a helicopter and heavily armed Hummer. The game culminates in an attempted night time rescue of the downed Black Hawk personnel. |
| C64 Classix | 2005-05-01 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | C64 Classix is a compilation of a staggering more than 500 Commodore 64 games on one hybrid Windows/Mac CD-ROM.The games aren't ports to Windows or Mac platforms, but rather they are stored in the original C64 format and can be played with WinVICE, emulation software included. The games will be loaded automatically after you click on them in a nice GUI, and you don't have to load them one by one in the emulator, which comes in handy. You can even view and read additional information on each game, such as screenshots, the manual, the year of release, the original company that coded the game, links to their web page and more.Numerous games included have versions where you can choose unlimited lives, level skip etc. Please also note that loading time is emulated as well, but using the warp mode (alt-w) you can speed up the emulator to 1300%, speeding up loading time drastically. Pressing alt-w again makes the game run back at 100% speed again. |
| Charm Solitaire | 2005-05-01 | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle Lab | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Charm Solitare is puzzle card game. The goal is to place cards on the playing field, so that they all turn face down. The cards are moving along the chain and the player should use them before they reach the chain's other end, otherwise you'll lose the game. |
| Geneforge 3 | 2005-05-01 | Spiderweb Software | Spiderweb Software | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Jeff Vogel | | | Isometric | Windows | This is the third installment in the shareware Geneforge series by Spiderweb Software. In this fantasy RPG, you once again play the role of a shaper. Shapers are a secretive group that are capable of magically creating life (in the form of mutant creatures) to follow their commands.In this game you will face many challenges, and choices, after your school has been attacked and destroyed by rebels - with dozens of different endings.The gameplay is very similar to to previous Geneforge games. You create your character by choosing from three main types: Shaper: specializes in creating creatures to do your bidding, Agent: specializes in using magic, and Guardian: specializes in traditional combat (swords, etc).You then use a pool of points to distribute to all of your statistics and skills in order to create the type of character you would like to play. You control only your main character in the game, but through the use of "shaping" you can add creatures to your party to fight for you. Gameplay takes place in real time, but combat is turn-based, using an action-point system for each character and foe during battles. |
| Salvo! | 2005-05-01 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | SprueGames | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Wargame | | Naval / watercraft | Direct control | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Salvo! is a single player, mouse controlled seafaring wargame in which the player commands ships, either individually or as squadrons or fleets, and fights as England, Spain, the Netherlands, France, and the United States on the high seas against each other or the Barbary Coast pirates.The game has both preset scenarios and campaigns set in the 17th, 18th & 19th centuries. Each mission lasts typically between one and two hours and, like most wargames, is turn based however this game does not use the top-down view with a hex grid it uses a semi 3D view and there's not a grid in sight.
Various elements of the game, such as what ammo to load into the canons, can be controlled by the player or by the game.
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| Tumblebugs | 2005-05-01 | GameHouse, Inc. | Wildfire Studios Pty. Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tumblebugs is a casual game of the match-3 genre. Players are required to shoot different coloured balls into a existing queue to make groups of three or more of the same colour, scoring points for larger groups and activating powerups. The game takes place across over 30 distinct backgrounds and over 70 different levels which are divided into 12 stages and 5-8 rounds per stage.The story is based around the hero, Tumble, who is saving her tumblebug friends from the evil Black Bug Empire. Tumble is the mechanism by which the player shoots the balls to make matches. |
| Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates | 2005-05-01 | Three Rings Design, Inc. | Three Rings Design, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | Massively Multiplayer, Puzzle elements | | | | Persistent | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates allows the player to create a pirate character and participate in an online society. Unlike most games in the MMO genre, Puzzle Pirates offers an alternative to monthly subscription fees. Although there are servers which do run on traditional subscriptions, there are others which are entirely free to play on. The important difference is that these latter servers have an extra currency called "doubloons". Most of the items in the game have a doubloon cost (in addition to a cost in "pieces of eight", the other currency), and there are two ways for players to obtain doubloons - they may either trade them for pieces of eight on an in-game market, or they can be purchased with real-world money via the game's website. This micropayment system allows players with cash to spare to pay to make it easier to obtain the more expensive items, while giving players who cannot afford to pay the option of working harder in the game to earn more pieces of eight to trade for their doubloons.Many of the game's mechanics, such as the duties on board a ship (sailing, carpentry, bilging, navigating, gunning), involve playing a specific puzzle. The better the player performs at the puzzle, the better the ship will be able to do battle against NPCs or other player-manned ships. After a hard day's pillaging, pirates can relax in the inns and play a selection of games in competition against other players. These range from card games such as Hearts and Poker to massive swordfighting tournaments. Some of the puzzles in the game may be familiar to dedicated puzzle fans, as many are quite similar to popular titles like Puzzle Bobble, Super Puzzle Fighter, or the puzzlers by PopCap.The game also features a robust economic system which allows players to invest money in opening a variety of different shops for the production of various kinds of goods. Some of these are necessities for successful piracy (cannonballs, rum, swords, and the ships themselves) and some are simply luxuries (clothes and furniture for your house), but all require resources which are specific to certain islands, meaning that one must travel and trade in order to operate a profitable business.The game is available for free download online, but a limited run of boxed games was released by Ubisoft in 2005. This special release added a basic offline story mode and allowed new pirates to choose one of two special items unique to owners of the boxed version. |
| Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars | 2005-05-03 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | GSC Game World | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Europe, Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | The sequel to Cossacks, Cossacks 2: Napoleonic Wars is set in the 18th–19th century and involves Europe and parts of Africa. Surprisingly it has little to do with Napoleon. You can play as six nations, all of which have their own units and available tactics (the British can use congreve rockets, the Egyptians can use Taureg mercenaries, etc). There are over 140 different unit types available.Some of the changes from the original Cossacks are that the economic and empire-building parts of the game have been de-emphasised and combat is given a higher priority. Also, there's the inclusion of factors such as morale and fatigue. If your troops are exhausted and you force them to fight a battle, they'll have weak morale and will probably break ranks and run after suffering a few casualties. Terrain also has a big impact, trees will shield your men against bullets and shrapnel and if your men are firing from a hill they'll receive an attack bonus.There's a campaign mode, a series of pre-set battles, a Conquer Europe mode, and the traditional start-from-scratch mode in the original Cossacks. |
| GTR: FIA GT Racing Game | 2005-05-03 | 10tacle studios AG, Viva Media, LLC | SimBin Development Team AB | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Armed with an official FIA license, GTR attempts to be a highly accurate simulation of FIA GT racing. The game has three play modes: Arcade for beginners, Semi-pro for experienced gamers, and Simulation for hardcore simracers. Players can choose from 70 different, officially licensed GT and NGT class cars and drive them against AI opponents or other players in online multiplayer.In Open Practice mode, players can freely test different setups, learn the tracks, and find out how the cars handle. Race Weekend includes two practice sessions, qualifying, and the race against a number of AI drivers. Championship naturally allows the player to fight for the GT championship title through the season on authentic grids and race conditions.In Semi-pro and Simulation modes, the cars are fully tunable to find the perfect setup for each race, track, and condition. This is necessary as not only each car behaves differently, but also track, weather, and lighting conditions change during the race. To assist the player in finding the right setups, telemetry is collected from the cars and can be fed into MoTeC's analysis software, the same one used by real GT racing teams. |
| Pariah | 2005-05-03 | Groove Games | Digital Extremes Toronto | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | You play Jack, a doctor on a transport ship. The ship is transporting a woman who suffers from a previously unknown disease and who've been put in stasis to be taken to a research facility. On route the ship is shot down and you find yourself in the middle of nowhere with hostile people coming at you. In the standard first-person shooter setup you battle to uncover the truths of the disease. |
| Super Marisa Land | 2005-05-04 | Twilight Frontier | Twilight Frontier | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Super Marisa Land is 2D platform game set in the Tōhō universe. The main heroine is Marisa Kirisame, an 'ordinary magican girl' and one from the main characters of the series. Alice Margatroid is a playable character in her own mode. The game is similar to Mario games. Marisa jumps over obstacles, crushes enemies and destroys bricks. The game has a 'head proportions' points system, based on mushrooms. Alice Margatroid cannot collect mushrooms, but she can shoot mini-Marisas. Marisa has several development stages. With each stage her body grows bigger, but to go over four, she must collect special mushrooms. |
| The Young Gabriel King Chronicles | 2005-05-04 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Young Gabriel King Chronicles is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. As young Gabriel King you get thrown out the camping wagon by your mother in order to search for a replacement of a book she is reading and also get a lighter. It is a very short game and takes place on one screen.This game is what The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles was as a spin-off of the main Indiana Jones games, but in this case as an unlicensed spin-off / fan game of the Gabriel Knight series. |
| UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal | 2005-05-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Europe | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | As a tie-in with the European soccer championship, held in Portugal on June 2004, EA Canada created this spin-off of the FIFA Soccer series. With a full license, players can choose any from the 51 nations and duke it out in friendly matches, or follow the path to the championship's final through the qualifying stages, group stages and eventually the play-off. You can also create your own dream team with players from different nations.Other highlights includes a new bag of tricks, different weather types, a system to track injuries and suspensions and a dynamic morale system that fluctuates based on individual and team performances. There are also TV-style replays, crowd chants, national anthems and trophy celebrations. |
| Dungeon Lords | 2005-05-05 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Heuristic Park, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Galdryn of the Meadows, a powerful wizard, was treacherously killed by another mage. It appears that a conspiracy is born within the Circle of Mages. Losing his powerful ally, Lord Davenmor of Fargrove finds it more and more difficult to protect his city against the onslaught of the malevolent Lord Barrowgrim's army of marauders. Under pressure, Lord Davenmor promised the invader he could marry his daughter, Lady Ellowyn. However, her heart belongs to another man, and she escapes. A lonely traveler passing by Fargrove seems to be the only one who can solve this predicament, and eventually liberate the land from the forces of evil.Dungeon Lords is an action role-playing game set in a fantasy world. In the beginning of the game the player creates the protagonist, choosing between seven available races and four beginning classes. The races include, besides the traditional Humans, Elves, and Dwarves, original humanoid or animal-like ones - Urgoth, Wylvan, Zaur, and Thrall. The beginning classes are Fighter, Mage, Adept (a mix of both), and Rogue. Each of those have different starting base attributes in six categories, which are also affected by the player's choice of gender.The player can allocate remaining points manually to upgrade the base attributes as well as other skills - such as weapon proficiencies, magic categories, lockpicking, etc. - during character creation as well as any time when the protagonist gains a sufficient amount of experience points. As the players advance, they can gain Tier Two and Tier Three classes to help develop their characters even further. Each class can gain skills in all abilities, though some may be harder to obtain. For example, a fighter could train in a weapon skill for relatively few skill points, yet would need many more skill points to train a magic skill.There are four kinds of magic: celestial, arcane, nether, and rune. Arcane magic is the standard scrolls and spellbooks form of magic. Celestial magic uses star crystals, each being able to perform a particular spell and needing to recharge after the charges are used up. Nether magic require mixing various katals together to create the spell. These katals can be found throughout the game and include such things as bat wings, rat tails, and other animal and monster ingredients. Rune magic also requires mixing items together to create spells. However, rune magic uses runes rather than katals.Exploring large dungeons, hunting for treasure, and fighting enemies within occupies the largest portion of the game, though it also has an overworld with limited exploration possibilities, as well as a large town and other settlements where the protagonist can acquire side quests and joining guilds, promoting his status in chosen classes. There is a large variety of melee and ranged weapons, armor, and spells to find in the game. Enemies in the game may respawn in random locations even if the player character stands still. The frequency of these appearances can be regulated in the game's option menu. |
| Necromania: Trap of Darkness | 2005-05-05 | Strategy First, Inc. | CINEMAX, s. r. o. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Mature | Isometric | Windows | As you can read on the official site this is "action-tactical fantasy game". And that's true - it's an isometric action game with rpg elements, heavily based on Diablo. Player must search every location and find part of the magic key, that will unlock the way to the next level. There are four different worlds with many levels to pass. You can choose from seven dark characters - it's a nice exchange for those bored with "good heroes" in every game. The game was made by a Slovak/ Czech team. |
| Professor Brösl | 2005-05-05 | team pibyte | team pibyte | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Professor Brösl is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse and keyboard.Story:
The player controls the naive physics professor Brösl who works for the ZUUM Research Center. His task is to improve the efficiency of the manufactured products such as counterfeit money, drugs and guns. At some point he realizes that this not the work a physics professor should do. |
| Adventure Chest | 2005-05-06 | Adventure Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Adventure Chest contains the following three 1-st person adventure games:
Crystal Key II: The Far Realm
Forever Worlds: Enter the Unknown
Mysterious Journey II: Chameleon |
| Smileyville | 2005-05-06 | InterAction studios | InterAction studios | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Smileys... they're everywhere, but for such happy folk you'd think they'd get along with each other easily. Turns out that all smileys that you see in chat programs, advertisements and other forms of media strive to be one of a kind. Naturally, being the happy-go-lucky creatures they are they are in constant need of friendship. The only problem? They really hate being paired up with anyone with similar features. Of course, this is where you come in.
As you travel through the eight neighbourhoods of Smileyville your job will be to match opposite pairs of smileys in each of the fifty houses you encounter. Sometimes the differences are easy such as a yellow and read smiley and other times the differences will be difficult such as subtle eye change.
Three different game modes are presented from the action mode which is the most basic game-play consisting of un-matching pairs, to the quest mode where you'll do pretty much the same as the action game but with few variation games. The last mode of play is the puzzle mode where your mission is to create a line a mis-matching smileys and trying to cover the entire house. Levels are cleared when the fill meter on the left is filled up or in the case of the puzzle mode when all the smileys have been accounted for.
Progressing through the levels presents challenges in the form of tougher to identify challenges and larger houses. But power-up vitamins will give special powers to the play to help them advance faster. Other bonuses such as wild-smileys will also help along in your quest.
As with all InterAction Studios games an on-line high score table is available for players from all over the world to share their high-scores. |
| TrackMania Sunrise | 2005-05-06 | Enlight Interactive Inc. | Nadeo SAS | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Track racing | | | Everyone | | Windows | TrackMania Sunrise is the follow-up to TrackMania and is, as its predecessor, based on track building and insane stunts. With a pool of building blocks, players can build tracks in three different environments, Island, Bay, and Coast, at four times of the day, Sunrise, Day, Sunset and Night. The game features four single-player racing modes, Race, Platform, Puzzle, Crazy, and the options of saving replays and customizing cars with skins. Multiplay over the Internet allows players to share custom tracks with other players. |
| Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 1: First Contact | 2005-05-09 | Namco Limited | Romancework | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 1: First Contact is the first instalment of the Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories series of episodic visual novels. The series was created to promote and expand upon the setting of the Japanese arcade game Counter-Strike Neo, an instalment in the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter games.The White Memories series are classified as kinetic novels; visual novels which feature a linear storyline with extremely limited player choice or interactivity. However, half of the White Memories novels feature interactivity in the form of playable segments that loosely resemble typical Counter-Strike gameplay instead of branching story paths. In Episode 1: First Contact, the interactive portion tasks the player with moving through a simple 3D environment to reach a destination.White Memories is set in the same future world as Counter-Strike Neo. War has broken out between two major powers: the megacorporation NEO, whose wealth and unethical command of nanotechnology has allowed them to grow beyond the control of the government and seize entire cities by force, and the Cosmopolitan Special Forces (CSF), a global task force formed by the United Nations to topple NEO and restore democracy. In Episode 1: First Contact, a young CSF soldier named Shou infiltrates a NEO facility with his teammates and is surprised by what he discovers inside. |
| Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 2: Maki | 2005-05-09 | Namco Limited | Romancework | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 2: Maki is the second instalment of the Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories series of episodic visual novels. The series was created to promote and expand upon the setting of the Japanese arcade game Counter-Strike Neo, an instalment in the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter games.The White Memories series are classified as kinetic novels; visual novels which feature a linear storyline with extremely limited player choice or interactivity. However, half of the White Memories novels feature interactivity in the form of playable segments that loosely resemble typical Counter-Strike gameplay instead of branching story paths. In Episode 2: Maki, the interactive portion tasks the player with shooting targets in a training exercise with an equipped AK-47. The player gains points for hitting targets and loses points for missing them, receiving an overall accuracy rating at the end.White Memories is set in the same futuristic setting as Counter-Strike Neo. War has broken out between two major powers: the megacorporation NEO, whose wealth and unethical command of nanotechnology has allowed them to grow beyond the control of the government and seize entire cities by force, and the Cosmopolitan Special Forces (CSF), a global task force formed by the United Nations to topple NEO and restore democracy. In Episode 2: Maki, a team of CSF soldiers including the protagonist, Shou, questions an amnesic woman named Maki who they have rescued from a NEO facility. |
| Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 3: The Two | 2005-05-09 | Namco Limited | Romancework | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 3: The Two is the third instalment of the Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories series of episodic visual novels. The series was created to promote and expand upon the setting of the Japanese arcade game Counter-Strike Neo, an instalment in the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter games.The White Memories series are classified as kinetic novels; visual novels which feature a linear storyline with extremely limited player choice or interactivity. However, half of the White Memories novels feature interactivity in the form of playable segments that loosely resemble typical Counter-Strike gameplay instead of branching story paths. In Episode 3: The Two, the interactive portion tasks the player with shooting incoming enemy soldiers with an equipped AK-47. The enemies shoot back and will kill the player if they are not killed first, resetting the scenario until the player is successful.White Memories is set in the same futuristic setting as Counter-Strike Neo. War has broken out between two major powers: the megacorporation NEO, whose wealth and unethical command of nanotechnology has allowed them to grow beyond the control of the government and seize entire cities by force, and the Cosmopolitan Special Forces (CSF), a global task force formed by the United Nations to topple NEO and restore democracy. In Episode 3: The Two, the protagonist, a CSF soldier named Shou, attempts to escape from a NEO ambush with an amnesic former prisoner of NEO named Maki. |
| Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 4: Warm Days | 2005-05-09 | Namco Limited | Romancework | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 4: Warm Days is the fourth instalment of the Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories series of episodic visual novels. The series was created to promote and expand upon the setting of the Japanese arcade game Counter-Strike Neo, an instalment in the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter games.The White Memories series are classified as kinetic novels; visual novels which feature a linear storyline with extremely limited player choice or interactivity. However, half of the White Memories novels feature interactivity in the form of playable segments that loosely resemble typical Counter-Strike gameplay instead of branching story paths. In Episode 4: Warm Days, the interactive portion tasks the player with shooting enemy soldiers with an equipped AK-47. The enemies shoot back and will kill the player if they are not killed first, resetting the scenario until the player kills the enemies.White Memories is set in the same futuristic setting as Counter-Strike Neo. War has broken out between two major powers: the megacorporation NEO, whose wealth and unethical command of nanotechnology has allowed them to grow beyond the control of the government and seize entire cities by force, and the Cosmopolitan Special Forces (CSF), a global task force formed by the United Nations to topple NEO and restore democracy. In Episode 4: Warm Days, the protagonist, a CSF soldier named Shou, grows closer to an amnesic former prisoner of NEO named Maki. |
| Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 5: Tear | 2005-05-09 | Namco Limited | Romancework | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 5: Tear is the fifth instalment of the Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories series of episodic visual novels. The series was created to promote and expand upon the setting of the Japanese arcade game Counter-Strike Neo, an instalment in the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter games.The White Memories series are classified as kinetic novels; visual novels which feature a linear storyline with extremely limited player choice or interactivity. Though half of the White Memories novels feature interactivity in the form of playable segments that loosely resemble typical Counter-Strike gameplay, Episode 5: Tear does not.White Memories is set in the same futuristic setting as Counter-Strike Neo. War has broken out between two major powers: the megacorporation NEO, whose wealth and unethical command of nanotechnology has allowed them to grow beyond the control of the government and seize entire cities by force, and the Cosmopolitan Special Forces (CSF), a global task force formed by the United Nations to topple NEO and restore democracy. In Episode 5: Tear, the CSF soldiers in the protagonist (Shou)'s unit begin to suspect Maki, a former prisoner of NEO, of being a spy for the organization. |
| 7 Sins | 2005-05-10 | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Mini-games | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | In this 3rd person game, you interact with other characters to gain their confidence. Each character has interests that provide different growth on confidence levels. But each one has his own personality and they can stress, depress or excite you more than anyone can afford. To control yourself you can sin: unleash your wrath, lust, or any of the 7 sins to regain self confidence, relax or unstress.Some actions lead you to one mini-game: G-point finder, sheep jumping, animal killing spread, visual sniper, beer drinking... they are only some of the minigames.Win money, fame and power while seducing, lying, bribing, stealing or anyway you can. If you get the highest level, an image gallery will unlock for you. |
| Crystal Towers | 2005-05-10 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Crystal Towers is a freeware platformer that honours the Apogee classics in a modern version. Bernard, the night watchman at the Column Temple, discovers that the Life Crystals he is supposed to guard have been stolen. He takes on the mission to retrieve the crystals and return them to the temple.You have to work your way through 25 different levels, collecting gems. Bernard can only move around and jump, but you can use boost pads to gain more height. Enemies are defeated by jumping on top of them. Consecutive kills without touching the ground form combos rewarded with extra points. There are other bonuses to collect, such as life bars or completes lives. |
| Knights of Honor | 2005-05-10 | Paradox Interactive AB | Black Sea Studios Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Africa, Europe, Medieval, Middle East | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Knights of Honor brings together many genres. Although the game is mainly a real-time strategy game, it offers much more than the typical RTS game.You start the game in one of three time periods. This will determine what Europe looks like at the beginning of the game... and, as such, will determine how the game develops. Each time period has different choices for countries to play as because Europe's countries don't stay the same for long.You have the opportunity to play any country that is part of Europe, as well as a few of the countries that border Europe (northern Africa and western Asia/Middle East). Choose to play a major power like Germany, or a minor power such as the Highlands (northern Scotland). No matter who you are, you can become the biggest power in Europe.The game offers enough different options that you could play the game for a week and still come across something new. For example, if you unite Scotland (north and south), the nobles will give you 5000 gold if you rename the parts of the country to Scotland rather than keeping your current country's title.You control most aspects of a country. Your king and queen will have children who you can marry off to improve relations. You can choose your heir if you have more than one son. You can also promote knights to the royal family to use for various tasks (merchant, landholder, cleric, marshal, spy, and builder). Each type is important. Marshals lead your army, while merchants improve trade. And, if you're lucky, your cleric could become Pope which allows you to excommunicate countries and send crusades against them. Spies can do more in this game than in many other games. They can do everything from stealing gold to assassinating the king.Use diplomacy to help expand your borders, or just have the biggest army and bully everyone into submission. If you're winning a war and want to offer peace, you might even be able to have a country become your vassal.Battles can be handled yourself, or by the computer. It's much faster if the computer does it, but you can use strategy to win if you do it yourself. When you control the battle, you will control each squad of units. Use the land to your advantage as you try to take out the knights that are leading the enemy. As long as you're not attacking a town, you will win by defeating the knights, no matter how many other units remain. If you're attacking the town, you must defeat everyone. You can improve town attacks by using siege equipment. |
| Yogurting | 2005-05-10 | Neowiz Games Corporation | NTIX Soft | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Yogurting is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It is set in a modern-day setting with supernatural elements, and focuses on the events occurring in the high schools Estiva and So-weol Academy. A mysterious event known as "Endless Vacation" causes teachers and entire schools disappear, and the students must discover who or what stands behind that phenomenon.The basic gameplay is similar to that of other online RPGs, with action-oriented combat involving medieval weapons (such as swords). Attacking as a team grants boosts and bonuses to combat. A stand-out feature is the inclusion of a schedule and the episodic nature of the game, which follows a school year format. |
| Computer Space Simulator | 2005-05-11 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Computer Space Simulator aims to simulate the arcade game Computer Space. It is not to be confused with an emulation of that arcade game as the hardware of that machine is not being emulated in this program. Besides being a recreation of Computer Space it is also a remake as it adds additional options not found in the original game.The game involves the player controlling a rocket ship while dueling it out in a fire fight with flying saucers. The least amount of deaths between these two opposing forces in the allotted amount of time given wins the game.The game offers a slew of options to choose from. These options let the player fine tune things such as the thrust of the rocket ship and the number of saucers on screen at once. Players can also choose the game type (one player vs. saucers, two player vs. the Saucers, and a Deathmatch mode for two players to fight it out without any saucer interference) they want to play. |
| GEOM | 2005-05-11 | Indiepath Ltd | Indiepath Ltd | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | GEOM is a color matching puzzle game. The player's goal is to rotate the shapes that the pieces form and make shapes that are comprised of one color. Once a shape has been completed, the pieces leave the game board, and, depending on the selected mode, either disappear completely, or get replaced with other pieces. There are currently three modes to the game: Arcade, Classic, and Puzzle. Arcade Mode originally consisted of 100 levels, but new level packs and an editor were released as of version 1.3. |
| Nancy Drew: Double Dare 2 | 2005-05-11 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure, Compilation | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes two Nancy Drew games in one package:
Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel
Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island |
| Zombie Smashers X2: Punx and Skins | 2005-05-11 | Totally Screwed Software | Totally Screwed Software | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | Horror | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In this sequel to Zombie Smashers X, the Zombies are again taking over the world, and the survival of mankind depends on the hands of five angry punks, the Zombie Smashers!Like its predecessor, Zombie Smashers X2: Punx and Skins is a beat'em with an RPG twist. Each of the five characters have different values in the following attributes: Punch, Kick, Strength, Agility, Defense, Melee, Ranged, Throw and HP. By killing enemies, characters earn money to buy attribute upgrades and magical techniques, such as slow time or go berserk. Besides their punches and kicks, the characters can also use weapons dropped by enemies, such as garbage cans, katanas, tuna, uzis, hammers, pans and knocked down enemies.Throughout the game the players will have missions to accomplish. The game is quite gory, and the soundtrack is composed by several real electronica, punk, ska and hardcore bands, but it can also be customized to please the player's taste. The graphics are more detailed than the predecessor's, with more 3D smoke, light and blood effects. |
| Chuzzle: Deluxe | 2005-05-12 | PopCap Games, Inc. | Raptisoft, LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Chuzzle Deluxe is a tile matching puzzle game with 4 different game modes and trophies for special events.Basically, you have a 6x6 rows big screen, filled with different colored Chuzzles (some sort of pets). Unlike other tile matching games, you don't move the tile (in this case the Chuzzle), but you actually move the entire row so that you get 3 same colored Chuzzles in a group. They then "explode" and the gap is filled with new Chuzzles. Row moving is possible due to the fact that the rows (both horizontal and vertical) are "round", meaning that moving the outer left Chuzzle one tile to the left will result in appearing of it at the outer right position.The four different game modes are: Classic, Speed, Zen and Mind Bender.Classic works like explained above, but you will also face mega Chuzzles (2x2 tiles big) which can't move out of the screen and locks, which will lock the two rows where it is located. Locks can be destroyed by making a match (mega Chuzzles by the way too). The game mode is level based. Just score as much points as needed for the level and you proceed with the next one. If you run out of possible matches, you can scramble the screen (basically this equals the lost of a life).Speed is like Classic, but you play against the clock. With each match, the counter is set a bit back, but as soon as the counter reaches the top, one Chuzzle will be locked. This goes until no moves are possible. Once you completed the level, the locks are reset.Zen is a relaxing mode. No locks and no clock.In Mind Bender, you job is to recreate a certain given pattern with your 36 Chuzzles. No clock and no special level order required to play.For the first three game modes, if you don't know any further, you can buy a hint (reduction of the score).The major feature of the game are the trophies. In the Trophy Room, you see 22 placeholders for trophies, which will be awarded as soon as you met the requirements. Those are for example for seven-step cascades (you make one match, which will trigger six additional matches), beating 10 levels of Classic, making a six tiles long match, or playing a game without using a hint and much much more. |
| Goody: The Remake | 2005-05-12 | Coptron Game Studios | Coptron Game Studios | Action | | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | This remake of the Spanish platform game from 1987 updates the graphics, sounds, brick physics and controls, while remaining faithful to the original gameplay. As in the old game, the player controls a thief in his night job of stealing any valuables and money laying around unprotected. The game starts in a sewer hideout, from where he can travel to any part of the city by following the connected pipes of the plumbing system, and riding the service elevators to reach the streets.The thief has only one weapon, clay bricks that can be thrown at any approaching enemy to knock them out. The strength of the throw can be adjusted by holding and releasing a button to fill the force meter at the bottom, making the brick bounce from walls and other surfaces before finally shattering on the ground. Money bags can be found on several locations, and the funds accumulated are used to purchase the required trade tools at the hardware store, where useful objects like drillers, spanners, keys and other helpful items can be acquired to help complete the bank robbery.The city is populated by bizarre cartoon characters that roam the town, hitting or holding the main character and removing some of his health energy. He can recover the lost energy by drinking the foaming beer glasses scattered around the levels. The thief carries a ladder that can be deployed anywhere to reach high places. The character dies instantaneously when walking over certain hazardous environments, like lakes and cement mixture barrels. The game language can be set to English or Spanish. |
| Hap Hazard | 2005-05-12 | Raptisoft, LLC | Raptisoft, LLC | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Hap Hazard is a fast-paced action game about collecting bombs. It consists of 40 levels that are completed once all bombs are collected in the environment. Every level consists of a single screen filled with platforms, ladders and ropes. The character Hap Hazard needs to navigate the environment to collect the bombs. There are rockets that chase him and lightning often strikes, hitting the character or destroying a part of the environment, limiting movement. If Hap Hazard is struck he is revived at the starting point. The entire game needs to be completed in fifteen minutes. Additional time is provided for clearing a level. By registering the game the time limit is removed. |
| Paradoxion | 2005-05-12 | VSBgames | VSBgames | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Paradoxion, the objective of each level is to clear the playing board, which has been filled with different kinds of elements, like orbs and gems. To do so, the player has to use the contents of his inventory and produce certain combinations of elements. Whenever elements are eliminated, they cause an explosion, shifting other elements on the board. This can lead to chain reactions of combinations.At the start, only simple elements are available, but later in the game, advanced items, like disintegrators (eliminate a whole row) or teleports (swap elements on the board) can be used. The game provides 90 levels and a level editor which makes it possible to create and share new ones. |
| PhatPong 05 | 2005-05-12 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | PhatPong 05 tries to bring new life to the old Pong formula by offering four different game modes:
Deathmatch
An ordinary game of Pong. Play until one of the players reach the given score limit.
Tugwar
In Tugwar you play until the arrow reaches one of the red ends of the meter located at the bottom of the screen.
Painball
The ball has been replace by a chainsaw. Avoid being hit. Every time you are hit you will lose life. When all life is gone, you have lost.
CTF
Capture The Flag. A flag is lying on the play field. To score you must first pick up the flag by hitting it with the ball.
In this game you can also change the direction of where the ball is going by moving the pad in that direction. In addition to singleplayer, you can also play multiplayer for two players on the same computer or via LAN or Internet. The game comes with six different backrounds, and if you want more you can import your own JPG files into the game. The same goes for the in-game music. |
| Supreme Ruler 2010 | 2005-05-12 | Strategy First, Inc. | Battlegoat Studios | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Supreme Ruler 2010 is a semi real-time strategy game about world politics, economics, diplomacy, and eventually military might in a quest to achieve world domination, with a focus on detailed management and military strategies.The game starts around 2010. Global depression has reached its peak and what were once united countries start to disintegrate into small province-like countries. The player starts by choosing a specified political map to lead, may it be in Russia, China, Europe, SE Asia, Africa, and from there choose a province to govern as a supreme ruler. Note that due to the extraordinary geographical detail, your country of origin may well be in the game, unless stated otherwise by the campaign/scenario plot.As the ruler of a newly-founded country, strategy and gameplay of the government consist of the following:
Economic Policies
The welfare of the people is the utmost key element to a strong nation and in this game you start in economic turmoil. Foreign debt, unemployment, inflation, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) levels, interest rates, lack of raw and/or finished goods is what any new government has to deal with and you are no exception.
Foreign and Diplomatic Policies
You are not alone in this universe and in this case, they're right across the borders of your country. Like it or not, you have neighbors and they have something you want as well as you having something they want. That's where diplomacy comes in. Trade goods, money, research and even military units. Enter trade agreements, military alliances or even war! The international community is watching your every move. Be good and they might even send some much needed foreign aid, be bad and you'd better find a way to fulfill the needs of your people as that embargo won't lift anytime soon.
Domestic Politics
You may be a monarch, a military dictator, or a democratic president. Either way, your reign won't last forever if you don't play by the rules of the game. Fulfill the needs of the people or they will cast you out of government. You have 4-5 years before election time and make sure your polls are up or you'll end up being the janitor in your own office!
Research and Development
There's research and there's development. Two separate issues in this game. Research consists of discovering new technologies that may better your military, buildings or even popularity with the people or international community. Development consists of building what your nation needs. Infrastructure, factories, are some of the things you need to build that will make your country a future superpower.
Military Might
No nation is without a military presence, especially if you have something they don't have. May it be land, resources or just being strategically located, you have to protect what is yours. Build military units: soldiers, ships, planes, submarines, missiles, even Weapons of Mass Destruction to protect your cause and rule. Just be sure you don't build more military than you can actually spend money on and be sure your military units are trained and equipped when D-day arrives. |
| Total Challenge Multipack | 2005-05-12 | INtex Publishing GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Total Challenge III: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg
Total Challenge IV: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg
Total Challenge MP: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg |
| Invincible Island Remake | 2005-05-13 | Dock Tower | Dock Tower | Adventure | | Fangame | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | Invincible Island Remake is a freeware adaptation of a text adventure released for the ZX Spectrum in 1983, submitted as an entry for the 2005 edition of the Retro Remakes competition. As the main theme that year was accessibility with one-switch games, the controls were changed from the original parser with text input through typing, to a series of interactive menus with a list of options that can be activated with one button. The spacebar has to be used to summon a menu listing all the possible actions in every scene, with the highlighted selection continuously moving down and up again, cycling every few seconds between all the available entries.The plot remains the same, where the player assumes the role of a castaway stranded on the remote Xaro island, searching for the hidden treasure described on a letter by the archaeologist Dr. Chumley. The place is filled with dangerous characters and hazardous environments that must be avoided. The bottom of the screen displays any object that the main character is holding at the moment, with inventory items being selected from a list in the menu. |
| The Witch's Yarn | 2005-05-14 | Mousechief, Co. | Mousechief, Co. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Witch Wednesday Brooks has recently become a widow. She married the mortal Hubert, much to the anger of her mother Angelica, and after his death she decides to give up witchcraft and start a yarn shop instead. The Witch's Yarn follows the events on the first day of her new life, through 8 chapters on 12 locations. Mixing classic adventure gameplay with an adaptation for the casual market, the player is cast as a director, steering the events on an abstract stage with cues and props, rather than directly controlling every action of the characters.The game is conflict-based and focuses on the complex interpersonal relationships between the characters. The player selects cues from the top of screen, which are either characters or objects, to further the story. At any give time, cues can be turned back or the story can be rewound when stuck. For instance, it is possible to make Wednesday depressed, closing her store; which would end the game. Not all choices are available all the time and they depend on the player's decisions. When a cue is selected, the story unfolds through still images with text boxes. There is an inventory and mini-games to solve puzzles.The goal of the game is to explore the different locations, compete against the other stores on Cherokee Avenue, earn 1 dollar at the end of the day, foil Angelica's plan to ruin Wednesday's shop, defeat the 8 witches sent by Angelica to boycott the store, and rebuild the bonds between characters, especially between Wednesday and her children Erin, Alec and Michelle. Wednesday is assisted by Greta, an unusually talkative fungus. Although the interface and gameplay are intuitive and more accessible than classic adventure games, a good command of the English language is needed to solve the puzzles and understand the witty conversations. There is no save game system. Instead, players can place manual bookmarks, or quit and resume playing at any given time. |
| Rolling Madness 3D | 2005-05-15 | | | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Isometric | Windows | Rolling Madness 3D is an enhanced freeware remake of Marble Madness, which builds on Atari's original arcade version. Roll your marble through a selection of obstacle courses, racing against the clock and avoiding the traps, enemies and other nasty surprises in your way.All the races from the arcade original are included, in fully playable form. Modernized features include a true 3D engine, user-configurable perspective, and camera control; you may choose to reproduce the original experience (isometric, fixed camera) or tweak the view to your liking. Only 1 player is supported, and controls are mainly keyboard-based.
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| Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 6: Depression | 2005-05-16 | Namco Limited | Romancework | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 6: Depression is the sixth instalment of the Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories series of episodic visual novels. The series was created to promote and expand upon the setting of the Japanese arcade game Counter-Strike Neo, an instalment in the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter games.The White Memories series are classified as kinetic novels; visual novels which feature a linear storyline with extremely limited player choice or interactivity. Though half of the White Memories novels feature interactivity in the form of playable segments that loosely resemble typical Counter-Strike gameplay, Episode 6: Depression does not.White Memories is set in the same futuristic setting as Counter-Strike Neo. War has broken out between two major powers: the megacorporation NEO, whose wealth and unethical command of nanotechnology has allowed them to grow beyond the control of the government and seize entire cities by force, and the Cosmopolitan Special Forces (CSF), a global task force formed by the United Nations to topple NEO and restore democracy. In Episode 6: Depression, the CSF unit of the protagonist, Shou, divulges plans for an upcoming operation to Maki, a former prisoner of NEO, to see whether that information will leak to NEO ahead of time and expose Maki as the spy that the CSF suspects her to be. |
| Garfield | 2005-05-17 | Hip Games | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Play as the fat cat himself in this interactive puzzle, adventure game. The game takes place entirely inside Garfield's house which is presented in full 3-D.Jon has left Garfield and Odie, the dog, alone in the house for the day. The day has been uneventful until Garfield is rudely awakened from his afternoon nap by a loud noise. He finds that Odie has made a real mess of the house ... and Jon is due home in an hour!It's particularly difficult for cats and dogs to use cleaning equipment and supplies...but you'll find a way to use a vacuum cleaner and other objects. You'll get a big plate of lasagna as a reward if you get it all done before Jon walks in.The game is controlled with the keyboard and mouse. Puzzles come in the form of "mini games." You'll be finding and using inventory objects as part of their solutions. |
| Boiling Point: Road to Hell | 2005-05-19 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | Deep Shadows | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person | | | RPG elements, Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Saul Myers is a veteran of the French Foreign Legion living abroad in Paris. His daughter Lisa is a journalist working in the fictional South American country Realia. When news of her kidnapping reach Saul, he doesn't hesitate: it's off to Realia, to rescue his daughter. Once there, Saul will have to find his own way among corrupted politicians and criminal organizations, searching for clues to discover Lisa's whereabouts, and doing everything necessary to bring her back.Boiling Point: Road to Hell is a hybrid of free-roaming first-person shooter and role-playing, with elements of a "sandbox" driving game in GTA style. The game combines exploration of vast environments with a mission-based structure. Saul will need to gather information concerning his missing daughter, and will therefore have to work for the factions that dominate the Realian landscape. There are six factions in Realia (government, native tribes, bandits, mafia, and communist guerrillas); the player can decide whose missions Saul should undertake. Naturally, working for one faction might influence Saul's standing with the others. Civilians are also counted as a faction, and Saul can become one of them, should the player try to preserve neutrality as much as possible.The role-playing element manifests itself in the game's skill system. The skills consist mainly of weapon proficiencies and physical abilities. They can be raised by practice, but also atrophied when not used for a long period of time. Most characters in Realia are not immediately hostile to Saul, and will become so only if he betrays their faction or sides with their enemies. Saul uses traditional FPS arsenal (revolvers, assault rifles, etc.) to deal with the enemies. There are also drivable vehicles (cars, boats, helicopters and planes) in the game. |
| Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 7: Truth | 2005-05-19 | Namco Limited | Romancework | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 7: Truth is the seventh instalment of the Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories series of episodic visual novels. The series was created to promote and expand upon the setting of the Japanese arcade game Counter-Strike Neo, an instalment in the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter games.The White Memories series are classified as kinetic novels; visual novels which feature a linear storyline with extremely limited player choice or interactivity. Though half of the White Memories novels feature interactivity in the form of playable segments that loosely resemble typical Counter-Strike gameplay, Episode 7: Truth does not.White Memories is set in the same futuristic setting as Counter-Strike Neo. War has broken out between two major powers: the megacorporation NEO, whose wealth and unethical command of nanotechnology has allowed them to grow beyond the control of the government and seize entire cities by force, and the Cosmopolitan Special Forces (CSF), a global task force formed by the United Nations to topple NEO and restore democracy. In Episode 7: Truth, the protagonist, a CSF soldier named Shou, sets out to rescue Maki, a former prisoner of NEO accused of being a spy who he believes is innocent. |
| Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 8: Innocent Bullet | 2005-05-19 | Namco Limited | Romancework | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 8: Innocent Bullet is the eighth instalment of the Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories series of episodic visual novels. The series was created to promote and expand upon the setting of the Japanese arcade game Counter-Strike Neo, an instalment in the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter games.The White Memories series are classified as kinetic novels; visual novels which feature a linear storyline with extremely limited player choice or interactivity. However, half of the White Memories novels feature interactivity in the form of playable segments that loosely resemble typical Counter-Strike gameplay instead of branching story paths. In Episode 8: Innocent Bullet, the interactive portion tasks the player with shooting an enemy soldier with an equipped pistol. The enemy shoots back and will kill the player if they are not defeated first, resetting the scenario until the player wins the gunfight.White Memories is set in the same futuristic setting as Counter-Strike Neo. War has broken out between two major powers: the megacorporation NEO, whose wealth and unethical command of nanotechnology has allowed them to grow beyond the control of the government and seize entire cities by force, and the Cosmopolitan Special Forces (CSF), a global task force formed by the United Nations to topple NEO and restore democracy. In Episode 8: Innocent Bullet, the protagonist, a CSF soldier named Shou, learns the true identity of the spy who has been leaking the CSF's plans to NEO. |
| Nu, pogodi! Vipusk 4. Dogonjalki | 2005-05-20 | 1C Company | DiP Interactive | Action | Side view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Nu, pogodi! Vipusk 4. Dogonjalki is the fourth installment in the Nu, pogodi! platformer series. It is based on the popular Russian TV cartoon series. |
| Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 10: Ghost | 2005-05-23 | Namco Limited | Romancework | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 10: Ghost is the tenth instalment of the Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories series of episodic visual novels. The series was created to promote and expand upon the setting of the Japanese arcade game Counter-Strike Neo, an instalment in the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter games.The White Memories series are classified as kinetic novels; visual novels which feature a linear storyline with extremely limited player choice or interactivity. Though half of the White Memories novels feature interactivity in the form of playable segments that loosely resemble typical Counter-Strike gameplay, Episode 10: Ghost does not.White Memories is set in the same futuristic setting as Counter-Strike Neo. War has broken out between two major powers: the megacorporation NEO, whose wealth and unethical command of nanotechnology has allowed them to grow beyond the control of the government and seize entire cities by force, and the Cosmopolitan Special Forces (CSF), a global task force formed by the United Nations to topple NEO and restore democracy. In Episode 10: Ghost, the protagonist, a CSF soldier named Shou, encounters a deadly ghost-like opponent while participating in an attack on a NEO location. |
| Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 11: Second Contact | 2005-05-23 | Namco Limited | Romancework | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 11: Second Contact is the eleventh instalment of the Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories series of episodic visual novels. The series was created to promote and expand upon the setting of the Japanese arcade game Counter-Strike Neo, an instalment in the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter games.The White Memories series are classified as kinetic novels; visual novels which feature a linear storyline with extremely limited player choice or interactivity. Though half of the White Memories novels feature interactivity in the form of playable segments that loosely resemble typical Counter-Strike gameplay, Episode 11: Second Contact does not.White Memories is set in the same futuristic setting as Counter-Strike Neo. War has broken out between two major powers: the megacorporation NEO, whose wealth and unethical command of nanotechnology has allowed them to grow beyond the control of the government and seize entire cities by force, and the Cosmopolitan Special Forces (CSF), a global task force formed by the United Nations to topple NEO and restore democracy. In Episode 11: Second Contact, the protagonist, a CSF soldier named Shou, learns the full truth about Maki, a woman who NEO has used for their own ends. |
| Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 12: Wish | 2005-05-23 | Namco Limited | Romancework | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 12: Wish is the twelfth and final instalment of the Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories series of episodic visual novels. The series was created to promote and expand upon the setting of the Japanese arcade game Counter-Strike Neo, an instalment in the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter games.The White Memories series are classified as kinetic novels; visual novels which feature a linear storyline with extremely limited player choice or interactivity. Though half of the White Memories novels feature interactivity in the form of playable segments that loosely resemble typical Counter-Strike gameplay, Episode 12: Wish does not.White Memories is set in the same futuristic setting as Counter-Strike Neo. War has broken out between two major powers: the megacorporation NEO, whose wealth and unethical command of nanotechnology has allowed them to grow beyond the control of the government and seize entire cities by force, and the Cosmopolitan Special Forces (CSF), a global task force formed by the United Nations to topple NEO and restore democracy. In Episode 12: Wish, the protagonist, a CSF soldier named Shou, embarks on a final effort to save the soul of the woman he loves. |
| Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 9: Cast Away | 2005-05-23 | Namco Limited | Romancework | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 9: Cast Away is the ninth instalment of the Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories series of episodic visual novels. The series was created to promote and expand upon the setting of the Japanese arcade game Counter-Strike Neo, an instalment in the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter games.The White Memories series are classified as kinetic novels; visual novels which feature a linear storyline with extremely limited player choice or interactivity. However, half of the White Memories novels feature interactivity in the form of playable segments that loosely resemble typical Counter-Strike gameplay instead of branching story paths. In Episode 9: Cast Away, the interactive portion tasks the player with shooting incoming enemy soldiers with an equipped AK-47. The enemies shoot back and will kill the player if they are not killed first, resetting the scenario until the player is successful.White Memories is set in the same futuristic setting as Counter-Strike Neo. War has broken out between two major powers: the megacorporation NEO, whose wealth and unethical command of nanotechnology has allowed them to grow beyond the control of the government and seize entire cities by force, and the Cosmopolitan Special Forces (CSF), a global task force formed by the United Nations to topple NEO and restore democracy. In Episode 9: Cast Away, the protagonist, a CSF soldier named Shou, participates in an attack on a NEO location. |
| Fruit Lockers | 2005-05-24 | e-FunSoft Games | e-FunSoft Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Open the lockers and gather the fruit until the scale is full.Fruit Lockers is a match three game. To make a match, use your mouse to swap two lockers so as to create a group of three or more. These groups can be in a straight line, an L shape or a box. This will cause the lockers to open, revealing their contents, usually a fruit. When you get a group of three fruits together, they will disappear and the empty lockers will drop down, shifting the position of the lockers above them. The fruit groups, like the locker groups, can be in a straight line, an L shape or a box. Fruits that drop down begin filling up the scale. There are two play modes, normal and free. In normal mode, there is a time limit and, to end the round, you must fill the scale. In free mode, the scale never fills and there is no time limit.Later in the game, you meet the giant spider. This creature will place a web on some lockers, whether they are open or not. A webbed locker or fruit cannot be moved or matched. At the time you meet the giant spider, you also earn brooms. These can be used to remove a web. You begin with three and can find more in some lockers. Later, you will find a hammer in some lockers. When you find the hammer, if you click it, the hammer will hit the locker it was in, dropping that locker as well as the lockers to the left, right, above and below that locker. Farther along in the game, you will earn the Magic Key. This can be used to open any closed, web-free, unsealed locker. Use of the Magic Key is unlimited, however, in normal mode, it will cost you some of the fruit on your scale. In free mode, using the Magic Key will cost you points. You will also encounter sealed lockers. These cannot be opened or moved but are just barriers. |
| Gun Metal | 2005-05-24 | Strategy First, Inc. | Rage Games Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | Windows | Gun Metal is an action game in which the player controls a "Havoc Suit", a combat vehicle which can switch between Mech and Jet Fighter forms. Armed with this incredible weapon and a veritable arsenal of guns, bombs and missiles, the player sets out to repel all borders from the enemy, with missions ranging from defending bases, escorting convoys, assaulting enemy bases to fighting in skirmishes alongside the main army. |
| Laser Dolphin | 2005-05-24 | Dingo Games | Dingo Games | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | "The Prime Minister has been kidnapped by aliens. Are you a bad enough dolphin to rescue the Prime Minister?" That's right, after the kidnapping of the Prime Minister the only thing that can rescue him it turns out is a dolphin armed with lasers. Laser Dolphin is a platform game where you must collect golden fishes, weapons, and destroy enemies standing in your path to advance through the levels and ultimately save the Prime Minister.Controlling the dolphin is done via keyboard and mouse and you can jump out of the water with the use of a little speed and of course aiming up otherwise most of your time is spent swimming. Aptly named Laser Dolphin has a laser strapped to his back that would make Dr.Evil proud. His laser is either a single blast of can be charged up for and even more powerful blast by holding down fire. Other weapons such as guided missiles and laser swords can also be strapped to his back. The laser sword has the unique ability to bounce back enemy fire. The enemies in this game adventure range from Earthbound crazed creatures like suicidal turtles with TNT strapped to their shells, and seagulls that drop bombs from the air. As you advance through the levels you will confront robotic enemies that the aliens have deployed such as, robotic sharks, evil dolphins, and robotic sentries and mines.
Your adventure will span fifty levels that take place on four different worlds from the Earth to the alien home world. A volcanic planet and an ice-bound one will also need to be traversed. After rescuing the Prime Minister you can then try out the stunt mode of the game where you must do jumping, flipping and other stunts to gain points and open other stunt levels. There's also a race mode where you must swim as quickly as you can through hoops in the water. The higher the points you score the more levels you will open up. Earning high-points will also unlock cheat modes that range from invincibility to giant dolphins and gravity adjusters. And if after all that you still need more to do, there's a built in construction set where you can make your own levels. |
| Madagascar | 2005-05-24 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Toys for Bob Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Be a part of Dreamwork's animated adventure by guiding Marty the Zebra, Alex the lion, Melman the giraffe, Gloria the hippo and those stealthy Penguins as they escape the Central Park Zoo into the streets of New York and then into the wild jungle...err San Diego zoo.The storyline is exactly the same as the movie itself and each chapter will bring you further in the story. Every chapter will have various goals set. Only one specific goal per chapter is required to complete the chapter so you can always replay the chapter later to try to complete all the goals. Every stage will also require you to play as a different character and some will involve all characters. Each character have their own unique abilities: Marty can kick with his hind legs, sneak around his enemies slide and perform long-jumps. Alex the lion can throw fruits, use his claws and roar at his enemies. Gloria can tumble, butt bounce and hip check her enemies. And when she eats some chili peppers, she will be able to charge into her enemies. Melman can spin into, throw items at and head bash his enemies. He can also perform the Helicopter move which enables him to glide long distances. Finally the Penguin can slide, fish and attack with a Finishing move (something like a karate chop) to defeat their enemies.Throughout the game there will be various items to collect including Life Tikis to replenish your Health Meter and Monkey Money that will enable you to buy special things at the Zoovenir Shop like mini games and special outfits for the Madagascar cast. |
| Decisive Battles of World War II: Battles in Italy | 2005-05-25 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Strategic Studies Group Pty Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Wargame | Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Battles in Italy is a turn-based strategy game which simulates the invasions of Sicily, Salerno and Anzio during WWII. It uses the classical hexagon style and focuses on inner values: the whole game is spent on a overhead map and units are represented by abstract symbols. The player can choose which side he wants to play on and then gives orders to his troops every turn. The automatic calculated combat takes many factors into consideration, e.g. terrain, weather and unit composition. Also important is the visual range because the game uses the "Fog or War" gameplay element where enemies can only be seen if spotted. Sustaining the supply lines makes sure that the soldiers have enough fuel and food. With a click on a unit he gets all relevant information on the side of the screen. |
| Euro Rally Champion | 2005-05-25 | Liquid Games | Brain in a Jar Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Euro Rally Champion is a simple rally simulation that could be described under the number 2 symbol : two game modes (championship, timed race), two skill levels (easy, normal), two game options (automatic or manual transmission, autosave or not).You drive in various countrysides, mountains, but also in Africa and even in a closed circuit ! You will have first to choose your driver, and car, then fine tune it before the race. |
| Glest | 2005-05-26 | | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Glest is a 3D real-time strategy game with gameplay similar to WarCraft 3. In a medieval fantasy world, proponents of Magic are in conflict with those who feel that Technology has all the answers. You choose one of these factions and fight rivals by building cities, harvesting natural resources and building troops. Eight maps are provided with different settings, incorporating rivers, islands and mountains.Magic must defeat the opposition by using magic spells (such as fire and healing) and summoning demons. Technology must crush the enemy with force of arms and industry.There is support for up to four players at once. Glest is also very user-extendable, with all the data for the units and tech trees stored in XML files that can be modified by the player. |
| Chrome SpecForce | 2005-05-27 | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | In the sequel to Chrome, you once again take on the role of Bolt Logan. He is now part of the special unit "SpecForce". One day they are sent to the planet Estrella where a drug is been produced, which makes the consumer very aggressive and strong. But as you reach the facility, you find out that there is a terrorist group behind it and soon the unit not only fights for its own survival but for the survival of the whole universe.Chrome SpecForce features a slightly improved Chrome engine which once again allows huge mission areas in which you have complete freedom on how to fulfill your mission goal. As the land is so big, there are also vehicles available like speeders, powerful Mecs or planes. On foot there are several futuristic weapons, from the TC234 Pistol to the GL Dragoon Rocket launcher. You are part of a unit, so you fight along with teammates, and you can give them simple orders to move around or attack.If you have saved the universe or are tired from the long missions, you can go online and play against other people in Deathmatch or Capture the Flag. |
| Disciples II: Gallean's Return | 2005-05-27 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Disciples II: Gallean's Return is a compilation of the two stand-alone expansions packs for Disciples II: Dark Prophecy, Guardians of the Light and Servants of the Dark.The box also contains an exclusive portfolio with original concept art and sketches. |
| Parkan II | 2005-05-27 | 1C Company | Nikita Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot, Space flight, Tank | | | | | Windows | As the pilot of the Parkan, a former anti-pirate patrol cruiser, you are sent 17 years back in time to search for and prevent the reasons for an ongoing catastrophe which threatens the colonised space of the present. Your journey takes you deep into an almost unknown and war-torn region of space, now ruled by several clans of droids - and your only clues are a missing science ship and a strange anomaly found somewhere in that galaxy.Parkan II is a mixture of space and first person action with a mission-driven and non-linear storyline. The game features several hundreds of solar systems with anything from one to ten individual planets per system, on which the player may land. Depending on the standing with the particular clan owning the planet, the player can trade, get news or missions from the base or even invading and conquering it in an FPS like way. The same applies to many ships you encounter on your travels between the planets.While most of Parkan II's gameplay is based on action, simulation and roleplaying elements are also included. Your ship's as well as your battle suit's systems and weapons can be upgraded with better equipment and there are various combat drones to help you with fights on the ground or in space. As the interface and controls for your ship and suit are almost the same, the transition between both is almost seamless. |
| Restricted Area | 2005-05-27 | Whiptail Interactive | Master Creating GmbH | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic | | Point and select | | Mature | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | The year is 2083, and the world is no longer the way it was before. Huge cities, surrounded by a heavy fog, populated by assassins, robots, and mutants - this is the future of mankind. After a prolonged cold war, the might on the Earth became concentrated in the hands of seven mega-corporations. Those corporations are fighting each other, and no means are dirty enough for them. They hire hackers to destroy security systems of hostile corporations: thieves to steal valuable documents; mercenaries to kill those who stand in their way. You are cast into this world and are able to choose one of the four available characters to play. The four characters are: a mercenary, a yakuza fighter, a female hacker, and a female user of psionic technique. Each character has his/her own background story, and while playing the game as one of the characters, you encounter others as NPCs.Restricted Area is an action RPG. The game is heavy on combat, in which you can equip various weapons (melee weapons, different types of guns, such as for example plasma rifles, etc.) and fight using physical attacks or psionic "spells". You can also develop your characters' skills of various kinds, and make decisions during conversations that will influence the course of the game. |
| Singles 2: Triple Trouble | 2005-05-27 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Rotobee Realtime 3D GmbH | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Singles 2 is a Life Simulation Game, similar to The Sims.You play as Josh, a young musician who just moved to a new city. He moves in with Kim, a crazy girl - and is very surprised when he finds out that his other flatmate is Anna, is ex! Josh bitterly disappointed Anna in the past and now he wants to win her back. Anna, however, is not so happy to see Josh again... In the Story Mode you can only control Josh; it is also possible to play the story from the perspective of Anna. You can buy lots of new furniture and items for your flat, you must improve various character skills such as flirting, cooking and repairing and you can interact with other Singles. Interaction can mean anything from smalltalk to hot sex.There is also a Free Play Mode where you can control three Singles of your choice. Singles 2 has a strong focus on love and erotic. It also includes a boy-boy and girl-girl mode.
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| Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy | 2005-05-28 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Midway Games, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | Spy / espionage | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | Sal DiVita | Windows | Psi-Ops is an action game with a twist: no longer do you have to rely solely on big weapons and explosions to progress through it - you also have the aid of psychic powers to take down army after army of enemy soldiers.In the game you take the role of Nick Scryer, a secret agent who had his face reconstructed and mind wiped clean in order to infiltrate a growing psychic organization calling itself The Movement. Nick, however, is captured, but manages to free himself and continue his mission to stop The Movement, regaining his psychic abilities along the way.The game mixes regular weapons with the weapons of the mind. You'll have access to a series of mind powers, such as Telekinesis (the ability to fling object and soldiers around), Pyrokinesis (the ability to set things on fire), Mind Drain (for draining Psi power out of foes' minds) and Remote Viewing (leaving your body behind and exploring the level). |
| Communist Mutants From Space | 2005-05-29 | | Jeff Silvers Software | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Both more and less sophisticated than the 1982 VCS original, this fan remake enhances the graphics and mildly fortifies the Cold War backstory -- your dashing space pilot now one Harry McCarthy dogfighting waves of cosmic Marxist monsters on behalf of the Anti-Communist Force of Earth.Basic gameplay remains much the same: your ship is confined to sliding along the bottom of the screen, from where it shoots up at rows of eggs slowly jostling from left to right, Space Invaders-style, and which periodically hatch and discharge nasty Communist Mutants at you. Atop the eggs is the historical inevitability, the Mother Creature, nurturing her zygotes with dialectical materialism and sending them into the fray just about as quickly as you can dispatch them with your good ole one-two anti-Communist bourgeois knowhow. The Mother uses her row of eggs as a protective shield barrier of sorts, scurrying back and forth using her young as cannon fodder while she repairs gaps in the shield. To progress you must shoot both the buffer eggs and the Mutants which emerge from them, but the primary goal of each level is to take out the Mother Creature -- following which the proletarian enemy masses fail to regenerate.One innovation of this remake is that you can recruit a second player to back you up -- a success on the battlefield but an ideological compromise given Kropotkin's writings on federating for mutual aid. |
| ChessRogue | 2005-05-30 | | | Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Chess | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | ChessRogue is an unusual combination of Chess and Rogue.You play the part of the White King, entering a multi-level dungeon teeming with Pawns, Bishops etc., your goal: Finding and defeating the Black King.Each level is randomly generated and shown in a text-based top-down view. You start in the top left corner and have to reach the exit on the lower right corner, capturing as many pieces as possible along the way.The different chess pieces are depicted using characters, like K for King or P for Pawn, and they all have different manners of moving, just as in chess: Bishops travel diagonally, Rooks vertically or horizontally, etc. The movement is not exactly chesslike to make the game more interesting. Just like in chess, once a piece is attacked, it's gone, so any piece has one "hit point" as compared to other roguelikes. -- you have to be extra careful, any error may be your last.At the beginning, the White King can only travel and capture one square horizontally or vertically. Later on, when he has captured enough enemy pieces (increasing his "experience"), he will gain additional capabilities for moving or capturing, including jumping (ignoring terrain or pieces) or charging (moving several squares and capturing everything on your path) in certain directions.Gameplay is turn-based. You have the option to stand still, while enemy pieces have to move if possible. Finally, the game offers a simple save and restore function as well as a highscore table. Despite being very simple, the game can be quite addictive, due to its mind-teasing puzzles and funny setting.
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| Mines | 2005-05-30 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mines is a Minesweeper clone. In Mines the player must reveal the location of mines by marking them. This is done by revealing empty fields, these contain numbers indicating how many mines are directly adjacent. If a mine is clicked on, all mines are revealed and the game ends. If all mines are marked, the player wins the game.Unlike Minesweeper, Mines has more pre-set difficulty settings (ranging from 9x9 to 30x16 cells), does notify the player if there are too many flags in range (e.g. 3 flags for 2 mines) and the mines are so placed that the game is solvable with thinking, not guessing. |
| Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek | 2005-05-30 | PLAY-publishing.com | Calaris Studios Sp. z o.o | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek is a platform game in Polish, inspired by the cult comic book by Henryk Chmielewski. The player takes control of the comic's protagonist — Tytus, a talking chimpanzee. One of Tytus's friends, the ingenious inventor Professor T. Alent, needs your help: his robots have gone haywire, and are going wild all over the city. On each level, the player needs to collect a specific amount of the indicated items (such as candy or coffee cups) and then reach the exit. There are various robotic enemies in the game, which can be defeated by rolling into them, beating them up, or shooting them with weapons collected along the way. |
| ER | 2005-05-31 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Simulation | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Healthcare | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Direct from the TV series, ER places you in the life of an intern in the emergency room. Start out with few skills and work your way up as you treat patients with 6 categories of injuries - general surgery, neurology, broken bones, cardiac, pediatrics, and toxicology.Not only do you need to treat the patients, but you need to get along with the staff as well. If you're near a friendly staff member, your skills increase. However, if you're near a staff member who doesn't like you, or even hates you, your skills will decrease. There are a number of ways to improve your relationships including talking about various things with the staff and giving gifts. You can also receive gifts from patients who you treat. |
| Nexuiz | 2005-05-31 | Alientrap Games Inc. | Alientrap Games Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Nexuiz is an open source 3D multiplayer shooter, licensed under the GPL, and has been in development for over 3 years. The developers' aim was to create the ultimate deathmatch game, by bringing the gameplay back to the basics with perfect weapon-balancing and fast-paced movement. The DarkPlaces engine is used, an advanced Quake1 engine with realtime lighting and shadowing, new particle effects and Md3/Md2 model support.The freedom of movement provides strafe jumps, double jumps, circle jumps, mid-air control and rocket jumps. Eight weapons have been included with secondary firemodes that allow for advanced tactics. There is no story, just 17 maps with different themes and 15 player models to choose from. The servers support up to 64 players and all possible settings can be tweaked in-game. The game also has an internal server browser to find online games without a hassle. |
| Hank | 2005-06-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hank is an old-school treasure hunter, digging his way through the soil. Unfortunately, the treasures he seeks belong to the Urus, and they do everything they can to stop him. So the player has to help Hank collect all the fortunes he desires by moving the little mole through the ground, shooting opponents and gathering as much gems and gold as possible. The gameplay is shown as a top-down maze with a pseudo 3D view.The player can collect more than just gold, also lumps of coal, gems of different colours and values, as well as special items and ammo for Hank's ray pistol. He needs the latter to get rid of the annoying and fairly dangerous Uru guards that want to keep their treasures safe. Unfortunately, there are also dragons strolling underground. |
| Mission Amazonas | 2005-06-01 | BrainGame Publishing, GmbH | | Adventure, Educational | | | | Puzzle elements | South America | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mission: Amazonas is an educational adventure game. You own a company that runs expeditions into the Amazonas and are responsible for planning and organizing those. The missions range from rescuing a crashed pilot to finding long lost temples. Move your team through the jungle and learn about different topics beforehand. |
| Mortimer and the Enchanted Castle | 2005-06-01 | Katana Games S.L. | Katana Games S.L. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | Horror | | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | A cozy New Year's eve is interrupted for Mortimer when his neighbours, The MacFear's, invite him over to their castle to investigate the disappearance of family heirlooms. Now Mortimer with your help must traverse through the entire castle looking for the missing treasures.
Mortimer and the Enchanted Castle is a puzzle game where you must lay down the appropriate blocks or objects in the path of Mortimer in order for him to make his way to the exit of each level. You will have access to different objects depending on the level that you are playing. Stairs to obviously climb up, bombs to blow up obstacles, or trampolines to bounce over pits and chasms.
Be on the look out for dangers such as the aforementioned chasms as well as aged blocks which can only be stepped on once. Some levels will ask Mortimer to collect a key before he can exit. There are ninety levels to pass as well as four tutorial levels which must be completed before taking on the real adventure. |
| Rayman: 10th Anniversary Collection | 2005-06-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This 10th anniversary Rayman compilation contains the following three games:
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc - Print Studio (European Windows release only)
Rayman Arena |
| Star Wars: Galaxies - The Total Experience | 2005-06-01 | LucasArts | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Star Wars: Galaxies compilation contains the main game An Empire Divided and its two expansion packs Jump to Light Speed and Rage of the Wookies.Players who purchased the Total Experience were awarded an exclusive "BARC speeder" mount, modeled off the bikes seen in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith |
| The World of Need for Speed | 2005-06-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | World of Need for Speed collects four different games in EA's Need for Speed series:
Need for Speed: High Stakes
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Need for Speed: Underground
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| Gunz: The Duel | 2005-06-02 | MAIET Entertainment, Inc | MAIET Entertainment, Inc | Action | Behind view | | Martial arts | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Gunz is a free Internet multiplayer shooter with some RPG elements. Shooter gameplay is standard online shooter fare; there's a Deathmatch game which is a free-for-all melee where the first player to hit a preset number of kills wins the match, Team Deathmatch where you score points for your team by killing members of another team, and so on. To add some variety, players can perform tricks such as shoot-dodging, wall kick-flipping, melee weapon combos, and others.The real distinctiveness of Gunz is the RPG elements. You start the game with old and rusty weapons and gear. Every kill you score gives you experience points and cash. When you get enough experience points, you level up, which allows you to use better weapons, armor, and equipment, and the cash you win can be used to buy it. |
| CustomPlay Golf | 2005-06-03 | Fusion Software | CustomPlay Games Ltd | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Customplay Golf is a golf simulation with a strong focus on its editor. Basically the main premise of the game is that the player builds his own golf courses before playing and sharing them - similar to what TrackMania is for racing games. The editor allows to customize most aspects of a course. For impatient players there is also a function which creates a random course which the player can edit to his wishes. These courses can by sent to friends with the PlayMail feature.The gameplay itself is basic. The player creates his own character and uses it to play his or one of the 17 pre-made courses. He can choose between the usual two-click, three-click and TrueSwing controls. In the first two variants the player needs to solve a reaction test by clicking the mouse with the right timing. With the TrueSwing method the player controls the whole hit with his mouse. |
| Let's Ride: Dreamer | 2005-06-03 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Kritzelkratz 3000 GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This game is a horse riding simulation adventure in which you can take care of your own horse. Take it for long rides in the country or be part of various tournaments. Try yourself in three disciplines: show jumping, dressage and terrain riding in three different levels. You may design your own horse and the riding courses as well with the built-in editor. Give your horse the best possible grooming and embellish its appearance to your own taste.Players take the role of Marie, who received her horse as a present form her best friend Sarah who had to move. Marie can interact with friends and family, get advice and tips on horse care and riding. If she is diligent and does will, she will be able to keep her horse. If not, she may lose it. You will go through many adventures on the estate and together you will prepare for the tournaments.The game features both winter and summer landscapes and the ability to challenge your friends to tournaments via the internet. |
| Area-51 | 2005-06-06 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Studios - Austin Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Area 51, the urban legend, is a U.S. military-controlled base in the Nevada desert, apparently containing a secret aircraft testing facility. It is also famed as the subject of many UFO conspiracy theories. Area-51, the game, is a first-person shooter (FPS) set in this particular base, now infested with rampant aliens and a mutagenic virus that changes your character. As Ethan Cole, Special Forces, specialist in the HAZMAT (hazardous materials) Division, you have to discover what's going on inside the base and blast the menace to save the world. Your character races against time: the same virus that is mutating the facility personnel into monsters is also in his organism, slowly transforming him into an inhuman creature under the control of the alien masterminds.The hero has access to more than ten types of human and alien weapons to fight the creatures. They are designed by Stan Winston Studios, monster creator for such films as Aliens, Jurassic Park and Predator. The weapons can be used in melee combat as well, and it's possible to switch to an alternate firing mode, in some cases with the downside that it consumes more ammo. Ethan can also use a scanner to investigate items of interest, documents, alien artifacts and residue. The information contributes to the backstory and is stored in the scanner's databank.At a specific point in the game, you will gain the ability to mutate into a creature for a limited time. All monsters and humans are then highlighted by your thermal vision, and you can use claws in melee and shoot heat-seeking parasites. Staying in the mutant form consumes mutagen, which can then be replenished by draining infected corpses, killing enemies in melee or consuming special syringes with mutagen, as opposed to using normal medical syringes to restore health.Area-51 has a two-player split-screen and an online multiplayer (for up to 16 players) component with several modes including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Capture and Hold, and Infection. In Infection, all but one player start as normal healthy soldiers hunting one mutant player. The latter is able to create more mutants by killing opposing players, and thus infecting them. |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | 2005-06-07 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | Rockstar North Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | Crime | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | | Adults Only | | Windows | The events of the game take place in the early 1990s. The player takes control of Carl Johnson (C.J.), who had moved to Liberty City in order to distance himself from his past as a member of a gang in his home city, San Andreas. But the past catches up with him in a way he had not imagined: he finds out that his mother was killed by a rival gang. He goes back to San Andreas to attend her funeral. Realizing how corrupted local police is, seeing how his relatives and friends need him, determined to avenge his mother's death, C. J. has no other choice but to revert to his old ways.Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the fifth game in the GTA series. The basic premise remains the same: roam the "sandbox" environments, hijack cars, and complete missions to advance the story. The game's world is significantly larger than in its two immediate predecessors, encompassing three cities and a vast countryside between them, with smaller towns, mountains, rivers, and other places of interest. The interactivity with the environment is enhanced since the player character can now swim and dive, being able to access every corner of the game world.The missions vary in structure and gameplay, including chases, races, longer and more intense third-person shooter sequences, as well as a wide variety of vehicles to navigate, which range from different new types of cars (such as lowriders), bicycles, motorcycles, to boats, helicopters, planes, trains, and exotic devices such as monster trucks and jetpacks. Some of the missions involve recruiting gang members and attacking turfs belonging to rival gangs.As in the previous games, there are many activities to perform outside of the missions. Working as a taxi driver, taking part in races, delivering sick people to the hospital, etc., return from the preceding games in the series. San Andreas adds many new activities of its own, some of them with a role-playing flavor. C.J. can go to the gym and work out, increasing his stamina. From time to time he has to eat - though overeating will make him look fatter. He is also able to have romantic relationships with certain female characters, asking them out for dinner, giving them presents, etc. |
| Same Game | 2005-06-07 | | | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Same Game, the player must clear the entire playfield by selecting at least two adjacent colored cells.Depending on the difficulty setting, the playfield and the number of colors differ (from 5x5 with 3 colors to 20x15 with 4 colors). Once a set is selected, it is removed and the remaining cells are "consolidated" (cells above fall down, cells moving to the left if there is a horizontal space). This also means that possible set get destroyed when the cells are moving.As soon as the player removes all cells, the game completes. If even only one cell remains, the game is lost. |
| Garden Golf | 2005-06-08 | Big Fish Games, Inc | FunPause | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tee up for a round of miniature golf.Garden Golf is a miniature golf game. Aim the ball by sliding the mouse up or down then press the left button. When the power meter is where you want, press the left button again. Choose from a male or female player. You can play the front nine, back nine or all eighteen holes on one of two courses. There are three ball selections to make. You can choose the normal ball, a heavy ball or a light ball. You can also choose to practice any of the thirty-six holes with any of the three ball choices. |
| Pathologic | 2005-06-09 | Buka Entertainment | Ice-Pick Lodge Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Survival | RPG elements, Survival horror | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | A Russian town, isolated for years from the surrounding influences of technology, finds itself subject to a terrible plague. The player controls one of three potential saviors, a government agent sent to the village (The Bachelor), an undertaker's son who has come to take over the business from his father (The Haruspex), and a young woman with mystical healing powers (The Devotress); the latter can only be played after having completed the game using one of the other characters. The three scenarios feature completely different missions, though their storylines are connected to each other.Pathologic is a hybrid adventure game that incorporates elements of the role-playing and survival horror genres. The game world is viewed from a first-person perspective at all times. Much of the gameplay is dedicated to the exploration of the large town and conversations with its eccentric inhabitants, who will give the protagonist missions. Taking a cue from RPG quest design, some of these missions are entirely optional, while others serve the main storyline and trigger other quests. The survival horror angle is emphasized by the various statistics the player should pay attention to. The protagonists get hungry and tired, so acquiring food and resting from time to time is essential. The protagonists can also become infected by the mysterious disease, which is demonstrated by a corresponding status bar; medications of various kinds must be applied to lessen or cure the infection. The game has a precise internal clock, and its characters might change their locations regardless of the player's input, which makes some of the quests time-based. Completing the main quests, however, is only one of the requirements for reaching the best ending; the game's time will advance and events will occur even if the player character sleeps through the whole game (provided he/she has enough food for that time). The town must be saved in 12 days (game time); failure to do so will trigger one of the "bad" endings". The player is able to make moral decisions concerning saving characters or following one of the several leading groups in the game.Combat in the game is action-based, following the FPS format. However, to emphasize the survival angle, all the three protagonists are rather clumsy and not particularly efficient in combat, and ammunition is scarce. Knives and other melee weapons can be used, as well as various guns. Weapons and clothes will become damaged and deteriorate; however, certain types of characters in the game will be able to fix them. Obligatory combat is rare in the game, though the player can kill any of the town's inhabitants, break into their houses, or fight criminals at night.Economy and trading systems occupy an important portion of the gameplay. Prices in the shops will rise or fall depending on the current situation in the town. It is possible to sell any items the player finds in the game; however, another option is to trade them with the characters that roam the town. Depending on the character type, various trade possibilities are available, such as for example trading beads or needles that can be sometimes found in trash bins for valuable ammunition. |
| Phantom Knight: Mugen no Meikyū - Platinum Edition | 2005-06-10 | Software House Parsley | Software House Parsley | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | This Platinum Edition is an enhanced version of Phantom Knight: Mugen no Meikyū Trilogy DVD. It contains visual scenes that were removed from any previous releases of Desert Time and Phantom Knight: Mugen no Meikyū II, as well as higher-quality sound recording for Type S. In addition, the package contains a mini-soundtrack CD with three songs performed by the Japanese pop singers Kotoko and Eiko Shimamiya. |
| The Devil's Shroud: Part II | 2005-06-11 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure | Europe | | Point and select | Persistent | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Devil's Shroud - Part II is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.
The game series consists of 4 parts as separate games. The game uses photographic backgrounds of real locations with hand drawn characters except for the face.Story:
The end of part 1 takes you from Turin (Italy) to Lyon (France). Leonard Ketmeier hears about a mysterious suicide of a monk in the Lyon abbey and investigates further the involvement of a satanic cult. |
| UwiTron | 2005-06-12 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In UwiTron, you are playing the famous Lightcycle racing game from the Disney movie Tron.You and your opponent are in control of a lightcycle, which moves inside a huge playfield, which will scroll in either direction of the screen until the massive border is reached. Once you move your lightcycle, it will generate a wall of your color, which will stay there until the match ends.The player who runs into either the outer wall or one of the two generated walls of the lightcycles looses the match. To win a game, you must win two matches. |
| Magic Vines | 2005-06-13 | Big Fish Games, Inc | GameHouse, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Magic Vines is a tile matching game, where the player has to connect pieces of vines to make them disappear. Each level shows a grid of a different shape, with short pieces of vine occupying each slot over a tile. The objective is to break the tiles, by rotating the pieces with mouse clicks to align three or more of the same type, creating a long vine that vanishes and breaks the background. Later levels increase the challenge by adding new vine types, and there's an option to play with or without a timer.Dragonflies are stored in a small round compartment at the bottom-left of the screen. They can be picked up and used to break one of the tiles. Extra dragonflies can be collected by breaking tiles with their silhouettes. A ladybug appears occasionally, flying around the grid and landing on random slots restoring their tiles, but can be repelled by performing a match near its position. Gold tiles give extra points. |
| Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst | 2005-06-13 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Sonic Team | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Phantasy Star Online makes its way to the PC in this download only edition. You play the role of a Hunter on Planet Ragol, traversing the lush landscapes of the planet and making a name for yourself. Real time battles against a number of deadly creatures, powerful enemies and many more will await you on your journey, while collecting a number of weapons and items that will aid you. Your main quest, as requested by Governor-General Tyrell, is to discover any survivors of a tragic explosion in the Central Dome.New missions have been developed based around the offline adventures of Phantasy Star Online Episodes I & II, while you customize the 12 characters on offer, from the items they wear to their looks, thanks to a new morphing technology. You also have the chance to join teams of other PSO players and share the wealth and a Team points ranking system. |
| Caverns of Xaskazien | 2005-06-14 | Little Devils Inc. | Little Devils Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Roguelike | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | A one player hack and slash role-playing game, this one depicts an adventurers struggle through thirty levels of randomly generated dungeons to confront the arch-demon, Xaskazien. |
| Juiced | 2005-06-14 | THQ Inc. | Juice Games Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | Windows | Juiced is a racing game, set in the fictive Angel City, that embraces the lifestyle and culture of street racing and tuning, similar to Need for Speed Underground, with slick, fully customizable cars, fast races, gaining respect and betting. The arcade mode offers quick races and in the custom mode you can set up events with unlocked cars and tracks. There are 52 vehicles from known manufacturers to acquire, and the game boasts a total of 7.5 trillion car customization possibilities. To make available all cars, tracks and parts, you need to progress in the career mode, where you build cars and participate in racing events to earn cash and respect. Aside from the traditional circuit and point-to-point races, there are also drag races (sprints) and show-offs with difficult maneuvers requiring advanced driving techniques.When you achieve acclaim in the career mode, some of the eight racing crews in Angel City will offer a position on their team. Each crew has specific challenges and crew racing introduces additional gameplay elements. You have to organize events by phone, gamble, and race opponents for their cars (pink slip races). The team leader's respect is controlled by the amount of damage given and sustained (distress, which also affects the car's performance) and your personal car collection. In team races, there is a strategic element as you can control your team members' aggressiveness in-game.Up to six player can race in the multiplayer mode, in which pink slip races, based on the car collection from the offline career mode, are also available. Statistics are organized on a world ranking server, with record times from singleplayer games and a rating based on your online performance. Ratings can be improved by beating higher-ranked players or multiple drivers in a single race. |
| Age of Castles | 2005-06-15 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | Anarchy Enterprises | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | City building / construction simulation | Medieval | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Age of Castles is a strategy game. Choose a character and reign over your people as prince, dwarf, wizard or warrior. Collect taxes, write laws and build a castle to fight dragons and enemy armies.
18 scenarios are included in the campaign.
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| Crystalix | 2005-06-15 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | GULNY Games | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | A comet has crashed into a serene land of magic and alchemy. It's impact has crystallized it and spread fragments of it across the magical kingdom. Where ever these crystallized shards are they slowly squelch all surrounding life. The supreme wizard discovers that the only way to destroy the crystals is to match the with certain "magical figures". For those who don't know "magical figures" are made in Russia and normally marketed as Tetris blocks. The supreme wizard has his minions make him a trove of these pieces and sets out with them to save the realm.In classic mode you have to destroy all the crystals from the arena using the magical tokens that appear at the bottom of the screen. You can rotate these shapes by clicking on them. When all the crystals are gone the level will end and a new one will scroll on. After each level you’ll be presented with a score sheet showing how many figures you used and how quickly you cleared the level. You lose a life if the shapes that appear at the bottom fill the whole of the area. Some tools exist to help with stray pieces, unusable magical tokens stuck on screen can be destroyed with a hammer, and your wand will remove a single crystal from the area. Each can be used only ten times. Some crystals sparkle even more than their multifaceted comrades, these will explode when cleared and take out surrounding crystals. Surrounding the crystals in many levels are coins which when clicked on will add to your score. When the screen is scrolling to the next level you’ll have more opportunities to pick up coins. In jewel mode you’ll be trying to fill the screen with your token while destroying crystals. Once this is accomplished you’ll progress to a new grid of crystals. Such convenient things as exploding crystals have been removed making this mode more difficult.
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| Hauntings of Mystery Manor | 2005-06-15 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Hauntings of Mystery Manor is an independent point-and-click adventure game with a "ghostly" theme.You return to your family home after an absence of 15 years to find that almost every room is haunted by a troubled ghost. Listen to the ghosts to learn how to free them from their current state. Some of the spirits need to be "un-murdered" while others desire a special prized possession or objects.There are about 20 total locations to explore in the mansion, gardens and cemetery. The Manor is elaborately decorated with rich furnishings and consists of two floors with six rooms per floor. Some rooms lead to "secret" areas deeper inside the house. There are also two mini-games: a tile matching puzzle game and a poker game.Clicking on a door opens it and what you find inside are still screens with hot spots containing objects or information. Objects found are added to an inventory which is accessed from the menu bar. Some items can be combined in inventory. There are sound effects and different music for each scene. All conversations are displayed in text form without voices. Gameplay is from a first-person perspective.Hauntings of Mystery Manor was made using the Adventure Game Studio (AGS) development system. |
| Mexican Motor Mafia | 2005-06-15 | Science of Tomorrow | Science of Tomorrow | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Jebediah Priest... That name will haunt you 'til the day you track him down and avenge your brother. Because you see, not only did this death row escapee murder your brother, but he also kidnapped his kids and stole your car. So now it's up to you to find him and his gang "The Red Texas Four" and put an end to their murderous ways. Your tools? Guns, fuel and guts.
Mexican Motor Mafia is a top down shooter game where you drive a car of your choosing (and budget) and track down bandits and gang members in the ultimate goal of avenging your brother. You will arm yourself with numerous guns limited by again your budget and space on your car. The 18 weapons range from pistols, and explosives to machine guns and rocket launchers. You can even get remote control cars which will explode on impact. What you drive and shoot depends on the money you will make running errands and cleaning out defeated enemies.
When you travel from town to town you will visit the shops and either trade what you've got or earn items running errands that you can trade for cash. You have unlimited ammo but will need to pay for damages caused to your wheels. You ultimately have a choice of 16 cars and these can be purchased from the dealers who fix your owned car.
As you progress you can level up and up three aspects of your character, his re-load time, his ability to fix his car after a battle and the distance he can see on the map between levels. This ability comes in handy if you're looking for someone or avoiding them.
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| Ultratron | 2005-06-15 | Puppygames | Puppygames | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The last human has been slain by evil killer robots. Play the one remaining humanoid battle droid. The mission is to avenge the human race, and destroy the four bots of the Apocalypse - Leiunitas, Bellum, Lues, and Letum, while destroying enemies and avoiding chasers, turrets, spawners, minelayers, bombs, and bullets.Ultratron provides 70+ different robots to destroy, 40+ levels of Crimsonland-like shooter action, bonus stages, and online highscore table. |
| Zootrix | 2005-06-15 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | TASK four | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Zootrix is a Tetris clone. 12 levels with a rising difficulty level are included. The levels can be played alone or in a campaign. If you finish a level, you will unlock a zoo animal and after 12 levels, the zoo is complete. |
| Alien Breed Obliteration | 2005-06-17 | | | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | A continuation of the classic Alien Breed top-down series introducing new levels and various improvements on the original concept. In Alien Breed Obliteration the player is in the role of an IPC Marine sent to investigate deep space outpost cl1-m4x. The game is viewed from a top-down perspective (similar to the 80's arcade classic Gauntlet) and although the mission objectives will vary for each level, the player will generally have to fight his way through a maze of rooms and corridors in order to achieve a goal and then find the deck's exit-lift. |
| Flip | 2005-06-17 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Flip is a Lights Out-style puzzle game, where the player must light up all squares of the grid. Clicking a grid square switches its state between light and dark, but also changes the state of all adjacent squares in a cross-shaped pattern. In an alternate game mode, this pattern no longer necessarily has a cross shape and is different for each square in the grid. |
| Pastel Chime Continue | 2005-06-17 | Alice Soft | Alice Soft | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | The two great continents, Rubens and Colwayd, are populated by humans and other, more exotic creatures. After Colwayd was discovered, the world entered the Age of Adventure; young people study in special Adventurers' Schools, mastering the arts of fighting and magic, in order to discover new lands and fight vicious monsters. The Falnese Private Adventurers' School of the Vianki Republic is considered one of the most elite learning facilities on the whole continent of Rubens. A young rebellious boy named Yuki Nagihara was attending that school; however, he was expelled from it and decided to try his lack in another country, the Kingdom of Rastal. There, he meets friends (specifically female ones) who are more appreciative of his talents; a new school year full of adventures, battles, and romance begins!Pastel Chime Continue is a dungeon-crawling Japanese-style RPG which focuses on relationships between the hero and the various female characters. The main gameplay style is exploration of maze-like isometric dungeons. Enemies are visible on screen; contact with them triggers turn-based battles with are viewed from first-person perspective. The heroes can attack, use magic, or perform special techniques. Outside of the dungeons, the hero is confined to the school; it is possible to choose the party members among several available ones, and also train them, improving their parameters as well as their relationships with the protagonist.Beside the intro, the cutscenes in the game are not animated, with text superimposed on still screens. The game contains scenes with nudity and sexual situations. |
| Rising Kingdoms | 2005-06-17 | Black Bean Games | Haemimont Games AD | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Something is amiss in the land of Equiada. The Shimmering Order is on the rise again, plotting to overthrow the kingdoms of men, the Elves report the wilderness itself gathering under the banner of the so-called Foresters, and even the evil Darklings cannot ignore the rising number of Shades being sighted all over the place. Rising Kingdoms is a RTS with some RPG aspects, such as hero units w/ unique skills and an inventory. There are three main factions, Humans, Foresters and Darklings, and a number of minor races, whose colonies can be captured to acquire certain bonuses and to recruit their units: Elves, Trolls, Nomads, Shades and Dragons. |
| World War I | 2005-06-17 | 1C Company | Dark Fox | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War I | | Andrey Kislov, Andrey Ignatyev, Andrey Ovsyanikov | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | World War I is a real-time strategy, based on historical events of 1914-1918. The player is to take command of troops of 3 sides: Russia, Germany and the Entente and prove his supremacy in over 30 missions grouped in 3 campaigns and a one additional chapter - Intervention in the revolutionary Russia.The game utilizes Enigma engine, a technology developed by Nival Interactive and used firstly in Blitzkrieg. Thus, both games share many aspects, like 3D terrain rendering, characteristic isometric view, controls and play style.Just like in Blitzkrieg, the economical aspects are completely omitted, putting all focus on the battle. Gamers can command a variety of units including infantry, cavalry, artillery and even the air-power. |
| Angband | 2005-06-18 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Roguelike | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Angband is an updated version of the game Moria, adding more monsters, character races, and classes; deepening the dungeon from 50 levels to 100; and including such new features as monster pits and unique items. The object of the game is to become powerful enough to defeat a difficult unique monster, Morgoth, at the bottom of the dungeon.
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| Gunroar | 2005-06-18 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Gunroar is a freeware, open-source vertical shooter with abstract vector graphics created by famous Japanese developer Kenta Cho. The player controls a ship resembling a jetboat seen from above, trailing around the screen and shooting an endless stream of bullets against the enemies, while deftly avoiding collision with their incoming projectiles. The main weapon keeps automatically shooting as long as the button is pressed down, while the secondary missile weapon has to be launched by activating the trigger every time. A countdown clock at the upper left shows the remaining time before the arrival of the next large boss enemy. |
| Boppin' | 2005-06-19 | Accursed Toys, Inc. | Accursed Toys, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A group of do gooders, set on making the video game galaxy pure of evil, entrap all the villains of video games in picture patterns and it's up to the Boppin brothers to save them by matching all the pictures together, and destroying the blocks. |
| Diner Dash | 2005-06-20 | PlayFirst, Inc. | gameLab | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Amy Kim Ganter, Carolina Moya, CL Woncheol Lee, Beom‑Sik Shim | Windows | Bored with her dreary job in the office, Flo starts up her dream job -- running her very own restaurant. You and Flo build a restaurant empire through 50 levels in five different restaurants of seating customers, taking their orders, serving their food, and cleaning up after them. Speedy service and good atmosphere is needed to keep the customers happy, and keeping them happy is the best way to get huge tips.The player must balance service for the five different customer types, each with their own quirks. For example, the business lady is very impatient, but eats very fast and gives very big tips, while the senior citizen is extremely patient, slow to eat, and cheap (he's got to save his retirement money, after all). There are also two chain systems to keep track of, a service chain for doing the same service multiple times in a row, and a seating chain for seating customers of the same color in the same seat.The Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 versions support multiplayer games - cooperative, competitive (with tip wars for instance, where the first player to reach a certain amount of tips, wins), and team based with up to 8 players. |
| T3mp3st | 2005-06-20 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | This open-source, freeware remake of the classic vector-based arcade game adds several new sets of levels with curious shapes, and comes with an integrated level editor. The objective remains the same as before: to move around a wire-frame structure and shoot down waves of enemies crawling over to the top. The original foes, levels and power-ups are implemented in a straightforward manner, in contrast to the extravagant sequels created by Jeff Minter. |
| RYL: Path of the Emperor | 2005-06-21 | Planetwide Games | Gamasoft, Youxiland Digital Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | RYL is an MMORPG based upon player versus player (PVP) combat. Players can assume the role of Humans from the Kartefant Nation, Ak'kan from Merkhadia, or choose to become a member of God's Pirates - a mixed group of Humans & Ak'kan.RYL stands out from other MMOs because of its skill-based system. Each archetype has a set of abilities unique to that class, and the differences are clearly defined, and highly visible. Combat is simplified and easy to learn, and is definitely action-oriented. The PVP aspects revolve around earning fame by killing other players. This is extended to Guilds as well. Guild halls can be built and used as bases. But they can be attacked, too - and if they are lost, the fame penalty is huge. While the game has a clear emphasis on individuals, with the guilds, groups are important as well.RYL also originally offered a $1 Million tournament - definitely making this game unique. However, the tourney was cancelled later (apparently due to cheating.) RYL also pioneered free online subscriptions funded by subsidies from marketing surveys sent periodically to those players who opted-in. |
| Sim Mania 3 | 2005-06-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Sim Mania 3 contains seven CDs and a small installation guide. The manuals are on the CDs in PDF format.Games in this collection are:
SimCity 3000 Unlimited
Sim Theme Park
SimCoaster
Sid Meier's SimGolf
SimSafari
SimCopter
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| The Bard's Tale | 2005-06-21 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | inXile Entertainment, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Bard is a cynical, opportunistic musician who roams the country in search of carnal pleasures. However, this impatient and selfish fellow is compelled to accept the greatest quest of his life: save the princess Caleigh from a demonic cult that has kidnapped her. The unlikely hero must now explore the land in search of the princess, accompanied by the omnipresent Narrator who obviously can't stand the Bard and uses every opportunity to sarcastically comment on his actions. Furthermore, Fionnaoch, the mysterious abductor of the princess, does everything he can to stop the Bard, sending his minions after him.A self-proclaimed "quest for coin and cleavage", The Bard's Tale is an action RPG that is more of a whimsical take on role-playing games than a remake of the classic series. As the Bard, players can fight off hordes of foes with blade and bow, and summon companions through magical Bard Songs. Leveling up allows the player to raise the character's main attributes and invest specialization points in the different types of weapons he can use. Magical companions must be sought out and then summoned during battles. After being summoned, they act pretty much like AI-controlled party members; some of them specialize in physical attacks and offensive spells, while others can heal the hero.During conversations the player can choose "nice" or "snarky" responses for the protagonist. While mostly used for humorous effect, some of these responses may affect subsequent events. The game uses the Dark Alliance engine and has a similar camera and control scheme. |
| Battlefield 2 | 2005-06-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Digital Illusions CE AB | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | Shooter | Asia, Contemporary, Middle East | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Tank | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Take control of the modern battlefield as commander or troop in the true sequel to Battlefield 1942. Play as USA, China or MEC taking control of a large number of vehicles including jets, helicopters, boats, jeeps, APC's and even the USS Essex.
As commander make use of being able to see all thats happening on the battlefield with scanners and UPV's as well as helping your army out with supply drops and wipe out masses of enemy troops with a well aimed artillery strike.
Form squads and work together or go lone wolf and lead your team to victory by gaining ground and capturing flags across the map. |
| Lula 3D | 2005-06-22 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Adventure | Behind view | | Adult, Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | Adults Only | | Windows | Lula, star of Wet: The Sexy Empire, is the protagonist of this point-and-click adventure game. No longer the cutesy, comical girl of her youth, Lula has grown-up and has done very well for herself. Her movie career has taken off and she owns a lavish home in Beverly Hills, California. She is just beginning the production of her new film when tragedy strikes -- Three of her best porn stars are kidnapped! Using clues left behind, it is up to the player to guide the curvaceous Lula on their trail. Accompanied by her constant companion, Dusty the dog, travel across America and explore San Francisco, New Orleans' French Quarter and "sin city" Las Vegas. The game has 3D graphics with free camera movement, and contains nudity and explicit sex scenes. The majority of the game is a traditional adventure in which the player has to talk to characters and use items to solve puzzles. A few action segments are included in the form of mini games and as part of the final conflict. |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle | 2005-06-22 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle is another entry in KOEI's long-running series of grand strategy games. As in the previous instalments, the player assumes the role of a Japanese feudal lord during the famous Sengoku period (from the XV to the XVII century).The main game screen shows an overhead 3D rendered view of the landscape, showing buildings and moving armies belonging to each clan. The player gives orders using a menu with a list of commands, that branch out with several options: City (to construct buildings), Personnel (to employ officers), Military (to move and attack with the army), Strategy, Diplomacy (to negotiate treaties and exchange technology) and others to review the resources. The game is paused while issuing the orders, and they are only executed when in Active mode, where time passes and seasons change.The different seasons have an impact on certain resources and activities, like harvesting and drafting. The scheduled actions and rank position of the clans can be reviewed at any time, on a separate screen. The game has several scenarios and special modes, with historical notes coming up when the game time synchronizes with some major events in Japan's timeline. |
| Pro Cycling Manager | 2005-06-22 | Crimson Cow GmbH | Cyanide S.A. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bike / Bicycling | | Real-time | | | Windows | Pro Cycling Manager is the fifth part in the Cycling Manager series. Like its predecessors you take on the role of the manager of a cycling team and you have to push them to the top. You can opt to play a single stage, a tour or a classic stage. The game is not officially licensed, so all riders and teams only bare names similar to the real ones.As manager of a team you can influence the strategy of the team and individual players, shop for equipment, train your riders, and manage contracts. In the career mode you need to put the right riders in the team at the right tours. Each stage is presented in full real time 3D and you can make adjustments to your racers strategies on the fly.The game offers online multiplayer for up to 20 players at a time. |
| SPMBT | 2005-06-22 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | SP Camo Workshop | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | War | Wargame | | Self-propelled artillery, Tank | | | | | Windows | WinSPMBT is a hex based tank wargame. It is based on
SPWW2 aka Steel Panthers World War 2, which in turn was based on SSI's DOS game
Steel Panthers II.The full name of this game is Steel Panthers Main Battle Tank with 'Win' tagged onto the front to show that it is a Windows game. Development started in 2001 on what was intended to be an extension of SPWW2. This turned into something much greater with a complete rewrite of the Order of Battle files, 2000 new icons, lots of coding, new modern weapons and improved AI and that was just for Version 1.0 - the preview version. The game comes with;
A very detailed manual which opens in a browser window, not only does this explain the game mechanics it highlights improvements such as ;
Vehicles can reverse - this is important as it keeps the main armour facing the enemy
The improved AI behaves more like a human player. If it 'sees' its opponent trying to clear barbed wire or mines it will target those areas with artillery, likewise if it sees an Anti-tank guided missile being fired it will direct fire at the source of the smoke trail
One Hundred & six scenarios and three campaigns 5th Marines in 1967; Thunder in the Sinai; Balkan Wars 2008.
A Scenario Editor - custom scenarios can be shared and scenarios from other players can be installed.
An OB - Order of Battle Editor - for use with Play-By-E-Mail games
A Campaign Editor
Improvements over SPWW2 include;
The game caters for ninety-two countries, well ninety-one plus the UN which is a special case, from 1946 to 2020 with flags that change on the appropriate date.
A revised artillery routine which allows tor the shell's travel to target time
Larger maps - up from 80 x 100 hex to 160-200 hex
Players can fire through smoke and modern aircraft have night vision
Optional enhanced secure Play By E-Mail mode, previously players could re load the turn and replay it as much as desired before returning it
A bigger unit and formation database, 999 of each, plus each side can have five hundred units making for bigger battles
New terrain types include mud (impassable to vehicles), orchards, hedgerows, fire trenches, volcanic sand, railway and tramway terrain tiles
Enhanced terrain heights, map generation, battle location generation
New aircraft classes, parachute drops, troop landing gliders and naturally new weapons and defences. |
| Chaos League: Sudden Death | 2005-06-23 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Cyanide S.A. | Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Like its predecessor Chaos Legaue, Chaos League: Sudden Death gives you control over a team of American Football players. The main twist is that your team is one of 12 fantasy-races like Darkelves or Orcs.That this doesn't go without spilling blood shouldn't be surprising. Also there is a referee, every team can bribe, distract and now even kill him. So to get the touch down you've to carefully manage and arrange your team from the, now 110, different players available. There are 19 new team captains at your disposal as well.To make it even more complicated on the now 8 play-fields, you have up to 300 different magic spells and attacks (each race has it's own set of course) to bring the fans on your side, damage the enemy or help your players on the field...or to kill the referee. Even though the game doesn't take itself very seriously, it still needs serious tactical decisions to win a game. To give you time to think about your moves you can always pause the game and place your orders with patience. |
| Guess | 2005-06-23 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Guess is a Mastermind-style game. The player must guess a sequence of colors. After each guess the player receives an answer, consisting of a number of black pegs (indicating that a certain color is in the sequence and has been put in the right spot) and white pegs (indicating that a certain color is in the sequence, but has not been put in the right spot). The number of colors, sequence length, and number of allowed guesses can be freely chosen. |
| Tennis for Two Simulator | 2005-06-23 | | | Simulation, Sports | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tennis for Two has widely been considered among the first video games, originally cobbled together over a three-week period in 1958 by William Higinbotham and his staff at the Brookhaven National Laboratory's Instrumentation Division to liven up tours. Controlled by a hit-button and an angle-dial, it would allow you to "bounce" a ball, represented by a dot on the oscilloscope screen, off the court floor and over the net, into your opponent's side... where they could volley it back. While the calculation of gravity effects puts it more in keeping with early artillery simulators, in a sense it can be considered a spiritual predecessor to Pong, though unlike the Atari hit, Tennis for Two plays from a side view rather than a top-down one, the primary (though trivial) obstacle being ensuring that the net is cleared.This entry covers a simulator of the original electronic homebrew. Faithfully reproduced design flaws of the original such as a total lack of scorekeeping and an inability to restart a rally once a ball loses all momentum on the court floor reveal less concern for gameplay and more concern for the documentation and reproduction of an early milestone itself more preoccupied with distracting tourists with electronic novelty rather than with entertaining them for any prolonged period of time. Nonetheless, a few concessions have been made -- some sound effects are included, and a computer AI can be made to hit the ball back at you... or, if you like, you can rally with a friend across the Internet. |
| Live for Speed S2 | 2005-06-24 | Live for Speed | Live for Speed | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Live for Speed S2 is the second release in the Live for Speed series. Like its predecessor, it is a realistic racing simulation. The player can race alone or against the AI, or participate in the online multiplayer mode. New features to improve on the realism in this version are tyre decay, fuel consumption, dynamic camber (improved simulation of suspension and different suspension types). Detailed tyre physics and a damage model have been introduced. The damage to the automobile is calculated in real time and can be repaired during pit stops. Depending on what type of car the player is racing this may take more or less time. The game features 18 cars compared to the 8 of the original. Several of these are officially licensed (MRT5, Raceabout and BMW Sauber F1.06), the others are fictional. It also features 6 fictional race tracks and a test area which contains a skidpad, an autocross area and also a drag strip. Where the previous game mostly contains the 'medium' fast cars and tracks, the sequel introduces several 'fast' and 'slow' classes. All tracks from the original game are present again in improved graphical detail. The player can also create and apply his own skins to your car. |
| Roblox | 2005-06-24 | Roblox Corporation | Roblox Corporation | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Sandbox / open world | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | RŌBLOX is an MMOG (massively multiplayer online game) aimed at a demographic of children and teenagers between eight and eighteen. It is a sandbox environment where players can create their own virtual world with different scenarios or games. Other players can join the game and play the designs. The game is mainly browser based, but requires a separate installer for the PC platforms to play or edit, while the mobile versions integrate everything into a single app, but do not provide access to the editor.The game contains two types of currencies: tickets and Robux. Tickets are the most common and these are earned by participating in activities. Robux is the premium currency. It is used to customize the avatar extensively and buy and sell items. Players can design new items and trade or sell them. It is also possible to implement small fees for games so players have to pay to participate. A lot of the commercial actions to earn money require a premium subscription to become a member of the Builders Club. There are different types of subscriptions with monthly fees.The catalog contains a large collection of games of many genres, such as puzzle games, racing games, simulations, shooters etc. These are entirely designed, scripted (through Lua) and maintained by players. There is also an extensive amount of fangames with designs, art assets and sounds taken from popular franchises. The game has been under constant development since its release and new features and entire overhauls were added over the years. |
| Simon's Journey | 2005-06-25 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Running to new Harry Potter cards near Yahtzee-brand General Store, a younger brother of Davy Jones, Simon Jones, forgot the keys and locked himself out of his house with no-one home. Walking around the town, collecting the items, and talking to Reality-on-the-Norm's inhabitants, the player should help Simon find another way to get back inside his house in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. |
| La-Mulana | 2005-06-27 | GR3 Project | GR3 Project | Action | Side view | | | Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | La•Mulana is a platform title that was five years in development and was designed to look like an MSX game. This is not only reflected in the controls and the graphics, the protagonist also carries a fictive Super Laptop MSX with him that is used in-game. It is based on an earlier web game called Naramura, by the same author.The protagonist is Lemeza Kosugi, an archaeologist who returns to his study after a lecture at a university to discover an envelope with no return address. It is by his father, who disappeared a long time ago and now claims to have found the hidden land of La Mulana. Lemeza sets off to follow his trail and to investigate the land himself.Although the game mechanics are fairly simple, the game is very large in scope. The character moves between different non-scrolling screens that form broad maps. Lemeza can jump and use his whip to attack enemies. When returning to a previous screen, all enemies have respawned. There is a large focus on puzzle solving by pressing switches, moving blocks and using a hand scanner and other tools to decipher messages. During the game additional weapons can be acquired such as a mace, a knife, an axe, shurikens, a pistol and many more. At all times Lemeza can wield a single main weapon and a secondary tool.Although most enemies do little damage (opposed to the bosses), there are very few means to restore health and Lemeza will usually need to carefully explore the environment, avoid traps and then use an item to teleport back to the village before venturing inside the ruins again. Most puzzles are quite complex and some effects are visible on screens far away from the trigger.The portable MSX computer plays a large role. Lemeza can collect cartridges that allow him to save the game, provide maps and grant special effects. Players also need to discover treasure and items that are stored in an inventory. Later the MSX can be upgraded or replaced to make room for more cartridges, sustain heat or to use it underwater.At the beginning of the game, Lemeza only has a small health bar. This can be extended by collecting life jewels. Killing enemies provides experience and they sometimes leave behind coins, also found in chests. In the village these can be exchanged for items in the shops. Messages left behind by deceased adventures gradually explain the myths and the events about La Mulana. |
| The Bunker | 2005-06-27 | | | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Bunker is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory and actions can be controlled via mouse or keyboard. It was the winner of the June 2005 MAGS competition. You are a ronin golfer named Mike Roman and try to get your golf ball out of the bunker filled with sand. Suddenly a wizard appears who calls himself Manlocke and accuses him of trespassing his property. As a sentence he shrinks Mike so the bunker becomes a huge desert. You meet other characters and try to solve puzzles in order to escape. |
| Delaware St. John: Volume 1: The Curse of Midnight Manor | 2005-06-28 | Big Time Games, Inc. | Big Time Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | The Curse of Midnight Manor is the first game in the Delaware St. John series. The player takes on the role of Delaware St. John, who is haunted by visions and nightmares. He meets Kelly Bradford, who owns a book store but researches paranormal phenomena in her spare time. They discover the visions refer to Morrisville Manor, also known as Midnight Manor, built in 1892 by the wealthy businessman Bernard Armand before a series of tragedies caused rumors of a curse and caused the manor to close down for good.As in all Delaware St. John games, the game has been split up into two stories, here The Fate of Vandals and Done with Mirrors. The entire game takes place in the manor, but John will research different tragedies which occurred at different points of time. The first story deals with the recent disappearance of 5 teenagers in the manor, while the second story goes all the way back to some of the manor's original inhabitants. Most of the events are told through the ghosts who act out what happened to them. After completing the first story, the second one becomes available. This game also introduces the legend of The Destroyer and The Protector, further explored in the second and third game in the series.The game is shown from a first-person perspective, with pre-rendered 3D cut-scenes in a third-person view. There are no dialogue trees during conversations and puzzles consists of inventory-based actions, exploration, gathering clues, a maze, some more difficult puzzles involving keypads and riddles, and a few time-based actions where John needs to act quickly so as not to die. During his search, John is in contact with Kate through VIC, the Voice/Imagery Communicator. Shown in the bottom right part of the interface, it can be used to ask for clues, or to send photos or recordings of paranormal activity for analysis. Many of the puzzles involve helping ghosts find peace by returning objects. |
| Falcon 4.0: Allied Force | 2005-06-28 | Graphsim Entertainment Inc. | Lead Pursuit, LLC | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | Ivo Schaperclaus (WidowMaker), Eric de Best (Aeyes) | | Teen | | Windows | Falcon 4.0: Allied Force is essentially an updated version of the original Falcon 4.0 with many new features, as well as improved stability. It is also developed by a different company.As with the original Falcon 4.0, you fly the F-16 in either instant action, multiplayer, a tactical engagement or one of two large dynamic campaigns. The simulated version of the plane is F-16C Block 50/52. In the campaign, you can control every aspect of the air war, and some aspects of the ground war. You can choose to make up every sortie yourself if you wish, or simply leave the computer to it, adding your own as you see fit.The new features include a new campaign set in the Balkans, along with a revised version of the existing Korean campaign, general improvements to realism (flight models, etc.), a more realistic cockpit, better graphics, an improved, more realistic radar, a dynamic campaign engine and an improved graphics engine with volumetric clouds and advanced lighting effects. |
| Fantastic 4 | 2005-06-28 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | 7 Studios, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This game is a licensee of the 2005 movie "Fantastic 4". Unlike many licensed titles, this third-person action game in the vein of the Onimusha or Devil May Cry series only takes the base of its plot from the actual movie, then liberally changes it to make for better gameplay.Generally, the game brings in more content from the comic books than the movie, particularly considering the villains that appear. While the movie pretty much only concerned itself with Victor von Doom aka "Doctor Doom" as its supervillain of choice, the game brings in various characters from the comic books as well - the Mole Man, the Puppet Master, or Diablo, to name a few.The gameplay usually consists of walking the heroic title characters around a level and beating up the various enemies that cross their path. There are mission objectives, but usually, the only way to achieve them leads through the enemies, and just, as usual, the only way to fail them is to be overwhelmed by the Bad Guys. Beating up enemies yields points, which can be used to upgrade characters with new special moves or unlock various bonus materials.To spice it all up, developer Seven Studios have also thrown in a co-op mode that allows for playing the normal single-player mission in a tag team with a second player. |
| Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade | 2005-06-29 | 1C Company | G5 Software LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Post-apocalyptic | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Ice Crusade is a standalone continuation of the post-nuclear real time strategy Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath from G5 software. It's1967, five years has passed since Cuban missile crisis, which developed into a short-time nuclear war. Most of the world's cities and military bases laying in radioactive ruins. Global cooling made bigger part of US, Australia and south of Africa unsuitable for habitation and American forces were compelled to move southern and now Soviet army has opportunity to move through the Arctic ices and strike at enemy on its territory. Player can choose between United States or Soviet campaigns, totally of 25 missions. There are 22 new units, like tanks T-60 and Hunter, and two super units: Convair Model 49 helicopter and Tyulpan 240mm self-propelled mortar. |
| Atari Collection: Action | 2005-06-30 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Atari Collection: Action is one of four simultaneously released compilations (for the other three see Atari's Atari Collection series). This compilation is dedicated to action games.The following games are included:
Line of Sight: Vietnam
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror |
| Atari Collection: Brettspiele | 2005-06-30 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Atari Collection: Brettspiele is one of five simultaneously released compilations (for the other four see Atari's Atari Collection series). This compilation is dedicated to board games.The following games are included:
Monopoly: New Edition
Risk II
Trivial Pursuit: Unlimited |
| Atari Collection: Rollenspiele | 2005-06-30 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Atari Collection: Rollenspiele is one of four simultaneously released compilations (for the other three see Atari's Atari Collection Series). This compilation is dedicated to Role-playing games.The following games are included:
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone |
| Atari Collection: Strategie | 2005-06-30 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Atari Collection: Strategie is one of four simultaneously released compilations (for the other three see Atari's Atari Collection Series). This compilation is dedicated to strategy games.The following games are included:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Time Twister
Sid Meier's Civilization III
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests |
| Fate | 2005-06-30 | WildTangent, Inc. | WildTangent, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | You are an adventurer seeking fame and fortune. Now you have finally arrived at the town of Grove to test your abilities. Here at the town of Grove lies the Dungeon Gate filled with monsters and with it comes fame and fortune. However, you have come for a more noble cause. At its deepest dungeons lies a more powerful monster that beckons you to answer its challenge. Will you rise to the challenge and answer your fate?Fate introduces an action-heavy RPG style of play similar to Diablo, from its combat gameplay to character information. An additional feature in this game is the existence of your pet companion which acts like a body guard that may be leveled up and equipped with items.Gameplay consists of completing sub-quests (there are no main quests) where completing those quests will provide you with items, money, and fame. Character development is also prominent. There are no classes in the game, however there are skills specialization which may be upgraded to your own choosing. Internet access is required to fully unlock the game. |
| Rinne | 2005-06-30 | Softbank Corp. | Bothtec, Inc., Nihon Falcom Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Rinne is an isometric action role-playing game. Players take the role of the Valkyrie and explore a virtual world in a distant planet. The Valkyrie has the Body Snatch ability which allows it to possess its enemies as well as a Transform ability that allows it to become any creature that it had already possessed and gain new skills and attacks. Players can summon creatures that were already possessed to assist them in battles through the Latency menu. There are no experience points in this game so players can only become stronger and progress through the game by possessing characters with higher ranks and skills.There are over 90 beings that can be possessed and one of the goals of this game is to possess them all. Depending on the situation, players may need to possess characters of different factions to survive and advance in the game. Unlike previous games, if the character that the spirit has snatched is killed, players are given 60 seconds to find a new host, otherwise the spirit fades away and the game is over. This title continues to expand the gameplay of the former Relics titles and introduces puzzle elements and traps, as well as bringing back branching paths in the story which can lead to different endings.The game takes place in a distant future where all of mankind has left the Earth, moving to a faraway planet. The planet which had been engulfed in a long war between the HEAVEN and HELL factions has now lost its inhabitants and a team of MARX colonists which were researching the history of the planet have developed a genome comprised of the DNA from both HEAVEN and HELL beings. The colonists constructed a virtual world and sent their avatar, the Valkyrie, to explore it and find out more about this everlasting conflict. |
| Ys: The Oath in Felghana | 2005-06-30 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ys: The Oath in Felghana is an action role-playing game in the long-lasting Ys series. It is a heavily re-imagined remake of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys. Adol Christin and his friend Dogi are travelling to Dogi's hometown of Redmont three years after the events of the first two games. Upon arriving, they discover that evil happenings are threatening the townspeople, and it is up to Adol to put a stop to it.The basic plot has been slightly modified from the original, and expanded through the use of additional scenes. The side-scrolling game engine from the original Ys III has been discarded, and replaced with a 3D engine based on the one used in Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim. Locations have been expanded as well and are more complex than in the earlier version, with more branching paths.The gameplay has undergone some changes as well. Adol can perform chain attacks, which grant bonus experience when executed correctly. Vanquishing multiple enemies in a short time results in temporary attack speed boost. Adol cannot stock healing items, but enemies may drop objects that instantly restore a portion of Adol's HP or temporarily increase his attributes. Instead of the five special rings of the original, the remake features three magic bracelets, each with its own function: the Fire Bracelet allows the protagonist to light torches and melt ice, the Wind Bracelet enhanced his jumping abilities, and the Earth Bracelet makes it possible to break walls and other barriers. Weapons and armor can be upgraded by collecting special crystals and offering them to the town blacksmith. There are new side quests, optional areas and new items. There is an additional Easy difficulty modes, as well as the unlockable Hard and Nightmare modes. The Time Attack mode allows the player to fight the game's boss enemies consecutively. |
| Ys: The Oath in Felghana (Limited Edition) | 2005-06-30 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | | Special edition | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition includes:Ys: The Oath in Felghana
Ys Premium Music CD Box in Felghana
Ys -The Oath in Felghana- Pre Arrange Version
Music from Ys III ~Wanderers from Ys~
Perfect Collection Ys III-I
Perfect Collection Ys III-II
Symphonic Poem ~Wanderers from Ys~
Super Arrange Version ~Wanderers from Ys~
Ys III J.D.K. Special
Best Selection of Ys III |
| Cricket 2005 | 2005-07-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Electronic Arts continues its yearly cricket franchise with this outing. The Australian, English, South African and New Zealand national and league teams' names and likenesses are licensed. If you don't want likenesses of official players, then make your own with the built-in player editor to make the game custom to you. With 35 stadiums accurately modeled with real crowd noise the atmosphere is set for this TV style presentation (with action replay mode, third umpire, animated duck sequences, and TV style overlays) of cricket. Fielding is fully automated, and it is possible to skip the entire bowling innings. Batting depends as much on shot timing as selection, while running between the wickets is faster than in previous editions. There are 13 tournament modes including domestic and international one-day and test matches, including England County Cricket's fast-paced Twenty20 Cup, and 2 net practice modes. The game has commentary from Richie Benaud and Jim Maxwell. |
| Crush! | 2005-07-01 | Coolmoose Productions | Coolmoose Productions | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Though it enjoys some demolitions similarities with Building Crush!, this game's theme is much more along the lines of classic Crush, Crumble and Chomp!, in which giant monsters try to destroy a city and survive its military defense force.Indeed, here the player controls a big green badnasty with an appetite for destruction and a whole metropolis on the menu. On top of laser eye-beams (which deplete a regenerating meter and can temporarily run dry) this sinister monster has keyboard controls to help grab and throw with both arms -- if the left don't getcha, the right one will. Throw what? You know, the usual -- police cars, tanks, skyscrapers. At what? More of the same, plus paratroopers, helicopters and jet fighters.Eventually all the pinpricks of the civilians' tiny bullets add up to a death of a thousand cuts, but in the meantime the player can make quite a mess in the middle of a dense, urban core! |
| Fiber Twig 2: Restoration of Magic Garden | 2005-07-01 | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Assemble missing twigs to restore beautiful fairy-tale patterns. But now you don't have to do it alone! Choose a character to help you out and upgrade their skills as you go. Featuring the same stunning quality as the original, Fiber Twig 2 is an enchanting puzzle for the entire family!
20 Large Scrollable Levels
Fully Inhabited, Lush Environment
100 Visual Effects and Over 50 Sound effects
3 Helpmates with 7 Upgradable Skills |
| Half-Life: Deathmatch - Source | 2005-07-01 | Valve Corporation | Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Half-Life Deathmatch: Source is a recreation of the first multiplayer game set in the Half-Life universe.It features all the classic weapons and most-played maps, now running on the Source engine.At first, it was released as a free download on Steam only to people who already owned Half-Life 1: Source. It is now available for free to Steam customers who buy the available Half-Life / Source packages. |
| International Golf Pro | 2005-07-01 | Trend Redaktions- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In International Golf Pro you can play a tournament over 3 different courses - England, Morocco and California, each with 18 holes. There are 3 Different modes of play - Quick Round, Match Play, or Championship mode on top of the Practice Mode. The game has a small selection of semi-famous golfing personalities. It uses the standard Swingometer for the golf swings, where the power and hook/slice is set by your timing and reaction speed. |
| Junyong Shenqing | 2005-07-01 | Unistar | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Junyoung Shenqing is a compilation that includes three Chinese role-playing games:
Xianjian Qixia Zhuan 3 Waizhuan: Wen Qing Pian
Xin Juedai Shuangjiao 3
Heroine Anthem |
| Lafuma Unlimit | 2005-07-01 | F4 | F4 | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Lafuma Unlimit is a platform game. The world is invaded by horrible polluting blobs, run by the king of the blobs: the merciless Blobloss. The blobs have captured the three master trailers, the only ones which own the super powers to stop the blob invasion. Two young trailers, Jim and Lola, decide to save the world erasing the blobs from the earth's surface. The player will have to cross three different worlds inspired by well known trail sites: Alps, Arizona, Himalaya. Two types of game are available: run against the trailer masters, only time matters; explore the worlds, erase the blobs, free the trailers, free the animals and find the exit of the level. |
| PegIt | 2005-07-01 | Shoecake Games | Shoecake Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PegIt is in many ways inspired by the board game Peg Solitaire. Each level in the game represents a board. You start each level with a number of PegIts. The objective is to remove all but one PegIt from the board. This is done by moving one PegIt over another which is removed. The amount of moves (or jumps as they are called) is limited so you will fail if you make any unnecessary jumps. The PegIts can jump in four direction and must jump over one space. The can't land on top of each others. To make the game a little bit more difficult, some boards features different objects. Some of these are: Blockers, which can't be jumped over, Trampolines, which allows you to make more than one jump at a time, Teleports and Bombs. |
| Professor Fizzwizzle | 2005-07-01 | Grubby Games | Grubby Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Professor Fizzwizzle is platform puzzle game where you take control of the diminutive genius, Professor Fizzwizzle. You must help the professor use his brains and his gadgets to solve each level.To solve a level, you must guide the professor to the level's "exit tube". However, obstacles such as crates, barrels, gates, magnets, pulleys, trampolines, and Rage-Bots will make the exit difficult to reach! Three different platform types also add to the puzzles: Grass, sand, and ice. On grass, objects such as crates and barrels can be pushed freely. On sand, they'll get stuck or move more slowly. On ice, the professor will keep sliding until he hits something and comes to a stop.Navigating the levels is challenging, but you're often given power-ups to help you on your way. The Frost Gun, for example, will allow you to freeze any object (including the Rage-Bots!) so that the object can slide more easily on grass and sand. The E.M.P. power-up is helpful for disabling Rage-Bots, and for disconnecting magnets. |
| Uli Stein: Color Chaos | 2005-07-01 | East Entertainment Media GmbH | BWM Software GmbH | Puzzle | 1st-person, Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Uli Stein: Color Chaos is a Tetris clone where players have to sort candy by color after it falls down from the top of the screen, tetris rules apply. You can compete against the AI or up to 8 players in a local network.
If a player manages to remove lines, disruptor pigs appear that destroy other lines for the other players. Many game modes are included, the level can be adjusted by changing the speed or the number of candy colors. |
| Monster Trux Extreme: Offroad Edition | 2005-07-02 | Metro3D Europe Ltd. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Off-roading | | | | | Windows | Monster Trux Extreme: Offroad Edition, as the name implies, is a Monster Truck arcade racing game. There are 3 engine classes to choose from: V6, V8 or V12. There are also 8 different trucks to choose from, and a total of 12 different courses (some of which consist in a previous course mirrored or in a different daytime condition). At first, only one engine class, two trucks and one courses will be available, the others having to be unlocked while playing the game.Each race is played against 3 computer opponents (or 2 in split-screen mode). During the races, 2 types of power ups can be collected: wrenches and nitros. Wrenches recover the trucks' damage gauge, and come in two types, one that repairs one unity of the damage gauge and one which fully repairs the truck. Nitros can be used to boost the truck speed for a while, each one filling 1/3 of the trucks' nitro gauge. If the player runs over yellow speed stripes on the courses, a little speed boost will be gained. Dollar symbols can also be collected, adding money to the player's profile. Money can be used to unlock new trucks, but it isn't spent: to unlock a new truck, the player only has to have the required amount of money. Money can be lost if the player depletes the whole damage gauge by bumping into obstacles or other vehicles: the truck explodes and respawns at the cost of 10 money units.The game offers three game modes:
Single Race: in this mode players select one engine class, one monster trucks and one course for a single race of four laps. All money collected in this mode adds to the amount available for the player.
Time Trials: in this mode players select one engine class, one monster truck and one course for a time trial. After completing a lap, the time will be registered and the ghost of the best lap will be displayed during the following laps.
Challenge: in this mode, after selecting one engine class and one truck, players select one out of three cups: bronze, silver or gold. At first, only the bronze cup will be available, the others having to be unlocked by winning the previous ones. The winner is the racer with most points earned after 4 races in different courses.
Single Race and Challenge modes can be played in three difficulty settings, which affect the AI of the opponents: Junior, Beginner or Experienced. |
| Pegs | 2005-07-04 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pegs is a strategy game where the player must remove all but one piece from the board by jumping over them with a directly adjacent piece. If all but one are removed, the player wins. If more than one remains, the player is stuck and loses. The game allows different board sizes and forms to be set, like cross, octagon, or a more random one. |
| Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern | 2005-07-05 | Adventure Company, The | Kheops Studio | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Secret of the Lost Cavern is another edutainment Myst-clone adventure in the tradition of old Cryo titles. This game attempts to take us to the Prehistoric Age. The storyline revolves around the famed Lascaux Caverns of France, where our direct ancestors, the Cro Magnon humans, have left a significant legacy of wall paintings. The hero, Arok, is a young hunter/gatherer who is more interested in painting, however. He soon discovers that he can influence the world around him by painting on the cavern walls, as he searches for a mysterious mentor.Gameplay is based around the classic transition of the player from node to node by simply clicking on screen wherever an arrow appears. There is no free movement but the player can move the camera by 360 degrees around him in each node. The riddles comprise of picking up items and either using them in the proper hotspot or combining them with other items. The element of the wall paintings adds some new elements to this well-known gameplay mechanism.The educational element of the game is thankfully more pronounced than it was in the last Egypt installment and it is better interwoven in the gameplay. When new important information appears in the game's encyclopedia, the player in notified by a shell icon. The educational information is actually both interesting and it offers helpful hints about the game's riddles. |
| Façade | 2005-07-05 | Procedural Arts LLC | Procedural Arts LLC | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Contemporary | | Text parser | | | | Windows | Grace and Trip are a happy couple. Or so it would seem. One night when you are invited to their apartment for a regular casual get-together, all of their anger boiling up inside begins to fall out.With their marriage going down the drain before your eyes, only you can shape the way their life progresses. In this self-proclaimed "interactive one-act play," you speak to Grace and Trip in plain English by typing on your keyboard, and what you say and do will be a factor in where there relationship goes. Though it all lasts only about 20 minutes, there are dozens of different endings that you can reach.Façade is viewed from a first person perspective, and uses keyboard and mouse movement as well as the text parser. |
| Spellagories | 2005-07-05 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Mind Control Software, LLC, PlayFirst, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | A coven of evil mages casts a curse upon a kingdom, transforming its citizens in half-animal monsters. The court sorcerer must fight back, reverting the effect of the curse on each individual with magical words by day, and crafting a counter-curse against the wizards at night.Spellagories is a word guessing game. The screen shows a cauldron with a cloud of green smoke hanging over it, where scrambled letters appear, and a clue written on the windowsill, usually a theme like gardening, anatomy and other subjects. The player has to create words by selecting the letters, by either typing them on the keyboard or clicking directly with the mouse, and submit them as guesses to the right answer. Valid but incorrect entries are stored at the left side of the screen, adding points to the score. The assembly of long and complex words is rewarded with a hint, showing the correct position of one of the letters from the secret word. Up to 10 hints can be stored as chalk markings on the spines of a book pile, and used by clicking on the crow sitting over them.A cursed villager waits patiently on the window, with a setting sun moving slowly on the background as the timer. A sketch portrait of the citizen's original appearance, divided in sections and hanging on the right side wall, shows the progress of the cure, with each section filling up after one of the magical words is submitted correctly.Three candles show the remaining lives as burning wicks. If the curse can't be lifted from the peasant before the sunset, the player loses one life. At night, the objective is to find words to create a curse against one of the mages. The portrait is replaced with a poster with runes markings, and each rune starts to shine with correct answers.Sometimes a bonus game appears, where a scrambled word slowly starts to reveal itself, and the goal is to guess the correct subject from three choices, as fast as possible to get more points.The game has two other modes. In the untimed mode, there's no pressure from the day cycle, and the player can take any time to cure the villagers. In the arcade mode, there's an endless procession of mutated villagers, and the goal is to achieve the highest score possible before using the last life. |
| Alien Defence | 2005-07-07 | Nitrous Butterfly LLC | Nitrous Butterfly LLC | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Alien Defence is a top-down shooter with alien enemies. The game has a shield system that recharges on top of having a health bar. There are several power-ups. The game gives you access to a level editor. |
| PacMania III | 2005-07-07 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | PacMania III is the sixth game in the Alawar PacMania series based on the game Pac-Man. Like in Pac-Man the player needs to eat all the dots from a board in order to pass to the next board. If an enemy will catch the player, he loses a life. There are special pills in every level allowing the player to eat the monsters for a short period of time. There are also bonuses that bring points and hearts provide extra lives.The game very similar to the PacMania II (that contains three game modes: Classic, Advanced and CarMania). In this game a fourth mode, Aquamania, was added in an updated version. In Aquamania mode the player is a boat (on water) and the enemies are sharks. Objects include whales and the lifeguard rings.After every five levels completed a password is provided to continue from there. |
| Tun Town 2 | 2005-07-07 | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | When LeLe, the boy who understands the language of animals, receives a letter from his parents, he is sad to discover that they want to sell Uncle John's ghost house, in which he and his friends spend so many memorable moments in their previous adventure. LeLe decides to buy the house with his own money; the problem is, where would he get so much money from? Then his friend, the genius boy scientist A-Ji, tells him that he received a Nobel Prize for a cure he invented against a virus that makes people's minds readable by others. Selling the new medicine would surely finance the purchase of the ghost house! The problem is, the Nobel Prize never reaches A-Ji; it is secretly intercepted by his brother - but for what purpose?Like its predecessor, Tun Town 2 is a humorous Chinese-made role-playing game. Gameplay mechanics mostly follow the Japanese template, with a few tweaks. The exploration takes place mostly in the large city. Enemies are seen wandering on the streets; a contact with them triggers a separate battle screen. The ATB (active time battle) system is reminiscent of Final Fantasy games; the player has to execute battle commands quickly, as the battles don't pause and enemies still act regardless of the player's actions. Characters learn special techniques which require technique points, equivalent to magic in comparable games. Beside the human characters, various animals (such as dogs) can join the party and assist it with their special abilities. Similarly to the system implemented in Xuanyuan Jian 4, the player can collect various materials and then craft new items and accessories out of them. Various mini-games are accessible in Tun Town 2, such as dog races, shooting range, etc.The graphical style is similar to that of the first game, with cartoon-like, comical design and animations, but translated into 3D with the cel-shaded technique. |
| Bonez Adventures: Tomb of Fulaos | 2005-07-08 | Bone Artz | Bone Artz | Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | In Bonez Adventures: Tomb of Fulaos the player takes the role of the archaeologist Marc Bonez who finds a mummy during an excavation - but the mummy is much older than the tomb itself. Now he needs to uncover the truth...The game is divided into chapters with different gameplay mechanics. In most chapters the player is confronted with an action-RPG: walking through mazes and searching for the exit while fighting a lot of enemies. These are killed by clicking rapidly on them with the sword or using magic. Like usual for these kind of games the main motivation are the improvement of the player's abilities through level ups and finding better equipment. Sometimes the game also features pure action elements in these parts, e.g. jumping puzzles.In some chapters the game is a traditional point & click adventure game without fights. There the player explores his surroundings, takes everything not nailed on the ground and solves item based puzzles. |
| Navy Training Exercise: Strike and Retrieve | 2005-07-08 | United States Navy | Whatif Productions LLC | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Stealth | | Naval / watercraft | | | Teen | | Windows | Navy Training Exercise: Strike and Retrieve is a first-person shooter designed to build more interest in the United States Navy. The game places the player on a top secret mission to recover the Gorgon Box located inside a downed, unmanned spy plane. In order to do so, he pilots a remote-controlled submersible called an Nmech. There is also another party interested in this Gorgon Box and the secrets it holds, however. It is a race against time, the dangerous environment and an unrelenting enemy. |
| Aladdin Pinball | 2005-07-11 | Disney Online | Schell Games, LLC | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Pinball | Fantasy, Middle East | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Aladdin Pinball is a pinball game based on Disney's 1992 film Aladdin. The main table is set in Agrabah's city marketplace, where players need to knock down scimitars and hit pots and watermelons. There are also two scarab halfs to collect here, which will open up the Cave of Wonders. This place acts as a smaller bonus table, directly connected to the main table, where aiming for the magic lamp unlocks the multi-ball feature for bonus points. It is also here that players need to match up three Jafar images to open up the second bonus table, the Royal Palace, allowing them to knock down Jafar and save Princess Jasmine. |
| Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball | 2005-07-11 | Disney Online | Schell Games, LLC | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Mini-games, Pinball | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball is a pinball game based on Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean. The main table is the ship's main and pilot deck, with the inside acting as a bonus table. By aiming at the cannons, the player can start the Cannon mini-game where they defend their ship from the pirates of Skull Island in a sea battle. |
| The Little Mermaid Pinball | 2005-07-11 | Disney Online | Schell Games, LLC | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Pinball | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | The Little Mermaid Pinball is a pinball game based on Disney's 1989 film The Little Mermaid. The main table is Under the Sea, which is connected to two smaller bonus tables: King Triton's Palace and Ursula's Lair. Players can aim for sea creatures, light up coral lanes, hit the conch shell to activate the whirlpool and spin the starfish roulette. They should watch out however for Ursula's sidekicks, who will try to steal balls. |
| FlatOut | 2005-07-12 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Bugbear Entertainment Oy | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | | Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | FlatOut is a driving game where crashing your car can be more fun than racing it. You drive muscle cars around dirt tracks, battle them on destruction derby arenas, and take part in Ragdoll Olympics. That last one may need some explanation. When you crash in FlatOut, your driver (the Ragdoll) is flung through the windscreen, very much like in Rekkaturvat. This feature is used in the Ragdoll sports where the task is to propel the hapless driver as far, as high, or as accurately as possible. On the demolition arena the goal is to wreck other cars before yours is. Simple as that.The bulk of the game is racing though and it can be performed in typical quick race and time trial modes in addition to the proverbial career mode. There are also two different handling modes for the cars. Normal mode gives arcade type handling, suitable for gamepads. Professional mode seems to be designed for steering wheel owners and provides very challenging simulator-type handling. Not surprisingly since Bugbear's previous racing title Rally Trophy was considered to be very challenging, even demanding, simulation.Bugbear's experience with simulation dynamics shows in FlatOut. Almost everything on the track can be run into and it behaves as it should in real life. Or at least as in a car-chase movie. Stuff that cars scatter around are there on the next lap too and cars are gradually dismantled when hit to other cars or solid objects around the track.Multiplayer modes are of course great party hits. Depending on platform, FlatOut has hotseat, split screen, LAN, and/or online multiplay modes. |
| Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock | 2005-07-12 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Interwar | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Released to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Nancy Drew, this is the 12th in the series of point-and-click, 1st person adventure games in which you take the role of the famous teen detective.Taking place in the town of Titusville during the Depression era, the surroundings, clothing and manner of speaking are representative of the early 1930s.A friend asks Nancy to go see 17 year old Emily Crandall who runs the lovely Lilac Inn. Money is tight, but a kindly neighbor tells her she will inherit his estate after his death. But, when he dies, the will leaves everything to someone else! In addition to this unexpected and suspicious occurrence, there have been some strange things happening of late. For instance, various things have disappeared and suddenly reappeared .. strange whispers have been heard in the halls when no one is about .. items on the walls move suddenly on their own. Nancy deduces that there is more to Emily's predicament than meets the eye. Determined to get to the bottom of it all, Nancy settles in to solve the mystery.During your investigation, explore the town of Titusville, talk to its people, find and use inventory objects, and solve unusual adventure-type puzzles. |
| Prison Tycoon | 2005-07-12 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | In Prison Tycoon the player watches over a prison. The prisoners need to have a nice stay, a possibility to rehabilitate and the workers should not get beat up by them. In typical tycoon style buildings can be constructed. These include factories for the prisoners to work in, cafeterias to eat, TV rooms for spare time and medical stations if someone gets hurt in the rough day to day life in a prison. Buildings can be constructed on the prison site and they are equipped with prefabricated rooms, as long as it fits the budget. Money can be earned by having the prisoners work in factories. Reputation is also important as income is also dependent on the public money from the state. In higher levels the player has to take care of felons and keep law and order. The formation of gangs need to be prevented, personnel needs to be treated well and the prison can eventually be turned into a well-known a highly secure facility with decent services for the prisoners. |
| Da New Guys | 2005-07-13 | ICEBOX Studios | ICEBOX Studios | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Da New Guys is a three headed wrestling team consisting of Simon, Brain and Defender. As the league manager announces to split up the team they are in danger of losing their home. With the help of another wrestler, they decide to investigate the manager as there are hints that he is corrupt. When they find evidence against him the team wouldn´t have been divided and they should be able to keep their home.Da New Guys is a 2D point-and-click adventure. The story is divided into four chapters which are, unusually for an adventure, available right from the beginning. During the game the player gets to control all three protagonists and in the last two chapters it is possible to switch between them at any time. Wrestling matches are similar to the sword fights in The Secret of Monkey Island. One wrestler starts to insult the other who needs a good reply. The better one scores. Whoever has the better quote four times wins the match. |
| Dominosa | 2005-07-14 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Dominosa is a puzzle game where the player must divide a grid of digits into a complete set of domino tiles, so that every possible tile appears exactly once. Different game modes are available, with varying numbers of dominoes in the set. As a helpful trick, the player can choose to highlight all occurrences of a given digit. |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005-07-15 | Global Star Software Inc. | Backbone Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The game is based on the 2005 movie of the same name. Charlie and a couple other children won a tour at Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. The game is filled with candy for Charlie to collect and minigames based on events from the movie. |
| Rumble Box | 2005-07-15 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Rumble Box is an indie beat-em-up where all of the characters are made of basic geometric objects, like cubes and spheres. When defeated, the enemies break apart and pile up in the arena. The goal is to escape the arena by piling up enough enemies to fill the room with parts.The enemies range from harmless Fodder to powerful Thugs, agile Ninjas, and the monkey-like Wildmen. Some enemies also have bombs in place of their heads, which explode shortly after the enemy is defeated. Luckily the player has a wide variety of martial arts moves available to him, from the simple punch to the group-clearing spin throw.Performing well in any level will unlock one of nine bonus stages with alternate gameplay goals, such as avoiding a steady rain of bombs or surviving an onslaught of enemies in complete darkness. |
| The First Mile | 2005-07-15 | Malinche Entertainment | Malinche Entertainment | Adventure | | | Horror | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | Driving cross country brings the natural urges of food and gasoline. Turning off the highway and into the sleepy little town of Dead Rock, you unwittingly drive right into a hellish nightmare.Trapped in Dead Rock with no obvious escape route, this text adventure game puts you at odds with the minions of hell itself. While exploring the town and the surrounding area you'll be challenged with puzzles, hellish creatures and interesting people of every kind. Some folks in town will need your help, others will offer to help while some will try and stop you.With nearly 250 rooms to explore running the range from shops in town to coal mines to a very strange place very far from Dead Rock, adventurers will have hours of fun tackling the challenges as they unravel the dark secrets behind the malevolent force trying to take over. There's only one way out of Dead Rock but several different ways to get there. |
| Yetisports: Arctic Adventure | 2005-07-15 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Mini-games, Party game | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Yetisports: Arctic Adventure is a party game staring the yeti and penguin from the Yetisports browser games. The game features six mini games and eighteen levels in total. The six mini games are:Baseball: the yeti has to hit a penguin jumping from a hole with the baseball bat as far as possible, extra points can be collected along the way;
Free flight: the player has reach the end of the level before the time runs out, by navigating an albatross through rings in the air to gain extra time. Red feathers can be collated to gain more speed;
Pingu flight: the player has to launch a penguin in the air that will then be picked up by an albatross. By collecting white feathers the albatross gains stamina. When unable to go farther the penguin has to be drop as close as possible to a target for more points;
Snowboarding: while snowboarding the player has to pick up penguins. At the end the penguins must be thrown at ice statues for points.
Pingu golf: the penguin has to be hit by the yeti with an ice bat into a golf hole for the highest score;
Half pipe racing: the player has finish several laps with a penguin thrown by the yeti before the time runs out, by collecting pocked watches extra time is gained. Additional speed can be gained by hitting red bowties;
Pingu darts: the Yeti has to throw snowballs at jumping penguins in front of a dartboard to get them in the dartboard and earn points. |
| Anna | 2005-07-16 | xii games | xii games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | official game website product page (from Ad Blurbs)Welcome to Outpost Station — a deep-space lookout intended to serve as an early warning system in case of attack by “the enemy.” You are Hero, a clear-room technician charged with the maintenance of all the station’s systems including Anna, the intelligent computer system that runs the station.The day starts as routinely as any other, but ends with Homeworld’s very survival in jeopardy.Features
Pseudo-3D presentation
Full keyboard control
Exciting sci-fi storyline
Challenging puzzles
Interactive manual with built-in hint system |
| Untangle | 2005-07-16 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Untangle the player has to untangle a net.The game consists of a net of lines with movable knots, which are connected with each other.When the game starts, the net is drawn by positioning the knots along a circle, creating a lot of line overlapping. The player must now move the knots so that the lines no longer overlap. Once this is done, the game completes.The game can be played with 6, 10, 15, 20, 25 or a user defined number of knots. |
| Black Box | 2005-07-17 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Black Box is a grid-based puzzle game where the player must determine which squares contain balls. The player's only means of doing so is firing laser beams into the grid off the edge. A laser beam flies straight forward, stopping if it collides with a ball head-on, and turning the left/right if it enters a square with a ball located diagonally ahead. If the beam makes it off the grid, a pair of identical numbers indicates where it entered the grid and where it left. If the fired laser is stopped by a collision with a ball, the letter "H" appears at its origin. "R" means either that the laser got reflected back into its origin square, or that there is a ball located diagonally in front of the beam origin. After the player marks the requisite number of squares as containing balls, he can click a button to verify his guess. |
| Blades of Heaven | 2005-07-17 | Laxius Power | Laxius Power | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Laura Vujovic is a Shadow Blade from the town of Frechette. She works at the Guild and is finally given her first 'true' mission: go to Moorwick, another town, and assassinate the main local smuggler, Grum. Laura reaches the town, but as she secretly enters the smuggler's room, something unexpected happens.Blades of Heaven is a role-playing game that attempts to emulate Japanese RPG design style of the 1990's. It is story-driven and features top-down graphics with anime influences, turn-based combat, and party management. |
| Akiko's Trivocum | 2005-07-18 | Weltenschmiede | Weltenschmiede | Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card | | | | | | | Windows | Akiko's Trivocum is a trading card game and based on the Höhlenwelt novels by Harald Evers. The basic concept: The goal is simply to hit the opponent once - one hit is enough because everyone has just one life point. Of course this sounds easier than it is: at first the player has to build a magic spell using six cards of his deck. Basically a spell consists of three components: the foundation which decides the magic type, boosts with artifacts and creatures and an Aurikel card to trigger it. Then the player has to pass a handicap with a dice throw and he defeats his opponent - if his protection doesn't cancel it out. It is also possible to invoke a helper creature, then the opponent has to defeat it first.There are overall 195 cards and a deck consists of 46, 60 or 72 cards. The game features three playing modes: random fights, duel (fighting many opponents until the whole world map is conquered) and adventure. In the latter one is based on the first few chapters of volume 1 (Die Bruderschaft
von Yoor). As Leandra the player uncovers a conspiracy. Of course there are a lot of card fights but the rest of the mode is played like classical Choose-your-own-adventure books: The player gets to read a text passage and has multiple choices on what to do next. The same goes for the numerous conversations. |
| Jumpstart Reading with Karaoke | 2005-07-19 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | Voice control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jumpstart Reading with Karaoke is an educational title aimed at children aged four to seven to develop their learn-to-read skills. This is done through the use of karaoke and read-along songs. A microphone is supported for voice input and the game contains technology that analyzes that input to determine how the children are performing.The game used research to identify 200 words that are vital as building-block words to develop reading. Those words were used to create interactive learning activities and 24 original karaoke songs with videos. The included activities are Blending with Val, Comprehension, Delivery, Jump Rope, Karaoke Clubhouse, Mail Trail, Pack It, and Trash Cans. They teach the skills alphabet, recognizing and matching uppercase and lowercase letters, phonemic awareness, identifying consonant sounds, vowel sounds, digraphs and blends, sounding out words, reading word families and sight words, beginning spelling, building vocabulary, reading sentences, comprehension, and reading aloud.Animal characters such as CJ, Eleanor, Frankie, Hopsalot, Kish, Pierre and Val encourage children to speak letters, sounds and words out loud and provide feedback back immediately. |
| Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 | 2005-07-21 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Swordfish Studios Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The legend of cricket makes a welcome come back after years of absence and does it with style. Take part in a World Tour, tournaments and a Challenge mode where you can relive some classic cricketing moments (the graphics even go black and white) like the first Ashes match where England lost back in 1882.
Simple controls make the game as pick up and play as you could possibly want so you don't need to be a cricket genius to enjoy the game or understand what's going on. |
| Taikou Risshiden | 2005-07-22 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Taikō Risshiden is an open-ended strategy RPG set in Sengoku-period Japan, where the player takes the role of a subordinate of warlord Oda Nobunaga named Tōkichirō Kinoshita. The player chooses one of several possible professions, rolls their attributes, and must become successful in their chosen life.Each month, the player receives orders from Nobunaga, and depending on the player's performance, their status will rise or fall. Success will allow the player to rise in rank and status, while failure will see the player's influence diminish, and possibly even result in execution. Depending on the player's actions, the scenario may stick closely to historical fact, or diverge wildly.The player can travel to various locations via the overworld map, and depending upon their play style, several different modes of play may open up. The player can choose to engage their enemies in turn-based tactical battles, or foster peace through diplomacy. It is also possible to go gambling, date women, and even assassinate enemy (or friendly) characters. However, all actions will have an impact on the player's reputation. |
| Wing Commander: Privateer - Gemini Gold | 2005-07-23 | | | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | Fangame | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Privateer Gemini Gold is an open source recreation of Wing Commander: Privateer and its add-on Righteous Fire, originally developed by ORIGIN Systems. It does not yet support cutscenes and lip synchronization, but adds full 3D spaceflight based on the Vega Strike game engine.Gemini Gold is a spin-off of the Privateer remake project code base and builds on improved resources with artwork and gameplay improvements. The goal is to provide a quality release of an OS independent high resolution Privateer game within the unique Wing Commander universe.Unlike the Privateer remake, Gemini Gold has no fan-content like buyable capships and space communists, but adds overall GUI improvements, new models, textures and sprite graphics, it boasts overhauled game balance and interaction on bases, adds malfunction of ship systems when damaged, and includes more and optimized base animations, with a printer-friendly manual. |
| Codename: Panzers - Limited Edition | 2005-07-25 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition bundles the two Codename: Panzers games: Phase One and Phase Two. The compilation has a real ammunition box for packaging which also contains an MP3 soundtrack CD, a mouse pad and a strategy guide for both games. |
| Codename: Panzers - Phase Two | 2005-07-25 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Stormregion Szoftverfejlesztő Kft. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Africa, Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Phase Two of the Codename: Panzers series is a real-time strategy game with three campaigns set during World War II. The campaigns follow the Axis movements in North Africa, the Allied counter-offensive in Italy, and post-war combat in Yugoslavia.Following Phase One, this outing is once again a tactical game rather than a resource management one. Panzers has a full complement of experience gaining troops as well as a variety of armor, aircraft, and artillery which are fully destructible as are the buildings. Phase Two contains three full single player campaigns and several multiplayer options playable via LAN, Internet, or GameSpy. |
| Skies | 2005-07-25 | | AukioGames | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Skies is a fact-paced multiplayer arcade style air-combat game. Play either as a pilot or a gunner, fighting dogfights of WWI styled aircraft in the beautiful Pacific archipelago. The game has a strong player community and servers are being set up all the time.The setting consists of mountainous islands, each with a base for one of the two teams. There's a lighthouse off the largest island which contains the objective of the capture-the-flag -like multiplayer game. The objective, a flaming ball, is attached to the tail of the pilot who successfully captures it and delivers it to the home base. On the way other team members should provide protection from attacking enemy planes, most effective is this duty are the gunners of their aircraft.Playing as a gunner brings an entirely new aspect to air combat games. You are able to rotate your gun 360 degrees and freely tilt it up and down to better catch your enemy. The user interface for the gunner is a bit different: while the flying is mostly done by keyboard the gunner will rely on mouse, very much the same than in most FPS shooters. A smooth co-operation between an experienced pilot and his gunner is needed for the most effective and enjoyable gameplay.Players can setup their own servers and declare them either public or private. The game supports massive air combats with dozens of participants although the resources of a single server are most often quite limited, due to the bandwidth and the effectiveness of the computer acting as a game server.The game is developed together with the players. An active forums allows development team members to always stay tuned on wishes and suggestions of the player community. |
| Gold Miner: Special Edition | 2005-07-26 | GameRival | Intermix Media, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Gold Miner: Special Edition is an updated version of the original Gold Miner with new levels, and enhanced graphics and animation. Like in Gold Miner the player controls a character in the center of the screen. He holds a claw that moves from left to right and vice versa automatically. By clicking you extend the claw, grabbing an item when there is one in the chosen direction. There are small pieces of gold and larger ones, along with other items. Larger items take longer to haul in. There are also worthless rock that can be picked up, but these only eat up time. When a sufficient amount of money has been earned before time runs out, you advance to the next level. There are shops after every level to buy helpful items, and slot machines to place a bet. These appear after every four levels if the player collected coins in the previous levels. Level always take place on a single screen and the only interaction is extending the claw.There are also other game modes, such as a no limits mode where the player should not worry about the money, he can play as long as he wants. There is also an action mode where slot machines do not appear and the player needs to catch the gold and other item by press the left and right arrow keys to pull the claw up. |
| Lock On: Gold | 2005-07-26 | Evolved Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Lock On Gold is a package that contains two of Eagle Dynamics' flight simulators:
Lock On: Modern Air Combat (version 1.02)
Lock On: Flaming Cliffs (expansion) |
| The World of Harry Potter | 2005-07-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This bundle contains four previously released PC titles, all based on the feature films inspired by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of novels:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
| Power Drome | 2005-07-28 | Noviy Disk | Argonaut Sheffield | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | An update of an Amiga and ST game, Powerdrome is racing in its purest form. Breathtaking speeds of 1,000 miles per hour make Powerdrome the fastest and most dangerous racing sport. 12 riders risk all each with their own personality, racing style, and friends or foes.Push your skills to the max in single player and multiplayer action, including split screen, and system link for the XBox. |
| Maziac | 2005-07-30 | | Last Dimension | Action | Side view | | Horror | Platform, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Maziac is a freeware game created using GameMaker 5 development package. The game casts the player as Samantha - the last of the light beings on a quest to re-seal the fallen Angel of Darkness inside a mountain. The game plays as a standard maze platformer, but with a slight gimmick. The light of the player's torch is both, a mean to see the surroundings as well as a weapon. Firing the weapon rapidly will deplete it, reducing the visibility, and allowing the enemies to spawn even closer. When fully charged, the torch can also be used for a single desperation blast which will shoot out a spray of homing sparks, but will render Samantha temporarily vulnerable, not to mention blind. Light Crystals scattered around the maze don't only affect the ending, but also increase the recharge speed of the torch. |
| Arrow Slider | 2005-07-31 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Arrow Slider is a simple puzzle game with a grid of tiles with arrows on them. Click on any tile to slide the entire row or column it in the direction of the arrow on that tile. The object of the game is to slide the tiles around to rearrange the goal layout.The difficulty can be set to easy, normal and hard. When difficulty is easy, you should be able to solve a puzzle in very few steps. For example, on a 3x4 grid, you should be able to solve it in 4 steps or less, on a 5x6 grid 6 steps or less etc. When difficulty is hard, not only do you have to align the tile colors, but you must also arrange the tile numbers in the correct order, starting top-left down to the bottom-right.On the settings screen you can adjust the grid size, tile order and choose horizontal or vertical layout to create different puzzles. |
| Atlantis | 2005-08-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | FunPause | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Discover the secrets of the ancient city of Atlantis.Atlantis is a marble-popping game. Move your mouse left or right to aim the launcher and press the button to fire. You must complete rows of three or more of the same colored marbles to clear them. You must clear all marbles before they reach the exit or you will lose a life. If you lose all your lives, the game is over. The launcher holds two balls at the same time and these can be swapped, if you wish.Occasionally, a bonus is released. These can stop, slow or reverse the line, destroy several marbles at once, give you aiming help, etc. Some marbles have undecorated sides. These will gain you credits. After each level, you can use these credits, if you have enough, to purchase bonuses or extra lives. To use a purchased bonus, just press the enter/return key. |
| Brückenbauen | 2005-08-01 | | | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this two-player game the task is to build a bridge from one end of the playfield to the other before the other player does the same faster. The playfield consists of 17x17 cells, already filled with blue and red cells. The players have to click in the white (empty) cells and the color will change accordingly to the color of the player and a small bridge is created. A player can hinder his opponent by using the empty cell himself, creating different routes. |
| Crazy Chicken: Invasion | 2005-08-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | This Moorhuhn shooter takes the player straight into an utterly terrifying War of the World's scenario: ruthless alien chickens are haunting our planet to extinguish their unsuspecting terrestrial sister-species with deadly laser beams. The player has to save mankind and the planet we live on from the alien chickens by wiping them out.
The gameplay resembles that of the other Moorhuhn shooters. The chickens are targeted with the mouse and shot by clicking the left mouse buttons. The right mouse buttons is for reloading. By using the right and left arrow keys on the keyboard the player can scroll the screen. |
| Das verrückte Licht | 2005-08-01 | | | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this little strategy game your task is to activate all lights on the playfield. The problem is when you select a cell, all adjacent cells change status (off->on or on->off) as well. So you have to think ahead what cells need to be activated in order to switch the entire playfield on. The game offers 20 levels, ranging from 3x3 to 22x22, and a counter which counts the number of your moves. |
| Die Türme von Hanoi | 2005-08-01 | | | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this game your job is to move a tower (big pieces at the bottom, small pieces at the top) from the left to the right using a middle pad.The problem is that per turn you can only move the highest piece of the tower, and only so that the current piece you move can only be placed upon a bigger piece. This means you have to think ahead how you will swap the towers.Depending on the level you select, you will have a starting tower with 3 pieces or up to 12 pieces. |
| Glow Glow Firefly | 2005-08-01 | WildTangent, Inc. | Nikitova LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | All the time the fireflies lived in their colony without any problems, but at one day, one of their own was captured by a human. Unfortunately, that was the firefly queen. And without the queen, the entire colony was in danger. So it was time for a hero, which is Busby, who begins with your help his enormous task in freeing the queen.You are in control of Busby and you task in each level is to collect all dewdrops and avoid the enemies (i.e. centipedes), spiny plants or even carnivorous plants. Once the last dewdrop is collected, you proceed with the next level.The dewdrops are in different colors in the game and you can only collect those that match your own color. But you can change your color when ever you want (by rotating through them). Color codes are also important for some enemies, as they may go about the color (they attack you when you don't match their color).If you manage to collect five dewdrops of the same color in a row, you get the super-power and you can knock off or even out the most dangerous foe.The game consists of more then 70 levels spread over 5 different world (like Terrarium, Honey Garden, etc.) and offers 9 power-ups to help you get that far. And at the end of each world, you face a boss. |
| Gyroball | 2005-08-01 | Miniclip Limited | | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Gyroball, you control, um, a "gyroball".All you have to do to complete a level is to move your gyroball with the cursor keys so that it goes from the starting location right into the target hole at the end of the playfield. If you "fall off" the playfield, you loose one of your 5 balls. And for each level, you only have 60 seconds time - and the time will not be reset if you crash one of your balls.However, there are two problems, which are the main idea behind the game:The playfield isn't a square or something like this, but a complex 3D geometric figure.
As your ball is a gyroball, it already moves by its own. Therefore you can't just move it around corners, but you must compensate the physics while moving or your ball is doomed. |
| Huanxiang Sanguozhi II | 2005-08-01 | Unistar | UserJoy Technology Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Thousands of years ago, the great Xuanyuan, also known as Huangdi - Yellow Emperor - fought against the ruler Chiyou for control over China. Demons joined both forces in this great battle. Finally, Huangdi got the upper hand and became the emperor of China. Shortly before his death, he decided to reincarnate as a mortal many years later, so he came to the border of paradise, and spoke with the dragon demon Yinglong, who was supporting his rival before, as well as other demons. Yinglong descended upon the Earth, and his body parts turned into powerful weapons and artifacts - his claw became a sword, his eye a pearl, and his heart took the shape of a seal. The legends say that if someone can get one of the three artifacts, he can once again wield the power in the whole China.Fast-forward to 196 AD. It is the time of Eastern Han dynasty, the end of one of the several golden epochs of the Chinese civilization. Two gods, Yunkong and Daotian, are playing chess with each other to decide the fate of China. In the village Zhaode live two young noblemen, Chu Ge and his best friend Han Jing, as well as his beloved one Shen Yan. They live a normal life and wish to move to the capital and to find good jobs there. But an accident makes them meet their true destiny... The second Huanxiang Sanguozhi game takes us to the time period that preceeded the Three Kingdoms era by about a hundred years. Once again, the game deals with concrete historical events and characters, but adds many fictional elements to them, mostly of supernatural character. The gameplay is very similar to that of the first game. You control a party of heroes and fight enemies in turn-based or active-time combat (you can choose the type of combat since the beginning). The game features pre-rendered backgrounds and 3D cut scenes. It also allows you to choose between three difficulty levels. |
| Shady Brook | 2005-08-01 | Unimatrix Productions | Unimatrix Productions | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The creators of Shady Brook describe it as an "interactive horror adventure game" and, because of its mature story and graphic depictions, "not suitable for gamers under 17". The game is entirely mouse-driven (point & click) and played in 1st person perspective.You play Jake Tobin, a novelist, who moves with his father to the little town of Shady Brook to gather materials for his next book. Even though their new neighbors seem friendly enough, the citizens of the town are not what they seem. A dark secret binds them together in a terrifying conspiracy. Only after one of the residents dies, supposedly of suicide, does Jake suspect that something is not right. Was it really a murder? And, if so, why is everyone so desperate to cover it up? |
| Streichholz wegnehmen | 2005-08-01 | | | Strategy | | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This is a short, up to 2 player, game for now and then.The game starts with a random number of matchsticks and the first player must remove between one and three sticks. In the next turn, the next player does the same. In the end, the player who removes the last stick loose.The game can be played either between two real players or against the computer. |
| Battles of Norghan | 2005-08-02 | Mitorah Games | Mitorah Games | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | Tom Miettunen | Turn-based | | | Windows | In Battles of Norghan you play a role of a clan that enters into a large battle tournament and fights its way to the very top in a series of tactical battles, with managerial decisions taken in between. The game is divided to two parts - in the management part you can view your and your enemies' team standings, recruit units, outfit and train them. When a new round of the tournament begins you enter a combat phase - your and your opponent take turns to move and command units, until one team is completely defeated. The winning team is rewarded with gold and a better position in the tournament ladder.The game offers dozens of spells, equipment, races and classes to choose from. Each race/class has its own advantages and disadvantages (perhaps with the exception of the powerful drakes) and stats that determine the units combat prowess, magical abilities and future skills advancement. In addition to that all combatants have their own personal contracts which (for two fights, five fights, yearly contract or life-time membership) with their own unique costs, lengths and expiration dates. All units age and may quit your clan long before you've reached your goal. Knowing when to switch a high-level knight for a low level minotaur (but one that could eventually surpass the knight in every way), or when to invest in training, learning magic or better items, is what makes up the strategical-managerial side of the game. |
| BloodRayne 2 | 2005-08-02 | Majesco Entertainment Company | Terminal Reality, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Sequel to BloodRayne, BloodRayne 2 follows Rayne into the modern day. No longer killing Nazis, she teams up again with the Brimstone Society to take out her Vampire Father and her various siblings. Rayne's new powers and abilities include rail sliding (among other acrobatics), blood guns, stop time, and tons of gruesome fatalities to dispatch her foes with. |
| Slant | 2005-08-03 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Slant is a grid-based puzzle game where the player must draw a diagonal line in each square of the grid. Some of the grid intersections have numbers on them, indicating how many lines should come out of that intersection. The diagonal lines must not form closed loops. |
| Light Up | 2005-08-04 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Light Up is a grid-based puzzle game where the player must set down light bulbs on the correct blank squares, so that all blank squares are lit. A bulb lights up all squares in its row or column, all the way to where the light beam is blocked by a black square (bulbs cannot be placed on black squares). Some black squares have numbers which indicate how many bulbs need to be orthogonally adjacent to that square. No two bulbs can illuminate each other. |
| ArkLight | 2005-08-05 | PiEyeGames | PiEyeGames | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The X52-ArkLight is the last hope of a conquered planet Vestal, a spaceship capable of destroying the forces of the tyrannical Krainian Empire.ArkLight is a 3D arcade game combining the brick-breaking action of Arkanoid with traditional vertical shooters like Zanac and Aleste. The player controls an aircraft flying through mazes filled with large bricks called Metacubes, where the main objective is to reach the final blockade covering the exit pad.The ship can clear a path through the Metacubes by shooting energy spheres, making them bounce on the surrounding surfaces and the ship itself until most bricks and enemies are hit and destroyed. The fire button can be held down for more powerful shots, with a secondary button used to reabsorb the spheres and recover some of the spent energy.There are several types of Metacubes, power-ups and enemies throughout the levels. The yellow Metacubes are the most common type, breaking with a single hit; the red Metacubes are more resilient, needing multiple shots to be destroyed; the green Metacubes are also called Recycled which means that they will be replaced by new ones falling from above when eliminated. Metal Metacubes can't be smashed by the spheres.Power-ups and bonus points appear randomly on the field after shattering some of the Metacubes, slowly drifting downwards and waiting to be collected by the ship. The powers increase the amount of energy on reserve, give free shots for a few seconds by freezing the energy meter, double the number of shots per firing, increase the speed of the spheres, explode all the targets with a smart bomb and cut through several Metacubes with a single sphere.There are enemies shooting back at certain points, like the stationary turrets, the roaming tanks and a squadron of flying ships. They all can be defeated in the same way as Metacubes, however, it will take more than one shot to eliminate them. More powerful spheres can finish them much quicker. At the end of each stage, the ship stops at a blockade where all the cubes must be eliminated to finish the level. |
| Narcissu | 2005-08-05 | | stage-nana | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | Windows | Narcissu is a short freeware "visual novel" about the relationship between two terminally ill characters. The protagonist of the piece is a 20yr old man who has just passed his driver's license examination and is healthy at the beginning of the story, and the other character is a slightly older girl who has spent her life in hospital. They meet through unfortunate circumstances and decide to achieve one last thing before they die.The text appears just underneath the pictures. There are no choices to be made in the game and it'll take about 5 hours to finish, although you can save at any time, of course, and carry on from where you left off. There is the option of voices or no voices.Narcissu was originally released in Japanese but has been translated into English in a joint collaboration between "insani" and "Hæleþes áwendende".
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| No Surrender: Battle of the Bulge | 2005-08-08 | Kudosoft Interactive | INtex Publishing GmbH & Co. KG | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | No Surrender: Battle of the Bulge is a World War II real-time strategy game and the sequel to D-Day. The game concentrates on the final 9-10 months of the war. There are twenty missions across three campaigns, including Normandy, the German counter-offensive in the Ardennes, and the battle of Nordwind. Fifteen new units are available, totaling up to 85 different ones. |
| Advent Rising | 2005-08-09 | Majesco Entertainment Company | GlyphX Games, LLC | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Advent Rising, you play as Gideon Wyeth, a rookie space pilot. Gideon has a loving fiancée and life smiles. That is, until mysterious aliens appear. Gideon and his brother, a hero space pilot, are invited to the historical greeting party. Though the aliens are friendly, they come with a warning about another, vicious race, known as "the Seekers", who have decided to exterminate the human race. Soon after, the Seekers invasion begins, and so does the actual game.The game itself is a third person shooter with superpowers and a rudimentary melee fighting system. Alternatively, it's possible to switch to a first person perspective, although some abilities cannot be used in this view. Generally you just go around shooting aliens using a new kind of targeting system called flick-targeting. While on Xbox you select targets by tapping thumbsticks towards the foe you want to shoot, on PC this happens by scrolling the mouse wheel (although you can use the mouse for manual aiming and thus avoid scrolling through long list of enemies). You can also gain psychic powers to aid you in combat, ranging from lifting enemies into the air and slowing down time, to creating shields capable of deflecting attacks and smashing enemies with an electromagnetic pulse. These powers work like character upgrades, each one having five mastery levels. Jumping and melee fighting are also upgradeable. As part of the jumping mastery levels, for example, is dodging in slow motion. Just like weapons, in order to use powers they must first be equipped in at least one hand.During gameplay, the HUD shows Gideon's remaining health, the power meter, weapons and powers currently in use, and the number of rounds in the weapon. At first, you must find Nano Aid stations in order to recover health, however once Gideon gains mastery over his health, it simply regenerates if you stay out of harm's way. The power meter decreases every time a power is used, and if it's depleted you must wait for a time before you have access to your powers again.While Advent Rising is mainly a third person shooter, Gideon will have the chance to control the Scythe ATV, turrets and various alien ships. The game has four levels of difficulty (easy, normal, hard and ultra), and uses a checkpoint-based saving system. |
| Noisy Mountain | 2005-08-11 | 90° Winkel | 90° Winkel | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Rick Murdoc is driving back after a hard day at work when he is involved in a car crash. He wakes up in the hospital of Noisy Mountain and is unharmed, but the place is entirely deserted and there are disturbing messages. He finds clues about a certain Mike Miller, who was in the same hospital and has died. The aim of the game is to find out what has really happened to Rick and Mr Miller since the accident.Noisy Mountain is a freeware AGS point-and-click adventure game. A classic control mechanism is used: an inventory near the top of the screen and different actions (walk, examine, pick up/use) cycled through using the right mouse button. The game draws inspiration from the Silent Hill series, with sarcastic humour. |
| Water Bugs | 2005-08-11 | Retro64, Inc. | Retro64, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Water Bugs is a game in the vein of JezzBall, in that the player must divide the playfield into sections in order to clear it of enemies. As the player divides the playfield, the smaller section will be blanked out killing any enemies trapped within and walking along the border. When the playfield is reduced to 15% of its original size, the level is cleared and the player can move on to the next. There are two different kinds of enemies: ones walking around the border of the playfield and ones swimming around inside the playfield. The enemies display different movements. While most walk in their own random patterns, some will actually follow the player's launcher. Some border walking enemies will even attack the player's dividing lines in order to stop the division from happening. There are 9 stages which are essentially just backgrounds, with 599 playable levels in total. |
| Eat the Whistle | 2005-08-12 | | Hurricane Studios | Action, Sports | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Eat the Whistle is a soccer game originally released to tie in with the 1998 World Cup, held in and won by France. The full tournament is included, but custom leagues can also be created. The game's perspective is from the top with a slight angle, but scrolling sideways rather than top-bottom. The game includes variable weather and light conditions, variable referee strictness, and different match lengths. As well as realistic soccer, there is a mode compared by the packaging to Speedball 2, with no fouls and randomly appearing power-ups. |
| Map | 2005-08-13 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Map the player must color each region of a map with one of the four colors, in such a way that no regions with the same color share an edge. The player can mark a region with colored dots to indicate which colors could possibly be in a given region. The size of the map and the number of regions can be freely chosen.
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| Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Tsumihoroboshi-hen | 2005-08-14 | 07th Expansion | 07th Expansion | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Tsumihoroboshi-hen is the sixth release in the Higurashi: When They Cry visual novel series. It includes parts 5 and 6 of the novel: "Meakashi-hen" and "Tsumihoroboshi-hen". It is a simple visual novel without branching paths or choices, where the player simply advances the text to read the story. After finishing each chapter, the player unlocks a number of optional bonus scenes called "TIPS"."Tsumihoroboshi-hen" has two viewpoint characters: Keichii Maebara, a teenage boy who has recently moved into the remote Japanese village of Hinamizawa, and his friend Rena Ryuuguu. As Rena's divorced father prepares to remarry, Rena feels unable to accept his new wife. Soon, events escalate and a tragedy occurs. |
| Phantasmagoria of Flower View | 2005-08-14 | Team Shanghai Alice | Team Shanghai Alice | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Phantasmagoria of Flower View is 2D vertically scrolling shooter and the ninth main game in the Tōhō series. The game has 14 playable characters, but only 5 girls are available at the start. The gameplay is similar to Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream or Twinkle Star Sprites. The player's character duels against an opponent on a separate, vertically split screen. The character has to shoot enemies, avoid bullets and needs to survive longer than the rival. The one to run out of lives first, loses the game. The girls can charge attack, attack opponents with regular bullets and they have several bombs. |
| Dead to Rights II | 2005-08-15 | Akella | Widescreen Games SARL | Action | Behind view | | Crime | Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter | Contemporary, North America | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Jack Slate is back, in this beat-up sequel to the first. He teams up with his K9 Dog, Shadow, to overtake the criminal underground in Grant City. The main focus of the game is on Jack taking down crime after the kidnapping of a judge. He discovers a city full of corruption and betrayal.Included is a 360 degree fighting system. Returning to the game is the super slow motion that was originally employed in Max Payne games and The Matrix movie. You can now use Shadow to attack enemies in real-time while you beat down on other enemies. If his stamina bar is high enough, Slate's K9 will kill the enemy, and if he is tired, he'll work to keep any enemy away with vicious bites.This game includes a lot of weapons including rocket launchers, grenades, and Molotov cocktails. The minigames are not essential to the game, whereas they were in the original game. However, most of the game is very similar to its predecessor. |
| Jessica Plunkenstein and the Düsseldorf Conspiracy | 2005-08-15 | greGAMES! LLC | greGAMES! LLC | Adventure | Side view | | Spy / espionage | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Jessica Plunkenstein is an average teenage girl who disagrees with her parents about how her life should be. In an attempt to make her "normal", they ship her off to a reform school against her will. Also at the airport is Secret Agent Harrison J. Harris on his way to the Amazon jungle. His assignment: to foil the plans of his nemesis, the diabolical Baron von Düsseldorf. In a bizarre twist of fate, Jessica and Harrison's plane tickets get switched; she boards Amazon Air bound for the jungle and he on DespAir to the school. Soon, Jessica arrives in the Amazon and will impersonate herself as the spy and try to complete his mission.You'll guide Jessica through her madcap adventure in 3rd person perspective. The story line is whimsical and filled with "tongue-in-cheek" humor and comical quips. She'll explore 50 unusual locations in addition to the Amazon rainforests including an amusement park with a llama theme, the Norwegian Alps and its yodeling contests, and the cave of a murderous yeti. Talk to a variety of unique characters (all professionally voiced), collect various objects and use them to solve inventory-based puzzles.This AGS game was created by a group of Yale University students as their Computer Science senior project. It features a full musical score, voice acting and sound effects, and simplistic graphics and cut scenes. Some character graphics from the Reality-of-the-Norm project are incorporated into this game.The game is divided into four chapters. Gameplay is point and click with cursors for different actions as well as keyboard shortcuts for saving and restoring games, displaying inventory etc. It is necessary to right and left click with the mouse to perform actions or change cursors. Some items Jessica collects can be combined within the inventory window, and saved games are named by the player. |
| Dungeon Siege II | 2005-08-16 | Microsoft Corporation | Gas Powered Games Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Mature | 2D scrolling | Windows | It has been a thousand years since the end of First Age of Man, marked with clash of the sword of Zaramoth breaking the shield of Azunai...provoking a cataclysm that engulfed the Land of Ehb. The Second Age of Man seems to repeat history as the the new warlord Valdis, having secured the sword of Zaramoth strikes new terror in a massive campaing across the land. Here our hero and his Elven brother-in-arms joins the latest warpath under Valdis with siege of the Dryad's homeland. The story begins...Gameplay
Dungeon Siege 2 is a Real-Time Hack-and-Slash Role-Playing Game (RPG) which uses a rotatable third-person perspective camera. The player may control up to 1-6 hero's and pets, although the size of the party is limited by the game difficulty. The first out of 3 levels of difficulty - Mercenary, limits the party to only a maximum of 4 party members. In order to advance in level, the player must first finish the game in each mentioned level difficulty.The player may create a new hero or use a pre-generated hero. Races available for new heroes are: Human, Elf, Dryad and Half-Giant. Each race has their own unique racial benefits (or disadvantages). Racial distinction does not affect the storyline. Aside from heroes, your party may also acquire the use of pets as party member, which unlike party members may only advance in one particular class and advance by being fed items. There are 10 different pets available for purchase.Similar to the original Dungeon Siege, the game identifies 4 primary skills: Melee, Ranged (Bow, Crossbow or Thrown Weapons), Combat Magic and Nature Magic. Using specified weapons or magic spells will increase the levels of the mentioned skill, allowing the character to use more powerful weapons, armor, items or spells. Advancing in these skills also allow the character to use additional skill bonuses and Hero Powers. The player may optionally focus on any one or more of the available skills. Leveling up consists of 2 different aspects: First is the primary skill level, which is automatic, the second is the character level which also allows the player to invest points for Hero Powers, which are also divided in accordance to the primary skills, and advancement in those power are affected by current skill level.Combat is real-time, but may be paused at any given time. Characters fight in accordance to a designated weapon or magic spell of choice. There is one primary active weapon and 4 available magic slots to choose from in the character page. The player may switch manually between weapons or spells during adventuring or combat. An additional 4 slots in the spellbook allow the use of automatically cast spells.While adventuring, the party may discover several sub-quests as well as secret rooms or magical items. All information regarding quests and quest items, chants, maps, bestiary of creatures are recorded in the upgraded game journal. |
| Final Fantasy XI Online: The Vana'Diel Collection | 2005-08-16 | Square Enix, Inc. | Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a collection of the original Final Fantasy XI Online game along with two expansion packs:
Rise of the Zilart
Chains of Promathia
The first European Windows version already included the two add-ons, but The Vana'diel Collection was released under this name in Europe as well as in North America. In Japan, it is known as All-In-One Pack. |
| Voyage | 2005-08-16 | Adventure Company, The | Kheops Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk | | | | Teen | | Windows | Voyage is a point-and-click adventure inspired by Jules Verne's two novels From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon. But unlike those two books, the main character actually makes it to the moon surface, although his two companions do not survive the trip.As the game begins, Michel Ardan explores the space capsule in which he and his co-travellers arrived. The time period is the early 20th century and the interior of the capsule is depicted with plush velvet cushions, brass details and gadgets derived from the science of the time. Eventually, after discovering the cause of his companions' deaths, Michel can leave the capsule and explore the moon. Strange landscapes and unusual creatures and beings await him.Eventually Michel will discover Selenite City, home of the Selenites, an ancient and highly intelligent lunar race. With each step of the journey, questions arise as to the fate of the Selenite people. Did they deteriorate, like so many of the statues they left behind? Did they leave the surface to seek refuge in the center of the moon? Once players answer these questions, they may find their way back to Earth with news of their fantastic discoveries.Intermixed into the storyline are various types of puzzles that involve logic and deduction. Communications and finding important inventory objects to use are included in the puzzle mix. You'll also find several puzzles based upon sound and music. Learning an alien language also comes into play. As you discover new things and solve the various challenges, you'll receive points that increase Michel's IQ. As that IQ rises, more complicated solutions become available, supposedly adding to the replay value of the game. |
| Chick Chaser | 2005-08-17 | AussieSoftTM | AussieSoftTM | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In the style of the Leisure Suit Larry series this game puts us on the shoes of Andrew Gourdo, a guy that has been dumped by his girlfriend and must get her back with the help of a friend. A part of the plan involves scoring with some of the university chicks.The gameplay is like a classic adventure game. You have some actions at your disposal (walk, take, give, talk, etc.) and must solve puzzles to make the plot advance. There is also a point-based ranking system similar to the one in the first Leisure Suit Larry games. You can complete the girl quests in whatever order you want, and in that sense the game isn't linear.Described as a romantic comedy, this game has some soft sexual content. |
| Madden NFL 06 | 2005-08-17 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Keith Alexander, Tony Grable | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | The football masters are back once again and ready to blow you away with some of the best features ever.All new major passing offense and passing upgrades like the all new QB vision.Brand new single-player mode lets you experience the life of an NFL player by earning one of more than 60 Personas ranging from MVP to Movie Star.New robust (online) features: share files via your EA Locker and instantly find a solid match-up with improved matchmaking. Also check your EA SPORTS Fantasy Football stats in game.
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| Emily Enough: Imprisoned | 2005-08-18 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Emily is never satisfied. Fed up with the incompetence of her servants and parents, she slaughters them all. The wealthy heiress is sentenced to live her live in an upstate New York asylum until her 21st birthday, but she has no intention to stay there that long. It is up to the player to help her escape.Emily Enough: Imprisoned is an award-winning AGS point-and-click adventure. Players guide her using the mouse to cycle through actions (walk, examine, interact, talk) or use the buttons near the top of the screen. Important items are stored in the inventory to put them to use at another location. The main goals is to get Emily to escape, by descending into the corporate underworld that governs the asylum. |
| Myth Makers: Trixie in Toyland | 2005-08-19 | Metro3D Europe Ltd. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Myth Makers: Trixie in Toyland is a 3D platform game in a fantasy toys world.Evil Penumbra has stolen the Myth Makers Orbs and has hidden them in Toyland. The player controls young Trixie from a third-person perspective through levels with platform puzzles and enemies that are taken out by swinging his rattle or locking on to them and shooting energy balls. Trixie must collect eight power rods to activate a teleporter to the next level. Game consists of nine levels + tutorial level. |
| Rig Racer 2 | 2005-08-19 | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | Contemporary | Track racing, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Rig Racer 2 is an arcade-style truck racing game in which the player is given the choice of eight trucks to race around four conventional racing track circuits. The game features three difficulty settings for single race, time trial and challenge modes as well as a two-player split-screen racing mode.The player initially has access to four rigs in the PC and PlayStation 2 versions of the game with the Wii version only allowing access to two of the eight rigs. Additional rigs and tracks are unlockable via an in-game currency that is earned by completing races. Additional race settings include time of day options, a mirror mode and the choice of 3, 5 or 10 laps to complete the course.Despite the name, Rig Racer 2 is not a sequel to an existing game. |
| ENIGMA Adventure Studio | 2005-08-20 | OlderGames | KNURDZ Entertainment | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | ENIGMA is basically a set of tools and widgets much like Click-And-Create which allows you to make your own multimedia projects and adventure games similar to Myst.It allows you to edit video, audio, inventory and all the related things you would assume it to and also has the option for
you to either use the built-in game and media editors or make your own custom "ENIGMA Scripts" to use for your projects.
The distributable engine runtime executables then take your
source files and allow other people to run and play your projects. The runtime executables come in both CD-Based and HD-Based flavors with the CD-Based runtime allowing you to distribute either 6 full CD-ROMs or 6 full DVD's worth of content.
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| Roko-Loko no Castelo do Ratozinger | 2005-08-20 | Rock Brigade | SGuerra Design Ltda. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Roko-Loko is a comics character created by Marcio Baraldi, a Brazilian cartoonist for the Rock Brigade magazine.Roko-Loko must enter Vaticão, castle of the cruel Ratozinger, a religious ultra-conservative rat who hates rock and sex and have prisoned the beautiful Adrina-lina and some famous rock-stars, such as Eddie (Iron Maiden's mascot), Rob Halford (from Judas Priest), Ozzy Osbourne, Gene Simmons (from Kiss), among others. In order to free them, he must face a lot of threats such as spiders, bats, skulls, alligators, volcanic lava and fire balls, and stuff.Roko-Loko no Castelo do Ratozinger is a three level side-scrolling game. To complete the levels, Roko-Loko must find and take stuck electric guitars from anvils, used to open locked doors. As he advances throughout the levels, he will collect musical notes. Collecting 30 of them will grant him a life. Roko can jump and climb ladders by pressing the up arrow key, and can punch by pressing the space bar. |
| Vintage Gaming Trivia Challenge | 2005-08-20 | OlderGames | KNURDZ Entertainment | Educational | 1st-person | | | Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | VGT is an interactive trivia game made from the ground up with the classic game enthusiast in mind. The game features 300 core questions relating to all aspects of vintage and classic videogame topics.The object of the game is to score as high as you can
and answer as quickly as you can since points are deducted
for every second you take to answer a question. The game features a score based ranking system ranging from the infamous "total noob" to "walking knowledgebase". Last but not least the game also sports its very own built in quizfile editor allowing you to customize the game for yourself and your friends.
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| Bricks of Atlantis | 2005-08-23 | Arcade Lab | Arcade Lab | Action, Strategy | Side view | | | Paddle / Pong | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This game is a sequel to Bricks of Egypt and Bricks of Camelot. Like these games, you must break all the bricks except this game has a marine theme rather than a medieval or Egyptian theme. Bricks of Atlantis has some of its predecessors' same items, such as the expanded paddle, the shrunken paddle, slow ball, fast ball, sticky paddle, multi-ball, poison, and extra life, plus new items, including many different fish that help you out. Some levels include jellyfish that hamper your progress. Luckily, you can get rid of them by hitting them with the ball.There are 190 levels in all, but you can only choose from 5 level packs consisting of 8 levels each at the beginning. You can unlock more level packs by completing the first level packs. These 5 more level packs consist of 16 levels each. There is a secret Bonus pack. You can do the math to figure how many levels it has. |
| Loopy | 2005-08-24 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Loopy is a grid-based puzzle. The player must draw a single closed loop, made up of the edges of the grid squares. Some of the grid squares have numbers which say how many edges of the square are part of loop. There are different grid sizes to choose from, as well as a lot of different grid shapes other than square. |
| Operation: Matriarchy | 2005-08-25 | Buka Entertainment | Madia Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In the mid-24th century, a virus of unknown origin wiped through the Velian civilization. It affected only the women, twisting them into brutal killing machines. They modified their bodies, enhancing them with cybernetic and bio-engineered parts. The male population was enslaved, used for genetic experiments and food. The previously democratic society became a matriarchal ant-colony; a hive-mind focused on one thing only - Domination. All-out war erupted between the Velians and their former allies, the Federation of Earth.The game begins seven years into the conflict. The Federation have gained ground, managing to push the Velians back to their home system. But when a number of colony ships go missing, apparently attacked by the Velians, the Federation sends in a military operation with the aim of wiping the aggressors out for good.You play the part of a Federation soldier - Senior Sergeant Paul Armstrong - a regular grunt whose ship is attacked and who finds himself taking on the Velian mutations alone. Your mission: Destroy the enemy and save the missing colonists.Operation: Matriarchy is a first-person-shooter that is set in the same universe as the Echelon games, though a knowledge of the series is not required. You will blast your way through 19 levels in a wide variety of locations, from a starbase to a swarming alien hive. The game features an arsenal of 14 hand weapons and two mech suits that you can climb into (with optional flight module). The enemies you will face are mainly female - or at least, they were once female. The story is developed through pre-mission briefing screens and in-game communications from Federation HQ.This is a DirectX 9 game, using MADia's own 3D engine, developed specifically for this title. |
| Painkiller: Black - Limited Edition DVD | 2005-08-25 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Painkiller: Black - Limited Edition DVD is a North American exclusive limited edition (only 5000 copies manufactured) of Painkiller: Gold Edition, but just like the European release, all content has now been stored on a single DVD, and it has been packaged in a thin keep case with a dark spread image.The full contents include:
The Painkiller base game
The expansion pack Battle Out of Hell
Patches and upgrades
Mapping and editing tools
A making of video
The title track music video by the rock band Mech
Developer interviews
Original concept art, storyboards and monster renders (new for this edition)
A limited edition Penny Arcade poster (new for this edition)
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| Blitzkrieg: Anthology | 2005-08-26 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A 5 CD compilation which includes the original Blitzkrieg, the two expansions: Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon and Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder, plus Blitzkrieg: Iron Division, which contains six new single player mission and two new campaigns (one for the German with five missions and one for Soviet Union with four missions).The set also includes bonus Blitzkrieg II fan material:
The Blitzkrieg II trailer
A video of a mission where a player defends an airfield |
| Castle Shikigami 2 | 2005-08-26 | AlfaSystem Co., Ltd. | AlfaSystem Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Sequel to Shikigami no Shiro, SS2 is a vertical-scrolling shooter with sci-fi elements.As in most games in the genre, the game puts you in control of a small fighter as you attempt to make your way past several stages filled with enemy ships charging and attacking you in different patterns.The game features 7 distinct characters with psychic powers (which manifest in-game as bomb-type attacks and other special moves) and unique fighters, and the game features a story mode for each character, in which they have different dialogues and plot sequences for each boss fight.Also included is a weapon system similar to Psyvariar's in which you can enhance your power and rate of fire by scraping incoming bullets. |
| Dis-moi ADI: Français - Maths CE2 | 2005-08-26 | Coktel SAS | Coktel SAS | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dis-moi Adi: Français - Maths CE2 is an educational game about mathematics and French language for children of 8-9 years-old.
It consists of a variety of lessons: questions, tips, video sequences, course files and quizzes about mathematics and French. It also has a search engine to search for specific lessons, available at all time. The pedagogic approach is brought with the help of the game's mascot, ADI, and his friend Woops, who will act out situations about the chosen theme in a video sequence for the kid's understanding.To follow the children's progresses, a profile is created at the beginning of the game to keep scores as the kid is playing and learning.The game also includes a DVD of 16 episodes from the educational TV series ADI sous la mer (ADI Under the Sea) and ADI dans l'espace (ADI in Space). |
| Adagio | 2005-08-27 | Gaping Wolf Software | Gaping Wolf Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The Gn'rthan people were peace loving and not warlike. Because of that they were ill equipped to deal with the invasion of the Jvaran Empire. The Gn'rthan are fighting a losing battle on all fronts as the Jvaran Divine Navy continues it's attack. The Jvaran's use a strange fungal weapon that infects machinery and computers, taking them over... Karth Solemu is a test pilot and decides in desperation to ask Central, the AI of the Gn'rthan civilization, to build him a ship from one of the factories. Advanced in weaponry and maneuverability, Karth names his new ship "Faith" and prepares to confront the Jvaran forces with it. As Karth launches his fighter into space, transmissions from Central go silent and the remaining machines revert to simple programming...Adagio is a horizontally scrolling shooter game. Players take the role of Karth Solemu in his ship Faith. As the screen scrolls towards the right, Karth will encounter enemy ships. To destroy them, Faith has a primary weapon, which can be upgraded via power-ups to different types including: Blade Laser, Spread Beam and Wave Cannon. Additionally the Faith has a secondary orb weapon which can be deployed and recalled. When deployed the orb homes in on enemy vessels and destroys them, however the temperature gauge increases and the orb must cool down before doing additional damage. When recalled, the orb rotates around the faith, absorbing enemy projectiles and destroying nearby enemy vessels. During each level, trophies can be found and collected. Gaining the necessary amount of trophies allows the player to activate cheats and special modifications to the game, such as extra lives or "Disco Fever" mode. |
| Inertia | 2005-08-27 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Inertia the player must collect all mines from the board without running into a mine.For this purpose, the player moves the green ball horizontal, vertical or diagonal with the keyboard. But as the game title suggests, this isn't that easy, as once the ball is moving, it will continue moving until it is stopped.The board consists of 4 types of cells. The circle and the wall will both stop the movement of the ball; those are used for navigation. But the ball will slide through all empty cells. And finally, the are the mines, which must be avoided.Once all mines are collected, the player wins - but only if the ball stops normally after collecting the last mine. |
| JetFighter 2015 | 2005-08-30 | Global Star Software Inc. | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | This is an arcade style simulator, not focusing on real stuff like take-off and landing and the complications of these kinds of simulators.In this one, you start already in air and your mission is to destroy all targets. The plot is about terrorism in a near future (2015) and the player controls high tech planes
which have good potential to easily maneuver and work around their enemies.The game also has an multiplayer mode where up to 10 players can get involved in a death match or team match. |
| NiBiRu: Age of Secrets | 2005-08-31 | Adventure Company, The | Future Games s.r.o., Unknown Identity | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | Sixty years after the defeat of the Nazis, construction workers come upon an old German tunnel complex west of Prague. Martin Holan, a young archeologist, is given permission to enter and investigate the contents. Inside he will find vaults of information concerning an unknown planet in our solar system called NiBiRu. He learns that the Nazis hired a brilliant scientist during the war to make use of Nibiru's secrets, but the end of the war prevented them from finishing their plan. Now, Martin must unearth all that was discovered and find out the current implications of their plot.NiBiRu is an updated version of the 1998 game Posel Bohů by the same developers. It is essentially a remake with updated graphics, music and puzzles, but the story remains the same as the earlier game.The story will take Martin, the main player character, to interesting locations including the Prague mining site and its underground passages, Paris, and a small Mexican town with Mayan ruins nearby.Players control Martin in 3rd person perspective. The interface is completely mouse-driven in point-and-click fashion, and the use of both left and right mouse buttons is necessary to succeed. Inventory appears at the bottom of the screen and hides when not in use. The main menu can be accessed by pointing to the top right of the screen and clicking. In addition, there are unlimited game save slots and optional subtitles.Many puzzles and obstacles come into play including interaction with a large number of interactive non-player characters. Puzzle types vary in difficulty and include traditional inventory, situation-based ones as well as several real brain teasers.Martin is unable to run, but a double-click on an "exit" door warps him to the next screen. When death occurs, the game restores to the place immediately before the mistake was made. |
| The Goat in the Grey Fedora | 2005-08-31 | | Pinhead Games | Adventure | Side view | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | This is detective Nick Bounty's second adventure, and a sequel to A Case of the Crabs!. A traditional Point 'n' Click adventure with inventory based puzzles and plenty of humor, the whole game is in a black and white (and shades of grey) film noir style. Cutscenes help tell the story as you progress.You are entrusted with retrieving a ceramic goat for a mysterious dame whose uncle has recently passed away. Like all of Pinhead Games' adventure games The Goat in the Grey Fedora was created with a Flash based engine and is entirely free, and can be downloaded or played in a web browser online from the developers site. |
| rFactor | 2005-08-31 | Image Space Inc. | Image Space Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | rFactor is a racing simulation game that focuses on user generated content. The game allows the player to race in both open wheel and touring cars. The player can race online against real opponents or against computer controlled cars in an offline campaign. In the offline campaign you have to deserve credits to gain access to new cars, upgrades and tracks. You can freely place your camera to any position you wish both during races or when watching replays. The game focuses on realism, with advanced tyre modeling, aerodynamics calculations and a complex physics engine.The game features no licenses so all the standard cars and tracks are fictional. But the game is very friendly for modding and because of that has a large community that generates content. The game allows for mods that add new cars, skins, entire new race seasons with new tracks and schedules, or new rule sets to simulate other types of vehicles. Many already existing mods let you drive in well known racing cars from various brands on tracks from all around the world. |
| 18 Wheels of Steel: Convoy | 2005-09-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | SCS Software | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | In this game the player starts his own trucking company. Starting with a single driver, the player is going to earn money by transporting goods between the different cities. Repairing trucks and refilling them will cost money and even the police tickets do. Besides a new GUI and some minor changes in the gameplay, the game is identical to the previously released games of the 18 Wheels of Steel series. |
| 6 Colors | 2005-09-01 | Pyva.net | Pyva.net | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 6 Colors is a freeware version of 7 Colours. Two opponents (one of them can be an AI) start from opposite corners of the gameboard, which is covered by randomly colored tiles. The aim is to expand across the board annexing tiles to your domain. The one who gets more than 50% of the gameboard area wins.Each move involves selecting one of the six colors, which will annex any tiles of that colour which are adjacent to one of your tiles, and temporarily turn your whole domain to that color. It is not possible to select the color your opponent has just played, to prevent attempting to annex his tiles - however this color will always be available in your next move.The game allows square, hexagonal, and random-shape tiles. To ensure that the game is fair, one can flip the gameboard and play again from another side. |
| Anglo-German War 39-45 | 2005-09-01 | Schwerpunkt, Inc. | Schwerpunkt, Inc. | Strategy | | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Anglo-German War 39-45 is a hex-based wargame set in World War II. The 42 scenarios, which can be played separately or as campaign, cover a variety of battles in Western Europe and Northern Africa (the war between Russia and Germany is the theme of the predecessor). As usual in this type of game, the player spends most of the time with analyzing the situation and the various statistics in order to find out the appropriate tactical approach. Each turn, representing one week, is divided into three phases: deployment (allocating air and naval units, rebuilding units, etc.) and two ground operations phases. Some options (e.g. fog of war, AI options or pre-defined historical happenings like Spain joining the Axis) can be enabled when starting a new match. |
| Chainz 2: Relinked | 2005-09-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Board game, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Chainz 2: Relinked is the sequel to Chainz. The game has four modes of play: Classic, Arcade, Puzzle and Strategy. Each uses the core mechanic in a slightly different way. The game is played by rotating colorful chain links to connect them to other links of the same color. When three or more are connected, they are destroyed, and the links from above fall in to fill the space.In the Classic Mode, the player has to fill a progress bar before running out of moves. The boards get tougher as the levels progress, but when you complete a stage, you can always start a new game from that point. The Arcade Mode is the same as Classic with the addition of a time limit for each level. In Puzzle Mode the player must clear the board of links in progressively harder layouts. And in Strategy Mode, the player must fill the progress bar, but each time they rotate a link, two more are spawned. If the board fills before the progress bar is filled, the player loses.Like the original, the player can earn bonus points by matching links with letters on them and spelling the word CHAINZ. Also, there are new power-ups that help clear links. There is a lightning bolt that removes a complete column and/or row. There is a bomb that destroys links in a radius, and there is the Snowflake, which freezes the board and allows you to make lots of links that collapse all at once for big bonuses. There is, however, the Black Link, which cannot be rotated, and makes for trouble because it takes up valuable space. |
| DROD: King Dugan's Dungeon | 2005-09-01 | Caravel Games | Caravel Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | Comedy | | Fantasy | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Deadly Rooms of Death: King Dugan's Dungeon is an updated version of Deadly Rooms of Death: Architect's Edition. In addition to updated graphics, the game includes dialogue, additional secret rooms with harder puzzles, door indicators, a stopwatch for queen roaches, tar and serpents and music from DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold. The goal is pretty much the same as the earlier versions, which is to solve 25 levels and kill the Neather in the final room. |
| Dofus | 2005-09-01 | Ankama SAS | Ankama SAS | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Dofus is a 2-D Flash-based tactical MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) that uses cute manga-inspired graphics. The humorous fantasy land of The World Of Twelve is like an interactive comic book. 6 dragon eggs named Dofus have disappeared in the province of Amakna and the greed of people to get their hands on the extraordinary powers they emit has resulted in people and cities coming to blows. There are also strange occurrences such as weird animals appearing and even new lands rising from the sea. Servers exist for different language communities and there's a F2P account with access to the zone of Incarnam for new players and to the city of Astrub and most of its outlying areas. A P2P account allows access to the whole world of Dofus, plus PVP factional battles and being able to go above level 30 in profession levels. You control a character avatar from one of twelve classes (including Pandawa's Flask which are only available as P2P) through the world in isometric view. Your character gains levels through completing quests and defeating monsters. Points are awarded to life, characteristic and spell levels. You can take up a profession, join a group to attack a dungeon, or join a guild. It has a PvP + PvE turn-based fighting system which allows for hundreds of tactical possibilities. When you attack a monster, you are transported to a copy map where no-one else can join and take turn using spells to either attack, buff, drain or heal Action Points or Movement Points. There's 20 class spells plus some common weapon mastery, elemental or mount-taming spells that can be bought, exchanged for or looted from monsters. Challenges are issued at the start of a fight to perform certain limited moves and if players complete the challenge their reward is amplified.You can learn up to 3 professions (in collecting, crafting or magus fields) and with enough experience you can gain specializations. Also, you can align yourself with the warring factions of Bonta (City of Angels) or Brakmar (City of Demons) and wear a shield, and access exclusive areas and resources. Bounties may sometimes be placed by a special NPC on a player of an opposing alignment. Players who find and kill targets with a bounty get a reward of bonus experience points. On some servers, players can take out contracts on others for which a mercenary alignment will take on those jobs. Guilds can also be formed to allow players to speak and coordinate events, mark houses and paddocks with their insignia, and place perceptors on their maps to collect taxes from battles fought there. |
| Dr Carter and the Wheels of Salvation | 2005-09-01 | Miniclip Limited | BMGenius Co. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Dr. Carter is trapped at the bottom of a gem mine and eventually the whole mine will slowly fill itself with lava from the ground. Help Dr. Carter escape this deathtrap, while collecting those valuable gems.Each level is filled with huge gears (the Wheels of Salvation), which allowing you to reach the surface. When you are under a gear, just jump and you will stand there (even upside-down) until you jump again. Now you have to jump from one gear to another, until you reach the surface. There are also teleporters for shortening the way (or prolonging it, as they are two-way teleporters). While you are underway, you can collect the gems, which award you extra points, but they are not required for completing a level.Once you reached the surface, you continue with the next level; or when the lava gets you, you lost one of your three lives.The further you progress through the levels, the deeper the mine will be and the faster the lava will come. |
| Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue | 2005-09-01 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Typhoon Games Ltd., XPEC Entertainment Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | When Sanrio Town is invaded by the evil King Block and his minions, only one skating kitten can save the day! Hello Kitty must battle the villainous block troops that have kidnapped Hello Kitty's friends and family.Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue is an action platform game where the player controls Hello Kitty and battle through various captured levels of Sanrio Town. The player also gets the option of a computer-controlled partner to help battle the villains. Partners include My Melody, Purrin, and Monkichi. Each partner has their own special attack or ability that can help Hello Kitty out.As they progress through the game, players can unlock movie clips and music from the game. They can also unlock character bios on various characters in the Hello Kitty Universe, as well as different outfits for Hello Kitty to wear and new weapons for her to use. |
| John Deere: Busy Days in Deerfield Valley | 2005-09-01 | Bold Games | Gabriel Entertainment | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | In John Deere: Busy Days In Deerfield Valley, players get a chance to assist Danny Dozer and his friends Barney Backhoe, Eddie Excavator, Luke Loader, and Grady Grader with tasks around Deerfield Valley These tasks are broken down into six different mini-games.
Explore Deerfield Valley: Players get to interact with the various machines that live in the valley. They can also help catch a mischievous raccoon.
Fix The Bridge: Players assist Luke Loader in bringing planks to help fix a broken bridge. Players have to match the shapes of the planks with the outline shape of the bridge.
Help Build The Library:Players help Danny Dozer clear out a construction site of debris to make room for construction of a library. Players have to push the bricks, dirt, and wood into a pile so it can be taken away by a dump truck.
Pipe Work: Players help Eddie Excavator set up water pipes. Players do this by matching the colored end of each pipe with a pipe that has the same color.
Sandbox Play Zone: Players can choose any of the characters and do various activities with them such as digging holes and scooping up sand and gravel.
Surprise Delivery: Players help navigate Johnny Tractor (J. T.) through a maze of roads so he can help deliver some flowers to his friends in Deerfield Valley. Players have to choose the correct path so they can get to the center of town The reward for beating a mini-game is a scene (a different one for each mini-game) which can be printed out for coloring. The game box indicates that the game is intended for children of the ages of three to six years old. |
| John Deere: Welcome to MerriWeather Farm | 2005-09-01 | Bold Games | Gabriel Entertainment | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | Windows | In John Deere: Welcome to MerriWeather Farm, players get a chance to assist Johnny Tractor (J. T.) and his friends Allie Gator and Corey Combine with tasks around the MerriWeather Farm. These tasks are broken down into six different mini-games.
Apple Harvest: help J. T. catch apples in a basket as they fall from the trees.
Combine Fun: help J. T. and Corey harvest the corn field with J.T. catching the corn grains that Corey releases into J.T.'s wagon.
Corn Maze: players help guide Allie Gator through a corn maze so she can reclaim her lost garden tools.
Chicken Coop Chase: help Allie Gator return chickens, that have been let loose by a raccoon, back into their pen.
Explore Merriweather Farm: meet the various machines and animals that live on the farm. They can also help stack tires up by the tool shed.
Help J.T. Plow: help navigate J. T. while he plows the fields. Players have to help him avoid any of the various obstacles that are in the way.The reward for beating a mini-game is a scene (a different one for each mini-game) which can be printed out for coloring. The game box indicates that the game is intended for children of the ages of three to six years old. |
| Mystery Case Files: Huntsville | 2005-09-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Puzzle | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | The quaint town of Huntsville is suddenly being plagued by a crime spree that the local authorities cannot figure out. This is why you, a young detective, are asked to tackle the case and bring in a new perspective.In the first game of the Mystery Case Files series, players will have to investigate a number of locations and seek out a list of clues. The game concept is similar to I Spy and Where's Waldo?, where the goal is to find certain objects in visually busy scenes. Each case will have a set number of items to uncover and a time limit in which to find them. When that task has been completed, a puzzle needs to be unscrambled to reveal the identity of the criminal.Players rise through the detective ranks as they solve the game's 15 cases. |
| Soviet Unterzögersdorf: Sector 1 | 2005-09-01 | monochrom | monochrom | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This point-and-click adventure game takes you to Soviet Unterzögersdorf, the last appanage republic of the USSR that has lasted until these days, isolated from the rest of the world. It is without any diplomatic relations and in an economic crisis since the downfall of the Soviet Union. External forces are threatening the survival of this small outpost, but some citizens of Soviet Unterzögersdorf are going to struggle hard for a better future (and you are one of those citizens in this game).Sector 1 is the first part of a trilogy and the game regularly takes humourous jabs at communism and politics in general. Graphics-wise, it boasts digitalized actors and backgrounds (similar to Gabriel Knight 2) and Russian voices with both German and English subtitles. There are icons and an inventory in the upper part of the screen, to interact with objects, characters and the environment. |
| Squad Assault: Second Wave | 2005-09-01 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC, Merscom LLC | DAS Entertainment, LLC | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | | Teen | | Windows | Based off Squad Assault: West Front, Second Wave adds three new campaigns, and includes all patches to the original game. Over 50 new maps are available, playable in the campaigns or individually. |
| Sven kommt! | 2005-09-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In this 3D Jump & Run game the player controls Sven, the little black ram whose only objective is to please all the sheep of his flock. Sven has to run, jump, flirt and shag his way through 30 levels in lovely summer and winter settings full of romantic atmosphere. Points are awarded when a sheep literally bursts from joy thanks to Sven's efforts. The sheep are spread all over the levels on platforms, but Sven can also find and collect items that either help him please the sheep by power up his abilities or award him with extra points. There are also traps and opponents that have to be avoided or disabled. This can be done e.g. by collecting honey pots. With the honey from the pot, Sven can stop the annoying sheperd's dog Töle who sticks to the honey, if he passes it. Another feature is the sheep's mood which is indicated by a weather symbol above their heads in form of a sun, a white or dark cloud or even lightning. If the sheep is in a bad mood, Sven has to improve its mood using the respective items (like an aphrodisiac) before he can get down to business. Otherwise the sheep will kick him and the player loses points.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.There are 4 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.Promo Images Part of the Following Groups Animals: Sheep
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| Toggo PC-Spielebox 1 | 2005-09-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of games with the license of Super RTL's successful German Toggo TV channel. The games are:
Moorhuhn Kart 2
Crazy Machines
Lucky Luke: Der Singende Draht (The Singing Wire)
Hank (demo version)
What's With Andy?
Haselhörnchen video |
| World Series of Poker | 2005-09-01 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Left Field Productions, Inc. | Gambling, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The official game of the premier poker tournament, World Series Of Poker allows you to take on some of the greatest poker players in 26 different poker games, earn WSOP bracelets and earn a place in the "WSOP Hall of Fame".During tournaments, you take part in several tables en route to the final table. Each table consists of 8 players that are automatically replenished with new players when numbers dwindle.
Once the tournament is down to the last 16, you move onto the "featured table", and once down to the last 8, you move onto the final table, where the winner will be decided.Several famous poker players make an appearance in game including Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Men the Master and Jennifer Tilly. |
| Homeplanet: Gold | 2005-09-02 | Russobit-M | Revolt Games | Action, Compilation, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | | Windows | Homeplanet: Gold is compilation of the original Homeplanet and the standalone add-on Homeplanet: Playing with Fire, wlong with some further enhancements. The game engine was updated and now has a better rendering system, there are improved spacecraft models, dynamic shadows, new effects utilizing particle systems and an improved AI. As well as some new missions and cuts-cenes not available in the previous releases, new types of missiles and an ability to choose additional equipment for your spaceship are present.It also includes a fan mod made using the Homeplanet engine: Babylon 5: I've Found Her. It is based on the events of the sci-fi TV-show Babylon 5. The mod is free and also available for download from the makers' site. |
| MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology 3 | 2005-09-02 | THQ (UK) Limited | Climax Racing, Climax Online | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | The third iteration of the MotoGP franchise updates the GP section of the game for the 2004 season with up to date tracks, bikes & riders. There are four skill levels, full varied weather effects, and all the real riders and bikes.It also adds a new Extreme mode to the experience. There are 16 Extreme tracks, each based in or near the locations of the real Grands Prix, giving the game a total of 32 tracks. These are generally faster than the real circuits, but they add hazards such as tight alleyways and bumpy cobbled roads. New customisable street bikes (both 2- and 4-stroke) are featured in the game, specifically for racing on the new Extreme tracks. Earnings in this mode are spent on bike upgrades.The on-line section of the game now utilises a seeding system to match riders with a similar ability together. Your seeding starts at 100, and reduces as you win races, depending on their difficulty. Turning the negative of releasing a 2004 season recreation well into 2005 into a positive, the X-Box version also includes some highlight footage of the real 2004 MotoGP season.The game also boasts a new Commentator Mode and Spectator Mode which allow non racing players to watch and comment on a race while they wait for a new game to start. |
| Neuro Hunter | 2005-09-02 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Media Art, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | Action RPG | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Neuro Hunter is an action RPG set in a dark future where private corporations rule the world. The player is Hunter, an computer expert hired by one of these corporations to repair the network of a mining facility. After an explosion, he is trapped in an underground cave world, where a certain Hacker is in power.The character development is divided into skills, which can be upgraded by adding 'neuroaxons' (level points). Most weapons and tools cannot be bought, but have to be put together from various parts, using found blueprints. |
| Academy of Magic: Word Spells | 2005-09-07 | Total Eclipse Games | Total Eclipse Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You have enrolled in the Academy of Magic. Make your teachers proud and advance from a Novice to a Grand Master as you build words and learn spells.Academy of Magic: Word Spells is, as its name implies, a word game. You must spell words of three or more letters by clicking the letters in correct order. The letters must touch, side-to-side, up-and-down and/or diagonally. As you complete words, you gain manna but, also, obsidian tiles will appear from the right side of the screen. You must complete the level or use these tiles before they reach the teacher at the left side or it is game over. Also, as the game progresses, you will learn spells that can help you, provided you have the manna to cast them. These spells can include removing, changing or swapping a letter tile, freezing an obsidian tile so it won't slide left or turning an obsidian tile into a regular tile. Also, some tiles will have gems appear. These are amber, amethyst, emerald, ruby and diamond. If you use letters with gems, you get more points and manna. If you collect at least one of each kind of gem, you will open a bonus game.There are three game modes. In Strategy mode, there is no time limit. Obsidian tiles will only appear or move after you have made a word. In Action mode, there, technically, is no time limit but obsidian tiles will appear and/or move after a few seconds, whether you do anything or not. In Time trial mode, you have a limited amount of time to complete the levels or it's game over. |
| Bewitched | 2005-09-07 | Sony Pictures Digital Inc. | NewRoSoft, Inc., Sony Pictures Digital Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Contemporary, Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Help Samantha save her friends and family.Bewitched is a match three game. Use your mouse to swap gems to male a match of three or more. In Match Mode, just keep making matches until the timer (broomstick) runs out to get the highest score you can. In Endless Mode, just keep making matches. There is no timer. In Story Mode, at each level, you must make matches so Samantha can travel from the beginning point to the tile with the magic swirl within that ends the level before the timer runs out. At the end of the act, you will have rescued someone. Act 1 is Darin and Act 2 is Endora. If you match five of the same, you get a magic potion. When clicked, it removes all of one type of gem from the screen. Sometimes, you have a broom (the clean sweep) appear. When clicked, whatever way it is facing, it will clear all gems along that row. At times, a gem will turn black. This is a blocker. It cannot be moved or matched to so to clear it, make matches of the same shape on other parts of the screen. |
| WarCraft III: Gold Edition | 2005-09-07 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Gold Edition combines Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos with its add-on Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. |
| Big Fish Games CD: Issue 36 | 2005-09-08 | Big Fish Games, Inc | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Big Fish is a company that is well known for publishing and distributing games on-line. Player's can choose their game on-line, download and play it for a limited time and then, if they choose, purchase a code to unlock the full game.In the past there was also an option to have games delivered on a disc and with the ordered game(s) came a compilation of all games available on the Big Fish website at that time. This is one such compilation, the packaging claims two hundred and forty demonstration games, however the actual contents comes to just over one hundred and sixty, these are: 5 Spots II, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Action Ball, Adventure Inlay, Adventure Inlay Safari Edition, Age Of Castles, AirStrike II, Alien Outbreak 2 Invasion, Alien Shooter, Aloha Solitaire, Alpha Ball 2, Amazon Quest, Ancient Hearts and Spades, Ancient Seal, Ancient Sudoku, Ancient TriJong, Ancient Tripeaks, Arcamania, Asea, Astro Avenger, Atlantis, Axuus, Ball 7 Deluxe, Ballistik, Bejeweled 2 Deluxe, BeTrapped!, Bettys Beer Bar, Big Kahuna Reef, Bongo Boogie, Bookworm Deluxe, Bricks of Camelot, Bricks Of Egypt, Bubblefish Bob, Bud Redhead, Bursting Bubbles, Buzzy Bumble, BVS Solitaire Collection, Cactus Bruce And The Corporate Monkeys, Chainz, Charm Solitaire, Charm Tale, Chessmaster Challenge, Chicken Invaders 2, Chip$, Chuzzle Deluxe, Cinema Tycoon Gold, Clash N Slash, Coffee Tycoon, Cosmic Bugs, Crime Puzzle, Crusaders of Space Open Range, Crystalix, Cubis Gold 2, DDD Pool, Digby's Donuts, Diner Dash, Dragon Ball, Dream Solitaire, Drop Heads, Elite Jigsaw Puzzle, Family Feud, Feeding Frenzy, Fiber Twig, Fiber Twig 2, Five Card Deluxe, Flip Words, Fresco Wizard, Fruit Lockers, Glorm, Gold Fever, Gold Miner Joe, Gutterball 2, House of Cards 2 Deluxe, Hyperballoid Complete Edition, Ice Breaker, Icy Spell, Iggle Pop!, Incadia, Infinite Crosswords, Insaniquarium! Deluxe, Inspector Parker, Invadazoid, Jewel Quest, Jigsaw Mania, Jigsaw365, Leaping Freddy, LexiCastle, Lines Deluxe, Luxor, Mad Caps, Magic Ball 2, Magic Ball 2 Magic Hearts, Magic Ball 2 New Worlds, Magic Ball 2 Spring Time, Magic Gem, Magic Inlay, Magic Vines, Mah Jong Medley, Mah Jongg Fortuna Deluxe, Mahjong Halloween, Mahjong Holidays II, MahJong Jade Expedition, Mahjong Journey of Enlightenment, Mahjong Mania, MahJong Quest, Mahjong Towers Eternity, Mahjong Towers II, MahJongg Mystery, Mahjongg USA, Mahjongg Variations, Maui Wowee, MaxGammon, MaxJongg, Mega Monty, Mind Your Marbles, Mortimer and the Enchanted Castle, Musikapa, Mystic Match, Panda Craze, Pizza Frenzy, Poker Superstars, Professor Fizzwizzle, Puzzaz Plus, Puzzle Express, Puzzle Inlay, Redisruption, Rhiannons Realm Celtic Mahjongg, Ricochet Lost Worlds, Ricochet Recharged, Ricochet Xtreme, Saints and Sinners Bingo, Shape Shifter, Shape Solitaire, Slingo Casino Pak, Slingo Deluxe, Snowy: Treasure Hunter, Spellunker, Spin and Win, Sudoku Quest, Super Collapse! II, Super GameHouse Solitaire, Super TextTwist, Superstar Chefs, The Great Mahjong, Tiks Texas Hold em, Top Ten Solitaire, Tradewinds 2, Treasure Fall, Trivia Machine, Tumblebugs, Twistingo, Typer Shark! Deluxe, UltraBall, Virus, Weave Words, Wik and The Fable of Souls, Wild West Wendy, Wonderland, Wonderland Secret Worlds, Word Harmony, Word Search Deluxe, Word Slinger, Word Wizard Deluxe, Writers Block, Zuma Deluxe |
| Conflict: Global Terror | 2005-09-09 | SCi Games Ltd. | Pivotal Games Ltd. | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter, Stealth, Tactical shooter | Historical events | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Mature | | Windows | This installment of the Conflict series occurs in many diverse regions of the world: in Conflict: Global Terror, Red Team spends the game fighting international terrorism.Rather than gung-ho desert tank warfare, or tense jungle ambush fighting, the game explores many non-army locations such as gas factories, cocaine production facilities and hotels.The combat is often up close and very personal, although most levels mix up the killzone areas, giving a wide variety of combat situations over many varying ranges. Missions vary quite a bit too. Some are frenetic and fast-paced, with the team fighting for their lives, while others can be played at a much slower pace if desired. The level design really adds to counter-terrorism gameplay. Red Team is often busting sieges using C4 to blow holes in walls and smoke grenades to flush the bad guys out.The gadgets are useful and are frequently found to be helpful: thermal goggles let the player see through smoke, and Bradley's laser designator can mark key targets for gunship air strike. Claymore mines allow the team to protect their rear or even set up ambushes.The game is very flexible and allows for many different playing styles. Players are free to run and gun, or play as a super-stealthy special forces team. They can play as one character leading the team, or switch around between characters as they see fit. Ordering the team about and switching characters is quick and simple. It is even possible to give each member advanced orders ("On my signal, Connors runs to the window, Bradley opens the door and Jones throws a grenade through the window. Ready... Go!"), allowing this kind of thorough planning if the player wants to play that way. The co-op allows multiple players to take control of Red Team.There are 4 difficulty modes and a skill learning curve for beginners and veterans alike. There are over 30 weapons with individual stats and behaviours. Each has their own distinct advantages and disadvantages. For example, pistols are sometimes a better choice than a light machine gun.The story unfolds throughout the missions and also in the cutscenes in between. The team is made up of four distinct characters, with their own personal histories, lives and personalities. |
| NHL 06 | 2005-09-09 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Side view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | New rules and updated rosters and season schedules feature in this update of the longrunning NHL series, as do many new features.Deking is now performed using the left analog stick, with swift signature moves of star players that confuse opponents and reward skill. The same stick is used to increase the accuracy when shooting. While preparing for a shot, a bull's-eye appears in the enemy goal and you can quickly move the target to the corners for precision. To add to the individual qualities, statistics such as speed and size are now reflected during gameplay in the players' momentum and turning radius. To get past opponents quickly, you can generate momentum for quick speed boosts.With the introduction of R.P.M. (Realistic Puck Momentum) dynamics, there is more randomness with the puck, as a shot off the mask can now stun goalies. Another small addition is the deformation of the ice during the match. In the player creation mode, where you can now apply bruises, broken noses, black eyes and scars to your players, the thumbstick is used for "face sculpting" - changing the different features.All the regular game modes are present, of which the Dynasty Mode from the previous version is the most complete, with scouting and full management options, inside and outside the arena. Contrary to the last game, you can now intervene during simulated AI games and win the match for your team.The PC, PS2 and Xbox version support online multiplayer games, and as a special bonus, the original NHL 94 game, one of the first in the series, has been included with the PS2 edition. |
| Pilot Down: Behind Enemy Lines | 2005-09-09 | Oxygen Interactive | Wide Games | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | Stealth | World War II | | | | | | Windows | Over 180,000 Allied airmen were shot down on enemy territory during WW2. This game is about one of those men, trying to get to safety of Switzerland through hostile territory.The gameplay is mostly about sneaking around varied environments such as a lumberyard, wilderness and so forth trying not to be detected by the German troops and making as little commotion as possible. With the aid of different objects (such as cigarette packs for distracting guards or apples for a quick stamina replenishing) the player must make it through the levels. The player character has a stamina which means that it's not very good idea to be standing in a freezing cold water for too long because if the stamina meter runs out, the health meter starts to deplete. Because of it, it's a good idea to warm up by campfires or eat something once in a while, thus restoring stamina.
Of course there is some weapons also, which one can use to dispatch enemies that wander too close. They range from a piano string to machine pistols.
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| Half-Life 2: Game of the Year Edition | 2005-09-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Game of the Year Edition includes:
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Counter-Strike: Source |
| Alien Zone | 2005-09-13 | Pokie Magic | Pokie Magic | Gambling | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Aliens burst onto your desktop and fill your reels with radioactive feature power!Alien Zone is a simulation of a slot, fruit or poker (pokie) machine, depending on where you live. As it is a simulation, no money is won or lost and it is only for entertainment. The game is available in five reel, six reel and special editions. In the game, you have 10s, Js, Qs, Ks and As as well as alien planets, astronauts, Earths, alien autopsies, Area 51 signs, satellites, radiation symbols and alien faces (wild cards).After three spins, if a reel has no gotten a radiation symbol, a small radiation symbol will appear above that reel in yellow. After three more spins of no radiation symbols, the small symbol turns orange. After three more symbol-less spins, red. If a radiation symbol comes up in that slot, it clears the radiation. If all five slots reach condition red, you enter the alien feature.In alien feature, the game will make spins for you, with no pre-set limit. You have a shields meter at the top. Certain items on the wheel will raise you shields, others lower them. When all shields are gone, the alien feature ends. If radiation symbols appear above all reels, no matter their color, you get a bonus like extra credits or better shields. Six alien faces will appear on screen, three greenish yellow, three pink. Select one to receive your bonus.After any normal spin that wins credits, you can choose to gamble you win. You will be shown a gold square. On the left are a red and a black square. On the right are symbols of spade, heart, diamond and club. You can double you winning by choosing if what comes up will be red or black or quadruple your winning by choosing the correct suit. |
| Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon | 2005-09-13 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | During the gold rush, Jake Hurley and his wife, Camille, knew there was "gold in them thar hills". They set out together travelling aboard his beautiful locomotive .. never to be seen again. After a time, Jake's train is found in Blue Moon Canyon - the engineer and Camille dead, and Jake missing.The Hardy Boys invite you, as Nancy Drew, to travel out West and investigate the train, which is now thought to be haunted. You, Frank Hardy and his brother, Joe Hardy, will assist each other in finding out what happened to the train and to Jake. Search the train, Jake's mine and other locations for clues. Find important documents and items to solve puzzles while unravelling the mystery. |
| Space Rangers 2: Dominators | 2005-09-13 | Cinemaware Marquee | Elemental Games | Adventure, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy, RPG elements, Sandbox / open world | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Space Rangers 2: Dominators is a blend of space exploration and trading, role-playing and real-time strategy, played from many different perspectives. You get to build your own ships, trade goods in the game's working economy, visit star and planetary systems, and even complete various mini games. You move through space in turn-based fashion, switching to real-time during planetary battles. You can fight, take on various missions, make enemies and allies. The original Space Rangers is included on the DVD. |
| Tetroid | 2005-09-13 | | Jake Birkett Computer Solutions Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tetroid is a Tetris clone with enhancements. Using the arrow keys and space bar, shift and rotate shapes to place them so they complete a solid horizontal line across the play field. If the stack of shapes reaches the top of the play field, the game is over. The standard mode plays just like Tetris but with nebulae space pictures as the background. The enhanced mode uses shapes that, instead of only using four squares, uses one, two, three, five and/or six squares. The gameplay, however, is the same. |
| Atlantis: Coral's Quest | 2005-09-15 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ToyboxGames Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Back of Jewel Case (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Can you solve the great mystery of Atlantis?Deep in the ocean, leagues below the surface, fish have been disappearing. Some blame the Greek god Poseidon, whose unpredictable actions have ocean dwellers wondering who will vanish next. Join Coral on a quest as she swims against all odds to reach Atlantis and solve these underwater puzzles.Fire colorful bubbles into groups of 3 or more of the same color to clear each level. But be careful - with each new puzzle level comes a new enemy who is determined to stop you.
Control the action through 50 frantic underwater levels.
Play 2 fun & challenging puzzle levels.
Swim to catch 15 unique Power Ups that will help you blast past enemies. |
| Bone: Out from Boneville | 2005-09-15 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Bone: Out From Boneville is the first graphic adventure title released by Telltale Games, a company founded by former LucasArts employees. Out From Boneville is based on the identically named comic book created by Jeff Smith, and it's the first installment in the episodic Bone game series.The game follows exactly the plot of the book, namely it begins with the introduction of cousins Fone, Phone, and Smiley Bone, who are lost in the desert after they fled their hometown Boneville. Their goal is to get back to Boneville, but due to several twists of fate their journey takes them to other places.Using a traditional 3D point-and-click interface, the player must guide the three cousins through all quests, where they meet the red dragon, the rat creatures, Ted the bug, the possum kids, Thorn and Gran'ma Ben. |
| Marine Park Empire | 2005-09-16 | Enlight Interactive Inc. | Enlight Software Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Marine park Empire is a game in Enlight's Empire series. The game bears similarities with Zoo Empire in that you have to create an animal park attractive for visitors. But this time the focus lies on marine lifeforms. The game comes with over 150 different facilities that the player can build. This includes all facilities and animals from Zoo Empire including 28 new marine animals and various habitats. You can play through various scenarios with objectives such as making a certain profit, number of visitors or improving the quality of life for some of your prize animals. It is up to you to build and expand your park with new facilities as well as buying new animals and hiring staff. |
| Oktoberfest Wiesn-Gaudi | 2005-09-16 | 10tacle studios AG | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Oktoberfest Wiesn-Gaudi is an official game for the yearly Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. It contains three mini-games. "O'zapft is" lets you tap a beer barrel and fill beer mugs. In "Oans, Zwoa, G'suffa", the player has to serve up the beers as fast as possible and in the third game, "Wiesn Wackler" you have to bring a drunken patron home safely. |
| RPG Maker XP | 2005-09-16 | Enterbrain, Inc. | Enterbrain, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | RPG Maker XP is a game making tool produced by Enterbrain Inc.
It features a highly user-friendly editor interface combined with easy-to-use scripting functions which allow anybody who is willing to try and create a world of their own.In this installment the RPG Maker also features a brand new scripting engine called Ruby Game Scripting System (RGSS) which allows eager developers to use Ruby, a popular programming language from Japan, in their games.The RPG Maker was created with the philosophy of "effortless creation" in mind, meaning that Enterbrain has tried to make it as easy as possible to create a full flagged roleplaying game while still allowing those who want to, to use powerful tools in order to create something truly unique.
You can create maps and events using point and click interfaces in a matter of minutes, script complex events and edit your heroes, the villains and all other facets of the game without ever writing a single line of code, however, the RGSS library also allows you to utilize Ruby to manipulate any and all parts of the game and even include external DLL files to expand the already massive possibilities of the fully turing-complete language and the program.While the RPG Maker ships with a fairly large database of standard materials which include everything one needs to create a basic RPG, it is also very easy to create your own resources from scratch because the RPG Maker XP supports not only most of the popular image formats, BMP, PNG (including alpha channels), JPG and GIF, but also all the major audio formats, including OGG Vorbis, Windows Media, Windows Audio and MP3. |
| Supreme Earth Champion | 2005-09-16 | Totally Screwed Software | Totally Screwed Software | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Supreme Earth Champion is just another space shoot'em up. The game is divided in non-stop 31 "waves" of progressive difficulty (after that, it'll loop Wave 31 indefinitely). The ship is controlled with the arrow keys and shoots with the Control key. The player can collect ship upgrades (dropped by "flying cows") such as new main weapons (a rapid fire cannon, a spread fire cannon and a laser beam), up to two orbital weapons, a force field, up to three rocket launchers, extra lives, point multipliers and some other temporary upgrades. Some items taken can also destroy all enemies on screen. |
| TileRogue | 2005-09-18 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Roguelike | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | TileRogue is a graphical remake of the well-known classic Rogue, which started the roguelike subgenre of RPGs.As in the original, you enter a dungeon consisting of multiple randomized levels. On each level, there are monsters which you can fight. There is also a variety of items -- potions, scrolls, food, weapons, armor -- lying around. Careful when using these -- you never know in advance what spell a scroll contains, or what effects a potion does. It may be negative. Also, weapons and armor may be cursed.Everything is shown from a top down perspective, but instead of using ASCII characters, this game uses graphical tiles (hence its name). Your immediate surroundings are shown in the top half, while the lower half contains the last messages and a small map of the part of the current level you already explored. The game is controlled by pressing keys, as in the original, but you can also use the mouse to move around. There is also a menu bar from which you can choose actions -- so you don't have to memorize dozens of key bindings as in other roguelikes. |
| Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars | 2005-09-19 | Cenega Publishing, s.r.o. | Mithis Games Ltd. | Strategy | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars is a Worms-like strategy game with a cartoon mood. Four clans of animals (one of which is unlocked only at a later stage in the game) fight each other to conquer the universe. The player controls one of the clans and each clan features different animals and weapons. The animals get stronger and more skilled as players proceed through the various missions. Different modes are available including several multiplayer ones.
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| Iceblox | 2005-09-19 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | This is a game where you are a penguin and you go around the screen smashing Iceblox. Inside of some blocks, there are coins. When you collect eight coins, you advance to the next level. There are about 20 levels total. Each is made completely random and cannot be predicted that well. |
| Myst V: End of Ages | 2005-09-19 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Cyan Worlds, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | Joshua A. Staub | Windows | Myst V: End of Ages is the final wrap-up of the successful Myst saga. It begins several years after the events of Uru, To D'ni, and Path of the Shell. This final chapter starts in the Age of K'veer, where Atrus, the creator of the linking books, lived in both Myst and Riven.Players of previous Myst games learned of the D'ni, the people whose world died due to wrong-doings and neglect. Meet again an older and discouraged Yeesha, the daughter of Atrus and Catherine, who implores you to reconstruct a powerful tablet comprised of 4 parts. Explore beautiful Ages to find the pieces that will make the whole, solving puzzles which require logic and deduction. Once the tablet is reconstructed, it will be up to you to make the right choice .. Revive the D'ni world .. or destroy it. Three distinct endings can occur depending upon your final decision.Besides RealMyst, the remake of the original Myst, this is the only game in the series to use real-time 3D which allows you to move fluidly throughout scenery that is alive with movement. Using new technology, facial expressions and movements are rendered by motion-capturing the faces of real actors and actresses as they spoke and then combining the result with the graphically rendered characters.The interface is mouse-drive in point-and-click fashion traditional to the 4 previous games, but with options to play in "classic" or "free move" mode. An original, fully-orchestrated musical score compliments the gameplay. |
| Myst V: End of Ages (Limited Edition) | 2005-09-19 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | Bryan Stratton, Katherine E. Postma (Kha'tie) | Windows | Purchases of this special edition receive various collectible items depending upon where it was released. The original game, Myst V: End of Ages, is exactly the same as the stand-alone release.All versions include the full game, the manual, a "Making the Game" 25 minute video presentation with developer interviews and Myst Series history as well as the official Soundtrack audio CD.Also enclosed in the North American over-sized box is a numbered Collector's Lithograph, suitable for framing, and a miniature size Prima Official Strategy Guide.The package (a book-like mini carton box) released in the EU includes a 152 page Collector's Booklet authored by Cyan World's Rand Miller which includes a D'ni Language and Grammar Dictionary, an overview of the previous Myst games, an artwork gallery and a short preview of Rand Miller's new book. It also includes a bonus DVD featuring the making-of video of Myst V, a 7 tracks sample of the soundtrack for the game and various trailers. |
| Backyard Football 2006 | 2005-09-20 | Atari, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Direct control, Point and select | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Backyard Football 2006 is the fourth installment of the Backyard Football series, and this time it brings the game into a fully 3D environment for PC players. Choose from one of 32 teams from the National Football League, or create your own custom team to play with. Draft various characters onto your team, ranging from the Backyard kids to junior versions of popular NFL pros.Playing in either Single Game or Season Play, the goal of the game is to try to score more than your opponent before the timer runs out. Controls are still as simple as a click of a mouse, but there are new controller options to suit your play style such as the keyboard or even a game pad. Work on the best strategies to outsmart the opponent with tackles, all new power-ups, and touchdowns. |
| Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus | 2005-09-20 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Blue Monkey Studios, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Barbie stars as Princess Annika. An evil wizard named Wenlock has turned many people in her kingdom to stone and her sister Brietta into a flying horse. Along with Barbie's pet polar bear cub, Shiver, must play minigames and solve puzzles to find the magical wand of light which can turn everyone back and defeat Wenlock. |
| Fable: The Lost Chapters | 2005-09-20 | Microsoft Corporation | Big Blue Box Studios Ltd., Lionhead Studios Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | Windows | Fable: The Lost Chapters is a version of Lionhead's Xbox-exclusive Fable, featuring enhancements to storyline and gameplay.The game expands the main plot of the original release, continuing it beyond the final confrontation as well as adding nine new areas and sixteen quests. A few characters from the earlier version participate in the storyline more actively and have their own quests. Additional content includes new buildings, monsters, weapons, spells, items, and armor. The protagonist also has more expressions and ways of communicating with people at his disposal. In the computer versions players have the ability to create their own tattoo designs and import them into the game. |
| Indigo Prophecy | 2005-09-20 | Atari, Inc. | Quantic Dream SA | Action, Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult, Detective / mystery, Horror, Thriller | Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | January 2009. On a cold, snowy night in New York City, an ordinary citizen named Lucas Kane, under the control of an unknown force, unwillingly murders a complete stranger in a diner. Once he comes to senses, Lucas realizes he must escape while leaving as little evidence as possible behind. Barely managing to accomplish that, Lucas contacts his brother and tries to understand what has caused him to commit the crime, recalling the events of his own past in the process. Meanwhile, two police detectives investigating the murder, Carla Valenti and Tyler Miles, are determined to find the perpetrator, at the same time trying to deal with the personal problems of their lives.Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit in Europe) is a psychological thriller in which the player is able to control different characters on both sides of a murder - the killer and those who are trying to find him. The game's core gameplay style is adventure. The three protagonists explore various locations, talk to other characters, and interact with the environment in order to advance. However, the game is heavy on various action-oriented sequences, from tasks that must be completed within a limited amount of time to quick time events, which require the player to press the correct button during a scene.The game emphasizes realism in the player's interaction with the environment. For example, picking up a rag and cleaning the floor requires the player to move the mouse or the analog stick back and forth, imitating the actual movements of the object. Dialogue with character often imposes time limits on the player; failure to choose the optimal response in time will prompt the game to choose another, not always the optimal one. The player's choice will sometimes influence the subsequent events and the outcome of the entire story, eventually leading it to one of the three possible endings.Cinematic treatment is evident in the game's handling of action-based gameplay and cutscenes, which are often seamlessly integrated into each other. An example of this is the split-screen technique, which is often used during the game's most dramatic moments: while the player is trying to complete the required action in time on one screen, another one displays what is happening around the controlled character. |
| International Super Karts | 2005-09-20 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Track racing | | | | | Windows | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Compatible with PlayStation®3.Racing across the tarmac only inches above the road, International Super Karts gives an adrenalin rush like nothing else. Using every ounce of your driving skill is a must in these high-speed, lightweight vehicles. Take part in a variety of Championships, Exhibition Races and Challenges and unlock extra karts on your way to claiming the Karting crown.• 3 kart classes to master, from highspeed commercial karts to insanely fast 250cc super karts• Use the TV style replay to instantly view the action from a number of camera angles• Two player split screen for action packed wheel to wheel racing • Race the 10 incredibly detailed outdoor international venues against fearsome opponents.Some PlayStation®2 Classics contents may not display correctly when using a standard definition television.Content file size: 104MBCopyright：International Super Karts © 2005 Brain in a Jar Ltd. Midas and International Super Karts are trademarks of MIDAS INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LTD. Published by MIDAS INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LTD. Developed by Brain in a Jar Ltd.This title has been converted from the original PlayStation®2 version to the PS3™ system. Consequently, there may be times where the title plays differently from the PlayStation®2 version, or where some features may not function properly. This version does not supportPlayStation®2 peripherals, therefore functionalities such as multiplayer, versus, and co-op modes are not available.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account.Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Trash | 2005-09-20 | Inhuman Games | Inhuman Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Trash is an RTS computer game that takes place in a post-apocalyptic future. The player takes command of either Humans or Mutants, who battle for the primary resource: trash.
Both also utilize a faction specific resource, gas and people respectively. Resources are distributed amongst the different structures through a pipe system. In addition, some special structures or upgrades for units can only be built on special building sites which come in three types: toxic waste sites, precious metal sites, and gas sites.An important feature is that when a human and a mutant are allied,
they are able to benefit from each other's technology by connecting their pipe system. This advantage disappears again should the connection be destroyed.Although single player skirmishes are supported, the game does not contain any single player campaigns. Instead it focuses on multiplayer skirmishes, in which up to 24 players can battle on the same map. |
| Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard | 2005-09-21 | Atari, Inc. | Liquid Entertainment, LLC | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy, Steampunk | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | For a thousand years a powerful secret has rested safely in the world of Eberron. It is the Heart of Siberys, a source of limitless power. Three factions now are to decide its fate: The Order of the Flame, The Umbragen and the Lizardfolk.A Dungeon & Dragons logo on the box cover often means there's an advanced RPG inside. Not this time, however. The game is a real-time strategy game mixed with a lot of roleplaying elements. The RTS part is streamlined in a way that makes this game quite different to play from other such games. The city building part is a simplified; the player doesn't have to build worker units or manage the layout of a city. The resource gathering is taken care of by normal units or even the player's hero. The game has a surface level and an underground level. Above ground units are commanded as in any other RTS, but below ground it's more like a hack-'n'-slash dungeon-crawler. The D&D rules apply, and many of the artifacts and spells will be familiar to D&D fans.In the single player campaign the player chooses from four heroes before each map, each one with different qualities, and they can be equipped with various items before each mission. During the campaign the hero completes quests and side quests in traditional RPG style. Once they are solved, the player gains experience points that can be spent on upgrading units.The game also contains multiplayer support and a map editor. |
| X-Men: Legends II - Rise of Apocalypse | 2005-09-21 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Raven Software Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Action RPG | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | The mutants from the Brotherhood and the X-Men try to forget their differences since a common enemy has appeared - the dreaded Apocalypse. His plan involves kidnapping mutants, and, with the help of the mad geneticist Mr. Sinister, extract their powers and use them to make himself even more powerful. At first, the heroes must rescue Professor X, who has fallen into the clutches of the enemy. However, when Apocalypse kidnaps Magneto's son Quicksilver, the leader of the Brotherhood is determined more than ever to team up with his former foes and stop Apocalypse's evil plans.X-Men: Legends II - Rise of Apocalypse is an action role-playing game and a sequel to X-Men Legends. The player controls a party of four characters, though only one at a time can be controlled directly. Beside switching the characters for combat purposes, the player is often obliged to do so, because some of the tasks in the game require the specific abilities of a certain mutant. For example, Iceman can put out fire, Magneto can generate a metal bridge across a gap, etc.. Most of the time, however, is spent in combat, collecting loot and acquiring experience points. Unlike the first game, items dropped by enemies are random. The character will level up, become stronger, and learn new skills. The player can opt to allocate all the experience and skill points manually.Each character has several different skills based on their mutant powers. These include melee, boost, projectile, traps, and others. Each character can also learn powerful super skill: for example, Cyclops has a super beam attack that can hit multiple targets; Wolverine has a spinning attack that inflicts heavy damage; Magneto has a metal attack, crushing everything in sight by manipulating metal objects in the environment, etc.New in the sequel is on-line multiplayer with both co-operative and six competitive modes. Four players can play on a single console by plugging in additional controllers at any time. |
| Evochron Alliance | 2005-09-22 | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Evochron Alliance is a sci-fi action game where the player controls a space ship. Aliens want to conquer the earth and the player needs to prevent this. But this story is subsidiary, the main focus of the game lies in the space exploration. As most space games it is played in a first person perspective with various information displayed in the cockpit. The combat is action oriented but there still are many buttons to press.During the game the player wants to become stronger which means buying better gear or build new ships. This costs money and the player is free to choose how to earn it. He can trade between several space stations, search for mineral resources, become a merchant or a pirate. The game also features a reputation system which means attacking other ships without a good reason results in a hostile reaction when meeting other sips or visiting a space station in the same system. When the player has to fight pirates himself a good reputation can save his life - when friendly ships are nearby they may choose to help him out if they like him enough. |
| Honoo no Haramase: Tenkōsei | 2005-09-22 | Squeez | Squeez | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | The protagonist of this game is a high school student who dreams about world domination. His idea of achieving that lofty goal is fairly original: he wants to beget as many children as possible. Naturally, for that he also needs to impregnate as many women as possible. The opportunity arises when he is transferred into a former girls school, where he can use his manly charms to conquer the hearts and the bodies of the female students.Honoo no Haramase: Tenkōsei is essentially a visual novel, with very simple gameplay that mostly involves clicking on a girl's picture on a map, which takes the player character to the same location as her and initiates a conversation. Occasionally the player is also able to make choices that influence his relationships with the girl. For most relationships all that is required is to repeatedly meet the same girl, which will eventually trigger a sex scene (sometimes including a short animation) and prompt the player to decide whether the protagonist should ejaculate inside or outside. The former choice, as per rules of human anatomy, raises the chances of pregnancy, which is represented by the girl's "pregnancy meter". The goal is to impregnate all the girls within a limited amount of days. |
| Incrediball: The Seven Sapphires | 2005-09-22 | Sandlot Games | Sandlot Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | The player takes their airship across the world to destroy mysterious structures and uncover hidden treasure in a 3D paddle, ball, and bricks game. Infernal contraptions on the play field change the state of the ball and standard power-up drops give the paddle ammo and special abilities. 7 secret sapphires are hidden throughout the game and collected them all unlocks the final stages. |
| Kusari | 2005-09-22 | Aquaplus | Leaf | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Horror | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | A high school student named Kyosuke Kozuki is invited by his friend's mother to participate in a test voyage aboard the experimental high-speed ship Basilisk. Everything goes well until the ship's crew encounters a man adrift at sea, and takes him on board. The man claims to be a marine researcher, but his horrifying true identity is soon revealed: he is a cunning, psychotic murderer. With the crew unable to help, Kyosuke must figure out a way to stop the killer before he claims more victims.Kusari is a visual novel with adult scenes. The game mainly consists of text descriptions and dialogues accompanied by still anime-style images. The player can influence the course of the story by helping Kyosuke be in the right place at the right time, and make other decisions that will help him to get rid of the killer. Certain items must be found, and other criteria met, in order to achieve the best of the game's several possible endings. |
| Marathon Manager | 2005-09-22 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Geronimo Entertainment | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Marathon Manager is a management simulation in which the player gets to coach a marathon runner. It is up to the player to plan training sessions, find sponsors and perform live coaching during the match. During the match you can decide at what percentage of his capabilities your athlete runs and when he eats and drinks.The goal is like in most management games to make money, which in this case is obtained by finishing with the top runners.The athletes run through three dimensional environments modeled after real marathon locations such as Paris. The game features no official licenses and thus no celebrities to race against. |
| Shroom Eater | 2005-09-22 | | Jake Birkett Computer Solutions Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In Shroom Eater, you're eating funky 'shrooms, man! Using the arrow keys on the keyboard, run about the screen, gathering up all the mushrooms before time runs out. Once you grab the last mushroom, the level ends and you go to the next level with less time and more mushrooms. If time runs out before you get the last mushroom, you lose a life. Lose all your lives and the game is over. |
| Ultimate Spider-Man | 2005-09-22 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Treyarch Corporation | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | When 15-year-old Peter Parker was bitten by a genetically altered spider he became faster, stronger, more agile and gained the spider-like ability to cling to walls. Add web shooters and a costume and Peter becomes Spider-Man. Eddie Brock, Jr. is Peter’s childhood friend. In search of his scientist father’s legacy, Eddie came in contact with a symbiotic suit which transformed him into the monstrous Venom. Ultimate Spider-Man follows both their Brian Michael Bendis-scripted adventures, as Spidey attempts to prevent Venom from killing innocents while Venom seeks to avoid S.H.I.E.L.D.’s machinations.The Ultimate version of the Spider-Man mythos revamps the franchise, bringing in edgier (and often younger) versions of famous superheroes and supervillains. The Human Torch, Wolverine, Electro, and Green Goblin are some of the Ultimate characters who make appearances. Ultimate Spider-Man features a fully rendered, cel-shaded Manhattan open to exploration. With few exceptions, Spider-Man and Venom can explore Manhattan and Queens, climbing, jumping, and web swinging away. Story missions show up as hot spots on the map as do other in-game objectives. When the player is done patrolling (or destroying) the city, they can hit these hot spots to advance the story. Between story missions, Spider-Man and Venom can follow race paths, go on combat tours, discover and collect hidden icons, and help (or hurt) the citizens of New York.
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| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year | 2005-09-22 | THQ Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Game of the Year Edition of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War features new multiplayer maps, and all the updates and online modes from the previous patches. |
| Geograficus | 2005-09-23 | BrainGame Publishing, GmbH | | Adventure, Educational | | | | Graphic adventure | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Geograficus is an adventure game. Help Geo with his search for the last fire dragon that was kidnapped by Balthasar, the Wizard, to fire island. Use the stone of wisdom where the geographical knowledge of the dragons is stored. A big encyclopedia about earth, quakes, volcanos and resources is included. |
| Heroes of the Pacific | 2005-09-23 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | IR Gurus Interactive Pty Ltd. | Action, Simulation | Behind view | | | | Asia, Historical events, North America, Oceania, World War II | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Heroes of the Pacific is an arcade flying game set in the Pacific theatre of World War II. Heroes has six game modes including Campaign Mode, Mission Mode, Instant Action, Training, Historical Missions and Multiplayer.In the Campaign mode, the player is William Crowe, a young pilot who survives the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but loses his brother. Crowe vows to avenge his bother's death, pursuing the squadron responsible though the major battles in the Pacific. The game follows the player's quest from Pearl Harbor, to Wake Island, Marshall Islands, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Gilbert Islands, Marianas, Philippines, and finally Iwo Jima.As players progress through the campaigns, they earn new planes, including fighters, dive-bombers, torpedo-bombers, and medium bombers. Early in the game the player only has the most basic fighters; like the Warhawk and Wildcat. As they complete missions and progress through the campaign, they are awarded new planes.The game features over thirty famous planes including: F6F Hellcat, P-38 Lightning, TBF Avenger, F4U Corsair, B25 Mitchell, P-51 Mustang, Seafire, A6M Zero "Zeke", J2M Raiden "Jack", Ki-84 Hayate "Frank", ME262 and FW190.The war in the Pacific and William Crowe's personal quest for revenge both come together in the final assault on Iwo Jima, the volcanic fortress-island under Japanese control. |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 | 2005-09-23 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Headgate Studios Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The latest entry in the highly successful Tiger Woods golf franchise from Electronic Arts, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 features 15 golf courses (11 real courses, 3 fantasy courses), 15 real golfers (including Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh), and 12 fantasy golfers. Courses can be "Tiger-proofed" to make them more challenging.Players can work their way through a PGA career, they can chase Tiger Woods through all the major historical eras of golf, or they can engage in the usual array of game modes seen in previous entries in this series. |
| Land of Legends | 2005-09-25 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Tiny Hero Game Studios | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Land of Legends is a turn-based fantasy strategy game where eight unique races vie for supremacy using a combination of cold steel and hot magic. It exists in the same sub-genre as Advance Wars, with relatively little economy management, but deep tactics. One major difference is that this game's units are divided into races, with each unit having far more 'personality' via clear statistics and interesting unique abilities.Players will have to use their wits and each race's special abilities to bring defeat to the forces of darkness plaguing the lands in the thirty-two mission campaign. The game doesn't end with Evil's defeat though, as a built-in matchmaking service allows infinite replayability by giving players the chance to play against live opponents around the globe. |
| Blitzkrieg 2 | 2005-09-26 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Nival, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Africa, Europe, Historical events, Oceania, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | As its predecessor, Blitzkrieg, Blitzkrieg 2 is a real-time strategy game set during World War 2 featuring three campaigns. Typical for the Blitzkrieg series is that no base building or resource gathering is required. The player starts a mission with some core units, with which he should accomplish the given goals. During the missions, additional backup troops can be called in.The three campaigns are:
USA's war in the Pacific
Germany fighting in Europe and North Africa
Soviet Union defending the homeland
Compared to the first part, the game engine is upgraded, allowing for full 3D, and there are more units, over 250. The game also contains a unit database, providing information on all these units, of which there exists an online version on the official website.
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| Counter-Strike 1: Anthology | 2005-09-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Day of Defeat (Steam version only)
Deathmatch Classic (Steam version only)
Ricochet (Steam version only) |
| Fireworks Extravaganza | 2005-09-26 | Katana Games S.L. | Katana Games S.L. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fireworks Extravaganza is a unique inlay puzzle game, in which the player should correctly assemble different shapes of various colors with the fragments he is being issued. Once the shape has been assembled it transforms into a unique piece of fireworks, flies into the air and explodes with a spectacular effect. Each type of shape has a certain firework assigned to them, many shapes are unique to the area the player is visiting (e.g. Capitol for Washington, Liberty Statue for New York, etc.). More so, each firework has a unique name, which fades-in, once the fragment has been assembled. Depending on the colors the player used in assembling a firework piece and his speed, he may be issued additional score points, and receive a cheerful response from the audience.The player is given an option of three different play modes. In arcade mode all the small fragments are given to player right in his hand, while pick'n'place requires each of the smaller fragment to be picked manually. Also the game features a built-in firework editor, which features a number of options to tweak, in order to create a unique and memorable piece of firework and save it on a hard disk. |
| Half-Life 1: Anthology | 2005-09-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Half-Life: Game of the Year Edition
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Half-Life: Deathmatch
Team Fortress Classic |
| NBA Live 06 | 2005-09-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | With a new season of the NBA comes a new edition to the NBA Live series. NBA Live 06 lets you play as professional basketball teams in the NBA 2005-2006 season. You can play in single player Dynasty Mode, which allows you to play 25 seasons with your team, draft and trade players, as well as control players movements in mid-air for ultimate control of dunks and other moves. The game features graphics and AI that are improved from the last NBA Live game and real commentary from Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, Ernie Johnson, and Kenny "The Jet" Smith. |
| Snowy: Fish Frenzy | 2005-09-26 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Aliasworlds Entertainment | Action | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Snowy the Bear and his friend Browny have a lot of fish for their friends, but there are a lot of cats out there who would love to get their paws on them as well. Can you help to save the fish for Snowy and Browny?Go through 80 levels, trying to keep the cats away. In order to do so, you can hit them or use different powerups. When you go to hit a cat (or anything else), you hold the mouse button longer for a more powerful hit. If you tap the button over a cat, it will just lightly hit the cat and not really help you any. If you hold it a bit longer, you might knock the cat out for a short time. Depending on how long you held the button, the cat may get up afterwards and run away, or it may get up and continue after a fish. And, if you hold it longer, you flick the cat right off the screen.You can get different powerups from off the ground, or by hitting trees and rocks and other things as hard as possible. Powerups can do things like blow the cats up like balloons so that they float away, or call in a herd of pink elephants (including a baby pink elephant) who will trample not just the cats, but also the trees and rocks.You're not alone, either. On some levels, Browny will be there to help carry any fish that cats dropped back to where they were at the start of the level. Or the guard dog(s) may be there to help scare away the cats... as long as you keep them awake. |
| Theseus: Return of the Hero | 2005-09-26 | Sigma LLC | Sigma LLC | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The alien threat has run rampant. After the events of Alien Shooter the outbreak has spread to most parts of the world. A small European town now faces their wrath and the only person in their path is a man named Theseus. Using ludicrous amounts of ammo Theseus must find out where the aliens are coming from and put an end to their seemingly endless spawning. Along his way Theseus must rescue survivors, plant explosives and commandeer mounted gun turrets and tanks in order to put a dent in the alien onslaught.Theseus: Return of the Hero is an isometric shooter game where you direct where the hero will walk with the keyboard while he shoots at what you aim at with the mouse. This sequel to Alien Shooter uses the same engine as the previous game and will see its titular hero travel from forest to city in his quest to crush alien invaders. He has access to six weapons and multitudes of other upgrades that will help him survive. There is money to be collected as well throughout the levels which will help him purchase bonuses from the shop he enters between levels. The main quest is ten missions with a Survivor mode available for those feeling up to the challenge. The survivor mode is same as others in that the onslaught continues until you die and you see how long you can last. |
| Wickie und die starken Männer: Ylvi ist entführt | 2005-09-26 | Tivola Publishing GmbH | Tivola Publishing GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | One of the series of children games (6 years and more) based on the adventures of Vicky the Viking - a young Viking boy who is the hero of German-Austrian-Japanese animated television series aired in 1974-1975, which is in turn based on children's book 'Vicke Viking' (1963) by the Swedish author Runer Jonsson.In 'Ylvi ist entführt' we are to rescue our little friend Ylvi - she is held captive by the Danish king. The game is arcade - Vicky runs, jumps, and carries and uses some objects like crates and jugs. The goal of each of 16 levels is to collect shields and to bring some object to the end of the level marked by blue flag while evading all the enemies or defeating them (by throwing objects at them). |
| Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport | 2005-09-27 | Digital Jesters Ltd. | Kylotonn Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | For 80 years, the world is in a total war. Fighting is not only a matter of being alive, it's a manner to make money too. Populations bet on different soldiers in 3 distinct leagues of the TV Show B.O.S, the Bet On Soldier. These champions must kill each others in order to earn prizes and wagers.
You are Nolan Daneworth. Your family was killed by two champions of the BOS. You enter the BOS in order to seek revenge, and you must climb the ladder if you want to meet them on the battlefield.The gameplay is simple: you have classic missions (destroy a base or infiltrate a bunker etc) and you must fight against 2-4 champions of the BOS during these missions. You earn money by killing soldiers (head shots worth more than simple killing).With this money, you can buy armors, weapons and upgrades. You can also repair your armor at the different repairing posts. There are no medikit in this game, so this armor is your only one protection, so be careful with it. |
| Cold War | 2005-09-27 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Mindware Studios s.r.o. | Action | Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth | Cold War, Contemporary | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Cold War you play the role of Matthew Carter, an American journalist, who gets into serious trouble when chasing after a story in of Russia in 1986. You soon realize that you have been led you into a trap orchestrated by anti-perestroika KGB conspirators, headed by a fictional KGB director Named Georgi Barinski. These conspirators want to stop you from uncovering their plans, and also get revenge for a previous news story in which you exposed a KGB operation in Berlin. To get you out of the way, they have switched your ordinary camera for one incorporating a cunning X-ray weapon, and have framed you as a CIA assassin who wanted to kill General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev (who, in the game, is somewhat incorrectly referred to as the "president" -- even though no such office existed at the time). Your goal is to escape the Lubyanka KGB prison, together with the head of the Presidential Guard, a loyalist named Grushkov who has also been framed. You must work with him to stop the KGB radicals from overthrowing the government, and to prove that you are both innocent.Cold War's gameplay is based on stealth, similar to games like Splinter Cell or Dark Project. Being a journalist you are no weapons expert, so you should try to be stealthy and attack only when necessary. To help even the odds, you can create useful gadgets out of items you find, improvising things like gas grenades, anesthesia ammunition or distraction items. |
| NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2005 | 2005-09-27 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | Everyone | | Windows | NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2005's database features over 20 playable leagues, with more than 3000 teams and in excess of 30000 players and staff. The new 2D snapshot view allows coaches to watch the action unfold second-by-second, making key decisions on the fly. As usual, all competition rules and regulations are fully represented for the coming season. Brand new in 2005 are Training Camps. Team can now prepare for the new season, trying out new lines, different tactics, and players hoping to crack the roster.The North American version includes the rosters from the end of August (2005) and NHL CBA. Owners of the European or digital version received this as a free season update. |
| Adventure Chest 2 | 2005-09-28 | Adventure Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The successor to Adventure Chest once again offers three 1-st person adventure games. Those are:
Law & Order II: Double or Nothing
Sentinel: Descendants in Time
The Egyptian Prophecy
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| Down in Flames | 2005-09-28 | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Dan Verssen Games | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | World War II | Flight / aviation | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Down in Flames is an online strategy game that takes place during World War II. In the game you control a squadron of fighter planes and attack enemies in turn based fashion.There are three types of missions: dogfight, escort and intercept. Players have to perform various stunt manoeuvres such as loops, tight turns and scissors in the hope to force their opponent in a tight position after which they can start shooting. A confrontation takes six turns (about four minutes in real life) and the aim for the players is to do as much damage to the opponent as possible.After every combat your pilots gain experience points. With enough points you can upgrade various skills for them which allow them to pull more complex manoeuvres and fly more advanced aircraft. each aircraft has its own parameters that define which options are available during a match.Player scores are kept in online rankings. Both weekly and all-time rankings can be viewed. |
| Ultrono Arena | 2005-09-28 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Ultrono Arena is an online multiplayer FPS written by the 20-year-old Princeton University math major Paul "czm" Nelson. It originally started as a school project, but was then named Ultrono, after one of its creator's aliases. There is no story, just a lot of frantic shooting.As one of the all-time best competitive Quake III players, he designed the game to be a mixture of Quake and Quake III, but the way he liked to see it done. This is reflected in the fast movement with strafe jumping, circle strafing and wall jumping. There are three weapons available: the lightning gun, a railgun and a rocket launcher, with short reloading times. When you run out of ammo, you can still use your weapons, but only do a third of the regular damage. The player models are balls bouncing around the maps, and pick-ups such as ammo and armour have similar shapes, but with different colours.The weapons have been designed after their Quake counterparts, and, aside from the new maps, some are remakes such as hub3aeroq3. The game has been written from scratch, but the sound effects have been lifted from Quake 3. The game uses editable config files and everything can be customized in-game using a console-like menu system. |
| Force Majeure II: The Zone | 2005-09-29 | Fabel Kommunikation | Interacting Arts | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Visual novel | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic | | | Meditative / Zen | | Setting | Windows | Force Majeure II: The Zone is a point-and-click adventure game set in a ruined city. The game is played in from a first person perspective and the identity of the protagonist is not known.The game starts with the protagonist going home from work as usual and suddenly hearing sirens. Believing that some sort of disaster or attack is taking place to the city, he or she finds refuge in an old air-raid shelter. When leaving the shelter, the city is no longer there. Instead there is a barren landscape with ruined buildings where various surreal or philosophical themes are explored.The game was released on CD-ROM in 2005 by the Swedish publisher Fabel Kommunikation as part of a book series on storytelling. A downloadable version aimed at the US market was published by Interacting Arts later that year along with a demo. An expansion/patch was released in early 2006. The cover and CD print of the boxed release had Swedish text, but the actual game was in English. |
| NVA: Mission: vorwärts immer! | 2005-09-29 | Chuck Brenner Games | Morgen Studios | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | NVA was the national army of the former German Democratic Republic aka East Germany. Based on the movie of the same name, this game is a mission-based racing title. The background story is about the young soldier Henrik who falls in love with the daughter of his captains.There are different vehicles and environments. All of the vehicles are based on original former East German army and police crafts. Most of the missions have you race for a checkpoint, but there is also a variety of weapons, mostly rockets and mines, to deal with opponents which include police and soldiers. The game is played from a third-person perspective and there is a realistic daytime model. |
| The Stalin Subway | 2005-09-29 | Buka Entertainment | G5 Software LLC, Orion | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Cold War | | | | | | Windows | In the Moscow of the early fifties, MGB lieutenant Gleb Suvorov stumbles across a conspiracy to eliminate Iosif Stalin using a hijacked nuclear bomb.
Having gotten into the way of the high ranking militaries behind the plot, Gleb has to fight his way through the Moscow subway and several other subterranean installations to try and reach Stalin's bunker, where the bomb has been planted, in order to save the leader of Russia and countless innocent inhabitants of Moscow...Taking the role of Gleb Suvorov, the player utilizes a varied armament - from a trusted combat knife to sub-machine guns, the well known AK-47 assault rifle or the not-so well known PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle - in classic FPS fashion to get the job done and survive to tell about it. |
| World Racing 2 | 2005-09-29 | Playlogic International N.V. | Synetic GmbH | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Compared to its predecessor, where players could only drive different Mercedes Benz cars, this sequel allows them to control over 90 different cars from 17 different manufacturers, such as Alfa Romeo, Morgan, and others.The core of the game is the career-mode with 120 races which take players all around the globe, from Italy to Florida, where players can earn their 'Speedbucks' to buy new cars and tuning options.The game also features oncoming traffic and a detailed damage model including realistic driving physics. Players can also customize their cars with vinyls, alloy rims and many other extras. |
| Astérix & Obélix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum | 2005-09-30 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | Étranges Libellules S.A. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Classical antiquity, Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Several druids are kidnapped by the Romans and it seems that Getafix has something to do with it. Asterix & Obelix travel to Rome only to find out that Caesar has built a huge amusement park called "Las Vegum" in which he holds the druids captive.Asterix & Obelix need to fight their way through countless Roman soldiers in order to find and free the druids hidden in the different themed areas of the park. On their way they team up or fight against several game-inspired NPCs like Sam Shieffer or Larry Craft. To fight foes the characters have several attack combos and special items like the famous magic potion at their disposal.There are also some puzzles, for which you often need to switch between both characters (which you can do at any time) in order to solve them. Asterix, for instance, cannot move a heavy stone out of the way.The PSP version adds a multiplayer mode: up to four players can play team and objective-based missions, with one team having to complete an objective (like collecting herbs, defending the village, stealing magic potion), the other having to prevent it. AI-controlled team mates join in if not enough players are available. |
| Evil Dead: Regeneration | 2005-09-30 | THQ Inc. | Cranky Pants Games | Action | Behind view | Licensed | Horror | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Taking place right after the events depicted in the movie,Evil Dead 2, Ash is arrested for the murder of the Deadite bodies found at the cabin and convicted. Found psychopathic, Ash is sentenced to Sunny Meadows, an institute for the criminally insane. Though free from the madness that plagued him in the woods, Ash learns that the Necromonicon Ex Mortis, the Book of the Dead has fallen into the hands of Dr. Vladamir Reinhard, the person in charge of the asylum. In the basement, Dr. Reinhard experiments on unlocking the secrets of the Necromonicon. Using a helpless inmate named Sam as a test subject, the mad doctor frees the evil and once again Ash must live the nightmare as evil forces break free and inmates are turned into zombie deadites!Evil Dead Regeneration is a third person action game like The Suffering. Players control Ash, who fights with a variety of collectable weapons, which include the trademark chainsaw-hand and shotgun, as well as a pistol, flamethrower, grenade launcher and a harpoon gun to pick up. For the most part, Ash will need to hack and shoot at various zombie creatures until their bodies become weak. At that point the player can press a button to have Ash unleash a finishing move using his weapons. Ash can also collect "evil essence" in order to turn himself into "Evil Ash", a more powerful version of himself.Also along on the quest is Sam, turned into a half-Deadite by Dr. Reinhard, he acts as Ash's sidekick in a quest for revenge. Sam can be controlled after finding certain "possession" symbols in the game. Ash can also kick Sam in order to attack enemies and activate puzzles.Ash is still voiced by Bruce Campbell while Sam is voiced by Ted Raimi.
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| Kong's World | 2005-09-30 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Zone 2 Media GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | Daniel Buscher, Andre Kuklinski | | | | Windows | Kong's World is a jump-and-run game set in the jungle and with platform elements and full 3D environment. You play as Kong the ape and you have to hunt down poachers. Carnivorous plants, snakes and bees block your path. He has to collect power-ups to protect himself against them. The game contains 40 levels in seven different jungle worlds. |
| The Suffering: Ties That Bind | 2005-09-30 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Surreal Software, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | Horror | Survival horror | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Suffering: Ties That Bind follows in the footsteps of its predecessor by combining a disturbing horror atmosphere with action/shooter gameplay. Players can switch between third person and first person depending on their preference, and will shoot a lot of hideous demonic manifestations of evil before the game is done. The player is also able to transform into a hideous creature at key times in the game, which allows him to engage in intense melee combat. The game includes a morality system which records the player's actions during gameplay and changes the story accordingly, and also alters the player's creature form. Everything from the first The Suffering has been refined and turned up a notch for the sequel. The story picks up right where the first game left off. The player once again takes on the role of Torque, former death row inmate with a mysterious past. Now returning to his home town of Baltimore, Torque must confront the mysterious Blackmore, the man who may or may not have killed Torque's family. But it won't be easy, as the hideous creatures from the first game have now overrun the streets of Baltimore. Will Torque finally be able to come to grips with his past? |
| Vivisector: Beast Within | 2005-09-30 | 1C Company | Action Forms Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror | Shooter | Oceania, Steampunk | | Direct control | | | | Windows | A team of navy seals investigating a series of strange reports from Soreo, a desolate volcanic island somewhere in the Pacific, have gone missing. Kurt Robinson and his team are sent out to reestablish contact and to find out just what truth is behind those reports... Bit by bit, the history of the island and its inhabitants will be uncovered - as will Kurt Robinson's role in it.Vivisector: Beast Within is a first-person shooter which has players exploring some thirty-odd levels ranging from beaches and jungles to the snow covered heights of an inactive volcano. They'll be forced to face a literal army of various engineered animals, from canines with lightning rods on their backs and metal reinforced fangs to the Rhino-truck, to various half-breed like Gepardmen, which utilize Ninja-like mortal combat techniques, or various types of Wolfmen, which field different types of heavy weaponry.The player, in turn, gets access to an arsenal ranging from a standard combat knife and Pistol to more advanced weaponry, such as machine guns, plasma rifles, and a handheld Howitzer. |
| Battlefield 1942: The Complete Collection | 2005-10-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Battlefield compilation contains the following four games:
Battlefield 1942 (Game of the Year Edition)
Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome
Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII
Battlefield Vietnam |
| Crazy Chicken: Remake | 2005-10-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation celebrates Moorhuhn's 5th anniversary. It contains 3 full games and 3 demo versions:
Moorhuhn Remake, featuring the classic Moorhuhnjagd, only with enhanced, up to date graphics and newly composed music.
The original Moorhuhnjagd hunting game back from 1999.
Moorhuhn X: the fifth part in the Moorhuhn series, originally released in 2003.Also included are playable demo versions of three other phenomedia games: Crazy Kickers (a football/soccer game), Moorhuhn Adventure 2 and Hank (a game featuring a character of the Moorhuhn-Family, the mole Hank). |
| Crazy Chicken: The Good, The Egg & The Ugly | 2005-10-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh, Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Once more, Moorhuhn takes a big leap into a new genre. The first Moorhuhn Jump & Run platform game takes place in the deep jungle. Moorhuhn-Indy is on a mission for fame and glory on the tracks of a long forgotten civilisation. But the path is rocky: it leads through the thickest jungle, full of unknown dangers and dangerous enemies such as gorillas, lizards, skeletons... He can overcome them by jumping on their heads, fighting them with his bare hands/wings or even shooting them with a pistol, for which ammo has to be collected throughout the levels. The character is controlled using the keyboard.If Moorhuhn succeeds in following the path of gold and jewels across all 21 levels, he will discover the hidden temple containing the famous amulet of eternal happiness. |
| Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures | 2005-10-01 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Artificial Mind & Movement | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Ed, Edd, and Eddy are three stupid friends obsessed with one thing and one thing only: jawbreakers! Eddy is the fearless leader, eager to make a quick buck; Ed is the tall, strong, and stupid one, while Edd (or Double-Dee) is the smart, polite neat-freak, who communicates with his family through sticky notes.Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures allows you to play as the trio through a series of levels, called 'scams'. Each level is a get-rich-quick scheme dreamed up by Eddy, allowing the Eds to get some jawbreakers. Each level can be accessed via the hub world, the 'Cul-de-sac', where the Eds have their adventures and meet other neighborhood kids.Players control all three Eds; more specifically, they're always in control of an Ed, and the other two tag along. You can switch your Ed at any time with the press of a button. Each Ed has their own abilities: Eddy can hurl stink bombs and form a tower to reach high objects, Ed can dig in sandpits, lift and throw objects, and charge at things to smash them, while Double Dee can use his slingshot, activate machines, and be thrown high into the air by the other two Eds. |
| FireFly Studios' Stronghold 2 Deluxe | 2005-10-01 | 2K Games, Inc. | FireFly Studios Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Europe, Medieval | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Besides the original Stronghold 2 game already patched to version 1.2, this release also contains:
A new game mode in which the player takes part in a crusade through Europe, where he has to conquer and defend historically correct replicas of famous castles.
Additions to the Kingmaker and multiplayer modes:
3 new AI-enemies called The Queen, The Pontifex and Sir Grey
Two new world maps: Korea and Europe
Two new scenery maps: "To the Sea" and "Three Bridges"
7 new historical castles: Windsor, Edinburgh, Haut-Koenigsburg, Tower of London, Burg Fougeres, Harlech and Heuneburg
As opposed to the original release, Stronghold 2 Deluxe now comes on DVD. |
| Garfield: Saving Arlene | 2005-10-01 | Hip Games | Eko Software SARL | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Garfield is taking his nap, as usual, when he is awakened by the dog Odie. From the corner of his eye, he gets a glimpse of his pal Arlene, being taken away in a pound car. Despite his natural laziness, he decides to rescue his on-and-off girlfriend, along with Odie. Based on the comics and incorporation the known sense of humour, Garfield and Odie travel through a 3D world solving puzzles that involve doors, keys, but also team-based actions with your partner. Of course there are enemies to defeat, such as bad dogs and evil piranhas.Next to the regular moves, Garfield can also gain special powers based on his eating habits: big burger kicks, healing lasagna, etc. You cannot control Odie, who is invincible, directly, unless a second players hops in, but you can give him orders by whistling or kicking him. You can even travel over water by standing on his head. During gameplay, important story elements are told through comic strip-style panels to show you what Garfield cannot see (for instance to show you a switch between a well, or a hidden door). You can then take the appropriate action (it usually involves kicking Odie) to solve these problems. |
| Lauras Tierklinik | 2005-10-01 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Caipirinha Games GmbH, Preloud | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Lauras Tierklinik the player takes the role of the animal loving Laura who assists a veterinarian. The vet owns a farm-like estate which can be freely explored by the player to find the next task.Most of the work is done by searching for and using objects, e.g. finding missing animals, disinfecting wounds or filling a feeding bowl, or absolving mini games, e.g. walking a horse or mucking out the stable. Since the camera is fixed behind Laura the game uses the usual 3rd person controls: walking with the keyboard and altering the direction with the mouse. It is licensed from a German horse magazine. |
| Luka und das geheimnisvolle Silberpferd | 2005-10-01 | Polizeiliche Kriminalprävention der Länder und des Bundes | Deck 13 Interactive GmbH | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Luka und das geheimnisvolle Silberpferd begins with our eponymous hero playing with his gang of 10-year-olds at the local playground when a knight named Sir William is suddenly teleported from his medieval past to this location, quickly hiding behind a tree. He observes Luka helping younger Patti who nearly fell off a tree house when the incident occurred. Impressed by his readiness to help others, the medieval knight makes friends with Luka and talks him into assisting with the visitor's quest which comes down to returning to the past on the back of a mysterious silver horse in order to ascend the throne. Luka then convinces his friends to join him in this adventure and sets out to investigate the nature of the silver horse and how to send Sir William back to the past. Luka and the mysterious silver horse (translation) is the first game in a series of educational point-and-click adventures published by the crime prevention unit of the German police. The game is aimed at children between 8 to 12 years of age and is specifically designed for teaching the kids violence-free solutions to interpersonal problems. From time to time there are educational scenes embedded within the plot that will guide the player to a violence-free solution. Exemplary, there's evil Sven and his gang sniffing around the neighborhood and causing problems wherever they pass. Or there's some bad vibrations and fighting within Luka's gang, too. All of these educational scenes can be accessed separately from a special menu for teachers to show in the class. There's even a special teacher's version of the game that solely contains these special scenes.Whatever the problem, Luka will find a way to resolve it with words, not fists. If he finds the "right" solution to a problem, he can get up to six commendations from Sir William. When scoring all six, Sir William will give Luka the accolade. Furthermore, Luka can be played as a boy or a girl. If the player chooses to be a girl, Sir William turns into Princess Katharina, but the adventure and the embedded mini games stay the same. |
| Morning's Wrath | 2005-10-01 | Ethereal Darkness Interactive Games | Ethereal Darkness Interactive Games | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Princess Morning belongs to a 'race' of people called the Leowyns. A long time ago, they migrated from a place called the eastern lands, which was held in tyranny. When they arrived on the eastern shores and began to set up a kingdom, they found the mana well. Their findings caught the ears of the Ashidians, who live on the Western shore. They wanted to own this and being a warlike people they swathed a path eastward to take it. The Leowyns, now strong with magic, annihilated them and decimated their civilization, or so they thought.For hundreds of years the Leowyns lived in peace, but they discovered the mana well brought with it a taint from excessive use, so it was sealed. When the Ashidians invade again, you, as Princess Morning, must re-discover the ways of magic. You are armed with the sword and armor of your ancestor, but also use special items with great age or a certain emotional significance to counter the taint.Morning's Wrath is an action RPG similar to Diablo in gameplay style. Players guide the main character, Princess Morning, on a quest to master the ways of magic and save her kingdom from invasion. Spells can be created by collecting and arranging runes (up to 12 different runes for a single spell). The player can save a spell design on a scroll, and then equip it as a single item in battles. |
| Mythic Blades | 2005-10-01 | Cartel Games | Vermillion Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Mythic Blades is a one-against-one fighting game based on Greek mythology. The background story is that Ares challenged Zeus for control over the Olympus and now they use eleven heroes and monsters (e.g. Odysseus or Polyphemus) to battle it out in area fights. The player takes control over one of those fighters, selects one of the four difficulty levels and has to win eight rounds against randomly chosen enemies. This is also the only single-player mode (of course there is also the possibility to fight against another player) and every victory rewards credits. Those can be used to unlock more characters, character biographies and concept art. Regarding gameplay, each fighter has three basic moves (can be combined for combo attacks), special moves ( performed by pressing the correct button combination) and an especially powerful, unblockable divine power, e.g. Perseus can summon Zeus. |
| New Star Soccer 3 | 2005-10-01 | New Star Games Ltd | New Star Games Ltd | Sports | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | New Star Soccer 3 is the third title in the on-going series by New Star Games. It allows the player to take control of the career of a football player, and this time, in addition to the decision-making process of a "manager" type game, you can actually play the matches in the all-new simulator.While the matches play like Sensible Soccer (simple graphics and controls, with curve-ball frenzy), the main focus of the game is on management. New Star Soccer 3 puts you in the life of a player right from the start: after selecting a few basic treats for your character you are given a few shots at the local clubs. Impress on the auditions and they might offer you a contract. From there it's up to you.The game attempts to simulate the many distractions and decisions a professional soccer player is faced with: you have to manage your relationship with your coach, your team mates, your supporters, friends and family. In the process, girlfriends may be added and also sponsors. Keeping them happy means granting them attention (which consumes valuable energy from real matches). Coaches require good performance to please.Good performance, though, is hard to earn. The game plays as a simplistic (vintage, so to speak) soccer simulation. Three buttons are enough for all the actions (shoot, lob and pass), and another one for calling the ball (useful when you control one out of 11 in the field). Bad relationship with your colleagues won't get you the ball. The game plays very smoothly and dynamically, and is quite challenging at first. Fortunately, good passing, tackling and positioning are enough to get a good rating when you're not a essential part of the team.Good performance also gains skill points, and that's a must if you want to succeed in this game. Practice gets progressively harder, and is very diverse, as there are different types of skills (heading, shooting, dribbling, passing, tackling) and training routines (knock off cones, score goals, tackle opponents), but getting good means getting good pay, goal and assist bonuses, sponsorship opportunities, national squad selection, media attention and, of course, the chance at playing at the big leagues.There are also many subtle aspects in the game, as making decisions whether or not to fight with an insulting colleague, cheating on your wife, helping a fan with a flat tyre, or choosing the color of the boot your sponsor will design just for you.A complex football game, with emphasis on decision making and fun gameplay rather than graphics and realism. |
| NiBiRu: Age of Secrets (Edition Collector) | 2005-10-01 | Micro Application, S.A. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Collector Edition contains:
NiBiRu: Age of Secrets
NiBiRu's game guide
a bonus disc with soundtrack, screenshots, making-of and interviews
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| SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! | 2005-10-01 | THQ Inc. | AWE Productions, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! for Windows is a slightly different game from the console versions. The story is the same with the popular TV series "The New Adventures of Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy" being in danger because the cast has failed to show up. It is up to the player, as SpongeBob, to find a replacement cast in the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom.Unlike the console versions which focus on multiplayer gameplay, in the Windows version SpongeBob has to work alone. He has to walk around and talk to the various inhabitants in order to convince them. Here and there he has to play a mini game to advance in the story. |
| The Battle for Wesnoth | 2005-10-02 | | | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based fantasy strategy game. Various races - humans, elves, dwarfs, drakes and undead - and various factions battle for the control of the land of Wesnoth in various eras.The strategic gameplay is similar to games such as Master of Monsters and Warsong. The players, represented in game as high-level commander units, recruit new units, who then fight, advance in experience and eventually turn to another units.There's both a multiplayer mode, which typically involves wiping out the enemy (or at least their commander). For single player games, there are several campaigns as well as ability to play multiplayer mode against the computer. Also included is a map editor and a scripting language to construct new campaigns.
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| Black & White 2 | 2005-10-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Lionhead Studios Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The sequel to Lionhead's open-ended god game, Black & White, attempts to offer more focused gameplay and larger scale. The player assumes yet again the role of a God and chooses if he will be Good, Evil or something in between.As a deity that interferes directly with mortal affairs, the player will help his followers, the Greeks, survive and prosper in a mythical land. A good god will improve the city of his followers and eventually attract the inhabitants of neighbouring hamlets, be they neutral or even hostile. An evil god will recruit armies and conquer them.The player once again has an animal avatar of his choice (between Lion, Ape, Wolf and Cow) which can be trained or left to its own devices. Its A.I. is much more advanced now and revolves around "lessons" learned. Each action it considers to do can be encouraged or discouraged by the player (by slapping or petting) so that a creature does something always/frequently, occasionally, rarely or never. The Creature can harvest, build, entertain, fight, specialize in one of these fields or just wander aimlessly, eat rocks and trees, gag and poop randomly. Depending on its alignment it will also eat or help villagers accordingly.The divine being can also summon Miracles powered, as always, by faith. The ultimate goal is defeating the ruthless Aztecs by conquering or befriending the other two races (Norse and Japanese). The player also discovers three kinds of scrolls in the game. Gold ones are those that advance the plot, Silver ones are optional quests granting Tribute points which can be invested in buying new features and Bronze ones are tutorial scrolls. |
| Diplomacy | 2005-10-04 | Paradox Interactive AB | Paradox Interactive AB | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Turn-based strategy | Europe, Historical events | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Diplomacy is the third game based on Avalon Hill's board game of the same name, where the objective is to conquer the known world (Europe and the Middle East) through diplomacy and war before the other opponents.Turned-based gameplay occurs on the political map of Europe and the Middle East in Spring 1901. The player may choose one of the 7 (seven) major powers: Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, or Turkey, and compete against human or AI opponents.During each turn, the player may choose to move units (either infantry or naval units) into enemy territory in order to occupy them. As only one military type is allowed per province, offensive and defensive maneuvers requires support from adjacent friendly units or acquiring backup support from adjacent units from other nations through diplomacy. Even more so as a one-against-one military unit will end in a stalemate (or a win for the defensive team). Certain provinces are more important than other provinces, indicated by a star on the province. These signify supply depots which help maintain military units. The more supply depots the player controls, the more military units the player may build during the build phase.Diplomatic endeavours themselves may be proposed by the player or other players, consisting of (among others) support units (for offensive or defense), transportation of infantry by naval units (convoy), alliances and DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) agreements. This is done so by selecting a target player and creating a "draft proposal" on the political map by, for example, moving own or units of the target player. This draft is then suggested to the target player for reply. If accepted, both (or more) players may choose to honor the agreement to be carried out the following turn. There is however, no obligation to accept, to honor any form of agreement, as backstabbing is considered part of diplomacy. |
| FIFA Soccer 06 | 2005-10-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Featuring a brand new engine (replacing the one used in five titles since FIFA 2003), FIFA 06 features new controls and gameplay, the most visible being more animations and better-detailed ball and player physics and animation, the removal of the unpopular Off the Ball controls implemented in their 2004 version and remaking the free-kick interface so it's no longer obvious if the player decided for a shot on goal or a pass to a forward. Also new is the concept of "Team Chemistry" which affects how well a team plays collectively. Featuring 26 leagues from 19 countries, 29 real stadiums and over 10'000 players with data for the 2005-06 seasons, as well as international teams, the game kept the "Create a player" feature as well as the many managing options untouched from previous versions. Career mode, the 15-year long climb to the top of the game, features new options such as sponsorships (which will only accept good results), player contracts and more weight on the player morale: a demoralized player (usually from not playing or possible influence from random events) is more likely to underperform as well as pressuring the "Team Chemistry" values downwards and might refuse attempts to renew his contract, leaving on a free transfer.While there are still many unlockables in the game (mostly third kits), the way to earn points changed. Instead of gaining points from completing tasks (from entering the EA Trax or creating a player to winning the Champions League or completing a career), the player has over 100 scenarios to way in five difficulty levels. |
| Memory Loops | 2005-10-04 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Dekovir, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Memory Loops is a fast-paced concentration game, where the player must uncover pairs of identical symbols on round cards moving across the screen like in a marble popper game as Zuma. The circular cards move with their faces down on twisting tracks towards a hole, and the player must eliminate them by flipping and matching two of the same type, filling a meter at the bottom of the screen to complete the level. If the circles enter the hole, the game is over. Later levels introduce new symbols, making it harder to find pairs.Matching several cards at once gives bonus points. Special power-ups appear randomly on the card line. The eye power flips all the cards for a few seconds, revealing their symbols. The bomb explodes surrounding cards. The pause power stops the line movement for a few moments. The picture bomb eliminates all cards with one of the symbols. The rollback makes the line go backwards. |
| Worms 4: Mayhem | 2005-10-04 | Majesco Entertainment Company | Team17 Software Limited | Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view, Top-down | | Comedy, War | Artillery | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Worms 4: Mayhem is a sequel to Worms 3D. Like its predecessor, it is a turn-based artillery variant with humorous themes and weapons, in which players control small armies of worms. The gameplay is similar to that of the previous game, adding a more developed Story mode, in which the player cooperates with the wise Professor Worminkle, who can use a time machine to travel to different time periods such as American Old West, ancient Arabia, and Prehistoric Age.In this installment, players can customize the appearance of their worms, including helmets, glasses, facial hair, gloves, etc. A new mode called "Weapon Factory" has been added, allowing players to forge their own weapons. The game also contains a shop where players can purchase various items, using points accumulated by completing story missions or unlocking trophies. Shop items include new maps, accessories, outfits, character voices, etc. |
| Sonic Invaders | 2005-10-05 | | | Action | 1st-person, Audio game | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | As the name implies, what this game consists of amounts to an audio-only take on Space Invaders, although Sabotage might be a more apt point of reference. The player occupies a stationary gun emplacement which can fire in one of each of seven directions, controlled by keypad directions. Alien enemies approach, typically one or two at a time in early levels, and for reasons of plot cannot be seen. Instead, the player needs to be wearing a pair of stereo headphones to help determine, aurally, the enemies' angle and distance from the emplacement and which of the seven directions will be the one required to nail the bogey. Unlike some audiogames, the screen isn't entirely blacked out, but instead displays some instrumentation like a night-time flight simulator might -- indicating useful figures like the total number of currently active enemies and how much remaining time each of your seven cannons requires to reload.It's a complicated situation. Different enemy types move and fire in different ways, and can be distinguished by the different noises they make. Compounding this, each of your guns needs time to reload before firing again. On the plus side, the player does have a shield at their disposal, though while it is raised one can't attack the invaders.Each level is timed, counting down, and the player's goal is to hit as many enemies as they encounter (rather, to avoid being hit by any enemies -- in this fixed position, the best defense is a good offense). At a level's end statistics will be calculated, measuring accuracy. |
| Balko | 2005-10-06 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Balko, based on the German TV series of the same name, is a point-and-click adventure where the player has to solve a criminal case in the role of the lead character Balko, with the help of his assistant Krapp. A young man dies during a fight. The autopsy is inconclusive but Balko and a colleague believe it is murder. During the investigation they discover that the victim is a more than a dubious character, with a lot of enemies.A lot of locations and characters are inspired by those of the TV series. The game is advertised as an interactive crime film, but classic adventure elements are used, such as collecting and combining items, and interrogating suspects (with different questions all leading to the same conclusion). There is a hotspot key that highlights all active elements in the environment. |
| Total Extreme Wrestling 2005 | 2005-10-06 | Grey Dog Software, LLC | Grey Dog Software, LLC | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Jason Warholic | | | | Windows | Total Extreme Wrestling 2005 is a game that offers players the chance to run a wrestling promotions company. The game has two main modes. In the Straight Edge mode, the player starts as the main booker of a promotion company. The player will be given goals to achieve by their boss (like having a certain amount of money within a defined time period) and if they fail to achieve them they will find themselves unemployed. The eventual goal for the player is to work their way up to become the owner of their own company. Then get the company from a local to global entity. The Freestyle mode lets the player play the game without any of the restraints of the Straight Edge mode and players can even start as owners of a company.The game comes preset with a roster of pre-made wrestlers, although players can add more. The game also allows players to set up advanced bookings, create storylines, be a friend or foe to other promotional companies among other things. The game also features a momentum meter for each wrestler which tracks a wrestlers popularity.Players have to take into account a wrestlers momentum when booking a card to make sure the fans will be interested in the matchups. |
| Black & White 2 (Collector's Edition) | 2005-10-07 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collector's edition contains:
Black & White 2
One bonus creature: The Tiger
A 28 minute Making of Black & White 2 DVD, featuring interviews with Peter Molyneux and Ron Millar.
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| Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood | 2005-10-07 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Gearbox Software LLC | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Barely seven months after the release of Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, Gearbox brings us the sequel.Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood tells the story of Corporal Joe "Red" Hartsock as one of the thousands of paratroopers who landed in Normandy, France, on the eve of D-Day. Hartsock made an appearance in the previous game and now we get to see the events from his point of view, based on actual events and persons.Though the game engine remains largely unchanged, the A.I. has been significantly improved to offer a more challenging experience as the player tries to advance through the treacherous area known as the Bocage. The player fights in first person as Hartsock but also commands either two fireteams or a fireteam and a tank as using cover and suppression fire is critical to success. The game also offers an interesting multiplayer mode with the rare single-mission co-op option available for the PC, as well as skirmish maps and other mods such as "Defense". |
| FIFA Manager 06 | 2005-10-07 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Featuring a brand new name, the Total Club Manager series enter 2006 featuring a new interface and major changes on the players' ability system. Also new is the ability to choose the "depth" of each league initialized for play. While in previous editions the player could create or download leagues that went to the fourth tier of the system which would slow down considerably the simulation time, players with less powerful computers or with many can now choose to activate a league, but only until a certain division. Also new is the club budget which limits the spending a manager can do before failing at the financial objectives for the season.While club-related news are brought directly to the players' e-mail, the magazine along other weekend update screens were replaced with "footballworld", a website that brings all the news, interviews, tables and polls from the league. On the downside, the game no longer can be paired with the correspondent FIFA to play games, as the 3D engine used is the same from UEFA Champions League 2004-2005, not the new engine featured in FIFA 06. However, the player can use the new MAT (Match Analysis Tool) to review the team's performance on any match played in Full 3D. |
| Taxi 3: Extreme Rush | 2005-10-07 | Fusion Software | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | In Taxi3: Extreme Rush multiplayer and single play are combined to one cooperation mode, and this means you can play the entire story mode with up to three friends. Please note that the name "Taxi" has nothing to do with the actual gameplay, only with the story (the player's cab has been stolen and you have to get it back by performing underground races). This game is a real racing game and no taxi game.The game differs from other racing games since there are three game modes you can fall back to:
Drag racing (manual transmission)
Street racing (causing loads of damage)
City racing (finding your way in the city)
With these 3 default modes (up to five random races for every race mode) you can collect more respect and money to unlock new contacts (which are mainly Team6 developers) and to unlock new, special races. There are 5 contacts and a wide variation of races in this racing game. The more races you unlock, the more dangerous races become. Some races include police chases (the kind of police that first shoots, then asks) and helicopter chases. |
| Granny in Paradise | 2005-10-09 | Sandlot Games | Orchid Games, Sandlot Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Granny in Paradise is the sequel to another Sandlot game: Super Granny. The game is very reminiscent of Lode Runner. Granny must navigate her way through over 170 levels that span 5 separately themed areas. In each level Granny must find and rescue her missing kitties and guide them to the level exit while avoiding the nefarious enemies that kidnapped them. Granny can either dig holes to trap the enemies or use one of the several special items found throughout the game to outwit, evade or just plain clobber the bad guys.In addition to the several new game elements added in this sequel such as the bomb, air jets, indestructible tiles and moving platforms the game also features an intuitive and user friendly level editor. Players can now try their hand at creating devious puzzles for their friends to play. |
| Glider: Collect'n Kill | 2005-10-10 | dtp digital tainment pool GmbH | REVOgames GbR | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In a distant future when mankind finally stopped fighting with itself for the dominion of space the brightest minds in the world brought The Alliance. The Alliance encompassed every state as well as planet in the known galaxy and brought peace amongst all the species.In the year 2259 The Alliance, in order to promote safe competition between the planets, introduced The Official Glider League where pilots could compete with each other in a controlled environment.In this futuristic shooter game you will pilot one of several gliders in an arena to chase down and kill up to 8 opponents. Your choice from 5 different gliders will help determine the outcome of the battle in the different arenas. There are also 5 different arenas to choose from including, Sunset Valley, Sewerage, and Green Valley which was built in 3009 to celebrate the Glider League's 50th anniversary and harkens back to the days of medieval castles and rolling hills of Earth. |
| Golly | 2005-10-10 | | | Simulation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Golly is an open source, cross-platform simulation of Conway's Game of Life. The game board is a grid of square cells, and each cell lives or dies according to how many neighbors it has: a dead cell comes to life if it has exactly three live neighbors; a live cell stays alive if it has two or three live neighbors, and dies otherwise. After creating a starting position, the player can watch the cells to see what they do, or interfere while the simulation is running to add or remove live cells.Unlike many other simulations of the Game of Life, Golly features an unlimited-sized board, a built-in collection of 'patterns' of pre-arranged cells, and the ability to undo and redo steps. Golly also supports other rules than Conway's Game of Life, including sixteen built-in alternate sets of rules, and the ability to enter others. |
| Hope Springs Eternal | 2005-10-10 | MDNA Games | MDNA Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Europe | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this second Carol Reed game, she has taken over the detective agency from her deceased friend. She doesn't have many cases to solve, until another friend calls her about an acquaintance who seems to have gone missing.As with Remedy, the earlier Carol Reed game, graphics are real photographs with a waterpainting filter overlay. First person point-and-click adventure with inventory-based puzzles, some of which can be skipped. |
| Joint Operations: Combined Arms | 2005-10-10 | NovaLogic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising (base game)
Joint Operations: Escalation (expansion pack)It also has all the patches embedded. |
| Dark Age of Camelot: Epic Edition | 2005-10-11 | Mythic Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Epic Edition contains:
Dark Age of Camelot (base game)
Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: Foundations (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: Trials of Atlantis (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: New Frontiers (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: Catacombs (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: Darkness Rising (expansion)The compilation also features updated graphics, an all-new player tutorial, and a one-month free subscription to the game. |
| TrackMania Original | 2005-10-12 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Nadeo SAS | Compilation, Racing / Driving, Special edition | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | | Windows | TrackMania Original is a re-release of the original TrackMania, along with the Power Up! expansion (released for free), enhancements from the Speed Up! patches (never released) and improvements from the free Original add-on. Owners of the original game can upgrade to this version without an additional purchase, but all enhancements have been included with the full game in this budget-priced bundle.Aside from new features such as ad-pannels, mediatracker effects, AI opponents, multiplayer options and new game modes, the entire game has been ported to the Sunrise engine, delivering a steep boost in graphical quality. |
| Cute Knight | 2005-10-13 | Hanako Games | Hanako Games | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | An 18-years-old orphan girl is inspired by her guardian fairy sets out to seek her destiny in a nearby city, and the only catch is that her path in life will be set by the time she turns 21. This gives her only three years to learn professions, explore the town and meet its inhabitants, study in the town's college or venture into the evil dungeon below the slums district. Your task is to guide the orphan and make sure she advances in her chosen goal, while still maintaining her health, her funds and her Dream quality.The game progresses through daily or weekly activities. Important seasonal events (like celebrations, fairs, and competitions) occur at certain dates. There are multiple endings and your success at any specific endeavor (from wining wizardry contests, knightly jousts, beauty or cooking contests to slaying a dragon or wooing a prince) will determine which ending you get. You may choose to take a civilian's path to glory, or to study combat (magic, arms or both), forge, buy, win or scavenger powerful items and potions and fight the inhabitants of the dungeon. |
| Handball Manager 2005-2006 | 2005-10-13 | East Entertainment Media GmbH | Netmin e.K. | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Handball Manager 2005-2006 is a managerial simulation of handball where the player is responsible for the financial and athletic success of his team. Regarding gameplay and options it is similar to soccer managers. The player has several options to his disposal, e.g. training, tactics, lineup, stadium expansion or player transfers. The players are represented with a ability score from 1 to 11,4 and several other personal traits which influence their performance and training needs. An assistant coach can take some responsibilities of his shoulder - but of course he wants a proper salary if he is competent.The match presentation is only in text. This means the player sits in front of a live ticker where all matches are calculated. If something interesting happens during the own match text messages tell him about the moves and results. The player can set how detailed and fast he wants the messages to be.As in most German sport managers the player has a lot of opportunities which influence not his team but his player character personally. He can change his team, buy status symbols or even found his own club. The game evaluates his successes and increased or decreases his level. If it increases he gets manager points which he can reinvest in better abilities, e.g. training. At the start of the game he chooses between a real career starting with a low-class team or picks a specific team. The player can manage a team in several European leagues (and parallel a national team) but there is no official license. An editor can be used to alter the teams and players. |
| Petka 6: Novaya Realnost | 2005-10-13 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | Svyatoslav Kondaurov (Светослав Кондауров), Irina Bolotova (Ирина Болотова), Vladislav Goncharov (Влад Гончаров) | | | | Windows | Novaya Realnost means "New Reality" in Russian; and indeed, the two heroes of the long-running series, Vasilij Ivanovich Chapaev and his young assistant Petka (real historical figures who participated in the Russian civil war of 1918, but became the focus of countless jokes during the Soviet period) have to become a part of something they have not encountered before: the battle between the forces of Light and Darkness! And to think that it all started only because the two wanted to drink some beer... One event led to another, and in the end the heroes have to face ultimate evil in a scenario that is in many ways a parody on the famed Lord of the Rings.The gameplay is similar to that of the previous games in the series, being a traditional puzzle-solving adventure. This time, branching dialogue and logical puzzles have a more prominent place, along with the typical inventory-based tasks. Graphical style has changed, for the first time in the series: the backgrounds are pre-rendered instead of hand-drawn 2D, and character models are now three-dimensional. |
| Tents | 2005-10-13 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Mental training | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Tents the objective of the player is to place a tent adjacent to every tree in the forest. Sounds easy? Well, it is a bit complicated. Tents can't be adjacent to each other, their numbers must match the number of trees, and each row and column can only have a certain amount of tents in it, which is displayed on the right and bottom sides. |
| Iron Fist | 2005-10-14 | | Jake Birkett Computer Solutions Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Iron Fist is a side-scrolling martial arts game. Using your keyboard, walk along the land, punching or kicking crates to reveal what they hold. Gather bronze, silver and gold coins and emerald gems. If you encounter an enemy, it is time for the fists and feet to fly! If you need to recover health, eat some food but be careful of the green food as it has spoiled and will poison you. Some green items will give you boosts, like higher jumps, faster speed or faster punches. Their red equivalents do the opposite, like slowing you down, reducing your jump height or making your punch/kick weaker. |
| Rebel Raiders: Operation Nighthawk | 2005-10-14 | Kando Games SARL | Kando Games SARL | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Rebel Raiders: Operation Nighthawk is a futuristic action flight simulator. In the future mankind has taken control of the solar system and is ruled by the tyrannical Union of World Nations. The player is on the side of the rebellious Alliance of Independent States who continuously combat the UWN through air combat. The game comes with 16 levels in which the player has to fight for freedom.The player can choose from twenty available combat aircraft to fly with. Using machine guns and various missiles the player has to destroy enemy vehicles and structures to complete missions. Destroying enemy objectives also replenishes the player's shields which keeps him alive. New aircraft can be unlocked through completing missions. |
| Geniu$: The Tech Tycoon Game | 2005-10-15 | Viva Media, LLC | Radon Labs GmbH | Educational, Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Genius: Unternehmen Physik, your role is to become a inventor-entrepreneur like Siemens, Edison or Daimler by creating your own industrial empire. To do so, you have to build a town, streets, factories, labs, ... and manage all of your company's needs (budget, employees, ...). You start with a small bicycle shop somewhere in the outskirts of Berlin, London, Detroit or one of the other five location the game offers, and the time is the 100-year frame from 1850 till 1950.While playing, you witness all the great inventions in those 100 years, from steam and petrol engines to X-rays. The game is a complex simulation of the whole process, but also offers a lot of educational knowledge, which is delivered in an entertaining way through the game mechanics. You can read newspapers and even correspond with the geniuses of those times.To progress in this 3D strategy game, you will also need your knowledge to solve a number of small tasks like building an engine or computing technical numbers. The game offers a lot freedom to do so, but if your skills are high enough, your progress will be easier and quicker. |
| Torrente 3: The Protector | 2005-10-15 | Virgin PLAY S.A. | Virtual Toys, S.L. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Adult | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | "APATRULLANDO LA CIUDAD"Torrente has returned, both in film form and as a video game. Again one can fight crime in Madrid from first- or 3rd-person perspectives, but not a mere virtual Madrid: in this game, the streets of Madrid have been faithfully converted into game maps and the players can visit such authentic locations as the Puerta del Sol or the Plaza del Callao if they so choose.Santiago Segura, the man behind the film franchise, recorded the voice of Torrente and both the video game and the movie were made simultaneously (the movie being released a week before the game.) This is the first time that a Spanish video game has been developed at the same time as and in cooperation with the production of the movie it was based on. |
| Dragon Puzzle: Solitaire 3D Mahjong | 2005-10-17 | East Entertainment Media GmbH | Static X Studio | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Dragon Puzzle: Solitaire 3D Mahjong is a single player version of the classic Chinese tile matching game.
The game contains two different tile graphics sets and 100 different game field layouts in five
board sizes. |
| F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon | 2005-10-17 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon is a horror first person shooter (FPS) that resembles a cross between Doom 3, Half-Life, and the Ring horror movies. Demons are replaced by cloned soldiers and the element of horror revolves around an image of a spectral girl always appearing when least expected for a few fleeting moments.The player sets out as a member of a specialized strike force dealing with unknown threats. Initially, the player starts with mundane weapons, which are well presented, and progress gradually towards more sci-fi ones as the danger increases. The player can also call upon a bullet-time ability which slows down time around the player and is realised with impressive visual and aural effects by the game engine.The game takes place in a certain multi-billion aerospace installation which has been hijacked by an elite team of cloned soldiers gone rogue and an unknown supernatural force (which is likely controlling or affecting them in some way). Both threats must be identified and countered. |
| Age of Empires III | 2005-10-18 | Microsoft Corporation | Ensemble Studios Corporation | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Europe, Historical events, North America, South America | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Age of Empires III is the third installment in the series of real-time strategy games. The main idea of the gameplay remains unchanged: with the limited amount of resources and a handful of settlers, you must think about the expansion of your colony. Besides the strong economic thread, you should also think about the development of your army. Like in the previous games your people start in an early part of humanity's history and progress to new ages (up to the industrial age) with better weapons and other possibilities. The game offers you a complex single-player campaign that is divided into 24 missions and three acts. You take the role of Morgan Black and his family which struggle against a mysterious European cult. You can also challenge yourself in the multiplayer mode where you can command one of the eight European powers (from French to Russian). A new addition to the game mechanics is the home city in Europe which regularly sends supplies or military reinforcements. It is persistent and after multiplayer successes you gain the ability to upgrade it through a tech tree. |
| Age of Empires III (Collector's Edition) | 2005-10-18 | Microsoft Corporation | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This special edition of Age of Empires III offers a bundle of collectible items for the Age of Empires fan.This edition includes:
Age of Empires III
A hardbound 210-page book entitled "The Art Of Empires"
A "making of" DVD with behind-the-scenes video and commentary
An official Age of Empires III soundtrack
Full-sized Poster
Player's Guide
Special Game Manual
Quick Reference
Age of Empires III Demo Disc |
| Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game | 2005-10-18 | Viva Media, LLC | FAKT Software GmbH | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game is reminiscent of the The Incredible Machine series of games from years ago comes this new game made for modern systems. This game consists of the translated versions of Crazy Machines: Die Erfinderwerkstatt and Crazy Machines: Neue Herausforderungen. Players can solve more than 200 pre-designed puzzles by choosing from a huge selection of parts, pieces, gizmos and other objects. They can be charged with electrical current, filled with gaseous matter ... they can even be blown to smithereens to get the goal accomplished. There are multiple ways to solve each puzzle, making it possible to use different approaches. The game also offers the option to create and play custom contraptions.The modern engine employs realistic physics, light and shadows and other atmospherics that result in wild movements on screen. Zany sound effects bring the creations to life. |
| F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon (Director's Edition) | 2005-10-18 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Director's Edition contains:
F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon
"Making of" documentary video
Developer's roundtable commentary video
Live action "declassified" Alma interview
F.E.A.R. Machinima episode created by Rooster Teeth
A Dark Horse Comics F.E.A.R. comic book
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| Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green | 2005-10-18 | Groove Games | Brainbox Games | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | Horror | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green is a FPS prequel to the 2005 George A. Romero film. It is also the first game based on a George A. Romero property. You are Jack, a hick farmer who wakes up to find a stranger on his property. The stranger is a zombie, the first of many he encounters in the game. Using whatever ranged and melee weapons he can find, Jack pummels the undead back to where they came from in the goriest fashion possible. He works his way through a number of typical Romero locales (50's style hospital, cornfields, abandoned police station, loading docks, etc) on his way to Mr. Kaufman's walled city. Once there, Mr. Kaufman asks Jack to help him clean up Fiddler's Green, a luxury condominium tower. This is where the game ends, and the movie picks things up.Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green features an interesting limb specific damage system, meaning the player can literally blow the undead to pieces. It also features multiplayer over Xbox live, system link and Internet (PC). Up to eight players can enjoy deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag and invasion modes with a twist - hungry zombies are coming after everyone! |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 2005-10-18 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Solve intriguing, true-to-life murder mysteries in this adventure game, the 4th one based upon the popular Law & Order television series which, like the ones before it, features voice-overs by the actors and actresses from the show. Unlike the previous games, however, Criminal Intent is played using a 3rd person perspective rather than 1st.Players will control the persona of New York Detective Robert Goren as he hits the streets in search of the killers. Use modern day investigative tricks of the trade to communicate and analyze information and evidence. Choose the manner in which Goren questions witnesses and suspects to try and get answers to important questions during interrogations: confrontational, deceptive, flattering, deceptive, straightforward and empathetic. Using your instinctive powers of deduction, put everything together to build criminal profiles and "get inside the mind" of the murderers.As Goren, players will need to investigate 3 different homicides, each with different scenarios, evidence, witnesses, suspects and motives. You are able to switch between Goren's available cases at will and return to them when ready. Then, a 4th murder occurs which brings to light a much larger plot connecting them all.The game features a point-and-click interface, 3 difficulty levels (which control the amount of helpful hints you receive), a travel map, inventory objects to collect and use, as well as over 50 speaking non-player characters. |
| Professor Fuji's Sudoku Deluxe | 2005-10-18 | Encore, Inc. | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Ready for more Sudoku puzzles? Well, the Deluxe version of Professor Fuji's Sudoku features 100,000 more for you to play on the PC.Just like other Sudoku games you have to use logic. The numbers one to nine must fit horizontally and vertically in the given grid with the numbers one to nine also appearing in each of the smaller grids.The game features a 100,000 puzzle grids, 16 different grid themes, 3 different levels of difficulty, 3 different hints types in case you need some help, not only can you use numbers to fill but also letters and symbols, and print out puzzles to take with you. |
| Quake 4 | 2005-10-18 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Raven Software Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Quake 4 is the true sequel to Quake II, continuing the Strogg vs. Humans storyline from the point where Quake II ended. The Strogg is an alien cyborg race which, much like the Star Trek Borg race from which they seem to be partly inspired, wander the galaxy conquering planets and wiping civilizations. Their sole purpose is to collect organic body parts with which to swell their ranks. After a prolonged war, the united armed forces of Earth decided to launch a desperate counter attack on the home planet of the invaders, Stroggos. By some twist of fate a sole marine was able to disable the Strogg main planetary defense (aka The Big Gun) and kill Makron, their leader. That was the end of Quake II. The second wave of attack is meant to land on Stroggos and take advantage of the brief disorder, ending the threat of the Strogg forever. Of course it will not be that easy...This time the lone soldier theme (of Quake I, II and the Doom series) is replaced by a war. Not as large scale as a military FPS or even Halo, but close enough. There are squad mates, some of which are important to protect, some vehicles (a hovertank and a mech) and frequently changing objectives to achieve. The arsenal contains elements from all Quake games (nailgun, rail gun, lightning gun) and the classic BFG has been replaced by the Dark Matter Gun. Weapons can be improved later in the game, making them much more effective. The game uses a somewhat improved version of the Doom 3 engine to good effect. Multiplayer options are rather limited, offering only the standard Deathmatch modes and CTF.Quake 4 was developed by Raven under the guidance of id Software. |
| Quake 4: Special DVD Edition | 2005-10-18 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The special DVD edition includes:
Quake 4
Quake II
Quake II Mission Pack: Ground Zero (Q2 expansion)
Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning (Q2 expansion)
Concept and production art gallery
The making of: behind-the-scenes documentary.
Interviews with id Software and Raven Software |
| Shattered Union | 2005-10-18 | 2K Games, Inc. | PopTop Software Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | North America, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Brian Feldges | Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Shattered Union is a turn-based strategy game, set in 2014 in the United States against a background story of a second American civil war. The player can control any of seven different factions, each of which has at least one unique unit and its own set of sidebar powers:
California Commonwealth
Pacifica
The Republic of Texas
Great Plains Federation
The Confederacy
New England Alliance
The European Union Occupation
Russia
These factions wage warfare in different territories; the more territories are controlled, the more income a faction receives. When attacking such a territory, the player selects which of his units should be deployed. The battlefield is represented as a hex grid, though the graphics are full 3D. The objective of the battle is either to destroy all the enemy's units or capture enough objective towns to control the battlefield.Apart from the campaign, the game provides both a single- and a multiplayer skirmish mode, allowing one-on-one battles. |
| Sportfischen Professional | 2005-10-18 | dtp entertainment AG | Radon Labs GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sportfischen Professional is a 3D fishing simulation with 7 large fishing areas and 15 fresh water fish species, each with individual behaviour and bait affectations mixed with different types of game modes. The game uses a full 3D engine to present the gameplay, which accurately simulates real-life fishing techniques. The game modes include free play, tournament play, two-player challenge and even ice fishing. By mastering the sport, you can collect a large amount of tournaments prices, baits and rods. |
| Zombietron 1 - Cemetery Guy | 2005-10-18 | KryptKoderz | KryptKoderz | Action | Top-down | | Horror | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In this game, the player controls Lord Belial, a man who was condemned by an evil demon to spend the rest of his days fighting for his life. Knowing that he is doomed one way or another, the unfortunate hero decides to go out with a bang, and take as many monsters as possible with him. Despair gives him strength: perhaps he will even be able to postpone his death?..Zombietron 1 – Cemetery Guy is a rather simple "old school" shooter in top-down 3D, in which the protagonist tries to survive the onslaught of endless hordes of monsters. The game features 28 types of hostile creatures scattered around 15 randomly modified levels. The graphics have a slight cartoon-like edge. To complement the action, a simple experience points evolution system enables the player to boost the hero's statistics, as well as buy and upgrade weapons and armor. |
| Chameleon | 2005-10-19 | Cenega Publishing, s.r.o. | Silver Wish Games | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | You will become a chameleon, an agent without a past who is able to stealthily infiltrate any place in the world. Searches for killers take you to various places locations - the poor Moldova, Afghanistan in the midst of dangerous wild fighting between the Soviets and the Mujahideen and to Lebanon, where the Israeli army carried a crack down on Arab terrorists.The gameplay is mainly focused on stealth and fighting. To meet the challenges, you will be using spy equipment (a device for night vision, binoculars, minicam, jimmy or camera). Some of the necessary gadgets are picked up automatically before a mission, while some of them can be added according to the player's taste or game style.Of course, there are weapons including pistols (i.e. Desert Eagle, Colt 1911), machine guns (i.e. MP5, AK-47, MiniUzi, Dragunov) and even mini-crossbows.However, the player can choose an action approach in the mission if the proper gadgets are available. Enemies can be tough so using stealth is sometimes more viable than shooting. Paralyze or choke can be used to dispose of an enemy to surpass critical passages in the game.The player decides what weapons to use and how depending on the situation. Sometimes a head shot is the faster solution, but it should be chosen very wisely or it may mean the big difference between life and death.In short, Chameleon is more stealth than action game but in case you like a challenge, grab a gun and shoot them "all". |
| Serious Sam II | 2005-10-19 | 2K Games, Inc. | Croteam | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Comedy | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Serious Sam II is the sequel to Serious Sam is an equally un-serious first-person shooter with everything blown out of proportion. It offers huge levels with hundreds of opponents, funny worlds with various themes, a vivid colour palette, lots of big guns and some of the largest bosses around (including a giant gorilla, bee, skeleton, dragon and robot). Sam "Serious" Stone must fight through the minions of evil mastermind Mental to collect the five pieces of a medallion which will allow him to harm Mental himself.The game is based around DOOM's more simple approach to gameplay with a dose of old school game design featuring score, a life-count and extra lives. The outrageous enemies come in waves, dozens at a time, ammo for the basic weapons is plentiful and action almost never ceases. Sometimes a dinosaur, various vehicles (including a flying saucer) and static guns can be mounted to lay waste to Mentals hordes. Weapons include a revolver, shotgun, circular saw, plasma gun, sniper rifle, Uzi, rocket launcher grenade launcher, mini gun, canon and a serious bomb. The game's engine combines support for a high model count on screen at any given time with a long draw distance.
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| SpaceStationSim | 2005-10-20 | Vision Videogames, LLC | Vision Videogames, LLC | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Space Station Sim is a simulation game set on the International Space Station. The player takes on the role of Mission Control, giving orders to the station crew, and overseeing the completion of various missions. The astronauts have a wide variety of tasks they can perform, including (but not limited to) research, repair, exercise, eating, and enjoying themselves.In addition to keeping the station running smoothly, the player must ensure both the physical and mental health of the station crew. To support the crew, the player can launch supplies, experiments, internal components, and new modules for the space station. The player can also rotate crew on and off of the station, as necessary.The game allows customization of the station (through components and modules), astronaut skills, and astronaut appearance. |
| World Champion Billard feat. Gustavo Zito | 2005-10-20 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | Artematica Entertainment | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | World Champion Billard featured by Gustavo Zito is a pool simulation which features eleven variants, e.g. Goriziana, Snooker or Eight-Ball. As with most similar games the most important part of the game is the careful planning of every shot. The player either can use the keyboard or the mouse for adjusting his cue. When using the latter he also simulates the hitting process by moving the mouse.The game features a training mode, exhibition matches and a career mode where multiple championships are played. Whichever mode the player uses, he has to choose between one of the 28 unlicensed players and the 27 tables in nine locations. An arcade mode and a simulation mode conclude the important settings. |
| Bridges | 2005-10-21 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Bridges is a puzzle game where the player must connect all the islands together with a net of bridges. The bridges are all straight vertical/horizontal lines that cannot cross each other. A number on each island indicates how many bridges are connected to it. A pair of islands can be connected via one or two bridges (or more, depending on the game mode). |
| Crazy Machines: New From the Lab | 2005-10-21 | Green Pepper | FAKT Software GmbH, Novitas Publishing GmbH | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is the third entry in the Crazy Machines series, which are similar to the The Incredible Machine series.In these games you solve puzzles, called "experiments", by using a large variety of gizmos, such as candles, basketballs or generators. You use this items to create a chain reaction which helps you reach your goals, e.g. blowing out a candle or start a machine.In comparison to its predecessors there aren't many differences. It features some new devices and 101 new experiments. It doesn't need "Die Erfinderwerkstatt" or "Neue Herausforderungen" to run.In 2007 the translated version of this game and its successor Crazy Machines: Der total verrückte Tüftelspaß were used to create the second English entry of the series, Crazy Machines 1.5: More Gizmos, Gadgets, & Whatchamacallits. |
| Guild Wars (Special Edition) | 2005-10-21 | NCsoft Europe Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Guild Wars Special Edition offers the following features:The Guild Wars game.
The Guild Wars Soundtrack by Jeremy Soule (Music CD)
An access code for the Guild Wars mini-Pak Soundtrack expansion (ingame Music upgrade; exclusive to this game package)
An activation code to receive 7 normal skills, 1 elite skill, 1 rune and 1 weapon upgrade for free (PvP characters only)
A 70 pages long art book, called The Art of Guild Wars Book 2
A 600 mm by 360 mm folded map of Guild Wars' game world Tyria |
| LEGO Builder Bots | 2005-10-21 | LEGO System A/S | Retro64, Inc., Snap2play | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Ken Holewczynski | | | | Windows | LEGO Builder Bots is a simple action game based on the popular construction toy. Using the mouse, the player controls a giant crane or catcher device that extends down from the top of the screen. This device is used to catch falling LEGO bricks of a certain color, either blue or red depending on the color of the crane's arm. Collecting six bricks of a given color will create a robot that starts building a sculpture at the bottom of the screen. The goal is to complete the sculpture as fast as possible by building as many robots as possible.Robots break down quickly, requiring the player to keep creating robots by collecting bricks. The crane's arm will randomly change colors after some robot completions, requiring the player to collect red bricks instead of blue bricks or vice versa. There are also falling power-ups that can be collected such as a wider scoop for the crane that makes collecting bricks easier. There are over 30 levels in the game, with each level featuring a unique sculpture to build. |
| Meccha Golf: Kaigan de Nice Shot! | 2005-10-21 | Unbalance Corporation | Telenet Japan Co., Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Meccha Golf series of 3D golf games feature cartoony characters and bright, colourful courses. They feature character customization, online multiplayer, and an online leaderboard. Each of the three standalone games features similar gameplay in a unique course. This game, Kaigan de Nice Shot!, presents a golf course on a beach. |
| Taimanin Asagi | 2005-10-21 | Black Lilith | LiLith | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | In the near future, demonic beings live among the citizens of Japan. An elite group of ninjas with supernatural abilities known as the Taimanin is used by the Japanese government to eliminate demonic threats and reduce their influence in the mortal world. One renowned Taimanin, Asagi Igawa, is called back into action when multiple fellow Taimanin are murdered. The party responsible is suspected to be a terrorist organization commanded by Oboro, a brutally sadistic enemy of Asagi. While investigating the case, Asagi and her sister Sakura are captured by Oboro and forced to participate in the Chaos Arena, an illegal underground fighting arena, where they are subjected to a world of humiliation and pain.Taimanin Asagi is a hentai visual novel with graphic scenes of rape and torture. The player periodically makes choices that determine the outcome of the story. There are multiple endings. |
| The X Factor Sing | 2005-10-21 | Black Bean Games | Milestone s.r.l. | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | X-Factor is a single and multiplayer singing game. In real karaoke style, songs appear on your screen and you have to sing the right words at the right time. Onscreen indicators inform you what pitch you need to maintain at any given time. Hit the right notes for the right amount of time, and you'll get high scores.As the focus of the game is the TV show atmosphere, special attention has been paid to select a variety of video clips of judge comments and special performances of the show. This way, players need to struggle to achieve a good result and are awarded with special contents from the show. The game also contains Party modes in which players compete by playing a selection of humorous mini-games.Both versions of the game are bundled with a USB microphone.The tracklist of the game features songs like Superstar (Melanie C.), Shiver (Natalie Imbruglia), Is there something I should know? (Duran Duran), Is this the way to Amarillo? (Tony Christie), and many others. |
| UFO: Aftershock (Collector's Edition) | 2005-10-21 | Cenega Publishing, s.r.o. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is the collector's edition of UFO: Aftershock.There is no difference in the gameplay and no bundled software. However, it comes with a poster, a short comic telling the story just before the intro sets in, a deck of standard playing cards with illustrations from the game, and a piece of fan fiction. |
| Jewel of Orion | 2005-10-23 | | Jake Birkett Computer Solutions Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Jewel of Orion is a vertical-scrolling space shooter. Use the arrow keys to move and the Z key to fire. Destroy moons and aliens for points. After each level, your fire power is increased. If you are hit three times, you lose a life. Lose all three lives or get through the tenth level and the game is over. |
| Cloud | 2005-10-24 | USC Interactive Media | USC Interactive Media | Action, Adventure, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Have you ever wanted to fly amongst the clouds? In the skies above a series of small islands you will get the opportunity not only to fly amongst them but will also get a chance to manipulate them. Whether it's collecting them, redistributing them into shapes or even if you manipulate them into causing rainfall it's up to you.
This tranquil game with four levels was developed with the Game Innovation Grant from the Division of Interactive Media at the University of Southern California School of Cinema and Television. The player controls the main protagonist in his flight paths via mouse and keyboard. You are given free rein as to doing the missions in game or just free flight. Because this game was made for a school project it is offered completely free.
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| Vietcong 2 | 2005-10-24 | 2K Games, Inc. | PTERODON, Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | Asia, Cold War, Historical events | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | In this sequel set in 1968, the setting moves to the Urban Jungle. Two campaigns, the Vietnamese and Americans fight in this first person shooter campaign. The game uses a similar graphic engine as the first one. The game plays out as a standard War First Person Shooter.The game takes place during the Vietnam War. A time period of the Tet Offensive launched by North Vietnam. You are a one-man Rambo, avoiding sniper shots from enemies. The game has a movie-like quality with various cutscenes and colorful dialogue from squadmates. |
| Call of Duty 2 | 2005-10-25 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Infinity Ward, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | Tank | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Call of Duty 2 is an installment in the series of war-themed first-person perspective shooters. The game is trying to recreate the big military operations of World War II (Defence of Stalingrad, invasion in Normandy and German-British war in North Africa).Developers from Infinity Ward divided Call of Duty 2 into three campaigns (Russian, British and American) and put into the game a lot of new features (e.g. no health indicator, option to complete mission objectives in different order). Expanded multiplayer modes are also available. |
| Call of Duty 2 (Collector's Edition) | 2005-10-25 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The sequel to Call of Duty is here with more of what the first one had. There are more of everything like battles, tanks, troops, and explosions. The game is powered by a new COD2 engine which shows off realistic graphics combined with seamless gameplay.This edition of Call of Duty 2 includes:
Call of Duty 2
Select single-player Mission Walk-thrus with DVD-style developer commentary (historical authenticity, game tips, points of interest)
Play-by-play recounting of legendary assault of Pointe du Hoc, as told by Ranger Len Lomell, the actual decorated veteran and hero who lived it
Interviews and voiceover session footage of in-game voice actors whose credits include Band of Brothers
Behind the scenes with Infinity Ward, discussing development of Call of Duty 2
Concept art gallery (Art, sketches, storyboards, renders, etc.)
Game Trailers |
| Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary | 2005-10-25 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Namco is honoring its 50th anniversary by releasing this compilation of arcade classics. Using a retro interface, you check out a virtual arcade hall where you can select each classic in its original arcade cabinet.Exclusive to the Xbox version are Live Leaderboards where you can post high-scores.The 16 games included are:Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Galaga
Galaxian
Dig Dug
Pole Position
Pole Position II
Rolling Thunder
Rally X
Bosconian
Dragon Spirit
Sky Kid
Xevious
Mappy
Galaga '88 (unlockable)
Pac-Mania (unlockable)
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| RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Gold! | 2005-10-25 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation pack includes:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (base game)
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked! (first expansion pack)
It is not to be confused with RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Gold Edition, which includes the Wild! expansion instead of Soaked!. |
| Sid Meier's Civilization IV | 2005-10-25 | 2K Games, Inc. | Firaxis Games East, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Sid Meier's Civilization IV, the fourth installment of the series, starts the player, like in the previous games, with a single village in the Stone Age and has them advance from there by exploring, founding cities, researching, exploiting natural resources and eventually trading or making war with neighbouring civilizations. While Sid Meier's Civilization III put cultural influence in the forefront, this time it is religion that is put forward as a new factor underlying many aspects of the game.In addition, Sid Meier's Civilization IV attempts to streamline gameplay by removing some features (corruption, pollution) which slowed down the late stages of the game and making significant changes to the combat system so that tactical thinking plays a more important role. Units now have a single combat value instead of defense and attack values, have a special ability and can be further enhanced with experience in a player-defined way.The game also offers some aesthetic improvements such as a detailed 3D map, environmental ambiance and animated units. |
| Sid Meier's Civilization IV (Special Edition) | 2005-10-25 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This collector's edition of Sid Meier's Civilization IV was sold to people who preordered the game. It is packaged in a faux-leather box which fits very well on an average bookcase and contains the game, a CD soundtrack, a keyboard template, a tech-tree poster, and a 233 page manual. |
| World Soccer: Winning Eleven 9 | 2005-10-25 | Konami of Europe GmbH | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Pro Evolution Soccer 5 pushes the franchise one level up towards realism by expanding and improving character moves and control. Now, the match feels more real to the actual play as players make mistakes more often and passes don't go too well if the player is on the wrong foot, or makes a bad turn. The new gameplay may require slight adjustment for players to switch from older versions to this one. The standard modes are here, match mode (with newly added memorial match), various leagues, and cups. Some more teams now have their proper names (like "Arsenal" and "Chelsea"), and are having up to date players in the teams. Also, new weather condition has been added, snow. |
| Xump: The Final Run | 2005-10-25 | Psilocybin Development | Psilocybin Development | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Xump: The Final Run is a puzzle game similar to the C64 game Sensitive. It is not identical to the 2013 version of the same name, which has improved graphics, new levels, music and supports more platforms.Your goal: with your bot Xump you will have to remove all blue tiles on platforms somewhere in the sky by moving over them. A bit of planning is required, as you can move onto such a blue tile only once. The levels have a time limit, so it is required to think quickly.Apart from the blue tiles the game also contains solid grey tiles that won't disappear, teleporters to move between two locations, dark blue tiles that have to be visited twice and arrows that will automatically push you into the arrow's direction. |
| Euro Club Manager 2005-2006 | 2005-10-26 | Bryo Srl | Waywardxs Entertainment S.R.L. | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Together with an updated database featuring 15 leagues, the game simulates all main European leagues plus all main national and international club cups. Euro Club Manager 2005-2006 is a football management game featuring a new browsing system showing for the first time in the series a new Stadium Building Simulation, Training Camp, Players Insurance and Supporters Simulation. |
| Mall Tycoon 3 | 2005-10-26 | Global Star Software Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | In this third entry in the Mall Tycoon series, you will once again be running a mall. Place stores, attract customers, and keep the place clean. New to this release are over 20 challenges, which include tutorials and various timed missions. Of course, the sandbox mode returns as well, and you can keep playing any of the missions after completion. Also new is the ability to construct custom stores. You can control the appearance and layout for maximum effect. Finally, the graphics have been improved, and the shoppers are more expressive. |
| Best of Sierra: Action | 2005-10-27 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the following three shooter games:
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - Developer's Cut
Men of Valor
Tribes: Vengeance
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| CarJacker: Hotwired and Gone! | 2005-10-27 | New Media Generation | Kozmogames Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Fighting, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | CarJacker: Hotwired and Gone! largely draws inspiration from the Grand Theft Auto series but with simplified gameplay. The player commands an unnamed protagonist in an unnamed city. Starting as a taxi driver he soon comes in contact with a crime boss for whom he has to complete various missions. There is no story to the game, instead it is sequence of different tasks played one after another. The goal of each mission is shown in a loading screen before starting.The game offers a free-roaming environment in a single city with different buildings and locations, traffic and pedestrians. During the missions the scope is limited because all missions have a time limit. Only the final bonus mission, where the player is awarded luxury cars, can be played without any restrictions. The player can move around on foot or in cars that can be stolen. The game is controlled from a third-person perspective with an optional inside view while driving a car. Movement is done through the keyboard while the mouse is used to steer, zoom and rotate the camera.By performing missions or beating up people the player earns cash. This can be used to repair a car or get gas as all cars only have a limited supply. This is shown in the bottom right corner of the screen while the bottom left corner shows a mini-map of the city to view gas stations, targets or police cars when a tracker has been installed. In the different missions the player will need to steal cars, install trackers on police cars, race another character, kill an entire opposing gang or escort the boss. While moving around on foot, the protagonist can beat up other character or use any of the three available weapons: a pistol, a uzi gun or a wrench. The wrench can also be used to remove the wheels from stationary cars to immobilize them.The city is constantly patrolled by the police, in cars and on foot. They do not act upon traffic offences or ramming cars, but only start bothering the player when he runs over innocent people, beats them up or rams a police car. The protagonist is never arrested, instead they shoot him down or ram his car until it explodes. Cars suffer visible damage until they blow up but they can be repaired in gas stations in exchange for cash. Unlike the GTA games there is no wanted level. As soon as the attention of the police is attracted, the entire force will come into action until the player manages to shake them off. While on foot it is possible to bribe police officer to make them go away.The difficulty level is fairly unbalanced as the driving AI almost makes it impossible to complete certain missions. Cars also regularly get stuck behind nooks of buildings and passengers sometimes refuse to get inside cars. AI cars will also only stopped when blocked by other cars and run over the player right away when there are no other obstacles. The city largely exists of generic buildings, with some distinct locations such as a graveyard and a China Town district. |
| Im Namen des Gesetzes | 2005-10-27 | RTL Playtainment | Exozet Games GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Im Namen des Gesetzes is based on the German TV series of the same name. The aim of the series is to entertain as well as to educate and help to understand the German judicial system.The game is a 3D point-and-click adventure and the player has to help in solving a criminal case. The player has to look for clues and has to help to bring the case to trial. As this is also an educational game he gets a lot of information about the German judicial system and is confronted by typical problems that can arise in a criminal case. The player has to deal with other investigators, the prosecution, the defense and of cause with the judges.During the course of the game the player will encounter a number of characters from the TV series. |
| Sniper Elite | 2005-10-27 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | Historical events, World War II | | | | Mature | | Windows | Sniper Elite is a third-person action strategy game with a focus on sniping. The player takes on the role of an American agent working for the OSS (the organization that later became the CIA) stationed in Berlin at the end of World War II, tasked with preventing the Russian troops from getting hold of the research Germany had been conducting into nuclear weaponry. As an elite sniper, the style of play is much less run-and-gun and much more about finding good positions, lining up shots and taking out the enemy before he even knows where you are.The single-player campaign takes place over 28 missions set in and around Berlin. Players use stealth tactics, and things like wind and background noise can be a factor when lining up shots. When a shot is performed particularly well, players are rewarded with a 'bullet cam' which follows the bullet in slow-motion from gun barrel to target.The game also includes a multi-player mode with a number of different game types. |
| Xanadu Next | 2005-10-27 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Xanadu Next is an entry in the Xanadu series of action RPGs. It casts you as a young adventurer recently arrived to the outskirts of the abandoned kingdom of Xanadu, there you hope to raid the dungeons and make a name for yourself, however you get tricked early on and now a curse lays over your head, turning your quest for adventure into one for survival.The game is played from a mouse-driven third-person perspective from which you issue orders to your character. Gameplay consists of the usual dungeon crawling and leveling up, with some added puzzle solving sequences and lots of boss battles to overcome. You can find unique items all over the world and trade them at the local shop back in town, as well as find ancient treasures, buy unique "cards" that grant your character special abilities and learn the lore of the long-forgotten Xanadu. |
| Fate/hollow ataraxia | 2005-10-28 | Type-Moon | Type-Moon | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Half a year has passed since the events described in the previous game. A female Irish magician named Bazett Fraga McRemitz, a master in the 5th Holy Grail War, wakes up on the fourth day of said war with a new Servant, Avenger, with no recollection of what has happened before. After proceeding to participate in the battle, she and Shirō Emiya, the protagonist of the first game, discover that they are stuck in a four-day time loop, and decide to find out what is causing that.Like the first game, Fate/hollow ataraxia is a visual novel. The interaction in the game is confined to occasional instances when the player has to make a choice during a narrative, determining its subsequent development and eventually the ending. The game features scenes with explicit sexual content. |
| Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None | 2005-10-30 | Adventure Company, The | AWE Productions, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Interwar | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | This is the video game adaptation of one of the world's most renowned mystery stories, written by the illustrious author Agatha Christie and originally published in 1939 under the name Ten Little Niggers and again in 1940 as And Then There Were None.The story from the book: eight strangers receive an invitation to a gala party and go by boat to an elaborately decorated mansion on an isolated island. Shortly after their arrival, a storm develops leaving them, along with 2 servants, stranded on the island for several days until the weather permits the return of the boat. Soon, all 10 learn why they were brought here... to die as punishment for committing murders themselves! When the storm subsides and the boat returns, the boat's captain finds the murdered bodies of the 10 people in different locations on the island.The game changes the original story to include the boat's captain, whom the player portrays, trapped on the island with the 10. The plot includes additional sub-plots, conversations and situations so that players are directly involved with the fate of the guests and themselves.Interact with the others, explore the mansion and the island, and solve adventure-type puzzles. There are multiple endings depending on how many of the guests you succeed in saving as well as how quickly. Can you save any of the guests in time and live to tell the tale? |
| R.I.P. | 2005-10-30 | White Elephant Games | White Elephant Games | Action | Top-down | | War | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | As either Death, Halloween, or Rock-n-Roll, the player must man a stationary turret in the war against von Pigman's Other World Army. In each of the forty levels, swarms of advancing enemy soldiers and dogs need to be mowed down, using a bevy of weapons. Bonus skeletons drop these when shot, as well as shields, health packs, explosives, and other surprises. By clicking the items, or holding the cursor over them for a short while, they are activated. Only the last picked up weapon can be used at any given time. It is possible to ricochet bullets off rocks, or shoot the explosive barrels found in many levels. Killing enemies yields experience points and when the experience meter fills up, the player can improve their combat skills, such as the chance to freeze enemies.Besides the story mode, the game also features a rush mode where the goal is to survive as long as possible. There is a less violent toned-down kids version included as well. |
| Vampires Dawn 2: Ancient Blood | 2005-10-30 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Vampires Dawn 2: Ancient Blood is the successor to Vampires Dawn: Reign of Blood. It is a German freeware RPG created with the RPG Maker.The plot continues the events of the predecessor, in which the three vampires Valnar, Alaine and Asgar killed Vincent Weynard and stopped his holy crusade against the vampires of the world. Afterwards they found a mysterious magic book with which Asgar, the evil vampire of the trio, wanted to conquer the world. To stop him Valnar and Alaine killed their comrade. When a vampire is killed his spirit goes to something like a vampire hell where they suffer enormous pain forever. But Asgar finds a way to return back to life... Meanwhile Valnar and Alaine have decided to live peacefully among the humans. To complete their happiness they decide to have a daughter and that's where they cross the life of Nyria and her little sister Jayna. They turn Jayna into a vampire and live happily together, at least until Asgar appears. Summarized, he pulls Jayna on his side and uses the magic book to destroy the world and convert it to a state of the past. This new old world is ruled by evil magicians called the Elras and their enemies, the clan of the holy warriors which owns nine pieces of a powerful spell. The Elras want this spell, the clan wants to keep it and now Valnar and Alaine are ordered by a mysterious prophet to get them if they want to restore their own world.In some parts of the game you control Nyria, who tries to orientate herself in the suddenly changed world but most of the time you follow the plot of Valnar and Alaine who are soon supported by Asgar again. The look of the game is similar to the early games in the Final Fantasy series. You wander and later fly as a bat over a world map, where several towns, castles, dungeons and secret areas can be found. When you find a new area or enter a town the perspective changes from top-down to isometric and you can explore the area, where you can talk to people, buy weapons, armour and healing potions. Some people have quests for you. When you help them with their problems you get rewards and more importantly experience points.For killing monsters you get experience points as well. You meet them as random encounters on the world map or in areas outside of towns. At the beginning of each battle you can choose if you want to fight on your own or let the computer do everything. The fights occur in real-time. When the time bar is completely filled you can use items, spells or simply use your weapon on your enemy. For every spell a specific amount of blood is needed. You get blood by drinking blood potions, which can be bought later in the game, killing animals or simply broaching humans or your enemies.Being a vampire has several advantages. You can't die (you can always be revitalized), you can read the thoughts of humans and convert people to useful items or to vampires who fight for you.
Your main quest is to get the nine pieces of this mysterious spell. These pieces are hidden in the catacombs of nine castles possessed by the Elras and the Clan. Before you can look for each piece you have to find a key for the catacomb and more importantly conquer the hostile castles. To defend your own castles and conquer new ones, you need armies. For this task you can hire cheap but weak mercenaries and create vampires.On a tactics screen you decide which castle you want to attack and choose your fighters. The conquests run automatically and after being successful you control the local area and collect taxes from the townspeople. That's why you shouldn't convert every person into a vampire. Eventually nobody is left to pay you...Asgar's castle is your headquarters. If you don't want to use one of the rare save stones, you can save the game there by paying five souls (for every killed enemy you get a soul), restore your health points, plan the conquests, hire mercenaries, buy blood potions, torture prisoners to win information, take money from your treasury, create new spells or improve some of your skills like lockpicking or finding secret passages. The game features more than 700 different maps, hundreds of different spells and monster types and in total six different endings - two for each difficulty level. |
| Asea | 2005-10-31 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Kraisoft Entertainment | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | Naval / watercraft | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Asea is a tile matching game with three modes, where the player has to make straight lines of three or more lilies of the same color to make them disappear. The flowers float on a pond overlaid with a grid of hexagonal slots. The player can only move a lily to other slots, or switch lilies, when the action creates a match. Black flowers can't be matched, and golden lilies give extra points when used.In quest mode, the objective is to unblock the path for a small cargo boat by eliminating lilies. The ship has to gather three items, scattered on the scenery surrounding the grid. The slot with a boat waypoint shimmers to indicate the next anchorage port. After getting all the items, the ship must reach the exit to travel to the next level.In puzzle mode, the goal is to clear the screen completely of lilies, by matching them in a logical way until there's none left.In arcade mode, the objective is to achieve the highest score possible within a time limit. Each successful match adds a few seconds to the timer. |
| City of Villains | 2005-10-31 | NCsoft - North America | Cryptic Studios, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | | | Direct control | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | City of Villains is both the first expansion for City of Heroes, and a standalone game. In it, you can play a villain, rob banks and fight heroes, all while advancing your own schemes. You can also form Strike Forces to take out heroic threats, create Villain Groups and make hidden lairs and headquarters.City of Villains is an MMOG, and requires an Internet connection and a monthly charge. |
| Agent Hugo | 2005-11-01 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Hugo, the TV troll from the Danish television series, is on his way to start his first day at the espionage agency R.I.S.K. (Risky Intelligent Spy Knights) when he is attacked by members of the sinister organization SUSPECTRA. Their plans are threatening the entire city, but Agent Hugo soon discovers there is even more at stake.The game is played as a platformer with racing elements. Agent Hugo can use the R.I.S.K. Aquapolis boat with heat-seeking missiles and nitro acceleration. It can also dive and regular weapons can be used. While avoiding mines, the vessels can launch boomballs to blow up energy facilities, knock out enemies and open gates. Hugo can also swim and board other types of boats. On land, he has to either attack or sneak past enemies, with several disguises to stay undetected. When discovered, a meter starts to fill up. It can only be depleted by shaking off enemies and finding a hiding spot.During his mission Agent Hugo meets members of R.I.S.K, such as Agent 01 & 02, professor W, Ms Alltobright and Honeybunny. Villains include SUSPECTRA chief Dr Nogo and the local bosses of the districts: Kizzi Mi, Oddjaw and Max Schmertz. |
| Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2 | 2005-11-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Sand Grain Studios | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2 is a hunting game focused on linear story-based gameplay, instead of the freeform hunting of the main Cabela's line. You will hunt 20 animals, including lions, tigers, and bears, across 12 main levels, and 4 hidden levels. There are three difficulty levels, and a slow-motion ability to help line up shots. Keep your eyes open; there are secret stumps in each level, which if shot can unlock extra levels and other items. In most levels, you will be assisted by a native guide, who will both draw the attention of the local wildlife, and assist you in killing them.The story features you, a world-famous hunter, who has just found out an old friend, Bullseye Bill, is missing. Retrace his steps around the world, helping other people along the way. |
| Char | 2005-11-01 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In Char the player takes control over 22 year old Mack, who on a Thursday night decided to
dust off his old NES and play some old games. The NES doesn't work, Mack goes berserk and kicks it repeatedly until it explodes. When Mack comes back to his senses he discovers that he is trapped inside the NES-unit. The player starts with 9 lives and a machine gun and must now get Mack back into the real world. The backdrop for each level comes from various NES-games (such as Castlevania and Super Mario Bros). Not all enemies are hurt by the players weapon but the ones who are will turn into a rain of coins when they die, collect 200 of these coins to gain an extra life. This game was written in C++ using Allegro. |
| City of Villains (Collector's Edition) | 2005-11-01 | NCsoft - North America | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Ever wanted to play the bad guy? Your time has come with the sequel to City of Heroes. In this massive multiplayer game you get to put your evil plans into work against those do-gooders. Now suit-up and wreak havoc.Included in this edition of the game:
City of Villains
The Art of City of Heroes and City of Villains Book
14 day free trial City of Heroes
14 day free trial Lineage II
City of Heroes Trading Card Pack - 22 individual cards
City of Heroes LIMITED EDITION Trading Card individually wrapped
Web of Arachnos - NOVEL flyer from CDS Books
1 EACH Exclusive City of Heroes/City of Villains HeroClix:
Positron
Manitcore
Ghost Widow
Black Scorpion
Statesman with cape
Captain Mako
LIMITED EDITION City of Villains HeroClix
Lord Recluse
City of Heroes/City of Villains HeroClix Game Map
Full color 144 page manual
Thirty days Free game play
Quick reference guide |
| Cross Racing Championship 2005 | 2005-11-01 | Graphic Simulations Corporation, Merscom LLC | Invictus Games, Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | Tamás Kozák | Windows | CRC 2005 mixes rally and road racing in one single game, with very different vehicles, and racing circuits, of which there are 65 across six distinct environments. Appealing to both arcade and simulation racers, the game features real-time physics with visible damage and extensive options to finetune your vehicle, both visually and in terms of performance. The game blends autocross, rally cross, off-road, dirt-track, rallying, road racing and circuit racing, and you will need to adjust your vehicle accordingly.You can enter a full, non-linear career mode or practise in quick races and time trials. Unlike many other rally games, your opponents race along and can be hindered. Multiplayer is available through TCP/IP, LAN and the traditional hot-seat mode.CRC 2005 supports custom music and sounds, skin modding and custom add-on multiplayer gamemodes, with dev kits to create your own maps and cars. |
| DD Poker 2 | 2005-11-01 | Encore Software, Inc. | Donohoe Digital LLC | Gambling | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | Contemporary | | | | Teen | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | DD Poker 2 is an updated version of the original DD Tournament Poker, a Poker game simulating the No Limit Texas Hold'em variant.The biggest change is the addition of a multiplayer mode. Just like in the previous game's Tournament mode (now relabelled "Practice") it allows to play various pre-defined tournaments such as the "World Campionship '05" or create a custom one by setting things like the number and level of players, buy-in, rebuys, add-ons and blind levels.Further noteworthy changes in this version include the addition of new opponent AIs and advisors, player statistics and an odds calculator tool.The Poker Night mode, a helper tool for physical poker games with other people, is available again, in addition to the known in-game help system and some cheat options for learning, e.g. to show the winning hand or take a peek at the opponent's cards (only available in "Practice" mode of course). |
| Fairies | 2005-11-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | FunPause | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You wish to gain the power of a wizard. To do this, you will need to release and collect power from fairies that have been captured in bottles.Fairies is a match three puzzle game. Using your mouse, slide the rows of fairy jars until you get a group of three or more of the same color. This will then release their fairy dust, which is collected and weighed. When the scale is full, the level ends.There are four modes of game play. Adventure moves you from one level to another, where the backgrounds can change, and it is timed. Classic mode still has the scale but it is not timed. Relaxed mode has no scale or timer. You just play. Playback mode has six groups of fairy jars. The computer will light them and play a tune in a certain order. You must then click the same order. |
| Friends: The One with All the Trivia | 2005-11-01 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | Artech Studios Ltd. | Educational | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | This game challenges player to answer a series of multiple-choice questions about characters and events of the 10 seasons of Friends. There are six different question categories: Relationships, Shake-ups and make-ups, Work and play, Memorable moments, Friends of friends, Wild card. Game also includes six different question types: Next line please, Says who?, What are they talking about?, The one with..., Timeline and Which friend?Beginning of each game, player is assigned to a floor of the Friends apartment building. When you answer questions correctly, the windows on your floor will light up. When your floor is completely lit, you move into Central Park where you will answer a final, game-winning question. Game uses combination of friends video and audio clips. Game is hosted by Maggie Wheeler, James Michael Tyler, Elliott Gould and Christina Pickles. |
| Inokashira Line Simulator 2 | 2005-11-01 | RealRailway | RealRailway | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Inokashira Line Simulator 2 is a commuter train simulation of a trip between Eifukuchō and Kugayama on the Keiō Inokashira Line. The game itself is a flash movie (five to be exact, one between each station) that the player controls the speed of. At the right side of the screen time and remaining distance to the next station can be seen. Care must be taken to ensure that the train arrives on time at each station and that the train stops within the designated stop zone. Being too late or driving past a station means game over.After a successful trip the performance of the player is evaluated based on driving time, stop position and comfort level. |
| Jack's Crazy Cong | 2005-11-01 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Jack's Crazy Cong is a traditional jump-and-run game. It features more than 30 levels; additional levels can be downloaded from the level database. The gameplay is suitable for younger kids. The game interface uses the keyboard and mouse as well as a joystick.The player takes on the role of Jack, whose task is to smooth down Cong, the ape, and to do that he must collect all of the bananas. Cong throws things like barrels or sends fire or bees to stop Jack on his way. By getting power-ups Jack can fight against these things to get to his target and get the ape.As a special bonus there are three more full version retro games on the CD: Crazy Quader, Z. Zapper and Holiday Puzzle. |
| Navigatris | 2005-11-01 | SheepArcade | SheepArcade | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | | Naval / watercraft | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Navigatris despite its title has very little to do with being a Tetris clone. It can be most aptly described as an inlay puzzle with the figures being well-known blocks from Tetris.The game consists of three big chapters. In each chapter, the player takes control of a seafaring vessel and must achieve the point of destination. During the course of the journey the ship will be constantly damaged. The player's duty is to repair all the cracks with the Tetris blocks appearing in the lower part of the screen. Time is limited and the more damage the ship receives, the less her speed will be. Each level has additional conditions: bad weather (bigger cracks), short journey (less time), or bad morale of the crew (blocks are appearing rarely).Three chapters take player through three epochs: Ancient Egypt, Industrial Era, and Modern Day. The game doesn't take itself seriously and features a good dose of humor, which is evident in the preface story to each level.
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| No More Stumpie-Wumples | 2005-11-01 | Bay 12 Games | Bay 12 Games | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | A chilling program than can more plainly be described as a "murder simulator" than most that have enjoyed that sobriquet, No More Stumpie-Wumples casts the player as some bored and psychopathic godling, free to summon Stumpie-Wumples, cute little proto-men with careers and families, and subject them to one of four mortifying ends: an acid bath, incineration by blowtorch, the guillotine and mangling in factory gears.Before you send them to their momentarily-distracting doom by dragging and dropping with the mouse, the game gives you a short briefing on the everyday life of your selected Stumpie-Wumple; after sealing their fate, it questions your mental state.Ex-Stumpie-Wumples are represented on-screen as skulls or discoloured versions of their original selves, and, adding insult to injury, their remains can be subjected to further indignities. When the slate of available Stumpie-Wumples has been wiped clean, another course can be summoned with a mere left-click... but really, if any of this appeals to you, no amount of it will satisfy. |
| RTL Skijumping 2006 | 2005-11-01 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | 49Games GmbH | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The 2006 edition of this winter sports franchise covers the 2005/2006 season. The player can either start as a team manager or as a talented young jumper. There are 41 new settings and over 800 voiced commentary lines to rate the jumper's performances and provide in-game announcements. Jumping can be done in different game modes, including summer challenges and crew-based jumps.This version includes a tutorial, 3 difficulty levels in the career mode, 3 different leagues to compete in, a revised shop and training system, and a new sponsor system, where a contract provides a monthly income. Next to various tweaks to the physics, graphics and animation, it is also the first part in the series where the player can jump from a first-person perspective.The game includes a Quiz Games mode to test your knowledge about the sport in 500 questions. |
| Shrek SuperSlam | 2005-11-01 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Shaba Games LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting, Platform | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Shrek SuperSlam is an intense brawling game that challenges the wacky characters from the Shrek universe to beat each other up and slam them across a variety of arenas. All the regular Shrek crew is included, such as Shrek, Donkey, Fiona, and Puss n' Boots, along with some newcomers such as Cap'n Hook, the Black Knight, and Quasimodo the Hunchback.Each character has their own special moves that capture the humor of the franchise (such as Shrek's "Green Storm" gas bombs), and the environments are colorful, filled with odd weapons, and highly destructible.Players have the option of following a story mode (where Donkey tells his half-breed Donkey kids a strange bedtime story), or just participating in straight-up brawls or minigame-like challenges. Multiplayer, of course, is a big focus on the game, and it allows up to 4 players to slam each other all day long. |
| Sleepy Head | 2005-11-01 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Sleepy Head is a classic arcade-game. The player has to direct the sleepwalker “Sleepy Head” through more than 60 levels back to his bed without awaking him. He has to take care for any dangers on the way, like possibilities to fall down or any nightmare-creatures.The gameplay is easy, the graphics are not scary so the game can be played by younger children. Control is handled by mouse, joystick or keypad. |
| Space Empires IV Deluxe | 2005-11-01 | Strategy First, Inc. | Malfador Machinations | Strategy | Top-down | | | 4X | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Space Empires IV Deluxe is an enhanced version of Space Empires IV Gold, which was already an update of the original SE IV game. It is a futuristic turn-based strategy game, with extensive modding options, a political system, resource management, exploration, ship design and warfare. The base deluxe version has been patched to version 1.93 (1.94 for the Steam release), and contains new graphics, a new sound system which no longer requires the CD, bug fixes and feature additions. |
| Star Wars: Battlefront II | 2005-11-01 | LucasArts | Pandemic Studios, LLC | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot, Space flight | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | A second helping of Battlefront provides all the same multiplayer action with an added level of spice, and plenty of new content.Along with an updated assortment of multiplayer maps based upon the Star Wars Saga, including Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, you now have the opportunity to fight as some of the greatest heroes, including the Skywalker family, Darth Vader, Yoda, The Emperor himself and Princess Leia, among others. An expanded single player campaign has you fighting as Vader's 501st Legion of troops, fighting in the Clone Wars as the undercurrent of evil, soon to be known as the Empire, takes its place in the Galaxy.Now you can also take to the stars in specially developed multiplayer levels where your skill in an X-Wing or TIE-Fighter come to the fore. Defeat enemy ships and destroy the heavy cruisers and capital ships to achieve victory, or land within enemy territory and blow up a Star Destroyer from the inside. |
| Starters Orders 2 | 2005-11-01 | Strategic Designs Ltd. | Strategic Designs Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | www.startersorders.com (from Ad Blurbs)Starters Orders 2 is the latest in the acclaimed 'Starters Orders' series of horse racing management games and now replaces both Starters Orders 1 (John McCriricks Starters Orders) and Starters Orders Pro as our current premiere racing strategy game product.
Breed your own horses, plus detailed
and realistic training methods.
Vast, dynamic horse racing game world
with thousands of horses.
Easy
to play alone, with friends or others in the online league.
Fields of up to 30 runners.
Hundreds of world-wide premiere races such as the Melbourne
Cup and the Breeders Cup.
Dynamic never ending horse racing game world. Play season after
season.
Free Horse Racing Game Demo available (play
a week of racing at Doncaster - unlimited play!).
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| Strength & Honour | 2005-11-01 | Magitech Corporation | Magitech Corporation | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | Strength & Honour is a strategy game similar to the Total War series and is set in the ancient world. After choosing a campaign the player needs to manage his cities. He needs to
build up the cities infrastructure to satisfy the people's wishes for food and education and simultaneously built up an army. Politics involve choosing the right governors, neutralizing opposition on the own country and diplomatic relationships to other nations. The so-called "philosophies" influence how the people think and act, e.g. militarism is good for the army but bad for the spiritual part of life. This part of the game is turn-based.As soon as a battle occurs the game switches to real-time combat. At first the player chooses the units and their formations. Then he basically tries to destroy the enemies by issuing attack orders. Of course there are also tactical maneuvers possible, e.g. by using ranged attacks or using forests. There are overall eight nations, e.g. Rome and Egypt. If the player doesn't like both parts he also can play just one - either by letting the CPU calculate the real-time combat or using the "historical fight" option which includes real-time combat only. |
| Taito Legends | 2005-11-01 | Empire Interactive Entertainment, SEGA of America, Inc. | Taito Corporation | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Taito Legends consists of 29 of Taito's arcade games from the 80s and early 90s, including:Battle Shark
Bubble Bobble
Colony 7
Continental Circus
Electric Yo-Yo, The
Elevator Action
Exzisus
Gladiator
Great Swordsman
Jungle Hunt
New Zealand Story, The
Ninja Kids, The
Operation Wolf
Operation Thunderbolt
Phoenix
Plotting
Plump Pop
Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2
Rastan
Return of the Invaders
Space Gun
Space Invaders
Space Invaders Part II
Super Qix
Thunder Fox
Tokio
Tube-It
Volfied
Zoo Keeper
Operation Wolf, Operation Thunderbolt and Space Gun all lack light gun support, but a gun cursor is placed on screen, in which the user can move around and manipulate.Extras include video interviews with Space Invaders creator, Tomohiro Nishikado and Bubble Bobble creator, Fukio Mitsuji. 3D Models of Arcade Cabinets and Original Arcade Flyer Artwork is also included. |
| The Butler Did It! | 2005-11-01 | Draconus Entertainment Ltd | Draconus Entertainment Ltd | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Butler Did It! is a mystery/detective adventure game which tests the player's skills in the art of deduction, logic and investigation. The premise of the game is strongly influenced by Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes and Clue.The game takes place in an elaborately decorated hotel in the Swiss Alps where the wealthy and influential vacation. One such guest is the French detective Jacques-Louis Barajean, the main character. It is up to Jacques-Louis to solve a murder that has just occurred by questioning all of the guests in the hotel, gathering clues and evidence.The difference between this and other "who-dun-nit" games is the time-limit factor. Called a "coffee break" game by the developer, each game lasts approximately 10 minutes. Replaying the game reshuffles the scenario with a new victim, suspects and accomplices so the game is never the same twice. As many as 16 people can be in residence at the hotel depending upon the season of the year. The difficulty level (selected at the beginning of the game) determines how many guests are available during the current game. The game ends when time runs out, the police are called and the murderer is taken into custody.Completely controlled by mouse in point-and-click fashion, various icons are used for movement and zooming in to look at something closer. Clues are recorded into the Detective's notepad as they are discovered. Choosing the proper tone during an interrogation (Aggressive or Friendly) can determine how much information will be divulged by the person being questioned.The shareware version of The Butler Did It! is much shorter with only one scenario and the fewest number of suspects. |
| The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer | 2005-11-01 | THQ Inc. | Heavy Iron Studios, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The Incredibles: Rise of The Underminer is the sequel to The Incredibles. This game continues where the Pixar movie of the same name leaves off. The Underminer has risen from the ground and players can play as both Mr. Incredible and Frozone to defeat the Underminer and his army of robot minions. Mr. Incredible uses melee combat moves and strength to navigate the level while Frozone uses his freezing powers to defeat enemies. Two players can play at the same time or the console can play one of the characters for the player.
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| Turkey Hunter 3D | 2005-11-01 | | Beachware, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Save the day from the Turkey Invasion! Play through five separate levels of eye-popping 3D animated graphics and sneaky turkeys. Test your shooting skills as the turkey horde invades the farmyard, the suburbs and even the city. Clear as many turkeys as you can before the clock runs out. See if you have the hunting skill to save the day. The high score wins. Let's just hope it's not the Turkeys with the high score, or Thanksgiving will never be the same! |
| Worldwide Soccer Manager 2006 | 2005-11-01 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | Everyone | | Windows | Worldwide Soccer Manager 2006 is the second installment in the Football Manager series by Sports Interactive. The game allows the player to play the role of manager in most of the national soccer championships held around the globe, while handling as few or as many aspects of the game he wishes. It contains 270,000 personalities consisting of players, managers and team staff, and 5,000 teams from 50 different countries.New features include:
Half-time Team Talks to boost the morale of your players.
In-game tutorial for the first time in the series.
New injury module.
One-on-one interaction with unhappy players.
Manager contracts.
Touchline commands shouted during the game.
Height and weight statistics for players.
Referee profiles to see who's harsh and who's not.
Instant replays. |
| Disney's Chicken Little | 2005-11-02 | Buena Vista Games, Inc. | Avalanche Software LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Based on Disney's film, take part in Chicken Little's adventure as he and his friends, the Misfits, tries to save the world.The game begins with Chicken Little missing his school bus and it's up to you to help him get to school. There are a total of 24 levels and you must complete a set of objectives in each one before being able to advance to the next. By collecting Buck Cluck Trading Cards in each game level, you can purchase Minigames at the Minigame Store to play with a friend. |
| Rhem 2: The Cave | 2005-11-02 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Rhem 2 takes place immediately where the first game left off. However, it is not necessary to have played Rhem 1 first since all of the information you need to play this sequel is given to you at the beginning of the game.Kales and his brother, Zetais, have found entrances to underground territories in the world of Rhem. As the game begins, Zetais gives you the first piece of a star-shaped key which will open a portion of the subterranean caves. Your mission: To fully explore the pathways and caverns below the surface of Rhem .. to find all of the pieces of the key .. and, finally, to find and photograph a mysterious disk that Zetais wants to examine.Rhem 2 is an adventure that relies heavily on solving puzzles to advance the story. The majority of the interaction entails working with electrical cables which will ultimately restore power to the various parts of the world. Players will encounter logic and mechanical puzzles, those dependent on colors or numbers as well as an open/close door maze-like puzzle. Manipulation of some puzzles requires locating specific clues about them in other parts of the underground caves.This sequel, like its predecessor, features a point-and-click QuickTime interface in first person perspective. Various cursors appear for navigation and interacting with the environment. Screen load transitions can be adjusted to suit the players taste and style of play. Ambient sound effects can be heard throughout and motion effects can be seen. The prerendered graphics are preset for 32-bit color / 800x600, and there are no options to change resolutions. Video-quality cut-scenes feature real actors and actresses. Inventory appears in a separate screen, which is different than the first game. Ten save-game slots are available and are saved by number without the option to customize. |
| Skoki Narciarskie 2006 | 2005-11-02 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Metropolis Software House | Simulation, Sports | Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control, Motion control | | | | Windows | Skoki Narciarskie 2006 (Spring Winter 2006) is the last instalment of the Dobra Gra series, video games about ski jumping released mainly in Poland between 2002 and 2006. Like in the previous title, the player uses the mouse to hold indicators in proper locations before the take-off, both mouse buttons to perform a take-off, the mouse is moved to control ski jumper in air and finally both mouse buttons are used to land.The game contains most of ski jumping hills used in season 2006 of the Ski Jumping World Cup and its variants (for example, the game contains Bischofshofen normal hill K-125 which is featured in season 2006, but also K-65 hill which is not featured in that season).There are several modes with Career mode as main one, divided into "Solo mode" and "Coach mode". In "Solo mode", the player can choose whether to start as an adult or go through junior ski jumping championship and when achieving success, move up in hierarchy of national team squad, to C, B and the main A team. In "Coach mode", the player has to take care of accommodation and transport of the team to events during the season. There is also a possibility to train ski jumpers, talk to the press and find sponsors. Local, hot seat multiplayer is supported. |
| Neverwinter Nights: Diamond | 2005-11-03 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Neverwinter Nights Diamond is an updated compilation of Neverwinter Nights products sold on a single DVD. It includes Neverwinter Nights, Shadows of Undrentide, Hordes of the Underdark, and Kingmaker. The game installation is updated up to version 1.66 for this first run of the compilation. Contents of the box include the game DVD and a quick install guide. The manuals are contained on the disk in Adobe PDF format. |
| Medical 91 | 2005-11-04 | Takuyo Co., Ltd. | Takuyo Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Setting | Windows | In the near future, computer and AI technology has advanced to the point where robots and androids live and work alongside humans. However, while war has all but ended, terrorism is on the rise, and in particular, there have been an increasing amount of robot uprisings in recent years. To combat this threat, the government has established strict regulations forbidding any robots capable of emotion.Yuna Fubuki is the newest intern at Arion Medical Center, a prestigious and advanced medical facility. However, Yuna has a secret: she's actually a highly-advanced android built to be indistinguishable from a real human. She has come to AMC along with her creator, robotics prodigy Souji Saegusa, to put her abilities to the test. She must train and work as a nurse for three months without anyone discovering that she is not actually human. However, AMC holds its own share of dark secrets, and things aren't going to be simple for Yuna.Medical 91 is a Japanese-style visual novel. The majority of the game is spent reading and listening to the story unfold, though Yuna will often be given choices that will cause the story to branch in varying ways. At many points, it is possible to move freely throughout the hospital to speak with the other characters on numerous subjects, with the story only proceeding once the proper conversations have taken place. There are also certain segments where the player must choose locations to escape pursuit, as well as avoid capture in a timing-based minigame. |
| Knights and Merchants: The Peasants Rebellion | 2005-11-05 | TopWare Interactive, Inc. | Joymania Development | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Medieval | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Knights & Merchants: The Peasants Rebellion is the official mission disc for Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom. It is standalone and contains the campaign from the original game as well as a new campaign, with 34 missions in total. Also included is a skirmish mode. |
| Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space | 2005-11-05 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Digital Eel | Action, Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | The sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite Space, Weird Worlds is a desktop starship game set in a randomly generated universe. The player begins their session by selecting a military, science, or pirate-themed mission and then choosing a 10, 20, or 30-year voyage. Players also determine the strength of enemy races and the amount of nebulas which clutter the starfield.The game plays out over a starfield (larger or smaller depending on the length of the mission). The player begins at Glory, an Earth-type planet, and then uses point-and-click commands to travel to other planets. Each planet has a unique description and may contain rare artifacts or upgrades for the player’s ship. Planets may also be guarded by alien races, house intergalactic swap meets, or act as bases for mercenaries waiting to be hired by the player.While the player begins with one of three ship types, each ship is fully customizable with a wide range of armor, equipment, and weaponry. Hiring mercenaries opens up a fleet management option, enabling the player to set a formation or swap equipment from ship to ship. Mercenaries may simply escort science vessels on their way towards exploring weird new worlds and meeting strange civilizations or, in pirate or military-themed missions, become part of a devastating flotilla.Weird Worlds features tactical space battles, where ships engage enemy vessels, using hard points to knock down enemy shields and weapons systems. Weird Worlds is also full of random events, from supernovas to secret quests beyond the initial mission parameters. Weird Worlds is intended to be played in a single sitting, usually taking twenty minutes. Players are rewarded for exploring worlds, meeting alien races, acquiring alien technology and artifacts, and—above all—returning before the time limit. In addition to the core game, Weird Worlds has a tutorial mode for new players and a tactical battle simulator. Weird Worlds also supports mods.
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| X³: Reunion | 2005-11-05 | Enlight Interactive Inc. | EGOSOFT GmbH | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Mike Lewis, Thomas Maier, Klaus Meyer | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | X³: Reunion is a space trading and combat simulation that continues the story of X²: The Threat. The war with the mysterious Khaak still rages at the borders of Argon space, where the weakened defending forces try to stop the expanding invasion. But a new, even bigger menace arises in the endless darkness of space.Like its predecessors, the game features free-form gameplay, allowing the player to completely ignore the main story of the game (actually there is an option to play the game without any story at all). There are several ways to earn money or reputation - mining asteroids, trading, building player-owned stations, fighting against pirates or becoming pirate oneself, and so on. only to name a few. With a large variety of ships and equipment, the player can build (or capture) a whole customized battle and/or trading fleet. |
| Earth 2150 Trilogy | 2005-11-07 | TopWare Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains the original Earth 2150 game and its expansions The Moon Project and Lost Souls on one DVD.The Edition 2004 offers in addition the Earth 2150 Developer Kit and lots of other Bonus materials, like Wallpaper, Screensavers, Trailers etc.The manuals for all three games are available only as PDF Adobe files. |
| Flying Leo | 2005-11-07 | GameHouse, Inc. | Beep Industries | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | Fantasy | Flight / aviation, Helicopter | | | | | Windows | Take to the skies aboard one of Leonardo da Vinci's legendary flying machines in Flying Leo. As the titular Leo you will get to choose from a glider design or a helicopter design and fly through numerous levels collecting treasures and bonuses. Flight is aided by wind currents visible on screen which will give you lift or direction. The glider is only capable of using the currents for air but the helicopter has the added ability of vertical lift with a mouse click. Some of the things you will encounter in the levels include treasures such as coins and treasure chests that you will have to fly through to pick-up. Bonuses in the levels range from; coin attractor's which will draw treasures to Leo, to invincibility spheres which will protect you from enemies. Lastly the enemies in question range from; Pegasus, giant birds and serpents to cannons firing at you. The one other thing to be on the lookout for, naturally, is the ground. Once you've collected all you need for the level you must guide Leo through the giant mirror to advance to the next level.
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| Lost in the Nightmare | 2005-11-07 | Cool Blue Game Studios | Cool Blue Game Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Private detective Burak Güney travels to Karabalta Town to investigate the disappearance of three university students who were camping in the woods. When he arrives in the town in September 1988, he soon discovers that the event is linked to an old tale about "The Lost One", still haunting the villages.Lost in the Nightmare is an AGS adventure designed with pre-rendered 3D graphics using Valve's hammer editor for Half-Life. To solve the mystery, Güney needs to explore the surroundings and talk to the villagers. Many strange events occur and the sense of direction is often lost. The emphasis is on the storytelling, and puzzles are only implemented to provide an extra challenge. The game contains extreme graphical violence, with torture and haunting scenes. Based on your actions during the game, there are different endings. |
| Out of the World | 2005-11-07 | MyPlayCity.com | DRON Software | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Being inspired by Diablo and Crimsonland, the game presents a mixture of Shooter and RPG. You get into the not-too-distant future, when the humanity depleted nearly all resources of the planet. The environment was polluted causing the mutation of the biosphere. You take a role of a lieutenant of the detachment sent to suppress a rebellion of the slaves in South Africa. A violent storm brakes after 5 hours of flight causing the shutdown of all devices and reducing visibility to almost zero. The helicopter crashes after 4 hours in the unknown place. That's the beginning of the game. The game has 2 modes: "Campaign" - it's the main mode presenting the plotline with quests etc. "Survive" - the main idea is survival. You get the map of the area where you are to fight with immortal enemies. Your aim is to stay alive as long as possible; the records are registered in the table. At campaign's start you are to register a character's name that will also be the name of the file when you save the game. When using this mode, the game will be saved at the transfer to another map. |
| Gun | 2005-11-08 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Gambling, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Regional differences | | Fighting, RPG elements, Shooter | Western | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Wild Wild West meets Grand Theft Auto in this free-roaming action game. Set in 1870, you are Colton White, a young gunslinger whose father is killed by an Indian tribe led by Reverend Reed. Just before passing away, your father hands you a token and reveals you are not his son. Sworn to avenge his death, you pursue the killers and unravel the secrets surrounding the item. Although you are on your own, temporary alliances can be formed with townspeople, Apaches, and posse members, but watch your back as they can turn against you.The main storyline, written by Hollywood screenwriter Randall Jahnson (The Mask of Zorro, 1998,) is linear. You will have to fight duels, defend towns against bandits, help build railway tracks, intervene in various conflicts, and kill heavily-armed bossed. There are also many side missions or alternative ways to earn money. You can play poker in the casino, help out farmers with their livestock, assist the local sheriff, or deliver items with the pony express. Other possibilities include bounty hunting, regular hunting for rare animals, mining for gold, and various rescue missions. The RPG elements involve acquiring and improving skills, such as QuickDraw (shown in Bullet Time,) Zoom Firing, Melee Combat, improved accuracy, the ability to throw axes, and strategically equipping and upgrading different weapons. There are hand weapons (knives, tomahawks, bayonets), archery arms, explosive throwable items, and regular guns, such as sharpshooter rifles, colts, and Winchesters. Some are earned during the missions, others can be bought and sold for cash in the towns.The GTA reference is reflected in the main means of transportation: horses. There are different animals to find with extensive movement options. Go on wild chases, spurt, gallop, do skid attacks, or trample your enemies. Give them some rest from time to time, or you will wear them down to death. In the melee combat, you can do roll maneuvers, use objects to provide cover, grab your opponents, and even scalp them. You are free to steer away from the main storyline and explore the giant landscape, with towns, deserts, mountains, wilderness, and caves. |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005-11-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts UK Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is an action-adventure game that follows the story of the fourth movie and book of the same name. In addition to the usual challenges and dangers that Harry, Ron, and Hermione need to face, the Triwizard Tournament will be held at Hogwarts and mysteriously Harry is in the tournament!One to three players control Harry, Ron, and Hermione (the computer controls the remaining characters for one and two-player games). Played with a third-person view, you will need to complete numerous game levels which feature a variety of action and puzzle-solving as well as completing the three tasks in the Triwizard Tournament and facing Lord Voldemort. Each character has magic spells that can be used to help out, and additional spells can be learned as you make your way through the game. Occasionally all three characters will need to work together to complete a task, such as moving a particularly large object or defeating a tough opponent. During the game you will come across Bertie Bott's Every-Flavor Beans; collecting these can help out by restoring stamina or magic powers. Additionally, at the end of each level, the Beans can be used to purchase collector cards; these are used to increase a character's abilities. |
| The Matrix: Path of Neo | 2005-11-08 | Atari, Inc. | Shiny Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Matrix: Path of Neo is the second video game developed by Shiny Entertainment based on the Matrix trilogy. This time you get to play as Neo himself, starting from the day agents came to take him from his office, through the race against the clock with the machines digging towards Zion, to the final battle against Agent Smith.Like in the movies you'll start out as the untrained Thomas Anderson, and with the training and events of the movie your skills grow, enabling you to do complicated combos and take down upgraded agents.Although the game follows the events of the trilogy, there are some missions that come as an in-depth look of events only spoken briefly in the films. |
| The Movies | 2005-11-08 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Lionhead Studios Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Have you ever wanted to try running your own movies studio? The Movies gives you that opportunity by putting you in the shoes of an aspiring movie mogul starting in 1920s Hollywood. Hire directors and actors for your films, ensuring they get enough acting/directing practice to ensure they'll give their best performances. Be careful not to stress them too much though or next thing you'll know, they'll be drowning their sorrows with alcohol (or food). Don't forget to recruit builders, janitors, film crew, scientists, scriptwriters and personal assistants too, they're also just as important to ensuring the success of your studio. Once you've hired the actors, directors and ancillary staff you require to make movies, you'll also need to construct places for them to work and relax. A majority of your studio lot will be occupied by sets of one of five genres (Action, Sci-Fi, Horror, Romance and Comedy) which you can research and then build to be used for filming your movies. While your scriptwriters are making the final touches to that 5-star film script, you can get your directors and actors to practice their roles on the set. Eventually the script is complete and you must then decide which actors and directors would make the best fit for the film as the game takes into account not only how much experience the actors/directors have, but how good-looking they are (important for actors) and how well they get along with the rest of the crew. Filming then starts and it's your job to make sure that the actors and directors don't throw tantrums on the set or this could adversely affect the quality of the movie (not to mention prove expensive due to delays). Usually you would do so by making sure they pay a visit to the bar or restaurant beforehand (but don't make this too often or else they may get addicted and a visit to the Rehab Centre is in order)!When the last scene is finally shot, your movie is then ready to be released to the world! Keep an eye on movie critic reviews to gauge what can be improved next time you make a film if you want to ensure your studio isn't making B-grade movies indefinitely! |
| The Movies (Premiere Edition) | 2005-11-08 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This edition of the game includes:
The Movies
Costumes: 10 exclusive star costumes that can be used in The Movies game
How to Make a Great Movie mini-guide: Tips on advanced movie making
Music: 20 track soundtrack from the game. All playable in CD players and on you PC using your audio software
Background Art: 56 exclusive concept art images
Movies: 5 trailers from the "This Is Hollywood" series |
| The Sims: Complete Collection | 2005-11-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a collection of the original Sims games, all in one release.The compilation includes:
The Sims
The Sims: Livin' Large
The Sims: House Party
The Sims: Hot Date
The Sims: Vacation
The Sims: Unleashed
The Sims: Superstar
The Sims: Makin' Magic
Bonus in-game items from the Deluxe and Double Deluxe editions.
The Sims Creator tool which allows the player to customise and create new Sims. This tool allows the player to import their own face onto a Sim.The UK CD release of this compilation comes in a slipcase that contains two game packs and a manual. The first game pack is a three panel folding cardboard wallet that installs The Sims: Deluxe Edition, which is the basic Sims game together with the Livin' It Up expansion pack and the Sims Creator. It also contains a third disc with the additional bonus content and a patch for the Deluxe version.The second game pack is a nine panel cardboard foldout with the remaining six expansion packs. The first three: The Sims: House Party, The Sims: Hot Date and The Sims: On Holiday are all on single CDs. After the installation of these, the player will be asked to provide both of the Sims install discs from game pack one so that the Sims Deluxe Game Updater can update its installation files.The player is not asked for these discs following the installation of the remaining expansion packs: The Sims: Unleashed, The Sims: Superstar and The Sims: Makin' Magic, each of which comes on two CDs. |
| The Sims: Expansion Three-Pack - Volume 1 | 2005-11-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | 3 of The Sims expansions packaged together.The Sims: Unleashed
The Sims: Superstar
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| The Sims: Expansion Three-Pack - Volume 2 | 2005-11-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This package bundles 3 expansions for The Sims:The Sims: Hot Date
The Sims: Vacation
The Sims: Makin' Magic |
| World Championship Poker 2 featuring Howard Lederer | 2005-11-08 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Point of View, Inc. | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Teen | | Windows | World Championship Poker 2 Featuring Howard Lederer is a poker simulation featuring fourteen types of poker, including Texas Hold'em, Five Card Draw, Seven Card Stud and Pineapple. WCP 2 supports both online and offline play. Online, you play poker with up to seven other players. Offline play includes Quick Play mode for a fast game or a more extensive Career mode where the players begins his career as a low ranking upstart living in their mothers basement. As the player advances in their career, they encounter real professional poker players, including Greg Raymer, Clonie Gowen, Amir Vahedi, Paul Darden, Robert Williamson III, Matt Savage, and Annie Duke.Using WiFi, you can use the PSP version to play against PS2 players. The PS2 version supports EyeToy to add your own likeness to the game. AI players have their own playing style, emotions and they react to the events. In-game commentary is provided by Matt Savage. |
| Prodigal | 2005-11-09 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Prodigal is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.Story:
The player takes the role of Jacob. His parents died in an accident years ago. His younger brother Mike informed him about their death, but when Jacob arrives Mike and most of his parents property is gone.Some time later Jacob gets a desperate phone call from Mike. Mike wants to meet with Jacob in a park where they used to play together. Mike tells about a cult he is involved in and gives him a golden symbol named Aegis.About a week later Jacob gets called by the police. They have found Mike's car on a lonely road in the forest, but no trace of Mike. Jacob takes the Aegis with him and begins to investigate the whereabouts of his brother.The game contains horror elements and the player will see blood in many scenes, although there is almost no direct violence. |
| The Winter Rose | 2005-11-09 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Winter Rose is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. A once lush land with forests was devastated by an ice dragon. His breath froze everything and turned the land into an icy wasteland with few survivors. Among them is the main protagonist Rose, a female archer. She wants to put an end to the ice dragon and tries to find a way to beat him. There are quite numerous occasions where you can die if you are not paying attention. |
| Atari Collection: Racing | 2005-11-10 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Atari Collection: Racing is the fifth compilation from the Atari Collection Series. This compilation is dedicated to racing games.The following three games are included:
Dethkarz
Driv3r
V-Rally 3 |
| Die Siedler: Das Erbe der Könige - Gold Edition | 2005-11-10 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The German Gold Edition of Heritage of Kings: The Settlers contains the main program and the two expansion sets The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - Expansion Disc and The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - Legends Expansion Disc.
Additionally included is the original soundtrack, four new single-player maps and a collectable figure of the black knight "Kerberos". The knight can only be found in the first edition of this compilation. |
| PC Fútbol 2006 | 2005-11-10 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Gaelco, S.A. | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | After the bankruptcy of the legendary Dinamic Multimedia, PC Fútbol saga was interrupted for 4 years. But Gaelco recovers the saga with PC Fútbol 2005 and this second release.PC Fútbol is a football managerial game with different game styles. You can take an equip from the beginning or play the manager mode waiting and selecting offers from the equips.You can trade and train players, make strategics, build the stadium and services, select sponsors, sell merchandising and lot of more.But not only have the managerial aspect, you can play the matches too with the simulator. There is 3 ways to play the matches: viewing the final score, playing like the manager giving orders or playing like a traditional football simulator.And, of course, it includes an incredibly big database with the data of all well known football players around the world. |
| SAS Anti-Terror Force | 2005-11-10 | Davilex Games B.V. | Atomic Planet Entertainment Limited | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Anti-Terror Force is a first-person shooter by Dutch development group Davilex following the exploits of the British SAS, the French GIGN and the German GSG9.As a member of the special operations force of your choice, you will undergo four training exercises - arms, physical training, siege training, and defensive tactics - before being placed into the field to deal with a number of hostage situations.The sieges, true to Davilex's knack of using real-life locations, all take place in real locations, beginning with 10 Downing Street, and moving along to the French Elysée and the German Kanzleramt. Although you could be forgiven for believing that this game wants to be realistic looking at the use of real services and real locales, this game makes no claims as such. In fact, arcade action is the order of the day here, and while the real SAS, GIGN and GSG9 are busy with discreet, minimal casualty operations, here you'll be blasting away with aplomb. |
| Space Hack | 2005-11-10 | | Rebelmind | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | Action RPG | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Overpopulation on Earth has made governments pass a restrictive law established to force people off the planet. Playing the role of a convicted space marine, the story puts the player on a space ship full of prisoners en route to a distant planet when it becomes trapped inside a cosmic anomaly known as Black Nebula and shortly afterwards attacked by beings also trapped within.Space Hack is a Sci-Fi Action/RPG game with Diablo-inspired gameplay mechanics, presented in isometric real-time 3D graphics. The game doesn't use classes, instead it allows the player to develop a character in any direction wished for by increasing the character's 4 primary characteristics (Strength, Dexterity, Knowledge and Endurance) which in turn will effect his secondary characteristics and influence his close and ranged fighting abilities. |
| The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - Complete | 2005-11-10 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Heritage of Kings: The Settlers (base game)
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - Expansion Disc
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - Legends Expansion Disc |
| Virtual Skipper 4 | 2005-11-10 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Nadeo SAS | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Virtual Skipper 4 is a sailing simulation game and sequel to Virtual Skipper 3. With four different boats you can sail 12 different locations in various different weather conditions. The game has a dynamic ebb and flow and weather system. You can participate in a number of races against other boats. Said races can be analysed later through replay movies.Included sailing areas are those from the previous game (La Trinité sur Mer, Sydney, Isle of Wight, San Francisco, Auckland and Porto Cervo) and six new areas, namely: Marseille, Valencia, Rio, Vancouver, Qing Dao and Napoli. It is also possible to change the waterways of those areas to once own desires. Online you can race against other players or in teams. |
| Big Kahuna Words | 2005-11-11 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Return to the reef for some awesome word-making and to get totally righteous fish for your viewing pleasure.Big Kahuna Words is a word game set in the Big Kahuna Reef landscape. Use your mouse to click a series of letters to form a word. They do not have to be in a straight line but they must be next to each other without crossing. The words must be at least three letters long. The object is to form words whose letters are over the wooden crates. This will remove the wooden crates and clear the level. If there are metal plates, these must have words created over them twice to clear them.Some letters are locked, with a box around the edges. These letters can be unlocked by using them in a word but they can only be the first letter of the word. Sometimes, you will have spaces with a green star instead of a letter. These are wild cards and can be any letter that will make a word. If there are no words you can form over wooden crates, you can use the volcano to clear and replace all letters on the board. |
| Fallen Lords: Condemnation | 2005-11-11 | OnGames | Novarama Technology S.L. | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Fallen Lords is set in the Land of Dead, where three armies: Angels, Demons & Dead Souls are eternally fighting for supremacy.The game is like the movie "Gladiator" but with the camera on your shoulders: an action game in which you take part of huge battles with hundreds of warriors while you give orders, cast magic spells, ride vehicles, etc.The core gameplay themes are:
- Fighting: hundreds of weapons, 12 unique warriors, Tekken-style combo system
- Magic: +30 spells, 3 different magic schools
- Troop commandment: you can quickly give orders to any unit on the map in order to do a frontal attack, a side ambush, protect you, ride a vehicles, change formations,...
- 6 Light & Heavy Vehicles: from a fast ride-able Shai to a slow but lethal Wyvern skeleton.In Single Player mode, you can select which army you want to command and take to the final victory. The story for each side is chronologically simultaneous, and so re-playing the campaign with a different army will show us a new perspective over the same conflict.In LAN/Online Multi-player mode you can play any of the three modes available:
- Arena: where you use a unique character and try to beat all enemies in a close combat.
- Battle Mode: where you can replay the most important battles of Fallen Lords Universe against a "friend".
- Conquest Mode: where you can set up your own army and try to conquest and hold a central node.What's shocking on multiplayer modes is that, even if you are only 2 friends in a game, there are hundreds of units moving around, fighting and obeying your orders. |
| PC Sudoku | 2005-11-11 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Sherwood Media S.L. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | David Font (synchmzr), José Luis Cebrián Pagüe | | | | Windows | This sudoku package offers two games modes: Traditional and Kids. Traditional games offers matrices of 9x9 cells, while the Kids mode is simplified to 6x6 cells subdivided within 3x2 blocks and some cells contain drawings. Both modes have the traditional sudoku gameplay where players need to fill in mathematically correct numbers from 1 to 9, but the Kids mode shows the possibilities as large buttons.The game comes with a multilevel generator to create random sudokus based on five difficulty levels. Game help is provided through advice, fill-in pencil marks, highlighted cells and warning of conflicts. The sudokus can be printed out to solve on paper and there are timed games to go for a high score. A brief history of the game and general instructions have been included as well. |
| Red Baron | 2005-11-11 | Davilex Games B.V. | Atomic Planet Entertainment Limited | Action | Behind view | | | | World War I | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Red Baron is a action oriented flight game set in World War I. The player uses his input device to control the bi- respectively triplane directly. The game features 24 missions divided into two campaigns. Typical goals are the bombing of targets and neutralizing of other planes. There are four pilots to choose from; each with different strengths. During the combat the focus lies on dogfights and flight maneuvers. |
| ShtyrliTz: Otkrytie Ameriki | 2005-11-11 | 1C-SoftClub | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy, Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements | North America | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | ShtyrliTz: Otkrytie Ameriki is a point and click adventure game starring a fictional Soviet spy. The inventory can be found in the top left corner of the screen and some items have to be combined to be usable for solving puzzles.The story mocks the plot of The Terminator movie: Müller has created his own version of the internet which he is plotting to use to start a nuclear war. ShtyrliTz has been hired by the American government to find a woman named Lara Sonnor whose son would save humanity in the future. Lara is living in an isolated ranch and has no plans of giving birth to a child so it's ShtyrliTz's responsibility to gain her trust and "help" her give birth to a child who would lead the people to win this war.In order to do that, ShtyrliTz will have to go through bars, research centers, toilets, a mental facility and an underground bunker dealing with punks, mob members, the Terminator, sexy nurses and Müller himself who just happens to be locked up in the mental facility. |
| Sonic Princess: Platinum Edition | 2005-11-11 | Software House Parsley | Software House Parsley | Compilation | | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Sonic Princess
Sonic Princess: Sonic Dive
Both games are pre-patched and updated to the latest version for the time of release. |
| Bridge Baron 16 | 2005-11-12 | Great Game Products Inc. | Great Game Products Inc. | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Bridge Baron 16 is a digital adaptation of the Bridge card game. This version has improved bidding and play compared to earlier versions and new options for leads/signals/discards, including odd/even, Lavinthal, Smith Echo, Journalist, and 0-or-2-higher.There are 24 new Bridge Challenges providing 192 problem deals in total. There are four new Bridge Tournaments, including the 2005 Cavendish at cross-IMPs. There are nine new bidding conventions, including Walsh, Robinson, various Notrump Runouts, and Inverted Bergen Raises. |
| Clouds Kingdom 3 | 2005-11-12 | Crobasoft Interactive | Crobasoft Interactive | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Clouds Kingdom 3 is a fighting based platform game, where you play as a ninja named Jikah. The game has 16 levels where you fight robots, avoid cannons and jump over gaps. The game has 4 chapters, and each chapter have 3 levels, and a boss at the end.The point of this game is to fight enemies, you can do that by using your many skills. You will start out with a sword, throwing stars and double jump, but as you progress through the game, you will learn many more abilities, all of which will help you in fighting the enemies, as they become harder and harder.Clouds Kingdom 3 is all about finding your arch enemy. Jikah and his arch enemy, Sinith Majoo, have been fighting since Clouds Kingdom 1, and they're now about to face each other in a final battle.The game also has an online high score board, so you're not just playing to finish the game and defeat Sinith Majoo, you're also playing to top the score board.The game is controlled with the keyboard. The resolution is also changeable, from the settings.exe file. |
| Albatross18 | 2005-11-13 | GameFactory Inc. | Ntreev Soft Co., Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person, Behind view, Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Albatross18 is a casual online multiplayer golf game. Players can play in family mode (up to 4 players on one computer), versus mode (2 to 4 players on-line with all players watching the action as each person takes each shot) or tournament mode (where up to 30 people can compete on-line for trophies where each player's view of the game is largely focused just on their own round, resulting in a quicker gaming experience).Players earn in-game money (pang) through good gameplay and shots, which can subsequently be used to buy various items (new clubs, golfballs, or even one-off items to affect a single shot), clothing (which are primarily present to increase player statistics), or even entirely new characters and caddies, each of which again have differing statistics (Power, Control, Accuracy, Spin and Curve).Completely free to download and play, players can however opt to pay real world money (which translates to in game 'cookies') which can then be used to buy items and equipment that cannot be purchased in any other way.With content updated every week (including new items, courses, clothing, or even seasonal promotional events), the different servers in the various territories are invariably noticeably different in exact content. |
| Movie Business | 2005-11-13 | | | Simulation | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | official game website (from Ad Blurbs)Movie Business is an economic and strategic game in which the player has the opportunity to play the role of a film producer. His tasks will include finding / creating a scenario for the future production, supervising the production process itself, from raising funds through the selection of cast, director and studio. Preparation of a marketing campaign as well as reaction to various events that may happen during production and affect the film itself, relations with the creators or the entire game world.Finally, the premiere comes when the film is judged by the critics and the audience (in the form of Box Office). Here you can also thank the crew, organize the premiere event, and give interviews to the press. If your production is really good, you have a chance to win prestigious awards. If your production is successful, you can think of a sequel or even the whole universe.The game offers four game modes (quick game, challenges, party mode and career) that allow you to adjust the game play style to the preferences of the players. Regardless of chosen game type, the basic game play loop (single round) in Movie Business looks similar.The time lapse is divided into rounds that correspond to the months in real time. During one month, you can perform various activities related directly to the preparation and production of the film itself, as well as several other additional actions related to various investments that the player can make.Before you start making a movie of your dreams, you must have a script. You can buy it on the open market or create it yourself from scratch. Once you own the script, you can start producing your movie based on it. Here you will have to make several key decisions, ranging from determining the target group of our production, through the selection of basic and more advanced film parameters, casting, studio selection and post-production.If you run out of cash during the production of the film, you can use the services of a bank that will grant you a loan (of course, with appropriate interest). The next stage is the possibility of planning a marketing campaign that will advertise your production with the help of various advertising media. When we have produced a good film, we may be tempted to submit it to various festivals. Winning nominations or awards there significantly affects the popularity of your production and your prestige as a producer.If you have excess cash, you can think about investments such as: employment of an assistant, the possibility of investing in a studio, or in works of art or classic cars. At your leisure, you can view the stats and trophies you've earned, as well as information on how other players are doing. When you decide that you have already performed all the necessary actions in a given round, you can end it.When all players have performed their actions in a given month, it is summed up. Then we learn about various random events that may happen to us or our productions to which the player must react. These decisions can affect not only the film itself, but also relationships with the creators or viewers. The player can also receive additional information and offers, as well as lists of "best" creators and films prepared by various magazines (Vanity Fair).At this point, when the production of your film ends, it is classified into the appropriate age category... this is the last moment to make any cuts in the form of censorship and work on post-production.At the time of its premiere, the film is assessed by critics and a monthly summary of the most-watched films is published in the form of Box Office. The results from Box Office translate into concrete financial profits for producers.The annual calendar also includes several film festivals where the best productions can be submitted by producers. Each of the several festivals available has different award categories and preferences for awarding films.At the end of the year, a ranking of the best producers in terms of artistic and business is also presented. And this is only the beginning game offers much more interesting features and unique mechanics below you will find most important of them:Some of the most unique features of the Movie Business* huge database of real talents created in support of community (thousands of creators from almost 100 countries around the world)* MovieStats web service with online stats, Box Office and possibility to propose new talents* descriptive film reviews made by critics* cult movies which are created in the game based on IMDB data* long support (first version of the game was created in 1993 on Commodore 64)* local game from 1 to 15 players* 4 game modes (quick game, challenges, party game, career mode)* 6 film festivals where the best films compete for prizes* up to 10 categories in which prizes are awarded at festivals* 10 types of artists (including actors, directors, composers, operators, music stars, etc.)* 23 major movie genres (and a dozen or so sub genres)* 31 standard challenges in challenge mode* over 150 trophies to win* over 500 months of game play during a single game (and Game+ for donors)* over 550 paintings to buy on art market (possibility to invest in art and cars)* over 4,200 real creators created with the MovieStats community* almost 6000 items from which descriptive reviews are generated* over 12,500 photos of creators (and cult characters)Also:* trade in licenses, creation of various types of sequels, cross-overs and universals* advanced options related to artists (young creators, the aging of creators - parametric and visual - availability of creators in accordance with their period of reaction, castings, contracts, etc.),* assistants providing tips and information about your films,* various production targets from blockbusters, through indie films, to niche art cinema* relationships and chemistry between creators and producers* themes, tags, quotes that you can describe your own productions* events during production that require the producers decision that affect the game world* investments in own studios, art and cars,* cult movies (reproduced in the game based on information from IMDB)* advanced descriptive reviews* 3 levels of difficulty and the ability to adapt realism to the preferences of players,* the possibility of building your own and expanding your studios,* Box Office with best movies, stats and analytic* festival galas and the opportunity to become a festival juror* bank and advertisement,* age categories,* gossip from the game world and industry press (Vanity Fair)* post-production in the form of visual filters* internal search engine for various purposes and cheat codes* online statistics on the MovieStats website* automatic update of a set of creators created with the participation of the community in MovieStats, and many more...MovieStats is a web service with player statistics, which also allows adding new creators, as well providing following items:* Box Office Online - a list of the best films produced by players in particular game modes,* comparison of challenges results (global and for individual challenges),* general statistics for individual game modes (number of games, maximum cash earned, number of movies, etc.),* general statistics for individual game modes* aggregate statistics on films, prizes and box office films of players,*- the ability to add new creators,* ranking of the most active website usersGame has annual release cycle (each year has new edition named Movie Business 2 Edition YYYY). |
| Earth 2160 | 2005-11-14 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Reality Pump Sp. z o.o. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Earth 2160 is the 3rd installment of popular Earth series.After the destruction of Earth in 2150, only few thousand humans managed to escape to Mars. They spent the next few years on the terraforming of the red planet, developing new technologies and building up new civilisations. Each of the three fractions ("Eurasian Dynasty", "United Civilised States" and "Lunar Corporation") did this separately from each other - but in the year 2160 something strange happens in this new world...The gameplay looks similar to Earth 2150 - resource collecting, expanding your own base and dealing with enemies. However, the creators added several new options to the game like virtual agents. Agents are like counsels in SimCity. They can help with unit commanding, technology stealing or improving resource gathering.Another modification is modular construction of buildings and units (you can create your own units from many smaller parts).
There were also added many improvements to the netplay such as new game modes or save game support.Foreign gamers can also easily communicate thanks to full Unicode support. |
| Let's Ride! Championship Dreams | 2005-11-14 | dtp entertainment AG | Radon Labs GmbH | Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Let's Ride! Championship Dreams is a simulation game based around breeding horses. The player owns a horse ranch, where he can choose between different professions: stableman, stock-breeder, or training to become a famous equestrian with lots of tournaments to win. There is a lot of daily work to do: take care of the horses, train them, go shopping in the next city, but also entertainment. The player can take a horse for a ride on the beach, in the forest or on the meadows. The whole game takes place in a 3D world. |
| SpellForce: Platinum Edition | 2005-11-14 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This pack includes:
SpellForce: The Order of Dawn (base game)
SpellForce: The Breath of Winter (first expansion pack)
SpellForce: Shadow of the Phoenix (second expansion pack) |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 2005-11-14 | Buena Vista Games, Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Experience the world of C.S Lewis and Andrew Adamson's book and film. Play as Susan, Edmund, Lucy and Peter from the film, and journey through the Professor's house, the forests of Narnia, and escape the attack on London during World War II. Depending on which level you're playing, you'll be able to play as at least two of the four children, although some levels require you to use all four. The four children all have different special abilities. Peter is the strongest of the bunch, so you can use him for fighting off enemies or breaking through barriers. Susan is a ranged fighter and she can throw arrows, tennis balls, and snowballs. Edmund is a decent melee fighter who can climb trees and walk on ice without breaking it. Lucy has the ability to heal the other children, go through small spaces and stand on big snowballs, and make them roll. During each level, you can switch between characters at any time.Scattered throughout the levels are coins, pink and green gems, and hidden shields that will give ratings at the end of the levels, ranging from fair to outstanding. |
| Dragon Hunters: Die Drachenjäger - Die Prüfung | 2005-11-15 | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Radon Labs GmbH | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Die Drachenjäger is a side-scrolling shooter based on the Dragon Hunter TV series. In the far future, humankind lives in the floating ruins of the destroyed earth. The main threat of these people are mutated dragons. Due to that, there are "Dragon Hunters". The only way to become one is by passing the trial, of which the game is made up.It consists of 15 levels of classic arcade side-scrolling action mixed with 3 mini games and a lot of bonus material based on the TV series. Last but not least, if you finish the game you get a "dragon-hunter" certificate, which you can print out, if you wish. |
| Need for Speed: Most Wanted | 2005-11-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Need for Speed: Most Wanted is in fact a cross between the Underground and the Hot Pursuit spin-offs. The player must gain notoriety by racing in the streets and attracting the attention of the cops in order to ascend in the Black List of illegal racers. In the end he must face no.1, Razor who tricked him out of his own car and used it to get to the top.Many racing modes are carried on from NFSU2 with the addition of "Milestones", special events where the driver must evade capture and/or disable police cars by bringing down Pursuit Breakers, specially marked buildings such as gas stations and water towers. For each one of the 15 Blacklisted opponents, the player must win a specific number of events from each of the two main types and gain enough notoriety in the process. The player can invest bet money to buy new cars or improve his existing one's looks and performance so that he remains competitive.In Most Wanted, Josie Maran replaces Brooke Burke as the racer girl. The plot is furthered through use of FMV video with live actors and digital sets, which has been heavily enhanced so that it looks quite real. |
| Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Black Edition) | 2005-11-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a special edition of Need for Speed: Most Wanted that celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Need for Speed series.This edition includes:Need for Speed: Most Wanted
2 Exclusive Vehicles - Get behind the wheel of a '67 Camaro, the only American classic in Need for Speed Most Wanted, and a specially-tuned BMW M3 GTR street machine right out of the box in Online (Xbox only) and Quick Race modes.
8 Custom Rides - Eight specially-tuned rides with hand-selected body kits, spoilers, rims, roof scoops, and more are unlocked and available for you to redline in Online (Xbox only) and Quick Race modes. Featured cars: Supra, Lotus Elise, Porsche 911 GT2, Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG, Corvette C6, Mercedes-Benz SL 500, Porsche 911 Carrera S, and Corvette C6.R.
Exclusive Pursuit Challenge - Hone your cop evasion skills in this intense Pursuit Challenge that features waves of supercharged SUV cops and the most aggressive police tactics.
3 Exclusive Races - Ignite the streets in three races created specifically for the Black Edition, unlocked and available to drive right from the start.
Exclusive and Unlocked Vinyls - Personalize your ride faster than everyone else with dozens of unlocked vinyls as well as specifically - created Black Edition-only designs.
Bonus DVD - Get under the hood of Need for Speed Most Wanted. Check out impressive vehicle showcases and an exclusive car art gallery, or view ten Need for Speed Most Wanted movies, including a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the stunning in-game cinematics with Josie Maran. A must-have for all Need for Speed fans over the last ten years. |
| Pac-Man World 3 | 2005-11-15 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Blitz Games Ltd | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Pac-Man is teleported by Orson through 15 different levels to fight Erwin, his army of robots, monsters and Spectral Entities to save the world, Pac-Land and the Spectral Realm. Erwin plans to siphon spectral energy from the Spectral Realm to power his army of robots in order to rule the world. Pac-Man uses punching, Rev Rolls, Butt-Bouncing and various new Power Pellets to defeat Erwin and his minions. Pac-Man also pilots Toc-Man in a battle against Erwin’s robot army.Joined by Pac-Man’s old enemies, Orson, Clyde and Pinky, and new friends along the way, Pac-Man adventures through different levels from a boneyard of old bots to a burning tower, up mountains, through deserts and the Spectral Realm to destroy all of Erwin’s Spectral Syphons. In this title, Pac-Man has also been given full speech, voiced by Martin T. Sherman. |
| Starship Troopers | 2005-11-15 | Destineer | Strangelite Limited | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | Do your part in war against the bugs as Elite Marauder in mobile infantry. You are given weapons like a Morita rifle, plasma rifle, shotgun and even a nuke launcher. You also get the Marauder suit that makes you much stronger than normal grunts, but puts you against hundreds of bugs without support. Remember, service guarantees citizenship. Join now!Marauder has a armor that reloads when not attacked, various weapons and support units from time to time. The main difference is number of enemies. There are usually hundreds of arachnids attacking and while most of them can be killed easily, there are some like tanker bugs which take huge amount of damage. Next to the action-based missions, there is also some infiltration.The game takes place five years after the events of the second film. The bugs are still rampaging across the surface of planet Hesperus which is mostly a desert planet, and most fights take place in canyons or Federation bases. There aren't any vehicles you can use, but there are some mounted guns to occupy. The game includes clips from the film in cinematics and mission briefings. |
| The Kings of the Dark Age | 2005-11-15 | TopWare Interactive, Inc. | Cateia d.o.o. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | The Kings of the Dark Age is a turn-based medieval strategy game with real-time battles. The game features economic aspects, military and political management, and real-time battles including castle siege. The campaign mode includes 17 scenarios played in 14 different medieval European countries. In the early missions the player must start the construction of the city of Aachen, build fortifications to protect own power in the immediate region, get rid of the Vikings and eliminate corruption. Economic aspect includes taxes, agriculture, resources, nutrition, research, trading and production. Foreign and local diplomacy may signify a military support and delivery of raw materials. The game offers a lot of random encounters such as natural disasters, hunger, disease, thieves, tournaments or stake.The battles are played in a real-time mode, comparable to a less extensive and less detailed version of Medieval: Total War. Each of 28 available units (including catapult and battering ram) is described by differing values, such as speed, attack and defense, recalculated into damage and losses. These values may be changed by the influence of the monks. The player can decide attack behavior and basic troops commands.Beside the campaign mode the game consists of single-player and multiplayer battles for up to four players. |
| UFO: Aftershock | 2005-11-15 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | ALTAR interactive | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | UFO: Aftershock is the sequel to UFO: Aftermath set fifty years later in the year 2050. After the life support system on the Laputa (read=space station or city), the peoples of the Laputa revolted against the Human Council, who tried to silence their objections. Armed conflict was soon unavoidable and the Laputa was destroyed soon after its engines exploded. The few survivors, who barely made it out alive by escaping in space shuttles, find another deserted Laputa in space. This Laputa is equipped with a landing pod to Earth, rumored to be long lost. Now you lead the remaining survivors of the Laputa and re-establish contact with Earth and the mysteries within.UFO: Aftershock is a real-time tactical squad strategy/RPG, following in the gameplay footsteps of X-Com. Gameplay revolves around the player conquering provinces around the world, research technologies and fighting-off the various enemies on Earth.Geosphere
The Geosphere (political map) allows the player to view and move the Laputa anywhere on Earth. There are 4 different time speeds selectable, from pause to very fast. Earth is divided in to 2 (two) different areas. Countries and provinces. Countries, for example France consists of (according to the game) 5 provinces. The provinces are divided into 2 (two) different types, a capital and a resource province. A capital (one per country) allows the player to access the resources of the provinces in the same country and most importantly, allows the player to build a base. Other capitals (and surrounding resources) are accessible, when the player controls that province and builds a track (road) from the starting Stuttgart base to that province.Resource provinces provide the player with one out of the 3 (three) different resources available in the game: Basic, Mineral and Alien resources, all of which are used for upkeep, creating buildings, weapons/armor and research.Diplomacy
The first race the player meets is the Human race, who provides you control over your first two provinces. Soon, the player will meet the Cyborgs and the Psionics. All three races may be negotiated for resources and new people to join your ranks. The higher the relationship with either one, the more resources and better people they offer. Assisting their provinces when they are under attack or sending resources will improve relations, while ignoring their requests or even attacking them will devastate relations. Later in the game, the player will meet a few more (hostile) races.Tactical Squads
The player is originally provided with 4 team members, which may be increased by recruiting new members from different factions. A single landing squad consists of 5 members, but later may be increased to 7 members. Each member introduces an RPG style system of statistics. Members have experiences levels, skills, and attributes. When a member levels up by reaching enough experience through missions, he/she may increase one physical or mental attribute (e.g. strength, intelligence, etc.) which will in affect, increase his/her skills (e.g. rifles, throwing, health, etc.). If his/her attributes qualify, the member may later acquire specialized training, such as Commando, Medic, etc. A member may train up to 3 different types from the available 12. A training skill may be leveled up three times, allowing unique bonuses for tactical combat. |
| Pacific Storm | 2005-11-17 | Buka Entertainment | Lesta Studio | Action, Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events, Oceania, World War II | Naval / watercraft | | | Teen | | Windows | December 7th 1941, the U.S. Pacific Navy located at Pearl Harbor became under attack by Japanese fighter planes. The Battle of Pearl Harbor was the first of many to be fought over hostile waters. As a player you can now take a part in all the major Pacific battles of second World War. Pacific Storm incorporates RTS into a major flight simulation and lets the player to play as either the U.S. or Japan during World War II. The game focuses solely to the Pacific theater of operations, from West Coast of the U.S. to China and Australia.Pacific Storm is like a board game, the strategic portion of the game divides the map into sectors. Many of the sectors are empty ocean, but there is much land too, where bases and ports can be built. These bases can then be upgraded with buildings. These buildings can then be upgraded further to get maximum advantage from their capabilities. Buildings appear in battles, so when you build coastal defences and enemy attacks, you will witness these defences in action.Handle various other tasks like recruiting personnel and assigning famous officers to various commands, to forming fleets. The player can also separate a destroyer squadron or combine it with a surface task force to create even larger attack force. The game also includes a research screen where you can choose which technologies to research. This will allows the unlocking of more powerful weapons, engines, designs and more. Of course you can purchase the technology from your allies but this costs money. |
| Playboy: The Mansion - Gold Edition | 2005-11-17 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Gold Edition contains:
Playboy: The Mansion (base game)
Playboy: The Mansion - Private Party (expansion) |
| Shoot-n-Roll | 2005-11-17 | Another Day Ltd. | Another Day Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A good guy named Fatman must set off to another adventure. His new mission is returning the magic crystal which maintains balance between Good and Evil in his world. The crystal was stolen and hidden deep within the dark dungeons of an ancient castle by the Fang Monsters, Fatman's old enemies. In order to foil Fang Monsters' evil plans. Fatman sets his way to the castle in hope of restoring the crystal and saving his world.Shoot-n-Roll is a fellow up to the five Fatman Adventures games by the same developer and many elements make comeback. The game contains over 100 levels divided over five areas. Each level consists of a single-screen platform environment with ladders. Levels are completed by collecting all coins while avoiding the endlessly respawning enemies. Fatman can shoot the enemies to take them out or slam holes in the ground to trap them.There are also bonuses. Some have a limited duration while others trigger instantly. Depending on the setting of the level, you either have to use your reflexes or wits (and sometimes both) to outsmart enemies. |
| The Sims 2: Holiday Edition | 2005-11-17 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of The Sims 2 and The Sims 2 Holiday Party Pack. |
| Die große Abenteuer-Box | 2005-11-18 | dtp entertainment AG | | Adventure, Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Like the title suggests (German for: The Big Adventure Box), this compilation contains adventure games. There are 6 full version and 4 demo games included on DVD in the box.The following full version games are included:Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria
Runaway: A Road Adventure
The Mystery of the Druids
The Mystery of the Mummy
Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths
Wanted: A Wild Western AdventureIn addition, the following demos are included as well:80 Days
NiBiRu: Age of Secrets
Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring
The Moment of Silence |
| Meccha Golf: Kōgen de Nice Shot! | 2005-11-18 | Unbalance Corporation | Telenet Japan Co., Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Meccha Golf series of 3D golf games feature cartoony characters and bright, colourful courses. They feature character customization, online multiplayer, and an online leaderboard. Each of the three standalone games features similar gameplay in a unique course. This game, Kōgen de Nice Shot!, presents a golf course on a plateau. |
| Prussia's Glory | 2005-11-18 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Boku Strategy Games | Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Turn-based wargame that lets the player relive some of the greatest battles of Frederick the Great. It is an entry in Boku's Horse and Musket 2 series and is a sequel to Dragoon: The Prussian War Machine.Prussia's Glory has five battles which may be fought in their entirety or in smaller scenarios. The battles transpire through an "Activation System" in which a commanding officer may or may not have a chance to order his troops. Each side must capture objectives before running out of turns. |
| Real World Golf | 2005-11-18 | In2Games Ltd | Aqua Pacific Ltd., In2Games Ltd | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | Motion control | | | | Windows | Real World Golf is a golfing game that makes use of the Gametrak system. The Gametrak is an external piece of hardware that is included with the game. The Gametrak can, through the use of gloves which are connected to it with tiny wires, accurately read out the swing the player makes with the included tiny golf club. It determines the power with which you hit, but also any effects you may put on the ball. The Gametrak can read out speeds ranging from 2000 miles per hour to 1 millimeter per hour.Once you start the game you no longer need to use your keyboard or gamepad, all menus can be navigated with use of simple hand gestures. The game itself contains ten 18-hole courses which have to be unlocked one by one. You can play in various modes such as tournament, championship, training and party. Party mode includes several mini games such as hitting cars in the parking lot, hitting a giant bulls-eye in the sky, hitting as close to a target as possible or hitting through hoops. Each game mode can be played against the AI or friends in hotseat multiplayer. |
| Loco: Christmas Edition | 2005-11-19 | InterAction studios | InterAction studios | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | Train | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | There's a shortage of gifts at North Pole Central and Santa needs your help for Christmas is just around the corner. Load up trains passing through fifteen different towns and eighty levels by using your trusty shooter.
This is a festive version of Loco the game where you must load fruits into trains passing by before they leave town. All game-play elements of Loco are retained but with added festive graphics, story, and sounds. Power-ups have remained same as the regular version of the game.
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| Combat Wings | 2005-11-21 | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events | Flight / aviation | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Combat Wings is a flight simulator which centers around the battle of Midway. You get to play as an American pilot in a variety of missions. Choose from fighter planes, bombers or spotter planes. You can also take the role as a gunner in a bomber or an anti-aircraft gun to defend your base against Japanese planes. Play a campaign, training missions or try free flight. Multiplayer via Internet or LAN is also possible. |
| Crazy Frog Racer | 2005-11-21 | Digital Jesters Ltd. | Neko Entertainment SARL | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | Motorcycle, Track racing | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Take Crazy Frog, known from the ring tone, and a bunch of his friends and enemies in crazy kart-style races around 12 tracks in 4 cups (baby, funny, crazy and special), and collect the crazy power-ups. Hopefully you like his trademark sounds because you'll hear them quite often. You can play with 4 friends in 3 different multiplayer modes: championship, single race or a battle. Aside from Crazy Frog, you can choose Ninja Gorilla (Bobo), Matilda the Cow, Ellie the Fairy, the Gangsta kids (Flash, Grim and Jack), Mad French Chef (Michel) and Drone.During the races, you can collect coins to accumulate and drop hazards, such as mines, rockets or boosts. The main singleplayer game modes include championship, single race, time trial and chase. In the options screen, you can listen to 12 Crazy Frog songs on a jukebox. |
| Luxor: Amun Rising | 2005-11-21 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Luxor: Amun Rising, the sequel to Luxor, is an arcade style action-puzzle game. The player goes on an adventure, travelling across a map of ancient Egypt, with each of the 88 levels getting progressively harder. There is a choice of three difficulty levels: easy, intermediate or expert.The player controls a winged scarab which travels side to side along the bottom of the screen. The player shoots one of seven colored spheres at a line of approaching spheres traveling along a path. You must prevent the spheres from reaching your pyramids, or the level is over. Making a match of three or more will make the enemy spheres explode. Exploding spheres can drop coins, which you collect to get extra lives. They can also drop power ups, which help to destroy the enemy spheres.The power ups are very helpful. There is a wild ball which matches any color, there's a lightning bolt that blasts through spheres, and a fireball that explodes any sphere in its blast radius. Other power ups make the approaching spheres slow down, stop or even reverse direction for a short time. One power up makes you shoot faster, and has a beam of light to aid with aiming. They added a new power up, the scorpion, which speeds out of the pyramid and destroys the first ten spheres it encounters.The player can create a profile, and the player's progress is stored for future play. If the game is lost, then the player can start a new game on the furthest stage attained. |
| Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie | 2005-11-21 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Pictures SAS | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Interwar | | | | Teen | | Windows | Jack Driscoll, scriptwriter, follows director Carl Dernham and actress Ann Darrow to Skull Island where Dernham intends to film his next movie. But primeval creatures await them: giant insects, dinosaurs, and King Kong. Based on Peter Jackson's 2005 remake, King Kong lets you play as Jack Driscoll and Kong himself.Jack's levels are HUDless FPS levels set on Skull Island. Jack must use a variety of weapons, traps, and fire to kill or repel Skull Island's fauna. Kong's levels are third-person brawlers set on Skull Island and New York City, where Kong must puzzle his way through environmental obstacles and thrash his opponents.The PSP version is shorter, with some parts cut out which featured in the console and PC releases. |
| Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (Signature Edition) | 2005-11-21 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Pictures SAS | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Signature Edition contains:
The game Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the MovieGold cover artwork with Peter Jackson's signature
Bonus DVD with a "Making of the game" featurette
Concept art created by the Weta Workshop.
Topps trading card
Free downloadable mobile ringtone
The European Limited Collector's Edition includes all of the above minus the trading card and free ringtone. |
| Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse | 2005-11-21 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Wideload Games, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is a 3D action game that turns the tables on the age old tradition of zombie games. In this game, you play as the zombie, fight off the humans, and eat their brains. Stubbs the Zombie is set in a retro-futuristic city of the future and follows Stubbs over the course of one day as he zombifies the entire city.Before becoming a zombie Edward 'Stubbs' Stubblefield was a traveling salesman in the 1930s who got himself killed. Flash forward to 1959 where the world's richest man, Andrew Monday, has built his dream city, Punchbowl Pennsylvania, on top of poor Stubbs' grave. Stubbs will have to claw through all of Punchbowl's citizens, including the local police department, crazy militiamen, nerdy scientists, and a deadly barbershop quartet.Luckily Stubbs has some help. Every human that he kills comes back as a zombie and joins Stubbs in his quest for brains. Stubbs also learns a series of special body powers. He can use his unholy flatulence to stun enemies, he can throw his pancreas as an exploding zombie grenade, and he can detach his own head and bowl it into enemies. Stubbs' most powerful ability is that he can detach his hand and use it as a scout, climbing up walls and the ceiling, and then use it to take control of enemy humans and their weapons. |
| Mind's Eye | 2005-11-22 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | This point and click adventure game made with the AGS engine puts you on the role of Noah, a sanitarium patient without any clue about his past and why is he in the sanitarium. Your task will be to help Noah regain his memories and freedom.You will have to achieve your goal by interacting with the other sanitarium patients and personnel to solve different puzzles.There are different actions to be made, including the brain action, which is a key element on the game, as it helps you to think and regain your memories.
A bar representing Noah's memory will get filled as you advance through the plot, you can also check your regained memories for hints on what to do next. |
| Star Wars: Galaxies - Starter Kit | 2005-11-22 | LucasArts | | Compilation, Special edition | | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of the original Star Wars: Galaxies - An Empire Divided, plus Jump to Light Speed and Rage of the Wookies expansions. This is also the first boxed release after the significant "New Game Experience" game changes. Notably, the first 30 character levels have been redesigned to cover a combination tutorial and ongoing quest line, and characters have been merged to 9 profession choices. The reward for purchase is an Instant Travel Vehicle, in the form of an X-wing or TIE Fighter, which can be called nearly anywhere on the ground to transport you to any shuttleport on the planet at no cost. One month of free play is also included. |
| X³: Reunion (Collector's Edition) | 2005-11-22 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Collector's Edition of X³: Reunion includes, beside the original game, the following additional items:
DVD with audio book: "Farnhams Legende"
CD with official X³ Soundtrack
Calendar with prints of ingame-art
Double sided poster
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| 2 in 1: Driver & V-Rally 3 | 2005-11-23 | Atari Deutschland GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
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| Barbarian Roller Rally | 2005-11-23 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | While Moon Patrol had the player jumping over craters and shooting UFOs in a lunar buggy, this game differs in that it is now piles of rocks and stalagmites the player must direct a loinclothed warrior to jump over, while decapitating unwholesome humanoid monsters with single thwacks of his mighty sword... all the while zipping along in a pair of retro '80s roller skates. (Aw, not that hoary old cliché again!)A given level will follow a direct path from left to right, progress indicated on a linear map; the Barbarian's task is to traverse the level to its end, retrieve a flag found there and return back the way he came unimpeded. The gameplay really is about as simple as that: the most complicating element is when the player is called upon to swing the sword at a monster and jump over a hazard simultaneously -- a double-header requiring nerves of steel, the decapitations now effected through a dainty flip of the ankle while in full (and very manly) grand jeté! Contact with an enemy or obstacle reduces the amount of pairs of roller skates in this savage warrior's possession, and when they're gone, the game ends. (Without the roller rally, there's just a Barbarian -- and that game's already been done! Twice!) |
| Bomb Threat | 2005-11-23 | MyPlayCity.com | MyPlayCity.com | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Man-caused creatures and monsters from the parallel world want to blow up your world. Be a superman, the only one to save the world by removing mines and destroying monsters! Gather all the bombs and mines on each level as fast as possible or they will explode. Monsters of all kinds are standing in your way, they can kill and freeze you. Find a gun, and they aren't a problem for you anymore. Increase your abilities and score by gathering additional bonuses.
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| Rainbow Web | 2005-11-23 | Sugar Games | Sugar Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Rainbow Web is a color beads matching game. The goal is to align three or more (the more, the better) same-color beads in a spider web, whether they are adjacent or on the same line. Once beads of the same color are aligned, they disappear and are replaced by others, on a random color basis. If, luckily, the replacing beads make another matching line, a combo is created. Some beads have letters on them and the goal can be to make them disappear or spell a three-letter word, such as W-E-B. The game features two modes, timed or not, and the full game features 60 levels. |
| Knights of the Temple II | 2005-11-24 | Playlogic International N.V. | Cauldron Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | Windows | In Knights of the Temple II, you again play the role of a Templar knight: Paul de Raque, the grandmaster of the Order of the Temple. The game is set in medieval 13th century Europe and the Middle East. The story revolves around the new crusade of our hero to recover 3 ancient pagan artifacts essential to prevent the imminent attack of the demon armies into our realm of existence.It is a 3D 3rd-person action game with RPG elements. Gameplay consists of completing quests through travelling in the various locations in the game or battling your way through enemy men and monsters.The storyline for one is non-linear. At the start of the game you can choose 1 out of 3 locations to visit. Advancing in the game will unlock new locations. Each location is either a city or town where you can advance in the primary mission, obtain sub-quests, trade, meet people, etc. or it could be a dungeon type location crawling with monsters. Often its a little combination of both.Most of the gameplay (when not exploring cities) revolve around combat and character development. Combat consists of 3D 3rd Person Perspective point of view where you can attack enemies using various skills, abilities and attack combo's. Each of which can be upgraded at any point of the game by spending experience points to the pointed skill, ability or combo.On character development, there are 3 major areas that may be upgraded: (1) Knightly Abilities; Spiritually oriented gifts of the Templar knight: from healing to other holy abilities. (2) Skill Abilities; These are usually attack-based skills. Various attacking styles to soften and defeat both men and monster. (3) Combo's. The extension of the "attack button". Upgrading the combo section provides additional attack moves.Combat also is uniquely divided into 3 different weapons. The first is the standard Sword and Shield, providing high defense and standard attack, useful in defensive stances and vs. ranged enemies; The second is the 2-handed weapon, primary for direct damage in close-combat against single or multiple enemies; The third is ranged combat using a crossbow. The perspective in ranged combat diverts to 1st person perspective (though you can still see your head). During the course of the game, you can obtain additional weapons and armor (as well as other items), either from the course of a sub-quest or purchasing it from a local trader. |
| Die Pferdebande und der falsche Ritter | 2005-11-25 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Deck 13 Interactive GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This is another mystery adventure game starring The Horse Gang: Karolin, Chris and Philipp.This time the three young detectives are looking forward to a spectacular riding competition with a medieval theme in town. Riders from all over Europe are expected to show up. Among them is the Spanish vaulting professional Franco, who is an old friend of Chris' parents, and he is staying on the Hohenhain estate just like his brother, Luis. Shortly afterwards, however, the Horse Gang learns that there is something wrong with Luis. He seems to be mad at his brother – but why? Just moments before the competition starts, the situation runs out of hand and Franco disappears. Chris, Karolin and Philipp are expecting the worst. Can the Horse Gang help?You play Chris, Karolin and Philipp alternately to unravel the mystery. Besides riding and horse care, collect objects and combine them, and talk to various other in-game characters. Figure out how to make your own medieval costume and solve other riddles. If you need some help with the mystery, you can consult the logbook where every member of the Horse Gang set out the main tasks and their approaches to the solution. |
| Oppai Slider 2 | 2005-11-25 | Illusion | Illusion | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | In Oppai Slider 2, the player can choose between three different scenarios, each starring a girl in a different role: a nurse (with the player as a doctor), a maid (whose master is the player), and a "sailor", who is simply a girl the player has to teach how to swim. It is actually the same girl, named Asakura Koyori, in three different stories. Your goal is to seduce the girl, using the items appropriate for each scenario (for example, a bucket of water in the maid scenario or a stethoscope in the nurse one), and performing actions that would make the girl do what you want. For example, in the nurse scenario you have to convince the nurse to undergo an "examination", during which you'll be able to touch and to undress her. If you anger the girl too much, the game is over.Oppai Slider 2 allows you to customize the girl. A particular attention is given to her breasts: before you begin a scenario, you can choose breast size, breast angle, type of nipple, etc. for the girl. The girl is a 3D model, and the game lets you move, rotate and zoom the camera in any way to view the girl from any angle you want. The interaction is done by selecting a part of the girl's body and then choosing one of the available actions. Once again, breast interaction is the most detailed one (no wonder, as the word oppai means "breast" in Japanese). You can caress the girl's breasts in different ways, all of which have special animations. |
| Ostrov Sokrovishch | 2005-11-25 | 1C Company | Action Forms Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ostrov sokrovishch ("Treasure Island") is an arcade game based on the popular 1988 Soviet full-feature animated film, which is in turn present itself a humorous adaptation of the novel with the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. The game graphics follow that of the cartoon, and even some of the original voice actors have resumed their roles in the game.Playing as Jim Hawkins (and later as Captain Smollett as well), we are to fight the pirates who have captured our ship with all the treasure and took all our friends as captives into the fort on the island. There are ten enemy types, each one with some special abilities. Jim can hit them with different attack types, including shooting from his pipe. There are three levels, the first and the last taking part on the 'Hispaniola', while the second and the largest one is on the island itself, where there are many other enemies and obstacles besides pirates, like stinging bees or hungry alligators. |
| Ski Racing 2006: Featuring Hermann Maier | 2005-11-25 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Coldwood Interactive AB | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | | Ulf Bertilsson | | | | Windows | Ski Racing 2006 is an officially licensed downhill racing game on skis. It is the sequel to Ski Racing 2005 - featuring Hermann Maier. It includes ski pistes from various real locations such as Kitzbühl, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Val d'Isère. It comes with all the locations from its predecessor. You can play the game in three different difficulties and it comes with the same game modes as the previous game taken directly from the world championships. They are slalom, giant slalom, super-g and downhill; new is the World Cup mode. The game modes each focus on speed and manoeuvrability. You can play against fifteen stars including Bode Miller, Daron Rahlves, Kalle Pallander, Didier Defago and Hermann Maier to battle for the Crystal Goblet. |
| Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life | 2005-11-25 | Visual Art's | Key | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Developed by | Windows | Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life is a sequel to Clannad. The events of the game take place one month after those described in the predecessor. Tomoya Okazaki, the protagonist of the previous game, has graduated from high school and lives alone, working as a garbage collector. One day he discovers that he has a half-sister, his father's illegitimate daughter. Tomoyo Sakagami, Tomoya's friend and one of the main characters in Clannad, offers to take care of the girl. The story then focuses on the personal problems and relationships of these characters.The game is primarily a visual novel, the player's interaction mostly reduced to making occasional decisions that move the story forward. Locations and events are displayed as still images accompanied by text. In order to access all the scenarios, however, the player has to participate in a game called "Dungeons & Takafumis", which is a simple turn-based RPG in Japanese style.Unlike Clannad, the PC version of Tomoyo After contains scenes with nudity and explicit sexual situations.PSP, PS3 and Nintendo Switch versions of the game contain certain updates such as additional scenario and CG events, and full voice-acting for the main character. |
| Verliebt in Berlin | 2005-11-25 | dtp entertainment AG | House of Tales Entertainment GmbH, Radon Labs GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Verliebt in Berlin is an adventure game based on a famous German telenovella with the same title. The series focus on the character Lisa Plenzke, who is head over the heels in love with her boss David. But he doesn’t notice her, as she is very inconspicuous. They work together at a fashion company. One day Lisa has to prove herself by organising a fashion show in short time. And there is also another girl Annabelle Kirchbach. David has an crush on Annabelle, but she cheats on him.Your task is to expose Annabelle's sinister plans, organise the fashion show and win David's heart. During the game, Lisa has to regain her self-esteem and become popular. The game is mainly an adventure, but also includes roleplay-elements, and makes use of the original sets of the TV-series. It contains fiddly puzzles and a lot of social interaction. |
| Delaware St. John: Volume 2: The Town with No Name | 2005-11-28 | Big Time Games, Inc. | Big Time Games, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | After the events in the first game, paranormal investigator Delaware St. John is pondering where his visions come from and if everything happens for a reason. While he is helping Kelly Bradford at her book store, a book falls to his feet and he is drawn to it. While browsing the atlas, lines appear on a map, forming the outlines of a town not on any map. Just like the previous game, Delaware St. John will explore while Kelly assists him through VIC, the Voice/Imagery Communicator. Shown in the bottom right part of the interface, it can be used to ask for clues, or to send photos or recordings of paranormal activity for analysis. Many of the puzzles involve helping ghosts find peace by returning objects. The game also introduces the character Simon Foss, who returns in the third game. Delaware does not meet any human characters in the game, only ghosts.As in all games in the series, the story has been split up into two parts: The Big Story (in a movie theatre) and House of the Damned (in an orphanage). After completing the first story, the second one becomes available. The game is shown from a first-person perspective, with pre-rendered 3D cut-scenes in a third-person view. Puzzles consists of inventory-based actions, exploration, gathering clues, some more difficult puzzles involving codes, and a few time-based actions where John needs to act quickly so as not to die. Compared to the first game, the environment is now a bit larger with more areas to explore. Usually, there are no dialogue options while the story is told, but this game is the only one in the series to feature a few dialogue trees with different questions, but with no effect on the story.The game usually has Delaware solve tragic events by talking to ghosts and helping them find peace. The events in the town are related to his own past, however, and the overall storyline about the legend of The Destroyer and The Protector is continued. |
| Legend of Aladdin | 2005-11-28 | Arcade Lab | Arcade Lab | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Middle East | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Legend of Aladdin is an Arabian-themed match-3 puzzle game. The playfield consists of a grid with bricks of various kind and shape on top. The player can swap a brick with the bricks next to it, horizontally or vertically. By swapping a brick so that three or more bricks of the same kind line up, they are removed. When bricks are removed, the bricks above fall down, new bricks fall from above to fill up the empty space, and the background of the grid behind them is filled with a piece of magic carpet. When the entire grid is filled, the player has completed the level. There are 120 levels to beat, each with its own unique design.While playing, a bottle with magic potion fills up. When it is full, the player can use it to move an entire row in the grid one step left or right. This is very helpful to remove bricks in hard to reach places.The removal of certain combinations is awarded with credit coins. In between levels, these can be used to buy items which will provide help. For example, the sword allows the player to remove any brick he wants. Previously beaten levels can be played again to earn coins. |
| Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath | 2005-11-30 | Strategy First, Inc. | G5 Software LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Post-apocalyptic | | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | Windows | This wargame is set in a hypothetical reality in which the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was the beginning of a Third World War, a nuclear war between East and West.Some of the few surviving nations allied themselves (like USA-United Kingdom and France-Germany), some others stay alone (like China and USSR) but all must now fight for the last uncontaminated zones and resources.The games features two levels of fighting: strategical and tactical. You move armies in order to take over radars, resources points and cities. Turn by turn, you then fight on a real-time, tactical map, using the Blitzkrieg game engine. |
| Draw a Piraka | 2005-11-30 | LEGO System A/S | | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Draw a Piraka is a Flash game promoting LEGO BIONICLE's 2006 line. It is a connect-the-dots game with a twist: it's a gag. There are two versions: version 1 is actually possible to complete. The player clicks and holds the mouse while dragging it through the dots to complete the outline of the Piraka's head. Nothing happens after that. Version 2, however, is different. The player clicks on a dot, and then clicks on the next to connect them, rather than actually drawing the lines themselves. It is impossible to advance past the tenth dot, because then a jump scare occurs as Piraka Vezok's fully-rendered head appears and roars at the player. |
| Acalius: Enemies of the Wild | 2005-12-01 | Arachnid Interactive | Arachnid Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This is a futuristic sci-fi adventure game. The setting is the year 2051; as Sergeant Eric Renfield, you are sent to the planet Squal of the Acalius galaxy, to investigate a loss of communication with a science team on the planet. Obviously things do not go as planned, and after crash-landing on the relatively barren planet, you must deal with the native inhabitants and make good your escape.The game uses relatively simple graphics for the time of release, and depicts a lonely world, with very little interaction. Gameplay uses a standard first-person point of view with a combination of logic and inventory-based puzzles. Whilst there is audio in the form of voice it is rather limited, although there are several puzzles that make use of sound to break things up a bit. There are reported stability problems under recent operating systems, but running under Win 98/95 compatibility modes fixes most of these problems. |
| Baron von Puttyngton versus the Cancerous M.C. Escher Maze of Cheese | 2005-12-01 | | | Racing / Driving, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen, Real-time | | | Windows | For reasons we won't go into here, a series of mazes are growing, like cancerous tumors, in the middle of calm skies... and yes, they are made of cheese.You play the part of the heroic Baron von Puttyngton in this geometrical fugue, a dashing cube of jiggling gelatin, seen from a view that would be described as over-the-shoulder, had you shoulders. (Over the vertex?) Your goal is to neutralise the spread of these mazes, by touching (and turning blue) each of its segments... faster than it keeps spawning them, off in every direction.Rude and unruly, the cheese-mazes have no respect for the conventional, 2D layouts of mazes, and randomly sprout in all directions. Often this will yield wall sections that you need to touch, with nothing but the yawn of an endless sky beneath. Fortunately, in addition to your shimmying cubic jump, endless lives and controls so subtle you'll figure out why you turned the way you did next week, you also have the ability to alter gravity's "down" pull relative to where you're facing. Those pesky walls are now floors! (The Escherian element, revealed!). Turn them all blue by touching them and move on to the next maze! |
| Biathlon 2006: Go for Gold | 2005-12-01 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Geronimo Entertainment | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Biathlon 2006: Go for Gold is the fifth part in the Biathlon series. Like its predecessors it allows you to play the Biathlon on your PC. Biathlon consists of two elements: cross-country skiing and rifle shooting on a shooting range. The game features a unique mixture of racing and shooting. If you waste too much energy during the race, the shooting parts will become more difficult. Game modes include arcade, career, time attack and hot seat. Disciplines include sprint, hunting, relay and mass start. There are ten different tracks to race on. Players can create their own avatar and fine tune the various stats such as stamina, heart rate and concentration. |
| Crime Life: Gang Wars | 2005-12-01 | Konami Corporation | Hothouse Creations Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down | | Crime | Fighting | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Crime Life is a mission-based street combat game following a storyline involving multiple gangs, corrupt cops and betrayal from within.The player controls Tre, a new member of the Outlawz gang on his rise to the top within the fictional city of Grand Central. The Outlawz face trouble as rival Headhunterz and KYC gangs join forces against them. The members of the rap band D12 feature their voices and likenesses as the key members of the enemy Headhunterz gang.The gameplay is influenced by old school beat-em-ups, meaning hand-to-hand combat is the main focus here. As well as featuring twenty-five story-based missions, Crime Life also gives the player the freedom to explore the game world and to experience mini-missions that include fighting whilst drunk and taking control of rival turf. |
| DMB 2 | 2005-12-01 | Akella | Studiya Parus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | DMB 2 is an adventure game and a sequel to the original DMB. The game takes place some time after the first game. Alex Chaikin has finished his service in the army and came back home with the girl he met there. They got married and had 2 kids. But Alex, being a lazy guy, didn't look for work and lived off the money he got carrying out a special mission in the army. Soon afterwards, the young couple ran out of money and Kate, his wife, sent him off to find a job.It didn't take too long to find a job as Alex received a phone call from his friend asking him to join the ranks of the Police. Thus, getting his first job to investigate a burglary, players will begin the adventure game.Being a point and click adventure game, players will need to find, pick up and use various objects in different situations. Alex also has access to a police database, where he can find out extra info about the important characters in the game. |
| Fengse Huanxiang 4: Shengzhan de Zhongyan | 2005-12-01 | Unistar | FunYours Technology Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | This installment of Fengse Huanxiang (Wind Fantasy) series is connected plot-wise to its predecessor, and is set in the same fantasy world and time line. The war between the countries of Ice and Fire devastated both those states, and Karin Seraphim, the white-haired leader of the special unit "Sin-Breaking Wings", found herself and her best friend in the opposite camps. Now, with the rulers of both countries dead, the war is finally over. However, there is a new disturbance in the Dragon Tomb. The Holy City of Nilu sends the priestess Niyi to investigate the matter. And when the young woman arrives at the tomb, she finds demons there... is this the beginning of a new war?Like the first and the third Wind Fantasy games, "Fengse Huanxiang 4" is a strategy RPG. The game consists of large strategic battles, during which you navigate your party members over the entire location in turn-based mode. You can attack physically and perform special techniques when there are enemies in range. You gain experience points every time you hit an enemy, and can become stronger during the same battle. |
| Gene Troopers | 2005-12-01 | Akella | Cauldron Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | RPG elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | A long war has ended and the Galactic Empire has grown but it isn't stable. Rebel groups still fight the regime but with the invention of genetic transformation, a normal civilian can be transformed into a mindless, easy to command but strong fighting unit. These civilians weren't asked, they were forced to undergo the procedure. You play one of these civilians. First they took your daughter and then they came for you. But before the procedure was completed, you were rescued by the rebels. Now it's your turn to fight back.Gene Troopers is basically a shooter but it lets you build and upgrade your weapons with stuff you find lying around. You can also extract the genes of an enemy to upgrade your own. With these codes you can choose in which direction you want to go with your character. This means you can either choose to upgrade your stealth abilities or to devote them to becoming a fighter.The game takes you to 6 different planets including a jungle world. There are drivable vehicles and team members to help you with your task. |
| Gothic II: Gold Edition | 2005-12-01 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | Horst Dworczak | Windows | This compilation contains:Gothic II (original game)Gothic II: Night of the Raven (expansion) |
| Independent Games | 2005-12-01 | Moondance Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of entrants into the 2005 Independent Games Festival. Contains full versions of the following games:
Alien Defense
Base be Gone
Big Box of Blox
Bridge Construction Set
Dark Horizons: Lore Invasion
Dr. Blob's Organism
Dyadin
Eleminer
Galactic Gladiator
Gate 88
Glace
Global Defense Network
Mudcraft
Mutton Mayhem
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Orbs of Attrition
Physical Ed
Plasmaworm
Plunder: a Tale of Conquest
Pow Pow's Puzzle Attack
Reactor
Run & Fire
Snow War
Spin Cycle
Strange Adventures in Infinite Space
Super Chompers
Super Pillow Fighter
Sweaty Palms
Toybox
TranscendIn addition, Independent Games also includes several demos, and The Scrolling Game Development Kit. |
| Monster | 2005-12-01 | 8105graphics | 8105graphics | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Monster is a 2D fighting game. It features a diverse cast of human and anthropomorphic animal characters with a wide variety of unique fighting styles.In addition to the standard 2D fighting mechanics, it features a unique "shift" system; after choosing a character, the player also chooses one of three unique powerup modes called "monster", "freedom", and "tranquility" which can be activated during battle. Monster reduces the character's speed but increases damage output for a period. Freedom reduces damage but allows the character to freely cancel moves into each other, allowing for a rushdown style of play similar to Street Fighter Alpha III's V-ism. Tranquility is a defensive-oriented mode which improves special moves' invincibility properties. All three shifts will also change the properties of a character's special moves, providing for a variety of play styles. |
| Neverossa: Mille e una notte | 2005-12-01 | Firedog Computer Entertainment Ltd. | Firedog Computer Entertainment Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | | | Romance | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG), Life / social simulation, Visual novel | Fantasy | | Jack Wong (黃家權) | | | Setting | Windows | In a world forsaken by the gods, one last goddess seed sprouts: thus is born the goddess Lilith. The player, Shiye, must help Lilith find her place in the world and prepare to guide and protect humanity. This Japanese-style role-playing game follows Shiye, Lilith and their allies throughout their journey. While the RPG portions play more or less in a traditional form, with overhead-view exploration and 3D turn-based battles, it's made more unique via the life simulation elements. Lilith's development and values depend on how the player treats her and how she's raised over the course of the game, and depending on their actions she might become a benevolent goddess who will save the earth or a dark goddess who could wipe out humanity. There are six dozen different endings, all dependent on the player's choices. Like Firedog's previous games it also features romance elements, and the player is given the ability to romance one of various different female NPCs he meets over the course of the game. |
| Onimusha 3: Demon Siege | 2005-12-01 | Typhoon Games Ltd. | Capcom Production Studio 2 | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Survival horror | Europe, Fantasy, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | | Mature | | Windows | Onimusha 3: Demon Siege is a 3D action game set in 16th century Japan and present day France. After confronting Nobunaga at the Honnō-ji Temple Samanosuke is defeated in a battle that follows between him and the Genma leader. Before Nobunaga can kill him he is whisked to present day Paris where he soon discovers that the Genma have invaded the city. Here he meets the Frenchman Jacques Blanc (modeled after actor Jean Reno) and saves him form a group of Genma. Shortly after this meeting Jacques is transported to 16th century Japan. The two of them now have to find a way to get back to their own time and stop the Genma and Nobunaga.In the game the player take control of Samanoske and Jacques and later on in certain areas Michelle (Jacques' girlfriend). Gameplay involves mostly defeating a large number of normal enemies as well as bosses. Both Samanoske and Jacques can absorb the souls of defeated monsters to upgrade their weapons and armor. Michelle can’t be upgraded but she can absorb souls through a neckless that can later be transferred to Samanoske or Jacques. Samanoske can use three Oni swords, Jacques has three Oni whips and a hand gun to finish of enemies and Michelle can use guns and grenades. Sometimes items have to be retrieved before the player can advance and occasionally small puzzles have to be solved. The Tengu Ako has been tasked by the Oni to help Jacques and Samanoske and can transport herself and items between the two different times. Sometimes Items that have to be used by Samanoske have to be found by Jacques and transported via Ako.The game features a new control scheme and a fully 3D graphic engine, as opposed to the 2D pre-rendered graphics of the first two. The music is a combination of European-style orchestral writing and Japanese instruments.
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| Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones | 2005-12-01 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Fantasy, Middle East | | | | Mature | | Windows | After many dangerous adventures, the Prince finally makes his way home to Babylon, bringing with him his new bride Kaileena, the Empress of Time. Their hopes for a peaceful and happy future together are dashed, however, when they arrive in Persia to find the land ravaged by war. Kaileena is promptly captured and murdered by the evil Vizier, and her death unleashes the Sands of Time, from which the Vizier derives terrifying new powers.Once again the Prince of Persia must stand to fight, but this time he will be stronger than ever, thanks to his new alter ego the Dark Prince, born of the Prince's contact with the Sands. As he fights to reclaim his kingdom from the hands of a madman, he must also battle with his own inner demons as the Dark Prince threatens to consume him entirely.The game is very similar (in terms of fight and puzzle sequences) to the previous installments of UbiSoft's Prince of Persia trilogy: The Sands of Time and Warrior Within. There are some major innovations like the character of the Dark Prince, who possesses the main protagonist from time to time and offers him new combos and moves. There is also a new ability, called "Speed Kill", which is very effective against all opponents in the game (victims are attacked from behind and murdered in brutal and stealthy fashion).In Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones player will explore not only the streets of Babylon, but also a ruined palace of his father, a temple and the famous Hanging Gardens. |
| Robocop 2D 2: Robocop vs Terminator | 2005-12-01 | | Park Productions | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Robocop 2D 2: Robocop vs Terminator is a sequel to Robocop 2D. It includes original music from the soundtrack of Terminator and Robocop movies and also video clips. Robocop is back. This time Skynet is after Robocop, who is trapped in Los Angeles in the year 2029. Robocop 2D 2: Robocop vs Terminator is a side-scrolling shoot-em up game. Robocop walks from left to right shooting bad guys with guns and motorbikes. There is also weapon upgrades that will boost Robocop's weapons for a few seconds and health that will keep Robocop going. At the end of some levels there is a level boss that you have to defeat in order to proceed to the next level. The game also includes a Time Attack mode, 7 Challenge modes and 3 mini-games. |
| Shades of Doom | 2005-12-01 | GMA Games | GMA Games | Action, Simulation | Audio game | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Shades Of Doom is a unique first-person shooter game, that completely abandons a visual aspect of its presentation. With the idea of creating a game being accessible for visually impaired people in mind, the developers have crafted a game, that communicates to the player solely through the medium of sound. The gameplay, however, remains completely faithful to the FPS genre guidelines.The game casts player in the role of a FDN (Federation of Democratic Nations) officer who is ordered to investigate a high security research facility. The communication with the base ceased 2 hours prior to player's arrival. His task is to investigate the matter and deal with whatever problem presents itself.The player has to explore nine separate levels of the base. To aid his cause he will be equipped with a medical kit, a few grenades, a gun, a knife, fists, and a computer to analyze his surroundings. On his way into the heart of the base, the player will find additional equipment such as better weapons and armor.To navigate through the levels player must rely on the various sounds. The echo of his footsteps will provide a vital clue as to the length of the passage ahead of him, and the sound of the wind will indicate an opening that may has appeared at player's sides. An approaching monster can be easily detected by his groaning, which gives away both the direction it is coming form and the distance. Player's portable computer EVA can optionally provide additional information as to his surroundings and status. To suit every gamer proficiency level the game offers five various difficulty settings. Additionally players can enable a visual representation of the area pictured as a top-view map.The game takes full advantage of the surround speaker system setup to convey the sound information in the most accurate way possible. However, it also features synthesized 3D effects for non-surround sound systems, that will grant every gamer the ability to properly determine the sources of game's sounds and successfully navigate the dark levels of Shades Of Doom. |
| Strip Poker Exclusive | 2005-12-01 | Emotion Design | Emotion Design | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | This video strip poker introduces six female models. Together with progressing victories opponents expose their bodies. The player can choose between three poker types and three card decks:
'Classical' with 32 cards deck
'Full deck' with 52 cards deck
'Jokers' with 52 cards deck and 2 jokers
During gameflow the girl is examined from first-person perspective in a set of video sequences showing actions girl made to play or flirt with you. Accomplishing a certain percentage of girls nudity, you'll be able to see or continue this progress in album at any time. There are several video sequences of the same events and they may vary during different seances of gameplay. An online poker game with computer and live opponent is also presented. |
| The Hairy Chestival Game | 2005-12-01 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | A very minimalist implementation of an old concept, what it lacks in originality it makes up for in whimsical novelty of setting: the player here is in charge of shearing the thick mats of fur from some person's simulated hairy, hairy chest. Adding to the strangeness, rather than taking this task on with a straight or safety razor, the exercise is conducted with a little lawn mower.On each of five levels, the player has 30 seconds to garner as high a score as possible by using the arrow keys to steer around obstacles such as traffic cones (and sensitive nipples!) while plotting a course over hairy patches of chest skin. Mercifully, no sequels emerged to speculate into further realms of gameplay suggested by other areas of personal grooming. |
| Christmas Crisis | 2005-12-02 | Koingo Software | Koingo Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Christmas Crisis is a top-down, holiday themed arcade game in which the player takes the role of one of Santa's many elves during a holiday catastrophe.Santa Claus has grown very ill at a most inopportune moment, that of the Christmas holiday, and now will most likely be unable to deliver this year's Christmas gifts. With Mrs. Claus at a loss to cure him the player is chosen to take the place of Saint Nick in delivering the many presents to deserving children across the world. Not being a fully fledged holiday mascot, however, this won't be a simple task.As Santa's enchanted sleigh flies past various neighborhoods the player is required to lob gifts at the individual houses, bringing the inhabitants Christmas cheer. Being only so strong, however, the player can only toss presents within a certain radius of their location, requiring them to fly from point to point before the ever-scrolling screen causes the buildings to disappear, all the while dodging such airborne dangers as aircraft that threaten your existence.If at any point the player fails to deliver presents to at least seventy percent of the houses they'll have ruined Christmas, resulting in a Game Over. |
| Kao: Mystery of Volcano | 2005-12-02 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o. | Tate Multimedia S.A. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | The third game in the Kao the Kangaroo series finds Kao trapped on a tropical island after a plane crash. With his friend stuck inside a volcano, Kao has to collect four mystic artifacts in order to be able to reach him and get him safely off the island. Like the previous Kao games, it's a standard 3D platformer; Kao runs around collecting items, solving fetch quests and attacking enemies using his boxing gloves. It also features a number of minigames, including a plane-flying minigame at the very beginning of the game. |
| Star Heritage 1: The Black Cobra | 2005-12-02 | 1C Company | Step Creative Group | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Star Heritage 1: The Black Cobra is a remake of the 1995 ZX Spectrum title Star Heritage. It tells a story of a secret agent on a mission to defend planet Earth against an alien invasion. |
| Utopia City | 2005-12-02 | Russobit-M | Parallax Arts Studio | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In 2091, the Utopia project was launched. It was a complete virtual world that people could enter to live out their dreams and fantasies. Unfortunately, Utopia became so popular that the number of people in the virtual world eventually outnumbered those in the real world. And the citizens of Utopia never wanted to leave. The result was that the real world was neglected and fell into a state of decay.As a result of this, the Department of Anti-Utopian Affairs (AUA) was formed. The AUA sent agents into Utopia to try to bring people back to the real world. This is possible by collecting a person's 'info-disk.' However, the only way to collect the disk is at the time of a person's 'virtual death.' Unfortunately, most of the agents failed in their mission or simply gave up as they also became enraptured by the wonders of the unreal realm.You are the AUA's last, best hope. Enter Utopia and find a way to destroy the central computer, the Mastermind. Then all the people trapped in this life-sucking place will be free.Utopia City is a first-person shooter with a few RPG-like elements. You can explore the city freely, as long as you do not wave your guns at innocent civilians or go into any restricted zones. Inevitably, though, you will need to break a few rules to succeed in your mission. If you go in like a maniac, all guns blazing, you will incur the wrath of the security forces and find yourself in a large-scale gun battle. However, killing people does mean that you can pick up their 'info-disks' which will give you more energy. After you have picked up a certain number of disks, you will automatically receive a new piece of weaponry.On the other hand, you can try for a less violent, more subtle approach by sneaking into areas when guards are not looking (though this will not always be possible) or trying to avoid fights where you can. This will mean you have less energy and fewer weapons, but it will raise your reputation in the eyes of the people.A key goal of the game is to locate various 'artefacts.' Each of these will give you a special ability. For instance, you will be able to slow down time, generate a shield or become invisible. You have a certain amount of energy and a management system allows you to allocate it to different areas as you see fit. This means you can recharge your health fairly quickly if you are near death; You can recharge health, shields and ammo in equal amounts; Or you can put everything into your speed booster if you want to quickly run through a dangerous area. |
| Earth Universe | 2005-12-03 | ZUXXEZ Entertainment AG | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Earth 2140
Earth 2140: Mission Pack 1
Earth 2140: Mission Pack 2 - Final Conflict
Earth 2150: Escape From The Blue Planet
Earth 2150: The Moon Project
Earth 2150: Lost Souls
Earth 2160
SuperStorm (multiplayer mod for Earth 2160)
SDK including the Earth-C Studio
EarthMark (PC benchmark)
Best of Earth 2150 & Earth 2160 soundtrack
T-shirt
Earth Universe notepad
Metal ballpoint |
| Five Lethal Demons | 2005-12-04 | Off Studio | Off Studio | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Five Lethal Demons is a free 2D point-and-click adventure. You play the role of Helga who likes bloody and violent games. Therefore she hires a team to develop such game to her liking.It is a short game with inventory-based puzzles. The game is controlled with mouse and keyboard. |
| Army Racer | 2005-12-05 | IncaGold plc | Comgame 576 Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | RPG elements | | Automobile | | | | | Windows | Army Racer is an action-oriented racing game where the courses are set on an abandoned army base. The player takes control of one of 30 comics characters and starts his way to the top. The main motivational factor of the game is the tuning garage because every successful race brings money that can be reinvested into better gear or a different look. When the player has enough money he also can buy a new car, with a selection of twenty in total. There are also slight RPG elements because the character's stats improve with every success (the opponent's too). There are three playing modes: time races, checkpoint races and regular races. |
| Hammer & Sickle | 2005-12-05 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Nival Interactive LLC, Novik&Co | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | Cold War | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Hammer & Sickle is a turn-based strategy game with role playing elements that uses the Silent Storm engine and universe. The year is 1949, with the Cold War between the US and Soviet Union looming and both sides uneasy at the thought of an atomic war occurring. The player takes the role of a Soviet commando on an undercover mission to meet a contact in Allied-occupied Germany. However, things go badly for this meeting, leaving the protagonist without proper support, equipment, and identification papers. Behind Allied-occupied lines, the player must attempt to stop a rogue third party intent on initiating World War III between the US and Russia.Players can choose to start with one of 6 player classes: Soldier, Grenadier, Scout, Sniper, Medic, and Engineer. Additionally, there are opportunities throughout the game to recruit additional characters to round out the party's abilities. The game itself features a branching plot where the player's actions and dealings with NPC's can have serious consequences later on. For example, an intelligent character may be able to talk his way out of a situation, and killing Allied soldiers may prompt more patrols later on and slide the situation towards World War III. Hammer & Sickle also features heavy squad-based combat, and it inherits the turn-based engine from Silent Storm. Players spend Action Points to perform various actions in battle each turn, while the enemy does the same. The engine also models realistic looking physics that feature ragdoll animations, bullet ricochet, and destructible environments. As for available equipment, there are 90 weapons and variants that can be found or bought. |
| Santa Balls 3D | 2005-12-05 | Kewlbox | Blockdot, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Santa Balls 3D is an update to Santa Balls 2: Bigger, Bolder & Bouncier. The ornaments are still on hexagons so you can slide from six directions. You are still trying to line up ornaments in rows of three or more of the same ones. You still have three hints per game and the "Total Possible Moves" counter at the bottom of the screen. And you still have three "Ball Jugglers". Some of the differences include three "Line Jugglers" that mix up just one line, three "Clusterizers" that allow you to destroy an entire cluster of ornaments and three "Color Mixers" that destroy all the ornaments of the same design on the screen. |
| Su Doku Master | 2005-12-05 | eGames, Inc. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Su Doku Master is a single player, mouse controlled implementation of the logic game that is published in many newspapers alongside Ka Kuro and Crosswords.Su Doku is a logic puzzle in which the player has to put the numbers 1 - 9 into a 3x3 grid. There are nine such grids arranged in a 3x3 pattern. The same number cannot appear more than once in a single grid or in a row or column that spans all the grids.
This implementation has seven themes, most use numbers but some use symbols. The numbers / symbols used in the puzzle are arranged around the grid, the exact layout depends upon the theme selected. The player clicks on a number/symbol and drags it to the cell where they want to place it.
Unlike some implementations there is no 'pencil mark' option which allows the player to consider possible placements, instead by right clicking on an empty cell the game shows the player which numbers/symbols could legally be placed there. Additionally, when a number is being dragged to a cell the empty cells it passes over will show as either red or green depending on whether placement in that cell is a legal move. Showing legal moves is an optional feature that can be disabled.The game has three difficulty settings, a boss key, a blank grid setting so that players can work on puzzles from other sources, sound effects, a hint system, undo feature, and a user guide that opens in a new window.
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| Bonnie's Bookstore | 2005-12-06 | PopCap Games, Inc. | New Crayon Games, LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Word construction | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bonnie's Bookstore is a word-puzzle game in the style of Bookworm. Help Bonnie in her career as a children's book author by stringing together letters to form words and score points. Play 50 levels inspired by classic fairy tales in either classic (untimed) or action (timed) play mode.Letters used are eliminated from the board, but wild cards, writer's blocks (blocks that literally prevent you from forming a word), and cycling tiles may pop up to keep the game interesting! And don't worry if you get stuck; use the "Scramble" option to mix things up a bit (although you'll lose a turn and gain a writer's block). Bonnie's Bookstore can be played on three levels of difficulty: normal, hard, and genius. A Hall of Fame tracks players' highest scores, longest words played, and average word length. |
| Penguin Adventure: Assault on Polar Bear Mountain | 2005-12-06 | High-5 Explosion | High-5 Explosion | Action | Side view | John Berges | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Once upon a time, deep in the dark reaches of Antarctica, a young penguin named Tooks went on a fishing trip with his mother. All seemed well... until, suddenly, polar bears from the North Pole ambushed poor little Tooks and made off with his mother! In shock and sadness, Tooks returned home to get the one thing that would help him save his mother - a trusty, rusty purple parasol. In Penguin Adventure: Assault on Polar Bear Mountain, a single player controlling Tooks the Penguin must make his/her way through 5 worlds of 4 levels each and save Tooks' mother from a "grizzly" fate in the North Pole. In each world, there are 2 types of levels:• 1 Exploration level, where Tooks must find an exit in a certain amount of time. Some exits are more difficult to find than others, but give valuable medals and points which can add towards access of new levels. Completing each Exploration level unlocks a new ability for Tooks to use.
• 3 Time Attack levels, where Tooks must race to the exit as fast as possible. The medal Tooks receives depends on fast he completes the level.Tooks can use his trusty parasol to defeat enemies, or one of the abilities he collects to gain an advantage. Depending on how fast Tooks completes a level, he can earn Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum medals, which add points to the score. Scoring a certain amount of points unlocks more levels to play. Getting hit does not kill Tooks, but stuns him for a while, thus wasting precious time. |
| Star Chamber: The Harbinger Saga | 2005-12-06 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Worlds Apart Productions | Strategy | | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Star Chamber: The Harbinger Saga is a rehaul of Star Chamber. The game retains the core gameplay but features enhanced graphics, a new user interface, new maps, new cards, new sound effects, four player games, a tournament drafting system and other minor adjustments. |
| The Complete CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2005-12-06 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the first three games of the CSI games series:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Miami
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Dark Motives
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| Drive to Survive | 2005-12-08 | Buka Entertainment | Supersonic Software Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Mashed: Fully Loaded is a re-release of the original Mashed: Drive to Survive.Besides updated graphics, improved camera control and a better race physics, it also introduces the possibility to race at night or cover the track with very slippery ice. That updates the possible driveable versions of every track to five. In addition to that, there are two new tracks waiting to be raced on with two new cars which increases the available car park to 15 vehicles. Some power-ups have also been rebalanced and new ones introduced.The game now also features a tutorial, 21 new single player-challenges and a few new game modes like the ice tournament or the challenge cup. |
| Front Mission Online | 2005-12-08 | Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | A multiplayer-only arcade shooter based on Square's Front Mission universe of futuristic mecha warfare. Joining either the USN or OCU during the second Huffman conflict, you duke it out on online arenas in your Wanzer for fame and money, which you can use to further upgrade your Wanzer with new weapons and special upgrades.All strategy elements from the series are removed save from the mechanics of damage and action, and the game is played from a 3rd person perspective similar to other 3d action titles. Registration to Square's PlayOnline service and a monthly free is required for playing. The game has built-in support for VoIP. |
| META | 2005-12-08 | Crystal Shard | Crystal Shard | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mental training, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | META is a game about an adventure game within an editor - in other words, a metagame. It's a game that you can edit while playing it, and that you must change to complete.A highly original game, it plays in a game editor called BHT which is suspiciously like AGS (adventure game studio); within this editor, you can play a game called Awesmoe Quest, which is rather broken and buggy. To actually complete this sub-game, you have to swap back and forth to the BHT editor, in a surreal exercise of twisted logic and lateral thinking. Assisting you in this task is Cuppit, a cup-shaped office assistant who can give old Clippy a run for his money in terms of annoyance.This is a game you have to see to believe (or disbelieve). Anyone involved in game design or level design will probably find it very funny; anyone not so involved might simply be confused. At least one reviewer completely missed the point of the game, and called Awesmoe Quest a bad game while not seeing that this was intentional. Surreality is not for everyone. |
| Raptor | 2005-12-08 | Bouncing Fox Productions | Bouncing Fox Productions | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | While you are guarding them, some pterodactyls stole all four of your eggs. The raptor leader has selected you to retrieve them.You play as a velociraptor, out to retrieve your stolen eggs. You use the keyboard to move, jump and attack and the mouse to talk to other raptors. You must solve puzzles and defeat enemies along the way. To restore your health, eat certain green leaves. To restore your energy, drink water or eat small animals or eggs. If not attacked for a time, your health will slowly restore. When you find your eggs, you must fight a boss or bosses to retrieve it. |
| Rugby League 2 | 2005-12-08 | Tru Blu Entertainment Pty Ltd | Sidhe Interactive | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Rugby League 2 is the sequel to the highly successful NRL Rugby League. The sport is similar to rugby union, but features set tackles rather than rucks and mauls - once a player is successfully tackles he plays the ball back to a team-mate behind him, with the team losing possession if tackled 6 times.The game features more teams, more stadiums and more competitions than the original, as well as extra graphic detail including motion capture and realistic player appearances. Also added is the franchise mode, allowing the player to control a team in the NRL or Super League for ten years, and online multiplayer. |
| Samorost 2 | 2005-12-08 | Amanita Design s.r.o | Amanita Design s.r.o | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Samorost 2 is a point-and-click adventure game, that continues the adventures of the gnome in white last seen in Samorost. By clicking on hotspots around the screen you will interact with, and alter, the gnomes environment as well as indirectly guide him on his journey. Some of these actions are more complex than those in Samorost. Some require perfect timing, or will need you to carry items through multiple screens.In this story the gnome must rescue his dog from a band of marauding, gray, eye stalked aliens who have taken him to use as a power source.The worlds that you visit in Samorost 2's focus more on natural subjects blown out of proportion than the derelict machines of the previous game. The Russian version includes artbook and official soundtrack CD. |
| Bowl Bound College Football | 2005-12-09 | Grey Dog Software, LLC | Grey Dog Software, LLC | Simulation, Sports | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Offering professionally detailed game play, in-depth recruiting process, player development and the most thorough college football simulation engine available Bowl Bound College Football is the simulation college football fans have been waiting for. Created by experienced sport simulation developer Arlie Rahn, Bowl Bound College Football presents you with the challenges and complexities of running a modern collegiate football program from top to bottom. Can you take your favorite college football program and develop it into a national powerhouse or win a national championship? Your knowledge, insight, instincts and decisions will translate into success or failure in developing your program.Features:Take control of one of over 100 college football programs in over 10 regional conferences.Invite teams and schedule non-conference games. Your program’s prestige plays a part in whether your invitations to big name schools are accepted or rejected.Six distinct college offensive and seven college defensive coaching philosophies each with their unique strengths and weaknesses. Choose from 15 college-based offensive formations and 10 defensive formations from which to develop your own, unique playbook.Customizable playbook that can incorporate over 350 offensive and defensive plays.Streamlined game planning that makes use of your playbook preferences.Tailor your gameplan every week to exploit the weaknesses of your opponent and maximize your team’s strengths.Detailed player information, evaluation and development.Ability to convert players from one position to another based on an individual player’s ability to learn and adapt to his new role. Convert a TE to a WR, a LB to a FB, a OG to a DT, etc.In-depth recruiting process where your program’s and coaches’ prestige and football philosophies matter.Redshirting, college transfers, injuries, academic suspensions and early declaring juniors.Full college budget involving college and recruit scouting, conditioning, assistant coaches, academics and other main priorities.Summer training program to maximize player athletic and academic development.Detailed play-by-play results that provide the actual play call, formations and specific results for better team management.Full historical archive that tracks all players, team performance and career leaders over time.Online league management options. |
| Chris Sawyer Deluxe | 2005-12-09 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds
Chris Sawyer's Locomotion |
| Emil Chronicle Online | 2005-12-09 | GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. | Headlock Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | Comedy | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Emil Chronicle Online was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) which was officially called "heartful online RPG".In order to make the game be accepted by a wide range of players, including busy and female ones, the game featured lovely Japanese-animated art style, an easy-to-play game system, and lots of battle and non-battle costumes.The Japanese server was shut down on August 31, 2017. Before that, all servers outside Japan had already been closed due to commercial failure. |
| Kono Hareta Sora no Shita de R18 | 2005-12-09 | Cromwell Inc. | Cromwell Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Setting | Windows | This is a revised edition of Kono Hareta Sora no Shita de for PCs. This release includes explicit sexual content that was not present in the original console release, and also includes several other changes to the story. |
| Liquidator 2: Welcome to Hell | 2005-12-09 | Russobit-M | Parallax Arts Studio | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | Liquidator 2 Welcome to Hell is a first person shooter game. Fight monsters from hell, aliens and other creatures in three different settings: the abandoned city, the swamp and hell. Typical enemies like spiders, skeletons or demons have to be defeated with the usual weapons like machine guns, flame thrower and many more. Collect power-ups to upgrade your armor and weapons. |
| The Endless Forest | 2005-12-09 | Tale of Tales BVBA | Tale of Tales BVBA | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen, Persistent | | | Windows | The Endless Forest is a free, constantly evolving 3D deer simulation game that can be played both alone or in massive multiplayer online mode. Everyone plays a stag (male deer) and there is only non-violent interaction. To enhance the immersion, there is no chat function, but only deer-body-language instead. You can rub trees, sniff other deer, walk, jump, rest or run. The game was originally developed as a screensaver, but a standalone launcher was released afterwards. When you connect to the network, the game seamlessly introduces the other deer online. Inactive deer, but still online (in screensaver mode), are shown sleeping. If you are all alone in the forest, you can roar to try and wake them up.You cannot name your deer, but by registering on the site, you can choose a unique symbol. This will appear as a glowing symbol between your antlers, identifying you as a unique animal. The locations currently include a mysterious ruin and the forest itself. There are no goals to achieve or rules to follow, but it serves as relaxing escapism, and as a sandbox for social experiments between humans without the usual means of communication. The game engine allows for rotation and zooming. To stress the harmless nature of the game, it is impossible to hurt your deer. Even when you collide with trees at full speed, it only slows you down and triggers some magical dust, no harm done.The game received a grant from Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, with support from Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Design Vlaanderen, Entropy8Zuper! and Provinciaal Archeologisch Museum Ename.The 1.5 release doubles the play arena with an idyllic pond surrounded by weeping willows, and adds Abiogenesis, where the twin god creators, Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn, perform live in the virtual world at regular intervals, creating swarms of animals, changing the seasons, playing music and creating scenery on the fly.The 2.0 release adds the ability to alter the look of the deer avatars by acquiring hidden magic to cast spells, new ways to express emotions, French and German as additional languages, and there are new locations such as a hollow oak and a stream.The third phase allows players to become fawns and explore a new area with birch trees and cycamores. There are also blue and red breasts on your antlers to collect and the antlers can play hide and seek among a bunch of large boulders. |
| To Heart 2 XRATED | 2005-12-09 | Aquaplus | Leaf | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | To Heart 2 XRATED is, as its title implies, an adult version of To Heart 2. Beside adding scenes with nudity and sexual situations, this version also has story- and gameplay-related differences. New scenarios have been added, as well as a new character named Sasara Kusugawa, whose appearance adds a different story progression path. In addition, two new mini-games have been included in this release: Super Sweets Scramble (a vertically scrolling shooter) and Dokidoki Panic Library, a puzzle game in which the player must connect similarly colored books with each other to eliminate them from the screen. |
| Zhmurki | 2005-12-09 | 1C Company | Gaijin Entertainment Corporation | Action | Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | Crime | Shooter | Contemporary, Europe | | Direct control | | | Isometric | Windows | Zhmurki (Жмурки) is an isometric action title set in Russia of the 1990s. It is based on the events of the same name movie from 2005. The title is a play on two different meanings - first one is a children game of blind man's buff, a version of tag where one person's eyes are covered. Another one is a slang term жмур, which could mean someone with their eyes closed indefinitely i.e. a dead person.The movie is a parody of the mid-90s culture in Russia, when the country was transitioning from planned to free market economy, which led to the emergence of a new class and a lot of criminal activities. You could play as either of two major film characters - small time gangsters who are willing to do everything for their boss, who just happens to be one of such nouveau riche criminal bosses. The gameplay could be best described as an arcade shooter similar to Crimsonland and, perhaps, GTA - you have to kill baddies that spawn around the map, pick up new weapons and while the experience meter fills up select new perks. There are different objectives ranging from just exterminating everyone to destroying objects and dealing with bosses, all while set in historically accurate environments. There are 35 missions, 15 types of weapon, 70 different enemies and a licensed soundtrack. |
| Ainevoltas | 2005-12-10 | Fendez Games | Fendez Games | Action | Side view | | | Metroidvania, Platform | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ainevoltas is a small freeware 2D platformer with some very minor RPG elements. Players control Justin as he needs to defeat the demon Azazel that has infested a castle. He can jump and attack. By ducking for some time, health is restored automatically. Defeating enemies fills up an experience bar. When it is full, skill points can be used to upgrade strength, health and jump power. The castle features different rooms such as a library, the kitchen, the main hall, and some can only be accessed when a certain level has been reached or when Justin can jump high enough. Health can also be restored through hearts and books provide additional experience points. There are three difficulty levels: Normal, Elite and Hero.The game was later remade and largely extended in the sequel Ainevoltas II. |
| Meeklits | 2005-12-11 | Blue Tea Games | Blue Tea Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The poor Meeklits. They're trapped by germs! Help them get free!This game is a sort of matching game. On the screen are germs of various colors and shapes. Among these are trapped Meeklits. You have a launcher on the side of the screen that can be moved up or down and can swap sides. You will have three germs on your launcher. By pressing the right mouse button or X on the keyboard, you cause the germs to rotate 90° clockwise. By pressing the left mouse button or C on the keyboard, you launch the germs. Any germ that hits a germ of the same color/shape will clear both. If a germ hits a different germ, the launched germ just clears. Randomly, your launcher may have 1 or more Super Tablets. A Super Tablet will remove any germ it hits, regardless of color/shape.At the top of the screen, you are shown the number of Meeklits you must free to win that level. Once this is done, you can redo the level, advance to the next higher difficulty or post your score online. Scattered among the Meeklits are other items such as 100 point coins, down arrows that lower the rows, bombs that destroy the 8 surrounding germs, anvils that destroy all the germs in the column below them, etc. There are also bonus Meeklits. You begin with 2 and can find more as you go. Some of these bonus Meeklits are:
Medicine Meeklits: Turns your next set of items to launch into three Super Tablets
Dynomite Meeklit: Destroys the entire bottom row of germs
Kitty Meeklit (a.k.a. Jazzy): Destroys all green germs
Doctor Meeklit: Lowers the contamination bar to the bottom
Ninja Meeklit: Randomly swaps some germs for 100 point coins
Mother Nature Meeklit: Turns all germs into green germs
Biker Meeklit (a.k.a. Taz): Makes any germ you launch destroy any germ it hits, regardless of color or shape
Anytime you launch germs and do not free a Meeklit or clear the bottom row, the contamination bar rises. If it gets to the top, the game is over. You can then retry the level, post your score online or, if you have already beaten that difficulty level, continue on to the next higher level. |
| Crazy Chicken: Approaching | 2005-12-12 | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Radon Labs GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Moorhuhn Action: Im Anflug is an arcade side-scrolling shooter with the famous Moorhuhn character. An unknown extraterrestrial power has stolen the hat of our hero. Furthermore they want take over the world with the help of their automatic robotic army. However, Moorhuhn strikes back. Through 17 levels Moorhuhn flies and shoots down as many enemies possible, while taking care no to miss the checkpoints. Only this way Moorhuhn can save the world and his hat. The player starts with a standard gun, but there are special weapons to pick up along the way, such as bombs or heavy machine gun that deal much more damage. There are also different enemies, ranging from silly monsters that fly straight at the player to smart level bosses. |
| Halo Zero | 2005-12-12 | Dobermann Software | Dobermann Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Halo Zero is a 2D sidescrolling fan-made platformer, based on the 3D Halo games, similar to what Codename: Gordon is to Half-Life. The story takes places prior to the events of the first game, Halo: Combat Evolved. Master Chief has to fight a Covenant invasion on Reach through different missions and ultimately join the Pillar of Autumn to escape. The characters, weapons and setting are based on the original game, and also on Halo: Blood Covenant, another fan-made game that was never finished. The game is developed using the Multimedia Fusion Pro software.Master Chief is controlled through the mouse for aiming and shooting, and through the keyboard for movement (including jumping and crouching). There are 2 basic weapons with a limited amount of ammo. While playing, players can either collect additional ammo or exchange their weapon for one of the defeated enemies. Most weapons require a regular reload. Next to the human weapons such a pistol, assault rifle, shotgun, rocket launcher and a sniper rifle, there are also alien ones, a limited amount of grenades and a custom melee attack for each weapon. There are 6 types of enemies: Grunt, Elite, Hunter, Jackal, Banshee and Swordsman. Most levels offer classic side-scrolling gameplay, with obstacles and height differences, but there are also a few missions where the players controls a Warthog or an aircraft while shooting enemies.There are different difficulty levels and a multiplayer mode for up to 2 players. |
| Xmas Bonus | 2005-12-12 | Indiepath Ltd | Grey Alien Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Xmas Bonus is a Christmas-themed match three game. Using your mouse, swap two items on the grid to form a straight line of three or more of the same item, horizontally or vertically. When you do this, the grid tiles turn gold. Turn all the grid tiles gold before the timer candle burns out to clear the level. If the timer candle burns out or there are no more matches possible, the game is over. You can then restart the level or save and exit.The game contains a number of bonus items to help you. These are:
Christmas pudding: Destroys the items or ice in the next-door tiles. If there was ice, only the ice is removed, not the item. Does not change tiles to gold.
Christmas cracker: Destroys an entire horizontal row or vertical column on items or ice. If there was ice, only the ice is removed, not the item. Does not change tiles to gold.
Paint can: Paints the tile it is in and all the next-door tiles gold. Does not remove items and has no affect on iced tiles.
Match: Melts the ice from one tile, anywhere on the grid. Will not affect the item or turn tile gold.
Paintbrush: Paints one tile gold, anywhere on the grid. Will not remove items and has no affect on iced tiles.
Shooting star: Destroys the item or ice and item of one tile, anywhere on the grid. Will not turn the tile gold. |
| Heavyweight Thunder | 2005-12-13 | eGames, Inc., Iridon Interactive AB, Overload Entertainment | RoundHouse Entertainment | Action, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Heavyweight Thunder is a boxing simulator, with the unusual addition of a first-person mode. Also featured is a mouse-driven swinging system (the two mouse buttons correspond to your two fists, and by moving the mouse in certain directions, you can create various combos), and a career mode with a focus on not only what fights you win, but what you own.Included are an instant action mode, a tournament mode, and a career mode. |
| Motorama | 2005-12-13 | IPlayAllday Studio | IPlayAllday Studio | Racing / Driving, Sports | | | | Puzzle elements, Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | Motorama is a side-scrolling motor racing game in the vein of Elasto Mania. In the game you race a motorbike and try to reach the end of each of the forty levels. The focus lies on performing stunts like jumps to get through the tracks similar to a platform game. The game is controlled with the arrow keys of the keyboard. You can brake, accelerate and shift weight to the front and the back. The latter allows you to rotate your bike while in the air, so that you can safely land on two wheels. It is also possible to boost your bike, but this drains more fuel, which comes in only limited supplies. Some levels allow refuelling at gas stations. Aside from basic racing, there's also levels that focus more on performing stunts. Scattered throughout each level are medals that can be collected, but it requires more advanced stunts to do so. There's multiple bikes that can be unlocked. |
| Shadow Vault | 2005-12-13 | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Alien Shooter
Alien Shooter: Fight for Life
Shadow Vault
4 utilities |
| Takeda 2 | 2005-12-13 | Magitech Corporation | Magitech Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Takeda 2 is the second strategy war game in the Takeda series. The game takes place during the Sengoku period (戦国時代, Sengoku jidai) in 16th century Japan, a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and constant military conflict. Japan's regional lords, the Daimyo, are fighting for territorial control since the country's central authority was weakened.Japanese history includes three prominent Daimyo who waged wars against each other: Takeda Shingen, Oda Nobunaga, and Nagao Kagetora (also known as Uesugi Kenshin). You will have the opportunity to play one of these famous men, each striving to become Shogun, the supreme military commander. Each has different weaknesses and strengths and begins in a different section of feudal Japan.Your armies must be organized for the most effective attacks. Use divisions and formations and command them in epic battles. Keep the morale of your soldiers high so they won't be effected by fatigue or fear. Handle the politics of the times by forming alliances between clans, arranging strategic marriages and managing relationships within the clans and with others. As your character succeeds, you will gain experience and improve your skills. Special items can improve your skills or the skills of your generals.Each lord has a castle which has been recreated from actual Japanese layouts. The terrain is varied with forests, hills, rivers, roads and mountains. The World Map allows you to get a strategic overview of the country, inspect your cities, and build and position your armies.Before beginning a battle, you can choose to record it for later viewing. The game can be played entirely by mouse or you can elect to use pre-set hot keys. |
| Pizza Dude | 2005-12-14 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | In Pizza Dude you can either control Pizzadude or Pizzagirl, of which the latter is easier to play with (more time available for each delivery). The goal of the game is to prepare pizzas and deliver them. Preparing pizzas means cutting tomatoes, onions, and many other pizza ingredients. Slicing pieces of pork with a chainsaw is also possible, as well as preparing other meals like french fries, soda, and salads. Once finished when preparing the food, you have to deliver it to many locations, by either quad or scooter. There are several easy locations, and some "special" locations to drive to (like Nico's Gas Station or Crazy Joe's Mountain). Once arrived at the location, there is some jump and run action (avoiding dogs and other obstacles, trying to not fall into water, etc.) before you can actually deliver the pizza. When you have delivered the Pizza, you must go back to the restaurant to create more pizzas. |
| Tornado Jockey | 2005-12-14 | WildTangent, Inc. | Wanako Studios Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Cause mayhem and destruction as one of the most powerful forces on earth, the tornado. In each level, your goal is to destroy all of the targets in the time given, while causing as much damage as you can along the way. Enemies, including ray gun trucks and crop dusters, will try to destroy you, so attack them back. After destroying most buildings, debris is released, which you can grab and fling to damage or destroy objects. Pick up powerups around the level to temporarily increase your power.Six levels are included, which will be replayed three times, with more targets and smarter enemies each time. Previous levels can be replayed in the "Tornado Alley" mode. |
| Cubology | 2005-12-15 | PiEyeGames | PiEyeGames | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Cubology is a 3D color matching game. On arcade mode, the objective is to clear a pile of multicolored cubes, by dragging them with left mouse button and connecting three or more of the same color. The camera can be moved with the right button, and new cubes are continuously added from above by mechanical claws. A cube can climb over another one, but not over a stack. Groups of matching cubes disappear when touching each other. Some cubes have jewels inside, and can only be removed by covering a whole layer with them.Each arcade level has a different field layout, varying in the degree of maneuvering space available to move the cubes. If the pile gets too tall the screen starts to shake, and if the height is not lowered in time the tower explodes and the game is over.Special cubes help or hinder the player with the task. Static cubes can't be moved. Iron cubes can't be matched or moved. Sliding cubes keep moving until hitting a corner. Magnetic cubes stick to any other nearby cube. Spray cubes paint a group with the same color. Bomb cubes have a counter, showing the number of moves allowed before they explode clearing the field.In puzzle mode, each level has an specific objective that must be achieved, detailed in a text briefing at the selection menu. The player wins ranking stars after completing a level, and the amount received depends on how fast the level was solved. Stars are used to unlock new levels.The game comes with an extensive integrated editor, allowing users to create, save and load new custom levels. |
| Fritz 9: Play Chess | 2005-12-15 | Viva Media, LLC | ChessBase GmbH | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Board game, Chess | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Fritz 9 is the updated version of the high-powered chess engine that has made the series famous. It is very similar to the previous version, Fritz 8, but with some added features that experienced chess enthusiasts will appreciate.Fritz 9 plays completely inside a window so you can multi-task with other applications. New game aspects include new preset AI opponents who play differently based on elements (handicaps etc.) that you choose, realistic sound effects for the various types of chess pieces, several new 3D enhanced playing boards and some that you can customize yourself.But Fritz 9 is much more than a computer chess game. It is a sophisticated analysis tool letting you discover the weak portions of your games (and games of others) to help you improve. The engine adjusts to the players skill level and strengths.Included free is a one-year subscription to playchess.com for on-line play against opponents all over the world. |
| Wintersport: Snowboard 2008 | 2005-12-15 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Independent Arts Software GmbH | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Wintersport: Snowboard 2008 is a version of Winterspiele, but with only two disciplines where the original game contains 7. Snow Boarding and Biathlon are included. |
| Dawn of Magic | 2005-12-16 | 1C Company | SkyFallen Entertainment | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | Horror | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | Mature | 2D scrolling | Windows | Dawn of Magic is a third-person action RPG. The major difference of this game from most "Diablo clones" is that all four characters available for the player are mages. Your main goal is to help destroy Earth or save it. The game tells the story of the immortal Modo who, for his crimes, was banished from the Afterlife and sent to live on Earth as a mortal.Players can play as a bad character and help Modo in reaching his ultimate goal - destroying the Earth, or be a good character and try to stop him. The game has a lot of humor and cultural references in all its quests and sub-quests. Dawn of Magic has an unique combat system where you can combine different spells to get a new one with unique abilities. The controls are very similar to most hack-and-slash games: you use the mouse to control the character, and the keyboard to select spells from a toolbar. |
| Maski Show | 2005-12-16 | 1C-SoftClub | Lazy Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy | Mini-games | | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Maski Show is an adventure game starring the characters of a popular 90s-00s Ukrainian comedian group. In this game, the comedy group, after shooting so many television films, decide to shoot their own blockbuster movie. But not having the budget, the actors and a scenario, the director sends his assistant, the Cossack Komar to look for all these things. Komar's adventures will be full of crazy situations taken directly from the group's most famous TV films.The first part of the game deals with recruiting the cast members, while the second part deals with looking for starring actors, money and decorations. The last part of the game takes place in a theater where the group, having failed to secure funding, tries to shoot the movie using what they have in front of a small audience.The game plays out as a point and click adventure game, but mostly consists of mini-games which are necessary to complete in order to reach the goals. |
| The Mastermind | 2005-12-16 | Total Gameplay Studio | Total Gameplay Studio | Strategy | Top-down | | | Developed by | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Mafia Tycoon is a turn-based strategy game set in the world of organized crime with activities such as smuggling, gambling, illegal weapons, alcohol and drugs. The player is one of the mafia bosses with an empire to manage. The game begins with control over two bandits. They conduct illegal activities that lead to profit. By moving up in the world additional gangster can be recruited. Every gangster has his own specialization. The mafia boss can use his money to buy companies, banks, hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and casinos, thereby increasing his sphere of influence. The city has however other criminal organizations with the same goals and the player can opt to fight them. |
| Global War on Terror: Death Strike | 2005-12-17 | IncaGold plc | Mission Failed | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | In Global War on Terror: Death Strike the player fights against Samo Al Robi, founder of the terror organization NWO. He is responsible for several atrocities, e.g. fake medicine which causes neural disorders and several atomic bomb drops. Now the Secret Service has found his hideout in the wastelands of the Northern East. In a ten mission, long campaign the player uses a jet fighter to destroy this evil man.Mostly the mission goals are to fly from point A to point B to bomb ground target C. Of course there are various opponents on the way, e.g. planes and tanks, which needs to be dispatched. The fuel serves as time limit. For the moving and firing of the primary weapon the player needs to use his mouse; only secondary weapons need keyboard commands. The player can also use a zoom function in form of a circle appearing in front of the plane. In this circle everything is shown bigger so it becomes easier to hit the enemies. |
| Astronoid.net | 2005-12-19 | Aleph 0 | Aleph 0 | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | Thomas Cahuzac | Real-time | | | Windows | Astronoid.net is an online futuristic racing game allowing up to 8 players per race. Several elements, reminiscent of WipeOut, expect you to drive spaceships from obscure canyons to asteroids’ fields or get lost in outer space.The game allows you to use weapons, and there are several classes of vessels. Ships are controlled via the mouse and playability requires fingering.The game was originally free to play for beginners, but "pilots' licenses" could be bought (Amateur, Professional, Champion). These licenses allowed to access higher level spaceships, maps and game modes. |
| I'm Only Sleeping | 2005-12-19 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Simon Jones has awaken suddenly at night because of a nightmare. Walking around the house, collecting the items, and talking to residents, the player should help Simon Jones to find a way to get back to sleep in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Ice Puzzle Deluxe | 2005-12-19 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Static X Studio | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ice Puzzle Deluxe is a tile matching puzzle game. Unlike other tile matching games the player doesn't move the tiles (in this game crystals), he moves the entire row/column, so that he gets 3 or more same crystal in a group, and then they "explode" and the gap is filled with other crystals. This is same concept like in the game Chuzzle Deluxe.The game contains three game types:
Quest: in this game type the player has to clear away all the yellow tiles from the game board by creating groups of the same crystals in the yellow tiles, and then he finishes the level and goes to the next level. The game is timed and if the time ends, the player loses one life. During the game the player will receive bonuses that help to clear away yellow tiles that he wants in order to complete the level.Relax: this is almost like the Quest mode, but there is no time limit, so the player can play at his own speed.Logic: in this game type the player has to move rows and columns on the game board to match the pattern on the right panel.There are also trophies that will be awarded as soon as the player will meet the requirements. |
| Sudoku Total | 2005-12-19 | bhv Distribution GmbH | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sudoku Total is a Sudoku game with computer-generated puzzles. Choose from 3 different difficulty levels and improve your best time. The in-game help can show you hints and the complete solution. Also included is a function to print out the Sudokus, so you can solve them on paper. |
| 1-2-3 Bumblebee | 2005-12-20 | | | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 1-2-3 Bumblebee is a game designed to teach toddlers to use the computer mouse. The bee acts as the mouse pointer. When the bee is over a square, clicking will make a shape appear. When three of the squares have shapes, the fourth square will display a number with a voice saying the number. After the number three, the screen shows three bees above the numbers 1 2 3. The bees do a sort of dance while music plays. Next, the screen displays and a voice says the words "Good Job!" then it is back to the title screen. |
| Ever17: The Out of Infinity - Premium Edition | 2005-12-20 | Hirameki International Group Inc. | KID Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | Windows | This port of Ever17: The Out of Infinity comes with several in-game updates, including two new songs and new opening movie. |
| Tears of Betrayal | 2005-12-20 | Frixx-iT | Frixx-iT | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | A tragic accident separates James from his wife Roxanne on the day before their 5th anniversary. Roxanne gets hit by a car while crossing the street near their apartment. While fighting for her life in the Intensive Care Unit, she appears before him in a dream suggesting that the accident was intentional.
Why was she targeted? Will she survive? How can James find out the truth? Will the fortune teller be able to help him?
One thing's for sure: he won't be playing his card game on Friday... or will he?Tears of Betrayal is an old skool adventure similar to the Sierra and LucasArts games from the nineties. The difference lies in the use of a 3D rendered environment and the option to control the game either through a point-and-click interface and/or a text-parser (just type what you want to do).Tears of Betrayal has 11 mandatory puzzles (some of them need combinations), 22 easter eggs (some of them are puzzles), 3 gamble games, 12 original soundtracks, humour, emotion and suspense. |
| Legion Arena | 2005-12-21 | Strategy First, Inc. | Slitherine Software UK Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Classical antiquity | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Legion Arena is a sequel to the game Legion. Like its predecessor the game features epic battles in Roman times. But this time the battles are completely in 3D and in real-time. The resource management and city building aspect of Legion has been swept aside in favour of a focus on pure combat. At the end of each combat you receive money and fame, which can be used to buy new units and level up your existing units respectively. You can handpick different skills for each of your units and can customize their appearance. The game allows the player to play as either the Romans or the Gauls in over 100 scenarios. The game comes with 20 unique historically correct unit types. |
| Flyff: Fly For Fun | 2005-12-22 | Gala-Net, Inc. | Aeonsoft | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Flyff is a fantasy MMORPG set in the lands of Roika where all characters can move about by flying. Shade, born of the goddess Rhisis, was exiled by 8 great heroes after a great war. After returning, she wants to destroy all life and has set the people adrift at sea and Masquerpets monsters roam the land. Her sister Bubble wants to help the people and has split the land to form Madrigal. You control an avatar and take part in ranged and melee fights in the air and on ground while also running a shop when inactive. At level 15, you can choose from one of 4 character classes: Mercenary, Magician, Assist or Acrobat. At level 60, you can choose from 1 of 2 subclasses as well. You can become a Master at level 120 and return to level 60 with enhanced powers to reach Hero status when reaching level 121. You gain levels by performing quests or defeating Masquerpets to collect dropped objects that can be traded for such things as penya money, equipment, foods & potions, and quest objects. With each level you gain skill points for attacking and protection/enhancement. You can restore health, fight power, and magic power bars with food, vital drinks, and mana refreshers. PvP fighting is allowed when all parties accept or you can enter the PvP Arena for that purpose.There are many ways to be social in the game. You can vote a Master or Hero to be Lord of your server for 2 weeks to introduce events and collect taxes on purchases and returns. Join a party group to increase experience and booty. Guilds allow chat amongst each member and have titles of Master/Leader, Kingpins, Captains, Supporters, and Rookies. A guild can enter a guild dungeon for a Clockworks War, and fight hundreds of monsters in giant form at the Secret Rooms & Forsaken Tower. A weekly guild siege is held for 8 guilds to compete in a free-for-all fight. A male and female character can become a couple and work co-operatively for special buffs and gifts. There are also other features such as a collector system for rare and unique items, private shops, and raising pets which give advantages in battle. Improving weapons or items can be done various ways: elementing can give advantage over monsters associated with one of five elements, awakening adds random additional stats to equipment while socket cards add stats, upgrading increases an item's main quality through using magic stones, crafting creates a unique weapon with rare materials, and customizing can work on even jewelry, pets and hairstyles. The game is F2P (free to play) but there's also a micropayment Cash Shop which allows players to support the game by purchasing gPotatos to exchange for premium items not found in the game. |
| Elf Bowling 6: Air Biscuits | 2005-12-23 | NStorm, Inc. | NStorm, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Comedy | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In this game, Santa has broken his bowling ball so he will throw elves to see how far he can get. Press the mouse button to set the angle of the throw then press again to set the power. Once in the air, press the mouse button repeatedly to fly farther.When you are on your way, you can hit balloons for bonus points, gifts to recharge your "elf-fart" flight ability and Jack-in-the-boxes that will propel you back into the air. All other items, like the polar bear, Christmas trees, clouds, penguins, and snow mounds, will drop you to the ground or bounce you backwards. Each elf adds to the total score and after three elves, you grand total is shown. |
| Gyakuten Saiban | 2005-12-23 | SourceNext Corporation | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Gyakuten Saiban is an adventure game where the player takes on the role of Ryuuichi Naruhodou, a rookie lawyer fresh out of law school. The game features five cases where the player must help Ryuuichi, as the defense attorney, clear the name of falsely accused defendants and prove the guilt of the real culprit. During the trials, the player must carefully listen to the witnesses' testimonies. He can then analyze the testimony, sentence by sentence, and "press" the witness for more information, or present to the court a piece of evidence that proves the witness's claim to be false. As lies and inaccuracies are exposed, the witness typically keeps changing their testimony until finally the truth comes to light. However, presenting wrong evidence or otherwise making errors will cause the judge to penalize you, and if you've accumulated too many penalties, he will lose his patience and declare a guilty verdict immediately. Before and in between the trials, the player usually needs to take part in an adventure game-styled section where they conduct an investigation, travelling between various locations, interrogating people and searching rooms in hopes of finding evidence or learning some clues for the upcoming court session. There are four cases in total. |
| Cedric and the Revolution | 2005-12-24 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Cedric and the Revolution is a freeware adventure developed for the December edition of the MAGS (Monthly Adventure Game Studio) competition. The game uses a classic point-and-click interface and is reminiscent of the old LucasArts Monkey Island games, with humorous elements. You are the dwarf Cedric who wants to become the blacksmith’s apprentice. However, the blacksmith is unable to hire Cedric as the king of that time has enforced a new law posing high taxes on the town's residents. Cedric wants to start a revolution against those practices and has to find more people to join his quest. Cedric teams up with Victor the blacksmith to start the revolution. The game is very small in size and does not require any installation. |
| Fairy Bloom | 2005-12-26 | Edelweiss | Edelweiss | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fairy Bloom is a simple score attack-based brawler. Players control a fairy and defend a plant that slowly grows in the centre of the stage; monsters come in from either side to try to damage it, requiring players to beat them back. Luckily, the fairy is equipped with a bladed weapon; she can perform various slicing attacks and combos to take out enemies, and perform long chains that can move from enemy to enemy. The game continues endlessly, with the goal to last as long as possible; the score is based on a combination of time survived and combos performed. |
| Jagged Alliance World | 2005-12-26 | Akella | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games
Jagged Alliance 2
Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business |
| Bert the Barbarian | 2005-12-28 | Squashy Software | Squashy Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Bert the Barbarian is a platform game where the player controls the title character. Armed with a sword, Bert must fight off enemies themselves armed with either swords or throwing knives. The graphics style of the game is its main feature - the graphics were made out of clay. There are two levels which repeat after the second is complete. Points are earned by collecting money bags dropped by enemies and hidden around the level.It won first prize in PC Zone magazine's "DIV Game Creator 2000" competition. |
| Exolon DX | 2005-12-28 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | | Fangame | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Exolon DX is a remake of the classic Exolon on the ZX Spectrum.You are a cyborg named Vitorc and must blast through five levels to escape to a better planet in this platform game. In addition to the original game's levels this remake boasts a new last level, new tunes and updated graphics.Normally Vitorc roams in a stormtrooper suit but by passing through a red pod you can morph in Exolon, a super armoured trooper. To get through each level you must memorize exactly where the traps are and how they are triggered to progress. Blast the sphere pods to release little red balls which will destroy objects they run into. You can use your blaster to make some walls disintegrate or to launch idling missiles.
With the complete exoskeleton armor of Exolon, your weapon will be updated with one more laser blast and you can't die if your walk on traps such as the steel claws which are buried beneath the ground. |
| Fish Tycoon | 2005-12-29 | LDW Software, LLC | LDW Software, LLC | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Meditative / Zen | Everyone | | Windows | Fish Tycoon is a software toy of sorts, in which you control a tank of fish. To allow them to thrive and remain healthy, there are several upgrades which can be purchased, ranging from fish vitamins to fungal treatments to atmosphere-improving plants. They must also be fed, by dragging the food into the tank. Money can also be spent on improving your fish knowledge and business ability. The player has limited money, which can be topped up by selling fully-grown fish.The ultimate aim on each level is to cross-breed the fish in such a way as to reveal one of the many types of Magic Fish. These are especially valuable to sell, and can help you finance a better tank. However, they can be very environment-dependent, so keep research in mind. The game takes place in real-time, even while not running, so make sure to leave adequate food if you will be away from it for a length of time. |
| Zulu Gems | 2005-12-29 | Katana Games S.L. | Katana Games S.L. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Africa | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You and your team on intrepid explorers are in search on the Jade Idol of Nombuso. Brave the jungles and caves in search of treasure.Zulu Gems is a puzzle game. You start with a row of gems at the bottom and one in the launcher at the top. Using the launcher, you can place the gem on the stacks. At times, you will have a colored ball in the launcher. Launch the ball at gems of the same color and that gem and all gems on the same color on the right, left and below it that touch will be removed. If four gems form a square, they will combine into a super gem. These can only be destroyed by a colored ball-created chain explosion. As the levels progress, you will have stones. These are cleared either by power ups or by clearing the gems and/or super gems on the right, left and/or below the stone. Later, you have power ups. These will destroy several gems but not super gems. Farther on, you will have metal squares. These cannot be destroyed, only worked around.You must keep clearing gems until the bar along the bottom fills up. When that happens, then you just need to clear the remaining gems to proceed on. When the gem stacks reach the top, you lose a life. Lose all you lives and the game is over. |
| eXceed: Gun Bullet Children | 2005-12-29 | Flat Software | Flat Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | eXceed - Gun Bullet Children is 2D arcade shoot'em up in danmaku/bullet hell style. Mankind fights against vampires and deviants (humans whose blood is mixed with the blood of vampires). The player chooses one of the three girl characters, who serve in Gun Bullet Children. Gameplay is typical for genre, for example similar to Touhou games - the player controls a girl, flies straight forward, shoots many enemies (each girl has main weapon and "bombs") and dodges many bullets. The game consists of five stages, each ending with a boss fight.Screenshots Promo Images Part of the Following Groups eXceed series
Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
Protagonist: Female
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| 1213: Episode 1 | 2005-12-30 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Action | Side view | | Horror | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This is the first part of the trilogy featuring prisoner 1213 (Twelve Thirteen). Locked up in a dark cell and consumer by sickness, the prisoner has got no idea where he is and how he got there. He is addressed as 1213, the number of his cell, and every day a bespectacled man takes him through an obstacle course to test him. One day, the door suddenly opens with no apparent cause and 1213 takes the chance to escape.1213 is an action platformer with lots of puzzle elements. With gameplay and movement similar to Flashback and the original Prince of Persia, the player has to help 1213 find a way out. Armed with a gun with an unlimited amount of bullets, 1213 is able to move around, crouch, jump, dangle on ledges and shoot enemies. No more than one item can be carried around at all times. Consoles contain logs that provide insight into the background story. To progress, 1213 has to shoot enemies and solve various puzzles that require more thought than in regular platform games.1213's remaining life is represented by a beating heart in the top left hand corner. The faster it beats, the less life left. It can be turned back normal by showering. |
| Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Minagoroshi-hen | 2005-12-30 | 07th Expansion | 07th Expansion | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Minagoroshi-hen is the seventh release in the Higurashi: When They Cry visual novel series. It includes parts 5, 6, and 7 of the novel: "Meakashi-hen", "Tsumihoroboshi-hen" and "Minagoroshi-hen". It is a simple visual novel without branching paths or choices, where the player simply advances the text to read the story. After finishing each chapter, the player unlocks a number of optional bonus scenes called "TIPS".The story of "Minagoroshi-hen" once again takes place in the village of Hinamizawa, plagued by dark secrets, tragedies, and deaths. This chapter reveals the strange secret of one of Keiichi Maebara's closest friends, and eventually explains most of the mysteries from the previous six episodes. |
| Shoot the Bullet | 2005-12-30 | Team Shanghai Alice | Team Shanghai Alice | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Shoot the Bullet is a 2D vertically-scrolling danmaku game. It is installment 9.5 in the Tōhō series. Aya Shameimaru is a tengu reporter who wants to take several pictures of the bosses from previous games. Shoot the Bullet does not have regular enemies as she only fights bosses. But instead of attacking them she must avoid bullets and she doesn't shoot. To complete levels she uses her camera to photograph the enemy's bullets. When bullets are photographed, they disappear and a score is awarded based on the different types of shots. The camera must be charged to work. The bosses in the game come from the previous titles The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil to Phantasmagoria of Flower View. |
| 10,000 Games | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing, Viva Media, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The package contains three earlier SelectSoft Publishing and Viva Media releases in one box:
3333 Games
Best Games Hits Compilation
Puzzle Bonanza XP Championship
10,000 Games contains thousands of different games of many different genres, including puzzles, shooters, action, sports and gambling. This collection contains no freeware or shareware games. |
| 1001 Minigolf Challenge | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing | Teyon S.A. | Sports | | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | 1001 Minigolf Challenge is a single player crazy-golf game. The main game menu is an island which initially has a twenty three nine hole default courses laid out. The player starts at course one and plays their way through all the courses, or they can select an alternate course from one of the four course packs each of which also contains twenty-three nine-hole courses. If the player selects an alternate pack they can choose any of the courses tpo play, there is no requirement to play them sequentially as there is with the default set.Gameplay is simple. The player starts off on the tee at which point moving the mouse changes the camera angle. One click of the mouse button and the gauge in the power meter starts to move. Another click sets the power of the shot and accuracy meter starts to move, another click and the shot is taken.The game has sound, music, and features such as fans to help the player over obstacles. It plays entirely via the mouse in either in a window or full-screen. |
| 1001 Tangram Puzzles | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 1001 Tangram Puzzles is a single player game in which the player places tiles into a picture outline.There are one thousand and one different patterns to complete. These are divided into ten menus containing one hundred patterns and a single menu with the lone, solitary one thousand and first pattern. Players can choose their preferred pattern via these menus or have the game select a random one for them. There is also a 'magic eye' feature which will show the completed puzzle should the player get stuck.The game presents a random puzzle to the player when it starts, it does not 'remember' the last puzzle being worked on. When a puzzle is completed the assembled pieces flash green for a few seconds and then the game presents another random puzzle to the player.The game is played entirely with the mouse. There is no sound, no save game feature, no high score feature. |
| 2 For You Game Pack: Super Aneurysm! / Pop Pop Pop! | 2006 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games:
Super Aneurysm!
Pop Pop Pop! |
| 20 Pferdespiele | 2006 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Cards / tiles, Chess, Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 20 Pferdespiele is a mini games collection. Most of them are variants of classic games with background pictures showing horses. These are mostly puzzle and arcade games, e.g. Memory, Tetris, chess, Mah Jongg, Minesweeper, tile matching or juggling. |
| 22 Pferde-Spiele | 2006 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Racing / Driving | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 22 Pferde-Spiele is a collection of mini games for children. Horses are the topic of all games, such as quizzes, skill and puzzle games. Every game can be started from a menu. |
| 3 Balls | 2006 | Pyva.net | Pyva.net | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 3 Balls is a free puzzle game with a very simple task: You simply have to roll 3 colored balls into their colored slots. This game has 20 increasingly difficult levels to choose from and the game can either be played in black in white or in color. |
| 3D-Puzzlespass | 2006 | Beat Games | | Action, Puzzle | | | | Arcade, Cards / tiles | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | 3D-Puzzlespass is basically a collection of 16 jigsaw puzzles. The player needs to assemble them within a time limit. But unfortunately there are goblins which try to hinder the process by blurring puzzle pieces. These can be fend off by using items which can be found near the puzzle board. There is also a high score list. |
| 7 Wonders of the Ancient World | 2006 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Hot Lava Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Classical antiquity, Egypt (Ancient), Middle East | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 7 Wonders of the Ancient World is a Bejeweled-type puzzle game. The game boards are set against the fabled 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. In the main Story mode you need to build wonders over time one after another starting with The Great Pyramid in Giza then moving to the mysterious Hanging Gardens of Babylon and other wonders. To do so, you will need to match runes on materials blocks to destroy them. After the wonder was opened in story mode it would be available to play in all other modes. There are around 56 levels in the game and 3 difficulty modes to play. Board size and configuration depend on the wonder you're currently trying to build. |
| 8 Great Sports PC Games | 2006 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 8 Great Sports PC Games is a compilation of budget games from Grabit. Each game comes in its own keep case and all eight keep cases come in a slipcase which features montage of the keep case cover art. The games contained here are:
Crazy Golf
Extreme Sprint 3010
International Cricket Captain 2002
SD Qlympics (here it's called Olympic Challenge)
Sega Rally Championship
Sega Worldwide Soccer (a renamed version of Sega Worldwide Soccer '97)
Snooker 147
X-Treme Quads
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| 99 Classic Arcade | 2006 | IncaGold plc | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 99 Classic Arcade is a compilation that is very similar to 99 Action & Arcade. There are not 99 games here, there are five games with a combined level total that is a little in excess of the promised 99 games. Specifically this product contains:
Arcade: ten maps for Tank Battle and twenty maps for Tank Duel, both top-down keyboard controlled shooters plus six shooting games where the player shoots helicopters, balloons, bombs, spiders, ducks or targets
Arcanoid: twenty-five levels of a Breakout clone
Pinball: five tables
Racing: a top-down, keyboard controlled racing game with ten maps
Tetris: twenty-four levels of a game called TetrisSet |
| Puzzle 2 | 2006 | Micro Application, S.A. | Tibo Software | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | Direct control, Menu structures, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Puzzle 2 is a mouse-controlled jigsaw puzzle title that features 200 pictures. You can import your own pictures and add your own background music. You can even puzzle your own videos. The most common file extensions are supported : JPG, TIF, GIF, PNG, BMP, AVI, MPG, WMV, MP3, MID, WAV etc. Pictures are stored in nine themed folders, alphabetically:Animals
Arts
Food
Kids
Landscapes
Misc.
Sports
Transports
TravelsOnce a jigsaw is completed, it is displayed in a 3D gallery room. Puzzle 2 is available for download, but retail versions were also sold. |
| ALFA: Antiterror - Advanced War Tactics | 2006 | bhv Software GmbH & Co. KG | ZAO MiST land South | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Turn-based strategy | | | Sergey Kritskiy | Turn-based | | | Windows | In ALFA: Antiterror - Advanced War Tactics the player takes the role of a young soldier who gets a member of ALFA, the Russian anti terror force. During the 22 missions he improves his rank until he commands 16 soldiers. The mission goals are mostly to defend a position, liberate a map or rescuing hostages. Besides the campaign there are also single scenarios.Before every mission the player chooses his team members and their equipment. Then the mission and the first planning phase begins where he gives orders to his team, e.g. moving to a point and then attacking an enemy. In the following action phase he watches how his and his opponent's orders are performed at the same time. Because there can be a lot of parallel battlegrounds in a mission the player can re-watch an action phase as often as he wants. Unlike similar games this one doesn't use action points to limit the actions per round but a time limit: every action round lasts 20 seconds. If orders are left they get performed in the next turn. This means the player theoretically can plan the whole mission during the first phase. For solved missions the player receives commando points which he uses to promote soldiers to the next rank. Experience points are rewarded for killed enemies which are reinvested in awards. Both ranks and awards improve some of the soldier's abilities. There is also the possibility to send a soldier to a training course to specialise him in five fields, e.g. sniping. Every soldier has his own voice acting and personality. There are also several tactical influences the player needs to pay attention to: The soldiers can take cover in buildings and - with the right weapon - shoot through certain materials. Height differences, kind of underground and equipment weights are other factors. There are also vehicles to use in some missions. |
| Aevum Obscurum | 2006 | Aevum Obscurum Entertainment | Aevum Obscurum Entertainment | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy, Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Age of Conquest is a medieval strategy game about world domination in 1300 Europe. You take the reigns of a budding empire and struggle for control of the world. It is designed as a multiplayer game, but also features a single player game mode. Options include military, population and economy management. You can interact with other players by means of messaging. A diplomacy panel allows for alliances, non-aggressive pacts and cease-fires. Age of Conquest uses a turn-based system which resembles a play-by-mail game, although everything is automated. More than 50 players can join a single game. |
| Airborne Hero D–Day Frontline 1944 | 2006 | Degriff'Soft | ASYLUM Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | | | | | | Windows | Airborne Hero D–Day Frontline 1944 is a World War II first-person shooter set on D-Day. The player takes the role of an American soldier, Peter Smith, who was ready to jump off the plane when German soldiers downed it and he barely survived.The game follows the traditions of the genre. It consists of seven missions where the player fights German soldiers in both indoor and outdoor locations. There are five weapons available plus hand grenades. Each level has a number of objectives that the player has to complete. Most of these involve destroying the equipment and infrastructure of the enemy and gathering intelligence, as well as killing enemies. |
| Alien Shooter 2: Zolotoe izdanie | 2006 | Sigma LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Alien Shooter games compilation includes:
Alien Shooter (base game)
Alien Shooter: Fight for Life (first expansion)
Alien Shooter: The Experiment (second expansion)
Alien Shooter 2 (1.1 version)
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| All Star Strip Poker | 2006 | Digital Red Publishing | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Let's try to figure out what All Star Strip Poker could be about... Well, that wasn't too hard, wasn't it? The player plays poker against six porn actresses. If he wins they undress themselves in Full Motion Video. He also unlocks picture galleries and can even use these pictures as wallpaper. If he beats a woman multiple times he also unlocks a bonus video. |
| All Star Strip Poker: Girls at Work | 2006 | Digital Red Publishing | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | All Star Strip Poker: Girls at Work is exactly the same game as its predecessor All Star Strip Poker with one important difference: The five porn actresses the user plays poker against are dressed as secretary or nurse. Of course not long because if he wins they undress themselves in Full Motion Video. He also unlocks picture galleries and can even use these pictures as wallpaper. If he beats a woman multiple times he also unlocks a bonus video. |
| Alpine Ski Racing 2007: Bode Miller vs. Hermann Maier | 2006 | JoWooD Productions Software AG, RTL Games GmbH | 49Games GmbH | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Alpine Ski Racing 2007 is the sequel to both the Ski Racing series and RTL Ski Alpin 2006, but has overall more similarities to the latter. It's a downhill ski racing game.The game features three different difficulties and it comes with six game modes: slalom, giant slalom, super-g, downhill, free ride and speed-downhill. But the heart of the game is the career mode: here the player undergoes a whole season and tries to be as successful as possible - a good enough overall rank will cause a promotion to the next higher league for the next season. Before every event there are a number of possibilities, e.g. betting on the outcome and choosing the correct wax compound. Other important parts are to keep the financial balance and to train - a certain amount of training points are divided to the athlethe's abilities. If the player doesn't want to do this himself, he can hire a coach. The controls during the events consist of steering, accelerating and, if needed, carving for faster turns.There are overall 38 different races on 16 different peaks to ski from. Players can create their own athlete or choose one of the few pre-defined, which are modelled after real-life athletes, including Bode Miller and Hermann Maier. |
| American Civil War: Gettysburg | 2006 | Global Star Software Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | American Civil War: Gettysburg is a classical turn-based strategy game set during the American Civil War. Despite its name the 16 historical missions don't focus on Gettysburg alone but cover the whole war. The goal is always to kill every enemy in a limited number of turns.In every round the player gives orders to his troops, e.g. moving or attacking. After the opponent has done the orders get performed. When two units meet each other the combat results get calculated automatically. The game takes terrain information, morale, formations, cover and the unit's viewing direction into account. Generals have abilities they can use to help or hinder near units, e.g. more damage or decreasing the morale. Besides the campaign there is also a skirmish mode. The game also features an encyclopedia about the Civil War. |
| Amiga Classix 5 | 2006 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Amiga Classix 5 is a compilation of 200 Amiga games. The games are on the CD as ADF (Amiga Disk Format) files which can be played with the supplied emulator UAE. Additional extras are a graphical menu system (Windows only) with some information about the games, manuals and/or walkthroughs for some games and issue #55 of the German magazine Amiga Future. In contrast to the predecessors, all games are full versions (mostly cracked) and there are no demo versions included:
ABC Wide World of Sports Boxing
Antheads: It Came from the Desert II
Astatin
Black Magic
Bo Jackson Baseball
Ché: Guerilla in Bolivia
Cobra
Defender of the Crown
Dragon Tiles
Excalibur
Fatal Impact
Fears
Fireblaster
Foundations: Director's Cut
Frontline
The Game of Life
Goal!
Hanse: Die Expedition
Herewith the Clues
Hunter
Interphase
Iridon
It Came From the Desert
Jimmy's Fantastic Journey
Jump 'N' Roll
Krypton Egg
Lettrix
Limes und Napoleon
Lords of the Rising Sun
Mafdet and the Book of the Death
Megaroids
On the Ball
On the Ball: World Cup Edition
The Patrician
Return to Zantis
S.D.I.
Shiftrix
Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon
Space Assault
Space Job
Table Tennis Simulation
TV Sports: Basketball
Warlords
In addition there are also four games labeled as "previously unreleased". Those games were originally slated for commercial release (either retail or on Amiga disk mags), but cancelled. Later the authors released them as freeware on the internet:
Denjoy
Indigo
Slez
Son Si-Shi
The rest of the lineup are PD games. |
| Amsterdam Street Racer | 2006 | Grabit | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Europe | Automobile, Street racing | | | | | Windows | Amsterdam Street Racer is a single-player racing game which has a multiplayer option via a LAN or the internet. Whether single player or multiplayer the game is the same. The player starts with $500 and uses this cash to enter races. The races need to be won to build up cash to unlock and enter other races. The emphasis in this game is on speed and fun, the cars are not customisable, there is no evidence of real-world physics being used and the cityscape bears no resemblance to Amsterdam. The is a choice of six cars to race in, none of which are locked, the races are:
Street Race: this costs $100 to enter and in it the player has to race between two points five times, winner collects $500
Drag Race: a straight line dash from point A to Point B, this race too costs $100 to enter but the winner only collects $250The above races are unlocked at the start of the game. As well as an onboard map the destination point is shown by a giant vertical purple column of light. For each race there are three or four routes and the race is between two or four cars. In addition to the buildings, street furniture and other cars the races are made more difficult by the AI cars which aggressively try to run the player's car off the road.The remainder of the races are:
City Race: in this race the player must locate a hidden checkpoint within the city and be the first racer to find it and return. This costs $1,000 to enter.
Final Mission 1 and Final Mission 2: these cost $47,250 and $9,000 to enter. Course details are unavailable until the player reaches these stages. |
| Ancient Empires Lux | 2006 | Sillysoft | Sillysoft | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | Mark Bauer | Turn-based | | | Windows | Ancient Empires Lux is a turn-based strategy game that is heavily based on the board game Risk. Starting from a map divided into different regions, the objective of each game is to conquer the whole map and eliminate all other players. The basic principle: in every round players can divide and move their troops to adjourning regions respectively attack them. The combat result is decided by the number of attacking and defending soldiers. Every victory reward cards which can be collected and traded for new troops, along with the automatic refreshments after every round. Additions are heavily fortified cities (hard to conquer but give better cards), sea routes and trade routes which allow to quickly travel from city to city.The game is similar to its predecessor Lux, but this time features ten different campaigns that revolve around ancient empires such as the Roman Empire, Greece, Zhou Dynasty, and Babylonia. |
| Antrophos: The Origin | 2006 | Play Ten Interactive, Russobit-M | Snake & Eagle Studios | Action | Behind view | | | Hack and slash | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Juan Luis Ruíz Beltrán | Windows | Antrophos: The Origin tells the story of ADN 5869, a cyborg gone rogue, on a quest to destroy his masters. |
| Anubis II | 2006 | Metro3D Europe Ltd. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | | | Windows | A long time ago, an evil spirit known as Mumm'hotep sank the land of Egypt into eternal darkness. A deadly curse was spread across the once peaceful civilisation. The Gods had to send one man to deal with this threat, the warrior of the sand... Anubis. The player is armed with an arsenal consisting of the scepter of Ra and the Kanopic bombs of fury, with this, Anubis sets off to save Egypt once and for all! In this game, the player will have to face off with legions of evil enemies across nine playable levels of gameplay.The player controls Anubis from a third-person perspective through levels with platform puzzles and enemies that are taken out by swinging his staff or locking on to them and shooting energy balls. In each level Anubis needs to find eight pyramids that open up the portal to end the stage. Contrary to the title, this is not the sequel to an earlier game. |
| Arcade USA | 2006 | Grabit | Tuna Technologies Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Arcade USA is a simple sports game featuring air hockey and 10 pin bowling. Both games have multiplayer support for 2 players. |
| Art Attack: My Stuff | 2006 | Kellogg Company | Fifth Dimension | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Art Attack was a UK children’s TV show that ran from 1990 to 2007. Art Attack: My Stuff is a game based on that show, it was one of four promotional titles exclusive to Kellogg's that were given away with their cereals in the UK. The other titles were Art Attack: Party Stuff, Art Attack: Building Stuff and Art Attack: Games & Stuff. Each title could be run individually but when installed together the content of each was available to all the others, the games contain projects that players can make from paper combined with digital painting functions that allow the creation of unique work.Like many other titles the game starts with a log-on screen, however here the player selects their gender and then uses the splashes of colour to configure their avatar that’s used during the game. The main menu is, by default, viewed as a desktop with hotspots for the various arty activities that are available, this can be changed to a text menu if required - the text view offers a better idea of the activities in all modules. The activities that come with the ‘My Stuff’ module are CD Cases; Door Hangers; Door Signs; Book Labels; Boxes; Bookmarks; Calendars (2007 only); Dear Diary Pages; Cards & Envelopes; Photo Frames; and Scrapbook Pages. There’s also a selection of Board Games from the Art Attack: Games & Stuff Module; Party Invitations and Crackers from the Art Attack: Party Stuff and Puppets from Art Attack: Building Stuff.All the activities have some elements that the player can colour in via the computer prior printing and assembling. Each activity has multiple options, for example there are eight types of calendar and most have two forms of user assistance, an animated guide which shows how to fold the paper and where to put the glue etc, and a text guide that gives step by step instructions that can be printed. All activities have a difficulty rating, work can be saved in a virtual album. Throughout the product the voice of Neil Buchanan is used on prompts, and some explanations. |
| Art Attack: Party Stuff | 2006 | Kellogg Company | Fifth Dimension | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Art Attack was a UK children’s TV show that ran from 1990 to 2007 Art Attack: Party Stuff is a game based on that show, it was one of four promotional titles exclusive to Kellogg's and given away with their cereals in the UK. The other titles were Art Attack: My Stuff, Art Attack: Building Stuff and Art Attack: Games & Stuff. Each title could be run individually but when installed together the content of each was available to all the others, the games contain projects that players can make from paper combined with digital painting functions that allow the creation of unique work.Like many other titles the game starts with a log-on screen, however here the player selects their gender and then uses the splashes of colour to configure their avatar that’s used during the game. The main menu is, by default, viewed as a desktop with hotspots for the various arty activities that are available, this can be changed to a text menu if required - the text view offers a better idea of the activities in all modules. The activities that come with the ‘Party Stuff’ module are Paper Chains; Party Invitations; Name Badges; Place Mats; Place Settings; Sandwich Flags; Party Hats; Sun Catchers; Party Games; Masks and Crackers. There’s also a selection of Board Games from the Art Attack: Games & Stuff. Module; Door Hangers from the Art Attack: My Stuff and Puppets from Art Attack: Building Stuff.Each activity has multiple options with two forms of help guides. For example the place settings activity has four pictures which can be coloured on screen or printed and coloured off-screen the old fashioned way with crayon or paint, additionally the player can use the game’s selection of stamps to put predefined pictures into their artwork. The help information for this activity is a simple ‘Cut Out’ instruction while the ‘Show Me’ option can either show an animated work through or a set of step by step text instructions that can be printed if required.All activities have a difficulty rating, work can be saved in a virtual album. Throughout the product the voice of Neil Buchanan is used on prompts, and some explanations.
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| Atari Action Triple Pack | 2006 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes three RPGs:Forgotten Realms: Demon StoneMagic: The Gathering - BattlegroundsThe Temple of Elemental Evil: A Classic Greyhawk Adventure |
| Atomic Betty: Intergalactic Conspiracy | 2006 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | Brighter Child Interactive, LLC | Educational, Puzzle | | Licensed | | Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | In Atomic Betty: Intergalactic Conspiracy, Maximus has kidnapped X-5, Sparky, Atomic Roger, and Admiral DeGill on four different planets. With the help from the player, he/she has to free Atomic Betty's friends by using a tile matching puzzle in each planet, all while learning colour and shape identification, math, and spelling. The recommended age group is six to nine. |
| Azteca | 2006 | INTENIUM GmbH | INTENIUM GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | North America | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Azteca is a typical tile matching game. The player is presented with a field full of differently-coloured circles and he can move his mouse cursor to select a combination of three bordering circles. When he clicks these three circles spin around and if three or more same-coloured circles are in a bordering state during the process they vanish and reward points. If this is not the case the circles return to the previous state.
To fill up the now open space new (random) circles fall down from the top of the screen. Of course there is a possibility for new combinations emerging during the filling up process; these combos give a lot of extra points. The main goal of the 150 levels is to cause all circles to vanish which are marked with a letter. Over the course of the game this gets more difficult because of tighter time limits and additional obstacles, e.g stones which have to be broken by falling circles. There are also also power ups which help the player, e.g. by vanishing all bordering circles or all circles directly under and above it. |
| BRAINtastic! Word Skills Key Stage 1 | 2006 | EdAlive | | Educational | | | | Mini-games | | Space flight | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | BRAINtastic! Word Skills Key Stage 1 is one in a series of titles from Australian educational software publisher EdAlive who produce titles for maths & literacy for the UK, Australian and New Zealand education systems. As with many education titles this product uses games as a motivational tool and as a reward.There are three games in this product. Players must unlock the games by answering five questions correctly, this gives them access to the game for a limited period of time after which they must answer more questions to unlock the game and continue playing. The player's progress in the games is saved automatically. The games are;Bug Whack! - a mouse controlled Whac-a-Mole game in which players swat bugs with their sandal. Each of the bugs has its own point score, extra points can be scored for combinations. This game has four levels of difficulty.
Extreme Fashion: This is a two dimensional dress-up game in which the player chooses a doll and dresses her.
Galactic Retrieval Squad: A fixed screen game in which the player manoeuvres their space ship to collect gems that appear randomly on the screen, as soon as one is collected another appears. The ship is steered using the arrow keys, has a fixed amount of fuel and is damaged should it collide with the scenery. This game has nine levels,
All products in this range install to the same location and as the player's library expands they can all be accessed via the same menu.
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| BRAINtastic! Word Skills Key Stage 2 | 2006 | EdAlive | | Educational | | | | Mini-games | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | BRAINtastic! Word Skills Key Stage 1 is one in a series of titles from Australian educational software publisher EdAlive who produce titles for maths & literacy for the UK, Australian and New Zealand education systems. As with many education titles this product uses games as a motivational tool and as a reward.The three games in this product are the same as the games in BRAINtastic! Word Skills KS1. Players must unlock the games by answering five questions correctly, this gives them access to the game for a limited period of time after which they must answer more questions to unlock the game and continue playing. The player's progress in the games is saved automatically. The games are;
Bug Whack! - a mouse controlled Whac-a-Mole game in which players swat bugs with their sandal. Each of the bugs has its own point score, extra points can be scored for combinations
Extreme Fashion: This is a two dimensional dress-up game in which the player chooses a doll and dresses her.
Galactic Retrieval Squad: A fixed screen game in which the player manoeuvres their space ship to collect gems, treasure chests etc. The ship is steered using the arrow keys, has a fixed amount of fuel and is damaged should it collide with the scenery. This game has nine levels which are the same as the levels in BRAINtastic! Word Skills KS1
All products in this range install to the same location and as the player's library expands they can all be accessed via the same menu. Additional content was also available to download.
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| BRAINtastic! Word Skills Key Stage 3 | 2006 | EdAlive | | Educational | | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | BRAINtastic! Word Skills Key Stage 3 is one in a series of titles from Australian educational software publisher EdAlive who produce titles for maths & literacy for the UK, Australian and New Zealand education systems. As with many education titles this product uses games as a motivational tool and as a reward.The three games in this product are the same as the games in BRAINtastic! Word Skills Key Stage 1 and BRAINtastic! Word Skills Key Stage 2. Players must unlock the games by answering five questions correctly, this gives them access to the game for a limited period of time after which they must answer more questions to unlock the game and continue playing. The player's progress in the games is saved automatically. The games are;
Bug Whack! - a mouse controlled Whac-a-Mole game in which players swat bugs with their sandal. Each of the bugs has its own point score, extra points can be scored for combinations
Extreme Fashion: This is a two dimensional dress-up game in which the player chooses a doll and dresses her.
Galactic Retrieval Squad: A fixed screen game in which the player manoeuvres their space ship to collect gems, treasure chests etc. The ship is steered using the arrow keys, has a fixed amount of fuel and is damaged should it collide with the scenery. This game has nine levels.
All products in this range install to the same location and as the player's library expands they can all be accessed via the same menu, additional content and reward games were available on-line
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| Backspin Billiards | 2006 | Elephant Entertainment, LLC, Oberon Media, Inc. | pixelStorm entertainment studios Inc. | Sports | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A simulation of the game of billiards. Includes nine different variations. Includes 8-Ball (Sink all 7 of your balls, then sink the 8-Ball.), 9-Ball (Sink the 9-Ball, but the first ball hit in each shot must be the lowest-numbered ball still on the table.), Cutthroat (3-player game. Be the last player with balls on the table.), Euro 8-Ball (Like 8-Ball, but the pocket doesn't need to be called when sinking the 8-Ball.), 14.1 Continuous (Call a ball and a pocket. Each called ball earns a point. First player to 30 wins.), 3-Ball (Sink all 3 balls in the fewest amount of shots.), Trick Shots (Sink all balls in a single shot. 90 layouts are included.), Time Trial (Sink all balls in the least time possible. 12 layouts are included.), and Golf (Sink all balls in the fewest shots possible. 36 layouts are included.).Aside from Trick Shots, Time Trial, and Golf, which are single-player affairs, all games can be played against the computer, on five different difficulty levels, or a second player on the same computer. The number of matches in each game is also adjustable, as are some rules. Finally, the appearance of the table, the control scheme, and aiming aids can all be changed. |
| Balloon-Headed Boy | 2006 | Morpheme Wireless Ltd. | Morpheme Wireless Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | It's Balloon Headed Boy’s Birthday, and the King of the Balloons has arranged a huge party for him at Balloon Castle. However, the night before the party, magical winds rip through Balloon Town, scattering the inhabitants throughout the land. And worse! It rains frogs – each one hopping mad, and quite intent on popping all inflated lifeforms they find! Help Balloon Headed Boy race through 35 levels of rubberised madness – collect farty flowers to inflate his head and soar between the platforms, thwop those frogs, keep your head above the rising waters, and rescue the balloons so the birthday party can go ahead as intended!The full version of this game, with all levels unlocked after purchase, is referred to as the Deluxe edition. |
| Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle (Limited Edition) | 2006 | Shadow Tor Studios | Shadow Tor Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Limited Edition of Barrow Hill is signed by the author and creator Matt Clark along with the edition number. The version is limited to 1000 copies. It includes a signature of the author on the DVD box, a secret hint location map, and a sheet with a unique limited edition number. |
| Battle Sky | 2006 | embalado GmbH & Co. KG | BWM Software GmbH | Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Battle Sky is a turn-based strategy game with a campaign to conquer the whole planet with over 50 different units. Included are infantry, tanks, planes and ships. Every unit has its special strengths like range, rate of fire or action points. These points can be used for movement or attacks, or to supply the units with ammo and fuel. |
| Battlefield 2: Deluxe Edition | 2006 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Deluxe Edition contains:
Battlefield 2
Battlefield 2: Special Forces
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| Bauernhof Tycoon | 2006 | Beat Games | | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Despite its name Bauernhof Tycoon is a simple arcade game. The player owns a little farm which is shown in an isometric view and one non-scrolling area. On the left side of the screen are sheep and on the right side of the screen are pigs. When the sheep have enough wool the player clicks on the appropriate tool on a bar on the far left side on the screen and then on the sheep. The same procedure is used for the pigs when they are fat enough for slaughter. The player receives money for wool and meat which is reinvested into more sheep and pigs. Then the procedure starts again. The game features 30 levels with a time limit, an endless playing mode and tools which can be upgraded with money. |
| Beer Tycoon | 2006 | Eclypse | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | A business management game based around a beer brewery. The idea is to start small with a micro-brewery in either the UK, Germany or Belgium and work your way up to a industrial sized brewery. The game simulates four major stages of beer production; conception, production, marketing and distribution. To achieve this, the game allows for control over a number of areas including staffing, equipment, buildings and recipes. As with most Tycoon games, there is an emphasis on the financial aspect of things, and the recipe needs to be balanced between appealing to customers and being cheap enough to make profit. Consideration also needs to be given to the running costs of staff and facilities in order to meet demand without having too much excess. |
| Beyond Atlantis / Beyond Atlantis II | 2006 | Dice Multi Media Europe B.V. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:Beyond Atlantis
Beyond Atlantis II |
| Biathlon Champion 2007 | 2006 | EMME Deutschland GmbH | "SoWhat!" s.r.o. | Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Biathlon Champion 2007 is a simulation of the biathlon sport which features the four most important variants: sprint, pursuit, mass start and team. The player controls the direction and effort of his athlete with the keyboard. A higher effort results in a fast draining stamina - if it reaches a low state the athlete gets slow or even stops. A special button is used to set the effort to zero which can be used to regain stamina. To help the player his coach screams commands regarding the power usage. During the shooting part the player needs to shoot targets with a wobbling rifle. The game automatically aims at the correct target and the player just has to shoot at the right moment. The wobbling is determined by the character stats and stamina but the player can hold his breath for a short time to reach a steady aim. In the career mode the player creates his own athlete and divides character points to eight statistics which influence different aspects of the game, e.g. stamina drainage or targeting. Prize money can be reinvested into training lessons which improve the stats. Besides the career the game also features single races, a much faster arcade mode, training for running and shooting, a time-attack mode and the option to import ghost runs from other players. Multiplayer modes range from slalom to shooting or fastest round where the players compare their results. The unlicensed names of the athletes can be changed with the editor.As bonus this game also includes Curling 2006. |
| Bible Black: The Game | 2006 | Kitty Media | Active Software | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Horror | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Everything is not as it seems in the school grounds, rumors run amok about students practicing black magic, and a secret room down the basement is said to hold the secrets to an unholy ceremony celebrated 12 years ago that unleashed unknown horrors. As the young student Minase, you'll find out that there is plenty of truth behind the rumors as he uncovers an ancient book filled with spells that grants him incredible powers. As the story unfolds you'll begin to learn the secrets of black magic, and use the spells for your own personal gain and pleasure. But there are nasty consequences to the miss-use of magic, and many seek to get their hands on the book, including the survivors of the fabled ceremony that took place years ago.Bible Black: The Game is a hentai adventure game in which you interact with the game world and characters from a first-person perspective and more or less follow the plot along as a digital novel until you get to one of the several branching points and get to make a decision between a few options that carry the game in different directions. Graphics are 2D, using hand-drawn illustrations for characters and backgrounds.The game features 12 different endings, CG and event galleries, the original Japanese soundtrack with English subtitles and other niceties. As with other hentai games, Bible Black includes graphic uncensored depictions of sexual situations. |
| Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg | 2006 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | Sonic Team | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | A boy and his friends playing in the forest get transported to a magical land. Separated from his friends, Billy finds a chicken suit. This suit lets him hatch eggs in his quest to bring back the morning, save the giant egg, and defeat the evil crows who want to destroy it. On the way, he can hatch eggs that he finds when he does he is rewarded with mystical creatures and ''hats''. These help him defeat the crows and save the giant egg. |
| Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing | 2006 | Metro3D Europe Ltd. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing involves Billy the Wizard having to race alongside other wizards in the broomstick Grand Prix. Opponents can be blasted out of the sky with magical powers. Players need to collect extra ammunition or power-ups while flying through the environment, dodging obstacles. There are three main sequences in the game: the racing, collecting spell books that have been escaped from the library and dragon chases where Billy and his friends hunt down a dragon to defeat it, while dealing with the minions.There are 40 stages spread across five levels and the game also includes eight playable characters to choose from. There are six game modes in total, such as Orb Domination, two Grand Prix and Hoop Chase. Multiplayer is available for up to four players simultaneously. |
| Bingo | 2006 | Masque Publishing, Inc. | Masque Publishing, Inc. | Compilation, Gambling | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Bingo is a simulation of the game of Bingo, which also includes a simulation of the game of Keno.In Bingo, you can choose the pattern required to win, the number of cards, and the number of other players. During play, numbers are called out, which can be marked on your cards. Once a pattern on a card is filled out, hit the Bingo button.In Keno, you select from 2 to 9 numbers, from 1-80. If some or all of the numbers picked are selected, you gain credits. Picking more numbers decreases your odds of winning, while increasing the payout. |
| Block Breaker Deluxe | 2006 | Gameloft S.A. | Gameloft Srl | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Block Breaker Deluxe is a Breakout variant with lots of bells and whistles. The paddle-and-bricks game dubbed Block Breaker has become a cult phenomenon in the future. In The Daily Hush! Hush! a fabulous tournament is announced, but the entrance fee alone is $1,000,000. You need to travel to different bars, clubs and restaurants to earn cash and build a reputation. Upon completing a single location, a new one is opened up on the city map.Each place consists of different levels with an increasing difficulty. In the final level, you need to defeat an end boss or complete a tricky challenge. There are many different types of bricks and when certain are broken, power-ups fall down and provide abilities such as a larger pad, multiball, gigaball, ultraball, a laser, a shield, a yo-yo ball, a speedball or a magnet.A single brick in each level holds a gift for the owner. You need to sway each of the club owners by collecting gifts that their particular tastes. When you collect all gifts in a single location, you get one word of a passcode from the club owner, as to gain entrance to the highly exclusive Block Breaker tournament. Missing gifts can be bought in the Blockbreaker Emporium.Each level has a time limit and extra challenges are offered. You receive additional cash if you manage not to lose lives or collect a set amount of cash. |
| Bollen | 2006 | Monokey | Monokey | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Bollen is a platform game in which the player controls a ball. In every stage the player must guide the ball to the exit flag. The game consists of a total of 23 levels. Coins can be collected through out the game and for every 25th coin an extra life is gained. On every stage the player can find a golden cup, collecting all of them will grant the player access to the last 5 (very hard) stages. In addition to coins and golden cups there are three more things that the player will encounter: Mr. Happy, who will make the ball jump, Mr. Evil, who will kill the ball and The other ball which will push the player around. |
| Boss Hunter: Revenge is Sweet! | 2006 | eGames, Inc. | FourX Development | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Finally fed up with your evil boss, you go after him, attacking him with office supplies. Gameplay is similar to a shooting gallery, you can look left and right, but can't move. The boss will hide behind objects in the level, and may attack you back. Each level takes place in a room of your office building; attack with wadded-up paper, and be on the lookout for other items such as staplers, rubber bands, and more. These items, along with others that can give more time or extra points, are hidden throughout the level, and can be picked up by shooting them. Once the boss is frustrated enough, he will flee to another room, followed closely by you. There is a time limit to each level, so be quick. |
| Box Blox Deluxe | 2006 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Duckfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Box Blox Deluxe is a single-player 3D Tetris-style game. There are two game modes, The Classic and the Enhanced game. Gameplay in the standard game is exactly the same as in Tetris. Blocks of different shapes advance towards the player and points are scored for completing rows across the play area. In this game the play area is a box, hence the title. When a level is completed the play area is cleared and the process starts again. As the player progresses through the levels the blocks fall faster and some of the later levels have blocks already positioned to make the game progressively more difficult. At the end of a level the player is awarded bonus points according to how many clear rows there are counting down from the top / far end of the play area.There is an Enhanced mode of gameplay which features oddly shaped blocks. For example there are shapes composed of a single block and others composed of five blocks rather than the four blocks of the Classic game. In addition there are special blocks that, for example, expand when in position or which burn all adjacent blocks on the same row.In this game virtually everything is in 3-D and is animated by default. The play area/box shakes for instance. The blocks are made up of molecule-like strictures that dance about, the background is in space and has stars and asteroids moving around it. The animations can be turned off via the game settings option from the main menu. Once changed the new settings apply to the game in progress. The blocks can be rotated and positioned as they advance towards the player either via the keyboard or via the mouse. |
| Brain Power | 2006 | Mindscape Northern Europe B.V. | Oak Systems Leisure Software Ltd | Action | | | | Mental training, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Brain Power is a brain training game for the PC. It includes various challenges that train your brain. Categories include memory, observation, number sequences, language skills and mathematics. The aim of the game is to improve the skill of the player in said categories. It comes with multiple difficulty levels and 15 different kinds of games. |
| Bricks of Egypt 2: Tears of the Pharaohs | 2006 | Elephant Entertainment, LLC, Oberon Media, Inc. | Arcade Lab | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This game is the sequel to Bricks of Egypt, a game released in 2004. It's an Egyptian themed breakout game where you control a paddle at the bottom of the screen left and right, trying to bounce your ball off of it. The stages are built up using bricks, and when the ball hits a brick it is shattered. Clear all the bricks to advance to the next level. You loose a life if you miss the ball and it falls out of the bottom of the screen.Besides bouncing the ball you also try to collect the various bonus items and pickup that fall down when you destroy the bricks. The pickups give you new abilities, such as cannons, larger paddle and multiple balls, but there are also bad pickups that degrade your paddle or even kills you!The big new addition in comparison with the first Bricks of Egypt game is the addition of the seven eyes. To get an eye you have to collect special pickups. Each eye has a unique color and help you by destroying bricks and giving you bonus items.There are a total of 124 levels, divided into 9 level packs. Some level packs are locked, and you need to complete another pack to unlock it. The ultimate goal of the game is to collect all the pieces to the three plaques. To do so, you need to complete all level packs, in all difficulty levels (easy/medium/hard), and each time you are awarded a piece of the plaque. |
| Brigade E5: New Jagged Union | 2006 | Strategy First, Inc. | Apeiron | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Vladimir Ufnarovskii, Stanislav Simonov, Dmitriy Ivashkin, Vladislav Zhilyaev, Yuri Gubernatorov, Yuri Serezhin | Real-time, Turn-based | Mature | Yuri Serezhin, Dmitriy Ivashkin | Windows | Brigade E5: New Jagged Union is the ideological successor to the Jagged Alliance series. The storyline and scripts were written by Shaun Lyng.The game places the player in the small tropical country of Palinero which is on the verge of civil war. Your character will need to hire a team of mercenaries and decide which side he will support in combat for global domination.New Jagged Union features a combat system called SPM (Smart Pause Mode) which is merged between the real-time and turn-based combat system. Each action here does not cost "action points" but just takes some time to execute.The game also features over 100 accurately modeled firearms with a number of ammunition types. The multiplayer game can be played over LAN or TCP/IP with CTF, Deathmatch and Fortress gameplay play modes. |
| Bruno: Das Spiel | 2006 | S.A.D. Software Vertriebs- und Produktions GmbH | NEULAND MULTIMEDIA GmbH | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Summer 2006: German boulevard medias are running dry - no UFO sightings or bastard children of celebrities to write about. But then there is a rescue in sight: a wild bear walks from Italy to the German/Austrian borderland. They call him Bruno and start a weeks lasting discussion if he should be shot or not. During the end of June it happens: Bruno is dead and the nation cries. But now they can play this game and help Bruno to escape!In the twelve levels the goal is always to kill a certain amount of animals, e.g. chicken or bee hives, and then to escape over the Austrian border. But there are hunters on Bruno's trail and want to shoot him. His only weapon is his scary appearance: he can sneak up on them and spook them. Unfortunately this doesn't work for their dogs - he has to lay a turd to distract their noses. Then he has to wait for a short while until this ability reloads. The whole game is controlled with the keyboard. |
| Buku Kakuro | 2006 | Eclypse | Absolutist Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Buku Kakuro is a PC translation of the logic game Kakuro. It is similar to a crossword puzzle but instead of letters the player has to put numbers into the grids. The numbers have to result in a certain number when added up. Another restriction is that every digit can't be used more than once in a calculation.On the right side of the screen are all digits listed and when the player clicks on one and than clicks on a grid it gets filled out with the digit. It is also possible to type them in with the keyboard. There are several help functions available, e.g. filling in single digits or giving all possible combinations for a row. The puzzles are generated randomly and the player can choose their size and difficulty. There is also an editor to create own puzzles or solve ones found in magazines. |
| Buku Sudoku | 2006 | Merscom LLC | Absolutist Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This is another version of the mathematical puzzle game played on a grid. The object of the game is to record numbers vertically and horizontally onto the squares of the grid without repeating any number on any row or column.Buku Sudoku features 3 background skins (Ancient Japan, Underwater Paradise, and Tropical Rainforest), each having their own color-coordinated themes and characters. Choose the traditional numbers or pick letters, shapes and animals. There are 3 difficulty levels and two modes of play (puzzle and timed arcade). Pick from 6 grid sizes (from 4x4 all the way up to 16x16 squares) most of which include sub-grid patterns. The library of pre-made games contains approximately 15,000 boards, but you can construct your own using the 'Create Your Own Sudoku' feature.Novices can learn how the game is played gradually with the easiest puzzles in the 'How to Play' section. Hints can be turned on or off, and there is an auto-solve option on each puzzle page.Gameplay is completely point & click, but the keyboard can be also be used. Games are automatically saved and can be printed and emailed. Individual players can create profiles so several people can have separately saved scores and games. |
| Cabela's Grand Slam Hunting: 2004 Trophies | 2006 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | nFusion Interactive LLC | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting | North America | | | | | | Windows | Cabela's Outdoor Adventures is a hunting simulation game that lets the player take on the role of a hunter. The game starts with two man arriving by plane and unloading their gear for the upcoming hunts.The game can be played on several difficulty levels and offers twenty-two adventures hunting and fishing expedition across North America and beyond in eleven different locations. Money earned in the missions can be used to buy better guns, bows or other equipment. A total of thirty-two animals and eleven species of fish can be hunted. |
| Caméra Café: le jeu / Caméra Café 2 | 2006 | Nobilis France | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Coffee Break
Coffee Break 2 |
| Captain Binary | 2006 | Twin Bottles | Twin Bottles | Action | Side view | | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Captain Binary is a Polish side-scrolling action game where you control the titular superhero, fighting back an alien invasion. Similarly to beat 'em up games such as Double Dragon, Captain Binary goes right all the time, and his efforts focus on shooting the oodles of aliens that appear every so often. The Captain can also jump on various buildings in the environment to dodge enemy fire or to collect weapons. Initally, Cpt. Binary is armed with just a weak pistol, but he can find more powerful weapons, such as tommy guns or lasers. Those weapons have limited ammo though. The captain can also toss grenades (once again, there's a limited number of 'em). If Binary gets shot by an alien, he dies and loses a life - and his powerful weapon, if he has one. A boss awaits at the end of each level. |
| Caterpillar | 2006 | eGames, Inc. | TikGames, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this puzzle game, a caterpillar travels from the bottom of the field to the top, row by row, leaving a trail of colored blocks. If it reaches the top of the screen, the game will end. Your job is to click on groups of three or more blocks of the same color to remove them from the field, and provide more breathing room. The levels task you with surviving until the timer runs out. Between levels, if you do well enough, a bonus level asks you to empty a full screen of blocks for extra points. Three difficulty levels are included, which change the speed the caterpillar travels.Four modes are included. Classic mode is just as described. In Pair mode, two caterpillars start from the center and work their way up and down. In Race mode, 12 caterpillars start from the bottom and go to the top. Be careful not to let any of them get too far ahead, or else it will be difficult to keep them down. Finally, in Conundrum mode, 999 puzzles are included, and your task is to clear all blocks from the field quickly. |
| Catz | 2006 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | ImaginEngine | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | Noise 13 | | | | Windows | Catz is an offering in the long running series of Petz games. It is the PC equivalent of the 2006 Nintendo DS game Catz. As with all the games in this series the player adopts a pet, in this case a cat, from one of five possible breeds, the Abyssinian, the Siamese, the Maine Coon, the Bengal and the Burmese. These pets can then be customised and named, or in game parlance 'adopted'.The cat plays out in the yard but comes into the kitchen to be fed and it sleeps in a bed in the living room. There's also a bathroom where it gets washed when it's dirty. The player starts with $100 and the game screen has an icon on it for the general store where cat food and other goodies, including furniture, can be purchased. More money can be earned by teaching the cat to perform tricks and competing in shows. Also on screen are icons to check on the cat's health and status, reward it, groom it, take pictures of it, and so on. A message alert is displayed when something needs attending to, such as when the cat's 'mess' needs cleaning up.There is in-game music and in the kitchen is a radio which the player can use to change between the four available channels. The camera icon takes a picture of what's on screen and these can be saved in an album. |
| Caveman Adventures | 2006 | Micro Application, S.A. | FreeMind S.A. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Prehistoric | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Caveman Adventures is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Use the four direction keys to explore the stages, jump and attack prehistoric animals. Caveman goes on a journey to find and bring back fire to his "home". The game features eight stages. |
| Chain Of Command: Eastern Front | 2006 | Graffiti Entertainment, LLC | InterActive Vision Mind Beacon Sp. z o.o. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Since Chain of Command: Ostfront 1943-1945 was released about two weeks after its predecessor it is not surprising that it is the same game with new missions. It is a traditional real-time tactics game set in World War II. During the 16 missions the player takes the command over Soviet troops in Stalingrad and on their way to Berlin. All missions use the same basic pattern: The player needs to move his troops to a marked point on the map to kill everything there. Most missions consist of two or three of these goals.The game features 20 units on every side with different strengths and weaknesses - for every unit there is a especially dangerous enemy unit. The controls follow the established genre standards: the mouse for move and attack orders; special functions are reached with key combinations or menus on the screen sides. |
| Champion Dreams: First to Ride | 2006 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Lexis Numérique SA | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Pippa Funnell: Take The Reins is a game based on the Sycamores Equestrian Academy in Scotland. The player takes the role of the new entrant at the academy. At the centre of the game is the player's calendar. Here they place the lessons in their chosen activities as they train in cross-country, dressage or jumping. When not training the player can spend time in the library learning how to look after their horse or research their activity. In the player's bedroom the player can activate their Bootik computer which allows them to buy items with their prize money. There is also a Student Centre where the player socialises with other characters, an important feature of the game. Each week, in game time, the player is assessed, only by passing these tests can the player compete in competitions in Scotland, Morocco, or the USA. |
| Choose Your Own Adventure Stories | 2006 | Ziptales Pty Ltd | | Adventure, Educational | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Interactive book | Europe, Fantasy, Historical events, Medieval, Sea pirates / Caribbean | | | | | | Windows | Choose Your Own Adventure Stories is a collection of 'Choose your own Adventure' stories aimed at older children. Each story is read aloud as well as presented on the screen. The four stories included are 'Pirate Island', 'The Black Knight's Castle', 'Great Moments in History', and 'The Castle of Screams'. The CD also includes a short history of adventure stories, a 'digital documentary' on how to write an adventure story, and instructions for how to create your own 'Choose your own Adventure'. |
| Click Clack XL | 2006 | Big Fish Games, Inc | X-Pressive.com Game Studios | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Click Clack XL is a single player, mouse controlled, tile matching gameIn this games rows of coloured shapes, (bubbles, shells etc) fall from the top of the play area. Where two or more shapes of the same colour are touching the player can remove them by clicking on them, this causes the shapes further up the screen to drop down. The player must keep clicking to remove shapes thus preventing the stack of fallen shapes reaching the top of the play area and ending the game.
Among the shapes that drop from above are bombs, some will eliminate one or two rows when detonated, others one or two columns and some will destroy adjacent shapes or all shapes of the same colour.The game has hidden bonus content that is unlocked as the player progresses and a 'flying saucer' feature
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| Clockwiser | 2006 | IshiSoft | IshiSoft | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | Fangame | | | | | | | | | Windows | This remake of the puzzle game from 1994 replaces the graphics and sounds with new enhanced assets, and adds the level sets from all previously released versions, as well as custom ones. The main game screen is vertically split at the middle in two fields of the same size, and the objective is to make the left one identical to the one on the right. The fields are filled with multicolored blocks, bricks, bombs and other interactive objects.The player has to modify the left field to match the referential one at the right, by making a rectangular selection on the screen and moving the objects within clockwise or counterclockwise with the two buttons at the bottom interface. Some of the items have special proprieties when moved: falling bombs explode and destroy surrounding blocks, and diamonds duplicate themselves when dropped, with the new gems occupying the available space. Metal blocks and sandstones are obstacles and building blocks that can't be moved. Pairs of teleporters act as portals, making the blocks disappear and reappear instantaneously on different places. The block with a red arrow pointing upwards nullifies gravity, making the blocks float. There is a limited undo button that reverts any wrong move, but can only be used a set number of times defined by the difficulty level. |
| ClueFinders: Math Learning System | 2006 | Learning Company, The, Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the following titles on two discs:-The ClueFinders Math Adventures-Mighty Math Number Heroes
It also includes a bonus DVD featuring animated cutscenes from the ClueFinders games, titled Adventures. |
| Commando Xenidis | 2006 | | Magic Storm | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | It's 2525 a.d. Mankind has spread its wings into Xenidis, a galaxy filled with valuable raw materials. After terraforming and colonizing the local planets, aliens arrive and destroy the human outpost. Now it's Commando Xenidis' job to reconquer Xenidis and defend Earth. You're their best man...Commando Xenidis is a shareware shoot 'em up game like Raptor or Flying Tigers. After selecting a planet you have to clear the orbit of each planet by shooting everything that comes into the sight of your spaceship. It's not necessary to destroy everything (the game says it's more important to stay alive) but some enemy ships leave goodies that enrich your purse and of course you get points for it. With the money you can upgrade your ship or buy better weapons.After defeating a boss enemy at the end of each space mission, you beam to the planet and discover the difference between Commando Xenidis and its paragons. Now you are a single soldier who have to kill every enemy and destroy all alien facilities. If you are bored playing alone, you can invite up to four people to play with you at the same time on the same screen.
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| Company of Heroes (Limited Edition) | 2006 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition variant includes the following:
Company of Heroes
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year
WWII Survival Guide Camouflage and Cover
8 flash cards featuring heavy units from the game
a double-sided poster |
| Company of Heroes / Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year | 2006 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Company of Heroes
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year |
| Complete Naval Combat Pack | 2006 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Complete Naval Combat Pack is compilation that contains four games:Naval Combat Pack: 3 Awards Winning Classics
Jane's Combat Simulations: 688(I) Hunter/Killer
Jane's Combat Simulations: Fleet Command
Sub Command
Dangerous Waters |
| Controcampo 2006: il videogioco | 2006 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Gaelco, S.A. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Controcampo 2006: il videogioco is a game that puts the player in the shoes of a football coach of one of the teams in the Italian league in 2006. It is linked to the Italian TV program Controcampo 2006. This weekly program communicated codes to be entered in the game to update the statistics. The game contains the database of the players of the leagues A, B, C1 and C2 and allows viewing of 3D games. |
| Cosmic Stacker | 2006 | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Oleg Ryabinin | Windows | Cosmic Stacker is a simple game where you insert figures (colored rings and stars) into each other and make them disappear to pass the levels. The theme of the game is the zodiac and each level consists of the astrological signs in the background. The game also features two modes, an arcade mode where the player must act as quick as possible, with many bonuses (for instance, the dragon can help you to make figures disappear and the sun speeds things) and a strategy mode, more of a normal mode, where you won't see any of these bonuses. |
| Crazy Chicken: Pirates | 2006 | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Crazy Chicken Pirates is a shooting game in the German Moorhuhn series. The plot is simple: a tropical island is attacked by chicken pirates so you will have to defeat (shoot) them. There are three different backgrounds and also a bonus game where you have to defend your boat from aggressive pirate grouses arriving in waves of rowing boats. Players control a cross-hair from a first-person view to target the chickens. Left clicking the mouse shoots and right click is used to reload. |
| Crazy Chicken: Soccer | 2006 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | | Sports | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Here is the sports edition of the cartoon shooter Moorhuhn. The game contains two entertaining minigames featuring football chickens playing European football.Moor Kick:
The player can choose any of the illustrated, but real, teams. The player then has to shoot the team of football playing chickens in a pattern while they are playing a game.Power Goal:
This time you play as a chicken trying to score as many goals as it can within a time limit. The player has to click at the right time in order to flip kick the footballs into the goal. |
| Crazy Golf | 2006 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Beyond Reality Games Ltd., Tuna Technologies Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Crazy Golf is a mouse controlled arcade style golf game for up to four people. This game can be played as a single-player game or as a multiplayer game, all games are in full screen mode. There's no option to enter a player rid or player name, the player(s) select one of the four available canine avatars which are said to have individual personalities. There are three worlds / courses to play on, Sea World is available from the start while Sky World and Space World must be unlocked.Single player modes are:Career mode: here the player must achieve a set number of par scores, or better, on a course to advance, 14 par holes from 18 are needed to achieve the Bronze Trophy, 16 pars for the Silver Trophy and a perfect 18 par scores are needed for the Gold Trophy.
Tournament mode: here the player plays any unlocked course trying to match or beat the par scoreMultiplayer modes are:Versus Mode: play any unlocked course, and scoring a point for each hole won
Grand Prix Mode: Players compete over 9, 18, or all currently unlocked holes in a random order.
Party Mode: play any unlocked hole on any unlocked course for fun.The game was first released on the PlayStation 2 platform. The PC version plays directly from the disc. |
| Crazy Golf: World Tour | 2006 | Liquid Games | Beyond Reality Games Ltd., Tuna Technologies Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Crazy Golf World Tour is a mini golf game for up to four players. The game is in full 3D and features a number of perspectives from which the game can be viewed. Default is a behind the back perspective but this can be changed to a top down perspective for better overview of the course. The PC version is controlled by the mouse, both to aim and to swing with the club. Moving the mouse back and forth quickly will result in a hard shot.The game's courses all have different obstacles like water hazards, slopes, jumps and moving objects. There's three courses in total, each with 18 holes. Each course has its own theme, be it the Wild West, Ghost World or Pirates Cove. The game has four game modes. In career the player has to achieve as many pars as possible to unlock the next course. In tournament the player has to complete the course in the lowest number of shots. In speed golf the player plays against the clock. Last, in the practice mode the player can play any unlocked course just for the fun of it. |
| Create Your Own Model Railway Deluxe | 2006 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | BrainBombers Group, The | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Create Your Own Model Railway Deluxe is a compilation consisting of a re-issue of Create Your Own Model Railway together with the Wild West Edition.While the Wild West Edition provides additional material; twenty vintage US locomotives; fifty goods wagons; twelve-period carriages; five sample layouts; and many, many objects which the player can use to create their own layouts, it installs as a separate product and cannot be combined with the original title.Though their in-game music and icons are different both products have the same structure and play identically. The track is selected via a drop-down menu and is placed onto the layout with a mouse click, prior to placement the piece can be rotated via the arrow keys. The same process is used for the selection and placement of buildings and scenery objects. When the layout is completed the terrain can be altered, the track can be raised and the game automatically builds a wooden trestle bridge structure underneath it. The terrain itself can be raised to create hills or lowered to create lakes, where hills are created the game automatically creates a tunnel and where lakes are created the game spans the water with trestle bridges. When running the player uses the mouse to vary the power around the circuit and change the points to route the trains around different parts of the track. The game creates a menu for this in the lower left of the screen. The player can place a camera on any of the trains and follow it's a journey around the layout and they can take a snapshot in .bmp format. |
| Crescent Suzuki Racing | 2006 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Kuju Entertainment Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | Crescent Suzuki Racing is a motorcycle race game for one or two players.Crescent Racing is a race team based at the Crescent motorcycle dealership based in Dorset, England. The team has won many titles and is the official racing team of Suzuki in the UK.This game gives the player a chance to race in six championships comprising the Amateur Series, Pro Racing or Super Cup GTR races for super bike or super sidecar. There is also a time trial race mode where the player has to beat a set time on a series of tracks.
There are sixteen different tracks including Altendorf Aerodrome, Atlanta Raceway, Glendale Raceway, Rouen and Woodcote Park and twenty five kinds of super bike and super sidecars available to be ridden. However most bikes and most tracks are locked and become available as the player progresses through the game.There are three levels of difficulty. Player one defaults to keyboard controls while player two may use either keyboard or another controller. |
| Crusaders of Space | 2006 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Adept Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Crusaders Of Space is a single person, shareware, space shooter of the fixed screen variety.The game takes place after a surprise attack by dastardly space aliens. The long war which followed has left Earth's defences in tatters and it falls to a single pilot to battle their way inside the alien command centre and destroy the controlling intelligence, the 'Main Brain'. This will render the aliens totally disorganised and is therefore the only way Earth can be saved.The game consists of two missions each of which contains ten levels that can be played on three difficulty settings. As the player progresses the opposing enemy ships become progressively more numerous and harder to defeat. The player has only one life with which to play this game and achieve a high score. However as they progress they can collect weapon power ups and shields and when they take damage instead of dying instantly their ship loses one of its power ups.There is in-game music, a high score table, and the game can be played via the mouse, keyboard, or gamepad. |
| DMZ: North Korea | 2006 | Vivendi Games, Inc. | Jarhead Games Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | You are a one-man commando with the code name "Loveless" sent into North Korea to discover whether they are secretly developing a nuclear weapons program. You are sent mission objectives through your laptop computer and must sneak around and get photos of key places and events.Use weapons like submachine guns and rocket-propelled grenades to shoot your way through ten maps. Also, drive one of six vehicles such as jeeps to pursue your enemy. There's an overhead radar map which will show position of any enemies. It uses the Unreal Engine 2 and rag-doll physics. |
| Daemon Summoner | 2006 | Play Ten Interactive | Atomic Planet Entertainment Limited | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Daemon Summoner is a first person shooter that takes place in 1888, during the Victorian era of England. Players take on the role of James Farrington-Higgs. His infant son, David, has just been murdered and his wife Emily has been turned into a vampire. Now James wants to find his wife in order to kill her and put her out of her misery. Along the way, James has to deal with many creatures such as imps, ghouls, werewolves, and vampires. James uses an assortment of weapons to defeat these creatures, with some examples including a crossbow, a revolver, and holy water. The game features seven expansive levels taking place all around London, interspersed with moody cut scenes. The game also features three difficulty settings to choose from. |
| Dark Vampires: The Shadows of Dust | 2006 | IncaGold plc | Wolfgroup | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In Dark Vampires: The Shadows of Dust the player takes the part of Jack Peters which is a vampire hunter. Thanks to this profession he is not exactly the best friend of the "Dark Council" which decides that he has to die. Now they send wave after wave of vampire assassins on their way to kill him. Jack on the other hand decides to be offensive and walks through the ten levels while shooting everything that crosses his way. The game uses the established shooter controls with mouse and keyboard. |
| Darkstar One: Collector's Edition | 2006 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | Andreas Müller | | | | Windows | DarkStar One: Collector's Edition is a compilation that includes:
Darkstar One
UFO: Aftermath
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| Das Grosse Wissens Quiz 2007 | 2006 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Puzzle | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Das Grosse Wissens Quiz 2007 is a quiz game for up to 4 players. More than 10000 questions from 10 different categories. Every player is assigned a key on the keyboard and whoever presses first is allowed to answer the question. An editor to create new questions and answers is included. |
| Derby Day | 2006 | Idigicon Limited | | Sports | Side view, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Derby Day is a mouse controlled betting simulation game for up to four players. In this game the player(s) start with £1000 cash. They are presented with a race card which shows fictitious horses at a fictitious course and they make bets on the outcome, only one bet can be made per person per race. The game then runs a animation sequence and the players either win or they lose.The player(s) can bet any amount they wish, as long as they have the cash to back it up. Available bets are:
Win: The simplest bet, pick one horse and if it wins then the player receives their cash.
Each Way: The player picks one horse and is paid is it finishes either first or second.
Forecast: With this bet the player attempts to pick the horse that will finish first and the horse that will finish second.The game keeps records of race wins per trainer and per jockey, there are suggestions from tipsters too plus there's a startup option which makes the game 'pre-run' races in order to generate some racing 'form'.Though all the courses are fictitious the game has the option to bet on races run on UK or European courses, and it can and to use either furlongs or meters as the race distance. |
| Die Legende von Kongo King | 2006 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | TASK four | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Die Legende von Kongo King is a traditional side-scrolling platformer with comic book style graphics. The player takes the role of the gorilla Kongo King who needs to cross ten levels from left to right. During his journey he meets dinosaurs and cavemen who wants to hurt him. If he touches them he loses a part of his life energy and if it reaches zero he loses a life. He also picks up diamonds and tokens which reward points. Possible action are jumping to avoid pits and punching to dispatch enemies.The game also features an online high score list. |
| Die drei Freunde von der Reitschule: Der geheimnisvolle Unfall | 2006 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Caipirinha Games GmbH, Preloud | Simulation, Sports | Behind view | | | | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Die drei Freunde von der Reitschule: Der geheimnisvolle Unfall is a 3D game set at a horse riding school. Laura receives a message from her aunt Eva that her riding school is in trouble. They have a lot of debt and investors are looking to build a mall at the location. Players control Laura with free movement at the school. While she helps finding a solution, she can take care of the different horses by feeding, washing and riding them. Horses have different statistics based on three categories. There are several types of food and tools to clean the stables. Laura can talk to several characters. The game takes place over the course of several days and every day small snippets further the story. After saddling a horse they can be ridden in a fairly large environment next to a training course. |
| Die kicker Quiz-WM | 2006 | Take Two Interactive GmbH | Coda Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Sports, Strategy | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Die kicker Quiz-WM is a quiz game about soccer trivia and the World Cup Championship 2006. Basically one or two players have to answer ten questions per match. If one of them thinks he knows the answer he presses his assigned button and chooses one of four answer possibilities. If the answer is correct he gets money; if not it gets deducted from his account. In the end the player wins who received the most money. Similar to the You don't know Jack series a humorous host reads the questions and taunts the players if they give a wrong answer.There are four question types which differ from the usual type: completing sentences from old kicker articles, completing sentences spoken from soccer players or coaches and determining country and year of a team from the lineup. The last type is always the tenth question: three national flags are on the top of the screen and player names scroll on the screen. The flags flash randomly and when the flag matches the player on the screen the players have to press their button to receive points. There are about 500 questions. |
| Disney•Pixar Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures | 2006 | THQ Inc. | AWE Games, Rainbow Studios, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Radiator Springs Adventures is an entry in the Disney/Pixar Cars group, based on the animated Cars movie, although this one is not much more than a series of short games leading up to a drag race against Lightning McQueen's arch-enemy, Chick Hicks.
There are 10 activities all together, and each one has several levels; successfully completing all the levels unlocks a new car "opponent" for the Legends Race. Winning nine races lets you finish up with the main race against Chick Hicks. Activities include:
Hip-Hop it Up: follow along with Ramone's dance moves if you can.
Luigi's Fantastico Fun: Guido has to catch falling tires, and only tires before Luigi's customers arrive.
Radiator Springs Curios: a memory game, replacing items in the Curio shop.
Fill 'Er Up: follow the patterns on the gas pumps to provide full service for each of Flo's customers.
Drive-in and Out: a tile sliding game, shifting cars around in the Drive-In parking lot so you can reach the exit.
Speed Trap: arcade game, avoiding rocks and oil slicks as you chase speeders down the highway.
Tow the Line: be Mater, picking up cars in the tow yard, without bumping into things...
Tractor Round-Up: tractor-tipping! Don't bump into the tractors or the fence.
Doc's Tune-Up: guide nuts and other obstructing items out of tailpipes without touching the sides.
Sarge's Boot Camp: run Sarge's obstacle course.All the activities use mouse controls, clicking on on-screen directional arrows or holding a mouse-button down. The suggested age group for this game is 4+ - young players may need help understanding the instructions for some of the games, though the games themselves are fairly simple. |
| Diver: Deep Water Adventures | 2006 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | Biart Studio Ltd. | Action, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Diver: Deep Water Adventures is an underwater diving simulation with action elements.The player takes control of the adventurous diver Andy McMasters, the son of a rich businessman. His shady uncle Steve Nichols keeps sending him on various deep sea missions, for the benefit of his archaeological interests. Nichols is looking for the sunken city of Atlantis and requires Andy's help. The player is aided by Andy's girlfriend Nicole to successfully complete the missions.The missions take place all over the world and range from taking photographs of rare fish and shipwrecks or salvaging lost artifacts. During many of the missions Andy will encounter divers of the Izen Cross, a dangerous group of treasure hunters as well as dangerous aquatic wildlife such as sharks. Using a small array of underwater weaponry such as a harpoon and a knife he can try to take these threats out. The game uses an official license for all diving gear.While swimming the player not only has to watch out for dangerous wildlife and treasure hunters, but also has to keep an eye on the pressure levels and remember the route back to Nicole on the boat. |
| Dogz | 2006 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | ImaginEngine | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | Noise 13 | | | | Windows | Dogz is an offering in the long-running series of Petz games. It is the PC equivalent of the 2006 Dogz game released on the Nintendo DS but with different controls, no multiplayer and no voice recognition functionality. As with all the games in this series the player adopts a pet, in this case a dog, from one of five possible breeds, a Beagle, a German Shepherd, a Pug, a Border Collie or a Labrador Retriever. These pets can then be customised and named, or in game parlance 'adopted'.The dog plays out in the yard but comes into the kitchen to be fed and it sleeps in a bed in the living room. There's also a bathroom where it gets washed when it's dirty. The player starts with $100 and the game screen has an icon on it for the general store where dog food and other goodies, including lifestyle items such as furniture, can be purchased. More money can be earned by teaching the pet to perform tricks and competing in shows. Also on screen are icons to check on the pet's health and status, reward it, groom it, take pictures of it, and so on. A message alert is displayed when something needs attending to, such as when the dog has made a 'mess' which needs cleaning up.There is in-game music and in the kitchen is a radio which the player can use to change between the four available channels. The camera icon takes a picture of what's on screen and these can be saved in an album. |
| Doomsday Racers | 2006 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | Doomsday Racers is a single player, keyboard controlled racing game though a joystick is also supported. The game is set in a post apocalyptic world. It's quite a simple game as the cars take no damage, there are no gears, and if the player gets stuck behind an obstacle they must press SPACE to reposition the car on the track.There are three race modes; Tournament, Quick Race and Time Trial.
The races are run around two courses, Red Desert and Space Dome. For the Quick Race and the Time trial these courses are divided into stages with only the first few stages of Red Desert being available, other stages are unlocked as the player progresses through the tournament mode.The tournament mode starts with the player racing in the Neutron league, success there allows the player to race in the Gamma league which in turn leads to the Galactic league. All tournaments are over four races and take place on sections from either of the two courses.There is a variety of cars to choose from Warrior, Enforcer, MODGT, Raider, Fusion, and Evo which are available at the start of the game plus Interceptor and Xtreme and a mystery vehicle which are unlocked by winning tournaments. Apart from colour the vehicle all have the same performance.
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| Dora the Explorer: World Adventure! | 2006 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Sarbakan, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Dora the Explorer is a very young Latina who speaks English peppered with Spanish words. She stars in an animated children's television series that premiered in the US in 1999.In Dora the Explorer: World Adventure it's coming up to World Friendship day and Swiper has mistakenly taken Friendship bracelets from all over the world! Dora needs Swiper's help and the player's to search the world (well really just France, Tanzania, Russia, and China but the game is for the very young), find the bracelets, and save the day. The game follows the format of other Dora the Explorer games. As the player completes a puzzle or task a sticker or a postcard is placed in their book, this marks progress and encourages the player to continue.This is an edutainment game which, the packaging claims, can help children learn about:
World Geography, Countries and CulturesDifferent Languages Motor Skills Matching, Sorting, & Patterning Colours and Shapes Problem Solving Visual Identification Skills
The Value of Friendship Plus a little Spanish too! |
| Double Top Deluxe | 2006 | Idigicon Limited | Idigicon Limited | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Double Top Deluxe is based on the well known pub game, darts.It includes several game modes that include tournament games and one practice game. You can also play round the clock games.You can play against 8 A.I opponents using a customised male or female character, and you can also choose which hand to use and a choice of 10 different sets of darts. |
| Downhill Slalom | 2006 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Tuna Technologies Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Downhill Slalom is a single-player skiing game from Tuna Technologies which is very similar to their snowboarding game Snow Rider. It was originally released on the PlayStation 2 platform but in 2006 the developers signed a deal to bring the title to the PC where it was published by Phoenix Games both as a standalone title and in the Ultimate Gamers 10 Pack compilation and others.The game is keyboard controlled by default but a joystick is also supported. The player can play as one of five characters, three of which are locked at the start of the game. There are three game modes:
Slalom: here the player must complete a course as quickly as possible and correctly navigate all the gates on the way down, missing five gates means disqualification.
Token Dash: in this game mode the player must collect coins as they race downhill. This is more of an arcade mode than the other two as there are power-ups, speed boosts, coin magnets, extra grip etc. to be collected.
Sprint: this is a straight race to the bottom, no gates, no coins, no power-ups.The player starts the game ranked as 'Beginner' and progresses to 'Champ' in each game mode by winning gold medals, When they are champion in all three game modes they are awarded the title of Resort Champion. In all three game modes the player has access to just one course, Whiteout Glacier, other courses and competitors are unlocked if the player finishes in the top three but only for the game mode in which the player medalled. |
| Dr. Grips' Gehirntrainer | 2006 | astragon Software GmbH | | Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Mental training | | | | | | | Windows | Dr. Grips' Gehirntrainer is a collection of logic puzzles. Examples are number puzzles, mental arithmetic, Sudoku, three-dimensional thinking, memory exercises or recognizing patterns. The puzzles are not linked and have to be selected manually. The game is played completely with the mouse. |
| Dracula: The Days of Gore | 2006 | IncaGold plc | Wolfgroup | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | It is the 19th century, and Dracula rules Europe with an iron fist. His soldiers are in every city, and hope is almost gone. The Knights Templar have sent you, Richard, to destroy Dracula and his undead soldiers.The Days of Gore is a first-person shooter, with horror elements. In each of the 11 levels, you will seek out and destroy crystals, and rescue hostages. Your weapons include a stake, a pistol (with unlimited ammo), a shotgun, a gatling gun, and a crossbow. Most enemies, once shot, will collapse, allowing you to finish them off with your stake. |
| DragonMania | 2006 | GameFun4u | GameFun4u | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | DragonMania is a single player, keyboard controlled, platform gameThe player controls a little dragon and must bound around each level collecting pots of gold and other treasure while avoiding the nasties that guard it. A level is complete when all the pots of gold have been collected, the player is then given a password so that they can restart at that point without having to replay through the entire game.
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| Dread Mac Farlane | 2006 | | | Adventure | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Dread Mac Farlane is the first adaptation of the French comic book of the same name by the original author, Marion Poinsot. Developed using the AGS engine, it was later surpassed in length, graphics and design through a second reworking with the same title.The game tells the story of the young girl Dread Mac Farlane from her childhood through her journey to become a pirate. Unlike the later game, the story is entirely told in chronological order. Gameplay is shown from a tilted, almost top-down view, and shown from a larger distance. The visual style resembles those of anime RPG Maker games, especially since most of the graphics originate from that kit. Puzzles are largely inventory-based, but there is only one icon for all actions, lowering the difficulty although some pixel-hunting is required.The story is adapted from the first album in the comic book series, La Carte d'Estrechez. In between gameplay sessions, panels from the original comic book are used to further tell the story. Other graphics and music are largely borrowed from other games.A certain amount of puzzles and most of the character return in the second reworking, although most sequences are entirely new and some are also unique for this version of the game. The protagonist Dread can die at several instances throughout the game and all of the content is in French. |
| Dream Vacation Solitaire | 2006 | Oberon Games, Inc. | FriendsGames | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | Oceania | Naval / watercraft | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dream Vacation Solitaire is a single player, mouse controlled solitaire game with a Caribbean sailing theme.The main game is played in 'Vacation mode' and consists of five levels each of which uses a different island background. The player plays five games of solitaire on each and as they win games they will unlock the next island, possibly trophies and points which will be automatically used to upgrade their boat. When they have won all five games they will have a chance to pay an additional game at a harder level and a bonus mini game.There is also the option to play the thirty varieties of solitaire games in 'Classic' mode which is just for fun, however many are locked at the outset and need to be unlocked by playing the 'journey' game. |
| Dreamcube | 2006 | Novitas Publishing GmbH | weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbH | Action, Puzzle, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Game show / trivia / quiz, Platform | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | In Dreamcube the player takes the role of Jack who receives a cube for birthday. When he goes to sleep he gets sucked into it and has to get all dream crystals to find the way out of it. Overall he has to beat ten worlds (Science Fiction, Wild West, Jungle, Inca, Farm, City, Middle Ages, Pirates, Ice and Beach) Every world consists of ten mini games, e.g. finding the exit of a stage while dodging obstacles, collecting falling items in a platform level before they reach the ground, checkpoint races (driving and flying), a Marble Madness and a Sokoban variant, a trivia game or shooting enemies with a cannon. Every mini game is played with the keyboard or a gamepad. |
| Dreamworld's Open: Mini Golf | 2006 | Robin Games | Meridian'93 | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dreamy settings have long been the stuff of mini golf. We think of Don Quixote, his windmills, and his clubs. This mini golf game blurs the line between real and fictional world offering a series of indoor mini golf courses with the expected strange and infuriating obstacles. You control the direction of your ball by moving the club around it with your mouse, pulling the mouse back will increase the power of your shot. Six areas of nine courses exist, with three of the first area immediately unlocked. Completing a courses will unlock a new course and eventually a new area. |
| Drop and Blow | 2006 | Grabit | Softam Interactive | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Drop and Blow is a tile, or rather ball, matching game that can be played either as a puzzle, as a single player vs the computer, or against another human opponent. It is entirely keyboard controlled and the action keys can be redefined.In all modes the basic game play is the same. Coloured balls appear at the top of the screen and the fall downwards into the play area. When four or more balls of the same colour are connected horizontally, vertically, or irregularly, then they explode and the player scores points. As the games increase in difficulty the game drops bad balls, i.e. Balls that do not match any colour, into the game area. Such balls do disappear if adjacent balls are removed.While the game is in progress the size of the player's play area gradually diminishes as the base moves up the screen. The player can reverse this, and thereby generate more playing time, by creating 'chains'. A chain is a series of linked explosions/groups of four or more same coloured balls, they are created by strategically stacking balls of the same colour. Then, when one of the lower layers of balls is removed the coloured balls above it move down one layer and link up with matching balls already positioned on that level, thus one explosion triggers a second and possibly a third, fourth and so-on. As has been said above, chains cause the base of the play area to retreat but they also trigger a bonus multiplier to the points scored when the balls are cleared.
The game modes available are:Free: The player just plays the basic game until they can play no more
Puzzle: Fifty levels in which the object is to clear all the pieces from the play area. If a player abandons this game they are given a code so that they can restart at the same level.
Championship: The player plays against the computer for a trophy
vs. Computer: Similar to Championship but a shorter game
vs. Human: Player vs Player |
| Dstroy | 2006 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Dstroy is Bomberman-like game, and a remake of the original Dstroy for DOS/Amiga for Windows, Linux, Nintendo DS, and Gp2X.The game uses the original data files, including graphics and music. But it has made some change with the menus.Like the original it features an Adventure mode, where 1-4 players cooperate to kill all monsters on the level by placing bombs, and collecting pick-ups. After five completed levels, a special boss level is present, before starting over on a new world, featuring other sprites as surroundings, monsters, and blocks.The other mode is called Fight where 2-4 players play a deathmatch mode where the last player standing is the winner. |
| Easter Avenger | 2006 | Quest Tracers | Quest Tracers | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Easter Avenger is a 2D platfomer with a living egg as a the hero. The evil easter bunny has killed the father of Pascual, the easter egg protagonist, and now he wants to avenge his father in a journey through Easter Country. Pascual has different weapons at his disposal such as a baseball bat and pistols. He fights other eggs and also has to complete platforming sections by jumping and avoiding holes. |
| Elemento | 2006 | Tandem Verlag GmbH | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Elemento is a match 3 game. By moving pieces, you can connect similar pieces which will then disappear and make room for the next move. The less turns you take the higher the score will be in more than 500 levels. |
| Empire Earth II: Gold Edition | 2006 | 1C-SoftClub | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Empire Earth II: Gold Edition is a bundle that contains:
Empire Earth II (base game)
Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy (expansion pack) |
| Empires & Dungeons | 2006 | Niels Bauer Games | Niels Bauer Games | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | Empires & Dungeons is a medieval fantasy game that combines elements of Heroes of Might and Magic-type turn-based strategy games and dungeon-crawling RPGs. The player takes on the role of one of several medieval lords who strive for control of a kingdom after the ruling king died without leaving an heir. To defeat the rivalling lords, the player's alter ego must raise an army and eventually conquer enemy castles. However, to obtain the necessary resources it is not enough to collect raw materials and collect taxes from allied cities. The player needs to venture into dungeons, alone, to get gold, items, honour and experience, without which, victory is impossible.
The gameplay of Empires & Dungeons consists of the strategy part where the player controls the lord's army, builds up the castle and collects resources, and the dungeon crawling role-playing part, where the lord must explore randomly generated dungeons in order to get gold which is needed to maintain the army, and honour points which are required for certain special actions, items and advanced structures. During dungeon crawling the lord gains experience and advances through levels, becoming more strong and powerful, and may also find better weapons and equipment to increase the fighting power even more. While the players' movement in the game is turn-based, all fights - dungeon encounters, army battles, sieges and army leader duels - happen in real time, although the player can only choose one of several available actions and then wait for the outcome; army battles can be paused to allow the player to pick a strategy.
Each lord can only own one castle, and if it is captured by the enemy, the game is lost. On the other hand, being defeated by a monster during dungeon crawling simply means that the player will lose all gold and honour points collected in the dungeon that was not completed. All dungeons are randomly generated, both in terms of their layout and their position on the strategic map. Most of the items and events (dungeons, resource piles, wandering merchants) are generated randomly only stay on the map for a few turns, after which they disappear. Neutral cities, on the other hand, are permanent objects, and conquered cities generate income at a constant rate, although the player must personally visit a friendly city in order to collect taxes. Cities may also sell items to be equipped by the lord, although the Adventurer's Guild must be constructed in the player's castle first.
The game does not have a campaign mode, but consists of a total of twelve scenarios, each of which has a certain theme, unique special events and types of monsters that may be encountered. Scenarios also vary by the number of participating players, and are arranged so that the difficulty level increases progressively. Additionally, the difficulty level can be adjusted separately for each game session. |
| Endless Alice | 2006 | LION HEART | LION HEART | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | ENDLESS ALICE is a 2D single screen platform fangame based on Tōhō series. The player controls Alice Margatroid, a youkai magician who controls dolls. She fights against endless horde of mushrooms. She can shoot dolls and she has an endless supply of them. The game ends when Alice loses all life points. Marisa sometimes passes through the screen and throws stars. The player can hit her for points. |
| Extreme Sprint 3010 | 2006 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Ivolgamus UAB | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | Extreme Sprint 3010 is a single-player, keyboard controlled, running jumping kind of a game. Set in the year 3010, this game envisions a world where evil governments are desperate for something good to put on TV to entertain their teeming masses. The solution - a race. In this race the runner races around an obstacle strewn track chased by a machine that is a cross between a tank and a steam roller. Stay ahead and you win, get caught and you're history.The game is controlled by the keyboard. It is a little unusual in that the player's point of view is always above and in front of the runner, looking back at them as they run towards the camera. The track is littered with objects which the runner must either avoid, jump over, or duck under. These obstacles can just pop up out of the track as the runner approaches so quick reactions are neededThere are three game modes:
Standard Mode: here there is the Single sprint mode where the player can practice any unlocked circuit. Then there's the Multiple Sprint mode which is locked until Tournament Mode has been completed, completing the Multiple Sprint mode unlocks 16th stadium.
Tournament Mode: here there are five leagues, completing a league will unlock further stadiums and hence give access to the next league. Completing the final league unlocks stadium fifteen and the Multiple Sprints mode
Exploration Mode: Here the player has to complete series of races that unlock new characters. |
| Fantasy Edition | 2006 | INTENIUM GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Brave Dwarves
Brave Dwarves 2
Gold Sprinter
Zauberstein |
| Fantasy Tennis | 2006 | BuddyBuddy Co., Ltd. | NPICSOFT Corporation | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Persistent | | Isometric | Windows | As the name suggests, Fantasy Tennis is another screen adaption of the world-famous ball sport, but this time designed for multiple players around the world connecting over the Internet, and with all the bells and whistles added that can make RPG's and social networks so addictive. Basically, the core tennis gameplay takes place in differently-themed colorful courts which are shown in the typical TV perspective, and where the player's avatar always uses the lower half of the court to allow for better vision and gameplay. Technically, the game engine simulates service hits, drive and slice, lob and smash, and volleys, where every hit but the service, naturally, can be played as either fore- or backhand. The serving player can place his avatar everywhere on the allowed half of the base line and choose the direction and speed of the service by pressing left or right short or longer (direction), and by hitting the right spot at a fast moving power bar (power). When hitting the sweet spot the player's avatar will perform a smash service that will leave the returner unconscious for a short amount of time. The same goes for every performed smash: When the opposition fires a lob at the player, a target marker will appear where the lob is supposed to hit the court. This marker must be chased down in short time to enable the smash. If a player anticipates the opponent's balls well, he can power up all his strokes by pressing the respective button longer than usual, thus firing a so-called charged shot over the net. On the other hand if a player is late in reaching a ball, his avatar will, if not too far away, perform an automatic save dive to return the ball. This will leave him vulnerable for a tiny, but often deadly bit of time, though. Last but not least, magic animals can be called to perform so-called skill shots that can be played as a very dangerous offensive shot, or to reach previously unreachable defensive shots. These super moves require special rackets to be bought or earned, and a certain amount of normal shots to be played beforehand.So much for the basics, the game features three different modes to choose from: First is the "Basic Mode" that resembles the traditional tennis rules and can be played as a singles or doubles match, with best of three ("Short Match") or best of five games ("Tie Match") available. Second is the "Battle Mode" where the player is supposed to drain as much hit points from his opponent as possible. This can be done by winning the rally or collecting and executing magical spells that come in different flavors. There is offensive magic such as the classic fireball, defensive spells like shield, or supportive like a healing vial. If the ball leaves play the service isn't performed by the players themselves, but a supernatural creature known as the Guardian who will bring the ball back in at changing sides without actually interrupting gameplay, a feature which gives this mode an arcade feeling. Both the Basic Mode and the Battle Mode can also be played with the support of so-called "Battlemons" which are fantasy animals that can be made friends with and trained. These animals basically replace a missing player then. As of this writing the third and last game mode of Fantasy Tennis is called "Guardian Battle" and is the only cooperative gameplay mode besides two players joining for doubles play. Here, four players will use the same half of the court to engage a strong monster in a "Battle Mode" game using the rules outlined above.All these gameplay features are glued together by a colorful anime-like game world that offers several places to go to. There's the very necessary tutorial stage, a place for single players where one's abilities can be trained against various computer-controlled opponents in different unlockable levels, a place for tournaments, the multi-play arrangement, or your house (see below), and others. Upon arrival, the player creates a male or female character that can be dressed in many imaginable and unimaginable ways and equipped with a myriad of different rackets and other goodies. These characters own RPG-like abilities like hit points, strength, dexterity, that can be raised by collecting experience points throughout the tennis matches, or by fulfilling quests and achievements, or buying or earning special clothing. The players can even buy new character models that are generally stronger or better looking than the starting characters. Furthermore, from the beginning every player owns a small house with garden that can be furnished and upgraded, too, and where friends can be invited to for a chat. All this, together with the ability to make friends with other players, send "parcels" with items around, buy or sell stuff, gives the game a strong feel of a social network.
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| Fast Draw: Showdown | 2006 | Media-Service 2000 | American Laser Games, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Western | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
When it comes to fast draw there’re only two types of people: the
quick...and the dead!
When it comes to fast draw there’re only two types of people: the
quick...and the dead! Now you have the chance to find out where you
stand, or lie, as the case may be. You’ll go up against the best quick
draws in the business, including one of the world’s fastest, Wes
Flowers. Unholster your Wii Remote controller and show’em who the
fastest draw really is, in this live action shooter! You can even take
on a friend in multiplayer modes, and see which of you has the quickest
draw. You’ll need some serious speed and awesome accuracy to take on
these gunslingers...so get ready for some real fast draw action!
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| Fate Stay Night Racing | 2006 | TRIPLUS | TRIPLUS | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Fate Stay Night Racing is a fan game based on the visual novel Fate/stay Night. The player can choose one of eight characters from the game: Shirō Emiya, Saber, Rider, Caster, Archer, Rin, Sakura and Illya. The gameplay combines racing and fighting in two parts. First, the four selected characters run two rounds in several locations, like the characters in Sonic R, but in 2D) and later they fight. Each character can pick up weapons. Each screen has several pieces of swords and daggers. |
| Feuerwache: Mission - Leben retten | 2006 | TGC - The Games Company GmbH | pixon interactive media development GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | In Feuerwache: Mission - Leben retten the player takes control over a firefighter department. In the eight missions he has to solve missions like putting out a room fire or rescuing someone after a plane crash. The player has several different units to his disposal which all have a fixed field of use, e.g. one unit is only for interviewing witnesses, another one for operating fireplugs and so on. The player starts the missions with a set of units but he can request another ones. Unfortunately every additional unit costs money and interferes with the budget limitation. In most missions there is also a time limit. The handling of the units is completely done with a context menu. An example: if the player wants a firemen to equip an axe he needs to left click on the unit to activate him. Then he opens the context menu, chooses "equip with axe" and then the truck where he the axe is stored. The same procedure is needed when moving an unit. |
| Fishz | 2006 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Formosoft International Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fishz is a game of the virtual pet variety. It is essentially a European version of My Sim Aquarium with extra fish. The player starts with a blank aquarium which can be highly customised by changing the background and selecting from a wide range of add-ons. These are grouped in easy to access menus and include:
Architectural features such as bridges and great buildings from around the world. There are around thirty in total.
Accessories such as the assorted statues including the Statue of Liberty, a pirate ship, a camel, a treasure chests. There are around thirty items overall.
Plants: There are around seventy different kinds to choose from
Rocks : There are over thirty kinds of rock formation that can be used to make the aquarium more interesting
Corals: Nearly fifty varieties in different sizes, shapes and colours
Sea Flowers: Many kinds of sea anemone to choose from
Wood: There are ten pieces to choose from.While it is not possible to build structures, say to place one rock on top of another, the components can be rotated and superimposed on each other to create a more individualistic effect and the right environment for the fish. The aquarium can be viewed from all sides and from an elevated viewpoint by moving the mouse pointer to the sides and top of the screen. The player can also zoom in/out via the PgUp and PGDown keys.Fish are bought in the pet shop as frys, that is the game's term for baby fish, and all fish have names. The shop has a limited supply so once the supply has been bought there are no replacements. However if the fish are cared for they will grow, up to three times their initial size. As they grow and mature they may breed and some of the babies can be sold back to the pet shop to restock it.After a player has successfully bred a variety of fish one of six varieties of mermaid will appear in their aquarium. She will stay as long as the tank is clean and the fish are cared for and helps keep the fish healthy.The fish are cared for via a fish shaped mini menu in the lower part of the screen. This shows the current water quality and gives the player access to the feeding options. In addition to the normal food are some special foods. Neon makes any fish that eats it glow in bright colours. Large, Small, and Ball foods have predictable effects on the fish. There's also a Mad food that makes them aggressive and Pizza which is the favoured food of the mermaid though the fish will eat it too.The menu also has a 'Follow' function so that an individual fish can be tracked as it swims around the aquarium.The game also has a fish encyclopaedia with brief details of one hundred fish, a screen saver, and a selection of relaxing classical tracks to listen to. |
| Flipps Galaktische Abenteuer | 2006 | Tandem Verlag GmbH | BrainGame Publishing, GmbH, Kritzelkratz 3000 GmbH | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Flipps Galaktische Abenteuer is an adventure learning game for children of 12 years or up. Flipp spends his vacation in the Luna Plaza Hotel on the moon before he meets aliens and stumbles into a big adventure. Together with Sunny he will travel through the solar system, solve many puzzles and learn about the universe. |
| Fole & Raul go bananas | 2006 | Helixsoft | Helixsoft | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Both the cat Fole and the monkey Raul loves to collect bananas. Now they have found an enormous banana filled space cheese. The player must now guide Fole (and Raul if there are two players) inside the cheese and collect all bananas. Once all the bananas on a level are collected it's off to the next level. But the player(s) has to move quickly because there is a time limit for completing each level and to make it all harder the space cheese are infested with various enemies. This game was written in C++ using Allegro. |
| Foosball Champ 3D | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing | MAUS Software | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Foosball Champ 3D is a simulation of the game of Foosball. Play against three different levels of AI, or play against a friend over the network. The table, figures, and team colors are customizable. The controls are customizable (important for a foosball game) with optional assist modes. Winning conditions are also changeable, and can be set to a time limit or number of goals. |
| Football Champions Quiz | 2006 | | cerasus.media GmbH | Puzzle | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Football Champions Quiz is quiz for one to four players. It is a little different to most quiz games for a few reasons;
1. It has a question editor so players can create their own quizzes
2. When playing the regular games players could post their scores on-line.
3. Games can be saved - though scores from saved games could not be posted on-lineThe default game as issued has 1028 questions in five categories; Curiosities; Football Stars; History; Miscellaneous and World Cup 2006. When setting up the game the player(s) decide how many people are taking part and whether to use a question countdown timer and how long the players have to answer a question. They then enter their names and select a picture to be their avatar.The quiz has four modes of play;
Training Mode: Essentially the same as the other modes but scores cannot be posted on-line
Classic Mode: The player(s) select the categories they want to answer question on and take turns in answering them. The game adds twenty questions to the quiz for each participating player. All questions are multiple choice with four answers. Each player starts the quiz with one thousand points and gambles some or all of their pot on each question, negative scores are allowed. The player with the most points at the end wins the game and gets the chance top post their score on-line.A single player game can only be played in this mode.
Random Mode: In Classic Mode the players took alternate turns to answer the questions, in this mode the game decides which player’s turn it is.
Buzzer Mode: Another variation on the basic quiz, before the question is asked the players each make their wager, then after the question has been revealed the first to press their designated key gets to choose an answer.The game has music and all questions are read out, both of these are optional.
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| Four Up | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing | AI Factory Limited | Strategy | Side view | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Four Up is a version of the board/tile game 'Connect Four'.It is played either by one person vs the computer on one of four skill settings or between two human players.
The game is played entirely with the mouse in one of three predefined resolutions. It has a help file that opens in a separate browser window and a savegame and replay features. |
| Fren-ze | 2006 | Hermitgames | Hermitgames | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Fren-ze is a fast-paced bullet hell shooter. Originally released as a hidden PS2 game on a covermount disc, it was later ported to a proper PC release. The game consists of four levels, each with a boss at the end. Players can also unlock practice games for each of the levels as well as boss fights and a boss rush where all final enemies need to be defeated one after another.The ship starts with a limited amount of lives. Defeated enemies leave behind "blues". These can be used to activate a temporary shield. To regain the spent blue six enemy bullets need to be reflected. Stronger enemies leave behind yellow orbs that improve firepower, often by changing the pattern or adding more bullets.The game can be played in different directions: horizontally-scrolling, vertically-scrolling, or rotated. |
| Froggies | 2006 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | 123-D Software, Inc., Duckfoot Technologies, Inc., Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Froggies is a single-player, 3-D Pac-Man clone. It is very similar in style and gameplay to other games from this development team such as Lady Cruncher and Cruncher in Mazeland.The object of the game is to achieve a high score by guiding a Frog around a maze eating worms. Each worm eaten scores a point, additionally, each bug encountered and knocked off the maze also scores points as do keys that are collected. Within the maze are giant bugs. If these are encountered after eating a piece of fruit then they are defeated and more points are scored, any unempowered encounter costs a life. When three lives have been lost the game is over. There are three worlds to explore, Swamp World, River & Ocean World, and Lake World each with its own set of levels.The game has sound effects and music, both of which can be disabled, and a high score table. It is played via the keyboard, the arrow keys move the character and the space key causes it to jump. |
| Fruit Fall | 2006 | Grabit | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fruit Fall is a keyboard-controlled, tile matching puzzle game for up to four players.The player is presented with a game area in the form of an irregular walled maze. Within the maze are pieces of fruit, the object of the game being to get three pieces of the same fruit touching each other at which point they vanish and the player scores points. The only controls the player has are action keys which rotate the game area clockwise or counterclockwise.The game has three game worlds: a ghoulish ghost world, an underwater lost city, and deep space - each with twenty-five levels. There are three modes of play:Single Player Arcade mode: Playing one stage at a time where each stage contains five levels. The aim is to complete each level within the time limit to advance to the next level. Points are awarded for completing the levels quickly, and bonuses can be won for clearing multiple fruit types in one move.
Single Player Tight Turn Mode: Here the aim is to complete each level within the allotted number of moves.
Multiplayer: Where up to four players compete against each other by playing in a split-screen game |
| Fussball Quiz: Weltmeister Edition 2006 | 2006 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fussball Quiz: Weltmeister Edition 2006 is a quiz game about soccer; mostly the World Cup championships from 1930 to 2006. The player needs to answer ten questions correctly to win the game. So he chooses one of six categories (stars, history, curious, World Cup 06 and miscellaneous) and bets a sum of his money. Then he needs to choose one of four answer possibilities in a limited time. When his answer is correct he gets to choose the next category and so on.He also has three jokers which he can use to eliminate two false answers and to lower or rise his stake. The game features a host with humorous lines, an offline and online high score list, a training mode and three slightly different rule sets. The game has about 1,000 questions and an editor to add own ones. |
| GP Championship 2 | 2006 | IncaGold plc | Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | GP Championship 2 is a one or two player Formula 1 racing game.Players can race around nine international racing circuits in a choice of ten cars. There are multiple game configuration options to customise the game, the cars and driver aids.
The main game is the championship season where the player(s) compete over the full nine circuits against computer controlled opponents. Points are scored for finishing in the top six in any race and the winner is the player with the most points. Championship races can be customised and can be a minimum of three laps through to a full race duration. All drivers perform qualifying laps to determine their start position.In addition to there is the 'weekender' race option where player(s) compete in a single race on a course of their choice. The game also has a practice and trainer options so the player(s) can become familiar with the circuit, the difference between the two being that in the trainer option a computer car is on the track showing the correct racing line and speeds.The game supports keyboard, mouse, joystick and driving wheel controllers. There are multiple camera angles available in the single player game and a fixed split-screen is used in the two player game. |
| GSR: German Street Racing | 2006 | Beat Games | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | | | | | Windows | GRS: German Street Racing is another racing game which deals with illegal street racing. This time the courses are built after five German cities: Hamburg, Berlin, Leipzig, Düsseldorf, and Munich. There are also the racing courses: Kesselberg, Eifelring, and Kö. In career mode, the player participates in races and receives money for good results. This money gets reinvested in better cars or equipment which influences the car's abilities, e.g. accelerating or maximum speed. The ultimate goal is to become the best German street racer.There are three racing modes. In regular races, the player drives on round courses modelled after the mentioned cities. The courses are not completely linear but have alternative routes the player can use. The drag races are held on short and linear routes where the best acceleration wins. The drift races are just regular races on a small course where the drivers have to make u-turns at the end. The drifting itself does not get evaluated, who reaches the end first wins. Overall there are eleven unlicensed cars. |
| Galcon | 2006 | Imitation Pickles | Imitation Pickles | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Galcon is an action-based strategy game, reminiscent of the classic board game Risk, and inspired by Galactic Conquest (1987) and Stellar Invasion (presumably 1986). The DOS Galcon game was first conceived in 1995 by Phil Hassey and in the years leading up to 2000 re-made various times with different browsers versions. This version of the game is another remake by the same author first launched for Windows in 2006 and it is entirely different from his original 1995 version.Starting with an amount of units on a single planet, the player conquers planets which in turn have a production value to produce spaceships which are then used to attack unoccupied planets, enemy planets or defend against enemy attacks. Typically each player starts in a randomly generated galaxy with a single planet under their control. The only controls at the player's disposal is to move spaceships between planets, fortifying areas under attack and attacking planets that are defenceless.In the basic game the player is presented different kinds of challenges with varying amount of opponents. There are fifteen different missions with variations on the basic gameplay. There is also a tutorial, a map editor and online multiplayer for up to twelve players. |
| Game Tycoon | 2006 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Enjoy Entertainment | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | In Game Tycoon the player founds and manages a business which produces games. The process of game development is basically always the same: At first the player chooses between 13 genres - of course it is important to observe the zeitgeist, in some time periods platformer are more popular as adventures or vice versa. The second and last pre-production decision concerns the graphics engine. The player can either license one or program his own. The latter is time-consuming and expensive but the engine can be used for multiple games.After choosing the employees - programmers, artists and composers - the only thing left to do is setting the test times, searching for a distributor and watching the progress bar. Right before the release there is also the marketing to take care of, which means ads and box equipment (manual, maps etc.).
When the game is fully developed the player can read reviews from magazines and selling statistics. The game features two playing modes: ten missions and free playing. However, the game always starts in 1982 and progresses until the modern times of Xbox and DVD. The handling is very similar to Mad TV: the whole game is played in real-time and the player character has to walk through the cities to reach the menus. But since we are talking about development times of several years, the typical hectic atmosphere of Mad TV is missing. |
| Glacier | 2006 | Grabit | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In Glacier you control a heavily armed sports-car (the "iceblade"), and your goal is to drive down the so-called "Mountain of Death" without wrecking your car.Opponents will make this goal pretty hard (they use rockets, machine guns, mines, and more), but there are also the chasing Mounties (driving in 4WD-Grummers), helicopters, impressive cliffs and even enormous rocks that can fall on your roof. |
| Glow Worm | 2006 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Flashbang Studios, LLC | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Glow Worm is a puzzle game where the player has to morph glow worms into fireflies and save imprisoned creatures. It is based on the Japanese arcade game Pururun. The playing field consists of a grid of squares in which the player can place the worms. The worms have two colors, one for the body and another for the spots. By placing three or more worms of the same body color next to each other they will transform into a firefly of the same color as the worms' spots. Fireflies in turn are removed when grouped with three or more worms that share the same color. The goal of the game is to free the worms that have been caged by transforming them into fireflies. A level is completed once all tiles covering the squares has been removed. The player can swap the body and spot colors of the worms by right clicking on them.Glow Worm has three game modes: classic, adventure and puzzle. Adventure mode differs from the classic in that the pieces fall down towards the bottom of the playfield. The puzzle mode includes levels designed to test the player's wits and is more challenging than the other modes. |
| Golden Sub | 2006 | INTENIUM GmbH | INTENIUM GmbH | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Golden Sub is a tile matching game where the player controls a submarine which collects coins. The game field is a grid where differently shaped symbols, e.g. shells or sea stars, are stacked together. The submarine has one symbol on top and the player aligns the submarine to the wished vertical row by using the mouse. With a click the symbol gets launched into the row and shoves the other symbols one field up. The upper most symbol vanishes. If three symbols of the same shape are next to each other they vanish and the above above symbols take their place respectively get filled up with randomly generated symbols from the top of the screen. If a coin or power up, e.g. a machine gun or a time bomb, reaches the lower end of the grid if falls down and the player's submarine collects it. The goal of the about 100 levels is to collect all available coins. |
| Gomoku Deluxe | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing | AI Factory Limited | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Gomoku Deluxe is a single player game that allows the player to play this classic ancient Chinese game against the computer.The game is played using the mouse and has four levels of difficulty, a hint option, and a save/load feature. It plays in a window that can be re-sized and supports three different screen resolutions.
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| Goofy Gokarts | 2006 | Idigicon Limited | | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Goofy Gokarts is a one or two player, 3D, casual racing game.The game is keyboard controlled with action keys that can be redefined. The p layer(s) can either race in the World Tournament, a custom tournament, or a random tournament. There is a choice of kart, and in both the custom and random tournaments the player can adjust the number of courses to be raced, the number of laps per race, and the number of opponents.Around the track are scattered weapons and power-ups.The game also contains a track builder which allows the player(s) to design and save their own courses
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| Gotcha! Extreme Paintball | 2006 | Viva Media, LLC | Sixteen Tons Entertainment | Action, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Gotcha! is a non violent first person ego shooter.
The scenario is you and your team are playing Gotcha (a.k.a. Paintball). You can play in a league with 28 teams and compete in 17 different locations. There are 12 different markers and also colored grenades you can use and equip you team with. Multiplayer modes include (Team-) Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Flag Elimination, Team Elimination, Last Man Standing, and (Team-) Kill the King. |
| Gothic (Fan Edition) | 2006 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Fan Edition is a DVD re-release of the original game. It includes:
Gothic
Gothic screensaver
Gothic wallpaper
Printed world mapIt is an international edition that includes both the German and the English version. |
| Grand Hotel Manager | 2006 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Zone 2 Media GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Despite its name Grand Hotel Manager is no tycoon game. The player takes the role of a hotel manager and needs to assign his guests to the correct employee. Every guest has an icon over its head which tells how satisfied he is. If he is not the player clicks on him to see what he wants. Then he clicks on the appropriate employee, e.g. the bartender if the guest is thirsty, and everything is well again. The goal of the six missions is to keep the hotel running for a fixed time. Of course this gets harder and harder during the course of the game. It also features extensive ingame advertising by the games' sponsor; the German hotel reservation service provider HRS. |
| Grass Roots | 2006 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | Mat Dickie | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | official game website (from Ad Blurbs)Given the timeless popularity of sports games, I was puzzled that nobody had ever looked into the genre more deeply and given it an RPG twist - whereby the characters were more important than the teams (and even the sport itself). That was my intention with Grass Roots - an urban 5-a-side soccer sim, which saw an ever-changing team of amateurs playing their way around the globe. That refreshing twist aside, the game could never hope to match the smooth gameplay and polished presentation of its mainstream counterparts. They, like my wrestling games, had been honed to perfection over numerous years - whereas this was my first stab at a notoriously tough nut to crack. The project floundered under the pressure of those mainstream comparisons, and failed to find an audience with even the most diehard of soccer fans. The casual concept and fictitious setting didn't appeal to purists, and yet no amount of gimmicks could convert a player that wasn't already sold on the sport itself. It remains a popular request and a genre close to my heart, but it's simply not a team I'm qualified to play for! |
| Guilty Gear Isuka | 2006 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | The next installment in the Guilty Gear sci-fi fighting series, in which bio weapons called Gears fight among each other for ultimate supremacy and survival, as they escape the so called Holy Knights who aim to hunt down and destroy them.As with previous games in the series the game involves tournament-styled battles between characters using their special abilities and moves. However for GG Isuka the battles are 2-on-2 instead of 1-on-1, taking place in multi-plane arenas (similar to Fatal Fury) and requiring the players to switch orientation manually.Added features include two new characters (only one playable), new backgrounds and game modes including the new "Boost" mode, which turns the game into a 2D side scrolling beat 'em up. |
| Guns Girls Lawyers Spies | 2006 | Strategy Lights Studios | Strategy Lights Studios | Strategy | Top-down | | Spy / espionage | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Guns Girls Lawyers Spies is a turn-based strategy game where the player play an arms trafficker leading a covert ops company. The political situation of the world is currently a mess, so take advantage of the situation and buy/sell weapons, soldiers, tanks, or even weapons of mass destruction to further own greedy desires!The game uses a top-down perspective of an international political map. Gameplay may be identified as the following:
Political Map and Travel
The political map consists of information regarding your company assets, individual country information and the political climate of the international community. Here you can travel from country to country on your cargo plane where you can conduct business or other covert actions. Time only moves forward when you board your plane to travel to another country.Products
Being an arms dealer is a full time job. You travel from country to country buying and selling arms. From various weapons, soldiers, armor, planes and ultimately weapons of mass destruction. Each country produces several and some unique products. Depending on the political situation of the country, they also will buy and sell different products for different prices.Turn-based Combat
Combat occurs when an enemy attacks your assets, entering an unfriendly country or you are caught smuggling illegal merchandise.In the combat screen you first place your troops in the available hexes. After deploying your troops, combat results is automatic each turn, where after each turn you can change the positions of your troops.There are three different combat areas available:
Urban Combat: Occurs in cities. Here other special unit troops like secretaries may also participate. Secretaries (or other female agents) may convert enemy troops. Other special versions of urban combat consist of legal warfare where lawyers battle other enemy lawyers to the death!Warfare Combat: Similar to urban combat, with the exception that lawyers and secretaries may not participate. Aerial Combat: Reserved only for planes, helicopters, and Surface to Air Missiles (SAMs).
Game Scenarios
There is no campaign mode in this game. There are many scenarios to choose from. From assassinating terrorists and dictators, rescuing hostages, or just get rich missions. Most scenarios have a time limit unless stated otherwise.
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| Gunship Apocalypse | 2006 | Novitas Publishing GmbH | FAKT Software GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | In Gunship Apocalypse earth loses contact to the martian colony MRS1. Wild dust storms indicate a catastrophe. Now the player boards his gunship to learn about the circumstances... During the 80 missions the goals are mostly to kill certain enemies, e.g. stationary cannons or combat robots, find items or save and protect survivors. There are no cutscenes, just mission briefings.Instead of narrow mines and tunnels like in the Descent series Gunship Apocalypse uses copious factory halls and the Martian surface as levels. Because of size and lacking orienting points this means the player could get lost easily. To prevent this he has a compass which shows him the way to the objectives. Despite the cockpit perspective Gunship Apocalypse is very action-oriented and uses the established FPS controls.The most important point on Mars is the central base where the player buys new equipment and repairs his ship. Of course this costs credits which are earned by solving missions. These aren't arranged linearly but can be chosen when the player leaves the base. But there are some restrictions, the player needs to solve certain missions and reach a certain level before the next batch gets unlocked. A new level is reached when the player gained enough experience points by killing enemies and solving missions. A better level has also the advantage that the player can equip better gear. |
| HIARCS 8 | 2006 | Mindscape SA | ChessBase GmbH | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Chess | | | | | | | Windows | HIARCS 8 is a chess simulator using the Fritz 7 interface, but its own chess engine, one of the strongest of its time.Created by Mark Uniacke, HIARCS stands for Higher Intelligence Auto Response Chess System. It can be used to learn and to improve so that even Grand Master chess players use it. |
| Hall of Game: 4Games - Volume 1 | 2006 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games:
D-Day
Battle Mages
Emergency Fire Response
Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 |
| Hall of Game: 4Games - Volume 2 | 2006 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games:
Firefighter Command: Raging Inferno
Fair Strike
Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps
Nemesis of the Roman Empire |
| Hall of Game: 4Games - Volume 3 | 2006 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games:
RPM Tuning
Midnight Outlaw: Illegal Street Drag (Nitro Edition)
Super Stunt Spectacular
Fast Lane Carnage
It additionally includes a demo version of Adrenalin: Extreme Show |
| Hall of Game: 4Games - Volume 4 | 2006 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games:
Elite Warriors: Vietnam
Mob Enforcer
Navy SEALs: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Vivisector: Beast Within
It additionally includes a demo of Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport. |
| Hall of Game: 4Games - Volume 5 | 2006 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games:
Airline Tycoon Evolution
Tabloid Tycoon
Prison Tycoon
Casino Mogul |
| Hall of Game: 4Games - Volume 6 | 2006 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games:
Daemon Vector
Neverend
Battle Mages: Sign of Darkness
Shadow Vault
It additionally includes demo versions of GODS: Lands of Infinity and Daemonica. |
| Hall of Game: 4Games - Volume 7 | 2006 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games:
Korea: Forgotten Conflict
Another War
Knights of the Cross
Medieval Lords: Build, Defend, Expand |
| Hall of Game: 4Games - Volume 8 | 2006 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games:
18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal
Euro Club Manager 2005-2006
Eets: Hunger. It's emotional.
Fastlane Pinball |
| Hall of Game: 4Games - Volume 9 | 2006 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games:
Adrenalin: Extreme Show
OceanDive
Championsheep Rally
Democracy |
| Hamsters | 2006 | Idigicon Limited | ENAY | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hamsters is a game aimed at children. It is most definitely a game and not a simulation. Children will learn nothing from this game other that the fact that hamsters pee and poo.
At the start of the game the player chooses and names their hamster which is then placed in a play area. The hamster must be kept happy and the happier it is the more it sings and poops gold coins. To keep the hamster happy the player must clean up the playpen whenever the hamster poos or pees, keep the water bottle and food tray stocked, and keep the hamster's wheel working. They must, of course, also play with the hamster which means they must tickle it and brush it regularly.With enough money the player can buy more hamsters. There are also four mini games, Hided and Seek, Matching Pairs, Hamster Race and Memory which the player must play with each hamster. Each game has six levels which get progressively harder and the reward for completing a level is a love heart, buying items in the shop requires both gold coins and love hearts.
With enough love hearts and cash the player can unlock special hamster breeds that "exhibit abnormal behaviour patterns and features". The ultimate objective being to unlock the hamster customisation feature which allows the player to create their own hamster. |
| Hard Truck Tycoon | 2006 | ValuSoft, Inc. | G5 Software LLC | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | In this business simulation, you are in charge of a shipping company. Buy trucks, hire drivers, build facilities, and set up routes. Each map has many businesses, which want certain items, and create other items. (For example, a Food Factory uses grain, and creates foodstuff, which can be delivered to cities.)Hard Truck Tycoon includes several pre-designed maps, based on real-world geography, as well as a scenario creator, which will generate a random map along specified guidelines. The difficulty is highly customizable, and computer opponents can be included. Finally, multiplayer is included, up to 5 players at one time. |
| Heimspiel 2006: Der Fußballmanager | 2006 | TGC - The Games Company GmbH | greencode Software GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Heimspiel 2006: Der Fußballmanager is practically the same game as Soccer Manager. The player is still responsible for the financial and athletic success of their soccer team. To do so, they have many options, such as sponsorships, entrance fees, stadium expansions, lineup and tactics. Optionally, the player can use KI assistants which take over some of their tasks.One special feature of the game is still the match presentation which is calculated in real-time and offers a lot of tactical possibilities for the coach. This time, the game uses a new graphics engine. Not only is the player's match calculated in real-time, all parallel matches are too. The player has even the possibility to watch up to four matches at the same time. This is the first time in this series that the player can also use a text mode where all actions are written down instead of shown. The game focuses on easy controls and comprehensibility for inexperienced soccer manager players. For example, the soccer player stats, normally an area with many statistics, are reduced to three numbers: strength, stamina and morale. Additionally, there are special abilities like mobility or loyalty which can be improved through a skill tree. In comparison to most similar games, this one uses no calendar system, with all changes becoming effective immediately instead. So if a player wants to expand their stadium, they don't have to wait two years until it is built, benefitting from its higher capacity at the moment they pay for it. |
| Heroes of WWII | 2006 | astragon Software GmbH | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | World War II | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Heroes of WWII is an action-oriented flight game set in World War II. The player uses his mouse to control his plane directly. The goals of the 15 missions are similar to each other: The player flies over open landscapes and kills everything in sight. |
| Hinter Gittern Vol. II | 2006 | RTL Playtainment | Provox Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Hinter Gittern: Vol. II is based on the German TV series of the same name. The setting of the game and the series is the women's prison in Reutlitz.At the beginning of the game the player's character Christine Walter comes across a conspiracy and has to find out who is behind the strange things that seem to happen in the prison. At the same time she has to fight her move to another prison in Preekow.The game is a 3D adventure and the player has to talk to other prisoners, wardens and visitors to find out what is going on and who is behind the conspiracy. She has to find her way through the prison and also has to find ways to access before inaccessible areas without being detected.During the course of her investigations she is accused of number of crimes she did not commit and has also find a way to prove her innocence. |
| Hits Essentiels: Collection 2005/2006 | 2006 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
FIFA Soccer 2005
Championship Manager 5
Hitman: Contracts
Battlefield: Vietnam
Need for Speed: Underground 2
Pippa Funnell: The Stud Farm Inheritance (as Alexandra Ledermann 5: L'Héritage du Haras) |
| Horsez | 2006 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Lexis Numérique SA | Adventure, Educational, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | Sophie Chaudoit | | Everyone | | Windows | Pippa Funnell: The Golden Stirrup Challenge is a single player adventure game based on horse riding.There's a back story to this game which revolves around rivalry between riding schools, the well funded Beechwood Academy which has used its financial muscle buy out smaller schools and the Sycamore Academy in Tuscany, Italy run by Jade and Patrick. There's also another story arc involving hidden treasure.The game starts with Flora arriving at The Sycamores, she makes quite an entrance by crashing her scooter in the animated introduction and has to be rescued as the first act in the game. Once she's installed at the school the player sets up her timetable with training activities, and free time which can be either personal or on the horse farm caring for her horse. It's in the personal free time that Flora hunts for the treasure by exploring, talking to people, and reading books in the library.As the game develops Flora's training in the disciplines of Dressage, Show jumping and Cross-country progresses and, as in a real school, her progress is monitored by weekly tests. Good results in these tests are essential if Flora's to enter the competitions in Italy, Alsace and China, hopefully defeating all comers and bringing honour and prestige to The Sycamores.
The control system for these events differs. In the Dressage, for example, the horse canters around the arena on autopilot. Scrolling across the top of the screen is a display bar showing the correct key sequence and it is the player's job to hit the appropriate arrow keys as its symbol passes the central target.Show Jumping involves steering the horse and rider around a course following line of pink arrows and making the jump when in the take-off zone at a time when the horse's mood is 'in harmony'. Cross country is very similar but there's no line to follow, just keep to the track.As with other games of this type the player has to learn about and care for a horse, in this game it's a foal that must be groomed and trained.The game is played via the keyboard though a mouse is used in the menu screens, action keys can be redefined.
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| Hyperspace Invader | 2006 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | URSE Games | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Hostile alien race persecutes human race across the hyperspace, and you and your fighter are the only thing that stands in their way.Hyperspace Invader is a three dimensional scrolling shooter, much like Air Strike series and Astro Avenger where your mission is to save the human race from extinction and repel the invaders. Your military spaceship can carry an entire arsenal of powerful weapons: the game features 10 types of primary weapons and 10 types of additional weapons, including bombs and homing missiles. You can open aimed fire on your enemy or commence scattered fire, so that alien spaceships will have no place to shelter. You can provide your spaceship with various kinds of ammunition, get 30 types of extra bonuses, but on one condition: you have no choice, but to get all this during the combat. For example, if you meet a traitor, you should kill him and in this case you will get his spaceship. A variety of sly and treacherous enemies will stand in your way: 6 powerful bosses in 6 different locations await you. The path to glory is not a quick one: 30 levels, which teem with armed to teeth alien fighters, are not an easy road to go through. As you proceed to your destination you get more and more scores, which are taken into account at the end of each mission.A pleasant point to mention is that the developers of Hyperspace Invader will not throw you into this bloodshed right at the very beginning. You can take a training course, which allows you to adapt yourself to the controls of your fighter. The inner organization of the menu provides for various options: you can select music, sounds, gamma, etc. The graphics of the game deserve a special praise for its comprehensiveness on the one hand and for opulence of special effects on the other. Hyperspace Invader is a good way to get fresh emotions. In this game world you can become a hero, who will do away with the confrontation between mankind and this hostile alien race, which has been continuing for years.
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| I Spy Mystery | 2006 | Scholastic, Inc. | Black Hammer Productions, Inc. | Educational | | Licensed | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | I Spy Mystery is the ninth game in the I Spy series from the team of Scholastic and Black Hammer. In this edition, elements from earlier I Spy games have been re-combined into 13 new mysteries, each one comprised of 3 - 6 I Spy riddle pictures, and culminating in a final mystery to solve. Solving each final mystery generally rewards the player with an extra animation.The player is presented with a messy desktop scattered with 13 folders. Each folder is labelled with a title, and clicking on a folder will open it up to reveal a set of photographs depicting parts of scenes. Clicking a photograph takes the player to the picture page.Gameplay follows the pattern set by previous I Spy games; the player reads or listens to a rhyming list of items on the picture page, then uses the mouse to click on the items hidden in the picture A headphone icon on the bottom left causes the riddle to be read aloud again; an arrow on the bottom right takes the player back to the previous screen, and a question mark on the top right lets the player hear instructions. As in earlier games, some of the pictures are personalized with the player's name hidden among the items. Most, if not all of the pictures have been recycled from older I Spy games, although some of them have had things added or subtracted to create extra clues for the final mysteries. The game is recommended for ages 6 - 10, and exercises the player's skills in problem solving, logic & reasoning, reading, rhyming, following directions, and visual memory & discrimination. |
| Icewind Dale: 3 in 1 Boxset | 2006 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Icewind Dale: 3 in 1 Boxset includes the following Icewind Dale titles:
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter
Icewind Dale II |
| Indoor Kart Racing | 2006 | TOPICS Entertainment | Engine Software B.V. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Indoor Kart Racing is a re-release of Coronel Indoor Kartracing, with Tom Coronel's license removed. Nothing else is changed. |
| Inspector Parker: Unsolved | 2006 | MumboJumbo, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Inspector Parker
Inspector Parker in Betrapped! |
| International Cricket Captain 2002 | 2006 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd., Fair Game | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | International Cricket Captain 2002 is one of a series of cricketing games from Empire Interactive. In the single-player mode the player can:
play the full game by leading any of the English county teams;
take control of an English county team, manage them and earn the right to captain the national team;
play as a national team manager, the countries available are Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe.In the two-player mode each player selects a different international team, matches are either fifty overs of five day tests and the players compete in either a one, three or five match series. The batting side uses the keyboard to control their teamThere are also some classic matches, or Scenarios as they are called in-game, where the player can relive or try to change an historic match. These matches are 1948 England v Australia, 1971 England v India, 1986 Australia v England, 1991 England v West Indies, 2002 Australia v England, and the 2003 World Cup. In these matches the player can control either side, set the difficulty level, and change the team, coaching skills etc before playing the match.When bowling the player can adjust the way the ball is delivered, the degree of aggression and length of the delivery, which side of the wicket the bowler bowls from, and which stump the bowler aims for. When batting the player can adjust the degree of aggression the batsman uses. During an innings the player can optionally view animations of the action and here there are settings that allow the player to view every delivery or just specific events. |
| International Cricket Captain 2006 | 2006 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Childish Things Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | International Cricket Captain 2006 is one of a series of cricketing games from Childish Things that traces its roots back to International Cricket Captain which was first released in 1998.In single player mode the player can:Take control of an English county team, manage them and earn the right to captain the national team
Captain both a county team and the English team from the start
Play as a national team manager
Play in past test seriesIn two player mode each player selects an international team, one plays using the keyboard and one player uses the mouse.When bowling the player can adjust the way the ball is delivered, the strength and length of the delivery, which side of the wicket the bowler bowls from, and which stump the bowler aims for. When batting the player can adjust the degree of aggression the batsman uses.
During an innings the player can optionally view animations of the action and here there are settings that allow the player to view every delivery or just specific events. |
| Iron Chef | 2006 | Phoenix Games B.V. | CyberPlanet Interactive Public Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Iron Chef is a single player timed platform game.Cookie and Bread are two cute characters living in the village of Wonderful Land. Everyone in Wonderful Land is happy and lives in harmony with each other and with nature. Cookie and Bread are expert chefs and share a dream that one day they will open their own restaurant so that the rest of the village can share their magical food.
One day a giant kidnapped all the people and all the animals in the village. Cookie was one of the victims and brave Bread sets out to rescue her and, of course, everyone else. He strikes a deal with the giant. If Bread can make the giant the world's best food then the giant will let everyone go.Thus begins a platform / puzzle game in which Bread must collect food and ingredients over four levels and thirty-two sub levels. In each level the object is to collect the food items before time runs out. This means climbing ladders in the most efficient sequence and dislodging items of food so that they fall into the baskets below. On some levels there are mice who will attack Bread and, if successful, will cost the player one of their three lives. Though the greater part of the game is keyboard driven, there are mini-games where a mouse is needed. |
| Jagd auf die Vogelgrippe | 2006 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | 3dsoftart Game Design | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Jagd auf die Vogelgrippe is a Moorhuhn variant. The player takes the part of a farmer who wants to protect his chicken from the avian influenza. That's why he shoots every infected bird that crosses his sight.The player is stationary and can turn within 360°. He uses his gun, which has to be reloaded after a few shots, to shoot the birds. Infected ones give points but healthy ones subtract from the score. The player has five chickens on his farms and every time an infected bird escapes, one of them gets infected too. If it is nearly dying it uses to a big slingshot to hurl itself away. Then the player can, similar to skeet shooting, kill it to get a new healthy one. The goal of every level (overall three) is it to have at least one chicken left when the time runs out.The player has a health meter too which gets decreased when an infected bird flies over him within a short range. Sometimes bonus items appear which give the player advantages when shot, e.g, refilled health, a short time of influenza immunity for the chicken or a machine gun. |
| Japanese Puzzle Collection: Master Series | 2006 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Japanese Puzzle Collection: Master Series is a collection of games from Greenstreet games. It includes:
Su Doku Master 2
Ka Kuro Master
Hashi
Masyu
Suji Moji MasterOnce the CD is loaded a menu is displayed from which individual games can be installed. Once installed they can be launched either via the same menu or by the Windows Start menu or their desktop shortcuts.
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| Jewel Case | 2006 | INTENIUM GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Charm Tale
InSpheration
Puzzle Prinz
Beetle Ju. 2
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| Jim Henson's Muppet Babies: Air, Land, & Sea | 2006 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | PC Treasures, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Air, Land, & Sea contains several learning activities for kids age 2-5. All activities can be played using either the mouse, or a very simplified keyboard scheme.Where does each vehicle belong?: (Ages 3-4.) Baby Kermit will say either "Air", "Land", or "Sea". Choose the vehicle that goes there.Identifying the vehicles by name: (Ages 2-3.) Baby Kermit will say the name of a vehicle. Choose the vehicle with that name.Getting to know the different vehicles: (Ages 2-2 1/2.) Baby Kermit will show and say the name of vehicles.Matching shadows: (Ages 2-3) Choose which shadow in the picture to put each vehicle in.Coloring activity: (Ages 2 1/2-4) Click on the picture to color it in. Choose stickers to place on the picture. (The picture can be printed out as well.)Free playing activity to get to know the vehicles: (Ages 2-2 1/2) Click on vehicles in the picture to hear their names.Vehicle riddles: (Ages 3-5) Listen to Baby Kermit say a riddle, then click on the vehicle the riddle is about.Finally, the Songs option will allow you to hear Baby Kermit sing songs, and worksheets on the topics of matching, odd-one-out, counting, and creativity can be printed out. |
| Jogos de Terror | 2006 | Digerati Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation that includes the following 14 games on a single CD-Rom disc:
Alien Horde: a platform game in which the player controls a woman whose goal is to kill several aliens and rescue hostages to the base before her oxygen runs out (originally released as a mini-game with Firefly Studios' Space Colony).Alien Prison: first person game in which the player has to escape from a prison facing aliens.CrimsonLand: top-down shooter in which the player has to eliminate the most aliens he can aiming with the mouse.Darkwars 2 & 3: platform game in which the player has to kill monsters such as skulls, zombies and werewolves to get to the next level.Death Illustrated: black and white first person game, in which the player has to kill all creatures which appear in the arena.Dimension 4592: first person game in which the player faces bizarre little green creatures which shoot all the time.Doomed: first person shooter based on DOOM in which the player has to eliminate several monsters.Evil Dreams: first person game in which the player has to escape from the house he's trapped in, while facing several bandits.Ghostbusters: first person game in which the player faces some ghosts and has to reach each levels exit to win.Horrorween: a top-down shooter by in which the player has to eliminate the most zombies he can aiming with the mouse.Phobia III: top-down shooter in which the player has to eliminate all creatures trying to invade his territory aiming with the mouse.Vampire: platform game in the vein of Castlevania in which the player controls a girl who starts running away in her horse from a huge monster. Throughout the level she faces several creatures, both from land and water.ZombiePox: third person game in which the player has to help all zombies to get back to normal, caring not to become one of them. |
| John Deere: American Builder Deluxe | 2006 | Bold Games | Gabriel Entertainment | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Jason Silverman | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | John Deere: American Builder Deluxe is a 3D construction economic simulator with 18 scenarios, 5 kinds of workers, 6 kinds of vehicles, and many different buildings/structures that can be built. Build and manage construction sites and projects using John Deere equipment, including excavators, loaders, and dozers. Sites include campuses in New York to movie studios in California. The player is in charge of getting projects done on time and under budget. |
| Jules Verne: Collector's Edition | 2006 | DreamCatcher Europe SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains two adventure games based on the Jules Verne books:Journey to the MoonReturn to Mysterious Island |
| KCC Igo | 2006 | Korea Computer Center | Korea Computer Center | Puzzle | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | KCC Igo is a longrunning series of computer versions of the classic board game Go. It has a strong focus on the quality of its AI, and variants on it have frequently been entered into international competitions. |
| Ka Kuro Master | 2006 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ka Kuro Master is a PC single player, mouse controlled implementation of the logic game that is published in many newspapers alongside Su Doku and Crosswords.Ka Kuro has been compared to a crossword puzzle with numbers. Instead of letters the player has to put numbers into the grid with two rules;
1 - The numbers entered have to add up to a specified value
2 - A digit can't be used more than once in a calculation.In this implementation the player has a choice of twenty one schemes which change the colour, background, and way in which the numbers 1 - 9 are arranged beside or around the grid. The game is played by selecting a digit from the game area and dragging it to the appropriate cell on the grid.
The game has four difficulty settings, four sizes of puzzle, and a high score table together with undo, solve, 'pencil mark', show illegal moves, timer, countdown and save features.
It also has a comprehensive help file which opens in a new window.
The puzzle can also be saved as a .jpg file, with or without the solution.
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| Kajko i Kokosz: Cudowny Lek 2 | 2006 | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following titles:
Kajko i Kokosz: Cudowny Lek 2
Beetle Ju
Tito Mine Cart Racing
Tuber
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| Kakuro 60.000 | 2006 | Mindscape France | Oak Systems Leisure Software Ltd | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kakuro 60000 is a PC translation of the logic game Kakuro. 60.000 kakuro riddles in four difficulties are included, as well as numerous statistics. Also included is a helper that can solve the puzzles in newspapers for you. All puzzles can be printed. |
| Kampf dem Terror | 2006 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | TASK four | Strategy | Top-down | | War | Turn-based strategy | Contemporary | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Your army is close before capitulation. As commander in chief of the allied forces you have to make a counterattack.This Adobe Flash based game offers simple turn-based strategical action. On the map you move your units which can be infantry, tanks, artillery, air force and naval forces. Most of them are able to attack ranged, so no automatic counterattack happens.Different terrain types provide attack and defense bonuses.
Buildings and cities can be conquered by infantry only. Conquered cities provide cash for new units, which can be bought at military facilities. In order to win either all enemy units must be destroyed or the enemy base must be liberated by infantry.Game modes are "free game", played on a chosen map, a 10 mission campaign or a multiplayer game with online high scores. |
| Key Stage 1 & 2 Literacy, Numeracy, Science Trial Pack | 2006 | | Idigicon Limited | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a promotional disc for Idigicon's 'Skills For Success' educational software where pupils learned by/while playing football themed mini games. There are six titles demonstrated on this disc;
Key Stage 1 Literacy
Key Stage 1 Numeracy
Key Stage 1 Science
Key Stage 2 Literacy
Key Stage 2 Numeracy
Key Stage 2 Science
The range was launched in 2006 and had the backing of Nottingham Forest, Falkirk, Leicester City and Doncaster Rovers Football Clubs among others. Clubs that took part had the software tailored to their club, logo and kit etc. trial versions of which were available both on CD and for download.
As a bonus the CD also contained a full copy of Idigicon's Ultimate Su Doku.
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| KeyWords | 2006 | Robin Games | Meridian'93 | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | KeyWords is a word creating game, hosted by a chameleon named Chameleon. The game is played by selecting scrolling letters to form words. After you form a legitimate word, scrabble bluffing not allowed, the letters will disappear and you will receive points. Three words will be suggested to you based on those on the screen, completing the words will get you bonus points, completing word not suggested can get you awards.Awards may be given for such things as submitting 100 of your own or similar achievements. Some letters are worth more, Z for instance, and some have jewels or explosives in them. Using these will increase your score or eliminate other letters. After each area is completed you'll have the ability to add or improve a skill these are:
Freeze Time: Stops the levels clock.
New Row: Adds more letters.
Diamond & Ruby: Increases the number of jewels.
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| Kick'n'Rush 2006 | 2006 | | bit13 interactive GmbH | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Kick'n'Rush 2006 is football game for one or two player, shareware, soccer game that boasts one hundred and twenty teams and over two thousand players. Games can be played against another human player, an AI opponent or over a network. It is entirely keyboard controlled with two sets of action keys, one for each player - both can be customised.The teams come from nine countries 'International'; Argentina; England; France; Germany; Italy; Scotland; Spain; Switzerland and USA. There are two modes of play, Competition and Friendly. In Competition mode the player selects a country and then plays either a league game or a knockout cup game against teams from that country with two exceptions - International only offers a World Cup competition and USA only offers a League competition.None of the teams here are officially licensed so instead of the English teams Manchester City and Manchester United the game has Manchester Blues and Manchester Reds. The same 'close but not quite real' approach applies to player names too, for example in 2006 Manchester United had a player called 'Cristiano Ronaldo' whereas in this game Manchester Reds have a player called 'Cristiano Rinaldi'. However all team names and player names can be edited so the correct names can be entered if the player(s) have the time to do so.The games are viewed from an overhead point of view and the player can zoom in/out to a limited degree with the F3 & F4 buttons. The player can alter team formations and edit player skills and appearance. When playing the game there is also an option to bend the ball in-flight. |
| Killer Baby | 2006 | embalado GmbH & Co. KG | BWM Software GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Killer Baby is a shooter set in space. Killer Baby is the only survivor of a colony ship and has to battle aliens. Baby is located in the middle of the screen and has to defeat all enemies, coming from all sides. You can earn resources by destroying space stations. Power up's improve your weapons and refill oxygen and ammo. |
| Kinderspiele Mega-Pack | 2006 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
PacFish
Sammy Suricate
Wonderland
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| King Solomon's Lost Mines | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | King Solomon's Lost Mines is a single player jewel / tile matching game.
The game has over one thousand levels. Each level consists of a pattern of tiles, underneath some of the tiles the background is coloured gold or platinum. To complete a level the player must match three or more jewels of the same colour while one, or all, are on these coloured cells. This clears the cells and when all the gold / platinum cells have been cleared the level is complete.Gold cells clear with just one math, platinum cells clear with two matches.
The game's features include:
Two modes of play. Relaxed Mode where the player takes their time and the Challenge mode where the player must score as much as possible before the timer runs out
High Score table for both modes of play
A save game feature
A Hint feature
A Chain Lock obstacle and a Magic Pouch feature
The player starts with three lives and gains an extra life after scoring a multiple of twenty-five thousand points. When there are no possible combinations left to be made the game resets the play area, in challenge mode this costs the player a life.The game has sound, music, and plays entirely via the mouse. |
| Kitten Cannon | 2006 | BurstFilms.com | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | How far can you make the kitten fly after shooting it out of the cannon?Set the angle on the cannon using the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard. On the cannon is a red bar that fills and empties, repeatedly. This is your power bar. Press the space bar to fire when the power is where you want it. You want to get as much distance as you can. Some items will hinder you, such as Venus fly traps that eat your kitten or spikes that stop the kitten, dead. Some items will help, like trampolines, floating balloon bombs and explosive piles that all send the kitten flying farther. |
| Kittens | 2006 | Idigicon Limited | Psionic | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Kittens is a game aimed at children, there is a companion game,
Puppies which, apart from the animal involved, is identical.
At the start of the game the player chooses and names their kitten from the six available which, when chosen, appears in the kitchen of their home. The kitten must be kept happy and the happier it is the more points the player scores. To keep the kitten happy the player must feed, water and stroke it regularly.Controls are simple and are all mouse operated. There are status bars in the lower right of the screen that indicate it's needs, whether it needs food, water, to poo, sleep, or just a bit of affection. In the lower left of the screen is a menu with five buttons. Clicking on Care brings up options to feed or water the kitten, or to send it to bed. Selecting Toys makes four toys available, string, a ball, mouse and a scratch pole. There's also an Area button with which the player can swap between the three locations in the game, the kitchen, the garden where the kitten should be taken to defecate, and the living room.
The player can play with any of the six kittens that are available but can only play with one kitten at a time. |
| Kooka Bonga | 2006 | Mindscape International Ltd. | Coktel SAS | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Mini-games, Music / rhythm | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | A long time ago to end a battle that lasted for years, the four kings of the jungle gathered together to sow life-seeds in the urns of the Ancestors Tree.The tree flourished and the jungle saw years of prosperity. However, the kings grew old and decided to leave the jungle, taking the life-seeds with them. The Tree of Ancestors slowly declined until it was nothing more but a memory.But then, one day, monkeys Nikita, James, Bruce and George discover a life-seed by accident. Advised by paradise bird Kimz they decide to bring the Ancestors Tree back to life by searching for the other life-seeds.Kooka Bonga is a multi-event game which can be played solo or multiplayer (up to four people on a single PC). From the canopy garden kingdom that acts as the central hub, the events can be accessed. Each successful finished event unlocks a life-seed or a bonus levelSolo Events are:
Car-race: a 3D-race in a mine-cart in which the apes, all simultaneously played by you, must avoid obstacles and knock out baddies by kicking them or throwing rocks.
DingDong-flowers: a quick-time event game, let each monkey play a music instrument by pressing the correct keys at the right time.
Fort Siege: in a fort parts of a Life-seed are guarded by Gordeleons on ground and Ratossums in air. Bring down the wall and kick out all baddies to gain a Life-Seed.
The Giant Leap: launched from a flower, each monkey flies through the air and must collect one of four parts of a life-seed.
Greedy Apes: collect as many coins as possible. There are four types of coins, to be collected by each monkey.
Team Wrestling: a beat-'em-up in which the monkeys must fight their new enemies, the Gordeleons. Beat four waves of Gordeleons to gain a life-seed. Multiplayer events are:
Black Banana: collect as many bananas as possible in an arena but avoid black rotten bananas that will make you sick.
Hot-tempered Banana: in an arena catch a banana that is about to explode. The longer you hold it, the better. If the banana explodes in your hands, you will lose all points.
Kooka Attack: launched from a flower, fly through the air and eliminate as many projectiles as possible.
Push-the-Monkey: kick other monkeys out of an arena. |
| Kreutzworträtsel Sprint Edition | 2006 | A.GIBBELS GmbH | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kreuzworträtsel Sprint Edition brings 15 different puzzle types to the computer. They are randomly generated according to the player's presets in different layouts, fonts and sizes. Help functions are included as well as a print function. |
| Kreuzzüge | 2006 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | TASK four | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Medieval | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Kreuzzüge is basically the same game as Kampf dem Terror with a different scenario. In this game the player takes control over the crusaders who want to conquer the Holy Land. The winning condition for every mission is to kill all enemies or to overtake their base.It is a basic turn-based game where the player moves his units to attack his opponents and overtake their cities. Conquered cities result in new units which also can be bought through special buildings. Besides the troop strengths and composition the game also uses terrain information to calculate the combat results. |
| LEGO Bricktopia | 2006 | Large Animal LLC, LEGO System A/S | Large Animal LLC | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | LEGO Bricktopia is a simple Breakout-style action game inspired by the popular LEGO construction toy. Using the mouse, the player controls a paddle at the bottom of the screen which is used to deflect a ball into walls of bricks to destroy them. The player starts with several balls. If all balls are lost by failing to deflect them, the game is over.This take on Breakout, however, has a gimmick in that some blocks will simply fall instead of being destroyed and can be stacked onto the paddle in typical LEGO fashion. Once three bricks have been stored on the paddle, the player can right click to exchange the bricks for an extra shield. Shields occupy the bottom of the screen and prevent balls from being lost, but will disappear once touched. Left-clicking on a ball when it is touching the paddle will deflect it with greater force. There are over 160 levels and a total of 20 power-ups that can be collected for a variety of effects. |
| LEGO Clikits: Chic Boutique | 2006 | LEGO System A/S | Insane Play LLC, Snap2play | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | LEGO.com product page description (from Ad Blurbs)Match puzzle pieces to create and sell fashion accessories in your very own boutiques around the world!
Welcome to LEGO Chic Boutique! Do you have the skills to run the coolest fashion chain on the planet? Do it one store at a time by creating fabulous accessories to sell to customers. Make matches in the challenging puzzle to stock your inventory, attract customers and have successful boutiques.Surpass your daily goals, and you'll gain the ability to personalize and grow your stores with fantastic upgrades!Can you succeed in making it to the top of the fashion world?Game Features:
Addictive puzzle play with an innovative twist
Play through 10 stylish cities
Discover all 16 fashionable inventory items
Earn over 100 upgrades to personalize your boutique
Create your own custom avatar |
| LEGO: 4 Games (Green Edition) | 2006 | Disky Communications Europe B.V. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Drome Racers
LEGO Loco
LEGO Racers 2
LEGO Stunt Rally
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| La La Land | 2006 | | | Action | | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | La La Land is the first title in a series of experimental games where the communication between the player and the game is rendered abstract. It is a short, surreal tale about a recurring character in the series, blending seemingly familiar game mechanics, and generally a haunting atmosphere and soundscape together. The game looks as if it was randomly thrown together with the least amount of effort, but this is done deliberately. Players need to break through the surface and leave behind conventions to discover the story where many thoughts and morals are hinted at.The first game consists of different sections, of which the first one is about a naked man and woman. When it has been completed, the character enters a distorted world with chanting music where a number keeps adding up. Meanwhile, through the debris covering the screen, it is possible to move around. |
| La La Land 2 | 2006 | | | Action | Side view | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | La La Land 2 is the second title in a series of experimental games where the communication between the player and the game is rendered abstract. It is a short, surreal tale about a recurring character in the series, blending seemingly familiar game mechanics, and generally a haunting atmosphere and soundscape together. The game looks as if it was randomly thrown together with the least amount of effort, but this is done deliberately. Players need to break through the surface and leave behind conventions to discover the story where many thoughts and morals are hinted at.The game consists of two screens, where players control the dog-like character biggt. Dealing with the distribution of wealth, biggt can move to a room of nobles and collect an unidentified substance from the nobles. He can transport it to a poor fishhead, who keeps track of the amount of money he gets out of it and only wants more. |
| La La Land 3 | 2006 | | | Action | Side view | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | La La Land 3 is the third title in a series of experimental games where the communication between the player and the game is rendered abstract. It is a short, surreal tale about a recurring character in the series, blending seemingly familiar game mechanics, and generally a haunting atmosphere and soundscape together. The game looks as if it was randomly thrown together with the least amount of effort, but this is done deliberately. Players need to break through the surface and leave behind conventions to discover the story where many thoughts and morals are hinted at.The game tells a twisted story about actions and consequences as the dog-like character biggt is sick and tired of eating oranges in his cave and leaves to discover if there is more. It is the first game in the series to introduce side-scrolling gameplay. |
| La La Land 4 | 2006 | | | Action | Side view | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | La La Land 4 is the fourth title in a series of experimental games where the communication between the player and the game is rendered abstract. It is a short, surreal tale about a recurring character in the series, blending seemingly familiar game mechanics, and generally a haunting atmosphere and soundscape together. The game looks as if it was randomly thrown together with the least amount of effort, but this is done deliberately. Players need to break through the surface and leave behind conventions to discover the story where many thoughts and morals are hinted at.The fourth game in the series departs extensively from the gameplay in the previous games, as it is much longer and offers many types of scenes. The dog-like character biggt is now a cook who has to serve guests. To progress, the player needs to experiment with the environment. |
| La La Land 5 | 2006 | | | Action | Side view | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | La La Land 5 is a surreal platform game. It features Biggt, who resembles a bat, a Bible salesman. Everyday Biggt wakes up, and start selling his merchandise to pink salmon villagers.
Basically your goal is to reach the end of the level, symbolized by a bed, upon reaching it you start a new day and the whole salesman act starts again, but the screen gets fuzzier with every passing day. |
| La Statuette maudite de L'oncle Ernest | 2006 | BMS Modern Games Handelsagentur GmbH, EMME Interactive SA | Lexis Numérique SA | Adventure, Educational | | | | Puzzle elements | Asia | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | La Statuette maudite de L'oncle Ernest is an adventure game for children. Accompany Chipikan on his quest to find a scroll with a secret formula. Uncle Albert hid it a long time ago in an album in Tibet. Solve many puzzles, prove your logical thinking skills and learn a lot about geography and the animals and plants of asia. |
| Lady Cruncher | 2006 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | 123-D Software, Inc., Duckfoot Technologies, Inc., Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Lady Cruncher is a single player, 3-D, Pac-Man clone. The object of the game is to achieve a high score by guiding the character, a sort of female mechanical digger, around a maze eating pellets. Each pellet eaten scores a point. Each obstacle encountered, crabs and other creatures, also scores points. Within the maze are robot enemies. If these are encountered after eating a power pellet then they are defeated and more points are scored, any unempowered encounter costs a life. When three lives have been lost the game is over.The game has sound effects and music, both of which can be disabled, and a high score table. It is played via the keyboard, the arrow keys move the character and the space key causes it to jump. |
| Lagsters | 2006 | BMS Modern Games Handelsagentur GmbH | Boolat Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | Vladislav Kurmaz, Alexander Chigorin, Alexander Bodyagin (AlexBS) | Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile | | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Lagsters is an arcade science fiction racing game. In 8 different tunnels, one can race with 8 different cars, that are equipped with carious weapons and bonuses, which can be used during the race. One can play against the AI or other players via LAN. |
| Law & Order: Triple Pack | 2006 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of three Law & Order licensed adventure games including:
Law & Order: Dead on the Money
Law & Order II: Double or Nothing
Law & Order: Justice is Served
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| Les Sims 2: Édition Spéciale | 2006 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This slipcase contains two keep cases : The Sims 2 and The Sims 2: Glamour Life Stuff add-on. |
| Lucky Luke: Coffret 2 jeux + 1 cadeau | 2006 | EMME Interactive SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Lucky Luke: le fil qui chante
Lucky Luke: Terreur sur Black Jack City
a deck of playing cards
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| Mahjong Escape: Ancient China | 2006 | PopCap Games, Inc. | SpinTop Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Mahjong Escape: Ancient China is a Mahjongg variant set against a background of Ancient China. In the Dynasty Adventure mode, players travel through the history of China's dynasties, from 2000 BC to 1912 AD. In the second, Classic game mode, any of the 125 available layouts can be selected to complete.Traditional rules of Mahjongg apply. Players pick two identical tiles from a stacked board to remove them with the goal to empty it. The game shows the available matches, remaining tiles and free tiles. There are buttons to undo moves, get hints or shuffle the board. Some new elements are introduced as well. The board can be completed early by uncovering the Magic Gold tiles and removing them. This causes all the other tiles to disappear. Other novelties are season, flower and cardinal direction tiles. Any of the four seasons, flowers or cardinal directions can be matched with another one in the series to make them disappear. In later levels, there are also key tiles that open locks, joker tiles to remove all specific tiles of a certain kind on the board, and magnets used to pull tiles to a new position.The game keeps track of the completion time and an overall score. In Dynasty Adventure levels need to be unlocked one by one, and after completing a board a pearl of wisdom is offered. This game is largely a re-skin of the earlier game Mahjong Escape: Ancient Japan by the same company. It includes the same tiles and gameplay options, but only in a Chinese setting. |
| Mahjongg Artifacts | 2006 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Shape Games Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Escape from the rush of modern life into immersive ancient atmosphere of Mahjongg Artifacts! This new fan-favorite comes with three game play modes which take you through five exotic cultures. It also comes with innovative game play twists, like Special Tiles that allow you to use new strategies to clear layouts, Bonuses for skillful play and Trophies for special accomplishments. Story Mode features epic quest for lost relics, in Classic mode you can choose the layout you want to play, and in the breathtaking Endless mode you remove tiles from an ever-rising tower of game pieces.
- Story mode featuring 25 layouts
- Classic mode with 100 layouts
- Innovative Endless mode
- 27 gorgeous backgrounds
- Five beautifully drawn tilesets
- Music tracks inspired by ancient cultures
- Manual smooth zoom in/out and auto-zoom option
The wealth of gameplay options, elegant new tile sets and easy-to-learn gameplay will earn Mahjonggg Artifacts a permanent place in your collection!
Mahjongg Artifacts © and TM 2009,2010 G5 Entertainment AB. “G5 Entertainment” is a registered trademark of G5 Entertainment AB. All Rights Reserved.
Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. If you do not wish to accept all these terms, do not purchase or use this item. This item has been sublicensed to you by Sony Computer Entertainment America. One-time license fee for downloads to up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are associated with the purchasing account. |
| Masyu | 2006 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Masyu is a single-player logic puzzle originating in Japan.Two kinds of symbols are placed onto a grid and the object is to draw a single continuous line through them following a few simple rules:The loop must be a continuous path that begins and ends at the same point.The loop must not pass through a cell more than once.All segments of the loop must be horizontal or vertical lines.The loop must pass straight through a white circle cell, but make a 90° turn in the next and/or previous cell in the path.The loop must make a 90° turn on a black circle cell, but has to travel straight through the next and previous cells in the path.
Optional player aids consist of in-game instructions which open in a new window, a self-explanatory 'Prevent Illegal Moves' function, a 'Verify Puzzle' option which colours correct connections green and incorrect lines red, and an 'Undo Last Move' function.This game has three difficulty levels, a save feature, a print function so the player can solve the puzzles without a computer, a pause key and a 'boss key' which instantly minimises the game but keeps it running.
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| Maxx Trucks | 2006 | Idigicon Limited | Binary Zoo | Racing / Driving, Simulation | Behind view | | | | | Track racing, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Maxx Trucks is a truck racing game that features ten different courses and six trucks, each with their own different handling, speed and acceleration.When starting the game two tracks are available, and by winning the races the rest of them can be unlocked. You can choose from three modes: Practice Session, Qualifying Session and Race. In Practice Session you get the opportunity to learn all the twist and turns of the circuit. In the Qualifying session you have three laps in which to record the fastest lap time possible. At the end of the session the lap time achieved determines where you will be placed on the starting grid for the race.
In the Race mode you race against five AI trucks over the specified number of laps (2 - 25 laps can be chosen). You need to finish first to unlock more circuits.The racing trucks can be controlled by the keyboard, mouse or joystick, the keyboard action keys can be redefined if required. |
| Mayhem Pack | 2006 | Beacon Multimedia | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes three games developed by Mayhem Studios s.r.o.:
Empire of Magic
Neverend
Shadow Vault |
| McDonald's Videogame | 2006 | Molleindustria | Molleindustria | Educational, Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | This free, unlicensed game is a parody of McDonald's (a US fast food restaurant chain) and a jab at its corporate ethics. Despite its disclaimer denying any similarities, it did provoke an official reaction. The player manages the whole production process, from buying pastures, through feeding the cows, to hiring people who sell sandwiches at the counter (in the symbolic restaurant), later reviewing growth charts in company's headquarters.Everything starts innocently as you select new soy fields, oversee the cows in the feed lot (watch for sick/mad ones!), hire the personnel of the restaurant or launch a new advertising campaign. However the board of directors always rushes you, demanding improvement in company growth. Fast game pace (and lack of savegame feature), protests from activist groups - coupled with the constant need of increasing production and income - forces the player to use emergency solutions (or face bankruptcy). Growth hormone, waste, meat & bone meal can be fed to cows to speed-up meat production. The soil eventually becomes polluted due to overuse - new land parcels are acquired by cutting down the rainforest, kicking out the natives and corrupting local officials. Tired workers may be boosted with badges, disciplined or fired. To counter anti-globalists and other protest groups (concerned with workers' rights or health) you may bribe experts or start a propaganda campaign with your PR department.The game is played indefinitely until the player fails. |
| Medieval II: Total War (Limited Edition) | 2006 | Electronic Arts, Inc., SEGA Europe Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Limited Edition of Medieval II includes:
The game itself
A map of the Medieval II world
Medieval II: Total War soundtrack
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| MegaMari | 2006 | Twilight Frontier | Twilight Frontier | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Megamari is a 2D doujin platform game, based on the Tōhō universe. Patchouli is angry at Marisa and Alice as they constantly steal her books. A magician built a fortress and asks a couple of the other girls to help. Marisa, with Alice's help, must defeat the other Tōhō girls such as Cirno, Reimu, Youmu, Yuyuko and others, and raid Patchouli's castle to steal new books.The gameplay is similar to the Mega Man games. Marisa (and Alice) can jump and fire. They must travel through the levels of the eight girls and defeat them in combat. Patchouli is ninth and last rival. Marisa and Alice are able to acquire their opponents' powers. |
| Meine Pferde: Gamebox | 2006 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | | Educational, Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles, Game show / trivia / quiz, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Meine Pferde: Gamebox is a game collection which centers around horses. There are basically four parts to it:
A Memory variant.
35 jigsaw puzzles
A horse quiz where the player has to choose between three answers possibilities per question. It is designed to prepare for the "Hufeisen" exam, a riding badge for children.
A horse encyclopedia |
| Meisterjäger: Winteredition | 2006 | Beat Games | 3dsoftart Game Design | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Meisterjäger: Winteredition is a Moorhuhn variant where the player kills rabbits, birds and deers in a limited time. Every shot animal brings points and the ultimate goal is to gather as much points as possible. The player's position is fixed but he can turn within 360°. His shotgun has to be reloaded after a few shots.During the levels the player also has the possibilities to solve extras by shooting certain things which rewards him extra points, extra time or a machine gun. Sometimes a "G" appears and if the player shoots it he gets to a bonus level when time runs out. There 15 animals appear one after another and the player shoots them for points. After that he can play the main level again and even shoot another "G". He can do this three times in one play through. There are also two difficulty levels - the harder one results in in faster animals and gore animations when shooting them. |
| Midnight Pool 3D | 2006 | Gameloft S.A. | Gameloft Divertissements Inc. | Sports | 1st-person, Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Midnight Pool 3D is the 3D enhanced remake of Midnight Pool. It features the same game styles: 8-Ball US, 8-Ball UK or 9-Ball, to play in arcade, instant play and trick-shot challenge modes. A few characters are available from the start, with more unlocking as the story mode progresses. It can be played vs AI or against another player. |
| Moorhuhn la Compil' | 2006 | Mindscape SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains four Moorhuhn games :
Moorhuhn X
Crazy Chicken Soccer
Crazy Chicken Wanted
Moorhuhn Kart Extra (XXL version)The media also offers some goodies such as printable Moorhuhn pictures, screen savers and also wallpapers. |
| Moorhuhn: Big Adventure | 2006 | phenomedia publishing gmbh | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation features both Moorhuhn adventure games Der Schatz des Pharao (The Pharaoh's Treasure) and Der Fluch des Goldes (The Curse of the Gold). Two games full of task and treasures, crypts and curses. |
| Moscow to Berlin: Red Siege | 2006 | Cinemaware Marquee | INtex Publishing GmbH & Co. KG | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Moscow to Berlin: Red Siege is a 3D real-time strategy game set during World War II. It is a stand-alone add-on for the game Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps. It's built on the same engine and thus features similar gameplay and graphics. In three campaigns that link a total of 20 missions the player each time controls a small predetermined selection of units ranging from infantry to tanks and artillery. During a mission you might also receive reinforcements, but you have no say in the type of units you receive. Units can gather experience which improves their performance in combat. This time you play as the Russians or the Germans (depending on the mission) in various battles of the Eastern Front. Both sides have different units to a total of around 80 unique units. An included encyclopedia describes each of those units in detail. |
| Moto Racer 3: Gold Edition | 2006 | Nobilis Group | Delphine Software International | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | Motorcycle | Direct control | | | | Windows | Moto Racer 3 (Gold Edition) is an extended re-release of Moto Racer 3. The new content consists of three new courses, new futuristic motorcycles and a few small other improvements. |
| Mystery Solitaire: Secret Island | 2006 | MumboJumbo, LLC | SpinTop Games | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Hidden object | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mystery Solitaire: Secret Island is a solitaire card game with a storyline.You are cast away on a secret island and are trying to solve a mystery. In order to do this, visit 12 spots on the island to search for clues. In order to reach the various investigation spots, you must play several rounds of solitaire in which you match pairs of playing cards from an elaborate spread. Once you reach the seek and find round, the game challenges you to find a list of objects contained within the scene in order to uncover the clue. |
| Myth Makers: Orbs of Doom | 2006 | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Myth Makers: Orbs of Doom is a 1 - 4 player platform game.In a far away place and time lies a realm of myths and legends and at a secret location within this magical realm lies the Myth
Makers Academy. Here young people study the magical art of Myth Making hoping to eventually become a Myth Master.Assistant Principle Synster Rebus works at the academy and he is a bad guy. He has had many of his evil plans thwarted by the the academy's students and now he's out for revenge. Rebus has captured Nick, Zeek, Zolestine, Jack, Trixie, Romeo, Belle and Felicia the academy's most promising cadets. He has imprisoned them in magical balls, the eponymous Orbs of Doom, and has scattered them all around the world.Thus begins the adventure. The player(s) each take the role of one of eight characters whom they must navigate through each of the five levels in the five different worlds in a three dimensional landscape. Each level requires the player to negotiate a path from the start point through to the exit gates. Along the way are perilous drops which will catch anyone who strays from the path, exploding boxes, see-saws, pendulums and platforms.There are multiple methods of playing this game.
Normal Mode: is the way in which each new level is presented to a player. It is not timed and allows the player to explore the level before attempting the harder modes of play
Star Challenge: This is a timed mode where the player must collect ten red stars before the exit gates will open
Time Attack: In this mode the player aims to complete the level as fast as possible. The time is recorded and the level can be replayed as the player tries to achieve progressively faster scores.
Pickups: This is also a timed level. In addition to picking up ten red stars to open the exit gates the player can also collect gold stars for extra points. The object is to score as highly as possible without running out of time.The game is played via the keyboard, alternatively both game pad and joystick are supported. |
| NHRA Drag Racing: Quarter Mile Showdown | 2006 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Coresoft, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | official game website (from Ad Blurbs)Take on NHRA world champions Gary Scelzi, Tony Schumacher, Greg Anderson, and others, in real nitro-burning Funny Car, Top Fuel Dragster & Pro Stock racing action! Fine tune your 7000 hp beast to battle your way to the top of the standings, competing one race or one season at a time.Do you think you have what it takes to become a champion?• Blow the doors off the competition behind the wheel of 100+ cars on19 tracks.• Race as, or against, over 35 of the NHRA’s best drivers, or go head-to-head in online multiplayer competitions.• Hire, and fire, crew chiefs to tune your car for top performance during changing track and weather conditions.• Go from contender to champion in Career Mode, or jump in for a single adrenaline-charged race in Arcade Mode.AT 3OO MPH, EVERYTHING’S A BLUR…1OO SUPER-CHARGED VEHICLES...
Are you ready to feel the ear-splitting thunder of 100+ Top Fuel Dragsters, Pro Stock and Funny Cars?COMPETE AS, OR AGAINST, THE BEST.
Race as or against Gary Scelzi, Tony Schumacher, Greg Anderson or over 35 other real NHRA drivers, in the most realistic racing experience ever.23 NHRA EVENTS
Race one event at a time, or compete through a whole season, crossing the finish line at 23 realistic NHRA events.ACTION-PACKED ARCADE MODE
Strap in and jump into Arcade Mode to take on opponents one at a time in single player adrenaline-charged Arcade racing.BATTLE-READY CAREER MODE
Turn your passion into performance in Career Mode, taking down your rivals to battle to the top of the standings. Bring it on!TAKE THE RACE ONLINE
Take on the world and blow the doors off the competition in tough head-to-head matches via Quazal online matching. Do you have what it takes to become the champ? |
| Nancy Drew: Double Dare 3 | 2006 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes two Nancy Drew games in one package:Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch
Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor |
| Neighbours from Hell Compilation | 2006 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Neighbors from Hell
Neighbors from Hell: On Vacation |
| Nestlé Flying Game #1: Aero Racer | 2006 | Nestlé S.A. | | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Nestlé Flying Game #1: Aero Racer is a promotional game bundled with the Nestlé brand of cereals, but also prominently advertising Microsoft Flight Simulator X, a title that is cited as inspiration. It is a simple arcade game where the player guides a plane between pylons and needs to grab bonuses. The arrow keys or a joystick are used for movement. There are no opponents, only three laps to collect as many bonuses as possible.The game does not need to be installed. It also contains video and wallpapers for Microsoft Flight Simulator X. |
| NippleGate | 2006 | astragon Software GmbH | | Action | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | In NippleGate the player takes the role of fashion designer Julio Fernandez Cortez da Silva who undertakes his first big show. But there is a big problem: the dresses tend to slip and expose naked skin. The playing screen basically is a big catwalk which can be scrolled left and right. The player has to watch the models and when they show breasts and legs he has to click on the uncovered part of the body to set it right. He also has to give cold drinks to people in the audience when they get too hot or faint. Both actions reward points. In every level there is a time limit and a certain amount of points which have to be earned before time runs out. |
| Obliterate... | 2006 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Tuna Technologies Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Obliterate is a cartoon, arcade-action game, set in over 36 levels and 3 worlds, similar to Crazy Chicken. Alien blobs have travelled across the galaxy to mount an attack. The aim of the game is to protect Earth and destroy the alien invaders. Armed with a laser weapon, the player must blast his way through dozens of levels of alien attack. The action starts on earth, but the battle will continue into space and all the way back to the alien homeworld. Each mission takes place on a single screen in a different location and requires performing a specific task, for example, destroying a designated number of aliens before the time runs up.The game features story and challenge mode. |
| OpenSource Game Power Vol. 1 | 2006 | A.GIBBELS GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | OpenSource Game Power Vol. 2 is a compilation of open source games sold commercially on a physical disc.The compilation includes:
3D Bubble Bobble
BillardGL
Bird Park Tycoon
Blocks 3D
BOXit
Bubble Train
Cannon Smash
Circus Linux
Fish Fillets
FlightGear
FloboPuyo
Free Doko
Freeciv
Frozen Bubble
Gem Drop
Glass Checkers
GNU Backgammon
Icebreaker
Jose
Krystal Drop
LBreakout
Liquid war
MADN
Mill 3D
Mirror Magic
Nebulous
Neverball
Neverputt
Njam
Openzelda
Pathological
Planet Penguin Racer
Racer
Risk
Rocks n Diamonds
Sea war
Secret Maryo Chronicles
Settlers 3D
SnakeMe
Sokoban 2K
Spout
Supertux
Tong
Torcs
Trackballs
TriPeaks Solitaire
Tux Math
Twigs in space
Twin Distress
VDrift
ZPBlocks
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| OpenSource Game Power Vol. 2 | 2006 | A.GIBBELS GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | OpenSource Game Power Vol. 2 is a compilation of open source games sold commercially on a physical disc.The compilation includes:
Astroseries
ATanks
Beasts 3D
Bubble Ball
Bugsquish
c-evo
Camel
Chromium
CPP Kniffel
Cube
Dark Oberon
Defendguin
Eclipse
Elimination
Enigma
Falling Block Game
fltkmm
FooBillard
Freedroid
GL Tron
Glest
GNUChess
GPL Arcade Volleyball
Heroes of Roswell
LMarbles
Luola
Mad Bomber
Maelstrom
Mahjongg 3D
NetPanzer
PipeDream
PowerManga
Quadragon
RallyRaid
Reverzi
Scorched 3D
Solarwolf
Super Methane Brothers
Torus Trooper
Touch Solitaire
TTT
Tutris
Tux Math Scrabble
TuxPuck
Vectoroids
Vegastrike
Warzone
WAtomic
Xenon2000
xRick
Zzzzzzz 5
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| Outbreak | 2006 | Alten8 Ltd. | IME Games | Action | 1st-person | | Horror, Survival | Shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Outbreak is a first-person shooter where the player takes on the role of Jason Nevins, the security chief at a viral research facility. An experimental virus has leaked in one of the labs and has turned the staff into flesh-eating zombies. Jason Nevins is sent to assess the situation. The game features 11 levels inside the research facility in which the player must reach the exit and get rid of the infected employees. The back story is communicated through messages left by doctors on their work computers.The player starts with a simple revolver but will come across more powerful weapons later in the game. |
| Outlaw Chopper | 2006 | Vivendi Games, Inc. | Jarhead Games Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | Crime | Sandbox / open world, Shooter | North America | Motorcycle | Direct control | | | | Windows | After 5 years, you just got out of the slammer. Your former ally has sold you out to the cops and while you were locked up, has took over every facet of your operation. Your rep is destroyed and everyone has moved on. It's payback time. Outlaw Chopper is a GTA clone. You explore an open city environment and complete missions and side jobs to progress the plot. For most of the game, you will be riding on your chopper, which can be customized by earning money from missions. Many of the missions range from courier jobs to heists and assassination jobs, as well as races. There are also weapons to use (e.g. melee weapons, guns) to fight other bikers or criminals with. |
| Palette | 2006 | HandMade Game | HandMade Game | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Palette is a short game that won the 2006 student showcase award at the Independent Games Festival. The objective of the game is to color stained glass windows, by moving water drops into a dye slot, then dropping it inside one of the segments of the mosaic.Light sometimes shine through some parts of the design. If the player manages to paint it while light pass through, the game gives bonus drips on the field. There are some special drips that appear randomly: the eraser removes the color from one segment, and the joker drip paints a segment directly, without the need to be dyed. |
| PangPond Airboard Racer | 2006 | Purple Hills | CyberPlanet Interactive Public Co., Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | PangPond Airboard Racers is a typical action-oriented racing game based on the Thai cartoon character PangPond. The player chooses one of five characters, e.g. a small child or a turtle, to race against other comics characters. Instead of cars they use hovercrafts. During the race everyone can pick up one of seven bonus items with different effects, such as freezing an opponent or giving a speed boost. Unlike similar games there is no multiplayer mode; the player can only drive in single races on one of the six courses. While controling the hover car the player views the action from a 3rd person perspective similar to Mario Kart. |
| Passion Dreams | 2006 | MyPlayCity.com | MyPlayCity.com | Action | | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | In Passion Dreams, you play the role of a happy "fisherman" whose catching women's clothing. Armed with an angle (fishing pole), roll down the line to unsuspecting females and hook on their clothes, revealing a the ultimate fantasy for...well you get, the picture.Gameplay consists of simple arcade commands, primarily using the mouse (or keyboard), you may move the character to the left or right. Pressing on the left mouse button will release the fishing line down, while letting go will bring the line up automatically.As mentioned before, the purpose of the game is to "hook-on" as many women's clothes, thus making them walk around naked. Additionally, grabbing dropped items (such as mobile phones, etc.) will provide bonus points, before the time limit runs out. However, there is a specific quota of different kind of females that you have to "hook-naked", viewable on the top-left side of the screen. When you fulfill that quota, you advance to the next level.Aside from the time limit, birds will also fly and bomb you with their droppings...being hit will cause some discomfort in your maneuvering ability.
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| Penguin Massacre | 2006 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Rail shooter | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Penguin Massacre is a simple shooting gallery type game where the player shoots penguins (which appear similar to the children's TV show Pingu).
Penguins appear in various places, doing things like fishing, skiing or hanggliding, and the player has to shoot them for points before they leave the screen. The penguins each give a different amount of points, and the ones worth more should be prioritized.
The gun holds six shells and must then be reloaded. The goal is simply to score as highly as possible before the time runs out. |
| Perfect Ace 2: The Championships | 2006 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | Atomic Planet Entertainment Limited | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Compatible with PlayStation®3.“Tennis doesn’t get any better than this!” – Tim Henman• Licensed players, including Tim Henman.• Dozens of all new stadia.• New male and female player models and animations.• Advanced motion-blending to give total control over player movements and an ultra real tennis experience.• Full player-editor.• Full International career mode.• Fast and exciting multiplayer mode.This product is an emulated version of a PlayStation®2 game. Some functionality, including online functionality, may vary from the original PS2™ version of this product or may not be available.Download of this product is subject to the Sony Entertainment Network Terms of Service/User Agreement and any specific additional conditions applying to this product. If you do not wish to accept these terms, do not download this product. See Terms of Service for more important information. One time fee for use of downloads on up to 2 activated compatible Home Console* systems.* See Terms of Service for further information. |
| Picture Sudoku | 2006 | Walkthrough Publications | | Puzzle, Sports | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Picture Sudoku is a Sudoku game where the cells are filled with pictures instead of numbers or other well known symbols. In this particular game the pictures are either head and shoulder shots of the Bolton Wanderers Football team or their shirts.The game is played as a normal game of sudoku, above the puzzle grid are nine pictures with the first picture being number one and the last being number nine, the player clicks on a picture to select it and then clicks on the cell into which they wish to place it.The game has many features including a child's game which is the same as the 'real game' but the 'Warn if I make a bad move' feature is enabled by default; players can also import their own picture into the game, play the game with their favourite nine players, save/load games etc. When playing the game sound clips from Jack Dearden's match commentaries can optionally be heard, thus the player hears comments such as "A good ball into feet" and "N'Gotty with a crunching tackle" when cells are filled correctly or "My grandma could've scored that" when a mistake is made.Other features include a hint button, fill in the next cell, auto solve, and eleven levels of difficultyThe game comes with a CD key, before the player can play the game they are required to complete a registration form and phone/email this to Walkthrough Publications who then supply an activation code which allows the game to be played. |
| Pinguin vs. Yeti XXL | 2006 | bhv Software GmbH & Co. KG | Jochen Kärcher Gamedesign | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Pinguin vs. Yeti XXL the evil yetis imprisoned the penguins and stole all their fish. But one penguin with a snowboard is still free and the player takes his role to set things right.All 30 levels have basically the same goal: sliding from left to right while catching fish and freeing penguins for points. But the player also has to race against the vulture Zoltan, the yeti's minion. If Zoltan reaches the level exit first, the player has to try again.The controls consist of accelerating, braking and jumping with the keyboard. The game also features a training mode and trophies for beating the game on the different difficulty levels. |
| Pokémon: Poké Ball Launcher | 2006 | Garr Group, The, Pokémon USA | Left Brain Games, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In this promotional game distributed with packages of Perdue Chicken, players are tasked with catching wild Pokémon that appear in the distance by throwing Poké Balls at them. Players can choose to play as Ash Ketchum or May (both from the Pokémon cartoon), and they can catch Pokémon such as Haunter, Dustox, and Loudred.To equip a Poké Ball in the character's hand hit the space bar, and then use the mouse and click on where you want to throw it. Pokémon only stay on the screen for a limited amount of time. The goal is to fill up the meter before time runs out. |
| Pokémon: Seek and Find | 2006 | Garr Group, The, Pokémon USA | Left Brain Games, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In this promotional game distributed with packages of Perdue Chicken, players are shown a screen of randomly assorted and partially overlapping Pokémon images and must locate a target Pokémon out of the jumble. There are three levels of difficulty—on the hardest level, the Pokémon that must be located is indicated by a clue that requires a small degree of Pokémon knowledge to solve, such as "find the final Evolution of Torchic," in which case the player must locate a Blaziken. A hint window at the upper right shows the outline of the target Pokémon. |
| Pokémon: Team Rocket Blast Off | 2006 | Garr Group, The, Pokémon USA | Left Brain Games, Inc. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this promotional game distributed with packages of Perdue Chicken, players control the main protagonists from the cartoon program, Ash and May, as they try to catch Pokémon being tossed out of Team Rocket's hot-air balloon. The mouse is used to move the characters, who are standing at the bottom holding an outstretched blanket. Catching a Pokémon fills up the meter, but sometimes Team Rocket will toss a sandbag, which lowers the meter. Upon filling the meter, Team Rocket is sent blasting off in their balloon. |
| Pokémon: Type - Wild | 2006 | Pokésho | Pokésho | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Pokémon: Type - Wild is a 2D fighting game with a cast of nine playable characters. There is both a single-player story mode and a two-player VS mode. In both modes, gameplay is the same: two Pokémon duke it out until one is defeated. Much like in the main series of Pokémon RPGs, the playable characters have a limited pool of power points, or PP, which they can spend to use special moves. Other Pokémon may also be called upon as assist characters. |
| Polar Games | 2006 | MumboJumbo, LLC | WildTangent, Inc. | Action, Compilation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games:
Polar Bowler
Polar Golfer |
| Polda 5 | 2006 | Ludonic | ZIMA software | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Polda 5 is the fifth game in the Polda point-and-click adventure series. The story once again revolves around time travel as Pankrác needs to help a secret organization and for instance gets to travel to ancient Greece. |
| Pony Ranch | 2006 | Fantastic.TV | B-Alive GmbH | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Pony Ranch is a managerial simulation where the players constructs and manages a pony ranch. As in most tycoon games the player starts in front of an empty space and constructs his ranch by building compounds, stables, shops and so on. He has also "terraforming" tools to his disposal to create plane levels or hills.The main idea is to create an independent economic cycle which means the ranch produces its own food and gains money by selling its products and letting people visit the animals for an entrance fee. For the former there are ten animals like cows or chickens, for the latter eight horse breeds. Every animal has its own necessities which the player needs to fulfill. This means even if the game is aimed at children it features relatively complex coherencies, e.g. to sell bread the player needs a corn field, employees to harvest the corn, silos to store it, a mill and a bakery to produce bread and a shop to sell it. Besides the free playing mode there are also ten missions where the player needs to fulfill goals in a limited time. |
| Postal: 10th Anniversary Collectors Edition | 2006 | RWS, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This edition, released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Postal series, is packaged as a Postal KrotchyO’s cereal box. The front shows the protagonist Dude and his dog Champ, while the back has stencil puzzles based on the Postal universe. It contains the following:
Postal: Classic and Uncut (the original game + the add-on)
Postal²: Share the Pain
Postal²: Apocalypse Weekend
A Very Postal Christmas (user mod)
A Week in Paradise (user mod)
Eternal Damnation (used mod)
One more user mod
Development and behind-the-scenes videos
Postal game compilation videos
Music to Go Postal By soundtrack disc
10 sets of Postal Babe photos
Postal comics
Posters
Postal 3 and Postal movie concept art and preview screens
POSTALforms Destruction Set (a stickum playset featuring the backdrop of Paradise, AZ as well as vinyl POSTAL characters in various poses as well as the props (such as the classic Cat Silencer, Shovel, and Streams of Urination). Users can position these characters and props anywhere on the Paradise landscape.)
One of the copies contains a golden ticket, providing an invitation to the Running With Scissors Christmas Party. |
| Potz Blitz!: Die Zauberbesenmeisterschaft | 2006 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | | Fantasy | Flight / aviation | | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Potz Blitz!: Die Zauberbesenmeisterschaft is a 3D racing game. Fly around on a magic broomstick on different tracks and beat your opponents. 17 levels are included, bonus points and power ups can be earned and used during the match. Winning awards you faster broomsticks and a chance to win the trophy. |
| Premier Manager 2006-2007 | 2006 | uWish Games | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Back of Case - PlayStation 2 (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)Experience all the emotion of football management in Premier Manager. Hand-pick the perfect squad from nearly 10,000 players then guide them through 14 divisions and 12 cups across 6 countries. Can you make it to the top or will you fall off the table?
Manage your team and update your strategies fast through an intelligent interface. Training players, negotiation transfers and dealing with the press – you'll be in total control. |
| Pressure Pop! | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Pressure Pop! is a single player tile matching game.The object of the game is to select groups of tiles that are the same colour, once selected these tiles disappear and the player scores points. There are four types of game which vary only in the size of the playing area. There's the 'Classic' in which the tiles are in rows of twelve, the 'Square' In which the tiles are in rows of twelve, the 'Fat' which has rows of twenty-four, and the 'Rectangle' where the tiles are in rows of thirty.Each of the above formats can be played in three ways:
Up: Here new tiles are added from the bottom of the screen, the game ends when a row connects with the top of the screen, and end of level bonuses are calculated by the number of clear rows counting downwards from the top of the screen.
Up & Down: New tiles are added from both the top and the bottom of the screen, the game ends when the tiles connect in the middle of the screen, and end of level bonuses are calculated by the number of clear rows between the two sets of tiles.
Click & Move: Every time the player clicks to remove a group of tiles a new row of tiles is added from the bottom of the screen, the game ends when a row connects with the top of the screen and end of level bonuses are calculated by the number of clear rows counting downwards from the top of the screen.
Gameplay features include bombs that eliminate either surrounding tiles or all tiles of the same colour and an 'auto-click' feature whereby the player holds down the mouse button and waves it over the tiles leaving the computer to do the arduous task of clicking on the tiles.The game is played entirely with the mouse, it has sound effects, five skill levels, background music, and a choice of three tile shapes. |
| Prison Tycoon 2: Maximum Security | 2006 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Prison Tycoon 2: Maximum Security is a managerial simulation where the player manages a prison. In free playing mode he chooses between three locations and does what is done in most tycoon games: constructing buildings. The most important part is the security, meaning fences and cells. The cells can have different security levels because a car thief is easier to handle than a mass murderer. Other options regard the everyday life of the prisoners, e.g. dining rooms and gyms. Employees range from guards to cooks to canine units.The player always needs to look after the budget and the prisons reputation. Every building and every piece of infrastructure costs money but if the security is too low a prisoner may escape or even kill somebody. To improve revenue the player can send prisoners to work, e.g. in a farm or laundry. Certain events spice up the everyday routine, e.g. protestants or prisoner revolts. If the player does a good job he unlocks the possibility to build execution chambers.Besides the free playing mode there are also 15 missions where the player takes over existing prisons. There he needs to fulfill certain goals, e.g. preventing a revolt or bankruptcy. |
| Pro Angler | 2006 | Merscom LLC | | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pro Angler is a real-time fishing simulation. Why real-time? Because it doesn't simulate only the fishing process but the realistic waiting times also. But let's start from the beginning: after choosing the location, the player sits in his boat and needs to find a suitable location with the assistance of his sonar. Then he chooses the hook, bait and thickness of the string, throws the combination into the water and waits.A unique aspect of the game is that the player doesn't need to have the game active while waiting. He can minimize it to do other things and it sounds an alarm if a fish bites. When he manages to pull it out of the water the game informs him of the fish stats and the player begins to prepare for his next fish. If he gets enough fish in one sitting he unlocks more of the 28 locations. Overall the game features 50 German fish species. There are no championships to participate in. |
| Pro Pinball: Trilogy | 2006 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Cunning Developments | Action, Compilation | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Pinball | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation contains the following three tables of Empire's Pro Pinball series:Pro Pinball: Timeshock!
Pro Pinball: Big Race USA
Pro Pinball: Fantastic JourneyThe first part of the series, Pro Pinball: The Web, is not included. |
| Project Xenoclone | 2006 | Alten8 Ltd. | Oniric Games | Action | Top-down | | Horror | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Project Xenoclone is a science-fiction 3D shooter with a top-down view and moving camera, similar to Alien Shooter. It is set in an abandoned railway station with a secret biotechnology lab where dangerous experiments take place. After a terrible accident most people are dead, and mutated, deadly creatures are everywhere.The player takes control of survivors David, who is security guard, and Julia, a young doctor. The survivors have a special energy weapon. It uses ammunition obtained from the corpses of monsters. Monsters come in two main types, red and blue, with different ammunition types. A secondary, special weapon is loaded automatically (but very slowly),and kills all monsters on screen. In each level, player have to find special items/activate buttons and survive among spawning monsters. The mission is to uncover the secret of Project Xenoclone. |
| ProtoType | 2006 | Castle Software | Castle Software | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | This shoot 'em up won the ShmupDev 2006 contest to write a horizontally-scrolling shooter with bosses. From the title and story onwards, Prototype wears its R-Type influence strongly: put your prototype fighter into action against hordes of aliens and their crafts, including wall mountings.You fly from left to right, your progress occasionally restricted by narrow tunnels and barriers. Your weapon can fire constantly, though by holding down the fire button/key a more powerful shot can be charged up. Tokens for enhanced and extra weapons are released by some shot enemies - there are homing missiles and powerful plasma bolts amongst others. |
| Puerto Rico | 2006 | Eagle Games, Inc. | Reactor s.c. | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Puerto Rico is the official PC translation of the eponymous board game. The basic rules: Every player (up to five) has a plantation and wants to earn as much money as possible with it. Every round one player is the "leader" and chooses his role. The catch: this role takes effect on every player. Then every player does his moves (which are restricted depending on the actual role) and so on. Depending on the state of the players plantation and their sales they receive winning points. The goal is to have the most points at the end of the game. This means the "leader" has not only watch their own plantation but his opponents too so he doesn't give them advantages by choosing the wrong role. The six roles are settler (opening new plantation ), mayor (receiving new colonists), architect (constructing new buildings), supervisor (producing merchandise), merchant (selling merchandise) and captain (shipping merchandise).This game features the usual improvements compared to the board version: AI opponents, multiplayer modes, automatic calculation of the winning points and a tutorial. The player can choose between a classical top-down view on the board or an animated 3D view. The game also includes a card set to expand the actual board game. |
| Puppies | 2006 | Idigicon Limited | | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Puppies is a game aimed at children, there is a companion game,
Kittens which, apart from the animal involved, is identical.
At the start of the game the player chooses and names their puppy from the six available which, when chosen, appears in the kitchen of their home. The puppy must be kept happy and the happier it is the more points the player scores. To keep the puppy happy the player must feed, water and stroke it regularly.Controls are simple and are all mouse operated. There are status bars in the lower right of the screen that indicate it's needs, whether it needs food, water, to poo, sleep, or just a bit of affection. In the lower left of the screen is a menu with five buttons. Clicking on Care brings up options to feed or water the puppy, or to send it to bed. Selecting Toys makes four toys available, string, a ball, mouse and a scratch pole. There's also an Area button with which the player can swap between the three locations in the game, the kitchen, the garden where the puppy should be taken to defecate, and the living room.The player can play with any of the six puppies that are available but can only play with one puppy at a time. |
| Puppy Luv: A New Breed | 2006 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Lost Sock Games | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Puppy Luv: A New Breed is a game which is based on caring for a virtual pet. It is one in a series of games from Lost Sock Games; other games include Pony Luv and Kitty Luv.From the title screen players choose and name one of the six available puppies in four breeds, Labrador, Dalmatian, Beagle and Mongrel. The dogs must be cared for and kept happy as they grow and develop. caring for the pets has two benefits, first it unlocks items that can be purchased such as brushes, toys, food etc. Secondly it generates the money with which these items can be bought.The dogs can be taught tricks, taken for walks and to parks, fed, watered, groomed and played with. There are six locations and over fifty items that are available. When the pet has grown and has learned enough tricks they can be entered into a competition.The game is entirely mouse controlled. Unlike some virtual pet games these puppies do not 'live' on the desktop. When the game is closed down they disappear until the next time the game is run. |
| Pushover | 2006 | IshiSoft | IshiSoft | Action, Puzzle | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | This freeware remake of the puzzle game from 1992 replaces the graphics and sounds with enhanced assets, while maintaining intact the original gameplay and adding a level editor. The player controls G.I. Ant, the anthropomorphic cartoon ant that must rearrange lines of dominoes, and push them to make all the aligned pieces topple and fall. The ant can carry the pieces, even while climbing up and down ladders, and drop them on the correct places while carefully avoiding falling from the edges. Tokens are received after successfully solving a level. There's a varying amount of seconds available to finish each level, but it's possible to still complete it after reaching the time limit, and use a token to continue to the next puzzle.There are some special pieces with unique characteristics, marked with red lines to differentiate them from the standard dominoes. The all-red stopper can't be toppled, and rebounds any other piece tumbling towards it. The vanisher has two red lines at the center, and disappears after being knocked over. The tumbler has a large red band at the center, and after being toppled keeps flipping and moving forwards until hitting one of the other pieces. The bridger has a thick red line at the center, and fills any gap in the ledge after falling into it. The ascender has a vertical red line at the center, and floats up after being toppled. The delay is diagonally painted red, and stays standing for a few seconds before falling over, rebounding any other piece that hits it. The exploder is marked with vertical bands of red and yellow, and detonates after hitting the ground creating gaps and destroying ladders. The splitter is activated after being hit by a falling piece, becoming two dominoes falling right and left. The trigger has three red lines, and must be toppled last to finish the level.The remake also incorporates five entirely new and original block types: Count-Stoppers which need knocking over in order, Starters which must be used first, Rockets which blow holes in the floor above, Mimics which copy each others movements and Antigrav which floats over holes. |
| Puzzle & Board XP Championship | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Puzzle & Board XP Championship is a compilation of many single-player casual games.
It has the following game categories with the bracketed number of games in each.
Backgammon (3). There are three forms of the game, long, short, or symmetrical, all are played on the same board but have different starting positions. The game pays in a window that can be resized, can be played in 2D or 3D, and has three levels of difficulty.
Battleships (5). The player places their ships on a grid with the mouse, the right button rotates and the left places. When the placement is complete the player clicks on the opponents grid hoping to knock out all their ships before their own fleet is destroyed.
Bingo (1). The player plays against two computer opponents. Clicking the mouse starts the game and brings up the first / next number. The bingo cards are completed automatically.
Checkers (17). There are six variations of checkers here. The game is played on an 8x8 board with three ranks of pieces, a 10x10 board with three ranks of pieces and a 10x10 board with four ranks of pieces. Each game is played with two variations of the 'remove' rule. This group also includes 'Giveaway Checkers' with six similar variations of board and rules and the game Corners played on five board sizes.
Chess Tasks (10). These are ten chess problems in which the player is presented with a chessboard and several pieces and must, for example, achieve checkmate in two moves.
Chinese Checkers (2). There are two variations of the board size in this game.
Gomoku (10), This group also includes the Down XO games. Both are played on five different sized grids and the common objective is to place five pieces on the board in a row.
Jigsaw Puzzles (20). There are five pictures which are used in four different types of puzzle making twenty puzzle combinations. Two types of puzzle are rotational, i.e. the pieces are all in place and just need to be rotated to complete the picture. The other two pictures are the 'drag and drop' type of jigsaw one using traditional pieces and one using squares.
Knight (5). The object of the game is to move a knight chess piece around a board visiting every square, five different sized boards are available.
Mahjongg (15), Played entirely with the mouse in 2D or 3D mode. There is a high score table, music and sound. When the player runs out of tiles to match the remainder can be remixed.
Queens (9). Here the player must place a specified number of queens or knights on a grid in such a way that no piece can take another.
Turns (4). The player plays against three opponents using one or two dice whose highest number is three or six. Clicking on screen brings up the die with and the computer automatically moves the player's frog then moves all the other players. The object is to be the first to hop over a course of lily-pads strewn with obstacles and bonus moves.
Reversi (10). This collection includes the Mage games, both types of game are played on five different sized boards.
Words (5). This contains five themed versions of the popular game 'hangman.'
The games have sound, music, and play entirely via the mouse. |
| Pyoro | 2006 | K-ero | K-ero | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Pyoro is a short, unlicensed remake of the Pyoro mini-game from the WarioWare series, offered as a freeware game. The character appears as cameo or in mini-games in WarioWare Touched! and WarioWare Twisted!, but the gameplay is based on the Pyoro 2 mini-game from WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!.Pyoro is a little green bird. It can be moved left or right on a floor of bricks using the arrows. By pressing the space bar, Pyoro extends its tongue diagonally to catch incoming plants. The longer the bar is held, the further the tongue reaches. The aim of the game is to survive as long as possible. When a plant hits the ground, a hole appears. If Pyoro falls into a hole or gets a plant on its head, the game is over.There are different kinds of plants, with different falling speeds and effects. By catching plants with a specific colour, holes can be repaired or the entire screen is cleared. As you progress, the scenery changes (morning/day/night) and more buildings and items are added to the background. Players can submit their initials with their best score to an online high score list. |
| RC Toy Machines | 2006 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | RC Toy Machines is a single player, keyboard controlled racing game though a joystick is also supported. There are three race modes; Tournament, Quick Race and Time Trial.
The races are run around seven courses, Garden 1 & Garden 2, Bedroom 1 & Bedroom 2, Games Room 1 & Games Room 2 and Garage 1 & Garage 2 with only the Garden courses being available at the start of the game. As the player wins tournaments other courses and vehicles are unlocked. The Quick Race allows the player to practice the currently available courses, in this mode the player can specify the number of laps and opponents, from zero to five, in the contest..There is a variety of cars to choose from at the start of the game with other cars being unlocked by winning tournaments, all cars have a different colour and style but there is no indication that they perform differently though the player does have a 'Nitro Boost' function which gives a short term speed boost. |
| RTL Winter Games 2007 | 2006 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | 49Games GmbH | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | RTL Winter Games 2007 is the successor of Torino 2006 which simulates 13 events divided into seven disciplines: alpine skiing, ski jumping, sled, biathlon, ice skating and - new in this version - curling. The basic handling is the same for most disciplines: steering the athlete in the right directions and pressing a button to perform an action, e.g. jumping. Two exceptions are the shooting part of the biathlon and skating: In the first the player needs to shoot targets with a wobbling cursor and the latter uses the typical rhythm game controls where arrows fly in from one side of the screen and the player needs to press the assigned button at the right time. Tactical elements are used in biathlon where the player needs to look after his fatigue and curling which is a tactical game by definition.The single-player mode consists of different tournaments which contain seven or 15 randomly chosen disciplines. Of course the player also has the option to compile his own tournaments. Additionally there are 43 small missions where the player needs to reach a certain result from a predefined initial situation. Also new are help functions which show exactly when to press which buttons or show the ideal line of movement. |
| Race Cars: The Extreme Rally | 2006 | TERMINAL Studio | TERMINAL Studio | Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Race Cars: The Extreme Rally is a racing game that offers a selection of 12 different cars and 15 unique tracks rendered in 3D graphics. The cars is controlled with the arrow keys, down arrow being brake and reverse. The camera angle can be altered by pressing C, should the car get stuck in a piece of scenery, pressing R will bring you back onto the road.The game features a series of power ups:
Acceleration: this will increase you speed.
Slow Down: this will decrease your speed.
Ghost Car: allows you to pass through cars and objects (e.g. cacti, windmills, etc.)
Slow Motion: slows all opponents.
The game features a quick match, and a tournament mode. In quick match you pick your car and track and floor it. However in tournament you will find yourself fighting for points with three other drivers in a series of races. Most cars and tracks start locked and can be obtained by playing tournaments.Should the player dare to venture off the road the game will courteously restore them to the track, so this is not the game for freestyling. |
| Racing Pitch | 2006 | Skinflake Games | Skinflake Games | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | |
Sciere (826339) added Racing Pitch (Windows) on Jun 17, 2007
| | | | | | | Windows | Racing Pitch is a freeware top-down racing game entirely controlled by the player's voice. The player needs to use a microphone to mimic the engine sound to get the car going. The game offers 3 characters, each with a different pitch range: Miss O'Pzekt (170-380 Hz), Stemcell-Bill (110-250 Hz) and Kii Lai Lee (145-290 Hz). The voices can be previewed and the player needs to choose a pitch that matches his own voice.Version 1.0.3 contains 11 track challenges. These consist of races with a single car in 3 laps. The car follows a set track and moves forward when the player hums the engine sound at the right pitch. Going full speed all the time is not possible, players need to lower the pitch or pause before approaching a corner to avoid getting the car off the track. For lap records, a tailpipe award is given.The other game mode offers 3 party games: Drag Race (accelerate without skidding), Hot-Air Balloon (blow into the microphone to burn fuel) and Pro Drag Race (accelerate without blowing the engine and shift gears with short breaths). |
| Real-Action Basketball | 2006 | Beat Games | Idoru S.r.l. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Real-Action Basketball is a basketball game which features 18 (not-licensed) German teams. After choosing one the player can participate in exhibition games, play-offs, cup championships or a whole season. With the editor he can also create his own championships (besides changing the team's and player's names). There are overall eight halls to play in.On the field the player uses his keyboard or gamepad to perform actions like throwing or walking. There are two handling specialities which are handled differently than in similar games: to do a jumping throw the player has to press the jump button first and then presses the throwing button when he reaches the highest point of the jump. Of course the player can also perform standing jumps but then the blocking rate is much higher. The second difference is that blocking and trying to steal the ball is mapped to the same button. This means the game decides itself which of the two actions are performed. The player also can set up to four tactical orders and trigger them by pressing a button. |
| Reel Deal Casino: High Roller | 2006 | Phantom EFX | Phantom EFX | Gambling | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | Contemporary | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | | Windows | Reel Deal Casino: High Roller is a casino simulation. The included games are blackjack, craps, roulette, Pai Gow, Single 21, Big Six, Oklahoma 3 Card, Keno, Big Raise Hold 'Em, Baccarat, Four Card Poker, Sic Bo, Triple Shot Bonus, 6-5-4 Poker, Bingo, Hardway Blackjack, Dragon Bonus Baccarat, Red Dog, Let It Ride, Crazy 4 Poker, Face-Up 21, High Five Poker, Casino War, Catch a Wave, Big Four Stud, and Pai Wow Bonus. It includes multiple poker games, video poker machines and slot machines.This edition of the game centers around a Grand Master tournament path with the goal of becoming invited to high-dollar invitational tournaments. New tournament types include 24-hour log-in, winning spins, guild vs. guild, invitation and king of the hill. Players get to design their own suite and place tables in them to play games, as well as slot machines and various decorations. |
| Resident Evil 2 | 2006 | Akella | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Russian release of Resident Evil 2 includes:
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil |
| Rocket Racer | 2006 | Novitas Publishing GmbH | Quicksand entertainment | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In Rocket Racer the player takes control over a rocket and absolves 15 missions which are basically checkpoint races. The rocket moves on its own and the player has to change the altitude with the mouse and move the rocket left and right with the keyboard keys. He can also accelerate or brake if he wishes but it always stays in a certain speed area. On the way there are overall ten kinds of gates to fly through, e.g. a teleport gate which teleports the rocket to another part of the level, standard gates which give a time bonus or arcade doors which open and close. Some gates need a key to open; the goal of the mission is to find the exit gate.On the way the player also has to avoid bumping into asteroids. If the rocket hits them or a gate the life energy decreases and if it reaches zero the player loses a life. The same happens if the time runs out. There are also six power-ups to pick up which give either a health bonus, an extra live, a weapon to shove asteroids away, a turbo boost or a protection shield. |
| Saints & Sinners Bowling | 2006 | Oberon Games, Inc. | Large Animal LLC | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Saints & Sinners Bowling is a bowling game with a twist. While you can play a single game against either the computer or a friend, the meat of the game lies in the Bowler's Tour mode. Here, you can either bowl for fun against a variety of colorful characters, or enter a tournament against them. On top of that, you can collect and use "charms" while bowling. These charms will either help you, or hinder your opponent, through such effects as changing the size of the pins or your ball, rearranging the pins, or even dropping traffic cones in the middle of the lane.You earn money bowling through making bets with your opponent or spectators. They will challenge you to tasks such as making a spare, winning the game, or even helping your opponent. This money can be used to open up new bowling alleys or purchase new charms or balls. |
| Scientology Pwned | 2006 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Scientology Pwned is a controversial arena shooter by Zi-Xiao Liang, created for a school project at Sheridan College.Players control a hero from a top-down view on a single screen. From four churches on the screen, Scientologists appear that attack the player. Using the keyboard, the hero can be moved around and target the followers by shooting in the direction he is facing. A secondary key is used to lock the shooting direction regardless of the movement. Followers will charge, but later different enemies appear such as Special Affairs Agents that can shoot and Sea Org Members with missiles that follow the hero around. Different pick-ups appear that grant a machine gun or a grenade launcher.Even though the opening scenes of the game state that the game does not support the use of violence against Scientology, the Hamilton Central Police Department eventually forced him to take the game down. The full story is explained in the trivia section. |
| Scooter War3z | 2006 | IQ Publishing s.c. | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Bike / Bicycling | | | Everyone | | Windows | If you like scooters, this is your game. In scooter war3z you have to race in a free-roaming city against 3 fellow-scooter freaks, and try to finish first. Finishing first can only be accomplished when you don't fall from your scooter when crashing into buildings or walls, but falling from your scooter is always good for a laugh since the drivers perform bonecrushing falls (ragdoll physics).During "cruising" modes you can also unlock / find a stunt-area to practice your jumping / wheelie skills. |
| Scribble | 2006 | Sketch Board | Sketch Board | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Scribble is an action side-scrolling platform game. Players take control of a Pen, an anthropomorphic dog artist.Pen goes out on a quest to find a rainbow flower which can cure the contagious color losing illness his people are catching.Apart from attacking and stunning enemies with his brush, Pen has the ability to sketch his enemies and borrow their abilities.There are a few downsides to this, however: Pen has to be within close range to the enemy while sketching it and for new enemies, the sketch meter will take some time to fill, while sketching an enemy that's been sketched at least once will take less time for Pen. Being attacked while sketching will make Pen lose his sketch progress and players will have to start sketching the enemy from the beginning.Drawn enemies can level up in their powers as Pen finds special paint tubes and there are 40 different enemies for players to copy the skills of.Sketches have a limited number of uses, but they are useful in different ways and can be combined to chain combos.Up to 3 special powers can be held at a time to use for different situations. |
| SeaWorld Adventure Parks | 2006 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is a compilation of the SeaWorld Tycoon games: SeaWorld Adventure Parks Tycoon and SeaWorld Adventure Parks Tycoon 2. Now you can have both games in one pack. |
| Sensational Soccer | 2006 | New Star Games Ltd | New Star Games Ltd | Sports, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sensational Soccer is a football game that makes use of the match engine from New Star Soccer 3. The game features a top-down perspective and 2D graphics. Unlike New Star Soccer where you control only a single player, in this game you control the entire team again, just like in most other soccer games. You can switch between players whenever you want.In the game you can play clubs from 49 different leagues from all over the world. The game doesn't feature official player names, but includes names that closely match the real players. An editor allows users to change them to the real thing. |
| Sensible Soccer 2006 | 2006 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Kuju Sheffield | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | After many years of silence, Sensible Soccer has returned. As with the original 1992 game, Sensible Soccer 2006 is a fast-paced football game viewed from a bird's perspective (although the camera has been slightly tilted). The control has gone from one button to three buttons, as you use one for shooting, another for passing and the third for sprinting. In addition to that you use the stick on gamepads to aim and to apply the famous after-touch.The game contains a total of around 350 different teams (international and club teams) and 50 preset competitions. If that is not enough, players can create their own custom teams. This is the career mode of the game. The objective is to create a squad of rookie players and take them to the top of the team rankings. As you succeed you will earn skill points that can be used to increase the quality of your team.Sensible Soccer 2006 offers multiplayer matches (no online play though) for up to four players at once (in which two players share the control of a team). Another feature left from the original game is the possibility for players to create their own competitions - leagues, cups and tournaments. |
| Shoot the Chief | 2006 | astragon Software GmbH | FourX Development | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In Shoot the Chief the player takes the role of an employee who wants to take revenge on his boss. So he uses pellets of paper and throws them after his boss. The game is played in first person and the player can scroll the screen slightly to the left and right side. In the three levels the boss walks through the office and hides. The player gets points when he hits the boss; the goal is to gather as many points as possible in a limited time. There are also other items and employees in the office, hitting these gives positive or negative points too. |
| Showcase Pool | 2006 | Idigicon Limited | Squeaky Duck Design Co. | Sports | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Showcase Pool is an arcade style pool game based on the popular billiards variant.It allows you to take part in a best of 1, 3 or 5 frame game of pool. Venues are based on types of places you can find in real life, such as diners and a beach, but in an inflated and overblown style.Owing to its arcade physics, the ball is handled differently, not bouncing off cushions fully and interacting with other balls differently. |
| Shriek of the Living Dead | 2006 | Attic Games | Attic Games, Nighthawk Arts | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | In Shriek of the Living Dead the player has to use the helpful ogre Shriek to kill zombies. The Easter bunny had to take a shortcut over the local cemetery when suddenly zombies started to appear. But the ogre Shriek comes to the rescue. The player must use Shriek to club 100 zombies before the time runs out to save the bunny. If the bunny touches a zombie the bunny will lose health. |
| Shuffle 15 | 2006 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Shuffle 15 looks like a completed crossword puzzle, with all the columns scrambled. There is a list of words to the left, and you need to drag and drop letters around to recreate the finished puzzle.Shuffle 15 features 3 difficulty levels, a timed game option, save/load, visual schemes, unlimited undo, a print function, a high-score list, and three different levels of assists, from hints to solving the entire puzzle. |
| Siberian Strike X | 2006 | Gameloft S.A. | Gameloft S.A. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Siberian Strike X is a remake of the Palm OS game Siberian Strike. The main difference is that the game has an entirely new storyline. Taking place in the year 19xx, Russia is trying to take over the world by using a mysterious vodka export company. The company is led by Stalinbot, a crossbreed of Stalin and the Mir space station, which has now turned against its creators and is threatening the whole world. Needless to say, it's up to the player to stop it.The game has the same 1942 inspired gameplay as its predecessor. It has however some differences in level layout (there are seven in total with twelve sub-sections) and more special attacks which are made available through power ups. There are five end of level bosses but also four smaller middle-level bosses. Like in the original game there are three characters to choose from but here they are American and not German. Each character has its own original ending. |
| Sid Meier's Civilization IV (Game of the Year Edition) | 2006 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This Game of the Year Edition is a re-release of the original Sid Meier's Civilization IV, with a bonus DVD containing the following features:Sid Meier: G4 Icons SpecialPlay Early, Play Often: Prototyping Civ IV: Dorian Newcomb (Lead Animator for Civilization IV) and Soren Johnson (Lead Designer & AI Programmer for Civilization IV) host a one hour, eighteen minute program on the development of Civilization IV.Sid Meier's Railroads! intro movie.A four minute long presentation on the new features included in the then-upcoming Civ IV expansion, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords, as well as the game's introduction movie.A fictional teleconference between United States President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, featuring them discussing Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords. |
| Sim Chemist | 2006 | | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Sim Chemist is a single player simulation / management game.The player takes control of a small chemist shop or pharmacy in Spa Town. They arrive at 08:00 in the morning and have until opening time, 09:00, to stock the shop. The game is divided into the following levels or stages each of which has an associated objective, the levels are:
Market research: Here the player's objective is to question twenty the town's inhabitants. Customer's needs can vary so performing market research at the start of the day and during the day is important.
Manage Customer Demand: After finding out what customer's want the player then has to return to the shop and put a day's supply of products onto the shelves.
Product Creation: Products are created in the laboratory at the back of the shop using a recipe book found in the game's manual. While in the lab the player can monitor the shop via a TV screen so that they can see customers as they enter
Serve Customers: This part of the game is about maintaining stock levels appropriate to the customer's needs, having what they want in stock and not carrying a surplus. If the product the customer wants is not on the shelf then it's important to be able to get into the laboratory and make some but this must be done quickly as customers have limited patience. The objective for this stage is to create and sell a product of each type.
Finances: In addition to managing the shop the player must also arrange loans to buy in their stock, the player must use each finance option to manage the pharmacy for a week!
Pricing: Here the player sets the price of their products the objective here is to make a profit of € 100.
Management: The aim of this level is to tweak the prices to bring in the biggest profits by understanding that some products are more attractive than others
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| Sinclair Spectrum Allstars: Volume 1 | 2006 | Retro-Soft | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sinclair Spectrum Allstars: Volume 1 is a collection of fifty games licensed by Amstrad and originally released on the Spectrum. The collection comes with it's own emulator, Alten8's ZxEmulator version 1.00.0000 which loads ans plays all the games. The emulator runs in a small, non-resizable window, games are selected via a scrollable list that only allows the user to see two games at a time. Once selected the game can be played within the emulator's window or full screen. The games in this compilation are, in the order in which they appear:
Ant Attack,
Bloodwych
Moon Cresta,
Squamble,
Super Kid,
Venturama,
Mole On The Dole,
Boxing Manager,
The General,
Football Glory
The realm,
Chopper Mission
Shark,
Loco Bingo,
Lop Ears,
Snakes and Ladders,
Harry the Magical,
The Last Vampire,
Tank Command,
Change It!!
Lunar Cargo II,
The Fantastic Mister Fruity
RedLed,
Weird Science Megademo 1,
World Cup Challenge,
Laser Attack,
Lunar Cargo,
Egg Head,
"Crazy Golf,
Vigilante Patrol
A.T.A.C.,
Green Light
Gloop,
Hang the Man,
Demonslair,
Egg Head II,
Grand prix Drivers,
Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
Sink the SUbs,
Dynamite Fishing
Downtown,
Robin the Outlaw
Rough Justice,
Higgledy Piggledy,
Jungle Jie,
Area 51,
Doughnut Heist,
Deathscape,
Dogfight 2187,
Rakattak!
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| Snapshot Adventures: Secret of Bird Island | 2006 | iWin, Inc. | Large Animal LLC | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Photography is hardly for the birds in this game. Snapshot Adventures: Secret of Bird Island is a journey with only a guide and a 35mm camera where you must capture shots of birds perched, mid-flight, and close-up. The snapshots are needed to complete your life list (every bird you have ever seen), and help solve the mystery of your missing grandfather. |
| Snow Rider | 2006 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Tuna Technologies Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Snow Rider is a single-player, keyboard controlled snowboarding game, though a redefinable joystick is also supported. It was originally released on the PlayStation 2 platform but in 2006 the developers signed a deal to bring the title to the PC where it was published by Phoenix Games both as a standalone title and in at least two compilations.The player can play as one of five characters, three of which are locked at the start of the game. There are three game modes:
Slalom: here the player must complete a course as quickly as possible and correctly navigate all the gates on the way down.
Token Dash: in this game mode the player must collect coins as they race downhill. This is more of an arcade mode than the other two as there are power-ups to be collected, speed boosts, magnets, extra grip etc.
Sprint: this is a straight race to the bottom, no gates, no coins, no power-ups.If a player finishes in the top three they will receive a medal and unlock the next course but only for the game mode in which they medalled. |
| Solitaire Adventures | 2006 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Mind Control Software, LLC, Magellan Interactive, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A retail compilation of the Pogo games
Tri-Peaks Solitaire
World Class Solitaire
Great Escapes Solitaire Collection |
| Sorades: Die Befreiung | 2006 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Strategy | | | War | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Sorades: Die Befreiung is a single-player real-time strategy game similar to the Command & Conquer series. The graphics use an isometric perspective. There are two factions in the game, humans and an alien species called "the loaders". The gameplay involves base building, construction of units such as soldiers and tanks, and fighting the enemy. In between the missions, there are voiced mission briefings to tell the story. |
| Space Empires IV and V Pack | 2006 | Strategy First, Inc. | Malfador Machinations | Compilation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Space Empires IV and V Pack is a compilation containing Space Empires IV Deluxe and Space Empires V. |
| Spacebound | 2006 | Real Networks, Inc. | Gamenauts, Inc | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Captain Bloom was traveling across the universe when, passing nearby the Earth, his ship crashed into one of our satellites, which sent the Picolytes plummeting down. Now they are stranded here, falling prey to dastardly scientists and spoiled little girls!Bejeweled meets Lumines in this casual puzzle game. The gameplay consists in rotating blocks of 4 Picolytes so they match into squares of the same color. When a square is matched, a rescue bar will start to load at the bottom of the screen; when it is completely full, the blocks matched will be removed from the grid. This allows the player to combine sets of squares, even in more than one color, granting combo points. A combo counter will be displayed at the right side of the screen. When this counter reaches 10, a Superstar Block will appear: if matched, it will remove all blocks of the same color from the screen.To add some more complexity, some blocks are locked into position (chains and a padlock will mark them). Empty blocks will also appear, and those can't be matched with anything. Other blocks contain bombs which need to be defused, and a regressive clock will count from 9 to zero at each move the player makes. They're defused when they're matched into squares with blocks of the same color. Each level has a target time, and it will run down faster when a bomb explodes. The level is complete when a bar to the left is filled - with enough Picolytes rescued, the rocket will have enough fuel to be launched once again.Three game modes are available:
Story Mode: in this mode, the player helps Captain Bloom as he travels across 10 cities of the world (San Francisco, New York, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, Athens, Cairo, Moscow, Beijing and Tokyo) trying to rescue the Pycolites. Each city has 5 levels and player will collect post cards for every city beaten.
Puzzle Mode: this mode presents 24 custom designed bomb puzzles. The player has to defuse one or more bombs before the time runs out. Some puzzles will also feature locked blocks.
Endless Mode: in this mode, the player is free to keep playing endlessly, with no time limits or goals to achieve. |
| Sparkle | 2006 | GameHouse, Inc. | MythPeople | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This puzzle game takes its inspiration from Zuma Deluxe; the player controls a giant dispenser (Orb Slinger) which releases a sequence of balls (red, yellow, green or blue) in the hope of creating groups of three or more. The difference here is that the balls which are already on the screen are arranged in a line which snakes around the screen on a rail. When a ball is shot out into play it will slot into place next to an existing one on the side it hits it; hopefully it will form a sequence of three, which are removed from play, and ideally the removal of those balls will cause other balls to move together into groups.Levels have scenic backdrops, reflecting the game's plotline of expelling Darkness from the Crowberry Woods. There are three game modes - Quest involves travelling between areas freeing them in turn, Challenge mode involves playing specific levels in the hope of getting the best time, while the Survival mode (which has to be unlocked) involves playing a single level for as long as you can survive.Bonus items are revealed during play, and can be shot at to activate their function. These include wild tiles which will act as any colour, instant removal of every orb of a particular colour, and slowing the motion of the line.Completing blocks of levels grants you amulets, which have special advanced powers. Only one of these can be used on each level, but they can be used on as many levels as you wish. These amulets can also be used on Survival levels. |
| SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars + Sacred Plus | 2006 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars
Sacred Plus |
| Sphere Racer | 2006 | Idigicon Limited | Mental Illusion | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Sphere Racer is a single player game in which the player gets to race a ball around a short track.There are twenty eight tracks in all spread across five worlds; Metal World, Ice World, Green World, Alien World and Desert World. Three tracks are bonus tracks, these like the last two worlds are locked and are only accessible as the player progresses through the game. Throughout the races there are power ups that can be collected.There are four levels of difficulty and two modes of play, the Quick Race in which the player may select any of the tracks on Metal World, Ice World and Green World, and the Championship in which tracks are played in order.The game is played entirely via the keyboard and the action keys can be altered to suit the player. The game comes with ten music tracks that are played during the game but allows the player to add their own .mp3 or .ogg files. |
| Spiele-Hits Doppel Pack: Go-Kart Racing & MotoCross | 2006 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Super 1 Karting Simulation
Supercross Kings
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| SpongeBob SquarePants: Quad Pack - Volume 1 | 2006 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | SpongeBob SquarePants: Quad Pack - Volume 1 is a compilation of four SpongeBob SquarePants games. It comes in a DVD keep case and each game is on a separate disc. The games are:
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie
SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee Of The Month
SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom |
| Sportschiessen 2006 | 2006 | dtp entertainment AG | Independent Arts Software GmbH | Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sportschiessen 2006 is a simulation of the Olympic shooting sport. The five disciplines are target pistol, trap shooting, rapid fire pistol, small bore rifle and crossbow. The game is played in first person and the weapon is represented by a wobbling crosshair. The goal is to hit the targets as fast and precise as possible. The crosshair is moved with the mouse; the left button is used to shoot. When pressing the right mouse button the player character holds his breath for a short time and the crosshair stops wobbling. When the player misses a target his pulse rate increases and the crosshair wobbles more. There are three shooting ranges. The game is licensed from a German sports weapon manufacturer. |
| StarFlyers 2nd Grade Learning System | 2006 | Learning Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation features the following games on two discs:-StarFlyers Royal Jewel Rescue
-Mighty Math Zoo Zillions
It also includes a bonus DVD featuring an episode of StarCom: The U.S. Space Force. |
| Stealth Force: The War on Terror | 2006 | Noviy Disk | Atomic Planet Entertainment Limited | Action | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | Middle East | | | | | | Windows | Stealth Force: The War On Terror is a mission based, single player shooter set in the middle east.The player is a lone special services operative who is assigned missions against the ruthless terrorist organisation Elzar. These missions start with a hostage rescue situation, and include destroying munitions dumps, seizing uranium supplies etc and culminate in dealing with Elzar's leader.There are three difficulty settings but there's no training section in this game, the player learns as they progress. |
| Strategic Command: Gold | 2006 | Most Wanted Games | Fury Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Strategic Command: Gold is an enhanced version of Strategic Command: European Theater. In addition to the original game it adds 22 new single player campaigns. |
| Strawberry Shortcake and Her Berry Best Friends | 2006 | Game Factory ApS, The | Studio 1-2 A/S | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games, Music / rhythm | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Strawberry Shortcake and Her Berry Best Friends is a children's game based on the cartoon character's franchise. The game is hosted by Strawberry Shortcake and she takes the player to Strawberryland where several mini-games can be played. The premise is that she has lost her scrapbook with memories of her best friends. She suspects that Pupcake has buried it in the garden, but she does not want to hurt its feelings. So instead she has bought a new scrapbook and asks the player to fill it with new memories of her friends. The more than 100 different pictures and items for the book are provided by completing the ten mini-games. When the game is completed Strawberry Shortcake is taken to a gift booth where she can choose an item. All the available places can be visited right away from a central map.The mini-games are the fruit-themed match-three variant Orange Blossom, the cake decorating game Angel Cake, Pupcake and Custard as a hidden object game, locating Apple Dumplin' based on clues, planting seeds to grow them into bushes and trees based on different properties, Honey Pie as a horseracing game where the outcome is predicted by applying mathematics, baking cookies in Ginger Snap's house by choosing the right colors and shapes to get the right ingredients, interactive stories with Blueberry Muffin where the child needs to follow along attentively to pick up the clues and locate the little pet friend Cheescake, musical note sequences in Rainbow Sherbet, and finding the right fruits of the same type based on shape and color in Huckleberry Pie.Two of the games have highscores. Sometimes a rainbow appears pointing to a specific location. If a game is started with the rainbow present a golden strawberry for the scrapbook can be won. There are three difficulty levels. Through the parental controls parents can alter settings for the game difficulty, audio settings (speech, music and sound effects volume) and time limits. It is possible to save the game and there are printouts to color. |
| Su Doku | 2006 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Su Doku is a Sudoku variant.
The rules: The game is played with nine grids. Each grid contains nine squares arranged in a 3 x 3 formation as are the nine grids themselves.
The program fills numbers into some grids and the player has to put the right number into all the remaining squares.
In every square, vertical row and horizontal row every number of 1-9 has to be there exactly one time.
Though numbers are used they are purely used as symbols, the game requires logic, not maths, skills to complete.The game screen has two main areas. On the right is a red 3 x 3 grid holding the numbers 1-9. On the left is the Sudoku grid. The player examines the Sudoku grid and decides that, say, a number 3 belongs in a particular square on the main grid. Then, using the mouse, the player clicks on the number 3 in the left hand grid and drags it to the desired location on the Sudoku grid.
If the 'Indicate Illegal moves' option is turned on the squares beneath the number being moved will change colour to either red or green, red meaning that the placing the number there would be an illegal move, and green meaning that such a move would be legal. While this is a help it is not a cheat as such because there may be multiple places in the grid which are legal moves.
If the 'Indicate Illegal moves' option is disabled all squares over which the number being moved passes turn yellow.This game features over 10,000 puzzles, three difficulty levels, hint and next move functions for beginners, a save feature, and a print function so the player can solve the puzzles without a computer.The game also features a 'boss key' which instantly minimises the game, but keeps it running. This is intended for those players who play the game at work in quiet moments and whose boss may make unexpected visits. |
| Su Doku Classic 2 | 2006 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Su Doku Classic 2 is a Sudoku variant. The gameplay, described below, is exactly the same as
Greenstreet's Su Doku though the colours and styling in this game are slightly different and the game has, allegedly, ten thousand new hand crafted puzzles.The rules: The game is played with nine grids. Each grid contains nine squares arranged in a 3 x 3 formation as are the nine grids themselves. The program fills numbers into some grids and the player has to put the right number into all the remaining squares. In every square, vertical row and horizontal row every number of 1-9 has to be there exactly one time. Though numbers are used they are purely used as symbols, the game requires logic, not maths, skills to complete.The game screen has two main areas. On the right is a red 3 x 3 grid holding the numbers 1-9. On the left is the Sudoku grid. The player examines the Sudoku grid and decides that, say, a number 3 belongs in a particular square on the main grid. Then, using the mouse, the player clicks on the number 3 in the left hand grid and drags it to the desired location on the Sudoku grid. If the 'Indicate Illegal moves' option is turned on the squares beneath the number being moved will change colour to either red or green, red meaning that the placing the number there would be an illegal move, and green meaning that such a move would be legal. While this is a help it is not a cheat as such because there may be multiple places in the grid which are legal moves. If the 'Indicate Illegal moves' option is disabled all squares over which the number being moved passes turn yellow.This game features over 10,000 puzzles, three difficulty levels, hint and next move functions for beginners, a save feature, and a print function so the player can solve the puzzles without a computer.The game also features a 'boss key' which instantly minimises the game, but keeps it running. This is intended for those players who play the game at work in quiet moments and whose boss may make unexpected visits. |
| Sudoku | 2006 | Bild.T-Online.de AG & Co. KG | Dutyfarm GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sudoku is a Sudoku variant. The rules: The game is played with nine squares which are arranges in a 3x3 formation. Every square is also divided into nine grids. The program fills numbers into some grids and the player has to add the rest. In every square, vertical row and horizontal row every number of 1-9 has to be there exactly one time. This variant features overall 4000 puzzles, help functions for beginners, a save feature, four difficulty levels and a print function so the player can solve the puzzles without a computer.As a bonus, it additionally includes the game Golden Sub. |
| Sudoku + Kakuro | 2006 | Anuman Interactive SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Des milliards de Kakuro
Des milliards de Sudoku 2
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| Sudoku Crunch for Kids! | 2006 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Sudoku Crunch for Kids is a slightly simpler version of the traditional mathematical puzzle games. As in the versions for older players, the puzzles require the player to fill in squares on a grid, but in this game the player can select a theme and use objects instead of numbers. The available themes are the standard numbers, or flowers, sports, space, shapes and dinosaurs. Gameplay remains the same as in all Sudoku - each row, column and box must hold all of the objects without repeating any.The player has the option of seeing illegal moves; when this is selected, the square where the player is placing an object will glow green or red: red squares may not be used, and green squares can be used but are not necessarily correct. There are three possible difficulty levels - Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced, and the player can choose to play a timed game. There are hints and tips if desired, and the help screen explains the rules and how to play, as well as giving a brief history of the game. Puzzles may also be printed out for later solving; possibly a better solution than using the hotkey the game provides, to hide the game instantly for the player who is supposed to be doing other things.
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| Sudoku Master | 2006 | PC Treasures, Inc. | Centron Software, Inc. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Board game | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sudoku Master is a customizable and printable version of the Japanese original Sudoku. Similar to crossword puzzles, the goal of the game is to fill up the board with numbers, or letters if preferred, according to the rules dependant on which game mode selected. Puzzles go up to 6-levels of difficulty, and can be customized to the player's preference and experience level. |
| Sudoku, Kakuro & Friends | 2006 | | cerasus.media GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hitori Deluxe is a translation of seven logic games normally played with a pen and paper:Sudoku is played with nine squares which are arranges in a 3x3 formation. Every square is also divided into nine grids. The program fills numbers into some grids and the player has to add the rest. In every square, vertical row and horizontal row every number of 1-9 has to be there exactly one time.
Kakuro is similar to a crossword puzzle but instead of letters the player has to put numbers into the grids. The numbers have to result in a certain number when added up. Another restriction is that every digit can't be used more than once in a calculation.
Slither Link (also known as Suriza) is played on a rectangular field divided into squares. The goal is to draw a continuous and not overlapping line. In some squares are numbers which tell how many sides of the square need to be used for the line.
Hitori is a Sudoku variant where all numbers are already filled in. The player needs to identify the wrong numbers.
Kuromasu is played on a rectangular game field which is divided into squares. Some squares are marked with numbers which tell how many squares need to be light (horizontally and vertically). The player needs to colour the correct squares black by clicking on them. Additionally he has to regard that all light squares have to be connected and that no black squares are allowed to be next to each other.
Nurikabe is similar to Kuromasu but the player needs to connect the black squares instead of the light ones.
Sikaku is played on a rectangular game field divided into squares; some are marked with number. The player has to divide it into oblongs which are not allowed to cross each other.. Every oblong has to surround one square with a number; the number gives the number of squares overall. The game features a print function, help functions and different difficulty settings. It is played exclusively with the mouse; when clicking on a field the player needs to choose the number from a pop up menu. |
| Suji Moji Master | 2006 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Suji Moji Master is a single player, word puzzle.This game is based on the crossword concept. The player optionally starts with a blank grid or they can have a starter word, usually three letters long, placed in the grid. There are no clues provided, using logic and perhaps a bit of trial and error the player must successfully complete all the other words in the grid. Given the start word the player can use this function to locate and fill in all occurrences of these letters which gives the player ideas about what some of the other words can be.
All letters are associated with a number so the player can see where a particular number occurs and if, say, there's a word that contains this number as a double letter then it's probable that the letter is not an 'X' or a 'Y'. The player can associate letters and numbers, see if this creates words that look plausible and if that is not the case the association can be removed.The game is entirely mouse controlled. It has sound effects, a boss key, three levels of difficulty and a high score table. During the installation process the player is asked whether they want to use UK or US spellings. For those who get stuck there's both a hint option and an auto solve option.
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| Super City Hero: Maxis Mission | 2006 | Tivola Publishing GmbH | Crenetic GmbH Studios | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Super City Hero: Maxis Mission is an educational game which teaches the traffic rules to kids. The player takes the role of seven professions (which have to be unlocked one after another), e.g. policemen or pizza delivery man, with three missions each. These involve driving from point A to point B in a limited time. The catch: the player has to observe the traffic rules or he receives a time penalty. The game also features an editor to create own cities and missions. |
| Super-bikes Riding Challenge | 2006 | Black Bean Games | Milestone s.r.l. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Super-bikes Riding Challenge is a motorcycle game based on stock bikes racing.The player can choose from 40 street bike and 1 racing bike:- Mv Agusta: Brutale, F41000 Senna, F41000 Tamburini
- Suzuki: Bandit, GSX-R 600, GSX-R 1000, GSX-R 1000 Rizla BSB (racing model), GSX-R750
- Kawasaki: Z750s, Zx10-r, ZX-6R
- Honda: Vfr, CBR1000, CBR600, Hornet 600
- Yamaha: R6, R1, R1SP, FZ6
- Combat: Sport Monza
- Voxan: Street Scrambler, Cafè Racer, Charade, Black Magic
- Ghezzi Brian: SuperTwin 1100, Fionda
- Magni: Giappone 52, Sport 1200S, Australia 98
-Benelli: Tornado TNT Cafè Racer, TNT 1130, Tornado Novecento Tre
-Ducati: Sport 1000, 999, 749, Monster S2R, SuperSport 1000DS
-Cagiva: X-tra Raptor
- Triumph: Speed Triple, 675, 955i, Sprint STTracks are 29 from all over the world:-Alps, long and short version
-Albacete, long and short version
-Assen, long and short version
-Barcelona, long and short version
-Berlin, long and short version
-Campania, long and short version
-Tuscany, long and short version
-Corse, long and short version
-Cote d'Azur, long and short version
-Donington, long and short version
- Highlands, long and short version
-Hockenheim, long and short version
-Laguna Seca
-London, long and short version
-Valencia, long and short versionThere are several game modes:- Trophies, where the player can take part to races to unlock the following ones. The player has to ride the right bike to be allowed to enter the race. races are divide in groups: Naked, Supersport and Superbike.
- Career: in this mode, the player has to deal with an RPG based structure. As the player wins races, he gains several rpg points. The player can then sped this points to increase his riding skills, in order to win the following races
- Multiplayer via split screen
- Challenges, where the player has to do several tricks (like wheelies, stoppies or burnouts) or has to complete a lap in a given amount of time or has to complete a race without wrecking his bike
- Time attack. |
| Taito Legends 2 | 2006 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Taito Corporation | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Another serving of Taito's arcade games squeezed onto a single disc. It features 39 games including:
Alpine Ski
Arabian Magic
Balloon Bomber (PS2 exclusive)
Bonze Adventure
Bubble Symphony (Xbox and PC exclusive)
Cadash (Xbox and PC exclusive)
Cameltry
Chack 'n Pop
Cleopatra Fortune
Crazy Balloon
Darius Gaiden
Don Doko Don
Dungeon Magic (or Light Bringer)
Elevator Action Returns
Football Champ
Front Line
G Darius (PS2 exclusive)
Gekirindan
Grid Seeker
Growl
Gun Frontier
Insector X
Kiki Kaikai
Kuri Kinton
Liquid Kids
Lunar Rescue
Metal Black
Nastar
Pop 'n Pop (Xbox and PC exclusive)
Puchi Carat
Puzzle Bobble 2
Qix
Ramais
RayForce (Xbox and PC exclusive - also known as Galactic Attack)
Ray Storm (PS2 exclusive)
Space Invaders '95
Space Invaders DX
Super Space Invaders '91
Syvalion (PS2 exclusive)
The Fairyland Story
The Legend of Kage
Violence Fight
Wild Western |
| Tangram: Die Steine der Weisen | 2006 | Tandem Verlag GmbH | Mad Data | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tangram: Die Steine der Weisen is a puzzle game. Your goal is to form a certain shape from 7 different geometric cutouts. These forms are 5 triangles, one square and one parallelogram. More than 1400 shapes are included, such as animals, buildings or others. |
| Terra Aegrus | 2006 | GrayCore Software | GrayCore Software | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Menu structures, Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | GrayCore Software product page (from Ad Blurbs)Terra Aegrus is a tile based 2D RPG. You guide your party of four characters through an enormous world map, fighting monsters like trolls, orcs, thieves, and undead. You interact with NPCs in the eight towns and castles that are scattered throughout the land to accomplish quests and gain information on why the world is slowly dying. Combat is turn-based and mostly accomplished with hand to hand combat, but ranged weapons are available. 25 magic spells are also available, along with magical items. |
| Texas Hold 'Em | 2006 | | Rightdown Software | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Texas Hold 'Em is a single-player poker game. In this game the player competes against eight AI players in a standard game of Texas Hold 'Em Poker. By default the when the game starts the players each have $2400 but this can be altered via the games configuration options, unusually the names of all players can be changed as can the skill levels of each AI player. There is no save game option and there is no high score table. |
| Texas Hold’em Real Limit Edition | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Gambling, Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Texas Hold’em Real Limit Edition is a single player poker gameAs the name suggests there is only one variation of poker in this game but the player can play in two different modes.Regular tables with a stake ranging from $2 to $80 or tournament, here the players play for table stakes.
Tournaments ranging from ten to six hundred and forty players playing five, ten or twenty hands with a thousand chips representing a range of buy-in values, here the player competes for prize money.
There are around eighty computer opponents with customisable personalities, fifty different card backs, and multiple different choices for the game table. |
| The Fall: Last Days of Gaia - Wersja Deluxe | 2006 | Play.com.pl | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Fall: Last Days of Gaia (Wersja Deluxe) is a compilation that includes:
The Fall: Last Days of Gaia
Kurczaki 3D: Armageddon
Kult: Heretic Kingdoms
Shadow Vault
Mistrz Tatuażu - tattoo design program
Kalwi & Remi 12 mp3 songs |
| The Great British Football Quiz | 2006 | Liquid Games | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Sports | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | The Great British Football Quiz is a football trivia game for up to four players. It contains four different game modes:
Top of the League
Play or Pass
Shootout
Football Crazy
The game includes thousands of questions spanning both world cup, international, European and domestic competitions. For each question the player gets four alternatives to choose from. Top of the League consists of three rounds of eight questions and the player with most points at the end of round three wins. With use of jokers the player can remove two wrong alternatives. Play or Pass also consists of three rounds of eight questions and players play together. Jokers are not available in this mode. In Shootout jokers are used to force the other player to answer. Football Crazy is played over three rounds consisting of one round of each of the other game modes. All modes can be played by up to four players but only the Top of the League mode can be played by one player. |
| The Great Wall of Words | 2006 | InertiaSoft Ltd. | InertiaSoft Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Great Wall of Words is a single player collection of word games with a Great Wall Of China theme.There are three separate word games in this title which can be played individually, there is also an adventure mode which combines all three. All three games are similar in style, the game area contains a set of apparently random letters and the player must click on connected tiles to form words of three letters or more. These then disappear and are replaced with new letters. The three game modes are:
Classic mode: This is a timed game. In keeping with the 'Great Wall' theme this mode has two vertical status bars, on the left is a slowly burning fuse leading to a bomb planted by the invading Mongol hordes - when the bomb goes off it's game over, on the right the player constructs a wall by scoring points for the words they find. The object being to complete the wall before the bomb goes off.
Battle mode: The basic game play is the same as all the other games, however here there is a single status bar at the bottom of the screen. This bar shows the status of the Chinese guards and the Mongol invaders who are locked in battle. The guards are losing but by scoring points can the player help them push the Mongols from the screen.
Conquest mode: Once a tile has been used in a word tiles in that position are shown in an orange/red colour, these tiles can still be used to form words though. The objective being to turn all the tiles in the game area to the new colour.
All games have special bonus tiles that, when used in a word, multiply the word score and bombs which clear surrounding tiles and also score points. High scoring words earn bonuses and gold coins which give the player additional time.
When playing the individual games the levels become harder as the player progresses, partly due to a reduction in the size of the game area. Once a level is completed another is presented, then another until finally the player is defeated. The adventure mode neatly combines all three of the above games into the story of Qu-Yuan, the emperor's chief architect, who must travel the length of the Great Wall repairing each section before the Mongols attack. There are twenty-five steps in the adventure mode, each consisting of a single game in one of the above styles. Most sections require a straightforward 'classic' repair while others, where there is a Mongol presence, involve a Battle or Conquest. There is a high score table which maintains separate entries for each individual game mode as well as adventure mode.
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| The Hitman Collection | 2006 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the first three Hitman games on a single DVD:Hitman: Codename 47Hitman 2: Silent AssassinHitman: Contracts |
| The Last Starfighter | 2006 | | Rogue Synapse | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | Fangame | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | "Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. "This is a fan-created copy of the game in the movie The Last Starfighter using sounds and voices from the game in the movie.
In the game, like the movie, you must get through the traitor Xur's followers and the enemy Ko-Dan fighters to find and destroy the Ko-Dan Armada Command Ship.
You, the starfighter, Alex Rogan, if you wish, must complete 7 levels, 8 if you activate the optional swarm level.
The first level is the target lights. You just target them and shoot them.
The second level is the Xurian base at the asteroid. You must destroy as many Xurian scout ships as you can.
The third level is the same but now the Xurian scouts are on the run and you're chasing them to destroy them.
In the fourth level, the Command Ship is shooting meteor bombs and some heavy missiles at you and you must shoot as many as you can.
The fifth level has Ko-Dan fighters attacking that you must destroy.
The sixth level you are chasing these fighters and must destroy them.
The seventh level is against the command ship. It launches fighters and fires heavy missiles that you must destroy and then destroy the Ko-Dan Command Ship itself.
The extra level is a swarm of Ko-Dan fighters and after you hold off their attacks long enough, and they are within range, you can release Death Blossom to destroy them all.
There are settings that you can alter to change the order of levels 1 through 6 and the swarm level. Level 7 is always at the end by default.This game was designed to be used in an "arcade cabinet" with a computer running Windows. It will run on your home computer using your keyboard and mouse but that may prove awkward to control the game properly. |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - Collection | 2006 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (base game)
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king (expansion pack) |
| The Odyssey: Winds of Athena | 2006 | Liquid Dragon Studios LLC | Liquid Dragon Studios LLC | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | Classical antiquity, Fantasy | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | A game based on Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey. Taking place after the Greek army has conquered Troy, the victorious soldiers begin their voyage home. But they have offended the god Poseidon and he scatters the Greek fleet across the sea. After drifting for some time, the goddess Athena takes pity upon the boats of Ulysses and uses her power to help him find his way home.Winds of Athena is an overhead-view game. The player takes the role of the goddess Athena as she seeks to maneuver ships safely across each screen. Athena's abilities are primarily the ability to control the wind (and thus speed of the Greek ships) as well as the water currents the ships sail on. Athena also has other abilities to manipulate the world which show up in certain situations. Such as being able to snatch projectile rocks from the air. The ships must be kept away from damaging coral, deadly sand dunes as well as past all kinds of mystical beings. At times, statues must be triggered and tribute food collected in order to progress. |
| The Omega Syndrome | 2006 | Australian Game Developers | Australian Game Developers | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | The Omega Syndrome is an CRPG with classic mechanics inspired primarily by Fallout. It casts the player into the shoes of a special agent working for MJ12 and sends him out on a quest to investigate an incident at the Omega Labs. The humans of the nearby town have been infected with the titular "Omega Syndrome" which turned them into zombies. The game draws its themes from classic pulp sci-fi from the 1940s-1950s, featuring aliens, rayguns, mutants etc.The gameplay is very similar to Fallout. The player creates a character with stats, skills and feats, combat is turn-based and uses an action point system, and NPCs can be persuaded with a variety of dialog skills. |
| The Ultimate Games CD | 2006 | Oberon Media, Inc. | Expansive Media Ltd | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ultimate Games is a compilation CD that was given away with "Top Of The Pops" magazine. It contains the following time limited 'taster' games which can be played for one hour each after which the player must purchase them:
5 Spots
7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Aloha Solitaire
Big Kahuna Reef
Bookworm
Bricks of Atlantis
Chicken Attack
Diner Dash
Flip Words
Hexalot
"Incrediball: The Seven Sapphires
Inspector Parker
Jigsaw 365
Koko Arena
"Luxor: Amun Rising
Magic Ball 2: New Worlds
Magic Match
Mah Jong Medley
Mystery Case Files: Huntsville
Saints & Sinners Bingo
Saints & Sinners Bowling
Snowy: the Bear's Adventures
Tradewinds 2
Wonderlines
Zuma
The full game Tennis Antics is included with unlimited play.
Other time limited taster games on the CD but not referenced by the menu are
Alien Shooter
Bejewelled 2
Dino and Aliens
Fish Tycoon
Off-Road Arena
Sudoku Quest
Turtle Odyssey
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| The Ultimate Trivia Quiz | 2006 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Puzzle | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | Back of Case - PlayStation 2 (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)"Which US President
was the Teddy Bear
named after?""What line of work did
Al Capone have on his
business cards?""Which Disney character was introduced
as the world's first talking
cartoon character?"
Thousands of questions
based on numerous
subjects including:
Sport, entertainment,
current affairs,
literature, history, and
popular culture.
Multiple modes of
play including Top of
the Class, Play or
Pass, Quick Fire, and
Multigame.
Multiple difficulty
levels and handicaps
to suit players of all
levels of ability.
Single-player, multiplayer and team-
based options to make this the perfect
party game for up to 4 teams or individuals.
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| The Ultimate World Cup Quiz | 2006 | Liquid Games | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Sports | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | The Ultimate World Cup Quiz is a football trivia game for up to four players. It's identical to The Great British Football Quiz except it only includes questions about the FIFA World Cup. It spans all the way back to the original 1930 World Cup in Uruguay. It contains four different game modes:
Top of the League
Play or Pass
Shootout
Football Crazy
For each question the player gets four alternatives to choose from. Top of the League consists of three rounds of eight questions and the player with most points at the end of round three wins. With use of jokers the player can remove two wrong alternatives. Play or Pass also consists of three rounds of eight questions and players play together. Jokers are not available in this mode. In Shootout jokers are used to force the other player to answer. Football Crazy is played over three rounds consisting of one round of each of the other game modes. All modes can be played by up to four players but only the Top of the League mode can be played by one player. |
| The Vulture, Investigation in Napoleon's Paris | 2006 | Nemopolis | Nemopolis | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Mini-games, Puzzle elements | Europe | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Vulture, Investigation in Napoleon's Paris is the second game in the educational historical time-traveling series for children of seven years and up, where we, playing as a robot kid Oscar, have to trace the rascal Du Noï who has stolen the time machine from our tutor and creator Doctor Twenty (Vingt).This time the evil Du Noï is on the loose in Napoleon’s Paris: we travel to the year of 1809 and have the ability to visit the Carrousel du Louvre, the Rue de Rivoli, the Vendôme column, the Invalides, the Château de la Malmaison, Saint-Cloud and other historical places, as well as to spy for Fouché and Schulmeister, to uncover the plot against Napoleon (who will be on our side himself) and to solve many riddles, as well as playing several mini-games. A 160-page illustrated encyclopedia is there to help the player to carry out their investigation. |
| The World's Best Board Games | 2006 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | cerasus.media GmbH | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Chess | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The World's Best Board Games is a compilation of board game conversions, these are not separate shareware games that have been bundled together, this is an integrated package. It consists of the following games:
BackgammonChess
Draughts/CheckersBlocked
Chinese CheckersCatch The Hat
Nine Men's MorrisPachisi
Peg SolitaireReversi / Othello
Snakes & Ladders
Peg Solitaire is a single player game, others such as Chess and Draughts are two player, Chinese Checkers is a three player game while Others like Snakes & ladders are four player games. Every game must have one human player. The player can choose different faces for themselves and their computer opponents, sound is optional, all games gave two viewpoints and all opponents have three skill levels. All games are played with the mouse. |
| Three Weeks in Paradise | 2006 | Team SpecNG | Team SpecNG | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This freeware remake of the action-adventure game from 1985 updates the graphics and sounds while maintaining the same gameplay of the original. As before, the player controls Wally Week through the African jungle, where he must gather the necessary items to rescue his wife and son. As in Dizzy and other eighties adventure-platform titles, the main character has to wander through several screens and collect objects to solve puzzles, while avoiding dangerous enemies and hazardous environments. Dialog messages scroll at the bottom of the screen, giving clues about the objectives and developing the plot. There are two slots in the inventory at the bottom interface, and Wally has to use the appropriate tools to perform an action or complete a task. |
| Tiny Worlds | 2006 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Ladia Group | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tiny Worlds is a game where the player needs to guide sheep, puppies and other helpless animals home safely. The player places arrows that lead the helpless animals home before time ends. They need to avoid wolves, sharks and more enemies and prevent them from falling down deep wells. The game includes 250 levels that are divided into 5 different worlds with 50 levels each, and three difficulty levels. Every world contains different helpless animals and different enemies. |
| Tischtennis 3D Professional | 2006 | Beat Games | | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tischtennis 3D Professional is a table tennis simulation. During the matches the player controls his table tennis racket - yes, the racket, there are no people displayed - and uses his keyboard to perform actions like moving or hitting. The game features a training mode and exhibition matches (single and double) and uses the official rule set. Additionally there are also gimmick modes, e.g. a moving net, holes in the table, fans or a table set in space with modified physics. There are four stadiums and different difficulty modes. |
| TopWare Interactive's Best of Games: Strategy | 2006 | ZUXXEZ Entertainment AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of six games:
Earth 2150
Earth 2150: Lost Souls
Earth 2150: The Moon Project
Knightshift
World War II: Panzer Claws II
World War III: Black Gold |
| Toy Golf | 2006 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Fathammer Ltd., Ninai Games, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Back of Case - Gizmondo (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)The adventure of your lifetime awaits you - in your living room.
Minigolf with a twist, ToyGolf gives all the thrills of birdies and bogeys in the comfort of your home!
Putt your way through the kitchen, study, living room and a number of other indoor locations in this golf game of a different perspective.FEATURES:
Nine different courses
Accurate ball physics
Addictive casual gameplay
Multiple camera modes
Hot-seat multiplayer mode
Rich 3D graphics
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| Trainz Routes 4 Pack | 2006 | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Trainz Routes 4 Pack is a compilation of the following add-on packs for Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006:
Trainz Routes Volume 1
Trainz Routes Volume 2
Trainz Routes Volume 3
Trainz Routes Volume 4
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| Treasures of the Deep | 2006 | Elephant Entertainment, LLC, Oberon Media, Inc. | Forge of Games | Action | Behind view | | | Paddle / Pong | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Treasure of the Deep is a Breakout-style game with an underwater theme. The player is tasked with clearing all the bricks on the playfield by hitting a ball with a paddle located at the bottom of the screen. Some bricks release power-ups when hit, both positive and negative, while other bricks release treasure which increase the score when collected. The player will also come across mines which fall towards the bottom of the screen when hit and destroy the paddle if it comes in contact with them. The game contains 113 levels, usually with animated brick structures, and can be played with three difficulty levels. |
| Trembling Towers | 2006 | astragon Software GmbH | Gzwo Softwareentwicklung | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Trembling Towers is an arcade game where the player build towers. On the ground lies a small grey square and the player gets the control over one of twelve different stones which are similar formed as the blocks in Tetris. The he simply uses his mouse to bring them on the ground and the mouse buttons to turn them. As soon as the block touches the ground or another stone he loses control and the blocks do what the game physics, modelled after reality, order them to. Then he gets a new block. A mission is lost if a block touches the ground outside the grey square.During the 70 missions the player has to fulfill requirements, e.g. a certain height or wide or rebuilding a certain shape. For every used block the player receives points, this means he gets rewarded for more sophisticated structures. There is no time limit. |
| Trick Track | 2006 | Atari Italia S.p.A. | K-Vision | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Trick Track is a story-driven game on illegal street racing with fictional cars and locations. Most events are standard multiple-lap races against a varying number of opponents, with the occasional time attack.Three types of bonus points can be earned during a race: style (for precision driving), stunt (for reckless driving that does not involve other cars) and extreme (for aggressive driving at the expense of other cars, whether competing or local traffic). The game does not feature an economy as most cars are available from the start and upgrades are fitted automatically on the cars used to win multiple races. |
| Triple Pack: Ultimate Mahjongg 5 / Ultimate Solitaire 500 / 25,000 Sudoku | 2006 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Triple Pack: Ultimate Mahjongg 5 - Ultimate Solitaire 500 - 25000 Sudoku is a three game compilation comprising;
Ultimate Mahjongg 5
Ultimate Solitaire 500
Ultimate Games: 25,000 Sudoku
The compilation comes in a cardboard sleeve inside which are three retail keep cases.
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| Turbo Trucks | 2006 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Tuna Technologies Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Track racing, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Turbo Trucks is a single player, keyboard controlled racing game though a joystick is also supported. There are three race modes; Tournament, Quick Race and Time Trial.
The races are run around two courses, Redwood Valley and Razor Canyon. For the Quick Race and the Time trial these courses are divided into stages with only the first stage of Redwood Valley being available, other stages are unlocked as the player progresses through the tournament mode.The tournament mode starts with the player racing in the Amateur league, success there allows the player to race in the Semi-Pro league which in turn leads to the Pro league. All tournaments are over four races and take place on sections from either of the two courses.There is a variety of quad bikes to choose from, Smokey, Bulldog, Diesel and Thunder which are available at the start of the game plus King Cobra, Big Green and a mystery vehicle which are unlocked by winning tournaments. Apart from colour the trucks all have the same performance.
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| Tycoon Deluxe Edition | 2006 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked!
Tycoon City: New York |
| Ultimate Battle Pack | 2006 | Vivendi Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of the games:
101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy
Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc
Warrior Kings: Battles
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| Ultimate Games: 25,000 Sudoku | 2006 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ultimate Games: 25,000 Sudoku is, as the name implies, a collection of twenty-five thousand Sudoku puzzles. The game installs these puzzles into ten books each containing two-thousand five hundred puzzles and within each book the puzzles are further divided by difficulty. The puzzles can be played either by the keyboard, the mouse or a combination of the two. Answers may be entered in pen - used when the player is sure of a cell's contents, and in pencil - used to indicate potential answers.The game has a help function which basically explain the rules, a cheat function and a 'check answers' function which tells the player 'you have entered x numbers and y are incorrect' without saying which are incorrect.
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| Ultimate Mahjongg 20 | 2006 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Gunnar Games, Inc. | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ultimate Mahjongg 20 is the twentieth game in Gunnar Games' long-running series of computerised versions of the classic tile matching game from China. This version includes 2,500+ backgrounds, 500+ different layouts and 500 tile sets. Players can also create custom versions for each of these. There are more than 20 variations included such as Arcade, Countdown, Double Deck, Dragon Hunter, Freefall, Memory, Nanjing, Online Play, Shisen, Sap Tim Pun, Solitaire, Speed, Sudoku, Tournament, Triplets, Two Player, and Waterfall. |
| Ultimate Solitaire 1000 | 2006 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Compilation, Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ultimate Solitaire 1000 is a collection of solitaire games boasting 1000 unique games.
This compilation of card games is fully featured and easy to load, customise and play. It can be run either in a window or full screen.The first time the game is played after installation it prompts the player for their name. The player then selects their preference from the play area and card backs that are available.All games are played by mouse. The player clicks on a card to drag and drop it into a location, or clicks on a stack to view the next card.Features include :
The ability to turn on/off card animations, sounds, the recording of statistics (fastest times, number of times a game has been played, etc), and whether the undo moves feature is allowed.
Over forty different kinds of card back together with the facility to import more
Eight kinds of card face including large symbols for the visually impaired
Over eighty different play area images together with the facility to import more
Help screens which describe both the general rules & terms of solitaire and the rules for each game
A game creator screen
A game tutor which will suggest moves and, if necessary, auto-play the game
A long list of games grouped by type |
| Ultraman: Little Adventure | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing | CyberPlanet Interactive Public Co., Ltd. | Action | | Licensed | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | A magical crystal has been shattered, and Ultraman's enemies have scattered the pieces. Now, it is up to Ultraman to recover the crystal.Similar to Pac-Man, in each level, Ultraman, Ultraman Taro, or Ultraman Ace will run along the paths in the level, collect all the crystals, then escape through the exit, while avoiding enemies. There are weapons and other power-ups scattered around the level, and a timer to keep you moving. The game includes 25 levels, in five different worlds. |
| Ultraman: Monster Crisis | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing | CyberPlanet Interactive Public Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting, Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ultraman: Monster Crisis is a 1-on-1 fighting game based on the long running Japanese TV series. The player can choose to play as various incarnations of the Ultraman character including Ultraman Jack and Ultraman Taro. Using punches, kicks and the characters special moves, they take on monsters from the Ultraman universe such as Ace Killer and Dorako. Between fights the player can upgrade their abilities to help with harder battles. |
| Ultraman: Power Fighter | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing | CyberPlanet Interactive Public Co., Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Similar to the Puzzle Fighter series, Ultraman: Power Fighter pits the fighters of the Japanese TV show against each other in the form of a gem-based puzzle game. Gems gradually fill up the screen from the bottom, but the player can pick up and move gems. If 4 gems of the same color touch, they disappear, and are replaced by one gem of the next highest grade. Higher grade gems only need 3 or 2 identical gems touching to upgrade, and the highest-grade gem will disappear entirely upon matching 2. If the gem pile reaches the top of the screen, you lose.Ultraman: Power Fighter features 4 modes of play. Versus features a one on one fight between two players or the computer. Story challenges you to beat several fighters in a row. Classic is one player against an ever-growing pile of gems, and Time Attack is like classic, but with the addition of a clock. |
| Ultraman: The Ultimate Fighting | 2006 | Selectsoft Publishing | CyberPlanet Interactive Public Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Ultraman characters face off against their villains. The Ultimate Fighting is a 2d fighting game. Punch, kick, jump, and use special attacks against your opponent. There are 4 hero characters, 6 villain characters, 2 hidden characters and 7 arenas. Each character has different special attacks.Included is a Single Battle mode, (single-player) and VS mode (2 player). Number of rounds, attack damage, and special gauges are all adjustable. |
| Under Siege | 2006 | Dar al Fikr | Afkar Media | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Historical events | | | | | | Windows | The sequel to Under Ash puts you once again in the shoes of a young Palestinian who joins the Intifada to oppose the Israeli occupation of the disputed territories. Set during the early days of the second Intifada, the game includes two campaigns each with different outcomes. Gameplay is similar to the original, in which you control your character from a 3rd-person perspective while he uses small firearms and makeshift weapons, and later switches to a first-person perspective to handle specific weapons.As with the original, the game is based on alleged real-life accounts of Palestinian refugees and allegedly recreates several battles and encounters with the Israeli army. |
| V tylu vraga: Diversanty 2 | 2006 | 1C Company | Best Way | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Stealth | World War II | | | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | V tylu vraga: Diversanty 2 is the second game in the V tylu vraga series. It is a standalone game based on the Soldiers: Heroes of World War II engine and is more orientated on direct control. It includes a campaign with ten missions in which you play as sniper Ekateriny Strelnikovoy, having to complete certain goals. |
| Versailles 1685 & Versailles II | 2006 | Dice Multi Media Europe B.V., Mindscape France | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A compilation of both games of the Versailles series:
Versailles 1685
Versailles II: Testament of the King |
| Virus Crashers | 2006 | YoshibaWorks | YoshibaWorks | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)The retro magic of the NES-era has returned! This game perfectly recreates the feelings, moods, and memories of those magical 8 bit days. Two modes available: Try your skill on 1 player mode, Or, try 2 player mode! Supports both online, offline play. Compete for a new high score with family and with your friends, or try new stages. 99 tough stages will recall the feeling of childhood days.Be careful when playing Virus Crashers, and don't get too addicted! |
| VitalSign | 2006 | Eclypse | EGN Interactive Co., Ltd., YUSHO GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | VitalSign is an online-only shooter with four playing modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Rounded base which is basically Team Deathmatch without respawning. Before every round the player chooses one weapon in every weapon category: melee, primary, secondary and special. The betting system works with so-called life-points: Before every match the players can bet a free amount of life-points and the winning team gets them all. These points can also be used to buy better weapons or other skins. The game also uses a rank system where experience points get rewarded for kills. A high rank is needed to unlock all 16 maps when opening an own server.In theory the game is free to play after purchasing it - if the player has a lot of patience or is very good at the game. Every player gets a certain amount of the already-mentioned life-points when he registers his account but every match costs one of them whether the player bets or not. There are five ways to receive life-points:
The match winner gets his point back
Winning points with bets
Waiting (every player receives a certain amount of points per day)
Playing training rounds where he shoots teddy bears and bunnies
Buying them with real money |
| WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos / WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne / Diablo II / Diablo II: Lord of Destruction | 2006 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (base game)
WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne (expansion pack)
Diablo II (base game)
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (expansion pack) |
| Weekend Play Pack | 2006 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of the following games:
The Golf Pro 2
Space Invaders: Anniversary
Mashed: Drive to Survive |
| Werner: Flitzkacke-Alarm!!! | 2006 | Tivola Publishing GmbH | Spirit Projektgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Werner: Flitzkacke-Alarm!!! is a Pipe Mania variant based on the German comics character Werner. As in most similar games the player has to build a connection between two pipes before the liquid - in this case feces - reaches an unconnected end. The player has a limited amount of parts to his disposal. Certain points in the level reward bonus points when the pipe connection crosses them - of course this is more difficult then constructing a direct connection.
There are 96 levels and three difficulty levels.
Characters known from the comics comment on the game. On the online high score list the player can compare his performance with other players. |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Party Edition | 2006 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Climax Action Limited | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Party game | | | | | | | Windows | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Party Edition is a quiz game based on the successful TV show and varies it to be more suited for multiplayer. The basic rules are still the same: The player takes the role of a candidate and has to answer 15 questions by choosing the correct answer out of four given possibilities. For every right answer he receives money but he also loses money when choosing poorly (there are two "guarantee points" where he falls back to so he doesn't lose all). There are also three jokers: eliminating two false answers, asking the viewers in the studio per poll and phoning a friend. In the game the latter is a prerecorded conversation.The game has a more comical look as in the former game versions because the player has to choose between different characters which are present during the game and give humorous statements. New are also the three difficulty levels: while "normal" represents the regular rules described above the "easy" mode add three lives which are basically second chances when answering a question wrong and in "hard" mode the player has no access to jokers. In the "quick fire" mode the player needs to answer as much questions as possible.Multiplayer mode has even less to do with the original rules. Here every player can buzz in after the game states the question. The fastest player has to answer within one second or another player can steal it from him. He has also the possibility to force another player to answer the question - but of course he gets punished when the other player gets it right (who also gets an extra reward). Every player gets three lives. The goal is to answer 15 questions correctly. There are also four additional multiplayer variations: quick fire, play-or-pass (a player can choose to answer a question himself or pass it away), millionaire remix (collecting lives and guarantee points) and multimillionaire (team-based). |
| Wings 2 | 2006 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Wings 2 is a multiplayer "cave-flyer" shooter. Featuring physics-based gameplay and destructible terrain in a side-view, scrolling parallax environment, the game's basic gameplay involves two to four players flying triangular Thrust-style ships that can rotate, thrust, and fire, attempting to destroy the other players' ships. Ships can equip up to four different types of weapons, chosen during match setup. While Wings 2 is primarily a multiplayer game, it does feature a single-player practice mode against AI opponents.The game was originally released as shareware, with registration is required to play TCP/IP games, but the developer has made the full game available for free download since 2008. It can be played split-screen, via LAN, or over the Internet.
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| Wings of Honour: Battles of the Red Baron | 2006 | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Historical events, World War I | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | The sequel to Wings of Honour pits the player as either a WWI pilot of a special squadron of the Allied forces, The Angels of Annihilation, or of Jasta 11, the squadron of Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron.There are three main game modes: new game, free flight and multiplayer. New game starts either an Allied or German campaign. Free flight lets the player fly over any selected map without facing enemies. In multiplayer mode, up to 10 players can dogfight in any selected map.During the campaign missions, players can sometimes select which aircraft to fly (including a German Zeppelin in some missions). The aircraft is controlled with the mouse for direction and shooting and the keyboard for rolling and selecting weapons. Each airplane is equipped with one main cannon (fired with the left mouse button) and two secondary weapons: bombs and rockets (selected with the 2 and 1 keys, respectively, and fired with the right mouse button). When firing bombs a ground aim will appear, showing where the bomb will fall. While flying players will also be able to give orders to their wing-men, telling them to help them, follow or disengage (pressing F9, F10 and F11 respectively).There are 5 cameras available: cockpit view, external view, internal view (cockpit-less), spin camera and fly by camera. Players can also control the pilots view with a free look mode. |
| Winterspiele | 2006 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Independent Arts Software GmbH | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Winterspiele is a sports game which offers seven disciplines: biathlon, bobsled (for two and four), ice speed skating, luge, ski jumping, snowboard and ski freestyle. Besides the graphical presentation it makes no difference which one the player chooses because everything is controlled exactly the same: arrows move from the right side of the screen to the left side and the player has to press the correct button at the correct time. The game evaluates how good the timing was and depending on this the athlete gets better or worse results. |
| Within a Deep Forest | 2006 | | | Action | Side view | | | Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dr. Cliché has built two bombs to turn the entire world to ice. The first one failed, but now the clock is ticking. Within a Deep Forest is a platformer where the players guides a ball. There are two main areas, the Harara Mountains, a practice area, and Pinewood Heights where the real game takes place. The ball is able to bounce, with additional keys to control movement, steady the ball and an option to commit suicide.Pinewood Heights consists of different sublevels that have the player unlock up to 10 different ball types, each with different abilities. Some can break through barriers, others shatter when colliding or are resistant to cold, a range of balls provides an increased jump height, and there is even an option to fly. Next to pixel-perfect timing and jumping, the choice of ball, often in the same level, is crucial to solve the many puzzles. Focus is on the platform aspect, with only a small amount of enemies and no means of attack. The ball types can not be selected at will, but only at save points after dying or when entering a new area.The levels have different themes and are all drawn in pixel art, with ambient music to go along. There are 2 difficulty levels, an unlockable speedrun mode with online high scores (1.1.2 or earlier) and 3 secret levels (third one added in a later update). |
| Wolfschanze | 2006 | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Calaris Studios Sp. z o.o | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | Shooter | World War II | | | | | | Windows | Wolfschanze is a World War II-themed shooter based on the life of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, who conspired against Adolf Hitler, attempted to assassinate him and tried to organize the military coup against the Nazi leaders. The name of the game, Wolfschanze, was the codename of Hitler's military headquarters at the Eastern Front.Players take on the role of Claus and the game starts with the assassination, which fails, and the 20 missions are spent exploring an alternate history in 1994 in occupied Poland and Germany where von Stauffenberg fights against Nazi soldiers while attempting to murder Hitler a second time. As in the real events, he will be helped during the game by people who conspired along.The game uses classic first-person shooter elements, with different locations, enemies such as soldiers and guard dogs, and a selection of weapons including the Walther P38, MP-40 "Schmeisser", Mauser 98 rifle, MG-42 Machinegun, K43 sniper rifle, Panzerfaust 30, Stielhandgranate 24 and the Flammenwerfer 41-P. Most of the action takes place in closed locations such as castles, cities or bunkers, with a strictly linear path. During certain missions, Claus can drive bikes or tanks, changing the perspective to third-person.The game uses the in-house developed IC engine. It provides destroyable objects and using Newton physics, players can pick up objects and launch them. Multiplayer is supported with both deathmatch and cooperative maps. |
| Word Krispies | 2006 | Liquid Dragon Studios LLC | Liquid Dragon Studios LLC | Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Mini-games, Word construction | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Word Krispies is a word puzzle game. The player has to create words with the available letters and submit them. Longer words give more points.The letters float as cereal flakes on a bowl. Clicking on them or typing creates a letter sequence at the bowl rim. If it is a valid word of three or more letters, the selected cereals pulsate and the display on the bowl changes color. The player can then submit the word by either hitting enter or clicking on the green submit button. Each word moves the game to the next round and adds to the red progress bar that must be filled to complete the level.Unused letters get soggier with time. When they approach disintegration, they turn red. Every lost cereal decreases the number of available letters. Bonus rounds offer the chance of increasing the number of letters. They are word mini-games, like Hangman and Scrabble.Some cereals have special proprieties. Green cereals appear on the bowl after the submission of a big word. They never dissolve. A multicolored cereal must be used immediately, as it disappears after one round. It gives random power-ups and points. Some cereals have colored marshmallows. Lining them up by color gives extra points. The bottom of the screen displays a bonus word that when assembled gives points and progress boosts.Some levels have specific features. One has a swimming broccoli that suggests a complex word once it is clicked. Other has bombs that explode and replace surrounding cereals when clicked. Another has coffee beans that refresh a soggy cereal. Randomly, a fruit falls on the bowl, and must be collected quickly for points.There are two game modes: Classic and Action. In Classic mode, the flakes get soggier after each word is submitted, while in Action mode the cereal gets soggier in real-time. |
| Word Search Deluxe | 2006 | Big Fish Games, Inc | | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Word Search Deluxe is a single person, mouse controlled puzzle game. It features optional music and sound effects, toggles between window and full screen mode, the option to print a puzzle, a puzzle creation function and has an option to post scores and user created puzzles on-line.There are four sections to this product;
Kids Corner: Here all the puzzles are all played on a 9x9 grid using, according to the documentation, the names of animals however the words farmer, angel and unicorn have been observed. When an animal is found the game plays an appropriate sound effect.
Competitor's Alley: There are three options in this section;
Marathon: Here the player tackles randomly selected word search puzzles against the clock, every word found adds to the timer. When a puzzle is solved another is started using the 'left over' time from the previous puzzle.
Timed Mode: The player solves puzzles against the clock and posts their scores on-line
Mystery Mode: This mode is the same as the timed mode but the player does not know what words they are looking for
Puzzle Fun: There is no timer in this mode so it's played just for fun, in these games the player can select grid size (options available are 12x12, 16x16 & 21x21) and puzzle category
Creativity Centre: Here the player can download new groups of words created by other players as well as creating their own groups which can be uploaded and shared with others. |
| World Football | 2006 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | World Football is a compilation of three football games that was released in advance of the 2006 World Cup. The titles in this compilation are:
Five-A-Side Football
Football Champions Quiz
Kick'n'Rush Soccer 2006 |
| World Football 2006-2007 | 2006 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | World Football 2006-2007 is a three game compilation containing;
Five-A-Side Football
Football Champions Quiz
Kick & Rush Soccer 2006 |
| World War Alpha | 2006 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | | Mat Dickie | Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Direct control, Point and select | | | | Windows | official game website (from Ad Blurbs)This is the 3D original of the same concept that would go on to find more success as Back Wars some 12 years later in 2018. I had been playing Civilization 2 and always found it interesting whenever a modern army came into contact with a primitive culture. I felt it should be the subject of an entire game, and dreamed up a cliched plot about going back in time to rule the world 1,000 years in advance! I stirred the pot even further by combining real battlefield action with a Risk-style concept of world domination, where each side took it in turns to deploy their units from one territory to another - populated by combatants unique to that part of the world. It wasn't historically or geographically accurate by any means, but it was what the crazy concept required! This version even featured a split-screen multiplayer mode, and was one of my first games to use real sprawling terrain - where hills and rivers made for more interesting battlefields than anything we saw in 2D. |
| World of Astérix | 2006 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Included in this compilation are the following 4 games:
Astérix & Obélix XXL
Astérix & Obélix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum
Astérix: The Gallic War
Astérix Mega Madness
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| World of RollerCoaster Tycoon | 2006 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In this compilation the following games are included:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Time Twister
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked!
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild! |
| World of Soccer: WOS Online | 2006 | Jetix Europe NV | iSport Games | Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | World of Soccer is an on-line multiplayer soccer game in which players battle it out using game cards.Like other collectible card games, World of Soccer features cards which players can use to play the game. Cards can be bought as actual cards in a store or ordered on the developer's website as digital versions. Each card represents a certain action, player, power or management style which can be used in the game.The game itself resembles a ordinary match of soccer. Players find opponents through the on-line servers. Global rankings keep the stats from each of the game's players. The game itself is presented in 3D. Players are controlled with the mouse similar to a strategy game. Special actions are performed by clicking on the appropriate cards.There are two versions of the game, the Nations League and the Club League. The Club League features Dutch clubs to be played while the Nations League features European nations to be played. There are no differences in the game play only the names of the clubs are different. |
| X-Treme Quads | 2006 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Tuna Technologies Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | X-Treme Quads is a single player, keyboard controlled racing game though a joystick is also supported. There are three race modes;Tournament, Quick Race and Time Trial.
The races are run around two courses, Outlaw Canyon and Vengence Viaduct. For the Quick Race and the Time trial these courses are divided into stages with only the stages of Outlaw Canyon being available, other stages are unlocked as the player progresses through the tournament mode.The tournament mode starts with the player racing in the Amateur league, success there allows the player to race in the Semi-Pro league which in turn leads to the Pro league. All tournaments are over four races.There is no reverse so when the player gets stuck, say behind a rock,they must press SPACE to reposition their vehicleThere is a variety of quad bikes to choose from, The Tiger, LaZer, Hawk, Phantom, Wasp, Falcon plus the Enforcer and Xtreme 2 which are locked at the start of the game. Some action keys can be redefined and the player can choose the number of opponents they race against (between zero and five) |
| X³: Reunion 2.0 - Game of the Year Edition | 2006 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | EGOSOFT GmbH | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | Mike Lewis (credited as Mike 'Apoch' Lewis), Thomas Maier, Klaus Meyer | Real-time | | | Windows | X³: Reunion 2.0 - Game of the Year Edition is a re-release of X³: Reunion that was sold exclusively by GAME. It includes all bug fixes, updates and features to the game up to v2.0.1 which means the following enhancements, and more, are included:
Mobile Mining and Space Station Wrecks, both of which were introduced in v1.3The following features are among the enhancements introduced with v2.0.01:
Bala Gi Research missions, enabling access to Player Headquarters station and new ships Paranid Hyperion, Argon Eclipse, Split Chimera and Paranid Medusa.
Over 200 newly designed models including ships and space stations
Two new sectors: Senator’s Badlands (Yaki) and Elysium of Light (Goner)
A new ship class: the M7.
The Xenon have an upgraded arsenal to counter the new ships designed by Bala Gi Research Inc
A new weapon the Concussion Impulse Generator.The game's start screen has a 'Check for updates' option, this auto selects a patch that upgrades the game to version 2.5. |
| Yo-Jin-Bo | 2006 | Hirameki International Group Inc. | TWOFIVE, Inc. | Adventure | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Yo-Jin-Bo is a Japanese-style anime adventure game set in medieval Japan long after the warring states period. The player plays the role of Sayori, a high school female student who coincidentally comes into possession of a jade pendant. Later that night, Sayori awakens from her sleep to find the mysterious pendant floating in mid-air with a ghostly vision of a girl crying out for help. The story then unfolds to reveal the tale of an Princess Hatshusime (Hatsume), entrapped in Kitahama Castle of Chief Inspector Harumoto and is pursuit by his ninja assassins. The story comes back to present day Sayori, who somehow finds herself back in time trapped in Hatsume's body in the company of her faithful bodyguard Muneshige, just before an assassination attempt on Hatsume was made. The story continues with them attempting to escape from the assassins and meeting up other main characters of the game hired rescue her. All in the meanwhile describing the humor-curious relationship between all of them.Gameplay requires little player intervention as the majority consists of Japanese voice-overs with English sub-titles. There are however, some few instances per chapter of the story where the player is required to make a decision over a few selections within a specified time-limit. If the player does not choose a selection, a decision will be chosen by default for the player. If the player chooses the wrong decision however, it may result in the game ending abruptly, forcing the player to load a previous game or restart. The overall decisions of the player will decide different possible endings. |
| YooStar Fashion Salon | 2006 | YooStar Ltd. | Genuine Games Ltd. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | YooStar Fashion Salon is a single player game in which the object is to dress up clients for specific events.The game starts in the salon's waiting room. The player selects a client from the people waiting there and is given a brief description of the reason why they want a make-over, trying out for a cheerleader position, going to a wedding, wanting to impress a boyfriend and so on.From there the player chooses the clients shoes, outfit, hair, makeup, and eye colour. When the desired effect is completed the player is shown an animated sequence of how well the look worked for their client and a score is generated. Snapshots of the client can be taken during their big event and these are added to the player's portfolio.The game has music and is entirely mouse controlled. |
| Zodiac | 2006 | Oberon Games, Inc. | Beep Industries | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Zodiac is a color matching game with astrological themes, where players have to connect three or more balls of the same color to make them disappear. Each level shows a geometric field with a unique shape, containing several balls of varying colors floating around its perimeter. The player controls a cannon loaded with a sphere outside the field, that must be aimed with the mouse and shot towards a group of balls to make a match. When hit, the balls bounce around before slowly coming to a stop. When the target sphere has the same color of the cannon ball, they get connected by a string of sparkling stars. New spheres enter the field through green teleporters located on the vertices, and the objective is to clear the field before the time meter (at the top left) is totally drained.Special spheres appear on the cannon, acting as power-ups. The asteroid destroys any sphere on contact. The nova star explodes after some seconds of being fired, eliminating any balls that were touched while it was bouncing around the field. The meteor increases the value of the target sphere. Two-color balls match with spheres of either color. Some levels have multiple cannons, and the player selects which one to use by hovering the cursor over them. |
| Zoombinis 3rd Grade Learning System | 2006 | Learning Company, The, Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games on two discs:-Zoombinis Mountain Rescue-ClueFinders 3rd Grade Adventures
It also includes a bonus DVD featuring the "My Favourite Flying Things" episode of Gadget Boy's Adventures in History. |
| zen games | 2006 | Like Dynamite GmbH | Playland Virtual Games Fonds GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | zen games includes two variants of famous puzzle games:
Hexajong is a Mahjong variant which main innovation is that the stones are hexagons instead of squares. The player still needs to find two open stones with the same symbols to remove them. The goal is to remove all stones from the game board.
Ishidoku is a Sudoku variant with figurines instead of numbers. The player needs to fill these figurines in grids without using a figurine type twice in a row, column or grid area.
Both games feature puzzles with increasing difficulty which can be played in a linear fashion or randomly generated boards and help functions. |
| Egg vs. Chicken | 2006-01-01 | PlayFirst, Inc. | gameLab | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Carolina Moya, Yunho Seo, Catherine Yoo, Kyron Ramsey, Dauna Jeong | Windows | Egg vs. Chicken is a combination of match-3 puzzle elements and arcade action. The player slides eggs towards corners of a fortress, matching three or more of the same color in order to use them as projectiles.The main objective is to ward off an attack of invading chickens and collect energy eggs. Once these chickens reach the surrounding fortress walls, they start pecking at sections of it. If they succeed in making an opening and entering, the game is over and the player has to restart the level.Each fallen chicken leaves behind a new egg. Collecting these ensures a steady ammunition supply for the fortress. Sometimes they drop an energy egg. A number of these are necessary to finish the level.The egg color is related to special proprieties of it. White and brown are the standard ammunition, only dealing a limited amount of damage to the chicken. Red "inferno" eggs are more effective as they burn the jingoist poultry. Blue "blizzard" eggs can destroy those birds that are immune to fire. Yellow "thunder" eggs electrocute the fowl, and are particularly good against those wearing metal equipment. Black eggs kill any chicken. Rainbow eggs act like wildcards, matching with eggs of any color.While fighting the feathered onslaught, random items appear on the battlefield that can be collected and used. Repair wrenches reconstruct ruined wall sections. Paint buckets change the color of a group of eggs. Bombs explode the clucking enemy. Freeze boxes make the ground slippery, slowing the birds pace. Mines detonate on contact. Flame moats incinerate any approaching chicken. |
| Goldene Zeiten | 2006-01-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action, Compilation, Racing / Driving | | | | Shooter | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Goldene Zeiten is a compilation of three games based on the German motion picture Goldene Zeiten (Golden Times) by Senator Film.Join three characters from the movie in a thrilling car race against time and a test of dexterity while guiding the drunken Doug safely on his way to the golf course, the location of the third game. He swaggers from side to side and the player has to help him keep his balance while Doug is slowly moving forward. In the third game, you have to help Matthies defend his golf course from his landlord, a farmer eager to cultivate his grounds again, by playing a rather different kind of golf: the player has to use the golf club and balls to drive away tractors and farm hands from the course.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Group Inspiration: Movies
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| Lissy: 50 Pferde-Spiele | 2006-01-06 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Sports | | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Lissy: 50 Pferde-Spiele is a collection of 50 mini games about horses. Skill games, quiz games, memory and letter puzzles are included and can be selected from the menu. |
| Christmas Quest: The Best Adventure Game Ever! | 2006-01-09 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Contemporary | | Point and select | Persistent | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Christmas Quest: The Best Adventure Game Ever! is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.Story:
It is early Christmas morning and the player only named as Dork can't wait for Christmas evening and comes downstairs to the living room. One present should contain the best adventure game ever. But before he gets to that the Christmas tree needs some attention.The game is a one-room game.
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| Jewel of Atlantis | 2006-01-09 | Enkord, Ltd. | Enkord, Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jewel of Atlantis is an action puzzle game which combines match-3 mechanics with Breakout-style mayhem. In this game, you explore a newly uncovered ancient continent in search of valuable treasures and relics. There is huge map available for your exploration with a number of various roads and pathways to travel. Sink below the deep sea to witness adventures in mystical places like a Sacred Temple, Ship Wreck, and a Sunken Volcano.The registered version of the game features unrestricted gameplay, over 100 levels, 19 mysterious relics, 2 non-linear game modes, free game updates, and technical support. |
| EverQuest: Titanium Edition | 2006-01-11 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | EverQuest: Titanium Edition is a compilation that includes the original game and the first ten expansions:The Ruins of Kunark
The Scars of Velious
The Shadows of Luclin
The Planes of Power
The Legacy of Ykesha
Lost Dungeons of Norrath
Gates of Discord
Dragons of Norrath
Omens of War
Depths of Darkhollow |
| Magical Teacher: My Teacher's a Mage? | 2006-01-13 | SCORE | SCORE | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Magical Teacher: My Teacher’s a Mage? is an adult fantasy visual novel. The protagonist is a boy with family issues. As such, he cannot live at home anymore and must move to his aunt Kasugai Haruka's house. On his way there he gets attacked by a magical statue. To his surprise he gets saved by his aunt and her team, who have been transformed into sorceresses.His aunt and the other sorceresses have formed a team to battle all magical anomalies in the city. It turns out that the protagonist, like his aunt, has magical abilities. After this discovery, he pledges to help his aunt's team and use his newly discovered abilities to combat the magical anomalies. |
| MiXem Delux | 2006-01-13 | Mooktown Games | Binary Graffitti | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | MiXem is a colour mixing puzzle game where the player must quickly rearrange the colours before the volcano erupts.The game puts a creative spin on the familiar Tetris style of puzzle gameplay adding a unique colour matching mechanic. The players must mix and match the colours before the blocks reach the top. There are 3 modes of play: Depth Quest, where the player tries to get as deep as they can, Time Attack, where the play must complete the depth before the time runs out, and Endless Mode, where the game just keeps playing. |
| Rat Hunter | 2006-01-13 | Game Factory Interactive Ltd., Russobit-M | Secret Sign | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Butch Grid is a freelance journalist who travels the galaxy in search of hot stories, then sells them to the highest bidder. Computer hacking and industrial espionage are among his many skills. When he stumbles across accounts of citizens going missing on the remote planet Spigs, with a possible link to the New Generation cybernetics corporation, he knows he could be onto something big. Grid travels to the planet and takes a job as a 'rat hunter,' dealing with the local mutant insect problem. It's the perfect cover for his investigation, or so he thinks. Needless to say, Grid discovers more than he bargained for.Rat Hunter is a traditional first-person-shooter that firmly takes its inspiration from Doom, Quake and other older titles. It's all about fast-paced shooting action and the design is kept intentionally simple. You will gain no benefit from headshots, there's no cover system and no iron sights.There are a few wrinkles though, like the use of the Meqon physics engine, which means that almost any object in the environment can be picked up, carried or thrown. You can, for instance, pick up a table and use it as a bullet shield; toss a chair at an enemy's head if you run out of ammo; throw a explosive barrel into a group of bad guys and then blow it up; or stack crates to block doors or get to high ledges.Other interesting details include the health system, which involves the oddly-named drug, 'Rum.' Rum will heal you, but if you take too many doses in a row, you'll suffer an 'overdose.' This turns your vision into a highly-saturated black and white and gives you a temporary burst of strength, allowing you to rip enemies apart with your bare hands.There are only two different types of ammunition (blue and yellow), each of which is used for a different set of weapons. More powerful weapons eat more ammo units per shot, meaning you might have to switch to something more cost-effective when ammo is low.As well as 19 levels of FPS action there is a 3rd-person driving section, in which you race a buggy through the desert, blasting enemy cars and gun emplacements.The convoluted story is delivered through voice-overs, occasional 'message discs' and flashbacks consisting of strange, somewhat disturbing images. |
| Snowy: Treasure Hunter 2 | 2006-01-13 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Aliasworlds Entertainment | Action, Puzzle | | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | After getting through the Puzzle Islands and his little foray into outer space Snowy The Bear returns to his real passion: treasure hunting. This time around Snowy will visit Africa, Mayan Jungles and The Far East. While collecting treasures he must avoid the evil denizens of the levels who are out to get him. The apes in Africa, The Ancient Mayans and The Dragons of Far East are just some of the dangers in Snowy's way. He must also watch out for falling into his own traps because once you die you must collect all the jewels on the stage again to advance.
Armed once again with his trusty pick-axe Snowy must move through a total of sixty stages which are split into the three aforementioned levels. There are also thirty easier additional levels for kids to play on top of this. Of course there are ten levels of training for each difficulty level. This platform game is sometimes a puzzler as you must figure out where to move Snowy while avoiding your own ditches you've dug for enemies. Beside the pick-axe there are also cage traps to lay for unsuspecting enemies and bombs which will blow up walls and other obstacles in Snowy's way. Once all the treasures are collected on a stage the exit will open up in a place on the map allowing Snowy to travel through it to the next level. Occasionally Snowy will have to also retrieve a key to unlock the gates on this exit door.
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| Taimanin Asagi Gaiden: Chaos Arena Hen | 2006-01-13 | Black Lilith | LiLith | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | During the events of Taimanin Asagi, the demon-hunting ninja Asagi Igawa is captured by the sadistic vampire Oboro and forced to fight in an underground arena known as the Chaos Arena. This kinetic novel depicts a previously-unseen part of the story in which Asagi is put up against a demoness known as Snake Lady. After Snake Lady forces Asagi to concede the fight, Asagi is subjected to rape, torture, and public humiliation courtesy of Snake Lady and Oboro.Taimanin Asagi Gaiden: Chaos Arena Hen is a hentai visual novel in the Taimanin series. Unlike Taimanin Asagi, it does not have branching story routes, instead having one ending only. |
| Backpacker 3: The Collection | 2006-01-16 | PAN Vision AB | | Compilation, Educational | | | | Board game, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Backpacker 3: The Collection is an compilation pack, consisting of the original Backpacker 3 and it's two expansion packs, Backpacker 3: Mediterraneo and Backpacker 3: Americana. The original game has 100 cities and more than 11000 quiz questions, the expansion packs provide 15 cities and more than 2000 new questions each. |
| MX vs. ATV Unleashed | 2006-01-16 | THQ Inc. | Rainbow Studios, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Off-roading | | | Everyone | | Windows | From the makers of MX Unleashed, MX vs. ATV pushes the envelope for others to follow. Choose from either a heart-pounding career Championship mode or race it up online for the fast-paced challenge from people all over the world. This worthy sequel quenches both the single player aspect of racing as well as the online challenge. Pick from either an MX bike or go at it with the newly added ATVs, Monster Trucks, Buggies etc. |
| 25 to Life | 2006-01-17 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Ritual Entertainment, Avalanche Software LLC | Action | Behind view | | Crime | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | Mature | | Windows | 25 to Life is set in the urban inner city jungle where you can choose to be either a law enforcer or law-breaker. In single-player mode, you follow the storyline of young Freeze who is trying to survive in the hood and protect his family, or that of Shaun Calderon, a gang leader who had to escape to Mexico. On the other side of the law, you can play the cop Lester Williams whose department is swamped by corruption.Whatever you choose, the bulk of the game has to walk through the cities, hide behind corners and then bust out and shoot people. As always, you have an arsenal of weapons and moves at your disposal.You can also play online with several people, fighting against each other in teams. |
| Karu | 2006-01-18 | GameGekko | GameGekko | Action, Puzzle, Strategy | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Karu is a marble shooter game, where the objective is to match spheres of the same color to make them disappear. The multi-colored spheres fall from the sky, and the player collects them moving a mouse-controlled idol statue sideways, swallowing the marbles with a gaping mouth and storing them in the torso, increasing its height. If the idol's head touches the top of the screen, the game is over.The stored marbles have to be used to make matches, by shooting them to the bottom of the screen, where a string of spheres keeps moving on a twisted track towards the top. If they manage to invade the upper field, the game is over. The goal of each level is to fill a meter with matches before this happens.Some power-ups fall from the sky as well, and can be deployed by the same manner. The lightning bolt destroys a line of marbles in its path. The meteorite shower breaks a random number of spheres. The color extinct power eliminates all the marbles that share its color. The halt power stops the marble movement for a few seconds. The back arrow makes the line move backwards. The digest power consumes all the balls stored inside the statue stomach. The snail makes the marbles move slowly. The rainbow ball matches any color. The fireball explodes a group of spheres. The snake slayer removes a whole string of marbles.An extra life is added at each 50.000 points. Each marble removed is worth 10 points, and a chain reaction multiplies its value. Coins sometimes appear, are worth 500 points and increase the meter by 10% after being collected. |
| Lyle in Cube Sector | 2006-01-19 | Bogosoft | Bogosoft | Action | Side view | | | Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | What do you do when a shadowy figure steals your cat? You go rescue your cat, of course!Lyle in Cube Sector is the heart-breaking, harrowing story of Lyle, a youngster who lives near the Cube Sector. And after someone steals Keddums, his cat, right from his front porch... he decides to go rescue him, delving into the depths of the Cube Sector.The game is directly inspired by both classic platforming action games of the 1980's and 1990's, and action-adventure games such as Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of The Night. Gameplay is simple: Lyle must search the Cube Sector and try to find power-ups which will give him new abilities, such as the ability to actually attack his enemies (well, Lyle is a weakling, after all), and a double jump, to name a few. Some areas cannot be accessed until certain power-ups have been obtained. |
| Rugby Challenge 2006 | 2006-01-19 | Hip Interactive Europe, Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Swordfish Studios Limited | Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Rugby Challenge 2006 is a single player game which contains both rugby simulation and managerial features. The game has multiple game modes:
Friendly: in which the player can play as any club against an any other club
Competition: which features the World Championship, the RBS 6 Nations, Three Nations, European Cup, a Tour, Leagues, and Cups.In the Tour the player can select any of the international teams represented and tour Europe, Oceania, Africa, or America with differing numbers of nations to play against in each location.The Leagues available include the English Premiership, the Top 14 (France), the Celtic League (now, 2015, called the Pro 12 and featuring teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales), and the Southern League which comprises teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. There is also an option to create a custom league.
The Cups that can be competed for mirror the leagues that can be played in, they are the English Cup, French Cup, Celtic Cup, Southern Cup, Super Cup and again there is an option to create and compete for a custom cup.
Challenge: There are five game options in this category.
Classic Matches. South Africa had been undefeated for sixty years when New Zealand brought that run to an end in 1956. In the first challenge the player controls the South African team and tries to prevent the defeat. There are ten 'Classic Matches' in all, the remaining nine are locked until the first challenge has been completed, they include playing as Scotland and trying to beat England; playing as the British isles and trying to neat New Zealand; playing as the USA and trying to beat France; playing as Wales and trying to beat Ireland.
Try Survival: The player competes in a series of matches which become progressively more difficult and must score an increasing number of tries in each
Hot Potato: A variation on the standard game where a player cannot hold the ball for more than three seconds, any player that does gets hit hard.
Old Time Rugby: Here games are played under old rules where no points are scored for a try, they can only be scored from the penalty that follows.
Superstars: In this variation of the standard game only one nominated player from the players team can score points.
Career Mode: This is a rugby management side of the game where the player takes control of a team in Division Four of a mythical league and must manage them through the seasons to become a champion team. Players can be traded, and trained, the clubs finances need to be managed, coaches appointed etc.
The game also has a training mode and many bonus features such as additional stadiums, teams, balls and game effects all of which are locked until the player achieves specific goals.Matches can be three, five, seven or fifteen minutes long, can be played during the day or night, have weather effects and use one of the three difficulty settings Fun, Normal or Intensive Care.
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| Gore Screaming Show | 2006-01-20 | Black Cyc | Black Cyc | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Horror | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Gore Screaming Show is a horror visual novel by esteemed developer Black Cyc, the minds behind the infamous SaDistic BlooD. In this, one of their most famous works, a boy named Kyoji seeks to unravel the mysteries that have taken root in his hometown while he was away. Mysteries tied to a young girl named Yuka, and her companion, the horrific Gore Screaming Show. The game plays out in a visual novel style format, with fully-voiced characters and beautiful 2D artwork by Ueda Metawo.StoryWith his parents moving to America for work, Jinno Kyoji returns to his hometown, Kurehito City, after several years of absence to live with his mother's cousin, the free-spirited Saitama Yamiko. There, he encounters several girls he shares a history with. Kazuyagi Akane, the strong-spirited tomboy he grew up with.Namiki Aoi, a gloomy girl who's Akane's best friend.Misono Kiika, a graceful, good-natured classmate of his from his old school.In three years of absence, his hometown and its people have changed ever so slightly. Despite some hiccups, Kyoji's peaceful days in his hometown begin.At least until he meets a mysterious girl on his way to his first day at school. Violet hair. Large, striking eyes. Skin that's paler than the driven snow."Welcome home," she says. "My name is Yuka. Remember it."And wherever Yuka is, one mysterious, inexplicable figure is always nearby—a monstrous man by the name of Gore Screaming Show.Kyoji's encounter with these two figures marks the end of his peaceful days—as they bring chaos, violence, madness and despair into this world.Will Kyoji and the girl he loves be able to escape the madness and return to their peaceful days? Or will they—Features Hours of story content Japanese voice acting A classic horror experience Art by the legendary Ueda Metawo |
| Lonely Night | 2006-01-20 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Lonely Night is a free 2D point-and-click adventure. You control the game with the mouse and have access to an inventory. You are an old man in a wheel chair. You are alone in hour home at night and you suspect some thieves in the house. |
| Meccha Golf: Las Vegas de Nice Shot! | 2006-01-20 | Unbalance Corporation | Telenet Japan Co., Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Meccha Golf series of 3D golf games feature cartoony characters and bright, colourful courses. They feature character customization, online multiplayer, and an online leaderboard. Each of the three standalone games features similar gameplay in a unique course. This game, Las Vegas de Nice Shot!, presents a golf course in Las Vegas. |
| UnReal World | 2006-01-20 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | Survival | Roguelike | Europe, Fantasy, Medieval | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | UnReal World is a combination of survival simulator and low-fantasy rogue-like. The game is set in Iron Age Finland - roughly 1000 A.D. - when Finnish people were pagan tribes living on hunting, fishing, farming and trading furs. It has strong emphasis on survival; to keep your character fed and warm is a challenge in itself, especially when the winter hits with freezing temperatures. If you like, you can choose a tutorial-like game-course, which offers you small tasks one after one. These are good for learning the basics of the game, but otherwise the game is essentially open-ended; there is no final objective, no ready-made storyline to follow. Just wander the forests and make your living, settle down and build a farm of your own, be a peaceful fisher hermit, or equip a band of companions and go raiding and looting.The game begins with character creation. The player can choose a tribe for his character. This affects the overall attributes and skills. There are skill points to be used to improve chosen skills. And, for a each new character the game generates a huge random map with rivers, lakes, mountains, mires, forests and farmhouses with fields and pastures. The final stage of character creation offers a variety of starting scenarios to choose from. For example, you can start the game in an easy situation where you have just left your home at the age of 16, and go wandering to the unknown places. Or, you can start as poor enslaved youngster, who just tries to flee his captors. The game itself is turn based with tile graphics. You can travel around in a map mode where the scale is 100m/tile. You zoom in to scale of 2m/tile, when you encounter a creature, enter a settled area, or just want to explore the surroundings in more detail. In zoomed-in mode you can pick berries and mushroom, go fishing, chop down trees and split firewood, build a shelter or a cabin, hunt animals and cut the meat and tan the hide, cook food etc. Almost all of the activities are affected by character skills. They range from timbercraft and survival to swimming and climbing and on to weapon skills.The combat system is simulated in detail. Each wound is separately tracked; you can have a major puncture in your left arm, a bruise in your right elbow, and a shallow tear in your abdomen etc. Penalty from wounds, fatigue and carried load affects your performance. And the same goes for animals and NPC's. So aiming for legs can be a deadly tactics, making the opponent to fall down in which case it is easier to land a lethal blow. Creatures leave tracks when they move around, so it is possible to track down a fleeing animal. A creature with bleeding wounds leaves a blood-scape, which is easier to follow. And if the bleeding is serious, it is enough to just follow the prey until it collapses from blood loss. Humans can try to treat wounds with water and bandages and various herbs. Also you can seek help from sages and wise men. But recovery always takes time; a seriously wounded character can't even walk and is forced to crawl for safety. That is when a stock-pile of dried and smoked meat comes handy. Fighting is always a serious matter, as upon death the character data is deleted, so it effectively is a perma-death. |
| Froggy's Adventures | 2006-01-24 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Butterfly iSoft | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Froggy's Adventures is a game that the player plays as froggy that has to collect all of the flowers/mushrooms/pebbles/crystals on each level, while be careful from the enemies. If an enemy will meet the froggy, one life will lost. In addition, if an enemy will meet flower/mushroom/pebble /crystal, it will be destroyed and the player will need to wait a few seconds until the flower/mushroom/pebble/crystal will appear again and collect it before the enemies will destroy it again. The froggy can blow bubbles on the enemies in order to kill them, like in the game Bubble Bobble, but after the enemies killed, they will come again and the froggy needs to be careful from them. During the game will be also stronger enemies, and some of them can't to be trapped in the bubbles. There are bonuses during the game that help to froggy, (like extra life, monster cleaner that makes all of the monsters disappear and rocket to fight with monsters). There are 3 difficulty levels, 4 different worlds, 4 bosses and 85 levels in total. |
| Torino 2006 | 2006-01-24 | 2K Games, Inc. | 49Games GmbH | Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Torino 2006 is the official game of the XX Winter Olympic Games held in Turin, Italy, and the eight in the line of multi-event IOC licensed titles. The game includes 15 events scattered on 8 disciplines: Alpine Skiing (Downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom and Slalom), Ski Jump (Normal and Large hill), Speed Skating (500m, 1000m and 1500m), Women's Biathlon, Nordic Combined, Bobsled (Womens' 2 and Mens' 4), Luge and Cross Country. All venues were modelled after their real counterparts.Gameplay, as expected, requires more reflexes than the button-bashing of their Summer counterparts. Alpine Skiing is a matter of skill and quick reflexes, as the player, other than set the direction, only has to choose when to crouch to gain speed (mostly in Downhill and Giant Slalom) and when to carve the snow for sharper turns (either to correct a bad trajectory or approach a tighter gate). These events are based on a simplified version of the engine that power Ski Alpin 2006, also by 49Games. Unlike most other games that feature alpine skiing, the penalty for missing gate depends on the difficulty level chosen: on easy, six misses are allowed, three in medium and none on hard, each carrying a time penalty that depending on how well the player did can just affect the total score or mean losing a medal.Ski Jump (also a simplified version of another game, RTL Skispringen 2006) requires the player to keep the balance while descending the hill, jumping at the correct time, counter the effect of the wind in the athletes' balance for maximum distance and then land in perfect telemark fashion.Cross Country and Biathlon are relaxed disciplines where all that counts is keeping the best trajectory possible while looking out for straight paths that can be used for short sprints and downhill slopes that can be done while crouching, which allows greater speeds and lower fatigue accumulated from sprints and more hasty climbs. Biathlon is pretty much the same as Cross Country, except it also includes two shooting sessions, with the steadiness of the aim affected by the fatigue levels.Skating disciplines require a strong, well timed start, and then accurate button pressing as the skater makes each step.
Bobsled and Luge are similar with only two differences: The startup in Bobsled is done by following the on-screen cues and press up on the right time and other than setting the direction, it's also possible to make minimal path changes. The winner is the fastest competitor after two heats (instead of the official four).Nordic Combined is a Large hill ski jump which sets the start time for each competitor in the Cross country section.It's possible to compete in all 15 or just 9 events, or even create your own competition, with up to four competitors. At each competition the players aim for both medals and the score table, based on the results on each individual event. However, the challenge does not stop with winning medals. The player can unlock additional strips by completing challenges, such as hitting all 10 targets in Biathlon, having a perfect Bobsled start, winning a gold medal and beat each top record on every event or not missing a single step on Speed Skating. The difficulty level affects events differently: in Alpine skiing, it means CPU-controlled players are faster and fewer gate misses are allowed, in Ski jump wind can appear from any direction and in Speed skating, in addition to set the pace, the player also has to steer the athlete to keep her in the best path. |
| World War II Combat: Road to Berlin | 2006-01-24 | Groove Games | Direct Action Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | World War II | | | | Mature | | Windows | A follow-up to Combat: Task Force 121, World War II Combat: Road to Berlin shares the same basic mechanics and multiplayer functionality as its predecessor. You are Steven Moore, a young officer in the Office of Strategic Services attempting to secure research and plans for the top secret German "Vengeance Weapons" during the last days of the war. The Russians may be allies, but they also want this research for their own purposes - you must beat them to it. The single player game takes you through aircraft fields, submarine bunkers, underground complexes and finally the remains of a war torn Berlin.As with its predecessor, the real value in this title is the multiplayer. Seven multiplayer modes, a good assortment of weapons, simple play mechanics and large maps make for a surprisingly good experience. This game also features online bots, which is a feature its predecessor lacked. |
| BattleTanks II | 2006-01-26 | | | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | Tank | | | | | Windows | BattleTanks II is a tank combat action game, where you play as a tank commander. The goal is simple - exterminate opponents and win all of the flags. The game is inspired by "Conquest" mode of the Battlefield series.There are flags scattered across the map which are also spawn points. When one side gets to an enemy flag, they take the flag and win another spawn point. When all flags are in possession of one side, the game is over. There are three types of tanks in the game - Light (fast but weak in armor), Heavy (slow but hard to destroy), and Medium (balance of speed and armor). The player can give orders to his tanks which adds a bit of tactics in the game. Five maps are included in the game, but it's possible to create your own or to download from the website. |
| Brat'ja Piloty: Zagadka atlanticheskoj sel'di | 2006-01-27 | 1C Company | PIPE studio | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Brat'ja Piloty: Zagadka atlanticheskoj sel'di is the seventh entry in the Pilot Brothers series of games based on the popular Russian franchise. The main heroes are the two cartoon brothers - Chief and Colleague, who live in a small Soviet town of Berdichev and search for missing animals.The game starts with the brothers reading a newspaper (as always). Since all the herring from the local shop made a great escape through an underground tunnel, they decide to catch it and jump straight into canalisation. Another character from the series — an unlucky Slave from some exotic country — falls down after them and joins the team with a manhole cover in his hands.For the first time a game in the series goes the platform/puzzle way, utilising a cooperative style between characters very similar to The Lost Vikings games. Each character has his own special abilities. Chief can fight enemies and shoot enemies with a handgun. His colleague can run and jump at a high speed, as well as destroy walls with a hand pick axe. Slave uses the manhole as a protection device and a hand parachute.Together they have to pass through 20 levels divided into several themes (bank, prison, historical museum etc.). There are different enemies and obstacles on their path, including walking mummies, angry janitors, lasers, elevators and other platform elements. The game features a colorful 2D cartoon graphics, hand-drawn backgrounds and lots of goofy animation similar to the cartoons. |
| Jacked | 2006-01-27 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | Motorcycle | | | Teen | | Windows | Reminiscent of the classic Road Rash, Jacked is a high-octane arcade motorcycle racer featuring over-the-top combat elements. In Jacked, the world's fastest and hottest motorbikes - including the gas turbine powered Marine Turbine Superbike - can be yours.Race across the USA, from New York to LA, fulfill a variety of missions and steal your enemies' bikes at high speed while they are moving by "jacking" them.Fight your enemies with baseball bats and tazers, flame them with Molotov Cocktails, shoot them off their rides with shotguns or blow them out of the way with frag grenades. When they are stunned you can jack their bikes - at any speed, on the road or in midair. In some missions you can even take your biker gang along to help you out in your endeavors.Jacked features an extensive Single Player Mission Mode that includes a big variety of different Race- and Combat Missions. In the Multiplayer Mode you can challenge a friend to a Race or a Gang Battle on the tracks and bikes unlocked in the Mission Mode. |
| The Longest Journey: Special Edition | 2006-01-27 | dtp entertainment AG | Funcom Oslo A/S | Adventure, Special edition | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | This special edition is a re-issue of the original game, only for the German territory, to celebrate the April 2006 release of the sequel: Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.Germany's release contains the German-localised version of the game and is made available at a budget price on dtp's adventure label ANACONDA.New features and extras include:Support for Anti-aliasingThe entire game on a single DVDWindows XP compatibleSlipstreamed patches (although the latest was .56 and the special edition reads .55)Features about the April model, the world of Stark and Arcadia, and April's diaryComplete walkthroughDreamfall trailerWallpapers |
| The Warrior's Tale | 2006-01-27 | Battle Phase Games | Battle Phase Games | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This is a fan-made tribute to The Bard's Tale series of games. In it, you lead a band of characters through the town of Hachen Dale in an attempt to save the town from the clutches of the evil demon Moloch.The overall feel of the game is very similar to the original Bard's Tale series, even down to the level of the instruction manual. Players who are familiar with the structure of the original (classes, spells, gameplay, etc...) should have no trouble jumping right in and playing the game. |
| TrackMania Nations ESWC | 2006-01-27 | Nadeo SAS | Nadeo SAS | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Trackmania Nations ESWC is a free edition in the TrackMania series, specifically developed for tournament play. It was used in the 2006 edition of the Electronic Sports World Cup (2006), held from 27th June to 2nd July 2006 in Paris - Bercy, for a grand total of $40,000. The game is based on TrackMania Sunrise and introduces a new vehicle, and the stadium as a new environment, where all races are held.TrackMania is a modern version of Stunts, using basic controls and offering racing courses with tricky sections including loops, corkscrews, turbo blocks and huge jumps that require technical skill. In the single player mode, you can practice on 90 tracks, divided over three skills levels. Each race is associated with three time standards to be met to win a bronze, silver or gold medal. There is also a hot-seat multiplayer option where up to eight players can race against the time or with only one try.In the online mode, you have to register an online account and select your nation. Each car has a custom theme per country, but you can also create a unique look in the paint shop. There are three modes in online multiplayer games, with support for up to 20 players. In Round, you race against all other players with only one try, and you receive points based on the final standings. The same course is played until someone has 30 points. If you crash early, you can track other players in the spectator mode. Other vehicles are visible on the screen, but cannot be hit and they cannot slow you down. Time Attack is similar, but with an unlimited amount of tries. In Team, players race in teams and the points are calculated as the sum of the individual rankings. During online play, there are detailed rankings based on your efforts. There is a ladder with an overview of all players, but also a global ranking with all the nations.The game comes with an in-game server browser, colored nicknames, a chat function, buddy lists, extensive admin options for server owners, and commands for launching gameplay votes. New tracks can be created in the included graphical editor, and shared with other players. The track editor also features a media tracker, to add text, intros, special effects, and sound and camera movement to your creations. You can design new challenges and exchange replays of your best times. Replays can be exported to avi if you want to share your time with someone who does not have the game. If you own TrackMania Original or TrackMania Sunrise (eXtreme), you can attach your serial number to your online account. This enables P2P, allowing other registered players to view your custom-painted car, and vice versa. |
| Ultimate Racing Collection | 2006-01-27 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Codemasters' Ultimate Racing Collection includes the following four racing games:
Colin McRae Rally 2005
DTM Race Driver 2
IndyCar Series
1NSANE
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| Yotsunoha | 2006-01-27 | Hiqo Soft | Hiqo Soft | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | Menu structures, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Shortly after Makoto Yuuki buries a time capsule on the grounds of Mochizuki Academy with his four female classmates, the school closes down, forcing Makoto and his friends to go their separate ways. Three years later, Makoto, Nono, Iori, Matsuri, and Arisa reunite at the abandoned school in search of the capsule, hoping to rediscover the memories of their former selves. However, in the garden where the time capsule should be, the group instead finds a note from their former teacher, Yamamoto, informing them that he has dug the capsule up and hidden it elsewhere in the school. Intrigued, the friends decide to stay in the school overnight and follow Yamamoto's clues to find the capsule.Yotsunoha is an adult romance/mystery visual novel. Instead of having choices in dialogue, Yotsunoha features a top-down map system where the player can choose which parts of the school to explore (and consequently which girl to spend time with). The game features voice acting for the four heroines only and contains scenes with explicit sexual content. |
| Disciples II: Rise of the Elves - Gold | 2006-01-28 | Strategy First, Inc. | Strategy First, Inc. | Compilation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Disciples II: Rise of the Elves (Gold) is a compilation of the original game, Disciples II: Dark Prophecy and its expansion, Rise of the Elves and it also adds 14 new missions, designed for this compilation. |
| Patriot: DemokratiZatsiya | 2006-01-30 | Russobit-M | Lite-Project, Madia Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | Contemporary, Europe | | | | | | Windows | Patriot: DemokratiZatsiya is a realistic first-person shooter released in Russia which takes place in the (then) future of 2017. The player controls a Russian soldier defending the motherland in the wake of a full-scale invasion by the United States. You begin by fighting your way through a ship in a middle of the ocean, but proceed onto land through a shipping yard, an urban center you defend from attackers in a timed standoff, and an industrial/warehouse area you rig with explosives. From there, you commandeer an armored vehicle to fight your way through the streets at night, culminating in an ultimate showdown in a secret military base and missile silo. The game contains occasional cutscenes fully voice-acted in Russian. |
| Retro II | 2006-01-30 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Action | | | | Shooter | | Space flight | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Retro II is a scrolling shoot-em-up game. The player's ship, shaped like a circle, can shoot a stream of bullets or deploy bombs that orbit the ship, as if on a string, and destroy the enemies they touch. Shooting or deploying bombs uses up energy, though it regenerates quickly. It is possible to collect temporary power-ups--including improved weaponry (lasers, homing weapon, a "multibomb") and time slowdown--as well as upgrades that increase the energy capacity and the amount of bombs that can be deployed at the same time. The enemies kill instantly on contact. The cross-shaped enemies are immune to normal bullets, but can be destroyed with bombs, lasers and homing bullets. |
| Plantasia | 2006-01-31 | PlayFirst, Inc. | gameLab | Action, Educational | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Holly is a fairy-in-training, about to embark on her last task before becoming a full-fledged fairy. She has just arrived at Jack’s house, ready to grant his wish, and is surprised to find out that he doesn’t wish for riches and fame, but only to have his gardens repaired…little does Holly know what a huge undertaking it is.You, Holly, and the magic flower Winkleroot make your way to the gardens. What a mess! Your job is to help Holly fix them up by replanting, rebuilding statues, and getting rid of the pests that eat the flowers. You start out with a basic inventory of tools; a shovel and a watering can, as well as a few packets of seeds to plant – left-clicking your mouse will dig holes, plant seeds and water them, and as they bloom, you harvest the flowers for Mana. Collected Mana allows you to repair garden statuary.As you complete each task and move deeper into the gardens, more upgrades become available to you: stronger spells, better tools, and Fairy Powers to help you in your efforts against a host of pests and weeds.The fairy/flower theme will appeal to the fairly young child, although the rather strenuous mouse-clicking that is called for may not be suitable for the very youngest.This game also gives you an option to set it as your screensaver.
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| American Conquest: Divided Nation | 2006-02-01 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | Revolution of Strategy GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Shaun Fletcher, Stephen Poole | | Real-time strategy | Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Isometric | Windows | American Conquest: Divided Nation is the sequel to Real Time Strategy Game American Conquest. While the first game focused on the conquest of America by the Europeans from the natives. In this game the focus is on the Civil War. The game features nine historical campaigns and various lose scenarios to replay this time of conflict.The game plays like a traditional RTS game. You gather resources (wood, grain, coal and gold), construct a base and create units to fight your opponent who is trying to do the same. In the campaign missions the resource gathering and base building is sometimes left out in favour of maps that are purely focused on a battlefield. In these missions it is possible to build a base tent camp with a canteen and head quarters, but you have to make do with the soldiers you are given at the start of the map.There are four playable nations: the Confederacy, the Union, Mexico and Texas. Each nation has some specific units, but they are mostly the similar. Available are infantry, cavalry, artillery and maritime units. |
| Curious George | 2006-02-01 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Monkey Bar Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Curious George is a platformer based on the animated movie of the same name. Ted Shackleford, a human with a big yellow hat, visits Africa in search of an idol. This project does not work out, but he finds a new friend: the monkey Curious George. The game follows their way back to America and shows scenes from the movie as cutscenes.During the thirteen linear levels, the player takes control over George. The majority of time is spent with platform challenges which usually involve jumping or swinging over gaps. Frequently the levels are interrupted by mini-games, Those involve simple tasks, for example, rhythm sequences (pressing given buttons with the correct timing) or arcade sequences. Optionally the player can collect bananas on the way and receive special points by interacting with certain objects. Those are used to unlock bonus content: the cutscenes and mini-games already experienced during regular play as well as a few hats for George to wear. |
| Curling 2006 | 2006-02-01 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Geronimo Entertainment, "SoWhat!" s.r.o. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Curling 2006 is a seldom seen simulation of the tactical sport Curling which is also part of the Olympic Winter Games. The basic premise: a stone is at the end of a long rink. One player at a time stands at the opposite part of the rink and sends another stone on its way. The goal is to come as close as possible to the original stone without touching it. When a stone is played it is not allowed to touch him again but the other team members use brushes on the ice to influence its path. Every team member delivers two stones per game.The game focuses on a exact simulation of the game's physics and moves. The player takes the part of the skip who is responsible for the tactics. This means the player sets the throwing parameters (direction, speed, spin and special maneuvers). When the stone is on its way he regulates the sweeping with three power levels. Another tactical component comes into play because every team member has different stats which influence their performance, So the player has to think about in which order he uses them. Playing modes are single matches, training and championship. |
| Dreamworks Action Pack | 2006-02-01 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dreamworks Action Pack is a collection of 3 games based on the movies made by Dreamworks Pictures. The games included in this package are :
Shrek SuperSlam
DreamWorks' Shark Tale
Shrek 2 |
| Hakaiman | 2006-02-01 | | | Action | Top-down | | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | Hakaiman is a top-down shooter where the player controls a commando, a lone wolf who must execute special missions. There are six missions in total, for example stealing plans, infiltrating a base, etc. Armed with a rifle and some grenades, the player has to do two different tasks on the map. Enemies are smart and the commando has to remain silent or he will be spotted and killed quickly. Some walls are breakable with grenades, and turrets can be destroyed if the commando drops a grenade right under them. Additional ammo and grenades, and even a bonus life can be found in wooden boxes, cabinets or a refrigerator. The entire game is in Japanese. |
| Loco Mania | 2006-02-01 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | 7FX, s.r.o. | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Puzzle elements | | Train | | | Everyone | | Windows | Loco Mania is a train simulator game. The game features twelve different maps that are progressively unlocked during play. The trains in the game enter the map at preordained times and it is up to the player to safely and efficiently guide them from point A to point B. As the player you can only control the signals and track switches, the trains will continue without you.The game features 26 different locomotives and 36 different carriages of which the trains can be composed. The maps are presented in full 3D and the player has free control of the camera. |
| LoveChess: Age of Egypt | 2006-02-01 | Artmunk Games | Artmunk Games | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Chess | | | | | | | Windows | The battle of the sexes is depicted literally as characters in costume drawn from Ancient Egypt and its rich mythology face off on a chessboard, filling the roles of its pieces and erotically dominating their adversaries when capturing an enemy piece via animations unique for every piece combination, as in Battle Chess. |
| Zolotoj Teljonok | 2006-02-01 | Akella | RootFix Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Interwar | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Golden Calf (Золотой телёнок in Russian) is a point-n-click graphic adventure game based on the satirical novel of the same name (1931) by the Soviet Russian authors Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, which is a sequel to another novel by the same authors also interpreted as a graphic adventure game The Twelve Chairs. The game follows the novel's plot very closely, describing a trip of Ostap Bender in a company of his new gang members on the long way from a heart of post-revolutionary Russia to the shores of Black Sea to claim the million of Russian rubles from a "clandestine millionaire" named Alexandr Koreiko. The player controls Ostap Bender most of the time with a minor control of his gang member Shura Balaganov, moving the character from one scrolling screen to another, talking to other characters, collecting and using the inventory items, and playing two timed mini-games in order to change a mood of a certain character. |
| Gold Miner: Vegas | 2006-02-02 | GameRival | Intermix Media, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Gold Miner: Vegas is an entry in the Gold Miner games. In this title the Gold Miner's goal is to collect enough gold to go to Vegas. The gameplay is largely identical to the original game, where items on a field need to be caught by timing correctly to extend a swinging claw and grab them. The main difference is that the gold miner is now in a cart that can be moved left and right, rather than using a fixed position. The game contains new levels, challenges and gadgets, and new characters, creatures and villains.There are three modes to the game:
Gold Rush: in this mode the player plays as long as he can in order to get the high score.
Story: in this mode the player goes to an exciting quest from Australia to Hawaii and finally to Las Vegas.
Two Player: in this mode the player plays with an other player and competes with him for the title of Gold Mining Champion. |
| Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 | 2006-02-02 | Merscom LLC | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 is a 3D railroad simulator. The game comes with a series of ingame workshops to teach you all the basics of riding trains and everything around that. For players already familiar with trains or who have finished the workshops there are 21 interactive scenarios that can be played. Scenarios range from delivering cargo in time to transporting passengers in a tight time schedule. For the more creative players there is an atelier in which you can create your own maps and scenarios. The game comes with some 150 different locomotives, and over 7500 objects to place in your maps. Through an online portal many more objects can be downloaded for use ingame. You can control the game both in a simulation mode and a simplified mode. In the simulation mode you have full control of your train, but in the simplified mode some procedures have been simplified or automated. |
| Dungeon Lords: Collector's Edition | 2006-02-03 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Heuristic Park, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | The collector's edition of Dungeon Lords offers many extras including:Limited edition metal case
New items: expand your arsenal with rare weapons and armors.
New abilities: brand-new heralds and spells to unitize in your adventure
Expansive areas: complete with new quests and powerful monstersIt also includes all updates and patches released for the regular version. |
| Loco | 2006-02-03 | InterAction studios | InterAction studios | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | Train | | | | | Windows | The trains carrying fruit out of Fruitopolis need your help filling them. As the trains pass through each town you must aim the loader and place the appropriate fruits or vegetables in the carts they belong to. Failing to fill up the entire train before it leaves the town will result in a penalty and eventually failure. Power-ups will help you load faster, and even allow use of wild-"fruit" which can be placed anywhere you like. Other tools such as a grabbing arm will help you retrieve the misplaced fruits. Some bonuses will even effect the way the train moves by halting it's movement altogether or making it move backwards.
There are a total of eighty levels to get through as you load up the trains in fifteen different towns. Bonus points are awarded for speed, accuracy and level of completion. As with other InterAction Studio games there is an online high-score table where you can upload your highest scores.
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| Trick-Track! | 2006-02-03 | EIPC | EIPC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | TRICK-TRACK! is a recreation of the Air Hockey arcade game. In three-minute matches you need to defend your goal and score as much as possible against your opponent. There are three levels, but matches on a single computer against another human player are also possible. |
| Frasse and the Peas of Kejick | 2006-02-04 | Trumgottist Entertainment | Trumgottist Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Frasse and the Peas of Kejick is a freeware, third-person point-and-click adventure game. Frasse, a little blue hairy monster, finds a note from the king, offering reward to anyone who would find and bring him the Peas of Kejick. He decides to travel to the mountain Kejick together with his friend Gurra, in seach for the Peas.The player takes control of both Frasse and Gurra. Switching to the other character is done by simply clicking it. Gurra has no hands and consequently no inventory, so picking up stuff can only be done by Frasse. Gurra however is much better at talking to people. To complete the game and deliver the Peas to the king, the player should put each character to its best use. |
| GT Legends | 2006-02-06 | 10tacle studios AG, Viva Media, LLC | SimBin Development Team AB | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Racing enthusiasts .. start your engines! Play a GT Legends Single Player game or Multi-player online against world-wide opponents.There are over 90 legendary automobiles available in the game - Fords, Chevys, Shelbys, Cobras, Alfas, Austin Healeys, BMWs, Jags, Ferraris, Mercedes, Porsches, Renaults, Minis, Fiats, Lotus to name a few. Which exotics can be added to your garage at any given point depends upon how many races you have won. Many cars can be purchased with your winnings (credits) while others can only be won.The game uses "variations" of real race tracks from all over the world, over 25 in all. Choose from five difficulty levels: Beginner, Novice, Amateur, Semi-Pro or Professional. Your choice will affect how strong your AI opponents are, how many "driving assists" you receive, how many "credits" and "trophy awards" you receive when the race is won.You'll pick a Cup Championship Challenge when you begin the game and will work your way through a group of "stages" until the challenge is completed. You'll only have 2 cars to start - an Austin Mini Cooper and a Ford Lotus Cortina. A Podium finish (1st thru 3rd) is necessary to "unlock" the next stage of each Cup Championship. As you win races and earn credits, you'll work your way up to the faster and more 60s GT Cups. Master these to graduate to the powerful 70s GT and Touring Cars Cups before gaining access to the full FIA Championships. Your lap times are logged and you can replay races in real-time or slow motion.Use Free Practice to find the best driving lines and tune your car for the specific track. Qualifying gains you a starting grid position, or you can skip qualifying to start in last position. Games can be saved mid-race so you can return at a later time.The game also offers a "Quick Race" option so you can race outside of the Cup Challenges using cars you've acquired and the tracks you have "unlocked" thus far within the Cup Challenges. During a Quick Race session, you can select the time of day, number of laps, grid position, opponents and eligible cars.GT Legends includes optimized Force Feedback effects for a number of devices. The North American release is updated to v1.1 including all of the improvements introduced in that patch and includes a contest card to enter the monthly drawing for a free TRACKIR motion detector system. |
| Tony Hawk's American Wasteland | 2006-02-06 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | You are a new skater in the city of L.A.. The main drive of the game is that your hanging around with a skating group and its leader, who also happens to be a skating legend, at their skate park in Beverly Hills called Skate Ranch. Throughout the game you must help your friends by getting skate pieces for Skate Ranch.The game marks the third reinvention of the series, with Pro Skater being the first, and Underground being the second. It comes with brand new features like the ability to change your personal appearance in game, as well as the ability to get off of the skateboard and use a BMX. For the first time all of levels are strung together into one big environment, which gets rid of loading times and menu selection.Old features were also kept like Create-a-park, which dates back to the Pro Skater series. Missions are still acquired by going up to random people or friends and accepting the mission they want you to run.The game also includes a multiplayer mode and co-op for up to 2 players for added replay value. |
| Wintersport Pro 2006 | 2006-02-06 | Crimson Cow GmbH | Cyanide S.A. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Wintersport Pro 2006 is a sports game which offers 20 championships in six categories: bobsled, alpine skiing, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, biathlon and Nordic combined. The handling is basically the same for every discipline: the start is a reaction-test where the player has to press space at the right moment. Then he uses the mouse and keyboard to control his character, e.g. steering him from left to right in cross-country-skiing or using the mouse to keep him in balance in bobsled. In cross-country-skiing and biathlon there is also a tactical component because the player sets the speed of his athlete which decreases his power. If all power is gone he gets very slow. Unique is that the player can turn back time once to undo mistakes (only available in single-player).Every athlete has up to four abilities which influence his performance. Playing modes are single championships, winter games and a career. The winter games mode consists of all six championships. In the career mode the player chooses his discipline, nation and profile. Every nation and profile comes with different ability benefits, e.g. a German and managerial biathlon athlete gets a boost in shooting and condition. The player starts in the amateur championship and tries to get to the top. The game rewards every success with better abilities. During the career the player also unlocks three additional venues for the winter games (overall six). |
| Command & Conquer: The First Decade | 2006-02-07 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The special anniversary edition of Command & Conquer includes:
Command & Conquer (Special Gold Edition)
Command & Conquer: The Covert Operations
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge
Command & Conquer: Renegade
Command & Conquer: Generals
Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour
There is also bonus DVD included in the package, featuring the history of the Command & Conquer franchise, and a poster. |
| Day of Defeat: Source | 2006-02-07 | Valve Corporation | Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The classic WWII infantry multiplayer mod for Half-Life, updated with the Source engine and distributed exclusively through Steam. Along with a huge leap in general graphics and sound quality, Day of Defeat: Source also uses Half-Life 2's famous physics engine and HDR lighting.The core gameplay is mostly unchanged from the original Day of Defeat. It still pits two units of WWII infantry against each other, often at maps depicting sites of historical skirmishes. Players may choose from specialized classes such as scouts, snipers, and heavy support gunners. Teamplay is extremely important; a unit of lone wolves with exceptional individual skill won't stand a chance against a unit of averagely skilled players who really support each other. |
| Cosmos Quest I: To Find a Sun | 2006-02-08 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Cosmos Quest I: To Find a Sun is sci-fi point-and-click adventure game. It is set in Yellow Fog Galaxy, somewhere on the bridge between the Rhomul System and the peripherical rings of the Federation. The sun slowly fades out under submission of a black hole that no one knew before. Performing his duty as an engineer part of a crew that observes the temperature of the sun, Apo Lanski, controlled by the player, notices a problem with the shuttle when he starts his night shift. He decides to land on the small planet Zhena.Using the controls "Walk", "Talk", "Do / Get", "Use" Apo Lanski has to save his space station from Ayatolian Spys. He will be kidnapped and needs find a way to get back on the station. |
| Terrorist Takedown: 2 Pack | 2006-02-09 | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Terrorist Takedown
Terrorist Takedown: Payback
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| Classic British Motor Racing | 2006-02-10 | Metro3D Europe Ltd. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile | | | | | Windows | This is a racing game featuring British cars from the 60's. There are 13 cars available: Austin Mini Cooper, MGA MKII, MGB MKI, Austin Healey 3000, MG Midget, Triumph Spitfire, Triumph TR2, Riley RM, Triumph TR2 A, Rover P6, Triumph TR5, Triumph TR6 and a secret car to be unlocked after qualifying with the 12 first cars.The game features three gameplay modes: Single Race, Time Trials and Challenge. In order to play the Single Race and Challenge modes, the player has to unlock cars racing one lap in any circuit in the Time Trials mode, within the time limit. Once the cars are unlocked, they'll be available in the other two play modes, with three different painting options.The Single Race mode, as the name implies, lets the player chose any of the unlocked cars and race against 7 other competitors in any course of choice. There are 6 circuits available: Scottish Highlands, Rooksley Forest, Greenwood County, Foxglove Lane, Westminster Run and London City Centre.In the Challenge mode, three cups are available: Bronze, Silver and Gold, each one comprising 4 circuits. Each cup won unlocks the next.The game can be played using the keyboard or a gamepad. The controls consist in buttons for steering, accelerating, breaking and hand breaking. Three camera angles are available: from behind the car (3rd person view), from the hood and from the car's front (first person views). A "review mirror" camera is also available.The game has three levels of difficulty and can be played in a two player split-screen mode. |
| Rugby 06 | 2006-02-10 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Rugby 06 is another update to EA Sports' rugby franchise.As ever, the game featured updated teams and squad lists. New features include an overhaul of the tackle and off-load systems and enhanced weather graphics. The BBC's Ian Robertson and former All Black Grant Fox provide commentary, with additional comments from Murray Mexted.The majority of the world's major tournaments are licensed including the Six Nations, Tri-Nations, Super 14 and Guinness Premiership competitions. |
| 1213: Episode 2 | 2006-02-13 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Action | Side view | | Horror | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In the second episode of the trilogy starring prisoner 1213, he continues his quest to escape the facility where he has been locked in. The game mechanics are the same as in the previous episode, but 1213 can now also run for a short time and do a running jump. The second episode takes place in another part of the facility, away from the prison cells where mutants have taken over. This instalment puts more stress on the background story, reveals what has happened to the different orderlies and the prisoner gets to know more about the yellow death virus. |
| Captain Delta und die Quelle von Argos | 2006-02-14 | iWorld | iWorld | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Captain Delta und die Quelle von Argos is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory and the game can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. Currently it is only available in German. It is a remake of the 1995 game Captain Delta: Teil I - Der Mond vom Neptun and was made as a prequel to the game AEON. Overall it is the fifth game in the Captain Delta series.Space is mainly controlled by Imperialists and a rebels fight against it. The protagonist Captain Delta is on his way back to earth with important information for the rebels. The navigation system is malfunctioning leading him into an asteroid field where the space ship is damaged, forcing him to perform an emergency landing on a planet. |
| Jellyboom | 2006-02-14 | Boomzap Pte. Ltd. | Boomzap Pte. Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Jellyboom is the first game from the Singaporean publisher/developer Boomzap. It's similar to a number of Japanese falling block games, like Puyo Puyo and Super Puzzle Fighter. The story of the game is that "Communist candies from outer space" are invading the earth, and as a member of the US FDA "Only you have the knowledge of candies and federal labeling guidelines" to stop the jelly menace.The player must arrange a number of falling jellies into groups, forming "megajellies" for extra points. When the special detonators fall, any blocks of that colour which are in contact with it will be destroyed. If the jellies reach the top of the screen, they take over the world.There are three game modes. In Survival mode you simply play on for as long as you can. Arcade and Puzzle modes require you to clear set numbers of each colour of jellies. The difference between them is that Puzzle mode has pre-set groupings to deal with.Various specials add variety to the levels. Frozen tiles take a specified number of turns to thaw, deep-frozen tiles thaw into a random colour, bombs turn all nearly tiles into their colour, and there are also tiles to remove all jellies of a certain colour. Also look out for blockers, slicers and paint bombs. |
| Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure | 2006-02-14 | Atari, Inc. | Collective, Inc., The | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Fighting | Contemporary | | | | Mature | Cinematic camera, Free-roaming camera | Windows | Contents Under Pressure is an action adventure that combines stealth and combat, as you guide urban graffiti artist Trane to fame. In the oppressed city of New Radius, you need to establish your name as an artist by laying down tags, burners and full pieces, but rival crews and law enforcement (Civil Conduct Keepers) are always on your tail. You will also uncover a conspiracy that plagues the city.The game is story-driven with linear level progression. Most missions have platform elements and require you to lay art, varying from tags and stickers to complex pieces with full color, lettering and characters, on often difficult to reach surfaces. As it is not a friendly environment, Trane can deliver a host of punch and kick combos, use grabs, humiliate other artists, and interact with the surroundings. Your art arsenal includes markers, brushes, cans and rollers. All available pieces are kept in your black book, and new styles are unlocked while playing.The title refers to working your way up the scene, as well as the "Get In, Get Up, and Get Out" principle - you need to gain access to restricted areas, get up on tall objects where your work can be seen, and get out afterwards without being caught. Good spots can be tracked using Intuition, and appear as coloured clouds.The game is conceived by clothing impresario Marc Ecko, founder of the suburban designer label Ecko and is intended to pay tribute to graffiti culture and its history. Artists such as Cope2, Futura and Seen contributed art to the game. |
| Spooks | 2006-02-14 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Spooks is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features a classic inventory and actions are can be controlled via mouse. You play as a ghoul girl named Mortia who visits the carneval Carnage-Val. In a game of darts she wins a special price: a living goldfish. She calls it Spooks and knows she has to keep it alive, though she has to discover what that word means. |
| WWII Tank Commander | 2006-02-14 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC, Merscom LLC | Sylum Entertainment Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | | Historical events, World War II | Tank, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | The player takes the role of an Allied M4 Sherman tank commander in the Fourth Armored Division during World War II. In the game's 10 missions, set in Europe, the player must complete 30 objectives such as escort, search & destroy, assault, and defense.WWII Tank Commander is an arcade action shooter rather than a simulator. Even though the player is driving one of the worst tanks in World War II, they may still easily beat German Tiger tanks despite taking a lot of damage. The player's tank can regenerate and rearm by finding power-ups. |
| A Force More Powerful: The Game of Nonviolent Strategy | 2006-02-15 | International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, York Zimmerman Inc. | BreakAway Games Ltd. | Educational, Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | A Force More Powerful: The Game of Nonviolent Strategy is a game about strategic nonviolent struggle. In each scenario, the player takes control of a nonviolent movement with a particular agenda. The constraints, advantages, and problems faced vary widely in each scenario -- as do the capabilities and ruthlessness of the regime. Although the scenarios are fictional, many mirror historical struggles, such as the suffrage movement, the integration movement, struggles for free elections in places like Serbia and Chile, and the Solidarity movement.The game is turn-based (each turn is one day) and scenarios take place in individual cities or entire countries. The player controls several characters who are activists within the movement and assigns them to do tactics that range from support-building, fundraising, and distribution of literature to mass protests, strikes, and sit-ins. The regime has its own, less savory tactics, and a big part of the strategy is to take account of the regime's capabilities -- the commitment of its security forces, its willingness to use violent repression to stay in power, and its domestic and foreign political support. These vary widely from scenario to scenario.There's a lot of information in the game, mostly collected in the Strategic Estimate, a notebook-style repository of all the characters and political groups within the scenario. The SE also allows the player use a formal process to lay out a strategy; it is this process that the game is intended to teach. The player may set and prioritize objectives and goals and record notes about key groups, individuals, and places.The 3D city view is primarily to see the effects of tactics and the regime's policies, rather than to issue orders to characters. The Organization Screen, which is a graphic depiction of the political space in a scenario, is the best way to view different political relationships and vulnerabilities, and to decide what to do next. The 3D view will also allow the player to see the success or bloody failure of the ensuing mass demonstrations. |
| Ground Zero: Genesis of a New World | 2006-02-15 | Comport Interactive | destraX Entertainment Software GbR | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Post-apocalyptic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Ground Zero: Genesis of a New World uses a post-apocalyptic setting which means that there are very few people in the world which are mostly violent gangs. The goal of Ground Zero: Genesis of a New World is to liberate the 20 cities of the area. The player recruits a big team consisting of mercenaries, doctors, technicians and hunters. To survive the player has to maintain the life functions of his team members which requires several activities. Firstly everyone needs to drink and eat which is of course no trivial task in such an environment. To get the resources they need to restore the water and food sustenance of the cities. This is accomplished by using tools which are created with junk found in the wasteland. Because there is no money these tools are also used as currency for buying better gear. Another thing the player needs to do is to the create itineraries between the cities and their defence from gangs. This means when the basic infrastructure is set, the player mostly travels between the cities looking for something to do. The game also uses a RPG system where the team members gain experience and improve their abilities.The combat is completely in real-time and is more reminiscent of strategy games than RPGs. The player only has basic options like attack or moving orders. The only exceptions are traps which can be built and set by technicians. |
| No Gravity | 2006-02-15 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | No Gravity is a free, 3D space shooter similar to Wing Commander with arcade-style gameplay. The action takes place in year 8002. The player is a pilot of space ship. He must complete various missions, like escorting, defending, reaching checkpoints and destroying enemies, but also large enemy base stations. The ship has various weapons, but the player must first find ammo. The game has 55 missions and ten training exercises. |
| Rome: Total War - Gold Edition | 2006-02-15 | SEGA of America, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Gold Edition of Rome: Total War is a compilation release, containing:Rome: Total WarRome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion (Expansion) |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown | 2006-02-15 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown is a squad-based tactical military FPS (First Person Shooter). The game takes place in multiple locales from Paris to South Africa as the Rainbow team tracks an international group of terrorists. The controls match that of a standard PC Shooter with the addition of context-based squad commands and actions. The PC version tries to maintain the action-oriented feel of the console version while improving on all aspects that predominate the PC FPS genre. The PC version offers several improvements over the console versions. In addition to added classic maps like Mint and 747 there are additional kit items, added multiplayer modes, updated graphics on all maps, added HDR effects, re-ordered campaign list, updated weapons and AI improvements. |
| ArmJoe | 2006-02-16 | T-Lab | T-Lab | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Fighting | Europe | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | What would happen if Jean Valjean and Javert settled their differences with fisticuffs? Somehow, we got the answer. ArmJoe is a standard 2D fighter featuring characters from Les Misérables. Characters include classic Les Misérables characters like Jean Valjean, Javert, Cosette, Enjorlas and Marius alongside stranger picks like mascot plush toy Ponpon, Robojean, and the living embodiment of Judgment. |
| Das Geheimnis des silbernen Ohrrings - Special Edition | 2006-02-16 | dtp digital tainment pool GmbH | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition contains is a re-release of the 2004 game and contains:
Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring
Artwork from the production
Demo of 80 Days
Digital strategy guide on the DVD
Exclusive wallpaper
Video interview with the developers |
| Star Wars: Empire at War | 2006-02-16 | LucasArts | Petroglyph Games Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Set loosely between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, Star Wars: Empire at War is a strategy game spread over the Galactic Empire. Players command either the Imperial or Rebel forces and engage the enemy in space and on land, while boosting their own economies and building units and support buildings. In addition to classic Star Wars units and vehicles, Empire at War also includes heroes units. Players can control Darth Vader, Han Solo, and many other classic characters.Space combat allows the player control over squads of smaller starcraft and larger capital ships. Enemy hardpoints can be targeted allowing players to knock out shield generators, flight hangers, and other ship systems. Land combat is unit and vehicle-based and relies on securing reinforcement points to land additional forces and using build points to construct defenses.Empire at War offers several modes of game play. The Empire and the Rebellion each have their own story-based campaign, there are several freeform campaign options where players can adjust the settings and select the victory conditions. Empire at War also supports multiplayer options online. |
| Star Wars: Empire at War (Collector's Edition) | 2006-02-16 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This limited edition of Star Wars: Empire at War includes
3D lenticular packaging
bonus maps
concept art
wallpaper
screensavers |
| TubeTwist: Quantum-Flux Edition | 2006-02-16 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | 21-6 Productions, Inc. | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | As one of Professor Jaymour's top students, she has requested your assistance late one night with a dangerous experiment. Things get out of hand and before you know it, the professor is lost in the stream of time itself, and you are left with nothing but a journal of her experiments and a note asking for your assistance to bring her home. To do this you must reconstruct her experiments, which consisted of a series of tubes and a highly dangerous macro particle which Jaymour has dubbed The Macroton.With gameplay similar to the The Incredible Machine and Mouse Trap, you get to play in a fully open sandbox environment to solve different puzzles with the available tubes. Travel through 5 eras in time, unlocking new tube types with each one including gravity and anti gravity tubes, the Explosive Macroton and even battery-powered machine tubes.TubeTwist: Quantum-Flux Edition is an enhanced re-release of the original TubeTwist, with 100 experiments, including 2 experiment packs. Users of the original game can upgrade free of charge. |
| A.I.M. 2: Clan Wars | 2006-02-17 | 1C Company | SkyRiver Studios | Action | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Evgeniy Krasilnikov, Sergey Syresin (Caligare), Artyom Vodopianov (ArBoV) | | | | Windows | A.I.M. 2 is the sequel to the science fiction action game A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machines by the same development studio. The story and overall look lift off exactly where the the first game ended.Changes in the control system have led to new opportunities for the inhabitants of the Polygon planet. Mechminds, advanced robots, opened new sectors and have started exploring them. With the course of time Mechminds and their culture have altered greatly with some old clans fading away as new ones evolved. New clans led by Mechminds of the Fifth Generation are powerful and well-organized formations with far-reaching plans. Powerful groups have different interests that often crossed, war broke out again. However this time it is the struggle not for mere control, this is struggle for survival. The clans want to eliminate the weaker ones standing in their way and will stop at nothing to dominate their enemies.To achieve their goals they use not only military means, but economic ones as well. As of now none of the clans has managed to achieve complete victory. You are a part of the oldest clan called the Reckoners, a dedicated group looking for the firstborn Mechmind of the Fifth Generation. This could be a chance to restore former might for your clan which has lost its power and even be victorious in the war.By comparison with original A.I.M., this sequel was updated in some aspects:
Your mechminds now have specialization in three basic professions: warrior, merchant and messenger, and every update or body increases or decreases each parameter.
In addition to handwritten, automatically generated side quests have been added.
In-game map is updated and you can place your own marks on it.
Graphics are enhanced somewhat.
Most of territories are remakes of those from previous game. |
| Mad Tracks | 2006-02-17 | Micro Application, S.A. | Load Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Denis Bourdain (Player I) | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | A arcade-style party racing game. There are 12 pull-back friction vehicles which have a very easy handling on the many racing tracks. The game also has 46 Challenges with 23 normal races and 23 funny mini-games such as bowling or table-soccer (everything with cars of course). On your way you pickup weapons and power-ups to ensure your lead.In the race-challenges your goal always is to reach the finish line as one of the top 3 players. But the kind of challenge differs from normal race events over drive through checkpoints to simple time trials. The mini-games always have different goals. In the bowling event you need to get down as many pins (or penguins on some tracks) as possible for example. Or you need to kick your opponents of a table three times while avoiding falling down yourself to win.To play all challenges and power-ups free you need to get a specific amount of bronze, silver or gold medals which will be awarded if you reach specific goals in the challenges. For example in a normal race-event simply reach the first place for the gold medal.Every challenge can (once played free in single-player) also be played in multiplayer with up to 4 players on one PC (Split-screen) or with up to 8 players in LAN or over internet. The AI fills in the missing players if wished. |
| Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition | 2006-02-17 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Digital Eclipse Software, Inc., Gamestar (China) Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Made exclusively for PC, Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition consist of Midway/Atari arcade games that made its way in Midway Arcade Treasures 2 and Midway Arcade Treasures 3.Midway Arcade Treasures 2:
A.P.B.
Arch Rivals
Championship Sprint
Cyberball 2072
Gauntlet II
Hard Drivin'
Kozmic Krooz'r
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat 3
Narc
Pit-Fighter
Primal Rage
Rampage World Tour
Spy Hunter II
Timber
Total Carnage
Wacko
Wizard of Wor
Xenophobe
Xybots
Midway Arcade Treasures 3:
Badlands
Hydro Thunder
Off Road Thunder
Race Drivin'
S.T.U.N. Runner
San Francisco Rush 2049
Super Off Road
San Francisco Rush: The Rock Alcatraz Edition
Also included is Mortal Kombat, which was not present in MAT2 or MAT3. Bonus material includes original game promotional/advertising material as well as interviews with the original developers of each game. |
| SPLAT Magazine: Renegade Paintball | 2006-02-17 | Global Star Software Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Action, Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Renegade Pinball is a tie-in game with the paintball magazine SPLAT! Magazine. This paintball shooter includes several modes: Arcade, Fieldball and Tournament. There are thirteen different environments to play in, as well as 28 single-player levels. There are several types of gameplay modes including Centre Flag, Elimination and King of the Hill. There is also a Field Editor to create a custom paintball arena. The game allows for two-player split-screen or seven-on-seven online multiplayer. |
| Terror Strike | 2006-02-17 | Konami of Europe GmbH | Kuju London | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Terror Strike is a first person shooter in which you control a team of SAS, the principal special forces unit of the British Army. As a tactical shooter, the AI team members can be controlled using a radial menu, with commands such as flashbangs, opening doors, handcuffing hostages or providing cover. The missions need to be completed under time pressure to earn grades and to continue the campaign, making it a fast-paced version of the Rainbow Six games. There are 2 game modes, arcade and simulation, that influence the amount of information shown on the screen and the reaction time of the terrorists.The goal of each mission is to rescue hostages and eliminate terrorists as quickly as possible. There are 4 main scenarios, set at locations such as the Parliament, a remote farm, an underground complex and the Iranian embassy. Each of them must be completed 3 times, every time with another team on a different part of the map.Multiplayer includes cooperative missions, and Sabre Team, where a small squad of well-equipped SAS members takes on a larger team of terrorists. Technical advice was provided by former S.A.S. veteran John McAleese (video briefings) and former S.A.S. staff instructor Rhett Butler. |
| 1213: Episode 3 | 2006-02-19 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Action | Side view | | Horror | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Episode 3 concludes the story of prisoner 1213's escape. Unlike the previous instalments, access to the entire game is only provided through a special edition that includes an additional scenario next to the main game content. The platform game mechanics are identical to those in the previous episode. This part of the series concentrates on the history of prisoner 1213 and leads to a final showdown with the mastermind behind the events. |
| The Sacred Tears: True | 2006-02-19 | AlphaNuts | AlphaNuts | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down, Side view | | | Cards / tiles, Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)THE CITY ADVENTURE IS HERE!Sacred Tears TRUE is a doujin RPG that blends the best of the JRPG genre with innovative and fun game elements, plus high quality art and music in one honest-to-goodness gem of a game.Seil and his childhood friend Seana are neophyte thieves in the Thieves Guild of Genoseed City. By day they operate a private investigator agency, and by night they undertake Thieves Guild missions across the city. Sacred Tears TRUE is the story of these young thieves and their pursuit of dreams and adventure.Sacred Tears TRUE brings both traditional JRPG elements and fresh and unique features such as a deceptively simple but deep card battle system, redistributable skill points, and graphics by Takashi KONNO (Shichinin no Bukiya) and music by Hiroyuki Ojima (Accel World, When They Cry anime) and Shimotsuki Haruka (Atelier Iris, Ace Attorney Orchestral Performance)Each of the 48 chapters in Sacred Tears TRUE comprises of a single mission or case. Each chapter is a standalone episode, but as the game progresses, there number of characters increases and the main dramatic story arc plays out.Features:• Quite simply one of the best ever doujin RPG and a must-have for any JRPG fan!• Fresh and engaging characters, stories, and drama – from comedy to political intrigue.• Traditional and new JRPG features, including a unique card battle system, redistributable skill points, and multiway system!• Outstanding replay value: 24 main story chapters and 24 side chapters!• Chapter (5–30 mins each) format for easy play!• A treasure trove of beautiful, high quality character art by Takashi KONNO!• An exceptional original soundtrack by Ojima Hiroyuki & Shimotsuki Haruka! |
| Urban Uprising: Dark New World | 2006-02-19 | Dark Hell Company | Dark Hell Company | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Urban Uprising: Dark New World is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up. It is set in the 28th century where mankind fights robots. The player controls a spaceship, flies forward and shoots various enemies. There are weapon upgrades to collect and "options", additional weapons. The game uses a power-up system very similar to Gradius. Each level ends with a boss fight. The game has six stages with four difficulty modes: Easy, Normal, Hard and Insane. |
| RF Online | 2006-02-21 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | CCR Inc | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | As one of the three factions vying for control over the planetary sector known as 'Novus', your job is to complete tasks to try to create fame and fortune for your faction, thus giving them greater control.As a third person MMORPG, you play along with others, performing tasks to level up your character, allowing you to travel to more diverse realms of the game, play in more exciting missions. Like many MMORPGs, your characters skill set is mainly based on your choice of race at the beginning of the game, allowing you to become an elven type character, with powerful magical abilities, and high speed if you join the Cora alliance, a huge war robot with incredible physical power, but no magic and low speed, if you choose to become part of the Accretian Empire, or a human, part of the Bellato union, giving you stats somewhere in between the two. All races (except the Accretian Empire) may then choose from one of four classes, ranger (a light, fast moving, low defense character), spiritualist (the game's mage class, low defense, high mana character who casts spells from afar), warrior (reasonably self explanatory, high defense, high attack, slow movement), and specialist, a kind of craftsman character who functions slightly like a sci-fi archer in battle. Because of the robotic nature of the Accretian characters, they cannot become spiritualists.The game sends you details of missions through your HUD, so, unlike other MMORPGs, you do not need to return to your race's base every time you complete a mission, you are automatically awarded experience, and given another mission to complete. |
| Ticket to Ride | 2006-02-21 | Days of Wonder, Inc. | Days of Wonder, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Based on the board game of the same name and published by the same company.In this game, players compete over a map of the United States, Europe or Switzerland in order to construct railways (there are thus three ways to play the game, the map of Switzerland being exclusive to the PC version). The aim is to create routes linking some cities randomly assigned to you.Each turn, a player does one of the three following actions :
1) draw new "tickets", that is, cards assigning you new secret objectives, usually consisting of a pair of distant cities you have to connect
2) draw cards which, in combination, will later allow you to construct railroad linking adjacent cities. It's by serially connecting those adjacent cities that you'll eventually connect the distant cities of your objectives
3) play those cards and link adjacent cities.One of the "tricks" is that each link can only be owned (and used) by one payer, so it is possible to guess an opponent's secret objective and block him. |
| Tycoon City: New York | 2006-02-21 | Atari, Inc. | Deep Red Games Ltd. | Simulation | | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Tycoon City: New York is a city-building simulation similar to the SimCity series. Players are tasked with developing the island of Manhattan, district by district. The focus is on commercial activity and the inhabitant's happiness. The game also allows players to build many of the New York's landmarks, including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Statue of Liberty, and the United Nations. The aim is to unlock all districts of Manhattan.In the "Build New York" mode players build New York district by district, starting with Greenwich Village. The player must complete certain tasks, like organizing parades or achieving a certain happiness level, and compete with business rivals in order to unlock the next district.In "Sandbox" mode players have control over the entire island right from the start and can choose between different settings for difficulty. |
| 1213: Special Edition | 2006-02-22 | Fully Ramblomatic | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 1213 (Special Edition) is a bundle of the three games in 1213 series of which the individual instalments were given away for free. Although this compilation needed to be paid, now it's available for free in its website. It includes:
1213: Episode 1
1213: Episode 2
1213: Episode 3
1213: Immunity - a new scenario exclusive for this edition
Running author commentary throughout all three original episodes
Reference texts and a sprite sheet offering a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the development process |
| InSpheration | 2006-02-22 | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | InSpheration is a tile based puzzle game where spheres in three different sizes has to be matched. Spheres can be inserted into other adjacent spheres of the same colour and when all three sizes has been combined into one, it is removed from the board and others take its place. If the sphere that is removed is adjacent to other spheres of the same colour and size these too will be removed. In addition to spheres there are also diamonds that explodes a row and a column when matched and cubes that turns adjacent spheres into spectral spheres. Spectral spheres work like wild cards and can be combined with spheres of any colour. Another sphere is the bouncing one which can be combined with any matching sphere on the board even if it's not adjacent. Some levels have bomb places which when a match is made on it causes adjacent spheres to explode.The PC version consists of three game modes: the classic mode where the aim is to remove a certain number of spheres from the board to move on to the next level, the action mode where a number of spheres has to be removed within a given time limit and the puzzle mode where a number of black squares have to be removed within a certain number of modes. The mobile version consists of two game modes: the chillout mode which is the same as classic mode and the exclusive minimizer mode where spheres will shrink if the player takes too long. |
| Steel Beasts Pro (Personal Edition) | 2006-02-23 | eSim Games | eSim Games | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | Tank | | | | | Windows | Steel Beasts Pro Personal Edition is a simulation of modern company-level armoured combat. The player can command other units or play as gunner or tank commander. It is an individual consumer version of Steel Beasts Professional which is used for real military training. The product features 7 human-crewable vehicles (with different variations) and 2 types of terrain; European woodland and desert. As the target audience is military professionals, there is no campaign or plot. |
| War World: Tactical Combat | 2006-02-23 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | Third Wave Games Pty Ltd | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | War World: Tactical Combat is a 3D combat mech game with fast-paced action in third person perspective. The game is set in the eponymous War World, ravaged by years of conflict and now thriving in the combative nature of its inhabitants. City-states use the planet as a training ground for their armed forces - and this is where your story begins. As a gladiator in a Mech arena, you must prove your worth to yourself - and to others.Similar to Starsiege: Tribes focus on teamwork, players can guide and customize heavily armed mechs across 100 single-player levels in Story Mode, or set up quick offline death matches against bots. They can also take the fight online with a LAN multi-player combat and play classic Capture the Flag and Deathmatch modes along with an all new mode, Bomb Run. |
| Steam Brigade | 2006-02-24 | Pedestrian Entertainment | Pedestrian Entertainment | Strategy | Side view | | | | Steampunk | | | Real-time | | | Windows | When the brave General Mackenzie failed to come back home after confronting his nemesis Garr he sent a note to his son outlining what he must do. Young Marshall Mackenzie knew he needed to avenge his father not only for personal reasons but for the world in its entirety for the villain Garr would continue his onslaught of destruction and enslave the world. Jumping aboard his airship, Marshall and the Steam Brigade, start their mission against old Garr and his minions.Steam Brigade is a 2D side scrolling real-time strategy game largely inspired by Rescue Raiders. As Marshall the player controls an unarmed airship which redistributes units (friendly or enemy) around the playing field via a chain mounted magnet. The player must get his engineers inside the enemy factories to destroy them. In order to make a safe journey for them he must also conquer other level objectives such as bunkers and turrets. As the game progresses the enemy will also try to do the same to the player.
As far as resources are concerned the only resource available to the player is money, which is replenished automatically with time. Money is used to buy different kinds of units, including the airship, should it get destroyed in the middle of a level. |
| TOCA Race Driver 3 | 2006-02-24 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | TOCA Race Driver 3 follows on from the ideas started in Race Driver 2. The game attempts to include as many different forms of four-wheeled racing in one game, as well as injecting each with a high degree of realism.The game has over 70 licensed cars and 80 real tracks, as well as 35 different disciplines of racing.There are two main gameplay modes. The World Tour mode has the player starting a racing career and, with the help of a Scottish manager, attempting to gain renown and acceptance into more famous racing events. There are 3D rendered cutscenes shown from the player's point-of-view, which move the story along and, while not as detailed as its predecessor, gives a good idea of the back scenes of a professional racer's life aside from just the racing. This mode includes mixtures from all the racing disciplines.The second mode allows the player to choose one discipline and play a career focused on that choice. This mode has no back-story and longer, more realistic races.TOCA Race Driver 3 provides two different driving models, Simulation and Pro-Simulation. The latter is recommended for gamers with analog steering wheels only. Simulation is intended for gamers without wheels, or who want an easier experience. This mode is also noticeably easier than the Simulation mode from TOCA Race Driver 2. |
| Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords | 2006-02-27 | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Thousands of years ago, the highly advanced precursors split into two factions: The peace-loving Arnor and the paranoid war-like Dreadlords. They fought a great war in which the outcome was that both races disappeared from the galaxy. In the year 2225, the young Human race invents the Hyperdrive and a new age of expansion blossoms throughout the civilizations of the galaxy. Each of the various races wishes to create its own empire and bring prosperity to its people. Following the events of the first game and its expansion pack, the Humans and Altarans are united in an alliance against the Dregen Empire and The Yor Collective. Victory seems assured for the Human-Altaran fleets until information surfaces about an ancient artifact which may return the Dreadlords to this universe.Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords is the sequel to the 2003 game and revisits the 4X space strategy of its predecessor. In the standard game the player will choose one of the ten major races in the game (or a custom race can be created) before setting out on an unexplored randomly-generated galactic map. Each race has its own strengths and weaknesses which give it bonuses in certain areas. As well, the controlling political faction of each race assigns bonuses. With planets and resources limited, the race to conquer the galaxy begins. Planets can be colonized, resources mined and fellow civilizations befriended or destroyed. Victory can be achieved through conquest (killing all other major races), diplomacy (being allied with every remaining major race), influence (influence controls 75% of the galaxy) or technology (researching Technological victory in the tech tree). The game contains a highly customizable ship design feature allowing players to implement newly researched ship modules as they see fit. There is also a campaign mode beside the standard game, where a story of ancient Precursor civilizations unfolds mission-by-mission, and support for an online "Metaverse" where players can upload games to the website and be ranked against other players. |
| Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords (Collector's Edition) | 2006-02-27 | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords (Collector's Edition) was released in a limited-run foil box which includes:
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords;
Technology tree poster;
Some extra ship parts;
Exclusive Galactic Civilizations II theme (WindowBlinds skin, icons, and cursors. Windows log-on screen and desktop)
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| Cake Mania | 2006-02-28 | Sandlot Games | Sandlot Games | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jill is a young baker who acquired her passion for baking from her grandparents in their bakery, Evans Bakery. When she returned from culinary school, she discovered Evans Bakery closed down because a "Mega-Mart" moved in. Jill decides to show the mega corporation what her family's baking is all about and opened her own bakery in order to earn enough money to buy back Evans Bakery. Can Jill handle the pressure of running her own business and beat Mega-Mart?In Cake Mania, your job is to help Jill meet the monthly quota through 48 progressively difficult levels. This is no simple task because you will have to bake quickly as well as serve the customers quickly. There are a variety of different customers to serve. From nice old ladies to impatient holiday icons like Cupid! Each kind of customer have a different patience-level (indicated by the number of hearts). The longer they wait, the lower their patience. If they get too low, they will storm off and cost you money!When a customer first enters your bakery, hand them a menu. Then they will give you their order (in the form of a thought bubble) and you will have to create that cake. If you create the wrong cake (wrong shape or wrong frosting, etc) then you will have to throw it away and start over (costing you more money). You start off with one oven and one frosting machine. Between levels you will have the opportunity to purchase upgrades or new items that will improve the bakery's. For example, you can purchase upgrade your oven to one that bakes faster or you can purchase a T.V. that will help improve customers' patience. |
| Deflektor X4 | 2006-02-28 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Puzzle | Top-down | Fangame | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This open-source, freeware remake of an old puzzle game from 1987 updates the graphics and sounds while recreating the original gameplay. Each level is a puzzle room filled with obstacles and viewed from above, where the objective is to use a series of mirrors to guide a laser beam towards a receiver device and complete the stage. The mirrors are stationary, but can be rotated to deflect the light to several directions, with some turning automatically all the time. The player must configure the mirrors and carefully avoid the mines and walls that reflect the laser back to itself, causing the emitting device to overload and explode. Bomb detonators have to be activated and destroyed to open a passage to the receiver. Other features change the behavior of the laser: the prism bends the light in random 90º angles; the optical fiber nodes act as a portals, transporting the beam to another place of the board; logical doors have internal mirrors that absorb or deflect the laser when hit at the correct orientation. |
| Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach | 2006-02-28 | Atari, Inc. | Turbine, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach is an MMORPG that recreates the essence of the classic pen-and-paper role-playing experience with an emphasis on quests. Features in the game include customizable characters, dungeons filled with traps, PvP, monsters and stories from the Eberron campaign setting, an on-screen 20-sided die, and a dungeon master. The game also features solo and party-based quests, integrated voice chat, and action-oriented combat. It uses the rules of the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing system.In September 2009 this version of the game was replaced in the US by Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited. |
| Etrom: The Astral Essence | 2006-02-28 | Wild Hare Entertainment, LLC. | P.M. Studios s.r.l. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Action RPG | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | In this sci-fi action/rpg, you take the role of Etrom, an officer in a futuristic dystopia world of Syghundia. During a mission, Etrom encounters something called an Astral Essence, and has since left the force in search of answers, which leads up the the first mission: finding a prophet named Johan.The game is played primarily with the mouse, utilizing a point-and-click interface for movement (i.e. you click on the screen, and Etrom travels to that location.) The game is fully 3D, and played from an overhead/isometric perspective, and you can move the camera with either the keyboard or mouse. |
| L. A. Rush | 2006-02-28 | Midway Games Limited | Pitbull Syndicate Limited, The | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | | | Teen | | Windows | You are Trikz, a well-known street racer who lives the good life: A fat crib, lots of money, and an impressive collection of pimped-out rides. However, your arch-enemy Lidel, fuming with envy, uses his connections to take all that away from you. Your cash? Your place? Your beloved cars? All gone.You are now set on getting it all back from Lidel, and, while you're at it, stealing his girl's heart too. You begin your mission at the bottom with some punk-ass car, winning back money and cars race by race. There are many kinds of races, like Endurance Races, Stunt Races, Cross-town Races, and many more.As the name suggests, the game is set on the streets of Los Angeles, which is filled with traffic and cops that stand in your way to fame and fortune. Being set in the street racer scene, the game also offers lots of possibilities to pimp out our cars (through a tie-in with West Coast Custom), and the game's soundtrack is full with (edited, T-rated) hip-hop. |
| Sky Aces | 2006-02-28 | IncaGold GmbH | The X Studio Productions | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, World War I | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | Sky Aces is a WWI themed fighter plane game. The game comes with a campaign mode featuring ten allied missions and ten German missions. Missions will usually feature such goals as destroying fuel tanks, bridges, or other aircraft. Some missions will find you with allied craft many though showcase your ace solo skills.The game is controlled by either the mouse or the keyboard, various camera views, including basic first and third person perspectives, are included. Missiles, bombs, and machine gun fire is controlled by the keyboard. The game is not a accurate flight simulator.The game features a number of historic planes, with different stats, many of which must be unlocked by excellence in the campaign mode:German
Albatros D.II
Albatros D.III
Albatros D.Va
Aviatic D.I
Fokker D.IV
Fokker Dr.I
Halberstadt D.II
Junkers D.1
Lener
Pfalz D.III
Schuckert D.III
Allied
Ansaldo A.1
Armstrong FK8
De Havilland
RAF FE 2
RAF FE 8
Hanriot H.D.1
Nieuport 11
Nieuport 27
Nieuport 28
RAF S.E.5
Sikorsky
Spad S.VII
Spad S.XII
Spad S.XIII |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II | 2006-02-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Los Angeles | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II brings extensive changes compared to the original.The storyline follows the lesser known story of the War of the North, which took place at the same time as the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The game makes use of the book license in addition to the existing license of Peter Jackson's film trilogy, which also results in some characters which were not seen in the films being present in this game. Also included are some original characters, like Gorkil and Drogoth. The campaigns are once again split to the Good and Evil, but instead of taking place on a meta-map, they are entirely linear in nature.The game features six playable factions: Men of the West (combination of Gondor and Rohan from the first game), Elves, Dwarves, Goblins, Isengard, and Mordor. The base system has been completely overhauled, allowing for free-form construction around the map. Resources are still primarily gathered by farm-type structures, but they have to be built far from each other and on suitable terrain for optimal income. Some neutral buildings like beacons, taverns and shipyards can be captured by infantrymen, much like tech structures in the later Command & Conquer games. In addition to this, production structures (unlike farm-type ones) have to be manually upgraded to be able to train higher-tier units. More units are available per faction, new support powers can be selected in the Palantir, and custom heroes can be designed and trained in skirmish and multiplayer. Taking the One Ring (from a killed Gollum unit which can occasionally appear on a map) to a fortress will allow the player to train a Ring Hero - Galadriel for the Good factions or Sauron for the Evil factions, both heroes being more powerful than any other unit in the game.A new game mode is introduced - the War of the Ring, which is available in singleplayer and multiplayer. The player chooses a meta-map scenario and the armies which will be present on it, after which the game is played in a turn-based fashion over the regions of Middle-earth, where players establish bases and task forces. Battles between opposing factions can be resolved automatically or by loading a usual real-time mode map and playing a modified skirmish match with starting units and/or structures which match the state on the turn-based map. |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (Collector's Edition) | 2006-02-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Collector's Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II includes:
A bonus DVD with HD trailers, cinematic movies, behind-the-scenes footage, developer interviews, an extensive collection of game art and the game's full music tracks.
A War in the North campaign poster, demonstrating the advance of both Good and Evil campaigns.
In-game bonus exclusives including skirmish/multiplayer maps such as Weathertop and Argonath, Create-a-Hero options that identify the player as a Collector's Edition owner in-game, and a unique Dragon unit skin. |
| 1707 Great Games | 2006-03-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This release includes six Valusoft multigame packages in a single disc:303 Game Collection (a.k.a. 303 Game Pack)
Ultimate Game Pak (as Ultimate Game Pack)
Millennium GamePak Gold
Millennium Gamepak Platinum
202 Game Collection
1001 GamepakMany of the included games are simpler renditions of more popular games. A majority of them can be run directly from the DVD, without having to install. |
| Atari TwinPack: Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive / Dead Man's Hand | 2006-03-01 | Atari Deutschland GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Dead Man's Hand
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive |
| Automation | 2006-03-01 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure | Contemporary | | Point and select | Persistent | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Automation is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.Story:
In the clean room of a laboratory a scientist accidentally breaks a containment unit with his robot in it and the robot falls to an inaccessible lower floor. The protagonist must now find way and means to retrieve his robot again.
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| Mata Nui Adventure Game | 2006-03-01 | LEGO System A/S | Templar Studios LLC | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | You awake on the shores of Mata Nui. Upon waking, you find a local villager in desperate need of help. Her village has been attacked by the Rahi, a group of monsters that terrify villagers all over Mata Nui. The Rahi are controlled by a evil being known as Makuta. He controls them through infected masks called Kanohi. Only the Toa, when they have their golden Kanohi masks can defeat these monsters. It's up to you to inform all of the Toa to find these masks so they can come together and defeat Makuta and his Rahi. You'll travel to all six parts of the island, collecting items, solving puzzles and helping other villagers along the way. You'll receive help from villagers and even the Toa along the way. Hurry and gather all the Toa so peace can be brought to Mata Nui once more! |
| Oolite | 2006-03-01 | | | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Oolite is an Elite-inspired open-source space trading and combat simulation, with context and story similar to the original Elite. There are many optional expansion packs called OXP:s that can add functionality or missions to the basic game, though new players are recommended to limit the additions so as not to make the game too difficult to play. Thus a few 'recommended' lists are presented on the games community forums.The gameplay revolves around trading, buying commodities in one system cheap, transporting it to another system and selling it for profit. You travel between systems through wormholes in hyperspace, called 'witch-space', in which aliens may attack your ship. En route in normal space to the target system your ship may be also be attacked by pirates, so it's recommended to have some armaments to survive in the long run. Money can be earned by collecting bounty from destroying the pirates, or mining asteroids. Optionally you can become a pirate yourself and waylay AI trader pilots, but this gets you in trouble with the police force, and limits the available trading options. The game is open-ended and progress are kept track of by amount of money accumulated, and the player status, going from 'harmless' to 'elite' ranking. |
| Plasma Pong | 2006-03-01 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Plasma Pong is a clone of the classic arcade game Pong. What makes it different from the original is the use of computational fluid dynamics to drive the environment. To use this as a weapon in the game you shoot plasma from your paddle to push around the fluid. This will in turn affect the movement of the ball. You can also suction fluid into the paddle. By doing this, possession of the ball can be controlled by the player. When the ball is sucked into the paddle, the ball can be blasted across the screen in full speed. When starting a game, you have ten lives. You will lose one every time your opponent scores. The game is level based. For every score you make you will get to a new level. For each level the game gets more difficult, and the ball gets more reactive to the fluid, and there more unpredictable.The game can be played in both single and multiplayer (on the same computer). In addition to this, there is a sandbox mode, where players can play around as they wish with the fluid dynamics. |
| Showcase Snooker | 2006-03-01 | Idigicon Limited | Squeaky Duck Design Co. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Showcase Snooker is a 1- or 2-player Snooker game with arcade physics that allows you to take on
an AI opponent or a friend in a best of 1, 3 or 5 frame game of the popular British pub game. Alternatively, you can take part in a multi-stage tournament, consisting of 3 frames a match.Venues that that can be played in include a alley, a desert island that comes complete with rubber ducks as well as a roof of a building.The visual's of the venues have an wacky, overblown balloon feel to them, unique to the venue that you are playing in. |
| Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Gold Edition | 2006-03-01 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Best Way | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Gold Edition contains - additional to the normal version of Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - fixes for Co-op multiplayer, new menu system for mods, 5 new MP modes, 12 new maps and a Multiplayer Combat Upgrade up to 16 players. |
| The Station Access Collection | 2006-03-01 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Station Access Collection includes trial memberships for five of Sony Online Entertainment's games:
Planetside: Aftershock
Everquest II
Star Wars: Galaxies - Starter Kit
Everquest: Evolution
and The Matrix Online
As mentioned in the fine print of the box, this package is meant for new Sony Station users; current or former subscribers cannot use this package. |
| Trucker | 2006-03-01 | PLAY-publishing.com | Mirage Interactive sp. z o.o. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Off-roading, Street racing, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Drive big trucks faster than ordinary cars, and be careful, coz you are not alone on the road. Trucker offers exciting racing on Eastern European roads and highways mixing racing fun with humour. Have you ever seen truck tuning in a computer game? Here you can buy tuning engines, gear box, neons, new painting, NOS and more...
Game features:
- truck medels you'd never expect to see in a racing game: garbage truck, liquid manure truck, concrete mixer truck to name just a few.
- 24 routes to drive through, including off-road
- truck tuning - upgraded engines, brakes, gearboxes, nitro, visuals and more. |
| Avernum IV | 2006-03-02 | Spiderweb Software | Spiderweb Software | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Avernum 4 has you in charge of a 4-character party, whose task is to discover why your homeland of Avernum has been undergoing a series of unnatural disasters. The game uses a modified version of the Geneforge engine, meaning that its interface is entirely different from the previous Avernum games. Although the character pictures are the same (the ones that are displayed in the inventory screen), the graphics used for the characters in the game are different. This also applies to the graphics used for the enemies as well. The game is played using the mouse and keyboard, with the former serving as the main means of control, and the latter providing shortcut keys. Thus movement, object interaction, combat, and dialogue is controlled via the mouse, although the game can be configured so that the keyboard can be used for movement as well.
Combat is a standard, turn-based affair. Each character has a finite number of action points that are spent either in melee/ranged attacks, movement, or spell casting. |
| Scratches | 2006-03-02 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Nucleosys | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | Horror writer Michael Arthate comes to the isolated Blackwood Manor to complete his latest book. Alone in the Victorian home, nestled away in Northumberland, England, Michael's only contact with the outside world is via the telephone. Little does Michael realize that he isn't as alone as he believes. Exploring the house, Michael uncovers sinister secrets leading up to a terrifying answer to the question, "what is that noise in your basement?"Scratches is an adventure game played from a first-person perspective using a point-and-click interface. Players must use inventory and deduction to solve integrated puzzles, exploring the manor and its grounds. An original soundtrack has been created by Cellar of Rats. |
| Kicker Manager | 2006-03-03 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Proline Software GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Kicker Manager is an improved version of the football (soccer) management game Kicker Manager 2004. A national team mode with European and world championships is the biggest improvement. This version came out in 2006 for the World Cup in Germany. Other features are largely identical. |
| Kojoty. Zakon pustyni. Izdanie vtoroe, dopolnennoe | 2006-03-03 | 1C Company | | Strategy | | | | | Post-apocalyptic | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Kojoty. Zakon pustyni. Izdanie vtoroe, dopolnennoe is the second edition of Desert Law with enhanced version on story comics and additional content: full soundtrack in MP3, updated user manual and artwork.
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| Warlock's Mountain | 2006-03-03 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | Fangame | | Roguelike | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In hitherto unexplored genre territory, the 1982 Fighting Fantasy gamebook #1, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, here finds itself interpreted as a roguelike, bringing it closest, if anything, to the book's original computer game adaptation -- if a more measured and step-by-step turn-based approach toward toppling the evil wizard Zagor from his mountaintop stronghold.Whether using the textmode graphics or the optional tile-based set, gameplay in this fantasy hack-n-slash romp falls well within expected genre parameters: slay monsters in ranged, melee or magical combat, loot the corpses, avoid traps, test out unknown magical items encountered, and try not to eat anything too deadly. While the Fighting Fantasy values of SKILL, STAMINA and LUCK have not been retained (in favour of the more conventional D&D character statistics), the FF convention of eating provisions to regain health remains in effect. In a nice nod more to Hack than Rogue (and more fitting for the Citadel of Chaos than Firetop Mountain 8) the player can select a character from multiple classes, each with particular skills and abilities reinforcing a specific approach toward overcoming the perils of the mountain. |
| Cabela's Outdoor Adventures | 2006-03-07 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Hunting | North America | | | | | | Windows | Take the Hunting & Fishing expedition of a lifetime with 22 adventures across North America and beyond. Stalk monster bucks and trophy big game or stop off and fish the local waters. Experience the sights and sounds of a true-to-life outdoor adventure where stealth, strategy, and technique are of the utmost importance! |
| GTI Racing | 2006-03-07 | SdLL, S.A.S. | Prominence S.C., Techland Sp. z o.o. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | As the title suggests, GTI Racing focuses exclusively on the Volkswagen Golf series cars, offering a selection of 15 models stretching over five generations of car design. The gameplay includes arcade racing with thorough simulation elements, using a realistic damage model, collision detection and an interactive environment, and time spent in the garage fine-tuning your vehicle with branded parts. You can install both useful enhancements and eye-catching body kits, tapping into the tuning scene.The 70 stages, based on six settings, offer varied gameplay, with regular races, time trial, drag racing and drift competition. Next to the championships, there is also a Baja and a Legal mode. Most time will be spent in the career mode, racing in different locales, earning money and respect to buy new cars, and ultimately becoming a champion. Up to four players can race online or over a local network.Based on the Chrome engine, the game comes with a full editing suite. You can design and import custom cars and apply paint jobs. Additionally, mods, tracks and modes can be created and shared online. |
| Atari TwinPack: X-COM Enforcer and Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos | 2006-03-08 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation out of the ATARI TwinPack series includes the games:X-Com Enforcer
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos |
| GridWars 2 | 2006-03-09 | | | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Arcade | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | GridWars 2 is a static shooter heavily inspired by Geometry Wars, featuring several grids, powerups, difficulty levels, high scores, and enemies.There is only one mode, where the player loses if there are no lives left and the high-score is then recorded in the hall of fame. The score is raised by eliminating enemies by shooting, which weakens or destroys them, or with a bomb which wipes out all opposition in the scenario. Enemies range from a black hole, absorbing everything near it through a force field, to snakes that can only be taken down if the head is hit. Some enemies have shields, others evade your shots, some even create multiple enemies when they are hit, and there are many others.Power-ups include: new life, bomb, lateral shots, shots that bounce off the limits of the scenario, another cannon, a temporary shield, etc. Gameplay consists of moving, shooting cannons and using bombs, mouse input being used for all of these. |
| Adventure Triple Pack! | 2006-03-10 | Razor Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of three adventure games:
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
The Black Mirror
The Watchmaker
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| Best Games Collection Ever | 2006-03-10 | Razor Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes 11 previously released titles on one CD:
Deep Sea Tycoon
Deep Sea Tycoon 2
Moon Tycoon
F/A-18: Operation Desert Storm
Global Power
Prince of Qin
Strategic Command
Strike Fighters (Gold Edition)
The Watchmaker
Combat Over Europe (add-on for IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles)
Forgotten Battles - Aces Campaigns (campaign add-on for IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles - not to be confused with the Ace Expansion Pack)
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| Neuro | 2006-03-10 | Russobit-M | Revolt Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Several centuries in the future, Earth is at the center of a galaxy-spanning empire. Most colonies are loyal to Earth, though some vie for independence. You play as a soldier working for the central government, who becomes embroiled in political upheaval on the planet Sorgo.Neuro is a science-fiction first-person-shooter with cyberpunk stylings. It mixes traditional FPS mechanics with gameplay based on psionic powers. The most important ability allows the player to take control of enemies' minds and use them to his/her advantage.The game is set in the same universe as Revolt Games' earlier space sim, Homeplanet. |
| Helherron | 2006-03-12 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | King Krolh and the Divine Sceptre have been taken away by a dark winged creature. Now the Isle of Helherron is in chaos, monsters are raiding the villages, and many feel a curse has fallen over the lands. A party of adventuring heroes is the only hope to restore order and discover the fate of the missing King.Helherron is a role-playing game with an emphasis on turn-based tactical combat. Control a party of 8 characters that can be created from 9 unique races, and 10 classes. Along with the standard Human, Elf, Dwarf races available, some of the more usual races are Troll, Orc, and Golem; the Golem are unique to this game and unusually strong. Level-based advancement occurs with rewarded skill points to spend. The game also has a spell system and plenty of items to find.Written with the Allegro game development library, this game uses a basic 2D tile system with original, though somewhat crude graphics. Everything in the game is an object, so searching or interacting will at least provide a basic description ("A window", "A beautiful spruce", etc). A sound card is supported with a few sound effects but no in game music exists.Helherron bears a noticeable resemblance to Nahlakh, sharing many of the same game features even its use of a comprehensive, built in help system.The game was originally released as shareware, but has since been offered to the public as freeware. |
| Titan Attacks! | 2006-03-13 | Puppygames | Puppygames | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Invaders from Titan have arrived to wreak havoc upon Earth. It's up to a single fighter ship to destroy their attacking forces, drive them off of Earth and chase them back to Titan.Titan Attacks is a fairly straightforward Space Invaders clone where the player controls and shoots from a horizontally mobile cannon while configurations of enemy aliens scroll down and try to shoot you back. There are 100 levels of alien armada to get through. Your adventures will take from from the Earth to the Moon and finally to Titan via other stops in between.
Power-ups are available through simple pick-up from bonus ships you shoot down which will give you temporary weapon upgrades or point collecting upgrades. The points you collect on each level can be used between levels to purchase upgrades to your weaponry and armour. Your shields will also need to be replenished between levels if you are shot, while other upgrades you purchase become permanent components.
Enemy ships for the most part move in set patterns excepting the five mother-ships which move in a more aggressive pattern of their own choosing. Points are rewarded for efficiency in shooting enemies and for capturing enemy aliens who may parachute down off their crashing ship. Bonus rounds in between some levels allow the player to earn upgrades and points while an online high-score table allows the player to boast his/her scores online. |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - 3 Dimensions of Murder | 2006-03-14 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | You'll have 5 bloody cases to solve as you play a rookie investigator with the Las Vegas crime lab. The first four ultimately connect together towards solving the 5th. Your co-workers are characters from the CSI television series and voice acting is done by the real actors and actresses from the show.Choose one of 3 levels of difficulty depending upon how familiar you are with the tv shows (and computer gaming in general). Those modes affect how much interactive help you receive inside the game - not from your co-workers, but by way of hotspots and evidence analysis. The game features a tutorial to help with the interface, which is point and click.Asking your partner for "hints" detracts points. At the end of each case, Gil Grissom (the boss) will rate your performance as either a rookie, investigator or master. Your objective is to gather enough evidence and information to arrest the culprit(s) and achieve as close to a 100% rating as possible (master). This will unlock "special features" at the end of each case.Unlike the previous games, the graphics are 3D allowing you a more full view of your environment. Like the earlier games, however, there is still limited exploration of the world around you. The 3D system does provide the ability to move evidence objects in different angles which helps to locate all available fingerprints and other possible evidence. |
| Ice Age 2: The Meltdown | 2006-03-14 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Ice Age 2: The Meltdown is loosely based on the movie of the same name. The game takes place in prehistory - you play as Scrat, the hapless (but not totally helpless!) proto-squirrel, helping your friends escape the coming of a huge flood.In the Windows version the WASD keys move you forward and back, left and right, and the mouse controls camera movement and some actions. Scrat has a few special moves as well, such as sniff, his spin attack, a double jump, a ground stomp (useful for breaking ice), and a roll attack. Much of the game consists of hunting down acorns and other special nuts for health renewal or for unlocking bonuses. There are a few mini-games within the game - you can play as Sid, zipping along an ice slide while avoiding obstacles; there's also penguin-bowling and a mini-game where you "shoot" at monkeys to regain a walnut that was whisked out from under your nose. |
| Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 | 2006-03-14 | Bold Games | Tripwire Interactive, LLC | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | World War II | | Christopher Choi, William T. Munk II | | Mature | | Windows | Based on the Unreal mod, Red Orchestra is a realistic World War II first-person multiplayer shooter.The game includes thirteen maps from Stalingrad to Ukrainian steppes to the last days of Berlin. The map sizes vary so that some maps only have a few tanks while others can have up to ten. Equipment and character classes also differ depending on era. Each side has set character classes, so most players need to be content with playing a normal soldier.Red Orchestra has been designed to be as real as possible. There are no aiming markers; the players have to use the iron sights. There are also no markers to identify friend from foe: the only way to tell is to look at their uniforms. There are also no ammo meters. The realism goes so far that the player actually has to pull out the empty cartridge after firing a bolt-action rifle. Even suppressive fire is useful as bullets going near make shooting more difficult.There is a total of 28 infantry weapons and 14 different vehicles, each realistically modeled. |
| The Game That Takes Place on a Cruise Ship | 2006-03-14 | Deirdra Kiai Productions | Deirdra Kiai Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Game That Takes Place on a Cruise Ship is a 2D point-and-click cartoon adventure game. The player controls Gertrude Zzyrgenhymer, a young, unemployed, blue-haired woman. The game starts when she wins a trip aboard the S.S. Asylum, a modern cruise ship.During the game, the player explores the ship, meets all kinds of different characters and gets into various situations, depending on his previous choices. The game contains 4 branching story paths, leading to 4 different endings. |
| Lada Racing Club | 2006-03-15 | Noviy Disk | Geleos Media | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Europe | Automobile | Direct control | | | | Windows | Lada Racing Club offers car street races in Moscow, Russia. It contains almost all models of the AvtoVAZ range of cars. Many historical monuments and locations are recreated. The game modes include career, fast arrival and freeride. The city is filled with cars and pedestrians that need to be avoided to get a fast time. There is a small mini map in the bottom left corner and the bottom right corner shows the speed as well as the damage the car has suffered. By winning races money is earned to upgrade the cars. |
| AGON: The Mysterious Codex | 2006-03-16 | Viva Media, LLC | | Adventure, Compilation | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This is a compilation of the first three AGON episodic adventures, previously only available as individual downloads, on one CD-Rom:
The London Scene
Adventures in Lapland
Pirates of Madagascar |
| Bumer 2 | 2006-03-17 | 1C Company | 1C Company | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | Crime | Rail shooter | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Bumer 2 is a full-motion video rail shooter with real actors based on Pyotr Buslov's movie Bumer: Film vtoroy. The game follows the story of Kostyan Kot from the movie. The game includes fragments from the movie, but most of the scenes were shot specifically for the game. All the player has to do is to click on enemies when they appear on the screen to shoot them. |
| Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth | 2006-03-17 | Bethesda Softworks LLC, Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Headfirst Productions | Action | 1st-person | Licensed, Regional differences | Detective / mystery, Horror | Stealth, Survival horror | Interwar | | | | Mature | | Windows | Detective Jack Walters arrived in Innsmouth to solve a case of a missing person. But soon he finds himself confronted with terrible mysteries older than humanity, and with ghosts of the mysterious events that led to his incarceration in a mental hospital years ago. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person action-adventure survival horror game, based on the H.P. Lovecraft mythos and his short story "The Shadow Over Innsmouth". Initially, CoC: DCotE plays like an adventure game, but soon it gains elements of a stealth game and of a first-person shooter. Notably, the game does not feature an on-screen HUD (not even a crosshair); Jack's health is hinted at by visual cues; as for ammo, you need to remember how much you have left before you'll have to reload. The health system used in the game is uncommon. There is no "hit points" system; rather, Jack receives minor or major wounds in specific parts of the body, and if he breaks a leg he's slowed down. To heal himself and prevent death from bleeding out, Jack can pick up medikits which contain bandages, splints, sutures and antidotes, each of which is used to heal a specific type of wound. Ill effects emerging from the wounds can be temporarily suppressed with a fix of morphine. Jack's sanity also plays an important role. When Jack looks at disturbing things or finds himself in alarming conditions, his vision blurs, he begins hearing voices and talking to himself. If this gets too bad, Jack may go insane or commit suicide. Also, Jack suffers from acrophobia, and looking down in high places will cause him vertigo. |
| Commandos: Strike Force (Collector's Edition) | 2006-03-17 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Collector's Edition of Commandos: Strike Force includes the game itself, the original soundtrack and 64 MB USB stick. |
| Raiden III | 2006-03-17 | CyberFront Corporation | Moss Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Raiden III is the follow-up to the early 90's shoot 'em-ups Raiden and Raiden II. Once again you control the Raiden "Fighting Thunder ME-02" trying to fend off the attack of the alien invaders. There are in total 7 levels, the first three set on Earth and the last four in space. This is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em-up which (as many other vertically scrolling shooters do) offers the option to either play the game in "yoko" or "tate" screen flipping modes depending on whether your tv is placed on its side or not.Technique
In arcades, it was the first game to use the "Taito Type X arcade system"-board. It implements a 3D scrolling system permitting the scenery to move in three dimensions: climbing, descending, vertically moving.Weapons
Main weapons
Yellow Vulcan Shot
Spread weapon - shoots streams of 2/4 projectiles in 3/5/7 directions.Green Proton Laser
Replaces the characteristic "toothpaste" plasma laser of the Raiden series.Blue Laser (new to the series)
A continuous forward-facing blue laser, lateral ship movement makes it swerve slightly.
Secondary Weapons
Nuclear Missile ("M" power-up)
Dumb-fire missiles that spread out laterally then accelerate forward. In addition to direct hits, the explosions cause damage as well.Homing Missile ("H" power-up)
Homing missiles that target the closest enemy around the player; weak damage, but it protects the ship on its flanks.Radar Missile ("R" power-up)
A partially guided missile; the missiles drift laterally until they align with enemies and charge forward. The radar missiles' explosions cause damage as well.
Smart bomb
A ball of flame spreads out around the ship. The bomb stock can be increased with bomb power-ups ("B" on a spinning triangle). The ship can carry up to 7 bombs. |
| Th3 Plan | 2006-03-17 | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Eko Software SARL | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | Five years ago, the mafia engaged Stephen Foster and Robert Taylor to steal two mythical paintings. For them, the best robbers of the world, that should have been very easy - but Foster wanted more: at the crucial moment, he sacrificed without hesitation his partner and his team to keep all spoils. Now, five years later, the time for redemption has arrived for Taylor. For the ultimate holdup, he needs a team of specialists, hi-tech tools and a perfect plan...Th3 Plan.In this action/stealth game, the player can control up to 3 characters at the same time. The screen is split in three parts and each of the characters can also be controlled by a different human player. Using the Hi-tech equipment from any of the seven team members, the player can combine their actions to reach his goal in smart ways. For instance, it is possible to talk to a guard to distract him with one character and open a forbidden door with one of the two remaining characters...The stealth missions are often followed by gun fight missions where the action is much more intensive. The player usually has to protect one of the characters while he's doing an action and kill the opponents with the others. |
| Valis X: Yuko - Mou Hitotsu no Sadame | 2006-03-17 | Telenet Japan Co., Ltd. | Eants Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | Windows | Valis X: Yuko - Mou Hitotsu no Sadame is the first chapter of the episodic Valis X . The common story of the five episodes of Valis X is based on the events depicted in various installments of the Valis series, describing the adventures of a Japanese teenage girl Yuko Asou and her friends in a parallel world named Vecanti, where she fights its evil tyrants with the legendary sword of Valis. However, the episodes do not follow the plots of the individual games; rather, they tell the over-arching story of the entire series their own way, liberally mixing locations, characters, events, etc., and adding new sub-plots.The first four chapters describe the same events from the point of view of four different characters; the final episode concludes the story.In the first chapter, the protagonist is Yuko Asou, the main heroine of the series. She and her best friend Reiko are mysteriously transported to Vecanti, where they meet the local warriors, Valna and Cham, and together try to overthrow the tyrant Rogles and his successor Megas.All the episodes have the same graphical style and identical gameplay system. Unlike the original Valis series, the episodes of Valis X are "visual novels", composed of text and still images; interactivity is confined to occasionally making a decision, which will slightly alter the following events (usually of sexual nature), without influencing the general story.All the episodes of Valis X have large amounts of explicit sex scenes, mostly revolving around lesbian sex and depictions of the heroines being raped by tentacle monsters. |
| Winx Club | 2006-03-17 | Konami of Europe GmbH | DC Studios, Inc. | Action, Adventure | Behind view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Winx Club is a 3D action adventure game based on the Italian cartoon series of the same name. The story is similar to that of Harry Potter, only this time the main character is a fairy. She gets to go to a fairy school in fairytale world called Magix where she has to find her true self.This game loosely retells the story of the first season of the television series.There are "action" and "adventure"levels. In the adventure levels gameplay consists of finding items for specific NPCs and playing various mini-games. In the action levels the player has to jump, climb, and fight enemies. The main character, Bloom, has a magic shield and two attacks that improve during the game. She can also cast a number of spells that can aid her in finding the items she needs. During boss battle Bloom changes to her Winx form in which she is more powerful and can fly. During the levels there are various items to be picked up which improve Blooms health or attacks or unlock new outfits that can be worn. |
| Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown | 2006-03-19 | GameHouse, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Feeding Frenzy is back with 60 more levels, new powerups, new fish and a new above water area. Start out as a small fish in the big ocean as you try to find out why there are so many shipwrecks lately. Eat the smaller fish and avoid the larger fish as you work your way up through the food chain.As you eat fish, you will grow and be able to eat even larger fish. You can also get powerups that allow you to move really fast, stun other fish, make larger fish shrink so you can eat them and much more. As you progress, you will change fish from that small fish up to a great white shark. Remember, though, that even as a shark, you can still be eaten by other sharks or killer whales, so be careful.New to the series, is an out-of-water experience. In some levels, you will have the opportunity to jump out of the water to eat mayflies and powerups. Jump high and do flips to score style points as well. But, watch out for the pelicans, who will be happy to eat you as you jump out of the water.One more new thing in the game are the Midnight Zones. These levels are too deep for light to reach them. If you want to see what you are doing, you'll need to eat plankton to give you enough light to see. There are the same two game modes as on the original... normal "campaign" style and Time Attack. |
| The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | 2006-03-20 | 2K Games, Inc., Bethesda Softworks LLC | Bethesda Game Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | | Action RPG, Sandbox / open world | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | A lowly prisoner has been cast into the depths of the dungeon in the Imperial capital of the province Cyrodiil. The fate of this prisoner suddenly changed when Emperor Uriel Septim descended into the prison with his guards, fleeing from unknown assassins who have already slaughtered his children. But even an emperor cannot escape his destiny. Before the last assassin delivered the lethal strike, the old emperor entrusted the prisoner with the Amulet of Kings and asked him to find his illegitimate son, the last of the Septim bloodline. The Septims and the Amulet are the last barrier between the continent Tamriel and the dark dimension of Oblivion, and the delicate balance is threatened by the Daedra Prince of Destruction, Mehrunes Dagon, the prisoner being Tamriel's only hope.Oblivion is the fourth title in Bethesda's Elder Scrolls series. The game sticks to the style of its predecessors featuring action-based combat, first-person and third-person views, and vast free-roaming environments. The player's chosen race and class determine the abilities the protagonist has in the beginning. The game allows the player to develop multiple types of characters without being limited to a specific role. The advancement system, as was the case in previous games, is based on skill usage. When the player repeatedly uses one of the skills, it improves. NPCs offer training (for a price) to help in advancing to the next stage. In time the protagonist can become an Apprentice, Journeyman, Expert, and Master and gain certain bonuses for the skill. The skills of the foes are "leveled" to be approximately equal to or slightly above those of the main character.There are numerous side quests that help the hero advance his or her abilities as well as gain fame. The player is free to roam the world without a particular goal, exploring towns, forts, caves, mines, and old temple ruins. Visiting shrines scattered around Tamriel grants the protagonist specialized skills, some permanent and some temporary.Weapons and armor wear out with use and need to be repaired either with the help of special non-playable characters or by using an appropriately trained Armorer skill. Enhanced items (weapons, armor, clothing, rings, amulets) abound in the game for protection, resistance, reflection, and special activities like walking on water, exploring underwater, becoming invisible, or lightening the load. It is possible to open the gates to the Oblivion realm to grab their sigil stones, which can be used to make enhanced items. Higher-level mages can create their own spells and enchant weapons, armor, and clothing using filled soul gems in addition to sigil stones.As opposed to Morrowind, mana points gradually regenerate over time, without the need to rest to replenish them. Active blocking has been added to melee combat. The game features full voice acting for all the NPCs. Dialogues typically contain fewer topics than in Morrowind, but more responses unique to different characters. In addition, the so-called "radiant AI" system makes characters follow their own schedules, engage in various activities, or talk to each other regardless of the player's input. The game features fast traveling, allowing the player to instantly visit Cyrodiil's major cities or previously explored areas. |
| The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Collector's Edition) | 2006-03-21 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Collector's Edition of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion includes:The game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
A minted Septim Gold Coin, replicating the currency used in the game
A 112-page Pocket Guide to the Empire
A bonus DVD with a documentary on the making of the game |
| The Godfather: The Game | 2006-03-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Redwood Shores Studio | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | Crime | | | | Matthew Peterson, Joshua Scott Vaughan | | Mature | | Windows | Set in post-WWII New York City, The Godfather: The Game follows the player-created character's rise through a crime syndicate based on the book and film franchises. Combining events from the movie with side-story missions, the player must earn respect by completing missions in territories controlled by New York's five crime families.Largely open-ended, the game's story is driven by a series of missions where the player can use violence, intimidation, or diplomacy to affect the outcome and influence future events and other character's reactions. A third-person action game, The Godfather: The Game features a punching mechanism to brutally assert yourself, a car theft and driving engine, and a shooting system which allows for locational damage.The game features a persistent offline world populated with locations from the franchise and characters who are often voiced by the actors who portrayed them onscreen. |
| Act of War: Gold Edition | 2006-03-23 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Act of War (Gold Edition) includes:
Act of War: Direct Action
Act of War: High Treason
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| Battle of Europe | 2006-03-23 | Strategy First, Inc. | MAUS Software | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | World War II | Flight / aviation | Juri Pazinich | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Take to the skies above England, and defend it from the Axis powers. The RAF is outnumbered and outgunned; you'll need your best skills if you want to make it home in one piece.Strongly leaning towards arcade action, rather than simulation, you will defend England, take the fight to Europe, and even steal a prototype jet aircraft. Battle of Europe features 22 different aircraft, including some of Germany's secret prototypes, 16 re-playable missions, and multiple difficulty modes. |
| Crime Stories: From the Files of Martin Mystère | 2006-03-23 | Adventure Company, The | Artematica Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | An Italian adventure game based on the famous comic Martin Mystère by Alfredo Castelli.An important M.I.T. researcher, Prof. Eulemberg, was found murdered. Inspector Travis assigns the case to Martin: he immediately begins to investigate together with his girlfriend, Diana, and his helper, Java. Soon he discovers a link between New York and Mexico, where the Prof.'s assistant Alexander was studying an Aztec archaeological site. There, Martin realizes all: Eulamberg was on the source of eternal youth track and... But Mister Jinx lies in wait too...Classic point and click adventure, with simple interface. |
| Fussball World Champion 2006 | 2006-03-23 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | ETS Entwicklerteam Slaby | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fussball World Champion 2006 is the successor to Fussball Liga Champion 2005/2006.
The player uses his mouse to control his team and to perform actions like shooting or passing. The game simulates the World Cup 2006 championship and features the same nations which participated in the real tournament but the player names are not licensed. Besides the tournament there is also a training mode where the player learns how to control the game. |
| Art Attack Digital | 2006-03-24 | PC Fun Club | Melted Media Limited | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | Studio Budgie | | | | Windows | Art Attack Digital is an interactive game based on the CiTV children's art series hosted by Neil Buchanan. The game allows players to use a variety of special photo effects like Crop, Rotate and even Skew to manipulate digital photographs within the CD-ROM, as well as photos imported from your camera, USB or any storage devices. Players can also print out 'Art Attack' puzzles, stationery and even calendars.Art Attack Digital includes an interface that goes with the children's TV series and features narration to players from Neil Buchanan himself. |
| True Crime: New York City | 2006-03-24 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Luxoflux Corp., Z-Axis, Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | Crime | Shooter | North America | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Marcus Reed is a gangster turned cop who is out to clean the streets of New York. Marcus joins the Organized Crime Division of the NYPD with the intent to rid the city of crime and violence. Hoping to make a name for himself after his mentor is shot down, Marcus goes after the top crime syndicates of the city.Besides having to do this, Marcus is a street-level cop. He is responsible for anything from stopping street fights to stopping gang wars to defusing bombs! Not only this, he can frisk people on the street for contraband, can do trunk searches on cars, as well as issue tickets to speeders.But if Marcus is gonna do all those things, he's gonna do it his way. Need some cash? Marcus isn't opposed to a bit of extortion from the local pharmacy. Need some way to stabilize your career after that rampage last week? Plant some evidence on a guy and bring him in. No one will know. Pistols not cutting it for you? The gun stores sell police officers anything, from M4s to flamethrowers to RPGs.With the city of New York at your fingertips, and nearly every building accessible to you, how will you rule? Will you be a shining beacon of morals, or a shady figure in the underworld of NY. The choice is up to you. |
| Balloon Express | 2006-03-25 | Menara Games | Menara Games | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The landlord gave Amelia's father sixty days to pay his debts or else the bank would take everything from him, including his house. Sad to see her father in such a hart time, she decides to help him somehow. As she goes to the barn to think of a solution, she finds her father's hot air balloon, which gives her an idea of starting a delivery service. With the help of her uncle, she'll try to get the money and save her house.Balloon Express is an action oriented casual game. It has two game modes:
Story mode: in this mode the player travels around the world helping Amelia in her delivery service. At each scenario, as the screen scrolls up, the player has to click on the request icons (marked with "?") over the houses which will reveal a requested item. Then the player has to select the correct item from the inventory and click again on the house to complete the delivery. Each stage has a goal score."Express deliveries" can be performed If the player delivers the items quickly and a "tip balloon" will float from the houses - clicking it will givve the player extra money. When the player misses a delivery, some coins will fly away but can be retaken if clicked. When a house is going to disappear from the screen, an exclamation icon appears over it. The player can use the right mouse button to cancel deliveries or make the balloon drift faster.With each "express delivery", the player earns an smiley icon. Smiley icons can be traded for special helpers of three kinds. The "Reveal Helper" will reveal request icons instantly, without clicking; it costs one smiley. The "Freetype Helper" turns a request icon into a star icon, allowing any kind of item to be delivered; it costs two smileys. "The Auto Helper" delivers items automatically; it costs three smileys.Puzzle mode: in this mode the player has to match all icons in a house group switching an item from the house from the item in the inventory. Each time a match is done the player scores and the service bar increases. The bar constantly decreases as the time passes, so the player has to keep matching in order to continue playing. There are coin items around the inventory which disappear every time the player switches items without making a match.Sometimes a small icon appears in a house group. Matching the house group icons to the small icon will give the player a star icon, which serves as a wildcard and can be used to match with two icons of the same type. Making matches from the same type consecutively will release "tip balloons". Making matches in chain will give the player a chain bonus: an arrow icon appears in a house group. When making a switch with one of those icons, all arrows will turn into the item switched.To start playing a puzzle, the player has first to acquire a World Key by playing a previous puzzle (or the tutorial, at first) for a certain amount of time. |
| Tennis Elbow 2006 | 2006-03-25 | Mana Games | Mana Games | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tennis Elbow 2006 allows players to compete in a World Tour of 125 events against 300 players. Both the entry and Champions' Race ranking systems are incorporated - the former covering the last 52 weeks and the latter being fixed over a single calendar year.Single matches can be two against one, as well as the more conventional singles and doubles. Network and internet play is offered. There are seven distinct court types - clay, grass, hard, blue-green hard, synthetic, indoor hard and indoor synthetic. Action replays can be viewed in slow motion, fast speed, and rewound.Players can be defined as volleyers, defenders, punchers or varied, with definable kit colours and playing abilities. As you play the game, your player’s ability improves - by more if your lose. Assign these points for faster and more accurate serves as well as faster running and bigger jumps.The action is viewed from a 3rd-person angle, and side changes are optional. Two buttons are used in combination with directional presses to make slices, 3 different types of lob, and subtle drop shots. |
| Easter Bonus | 2006-03-27 | Indiepath Ltd | Grey Alien Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Easter Bonus is a match-three game with an Easter theme. To clear the levels, you must turn all the squares gold. You do this by making matches of three or more items over them or using bonus items. Later in the game, some squares are coated in ice. Items in ice cannot be moved and iced squares cannot be turned gold until the ice is removed. To break the ice, you match the item trapped in the ice or use a bonus item. You must do this before the candle on the left burns down, meaning your time is up. As mentioned earlier, there are bonus items. These are: Balloons: Clears the items or ice (not both) from the squares neighboring it. Does not turn squares gold.
Dynamite: Clears the items or ice (not both) from a complete horizontal row or vertical column, depending on the direction it is facing. Does not turn squares gold.
Paint brush: Turns one non-iced square gold. Does not affect items.
Paint can: Turns the square it is in, as well as the neighboring non-iced squares, gold. Does not affect items.
Match: Melts the ice from one square. Does not turn the square gold or affect items.
Star: Clears the ice and/or item from one square. Does not turn the square gold. |
| Eets: Hunger. It's emotional. | 2006-03-27 | Klei Entertainment Inc. | Klei Entertainment Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | Kevin Cheng | | | | Windows | In this game you have to guide Eets through each level, helping him circumvent all the various obstacles and enemies to get to the puzzle piece safely.In each level you get a selection of items you can place to affect where Eets goes, since you can't control him directly, all of which are explained with tutorial levels along the way. The items are wide and varied, such as marshmallows that affect Eets' mood and change his reactions accordingly, whales that fire anything they eat into the air, wagons that carry items around or destroy the landscape, and plenty more. Levels also have various obstacles and enemies that have to be circumvented, growing harder as the player progresses.Players can also gain trophies for finishing levels without using all the items available or for how many certain items they've used. There's also a level editor and a replay recorder, both of which can be shared online with friends or through the Eets site.
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| Face of Mankind | 2006-03-27 | Ojom GmbH | Duplex Systems | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Massively Multiplayer, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Face of Mankind is a futuristic "sandbox" MMO/FPS with a heavy focus on roleplay. The game bills itself as completely player-driven, and (with the exception of hostile aliens contained on one world) features no NPCs of any kind. The guard patrolling the street, the receptionist at the corporate desk, the commander giving you your assignments, and so on, are all live players.Players can join one of eight factions including law enforcement, military, rebels, peace activists, and competing corporations. Every faction is player-run, and its leaders are generally given a free hand to establish their organizational hierarchy, activities, and goals (supported by in-game tools). For example, a military leader may set up a raid mission on enemy territory, a police chief may set up a guard point, and a corporate leader may set a manufacturing quota for a particular item. A player in that faction may elect to take that posted mission, and as long as they participate or meet the stated goals, they will receive the item or cash reward the leader has assigned to that mission. Players can also create "departments" within their factions, which act similarly to guilds, but still take overall orders and goals from faction commanders.The economy is similarly player-driven. Resources are mined by players at specific terminals, and sold on the marketplace or placed in faction storage. Crafters purchase the materials and use fabrication terminals to create every item in the game - clothing, tools, armor, guns and the ammunition to fire them. Players can purchase these items for credits at marketplace terminals. The quality of a final item is decided in production, and can be "low" "medium" or "high." Higher quality items require more high-quality resources, and generate fewer items per manufacturing run. Certain items (such as illegal drugs) can only be crafted by one of the factions.The game can be played in either a first or third-person view. Combat has more in common with action games than typical MMO fights. Characters aim ranged weapons with the mouse and pull the trigger with a click. There are no background stats affecting the chance to hit, only the player's own aim. There are also no levels or combat skills, so a player's relative strength is dictated by the quality of the armor and weapons they can afford. XP earned by doing missions only unlocks advancement within the player's faction, and does not improve any aspect of their character. Any items carried on a player (i.e. not in storage) are dropped in a backpack when killed, and can be looted.Rules are enforced entirely by the players. Certain activities (killing neutral/allied players, hacking, carrying illegal drugs or weapons) can generate "Penalty Points." Members of the law enforcement faction can scan other players for contraband items, or to see their current Penalty Points. If high enough to warrant attention, the police may use non-lethal weapons to knock the offender into a stunned state, then arrest them. Arresting a player sends them directly to an in-game penal colony, where they must do missions to pay off their Penalty Points, or try to avoid the player guards and escape. Faction leaders can also assign penalty points and other punishments (such as demotions) to players that break the internal rules of that faction. Egregious player-killers earn a "Most Wanted" status with various penalties attached, from being bounty hunted without repercussions by any other player, all the way up to permanent death if killed.There are thirteen areas in the game - three Earth cities, nine space colonies, and a spaceship acting as a headquarters for the military faction. Control terminals scattered around the maps allow for coordinated players to take control of a world. Different planets feature different resources, as well as a different visual style. In fitting with the roleplay focus, many cities have purely decorative areas (such as hotel lobbies, restaurants, or briefing rooms) that serve no purpose beyond offering interesting gathering areas.As of December 29, 2009, Face of Mankind is free to play with limitations. Free accounts cannot own apartments, have limited storage space, a limit to how high they can rank in a faction, and cannot produce the highest quality items. A "premium" account with monthly pricing removes these restrictions. |
| ÜberSoldier | 2006-03-27 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Burut Creative Team | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | World War II | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | ÜberSoldier is a first-person shooter that takes place during World War II, when the Nazis have found an ancient Tibetian technique to revive the dead. This technique gives the subject special powers, and the first person that speaks to the subject will be the one that he/she obeys. In their struggle to win World War II, the Nazis have started to use this technique to turn dead German soldiers into super-soldiers called "UberSoldiers" that take advantage of these special powers.In ÜberSoldier, you play as Karl Stoltz, a German officer who was killed in a French ambush. Stoltz is now one of the ÜberSoldier test subjects. Unfortunately for the Nazis, the French discovered the lab that the ÜberSoldiers were being created in, and the first person that speaks to Stoltz ends up being a French soldier. You guessed it -- Stoltz joins the Allies and is seeking revenge against his former masters.Along the way, Stoltz will depend on his ÜberSoldier powers to help him survive. Headshots will power up his bullet shield, which will temporarily make him invincible to enemy fire. Slashing enemies in the head with his knife will give him extra health.Gameplay is traditional run-'n-gun. You have five weapon slots for a pistol, rifle, machinegun, rocket launcher, and grenade. If you happen to come across another version of the same gun, but you already have that gun, you will need to swap the gun you have for the gun you are picking up by pressing the use button.ÜberSoldier uses a weapon selection system similar to Half-Life. When you select a weapon, there will be five boxes at the top of the screen that show which weapon is in the corresponding slot, and which one is selected. You then switch to that weapon by pressing the fire button. At all times, you have a knife that you can quickly slash enemies with by simply pressing the melee button. Dead enemies will drop a health pack and their weapons/ammo when they die. There is no friendly fire, and enemies die easier when they are shot in the head. |
| Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII | 2006-03-28 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft SRL | Action | Behind view | | | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Blazing Angels is an air combat arcade game putting the player at the command of a fighter squadron in the Second World War. It's a pick-up-and-play type of game, with easy-to-grasp controls and an almost non existent learning curve.The action covers the most important moments of the WWII, from the Battle for England to the bombing raids over Berlin, but also warps a bit the history to make for some entertaining if fictitious moments (i.e. you get to fly over Normandy on D-Day, save the day at Pearl Harbor, etc). The gameplay is quite varied, with about 18 flyable planes during the SP campaign (fighters, recon planes, dive, torpedo and level bombers) and diverse tasks and locations that prevent the game from being overly repetitive, despite a general dogfighting approach. The basic squadron command system and the specific abilities of the wingmen lend a bit of a tactical flavor to the game.There are a dozen multiplayer game modes available: solo (Dogfight, Seek and Destroy & Aces High), co-op (Dogfight, Onslaught, Bombing Run, Kamikaze and Historical Missions) and squad-based (Dogfight, Capture the Base, Bombing Run and Kamikaze). |
| Buccaneer's Bounty | 2006-03-28 | Cinemaware Marquee | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of pirate themed strategy games. So if you like pirates and strategy games this might just be what you're looking for. The games included are:
Port Royale 2
Tortuga: Pirates of the New World
Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse |
| Diner Dash 2: Restaurant Rescue | 2006-03-28 | PlayFirst, Inc. | PlayFirst, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The news is dire. Mr. Big has tripled the rent on the local restaurants in an effort to push them out of business so that he can build his Mega Multiplex Foodplaza.Flo, with 5 of her own restaurants already up and running, has returned to help her friends make enough to pay the rent so they won't lose their restaurants.Help Flo as she takes orders and delivers food to the customers in different kinds of restaurants including a roadside diner and a Mexican cantina. Seat the customers, take their orders and deliver their food before they get upset and leave. Then, clean their tables off and seat the next customers.Diner Dash 2: Restaurant Rescue brings in some new customers, such as the cellphone addict and the bookworm as well as introducing families with crying babies. Some new objects include highchairs, a mop, and a phone to call for assistance.You can play Diner Dash 2 in story mode or in endless shift mode. After each level of the story mode, you can upgrade your restaurant. If you got expert on that level, you will have 3 choices instead of 2. Save the four restaurants in story mode to unlock a secret restaurant. |
| Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers | 2006-03-28 | THQ Inc. | Pandemic Studios, LLC | Action, Strategy | Behind view | Regional differences | | Shooter | Contemporary | | | | Mature | | Windows | Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers is the successor of Full Spectrum Warrior.Although you killed the tyrant of Zekistan in the first game, the situation hasn't improved. A civil war begins to unfold and various insurgencies fight against the Western forces. Even ethnic hostilities erupt in violence. So once again squads of US Light Infantry are send into the country to secure the Tien-Hamir (or "Ten Hammers") Province. But this time they can call upon the assistance of the British elements of the Coalition Forces.Like in Full Spectrum Warrior you are the commander of two Fire Teams called Alpha and Bravo. But now you can brake down a Fire Team to a Buddy Team consisting of the Team Leader with the Automatic Rifleman and the Grenadier with the Rifleman. In some missions you also have now access to a Bradley Fighting Vehicle which you control just like you control a fire team. In some missions you'll also find tanks or APCs which your Fire Teams can enter and use.You can now also give orders to a specific teammate. So if you want to breach a door, you order the Grenadier to unpack the rocket launcher and make a nice hole. It is also possible to give orders to the Fire Team you don't control right now.Unlike the first game, Ten Hammers doesn't feature a separate tutorial but you rather learn how to play in the very first mission.The twelve missions of the campaign feature several different objectives like reaching a convoy or destroy a street barrier. Since your squads can now enter buildings you have a whole new tactical layer to use against the many foes that hide in the shadows ready to kill you. To support this new feature, you can now also deploy a sniper in a building and activate the sniper mode in which you can take out the enemies one by one.The multiplayer-mode also got updated and features now the ability to play cooperatively with four friends or do a few 2-on-2 objective based missions. |
| Neighbors from Hell: On Vacation | 2006-03-28 | Cinemaware Marquee | JoWood Vienna | Puzzle | Side view | | Comedy | Stealth | Contemporary | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | Neighbors from Hell: On Vacation is the sequel to the puzzle strategy game Neighbors From Hell. You are Woody again and have a reality show starring one annoying neighbor (again).This time the pest has followed his unfortunate neighbor on a vacation cruise, but this time the neighbor is not alone: his mother and several other characters (such as his love interest Olga and her son) are coming with him. The game features fourteen episodes, six locations from China to Mexico, and five new characters. |
| Codename: Panzers - Platinum: Phase One + Phase Two | 2006-03-29 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Codename: Panzers - Phase One
Codename: Panzers - Phase TwoIt also has a bonus DVD with the following content:
Cutscene drafts
EM viral spot
Interactive screen
Intro and cut-scene cinematics
Magazine ads
Making-of videos
Map overview
Mini-game
Phase One hint book
Phase Two hint book
Phase Two ModDemo with an exclusive mission
Photo galleries
Panzers pitch film of 2002
Soundtracks of Phase One and Phase Two
TV spots of Phase One and Phase Two
TV spot previews
Visit of the speech recording with exclusive citation of Peter "RoboCop" Weller
Windows wallpapers
Work in progress |
| Keepsake | 2006-03-29 | Adventure Company, The | Wicked Studios Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Lydia's first day of school at the Dragonvale School of Magic doesn't turn out as she expected. The hustle and bustle of busy teachers and new students is normal during the orientation day. She is excited that she will again see Celeste, her childhood friend from many years ago, who is also attending Dragonvale. Anticipation and excitement quickly change into worry when she finds a completely deserted school. The only trace of people is an old puppet she finds on the floor - a gift once belonging to Celeste!You play Lydia in 3rd person perspective during this point-and-click adventure game. Help her discover what happened by exploring the vast rooms and corridors of Dragonvale. She will not be totally alone during her adventure. There will be interaction with other people (and creatures), puzzle solving and inventory objects to find and use.Other features include an original digital soundtrack, sound effects as well as dynamic lighting and atmospheric effects. |
| Maui Wowee | 2006-03-29 | GameHouse, Inc. | ToyboxGames Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Maui Wowee is a tile matching game, where players have to match three or more flowers of the same type to make them disappear. The main game screen shows a large grid, with each slot filled with a flower. Every new level has a different grid layout, but the objective is always to break the background and transform it into a valuable metal, by creating matches over it using one of the two ways of playing the game. In slide mode, the player has to drag rows and columns with the mouse to make matches. In swap mode, the player has to select two adjacent flowers to swap their positions and create a match. The player can access the options menu to switch between the modes at anytime.Some butterflies rest over a bamboo shaft, at the bottom right of the screen. They act as a power-up, and can be dragged and dropped over one of the tiles to carry it away, transforming the background to gold. Matches of four flowers create a bomb that explodes when used in a match, destroying surrounding tiles. A five-flowers match creates a bomb and gives an extra butterfly.The tiles turn into bronze, silver or gold, their more precious transformation depending on the number of moves made to create the match, and the number of flowers eliminated. The game comes with a integrated level editor, the option of playing custom MP3 files as the background music and can be set as the default screensaver. |
| Alexey's Dwice | 2006-03-30 | eGames, Inc. | WildSnake Software | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Andrey Novikov | Windows | Alexey's Dwice is the brainchild of Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris. Its premise is simple: you're presented with a screen, in which a group of various shaped blocks drift towards the bottom. The goal is to prevent them from doing so, by matching blocks with the same shape and clicking on them. Each pair explodes, and momentarily stops the downward movement of the others. You can score more points by clicking on same shapes with the same color. There are also items that you can get, such as dynamite (explodes blocks and creates smaller simple shapes like squares), an icepick (destroys one shape), and a fire line (clears the entire screen of blocks). The game has two modes, quest and arcade. In the former, you choose a starting location on a map, and play to unlock other locations, which are of increasing difficulty level. In arcade mode, you just play, hopefully bypassing levels that are progressively more challenging (ie. more than one screen of blocks to monitor). |
| Crescent Pale Mist | 2006-03-30 | ClassiC Shikoukairo | ClassiC Shikoukairo | Action | | | | Hack and slash, Platform, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | rockinandroid.com (from Ad Blurbs)In the beautiful and unstable dimension of Gasyukal, a world caught between worlds, you are Yunou - the only magician powerful enough to control the mysterious and volatile magic known as Pale Mist. With Pale Mist seeping from an unknown source to increasingly dangerous levels, it is up to you to put a stop to those responsible for the dreadful and unwieldy magic. Wrought with surprise challenges in a labyrinthine dimension, Crescent Pale Mist is an ethereal journey with exciting magic and teeth-clenching blade-fighting action - a fantasy game you won't soon forget!
Six challenging levels with multiple difficulties, featuring rich HD graphics
11 PlayStation®Network trophies
Online leaderboard rankings
Engaging fantasy-based storyline
Rich, detailed art in the hand-drawn Japanese anime style
Presented in “2.5D”, rendered 3D polygonal graphics presented in a 2D game
HDTV 480p
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| Fire Department: Episode 3 | 2006-03-30 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | Kyiv's Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | The third game in the Fire Department series once again follow the life of fire fighters - this time in 13 missions in five locations: France, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Ukraine - the home country of the developers.The game uses a dynamic fire and smoke dynamics system. Fire does not follow a scripted path and is influenced by the wind or flammable substance. Smoke follows ventilation paths and suppresses oxygen levels. Players manage a fire fighter crew with different classes and 15 different vehicles, all in real-time. Each class has a specific set of abilities. Regular fire fighters break doors and save victims while putting out the fires, medics provide first aid, others are able to get through obstacles, repair machines, command dogs, specialize in toxic substances or wear special suits that withstand extreme temperatures. Each unit can be assigned a defensive, offensive or heroic stance.The list of vehicles includes fire engines, ambulances, boats, bulldozers, trucks, helicopters and planes. Missions feature both primary and secondary objectives, requiring the player to create groups to approach fires from different directions.The game offers two multiplayer modes. Players can replay all missions from the singleplayer mode with both players controlling all units at the same time, or a more cooperative approach where players can divide the units between them. There are three multiplayer bonus missions as well. |
| Branmarker: Shami Risni no Bōken | 2006-03-31 | D.O. Corp. | D.O. Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Top-down | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Shami Risni no Bōken is a remake of Branmarker. The player takes the role of Shami, a young female warrior, who has to defeat evil that threatens the peaceful island of Radja, wandering around the world map and fighting random enemies in turn-based combat.The remake has high resolution graphics with most of the anime-style cut scenes completely re-drawn (although the overworld top-down graphics still have the retro "super-deformed" look), higher quality music, voice overs for some of the cut scenes, and the possibility to view the game's CG pictures from the gallery menu. Story and gameplay remain unchanged. |
| Championship Manager 2006 | 2006-03-31 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Beautiful Game Studios | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | A continuation of the classic football management simulation series, the second from the Beautiful Game Studios stable since publishers Eidos took control of the franchise development.Players select a club from one of 26 different countries and play the manager's role, taking charge of tactics, training, signing new players, negotiating contracts, etc. The game is very statistics heavy and assumes a fairly deep knowledge of the football game, setting it apart from its more accessible competitors.New features in this release include 3D camera perspectives on the match, a simulated world option where all competitions in all leagues are played, limited player knowledge that is only revealed through scouting, a club benefactor for a large cash injection at the game startup and general improvements across the board in data and gameplay. |
| Daemonica | 2006-03-31 | Meridian4, Inc. | CINEMAX, s. r. o., RA Images s.r.o. | Adventure | | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Isometric | Windows | Adventure, action and a bit of role playing blend in Daemonica, a murder mystery set in 14th century medieval England in the period following the infamous Black Death.The majority of the game is "true" point-and-click adventure, with all the elements adventure gamers have become accustomed to, with only a small amount of action (in the form of sword fighting) controlled using the mouse and keyboard. The isometric "top down" view makes it look like a traditional role player.Using the keyboard, you can zoom in or out and adjust camera angles. Scenery graphics include animated objects and animals, including weather effects. There is very little voice-acting, and that is of the main character. Important revelations in the story are provided by narrated text instead of graphic cut-scenes, and conversations with other characters are handled with on-screen text (unvoiced) in a pop-up window. The background music and ambient sound effects are intended to bring an overall feeling of foreboding and moodiness to the story.Your character, Nicholas Farepoynt, is summoned by the Mayor of Cavorn to determine whether the proper man was executed for the murder of his fiance'. Farepoynt has many abilities that make him unique, including being able to commune with and speak to the dead! As the story progresses, you will guide Nicholas throughout the town talking to its citizens (alive as well as dead) and unearthing the underlying plot that emerges.Solving adventure-type puzzles comes into play and those include riddles as well as object-dependent ones. The most important "quest" involves finding herbs for the making of potions to enhance Nicholas' abilities, heal him or enable him to travel to the "Temple of Sacrifices" in order to question the souls of the dead. Multiple endings provide a replay value. |
| Dobrynya Nikitich i Zmey Gorynych | 2006-03-31 | 1C Company | PIPE studio | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Based on the animated film of the same name Dobrynya Nikitich i Zmey Gorynych is the second game in Bogatyrs series. The game is a classic point-and-click adventure with a few brief acrcade-style episodes that looks and plays very similar to Alyosha Popovich i Tugarin Zmej. Prince Vladimir's niece Zabava was kidnapped and the trail leads to Zmey Gorynych, the three-headed dragon. Dobrynya Nikitich and his apprentice Yelisey come to the rescue to discover a plot of treachery along the way. The player controls either of two heroes that are switched automatically depending on the situation. |
| Golden Age of Racing | 2006-03-31 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Brain in a Jar Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Golden Age of Racing is a one or two player game based on the racing cars of the 1960's. The two player game uses a split screen displayThe game has ten courses, three levels of difficulty and five cars which can be played in Time Challenge, Exhibition and Championship modes. There are multiple liveries for each car but only one is immediately available, the rest have to be unlocked by winning races.There are four championships to compete in:
The Club Championship - five races each of five laps on the club circuits
The GP Championship - five races each of five laps on the Grand Prix circuits
The World Championship - ten races each of ten laps, one race on each of the five club circuits and one race on each of the five GP circuits
The Endurance Championship - one race of thirty laps on the Montessa GP circuit
Initially only the Club Championship is available, the other championships are unlocked by completing the one before
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| Mahjongg 3 | 2006-03-31 | Purple Hills | | Compilation | | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
3DJongg
Amazing Mahjongg 3D
Autumn Mahjongg
City Mahjongg
Collosseum Mahjongg
Dragon Puzzle
Easy Mahjongg
Great Mahjongg
Hammurabi Mahjongg
Imhotep Mahjongg
JongiJongo Mahjongg
Mahjong
Mahjongg Deluxe
Mahjongger
MD-Mahjongg
Modern Mahjongg
Mountain Mahjongg
Mystic Mahjongg
Tonatiuh Mahjongg
Twilight Mahjongg
Also included are 13 Shareware Mahjongg variants. |
| Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All | 2006-03-31 | SourceNext Corporation | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Order in the court! Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney is back for more defense attorney action! Taking place a year after the events of the previous game, Phoenix encounters many faces from the previous game... some friends... some foes. Using your keen deduction skill, and armed with the evidence, you'll be able to guide Phoenix through four new cases as you pick apart witnesses' inconsistencies and lies.Justice For All is a courtroom simulation and adventure game. Players gather evidence and interrogate witnesses as they try to help Phoenix Wright prove his client's innocence. New to the sequel is the addition of "Psyche Locks", which cover a person when they are hiding a particularly dark secret. You'll need to break open these locks by presenting enough evidence to convince the person to tell the truth. In addition, Phoenix's courtroom blunders are now represented by a «soul energy» meter instead of set hit points. This means that some mistakes can cost you a lot more than others!Like in the previous DS version of the game, players can navigate through menus and items by using the stylus, as well as manage their inventory. Also available is the optional method of evidence presentation: you can actually shout out "HOLD IT!", "OBJECTION!" and "TAKE THAT!" into the microphone when you're ready to destroy the opposition's argument! |
| Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations | 2006-03-31 | SourceNext Corporation | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Phoenix Wright returns in the third game in the Ace Attorney series. However, Phoenix is not the only lawyer that you'll be guiding, as you dig through the evidence to find the truth to free your clients. Players will tackle five new cases as they encounter familiar faces and new ones in their search for justice.Trials and Tribulations is a courtroom adventure game. Players encounter two different types of phases as they play through the game — one takes place in the courtroom, where players directly interrogate subjects and try to disprove their lies with the evidence they have; the other takes place on the field, where Phoenix talks to people and examines locations to search for clues that may help his client's case.As in Justice For All, players will have to sometimes break open people's "Psyche Locks", which cover a person when they have something that they really don't want to reveal to Phoenix. Depending on the importance of the secret, more locks will cover the person, and can only be unlocked by presenting the correct evidence. And as in the previous DS versions of the game, players can use the stylus to select menus and evidence, as well as use the microphone to shout out "OBJECTION!" and "HOLD IT!" when they want to present evidence. |
| RIP: Strike Back | 2006-03-31 | White Elephant Games | White Elephant Games | Action | Top-down | | War | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | Direct control, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The frighteningly good heroes of R.I.P. return as more of those disgusting humans try to breach into The Other World. Having already conquered the entire planet under the guidance of General Wildboar the humans have banned all holidays and celebrations. To further nail the coffin on these acts they decide to cross over their conquest. This time however they're in for the surprise of their afterlives.
Once limited to stationary guns our heroes this time have at their disposal, tanks, dragons, helicopter and of course the trusty old stationary turrets. Having the ability to also roam around does have its perks as well for our heroes, Death, Halloween, & Rock-n-Roll. But the humans have a few surprises of their own, as five different bosses including a mine deploying tank and a gunship will present quite the challenge for our otherworldly champions. Of course to even up the odds a bit on top of the arsenal of new weapons and toys our heroes still have their old skeletal serfs to bring health and weapon bonuses to the playing field.
Other changes in this second part of the R.I.P. series includes more detailed "level-ups" in that your characters' mid-level avatar will actually show the way you've upgraded your character, from rows of bullets to bared giant fangs, to iron helmets. As per the original game there is also a toned down kids version of the game with flowers instead of blood and a Rush mode where the object is to survive an onslaught for as long as possible. in the original story mode there are a total of sixty levels not including training stages.
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| Snowy: Lunch Rush | 2006-03-31 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Aliasworlds Entertainment | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Time management | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | There's a contest in Bear Town to see who will be the best restaurant at the end of 60 days. Snowy decides to start his own restaurant with Browny and enter the contest. With Browny cooking, Snowy must satisfy his customers by seating them, taking their orders, delivering their food, taking their money, and cleaning their tables If that wasn't enough work, he has to take care of a drive thru and VIP customers along with his normal customers.Get extra points through combos (doing the same thing multiple times in a row) and by seating customers in seats that are the same color as the customers.Work your way through the campaign to unlock the endless mode. In the campaign mode, you will work through 60 days, with increasing difficulty. As you progress, your restaurant will get upgraded with new tables, nicer floor and doorway, even a cat.In endless mode, your goal is to last as long as possible before losing 4 customers. You will be able to choose your own upgrades to the restaurant, though they will be somewhat different than the automatic upgrades in the campaign mode. |
| Sonic Mega Collection Plus | 2006-03-31 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | Sonic Team | Action, Compilation | Side view, Top-down | | | Platform | | | Takashi Ishihara | | | | Windows | A special extended version of the popular GameCube compilation ported for the PS2 and Xbox, Sonic Mega Collection Plus contains 20 of the most popular Sonic the Hedgehog and SEGA Genesis titles in one convenient set. It carries over all the content of the previous version, including the following emulated Genesis games:Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic & Knuckles
Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Flicky
RistarIt also has the special games created by locking Sonic & Knuckles onto the earlier Sonic games: Blue Sphere, Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles.New to the Plus version is a save-state function, lots of new artwork, movies and comics in addition to what was on GameCube and several new games. The Genesis games The Ooze and Comix Zone were now available in all regions. The previous version had included them only in Japan. Additionally, a Game Gear emulator was added along with six Game Gear games:Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Chaos
Sonic Drift
Sonic Labyrinth
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Sonic Blast |
| Tremulous | 2006-03-31 | Darklegion Development | Darklegion Development | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Tremulous is a free, open source team-based FPS licensed under the GPL, and it uses the icculus.org Quake III ioquake3 source code distribution. Reminiscent of Natural Selection and the Quake 2 modification Gloom, the game mixes pure FPS with RTS elements, and matches take place between two opposing teams: humans and aliens. Rather than relying on pure action, you can build constructions and activate upgrades that are unlocked gradually while playing.Each team is fundamentally different. Humans use guns while aliens are class-based and rely on speed and melee attacks. By killing foes, aliens earn frags that can be used to evolve to stronger mutations. Humans, on the other hand, either spawn with a weapon or a construction kit, and they earn credits by killing aliens. Those credits can be exchanged in the armoury for new equipment. When a team reaches a set amount of frags, a new stage of development is occupied. Aliens get access to advanced creatures with healing and construction abilities, while humans acquire new building options, better weapons and stronger armour. There are three stages in total.Each race has important constructions that must be defended. For the aliens, the Overmind is vital. It controls the production of eggs and the upgrade abilities. Humans have a Reactor as a main power source. There are additional defensive constructions such as barricades, alien tubes and turrets, or hives, eggs and telenodes as extensions of the main structures. These have distinct abilities as well. In an advanced development stage, aliens can build them on walls or ceilings, and they slow down humans with creep, or spray acid when destroyed. The overall objective is to destroy the opposing team.The game was originally developed as a total conversion for Quake III, but later, after the release of the 3D engine's source code, turned into a standalone product. It supports OpenAL with surround sound. |
| Colossal Cave | 2006-04-01 | | Intelligent-Digital | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | Perhaps as an experimental exercise (it wouldn't be the first time) into determining the robustness of their proprietary adventure development environment, the folk(s) at Intelligent-Digital here have adapted a 48k Spectrum version of the great grandpappy of text adventure games, Crowther's ADVENTURE, to their own unique .NET point-and-click interface.The goals, puzzles, locations and objects remain much the same: the player still navigates a system of half-fantasy half-Kentucky caves in search of treasures with the aid of zany magical incantations. All the same, many puzzles (especially the mazes of twisty little passages) have been consciously streamlined out of this game's design, resulting in an overall easier game to match the intended friendlier interface. |
| Dream Match Tennis | 2006-04-01 | astragon Software GmbH | Bimboosoft Co., Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dream Match Tennis is a tennis simulation. 4 different play modes on different surfaces are included: show match, training, practice match and tournament. You can control the game with keyboard or game pad. Different camera perspectives are available. 4 different players can be selected, all with different skills. The game can be played against the AI or with a second player. The AI has 7 difficulty levels that can be individually adjusted. |
| I'm O.K: A Murder Simulator | 2006-04-01 | Thompsonsoft | Thompsonsoft | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In I'm O.K: A Murder Simulator, you play as Osaki Kim, whose son was beaten to death with a baseball bat by a fourteen-year-old who loved violent video games. In the opening, the murderer is sentenced to life in prison, but Mr. Kim needs more. After the trial, he is approached by a man named Jack Offson, who informs him the video industry is the real killer and starts him on a murderous revenge spree.Osaki Kim starts with two weapons that have unlimited ammunition: a baseball bat and a pistol. As he gains money, he can buy a shotgun, throwing knives, a shotgun, twin Uzis, a bazooka and Molotov cocktails, all of which have limited ammunition. Osaki can also urinate, which is a reference to Postal 2. This ability has no offensive use, but can put out fires.Gameplay is strictly 2D and similar to the Metal Slug series. Osaki Kim moves and attacks left and right and must make it to the end of each level to fight a boss battle. Money is awarded based on performance in the battle. Between each level, there is a bonus level at a game retailer. Using the mouse, you must snipe the customers, then shoot the coins they drop out of the air. This is your main source of money. After the bonus round, you go to the gun shop, where you can purchase additional weapons and ammunition.There are four levels in all: The house of video-game-company executive Paula Eibler, the offices of video-game-industry law firm Blank, Stare, Arcade Game Werks and E3. The Bonus levels are Beast Buy, P.U. Games and Mal-Wart. |
| IL-2 Sturmovik Series: Complete Edition | 2006-04-01 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a collection of titles from the IL-2 Sturmovik series. It includes more than 200 flyable WWII aircraft and 42 maps from around the world.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles - Ace Expansion Pack
Pacific Fighters
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| Magic Match: Journey to the Lands of Arcane | 2006-04-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC, Oberon Games, Inc. | Codeminion S.C. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Magic Match is a "Match 3" game in which the player is presented with a board that has a random arrangement of pieces. The player is challenged to drag the mouse cursor over chains of 3 or more identical pieces in order to make the pieces vanish, the score increase, and the other pieces reshuffle. A certain number of each type of piece on each game board must be collected in this manner before time runs out for that board. There are also magic spells that rearrange the pieces on the board or swap 2 pieces of the player's choosing, useful for when the board reaches a state where no more chains of 3 are available.Magic Match features an elaborate tale in which the player is actually a wizard's apprentice traveling across a fantasy landscape on a quest. The player progresses through 6 stages with many levels of increasing difficulty and earns higher magic ranks with better scores. The game features an imp named Giggles who tutors you as you play and helps explain extra options and obstacles that appear on the game board (such as a coin that acts as a wildcard piece or a plus sign that will grant bonus time to complete the board).Magic Match also allows for dueling options. Either a human player can play against the computer with configurable difficulty, or 2 humans can play against each other using what the game calls "Mouse Party"-- 2 mice hooked up to the same computer. |
| Noitu Love | 2006-04-01 | Fallen Angel Industries | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Noitu Love (Evolution spelled backwards) is freeware 2D platformer set in the year 2188. The city where it takes place is protected by an organization known as "The Peacekeepers League". The last threat is a robot army led by professor Darnacus Damnation who attacks the city. The boy Noitu Love has to rid the city of the army's presence with the help of Lori who communicates through an intercom.The game consists of six side-scrolling levels. Noitu Love can jump, attack and do a circle attack in the air. Through experimental devices, he can also transform into different shapes with new abilities: Noitu Chimp, Noitu Smart and Noitu Bird. Each level ends with a boss and Noitu can collect test tubes for more points and additional lives. There are also power-ups that provide temporary strong attacks, different for each shape. Some levels provide variation in the gameplay. The fourth one has a vertically-scrolling section and the final level toys with pseudo 3D effects. |
| Re-Mission | 2006-04-01 | HopeLab | Realtime Associates, Inc., Terminal Reality, Inc. | Action, Educational, Simulation | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Re-Mission is a "serious" game developed for teens with cancer. It’s an "Inner Space" meets "modern gaming" flying shooter 3rd-person perspective action game. The player is in control of Roxxy, a sexy female nanobot, on various missions throughout a variety of body systems. She is guided by the virtual "outdated" bot Smitty with whom the interaction provides for a lot of hilarious moments. While advancing through the levels, players learn in this simulated game environment the basics of how cancer is affecting human bodies, various treatments used and their side effects, in a proactive way.The game is geared for a general audience and has access from the main menu to cheat codes to enable access to any levels and unlimited health. More hardcore gamers can play on the "difficult" setting for a more appropriate experience.The recommended controller is a console gamepad (USB, or connected through an USB adapter), but the game plays well with any other controller, keyboard and/or mouse and offers complete controls customization as well. |
| Sacred: Neue Auflage (Big Pack) | 2006-04-01 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition includes:
Sacred Plus
a 140-page strategy guide in PDF format
exclusive preview of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel by GameStar |
| Tanita: Plasticine Dream | 2006-04-01 | Akella | Trickster Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Tanita is a small plasticine girl who sets off in an airplane to tour the world, but crash lands on a mysterious group of islands and must then find a way to get back home. She comes across the MEC ("Main Evil Creature") who is involved in a plot to capture all of the fish surrounding the islands and turn them into evil gadgets. Naturally she therefore decides to combat the MEC while on her journey.Tanita: Plasticine Dream has been made with stop-motion claymation, and outwardly looks and plays quite similar to the claymation game The Neverhood. Going along with the strange setting, many of the game's puzzles have quite unusual solutions. There are also multiple mini-games, some of which are arcade-like. |
| Tom's Hen House | 2006-04-01 | Anawiki Games | Anawiki Games | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Tom was living in an orphanage but life was hard. So, when he got the chance to escape, he left to make his own way. Along the way, he met an old man who told him about the egg festival. The old man set Tom up with some hens and will train him to take his place.In Tom's Hen House, you're trying to catch eggs to earn the most money. Different eggs earn you different amounts. In-between egg-catchings, you can play games for more money. In one game, Target, you have up to five eggs to throw at a target to try to get bull's-eyes. In another, a shell game called Where is an egg?, you place a bet and are shown that one egg is under a pot. The pots are then shuffled and you try to guess which has the egg to double your money. The money can be used in the store to buy weights to make you faster or buy better hens for better laying. |
| Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 5 - Land of the Rising Dead | 2006-04-02 | Grundislav Games | Grundislav Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | After the events in London, Ben decides to return to his home... but then gets a call from his friends, Simon Booth and Alice Wilkins. Simon says that there have been a series of mysterious murders in Osaka, Japan... but they soon discover that there is much more going on than they had first suspected. Working together with local police and his friends, Ben discovers the involvement of living dead, and tries to find links between different events.Land of the Rising Dead is a classic point-and-click adventure with actions to move around, examine, talk, and pick up and use items. These can be selected from the top of the screen, or you can cycle through them with the right mouse button. Ben has an inventory and important clues are stored in your notebook. The game has been divided in 5 acts, representing the 5 days of the investigation. In some parts of the game, it is possible to die, and at a certain point, there are multiple paths with different puzzles to complete the investigation. Your progress is measured by points, shown in the top right corner. |
| Ninja Flu | 2006-04-02 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Shooter | | | Text parser | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The ninja sanctuary, where the fallen warriors of the Iga clan dwell after death, has been infested by bird flu. Now diseased ninja angels are falling from the sky, threatening the Earth with the plague! You, a ninja armed with a missile launcher, have to shoot them down before they reach the ground. Ninja Flu is a shooter game with unusual controls: rather than walking and shooting with single key presses, you tell your ninja to walk left and right, and to shoot by typing commands - "left" and "right" make him move, while "missiles X", where "X" is a number, makes him shoot X missiles. The missiles automatically home in on any angels which are around. But if you fire too many missiles, most of them will end up hitting the ground; this is a waste of your limited ammo. You can collect more ammo by picking up the boxes that occasionally appear from destroyed angels. |
| Virtual Horse Ranch II | 2006-04-03 | Orbis Games LLC | Orbis Games LLC | Educational, Simulation, Sports, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | A 3-D MMO horse ranch simulation game that includes training, breeding, and building your own ranch by placing a variety of objects over an initial 10 square kilometers. You can participate in horse competitions against other players to earn ingame money. Players can form clubs that allow them to cooperatively pursue goals and share horses if desired.Players start with 3 wild horse breeds and can cross them get over 180 breeds. Horses can be bred for various stats and various colors, or they can be "painted" a different color. |
| Commandos: Strike Force | 2006-04-04 | Eidos, Inc. | Pyro Studios S.L. | Action | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | In this new Commandos game, converted from real-time strategy to first person shooter with a tactical component, you'll play as a Green Beret for the fast action, as a Sniper for the tactical shooting and as the Spy for the stealth and sabotage bits. In some missions you could use two of them, changing from one to another in real time.The game, set in the WWII, makes you play in Stalingrad, Norway, and France, side by side with your allies, trying to wreak havoc!The music is played by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra and the City Choir of the same city. |
| Evil Days of Luckless John | 2006-04-04 | Akella | Centauri Production s.r.o., CINEMAX, s. r. o. | Action, Adventure, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | Evil Days of Luckless John is a mix of genres, having the point and click adventures as a main reference. It's controlled, though, using the keyboard or a gamepad, and is filled with examples from lots of genres, ranging from races in cars from the 20s to stealth, fighting and shoot ‘em up missions.John, who has always had awful luck in every aspect of his life, finds himself one day heir of a successful casino from a distant relative. It seems that his luck has finally changed, but nothing further from reality: the Mafia is in charge of every casino in the area except for his, and now that his previous owner is dead, they are pushing to get hold of it. The game starts with John in jail, a consequence of the strings pulled by the Mafia itself. |
| Digital Songlines: Irene's World | 2006-04-05 | Australasian CRC for Interaction Design | | Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Oceania | | Niche Studio | | | | Windows | Digital Songlines: Irene's World is an Australian educational product that simulates the life of the Gunggari people.The aim of the project is to provide an educational and historical resource that records the language, stories and art of the Gunggari people. To that end Irene's World creates a 3D environment in which the landscape, wildlife, plant life, settlements and the Gunggari language and way of life are simulated. Gameplay is similar to any role playing game with the player's character meeting with others and performing tasks, while performing these tasks they learn about how plants were used for food, building, and making tools; how animals were hunted and so-on.The game was released in its beta test form
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| Don't Get Angry! 2 | 2006-04-05 | Comport Interactive | X-Pressive.com | Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Board game, Turn-based strategy | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Don't Get Angry! 2 is similar to Sorry!. Players need to get their 4 pieces from their home to their finish location. To do so, they roll their dice and move around the board, trying to knock their opponents back to start without being knocked back themselves.To spice things up, this game comes with optional springs that can randomly bounce you forward or backwards. There are also random boxes that appear around the board. These boxes can be good or bad -- everything from letting you place Valium somewhere on the board to put a player to sleep to being able to use flatulence to knock out your opponents, to getting yourself locked in a cage for a few rounds.The game comes with 3 backgrounds and over 20 difference board backgrounds. The board also comes in 4 different shapes -- Standard Sorry! shape, a 3-person Sorry! shape, and both a 4-person and 3-person circle shape. You can play with 2-3 or 2-4 players (AI and/or human) depending on your board choice. You can also choose from a variety of pieces, such as Grandmothers or Ninjas or Stockbrokers. |
| SWAT 4: Gold Edition | 2006-04-05 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | SWAT 4: Gold Edition is a compilation of the original SWAT 4 and its expansion SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate. |
| Emergency 3 | 2006-04-06 | Strategy First, Inc. | Sixteen Tons Entertainment | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Emergency 3 is a real time strategy game with the objective to save lives. You are in charge of an emergency team containing firefighting, police, technical support and medical units.In 20 missions you can choose between 35 different units, to save people from accidents, terrorist threats or natural disasters. Freeplay mode and a scenario editor are also available.The main difference from its predecessors (Emergency: Fighters for Life and Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life) is the use of 3D environments and objects. |
| Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects | 2006-04-06 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Action | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | After hearing of your success at Huntsville, you are asked to assist authorities at Capitol City with the disappearance of the Queen's Hope, the world's largest diamond. The authorities are able to gather 20 suspects but needs help narrowing them down to find the actual culprit. To do that, you will have to uncover and find out where each suspect were at the time of the robbery - which will determine if or if not they are innocent. Prime Suspects is the second installment in the MCF series. The game retains the same gameplay as its predecessor where the player will have to visit a number of locations and find a bunch of listed items within a busy scene. After the necessary number of items are found, access to the Crime Computer is unlocked, which will help uncover a picture showing the whereabouts of the suspect on the night of the robbery.For this mission, you will be equipped with the Flashlight/Xray Device which you will need in certain locations. Before you can use the device, you will have to find a battery hidden in the other locations.The Crime Computer has two new mini-games in addition to the tile-unscrambling game in the previous title. This time, you will also get to play word searches and memory-matching games.Each time you start a new game, the prime suspects will change. So, are you up for the challenge? |
| Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday | 2006-04-07 | Paradox Interactive AB | Paradox Interactive AB | Strategy | Top-down | Regional differences | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday is stand-alone expansion of the Hearts of Iron II. The original game is included with improvements.It is 1936 and Nazi Germany is about to change the course of world history. Years later, the Allies have defeated the Nazi threat and the choice to change history lies in the player's hands to alter the paths of the Allies or the Communists in what possibly may be World War III. Take the role of the government from one of 175 available countries to choose from, ranging from the year 1930 to 1953 as the largest countries in the world prepare for war: United States, China, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and Japan.There are four campaigns available (1936, 1939, 1941, and 1944) from the original game and one extra Doomsday scenario (1945) and three alternative What-If scenarios. |
| SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars (Collector's Edition) | 2006-04-07 | JoWooD Productions Software AG, Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars
Exclusive in-game weapons and items
SpellForce²: Sounds of Shadows (official SpellForce² soundtrack)
SpellForce² card game for 2 players
Special SpellForce² compass
A big cloth map of the world of SpellForce
12 postcards with different motives
A skill-tree of magic and combat as a double-sided poster |
| War on Terror | 2006-04-07 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Digital Reality Software Kft | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | War on Terror is a real-time strategy game in a modern setting. In the game three factions are waging war against one another.The Order wants to create a global utopia. To topple the current balance of power they employ guerrilla tactics. The World Forces are an alliance of the world's most powerful western countries such as the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Russia. The third faction is China.In the game you can compose your forces at the start of each mission. There is not in-game resource gathering and construction. It's possible to earn points during missions. This is done through killing enemies and completing sub missions. These points can be used to have new units sent in by helicopter. Units that survive longer gain experience and become powerful in combat. When a unit goes down there's still several seconds to get them back on their feet using a medic unit, but when they die it's permanent.The game features fog of war and thus focuses heavily on reconnaissance with fast or air units to explore the battlefield and locate the enemy. Each faction has it's own type of units in various categories, such as infantry, tanks and a special unit with more devastating attacks such as chemical gas or a nuclear strike. |
| netKAR PRO | 2006-04-10 | KUNOS Simulazioni S.r.l. | KUNOS Simulazioni S.r.l. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | netKAR Pro is a racing game with a strong focus on realism. The player uses one of the five cars to race on one of the five courses. The game is aimed at motor sport enthusiasts as there are no driving help features and it uses telemetry data also used by professionals - of course the player has a lot of options to customize his car's settings. Other features are the interactive cockpit and the physics which take real-world details into account, e.g. dirt on the tires. Single player is restricted to races against the clock, but the main aspect of the game are the online races against other players. |
| AssaultCube | 2006-04-11 | | Rabid Viper Productions | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | AssaultCube is a open-source freeware Counter-Strike clone made with the Cube engine. As in that hugely popular game, it is a team-based multiplayer first person shooter (with bot support for the single-player mode). It comes with a map editor integrated, with support for cooperative editing with other players.The game has the standard gameplay of the genre, where the basic objective is to kill the enemy with the available weapons. The setting is "realistic", within the limitations of the engine. The player starts carrying a knife, but can pick up pistols, assault rifles, sniper rifles, submachine guns, shotguns and grenades.There are nine game modes (not counting the bot variations): deathmatch and team deathmatch, one shot one kill (where the players only carry sniper rifles) and its team variation, last swiss standing (where the players carry only knives and grenades), survivor and team survivor (like deathmatch, but the killed players are not respawned until the next round), pistol frenzy (players only carry pistols, knives and grenades) and capture the flag.Due to its low hardware requirements, the game can run on old machines and use 56K modems for networking. |
| Condemned: Criminal Origins | 2006-04-11 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Fighting, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | Contemporary, North America | | | | Mature | | Windows | In Condemned: Criminal Origins players take on the role of agent Ethan Thomas, a member of the FBI's Serial Crimes Unit (SCU). He is part of an investigation looking for a serial killer known as The Match Maker, who kills people and then arranges their corpse with a department store mannequin. During the search Thomas comes across another serial killer who seems to be very interested in Thomas and his cases. It is up to you to determine who the true serial killer is, and who is behind it.The game is played from a first-person perspective with a variety of weapons to attack your enemies. Focusing on melee combat Thomas can grab items directly from the environment, such as signs, pipes, 2x4's, concrete, rails, planks of wood, even desktops and desk drawers. There is also a supply of firearms, such as the standard pistol and shotgun, but all of those only have a limited amount of ammo.The hunt takes Thomas across several different areas, from an abandoned office building to a subway station to an elementary school to an apple farm on the outskirts of town, battling all kinds of deranged people along the way. Combat is brutal and Thomas is able to perform a number of graphic finishing moves. The game is largely set in dark and narrow environment, with many horror elements. Lighting is scarce and Thomas has to use his flashlight at all time to light the environment. Enemies are also able to pull fuses to turn off lights and use the new darkness to their advantage. Movement is generally slow, but Thomas is able to sprint for a short moment. Health is replenished through kits scattered around. Enemies engage using the same weapons and they are also able to grab Thomas, which requires moving around frantically until they let go, with a dark haze over the screen visualizing the effects of strangulation. The screen also often turns grainy when Thomas has strange visions related to the serial killers.Next to the combat there are also many moments where Thomas has to investigate the scenes, using several different types of forensic tools to find clues and help further the story. Use the UV light to find traces of blood, get a blood sample using the sample guy, use your laser light to find evidence that may be hidden. You also have a scanner to scan certain items, and a digital camera for any photographs which need to be taken. Most of the importation is processed at the bureau and Thomas keeps in touch with them through his phone. |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend | 2006-04-11 | Eidos, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Legend is the seventh major game in the Tomb Raider series, now for the first time developed by Crystal Dynamics, along with the original character designer of the game's protagonist Lara Croft: Toby Gard.Heroine Lara is searching for a South American relic, but her adventure takes a different course when rogue anthropologist Amanda Evert shows up. Presumed dead along with a team of graduate students after an accident in a tomb in Peru, where Lara was the only one to escape, Amanda is back with a score to settle as they both race, along with the shady James Rutland Jr., to obtain an ancient artifact. Many other characters, both friends and foes, will stir things up. The story takes Lara through locations all over the world, from the Himalayas to Ghana, Kazakhstan, Bolivia, Japan, and England, including her famous mansion filled with secrets and collectibles. Aside from current events, Lara's past is also revealed, through flashbacks. Among other things, you will get to know how she lost her mother and why it is such a burden.The typical third-person action-adventuring exploring is still present. Lara can move more freely and is no longer limited by specific jumps. As you travel through rough environments, you will need to run, dive, swim, climb on poles, ladders, roofs, use zip lines, shimmy, and vault, with acrobatic actions such as somersaults and flips. You need to cross difficult terrain, solve puzzles to advance or open up new areas, and engage in combat. New tools include a grappling hook, not only used to move around but also to haul enemies Scorpion-style, binoculars, a PLS (personal light source), flares, a PDA and a headset to keep in contact with tech support Zip.Enemies are still rather scarce. Both humans and animals will attack you, and the game retains the auto lock-on mode, but now with a slide attack and close combat with both kicks and punches, plus bullet-time actions to get behind enemies quickly. Lara carries her trademark dual-wielded pistols, but can also pick up new weapons along the way, such as a shotgun and grenades. Missions take place in both indoor and outdoor environments, with arcade motorcycle and jeep sequences in between. As usual, Lara has a fancy outfit for each location.The PSP version includes the full game and adds a multiplayer mode: Tomb Trials. You can race another player through tombs to see who comes out first, or go on a timed scavenger hunt for artifacts. |
| My Sim Aquarium | 2006-04-11 | Viva Media, LLC | Formosoft International Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | As the title suggests, My Sim Aquarium is a simulation which lets you design your dream saltwater aquarium, stock it with exotic fish and, optionally, save it to become your computer's screen saver.Before you can actually get fish, your custom tank needs to be set up. Select from 20 different themed backgrounds and choose what you want inside it - plants, flowers, rocks and miniature buildings. You can add mollusks and anemones at this point too. Then it's off to the store to pick out which fish should live in your aquarium.The fun begins when you get your new fish home and inside your tank. Feed and care for them like you would "real" fish, all the while listening to classical music in the background or authentic sounding water sounds (ocean waves, trickling streams, for instance). Consulting the in-game encyclopedia helps to learn about the different species and how to care for them. Keeping them healthy is important and you'll find that cleaning the tank is effortless (a simple mouse click). When all of your new friends are settled in their new home, you have the option of going back to the store to get more fish. You can even trade in fish that you have bred in your tank.There are two modes of play: Expert and Lazy. Use the Expert mode for breeding and growing your fish and handling the daily feeding and overall care yourself. Once you're happy with everything, go into Lazy mode and the computer will take over for you. Only in Lazy mode can you elect to make it your screen saver. |
| Pinball: Fussball Edition 2006 | 2006-04-11 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Fancy Bytes, Reactor s.c. | Action | | | | Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | Pinball Fussball Edition 2006 is a typical pinball game. The game features three tables with soccer themes: Hattrick, Penalty and Free Kick.
The player control the paddles with the keyboard and can choose between different camera angles. |
| Bone: Act 1 & 2 Combo Pack | 2006-04-12 | Telltale, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This combo pack contains the first two acts of Telltale's Bone adventure series: Bone: Out From Boneville and Bone: The Great Cow Race. The direct download version contains the games with extras available on the site, while the packaged version includes both acts, a soundtrack and bonus videos - plus the downloadable versions to start playing right away. |
| Bone: The Great Cow Race | 2006-04-12 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Great Cow Race is the second installment in Telltale's Bone adventure series. The three cousins Phoney, Fone and Smiley Bone have been chased out of Boneville, and end up at a farm under attack by rats. Thorn, Grand'ma Ben and Fone prepare to attend the spring festival at Barrelhaven, where a cow race is about to take place. The three main characters have different quests to solve, with interfering actions, similar to Day of the Tentacle. Smiley needs to find a cow costume to enter the race, Phoney has to influence the betting, and Fone tries to win back the heart of his lost love.The game uses a 3D engine and a point-and-click interface. There is a backpack to store items, you can switch between characters, and there are optional hints. The mini-games from the first act have made place for more adventure elements.The game can be ordered as a direct download with extras available on the site, or as a packaged product. The latter comes in a DVD slipcase, and contains the soundtrack and bonus videos - plus the downloadable version to start playing right away. |
| Prime Time | 2006-04-12 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | Limbic Entertainment GmbH | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Prime Time is a budget, management simulation game, in which the player assumes the role of manager at a TV station.The player must improve upon the available shows, by buying new scripts, casting the actors, and producing movies, series, and other shows, to catching the largest number of viewers possible. While doing so, the player has to deal with issues like union strikes, poor finances, low ratings, competing TV stations, etc.As the game is set in a living city, a number of events may occur on a daily basis. Earthquakes, robberies, sports events, concerts, etc. All these things allow for massive TV reporting and keep life in the city of Prime Time in perpetual motion. |
| 911 First Responders | 2006-04-13 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Sixteen Tons Entertainment | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | 911 First Responders is a real-time strategy game with the objective to save lives. You are in charge of an emergency team comprised of firefighting, police, technical support and medical units.In 20 missions you can choose between different units to save people from accidents, terrorist threats or natural disasters. For example, you have to make sure that an informant stays healthy in a safe house, rescue scientists from a polar station or bring order to the chaos a massive earthquake caused to a city. Above all that you have to keep your eyes on the budget, make sure your team stays safe and effective, and prevent victims from dying. Next to a freeplay mode and scenario editor, there is a cooperative multiplayer part, where you can play together with up to 4 players to manage an endless chain of accidents in a big city. |
| Auto Assault | 2006-04-13 | NCsoft - North America | Netdevil, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Auto Assault is an MMORPG with fast-paced combat in a post-apocalyptic setting. As a player, you choose to play one of three different factions; human, biomek, or mutant, and will spend most of your time inside your vehicle, fighting the surviving enemy groups and mutated creatures. Characters level up (with a max level of 80) and become stronger, gaining new skills and abilities and have access to a wide assortment of items due to the game's random loot generator. Vehicles can be customized in many ways, including paint colors, styles, and by adding new items and accessories. |
| Auto Assault (Collector's Edition) | 2006-04-13 | NCsoft - North America | Netdevil, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | | | Windows | After meteorites hit the earth a strange contamination with extraterrestrial spores covers the planet. As people, animals and plants alike start to develop mutations, the humans who are able to escape that fate try to protect themselves by recklessly hunting down the mutants. They construct cyborgs called "Biomeks", which are immune to the spreading alien disease, to erase them from earth. But the mutants prove to be a hard target: fighting for their lives they react with desperate, yet grim resistance. Finally, the humans decide to use their final resort. While they are covered by tons of steel and rock in massive vaults they initiate the ultimate cleansing of the earth - by nuclear fire.Here starts the story of the massive multiplayer game Auto Assault. Years after the atomic bombings the humans return to the surface, shielding themselves from radiation and contamination. Mutants and Biomeks have survived and the hate between the factions is still burning. The player may choose one of the factions and a character class out of four.
Unlike the majority of massive multiplayer games, Auto Assault's main action takes place in huge exterior areas using several kinds of futuristic vehicles for gameplay. Depending on class and faction, the player gets access to various motorcycles, cars and tanks throughout the game which are used to fight against NPC-enemies and other players. By fulfilling quests, gaining money, looting destroyed enemies or even crafting, more equipment can be obtained and added to the car. This includes items like paint or spoilers to customize your vehicle.Although based on hitpoints, skill levels, damage points and many other typical stats of roleplaying games the gameplay offers faster action by using a mixture of off-road racing and an arcade-style shooter. Additionally to pure weaponry there are many technical and kind of magical skills depending on character class and faction.The Collector's Edition includes:
Ingame "pet": A RC-like small car following you around
A headset for voice-chat
Auto Assault keyring
Printed map of the game world
Official game soundtrack
Printed poster, postcards and a bumper sticker
Additional trial code for the game
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| Kakuro XXL | 2006-04-13 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | Kristanix Studios ANS | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kakuro XXL is a PC translation of the logic game Kakuro. It is similar to a crossword puzzles but instead of letters the player has to put numbers into the grids. The numbers have to result in a certain number when added up. Another restriction is that every digit can't be used more than once in a calculation.The handling of the game is easy and completely mouse-driven. On the right side of the screen are all digits listed and when the player clicks on one and than clicks on a grid it gets filled out with the digit. It is not possible to type them in with the keyboard. There are several help functions available, e.g. showing the whole solution, filling in single digits or giving all possible combinations for a row. The puzzles are generated randomly and the player can choose their size and difficulty. |
| Mystic Inn | 2006-04-14 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Coming across a building in the forest, Daphne sees a sign that mentions treasure and decides to go inside. Instead of treasure, she finds herself trapped in the building and left serving potions to wizards.Serving potions is not an easy task, when you have dragons trying to steal them. You will have to serve customers at the bar, at tables, and even give potions to an owl who will deliver them to customers who aren't even at the Mystic Inn.There are six different kinds of potions to serve to a variety of wizards. Get upgrades to the inn, such as more seating, another potion brewing pot, a singing harp, and more. You can also make 3 different powerup potions for yourself.Can you help Daphne escape? And, where was that treasure the sign mentioned? |
| Out of This World | 2006-04-14 | Magic Productions | Delphine Software International | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A young physics professor named Lester conducts a particle experiment. Suddenly, something goes wrong, lightning strikes, and in a moment Lester finds himself in a strange alien world. Now he must fight for his life, first with his bare hands, then with a gun he finds. But what gives him courage is that he is not alone. One of the aliens who escapes from the prison together with him helps him on his dangerous quest. Friendship can overcome all obstacles.Out of This World combines shooting, platforming, and puzzle-solving elements. The game is divided into stages; some of them are straightforward and can only be accessed one time, while others are connected to each other, constituting a larger environment. Exploration and problem-solving are emphasized. Many levels include challenges not seen in the previous ones. Tasks may involve environmental puzzles, timed sequences, precise jumping, and combat.Typically, enemies are defeated by using an energy gun found in an early stage. The gun's regular function is shooting energy projectiles. By pressing down and holding the fire button the player can activate an energy shield that protects Lester from regular attacks, allowing him to fire from relative safety until it evaporates. Finally, by holding the fire button even longer the gun creates powerful blasts which can disrupt shields. Most enemies are equipped with similar guns and are able to perform the same actions as Lester. Fighting enemies, therefore, requires tactical usage of regular attacks, shields, and bombs, as well as learning enemy patterns.Each level can be accessed by typing a code the player learns after having completed the level. If Lester dies, the level must be restarted. There is no on-screen interface and no in-game dialogue in the game. Vector graphics are used for creating the game's environments and animated cutscenes. |
| Pirate Poppers | 2006-04-14 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Mystery Studio | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pirate Poppers is a marble shooter game with a pirate theme. Using the mouse, the player controls a cannon that moves sideways at the bottom of the screen. In the main adventure mode, a series of multicolored cannonballs roll on ditch tracks that cover most of the screen, sometimes overlapping each other on labyrinth-like designs. The objective is to destroy these balls before they reach a barrel with skull and crossed swords motif at the end of the tracks, by shooting with the cannon to make matches of three or more of the same color. The cannon stores two balls, that can be switched by right-clicking the mouse. If several balls manage to get inside the barrel, the game is over.When several balls are destroyed at once, treasures and power-ups fall towards the bottom and can be collected with the cannon. The powers make the line slow, roll the balls backwards, explode multiple balls at the same time and help in similar ways. The treasures add to the final score.Arcade mode is basically adventure mode with a limited number of lives. In puzzle mode, the objective is to make matches to eliminate a line of stationary cannon balls at the tracks, using the amount of ammunition available. |
| flOw | 2006-04-14 | | thatgamecompany, LLC | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | Everyone | | Windows | flOw is a PlayStation Network game, originally an online flash project by Jenova Chen and Nicholas Clark as a part of Chen's thesis research, but later adapted to a commercial game by thatgamecompany, which Chen co-founded.The player controls a small, worm-like micro-organism on a bright, two-dimensional plane. On the PS3, it can be moved around by tilting the SIXAXIS controller in the direction the creature should swim. The PSP version is controlled with the analogue stick. There are six, gradually unlocked creatures to choose from (Snake, Jelly, Manta, Rogue, Hunter, Credit Creature), each with their own abilities such as poison, a swirling move to draw in plankton or a homing attack. The aim of the game is to eat other micro-organisms and evolve, moving deeper into the sea until the bottom is reached, leading the game to restart with a new creature. Evolving will change the creature's shape or grants new abilities. There are different power-ups, making the creature move faster or giving it a larger mouth. Certain larger enemies are made up of dots that need to be eaten to have it destroyed, requiring different strategies to take them out.With each new level, moving deeper into the sea, the background, colours, enemies and music change. The creature is able to return to previous levels, or dive deeper, indicated by different icons. The game has straightforward controls and offers multiplayer sessions for up to 4 players, all using the same creature.flOw applies the concept of dynamic difficulty adjustment. Players can choose to ignore large and dangerous enemies or come back to fight them later, striking a balance between the game's challenges and the individual abilities. |
| American Civil War: Take Command - Second Manassas | 2006-04-18 | Paradox Interactive AB | MadMinute Games | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | War | | Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | American Civil War: Take Command - Second Manassas is a sequel to The History Channel - Civil War: The Battle of Bull Run - Take Command: 1861. Like its predecessor the game is a real-time strategy wargame that uses the American Civil War as its setting. This time the featured battle is the 2nd Manassas Campaign. Included are 20 different scenarios the result of which carry over after battles. Additionally the player can play a number of what-if scenarios revolving around the 2nd Manassas campaign.The game features 8 battlefield maps modeled after historical records from the Library of Congress to play on. There are three game modes, historical, open play and custom. Custom also allows the player to load up user created maps. The game focuses on realistic combat and doesn't include resource gathering or unit production. The player can control up to thousands of units in a single game. All weaponry and equipment is modeled after historical accuracy. |
| Dreamfall: The Longest Journey | 2006-04-18 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Funcom Oslo A/S | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Dreamfall is the sequel to The Longest Journey and is a third-person adventure game with a few action episodes.The game begins in Casablanca, 2219. Zoë Castillo is about to get involved in a conspiracy that spans across two worlds: the one she grew up in, and a mysterious magical realm. There has been static interference that is disrupting technology, and it seems to be linked to a little girl seen only by Zoë. As Zoë begins her search for a lost friend, she discovers the truth about the two worlds and the search is now on for the one person who may help Zoë unravel the dangerous web she has become entangled in: April Ryan. Dreamfall puts the player in control of three characters. It also introduces the focus field feature, which allows the player to scan an entire visible environment as seen by the characters and also use it to eavesdrop into other people's conversations. There are a few fighting sequences in the game, and a few instances where the player can choose to fight a character or opt to solve the confrontation in a peaceful way. The game spans 13 chapters; like April in the previous game, Zoë keeps a diary of all the events that occur in the game. |
| CubeDrift | 2006-04-19 | Dextrogames | Dextrogames | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | CubeDrift is a logical game inspired by Sokoban with new game mechanics - you do not have any character, you can just move with any cube using a mouse, and the cube moves until it hits another cube or a block. The goal of the game is to settle all the cubes to the spots of corresponding colors which is apparently a bit tricky.You can solve the hundred original puzzles which are unlocked as you progress or download level packs from Dextrogames website.Contains atmospheric and relaxing soundtrack (50 minutes of music).Includes level editor with which you can create and share your own level packs.Supports color-blind players. |
| Super Columbine Massacre RPG! | 2006-04-20 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Stealth | Contemporary, Historical events, North America | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Super Columbine Massacre RPG! is a recreation of the events at Littleton High School on April 20th, 1999 in the style of a 16-bit RPG. You play as Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, usually together in a party. Most of the dialogue is taken from Eric Harris's diaries and recordings of the two and real photographs are used in cutscenes. The music is MIDI versions of period metal and alternative.The game is broken into two acts. The first concerns the actual shootings. It starts in Harris's bedroom on the morning of the shootings. You must gather all necessary equipment and record a video to leave behind. You can also gather items that give you combat bonuses, such as a Marilyn Manson CD and a Doom CD.After that, you head to the school for a stealth segment where you must plant bombs without being seen. While combat is turn-based, overworld activities such as this are done in real time. In this act, the game can only be saved in the school parking lot, so most of this must be done in a single pass. After planting the bombs, you get your weapons and wait for the bombs to go off.When they don't detonate, you storm the school. This is the first actual combat in the game. If you run into an enemy, you go into combat mode. Unlike many games of this type, there is no escaping. You must battle to the death. There are many optional side-quests to perform and story segments to watch in the school, all of which give you extra XP. At the end of this act, Harris and Klebold shoot themselves in the library.The second act finds Klebold in hell and separated from Harris and his equipment. Doom music plays in the background. He soon finds that the game Doom is quite accurate as hell is swarming with Doom monsters. He must re-unite with Harris, perform quests for dead celebrities and finally battle Satan himself for his respect. |
| Die Kochprofis: Einsatz am Herd | 2006-04-21 | astragon Software GmbH | Zone 2 Media GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Die Kochprofis: Einsatz am Herd is an action game based on the eponymous German TV show. The player takes the role of one to three chefs which have the mission to cook everything their guests demand. The kitchen is full of cooking gear and ingredient which can be activated respectively gathered by simply clicking on them with the mouse and his character walks there. Differently shaped colored arrows show the status of the dishes. Of course the player has to look after more and more of them as the game progresses. There are also power ups which can be collected in the kitchen which have different effects, e.g. a time bonus or a speed boost. The question mark item can have positive or negative results, e.g. a even faster boost or a blackout. The three difficulty levels mostly affect the kitchen size. |
| Honoo no Haramase: Jinsei | 2006-04-21 | Squeez | Squeez | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | It looks like the life of Tatsuya Tagami has come to a dead end. He lost a job promotion, and is about to divorce his wife. Bitter and disappointed in life, Tatsuya goes to sleep and is miraculously transferred back in time. He is a teenager again, and he has a chance to live his life once more. The advantage is that he retains all his memories. His goal is clear: have as much sex as possible with as many girls as possible.Jinsei follows a slightly different gameplay template than its predecessor. It is a more standard visual novel, in which the player is presented with three locations or character choices each day, branching the storyline as he makes these decisions. Sex scenes have short animations but are mostly non-interactive, with the exception of the act's conclusion. |
| RapeLay | 2006-04-21 | Illusion | Illusion | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | This game casts the player into the role of a Japanese sex maniac. He is a young man from a rich and powerful family, who likes spending his time molesting pretty girls on trains and in other public places. After an unsuccessful molesting attempt, the protagonist gets arrested. Now his mind is bent on revenge, and his goal is clear: to stalk and eventually to rape Aoi, the girl who had him arrested, as well as her mother and her little sister. RapeLay is comprised of a series of still pictures with text - till the part where you begin seducing the girls. You interact with the girl using the mouse cursor, and can choose which body parts you want to touch, which position to have, etc. After having completed the story mode, you can freely rape the girls in any location of the game. There is a mode that allows you to have sex with several girls at a time, or to rape a girl together with up to five computer-controlled "friends". There is also a "movie-making" mode, which makes it possible to create movies by combining different sexual techniques. |
| Sprint Car Challenge | 2006-04-21 | Liquid Games | Brain in a Jar Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile | Direct control | | | | Windows | In Sprint Car Challenge, you drive light weight cars around short dirt tracks in three game modes: test drive, race and challenge. In test drive you can practice with each available car and track in the game, without any limits of how long you can play. In race mode you will race against seven other drivers. The challenge mode works like race mode, but the player in last place for each lap is eliminated and it ends when just one player remains.At the start of the game you will only have a sprint car, but as you perform well in races, you'll unlock two other cars, the sand rail and the 4x4 rallycat, as well as new tracks. Some actions during races, like crashing or skidding, will give extra points. |
| Valis X: Reiko - Kizudarake no Senshi | 2006-04-21 | Telenet Japan Co., Ltd. | Eants Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | Windows | Valis X: Reiko - Kizudarake no Senshi is the second chapter of the episodic Valis X . The common story of the five episodes of Valis X is based on the events depicted in various installments of the Valis series, describing the adventures of a Japanese teenage girl Yuko Asou and her friends in a parallel world named Vecanti, where she fights its evil tyrants with the legendary sword of Valis. However, the episodes do not follow the plots of the individual games; rather, they tell the over-arching story of the entire series their own way, liberally mixing locations, characters, events, etc., and adding new sub-plots.The first four chapters describe the same events from the point of view of four different characters; the final episode concludes the story.The second chapter allows the player to see the events from the point of view of Reiko, Yuko's best friend. The main plot is the same as in the previous episode, but Reiko's perspective adds more clarity to what really happened between her and the antagonists of the game. All the episodes have the same graphical style and identical gameplay system. Unlike the original Valis series, the episodes of Valis X are "visual novels", composed of text and still images; interactivity is confined to occasionally making a decision, which will slightly alter the following events (usually of sexual nature), without influencing the general story.All the episodes of Valis X have large amounts of explicit sex scenes, mostly revolving around lesbian sex and depictions of the heroines being raped by tentacle monsters. |
| Armadillo Run | 2006-04-22 | | | Puzzle | 1st-person, Side view | | | | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Armadillo Run is a physics-based puzzle game that requires player to move an armadillo (pictured as a simple ball) to the blue area and hold it there for five seconds. To achieve that goal player is given resources represented by various building materials: Rope, Cloth, Metal bar, Metal sheet, Elastic rope, Rubber and Rockets. Those items must be used to create a certain structure to guide armadillo to the blue zone. The game is similar to Pontifex series in a sense that each material has its own set of properties. So not only material's functionality must be taken into account, but it's durability as well. Incorrectly built structures have all chances to collapse under their own weight. Other properties include: stretching, flexibility, tensile strength and compressive strength. Player is limited to the amount of materials he can use by the budget. The less number of items the player uses in solving the puzzle the less amount of money will be withdrawn from his account, consequently giving player a higher budget for the levels to come. Apart from using materials the game offers different editing modes that are designed to help player in his progress. They include: Structural, Tension and Timer. Structural mode allows player to place new links in the game area, thus creating new structures. Tension is used to adjust the starting tension/compression of the links. And Timer will make a certain link self-destruct after a pre-set period of time. The game plays much like The Incredible Machine series challenging the player with the progression of levels, each becoming available once the requirement of the previous one was met. The difficulty is growing up with the level number as well. The total number of levels is 50. However, since the time of the game's release, countless enthusiasts have created their own custom levels available for download at Armadillo Run official website. |
| FIFA World Cup: Germany 2006 | 2006-04-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Europe | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Released one month before the actual World Cup 2006, this game lets players play all the matches before they even started. Featuring 12 official German stadiums and all the teams that qualified for the World Cup 2006 in Germany, plus additional teams and unlockable classic players. The playable modes let you try any of the qualifying stages or skip right to the world cup mode assuming as one of the qualified teams. Additional modes include Global Challenge where you can replay 40 historical moments in football history to change the outcome and various multiplayer matches. |
| Brickshooter Egypt | 2006-04-25 | TERMINAL Studio | TERMINAL Studio | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | How were the great pyramids built? Using the groundbreaking construction techniques of match-three puzzles of course!The game field is a hundred cells in the interior of a square. The game begins with these several of these cells filled with some bricks. Surrounding the square are three rows of bricks, clicking on one of these tiles will cause it to move across the screen. If it is blocked, and then the obstruction is removed it will continue on its course. To remove obstacles one must match three similarly colored bricks by moving tiles from the side so that collide with those in the center. In theory one could make the most points by removing seven at once. The true goal is, however, to remove all the bricks from the hundred interior cells. The game ends if you are unable to move anymore bricks.And so you progress from pyramid to pyramid, until all five are built and all sixty levels completed. Replays of the game will unlock two new difficulty levels. |
| Sudoku 60.000 | 2006-04-25 | Mindscape Germany GmbH | Oak Systems Leisure Software Ltd | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sudoku 60.000 is a single player Sudoku game.
Games can be played in four modes: 4x4, 6x6, 9x9 and 16x16 with four levels of difficulty.
The puzzles can be printed and e-mailed. |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy | 2006-04-25 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Splinter Cell Trilogy contains the first three games of the Splinter Cell Series on three DVDs. Included are:
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
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| Lode Runner | 2006-04-26 | ZX Games | ZX Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Lode Runner by ZX Games is an enhanced version of Brøderbund's Lode Runner. The game idea is to control your character to collect lodestones on multi-story platform levels and dig holes to trap your enemies. Having collected all lodestones you can move up to the next level. The game features redeveloped graphics, controls, improved usability and 150 original levels. Needs no emulators to run. |
| Master of Defense | 2006-04-26 | Voodoo Dimention | Voodoo Dimention | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Tower defense | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Master of Defense is a 3D strategy game, in which players assume the role of defender of a kingdom invaded by evil monsters. The object of the game is to defend the kingdom's inhabitants by building strong, defensive buildings along the road. There are two basic types of monsters, those that walk, and those that fly. To counter them, the player can build three types of forts, Land Towers which attack ground enemies, Magic Towers which attack air creatures, and a Plant which shoots both, but has a weaker attack.In the beginning of the game, there are 100 inhabitants in the castle, and if monsters kill them all, the game is over. People support the player on his quest by giving him money after each repelled wave. He also earns experience, and can use it for gaining skills and magic. |
| Shadowgrounds | 2006-04-26 | Meridian4, Inc. | Frozenbyte Oy | Action | Diagonal-down | | Horror | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Petri Purho | | Mature | | Windows | Shadowgrounds is arcade style top-down shoot 'em up for modern generation. The plot, which involves distant space colony invaded by shadow-loving monsters, develops throughout the game.There are several different weapons to choose from and each can be upgraded as player sees it fit. Some weapons have more upgrades than others. Explosive barrels and other objects can be used to increase the body-count. And yes, there are big bosses to shoot out as well.It's not all mindless carnage though, as the real-time lighting has been integrated into the gameplay itself. Most monsters don't like light and rather stay in the shadows, making your portable light important part of the gameplay. Monsters also get blinded for a short time if you point the light straight at their eyes. Together with more or less destructible settings, Shadowgrounds offers one of the most interactive environments in top-down arcade shooters.Audiovisual department has features, such as the already mentioned real-time lighting, atmospheric sounds and gameplay-supporting soundtrack. |
| Spin & Play: Carnival Madness | 2006-04-26 | Arcade Lab | Arcade Lab | Sports, Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Spin & Play: Carnival Madness is the sequel to Spin & Win, released two years earlier.You spin a big wheel filled with tokens to see where it stops. Each token represents a mini game that you get to play if the wheel lands on it. There are a total of 18 games to play, such as Smack the Rodent, Basket Ball, Pop 100 Balloons, Conveyor Catch and Air Gun Shooter. The games resembles typical carnival games and activities. You have a limited amount of spins, and the goal of the game is to collect as much points in the various games before you run out of spins. After each round you are awarded a balloon that you can use to decorate park entrance, similar to a trophy room.
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| Tropix! | 2006-04-26 | Robot Super Brain, LLC | Robot Super Brain, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Platform, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tropix! is a unique blend of eleven different games, all set within a sunny island paradise. The game combines many classic gameplay ideas in one title, delivering a large amount of variety and keeps the game experience fresh.The eleven games are all linked to a central theme - collecting sand dollars to enable you to travel to new islands, buy toys and food for your Tamagotchi-style monkey, and unlock even more games to play.Each mini game offers the player a different gameplay experience. These are some of them: Puffer Popper
With help from Crab the player must defend the sand castle by destroying bubbles as they snake towards the beach. A classic and instantly playable concept, Puffer Popper requires the player to connect three bubbles of the same colour to win. Use the left and right joystick or directional pad to aim the beam, and press the action button to fire a bubble. The game can be increased in difficulty through the addition of multiple Puffer fish and by potentially removing the players aiming beam. Jungle Jump
Jungle jump is a game of timing and skill. Use the left and right buttons on the joystick or directional pad to guide the Monkey through increasingly difficult jungle levels.
Shell Game
The shell game is both a game of skill and observation coupled with a way to win more Sand Dollars. Conceptually the Shell Game is extremely simple: three shells that swap, the user must pick the shell that hides the pearl.Due to the high expense of certain shop items and the cost of purchasing new islands, the user can use the Shell Game to win the Sand Dollars required to make these large purchases. Sandoku
The classic favorite Sudoku makes the transition to Tropix effectively, with intuitive play.Cascade
Cascade is a casual concept. The game is a variation on the classic objective of connecting three of a kind. This type of game can be controlled exclusively via the joystick or directional pad with the addition of the action button to make selections. The overall design is about linking these mini-games into a "world" where you buy things, look after a creature, travel around and explore. For casual gamers, Tropix is simple to play, and can be played in short bites or in long sessions.
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| Worms 2 / Worms: Armageddon | 2006-04-26 | Mastertronic Games Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Worms 2
Worms: Armageddon |
| Paradise | 2006-04-27 | Ubisoft, Inc. | White Birds Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | A young woman is found unconscious by African peasants after her plane crashes following a rebel attack. When she wakes up, she finds herself in the town of Madargane, in the harem of the local prince, with no recollection of previous events. While she believes that her name is Ann Smith, a student attending a university in Geneva, the real truth is that she cannot remember. She also has no idea why she traveled to Africa in the first place. As she tries to regain her memories, she gradually realizes that she will have to play a key role in the future of a fictional African country called Maurania, to which she is more connected than she would ever imagine.Paradise is a traditional third-person perspective point-and-click adventure, similar in gameplay and visual style to Syberia. The player navigates a 3D character model over pre-rendered backgrounds with fixed camera angles. Interaction can only be performed with "hot spots" on the screen, and is done with a simple single-cursor interface. The vast majority of the puzzles are inventory-based. During a certain part of the game, the player can take control of a black leopard. |
| Eastern Road GP | 2006-04-28 | GOST Publishing SPRL | PLAY-publishing.com | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Eastern Road GP is a arcade racing game, in memory of the Czechoslovakian Škoda cars. The game features six models of Škoda 120 in ten tracks and two play modes (career, single race) and several camera views. Each model has a different maneuverability and specifications. The career mode starts with one available track and one car. Players earn money for every place on the podium, which may be exchanged for tuning parts or new cars. |
| Guild Wars (Edition 2006) | 2006-04-28 | NCsoft Europe Ltd. | ArenaNet, LLC | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | This re-release of the Guild Wars (Special Edition) offers the following features:The original Guild Wars game (Prophecies Campaign).
The Guild Wars Soundtrack by Jeremy Soul (Music CD)
An activation code to receive 6 special weapons for free (for PvE characters), one for each of the six character classes.
An activation code for a 14 days / 10 hours trial account as a give away for a friend.
A 80 pages long book called The Guild Wars Manuscripts - Book I - The Records of Guild Wars containing story, biographies of characters, location descriptions and so on.
A 70 pages long book called The Guild Wars Manuscripts - Book II - The Challenges (the manual)
A DIN A2 double sided poster, showing the female Necromancer from Prophecies on the first side, and the female Assassin from Factions on the other side. |
| Guild Wars: Factions | 2006-04-28 | NCsoft - North America | ArenaNet, LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Guild Wars: Factions is the second chapter in the Guild Wars Universe. Again, it is subscription free.Factions is set in the Japanese touched world Cantha; actually it’s a continent south of Tyria for those who own Prophecies. The story begins with a letter from Master Togo to his old friend Brother Mhenlo, where he explains that a plague is spreading though Cantha and the healers can’t find a way to cure it, so he asks for Mhenlo's help. As a veteran, you already know Mhenlo, so he asks you to help him help the Canthans. If you start a new game, you will begin on an isolated tutorial-like island off the coast of the continental Cantha, and you will experience the story directly from the start. Ultimately, as Cantha is split into two powerful, yet rival, factions – the Luxons and the Kurzicks, you will have to choose a side and battle the other one.Like Prophecies, Factions is a so-called CORPG rather then a MMORPG, which stands for Cooperative Online RPG. This means that the only true MMORPG-like environments are the cities or mission start locations; only there you can meet with hundreds of other players, chat with them, trade with them, or create or join groups. Once you leave the cities into an explorable area or start a mission, your group is on its own in an individual game instance.At the PvE side (Player vs. Environment – basically the RPG part) you can solve a huge amount of quests (you gain experience and later Faction points from them) or participate in a mission (missions are big quests which advance the story).On PvP side, you can now not only play in the various arenas or battle a Guild vs. Guild match, but now some Missions are story-related PvP Missions. This is also the primary way, once you choose your Factions side, to conquer and control cities and open special elite missions for the faction you are allied with.Gameplay wise, as already said, you start in a city, where you create or join a group, either with other players or with NPCs (though you can also play alone, but then you may have difficulty beating the enemy). And while it is called an Online RPG, you can play it without other human players, not just the quests, but also the missions. You can control your character with either the mouse or the keyboard, moving though the instances. Once you have two towns on the world map, you can jump between those towns without walking the way.When creating a character, you have to choose the class and later go dual-class, ultimately allowing 56 class combinations from the 8 classes: Warrior, Ranger, Necromancer, Monk, Elementalist, Mesmer, Assassin (new) and Ritualist (new). When playing a character, you have access to up to 8 skills/spells which you can take with you in an instance, and those can be chosen from 100+ skills per character class (but you have to gain them in the first place of course). There are both Prophecies-Skills (limited number) and Faction-Skills in the game, only those who own both chapters have access to all skills.And since your maximum level is locked at level 20 (and the enemy level is not locked there), you have to carefully plan what classes should be in a group and what skills they use, because particularly if you are in a mission and your group is wiped out, you have to restart it (though while questing, you are revived at the next respawn portal – but with a hit point penalty of up to 60%). |
| Guild Wars: Factions (Collector's Edition) | 2006-04-28 | NCsoft Europe Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Collector's Edition includes:Guild Wars: Factions
Colored map of Cantha
Guild Wars Factions poster
Ritualist cloth poster
Art book
Mouse pad
Calendar
Assassin sticker
Exclusive game activation card
The complete soundtrack from Jeremy Soule
Exclusive in-game emotes for the two new classes |
| Shokrok Throwdown | 2006-04-28 | Dark Inertia Studios | Dark Inertia Studios | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Shokrok Throwdown is a futuristic team-based sports game where creatures of different worlds come together to compete in an arena. The characters, such as Weapon, Varulf, Juggernaut, Sylph, Footbrawler and Neospartian, have completely different skills and can be played in mixed teams with 3 versus 3 or 6 versus 6. There are 3 main positions in the game: Shocker, Defender and Destroyer. To score, players must capture shokrok, bring them to their side of the field and defend them in 10 rounds of 60 seconds each.The shocker has to capture a shokrok and throw it into one of the 7 pedestals of his team's side. Shokroks are either stored in pedestals or held in the air if they were in the field when a round ended. Shockers have little means of defense and require the help of the team members, who can defend or attack the enemies. Throwing is done using a charged move from a first-person perspective. While playing in singleplayer or with bots, players can switch between the different players at any time. There is also a coach mode where the computer takes control of the players.Although the focus is on multiplayer, the singleplayer mode offers 3 tutorial lessons, 25 main games and 4 practise games. For both modes, games can be played with human players or with a mixed selection of bots. Next to the regular games, there are also Royal Rumble matches only using Destroyers when the players only want to fight.Each player has a set amount of energy and stamina, depleted by performing moves or when knocked out by an opponent. When knocked out, players are kept down to recover. Each character has a main move, combined with two sets of special attacks. Some of these include energy drinks, intimidation, static fields, clone decoys, aerial strikes, wind torches, bites and slashes, a bomb, a gatling gun, harpoon, tar and oil slicks, homing missiles and more. Each team has statistics such as speed, resistance, recovery, toughness, dodge, weight, and more.The game supports OpenAL and multiplayer internet games. |
| Star Wolves 2 | 2006-04-28 | 1C Company | X-bow Software | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | | | Windows | Star Wolves 2 is the sequel to Star Wolves and it is a 3D RPG strategy game set in space. Like in the original game you control group of up to six mercenaries who work for money. The main difference is that the game now takes place in a free-roaming universe so the player can decide where to go and which missions to choose, along with a non-linear storyline.The events of the game take place six years after the events of 2226 A.D in the first game. The large corporations have to operate from the outskirts of the galaxy and the empire continues its war against the aliens. As a rule, armadas of ships are forbidden and fights take place using small squadrons, just like Star Wolves. The main character decides to return back to business and he buys a new mothership. Unlike the original game your base ship is now controlled pilots and it also gains experience and new levels, like all outer ships under your command.While completing missions as a freelance space hunter, new gear can be acquired and there are pilots to recruit. There are over 50 star systems to discover, with many new crafts and upgrades. |
| Word Travels | 2006-04-28 | GameHouse, Inc. | pixelStorm entertainment studios Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Word construction | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Word Travels is a spelling game, where words are constructed by assembling cards with letters on a tray. In some modes, the letters and words can also be spelled with the keyboard. The words need at least three letters to be valid, with longer words giving more points. After submitting a new word, its definition appears briefly on the screen for a few seconds. Some parameters, like the deck decorations and soundtrack, can be adjusted in the options menu. After completing all levels, the game moves to another location with a new background picture. There are hint and shuffle buttons at the bottom of the screen to help the player. The game has four modes, each with its own gameplay mechanics:Shuffle is the easiest mode, where the objective is to form new words by picking up individual letters from eight cards. The cards are drawn from a long twisting deck strip occupying most of the screen.Tripeaks is a medium difficulty mode, where the cards are stacked in three triangular shapes, with only the bottom ones revealed and available to create words. As the bottom cards are removed, the top cards are gradually uncovered until all are used on new words.Golf is another medium mode, where the cards are organized in columns and the starting letter automatically added to the tray. Only the bottom letters can be dragged and dropped on the tray to complete a new word.Solitaire is the hardest mode in the game, where the cards are displayed on seven trays, each with its own individual deck. At the top, a deck without a tray serves three cards each time. The objective is to drag and drop groups of letters between the trays to create new words. New letters are added to the trays after they become empty, until their decks are completely used. |
| Phraze Daze: Famous Quotes Word Game | 2006-04-29 | Latticework Software | Latticework Software | Puzzle | | | | Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | In this word game, the object is to unscramble phrases to
form quotes. Quotes are shown on the screen on two to
seven lines. The letters of the quotes are dropped
directly below, in the same column as they are in the
original quote. Players move letters up to the correct
row to complete the famous quote. The game has three levels of difficulty. Novice levels of
the game have two or three lines. Mage levels of the game
have four or five lines per quote. And, Wizard levels of
the game have six or seven lines per quote. Included are
600 quotes in four different quote packs. Also included are three different graphics themes to
choose from and a game editor to create an unlimited
number of quotes. The game editor allows players to
create phrase packs containing up to fifty quotes per
level. |
| Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Limited Edition) | 2006-04-30 | K.E. Media | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The limited edition of Dreamfall has the base game with different cover art, the original The Longest Journey, and contains a 4-track soundtrack CD by Magnet and a 90-page hardback art book. If you preordered the game before 29th April 2006, 3 limited edition A5 prints were included as well. This version can only be bought through the Funcom online store. |
| 7th Swarming of the Machines | 2006-05-01 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | An experimental platform/action game created in 48 hours for Ludum Dare #8. The competition's theme was 'swarms'.The player controls a jetpack-equipped character, tasked with obtaining 25 'gadgets' from a space filled with floating, moving platforms. The player also has a laser gun that can be used to blast away certain destructible barriers. The challenge comes not from enemies (of which there are none), but from the random movement of the platforms themselves. If the player is not careful, s/he might end up crushed between them.A handy radar in the top left of the screen keeps track of the gadgets' positions (though not the platforms they sit upon).The game ends in one of two ways: With the player's messy death by squashing. Or with the successful collection of 25 gadgets, at which point a victory message will be displayed. |
| Blazing Wings | 2006-05-01 | | | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Blazing Wings is a freeware remake of Wings of Death, developed with Game Maker and using the games' original graphics but with remixed music and new voices. It is a vertically-scrolling shooter where the player controls a dragon in fantasy-themed levels.Each level ends with a level boss and has a different setting. The dragon has an unlimited amount of weapons and two lives to start with. Multiple hits can be taken before a life is lost. The gameplay is hectic, often facing more than 10 enemies at once, with both fixed targets and patterned waves. Through destroying enemies, the player gains points as well as power-ups. These contain extra lives, a shield, health, bonus points or a meteor rain. The weapon upgrades are not progressive, and it is possible to downgrade a maximum upgrade by picking up a minor power-up. Basic upgrades includes split fire, larger bullets, and beams, but there are also items that morph the dragon into a larger creature, along with two sidekicks. Anti-power-ups, marked by a skull, drain energy.In this version, the starting level can be selected from the main menu right away. |
| Eco - Battle with Detritus | 2006-05-01 | F4 | F4 | Educational, Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | This game is a city management game à la SimCity, focused on waste and recycling.The simulation takes into account usual parameters like population size, employment, external market... and also new parameters about environment, pollution and recycling: amount of resources still in the nature, amount and percentage of recycled resources, productivity of the recycling chain... The way the player handles the environment and recycling affects the population happiness, the way they clean up...The graphics are all in 3D with a cute style. Every single building is in 3D and is animated ; they grow, merge and morph according to the city state (population, pollution...). Even car, trucks and people are moving around on the streets. The trucks do follow the path of the resources and products between the buildings.Some time-limited mission ask the player to clean up a situation in a limited time. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic: Complete | 2006-05-01 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Heroes of Might and Magic: Complete is a compilation that contains the first five titles in the series:
Heroes of Might and Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
Heroes of Might and Magic IV
Heroes of Might and Magic V |
| Lunar Deep: The Adventure Below | 2006-05-01 | AncientRein Gaming | AncientRein Gaming | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Long ago a civilization of people worshipped the Moon and moved to caverns underground to escape mankind. Their life support systems now failing, none of them can remember how to repair the ancients' intricate machinery. A solitary adventurer (you) finds an urgent message asking for help.Lunar Deep is a first person, point and click Myst-like adventure game. Explore the deep tunnels once inhabited by the Moon worshippers. Talk to those who remain, read about their history, collect objects, find clues, solve puzzles and repair their strange machines.Various cursors are used for navigation, actions and talking to other characters. Graphics are stills, but there are animated sequences. Inventory objects are stored in your backpack which sits at the top of the gameplay screen. Music plays in the background and there are ambient sound effects. |
| Might and Magic: Heroes V (Limited Edition) | 2006-05-01 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The limited edition package includes:
Heroes of Might and Magic V
Heroes of Might and Magic III (optimized for Windows XP)
Heroes of Might and Magic IV (optimized for Windows XP)
Bonus DVD with soundtrack and artwork
Three additional single scenario maps and a unique hero aura |
| Vertrix2 | 2006-05-01 | The Clusters | The Clusters | Puzzle, Strategy | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | This is a 1 or 2 players Action/Strategy falling blocks game, with Network option (local or internet). You can pick one from 19 characters and use his/her specific powers to play versus a friend or the computer in a series of rounds on the different characters homeworlds.The game consists in different matches (Human VS. CPU, Human VS. Human). The aim is quite simple: every player has to make ALIGNMENTS of same blocks by permuting the blocks which are falling down three by three. Some alignments are simples (a line of three identical blocks,...) others are a little bit more complicated (a +, a *, ... Those are FIGURES).Each player has his own bonuses. Every 3 alignments, the player is given a choice to choose a bonus among his bonuses. Every 12 alignments, the player increases his LEVEL; if he hasn't got all of his bonuses yet, a new bonus column is given. There's several ways to win:
- The opponent's board is filled so as his bar can't fall down any more and you hold on 3 seconds without having your bar blocked.
- You have reached Level 10 before your opponent, and he doesn't reach that level during the next 3 seconds.There's 3 kinds of blocks:
- The 'NORMAL BLOCKS' which allow to MAKE ALIGNMENTS.
- The 'GRAY BLOCKS' which are INDESTRUCTIBLE
- The 'EXPLODING BLOCKS' which act as a bomb and explode all kinds of blocks. |
| Seed | 2006-05-02 | Runestone Game Development ApS | Runestone Game Development ApS | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | | | Windows | After having colonized the Moon and Mars, humanity wanted to spread even further across the universe. The sent off colonization ships were not populated by humans themselves however. Instead, DNA codes, sperms and eggs were carried along in cryocoolers, leaving it to the computer aboard to hatch the colonists at the right time. One of the ships found a perfect planet and started terraforming it. But when the conditions on the planet gradually worsened, this went wrong. The colony tower was also starting to fail and fall apart. Seeing no other way to make the mission succeed, the computer decided to hatch 100 humans.Seed is a non-combat MMORPG. The player assumes the role of a colonist, who will have to work together with the other colonists to maintain the colony, fix equipment failures, level up engineering skills and engage in the politics. Most actions are performed using a point-and-click approach. Instead of quests, the game features "stories", which are handed out by NCPs or created by players.The 3rd person viewpoint and cel-shaded graphics give Seed a comic book feeling. |
| Vivid Conceptions | 2006-05-02 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The minuscule species of Bantams - creatures no bigger than a tip of a needle - have long thrived on Earth. But everything ended when the insects appeared. They devastated their villages and massacred the Bantams. You take control over one of the Bantams and you have to get to the traditional gathering place of your kind. But the journey there will be long and dangerous...Vivid Conceptions, described by its author as "half puzzle, half platformer", is primarily a platform game but has some twists. After eating three seeds you can find on the level, your Bantam can get access to one of three special abilities: "Telekinetic Shield", which can destroy your enemies and some obstacles, "Cerebral Control" which allows you to manipulate and move objects in order to build crude bridges or shields, and "Asexual Reproduction", which creates a tiny mini-Bantam that can be controlled by you and that can fit in spaces you can't. There are many enemies on your way - primarily ants, but you'll also encounter dangerous end-of-level bosses. Throughout the many levels, your Bantam will have to slyly use his skills in order to get past the problems in his path. Every few levels the little guy falls asleep and you control him as he faces the challenges that await him in his dreams. There's no mid-level save function, so be careful! |
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter | 2006-05-03 | Ubisoft, Inc. | GRIN AB | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | The year is 2013 and you play as Captain Mitchell, commander of a Ghost Recon team, on a mission in Mexico City where rebels are attempting a coup, putting Mexico and the USA in danger.To deal with the different situations you have to face, taking out AA-guns or defending injured personnel until the rescue team arrives, you do not only have access to top-notch weapons like the different versions of the MR-C, but also to futuristic equipment like a drone that flies over the battlefield to spot enemy units.The PC version was developed almost independently from the Xbox 360 version, so there are notable differences between the two. The most important changes can be found in the Cross-com design. It is split into 3 parts: the support list, the video feedback and the order system. The support list is always displayed on your HUD and allows you to see all units at your disposal at all time. Through the order system, you can give them commands on the fly. The video feedback section allows you to see through the eyes of one of your team members, but unlike the Xbox 360 version, you only see rough shapes of the environment. To see it in its full glory, you have to link yourself completely into the video feed, which then obstructs your own view.The tactical map allows you to see a satellite feed of the mission area and provides micromanagement for your team by setting waypoints for each team member and deciding when to execute them. You can also spot enemies early when they are on open ground, to better plan your attack route.Other differences to the Xbox 360 version include the lack of a third-person view, along with the sniper rifle which has a scope in the Xbox 360 version to spot enemies through walls. In the PC version, the levels are much bigger and they were tweaked to allow more tactical possibilities, which are much needed as the AI is a lot smarter in the PC version.Before each mission, you can equip your squad with different weapons. There is room for multiple weapons, but each member has a maximum weight he can carry and it also influences how fast you become fatigued when sprinting. Your weaponry can be modified with silencers, front grips, red dot sights or grenade launchers. Additional ammunition can also be carried along. During fights, you can collect ammo of dead opponents, but not the weapons themselves.When you are tired of your teammates' AI, you can play through the entire game in the co-op mode for up to 4 players (missing players are replaced by bots) or play against up to 32 players (16 more than the Xbox 360 version) in the Domination mode where two teams of Ghosts fight over the control of different zones, scattered over the map and connected by supply lines. |
| Mirror Mixup | 2006-05-04 | PiEyeGames | PiEyeGames | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mirror Mixup is a puzzle game, where players have to unscramble a picture by selecting a rectangular section with the mouse, then clicking on blue directional arrows to turn it until the piece matches the original image. There's a small picture of the original image as a reference at the top right of the screen, that can be enlarged for a better look by clicking on it. The objective of each level is to fix the picture in a number of moves, shown at the right side. An undo button is available to go back one move, in case of a misstep.The custom play mode is unlocked after completing several levels of the main mixup mode. It allows players to use their images as puzzles in the game. The game comes with an integrated MP3 player. |
| Semper Fidelis: Marine Corps | 2006-05-05 | Evolved Games | Project-Z development, Wings Simulations GmbH | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Although marketed by the publisher as a completely new game, Semper Fidelis: Marine Corps bundles Söldner: Secret Wars (which already had a US release) slipstreamed with the expansion pack Söldner: Marine Corps. The re-release of this team-based multiplayer warfare shooter was developed by what was left of Wing Simulations along with the new development team Project-Z development. The name Söldner was completely dropped to avoid associations with the original game, which was not received well by the press.Owners of this version can play against any Söldner player, even if they don't have the expansion pack, as long as all the patches are applied. This version of the game has been patched up to v33671. A notable change is that for the North American release, the AGS (Advanced Gestures System) was altered to remove swearing. |
| SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars | 2006-05-05 | Aspyr Media, Inc., JoWooD Productions Software AG | Phenomic Game Development | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars is the sequel to SpellForce: The Order of Dawn. In Order of the Dawn, the player vanquishes evil as a Rune Warrior. In Shadow Wars, the player takes on a new role as a Shaikan, a bloodline created by the powerful alchemist Malakay, where the blood of humans are bonded together with dragon blood. In this saga, the Shaikan homeland is invaded by the Pact, an alliance between the Dark Elves and the Shadows. Our hero desperately travels the continent to gain allies in order to save the Shaikan homeland...but that's only part of the story.Game play in SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars features a unique combination of Real-Time Strategy (RTS) and Role Playing (RPG). RTS game play only occurs (in campaign mode) when the player has access to workers and a headquarters to develop units and resources. The player’s units and buildings consist of an alliance between the three major light races: the Humans, the Dwarves and the Elves (Realm Alliance). This alliance allows the player to build and recruit all three different buildings and units from those races. Establishing a presence of all three races, will allow the player access to more powerful buildings and the ultimate unit: the Titan! Later in the game, the hero will be able to access other opposing (dark) races. The player during travels will be accompanied by other Shaikan heroes and Shaikan companions. Heroes may be equipped with weapons and armor, as well as directly accessing each individual skill ability and spells. Companions are similar to heroes, but their inventory and skills may not be accessed. They can however, like the other heroes be directly controlled. Unlike Rune Warriors, the Shaikan need only directly resurrect a fellow member if killed in battle. However, there is a time limit before permanent death. If a Shaikan hero dies a permanent death, the player loses the game. The Shaikan may also summon other members to the player's location anywhere on the map.A new highlight in this installment features (later in the game) your role as the new ruler of Westguard, a poor and often disputed land, besieged by Beastmen and the Undead. Here, you may escape the pressures of the main plot, develop your land and help your new found subjects. |
| Alien Abduction | 2006-05-07 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Travel to other worlds and beam up aliens for scientific experimentation! Offering a slight twist on the alien abduction cliche, this game puts you in charge of a human-built flying saucer, and sends you to alien worlds to collect their inhabitants. You have only a limited amount of time to collect them, and must dodge the blasts of the alien defenders!This game was developed in three days at the 2006 Toronto Independent Game Jam. Users pilot their craft via the WASD keys and use the mouse to point in the direction they wish to fire. Two modes of fire exist: tractor beams which abduct the aliens, and energy pellets that can destroy alien defenders. The player's ship has a limited amount of health without possibility of recharge. |
| ToJam Thing | 2006-05-07 | | | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is an abstract game by Jonathan Mak, the creator of Everyday Shooter.In TOJam Thing, you control a polygon, flying around and inflating bubbles which bounce about the screen. Inflating bubbles causes them to burst and release tiny squares which you can collect. Touching a bubble directly will kill, and you only have a limited number of lives before the game is over. |
| Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge | 2006-05-08 | Atari, Inc. | Spellbound Entertainment AG | Action, Strategy | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Stealth | North America, Western | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | John Cooper's brother, Marshal Ross Cooper, was brutally murdered by a criminal known as "Angel Face". Swearing revenge, John sets out to uncover the killer's identity and avenge his brother's death. To reach Angel Face, John will need to reassemble his gang of bounty hunters, including old friends like Doc McCoy and Kate O'Hara, as well as recruit new members into the group. Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge is the sequel to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive. Once again players control John Cooper and his gang. Though it's possible to play the game in an isometric view much like the previous game, Desperados 2 is rendered fully in realtime 3D, allowing the player to zoom and rotate the camera in many ways. The camera can even be switched to a third person view and follow individual characters around. This increased functionality becomes especially useful when moving around inside a building or engaging enemies in gunplay. The game is divided into several challenging missions, that have to be solved by using the characters' different abilities to overcome large numbers of enemies. Some examples include the sensual Kate seducing enemies with her charms, while Sam blows things up with his dynamite and Doc heals his comrades. |
| Kenny’s Adventure: In search of family treasures | 2006-05-09 | DivoGames Ltd. | DivoGames Ltd. | Action | | | | Platform | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | A band of pirates has stolen the Crystal of Destiny. Worse yet, they've broken this relic and have strewn in all over the world. As Kenny it's up to you to collect the fragments of this long lost family heirloom and reunite them. Naturally, if you happen to find some other treasure along the way it sure wouldn't hurt.Kenny's Adventure is a platform game that takes place under water. All the staples of a platformer are here including the enemies, the spring boards, the bonuses and even the weapons, all with a nautical theme. Along your quest through the sixty levels of this three world adventure you will run into enemies like hermit crabs, jellyfish, marlin's and of course sharks! You can use underwater foliage as springboards to jump up to higher levels, stand on floating crates, rise with bubbles and even take a ride on a turtle as means of transport. Also like other platformers you must jump around to get places, but since you are under water you can swim a bit by holding the jump button down. As far as weapons are concerned, along the way Kenny will pick up stones that he can aim and throw at his opponents. These stones don't go in straight lines and arch with the force of gravity but they will also bounce off surfaces and can still cause harm to the enemies. Naturally there are some obstacles in your way such as sea urchins, octopuses, dripping algae, and of course bottomless chasms. The treasure you can collect include coinage and gems, however the treasure you must collect are artifacts that will allow you to jump into your awaiting submersible and advance to the next level. |
| Over the Hedge | 2006-05-09 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Edge of Reality, Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Over the Hedge is based on the movie with the same name. Verne and his woodland family wake-up from their winter slumber to find an ominous green wall in neck of the woods. In their amazement to find out what this endless wall is about, RJ the raccoon is more than happy to help them. The woodland friends have never seen humans before so RJ is eager to show them what humans have to offer. RJ is quick to show them the valuable treasures humans - stockpiles of food.Playing as RJ, Verne, Hammy, or Stella you go on missions to get FOOD. You also of course want to take back your neighborhood but that pesky Rancho Camelot Estates Homeowners Association President, Gladys Sharpe, is dead set on getting rid of you. She hires Dwayne the exterminator to use his tactics and gadgets to get rid of the likes of you. Play by yourself or have a friend jump in and help at anytime to get the FOOD!!! There are dozens of puzzles and mini-games to keep you entertained. |
| Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends | 2006-05-09 | Microsoft Corporation | Big Huge Games, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy, Steampunk | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends maintains the hallmarks of the first RTS in the franchise (attrition, non-depletable resources, national borders) while improving on gameplay mechanics such as city building and large scale battles. In addition to these improvements Big Huge Games introduced several new features including dominances, neutral units, and capturable resources.The sequel differs from its predecessor in that it takes place in a steampunk universe spanning autumn-dotted hills in the lands of the Vinci to blinding sandstorms in the burning deserts of the magical Alin. At the furthest reaches of the continent, hidden in the deepest jungles, lie the stone stepped pyramids of the brutal religious zealots known as the Cuotl. Through the Conquer the World (CTW) campaign players strategically guide a tightly knit group of heroes across the continent pursing monsters, love interests, power, and vengeance.Rise of Legends also sports a Quick Battle (QB) component so players can jump right in to the action by selecting a map and one of the three unique races. The player’s final test of skill is to go head to head on Gamespy or LAN to explore the radically different strategies of the slow but god-like Cuotl, the fast but glass-like Alin, or the innovative but even-keel Vinci.The campaign includes 52 scenarios with 15 heroes, while the Quick Battle and Multiplayer components include 42 maps for players to fight on. |
| SiN Episodes: Emergence | 2006-05-09 | Valve Corporation | Ritual Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Emergence is the first episode of a planned series. As an installment in an "episodic" series, it is shorter than comparable games, comprising 3-6 hours of gameplay. You play as Colonel John R. Blade, founder and top operative of HardCORPS, a private security firm operating in the city of Freeport sometime in the near future. Aided by rookie partner Jessica Cannon and technical wiz JC, you seek to shut down the operations of SinTEK and its founder Elexis Sinclaire, and prove that they are knowingly contributing to the outbreaks of mutant activity occurring in various districts of Freeport.Gameplay is FPS-style, with a few non-standard elements, such as a couple of brief sequences where the player is riding in a car. All plot is conveyed in-game via NPCs and radio messages, rather than by cutscenes. Weapon variety for the player is limited to a pistol, shotgun, and assault rifle, each with a secondary fire mode, and incendiary grenades. Each weapon can also be aimed, which gives the player better accuracy at the expense of movement speed.Enemy variety is similarly limited, with one basic trooper type armed with the same weapons as the player, a high-powered chaingun-wielding enemy, two mutant variants, and a super "boss" mutant. However, the game has a learning system that dynamically adjusts the game difficulty to your play style. For example, players who excel at making headshots will find that enemies later in the game begin wearing armored helmets to defend against the player's prowess, and that enemy trooper armament adjusts so that they are better equipped to fight at the player's preferred engagement range. |
| Puzzle Poker | 2006-05-10 | GarageGames, Inc. | Top Meadow Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)From the designer of The Incredible Machine, Puzzle Poker is a casual game with a Poker theme. Features four different types of games, Steam achievements, and online top scores.
You can play Puzzle Poker quickly and casually or with some deeper strategic thought. Slide poker cards to make the best combination of hands before the timer runs out. Cash in early for bonus chips. Advance as far as you can. Chose the best time to use your hints and your super-hint.
Four types of games
Chips Mania - Chips will be flying as you cash in hand after hand in this exciting game.
Casual Game - Play at a slow and easy pace.
Challenging Game - Play a more challenging game where you need to earn more chips in a smaller number of hands.
Unlimited Time - No time pressure at all. Take an unlimited amount of time to play each hand.
Other Features
Steam Achievements
Leaderboards
Stats
"Fun great game" - Jodell Ryan (ie Mom) |
| SpongeBob SquarePants: Diner Dash | 2006-05-11 | Nickelodeon Online, PlayFirst, Inc. | Snap2play | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | SpongeBob SquarePants Diner Dash is a time management and waiter game featuring the famous cartoon character. It has gameplay mechanics very similar to Diner Dash, not surprising since it was co-developed by the same company. The player controls SpongeBob, setting tasks for him to perform his job duties at the Krusty Krab diner. Fish patrons and groups of customers arrive and wait to be seated at the left side of the screen. A hearts meter above their heads shows their satisfaction level, that slowly decreases while they wait making them eventually leave in anger when it runs out. They can be dragged and dropped with the mouse to one of the empty tables. The tables have multi-colored seats, that give extra points when matching the client's color.After seating at the tables, the customers start to peruse the menu, eventually raising their fins to make an order. The main objective is to serve them and collect their payment as fast as possible, to meet the minimum cash goal of each level before closing time. SpongeBob can carry two things at the same time, and the player can click on several places at once, setting a series of way points to take orders, deliver dishes, clean tables and accomplish other common catering tasks.The customers are types of fish, with diverse moods and personalities. The minnow is the more common and easier type, leaving good tips and having lots of patience. The cap-wearing cod is also very patient, but only leaves tips when happy. The tall anchovy gives large tips, but is quite impatient. The bow tie grouper has little patience while waiting in line, but can wait without fuss at the table. The sturgeon has no problem with lines, but gets irritated while waiting at the table. The bespectacled VIP customer gives the Employee Of The Month award, if he is satisfied after finishing his meal, but takes off several points if he ends up angry at the end of it.On later levels, new upgrades help to maintain the satisfaction level of the customers. The drink stations serves drinks for the seated clients. Music from a boombox stereo system makes the customers at the tables happy, and performers entertain the patrons waiting in line. The oven makes the kitchen cook faster, and winged running shoes increase SpongeBob's speed.The endless mode is similar to the career mode, but with an infinite stream of new customers. Each time a patron leaves dissatisfied, the player loses one star. The game ends when all the stars are gone. An upgrade button at the top of the screen adds helpful items. |
| Super Collapse! 3 | 2006-05-11 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The third game in the Collapse! series has the same core gameplay as previous games but features several new modes including for the first time a quest mode. The following eight game modes are available:
Classic
Quest
Relapse
Strategy
Puzzle
Slider
Continuous
Countdown
Initially, only classic and quest modes are available. The rest can be unlocked by playing the quest mode. The classic mode works in the same way as in previous games. The player is presented with a grid that is partially filled with coloured blocks. More blocks are added to grid, one row at a time, from the bottom of the grid. The aim of the game is to remove these blocks before they reach the top of the screen. To remove blocks the player simply clicks a group of three or more like coloured blocks. Some special pieces exists such as bombs that blows up surrounding blocks.In the quest mode the player enters a strange world where he progresses from level to level. For each level that is completed a new is made available. The quest mode features a store where the player can purchase different things for the money he earns for completing each level. For more money it's also play different casino mini games such as slot machines. All of the game modes are available in the quest mode and after a number of them have been completed they become unlocked for the player to play at any time. The relapse mode works like classic but new blocks come in from both top and bottom. In the strategy mode new block will only come in when the player clicks. In the puzzle mode the player has to clear all blocks from the screen and no new appear. In the slider mode the rows of blocks will slide left and right so that the groups changes. The continuous mode is an endless variant of the classic mode and the player has to last as long as possible. In the countdown mode the player has to score as many points as possible in two minutes. |
| Mania Drive | 2006-05-12 | | | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Mania Drive is a Track Mania-inspired driving game. The game has three modes: Story, Internet Tracks and LAN Multiplayer. In the Story mode there are 17 tracks: 5 beginner tracks and 12 Pro tracks. At the start of the game the first tracks are unlocked and to unlock the next track the player must complete the the selected track under a given time. The game mode Internet Tracks gives the player the ability to drive any track in the game and then compare the completion time with the best global time. The last game mode allows the player to play multiplayer games over network. The game comes with a track editor. |
| 1848 | 2006-05-15 | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Hussar Games Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | 1848 is a classic hex-based wargame set during the era of the Hungarian Independence War of 1848-49, a period that saw revolutions erupt all over Europe. Although Hungarian forces initially achieved stalemates battling the armies of the Austrian empire, they were eventually defeated when Czar Nicholas I committed Russian armies to aid the Austrian side. This game offers the player a chance to change the course of history.Every turn in the game represents a week in real time and during this time you can take a number of actions, depending on the chosen difficulty level. For instance, you can: set stances for your armies, set the tactics for your armies, move armies, attack enemy armies, reorganize your armies (i.e. combine or split them at will), change your commanding generals, siege forts, repair forts, fortify strategic locations, recruit new armies and send out reconnaissance missions.Each army in turn consists of a number of infantry, cavalry and artillery units (regiments) and they all have their own numbers to crunch (morale, experience, readiness, supply and strength). Changing your armies' commanders can make a significant difference as each one has a set of basic attributes: initiative, attack and defense and some provide bonuses to certain stats, like morale, extra movement points, artillery accuracy, etc.The battles themselves are automatically resolved by the computer, the player has no further impact on them. The outcome of a battle isn't dependent on casualties, but on an army's morale change. The game also has a global morale indicator called 'zeal'.
There are many elements here that can also be found in similar turn-based wargames, such as varying weather and terrain conditions, towns to provide supply points for the armies and fortifications for defense bonuses. |
| Knights 2: The Magic Medicine | 2006-05-15 | PLAY-publishing.com | Mirage Interactive sp. z o.o. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Knights 2: The Magic Medicine is a sequel to Knights: Learn to Fly. It is based on the cult Polish comic book Kajko i Kokosz. This time two brave knights (small and fast but weak Kajko or big and slow but strong Kokosz) have to find a Magic Medicine for their ill friend Mirmił. The action fighting gameplay remains unchanged, although the knights will receive a new supporting character - a dragon named Sweet (Miluś), available in selected missions. The game is divided into nine locations full of dangerous bandits, traps and other obstacles. Finishing the game requires constant fighting with a numerous enemies and high jumping skills, starting from simple steps through advanced moving platforms placed above the deadly wooden spikes. |
| Zenith | 2006-05-15 | comp-sci | comp-sci | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Stealth | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Zenith is a freeware remake of Geoff Crammond's The Sentinel. You start each game in the valleys of a hostile landscape, with your consciousness occupying a host shell. To win the game, you must use your limited supply of energy wisely, quickly gain height while avoiding the stare of the Sentinel, take advantage of any opportunities to gain energy, and when you're high enough, absorb the Sentinel from its pedestal at the top of the landscape.The style remains simple, following on from the original game, rather than The Sentinel Returns. The gameplay uses 'mouselook' combined with the original keyboard control. Basic prompts guide the player at first, and these hints can be switched off when they are no longer needed. Landscapes are generated randomly, at a chosen difficulty, and have more variety than those of the original version. |
| Bullet Candy | 2006-05-16 | Charlie's Games | Charlie's Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Bullet Candy is a top down arena shooter. The player takes control of a space ship and has to defeat all the enemies in each of the game's single screen levels. The player can move around and shoot in any direction with the use of either a gamepad or a mouse and keyboard combination. The objective is simply to clear all the level of all enemies and move on to the next. In addition of the enemies the levels are also full of collectable gold ships. These are each worth 100 points multiplied with the player's score multiplier, difficulty level and the number of ships collected. By collecting more than half of the golden ships of a level, the player earns a laser shot power up that grants the player more powerful bullets. The player can also find bonuses in four colors. Yellow gives a score bonus, blue gives three way shots, red gives an extra life and green makes the player invincibility. The game also features a suicide button that kills the player. Although it cost the player two lives rather than one, it allows him to keep his power ups and score multiplier. When starting out only the arcade mode is available but more modes are unlocked as the player gets further in the game. The arcade mode consists of 50 levels and after completion of the first 20 the extend mode featuring 150 levels is unlocked. |
| Wonderland Online | 2006-05-16 | Chinesegamer International Corp. | Chinesegamer International Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Although Western players could take a game named Wonderland Online for an adaption of the famous book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, this game has nothing to do with this story, but starts off to something completely different:Welcome aboard the Ocean Star, a luxury liner seemingly in direct ancestry to the Titanic! A colorful bunch of passengers is enjoying a ride through southern waters, a busy bunch of staff members is doing everything to make the journey unforgettable. When the ship passes the South Ocean Islands, suddenly a sharp sound splits the air and the shudder of a severe underwater crash is reaching every corner of the ship. Only minutes later, the inevitable becomes obvious: The Ocean Star is about to founder. Time doesn't matter any more, and after the exhausting fight for survival the player's alter ego wakes up stranded on one of the basically unexplored Southern Ocean Islands, alive and unhurt, but lonely. From this moment forward, he/she will start to make his/her way back to civilization, find and team up with other survivors, and explore these islands full of monsters and magic.Wonderland Online is an anime-themed massively multi-player online RPG that's played in an isometric 3rd-person perspective. In the beginning the player can create up to two characters per server choosing from various survivors of the ship crash, but only one of them can be controlled at a time. These pre-made survivors all come with their own background story, character model, and a starting bonus which somehow resembles their background. Character customizing, naturally, goes beyond an individual name in that nearly the complete color palette of the character model can be changed, five upgrade points can be distributed among the five basic attributes (strength, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, agility), and the player must decide which of the four schools of magic (earth, water, fire, wind) his avatar should try to master.Once thrown into the game world, the player will soon cross swords with the first monsters. Battles can be triggered in various ways: One can walk into visible monsters roaming the country side, some scripted battles are necessary to progress in the story line, or in more dangerous areas there's additional random battles. The fighting is dealt with on a separate screen that shows the opponents from the side, executing their moves. This game features that kind of active time battle system which we saw in so many Asian-developed RPG's over the years. Every side has a certain time to choose whether to attack, perform a skill, use an item, defend, or retreat next, then all the moves are executed one after another depending on the statistics of the combatants. Successful battling will net the player experience points and a wild mingle-mangle of items, but no money which instead is mostly earned by selling items or by questing. With enough experience points earned the player will reach a level-up where the basic attributes and skills can be improved, or even new skills can be learned.The game also features a pet system not often seen. While other games usually give the player one pet to care for at a time, here one can carry many pets using a kind of pet inventory. Even NPCs joining the player along the way are treated as pets, and one can even catch monsters in battle that will also be put in the player's pet inventory. However, there's only one active pet possible at a time, following the player in the game world and fighting the battles with him. If the active pet is an NPC the player can follow his/her story for some additional quests. But the most peculiar thing about this system is other players joining your party - they will become pets, too. And so will your alter ego when joining another player's party which basically means watching that other player walk around, do stuff, while waiting for a fight to begin where, then, battle control is given back.Advanced features of the game include:
The player's own tent which can be used as a safe haven for resting and can be stuffed with all kinds of furniture over time.
A kind of remote control for automatic battle options.
Instanced themed dungeons for cooperative game play from level ten upwards.
Item creation by combining and manufacturing.
Special arenas for player-versus-player battles.
And pet riding - but didn't try that with NPCs, though.
The game's developers release a new major upgrade once in a while. These patches basically add new content for high-level players, add new features to the game, and change the subtitle. |
| X-Men: The Official Game | 2006-05-16 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Z-Axis, Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Hack and slash | | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | X-Men: The Official Game acts as a story bridge between the second and third X-Men movies. In the game, the player takes control of Wolverine, Iceman and Nightcrawler, as they deal with the aftermath of the incident at Alkali Lake. The heroes return to Alkali Lake to recover two stolen Cerebro parts, and find out that an unknown organization is doing a salvage operation on the base. What they uncover reveals to be a threat to all mutants...The three playable characters have distinct fighting abilities. Wolverine fights from a fixed third-person view; the player essentially has to "button mash" his way through hordes of soldiers and classic X-Men villains as Sabretooth and Lady Deathstrike. Iceman can fly; his abilities are widely used when he traverses the ice bridge to fly out and save places such as a nuclear power plant and the Statue of Liberty. As Nightcrawler, the player views the world from a free third-person perspective; he possesses a teleportation ability, which allows him to drop on his enemies while getting the missing Cerebro parts and saving the Brooklyn Bridge from Mirror Man. |
| Atic Atac | 2006-05-18 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | Diagonal-down | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This remake of Atic Atac adds new graphics and sounds to the 1983 action-adventure title, while maintaining the same gameplay of the original. The player controls one of three characters: a knight, a wizard, or a serf, each with unique weapons and routes through the castle. The objective is to navigate the rooms of a haunted castle, killing ghosts, and other supernatural creatures, while collecting the items necessary to open new passages, like keys and other helpful objects. The energy bar is a roasted chicken at the left side of the screen, that is slowly consumed with every hit received by the hero, until only the bones are left on the plate and the player loses one life. Trapdoors and staircases give access to other floors. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic V (Deluxe Edition) | 2006-05-18 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Deluxe Edition of Heroes of Might and Magic V contains:
An exclusive, book-like packaging
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars
A small at book by Olivier Ledroit
A map of the world Ashan on high quality paper
A faction document (foldout book) with the attributes of all heroes and creatures of all playable factions
3 exclusive single-player maps
A specific "aura" effect for the heroes
The Polish Deluxe Edition contains:
An exclusive packaging in wooden chest
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
Artbook
Key reference card
Game guide
A faction document (foldout book) with the attributes of all heroes and creatures of all playable factions
A map of Ashan
3 exclusive single-player maps
A specific "aura" effect for the heroes |
| Heroes of Might and Magic V (Super Collector's Edition) | 2006-05-18 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This edition was limited to 4,000 copies and could only be purchased through Ubisoft in the UK. It contains:
Heroes of Might and Magic V (Deluxe Edition)
A numbered and authenticated case adorned with the likenesses of heroes Godric and Agrael.
A coin purse with a Heroes V coin (one side showing the emblem of the Holy Griffin Empire and the other the symbol of Urgash, the dragon of Chaos). One of the 4,000 editions has a special coin. Instead of a regular solver coin, it is a Golden Thaler, a relic from ruler Ivan Griffon that is said to provide the bearer with absolute power. |
| Age of Wonders: Trilogy | 2006-05-19 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation is a special re-release of the complete Age of Wonders trilogy on one DVD and includes:
Age of Wonders
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
Brief Manual
Branded Disc
An electronic game guide created by Gry OnLine |
| Dark Signs | 2006-05-19 | | Terminal Zero, Vectra Media | Simulation | | | Spy / espionage | | | | | | | | Windows | Dark Signs is a hacking game that simulates a network environment where the player must hack different servers in order to complete different assignments, such as retrieving, decrypting and manipulating data. The game interface is largely text-based, and the player must use the game's scripting language D-SCRIPT to run commands or, in some cases, to write longer scripts.The core gameplay consist in scanning the simulated network server ports for vulnerabilities and exploiting them, using various simulated online tools and visiting various newsgroups to read about vulnerabilities in the simulated server software.As the game progresses, the hacking tasks become more difficult, and the player will have to combine bits of knowledge learned in earlier missions in order to complete the later missions. |
| Myth: Antologia | 2006-05-19 | Gathering of Developers, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Myth: Anthology is a comprehensive collection of all of the Myth games released to date, created for the Polish market.The games included are:Myth: The Fallen Lords
Myth II: Soulblighter
Myth II: Chimera
Myth III: The Wolf Age |
| Terrorist Takedown: War in Colombia | 2006-05-19 | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Shooter | South America | | | | | | Windows | Colombian and American Special Forces units destroy a cocaine plantation. It all seems easy...well, as easy as can be, but soon everything changes because of a bullet. The commanding officer is killed. In a short amount of time, everything escalates into a full-scale war.Your name is Jack Jeffers, and your mission is to fight alongside allied Colombian and American forces, while still receiving orders from time to time and obeying special orders of your own. Penetrate the drug lords' massive defenses and turn the tide of the jungle war in this first-person jungle shooter. War in Colombia is the fourth game in the series. |
| The Da Vinci Code | 2006-05-19 | 2K Games, Inc. | Collective, Inc., The | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements, Stealth | | | Andrey Kazmin | | Teen | | Windows | The Da Vinci Code game is based on the movie directed by Ron Howard which is in turn based on Dan Brown's best selling novel The Da Vinci Code. In this third-person action-adventure game, players have to solve riddles, fight enemies, escape in high-speed car chases and in the meantime unraveling a murder and an ancient secret.Harvard professor Robert Langdon is in Paris for a meeting with a curator of the Louvre. When he arrives, it turns out the curator is dead. With his own blood, he has written a cryptic message. French cryptographer Sophie Neveu arrives and they team up to solve the murder and discover that Leonardo Da Vinci has left clues to a secret in his paintings. This leads them to uncover a millennia-old conspiracy. A secret society tries to stop them from doing so. |
| Valis X: Valna - Haha to Musume no Kunō | 2006-05-19 | Telenet Japan Co., Ltd. | Eants Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | Windows | Valis X: Valna - Haha to Musume no Kunou is the third chapter of the episodic Valis X . The common story of the five episodes of Valis X is based on the events depicted in various installments of the Valis series, describing the adventures of a Japanese teenage girl Yuko Asou and her friends in a parallel world named Vecanti, where she fights its evil tyrants with the legendary sword of Valis. However, the episodes do not follow the plots of the individual games; rather, they tell the over-arching story of the entire series their own way, liberally mixing locations, characters, events, etc., and adding new sub-plots.The first four chapters describe the same events from the point of view of four different characters; the final episode concludes the story.In the third chapter, the protagonist is Valna, Yuko's twin sister who grew up in the Vecanti dimension. She is an apprentice in magical arts, and is helping Yuko to become the Guardian of Vecanti. The main story is the same as in the two previous episodes; however, since this time we see the events through the eyes of a local person, there are many new scenes and more background information about the world of Vecanti.All the episodes have the same graphical style and identical gameplay system. Unlike the original Valis series, the episodes of Valis X are "visual novels", composed of text and still images; interactivity is confined to occasionally making a decision, which will slightly alter the following events (usually of sexual nature), without influencing the general story.All the episodes of Valis X have large amounts of explicit sex scenes, mostly revolving around lesbian sex and depictions of the heroines being raped by tentacle monsters. |
| Dark Tower Conspiracy | 2006-05-22 | Akella | Game Studio "Semargl" | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | A young adventurer arrives at the borderlands of his fantasy world where the Imperial Army is battling monster hordes ravaging the country side. He quickly joins the army and, from this point forward, is constantly on duty to the local army commander who is not only missing his former personal assistant, but a whole legion of his soldiers at the moment. Little does the young man know that the search for his forerunner and the missing legion shall have him uncover the secret behind all this monster madness.Dark Tower Conspiracy is an action-RPG developed in Russia that, in many ways, reminds of the genre classic Diablo, although using a fully rotational 3D engine and featuring some additional gameplay elements. As in Diablo the player gets to choose between three character classes, namely warrior, ranger and mage. Following this initial decision the character can be equipped with the usual weapon and armor items with all the magic prefixes and suffixes we've seen before. Furthermore, around 50 skills and spells can be learned. Items and spells can be put into quick slots for easy access, weapons and armor have a durability and must be repaired occasionally.Additionally to this basic gameplay, the player can hire up to three mercenaries that can be assigned different tactics, can revisit already cleared levels at night to find them populated with a new horde of tougher monsters, and can summon monsters to fight the difficult battles for him. |
| Fetch! | 2006-05-22 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Life / social simulation | | | | | | | Windows | http://virtual-playground.co.uk/ (from Ad Blurbs)Have you always wanted to own a dog of your own but you're just too busy to look after a real live animal. Well now you can enjoy the fun of owning and exercising your very own virtual dog with "Fetch!"Take your pick of the dogs at the kennels, all waiting eagerly and excitedly to see if you are going to choose them.Fetch! uses superb 3d graphics to bring to life your pet and the environment he lives in. Enjoy the shade of the tree at the bottom of your garden or the sun through the window of your kitchen. Stroll down the high street with your dog and take him to one of the local parks for a game of catch. Enter your dog in agility or obedience trials at the local arena or town hall and win cash prizes. Use the money to buy things that will make your dog happy, and eager to please...Make your choice, give your dog a name and then take your new companion back home with you and let the fun begin. See to the care and feeding of your four-legged friend, let him run free in your back garden or take him for a walk around the neighborhood.Above all, sit back and enjoy...
Fetch! was developed using state of the art 3d graphics
6 distinct breeds with their own variants for a total of 15 different dogs to choose from
Realistic 3d environments including flora, fauna, seasons and weather effects
Dynamic and reactive dog behaviour
Responsive Gesture Recognition System to train your dog to obey your every command
Compete at Local, Regional or National level in Agility and Obedience Trials
Each dog has literally dozens of keyframed animations, each blended to fit smoothly with the others
Choose from dozens of toys, foods and accessories
Fetch! uses our very own real time fur shader for added realism |
| Hammer Heads Deluxe | 2006-05-23 | PopCap Games, Inc. | Nuclide.com BVBA | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Hammer Heads Deluxe is a casual arcade game based on the classic Whack-a-Mole concept. The mouse controls a hammer used to thwack garden gnomes popping up from holes in the ground, requiring quick reflexes and fast eye-hand coordination. The game features different environments, such a garden, the beach, the desert... If a gnome is ignored, it will pop again and if it is missed the player loses a life, represented as a bar of hearts at the top of the screen. While playing, there are additional hearts to be collected, as well as gold treasure chests, cupids and strawberries.Money can be used to upgrade the hammer's speed or power in the shop (only available when you whack a shop gnome) or to buy additional lives. There are various achievements, stored in a trophy screen. These are awarded as milestones when 1,000 gnomes are hit or when a certain number of points has been scored. For extra points, perfect accuracy or lightning-fast reflexes are needed to score chains of bashed gnomes.The different types of gnomes provide an additional challenge. Some need to be hit multiple times, or only at specific moments (e.g. when they put a bucket on their head, or remove their helmet). Every five levels, the player acquires a camera to take a snapshot and save the game.The full version of the game removes the time restriction, allows the player to progress past the seventh level, has 21 trophies up for grabs, enables the shop, and adds 2 additional modes. After finishing 10 levels in the Classic Bash mode, the Marathon Bash is unlocked, where you battle an endless amount of gnomes. When you beat the king in the Classic Bash mode, the Tough Cookie mode is unlocked. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic V | 2006-05-23 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Nival Interactive LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Today a marriage is to be celebrated: the Griffin Empire celebrates Emperor Nicolai and the tomboy-like Isabel who are soon to be united. But... something goes wrong and Demons emerge from the darkness, interrupting this joyous celebration! So, now Nicolai has to lead his army to war; while Isabel is carried away and treated like a poor defenseless girl.She cannot sit still for long, so she breaks free from her escorts at the first opportunity and tries to seek some help for her Nicolai.
While her escort, Godric, leaves to seek the powerful mages of the Shining Cities; Beatrice tries to contact the Elven armies of Irollan.
Will she succeed in bringing help to her soon to be husband, Nicolai? Will Godric convince the mages to help the Griffin Empire?This is the first Heroes of Might & Magic to feature 3D graphics and Multiplayer options. The turn-based system for tactical battles has been entirely re-written to be more scalable. It also features an entirely new plot, along with new spells, new units and new creatures skills. |
| Jaws: Unleashed | 2006-05-23 | Majesco Entertainment Company | Appaloosa Interactive Corporation | Action | Behind view | Licensed | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Based on the film series of the same name, players take control of the Great White killer shark known as "Jaws". In an open-ended world, players visit Amity Island just in time for the 4th of July holiday season, and do what the predator does best: eat, kill, and destroy.As the game progresses, Jaws will rampage through aquatic theme parks, chemical plants, beaches and more, facing off against boats, divers, and other marine life. As players continue through the game, they will earn new upgrades that will allow Jaws to ram, bite, and survive with greater potency. Up to 32 side quests are available, allowing various item and bonus feature unlockables. |
| Rogue Trooper | 2006-05-23 | Eidos, Inc. | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | A planned attack on Nu Earth goes wrong when a General turns traitor resulting in the massacre of Rogue's comrades.The game starts with Rogue and his comrades launched from a drop-ship. They come under fire from the Norts due to the information that had been leaked by the General. Upon landing the first mission is a tutorial in how to use Rogue’s skills and also the Bio-chips of Gunnar and then Bagman. The third Bio-chip of Helm is received in a later mission. The Bio-chips have their own abilities. Gunnar is stuck to the side of Rogue’s rifle and can be used as a sentry while Rogue flanks the enemy. Bagman provides ammunition and upgrades for Rogue’s equipment made from salvage collected along the way and also looks after his health. Helm is used for accessing computer consoles and panels allowing Rogue access into prohibited areas.Rogue works his way through the various levels as stealthily as is possible trying to take the Norts by surprise with kill moves but with the arsenal at his disposal he is quite capable of also unleashing hell and going toe to toe with the enemy. Tracking the traitor General, Rogue eventually catches up in the final mission with an abundance of Norts trying to stop him.The game is identical across all platforms allowing the user to create numerous profiles and using a checkpoint save feature ensuring that you don’t have to go too far back in the level if you get Rogue killed. There are 3 different skill levels (Normal, Hard and Massacre) which when completed will unlock cheats.
The Windows version uses a combination of keyboard (reconfigurable) and mouse, the mouse being essential for aiming and firing.
The Xbox and PS2 versions are identical using the left thumb-stick for movement and the right thumb-stick for aiming and right trigger / shoulder button for firing with the other buttons used for various other actions such as weapon changing or grenade throwing.Within each platform, multiplayer is available with the option to play as Rogue, Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, each character having their own attributes. There are 5 arenas of either Stronghold or Progressive. Each map will have an objective such as defending for a certain amount of time against waves of Norts on Stronghold or getting to an objective point on Progressive maps. High scores will be saved with the user’s profile.
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| Soldier Elite: Zero Hour | 2006-05-23 | Silverline Software | Metropolis Software House | Action | Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Stealth | | | | | Mature | | Windows | You play NATO agent Cole Sullivan, hero of Odium and Gorky Zero. After a Russian submarine has sunken in the Arctic Sea, he investigates the mysterious events and has to infiltrate a secret military base.On your way through an ice desert, underground complexes and the flooded submarine you meet lots of enemies. In order to be successful you have to sneak cautiously. By hacking into computers you open doors and deactivate surveillance cameras.Aurora Watching is a 3rd-Person stealth game like Splinter Cell with elements of an action shooter. |
| Gem Towers | 2006-05-24 | | | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Gem Towers takes the well known match three puzzle style and gives it a three-dimensional spin. Thusly, instead of a flat plane the game board makes use of the X/Y/Z coordinates. These game boards vary in their dimensions somewhat, resulting in different playing fields such as cubic ones, flat ones or very tall ones. The game board can be rotated and zoomed in or out freely, though certain board layouts restrict this by quite a bit. The gem stones that make up the game board are shuffled randomly in shape and color, as well as the amount of different colors present for each board. Crafty players can make use of the full three dimensions to shift around gems from different layers than just the ones horizontally or vertically places around a certain gem. Each level requires players to fulfill a certain amount of cleared gems within an allotted time to move on to the next level. Failing to do so costs the player a life. Every few levels the player can try to score as many points possible in a very short bonus round free of penalization in any way. There are three difficulty selections to choose from. |
| Wings over Europe: Cold War Gone Hot | 2006-05-24 | Bold Games | Third Wire Productions, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Cold War | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | Kout | | Teen | | Windows | Wings over Europe: Cold War Gone Hot is a flight sim set during the Cold War, and the sequel to Wings over Vietnam. After the USSR attacks NATO forces in West-Germany, the Cold War turns hot, and the player finds himself in a plane over Germany.Player flyable aircraft include the F-100 Super Sabre, F-105 Thunderchief, F-4 Phantom II, F-15A Eagle, A-10 Thunderbolt II, British Hunter, and the VTOL Harrier, with which the player can encounter the heavy SAM network and Red Air Force of the day flying the MiG 17, 19 and 23. |
| Buku Blast | 2006-05-25 | Merscom LLC | Absolutist Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games:
Buku Sudoku
Buku Mahjongg
Buku Kakuro
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| Clash'N Slash: Worlds Away | 2006-05-25 | Enkord, Ltd. | Enkord, Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Clash'N Slash: Worlds Away is the sequel to the Clash'N Slash. Like in Clash'N Slash the player controls a spaceship and he needs to protect the planet from an onslaught of enemies. There are new planets, enemies and bosses. In addition, there are 2 modes for the game: Adventure and Survival. In Survival mode the player plays as long as he can without the planet will be destroyed, else the game over. |
| Veck | 2006-05-25 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Veck is a freeware space shooter inspired by Robotron: 2084, Geometry Wars and many vector games of the early 1980’s. The player controls a small craft, on a single screen, able to move and fire in multiple directions. The aim of the game is to stay alive as long as possible by defeating increasingly crowded and varied waves of enemies. At the start, the craft has a million energy units, which steadily increases while playing up to 10 million. Upon colliding with an enemy, the bar is either partially or completely depleted.There are different kinds of opponents, such as the Brainless Bluie, the more advanced Red Rammer and the Red Reaper. Blue Holes launch twenty enemies at once, Purple Nests charge the player, the Hypermatter Reactor lurks on the screen until it can pop the player into hyperspace and the Orange Explodabomb has a large blast radius.The game can either be played with a single fire key or with different keys for each direction. Support for two simultaneous joysticks has also been included. The game consists of 15 seamless one-minute levels. At each level, new enemies appear and the ship's engines are upgraded to fire multiple bullets at once. For graphical effect, there are different kinds of fading effects to change the art style, from "No Fade" to "OMG" and "Some fade" in between.The game was originally developed for the Retro Remakes vector-game mini-competition. |
| GT Racers | 2006-05-26 | Trend Redaktions- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | GT Racers is a simple racing game with two single player modes: quick race and championship with three modes. (Bronze, Silver and Gold)
Completing mode unlocks new cars. There are eleven cars altogether. They are based on real-life cars.
Included are ten tracks in five city's: Berlin, London, Paris, Tokyo and New York City. Each locale has one day track and one night track. |
| Hitman: Blood Money (Collector's Edition) | 2006-05-26 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Collector's Edition includes:Hitman: Blood MoneyA Bonus DVD with:The making of "Origins of a Killer"
All 4 "Development Diary" videos
All "The guide to being a Hitman" videos
Gameplay trailers
TV ads
The soundtrack with unreleased tracks
Concept art
Print ads
Wallpapers |
| Logisch! - Die Denk-Boxx Vol. 1 | 2006-05-26 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Logisch! - Die Denk-Box contains four puzzle games.
There are:
Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game
Fritz 8 (Special Edition), a limited version of Fritz 8
WinSudoku, a Sudoku puzzle game that is first released in this compilation
Bridge Builder
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| Rush for Berlin | 2006-05-26 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Stormregion Szoftverfejlesztő Kft. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The year is 1944 and the Western Allied and Soviet Red Army forces begin their march towards Berlin. In the first of the four campaigns the player guides the Americans beginning from the offensive at the Ardennes. After that the journey of the Russians in Leningrad starts. The third campaign features the French Resistance trying to to take back Paris. Since this is a slightly altered universe in which Hitler got killed by Stauffenberg, the player controls the Germans in the fourth campaign.As in other WW II real-time strategy games such as Codename: Panzers - Phase One, all armies feature the usual war machines like the JS-2 or the Königstiger. But there are also some tanks available which were planned but never reached production, like the German tank Maus. The opposing forces are not the real enemy in the game - it's the clock. As the title implies, Berlin needs to be reached fast and every mission has a time limit. If it takes too long to accomplish the objective, the whole war is lost. The time limits are always fair, and there are several side missions in every scenario for which additional time or reinforcements are provided.The most important units on the battlefield are the officers. Over time, they gain new talents which greatly benefit your troops. The Russian politic commissioner for example can raise the bravery of the surrounding troops by giving out more vodka, or the American communications officer lifts the fog of war for a short time. The troops also gain experience and move up the ranks so the player should thoughtfully use them because they can be taken along to the next mission with their experience. On many maps there are factories in which additional tanks can be built. The only resource needed for that is time.When Berlin has been conquered, Paris has been freed and/or the Nazis have driven back the Allied armies, it is time to go online and fight against up to three other players in five different game modes, ranging from an ordinary skirmish to co-op. |
| Rush for Berlin (Collector's Edition) | 2006-05-26 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Collector's Edition includes:
Rush for Berlin
Metal-Eagle statue
Soundtrack CD
Art book
Rush for Berlin card game
Sticker set
Two-sided poster
Big screenshot puzzle |
| War§ow | 2006-05-26 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Warsow is a free 3D multiplayer FPS developed with eSports competition in mind. Based on Qfusion, a modification of the Quake II GPL engine, the game has a cel-shaded look mixing flashy cartoon colours with dark, medieval textures. The gameplay is focused on stylish movement based on tricks, combined with balanced weapons. Aside from classical moves from the Quake scene, such as bunny hopping, circle strafe, double jump and circle jump, Warsow adds more variety with wall jumps, dash, dodge (similar to Unreal Tournament) and ramp slides (similar to Quake 4) controlled by a special key.The levels for the different game types contain respawning health items, armour shards, full armours, weapons, ammo and special items. There are 7 weapons to choose from, including a rocket and grenade launcher, an electrobolt, a riotgun and a plasmagun, combined with a power-up system with a weak and strong mode for each weapon.Game modes include regular duel, team deathmatch, capture the flag, instagib and race. |
| YoungStars Fussball Manager | 2006-05-26 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Aruba Studios GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | YoungStars Fußball Manager is a football (soccer) management game in which you manage your own team and also build and manage your own stadium from the ground up.To help finance your project, convince prospective sponsors to invest in your venture by infecting them with your enthusiasm. Or simply sell your team's merchandise to make more money. But in case of emergency, there’s still the bank that can help you out.Let your players train in the Fitness Studio and on the pitch, so that they are always in top condition, and compose individual training strategies. When the weekend rolls around you can attend your team's matches and also take the initiative and function as a goal-getter. When everything has been done well and if you planned wisely, it should be no problem for you to climb to the top of the soccer league rankings. |
| City Life | 2006-05-30 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | City Life is another take on the old city building genre. Like SimCity, it requires you to build a functioning metropolis. However, City Life also adds a social aspect to the game. Your city is populated by citizens of six different economic classifications, from "Have-Nots" to "Blue Collars" to "Elites". Each social stratus has its own needs, some of which conflict with the needs of the other social classes. So you have to balance the social needs of your citizens as well as the zoning needs of your city. You have to adapt your strategies according to the citizens' needs, who communicate with you.A large amount of detailed structures is available, both commercial and residential. There are 22 maps with different goals, but an editor has been included to design custom maps, or you can start in the sandbox mode. Custom maps and scenarios can be exported and shared with other players. City Life is powered by a full 3D engine, allowing for full rotation and zooming as if you are walking in your own streets. |
| Hitman: Blood Money | 2006-05-30 | Eidos, Inc. | Io-Interactive A/S | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Crime, Thriller | Shooter, Stealth | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Agent 47 the assassin returns in the 4th installment of the Hitman series. This time he goes on a trip around America, undertaking missions in major cities such as Las Vegas, New Orleans, Los Angeles and other exotic locations. This time, he better watch his back, as his long-time employer, the International Contract Agency, is threatened by a mysterious rival. Gameplay in Hitman: Blood Money is generally similar to the previous installments. Once again, your job will be to complete several assassination missions. You can sneak around in disguise to avoid the suspicious guards, or you can instead open fire on everyone you see. When you complete your mission, you're given a rating - from "Mass Murderer" up to the coveted "Silent Assassin". Blood Money introduces a lot of new features, however. A new notoriety system will track every single one of your moves, which in turn will demand utmost calculation in order to successfully accomplish your objectives. For those of you who are tired of a direct approach, you will be given the opportunity to stage accidents and should you be suspected, bribes and "other" accidents will always be at hand. Blood Money also gives the player the opportunity to customize weapons. |
| Hunt | 2006-05-30 | SG Interactive, Inc., ValuSoft, Inc. | Program Ace | Action, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Hunt is a cross between a first person shooter game (FPS) and a wilderness hunting game. The game begins in a hunting lodge featuring silhouettes on the wall of each type of trophy possible to collect in the game, including bear, boar, elk, deer, hare, and turkey. The player, acting as the hunter, embarks on a quest to collect the trophies. However, before the hunter can have the opportunity, the player must first find the flagstaff at the end of a FPS wilderness level filled with wild, ravenous animals intent upon destroying the player. The player has four weapons: a bow, a crossbow, a rifle, and a shotgun. Additionally, the player can use binoculars and lay bait for the animals.When the player reaches the flagstaff, it is time to progress to the hunting portion, where the player will enter a peaceful wilderness to gun down a relatively docile example of the same kind of specimen that was menacing him in the previous level. The player squats in one place and can swivel 360 degrees to locate the trophy animal. The same four weapons are at the disposal of the hunter in this mode.The game features a campaign mode that combines both the FPS and hunting elements. Further, the player can select either the arcade only or hunting only modes. |
| Big Kahuna Reef 2: Chain Reaction | 2006-05-31 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Return to the Hawaiian waters to do some more matching.Big Kahuna Reef 2: Chain Reaction is Big Kahuna Reef only bigger. You still use your mouse to swap tiles to create a row of three or more but now you have seven-hundred fifty possible levels to play through. To clear the levels, you must make matches on or explode wooden planks. When all the wooden planks are clear, the level is clear. If there are metal planks, you must match or explode them twice. If you match five of the same, you create a bomb, which destroys a large area on tiles. During the game, dynamite is also created that destroys a smaller area. |
| Stacked with Daniel Negreanu | 2006-05-31 | Myelin Media, LLC | 5000ft Inc. | Gambling, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Stacked with Daniel Negreanu is a poker game featuring professional poker player Daniel Negreanu. In the game players can play a game of Texas Hold 'em. Included are some full motion videos in which Daniel Negreanu explains the basics of the game. When the player understands the rules he or she can play a single or multi table tournament. The player can play against AI opponents or with friends through a LAN or over the Internet. When playing against the AI "speed play" can be activated which makes the game go faster once the player folds and is temporarily out of the game. |
| 2 in 1 Games: Helicopter & Jetfighter | 2006-06-01 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
AirStrike 3D: Operation W.A.T.
Red Clash '93
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| Air Conflicts: Air Battles of World War II | 2006-06-01 | Bold Games | 3Division s.r.o., 3D People s.r.o. | Action, Simulation | Behind view | | | | World War II | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Air Conflicts: Air Battles of World War II is an arcade simulator featuring airplanes from WWII. The player can join three sides: British (RAF), German (Luftwaffe) or Russian (Krasnaya Armiya). Every side has four planes (fighter, fighter-bomber, bomber, and prototype) which are to be used in different types of missions such as patrol, intercept, tactical bombing, air support, etc. The game contains ten campaigns, and as the player progresses, they are promoted, sometimes receiving a medal for good mission accomplishment. Air Conflicts: Air Battles of World War II has some 200 missions and includes multiplayer deathmatch and team deathmatch modes. |
| Angelfish | 2006-06-01 | Fathammer Ltd. | Fathammer Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Angelfish, a sequel to Firehammer, is a traditional top-down shooter. The Sirian armies raid the universe and the player has to destroy their mothership.The game features hand-drawn graphics with 18 levels to play through. There are typical genre elements present, such as power ups, bonus multipliers and end bosses. The difficulty is designed to be a challenge for experienced shooter players. |
| Blocster | 2006-06-01 | 720games | 720games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Blocster is a singleplayer puzzle game. The game is played on a 20x16 grid of pieces. The idea is to swap adjacent pieces to create groups of identical pieces that align with open space. These pieces then disappear until the board is fully cleared. The player must not leave blocks of unswappable pieces behind, as this renders the level unfinishable, requiring a restart. Single pieces left isolated turn into jewels and attract a bonus score. The game is played for fastest time, highest score, or most jewels collected. Scores can be logged to an internet leaderboard. |
| Dark and Light | 2006-06-01 | Farlan Entertainment Ltd. | NP Cube SARL | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | Persistent | | | Windows | Dark and Light is a fantasy MMORPG set in the fictional land of Ganareth, where forces of light and dark are at war. After choosing a race, you start as a citizen working your way up, distributing experience points in different areas and paths. Once you reach level 10, a general class can be chosen: fighter, healer, hunter or spellcaster. Experience can then be spent in three areas: Craft Axis, Combat Axis and Social Axis.During your training, you have to choose one of nine different gods (factions). Each God has a specific relationship to a kingdom, to races, classes and alignment. The relationship to your god is defined by a divine faction, granting additional characteristics or even the god's interference. During a year, each constellation dominates the others in turn, allowing for improved skills. Certain quests are only opened up by a defined amount of allegiance, and both NPCs and creatures react to your alignment.Dark and Light claims to have the largest seamless playing surface in an MMORPG: 40,000 square kilometers (15,000 square miles). You can move around using gliders, mounts, boats, cable cars and hot air balloons. Another means of transportation is the mana tower. You can use it to travel through regions, and if you are nearby and the tower is fueled with the proper crystals, you benefit from the influence. There is a total of 13 realms, of which 10 are PVP-enabled.You can start guilds and brotherhoods, a holding if you focus on the economic side with resource management, and a fortress if you are more interested in fighting. Each of these comes with a management system where you get an overview of all members, including a ranking system. The same system exists for temporary adventure groups. There is also a focus on the crafting of items to advance. Daily game events are published in the online Ganareth Gazette.The game can be downloaded for free, but an access key ($54.99 at the launch with one month of subscription or 15 game credits included) needs to be purchased. Once playing, there are two account options. You either pay a monthly fee of $14.99 - or you use the freedom card with game credits. A pack of 15 credits ($14.99) has no monthly fees, but requires credits for certain actions, such as equipping or teaching a companion, and the exploration of further realms added after the initial release. It also holds the restriction that you cannot become a guild, fort or holding leader and there is restricted access to honorary titles. |
| Die Kieselsteiner | 2006-06-01 | Spielwerbung.de | Spielwerbung.de | Action | | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Die Kiestelsteiner is a platform game with altogether ten levels. Controlling a gravelstone figure, the player has to reach the exit of a level. On the way several items can be picked up. Some increase the score, some give extra lives. Each level is filled with enemies, being touched by them results in losing a life and having to restart at the beginning. The enemies can be eliminated by jumping on them.Each level offers different background graphics, enemies and items. |
| DropTeam: Mechanized Combat in the Far Future | 2006-06-01 | Battlefront.com, Inc. | TBG Software | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Tank | | | | | Windows | DropTeam: Mechanized Combat in the Far Future is a multiplayer-focused action game set in the future. Every player takes control of a tank and participates in a civil war in the Rim galaxy. The tanks are simple to control with a keyboard/mouse-combination but in other aspects, e.g. damage and weapon range, the game tries to be as realistic as possible.The game features several different maps and mission goals but the basic principle is that a match has a fixed time frame, typically between 30 and 60 minutes, where the players battle each other and solve tasks like capturing the enemy flag or conquering a point on the map. Every successful action rewards points and in the end the team with the most points win. When a player dies he can set his respawn point. One player per team can play as commander and gives orders on the tactical map. The Ogre playing mode is a bit different because there one team consists of just one player who controls a giant tank.The maps and objectives offer several different tactical approaches. One aspect of this are the various different tank models which can be chosen, For single players there are the possibilities to play single matches against bots in 20 scenarios and a campaign with ten missions in a linear order. The core gameplay doesn't change for these missions. |
| Half-Life 2: Episode One | 2006-06-01 | Valve Corporation | Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Half-Life 2: Episode One continues the story of Half-Life 2. It begins immediately after the end of this game, and follows Gordon Freeman (the player) and Alyx as they attempt to escape City 17 in the wake of the defeat of the Combine forces and the battle in the Citadel.Gameplay and Gordon's weapon arsenal are identical to Half-Life 2. Enemies too are familiar, with only one new zombie variant. A notable gameplay feature is the behavior of Alyx, who fights along Gordon's side for virtually the entire game. While the player still provides most of the offensive firepower, Alyx does provide a beneficial presence, and is far from the typical cannon fodder AI.The game has four to six hours of gameplay, and also features a "Commentary" mode, which enables hotspots on each map where the player can listen to developer commentary explaining how or why certain things were done. |
| Hallway of Adventures | 2006-06-01 | | Wandering Adventures | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Hallway of Adventures is a short adventure game developed for the fourth AGS OROW (one room, one week) competition. The player controls a jester who has made a long journey in search for fame. He arrives at the Hallway of Adventures where he wants to find literacy at its finest, books of good and evil, stories that start wars and stories that will end them.The game is played in a single side-scrolling screen of the hallway, with a book at each side. Getting them is no easy task and involves quite an amount of puzzles, using items, the surroundings and characters such as the librarian, a dwarf and a tree spirit. Items can be examined, picked up, combined and used. The inventory pops up near the top of the screen. |
| IHRA Drag Racing: Sportsman Edition | 2006-06-01 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Bethesda Game Studios | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Back of Case - PlayStation 2 (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Experience the next generation of drag racing action with IHRA Drag Racing Sportsman Edition, featuring intense bracket racing between cars of all makes and models.Choose the Arcade Mode for instant action in a single event or two-player split screen race. For more in-depth play, select the Season Mode to experience the excitement and challenge of an IHRA Sportsman 12-event season.
Official IHRA Bracket Racing rule set of the Sportsman Series -
featuring Top Sportsman and Top Dragster car classes.
Customize, tweak, and tune 60 cars in the Garage's Paint Shop or
Parts Store.
22 total tracks to race and unlock, including 11 officially licensed
IHRA tracks and 11 original tracks.
Customizable controls and DUALSHOCK® analog controller support.
Split-screen multiplayer support.
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| Iron Aces: Heroes of WWII | 2006-06-01 | Evolved Games | InterActive Vision White Eagle Sp. z o.o. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | World War II | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Iron Aces: Heroes of WWII is an action-oriented simulation of being a WWII fighter pilot. Focused on the Eastern conflict between Germany and Russia, it includes a campaign for each side, with over 40 total missions. Missions vary between dogfights, bombing runs, and escort missions, and earlier missions can be replayed. Multiple aircraft for each side, both fighters and bombers, are included, and by doing well in missions, they can be upgraded with improved weapons, maneuverability, and defense. |
| Panzerjagd | 2006-06-01 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | TASK four | Strategy | Top-down | | War | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Panzerjagd is a Battleship variant. Two players spread ships, tanks, helicopters and jets on a squared game field.
Each turn the players guess the coordinates of the enemy's units. One player wins if all the opponent's units are destroyed.
Included are ten different units in 24 single-player maps and one campaign with six missions. |
| Sacred Gear | 2006-06-01 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Sacred Gear is a side view multiplayer action game with emphasis on game play in both free-for-all and team play modes. It offers combat inside various settings with different classes and vehicles at the player's disposal. Compete with friends online, hone skills, and be the best one can be. The game is set in a time where advanced steam driven machines and weaponry are used on the battlefields. As a lone soldier or as one of several combatants, the player can make a stand. So put on your armor, tighten your steam pack and check your gauges. It's time for war! |
| Astral Masters | 2006-06-02 | 1C Company | Apus Software | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Astral Masters is the second turn-based strategy card game by Apus Software following Astral Tournament.The player becomes a mage who specializes in the magic of Fire, Earth, Air, Water (or all at the same time) and participates either in a duel with other mages of different skill levels or in a tournament against AI. There is a multiplayer mode for two human persons as well. The are six empty slots on the field where magic creatures can be summoned two using cards. The objective of the game is to weaken your opponent. Both the player and the opposing mage usually have 40 life points. This is done by casting spells and summoning creatures so that the enemy's life falls down to zero. |
| Championsheep Rally | 2006-06-02 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | Black Sheep Studio SARL | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Championsheep Rally is an arcade racing game with insane sheep for the whole family.You can play to 4 players. Each player chooses his sheep, between 11 sheep, having its own characteristics: speed, weight, stamina, etc. The play is composed of 8 tracks: far west, snow-covered mountains, space, goldmine etc.There are 4 modes of play:Quickrace : single race
Transhumance : career mode
Championsheep: several races with a final classification.
Beware the wolf: the wolf devours the slower sheep at each lap. |
| KrabbitWorld Labyrinth | 2006-06-02 | KrabbitSoft Studios | KrabbitSoft Studios | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | It’s twilight in this dark and troubled time of KrabbitWorld’s past. The great, bumbling, old wizard Fivinus’ dampening field has been breached. Many forms of the vile and evil Necrotech have overrun Karrellica, the floating Isle above KrabbitWorld. Plundered Port Kindarel lies in smoky ruin. Townspeople and shopkeepers lie collapsed and injured. Two heroes, Kria Krabbit, Guardian and protector and Krei, loyal friend and High Bard must forge through the menace to rescue lost Krabbits and restore Port Kindarel. Teella, villain by circumstance, masquerading in a most convincing disguise, fights the menace as well. Is she really an ally or does she have her own agenda? KrabbitWorld Labyrinth is a 3D third-person action game with RPG-style character-building. The player can specialize in magic or fighting or a combination of both. The heroes can grow in size and in height as the player builds their strength and dexterity. Magical scribes can be used to enhance skills and powers. Charged jumps are often needed to reach otherwise impossible platforms. The player can also smash and break barrels, crates and drink dispensers for treasure drops or use their explosions to damage the enemy.A two-player cooperative mode is available in addition to the regular single-player gameplay. |
| Styrateg | 2006-06-02 | Rake in Grass | Rake in Grass | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Styrateg is a medieval fantasy turn-based strategical RPG. Each mission you begin with several units and must reach your destiny within a set number of turns, while surviving or evading enemy attacks. Each unit is able to gain experience, can increase its level where you decide how the unit will advance (you can invest in a main stat, with each of the three stats correspond to melee, ranged combat or magic, and train skills) and what role it will perform on the battlefield. Additionally your units can learn new skills (magical attacks, protection spells and other actions), equip items they find on their journey (items can increase stats, skills or add a unique bonus) and use potions and scrolls.The game map is initially covered by fog of war and is littered with special locations. These locations can offer a quest to solve (and a reward if do so), a place to train new skills or a place to buy new items, as well as plot related encounters. Your enemies have their own movement range and they can ambush your units if you explore the map too carelessly. The latest patches of the game add a map editor and several premade maps. |
| Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War III | 2006-06-05 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Matrix Games, Ltd., TalonSoft, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Norm Koger’s The Operational Art of War continues the popular turn-based strategy game series. The previous TOAW games were for many the pinnacle of hex based strategy games development, but as years passed the games were not working on modern PCs anymore. Matrix Games bought the rights to TOAW series from the previous publisher, Take Two, and updated the game to work on modern computers.TOAW 3 is a mix of new game, add-on and follow-up. Basically it is TOAW 1+2 with all the features of the old games, with highly reworked game engine and huge amount of new content. The game engine now works with all the current PCs and Windows, and it features also long awaited bug fixes, additional features and completely new combat calculations.The game includes scenarios ranging from tiny to huge from World War I era to modern and near future, most of them playable from either side as single player game, and all playable as PBEM or hotseat with two players.
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| UpSoccer | 2006-06-05 | Play Ten Interactive | Artematica Entertainment | Sports | Top-down | Regional differences | | | | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | UpSoccer is a commercial adaptation of the game engine used for Throw In, a fan-made 3D remake of Kick Off 2. It maintains the core gameplay and fundamentally overhead view of its inspiration, but adds support for camera rotation, allowing for horizontal or diagonal angles on the pitch. Unlike the original one-button control scheme that Throw In tried to remain faithful to, this game uses four buttons for combinations of short or long passes and high or low shots.The game uses national teams with fictional player names. It can be played in single matches or in a tournament mode that mimics the FIFA World Cup. Multiplayer is only local, and up to 8 human players can participate in a tournament taking turns. The state of the latest ongoing tournament is automatically saved to disk.The game was released in Italy as Nutella Football Game, exclusively bundled with special Nutella jars in selected Italian food stores. |
| Corvette Evolution GT | 2006-06-06 | Black Bean Games | Milestone s.r.l. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Evolution GT is a simulation-racing game that gives the player the opportunity to experience the life of a real racing driver throughout the course of his career. By choosing appropriate race tactics and driving styles, the player will grow in his ability to compete at an ever-higher level, gaining access to new racing cars as well as roadsters, coupès and eventually dream cars. Races take place across Europe; from the beautiful landscapes of the Scottish Highlands and the Cote d'Azur to London and Barcelona, without missing out on historic racing venues such as Laguna Seca or Hockenheim. |
| Disney•Pixar Cars | 2006-06-06 | THQ Inc. | Rainbow Studios, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control, Motion control | | Everyone | | Windows | Cars is a racing game, based on the movie of the same name, that allows the player to explore the world of Radiator Springs and surrounding areas in an open world mission-based structure. The story revolved around racing rookie Lightning McQueen, who wants to become a famous racer and compete in the Piston Cup, the equivalent of NASCAR races. You can roam freely, talk to other characters, and accept race challenges to advance the story.There are over 20 Road Races to choose from in the Story Mode as well as 5 Piston Cup Races and additional mini-games. The player is awarded bonus points in the Story Mode that can be used to unlock bonus content material such as boost abilities, new racers (10 in total), new environments, and mini-games, such as an obstacle course or a military training event. The game also features an Arcade Menu that allows quick access to races unlocked from Story Mode as well as a VS. Mode where the player can compete head-to-head. |
| Ocean Commander | 2006-06-06 | Big Fish Games, Inc | CyberPlanet Interactive Public Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ocean Commander is a single-player, side-scrolling, arcade style shooter. By 3011 the planet has undergone a series of climactic and seismic upheavals resulting in the planet surface becoming submerged. Mankind continues to have wars however and in this game the player commands a submarine fighting all kinds of mechanical nasties single handed.The sub appears on the left of the screen while the background scrolls right to left. The submarine can move all around the scrolling screen and is controlled by either the arrow keys or the W/A/S/D/ keys. It carries a weapon that is controlled by the mouse, this can be rotated through 360 degrees while firing continually. Baddies attack from all sides, from above and from below. they fire torpedoes, homing missiles, and other weapons while others just ram the sub kamikaze style. The game has two modes of play, Survival where the player faces hordes of baddies and must survive for as long as possible, and Mission in which the player faces an end of level boss as they complete each stage. Points are scored for every baddie destroyed and, when playing in Mission mode, these can be spent on weapon and ship upgrades. |
| 10 Talismans | 2006-06-07 | RealArcade | NevoSoft LLC | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | 10 Talismans is a match-3 game where you have to swap tiles for forming a chain of minimum 3 tiles of the same item or color. When you have cleared the board of all enchanted tiles, you have beaten the level and can play the next one. You can also unlock bonuses that help for reaching your goal. Your quest is consisting to collect 10 ancient eastern talismans.The game features two modes: Classic and Timeless. In Classic, you have a limited amount of time for clearing the board, here symbolized by a powder barrel. When time is up, you lose a life. In Timeless, you don't have this limit.The game features 80 levels. |
| Bengal: Game of Gods | 2006-06-07 | Skunk Studios, LLC. | INTENIUM GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bengal: Game of Gods is a marble popper game, where the player controls a cartoon Indian tiger with the mouse, moving it sideways at the bottom of the screen. The anthropomorphic animal holds a colorful sphere in its hands, keeping a reserve one on its back inside a basket. The player can switch back and forth between the two balls with the right mouse button.The objective is to aim and throw the sphere towards two or more of the same color to make them all disappear. A string of balls keeps rolling on tracks that cover most of the field, exiting and entering the gaping mouths of two monkey statue heads. If several spheres enter the exit hole, the game is over.The tracks shift position, morphing in to new shapes while the game is in progress and forcing the player to adapt to new situations. Some spheres with power-ups appear randomly on the ball line. They move the line backwards, stop the movement for a few seconds, explode several spheres, paint a group of balls to the same color and help in other ways. Golden statues appear beside the tracks, and can be hit for bonus points. |
| Deep Sea Tycoon: Diver's Paradise | 2006-06-07 | eGames, Inc. | Pixel after Pixel | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Deep Sea Tycoon: Diver's Paradise is a tycoon game where the player constructs and manages an underwater park. It is the successor to Atlantis Underwater Tycoon and aimed at beginners. Like most similar games the player starts with a empty map and buys buildings which produce fishes or serve as infrastructure, e.g. feeding sites. Then the visitors come and the player can watch how they use his attractions. With time and money the player can expand his park.There are 30 missions where the player has to fulfill requirements to win, e.g. produce a certain amount of a species. With successful missions he unlocks new scenarios for the free building mode. The player can pin a camera to a visitor or fish to see the park from its eye. There are no gameplay elements like unsatisfied customers or random happenings like nature catastrophes. |
| Smoking Guns: Shooting Gallery! | 2006-06-07 | eGames, Inc. | Spellbound Entertainment AG | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Smoking Guns: Shooting Gallery! is a virtual shooting gallery with different themes: from western levels with towns and forts to alien invasions and a base on Mars and horror levels with ghosts and monsters. Each level has an extensive amount of variations that can be defined precisely or left to chance. With a variety of weapons, including colts, a shotgun and a machine gun, you have to sweep the levels before getting killed or running out of time. Weapons reloads happen both manually or automatically.The gameplay is spiced up with innocent civilians wandering about, hidden and special targets and parachutes with bonuses. These bonus objects include multipliers, sticks of dynamite, extra time, slowdown, bonus scores or new weapons. Sometimes, when shooting a parachute, a focus event is started, a small action sequence with different gameplay:
Armageddon: Wipe out swarms of enemies with your machine gun
Duel: One bullet, one enemy playing dead. Be the first to shoot before he stands upright completely.
Hit 'em All: Make successive shots to increase your multiplier. If you miss or hit a civilian, the multiplier is reset.
Hit 'em Hard: The targets require multiple hits to disappear.
Sniper Time: A single enemy is hiding in a group of civilians. Shoot him before he vanishes.You can replace in-game targets with your own pictures and the best highscores are saved on the internet. |
| The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript | 2006-06-07 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Elektrogames Limited Company, Kheops Studio, TOTM Studio Games SARL | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Europe | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript is an adventure game which takes place in Italy in 1522, 3 years after Leonardo Da Vinci's death. It is not the same as the action/adventure game titled after the movie, The Da Vinci Code, but an entirely different game.The artist and inventor Da Vinci bequeathed all of his technical notes to his student and scholarly companion, Francesco Melzi. You play the role of Melzi's apprentice, Valdo, who is sent to Da Vinci's home to find his secret notebook. Once gaining entrance to Da Vinci's residence, there are many obstacles in his way including the artist's own inventions and the puzzles that go along with them.Using a point-and-click interface, explore the estate of Leonardo Da Vinci which is replicated on-screen in 3D. Meet and converse with the current resident of the manor and the grounds keeper. Consultations and historical documents from the Chateau du Clos Lucé (formerly the Manoir du Cloux) assisted the developers in depicting the estate and grounds with historical accuracy.Puzzles are based on the actual works of DaVinci and are a mixed variety of mechanical, scientific and alchemic. Most require simple logic and deduction but some are triggered by discovering the correct clue. Solving puzzles inside Valdo's interactive journal is necessary as well. The game is divided into 4 Chapters (days). There are several different endings possible depending upon decisions you make during the last portions of the game. |
| Word Yo! | 2006-06-07 | Idigicon Limited | Planet Idiot Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Word Yo! is a fast-paced word search puzzle game. The object of the game is to prevent your sinking stack of letter tiles from completely falling off the screen. This is done by spelling words with the existing letter tiles, which awards the player with more tiles that fall onto the stack. The longer the words, and the more rare the letters in the words, the more tiles and points the player receives. There are bonus tiles that multiply the word score, the letter score and add to the scramble meter. When the scramble meter is full, the player can activate a board scramble to mix up the tiles and add some bonus tiles.Judging your progress is Laura the Librarian who announces her approval or displeasure with your progress as you play. She has a variety of costumes that fit the theme of the level you are on.There are 9 modes of play each with their own high score list.
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| A Gunshot in Room 37 | 2006-06-08 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Donavan Rand is a crime lord hiding in an old hotel where he thinks he is safe. Unfortunately for him he is found by the protagonist and after a short fight in his hotel room killed with his own gun. Now the player has to get rid of all the evidence against him and leave the room unnoticed before the police arrives.A Gunshot in Room 37 is a traditional adventure viewed from a first-person perspective. The goal is to escape the room within a time limit, so decisions have to be made quickly. There is an inventory and the player is also allowed to store up to five savegames. The whole game takes place in one room. |
| Baldur's Gate: 4 in 1 Boxset | 2006-06-08 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Baldur's Gate: 4 in 1 Boxset includes the following Baldur's Gate titles:Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal |
| City Racer: Underground Speed | 2006-06-09 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Taxi Challenge London
Taxi Challenge New York
Taxi Challenge Berlin
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| Death Worm | 2006-06-09 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | If you've ever secretly harboured a desire to snap up entire elephants in a single bite, Death Worm, more Shai-Hulud than Nibbles, just might be the game for you. Loosely inspired by cryptozoological accounts of the Mongolian Olgoi-Khorkhoi, this game allows the player to be to the Gobi Desert what Jaws was to Amity Island -- a menacing avatar of hunger incarnate, lurking somewhere unseen beneath the surface... waiting to strike!The playfield is a scrolling (but fixed) 2D cross-section, revealing the worm burrowing underground and its innocent victims topside, unaware of the horrifying fate awaiting them. Controls are simple: left and right arrow keys adjust the worm's orientation, while the up button accelerates -- most spectacularly when the worm erupts out of the ground, gulps down two camels, and then arcs back down into terra firma, leaving only shattered security and soiled garments in its wake. Scoring is tallied by measuring the total weight of flesh eaten -- with this Mongolian desertscape unusually populated by birds, lions, dromedaries and elephants, one can quickly determine which meals will bring home the largest point bonuses. (The trick is in suddenly approaching them from behind, to keep them from scattering in flight with advance visual warning.)The desert is not without human residents, however, and once lunch begins they, pretending to exclusive entitlement over mass extinction, will begin organizing to retaliate -- first with simple handguns, then with larger arms: tanks, bombers, paratroopers, mines, machine guns, rockets and tasers. Like the similarly segmented Saint Dragon, the death worm only takes damage when hit in its head... and while the enemies' aim isn't great, their ammunition reserves are plentiful enough to ensure that their pray-'n-spray tactics will eventually neutralise the worm. (To protract the inevitable, consuming other subterranean critters yields a minor health bonus.) |
| Fruit Machine Mania | 2006-06-09 | Liquid Games | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Action, Gambling | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fruit Machine Mania is a slot machine simulator for one person. The game is entirely keyboard controlled and contains six slot machines.
Each machine looks and plays differently. Play to unlock new machines or bonus games.
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| Jam XM | 2006-06-09 | Enkord, Ltd. | Enkord, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Jam XM is an arcade racing game that first looks like a Micro Machines clone.You take part in an intergalactic racing tournament, win races but also destroy rivals. The tracks show bonuses you can collect, such as the Freeze bonus which freezes your opponents for some time, or the Thorns bonus which empowers your car with sharp thorns that will heavily damage other cars on contact.Between championships you can upgrade your car, for example, with the Retainer device, which allows your car to neglect drifting for some time or the Subzero device, which freezes the road ahead of you so all the nasty liquids will have no effect on your car for some time.Each time you finish a lap, your weaponry is filled with ammos and you must finish a race at last third to unlock upgrades.As the speaker on the microphone says at the beginning of most of the races : let the carnage begin ! |
| Natto-Cat | 2006-06-09 | | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | You control the actions of agent RB51, a cyborg kitty (half Russian Blue, half robot) with a hankering for natto, the tasty Japanese snack. RB51 roots around digging tunnels in what appear to be brown rice puffs in search of bags of natto cat treats, trying to avoid being crushed by dried plums or menaced by rabbits or ambulatory bowls of custard -- but having no qualms about dropping plums on them. (That's just what it takes to be an agent -- James Bond wouldn't blink at the prospect of taking out a counterintel agent with a plum.) When enough treats have been collected, the level's gate activates and passage to the next level is enabled.If it doesn't sound familiar, what this amounts to is a reskinned Boulder Dash clone, to such an extent that Natto-Cat even supports Boulder Dash levels... as well as fan-made ones designed in its own included level editor. |
| SPWW2 | 2006-06-09 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | The Camo Workshop | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | War | Wargame | Historical events, World War II | Tank | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | | | | Windows | SPWW2 (which stands for Steel Panthers World War II) is an authorised stand-alone expansion for SSI's Steel Panthers II. It contains several hundred scenarios set mainly in the timeframe of the Second World War but also covering some battles of the interbellum period, as well as a number campaigns, either based on historical events or exploring alternate history scenarios.Built on a vastly modified source code of the original Steel Panthers II, the game features numerous enhancements, including an expanded set of units and terrain types, increased limits for various in-game objects, improved AI and random scenario/campaign generator, and cheat countermeasures for play-by-email (PBEM) games. Additionally, SPWW2 includes a scenario editor, campaign editor and unit editor allowing for maximum customisation of the game by the players. |
| Star Defender III | 2006-06-09 | Awem Studio | Awem Studio | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Two years following the war of 2741 the threat of the Insectus is still felt around the galaxy. Once again it's up to you to jump into a ship and defend the Earth forces. But this time you will have to make your way also to the last Insectus stronghold where you will try and end this war once and for all.
Star Defender 3 is a top-down shooter game where you will have to fight a barrage of enemy fighters who will move in patterns and formations on the screen. Some enemies will shoot at you while others will simply try to collide into you while other enemies will even try to get you when you've beaten them by unleashing deadly shrapnel. Fortunately for you you've got some tricks of your own as well. Beside the typical armament of missiles and lasers there are some unique weapons available for pick-up from fallen enemies.
Mines that will act as a barrier in front of you are the simplest. You can also be armed with weapons that jump from one enemy to another and weapons that will beam multiple enemies at once. One other unique weapon is an explosive that will attach itself to an enemy and explode large enough to take out surrounding enemies.
There are eight worlds to travel through each with roughly twelve levels. The final level of every world will present you with a boss battle. Bonuses available for pick-up on these levels include extra ships, points and of course armor/primary weapon upgrades. Movement is limited to horizontal only so be on the lookout for enemy weapons. |
| Sweeties | 2006-06-09 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | TASK four | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sweeties is a Pac-Man clone. Navigate a chick through 10 levels. Eat worms and candy while fleeing the farmer. If you collect all the snacks, the level is finished. |
| Traktor Racer | 2006-06-09 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | VIS GbR | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Agricultural / industrial, Automobile | Direct control | | | Tobias Schlegel | Windows | Tractor Racer is a simple racing game with tractors. The game includes five different tracks on which the player can compete against an AI or up to four other players via LAN. The tracks have obstacles like nail boards, gas bottles, oil drums and gas canisters. Five different vehicles are included. |
| Waldmeister Sause: Ballermann | 2006-06-09 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | TASK four | Action | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Waldmeister Sause: Ballermann is a shooter. This time, you travel to Mallorca, your weapons are camera, water balloons and squirt guns. You are hunting seagulls, sharks, rats and anything that moves at the beach, the hotel and the marina. Reach a certain amount of points to reach the next level. |
| Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War | 2006-06-12 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Stainless Steel Studios Inc., Midway Studios - San Diego | Strategy | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Classical antiquity, Historical events | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War is a historically-based real time strategy game where the player assumes the role of a wide variety of notable commanders - Alexander the Great, Achilles, Cleopatra, Ramses, Julius Caesar, and others - eight heroes in all. Greece, Egypt, Rome and Persia are all portrayed - and multiplayer has 24 maps supporting up to 8 players at a time.The game uses the standard resource collection found in RTS games, except for Glory points. Glory is only obtainable by doing specific things - crafting certain buildings, or accomplishing difficult tasks. You can then use that Glory resource to improve your hero or other units, obtain helpers that give you bonuses such as improving morale, etc. The real difference of this RTS is being able to control your hero character at the front of the battle lines, instead of as a general protected in the rear or the center of your group. |
| Magic Lanterns | 2006-06-13 | Boomzap Pte. Ltd. | Boomzap Pte. Ltd. | Action | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Magic Lanterns is the second game released by Boomzap, a small Singaporean developer of casual games. Like their first game, it is a simple casual puzzle game. It is based on a common "collapse-style" dynamic where the player clicks on groups of 2 or more lanterns of the same color, trying to build and detonate the largest sets of the same color possible. There are also many bonus tiles. Wild Tiles automatically take the form of the colour which will remove the most tiles. Paint pots change the colour of surrounding tiles to a set colour, while Kaleidoscopes randomize them. Arrows remove a whole column or row. Crates are not removable, until they hit the ground.The setting of the game is ancient Japan, with the main "quest mode" being a tour through Japan with a kimono-clad tour guide, Hana. Levels include various shapes and sizes, and the game also features a full community mode and editor that allows the player to make their own levels and share them with others. High scores are also stored online.In addition, the game has a number of different play modes. Panic adds a time limit that is recharged every time the player makes a match. Puzzle mode removes all limitations, but forces the player to remove all of the lanterns without leaving any on the screen. |
| Commandos: Collection | 2006-06-14 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the first four games in the series, stored on eight discs in four keep cases held together by a cardboard slipcase. The discs also contain PDF manuals.The games included are:Commandos: Behind Enemy LinesCommandos: Beyond the Call of DutyCommandos 2: Men of CourageCommandos 3: Destination Berlin |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Collection | 2006-06-14 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the first six games in the series stored on seven discs in three keep cases held together by a cardboard box. For the older versions, installers have been included to help configure graphics and sound. Next to the base games, gold versions and add-ons are thrown in as well, along with patches and PDF manuals.The games included are:Tomb Raider GoldTomb Raider II GoldTomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara CroftTomb Raider: The Last RevelationTomb Raider: ChroniclesLara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness |
| Larry Bond's Harpoon 3: Advanced Naval Warfare | 2006-06-14 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Advanced Gaming Systems Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | Real-time | | | Windows | Larry Bond's Harpoon 3: Advanced Naval Warfare (ANW) is an update to the series that simulates naval wargaming, building on the previous games that already exist a decade. One of the major new features in this edition is multiplayer capability.Instead of just a single ship, players can command one of two fleets. The gameplay is map based, but in real-time. The amount of information the player receives is based on the reality setting. At full realism, nasty surprises await. ANW enables the faithful modeling and representation of the full range of modern air and naval operations: including submarine and antisubmarine warfare, carrier battlegroup operations, convoy actions, land-based air operations, employment of nuclear weapons, amphibious and air-assault operations, massive fleet engagements and more packaged into seven Battlesets with more than 120 pre-built scenarios in single- or multiplayer game modes.The commercial v3.9 release is published by Matrix Games. It includes both singleplayer and multiplayer versions of the game, along with server options. The game ships with a scenario editor and a free database editor is available from the developer. |
| Iron Warriors: T72 Tank Command | 2006-06-15 | Strategy First, Inc. | Crazy House | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Contemporary, Europe, Historical events | Tank, Vehicular combat | | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | T-72: Balkans on Fire! is a highly realistic Russian tank simulation that takes place in a historical European war zone. The game is based around the fighting in the Yugoslavian war of the early 1990s on the side of the Serbian army, utilizing several different types of scavenged tanks that are modeled with precision. Extreme attention to the physics of tank warfare is the focus of the game's engine, with the ballistics model forming the centerpiece. This is implemented as much in the firing of various projectiles as well as in the impact and penetration of armor, with the after-mission statistics feature displaying impacts on vehicles in a color-coded vector form.Available in the game is a campaign mode in which you assume the role of a Russian volunteer and progress first from commanding the WW2-era T-34/85, upgrading to the T-55A, finally finishing in the modern T-72B itself. You gradually gain direct control over additional military forces on the battlefield to aid in carrying out the missions. There are also single missions that are able to be played outside of the main campaign, as well as co-operative and head-to-head multiplayer via LAN.Control of the tank in the game is carried out from either the gunner's, commander's, or driver's stations, with the ability to jump to each station on the fly over the course of a mission, with the co-operative mode allowing human players to occupy different stations on the same tank. The player can also assume control over the anti-aircraft position on the tanks, which effectively removes the player from having direct control over any of the critical positions of the tank, and through orders allows the AI to operate the tank automatically.The basic game mechanics in T-72: BoF! are similar to other modern tank simulators, most notably Steel Beasts. The most user-friendly feature common to all modern simulators is included in the game, in that realism settings can be tuned by the player to bring the difficulty to levels that they are comfortable with. |
| Derby Champion: Geländereiten International | 2006-06-16 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Program Ace | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a cross-country horse-riding simulation game in which you compete against 6 rivals to gain the Derby Championship title.Choose from international cross-country routes in France, Austria, the United States, Japan, Greece and the United Kingdom. You’ll ride through the countryside, jump over different kind of barriers, and find the best shortcuts while keeping an eye on your rivals.There are 3 levels of difficulty to choose from. The game features a video mode so the derby can be watched afterwards. Via internet/wireless LAN, you can challenge your friends and compete against each other. |
| Hearts of Iron II: Złota Edycja | 2006-06-16 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Hearts of Iron 2 Complete compilations includes:
Hearts of Iron II
Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday
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| Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2006 | 2006-06-16 | Crimson Cow GmbH | Cyanide S.A. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bike / Bicycling | | | | | Windows | The 2006 edition in the Cycling Manager series simulates managing a cyclist team, from team rosters to individual planning, and now with various enhancements. The main game modes include Classic, Stage, Career and online multiplayer events. You train cyclists by creating schedules that get their fitness maxed out without exhausting them. Careful planning is needed, as preparatory races determine when riders will peak. Doctors need to be contracted to guide your team, and finances need to be secured at all times. Micromanagement allows for individual training, and specific helmets or bike frames.In the career mode, you have to earn the sponsor's continuing trust by achieving major objectives and by doing well in races where the sponsors expect good results. These challenges include having a rider in the top 3, being the leader for a few days or winning races. Next to the overall management, you also have to guide the cyclists during the race by providing food and drinks, keeping an eye on the heart-beat rates and taking strategic decisions such as planning sprints or protecting your lead cyclist when other teams attack to exhaust him. There are various camera perspectives to keep the overview.The game includes all major championships and tours, such as Le Tour de France, Supergiro d'Italia and Granvuelta a España, along with extra routes and climbs not present in the real tours. You can now create your own routes with the PCM stages editor, through the manipulation of xml files.More teams have been licensed for this edition, with the inclusion of T-Mobile, Quickstep and Française des Jeux. All Pro Tour squads are available, except for Discovery Channel. |
| Valis X: Cham - Arata naru Senyū | 2006-06-16 | Telenet Japan Co., Ltd. | Eants Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | Windows | Valis X: Cham - Arata naru Senyū is the fourth chapter of the episodic Valis X . The common story of the five episodes of Valis X is based on the events depicted in various installments of the Valis series, describing the adventures of a Japanese teenage girl Yuko Asou and her friends in a parallel world named Vecanti, where she fights its evil tyrants with the legendary sword of Valis. However, the episodes do not follow the plots of the individual games; rather, they tell the over-arching story of the entire series their own way, liberally mixing locations, characters, events, etc., and adding new sub-plots.The first four chapters describe the same events from the point of view of four different characters; the final episode concludes the story.The heroine of the fourth episode is Cham, a cute elf-like warrior, native of Vecanti. Cham was already active in the story during the first three episodes, but this time, the player can see the events through her eyes and understand her motivations better. Beside the old scenes shown through Cham's perspective, there are also new ones, mainly depicting Cham's relationships with other local warriors.All the episodes have the same graphical style and identical gameplay system. Unlike the original Valis series, the episodes of Valis X are "visual novels", composed of text and still images; interactivity is confined to occasionally making a decision, which will slightly alter the following events (usually of sexual nature), without influencing the general story.All the episodes of Valis X have large amounts of explicit sex scenes, mostly revolving around lesbian sex and depictions of the heroines being raped by tentacle monsters. |
| Cossacks II: Battle for Europe | 2006-06-19 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | GSC Game World | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Europe, Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is an stand-alone expansion pack for the real time strategy game Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars. Like its predecessor the game is set in the 18th-19th century and involves Europe and parts of Africa. The player can play various different Nations, all of which have their own units and available tactics. The expansion includes various new nations such as Spain, Poland and Saxony. Like Napoleonic Wars the game has less focus on building an army and more on large scale battles featuring many units. Factors like morale, fatigue and terrain play factors in the outcome of each battle. This expansion pack features four new campaigns and a number of historical battlefields, including Waterloo and Borodino.In between the campaign levels the player is treated to a map of 19th century Europe on which he can opt to attack regions in turn based style. The combat is then resolved in real time. |
| King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human | 2006-06-19 | | Infamous Adventures | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | King’s Quest III: To Heir is Human is a remake of the classic third installment of the King’s Quest series by Roberta Williams. It has been translated from its original EGA 16-color graphics into the style of Sierra’s VGA graphics of the early 1990’s by Infamous Adventures, a group of fans devoted to remembering classic adventures.Aside from improved graphics, the game now features extended cutscenes and new Easter Eggs for fans of the Sierra Classics and King’s Quest as well as a complete voice pack using a mix of fans and professional actors. As a special treat, Josh Mandel returns to once again reprise the role of King Graham from King’s Quests V and VI and AGD Interactive’s King’s Quests I and II. He is joined by Andy Hoyos, the man who provided the voice of Mordack in King’s Quest V, bringing life to Mordack’s wicked brother Manannan.Journey to the distant land of Llewdor and play as Gwydion, lowly slave boy to the evil wizard Manannan. Gather items and ingredients to cast spells and win your freedom, but be careful. Manannan watches your every move and you must work in secret to avoid discovery…and an untimely death! If you succeed, freedom is yours. However, destiny never lies far behind the path in which you walk. Win your freedom and become the hero that lies within you, and discover the truth about who you really are. |
| Robotragedy 2: Countdown to Doomsday | 2006-06-19 | PPA Entertainment | PPA Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Robotragedy 2: Countdown to Doomsday is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game and the sequel to Robotragedy. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.It takes place three years after the first game. The two robots Toby X and the famous singer Robotinna are married and live now together. One day Toby X gets a message from the council of Gamma Xis. The evil Nazgu Bain, Lord of the Blackness, regains power and can only be stopped by assembling a legendary amulet which consists of 5 parts. The pieces are rumoured to be on some specific planets. As Toby X the player needs to find these 5 pieces and finally defeat Nazgu Bain.Toby X can exchange items via a tractor ray. He is also equipped with extendable hands to manipulate objects such as buttons. During the game there are teleporter stations which allows teleportation to different places. |
| Rome: Total War - Alexander | 2006-06-19 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Creative Assembly Ltd., The | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Turn-based strategy | Africa, Classical antiquity, Europe, Historical events, Middle East | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In the second add-on to Rome: Total War, the player is cast in the role of the famous Alexander the Great from Macedonia. In the time from 336 BC and 323 BC, the player leads his armies to unite the Greek city states and finally conquer the Persian empire under the rule of King Dareios - and all that in only 100 game rounds.Rome: Total War - Alexander gives the player control over four new fractions (Macedonia, Persia, Indian and the barbarians) and 60 new units. There are also six new historical battles available for single- and multiplayer. A new tournament mode is available, in which the player needs to win a predefined number of battles against a human opponent or the AI in order to proclaim total victory. |
| Toilet Tycoon | 2006-06-19 | Media Sales & Licensing | Anvil-Soft | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Toilet Tycoon is the international release of Der Klomanager based on version 1.6.This version adds full Windows XP-support and incorporates many bugfixes as well as small programming- and cosmetical changes.In addition most of the graphics in the game have been redone to be more detailed. |
| Empire Earth II: Platinum Edition | 2006-06-20 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of the Empire Earth II games. Included in this bundle are:Empire Earth II
Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy
Prima Official Game Guide |
| Kitty Luv | 2006-06-20 | Selectsoft Publishing | Lost Sock Games | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Life / social simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Kitty Luv is a pet simulator that is the predecessor to Puppy Luv. The game begins with you choosing the breed, gender, your name, and the cat's name. The cat has bars for hunger, thirst, sleepiness, cleanliness, and the need for a litter box. Each room in the house has something the cat can interact with. In the living room, you can let the cat use the scratching post or let it take a nap. In the kitchen, you can feed the cat food and water, and let it use the litter box. You can scratch, pet, or brush your cat in any room. You can also go outside, where your cat can perform three different tricks on button command.Every five minutes spent in game gives you 20 dollars in allowance. However, the cat also needs food and water every five minutes, and some activities like naps and playing increase these bars. In the shop you can buy bottles of water, dry food, canned food, toys, larger scratching posts/beds/bowls, collars, hats, and accessories for the cat. You can use the toy mouse in the playroom to earn more money to spend on your cat. When you buy the laser pointer item, you unlock the exercise room. Similar to the playroom, the more you exercise your cat, the more you earn. When you buy the camera, you unlock the girl's room. You can take up to 8 pictures of your cat and save them in the photo album. |
| NFL Head Coach | 2006-06-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Taking a detour from its traditional football games, Electronic Art presents its first 3-D NFL strategy game, NFL Head Coach, focusing more on a coaching perspective than a player's perspective. You experience the day to day job as a NFL coach, recruiting big players, meeting with assistant coaches and running practice drills.Become a legend in the coaching industry by creating pro bowl caliber players, winning Super Bowls and mentoring coordinators into great coaches themselves in hopes of earning a spot in the Hall of Legends. You can also use the USB Headset to call plays like a real coach, giving you a much more realistic feel to the game as well. It gives you an idea of how tedious a head coaches job can really be. |
| Pokémon PC Master | 2006-06-20 | Pokémon Learning Co. | Ambrella | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pokémon PC Master is an edutainment game for younger children. Essentially, it uses the Pokémon series to teach young children how to use a personal computer. Released only in Japan, it recommends that players be able to read both katakana and hiragana. Lessons include typing, drawing, web browsing, and simply using the mouse. |
| Scrubbles | 2006-06-20 | Oberon Media, Inc. | Oberon Games, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A spaceship of rock-based aliens called Lumps invades the home bay of bubble-head creatures.Scrubbles is a Puzzle Bobble variant with special items and power-ups and humorous characters and dialogue. The game has two game modes:
Journey - where a plot unfolds and at each level there's an introduction bit by the characters.
Endless - an arcade mode of increasing difficulty levels.
The gameplay on both modes follows the standards of the genre: on all levels a cluttered screen must be cleared by shooting heads from a cannon at the bottom, matching three or more heads of the same type to make them disappear. Special items can be collected in the same way:
A sureshot ball with a reticule that allows the player to see where the head is going to land on the screen;
A hotfoot ball with a fireball that knocks out a row of objects;
A plunger ball that equips temporally the cannon with a bathroom plunger that retrieves heads from the screen;
A bomb ball that when matched explodes and destroys the surrounding heads;
A bubblebubble ball that replaces heads on the screen with one of its own color;
A crate with a power-up inside that breaks after being hit a fixed amount of times.
There are two types of levels: the normal type, where the top of the screen keeps pushing the heads downwards until they touch the bottom, and ball mode, where all the heads form a spherical shape at the center that keeps rotating with every shot. The player loses when the heads touch the field limit, being the screen bottom or in ball mode the diminishing walls around them. |
| Heracles: Battle with the Gods | 2006-06-21 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Neko Entertainment SARL | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Classical antiquity, Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Heracles: Battle with the Gods is a 3D platform game staring Heracles (Hercules). After flying around on the back of Pegasus, Heracles returns him to the stable. While walking away suddenly he hears a lot of noise and returns to the stable. Finding his precious Pegasus stolen by Poseidon. Heracles begs his father Zeus to help him save his Pegasus. Zeus offers his son magical wristbands that are able to create stone arches to assist him and save Pegasus.The game can be played on three difficulty modes: easy, medium and hard. Gameplay includes platforming using the wristbands to create the stone arches to reach higher areas. As well as collecting coins and defeating various beasts and mythological creatures. |
| 1 Day a Mosquito | 2006-06-22 | | | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The story is simple: you are a mosquito. One day you (randomly) fly through a window into a house. What you don't expect is that the window suddenly (with no reasons at all) close behind you as soon as you get inside. Now you are trapped, and the only thing in your mind is to escape from the house using every provided object possible.1 Day a Mosquito is a very short room-escaping game with an unusual gameplay: players can look at objects but cannot interact with them normally like in the other point-and-click adventure games. The mosquito cannot be moved freely. To move to a (clickable) place or interact with an object, player first have to click on the place or the object, then adjust the speed from 1 to 5 and press the "attack" button. Some objects require certain levels of speed to be interacted. After interacting with an object, the mosquito will return to its old position.The graphics are in 2D. Like most AGS games, players have an unlimited number of save slots. |
| Shin Sangoku Musō 4 Special | 2006-06-22 | Taiwan Koei Entertainment Software, Inc. | Omega Force | Action, Strategy | Behind view | | | Hack and slash | China (Ancient / Imperial), Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Shin Sangoku Musō 4 Special is an enhanced port of Dynasty Warriors 5. It is the first release of the game for both platforms. Along with graphical improvement like high-definition resolution and greater soldier amount, it also includes some new features in Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends. |
| Action Box 2 | 2006-06-23 | Flashpoint AG | | Action, Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Action Box 2 compilation includes:
Counter Terrorist Special Forces: Fire for Effect
Painkiller
Rapid Gunner
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| Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo | 2006-06-23 | GIGA | GIGA | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo (この青空に約束を―) is an adult visual novel featuring Wataru Hoshino (星野 航), a high-school student of a Takamizuka Academy from South Sakou island far to the south of Honshuu, one of the four big islands comprising Japan. Wataru lives with a couple other girls in the same dormitory, but due to their families working at the industry that is about to end contract with whatever service they were providing on the island, they only have one year until they all move. One day, Wataru encountered an unknown girl under strange circumstances. After getting to know her, he found out she's living in the same dorm as he is, and attending the same school. Her name is Rinna Sawaki (沢城 凛奈) and she is a transfer student. That's when his matters of the heart start to erupt as he and Rinna might be becoming closer, but the fact they will get separated in a year, and the fact he cannot even remember how he first met her are making things more complicated.As an adult visual novel, the game features lots of text to read, full voice-acting for heroines during dialogue sequences, adult sex scenes, and various options which lead to branching in the story. |
| London Taxi: Rush Hour | 2006-06-23 | Metro3D Europe Ltd. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | Contemporary | Transport | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | London Taxi: Rush Hour is an arcade style racer where the player takes the role of a London taxi driver attempting to deliver passengers to their destinations within a short time limit while dodging traffic.The entire game takes place in a stylised representation of London featuring winding streets and a variety of famous London landmarks around the map including the London Eye and Big Ben.London Taxi: Rush Hour features three game modes:
Time Games - Earn as much money as possible within the time limit.
Money Games - Attempt to earn a target amount of money within a specified time limit.
Perfect Day - Transport as many passengers in a row as possible without failing.The player begins the game with access to a traditional black London taxi cab and the ability to unlock an additional seven vehicles with points earned by completing the main game modes.
A variety of power-ups are also strewn around the game map; these can clean the player's vehicle and extend the time limit for the current fare.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Groups Genre: Open world driving
Protagonist: Taxi driver
Setting: City - London
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| Connect Four Cities | 2006-06-26 | PlayFirst, Inc. | PlayFirst, Inc. | Strategy | Side view | Licensed | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Connect Four is a two-player board game in which the players take turns in dropping discs into a vertical grid with the objective of getting four of one's own discs in a line. If you start with the basic mechanics of this concept, add over 20 different kinds of checkers, and play it on 60+ custom boards with features like arrows that push checkers around, you get Connect Four Cities.The strategies of the original board game are expanded with the different checkers that can drill their way to the bottom or float upwards, along with other special functions. You can either play against an increasingly difficult AI, or against human players online. |
| Hard Truck: Apocalypse | 2006-06-26 | Buka Entertainment | Targem Games | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | RPG elements | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Truck, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | In a post-apocalyptic world that is slowly trying to rebuild itself, you play a young man setting out on his own for the first time. In a similar style to the classic Elite, you start off with a basic, poorly armored vehicle (in this case, a truck) and then what you do is largely up to you.There is a central storyline that you can follow at your leisure, but apart from that you are free to travel around, exploring the scenery, trading between the small towns and outposts that have sprung up, taking on delivery, escort or bounty-hunting missions and fighting off vicious raiders and nomads at every turn.You can repair and refuel your vehicle at gas-stations, take missions in bars and, as you build up your money, you will be able to upgrade your truck with a better cab and chassis and more destructive weaponry. Eventually, you'll be able to buy a whole new vehicle.As you progress through the game, you'll find out some truths about the world and yourself, and your mode of transport will look less like a truck and more like a battleship on wheels. |
| Kingdom Elemental Tactics | 2006-06-26 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | Chronic Logic LLC, Liberation Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Kingdom Elemental Tactics is an easy accessible tactics game. The basic gameplay consists of arena fights against multiple foes. Before every round the player has a certain money budget which he uses to buy units - the main motivation of the game is to find out the right combination. When the round starts the player simply orders his units to attack or use their special abilities, e.g. taunting or fire arrows. Like the units these abilities (every unit has three) have to be unlocked with unlock points - after every round the player receives one of them. The game is in real-time but if the player gets stressed he can hit the pause button to order his units. Besides the campaign there is also a skirmish mode with randomly generated fights. |
| Night Watch | 2006-06-26 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | Nival Interactive LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Ruben Petrosyan | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Night Watch is an RPG developed as a tie-in with the first part of the movie trilogy of the same name, and the events take place after the first novel of the original tetralogy by Russian writer Sergey Lukyanenko. Many centuries ago, Others appeared among humans. Whether a chance mutation or a natural evolution of the Homo Sapiens species, the less the humans know about them, the better. They can live up to several hundred years and have special abilities such as regeneration skills, an unmatched memory and magical powers. These can be trained and allow Others to shift shapes, distort reality, cast magic or summon creatures. Most importantly, they can step into the Twilight, a parallel world where their powers are much stronger. The abilities are not hereditary and Others are born in normal families.Others cannot live without humans, as their world is the source of Other's magical powers. Accordingly, they all belong to one of two sides. Dark Ones feed on human's negative emotional energy, have an interest in the growth of evil in the world and fight any attempt to block their personal freedom. Light Ones feed on positive emotional energy, and though they are not without flaws, try to improve the world. Others are predisposed towards one of the sides at birth, but make their final choice during initiation. As the ongoing battle caused many deaths, including ordinary humans, the Great Armistice Treaty was signed and each side established a group - Day Watch and Night Watch - to keep an eye on the opposing forces. Players control the unitiated character Stas, part of a group of Light Others, directly reporting to Great Mage Geser, Moscow Night Watch Chief.As the characters gain experience, they earn new skills in 3 specializations: Sorcerer (use of magical items), Mage (magic) and Changer (shape shifting). The class can be defined during the character creation at the beginning of the game. The Dark Others have specializations as well and there are also Vampires, a special group the Dark Others work together with. The game is played in real-time while exploring the surroundings with the party, but switches to turn-based mode during battle sequences. There, next to special abilities, the characters' actions are defined by AP (Action Points), EP (Energy Points) and VP (Vitality Points) parameters, and based on the characteristics Strength, Dexterity and Intellect.Although using fantasy elements, the game takes place in a modern world, or alternately in the Twilight, where the colours are much brighter. The player explores the world, usually with Others joining as a party, completing quests, talking to other characters and engaging in battles to acquire new items, spells or enchantments. The game uses a modified engine from Silent Storm, and the camera can be turned around and zoomed in or out. The game uses clips from the movie in the introduction sequence. |
| The Oracle | 2006-06-26 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Your friend Alex goes missing, a trail of notes and clues left behind, pointing to his possible whereabouts. All the while, you uncover an artifact so powerful you wish you had never laid eyes on it, and you learn of an ancient order of monks with ties to it. And the key to all three lies in -- the Oracle.The Oracle is a freeware adventure built in Adventure Game Studio. The game is played from a first-person perspective and interaction consists of picking up objects, talking to characters, and interacting with hotspots. The puzzles are similar to Myst and other adventure games in that they involve inventory manipulation and finding clickable items in static backgrounds. There is no animation in the game and all of the backgrounds are composed of photographs the game creator took in Portugal and Canada. The game comes with a built-in hint system. |
| Titan Quest | 2006-06-26 | THQ Inc. | Iron Lore Entertainment Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Classical antiquity, Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | It is believed that at the dawn of time, there was a great war between the Titans and the Gods. During this war which spanned many centuries, humanity was born and stood beside the Gods. At the war's conclusion the Gods were victorious and the Titans were banished to the great darkness. Now the Titans have escaped and spread their evil over the ancient world of Greece (and beyond). You are a hero who arrives in this time of need to fight the Titans and bring peace to the world once more.Not unlike Diablo or Sacred, Titan Quest is a hack 'n' slash Action-RPG in which you create a character and level up by killing thousands of monsters, like Hydras or Gorgons. At the beginning of the game your hero has no profession, but upon reaching level 2 you are given the choice between eight unique "masteries". Upon reaching level 8 you are granted access to a second mastery. This allows you the choice of creating a warrior who is good magician or a necromancer who can also kill his enemies quietly. If you feel that you've misspent your skill points, you can rearrange them (for a nominal fee) by visiting a certain NPC in each act.The story of the game is based on the real mythologies of ancient Greece, Egypt, and Babylon, so you're bound to recognize many of your enemies. Additionally, you can learn much about the legends of the land you're adventuring in by talking to storyteller NPCs.If you don't want to beat the hell out of the Titans alone, you can invite up to 6 friends and play in LAN/WAN with them in the cooperative mode through the entire game. |
| Trilby's Notes | 2006-06-26 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Adventure | Side view | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | Text parser | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This interquel connecting 5 Days a Stranger and 7 Days a Skeptic explains fully how Trilby regained possession of the idol after the DeFoe Manor incident and also gives more information about the properties of the mysterious idol.
This game is different to its predecessors because although it is still made in AGS, this one uses a text parser interface. |
| Micro Machines V4 | 2006-06-27 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Supersonic Software Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | After over 9 years of waiting, Micro Machines V4 is the first true new game in the Micro Machines series and the direct successor to Micro Machines V3.Just like in Mad Tracks you drive little toy cars through 50 miniature-size all-day environments like over a pool table or through the eaves gutters of a house. On the tracks you can find weapons (e.g. a flamethrower, a monster-hammer or rockets) and power-ups that help you win the race. If you win a race you'll get money which you need to unlock new tracks and cars.In multiplayer mode up to 4 players can race against each other either on one PC or online. The PS2 version offers multiplayer for 4 players with the multitap, or alternatively through a shared controller option which requires only two controllers. On the PSP version you can play on one device (two players) or through WiFi (four players). Playing online also features a new twist in the races. If you want to, you can bet your car and if you lose your opponent gets it. You can also trade cars from your collection with others.An editor to design your own tracks is included in the package. Extra tracks can be unlocked by connecting the PSP to the PS2. |
| OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast | 2006-06-27 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Sumo Digital Ltd (Sheffield) | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing | | | Everyone | | Windows | Like its predecessors, OutRun 2006 is an old-school arcade racer, which means that your cars don't have realistic physics, don't get damaged and have insanely fast speed.Since this title is officially licensed by Ferrari, you drive with 15 original models from the DINO 246 GTS over the F430 to the all-new Enzo Ferrari. The heart of the game is the Coast 2 Coast mode in which you race against up to 5 AI players on 15 US themed tracks. In addition you have to impress different girlfriends. She tells you what she wants to see (a hard slide around a curve or a close take-over for example) and you have to perform it to win her heart.There are 3 other game modes available in singleplayer: OutRun, Time Attack and OutRun2SP. In OutRun2SP you get access to 15 arcade tracks from the original OutRun 2. In OutRun however you need to drive your girlfriend through various checkpoints to the goal before the timer hits zero. In Time Attack you just have to beat the highscore of the current track. You can either race against the clock or against ghost cars.In every mode you get OutRun miles after the race. These are the currency of the game and are needed to unlock new cars, upgrades and additional music-stations.If you feel alone, even with your virtual girlfriend in the car, you can race online against 5 other players. |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow | 2006-06-28 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | 7 Studios, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | | | Teen | | Windows | Colorful Captain Jack Sparrow weaves a tale tall as only he is capable, retelling events fans have come love, and adding new and even more far fetched adventures. Accompanying Captain Jack on his journey of fancy are the young Will Turner and his bride to be Elizabeth Swann.Gameplay flows much like other third-person action-adventures such as God of War or Demon Stone. Players can fight alone, or team up with a friend to conquer the fast-paced, hack and slash romp through exotic locations. Other features include a player-controlled upgrade system, along with a diverse set of sword fighting and grappling moves. Puzzles in the form of mini-games can be found throughout the game's 20+ levels. |
| Terrawars: NY Invasion | 2006-06-28 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Ladyluck Digital Media Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Terrawars: NY Invasion is a budget-priced first-person shooter that takes place in an alien-infested New York City. You play as John Armstrong, a medical student that's been drafted into the Army National Guard to fight the aliens. The game plays in standard first-person shooter fashion: Move through the level, kill all the aliens, and try not to get killed by them. In some levels, you'll meet allies who will fight the aliens alongside you.Your arsenal includes a knife, pistol, assault rifle, shotgun, sniper rifle, and grenades. Some enemies will drop "bio-matter" when they die, which allows you to upgrade your weapons for expanded clip size, faster fire rate, and increased damage. |
| Darwinia | 2006-06-29 | Cinemaware Marquee | Introversion Software Limited | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In Introversion's second sci-fi computer-themed game, you once again find yourself as a hacker. Unlike Uplink, however, Darwinia focuses on the world inside the computer rather than our own.Cruising around the net, you stumble into a mysterious computer network called Darwinia, the brainchild of the barely sane genius Dr. Sepulveda. Darwinia is what amounts to a Jurassic Park for programs; small sprites called Darwinians evolve and adapt to their digital environment as its maintainers watch. But despite the fact that you're not supposed to be in the system, Dr. Sepulveda has no choice but to enlist your help. A deadly virus has taken over the system, and in order to save not only billions of dollars of research but also the simulated lives of the Darwinians, you will need to take command of the computer.Played inside a fractal-generated world inspired by retro arcade games as well as films like Tron, Darwinia requires you to take strategic command of various program-generated units to protect the Darwinians as well as engage in fast and furious action combating the virus with soldiers. |
| Glory of the Roman Empire | 2006-06-29 | CDV Software Entertainment AG, Enlight Interactive Inc. | Haemimont Games AD | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Classical antiquity | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Glory of the Roman Empire is a city-building simulation set during the height of the glorious Roman Empire. In the game, the player assumes the roles of city planner, governor, and military leader. Successful players will need planning skills, economic savvy and -- should those fail -- military might. Glory of the Roman Empire challenges gamers to grow a small village into a thriving community through trade with neighbors, while also expanding and defending its borders through more militaristic means. |
| BALLOONrain | 2006-06-30 | Mana Games | Mana Games | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In BALLOONrain you control a circular droid which has magnets on the top, bottom, left and right. Balloons of different colours and patterns are visible on screen, and your task is to collect these up so as to be in control of four of the same type, one on each corner.This is made harder by the need to maneuver the droid and its attached balls around the various obstacles on screen. Fortunately, it is possible to rotate the droid left and right (to change the relative positions of the gaps) and to drop balls into positions which will allow you to slide down tight corridors. Ghosts are an additional complication; some follow you while others have pre-defined movement paths - contact with either is fatal.The game has a tutorial mode, gradually introducing these concepts. In puzzle mode, each level must be solved within a time limit, and a Puzznic-style level tree allows you take different paths through the game. There is also a Survivor mode in which a constant stream of balls are presented, for you to deal with gradually. |
| Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition | 2006-06-30 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Capcom Production Studio 1 | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Hack and slash | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | Windows | A re-release of Devil May Cry 3, released at a budget price with several additions to the game, including:
Play as Vergil
Play as Nelo Angelo
Bloody Palace area with 9,999 levels
Turbo mode, for 20% faster game speed
Extra difficulty level
Extra boss
Extra weapons
Extra style
Choice between Yellow and Gold Orb saving systems
Demo Digest, for viewing cutscenes
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| Infinite Monkeys | 2006-06-30 | Crystal Shard | Crystal Shard | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Chess, Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This game was made for the fifth anniversary of the monthly game design contest of AGS (Adventure Game Studio). As such, the game contains elements from every earlier contest over those five years.The title is based on the saying that if you take an infinite amount of monkeys and have them work on an infinite amount of typewriters, you'll end up with every story ever known to man. The result is an experimental adventure game containing zombies, angels, a chessboard, a moonbase, time travel and more. |
| Atlantis Quest | 2006-07-01 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | TERMINAL Studio | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Atlantis Quest is a match-three puzzle with ancient Mediterranean theme. The object is to acquire sacred and mythical items from the ancient Greek, Babylonian, Carthaginian, Egyptian, and Roman civilizations to acquire direction to Atlantis. Once in the lost city you hope to claim the Golden Chimera. Tile matching occurs when at least three with of the same tiles touch vertically or horizontally; once matched they vanish. There are some alternate tile forms, which require you to create matches on them without the ability to move them towards other pieces, such as locked tiles and bonus tiles.To obtain the aforementioned items they first must be pieced back together. The broken bits of the item will be scattered on the grid where you will be matching tiles, once the item shard reach the bottom of the grid the will be obtained. After all the shards in a given level are in your possession you will progress to the city/area. Certain bonus items will also be hidden in with the dross, these shovels, hammers, and timers will all provide you with help if you gain them. A hammer will remove any non-artifact tile, a shovel will undermine a column, and a timer will give you a little more time to complete a level. |
| Hui Buh: Das Schlossgespenst - Spuken bis die Zähne klappern | 2006-07-01 | Tivola Publishing GmbH | Kritzelkratz 3000 GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Hui Buh: Das Schlossgespenst - Spuken bis die Zähne klappern is a platformer based on the movie Hui Buh: Das Schlossgespenst. The evil countess Etepetete wants to renovate the caste Burgeck and Hui Buh, a ghost, has to prevent this. The player takes his role and walks through the 20 two-dimensional levels. He has to find all craftsmen and spook them by pressing the space button. But before he can do this has to find one chain per craftsmen so he can rattle them.The levels have different heights gradations and because the player can't jump he has to use ladders to progress. But the countess hired ghost hunters which chase Hui Buh and when they touch him he loses a life which means he has to avoid them. The game features the original soundtrack, cutscenes taken from the movie and game-exclusive voice-acting by Michael "Bully" Herbig |
| Midnight Synergy Games Collection | 2006-07-01 | Midnight Synergy | Midnight Synergy | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Midnight Synergy Games Collection is a CD-ROM that contains the full versions of the following games:
Wonderland
Wonderland Secret Worlds
Return To Wonderland (Platinum Edition)
Intensity XS
Intensity XS: ReCharge
Frazzled
Colony
In addition, the CD contains bonus material such as:
full versions of Midnight Synergy's older games
sketches and screenshots of early game designs
high resolution images
full MP3 soundtracks
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| Painajainen | 2006-07-01 | Virtanen Games | Virtanen Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Inspired by Seiklus and Velella, Painajainen is a short freeware platformer created in 2 weeks for a Finnish development competition. It chronicles the story of a boy who gets trapped in his own dream. He ends up in a dream world where a monster locks him behinds a gate. To get out the boy needs 7 keys, assembled by collecting smaller orbs.As it is an imaginary world, the boy can fly around through a world that consists of 72 screens. There are no further actions, except a few keys for certain events or to return to the gate. Pressing Return shows an overview of the visited screens, the amount of orbs and keys, and collected hearts needed to unlock certain chests. The inspiration drawn from the aforementioned games is apparent through small and clever puzzles, based on time-based actions, destructible blocks, colours, memory, and secret areas. |
| The Blob! | 2006-07-01 | Banana Games | Banana Games | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | The Blob is a freeware game written by students of Game Design & Development at the Utrecht School of the Arts and students of Game & Media Technology at Computer Science at Utrecht University.The concept is similar to the Katamari series. The player controls a single blob, part of a group of aliens, who crashed his ufo into the city of Utrecht in The Netherlands. The game is played on a single, large map with white buildings. Initially, the blob is transparent, but by rolling it into characters of different colours, colour can be absorbed and used to paint the buildings in town. Next to the primary colours, they can also be mixed to create green, brown, orange or purple. There are 3 objectives: to paint all the buildings in town, to colour 17 important landmarks such as churches, a library, a cinema, or the town hall, and finally there are 50 coins to collect, which unlocks a bonus. The landmarks all require a specific colour and often a certain blob size.The blob's movement is entirely controlled by the mouse, with the left mouse button to jump and the right mouse button to view the level map through a top-down view. Bonus points are awarded for quick combos while painting different buildings. Structures can be painted over again, but no additional points are awarded. While navigating through streets, bridges, over ramps and railways, the blob grows with each absorbed character. To make it shrink, the blob needs to be moved into water, which also washes off the colour. This also needs to be used to get rid of the black colour, caused by the I.N.K. police who chase the blob with agents, vans and helicopters. While black, the blob cannot absorb new colours. |
| Ted's Wet Adventure | 2006-07-02 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Action | Diagonal-down | | Comedy | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ted's Wet Adventure is a humorous game about a green monkey named Tedfuzz (a creation of Mitch Weiss, a member of the Game Maker community at whom the game pokes fun), who is trying to find out who stole his bananas. The gameplay consists of walking around from screen to screen; each time Tedfuzz leaves a screen, a new one is generated randomly. Ted will also encounter all characters and plot points in the same order, thus the game consists of walking randomly until you get to the end. There is an action element to the game. Tedfuzz can collect coconuts as ammo. They can be tossed to kill enemies which occasionally appear when a new screen is entered. If an enemy reaches Tedfuzz, or if Tedfuzz touches fire, it's game over. |
| Ant Attack PC | 2006-07-03 | | | Action | | Fangame | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Ant Attack PC is a remake of the game Ant Attack for the PC platform. It tries to be faithful to the original so it is keyboard controlled, has basic sound effects and the same story/game play. Release Zero (2000) runs in DOS or in a DOS window while the latest release, v0.02.001 (2006) is Windows only and has been renamed 3D Ant Attack PC. Both versions do, however, allow some customisation such as changing the number of ants to be dealt with. The later version also has a city editor and save/load functionality. |
| For Liberty! | 2006-07-04 | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Hussar Games Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | For Liberty! is a classic hex-based wargame. It is an enhanced remake of 1848 as it was released only a few months after that game and includes the Rakoczi Independence War of Hungary between 1703 and 1711 featured in that title (4 campaigns), as well an entire new scenario about the American Revolution of 1775-1783 (5 campaigns). It was even released on the American Independence Day, 4th July.Players control the armies in turns and there are two main rule sets. In the simple one players do not need to change stances or select formations on the map. The advanced one brings along a large numbers of additional rules. While playing, all strategic information are shown on the left side of the screen, including resources, a list of the armies and soldiers, tactics and battle decisions, statistics and abilities.Players exercise control by capturing towns that provide supplies and recruits to nearby, friendly armies. When encountering a town under enemy influence, it can be taken over. The same goes for forts, but there a siege needs to be initiated. Players can then decide to bombard it (destroying the walls with heavy artillery) or starve it until the soldiers surrender. Movement over the map is influenced by the type of terrain and weather conditions. It is also possible to dig trenches to hold a defensive position.Each side has a morale level that is referred to as Zeal, and it is influenced by a large amount of parameters. During battles regiments with cavalry, cannons and infantry can take different stances. They are commanded by different leaders who can exercise their influence and have special abilities. In the American campaign it is possible to transport them by sea. Basic units are formed through attributes such as morale, experience, readiness, supply, strength, melee, firepower, defense, pay, range and base movement points. Not all soldiers are shown at all times, they are represented by small groups.Multiplayer games are available as hot-seat sessions, network games (LAN and internet) or play-by-email. |
| The Netherworld | 2006-07-04 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Netherworld is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. This game was made for MAGS July 2006. The player takes the role of Godfrey who has just died and finds himself at the shore of the River Styx. Godfrey doesn't like the place and explores the Netherworld to escape to a better place. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic III+IV: Complete | 2006-07-05 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation combines Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete and Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Complete in a single package. It combines the two base games with two add-ons each. The following is included:
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (base game)
Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade (first expansion pack)
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death (second expansion pack)
Heroes of Might and Magic IV (base game)
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm (first expansion pack)
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Winds of War (second expansion pack) |
| Trilby's Notes (Special Edition) | 2006-07-05 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Unlike the original game, this special edition is not free but requires a donation of five dollar. It includes:
Trilby's Notes
Author commentary
Extended ending sequence
Full soundtrack in midi format, with composer notes and prototype tracks
Books of Chzo in word format, with additional chapters |
| Microsoft Encarta (Included game) | 2006-07-06 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Corporation | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Microsoft Encarta is an encyclopedia program by Microsoft Corporation. Included, from Encarta 94 to Encarta 2007, with minor user-interface variations between versions, is the educational game MindMaze. (Earlier versions have a direct link in the main menu, later versions hide it behind the Ctrl-Z shortcut.)In MindMaze, while reading Encarta, the player is transported back in time to break the curse on King Miser the First's castle. The castle consists of several floors, each floor holding 100 rooms in a 10x10 grid. To unlock a door between rooms, the player must correctly answer a multiple-choice, timed trivia question. While the exit is marked, the road leading to the exit has many twists and turns. Dead-ends are common, though retracing steps does not require answering more questions. Points are added to the player's score with each correctly answered question. Once the points reach a certain level, the next floor reached will be the king's throne room, breaking the curse, and winning the game. Answering a question wrong twice in a row will cause the question to reset, though no points are lost. There is a character in each room who will talk to you, and there are paintings on the walls that lead to Encarta articles.Four difficulty levels of questions are included, and nine different selectable trivia categories are included, along with an "all of the above" option. Higher difficulty questions give more points when solved. Five torches are included, which will reveal the path to the next floor for a short time if used. When answering a question, an article link is next to each potential answer, letting the player research the answer. |
| GunBound Revolution | 2006-07-07 | NHN USA Inc. | Softnyx Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Side view | | | Artillery | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | | Windows | Similar to the Worms series, Gunbound is a multiplayer, turn-based action game where players attack each other on a two-dimensional, fully destructible playing field. In Gunbound, players (or "avatars") operate any one of sixteen vehicles (called "mobiles") that each have unique characteristics. The variety of mobiles available dictate much of the strategy players must use for their attacks. Attacking consists of setting up an angle and a shooting strength, requiring intuition and fine-tuning to target correctly.Gunbound also features some additional enhancements on the Worms-style gameplay. Arena dangers occur, such as hurricanes, lightning, and even a floating machine called "Thor's Hammer", which shoots lasers at targets. Each player also gets up to six slots of items which can do certain things like shoot two weapons in one turn, teleport a character elsewhere, or restore health. Each battle rewards the player with an amount of gold based on their performance, such as the quality of their shots, or whether they win or lose. This gold can be used toward purchasing avatar clothing, providing not only a unique look for characters but also upgrades to their stats, as well.Based in Korea, Gunbound must be played on their multi-player servers; there is no single-player mode. The game is free to download and play. Softnyx, the developer, makes money from the game by allowing players to pay cash for avatar upgrades. |
| Powershot Pinball | 2006-07-07 | Liquid Games | | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Compatible with PlayStation®3.All the addictive charm of the classic pinball machine brought to your living room.A great mix of thrilling traditional tables and inspired fantasy settings. Groundbreaking double player option: Battle it out in duel mode or choose to play co operatively. Multiple modes to play: Time Mode, Adventure Mode and Multiplayer.This product is an emulated version of a PlayStation®2 game. Some functionality, including online functionality, may vary from the original PS2™ version of this product or may not be available.Download of this product is subject to the Sony Entertainment Network Terms of Service/User Agreement and any specific additional conditions applying to this product. If you do not wish to accept these terms, do not download this product. See Terms of Service for more important information. One time fee for use of downloads on up to 2 activated compatible Home Console* systems.* See Terms of Service for further information. |
| Souten no Celenaria: What a Beautiful World | 2006-07-07 | Liar-soft | Liar-soft | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | Windows | In Celenaria, a land powered by advanced steam technology, Connie, the captain of the independent airship Ulmensh, leads a crew who struggle to make ends meet. Meanwhile, the vast empire that controls half of Celenaria is in pursuit of a mysterious green book owned by a girl named Yaro. When Connie and Yaro's lives collide, Connie finds herself whisked away on a fantastical adventure that will take her to the edges of the world itself.Souten no Celenaria: What a Beautiful World is an adult fantasy visual novel with an inventory system and resource management gameplay. The player travels around Celenaria in the Ulmensh by consulting a map and clicking on the direction they wish to travel. However, the player must think carefully about where they want to travel to, because the Ulmensh consumes fuel whenever it moves. The player must also be mindful about things like weather patterns and the weight of cargo stored in the Ulmensh over the course of the game because it can affect how far the ship can travel.Each city that Connie visits has its own selection of items that can be bought and sold in addition to quests that contribute towards the greater narrative. In typical visual novel fashion, the player can periodically make choices that alter the development of the story, though all choices eventually lead back around to the main plot that results in a single ending. |
| World Poker Championship 2: Final Table Showdown | 2006-07-07 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Coresoft, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Teen | | Windows | World Poker Championship 2: Final Table Showdown is the continuation of the Valusoft World Poker Championship series. The most important feature that separates this title from its predecessor is the inclusion of the Internet online play (while only LAN was available in the first). The players are free to create a fully customizable avatar to represent them at the poker table supporting maximum of 6 players. The offline mode allows players to participate in the series of events leading to the championship final. The difficulty of the championships increases gradually as the player progresses through the season. Players also have a possibility to play a quick game with pre-set rules.
The game features ten variations of poker rules: Texas Hold 'em, Omaha, 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Draw, Pineapple, Crazy Pineapple, Tahoe, Billabong, Shanghai & Super Hold 'em. Other options include limits, blinds/antes levels, buy-in for the event and 10 different casino locations to choose from.Game presentation borrows heavily from the poker TV shows. Two of the most noticeable similarities are off-screen commentary and percentage that appears near the player’s and his opponents’ hands showing their relative strength during a final confrontation where no bets are possible.
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| Cougar's Quest for Freedom | 2006-07-09 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Cougar's Quest for Freedom is a point-and-click adventure with classic gameplay elements. It is a short game made for the monthly MAGS competition. The player controls the cat Cougar who is attempting to escape from the house. The game is controlled entirely through the mouse and has an interface reminiscent of the classic Sierra adventures. Through different actions a score of up to 80 points can be achieved. |
| Illegal Communication | 2006-07-11 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Action | | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Illegal Communication is a short, surreal action game with minimalistic, vector-like graphics. The player controls a "defence orb", deployed in order to destroy an "illegal communication". The controls and rules aren't explained in the game, and the player is challenged to find everything out on his own. The orb can be controlled by moving the mouse, but it has got a lot of inertia, so movement must be careful. Colliding with a wall or with any dangerous objects causes the orb to be destroyed, at which point the player returns to the last checkpoint. Very quickly, the player finds a rapid-firing weapon which allows the orb to destroy or otherwise affect certain objects. |
| Prey | 2006-07-11 | 2K Games, Inc. | Human Head Studios, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Jeff DeWitt | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | When Tommy, a garage mechanic, defends his girlfriend in a bar fight in a Native American reservation in Oklahoma, the entire bar, along with everyone inside, is sucked into a shuttlecraft. They are transported into The Sphere, an enormous, organic alien ship. Tommy is set free by one of the denizens and his task is to save his girlfriend Jen and grandfather Enisi, and find out what the meaning of The Sphere is.This 3D-shooter, based on a modified version of the Doom 3 engine, takes place entirely inside the gigantic ship. As a combination of organic and cybernetic structures, gravity is defied: with the proper grids activated, you can walk on walls and ceilings. There are also multiple dimensions inside the ship you can cross using portals. During his quest, Tommy struggles with his Native American lineage. The ghost-like hawk Talon is always on your side and you sometimes cross over to another land to get help from your grandfather. Tommy can also shift to Spirit Walk, an alternate dimension in the game to get past obstacles and solve puzzles. When you die, you are also transported to another realm where you have to shoot lost souls with your spirit bow before being sent back. Your new health and spirit status will be based on your performance there.The weapons Tommy uses are usually organic, with secondary fire functions. The arsenal includes a wrench, a rifle, crawlers, an acid sprayer, an auto cannon, a leech gun (chargeable with fire, ice, red orbs or lightning), a rocket launcher and the spirit bow. Certain parts of the game require you to explore large areas in a flying pod. You can use it to engage enemies or use the tractor beam to move objects. Navigation, often with a distinct lack of direction, is reminiscent of Descent then. Puzzles usually require you to decipher codes, activate switches and find entrances.The game supports OpenAL and EAX HD surround sound, and multiplayer games for up to eight players in duel or team deathmatch. Although the game is developed by Human Head Studios, it is produced and was originally designed by 3D Realms. |
| Prey (Limited Collector's Edition) | 2006-07-11 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Limited Collector's Edition includes the following:The game PreyA special metal packaging upgradeTwo die-cast pewter figurines including Tommy and the alien HunterA free DirectSong download to the Prey soundtrack"The Art of Prey" book featuring collected conceptual and development imagesThe Windows version comes on DVD.If you preordered this version, you also received a die-cast pewter figurine of Mutate. |
| Duty and Beyond | 2006-07-12 | Wandering Adventures | Wandering Adventures | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Duty & Beyond is a game made with the AGS engine.
So it's a pure point'click adventure game, where you assume the role of Piet, a pizza delivery guy.A peculiar order takes him to a mysterious mansion with the owner nowhere to be found. But he has left Piet some strange messages to get to him.
And there begins an epic journey to find the odd customer, through a submarine, a medieval village, and even more...The game features logical and funny puzzles, and will take a few hours to play. |
| Kakuro | 2006-07-12 | Contendo Media GmbH | Constant Delta IHM L.L.C. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kakuro is a mixture of Sudoku and crossword puzzles. Instead of words, numbers have to be put into the rows and columns so they add up to a certain value. More than 500.000 puzzles in 4 difficulties are included, as well as a help and a print functionality. |
| Luck Charm Deluxe | 2006-07-12 | RealArcade | Abduction Studios, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | So, you be wanting to become a leprechaun, do ya? Well, laddie, it is not as easy as it seems. You be needing a keen eye.Luck Charm Deluxe is a match three game. To make a match, place the pointer on an item and hold down the button. Drag the pointer over two or more of the same item then release the button. The object is to clear all the gold coins so they go into your pot of gold. If you make a match of four or more of the same item, you will raise the rainbow from your pot of gold. If the rainbow gets to the top, you will have your Lucky Streak. While the rainbow is at the top, every match will be double points. |
| RollerCoaster Mania 2 | 2006-07-12 | IncaGold GmbH | | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In RollerCoaster Mania 2 the player can build and ride a roller coaster. The game starts on an empty landscape which the player can use to design his roller coaster. The game uses a drag & drop interface for connecting the different parts, When he is done the player starts the 3D simulation part of the game and chooses where he wants to sit. The he rides it in a first person view while using different camera angles - this is if the roller coaster doesn't break down. The player has to consider physical regularities for his design. There are no missions or managerial aspects. |
| Video Strip Poker Supreme | 2006-07-12 | Torquemada Games | Torquemada Games | Strategy | | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Video Strip Poker Supreme is the sequel to Video Strip Poker by the same developer. The concept is identical, but this game has better video quality, voice-acting for the girls and an improved user interface.Video Strip Poker Supreme is a 5-cards draw poker where you can undress opponent girls and see them play with full-motion video clips and hundreds of gestures. The girls talk, flirt, bluff, smile or get angry depending on the result. There are five girls to play against. The game interface is available in 10 languages (English, German, French, Polish, Italian, Czech, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch).Between 2006 and 2013 the initial five girls were expanded to about 70 through 14 opponent packs until the entire game was replaced with Video Strip Poker HD in 2014. |
| Hui Buh: Das Schlossgespenst und die Geisterjäger | 2006-07-13 | Tivola Publishing GmbH | Spirit Projektgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Hui Buh: Das Schlossgespenst und die Geisterjäger is a puzzle game based on the movie Hui Buh: Das Schlossgespenst. The story of the game has barely a resemblance to the movie: Hui Buh, a ghost, has to flee from two ghost hunters which want to cook him. In gameplay aspects the game is similar to the classic Pipe Mania. The player has to build a connection between two paths with a limited amount of path sets. After a few seconds Hui Buh walks from one side of the path and when he meets an unconnected end he gets captured. On the way there are different items spread on the floor. If the way leads Hui Buh over them the player gets positive (e.g. for diamonds) or negative (e.g. for spiced mazes) points. In later levels the player does not only need to build the way to the exit in time but also needs to meet a point requirement to beat the level. |
| Dynasty | 2006-07-14 | Big Fish Games, Inc, Oberon Games, Inc. | NevoSoft LLC | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dynasty is a fast-paced puzzle game with Oriental themes. The mouse cursor is shaped like a dragon's head, with the other body parts of the creature trailing along with each movement. Most of the screen is occupied by tracks, twisting from the top to the bottom towards the gaping mouth of a stone idol. Multicolored spheres keep rolling on these tracks towards the hole, and the objective is to use the dragon to drag and drop the balls along the tracks, switching their places to form groups of three or more of the same color, to make them disappear. If several marbles manage to enter the idol, the game is over.Dragon eggs appear randomly on the tracks. They hatch when used in a match liberating a small dragon that acts as a power-up, flying over the line destroying spheres and dropping golden coins that can be collected for bonus points. The blue dragon eats all the blue marbles, the red dragon devours random balls, the purple dragon eliminates all the spheres from the front of the line, the yellow dragon transforms regular stones into dragon eggs.Some of the standard power-ups of the genre also appear on the string of spheres and are activated when used in a match. They slow the line speed, reverse the marbles movement or explode adjacent balls. The game has two modes: classic is the main one, where players complete levels of increasing difficulty, while survival is the endless mode, where the spheres never stop appearing and the goal is to achieve a high score. |
| Poker Royal | 2006-07-14 | Contendo Media GmbH | Sunny Team | Gambling | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Poker Royal is a poker game with Texas Hold'em rules. Play against the computer and improve your high score. Play single games and tournaments. A help system is included and the difficulty can be adjusted. |
| Pool Billard Mania | 2006-07-14 | INTENIUM GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains three games:
Bubble Snooker
Pool House
Rotate Mania |
| Souptoys | 2006-07-14 | Souptoys Pty Ltd | Souptoys Pty Ltd | Simulation | | | | Sandbox / open world | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Souptoys (also known as Toybox) is a physics-based collection of desktop toys; essentially a level-editor sandbox game. The collection consists of more than 100 different toys tactile to the mouse cursor. Its graphics interface adapts to a Windows desktop screen, with the taskbar being a solid floor. Players can build castles, knock them down, set up contraptions, design machines, decorate their desktop or just fling toys around.The game comes with a number of pre-included "playsets" (level scenarios) and players are encouraged to create more of their own. Playsets were shareable on the official website for others to download.
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| Village Sim | 2006-07-14 | LDW Software, LLC | LDW Software, LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Your Virtual Villagers are shipwrecked on a remote island, and must be guided to survive and flourish. You must assign your characters to find food (by foraging for berries, for example) and clean water supplies. Various jobs can be assigned, from farming and building to research and healing. They must also be mated to ensure a long-lasting tribe. There are 20 milestones to be reached, by combining characters, research and skills in logical real-world ways. Unusually, the game world continues to evolve while the program is not loaded; when you return the situation will have changed depending on how good your planning (and response to new situations, which are presented when you return) was. |
| X³: Reunion - Game of the Year Edition | 2006-07-14 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | EGOSOFT GmbH | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | Real-time | | | Windows | X³: Reunion (Game of the Year Edition) includes the following improvements over the original game:Over 200 newly designed models
Completely redesigned X universe, with new high detailed environments including asteroid fields, dense gaseous nebulae, starship graveyards plus much more.
New technologies and weapons systems
Now controllable via joystick, keyboard and mouse cursor. |
| Odd Box | 2006-07-15 | PiEyeGames | PiEyeGames | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Odd Box is a 3D puzzle game where the main objective is to move cubes marked with various patterns on a pile, rearranging them in matching groups to make several of the same type disappear. Additional boxes keep falling from above, quickly increasing the height of the structure. If the crates reach the top, a countdown starts where the player has only a few seconds to lower them, otherwise the game is over. The graphics are rendered in grayscale most of the time, briefly displaying colors after several combo points.There's a choice of three difficulty levels at the start, changing the number between four to six cubes necessary to make a match. All the actions are performed by pressing and holding down buttons, dragging the boxes to any available space with the primary button, and rotating the whole pile on its axis with a secondary button. Dark crates without symbols are obstacles that can't be moved. The cubes move within the confines of the base, only sliding towards unblocked sides and slowly falling inside niches until reaching the bottom. |
| Kudos | 2006-07-17 | Positech Computing Ltd. | Positech Computing Ltd. | Simulation | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | In Kudos you take on the role of a young male or female character and make decisions about his or her life.The goal is to create a good life, both socially, in networking and getting new friends, and in making decisions about education, career, hobbies, activities and how to spend money and spare time. The game affords a variety of possible career paths and lifestyles, and the game can be customized by changing the rules in external text files.The gameplay consist of scheduling and performing activities, such as going to work, having a party, going shopping, or meeting new people. Different activities affect different stats of the player character - jogging may increase health and tiredness factor, while eating out with friends may increase happiness, but decrease money. So the player character's stats are balanced and developed through activities, which allows for many different strategies in achieving the goals the player has a mind, be it a promotion at work, a new girlfriend, a car or something else.
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| Secret Maryo Chronicles | 2006-07-17 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Secret Maryo Chronicles is a 2D jump 'n run platformer in the style of Super Mario World. The player can jump on enemies to destroy them, climb up vines or down pipes, collect various power-ups, and earn lives by collecting coins. The game includes multiple levels and overworlds, optional background music, and a built-in editor. |
| Wildlife Zoo | 2006-07-17 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | B-Alive GmbH | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In Wildlife Park 2 you take on the role of a zoo director, building the zoo like you want and looking after all the animals you choose. The game is centered on the animals' interaction with the players themselves, the landscape, and with the visitors to the park.Observe the realistic animations of more than eighty different plant and animal species. Pay attention to every need of your animals. You also need to manage your team of keepers, gardeners, trainers, veterinarians and scientists. |
| Pet Vet 3D: Animal Hospital | 2006-07-18 | Viva Media, LLC | BrainGame Publishing, GmbH | Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Experience what it's like to be a veterinarian in this simulation. You are the doctor in your very own clinic and your patients are your favorite animals - cats, dogs, horses, rabbits and more.You will examine each of your patients and find out how to treat them. All of the information and tools you need are inside the game to help you. Over 100 animal illnesses and conditions for 6 animal species are covered. If they are sick enough, admit them into your hospital. As they improve, you can pet and play with them, teach them new tricks and even ride the horses.As in real life, the doctor (and the animals) must eat, exercise and sleep. The hospital must be equipped and staffed - all of which you will perform within the game. Before you can actually see patients, shop for books, medical instruments, food and toys. Animals will begin coming in once kennels, pens and other enclosures have been added and you've earned your "specialist certificate".Play in one of 3 modes: Easy, Medium or Hard. You can also choose to play in "scenario" or "free-play" mode. All movement and actions are "point-and-click". Graphics are 3D so you are able to see all parts of a scene by zooming in/out or rotating your angle of view. |
| WarPath | 2006-07-18 | Groove Games | Digital Extremes London, Digital Extremes Toronto | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Warpath is a budget-priced first-person shooter from the same people that developed Pariah. As such, the gameplay is very similar to that game. For instance, you can heal yourself with a portable healing tool, and run at speeds so fast that they blur your vision. The main difference between the two games is that the singleplayer game is multiplayer-oriented, similar to Unreal Tournament. There is a storyline, however. You can select from one of three races fighting for the control of a beautiful, resource-rich planet named Kaladi. The Ohm are a cyborg-like race that need the planet's resources to live. The House of Kovos are robots that want to take control of Kaladi because their religion says that they should. The Human Coalition is a group of homeless humans that are trying to find a home.In the singleplayer game, each arena is connected by a turn-based, Risk-style minigame. There's a zone for each side of the war, each with five arenas, for a total of 15 arenas. When it's your turn, you can choose an arena to attack that's owned by either of the other two sides. When you attack, the other side will try to defend the arena. If you win, you take control of that arena. If you win an attack on certain arenas, you can unlock a new weapon in the game. If you have control of all 15 arenas, you get to play a surprise "boss" arena.Warpath's weapons and healing tool are also upgradeable. In singleplayer, you get skill-based weapon upgrades between levels. In multiplayer, you upgrade weapons just like you did in Pariah -- pick up weapon energy cores from fallen enemies and upgrade your weapons during gameplay. |
| Fastlane Pinball | 2006-07-19 | Merscom LLC | Framework Studios | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | As Michael James Smith you know the when the world will end and how, so how else to carry out this burden then to go to the local bar and play some pinball... Fastlane Pinball.This realistic pinball simulation features real-time 3D physics model and advanced 3D graphics. While playing you'll experience firetrails, explosions, close-up camera action, split-screen views and old-school display games.The game has challenging missions like Casino, Subway Blowout, Multiball, Jailbreak, and Monorail Maze. There are also mini-games to change up the game a bit.Multiplayer features hot seat play for 4 people or challenge a friend on a LAN game. If you're proud of your high score you can even post it to the Fastlane Pinball site to see how you stack up against players around the world. |
| War Collectors-Set | 2006-07-19 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Apache Longbow Assault
WWII Tank Commander |
| Arabesque | 2006-07-20 | TameStorm Games | TameStorm Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Arabesque (previously called Flower Lines) is a puzzle game in the tradition of the Match-3 games. The game offers 100 levels with different shapes where three marbles of the same colour need to be matched to make them disappear. With each move, new marbles are added as well. The goal is not to clear the entire board, but to make matches over tiles with a wooden background (even with different layers that need to be broken one by one). When a match is created over all those tiles, the board is won. There are also some that lock the marble, making it impossible to move. Players can move the marbles freely around the board, as long as it can travel with no other marbles in the way.Bonuses include a marble that goes for any colour, a bomb blowing up all marbles of a desired colour, a bomb that breaks all boxes, a smaller bomb provided for every five successful matches, and a dragonfly randomly moving marbles on the board. |
| Talismania Deluxe | 2006-07-20 | PopCap Games, Inc. | RocketJump Games, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Talismania is a puzzle game set on boards with different tiles. There are at least two talismans in the game, as they launch a coloured path. The player needs to rotate the other titles on the board to connect the tubes and extend the path. This is done by clicking them. Once two or more talismans are connected, the tiles are removed, coins are awarded and new tiles are put on the board.In the game's main Story Mode, players guide King Midas along nine locations where he needs to construct buildings. Based on the mythological premise, he has accidentally turned his daughter to gold and asks Zeus for advice. To break the curse Midas has to make money and spend it on others, by setting up structures. Each location on the level map is divided into different segments where Midas needs to earn coins to pay the workers to build for him. Each level requires a certain number of coins, gathered through successive games. Players can use three types of talismans in the game: owls (bronze), unicorns (silver) or lions (gold). The type is determined by the performance in the previous game. To encourage players to make long-winding connections instead of choosing a direct route, more combos and points make sure that gold talismans (with a higher cash count and thus nicer buildings) are used. If wrong decisions are made, silver or bronze is introduced. Easy levels only have two talismans, but in later ones there are often more than four, and of different types in a single game. Identical talismans can join the "stream" for large combos, but different ones block each other.While progressing, additional difficulties and bonuses are introduced, such as cash tiles, lightning tiles (create more coins), stone tiles (block a path), medusa tiles (she turns tiles into stones), minotaur tiles (creates worthless tiles by charging across the board), pandora's blocks (can provide a positive or a negative effect), freeze blocks (freeze the bonus chest until the path is complete), sirens (drain the talisman meter), and many more. The special ones can be activated or destroyed by connecting the "stream" to all sides of them. Negative ones that are ignored and kept on the board, will quickly start doing damage.There is also a bonus chest with a number that counts down. If the player manages to finish a level with a number of plays lower than the number, a jackpot is unlocked. Other special actions are rewarded with stars, stored at the bottom of the screen. When three or more are available, Talismania can be started where the player can click as many tiles as possible on the board to turn them into gold right away. This only lasts a few seconds. After every few rounds, a quick mini-game can be played to earn an additional building. Players need to click flying items and watch out no harpies are touched.After a number of levels, the Hero Mode is unlocked. It is very similar, but introduces a time limit. Players can also earn extra points by finishing early. Both modes have a separate high scores list.The free browser version has the same basic mechanics, but is much smaller in scope. |
| Cocoto: Kart Racer | 2006-07-21 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Neko Entertainment SARL | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | Fantasy | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Cocoto Kart Racer is a kart racing game where you can choose to race as one of twelve strange available creatures, each with their own features. Facing to loss of their power the creatures compete in a racing tournament with the winner claiming a mysterious cauldron and retaining their power. The racing tracks include speed strips and ramps. Power-ups can be picked up and used on opponents while racing. The game offers several modes like a championship, time challenge, and multiplayer mode for up to four players. Five differently themed game worlds can be traversed. The worlds being Abyss, Volcano, Atlantis Jungle, and Paradise.
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| Gumboy: Crazy Adventures | 2006-07-21 | CINEMAX, s. r. o. | CINEMAX, s. r. o. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Gumboy: Crazy Adventures is a sidescrolling platform game in which the player takes on the role of Gumboy. Gumboy is a ball which can be rolled by pressing left or right. The control key makes him roll faster. The aim of most of the levels is to collect valuables. Once all valuables are collected a portal to the next level opens. There are various power-ups that make it more easy on Gumboy such as the hiccup power-up which lets him jump, and the Air Star and Water Cube let him fly and swim respectively. In later levels, Gumboy has to watch out for porcupine-like enemies which try to sting him.The game features a unique graphical style, which combines cel-shading, twinkling lights and soft colours, and gives it a magical feeling. |
| CivCity: Rome | 2006-07-24 | 2K Games, Inc. | FireFly Studios Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Classical antiquity | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | CivCity: Rome is a city-building game based on Sid Meier's Civilization and developed in collaboration with Firaxis Games. Players must build and nurture a wide variety of Roman settlements by completing missions, like growing a certain number of a material or building a certain number of temples to the Roman gods. Other buildings available include houses, farms, water systems, amphitheatres, coliseums and a circus maximus for chariot racing, which are vital for keeping your citizens' moral up. As well as building up the city in this way, the player will also face enemies attempting to conquer your settlement, and so raising and commanding an army is a key area of the game.As well as the main mission-based game, players can also take on a more scenario-based mode where they could, for example, be charged with defending their city from an enemy attack straight away.Other features include the ability to look inside houses to see a Roman family go about their daily life, over 70 technologies to research (for example, tool making), a Civilopedia full of information on the Roman empire, and a powerful scenario editor. |
| Nancy Drew: Danger by Design | 2006-07-24 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Nancy Drew travels to Paris, France, to find out what is amiss in the glamorous, high profile world of international fashion design. During this adventure, guide Nancy in 1st person through the streets of Paris with its quaint sidewalk cafés and historical locations. During the course of the game you'll explore unique locations above and below ground .. and even under water.The story is about Minette, a very successful fashion designer whose newest creations are taking the industry by storm. What has caused her to begin wearing a mask? Why did she suddenly fire several employees? And .. Who is sending threats to her studio? Will she be able to make the deadline for the release of her spring collection in time?Gameplay is virtually identical to the games immediately preceding this one in the series. There are 2 difficultly levels, adventure-type puzzles to solve and characters to meet and interview. |
| The Ant Bully | 2006-07-24 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Artificial Mind & Movement | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Based on the animated movie, The Ant Bully puts you in the role of Lucas, a 10-year old boy who passes his time by tormenting an anthill. Before he knows it, the ants use a magic potion to shrink him down to their size. Then they put him to work for the colony, giving him a fresh perspective on life.The game is played from a 3D third-person perspective. Most actions are context-sensitive, performed with the press of one button, e.g. Lucas automatically jumps when running off a ledge. You play various missions and receive medals upon their completion. These medals are worth varying amounts, depending on how well you played: gold is 50 points, silver is 30 points, and the bronze is 10. You use these medals to unlock special abilities every time you reach 300 points. The missions mostly involve fighting enemies and collecting items scattered in the game world. |
| Call of Duty 2: Game of the Year Edition | 2006-07-25 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A re-release of Call of Duty 2 that includes bonuses.The Xbox 360 version bonus content includes:
Extra playable content: the game includes a token good for the Skirmish map pack (contains two multiplayer maps, playable online, via system link, or split screen) redeemable via Xbox Live Marketplace. Original Call of Duty 2 users can also download the extra content from Marketplace for 400 Microsoft points.
Developer extras: see a "behind the scenes" video with developer Infinity Ward, as well as mission walkthroughs with developer commentary.
WWII documentary: Watch "Rangers Lead the Way," a historical account of the assault on Point du Hoc.The PC version includes 2 new multiplayer maps. |
| Knightsquire | 2006-07-25 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Knightsquire is a freeware point-and-click adventure game developed in Adventure Game Studio. The gameplay and graphics are similar to Gobliiins. The player controls two different characters and must solve inventory-based puzzles to progress through two "levels," which are large static screens.The game has a cartoonish, medieval setting and the two characters controlled are Knight and Squire. The Knight has just received a quest from the king to save his daughter from an evil ogre so he brings along his trusty squire to do all the dirty work. |
| World War II Combat: Iwo Jima | 2006-07-25 | Groove Games | Direct Action Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | World War II | | | | Mature | | Windows | World War II Combat: Iwo Jima is a follow-up to World War II Combat: Road to Berlin, sporting the same gameplay mechanics and budget price tag of its predecessor.The gameplay is basically just like any other first-person shooter out there, but you can't pick up any weapons or health during a mission -- instead, your health recharges at the end of each mission and your weapons are automatically assigned for each mission.The main difference between Road to Berlin and Iwo Jima is that you're now pitted against the Japanese instead of the Germans, as the only surviving member of a squad of Marines during the American conquest of the Japanese island Iwo Jima. |
| Bliss Island | 2006-07-26 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | PomPom Software Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Mini-games | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Bliss Island is an action-puzzler where you play a character called Hoshi (a Zwooph), who using blasts of air from his trunk, can juggle or manipulate other objects or himself. The game consists of a collection of mini games, which can either be played individually (with the aim being to get a highscore) or through the adventure mode (where you play each one in order, only progressing to the next one once you've achieved a goal/high enough score).The mini games consist of tasks such as
Smashing invader-style blocks as they march down the screen, by moving Hoshi into them. This is done by blasting pulses of air from Hoshi, which then make him move.
Blowing fruit balls into other objects (such as flower bumpers) so that they ricochet around the screen and into a monsters mouth, similar to Pachinko machines in arcades.
A trickshot billiards game, where you fire Hoshi into the balls on the table, trying to pot them all within a certain number of air pulses.
Bee Racing, where using similar controls to Hoshi, you race against AI Bees around a track (whilst avoiding obstacles such as rocks and snails)
... and various other mini games that follow the theme of ricocheting balls off targets / into holes either within a time limit or to achieve a goal (such as to clear bugs off a flower, to hit another ball off the same colour, to pick up stars, etc.).The PC version is single player only, but the PSP version also has a 2 player wireless mode (local adhoc), which has multiplayer versions of Bee Racing, Invaders and a multiplayer only Soccer game. |
| Sprint Cars: Road to Knoxville | 2006-07-26 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Big Ant Studios Pty Ltd | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Track racing | | | Everyone | | Windows | Get ready to race! Take on twenty different Sprint Car tracks such as the Super Motoplex, Ash Hollows Speedway, and the Knoxville Speedway, as you climb to the top of the ladder in Championship Mode. Or, if that's not your thing, take on Career Mode, and manage your own team, and hire drivers, earning money to get better cars as you play!Sprint Cars: Road to Knoxville is a racing game featuring Sprint Car tracks, and a choice of vehicles such as Open-Wheeled Modifieds, Midgets, and Winged Sprint Cars. You can choose from different modes of play, including single player modes such as Single Race (race a single track), Practice, Championship (race against other opponents in a series of events), or Multiplayer mode.You can also take on Career Mode. In this mode, you take the role of a racing team owner, managing your team by purchasing new and better cars, and hiring drivers of your choice. In this mode, the goal is not only to perform well in races, but to also earn money to upgrade your cars, or purchase new ones. You can earn money through various sponsors that will give you money in exchange for having their logo on your car. |
| Tripline | 2006-07-26 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tripline is a freeware puzzle game played on a sheet of paper. Each of the 30 levels is represented by a grid with different symbols. The aim of the game is to connect all symbols with a single line. The line cannot be crossed and groups of 3 identical symbols need to be formed at all time. The line is also bound by the paper pattern and cannot be drawn diagonally. The pencil is controlled through the arrow keys. There is an unlimited amount of continues, and when stuck the level can be restarted. |
| Let's Ride! Friends Forever | 2006-07-27 | dtp Vertrieb und Marketing GmbH | Radon Labs GmbH | Educational, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Let's Ride! Friends Forever is the PC adaptation of the GBA and Nintendo DS game by the same name. It has better 3D graphics and a revamped interface.The game requires you to take care of a horse. Every stroke of a brush, every washing is visible, and every interaction with your horse will gain its confidence. By building a relationship, you two can become an award-winning team in jumping tournament and beauty contests.Each horse has its own personality and your style of upbringing and training will influence its growth. You can choose how to handle the horse with a bunch of different utilities, and even create the ideal feed mix to make the sweet foal grow up to a grand horse. Your horse can be decorated with over 70 items. |
| Thomas & Friends: The Great Festival Adventure - Double Pack | 2006-07-28 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A compilation including:
Thomas & Friends: The Great Festival Adventure
Thomas & Friends: Trouble on the Tracks
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| Time to Ride: Saddles & Stables | 2006-07-28 | Silverline Software | Artplant AS | Simulation, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Time to Ride: Saddles & Stables tells the story of city girl Amanda who must go to live with her father in the country. While she is sad about leaving her friends, she is consoled by the fact that she gets her very own horse. However, it is her responsible to care for and train the horse.At the beginning of the game, Amanda's father allows her to choose from among several horses. Afterwards, the game turns into a rather free-form affair. Amanda can explore around the house, go inside her room (where she can sleep or try on different outfits), go to the nearby town of Springdale (where she can interact with other people, shop for more clothes, or shop for other equestrian accessories), and most importantly, tend to her horse in the barn.Amanda must monitor her horse's statistics. These include speed, behavior, and jumping skill which can be increased by taking the horse out through different training courses. Additional statistics show how hungry the horse is, how badly it needs to be groomed, and how dirty its stable is. These needs all need to be managed manually.There is also a mystery minigame. Amanda needs to talk to people in Springdale in order to piece together some strange goings-on. |
| Tactical Manager 2006 | 2006-07-31 | IncaGold plc | Talking Birds | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Tactical Manager 2006 is an updated and improved version of Tactical Manager.
Tactical Manager 2006 knows 70 leagues of a total of 1200 football clubs.
Play in leagues with opposition generated by computer, or online against up to 200 opponents. Also you can host your own league on your computer.
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| Barnyard | 2006-08-01 | THQ Inc. | Blue Tongue Entertainment Pty, Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Barnyard is an offering from THQ based on the movie of the same name from Nickelodeon.You arrive at the farm as a newbie cow and must complete quests and earn respect in order to win keys that allow you to advance through the barnyard map. Movement is accomplished with the WASD or arrow keys, while the mouse controls the camera angle. Other keys access your inventory and the map, allow you to aim and squirt milk at opponents (even when you play as a boy!), and confirm menu selections.The map is fairly large and there are plenty of things to do beyond the missions and quests your fellow animals assign you. There are places to explore, barrels to break, and minigames like whack-a-raccoon, bowling, and bicycle races.As you play, you need to keep up your stamina, which decreases as you run around the farm. A good sleep is important; you need to be rested to fight off marauding raccoons and coyotes. And do remember not to let the Farmer catch you standing on two feet! |
| Crazy Machines: Inventors Training Camp | 2006-08-01 | Oetinger Interaktiv | FAKT Software GmbH | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is another entry in the Crazy Machines series.
In this game you solve puzzles, called "experiments", by using a large variety of gizmos, such as candles or basketballs, to create a chain reaction which helps you reach your goals, e.g. blowing out a candle or start a machine.This time the main focus lies on 101 easier challenges for younger players. There are a few new items and other more complicated ones like the ohmic resistance were removed.In 2007 the translated version of this game and Crazy Machines: Neues aus dem Labor were used to create the second English entry of the series, Crazy Machines 1.5: More Gizmos, Gadgets, & Whatchamacallits. |
| FlatOut 2 | 2006-08-01 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Bugbear Entertainment Oy | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | | Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | | | Teen | | Windows | As in FlatOut your goal is to drive as reckless as you can and still win the race. But contrary to its predecessor, FlatOut 2 is now a complete arcade-racing game.The core of the game is the career mode which features 3 different racing-classes: Derby, Race and Street. Every class is also divided into 3 levels. You begin your career in the derby class level 1. Here you drive old, wrecked cars straight from the dump. As you progress to the race class and finally to the street class you can buy better and faster cars which you can then also tune to your needs, like installing a new engine.Inside the classes you find different kinds of events: from normal races over Destruction Derbies to stunt events. All of the events feature a fully destructible environment. This is not only eye-candy but is also required to fill up your nitro and handicap your enemies.If you get bored of that, you can play one of the 12 mini-games. Like in FlatOut your goal here is to do all kinds of crazy stuff with your driver. You can use him as a football, throw him through burning rings and more. These mini-games can also be played with up to 8 players on one PC in a hot-seat mode. |
| Galapago | 2006-08-01 | Oberon Games, Inc. | Oberon Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | South America | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Travel from the beach to the top of the volcano matching and collecting island creatures to collect the ultimate prize. If you listen to your shrunken head advisors you'll soon learn that the path is not that easy and that you'll have to put up with finicky creatures who are sometimes too sleepy to move when you move them.
Galapago is a tile matching game where the usual jewels have been replaced by skittering island creatures that range from turtles to insects to fishes. In order to clear a level you must match three or more adjacent creatures that are standing on the marked spaces. Some spaces will be locked and unable to move until you make the appropriate move for that block. Special creatures are contained in specific blocks and can be added to your collection once cleared. After each level is finished remaining creatures will skitter up the screen and you must click on them to collect even more points.
There are a total of 75 levels of play and you can make use of three power-ups to help clear a board or switch places of creatures. There is also a difficulty selection and the ability to select your path to the top of the volcano. |
| Gridfire | 2006-08-01 | Foppygames | Foppygames | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Gridfire is a remake of Targ/Crossfire, written for the Retro Remakes competition 2006. The player controls a ship that needs to destroy creatures invading a city. The game is played on an area with a 7x6 grid of obstacles. The ship can move around in the middle part while the creatures approach from the sides, and both can use the obstacles to hide from bullets. As soon as the creatures start to move, they can be targeted in a straight line as the ship can fire in four directions.The creatures have four shapes that need to be destroyed before they finally vanish. Their colour, along with their shape, changes from yellow to green, red and finally pink. After a certain amount of bullets has been fired, bonus orbs are released in the middle of the screen. The ship only has 35 bullets and when there are only 10 left, an ammo icon appears. When there are only a few enemies left, they usually charge all at once. Once an entire grid is cleared, a new one is generated, with faster enemies. The ship starts with 2 lives, but more can be earned for every 5,000 points. The game comes with 3 difficulty levels. |
| Hidden Expedition: Titanic | 2006-08-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Big Fish Games, Inc | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hidden Expedition: Titanic is an hidden object game with adventure elements. You have a list of objects to find and when you spot one, you click on it in order to collect it. Be careful to the time limit, as it represents also your oxygen reserve. At the end of each successful dive, you have to beat a mini-game for progressing in the game.The plotline is simple: you're a member of The Hidden Expedition Adventure League and you've been contacted by the Titanic Museum foundation for finding the Queen's jeweled crown who was aboard the boat.If you get stuck, you can use the limited number of hints. |
| Higurashi Daybreak | 2006-08-01 | Twilight Frontier | Twilight Frontier | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Higurashi Daybreak is a team based beat'em up game for up to four players. One day when Rika was sweeping the stairs outside the Furude shrine a box containing a pair of magical magatama (viewers of the anime will recognize them from the last episode of Higurashi no naku Koro ni Rei) fell from the sky and hit her in the head. Rika brings them to school and after the club tested them on Chie and Irie they decide to battle for the ownership of the magatama and soon the whole village is involved. Each character has two special weapons that is associated with the character in the anime and/or the early visual novel games (Keiichi has his baseball bat and Rena has of course her meat cleaver).The game features story mode and "combat mode". In story mode there are three story lines (and teams) available from the start and four more to unlock. In "combat mode" you select which characters that should battle and then set up environment and game options and then it's fight on.Teams:
Keiichi Maebara and Rena Ryuugu
Mion Sonozaki and Shion Sonozaki
Rika Furude and Satoko Hojo
Jiro Tomitake and Miyo Takano
Kuraudo Oishi and Mamoru Akasaka
Kyosuke Irie and Rumiko Chie
Akane Sonozaki and Tatsuyoshi KasaiThe PSP version is a port of the original game, developed by a different team but with the assistance of the original creators. The character graphics have been revamped, there are new storylines for Hanyū and Natsumi, new costumes and weapons, a new opening animation with a theme song, and a shop feature. |
| Kapitan Pazur: Drapieżna Edycja | 2006-08-01 | Monolith Productions, Inc., Techland Sp. z o.o. | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Action, Adventure | | | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Kapitan Pazur: Drapieżna Edycja is a special edition of Claw released only in Poland in August 2006. Drapieżna Edycja contains 20 fan-created levels and extras (mouse mats, beach balls, caps, wallpaper images, calendars and timetables). The box also had a new graphic design. |
| Mahjong Towers Eternity | 2006-08-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Big Fish Games, Inc | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Mahjong Towers Eternity is a Mahjong game with an emphasis on online community. Any player can create and share layouts and tilesets, and there are already more than 200,000 layouts to play. Layouts can be played in one of three modes: classic, speed (only the matchable tiles are visible), and concentration (tiles are only visible when clicked; gives bonus points). One shuffle is available per game; this will rearrange the remaining tiles to prevent dead ends. By completing layouts, points will be given. When enough points are acquired, the player will increase in rank. Ranks are based on animals, and includes 12 animals, including Rats, Horses, and Yaks. Each rank has several sub-ranks, from bronze to silver, gold, ruby, and beyond. (The ranks are purely for bragging rights, and do not affect the game.) |
| Number Shark | 2006-08-01 | | | Educational, Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Number Shark is an educational puzzle game bundled with the freeware cryptographic program CrypTool. It is directly based on the educational game Der Zahlenhai by Lothar Carl, itself an adaptation of the Taxman game concept. The player must compete against a "Number Shark" to get a higher score. In the beginning, there is a number of shells on the board (their number can be adjusted by the player when starting a game), numbered starting from 1. The player removes one of the shells, and receives as many points as the number on the shell says. However, the Number Shark will then take for himself all of the available shells which have numbers that are real factors of the player's chosen number. (For instance, if there are shells with the numbers 2, 6, 8, 9, 16 available, and the player chooses 16, then the shark takes the shells 2 and 8 and gets 10 points.) If there are no such real factors still present on board, the shark instead takes for himself the number that the player has picked (so, if in the above example the player had picked 9 instead, the shark wouldn't be able to find any real factors of this number and would take shell 9 for himself, denying the player any points.) The game continues until all the shells are gone, at which point the player wins if he has accumulated more points. |
| Rag Doll Kung Fu | 2006-08-01 | Merscom LLC | QI Creations | Action | | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | Meditative / Zen | Mature | | Windows | Rag Doll Kung Fu is a mouse-driven fighting game where the fighters are completely and totally incapable of moving at all without the player's aid. That means you're not just going to press a key to walk in a direction; you quite literally must pick up one foot after the other to make a character walk, or rather just drag them by the hand.Combining these movements with a ragdoll (duh) physics engine and a little bit of chi power, fighters battle in a dramatic struggle to awkwardly yet gracefully beat each other into oblivion. Or they could just play soccer, or one of several other physics-based minigames.
The single player portion includes about 20 minutes of FMV cutscenes. |
| Ship Simulator 2006 | 2006-08-01 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | VSTEP B.V. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Ship Simulator 2006 contains nine different types of boats, from sports boats to heavy container transporters and even the Titanic.
The action has to run in several ports, Rotterdam (which is currently the largest in the world), in Hamburg in northern Germany, New York Harbor and a tropical paradise island, Phi Phi Island in Thailand.To manage all these ships, the player will have to complete a number of pre-designed missions, because some ships/missions are locked.These scenarios include missions or goals, depending on the ship, and can go from carry goods from one area to other, patrol, investigate suspicious ships, pick up passengers or make pleasure trips to the islands.
A total of 40 missions that can be extended thanks to built-in editor.
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| Topware Interactive's Best of Games: Role Playing | 2006-08-01 | TopWare Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of six games:
Knightshift
Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris
Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure (Director's Cut)
Another War
Gorky 17
Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator
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| Total War: Eras | 2006-08-01 | SEGA of America, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of all the Total War games to date. The games included are:
Shogun: Total War
Shogun: Total War - The Mongol Invasion
Medieval: Total War
Medieval: Total War - Viking Invasion
Rome: Total War
Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion
Rome: Total War - AlexanderAlso included are:
"The Total War Story", (a 40-minute documentary detailing the past, present and future of the Total War series, featuring exclusive interviews, game footage and discussion of Med II)
Exclusive preview material for Medieval II: Total War
An art booklet detailing the creation and evolution of the Total War series
A glossy A2 poster for Medieval II: Total War
Five art cards covering the whole Total War series |
| Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure | 2006-08-02 | Adventure Company, The | Kheops Studio | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Very similar to Safecracker, this point-and-click puzzle game brings you more safes to crack in another wealthy man's mansion.Family members hire you, a master in the art of safecracking, to locate the last will and testament of their deceased relative, oil tycoon and billionaire Duncan Adams, hidden somewhere within his luxurious 4-story mansion.Exploration of the mansion is performed entirely by mouse in point-and-click fashion. As you dig for clues and puzzles to solve, you can view the environment in 360 degrees. An in-game mapping system records your progress by marking discovered puzzles with a red 'X', which turns green when solved.There are a total of 35 different safes to open which will eventually lead you to the 36th "Master" safe. The puzzles are not only about turning dials and pushing buttons. There are sliders, some based on mathematics, pattern recognition puzzles, marble mazes, and some based on inventory objects, for instance. Unlike the previous game, there is no time limit so you can take your time and reason through the dilemma at hand. |
| Frets on Fire | 2006-08-03 | Unreal Voodoo | Unreal Voodoo | Simulation | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Frets on Fire is a GPL-licensed Guitar Hero clone for PCs. The point of the game is to emulate real guitar playing by rhythmically pressing down combinations of keys on the keyboard in time to music. The game encourages the player to pick up their keyboard and hold it upside down as if it were a guitar and use the F1 to F5 keys as the "frets" and the enter and right-shift keys for strumming. The game also supports guitar-controller input as well. The game comes with three songs licensed for distribution with the game, but also includes the option of importing songs from the original Guitar Hero, and its sequel, Guitar Hero II for those who own them. |
| Tek-Kids Flash-Ops: Mission: Aqua Zone | 2006-08-03 | Maxx Marketing Inc. | Webserum | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Aqua Zone is the first in a series of four promotional tie-in games for a Taco Bell campaign revolving around a Taco Bell marketing brand called Spy-Tek. This game focuses on the four Tek Kids in their effort to thwart an evil villain named Dr. Havok who is using a vast submarine factory to produce weapons for rogue nations while simultaneously and deliberately polluting the ocean.The player chooses from among the four Tek Kids to take on the treacherous Aqua Zone. The gameplay consists of piloting an offensive swimming pod through a stretch of shallow water ocean while dodging enemies and collecting power-ups. The enemies include sharks and spiked mines. Power-ups include 2 different types of weapons, fuel for your pod, and Taco Bell logos which restore your overall health meter. There are also warps that give your pod an incredible speed boost (but the warps do not give you invincibility, so you still need to dodge enemies).Another feature of the game allows the player to create a custom desktop wallpaper by combining various Tek Kids against backgrounds chosen from the various Flash Ops games, along with a Taco Bell "Think Outside The Bun" logo in a customizable position.
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| Tek-Kids Flash-Ops: Mission: Data Island | 2006-08-03 | Maxx Marketing Inc. | Webserum | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | Data Island is the third in a series of four promotional tie-in games for a Taco Bell campaign revolving around a Taco Bell marketing brand called Spy-Tek. The objective of this game is to use one of the four Tek Kids to thwart an evil villain named Dr. Havok who has built a massive supercomputer -- roughly the size of an island -- and plans to use it to conquer all the world's computer systems and, by extension, the entire world.The player chooses from among the four Tek Kids to handle the perilous Data Island cyber-mission. The gameplay consists of piloting a small jet craft through a virtual-looking landscape with the enormous Data Island looming in the background. Dodge enemies and collect power-ups along the way. The enemies include giant spiders and spiked mines. Power-ups include 2 different types of weapons, fuel for your pod, and Taco Bell logos which restore your overall health meter. There are also warps that give your pod an incredible speed boost (but the warps do not grant invincibility, so you still need to dodge enemies).Another feature of the game allows the player to create a custom desktop wallpaper by combining various Tek Kids against backgrounds chosen from the various Flash Ops games, along with a Taco Bell "Think Outside The Bun" logo in a customizable position. |
| Tek-Kids Flash-Ops: Mission: Polar Challenge | 2006-08-03 | Maxx Marketing Inc. | Webserum | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Polar Mission is the second in a series of four promotional tie-in games for a Taco Bell campaign revolving around Spy-Tek. This game focuses on the four Tek Kids in their effort to thwart an evil villain named Dr. Havok who plans to blackmail the world's governments by accelerating global warming through manually melting the polar ice caps.The player chooses from among the four Tek Kids to take on the dangerous polar mission. The gameplay consists of a piloting a rocket sled across the polar ice caps while dodging enemies and collecting powerups. The enemies include skiing robots who attack you with their ski poles, spiked mines, and another exploding object. Powerups include 2 different types of weapons, fuel for your rocket sled, and Taco Bell logos which restore your overall health meter. There are also warps that give your rocket an incredible speed boost (but do not give you invincibility, so you still need to dodge enemies).Another feature of the game allows the player to create a custom desktop wallpaper by combining various Tek Kids against backgrounds chosen from the Flash Ops games, along with a Taco Bell "Think Outside The Bun" logo in a customizable position. |
| Tek-Kids Flash-Ops: Mission: Sky Fortress | 2006-08-03 | Maxx Marketing Inc. | Webserum | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Sky Fortress is the fourth and final game in a series of promotional tie-in games for a Taco Bell campaign revolving around a Taco Bell marketing brand called Spy-Tek. The objective of this game is to take one of the four Tek Kids on a mission to thwart an evil villain named Dr. Havok who has stolen an eXperimental Aerial Aircraft Carrier, the XAA Carrier "Albatross".The player chooses from among the four Tek Kids to handle this aerial mission. The gameplay consists of piloting a small jet craft through a cloudscape while dodging enemies and collecting powerups along the way. The enemies include flying monkeys and flying masks. Powerups include 2 different types of weapons, fuel for your pod, and Taco Bell logos which restore your overall health meter. There are also warps that give your pod an incredible speed boost (but the warps do not grant invincibility, so you still need to dodge or destroy enemies).Another feature of the game allows the player to create a custom desktop wallpaper by combining various Tek Kids against backgrounds chosen from the various Flash Ops games, along with a Taco Bell "Think Outside The Bun" logo in a customizable position. |
| Delicious: Deluxe | 2006-08-04 | Zylom Media Group BV | Zylom Media Group BV | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | Contemporary | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Delicious is a diner game, where your main goal is to serve customers and keep them happy. As you progress, you will get more types of food and drinks to serve the customers -- cappuccino, tea, banana shakes, salads, cookies, and more.Different customers have different personalities. Old ladies tend to be slow, but tip better and are patient, while students tend to be fast, but are impatient and tip poorly. To get the best tips, you'll need to serve your customers quickly and try to get combos for extra money.The game has two modes... City to City and Day In, Day Out. City to City is the campaign mode, where you work at each diner for 5 days. If you complete all five days successfully, you can move on to the next restaurant. Day In, Day Out lets you keep going for as long as possible in any restaurant you've unlocked. You'll keep going until 3 customers leave mad. |
| Flower Quest | 2006-08-04 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Bee Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A young elfin sorceress needs help collecting flowers so she can finish her training.Flower Quest is a tile matching and removal puzzle game. Flowers and stems appear on individual tiles and must be connected together by rotating them with a click of the mouse. Link two flowers to remove them and all tiles that connect them. When all of the blocks have been removed, indicated by a change in color, the level is finished.There are special flowers which blow up others around it and "evil" flowers which cause havoc on the board. Use magic wands to clear out individual tiles.The game features three difficulty settings (easy, normal & hard), bonus levels, visual and sound effects, original music, and desktop wallpapers which can be saved. It can be played in three modes: timed, timeless and challenge. |
| Sea Bounty: Dead Man's Chest | 2006-08-04 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Sea Bounty: Dead Man's Chest is a pirate-themed game fashioned like Monopoly for up to six human or computer players. The main goal is to acquire properties, develop them and collect rent from anyone who visits them.After rolling the dice, the player's token moves to a space on the board. Landing on a "Chance" space might mean good or bad fortune. Moving to a property space requires a decision to purchase it if still unsold.The game features four different maps and a high scores table. |
| Urmel aus dem Eis | 2006-08-04 | EMME Deutschland GmbH | sensator AG | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Urmel aus dem Eis is a jump 'n' run game in which you play as Urmel, trying to run from king Pumponell who is hunting for you. The game is based on the German animation movie Urmel aus dem Eis (Impy's Island). 8 levels in different areas like jungle are included. |
| Missing | 2006-08-05 | Radical Poesis Games & Creations | Radical Poesis Games & Creations | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Ex-cop Melvin travels to the Greenview Inn, where his wife Elle and his son David have gone missing. They have a rocky marriage and Elle told David she needed some time alone to things over. When he can no longer reach them, he visits the inn himself to trace them himself. After gathering clues and strange appearances, it becomes apparent something fishy is going on.Missing is a horror point-and-click adventure game built on OHRRPGCE (Official Hamster Republic Role Playing Game Construction Engine). The gameplay is similar to classic ICOM games such as Shadowgate, Uninvited and the Deja Vu series. Views of the different locations take up two thirds of the screen. On the right is an inventory and arrows to move around between rooms. At the bottom of the screen, all dialogues and descriptions are shown. The game consists entirely of still images, with a few animations when walking down stairs or opening a door. The game is entirely controlled by the mouse, with all functions combined using the left button. When searching locations, no indication of text is given when hovering over an item, it needs to be clicked to be examined, used or picked up.The game takes place in 1990 over 4 days. During the first day, there is an in-game help system with hints. If you discover the number of Raja the oracle, you can call the number to receive a clue about what to do next. The entire game is played inside the inn, with a few spots outside and the locations change according to the time of day. Melvin needs to explore the different rooms, talk to characters and do research by contacting his friend Steve Middaugh. Sound effects and music enhance the creepy atmosphere. |
| Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 1 - In Search of the Skunk-Ape (Deluxe Edition) | 2006-08-08 | Grundislav Games | Grundislav Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Deluxe Edition of the Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 1 - In Search of the Skunk-Ape features improved graphics, extended storyline, and full voice acting and lip-synch.At this point, you may be feeling a sense of déjà vu. You may have already ventured into the Everglades with Ben Jordan to look for the Skunk-Ape, but this time you can do it the way it was meant to be done. Call it a remake, or a director's cut, or a deluxe edition, or whatever you like. So enjoy the expanded story, new puzzles, and voice acting, and experience a proper introduction to the Ben Jordan series. |
| Bounty: Special Edition | 2006-08-08 | Total Eclipse Games | Total Eclipse Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Shiver me timbers! Captain Mirabelle and her crew have learned of clues leading to the treasure of pirate Black Jack. Search the islands and find the treasure so as to be rich!Bounty: Special Edition is a match game. To make a match, click an item to make it slide to the left and drop into the bottom. When the player matches three and later four of the same item, they will clear. As the game progresses, the player will have black blocks with a sword symbol. These cannot be cleared and are there to just act as blocks. When the player fails to make a match, the blocks will appear. If the stack passes the top line, the player lose a life and must redo the level.As the player progresses, bonus items may be gained, such as additional time or the ability to swap two items. To gather these items, click them so they move to the bottom as the first item in line.There are three game modes:
Adventure mode follows the story of Mirabelle through one-hundred forty levels. Finish each level before the time runs out.
Eternity mode lets the player play one level non-stop. The items refill and there is no time limit.
Relaxed mode follows the story of Mirabelle through one-hundred eighty levels with no time restriction. |
| Slaves to Armok: God of Blood - Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress | 2006-08-08 | Bay 12 Games | Bay 12 Games | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Slaves to Armok II: Dwarf Fortress is an 2-in-1 interconnected ASCII based game currently still in its alpha stage (under development). Additional gameplay features may be introduced with each new version. Although the default graphic display is in ASCII, a limited 2D graphical display is also officially supported, however the game configuration must be tweaked manually by the player for it to become available. Fan-made graphic sets and other features can be downloaded separately to change the default features, in addition to personal modding. Dwarf Fortress
The first and primary mode of the game is the Dwarf Fortress mode, a city building simulator. Before actual gameplay, the player must first create a random world, pick a location for a starting outpost, stock up the seven strong dwarven team for the hard seasons ahead, embark, and find a suitable location on the world map.City building, depending on player creativity, offers numerous possibilities. The basic strategy is to dig into a mountain or dig underground. Rooms may later be used for specific purposes, such as building forges, farms, sleeping quarters, improving the initial outpost and creating wealth. The first few seasons usually focus on a self-sufficient food supply, creating initial rooms, creating an economy that manufactures basic goods (furniture, crafts, clothing, etc.), and later selling those goods to (if available), human, elven, and dwarven caravans. All this while also trying to maintain food and alcohol stocks for your dwarven workers, managing population happiness, architectural planning, and defending the outpost from possible attacks. After the outpost achieves a basic level of functionality and security, the player may then have to focus on a more elaborate military infrastructure (traps, drawbridges, armor, weapons, soldiers) for defense against kobold thieves, goblin kidnappers, braving dangerous animals, fighting off besieging forces and megabeasts and exploring unsafe caverns.Each dwarf has a set of skills, indicating the level of expertise the dwarf has. A master miner for example will mine much faster than a novice miner, the same goes for military units. Continued use of a particular skill will increase a dwarfs' skills from the lowest dabbling skill to the highest legendary skill. Skills are also related to the many jobs available to maintain a dwarven industry, such as jewelers, smiths, masons, etc. Items manufactured may be individually used by the dwarves, incorporated into the city, or traded off to other civilizations.Losing the fortress to the numerous challenges however, does not end the game. The player may then choose to send in another party to reclaim the ruins, return as a single adventurer, or simply start fresh in another location.Adventure Mode
The role playing version of the game may also only be played after a world has been created. The player can choose a human, dwarven or elven character, personalize available skills and set forth into the wilds. Events that have occurred during Dwarf Fortress mode are recorded, thus the player may visit the previous fortress (what's left of it) and obtain previously manufactured items.Default gameplay consists of completing quests given by NPCs (Non-Player Characters), usually revolving around killing certain powerful monsters. In doing so, the player may find or buy and sell items, weapons, and armor to equip the player. |
| American Chopper 2: Full Throttle | 2006-08-10 | Akella | Creat Studios, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Motorcycle, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | American Chopper 2: Full Throttle is the sequel to American Chopper and like its predecessor, based on the Discovery Channel show of the same name.You pick one of the four main characters from the show, then one of seven customer motorcycles from the show, and are given a series of mostly racing missions where you earn fabrication points with which to upgrade your bike. These missions include things like nitrous boosts for quick bursts of speed and point bonuses for performing tricks.Since American Chopper is a show about making custom bikes, this game offers a wide variety of performance and aesthetic upgrades with the ultimate objective of building your perfect custom motorcycle. |
| Xuanyuan Jian 5: Yi Jian Ling Yun Shan Hai Qing | 2006-08-10 | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Xuanyuan Jian 5: Yi Jian Ling Yun Shan Hai Qing is the eighth installment (including the side-stories) in the long-running Taiwanese role-playing game series Xuanyuan Jian.The last five games were all set in concrete time periods of Chinese history. This time, we are taken to the era of legends and ancient Chinese mythology, thousands of years into the past, to the legendary Shan Hai (Mountain-Sea) epoch. It was the time when the Yellow Emperor, also known as Xuanyuan, was wielding the powerful sword that was later named after him, in the cosmic struggle against his archenemy Yandi. The player takes the role of a young man named Lu Chengxuan. As the game starts, he is being chased away from his village for killing his own parents. He doesn't have any memory of the dreadful event, and realizes there is a terrible power inside him which he cannot control. Seeking for answers, Lu Chengxuan leaves his village, hoping to meet someone who is willing to help him on his quest and stop the mysterious power from taking over him.The game retains the basics of the combat system that was introduced in Xuanyuan Jian 4: the player can see the turns of battle participants on a special bar, and each character "moves" on it according to his/her speed parameter. As in all Xuanyuan Jian games (except the first), magic and stamina-depleting attacks are available. The game abandons the magic pot system, which allowed the player to merge items and capture monsters in previous games. Also, unlike the two previous games, there is no Heavenly Book for building utilities and forging own weapons and armor. What the game offers instead of all those features is a larger amount of party members. The player can recruit up to 15 different characters, and also switch characters within the same battle. |
| Anstoss 2007: Der Fußballmanager | 2006-08-11 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Anstoss 2007: Der Fussballmanager is a managerial soccer simulation where the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his team. Unlike similar managers its menu uses a a hybrid between office and menu bar. In the office the player can click on items to get to the corresponding menu screens, e.g. the notebook leads to the weekly schedule and the computer screen to the e-mails. The office is only used to access such daily updated screens, all other functions are reached through the menu bar.As usual the player has a wide variant of settings to take care of which influence the team's future. On the financial side he transfers players, expands the stadium, searches for sponsors or hires employees. Before every season the club board gives a budget in six categories which have to be satisfied. Of course the player can try to negotiate with them to get more money - but that influences his popularity... On the athletic side he sets the training, the tactics, the lineup and takes care of the youth. Each player has a nominal strength and an actual strength. The nominal strength is calculated from several individual strengths which depend on the position, e.g technique or speed. This nominal strength gets modified with several factors, e.g. training or experience, and results in the actual strength.Personal options are the possibilities to buy status symbols, marketing the own character or changing the team. Another innovation is the new renown value of every club. It is calculated with different factors, e.g. the national and international performance in the past and is important for many aspects, e.g. player transfers or sponsors search. Managers have with reputation a similar value.In comparison to former installments of the series Anstoss 2007 features just one mode of match presentation: a text mode. There all interesting actions are written down in text form. The player also can take track of parallel matches. Assistant managers can overtake some responsibilities if the player wishes but there usefulness depends on their competence level.As usual the player can choose a team at the beginning of his career or has to rely on job offers from lower classes. For the first time the player can choose if he wants to start all the way down or in the first respectively second league. Besides the usual two difficulty levels (easy and realistic) there is also a new "core" mode which is basically identical to the realistic mode but takes away the manual save feature. This means the player has to rely on the auto saves and can't reload his game if he loses an important match. Another new feature is the cooperation with an internet radio if the player doesn't like the standard background music.Because the game was released in the year of Ascaron's 15th birthday, it also includes the following games as bonus:
Anstoss 2 Gold: Der Fußballmanager
Anstoss 3: Der Fußballmanager
Anstoss Action: Die Fußballsimulation
Anstoss 4: Der Fußballmanager - Edition 03/04 |
| My Little Pony: Crystal Princess - The Runaway Rainbow | 2006-08-11 | THQ Inc. | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Action, Strategy | Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | My Little Pony: Crystal Princess - The Runaway Rainbow is a game in the My Little Pony franchise based on the 2006 direct-to-video animated film of the same name. In Rarity's Adventure, the main game mode, Cheerilee teaches the young unicorn pony Rarity in the magical city Unicornia how to make a rainbow. In celebration of the first rainbow of the season. Rarity will become the rainbow princess and she needs to learn how to use her magical wand to create it.Rarity can freely move around the city and talk to other pones. She plays mini-games and gets to help them in various ways. She can play with a caterpillar, participate in a bubble fight to clean a carriage, do a game of 'Simon Says' with her wand, collect rainbow ribbons and flags and colour drawings. At the end of the first chapter she accidentally uses the wand in a wrong way and ends up in a new location called Breezie Blossom. Rarity has to perform similar tasks again for her there, such as locating characters, collecting pairs of pajamas, locate hidden breezies in a game of 'Whac-A-Mole' and catch rainbowberries.In the third chapter Rarity and the breezies travel to Ponyville while the other ponies at Unicornia decide to look for her. Rarity gets to choose between two playable ponies to help her locate additional rainbowberries after she ate all of them. With different ingredients sundaes need to be recreated as shown through an example in the top left corner of the screen. In another mission various components to create kites need to be gathered and identical kites need to be matched in a game of Concentration. Rarity also gets to skate, avoiding and jumping over objects on a course. It also contains a full pinball table called Pinkie Pie Pinball.In the fourth chapter she can create and colour custom drawings. Rarity drops down a river and needs to be picked up along with several other ponies using a vine. Players also have to help her create images in the sky by connecting stars and she gets to ride a flying carriage, avoiding clouds that slow her down, to reach a finish line before time runs out. In the fifth and final chapter the rainbow celebration finally takes place. There are five chapters and fourteen mini-games in total.From the main menu the different mini-games can be played right away. During the main Rarity's Adventure mode jewels can be earned by performing well. These unlock items in the Princess Gallery, also available from the main menu. |
| Ray-Hound | 2006-08-12 | Hikware | Hikware | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In Ray-Hound, players pilot a small ship around a circular arena that contains randomly spawning energy turrets. The ship's only weapon is a shield that, when activated, deflects all incoming blasts back at their source, or causes the energy rays to orbit around the ship. Using these techniques, players redirect the energy rays back at the turret, destroying them with their own fire to complete each level. |
| Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Matsuribayashi-hen | 2006-08-13 | 07th Expansion | 07th Expansion | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Matsuribayashi-hen is the eighth release in the Higurashi: When They Cry visual novel series. It includes parts 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the novel: "Meakashi-hen", "Tsumihoroboshi-hen", "Minagoroshi-hen" and "Matsuribayashi-hen". It is a simple visual novel without branching paths or choices, where the player simply advances the text to read the story. After finishing each chapter, the player unlocks a number of optional bonus scenes called "TIPS"."Matsuribayashi-hen" concludes the main story of Higurashi. The source of the tragedies plaguing the village of Hinamizawa is confronted, and all the remaining mysteries are revealed. |
| Darkstar One | 2006-08-14 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Andreas Müller | | Teen | | Windows | Darkstar One puts you in the shoes of Kayron Jarvis. Fresh from the flight-academy he learns from an good friend of his father, that his mysterious death was caused by sabotage. As a last gift from his father, he gets the ownership of the one-of-a-kind ship Darkstar One and now makes his way to find out the truth behind his fathers death.Darkstar is a mix of Freelancer and Wing Commander: Privateer as you can fly your ship either with a mouse or a joystick. As you solve the riddle you can visit 330 star-systems in which you can trade goods from other systems, take contracts like blasting a pirate gang out of the sky or try to be a pirate yourself. Every action influences the reputation with at least one faction and the game gives you total freedom in what you want to do or what career you want to pursue.It is also possible to search for artifacts. As opposed to other games of this type, you don't buy a bigger ship. Through the whole game you only fly the Darkstar One. You upgrade the ship through artifacts you found in asteroids. If you have enough artifacts for an upgrade, you can boost the basic attributes of the ship. This enables you to install more and bigger weapons or goodies like a shield-booster. |
| The Devil's Shroud: Part III | 2006-08-14 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure | Europe | | Point and select | Persistent | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Devil's Shroud - Part III is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.
The game series consists of 4 parts as separate games. The game uses photographic backgrounds of real locations with hand drawn characters except for the face.Story:
Leonard Ketmeier arrives in Prague (Czech Republic) at night to follow clues from a bracelet found in the second part. He follows that trace to find a satanic cult.
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| The Shivah | 2006-08-14 | Wadjet Eye Games LLC | Wadjet Eye Games LLC | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | North America | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Russell Stone works as a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. Sometimes the line between salvation and damnation is a mighty fine one, he contemplates in the opening sequence, and it shows. His dark and gloomy sermons have driven membership to an all-time low while the bills keep piling up. He questions the morals he preaches without the personal experiences to back them up and is about to give up being the voice of the Lord when he is visited by detective Durkin. A former member, Jack Lauder, has been killed. Stone is the prime suspect because they parted ways on bad terms many years ago, yet Lauder left the Rabbi a significant amount of money. Stone decides to investigate the matter to clear both his name and his conscience.The Shivah is a graphical adventure almost entirely conceived by Dave Gilbert. Originally created in a single month as a freeware entry to the 5th Anniversary of the Monthly Adventure Game Studio (MAGS) competition, the game has been reworked to a commercial deluxe version with improved graphics and animations, voice acting and extra puzzles. It also includes a kibitz option to play the game as a director's cut, with Gilbert interfering during gameplay to offer background information, design choices and references.This murder mystery takes place during the shivah, a seven day mourning period, during which it is both good deed and duty to console the bereaved. Russell Stone is controlled through a point-and-click interface with two actions mapped to the mouse buttons: look and pick-up/use. Unlike other adventures, progression is mainly achieved by extracting clues from conversations with other characters, rather than collecting and combining items. The inventory serves no other purpose than to provide clues. Instead, a separate clue screen is offered where you can match clues to form links or compare them with information shown in the environment. All information to solve the game is provided in-game, but needs to be discovered by taking notes of conversations or reading mails and other sources of information such as a Yiddish dictionary.The focus on the characters and storyline provides a dark and serious setting with logical actions based on deduction. In conversations, you can bring up clues and there are different responses to questions, ranging from aggressive, to subtle or rabbinical - answer a question with a question. While playing, it is unclear which approach yields the best results, but the specific answers, along with a few key moments of moral choice, lead to three different endings.It is possible to die, with a fighting system similar to Monkey Island's insult sword fights. No action-timed reflexes are needed. Instead, the Rabbi needs to capitalize on other characters' pride or weaknesses with fitting dialogue lines. All characters have been voiced and there is full soundtrack, also sold separately. |
| Blood-over- | 2006-08-15 | 9thNight | 9thNight | Action | Side view | | Horror | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Blood-over- puts you in the shoes of Shou, an accomplished Free-Hunter (freelance agents that get paid to fight the forces of darkness) as she wades through several stages filled with zombies, demons and other supernatural creatures killing everything in her sight.Gameplay-wise the game is a side-scrolling brawler with the addition of gunplay and auto-targeting. Your objective is to kill every enemy that crosses your path and clear each stage with the highest score possible. Shou wields dual handguns for ranged attacks and a couple of martial art moves for melee combat, and your arsenal also includes special moves triggered by specific controller motions and a "super" bar that allows you to call forth Shou's Maid ally who can spray the screen with her chain-gun. As an additional gameplay feature you can continue to juggle enemies after you have defeated them for "overkill" combos, which rises your super bar and adds for extra-scores. |
| Fengse Huanxiang 5: Chi Yue Zhanzheng | 2006-08-15 | Unistar | FunYours Technology Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Long time ago, the humans have discovered the secrets of nature. They have built a powerful civilization with advanced technology. But this led to the destruction of nature and death of living beings. God became angry and punished the humans with countless disasters. Seven leaders of the humans sacrificed their lives in order to put an end to their civilization, seal its secrets, and bring peace onto the world.But 900 years have passed, and the humans began to re-discover the ancient civilization. Once again, their greed led to wars. each country employed treasure hunters, who were trained to visit dangerous places and to bring them relics from the advanced civilization of the past. You control a group of such hunters under the command of a brave young man names Aiyin. What starts as a simple mission to protect the newly acquired treasure from pirate attacks end in a struggle to save humanity from committing the same error once again...The game is set in the same universe (inspired by Japanese animé) as the rest of the series. Like all its predecessors (except the second game), this is a strategy RPG. The story unfolds in dialogues, and the largest bulk of the game is occupied by strategic turn-based battles. The system is called Action Order Battle (AOB). Every character in your party has action points. Depending on their parameters, he (or she) can execute a certain amount of actions: moving, attacking, casting spells, etc. The character receive experience points not only after battles, but after defeating enemies, or even after inflicting damage on them. |
| Panzerfront: Barbarossa 1941-1945 | 2006-08-15 | IncaGold GmbH | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, World War II | Tank | | | | | Windows | Panzerfront: Barbarossa 1941-1945 is an action game where the player takes control of a tank in WWII. The twelve missions lasting campaign focuses on three locations: Stalingrad, Kiev and Berlin. The mission goals vary from destroying an enemy, escorting other troops or conquering landmarks - but basically it boils down to driving from point A to point B while shooting everything in sight. The controls use a combination of keyboard and mouse. |
| X-Plane 8: Deluxe | 2006-08-16 | Graphsim Entertainment Inc. | Laminar Research | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Space flight, Vehicle simulator, Vehicular combat | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | This version of X-Plane 8 contains both the main game and detailed terrain images / data for most parts of the world, split onto 7 or 8 DVDs (depending on the included main game's version). The following areas are included:
Africa and Middle East
Asia
Canada and Alaska
Central, South America and East Pacific
Europe
Far East and West Pacific
USA and East PacificAll terrain data is taken from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Due to the vast amount of data it is possible to install only parts of the scenery. |
| F.E.A.R. Combat | 2006-08-17 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | F.E.A.R. Combat is a standalone multiplayer component based on F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon, but released for free, less than a year after the original game. F.E.A.R. already had full multiplayer options, but this 1.76GB component allows everyone to join the online battles, without needing to buy the game.It includes 22 multiplayer maps, 10 game modes, all the weapons and updates, and the ability to play user-generated content. You only need to apply for a free CD key. Users of this version can also play against the owners of the original game.The game modes include Deathmatch, Slowmo Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Slowmo Team Deathmatch, Elimination, Team Elimination, Capture the Flag, Slowmo Capture the Flag, Conquer All and Control. |
| Sword of the Stars | 2006-08-17 | Destineer | Kerberos Productions | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Sword of the Stars is a 4X strategy game, set in space. There are 4 races: Humans, Liir (dolphins), Tarkas ( dragons) and Hivers (Insects) . Each race has a unique style of playing and exploring the galaxy which is 3-D.The Humans use jump engines to travel through subspace at 4 ly/turn, but they must use fixed node points in space and must be able to jump with the energy provided by the power core,no refuel allowed in 5-D.The Hivers travel very slow at slower than lights speeds, but once arrived, they are able to set up jump gates, traveling instantaneously to any other gate world.The Tarkas have a common Star Trek hyper drive, enabling them to explore in a free way the galaxy.The Liir are able to cover great distances, as their ships use infinite-small teleportation,but slow down at half speed near planets and black holes.Once you encounter a space hazard (meteors, slavers, asteroid monitors, derelicts or space swarms) or enemy ships, a battle occurs in real time and you may see even the crew working inside your cruisers, as all damage is graphical: no health bars. |
| The Birthday | 2006-08-17 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Birthday is a point-and-click adventure game made for the birthday of the game designer community The Poppenkast. Its protagonist finds himself in a beach region, where his brother has unluckily ended up standing on top of a bomb which may explode at any time. The protagonist is trying to save his brother. The character can be moved with the arrow keys. Objects can be interacted with by clicking on them when the hero is near, but all actions have to be made in a specific linear order. |
| Specnaz: Project Wolf | 2006-08-18 | G2 Games, GMX Media | Byte Software | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | This is a tactical first-person shooter featuring the Russian special forces 'Specnaz'.The player can select either a solo mode called 'Geroy' (which translates to 'Hero'), or a team/tactical campaign mode, where the player has access to a satellite camera view of the mission area, and can interact with his AI buddies through a top-down interface to order them to move/position themselves or attack a given target, or in a first-person view given orders to buddies in the players direct view.The player has access to a normal set of Russian assault rifles, sniper rifles, pistols, grenades and plastic explosives.
There are vehicles that can be driven, but not fired from, though running over enemies is a possibility.A training mission lets you try some of the functions in the game, but the manual is rather scarce on explaining the keys; e.g. there is a description of how to enter the satellite camera mode, but not how to exit it; there is some experimenting needed to get the hang of things.Enemies will be alerted by loud gunfire and close misses, and they will react to finding dead comrades, and may come hunting for your troop.There are only three save-points allowed in each mission, but these will be lost if the mission is aborted, so each mission needs to be completed in order to progress to the next one. When you restore a save-game in-mission, enemies will stay alerted to your presence, and not go back to the state they were in at the time you did the save, so there will probably be patrols coming for you at the spawn point.The game has five campaigns, with dozens of missions around the world, telling a story of recovering a lost shipment of USSR's nuclear arms. |
| Racing Deluxe | 2006-08-19 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation, Racing / Driving, Simulation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A collection of four Atari games, they are:
GTR: FIA GT Racing Game
V-Rally 3
GT Legends
Michael Schumacher: World Tour Kart |
| The Museum of Broken Memories | 2006-08-19 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A frustrated game author, trapped by his own burgeoning ideas and unclear how to integrate his creative visions into a unified whole, hits upon a framing device: a museum from which different "fragments" can be visited, each with distinct visual aesthetics, plotlines, and external cues establishing context for each "exhibition", and yet all ultimately tying back into the overarching framework structure, riddled throughout with references to T.S. Eliot's the Wasteland and the insightful prophetic verses (particularly those pertaining to Urizen) of visionary poet and painter William Blake.The different wings of this moody and atmospheric museum include the Door Room (aka the Room Inside My Head -- a quest for escape from tormentors), the Room of Ruins (a return to the future of lost hopes), the Fever Room (a colour-desaturated no-funhouse that floods and skews), the Room of Notes (quite literally the developer's unpolished design notes, implemented straight from the notebook drafts), and the Dark Room (13 rooms, rather, bringing pixel-hunting to a whole new level). Their sum describe a stimulating and educational afternoon as would any other museum, but solving an area, playable in any order, doesn't necessarily repair their memories.Staggered throughout the zones describe above, gameplay largely consists of scouring the screen for mouse-cursor-changing hotspots and clicking to see what happens; the resultant explanatory texts may however raise more questions than they answer. Certain visual novel conventions are in effect, notably the axiom that just because a hotspot is fruitless now doesn't mean that later, after a different sequence of actions it won't become more useful toward plot advancement. |
| First Battalion | 2006-08-21 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | ZootFly, LLC. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | World War II | Tank, Vehicular combat | Multiple units/characters control | | | | Windows | This action-orientated game takes you through 18 missions taking place throughout the WWII. Six Missions per side (Americans, Russians and Germans) place you inside a tank from the corresponding period (for example, in the first mission of the game you drive the famous German Panzer II Ausf. C). Your tank is equipped with a cannon with limited ammo and a MG with unlimited ammo. With this arsenal you now have to complete different objectives (which can change throughout the mission) inside the missions like blowing up a fuel depot. In this process you also destroy and blow up many other things in the almost completely destroyable environment (from trees to houses) and of course you've to fight against enemy infantry and tanks.The game also gives you command over a squad of friendly tanks which you can give simple but effective commands like 'make a flank attack on that position' or 'go and repair yourself at this repairstation'.The mission-briefing consists of original WWII film footage where a speaker explains different aspects of the tank-war and a text (read to you) in which the story of your tank-crew is explained. |
| Spongebob Squarepants: Nighty Nightmare | 2006-08-21 | THQ Inc. | AWE Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | This game has you entering the dreams of characters from SpongeBob Squarepants, including SpongeBob, Patrick, and Plankton. You play this game from each of these characters, living out their dreams as you explore their dreamed version of Bikini Bottom. You start by choosing to start as SpongeBob, Patrick, or Plankton. Then you choose which dream to play (1 available and 1 locked by default.)As SpongeBob, you race a hot rod in an attempt to win the Bikini Bottom Speedway Open. Controls are simple point and click with the mouse: left click to accelerate and/or use bubbles to attack, and right click to display large circles that essentially show limit zones of collision. If your circle crosses into another, you'll crash.As Patrick, you don the guise of Starfishman in an attempt to stop Dread Patrick's schemes. Again, controls are mouse based, with left clicking serving as an attack/move function, and right clicking controlling faster movement (pseudo-flight).And as a gargantuan Plankton, you fight to defeat Krusty Krab, all the while destroying Bikini Bottom around you. You romp around with the left mouse button, and shoot eye beams via the right mouse button. The eye beam is very much in the spirit of Godzilla, and will destroy whatever is in its path; but it must be recharged. |
| Madden NFL 07 | 2006-08-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Madden NFL 07 is the seventeenth installment of the Madden NFL series. This version introduces some new tricks, updates some features, and brings depth to some game modes from previous Madden titles.The 07 game focuses on the Running Back by giving you lead blocker controls. After selecting a running play, you can cycle through offensive players to open up gaps. New evasive maneuvers are controlled with a separate stick to elude defenders, along with new juking and spinning maneuvers.Start a career with your favorite NFL team, draft the players, call the plays, and lead your team to a dynasty. Or, make your own player and guide him on and off the field through his entire career starting with the draft. If you do not want to mess with all the options and features you can simply sit down for a quick game. |
| The Exchange Student: Episode 1 - First Day in Sweden | 2006-08-22 | Pan Metron Ariston | Pan Metron Ariston | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Europe | | Point and select | | | | Windows | First Day in Sweden is the first game in an episodic flash-based adventure series, spearheaded by Will Eaken, Dave Rigley and Dimitris Manos. The first episode introduces Emilio Carboni, a 22-year-old exchange student from Florence, Italy, and his friend Vincenzo. Gifted with stereotypical Italian traits, Emilio thinks every woman desires him, although none have shown interest so far. Vincenzo is quite the opposite, but girls find him attractive because of his looks.When Vincenzo returns from an exchange program and shows pictures of Swedish girls to Emilio, the latter decides to apply as well, despite his mother's objections. The entire episode spans the time he leaves Italy and his arrival in Sweden, meeting the other students, adding up to about two to four hours of gameplay. The overall structure is reminiscent of a TV sitcom like Friends or That 70s Show with a fast pace and lots of humor. All characters are voiced by known actors from the industry. While the trial version can be played for free, the full version needs be unlocked for €10. The game includes a built-in hint system to provide help when you are stuck. |
| Atlantis Sky Patrol | 2006-08-23 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Atlantis Sky Patrol is a marble shooter game with steampunk and Art Deco themes. A twisting track occupies most of the screen state, with lines of multi-colored spheres entering it from one end and rolling towards the exit. The objective is to clear the field by making matches of three or more balls of the same color. The player controls a ship that moves sideways at the bottom, aiming and shooting the matching spheres towards the moving strings. Each level has a series of static balls outside the tracks, that have to be matched and destroyed to stop new marble lines from entering the field. If three or more spheres enter the exit, the game is over and the level has to be restarted.Matches of long chains cause explosions that shower down various power-ups and coins, where the ship must be moved quickly to pick up all the falling items before they disappear at the bottom. The power-ups are used automatically after being collected. The Power Ball acts as a wildcard, matching spheres of any color. The Rainbow Hammer throws several balls at the same time. The Rewind moves the lines back to the start. The Color Scanner removes all the spheres of one specific color. The Soul of Atlantis shoots a vertical beam, destroying several marbles in its path. The Orichalchum Bomb explodes the balls surrounding its landing spot.The coins are used on separate shop screen between levels, to buy helpful upgrades. The accuracy upgrade adds an aiming laser to the ship. Speed upgrades make the ship shoot faster. The bonus magnet attracts all the falling items, making it easier to catch all of them. Rewinder upgrades increase the number of bonus items at the end of each level. The disrupter delays the release of new marble strings. Every upgrade has several levels, each gradually more expensive and stronger.A mini-game appears between levels, where the goal is to shoot the large, floating spheres bouncing around to collect bonus items, avoiding hits to the mines that explode the marbles. Besides the main single player campaign, there are modes for two players on the same machine. Team Quest mode is similar to the main single-player Quest mode, but with both players cooperating to beat each level. Competition mode has the players fighting each other. |
| EIPC Free Tetris | 2006-08-24 | EIPC | EIPC | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | EIPC Free Tetris is just like the original Tetris; simply arrange the descending blocks to form complete lines. Each time a line is completed it will be removed. It also includes an additional 2-player Battle mode; every-time a player forms a line it is added to the other player's screen. Who manages to survive is the winner. |
| El Matador (Games Convention 2006 Edition) | 2006-08-24 | Brigades | Plastic Reality Technologies, s.r.o. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | Jan Bulin | | | | Windows | You play as Victor Corbet, nickname El Matador, a special agent employed by the DEA. Your goal is it to bring down the drug cartel La Valedora in Colombia after a big massacre on the local DEA-office in Bogotá.Since those drugdealers and bodyguards will not talk with you, you have access to six categories of weapons from normal pistols to machineguns, rocket launchers and chainguns. In addition, El Matador can slow down the time like Max Payne. There are two modes available. One is automatically activated, for instance when you dive, and doesn't cost anything. The other is manually activated and drains your slow-timemeter. You play with a 3rd-person perspective through different kinds of environments from the Colombian jungle to harbors or hotels. To make your life a little easier, you sometimes have AI-buddies on your side, who are either with you from the beginning of the mission or drop in spectacularly as additional backup.This edition was exclusively available at two German Saturn branches in Leipzig for the Games Convention 2006. It was a limited production of 2000 units and is the only available Uncut version in German. The official release version (pushed back) was significantly altered to get an USK 18 rating instead of none. |
| Xpand Rally + GTI Racing | 2006-08-24 | TopWare Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Xpand Rally + GTI Racing is a Steam bundle of two racing games: Xpand Rally and GTI Racing. |
| The Fall: Last Days of Gaia - Reloaded | 2006-08-25 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Post-apocalyptic | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | The Reloaded release is an extended version of The Fall: Last Days of Gaia, including all previously released patches. The update adds new weapons, areas and quests, as well as graphical changes. The game was sold directly for a budget price. |
| Acidbomb | 2006-08-26 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Acidbomb is a puzzle game where the player is tasked with defusing bombs. Each bomb is composed of a number of cells arranged in a grid, and each cell can be empty or contain a "piston". To defuse the bomb, the player must correctly mark all the cells with pistons, but if the piston layout is not identified correctly before the time limit runs out, the bomb explodes and the puzzles must be restarted. The player can also mark cells with an X to indicate they are empty, or a question mark if he is unsure. The layout of pistons is random every time, but their number is always the same. The piston layout can be found with the help of "SDUs"; these are horizontal, vertical or diagonal light beams that stretch across the screen and can be moved around to highlight different cells. The player is informed about the total number of pistons which are present in the area highlighted by the SDUs, but without any information as to where they exactly are. To make things harder, some of the empty cells contain "viruses"; when clicked, these cover the screen with static for a short time. Some puzzles give the player access to several one-use chaff grenades which instantly reveal the contents of a tile. Apart from the basic, "explosive" bomb, the game includes other types of bombs with variant rules. For instance, the "flammable liquid" bomb heats up every time the player marks a cell, threatening to explode if cells are marked too quickly; the "spontaneously combustible" bomb has a timer which ticks down twice as fast. The game consists of a series of puzzles, represented as bombs which the player has to defuse across different neighborhoods. After defusing all the bombs in a neighborhood, the player faces a boss level in the form of a large, complex atomic bomb which takes a long time to defuse. Getting past the nuclear bomb allows access to the next neighborhood. Additional features, unlocked later in the game, are the "Virtual Bomb Simulator" where the player can create a customized puzzle to solve, and the "Ac!drop" arcade mini-game. |
| Tropical Puzzle | 2006-08-27 | MadGears | MadGears | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tropical Puzzle is a match three game with a tropical setting. To make a match, click a colored ball then click the square where you want to place it. The ball you select must have a clear path to your selected destination. When you line up three or more of the same color, vertically, horizontally or diagonally, they will disappear. Whenever you move a ball and do not make a three or more match, more balls will appear.You will encounter items that help and hinder you. For example, bombs, when moved or double clicked, will explode and clear the square they are on as well as one or more of the surrounding squares. Black 'bad balls' can only be removed with bombs, although they can be moved about the puzzle. Rainbow balls can be used to complete any color row of three or more. Locked balls are unlocked by making a match with them.There are two game modes: Endless and Adventure. In the Endless mode, simply complete row matches to make points unless the screen has become filled with balls, at which point the game is over. In Adventure mode, the object is to clear the blue tiles by making matches over them. If you encounter yellow tiles, you must match over them to turn them blue then match over them again to clear them. There are eighty-five Adventure levels total. |
| American McGee presents Bad Day LA | 2006-08-28 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Enlight Software Ltd., The Mauretania Import Export Company (TMIEC), Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic | | Kenneth Wong | | Mature | | Windows | You play as Anthony Williams, a homeless person in Los Angeles who doesn't give a shit. One day, as he is again blocking the highway with his shopping cart, a plane full of biowaste crashes into the bridge nearby and one Bad Day in L.A. begins. Soon people begin to mutate into zombies because of the dangerous waste, meteorites come down from the sky, a tsunami makes its way to L.A. and many other bad things happen. The game is a humorous take on the USA's post-9/11 culture of fear.Your only goal is to survive. You can do that by either shooting your way through everything and anyone, or helping the people around you. You need to protect them from terrorists, street gangs or zombies with the help of eight weapons from a tire iron to a rocket launcher. But you can also heal the zombies with your fire extinguisher or use it to help burning people. For every action you do, you either get a smiley or a frowney, and depending on how many of these you have collected, the NPCs will have different behaviours. If you behave like a psycho and collect frowneys, everyone will hunt you down and will not help you find your way through the mess. |
| Ankh (Special Edition) | 2006-08-28 | bhv Software GmbH & Co. KG | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This re-release of Ankh at a budget price includes the following:The full gameA making of featureConcept artWallpapersTrailersThe Ankh song |
| Ghostbusters | 2006-08-28 | | | Action | Side view, Top-down | Fangame | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a remake version of Activision's original game released back in the '80s. Ghostbusters is an action game that combines an overhead view and a side-view. From Ghostbusters HQ, the player must monitor the map of New York City for "ghost alarms" as well as casual spirits, and plot a route to the alarmed area. The player then controls the Ghostbuster vehicle as it drives through traffic. Here, the player is able to capture casual ghosts on the way if they are en route. Once at the location, the game switches to a side-view.Two of the ghostbusters will take position and activate their proton beams and toss a trap to the ground. The player will attempt to maneuver the ghost(s) over the placed trap. Once activated, the trap attempts to capture any ghosts directly above it. Successful capture will earn the player money, which can then be used to purchase new Ghostbusters vehicles and new modifications for the vehicle. Unsuccessful capture will see the ghost fly away.Game includes the same city map, car sequences and catching ghosts as before but with new graphics. Music has been changed for this version. |
| Pac-Man World Rally | 2006-08-28 | Namco Bandai Games America Inc. | Smart Bomb Interactive, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | A kart-race game with Pac-Man and other characters from previous Pac-Man games and other Namco franchises. For instance the PlayStation Portable version features Mr. Driller, Mappy and the Prince from Katamari Damacy .The game is packed with not only the traditional Dots to consume and enemies to avoid, but also with power-ups and temporary advantages which players should use strategically to win the race and beat opponents. One example is a power slide to turn corners at full speed. Of course, enemies can also be bitten after eating a Power Pellet. |
| The Crazed Chicken | 2006-08-29 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The Crazed Chicken is set just after 007 3/4: Disappearance Time, which is in turn set after Davy Jones is Back! The game introduces Mikey, a chicken, living on a farm along with the Farmer, who left him behind in town while coming back from a fair. Walking around the town, collecting the items, and talking to inhabitants, the player should help Mikey to find the way to the farmland in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Perimeter: Emperor's Testament | 2006-08-30 | Paradox Interactive AB | K-D Lab Game Development | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The war between the Empire and the Harkbacks has been devastating the known universe for years. But suddenly there is a new mysterious alien race. With Earth itself now a mere myth the Emperor's creation "Mechanical Messiah" will open up new worlds and new chapters in the history of the universe. The balance of the war, now, is in anyone's hands...
In Perimeter: Emperor's Testament, the stand-alone expansion to Perimeter, you will jump into battle against the Harkbacks. This 3rd person strategy game avoids many conventions of the RTS genre by focusing more on building and resourcing and less on actual fighting. You will be rewarded for interfering with your opponent's resource gathering and will have to keep your eyes open for the same happening to you. The game, like it's predecessor, also includes; "morphing" units, deformable terrain, and shield building. There are 25 missions in this expansion which is narrated via a complex storyline. |
| PopCap Favorites | 2006-08-30 | PopCap Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Steam compilation contains the following games developed by PopCap Games:
Bejeweled 2 Deluxe
Bookworm Adventures Deluxe
Insaniquarium Deluxe
Peggle Deluxe
Zuma Deluxe
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| Sudoku XXL ● Kakuro XXL | 2006-08-30 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Sudoku XXL
Kakuro XXL
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| The PopCap Classic Collection | 2006-08-30 | PopCap Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection contains the following 25 PopCap games:
Amazing Adventures: The Lost Tomb
AstroPop Deluxe
Bejeweled Deluxe
Bejeweled 2 Deluxe
Bejeweled Twist
BigMoney Deluxe
Bookworm Deluxe
Bookworm Adventures Deluxe
Chuzzle Deluxe
Dynomite Deluxe
Feeding Frenzy 2 Deluxe
Hammer Heads Deluxe
Heavy Weapon Deluxe
Iggle Pop Deluxe
Insaniquarium Deluxe
Mystery P.I.: The Lottery Ticket
Mystery P.I.: The Vegas Heist
Peggle Deluxe
Peggle Nights
Pizza Frenzy Deluxe
Rocket Mania Deluxe
Talismania Deluxe
Typer Shark Deluxe
Venice Deluxe
Zuma Deluxe |
| Ankh | 2006-08-31 | Viva Media, LLC | Deck 13 Interactive GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | Teen | | Windows | Ankh is a remake of the 1998 RISC OS point-and-click adventure Ankh: The Tales of Mystery. Assil, a young Egyptian architect's son, steals the key of the great pyramid in Cairo to throw a party, but once inside he accidentally knocks over some ancient urns. Struck by a death curse of a disturbed mummy, he has very little time left. At the same time, however, he receives the magical ankh, and he may be about to meet the woman of his dreams. The pharaoh is the only one who can help you, but you are just a pleb, so you need to travel through the Egyptian locale and find a way to attract his attention.The game uses a 3D engine with a fixed camera and everything is controlled by the mouse. Upon hovering over items, the appropriate action appears: walking, running, looking, picking up, talking or using. Items are gathered in the inventory at the top of the screen. You can examine them, use them in the environment, or combine to create a new item. At certain moments, you control multiple characters and need to exchange items to solve the puzzles. The tab button brings up a list of all open quests.Although there is no time dependency, the curse's effects become visible when the magic takes over control of Assil's body, and mystical tattoos appear progressively. The graphics and humour are reminiscent of the LucasArts adventures, and Telltale Games, with many ex-LucasArts employees aboard, took on an advisory role for the project. |
| Backyard Sports: Baseball 2007 | 2006-09-01 | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | GameBrains | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Backyard Baseball 2007 is a baseball game with kids, including young versions of, at the time of release, active MLB players. The graphics are on the cartoony side and the play on the field mostly arcade oriented. The majority of time is spent with batting or pitching which rely on timing, there is also active fielding and management of the base runners. Power-ups can be activated when the power meter is filled up and give certain advantages, e.g. the "split ball" power-up for pitchers causes the ball to divide into two. There are various difficulty options that can be turned on or off like automatic fielding or deactivating bat aim (when activated, the player actively has to aim into the direction the ball is supposed to fly).The game modes are quick matches (also available for two players), a season mode with the ability to change the lineup and some statistics, and two mini-games (Home Run Derby and Fielder's Challenge which is basically fielding training). The player can either use pre-defined or customized teams and some things (e.g. the young MLB athletes or better leagues to play in) have to be unlocked by completing achievements. |
| Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle | 2006-09-01 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Shadow Tor Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | Richard Clark (Ben Kendal), Emma Harry (Emma Harry) | Windows | Archaeology meets adventure in this game set in the desolate Cornish landscape. A dig at Barrow Hill is timed with the Autumnal Equinox, but is it wise to disturb this ancient burial place during an important pagan holiday?Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle is a first-person adventure game that combines accurate archaeological exploration with adventure puzzles. The main character must uncover the mystery of Barrow Hill and learn its connection to a string of disappearances in the area, but doing so means facing what lies beneath the mound. |
| Defending the Reich | 2006-09-01 | HPS Simulations | HPS Simulations | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Wargame | World War II | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Defending the Reich is a simulation of the aerial war between the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe between 1943-1944. Play for the RAF and try to destroy as much as possible in Germany or protect German cities and factories on the other side. Plan the bomber runs by laying out routes and payload or place anti-aircraft guns and interceptors. |
| Einfach Genial | 2006-09-01 | United Soft Media Verlag GmbH | Promotion Software GmbH | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | A PC adaption of the famous board-game "Einfach Genial" (German title) or "Ingenious" (English title) in which the players try to gain points by placing cards with colours on a board and try to group large numbers of the same colour and try to prevent the opponent of doing the same. The clue is, that only the least collected colour counts so you have to collect everything as good as possible. |
| Firestart | 2006-09-01 | | | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Firestart is a remake of Project Firestart, an early 'survival horror' title, released in 1989 on the Commodore 64.The setting is 2066, aboard the research vessel Prometheus, which is in Mars orbit. The ship's team of scientists were engaged in genetic experiments, hoping to splice together a hardy and versatile creature that could be used in iridium mining. However, something went wrong. Contact with the vessel was lost and you were sent in to investigate, retrieve the science logs and clean up the mess.For the most part, the remake is true to the original game, retaining the same ship layout, objectives and events. The one major difference is that the 2D, third-person, side scrolling view has been replaced with first-person 3D.Consequently, Firestart is a combination first-person-shooter and survival horror. You must explore the dark corridors of the ship and attain as many of your goals as possible before escaping. You can pick up guns, but ammo is limited. There are also only a few places where health can be replenished. Dangerous creatures will constantly stalk you and unexpected events occur that may throw your plans into disarray.There are multiple endings, each dependent on the goals you successfully achieved. Secondary goals (such as looking for survivors) are entirely optional, but may lead to a more satisfying ending. There are also multiple difficulty settings, which change the events that occur as well as the toughness of your foes.The game was developed in two and a half months, for the Retro Remakes 2006 competition. |
| Go, Diego, Go!: Wolf Pup Rescue | 2006-09-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Sarbakan, Inc. | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Go, Diego, Go: Wolf Pup Rescue, is based on an animated television show; a spin-off of the Dora the Explorer series. Diego is Dora's cousin, whose mission is to rescue rainforest animals with the help of other characters and his Rescue Pack - a special bag that can turn into different things Diego needs.In this game, Diego and Dora are off to find Baby Maned Wolf, who is lost in the rainforest. The player begins in Wolf Pup Rescue Mission mode (story mode), and as he completes each game it becomes available in Quick Rescue mode and accessible at any time. Finished activities give the player printable animal fact cards, collected in a Field Journal. The player can choose from three difficulty levels, and change levels at any time during the game. Gameplay uses simple mouse-clicks and click-and-stick, similar to game play in the Dora the Explorer series. The mini-games include:
Spot and click on Baby Jaguar whenever he appears
Find baby animals that are hiding in the leaves and return them to their mothers
Find the correct trail to follow by matching paw prints to the animal that made them
Steer a raft downriver by clicking left or right oars to avoid obstacles
Piece together broken tree branches so Sammy Sloth can reach his fruit
Choose a path by finding the animal on it that Diego's sister shows a picture of
Go, Diego, Go: Wolf Pup Rescue, introduces the preschool child to some rainforest animals and practices some early skills such as problem solving, shape recognition, pattern completion, and mousing skills |
| Hunting Unlimited 4 | 2006-09-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | SCS Software | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | Hunting Unlimited 4 is the fourth installment in the Hunting Unlimited series. Like in previous entries the player can hunt for digital wildlife. This iteration features more digital trophies to track and hang above the fireplace mantle.The player now has a option of twelve different game to hunt ranging from the dangerous black bear or cougar to the more usual moose and various kinds of deer. Hunting is done by playing through the 50 hunting challenges or free hunt mode were the player can customize the experiences down to the weather and time of day. Accompanying the player along his or her trek through the six different landscapes is a selection of more than 50 different firearm's, bows and hunting accessories. |
| Jadernyj Titbit 2 | 2006-09-01 | Buka Entertainment | VZ.lab | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | In this sequel to Ядерный Титбит (Nuclear Titbit), you play as Stacya, a sister of the main protagonist of first part, Anton Tvorog. This time events occur in cyberpunk Moscow of 2010. The coup d'etat was made by homosexual "Blue Helmet" military organization, and most of male persons are fed with special radioactive grass to become gays, and most of female persons are transferred either to uranium mines or to underground strip-clubs. The devil with his court has migrated to giant mechanical toy rabbit walking on the streets and is sponsoring the gay revolution. Stacya should find her brother. During her searches she will meet different bright persons such as hot Caucasian driver, editor of "Cabin Boy" gay magazine, owner of strip-club "Fresh Meat", female strip dancers, abbot of Nuclear religion, gay-donkey Fedya, radioactive cow, cerberus, etc., and even devil.The game mechanics is similar to the one used in Grim Fandango. You should move Stacya with arrow keys, turn her with keys or mouse, come to certain item in location, and interact with it. Also the "shoot-the-naked-girls-with-creem-gun" mini-game should be won during the adventures.The game has a fake censorship, very brutal language, partial nudity, sexual scenes, black humour, and extreme violence. It was made by experienced mind of Danya Shepovalov, famous Moscow underground "rave culture" veteran and is played in Russian. |
| Meine Tierarztpraxis (Special Edition) | 2006-09-01 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Radon Labs GmbH | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a special edition of Paws & Claws Pet Vet with additional enhancements.This release includes 20% more game content, more animal species, horse riding, new bonuses in the shop, and additional education material for learning the vetinary profession.You can medicate cockatoos and hamsters, and if you prove yourself, you will learn horse whispering with consultation from famous German "horse whisperer" Andrea Kutsch.Your goal is to become the very best veterinarian you can be. |
| Painkiller: Special Edition | 2006-09-01 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | People Can Fly, Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person | | | Fighting, Shooter, Survival horror | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This is a budget edition of the original game. It only has 12 of the levels that came with the original, with no FMV or multiplayer. |
| Silent Heroes: Elite Troops of WWII | 2006-09-01 | Paradox Interactive AB | Best Way, Dark Fox | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Silent Heroes: Elite Troops of WWII is a stand-alone game based on Soldiers: Heroes of World War II engine and more orientated on Direct Control than on group control like Faces of War does.
Player commands a group of 6 soviet saboteurs who must complete extremely hard missions at the rear of the German army. The game features 10 saboteurs mission assembled into one story-driven campaign with player changing the course of war by destroying enemy radar installations, kidnapping enemy officers and hunting down legendary German Tigers. The game is fully orientated on single player campaign and doesn't feature any multiplayer modes. |
| The Backyardigans: Mission to Mars | 2006-09-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | 360KID | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Backyardigans: Mission to Mars is based on a CGI animated children's television series created by Nickelodeon executive Janice Burgess. The heroes are preschool age creatures whose imaginations turn their backyard into a place of adventure; in this game, Uniqua, Pablo, and Austin travel to Mars to investigate the origin of a strange signal Mission Control is picking up. Gameplay is similar to that in the Dora the Explorer games; completed mini-games move the player through the story. In this case, each mini-game brings the Backyardigans closer to the source of the strange sounds, and rewards the player with space specimens that will be analyzed on returning to earth - these specimens contain music and printable pages. The mini-games are played with the mouse, mostly point and click, and sometimes moving the mouse to control a character or vehicle:
Lift-off - remember and repeat a flashing light pattern to launch the shuttle
Zero Gravity - control Austin to help him put away all the floating supplies in the right cabinets
Shuttle Control - select the correct pre-laid path to maneuver the shuttle through obstacles in space
Meteor Shower - drive the Rover over the Mars surface while avoiding meteorites and collecting crystals
Amaze-ing Caves - use the mouse to move through mazes and blast boulders out of your path
Cliff Walk - cross chasms by dragging bridge pieces into place
Martian River Float - steer around obstacles as the Rover floats down an underground river
Hide-and-Seek - click on items to find the Martian, and then help her find some things she's looking for
Music - the Backyardigans want to celebrate; select an instrument for each one and listen to them play
Analysis Machine - place space specimens on a conveyor belt to the analysis machine to discover more music and some pages to print
Finishing a mini-game in Journey mode unlocks it in Free Play mode, so the player can then return to it whenever he wants. Cut scenes have a skip option, and all other screens have exit and volume icons.
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| The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary | 2006-09-01 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Funatics Software GmbH, Blue Byte Studio GmbH | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Classical antiquity | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | For a long time, the Romans were happy. They had everything. Wealth, women and health. But one day, they were struck by many catastrophes at once. First their women where gone and then hell broke loose. A drought came and the animals died in agony because of the heat, then swarms of grasshoppers came down from the sky and ate, what was left from the crop and to top it all, the nearby volcano broke out.With nothing else left to do, the Romans put everything and everyone who was left on ships and sailed away. But still luck wasn't on their side and they soon hit a storm. After the storm was over, no ship was left but a few survivors found themselves on an island, much like their homeland and they began their search for a new home and their woman.Since this game is a remake of the original The Settlers 2: Veni, Vidi, Vici, the core of the game remains the same. Your goal in the campaign is still to reach the portal in every of the 10 missions. To do so, you've to build a working economic-system to provide for your settlers and to expand your little empire and fight the enemies which are in your way.Besides the completely new 3D graphics-engine, there are some smaller adjustments to the original gameplay. For example you now get 50% of the resources back when you tear down a building.There are also 18 maps available in free play mode were you can set your own goals for winning (like conquer 3/4 of the land) or just settle forever. And there's a multiplayer mode for up to 6 players.
An easy-to-use-editor is available, too which can also convert old The Settlers 2: Veni, Vidi, Vici-maps to the new format. |
| Cold Storage | 2006-09-02 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Set between Stuck at Home and Easter in Reality on the Norm, Cold Storage is a one-room game that introduces investigative journalist Louis Darcy caught by thugs, locked in refrigerator room, and tied up to the chair. Collecting and using the items found in the room, the player should help Louis Darcy to leave this cold storage in a classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Mighty Rodent | 2006-09-02 | Jagged Blade Software | Jagged Blade Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Mighty Rodent is a side-scrolling shooter where the player controls a cigar-smoking hamster with a turret mounted on its back fighting hordes of flying enemies.The turret has a range of 180 degrees, and the player directs its stream of projectiles positioning a reticule over the enemy. The rodent can move left or right to avoid gunfire and some types of aircraft. The first button sprays bullets, while the secondary detonates a bomb that destroys all the enemies on the screen.Money falls from sky and has to be collected to purchase additional weaponry. A shop screen comes up between each level offering upgrades to the arsenal.Random power-ups, like shield boosts and temporary weapon upgrades, also drop from above.The game supports 2 players: the first player uses the mouse, and the second player uses either a gamepad or the keyboard. |
| Mr. Smoozles Goes Nutso | 2006-09-03 | Merscom LLC | Juniper Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The evil invading Goragons are tearing the fabric of reality and the only thing standing in their way is Ed, the lovable cat from the Mr. Smoozles web-comic. The titular Mr. Smoozles has been turned into a mindless gun toting lunatic and Ed must avoid him, rescue all his kidnapped friends, restore reality, and if he has time revert Mr. Smoozles into the jerk he used to be.Mr. Smoozles Goes Nutso is a humorous arcade adventure game where you must collect items and try to solve puzzles you encounter. Items for the most part are automatically used when you need them (such as keys for unlocking doors) but some items will require you to press a key such as "P" for Potion (as in Health-Potion that you'll find). There are fifty characters you'll get to interact with including the cast of Mr. Smoozles the web-comic. Ed's adventures will take him all over the village, into Goragon robot factories, and even into the tears ripped into reality itself. Arcade game-play elements make their way into the game by Mr. Smoozles and other enemies chasing and shooting at Ed while he runs around trying to solve puzzles. Their shots must be avoided or else Ed's mission will fail. Power-ups to shield Ed can be found as well as offensive weapons that he can use against some enemies such as land-mines and electro-magnetic-pulse generators. |
| Bugatron Worlds | 2006-09-04 | Retro64, Inc. | Retro64, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Hostile bugs from outer space are attacking Earth, and the only thing that can stop them is the player and their ship armed with a big arsenal of weapons and gadgets.Bugatron Worlds is a sequel to the original Bugatron where the player once again fights the insects from outer space who want to devour Earth's population and destroy Earth. The enemies typically fly all over the screen during the gameplay and depending on the level they might shoot at the player's ship. Power-Downs are replaced with obstacles that include fans which will redirect the player's shots, and invulnerable enemies that can only be destroyed with balls/fruits (by shooting the balls/fruits to make them bounce across the battlefield and destroy all the enemies they touch). |
| Walaber's Trampoline | 2006-09-04 | | | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | Walaber's Trampoline is a gymnastics simulation where the player can perform realistic trampoline jumps based on twists, flips, tucks and pikes. Different game modes are offered: free play, story, competition and online multiplayer. The story mode introduces the different jumps with helpful demonstrations. By performing well, the player's character, customizable in appearance, earns points distributed over jump, flip and twist power. Progressing through the different story modes opens up new locales, from the backyard to a real gym club, and four different competitions.The game offers different camera modes, simulation strictness and the music is provide by indie rock bands. Points are gained by doing difficult jumps involving many twists and turns, preferably in succession. |
| Birds On A Wire | 2006-09-05 | DayTerium | DayTerium | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Birds On A Wire is a color matching game with small cartoon birds. The player controls a stationary cannon at the bottom of the screen, loaded with a bird and showing the next one on a small round window. The objective is to shoot the birds towards other fowl of the same color, matching three or more to make them explode and disappear in a cloud of feathers. Most of the screen is occupied by a long piece of wire, twisting from the top to the bottom towards the gaping mouth of a statue. A line of multicolored birds keeps marching on the wire, and if several fall inside the hole the game is over.Golden coins appear around the gamefield, and can be collected by hitting them with a bird. After shooting 20 coins, the player receives an extra life. The birds can bounce from the surrounding walls, and their elasticity can be used as a strategy to hit obscured places on the line. Some of the animals have an icon of a power-up, activated once they are matched. The powers are the standard ones from the genre, they stop the birds for a few seconds, make them move backwards, slow their movement, create a targeting line for the cannon, eliminate all birds of one specific color and perform other similar helpful actions.The game has three modes. In adventure mode, the player moves from levels with different background scenes and challenges. In action mode, the goal of each level is to destroy a set amount of birds as fast as possible. In arcade mode, the birds move downwards and the goal is to clear the screen of them. |
| Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine | 2006-09-06 | Himalaya Studios, LLC | Himalaya Studios, LLC | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Western | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The Larry-esque Al Emmo is out of luck. He travels to the forsaken valley of Anozira to meet Ivanna Lottakash, the mail-order bride of his dreams, but she dumps him when he has no cash to show. There is no other train coming for a week, but while looking for lodgings he meets the ravishing Rita Peralto, a girl he swears to make his. Looking for means to attract her attention, he discovers she is linked to the mysterious Dutchman's mine, where many men venture inside in search of its riches. He will also have to deal with his local nemesis Antonio.Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine is a humourous adventure set in a western setting. Al Emmo is fully controlled by the mouse, There is an inventory and the right mouse button cycles through actions to walk, search, talk, and pick up, use and combine items. All characters have been fully voiced and there is a soundtrack. Surprisingly, there are no highlighted hotspots, you need to interact with items and parts of the environment that look useful.In the later parts of the game, it is possible to die and there are also a few time-based puzzles. Some situations have an adult theme, and characters you meet include a shemale, a pharmacist on drugs, a suicidal pianist, cranky Indians, and many others. |
| Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine (Collector's Edition) | 2006-09-06 | Himalaya Studios, LLC | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collector's edition includes the following:Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's MineGame package signed by Britney Brimhall and Chris WarrenCollectible town saloon coupon for a free drinkWanted posterAnizora content postcard to win a signed background and free gamesSoundtrack disc |
| Ducati World Championship | 2006-09-06 | dtp entertainment AG | Artematica Entertainment | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This game is a motorcycle simulation game. It features 70 motorcycles which you can drive on 33 fictional courses. There is also a career mode where you can drive your way through different classes and tune your bike. If you screw up while racing not only your bike gets damaged - during the next pit stop you need to see a doctor too. In the Chapirex Challenge mode you are confronted with small missions, e.g. several wheelies in a row.You can race a friend on one PC per split-screen mode but there is no LAN or online mode. |
| Call of Juarez | 2006-09-07 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter, Stealth | Western | | | | Mature | | Windows | Billy Candle fled the town of Hope when he was young. Beaten by his dad on a daily basis, he looked for a way out and was drawn to the Call of Juarez - a myth about a great treasure buried near the city border of Juarez. His search yields no result and he returns, disappointed, to his birth village to visit his mother. One of the other villagers is Billy's uncle Ray McCall, once a fearsome gunslinger. Twenty years earlier, he decided to shed no more blood and take up the bible instead, becoming a reverend in Hope. When Billy secretly meets with his old friend Suzy, he is chased down the village and becomes an unlucky witness of the murder on his mother and father. He is spotted at the scene near their corpses while the farm is on fire and becomes the prime suspect. Reverend McCall swears vengeance and takes up his guns, disturbing the quiet village life. Fugitive Billy and hunter Ray become the two protagonists of Call of Juarez, a first-person Wild West shooter.Players alternately take the role of the Billy or Ray. Their missions are set in the same locations, they sometimes briefly meet and their actions influence each other, but the paths are entirely different. Both characters can dual-wield revolvers or carry around a shotgun, a winchester or a rifle with scope, but Ray also holds a bible he can cite from to stun enemies, uses his fists, and he can kick and wear a protective vest. Billy on the other hand is younger and more athletic. He can climb rocks, shoots with a bow and uses a whip to scare off animals and swing from branches. Both characters have access to a time-limited concentration mode. Similar to the "bullet time" made famous by Max Payne, the game slows down and the cross-hairs of the weapons slowly move from the side of the screen to the middle. Players can use this technique to take out multiple enemies at once.The playing style is also different. Ray usually moves around all guns blazing, while Billy is a fugitive, forcing him to sneak around and hide in shadows. Enemies respond to movement, sound and even flashes of lighting illuminating areas. The story takes the characters through villages, mines, but also train robberies, chase sequences on horses and one-on-one duels based on reflexes. Compared to its contemporaries, Call of Juarez is more similar to Dead Man's Hand with the linear mission structure, in contrast with GUN's large amount of freedom and the open environment.Most objects can be picked up and moved around to the player's advantage - mainly as cover, but also for building structures, opening drawers, pushing carts and throwing oil lamps followed by a shot to set an area aflame. A compass with a red dot always points to the next checkpoint. Weapons need to be reloaded regularly, automatically or manually, and health is replenished through drinks. Players collect ammo from crates or dead enemies and can choose to exchange weapons.The multiplayer mode features online play against up to 31 other people in different modes. From deathmatch and team deathmatch to modes like "gold-fever" in which players pick up as much gold as they can find on the map. The Xbox 360 version adds achievements, three bonus missions when you finish the game and ten duel challenges. |
| Guilty Gear: Gold | 2006-09-07 | Noviy Disk | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilations includes:
Guilty Gear X2 #Reload
Guilty Gear Isuka
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| The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary (Limited Edition) | 2006-09-07 | Ubisoft GmbH | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition includes:The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary, a remake of the original game in 3D.
Exclusive packaging
A Settler statue
The original The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici, optimized for Windows XP. |
| Alien Shooter: Złota Edycja | 2006-09-08 | 1C Company | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Alien Shooter games compilation includes:
Alien Shooter (base game)
Alien Shooter: Fight for Life (first expansion)
Alien Shooter 2 (base game)
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| Idols Galore! | 2006-09-08 | Sekilala | Sekilala | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | JAST USA Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)In Idols Galore you're the manager of a group of gorgeous Japanese pop idols, and it's your job to send them to the top. But, it's a stressful job, and as manager you get to call the shots. You're the one who decides which girls become famous... and some girls just want it more than others. So, what will you have them do? Welcome to the world of Japan's pop idols!
Story
Welcome to the sexy world of Japan's singing pop star idols! These incredibly gorgeous girls charm their way into the hearts of their male fans, and battle to get to rank up above all others, but to stay on top requires a great manager. Sometimes girls need to give some "special attention" to their manager too, in order stay in his good graces. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, as they say. Kuro has just become one of these managers, and he's determined to send his star talent to the top. The real question is, who wants it the most? Nobody ever said life as a pop star was easy. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit | 2006-09-08 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | | Compilation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit is the compilation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI and Sangokushi 11: Power Up Kit. |
| Valis X: Mezameyo! Valis no Senshitachi | 2006-09-08 | Telenet Japan Co., Ltd. | Eants Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | Windows | Valis X: Mezameyo! Valis no Senshitachi is the fifth - and the final - chapter of the episodic Valis X . The common story of the five episodes of Valis X is based on the events depicted in various installments of the Valis series, describing the adventures of a Japanese teenage girl Yuko Asou and her friends in a parallel world named Vecanti, where she fights its evil tyrants with the legendary sword of Valis. However, the episodes do not follow the plots of the individual games; rather, they tell the over-arching story of the entire series their own way, liberally mixing locations, characters, events, etc., and adding new sub-plots.The first four chapters describe the same events from the point of view of four different characters; the final episode concludes the story.The events are viewed mostly through the eyes of Yuko, the protagonist of the first episode; however, scenes in which Yuko is not present are described as seen by two of the other three protagonists of the series, the local warriors Valna and Cham. The girls unite to confront Megas, the maniacal ruler of Vecanti, and find out the motivation behind the actions of the warrior Glames, with whom Cham has special ties.All the episodes have the same graphical style and identical gameplay system. Unlike the original Valis series, the episodes of Valis X are "visual novels", composed of text and still images; interactivity is confined to occasionally making a decision, which will slightly alter the following events (usually of sexual nature), without influencing the general story.All the episodes of Valis X have large amounts of explicit sex scenes, mostly revolving around lesbian sex and depictions of the heroines being raped by tentacle monsters. |
| Foreverhood | 2006-09-09 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Foreverhood is a first-person game based on the ZDoom engine. It is set in a dreamlike, fantasy world, inhabited by slender creatures called Sequa who watch over the childlike Nuu. However, a terrible enigmatic enemy invades the world of Foreverhood and this invasion might be connected to the player character, a Nuu somehow different from all the others. The game plays similarly to a first-person shooter (although there is no combat in the beginning parts). The player character has two meters, a health meter and an energy (i.e. ammunition) meter, which can be replenished by killing creatures. The player can choose to destroy the invading monsters, or to side with them in killing Sequa and Nuu. Depending on his choice, he will have access to a different type of attack and will need to fight different enemies. Unlike many other Doom-engine games Foreverhood places emphasis on atmosphere. The player can talk to many NPCs by approaching them, and the game world has unique elements such as shimmering pools that act as teleporters, or mushrooms that give a high bounce but first need to be recombined from two parts. Foreverhood was originally planned as a longer game, however ultimately only the first part of the story has been released. |
| Ice Cream Tycoon | 2006-09-09 | IncaGold GmbH | Kozmogames Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | In Ice Cream Tycoon the player wants to become a successful ice cream vendor. Every in-game day is divided into two parts. The first one is the completely menu-driven managerial part followed by the town simulation where the player sells his ice cream.Since the player starts with a small budget all he can buy is a small cart with very limited space to store his ice cream. But when he starts making money he has more options, e.g. he can expand his business by buying trucks or a stationary ice cream parlor. With an expanded business the player can't do everything alone and this means he needs employees, e.g. vendors or security personnel. He can also advertise to attract more customers.During the isometric town simulation the player walks respectively drives through the streets and controls his player character directly with the keyboard keys. If he meets an interested customer he stops, sees the customer's wish in a speech bubble and sells him the ice cream (if he has enough on stock). The townspeople are not randomly generated - this means the key to success is to remember their preferred type of ice cream and keep them on stock. |
| Jimmy's Lost His Marbles | 2006-09-09 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | With a literal twist on the saying, the player has to help Jimmy think straight by reorganizing the marbles in his head. The playfield shows Jimmy's cut-open head, with a pile of marbles of different colours inside. The goal of each level is to click three adjacent marbles of the same colour to make them disappear, causing the other marbles to wobble as they move to a new position. When all marbles are gone, a new level is generated. The game requires the player to think ahead, but by quickly clicking the marbles when they are still moving, it is sometimes still possible to get out of an dead end. |
| God Came to the Cave | 2006-09-10 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Adventure | Side view | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | The player controls a luminescent nugget of ectoplasm, a lost soul trapped in the cave between this world and the next, ushering along other such lost souls so as to save them from its own purgatorial fate. As it so happens, as the game begins, one such soul becomes stuck in the cave, initially requiring assistance but ultimately offering succour to the player!Given the metaphysical nature of this cave, it boasts some features not found in natural caves, most notably coloured barriers that can only be traversed when the appropriately-tinted switch is found in the cave complex and toggled, which changes the hue of the colour crystal back in the starting area which, when visited, changes the colour of the player's avatar... and allows the barriers to be shattered.Physics don't work in quite the same fashion after you're dead, and the player's ghost has difficulty making sharp turns and taking corners. Most of the cave system consists of empty spaces, and so gameplay largely consists of exploring desolate caverns for switches and barriers and backtracking to manoeuvre successfully through tight corners. The endgame is similar, but involves the player seeking out garments with which to assemble a full suit -- dressing up before you go out. |
| Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales | 2006-09-12 | Playlogic International N.V. | Sea Dog | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Fighting | Sea pirates / Caribbean | Naval / watercraft | Artem Romanko | | Teen | | Windows | Arrgh! Have you ever wanted to live the life of a pirate? Well here's your chance to jump into this pirate simulation. You play as either Blaze, the reckless fortune-hunter, or Beatrice, the redheaded daredevil. You'll live the life of a pirate - fighting in bloody sword fights on land and on ship, hunt for treasure, go head to head with other ships at ship. The storyline is non-linear, so you can go off to discover how open the game is. 16 different ships to choose from makes for strategic choices at sea.With the RPG elements you can upgrade your captains, ships, weapons, crew and player skills. There are many NPCs and missions to acquire and undertake.Help a country or plunder a nation... you decide. |
| Company of Heroes | 2006-09-12 | THQ Inc. | Relic Entertainment Inc | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Company of Heroes, from the developers of Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War, is a real-time strategy game that drops you into the fray of World War II Europe. From the bloody beaches of Omaha to the deadly firefights of the Bocage, you attempt to lead your troops to victory one battle at a time. The game comes with three modes of play -- single-player campaign, single-player skirmish and online multiplayer. All the missions in the single-player campaign take place during the Battle of Normandy (codename Operation Overlord) and are played from the perspective of the American Able Company (part of the 29th Infantry Division) and Fox Company (101st Airborne Division). More varied maps are available in the skirmish and multiplayer modes, including many added through patches.What really sets Company of Heroes apart from other real-time strategy games, much like Relic Entertainment's previous entry, is that you no longer train and control individual troops. Instead you deploy squads of soldiers. Players must train a balanced assortment of units in order to obtain victory over their adversaries. Most units can be upgraded and equipped with special accessories that are either more powerful or suited for specific tasks. For example, the M4 "Crocodile" Sherman can smash through hedgerows when equipped with the Bulldozer upgrade. This is normally impossible for tanks in the game. Allied units can also advance through a progression system that awards XP for killing enemies and destroying hostile structures, while Axis units gain veterancy at the Kampfkraft Center through research. In both cases they become more effective in combat.There's also a progression system for the players themselves, called Company Commander. It rewards XP for successful attacks and controlling territory sectors, which can then be invested in a two-branched ability tree. Each faction has three ability trees. The Allied forces trees include Infantry Company, Airborne Company and Armor Company, while the Axis has the Defensive Doctrine, Blitzkrieg Doctrine and Terror Doctrine. The nature of the abilities are diverse. Some may be used to call airborne support, including bombardment, while others can call in special units such as paratroopers, the King Tiger or the Calliope Rocket Launcher. At the same time, there are others which can give temporary bonuses to existing troops or capabilities to units that normally can't perform them. This way, riflemen can be used to construct defensive structures (tank traps, sandbags etc.), for example.Resource gathering has gone in a different direction from that of other RTS games. Players must attempt to capture and control strategic points which bring in the much needed resources of manpower, munitions and fuel to build and train new units. At the same time it's necessary to have the right base buildings to deploy units on the battlefield, such as a tank depot to create tanks, barracks for riflemen, and motor pools for light armored vehicles. Only the Allied engineers and the Axis pioneers can raise new buildings, but some missions may start with a full or partial base already up and running. The Allies and the Axis generally have different types of base structures and combat units.The game's Essence engine brings a level of depth to RTS games with deformable terrain and completely destructible environments. Units will take cover in burnt out craters and tanks can decimate buildings suspected of containing snipers. |
| Company of Heroes (Collector's Edition) | 2006-09-12 | THQ Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | A specially packaged version of Company of Heroes that includes some extras not found in the standard retail version.The Collector's Edition comes in special DVD-type faux-metal case. As well as the following features:
Company of Heroes
Interactive Bonus DVD that includes Behind-the-Scenes footage of the game in development as well as in-game videos of each faction's units.
A mini D-Day replica map
Vehicle ID quiz cards
WWII Field Survival Guide
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| Faces of War | 2006-09-12 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Best Way | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Faces of War is a World War II RTS game where the player commands a small squad (usually as small as 3-5 soldiers) of either Allied, Soviet or German troops in a total of 30 missions. The player can either give the troopers indirect orders (mount a gun, for instance) or control a single soldier directly. In tight situations this might even be required. The troops can perform tasks that one might expect from a soldier: crouch, walk, run, mount a gun, drive a vehicle, take cover behind somethings, mine a road etc. They can even take over abandoned enemy tanks to let the enemy taste their own medicine and they have enough AI to be able to perform certain tasks automatically, such as targeting enemies. |
| Joint Task Force | 2006-09-12 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Most Wanted Entertainment Kft. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Africa, Contemporary, Europe | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The Joint Task Force is a special rapid deployment force. As terror and violence in the world continue to rise, the JTF swears to protect the world. You are major O'Connell and the leader of this group. This real-time strategy title has a tutorial to learn most of the commands and the game introduces the player gradually to the game mechanics. Soldiers gain experience and receive better weapons, air support, supplies and more.You have no base and you cannot build soldiers, vehicles or other units. The only resource you have is money, obtained by accomplishing missions. It can be raised by protecting civilians and you lose it if you destroy their buildings or kill innocent people.The game carries an official license to use prominent arms from companies like Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, General Dynamics Land Systems and more. |
| LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy | 2006-09-12 | LucasArts, Tt Games Publishing Ltd. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone 10+ | Cinematic camera | Windows | The Legos strike back in the sequel to the original LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game, where players now get to explore the original trilogy (Episodes IV, V, and VI) of the Star Wars movie series. Players use LEGO-ized Star Wars characters to reenact all three of the original movies. All of the sets and props are also made out of LEGO bricks, and retain their properties such as the ability to be rebuilt and fall apart. Like its predecessor, the game puts a spin on the series by adding a light-hearted, humorous touch to the movies, and also by using no dialogue. LEGO Star Wars II is a third-person action game with platforming elements. Players take control of the characters and vehicles of Star Wars. In Story Mode, players reenact the key events of the original movies with LEGO bricks. Each character has different weapons, like lightsabers for Jedi or crossbows for Wookies, as well as new character-specific attacks and maneuvers. Each character also has different abilities, e.g. Jedi being able to use the force, R2-D2 being able to unlock doors, or Boba Fett being able to use his jetpack. It is up to the player to use these abilities to solve simple puzzles and traverse the levels of the game. Vehicle levels are more prominently featured than in the previous game, with longer sequences dedicated to piloting traditional Star Wars aircraft.In addition to a single-player game, there is also a co-op mode that allows two players to go through the Story Mode. In the single-player mode, the second character is controlled by the AI. Like in the first game, the Free-play mode allows players to go back and replay beaten levels with any playable character they have unlocked. A new feature allows players to create their own mixed-up LEGO characters and vehicles. Power Brock items and coin stubs collected in Story Mode will also unlock new characters, vehicles, and items for players to experiment with. |
| NHL 07 | 2006-09-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Montreal | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Side view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | EA Sports' 2007 installment of their NHL Hockey franchise refreshes all of the existing NHL team rosters and schedules and adds the Czech Elite League teams to the European Elite League rosters.Player modeling has been improved and features new life-like player specific moves and styles. Additional enhancements to the analog stick controls have also been made, making players easier than ever to control, while still mainting the realism of true hockey.Other features returning from previous editions include GM Mode, single game and season play, Dynasty mode and online play.The XBOX 360 Version now includes support the for Skill Stick controller for precision player control. |
| Open Season | 2006-09-12 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | In this game the player takes the role of Boog, a domesticated bear who tries to return to the civilization after being released in a nearby forest due to an unfortunate misadventure, and Elliot, a crazy, one-horned deer who desires to be Boog's partner.In order to achieve his goal, Boog will have to prove himself to the creatures of the forest by helping them to get rid of the hunters. By gaining their respect, Boog will be able to convince the creatures to help him reach his hometown.Open Season is a third-person view action game based on Sony Animation Studios' first movie. The player controls the main character in the forest and uses the different forest creatures to resolve simple puzzles (considering the target age for the game) by throwing them. The player can collect "achievement points" (not related to the Xbox 360 Achievement points) that will unlock new abilities for Boog. |
| Thoroughbred Tycoon | 2006-09-12 | IncaGold plc | Espaço Informática Ltda | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | In Thoroughbred Tycoon the player steps into the horse racing business and has the goal to earn as much money as possible. First he buys a horse from of two breeders which offer horses of different quality and prizes and chooses one of three training farms. In the prize included is a horse trainer who sets a diet and training plan for the horse - of course the efficiency is better when using a more expensive farm. But if the player feels competent enough he can undertake these duties himself.The player can walk freely over the farm and interact with his horse through a context menu, e.g. he rides it, feeds it or tells it to sleep. Every action influences the horse's affection to the player and therefore its performance. Every horse has different stats which can be improved with the right diet and training. When the player rides his horse on the farm or during the race his only interaction possibility is to smack the horse. This improves its speed but also drains the stamina. When a horse achieves good race results the player gets prize money. This can be reinvested into better food, training or additional horses. If the player has more horses to look after the game gets more stressful because it is played in real-time.
A exceptionally successful horse can be sold to receive a large amount of money. If not it retires after 25-30 races and can then be used for breeding. |
| Ascaron Collections | 2006-09-13 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ascaron Collections is a compilation of three games:
Patrician III
Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates
Tortuga: Pirates of the New World |
| Between Heaven and Hell | 2006-09-13 | MadGames | MadGames | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Vince is having a bad day. He and his fiancee Anna were sent to Limbo after being hit by a car. Unfortunately, the guys in charge screwed up, and now Anna is on her way to Hell. If Vince wants to save her from a horrific fate, he'll have to make his way through this world between Heaven and Hell, facing off against demons, robots, and the many other dangers of Limbo.Between Heaven and Hell is a freeware action/adventure/platformer/puzzler. It draws inspiration from games like Out of This World (which it pays closest homage to), Heart of Darkness, Prince of Persia, Flashback, Oddworld, and Blackthorne, as well as Hollywood's campiest big-budget spectacle action movies. |
| Treasure Island | 2006-09-13 | NevoSoft LLC | NevoSoft LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Scour the island and get the treasure, matey! Gold and jewels, there be!Treasure Island is a match three game. To make a match, your cursor has an item attached to it. Place this item over another item so there will be three or more of the same in a row then press the left button. You will drop the item you were carrying and grab the item below. If, after making a match, there is no way to make a three way match with the newly acquired item, the game will swap it out for one that can be matched. To clear the level, you must make matches over the brown tiles and clear them all. If the tile is dark brown, you must make a match on it twice. When you clear the level, the treasure chest opens and spews treasure into the air where it then rains down while one or more skeletons dance. If you match four or more items, you create a bonus. These, when matched, may explode all the tiles near them or destroy all the items of the same type, anywhere on the board. In timed mode, you must complete the levels before the fuse at the bottom reaches and explodes the gunpowder barrel at the bottom right. |
| 2in1: Zirkus Tycoon + Airline Tycoon Deluxe | 2006-09-14 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains Shrine: Circus Tycoon and Airline Tycoon Deluxe in one package. |
| GTR 2: FIA GT Racing Game | 2006-09-14 | 10tacle studios AG, Viva Media, LLC | Blimey! Games Ltd., SimBin Development Team AB | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | GTR 2 is the "official simulation of the FIA GT championship" and uses the same physics engine as the first GTR game but adds special effects in the lighting and environment to add to the realism.Like the first, GTR 2 is foremost a racing simulation. There are 144 cars from which to choose and 34 different track configurations. Choose from three modes of play: Novice, Semi-Pro or Simulation. Various racing experiences are offered from open practice sessions, driving schools, full race weekends, 24 hour races, championship races, to time trials.A built-in multiplayer mode gives you the opportunity to race against worldwide opponents. |
| Magic Pearls | 2006-09-14 | FirstRateGames | FirstRateGames | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Magic Pearls is a sokoban game.
Your mission is to push the Magic Pearls (or crates in other sokoban games) into their assigned slots in as few moves as possible. The pearls/shells can only be pushed, never pulled.The graphical theme of Magic Pearls is an underwater world. In this sokoban interpretation, the warehouse keeper is replaced by a little fish. By default Magic pearls has 100 unique levels. They are arranged from easy to really hard. You have to start with the first (easier) levels and work your way up.
It is also possible to install extra levels packs.Unlike most Sokoban clones, Magic Pearls has unlimited undo levels. This makes it very accessible to new sokoban players.The default the music and sound effects are relaxing, but the background music can be configured to play any mp3 file on your hardrive.
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| King's Quest Collection | 2006-09-15 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | Bob Andrews, Willie Eide, Scott Murphy, Greg Tomko‑Pavia, Jerry Shaw | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the King's Quest series of games re-released, compatible with Windows XP. The games in the series include:
King's Quest
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne
King's Quest III: To Heir is Human
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Roberta Williams' King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride
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| Leisure Suit Larry Collection | 2006-09-15 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | A compilation of the first five Leisure Suit Larry games, compatible with Windows XP:
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places)
Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals!
Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work!
Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!
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| Monopoly Platinum Collection | 2006-09-15 | Encore, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of Monopoly themed games for the Monopoly player enthusiast. In this you get:Monopoly 3
Monopoly Tycoon
Monopoly Casino: Vegas EditionThere are also some special features included:Mr Monopoly Strategy Guide - Sharpen your game with tips & tricks on rent, mortgage values & dice rolls.
Historical Timeline Desktop Theme - Fun facts since 1935 |
| Police Quest Collection | 2006-09-15 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Adventure, Compilation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of the first 4 games in the Police Quest series, compatible with Windows XP:
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance
Police Quest 3: The Kindred
Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: Open Season
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| Space Quest Collection | 2006-09-15 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Adventure, Compilation | | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of the Space Quest series of games re-released, compatible with Windows XP. The games in the series include:Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter
Space Quest II: Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
Space Quest V: The Next Mutation
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier |
| The Guild 2 | 2006-09-15 | JoWooD Productions Software AG, Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | 4HEAD Studios | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Medieval | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Guild 2 is a follow-up to the medieval life simulation Europa 1400: The Guild. In essence the player is given ability to build and maintain a dynasty in the setting of medieval Europe of the fifteenth century. While climbing the social ladder the player is free to use a vast assortment of tricks and methods to attain titles and profit. Players will have to build or buy property, hire craftsmen, recruit henchmen, bribe town's officials, attain various titles, engage in a courtship ritual, raise a child, blackmail the members of opposing dynasties, charging them with crimes and many more. For each earned achievement (e.g. marrying) the player will be awarded experience points that can be allocated to various stats much like in fashion of RPGs. Another similarity to RPG genre is the leveling system. On certain levels players will have to choose a specific feat that will somehow affect player's character personal stats. The game doesn't have any kind of a storyline. Instead the players are offered four game modes. Three of them challenge the player by imposing specific victory conditions (e.g. Get Rich, Time Limit, Attain a Major Title and so on). The fourth mode, however, has no victory requirements whatsoever. The game will continue as long as the player's dynasty exists. This mode allows players to attain the highest possible status for his house, because even if the main character dies, his heirs (if conceived beforehand) will continue to build upon their father's work .At the beginning of each game the player will be offered to make a major choice in choosing a carrier for his dynasty. There are four classes in total, each of them representing a specific area of expertise with its own set of buildings. Craftsmen are concerned with manufacturing, making tools, selling goods at the market and so on. Patrons take interest in everything related to production and consumption of food. Scholars are devoted theologists and alchemists. And Rogue is perfect choice for those preferring a shady businesses of robbery, burglary, assassination and blackmail.The control scheme has more in common with the RTS genre than with RPGs. The Player can move independently of his character around the town and enter various buildings. However certain actions (e.g. applying for a title) must be performed only with the presence of the player's alter-ego. The game offers seven tutorial courses that will help new players familiarize themselves with the interface and game mechanics. |
| Vigil: Blood Bitterness | 2006-09-15 | Micro Application, S.A. | Freegamer | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Alexandre Sarda | | | | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Blood Bitterness is the first (and final) episode in what was meant to be the Victi/Vigil series. It is a third-person 3D point-and-click adventure game with fixed camera perspectives, using a distinct black-and-white style with a scarce accent of colour, inspired by the art of Frank Miller and Philippe Druillet, and reminiscent of the French animation film Renaissance.The player is Dehon, the last remaining grand disciple of Gomend, the former ruler of an ancient civilization of masked creatures. He has just killed his three brothers - Livos, Pithon and Armon - out of selfish reasons and he is left alone in the palace invaded by a disembodied force of evil. His aim is to escape the palace and understand the original of this evil presence slowly but steadily devouring the universe.The art, sound effects and music create an atmosphere of isolation, inspired by the works of Franz Kafka. Many actions, objects and room are drenched in confusing design, and require trial-and-error, also often resulting in death. The game is entirely controlled through the mouse. The left mouse button moves Dehon around, while the right mouse button is used to manipulate objects or to pray. There is no inventory system. While playing, memories, clues, sounds and images are collected in a gallery, where they can be examined for clues. Puzzles require a lot of exploration, pattern recognition, timed sequences and obscure clues or actions, where opening or closing one of the many doors can trigger an event. There is no save system and the game has been divided into different acts. When Dehon dies, due to traps, certain passages or seemingly random events, the entire act needs to be replayed. Additional clues are given through video cut-scenes, where the characters' unintelligible language, with heavy breathing, is subtitled. |
| String Theory | 2006-09-16 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Originally designed to be a Rampage-inspired destroy-all-buildings arcade game, String Theory was an experiment in making use of spring physics for a core gameplay mechanic. The player controls a stringy, 4-legged creature using the keyboard or a dance pad, where keys/pads shoot a tentacle in a given direction, pulling the player towards it. The goal is to survive, as the camera strafes and pans around the level; learning to control via the awkward movement scheme is the main challenge.The game was created for the Experimental Gameplay Competition featuring RedOctane (2006) where it took first place. |
| Taimanin Asagi: Complete Edition | 2006-09-16 | Anime Lilith | LiLith | Adventure, Special edition | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | Taimanin Asagi: Complete Edition is an updated re-release of Taimanin Asagi that adds an additional scenario, 20 brand new CGs (bringing the total number of CGs to over 120), and fully animated sex scenes. All the sex scenes set in the Chaos Arena are now fully animated. |
| Blumenmacht | 2006-09-17 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Blumenmacht is colourful non-violent shoot-em-up with ballerinas, entirely controlled with the mouse. Gameplay consist of different ballerinas in a pogo dance. The player takes control of the ballerina with the leading part, the prima ballerina. To win a game, the prima ballerina has to throw flowers at the other ballerinas to make them happy, while they try to do the same. Happiness is represented through hearts and the game is lost when the prima ballerina controlled by the player is entirely happy. Other ballerinas in the playfield can be tracked through a butterfly that guides the prima ballerina. To throw flowers at the others, the player needs to move the cat icon on top of another ballerina.Staying unhappy is possible through different means. The prima ballerina can try to avoid the flowers of the other ballerinas, use blossom time (right click) to freeze time and get the upper hand (click on a ballerina to move her through the flowers), or switch to another ballerina to take the lead part. To do this, players need to click the cat icon on another ballerina and enter her name. When this is done correctly within the time limit, the other ballerina becomes the lead. A final way to avoid happiness is through muses. By throwing blossoms at muses, hearts can be exchanged for 3 types of talent: blue (a larger garden with more blossoms to throw), red (nice blooms that make the ballerinas happy faster) and green (faster movement).The game consists of a tutorial and stages with different tasks and environments. Despite the non-violent theme, the gameplay is very hectic. |
| 18 Wheels of Steel: Haulin' | 2006-09-18 | ValuSoft, Inc. | SCS Software | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this truck-simulation-game the player starts with a single truck and tries to build a major delivery company. At the beginning of the game the only available driver (the player itself) has to make all deliveries. After hiring other drivers, the player can give transport orders to them or lend a driver to another company. Like in the previously released games of the series, the current game takes place in the USA and in Canada. There are more than 40 cities to travel to. 35+ trailers can be used to transport more than 45 different goods. But beware: The streets are not an outlaw territory and the police is monitoring the observation of traffic rules. |
| Trainz: Driver Edition | 2006-09-19 | Merscom LLC | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Train | | | Everyone | | Windows | Trainz: Driver Edition is a compact version of Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 where you can have the same driving experience but without the detailed management system. You can choose to use the simple model train-style controller or use a more immersive realistic configuration of a real locomotive cab.As the engineer you'll be able to experience the sights and sounds of real-world historic and modern locomotives through 21 interactive scenarios. Driving a train is no simple task, you'll have to watch the tracks ahead looking for signals, speed limits, and be ready to blast the whistle if you see something in the way.The two modes of play offer you plenty to do. In Driver Mode let's you jump in with ready-to-drive routes and real-world locomotives. Railyard Mode let's you run long haul freight services and high-speed passenger runs. |
| AquaBall | 2006-09-21 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Five-BN | Action | Side view | | | Paddle / Pong | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Alawar product page (from Ad Blurbs)Our Breakout games are among the most celebrated in the world! From the wildly popular Magic Ball 2 to the delightful Time Breaker, we've made some of the most dazzling brick-busting games available. And now Aquaball has joined this distinguished family!Experience a magnificent underwater world of sunken ships and pirate booty in Aquaball, a visually stimulating and addictive new Arkanoid adventure. As you dive into 140 exotic levels, you'll be challenged to keep one or more balls in play as you shatter brilliantly animated seashells, hit daggers that slice across the screen and enter portals that transport your ball into protected treasure troves.The deeper you submerge yourself in Aquaball, the more surprises it reveals. Latter levels challenge you to unlock new areas, activate mines and hit targets that turn the entire level upside down. Along the way, you can catch and use 23 bonuses and a variety of weapons, including the devastating Aqua-Gun. Best of all, you'll hold your breath as you watch marine life swim through shafts of dappled sunlight and an ancient volcanoe spew molten rock onto the ocean bottom.You won't want to come up for air, so clear your schedule and download Aquaball today! |
| PixelShips Retro | 2006-09-21 | Pixelmusement | Pixelmusement | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Pixelships Retro is the sequel to PixelShips. In this retro-themed game, the player chooses one of 160 different ships and engages on a side-scrolling shooter to destroy swarms of enemy ships and other obstacles. (Most) Levels are randomly generated, allowing virtually unlimited diversity. Upon completing the level's objectives, an enemy pixelship may appear. Destroying this pixelship will leave its pixels behind, the collection of which will allow the ship for the player's use. If the player is destroyed, they may choose another ship to resume play with. This continues until all ships are used up. |
| Sakura Taisen: Premium Edition | 2006-09-21 | SEGA Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | Interwar, Steampunk | | | | | | Windows | Sakura Taisen: Premium Edition is a compilation containing the first four games in the Sakura Taisen series:
Sakura Taisen
Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare
Sakura Taisen 3: Pari wa Moete iru ka?
Sakura Taisen 4: Koi seyo Otome
Each game occupies one DVD. Included in the package are stickers with character art from the series, and screen savers with various Sakura Taisen-related themes. |
| Spelunx and the Caves of Mr. Seudo | 2006-09-21 | GameTap LLC | Cyan Worlds, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This is another in a series of graphical adventures for kids by Cyan. The hand-drawn black & white graphics originally done for the Macintosh support an open-ended exploration of the game world. There are many different educational activities within, such as: an Animation Machine teaches stop-motion, Mr. Seudo's telescope concerns Cartesian coordinates, the Yon-Yon Caverns is about gravity, and a Lightning Simulator enlightens on the speed of sound. Also, a Pigtoad Tree teaches choreography and music, Criss-Ants is about animal behaviour, a Pet Lizard concerns metabolism, and the Tree Gene-orator is regarding genetics. There are many hidden spots for kids to click on and discover new items. |
| Alliance: Future Combat | 2006-09-22 | Strategy First, Inc. | Gameyus Interactive LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | In 2008, the secret United States military research base in the Democratic Republic of North Dzambystan is attacked by terrorists.Alliance: Future Combat is a 3D RTS, featuring no resource management or construction, just tactics. In most missions, players will only have a small number of units, with scripted re-enforcements, to complete whatever tasks they have been given.From the perspective of either the US or the terrorists, play through 20 missions in two campaigns. The units feature over 70 different real-life and near-future personnel and vehicles.The game also supports voice-control. |
| John Deere: American Builder Deluxe / John Deere: American Farmer Deluxe | 2006-09-22 | Bold Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation contains:
John Deere: American Builder Deluxe
John Deere: American Farmer Deluxe |
| Kroniki Might and Magic: Antologia | 2006-09-22 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A compilation of six Might and Magic games released exclusively in Poland directly in the Przykręcona Cena budget series.The set includes following titles:
Might & Magic VI: Mandate of Heaven (English language)
Might & Magic VII: For Blood and Honor (Polish subtitles)
Might & Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer (Polish subtitles)
Might & Magic IX (full Polish localization)
Crusaders of Might and Magic (full Polish localization)
Legends of Might and Magic (English language) |
| LMA Manager 2007 | 2006-09-22 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | LMA Manager 2007 is a soccer management game in the LMA Manager series. Like its predecessors, the game allows players to manage a soccer team. Included are teams from over 50 different countries and leagues from 8 of those countries. Available are over a 1000 different officially licensed teams. The game features an improved database engine and a transfer system with more depth than its predecessors.All matches can be watched in full 3D. The AI plays the matches out, but it is still possible to make adjustments to player positions and the like. It is also possible to see the results of matches and all kinds of player and team statistics in the ingame magazine "FootballOne". |
| NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2007 | 2006-09-22 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | The 2007 version of the series improves over the 2005 game with a new 2D game simulation and expanded tactical options to coach and review the games. Many of the decisions can now be set using sliders. For the 2007 edition, the game database boasts some 45,000 players and staff, and 3,000 teams from the world of hockey. The general look and feel of the game has also been revamped.You can also build your own dream team using fantasy draft. Other enhancements include extra trade options and feedback, greater salary cap control and more information on individual cap hits.This version was released via electronic purchase only - eLicense on PC, and eSellerate on Macintosh. |
| Real World Golf 2007 | 2006-09-22 | In2Games Ltd | Aqua Pacific Ltd., In2Games Ltd | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Real World Golf 2007 is the sequel to Real World Golf. Like its predecessor it make use of the Gametrak, an external hardware gadget that tracks your motions. To use it you put on a set of gloves which are linked to the Gametrak with thin wires. Using a small plastic golf club you can make the swing you need through determining the force and possible effects you want to give the ball.The Gametrak can read out speeds ranging from 2000 miles per hour to 1 millimeter per hour.Once you start the game you no longer need to use your keyboard or gamepad, all menus can be navigated with use of simple hand gestures. The game itself contains 15 new 18-hole courses which have to be unlocked one by one. You can play in various modes such as tournament, championship, training and party. Party mode includes several mini games such as hitting cars in the parking lot, hitting a giant bulls-eye in the sky, hitting as close to a target as possible or hitting through hoops. New in this version is a completely revamped putting method. Each game mode can be played against the AI or friends in hotseat multiplayer. |
| The Axys Adventures: Truth Seeker - Battle Against the Lies | 2006-09-22 | Rebel Planet Creations | Rebel Planet Creations | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Samuel Anjam | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Life on Pacifico Island was perfect - until, on one dark day, something terrible happened. Suddenly every beautiful flower and tree was covered in foul and dark weeds. And then the waters became murky, and the gray plague came. In order to protect his island and regain his old cheerful life, the teenager Axys has to fight the weeds and solve puzzles on his way to uncovering the truth behind this strange occurrence.Axys Adventures is an action platform puzzle game similar to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The game includes familiar genre features such as heart life bars, chargeable swords, crystal currencies, moving platform jumping puzzles, memory games where the player has to match character portraits, time attack puzzles where randomly located blocks must be pushed down within a limited amount of time, etc. |
| Ford Bold Moves Street Racing | 2006-09-25 | Eidos, Inc. | Razorworks | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Ford Bold Moves Street Racing is the third Razorworks-developed title in the licensed Ford Racing series since they took over development in Ford Racing 2. Unlike its predecessors, this version has an urban atmosphere. The road races, off-road challenges and circuit tracks have been removed and the action has been taken entirely to the streets of Los Angeles, with 24 tracks available. As in the previous version, the 18 available cars are all Fords, ranging from the 1968 Mustang GT to the 2007 Shelby GT 500.There are 4 main modes: Quick Race, Team Racing, Solo Racing and Multiplayer. Solo Racing offers quick races, and championships where new vehicles and tracks can be unlocked. The real novelty is the Team Racing mode, split up in single races, team championships, challenges and tutorials. Team Racing has the player control two or three vehicles in a single team during a race in modes such as Race, Elimination or Duel. The team with the highest point total wins, so the player either has to switch between the vehicles to drive (the others cars then become AI-controlled) or issue orders such as Block (slow down another vehicle) or Draft (additional speed in the slipstream) to influence the driving behaviour of the team mates. This can be extended to double or even triple actions of the same effect. Blocked cars have to brake and weave across the track until they regain control.Racing or completing challenges earns credits, which can be spent to buy new vehicles in the showroom. Despite the urban theme, there are no tuning options. Cars can only be viewed, repaired and sold. The PSP version adds 6 new Ford cars (1962 Thunderbird Sports Roadster, 1971 Mustang Mach 1, 2004 Bronco Concept, 2005 Shelby GR-1 Concept, 2005 SVT Sport Trac Adrenalin Concept, 2005 Thunderbird) and 7 new tracks. In the Team Racing mode, two cars can be controlled (3 in the console versions) and solo and team multiplayer is supported over Wi-Fi.There is also an alternate Australian PS2 release Ford Street Racing (XR Edition), with 4 additional cars synonymous with the history of Ford in Australia: the 1970 Ford XY GT Falcon, the 1970 Ford XY GTHO Falcon (Phase III), the 2003 Falcon XR8 Ute and the Australian Falcon XR8. That version is also the only PSP version released in Australia. |
| Independent Games Volume 2 | 2006-09-25 | Moondance Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A compilation of entrants into the 2006 Independent Games Festival. Contains full versions of the following games:
Acamar Campaign
Bubble Chamber
CamTANKera
Classic PuffBOMB
Complements
Flatspace
G-Spot Tornado
Goat in the Grey Fedora
Hot Potato Online
Invadazoid
Kishi Kawaii
Kosumi
Morning's Wrath
NERO
Ocular Ink
Palette
Pogo Sticker
Puppy Love
Sharko
Stunt Bike Island
Tube Twist
Unipong
Wrestling Encore |
| Morton Subotnick's Playing Music | 2006-09-25 | Viva Media, LLC | | Educational | 1st-person | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is the 4th title in a series by contemporary composer Morton Subotnick which focuses on teaching children about music. Through the use of videos, interactivity and games, Playing Music introduces kids to the power of expression with a "Listen, Look and Make It So" concept.To navigate through the various exercises, players use a point-and-click interface. The gameplay is divided into 5 games. The first game involves listening to a piece of music played in two ways and then choosing which one meets the criteria. In the second, the player will listen to an excerpt of a composition and correlate it with images (a bouncing ball, for instance). Other games include listening to music and finding the missing elements in the written score.Features include a glossary of musical terms and symbols, over 20 pieces of music by famous composers, the ability to create original compositions and copyright them. Original music can be played in the auditorium on stage or listened to from an audience's point of view. In addition, there are several in-game characters to critique your creations for content, expressiveness and originality. |
| Caesar IV | 2006-09-26 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Africa, Classical antiquity, Europe, Middle East | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Caesar IV is the long-awaited sequel to Caesar III. In this historic city-building game, you govern a province of the Roman Empire, and are given the task of building its capital city. If you are successful, you move off to another province, with the final goal of becoming Caesar.The main focus of the game is on planning and building your city, while keeping your citizens happy and safe. Rome expects you to turn a profit and send regular shipments of goods back. And in the meantime, you have to defend your city against plundering barbarians.The online part of the game is divided in two sides: in Caesar's Challenge you compete against other players to become the best governor of the season; in the Empire mode, you can build up and expand your own province by completing and uploading scenarios. |
| Empire Builder Pronto | 2006-09-26 | Intersystem Concepts, Inc | Intersystem Concepts, Inc | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | Train | Menu structures, Point and select | | | | Windows | Empire Builder Pronto is the licensed computer version of the popular Empire Builder crayon rails series of board games by Mayfair Games. Players build a railroad empire by building track and deliver cargo loads across a variety of locations like the USA, Europe, Japan, the Moon, and Mars. It is possible to compete with other players or the computer, play with rule variants, and design custom maps and scenarios. |
| Mage Knight: Apocalypse | 2006-09-26 | Namco Hometek Inc. | InterServ International Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Mage Knight: Apocalypse is an action role-playing game based on the world of the WizKids' tabletop game Mage Knight. Players take on a role of one of the five warriors who have been called by the Solonavi spirit masters to root out all evil in a magical world known as simply The Land. The five heroes eventually join forces, but the player can only actively control the character chosen in the beginning. The gameplay is heavily action-oriented, similarly to Dungeon Siege games. Multiplayer is included along with the single-player campaign.The playing style varies depending on the character chosen by the player. The game's protagonists are: Janos Freeborn, a dwarf gunner, a former slave of the Atlantean magestone mines who fights with melee weapons, firearms, and explosives; Kithana is a vampiress from the destroyed House of Uhlrik, who also specializes in necromancy and assassination; Chela is an amazon huntress whose fighting style is modeled after animals: melee-oriented bear, eagle-style ranged attacks, and counter-based, evasive jaguar; Sarus is a draconum mage with a bad childhood, able to cast earth, fire and wind spells; finally, Tal Windstrider is an elven paladin and a rounded-up character; proficient in melee, ranged attacks and healing. |
| Miss Spider's Scavenger Hunt | 2006-09-26 | Game Factory ApS, The | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Miss Spider's Scavenger Hunt is based on Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends, a children's TV series which in turn is based on the Miss Spider series of books written and illustrated by David Kirk.As the player begins, they are given the choice of playing the full game or just the activities. If the player choose the full game, a difficulty level from 1 - 3 can be selected.Miss Spider gathers her children: Bounce, Squirt, Shimmer, and Dragon, and announces that there is to be a scavenger hunt - each bug-child has his own list of items from nature to find in Sunny Patch. There are various seeds to look for: floating seeds, golden seeds, sunflower seeds; different kinds of flower petals: pink and yellow; and berries - raspberry, strawberry, cranberry. The player begins by picking one of the children to go first; when they return with the items the player will pick another one until all four children are done - this is necessary to access the final activity.The controls are point and click; clicking just ahead of the player's character keeps him moving in that direction. Clicking on certain items picks them up and the player can then drag them into your inventory on the right side of the screen. On the left there is a leaf that will display the things the player needs to find for the scavenger hunt and if they rest the mouse over an item, the player can also hear what it is. At the bottom of the inventory panel, there is a Miss Spider icon that will take the player to the options screen, allowing to save, load, create a new game, change the volume, view the credits or quit the game.There are nine different activities (two per child, plus one final), covering such developmental skills as logic, sequencing, sound memory, keyboarding, sorting, and math. The final activity requires a little eye/hand/brain coordination to induce Miss Spider to show her DDR skills!This game is suggested for children ages 4 - 7; younger ones may need some assistance with the arcade-style games even at the easiest level. |
| Triplane Turmoil II | 2006-09-26 | Draconus Entertainment Ltd | Draconus Entertainment Ltd | Action | Side view | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | This sequel to Triplane Turmoil adds two new plane types and multiple gameplay features. The game offers six single player campaigns and over 30 multiplayer maps to compete against human and computer opponents. The game is still a a fast-paced sidescrolling 2D shooter like its predecessor, but all objects are now three-dimensional and the background has an added depth to it. The solo campaigns now have all-new intelligence missions where the player must photograph important enemy facilities. The multiplayer is currently split-screen only, but a patch for online play is in the works. |
| FIFA Soccer 07 | 2006-09-27 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Enhancing the engine debuted with the previous game and official 2006 World Cup game, FIFA Soccer 07 includes enhanced ball and player collision physics and more player animations adding to the 16 trick moves and first touch ball reception introduced to the game engine with the previous games in the series. Players can choose between 2 and 10 minutes halves in three different game speeds and four different difficulty levels. Over 510 teams are accurately represented in the game. 27 leagues from 20 nations are included, along a "Rest of the World" for the best teams in championships left outside the game and international teams. Spain, England (with two), France, Germany, and Italy also feature second divisions. Players can also create two clubs, customizing their badge, kits and home stadium, selecting players from anywhere in the game, along with the starting budget in manager mode. The player creation tool remains mostly unchanged, with the ability to customize everything, from faces (with a complete set of options, from jaw width to eyebrow shape) to the appearance and playing abilities.While the focus of this yearly update was on the game engine, the Manager mode was also enhanced: players now also improve their playing ability from being active members of the squad, forcing the player to choose between keeping his celebrated stars near retirement in the starting eleven or give the benefits of the youth system a chance to shine. Another new feature, in what is now the primary mode of the series, is the ability to watch the game in a simplified text mode, with the ability to jump into action to turn the events still available. The points system was replaced by a less abstract currency model (with the ability to choose between Pounds, Euros or Dollars). Other game modes include Tournaments (including the creation of custom tournaments) and Challenges. By completing challenges (similar to the Global Challenges mode in World Cup 2006) the player can spend points in the Fanshop with items such as new teams, a special overhead camera, new balls from Adidas (including all original World Cup balls from 1974 to 2002), stadiums, third kits and special celebrations for created players.Finally, online gaming received a new mode: Interactive Leagues. These are online-only leagues based on the fixtures of their real counterparts (English Premier League, French Ligue 1, German Bundesliga, and Mexican 1st division). Then, online players go head-to-head with their favorite teams with a victory counting one vote for their favorite team. Once the week is over, the team with more votes is declared the winner of the week, getting three points. The number of weekly matches a player can do in this mode is unlimited. |
| Just Cause | 2006-09-27 | Eidos, Inc. | Avalanche Studios AB | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | Helicopter | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | You are Rico Rodriguez, a CIA-agent who is sent to the small Island of San Esperito to start a revolution and bring down the current regime under the rule of General Salvador Mendoza.After you jumped out of the airplane and helped your local contact survive an attack by gang members, you have - much like GTA: San Andreas - the freedom to do what you want. The complete island is accessible from the beginning and you can either follow the main storyline, engage in side-missions, or collect items all over the place. To help the revolution you can also drive the government out of the individual sectors on the island. This is accomplished by a three-stages fight in which you have to go up against a huge army of government forces.As a fully trained agent, Rico can also perform many stunts. He has always an parachute equipped which he can open whenever he has enough speed. So he often uses cars or bikes as a jump-pad and then sails smoothly into the sunset.But of course he cannot impress the evil regime with that, so he also has access to a wide range of weapons from pistols with unlimited ammo to rocket launchers and machine guns. Rico is also trained to drive everything that has an engine, from a normal bike to a fully-armed military helicopter. |
| ParaWorld | 2006-09-27 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Spieleentwicklungskombinat GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Steffen Priebus | Fantasy, Steampunk | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | A theory says that there are infinite parallel realities. In one reality for instance, the dinosaurs never died. At the beginning of the 19th century, a group of scientists, under the rule of Jarvis Babbit known as SEAS, finds a way to locate and go through the doors between those realities and they discover the reality of ParaWorld. The scientists find out that this world has different laws of nature, one of them prevents the scientists from aging. Of course they use their knowledge of newer and better technology to take control over the primitive human society in ParaWorld that lives in harmony with the dinosaurs and they use it to their advantage.Three young scientists named Anthony Cole, Stina Holmlund and Béla András Benedek then discover what the SEAS does and so the SEAS lures them to ParaWorld in order to silence them. The three friends now not only have to save their lives but free ParaWorld from the SEAS as well.ParaWorld is a real-time strategy game like Age of Empires but with a few tweaks. The main difference is the Army-Builder and the Army-Controller. Before you start a skirmish or multiplayer-game, you can build your army out of the available units. You have limited resources and limited space to do that and the better the unit, the higher the cost and the space it takes up - e.g. you can only have one level-5 unit - the most powerful in the game. During gameplay, you always see every unit you have in the Army-Controller, sorted by rank and what they are doing. Of course you can also build and upgrade your units inside the game with three different resources but you are still limited by the Army-Controller. In the campaign mode you play three different nations: The Northfolk, the Desertriders and the Dragon-Clan. They need to defeat the SEAS and the barbarians in five different zones of ParaWorld: the Northland, the Savannah, the Jungle, the Icedesert and the Valley of Ashes.If you grow tired of the AI, you can also switch to the multiplayer mode in which you can go against up to 8 players. Besides Deathmatch and Domination in which the players need to control specific areas of a map in order to win, there is also a mode called Defender where one player fights against all others. He needs to survive a predefined time-frame. To help him in this task, the single player has access to more resources and starts with a partly working base at the beginning of the match. |
| Arvoch Conflict | 2006-09-28 | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | StarWraith 3D Games LLC | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | | Windows | www.starwraith.com (from Ad Blurbs)Squad Based 3D Space Combat Simulator
Fight Escort Build Mine Recover Rescue Spy"You'll fly past planets, through nebulae, and into a galactic scene that makes the galaxies depicted in old Silver Surfer comic books look barren. ...Any gamer who's even partially interested in space combat owes it to him/herself to give Arvoch Conflict a whirl." - GameSpyOver 100 years have passed since the last encounter with the Vonari. The Alliance has used the time to research and reverse engineer advanced alien technology in an effort to better confront the Vonari threat. The result is a new breed of powerful spacecraft and weapons. But a mysterious development by the Vonari is about to shake humanity's confidence at its core...Arvoch Conflict brings new elements of real-time strategy, resource management, and control to the traditional theme of first person perspective 3D space combat simulation. Offering a wide range of ways to play and modify the game, it provides a unique feature packed template for space-sim fans to engage in.Arvoch Conflict introduces new gameplay objectives to the traditional space combat theme. Building defense networks with shield casters, rescuing stranded pilots, recovering lost technology, striking stations on the surface of planets, and clearing mine fields are just some of the new objectives in the game. New system technology and control options include individual directional shielding (with augment control), gunsight target selection, hull damage monitor, target subsystem tracking, player initiated ship specific command directives, high powered inertial dampening system, and continuously operating open space jump drives. The new graphics engine features an in-scene 3D cockpit (with gauges and readouts also rendered using the 3D engine, not a flat 2D overlay of icons and text) that reacts to the pilot's control input, environment lighting, and weapon/object impacts. Seamless environment transitions, broad control support (keyboard, mouse, joystick, and gamepad), player controlled mission scenarios, manageable newtonian physics system, diverse offensive/defensive combat tactics, cloaking devices, complete freedom of movement, and multiplayer with command of AI wingmen highlight some of the unique features and gameplay found only in Arvoch Conflict.Get ready to launch into ultimate 3D space combat! |
| Petka 007: Zoloto Partii | 2006-09-28 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | Svyatoslav Kondaurov (Светослав Кондауров), Vladislav Goncharov (Влад Гончаров) | | | | Windows | This installment in the long-running Russian series begins with the titular Petka and his commander, Vassilij Ivanovich Chapaev, on a ship with their comrade Furmanov (reminiscence of a popular story from the times of the Russian civil war of 1918). But as it often happens in video games, something goes wrong: the young and reckless Petka accidentally teleports the ship into the future, namely 1969. The ship collides with Hugh Hefner's motorboat. Chapaev is unconscious, and Petka realizes that the future once again depends only on him...Like the previous games in the series, Zoloto Partii ("The Gold of the Party") is a puzzle-solving adventure, mainly focusing on inventory-based puzzles. Graphically, it follows the template introduced in the previous game. The title and the setting are an obvious parody on James Bond; but the game also pays homage to Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail, also the seventh installment in the famous humorous adventure game series; like Love for Sail, it is set on a ship, and revolves around "pleasing" young sexy women. |
| Agent Hugo: RoboRumble | 2006-09-29 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Agent Hugo: RoboRumble is a fast paced racing game with platform elements.The city of Aquapolis has been invaded by a new evil villain - Geekdorph, Lord of Robots. Agent Hugo escapes to a teleporter and gets beamed to the secret hideout of R.I.S.K (Risky Intelligent Spy Knights).From the hideout, Hugo must teleport into space, the desert and Aquapolis to defeat Geekdorph's challenges and collect information about Geekdorph's secret location - so the final three stage boss-fight can take place and the citizens of Aquapolis set free.Hugo has a companion - TEX 2000 - an intelligent hoverboard.
Surf on TEX 2000. Destroy robots with his force field or shoot them with lasers, missiles and smart bombs! Accelerate TEX 2000 to extreme speeds and take risky jumps to increase your score.The player controls Hugo standing on the hoverboard (TEX 2000) and has to help him complete three main game plays in a total of nine levels."Time run": Can you complete a number of rounds on time?
"Destroy all robots": Can you takeout all robots?
"Point collect": Jump high - look around! - can you make a perfect score? |
| Castle of Shikigami III | 2006-09-29 | CyberFront Corporation | AlfaSystem Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | A continuation of the Shikigami series, CoS III is a standard vertical-scrolling sci-fi shooter, featuring ten different characters each with their own special weapons and abilities.There are five different stages to play in, each of them divided into two chapters and has the standard huge, wild-looking bosses to destroy. The player also has the option to switch between aircraft in mid-flight in one-player games or you can play with a friend in co-op. There are fifty-five possible story elements and a Tension Bonus system that rewards the player by putting themselves in danger by getting close to enemies and dodging enemy fire and it also has a gallery mode. |
| City of Heroes: Good Versus Evil Edition | 2006-09-29 | NCsoft - North America | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Good vs. Evil Combined Edition includes both City of Heroes and City of Villains, including the expansion Issue 7: Destiny Manifest which introduced dynamic player-versus-player zones and villain Mayhem Missions.The pack also provides a wide range of special features, including items, special in-game prestige travel powers and new costume pieces for both heroes and villains. These are also available to City of Heroes and City of Villains players using a serial code that can be purchased from the PlayNC website. |
| Dollar | 2006-09-29 | PAN Vision AB | PAN Vision Studio AB | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | In Dollar the player takes the role of a female police officer who has to solve a tough case: The murder of Elisabeth Lindberg who has been found in the men's room of a hotel in Stockholm. After her father's death she took over the business, much to the disapproval of some employees and relatives. She's also a former model and has been recently divorced from a famous pop star. This means there are a lot of suspects around...The player takes the role of the supervisor and never leaves his office - exceptions are the interrogations which he is also responsible for; his two assistants are specialised in forensics and general investigations. The player gives his orders by stamping fields on the various info sheets, e.g. to to execute a search warrant he opens the house sheet and drags & drops the stamp on the corresponding field. After a short while he receives the results in an e-mail - every time new information arrive these can be directly accessed by clicking on a symbol in the upper left corner.The player also has four other tools to his disposal which help him solving the case. The phone is used to call three people: The managing inspector who gives hints when stuck, the district attorney to receive search warrants and a journalist who can give important additional information. A special board is dedicated to show the relationships of all suspects to the victim or to each other. Here the player also orders the surveillance of a suspect. The computer has a timeline of the crime saved which is used to find discrepancies in the statements of the suspects and unaccounted time. Finally the map shows all locations which are relevant to the investigation.Before the interrogations the player has to choose up to three topics. He often has the choice between a nice and a confrontational statement. While the latter may bring more information it can also offend the suspect and lead him to stop the conversation. It is, however, not possible to get stuck because of that. |
| Dominions 3: The Awakening | 2006-09-29 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Illwinter Game Design | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | For time untold, the Pantokrator ruled over the known worlds as a god and was the most powerful force known. He slew other creatures who strived to make themselves gods, denounced as pretenders, and asserted his will over all. Those that survived the Pantokrator's hunt either hid themselves among the worlds, or vanished into a deep sleep, to rise once more when safe. Finally, after hundreds of years the Pantokrator has fallen and a power vacuum is left in his wake. The world has fallen into chaos and kingdom clashes against kingdom as spheres of power expand. The pretenders reawaken into the world. Allying themselves and being worshipped by specific civilizations and races, they know that they must fight one another... for obstacles must be defeated in order to obtain godhood.Dominions 3: The Awakening is a 4X turn-based strategy game that's primarily played on a world map. Starting from a randomly generated or assembled map, players choose from among 20 civilizations and an avatar creature with which to conquer all others. From this new kingdom, players manage resources in their provinces and assemble armies (a commander, and any additional units) who are able to move between the provinces, conquer new lands and perform other tasks. Each province produces it's own amount of taxes (gold), resources, supplies and special bonuses, which are used to construct fortifications, churches, hire mercenaries, buy new units and manage the empire.As Dominions 3 is a fantasy game, commanders may also be proficient in one of six different kinds of magic spells. Players must assign commanders to research in order to discover and learn new spells before they can be used in battle. There also exists "field spells" which can be cast outside of battle, but which consume magical gems as their cost. Magical Gems can be found from magical events or by discovering the magical sites that may or may not exist in any given province.Game rules can be customized to make any game easier or harder. Multiplayer functions allow players to compete against one another in empire building online. A variety of victory conditions can be set to determine the winner. |
| Sexy Beach 3 | 2006-09-29 | Illusion | Illusion | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | The premise of Sexy Beach 3 is simple: there is a beautiful island called Sexy Island; you, the nameless hero of the game, have just won a trip to the island in a lottery. As you check in the local hotel, you find out that there are six lovely girls inhabiting the island. These girls are characters from other Illusion games: Esk from Des Blood 4, Eo from A-GA, etc. You will have to date those girls and eventually have sex with them.The game plays very similarly to Sexy Beach 2, but adds more locations, improved interface and interaction, quicker date pacing, etc. In the beginning, you don't have much to do but to watch the girls doing whatever they like doing. After several game days, the girls will begin to like you. Eventually, you'll be able to bring them to your hotel and to have sex with them. You'll be able to choose various positions for the sex. You can also unlock swimming suits and accessories, and dress the girls up. Like its predecessor, the game allows you to rotate and zoom the camera freely. |
| Glyph | 2006-09-30 | Sandlot Games | Sandlot Games | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Glyph is a match-three game. The player needs to save the world of Kuros by completing antique sculptures in 255 levels in five different worlds. Get three or more stones in one row so they disappear. If you manage to match four or more, you will get one of fourteen power-ups. |
| 1701 A.D. | 2006-10-01 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Related Designs Software GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | 1701 A.D. is part three of the ANNO / A.D. series and combines the most successful aspects of 1602 and 1503. In this strategy game, you have to build up your own settlement and fight against pirates and other competitors. The AI players have an own profile and act very differently, from war declarations over trade agreements to alliance pacts.The main challenge of 1701 is to build up a settlement from simple pioneers up to aristocrats. You need to construct and manage a blossoming economy and supply your inhabitants with special buildings and goods. Pioneers need almost nothing and aristocrats want access to all the available goods, slowly introducing the learning curve.The player has the choice of different game types: Tutorial, Scenarios (10), Continuous Play (main part of 1701), the Playground (a place where the player can build all that he likes without paying any costs or check out the needs) and Multiplayer (up to 4 players). |
| Battlefield 2142 (DICE Collector's Edition) | 2006-10-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This digital-only special edition of Battlefield 2142 includes:
the full version of the game
opportunity to play the demo 24 hours prior to the game's release
the game soundtrack
"The Making of Battlefield 2142" video feature |
| Cabela's African Safari | 2006-10-01 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Magic Wand Productions | Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Hunting | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Cabela's African Safari takes you to the wild's of Africa in search of the most valued trophies on the planet. Hunt in 5 different countries like South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, each with their own challenges and perils.You have several different firearms, rifles from the .243 (designed mostly for small antelopes) up to the .600 (for big game like Elephants and Rhinos), shotguns for bird hunting and small caliber hand guns designed to protect you against small predators.Each stage has five hunts, from tracking several small game, one big trophy game, bird hunting, herd hunting, in which you sit in the back of a jeep and try to bring down a trophy animal in the midst of a herd, and finally the Trophy Hunt in which you take down one of the Big 5 of Africa (Rhino, Leopard, Elephant, Cape Buffalo and the Lion). You also have a tracker which gives you clues on where to find your game, a porter to give you advice of which firearm to use and a guide to help you along and set up the hunts. Each hunt has a specific time limit so you won't have time to take in the beautiful surroundings in the game. The landscape is populated with all kinds of animals, most harmless and will run when they catch wind of you, but you have to watch out for predators who will attack, especially Hyenas, wild dogs and even leopards and cheetahs. Elephants and rhinos will attack to if they feel provoked.After completing a safari you can play it again in the Open Safari in the main menu if you want to go back to a favorite hunt, plus after you take down the Trophy Hunt animals you can go after them again on the main menu with the option called The Big Five and even hold tournaments to see who is the better hunter. A sure-fire winner for video game hunters. |
| Diner Dash: Flo on the Go | 2006-10-01 | PlayFirst, Inc. | PlayFirst, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Flo is back, but this time, she is on vacation. Join Flo as she works as a waitress while on vacation. Flo was planning on just taking a nice, quiet vacation, but she keeps losing her clothes and needs to work to make money to buy new clothing.The gameplay is very similar to the other games in the series. You play as Flo, who is a waitress. Your job is to seat and serve customers and to clean up after they leave. Different customers act differently, with some being very patient, some being loud and annoying, and some being in a hurry. Also, each person is a certain color and if you can match the person with a seat that is the same color, you can get bonus points. First, you'll need to seat your customers. Then, when they are ready to order, you will take their orders and then serve them their food. When they are done, you can collect their money and clean up their table. Sometimes, there will be other things to do as well, such as serving drinks or desserts or cleaning up spills.There are some notable differences in this game from the previous games in the series. Some of those differences include sometimes having 2 babies at a table having "love birds" as a customer type. Also, you are not working at regular restaurants... you're on vacation. Instead of restaurants, you will serve customers in different locations, such as on a cruise ship or a train. Sometimes, you will even have to serve customers in the dark, with only a flashlight to guide you.During the game, you will unlock new clothing and you will be able to dress Flo up in a variety of different shirts, pants/shorts/skirts, shoes, hats/sunglasses, and aprons. You can also upgrade each restaurant. However, unlike in previous games in the series, you can upgrade any part you want to instead of having to only upgrade items in a specific order. You only have a single upgrade option for each item, though... no choosing different colors or designs. |
| EA Sports: 06 Collection | 2006-10-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | EA Sports 06 Collection is a five-game package that collects the 2006 releases of four different EA Sports franchises, and also includes a classic from 2005:NBA Live 06
NHL 06
Madden NFL 06
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06
Nascar SimRacing |
| Electronic Literature Collection: Volume One | 2006-10-01 | Electronic Literature Organization | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Electronic Literature Collection: Volume One is a collection of various indie interactive fiction (primarily text adventures and hypertext media). The following games are part of the collection:
Accounts of the Glass Sky, by M.D. Coverley, 2002
All Roads, by Jon Ingold, 2001
Bad Machine, by Dan Shiovitz, 1999
Birds Singing Other Birds' Songs, by Maria Mencia, 2001
The Cape, by J. R. Carpenter, 2005
carrier (becoming symborg), by Melinda Rackham and Damien Everett, 1999
Carving in Possibilities, by Deena Larsen, with sounds from Matt Hansen, 2001
Chemical Landscapes Digital Tales, by Edward Falco, with photograms by Mary Pinto and design by Will Stauffer-Norris, 2006
Code Movie 1, by Giselle Beiguelman, with music by Helga Stein, 2004
Cruising, by Ingrid Ankerson and Megan Sapnar, 2001
Dawn, by Reiner Strasser and Alan Sondheim, 2005
Deviant: The Possession of Christian Shaw, by Donna Leishman, 2004
Diagrams Series 6: 6.4 and 6.10, by Jim Rosenberg, 2005
Dreamaphage (Versions 1 and 2), by Jason Nelson, 2003
The Dreamlife of Letters, by Brian Kim Stefans, 2000
Faith, by Robert Kendall, 2002
The Fall of the Site of Marsha, by Rob Wittig, 1999
Frequently Asked Questions about "Hypertext", by Richard Holeton, 2006
Galatea, by Emily Short, 2000
Generative Poetry, by geniwate, with text and images from When You Reach Kyoto by Brian Kim Stefans, 2005
Girls' Day Out, by Kerry Lawrynovicz, 2004
, by Mary Flanagan, 2006
I, You, We, by Dan Waber and Jason Pimble, 2005
ii -- in the white darkness: about memory, by Reiner Strasser and M.D. Coverley, 2004
Inanimate Alice, Episode 1: China, by Kate Pullinger and babel, 2005
Internet Text, 1994-, by Alan Sondheim, 1994
Jean-Pierre Balpe ou les Lettres Dérangées, by Patrick-Henri Burgaud, 2005
The Jew's Daughter, by Judd Morrissey, with contributions from Lori Talley, 2000
Landscapes, by Bill Marsh, 2002
Lexia to Perplexia, by Talan Memmott, 2000
Like Stars in a Clear Night Sky, by Sharif Ezzat, 2006
my body — a Wunderkammer, by Shelley Jackson, with sound by John Wesley Harding and HTML coding by Ken Fricklas, 1997
myBALL, by Shawn Rider, 2002
Nio, by Jim Andrews, 2001
On Lionel Kearns, by Jim Andrews, with text and film by Lionel Kearns, 2004
open.ended, by Daniel C. Howe and Aya Karpinska, 2004
Oulipoems, by Millie Niss with Martha Deed, 2004
Project for Tachistoscope , by William Poundstone, 2005
Reagan Library, by Stuart Moulthrop, 1999
RedRidinghood, by Donna Leishman, 2001
Regime Change, by Noah Wardrip-Fruin, David Durand, Brion Moss, and Elaine Froehlich, 2003
Rice, by geniwate, with photos by Oscar Ferriero, 1998
Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short, 2002
Self Portrait(s) , by Talan Memmott, 2003
The Set of U, by Philippe Bootz and Marcel Frémiot, 2004
Soliloquy, by Kenneth Goldmith, 2002
Star Wars, one letter at a time, by Brian Kim Stefans, 2005
Stir Fry Texts, by Jim Andrews with Brian Lennon and Pauline Masurel, 1999
Storyland, by Nanette Wylde, 2002
Strings, by Dan Waber, 1999
Stud Poetry, by Marko Niemi, 2006
Tao, by Reiner Strasser and Alan Sondheim, 2004
10:01, by Lance Olsen and Tim Guthrie, 2005
Translation, by John Cayley, with music by Giles Perring, 2004
Twelve Blue, by Michael Joyce, 1996
Urbanalities, by babel and escha, 2005
White-Faced Bromeliads on 20 Hectares, by Loss Pequeño Glazier, 1999
Whom the Telling Changed, by Aaron A. Reed, 2005
windsound, by John Cayley, 1999
wotclock, by John Cayley, with photographs and additional production by Douglas Cape, 2002 |
| Mein Pferdehof 2 | 2006-10-01 | EMME Deutschland GmbH | Limbic Entertainment GmbH | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements | Contemporary | | Direct control, Menu structures, Point and select | | | | Windows | Mein Pferdehof 2 is a farm management simulation with RPG components. You start with a small horse farm, one horse in the barn and a small amount of money. Your goal is to earn more money, extend the farm and win the championship.The farm is divided into multiple areas with a specific purpose (like a riding arena, a guest house, etc.), some need to be bought at first, others you own from the beginning. These areas can also be upgraded for new features.You can make money by breeding and selling horses, winning competitions and earning money with your farm buildings (e.g. renting horse boxes, hosting guests in the guest house, ...). At the beginning you need to tend to all horses yourself, train, feed and brush them, later you can hire grooms. |
| People Hate What They Can't Understand | 2006-10-01 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | People Hate What They Can't Understand is a short game made for Kafeithekeaton's "Open Surreal Game Challenge" of which the story is vaguely presented this way:In a world beyond the compelling desire to magnify the very essence of mediocrity in the void of existence, a solitary protagonist stands up to challenge the thoughts and emotions of the idealism bearing down upon these tortured times. Answers are for interpretation and the message is for those who can comprehend the magnitude of illusions that will lead to destiny and the battles against those foes who oppose accomplishment. But in the closing stages, people will always hate what they can’t understand.The real aim of the game is never made clear. Instead, featuring flashing colours and surreal game elements, this title presents two scenes where the player needs to solve a certain problem in a linear fashion, and two times with an unexpected result. |
| Pizza Panic | 2006-10-01 | Arcade Lab | Arcade Lab | Action, Sports | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Deliver those pizzas and do it right! As Mr Ravioli's new pizza delivery person your job is to get those tasty hot pies to the townsfolk who ordered them. Be sure to collect your payment coins from the patrons and avoid the pesky obstacles such as animals, runaway shopping carts and out of control jackhammers.
This side scrolling platformer also offers racing levels where you try to pick up as many bonus point items as possible. While you're at it you may as well grab all those various bonus items scattered through the regular levels for bonus points. The game takes place in the town of Crustville and there are many different types of themes to the level layout and obstacles within. From docks, to suburban neighbourhoods to construction yards the game takes the player to all sorts of different neighbourhoods in Crustville. Finishing levels without getting hurt and also while collecting all the items will get you the highest star points possible. Scoring 4 star points will allow you to access further areas of the game map, reveal hidden items you can peruse at, and free trapped animals. |
| Samorost | 2006-10-01 | Amanita Design s.r.o | Amanita Design s.r.o | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Samorost is a click-and-point adventure game. The player indirectly controls a little gnome who travels to an incoming world about to collide with his home world.The player moves screen by screen, trying to find a solution to vague puzzles. Interaction is triggered by clicking hot spots. The game has an isolated atmosphere, with eerie music. It is never very clear what needs to be done, but often the player needs to cause a combination of events to keep traveling. Gameplay mixes technological ideas with purely organic structures, in very surreal environments.Originally released as browser-based flash game, Telltale Games offered the game through their electronic store at the end of October 2006, with a Windows installer that does not require a browser or a flash player installed.The 2021 version comes with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex. |
| Scooby-Doo!: Best Of - 3 Aventures | 2006-10-01 | Mindscape SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Scooby-Doo!: Best Of - 3 Aventures is a compilation of three complete adventures:
Scooby-Doo!: Jinx at the Sphinx
Scooby-Doo!: Phantom of the Knight
Scooby-Doo!: Show Down In Ghost Town
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| Slimy Pete's Singles Bar | 2006-10-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Welcome to Slimy Pete's Singles Bar, where the player has to get Jesse and Celine together, with the help of Slimy Pete. This is done by matching the conversation, shown by bubbles of different topics, between Pete, Jesse and Celine. The bubbles appear above their heads at a fixed rate. The player can interfere by hovering the mouse over any of the 3 characters. That will shut the character up for a movement, while the others keep talking and their pile of bubbles keeps rising. When the conversation goes well, Jesse and Celine moves closer to each other, ultimately leading to a new level where the bubbles start moving at a faster rate. When a pile of bubbles reaches the top of the bar, the game is not over as they are popped by a fan, causing the 2 main characters to move away from each other. |
| Toute l'Aventure 2 | 2006-10-01 | Micro Application, S.A. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the games:
AGON: The Mysterious Codex
Keepsake
Scratches
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| Cabela's Alaskan Adventures | 2006-10-02 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Magic Wand Productions | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Hunting | North America | | | | Teen | | Windows | Cabela's Alaskan Adventures takes you into the depths of twelve Alaskan regions where hunting, fishing and even dog sledding are supreme.
There are two game modes that can be played. In each of the game modes, create a hunter and choose from three difficulty settings. Open Season mode will allow you to quickly hunt or fish in any unlocked area. Adventure mode is the main mode of the game and is the true Alaskan experience. In this mode, travel to each region and visit the outposts to acquire the proper gear including clothing and tents. You will be able to go on hunts, fishing challenges and special contests. Try to unlock new regions, new gear and try to win trophies for prize catches.
When hunting, choose from an array of firearms including rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders, handguns and bows. Grab a pair of binoculars to scan out the area or use a scope for more accurate aiming . Game calls, decoys, scents and lures will also help aid in your hunting experience. Big game animals range from Kodiak Bears and Musk Ox to Barren Ground Caribou and Mountain Goats. Also available to hunt are small game animals such as coyotes, beavers and even birds.
Fishing will take you all over Alaska trying to catch Salmon, Arctic Graylings and other Alaskan species. Use the correct bait and lures in the proper areas to make the catch. You can choose from ice fishing, spin fishing and fly fishing with a number of rods and reels to choose from. |
| David Douillet Judo | 2006-10-02 | Bigben Interactive S.A. | 10Tacle Studios Belgium | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | David Douillet Judo is the first 3D judo sports simulation, developed in cooperation with Olympic gold medalist David Douillet with the license of la Fédération Française de Judo. With a focus on realism the game first requires the player to go through a tutorial guided by David, where the different moves (52 in total) are explained. While fighting, it is not possible to perform each of these moves at will. The gameplay consists of fast-paced consecutive sequences where three different moves are suggested. The player has to select a move and perform it with a combination of keys or buttons. Based on the situation and the timing, it is then executed.Next to the tutorial, three games modes are available: Quick Play, Championship and Career. There are five different dojos to compete with a traditional, regional, national and international setting, and a temple. Nine judokas are available, of which David Douillet is the only real sportsman, with the character bearing his likeness. |
| NeverEnd | 2006-10-02 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Mayhem Studios s.r.o. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG), Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Neverend is a fantasy turn-based RPG. Play as Agavaen, a fallen fairy with magical powers, on a quest to discover her true identity. A branching quest system allows the player to accept or reject quests and determines whether Agavaen becomes good or evil. The turn based battle system allows for the choice of spells and combos while the RUNE system allows the user to create her own spells. Or the player can turn away from magic and instead focus on the way of the sword.As the game begins, Agavaen must track down a band of thieves. As the adventure continues, she will eventually learn about her true self.Neverend is a 3rd person point and click RPG. Quests are conversation, inventory and battle based. |
| Rappelz | 2006-10-02 | Gala-Net, Inc. | nFlavor Corp | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | This is a fantasy MMORPG set in a medieval world where three races co-exist: the Gaia (humans close to nature), the Deva (who represent Light), and the Asura (who represent the Darkness). A Gaian called the Witch tried to impose her will over the world but was defeated by all three races and was thought killed but now there are rumors of her return. There are various region versions and PvE servers (including one PvP) for the following areas: Korea, South East Asia, Japan, US (global), France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Turkey, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Russia, and Arabic. Major updates to the game are released periodically and are known as Epics.There is a major island plus a Trainee's island. You battle monsters (mobs) and bosses or other players anywhere (including dungeons with more difficult opponents) except in towns (where NPCs offer services such as Weapon Trader, Armour Trader, Teleporter, Lak Trader, Adventure Guide, Job Supporter and Merchant) or the teleporter outside of Laksy. A new character starts as a basic class with limited skills but each race can become one of three classes: warrior, magician or summoner (whose abilities center around pets). Through defeating mobs you gain experience and job points which level up your character' skills and job levels. There's three class categories: starting class, first job class and second job class. You can form or join a guild or join a Dungeon party group of up to 8 players to fight together.By defeating monsters you can also collect a magical energy called Lak by wearing an appropriate necklace. Lak can be traded for rupees, the in-game currency, or three types of chips: Force Chips, Soul Chips and Luna Chips which increase damage in battle. Equipment can be leveled up by paying a Blacksmith, using enchantment cubes or "socketing" Soul Stones. There are 6 tiers of pets that also adventure alongside your character and help you in battle as long as you have a pet card to tame it. |
| World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions | 2006-10-02 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Left Field Productions, Inc. | Gambling, Strategy | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The second installment of the World Series of Poker video game franchise takes a story-based approach, as players are guided through the circuit under the tutelage of a renowned professional poker player, Chris Ferguson. Players can test their Hold'em skills against over 30 professional players, competing in circuit events to qualify for the Tournament of Champions at the Rio Resort in Las Vegas. The game also includes other poker variants: Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Car Hi-Lo, Razz and HORSE. Via the Xbox Live Vision Camera, players can map their own faces into the Xbox 360 version for both single player and multiplayer game modes. |
| ArchLord | 2006-10-03 | Codemasters Online Gaming | NHN Games Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | ArchLord is a Massive Multiplayer Online Game set in the fantasy realm of Chantra. The world environment has 5 distinct areas to explore depicting the elements fire, spirit, earth, water and air.Choose to play one of three races: Human, Moon Elf or Orc. Each race has eight different classes with varied features and skills to master during the game. Find exotic armour, weapons, spells and fight a multitude of monsters. Various quests can be undertaken by the solo player to help build experience. There are also guild battles with other players as a large group against an opposing army or even another guild.The ultimate goal is to become "ArchLord", ruler of the realm, which can be attained by those with very high experience and prowess during battle. During each 3 week reign as ArchLord, the player will possess unique abilities, weapons, skills and items. After the term expires, another player will take over as Archlord. |
| El Matador | 2006-10-03 | Cenega Publishing, s.r.o. | Plastic Reality Technologies, s.r.o. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | | Shooter | South America | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | A new narcotics cartel destroyed the local DEA-office in Bogotá. And now as DEA special agent Victor Corbet, codename El Matador you must bring justice on Colombia's La Valedora drug barons.To do your mission you are supplied with huge arsenal of realistic weapons, divided to six categories from normal pistols to machine-guns, rocket launchers and chain-guns including AK-47 and Gatling Cannon. El Matador also presents two Max Payne's style «slo-mo» modes. One is automatically activated, for instance when you dive, and doesn't cost anything. The other is manually activated and drains your slow-time-meter.You play with a 3rd-person perspective through different kinds of environments from the Colombian jungle encampments to cartel's headquarters in harbors or hotels. In some missions you are joined by AI-buddies, who will make your life a little easier for some time. |
| Lotus Deluxe | 2006-10-04 | GameHouse, Inc. | Zylom Media Group BV | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Lotus is a puzzle game, where the player must click on pairs of identical lotus flowers floating on a pond. A line of lotus flowers with multicolored petals keeps moving on a dotted track towards a whirlpool. The line moves back a little each time a pair is removed. The objective is to remove all the matching pairs of lotus. If several flowers fall inside the whirlpool, the game is over.Power-ups appear randomly on the line, between two flowers that need to be removed to activate them. They have special powers that move the flowers backwards, shuffle their position, give extra lives or a hint showing one of the matching pairs.Special flowers appear as well. The white lotus assumes the colors of any selected flower. The rainbow lotus can match any other flower. The closed lotus can only be opened, allowing its removal, by eliminating the flowers on each side of it.Dragonflies appear on the pond, each with a different color and power. The blue dragonfly makes the line move slower. The green one doubles the points received. The orange one removes random flowers. The purple dragonfly pushes the line back.In the arcade mode, unlocked after playing the main adventure mode, there are no levels, the flowers keep appearing and the goal is to survive as long as possible to achieve a high score. |
| Arxon | 2006-10-05 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Brain Storm | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Arxon is a game of logic in which you match colored scarab beetles. To make a match, you move a scarab along the edges of a grid on which the other beetles have been placed. When you click your mouse, it pushes the scarab onto the board and it moves all of the other beetles along that row or column, for one square.There are three game modes: Adventure (create matches of 3 or more scarabs before time runs out in 63 levels), Endless (similar to Adventure but with no time limit in 80 levels) and Logic (move the beetles to create a pattern on the board in 10 levels). By creating combos, power-ups become available in the forms of bugs. The whole game has been designed in an Egyptian theme. |
| Poker Superstars II | 2006-10-05 | funkitron, Inc. | funkitron, Inc. | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)You've been invited back for Season 2! Poker Superstars II raises the stakes with more superstars, a bigger tournament and a brand new poker AI. Import your own photo into the game and become a Poker Superstar. Then get ready to battle through an exciting new tournament structure against 15 of poker's top players powered by a 'first of its kind' artificial intelligence system that has learned to win by playing millions of simulated tournaments! The Superstars are ready to win, are you?It contains these great features:
Tougher Challenge! First of its kind artificial intelligence system that has taught itself how to play, and how to win.
Bigger Tournament! You get to play the dynamic and competitive tournament right from the TV show.
More Superstars! This time, you are one of 16 Poker Superstars.
Import Your Photo! Be the Poker Superstar you know you are and see yourself right in the game!
Interactive Opponent Pictures! Now you get to see the Superstars smile devilishly when they beat you, as well as scowl when you beat them!
Learn or Master! Game Tips will introduce you to the game while the Game Tip button can help you hone your game.
Amateur or Superstars! Two different levels of challenge let you tune the game to the play level you want.
Player Cards! The game will track all your winnings, flops seen %, pots won % and best hands. So you'll be able to see what kind of player you are.
3 Exciting Game Modes! Round lets you play a quick round. Season challenges you to win the full tournament. Limit lets you play the set bet amount game found frequently in casinos and online.
Top Ten Lists! Track your top winnings, top pots and top hands. |
| The Movies: Complete Pack | 2006-10-05 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Steam compilation contains The Movies and its add-on The Movies: Stunts & Effects. |
| The Stalin Subway: Red Veil | 2006-10-05 | Buka Entertainment | Orion | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Red Veil continues the story that began in The Stalin Subway. It is March 1953 and Joseph Stalin is dead. His former right-hand man, Lavrentiy Beria, is vying for power and orders the assassination of Gleb Suvorov (the hero from the first game) and his wife Elena. Gleb is captured but Elena escapes.The player takes the role of Elena in this first-person-shooter, set across eight levels and including authentic architecture and weapons of the time. The game becomes a race to save your husband and get out of Moscow. |
| A.S.L.E.: Die Tierspürnasen - Katzenraub im Vogelviertel | 2006-10-06 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Kritzelkratz 3000 GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | In this A.S.L.E. game, the animal detectives Anna, Sofie, Louis and Emma investigate a new criminal case. Cats in the neighbourhood seem to have vanished into thin air. Nobody knows where they are. Even Emma’s cat Dexter disappears in a mysterious way. Is a laboratory for animal experiments mixed up with these occurrences? Or is the strange "birdwoman" involved in this case?Join the four child detectives as they interview witnesses, investigate in the "Bird-Quarter" neighbourhood, find interesting clues, pursue suspects by bike and uncover the secret of the vanished cats. You can switch between the roles of the four main characters. Each
character has special talents, which can be very useful for the different tasks.A special mission allows you to act as track dog. |
| Desperate Housewives: The Game | 2006-10-06 | Buena Vista Games, Inc. | Liquid Entertainment, LLC | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In Desperate Housewives: The Game, based on the TV series of the same name, you are a new amnesiac housewife on Wisteria Lane. As you explore your new neighborhood you will discover all-new stories and secrets. Get the truth behind some delicious scandals - and reveal some shocking secrets of your own. Much like The Sims the game starts off by letting you pick your main character (who is always female). You are stuck with a teenage son and husband for which there are a few customizing options. Mini-activities include cooking, gardening, and Texas Hold'em poker with the other wives. The game features an original script from Desperate Housewives writer Scott Sanford. Brenda Strong reprises her role as narrator Mary Alice Young as you play through 12 'episodes' in the life of your family. |
| Great Invasions: The Darkages 350-1066 AD | 2006-10-06 | Nobilis France, Strategy First, Inc. | Indie Games Productions | Strategy | Top-down | | War | Wargame | | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Great Invasions is a real-time strategy game, taking place in Europe, back in the "dark ages". It makes you a leader of one of the European nations of the time. The game includes diplomatic, religious, military and administrative/economic aspects. Historical events (such as Attila's death) are pre-scripted to happen at specific dates. There are 80 nations, and it's possible to control even 10 nations at a time. It is important due to the negligible longevity of most nations. In those medieval times, tribes and nations fell quickly, most of them without ever reaching any prosperity. In the beginning, your nation is but a barbarian tribe bent only on conquest; but later, you have to settle down, and this is where the problems start - you need to manage your nation, support your armies... If you can survive long enough you can enter the imperial phase, but then it gets very hard to sustain the existence of the nation. The religious aspect is important in the game, with 4 available religions, each of which can dispatch missionaries to convert populations and build temples, thus improving the nations's stability. |
| NBA Live 07 | 2006-10-06 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Back of Case - Xbox (US) (from Ad Blurbs)ELEVATE YOUR GAME
FEATURES
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THE DEEPEST NBA DYNASTY MODE™: Manage player morale and team chemistry as you make key decisions based on player personality, ability and age.
NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND: Analysts Greg Anthony and Ernie Johnson highlight every spectacular play during the Slam Dunk Contest and 3 Point Shootout. The weekend ends with the Rookie Challenge and All-Star Game.
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Former Chicago Bulls star Steve Kerr joins the legendary Marv Albert courtside to call the action from the best seats in the house
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| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade | 2006-10-09 | THQ Inc. | Relic Entertainment Inc | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed, Regional differences | War | Real-time strategy, Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The second expansion to 2004's Game of the Year Dawn of War is set in Game Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe and adds two new playable races, the Tau and the Necrons:
The Tau Empire - a younger race that has recently conquered Kronus, they fight for what they call the Greater Good. They excel at long range combat, however alongside them fight two allied races which are effective in close combat: the Kroot and the Vespid.
Necrons - having laid dormant underground for the last 60 million years, the Necrons have awoken at the sound of battle above. Their ultimate goal is to obliterate all living beings so that their master gods can feast on the souls of the slain. This faction is special because they don't rely on requisition to acquire troops or to build structures. Being made of living metal their units are capable of regeneration and can reassemble themselves after death.
Besides that each of the existing races have received an additional unit: the daemon prince (Chaos Space Marines), harlequin (Eldar), heavy weapons team (Imperial Guard), flash gitz (Orks) and the grey knights (Space Marines). Dark Crusade also features a new campaign mode where you choose one of the five past races, or two new ones and compete with the other six for domination of a planet called Kronus. Each race has its own story and reason for being on Kronus adding motivation for players to play the campaign with each race at least once. Along with the campaign Dark Crusade adds some new maps for skirmish, and online play.The main campaign introduces a novelty for the franchise--a global map depicting the planet Kronus divided into 25 provinces. Every one of the seven races controls a number of these provinces at the beginning and the gameplay follows mechanics similar to a game of Risk, albeit without any dice rolls. During their turn, the factions can attack a bordering enemy province, move to a friendly region or do nothing. It's also possible for them to reinforce any of the territories already under their control or recruit Honor Guards, but this doesn't waste their turn. The army moves around the global map as a single entity represented by the force commander and it cannot be divided. To defeat a faction you must conquer their stronghold province and the ultimate goal is to crush all enemies. From time to time you will be forced to defend a region against attacks during the opponents' turn. If your army is in a nearby province when this happens then you will start the battle with the force commander and the Honor Guards already present. Every province held generates planetary requisition at the end of your turn. This can be used to either train available Honor Guards or reinforce a province of your choice. Honor Guards are unlocked as a bonus when conquering a specific region. By reinforcing a province during your turn you make sure that it already has the trained unit or the selected building at the very start of a defensive battle. Another innovation for the series is the force commander's wargear. It is a sort of achievement system that rewards additional pieces to the commander's suit for reaching different milestones, such as conquering your first province or getting 2000 kills. The pieces you choose will add specific bonuses or abilities for the force commander on the battlefield.After attacking a province or when defending one the game switches to the usual Dawn of War battle map where you control different units and structures directly. The gameplay here is identical to the original. The main focus is on tactical combat, base-building, capturing strategic points and researching. Every strategic point under your control, along with your HQ, relics and critical points generate requisition, which is the main resource in the game, allowing you to build new structures and train more units. Another type of resource is power, produced using generators. It's used to create or upgrade units and buildings that rely heavily on technology. The order in which you research the tech tree and construct the necessary structures can help you decide on a strategy for the combat part of the game. Attacking is done by simply clicking on an enemy, the challenge lies in choosing the right units to exploit the adversary's weaknesses. Infantry squads have health bars for every member, so it's possible to replace fallen soldiers during the battle, thus saving the squad from total annihilation. Vehicles are organized as single units and are destroyed once their health reaches zero, however they can be repaired during combat by the faction's builder unit. Some combat units and structures, such as listening posts have different upgrades available that increase their firepower. For example the space marines can receive flamethrowers and grenade launchers in addition to their regular weapons. Upgrading the HQ unlocks new technology and units.Unlike the original and Winter Assault, most of the battle maps in this campaign are simple skirmish maps, as they have no story element except an introduction or an entry about the province in the archive, and victory is decided by completing the main objective, usually annihilating the enemy or another one of the Skirmish mode victory conditions. The factions' stronghold provinces are the exceptions, since conquering them involves multiple main and secondary objectives driven by a central narrative much like all the campaign missions in the original Dawn of War.Dark Crusade is a stand alone expansion meaning that it does not require the original Dawn of War, or its first expansion Winter Assault to play. Both Dawn of War and Winter Assault are required to be installed if you want to use all of the other races besides the Tau and Necrons online. |
| Abu Simbel Profanation Deluxe | 2006-10-10 | M.A Software | M.A Software | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This open-source, freeware remake of the Spanish platform game from 1985 replaces the graphics and sounds with new enhanced assets, while maintaining the same unforgiving gameplay of the original. The player controls Johnny Jones, an archaeologist deformed by an Egyptian curse after desecrating the tomb of a Pharaoh. Since the main character is unarmed and only capable of walking and jumping, the goal is to carefully explore all the maze-like rooms of the Abu Simbel temple complex, each filled with dangerous enemies to be avoided and obstacles that must be navigated to reach the inner chambers.Besides the regular binaries developed with Allegro libraries, a pure Java version is also available to theoretically run on anything that supports it. The game language can be set to English, Spanish, French and German. |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | 2006-10-10 | THQ Inc. | AWE Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Avatar: The Last Airbender for Windows, unlike the console version, loosely follows season 1 of the TV show of the same name. Aang, the last Airbender, travels to the North Pole to learn Waterbending from the Northern Water Tribe. In pursuit of him is Prince Zuko from the Fire Nation.Gameplay is 3rd person combat with plenty of minigames. Switch between the 3 offensive and 3 defensive moves, and attack the various enemies. The minigames include meditation (click on distracting images to clear your mind), chasing or being chased (move to avoid rocks), and flying on Appa (a scrolling shooter). |
| Birth of America | 2006-10-10 | Strategy First, Inc. | Societe En Participation BOA | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | War | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Birth of America is a strategic war simulation covering two important conflicts in the history of the United States - the French and Indian War and the War of Independence.The game takes place in Colonial America during the 18th century. Territories span the entire eastern portion of America from the Atlantic Ocean west to the Mississippi River, north into New England and Canada, south into the Florida regions.After choosing which scenario to play, pick from over 100 famous leaders to control on one side of the conflict at hand - British, American, French, or American Indian. Draft your forces, build forts, depots and blockades and then control various troop types to fight over land and sea. Troops are controlled at the regiment level, which can be arranged into detachments. More than 90 different equipment models can be used during the 10 different scenarios offered.In-game maps cover 700 territories and provinces over a variety of terrains, weather conditions and levels of civilization. The top-down perspective provides the look of a board game. Control is turn-based and game turns correspond to one month of historical time. Once set into motion, scenarios range from a few months to several years in length, historically speaking. |
| FF56! | 2006-10-10 | Lauer Learning | Red Hill Studios | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | | | | Windows | FF56! is a historical game based on the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Through an interactive graphic novel it tells the story of three fictional teens that get caught up in the center of the action. The game includes a number of mini-games inside of the graphic novel. Some are exploration games, others shooters and also some interesting escape and rescue scenarios. |
| Lunar Explorer | 2006-10-10 | Lunar Explorer LLC | VirtuePlay, Inc. | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Lunar Explorer is an educational program for space and Moon enthusiasts. The user has the ability to visit any part of the lunar surface by either manually piloting to the location in "flight" mode, or by using the "auto-pilot" with explicit latitude/longitude coordinates. It is possible to crash into the surface using manual mode, so be careful! You must first go into orbit before attempting a manual landing.Almost all of the Apollo landing sites, and a few other geological features, like Tycho crater, have higher quality terrain data than the base detail level, approaching resolutions of 1-5 meters per pixel. The base terrain data resolution is less than 100 meters per pixel at the equator.Two complete sets of imagery are included with Lunar Explorer: gray-scale, and color ratio. Imagery data resolution is approximately 100 meters per pixel. The color ratio data describes the geological makeup of the surface, reds indicate older features while blues younger.Nearly all landing craft, probes, rovers and debris have been modeled and include historical and technical information that may be viewed in the object browser.Other features include range finder, snapshot tool, and more. |
| Luxor 2 | 2006-10-10 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Luxor 2, the sequel to Luxor, is an arcade style action-puzzle game. You control a winged scarab at the bottom of the screen. Your goal is to aim and attack differently colored spheres heading towards a pyramid. If a sphere hits the pyramid, you lose a life. To destroy spheres in the stream, you must shoot them with another sphere of the same color to form groups of three or more. Game mechanics require that you plan your moves carefully and make chain series with strategically placed shots. The game features 88 new levels with 13 new bonus rounds where player travels across a map of ancient Egypt saving it from the terrible wrath of Set, while each next level gets progressively harder. The game also features three new modes: Practice, Survival, and Pharaoh's Challenge, a choice of four difficulty levels including the mindbending Challenge of Horus, 13 exciting power-ups and online player ranking system. |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 | 2006-10-10 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Headgate Studios Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In contrast to the PS3/Xbox 360 versions, these versions are a direct continuation with the framework of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06. The biggest addition is the Team Tour game mode which the player's four created golfers travel through the world, conquer different challenges in order to compete against Team Tiger in the end.The Wii version is mostly identical, but uses motion controls for input and adds six arcade modes. As tradeoff, there are a few less traditional game modes (6 instead of 10) and less courses (18 instead of 21) available. The Windows version features only 12 courses. |
| Catching Features | 2006-10-11 | | | Educational, Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Catching Features is a sports simulation for orienteering that combines running (or on skis) with geography to navigate an unknown terrain using a map and compass. Players have access to several game modes, including multiplayer with mass starts, relay events or interval starts. The goal is always to travel between a series of points as quickly as possible by choosing an optimal route. It takes in a natural environment with hills, rivers, thickets, swamps, woods and so on. Other features are a random map generator and a map editor the option to plan full custom courses. Local terrain can be imported using an OCAD file converter. |
| ProTrain Perfect Extra 1 | 2006-10-11 | NBG EDV Handels- und Verlags GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains two add-ons for ProTrain Perfect:
ProTrain Perfect AddOn 1: S-Bahn Leipzig
ProTrain Perfect AddOn 2: Dresden-Nürnberg |
| Championship Manager 2007 | 2006-10-12 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Beautiful Game Studios | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Championship Manager 2007 is the 07/08 season version of the long running Championship Manager series. Like previous versions the player takes on the role of a football club manager and has to perform tasks like taking charge of tactics, training, signing new players, negotiating contracts etc.The game features over 60 different competitions in 26 different countries. The player is free to choose a team from any of these competitions. Another possibility is to manage national teams. Matches can be viewed in a quasi-3D view where players can select from various camera angles.The interface has been improved with more tabs and hyperlinks that lead the player to all the information he'd like to see. Match statistics can be viewed in ProZone, a utility that's also being used by real managers. |
| FastCrawl | 2006-10-12 | PawleyScape | PawleyScape | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Swamped for time but jonesing for an adventure? Then crawl into FastCrawl, a desktop adventure that can be casually played within half an hour to an hour depending on your choosing. When started the game will generate a random dungeon and even a short story that you and, again, a randomly generated party will explore and traverse through. In your path are an array of enemies from simple soldiers to terrifying monsters. Also you may have quests to complete such as rescuing trapped heroes. The characters in your party are typical of role-playing adventures from warriors to magicians.As you explore these dungeons you will open up rooms in segments. You will be able to see the upcoming segment without stepping into it. This will come in handy as this will allow you to see enemies sitting in an upcoming segment. You can also see which enemies are in this room and choose to enter at your own risk since when entered you will have to engage said enemies. Treasures are also laid out in similar fashion and will also be found on bodies of fallen enemies. Collected items will range from weapons, to armor, to power-ups and simple treasures.Combat is turn-based and will require you to lay out your enemies in the engagement chart. This six segment grid will allow you to choose the basic stance of your characters and also see the stance of your enemies. Naturally characters with mêlée weapons should be placed in the front-line and characters with ranged weapons or ones who are weakened should be placed at the rear. One other hazard of dungeon exploring, traps, are placed randomly in dungeons as well and will activate when entered. However you can enhance your rouge-ish characters' skills to see traps coming and disarm them.As you go up the levels of a dungeon your characters will also level up. Each class of characters can level up and specialize in different ways from combat specifics to enhancing exploring skills. Even though the the whole game is essentially generated and won't play the same the second time, you can save your progress and continue another time. Beside the length of time that you can adjust for your crawl you may also adjust the difficulty of your journey but thankfully your characters will be generated accordingly to the difficulty you select.
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| Gold Games 9 | 2006-10-12 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The ninth part of the Gold Games Series offers ten games on six DVDs. As always the manuals can only be read as PDF-files on the discs.The following ten games are included:
Beyond Divinity
Codename: Panzers - Phase One
Conflict: Vietnam
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Dark Motives
Heritage of Kings: The Settlers
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Silent Hunter III
Ski Alpin 2005
The Bard's Tale
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory |
| Gothic 3 (Collector's Edition) | 2006-10-12 | JoWooD Productions Software AG, Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The collector's edition of this game has some big differences between countries:The German & French collector's edition includes:Gothic 3
"The Sleeper" necklace
Cloth map of Myrtana
Gothic 3 making-of DVD
The Art of Gothic (96-pages, softcover, not the same as the separate sold hardcover-book with the same name)
Gothic 3 soundtrack (doesn't include all of the tracks that are included in the separately sold edition)The Spanish collector's edition includes:
Gothic 3
22cm sword, made in Myrtana
Paper map of Myrtana
Gothic 3 making-of DVD
The Art of Gothic (96-pages, softcover, same as German edition) |
| Mafia Contract Killer: Antikiller | 2006-10-12 | IncaGold GmbH | Qbik Interactive | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Mafia Contract Killer: Antikiller is based on the Russian movie Antikiller where the upright Major Fox got framed by Shaman, a leader of a mafia gang. After he served his sentence he comes back to his hometown to spend his last years in peace. But as soon as he arrives he gets involved in the violent gang wars... During the course of the ten missions the player takes the role of Major Fox (four missions) and the mafia gangsters Vane and Rick (three missions each). The story is told by cutscenes taken directly from the movie.This game is a typical third-person shooter: The player walks from point A to point B and kills every enemy he meets. Because these opponents don't take cover the main challenge is to avoid getting overrun and using the guns to kill them as fast as possible. In some missions there is also a time limit. Besides the health bar the player also has to look after his power reserves. These get filled up with rage which is gained by shooting. |
| Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave | 2006-10-12 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this point-and-click 1st-person adventure game, Nancy travels to Hawaii to be a research assistant for Dr. Quigley Kim. When she arrives, the locals warn her to stay away from the Hilihili research compound because it is "evil" and has some connection to the legend of Kane 'Okala, a man sacrificed to a hungry volcano. Along with the legend, Nancy is also on the lookout for Dr. Kim who has gone missing, and the cause of some invasive beetles that are damaging the island's plant life. She soon discovers that Joe and Frank Hardy are also on the island for reasons of their own.Navigate on foot or in a GPS-equipped SUV. Switch between playing as Nancy or one of the Hardy boys depending upon the situation at hand. Mini-games, which provide breaks in the mystery, are included within the game. These include making Hawaiian jewelry, collecting sea shells, fishing, and snorkeling.As in previous Nancy Drew mystery games, players can pick to be either a Junior or Senior Detective, call friends for help and hints, and choose "Second Chance" if they make a mistake. The ability to change the background of the game screen (aka "skins") is new and the overall introduction and interface is the same as in the prior game in the series, Nancy Drew: Danger by Design. |
| Time Stand Still | 2006-10-12 | MDNA Games | MDNA Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Europe | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Time Stand Still is the third Carol Reed game. Carol researches a supposedly haunted house and discovers some disturbing facts about the history of its owners. As with Remedy and Hope Springs Eternal, the earlier Carol Reed games, graphics are real photographs with a waterpainting filter overlay. Time Stand Still is a first person point-and-click adventure with inventory-based puzzles, some of which can be skipped. |
| Die Reitakademie | 2006-10-13 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | 4HEAD Studios | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pauline gets "discovered" by the riding teacher Clara Milan, who offers her a scholarship at a Horse Residential School, a riding academy. Pauline has to master her school day, manage her time table, take care of her school horse and train herself in different riding styles to better her abilities (and the ones of her horse) to successfully take part in riding tournaments.And as if this wasn’t enough already, many adventures and missions need to be accomplished in her daily school life: She finds new friends in the equerry (Max and his son), who can help her stand against her mean classmate Feodora. Or isn’t she that mean at all? And then there is Hannes, the heart-throb of the school, who is in sudden need of her help.Designed as a game for young horse-lovers, the player steps into the shoes of Pauline to guide her through her adventure. The game is played using the mouse with a point and click interface. |
| Handball Manager 2007: World Edition | 2006-10-13 | edel distribution GmbH | Netmin e.K. | Simulation, Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Handball Manager 2007: World Edition is a managerial simulation of handball where the player is responsible for the financial and athletic success of his team. Regarding gameplay and options it is similar to soccer managers. The player has several options to his disposal, e.g. training, tactics, lineup, stadium expansion or player transfers. The players are represented with a ability score and several other personal traits which influence their performance and training needs. An assistant coach can take some responsibilities of his shoulder - but of course he wants a proper salary if he is competent.The match presentation is only in text. This means the player sits in front of a live ticker where all matches are calculated. If something interesting happens during the own match text messages tell him about the moves and results. The player can set how detailed and fast he wants the messages to be.As in most German sport managers the player has a lot of opportunities which influence not his team but his player character personally. He can change his team, buy status symbols or even found his own club. The game evaluates his successes and increased or decreases his level. If it increases he gets manager points which he can reinvest in better abilities, e.g. training. At the start of the game he chooses between a real career starting with a low-class team or picks a specific team. In comparison to Handball Manager 2005-2006 it features the official of the German leagues (male and female), revised graphics and sounds, more complex options (stadium expansion, player transfers and tactics) and stock trading. There are also many small improvements and expansions for most other gameplay elements. |
| My Little Flufties | 2006-10-13 | GOST Publishing SPRL | DK Games | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | My Little Flufties is a 3D life simulator in the line of Tamagochi. Aimed at children aged 5-9, gamers can choose between 5 imaginary creatures. You must nourish, wash, educate and amuse the creatures to keep the game going.The fairy-like 3D world contains several attractions like swings and slides. Next to that, there are also 5 mini-games available in the game:Mole-o-matic: jump on the head of the moles to stun them.
Shoot the balloons: shoot with a peashooter to pop coloured balloons.
Fish-o-matic: catch fish with a fishing net.
Hopscotch: jump on the good squares to advance.
Find the Tweet-Tweet: find 4 birds hidden in the game's world.The game uses a full 3D engine but with a traditional drawing style, similar to Ōkami. |
| Pat Sajak's Trivia Gems | 2006-10-13 | uclick, LLC | Playtonium | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | Join host Pat Sajak as you show how much you know in this trivia game show. Offering numerous categories and a lot of different questions, Trivia Gems brings this trivia game show to your computer.There are 3 game modes to choose from. The first mode chooses random categories and lets you pick your path to the top of a pyramid of questions. In this mode, you can choose the difficulty by picking a day of the week, with Monday being the easiest and Friday being the hardest. The difficulty determines how much money you can earn in a game as well as the difficulty of the questions. On each level of the pyramid, you need to answer 3 questions within the given amount of time. You then need to wager on those answers. To move up to the next level, you need to win more than you lose in your wagers -- you can get 2 questions wrong, but if you wagered well, you could still move up. During your way to the top, you will come across 2 bonus question "mini-games" where you could increase your winnings even more. If you make it all of the way to the top, you will play a final 5-question round, where you could double your winnings. Winning 5 games in a row qualifies you for a Championship game that is played the same way, but has more levels to complete.The second mode is a short game version, where you only need to answer and wager on 10 questions. You are then scored based on your answers and how much you wagered.The final mode allows you to play against your friends. In this mode, you work your way up the pyramid just as in the first mode, but there is only 1 question per level and if you get it right, you move up. If you get it wrong, you move down. The first person to the top wins. If it's a tie, then the person with the most money at the end will win. |
| Pizza Commander | 2006-10-13 | Novitas Publishing GmbH | Quicksand entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Pizza Commander the player takes control over Eddie, a housefly which wants to make pizzas. In the 15 levels the pizza base is already done and Eddie just needs to get fixings like cheese or tomatoes. These are floating all over the room. Now Eddie simply has to fly to them grab them (his backpack can hold up to three ingredients) and fly back to the pizza until he has everything he needs. But there are two things which hinder his progress: a restrict time limit and floating pizza boxes which are in the way. Some of them even explode when touched which results in a failed mission. But Eddie can pick up six extra symbols and activate them with a simple mouse click. The effects are: higher speed and invulnerability, an instant teleport to the pizza base, a boomerang to pick up fixings easily, an ingredient magnet and a baseball to smash pizza boxes in the way. |
| Scarface: The World Is Yours | 2006-10-13 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed, Regional differences | | Sandbox / open world, Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Miami in the '80s: gangs, drugs and hookers dominate the scene and a Cuban called Tony Montana rises up to be the most powerful drug dealer, controlling the whole of Miami. This is the story of the 1983 movie Scarface in which Tony Montana dies during a attack from a rival gang on his mansion at the end. The game now puts the player in the shoes of Tony a few moments before the gang hits his office.After he successfully defends his mansion, his empire lies in ruins. But Tony wouldn't be Tony Montana if he would just give up, so it is the player's goal to reclaim Miami once again. To do so, he has to earn money and respect. The only way to earn money in Miami is to deal drugs. At the beginning the stuff is bought in small amounts and personally sold to the dealers. Eventually, however, Tony can set up so-called "Fronts" which are legitimate shops (like a car seller) in which drugs are sold in very large amounts. By overtaking "Fronts", Tony also increases his control over the current district of Miami. To completely overtake one part of town, all the enemy gangs scattered around in small groups must be eliminated.After a deal, Tony has to launder the money at the local bank and have it transferred to his account. He then can buy "exotics" for his mansion like an expensive vase or a new car with a driver.When talking with a dealer or trying to get cop heat down, the player has to play a mini-game that determines if Tony is successful and if so, how much he gets for the drugs or how much heat he loses.Respect is earned by increasing Tony's territory, buying exotics and earning "balls" in fights and while driving. The enemies have different target zones which give a different amount of balls on a hit. This also fills up Tony's 'ball-meter". Once this is full he can enter a kind of god mode in which he is invulnerable and has unlimited ammo. Tony also gets health when killing someone in this mode. If he is driving a car he gets balls when making stunts like driving on the wrong side of the road or dodging an incoming car.As in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the player is free to roam the city of Miami and there are also some side-missions with racing events. |
| Trainz Railroad Simulator 2007 | 2006-10-13 | Anuman Interactive SA | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Trainz Railroad Simulator 2007 is a re-release of Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 which includes all patches and additional content up to Service Pack 1. |
| Brickquest | 2006-10-16 | UnikGame | UnikGame | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Gwamos of the magical world of Selenia have been captured by the evil emperor of Grossanglot. You, in your spaceship Liberator, are going to free them.Brickquest is an Arkanoid/Breakout variant. You launch the ball up at bricks where it will strike them and bounce back. Some bricks will release an item that may help or hinder you. These include making your paddle smaller or larger, giving you lasers, multiple balls, the ability to recapture the ball or making the balls on fire so they pass through bricks without bouncing. An item will drop that has a white bird silhouette in it. This means the Gwamos is free and the level ends. If you miss the last ball and it drops below the bottom of the screen, you lose a life. Lose all your lives and the game is over. |
| Sid Meier's Civilization Chronicles | 2006-10-16 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | A grand collection of the Sid Meier's Civilization games brought together in this compilation. For the game collector or new to the Civilization games, this is your chance to get them all in one buy.Included in this collection are these game:
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete which in itself includes:
Sid Meier's Civilization III (Game of the Year Edition)
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests
Sid Meier’s Civilization II and the expansions:
Civilization II: Fantastic Worlds
Sid Meier's Civilization II Scenarios: Conflicts in Civilization
Civilization II: Test of Time
Sid Meier's Civilization
There are some special features also included:
The Chronicles of Civilization Book - A 96-page book including a behind-the-scenes history of the Civilization series, interviews from the lead designers (past and present), artwork from the series and more.
The Civilization Card Game - An original tabletop card game designed by the lead designer of Civ IV that features 300 custom designed cards.
Bonus video DVD - Includes a detailed presentation by lead designers from Civ IV - “Play Early, Play Often: Prototyping Civ IV”, a tribute to the man himself Sid Meier and popular game trailers from the Civ series.
Additional bonus materials - tech tree posters for Civ 1, 2, 3 and 4, wallpaper images, podcast MP3s and more. |
| Space Empires V | 2006-10-16 | Strategy First, Inc. | Malfador Machinations | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Space Empires V is the fifth main game in the Space Empires series. Established as a 4X game, the SE series is similar to games such as Master of Orion, Galactic Civilizations, and Emperor of the Fading Suns.SE5 has an updated UI, new ship design system, and is "mod" friendly. This edition also features the ability to watch battles unfold in detail. SE5 shares with its predecessor the ability to completely customize your vehicles, and random map generation, but goes on to improve upon the old design by adding 24-bit 3D graphics, the ability to create your own AI players with specific traits, abilities, and speech, and an improvement in the number of ship designs and sizes. |
| Battlefield 2142 | 2006-10-17 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Digital Illusions CE AB | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | Shooter | Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic | Helicopter, Mecha / giant robot, Tank | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | In 2006 a climatic catastrophe triggered a new ice age on earth. A hundred years later, everyone gave up on finding a solution to the problem and two superpowers were formed: Europe and on the other side the Pan Asian Coalition - causing an arms race. Now it's 2142 and the war for the few resources left has already been going on for a few years, with no end in sight.Besides the now futuristic setting, the main changes to Battlefield 2 are the new Titan Mode and the revised character and stats system.In the Titan Mode your goal is to bring down the enemy Titan, a giant ship flying high above the battlefield. At the beginning of the round, the ship is protected by a shield which the enemy team needs to take out. To do so, they can either fire everything they got on it or simply gain control over the missile silos scattered over the map. Once a missile silo has been acquired, it continuously fires missiles at the enemy Titan. Once the shield is down, the players have to destroy three stations inside the ship so that they can gain access to the central core and destroy it.The armory and vehicles are similar to Battlefield 2, but they look more futuristic. There are a few additions and changes. The number of character classes has been reduced to 4, but you can customize them with many items and weapons unlock-able during the course of the game. This way, you can provide your scout some C4 (which is now called RDX) and turn him to an special ops. The assault, on the other hand, can be equipped with a defibrillator.The whole stats system has been reworked too. There is now much more to gain and the advancements happen more quickly. You can retrieve the dog tag of killed enemies with a knife and look at your collection on the stats page. |
| Evidence: The Last Ritual | 2006-10-17 | Adventure Company, The | Lexis Numérique SA | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | As a sequel to Missing (In Memoriam in Europe), Evidence: The Last Ritual is an adventure game that continues that story.The ruthless and elusive serial killer, known only by the pseudo-name "The Phoenix", is still at large and on a killing spree in Europe. The ICPA (International Committee for the Phoenix's Arrest) tells you of new evidence left by the Phoenix - computer discs that include videos of victims, cryptic puzzles and riddles. Who is the Phoenix? Where is he (or she) hiding? You'll join the ranks of the investigative ICPA team to try and answer those questions.As you progress through the game's eight levels, you'll interact with stylized screens to solve intriguing, and sometimes gruesome, puzzles that the Phoenix has crafted to tease and taunt his (or her) audience. The riddles are presented in live-action video form (with real actors and actresses) as well as interactive flash mini-games. Solving a puzzle results in another video clip either from Officer Manuela, the Portuguese detective searching for Jack Lorski (from the first game), or Jessica, who is still looking for information on the whereabouts of her missing brother Adrian.Searching the Internet is vital to finding key pieces of information, so an internet connection is required to play the game. Additionally, by entering an e-mail address you can receive messages from in-game characters. |
| Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties | 2006-10-17 | Game Factory ApS, The, Octagon Entertainment, Inc. | Asobo Studio S.A.R.L. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties is a game based on the movie of the same title. It shares the premise with the movie, according to which, Garfield, a sarcastic feline from the United States, has been mistakenly identified as Prince of Carlye Castle in United Kingdom. The real prince was kidnapped and now it is up to Garfield and his new-found friends to uncover the devious plot of Lord Dargis and return the rightful heir to his throne.Gameplay is based around the familiar 3D platform games mechanics. The player takes control of Garfield and his fellow animals: Christophe the goose and Claudius the mouse in order to explore the five non-linear levels of the huge castle complex, helping other inhabitants on his way and participating in various activities including: racing, time challenges, mazes, dances and so on. Upon achieving a certain objective Garfield may be awarded additional powers, which will gain him access to the next level. |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator X | 2006-10-17 | Microsoft Corporation | ACES Game Studio | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Microsoft Flight Simulator X or FSX is the tenth version of Microsoft's line of civilian flight simulators. It updates the series to take advantage of up-to-date technologies including DirectX 10 and features much improved graphics and multiplayer support in the form of "Shared Skies" feature, which allows multiple players to share the cockpit.The standard version is aimed at casual players and features 18 planes, 40 high-detail airports, 28 high-detail cities and 30+ structured missions.The player can choose between flying predefined missions or free flight anywhere he or she wants in single player or multiplayer mode. The whole world is modelled in the game and in this version the maximum altitude is 100 million feet. New aircraft in this version include Airbus A321, DHC-2 Beaver floatplane, Boeing 737-800 and a new ultralight, Air Creation Trike 582 SL. |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Deluxe Edition) | 2006-10-17 | Microsoft Corporation | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Microsoft Flight Simulator X or FSX is the tenth version of Microsoft's line of civilian flight simulators. It updates the series to take advantage of up-to-date technologies including DirectX 10 and features much improved graphics and multiplayer support in the form of "Shared Skies" feature, which allows multiple players to share the cockpit.The deluxe edition has extra features for professional players, including SDK, five new aircraft with G1000 glass cockpits, more detailed cities and airports and extra missions as well as the possibility to play as tower controller. The game comes on 2 DVD's and contains 24 airplanes, 45 high-detail airports (of which 21 are new to Flight Simulator), 38 high-detail cities and 50+ structured missions.The player can choose between acting as a tower controller, flying predefined missions or free flight anywhere he or she wants in single player or multiplayer mode. The whole world is modelled in the game and in this version the maximum altitude is 100 million feet. New aircraft in this version include Airbus A321, DHC-2 Beaver floatplane, Ekranoplan (AI only), Boeing 737-800, Grumman G-21A Goose, Maule Orion M-7-260C in Ski and Super Rocket versions and a new ultralight, Air Creation Trike 582 SL. |
| Sam & Max: Episode 1 - Culture Shock | 2006-10-17 | GameTap LLC | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Sam and Max are back! And they must stop a bunch of young stars from a 70's TV series who are annoying the neighborhood. They'll soon discover those kids are under the effect of hypnosis, perpetrated by an evil genius known as Brady Culture.Sam and Max: Culture Shock is the first of a series of episodes Telltale is releasing based upon the freelance police dog & rabbit franchise created by Steve Purcell. Their new distribution method is similar to that of the TV series: short, independent episodes released periodically to form a whole package described as a "season". The gameplay is a point-and-click adventure similar in concept and gameplay mechanics to LucasArts games in the same genre, in particular Sam & Max Hit the Road. The game is done entirely in 3D. The player controls Sam, navigating him though locations viewed from fixed camera angles. It is possible to examine objects, pick them up, and engage in branching conversations with other characters. Most of the puzzles involve either manipulation of inventory items or making the right choices in conversations. |
| Sid Meier's Railroads! | 2006-10-17 | 2K Games, Inc. | Firaxis Games, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Train | | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Sid Meier's Railroads! can be considered the sequel to Railroad Tycoon 3, except that the original creator Sid Meier had not been involved with the series after the first Railroad Tycoon. Railroads! is a modern day version of the classic Railroad Tycoon games. The game is now in full 3D and has various multiplayer options.You get to build tracks between cities and resources. Choose from various engines and decide what to transport. As time goes by, new engines become available and cities provided with resources grow bigger. The player can have little side businesses by buying power plants, refineries or other industries to increase revenue. The ultimate goal is to buy out all the competitors. Overall, there is a heavy focus on economics. New technology can now be auctioned to the highest bidder, granting a ten-year exclusive license.The 15 available historical scenarios take place in regions such as the Southwestern United States, the Pacific Northwest, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. The game features over 30 engines from various countries and covers the time from 1830 to 1990. 20 different goods are available for transport, including passengers, oil, cars and gold. The terrain is more compressed, with natural obstacles, and tracklaying has been automated, unlike all previous Railroad Tycoon games. Multiplayer games are supported for up to four simultaneous players, over LAN or internet, and computer-opponents can also be added. |
| Zoo Tycoon 2: Zookeeper Collection | 2006-10-17 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Zoo Tycoon 2
Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species
Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure |
| Meine Tierschule | 2006-10-18 | dtp entertainment AG | Radon Labs GmbH | Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Meine Tierschule (My Pet School) puts you in the position of an animal trainer. Your job is to teach various animals all kinds of different commands starting from simple tasks such as responding to their own name to complex commands like picking up and bringing back an item. The animals you teach range from little mice and parrots to horses.The school itself consists of a compound in the countryside where the player has a main building, several kennels for the various animal species, and a training area. As an animal trainer you are not only responsible for teaching the animals. You also have to feed them, clean up after them and take care of their well-being. Once you start to gain a reputation you will be asked to work for the movie industry and have your animals perform tricks in front of a camera. |
| SandScript | 2006-10-18 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Viqua Games | Educational | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | SandScript is a word guessing game with Middle Eastern themes, two modes and one mini-game.In the Genie's Quest mode, the objective is to guess a word based on clues, to fill a jar at the right side of the screen within a time limit. The word letters are hidden as a series of lines and, as in hangman and other spelling games, the player has to select one letter to make a guess. Letters can be input with the keyboard, or with the mouse by clicking the alphabet on the screen.Each correct guess gives points, and words successfully completed slowly fill the jar, that has a mark showing the required amount to finish the level. Wrong guesses remove one of several jewels at the bottom-right, acting as an energy meter. When all the gems are gone the game is over and the level has to be restarted. Several correct guesses in a row give combo points, and discovering the word before the genie flies across the screen in his magic carpet gives bonus points. Filling the jar completely past the required mark awards an expert score, and a star at the end of the level.Some of the word spaces have power-ups, that can be collected by guessing the correct letter. The power-ups are stored and activated by three buttons at the bottom. The first one reveals all vowels, the second shows one letter and the third crosses out five incorrect letters from the alphabet.The 1001 Nights mode is similar to the previous one, but instead of filling jars, the goal is to solve as many words as possible before time runs out, with the timer shown as moon phases. Both modes share the Sultan's Challenge, a mini-game that appears between levels where the objective is to unscramble several words, to gather as many points as possible within the allotted time. This puzzle can be played as a separate game, accessed directly from the main menu. |
| Worldwide Soccer Manager 2007 | 2006-10-18 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | Everyone | | Windows | Worldwide Soccer Manager 2007 is the third entry in the soccer management series. Numerous new features have been introduced in this installment. These include a new default GUI created with the aid of user feedback in an attempt to make it more user friendly. The game also includes pre-match team talks. In the previous edition, only half-time and full-time team talks could be given. The game has also increased functionality of the half-time team talk, managers can now target individual opposition players for special attention, such as instructing players to close them down or always to tackle them with force. A significant new addition is the ability to create a feeder club affiliation. This allows larger clubs to set up a relationships with a smaller club and vice versa. This can be used by users managing larger clubs to loan out players to their feeder club to gain the first team experience that they are unable to get at higher levels. On the other hand, the smaller clubs can benefit from the ability of these players.
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| Lineage II: The Epic Collection | 2006-10-19 | NCsoft - North America | NCsoft Corporation | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This edition features:
Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle
All five Lineage II expansions: Harbingers of War, Age of Splendor, Rise of Darkness, Scions of Destiny and Oath of Blood.
An exclusive in-game item for Epic Collection owners only
30 Days of free online play for new accounts
Extra 15-day game time card
Behind-the-scenes footage from the developers
Exclusive desktop wallpapers |
| Decontrologic | 2006-10-20 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Decontrologic is a very short adventure game. You play as an unnamed man who just started the first day at his new job. Soon, it becomes apparent that it's annoyingly hot in the building, and you have to fix it. Controlling your character is very simple: the left and right arrows move him left and right, while the up arrow allows him to interact with other people and objects. |
| Gary Grigsby's World at War: A World Divided | 2006-10-20 | Matrix Publishing, LLC. | 2 by 3 Games | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Gary Grigsby's World at War: A World Divided is the successor to Gary Grigsby's World At War. This turn-based strategy game offers the full air, land and sea forces of each playable forces: Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, the Western Allies, and China. There are fifteen different combat units to command in the air, on the land, and at sea, as well as infrastructure and supply units. Each unit has up to 14 attributes, most of which can be improved through research and development. Purchased spies signal intelligence and security forces allow players a way to see through the fog of war, steal technology from other players, and improve their combat capabilities. The game come with three full-length campaigns and five shorter scenarios. |
| L'Amerzone + Syberia + Syberia II | 2006-10-20 | Mindscape SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy
Syberia
Syberia II |
| Thief: The Complete Collection | 2006-10-20 | Eidos, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Thief: The Complete Collection is a collection of:
Thief: Gold
Thief II: The Metal Age
Thief: Deadly Shadows |
| Taimanin Asagi 2: Inbō no Tokyo Kingdom | 2006-10-21 | Black Lilith | LiLith | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | One year after the events of Taimanin Asagi, the sisters Asagi and Sakura Igawa, both demon-hunting ninjas known as Taimanin who work for the Japanese government to eliminate demonic threats, are assigned to investigate the disappearances of three of their own. Their mission takes them to Tokyo Kingdom City, an artificial island off the coast of Tokyo home to a vast criminal underworld. As they delve into the heart of the corrupt city, the sisters uncover a sinister plot involving a criminal organization named Ryuumon, the Chinese Union, and an old enemy they both thought dead.Taimanin Asagi 2: Inbo no Tokyo Kingdom is a hentai visual novel in the Taimanin series. It contains scenes of explicit rape and violence. The player periodically makes choices that determine the outcome of the story. There are multiple endings. |
| The House That Ate My Soul | 2006-10-22 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The House That Ate My Soul is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. Actions can be controlled only via keyboard. The game was made for MAGS October 2006. Two boys are standing in front of a mansion when an older man arrives and tells them his story. The player takes his role of Ben Hastings, a private investigator. He has been assigned to search for the testament of Simon Hunter's uncle in his mansion. |
| Guild Wars: Factions (PvP Edition) | 2006-10-23 | ArenaNet, LLC | ArenaNet, LLC | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Unlike Guild Wars: Factions, where you gain access to the entire land of Cantha with all of its quests and missions, this PvP Edition gives you only access to the high-level arenas on The Battle Isles:
Zaishen Challenge (PvP-Training)
Zaishen Elite (PvP-Training)
Random Arenas (4vs4 at random)
Team Arenas (4vs4)
Heroes Ascent (8vs8; gives access to the Hall of Heroes)
Guild related:If you are a member of any guild, you can also enter Guild vs. Guild Battles (GvG) through your Guild Hall.
If you are member of a Kurzick or Luxon Guild, you can also enter Alliance Battles through the Great Temple of Balthazar.
For being a Factions Edition, you have access to the following content:
Characters:
Elementalist
Assassin (new in Factions)
Monk
Mesmer
Necromancer
Ranger
Ritualist (new in Factions)
Warrior
fully unlocked Skills (in the PvE-Edition, you must unlock them first):
240 Factions skills
90 Elite Factions Skills
240 Core Profession Skills
As usual, this Edition can be combined with the two other PvP-Editions as well as all other Guild Wars PvE-Editions, including their Special or Collector's Editions.Basically, if you want to play only PvP, you can start with that right away without playing through the campaign. |
| Guild Wars: Prophecies (PvP Edition) | 2006-10-23 | ArenaNet, LLC | ArenaNet, LLC | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Unlike Guild Wars: Prophecies, where you gain access to the entire land of Tyria with all of its quests and missions, this PvP Edition gives you only access to the high-level arenas on The Battle Isles:
Zaishen Challenge (PvP-Training)
Zaishen Elite (PvP-Training)
Random Arenas (4vs4 at random)
Team Arenas (4vs4)
Heroes Ascent (8vs8; gives access to the Hall of Heroes)
If you are a member of a guild, you can also enter Guild vs. Guild Battles (GvG) through your Guild Hall.For being a Prophecies Edition, you have access to the following content:
Characters:
Elementalist
Monk
Mesmer
Necromancer
Ranger
Warrior
Fully unlocked Skills (in the PvE-Edition, you must unlock them first):
394 Prophecies Skills
60 Elite Prophecies Skills
As usual, this Edition can be combined with the two other PvP-Editions as well as all other Guild Wars PvE-Editions, including the Special or Collector's Editions.Basically, if you only want to play PvP, you can start with that right away without playing through the campaign. |
| Half-Life 2: Holiday 2006 Collection | 2006-10-23 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games:
Half-Life: Source
Half-Life 2 (+ Half-Life 2: Deathmatch)
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Counter-Strike: Source (US version only) |
| Sommer Sport Pack | 2006-10-23 | IncaGold GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sommer Sport Pack is a compilation of five summer sports games:
Beach Volleyball
Beach Soccer
Five-A-Side Football
Mike Stewart's 360: Beach Bodyboarding
Scooter Pro |
| Spuds Quest | 2006-10-23 | Fallen Angel Industries | | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Spuds Quest is an adventure platformer and a fan-made Dizzy clone. Spud looks quite similar to Dizzy (Dizzy is a walking egg, Spud a walking blue ball) and the gameplay is largely identical to the Dizzy games. It combines inventory puzzles (only three items can be carried at once, like in most Dizzy games) and platform jumping with a few pixel jumps. It can be saved at any time, but only in a few places, marked by floating blue crystals.King Arthur is looking for treasure hunters who could find three treasures: the golden hen, the golden harp and the golden chalice. The one to find them all will be awarded a position in the King's service. On the way to achieve this goal Spuds journeys through several areas, including a treehouse village, an ancient temple, a town, an ocean and even a hidden fairy world.The author was never fully satisfied with the game an started working on a new version quite soon. It received funding on Kickstarter and was released in early August 2013. It features a greatly expanded game world and a completely different story. The first version of the game remains free. |
| Carrie the Caregiver: Episode 1 - Infancy | 2006-10-24 | Shockwave | Article 19 Group, Inc., The | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | Everyone | Patrice Audet (Atomikwave) | Windows | Meet Carrie, a healthcare graduate of Lee Nursing College. Fresh out of school, she joins up with Caregivers International. Her job is simple... take care of infants at 5 hospitals around the world. As a healthcare worker, Carrie will place babies into cribs and then feed, burp, and change them. She can also read to them and put them to sleep with a mobile.With gameplay similar to Diner Dash, you will try to gain enough points to reach the goal and perhaps even get an expert score. To do so, you will want to match each with a crib that is the same color as the baby's blanket to gain extra points. You can also gain bonus points for completing the same task multiple times in a row. While doing all of this, you need to keep the babies happy or they will leave and you will lose points.There are 6 different kinds of babies, each with different personalities. For some, you may have to feed the baby twice or it may get sick very easily.Don't forget to keep your hands clean, or you will have sick babies to deal with. |
| Dark Messiah: Might and Magic (Limited Edition) | 2006-10-24 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This collector's edition includes:Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Grained paper map of the multiplayer world (EMEA release)
Collectible character cards (US release)
Unique in-game extras:One multiplayer character skin
Four single-player weaponsBonus DVD with:The making of Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Official game soundtrack
Official trailers for the gameDifferent bonus discs were included in other releases. For instance, the Russian version had a separate promotional demo disc of Might & Magic enclosed in the package. |
| Dungeon Siege II: Deluxe Edition | 2006-10-24 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Deluxe Edition includes:
Dungeon Siege II (base game)
Dungeon Siege II: Broken World (expansion pack)
a bonus disc containing making-of material, concept art and printable portraits
a map of Aranna |
| EA Strategy Collection | 2006-10-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of some of Electronic Arts' strategy games. The games included are:Command & Conquer: Generals
Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero:Hour
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
Black & White 2
Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods |
| EA Warfare Collection | 2006-10-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of some of Electronic Arts' "war" games. The games included are:
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
Battlefield 1942
Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome
Battlefield: Vietnam - Redux |
| Marvel Ultimate Alliance | 2006-10-24 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Raven Software Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Action RPG, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | Dr. Doom has united supervillains as the Masters of Evil. Now for the first time ever, over 20 Marvel superheroes including Spider-Man, Captain America, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Blade and Silver Surfer have come together to stop Doom. Mix and match your choice of Marvel superheroes, in teams of four as you travel across the Marvel Universe to stop this threat. Certain teams such as The Fantastic Four and The New Avengers provide additional bonuses.Some heroes must be unlocked first. The game also features RPG elements, such as leveling up. When a hero gains a level, they earn points you can use to upgrade their skills. You also collect Shield Coins, which can be spent on boosts for your hero team. You explore various legendary Marvel locales, from Asgard, to Prince Namor's Atlantis, where you take on foes with punches, kicks and super powers. Super powers drain energy, however, so use them wisely. Combos can be achieved by combining super powers. Energy is restored by collecting blue orbs from fallen foes. Boss battles are like the comics themselves: titanic battles that often not only test brawn but your brain as well. With over 20 playable heroes plus all the cameos, there are over 100 heroes and villains.The game modes feature either single player, co-op, or online play. In general, Marvel Ultimate Alliance's gameplay can be considered an improved version of 2004's X-Men: Legends. The different versions are fairly identical. The PSP release has three more game modes, while Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 have additional levels. |
| Phantasy Star Universe | 2006-10-24 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Sonic Team | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Phantasy Star Universe can be considered the sequel to Phantasy Star Online with hack-and-slash RPG gameplay. Once again, there are two components: both offline and online content. In the offline single-player story, the 17-year old Ethan Weber is a military cadet on a mission to save his kidnapped sister from a mysterious force called THE SEED. This events and characters complement the online gameplay. Additionally, there is an offline mode that plays similar to the online mode, with character customization.In the online MMORPG component, players create their character based on four races: Humans, CASTs, Newmans and Beasts, with 3 main classes that can still be changed during gameplay. Once at a high level, there is further specialization with 7 advanced classes. The character's customization includes the clothes, hair, facial features, voice, and body proportions.The game takes place in the Gurhal Star System, with three planets to explore. Players can also team up in squad-based combat and tackle over twenty massive dungeons. The movement options of the previous game have been improved, with enhancements such as strafing. Characters can wield different weapons for each hand and there are player-controlled vehicles. A monthly fee is required to keep playing. |
| Reservoir Dogs | 2006-10-24 | Eidos, Inc. | Volatile Games | Action | Behind view | Licensed | Crime | Shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | This game, based on the famous Quentin Tarantino movie Reservoir Dogs, fills in the gaps in the movie that are only briefly mentioned (like the robbery at the jewelry store). Throughout the story you get to play all seven main characters, from Mr. Blonde to Mr. White. The missions are introduced by game engine cutscenes, which often recreate moments from the film. For example, in the first mission you see Mr. Pink holding his famous monologue "I don't think we got set up, I know we got set up!" and then you play Mr. Blue as the police arrives at the jewelry where your goal is to get out alive.To do so, you have two choices: be a psychopath and shoot your way out, or try the subtle approach without harming anyone. For instance, if you do not want to harm anyone you can take a hostage and then threaten the police to lay their weapons down and order them to face the wall. There are a few missions in which you must drive a car but mostly you walk through them. Like in the Hitman series, the game shows at the end of every mission how well you have done. |
| Snoopy vs. the Red Baron | 2006-10-24 | Namco Bandai Games America Inc. | Smart Bomb Interactive, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | As Snoopy sleeps atop his doghouse, the player is transported into his dreams about the adventures of his alter ego, the "World Famous WWI Flying Ace." The rest of the Peanuts characters are woven into his dream - and thereby the game's narrative - as they pass by the sleeping beagle. Lucy Van Pelt becomes the commander of the Allied forces, Linus and Sally take humorous turns as intelligence officers, while poor Charlie Brown is characteristically cast as a janitor in an Allied airbase. The story moves quickly after Charlie Brown is captured by the Red Baron's minions along with the plans for a secret weapon that could change the course of the war. Snoopy and his co-pilot Woodstock take to the skies in his trusty Sopwith Camel to recover the plans and rescue Snoopy’s hapless owner.The game mechanics center around third-person action adventure flight in contexts such as aerial races, dogfighting missions, and world exploration. Collectible items in the world unlock plane and weapon upgrades, as well as new character/plane combinations for use in versus multiplayer aerial combat. Hardcore Peanuts fans will recognize the front lines at Verdun, the woods of Montsec and Verdon Gorge as the settings for Snoopy’s original Flying Ace adventures in the comic strip by Charles M. Schulz. The game features 7 of these locations, which often change considerably from mission to mission.The flight model for Snoopy's Sopwith Camel and the other planes in the game leans heavily towards the fanciful arcade end of the realism spectrum. Controls and collision are forgiving and approachable for younger players, although advanced stunts such as barrel rolls and Immelmans are accessible through button combos for experienced aficionados of the air combat genre. The game includes boss sequences that offer novel variations on its core mechanics. For example, players will battle a flotilla of submarines as Woodstock, being towed behind Snoopy's plane in a toy balsa-wood glider. Here the mechanics are those of a rail shooter, with Snoopy pulling the player along a path while the player contends with a multi-stage boss fight.Pre-rendered cut scenes advance the narrative between missions as the player returns to a "hub world" represented by Charlie Brown's neighborhood. Here the player can upgrade his plane and weapons at Pig-Pen's Shop or complete a series of tutorials at Marcie's Flight School. The music and voiceovers in these sequences recall the classic Peanuts holiday specials that have been an annual fixture of American television since 1965. |
| Stronghold Legends | 2006-10-24 | 2K Games, Inc. | FireFly Studios Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Rhianna Pratchett, Simon Bradbury | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | This addition to Firefly Studios' castle building and management sim series offers 3D graphics and many new gameplay elements. But unlike original games, Stronghold Legends shifts the focus away from realistic medieval castle building and defending with exceedingly historical units to fantasy real-time strategic combat with Merlins, Dragons, and huge Giants who destroy castles.The game features 24 missions in over 3 single player campaigns, where the player commands Knights of the Round Table led by King Arthur, an evil army of Count Dracula or Siegfried, and the German Dragon Slayer and his followers.It also features multiplayer that supports up to 4 players, not only with the classic Stronghold deathmatch, but also three new multiplayer modes: King of the Hill, Economic War, and Capture the Flag. |
| Animals | 2006-10-25 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Life / social simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Animals is a simulation game for children. Build your own animal world with dogs, horses and other animals. Build houses for your animals, feed them and play with them. Make your town bigger and get more and more animals. |
| Dark Messiah: Might and Magic | 2006-10-25 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Arkane Studios SA | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | A long time ago an extreme powerful mage called the Seventh Dragon banished all demons from the world and paid with his death for this. But the prophecies tell that after a 1000 years, a Dark Messiah - half human, half demon - will return to the earth to destroy the barrier that stands between the worlds. Now twenty years ago, a Demon Lord successfully mates with Isabel, Queen of the Griffin Empire and all attempts of the Emperor to exorcist her fail (you can play this mission in Heroes of Might and Magic V) and the Dark Messiah is born. Also he doesn't know it yet, his goal is to obtain the Skull of the Seventh Dragon called Skull of Shadows from Skull Island, where it is guarded by the orcs and destroy the barrier between the worlds with it.
The name of the Dark Messiah is Sareth and he's an mage apprentice. One day his master sends him to Stonehelm to help another mage retrieve the Skull. And so the Prophecy seems to become real. But it is yours to decide if you use the Skull, once you've obtained it, for good or for evil since you are playing Sareth.Dark Messiah: Might and Magic is a first-person action game set in the medieval age so instead of guns you use swords, bows and magic to defeat your enemies. As you progress through the story you obtain skill points which you can invest in one of three skill trees called Combat, Magic and Stealth. How you skill Sareth directly influences the combat in the game. You can either play like an assassin and backstab your enemies to oblivion or make him a perfect sword-fighter who can use different combos to take out his enemies for example.But you can also use your environment to make your kills. There're countless items you can lift up and throw at your enemy or you can light up your arrow on a campfire nearby to inflict more damage. You can also make good use of your foot and kick your enemies off cliffs or kick them into spikes that come out of the wall or use other traps that are scattered in the levels like bringing a statue to a fall. The main innovation in Dark Messiah is the so-called Body Awareness System. This basically means that Sareth is a real part of the world like every other NPC. This makes not only the whole combat more intense because your whole body moves with every sword-swing you make but the NPCs can interact more directly with you. For example a Orc can take you by your neck and throw you through the room.If you've already saved (or damned) the world you can turn to the multiplayer-mode. There you've access to five different character classes from the knight to the priestess. With each kill you make you earn experience points and increase in rank. Then you get skill points you can invest in your skill tree to get new talents or upgrade existing ones. This is most important in the Conquest game-mode in which you play various maps in a row and keep your level between all the way. In the Conquest-mode two teams (Humans and Undead) fight over the possession of the flags on a map. Once one team holds all flags, it wins and the next map is loaded. But there's also normal (Team-)Deathmatch available. |
| Anno 1701 (Limited Edition) | 2006-10-26 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria), Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software GmbH | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This limited edition of 1701 A.D., of which only 17,001 units exist, includes:1701 A.D.
1701 A.D. art book
1701 A.D. key fob
1701 A.D. soundtrack DVD in 5.1 surround sound
One of 3,400 drawings signed by the artist framed in passepartout
Five postcards with 1701 A.D. motives
Production overview-poster
Certificate of authentication |
| Dracula Twins | 2006-10-26 | Legendo Entertainment AB | Nerlaska, S.L. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | Fantasy | | | | Everyone 10+ | 2D scrolling | Windows | The vampire hunter, Dr. Lifelust, wants to live forever. To do this, he needs vampire blood. To fulfill his goal, he has kidnapped Count Dracula. You, as Drac or Dracana, the son and daughter of Dracula, must fight your way past the not-so-good doctor's minions to rescue your father.Dracula Twins is a side-scrolling platform game. You must find the key and make you way to the exit of each part of each chapter. Along the way, you will need to kill enemies or avoid perilous dangers like spikes, swinging blades and crushing hammers. To kill an enemy, either press fire to strike them with your whip or press up and fire to shoot a fireball. Be sure to gather the blood rubies you encounter as this is what gives you the power to shoot fireballs. If you stand next to a torch, press fire to strike it with your whip. These will release blood rubies. Make your way to the end and destroy the evil Dr. Lifelust and save your father. |
| Melbourne Cup Challenge | 2006-10-26 | Tru Blu Entertainment Pty Ltd | Sidhe Interactive | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | Behind view, Side view | | | | Asia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania | | | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Melbourne Cup Challenge (also known as Frankie Dettori Racing) is a horse racing simulation game based on the Melbourne Cup, Australia's most prestigious annual Thoroughbred horse race. |
| Myst: The Collection | 2006-10-26 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Myst: The Collection contains the following games:
Myst: Masterpiece Edition
Riven: The Sequel to Myst
Myst III: Exile
Myst IV: Revelation
Myst V: End of Ages
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| The Tomorrow War | 2006-10-26 | 1C Company | CrioLand | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | | | Windows | The Tomorrow War is a space simulation game based on the trilogy of novels written by a well known Russian author Alexander Zorich. It tells the same story, but from a different prospect showing some new facts about The Tomorrow War universe. The game script as well as dialogs have been written by Alexander Zorich.You play as Andrey Rumyantsev, who is just a third-year cadet of Northern Space-Military Academy at the beginning of the story. As the story unfolds you will clash with Space Pirates, greedy Corporations, Aliens and take part in the intergalactic war between two mighty empires.The game features 34 missions, different types of spaceships available for a player to control, 3 modes of game physics - classic arcade one, improved arcade with inertia, and a realistic simulation mode. One of the main game features however is a real time generated planet surface which allows you to fly from space into the atmosphere of a planet and land wherever you want in real time and without any loading. Many game missions require player to fly in planet atmosphere and make combats there. |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anthology | 2006-10-26 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This pack includes the individually packaged editions (keep cases) of Warhammer 40,000 and it's expansions. The games included are:
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year (updated base game)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault (first expansion pack)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade (second expansion pack; standalone) |
| Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 | 2006-10-26 | Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH | Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Pro Evolution Soccer 6 enters the display of 2006/2007 with up-to-date exchange of club and national players. Some new clubs were brought to their proper names (such as Manchester United instead of Man Red), while others have lose it (such as Chelsea which is now once again London FC). However, despite the names, players are correct as Chelsea does have Ballack and Schevchenko, Real Madrid now has Van Nistelrooy which was in Manchester United and so on.Controls are the same, but moves and strategies have changed, as they tend to do from game to game. Fouls are not as easygoing as in previous game, but players turning is now too slow unless you know how to do it properly. Moves are much more realistic and goal keepers don't catch every ball with an ease, even easy one can sometimes slip by. That said, it all makes one step closer to reality, while it loses the reality factor on some other sides. Cameras are typical broadcast, tower, and bird-perspective, and cups, league and master league are still included.The Xbox 360 version is the only one to have hi-definition graphics and more animations, as the PC version is a conversion of the PS2 engine. The 360 version lacks a few features however, such as co-operative play, the PES shop, a replay save feature and some minor settings such as the ability to create players, rename leagues, edit kits, team names, boots and player appearances, and you cannot swap kit combinations. |
| Azur & Asmar | 2006-10-27 | EMME Interactive SA | OUAT Entertainment, Wizarbox SARL | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | Middle East | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Based on the feature film of Michel Ocelot, Azur & Asmar is a platform game where the player helps the two heroes in their quest to find the Djinn-fairy and release her from her chamber. The story and the visuals are inspired by North-African and Middle-Eastern folklore. The player controls Azur the acrobat or Asmar the warrior alternatively. Each has a specific ability that is needed to beat the 22 levels, defeat the enemies and solve the puzzles placed along the way. |
| Guild Wars: Nightfall | 2006-10-27 | NCsoft - North America | ArenaNet, LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | In the 3rd installment of the Guild Wars series, you explore the lands of Elona. This land is divided into the three provinces: Istan, Kourna and Vaabi. There is peace between the fractions at the moment, but the fallen God Abaddon prepares his return with the help of his devotees to bring back once again Nightfall over Elona.Besides the whole new land and updated graphics, the game also brings big and small changes not only limited to this game but also for Prophecies and Factions. For instance, it is now possible to save different templates of skills.The biggest changes were made to the AI. You can hire computer-controlled characters to help you on your missions. You can not only give them orders like "stay here" or "go there", there's also a whole new class of AI-helpers called "heroes". They are still controlled by the AI, but you can define them as you wish and completely gear them up as you like. They now also increase in rank on their own. Nightfall adds two new playable classes to the game: Dervish and Paragon. The Paragon likes to fight with a spear and shield from the back of the line. He also supports his teammates with various battle cries. The Dervish on the other hand, loves to get into the pile and fight the enemies with his scythe. He also has the ability to transform himself into an avatar of one of the gods which gives him new skills and abilities. |
| Guild Wars: Nightfall (Collector's Edition) | 2006-10-27 | NCsoft - North America | ArenaNet, LLC | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The collector's edition contains the following:The Guild Wars: Nightfall game on DVD
Special dances for the two new classes: Dervish and Paragon
An in-game miniature of Warmarshal Varesh
A Standee of Warmarshal Varesh for your desktop
Making of... DVD
Soundtrack CD
DirectSong Nightfall Music Bonus Code
Guild Wars: Nightfall poster
A huge colored map of Elona
Two collectible skill pins
124 pages long Art Book
A Quick Reference Card
An Epic Trial key to test Guild Wars: Prophecies and Guild Wars: Factions for 14 days or 10 hours (what is reached first)
A trial key for a friend to test Nightfall for 14 days or 10 hours (what is reached first) |
| Guild Wars: Nightfall (PvP Edition) | 2006-10-27 | ArenaNet, LLC | ArenaNet, LLC | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Unlike Guild Wars: Nightfall, where you gain access to the entire land of Elona with all of its quests and missions, this PvP Edition gives you only access to the high-level arenas on The Battle Isles:
Zaishen Challenge (PvP-Training)
Zaishen Elite (PvP-Training)
Random Arenas (4vs4 at random)
Team Arenas (4vs4)
Heroes Ascent (8vs8; gives access to the Hall of Heroes
Hero Battle (4vs4, but only 1vs1 for actual human players)
Guild related:If you are a member of any guild, you can also enter Guild vs. Guild Battles (GvG) through your Guild Hall.
For being a Nightfall Edition, you have access to the following content:
Characters:
Elementalist
Dervish (new in Factions)
Monk
Mesmer
Necromancer
Paragon (new in Factions)
Ranger
Warrior
fully unlocked Skills (in the PvE-Edition, you must unlock them first):
350 Nightfall skills
110 Elite Nightfall Skills
240 Core Profession Skills
As usual, this Edition can be combined with the two other PvP-Editions as well as all other Guild Wars PvE-Editions, including their Special or Collector's Editions.Basically, if you want to play only PvP, you can start with that right away without playing through the campaign. |
| My Boyfriend | 2006-10-27 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | 4HEAD Studios | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | My Boyfriend is a teenage romance simulation. The object is to win the heart of your "dream" boyfriend.Create your boyfriend in the editor and then get him to notice you with the right clothes, hair style and make-up. Earn money to buy new clothes with some part-time jobs like working in a parlour, helping out in a pizzeria, walking the dog or washing cars. You can also design accessories for your new wardrobe (a custom handbag, for instance).Convince his friends that you are "the best" girlfriend for him and find out what he is interested in. Share his hobbies and impress him with your inside information. Then, pay attention to the details like visiting the right clubs, saying the right things to him and sending him love letters. A happy ending to the story is in your hands!The game is a point-and-click game and has many 3D locations to visit and characters to interact with. The retail version includes a "My Boyfriend" doorplate. |
| Naval Combat Pack: 3 Awards Winning Classics | 2006-10-27 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Naval Combat Pack: 3 Awards Winning Classics is a compilation of these games:
Jane's Combat Simulations: 688(I) Hunter/Killer
Jane's Combat Simulations: Fleet Command
Sub Command: Akula Seawolf 688(I) |
| Pet Hotel 2 | 2006-10-27 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Independent Arts Software GmbH | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Learn what it is like to own and manage a pet boarding and grooming house in this game. Owners of fish, budgies, guinea pigs, rabbits, cats, dogs, horses and their young will leave their animals with you and you will return them in excellent condition, of course. As your reputation grows, your business will expand.Take the best care you can of your four-legged and feathered guests: feed them, keep their enclosures clean, play with them, get new toys for them, and ride the horses in the countryside. You will build and expand your pet hotel based on your ideas in exciting scenarios of a realistic 3D world with different levels of difficulty, in order to provide a good and protected place to stay for pets.The game has a familiar point-and-click interface and was designed as a game for children. |
| Ports of Call: Classic Edition | 2006-10-27 | astragon Software GmbH | | Compilation, Simulation | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Naval / watercraft | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Ports of Call: Classic Edition is a packaged version of Ports of Call and Ports of Call: XXL.Ports of Call: XXL is a complete redesign and use more features and modern techniques which originally
could not be implemented in Ports of Call.This Astragon version of Ports of Call: XXL differs significantly from the one available on the website. It is a slimmed-down version (including only cargo and container ships) with a simplified gameplay. In addition, it is not possible to upgrade this version to the regular version of Ports of Call: XXL. |
| Sudden Strike: Kollekcionnoe Izdanie | 2006-10-27 | Buka Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Sudden Strike
Sudden Strike: Forever
Sudden Strike II
Hidden Stroke: APRM
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| Tony Tough 2: A Rake's Progress | 2006-10-27 | dtp entertainment AG | Prograph Research S.r.l. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Although this game has a "2" in the title, the time frame of the story actually makes it a prequel to the first game, Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths.The year is 1953 and you play the 13-year old Tony Tough in his hometown Washington, New Mexico were he has to solve his first case. It all begins when someone breaks into the house of Florence Cook. The burglar didn't find what he was looking for and was arrested later, but the old lady couldn't handle the stress and died. Later the police set the burglar loose again. Then Florence's niece Cornelia (who works as a maid at his parents' house) disappears - and with her a few valuable artifacts she just inherited from Florence. So Tony steps into the scene and finally decides to solve the case with the help of his dog Pantagruel and his loyal friend Seymour.As in every point 'n click adventure, you move Tony through still environments filled with items and characters you can pick up or interact with. In order to solve the many riddles on your way to solving the whole case, you need to find many items and sometimes combine them on your journey. You talk in a multiple-choice manner with other inhabitants of Washington to get information on what to do next.The game also doesn't really take you by the hand. The riddles themselves aren't always straight forward and need some serious thinking. Once you've solved the first few riddles, you're free to roam the town, talk to the various characters and complete tasks along the way which don't seem to help you on your case at first. But as you play on, the pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place until you've solved Tony Tough's very first case. |
| Tupoj Dozor | 2006-10-27 | Akella | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Tupoj Dozor is an adventure game that tells the story of Artem Nevtryndeckij, a man on a mission to save the world from the forces of stupidity. The title is a parody of the Russian game Night Watch (Nochnoy Dozor). |
| Age of Japan | 2006-10-30 | Realore Studios | Realore Studios | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Age of Japan is a match three game with Japanese-like symbols and music. To make a match, you swap two items so that there is a straight line of three or more of the same, vertically or horizontally. The object is to clear the gray tiles by making matches over them. If there are gold tiles, you must match them to turn them gray then match them again.There are two game modes. In arcade mode, you can make as many moves as you wish but you have a limited time to clear the board. In puzzle mode, you have no time limit but you are limited in the number of moves per board. After you make so many points, you begin to acquire brooms. Brooms are used to remove the item in one tile but they do not remove the gray or gold under the tiles.
As you progress through the levels, you gain bonuses. These include double or triple point bonuses that double or triple the points of any match they are in. Also, there is the bomb. This, when matched, destroys all the items that surround it. You also have the multicolor that can replace any item when making matches. One rather nice bonus is quake. This destroys all items that are paired together with a like item, anywhere on the board. |
| Ankh: Heart of Osiris | 2006-10-30 | XIDER | Deck 13 Interactive GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | | | Windows | At the end of Ankh, Assil managed to dispel the death curse, free the pharaoh's daughter and keep the ankh. He also found the woman of his dreams: Thara. But his luck does not hold long. The pharaoh's daughter still wants Assil for herself and Osiris still wants the ankh. So one day Assil wakes up in a side-street in front of the palace after a big fight with Thara... and without the ankh. He needs to get the ankh back and find Thara along the way.You still control Assil with your mouse through the different environments talking to people through multiple-choice dialogues, while you pick up items Assil needs to solve the many puzzles on his journey. On the way he will not only revisit familiar locations (like Cairo but now at nighttime) and meet old friends, but he will also visit new locations and meet new characters. In addition to Assil and Thara you'll be able to play as the Pharaoh himself later on in the game. |
| The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery | 2006-10-30 | Activision, Inc. | Super-Ego Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Barbie and her band Charmz are excited to enter their High School Battle of the Bands but someone sabotages the competition by sending threatening text messages saying "Drop out or else!” and ruining their sheet music and stage.Barbie won't be scared off and begins to investigate the strange occurrences. Can Barbie unravel the mystery while keeping her friendships intact and the band together in order to compete and win the Battle of the Bands?Players play as Barbie in 3rd person perspective. Gameplay is built around an innovative social strategy simulation. Barbie needs to build friendships and gain support of others to solve the mystery.Make friends by finding common interests, conversing with other characters, doing favors and tasks as well as completing puzzles and activities.Explore fun high school locations including classrooms, library, computer lab, outdoor commons & music room.
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| Nancy Drew: 75th Anniversary Edition (Limited Edition) | 2006-10-31 | Adventure Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | To mark the 75th Anniversary of the Nancy Drew series a special DVD Limited Edition compilation of 5 games and bonuses was released. The Nancy Drew games included are:
Secrets Can Kill
Stay Tuned for Danger
Treasure in the Royal Tower
The Final Scene
Message in a Haunted MansionAlso included is a bonus Nancy Drew mystery book, and an exclusive Nancy Drew movie trailer. |
| Neverwinter Nights 2 | 2006-10-31 | Atari, Inc. | Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | The tiny village West Harbor, located not far from the thriving city of Neverwinter in the Sword Coast region, served once as a battlefield between an evil being known as the King of Shadows and the defenders of Neverwinter. The protagonist's mother was killed during that battle; the elven ranger Daeghun took care of the orphan, raising him (or her) as his own child. Their peaceful existence comes to an unexpected end when a group of githyanki attack the village just after its traditional festival. It appears that the attack was somehow connected with a mysterious silver shard that was left in a nearby cave shortly after the battle against the King of Shadows. The protagonist then leaves for Neverwinter, searching for Duncan, Daeghun's half-brother, who might have more answers. Neverwinter Nights II is a follow-up to Neverwinter Nights. The two games share a common setting; where Neverwinter Nights uses the 3E ruleset released in 2000, Neverwinter Nights II utilizes the D&D 3.5 edition rules released in June 2003. As its predecessor, the game comes with a multiplayer feature and a tool set that allows players to create their own campaigns. However, the gameplay style differs from that of the predecessor by focusing on party-based combat, character management, and dialogue.In the beginning of the game the player creates the main character, choosing his or her appearance, race (including planetouched, half-orc, and sub-races such as drow or moon elf), class (out of twelve available), and feats. The 3.5 edition of the AD&D rule set introduces prestige classes, into which regular classes may evolve, such as for example warpriest as a prestige class for clerics.During the course of the game, various characters with their own motivations will join the protagonist. An active party may include up to four characters. The combat system is similar to that of Baldur's Gate: battles evolve in real time, and the player is able to pause at any moment to issue specific orders to characters. Automatic behavior routines for each character are available as well. Companions react to the player's choices during quests, and develop relationships with the protagonist depending on their ethical and personal preferences.The player character eventually acquires a stronghold that can be used as a base of operations. The player can repair the stronghold, improve its defenses, and use it to repel sieges and generate income. It is possible to choose specific ways of using resources to upgrade the keep, recruit merchants, and command guards. |
| Neverwinter Nights 2 (Limited Edition) | 2006-10-31 | Atari, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Limited Edition, only released in the United States, includes:Neverwinter Nights 2
Cloth map displaying in-game locations
Neverwinter Nights 2 art book
Lawful Good ring
Chaotic Evil ring
Exclusive talent "Blessed of Waukeen" which grants you a bonus to all saving throws, two special items, access to a unique weapon and a magical golden aura that surrounds your character. |
| Riding Star 2 | 2006-10-31 | dtp entertainment AG | Radon Labs GmbH | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Riding Star 2 is the sequel of Riding Star, a riding simulation released by dtp Entertainment AG for Windows 95/98 and ME. Just like the original game did in 1999, the sequel puts the emphasis on a realistic portrayal of riding challenges and features the three riding classes military, dressage and horse jumping. The player can create a rider avatar and own several horses. These may be equipped with different types of accessories such as saddles, blankets and decorations. While in the stable, the player can look at each of his horses from nearby and take individual care of them: the quadrupeds can be fed, their fur can be groomed and their hooves can be cleaned. By completing tournaments in the three classes and five difficulty settings, the player can win prizes, unlock further content and improve the statistics of his horses. Each horse gains additional experience points through training and participation in tournaments.
The game features a number of indoor and outdoor levels of varying difficulty, including a virtual representation of the world championship stadium in the German town of Aachen, home to the World Equestrian Games 2006. The controls are somewhat different from most games featuring horses: The reins of the horse are simulated with the mouse and the keyboard is used to control the speed.The game also features a hotseat multiplayer mode and an online tournament mode. The latter allows players to compete against each other by logging into a server. During the game the players can chat with each other and their results are recorded on a highscore list on the game's website. |
| Secret Files: Tunguska | 2006-10-31 | Adventure Company, The | Fusionsphere Systems Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Spy / espionage | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | Nina Kalenkow, a beautiful woman living in Berlin, Germany, reaches her father's workplace at the Museum one night just to find out he has disappeared without a trace. After finding out the carelessness of the police department about the case, she then decides to search for him herself.From that moment on, and with the help of one of her father's colleagues, the young Max Gruber, Nina is introduced to a conspiracy between governments and secret organizations, related to the vast and unexplained explosion that took place in 1908 in the Tunguska Region in Russia, which her father was investigating. The journey will take them all around the globe in the search for clues that will eventually reveal lots of secrets as they get closer to Nina's father. Nina is the protagonist, but Max can also be controlled during certain parts.Secret Files: Tunguska is a classic third-person point-and-click adventure game clearly inspired by the old classics, presented against pre-rendered backgrounds with 3D models of the characters, and CGI animations for certain events. While playing, important clues are stored in a journal. The inventory is shown at the bottom of the screen, selecting an item and hovering it over other items or various locations will show if there is a use for the item or not. Additionally, if in-game "Help" is enabled, pressing a button in the bottom right corner reveals the location of all on-screen items Nina can investigate. |
| 5 Mega Games | 2006-11-01 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games:
Act of War: Direct Action
Boiling Point; Road to Hell
Crashday
Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard
Rollercoaster Tycoon 2
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| Air Assault Task Force | 2006-11-01 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | ProSIM Company | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | Helicopter | | Real-time | | | Windows | Air Assault Task Force is a wargame that focuses on battles in which helicopters played a prominent role. The game is developed by U.S. military officers and accordingly strives for realism.The game features four regions: training grounds in the U.S.A., Battle of La Drang Valley in Vietnam, Mogadishu in Somalia and operation Anaconda on the Afghan-Pakistani border.The game is presented in a top down satellite map view, where all information is shown in simple colored icons, much like they would be seen on the radar software used in the military. The player plays highest in command and can set way-points and issue commands for all units. |
| Ankh: Edition Collector | 2006-11-01 | Micro Application, S.A. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the two first Ankh games:
Ankh
Ankh: Heart of Osiris
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| Butterfly Escape | 2006-11-01 | Genimo Interactive LLC | Genimo Interactive LLC | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Luxor-style ball popping is back; this time with butterflies. A series of colored balls are pushed around a track by a bug and it is your job to destroy those ball chains by shooting colored balls at them. To destroy part of the chain, you need to match up 3 or more balls of the same color with the one that you shoot. You need to destroy all the ball chains before they reach the end of the track.The levels vary in appearance and some have obstacles to make it more difficult to hit the ball chains, such as tunnels or objects that are in the way. Levels may also have more than one ball chain at a time, on different tracks.To help you on these levels, you can get powerups that do many different things, such as a cannon that blows up a lot of balls, or a multicolor powerup that makes many balls in a chain become the same color.Your main goal, besides completing each level, is to free all of the butterflies. The butterflies are found every 6 levels. These levels are timed and have 3 ball chains rotating around the trapped butterfly on a circle track. You need to destroy all three chains before time runs out, rather than before they reach the end of the track.When you free a butterfly, it will be added to your Butterfly Book where you can view the butterfly from many angles and see information about where it lives and what it looks like. |
| Car Thief 6: Night Crime | 2006-11-01 | Maxima Games | Maxima Games | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | Crime | Sandbox / open world, Turn-based strategy | North America | | Menu structures, Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | With nothing to lose and a whole lot of back-alley debt; your motivation to get rich quick has never been stronger. In Car Thief 6, players start off small working as a petty crook stealing from cars and pick-pocketing and work their way to stealing supercars, burglarizing sprawling mansions, street racing, gang fighting, and running your illegal businesses. That is if you can escape and evade the police and other threats. Fail to pay your debts off in time and prepare to fend off the back-alley loan sharks and their squads. Outside of the main map screen, all actions are turn-based. Your character has skills for acting, shooting, hiding, driving, locksmithing, and electronics - all of which can be improved or temporarily boosted. Players have a character creation process to follow that includes choosing a class based on aforementioned skills, your in-game appearance, the game's difficulty, and more. There is a rather extensive item database full with equipment and tools which can be adorned for additional boosts and perks. Much of the equipment have level or skill requirements in order to effectively use. Actions from both players and AI are calculated and completed using skill checks mixed with luck, very similar to 20-sided dice rolls in Dungeon and Dragons or other d20-based games. Looting, inventory management, groups/parties, skill checks, and many more RPG qualities help make up Car Thief 6.The goal of the game is to obtain and stash away as much cash as possible by the time you end the game, all without having died or been locked away in prison. Simply paying off your debts is enough to finish the game's storyline, however continuing to collect cash will allow you to continue raising your score. |
| Caribbean Treasures | 2006-11-01 | Emotion Rays Entertainment | Emotion Rays Entertainment | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Make matches to collect treasure. Accept the challenges of the gods, if you dare!Caribbean Treasures is a match three game. To make a match, swap two items so there is a row of three or more of the same. To clear the level, you must clear all the gold tiles before time runs out. You do this by making matches over them. Later levels will have some tiles that are hidden until the initial group of gold tiles are cleared. If you have an item that is locked, you must make a match with it to unlock it. If there are two locks, you must unlock it twice.As you make matches, you collect starfish, pearls and coins. When you have collected the bonus items for your level, you will be challenge by an island god. If you accept their challenge, you must click any blocks of the same color in groups of three or more. To win, you must clear all blocks before time runs out. If you fail, the god will scatter more gold tiles into your current puzzle that must also be cleared to clear the level. |
| Deal or No Deal | 2006-11-01 | Global Star Software Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Deal or No Deal is based on the TV game show of the same name. Gameplay is simple; pick one of 26 cases, containing amounts of money from one cent to one million dollars, then open several others. After opening several cases, a deal is offered, based on the average value of the remaining cases, which the player can either take, or reject to open another batch of cases.This version includes several versions of the game. TV Game is a faithful reproduction of the TV show. Challenge includes five rounds of the game show, with winnings accumulated between each round. High scores are tracked for each mode. In either mode, you can pick three helpers, choosing their gender, personality, and appearance.Two-player modes include Custom Prizes, where one player sets the prizes and acts as the banker and the other plays the game as normal; several prize sets are included, and more can be added. In Hotseat, two players switch being the banker and the contestant over a set of six games, with the objective of leaving with more money than their opponent. In Head-to-Head, the two players play with the same set of cases, in an attempt to leave with more money than their opponent.Finally, several mini-games are included. 5-Case Monte has 5 cases, one containing $1,000,000. As the cases move around, keep an eye on that case. Keep going for as many rounds as you can. Puzzle Game is a siding puzzle; starting with a scrambled arrangement of tiles, move everything back in order in as few moves as possible. In Memory Challenge, pick cases that have matching images. Uncover all cases, and move to the next round. |
| Delicious: Winter Edition Deluxe | 2006-11-01 | GameHouse, Inc. | Zylom Media Group BV | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | Contemporary | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Delicious: Winter Edition Deluxe is an updated release of Delicious: Deluxe. The game is identical, but some changes were made for the holiday season. For instance, Emily now wears a red apron instead of the orange one in the original game. Customers wear warmer clothes, and food products are replaced with more Christmas and winter themed items, such as eggnog and fruit cake. |
| GT-R 400 | 2006-11-01 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Kuju Entertainment Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | | Windows | GT-R 400 is a touring car racing game. It features two kinds of car types: production models and GT models. The races takes place on closed circuit tracks and the cars are entirely controlled from a third-person perspective. The driving experience can be customized with a number of gameplay options such as car damage, driving aids and automatic gears. Two licensed cars are available, the Ascari KZ1 and the Mosler MT900. Sixteen tracks are available and they cover three continents. A number of game modes are available. The quick race mode is for players that want go straight to the action on the circuit. It's available for one or two players in split-screen multiplayer. The championship mode allows the player to complete in three different championships for each car type. Each championship consists of a number of races and in each race the player has to finish among the top three to qualify for the next race. Three retries are available for each championship. When all are used the player has to restart from the beginning. The time trial mode is about beating a specific time limit that is set before the race. The game offers 15 time trials for the player to unlock. When both these and all championship modes have been completed, a 16th time trial becomes available. Beating it unlocks a secret supercar. |
| Gary Gadget: Building Cars | 2006-11-01 | Viva Media, LLC | ELD Interaktiv Produktion AB | Educational, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Billed as an "edutainment" game for children, this title is all about how to build a car from the ground up using parts & pieces found on Gary's lawn. When a road-worthy auto is finished, drive your creation around the neighborhood where different "missions" can be played through (rescuing a cat from a tree, finding Freddy's dog, for example). Enter it in the Auto Show for prizes and praise.Sort through Gary's huge mound of junk, pick out the "thing-a-ma-bobs" and "whatchamacallits" you want, and then figure out which of them fit together. You'll need to put your thinking cap on to build a working vehicle - a roadster, truck, sedan or race car. Along the way, Gary will give minor advice but doesn't give it all away. Using your logic and creativity skills, learn what makes a car tick - and which parts are the best for what your auto should do. (Climbing a steep hill or racing on a race track requires more powerful stuff than Mom's old jalopy!) When you've finished your first vehicle, you can download additional parts from the official website to beef it up and download a bonus game.The game includes interactive animations and videos, an easy point-and-click interface and multiple choice options, all of which add to the replay value. |
| Intrigue At Oakhaven Plantation | 2006-11-01 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This point and click adventure game takes place at Oakhaven, a 19th century southern plantation in Louisiana.Daphne's Grand-mère has something important on her mind and wants to discuss it in person. When Daphne arrives, she finds that Dominic, her adopted cousin, is also there. The two are the sole heirs of the estate, and Grand-mère cannot decide who should inherit it. She contrived devious puzzles and riddles for both Daphne and Dominic to solve. The cleverest of them will soon own all of Oakhaven.Both Daphne and Dominic will have 11 different puzzles to solve. The one who finishes theirs first will win. The player will switch between the two characters, exploring the mansion, solving the puzzles and digging up secrets of the past.Navigate through the rooms of the plantation and its grounds, find inventory objects and keep up with each character's progress by reading journal entries. Puzzles are of various types: logic, word puzzles, match-ups, musical themed puzzles, a slider and others. All conversations are in written text format but there are sound effects and various music pieces play in the background. |
| Mission Équitation: à la recherche du cheval d'or | 2006-11-01 | Mindscape SA | Lumaï Prod | Action, Adventure, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Control Manon, a teen girl whose main objective is to travel the world in search of Akhal Teké, a mythical "golden" horse. You will have to explore the five continents, learn horse breeds and complete more than 50 missions.Mission Équitation : à la recherche du cheval d'or was developped in Thailand and is the first game of the series of the same name. |
| Need for Speed: Carbon | 2006-11-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Black Box | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The 2006 game in the Need for Speed series is an evolution of the gameplay introduced in the previous games. The career mode offers complete freedom in a city with a story mode supported by FMV cutscenes, as featured in Need for Speed: Most Wanted, but now also set in the Carbon Canyon, where racers duel for territory in the city below. There still are many police pursuits. At the same time, the focus on tuning and sculpting your car remains, as introduced in Need for Speed Underground. As you win money from races, you can visit garages and car lots to make improvements to your vehicle.Enhancements are still unlocked gradually, but the cars have now been divided over different tiers. There are about 40 cars to unlock. Many of them have been featured in previous installments, but there is a new selection and this year's edition introduces powerful muscle cars such as the Ford Mustang and Dodge Charger. Other features include the possibility to form your own crew, more detailed sculpting features, drifting races (introduced in NFS:U and replaced by drag races in NFS:MW) and the new car classes. The PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions offer online multiplayer, missing from the PS2, GC and Xbox releases. Up to eight players can race together, in the Pursuit Tag or Pursuit Knockout modes, with a few variations. Pursuit Tag is a race of one civilian car against cop cars. To become the civilian car, you have to tag it and then try to fend off the cops as long as possible until you are tagged again by other players. In Pursuit Knockout everyone starts as a civilian car, but the last one at the end of the first lap becomes a cop and needs to cause as much damage as possible to the other speeders. Another mode allows you to drive cooperatively (up to four players) in a single race.The city and the surroundings in the career mode have been divided into different territories, controlled by gangs. You are either invited or challenged to race in the sections and claim them as your own. To do so, you have to impress the gang leader by winning races until he challenges you for a duel - first in the city, then over the narrow roads of Carbon Canyon. Scores are based on proximity. You need to follow the boss in the first race, and he is in pursuit in the second one. There are 4 boss duels in total.The crew feature, with room for up to 6 cars, allows you to assign three roles to racers: drafters, scouts and blockers. These are supporting characters you can hire to help you win races. Drafters leave behind a coloured trail that makes it easier to find the way, scouts discover hidden shortcuts, and blockers try to cause mayhem to slow your opponents down. If you hire a scout, you get access to the new AutoSculpt feature. It enables you to modify the height of every part of your car through sliders, solely for visual effect. You can also buy full body kits. |
| Need for Speed: Carbon (Collector's Edition) | 2006-11-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The collector's edition of Need for Speed: Carbon includes the following additions:Four new cars: 2006 Chevrolet Camaro Concept, 2007 Jaguar XK, 2006 Koenigsegg CCX, 1992 Nissan 240SXTen pre-tuned versions of existing carsExtra events: six new races and three challenge series, including drift courses in the cityTen new vinyl kitsBonus DVD with a behind-the-scenes feature about the cars, environments, characters and actors, and the Need for Speed AV Wars Remix Project, a collection of six audiovisual remixes based on the game.Windows version - there is additional content available if you pre-ordered the collector's edition through EA Downloader. It includes:Two new cars: 1971 Dodge Challenger and the 2006 Pagani Zonda FAutomatically unlock every performance upgrade in the game. |
| Pluto Strikes Back | 2006-11-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union recategorized the celestial body known as Pluto, downgrading it from full "planet" status to membership in a new second-class category: the humiliating "dwarf planet".This news did not go over well on Pluto. Powering up the "meteor magnet", the angry dwarf planet was equipped with a large baseball bat. Pulling space debris out of the cosmic abyss into its new intense gravitational well, it aims to vent its impotent frustration on the solar system by nailing line drives at the other smug planets. You control the swings of its bat by moving the mouse pointer around, aiming to maximise a high score in a kind of heavenly pinball game by flipping meteors at planets the fastest and most directly, with extra points awarded for ricochets and other trick shots. Missing a swing means that Pluto takes massive geological damage, and eventually, its rage spent through the collisions, it too will crumble into so much space dust. |
| Prism: Light the Way | 2006-11-01 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Prism: Light the Way is a cutesy puzzle game set inside a black hole. It is based on the conceit that black holes are the natural habitat of quantum beings called Glowbos that feed on light. When the light is blocked by a space monster, the Glowbos risk starvation until a race of light-emitting creatures called Bulboids (effectively controlled by the player) arrive to save them.The basic principle of the game is to bend rays of light (which always travel at right angles) so that they hit colour-coded targets at the edge of the playing area (an 8x8 grid). To achieve this the player can move any of the pieces (Bulboids, mirrors, coloured filters, prisms, etc.) on the grid. Pieces can be dragged to any free space on the board (so you don’t have to shuffle pieces about as you would with a sliding tile puzzle) but cannot be rotated.The game features a “time attack” arcade mode (where the player must clear randomly-generated levels to earn extra time), a free play mode which removes the timer, a puzzle mode where the player must complete increasingly difficult handmade levels, and (in the PC version only) a fast-paced shooting gallery mode where targets and playing pieces are dropped onto the board intermittently, and the player must constantly rearrange the pieces to hit all the targets before they go critical. |
| Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 (Collector's Edition) | 2006-11-01 | Bold Games | Tripwire Interactive, LLC | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Red Orchestra is a WWII-themed first person shooter game which won the prestigious "Make Something Unreal " contest and was transformed to a full commercial product.The Collector's Edition features latest game version, a bonus CD featuring guides, vehicle cards, additional maps, wallpapers and a red t-shirt with game's logo. |
| Rikki and Mikki to the Rescue! | 2006-11-01 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Miga Studio | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Rikki and Mikki discover that their grandfather has been kidnapped. This great scientist was apparently abducted by forces from the beyond. The two siblings must travel through The Secret Garden, The Lost Temple and finally through the Northern Way in order to find their Grandfather and return him to his castle home.
Rikki and Mikki is a game very similar in play to the Bomberman series. You choose your character from the two siblings and travel through the three worlds with twenty levels each for a total of sixty levels and collect jewels, coins. The pathway is not so easy though, you will have to fend off mummies, ghosts, robots and other baddies while using your bomb vials to clear a pathway to collect the jewels to open the exit. Bonuses are rewarded for clearing a level of all monsters and you can even sometimes find bonuses which will enable you to run faster or become invincible. While the levels are mostly straightforward get-the-jewels-and-go type games there are surprises in store such as levels that are illuminated only by explosions you set off and levels where the map shifts in sync to your explosions. There are even teleporters and stacks of dynamite to add to the challenge. At the end of every world there will be a boss battle involving explosives that appear randomly in your path and which can entrap you while you're trying to collect enough jewels to open the gateway. |
| Safari Photo Africa: Wild Earth | 2006-11-01 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Super X Studios | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Safari Photo Africa is an educational game in which you play as a photojournalist assigned to photograph animals in Africa. The photos will accompany articles and must be of high quality and capture the subject matter exactly as assigned. All photographs are stored in a portfolio, which can be reorganized and saved on the user's computer as html files.The game is a first-person 3D simulation. Photo assignments include a family of elephants, a nighttime photo shoot of a pride of lions, and a helicopter ride across the Ngorongoro crater. |
| Tangle Bee | 2006-11-01 | iWin.com | Smartmelon Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tangle Bee is a puzzle game where the player must unscramble crossed web lines by moving bees on a beehive.The game has five modes. In Tangle Bee Classic the objective is to untangle and free groups of three or more bees by moving them around a beehive. They are all connected by a spider web line. They free themselves when their bounding lines don't intersect. A black spider at the right-hand side of the screen acts as the timer, slowly moving towards the honey pot as time progresses. Tangle Bee Kids is a easier version of Tangle Bee Classic. In Tangle Puzzle all bees have to be released by untangling all the lines at the same time In Tangle Trouble the objective is to light up a background image printed on the honeycombs by untangling bees around it. Finally, in Timeless Tangle Bee there's an infinite number of bees and no time limit. Like in Tangle Trouble, the background image must glow in order to move to the other levels.The player receives from the freed Queen Bees a token with special powers (scissors, rain storms, lightning, etc). |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield - Complete | 2006-11-01 | Mastertronic Group Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the original game and its 2 expansion packs:
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Iron Wrath
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| Wer wird Millionär Collection | 2006-11-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | Jellyvision Games, Inc. | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Who Wants to be a Millionaire compilation contains the following three games:
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: Third Edition
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: Fourth Edition
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: Sports Edition |
| Alarm for Cobra 11: Nitro | 2006-11-02 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | Synetic GmbH | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile | | | | | Windows | Alarm für Cobra 11: Nitro is an action-oriented racing game based on the German TV series Alarm für Cobra 11. It utilizes the main features of the source material: policemen drive on freeways, hunt criminals and cause everything to explode what they touch.The campaign consists of 25 missions (+ 2 bonus missions) which are arranged in a linear way. The goal is mostly to win a race against time respectively other cars or to catch a criminal by crashing his car. Sometimes there are also checkpoint races, e.g. to diffuse bombs or to check banks which are potential goals for a robbery.
The story is only told in texts before the missions. The player spends most of his time on freeways but sometimes the missions take place in a city which results in the need to do turns.Before every mission the player also can choose one of four difficulty levels which gives additional or harder mission requirements which have to be fulfilled to win it, e.g. a time or car damage limit. Depending on the difficulty level the player unlocks new cars and courses for the single races and multiplayer mode; overall about 15 cars and 35 courses. These don't represent the playing modes of the campaign but are always regular races. |
| Scrabble Interactive: 2007 Edition | 2006-11-02 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Wizarbox SARL | Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Board game, Word construction | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The Scrabble board game is one of the most popular board games. You need a mixture of good vocabulary knowledge, tactic and chance to be successful. This game aims at recreating this experience on PC and DS while giving the player the tools he would need to progress (exercises, famous game examples, hints on how to play and what are the best possible moves or adaptive AI level).On PC the game can be played with up to 200 players on the net and on DS you can play with friends with only one cartridge. |
| FIFA Manager 07 | 2006-11-03 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Bright Future GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Keeping the same style carried from the ANSTOSS series to Total Club Manager 2003, in FIFA Manager 07 the player has the complete club at his disposal, from managing the team at all levels, dealing in the transfer market to deciding on where the team should expand facilities (now using an isometric city view not unlike SimCity 3000) and increase stadium capacity. Of course, for those less interested in these aspects, they can all be assigned to the appropriate staff member, but good results can only be obtained by hiring the best staff (the team money and prestige) can buy.Along dozens of minor improvements (such as interface tweaks, the return of fan opinions, inaccurate injury diagnoses, career-ending injuries, more player talk options and more stats screens), FM07 features a revamped youth system with match reports and a transfer market where the player must outbid the competition to hire the most promising upcoming stars. Along that, Cooperation deals allow bigger teams without league reserve sides to give their upcoming players a chance to taste real competition without the pressure of the highest level of competition.After FIFA Manager 06 moved to the Champions League 2004-2005 engine (still used in this game) and FIFA 06 debuted a whole new engine, players could no longer use the "Football Fusion" feature, which allowed owners of both FIFA and TCM games of their 2004 and 2005 versions to play matches from TCM in FIFA and import clubs from the larger TCM database into FIFA. While the ability to play like any other football game was not restored, now the manager can either select a player as his "protégé", train him to first team level and (optionally) take control of him during the 3D matches in "Player Career" or select a player from the starting eleven at each match, with the best players being only available to the best managers. The player can still choose to not take part in a match, and just attend the 3D match. The remaining visualization modes, text and instant calculation were enhanced to offer more game situations (in the first) and accurate automatic substitution rules, and a new mode, videotext, was added. This mode mixes both the quickness of the instant result with the ability to follow up other games scorelines. Also making a return is the personal area, typical of the ANSTOSS series; the manager not only has to manage the club, but also his personal life, and if the player neglects his family, he might well find his luggage at the door one day. On the other side, golfing skills might come in handy to impress the president... either on the good or the bad side.Along the usual tools and team updates, the game received an expansion named FIFA Manager 07: Extra Time. |
| Kids Zone: My Horse Gang | 2006-11-03 | dtp entertainment AG | Radon Labs GmbH | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Karolin, Chris and Philipp: they are not just best friends, they are Die Pferdebande ("The Horse Club").They ride, they jump and they are kid detectives. Their newest case is about a sabotage at the casting for the world famous horse show "Arena Caballo". Anne, a friend of theirs, is participating in this casting. She seems most likely to win. But then something happens. Lajana, Anne's horse, shies unexpectedly and she is very badly hurt. Is her dream to be a famous actress meant to be over? Was it an accident .. or was it sabotage? A new adventure begins for the horse gang.Die Pferdebande is a criminal adventure game with a
lot of minigames, challenging riding missions taking place in four beautiful locations. Be a sleuth! Be a show star! Be an equastrian! Take care of your horse!Based on the famous series of books of the same name from Karin Müller published by Schneider Buch. |
| Neverwinter Nights 2 (Chaotic Evil Edition) | 2006-11-03 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Chaotic Evil Edition is one of two limited editions only released in Europe and it contains:Neverwinter Nights 2
Neverwinter Nights and its two add-ons Hordes of the Underdark and Shadows of Undrentide
Special book-like packaging
Chaotic Evil ring
Mountain Troll statue
Map of the Neverwinter Nights world on high quality paper
Bonus DVD with the soundtrack and artwork
Chaotic Evil art book
7-day time key for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE: Stormreach
Exclusive talent "Blessed of Waukeen" which grants you a bonus to all saving throws, two special items, access to a unique weapon and a magical golden aura that surrounds your character
10 predefined Chaotic Evil charactersThe second European limited edition is called Neverwinter Nights 2 (Lawful Good Edition). |
| Neverwinter Nights 2 (Lawful Good Edition) | 2006-11-03 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Lawful Good Edition is one of two limited editions only released in Europe and it contains:Neverwinter Nights 2
Neverwinter Nights and its two add-ons Hordes of the Underdark and Shadows of Undrentide
Special book-like packaging
Lawful Good ring
Eldritch Giant statue
Map of the Neverwinter Nights world on high quality paper
Bonus DVD with the soundtrack and artwork
Lawful Good art book
7-day time key for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE: Stormreach
Exclusive talent "Blessed of Waukeen" which grants you a bonus to all saving throws, two special items, access to a unique weapon and a magical golden aura that surrounds your character
10 predefined Lawful Good charactersThe second European limited edition is called Neverwinter Nights 2 (Chaotic Evil Edition). |
| Planet Alcatraz | 2006-11-03 | 1C Company | 1C Company | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic | | Vitaliy Melehin | Real-time | | | Windows | Planet Alcatraz is a real-time post-apocalyptic RPG. It has been described by the developers as a mixture between Neverwinter Nights and Fallout, on a smaller scale. The game features a non-linear plot, extensive dialogues, a character development system similar to Fallout, with Traits, Skills and Perks, as well as a real time with pause combat system. It uses the same graphical engine as the hack'n'slash game Dawn of Magic.The protagonist is Boar, one of the four imperial troopers cadets who are disguised as convicts and sent to the eponymous prison planet to investigate the intel of of a spaceship being constructed by the prisoners. After the landing pod containing the convicts crashes, the four were scattered all over the planet. The primary objective of the game is to find the remaining three cadets, who join the group as playable characters, find and destroy the shuttle, then leave the planet.The politically incorrect setting of the game, as well as its black humour, are characteristic of Dmitry Puchkov, a Russian celebrity famous for his translation theories, whose only book serves as the basis for the game. Racial segregation, misogyny, homophobia, debauchery, slavery, and cannibalism run rampant on the planet. |
| Travelogue 360: Paris | 2006-11-05 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Travelogue 360: Paris is a hidden object game where the player searches for objects from a list, on 360º panoramic views of famous places of Paris. The point of view can be panned around with the keyboard arrow keys, or with the mouse moving the globe in the middle of the interface at the bottom. Zooming in and out can be performed by the mouse scrolling wheel, or moving a interface slider with the cursor.The list of objects appear as an open notebook, where the items are automatically crossed after finding and clicking on them on the locations. The hint system is a targeting reticule, centered on the screen with a green meter at the top that fills when panning near one of the required objects.Jigsaw puzzles and mini-games appear between chapters. In one of them various objects have to be arranged in a limited space, without touching each other. Others are variations of mahjong, where pairs of postcards have to be removed instead of Chinese tiles. |
| Colorelli | 2006-11-06 | Wacom Europe GmbH | Limbic Entertainment GmbH | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Colorelli island is a place of beautiful colors, happy characters and perfect harmony. But an impending threat raises from the shadows: Dr. Gray... a colorless chameleon! The player is summoned to help the Colorelli island inhabitants defend their colors from the evil Dr. Gray and prevent the island from loosing all its color.Colorelli is an adventure game for kids aged 5-12. The box ships with a Wacom tablet, which is necessary to play the game. Players solve riddles, play mini-games and learn how to draw and paint with the help of the digital pen. The game is presented in chapters, in which the archenemy devises new techniques to steal Colorelli's colors. |
| Unreal: Anthology | 2006-11-06 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation includes the following:Unreal: GoldUnreal IIUnreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition (not in the German version)Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice EditionSoundtrack CD |
| Xin Juedai Shuangjiao: Qianzhuan | 2006-11-06 | Unistar | UserJoy Technology Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Based on the popular Legendary Siblings novels by the Chinese author Gu Long, Xin Juedai Shuangjiao: Qianzhuan is a prequel to the three previously released Twin Heroes games. The events of this game take place 18 years before the brothers Jiang Xiaoyu and Hua Wuque were born. The hero of the game is their father Jiang Feng. The game describes Jiang Feng's life, his training as a swordsman, his friendship with the fighter Yan Nantian, and eventually the love story between him and the servant girl Hua Yuenu.The gameplay system has been influenced by Xianjian Qixia Zhuan 3. Unlike previous installments of the series, all regular enemies are visible on screen and can be avoided. You have a party of eight people, of which you can choose four to participate in battles. The turn order and the speed of the battle participants are displayed on correspondent indicators. Beside the traditional leveling up, you can also upgrade your weapons by collecting a certain amount of crystals. There are special attacks you can execute with a particular weapon. |
| Ancient Mosaic | 2006-11-07 | iWin, Inc. | Bee Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | An ancient mosaic which bound the world together in harmony was shattered into pieces long ago. Travel back in time to places in ancient times, reassemble the individual pieces which, when reunited, will restore balance to the world. Seven locations, with seven puzzles each, will need to be solved to finish the game. The first location is the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in circa 1500 A.D.Ancient Mosaic is an inlay puzzle game. Empty containers of various shapes appear on the puzzle screen, while "mosaics" (pieces) scroll across the bottom on a conveyor from right to left. Pick up mosaics from the conveyor and insert them into the puzzle, rotating by right clicking as necessary.Several tools appear on the left side of the screen. The magic wand removes a part of the puzzle itself; the hammer deletes any shape on the conveyor; and the crusher transforms a mosaic on the conveyor into its minimum shape. It is also possible to delete a mosaic by dropping it into a "annihilator" trash bin.There are three modes of play:
Action (timed) - The puzzle board moves left quickly and the inlays must be filled before they fall off the screen.
Strategy (not timed) - When a mosaic is placed, the conveyor moves more pieces in from right to left.
Classic - The mosaics don't move and the game prompts for new pieces
The conveyor brings bonus pieces into play randomly. One, for instance, automatically rotates the mosaics for you while another highlights the closest fit for the selected mosaic. As the game progresses, puzzles move faster and become more elaborate and additional bonus items become availableThe game features original music and sound effects. A new desktop wallpaper, which can be saved, is unlocked when each location's puzzles are completed. |
| Bastet | 2006-11-07 | | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bastet (short for "Bastard Tetris") is Tetris with a twist. The goal of Bastet, as with most Tetris clones, is to make complete horizontal lines by correctly rotating and positioning the pieces that fall from the top of the screen. Unlike Tetris, which selects the next pieces randomly, with varying probability, Bastet computes how useful each piece would be if dropped next, and then selects from the least useful shapes, never dropping the most useful shapes.Bastet has a text-mode interface with colored pieces, which shows the statistics (points, lines, level), as well as a 'Won't give you this one!' display replacing the usual 'next piece' display. Bastet is controlled with the arrow keys, allowing the current piece to be rotated, moved left and right, or dropped faster. The game allows the speed to be chosen at the beginning (by picking the level), and at the end records high scores. |
| Final Fantasy XI Online: The Vana'Diel Collection 2007 | 2006-11-07 | Square Enix, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This 2007 compilation of Final Fantasy XI includes the base game and the first three expansion packs as well as 30 days free play time for new accounts. Included in this collection are:Final Fantasy XI Online (base game)
Final Fantasy XI Online: Rise of the Zilart (add-on)
Chains of Promathia (add-on)
Treasures of Aht Urhgan (add-on) |
| Haiku Journey | 2006-11-07 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Hot Lava Games | Puzzle | | | | Word construction | | | | Meditative / Zen | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Haiku Journey is a word puzzle game with Oriental themes. The gameplay is similar to Boggle, Bookworm and other similar titles, where the objective is to connect letters from a grid to create words of three or more. The letters are presented as Japanese paper lanterns, and they can be connected vertically, horizontally and diagonally. Each new word lights a lantern, and when all are lit they change color and the player receives an Omamori, a good luck charm that multiplies the points. The colors have increasingly higher multipliers associated with them, from 1,5 to 3. The goal of each level is to attain a certain number of points, shown at the top of the screen.An open book at the left side shows the titular haiku, a short and simple form of poetry from Japan. The haiku letters are initially hidden, and the first letter of each newly created word acts as a guess, slowly uncovering the verses. When the poem is complete, the player receives bonus points. The solution can be guessed by pressing the solve button and typing the missing letters, or bought with points as well.Power-ups appear when creating long words. The flower acts as a wildcard, taking the place of any letter. Some letters show beads around it that fade away with time, and using them on a word throws these spheres around grid, lighting random lanterns. If the player creates too many three letter words, the background gets darker and a tornado starts to move randomly around the grid blowing out the lanterns. It can be eliminated by creating a word with the letter where it is currently stationed.There are two buttons at the bottom of the screen to shuffle the whole grid and swap pairs of letters. After completing a series of levels, the player receives one of the Engi-monos, special books that reveal words, light lanterns, uncover haiku letters and help in other ways. Only three can be use on each level, from a total of ten available throughout the game.There are two modes, time and puzzle. In the time mode, there is a time limit shown on the hourglass at the right side of the screen. In the puzzle mode, the player has a limited number of moves to achieve the required number of points. |
| Left Behind: Eternal Forces | 2006-11-07 | Left Behind Games Inc. | Left Behind Games Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | You'll wage spiritual warfare & defend yourself from the antichrist in this apocalyptic real-time strategy game based upon the LEFT BEHIND book series created by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. Join the battle of Good versus Evil, leading Tribulation Forces or the Global Community Peacekeepers, and discover where all the people went. The game story is essentially about the Biblical end of the world, written from the same perspective as the book series. Millions of people disappear from the world in an instant during the Rapture, and the world is plunged into the Tribulation - where the antichrist is building a one world government, and a one world religion. He is stamping out any resistance to his "peaceful utopia" - and the player's goal is to save as many people from his deceit as possible.In multiplayer, you have the option of controlling the Global Community Peacekeepers - the antichrist's army. |
| RoboBlitz | 2006-11-07 | Naked Sky Entertainment, Inc. | Naked Sky Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In this action-adventure powered by the Unreal Engine 3, you play as a robot named Blitz whose space station has come under attack from the dreaded megaNOED. You will have to travel to six non-linear different areas of the station (from the armory to the radar station to the cooling towers) each with three levels in order to power up the massive Space Cannon and vanquish the invaders. A final level will appear once these are all complete. Along the way, you must dispatch many different enemies including arm-twirling nuisance bots, flying wheels of death and even smiling, spherical miniNOEDs. There's both ground and air-based robots plus a series of boss battles at the end of every hub. While most enemies can be shot and destroyed, there are others where you must use the environment around them as well as physics-based gameplay (powered by Ageia's PhysX) to outsmart them like using barrels to crush enemies or lure them into dangerous areas. You'll discover a friend in the station's depths who will provide you with an assortment of new upgrades. Some can be bought by collecting green cards called Upgradium throughout the levels. Others will be given to you if they are essential to completing an area. You start out with basic rocket launchers and energy guns, but later you'll acquire a hovergun that will cause whatever it hits to float up in the air, and a point-to-point gun which binds two separate objects together with an energy beam. There are puzzles throughout which need to be solved in order to power up the cannon, some as easy as the "push button" variety while others involve switching the laser paths with prisms to open doors or putting metal objects in a shredder to make a shell for the cannon. Some can have multiple solutions depending on your own inventiveness.The Xbox Live version of the game uses Allegorithmic's ProFX procedural texturing tool in order to reduce the game size small enough for the service. An earlier version of the game called RoboHordes was made as a tech demo in 2005 for the Intel dual core processor as a single-level game that featured entirely physics-driven game play. |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum! | 2006-11-07 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum! is a compilation which contains:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (base game)
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked! (first expansion pack)
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild! (second expansion pack) |
| D.I.R.T.: Origin of the Species | 2006-11-08 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Nu Generation Games Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | In D.I.R.T.: Origin of the Species the player takes the role of Eva Cash, called Dirt, who gets knocked out after a party. She wakes up in a prison cell and the first thing she sees is a gigantic bug who eats a dead policemen. Now her quest is to find out what happened to her.This game is a typical third-person-shooter. Eva walks through mostly linear levels on the search of the exit. Of course she has to kill a lot of opposition on the way which consists either of bugs or humans. To achieve this goal Eva either uses standard weaponry or her PSI abilities, e.g. telekinesis or remote control bullets. Sometimes there are also small switch puzzles. After every level the player gets rated and receives points which can be reinvested into new weapons or ammo. |
| Aqua Ball | 2006-11-09 | Screenseven | Screenseven | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Aqua Ball can be described as a Bust-A-Move variant. Bubbles appear from the top, go down and invade the screen faster and faster. The player's goal is to destroy them before they reach the bottom of the screen.The game lacks a two-player mode and adds an easy mode, where time does not matter and bubbles do not appear so fast. |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent | 2006-11-09 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Shanghai UBIsoft Computer Software Co., Ltd. | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Stealth | Africa, Asia, North America | | | | Mature | | Windows | In Sam Fisher's first next generation adventure, the splinter cell has a tragedy befall him. Shortly thereafter, Sam's life collapses around him. He becomes more distant from Third Echelon. In fact, he even goes so far as to get himself arrested.But it's all part of the plan. Sam Fisher is now a double agent, working for both the NSA and a terrorist organization known as the JBA, or John Brown's Army. Sam is for the most part a good guy still. But will that remain? Will Sam do good for the NSA and bring the organization to justice, or will the lure of the terrorist group overpower and overcome Sam?The choices you make affect that outcome. Moral questions will pop up in various places throughout the game. Do you shoot a prisoner to earn trust with the JBA, or do you hold off, keeping the NSA on your side? Whatever outcome you decide on, your trust with one will go down and the other will go up. This trust system is a new addition to Double Agent.As you work your way through ten missions, your best friends are shadow and silence. You can go in guns blazing, but you won't get far. As a master spy, Sam will have to sneak around crates and walls, hide under vehicles and tables, sneak through highly guarded areas, and bypass electronic, fingerprint, voiceprint and retinal locked doors. You must interrogate or hack for keycodes and combinations, and you have the choice of knocking an enemy unconscious or killing them. When hanging by a rail, you can let an enemy guard walk by, or reach up, grab him and throw him to his death. Your best weapon is your mouth. Lure an enemy to your location by whistling, then sneak around him as he abandons his patrol to find the source of the noise. Your configurable weapon is really a backup.Sam will go on many missions as a double agent. You'll be visiting the JBA headquarters in New York City, you'll travel to the Congo to rescue a soldier, you'll board a cruise ship in Cozumel wearing shorts in broad daylight with minimal cover, forcing you to change your stealth patterns. You'll wind up in the middle of a wartorn city, in the middle of a battle between guerrillas and the military, both of which want you dead. Your missions are varied, and all can be completed without firing a single bullet.Multiplayer is similar to the past Splinter Cell games. You take on the role of either a spy or a mercenary; spies are played from the standard, third-person perspective, while mercs are played from the first-person perspective. Spies are tasked with stealing sensitive documents; mercs are tasked with killing the spies and protecting the documents. Each side has its own unique weapons and items. Spies do not have conventional weaponry, meaning nothing that can kill a merc, but they have several gadgets and devices to help them. Mercs are blessed with a high-powered rifle, grenades, and the ability to toggle various vision modes.The PS3 version includes some additional content: a new female spy character (multiplayer), two new maps based on a new environment (multiplayer), a new set of co-op challenges and some refinements for the existing content. |
| Days of Sail: Wind over Waters | 2006-11-10 | Ice Bytes Game Development | ImmersionFX Games | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Days of Sail: Wind over Waters is a sports game which simulates sailing. The main part of the game are the four races, e.g. the Poseidon Cup, where the goal is to be first at the goal. Additionally there are also five areas where the player can sail for his leisure. The game also features different day times and weather conditions, help functions for inexperienced players and three difficulty levels. |
| Slingo Quest | 2006-11-10 | funkitron, Inc. | funkitron, Inc. | Gambling | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Slingo Quest is a progression of Slingo games; Slingo is a combination of slot machines and Bingo. The player is presented with a Bingo-style card (usually 5x5 squares) and is given a certain number of spins. Each spin triggers 5 wheels to spin, one corresponding to each column. The player then marks off squares on the card if they contain numbers from the spin. Jokers can also show up during spins which allow the player to mark off any square from the column.Players can get extra points for various feats, such as clearing the entire card. Different cards have different Slingo patterns highlighted in red that are worth extra points if the player marks every square. Sometimes, slots can produce devils that take a percentage of the player's accumulated treasure (though the treasure might be safe if the player has demon protection). Further, there are bonus rounds to be played against a pirate where a lot of treasure is at stake. The player and the pirate take turns spinning on the same board. Occasionally, a treasure chest pops up which may contain treasure or it may confiscate treasure. The player that discovers the chest has right of first refusal-- they can choose to open it or make the other player open it.Other rounds present the player with a 7x7 game board, instead of a 5x5 board. Some rounds have 2, 3, or 4 5x5 boards that are played concurrently. |
| Terrorist Takedown: Covert Operations | 2006-11-10 | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Shooter | South America | | | | | | Windows | Terrorist Takedown: Covert Operations picks up where Terrorist Takedown: War in Colombia's left. After the drug-lord Tomas Alphonso Archangel was killed, paramilitary soldiers from an unknown force raid the US leased airport. Now the player has to strike back at whoever launched the assault.As its predecessor, Covert Operations is a first person shooter set in the Colombian rainforest. It plays pretty much as the previous game, with the keyboard being used to move the character and the mouse being used to aim and shoot. There is a wide range of weapons available, including a pistol, submachine gun, shotgun, grenade launcher, rifles, hand grenades, a bazooka and a crossbow. Killed enemies will drop new weapons and ammo. A new feature added in this game is a stamina bar (located right below the health bar) which indicates for how long the player can run.The game comprises 11 single player only missions and two difficulty levels. |
| The History Channel: Civil War - A Nation Divided | 2006-11-10 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cauldron Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Historical events | | | | Teen | | Windows | Civil War: A Nation Divided lets players relive the horror and chaos of the Civil War fighting for both the Union and the Confederate Armies in 12 of the most bloodiest battles in America's history.As the Union, fight in Fredericksburg and repel the confederate forces or go to Gettysburg and take on hordes of confederates, then on to Chattanooga to begin the invasion of the south leading to battles at Fort Fisher, in Selma, Alabama and take the last line of defensive at Petersburg to march towards the enemie's capital.As the Confederates, hold your ground against the Union army at Bull Run, Shiloh and Chickamauga, survive the chaos of Antietam and Chancellorsville and hold off the relentless Ulysses S. Grant at Cold Harbor and try to save the south from falling. With historical accurate weapons with the help of the History Channel, go into battle as a different soldier and relive the battles as they faced and the challenges to survive the chaos that is The Civil War. |
| UAZ 4X4 Racing | 2006-11-10 | 1C Company | Avalon Style Entertainment | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Polnyj privod: UAZ 4X4 is a driving game about traversing a challenging terrain using the Russian UAZ all-terrain vehicle. The player needs to complete courses in different settings and conditions with an extensive amount of customization options. |
| Boundless Planet | 2006-11-11 | | Boundless Planet | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent, Real-time | | | Windows | Boundless Planet is a massively multiplayer online real time strategy (MMORTS) game with a high degree of persistence. Players can battle alone, with allies, or united in a Faction against innocents and foes alike. Players can opt to ravage huge areas and build bases to guard those assets; combine land units, airborne, or naval against foes across huge areas to stake a network for yourself and your allies.The game takes place on huge virtual planets. Competing players can settle renewable resources and build huge armies to fight nearby empires. Planets stay open typically for a month before a new one opens. Old planets are still accessible. Persistent ranking is available and on-demand deathmatch games are available. |
| Chicken Invaders: Revenge of the Yolk | 2006-11-11 | InterAction studios | InterAction studios | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | After centuries of captivity, domestication and consumption the chickens almost had their revenge. Their ancestors from the far reaches of the galaxy arrived on Earth in order to try and exact revenge but our forces drove them back. But all is not safe on the galactic frontier as a new armada of chicken invaders prepare their assault on humanity. The only thing between them and us is you.Chicken Invaders: Revenge of the Yolk is the third part in the Space Invaders clone series of games which features chicken themed humor and parody of popular sci-fi movies and games. You pilot a one manned space ship and shoot with six different types of weapons and have free range of movement (I suppose that could be a chicken-related joke too). These weapons have twelve different levels of strength which you'll need in order to win medals and advance through the twelve star systems of the game. There is also online play which is up to four player co-op and an online high score table. Online play is through LAN or internet. |
| PC Fútbol 2007 | 2006-11-11 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Gaelco, S.A. | Simulation, Sports | Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | This is the 3rd year of the mythical and renewed saga by Gaelco Multimedia.PC Fútbol is a football managerial game with a lot of options, and some new features over the 2006 edition. Like all PCFs you can take your favourite club and win all, or instead challenge yourself and play with a little club from the beginning and try to make history.You have the old features: you can trade and train players, make strategies, enlarge the stadium and its services, sign sponsors, sell merchandising, play matches with the V-Lima system,... and the new features are the club and stadium editor, the communicator system to keep contact with your friends online, the revamped trading system, and the option to keep playing the managerial part while playing matches in background.Like all years, it includes an incredibly big database with 2.000 clubs and 50.000 players from the 50 best leagues around the world.And, it comes with an extra booklet of tactics, explained by Michael Robinson to help players with the game and to teach some football history. |
| ProStroke Golf: World Tour 2007 | 2006-11-11 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | Gusto Games Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | ProStroke Golf: World Tour 2007 is a golf simulation which unique feature is the innovative control scheme. In contrast to other golf simulations the tee is performed in first person mode. After choosing the club and the feet position the player needs to use both analog sticks. With the left one he simulates the swing and with the right one he relocates his body weight. It is not enough to relocate it simply in the right direction, the player needs to achieve a constant back and forth movement. This only works when using a gamepad, alternatively there is also a more traditional three-click control scheme in 3rd person. There the player chooses the body weight movement before the strike. With the first click he strikes out, with the second one he determines the precision and with the last one the strength. This, however, is still different to other golf simulations because the kind of swing is not chosen beforehand but determined by the swing parameters.Less innovative are the playing modes. The game features the usual training, single tournament and career mode. The career mode however are just many tournaments tacked together. The player character improves his rank with successes but this just influences the conditions of participation for other tournaments and not the gameplay itself.The game features nine licensed golfers, 18 courses (two licensed) and three real-life golf-commentators. With the editor the player can build own courses and tournaments. |
| Saru Ga Daisuki | 2006-11-11 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Saru Ga Daisuki is a platform game where the player controls a ninja monkey, out to save his girlfriend from an evil doctor. The monkey can run around, jump, and cling to walls and ceilings freely; it also has a weapon in the form of a yo-yo with which it can destroy green blocks and flip switches. Completing the game requires getting past several rooms with classic platform game threats: spikes, cannons, flames. Some puzzles can be solved only by switching to another character and using their skills (e.g. a fast, high-jumping ninja). Sometimes, items have to be used, such as a water-spewing backpack that can put out flames. |
| Strip Poker Exclusive 2 | 2006-11-12 | Emotion Design | Emotion Design | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Sequel to Strip Poker Exclusive keeps its style, but now it introduces seven new female models. Together with progressing victories opponents expose their bodies. Again, the player can choose between three poker types and three card decks: 1.'Classical' with 32 cards deck
2.'Full deck' with 52 cards deck
3.'Jokers' with 52 cards deck and 2 jokersDuring gameflow the girl is examined from first-person perspective in a set of video sequences showing actions girl made to play or flirt with you. Accomplishing a certain percentage of girls nudity, you'll be able to see or continue this progress in album at any time. There are several video sequences of the same events and they may vary during different seances of gameplay. An online poker game with computer and live opponent is also presented.New features of this game is windowed mode and ability to make a present for the opponent in the form of money. Girl will flirt with you and show some covered parts in return. |
| Mahjong Escape: Ancient Japan | 2006-11-13 | SpinTop Games | Jolly Bear Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Mahjong Escape: Ancient Japan is a Mahjongg variant set against a background of Ancient Japan. In the Emperor's Adventure mode, players travel through the history of Japan, starting from 8500 BC to 1912 AD. In the second, Classic game mode, any of the 162 available layouts can be selected to complete. Players can also choose from different backgrounds and tileset designs.Traditional rules of Mahjongg apply. Players pick two identical tiles from a stacked board to remove them with the goal to empty it. The game shows the available matches, remaining tiles and free tiles. There are buttons to undo moves, get hints or shuffle the board. Some new elements are introduced as well. The board can be completed early by uncovering the Magic Gold tiles and removing them. This causes all the other tiles to disappear. Other novelties are season, flower and cardinal direction tiles. Any of the four seasons, flowers or cardinal directions can be matched with another one in the series to make them disappear. In other tilesets, these are replaced by other designs with a similar functionality. In later levels, there are also key tiles that open locks, joker tiles to remove all specific tiles of a certain kind on the board, and magnets used to pull tiles to a new position.The game keeps track of the completion time and an overall score. In Emperor's Adventure levels need to be unlocked one by one, and after completing a board a pearl of wisdom is offered. |
| Postal: Fudge Pack | 2006-11-13 | RWS, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Postal Fudge Pack is a compilation of Postal games. The Windows/Linux/Macintosh hybrid DVD includes:Postal: Classic and UncutPostal²: Share the PainPostal²: Apocalypse WeekendEternal Damnation, a fan-made total conversionWeek in Paradise, a fan mod that adds the Apocalypse Weekend weapons to the original Postal 2.Extras with pictures and videos |
| Ultima Online: 9th Anniversary Collection | 2006-11-13 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Ultima Online: 9th Anniversary Collection celebrates this MMORPG's ninth consecutive year with a new compilation. It includes:Ultima Online
The Second Age
Renaissance
Third Dawn
Lord Blackthorn's Revenge
Age of Shadows
Samurai Empire
Mondain's LegacyAlso included are exclusive Crystal and Shadow housing sets, and the addition of Personal Attendants. |
| Zodiac Tower | 2006-11-13 | Enkord, Ltd. | Enkord, Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Zodiac Tower is a puzzle game where the objective is to clear a grid of all tiles within a time limit, by placing over them Tetris tetrominoes shapes. The shapes appear and accumulate on a tray on the left side of the screen. The player picks them up with the mouse and places them over a group to cover the astrological symbols on the grid.Transparent shapes can only remove matching symbols, while red shapes remove any combination of tiles. Some levels have obstacles like pillars and stones that must be removed by making matches next to them. Tiles with steel or wood background require multiple matches to be removed.A shop selling power-ups appears between the levels. These items can be purchased with coins that appear on the grid and the tray. Explosives destroy several tiles at once, the lightning bolt zaps random symbols, the rocket breaks a whole column of tiles and the magnet creates a vortex that removes several symbols. |
| Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express | 2006-11-14 | Adventure Company, The | AWE Productions, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Interwar | | | | Teen | | Windows | This game is based on one of Agatha Christie's most famous novels. Step aboard the beautiful Orient Express, a 1930s train which travels between Istanbul and Paris, to help famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot solve a murder mystery.As the journey aboard the luxurious train begins, Samual Ratchett, an American millionaire, recognizes Poirot and asks for his protection. Even though Ratchett insists that someone is trying to kill him, he won't provide much more information, so Poirot refuses. The next day, an avalanche suddenly halts the train's progression and Rachett is found dead in his cabin. Poirot, who has sprained his ankle when the train stopped so abruptly, obtains the help of Antoinette Marceau, an Orient Express employee, to try and solve the murder. Antoinette, your character, will do the investigating with Poirot offering assistance and pointers along the way if you choose. Naturally, everyone aboard the train is suspect so you have your work cut out for you!As is typical of the genre, the mystery will be solved by finding and using inventory objects (some of which can be combined), repeatedly interrogating everyone aboard the train and applying your skills of logic and deduction. There are puzzles of various types to solve including a puzzle box, a jigsaw puzzle, a combination safe and a maze. In addition to the standard adventure fare, you can "shadow" your suspects by following behind quietly, and a feature allowing you to eavesdrop on private conversations. Progress is scored using a points system. Control is handled entirely by mouse in point-and-click fashion.Early in the game you'll be able to choose one of two levels of difficulty. In the more difficult "Challenge" mode, you solve the mystery yourself with only brief comments from Poirot. Get more hints and suggestions from Poirot by choosing the "Cooperative" mode.The game features several alternate endings to provide surprises for those who are familiar with Christie's original ending. Poirot is voiced by David Suchet who played the character in films. |
| Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses | 2006-11-14 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Blue Monkey Studios, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses is based on the 2006 direct-to-video animated movie of the same name and the story is loosely based on the fairy tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Barbie is cast as Genevieve, one of the twelve princesses who live with their windowed father King Randolph in a castle. They live a frivolous live, so Randolph brings over his cousin Duchess Rowena to raise them as proper princesses. She makes their lives miserable however and poisons the king, so they flee to a magical world brought to life through a story of their mother. Rowena traps them there, along with Genevieve's friend Derek, and they need to use a goblet to collect mystical water that can cure their father.The player controls Genevieve in a full 3D environment, but with a small amount of freedom and sometimes with brief branching. She can be moved in any direction and can jump while twirling, to complete platform sections or to avoid water that kills instantly. The game uses many moving platforms, elevators, gaps and platforms that disappear when she stands on them too long. There is no health system and she has an unlimited amount of lives, respawning right away at the last point. Along the way she can collect gems. She sometimes meets animals she can pet. There are many sections with short mini-games activated by walking into large, spinning coins. In one of them a cat is controlled in a game of Breakout, bouncing an apple to bring down leaves from a tree or using a water bubble. In another Genevieve needs to throw berries towards birds in a nest with a moving obstacle blocking the path. Another section offers a jigsaw puzzle that needs to be completed to open a door. Between gameplay sections there are many animated cut-scenes.After the initial section a hub is entered that leads to four different worlds where the eleven princesses can be found. They are eventually brought back to the central hub by assigning the correct gem to them. The hub levels contain more mini-games next to the main exploration. She needs to guide a water bubble to collect music notes, design a dance choreography and a water fountain show, follow dance instructions similar to the Dance Dance Revolution games, use a slingshot to get flowers on waterlilies, and create a rainbow by moving a cloud to collect colours while avoiding dark clouds. There is a falling block puzzle game where the colours of the rainbow need to be gathered by matching gems of an identical colour in a group of three, horizontally or vertically, while dark clouds appear and remove blocks. Many mini-games are often repeated multiple times for the different princesses. |
| Bionicle Heroes | 2006-11-14 | Eidos, Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Bionicle Heroes is a third-person action game where the player takes on the role of the various Lego Bionicle Toa Inika - Jaller, Matoro, Hahli, Kongu, Hewkii, and Nuparu. These heroes wear Toa Masks of Power - power-ups that can be found throughout the levels to gain different elemental based abilities. There are also Bionicle canisters to aid the protagonists on their quest to defeat Vezon - the 7th Piraka who had stolen the Mask of Life.The gameplay centers around firefights against the alien "robots" called Vahki, Visorak, and Bohrok. Players will collect Lego pieces for every enemy they defeat, and eventually enable an invulnerable Hero Mode to help defeat the Toa's enemies. |
| Call of Duty: War Chest | 2006-11-14 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Call of Duty compilation gives everything that came before Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for the PC including:
Call of Duty
Call of Duty: United Offensive
Call of Duty 2
Bonus content also included:
Call of Duty Official Strategy Guide (pdf).
Excerpts from the Call of Duty: United Offensive Official Strategy Guide (pdf).
Sampling of the Official Call of Duty Soundtrack (Audio CD).
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| Eragon | 2006-11-14 | Vivendi Games, Inc. | Stormfront Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Hack and slash | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Eragon is a third-person, fixed camera action adventure game based off of the plot of the movie of the same name. One or two players can fight as Eragon through the world of Alagaesia, with drop-in drop-out coop support. In addition to lots of fighting combos and team attacks, the player can unleash magical attacks on his enemies. There are also a number of dragon flying levels, with the player(s) controlling the powerful Saphira as she cleaves through hordes of enemies. The 360 version of this title contains additional levels and enemies. |
| Happy Feet | 2006-11-14 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Artificial Mind & Movement | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Happy Feet game features the voices of Elijah Wood and Brittany Murphy, who reprise their roles from the movie. The game puts the player in the shoes of Mumble, a young penguin born into a nation of singing emperor penguins where each needs a heart song to attract a soul mate. And while Mumble is cursed with being the worst singer in the world, he just happens to be a great tap dancer.Following the general story of the film, the game has you play as Mumble as he belly-sleds, dances, and swims through Antarctica on an adventure complemented by a playful and lively soundtrack. The game consists of 3 types of gameplay. First, there is belly-sledding where you control Mumble sledding down a track trying to beat Ramon and the Amigos to the finish. Swimming will have you move Mumble around trying to avoid getting eaten by the evil leopard seal. In Dancing, you have to help Mumble's footwork as he tries to impress his friends and family. |
| Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge | 2006-11-14 | Red Mile Entertainment, Inc. | IR Gurus Interactive Pty Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Equestrian Challenge is an horse riding game based on three-day eventing: Show Jumping, Cross Country, and Dressage.The player begins as a young rider at the two-star level who is taken under the wing of Lucinda Green, one of the world's most accomplished eventing riders, who trains them and their horse to reach three and four-star competitive events.These competitive events take place at our officially licensed event locations: Adelaide, Kentucky, Badminton, and Burghley.The player’s horse must be cared for at home in the paddock to make sure it's fed, watered, groomed, and happy. The player is also able to develop the horse’s stats (Speed, Stamina, Jumping, Agility, Trust) by winning events and progressing through the game.At the four star-level, the player must compete against some of the world's top riders, including: Polly Stockton, Mary King, Phillip Dutton, William Fox-Pitt, Andreas Dibowski, Wendy Schaefer, Caroline Powell, Jan Thompson/Byyny, Andrew Scott, Megan Jones, Dirk Schrade, Clayton Fredricks, Karren O’Connor, Nick Gaulett, Darren Chiaccia, and David O’Connor.During the game the player wins hundreds of unlockables, including: clothes, ribbons and prizes. Some of these are used to improve your performance in subsequent events, others as awards for winning competitions.With Lucinda Green's guidance, the ultimate goal is to win all four four-star events at Adelaide, Kentucky, Badminton, and Burghley. |
| Medieval II: Total War | 2006-11-14 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Creative Assembly International Limited, The | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Turn-based strategy | Historical events, Medieval | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | This game takes place during the Middle Ages starting in the year 1080. There are 17 different cultures in the known world. The player's goal is to bring the culture of their choice to world domination in the course of 500 years - through the High Middle Ages through the Late Middle Ages until the Renaissance, complete with the exploration of America.Like Rome: Total War, players manage their cities and move their units around on a world map in a turn-based mode to conquer new cities or defeat enemies threatening their land. Players always need to watch after their people, in order to avoid them getting angry with their rulers and starting a revolution. Players also need to fulfill goals set by their religious leader, such as going on a crusade for the Pope.When a battle starts and the player chooses not to have the AI calculate the outcome, the game switches to a full 3D battlefield where he must command his units as squads in real-time on the battlefield. There players need to use tactics like sending the cavalry into the nearby woods for a surprise attack at the enemies' flanks and making use of the overall terrain, like high ground, which are good for bowmen to overcome the enemy. Players will also have to conquer enemy castles, or successfully defend their own.For players who have mastered the single-player campaign, up to 8 players can go head to head in multiplayer matches. |
| Medieval II: Total War (Collector's Edition) | 2006-11-14 | SEGA of America, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collector's edition includes:Medieval II: Total War
Exclusive packaging (huge cuboid slipbox)
Black & white paper map of the whole game world
Five big postcards with medieval motives
Two-sided tech-tree poster
"Latinkon" metal statue
Soundtrack CD
Making-of DVD |
| Star Wars: Galaxies - The Complete Online Adventures | 2006-11-14 | LucasArts | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of the Star Wars: Galaxies series with bonuses. In this you get:
Star Wars: Galaxies - An Empire Divided
Star Wars: Galaxies - Jump to Lightspeed
Star Wars: Galaxies - Episode III Rage of the Wookiees
Star Wars: Galaxies - Trials of Obi-Wan
A bonus DVD that includes:
An exclusive vehicle - the AT-RT
A slide show featuring never-before-seen concept art
An excerpt from the SWG book From Pencil to Pixel
Interviews with the series' development team.
In-game movie featurettes produced by Star Wars Galaxies fans
Cinematic trailers and commercial television ads produced for Star Wars Galaxies
A demo of the popular PC strategy game Star Wars: Empire at War |
| Warhammer: Mark of Chaos | 2006-11-14 | Namco Bandai Games America Inc. | Black Hole Entertainment | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | RPG elements | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Warhammer: Mark of Chaos is the computer adaptation of Games Workshop's popular tabletop game, Warhammer Fantasy Battles. It is a real time tactical/strategy game where the armies are moved on a turn based Strategy Map. Here they can enter huge cities, meet NPC characters or join battles. These battles are then played on huge, real time battle maps.In the single-player mode the player can play on both the good side (controlling the armies of the Empire, High Elves and Dwarfs) and the bad side (controlling the armies of Chaos and the mysterious Skaven) in two campaigns. Both are divided into four different chapters with 5-6 unique battles in each.Besides the single-player campaigns there are several multiplayer modes as well (e.g. normal battle, siege, reinforcement battle) that can be played via internet or lan. |
| Westward | 2006-11-14 | Sandlot Games | Sandlot Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation | Western | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Westward is a real-time strategy game similar to the Settlers series and the more recent Virtual Villagers. The player must build and maintain a wild west town, and perform certain tasks to progress. Some of these include finding lost treasures, gun-fighting desperadoes and blowing up obstacles with dynamite.All the actions are performed by clicking and holding the mouse button over a character or a group of characters, and dragging a line of dots to a place or object in the terrain. When the end of the line is over a collectable object, the cursor changes to a purse. When it is over a building with housing facilities or a job opportunity, it changes to either a house icon or an icon of shaking hands. Releasing the button makes the character follow the line path to the objective and perform the action.Certain characters, like the Sheriff and gunslingers, have to be hired at their respective buildings, but most settlers arrive at the city spontaneously as soon as the city population limit increases.Each citizen and building consume a fixed amount of resources like food, wood and gold. Buildings also create resources, and need employees to function. Some of the characters' status is indicated by icons floating over their heads. A food icon, for example, shows that the character is hungry.The city is afflicted by random disasters. Cyclones damage the buildings, droughts and famine diminish productivity, and an insufficient number of outhouses can produce an outbreak of plague.Combat follows the same interface of the other actions. The dotted line is dragged from a combat character or a group of them, and the cursor changes to a firing pistol when it's over an enemy.There are side-missions within each level. Usually a character comes bringing news or a request for help. Clicking "okay" on the dialog box loads a separate level. Once it is completed, the game returns to the main city. |
| John Deere: North American Farmer | 2006-11-15 | Bold Games | Gabriel Entertainment | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | John Deere: North American Farmer is the sequel to the farming simulation, John Deere: American Farmer. Like most sequels, there is much of the same content from the original game with the addition of updates and new features.There is new John Deere equipment, enhanced weather effects, new structures and additional farm animals. There are 10 new scenarios that add to the challenge of planning, building and managing a successful farm.
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| Paroxysm | 2006-11-15 | | Neuro Productions | Action | | | Horror | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | It's something we've all suspected all along -- there's a Dungeon full of deadly traps out there somewhere, and you happen to be the unlucky clod to get unceremoniously dumped in there. Toward what end? That is a question for a game about story: this is a game about survival.Copping some of the choicest moves (jumping, crouching, holding on to edges, shuffling and sliding) from platform heroes Conrad B. Hart and the original Prince of Persia, you control a dashing running man who attempts to traverse four different zones of deadly chambers stocked to the gills with lethal axes, spikes, deadfalls, lava pits, bear traps, buzzsaw blades, and guns without being sliced, diced, fricasseed and mulched.If contact with a hazard isn't instantly lethal (as with lava), it quickly increases your "pain meter" which, when full, causes your man to explode in a bloody mess and lose a life. Should discretion prove the better part of valor and the hero withdraw from the hazard, the pain meter soon recedes back to zero. Forking alternate paths through the Dungeon complex add some replay value. |
| UFO: Alien Invasion | 2006-11-15 | | | Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | UFO: Alien Invasion is a futuristic, squad-based and turn-based strategy game set in 2084, heavily inspired by X-COM, but not a sequel or a remake. The game uses a heavily modified version of the Quake II engine. The player controls the secret organization PHALANX and has to construct bases around the globe, and hire soldiers, workers and scientists to fight off an alien invasion. Base construction and the tracking of alien threats takes place on a world map (Geoscape mode), and the fighting is turn-based and done on a 3D map where the player controls a squad of soldiers (Tactical mode). Major tasks include protecting civilians, and capturing aliens and their technology in order to get money and better weapons.Multiplayer is supported over LAN and internet, with head-to-head sessions, but also cooperative games with a maximum of 6 teams playing, against each other, or AI-controlled opponents. The game is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License. |
| Charlotte's Web: Wilbur and Friends | 2006-11-16 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Backbone Entertainment | Action, Educational, Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | Arcade, Mini-games, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Charlotte's Web: Wilbur and Friends is a game based on the children's movie Charlotte's Web. In comparison to the handheld version this is no platformer but a mini games collection aimed at children. The player can freely switch between four backgrounds (a barn, a countryside, the Country Fair and a junkyard) and choose the mini games by clicking on the assigned portion of the screen. Sometimes the player unlocks new mini games or still photos from the movie when beating a part of a mini game. The twelve mini games are:Wilbur's Barn: In this game the player has to take care of Wilbur's needs, e.g. hunger, thirst or boredom. Wilbur speaks about his wishes through voice acting and the player needs to drag & drop the correct item, e.g. food or water, onto Wilbur. These items are listed on a bar on the bottom of the screen.
Haystack: Similar to Sokoban the player moves Wilbur through labyrinths in a top-down view and needs to push haystacks onto blinking fields. In higher levels the difficulty increases with a limited number of moves and obstacles like treadmills, puddles and switches.
The Fleeing Pig: The player controls Wilbur as he flees from a stable boy. Wilbur runs toward the camera and the player needs to dodge obstacles and collect food.
Croquet with Trempleton: In this game the player controls the rat Trempleton which uses its tail to hit a egg. The player needs to shoot at glowing lamps without hitting other obstacles.
Number Web: In this tile matching game numbers are falling from the top of the screen and the player needs to sort them to build rows of three identical or sequential numbers. Alternatively he can also match even or uneven numbers. If he builds such a row they vanish and reward points.
Charlotte's Search: In this game the player indirectly controls Charlotte, the spider. which swings through her spider web. The player sets the stopping point of her web which controls the extent of the next swing. The goal is to collect scattered letters to build a given word.
Duck Hunt: This game is similar to Zuma Deluxe: The player controls Fern, Wilbur's human friend, on the Country Fair. Differently colored ducks swim on differently formed courses and the player throws a duck between them to match at least three identically coloured ducks in a row.
Bumper Car: Once again in top-down view the player controls a bumper car and collects as much silver and golden rings as possible. These appear on the screen when bumping into other cars.
Popcorn: Templeton is on the top of a popcorn machine and needs to get to the bottom. Because he is hoggish he simply eats the popcorn on the way. But when he leaves an empty space behind him all the stuff above it falls down. If solid candy hits him the game is over.
Spider Eggs: Another tile matching variant. This time the player frees Charlotte's children by connecting three or more spider eggs of the same colour.
Sticker Collection: A creativity programme which could be described as a downgraded Mario Paint. Without a defined goal the player designs stickers by using coloured pens, brushes, effects, stamps, backgrounds, objects and speech bubbles. The results can be printed out.
Puzzles: There are also a few sliding puzzles with pictures of the characters. |
| FizzBall | 2006-11-16 | Grubby Games | Grubby Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | FizzBall was obviously inspired by Breakout/Arkanoid, and the cult hit Katamari Damacy. In the game you bounce a small bubble around the countryside; when the bubble hits a tree, the tree will drop apples, acorns, pinecones, etc. When the bubble hits one of these objects, it will capture them and grow larger. The object of each level is to grow the bubble large enough to rescue all of the animals.The story begins mysteriously... Professor Fizzwizzle notices that all of the people have fled the islands, but he doesn't know why! He decides he'll solve the mystery, and rescue all of the poor animals who have been left behind, stranded. He rescues the animals with his FizzBall, and keeps them safe and well fed in his animal sanctuary. As he progresses through the islands, the mystery begins to unravel! |
| Flight Pack | 2006-11-16 | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Combat Wings
JetFighter 2015
World War II: Pacific Heroes |
| Flyboys Squadron | 2006-11-16 | iEntertainment Network | iEntertainment Network | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Historical events, World War I | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | Flyboys Squadron is a World War I flight simulator based on the 2006 movie Flyboys. Players get to fly 10 aircraft from that era during 12 single-player missions based on the events of the movie, where the player follows the exploits of an American volunteer force pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille, along with a number of easter egg missions and three additional ones after registering the game. During the missions the player gets to rank up from novice aviator up to squadron "ace" commander. The game is created as a series of solo missions around the Warbirds v.3 game, and also includes a trial month for the Warbirds multiplayer service. |
| Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm | 2006-11-16 | Matrix Publishing, LLC. | Koios Works, LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Wargame | World War II | | | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm is a turn-based strategy game where you can fight as German or Russian at the eastern front in December 1942. Included are a campaign for each side as well as 14 single scenarios. Select your force from a pool of tanks, vehicles and infantry squads before each battle and replenish your core troops. The game runs in two phases: an order phase where you plan your tactics and the execution phase where the movements are carried out simultaneously. |
| Power Billy | 2006-11-16 | Anuman Interactive SA | Anuman Interactive SA | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Help Billy to repair a power network. To complete a stage, he has to:connect all the cables
collect all the bonuses
once all the cables are correctly connected, he has to turn the main power switch on !His enemies are robots and time, since each stage must be solved in less than 2 minutes. |
| RTL Ski Jumping 2007 | 2006-11-16 | RTL Playtainment | 49Games GmbH | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | RTL Skispringen 2007 a simulation of the ski jumping sport. The handling is quite simple: the player uses the mouse to hold a steady course and clicks at the right moment to jump respectively land. In the career mode the player creates his own athlete who starts in the amateur league. For successful competitions he receives prize money and experience points which he reinvests into better coaches or equipment respectively better character statistics, e.g. landing technique. The goal is to become the best athlete in the world.The game features a optional technique analysis after every jump which shows potential points of improvement and challenges in the career mode which unlock special pieces of equipment, e.g. a perfect landing. There is also a quiz game with a few hundred questions about ski jumping.In comparison to the 2006 version there are a few small improvements, e.g. a overhauled menu system, new graphics effects and two new camera perspectives. Also new is that the player additionally controls the balance during the braking after the landing and if the player character shows cheering or depressed gestures. The license is restricted to the 41 jumping sites and the equipment. |
| Time of Shadows | 2006-11-16 | 1C Company | SkyFallen Entertainment | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Hack and slash | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Ten years have passed since the immortal wizard Modo tried to destroy the earth to finally be free of his prison. After his plan was successfully foiled by the player character with Modo ending up dead, peace was finally possible. Now Evil once again takes possession of the earth. Legions of Shadows cover the planet with terror and agony. Again it is up to the player to travel through the labyrinths of world, find the reason for the invasion and save the planet from his horrific destiny.As its predecessor Dawn of Magic, the game is an action RPG with a big focus on magic. To that end twelve different schools of magic including fire, water and such with over 100 spells are not only available but can also be combined to bring even more variety. The player can define a primary and a secondary spell for example using the ball of ice as the primary spell with fire control as a secondary. That way both ice and fire damage can be dealt at the same time. Of course many different weapons can also be found and used in melee or ranged combat. The player even has the ability to craft his own or enchant his weapons with runes and rune words. The player can also apply tattoos and change his appearance to gain additional bonuses to talents.To make use of all those possibilities, the player has to choose from one of four different characters at the start of the game and also decide on which alignment (neutral, good and evil) he has. The latter has great influence on how the multiple choice dialogues, some quests as well as the way the ending plays out. As in every RPG the player character earns experience points by completing quests and killing the hordes of enemies ultimately gaining a level up. But contrary to most other RPGs the game features intermediate levels. Each completed level consists of three intermediate levels (e.g. 1, 1+, 1,++, 1+++, 2). Once the player reaches an intermediate level, he gains an talent and a spell point. Additionally, at full levels he gains a skill point to level up his main attributes intelligence, strength and energy.The game features a multiplayer mode with five game modes for up to 16 players. Available are Free for All, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Survival and Market. The latter features no combat at all, Instead the map is populated by traders and trading between players is encouraged. |
| TrackMania United | 2006-11-16 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Nadeo SAS | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | TrackMania United, as the name states, unites all the elements of the earlier games in the TrackMania series. As with its predecessors, players can race through a series of tracks with various types of cars and environments; earning medals for beating times, doing crazy stunts, or building huge and insane tracks with the included editor. The game modes have been split into Race, Puzzle and Platform, with different difficulty levels: easy, normal, hard and extreme.The game has the seven environments inspired by the earlier games: Desert, Snow, Rally (TrackMania), Island, Bay, Coast (Trackmania Sunrise) and Stadium (Trackmania Nations), all overhauled with more features. The editor contains about 1,000 constructions blocks with various customization options.TrackMania United's main focus is its community. The multiplayer support now has a peer-to-peer system for players to share their custom content, as well as a unified ranking system, allowing players to either earn coppers by playing solo or online, and making their way up the general leaderboard, as well as their country's. Each country is further divided into zones (ManiaZones) or provinces to find people living nearby.Players also have ManiaLinks - online profiles from which they can easily display and share all their custom-made content for coppers, the in-game currency. Players can exchange 3D car models, 2D skins for existing cars, tracks, movies or replays, and even unique sounds. |
| X³: Reunion 2.0 - Game of the Year 2007 Edition | 2006-11-16 | ND Games | EGOSOFT GmbH | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | X³: Reunion 2.0 Game of the Year 2007 Edition is an updated release of X³: Reunion. It features add-ons, enhancements and improvements including:
The Bala Gi Expansion - a campaign to unlock a unique new spacecraft and get hold of the biggest construction set in the X universe so far: The headquarters station.
The exclusive (and unique) M6 class battleship once owned by the Pontifex Maximus Paranidia himself.
A new M3+ class of ships - during the game you can distribute the blueprints for this new masterpiece in ship construction to the various shipyards.
Exotic space ships.
Revised battle tactics.
Enhancements and improvements to the X3 engine.
This edition shipped on DVD without Starforce copy protection. |
| Bass Pro Shops: Trophy Bass 2007 | 2006-11-17 | Vivendi Games, Inc. | Big John Games | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Bass Pro Shops: Trophy Bass 2007 is the sixth game in the Bass Pro Shops series. This fishing simulation carrying the license for the Bass Pro Shops brand of gear allows players to fish in seven different bass tournaments at thirteen lakes and reservoirs. There are challenges for casting as well as boat races on the lake. Some of the included bass types are Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye and Northern Pike. On the lakes players get to drive Nitro boats from Tracker Marine. The racing courses also have ramps.When at a location the boat can be driven freely to find a good spot. The fishing sequence is split up into two parts. Prior to casting the player can select cast types, change the lure, change the tackle etc. After casting there are controls to rod, set hook, reel in, adjust the drag and more. There is a career mode where doing well is rewarded with sponsorship patches and cash. Players can also design a custom angler. |
| Bass Pro Shops: Trophy Hunter 2007 | 2006-11-17 | Vivendi Games, Inc. | Jarhead Games Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Hunting, Shooter | North America | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Bass Pro Shops: Trophy Hunter 2007 is a hunting game carrying the Bass Pro Shops license for gear. This game lets the player stalk fourteen animals including grizzlies, musk oxes, polar bears and whitetails in ten different environments. The game is played from a first-person or third-person behind view perspective and ATVs or snowmobiles can also be used to get around depending on the location, ranging from the snow in the Northwest Territories to the Rocky Mountains. Hunting is done by picking up visual tracking queues.There are two game modes: Quick Hunt or a Career Mode with a focus on different scenarios and objectives. The included RedHead hunting equipment includes calls and survival gear, and weapons such as bows, rifles and shotguns. |
| Harem Party | 2006-11-17 | Tactics | Tactics | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Harem Party is an adult visual novel depicting many different common Japanese fetishes, including loli, incest, kemonomimi, and dojikko. Most sexual encounters are simply man and woman, although all girls are initially virgin.Players control Haru, an average Japanese boy, or so it seems initially. The game starts with Haru playing one of his video games, in which he battles a demonic overlord together with his party. His party consists of Agnes, the warrior princess, Cleo, the sorceress, Sofie, the priestess and her two helpers, Urr and Nia. During the battle with the demonic overlord something strange happens and the demon starts talking to Haru directly. After a big flash all five girls from his game lie on top of him.The game is real, it just takes place in another dimension, and the girls have gone to his world to prevent the demon taking over Haru, and to awaken him. As it seems he is the reincarnation of an old time hero in their world. The girls need to have sex two times per day minimum with Haru to be able to exist in his world. Alonside he needs to find a sword and awaken the strengths of the person he is the reincarnation of.His older sister, Waka, is very jealous of the girls having sex all the time with Haru and is afraid they'll take him away as soon as the demon lord is dead. She confesses she stole his very first kiss many years ago by kissing him in his sleep when they were at their grandmother's house. She declares the love towards him, not as brother sister, but as man and woman. The demon lord uses this situation to his advantage, possessing Waka, making sure she's very vocal to Haru about her lust and love towards him.The girls try to cope in this world by imprinting thoughts in people's heads to make sure they aren't complete strangers to everyone. They attend Haru's school and try to keep him safe. Anzu, a girl from Haru's school immediately smells trouble and eventually finds out the truth.The demon lord wants the power Haru possesses and thus sends many monsters into the world to attack him, and possibly kill the five girls. After many things transpired the team was finally able to defeat the demon lord after Haru awakens his skills. He saves his sister, who was possessed by the demon.The game depends heavily on choices made throughout the game and the ending can be very different for each player. To experience the full game, the player will have to play around three to four full playthroughs making different choices. An example of the ending is that the relationship with his sister went back to normal, and that the girls went back to their world without Haru. After Haru sees Agnes again on his tv screen, he wishes he could see her again as he loves her. The sword grants his wish, and he is teleported to their world. Agnes and Haru both declare their love and marry, ending happy ever after. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic V: Silver Edition | 2006-11-17 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Heroes of Might and Magic V: Silver Edition includes the base game and the expansion:Heroes of Might and Magic VHeroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate |
| Horse Racing Manager 2 | 2006-11-17 | Micro Application, S.A. | Cyanide S.A. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Horse Racing Manager 2 is the sequel to Horse Racing Manager. In this management game you can choose from three different game modes: stable, jockey and bettor. The first puts the player in the role of a trainer and manager, the second lets the player ride a horse and the last allows the player to bet on virtual horse races.As a manager the player has to buy and sell horses, land and infrastructure. Additionally he has to hire jockeys, carefully plan training and sign on to races. The goal of this mode is to make a lot of money.As a jockey the player can participate in a career mode where he has to race all the way through a prestigious career. Racers have various statistics that influence their racing qualities.There are three types of races in the game, flat, obstacle and trot. The game is presented in full 3D in a third person perspective. |
| Kao the Kangaroo Trilogy | 2006-11-17 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Kao the Kangaroo
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2
Kao: Mystery of Volcano |
| Sonic Riders | 2006-11-17 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Now Production Co., Ltd., Sonic Team | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Sonic Riders, Dr. Eggman challenges Sonic and his friends to a Worldwide Grand Prix, and the prize for coming out on top is an ultra-rare Chaos Emerald! Gliding on air boards – which are performance-oriented for each playable character – gamers will experience a heightened sense of sports-style racing tension as Sonic and his pals perform tricks and stunts over treacherous wide-open terrain.Sonic and friends speed through tracks on air boards, using individual special moves to strike down opponents. Air is a big element of Sonic Riders. Your board's "fuel" source is air. You can fill up your air at various points on the course, but to race well you'll have to use another means of replenishment: performing tricks with your board. You'll also want to make use of turbulence from racers who are in front of you. |
| Fuck Space! | 2006-11-18 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | They said the chances were ten trillion to one. It seemed like something that only happened to other people, but then it happened to you. Your girlfriend was killed by a deadly hunk of speeding space rock drawn by gravity to crush her much like she drew you into her heart... Now you have vowed to exact your revenge on space! By redesigning your car so that it can take to the void and shoot lasers you prepare to take on the whole of space. Put your car in Revenge!Fuck Space! is a simple overhead shooter where you control your crafts movements with the directional arrows and shoot with Z. Your goal is to destroy as many space denizens as possible, be they small planets, alien cruisers, or giant skulls.As the player progresses new targets/foes will emerge and occasionally a 'boss' will appear that will try to end the players quest for vengeance. |
| Gothic 3 | 2006-11-20 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Piranha Bytes | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | At the end of Gothic the nameless hero destroyed the Avatar of the god Beliar known as the Sleeper. But although his body was gone, the Sleeper wasn't ready to give up and chose an undead dragon as his new form in the world. So in Gothic II the goal was to defeat his four minions, which he left behind in the mine valley, and the Sleeper himself with the power of the Eye of Innos. In Gothic 3 the hero and his companions have now reached the mainland of the kingdom of Myrtana. Despite the efforts of the mining colony on Khorinis, the orcs won the war and enslaved the humans that wouldn't acknowledge their rule. There are now three main factions on Myrtana: the rebels who are still loyal to King Rhobar and want to defeat the orcs; the orcs themselves; and the mysterious assassin guild with their own agenda. During the game the player needs to choose which side he is on and help them to fulfill their goal.To make things even more difficult, all rune magic has disappeared from the land. Only the magic of the ancients still works; but for that the player needs to find the magic scrolls well hidden across the land. The goal is now to find out what happened in Myrtana and find the mysterious wizard Xardas, as there are rumors which say that he's the one who helped the orcs win the war - and some even say that he is the one behind the disappearance of the rune magic.To do so, the player is free to roam the world from the start (even so it's not wise since many animals will eat the hero for breakfast). The journey begins in a small village the hero helps defend against the orcs; in the north lies the icy region of Nordmar, and in the south there's the desert of Varant, where the assassins chose to live. The game world is significantly larger in this installment and includes three vast regions with several towns and other settlements in each, almost any of which can be accessed and explored at any time. Teleporter stones unique to each location can be found and used to shorten travel times.The core gameplay is similar to that of the earlier games in the series. Leveling up and learning new skills and talents requires learning points as well as gold needed as payment for the trainers inhabiting the world. Points can be invested to learn new abilities or improve available ones (e.g. fighting with one-handed swords). Since in the previous two games the protagonist has defeated everything from a Bloodfly to an Undead Dragon on the island of Khorinis, in Gothic 3 he starts already as a fully grown hero equipped with a good weapon called Orcslayer. However, tougher foes await him, and many side quests can be undertaken in order to improve his skills as well as his reputation among the competing factions. Unlike the preceding games, there are three difficulty levels available; also, enemies populating the surface are roughly of the same strength regardless of the location, making free-roaming much more feasible than before.Another difference from the previous games, besides the visual updates, is the new fighting system. More combo attacks are available, and combat is fully controlled by two mouse buttons instead of the old keyboard-based system (though the control scheme can be customized). For the first time in the series it is possible to use shields for better blocking. Additionally, there are more talents to learn, for which a basic skill in the correspondent area needs to be increased: for example, the ability to pick heavy locks requires a thief skill of at least 30, etc. |
| Lawnmower Racing Mania 2007 | 2006-11-20 | Vivendi Games, Inc. | eV Interactive LLC | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Lawnmower Racing Mania 2007 brings the sport of USLMRA lawnmower racing to video games for the first time, licensed by the sport's Governing body. With realistic physics, the player races through a circuit of 18 tracks against the sports greats such as Bobby Cleveland, George Herrin, Mr. Mowjangles and Sodzilla. The player can upgrade and customize their tractor for top performance. Customizing your vehicle and leaning to round curves are key components to winning races. The game features unlockables such as engines, chassis, and jerseys. The game can be played with a keyboard or gamepad and should support other DirectX compatible devices such as a racing wheel.
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| The Ship: Single Player | 2006-11-20 | Valve Corporation | Outerlight Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Stealth | Interwar | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (2014/12/17) (from Ad Blurbs)For PC gamers who enjoy multiplayer games with a bit of intelligence, intrigue and ingenuity, The Ship is a murder mystery alternative to traditional FPS multiplayer games. Each player is given a Quarry to kill - and must evade their own Hunter in the process, all set on board a series of 1920s art deco cruise ships.The Ship is owned by the mysterious Mr X and as one of many 'lucky' recipients of a free ticket you arrive on board The Ship to find there's a catch to your luxury cruise. You are coerced into a brutal Hunt to indulge Mr. X's fantasies, under threat of death for not only yourself, but also your family. Your only chance to save yourself and your family is to play the Hunt and win.Combining stealthy multiplayer action and a needs system, The Ship is a truly unique gaming experience.This package includes a tutorial, The Ship Single Player, which introduces you to some gameplay mechanics and storyline, and The Ship Multiplayer where you can hunt and be hunted by other players. |
| Battlefield 2: Booster Packs Collection | 2006-11-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Add more to your Battlefield 2 experience with this compilation of the Booster Packs Armored Fury and Euro Force. These were previously released individually and are combined in this one collection for those that didn't get either of them. |
| Prism: Guard Shield | 2006-11-21 | Army National Guard | Rebellion Developments Ltd., Rival Interactive, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | Similar to America's Army which was a popular recruitment game made by the U.S. Army, Prism: Guard Shield was made by the U.S. Army National Guard, a reserve military force composed of state National Guard militia members or units under federally recognized active or inactive armed force service, as a free promotional game to attract citizens to enlist. You play as a member of a secretive homeland defense unit known as PRISM which takes on terrorist threats through a combination of stealth and action in the near future where cities such as Washington, D.C. and San Francisco are under threat. P.R.I.S.M. (Pre-emptive Reconnaissance and Identification Security Mainframe) allows the government to wirelessly hack into video surveillance equipment from traffic light control cameras to home webcams and using face recognition system to monitor any known terrorists.In Mission Mode, you are briefed on the current terrorist threat and given specific mission objectives to complete to progress through the game. In cooperative multiplayer mission mode, players fight on the same team against the game’s AI. Players choose their specific set of objectives at the start of the mission and your teammates may be needed to accomplish it. There is also a Tactical Combat Mode which is a typical one-on-one or team vs team deathmatch. There's 7 characters with 3 unique enemy types and you can use 8 near-future weapons. Silenced weapons and a Taser stun-gun allow for silent stealth kills. You can also use "Night Vision" capability to surprise your enemy in the dark. The game also offers unique features such as a Hover Camera which you can command, and a Picture-In-Picture capability.On November 26, 2008 release 3 came out with extra weapons and more levels for a total of 5 single-player (including at an airport, train station, and oil refinery) and 5 multi-player (including at a football stadium and on an island). |
| Star Wars: The Best of PC | 2006-11-21 | LucasArts | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation combines games of different genres all based on the Star Wars license:
Star Wars: Battlefront
Star Wars: Empire at War
Star Wars: Galaxies (14-day trial)
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Republic Commando |
| Warthogs | 2006-11-21 | Crystal Shard | Crystal Shard | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Warthogs is an adventure game that uses an innovative time travel mechanic while gently parodying the Harry Potter series.Other characters in the game walk around on their own during the day, and you have to take advantage of them being somewhere (or not being somewhere) at certain times. Thankfully you can rewind time as often as you need to - it's a bit like Groundhog Day.At the Warthogs Magic School, Larry Lotter is the kind of student who spends most of his time slacking off and drinking beer. On the day of his final exams, he hasn't studied at all, but he discovers that it's his Destiny that he passes them anyway. Using guile and magic, he has to cheat his way past Mumblemore and Drape's exams - otherwise he won't make it to the next book!The game was made in AGS. It uses a simple point-n-click interface with only one command, but there are a number of inventory items and over a dozen spells that can be cast on hotspots. For instance, the light spell can be used to make just about anything glow. A nice detail is that saving and restoring the game is also handled via spells.Warthogs has a look-and-feel similar to old Sierra and LucasArts games. A larger download is available that includes a voice pack. |
| Heartland Deluxe | 2006-11-22 | LimpingFish | LimpingFish | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Heartland is a adventure game developed with the AGS engine. The entire game takes place in a single rendered room, in which you can scroll using a 360 degrees 1st-person panoramic perspective. Quite short, it is part of a larger series of vignettes centered around a mysterious scientific project called caterpillar.When R. J. Cooms, a local nut, leaves a note at the City Pursuer newspaper, reporter David Lawson, troubled by soaring headaches, goes to his apartment to investigate the matter. Coombs is not home, but Lawson snoop through his belongings to find clues about what has happened. The reporter needs to watch television clips, listen to tape recordings, and find a way to uncover the sinister secrets hidden in the room.Controlled using the mouse, you can either examine, pick up, or use objects. There is also an inventory to hold a few items. Although the game is fairly short, the shreds of evidence and the puzzles will keep you busy for an hour. |
| Heroes of Annihilated Empires | 2006-11-22 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc., GSC World Publishing | GSC Game World | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Heroes of Annihilated Empires mixes of two separated genres; the real time strategy games and the RPG likes, all together in a medieval fantasy world, loaded with elves, dwarves, ents, dragons...In its RTS part, you must build a base, gather resources, and train diverse units in the barracks, all with their own capabilities and weaknesses. One of the features that make HoAE different from other RTS counterparts is the huge amount of units you can collect, which is made possible by the use of sprites instead of 3d models.The RPG part is presented a-la Diablo, with your main character being the leader of the RTS-collected army. For this character, you can choose the type of armor, weapons and amulets that can make him more powerful, gain experience and of course, fight, by using your main weapon or the many spells available to use. |
| Ikari III: The Rescue | 2006-11-22 | GameTap LLC | SNK Corporation | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The presidential candidate's daughter has been kidnapped! It is your job to get past enemy lines and rescue her. This is the third game in the Ikari Warriors series, and features similar arcade/action gameplay. The screen is a top down view which scrolls vertically, with numerous bad guys to defeat. You start the game with just your fists, and as the levels progress you can find weapons and other objects to help you out. |
| Ikari Warriors | 2006-11-22 | GameTap LLC | SNK Corporation | Action | Diagonal-down | | War | Arcade, Shooter | | Tank | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ikari Warriors is a vertically scrolling action game where one or two players fight their way through a variety of terrain, such as jungles, rivers, and ruins. Along the way different weapons can be found, including machine guns, grenades, and rocket launchers. |
| Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road | 2006-11-22 | GameTap LLC | SNK Corporation | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Heavy on the action, Ikari Warriors became a favorite both in the arcades and on home consoles. To fuel that frenzy, SNK and Tradewest teamed up again for a sequel, Victory Road, released later that same year.This time, the Ikari Warriors take on more cosmic foes, battling rock-headed beasts, one-eyed green men and other odd creatures. |
| Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek: De Game | 2006-11-22 | Submarine | Submarine | Action, Educational | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek is a tie-in with the children's adventure movie of the same name (Crusade in Jeans). It is an adaptation of the 1973 book by Thea Beckman and tells the story of Dolf Wega, a 16-year-old boy who volunteers for an experiment with a time machine, but ends up in the 13th century. Set in 1212, he joins the Children's Crusade where a group of children is lead to liberate Jerusalem. A factual children's crusade is still a subject of debate among historians, but in Beckman's fiction the children are actually meant to be sold as slaves instead. Dolf knows the outcome and tries to save as many children as he can.This flash-based game consists of six missions where different characters can be controlled. The missions require the player to fend off thugs, lead the children to the port of Genua, free captured children and provide food. The game is entirely controlled by the mouse and shown from a third-person perspective. The left button is used to walk and the right one triggers actions, while the middle button can rotate the camera when held down.Some educational elements are also present during the introduction of missions, in the book of Thaddeus. Historical characters have a biography, the location of cities is pointed out on a map, historical facts are thrown in, and the use of certain plants is explained. |
| Massive Assault Network 2 | 2006-11-22 | Wargaming.net, Inc. | Wargaming.net, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Eugene Smozhevsky | Turn-based | | | Windows | Massive Assault Network 2 is a turn-based multiplayer strategy game and sequel to Massive Assault Network. Like the previous game two different factions battle it out on various worlds.Like the previous game in the Network series the matches are fought out on a large map which is divided into different regions. From the start the player controls a number of regions, some openly and some secretly. Other regions are neutral. Secret regions are important for performing surprise attacks.Turns feature four phases: Recruitment, Movement, Disclose and Guerrilla. In the first you can purchase new units such as tanks, ships, airplanes, amphibious vehicles, mechs and turrets. Each unit type has a separate values for hit-points, damage and movement speed. The movement phase is used to move units. In the disclose phase it's possible to launch a surprise attack with a secretly allied region. The guerrilla phase is automatically triggered when a region is attacked.This part of the series focuses on on-line 1 on 1 deathmatches. Matches can take up to weeks and can be paused at any time to continue at a later time. Unlike the previous game in the series, players don't have to pay to have their game saved in their absence. |
| Cricket 07 | 2006-11-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Time once again to don those pads and gloves, put your helmet on and your box in, pick up that willow bat and stride to the cricket pitch in EA Sports Cricket 07.Pick from a choice of 16 international sides including England, Australia, India, South Africa or the West Indies and lead your team to domination on the field in the World Championship, play a Test Series or go on a tour encompassing one day matches, test matches and tour matches. Relive the 2005 Ashes Tournament in England or play the return leg Down Under.Alternatively play as one of England's county teams for a season of county cricket. Play in the Liverpool Victoria County Championship four-day two-innings tournament. Compete in the NatWest Pro40 tournament, the C&G Trophy and the Twenty20 Cup.And for Australia you can play as one of the six State sides for a season of state cricket. Compete in the Pura Cup, the One Day Domestic Series or the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.This game supports up to four players and features "Century Stick" analog batting controls to choose your batting parameters to select foot choice, shot direction power and timing. Alter your bowler's line of attack with "Quickswitch" bowling and change between fielding positions with on-the-fly "Dynamic Field Positioning." |
| Hedgewars | 2006-11-24 | | Hedgewars Project | Strategy | Side view | | | Artillery | | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Hedgewars is a turn-based strategy, Artillery, action and comedy game, featuring the antics of pink hedgehogs with attitude as they battle from the depths of hell to the depths of space. As commander, it's your job to assemble your crack team of hedgehog soldiers and bring the war to your enemy.Each player controls a team of up to eight hedgehogs. During the course of the game, players take turns with one of their hedgehogs. They then use whatever tools and weapons are available to attack and kill the opponents' hedgehogs, thereby winning the game.Hedgehogs may move around the terrain in a variety of ways, normally by walking and jumping but also by using particular tools such as the rope or parachute, to move to otherwise inaccessible areas. Each turn is time-limited to ensure that players do not hold up the game with excessive thinking or moving.There's a singleplayer mode with campaigns, missions and challenges, you can play custom matches against the computer. And there's a multiplayer mode, both hotseat and online with up to 8 players. Many aspects of the gameplay can be modified with custom game rules or by trying out one of the scripted game modes.Hedgewars is heavily inspired by Worms World Party. |
| International Cricket Captain 2006 (Ashes Edition 2006) | 2006-11-24 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Ashes Edition 2006 includes:
International Cricket Captain 2006
Ashes Fever DVD |
| Race: The Official WTCC Game | 2006-11-24 | Eidos SARL | SimBin Development Team AB | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | The World Touring Car Championship features saloon cars, essentially modified from those you would ordinarily drive, racing on purpose-built circuits around the world, although primarily in Europe. BMW and SEAT cars usually lead the way, although Alfa Romeo, Chevrolet, Honda and Peugeot are also represented. The makers of the GTR series have brought it to life in this simulation.Controls are designed to be realistic - the cars will usually go out of control if you attempt to steer while accelerating and braking, and you must use cadence braking (dabbing the brakes and then releasing them in succession, rather than one big lunge on them) to negotiate the turns. The Puebla track in Mexico is especially slippery, just as it was in the real race meeting.Numerous parts of the car can be damaged in contact, and running over debris can damage your car. The car can be covered in dirt, rain and even by insects during a race, but you have functional windscreen wipers to clear things.The full season and individual races are backed by a Time Attack mode. Each round features two races of around 20 minutes, with the same 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points system as Formula One. The second race's starting grid takes the finishing order from race one and reverses the top 8, so the driver who finished 8th is on pole for race 2. The presentation of the racing resembles Eurosport's coverage graphics. |
| Tasty Planet | 2006-11-24 | Dingo Games | Dingo Games | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cleaning the bathroom is not fun, so a scientist decided to create the ultimate bathroom cleaner - a microscopic gray goo that will eat the dirt. It works very well, but it doesn't just eat dirt and the more it eats, the larger it gets.You control this gray goo and take it from microscopic size to cosmic size. You'll start out eating small and large pieces of dirt like you're supposed to. But you keep growing and work your way up the food chain. Dirt isn't filling anymore, so you start eating small toys and mice, then cats and dogs. Eventually, you start eating people, cars, and houses. But you keep growing. Nothing can stop you... not even the cosmos!Control is done completely with the mouse. Depending on the level, you may need to be careful what you try to eat. You can only eat things smaller than you, and some things that are larger will either hurt you or kill you if you touch them. Some will even shoot at you, such as police officers and tanks. The goal in most levels is to eat enough to grow to the next size. There are also a few levels that are "bonus" levels, such as trying to get 4 puzzle pieces by moving through a small maze.There are 3 modes to play the game in: Normal, Casual (easier and no time limit), and Endurance (more time needed per level and more difficult). |
| Top Spin 2 | 2006-11-24 | 2K Games, Inc. | Indie Built, Inc., Power and Magic Development | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Top Spin 2 recreates international tennis with multiple camera views. There are several game modes:Exhibition - A quick way to begin a match by simply selecting singles or doubles and assigning each controller.
Party Games - These mini-games allow you to play tennis with a twist, similar to Mario Power Tennis:Time Bomb, in which you must not be the first player to have your countdown timer reach zero; Wall Breaker, in which you must break more of the opponent's wall behind them than they do of yours;Splash Court, in which you must coat your opponent's side of the court with as much paint as possible.Career - The meat of the game; create a player and take them through a multi-season career. In this mode you must manage training (either by taking on your coach, or by taking on mini-games, through which you earn skill points which can be assigned to player attributes), sponsors, and major tournaments to eventually become ranked #1 in the world.
It's also possible to play against others around the world via Xbox Live - you can choose to play a Ranked Match with your own personal character, or instead choose a Player Match and play without any pressure.Like the original Top Spin (for the X-Box), Top Spin 2 features 24 contemporary tennis pros, such as Venus Williams and Roger Federer. However, Top Spin 2 also features actual tennis locations such as Rod Laver Arena and Wimbeldon. |
| Ultimate Dungeons & Dragons | 2006-11-24 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes 13 CDs and 4 DVDs of D&D/AD&D-licensed RPGs:
Baldur’s Gate
Baldur’s Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Baldur's Gate II: The Throne of Bhaal
Dragonshard
Demon Stone
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter
Icewind Dale II
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
Temple of Elemental Evil |
| Warhammer: Mark of Chaos (Collector's Edition) | 2006-11-24 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Collector's Edition contains:Warhammer: Mark of Chaos
One of four tin-statues showing the logo of one of the races
Official novel to the game by Anthony Reynolds
Table-flag holder with 4 flags
Two-sided poster with a battle-scene
Sticker set with 10 stickers
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos Art-book
Official Soundtrack by Jeremy Soule |
| Action Cyborg | 2006-11-25 | Studio Stök | Studio Stök | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Action Cyborg is a short (the game was released with only three levels) 2D platform/action game that takes the player to a futuristic destroyed world populated by cyborgs whose only objective is to kill you. In order to survive, you don't need to kill all foes, but must reach the end of each level to escape. There are four weapons that can be found since the early stages, ranging from a shotgun to a one-shot-one kill rocket launcher. However all of the four kinds of enemies (all which are foul-mouthed) will be heavy armed with them as well. Unlike other platforms, the ammo is not infinite, so the player must try to spare it. In the sound department, Action Cyborg features background music that can be disabled and lots of cursing by enemies cyborgs.
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| What Linus Bruckman Sees When His Eyes Are Closed | 2006-11-25 | xii games | xii games | Adventure, Puzzle | Side view | | | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | Inspired by the dual screen of the Nintendo DS, What Linus Bruckman Sees When His Eyes Are Closed is an adventure where you play two games simultaneously, real-time, and in split-screen. In Kami, you guide the spirit of a female samurai, killed in a village raid. To save her people, you must free the fallen god Izanami, trapped deep inside the same caverns. In DocMcVonSpaceBurger, you are the cartoony alien Junior, only wearing undies. You have to help your father who gambled all his money. The only way to avoid bankruptcy is to restore the order system of the DocMcVonSpaceBurger fast food empire.The game itself consists of a single screen, with one, very thorough puzzle. The twist is that any action you take in one game is mirrored in the other. In the first run, Kami is completely in Japanese and thus impossible to solve if you haven't mastered the language. When you complete the DocMcVonSpaceBurger puzzle, however, the Japanese text is translated and you can start a second run. Each of the two puzzles (top part and bottom part) can be solved individually, but based on the outcome (fail both, solve one, solve both), there are different endings.Even though all actions are mirrored, there are a few tricks involving switches, colours, and different axes granting a little amount of control over the different effects. In Kami, you need to rearrange the fragments of a story based on deceit. In DocMcVonSpaceBurger, the main challenge is to find out the customers' needs and provide the right capsules. Both games have distinctly different art: the top game has a stylish oriental look, while the fast food empire is very cartoony.If you manage to crack both puzzles simultaneously, you are given a code to add your name to the hall of completion on the developer's website. |
| Bookworm Adventures | 2006-11-28 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | | Word construction | | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Bookworm Adventures follows the tale of a little green worm named Lex (of the original Bookworm game) throughout 3 themed books as he spells words to defeat evil monsters. The main game interface is a 4x4 grid of letters, and unlike in the original Bookworm game, the letters do not need to connect to form words. The game is turn-based, and after the user attacks their opponent, the opponent then takes its turn. Each book is divided into 10 chapters that culminate in a "boss battle" in which the player is rewarded with a treasure upon defeating the enemy. Treasures do many things, ranging from increasing damage for using certain letters, to stunning the enemy, and a whole lot more. A player can only choose 3 treasures to bring with them into a chapter (out of an eventual total of 31).The game is part RPG, part word game. Eventually, the player will find that enemies can cause status ailments such as poison, bleeding, burning, stun, petrification, etc. These range from causing damage over time, to loss of a turn, to weakening their attacks. Through the use of certain treasures, items and special gem tiles, the player can cause similar inflictions to the enemy. In addition, after defeating a monster the player is awarded experience points, which will lead to a level up which imparts a bonus of either extra health, attack power increase, or defensive ability increased.The player is rewarded with gem tiles for spelling words of longer length (and also by using certain treasures which increase their frequency of appearance). Enemies will also sometimes drop potions. Health potions refill the user's health meter, attack potions increase their attack power by 50% and purify potions clear the player and tile grid of all status ailments.The game also includes an Arena mode (unlocked after completing all 3 books) in which the player can fight in real-time against all the bosses of the game. Every 5 opponents, the player is awarded one of each potion type and is allowed to change the 3 treasures they have equipped. Players are rewarded for spelling lots of short words quickly, attacking first, attacking many times before an enemy gets an attack in, defeating the opponent in 1-3 turns, and more. The more of these awards the player gets, the more bonus experience points they gain. |
| Harley-Davidson: Race to the Rally | 2006-11-28 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | FUN Labs Romania S.R.L. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Harley-Davidson: Race to the Rally is a motorcycle racing game that involves racing AI opponents across tracks coast to coast in America. There are 20 motorcycles licensed and designed after real Harley-Davidson's from Softail, Dyna, Touring, Sportster and others. The bikes can be tuned, styled and upgraded in ways which involve over 1000 possibilities according to the developers. The gameplay involves dodging traffic, obstacles and other drivers while gaining points for making jumps, drifting, drafting, kicking opponents off, speed boosting and your position during the race. The game accelerates at a high sense of speed when you drive using speed boost. Head on crashes with debris and such are shown in different angles. The game features licensed music from acts like George Thorogood, Heart, Poison, Great White and others. |
| MapleStory | 2006-11-28 | Nexon America Inc. | Wizet | Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | Regional differences | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | MapleStory is a F2P (free to play) 2D side-scrolling fantasy MMORPG set in Maple World. There are several different servers for different parts of the world to play on. You defeat monsters and complete quests alone or with up to 5 others in a group to improve your skills and increase your character's stats such as EXP points while acquiring the in-game currency Mesos. Starting out in the tutorial Maple Island, once you gather 150 mesos or a recommendation letter, you can leave to Victoria Island and its 8 cities. There is also the mainland of Ossyria with 7 different regions and another continent Masteria with several towns. World Tour continents also exist and are based on real life countries. You can choose your character's face, hairstyle, color of skin and hair and your starting equipment. You can make up to three characters in each game world/server. Starting in a beginner job, you can eventually choose a job class: Bowman, Magician, Pirate, Thief, or Warrior. You can advance through 4 different class levels in your job. After level 15, you can raise or lower another character's Fame level (which allows to get quests and equipment) once per day but only monthly for same person. In completing quests, you obtain loot from monsters and sometimes have to complete obstacle courses or jump quests which require moving between platforms without getting knocked off. You can also purchase items from shops or other characters or trade for them. A Cash Shop also exists for microtransactions to buy items such as pets which pick up items dropped by monsters. Players can form or join a guild and create extensions or emblems for it. You can chat easily among members and fight co-operatively. Players can also be married in the town of Amoria and receive wedding ring items and get to fight exclusive monsters in the dungeon there. There are solo and multiplayer mini-games available: Omok (tic-tac-toe), Match Cards (concentration), Rock Paper Scissors, and Fishing among others. Special Events are held by GMs (Game Masters) in which all players present at the event location participate and can win random prizes. |
| Counter-Strike: Source + Garry's Mod | 2006-11-29 | Valve Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Counter-Strike: Source + Garry's Mod is a Steam bundle containing the mod Garry's Mod and the multiplayer game Counter-Strike: Source.The package includes the Source SDK. |
| Garry's Mod | 2006-11-29 | Valve Corporation | Facepunch Studios Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation, Shooter | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Initially a Half-Life 2 fan-made mod, this sandbox editor gives you the tools to play with items and physics within the Source engine. It became retail on Valve's Steam game download delivery system with version 9.1.You can pose rag dolls (position people and change their faces) then create a comic book by taking pictures of the results. Take props and weld them together to make walls, axis a wheel to it to create a working car, and rope some cans to the back. In fact, make any contraptions you can think of like Rube Goldberg machines (complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways), catapults, cannons, bridges etc. By using the Lua scripting language, users can also create their own weapons and game modes which can completely change the genre of the game. Some examples are Roleplay, Stranded, SpaceBuild, Melonracer, and Zombie Survival. Game servers for Garry's Mod will automatically send their custom content to the client when joined. |
| Unholy Stage | 2006-11-29 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Unholy Stage is a top-down shooter game where the player must stay within an arena as long as possible. Large spheres keep popping up, trying to push the player out of the stage; if the player character leaves the bounds of the arena, the game is over immediately. The hostile spheres can be shot and killed with the player's gun, though a sphere will quickly recover back to full health if not killed. The player character can walk around with the WSAD keys, but the recoil from firing the gun makes it hard to control him precisely while shooting. The score counter grows as long as the player survives, and bonus points are given for destroying enemies. New weapons can be unlocked by gaining high score. |
| RF Online / Grand Chase | 2006-11-30 | Level UP! Interactive S/A | CCR Inc, KOG Studios | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation is a regular Brazilian RF Online release with Grand Chase included as a bonus. |
| Ship Simulator 2006 (Collector's Edition) | 2006-11-30 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collector's edition, exclusively available at the UK online shop GAME, comes on 2 CDs and includes the following:Ship Simulator 2006New York Harbor (version 1.6)All video tutorials, also for the mission editorVarious trailers of the game20 user-created missions |
| Tycoon Collection | 2006-11-30 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Transport Manager
Tycoon City: New York
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 |
| Zoom: Paparazzi in Action | 2006-11-30 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | Exozet Games GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Zoom: Paparazzi im Einsatz the player takes the role of a paparazzi who photographs VIPs in embarrassing situations. The game is played like most other first person shooters but the only weapon is a camera. So the player walks through the 15 levels, e.g. a private club in Hollywood or a musical premiere on a yacht, and searches for something interesting to happen. To make it easier the important persons are marked with a green arrow just before the event. Then the player uses his camera and receives his money instantly.The main problem is that paparazzi are unwanted on these parties. So if the player is near a bodyguard when taking a picture they start to hit him - if the player loses his life energy the mission is lost. His only option is to blind the bodyguard (or an angry VIP) by photographing him and to run away quickly. Other threats are other paparazzi which steal the most interesting scenes. In every mission the player has to earn a certain amount of money to pass it. Sometimes he also needs to take pictures of specific events. The missions are fully scripted (which means that the player can memorise the events), and offer optional humorous content, e.g. conversations to listen to. |
| Aliens, Inc: Attack on Earth | 2006-12-01 | Like Dynamite GmbH | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Aliens, Inc: Attack On Earth is a Moorhuhn variant where aliens try to conquer Earth. The player is stationary but can turn within 360°. Now he uses his shotgun, which has to be reloaded after a few shots, and shoots at all aliens and UFOs which cross his sight. Every shot alien rewards a certain amount of points, when they are further away the player receives more. There are six levels, e.g. Paris, Egypt or space, and the goal is always to get a certain amount of points within a time limit. |
| BotuPlay | 2006-12-01 | Illusion | Illusion | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | BotuPlay is a standalone add-on to RapeLay.It adds a series of unrelated vignettes that are not actually part of the RapeLay story; however, it goes to enhance the sexual fantasies of RapeLay to a degree unseen before. Even though BotuPlay shares the character cast and story arc with RapeLay, it shares none of the gameplay: it doesn't have the interactivity of the original game. You watch a series of scenes, and are able to freely rotate the camera, zoom in and out, and dictate the tempo of the action. Three are three levels of scenery you can add or remove, as well as the male character (the protagonist, if you can call him that way).The various themes touched upon in BotuPlay include voyeurism of a sleeping school student, reversing roles with the chikan on the train, dog leashes, spectator sports, quality family time, etc. |
| Cacodemon's Barbecue Party in Hell | 2006-12-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action | | Fangame | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Nearly everything you need to know about this mini-game is contained in the title (and everything else necessary can be found in the alternate title): you play a Cacodemon, insidious lightning-spitting disembodied denizen of the Hellish planes best known as an enemy first appearing in DOOM level E2M1: Deimos Anomaly. And you are hosting a Barbecue Party... in Hell. (It is, after all, where you live.) What do they eat at Hell Barbecues? Why, grilled kittens, of course... and salad. (But someone else is bringing the salad.)Your job is to make the kittens palatable, by spinning the fur right off of them before cooking them in the Hell Fire Oven, because ew, who wants cat fur caught between their teeth? Controlling the movements of the Cacodemon with your mouse, you spin descending kittens (as represented by Hello Kitty heads), one at a time, by bouncing them off your chef-hatted head and against the tortuous sides of your infernal chasm; when they are sufficiently hairless, a crack will open in the pit's wall allowing the kittens to be cooked if successfully bounced sideways into it.Bonus points are awarded for advanced kitten-bouncing techniques! The goal is to achieve the highest score possible with your allotment of ten kittens. |
| Carte Blanche: First Episode - For a Fistful of Teeth | 2006-12-01 | G2 Games | Absurdus | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Interwar | | | | | | Windows | Raised in a bourgeois family and only recently graduated, young Edgar Delacroix still has to discover what life has in store for him. Set in the 1920s, he leaves his home to build a life in the city of Montreal. He applies for a job at a private investigation agency, where he is hired by Gaspard Lemaître and his sadistic chain-smoking secretary Jeannine. Soon, he learns the tricks of the trade and works his way through cases to earn money.For a Fistful of Teeth is the first episode in the noir Carte Blanche click-and-point adventure series by independent developer Absurdus. The game is done completely in black and white, using a letterboxed format, with constant grain slightly distorting the image. Despite the serious setting, the characters' disproportional profiling and voice acting is over the top, with humourous puzzles and loopholes - rendering it a B-movie feel.Most of the game is shown through a 1st-person perspective, with Myst-style drawn static images, combined with action-triggered animations. All of the actions are controlled through the left mouse button. Hover over an item and click to reveal the possible actions - to examine it, pick it up or use it. Although Edgar has an inventory, logical item-based actions are shown inside the game, and it is not needed to select or combine items. There are no time limitations, no action puzzles, and Edgar cannot die.A slight layer of RPG elements is applied over the game. Edgar starts as a complete nitwit, but can learn skills and competences, either through performing actions or observing other characters' behaviour. All competences are added to his resume, and they range from "naivété" - the only skill Edgar starts with, at level 11 - and bitterness, to spying, examination, persuasion, deduction, sensuality, and, of course, ventriloquism and taxidermy. These competences appear when solving puzzles or during conversations. When multiple skills can be used, the player can craft Edgar to a certain playing style.For a Fistful of Teeth was intended as the first part of a series where each installment would introduce independent sets of cases, with an underlying storyline through all games. Unlike similar games however, the player would be able to continue the second episode with Edgar's competences of the first game - providing character building over multiple games. At the end of the episode, players can export the competences to a save file to be used in future episodes. Even though multiple episodes were announced, only one was released and as such most of the described features remained unused. |
| Chicken Invaders: Revenge of the Yolk - Christmas Edition | 2006-12-01 | InterAction studios | InterAction studios | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Chicken Invaders: Revenge of the Yolk - Christmas Edition is another festive edition of a Chicken Invaders game this time modifying the third game in the series Chicken Invaders: Revenge of the Yolk. Once again the same modifications have been made to the game as the previous Christmas Edition including appropriate Christmas carols and decorations on enemies. Some enemies have been changed completely to fit into the themes such as the snowmen. Weapon colours have also been altered to look a bit more festive and items dropped by enemies have become appropriately festive.The game has the same 120 levels to get through as the original. There are still six weapons and they can be upgraded to eleven levels. The number of bonuses, secrets and medals have also remained the same. This edition of the game has its own high-score table on the developer's website to which players can upload their scores. |
| Crashday | 2006-12-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Moonbyte Studios, Replay Studios GmbH | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | Windows | The debut title from Moonbyte Studios/Replay Studios, Crashday is a racing game, which takes you through street packed with many obstacles and other drivers. The game combines the features of Stunts, Deathtrack, Destruction Derby and other classic titles.The game offers career mode, seven single events (Wrecking Match, Stunt Show, Hold the Flag, Race, Pass the Bomb, Bomb Run, Test Drive) and several mini-games (e.g. Long Jump, Vehicle Blast, Mass Destruction). Twelve cars are available to drive, each with different handling, maximum speed, acceleration and armor. A track editor is also included to allow players to design their own courses. |
| Dragon | 2006-12-01 | Robin Games | Meridian'93 | Action, Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dragon is an action-puzzle game with an Oriental theme, based on the Ballistic concept. A dragon, made of a chain of colored marbles is moving along a curved track towards a temple. You must shoot colored marbles from your cannon at the bottom of the screen (which can move left and right) to prevent the dragon from reaching the temple (if it does, you lose a life); when you shoot a marble into the dragon, it becomes a part of it (replacing the marble that was there before), and if at least three same-colored marbles are next to each other, they disappear, possibly also causing neighboring marble groups to vanish. As you keep destroying the marbles, a bar at the top of the screen slowly fills itself; once it is filled completely, the level is finished. Power-ups, coins and bonuses fall occasionally from the destroyed marbles. Coins give you additional lives when you collect enough. Power-ups have a lot of various effects - slowing the dragon down, allowing you to shoot a destructive lightning beam, and more. Bonuses simply give you score. By achieving some difficult feats (like completing several levels without losing a life) you earn trophies which you can later view in your trophy room. |
| First Eagles: The Great War 1918 | 2006-12-01 | G2 Games | Third Wire Productions, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | World War I | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | First Eagles: The Great War 1918 is the fourth release from Third Wire Productions and the first non-jet based game.Find yourself in a flying machine made of wood, wire and canvass as you soar with your squadron over the fields of France in the early part of the century. You depart your field and climb to hunt the "Hun". The wind whips in your face, all of your senses are alive, the smell of the air, the engine exhaust, the sounds of flight from the creaking of the aircraft. You can hear the sounds of battle as you near the front and see the troops entrenched in the mud.Suddenly above you you see a flash of something and while staring into the sun, you see the enemy. He is upon you and bullets are snapping through your fragile machine. Wingmen and enemy spiral down in flames, no ejection seats or even parachutes here. You fight or die.Find yourself in any of the following player flyable machines - Fokker D.VII, Fokker D.VIIF, R.A.F. S.E.5a as well as the SPAD XIII C.1. AI pilots will take to the skies in Salmson 2 A.2, Albatros D.Va and the D.F.W. C.V. |
| Football Mogul 2007 | 2006-12-01 | Enlight Interactive Inc. | Sports Mogul Inc. | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The 2007 iteration of the Football Mogul series. Football Mogul 2007 is a text-based simulation of running an NFL team. Everything from finances, to players, to on-field coaching is simulated, with you in control of it all. Multiple difficulty levels are included, and everything is editable, from player stats to team names. Football Mogul 2007 is not licensed by the NFL.The 2007 version updates the rosters, and adds a play-calling mode, allowing you to simulate games play-by-play. |
| Fussball Liga Manager | 2006-12-01 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Fussball Liga Manager is a managerial soccer simulation where the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his team. He has to take care of several soccer aspects which influence the team's future, e.g. lineup, training, tactics, player transfers, stadium expansion, the search for sponsors and fixing the entrance fees. The game offers no graphical presentation of the matches but only a live-ticker which shows the time and kind of special happenings (e.g. 32. minute: red card for player x). It simulates the first and second German league but there are no licensed names. |
| Jet Set Willy: Online | 2006-12-01 | | | Action | | Fangame | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Jet Set Willy: Online is an online multiplayer version of Jet Set Willy. Each player chooses a name and avatar and engages in competition against other players. The game contains level designs taken from both Jet Set Willy and Jet Set Willy II as well as newly created levels. As with the original, JSW: Online is a side-view game that takes place over different rooms, each of which occupies the screen. Willy's only real abilities are to move back and forth on the screen and jump over pits and obstacles as he navigates through different rooms. The host can set a number of game types that include: collecting flashing items to a preset number, collecting the most flashing items within a time limit, a race to a specific room in the mansion, Willy Tag with other players, and finally a hunt for the one "golden willy" character. Many of these competitions can also be played in team mode. Additionally, there is a capture the flag mode available for teams. |
| Julias Reiterland: Meine Rennpferde | 2006-12-01 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Caipirinha Games GmbH, Preloud | Action, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Julias Reiterland: Meine Rennpferde is a horse racing game. Select your horse and equipment for the race and beat the time or complete missions. Control the horse with the keyboard in three difficulty levels. Compete against up to 7 other players via the internet on different tracks in all four seasons. |
| Knytt | 2006-12-01 | | | Action | Side view | | | Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Little Knytt is playing outside when he is suddenly abducted by a UFO. It collides with a meteorite and crash lands on an unknown planet. In this freeware platformer, Knytt has to explore the world and collect items needed to repair the ship. There are many creatures, items and events in the background, but most of them cannot be interacted with. Knytt can jump, wall jump and climb straight walls, with no means of attack. An additional key shows a shining beam of light directed to a nearby item and there is another one to show the items collected so far.The entire game is a single level with different backgrounds for each screen, from underground depths to platform jumping in the clouds. Each screen has tiny details such as small creatures, a building, lights or plants. There are a few creatures that can be dangerous and when nearby Knytt will glow red. White tiles can be used to save progress. The general gameplay focuses on platform and jumping puzzles, while keeping a sense of navigation for the large game world.There are a few secrets and unlockables in the game, certain locations where Knytt can walk through walls and two hidden power-ups that increase jumping height and speed. Music and sound effects conjure an eerie ambiance, and the general atmosphere reminds of Seiklus and Fumito Ueda's game design. |
| Kung Fu: Deadly Arts | 2006-12-01 | Groove Games | Bedlam Games Inc. | Action | | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | In the province of Hunan, in ancient China, a leader in a village was killed. On that day, 4 brothers lost their father. To replace these people a tournament is going to take place. These 4 brothers, each with their own fighting style will enter this tournament along with Kung Fu warriors from across the country. Now you must fight. You must win in order to rule your people. Failure means death.The PC game could be played with either the keyboard or a controller. Featured were 3 fighting styles which were all made to be equal. Each style would have a small variety of combos. The most interesting addition was the fact that you could counter attacks and combos. |
| LEGO Fever | 2006-12-01 | LEGO System A/S | gameLab | Action, Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | LEGO Fever is a puzzle platformer based on the popular construction toy. The game centres around two LEGO minifigures, Harry and Jens, who set out to bring color and creativity to a gray and boring world with the power of LEGO bricks.There are three game modes. The first, Puzzle Mode, is very similar to gameLab's previous game Junkbot. The player must place LEGO bricks to help Jens to navigate the level and touch gray, bored humans in order to turn them into cheerful minifigures. Jens runs constantly in one direction, changing direction only if a tall object or wide gap blocks his path. He can climb over objects that are one brick tall and jump over gaps that are one brick wide, but turns back when faced with taller or wider obstacles. He must also be careful to avoid taps of dripping gray liquid, which will sap him of his creativity and cause the player to lose the level. The player is challenged to complete levels in the least amount of moves possible.In Chase Mode, Harry runs constantly, trying to liberate as many bored humans as possible while the screen scrolls to the right. Like in Puzzle mode, the player must place LEGO bricks to help him navigate the level and avoid dripping taps. Placing bricks consumes energy from a 'Brick Energy' meter which can be replenished by collecting energy pellets.In Clump Mode, the player must drag and drop bricks to create stacks of three or more of the same color. Creating stacks fills an energy meter which must be filled within a certain time limit. There are 'Normal' and 'Expert' thresholds. |
| Lizardmen | 2006-12-01 | Lionsoft Amatorial Development | Lionsoft Amatorial Development | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The evil Daimon is threatening Dragonia and has turned your two fellow lizardmen into stone. Your task is to rescue them and defeat Daimon.Developed with Mark Overmars' Game Maker, Lizardmen is a sidescrolling platformer. Complete eight levels by killing enemies with your fire breath, dodging obstacles and surviving various jumping puzzles. Most levels also contain a few switches that clear certain passages or let platforms appear. Collected gold can be spend on extra lives and a limited number of health power-ups and emblems. Your first task however, is to rescue the other lizardmen Pyro and Flea. For this, you need magic crystals that are obtained by defeating two "bosses". The lizardmen have slightly different abilities: Doku is an all-rounder, Flea is good at jumping but has a weak fire attack while Pyro has the strongest fire attack with the longest range, but cannot jump very high. In order to find all emblems that are needed to reach Daimon, you have to make use of each lizardman's abilities and reach previously inaccessible areas. |
| Myth Match | 2006-12-01 | Yahoo! Games | MumboJumbo, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | A spellcaster is chosen by the Guardians of Cosmos to compete for power over all nature.Myth Match is a marble shooter game with a fantasy theme. The objective is to control a spellcaster, moving sideways at the bottom of the screen, and shoot gems from the wand at a series of multi-colored spherical jewels, to make matches of three or more of the same color and make them disappear. The jewelry line rolls on twisting tracks occupying most of the screen, being pushed by an enemy character and moving towards an exit hole. If three or more enter the exit, the player loses a life and the level has to be replayed, and the game is over after all the lives are spent. A meter at the top fills with each match, and the level can be finished when it is full.At the start, the player can choose between two characters, each with a unique set of power-ups. The wizard has more destructive powers, fitting his aggressive style. The sorceress has strategic powers, aimed at creating huge combos and lining up jewels rather than quickly destroying them. The powers fall from the line after making successive matches, and have to be collected along with any falling piece of gold and treasure for bonus points, or thirty crystals for extra lives before disappearing at the bottom. Both characters have the color bomb that destroys all jewels that match its color, the petrify spell that stops the line for a few seconds, the weaken spell that slows the speed of the gems, the confusion spell that moves the line backwards, the bomb that explodes the jewels surrounding its landing spot and the mimic spell that matches any color.The wizard has the fate shot, that acts as a guided missile automatically hitting the best place in the chain, the storm call that destroys gems with a tornado, the color cloud that turns a line of spheres to the same color, and the destruct spell that removes a group of mixed jewels. The sorceress has the willed shot that can be controlled to hit anywhere in the line, the fire rain that showers meteors burning several random gems, the phantom shot that teleports some spheres to the start of the track, and the frostbite that shoots shards of ice.In the main adventure mode, the goal is to complete sets of levels to form constellations that give blessings. The blessings are related to elemental powers like water and air, and up to three can be selected to make helpful changes to some game parameters. The survival mode is an endless mode, where the player can choose one of the previously played levels and keep eliminating the infinite amount of jewels for points, until they enter the exit and the game is over. The timed mode has a chronometer that increases with each match, and the objective is to keep filling to avoid running out of time. |
| Opera Slinger | 2006-12-01 | Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, GarageGames, Inc. | The Treblemakers | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Opera Slinger is a unique blend of platforming action and karaoke game. You play the part of Forte, Opera Slinger Extraordinare. Your opera house has been ransacked by an aspiring opera diva Aria, and now it's up to you to challenge her in the quest for fans.The game is comprised of two parts. The first one requires quick reflexes and similar to many platformers in its gameplay, players have to jump through the ruins of an opera house to the spotlight where the singing contest will commence. After players reach the spotlight they are to take microphones in their hands and start singing excerpts from famous classical music compositions made into amusing opera pieces. Depending on the quality of the player's performance, the Crowd Meter will move either towards the player or Aria. There are a total of five pieces to be sung, including:
Beethoven's Fifth - Beethoven
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
Anvil Chorus - Verdi
La Donne e Mobile - Verdi
The Four Seasons - Spring - I Allegro - Vivaldi
The game might be played in three difficulty modes, measuring the speed at which the crowd favors Aria. Also choosing between male or female is available to accommodate the player's singing voice. In both cases the player will perform as Forte. |
| PDC World Championship Darts | 2006-12-01 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | Bruce Nesbit | | | | Windows | PDC World Championship Darts is an officially licensed darts game. The player can opt to play as champions such as Allan Warriner-Little or Raymond van Barneveld or create his own player.Included game modes are: World Championship, World Grand Prix, UK Open, Holland Open and Desert Classic. Each is modeled after the actual real life events. The game includes three existing darts arenas. An additional game mode is the party mode, a multi-player mode that consists of fifteen different party games. These can only be played on the same machine however and not on-line or via LAN. |
| RTL Biathlon 2007 | 2006-12-01 | RTL Playtainment | 49Games GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | RTL Biathlon 2007 is a simulation of the winter biathlon sport, combining two disciplines: cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. The competition takes place on nine skiing areas. The skier moves forward by keeping a button pressed, which consumes energy. The amount of energy varies in different sections of the level (more when going downhill, less when going up), and releasing the button allows for some regeneration, while the skier will move slower. When overexerting the athlete, the energy levels move into orange and red, and a large amount of stamina is consumed. Other techniques include gliding (crouching when going downhill) and sprinting in certain areas. The shooting sections are shown from a first-person perspective. The accuracy depends on the remaining stamina. Players can also hold their breath to steady the rifle, but this depletes the stamina levels further.The different game modes include Practice, Career and Multiplayer. By competing in different leagues, players earn experience points that eventually open up power points to be distributed over a number of skills. At the start of the game, players can choose a preset skier or create a custom one, determining the name, outfit and skill level. Multiplayer is available for up to four players (hot seat mode) or two in split-screen. |
| Scarab Shooter | 2006-12-01 | NovaGame, Inc | NovaGame, Inc | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Scarab Shooter is a Bust-a-Move clone with an Egyptian theme. Rows of differently colored bubbles will slowly move down from the top of the screen should they reach the bottom you'll lose. Luckily you have your trusty scarab shooter which can fire randomly colored bubbles. When two or more touching bubbles come in contact with one of your shot bubbles they will vanish. The longer chains you get the more points.There is a timed and a "relax"ed mode, one has a timer the other does not. |
| Sil: The Silhouette Game | 2006-12-01 | Telcogames Ltd. | Fathammer Ltd. | Action | | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Sil is a puzzle game based around shape recognition and rotation. The game's basic premise is simple - the player is first shown a silhouette of an object, then they are presented the object in the wrong position. It is up to them to then rotate the object until it is in the same position as the silhouette. If the player runs out of time before matching the silhouette, the game is over.Every time the player successfully matches an object to a silhouette, they fill their time bar slightly and earn extra time. They can also earn extra time bonuses (and points) by quickly matching an object to its silhouette. This will earn them a 'Perfect!' bonus. The silhouette for the same object switches position, and if the player matches it quickly again, they'll earn a 'Double Perfect!', followed by a 'Triple Perfect!' bonus. After this, the game will move onto the next object as normal.At the end of each level, the player is ranked based on their speed, earning them between 0 and 3 Ranking Stars. The player is able to earn special trophies for reaching certain milestones in the game (such as reaching particular levels, earning enough Ranking Stars, scoring certain amounts, and so on). |
| Wizard's War Chest | 2006-12-01 | Cinemaware, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Wizard's War Chest is a compilation of the following three games:
Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul
Etherlords
Etherlords II |
| Xpand Rally Xtreme | 2006-12-01 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Prominence S.C. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Off-roading | | | | | Windows | Xpand Rally Xtreme is the sequel to the 2004 rally game Xpand Rally. Just like the previous game, it is a pure simulation with no story and it does not carry any licenses. In the main career mode, the player starts with a default car. By winning races against three opponents, only shown as ghost cars, money becomes available to upgrade the vehicle or buy a new one. There are 15 cars in total, in 23 versions, with 8 new models and 67 individual races. Cars range from real 4x4 off-road monsters to exotic racing cars for the flat-track races - now with fast parallel tracks.There are also Free Style races, checkpoint races against real opponents unlike the previous game where only ghost cars were shown. While some locations such as Finland have been removed, the new scenery includes Italy, USA, Malaysia, China and Japan. There is a detailed damage models, extensive tuning in the garage, and realistic physics. Once again the game can be played in two modes: the hardcore Simulation mode, and the Arcade mode where the damage model and controls are more forgiving.New tracks can be constructed through the included ChromeEd editor and there are various multiplayer options. |
| iRoll | 2006-12-01 | Like Dynamite GmbH, Playland Virtual Games Fonds GmbH | Terra Game | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | iRoll is a Marble Madness variant. The player guides a marble through the 60 labyrinths with the mouse. The basic goal of each level is to find the exit but the player can pick up bonus items on the way which grant him extra points for the high score. Of course there are also puzzles to solve and obstacles to avoid, e.g. enemies, electric walls, holes or bumpers. Overall the game features 60 levels divided into five worlds in the adventure mode and 999 labyrinths in maze mode. |
| Smiley Commandos | 2006-12-04 | James Software | Flying Iron Games, James Software | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Smiley Commandos is a strategy game with two armies of smileys on a game board. A game starts on an empty field with a few super smileys. These are invulnerable and are used to start building bases. In the easier difficulty levels, the boards are very open and the super smileys are already in place. In higher levels, there are small islands and you choose the starting locations.Each turn, the players can place 5 balls on the board, starting from a super smiley. When you get close to the enemy, you can crush enemy balls to turn them into bases. When you place a new ball next to a base, a commando appears and the base, consisting of all connecting squares, goes "live". To disable enemy bases, you have to take out every commando around it. Live bases can then be used as new starting position for the balls. Even when your bases are disabled, you can reactivate them with a commando.The shareware version can be played for one hour. The registered version offers unlimited play, new smiley characters, new levels, a level editor and a free multiplayer version. |
| Space Renegades: The Series | 2006-12-04 | Packom Interactive | United Minds Games, LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Space Renegades: The Series is a top-down 2D space shooter that consists of two games. In Space Renegades 1, you play as a Space Ranger named Adam. Adam decides to be a self-employed Space Ranger. In the mean time a mob boss named Lord Art puts out a bounty on him dead or alive.In Space Renegades 2: Ultimatum, you continue your quest as Adam. Lord Art wants Adam to join his gang, but Adam refuses. Art then kidnaps Adam's family with an ultimatum for Adam to either join him or watch his family die.The first game is a Space Invaders clone, while the second has frantic vertical-scrolling gameplay. Rather than losing lives after you die, you lose money. Once you run out of money you lose the game. You can also go to the shop and upgrade your weapons to create some major havoc. |
| Flugratten | 2006-12-05 | SnapDragon Games GmbH | SnapDragon Games GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Flugratten is a shooter game in which you have to hunt down pigeons with a catapult. Protect buildings in Hamburg, Munich, Berlin, Amsterdam, Salzburg, Paris and Venice from pigeon droppings. After you finish one mission, the next of a total of 21 is unlocked. Use food like burgers, croissants or tomatoes to attract the doves and then shoot them. Every pigeon that you shoot counts into your high score. Combos or shots over a longer distance are worth extra points.
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| Star Trek: Legacy | 2006-12-05 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Mad Doc Software, LLC | Action, Simulation, Strategy | Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Star Trek Legacy begins a few years after the end of the TV-series Star Trek Enterprise. Starfleet is growing fast and new technologies have been introduced like the tractor beam or starbases. You take the helm of the starship Enterprise NX-01 which has been heavily upgraded with all the cutting edge technology and your mission is to find a missing Vulcan ship. During the campaign you play get the chance to play all the great ships from the five series up to the USS Voyager under the command of Captain Janeway. All five captains (Archer, Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway) are voiced by their actors from the TV-series.You control your ship either directly with the keyboard or by giving orders to your helm on a map of the current sector or by marking planets or enemies in directly on the screen. Depending on how good you solved a mission, you earn command points with which you can buy up to 4 ships. They function like a squad. You can either give them individual commands like defend this position or take the lead and tell them to do, what you do. If you aren't satisfied with the actions of your individual ships, you can take over the helm yourself at any time.During the campaign you only take control over ships of the United Federation of Planets and fight against Klingons, Romulans and the Borg. But in skirmish as well as in multiplayer, you can take either side yourself and fight against up to 4 other players or together against a common threat in coop in which each player takes control over one ship of the squad.Also there's much fighting with enemy ships, your mission goals include escorting medical ships to poisoned planets or defending planets against incoming asteroids. |
| The World of Hitman | 2006-12-05 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The World of Hitman is a limited collector's edition of the Hitman series. The compilation contains:
Hitman: Codename 47
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman: Contracts
Hitman: Blood Money
a video DVD with the soundtrack and exclusive movies from the game Hitman: Blood Money
a disc with bonus material
manuals for all the games
a 200-page long walkthrough guide
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| The World of Myst: Limitowana Edycja Kolekcjonerska | 2006-12-05 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The World of Myst is a limited collector's edition of the Myst series. The compilation contains:
Myst (Masterpiece Edition)
Riven: The Sequel to Myst
Myst III: Exile
Myst IV: Revelation
Myst V: End of Ages
Uru: Complete Chronicles
a soundtrack CD
a disc with bonus material
manuals for all the games
a 544-page long walkthrough guide
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| The World of Prince of Persia | 2006-12-05 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The World of Prince of Persia is a limited collector's edition of the Prince of Persia series. The compilation contains:
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
a soundtrack CD
a disc with bonus material
manuals for all the games
a 400-page long walkthrough guide
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| The World of Splinter Cell | 2006-12-05 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The World of Splinter Cell is a limited collector's edition of the Splinter Cell series. The compilation contains:
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Mission-Pack
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
a disc with bonus material
manuals for all the games
a 328-page long walkthrough guide
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| UpWords, Boggle, Hangman & Word Hunter Collection | 2006-12-05 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Dragonfly Game Design, LLC, ImaginEngine Corp. | Puzzle, Strategy | | Licensed | | Board game, Word construction | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This collection of games includes two licensed Hasbro titles and two additional word games. Each game has a single player mode, a challenge mode, a multiplayer hotseat mode, and a multiplayer LAN mode.UpWords is a game where players receive tiles, and are tasked to spelling words vertically and horizontally. Unlike standard crosswords or scrabble however, in UpWords, players can place tiles on top of other tiles.Boggle is a game where players are shown a grid of letters, and have a limited amount of time to spell words with adjacent letters. At the end of the round, players compare their words to eachother, and are given points for each unique word they find.Hangman is a game where players have to solve for a mystery word by guessing letters in the word. Players have a limited number of wrong guesses, each corresponding to a different body part of a hanging man. Too many wrong guesses and the game is over.Word Hunter is a game where players are given a scrambled set of letters and try to form as many unique words from the scramble as possible. |
| Yahtzee, Parcheesi & Aggravation Collection | 2006-12-05 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Dragonfly Game Design, LLC, ImaginEngine Corp. | Compilation, Strategy | | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This collection of Hasbro titles contains single player, hotseat multiplayer, and LAN multiplayer versions of Yahtzee, Parcheesi, and Aggravation.Yahtzee is a game where players roll 5 dice and try to construct different combinations of dice in a limited number of rolls. Players are scored on how well they roll, and how many of the "hands" they complete in course of the game.Parcheesi is a classic board game where players roll dice to move their pieces forward. Special rules in Parcheesi give players bonuses for rolls or capturing opponent pieces.Aggravation, like Parcheesi, is a classic board game where players roll dice to move their pieces. In Aggravation, players also have access to a shortcut in the center of the board that provides players with a strategic choice.In addition to supporting classic modes of the games, with their traditional rules, the games also provide new options to take advantage of their new digital form. |
| Prince of Persia: Special Edition | 2006-12-06 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
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| Christmas Tale | 2006-12-07 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Santa needs to get to the tree and light the Christmas lights. Help him get Christmas ready.Christmas Tale is a puzzle game. Santa needs to get from his starting point to the tree to light it. You use the arrows keys to move left and right and the up key to jump. You use the space bar to shove ice blocks out of your way and pick up and put down Christmas presents that act as building blocks. Shove the ice blocks, stack the presents and use the Christmas doors are needed to get to and light that three. |
| Cocoto: Platform Jumper | 2006-12-07 | Akella | Neko Entertainment SARL | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The name of this game says all about it. Cocoto Platform Jumper is a circular 3D Platform Jumper with an isometric camera angle. You play as demon Cocoto in your quest to save a secret of magma and his demonic friends. For the most part of the game you run along circular platforms and fight monsters and bosses on your way to victory. Cocoto has several special abilities that will help him - some can be used to build temporary platforms and some to fight monsters.
The game features 5 different game worlds, with 40 different levels. There are also 30 enemies and 5 bosses on each level. There is also a 2-player battle mode and 4 player race mode. |
| Street Fighter | 2006-12-07 | GameTap LLC | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | You are Ryu, a Street Fighter. Your goal is to travel to 5 countries (Japan, USA, England, China and Thailand) and beat 2 enemies at each of them. Many of these characters, such as Adon, Gen, and Birdie, are later seen in the Street Fighter Alpha series.After each country you will have the chance to get additional points in a little bonus round, a feature seen later in most Street Fighter games. The final boss in the game is Sagat, who is the second to the last boss in Street Fighter 2. The goal is to become the greatest fighter in the world. As with most tournament fighting games once you have defeated the boss the game will reset and start from the beginning with a harder difficulty level. It is possible to start a two player game but there will be only one fight (between the two players) which will determine who will travel the globe to fight the computer controlled opponents. |
| Freight Tycoon Inc. | 2006-12-08 | 1C Company | Nikita Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Freight Tycoon Inc. is an economic simulation game which challenges players' management skills. It puts one into the shoes of an owner of a cargo transportation company. One has to evaluate the profitability of contracts, contact customers, and appoint drivers to deliver goods. Office development is also an essential part of success in business. Employing and dismissing workers, buying new vehicles and keeping technical records competently. But one should be aware of rivals which are interested in forcing out your company out of the market. The game is set in a fully 3D world with various landscapes and season changes. The appearance of buildings, vehicles and headquarters change interactively, so the gamer can see the results. Freight Tycoon Inc. gives the player a unique opportunity to extend the world of Freight Tycoon and create his own cargo transportation empire. |
| Heimspiel: Eishockeymanager 2007 | 2006-12-08 | TGC - The Games Company GmbH | greencode Software GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Heimspiel: Eishockymanager 2007 is a managerial simulation where the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his hockey team. Regarding gameplay it plays very similar to typical German soccer managers. Through the menu bar on the left side of the screen the player reaches the menus where he sets all the options which influence the team's future. On the financial side he buys and sells players, searches for sponsors, expands the stadium and its surroundings, speculates with stocks or bets on the league's results. On the athletic side he sets the training, the lineup, the tactics, plans special appointments like team parties or looks after the youth teams. The player also divides his hockey players into blocks which ideally always play and train together. Each block can be assigned to different tactics.Depending on his successes the player receives experience points which are used to improve his abilities, e.g. training. He also has the possibility to plan personal events, e.g. a press conference, to improve his reputation with management and fans. During the matches the player has two options: either a real-time calculated 3D presentation or a text mode where all interesting match situations are describes in words.Besides the five difficulty levels the player can use additional options to make the game easier or harder, e.g. disable layoffs or granting unlimited funds. Unlike other managers the player don't has to employee assistants if he wishes to hand certain responsibilities, e.g. lineup or tactics, to the AI; he can access these functions for free. The game features 16 leagues from twelve countries but only the German and Austrian ones are licensed. |
| Reactor 09 | 2006-12-08 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Reactor 09 is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory and interactions can be executed via an interface by holding the right mouse button.The player takes the control of Dr. Galivan who was the leading engineer to create the reactor 09. Now he is convicted for murder and an inmate in the Zion 5 state prison. Inmates can try to establish trust to correctional officers by work and good behaviour and therefore get privileges and even reduce their sentence.After an accident in the reactor 09 you find yourself locked in a part of the prison together with the correctional officer Matthew Holmstett. You begin with a negative trust level, that you can try to improve, but also reduce during the game based on your actions.You share a common inventory with the officer, but you can only access items of the officer with his consent. Depending on the relationship between you and the officer you can get up to three different endings. |
| Retro Granny's Garden | 2006-12-08 | 4Mation Educational Resources Ltd | 4Mation Educational Resources Ltd | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | An updated version of the classic educational game Granny's Garden was released with enhanced graphical and sound capabilities for modern computers, allowing children of today to enjoy the game's content without being distracted by its bizarrely low-tech assets. For adults with disposable income and burning nostalgia, however, 4-Mation also put together this: a re-release of the 1983 BBC micro original, reproducing every blocky pixel and bleep in impeccably high fidelity to the first time around -- because it actually is the original BBC version of the game, run through a custom Beeb emulator for Windows after no existing emulator could be found that faithfully emulated all of the hardware tweaks and loopholes the original exploited.Gameplay is precisely as the parent entry describes: exploring a fantasy land and navigating multiple-choice puzzles with simple text input. |
| Sonic Princess: Double Solid | 2006-12-08 | Software House Parsley | Software House Parsley | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | | | Adult | | Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Leila, the maid of the Imperial House of Altacruz, and the white tiger warrior Sigma have explored a large part of the Phantom Labyrinth, encountered the authorities of the outside world, and met a few new friends during their previous adventure. Staying in a quiet village, they find out that undead creatures are lurking nearby. Leila is afflicted by a curse and falls into a coma. Sigma must venture into the depths of the labyrinths to find a cure.Double Solid is a direct sequel to Sonic Dive and has identical visual style, interface, and gameplay mechanics. Like its predecessor, it is an action dungeon-crawling RPG with randomized locations and enemies, with an even heavier focus on grinding and surviving as long as possible during dungeon trips. The protagonist, however, is different: the player controls Sigma (as opposed to Leila in the previous game) and has an access to a different set of skills. |
| Jewels of Cleopatra | 2006-12-11 | Boomzap Pte. Ltd. | Boomzap Pte. Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jewels of Cleopatra is a match-three game with an Egyptian archaeology theme. Each stage is a chamber of a temple, where the objective is to create a path to the exit for Dr.Felicity Tumstone, the Indiana Jones-style female main character. She can only walk on gilded tiles, and each successful match makes the background gold eventually allowing her to escape.The default way-point is the tomb's exit, but the player can set it to any place by clicking on the mini-map at the bottom-right. Matches can be performed independently from the character's movement, as she moves automatically using the shortest route possible.There are some mini-games between stages. Jigsaws must be assembled within a time limit, and a scarab races must be won where a mouse-controlled bug is guided by the player.Several enemies and obstacles appear on more advanced stages. Scorpions, snakes, and mummies attack Tumstone, restarting the level. Locusts change the tiles back to stone. Spiders lock Felicity and some of the tiles with their web. Rocks block the way, and cannot be matched. At the end of each temple, there is a challenge where Tumstone must reach the exit before a thief called Shady McGrady to win an artifact.Power-ups are available inside chests on some levels. They can also be awarded by winning the races or making five-tile matches. Gold tiles and gold blocks transform stone tiles in to gold. Column and row breakers destroy columns and rows of tiles. The exorcism makes the mummies disappear. The dynamite stack explodes a square of nine tiles. A can of insecticide spray kills all the bugs, and the pick-axe breaks the rocks. |
| PanicBCN | 2006-12-11 | SpiritVG | SpiritVG | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | PanicBCN is a fixed screen arcade platformer in the style of the classic Bubble Bobble. The player will take the role of Ania, a girl who's mission it is to save the city of Barcelona from several magical creatures that appeared after a powerful wizard cast a spell on the city. To accomplish this, the player must repeatedly hammer opponents until each level is finished. In some situations it may be helpful to use a special rechargeable attack that destroys anything in a 360º arc around the player. Collecting coins and fruits will also boost the health gauge.The places where the player must do battle are the Parc Güell, which has been taken by dragons, the Sagrada Familia, whose windows jeopardize the lives of the people of Barcelona who walk below them, and finally, the Plaça de Catalunya, which has been taken by pigeons that have grown considerably in size.The player will have to make his way through more than 100 levels, all of them filled with different varieties of enemies, and at the end of each of the 3 sectors will face gigantic final bosses. |
| Super Granny 3 | 2006-12-11 | Sandlot Games | Orchid Games, Sandlot Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Super Granny 3 is the third game in Sandlot Game's successful Granny casual game franchise.The Granny games are a 2D, side view games wherein Granny must move through the level to find and rescue her kitties and lead them to the exit and to safety. Meanwhile, she must avoid various enemies or solve puzzles within the levels to reach her kittens, the exit and the tools she needs to solve the various puzzles.Super Granny 3 has 200+ levels for players to explore and added to the Granny franchise an over world map screen that allows players to choose a more non-linear style of play. Super Granny 3 also has a map editor which allows players to try their own hand at game design and makes possible downloading of user created maps from the Sandlotgames.com website. |
| Strike Ball 2 Deluxe | 2006-12-12 | Toro-Publishing | Owl Studio | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Strike Ball 2 Deluxe is a 3D version of Breakout. The aim is to destroy all bricks in a level by bouncing a ball with a player-controlled paddle to aim at and hit all bricks in the level. Once all bricks are gone, the same process is repeated in a new level.The 3D is for the perspective, which is rotatable horizontally and vertically, but it also relates to the level structure, which is multi-layered. The game always starts at the ground layer, but as soon as the bricks above are destroyed, any brick of a higher layer will fall down.Due to the 3D layout, the levels resemble little scenes like a train station or a castle. There are also levels that look like a boss fight in which the player has to destroy a giant, three-headed dragon or a similar creature. To create these visuals, the game uses invisible bricks, that cover the area between the bottom of the level and the next colored brick.There are a lot of power-ups in the game, ranging from very good to very bad. For example: paddle shrinker and expander, slow ball & fast ball, magnetic paddle, multiball, fireball (ignites adjacent bricks), the power ball (rolls through every brick as if they are not there), many different weapons for the paddle (gun, rockets, chemical rockets, etc.) and many more.The weapon power-ups do not only wear off when another power-up is collected, but they also come with a limited amount of ammunition. The conventional rockets have an ammunition of 3 rockets for instance, so they cannot be used to clear an entire level at once. All power-ups are either released by destroyed bricks or are dropped down by a plane that flies over the map in regular intervals.The deluxe edition mainly features an additional 100 levels and a few new power-ups like a B-52 Bomber that flies over the map and drops some bombs. |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas | 2006-12-12 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Like its predecessor Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown, Vegas is a more action-driven tactical shooter. You play as Logan Keller who is the leader of a Rainbow Six squad. Controlling two team-members, you have to take on terrorists who attempt to get the city of Las Vegas under their control.The missions are all connected with one another through the storyline. You always have different goals like rescuing a hostage or disarming a bomb. To do so, you have access to different kinds of weapons from pistols to Assault Rifles and Gadgets like C4 or Tear Gas. You order your men around by aiming at something and then choosing from a list of options called "Rules of Engagement", available in a circle menu much like in Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. They will then do their best to fulfill your order without risking their own lives by taking cover as often as possible.Instead of a health indicator and medipacks scattered around the map, your vision blurs when you get a hit. If you take too many, you die, but if you take cover and wait a while, you recover and can once again take on the terrorists.Compared to earlier versions, there are fewer enemies, but they are harder to kill due to the improved AI. The mission planning has been removed, for the first time weapons can be picked up from dead enemies, and the aiming system has been altered. The story is no longer told through cutscenes as the plot now advances through scenes during gameplay.If you have saved Las Vegas or are tired of the AI, you can engage in the multiplayer modes available for up to 15 other players like Assault & Defend, in which one team needs to take over an objective, defended by the other team, or just plain Deathmatch in the Sharpshooter mode. You can also play through the singleplayer story with friends or go on a hunt for terrorists on random generated maps. |
| Holiday Bonus | 2006-12-13 | Grey Alien Games | Grey Alien Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Holiday Bonus is a match three game with a Christmas theme. Using your mouse, swap two items to create a straight line, vertically or horizontally, of three or more items. To clear a level, you must break all the ice panes under some items by making matches over them or using certain bonus items. Later in the game, you will encounter ice and thick ice. Thick ice must be matched twice to remove it. Ice must be removed before you can break the ice pane. Remove either by matching the item or using a bonus item. Items in ice cannot be moved until the ice is removed. During the game, you can use bonus items. These are:
Christmas pudding: Destroys the items in the neighboring squares. Does not remove ice panes. Will clear ice but only the top-most layer. So, if there is ice, it will clear it but leave the item.
Christmas cracker: Destroys items or ice on an entire horizontal row or vertical column, depending on the direction it is facing. Does not remove ice panes.
Matches: Melts one cube of ice. Does not remove ice panes, items or thick ice.
Snowball: Removes one ice pane. Does not affect ice cubes or items.
Snowman: Removes the ice panes from the square it is in as well as the neighboring squares. Does not affect ice cubes or items.
Star: Removes the item, ice pane, ice cube and/or thick ice from any one square.
Santa's sack: Can contain any of the above bonus items. The selection is random.Some items have a glow behind them. Matching these fills the power meter that looks like a thermometer on the left. When the power meter is full, any bonus items used are stronger. For example, a Christmas cracker would remove three rows or columns instead of one. |
| Starshatter: The Gathering Storm | 2006-12-13 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Destroyer Studios | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | | | Windows | Back of Box - Windows (US) (from Ad Blurbs)STARSHATTER
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| Fritz & Chesster's Chess for Winners | 2006-12-14 | Viva Media, LLC | ChessBase GmbH | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Chess | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is another edutainment game designed for all ages (but targeted more towards children) that teaches the basic fundamentals and strategies for the game of chess in an interactive, animated atmosphere.This time, the game takes place at the "Chesstival", a street fair/amusement park fun-fest complete with ferris wheel and "test your skill" booths where you have a chance to win stuffed toys. Interact with Fritz, Chesster and Bianca who give you pointers along the way.Point-and-click your way through the mini-games and choose to play actual chess games against King Color, King Black or a friend. Includes a 1-year membership to PlayChess.com. |
| Pirates: Constructible Strategy Game Online | 2006-12-14 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Sony Online Entertainment Denver | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Board game, Trading / collectible card | | | | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Pirates: Constructible Strategy Game Online is an on-line turn-based strategy game based on the card game Pirates of the Spanish Main.The game itself is free to play. Like in Magic: The Gathering players buy packs with a random assortment of ships, crew, monsters and treasures. Players can select their ideal deck from "cards" they own.The game is played on a map. The goal of each game is to be the first player to have shipped over half of the map's gold reserve to your harbor. Each ship has a certain number of squares it can move each turn as well as a amount of gold it can hold in its holds. Last but not least a ship has a number of masts which equals its number of cannons. These cannons can be used to fire at enemy ships. When the fire is a hit one mast (and canon) is removed from the ship that was hit. When all masts are removed the ship is helpless and its holds are divided into two between the attacker and the original owner. It is also possible to ram and enter a ship. Players then get to kill crew members and or take gold from the holds. When things go wrong a third ship can be ordered to tow the entered ship away or as a last measure the ship can be sunk so that all gold on board is lost.All battles are resolved by a virtual dice. The number of masts on yous ship positively influence the rolls. The game is shown in full 3D and the players can zoom in and out at will. |
| Zen of Sudoku | 2006-12-14 | Unknown Worlds Entertainment, Inc. | Unknown Worlds Entertainment, Inc. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)From the creators of Natural Selection comes Zen of Sudoku, a relaxing, easy to play version of Sudoku for your PC.Relax with hand-painted Japanese-styled backgrounds, no timer and lush natural soundscapes.Stimulates your brain to keep it healthy and alert.Teaches you the basics of Sudoku through advanced strategies like "naked pairs", "x-wing" and "locked candidates".Play unlimited puzzles, print them to finish offline and enter custom puzzles from other sources.Unlock trophies, backgrounds and more.This product includes portions of the PopCap Games Framework. |
| Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst | 2006-12-15 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | The Queen of England has once again enlisted you with another case. This time the mystery takes place in Ravenhearst manor. Many have ventured into the manor and came out with odd accounts of the place. The diary of a previous resident was found but pages are missing (aren't they always?). And so, the Queen asks that you investigate, restore the diary and solve the Mystery of Ravenhearst Manor.This is the third installment of the Mystery Case Files series. The game play is essentially the same: seek out clues in a cluttered environment, when enough clues are found you will use the Crime Computer and solve a jigsaw puzzle.A new twist to the game is that there are about 30 rooms in the manor and about half of the rooms is locked. To unlock these rooms and find the clues inside it, you will have to solve puzzles. The puzzles are point-and-click type puzzles requiring you to try various clickable objects in order to unlock the door. |
| Requital | 2006-12-15 | Akella | Primal Software | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | In Requital, the player can follow the story of Wolfhound, last member of the Venn clan. His family and other clan members have been slain by a murderous butcher and his horde when he was a child. Wolfhound, however, survived the massacre and was thrown into slavery, with just a memory of a man with a wolf tattooed on his hand killing his parents. When Wolfhound finally escapes slavery as a grown-up man, his mind is set on revenge and he starts the search for the mysterious butcher and the dark cult behind all this. Little does he know that this search shall span the whole continent and will finally see him face the dark goddess Morana, protectress of the cult, who was awoken by his enemies.Requital is a classic role-playing game, set in a medieval world of sword and sorcery, with focus on exploration and battling. The full 3D engine offers third person gameplay that is freely zoom- and rotatable. The player character can't be controlled directly, instead the player has to click on any target he wants to move to / attack / speak / collect. Once a battle has started, every combatant executes his moves automatically, with speed and strength depending on his statistics, until another command is given or one side goes down. Wolfhound can be accompanied by NPC's who will, generally, imitate the player's behavior. There can be allied troops, too, who will fight the enemy completely autonomous. This allows for some larger scale battles later in the game where dozens of fighters can be involved. The game can be paused at any time, including during all the cut scenes which are shown using the game's engine, so there's no rendered movies.As Wolfhound is the only playable character of the game, there's only very limited character generation. The player gets to choose between five levels of difficulty and, therefore, can spend 24 (very easy) down to 0 (very hard) points on the four basic attributes (see below). The further character customizing can be done in three different ways:First is adjusting the four basic attributes of Wolfhound at level-up, namely strength, endurance, speed, and dexterity. This raises the derived statistics like hit points and carry weight, and gives access to better items. Second is using the three different battle skills offered (unarmed, melee, and distance combat) which not only makes Wolfhound hit harder and faster, but unlocks different special moves and character feats over time. As Wolfhound is not a spell caster, this moves and feats can be seen as a replacement for magic spells. Some enemies can cast real spells, though. The third and final way of character customizing is collecting all kinds of useful weaponry and items that can boost different statistics, either permanent or for a limited time during battle.Last, but not least, Requital is probably the only game where the main character has a wounded bat on his shoulder all the time. This bat can even be healed as the story unfolds, and is flying above Wolfhound's shoulder from this point forward till the end. |
| Sengoku Rance | 2006-12-15 | Alice Soft | Alice Soft | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | Adult | | Fantasy, Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Sengoku Rance is the seventh installment of the Rance role-playing series. Unlike its predecessors however, this game is primarily a strategy game with role-playing elements.The player takes the role of the 'foreigner from across the bridge' Rance, who is a sub-ordinate of Oda Nobunaga. As the story unfolds, Rance later becomes the unofficial leader of the Oda Clan in Owari to control the clan as he so pleases. |
| Vegas Casino II | 2006-12-15 | Grabit | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Gambling | | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Vegas Casino II is a collection of 8 classic gambling games. Play in a Las Vegas Casino for the title of professional player in games like Blackjack, Baccarat, Roulette, Keno, Poker, Twenty One, Slot Machine and Craps. |
| Wintersport: Skispringen 2007 | 2006-12-15 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Independent Arts Software GmbH | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Wintersport: Skispringen 2007 is a version of Winterspiele, but with only two disciplines where the original game contains seven. Ski jump and free style are included. |
| Deluxe PocMon | 2006-12-16 | EMV Software AS | EMV Software AS | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Deluxe PocMon is an update on the Amiga shareware game Deluxe PacMan, itself a much-extended clone of the original Pacman. It retains the Amiga version's colourful shaded graphics (but now in 32-bit colour) and 3D level transitions (but now in accelerated OpenGL 3D) and various powerups and weapons, but adds new bonuses, online scoring and a four-player mode which plays like a cross between Pacman and Bomberman, where the players can shoot at each other and drop bombs, ice or glue for others to walk into. Another major addition is the energy bar, so that you don't play with the three lives of other Pacman clones, but with a set amount of energy that is depleted on contact with ghosts and traps. |
| Las Tres Luces de Glaurung | 2006-12-16 | M.A Software | M.A Software | Action | | Fangame | | Platform, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This open-source, freeware remake of the Spanish platform game from 1986 replaces the graphics and sounds with more modern assets, while remaining faithful to the original gameplay. The player controls Redhan, a knight in a quest to defeat three powerful warriors and collect the magical stones from their enchanted breastplates to destroy their master, an evil dark lord that wants to conquer the world.The warriors took refuge in their master's castle, forcing Redhan to go after them and search the many rooms of the maze-like building. The foreboding place is populated by patrolling guards and a myriad of supernatural creatures. The knight carries a bow and arrow that can only be shot when he's not moving. The arrows destroy most enemies, but some are immune to them. The soldiers can also be killed by jumping on their heads, or touching them on any place but the tip of their weapons. Treasure chests can be found on some locations, containing either good or bad items, like extra ammo and lives, temporary pig curses that transform Redhan into a swine creature,or add more enemies to the scene. The game language can set to English, Spanish, French or German. |
| Scavenger Hunter | 2006-12-16 | Sagewood Software | Sagewood Software | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Have you have ever lost something you left in plain sight, wondered what happened to that odd sock, or turned away for a minute to see that something has vanished into thin air? You are not crazy! There is a perfectly logical explanation for those disappearances. The Scavengers took them!Scavengers are a race of aliens who raid the universe of "artifacts" for their museums. The museums are varied in appearance and structure, some likened to places on Earth while others are completely foreign. They reside in different Worlds throughout the galaxy and are protected by various locks and chambers.You are a member of an elite task force created by the Inter Universe Insurance Corporation called the Scavenger Hunters. Your objective is to find the lost objects and to destroy each museum. Travel to five such worlds and find the missing objects on the list you are given for each world. You must also locate and use keys, special fuses and color-coordinated crystals on your journey. Puzzles can consist of simple arithmetic, flipping levers in different locations and those that are color-oriented. When you are ready to end the "mission", return to the Alien Control Room and then your office to see how you fared and receive your reward.Scavenger Hunter is a type of hidden object game, since it contains many of the same elements. However, it is decidedly different in one respect - its replayability. The AI engine used by the designers regenerates the entire game each time you start a new one. Everything is randomized and shuffled - the worlds themselves are changed, the objects within them are different and change in quantity, exits and entrances are locked when before they were not, etc. For this reason, the game has been dubbed "The Replayable Adventure Game". According to the developers, it can be replayed over 3,000 times and the A.I. driven randomiser ensures no two games will ever be identical.Gameplay is solitary in first person, point and click. There are over 4,000 images in the game, and approximately 1,000 possible layouts for the worlds. The game features a unique musical soundtrack and sound effects. Graphics consist of colorful still locations with some animations. |
| In the Groove | 2006-12-17 | RedOctane, Inc. | Roxor Games, Inc. | Action | | | | Music / rhythm | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In The Groove is a dancing game similar to the games in the Dance Dance Revolution series. Gameplay involves watching arrows scroll up on top of a music video and the player has to step on the corresponding arrows on the dance mat in time..Performing well will start a combo meter going up, but if the player misses to many the game will end. The unique aspect of the game is arrow modification. Arrows can be modified which can alter the difficulty with things such as no jumps, spinning, or increased speed making things easier or harder for the player.The game consists of several modes:
Dance Mode: lets the player choose to play with either one (Singles) or two (doubles) dance pads. Players can choose to play through one to seven songs, or an endless amount if event is selected.
Battle Mode: lets the player compete against another player or a computer controlled opponent. Both players share a life bar and a three leveled combo gauge. If one of the players fills the combo gauge, a random arrow modifier will be activated for the opposing player.and depending what level the combo gauge was at, the more stronger the modification that will be added. The winner is the player who has the longer life bar at the end of a song.
Marathon Mode: the game lets players select from preset packages of songs. Players have to complete four or five of these songs in a row. The songs can be played with a Normal or an Intense option selected, with the Intense option increasing the difficulty. Beating a package of songs opens up more packages to choose from.
Fitness Mode: players enter their weight and indicate their weight loss goal. Then they can select a song, a package of songs, or an endless amount of random songs. The game counts the calories being burned during the play session.
Practice Mode: lets the player practice any part of a song. There is also an in-game interactive tutorial video to ease the player into the gameplay.The game contains over 70 songs that have between four or five different difficulty settings (Novice, Easy,Medium, Hard, and Expert). The game also keeps track of the players scores. |
| Tilelander | 2006-12-19 | Ludimate | Ludimate | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tilelander is a game that can be played as a puzzle or as an action game. Tilelander's opponents react to player actions in a "respectful" manner: they will only move if the player does so.In this game the player helps save Tileland from the invasion of the evil Xyzon empire by filling tile areas and using items such as blasts, remote controls and generators to complete levels.Tilelander is a game about territory - about capturing, defending and loosing it, about "removing" your enemies from there. On top of the base tile closing mechanics and following the territory metaphor, the game includes items: blasts, remotes, key+door combinations and block generators.Tilelander includes over 70 levels combining a variety of gameplay, from tile filling and Gauntlet-style maze solving to involved shoot-em-up and end-of-level boss fighting. Tilelander's graphics blend a retro touch with color gradients.Tilelander is available for Windows and mobile platforms: Pocket PC, Windows Smartphone, Symbian S60 and Symbian UIQ. |
| 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures | 2006-12-20 | Sierra Online | Wanako Studios Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures is a mini golf variant with cartoon graphics and pretty wacky courses. 36 courses in various environments - space, carnival, wild west and others - are offered and can be played on with 4 different characters. The game has little to do with "real world" mini golf. To make the game more interesting, players can use power-ups like oil slick (where opponents slip on and lose their turn) or fire that burns the opponents.The game is presented in colorful high-definition 3D graphics. Up to 4 players can compete on- and offline; the controls are more or less the same as in every golf game (press a button to swing, press again to shoot). Also included is a course editor; self-made courses can be played over Xbox Live. |
| Boorp's Balls | 2006-12-20 | eGames, Inc. | Micro Espiral S.L. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Boorp's Balls is a skill game. You help Boorp to defend against Meck, who throws colored balls at him. You can neutralize the balls by lining up three or more of the same color to make them disappear. You have to neutralize a certain amount of balls in each of the 50 levels. A local co-op mode is included. |
| Atari Hits 2006 | 2006-12-21 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes 8 Atari-published games of different genres in a single box:
Act of War: Direct Action
Boiling Point: Road to Hell
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Fahrenheit
GTR: FIA GT Racing Game
Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
Neverwinter Nights
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 |
| Atari Kids 2006 | 2006-12-21 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes 8 games for kids in a single box:
Atari: 80 Classic Games in One!
Dora the Explorer: Backpack Adventure
Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch
Operation
Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet
Putt-Putt Enters the Race
Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"
Zapper: One Wicked Cricket!
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| Sam & Max: Episode 2 - Situation: Comedy | 2006-12-21 | GameTap LLC | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | In the second game of the Sam & Max episodic series, the Freelance Police duo needs to investigate why talk show host Myra Stump has been holding her audience hostage in the WARP TV studio for three days. After a few hurdles to gain access to the studio, Myra refuses to let them enter until they have some famous aspects; such as a recording contract, a news scandal, and a shot from a TV show they have been in. The team will dwell the TV studios and participate in shows such as Embarrassing Idol, Who Will Never Be a Millionaire and the sitcom Midtown Cowboys.The game uses the same third-person 3D adventure mechanics of the previous game, with humourous puzzles based on conversations, environmental items, and the inventory. Players do not need to have finished the first game to hop in; the story is completely independent. A new cast of characters including: Myra, the Warp TV director and the magician Hugh Bliss. Familiar faces through the series such as Bosco of Boscotech, and Sybil, now publishing a tabloid. |
| Super Jazz Man | 2006-12-21 | Herculean Effort Productions | Herculean Effort Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Restaurant waiter Stevie Jack looks like an average guy, but when he puts on his cape he becomes musical superhero Jazz Man. He revolutionizes the local airwaves, armed with his saxophone and a plethora of catch phrases - Jazz Away! One day, a group of high-rolling rappers kidnaps his kitten Bebop. Jazz Man has to hunt down his pet and needs to discover why the rappers are targeting him. He visits locations in the city to collect clues: the record store, the park, a gym, a volcano, and even a library, a place he tended to avoid like Bee Gees records.Super Jazz Man is the first commercial adventure game by Herculean Effort Productions. Done entirely in pastel colours, the game has a distinct retro feel, similar to the LucasArts adventures. At the bottom of the screen, you can select the actions (walk, examine, pick up, use, talk) on the left, there is an inventory on the right, and a command line just above it. Rooms are roofless, as Jazz Man cannot only walk around, but fly to different locations as well. Puzzles are based on conversations and item combinations, with a fair amount of pixel hunting. Sometimes problems can be approached in different ways, and the final part of the game offers different endings.There is no voice acting, but the game features a large amount of jazz-inspired background music, and Jazz Man has a solo up his sleeve as well. |
| The Mark | 2006-12-21 | Akella | T7 Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The Mark is an action first-person shooter with a plot about fanatical terrorists planning the ultimate strike. From the son of a Russian millionaire, they have obtained a nuclear warhead, and from Iraq, a carrier rocket. Their target: London, England. Two specialists have been called to stop the madness. For Steve Fletcher, a U.S. Marines elite officer, it is also a personal vendetta – the terrorists have kidnapped his sister. For mercenary Austin Hawke, it is the assignment of his life. Their respective routes through the game are slightly different.The game features 2 single-player campaigns, each with 18 levels in 6 different chapters, with 15 different weapons. In the single-player mode players choose either to play as Fletcher or Hawke, or both simultaneously in the cooperative multiplayer mode. There are also other multiplayer modes, such as Death Match or Map Control and players can create their own multiplayer maps with the included level editor. Screen blur is incorporated for realistic shot effects. Watch out for potential suicide bombings and gunshot ricochets. |
| The Treasures of Montezuma | 2006-12-21 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Visual Shape | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | North America | | Point and select | | | Released | Windows | The Treasures of Montezuma is another rendition of Bejeweled which has players solving "match 3" puzzles while following a non-interactive adventure storyline.The location is Cancun, Mexico, in 1935 where young Dr. Emily Jones is working at the Archaeological Museum. The discovery of an ancient stone tablet in the museum sparks her interest. She ultimately concludes that solving tile-matching puzzles will lead her to a secret Aztec city. Emily's journal acts as a record of her findings, and newspaper articles and other documents keep the story moving along at a preset pace.The objective during the tile matching games is to collect all of the sparkling gems in a level before the time runs out on the ticking pocket watch. The number needed for the level is displayed above the main grid. Swap one stone at a time by choosing a pair, which trade places with a click, slowly eliminating all those which contain gemstones. The entire board can be shuffled twice and hints can be purchased for the cost of points.The number of gems needed to clear a stage increases by increments of five for each level, maxing out at 200. Therefore, the player needs to work much faster and wiser in later levels to get all of the gems. Luckily there are power-ups that are activated with the golden stars earned when each level is solved. Aztec statue totems in six colors and other modifiers take action in the level when two identical color tile matches are done by the player. The Fire Totem (red) bombs bunches of tiles, for example, while the Time Totem (orange) adds time to the countdown clock.There are also timed mini-games sprinkled throughout the game which provide more opportunities to earn gold stars. Those include a simple "accuracy challenge" (click on stars that fly across the screen), and concentration (find two matching tiles) as well as others.The game has five chapters and 41 total levels. After completing the game once in Adventure mode, the Hard mode becomes available with higher goals and a faster pace. |
| Ys: Origin | 2006-12-21 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The events of Ys Origin take place 700 years before those depicted in Ys: The Vanished Omens; it is the first game in the timeline of Ys, and a prequel to the entire series. It is also the first Ys game in which the main protagonist is not Adol Christin, the red-haired swordsman and recurrent hero of the series. There are three main playable characters in the game: Yunica Tovah, a young apprentice knight; Hugo Fact, a skillful magician; and a mysterious person known as The Claw, who can be unlocked only after having completed the game with the other two. These characters venture to the sinister Darm Tower, each having her or his own motives. The three also vary in gameplay style: Yunica plays similarly to Adol from the previous games, specializing in melee combat with swords and axes; Hugo fires magical bullets with his staff and has access to other types of magic; The Claw is distinguished by his speed in close combat.The game is set entirely in the Darm Tower, discarding the overworld and populated areas of the previous games. The fast-paced action RPG gameplay is similar to the one adopted in Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim and Ys: The Oath in Felghana. As the story progresses, characters acquire skills that can be combined in order to extend battle strategy. Some of the bosses from the first and the second Ys re-appear in this game. |
| Ef: The First Tale | 2006-12-22 | minori | minori | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Comedy, Romance | Visual novel | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs) |
| GraviTron | 2006-12-23 | Castle Software | Castle Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Gravitron is a side-scrolling game in the style of Thrust and Lunar Lander. The objective is to navigate a spaceship over different planets, and destroy the reactors located there. The spaceship can rotate clockwise and counterclockwise as well as thrust forward, to avoid the pulling force of gravity. The spaceship can also fire lasers straight ahead and wrap itself in a protective shield which also deflects enemy fire. Points are awarded for the number of enemies destroyed, with higher scores given for using the shield deflection. Additionally, each planet has a number of spacemen walking the surface who can be rescued for extra points. In order to make the rescue, the player simply has to land carefully on a flat, even surface near the spacemen.Also featured is a multiplayer deathmatch mode and a level editor for designing one's own planets. |
| The Blackwell Legacy | 2006-12-23 | Wadjet Eye Games LLC | Wadjet Eye Games LLC | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The Blackwell Legacy is the second commercial adventure game by Dave Gilbert. The premise is based on his 2003 freeware adventure game Bestowers of Eternity. This game uses the same characters; the young writer Rosangela Blackwell and the ghost Joey Mallone, major parts of the storyline, but not the puzzles. Bestowers of Eternity was originally meant as the first part of the series, but never continued. This game can be considered a remake, but with a much broader scope. The Blackwell Legacy is the first in a series of episodic games, with standalone cases, similar to the 2006/2007 Sam & Max games.Rosa is a freelance writer in New York. Her aunt, who took care of her when her parents died, until she was five, has just passed away. Her memory fails her for the exact events, but her aunt was hospitalized. She was kept sedated and didn't utter a word for twenty-five years. When Rosa visits Dr. Quentin, the care physician at the hospital, she gets to know her aunt and her grandmother had a condition that drove them mad. They deliberately inflicted injuries upon their own bodies, were very aloof, and talked to themselves. While Rosa is worried about the hereditary traits and gets sudden headaches, she receives an assignment for the Village Eye, a local newspaper, to investigate a suicide in a student's dorm. The game takes place in New York and the storyline covers two days.Using the AGS engine, the game has a classic interface with the two mouse buttons for examining or using objects. You can strike up conversations and change the outcome based on your responses. Rosa carries around an inventory and a notebook where she jots down clues. You can combine clues to link events, and then use these new observations in conversations. Gameplay is largely based around the storytelling and dialogues, rather than complicated puzzles. All characters have full voice-acting, there is a complete soundtrack, and a director's cut mode with an audio track where Dave Gilbert interferes regularly while playing to explain the design choices of the game.After finishing the game, you receive a code to unlock the voice-acting bloopers. |
| Wild West Billy | 2006-12-23 | e-FunSoft Games | e-FunSoft Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Word construction | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Once upon a time, there was a cowboy named Jack. He was the terror of the outlaws, the hero of every boy and the dream of every girl. His son, Billy, well, didn't quite measure up. Having grown tired of the town's ridicule, Billy sets out to prove he is as good as his Pa.Wild West Billy is a word guessing game with an old west theme. First, you select your category. These can include songs, movies, television, singers or actors and actresses from the 70s, 80s or 90s-00s. You can also select random that will pick from any of these. Next, bottles are set up. You must place the mouse pointer on a letter and click. If you are right, anywhere that letter appears in the puzzle, the bottle will be shot, revealing the letter. If you are wrong, you lose a bullet. If you lose your last bullet, the game is over.As you progress on your journey, you will be asked to duel. In a duel, there are no bullets. When you make a mistake, the other player takes their turn. Whoever shoots out the last letter of the puzzle, wins that puzzle. Whoever is the first to win four puzzles, wins the duel. In the Last Bullet challenge, Mr. Loco will reveal most of the letters of the puzzle. You only have one bullet so if you make a mistake, you lose. To win the Last Bullet challenge, you must correctly get twelve puzzles. If you click the Play Now button on the main menu, you can play a Last Bullet challenge, a single player puzzle or a duel against the computer or a separate player. |
| Merry Gear Sol!d: Secret Santa | 2006-12-24 | | Insignificant Studios | Action, Strategy | Top-down | Fangame | | Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | Created for the Daily Click grid-based X-mas game competition, Merry Gear Sol!d: Secret Santa is a humourous freeware holiday take on the Metal Gear series. With numerous jabs at the original games, the player controls Saint Nick, code name Solid Santa, to deliver presents to the children. In wake of the 9/11 attacks, military surveillance crafts are circling the skies and a soaring sleigh will be branded a national threat, therefore Solid Santa has to find an alternative way to get the task done.Shown through a top-down perspective, Solid Santa has to infiltrate a building and make it to the christmas tree on the tenth floor, while avoiding five-year-olds. He is not allowed to throw coal at the kids to take them out, so alternative means need to be used.During the levels, you are contacted by Major Tim and the anonymous Santa's Little Helper who explain the sneak tactics. You can knock on walls to draw the kids' attention, turn televisions on from a distance (warning: low attention span!), disguise yourself as a present, blind them with a digital camera, or take them out with a nerf gun. As you progress, more items need to be used in a single area and speed becomes of the essence. Other difficulties include alarm systems and coal that leaves footsteps behind. The enemies AI is based on sight and hearing. When caught, Solid Santa has to restart the level.The game comes with christmas music on endless repeat, and voice-acting for the different characters. |
| Alley Cat 2 | 2006-12-25 | | Asetgames | Action | | Fangame | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | In this tribute and fangame sequel to Alley Cat, the author has extracted that game's assets and attempted to reproduce its gameplay using original sprites and sounds but with some enhanced graphics and new rooms. The minigame collection of rooms available to the clothesline-hopping player's keyboard-controlled alley cat (supposing the other cats in the garbage cans don't topple it, the mice on the line don't drop it and the open windows don't fling eerily accurate garbage at its head!) includes the classic Big Cheese room, the canary chase and the knock-the-plant-over-before-the-tarantula-bites-you challenge... as well as some more modern and more abstract rooms whose solutions will be left as an exercise to the player. The old hazards of the bumping broom and the prowling guard dog remain constant threats.As in the original, completion of a room unlocks access to the romantic bonus round where the cat attempts to defy other cats and Cupid's bumping arrows to meet its mate in a heart-filled bonus round. Unlike the original, there is only one difficulty setting available. |
| Christmas Quest 2: The Yuletide Flows In | 2006-12-25 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Contemporary, Fantasy | | Point and select | Persistent | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Christmas Quest 2: The Yuletide Flows In is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.
It the second game in the Christmas Quest series.Story:
The game continues where the first game ended. The game protagonist named Dork didn't manage to run the best adventure game from the first game. Before he can try again there is a loud sound coming from the kitchen. There the Dork discovers a Christmas elf floating on a burst sink.
The main task are to get the elf from the water fountain and to stop the leak.
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| Kabus 22 | 2006-12-26 | Vestel A.Ş. | Son Işık | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Yakup Demirden, Yasin Demirden | Windows | The story of this game tells about the year 2000 when most of the people became servants to a mysterious cult lead by a man called Messiah. At the same time, the world (at least, Turkey, where the game takes place) is infiltrated by strange creatures. The protagonists try to understand the connection between the cult and the monsters in typical Resident Evil fashion – which means, dispatching the enemies and solving puzzles to progress further. Most problems are of "find a key or other way to open the door" kind, though some tasks are of more intricate kind.The action switches between 3 characters. Demir and Ebru are primarily using hand weapons (though can also perform melee attacks to push enemies away). Inzar excels in magic and martial arts - he employs two blades on his wrists to serve justice to the monsters. |
| Metal Combat | 2006-12-26 | Solar Studios Inc. | Solar Studios Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Scrap metal and assorted motor junk spring to life (no pun intended) in this 3D fighting game. The greedy owner of a junkyard has authorized the dumping of toxic waste on his property, but the plan has backfired on him: the hazardous waste has given rise to a radioactive creature, which has turned the surrounding scrap into sentient beings, as well as reducing the junk dealer himself to an animated radioactive skeleton.Metal Combat lets the player control one of these animated assemblies of vehicle parts in an attempt to either rule the junkyard or escape it. Initially, about two dozens of these fighters are available for selection, but more can be unlocked, including former humans and other bizarre fighters. In the story mode, the player travels through several levels of the junkyard, fighting the other inhabitants that get in their way one by one. The fighting mechanics feature combos and a hit detection system that calculates damage and reactions in real time. Other game modes include a knockout tournament and a 2-player versus mode. An upgrade systems allows the controlled fighter to increase its strength over time. |
| Charlie II | 2006-12-27 | Wiering Software | Wiering Software | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Charlie II is the successor of Charlie the Duck. Once again, you playing the duck Charlie across many different levels in this platformer.The game contains 18 levels, with different worlds. Some levels are hidden, and can only be accessed through a secret exit. After the end of 6 levels, you must face a boss.You begin your adventure by choosing the difficulty level you want to play (easy, normal, and hard). The difficulty level will affect how much treasure you must find in the level. If you exit the level earlier than finding the percentage needed, you have to replay the level, as long as you not succeed in finding enough treasure. In easy you must find 55%, in normal it's 65%, and in hard it's 75% of all coins & diamonds in the game. Some are visible, some are hidden.In a level, you have no weapons to defeat an enemy. However, you can jump on top of them, or using a shield to defeat them. Charlie has both health and lives, if you get hit by an enemy, you loose one of your hearts (the health). If you loose all of them, you loose a life. If you jump or fall on top of spikes, you immediately die. The initial number of hearts depends on the difficulty.Charlie can not only run and jump, he can only dive. This is needed to find hidden areas in the level.On his adventure, Charlie can find a lot of Power-Ups, mostly hidden in crates, which shatters if you jump on top of them.The following Power-Ups can you find: Heart (will increase Charlie's health by filling up hearts), Super Heart (will give an extra heart; means when you had 2, you now have 3), Egg (will provide Charlie with an extra life), Letters (there are an A, a C, an E, a H, an I, a L, and a R in a level; if you find them, they will form his name and when you will have them all, you get an extra life), Shield (will make Charlie invulnerable for a moment). |
| SubTerra 2 | 2006-12-28 | Crystal Shard | Crystal Shard | Action | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | The sequel to SubTerra, this game contains yet more puzzle-based action. Levels range from easy to outrageously difficult, and require good reflexes in some cases, careful planning in others. A tutorial explains the new objects; rather than using the same obstacles as the original, this game discards most of them in favor of new inventions, such as self-growing goo, electrical wire logic, and a friendly dog that follows you around.The game still includes easy and hard modes, the level editor, and a yearly level design contest. |
| Sydney Finds Employment | 2006-12-28 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Sydney Claywood is a bum living in a dumpster in an alley. One day, when he wakes up, he gets to know political parties, big businesses and churches are working together to rid all homelessness and unemployment. To prevent this, he needs to familiarize himself with the ways of the employed, and find a way to talk to the CBD, who are behind the plan.Sydney Finds Employment is a freeware adventure made with the AGS engine. The player controls Sydney with the mouse; right click to cycle through walking, examining, picking up, talking, and using, and left click to activate the command. Items can be stored in Sydney's knapsack. Items can be combines or closely examined in the inventory. Many people will shun Sydney because of his looks, so he will need to find proper ID, a tie, shoes and a decent suit to get into the heart of the corporations. The graphics have a classic look, and the game has its own soundtrack. |
| Beyond the Threshold | 2006-12-30 | Nacht und Nebel | Nacht und Nebel | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | You play the role of fictional Lovecraftian occultist and paranormal scholar Friedrich Wilhelm von Junzt, celebrated author of Unaussprechlichen Kulten, a volume exploring the blasphemous worship of ancient and alien eldritch beings. But through all your investigations and studies, your unwelcome scrutiny has not escaped the attention of certain dark forces; as Nietzsche said, “If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”Something oozing from the black heart of the abyss has followed you to the very door of your Düsseldorf study with an eye to curtailing your research into Things Man Was Not Meant To Know; safe for now in its reinforced arcane security, but not indefinitely, you must determine the nature of your pursuer and procure the necessary components to send it back to the Cyclopean ruins from whence it shambled.This is accomplished through standard Myst-style first-person navigation of a series of static screens using your mouse's two buttons to investigate, manipulate and combine the contents of your study into a talisman powerful enough to thwart the hellish tormentor who lurks just outside waiting for your guard to drop. |
| A Dark and Deadly Path | 2006-12-31 | | | Adventure | Audio game | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | ADAP is a curious oddity, an engine allowing the production of Choose Your Own Adventure-type games with Dragon's Lair-style snap-decisions that must be made by entering a valid and correct input in a limited window of opportunity. A further unusual dynamic is that the entire system is based on audio output, the games scripted in simple XML with all assets consisting of spoken narration in the common mp3 format. With character input ranging from "press 3 to talk to the witch" to "press 1 quickly to get out of the way!" gameplay can feel much like navigating a voice mail maze, perhaps giving games created under this system much in common with Steve Jackson's F.I.S.T. (Fantasy Interactive Scenarios by Telephone) CYOA games played with touch-tone buttons over telephone lines.A whimsical sample game, featuring such novel plot elements as a menacing monster in a dark and foreboding forest (the story apparently improvised, like a bedtime story, as the author went along), is included, with gameplay consisting of a single correct path with a series of immediate dead-end branches. Personalities from the programming community are incorporated into the game as characters. |
| Blocksum | 2006-12-31 | | | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Blocksum is a freeware puzzle game with some basic maths involved. The screen consists of a large column in which differently coloured squares with numbers appear from the bottom. The player controls a cursor to hover over the blocks. By pressing and holding a button while hovering, blocks can be joined with the numbered summation. For instance, joining a "2" and a "3" block will show a new one with "5". By keeping the button pressed while hovering over more blocks, they are all added. It takes a moment before matches are removed, so it is possible to prepare large chain combos for extra points.To clear the field, blocks with the same number need to be gathered. There is another button to have new blocks appear faster and from time to time a magical block eraser appears. Join a numbered block with the eraser to have all blocks numbered same removed from the field. The higher the score, the higher the starting numbers for new blocks will be, along with new backdrops when the level goes up. When the blocks reach the top of the screen, the action is halted and two red markers move slowly to the top of the screen. The player then only has a few seconds left to make some saving moves.A tutorial and a high score screen have been included, along with music and sound effects. |
| Concealed the Conclusion | 2006-12-31 | danmaq | danmaq | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Concealed the Conclusion is 2D arcade bullet hell/danmaku vertically scrolling shooter. It is a fangame based on the Tōhō series. It is the second Tōhō fangame by the developer, following up on The Alternative Age. The main heroine is Marisa Kirisame, a human witch. Reimu Hakurei, a shrine maiden from gensokyo and a main character in Tōhō, is missing. The gameplay is similar to the official Tōhō games. Marisa flies straightforward, collects boxes with bonuses and fights against enemies (like fairies or kedamas) and bosses (like Aya, Lily, Medicine, Yuuka, Alice or even Mima and Shinki from the PC98 canon.). The game has six stages and four scenarios. |
| Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei | 2006-12-31 | 07th Expansion | 07th Expansion | Adventure | 1st-person | | Comedy, Horror | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei is a visual novel from the Higurashi series, containing three additional story arcs loosely connected to the main plot. Like the main series, it is a simple visual novel without branching paths or choices, where the player simply advances the text to read the story. The following story arcs are included:
Saikoroshi-hen: A dramatic story arc, set after the ending of the main series.
Hirukowashi-hen: A comedic story arc, about a magical charm which causes people to uncontrollably fall in love.
Batsukoishi-hen: A risqué story arc, where Higurashi characters are imagined in erotic situations.
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| Switchfire | 2006-12-31 | Eclypse | Limbo Productions, Pixelcage GmbH | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | Switchfire is a classic side-scrolling shooter. Main features of Switchfire include three different vehicles (Jeep, Helicopter and a Ship) and 15 action packed levels. The game also supports 2 player co-op.One player controls a helicopter and other a jeep. The jeep can transform into a boat when water appears on screen. Players can upgrade their weapons with grenades and missiles and more. At the end of each level there is a "Boss", one last tough and big enemy before your mission is complete.
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| The Design | 2006-12-31 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | Multiple units/characters control | | | | Windows | The Design is a shooting game where the player simultaneously controls two circles, yellow and green, which can be freely moved in four directions around the screen. They can also shoot bullets outwards, along the line on which both circles lie. Red squares keep popping up on the screen and moving around, occasionally creating smaller, white squares. Both big and small squares can be destroyed with the player's gun. However, if the player shoots a big square while it's red, the bullets will bounce off. The big squares temporarily turn white while releasing a smaller square, and that's when they can be destroyed. If one of the player's circles is hit by a bounced bullet, or collides with a square, the game is over. The player can restart immediately. Power-ups occasionally appear on the screen after destroying enemies. |
| 10 Action Packed PC Games: All Action | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 10 Action Packed PC games: All Action is a compilation of ten games. The games come on three CDs which are packaged in a slip case. The games in the compilation are:
Warrior Kings: Remastered
Ghost Master
The above games are each on a separate CD. All the following games are together on the same CD.
Maxx GP
Archangel: The Legacy Of Peace
G-Squad
Swarm Rampage
Turbo Trucks
Snow Rider
Operation Overkill
Extreme Sprint 3010
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| 10 Krazy Kids PC Games | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 10 Krazy Kids PC Games is a compilation of budget titles from Grabit. The games come in a slipcase containing three keep cases:
One case contains Garfield: It's All About Thinking Skills which is just called Garfield on the packaging.
One case contains Tonic Trouble
The final disc is a Grabit multidisc containing:
Drop 'N Blow
Dweebs: Official Mutation Platinum Remix Release just called Dweebs here
Fruit Fall
Goofy Go Karts
Nibbles 3D
P-Slider
PeeWee Dodgeball Championships
Tricycle Racers
There is no technical information on the slipcase, technical information for each game is provided on the back of each keep case. |
| 10 Lego PC Games: Collectors Box | 2007 | Disky Communications Europe B.V. | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | 10 Lego PC Games: Collectors Box is a compilation comprising the following ten Lego games:
Bionicle - the only two disc game
Drome Racers
Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension
Lego Island Xtreme Stunts
LEGO Chess under it's Spanish name LEGO Ajedrez
Lego Creator
Lego Football Mania the only game with a product key
Lego Island 2: Brickster's Revenge
Lego Loco
Lego Racers 2
The games come in a metal box, within that each game CD comes in its own cardboard slipcase. While there are many languages shown on the back/bottom of the box all the individual games are marked as playing in just Spanish and English
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| 10 Total Sports PC Games | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 10 Total Sports PC Games is a compilation of ten sports themed games. The games come in a card slip case that holds three keep cases containing:
Combat Chess, this gets a case all to itself.
Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2 (here called just 'Racing Simulation 2' and Football Generation, each game is on a separate disc but the two discs share a keep case).
Hole in One Mini Golf, Arcade Bowling, Showcase Snooker, Tennis Ace, Championship Boxing, Derby Day and Snowrider. All these games come in a single CD-ROM in the third keep case. |
| 10 Xtreme Speed PC Games: Volume 2 | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 10 Xtreme Speed PC Games Volume 2 is a compilation of budget games from
Grabit.The product comes in a card slip case containing three keepcases, these contain
Slipstream 5000 and Racing Simulation 2, these games come in the same keep case but on separate discs
Mashed: Drive to Survive, this game comes in it's own keep case
All the following games are on the same disc which is in it's own keepcase
Turbo Trucks, X-Treme Quads, RC Toy Machines, and Doomsday Racers can all be played directly from the disc Taxi London Racer 2, and F1 Chequered Flag, Powerboat Racing need to be installed.
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| 1000 Board & Puzzle Games | 2007 | GSP Software | | Compilation, Puzzle | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | 1000 Board & Puzzle Games is a compilation of previously released Selectsoft titles:Puzzle and Board XP Championship
900 Puzzle Games which is not a released title in itself but is a compilation consisting of three hundred levels from each of the following games:
Sudoku Mania!
2002 Pentamino Puzzles
1001 Tangram PuzzlesEach of the games in the '900 Puzzle Games' compilation opens in a new window.The two compilations install as separate products. |
| 2in1: Corporate Pilot 2 & Private Pilot 2 | 2007 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains two add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002:
Private Pilot 2
Corporate Pilot 2 |
| 5 Brain Teaser Games: Volume 1 | 2007 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 5 Brain Teaser Games: Volume 1 is a compilation of five games from Idigicon. They are:
Arcade Chess
Harmony Blocks
Ishido
Springy
Ultimate Su DokuThe disc autoloads and presents a menu from which the games are selected and installed, once installed they are run from the Windows Start Menu and/or desktop icons. The disc also contains demo versions of Brick Buster and Removal Man, some 'Special Offers' and DirectX 9.0c |
| 6 Days a Sacrifice: Special Edition | 2007 | Fully Ramblomatic | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 6 Days a Sacrifice (Special Edition) is a more feature-rich version that originally required a five dollar donation to acquire.It contains:6 Days a Sacrifice
An author commentary
The soundtrack with composer notes
An expanded ending sequence
STP / Ministry of Occultism classified files
The Countdown series |
| 99 Action & Arcade | 2007 | Alten8 Ltd. | | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Tank | | | | | Windows | 99 Action & Arcade is a collection of single player games which are variations and clones of classic arcade hits of yesteryear.What the player gets when they install this game are the following ten games each of which have ten levels.
Tank Battle:This game consists of ten levels each lasting twenty or thirty minutes. The arrow keys are used to steer the tanks, the mouse changes the players point of view and the spacebar fires the gun. The objectives change with each level but typically they pit the player against computer controlled enemy tanks, or teams of tanks, and the player must are to survive to the end of the game and achieve a high score by destroying the enemy.
Tank Duel:This game is very similar to Tank Battle and uses the same controls. Here the player must destroy the enemy over a series of ten or fifteen minute rounds. Tank Duel:This game is very similar to Tank Battle and uses the same controls. Here the player must destroy the enemy over a series of ten or fifteen minute rounds. The player wins the round if they score more points/kills than the enemy, when a round ends the next one starts immediately.
JP-Flight Space Shooter:This game is a Space Invader style game. Enemies advance down the screen in ranks and the player must eliminate them. It is entirely keyboard controlled, left/right arrows move the ship and the space bar fires the weapon. The player has five lives and ten thousand health points. Health points are lost when the player takes a hit or collides with an enemy but points can be scored by destroying enemy craft. The longer the game progresses the harder it becomes to destroy an enemy ship, what was once destroyed by a single hit may take two, three or more hits to destroy.
Asteroid Hunter:This game is a variation on Asteroids. There are ten levels in which the objective is to destroy asteroids, on some levels the player has wingmen who assist in the destruction. The arrow keys are used to steer the ship and the mouse is used to aim and fire. In this game there are bonus items to be collected, these may increase or decrease the player's health points and can provide short periods of invulnerability.
Planet Defender:This game to is a variation on Asteroids, however here the player must protect a planet from the onslaught of rocks. The game uses the same controls and bonuses as Asteroid Hunter so game play is very similar. Later levels introduce multiple planets, space stations and enemy spacecraft. The player starts with ten thousand health points which are decreased when the spaceship hits an asteroid but which are increased as the rocks are atomised. The planet starts with thirty thousand health points which are eroded as it is struck by rocks, the game ends when the planet is destroyed.
Up-Shooter:This game is a Galaxian style style game. Enemies swoop across and down the screen and the player must eliminate them. Other than that difference the game is the same as Space Shooter. It uses the same controls, health points regenerate and the enemies become harder to kill.
Robot Arena:Here the player controls a robot, a kind of tracked vehicle, and drives it around a maze. The player starts unarmed and must collect lasers, cannon, etc by finding them in the maze. There are ten levels, all apart from one are thirty minutes long and have the same "destroy opposing robots to score points" objective. The odd level out is a one where the player has no weapons and must survive for five minutes.
As with other games in this compilation the arrow keys steer the robot and the mouse aims the weapon.
Space Race:This is reminiscent of the training levels in Tie Fighter. The player has to race around a track that consists of a tunnel made from hoops suspended in space. The mouse steers the craft while the forward/backward arrow keys control the speed.
Cannon Shoot:This is another tank game, the difference here is that the tank is fixed in the landscape. In the early levels tanks pass from left to right and the player must destroy a fixed number within the time period of the game. Some tanks will attack the player's tank. The game is over if the player loses all five lives or if too many tanks get past the player and disappear into the distance on the right of the screen. Later levels introduce spaceships and asteroids but the principle remains the same.
Interceptor:A never ending line of enemy craft fly across the top of the screen dropping bombs. The player has a craft which shoots forward, left and right simultaneously. The objective is to destroy as many craft and bombs as possible to achieve a high score. Later levels limit the players ammunition and require that the craft visits the bottom right corner to reload. As with other games the player starts with five lives and ten thousand health points which increase as things are destroyed.
There is no high score table, no pause, no save game facility and no automatic progression from one game level to the next in any of the above games. Neither is there any in-game help text, in all cases the objectives and controls are specified on the main menu screen when the game / level is selected.
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| Agent Hugo: Lemoon Twist | 2007 | NDS Denmark ApS | Beyond Reality Games Ltd., Coyote Developments Ltd | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Agent Hugo: Lemoon Twist is a 3D platform game starring Hugo the TV troll that is played from a behind view perspective. Agent Hugo is brought in to stop Dr. Hypno, who plans to launch his Hypno-satellite into space and control the planet. Hugo is sent to the island fortress of Dr. Hypno to prevent this from happeningGameplay includes platforming and defeating (or evading) Dr. Hypno’s hypnotized minions using your tail. Various items can be collected. Hugo can also use his speed boots, power boots, rolling ball and helicopter suit at specific points in a level. |
| Air Force Missions | 2007 | MyPlayCity.com | DivoGames Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | | Helicopter | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Air Force Missions is a 3D vertically scrolling shooter, similar to Heli Heroes or SWIV, where the player controls a helicopter. The missions have the player destroy enemy aircrafts, submarines, various ground vehicles and more. Additional weapons can be picked up along the way, such as machine guns, lightning guns, a plasma cannon, a wave gun, five types of missiles, a flamethrower and even a nuclear bomb. The player starts with the Green Viper helicopter and over time new types of helicopters become available. |
| Alien Disco Safari | 2007 | Encore, Inc. | L39 Studios GmbH i. Gr. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The story is inspired by NASA's Pioneer 10 and 11 missions. They carried golden plaques to space, depicting humans, in the hope of making contact with extraterrestrial life forms. Here, the shuttle is called Deep Probe Nine and it brought to space records of disco music. Liking this music, aliens decided to invade Earth.Alien Disco Safari is a classic shooting game with simple instructions: shoot (left click) and reload (right click). All levels consists of single-screen environments shown through a first-person perspective. The player simply needs to move the cross-hair and shoot everything in sight. The game features a tutorial, a training mode and a regular story mode. The aliens invade Egypt and the player must stop them before it's too late. Missions are timed, and the games progresses to the next if enough points are scored. When quitting the game, the position will be automatically saved and once back, the player has the choice to start where he quit or start the game from the beginning. |
| Alien Outbreak 2: Invasion | 2007 | eGames, Inc. | Bee Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Protorions, or alien ghosts, who are determined to wipe out the Galarion system, have possessed the friendly races of Humans: Tekkos, Kzeos and Insoids, and have only one thing in their way. A small ship armed to the teeth and piloted by you. Through eight missions and eighty levels of space shooting mayhem you will have to prove your courage and defeat the alien bosses.Alien Outbreak 2: Invasion is a top down shooter where you will battle waves of enemies and use the power-ups they drop to aid yourself. Your movement allowance via mouse is horizontal and vertical to three quarters of the playing field.The power-ups are offensive or defensive in that you will get upgrades to weapons, secondary missile or explosive weapons and you will get shields and invisibility spheres.
There are thirty two different types of enemy fighter vessels and eight different super-boss enemy garrisons. The enemies attack through nine waves with the tenth wave reserved for the boss battles. Enemy tactics include random shooting, homed projectiles and mines. The garrisons, naturally, can release fighter ships to aid in their attack. |
| Amazing Adventures: The Lost Tomb | 2007 | PopCap Games, Inc. | SpinTop Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Amazing Adventures: The Lost Tomb, you're a historian who received a piece of map sent by the museum you're working for. It is believed that it's belonging to a bigger map revealing the location of The Lost Tomb. It's up to you to gather information and to find the place for collecting the treasure in it.The main mechanics is a list of objects you have to find in a limited amount of time. When you spot one, click on it for deleting it from the list. Sometimes, you have to find more than one object (for example: 2 wrenches) or items described by a riddle (like "ivory owner" for elephant). This hidden object game contains also mini-games, like spot the differences or puzzles. Also, if you find the 21 scarabs, one hidden per level, you'll unlock a second game mode. |
| Another World: 15th Anniversary Edition | 2007 | Elektrogames Limited Company | | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This is an updated version of Another World for the 15th anniversary of the original game. The basic resolution of the game is increased to 1280x800 and the backgrounds are made more detailed. As the original graphics were made in polygons they could be scaled to higher resolutions. Optionally the original resolution of 320x*200 along with the original background art can be enabled. The game's difficulty has been made more accessible by including twice as many checkpoints. It also contains a number of remixed sounds. Compared to the original game, it does not include the extra music by Interplay, but it has the extra level, new enemies and additional hazards of the console versions.The CD-ROM release of the game contains additional content:
Development diary
Making-of video
Original soundtrack
Technical handbook |
| Archipelago | 2007 | Big Fish Games, Inc | CTXM Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Archipelago is a 3D puzzle game where the player removes blocks of color matching cubes from a rotating tower. This gameplay mechanic is similar to the one found on the Breakthru! and Super Collapse! series of games.A tower of cubes slowly revolves on the screen, with more cubes being added with time. Left-clicking on blocks of two or more color matching cubes removes them, while right-clicking adds more to the tower. The number of cubes that must be removed is displayed at the top of the screen. If the tower reaches the ceiling, it's the end of the game.The titular archipelago has thematic islands, each associated to a different aspect of nature. Some have special features. For example, in the lightning island the tower rotation is intermittent. |
| Ascaron Collections Vol. 2 | 2007 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes these three Ascaron Entertainment games:
Darkstar One
Sacred: Gold
Port Royale 2 |
| Ascension to the Throne | 2007 | 1C Company | DVS | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | In Ascension to the Throne the player takes the role of Alexander, king of Airath. After the betrayal of the magician Wolgard he barely saved his life and now his goal is to build an army to regain his kingdom.The game is a mixture between RPG and turn-based strategy game. When exploring the environment the player sees Alexander from behind. He talks to people in multiple-choice conversations, takes quests, finds treasures, buys equipment with earned money and hires mercenaries. When walking the player meets especially marked enemies which cause the game to switch to a turn-based combat screen with hex fields. These enemies don't leave their position in the game world and can be avoided unless they stand in a narrow place. In the combat itself the player starts by positioning his army and then he gives order to his troops every turn, e.g to move, to attack or to cast a spell. If Alexander dies the game ends instantly.The player's army consists of ten slots: Alexander and other plot-related characters take up one each, the other ones can be filled with up to ten troops of the same kind. With a few exceptions the player has to pay troops with so-called authority points which are mostly gained during level-ups, after certain quests and by dividing found treasures between the army. The player also can improve other stats when having enough experience points which influence Alexander's armor, damage and magic abilities. |
| Asterix at the Olympic Games | 2007 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | Étranges Libellules S.A. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Lovestorix is in love with Princess Irina but Brutus also wants to marry her. To solve this problem, the Princess decides that she'll marry whoever wins the Olympic Games. At the same time the evil Doctormabus has discovered a dimensional key with which he can open portals to parallel dimensions and with it threatens to destroy the balance between the worlds. But of course Asterix & Obelix come to the rescue and have to not only stop Doctormabus but also help Lovestorix win the games.Like in Astérix & Obélix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum you take control over both Asterix and Obelix and fight your way through hordes of Romans, building up combos with your punches and solving small riddles on the way. You can also change between controling Asterix or Obelix at any time. But since you are taking part in the Olympic Games, there are also several mini-games waiting which need to be beat in order to progress further in the story. These mini-games include things like Long Jump or Tug of War. These field events are played much like in Asterix and Obelix which means for example that you alternate between two buttons as fast as you can to run.Once you've completed an event in the story mode, you can also play these events seperately in Olympic Mode in which two players (or one player against the CPU) fight for the gold medal in each discipline.During the story mode you also collect helmets by destroying scenery objects or beating up Romans. These can be used to buy health or new combos ingame or unlock small parts of the movie. You also unlock new characters for the Olympic Mode as you advance in the story.Also the game neither directly follows the storyline of the comic nor the movie, the twist with the portals to the real world is used to also include some actors of the movie in the game. |
| Azangara | 2007 | AxySoft | AxySoft | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Azangara is a 3D platform game, where you must play through five castles of different colors. After the tutorial and training levels, you start the game with the green castle. Your goal is to overcome different obstacles in your path like disappearing bridges, burning abysses or monsters of various kinds so that you find your way to the exit. There are also bonus levels and in these levels you have to collect a certain amount of diamonds within a time limit.In Azangara you can't have more than five items (whether it is a knife or a torch that lights the dark areas). So the player should be careful about what he is collecting. An extra knife will avoid you taking a vital key that can open the last door for you! You use knifes in a non-violent way unlike many platform games. If you have a knife, you simply go to a monster you want to kill and when you touch the monster it disappears along with your weapon. |
| BALLZ | 2007 | DarkBits | | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A puzzle platformer which centres around Ballz, a Biologically Armed Lower Lifeform on a mission to evacuate English soldiers from an Iranian prison.Ballz moves in a straight line constantly, with the player pressing a button to make Ballz jump. In each level, Ballz must collect enough stars in order to advance to the next. |
| BRAINtastic! Word Skills | 2007 | EdAlive | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | BRAINtastic! Word Skills is a compilation of three titles from Australian educational software publisher EdAlive, the titles are:
BRAINtastic! Word Skills Key Stage 1 - Ages 3 - 7
BRAINtastic! Word Skills Key Stage 2 - Ages 7 - 11
BRAINtastic! Word Skills Key Stage 3 - Ages 11 - 14+
Each title in this package comes on a separate disc and refers to a Key Stage in the UK education system, identically named titles released for the Australian and New Zealand key stage education systems too. The titles make use of the same three games as a way of rewarding the player, further content and 'reward games' were available on line.
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| Back to Earth 2 | 2007 | eGames, Inc. | Backspace Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Back To Earth 2 is a single player space shooter in the fixed screen genre. It is an enhanced version of Backspace Software's game Back To Earth, even using the same storyline.Earth has been at war with an alien race for a long time. Neither side can gain the upper hand. The aliens have developed a new kind of ship that can warp time which will tip the balance of power in their favour. The player takes the role of a pilot who has managed to steal this ship and is heading 'Back to Earth'.The player's craft is armed with a minigun which never runs out of ammunition. There are three other weapons that the player can pick up along the way, the plasma gun, missiles, and a laser. Use of these weapons is limited not by time, as in some games, but by the amount of ammunition power-ups the player collects as they play. The player is able to switch between combinations of weapons as they play a level by pressing the number keys 1 - 4, this allows the more potent weapons to be saved for the end of level boss.
There's also a concussion bomb power-up which, when collected, destroys all nearby objects and the 'Time Warp' effect which slows down enemy fire.The game can be played via the keyboard, mouse or joystick. It has three modes of difficulty, in-game music and sound effects. It records the player's score during the game and this game also has a high score table which its predecessor lacked. The game also saves the player's progress automatically. There is a 'Continue Game' option on the main menu which allows the player to restart their game at any level. |
| Backyard Basketball 2007 | 2007 | Atari, Inc. | GameBrains | Sports | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Backyard Basketball 2007 is an entry in the Backyard Sports series and the fourth release in the Basketball subseries. It is different from the 2006 handheld game Backyard Basketball 2007. The game carries an NBA license and continues the concept of the previous games, allowing players to take control of kid versions of famous teams and players such as Shaquille O'Neal, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, using real teams, names and uniforms.Players can create a custom team of five players from a pool of 18 kids versions of pro players and 22 Backyard players. They have different stats based on inside shot, outside shot, ball handling etc. The game is in full 3D. Players are controlled directly and it is possible to switch between them. Buttons are used to shoot, dunk, pass, call for a screen or crossover dribble while on offense. On defense options include stealing, catching rebounds and guarding. There is voiced commentary, three difficulty levels and ten different courts. New players and power-ups can be unlocked. There are also options for the quarter length, fatigue, shot ring and fouls & violations.Next to the main Season game mode there are pick-up games, mini-games and Horse. |
| Battlestations: Midway | 2007 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Eidos Hungary KFT | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation, Naval / watercraft | | | Teen | | Windows | It's the year 1941 and you are Lt. Henry Walker a young Navy Officer stationed at Pearl Harbor. You are late for duty and on route to your ship as the Japanese attack the harbor and sink it. Now you first help to defend the harbor and then take the fight all the way to the last Battle of the pacific around the Midway Islands.You are limited to control the ships, subs and planes the game gives you in the single-player campaign but in multiplayer-matches you are free to jump into anything that moves and isn't currently occupied by another player. So it's yours to decide at anytime if you want to fly a plane, steer a cruiser or take the on the enemy under water with a submarine anytime you like. Since there are several kinds of ships from Torpedo Boats over Destroyers to Aircraft Carriers and planes like the F4F Wildcat or the SBD Dauntless you have different options and weapons at your disposal. On a Aircraft Carrier for example, which has only AA guns, you can build up squads of airplanes, assign targets and launch them. You can also go to the tactical map if you currently controlling a ship and assign formations, give out orders and so on. Or just jump into a vehicle and do everything yourself instead of letting the AI or the other players take care of it.The single-player also features three different challenges, one for each type of vehicle. Each mission inside a challenge puts you in difficult situations you've to master. The first mission in the ship challenge for example gives you control over a Japanese Battleship which has been ambushed and needs to reach safety as US Destroyers advance at it's position. |
| Beach Volley | 2007 | Anuman Interactive SA | | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This electronic version of the beach volleyball offers to play with up to 32 national teams in eight places around the world: Rio Grande Do Norte in Brasil, Wismar in Germany, Santa Monica in the U.S., Ibiza in Spain, Cannes in France, Rimini in Italy, Sydney in Australia and Osaka in Japan. Players choose a country, and a male or female team. There are two game modes: exhibition and competition. A four-player mode is also available. |
| Beowulf: The Game | 2007 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Shanghai UBIsoft Computer Software Co., Ltd., Tiwak SAS | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | Windows | Beowulf: The Game is a hack-and-slash game based on Robert Zemeckis' animated movie adaptation of the poem Beowulf. Gameplay combines elements from the Tomb Raider and God of War series.As Beowulf, the player fights his way through a number of episodes commanding his band of merry Thanes via a small selection of commands. Beowulf can chant with his band to boost the morale and max out damage out, triggered through a rhythm button mashing mini-game. There are more mini-games similar to the chanting throughout the game. Some appear right in the middle of combat while trying to grapple a large monster similar to sequences in God of War.Beowulf can lift enemies with brute strength and hurl them in any direction, even at other enemies. He can also alternate weapons by picking up new ones, lying discarded on the ground, or from racks of weapons that may be found in many places. Also in combat Beowulf can enter Carnal Mode that increases his strength but demoralizes Thanes, so players won't be able to use it frequently or the entire kingdom will be sad and dismal. In certain areas the player needs to find a path to continue, sometimes by climbing walls and grabbing small ledges. All characters are voiced by the original actors who starred in the film. |
| Bernard and Hank: Springtime Again | 2007 | Peasants, The | Peasants, The | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Contemporary, North America | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Bernard and Hank: Springtime Again is the sequel to 2005's Bernard & Hank.Seeking revenge for his defeat last year, NationalLiberal plots another attack on the two unsuspecting farmers. This time targeting Hank Hoedown's chicken farm. Faced with the theft of all his eggs as well as his prized super-sized egg, he and his good buddy Bernard set out to get the stolen goods back and once against put a stop to NationalLiberal's scheme.Just like in the previous game the players takes control of both farmers, alternating between the two every five levels. Rather than collecting coins strewn about the levels, players now collect eggs. Otherwise the game plays very similar to the first one. NationalLiberal's minions include many recurring faces but also quite a few new types.New in this installment are hidden bonus levels that can earn the player an extra life upon completion. The intermission driving stages are replaced with stages in which the player takes control of an airplane in a horizontally-scrolling shoot em up play style. Also new is progression between levels on an overworld map, allowing players to revisit already cleared levels and potentially stock up on extra lives. |
| Best Arcade Games | 2007 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Best Arcade Games is a compilation of four single player budget titles, they are;
3D Frog Frenzy
Frog Frenzy 2
Journey To Stonehenge
When Bugs Attack
Each of the games installs separately, after each installation the process attempts to access Cosmi Corporation's AutoUpdate server which, in 2019, fails.
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| Big City Adventure: San Francisco | 2007 | Elephant Entertainment, LLC, Oberon Media, Inc. | Jolly Bear Games, Inc. | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Your family is visiting San Francisco, on an adventure taking you through 30 key locations in San Francisco. Gameplay involves locating objects - 12 items are identified as being sought from a screen of objects overlapping and sitting on shelves. You can collect 'clue' coins, which when used will reveal the location of a single object. When a level is completed within the time limit, points are awarded based on how much time you have left.To get between locations you must reveal the next one to be visited - this involves a small subgame played on a grid of tiles hiding a picture. Clicking on a tile removes any of the same design which are touching, and causes replacement tiles to drop in. A tile must be removed from every space to reveal the full picture and access the next level. Each location is preceded by a postcard containing fascinating facts about the locale. |
| Big City Adventure: Sydney, Australia | 2007 | Elephant Entertainment, LLC, Oberon Media, Inc. | Jolly Bear Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Oceania | | | | | | Windows | Your family, after visiting San Francisco in Big City Adventure: San Francisco, is now in Sydney. But she's not alone as two Australian friends tag along with you. Their names are Wallaby and Koala. The game starts once you've chosen one of the eight characters: Dad, Mom, Grandpa, Grandma, Brother, Sister, Koala or Wallaby.You're visiting locations by searching hidden objects and by beating mini-games like puzzles, mahjongg etc. Each level contains a list of what you have to find but be careful at the time limit. Once you spot one, click on it for gaining points. When you're done with a location, you have to unlock the following by beating a mini-game. |
| Big Su Doku | 2007 | Idigicon Limited | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Big Su Doku is a single player Sudoku game that uses 4x4 grids instead of the standard 3x3 grid.This implementation of the classic puzzler has:
4 levels of difficulty
A puzzle generator
A function that allows the puzzle to be printed and solved on paper
A save/load function and a high score table
Optional 'pencil marks'
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| Billard Deluxe | 2007 | soft Xpansion GmbH & Co. KG | | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Billard Deluxe is a sports game which simulates five pool variants, snooker, Russian pyramid and carom billiards. The rules mostly conform to the international rule set. The player uses his input devices to regulate the position of his cue and the strength of the hit. He has also various possibilities to change the presentation of the table and the location. The only playing mode is an exhibition match against the AI or another player. |
| Blackbeard's Revenge | 2007 | Fireglow Games, Tri Synergy, Inc. | Fireglow Casual Studio | Action | 1st-person | | | | Sea pirates / Caribbean | Naval / watercraft | Menu structures, Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Live the life of a pirate. Destroy merchant and guard ships in tense battles, and take the sweet treasures inside. Between missions, upgrade your ship and base to be even more powerful, and retire with riches.In this 3D action game, each mission faces you with enemy ships. Travel towards them, then head below deck to fire the cannons. After each mission, restock on supplies, and use your loot to upgrade your ship, your weapons, and the buildings on your island.Blackbeard's Revenge features 35 missions, 4 ships, and 9 cannons. If you get tired of the main game, try the LAN and Internet multiplayer.
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| Blessed | 2007 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Blessed is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up where the player controls an fairy looking girl called Ageha. The year is 2054 and the world is in a terrible state (corruption, unspeakable crimes and such things) and now it's up to the player to make things right again.In every level the goal is to kill as many enemies as possible and then to defeat the end of level boss. Ageha has a rage/shield-ability that is charged up by killing enemies. The player starts with three lives and every time the player is hit by an enemy on an enemy bullet one life is lost. Boss battles are timed and if the time runs out it's game over.
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| Blokanoid | 2007 | Locomalito | Locomalito | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Bounce the ball off the paddle to break all the blocks on the screen. Catch power-ups that fall to aid you. Blokanoid is an Arkanoid clone. The gameplay is nearly identical and control is through the mouse. Move the paddle left or right to reflect a bouncing ball up to the blocks to destroy them. Sometimes, a power-up will be released. If you can catch the power-up without losing the ball, it may help you. After you lose all your balls, the game is over. |
| Boxing Manager | 2007 | dtp entertainment AG | Proline Software GmbH | Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Boxsport Manager is a managerial simulation where the player manages a boxing promoton company. At the start of the game the player creates his own boxer who is represented by seven attributes, e.g. strength or stamina, and 20 talents which are divided into three categories (strength, technique and defense). Every boxer gains experience points when fighting which can be used to improve these attributes and talents. On the athletic side the player also sets the training and detailed fighting tactics for different situations.Money is earned by arranging events with up to five fights. There the player chooses the stadium and the boxers. Then he sets the ticket prizes, the advertising and negotiates to sell the TV rights. When the company grows he can hire more boxers and other employees. There are three options how to watch the individual matches: skip it altogether, only see the round results or watching it in a 3D presentation. With the last two options the player has the opportunity to slightly change the tactics by giving the boxer a single order after every round. |
| Brain Booster | 2007 | GSP Software | | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Brain Booster is a series of eight timed activities designed to test a player’s mental faculties. The game is set in a school environment and quizzes are marked like an exam. There are three game modes;
The Ranking Quiz: This quiz uses all activities one after the other if a player’s score exceeds 6000 then they can advance to the next school where the quizzes get harder. A player can only play three of these per day.
Quick Quiz: Here the player can pick any of the eight games and play it
Practice Quiz: Here the game’s presenter, Professor Edmund, explains each game and gives the player a simple example for them to work through. When the example has been completed the professor sets the player off with a typical timed set of puzzles. Any of the question types can be skipped.All the questions are timed and the player must complete as many questions as possible before the time runs out, the questions asked are;
A-Z Quiz: The player is given a series of words, just two in the lower levels, each with a letter missing together with the missing letters.
Sudoku: A mini sudoku puzzle with four squares each with four cells. Played with the mouse.
Colorex: A series of block moving puzzles, played with the mouse or the arrow keys.
Series puzzle: The player is shown a sequence of numbers such as 2,3,?,5,6,7 and must supply the missing number, answers entered by the keyboard only
Word Scramble: Self explanatory, uses only four letter words (at the lower levels)
Memory Quiz: A 2x2 grid with a coloured shape in each cell, the shapes disappear and the player must place the right shape in each cell.
Count Experts: The player starts with a number of atoms which are then hidden behind a giant brain. Some atoms are added while others escape. The player has to say how many remain
Heal The Words: Three six letter words have been disassembled into letter pairs and the player must reassemble them
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| Brain Tonic: Force 1 | 2007 | Shindo S.A.S. | Little Worlds Studio SARL | Puzzle | | | | Mental training | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Brain Tonic: Force 1 offers a brain training program. First it tests your brain, then it presents you with a series of exercises related to the results of the test. Scores can be saved so the program can keep track of your progression. Designers of this program suggest that you should use it three times a week. Force 1 is the introduction with more advanced challenges in Brain Tonic: Force 2 and Brain Tonic: Force 3as separate releases. |
| Bratz 4 Real | 2007 | THQ Inc. | AWE Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Contemporary, North America | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Bratz 4 Real is a game part of the Bratz franchise and particularly the musical comedy film released in the same year. It is set in a high school and uses elements of the plot as four teenagers that are about to start high school, Cloe, Yasmin, Sasha, and Jade, clash with the student body president. The game consists of a storyline with 3D animated characters that are also voiced. There are also some clips of the movie itself.Most of the game is played as a classic point-and-click adventure game. For instance, in one sequence players control Sasha as the four teens are stuck in detention. They need to distract a supervisor so they can tamper with the clocks to get out of detention quickly. Typical elements include talking to characters, moving around, manipulating items in the environment and solving puzzles. But there also other types of activities, such as a food fight mini-game played from a first-person perspective that was also part of the movie. The player gets to control all four characters with many environments to visit. Most of the story revolves around the school's cliques. Just like the movie it ends with a talent show where the girls perform a dance routine. |
| Bricks Breaking | 2007 | Novel Games Limited | Novel Games Limited | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Bricks Breaking, you must use your mouse to click groups of two or more bricks that are the same color to make them disappear. The object is to clear the screen then the screen reloads and you keep going to see how high you can get your points. If you have any single bricks left, you can remove them as long as you have a "magic wand" left. The "magic wands" are indicated on the left of the screen by squares with a star in them. You begin with five. If you have single bricks and no "magic wands" left, the game is over. |
| Britannica Word Search | 2007 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Word construction | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Britannica Word Search is a traditional word search puzzle with the addition of the Encyclopædia Britannica license. The player is presented with a grid of letters, a list of words and is tasked to locate the words on the grid, which can be vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and forwards or backwards. A word is marked by clicking and dragging the mouse over its letters. Before starting a game, the player must choose a category, a puzzle number and one of the following game modes:Levels mode: timed game (45 seconds initially) with 3 lives. Each word found gives points and extra time. If time runs out, the player loses a life. If the player completes a puzzle within the time limit, they will advance to the next level.
Frenzy mode: timed game (15 seconds initially) with 3 lives. Each word found gives points and extra time. If time runs out, the player loses a life. If the puzzle is solved within the time limit, it gets re-scrambled and given a shorter time limit.
Timed mode: timed game (2 minutes), with extra points awarded for each second left on the timer
Relaxed mode: standard untimed gameBritannica Word Search does not offer different difficulty levels and all the grids are 18×18 letters. |
| Bug Mania | 2007 | Mindscape France | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile | | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Bug Mania is a racing game featuring only Volkswagen Beetles. Its graphics are based on the 2 Fast Driver engine.There are 2 playing modes: event and single race. In the event mode, the player has to race the 34 tracks available in order, unlocking them as the player beats them in first place.In the single race mode the player can choose any of the 34 unlocked tracks and select any of the 8 unlocked cars available. The models are Standard, Cooler-Bug, Sand-Bug, Razor-Bug, Killer Bee, Cabrio Bug, Beach-Bug, Bat-Bug, with speeds ranging from 50 to 85 kph. Each car has also two color sets available to choose from.The game is controlled with the keyboard and there are four camera angles available: two behind the car, a hood camera and a TV camera. |
| Bumper Brain Puzzle Pack | 2007 | uWish Games, ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | BSS Web Consulting | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Bumper Brain Puzzle Pack is a compilation of three Japanese puzzle games.
It contains:Sudoku: 10,000 puzzles with three levels of difficulty
Kakuro: 9,900 puzzles
Hitori: 8,888 puzzles All puzzles install as three separate products, Super Sudoku, Super Kakuro and Super Hitori. They are played with the mouse and come with hint and solve options, multiple grid sizes, choice of background and separate help files. |
| Burger Rush | 2007 | Real Networks, Inc. | Gamenauts, Inc, Menara Games | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle, Time management | Contemporary | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The basic Diamond Mine / Bejewelled gameplay is used here - presented with a grid of icons, you must swap adjacent pairs so as to create horizontal or vertical sequences of three. These are removed from play, causing other tiles to drop into place - ideally forming new lines as they land. Burger Rush takes the concept in a new direction; you are Heidi, who is so frustrated with the poor quality of burgers on sale in most fast-food outlets that she starts her own enterprise. The game lasts for 50 days (with a new location after every 10), with minimum and expert cash targets to be reached. As you play the game, people come in and make orders, each of which requires a certain number of icons to make (7 beef, 5 tomato and 6 lettuce, for example). Making matches on the grid removes the matched tiles from play (with cash bonuses for combos). Once enough of the icons have been matched to complete the burger, it becomes ready for you to click on - this gives it to the customer and produces the cash. Up to four orders are produced at once - when the first burger has enough beef (for example) any remaining matches go onto the second one. Customers are impatient - the value of an order drops as you take too long, and angry customers can leave without paying once their patience runs out.What good would a burger joint be without chips or drinks? None, so they are implemented in Burger Rush, as bonus items. Matches made on the game board gradually fill the drinks and chip machines, and once ready those items can be added to an order, so as to produce bonus cash.The game board also contains tokens, which you can collect and then spend in the shop after each level. New more-profitable recipes can be bought, as can upgrades to you drinks and chips machines (which allow these to be produced more quickly, and for more profit each time). You can also buy sweets, cookies and apple pie, which can be given to customers to restore their moods. |
| Burn | 2007 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Destan Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Burn is a first-person shooter. It contains 13 maps like The Chamber, Sand Storm, The Sphere or Red Core. You can fight against 5 characters: Isabella, Omar, Vincent, Nicole and Dark with use of 7 different weapons. There are in the game a Single-player and a Multi-player mode. The main Single-player game mode is League where you fight on arenas against bots and gain points.
The game also provides two special modes: Deathmatch and Burn. In the first mode a player wins when has collected a given number of frags, while in the second the winner is the one who survives the competition. You can modify the fight by special options like Low Gravity, Weapon Power Up, Timed Competition or Sudden Death.
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| Candy Pink Multidisc | 2007 | Phoenix Games B.V. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Candy Pink Multidisc is a compilation disc containing the following games:
Cindy's Caribbean Holiday
Cindy's Fashion World
Charm School
Iron Chef
Fruitfall
Dweebs
Su Doku 4 Kids
Springy |
| Candyz | 2007 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Candyz is a single player, tile matching game.
The object of the game is to match three or more tiles of the same colour.
There are five different candy tile sets, two sizes of grid (6x6 and 8x8) and four modes of play Classic mode, Classic mode timed, Drag 'n Drop and Drag ' Drop timed.
In Classic Mode the player clicks on a candy and drags it to the required position while in Drag 'n Drop mode the entire row / column slides along.
In the timed games when a player runs out of moves the play area is reset so that they can play until the time runs out, in the non-timed modes running out of moves ends the game.
The game is played with the mouse and has music and sound effects. |
| Casper: Mystery in the Castle | 2007 | Compedia Software & Hardware Ltd. | | Adventure, Educational | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Casper: Mystery in the Castle is a children's game. Discover the castle's secrets with Casper in various mini games that train logical thinking. |
| Championship Fishing | 2007 | Idigicon Limited | | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Championship Fishing is a fishing simulation based on the waters around the UK.The player gets the choice of twelve locations, six rivers and six real or artificial lakes. After selecting the venue the player selects the length of the game, the type of float, weight, bait, hook and then the fishing begins. The game is entirely mouse controlled. The player casts with a mouse click, holding the button down for greater distance. When a fish takes the bait the player uses one button to reel in the fish and the other button to to use the net to land the fish.When the allotted time is up the players score, the weight of the fish caught, is compared to that of the other, fictional, fishermen / women and the top three are displayed as the winners followed by a league table. |
| Charlotte aux Fraises: Rien que du Bonheur ! | 2007 | M6 Interactions | | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Charlotte aux Fraises: Rien que du Bonheur ! is a hybrid CD-ROM for girls, featuring Strawberry Shortcake.It can be described as an audio medium featuring 16 tracks but it also offers a full set of activities. Let's start by the singing activity : the karaoke let the player sing along three songs. Then, the printing activity is about printing writing paper or five drawings to colorize. Then come the five games, at last : a word-searching game, draw the same objects, find the differences between two drawings, find your way out, and, find objects hidden in a picture. |
| Chicken Chase | 2007 | Big Fish Games, Inc, Oberon Media, Inc. | Positive Solutions | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | This single-screen action strategy game puts you in control of a chicken farm. There is a procedural element to the gameplay - you throw seeds which the chickens eat, which cause them to lay eggs, money (and, in the case of the magic eggs encountered later, valuable gems). Grab the coins; the eggs can either be hatched or taken for further money. Hens can be bought (though it is more efficient to hatch your own, once you have a few hatching hens) or sold on. After the first few levels, upgrades gradually become available - a mouse wandering around the scren picking up coins is perhaps the most useful.There are further complications to contend with - at random intervals a hen will become sick, and must be clicked on quickly. Ravens swoop overhead trying to take your chickens - click on them Operation Wolf-style to prevent this. Green ?s appear at random intervals - click on these for an outcome which could be positive or negative.Each level has a different victory criterea - on some you msut make a certain sum of money, while on others you must have a certain number of hens (with limits imposed on how many you can buy) and on others you keep a target number of a particular variety of egg. Some of these are played against a time limit. |
| Chicken Freeze! | 2007 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Action, Strategy | Side view | | | Arcade, Cards / tiles, Shooter | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Chicken Freeze! is a single player game that's a combination of shooting and tile matching.The game is played entirely with the mouse which the player uses to shoot birds as they fly across the play area. Each bird shot drops a coloured ice cube and the player scores points by matching three or more of the same colour.The player can have between three and ten lives, it's one of the game configuration options, and loses one life when the ice cube grid fills up.
The game has music, sound effects, and it runs in a window. |
| Cinema Empire | 2007 | Nobilis Benelux | Comport Interactive | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Cinema Empire is a typical managerial simulation where the player manages a movie theater. The basic work procedure is no too complicated: The player rents a move to show in his theater. Well participated movies are more expensive but manage to draw an audience without having to rely on advertising. Then he plans the ads which he shows before and after the movie - of course the customers expect a certain amount of viewers or the player has to pay a fine. With the earned money he rents new movies and expands his cinema until it has up to eight halls.Additionally settings are hiring employees, e.g. cashiers or cleaning personnel, in five competence ranks and modifying the prices for entering and snacks. The game features nine missions with different goals. The different locations are reached through a isometric city map and then the player opens the menus by clicking on the right spots on the not animated backgrounds.
The movies are not licensed but the game has an editor to change them. |
| Clever Kids: Dino Land | 2007 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Gamerholix Ltd. | Educational, Puzzle | | | | | Prehistoric | | Direct control | Persistent | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Clever Kids: Dino Land is a compilation of six prehistoric themed games aimed at a younger audience. Sprocket the robot guides the player through the games which range from putting together a dinosaur puzzle to using movement cards to guide a dinosaur through a maze. Along the way various bits of interesting trivia about dinosaurs is displayed on screen. |
| Clever Kids: Pony World | 2007 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Gamerholix Ltd. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Back of Case - PlayStation 2 (AUS) (from Ad Blurbs)Pony World brings the magic of the stable yard to life. Meet the animals, learn the facts and become a stable master.
Play a whole host of fun and educational games; spot the difference, test your stable knowledge, build a Pony-puzzle and much, much more!
Pony Grooming - Learn how to groom ponies using the intuitive control system.
Find The Pony - Go against the clock to identify and match ponies by their distinctive markings.
Clever Kids is a brand new multi-format product range from Midas featuring hugely enjoyable and yet educationally beneficial gaming products. |
| Coffret Espace | 2007 | Micro Application, S.A. | Astro Gemini Software, Puzzle Lab | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This pack includes:
Two space-related screensavers
The game Cosmic Stacker
A user's guide to the Sky view of Google Earth
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| Commanding Officer: Tank Battalion Eastern Front 1941-1945 | 2007 | uWish Games | Ice Bytes Game Development | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | World War II | Tank | | | | | Windows | Commanding Officer: Tank Battalion is an arcade tank simulator in a battle between Germany and the USSR during World War II. The game has two campaigns with similar missions for both sides: Soviet and German. The player directs a tank and must destroy the enemy's infantry and other tanks. In addition various obstacles have to be averted. Sometimes, ammunition or a first aid kit needs to be found as the tank has a health points. Movement is done through the keyboard and the mouse is used to aim. |
| Concentration | 2007 | Freeze Tag, Inc. | Freeze Tag, Inc. | Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Game show / trivia / quiz, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Concentration for Windows is based on the game show by the same name. Two contestants will face a board of tiles, each tile concealing a prize. One contestant will select two tiles, which, if the prizes match, will be taken off the board, and the prize given to the contestant. If the prizes don't match, play passes to the other contestant. The tiles conceal a puzzle in the form of a rebus. As tiles are removed from the board, the rebus is revealed. To win a round, and keep the prizes found, simply guess the rebus. Two sets of Take! prizes are hidden on the board, which allows the player to take a prize from the other player. Also on the board is a Wild! tile, which allows taking any tile -- No match necessary. The first player to win two rounds will go on to the bonus round. Here, the player must find all matches in a board while under a time limit. The reward? A new car.One-player and two-player versions of the game are included. In the one-player version, the player plays against the AI. |
| Cosmic Osmo's Hex Isle | 2007 | Power of Entertainment LLC | Cyan Worlds, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Cosmic Osmo's Hex Isle is the sequel to Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel. Osmo has been banished to the Hex Isles for being lazy and needs to make his escape and find his space ship again. The goal of Hex Isle is to guide Osmo over hexagonal shaped tiles (hexes) to touch six targets. That way he completes the level and gets to escape. The game is played as a 3D platformer in six worlds with six levels each. The scoring system is based on three elements: strategy, speed and score. The hexes Cosmos is moved have different reactions. Blue ones are the targets, gray ones are stable, green ones turn yellow when stepped on, yellow turn red when stepped on, and red ones collapse when stepped on. By figuring out the correct path over the hexes, the blue ones need to be reached without falling down. In early levels it is still possible to run over the red ones, but later on Cosmo needs to jump. |
| Cottage of Doom | 2007 | | | Action | | | | Shooter, Survival horror | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Cottage of Doom is an isometric action game and it's a parody of typical B category horror flicks. In the game a group of three teenagers decide to spend the night in a cottage in the woods, but to their surprise, the dead start rising from their graves around the cottage, trying to eat their brains. One of the teenagers, Miriam, gets eaten at the start and so the player swear that he will avenge her.The game involves running around the cottage, shooting zombies with a shotgun. The player can also pick up furniture, which he can smash for extra ammo or use to block entrances to the house. Field of vision also plays a huge role, zombies are weaker if they don't see the player, but move faster and tougher if they do.The game was developed for TIGSource's B-Game Competition. |
| Countdown 1: The Body | 2007 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Adventure | | | Horror | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Countdown 1 - The Body is the first of a trilogy of text adventure games released as a prequel, of sorts, to 6 Days a Sacrifice. Many of the events depicted expand on events in Trilby's Notes or 6 Days a Sacrifice.You are Jack Frehorn. It has been one year since you shot what you thought was a demon but was, instead, your friend Wilbur. You then pledged yourself to the Prince. You must complete his instructions. The prophecy must get written. |
| Countdown 2: The Soul | 2007 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Adventure | | | Horror | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Countdown 2 - The Soul is the second of a trilogy of text adventure games released as a prequel, of sorts, to 6 Days a Sacrifice. Many of the events depicted expand on events in Trilby's Notes or 6 Days a Sacrifice.You are a new acolyte in the Order of Blessed Agonies. You have already purged your body and mind. Now you must purge your soul by killing your boyfriend Jason.The nightmares from that day still haunt you. You wander out of the women's dormitory and end up in the courtyard, where you meet a stranger in a tattered red robe. He has a task for you. |
| Countdown 3: The Mind | 2007 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Adventure | | | Horror | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Countdown 3 - The Mind is the third of a trilogy of text adventure games released as a prequel, of sorts, to 6 Days a Sacrifice. Many of the events depicted expand on events in Trilby's Notes or 6 Days a Sacrifice.The year is 2386. You are an unnamed delivery man. You were given a parcel and a wad of cash as thick as your thumb by a bald man in tattered red robes. All you need to do is deliver the parcel to the occupant in cell 105 of the New Delhi Mental Hospital. Don't let the guards see you. |
| Covert Front: Episode One - All Quiet on Covert Front | 2007 | | Pastel Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements | World War I | | | | | | Windows | All Quiet on Covert Front is the first episode in the flash-based Covert Front point-and-click adventure series. The game is set in an alternate history where World War I was already going on in 1904, due to technical revolution that took place in the mid 19th century and the assassination of the French prime minister in 1901. The player controls secret agent Kara, member of the Intelligence Agency General Headquarters. She has to investigate the disappearance of scientists, and Karl von Toten in particular, after the Knowledge for Victory conference in Berlin. Almost 200 scientists disappeared and the Germans suddenly acquire much more powerful weapons. Other field agents investigating the matter have gone missing, so it is up to Kara to sort it out.The game is entirely controlled by the mouse and there is an inventory near the top of the screen. Gameplay consists of exploring the locations and the manipulation of items. In the first episode Kara mainly investigates Karl von Toten's mansion where he was presumably kidnapped. |
| Crazy Frog Arcade Racer | 2007 | Turtle Games | Neko Entertainment SARL | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Licensed | | Mini-games | | Automobile, Bike / Bicycling, Mecha / giant robot | Direct control | | | | Windows | Crazy Frog Racer 2 is a one- or two-player game featuring "the most annoying thing on the planet" and friends in a series of races and mini-games. The game also includes the two videos released by the Crazy Frog, "Axel F" and "Popcorn".The game installs in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish at a default resolution of 800x600 but this can be changed. Its default controls are all on the keyboard but joystick and paddle are also supported.Though this is, at its heart, a basic racing game there are lots of options. All the single player options apart from Time Trials have three levels of difficulty, the options are:
Championship. There are four cups to win, The Football Cup, The Ice Cup, The City Cup, and the Beach Cup, initially The Football Cup is the only one available the last three must be unlocked by winning the previous trophy.
Single Race with twelve different courses and twelve characters available
Chase Race where the player must stay ahead of the chasing drones for as long as possible
Time Trials where the player races round the track with no opponents aiming to beat their previous best time
Mini Games, there are two of these Crazy Frog Pinball and Crazy Dance.Crazy Frog Pinball is unlike most pinball games as there are no paddles. The frog is fired from a canon onto the play area where it careens around destroying any robots it hits. When it hits a robot, or when it runs out of momentum, it stops and a rotating compass ring appears around it, when the dial is pointing in the desired direction the player presses the Spacebar and the process repeats. There is a separate arena for each music track and each has three difficulty levels
In Crazy Dance arrows appear rhythmically on screen and the player must hit the corresponding button on the numeric keypad 'bemani' style. Crazy dance can be performed in three levels of difficulty with any of the music tracks.The music tracks available in these games are 'Hey Baby', 'I'm too sexy', 'Final Countdown', 'Axel F', and 'Popcorn'.In the two-player mode the game options are:
Championship: this is the same as the single player option
Single Race: also the same as the single player option
Battle: this is the only game mode that is unique to the multiplayer game. Players have three lives and compete in any of four arenas, last one standing wins.In all game options, apart from Time Trials and the mini-games, there are on-track bonuses to be collected for weapons, armour and defence. |
| Crazy Machines (Gold Edition) | 2007 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | FAKT Software GmbH | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Crazy Machines: GOLD Edition is a compilation including:
Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game
Crazy Machines: Neue Herausforderungen
Crazy Machines: Neues aus dem Labor
Plus bonus contents: 33 new levels for "Neues aus dem Labor", all levels of the "Junior Laboratory", a Crazy Machines handy ring tone and information about the upcoming game Crazy Machines 2.
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| Crusaders of Space 2 | 2007 | eGames, Inc. | Adept Studios | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Crusaders Of Space 2 is the third single person, shareware, space shooter of the fixed screen variety in the Crusaders Of Space series.The player takes the role of Captain Nathaniel Chaser who commanded a special squadron called 'The Crusaders Of Space'. While on a mission pursuing a gang of evil Skabs, headed by the villain Slango, the good captain's ship, the Pathfinder, was shot down and he spent a year in hospital recovering from his injuries. Then one day the general calls and introduces Nadia Cruz, Captain Chaser is being recalled to duty and Nadia is his new boss. The first mission is to take Pathfinder 2 and stop a baddie who's planning to take over the galaxy. The game starts with an 'Intro' consisting of four levels. After this the player is presented with a series of comic book style screens which lay down the basic plot of the game and then the first mission begins. The full game has over one hundred levels, the first mission starts at level five and lasts until level fifteen, mission two starts with level sixteen. To make progression easier each mission is divided into two parts. This is not apparent during game play but when the player dies and restarts they will see the part mission segments on a menu. Each mission, or part mission, can only be accessed once the preceding game section has been completed.The game is a straightforward shooter with alien ships on the screen right from the start with others flying in as the player fights through the levels.
The player has only lives with which to play this game and achieve a high score. However as they progress they can collect weapon power ups and armour, when their ship takes damage instead of dying instantly the ship loses one of its power ups. Unlike the earlier games there is only one level of difficulty,
The Pathfinder 2 has a single cannon as its main weapon and missiles as its secondary weapon. Power-ups for the main weapon can be collected which increase its potency, additional missiles can also be collected.
The Pathfinder 2 can also fire an additional weapon which is picked up as a power up but these are time limited as are the invulnerability power-ups. These weapon power ups include freeze bullets which stop the enemy ships in their tracks for a while, plus fire and toxic bullets which do more damage. There's also a missile strike power up which launches a series of rockets from the bottom of the screen.Every few levels the player gets a single upgrade point which can be used to buy improvements for their ship. There is a high score table, music, and the game can be played in many different screen resolutions.
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| Cubozoid | 2007 | eGames, Inc. | Five-BN | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cubozoid is a one or two player, shareware, tile/block matching game similar to Zuma and many others. The object of the game is to achieve a high score and the game play concept is simple. Coloured blocks start filling up the screen from one edge and the player has a block at the other end of the screen and which must be placed so as to form a line of three blocks of the same colour, this causes that line of blocks to disappear and scores points.
That's the basic concept, however levels become much more complex as: the blocks don't just appear on one side of the screen, they may appear in the centre or in a cornerthe player is often able to fire in blocks from more than one side the blocks don't just fill in blank areas in a sequential manner, they often follow maze-like routes as they advance towards the player.Then there are the power-ups, bombs that destroy surrounding blocks, lightning bolts that clear a whole row / column, and ones that speed up or slow down the rate at which the blocks move.
There are six episodes and a total of thirty-six levels in this game, these are played on a world tour map which serves to record progress and the player's current level. Each level is played against an obscured backdrop picture which is gradually revealed as levels within the episode are completed. This game features two modes of play, the single player 'Linear' mode and the two player or 'Group' mode, two levels of play - an easy untimed mode is available, and progress is saved automatically when the player exits the game.
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| Das süße Eisbär-Baby | 2007 | astragon Software GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Cards / tiles | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Since 2007 Germany's boulevard papers have a new favourite subject: an polar bear baby named Knut who lives in a Berlin zoo. This game is based on this hype and features a lot of cute polar bear babies. It is basically a collection of three mini games:In the first mini game the player controls an polar bear baby which wants to cross an obstacle course as fast as possible. All the player has to do is hammer space rapidly to move it and press a button to jump respectively crawl to avoid an obstacle.
A memory variant.
One jigsaw puzzle. |
| Deal or No Deal: The Official PC Game | 2007 | Mindscape SA | Oak Systems Leisure Software Ltd | Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | Deal Or No Deal: The Official PC Game is game based on the UK game show hosted by Noel Edmonds however in this game the host is a virtual Noel with the real Noel providing the voiceover.The format of the game mirrors the format of the show with the player trying to beat 'the Banker' as they open twenty two sealed boxes which contain randomly assigned sums of money inside ranging from 1p to £250,000. The game sees the player selecting one numbered box at the start of the game and eliminating remaining the boxes one by one. At various points 'the Banker' will offer a cash-out deal, the first offer comes after five boxes have been eliminated and thereafter offers come after every three eliminations. At the end of the game when the player is left with two boxes they may be offered the chance to swap their chosen box for the one other remaining box.One of the standard game options when considering the banker's offer is to see what the box opening contestants would do. This too is replicated in the game with the AI people shaking or nodding their heads as appropriate, Noel then summarises the poll results. One of the game's configuration options allows the player(s) to adjust the each of the contestants response to risk.The inlay claims six game modes, the single and multiplayer modes of the Normal Game are counted as two separate games:
Normal Game: this can be played as a single-player or a multiplayer game and it follows the format of the game show and is for one to four players. In a single player game the player wins if they beat the banker, i.e. the amount they accept in a deal is higher than the cash in their chosen box, or the amount they win is higher than the banker's offer. In the multiplayer game all players are given the chance to accept the banker's deal or continue playing, the victor is the player who wins the most money.
Human Banker game: this too plays just like the show but it is for two to four players. One player takes the role of the banker and that player decides the amount to be offered, it's entered via the keyboard and not chosen from a pick list. The other player(s) play as though in the normal game, deciding whether or not to accept the banker's offer. If the player(s) win or settle for an amount that is lower than the contents of the box then the banker wins the game, if they win more than the banker's offer then the highest winner takes the game
Banker vs PC: in this single game all the box selection is done by the game, all the player does is decide the deal on offer. If the game accepts a deal that is lower than the amount it could have won then the banker wins
Cash Game: this is a variant of the Normal Game, it is for one to four players but the amounts range from 1p to just £50
Forfeit: in this game the players do not play for cash, they play for 'forfeits'. It's a game for one to four players and can be played as a family game, a Friends game or a Couples game with the forfeits being altered appropriately. Instead of blue and red indicating the low and high cash amounts they indicate the desirability of the forfeit, for example playing the Couples game the lowest/worst blue forfeit is 'Your partner decides what clothes you will wear for a week' while the highest/best red forfeit is 'Your partner will take you on holiday'. The game is played in the usual way with forfeits in the boxes instead of cash amounts, the banker's offers are red/blue forfeits too. |
| Dein Tierheim | 2007 | bhv Software GmbH & Co. KG | sensator AG | Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | In Dein Tierheim the player manages an animal shelter. Since the game is aimed at children the most important part is to take care of the animals. The player sees his character in the shoulder perspective and can walk freely to the shelter to reach his destinations. Every animal has six stats which show his physical and mental condition; to keep these up the player needs to do several tasks: feeding, washing, cleaning the compounds, playing and petting. He can also buy accessories which make the animals happy. The player also needs to buy enough food for the animals. The main resources for covering these costs are accommodation costs and donations. Every appeal for donations costs some money and when the player uses this opportunity too often the people donate less and less until the costs exceed the revenue. There are also regularly people showing up which the player needs to attend to. These either want to deliver or fetch an animal.In the career mode the player starts as simple keeper and wants to become the managing director. The requirement for a promotion is a good reputation which gets calculated from the condition of the animals, the buildings and the handling of customers. After every promotion the player gets more responsibilities over more species (overall six). There are also two mini games for dog respectively horse training and a free playing mode without restrictions.There is also an educational component to the game: In the office are several books which deal with veterinary subjects. The player can test his knowledge with a quiz. |
| Die 3 Wünsche des Dr. Khotabich | 2007 | Atari Deutschland GmbH | Studiya Krysha | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In Die 3 Wünsche des Dr. Khotabich the player takes the role of Gena who is a computer freak. After he hacked the website of a big company and stole a antique vase on an online auction he gets problems with all kind of people, e.g. a FBI agent and a crime organization. Fortunately a genie lives in the vase and grants Gena three wishes to get out of this mess...The game is played like many other adventure games: the player browses through his surroundings, takes everything he can and solves inventory based puzzles. When clicking on a hot spot a context menu appears where the player chooses the next action (looking/talking, using/taking or walking). Additionally the player can take items from his inventory and using it on items in the game world. The whole game is presented with two-dimensional comics graphics and the humour consists mostly of computer analogies and obscenities. |
| Disney Princess: Royal Horse Show | 2007 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Disney Princess: Royal Horse Show is a single player, casual game for children. Though it is a single player game it does cater for up to ten separate players, just not at the same time.The game is introduced by Cinderella who is in the gazebo, the banners in the gazebo serve as links to the different activities in the game. There are four separate activities in this game, they are:
The Royal Stables.This activity is introduced by princess Aurora who is with four horses. The player dresses each horse with headpieces, saddles, blankets etc to make them look pretty. For every two that are dressed another bonus horse appears until all six horses are revealed. The player also has the option of saving their equine costumes and using them on other horses.
The Royal Fairground: This activity is introduced by Snow White. The player is presented with a view from the castle balcony, around the balcony are flowers, drapes, a flag a banner etc. Clicking on one of these hot spots presents the player with a menu of alternate flowers, drapes, flag etc and changing the item on the balcony changes the items viewed in the background. The player can also change the game's music in this activity.
The Royal Showground: This activity is also introduced by Snow White. Here the player guides their horse around a show jumping circuit. There are three circuits to choose from, completing the ruby circuit successfully five times unlocks the emerald circuit, and likewise completing the emerald circuit five times unlocks the diamond circuit. The first couple of circuits in each course are straightforward while the last three include an inner loop and additional jumps.This activity can be played with either mouse or keyboard.
The Craft Shop: This activity is introduced by Belle and it's here that the player can view and print their awards. Additionally they can print a height chart and horse trading cards.
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| Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action | 2007 | Buena Vista Games, Inc. | Avalanche Software LLC | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Ace in Action is based off the superhero movie within the movie Disney's Chicken Little. Ace in Action features Ace, Abby, Runt, and Mr Fish, as they fight against Foxy Loxy, Goosey Loosey and their minions.Ace in Action is a third-person shooter. Battle your way across four worlds, (Pluto, Saturn, Mars, and the Moon) with multiple missions on each planet. Each mission is performed by one of the three main characters: Ace's missions have him running around, Runt's missions have him in a tank, and Abby's missions have her in a hovership. Each character has a main weapon with unlimited ammo, and a secondary weapon with limited ammo. By collecting items, destroying scenery, and completing challenges such as completing the mission fast enough, and finding all bonus objects, the player can collect acorns, which are used as a currency. Between missions, they can be used to buy upgrades for each character, and unlock multiplayer games, concept art and music. Missions can be replayed to get more acorns. |
| Dornier Do-27 | 2007 | AEROSOFT GmbH | Digital Aviation | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dornier Do-27 is an aircraft add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and Microsoft Flight Simulator X. The package was originally sold in separate download versions only, but is here combined in one retail package.The Dornier Do-27 was the first serially produced civilian aircraft in Germany after WW2, and two models; A1 & B1 are included, in several paints based on actual aircraft individuals, with some extra liveries available from the publishers website. One can operate the aircraft in 'simple' mode (e.g. jump in and fly) or in a more complex Pro-mode, requiring the pilot to be fully familiar with the aircraft; for which purpose a detailed Pilots Operation Handbook is included, both in German (paper & PDF) and English (PDF).The aircraft operation is closely modeled on the original, to include damage modelling for e.g. engine mishandling, and rough landings. Once damaged, the aircraft needs to be taken through a repair checklist before one can fly it again. Apart from normal flying around, one can also simulate parachute jumper operations, for which purpose extra passengers and a special door opening/closing method is used. Engine cowls open/close, doors open/close/lock, and avionics can break/are unreliable depending on the mode used. The cockpit is both in 2D and virtual 3D, with working switches. |
| Dr. Tool: Gehirn Sport | 2007 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | | | | Mini-games | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dr. Tool: Gehirn Sport is a memory training game. Different tasks are included, such as mathematics, memory and geometry. Train in the training modes and try to improve your stats in the challenge mode. 3 difficulty levels are included. |
| Dream Chronicles | 2007 | Mindscape SA, PlayFirst, Inc. | Katana Games S.L. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | Dream Chronicles is an unusual casual puzzle/adventure game that assigns the player the role of Faye, a young woman, whose husband, Fidget, has been whisked away via magical means by Lilith, a mysterious fairy. To ensure that Faye's husband stays with her, Lilith has put an entire kingdom to sleep. Somehow, Faye wasn't affected, and now, it is her purpose to rescue her husband and to save the kingdom in process.The game comprises 18 chapters (screens), in each location a specific set of puzzles should be solved and a number of jewels located, by playing a Hidden Objects type of game. Those jewels do not assist in solving puzzles, but instead help to unravel the mysteries surrounding the story and increase the player's final score. Player can take his time while solving the puzzles, however, his final score will be affected if it takes too long.The puzzles presented by the game vary from classical inventory-based puzzles to mathematic and logic puzzles reminiscent of Myst. Another resemblance Dream Chronicles shares with Myst is its presentation, which is the same pre-rendered 3D stills viewed from the first person perspective.However, due to its casual nature the game incorporated a number of limitations to the formula of classic adventure. All of the game puzzles must be solved within the limits of one screen and player is not allowed to move any further, before solving the puzzles for a present chapter. Previously completed chapters cannot be revisited either, and all the jewels left in them are gone for good.Dream Chronicles boasts a fairy-tale approach to its artwork and music, trying to create an interesting and gripping story through the series of visions, diary entries and various comments on the events by the game's protagonist. |
| DroneSwarm | 2007 | | | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | DroneSwarm is a 2D horizontally scrolling shoot'em-up created for the SHMUP-DEV Competition 2k7 Round 2. The player controls a flying unmanned machine, flies to the right side, and shoots enemies. From time to time player fights against a boss. The plane has unlimited ammo and three lives. Controls consist of the cursor keys to move and additional key (Z) to fire. |
| Drop!: Anniversary Edition | 2007 | eGames, Inc. | iSurf, Inc., Nuclide.com BVBA | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the original Drop! and Drop! 2. Also includes Penguin Puzzle and Challenge Letters as bonus games. |
| ERU: Emergency Response Unit | 2007 | Youda Games Holding B.V. | I Sioux Game Productions BV | Educational, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | With a similar point of departure as Food Force, ERU: Emergency Response Unit or The Red Cross Game aims to inform and educate about its activities through a game where the player can take over command of simulated relief operations. First released for Windows, it was later adapted into a browser game.In this real-time strategy game players need to coordinate and plan operations in different countries of the world, dealing with earthquakes, drought, conflict and floods. The activities have been simplified slightly to make it accessible to casual players. Played on maps with different areas, tasks are presented in the bottom left corner. After setting up a base camp, vehicles with medical, relief, construction, protection, shelter, water sanitation and body recovery teams can be sent to the places where they are needed. There is no full control over the units; instead players can determine the situation, abort the action if needed and choose between different ways to handle a situation.Vehicles such as land cruisers, Ford Transits, M6 trucks, helicopters and airplanes need to be loaded with fitting supplies. When at a location, a local hospital or a camp can be set up, victims can be evacuated or the sick can be cured. Even when people die the bodies need to be recovered for identification purposes. Aside from the base missions, there are also additional tasks when enough units are available. These are not mandatory and involve removing debris or negotiating with the local government. Solving them favours the chances of completing the main mission as navigation becomes easier of additional townspeople decide to help.Played from a top-down view, each mission is time limited. It is possible to scroll over the map and quick navigation is provided through the mini-map, where the location of different units and points of interest is shown. Prior to each mission the available resources are shown and points are awarded upon completion. When using supplies carelessly, an Antonov cargo plane needs to drop additional resources and these are deducted from the final points. The game can be played on three difficulty levels. |
| ESR: European Street Racing | 2007 | XIDER | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | ESR: European Street Racing is a racing game featuring seven European cities: Moscow, London, Paris, Madrid, Hamburg, Berlin and Warsaw. The game features 17 different cars without any official license but resembling real cars. Each one has a price which has to be earned by winning races.The career mode offers 35 races in three different types: City Race, Street Race and Challenge. City Race is a standard racing mode with a predetermined circuit. In Street Race the competitors have to find their way to a single checkpoint and return as quickly as possible. Challenge can be either two but features a tougher competitor to beat.In ghost races the player can try to beat his own times or he can try his luck on-line against other players. |
| Earache Extreme Metal Racing | 2007 | Metro3D Europe Ltd. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Vehicular combat | Direct control | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | Windows | This vehicular combat game set in Hell revolves around the production of Earache Records, a British label that specialized in death metal and other genres of extreme music. Each selectable vehicle is themed after one of the bands that were on the Earache roster at the time of release, including Deicide, Morbid Angel and Municipal Waste. Every vehicle features a unique weapon, which may be projectile or melee. More tracks and vehicles are unlocked with points, which are accumulated by holding the pole position, eliminating opponents or running over pedestrians: these are zombies that wander aimlessly around the tracks, some of which also offer power-ups. The cars compete against each other in a variety of modes, such as multiple-lap race, deathmatch arena, league and "zombie massacre" - a mode where the car that runs over most zombies in the arena wins.The track race, league and deathmatch modes are also playable in split-screen multiplayer. The game soundtrack features songs of all the bands represented in the game, as well as of bands from the past Earache roster such as Carcass or Cathedral. |
| Emil i Lönneberga | 2007 | Gammafon Multimedia AB | Bajoum Interactive AB, Gammafon Multimedia AB | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Emil i Lönneberga consists of both an audio book and a game based on Astrid Lindgren's famous children book character. The game part takes place on the farm Katthult in Småland where Emil lives. Different things on the farm can be interacted with, causing Emil to do some of his most famous pranks such as hoisting his sister up the flag pole. For each mischief, Emil's father will appear and chase him across the screen and the player can attempt to get away from him. If not he will end up locked up in the tool shed. In the shed the player can carve figures out of wood which is done by moving a knife over the wood. There are also two mini games. One involves an obstacle course and a pig. To get past an obstacle the pig has to do tricks which it does when the player feeds it with various snack. For example apples make it stand and walk while carrots make it crawl. In the other game the player has to direct carriages to their destination by opening and closing gates. At the same time it's important to watch out so that animals in the pastures doesn't escape. |
| Extreme Motorbike Racing | 2007 | astragon Software GmbH | | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Extreme Motorbike Racing is a action-oriented racing game with motorcycles. The player is new in the city and wants to become the best racer. It features one playing mode: checkpoint races against the AI. or other players. In these races the player does not only need to reach the end of the course before his opponents but he also has to reach the next checkpoint in a limited amount of time. After he beats a race he unlocks the next course - overall there are twelve set in the same city. The game also features eight different motorbikes. |
| Extreme Snowboarding | 2007 | Idigicon Limited | Psionic | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Extreme Snowboarding is a one or two player game. There are three modes of play:Tournament: in which the player(s) race down a series of courses to achieve the highest cumulative score possible.
Single Race: in which the player(s) race down one of the tournament courses
In both kinds of race the player who finishes first is not necessarily the winner. Points are scored for finishing and they are also gained, for performing tricks and grid rails, and lost for missing gates.
Big Air: in which the player(s) leap from a ski jump and perform tricks while in the air. The number of rounds in this kind of competition is customisable.
The game is controlled entirely via the keyboard though the action keys are customisable. The player's character and board are not customisable but there is a selection to choose from. |
| Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe | 2007 | | | Educational | 1st-person | | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Mini-games | | Space flight | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe is one of a series of educational titles from Dorling Kindersley that, in the UK, were eventually offered as free games with national newspapers.In among all the articles, pictures and information are three games. In the lower left of the main menu is a link named ACTIVITIES. This leads to two mini games held in a game box;
Land on the Moon: this is in the left hand of the game box and is a version of Lunar Lander in which the player has to successfully soft land NASA's lunar module
Launch a Rocket: in the right hand of the game box is a selection of rocket parts - main engines, booster stages, payloads etc. The player's task is to assemble a rocket from the correct components and press the launch button. If they are incorrect they will hear the sound of a car engine turning over but failing to start, if they are correct they will see a short clip of their rocket being launched.Also on the main menu is a link to QUIZ MASTER. This is a one or two player quiz played over any or all of the three categories of Space; Missions: and Technology. Quizzes are timed and can be of ten, twenty, fifty or one hundred and fifty questions, and all have a 'Find Out' feature to encourage the player to explore the title in search of the answer. |
| Eyewitness: Your Complete CD-ROM Collection | 2007 | | | Compilation, Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Eyewitness: Your Complete CD-ROM Collection is a compilation of DK Multimedia distributed by the
Daily Mail. All of the titles are educational and some are 'edutainment' teaching via the medium of games. There are twenty-four titles in this collection. All these titles were issued separately with the newspaper, the wallets that holds the titles in the two volumes documented here replaced the individual slipcases. The titles in Volume 1 are:3D World Atlas
Become a Human Body Explorer
Become a History Explorer
Become a Science Explorer
Become a World Explorer
Become a British Isles Explorer
Children's Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of History
Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Science 2.0
Encyclopedia of Nature 2.0
Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe
Millennium: 20th Century Day by Day
The titles in Volume 2 are
3D Dinosaur Hunter: Here the pupil/player explores six worlds looking for fossils, piecing them together and, hopefully, learning something about them because there is a quiz somewhere along the line.
Amazing Animals: Said to include activities to develop early computer skills this title was part of a series among which were the books "Amazing Animals: Babies"; "Amazing Animals: Disguises" ; "Amazing Animals: Builders" and "Amazing Animals: Mini-Beasts"
Brain Buster Quiz
Castle Explorer
History of the World 2.0
My First CD-ROM Dictionary: promises over a thousand word definitions with games and activities.
New Atlas of the Solar System
The New Way Things Work: A reworking of the book The Way Things Work covering inventions up to and including 'the digital age' and presented by an amiable but slow-witted mammoth.
Our Living Oceans - An Interactive Guide to the Seas.
Play & Learn: Science Experiments: 103 experiments to encourage and entertain children.
Pinball Science: Build and play your own pinball tables as a way of learning the science behind them.
The Ultimate Human Body: This is the first of version, there were at least three, and although the title includes a quiz it is not really a game. |
| F-1 Chequered Flag | 2007 | | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | F-1 Chequered Flag is a single player racing game which can be played in multiplayer mode over a LAN or internet connection. By default the game is keyboard controlled but the controls can be redefined to use a steering wheel, Logitech and Trust brands are specifically referred to as 'supported' in the game's manual, or a mouse.This is not a racing simulation with detailed race management and car mechanics. It is a fun game with four degrees of difficulty and eight tracks to race on, of which only one track is available at the start of the game the others being unlocked by winning races. The cars are generic and are not modeled on real racing cars, they take no damage during collisions and have a 'nitro boost' option for an extra burst of speed. In addition to the race mode there is also a 'Ghost Race' option in which the player can try to better their time on any unlocked track by racing against their previous best lap in the ghost car. |
| Flower Shop: Big City Break | 2007 | Oberon Media, Inc. | TikGames, LLC | Action | | | | Time management | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | When Meg buys a flower shop on a small island, it's up to you to help her turn it into a success. Flower Shop: Big City Break is a time-management game based on growing and selling flower arrangements. In each of the 60+ levels, customers will arrive at Meg's shop, and ask for specific flower arrangements. Grow the flowers needed, watering and fertilizing as needed, then assemble the arrangement and give it to the customer. Take too long, and the customer will leave.While early levels are comparatively simple, later levels feature bugs that can devour flowers, weeds that choke them out, many more customers, and more complicated arrangements. Also featured is a relaxing fountain (to make customers happier) and a bug zapper (zaps bugs), which will take the heat off of Meg for a while, though they need to recharge after each use. |
| Frankenstein | 2007 | Play.com.pl | Play.com.pl | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Frankenstein is 2D platform game for kids loosely based on the novel by Mary Shelley. The Frankenstein monster (affectionately Frank) lives in forest, far away from people. One day he receives a letter from Igor. The doctor has been kidnapped and Igor pleads for help. Frank grabs a gun and goes on a quest to rescue the doctor. In this side-scrolling platform game Frank needs to look for keys, collect coins and jump platforms. Enemies can be defeated by shooting at them. The game contains ten levels in five locations. |
| Frog Checkers | 2007 | SdLL, S.A.S., Teyon S.A. | Destan Entertainment | Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Frog Checkers is a zany implementation of the classic board game of checkers.Start the game by entering your profile (which can be saved), then choose whether you will play the dark or the bright frogs. You can also choose from three difficulty levels and a board style: classic, water, or stony. Each board has also its own audio background, which can be turned off. |
| GTR 2: FIA GT Racing Game - Game of the Year | 2007 | 10tacle studios AG, Viva Media, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This Game of the Year edition (as presented by many websites, in their racing/driving categories, for 2006) combines the original GTR 2: FIA GT Racing Game with GT Legends into one package. GT Legends is patched to version 1.1 while GTR 2 remains the original version 1.0. |
| Galaxy of Mahjongg | 2007 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games:
Mahjongg Patience
2004 Mahjongg
Mahjongg Jr.
Mahjongg Master Egyptian Edition/The Curse of Ra
Mahjongg Master 4
Mahjongg Master 5
Mahjongg Tiles of Time Lite
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| Games Mania: 10 Great PC Games | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Games Mania: 10 Great PC Games is a compilation from Grabit. It comes on five CDs in slim keep cases all of which are held in a card slipcase. It contains the following games:
Arcangel: The Legacy of Peace
Dragon-X Gold Quest
Jewel Shooter
The Legend of Luwa
Xing Omaha Hold'em Poker
The House of the Dead 2
Sonic R
Sega Rally Championship
Sega World Wide Soccer
Virtua Fighter PC
Each game comes on its own individual disc, except Arcangel: The Legacy of Peace, Jewel Shooter, Xing Omaha Hold'em Poker, The Legend of Luwa, Dragon-X Gold Quest which are all held on a single disc titled 'Game Mania Multidisc'.Grabit released another compilation under the same title, that version was rated 12+ and contained Moose on the Loose instead of The House of the Dead 2 |
| Garfield: Lasagna World Tour | 2007 | Neko Entertainment SARL | Eko Software SARL | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In Garfield: Lasagna World Tour the cat Garfield joins a treasure hunt called 'The Lasagna World Tour' organized by PAWS TV Channel. Players get to explore ten levels in locations such as Egypt, Italy and Mexico, mixing action with puzzle elements and different mini-games. Odie is often present. He can be chased around, order to help solve a puzzle and he can also be ridden in racing sequences. Garfield gets dressed up as a chef, a cowboy a fakir or a football and has access to certain superpowers. Next to the single-player Adventure mode there is a multiplayer mode where the mini-games are turned into family games for two local players. |
| Gems Swap | 2007 | Novel Games Limited | Novel Games Limited | Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Gems Swap is a match-three-items puzzle game. You must click any two gems to make them swap places in order to create a row of three or more of the same gems. This makes these gems disappear and new gems fall onto the playing field. All this time, a line at the top of the screen is slowly emptying. When you match three or more gems, the line fills up, slightly. If you can get the line completely filled, you will clear the level and receive a 5000 point bonus. If you take too long and the line completely empties, the game is over. If you end up with no more three or more gem possibilities, you will restart that level. |
| Grand Billiards | 2007 | Plarium Global Ltd. | Plarium Global Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Grand Billiards is a 3D multiplayer billiard/pool game where people can compete against each other. The game contains a real world physics simulation engine which allows players to perform trick shots like in real pool games. |
| Grand Theft Auto: Trylogia | 2007 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the following Grand Theft Auto games:
Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto: London 1969
Grand Theft Auto 2
Grand Theft Auto III
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| Grisu: Der kleine Drache | 2007 | Play+Smile Marketing GmbH | Zone 2 Media GmbH | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Grisu: Der kleine Drache is a 3D platformer about the little dragon Grisu who wants to become a firefighter. It is based on the Italian cartoon Grisù il draghetto. Steer Grisu and his dad Fumè through 60 levels spread over four environments. Gameplay consists of finding and collecting a certain number of items, different for each environment, and then reaching the exit. Stages have various obstacles and minor puzzles, such as switches, elevators, conveyor belts or teleporters. |
| Gubble HD: Anniversary Edition | 2007 | Actual Entertainment, Inc. | Actual Entertainment, Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Gubble HD: Anniversary Edition is a remake of Gubble with higher resolution graphics, all the original 150 levels, as well as three difficulty settings and the mini-games accessible from the main menu. |
| Hacker Evolution | 2007 | SC exosyphen studios SRL | SC exosyphen studios SRL | Simulation | | | Spy / espionage | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Hacker Evolution is a hacking game set in the near future.In the year 2015 a coordinated hacking attempt crashes the entire world economy. The player takes on the role of ex secret agent Brian Spencer, who from a remote island in the Pacific has a chance to investigate what happened.The game is played mostly in an imitation DOS-prompt screen. The only visual element to the game is a world map which shows the location of the servers the player can hack.As Brian Spencer the player can hack into computers, download files, seek for passwords and transfer money to different accounts. Game play is divided into multiple phases. First the player scans the server, secondly the ports have to be opened to gain entry, finally the encryption key has to be deciphered. There are multiple ways to open the ports, such as finding the right password, using an Exploit or simply cracking it. When the port is cracked the player only has a limited number of actions he can perform before he is traced. Brian's computer can be upgraded to allow for more actions and also new IP addresses can be obtained when things went wrong. |
| Hall of Game: 4Games - Volume 10 | 2007 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games:
Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport
Hellforces
Iron Storm
The Stalin Subway |
| Hall of Game: 4Games - Volume 11 | 2007 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following 4 games:
Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
Perimeter: Emperor's Testament
Star Wolves
Gangland: Trouble in Paradise |
| Hall of Game: 4Games - Volume 12 | 2007 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following games:
Air Conflicts: Air Battles of World War II
Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche versus Ka-52 Hokum
Daemonica
Rag Doll Kung Fu |
| Hard Time | 2007 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hard Time is a jail simulator in which the player takes on the role of an inmate. The game starts with a character creator in which the player can design his own inmate and pick the crime for which he was put into custody. The goal of the game is to sit out the term of 60 days in a high security prison. Each time the player breaks the rules his sentence is elongated. To avoid being molested by other inmates the player has to maintain a reputation. Like an RPG the main character has various statistics such as strength, intelligence and agility. These can be increased through regular exercise, meals and reading in the library. The more reputation the main character has the more he will be approached by other inmates to perform tasks such as harming or protecting another inmate. Solving these "quests" gains money which can be used to bribe other prisoners who might not be so friendly or the guards to reduce punishments.Combat in the game makes use of the developer's own wrestling mechanics used in previous wrestling games. It is also possible to join a gang (based on your skin color). |
| Hard to Be a God (Collector's Edition) | 2007 | Akella | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collector's edition contains:
Hard to Be a God
Hard to Be a God audiobook on a separate CD-ROM
Cloth map
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| Helicopter Strike Force | 2007 | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Oceania | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | Pacific Liberation Force is a helicopter action game. The player controls a helicopter and must destroy various targets in the Pacific.The player has three weapons available: a machine gun and two types of rockets. The machine gun has to be aimed manually, where the others are target seeking. Enemies come in the form of tanks, aircraft and aircraft carriers.The helicopter is controlled with the mouse and keyboard, once near enough to the enemy the missiles will automatically lock on. The game features 18 single player missions and a limited multi player mode. |
| Hitori Deluxe | 2007 | S.A.D. Software Vertriebs- und Produktions GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hitori Deluxe is a translation of three logic games normally played with a pen and paper:Sudoku is played with nine squares which are arranges in a 3x3 formation. Every square is also divided into nine grids. The program fills numbers into some grids and the player has to add the rest. In every square, vertical row and horizontal row every number of 1-9 has to be there exactly one time.
The eponymous Hitori is a Sudoku variant where all numbers are already filled in. The player needs to identify the wrong numbers.
Kakuro is similar to a crossword puzzle but instead of letters the player has to put numbers into the grids. The numbers have to result in a certain number when added up. Another restriction is that every digit can't be used more than once in a calculation.The game features a print function, help functions and different difficulty settings. It is played exclusively with the mouse; when clicking on a field the player needs to choose the number from a pop up menu. |
| Hits Essentiels: Collection 2006/2007 | 2007 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Far Cry
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
FIFA Soccer 06
Total Overdose
Commandos: Strike Force
Championship Manager 2006
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones |
| Hits Jeux 2008: Course | 2007 | Micro Application, S.A. | | Compilation | | | | | | Automobile | | | | | Windows | Hits Jeux 2008: Course is a five racing game compilation :
WR Rally
Supercross Kings
GP Championship 2
Funny Racer
Trabi Racing |
| Hole in One Mini Golf | 2007 | Xing Interactive B.V. | | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hole in One Mini Golf is a mouse controlled game for one to four people, there are no AI players. This game has three courses, an 18-hole course with a gentle learning curve rated 'Easy to Medium'; Another 18-hole course rated ' Medium'; and a 26-hole course rated 'Hard'.The game's default camera angle is low down and behind the ball and there's no option to change this. Shots are taken using the mouse, the player clicks on the ball and draws the mouse backwards to set the power while moving left/right to aim. Unusually there is a wire-frame mode of play, the F7 key toggles between this and normal play. |
| Hollywood Pets | 2007 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | Threewave Software Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hollywood Pets is a single player, pet management game.There are six dog breeds to choose from, Beagle, Boston Terrier, Chihuahua, Fox Terrier, Pug, Mini Pinscher. The player manage their pets happiness by keeping them fed, watered, groomed, clean and ensuring that it regularly relieves itself and has a nap. Food is bought in the pet store along with additional accessories, the money used in the tore is earned in the Pose Show. As the puppy progresses and earns more money the player can join the Country Club and enter the Celebrity Pose Show, the two locations that are locked at the start of the game.The dogs shown on the packaging are not featured in the actual program
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| Hollywood Pictures 2 | 2007 | Kalypso Media GmbH | Sayonara Software | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Hollywood Pictures 2 is a managerial simulation were the player takes care of a company which produces movie pictures. The first step to produce a movie is to choose a genre and to buy or write a script. The latter is only advisable when the player already reached a positive reputation. Then he needs to hire a movie crew through agencies, e.g. actors, directors, make-up, musicians or a stunt team. Every person has a competence level in different stats which influences the reception of the movie but of course also their price. They have also genre preferences so a great actor who is specialised in action movies may not be the best choice for a comedy. Other than that the player also can lend money or construct buildings on the studio environment which help speed up certain processes.The game also features a basic scene editor where the player can plan scenes for the movie. There he builds the background, insert the actors and their clothes and assigns pre-defined motion sequences to them. Now all there is left do to is to start the production and wait until the shooting is finished (which can be delayed due to random events) and then adding music and sound to the scenes. The game judges the movie and the results is responsible for the critical reception and the number of viewers which in turn results in revenue and studio reputation. The earned money can be than reinvested to make even better movies.The game time is regulated with a clock which can be sped up or stopped. When starting a game the player can choose one of three difficulty levels and one of three five goals, e.g. winning an academy award or producing an all-time-classic. Reaching that goal doesn't end the game but gives a boost to the studio reputation. |
| Hoyle South Beach Solitaire | 2007 | Greenstreet Software Ltd. | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | Hoyle South Beach Solitaire is a collection of Solitaire games with an art deco, Miami feel to them. The games can be played individually or as a story. In the story mode the player progresses through the game by completing a game of solitaire at each level. Completed games earn points and these translate into dollars which the player can use to buy and equip a mansion among other things. The games become progressively more difficult as the game progresses.Fast game play is rewarded by bonus points, hint options and wild cards which the player can use to help them if they get stuck. Additionally some of the later levels have an associated point count which is usually reached just before the level is complete so if the player gets stuck with just a couple of cards remaining they can take that as a win. In Quick Play mode the player starts with half a dozen games available but all fifty five games become available as they progress through the story mode. The games are played entirely with the mouse. |
| Hunting Unlimited 2008 | 2007 | ValuSoft, Inc. | SCS Software | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting, Shooter, Stealth | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Hunting Unlimited 2008 is the 2008 iteration in the Hunting Unlimited series. In the game the player takes on the role of a hunter.The game features eight large hunting grounds (Central Rockies, Southern Rockies, Upper Midwest, Pacific Northwest, Southwest, South Central Plains, Northern Rockies and Africa). In 60 different missions the player gets to shoot sixteen different animal types (reflecting the different parts of the world) with 28 different weapons.The player moves around in first person view like a typical shooter game. It is also possible to traverse the large maps on various vehicles such as an ATV. Game modes include: Challenges, Free Hunt Mode, Target Range and a mission editor in which players can create their own missions. |
| Imagine: Fashion Designer | 2007 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Lexis Numérique SA | Educational, Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Imagine: Fashion Designer lets you start a career as a fashion designer. Design outfits and accessories from a wide range of presets, style your models and perfect make up and hair styles. Design your own collections and take part in big fashion shows. You can also create a personal photo folder with your best creations. |
| International Cricket Captain III | 2007 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Atomic Planet Entertainment Ltd, Childish Things Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Back of Case - PlayStation 2 (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)The bestselling Cricket Management game now on your consoleAll the action comes to you with TV style replays in the all new 3D highlights. Fully motion captured animations, Ball Tracker cam analysis and all the tension, stress and pressure of coaching your team to ultimate success. Are you up for the challenge?Features
Brand new 3D game engine and new televisual style display so players can watch the match as well as captain it. With fully motion captured animations.
New 2007 database of each player for the current season, last season and career for Test matches, first class, ODI, List A limited overs, T20 and International T20 cricket.
New Ball Tracker Cam instant replay displays the flight, pitch and line of each and every ball.
Realistic ball dynamics accurately simulating bowler speeds with spin and swing varying according to bowler's style and pitch condition.
Full range of over 60 classic strokes and aggressive slogs covering stops, sweeps, drives, cuts, hooks and many more.
Extended recorded commentaries from Jonathan (Aggers) Agnew.
Match Modes
Exhibition Match: go straight into a one off match with two international teams in either T20 or a One Day International (ODI) match.
Match Series: create a Test or One Day series of your choice with any two international teams.
County & International Career: captain both the county team of your choice and international team from the start of the game.
World Cup Series: replay the World Cup tournament in the West Indies or choose from historical World Cups.
Multiplayer: Set-up two player matches to challenge for cricketing glory. |
| Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos | 2007 | TikGames, LLC | TikGames, LLC | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Spy / espionage | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Dr. Vladimir Chaosky has been missing from the face of the Earth for more than a decade. Now the trail of this Dr. Chaos gets warm again as he resurfaces bent on continuing his criminal ways. As a sole agent of Interpol you must travel the globe and search for clues and finally bring this madman to justice.Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos is for the most part a typical hidden object game. As is typical of this genre you must identify the listed objects in a photo-illustration. Few variations on the hidden object game-play conventions being level-end-puzzles where you must complete such tasks as identify differences between two photographs or simply finding the mistakes in one single photo to complete the level. If however you get stuck with a specific item and can't move to the next city there's a handy hint feature that will highlight any item you want from the list. The one other large thing that makes this game different is the almost completely immersive interface. From your icons to the world maps to the menu screens, the entire game is production designed to convey a sense of using Interpol computers and equipment to solve the puzzles.Each level is typically split into three stages and each level is themed after a world famous city. For example if your search takes you to New York, you can expect to scour The Statue of Liberty, Radio City Music Hall or The Brooklyn Bridge for clues. Other cities you can expect to explore include Paris, Moscow, Tokyo, Hollywood, London and more. If however you get stuck with a specific item and can't move to the next city there's a handy hint feature that will highlight any item you want from the list. |
| James Patterson: Women's Murder Club - A Darker Shade of Grey | 2007 | Elephant Entertainment, LLC, Oberon Media, Inc. | Floodlight Games | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A group of female crime investigators has to solve the mystery surrounding the death of a cadet from a prestigious Southern military academy.Women's Murder Club: A Darker Shade Of Grey is another entry in the casual market penned and designed by Jane Jensen, famous for classic adventures like Gabriel Knight. The game combines elements from the adventure and hidden object genres. Most of the time, the screen shows an interactive location with a tab at the left side. This tab has a portrait of the player character, the hint button that can be used five times per chapter, the notepad listing all the actions and objectives that must be performed to complete the scene, the score points, the inventory with forensic equipment and three buttons to review clues, exit the scene or go to the main menu.The objective of most locations is to collect evidence by clicking on shimmering spots on the scenery, bringing up an interactive zoom window. Some of these windows are separate puzzles where one of the inventory items has to be used. In other places, the goal is to find several instances of an object.A recurring puzzle occurs in the forensic lab, where the substances collected from the crime scene have to be analysed on a separate screen. The player has to take specific bottles from a moving shelf, and drip the amount of drops described on the measuring device.The game has several unique puzzles related to the locations where they are found. For example, in the cemetery the player has to match flowers to tombstones, and in the sports field the player has to sort balls. The puzzles can be skipped with the hint button. |
| Jeopardy! Deluxe | 2007 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc., Encore, Inc. | NewRoSoft, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Based on the Jeopardy! game show, up to three contestants compete to match a question to a given answer.Jeopardy! Deluxe features Play Alone (just one contestant), Group Play (three contestants, either computer or human), and Daily Clue (just one clue, with a new clue every day). Once the game begins, the standard Jeopardy! board appears. Pick a category and a prize amount, and read the clue. Instead of typing out the response, four possible responses are given. Choose the correct one to get the prize amount, or pass if you don't know the answer. Three rounds are included in each game: Jeopardy!, Double Jeopardy! (all clues are worth double), and Final Jeopardy! (one clue, worth however much you wager).Also included is a customizable appearance, stat tracking, high score list, and a trophy system. |
| Jewel Quest Solitaire | 2007 | iWin, Inc. | | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | South America | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Back of Case - Nintendo DS (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Solitaire with a challenging twist!
Jewel Quest Solitaire takes you on an adventure through the South American Jungle matching cards, swapping jewels and discovering hidden secrets!Featuring unique tri-peaks solitaire gameplay, you must match card suits to earn pieces for the Jewel board turning it to gold. Unearth buried cards, discover special moves and avoid cursed jewels to solve 114 all new card layouts. Riches and glory are in the cards, play them wisely or your journey could soon end!
114 jewel-themed solitaire card decks
684 possible card scenarios
Two game modes - play Full Quest Mode or Just Cards Mode
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| Jewel Quest Solitaire II | 2007 | iWin, Inc. | | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | Africa | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Back of Box - Windows (from Ad Blurbs)THE EXCITING ADVENTURE CONTINUES IN JEWEL QUEST SOLITAIRE 2 AS THE GAME GETS A SPARKLING AND CHALLENGING NEW TWIST. EMMA AND RUPERT RETURN TO AFRICA WHERE THEY ARE MET BY AUNT ROBERTA, A LOONY LADY WITH A CRAZY CACHE OF LORE AND A HATBOX FULL OF PLAYING CARDS. SHE WILL LEAD OUR UNLIKELY DUO FROM MARKETPLACES TO MUSEUMS IN A BRAND-NEW, CARD-MATCHING, JEWEL-SWAPPING, MYSTERY-SOLVING ADVENTUR!NEW JEWELS, COINS AND SPECIAL MOVES ON THE JEWEL BOARD AWAIT YOU IN 114 IMPRESSIVE AND DEMANDING LAYOUTS SET AGAINST RICH AND VIBRANT AFRICAN BACKGROUNDS. PLAY YOUR CARDS WISELY TO INCREASE YOUR SCORE DURING THE JEWEL-MATCHING MADNESS, OR YOUR JOURNEY COULD SOON END. INTRIGUE WAITS AROUND EVERY CORNER WITH TWO WAYS TO PLAY, HELPFUL POWER-UPS AND AN EXCITING BACK STORY. FOR AGES 7 AND UP.KEY GAME FEATURES
114 ALL NEW LAYOUTS
UNIQUE AFRICAN BACKGROUND SETTING AND STORY
DISCOVER NEW JEWELS, COINS AND SPECIAL MOVES ON THE JEWEL BOARD
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| Joue avec Diddl et ses amis ! | 2007 | Kontiki S.A.S. | deepblue networks AG | Action, Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Mini-games, Tile matching puzzle, Word construction | | | Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | Joue avec Diddl et ses amis ! features 3 mini-games :
Courrier en bouteille: Diddl wants to send (love) letters to Diddlina but a river flows between them. To send his letters, the only way is to place them inside bottles and line-up tubes so they can be sent to Diddlina. Ring bells ? The game is a Pipemania variant
Visu'test du Professeur: the second mini-game is a simple word spelling game
Diddltoboggan: the last mini-game is a about assembling 3 (or more) balls of the same color. A game obviously inspired by Ballistic/Luxor
When you start Joue avec Diddl et ses amis ! you can select between French, German and Dutch languages and when you exit, the CD-ROM invites you to connect to Diddl's Website. |
| Kick Shot Pool | 2007 | Alten8 Ltd. | Glimmer Games | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Kick Shot Pool is a 3D pool simulation. The game can be played against CPU players (available in a variety of skill levels) or human opponents, locally or online – either on a local network or the internet. There are 5 game modes:
Practice, a single game with no opponent
Exhibition, a single one-off game for two players
Tournament, that always involve eight players (any combination of human and CPU players) and have three rounds. In each round, each remaining player faces off against another player for a place in the next round, right through to the final.
League, that always involve eight players. Each player plays one match against each other opponent, and the player with the most wins at the end of all the matches will win the league.
Sharks, for just one human player who will play each of the CPU opponents in turn, starting with the easiest and ending with the hardest.Any of those modes can be played with the following rules: Eight Ball, Nine Ball, and Straight Pool (also known as '14+1'). The game is controlled mostly with the mouse. The keyboard is used to lock the cue in shot mode, add spin or toggle aim aids. |
| Klix! 2 | 2007 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The principle of Klix! 2 is essentially the same as in Klix!. This sequel offers more options to choose the difficulty and characteristics of the game. In the game coloured tiles fall down from various lanes. The player can pick them up with a basket with only a limited carrying capacity. Then the player can drop them down on the playing field. Creating horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines of the same color removes said lines and scores the player points.The player can determine the number of different rock colors to play with and how many tiles have to be aligned. The height of the stack in the box is now also adjustable.Klix is exclusively a single player game. |
| Kuromasu Deluxe | 2007 | S.A.D. Software Vertriebs- und Produktions GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hitori Deluxe is a translation of three logic games normally played with a pen and paper:The eponymous Kuromasu is played on a rectangular game field which is divided into squares. Some squares are marked with numbers which tell how many squares need to be light (horizontally and vertically). The player needs to
colour the correct squares black by clicking on them. Additionally he has to regard that all light squares have to be connected and that no black squares are allowed to be next to each other.
Sudoku is played with nine squares which are arranges in a 3x3 formation. Every square is also divided into nine grids. The program fills numbers into some grids and the player has to add the rest. In every square, vertical row and horizontal row every number of 1-9 has to be there exactly one time.
Kakuro is similar to a crossword puzzle but instead of letters the player has to put numbers into the grids. The numbers have to result in a certain number when added up. Another restriction is that every digit can't be used more than once in a calculation.The game features a print function, help functions and different difficulty settings. It is played exclusively with the mouse; when clicking on a field the player needs to choose the number from a pop up menu. |
| Käpt'n Blaubär: Bannig auf Zack! | 2007 | Tandem Verlag GmbH | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Käpt'n Blaubär: Bannig auf Zack! Is an adventure game for children, based on the German TV series of the same name. Different tasks have to be solved, for example transporting hamsters to the zoo islands or egg hunt on egg island. Solve puzzles, find hints and defeat the pirate Blackbeard. |
| L'Essentiel: Les Experts - Crime Scene Investigation | 2007 | Ubisoft S.A. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | L'Essentiel - Les Experts: Crime Scene Investigation is a compilation of four PC games:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Dark Motives
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - 3 Dimensions of Murder
CSI: Miami |
| L'école des aventuriers: Cours préparatoire | 2007 | Mindscape SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | L'école des aventuriers: Cours préparatoire is an educational compilation for kids around 6-7. It contains:
Adibou: l'ombre verte
Graines de Génie
Les expériences de Petits Débrouillards autour des planètes
Sethi and the Inca Wizard |
| LEGO Racers / LEGO Racers 2 | 2007 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation contains:
LEGO Racers
LEGO Racers 2 |
| Legend of LuWa | 2007 | Grabit | Beijing PingYi Software Co. Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Legend of LuWa is a single player game set in a mythical ancient China.The story starts with the village of YunFu which was happy, peaceful and prosperous under the guardianship of Green Angel. One day a band of flying monkeys attacked the village, many were killed or taken away and among those taken was Green Angel.
Several years pass and LuWa, a child who survived the attack, makes it his mission to fight the monsters and save Green Angel.The player first explores their village to gather supplies and weapons and then heads off into the world exploring, fighting and growing in strength, weapons, skills. The in game map shows six areas to explore, Greenfield; Yellowfield; Forest; Gold Mine; Desert; and Snow Mountains before finally attacking the baddie's stronghold the Xuan Tower. The game is controlled with either the keyboard or game pad, it has optional music and three save game slots.
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| Limbo of the Lost | 2007 | G2 Games | Majestic Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Teen | Steve Bovis | Windows | Limbo of the Lost is an adventure game that puts the player in the role of an advisor to Captain Benjamin Spooner Briggs who has been dropped into Limbo's Keep of the Lost Souls. In that place between mortality and the afterlife, the seal on the Book of Sufferance has been broken and must be restored. Captain Brigg must find the Book and foil the plans of Fate who desires to control all of mankind.Played in first person with a point-and-click interface, direct the Captain on-screen during his quest. As an advisor, the player does not control Captain Briggs directly but can only guide him in his actions. Captain Briggs can, and sometimes will, disagree with his "advisor" and do something entirely different.The game is not completely serious and not completely ghoulish in that it contains offbeat humor and a dark atmosphere rolled into one. It plays out in six chapters and contains inventory-based puzzles with a point and click interface. There are over 30 non-player characters to talk with and many objects to find and use. There is background music and sound effects add to the realism. |
| Little Shop of Treasures | 2007 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Your goal in this game is to build up your own Little Shop of Treasures, but to finance this you must also work one-off shifts in various other shops and marketplaces. Wherever you are, the basic gameplay is the same; customers come in and request particular items, which you must find (in pictorial form) and click on for them to receive. In total there are 12 locations, with 1200 items between them.Each level has a total of 15 customers, with a minimum success target of 10 - any others are a bonus. A maximum of five customers are in the shop at a time, so new customers are constantly added to the display at the bottom until you've cleared 11. To discourage random click-and-hope play, the pointer is temporarily deactivated if you make 3 successive clicks on the wrong items.To help locate the items there is a 'Hint' feature, which shows the images of the objects in place of the names. You start with one on each level, but can activate more by finding the hidden ?s. |
| Lumen | 2007 | Masque Publishing, Inc. | RTS - Real Time Solutions | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Egypt (Ancient) | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Reflect the laser from the emitter to the receptor in each level. The player is armed with rotatable mirrors, and will need to work around obstacles in the level, including walls, reflective walls, destructible crates (which may need destroying before the receptor is available), constantly rotating mirrors, switches, teleporters, and more. There is a time limit for each level, and if the beam is reflected back to the emitter, it will overheat and destroy itself within several seconds. The game starts in Egypt, and moves on to Babylon and beyond. Over 110 puzzles are included. |
| Machines at War | 2007 | Isotope244 Graphics LLC | Isotope244 Graphics LLC | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Machines at War is a real time strategy game in a futuristic setting. The game only offers skirmish missions and doesn't feature either a campaign or a story.Maps in the game are randomly generated resulting in a unique map in each skirmish. Maps come in different styles such as rock, meadow, ice and desert. The game features over 40 different structures and units. Like other RTS games the game requires players to eliminate other players. Buildings produce units and allow the player to research technologies to improve units. Units can be moved over the map to attack enemy units and structures. Special units are required to gather resources which are required to build units and structures.In Machines at War all units leave track marks which allows players to track units back to the enemy base. Other tactical elements exist in bodies of water which can only be crossed by building bridges and forest which give units additional cover.Aside from buildings that produce units or allow for research there are also defensive structures such as walls, gates and turrets which can be used to further defend the base.Units include a variety of tanks, jeeps, trucks, jets, helicopters and VTOLs. |
| Magnetic Joe | 2007 | Most Wanted Entertainment Kft. | Most Wanted Entertainment Kft. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Magnetic Joe is a puzzle game in which the player must guide a magnetic ball by the name of Joe.The player cannot directly control Joe, but can activate various magnetic fields in the levels. The fields pull Joe in a certain direction. The aim for each level is to reach the exit.Levels features various hazards such as deadly spikes. When Joe touches a hazard it's game over and the player must restart the level.For each level the game records the high score. |
| Mah Jong Quest II | 2007 | GSP Software | iWin, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mah Jong Quest II is a mahjong solitaire puzzle game that follows the story of the hero Kwazi who, following a special thunderstorm, ends up split into two different characters: the male Kwazi White and the female Kwazi Black. Three game modes are available:
The Quest game mode contains 64 levels of increasing difficulty. Special tiles appear throughout the game, for instance ice cubes that melt when enough of their sides are exposed, or firecrackers that needs to be paired with a corresponding wall. Solving all levels will restore harmony in the world and allow Kwazi to be one again.
The Freeplay game mode offers hundreds of puzzles using 144 different layouts.
The Tournament game mode allows competing online against other players.
In any of the game modes, the goal is always to match identical tiles so they can be removed from the board. A level is won once the special tiles for Kwazi White and Kwazi Black have been uncovered and paired. A level is lost if there are no more available matches. |
| Mahjongg | 2007 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | TASK four | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Mahjongg is a one player version of the classic Chinese tile matching game.
The game contains ten different graphics sets and 200 different game fields. |
| Mahjongg Artifacts: Chapter 2 | 2007 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Shape Games Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Mahjongg Artifacts®: Chapter 2 is highly addictive tile-matching game that takes mahjong games in an exciting new direction! Pair up tiles to dismantle hundreds of layouts. Utilize a selection of ground-breaking powerups, earn trophies, and enjoy the game`s beautiful graphics and rich audio. There's more than enough tile-matching action in Mahjongg Artifacts® 2 to have fun for months!
• Epic Quest Mode
• Additional 99 levels in Classic Mode
• Thrilling Endless Mode
• Five Tile Sets
• Ground-breaking Powerups
• Gorgeous graphics and rich audio
Mahjongg Artifacts®: Chapter 2 © and TM 2009 G5 Entertainment AB, Shape Games Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. If you do not wish to accept all these terms, do not purchase or use this item. This item has been sublicensed to you by Sony Computer Entertainment America. One-time license fee for downloads to up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are associated with the purchasing account.
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| Marisa and Alice | 2007 | Desunoya | Desunoya | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Marisa and Alice (or MariAri) is a 2D doujin puzzle platform fangame as a parody of Mario & Wario and set in the Tōhō universe. The player musty guide Alice Margatroid to the goal, which is her friend Marisa Kirisame. The story tells how Patchouli put a curse on Alice, and now she can't see anything. The player uses Alice's doll Shanghai to platforms on and off and rotate Alice. The game has eight worlds, each with eight stages and a boss fight. |
| Match Three Mega Pack | 2007 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Match Three Mega Pack is a compilation of eleven tile matching games. A single install program puts all the games onto the player's machine, there's no option to install an individual game. Most, if not all, of the games have been released in Germany at some point and have been anglicised for this compilation. The games listed on the inlay are:
Secrets of the Aztecs 2 was released as Das Geheimnis der Azteken 2
Diamonds 2
Magic Jewels
Maya: Fight for Jewels was released under this name
Jewels of Persia was released under the title Der Schatz Persiens
Secrets of the Pyramids 2: This game has been released in Germany under the title Das Geheimnis der Pyramiden II
Jewels of Rome was released under the title Juwelen Roms
Treasures of Troy has been released under the title Glitzerndes Troja
The Treasure of Atlantis has an in-game title of Under The Sea: The Treasures Of Atlantis and was released as Under the Sea: Der Schatz von Atlantis
Viking Jewels was released in Germany under the title Der Beutezug der Wikinger
Inca Jewels 2 - This game is listed on the back panel of the keep case inlay but is NOT present on the disc, it has been replaced by a similar game called 'Pirate Jewels' which was also released in Germany under the title Pirate Jewels
All the games have the same structure, the same configuration options, play in a window or full screen, can be a timed or 'relaxed' game, have the same but differently themed power-ups, tiles and artwork. Each game consists of a number of levels each of which is a separate puzzle. The game screen is a themed picture over which the game area is placed. This area is covered with tiles showing pictures appropriate to the title however some cells within the game area are coloured, the object of each puzzle is to match tiles that occupy these cells thus making them 'normal', when all cells have been normalised the level is cleared and the next one is made available. Each of the eleven games has power-ups, some clear adjacent cells, some clear whole rows or columns while others clear a large part of the game area, these are the same in each game but have different names thus 'The Eyes Of Ra' in 'Secrets Of The Pyramids' may equate to 'Crossed Fireworks' in 'Jewels Of Persia' or a shark in =Treasures Of Altantis'. As the player progresses the levels become harder, some of the cells to be made normal are guarded or locked by a magic spell and cannot be moved until the player has included them in a tile match.
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| Mia's Big Adventure Collection: The Bugaboo Bugs | 2007 | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Educational | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Bugaboo Bugs inadvertently entered Mia’s house. The Big Feet warns everyone to get out, but not for Mia the Mouse. She will need to find a way to solve the problem! The game features reading skills for ages 5 to 9. The game also uses a side-scrolling and mouse-controlled interactivity to guide Mia through the adventure. The game's 12 educational activities teach associating images to words, adverbs, phonics, rhymes, spelling, sentence structure, vocabulary, reading comprehension, word recognition etc. |
| Might and Magic: Heroes V - Epic Collection | 2007 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Heroes of Might and Magic V (base game)
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate (expansion)
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East (expansion) |
| Mindscape's Brain Trainer | 2007 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Mindscape (UK) Limited, Oak Systems Leisure Software Ltd | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mindscape's Brain Trainer is a series of puzzles and mental problems designed to keep the 'little grey cells' active. Allegedly 'Experts agree that spending 10 to 15 minutes a day on a brain training workout using simple exercises and puzzles can improve the skills needed to achieve greater success academically and in everyday life'.
All puzzles are timed and most involve dragging words, symbols or shapes into position with the mouse, there is no typing.
There is a practice section where the player can try out all the puzzles but in the daily tests the player only plays one test from each category and it is the program which decides which. All games/tests are timed and scored and the scores are recorded and compared with previous scores. If a question stumps a player then there is the PASS button so that they can progress, naturally though using this does decrease the players final score. The puzzles start out quite simply but get harder as the player progresses.In this product there are five categories, each with three puzzles. They are:
Verbal: which contains:Anagrams - here the player is shown a series of anagrams which they have to decode, when played for the purposes of describing the game all the anagrams were US States
A Spelling Test: The player is shown three words and must select the one with the correct spelling
A Word Search: The player has to find ten target words in a 10x10 grid
Numerical: Which contains:
Mental Arithmetic: These are multiple choice sums which can be as simple as "2 x 2 = 2 ?", the player has to click to select the correct answer from a choice of four
Number Crunch: The player is presented with a simple sum e.g. "3 ? 8 ? 5 = 6" and they must place the supplied mathematical symbols, in this case a '+' and a '-' in the right place to make the sum work
Number Sequence: Presented with a sequence containing a gap the player again has to click to select the correct answer from a choice of four
Spatial: Which contains:
A Four Color puzzle in which a geometric pattern must be completed in just four colours with no colour touching itself
Colour Matching: presented with a set of squares containing the same geometric design but coloured differently the player must pick the matching pair
Fold The Cube: Given a series of cubes and a 'flattened' cube layout the player selects the cube that would be produced by assembling it
Memory: Which contains:
Follow the Leader which is a kind of 'Simon Says' puzzle
Matching Pairs is a Concentration like game where the player is given ten seconds to look at a set of symbols which are then hidden, the object being to match the pairs as fast as possible with the fewest errors
Memory Grid: After seeing an arrangement of tiles in a grid for a short while the player must reconstruct it
Logic: Which contains:
Color Tiles where the player must arrange six multicoloured tiles in a grid so that wherever one tile borders another both borders are of the same colour
Connexagon: presented with wheels comprising hexagons of different colours the player must rotate the wheels and swap tiles so that each wheel is comprised of tiles of a single colour
Sudoku: Not the full 0-9 version but a smaller game where players must put numbers into a grid according to standard Sudoku rules. At it's lowest level the puzzle only uses the numbers 1-4
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| Mountainboard Stunt Racing | 2007 | astragon Software GmbH | | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | In Mountainboard Stunt Racing the player participates in illegal skateboard races. The nine courses are basically sloping mountains with many obstacles and ramps on the way. The player gains speed and respect points by making successful stunts. Various bonus items on the way help the player, e.g. weapons to shoot the up to seven opponents. The player creates his own character and dress him with unlockable clothes. There are several playing modes like races, freestyle or slalom. |
| My Doll | 2007 | Idigicon Limited | | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | My Doll is a short game aimed at children. It was released as a game in its own right and was also included in Idigicon's compilation 5 Games For Girls.This is a very short game. It consists of a young girl standing in front of a house. The player clicks on the various windows of the house to trigger mini-games. These games are such as dressing up, making a meal etc. The game has music and is played entirely with the mouse. There is no save game option. |
| My Farm | 2007 | BiP Media, SARL | BiP Media, SARL | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Uncle Bob left an inheritance of a small farm consisting of a single hen and one hundred pennies. Now it is up to the player to make use of this inheritance and expand the farm. Fortunately, the neighbor Old Farmer Jack will help the player in understanding the ropes inf managing the farm.My Farm is an livestock raising simulation game. The player using the starting resources must expand the farm by obtaining more money by buying livestock, raising and fattening them, and eventually re-selling them or sell their produce at the shopkeeper or Penny Fair. The farm allows a maximum of twenty livestock, which may consist of hens, ducks, turkey, pigs, sheep, and cows. Each livestock has happiness and food indicator bars which when possible, should be kept at a maximum of 100% by regularly feeding and cleaning them.The player may also opt to expand the farm by purchasing additional installments which will allow more livestock types to be kept without them running away. Fulfilling certain requirements may also unlock additional bonuses such as a rooster, a sheepdog, a tractor, and a windmill (see manual for further details). The game may be increased in speed to hasten the day/night cycle, allowing the process of produce and fattening to occur almost instantly. The game does not have specific target goals. The game does however end if the player only has one livestock left which dies either due to starvation or sadness. |
| Mythic Pearls: The Legend of Tirnanog | 2007 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Suricate Software | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mythic Pearls is a color-matching game like Zuma and similar titles, where the player must match three or more pearls of the same color. A crossbow cannon can be directed with the mouse to shoot pearls at a string of them. They slowly revolve around the screen towards a hole. If a number of pearls enter the hole, the player loses a life.The pearl loaded on the cannon can be changed by right-clicking with the mouse. Coins and artifacts on the field can be collected to score more points and complete the levels faster. Some levels have hammers that can destroy pearls directly.Some pearls activate special powers when matched. A freeze pearl stops the movement for a few seconds. Some pearls explode taking surrounding pearls with them. The reverse pearl rolls back the string, eliminating the first seven pearls. The fireball destroys anything in its path. The chroma pearl acts as a wildcard, and can be matched with any pearl. |
| Nancy Drew: Coffret 3 Enquêtes | 2007 | Micro Application, S.A. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure, Compilation | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Nancy Drew : Coffret 3 Enquêtes is a compilation of three Nancy Drew games :Curse of Blackmoor Manor (Mystery #11)
Secret of the Old Clock (Mystery #12)
Nancy Drew: Danger by Design (Mystery #14) |
| Nanny Mania | 2007 | Gogii Games Corp. | ToyboxGames Inc. | Action, Strategy | | | | Time management | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | In this time-management game, you are the new nanny for the mayor's family. Starting with 2 parents and a baby, between each set of levels, family members get older, and new ones are added. In each level, you enter the house, and take care of all the things that have piled up, and the messes that appear during the day. Tasks range from tidying the couch, to feeding the baby, to doing laundry, to anything else that needs doing. Some tasks consist of more than one step. For example, doing laundry consists of taking dirty clothes to the washing machine, then the dryer, then the dresser. Each step takes time, but you can work on different areas around the house while waiting for some steps to get done. There's also a coffee maker in the kitchen, which increases your speed for a while. |
| Need for Speed: Collector's Series | 2007 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:Need for Speed Underground
Need for Speed Underground 2
Need for Speed: Most Wanted |
| Operation: Pedopriest | 2007 | Molleindustria | Molleindustria | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | A simulator of an off-putting subject matter, the goal of this game is for the player to stifle media outrage at the Catholic Church for harbouring known pedophiles among its clergy. The game presents several Church-run premises in a cut-away side-view, populated by innocent children, potentially-criminal priests, and credible adult witnesses. Through pointing and clicking, the player directly controls the movements of Church enforcers dressed in crimson robes, intimidating adult witnesses to the sexual abuse of children before they can make it to a telephone to report to the authorities, or failing that distracting the resultant policemen while unspeakable acts go on under their nose. In a case of last resort the player also has a limited amount of literal "Deus ex Machina"s to play, removing red-handed guilty priests from play to exile in the Vatican without counting against the player's score. |
| Oxyd Extra | 2007 | Dongleware Verlags GmbH | Dongleware Verlags GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | The gameplay is very simple: you control a small black ball with your mouse, you have to bounce it against blocks which display a symbol. Now you have to find the matching symbol. The game can be seen as a mixture of Marble Madness and good old Memory. The levels get more and more complex later.The 2007 Windows release was released through the combined efforts of Dongleware, Mad Data and the programmer Jens Duttke. An updated release, it adds 10 new single player landscapes and 20 two-player landscapes to the game. |
| Parhedros: The Tunnels of Sethir | 2007 | Laurion Studio | Laurion Studio | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | Adult | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Direct control | Turn-based | | | Windows | Parhedros is a fantasy RPG where the player assumes the role of a Fey. The gameplay is focused on dungeon crawling and features turn-based combat, a complex magic system, and interactive dialogues with a variety of NPCs. The setting is inspired by various real-world mythologies.The game contains some adult content in the shape of nude character models. |
| Paris Chase | 2007 | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Europe | | | | | | Windows | Paris Chase is a racing game situated in Paris. The player takes on the role of an illegal street racer called Ray. In a short single player campaign Ray will Duke it out against his nemesis MagnusX who once got him into prison. Aside from the single player campaign it is also possible to race on-line over the Internet.There are multiple race types available: drag, drifting, path finding, battle and circuit. In path finding players are free to find their own quickest route through the streets of Paris. |
| Paws & Claws: Best Friends - Dogs & Cats | 2007 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Best Friends – Cats & Dogs: Can this be real?
Sure, because this is a pet care game where puppies and kittens can be taken care of and be given a little training as well. If the pet is given optimal food, grooming and heaps of love it will perform well in both agility and beauty competitions.
Winning these, the owner will be able to buy even better pet care products for the loved one. Everything – health, looks, mood and performance of the animal – depends on the interaction between player and animal.
Detailed and realistic animations of the cute Huskies, Dalmatians, Retrievers, Maine Coons, Siams and European house cats provide extra fun and motivation. |
| Pentari: The Apprentice | 2007 | Malinche Entertainment | | Adventure | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Fantasy | | Text parser | | | | Windows | Pentari: The Apprentice is a pure text adventure game set in the Pentari universe. You are an apprentice wizard in the process of having your abilities tested by your master, Grandmaster Rilan. Suddenly, your final exam is interrupted by an evil wizard who kidnaps Rilan. You need to learn how to use your magic powers to get him back. |
| Phantomasa: Redux | 2007 | Horrorosoft | Horrorosoft | Action, Puzzle | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Phantomasa: Redux is an unofficial modern take on the 1993 game Phantomasa made for the 2007 CEZ remakes competition. The player controls the female android Phantomasa as she infiltrates the home of Phantomas. The game consists of several single-screen rooms where a lever needs to be reached to complete the level. Visually the game sports a much more modern look, but the levels are also reworked with entirely new designs.The core mechanics are still present. Phantomasa needs to carefully navigate a platform environment with moving parts and blocks she can move by jumping into them. These moving blocks often need to be in an exact position to create the perfect platform sequence to reach the lever. It is possible to get stuck, not being able to move the platforms, and then the level needs to be restarted. There are also many enemies and these drain the character's health meter when colliding. The platform is made more difficult as a straight upwards jump is not possible, Phantomasa will always jump in a slight curve in the direction she is facing, even when standing still.After the initial set of levels there is a second set where time pressure is added because acid drops down from the ceiling, slowly filling up the room. A password is provide after each level to be entered in the main menu to continue playing. Five lives are provided. |
| Pippi Långstrump | 2007 | Gammafon Multimedia AB | Bajoum Interactive AB, Gammafon Multimedia AB | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pippi Långstrump consists of both an audio book and a game based on Astrid Lindgren's famous children book character. The game starts at Pippi's home Villa Villekulla where the player has to move Pippi around the screen to get away from two police offers who are out to take her to an orphanage.Once the player has managed to escape three other mini-games can be accessed by clicking on the scene. In the kitchen there is a balance game where the player moves the mouse left and right and has to avoid falling. In the school there are two educational games, one with counting and one with spelling. In the first one the player has to count the number of fingers Pippi holds up and has to enter the right one while in the second the player has to correctly spell the words that appear on the black board. Finally there is the Kurrekurredutt island where the natives need help with the sharks that attack them when fishing pearls. The player has to throw coconuts at the sharks in an attempt to stop them. |
| Pony Luv | 2007 | EMME Deutschland GmbH | Lost Sock Games | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Pony Luv puts you in charge of taking care of a pony. Select a pony from 8 different breeds, feed it, care for it and train it. If you train it regularly, it can learn tricks and you can send it to competitions. Buy grooming articles, feed, toys and other equipment for your pony. |
| Pony World | 2007 | Play.com.pl | Anawiki Games | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Pony World is a game for children that comes from Poland. It was included in Idigicon's compilation 5 Games For Girls.This game is not the typical pony game where the player feeds, grooms and trains a pony to race or jump fences. This is more of a management game like 'The Sims' than a horse training simulation. There are five scenarios to be played here. (It helps when reading the following to know that ponyleons are the game's equivalent of cash)
The first scenario is the tutorial. It is short but it is also open ended
Single: Here the player takes on Kevin, a pony who lives on his own. The task is to help Kevin find a lady friend and to do this the player must explore locations so that Kevin can meet other ponies while developing Kevin's home and career.
Millionaires: Two ponies want to make a lot of ponyleons by building up their farm.
Single Lady: Kate wants to live on a farm with her lifetime partner. Problem is she has not found him yet.
Baby: James and Lily have just got married and want a little pony of their own, a pony who will become the future racing champion. Each scenario starts with one or more ponies. These ponies must be fed and watered, to do this the player either grows their own food which can be stored and eaten or sold for ponyleons. Additional income can be earned by getting a job, these are advertised in the local paper each day or by winning mini-games such as quizzes or races. With their ponyleons the ponies can upgrade their stable, buy new equipment such as a shower or grooming room, or toys, or food. Buildings can also be upgraded and additional carrot and cabbage fields can be purchased. Ponies can also use their ponyleons to go out to the theatre or other venue, a list of current activities is advertised in the local paper too.The ponies have their needs and these are shown by on-screen status bars and a more detailed view of their life is shown on a statistics screen. |
| Postal Unlimited | 2007 | Akella | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Postal Unlimited is a compilation of several games in Postal series by RWS. It includes:
Postal Plus
Postal²: Share the Pain
Postal²: Apocalypse Weekend
Several fan-made maps
New skin for female NPC.
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| Premier Manager 08 | 2007 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Sports | Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Premier Manager 08 is a soccer manager where the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his team. Similarly to other games of the sort, there are a lot of details to take care of, e.g. searching for sponsors, stadium expansion, player transfers, lineup and tactics. But, as usual for English soccer managers, the emphasis is on the athletic aspect.The player character earns experience depending on his successes and unlocks new abilities with it, like constructing a certain building. The same goes for the staff members. The second innovation is a new bar where the player has quick access to his staff members who keep him up to date - this replaces the usual news systems. The matches themselves use an abstract presentation: the soccer field is shown in a top-down, tactical perspective and the player movements are shown with blue and yellow balls. The game features about 400 teams in six leagues. |
| Prof. Brain's Link! | 2007 | Green Pepper | Bitfield GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Prof. Brain's Link! is a very simple jigsaw puzzle game. The goal is to reassemble a rectangle that has been broken into several very irregular pieces. Pieces can be dragged-and-dropped with the mouse. When two matching pieces are put together they stay connected permanently and can be moved as one piece from that point on. In addition to the 100 regular levels there is a Versus Time Mode where players try to solve as many puzzles as possible before the time runs out, and a Multiplayer Mode where up to three players take turns solving the same puzzle. |
| Qlione | 2007 | Shindenken | Shindenken | Action | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Qlione is a colourful and fast-paced game where the player controls an amoeba in an abstract environment with an electronic, pumping soundtrack. Rather than a pure shooter it heavily focuses on movement, timing and adapting to enemy patterns to survive large waves of enemies. Set in an arena-like environment with a small amount of scrolling, the amoeba can be moved anywhere. The player juggles two commands as a means of attack: an explosion and a vacuum. An explosion acts as a trap with a bomb that explodes over time, while vacuum sucks in enemies for a short while. There are also boss fights that require a new approach as bosses are much larger and fire bullet patterns. |
| RPG Game Pack | 2007 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | RPG Game Pack is a compilation of two role-playing games in one package:
Gothic 3
Dungeon Lords
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| Racerpack | 2007 | uWish Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Racerpack is a compilation of four racing games:
Autobahn
Grand Prix Evolution
Midnight Racing
Speed Thief |
| Rad-Challenge 07 | 2007 | | Greentube I.E.S. AG | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Bike / Bicycling | | | | | Windows | Rad-Challenge 07 is a freeware mountain bike game presented by the German TV channel Pro Sieben. In this game you can ride on (in July 2007) two tracks of the real mountain bike world championship: the Austrian Heiligenblut and the Scottish Fort William downhill. The game offers three different game modes: training, qualification and a contest. In fact in all three modes you do the same: you ride down the hill, try to avoid rocks or fences and try to improve your time. For the qualification and the contest you need to have an internet connection and have to register yourself. In every race you are riding against a ghost, which is always the one who is one place above you in the online ranking. If you need less than three minutes and ten seconds you are qualified for the contest which takes place between set dates. Afterwards the times of the contests are added and an overall ranking is created. The first two of the ranking win real bikes. |
| Rainbow Six: Collector Edition | 2007 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Limited to 3000 copies, this Rainbow Six collection comes in a metal tin box, and includes the following:
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Gold Pack Edition
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Platinum Pack
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Gold Edition
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown
Rainbow Six long sleeve T-shirt
Rainbow Six camouflage belt
Rainbow Six embroidered cap
Rainbow Six messenger bag
Rainbow Six Vegas mouse pad |
| Rainforest Cascade | 2007 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Saving the rainforest involves tile-matching in this arcade puzzler. A matrix of tiles in various forms is presented; swap adjacent tiles to create rows or columns of 3 or more, and these will be removed. The areas under them will be turned into gold; turn the entire level to gold (by creating matches over every square, including the corners) to complete it and receive a bonus for any remaining time. Matches cause all tiles above those removed to drop down, with new tiles added in their places at the top. This can create chain-reaction combos of new lines, which are also removed and scored. You also have the use of Suns, which can remove a particular square and make it gold - with a fresh compliment of six after every five levels.There are locked tiles which must be removed by a match before they can be moved - these open up new spaces below them - and cobwebs which are turned into blocks when a match is made over them.Bonus tiles also exist, which are activated by making matches with them. Some remove the entire row, column or both, or a square of blocks around the tile. Others remove all tiles of that colour, or stop the clock for 15 seconds. Every five levels there is a bonus level - open five tiles at random for bonuses such as points and suns. |
| Reach | 2007 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | official game website (from Ad Blurbs)Reach for the top of the rankings in a bold new era of boxing! The "Boxing Entertainment Commission" has shunned mundane sport in favour of exciting action - and you're cordially invited to join the fun. Create your own prize fighter from scratch and immerse yourself in gaming's most involving boxing universe - featuring up to 100 characters spread across 3 weight classes. Here, what happens in the ring is merely the first round - as you proceed backstage to manage your business affairs and plot your next career move! Negotiate lucrative contracts with the suits and then arrange matches with the talent - filling up your weekly schedule with spectacular pay-per-view bouts and history-making tournaments. Along the way, you'll transform your body to survive in the ring and adjust your attitude to survive backstage. With so many balls in the air, the only question is will your Reach exceed your grasp? |
| Reaxxion | 2007 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Hot Lava Games | Action | Side view | | | Paddle / Pong | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Reaxxion is a Breakout variant with a twist. While it asks you to destroy all blocks on a level, using a paddle and ball, the ball in question is liquid, as is the paddle. As blocks are destroyed, drops of metal rain down, to be absorbed by the paddle, causing it to grow. The player can release this metal at any time, shrinking the paddle and adding a ball to the field, or absorb balls back into the paddle. The player can even vary the amount of metal used to create a ball, from small balls which don't shrink the paddle as much, to large balls that are more destructive. All levels feature a Reaxxion chamber, which holds all balls sent to it, until the chamber is full, at which point, it super-charges them and returns them to the level. Also in each level is a power-up distributor. The nine power-ups include a force field, magnetic ball, and a spike ball.Reaxxion has over 200 levels, featuring moving and rotating elements, as well as a level designer. Every tenth level is a boss fight; these feature another paddle at the top of the level. Whoever has the ball get past them first has to provide the material for the next ball, shrinking their paddle. The first one to run out of metal loses. |
| Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens | 2007 | dtp Vertrieb und Marketing GmbH | City Interactive S.A. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens could be describes as Moorhuhn with a twist: the player is not stationary but has the ability to actually walk through the levels. The story: harmless looking chicken want to conquer the world and the player needs to foil their plan. The basic gameplay is still the same as in the original: the player has a limited time frame and four weapons to his disposal and tries to score as much points as possible. To do this he shoots the chicken which walk through the levels. There are also several bonus items which can be shot for extra points or gameplay advantages, e.g. point multipliers or slow motion. The game features seven levels with different scenarios, e.g. a farm or a graveyard, and gimmicks, e.g. ghost chickens which can't be seen without a flashlight. |
| Resident Evil 4 (Podarochnoe izdanie) | 2007 | ND Games | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition release includes:
Resident Evil 4 game
5 stickers (2 of Leon, 1 of Leon & Ashley, 1 of Ada and 1 of chainsaw villager)
A keychain (in a shape of number 4 from the title)
A poster featuring Leon S. Kennedy and Ada Wong
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| Resident Evil 4 (Specialnoe Izdanie) | 2007 | ND Games | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition release includes:
Resident Evil 4 game
5 stickers (2 of Leon, 1 of Leon & Ashley, 1 of Ada and 1 of chainsaw villager)
A keychain (in a shape of number 4 from the title)
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| Rockman 7 | 2007 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Rockman 7, more colloquially known as Rockman 7 FamiCom, is an unofficial, loose remake of the Rockman 7 for the Super Famicom. The remake was created due to some fans' dissatisfaction with the original Rockman 7's updated art style leading to gameplay that felt slower and clunkier compared to the series's previous installments. Its ultimate objective was to create a version of Rockman 7 that could be played on an actual Famicom, and this led to several features in the original Rockman 7 being cut, including the intro stage, the Robot Museum after defeating four Robot Masters, the shop, and the Rush Search utility. The player is also able to select any of the game's eight Robot Masters from the beginning.Players control Rockman through a set of nine worlds, each with their own themes and end boss. The included bosses are Spring Man, Freeze Man, Slash Man, Cloud Man, Junk Man, Turbo Man, Burst Man, Shade Man and, of course, Dr. Wily. Game mechanics are true to the series, with jumping, sliding, shooting, and charging for more powerful shots. Players can call the robotic dog Rush Coil to jump to higher areas. Level progression is stored through passwords. |
| Rolf Kaukas Fix & Foxi: Plot's 3 | 2007 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Plot's 3 is an update to Magnussoft's previous puzzle game Plots! 2.You will now be in control of a Fix and Foxi character. The game operates in the same way as Plots! 2, with attempting to match tiles to clear a level. If you use your tiles poorly you'll have to start over, this will cost you a life, when you've done this three times the game ends.The two player mode remains the same as well.The biggest difference is that the visuals have seen a great deal of change. Your Character is three dimensional and your tiles seem to have a little depth to them as well. Stages and backgrounds also look in Fix and Foxi universe. |
| Roller Coaster Mania | 2007 | IncaGold plc | | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Roller Coaster Mania is a single player, mouse controlled game in which the player builds and rides roller coasters.Navigation through the game is mouse controlled and is greatly simplified. The main menu, for example has just three icons, build a roller coaster; ride a pre-made roller coaster; and exit to windows. The build screen is equally simple with three panels in which the player chooses one of the five locations, one of the three styles of coaster each of which has four styles of carriage .When building a coaster the player selects a track section from the menu and places it onto the active end of the build with the mouse. The game automatically adjusts the pieces of track available depending on the piece that was previously laid and the terrain. Sometimes the player will find that the game offers no track pieces at all, this is usually because the track is about to go through landscape, another section of track, or because the terrain makes it impossible to position the track supports.
Once a circuit is complete a menu pops up with the options to save the track, test it and to ride it.
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| Rotlicht Tycoon 2 | 2007 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Zone 2 Media GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | In Rotlicht Tycoon 2 the player manages a brothel with the goal to make as much money as possible. The game basically offers the same options as its predecessor. Firstly the player has to furnish his building by dividing the space into rooms and buying the needed equipment, e.g. water beds or torture instruments for "special needs". The next step is hiring the employees: bartenders, bouncers and cleaning staff. Of course the most important workers are the prostitutes which differ in look, origin, age, breast size and expertise. These women can either receive a steady salary or commissions depending on their performance. Of course they get unhappy and quit if they receive not enough money. Every customer has different expectations too.
After assigning the employees with the shift plan and marketing the business with commercials the player has to re-order used items, e.g. drinks for the bar or hygiene articles. A new source of income are cabins where customers can watch pornographic movies.The player spends most of his time in the isometric view where he watches over the business flow, e.g incoming customers - the unavoidable erotic scenes are censored. There is no free playing mode but ten missions with a predefined scenario, e.g. a farm or an old firehouse, and winning conditions, e.g. reaching a certain revenue. |
| S4 League | 2007 | Neowiz Games Corporation | Pentavision Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | S4 League is a third-person shooter MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game. The four „S” from the title stand for: Style, eSper, Shooting and Sports. The game is a combination between a shooter and a sports simulator, with 3D anime graphics and techno soundtrack. The game has no background story. Players just connect to a virtual world where they have to prove their skills while advancing through all the 100 levels (Beginner, Rookie, Super Rookie, Semi Pro, Pro, S1, S2, S3, S4 - Master), based on the amount of experience points they have gathered after each game played. The player can create up to three characters of either gender. Before players can start a game, the character must have equipped at least one weapon and one skill. Players can choose between close-range, mid-range, long-range (sniping), mental, throwing, and support weapons. Players can also choose between active or passive Skills.Costumes, items, weapons and skills can be bought from the game shop with PEN or AP. PEN is virtual money, earned by playing matches, while AP is earned by paying real money (multiple methods, from credit cards to mobile text messages, specific to each country). Costumes, items, weapons and skills can be permanent or rented (hour-based or day-based). Permanent stuff needs repairs after each use, rented stuff doesn't. Day-based items follow the real life time, while hour-based items count only when playing.After players create and equip their characters with items purchased from the shop, they are ready to join a server based on country/language, and then join a room based on Game Mode.
A room can have maximum 12 players connected: 6 players in Alpha Team and 6 players in Beta Team.There are various modes in the game:
In Touchdown Mode , the most played game mode, players must take a yellow, bouncing ball called "fumbi", run with it to the other side of the map and put it in the red goalpost. Fumbi can be carried by multiple teammates along the way. In Deathmatch Mode, players must kill each other in order to take their team to victory before the time ends. In Chaser, a virus takes control over a player who gets overpowered and who must kill the other players in the time left.In Captain Mode, all players have crowns over their heads which gives them a large amount of hit points. Each team must eliminate all the enemies with crowns in order to win or at least have more teammates with crowns alive when the time runs out.In Battle Royal, players must kill each other (no teams here). The player with the highest score is marked as a target (targets change all the time in a BR match). In Arcade Mode, players follow a story of the game where they must kill the virtual bots and finish all the given missions, structured in chapters.Players can also join Clans and play Clan Matches. |
| SUiCA32 | 2007 | D.N.A.Softwares | D.N.A.Softwares | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | SUiCA32 is a 2D single screen bullet hell/danmaku top down shooter, based on Touhou. The player controls Reimu Hakurei, a shrine maiden from Gensokyo, who now fights against Suika Ibuki (technically, many Suikas), a powerful Oni. The gameplay is very simple - the player moves the character on screen, avoids many bullets and shoots enemies - Reimu has many various patterns of bullets to use. The game hasn't got a real ending - the player can just play it until he loses. |
| Sam & Max: Hit the Road | 2007 | Activision Deutschland GmbH | LucasArts | Adventure | Side view | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Mini-games, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Sam and Max - a canine shamus and a hyperkinetic rabbit - are the freelance police: private investigators who receive missions from and are answerable to "The Commissioner". Upon the completion of a rescue mission from the clutches of a mad scientist, the duo drives through the opening credits and immediately receives a new assignment: Bruno the Bigfoot is missing from the circus and seems to have kidnapped Trixie, the Giraffe-Neck Girl. Sam and Max are on the case and will follow the mystery all across the United States, even if it takes them to such locations as The World's Largest Ball of Twine and The Mount Rushmore Dinosaur Tarpit.Sam & Max Hit the Road is a puzzle-solving point-and-click adventure game. The player directly controls Sam, though Max will usually follow closely behind and is even available to use directly as an item in the inventory. Sam is able to be directed anywhere on the screen, look at objects, try to use objects, try to speak to objects and use items from his inventory on objects. Sam and Max must unravel the mystery piece by piece in order to unlock new locations on their map. They can travel between these locations at any time by using the car keys on their police car. During conversation, the player is able to make Sam ask questions of persons, speak non-sequitur exclamations, or ask about specific objects, people, and locations (which are also unlocked as clues are discovered). The verb interface from previous LucasArts adventure games has been modified to icon-based commands, allowing the entire screen to be used for the playing area, similarly to Sierra titles.The game also features a variety of mini-games, which can be accessed at any time once found. These include Highway-Surfing: a game where the player must jump over exit signs on the interstate, Car Bomb: a variant of Battleship, a Sam & Max coloring book, a Sam & Max dress-up game, and a Whac-a-Mole variant entitled Wak-A-Rat. The CD version of the game includes voice-overs for all the conversations. |
| Scavenger | 2007 | PiEyeGames | PiEyeGames | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Scavenger is a sci-fi top-down action game.In the game the player takes control of a small spacecraft with the goal of collecting colored gems. The player has to navigate the spaceship through a large network of corridors. Al the while the player will be attacked by enemies which need to be shot down. To enter the next level the player needs to find both a key and the exit. There are more than 80 levels included with the game.The game features six different difficulty levels which allow the player to play with gravity, limited fuel and lives as well as the lighting of the levels. The spaceship can be upgraded when it comes to weaponry and shields. |
| Senet | 2007 | | | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Senet is a race game, like Backgammon or Sorry. The object is to move all of your pawns off the board before your opponent does. You roll a single die to decide how far you can move one of your pawns during your turn. If you land on your opponent's pawn, you switch places with them, unless your opponent has two or more pawns in a row.There are also special squares marked on the board with hieroglyphics, that can either help or hinder you. Some trap you, requiring that you roll a certain number to get out of them. Another protects you from your opponent. The worst one sends your pawn back several squares. |
| Sexy Belote | 2007 | Uplay-Istrip | Uplay-Istrip | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Sexy Belote is a Belote card game. It is played in two teams of two persons (you and a male player vs. two female opponents). To win one round your team need to reach 250 points before the other team does. If your team wins a round, the player can choose which one of the girls has to take off a piece of clothing. |
| Shellblast | 2007 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The puzzle title Shellblast is a sequel to the Acidbomb games by the same developer. In the Classic Mode, the player needs to neutralize terrorist threats by disarming bombs through a puzzle game. After a tutorial, various levels with threats can be selected on a map. The bomb is shown on a grid with different tiles that can contain pieces of the bomb or empty duds. Through logical deduction, the player needs to figure out the essential tiles and mark them accordingly. This is done by moving SDUs (horizontal and vertical beams, with variations in later levels) over the grid. For the highlighted area, the number of detected pistons (vital pieces) is shown. The total amount of pieces for the bomb is also made clear. By comparing the detected pieces over different highlighted sections, certain tiles can be marked as pistons, as harmless or with a question mark when unsure. The bomb needs to be defused before time runs out.The grid also contain blockers for the SDUs and chaff grenades are provided to reveal a specific tile. Later levels add additional difficulties through noise frequency bombs that hide the number of bomb pieces or biological bombs that force the player to remember the duds as marking them deducts time.The Free Play mode offers more challenges and options, and new ones are unlocked when completing the Classic Mode. By default, Free Play contains:
Simulation Chamber: play quick games by determining a number of level settings such as the amount of pistons and chaff grenades, the bomb type, the background and foreground, and the time limit.
Endurance Mode: the player needs to make his way through a huge split bomb with different quadrants. The amount of pistons is increased with each solved part.
Blast Editor: design custom grids, play them, or share them with other users.
Shell-Drop: a game mode with different stages where multiple bombs need to be defused and points are awarded based on the performance. In this mode the player has three lives and earns chaff grenades by completing stages.
Puzzled: use a limited amount of SDUs to solve a puzzle with an infinite amount of time.
Nuke: team up with an AI-controlled agent who helps solves the puzzles by performing certain moves. While playing, the character talks and sometimes asks to revert a decision. |
| Ship Simulator 2006 Professional | 2007 | VSTEP B.V. | VSTEP B.V. | Compilation, Simulation, Special edition | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Ship Simulator 2006 Professional is a high-priced bundle that incorporates both Ship Simulator 2006 and The Official Ship Simulator 2006 Add-On. The most important change is that this version supports standard navigation equipment and software. That way, it can be used by Nautical colleges, Salespeople of navigation equipment and simulation players who want a more realistic experience.GGA, ZDA and RMC are supported for GPS, HDT for the compass, VDM Messages for AIS and WPL for waypoints. Waypoints can be exported in the GPX format. That way, players can use the game to send out the position and the speed of the ship, the position and speed of non-player ships and the export of waypoints. The instruments can be connected through a serial port. The computer can also be linked to another system to output the charting software through a nullmodem cable, or simply through an additional monitor through a secondary VGA output. The game contains a serial port software emulator that eliminates the need for a second pc.The package also includes the NMEA 0183 interface, navigation charts of the New York harbour, the demo of Stentec WinGPS pro and a trial of Rose Point Coastal Explorer 1.1. |
| Silent Hunter III: Gold Edition | 2007 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Silent Hunter III (Gold Edition) is a compilation which bundles Silent Hunter III and the two unofficial add-ons SeaWolves and U-Boat: Battle in the Mediterranean. |
| Silver Collection Double Pack: Fantasy Pack | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Silver Collection Double Pack: Fantasy Pack is a compilation of two games:
Dark Angael
Warrior Kings: Battles |
| Silver Collection Double Pack: Fun Pack | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Silver Collection Double Pack: Fun Pack is a two game compilation from Grabit comprising:
Ghost Master
Super Puzzle which is a re-titled issue of Üz 3.0
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| Silver Collection Double Pack: Soccer Pack | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Silver Collection Double Pack: Soccer Pack is a compilation of two football games:
Football Generation
Kick'n'Rush 2006 renamed 'Football Fever' in this compilation.
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| Silver Collection Double Pack: Sport 2 Pack | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Silver Collection Double Pack: Sport 2 Pack is a compilation of two sports games
Actua Soccer 3
Snooker 147
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| Silver Collection: Challenge Pack | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Silver Collection Double Pack: Challenge Pack is a compilation of two sports games;
Actua Golf 2
Pro Backgammon which is a re-titled re-issue of David's BackGammon from 2003
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| Silver Collection: Kids Vol 1 Pack | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Silver Collection: Kids Vol 1 Pack is a three game compilation from Grabit comprising;
Fruit Fall
Bust-A-Move 3
Sheep
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| Silver Collection: Mad Pack | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Silver Collection: Mad Pack is a compilation of three racing games from Grabit, they are:
London Racer: Destruction Madness
London Racer: Police Madness
White Van Racer |
| Skateboard Park Tycoon 2003 / Snowboard Park Tycoon | 2007 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A compilation of the games Skateboard Park Tycoon World Tour 2003 and Snowboard Park Tycoon. |
| Slither Link Deluxe | 2007 | S.A.D. Software Vertriebs- und Produktions GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hitori Deluxe is a translation of three logic games normally played with a pen and paper:The eponymous Slither Link (also known as Suriza) is played on a rectangular field divided into squares. The goal is to draw a continuous and not overlapping line. In some squares are numbers which tell how many sides of the square need to be used for the line.
Sudoku is played with nine squares which are arranges in a 3x3 formation. Every square is also divided into nine grids. The program fills numbers into some grids and the player has to add the rest. In every square, vertical row and horizontal row every number of 1-9 has to be there exactly one time.
Kakuro is similar to a crossword puzzle but instead of letters the player has to put numbers into the grids. The numbers have to result in a certain number when added up. Another restriction is that every digit can't be used more than once in a calculation.The game features a print function, help functions and different difficulty settings. It is played exclusively with the mouse; when clicking on a field the player needs to choose the number from a pop up menu. |
| Snowy Adventures | 2007 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Snowy Adventures is a collection of games starring Snowy the Bear. The included titles are:
Snowy: Fish Frenzy
Snowy: Treasure Hunter
Snowy: Treasure Hunter 2
Snowy: Lunch Rush
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| Soup ver 0.9 | 2007 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Soup ver 0.9 is an indie exploration game that takes inspiration from the PlayStation title LSD: Dream Emulator. The player explores linear sets of dreamlike locations in a 3D environment, some of which may contain uninteractable NPCs or other objects of interest. Each individual room may be explored for as much or as little time as desired, and the player may move on to the next location simply by touching a wall. The game spans across five different play sessions, referred to as "days", and the game will automatically be exited once a play session ends. However, one may reopen the game immediately to begin the next session. |
| Spaceforce: Rogue Universe / Genesis Rising | 2007 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc., JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Genesis Rising
Spaceforce: Rogue Universe |
| Spectrum Adventure | 2007 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Perhaps misleadingly this isn't any adventure game from the ZX Spectrum but rather an homage to that platform's whole text adventure genre -- and specifically to Imagination, whose thematic framework it borrows from in order to lovingly parody hits from the old days (with names like Sabre Kat and The Globbit).As in that game, the player's performance in games-within-the-game informs options available in the hazy, dreamlike main game. Puzzles include the good old object-key ones as well as conversing with NPCs. |
| Splinter Cell: Collector Edition | 2007 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Limited to 3000 copies, this collection comes in a metal tin box, and includes the following:
Splinter Cell
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Splinter Cell long sleeve T-shirt
Splinter Cell camouflage belt
Splinter Cell embroidered toque
Splinter Cell messenger bag
Art of Splinter Cell: Double Agent book |
| Star Command: Surface_Skimmer | 2007 | Dusk2Dawn Interactive Limited | Starfish Game Studios | Action | | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Star Command: Surface Skimmer is a single-player space shooter.The story behind the game is that Earth was a quiet peaceful place until the evil Gantorians arrived. They are an intergalactic race who live for one thing, war. They attacked Earth and Earth responded but her fighters just weren't good enough and Earth was destroyed.
Now only one squadron remains and, with no home planet to return to, their mission is revenge.The game is entirely keyboard controlled, the left/right arrow keys steer the ship, the SHIFT key applies power to the engines, and the CTRL key fires. It consists of twelve levels, all of which are played against a one of four or five pre-rendered backgrounds. The player points the ship at an enemy craft and blasts away.There is in-game music, 'Mars' from Holst's 'Planet Suite' is heavily featured, and there are also sound effects. The game does keep score on each level but there is no cumulative score for all levels nor is there a high score table. Unusually there is no install program, each level is a self contained game and the player can load any level in any order and play it. Levels can be played directly from the CD or they can be copied to the players hard disk and played from there.
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| Staries | 2007 | Novel Games Limited | Novel Games Limited | Action | | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Staries is similar to Gems Swap but you position stars. Also, rather than swapping two stars or rotating four, you slide the entire row to get clusters of three or more stars of the same color together. Use the mouse to slide a row of stars horizontally or vertically so that you create a cluster of three or more of the same color. The clusters do not need to be in a straight line row. If you cluster five stars together, you will get a power star, represented by a star with smaller stars orbiting it. If you cluster a power star in a three or more star group, the power star will explode, destroying the eight star surrounding it.Starting with level three, you will have some stars have a ring form about them with a padlock at the top. These stars are locked and they, and their row, cannot be moved horizontally or vertically. This can make creating star cluster more challenging. Locked stars can be removed if you can get them into a cluster or explode a power star near them. Unlike other Novel Games Limited action puzzle games, this game is not timed. You simply keep playing towards higher and higher levels and scores until you cannot make any more three-or-more star clusters. |
| Stone-Jong | 2007 | Elephant Entertainment, LLC, Oberon Media, Inc. | Playful Age | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Loosely based on a combination of Mahjongg and Dominoes, Stone-Jong tasks the player to remove all tiles from the playing field. Each tile has two images, one on the left, and the other on the right. A starting tile is placed in the Stone Pile, with only one image showing. The player will move tiles that have a matching image (on either side) to the stone pile, where the non-matching side will be the new image to match. If no matches are possible, a new tile can be drawn from the Stone Deck, providing a new image to match. Additionally, a very limited number of reshuffles are available. There is also a "Two Side" mode, which is similar, but with two Stone Piles, (tiles can be sent to either one) and a changed Stone Deck. In this mode, instead of moving tiles from the Stone Deck immediately to the Stone Pile, tiles are placed into a holding area, where they can be used just as tiles in the main playing field.Bonuses can be found in the levels by matching tiles when they are sparkling. Bonuses include increasing the number of redraws, increasing the number of reshuffles, jokers (which can match any tile), and bonus points. There are 12 one-sided and 10 two-sided worlds included, and each world contains five levels, for a total of more than 100 levels. Later levels have more challenging layouts, and a larger selection of images. |
| Stones of Khufu | 2007 | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Snowstep Development | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | Direct control | | | Isometric | Windows | Stones of Khufu is a puzzle game where the overall goal is to bring multiple colored stones together. The game field consists of a 10x10 field where one stone takes one grid. Now the player gets two stones which are on the opposite on the field. When holding the right mouse button he can change their position on the board or the horizontal or vertical sides of the field but they stay always on their opposite. When pressing the left mouse button he releases them on the field where they slide in the middle until they meet - this is if no other stone is in the way.As already mentioned the goal is to bring stones of the same color together. Not entirely surprising they vanish from the game board - but not instantly. On the top side of the room is a laser which then slowly scans the field from left to ride which means the player has time to add more blocks for more points until the laser gets to the stones in question. On higher levels there are obstacles which hinder the progress, e.g. storms or bugs. The goal of each level is to get a certain number of combinations. Every time the player beats on of the 40 levels he receives a small text which tells him the story of two siblings which suddenly awake as mummies. |
| Super Collapse! Puzzle Gallery | 2007 | Real Networks, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Based on the bonus levels in the original Super Collapse!, but without time limits, in each level in Puzzle Gallery you will be asked to clear all tiles from the board. You can only remove groups of three or more tiles, however, which is where the difficulty comes in. The 300 individually-designed levels will test your ingenuity, and come in difficulties ranging from very easy to only mostly impossible. As an incentive to do well, the game tracks the number of turns you take, and gives you a "Puzzle Genius" award if you solve the puzzle in the minimum amount of moves. Finally, a hint feature is available if you need help. The puzzles are selectable from a gallery, and any puzzle can be replayed. |
| Super Cooper Revenge | 2007 | | FriendsGames | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Super Cooper Revenge you play as Super Cooper. You must help him to clear every level from evil robots. For doing this you should use the bombs to destroy them. After every 20 levels you'll face with boss that you must destroy. The game has 100 levels. |
| Super Entertainment 10 Pack | 2007 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Super Entertainment 10 Pack is a compilation of ten titles, nine games plus a bonus title, originally released by the Cosmi Corporation. The games in this compilation are:
Championship Mah Jongg
Mega Sudoku Plus
Pool Shark
Board Games
3D Pinball Express
Cyber Chess
Jewel Logic
Mini Golf
Card Games Las Vegas Super Casino is included as a bonus game.When the CD is loaded an installation program is launched. This only allows one game to be installed at a time and after each game has been installed the CD's install process must be launched afresh.
All games are, by default, installed into the same folder but there is no unified front-end launch program, each program is launched individually when required.There is a US release of this compilation which has many, but not all, of the games listed above.
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| Super Marisa World | 2007 | Double Cluster | Double Cluster | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Super Marisa World is a 2D doujin platform game, based on the gameplay of various Mario games like Super Mario World, but with the characters and visual style of the Tōhō characters. The main heroine is Marisa and she must 'rescue' Patchouli Knowlegde. The magician girl can jump over various platforms, collect stars and smash enemies. Fuzzballs are Goomba's counterpart. Sometimes Marisa meets other Tōhō girls and even fights against them. Marisa can collect various power-ups (a broomstick for smashing and flying, Reimu's Miko Suit for shooting etc). |
| Syobon Action | 2007 | | | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | This game borrows the assumptions of the platform genre that Lab 14 engaged generally and brings them home specifically, to run-and-jumper ground zero with an environment that uncannily echoes the game that broke the genre, Super Mario Bros 1. There are unimportant distinctions -- for whatever reason, plumber Mario seems to have been replaced by a white bipedal cat-creature, and the enemies are various species of white cloudlike ovals... but like in SMB1, it is not their devious AI that will be causing the player problems. Instead, it is the very geography of the playfield that trips up the player -- lulling us into a false sense of security with a backdrop that's played before us thousands of times, it savagely wrenches things into a skewed nightmare Mushroom Kingdom more akin to movies of "unplayable" ROM hacks than to any gameplay from our actual experience. The very laws of physics we have learned and internalized strike against us -- solid ground falls away unexpectedly; pipes fatally launch us into the sky; platforms unhinge and crush us by surprise; the very flagpoles marking the ends of levels duck and weave out of the way or, worse, shoot suppressing cover fire, as jarring and final as the squishing foot in Terry Gilliam's Monty Python animation. The star of invincibility is fatal to the touch. The only way to feel out where the environment will betray the player is to be let down by its apparent safety, over and over again.There are four levels, modeled with sadistic fidelity after the four areas of SMB world 1, periodically studded with necessary half-time savepoints. Despite its intentional brutality, however, the game can be finished, and for those who found the too-tough-to-be-released-in-the-West Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels a cakewalk, this might satisfy their hunger for senseless failure. |
| TMNT: Ninja Adventures Activity Centre | 2007 | PC Fun Club | | Action | | Licensed | Martial arts | Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | TMNT Ninja Adventures Activity Centre is a collection of fun things based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This product contains;
Wallpapers: There are five wallpapers that can be installed, one for each of the characters and one of the team. Each wallpaper is available in three sizes
Screen savers: There are three screen savers. Two feature static pictures of the characters while the third has pictures of the entire team. In all three there background changes with each picture and, while not fully animated, there are blinking lights and other details which give the appearance of animation
The Ninja Adventures Mini-Game: The mini game is keyboard controlled and runs in a window. It is a platform affair which has the turtles running along the roof of a subway train. They must battle baddies and duck under/jump over obstacles such as signals and lights. The game runs direct from the CD and the player has four lives, one for each character.
Icons: There are four small icons, one for each character.
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| Tamagotchi PC Pack | 2007 | Bandai America, Inc. | Bandai Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Mini-games, Music / rhythm | Fantasy | Helicopter | Direct control, Voice control | | | | Windows | The Tamagotchi PC Pack is a disc that formerly came with certain Tamagotchis, and was bundled with a tree-shaped microphone for more interactivity. The main focus of the game is to take care of the citizens of Tamatown, which can be played with on your desktop. You can use the microphone bundled with the disc to do many different things. The pack comes with wallpapers, icons, and screensavers to customize your computer with. You can also color pages of a coloring book and print them out, along with various jigsaw puzzles. The main part of the game is the mini-games, and there are three to play. They can be controlled with the bundled microphone, or you can use the keyboard.- Helpy-Copter: In this game, you must fly around Tamatown and find citizens who need help. You must ask them for help using the microphone. Usually, the Tamagotchi will require an item. You must find the item around town, and pick it up using the microphone. Then, you must drop it off at their house for points. Sometimes, the object can be found inside their house. In that situation, you must open up the window or door and give it to them.- Food Court Frenzy: In this game, you must use the arrow keys to catch falling food from the food factory. Then, you must put the food in the order that it belongs to. If you don't need a food, you have to throw it away or you won't be able to grab a new one. Once the plate is ready, you can say "order up!" Or press the up arrow key.- Log Roll Tournament: In this game, you must help Kutchipatchi stay balanced on a log. When an arrow hovers over your area, you must press it in time or Kutchipatchi's balance meter will drain. Your opponent will try and use items to hinder your balance, but they are just visual obstacles and cannot hurt your score. Get enough arrows and your special meter will fill up, allowing you to use an item against your opponent. The last one standing wins the round. |
| Ten Kids PC Games | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ten Kids PC Games is a budget compilation from Grabit. The product contains :
Championship Boxing
Cindy's Caribbean Holiday
Drop 'N Blow
Federation Wrestling
Ford Racing 2
Froggies
Moose on the Loose
Ocean Commander
P-Slider
SheepFord Racing 2 and Sheep are supplied in their own DVD cases while the remainder are all on the same multidisc. The multidisc auto-loads to an install screen which allows the user to install the game's individually, once installed the games are viewed and run as separate entries on the Windows Start Menu, there's nothing like eGames' 'Game Butler' to provide a single launch routine. The multidisc also has a 'Vew manuals' option which links to the Grabit website however, in 2014, this is a domain that is up for sale, fortunately most of the games install with a text file that gives sufficient information to play them. |
| The Repossessor | 2007 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The laws of nature have been broken in the town of Reality-on-the-Norm: a dead person has been brought back to life as a zombie. You are Death, the Grim Reaper, who is ordered to come to Reality and return the zombie to being dead. The game is controlled with a mouse; similarly to Sam & Max Hit The Road, right-clicking changes the cursor action (Walk to, Look at, Interact with, Talk to), while moving the cursor to the top of the screen makes a menu appear, allowing you to easily change the cursor actions, access one's inventory or save/load/quit the game. |
| The Witcher (Limited Edition) | 2007 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Limited edition includes:
The Witcher
Double-sided world map poster
Art book
Official soundtrack
Bonus DVD with making-of and interviews |
| The Witcher (Steelbook Edition) | 2007 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Steelbook edition includes:
The Witcher
Official soundtrack
making-of DVD |
| They Came from the Skies | 2007 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | In the 1960s an aggressive alien species attempts to invade Planet Earth. It is your duty to prevent the annihilation of the human race.They Came From the Skies is an arcade 3D shoot-'em-up where the player can choose between two different look alike aircrafts of that decade - a jet fighter and a bomber. In the following 20 missions the main task is to keep control of the sky by fighting flying saucers and defeating mother ships. There is even the chance to enter the enemy's flying objects to beat them with their own weapons. During maintenance the aircrafts can optionally be upgraded.
Besides these missions the player is awaiting a training mode to experience the handling of the aircrafts before entering the battle for Earth. |
| Totally Spies!: Swamp Monster Blues | 2007 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | Brighter Child Interactive, LLC, FiniteMonkey, Inc. | Action, Educational | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | Spy / espionage | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Sam, Clover, and Alex -- the 3 underage espionage agents that comprise the elite Totally Spies! unit -- are called upon by their bosses at the World Organization of Human Protection (WOOHP) to take time out of their busy teenage lives and investigate reports of monsters in the Louisiana Bayou.Totally Spies!: Swamp Monster Blues is an educational puzzle game. There are two types of challenges: mini-games within the game, and math/logic puzzles to be solved with pen and paper. At various junctures in the game, the story prompts the player for a code that can only be obtained by solving a specified puzzle in the workbook (distributed as a PDF file along with the game). Additionally, there are also 8 mini-games to challenge the spies, including an alligator hopping game similar to Frogger, a maze game, and a word ladder game. |
| Touhou Battle Gaiden | 2007 | Summer Limit | Summer Limit | Puzzle | | Fangame | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Touhou Battle Gaiden is a Tetris variant and a fangame based on the Tōhō universe. The game has regular Tetris' rules. Blocks fall from the top, the player makes lines with the blocks and then they disappear. There is also a battle mode, similar to Puyo Puyo. The player competes with another player or against the CPU. The game uses many Tōhō characters such as Reimu, Marisa, Youmu, Sakuya, Reisen, Aya and Cirno. They all have their own spellcards to help during the game. |
| TrackMania United (Friends Edition) | 2007 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This edition contains :
TrackMania United TrackMania sticker set (twelve stickers)
A special key that lets the player download another copy of the game for a friend
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| Treasure Island 2 | 2007 | INTENIUM GmbH | NevoSoft LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Treasure Island 2 is, as its predecessor Treasure Island, a match-3 puzzle game in which the player takes on the role of an adventurous pirate on the trail of a mysterious island in the midst of the Caribbean. Like in Puzzle & Dragons, a single tile is attached to the mouse cursor and can be moved freely across the board to be matched with two identical tiles. When three tiles or more get matched either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, they get removed and replaced by new ones. Once the player has matched tiles on every square of the board, the level is complete. Some squares require two matches to be considered cleared up.Matches of more than three tiles generate one of the four power-ups that can remove multiples tiles from the board. The game contains 100 levels that can be played either in classic game mode where each level has to be completed within a certain time limit, or in timeless game mode where there is no time limit. Optional minigames, either sliding picture puzzles or memory challenges, are sometimes offered between levels and allow the player to earn additional points. |
| Tri malenʹkie belye myški. Denʹ roždenija morskoj krysy | 2007 | ND Games | Lazy Games | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Tri malenʹkie belye myški. Denʹ roždenija morskoj krysy (Marvellous Mice Adventures: Sea Rat's Birthday) is the second entry in the Marvellous Mice Adventures series educational point-and-click adventure games with hand-made puppets and toys used for visuals. Next to the main story of mice investigating a little creature messing around in their house and stealing stuff, children learn about shapes, colors and size recognition. |
| Triaction | 2007 | Idigicon Limited | Idigicon Limited | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Triaction is a puzzle game similar to Tetris. There are balls falling from the top of the screen, and your job is to arrange identically colored balls into triangle-shaped clusters of 3 - this makes them disappear, along with other balls of the same colour which are connected to the cluster. Note that the balls follow the laws of physics - when they reach the bottom, they typically bounce off and land somewhere else, so a ball may end up in a different place than the one you expected. If, after the cluster's disappearance, the loose balls above will fall to form clusters of their own, you score a combo. Occassionally, multi-colored "wildballs" which appear - these function as jokers and can function as any color for the purpose making a cluster. You can also turn an ordinary ball into a wildball, but you can do so a limited number of times. There are two difficulty levels, as well as a possibility of net play. |
| Tumble Bees Deluxe | 2007 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Backbone Entertainment, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Word construction | | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | An enhanced version of the original Tumble Bees, the Deluxe version has additional game modes, no ads, and can be played offline.In Tumble Bees, letters fall into a hexagonal field, and the player forms words by choosing contiguous letters. Once a word is formed, it disappears from the field. Powerups include colored letters, which if included in a word increases the tokens earned, and stars, which can stand in for any letter. Three modes are included.The Classic mode is from the web game. In it, letters will fall into the field every few seconds. Create words to keep the field clear, and add honey to a drop. When the drop is large enough, it falls, and completes the level. There is a bonus word, which if matched, earns bonus tokens, and if three words of the given length are created, many letters will be destroyed. After each level, a bonus round occurs, where the letters fall faster. The bonus round is completed once three words of five letters are formed.The Strategy mode starts with the field full of letters, and challenges the player to create the largest words they can. There is a letter quota to reach, with a maximum amount of words, but there is no time limit.The Challenge mode pits the player against an AI opponent. Create words to drop honey on the opponent, and try to fill up his hive before yours fills up. Extra powerups in this mode include rocks, (which cannot be used for anything) bombs, (which destroy nearby letters), and pink tiles (which help drop honey on the opponent). There are 11 rounds in all, with later rounds featuring harder AIs.Tokens earned in this game can be sent to a Pogo account, and used for entering drawings. |
| UFO Trilogy | 2007 | 1C Publishing EU s.r.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation bundles 3 games in the UFO series:
UFO: Aftermath
UFO: Aftershock
UFO: Afterlight |
| Ultimate Gamer Multidisc | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ultimate Gamer Multidisc is a compilation containing the following eight games on a single CD-ROM:
Alien Anarchy
Amsterdam Street Racer
Dark Corona Pegasus
Downhill Slalom
G-Squad
Powerboat Racing
Su Doku
Texas Hold'em Poker |
| Ultimate Gamers 10 Pack | 2007 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ultimate Gamers 10 Pack is a collection of ten budget games from Grabit. The games come in three slimline keep cases, the first two games have a keep case to themselves while the remainder all come on the same multidisc. The games in this compilation are:Bad Boys II (there are two discs in this keep case)
Warrior Kings (remastered)The following games are all on the same CD which the compilation calls a Multidisc.
The Varginha Incident (here renamed Anarchy)
Dark Corona Pegasus (here called just Corona)
Genocide: Remixed Version (here called G-Squad)
Su Doku
Downhill Slalom
Xing Texas Hold'em Poker
Powerboat Racing
Amsterdam Street RacerThe multidisc installation screen has links to their website to view manuals and join the 'Grabit Club', as at 2016 these links were not operational. |
| Ultimate Mahjongg 15 | 2007 | Global Software Publishing Ltd., ValuSoft, Inc. | Gunnar Games, Inc. | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ultimate Mahjongg 15 is a one or two player Shanghai (solitaire mahjongg) game. It is so named because among its many features are fifteen types of mahjongg style of game.The player can choose from the following types of game, the object in each is to match tiles and thus remove all of them from the board as quickly as possible:
Solitaire: The traditional tile matching game where the object is to match pairs of tiles
Two Player: A turn based two-player version of Solitaire. A player's turn ends when they make a match or their time runs out.
Waterfalls: All the tiles are displayed face up. The player can remove any number of tiles in a single move, the only condition being that they must be adjacent to one another and they must be identical.
Sap Tim Pun: The name means 'ten and a half' and the game is similar to pontoon or blackjack. The tiles are assigned a numeric value. Players start with one tile and must draw additional tiles with the object of getting close to ten and a half points but not exceeding it.
Memory: All the tiles are shown face down and only the selected tiles are flipped.
Arcade: the player must match and remove tiles from a wall. As the game progresses more rows are added to the bottom of the wall. The aim is to remove all the tiles or to score as highly as possible before the wall reaches the top of the board.
Nanjing: pairs of tiles can only be removed if they can be connected by a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line.
Tournament: Here the player must complete ten consecutive solitaire layouts.
Online Play: Play against opponents across the internet, the default match is the head-to-head two player game but this can be changed.
Shisen: This is a variation on Solitaire that is also known as 'Four Rivers'. Any two matching tiles can be removed if they can be connected in two turns or less by a line an uninterrupted line.
Triplets: In this game the player removes three or more matching tiles. Rows of matching tiles are created by swapping any two adjacent tiles.
Freecell: This is a version of Solitaire in which the game board has four vacant cells. The player can move tiles into these cells from the main board in order to release other tiles that may be blocked.
Slide Puzzle: Here the object is to arrange the tiles into a specific order.
Dragon Hunter: Here the object is to locate all the dragon tiles without uncovering any of them.
Double Deck: This is Solitaire played with two Mahjongg decks, or 288 tiles.
In addition to these games the player can choose from over 450 tile sets, 2000 backgrounds, 400 different Mahjongg board layouts and a variety of styles of background music.
The player can also create their own layouts and tile sets.
Games can be further customised by changing specific settings such as timing each game, limiting the time of each move, or having no timing at all. |
| Underground Ernie: International Fun Station | 2007 | Global Software Publishing Ltd. | | Educational | | Licensed | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Puzzle elements | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Underground Ernie: International Fun Station is a collection of mini games aimed at pre-school age children. It is based on the BBC TV series that premiered in 2006.This product consists of two activities: a Colouring Book and Meet the Cast and six games, namely Word Search, Sliding Tiles, Snap, Jigsaw, Pairs, and Spot the Difference. All games are simple, with big brightly coloured pictures, voice-overs and music. Snap, Matching Pairs and Word Search can be played against another player. All games are played via the mouse with the exception of Snap! where both human players need access to the keyboard. |
| Urban Constructor | 2007 | Полёт Навигатора | Uxus Games | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | A QIX variant with 3D graphics where you play a tractor that tries to build a city by drawing rectangles and other figures while opposed by tornadoes, cloud storms and other enemies. Different random bonuses could appear as well, and each out of 50 levels is done after 45% of the land is all built up. |
| Urban Legend | 2007 | Electronic Entertainments Studio | Electronic Entertainments Studio | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Urban Legend is an isometric squad-based turn-based tactical game that follows in the footsteps of games such as X-Com and Jagged Alliance.The game takes place in the year 2127 and mega corporations are in control of the world and oppress the people. With a team of guns for hire the player has to reveal the conspiracies that keep these corporations afloat. The game presents itself a series of missions that let the story unfold. In between missions the player can hire new hirelings. Hirelings can be equipped with various weapons and can be moved around the map and given commands in turn-based fashion. |
| Vectroids | 2007 | Alten8 Ltd. | | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Vectroids is an Asteroids like game. It is a commercial release of the freeware game Vectoroids came third in the "SDL Game Programming Contest" of January 2002.
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| Virtual Vegas Slots 3003 | 2007 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Gambling | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Virtual Vegas Slots 3003 is a single player, slot machine game. The player signs in and starts with $5000. When that's gone they can return to the main menu and reset their bank and start all over again. The game will save the player's balance when they quit the game.The game consists of :Fifteen three reel slots, each of these has a single win line:
Americana, Butterfly Beauties, Cash Craze, Cat Craze, Crazy Cars, Dinosaur Dollars, Egyptian Treasures, Flower Power, Lucky 7's, Mad Martians, Multi-Millionaire, Pirates Cove, Seashell Riches, Solid Gold and Valentine Hearts.and
Thirteen five reel slots, these have multiple win lines.
Amazing Coral Reef, Animal Safari, Candy Crazy, Cowboy Cash, Diamonds Are Forever, Dogs Town, Fruity Fruits, Lucky Charm, Penguin Party, Planet Cash, Red Hot Peppers, SodaPop Supreme and Sun Moon Stars.
Each game is available to play in sixteen denominations either on it's own or paired with each of the following eight bonus features:Spin The Wheel, Pinball!, Brick Break, Blast 'em Up!, Money Walk, Try Your Luck, Tower Of Cash, or Doors Of Chance. The bonus features are all separate Shockwave Flash Objects that are run by the game engine with generic pay-out tables, i.e. multiples of the original bet rather than specified amounts.All games have the option of playing with real world or fantasy odds. They play with the mouse and have an auto play feature but no help screen. |
| Wicked Defense | 2007 | Ixchel Studios | Ixchel Studios | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Tower defense | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Wicked Defense is a Tower Defense game. Like other Tower Defense games the player is shown a top down map where enemies follow predefined paths. If a monster reaches it all the way to the end of the path the player loses a life. The player has to build towers that shoot at the enemies to kill them. Instead of the usual monsters walking around, Wicked Defense features a more abstract world with strange and colorful geometric shapes that have to be killed.Towers have various types of damage they can deal which can have additional effects such as slowing the monster or weakening it for further attacks. Towers have to be bought. Money is gained for each killed enemy. Towers can also be upgraded to do more damage. It is up to the player to figure out the best combination and location of towers.The player also has a mana bar. Mana can be used to cast spells. Spells are cast from the mouse cursor to nearby units. So these spells can be used as a last resort. |
| Willy & Boris: 10 Fun Games | 2007 | Stabenfeldt AB | Artplant AS | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Willy & Boris is based on a comic book with the same name featuring a dog (Boris) and a horse (Willy). This is a collection of smaller games which each give points to the player that are summed up in a total score. The player starts out as an amoeba but by scoring points is able to evolve to first fish, then rabbit, tiger and finally dragon. The included games are:
a game where Boris has to be guided to his house by making a path of bones
a tile based puzzle game where rows of four tiles have to be created
a pinball game
a version of the card game Idiot
a memory game
a jigsaw puzzle game
a shoot 'em up with multi-directional movement and shooting
a Snake game where apples have to be eaten
a Sudoku game
a platform game featuring Willy
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| Wobbly Bobbly | 2007 | TikGames, LLC | TikGames, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Wobbly Bobbly is a matching game where a robot shoots jello cubes at piles of food, coins and power-ups. Color matching cubes disappear from the field, while fruit and other items add to a money and points bonus. The robot slides in a square crane track that occupies most sides of the screen, except the bottom. The pile rests on a raising platform at the bottom that keeps going up with the time, reaching towards a black-and-yellow tape. If the cubes rip this tape, it's game over.The player can purchase power-ups that appear on the field on a shop screen between levels. These power-ups include a bomb that clears a circular area of objects, and an iron spike that clears a whole row of things. A basket collects all the fruit from the screen, and a fire extinguisher puts out all the fires. All these items have to be collected to be used.The shop also has upgrades, like speed boosts, the cube swap ability and extra power slots.Dangerous objects must be removed from the field quickly before they do any damage. Fires must be put out, poison bottles have to be carefully removed (if they fall, they break and do damage), and sawblades that fly off after falling, their impact being fatal. |
| Word Slinger | 2007 | GameHouse, Inc. | Big Fish Games, Inc | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Word Slinger is a solitaire Scrabble variant. The player is presented with a selection of words (of 2 to 8 letters) and must place them horizontally or vertically to fit on a 15x15 board. Each level requires you to place or create a specified number of words to advance. In Strategy mode you have unlimited time for this; in Speed mode it must be done before the Word List is full. Once the target has been reached, the player can continue until the board is full, so as to improve the score.Words can interlock with other words (HAIL and LEAD sharing an A, for example), be placed at either end of existing words (most likely onto an S to play the plural form) or be placed alongside existing words, forming one or more 2-letter words (HOOP could go diagonally below LAST to form AH, SO and TO, for example). You are scored for the word you place and any new words created by it, so adding a word to an S scores two words, and the LAST-HOOP example would score four. The game uses a USA dictionary.The first move must be played onto a star – this is in a different place on each level, and early levels have two, allowing for 2 separate interlocking grids. The game can offer a Hint of a valid move – an extra one is available every time a level has been completed. Three words can be Discarded from the word list – this is more useful in Strategy mode.The boards contain an increasing number of custom squares as you play through the levels. These can double, triple or quadruple the value of a word, provide additional Hints or Discards, or act as barriers upon which no letter can be played. |
| Xango Tango | 2007 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Freeze Tag, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Xango Tango is a 3D puzzle game where your task is to assist Xango, the amazing toy robot, in collecting all of his new and improved robot parts after they were accidentally scattered about in a birthday fiasco. By accident, Xango shipped out his parts along with a bunch of other shipments to various toy stores around the lands. Hunt down the upgrades hidden within many thousands of cargo boxes. Xango Tango offers three game modes (Classic, Puzzle, and Relax modes) each of which offers unique puzzle games you must beat in order to get Xango his sought after upgrade parts. |
| Yahtzee | 2007 | GameHouse, Inc. | Zylom Media Group BV | Gambling, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hasbro's Yahtzee gives players a set of five dice, with the aim of obtaining a scoring combination from three rolls (keeping any dice they like after each of the first two). There are 13 of these scoring combinations - The Upper Section allows you to only count dice of a particular digit (with a 35-point bonus if you total more than 63 (effectively, three of each)), while the Lower Section rewards specific tricks, such as small and large straights (runs of four and five consecutive numbers respectively) and the Yahtzee - five of a kind. You have 13 turns each, and if you can't score in a box, you must zero one. The strategy is therefore to maximise each box to obtain the best overall score.You can play the game this way, but two new modes are added to the computerised implementation. Triple Yahtzee maximises this strategic element - you play 39 turns each on a scorecard with 3 columns worth single, double and treble points. Strategy is therefore more advanced - Is a 3-of-a-kind score of 23 worth trebling, or could you get better in a future roll? Should a roll of four sixes go on your triple-score Upper Section, or on the double-score one which is marginal on reaching the bonus? Should you give up on the single-score Upper Section, and use it as a 'dump' for bad combinations?The Power Yahtzee mode is the meat of the game. On a standard gamesheet, you play as standard, but using advanced power-ups. These can guide you to favourable moves, inflict bad luck on opponents, block out certain squares on your opponent's board, and so on. Winning games of this unlocks further powerups. |
| Yakuza Revenge | 2007 | Atari Deutschland GmbH | Oxide development | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In Yakuza Revenge the boss of a local crime syndicate dies. To avoid an open war between the syndicates his goons want to clone him - but his DNA gets stolen... The player rotational takes control over four persons: a policeman, a journalist, a young yakuza and a rebel. The cutscenes are comic panels similar to Max Payne.The game itself is a straight-forward third-person shooter. The player uses the established control scheme with mouse and keyboard while walking through linear levels and shooting everything in sight. Occasionally there are also stealth levels where the player needs to avoid being seen. The physical condition of the player character is indicated with a health and a body armor count which can be replenished with power ups found on the way. |
| ZAP! | 2007 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | ZAP! is a compilation of eight single player space shooters in the fixed screen genre. The games have all been previously released by Alawar Entertainment, Inc . The games in this compilation are:
Alien Outbreak 2: Invasion
Back to Earth
Back to Earth 2
Crusaders of Space
Crusaders of Space 2
Crusaders of Space: Open Range
El Airplane
Pulsarius
The following game is not in the same genre and is included as a bonus game
Cubozoid
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| Zaster Imperium | 2007 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | TASK four | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Board game, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Zaster Imperium is similar to Monopoly. Every player spins the wheel and moves his token accordingly. Every field the player can step on triggers an event, like winning the lottery or paying a traffic fine. The amount is subtracted immediately. If you land on a field with real estate, you can buy it and other players have to pay rent. If a player loses all his money, he is out of the game. You can play vs the AI or human opponents via hot seat mode. |
| Zenek Zombie | 2007 | Kalafior Games | Kalafior Games | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Zenek Zombie is a freeware 2D platform game with some elements of adventure and role-play.The story is simple: the player takes the role of the zombie "Zenek", who is a witness to the kidnapping of his wife by a stranger in a flying machine. Thus, the undead green hero decides to rescue his wife.Gameplay is old-school, Zenek moves to the right most of the time. Enemies are killed with magic. Diamonds and coins can be collected and are required to buy items. |
| Zneik | 2007 | Locomalito | Locomalito | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Zneik is a Snake variant. Using the arrow keys, guide your snake to eat the apple. Each time an apple is eaten, the snake gets longer. If your snake runs into the wall or itself, the game is over. |
| eGames Platinum Series: Bricks of Egypt / Roller Rush / Twistingo | 2007 | eGames, Inc. | AlwaysNeat.com, Arcade Lab, ToyboxGames Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games:Bricks of Egypt
Roller Rush
Twistingo |
| Druid Soccer | 2007-01-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action, Sports | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Druid Soccer is a 2D arcade football game between two druids, for one or two players, shown from a fixed, non-scrolling side view. The game is played using a rock that needs to be kicked (or rather pushed) through the opponent's standing stone. The players can only move left, right and jump. The first to score 10 points wins. |
| Fussball Liga Champion 2006/2007 | 2007-01-01 | TOPOS Verlag GmbH | ETS Entwicklerteam Slaby | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Fussball Liga Champion 2006/2007 is a soccer game in which you play in Germany's first or second division. You train your team in all necessary skills and collect experience in lower leagues until you win the championship. |
| The Spoiler | 2007-01-01 | Beware The LadyBeetle | Beware The LadyBeetle | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Spoiler is a freeware game in the point-and-click mouse controlled adventure genre. The main character is an attorney who needs to defend his client, an 18 years old boy, the primary suspect in a murder case. The player will have three days to investigate the case and be ready to go to trial. One of The Spoiler's unique features are the unusual puzzles. As in real-life situations, there's no clear indication when the player finds a puzzle (nor if he was successful, sometimes). The puzzle system works by relating correct inventory items, in-game locations (hotspots), statements from previously dialogs (notebook), etc.In the fourth day, the player has to defend his case. The judgment day has all the elements of a courtroom movie: evidence, jury, judge, objections, and constant chilling and pressure. When the game is over, it is up to the player to decide if he won or lost, because the game deals with ethics, pity and justice, all in a very personal way. |
| Zombie Smashers X3: Ninjastarmageddon! | 2007-01-01 | Ska Studios, LLC | Ska Studios, LLC | Simulation | Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Ninjas and Zombies have forever hated one another throughout the ages. Only when humanity reached space were these factions able to go their separate ways and find enough space to live independently. However the ruling Pterodactyl Government encourages trade and the lure for profit causes these factions to interact once more. On top of things, there are nasty space pirates and crazy Cyborgs who want to assimilate everyone (usually after killing them first). In this crazy galaxy… tensions rise approaching Ninjastarmageddon!Zombie Smashers X3: Ninjastarmageddon is a 3rd person space trading game, most similar to Elite or Freelancer. Players begin by choosing a starting vehicle (a collection of space-worthy jeeps, jalopys and minivans), a player character and a co-pilot. The co-pilot mans the secondary weapon, from missiles to rocket launchers, but is controlled by the player. In addition to hardware, there also exists the Bank where games are loaded and saved , the supermarket (the big ones are named Ultra-Shopper-Mart, smaller ones are fruit stands) where goods are bought and sold, the Shipyards, the Weapons store, Mission Control where new missions can be accepted, the Gas Blaster station (cars need gas, even in space!) and etc. The player travels between different “node” star system locations on the space map, which may contain some or none of the services listed. The spaceships of different factions roam the galaxy. When hostile forces encounter one another they will often engage in combat. The player can fire directly in front with their primary weapon or unleash the secondary weapon, whose effects vary. Enemy ships that are hit will display a hitpoints meter. When it is depleted the ship is destroyed and will often drop cargo. Cargo and debris can be captured by the player's tractor beam and sold at friendly ports. At the shipyards larger vehicles can be purchased, such as galleons which are able to store and launch smaller cars as "fighter craft" for combat situations (such as the jeeps and 4-door flying cars), at the cost of cargo space. |
| Black Cat in a Black Room | 2007-01-02 | | | Strategy | Audio game | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Attempting to render a visual reproduction of this game's subject would be a waste of processor power considering that the scenario can be better and more completely depicted by simply closing your eyes. The player is dumped in the middle of an unlit room, 21 paces long by 21 paces wide, and their task is to locate in this dark chamber a black cat, navigating step by step through arrow-key presses. Fortunately for the player, the cat will mewl "Polo" in response to the space bar's "Marco!", subtle stereophonic changes in its meowling's projected source allowing a player with sharp triangulation abilities (and a pair of good headphones) to determine its direction and distance and, ultimately, its location. Unfortunately for the player, there are other objects in the room (among them a rake and a harp) acting as obstacles in the way of the cat, only to be discovered upon "walking" into them. Eventually, maneuvering around these obstacles' contours or just following a systematic cell-by-cell approach, the cat can be found. |
| Panda Craze | 2007-01-03 | TikGames, LLC | TikGames, LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Dig, drill, and blast your way through ice and rock in this epic puzzle
adventure!
Guide Tik-Ling the panda through caves, forests, mountains, and deserts
on the way to her home, the bamboo forest. The concept is simple:
collect all of the magical lanterns in each level to unlock a magic
portal to the next level. Actually getting to the lanterns without
getting stuck in the process, however, is not so simple! Dig, drill, and
blast your way through ice and rock in this epic puzzle adventure!
Features
• 150 challenging puzzle-platform levels• New abilities and
tools as you progress
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| Turtle Odyssey 2 | 2007-01-07 | Realore Studios | Realore Studios | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Turtle Odyssey 2 is a 2D, side-scrolling jump-and-run game. The player needs to complete adventures with Ozzy, the turtle, in 50 levels in six worlds. He can collect treasure and needs to defeat enemies. To complete a level, the exit has to be located after completing the task for that level, like collecting a set number of gems. |
| Aquitania | 2007-01-09 | Awem Studio | Awem Studio | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Aquitania is a match-three game. Using your mouse, swap two items so as to complete a straight line of three or more of the same item. The object is to clear the blue squares by making matches over them or using a bonus item. Once all the blue tiles are cleared, a gem will drop onto one of the columns. You must then get the gem to the bottom of the board to release it. This will clear the level. Once all the gems are in place in the stage item, this will clear the stage.While there is no time limit, per se, the birds at the top of the board drop a row of items every few seconds. If this row piles up to the bird then the next time a row is dropped, that bird will die. If all the birds die, you lose a life. Loose all your lives and the game is over. As you play, you will encounter obstacles like chains and light blue tiles. Chains prevent the chained item from moving. They are removed by matching the chained item or using a bonus item. Light blue tiles must have a match made over them to turn them into blue tiles then matched again to clear them.There are two types of bonuses: instant and powered-up. Instant bonuses appear at random anywhere on the board. After a time, if they are not used, the instant bonus return to the item is was before. Instant bonuses include:
Bomb: Destroys the eight neighboring items and one layer of tiles below them or destroys a chain.
Arrows: Destroys all the items, one layer of tiles or chains on a horizontal row.
Hourglass: Puts the birds to sleep for a few seconds so they don't drop items.
Lightning bolt: Destroys random items, one tile layer or chains.
The power-up bonuses must be activated by making matches with items the same as the bonus, like hammers or feathers. The power-up bonuses remain once powered-up. They can even go from one level to another. These bonuses are:
Hammer: Destroys one chain or one item and one tile layer below it.
Feather: Removes all other feathers on the board. Feathers start appearing if you lose a bird.
Eggs: Restores a dead bird. |
| Cereus Peashy | 2007-01-09 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | A side-scrolling platformer set in The Badlands universe, it stars Cereus as the protagonist. He is a Peachy and when they sprout or come of age, they are given a mask made of the skull of a Kankerling and are sent on the trial of Ire. As such, Cereus needs to travel the bare plains of Golgotha and defeat anyone in his path.The graphics style is similar to the other games set in the universe and there are many familiar enemies such as dumplings. Cereus needs to jump on top of enemies to defeat them (with a double jump available), but he can also roll or collect spikes to take them out. When these spikes are thrown into a wall, they can also be used as temporary platforms. He can also attack from the air by dashing down. Aside from defeating enemies, there are Shycons coins to collect, for which every 50 is awarded with a life. Rolling is also used to get through narrow passages.Next to the main story mode with different stages, there are two challenge modes: Golgothan Gladiator (survival on a single screen) and Weltling Mountain Deathroll where Cereus needs to complete a course while staying on top of a rolling boulder. |
| Fire Flower | 2007-01-09 | Ocean Media LLC | Ocean Media LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen, Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You are trying to make your way through a magic labyrinth. To do this, you must solve flower puzzles and find the fire flower.Fire Flower is a puzzle game. You are given a group of flowers. This group matches, exactly, a group on the playing field. You must find and match this and all groups before the time runs out. There are three game modes but you begin with just Adventure mode. Once you beat the game in that mode, you will unlock Relaxed mode, that has no time limit. Berating the game in that mode will unlock Arcade mode that has a shorter time limit. |
| Pat Sajak's Lucky Letters Deluxe | 2007-01-09 | Atari, Inc. | uclick, LLC | Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Word construction | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A cross between a crossword puzzle and a game show, Lucky Letters will test your trivia skills. Start by picking some free letters, then you will be tasked with answering 10 random clues, using your free letters and already answered clues to help you. After that, the real fun begins. With the clock ticking down, it's up to you to complete the puzzle. There are 5 difficulty levels, which affect the number of free letters and the time you have. Win 5 games in a row, and you can try the Champion's Challenge. Also featured is a quick version called Lucky 10, which challenges you to fill in 10 random letters in the puzzle.The Deluxe version plays similarly to the web game, but with improved graphics, including videos by Pat Sajak himself. |
| The Shield: The Game | 2007-01-09 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Point of View, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Based on the TV series "The Shield" and taking place between the third and fourth seasons of that show.The Farmington Police Precinct is located in a dangerous area of the city. In order to keep crime in check, Detective Vic Mackey heads the "Strike Team", a department with a reputation of accomplishing what other detectives cannot. However the Strike Team's methods are heavy-handed and is always threatened to come under investigation. The fallout from its latest escapades have put it firmly under the spotlight of Internal Affairs and Vic knows that the future of his team lies in being invaluable and maintaining his high arrest records. A gang war between the Byz-Lat ad One-Niners has begun and Vic sets out to enforce the law by any means necessary. He'll need to arrest the perpetrators, bring in the evidence and maybe swipe a bit off the top for his unofficial and tax-free retirement fund. |
| Brain Breaker | 2007-01-10 | | Red Rover Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Mental training | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Based on the code-breaking game Mastermind, Brain Breaker challenges the player to break a randomly created code.The code is made up of four colored balls (of different or same color). The player is given eight guesses to solve the code, by placing four colored balls in the order the player believes may be correct. If the guess is incorrect Brain Breaker will give feedback in the form of gold and silver balls. For each of the player's guess balls that are the correct color and the correct position, the player will be given a gold feedback ball. For each guess ball that is the correct color, but the wrong position, the player will receive a silver feedback ball. If a guess ball is not of the correct color, the player will receive no feedback for that ball. |
| Gasparilla: Quest for the Key | 2007-01-10 | Kewlbox | Blockdot, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Gasparilla: Quest for the Key you are hunting treasures while avoiding hazards similar to playing Minesweeper.Depending on the difficulty and size settings, you are facing 8x8, 12x12 or even 24x24 boards filled with numerous hazards (number depends on difficulty setting) and 8 treasures. As the treasure hunter, you have to click on any tile you want, either revealing one of the treasures, a hazard, a number or an empty tile. With the numbers you can tell how many hazards are in all up to 8 adjacent tiles. You have to flag the hazards and collect the treasure.Once you've successfully collected all eight treasures, a box with tell you that you have won, but will also inform you that you can continue playing until all empty tiles are discovered for additional points. Once you discover a hazard, the game is over. |
| Star Defender 4 | 2007-01-10 | Awem Studio | Awem Studio | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Delving deep toward the Black Hole found after the events of Star Defender III, our hero finds himself separated from the Star Fleet of the Earth in the unknown Darkfog system which is being invaded by Insectus. It's up to him to protect it and help them prepare for the battle, while also trying to find a way to make contact with his Star Fleet allies.The fourth chapter of this top-down shooter series introduces new weapons such as the flame thrower, acid bombs, and the ship slicing and dicing cutter. Also new to this chapter are numerous new enemy types and naturally 8 new boss monsters each located at the end of every 12 mission level. A total of 100 missions awaits the brave pilot who dares to challenge the horde of alien onslaught.Kept over from the previous chapter are some enemy types and popular weapons of choice. Weapon leveling up is still completed in the same manner by picking up nuclear pickups left behind by enemy combatants. When you get hit you'll lose a pickup and your ship's weapons will get weaker and eventually explode. Bonuses such as time-freeze and missile strikes will help keep up your longevity. Movement as before is limited to a horizontal plane at the bottom of the screen. |
| Starship Kingdom | 2007-01-10 | ApeZone Inc | ApeZone Inc | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Board game, Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The king is dead, the throne is vacant, and most planets have declared their independence. Two noble houses have now laid claim to the throne…but only one of them can reunite the galaxy as one Starship Kingdom!Starship Kingdom is a variant of Risk in a sci-fi setting. Build fleets of different ship types, deploy them, and attack enemy systems connected to yours by star lanes. Watch the action unfold as your ships battle opposing fleets. Spend your credits on more ships, or invest in fleet upgrades and improved production. Different planets have different tech bonuses, so plan your strategy carefully.Starship Kingdom can be played solo, hotseat, or online. Computer opponents can have a number of different play styles (aggressive, defensive, etc.). A built-in editor allows dedicated fans to create and play their own star maps.
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| Underground Fighting | 2007-01-10 | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | Mad Hog Games | Action | | | | Fighting | Europe | | Direct control | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Underground Fighting is a simple one on one fighting game that includes twelve characters, six locations, and dozens of weapons. The game contains two game modes: a Story and a Quick Fight. In the Story mode, the player can take part in a series of fights than leads him to final fight with a mysterious underground fighting master. In the Quick Fight mode, the player can choose any level, weapon, and character and fight with AI or another player. |
| Arthur and the Invisibles: The Game | 2007-01-12 | Atari, Inc. | Étranges Libellules S.A. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Arthur and the Invisibles: The Game is an action-adventure based on the mostly animated film from director Luc Besson who also wrote the children's books it originated from. It follows the film's storyline after the live-action part where a boy must save his grandmother's house from a greedy developer by finding a treasure that his grandfather went missing in searching for it in the magical land of the tiny Minimoy. When the boy Arthur enters a portal to their land, he shrinks in size and changes his appearance so he becomes like a Minimoy also. Arthur and his two friends, princess Selenia and her brother Bétamèche, try to save the Minimoys from certain destruction. There is a tutorial which teaches you movement and combat plus how to move objects and flip switches. The action begins when a Minimoy ceremony is interrupted by enemy mosquitoes. You have to alternately play as all the three characters and use the special abilities of each to fight, solve puzzles, fly and drive. Arthur can smash spiderwebs and climb, while Selenia can cut through foliage, and Betameche can crawl through small spaces and packs an upgradable projectile-based weapon. Defeating enemies that have special keys is necessary in order to open gates to progress in the game. In one scene, they ride a mosquito through a cavern while shooting other mosquitoes from the air. There are also racing sections. Scenes from the film move the story along from one set piece to another. |
| Gehirnjogging: Vol. 1 | 2007-01-12 | EMME Deutschland GmbH | Happy Neuron | Educational | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Gehirnjogging Vol. 1 is a collection of 12 different memory games to stimulate the brain. Train concentration, perception and judgement in different difficulties. The game provides detailed statistics. |
| Puzznic | 2007-01-12 | ZX Games | ZX Games | Puzzle | Side view | Fangame | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Puzznic by ZX Games is a remake of Taito's Puzznic first released in 1989. The game's concept is very simple: to score you need to move the matching game elements together and make them disappear - a fusion of Tetris and Sokoban. There is no time limit and the 150 original levels are available with an option to switch between the already completed ones. Improved usability features Undo Stack (or Ctrl-Z to move you back in time) and other add-ons. Needs no emulators to run. |
| A Cure for the Common Cold | 2007-01-13 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | What are the odds? After years of your painting career languishing in obscurity, a director for a large and respectable gallery agrees to look at some of your new artwork to include in a major show! But like Rent and La Bohème before it, health complications of the Bohemian lifestyle lay you low, a vicious cold rendering you too ill to finish your new works and skyrocket out of the gutter! How are you supposed to find inspiration when you're so congested you have a hard time breathing?A mother's sage advice lays down three eternal constants for rest and recuperation, and your mission is to achieve these objectives by using and combining common items found in your wretched two-room studio garret, navigated according to the point-and-click adventure game interface conventions of the "Broken Sword" games -- right-click to examine an object, left-click to interact with it.Get well soon! Your fifteen minutes of fame depend on it! |
| Unequal | 2007-01-13 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Unequal is a grid-based puzzle where the player must fill in the grid with numbers, so that each number occurs once in each row and column. In the standard mode, inequality signs between squares indicate which number is larger than its neighbor. In the "adjacent" mode, lines are displayed between squares which contain numbers differing by one. |
| CTU: Marine Sharpshooter - Golden Bullet Edition | 2007-01-15 | Groove Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation bundles 2 games in the CTU: Marine Sharpshooter series:
CTU: Marine Sharpshooter
Marine Sharpshooter II: Jungle Warfare |
| Sterling's Gift | 2007-01-15 | White Rabbit Adventure Games | White Rabbit Adventure Games | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Sterling's Gift takes you back in American history to a period just after the Civil War. This fictional tale takes place in the modern Neill-Cochran House (now a museum) which was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers by General George Custer and his wife, Libbie.When the game begins, you find Libbie Custer's diary in which she writes about a "secret" gift she received for Christmas from a blind child orphaned during the war. She told no one about the present and it has remained hidden for over a century. Curious as you are, you set out to find it. During the course of the game you will search everywhere for clues, solve puzzles and eventually find the miraculous gift mentioned in the diary.The game is played entirely by mouse in first person. The graphics are actual photographs from inside the historic home presented in slide-show fashion. There are items to collect for use and stored in an inventory, some of which need to be manipulated. There is background music and there are some ambient sounds. There are no voices.Selectable options at the beginning of the game include historical facts, hints, and spoilers. Saved games can be named and are limitless in number. |
| World of WarCraft: The Burning Crusade (Collector's Edition) | 2007-01-16 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Collector's Edition of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade includes the base game and the following items:World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade expansion on both CD and DVD
Behind-the-scenes DVD for the game, featuring over 2 hours of interviews, trailers, and more
The Art of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade hardcover art book
Two World of Warcraft trading card game starter packs, plus three tournament-legal exclusive cards
A mouse pad with a map of Outland on it
A CD with the game's soundtrack
Exclusive in-game pet: Netherwhelp |
| Jack's Crazy Special | 2007-01-17 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the following games:
Jack's Boulder Match
Jack's Sokoman
Jack's Crazy Cong
Jack's Crazy Cong 2 |
| Mysteryville | 2007-01-18 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | NevoSoft LLC | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | A simple article for Countryside Life turns into race to save the world. In Mysteryville you play the role of Laura Winner, a reporter for the aforementioned magazine, who stumbles onto a conspiracy that starts with the disappearance of a few cats will end up in all sorts of unexpected twists. You must use your sleuthing skills to find clues and talk to the townsfolk to get to the bottom of this mystery.Mysteryville is a hidden object picture search game similar to the Mystery Case Files games but with amped visual effects and an engaging and unpredictable storyline. Mysteryville also offers varying types of image searching such as find the difference to searching with a flashlight. There are twenty one locations to visit from a sheriff's office to a mad scientist's lab. |
| Big Solitaires 3D | 2007-01-21 | | | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Big Solitaires 3D is a open source collection of 40 different Solitaire card games using a OpenGL 3D renderer. Some of the more popular games included are: Canfield, Doubles, Forty Thieves, Freecell, Golf, Klondike and Spider. There are many varieties for each of these games. |
| Devastro | 2007-01-22 | Catnap Games | Catnap Games | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Devastro is a Cannon Fodder clone with "photorealistic" graphics (plasticine soldiers, plastic cars and so on). You control a squad of soldiers fighting the alien invasion. As you progress, your soldiers become more skilled by surviving missions and collecting special bonuses. Experienced soldiers shoot faster and more accurately. |
| Earl Bobby is looking for his Balls | 2007-01-22 | | | Adventure, Sports | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The worlds most famous Scottish Earl continues his quest for the sense of life. And this time he is looking for something even more important than his shoes. This time he is looking for his balls...yes, his balls.This is the second part of the Earl Bobby trilogy and it is much longer than the first one. It is a classic point-and-click adventure that features an inventory screen and several cursor modes like talk and look. After Earl Bobby managed to find his shoes and many other things in his previous game, he went on the golf course and decided to play a match of golf. After he makes his first stroke one of his golf balls gets caught by a bird and the bird flies away. So he has a hard time figuring out where his ball is. The game features many weird puzzles and crazy characters like Tiger Woody the golf professional, Baron Mucki the millionaire and Lula the nymphomaniac girl. Earl Bobby has to convince them to help him with his problems. Next to that, the game contains interactive golf passages and an interactive driving range simulation. |
| Europa Universalis III | 2007-01-23 | Paradox Interactive AB | Paradox Interactive AB | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | The two first games in the Europa Universalis series were all about strategy on a grand scale in a realistic (albeit alternative) historical setting, and this game follows the tracks of its predecessors. In Europa Universalis III (EU3) you take control of any state in the world at any date from 1453 to 1789 and - possibly - guide it to greatness, until the end date, 1792.EU3 takes everything from Europa Universalis II, puts it in a 3D engine and introduces several new major features, such as being able to change the form of government, national ideas and a military unit system similar to the one found in Victoria. Another aim of the developers was to create a better tutorial and manual, for an easier learning curve.In EU2, historical flavor was added through the use of historical monarch lists, generals and events. Any important event in history was portrayed with a description and the player was allowed to choose the outcome. In this sequel however, everything starts just like things were at that point in history, but both monarchs and leaders are semi-random, with suitable names for each country. The historical event system was also done away with- instead, the game generates suitable events based on the situation - from revolutions to succession crises. |
| Europa Universalis III (Collector's Edition) | 2007-01-23 | Paradox Interactive AB | Paradox Interactive AB | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | This collector's edition contains the following:
Europa Universalis IIIAudio disc with the game's soundtrackComposer's diary, complementing the soundtrackFull-colour strategy guide of more than 100 pagesProducer introduction to the gameExclusive download content, including special forum bonus content140-page 4-colour manualSizable poster map including all provinces.Collectible stickers |
| Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom | 2007-01-23 | TikGames, LLC | TikGames, LLC | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Mahjong Tales™: Ancient Wisdom is the first Mahjong game available for PlayStation®Network, offering a narrated story mode that whisks players away into a storybook adventure, revealing hand-illustrated ancient Chinese tales one game at a time. The challenging Motion Mode will test both wit and reflexes as players match the moving tiles, while Infinity Mode allows gamers to choose from numerous classic game layouts and tile sets. Mahjong Tales not only delivers a robust feature set with countless levels for both single and multiplayer gameplay, but it also has been meticulously and artistically created to take advantage of the console's high definition capabilities, presented in stunning 1080p. All game modes support deep statistics tracking and rankings and feature PS3™ trophy support. And with custom music support, you can listen to your favorite tunes throughout your adventure.1-2 players80KB minimum save sizeHDTV screen resolution: 720p, 1080i, 1080pDUALSHOCK®3Network FeaturesNetwork Players 2-2Download of this product is subject to the Sony Entertainment Network Terms of Service/User Agreement and any specific additional conditions applying to this product. If you do not wish to accept these terms, do not download this product. See Terms of Service for more important information. One time fee for use of downloads on up to 2 activated compatible Home Console* systems.* See Terms of Service for further information.TikGames, LLC. © 2008, TikGames, LLC. All rights reserved. Creat Studios, Inc. © 2008, Creat Studios, Inc. All rights reserved. All trademarks, trade names and logos are the property of their respective owners. |
| Patriots: A Nation Under Fire | 2007-01-23 | Silverline Software | 4D Rulers Software, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Patriots: A Nation Under Fire is a FPS which takes place in modern day United States during a terrorist attack in which many major cities are nuked and the rest of the country is in total chaos. You must take up arms and defend the country using your team of National Guardsmen to stop the terrorists from overthrowing the government. You'll have to battle your way though city streets and rural areas, with tasks from rescuing hostages to ultimately destroy a nuclear warhead. You'll be given a range of modern weapons from M-16's & Sniper Rifles to M-60's & Grenades. Ammunition is in fairly short supply. You can hide behind abandoned vehicles, but have no view control while in this position.Patriots has 9 singleplayer missions, but multiplayer support is not included. It is built on a modified version of 4D Rulers' AMP game engine - the AI is much more advanced than their previous games using AMP, making it a much more difficult game. |
| Hard Hittin' Hockey | 2007-01-24 | Oberon Media, Inc. | Vast Studios Inc. | Sports | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hard Hittin' Hockey is a casual 2d hockey game. The game contains 3 modes. In tournament mode players will be able to achieve the world championship by playing against world top teams. In season mode players get to play through an entire season. In arcade mode players get to play a quick game of 2 on 2, 3 on 3 or a full team. 16 National teams are available to choose from in the game. |
| 6 Days a Sacrifice | 2007-01-25 | Fully Ramblomatic | Fully Ramblomatic | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The year is 2189. Theo DaCabe, the surveying officer for the Buckinghamshire Country Council, enters the headquarters of a fad religion that calls itself "Optimology" to do a quick health and safety check of this slowly-but-steadily growing cult.But suddenly he finds himself badly hurt and broken in an underground ward, a female doctor called Samantha Harty nursing his wounds. And who is this man with the hat guarding the door? Could it be Trilby, a mythical character from two centuries ago? And why does Theo have a bad feeling that something - or somebody - is haunting this underground complex?6 Days a Sacrifice ties up all the loose ends left open by the preceding games in The Chzo Mythos: 5 Days a Stranger, 7 Days a Skeptic and Trilby's Notes. Can Theo put an end to the killings performed by The Prince and the homicidal spectre John DeFoe once and for all? And can he save himself and the other people in the basement of the sect? |
| Cave Days | 2007-01-25 | Insolita Studios | Insolita Studios | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ugo and Dawson are two cavemen friends who live their lives hunting dinosaurs. Dawson thinks that life could be more than that; Ugo agrees, since he thinks life is also about eating dinosaurs! They're always together, until a husband-hunter woman shows up and turns their lives upside down...Cave Days is a 2D platform game with a touch of humor. The player controls Ugo and Dawson throughout the 30 stages of the game, set in four different scenarios: mountain, forest, rolling hills and underground. The level structure is branched, and at each stage, the characters have to gather gems to unlock the next stage or stages. To gather such gems, they complete a series of objectives, which may involve tasks like hunting dinosaurs, collecting fruits, racing against NPCs, painting rocks, lifting rocks to find creatures, etc.Besides jumping and attacking with their clubs, Ugo and Dawson have also a backpack, used to keep items, such as beaten dinosaurs. They can get, carry and throw objects such as beaten dinosaurs and stones.There are plenty of objects with which the player can interact, such as carnivorous plants (which will function as cannons and will spit the cavemen), rock switches (which activate devices and move objects), vines, etc. |
| Sam & Max: Episode 3 - The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball | 2007-01-25 | GameTap LLC | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball is the third installment in the episodic adventure game series. At the end of the previous episode, Situation: Comedy, the duo discovered that TV host Myra was kept under hypnosis by a teddy bear. The commissioner sets up an underground operation at the Ted E. Bear Mafia-Free Playland and Casino, but the mole he sent is no longer in contact. Sam & Max need to infiltrate themselves and become members of the Toy Mafia.Cheating their way through the back room at the casino, they need to perform three tasks to gain the trust of the organization: display a teddy bear in Bosco's store, kill Sybil Pandemik, and recover Ted E. Bear's Original Meatball stolen sandwich. After gaining the Toy Mafia's trust, Sam and Max need to discover the purpose of the hypnotic teddy bears. The game relies on the familiar cast, and adds new faces such as card player Leonard Steakcharmer and Secret Agent Chuckles.The gameplay is identical to the previous games in the series, including an interactive driving scene. The game is entirely in 3D and the player controls Sam. Sam can interact with the environment through mouse-based actions. He can talk to other characters, examine the environment, pick up items and use them with other objects. The inventory is shown as a cardboard box at the bottom of the screen. |
| Close Quarters Conflict | 2007-01-26 | Groove Games | Direct Action Games | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This is a budget first-person shooter powered by the Unreal Engine 2. The basic backstory is that mercenary groups will replace armies in the future and in the 8 single-player campaign levels, the player will undergo training missions to see if skills are up to becoming this new type of soldier. In different locations, usually warehouses or factories, the task will be to kill enemies using various methods. At the player's disposal are a range of 14 standard weapons including guns which have a noticeable recoil. There are also more focused goals with time constraints - perform stealth kills with a knife or silenced pistol, use special weapons such as grenades to kill enemies, or handle other mission objectives like securing numbered map locations by eliminating all enemies there.In multiplayer modes, there are 20 levels for up to 32 players on the Internet or LAN. The settings vary from war-torn urban landscapes, to wintry Siberian hills, to cramped industrial/office maps. The player may choose one of six classes: soldier, sniper, grenadier, gunner, recon, and medic. Each class has different ability strengths, speed, weapons, and armor. The game modes include: asset seizure, assault, deathmatch/team deathmatch, ground control, and last man standing. |
| Shiokaze no Kieru Umi ni | 2007-01-26 | Light | Light | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Shiokaze no Kieru Umi ni (潮風の消える海に) is visual novel romance adventure game with explicit adult content. Initially released for PC (Windows) in a downloadable and retail version, four years later the game got a port to PSP platform, but not as a PSP game but as an UMD Video title to be able to retain all the adult content while being rated as a movie instead of a game. Unlike PSP games which are region free, the PSP version is treated as a movie and is region locked accordingly. As such, the UMD Video game version can be played on any UMD video player, which just so happens to be the PlayStation Portable device itself. While the PC version features save and load options, the UMD version uses passwords to continue game progress from a specific point.The story opens in Yokohama with the protagonist, Susumu Miyachi, staring blankly at the sea and departing ships. By a chance you meet Kousuke Toujou, and start a conversation with her, which eventually brings forth the idea of renovating a submerged yacht. Saying how you'd like to pull out the sunken yacht, renovate it by yourself and sail to unknown places, Susumu gets attracted by your crazy talk and decides to help you with the plan. In your endeavor two more people join the team, Mishio Enokida and Rikako Tsuiki. And thus you and the three girls start working on a plan together, meanwhile overcoming various troubles and deepening bonds of friendship and maybe something more.Unlike in many other romantic visual novels, you don't have choices and the story takes a very linear course. Gameplay, however, is not much different from a regular visual novel style containing all the regular commands such as auto continue option, skip text, message logs and such. Both protagonist and heroines feature full voice-acting in this game. Background art also features different images for different time of day (e.g. morning, evening). |
| The Quest | 2007-01-27 | Redshift | Redshift | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The Quest is a traditional-style Role Playing Game, developed for a wide range of mobile devices and also for a Windows-PC. You assume the role of a lone adventurer, newcomer in the King's secret agency, and must travel to a distant island in the kingdom to shed some light on the local Governor's disappearance.Graphics in the game resemble well-known classic RPGs like Eye of the Beholder, Might & Magic, Wizardry, and most of all, earlier Elder Scrolls titles. The Quest makes use of sprites for portraying characters and objects, while buildings and such are built of 3D-blocks. Movement is tile-based, and the fights are turn-based.When creating a new hero, there are five different races to choose from, including Undead, several pre-defined character classes, and the player can distribute skill-points as he (or she) wishes. Also, choice of gender and race, as well as earned fame and outfit, will make an impact on NPC attitudes towards the player.During the game you will fight monsters, exploring the territory (there is freedom to move around the island from the start) and solving various quests for reputation and wealth - stuff one expects to find in a RPG. Apart from that, you can brew various potions from flowers and herbs you've picked up during the game, and play a card game - sort of Magic: The Gathering with more simple rules. |
| Microsoft Windows Vista (included games) | 2007-01-30 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Corporation, Oberon Games, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Besides the functionalities of an OS, Microsoft Windows Vista contains a number of games. As these are not available stand-alone, they are considered part of a compilation:The Home Basic edition included:
FreeCell
Hearts
Minesweeper
Purble Place
Spider Solitaire
Solitaire
The Home Premium, Business, Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista included 3 additional games:
Chess Titans
InkBall
Mahjong Titans
Windows Ultimate Extras included 2 additional games that could be downloaded later through Windows Update:
Hold 'Em
Microsoft TinkerFreeCell:
In FreeCell, the goal is to put the 52 cards sorted into the four spots on the top right section. All the cards are opened, having 8 stacks of 6 to 7 cards. For moving and sorting, the usual Solitaire rules apply.However the players can utilize up to four place holder fields, to temporarily place unwanted cards there. Any cards can be stored there at any time, but pulling them from there to make the spots free again, only proper moves are allowed (e.g. black 6 over red 7).Once all cards are sorted, the player wins. If no more moves are possible, the player loses.Hearts:
In Hearts the player plays against three computer opponents.The goal of the game is to have the least points at the end of a match, and a match ends when one player reaches or exceeds 100 points. A match consists of several games in a row.In order to win, the player must either avoid hearts (worth one point) and the spade queen (13 points), or acquiring all hearts and the spade queen in a match (this is called "shoot the moon"; if the player manages that, all the other players receive 26 points at the end of the match).While playing, the player must follow the played color, unless the player don't has this color, then any color can be played.InkBall:
Draw lines to direct balls into holes of corresponding colors.Minesweeper:
In this game the player must reveal the location of mines by marking them. This is done by revealing empty fields, these contain numbers indicating how many mines are directly adjacent, ranging from 0 (no number, automatically reveals adjacent 0-fields) up to 8 (completely surrounded by mines).If a mine is clicked on, all mines are revealed and the game ends. If all mines are marked, the player wins the game.The game can be played in three game modes, increasing the size of the playfield and the amount of mines in there.Purble Place:
Purble place is an educational game, designed for teaching children memory, pattern recognition, and reasoning skills.This "game" consists of three games: Comfy Cakes, Purble Shop, and Purble Pairs.In Comfy Cakes, the goal is to make cakes using the correct shapes, batters, fillings, icings, and decorations.In the Purble Shop, the player has to create a face using hair, eyes, nose, and lips. Then it's told how many features the player got right. Substitute features and try again until the player's figure matches the hidden figure.Purble Pairs is a memory game. All items are hidden and the player has to open a pair to remove them from the playfield. Wrongly opened fields are closed after a few seconds.All three games offer different difficulty settings, by increasing the playfield or the amount of features used.Solitaire:
In this card game the goal is to put all the cards sorted (ace, two, ..., queen, king) by color into the four fields at the top.When starting a game, the target fields are empty, the main field consists of 7 piles of cards, whereby only the top one is visible, also in an ascending amount (left side one card, right side 7 cards), and the rest of the cards are in one pile at top left.Cards can only be moved from one pile to another when putting a lower card of the opposite color on a higher card, when the pile is empty, kings can be placed there, and finally, when the target piles are empty, only aces can be put there (then twos on aces, etc.).Depending on the setting, the player either takes one or three cards from the top left pile.When all cards are sorted in the target piles, the player has won the game. If no more allowed moves are possible, the player has lost the game.Spider Solitaire:
Unlike Solitaire, the entire playfield is used here. There are 10 piles of cards, and only the top cards are revealed. Cards are moved in the same manner as in Solitaire.The task is to again sort the cards in question.Unlike Solitaire, the player does not get one or three new cards from the pile containing the rest of the cards, but an entire set of 10 cards, which are put on top (below) the revealed cards.There are three game modes, which vary upon the number of different colors; one, two or four. (With one color, the cards can directly sorted without the need of using opposite colored cards.)The game ends in success if they are all sorted, or in failure if no more moves are possible. |
| Rolf Kaukas Fix & Foxi: Familienspiele | 2007-01-30 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Lupo's Adventures
Nicht ärgern Lupo!
Rolf Kaukas Fix & Foxi: Plot's 3 |
| Vanguard: Saga of Heroes | 2007-01-30 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Sigil Games Online, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is a MMORPG set on the planet Telon, a completely flat planet with many islands and vast continents - of which the two continents Thestra and Qalia and the island Kojan are the world the players play in in the release version. Each part of the world has it's own climate and races. While it's very cold in Thestra you walk through steppes and deserts on Qalia. This also influences the races that live there. Also you can encounter humans on all three (also they diver in look and feel because of the different climate zones), the rest of the 19 available races are divided over those lands. The dark elves live down in Qalia where as the Orcs have their home on Kojan.Not all races can be all 17 classes. So you'll never see a high elf using the dark arts of necromancy but a dark elf has no problem with that. The 17 classes are part of the four main groups: Offensive Fighters, Defensive Fighters, Arcane Casters and Healers to make it easier for the new player to know what a Dread Knight (offensive caster) does for example.Besides the choice of race and class, you also choose the look of your character at the beginning of the game with the help of a vast array of sliders with which you can adjust nearly everything from body height to eyebrow color. When you're finished you get in the game.The gameplay is divided in three trees that influence each other but are completely independent of one another: Adventuring, Crafting and Diplomacy. Each tree has it's own quests and own items. Theoretically it's possible to reach the max level in one of them without ever get a level up in the other. Of course this is not very practical and if you want to craft items for yourself you need to harvest the ingredients and this could be very difficult as a level 1 adventurer.Adventuring is the main tree of the game and as in every other MMORPG you travel through the land, kill enemies, solve quests, get better gear and level up. At each level up you get some skill points you can invest in your character to make him even stronger. The maximum adventuring level is 50.Crafting comes in three major flavors known as Articifier, Outfitter and Blacksmith. Every profession then breaks down again at level 10 where the Outfitter for example has to choose weather he want's to be a Tailor or a Leatherworker. The craftingprocess itself is also divided into two categories: Crafting for yourself or Questing. If you want to craft items for yourself, you need to harvest or buy the incredients you need for it. If you only want to solve quests and gain experience you do a "Work Order". There you get all you need from the quest-giver but you can't use the items you make. But you get money or special items as a reward.Diplomacy is the tree for the talker. In a card min-igame you try to outplay your opponent and win the match. The dialogue advances while you play and unfolds not only the overall story but also gives you a hint on what card would be best to play next. But since you've only a limited number of card slots, you need to think about what you use in the next parley (that's what the mini-game is called). If you think more global, you can engage in city diplomacy where you can influence several triggers of a city like "Preparing for War". If you influence a trigger enough you can start an event. These events give you and everyone else in the area either a buff which can be a temporary new playing card or a buff that raises your crafting skill or you gain access to new quests. |
| Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (Limited Edition) | 2007-01-30 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Limited Edition contains:
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
Special packaging
90-day station player subscription (only for new accounts)
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Art Book
Official Soundtrack by Todd Masten
Cloth and Paper Map of Telon
Exclusive In-game item (magic wand or horseshoes)
One of Three collectible Hero Cards
Guild Kit (ten 10-day buddy keys and a Guild Trophy for the Guild House) |
| Still Life: Special Edition | 2007-01-31 | dtp entertainment AG | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition is a re-release of the 2005 game and contains:
Still Life
German and English voice-overs
Exclusive Visual material
Digital strategy guide on the DVD
Exclusive wallpaper
Video to the game |
| Bang! Howdy | 2007-02-01 | Three Rings Design, Inc. | Three Rings Design, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Steampunk | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Bang! Howdy is a 3D turn-based strategy game with a western theme and bright graphics reminiscent of certain Blizzard titles. Offering both singleplayer and multi-player options, the game consists of a number of scenarios in small areas with different themes and strategical goals. Players take turns commanding a small band of units (usually about four or five) with different statistics against up to three other (computer-controlled) players. Some of the scenarios are:
Claim Jumping: collect claim nuggets and defend or overtake claims.
Rustlin' Cattle: brand and re-brand cows.
Gold Rush: collect gold nuggets.
Land Grab: capture and defend a number of homesteads.Using a 3d overhead view, players take turns moving around units such as flying blimps, gunslingers, big shot units, dirigibles, artillery, shotgunners, sharpshooters, steam gunmen and more. Each game consists of a set number of rounds. The scenarios' goals often involve acquiring and defending certain areas or items before time runs out. Units have different weapons, features and movement options. Clicking a unit reveals their health and the time before a next move is possible. Obstacles and elevation also influence units and some work better than others in specific situations.Movement is done through a semi-transparent grid overlay that shows the movement or attack range. Big Shot units have the ability to capture homesteads, overtake claims and brand cows, and need to be protected well. When dead, units respawn but this takes a number of turns. Points are called "Scrip" and are awarded based on the outcome.The gameplay is further influenced through spawning bonuses that improve defence, movement, attacking power, health or luck. This can also be done by collecting and using cards during gameplay, with similar effects. The single-player portion is played from a town where players can visit different buildings. The avatar can be fully customized and the scenarios are shown as a number of unlockable town bounties, rewarded with cash. There are also a number of most wanted challenges against a specific opponent. Multiplayer usually involved ranked matches.Although the game is free to play, paying customers with a gold account receive more customization options (hats, clothes, facepaint), they can recruit new Big Shot units, visit new towns, and unlock new units and goods. |
| Clean Asia! | 2007-02-01 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In a story as exotic as the gameplay itself, the eyes of all of mankind have left their hosts and fled to the moon, in preparation of complete world domination. Having developed their hostile weapon technology, they return to earth ten years later and invade Asian territory. Thailand and New Korea succumb, while China refuses any outside help to battle the invaders. America sends a pair of pilot twins to face the invasion.Clean Asia! is an extremely fast and hectic shmup where players can choose from two very different pilots to attack a number of enemies in rapid succession. The player's ship is no larger than a tiny white dot, while the enemies and the background are made up of colourful outlined figures, spraying massive amounts of bullets that often cover the entire screen.The first pilot Mickey R. Dole flies the Attractor. This is the most difficult mode. The main means of attack is a short, powerful thrust that slices through enemies and leaves the player invincible for a short time. Having damaged the opponent, the player can attract the pieces of metal that have come loose, and then launch it as a powerful attack. By doing this in rapid succession, large combos can be created.The second pilot Mackey I. Dole flies the Reflector. This mode offers more traditional shmup gameplay. There is a button to fire bullets, another to reflect all attacks (including contact with enemies), a powerful shot can be charged with another button, and a final one absorbs debris to power up - leading to explosive charge shots and upgraded weapons.Only three lives are available and all three regions (Thailand, New Korea and Chine) are available right away. The game was created for the AutoFire 2007 Shooter Competition. |
| Flyout | 2007-02-01 | Foppygames | Foppygames | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Flyout is a vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up written for the Shmup-Dev Autofire 2007 competition. The player controls a small ship flying up an endless tunnel. Enemies include little green guys who try to jump on top of your ship and make it harder to steer, and all kinds of alien, firing at you, doing suicide missions or dropping bombs. The path is often blocked by obstacles that can be destroyed. The ship can take multiple hits and restores its energy by collecting health icons. The distance is measured in the bottom left corner. For every kilometer, a stranded Dutch astronaut appears to provide you with up to 5 levels of weapon upgrades, transforming the basic weapon into laser beams and more. All weapons have an unlimited amount of ammo and there are two lives in total. |
| Grimm's Hatchery | 2007-02-01 | Amaranth Games, LLC | Amaranth Games, LLC | Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Managerial / business simulation, Time management | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | What a crummy day. Your step-father died and gave his castle to your evil step-brother. Luckily though he left it with one condition. If you can raise 100,000 gold coins in 100 days your step-brother, Lord Boras, will get the boot and you'll get the castle and of course reign over his Lordship. How are you going to go about raising all that gold? Naturally by raising dragons, gryphons, and other mystical creatures and getting involved in the commerce and trade of their eggs.
Grimm's Hatchery is not just a raise a pet and look after it game, but is at the same time a business simulation and a wee bit of a graphic adventure. You'll soon find yourself with the keys to your first of three farms where you'll raise creatures, feed them and sell them and their eggs. You can also use their eggs to create new creatures and even combine their eggs at the apothecary to maybe create a different creature altogether.
When you're looking after your hatchery you will have to feed your creatures with grain you'll purchase in different parts of town and be on the lookout for raids by monsters hunting after the eggs they lay and the creatures themselves. Fend off the monsters by initially hitting them with your hands. Don't worry though, soon you'll be able to get that sword and if you're really good that wizard staff to assist you in cracking down on those pests.
As your creatures wander the farm they will lay eggs and it's up to you to be sure to pick them up. Later on you will be able to get a cart that will automatically pick up the eggs. The eggs all have different values depending on the creature it came from and you can maybe hatch the eggs to get more creatures. Not all eggs are going to give you a creature though so sometimes maybe it's better to sell them and not risk destroying it.
Soon you will have built up your wealth and you will be given opportunities to run a few small errands and interact with the towns people. These errands will help you in moving up to a better farm and eventually to purchasing better creatures since all the creatures available belong only to one of the three farms. The interactions you have and the way you deal with people could also help in your acquirement of future farms at better prices or even getting special bonuses. |
| PeaceMaker | 2007-02-01 | ImpactGames, LLC | ImpactGames, LLC | Educational, Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events | | | | | | Windows | PeaceMaker is a "serious game" dedicated to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Playing as either the Israeli Prime Minister or the Palestinian President, the player must try to bring peace to the area by balancing the concerns of both his own people and the world community.Through action menus around a reference map of the region, the player can chose from the actions available for the side he's playing. Both sides have actions available in the categories: Security, Political and Construction. Security options for the Israeli include giving orders to the police and the armed forces, changing curfews or releasing political prisoners, demolishing buildings, ordering missile strikes or assassinating political leaders. The Palestinian security options also include border control issues, and dealing with militants internally.Political options for both sides include giving speeches, having meetings with the involved factions and world leaders, handling trade agreements, worker permits and making cultural initiatives. Playing the Palestinian side, the player may also push for control of holy sites or declare an independent Palestinian state.Construction options include health care, education and reconstruction. Playing the Palestinian side, there are options for agricultural, industrial and commercial construction and for control of airspace, coast lines, water supplies and tourism issues. The Israeli options in this category include dealing with settlements and making decisions about the security fence and refugee affairs.The gameplay consists of choosing sensible actions in response to events in the game and changes in the political climate. These are expressed to the player as a set of statistics on how popular his 'leader' is with different factions of his own people as well as with other countries and organizations such as the Arab world and United Nations. Each of these factions' political power, fears, goals and possible actions are also listed, so as a player you have a chance of knowing how they will react to your different actions.Each action will influence the player's popularity with the different factions, which will then again influence what actions will be available or likely to succeed on the next turn. Successfully played, the player will be able to solve problems diplomatically as they appear on each step of the road to peace. The game can be played at three difficulty levels: a calm, a tense or a violent political situation respectively.The game is designed on the assumption that winning is achieved by a two state solution. It offers a way of experiencing the conflict from both sides, with a fair degree of accuracy. |
| Pirates: Legend of the Black Buccaneer | 2007-02-01 | 10tacle studios AG | Widescreen Games SARL | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Pirate Francis Blade suffers shipwreck and washes ashore on the mysterious island La Borgne. In a cave, he discovers an amulet that allows him to transform into Black Buccaneer, a cursed pirate with supernatural voodoo powers. He needs to find a way off the island, collect items to repair his ship, and fight the witch La Borgne who guards the treasure she has collected over the years.The 3rd-person gameplay is similar to the modern Prince of Persia games. Francis Blade uses his sword, gun, and magic to fight enemies in a Caribbean setting. There are also a lot of environment-based puzzles with acrobatic moves. The area has been divided into 18 major sections, not all of them available right away. Blade needs to collect new powers for his Black Buccaneer form, and can for instance take control of enemies or summon minions.Killing enemies provides points, which can be used to offer to the voodoo god to continue when Blade dies. |
| Quatrolon | 2007-02-01 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Quatrolon, you have to move objects on a playfield to combine same colored and/or same shaped ones to get them removed before the entire playfield is filled up.You play the game at a 7*7 playfield. After starting a game, 3 random fields are filled with circles, squares or rectangles of different colors. Now you have to combine those by clicking the one you want to move and the target field. You can move an object horizontal or vertical, adjacent or over the entire playfield, but there must be an open spot between the start and the target. You score points if you combine objects of the same color or same shape, they don't need to be both, though you get more points if you do this (i.e. combine 3 red circles).Whether you combine something or not, with every turn you do, 3 new pieces appear at random places, slowly filling up the board. Once all empty places are gone, you have lost the game. |
| The Truth About Game Development | 2007-02-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Educational, Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation, Platform | | | | Meditative / Zen, Real-time | | | Windows | The Truth About Game Development is a sarcastic glimpse at modern game development: you play a game producer, and your goal is straightforward: to produce the best possible game, in a fixed time, and at minimum cost.The main screen of the game is dominated by a big Donkey Kong-like platform in a gloomy factory, on which your developers (aka "slaves") move along slowly, working on your game. The speed of their movement shows how hard they work -- the quicker they move, the better your game will be; that is, the more of it will be finished in time.There are two simple means to motivate your workers: The first is to increase their wages -- but that costs money, of course. A cost-free alternative is firing ("killing") a slow and lazy slave, which will greatly motivate all his co-slaves, if only for a limited time. But careful -- kill too many, and your workers will start to revolt.The quality of the game you will produce is measured in three sections: graphics, gameplay and marketing. The "Budget" screen allows you to divide the worker's productivity between those categories -- the more you allocate to one section, the quicker the quality of the game in that section will improve.Most of the few minutes that this game lasts is spent by staring at your workers gradually slowing down, and meditating about whether you should kill one more or not. This is sometimes interrupted by a random event where you often will have to decide. An example is one of the slaves having an original idea, which will create more favorable reviews, but which will take time to implement.At the end of a fixed time (or after an all-out rebellion if you kill too many slaves), the game is released and shipped, and you will get an evaluation of you work, depending on the quality of the game's reviews, the number of games sold and the total money spent.
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| GridLines | 2007-02-02 | PiEyeGames | PiEyeGames | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | GridLines is an electronic adaptation of a popular pen-and-paper pastime known as Dots and Boxes, first published in 1889 by French mathematician Édouard Lucas, where two players take turns connecting dots on a grid to create squares. In this version the players can be human or computer-controlled, with other customization settings and modes available from the main menu.There are three single-player modes. Classic mode has five difficulty levels to choose from, each featuring a computer opponent progressively more skilled at the game. Bonus mode is similar to the previous settings, but with different values for each potential square, with certain grid positions giving extra points and adding a strategic element to the gameplay. Custom mode has adjustable options for opponent skill and bonus points, also setting the board size and how many lines are already added to the grid from the start.In the multiplayer mode, two human players compete on boards of variable size. An integrated mp3 player can be used to add a custom soundtrack. |
| Little Britain: The Video Game | 2007-02-02 | Mastertronic Group Ltd. | Gamerholix Ltd., GameSauce Ltd. | Action, Puzzle, Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down, Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle, Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | This is a collection of mini-games based on the UK comedy sketch TV series Little Britain that ran between 2003 and 2006. The included games are based on some of the scenes and recurring characters. It also includes the original voices of the two leads and the narrator. Players need to unlock the different games by competing in a Tour with three difficulty levels. On Easy, for each 50,000 points another game is opened up and clips from the series are unlocked. The included games are set at different, fictitious locations in Britain and require a lot of button mashing:
Darkley Noone: Vicky Pollard needs to complete two laps on roller-skates in a skate park. She has to collect CDs to throw a party, while avoiding hazards, performing tricks when jumping in the air, and grinding on rails.
Herby: Lou and Andy go to the swimming pool, but as soon as they are there, Andy doesn't like it. While Lou explains to a guard how he wants his handicapped friend to swim, Andy needs to dive off diving boards and perform tricks. There are three boards to choose from and he needs to get back in his wheelchair before time runs out.
Sessex: Weight Watcher guide Marjorie runs around in a supermarket collecting cookies in a Pac-Man-style mini-game. The ghosts are represented by fatties she needs to avoid, but by picking up cake (similar to the original power pellets), she can take them out for a short time.
Slut: Letty has to squash all the frogs in her living room, making sure not to hit any other objects. Gameplay is similar to the Whac-A-Mole concept, except that the frogs jump around instead of popping up.
Old Haven: Emily, a real lady, needs to score a number of goals in a game of football (soccer) before time runs out. She needs to progress over the pitch step by step and avoid hitting the defenders as that returns her to the starting location. She does get points for shooting them in their private parts. The PSP version is slightly different as it is presented as a game of penalty kicks, without defenders. The direction and the force of the kick can be determined separately.
Pox: make matches of three identical items collecting food in Maggie's gullet as she gulps it down. Once it is full, she can spew out all the food over her friends at the party for extra points.
Llandewi Breffi: Dafydd Thomas is the only gay in the village and needs to prove it. He rides a bicycle through the streets and needs to collect copies of Gay Magazine while running down other people and slapping fake gays.The PSP version contains an additional game:
Flatley: help "Eh Eh Eh" Anne at the psychiatric institute to destroy the flowers in the garden. She can stamp them, pull them out, and then smash it or chuck it. She needs to avoid the men in white coats that chase after her. She can temporarily stun them by flashing them when she lifts her skirt.Next to the games in the Tour, there are also Challenges where a mini-game needs to be replayed with a specific goal, a movie gallery where the unlocked clips can be viewed, and a highscore list. Aside from graphical differences, gameplay is largely identical across the platforms. The PSP version includes wireless multiplayer for up to two players. |
| EIPC Free SuDoKu 3 | 2007-02-04 | EIPC | EIPC | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this simple Sudoku game, the player needs to fill each row, column and region with numbers from 1-9 according to the rules of the game. This version contains five different levels and three skins. There are different difficulty levels and answers can be checked both manually and automatically. It is also possible to store your progress and pick up a game later. |
| Alien Shooter: Vengeance | 2007-02-05 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | Sigma LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Mature | Isometric | Windows | The year is 2161 and the aliens try once again to invade Earth. You are a mercenary of the M.A.G.M.A Corporation that is sent in to help the US Army get rid of the plague. So under the command of General Baker you take on missions and kill many thousands of aliens on your way.As in the predecessor Alien Shooter, you control your character through 2D isometric maps to find key-cards, activate machines and clear areas from the aliens. At the beginning you have the choice between 8 characters who have different skills. There's everything from a sniper to a hands-on melee fighter. You also choose one of eight special talents like self-heal or night-vision.As you shoot your way through all the enemies with 50 different weapons from normal pistols to powerful energy weapons, you gain experience points and level up. At each level-up you are awarded some skill points with which you can improve your character in several areas like fighting better with pistols or investing it in strength so you can carry more items in your inventory.You can also find and buy items like med packs or install implants like a booster which makes you nearly invulnerable for a short period.Once you've finished the campaign you can either jump into the survival mode, in which you have to fight wave after wave of aliens or play with a friend in LAN in several modes from normal deathmatch to a coop-survival-campaign. |
| Get in the Game! Kidz Sports Pack | 2007-02-05 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A compilation of:
Kidz Sports: Basketball
Kidz Sports: Ice Hockey
Kidz Sports: International Soccer
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| Habitrail Hamster Ball | 2007-02-05 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Habitrail Hamster Ball is an action game based around controlling a hamster encapsulated in a ball rolling through environments such as a castle or a children's playroom with platforms, small ledges and obstacles. There are two difficulty levels and two game modes: a 'normal' mode and a 'time attack' mode. A level is completed by rolling between finish posts. Moving forward without interruption builds up a speed meter and causes the hamster to go faster. The game supports local multiplayer games through split-screen for up four players racing each other on the same course.The game carries the license of Habitrail hamster products and show general information about hamster and taking care of them in the opening screens. The main menu also has a hamster care guide. |
| Rag Doll Kung Fu (Black Belt Edition) | 2007-02-06 | Wild Hare Entertainment, LLC. | QI Creations | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | Meditative / Zen | Mature | | Windows | This edition of Rag Doll Kung Fu is that same as the regular version but includes exclusive skins and a limited edition poster. |
| The Sims: Life Stories | 2007-02-06 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Life Stories is the first title in the The Sims Stories series, part of the larger Sims franchise. Unlike the main The Sims 2 game, which offers open-ended gameplay, this title focuses on the life of 2 characters, Riley Harlow and Vince Moore, and the game mechanics are more reminiscent of the console ports. The player needs to guide 2 characters through a more or less linear story, with set goals to achieve and through the use of scripted sequences. Each character has an independent, pre-defined story, and upon completion a classic mode is unlocked, where the player can create a new character with much more freedom and open-ended gameplay.In Riley's story, she is evicted from her house in Sim City and moves to her aunt's house in Four Corners to start a new life. She will get to meet the neighbours and Mickey Smith, who soon becomes her love interest.Vincent Moore is a business tycoon from Bitville who breaks up with his girlfriend Samantha Hayden after proposing to her. He too will fall in love, with Naomi Hunt, but there are business rivals to take into account.The game has been optimized for laptops through the controls and by not requiring an independent graphics card. |
| Nux | 2007-02-07 | Idigicon Limited | Citric Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Nux is the spiritual successor to the Platypus games where all visual elements were first created in clay and then scanned and animated. The eponymous protagonist is the sole survivor of the Nexon warrior tribe. Their home world has been invaded by Silthax who devoured all Nexons and stole the sacred power crystals. Nux needs to visit four planets to retrieve the power crystals, defeat Silthax and restore the damage he has done.The game consists of 13 levels that are split up in three sections per planet. The first section, approaching the planet, plays as a top-down vertically scrolling shoot'em up. A space ship needs to be steered to dodge or destroy enemies and obstacles. Certain enemies leave behind power-ups such as rockets or a fast laser. There is a level boss at the end. The second section is the descend to the planet. This is a vertically scrolling section where the ship needs to be lowered to the surface, dodging enemies and obstacles, and collecting coins for additional points. The ship needs to be steered and a gently amount of thrust needs to be applied for movement. There is only a limited amount of fuel, so he often needs to lands on platforms to refuel. The third section takes place on the planet surface to retrieve three power crystals. Only one can be carried at all times, so Nux needs to go back and forth a few times. This section is played as a third-person side-scrolling platformer shown from a side view. There are power-ups that provide a laser or other types of weapons. In all sections Nux has a certain amount of health and a number of lives. |
| Dream Day Wedding | 2007-02-08 | Pogo.com | Oberon Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Dream Day Wedding is an hidden object game. Each level has a list of the objects you have to find in a limited time. When you have one, you have to click on it.For finishing the game, you have to beat 12 levels and 16 mini-games involving a wedding planning. You can also write the story between Jenny, the bride, and Robert, the groom, by choosing how they met, fell in love, etc.You have also the feature "Wedding Crisis", a special test of skill, involving items already found but not in the same place.A bonus "honeymoon" level is also unlockable if you find all the hidden bluebirds. |
| War Rock | 2007-02-08 | Elephant Entertainment, LLC | Dream Execution Technology Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Naval / watercraft, Tank | | | Teen | | Windows | War Rock is an on-line shooter with a free-to-play commercial model. The game revolves around the fictional modern day conflict between the NIU rebels and the Derbaran Military.There's three different map types available.
Close Quarters Combat allows players to fight in small maps for up to 16 players.
Urban Ops features medium sized maps for up to 24 players.
Battle Group features large maps for up to 32 players.
Game modes consist of Explosive and Deathmatch. Explosive can only be played in Close Quarters Combat and is similar as Counter Strike. Both teams have to place a bomb on enemy grounds and if things go wrong quickly defuse the other players' bomb. When players die they have to sit out until the next round starts.Deathmatch is more similar to Battlefield 1942. Both teams have a number of points which decreases when players die or flags are captured. When the points reach zero the team loses. Players can re-spawn indefinitely. Like the Battlefield series War Rock not only allows the player to play as a simple infantry soldier but also to enter and exit vehicles at his/her whim. Included vehicles range from tanks and boats to helicopters and jet planes.The player's character gains experience points and rises in character ranking. A better ranking gives access to new weapons which can be leased for a period of thirty days.The game allows players to pay for a premium membership. This membership earns the players more experience points per kill as well as a steady income that can be used to lease equipment. They also receive access to new content one month sooner than non-subscribers. When creating a server premium subscribers also are the only ones allowed to change the default game settings. There are multiple subscriptions, which give more or less experience bonuses and income. |
| A.I.M. Racing | 2007-02-09 | 1C Company | SkyRiver Studios | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | After the events of A.I.M. 2: Clan Wars, The Net has led numerous experiments, and survival racing is one of them. You are the legendary fifth generation AIM, who has change the course of Polygon-4 history. By participating in races, it have to to prove that the fist specimen of fifth generation is the best.The championship is the main mode of game. In each league of it player have to finish first in all events, utilizing glider's speed or weapons. As in Wipeout series, racing circuits have bonuses, after pickup of which AIM gains special abilities and new weapons, like rockets or double boost. After completion of some events, AIM receives modifier of one characteristic (durability, acceleration, max speed, fire power), which will be presented at any glider used by player. The new gliders are available after winning each league and free.Other game modes are quick race and network race (players have to create servers by themselves). |
| Heroes of Might and Magic I-IV: Complete | 2007-02-09 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Heroes of Might and Magic I-IV Complete is a compilation that contains the following titles:
Heroes of Might and Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Price of Loyalty
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death
Heroes of Might and Magic IV
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Winds of War |
| Jewel Quest II | 2007-02-09 | iWin, Inc. | iWin, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jewel Quest II is a sequel to the original Jewel Quest. This time, you are exploring the African continent. You will travel through the vast wildlife of safari, the Zimbabwe ruins and the Victoria Falls. The game contains a realistic and authentic African setting.The new option in Jewel Quest II is the Tournament Play, which allows players to pit against other players around the world, or play against the computer.The gameplay in Jewel Quest II is similar to its predecessor. In level 1-1, you have a grid at 7x7 size and each block filled with relics. All you have to do is to match 3 adjacent relics in a row or column. Once you do a match, the relics disappear and new ones are placed. Like it's predecessor, it has a time limit. When it runs out, you lose a life, and if you lose all your lives, it's game over. Another way to loose a life is to run out of moves (especially on harder difficulties).As the game progresses, the grids change and they become more complex. Also, you have to keep an eye on other relics. |
| Maelstrom (Special Edition) | 2007-02-09 | Codemasters | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Maelstrom (Special Edition) is a version of Maelstrom packaged in a tin box and containing a mini-strategy guide in addition to the manual. |
| Winter Sports | 2007-02-09 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | Nu Generation Games Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Winter Sports (no connection to the 49Games series) is a typical winter sports game, featuring 10 nations competiting in the usual events - downhill, cross country, slalom, ski jump, biathlon and snowboarding.Game mode include tournament (where the player is in a race for points in all events in sequential order), multiplayer (against up to 4 human opponents) and practice. |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | 2007-02-11 | Grey Alien Games | Grey Alien Games | Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This is a match three game based on the story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. You use the mouse to swap two gems to create a group of three or more of the same item. What you are trying to do is remove pieces of the yellow brick road. In some gems are trapped Munchkins. Freeing five of these will allow you to move two gems in a diagonal direction. During the game, you will encounter obstacles like locks and vines. Locks prevent the gem from moving and are cleared by making a match with the trapped gem or using a bonus item. Vines do not stop the gems from moving but must be cleared before you can clear the bricks.Some of the bonus items are:
Lion: Destroys items in the neighboring squares.
Keys: Can unlock one licked gem.
Fireball: Destroys all the gems of a horizontal row.
Tin axe: Destroys the bricks in one square.
Tornado: Destroys all the gems on a vertical row.
Double axe: Destroys the bricks of the neighboring squares.
Star: Destroys the gems, bricks, locks and/or vines of one square. |
| Babaliba | 2007-02-12 | Compiler Software | Compiler Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This open-source, freeware remake of the Spanish action-adventure from 1984 replaces the characteristic large sprites of the ZX Spectrum graphics, and its sparse thin sounds, with new enhanced assets closer to the modern standards, while carefully maintaining the same style and gameplay of the original. As before, the player controls an archaeologist wandering through the gardens of an Arab palace, collecting keys and other useful objects to solve puzzles while avoiding roaming enemies like Moorish guards, giant crabs, poisonous spiders and other bizarre creatures. The adventurer carries a small amount of bombs that can be deployed to destroy all the foes on the screen. He has to drop the bomb and move to an adjacent screen, then return after the detonation. Otherwise, he can also be caught on the explosion and killed. The main objective is to navigate the maze-like environments to rescue a fellow prisoner, kidnap the princess and steal the royal treasure. |
| Close Combat: Cross of Iron | 2007-02-12 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | CSO Simtek | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Close Combat: Cross of Iron is an enhanced remake of the critically acclaimed real time strategy game, Close Combat III: The Russian Front by Atomic Games. Playing as either the Germans or Russians, the game takes place during WWII on the Russian Front, where as a commander you must lead your troops through five years of brutal combat. Like other games in the series, the AI for both your troops and the enemy is what makes the game. Order troops to attack an heavily armed tank, and they may refuse, calling you insane. Leave a team unsupported and under heavy attack, and the team may begin to panic and flee or even surrender.While it keeps the traditional top down view of the earlier games, Close Combat: Cross of Iron has some limited RPG like elements. Troops can be upgraded and refitted with new equipment between battles, and for each battle they survive, they gain skills like experience and strength.Also included in the remake are new graphics, sounds, and an all new campaign. |
| Geneforge 4: Rebellion | 2007-02-13 | Spiderweb Software | Spiderweb Software | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy | | Jeff Vogel | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | This is the fourth installment in the shareware Geneforge series by Spiderweb Software. Geneforge 4 is an isometric RPG with turn-based combat set in a dark and unorthodox setting that combines fantasy with unusual elements such as advanced genetic engineering. The world is torn apart by a long-lasting civil war between an elite caste that previously held monopoly on creating artificial life, and a combined group of persecuted ordinary humans, genetically altered humans, and a variety of artificial creatures gone independent. Though the protagonist starts out as a rebel selected for genetic mutation using secret and risky rebel techniques, he is not restricted to only one side of the conflict.The player may be joined by a several NPCs that would contribute to the plot and comment on situations, however, he is usually supplemented by beasts of his own creation that he can control. If his abilities are sufficient, the player may choose from a selection of fifteen unique and thirty modified creatures, each of which can gain experience and advance on its own. Geneforge 4 features a large, freely explorable world with a location system reminiscent of that in the first Baldur's Gate. There is a large number of non-obligatory and hidden locations. A highlight of the game are its extensive dialogues with a wide variety of choices, as well as detailed descriptions of locations and special encounters. The plot is frequently praised by fans for its non-linearity, and the lack of emphasis on black-and-white morals. There is a large amount of side-quests, many of which are connected with the class of the protagonist, his abilities, his affiliations, or his behaviour in other encounters. Mutually exclusive quests are frequent. |
| Metris IV | 2007-02-13 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Metris IV is part 7 of the classic arcade block games series. It started in the 80s with a METRIS for AMIGA and METRIS IV, made in Manga-style, and is the latest sequel of the Russian puzzle game.The gameplay is simple: try to stack the falling tiles to rows and increase your score. The longer you play, the faster the tiles will fall. You know this from many other games, but this one has got five modes you can choose from. |
| Secrets of the Ark: A Broken Sword Game | 2007-02-13 | Adventure Company, The | Revolution Software Ltd., Sumo Digital Ltd (Sheffield) | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Secrets of the Ark (The Angel of Death in the UK) is the fourth game in the Broken Sword series. It is the first not fully developed by Revolution Software Ltd. Instead, they outsourced the art and programming to Sumo Digital Ltd., which already provided consultancy on the PS2 and Xbox version of the third game, The Sleeping Dragon. Charles Cecil still wrote the story and oversaw development however. Unlike the previous game, it is now only available for the Windows platform.Keeping to the tradition of ancient mysteries, hero George Stobbard needs to expose an old rivalry between powerful factions as he chases after a manuscript Moses used to construct The Angel of Death. This powerful weapon was the final of the ten plagues that brought the Pharaoh to his knees and allowed Moses to start the Exodus as he freed the Israelites from bondage in Egypt. The factions are especially interested in the mysterious substance "mfkzt", referenced in the manuscript but forgotten for thousands of years.George gets involved when he is forced to take a job at a bail bonds company in a dangerous neighbourhood. The Dragon incident is classified as mass hysteria and he has been blacklisted by his previous employers. During one of his assignments, he meets Anna Maria who tells him about the manuscript. As she is being chased, George decides to help her. The familiar French reporter Nico Collard is also present in the game and this only complicates things as George has to keep the balance between the two women. Some of the locations you visit include Phoenix, Vatican City, New York and Istanbul.Although still relying on a full 3D engine with fixed camera perspectives, the game returns to its roots by reintroducing point-and-click-based mouse control next to keyboard control, along with a new drag-and-drop control mechanism. A few puzzles are still action-based, but you are now given more time to act in stressful situations, rather than having to make split-second decisions. Next to the regular puzzles, you need to investigate images, texts and clues in the central manuscript as the story progresses. |
| Meritous | 2007-02-14 | | | Action | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | From the Orcus Dome flows the mysterious energy that PSI users rely on for their powers. But one day, things take a turn for the worse, and the energy seems disrupted. You play as Merit, a PSI user who takes it upon himself to go investigate the problem.
In Meritous, you control this character through a gigantic map made up of 3,000 randomly-placed interconnected rooms, populated with thousands upon thousands of monsters, along with a few bosses. Your goal is to gather the PSI artefacts and restore order to this sprawling underground maze. You are armed with nothing more than your PSI abilities, that can be upgraded with crystals obtained from slain monsters, and you will find items to aid you in your quest. |
| Platypus II | 2007-02-14 | Idigicon Limited | Citric Games | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Platypus II is the sequel to Platypus. Just the like the original game it is a horizontally scrolling shooter where the player controls an aircraft to protect the inhabitants of Mungola from the invading Collosatropolians. The game largely has the same mechanics as the original game, but the original developer was not involved. The game supports up to three players working cooperatively on a single screen.The game consists of five worlds split up into five levels each. The ship can be hit multiple times and there are credits to continue playing when all lives are lost. There are different difficulty levels and at the start of the game one of four shooting configurations can be chosen. Defeated enemies often leave behind fruit for extra points. The game still has the star system, where defeating an entire squadron is rewarded with a star. There are different colours and each type provides a new, temporary weapon such as a laser beam, rapid fire, rockets, spread fire and more. The colour of the star can be changed by shooting it before picking it up. Sometimes balloons appear carrying crates. Shooting these is rewarded with side cannons, money for more points or an extra life. At the end of the fifth area of a level a boss needs to be defeated. |
| Dreamlords | 2007-02-15 | Lockpick Entertainment | Lockpick Entertainment | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | Dreamlords is a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) that combines the accessibility of a web game with RPG character development, RTS battles and long term tactical strategy.Players assume the role of a mystical Dreamlord, a powerful being who is spawned from the dreams of the Dreamer. The Dreamer is the centre core of the universe, fueling all things with the power of life, the gnosis, the focused attention of the Dreamer. Although Dreamlords may empower forceful methods on its subjects their presence are always welcome as they have the power to provide goals and guidance for a fragmented piece of the tired old world. These pieces of lands, home to hardened populations of survivors controlled by a Dreamlord are known as Patrias, the fatherland. The success of each patria is totally depending on the capability of its Dreamlord. The war is on, the war for existence.Dreamlords provides both turn-based long term empire building and real-time 3D RTS action in a massively multiplayer world. It features several gameplay modes that are interconnected to create the dreamlords gameplay. These modes include:
Empire management/city management
Long term planning
Resource management
Trading on the authentic stock market
RTS missions and quests
RTS player versus player
3rd-person spirit quests
CraftingThe empire building is done in the web interface, while fighting happends through the game client. The game world is inhabited by three races: Covenant (balanced race), Nihilim (focused on management) and Thûl (focused on combat). All players exist in the same universe and progress is relative to the success of allies and enemies. At the beginning of the game, players are automatically assigned to a Convergence (guild) to work together for common interests, but it is still possible to switch while playing.A start package needs to be bought and there is a monthly fee to keep playing. |
| Myst Online: Uru Live | 2007-02-15 | GameTap LLC | Cyan Worlds, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Massively Multiplayer, Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | | Persistent | Teen | Joshua A. Staub | Windows | Myst Online: Uru Live is the resurrected multiplayer online game which the developers had hoped to include in URU: Ages Beyond Myst. It gives adventurers the opportunity to explore the ancient ruins of D'ni up close and personal plus visit entirely new Ages by transporting through the books. The game brings to fruition elements included in the Myst novels by Rand Miller plus much more.Sometimes referred to as a "Persistent Online Adventure", the game is completely about exploration and discovery. As each player explores the city of D'ni, the new Ages and common areas, the game's story will evolve and change. Solve puzzles alone or as a group. Socialize with other online players using text and voice chat. The NPCs are personifications of real people from the Cyan staff so players can ask questions and learn about new storyline events.Relto is the player's personal Age. New items and decorative features will change inside Relto as new discoveries are made. Common areas and neighborhoods (called Bevins and Hoods in the game) allow more interaction with fellow game players. In the beginning, there are 8 Ages in Uru Live and more new ones will be added as the story evolves.With the initial release, Ages and areas to explore include:From the original URU: Ages Beyond Myst:
Relto
The Cleft (Desert)
Teledahn (Mushroom Age)
Gahreesen (Fortress Age)
Kadish Tolesa (Forest Age)
Eder Gira (Volcanic Age)
Eder Kemo (small Garden Age)
From the To D'ni expansion:
Ae'gura (D'ni city)
Rezeero (Great Zero, D'ni Zeero)
Nexus (Book Linking mechanism)
Kirel Egg Chamber
Brand new areas:
Eder Delin (Garden Age)
Eder Tsogal (Garden Age)
The game incorporates Version 2 of Cyan's proprietary Plasma engine and the PhysX physics engine. |
| Pirates: Battle for the Caribbean | 2007-02-15 | Media Contact LLC | Media Contact LLC | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Pirates: Battle for the Caribbean is an action game in which the player has to defend his island fortress from waves of enemy ships. Using the mouse the player fires at the incoming enemy ships. Destroying ships earns money which can be used to buy upgrades for the fortress. Upgrades range from faster or more accurate cannons to mine fields or a white shark to patrol the waters. With each wave the enemies become more powerful.There are two campaigns and a survival mode. In the latter the player starts with a huge amount of booty to upgrade his fortress with and has to survive as long as possible. |
| 3in1 Adrenalin Pack | 2007-02-16 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The compilation 3in1 Adrenalin Pack contains the following three games:
Juiced
Moto GP 3
MX vs. ATV Unleashed
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| Delaware St. John: Volume 1: The Curse of Midnight Manor / Volume 2: The Town with No Name | 2007-02-16 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | | Compilation | | | | | | | Lars Simkins | | | | Windows | This compilation bundles the first two Delaware St. John games in the trilogy, but it also marks the first full release of the series on European territory. Initially, the first two games were only available as digital downloads directly from the developer. In Europe, the first game was only released as a retail version in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland, the second game was not released separately, and the third game received a full release. This version includes:
Delaware St. John: Volume 1: The Curse of Midnight Manor
Delaware St. John: Volume 2: The Town with No Name
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| Robin Hood's Quest | 2007-02-16 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | Broadsword Interactive Limited | Action | Behind view | | | Stealth | Medieval | | | | | | Windows | Robin Hood's Quest is 3D stealth adventure game based on the English folklore tale of famous outlaw Robin Hood. The wicked sheriff of Nottingham has kidnapped the love interest of Robin Hood (maid Marian). Now Robin Hood has to save her from the grasp of the evil sheriff of Nottingham.The player takes control of Robin Hood and has to sneak past the sheriffs soldiers opening boxes along the way in maze like levels. These boxes contain items like keys to open locks, extra lives and pouches to lose a soldier that has noticed Robin Hood. When caught by a soldier the player will lose a live. |
| Supreme Commander (Limited Edition Faction Pack) | 2007-02-16 | THQ Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Three limited edition faction packs of Supreme Commander were released to three major online shops in Europe. Play.com got the Cybran faction, Amazon.co.uk had UEF faction and Game.co.uk received the Aeon faction limited edition. The contents are identical, but focused on the highlighted faction.This retailer exclusive limited edition includes:
Supreme Commander in a keep case with the manual
Postcard of one of the major factions' emblems
A galactic map with tech tree on the back for each faction
An artistic poster for one of the three main factions
A bonus disc with materials and making-of information |
| The Snow Queen Quest | 2007-02-16 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | Broadsword Interactive Limited | Action | Behind view | | | Stealth | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Snow Queen Quest is 3D stealth adventure game based on the fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen. The Snow queen has put a winter spell over the land centuries ago. It’s up to the player to return the summer to the land and destroy her magical mirror that is the key to her power.The player takes control of a hero and has to sneak past the underling of the snow queen (including frogs and guards) opening boxes along the way. These boxes contain items like keys, extra lives and pouches. When caught by an underling the queen will awaken and the player will lose a live. |
| American Billiards | 2007-02-19 | Masque Publishing, Inc. | Media Research Group | Sports | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | American Billiards is a 3D simulator of the cue sport mentioned in its title. It features different styles of balls, a variety of classic as well as goofy 'arcade' tables, variable computer rival difficulty, a two player mode, and four different rooms of the Baskerville club in which to set up your table. The roughness of your tables cloth is also variable, as are the size of the balls.A training mode is also available so you can get the hang of those winning shots. Sadly no chalk is included. |
| Boulder Dash Episode I: Dig the Past | 2007-02-19 | ZX Games | ZX Games | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Boulder Bash by ZX Games is a remake of the original Boulder Dash published in 1984. You control the game's brave prospector to dig through caves and collect diamonds to get to the next level. Dangerous creatures that hunt after you are butterflies, fireflies and the amoeba. Other perils include falling rocks and gems. The game features preserved sounds of the original version, 10 speed levels, 3 difficulty levels and other usability add-ons like quick save and load, window and full screen modes etc. Needs no emulators to run. |
| Last Chaos | 2007-02-19 | Aeria Games & Entertainment, Inc. | T-Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Last Chaos is an MMORPG of Korean origin where different mortal races fight in the land of Iris. The land was once populated with different races by Eres, the God of Darkness and Apollon, the God of Light. Each race was given unique traits to serve their own function in the world. The gods retreated and occasionally returned to bless the inhabitants with their presence. Apollon was always received with joy, while the inhabitants appeared to fear Eres no matter what.Dismayed and disappointed, Eres secretly trained a dark army to rid Iris of all life. When he eventually unleashed it, Apollon gave the warriors great strength to resist the army. The most powerful force on Iris became the Knights of Apollon, along with the other races, and they had to oppose Eres' Titans. With no outcome, Apollon eventually accepted a duel with Eres, but neither managed to destroy the other completely and both retreated to heal. The Titans were largely deprived of their power and all races on Iris became more solitary as they recovered their losses. After some time, a new army and a new threat entered the land, and now all remaining races need to decide how to tackle the new danger.The game is free to play but relies on micro transactions where players can customize their characters and buy new outfits in an item mall. Players choose one of the six classes (Knight, Healer, Mage, Titan, Rogue or Sorcerer), each with their own traits. The world consists of an on-going storyline, with towns where personal quests can be picked up, personal dungeons, public dungeons and large-scale guild battles. There are four main areas. In addition to common dungeons, where everybody can fight monsters and collect treasures, players each have their own dungeon. There are special quests that can only be played in this personal dungeon. Randomly created events are accessible to all players.There are numerous upgrades and skill trees, which can provide in the production of items through a crafting system. Other features include a party and a pet system. There is both PvP and PvE (including some PvE-only servers). |
| War Front: Turning Point | 2007-02-19 | 10tacle studios AG | Digital Reality Software Kft | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | War Front: Turning Point takes place in an alternate universe where Hitler is assassinated during WWII during a phase of Russian expansion. The replacement German leader unites Germany with the Allies in an effort to defeat the Russians. The story is played out in cutscenes with a B-Movie feel in terms of delivery and dialogue.This is your standard base building and resource collecting RTS like Command & Conquer and Warcraft. Building a plethora of units and ploughing them at the enemy is the main course of gameplay. The game features most of the standard World War 2 units (Shermans, Me-262s, rocket launchers) and (like Command & Conquer: Generals) hero units with special abilities, such as extra damage or stronger armor). New weapons add a sci-fi element: The Allies have earthquake bombs and shield boosters; the Germans have armored Mechs and ultra-destructive Zeppelins; the Russians have ice bombs (which freezes everything in sight) and underground carriers for a stealth element. You can take control of specific units FPS-style, but be careful not to lose sight of the bigger picture.The single player mission allows the player to play the Allied or German side. There are primary and secondary objectives; primary usually involves destroying a base, but secondary will often improve your situation in later missions. In multiplayer, the player will be allowed to play Allied, German and Russian. |
| Maelstrom | 2007-02-20 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | KDV Games | Strategy | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Maelstrom is a real-time strategy game that takes place in 2050, on a savage future Earth. After an ecological disaster the two remaining human factions wage ware against vicious alien invaders, and each other, in a desperate struggle for survival. The factions are The Remnants (low-tech resistance fighters using conventional weapons), The Ascension (highly intelligent, logical, and ruthless exploiters using high-end futuristic weapons) and the alien race Hai-Genti (aquatic life-forms using bio-engineering as their main weapon).Terraforming and influencing the elements are important parts of the gameplay. By freezing rivers, creating tornadoes or forming a mountain range players can transform their defense position. Hero units can be controlled directly in a third-person view. Six players can play in several online multiplayer game modes. The singleplayer part consists of 3 campaigns, for each of the factions. |
| Supreme Commander | 2007-02-20 | THQ Inc. | Gas Powered Games Corp. | Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Three opposing sides - the Cybran Nation, the Aeon Illuminate and the United Earth Federation - have been fighting in the Infinite War all across the galaxy, spreading chaos and unrest. You are a Supreme Commander and you have to take one of the sides and put an end to this war.As in most strategy games, you have to build up a base, gather resources and build armies to fight off your enemies. But being created by Chris Taylor of Total Annihilation fame, the RTS also has many unique features, such as a huge unit cap of 500 units per side, different resource management, queue up commands and waypoints, diverse unit types and even dual screen support.Players can play through the Campaign and carry on the story as one of the sides, or fight off computer enemies in Skirmish and human opponents in Multiplayer.The Xbox 360 version has redesigned controls and HUD. The game uses circular controls to replace the many short-cuts and buttons. The right stick is used to zoom in or out quickly. It also includes new units, updated maps and two new multiplayer modes (King of the Hill - defend a strategic point, and Command Point - capture as many civilian buildings as possible), available to play over Xbox Live with four players simultaneously. |
| Galactic Civilizations II: Gold Edition | 2007-02-21 | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This compilations bundles the base game Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords with the expansion pack Dark Avatar. |
| Jingai Makyō | 2007-02-21 | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Katsuki Kumon is a college student lacking in emotion who comes to the conclusion that he does not have a heart. Since losing his parents in an accident, Katsuki has been cared for by his landlady, Momiji Hanawa, while his little sister Megumi sometimes visits from a boarding school in England. In recent days, Katsuki has begun to dream about a umbrella-wielding girl named Didi who whispers mysterious things. When Katsuki encounters Didi in the real world, he learns that he has a much greater destiny than he realized, becoming drawn into a conflict with the Narazaru, demonic creatures that secretly live among humanity. After meeting a female demon hunter named Ignis and a wolf demon named Kazeko, Katsuki must choose carefully who to side with, for his decisions could either save the world or lead to its destruction.Jingai Makyō is an adult fantasy visual novel where the player must periodically make choices in the role of Katsuki to determine the outcome of the story. There are three unique paths that can be taken through the game depending on which of the three main heroines Katsuki decides to trust: Ignis, Kazeko, or Momiji. If the player gets a bad ending, the game automatically returns to the choice that caused it so that the player can continue from there. The game features voice acting for all significant characters and includes scenes with explicit sexual content. |
| Rollenspiele: Deluxe Edition | 2007-02-21 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Atari's compilation contains the following role-playing games:
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter
Icewind Dale II
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
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| Galaxies | 2007-02-22 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Galaxies is a grid-based puzzle game where the player must divide the grid into regions. Each dot in the grid corresponds to a single region, which must have two-fold rotational symmetry and have its center in the dot. To make the task easier, the player can mark a given dot with a pair of symmetrically arranged arrows indicating the squares which certainly belong to that dot's region. |
| Granny's Garden | 2007-02-22 | Kewlbox | Blockdot, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A simple Flash Pang clone, you control Granny in her Garden as it is invaded by a Fortean rain of neverending frogs. Unwilling to allow the amphibians a toehold in her yard, Granny loads up the old shotgun and fights back with a hail of hot lead, moving and aiming according to the mouse location. When shot, large toads sub-divide into smaller froggies, sometimes yielding various power-ups. Granny's fire rate is limited, so the game alternates between picking off jumping frogs in mid-air, and dodging their landing while re-loading. |
| Power Boat GT | 2007-02-22 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Arcade Moon, Hammerware, s.r.o. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Power Boat GT is an action oriented racing game with motorboats. The main motivation is simple: the player competes against AI athletes and receives price money if he wins. This money is reinvested in better and better boats and gear until all races are won. You can also buy houses in different locations to make your prestige higher. Your prestige helps you to obtain sponsorship - the better the sponsor is, the higher is the amount of money you get by winning. The races are set in three freely navigable locations: Russia, Greece and Caribbean. There the player can find races, sponsors, boat sellers and mini games (taxi driving, saving shipwrecked people or drop care packets with a plane). The races itself are classical checkpoint races - of course with the typical limitation that boats have no brakes. During the race the players can pick up crates with random power ups, e.g. power boosts. weapons or a tool which cripples the controls of all boats. |
| Sam & Max: Episode 4 - Abe Lincoln Must Die! | 2007-02-22 | GameTap LLC | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Abe Lincoln Must Die! is the fourth game in the Sam & Max episodic series. The Commissioner sends the duo to Washington as the president has gone insane. Just like Myra in Situation: Comedy, he seems to have been hypnotized. They soon find out the president has been replaced by a puppet.In a twisted series of events, involving familiar characters such as Three Soda Poppers who have become governors, Sybil Pandemik who is involved in a love scandal and starts a carbon-dating service, Bosco, Hugh Bliss and Secret Agent Chuckles, Max has to run for office against a giant mecha statue of Abraham Lincoln and use a lot of dirty tricks to win the polls. Through a truth serum, Secretary's day (a new holiday), a war between three different states for the claim to Mount Rushmore, and lots of missiles, the mission becomes clear: the rampaging Abraham Lincoln must die!The gameplay is identical to the previous games in the series, including an interactive driving scene. The game is entirely in 3D and the player controls Sam. Sam can interact with the environment through mouse-based actions. He can talk to other characters, examine the environment, pick up items and use them with other objects. The inventory is shown as a cardboard box at the bottom of the screen. |
| Sudoku Bondage: Tied Up & Bound | 2007-02-22 | Russobit-M | Grasland Production, Redfire Software | Puzzle | Top-down | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | In this simulation of Sudoku, player should complete the puzzle on each level to watch a picture of naked, tied up & bound, solid female model and proceed to next level.The playfield is a 9x9 grid divided into 3x3 boxes. There are numbers between 1 and 9 in a few of these cells, the so-called "givens". The puzzle must be completed in such a way that each number from 1 to 9 appear in each of the 9 lines, columns, and boxes only once. Player can activate/deactivate the "Assist" function. It allows to see cells, where number may be placed and how it influence on whole grid.When the game starts, a Sudoku grid is filled with certain givens. The givens and the model on the same level may vary. During the game, computer specifies the number to be placed. Player should wisely choose the cell to place a number. If number is placed in a wrong cell, the playfield will be reset and the level starts from the very beginning. If the puzzle is completed in a given time, the picture of solid female model is shown. The final goal of the game is to become a master of Sudoku. |
| Supreme Commander (Collector's Edition) | 2007-02-22 | THQ Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collector's edition includes:
Supreme Commander in a keep case with the manual
A Supreme Commander mural painted on a tin for the outer package, with a clear plastic sleeve.
Postcards of the major factions emblems
A galactic map that has the tech tree on the reverse for each faction.
An artistic poster for each of the factions
A bonus disc of materials and making of the game information
Supreme Commander metal badge
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| X-COM: UFO Defense | 2007-02-22 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Mythos Games Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | In the year 1998, the amount of reports of UFO sightings has been drastically increased. Stories about abductions and alien attacks became more and more widespread. Finally, after various nations of the world have failed to intercept the UFOs, their representatives met in a conference of global importance in Geneva, Switzerland. It was eventually decided to organize a secret paramilitary group, dubbed Extraterrestrial Combat Unit (X-COM). Starting with one base, two fighters, one transport, and a few soldiers, X-COM must locate the aliens, learn about their origins and technology, find out where their base is, and destroy it.X-COM: UFO Defense is a strategy game featuring separate but interlinked elements. On the strategic side, called GeoScape, you get a rotating view of the globe, where you see all visible UFOs (those that are within your detection range) as well as major cities and your base(s). You order movements from here, such as sending out fighters to intercept UFOs, transports with soldiers to assault/recover UFOs, and perhaps assaults on alien bases (if you find any). You also control your research, as you must invent better weapons (the Terran weapons are just no match against the alien weapons) quickly, not to mention all the other cool tech you can recover from the aliens. You also need to control your budget, as you can't afford to overextend your reach. Researchers need to be paid, engineers (who build the new toys) need to be paid, base(s) need to be be built/expanded, planes need to be bought/maintained, supplies need to be replenished, and so on.You can earn money by selling unneeded stuff, and you receive funding from the nations of the world; however, a nation can decrease its funding if it decides you aren't operating efficiently enough within its region. It's even possible that a nation gets so fed up with you that it signs a pact with the aliens and ceases funding altogether. Once you join a ground battle, the game switches to Battlescape, which is an isometric view of the battlefield with realistic line-of-sight calculations and turn-based combat. Your mission is usually extermination of all aliens on the battlefield, though if you can capture a few it would surely help your research efforts. If you win, you also recover any alien artifacts left on the field, which can then be researched.In combat, each of your soldiers has a specific number of Time Units. Doing anything (moving, shooting, turning around, rearranging objects in the inventory etc.) costs a number of TUs. Once a soldier is out of TUs, he cannot act any more this turn (he gets all his TUs back on the next turn, though).
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| Determinance | 2007-02-23 | Mode 7 Limited | Mode 7 Limited | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Determinance is a sword fighting simulator. Each player takes on the role of an immortal super warrior who have been fighting each another since times immemorial. On various planets they battle it out in sword fighting duels or free for all deathmatches for up to eight players over the Internet or LAN. It is also possible to fight against AI controlled bots.Each map is a fully 3D landscape in which the player's avatar is shown in third person perspective. The avatar can be moved around freely as can its sword. This is done using the mouse. For beginners the movement of the avatar can be automated, so that the player can fully focus on controlling the sword. Each movement the player makes with the sword is translated by an actual movement in the game. This allows players to develop their own sword fighting techniques. |
| Kawasaki Quad Bikes | 2007-02-23 | Metro3D Europe Ltd. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Racing / Driving, Sports | | | | | | Off-roading | | | | | Windows | It's going to be a messy ride when you jump aboard one of four Kawasaki Quad Bikes and take to the bumpy, muddy and twisty-turny tracks to race against a bevy of opponents in this officially licensed game. With further characters to unlock and mirrored and weathered variations of nine tracks, there will be plenty of kicking dirt. As usual there are the typical race modes including tournaments, time trials, and single races. In contrast to the two other Kawasaki racing games released by Metro3D, Kawasaki Quad Bikes is without a stunt racing game. The levels offer three different settings which are a stadium, rocky canyons, and a waterfalls/train tracks one. |
| Kawasaki Snowmobiles | 2007-02-23 | Metro3D Europe Ltd. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Snowmobile | Direct control | | | | Windows | Dashing through the snow
On a 750 horsepower open snowmobile
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the wayPick from one of the four characters available, then quickly glide through one of the six race tracks in this snowmobile racing game. The racing competitions are typical in that there are the usual time trials, single races and tournaments, but with the additional bonus of four stunt tracks. In appearance there are only two different settings for the game, one indoor stadium and one where you are racing around peaks of a mountain. Stunts tricks can be performed during regular races for points but the stunt tracks include additional ramps placed on maps. Race to the finish to unlock the remaining characters from the two out of four available. Obstacles in the courses include trees, cliff edges rocks and of course the rest of the racers. Colliding too many times will actually cause your snowmobile to explode. |
| Simon the Sorcerer 4: Chaos Happens | 2007-02-23 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Wisecracks, satire and humor abound in this comical adventure of Simon, a young wizard known for his wit and sarcasm even in the face of disaster.During a sibling quarrel, an accident happens and Simon's mind transcends into another dimension. There, he meets the lovely Alix, daughter of the wizard Calypso, who begs Simon to help save their world from an impending danger. Upon regaining consciousness, he realizes that he must return to that parallel world and do what he can. When he arrives he discovers that an impostor has taken his place and is causing havoc including causing Alix to distrust him. Who is this other Simon really and what does he intend to do? At first, players take the role of Simon as they explore the various locations in this new world. As the game progresses, switching to another character is possible. There are a multitude of new people for Simon to meet and exchange dialog with, as well as some familiar faces. All characters are voiced and lip-synched in their graphic close-ups. Puzzles consist of standard adventure fare for which players must find inventory objects and solve character related problems. One cannot die, there are no timed sequences, and no labyrinths.Graphics include two-dimensional backgrounds with fully-modeled characters. Original, electronic music plays in the background throughout. Controls are different in Simon 4 compared to its predecessor. Both mouse buttons control Simon's actions in a point and click system. Keyboard shortcuts are used only for several "quick" commands to access menus and the like. Walking short distances is problem-free since Simon runs by double-clicking the mouse. Travelling to the far reaches of the world is eased with the aid of an interactive map. The game also features an in-game hint system. |
| The Show | 2007-02-23 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Sixteen Tons Entertainment | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | It's the year 2097 and after a long civil war California finally got its will and split with the USA. Under the reign of dictator and media mogul Lou Baxter the newly formed state declared to be the Republic of California. Of course the masses aren't very happy to live in a police state so Lou invents the TV show "The Show" in which political enemies and dissidents need to fight "for their freedom" as he calls it. In reality they are basically just getting slaughtered in front of the cameras. As you might guess, the democratic east doesn't tolerate this and sends in Major Frank Harris who infiltrates the show in order to destroy it from the inside. So you take control over Frank Harris and Team Outlaw and fight your way to the generator that powers the island on which "The Show" takes place.The island actually consists of several platforms that are several kilometers high, 500x500 metres in diameter and float in front of the coast of California. The top of a platform is covered with holo-emitters which allow Lou to form totally different conditions for every match. The modules themselves are hollow and contain all the prisoners and the equipment. This means you need to build several kinds of elevators for infantry and mechs in order to move these reinforcements to the top and into your fight.The resources needed to build new buildings and recruit new units are Credits, Energy and Communication channels. While you need to build generators to get Energy and upgrade your elevator and headquarters to increase the number of available Communication channels, the only way to get credits is to conquer the outposts on the map. But you can't conquer them any way you want to. They are all connected with one another and your are only able to conquer outposts that have a connection to another outpost you own. The outposts are also a fast way of transportation since you can send in your units at one outpost and then order them to get out of another one you own.You do not only fight on top of the platforms but also inside of them because your goal still is to destroy them all. Often you receive a special mission in which you need to take a group of infantry, while you are fighting in front of the cameras, down into the heart of the module and for example retrieve a communication device so that you can communicate with the mole inside "The Show".The game features ten multiplayer-maps for four players with three different modes: Conquest, Sudden Death and Co-op.
Conquest is the normal Deathmatch in which you need to destroy the all the enemy headquarters on a map.
Sudden Death plays much faster than Conquest because the goal is just to conquer an enemy outpost before the enemy conquers one of yours.
Co-op is basically Team deathmatch which means that you play with a friend against another team of two players. The goal is again to destroy all enemy headquarters. |
| TrackMania United (Limited First Edition) | 2007-02-23 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Edition wasn't sold separately from the normal game. The whole first wave of production consisted of this Limited First Edition. It contains:
TrackMania United
Exclusive TrackMania-T-Shirt
2-sided TrackMania-Poster
TrackMania-Stickerset |
| Oüba: The Great Journey | 2007-02-24 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | ToyboxGames Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The land of the Oübas, a peaceful race of strange multicolored creatures, is devastated by the powerful red wizard Garouba. The inhabitants are imprisoned on cages by the evil sorcerer, and must be liberated to reconstruct their home and bring it back to its former glory.Oüba: The Great Journey is a tile-matching game, where the objective is to release the Oübas by making horizontal or vertical matches of three or more bricks of the same color, within a time limit. In the main game screen, the Oüba prisoners stand on top of columns made of multicolored bricks. They can only escape when touching the ground, after the removal of all the columns tiles with matches. The bricks can switch position with adjacent tiles and be moved in this way to any part of the grid. Garouba keeps adding new brick rows every few seconds, pushing the pile upwards. If any Oüba dies squished at the top, the game is over.Power-up tiles appear randomly in the pile, and are activated by making adjacent matches. The bomb, marked with a radioactive sign, explodes tiles that are touching it. The row bomb, with two arrows pointing to opposite directions, removes six tiles horizontally. The column bomb, showing two arrows pointing up and down, eliminates 6 tiles vertically. The shuffle, indicated by two arrows in a circle, changes the position of all tiles. The rainbow bomb acts as a wildcard and can match any color. The color bomb blows up all tiles that share its color. The flattener reorganizes the pile in straight lines. The freeze tile prevents the addition of new rows for a few seconds. The hammer tile breaks individual blocks. The slow tile decreases Garouba's speed, making him less efficient in putting new tiles to the pile. The Oüba shuffle moves all the prisoners to the lower empty columns. |
| Filling | 2007-02-25 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Filling is a puzzle game taking place on a grid with numbers in some squares. The player must fill all empty squares with numbers, so that every orthogonally connected group of identical numbers contains as many squares as the number indicates, and no two groups characterized by the same number border each other. The grid size can be freely chosen by the player. |
| Pathstorm | 2007-02-26 | Cavebug Games | Cavebug Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pathstorm is a puzzle game where the player has to uncover tiles by discovering hidden objects underneath them. The game field is a grid, and clicking the available arrows at the edges shoots a ball from a cave to an exit hole. The ball trajectory is covered by the tiles, and the position of obstacles can be deducted by audio and visual clues. After all the objects of a path have been found, the tiles on the ball's way are uncovered.These objects include oblique and straight bouncers that deflect the ball at 90º and 180º degrees angles, splitters that multiply the ball into three, shifters and twirlers that shift and deflect the sphere clockwise or counterclockwise. The red versions of these objects are called scramblers, their orientation may or may not be the correct one to guide the ball to an exit.There are three modes:In Journey Mode, there are four level tracks on a worn map, arranged by difficulty (Junior, Novice, Intermediate and Expert). The map gets more colorful after finishing a level and a trophy is awarded with the successful completion of a track.In Challenge Mode, all the levels have a limit of time and a number of mistakes allowed.In Puzzle Mode, the levels are randomly created, and there's no time limit.The game comes with a level editor, and new levels can be downloaded from the developer's website. |
| Jade Empire: Special Edition | 2007-02-27 | 2K Games, Inc. | BioWare Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | Martial arts | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | Jade Empire (Special Edition) is an enhanced version of Jade Empire. No changes have been made to the game's storyline. Gameplay-wise, this version features a number of additions. Among those are two new fighting styles (Iron Palm and Viper), additional weapons in sword and staff branches, ultimate versions of stat-enhancing gems, and two new monsters (Rhino Demon and Ghost Lord). Enemy AI is slightly improved; enemies tend to block more often, and a few of them have additional immunities. This release also includes a Jade Master mode, available after the player has completed the game once; it allows the player to keep all the styles and techniques mastered from the previous playthrough, but with the character level reset to the lowest, and the combat difficulty level increased. A new world map feature allows the player to access previously visited areas.The interface has been improved, allowing quicker access to various fighting techniques. Up to ten styles can be bound to quick keys (as opposed to four in the original version). The graphics feature more detailed textures and resolutions up to 1600x1200, as well as some other DirectX 9.0c features. |
| Peggle | 2007-02-27 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Peggle the player's objective is to clear out all the orange pegs on the screen. This is done by using a cannon at the top of the screen to shoot a metallic ball that bounces between the pegs. The hit pegs will then light up before disappearing. In addition to the orange pegs, there are also blue pegs that are the majority and give fewer points, purple pegs that are worth 50x the value of the blue, and green pegs that activate a magic power. In total there are 10 magic powers, each tied to a character that can be chosen before a level. On the bottom of the screen is a bucket that moves left and right. Hitting the bucket results in an extra ball. For each level, the player has 10 balls to use.Four game modes are available. In the adventure mode, the player progresses through all 55 levels to become a Peggle master. In the quick play mode, players can freely play any of the levels that have been completed in the adventure mode. In the duel mode, players can compete against a human or computer opponent. In the challenge mode, extra difficult feats are offered. |
| Super Cars III | 2007-02-27 | | | Racing / Driving | Top-down | Fangame | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Super Cars III is a java / GTGE-powered remake of classic Amiga / Atari ST games Super Cars and Super Cars II. Super Cars III also borrows some elements from Super Cars International. Super Cars III has following features: high-resolution graphics, enhanced sound, 2 player mode, all Super Cars and Super Cars II circuits, shop and repair, car selection, trains and gates, communication screens. Game also has full range of weapons and comes with track editor. Super Cars III is also localized in french. |
| Ragnarök Online / Grand Chase | 2007-02-28 | Level UP! Interactive S/A | Gravity Co., Ltd., KOG Studios | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes Ragnarök Online (with the Lighthalzen and Noghaltz expansions) and Grand Chase. |
| Crazy Machines 1.5: More Gizmos, Gadgets, & Whatchamacallits | 2007-03-01 | Viva Media, LLC | FAKT Software GmbH | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Crazy Machines 1.5 is the 2nd game in the Crazy Machines series. This title consists of the translated versions of Crazy Machines: Neues aus dem Labor and Crazy Machines: Der total verrückte Tüftelspaß, offering 200 new puzzles, 100 new pieces and different graphic backgrounds and music.Like the first game, 1.5 uses a point-and-click mouse-based interface. The game takes place in two different modes: The "Inventor's Training Camp" and "New from the Lab". Gameplay starts out with simpler puzzles (in the "Inventor's Training Camp") and progresses on to more difficult ones - a total of 101 puzzles. This allows the player to gain more experience. The "New from the Lab" section contains more challenging puzzles (over 100 of them). The game auto-saves progress, so the next puzzle in the level will open upon restarting the game.When starting a puzzle, the ultimate goal is provided along with a selected group of contraptions to work with. Use all or just some of the pieces to achieve the required result by arranging them on the screen, connecting power cords or ropes, lighting candles, torches or fuses. Test the arrangement at any time. If it fails, make adjustments or start fresh from the beginning.Players of the previous game will recognize many of the original pieces (i.e. candles, torches, gears, power sources, light bulbs, cannons, balloons, buckets, ramps, bars, dynamite). Some of new gizmos include robots, bottle rockets, gramophones, microphones, bombs, and safes. |
| Hide & Secret: Treasure of the Ages | 2007-03-01 | RealArcade | Anarchy Enterprises | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Will Scout and Anna Lyze must defeat Jacques and retrieve the stolen Treasures of the Ages by going to 30 locations across the globe.Hide & Secret: Treasure of the Ages is a standard hidden object game with the obligatory screen filled with assorted things and its list of clickable objects (at the left side). Clicking on the correct object makes it swirl and fall inside one of the characters purse. Clicking on the wrong spot results in a time deduction.The story portion is presented in a series of comic books with voice acting, similar to the ones in the Max Payne games. |
| Hot Dog King | 2007-03-01 | Meridian4, Inc. | Fuzzyeyes Studio | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Every aspect of running a small Hot Dog stand (and ultimately a thriving empire) is incorporated into this light-hearted simulation. Design your stores based on what your customers tell you they like.Staff relations play a big role in the game. Each potential employee has their own personality, and can be offered gifts, improved training and vacation time, all of which will have an affect on the quality of their work. Designing the staff costume also has a big effect on how marketable your store is.It's not always peaceful work; you will face robberies, infestations of viruses, and even aliens. A boxing mini-game sees you deal with angry customers, while you can run your company outside of the law, with the help of the Mafia for espionage and intimidation. |
| Jewel Match | 2007-03-01 | GameHouse, Inc. | Suricate Software | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The basic idea here comes from Bejeweled / Diamond Mine - you are presented with a grid of blocks. Forming rows of three is done by swapping pairs of tiles which are next to each other, and the rows of 3 disappear, with other blocks falling Tetris-style to take their place.Jewel Match has its own victory criterion though. On each level, a selection of squares have gold backings. Matches must be created over each of these to clear the level.The level layouts are not simple 8x8 squares in this implementation; instead they can be as big as 14x14 and have gaps and shaped areas, so pieces do not simply fall vertically but also can fall diagonally.On later levels other features make things harder. Silver squares hide gold ones, so they represent squares which need to be part of a match twice. Some squares are fitted with locks - these can't be moved until a match is made using them; often there are empty spaces below these, which are only made available after a lock is 'picked'.A succession of hammers are unlocked once you have scored a certain amount of points. The first removes a particular block, the second not only removes the block but also any effects (gold or silver) on the square, and the final one removes all tiles of that colour. |
| Lucy Q Deluxe | 2007-03-01 | Zylom Media Group BV, GameHouse, Inc. | Stonefish Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Lucy Q Deluxe is a "seek-and-find" game, similar to the hidden object sub-genre of casual games.Instead of a screen littered with objects with a list of the ones that must be found, the game presents a screen with a photograph and column of portions of it that must be found and clicked. Clicking on the wrong spot marks it with a red X, resulting in some sort of penalty (some levels have a limited number of allowed mistakes, others have a timer). When the mistakes or time reach their limit, the game ends.Like most casual games, it supports profiles and automatic saving. |
| Magicama: Beyond Words | 2007-03-01 | Mulawa Dreaming | Mulawa Dreaming | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | Oceania | | | | | | Windows | Magicama: Beyond Words is a first person, point-and-click puzzle game. There are literally no words at all in the game, hence the tag-line in the title.The player uses a seek-and-find technique to locate 30 puzzle boxes scattered on a map of eastern Australia. Opening the puzzle box and clicking on its contents begins a new "task" containing multiple levelled puzzles which increase in difficulty. Puzzle challenges are of all types and range from simple to obscure. The puzzles involve patterns, pictures, moving objects, colors, shapes, numbers, path finding, cards, jigsaw, weights and measures and more. The solution to the puzzles largely depends upon the player's keen senses of observation, logic, concentration, strategy and open-mindedness.Magicama can be played directly from the CD if desired. It features an in-game Hint system. A score is kept, and a reduction in score occurs each time the Hints are accessed. The player's progress is automatically saved. Gameplay is completely by mouse. Panoramic images of Australian locations add to the overall visual appeal, and classical music plays in the background. |
| Marvellous Mice Adventures: Meeting Sea Rat | 2007-03-01 | Noviy Disk | Lazy Games | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mrs Morsel and her children, Martha and little Nelson are three titular little mice of the game. In this adventure, they go through the forest to meet their aunt Emma, a seafaring rat. Meeting Sea Rat is the first game in this semi-educational point-and-click series. The game has a distinct visual style, as all the decorations and characters are hand-made, as opposed to rendered or drawn. |
| Moo at the Moon | 2007-03-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | "As the full moon rises, nature's most savage beast (cows) reveal their true nature: their ability to fly." - Petri PurhoYou are a cow, seeking to fulfill your Mother Goosian destiny by launching yourself into space in a desperate struggle to leap over the moon. No space suit, no rocket, just pure cow power and simple physics.
You spin helplessly through the void, but a click of the left mouse button will bring you in to the gravitational pull of the closest star. As you swing around it, releasing the mouse button causes a slingshot effect, and you're off again, the speed and direction of your passage determined by the speed of the swing and your position as you release the mouse button. There are no other controls in this short game. From time to time your cow emits a mournful moo over the scratchy strains of The Blue Danube Waltz... |
| M¿nd Quiz: Your Brain Coach | 2007-03-01 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Oak Systems Leisure Software Ltd | Action, Educational | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Mind Quiz is designed to improve your brainpower in five key areas: Verbal, Numeric, Spatial, Memory, and Logic. There are multiple exercises in each area, including Anagrams, Mental Arithmetic, Fold the Cube, Matching Pairs, and Sudoku. (15 total exercises.) These can be practiced at any time, at one of five difficulty levels. Once a day, you can take a Daily Brain Test, which will test you in these five areas. A progress chart is included to show your progress, and high scores are kept for each exercise and difficulty level. |
| Sango | 2007-03-01 | Magitech Corporation | Magitech Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | War | Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Asia, China (Ancient / Imperial) | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Sango is a story-driven real time strategy game set in China's Three Kingdoms period. It features realistic tactical battles and RPG elements. |
| Shady O'Grady's Rising Star | 2007-03-01 | Gilligames | Gilligames | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Shady O'Grady's Rising Star is a complete musician simulator/role-playing game with a heavy dose of strategy thrown in. You start the game as a young aspiring musician in an American city of your choice in a music genre of your choice.Game days pass one at a time and you must use your time wisely to progress. On the weekends you attend gigs where you can check out the local scene and make some connections for yourself. During the week it's time to write some songs, practice those songs and put together a band of similar minded fellow musicians, all while doing odd jobs to earn a crust.In time you'll get gigs, hire managers, record and release your songs and go on nationwide tours hoping to promote your album to the top of the charts. And all along, you'll have to deal with the internal politics and egos of the band members and hold them together against all the odds. |
| Stromberg: Büro ist Krieg! | 2007-03-01 | BRAINPOOL Artist & Content Services GmbH | wetain GbR | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Stromberg is a German sitcom with many elements resembling the BBC series The Office. Stromberg: Büro ist Krieg is the official game accompanying the TV-series. 8 mini games have to be fought out with your co-workers at the office of the fictional insurance company Capitol-Versicherung AG, where trivial day-to-day events take place in an eerie atmosphere oscillating between bullying and sycophancy.The office has to be explored with the Stromberg character and mini games (which are based on happenings in TV-episodes) can be started with every co-worker you meet.The list of available games:
Bowling Disaster,
Chaos Canteen,
Office Chair Race,
Disco For Everyone,
Simple Art,
Badminton Done Differently,
Dissuasion Goodbye,
Files 1-2-3 |
| The Marriage | 2007-03-01 | | | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | The Marriage is a freeware game by Rod Humble, developed as an expression of how a marriage feels. The player acts as a passive observer and/or an active participant. It is a delicate game, easy to break, and a single session can last half a second or a much longer period.The game is thought-provoking and no information about the events, or cause and effect, is given. Without revealing or spoiling interpretation and symbolism, the game shows a blue and a pink square against a single background. Based on the player's actions, clicking or hovering, the screen will fade to black, ending or possibly continuing the game, or the shapes will change size or opacity. These events also occur without input from the player, but can be influenced. The shapes also change when the two squares meet or when they are touched by circles in different colours, slowly and randomly appearing from the top of the screen. This event can also trigger the appearance of a coloured bar at the bottom of the screen. Small circles and squares can appear from the two main shapes as well. Events happening to one shape can also effect the other one.When the screen does not fade to black early, the background changes to purple, pink, green, and black. |
| Turtix | 2007-03-01 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | In Images | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Turtix has gone and done it. What he thought would be a small spell ended up being the one that broke the amulet of peace. Of course he didn't really mean to do any harm, but maybe he should have waited for his teacher to help him. As if this wasn't bad enough, the evil forces of the land, which the amulet kept at bay, kidnapped all the young turtles of the School of Magic that are scattered throughout the islands of his world. Well, Turtix will not take this lying down and so he sets out on a journey to recover the shattered amulet pieces and rescue all the young turtles.Turtix is a side-scrolling platform game wherein the player takes the role of Turtix, a student magician, on a quest to rescue kidnapped friends and recover gems and amulets.There are five various worlds in the game to go through each with highly-detailed environments and their own enemies and bosses. Basic movement is jump which will enable the player to stomp on enemies and finish them off by kicking them. The player will get special power-ups such as the ability to fire magic missiles but they will have to, again, kick some of the enemies to finish them off. Very basic movement and attack commands make the game more about platform jumping than attacking; in fact the game doesn't require the player to kill off all the enemies but rather just the ones that are guarding fellow kidnapped students.The levels are littered with obstacles such as spikes and moving platforms and of course enemies but each game world starts slowly, requiring the player to rescue only three students in a small level and build up, before a boss battle, to levels containing ten rescues and large maze-like layouts. In between levels, the mentor will give the player tips about introduced enemies and obstacles but will also give them a heads-up on new power-ups and strategies for finishing the bosses off. |
| Your Pet Obedience School | 2007-03-01 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Action | | | | Mini-games | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Your Pet Obedience School is a game for kids where you have to train your dog. Teach him commands and tricks. You can select from 4 breeds. Unlock rewards and win the diploma after you finish all 10 disciplines like a labyrinth, a chase and an obstacle run.
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| Keitai Shōjo | 2007-03-02 | Kogado Studio, Inc. | Seekz Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Visual novel | Contemporary | | Menu structures | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Keitai Shōjo is a mobile dating sim. Set in a school, it follows players as they get to know five different girls over the course of 40 days leading up to Christmas. Players can talk to girls, go on dates, and even send them in-game emails. There are five different romance routes, one for each of the girls, based on what relationship the player builds over the course of the game.This game aimed to push the limitations of the mobile phones it was released on. Despite space limitations, it features voice acting for each of the main characters and highly detailed portrait artwork. |
| Plots! 2 | 2007-03-02 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Plots! 2 is an update to Magnussoft's previous puzzle game Plots!.You will now be in control of a vagrant bipedal jack-out-of-the-box that has a more clownish complexion. The game operates in the same way as Plots!, with attempting to match tiles to clear a level. If you use your tiles poorly you'll have to start over, this will cost you a life, when you've done this three times the game ends.The two player mode remains the same as well.The biggest difference is that the visuals have seen a great deal of change. Your springman is now three dimensional and your tiles seem to have a little depth to them as well. Stages and backgrounds also look a bit more complex. |
| Titan Quest: Gold Edition | 2007-03-02 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This pack includes:
Titan Quest: Deluxe Edition (enhanced base game)
Titan Quest: Immortal Throne (expansion) |
| Lunar Deep: The Adventure Below (Special Edition) | 2007-03-03 | AncientRein Gaming | AncientRein Gaming | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Special Edition of Lunar Deep: The Adventure Below is an updated version that includes:
Realistic looking characters with animated lip-synching
Additional rooms and locations to explore
More inventory to gather and more puzzles to solve
Faster screen to screen movement
Additional story details
New animations
Multiple endings
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| Princess Maker 5 | 2007-03-03 | CyberFront Corporation | Gainax Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Life / social simulation | Fantasy | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Welcome to the world of 「Princess Maker 5」! |
| Those Funny Funguloids! | 2007-03-04 | | | Action | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Those Funny Funguloids! is a game about picking mushrooms in space. The player takes control of a glowing water drop shaped thing, that has to be navigated through space. The game uses only three buttons, so it can only be controlled through the mouse (although keyboard controls exist as well). The middle button is used to launch from the base, and the other two are used to turn left and right. Once the player has collected some mushrooms, he must return to the base and unload them. When doing so the player will be awarded points and will be teleported to the next level. Each level is full of asteroids that must be avoided. The player will die if he crashes into them. Since no extra lives are available, it's back to the start when this happens. |
| Clayside | 2007-03-05 | Enkord, Ltd. | Enkord, Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You have decided to move to the city of Clayside, a city with possibilities. Here, you want to settle down and build your dream home.Clayside is a match three game. To make a match, slide the entire row or column until you line up three or more of the same item, vertically or horizontally. The object of each level is to clear the blocks by making a match next to them, clearing the tiles by making a match over them or, in some levels, both. Later levels with have some items locked with a green chain. The row and column will still move but that item will not. To brake the lock, make a match with the locked item. Other levels will have items locked with a red chain. Some will have a padlock over them, others a key. You have to make a match with the key lock item to unlock it and the padlock items.Every so many levels, you can choose or upgrade a power-up. These include dynamite that destroys items in four directions, a fire wall that destroys items to the left and right, rockets that destroy random items, shuffle that rearranges the items on the screen, etc. After a few levels, your house is upgraded with things like a walkway, mailbox, trees, etc. |
| Tortuga: Two Treasures | 2007-03-05 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Action | Behind view | | | Fighting | | Naval / watercraft | | | Teen | | Windows | Tortuga: Two Treasures is a pirate-themed action adventure game. Players take the role of Thomas "Hawk" Blythe, captain of the Hawkwind, his 18th century frigate.Hawk is a swashbuckling rascal very much like Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean) - a charming rogue and a ladies' man with the tendency to get himself into trouble. With Sangua, his "voodoo priestess" girlfriend, Hawk sets sail on the high seas to recover the legendary treasure of Sir Henry Morgan for none other than the famous pirate Blackbeard.Players will command the crew of the Hawkwind during fierce ship-to-ship ocean battles against the British Navy, ghost ships and other pirate vessels. Raise and lower the sails; fire the cannons; board enemy vessels and fight on deck with swords and other melee weapons. Trade elements feature a way of restocking the ship with cannons and ammunition, or for offloading booty from recent plundering activities. Adventure situations and missions progress the story.The game is controlled using both the keyboard and mouse, or elect to use a gamepad controller. |
| Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! | 2007-03-06 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! is a freeware AGS adventure game by Alasdair Beckett made for his girlfriend. The player controls young pirate captain Nelly Cootalot who meets the long-dead buccaneer William Bloodbeard. Next to being the scourge of the South Seas, he also protected endangered birds. He tells her the Spoonbeaks of the Barony of Meeth have vanished and Nelly has to investigate the matter on the island.On her quest young Nelly will need to convince the inhabitants that she truly is a pirate, decipher secret pirate codes, meet leprechauns and collect odd objects such as a moustache and pink drawers. Next to a map to move around and an inventory to store items, Nelly can examine the environment, gather and use objects, and talk to the villagers. The names of hotspots appear at the bottom of the screen and by pressing and holding the left mouse button, an action compass pops up where the desired action can be chosen: a speech bubble (talk), a hook (use) and a porthole (examine). |
| The Fish Fillets II | 2007-03-06 | IDEA Games a.s. | ALTAR Games | Puzzle | Side view | | Detective / mystery | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Agents Tina Guppy and Max Flounder received an important mission: to find Virgil Crab, younger brother of King Crab, the millionaire businessman rap-star, who was kidnapped. The main suspect is the famous serial killer, Jack the Fisher.In this sequel to Fish Fillets, the player again controls two fish: Agent Tina Guppy (a little female golden fish) and Max Flounder (a big male blue fish). The object is to lead both fish to the exit of each level, making them rearrange the level objects in such a way that they can exit unharmed. Max can move heavy steel objects while Tina can enter the holes and corridors that are too narrow for its bigger partner. The characters will die if objects fall upon them, but unlike the previous game, they can now move objects over each other's back, and can also swim downwards while carrying an object.Along their way, they'll get help of other six characters. They'll also find starfish, which will unlock bonus features, such as picture puzzles, videos, extra rooms, etc. By collecting starfish they'll also gain the "Joker feature", which allows the player to skip a given level.The level structure is branched, allowing the player to continue by another way if he gets stuck somewhere. The game has a total of 112 levels. |
| Chroma Ways | 2007-03-07 | AxySoft | AxySoft | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Chroma Ways is an action/puzzle game similar to many 80s arcade classics.You control a flying frog on a vertical grid filled with hundreds of colored tiles. Your frog can explode tiles when there are three or more of the same color in a group. The object of the game is to re-arrange the tiles so they can all be exploded and the level completed. Numerous powerups and bonuses will help you.The game contains three episodes of fifteen levels each, with full 3D graphics and digitized sound effects. |
| Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved | 2007-03-07 | Bizarre Creations, Ltd. | Bizarre Creations, Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Get ready for hectic, fast paced action with Geometry Wars! Take the role of a lone spaceship as you combat swarms of assorted brightly colored shapes which attack you with their own different patterns. There's the basic Pinwheels, the unstable Black Holes, which attempt to suck you (and enemies) in, the long, dangerous Snakes, to name but a few. Each enemy explodes in a dazzling shower of sparks, and it can quickly become difficult to navigate through space as you try to avoid enemies and ignore the explosions.Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved actually contains two games in one. The first version is Retro, which was originally included as a secret game in Project Gotham Racing 2. Retro features a 4:3 aspect ratio, and fewer graphical effects.The other, more popular version of the game is Evolved, which was also included in Project Gotham Racing 3. This version of the game can be played in a 16:9 aspect ratio, and features more intense graphics and special effects. Also, you can only get a maximum of nine ships and nine lives, while there was an unlimited number in the original game. Finally, the playing area is smaller, not revealing the entire field, but scrolling has been added instead.However, the core game is the same for both versions: shoot everything, and don't get shot or hit yourself. You control your ship with the left analog stick, and fire your weapon in any direction by using the right analog stick. Your ship's weapon automatically upgrades every 2,500 points, to help you destroy ships more quickly. here are also 'smart bombs', which can be activated by using either the L or R trigger button. Smart Bombs clear the field of all enemies - however, many more will quickly take their place! |
| Star Legion | 2007-03-07 | Noviy Disk | AV Games | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Star Legion is a sci-fi shooter. It takes place on a distant planet which is the only place where the valuable spice grows. Corporations set up colonies to harvest the spice, but the planet is inhabited by hostile combat robots. The player is the member of the Star Legion which protects the colony structures and vehicles from the robots. The player flies around in his ship, seen from a third-person perspective. His task is to destroy combat robots which try to damage the colony buildings and harvester vehicles. Some of the robots can also damage the player's ship. If the player's ship or any of the structures is destroyed, the mission is failed and must be restarted. The player begins with a laser cannon, but different kinds of weapons can be purchased from the trader who occasionally arrives to the planet. Money is acquired through successful spice harvests (the harvesters gather spice automatically) and gathering pickups that sometimes fall out of destroyed robots. |
| The Lost Castle | 2007-03-07 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Lost Castle is a tower defense game in which you have to defend your castle against 21 waves of enemies. The player can build three types of towers: Wood-towers (shoots arrows), Canon-towers (shoots cannonballs) and Fire-towers (shoots fireballs). To construct towers the player needs gold and units. Units are gained by building houses, each house produces two units and requires two food. To get food farms needs to be built and for every two farms built a windmill may be built (giving 2 additional food). The player may also construct three types of support buildings: Pub (increases damage), Triumph arc (increases range) and church (increases firing rate). But to be able to build anything the player needs gold. Some gold are gained after each wave of enemies, killing enemies will earn the player some more gold and each house built generates 8 gold every turn. |
| The Sacred Rings | 2007-03-07 | Adventure Company, The | Streko-Graphics Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The Sacred Rings is the direct sequel and continues the story of Aura: Fate of the Ages. In Aura, Umang recovered the lost artifacts and restored the rings to their full power, narrowly escaping capture by evil warriors. Now he must return the rings to the Keepers' fortress where they can be safely housed and protected. It is not an easy task, since the Shadow Legion's minions are still on his heels and danger lurks around every corner.Players are put in the shoes of Umang and will explore many strange locations. Umang must travel back and forth between locales to accomplish his mission, solving a multitude of puzzles along the way. Special effects and original music plus numerous cinematic cutscenes advance the story.This game, like the one before it, is a puzzle-driven adventure played in first person and handled completely by mouse. The point-and-click interface is complimented by 360 degree panning at pause stops. There are inventory objects to be found and used. Notes on explorations are kept in a Journal for reference and there are 8 slots for saving games. |
| Runes of Avalon | 2007-03-08 | Anawiki Games | Anawiki Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You are Evelyne, an apprentice to Merlin. You have been studying with the great Merlin to learn the ways of magic. Suddenly, one day, Merlin is magically snatched away! He whispers 'Morganna le Fey' as he vanishes and tells you to seek help from the Lady of the Lake. You must gather runes to gain power to free Merlin and defeat Morganna.Runes of Avalon is a tile-matching game. You will have from one to four tiles and must place them on the board so as to create rows of three or more of the same colored tile. Clearing these tiles fills up vials on the left of the screen. When the vials are full, the level is over. Pressing the right mouse button rotates the tiles. You will encounter mini-games as you play, like clicking on a rune shown on screen or swapping tiles to put a picture back together. The runes mini-game gains you spells like the holy cross flame that destroys tiles in a cross-shaped area or the bomb that destroys tiles in a five-by-five square. |
| Virtual Marbles | 2007-03-08 | astragon Software GmbH | Icon Games | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Virtual Marbles is a computer adaption of the classic game. 5 different playing fields and 3 different game modes are included. Try to position your own marbles closest to the target and hit your opponent's marbles. Play with 30 different marbles against the computer or up to three other players via hot seat mode or online. |
| Angkor | 2007-03-09 | iWin, Inc. | IronCode Gaming Pvt. Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Asia | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | For centuries, the lands of Angkor have been under an evil curse. Solve puzzles to find and restore the Amulet of Angkor so as to break this ancient curse. If you're good enough, you can even enter the golden age of Angkor.Angkor is a match-three game. Using your mouse, swap two stones to create a straight line of three or more of the same stones. The object is to clear any tiles from under any stones by making matches over them. As the game progresses, you will have obstacles like sticky squares and chains. Chains appear at random and prevent the two chained stones from swapping. Sticky squares keep the stone in them from swapping or dropping. Both items can be removed by making a match with the stone within them.After you make enough matches, you will power up the trident to the right of the board. You can use the trident to destroy one stone or one stone and the connecting chain it is attached to. If you match four of the same stone, you create an anystone. These can match with any two of the same stones to make a match. If you match five of the same stones, you create an explosive stone. Match these to make them explode. The explosion will destroy the neighboring stones, tiles, chains and sticky squares. If you can clear a level in equal to or less than the ace time, you will ace the level. Ace five levels to enter the golden age of Angkor. |
| Monkey's Adventures | 2007-03-09 | Green Kangaroo | PLAY-publishing.com | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Monkey's Adventures is a jump & run game. Help Titus the monkey to find the secret element of finsteranium. Collect different items and fight evil robots. Use coconuts, spray or other weapons. |
| _Access | 2007-03-10 | | | Simulation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | _Access is a humorous pseudohacking game where you play as a gamer who has to apply his hacking skills to download an otherwise unavailable adventure game demo. The interface is a simplified computer terminal interface, where the player must use telnet and various hacking tools to probe the net for possible access to the demo in question. The hacking problems are logical, and in some cases time-based. The game also features a number of internet relay chat channels, where the player can ask for help. Some of the channels are caricatures of existing IRC channels, just like some of the game characters are modelled on real people and bots, including the game designer Akatosh himself. The game's graphics have been partially borrowed from another pseudohacking game, Uplink: Hacker Elite. |
| ANDI-Land | 2007-03-11 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | ANDI-Land is a computer adventure game where the player solves simple puzzles through conversation with artificially intelligent characters.Players use the arrow keys to guide an avatar through a forest landscape. The forest is inhabited by ANDIs, which are virtual people with artificial intelligence that equips them with a basic understanding of their environment.The game play is based around natural language dialog. An interactive parser guides players while they type sentences on the keyboard. The ANDIs interpret English sentences and translate them into logic. Using automated theorem proving technology they are able to find answers to questions and reason about commands. This makes it possible to use dialog to elicit information to solve puzzles and carry out actions such as buying and selling objects.ANDI-Land's artificial intelligence replaces pre-scripted dialogs with (limited) conversation that is generated on the fly. Rather than selecting between canned sentences, players have to figure out for themselves what to say to whom. |
| Constellations | 2007-03-12 | The Game Equation | The Game Equation | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Constellations is a color-matching game with an astrology theme, where the objective is to connect stars by color to create new constellations in the sky. The screen shows a section of space filled with multi-colored stars decorated with zodiac symbols. The stars have to be clicked to create glowing lines between them.There are two modes available. In Explore Mode, the goal is to make the longest chain possible before finishing the outline to receive points. The top interface displays the sequence of colors that have be connected in order to create the constellation. On later stages, power-ups can be added to the chain and activated when closing the loop, giving extra points and helping in other ways. In Chase Mode, the player has to click on stars of the same color following the sequence show at the top, as fast as possible to complete a voyage through space. |
| Mars Miner | 2007-03-12 | RetroStyle Games | RetroStyle Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Mars Miner is a Bomberman remake. The protagonist is an astronaut stranded on Mars after the ship's collision with a meteor, fighting the bug creatures of the planet to find the way out. This character can be controlled by keyboard keys or mouse.The gameplay mechanics are the same as in the original: place and detonate time bombs that clear paths and destroy enemies, carefully avoiding being caught in the blast. An energy meter with three bars sits at the bottom-right of the screen. It decreases each time the character touches enemies or is hit by a long-range spitting attack, gets burned by ongoing explosions or walks over hazardous environments. Medical stations and health bonuses replenish the lost energy.Walls and rocks sometimes reveal power-ups when exploded. As these are collected a respective icon appears on the right side of the screen. A bomb with a plus sign increases the number of bombs that can be deployed each time. A curved arrow allows the astronaut to push the bomb after being placed on the ground.The game has two modes. In story mode, the main objective is to reach the exit to the next level. In survival mode, the objective is to slain the largest number of enemies possible. |
| Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle | 2007-03-12 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Péndulo Studios, S.L. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | At the end of Runaway: A Road Adventure, Brian and Gina finally had the time to be together on a tropical island called Mala, but the good times don't last long. One day they decide to go on a trip and fly over the island in a plane. Everything goes well until the engines suddenly catch fire and the plane makes his way down. Since there is only one parachute, Brian gives it to Gina and throws her out the plane. Brian survives the crash but he now has to find Gina once again. His search in this 2D adventure takes him around the globe even to the icy regions of Alaska. Along the way the player will have to solve many riddles for which they will need to talk to people or find items scattered around in the environments. The player will also meet old friends from Runaway: A Road Adventure such as the hacker Sushi Douglas and many new characters are introduced as well. |
| Battlefield 2: Complete Collection | 2007-03-13 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation pack includes:
Battlefield 2 (base game)
Battlefield 2: Special Forces (expansion pack)
Battlefield 2: Booster Pack - Euro Force (booster pack)
Battlefield 2: Booster Pack - Armored Fury (booster pack) |
| Making History: The Calm & The Storm | 2007-03-13 | Strategy First, Inc. | Muzzy Lane Software Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Turn-based strategy | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Making History: The Calm & The Storm is a turn-based grand strategy World War 2 game. It places the player in the reins of a major power during the 1936-1945 era, and asks them to guide their country to survival and prosperity. Five scenarios are included, each with a different start date, and all with historically researched troop and resource levels.Gameplay is divided into military, diplomatic, domestic, and economic areas, with each area affecting the others. Players must choose between improving industries or researching new technologies, controlling the air or controlling the seas, and ceding territories or declaring war, all while contending with over 80 independent AI countries. |
| The Ugly Prince Duckling | 2007-03-13 | Adventure Company, The | Guppyworks | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hans Christian Andersen: The Ugly Prince Duckling is an adventure game created with children in mind. The game is an original story inspired by the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.Set in Copenhagen during the Golden Age, the Master of Darkness has kidnapped the princess and plans to take over the city. Players control a young Hans Christian Andersen who must rescue the princess and stop the Master of Darkness' evil plans. The journey is filled with characters from Andersen's tales, such as The Little Mermaid, The Little Match Girl and The Swineherd.The game is controlled using the keyboard for movement and the mouse for interacting with people and things. For instance, arrow keys move Hans Christian, holding down the Shift key makes him run and the Spacebar is the main action/interaction key. Whenever Hans Christian turns his head to look at something, that item or area can be actioned in some way. For instance, coins can be found by kicking barrels, boxes or other objects in the screen. He will turn to look at it. Action it (Spacebar) to kick the object and a coin will be ejected from it. Walk over the coin and press the action key again to pick it up. |
| G.P.S.: Geo-Political Simulator | 2007-03-16 | Mindscape SA | Eversim S.A. | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | In G.P.S.: Geo-Political Simulator the player becomes the head of one of 229 states and needs to control its political direction. The state is basically organized into twelve ministries from where the player has control over many details which all interrelate, e.g. taxes, diplomacy or laws. But whatever he does, he has to think about how his actions influence the population's minds - especially when working in a democracy. All this is played in real-time.Most of the game is spent in colourful menu screens. The only exception is when the player participates in military action, then the game switches to an isometric perspective and the player directly controls his forces like in classic strategy games. Besides the free playing mode there are also 30 scenarios where the player has to solve problems or reach other goals, e.g. destroying terrorist threats or facing energy shortages. |
| Kirikou and the Wild Beasts | 2007-03-16 | EMME Interactive SA | Wizarbox SARL | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Blacknut product page (from Ad Blurbs)Adapted from the famous movie by Michel Ocelot and Benedict Galup, Kirikou and the Wild Beasts puts you in the shoes of a hero who must face the dangers hanging over his people. Jump from platform to platform to protect the village from the wild animals of the savannah. But beware, Karaba the witch is never far away … |
| Red Ocean | 2007-03-16 | dtp entertainment AG | collision-studios GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Former Marine Jack Hard now does diving trips for a living. One day he explores a base, that turns out to be a research centre controlled by the United Arms terrorist movement, which has discovered a new source of power on the sea bed. Red Ocean is a pure First-Person Shooter with a very unusual setting - an underwater base remaining from the Cold War. Taking the role of Jack Hard, players must run, dive and shoot through this dangerous environment. The levels will take Jack above and below the surface, which includes complex hallways and underground transport bases. Different guns include a futuristic plasma rifle, which can be tuned throughout the game and include secondary fire power-ups. Jack can also use objects as weapons, with realistic physics acting on them. Bosses at the end of each level add to the challenge, in manner unusual in the FPS genre. |
| WWI: Aces of the Sky | 2007-03-16 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | World War I | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | WWI: Aces of the Sky vehicle based shooter game set during World War I in which the player will control a biplane.The game offers thirty missions witch take place above both land and sea. Players will take on enemy aircraft like bombers and other biplanes as well as ships on the sea and trains on land. During missions it’s possible to land on airfields where the plane can be repaired, get new fuel and ammo and even switch planes. |
| Abra Academy | 2007-03-17 | Big Fish Games, Inc | BrutoMemo Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Wanda has a dream: to become a witch. So, she applied to the Abra Academy. It is up to you to help her through graduation by finding hidden magic objects in the Academy!Abra Academy is an hidden object game. At the beginning of each level, a list with items to find is given. You have a certain amount of time to reach your goal. When you find an object, you have to click on it. You can also use hints, symbolized by fairies, if you are stuck. Also, you can keep burning the cauldron by finding hidden wood in the room. The game contains mini-games too. You have to beat 24 levels before graduating from the Academy. |
| Aliens: Roguelike | 2007-03-18 | | | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | Fangame | | Roguelike, Survival horror | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Aliens: The Roguelike is a tactical roguelike, inspired by the classic Aliens movie and the Alien Breed: Tower Assault computer game.The story is simple and traditional: in the year 2209, the colony Giger V sends out a distress call before stopping all communication. You are the fortunate soul who is to investigate this unexpected event. Unfortunately, your ship is shot down on approach; fortunately, you survive. Now enter the colony, stripped of your comrade and equipment, and go kick that alien queen's ass!The game begins with character creation. Select one of five classes, like Marine, Scout, Medic etc. There are no attributes, instead, each class has different costs for improving the seven skills, three skills for handling weapons (sidearms, light or heavy weapons) and four others that improve your speed, reload time, throwing accuracy or the effect of medpacks. The final step before beginning your quest is to invest initial points in certain skills -- choose wisely!You now start to explore the seven towers, each with several levels, to find the alien queen. You are only shown your immediate surroundings on the top-down map, and you have a limited view distance and can't look around corners, so you're in for some nasty surprises... the greenish text graphics and the ominous background music help to create this nice paranoid Aliens atmosphere.Of course, you will encounter many aliens during the game -- juveniles, workers, warriors, and, who knows, maybe even the queen? Some of them are quite easy to kill, some of them harder, but none should be underestimated. They are not able to open doors, so closing in front of his ugly nose one can save your sorry life. You will find weapons and ammunition, grenades, armor and medpacks to help you on your quest, but you will have to select your tactics carefully to survive: You can only carry one weapon of each type, as well as limited ammunition only. The weapons use different ammo and have different characteristics -- for example, shotguns are handy for blasting several enemies at once, but they are no good against armored targets.You also should not forget to reload after each fight! Gameplay is entirely turn-based, yet, each action takes a different amount of time, so being able to reload faster or move quicker can make the difference between life and death -- so be sure to check the character screen to see if you have gained enough experience to increase one of the skills! |
| Galactic Command: Echo Squad | 2007-03-19 | 3000AD, Inc. | 3000AD, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Galactic Command: Echo Squad is a realism focused spaceship simulation game in the vein of Battlecruiser 3000AD.The player takes control of a spaceship in 16 different missions. This is done from the cockpit. The player can opt to do everything alone, from maneuvering to combat, but controls are complex enough that it is near impossible. Mostly all actions can be set to be handled by the automatic pilot.The player can also issue orders to the squad mates.The story takes place during a war between the Gammulans and an alliance known as the Galactic Command. The Gammulans have invaded the sol system. But now Galactic Command strikes back with a newly devised powerful spacecraft. The player gets to flight this new craft. |
| Ultimate Motorcross | 2007-03-19 | Polyet Navigatora | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Ultimate Motorcross is an action-oriented Motocross racing game, offering the player 12 course layouts on one single outdoor track. One player can race against 3 computer-controlled enemy riders, or compete against friends in a local network or over the Internet. All riders receive the same bike equipped with a nitro injection, giving a speed boost and lifting the bike's front wheels, but spelling disaster when approaching jumps. |
| DEFCON: Global Nuclear Domination Game | 2007-03-20 | Encore, Inc. | Introversion Software Limited | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The world is on the brink of Armageddon. A full-scale global thermonuclear war has broken out, and as a general in a bunker somewhere, you must direct your offensive and defensive systems to nuke your opponents. Nobody wins, but maybe you can lose the least. Everybody dies.DEFCON is an online multiplayer strategy game, but it can also be played in a singleplayer mode. Players place units, such as missile silos, airbases and radar dishes, on their territorial maps, and the game counts down from DEFCON 5 to DEFCON 1, during which time the players are to make strategic choices to eliminate their opponents without losing too much themselves.The gameplay is shown on a large world map and the action is represented by icons and lines reminiscent of the drawing style of their two previous games: Darwinia and Uplink. |
| F.E.A.R.: Gold Edition | 2007-03-20 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Gold Edition contains:
F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon (Director's Edition)
F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point (expansion pack)
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| Frontline: Fields of Thunder | 2007-03-20 | Paradox Interactive AB | N-Game Studios, OOO, Nival Interactive LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Frontline: Fields of Thunder covers the Battle of Kursk in 1943, the largest tank battle of all time, the ultimate battle of the titans by the German Army. This was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II and the last German blitzkrieg offensive in the east as well as the last German offensive of such scale in the war. The Battle of Kursk remains both the largest armored engagement and the most costly single day of aerial warfare to date.The game allows players to immerse themselves into detailed gameplay on a sizeable battle map, with historically accurate environments encompassing exciting missions and challenges. The historical settings and scenarios are so accurate that the game comes with a complete encyclopedia of all units represented in the game. |
| Genesis Rising | 2007-03-20 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Metamorf Studios | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Genesis Rising is a real-time strategy game with many game-play twists. You lead a fleet of organic ships and develop them throughout the campaign, using genes you have harvested from defeated enemies or have bought via trading. You meed numerous alien races and engage them in both conversation and combat. The whole game is set in space, however you can only play on a 2D plane and unlike games like Homeworld and Nexus you can't move ships vertically up or down. It is a basebuilding game and you collect resources similar to most RTS games, but all units can be configured on the fly, and with accordance with current conditions and objectives. Using "genes" you find from ship carcasses, you "mutate" your own in real time giving them new weapons and abilities. If you wish you can replicate any genes you've found or buy more from allies on the map. The only resources in the game is blood, which you pump from stations belonging to you right into your own supply. The only other restriction is the maintenance capacity which you increase by invading enemy stations. There are numerous alien races throughout the game, a lot of them controlling organic ships like yourself. The campaign centers around your quest to find the Universal Heart, the source of all life and matter, and thus become a true god. |
| Mystery of Shark Island | 2007-03-20 | PlayFirst, Inc. | PlayFirst, Inc. | Adventure | Top-down | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Mystery of Shark Island is a hidden object game where the player must find shells and pieces of artifacts, half-buried in the beach sands of an archipelago. The plot is told through a series of sketch drawings with text that pop up on certain points in the game. The main character wakes up on a island, washed ashore with a broken arm besides a magic box that exchanges shells for keys.The main game screen is divided in two, the top portion showing the island shore covered with beach sand, shells and assorted flotsam and jetsam. The bottom portion is dedicated to the interface, showing the box and its strange cravings. At the start of each stage, a wave washes the beach and two sliding doors open up revealing the required items to complete the level. Most objects are shells and the occasional piece of bass relief, that must be found and clicked on the beach before the next wave comes.The objective of each level is to reach a set amount of points, shown at the left side of the box. Several correct clicks fill a conch-shaped streak meter that multiplies the points, while wrong clicks reset it. A blue meter shows the time remaining before the next wave. Picking objects of the same type in a row gives extra points. Some objects are covered with a layer of sand that must be brushed aside before they can be collected.Some power-ups coins appear randomly on the beach. The wind coin blows all useless objects from the screen. The super brush coin cleans all the sand covered objects of the beach. The strength coin makes lifting heavy rocks easier. The power lift coin takes away all heavy rocks from the beach. The hourglass coin increases the time before the next wave.At the end of each stage, the box reveals and stores a key on slots at the top. These keys are used after the final level, to rotate the segments of a circular jigsaw puzzle. |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl | 2007-03-20 | THQ Inc. | GSC Game World | Action | 1st-person | | | RPG elements, Shooter | Europe, Post-apocalyptic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The Ukrainian town of Chernobyl was the site of a severe nuclear accident in 1986. In an alternate timeline, following attempts to repopulate the area, another unexpected accident occurred twenty years later. By the year 2012 the area, which was dubbed "Zone", has become hazardous with mutated animals, bandits, and mysterious anomalies. These anomalies differ in their effects, but they all have one thing in common - they are deadly. Despite that, the Zone attracts scientists, explorers and scavengers (known as "stalkers") hunting for valuable artifacts. Military organizations have been formed, fighting for dominance in the Zone.The player controls a stalker who has lost his memory in an accident. After being rescued by another stalker, he discovers himself in a village located on the outskirts of the Zone, with only a single clue: he has a note in his PDA telling him to kill an unknown person with the nickname "Strelok".S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is inspired by the science fiction novel Picnic on the Roadside (1977) by the Soviet Russian authors, the brothers Arkadi and Boris Strugatsky. The game is an open-ended first-person shooter featuring a thirty square kilometer playing area which the player is free to explore. There are also many characters the protagonist can communicate with; in this sense the game has similarities to RPGs, although there are no attributes or skills to improve. The protagonist may also develop relations with NPCs. Helping a faction will boost his reputation with it, which may result in better items for purchase or information, while attacking a member of said faction will ruin his reputation and prompt other members to attack him. Along with the main quest, the player can also complete side quests, some of which have time limits.The player has to carefully manage the protagonist's inventory, not only because there is a carrying capacity, but also because weapons and armor degrade as they are used. The player can also use artifacts, which can be usually found near anomalies, to his benefit. Artifacts offer different kinds of bonuses, but often have negative side effects: for instance, an artifact could improve the hero's bullet resistance but also increase his radiation level.The game features ragdoll physics, destructible surroundings, HDR lightning, dynamic weather, day and night cycles, and multiplayer for up to 32 players. |
| TMNT | 2007-03-20 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Cowabunga! Take control of your favourite turtle ninjas as you play through the events of the 2007 CGI movie. Leonardo returns from his meditation in South America to find his family in disarray, and crime on the rise in New York. A mysterious figure calling himself the "Nightwatcher" has turned up, and a shadowy rich man named Winters seems to be in cahoots with the remnants of the Foot Clan. Only the Ninja Turtles can clean up the streets!TMNT is an action game, similar to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Play as Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, swapping on the fly and using special co-operative moves to help your brothers in battle. Each turtle, being a ninja, can perform moves like double jumping, running along and up walls, gripping onto tiny cracks in the walls, and jumping from wall to wall to scale dizzying heights. Most of the game is spent making your way to the next destination by using your ninja moves to explore New York. Each character also has their own special move: Leo can traverse through walls, Raph can use his Sais to scale particular surfaces, Mikey can use his Nunchucks as helicopters to float for a short period, and Don can pole vault across long gaps with his Bo Staff.Sometimes, battles will occur - in these situations, you'll be locked in an arena and must battle all your enemies before you can move on. Battling is a simple affair - you can use one button for standard attacks (charge it for a more powerful one), and another button for light attacks that push enemies away. If your fellow turtles are with you, you can also hold down your character swap button for a tandem co-op attack. Some levels will allow you to play as the Nightwatcher - he fights similarly to the Turtles, except that as the more he fights, the more his 'rage' builds, which can cause a devastating surrounding attack when fully charged. The Wii version of the game controls similarly to all other versions, except that gestures are used for attacking instead of button presses.The basic goal for each level is to get to the end. At the end of each level, you're graded on the following attributes: your speed, your combat, and the amount of coins collected. In levels where you work with your brothers, you'll also be graded on how well you worked together. Succeed in a these attributes, and you'll earn turtle coins which can be used to purchase unlockables. If you get an A Rank or higher in a level, you'll also unlock a Challenge Map, which can be played to earn even more turtle coins. Finally, once you've played any level at least once, turtle coins will appear in hard-to-reach spots for you to collect. |
| Test Drive Unlimited | 2007-03-20 | Atari, Inc. | Eden Games S.A.S. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Motorcycle, Street racing, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Test Drive Unlimited lets the player choose one of several characters, both male and female, waiting at an airport to check in for their flight to the Caribbean dream island O'ahu located in Hawaii. The characters do not have different statistics, that only applies to the extravagant, licensed cars.The whole island is accessible from the beginning and after the player has bought his first home and car, he can either drive around and look for events or load up the map and jump directly to a location of a race, a car salesman or other locations - similar to Need for Speed Underground. Every bought car has a built-in navigation system, guided by a woman's voice to get the player to his destination, either pre-programmed in the game or decided by the player.There are over 125 different cars and motorcycles in different price ranges to choose from. From the Audi TT over the Jaguar XJ200 to the McLaren F1 and Kawasaki Z1000, there is everything the character needs as a young man or girl with too much money on their hands. Each car has its own, realistic set of characteristics such as speed or handling, but they all have a highly detailed exterior and interior in common.The character starts with $200.000 dollars in his pocket, but there will not be anything left after buying a first car and home. Additional cash needs to be earned in different kinds of races from checkpoint challenges to time trials. The money cannot only be used to buy new homes and new cars (and a little tuning for those), but also to buy new outfits for the avatar.The heart of Test Drive Unlimited is the online mode. Using a GameSpy account, players connect to the official TDU server immediately after loading the game. New options become available online, such as a meeting lounge where the statistics and looks of other players can be looked up. It also provides access to player-created matches shown on the map screen. Creating a race here also works in the singleplayer modes. At any location, the start and finish can be defined, as well as the type of the race, which type/classes of cars or bikes are allowed and how many people can participate. If not all slots have been filled up by other players, the AI will take control of the rest.The PSP and PS2 versions have a lower visual quality and lack a few features, such as manual transmission, avatar customization, certain cars and all motorcycles, dealership and tuning shop NPCs, the vehicle interior camera angle and certain missions. They do include Master Points and Auto GPS, and certain default vehicles only available for the 360 version through download packs. |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth - Anthology | 2007-03-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king
The American release includes the Collector's Edition of The Battle for Middle-earth II. |
| UEFA Champions League 2006-2007 | 2007-03-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A football (soccer) game from Electronic Arts leveraging a UEFA License. This game focuses on delivering the atmosphere of the 2006 - 2007 UEFA Champions League event it was released to coincide with. Building on similar FIFA Licensed products, EA continues to tune their new Match AI and celebrate such football events with lavish presentation and attention to detail. The most unique aspect of this title on Xbox 360 is the Ultimate Team mode which allows the player to manage a fantasy team using a deck of virtual cards analogous to other fantasy trading card games played with real cards. The deck represents a team of players, managers and other staff which are used to manage and develop a fantasy team from humble beginnings to the best team in the in the game. Cards may also be put up for trade with other players to help you acquire rare cards and earn game credits. Players can take their Ultimate Teams online and use additional game play cards to strategic advantage during the match.
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| MAGI: Magical Strategy Game | 2007-03-21 | | | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | MAGI is a cross between strategy and RPG. It's centered around the duels of powerful wizards.Player takes the role of a dueling wizard and engages in series of magical duels, involving use of spells, strategy and wits.Like in the RPG genre, the player has to create a character first. There are 10 different classes (with some special features and skills), 5 attributes and 4 schools of magic (each holding 7 spells) to choose from.The game itself centers around participating in magical duels with other wizards. The players chooses which spells to cast and what abilities to use. Timing and strategy is what decides on victory.
The duels are relatively short and fought in real time.
Battling yields the character experience points that can be used to advance in levels, increase the attributes and to learn new spells.
While the game progresses, the player's mage grows in age and is bound to meet the last opponent - the Death herself. This final match determines the outcome of the whole game. |
| Bus Driver | 2007-03-22 | SCS Software | SCS Software | Racing / Driving, Simulation | Behind view | | | | | Bus | | | | | Windows | Bus Driver is a driving game with a difference. It doesn't rely on speed or encourage the player to smash things up. There's no racing or rallying aspect. In fact, it's exactly what its title suggests: A bus driving game.Here, the focus is on driving safely, obeying the laws of the road, and getting passengers to their destinations. There are 12 different buses and 30 different routes (or 'missions'). They all take place within the same city but at different times of the day and in varying weather conditions. The player could be taking tired factory workers home as the sun is setting, ferrying holiday-makers to the ski-resort in brilliant sunshine, or escorting children to school in the early morning.Points are awarded for correct signalling, stopping at red-lights and keeping to the scheduled timetable. Points are deducted for wanton destruction, driving on the wrong side of the road, braking too hard and various other infractions. But the game doesn't place many real restrictions on the player: they won't get heavily penalised if they're late to the stops. There is no timer that signals the end of the game. There's nothing to stop the player deviating from their route and going on a little sightseeing trip of their own.Bus Driver offers a rather unique, sedate alternative to the usual vehicular gaming experience. |
| Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific (Collector's Edition) | 2007-03-22 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Collector's edition includes:
Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific
Special packaging
Original game soundtrack by Rod Abernethy and Jason Graves
Recognition manual with 88-pages (smaller than the one in the Deluxe edition)
Iron-on arm patch |
| Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific (Deluxe Edition) | 2007-03-22 | Ubisoft GmbH | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Deluxe Edition of Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific is limited to 3,000 units worldwide and contains:
Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific
Special metal box packaging
Certificate of authenticity
Original game soundtrack by Rod Abernethy and Jason Graves
Submarine documentary from Periscope Film
Silent Hunter medal
Six postcards with Silent Hunter 4 motifs
Extended version of the recognition manual included in the Collector's Edition
Iron-on arm patch
Mouse pad
Metal pen
145-page notebook with leather-style cover |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R. | 2007-03-23 | GSC World Publishing | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This limited edition is only available in Russia and it contains:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Game Manual
T-shirt with game logo
Map of the complete in-game zone
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. dog tag |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (Limited Edition) | 2007-03-23 | THQ Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This edition is limited to 17,777 units worldwide and contains:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Special packaging
Survival guide with detailed information about the factions, enemies and weapons
"S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - Part I - Deathzone" - a book telling the background story to the game by Claudia Kern & Bernd Franz
Bonus DVD with making-of movies, additional background on the real Tschernobyl zone, the official soundtrack, wallpapers and many more extras
Map of the complete in-game zone
Two exclusive multiplayer maps (Swimming Pool and Dark Valley) and four exclusive multiplayer skins (British, American, French and German military) |
| Virtua Tennis 3 | 2007-03-23 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | Sega AM3 R&D Division | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Virtua Tennis 3 features 20 international tennis stars like Roger Federer, Lindsay Davenport or Maria Sharapova against which you need to compete in the heart of the game: The World Tour. You create your own character and play to reach the number one rank on the world ranking list.Virtua Tennis 3 is not a simulation like Top Spin 2 and only needs three buttons to perform all possible shot. Still time needs to be invested in training the character through several mini-games in which need you to hit a circle on the other side of the net or defeat aliens by hitting them with returns.You can also play as one of the professionals against the CPU or a friend (or two if you play a Double). True to the series of the home version, there are also 12 mini-games available to play against your friends. These include the ones from the World Tour training as well as different ones like Curling or Super-Bingo. The Tournament Mode and Exhibition Mode are also present in the arcade version, but the Challenge Mode has been replaced by the World Tour Mode and Party Mode. |
| Wonderland Adventures | 2007-03-23 | Midnight Synergy | Midnight Synergy | Action, Adventure | Diagonal-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Tremors are disturbing Wonderland and strange things are appearing. It is up to you to find out what is going on.Wonderland Adventures is the sequel to Wonderland Secret Worlds. Using your mouse, guide your character about the land. Read signs, talk to others and learn what is happening. When you talk to others, they will ask you for help like rescuing trapped Stinkers or retrieving lost items. You will need to step on switches to open doors, get help to have someone stand on a switch, or find the needed key. Later, you will learn to use magic switches. The different colors do different things. For example, the purple ones transport you great distances. |
| Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Kane Edition) | 2007-03-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This collector's edition contains:
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
5 new multiplayer maps
unique unit skins, four for each of the 3 factions in the game (Predator Tank, Mammoth Tank, Juggernaut, Firehawk, Scorpion Tank, Flame Tank, Avatar, Venom, Annihilator Tripod, Stormrider, Devastator Warship, Planetary Assault Carrier)
5 wallpapers in multiple resolutions
bonus DVD featuring a behind the scenes documentary, deleted scenes and a blooper reel from the live action video shoots, a series of gameplay strategy videos from the game designers themselves, and more.
Only 100,000 copies of this package were published, and each one was individually numbered as well. The exception is Germany, where this release had no production limit and was used as an uncensored release of the game. |
| Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars | 2007-03-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Los Angeles | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | War | Real-time strategy | Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, Sci-fi / futuristic, South America | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | One day a meteor fell on Earth, spreading a new substance called Tiberium. This substance was unusual and powerful, yet highly dangerous since it turned anything it touched into Tiberium itself. By 2047, Tiberium has spread and infested most of the Earth's surface, causing an ecological catastrophe. Red Zones are areas rendered inhabitable due to the severe Tiberium infestation and constant Ion storms, covering 20% of the planet's surface. Yellow Zones are areas infested by Tiberium but they hold most of the world's population. These areas are filled with civil unrest and are war-torn and ravaged but cover 50% of the planet's surface. The remaining areas are Blue Zones, areas safe from Tiberium infestation and possibly the only salvation for humanity, covering 20% of the planet's surface.The Global Defense Initiative upkeeps the Blue Zones, keeping them defended and using special technology to keep the Tiberium infestation at bay, while the Brotherhood of Nod takes advantage of the chaos and civil unrest in the Yellow Zones to recruit their forces. However, they hadn't been heard of for years, supposedly disappeared... until now. Kane returns, commanding the Brotherhood of Nod once again to launch a serious assault against the Global Defense Initiative and its Blue Zones, starting the Third Tiberium War.Following the tradition of the series, Command & Conquer 3 is designed to be a fast-paced game, where players build up their bases to produce a powerful fighting force to destroy their enemies. Being able to play for any of the three sides, they'll have a huge selection of infantry, vehicles and aircraft to fight with, as well as structures to aid with new technologies, upgrades and the all-powerful superweapons. Unlike most games of the genre, players do all their building from a tabbed sidebar, allowing them to create production queues and deploy structures quickly and easily. Maps also have various buildings spread around which can either be garrisoned to provide further protection or captured to give players that extra edge.In campaign mode you can fight the war for one of the games sides, playing out the storyline through various missions with high-definition FMVs and popular actors giving you orders, and winning medals based on your performance. You can also play in skirmish against the AI, or in multiplayer (network/online) against human/computer players. Online play has support for rankings, clans, VoIP, and a new feature called BattleCast, enabling players to watch or download replays from battles directly from the website, or even provide commentary like an online sport.The Xbox 360 version is fairly identical but altered for the console's controls. The interface has been moved to the bottom left on the screen and the tabs on the right have been replaced by context-sensitive menus players can scroll through using the D-pad. Selecting and building units or constructions is done through the A-button and the triggers. The buildings show processes without having to select them. A tutorial explains the controls and advanced players can also create custom shortcuts. The Xbox 360 version supports the Xbox Live Vision camera. |
| Feyruna - Fairy Forest | 2007-03-26 | Jochen Kärcher Gamedesign | Jochen Kärcher Gamedesign | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Defend the land of Feyruna from the Princes of Darkness as you step into the wings of a fairy in Feyruna - Fairy Forest. Collect the glow-worms and use their dormant lightning power and defeat the evil monsters and creatures who have invaded the land. Find other spells and magical items to further advance your magical abilities.
Feyruna - Fairy Forest is a stationary screen collecting game where the player controls the movements of the fairy. As the fairy you must collect glow-worms which fly in random or preset patterns. You can also collect other bonuses and artifacts which will allow you to cast spells and attack enemies who are trying to also collect the glow-worms. The enemies range from insects flying around unawares to aggressively attacking monsters. There are also boss enemies to combat. Your enemies, by attacking you and eating these glow-worms will raise each level's darkness meter and make you fail the level.
There are a total of sixty levels to play through on the story mode with three unlockable mini-games to play as well. The mini-games are a match-three game, a memory game and a stationary version of the regular game where the player cannot move but can shoot.
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| The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (Pre-Order Pack) | 2007-03-26 | Codemasters Online Gaming | Turbine Entertainment Software Corp. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Pre-Order Pack includes:
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
Hardback manual
Founder membership certificate (lifetime subscription or six-month subscription)
7-days buddy key
10-day early access
The Lord of the Rings Online Stickers
One exclusive in-game item
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| Code of Honor: The French Foreign Legion | 2007-03-27 | dtp entertainment AG | City Interactive S.A. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Africa | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In Code of Honor: The French Foreign Legion the player takes the role of Claude Boulet who is a member of the French Foreign Legion. Terrorists started a revolution in Côte d‘Ivoire and stole radioactive waste to build bombs. The player's mission is to eliminate this threat.Similar to the Call of Duty series focuses on eight short and linear missions with scripted events. The goals are varied, e.g. liberating a city, searching and destroying planes, defending an important position or a rail shooter segment on the back of a vehicle. Sometimes the player gets support from air strikes or another soldier but he mostly works alone. The game uses the typical shooter controls and the energy bar health system. |
| Meet the Robinsons | 2007-03-27 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Avalanche Software LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Meet the Robinsons is based on the animated movie of the same name, but acts as a sequel to it.
The player assumes the role of Wilbur Robinsion, who arrives home after a journey through his time machine from ancient Egypt to find that the Bowler Hat Guy has stolen his second time machine, and so he has to go back in time to stop it.
Unfortunately, it goes pear shaped and returns to a future where Robinson industries has been taken over by Magma Industries Corporation, run by Emperor Stanley, who is now in the process of waging war on Queen Lizzie and her army of robot ants.
The ants then manage to steal the time machine, and Wilbur has to sort all this out.Gameplay involves fighting your way through hordes of enemies to get to and achieve your goals. Along the way, you will come across health upgrades as well as components to build new gadgets such as the charge glove, the dissembler and the havoc glove.
Whilst playing the game, the player will also have to complete several mini games in order to proceed. These include one that involves getting bubbles across a course and removing tiles from a wall to access a goal behind the tiles. |
| Silverfall | 2007-03-27 | Atari, Inc. | Kyiv's Games, Monte Cristo Multimedia | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy, Steampunk | | | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | The city of Silverfall is the capital city of the kingdom Egreïd in the land of Nelwïë and a proud monument of what the combined strength of four races (humans, elves, trolls and goblins) can build with magic and technology. But not everyone is happy with this development and many say that the people should not forget their roots, and turn away from technology. These people call themselves the League of the Wilderness and for many years both groups had their disputes but no war. But it boils under the surface.One day all magical places of Nelwïë are attacked by an army of daemons - including Silverfall - to take advantage of the tense situation. While the inhabitants (of which the player is one) flee from the city, the archmage makes his stand and manages to defeat their leader. But in his last breath the daemon leader unleashes a powerful spell taking over the body of the archmage. A dark era is about to begin...The refugees of Silverfall meanwhile fled to the nearby swamps and began to build a temporary home under the leadership of the son of the archmage. Since the camp is surrounded by swamps, where deadly things roam, it needs a hero: You. After defining a race and customizing the appearance, your first quest as a level 1 hero is to kill a few skeletons near the campsite. Like in Diablo you gain experience by completing quests from the main story line and the many side quests that await you or by killing enemies. At each new level you gain 4 attribute points and 4 skill points. As you level up those points can be spent on the different attributes (Strength, Intelligence, Agility or Vitality) or the different skill trees if you want to be a fighter, a long-range combatant or a sorcerer. There are several skill trees to spend your points in, such as magic (Light, Shadow and Elemental), melee combat, long-range combat, combat technique and a racial ability skill tree in which there are several talents to unlock and upgrade.In the course of the game you also decide on which side of the never-ending struggle between Technology and Nature you stand through solving quests for the different groups. This not only affects how the NPCs of each group react to you but also changes the look of the city Silverfall since you gain a great influence among the population as you get deeper involved in saving the whole world from the new evil that spreads through the land. Each path also grants access to an additional skill tree in which you can find spells like a Shield which blocks incoming projectiles (Technology tree) or grants the ability to turn into an animal (Nature tree).Spells and talents will not bring down an enemy alone so you will also find many items of different qualities from armory and weapons to necklaces and rings in the course of your adventure. These can be used to gear up your hero and make him a real fighting machine.If you do not like to fight alone you can recruit NPCs to help you after you did a quest for them. You can give them orders such as "ignore the enemies - just heal me" and customize their gear. You can play through the campaign or just roam the world and do sidequests (or PvP) with up to 7 other players in the two multiplayer modes of the game.Silverfall features a cel-shaded graphical style which puts a black outline around all characters and gives the world a comic-style look. This effect can be turned off at any time. |
| Paul Quest: Gold Edition | 2007-03-28 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Paul Quest Gold Edition is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features a classic inventory and actions are can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. The game is similiar to the old Larry games where you get points while you progress.You play Paul and have forgotten your girlfriend's anniversary, but you don't admit it. Instead you promise her to give her a call when you have the suprise is ready. Game languages are Spanish and English.
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| Sam & Max: Episode 5 - Reality 2.0 | 2007-03-29 | GameTap LLC | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | In the fifth episode of the first Sam & Max season, the duo needs to set free Sybil, who is stuck in the internet during her work as a beta tester. To access Reality 2.0, they have to find special goggles, while this episode's theme is used to have them launch a plethora of computer-related jokes in between. This virtual world is a weird and digital version of the real world. They discover that actions in the virtual world affect the real world and they can switch between the two. A seductive female voice tries to lure them in and Sam and Max think that the internet itself may be responsible.Bosco is once again present, but now as a half-elf with a virulent biological weapon he only wants to exchange for one billion dollar. Through a money-laundering scheme the duo needs to acquire the Boscotech and launch a virus. As the entire internet is brought down as it loses its respect for humanity, Sam and Max need to win the trust back through a classic text adventure game and discover who is really responsible for all these events.The gameplay is identical to the previous games in the series. The game is entirely in 3D and the player controls Sam. Sam can interact with the environment through mouse-based actions. He can talk to other characters, examine the environment, pick up items and use them with other objects. The inventory is shown as a cardboard box at the bottom of the screen. |
| Command & Conquer 3: Wojny o Tyberium (Limitowana Edycja Kolekcjonerska) | 2007-03-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collector's edition contains:
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
a mouse pad
a game guide
a bonus DVD with five wallpapers, three exclusive unit skins, five multiplayer maps, strategy videos, deleted scenes from the live action video shoots and a behind the scenes documentary |
| Crazy Classics | 2007-03-30 | Green Kangaroo | PLAY-publishing.com | Action, Simulation | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing | | | | | Windows | Crazy Classics is a car racing game with classic cars. 15 different cars and 4 tracks are included. All cars have the same characteristics. Control them with the keyboard and race against the AI. |
| Jets 'n' Guns Gold | 2007-03-30 | Toro-Publishing | Rake in Grass | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Jets 'n' Guns Gold is an expanded version of Jets 'n' Guns featuring several improvements to the original game. The main enhancements are the increased screen resolution of 800x600 and the replacement of the text-only mission briefings with comic screens.Other changes include twenty-one new levels in the main campaign (the original only had twenty-one) with seventy new enemies including sixteen bosses. To fight these, the player also has access to seven new ships and seventeen new weapons. There are now secret levels, items and ships waiting to be uncovered.Finally, there's also a new ranking system where the player can earn additional money and win medals depending on how good they did in the mission (killed enemies, secrets found, etc.). |
| Sengoku Gensokyo | 2007-03-30 | Coolier | Coolier | Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Fangame | | Visual novel | | | | Turn-based | | Misc | Windows | Sengoku Gensokyo is doujin game. It is a combination of turn-based strategy and a visual novel, with gameplay similar to Sengoku Rance and with characters from the Tōhō series. Gensokyo was divided between various factions that fight each other. In the Story mode the player controls Hakurei Shrine's faction with Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame as main heroines. The player can make two to three actions per turn, such as 'attack', 'develop land' and "event" (talk to various person or start a war with another faction). Each faction has a number of generals who have specific statistics. The fights take place on a separate screen. To take over the area, the player must win the battle several times. |
| War on Folvos | 2007-03-30 | Toro-Publishing | Lonely Troops | Strategy | | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Folvos is the least developed planet in the system, and as it is covered mostly with deserts, the majority of the population lives in the northern areas. But some are forced to live in the deserts, threatened by gunmen and smugglers. One day a group of Vasgalan scientists discover a new material called "Refunium" - which is a new powerful energy source. The Vasgalan Empire that controls the rest of the five planets in the system, now comes into play - claiming the material for themselves and taking control of Folvos. Without much resistance they land their army on the planet and start to rule it. But deep inside the desert, a great rebel army is forming and war is inevitable...War on Folvos is a turn-based hexagon strategy game like Panzer General. After the tutorial, the player has to pick a side and then fight through ten missions either for the freedom of Folvos, or to destroy the rebels. There are twenty different types of military units ranging from infantry over tanks to planes. Every unit can make two actions per round, such as moving or shooting. The 3D battlefield is covered in hexagon fields. Each unit has a limited movement and shooting range and since no more than one unit can be on one field, strategy is required to decide where to move and what to attack.Since the game is made mainly more for beginners of the genre, the soldiers do not acquire experience points and new troops cannot be recruited. Instead there are several side missions inside a scenario. One side mission for instance requires the player to protect a base for twelve rounds. After successfully completing it, the much needed reinforcements arrive. |
| B.A.S.E. jumping featuring Felix Baumgartner | 2007-03-31 | Atari Deutschland GmbH | Digital Dimension Development | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation, Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | B.A.S.E. jumping featuring Felix Baumgarntner is a sports game which simulates base jumping which is a variant of parachuting. Instead of planes these athletes jump from bridges, skyscrapers or cliffs. The game focuses on a realistic simulation of this discipline.Because of the nature of this sport the player is amateur and needs to earn his money with a "real" job. In the career mode this means the player uses the fast motion mode until he has enough money to participate in a championship. There are four locations in Norway, Russia, USA and Mexico with several different jumps each. Before the jump the player chooses his equipment and positions himself in a third person perspective. During the jump the game alternates into first person where the handling is similar to flight simulations. The player needs to consider several factors, e.g. wind or size and opening speed of the parachute.Successful jumps give more money which can be reinvested into better gear. There are also several missions available which basically tells the player which moves he has to perform during the next jump. Other possible actions are training jumps, healing injuries or travelling to championships as visitor. |
| Monarch: The Butterfly King | 2007-03-31 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Action | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | iTunes Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Journey across majestic Celtic ruins as you create potions and harness magic in this match-game of enchantment. Help Monarch, the Butterfly King, rescue his friends from the clutches of a mysterious wizard bent on freezing his kingdom in magical amber. Explore mystic, druidic glades on 150 levels, and download more levels online, playing in either Relaxed or Action play modes. Astonishing visuals and fantastical fun await those ready to answer the call... of adventure!
Game features: * An Alluring Match-Game of Enchantment!
* Help Monarch Rescue His Friends From Danger!
* Travel Across Majestic Celtic Ruins
* Create Potions And Harness Magic!
* Rescue Gorgeous And Exotic Butterflies!
* Online Downloadable Levels Keep The Action Fresh
* Channel The Orb's Power Against The Dark Frogs Of Arawn!
* Delve Deeper Into The Glades To Uncover The Truth...
* Answer The Call... Of Adventure! |
| American Conquest: Anthology | 2007-04-01 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Subtitled 4 Centuries of War, this collection includes these games on separate CDs:
American Conquest
Fight Back
Divided Nation
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| Broken Hearts | 2007-04-01 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Broken Hearts tells the story of Chrono Heat. He was a soldier since childhood and never found out what love is. As a major of Ishbal's army, he leads an Overkill Squad. His squad is tasked to crush uprising in Xenotime village. The massacre changes Chrono. He no longer knows what's good and what isn't...The game features gameplay similar to early Final Fantasy games. The fighting system is realtime. When the player is attacked, the game switches to arena mode where the player fights the enemy. The player controls Chrono and fulfills multiple quests given to him. There are side quests as well and the player can use them to increase their character's XP. There are 3 attributes to improve - Attack, Speed and Luck. |
| DROD: The City Beneath | 2007-04-01 | Caravel Games | Caravel Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | DROD: The City Beneath is a puzzle games that continues where DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold left off, Beethro Budkin has made it to the Empire's city. He explores the city and delves into its dungeons trying to find out the mystery of Lowest Point. Sometimes he'll find himself without using his sword.The game retains the elements of the previous two games but adds new monsters, new puzzles and traps, cut-scenes, many new characters and 30 hidden secrets (including a special secret after beating the game and finding all the other secrets). Instead a linear game with twenty five levels, the city acts as a central hub, where the player takes Beethro to several different levels, some with specific goals which clue you in on where to go next. In comparison to the prequels the difficulty is ramped up. |
| Dino Dave in Sokoman | 2007-04-01 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Horux Interactive | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dino Dave in Sokoman is a Soko-Ban clone. Push crates and other things so your dinosaur can find the way from A to B. Different 3D views of the more than 100 levels are included, as well as a level editor. |
| Magic Academy | 2007-04-01 | NevoSoft LLC | NevoSoft LLC, Positive Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Magic Academy is another entry in the crowded hidden object sub-genre of casual games. It was developed by the same Russian company behind the Mysteryville games, and it recycles the engine used in those games. The plot is a Harry Potter inspired fantasy mystery set in the titular magic academy.Besides the usual gameplay mechanics (cluttered screen with a list of objects that must be clicked), there are some variations and puzzles to break the monotony: sometimes the screen is spliced in two similar images and the player has to click on the differences between each side. In other moments, the list of objects names is replaced by their silhouettes. Some simple jigsaws also have to be assembled. |
| Nancy Drew: Double Dare 4 | 2007-04-01 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes two Nancy Drew games in one package:Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old ClockNancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon |
| Neptunia | 2007-04-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | INTENIUM GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Lisa and her archaeologist grandfather find two pieces to a map, and when they explore the area they discover that it is full of gems. Help them collect them all in this action puzzler of the Match-3 variety.The player is presented with a network of crystals of various colours. Click on any tile that has at least 2 of the same colour in an unbroken pattern to remove them all, and cause other tiles to drop down. A set number of the tiles are flashing; collect all of these to win the level.There are different types of tiles to complicate things. Some have rope attached, and must be removed to allow gems to fall below them. Other squares are occupied by glass, which requires a gem to fall onto them to be released. Most levels are larger than the screen, and scroll down vertically after the top parts have been freed up. |
| Sumotori Dreams | 2007-04-01 | | | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | | | | | | | | Windows | Two boxy champions face off at the centre of a sumo wrestling ring, looking as though they were origami constructions folded from some ornate paper stock. As would any other sumo wrestlers, they crouch down, face off, tap the floor, then proceed to attempt to upset their opponent or push them out of the ring. But where sumotori are sturdy and solid, bands of muscle like iron beneath layers of weighty ballast, these would-be wrestlers are flimsy and uncertain, teetering with every movement and threatening to fall over at the slightest shuffle regardless of actions taken against them by the opponent.Porrasturvat - Stair dismount helped to demonstrate just how far a little ragdoll physics could take a game... now two self-balancing rigs are used to uplift an entire sport. |
| The Divorce | 2007-04-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | The Divorce is a classic game of Pong, inspired by Rod Humble's The Marriage where the rules of the game were crafted to communicate how the developer felt about the concept of marriage. Petri Purho turns that idea around in this game, dealing with his parents' divorce.The game is completely identical to the original Pong game, and therefore does not fit his series of monthly experimental games with innovative gameplay. Instead, it was later revealed it was just an April Fool's joke. The game mocks The Marriage where players where encouraged to find their own interpretation of the game's rules or meaning, while they are close to non-existent for this game.This is what Petri Purho came up with himself: The bats are of course my parents. My parent are very long and thin, so this is represented by the shape of the boxes. The ball is an unwanted child of their marriage. I was quite young when my parent's divorced so, that is represented by the size of the ball. Goal of the game is to score 10 points in court to ensure that the child doesn't end up living with you. |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (Pre-Order Version) | 2007-04-01 | Codemasters Online Gaming | Turbine, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | Persistent, Real-time | | | Windows | The Pre-Order Version of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar includes:
Beta access to the game - giving a ten-day head start on the live servers before the game goes live officially
Window sticker
Six exclusive stickers
Exclusive in-game item code card
Lifetime subscription offer
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| Urban Terror | 2007-04-01 | | FrozenSand, LLC, Silicon Ice Development | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Urban Terror is a free team-based shooter originally started as a total conversion for Quake III. The latest release, 4.0, includes ioUrbanTerror as the first stand-alone client in the history of the total conversion.The game is focused on realism, with weapons that have recoil, exist in real-life, a decrease in accuracy when players shoot while moving, and the need to reload after a magazine has been expended. The players' actions are limited through the use of stamina and a damage model covering various parts of the body. When wounded, players are slowed down until the areas hit have been bandaged. The gameplay is similar to Rainbow Six and Counter-Strike, but with the inclusion of the fast-paced Quake movement, with strafe jumping, but also wall jumping, ledge climbing and power sliding (4.0). In general, damage is also less severe compared to the aforementioned games. At all times, players can only carry a limited amount of weapons.Although the game is playable offline, it is meant to be played online with multiple people. The available game modes are free for all/deathmatch, team deathmatch, team survivor, capture the flag, capture and hold, follow the leader and bomb mode. Players spawn with a knife but can pick up weapons such as pistols, submachine guns, shotguns, rifles, machine guns and grenades, along with a kevlar vest or helmet, laser sight, silencer, night vision goggles or additional ammo and health. |
| World of Padman | 2007-04-01 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | World of Padman is a freeware first-person arena shooter based on the comic character Padman who appeared in the German gaming magazine MegaFun from 1997 to 2001. Using the ioquake3 source port of the idTech 3 engine, the game has most game modes common to titles in this genre (Free For All/Deathmatch, Capture the Lolly (Flag), Last Pad Standing, InstaPad, Big Balloon - similar to Domination), with its own Spray Your Colour mode added. The game can be played online or offline with bots, with no singleplayer campaign. |
| İstanbul Kiyamet Vakti | 2007-04-01 | Mynet | Sobee Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic | | Direct control | Persistent | | | Windows | Istanbul Kiyamet Vakti (Istanbul Doomsday) is a free-to-play MMORPG set in a post-apocalyptic Istanbul that was forever changed by a meteor impact. The visual imagery of the game world blends realistic elements with post-apocalyptic, dieselpunk and cyberpunk aesthetics.The player starts the game as a member of an unnamed special unit and he/she is called a conscript (nefer) and completes the quests given by an organization called Syndicate (Teskilat). The game is a classic MMORPG in terms of gameplay. Players can kill enemies and monsters, complete quests, level up, loot and craft items, and engage in PvP battles with each other.There are three different classes to choose from during character creation: warrior, mage and healer. Each class has its own skill tree. There are also professions: three for gathering and three for crafting. Gatherers collect resources and crafters create items using recipes. |
| Crimsoness | 2007-04-02 | | | Adventure | | | | Visual novel | | | | Real-time | | Buy at Buy at | Windows | Crimsoness is a short visual novel in which you take on the role of Bakumi Moriyama. When she has three minutes left on her midterm exam she discovers that she has transposed the answers thus getting it all wrong, she snaps and goes into a rage. The goal of the game is to split the earth within the three minutes that the game lasts. At the upper right corner of the screen you have a rage meter that will increase as the game progresses. In each scene you must use your rage to continue. If you use too little rage you'll have to try again, and if you use too much rage you might die. |
| Forbidden.exe | 2007-04-02 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Racing / Driving | | | Horror | SDL, SDL_Image, SDL_Mixer, SDL_RotoZoom | | | | | | | Windows | The gritty visuals make you feel like you're uneasily sitting through trailers for snuff movies... a few ominous disclaimers later, and you arrive at the meat of the gameplay: dragging a ball through a maze with your mouse without touching its narrow walls... all while another ball follows in slow but irrevocable pursuit. Suddenly as you brush a sharp corner you jump in your seat as a squeal tears through your headphones, the other ball jogged into swift pursuit! Swallowing a lump in your throat, you try to reassure yourself that the game's threat to interfere with your computer's file system was just a joke...wasn't it? Perhaps there's a reason this executable was forbidden... |
| Fritz & Kishon: Schachspielen mit dem Meister der Satire | 2007-04-02 | United Soft Media Verlag GmbH | ChessBase GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Chess | | | | | | | Windows | Fritz & Kishon: Schachspielen mit dem Meister der Satire is a chess simulation which still offers the main selling points of the Fritz series: freely customizable AI opponents and a large database with about 500.000 matches and an automatic match analysis. The game also has a variety of help features for novice players, e.g. a coach function or a colored display of dangers. There is also a 3D presentation besides the classic top-down perspective.The innovations of this version however are the about 800 quotes from the satirist Ephraim Kishon about chess which are sometimes played after moves. Because Kishon was already dead when this game was made the quotes are narrated by German comedian Hugo-Egon Balder. |
| Steam | 2007-04-02 | Oberon Media, Inc. | Ignite Games | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Steampunk | | | | | | Windows | Steam is a color matching game with a strong arcade element.The player controls Tisha, a little girl riding a steampunk locomotive shooting colored balls from a mounted cannon at ball dispensers (in the first levels they are mole mounds). The train tracks circulate those dispensers as they keep filling the inner field around them with balls. Matching 3 or more balls of the same color makes them disappear. If the spheres accumulate, a floating time bomb appears. Its detonation ends the game.Special balls with symbols are thrown randomly on the field. They act as a power-up when matched. Nuke balls explode surrounding balls. Haste balls temporally increase the train speed. Color bomb balls pop all spheres of the same color on the field. Time balls temporally stop the dispensers.A hollow pole with a factory whistle at the left-side of the screen slowly fills with each match. Matching spheres also gives extra ammunition for the weapons. The level ends when the bar is complete and the whistle blown.The train movement is controlled by the keyboard and the cannon aiming and shooting by the mouse. Some levels have gates, balls or enemies on the tracks, stopping the train movement. Other levels have pinball slider tracks and bouncer springs.Enemies throw bombs that stop the train or the cannon from working. Most can be killed with one of the weapons, although some have to be color matched with a ball to be destroyed. The weapons can be selected with the mouse wheel or pressing a number key. Besides the default ball-shooting cannon, there is a weapon with homing bees that wait for an enemy came out from hiding to attack it. The gun shoots a bullet that pops balls and kills vulnerable enemies. The laser cannon shoots a beam that destroys everything in its path. Tisha also can throw herself on balls and enemies, eliminating both in a kamikaze attack. |
| Strategic Command 2: Blitzkrieg | 2007-04-02 | Strategy First, Inc. | Fury Software | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Wargame | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Strategic Command 2: Blitzkrieg is the sequel to Strategic Command: European Theater. It's a turn-based strategy game that portrays the European part of World War II.The game features 6 major campaigns: The invasion of Poland, the invasion of Norway, attempted invasion of Russia, battle of Stalingrad, allied invasion of Sicily and D-Day. The player can take control of sixteen different types of units, both on land sea and in the air. Each turn the player can move his troops, produce new troops and issue attack orders. New in this sequel are various new types of units such as paratroopers, engineers and amphibious vehicles. Units now also have a morale stat which can influence how well they fight in combat.The game comes with a full construction set so that players can create their own missions. |
| Dawnspire: Prelude | 2007-04-03 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Silent Grove Studios | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Dawnspire: Prelude is a team-based online action RPG in a fantasy setting, focusing on teamplay, tactics and player skill. The players create characters from a growing number of classes, then go on to battle online in the game mode Relic Conquest. Two teams each consisting of up to eight players fight for three magical relics with different effects, each team trying to bring them to their own base. A round lasts 20 minutes, or until one team has captured all three relics.Among the classes are the agile deep elf Reaver who can mold her very skeleton into deadly weapons, the fearsome Aramasi Shadowblade who can move instantly between shadows, striking swiftly with a poisoned blade, the Templar melds her very soul to her near-sentient enchanted sword, and the orcish Witch can summon the forces of nature and channel the very energies of life and death. |
| The Pirate Tales | 2007-04-03 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Twintale Entertainment | Puzzle | | | Comedy | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy, Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Big Fish Games product page description (from Ad Blurbs)Follow the adventures of Captain Caninbahl, Barley, Deckhand Dewey, Ruby Barnacle, and Planky the Parrot as they plunder their way through caves, underwater shipwrecks, and dangerous port towns. The Pirate Tales is a matching puzzle game, spanning 100 levels. Perform typical pirating duties, plunder treasure, and fight opponents in your quest to rescue Dewey's girlfriend, Ruby Barnacle.
2 gameplay modes.
100 chapters.
Play 5 different characters. |
| Time Generals: Das Risiko der Zukunft | 2007-04-03 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | Crenetic Net Entertainment GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Wargame | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Time Generals: Das Risiko der Zukunft is a turn-based strategy game. Win dominance over Pangea with one of five available generals. The map of Pangea is divided into provinces. Every general starts in his area and distributes his units in provinces of his choice. During the attack round, you can attack provinces adjacent to yours. If enemy units are stationed there, a battle will take place which will be decided by the amount and type of units. You can play against the computer or up to five other players via hot seat mode or the internet. |
| Barkanoid 3 Gold | 2007-04-04 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Barkanoid 3 Gold offers a gaudy collections of bricks. To reduce the number of bricks a ball and a bat are used. The next level will be reached after breaking the bricks.Flying funny creatures and fierce scoundrels do not make your job any easier. It's possible to collect more than 60 different upgrades and bonuses. Some of them are very helpful, some aren't. A multi-player experience is offered over LAN or internet, but it is also possible to play solo. Players can listen to their own sound and music while playing and other customizations are possible.A child-friendly mode is included with a lower difficulty level and graphics more suitable to children. |
| Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Kollekcionnoe izdanie) | 2007-04-05 | Electronic Arts LLC | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This limited edition is only available in Russia and there are 2 versions (GDI or Nod). It contains :
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
paper box with either Kane or a GDI soldier on it
game manual
doo-rag with either Nod or GDI logo on it
keychain
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| Amazonia | 2007-04-06 | Oberon Media, Inc. | FriendsGames | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Release the six Spirits of the Elements on the island of Amazonia and claim the treasure of the Seal of Unity.Amazonia is a match three game but, instead of all the cells being square, they are hexagons. Using your mouse, you click two amulets to make them swap to create a row of three or more. Keep matching until the meter on the left rises to the top then it is off to the next level. If you match four together, you will create an amulet that when matched with three the same color, will destroy all six of the adjacent cells, gaining you points. If you match five of the same, you will create an amulet that when matched will destroy all amulets to the left and right, clear across the board. If you match six, not necessarily the same color but possibly two groups of three, you will create an amulet that will destroy all amulets in an X pattern, clear across the board. Matching seven creates an amulet that acts like a combination of the five and six match. It destroys all amulets to the left and right and in an X pattern, clear across the board. |
| SpellForce 2: Gold Edition | 2007-04-06 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars
SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm
Digital releases were updated in 2017 as SpellForce 2: Anniversary Edition, which includes native widescreen resolution support, color-blind mode, bug fixes, additions and fixes for the free game mode, and re-implemented multiplayer. |
| A Pirate's Legend | 2007-04-07 | Oberon Media, Inc. | Abduction Studios, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Search the southern Isles for the treasure of the pirate, Crimson Jones.A Pirate's Legend is a match three game. To make a match, place your mouse on an item and hold down the left button. Next, drag the mouse across two or more of the same items then release the button. To clear the level, you must make matches over the gold coins until you clear them all away. If you make a match of four or more items, you raise the Jolly Roger flag a little up the pole. If you get it to the top of the pole, you will play Pirate Frenzy. You will have a screen of nothing but gold coins and will have ten seconds to connect as many as you can. Connect them all for an additional bonus score. Every so many levels, there is a bonus level where you play a mini game like Memory. You will have a screen with several cards. You must click two until you find all the matching pairs.Scour those islands, ya scurvy dog, and find that treasure! |
| Hermes | 2007-04-07 | | | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Hermes, messenger of the Olympian Gods, has been charged with delivering an important message to his father Zeus, chief of the Pantheon. Only one catch: Zeus is up in his celestial domain in the sky, while Hermes is down on good old Gaea. No problem! A ladder of clouds leads up into the sky, upon which our speedy errand-boy can tiptoe lightly, leaping from wisp to wisp! They gradually sink to the ground, but surely Hermes can climb faster than they sink!Let's get one thing straight: not all clouds are created equal. Some blustery stratus clouds will try to puff you right off your footing with gusts from their wispy faces. Slight cirrus clouds will dissolve into little puffs almost as soon as you touch them! Then there are angry purple cumulonimbus stormclouds, which will try to shock you with lightning bolts. Conversely, encountering a hawk will give you a big boost upwards -- just make sure to be careful with the timing and always keep an eye open for your next landing pad! |
| Freefall 3050 A.D. | 2007-04-09 | Total Arkade Software Pty Ltd | Total Arkade Software Pty Ltd | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In the year 3050, the surface of the Earth has become an irradiated wasteland incapable of sustaining human life. In response, humanity builds upwards - cities become sprawling vertical structures spanning kilometres, and flying cars roam the vertical alleys between cities. The police department now faces a new challenge - how to quickly respond to crimes hundreds of stories down? The solution is a new division of police who can skydive through the vertical alleys to reach crime scenes in freefall.Freefall plays as an unusual, 360-degree rail shooter. The player controls one of the skydiving police officers over the course of several missions; the player must shoot enemies while descending rapidly through levels and completing objectives along the way. The player has a top-down view of their character as they descend through vertical alleys, but can also switch to alternate camera angles in order to better take out enemies as they drop. They player can also adjust their speed as they drop; shifting from a neutral position to headfirst increases the player's speed to reckless levels, while falling feet-first slows the player down and allows them to land on platforms. |
| Out of Your Mind | 2007-04-09 | gameLab | Curious Pictures, gameLab | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Feeling anxious? Angry? Confused? These negative emotions are the result of Nega-Tics, tiny creatures that accumulate in the brain over time and cause your mental state to go haywire. As a new hire at the Blissful Brain Olympic Luxury Spa, you will have the chance to cure clients of their mental ills with a revolutionary technique known as "brain-flossing" by ensnaring the nasty Nega-Tics with pieces of string and literally pulling them out of their minds.Out of Your Mind is an action game played from a bird's eye view perspective. Each level takes place inside the brain of a client in the spa. The aim of the game is to extract all the Nega-Tics and clean up any gunk they left behind. This is achieved by clicking one of the colored spools of mental floss, threading the string through all the Nega-Tics of the same color on the level, and creating a loop around some gunk to complete the process and pull the captured Nega-Tic(s) out of the mind. However, a line cannot be extracted if there are any Nega-Tics inside the loop. Nega-Tics that are left for too long will explode into more brain gunk, creating more work, but extracting five or more Nega-Tics at the same time will create a Posa-Tic, which will decrease the size of all the Nega-Tics on the level when collected.Each level has a normal time limit as well as an optional "expert time" that the player is challenged to complete it by. |
| TV Station Manager | 2007-04-10 | Winter Wolves Studio | Winter Wolves Studio | Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | This managerial strategy game requires you to manage a successful TV Network. Time elapses as you make your decisions, which essentially involves planning the evening's schedule and then watching to see how high the viewing figures are, and which demographics (kids/teens/adults/older people) have watched the show.The player starts with a small roster of programs (split into movies, set-length series and daily shows) and must choose timeslots for these. Ready-made shows can be purchased, or you can create your own by specifying the plot, setting and cast. There is little money for this at the start of the game, which is where advertising revenue comes in.Each programming timeslot has an advertisement attached to it. Advertisers offer deals requiring you to show their advert a set number of times in a set time period, with each viewing requiring a certain-sized audience (either overall or within their target market) to be credited. There are penalties for not screening an ad frequently enough, so the player must be careful not to purchase too many. |
| The Ship | 2007-04-10 | Merscom LLC | Outerlight Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Stealth | Interwar | | | | Teen | Julian Laing | Windows | Trapped on a luxury cruise ship run by the nefarious Mr. X, the only way to save yourself and your family is to participate in the Hunt. Mr. X gives you a quarry, a person you must find and kill in any way possible without being located. But beware: there is another person hunting you too.The Ship is primarily a multiplayer game, but unlike other deathmatch games it requires the player to maintain a normal sense of behavior and only kill their quarry when undetectable by security. It is set in a 1920s art-deco cruise ship with a cartoony art style, all powered by Valve's Source engine. |
| World of Chaos | 2007-04-10 | XIDER | Brainfactor Entertainment KFT | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | World of Chaos is a turn-based RPG based on the Hungarian novel series of the same name. The player takes the role of the half-orc Skandar Graun who was sent by the god of chaos to retrieve an important artifact. Due to unpredicted happenings the player strands at the harbour town Rentzal without skills or equipment...As usual in RPGs the player spends much of his time by exploring his surroundings, talking to people and solving quests, e.g. rescuing a kitten from a hungry orc. He also can pick up other characters and form a three-headed party. When meeting an enemy the game automatically starts the combat mode. The player has a certain amount of action points to his disposal which he uses to move, attack or cast spells.Every killed enemy and solved quest rewards experience points. After gathering enough of them the character levels up and the player can divide additional points to 36 skills, e.g. melee, lockpicking or resistance to the four elements. The player is not restricted to a certain class but can choose freely which skills he wishes to develop. The 240 spells are divided into six kodices of magic and six spheres of priesthood. |
| Whirlwind over Vietnam | 2007-04-11 | Evolved Games | G5 Software LLC | Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | Shooter | Asia, Cold War, Historical events | Flight / aviation, Helicopter | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Whirlwind over Vietnam is a helicopter simulation situated in Vietnam. The player takes control of a UH-1 Huey attack helicopter during the battle of the La Drang Valley in November 1965.The campaign of Whirlwind of Vietnam allows for multiple difficulty levels which change the game play from more arcade action (easiest) to hardcore simulation (hardest). it is also possible to automate the flying and focus solely on shooting the enemy to bits. The player can choose to take one of four positions in the helicopter (pilot, copilot, or side gunners). The campaign features ten missions total. Each is historically correct, which also means that all enemy targets are ground units and there is no aerial combat.
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| Alvin and the Chipmunks | 2007-04-12 | Brash Entertainment, LLC. | Sensory Sweep Studios | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | Paris Bailey, Jed Grant | | Everyone | | Windows | Alvin and the Chipmunks is a game based on the movie with the same name. Alvin, Simon and Theodore must play at different venues to win the right to play at the battle of the bands event called "Rockathonapalooza." By clearing each venues in Story Mode, the player unlocks more venues to play at. The songs unlocked in Story Mode become available to play in Quick Play and Multiplayer or to watch in Video Mode. The gameplay is similar to Rock Band or Guitar Hero, but without the instruments. Using the controller's buttons, the player must hit the blue, pink, green and yellow Star Targets in sync with the music. Note streaks will give an up to 4x score multiplier bonus, but missing notes will deplete the Rockometer. The song fails if the Rockometer drops and turns completely red.The track list includes songs such as:
The Chipmunk Song – Alvin and the Chipmunks
Karma Chameleon – Culture Club
All the Small Things – Blink-182
Walkin' on the Sun – Smash Mouth
Blitzkrieg Bop – The Ramones |
| Dr. Lutz and the Time Travel Machine | 2007-04-12 | PPA Entertainment | PPA Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Paleontologist Dr. Abraham Lutz wants to find out why the dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago. His colleague Dr. Gunnarson claims the dinosaurs went extinct because they could not adapt to the climate change and Lutz wants to prove him wrong. Therefore, he invents a time machine after 10 years of seclusion in his basement to travel back to the Creataceous Period.This medium-length AGS game takes place in four time periods and uses a classic click-and-point interface. The inventory is shown at the bottom of the screen and players can cycle through actions using the right mouse button, confirming with a left mouse click. Puzzles are heavily based on the manipulation of objects. |
| Autocross Racing | 2007-04-13 | KJM Software | KJM Software | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Avoid oil slicks, pile-ups and wear and tear to cross the finish line in Autocross Racing. This top-down arcade racing game takes place over ten courses which feature three different environments ranging from snowy to desert.At the start of the game only one level is open while the rest are locked. With each placement in the top three you will unlock a level in the order listed in the main menu. The race-tracks occasionally feature alternate routes such as a muddy pathway that you can use instead of the asphalt. Some pathways criss-cross over the asphalt leading to an occasional pile-up. Hazards on the tracks are not limited to the other cars as the vehicles cause damage to each other on collision. Other things to be watching out for are oil slicks which will spin your car out, and off-roading which will slow you down immensely. Taking shortcuts around corners is possible but a larger shortcut may lead you to miss one of the invisible checkpoints and therefore may lead you to quickly lose your position. An in-game mini map will help you determine your course.You initially start off with the cheapest car on the lot and by winning races you not only unlock tracks but unlock cars and earn money depending on your placement. Use this money to buy better vehicles. When you purchase a car, however, you automatically lose the previous one you had. Luckily enough each successive car listed is better then the one before it in handling and top-speed. Your opponents drive similar cars as the ones you unlock and you will be facing twenty of them on each race. All those cars on such tight tracks often lead to interesting pile-ups at the first turn.Handling your car is keyboard controlled. As is typical in arcade racing games you have acceleration, break, and nitro boosters. Pit stops are in place near the beginning of the track which you can visit after the first lap to fix any damage you suffer. Laps can be set by the player and can range from 1 to 99.
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| Cossacks II: Gold | 2007-04-13 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cossacks II: Gold includes:
Cossacks II: Battle for Europe
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars |
| Kawasaki Jet Ski | 2007-04-13 | Metro3D Europe Ltd. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | It's time to get your feet wet. Choose your character, jump aboard your Jet Ski and rip through the waves to the finish line. In this Kawasaki officially licensed game you get to race around scenic water way locations such as The Thames in London, the Canadian Rockies, through exotic islets in Taiwan, and of course the canals of Venice. There are also 8 Jet Skis to unlock as well as a few more characters, and you can even play with friends in multiplayer. There are usual racing tracks and modes such as Time Trials and Tournaments but there is also a stunt mode where you get to ride around modified layouts of the four locations and do various tricks off of ramps. This mode is also available in multiplayer mode. |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Cień Czarnobyla (Edycja Radioaktywna) | 2007-04-13 | THQ Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This edition is limited to 999 units and contains:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl game
Two stickers
T-shirt
Map of the Zone
Manual
A Stalker's Diary (guide)
Anti-radiation pills
Available in Poland. Packaged in round metal container. |
| The Apprentice: Los Angeles | 2007-04-13 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Aliasworlds Entertainment | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Time management | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Apprentice: Los Angeles recreates the original US version of the TV series, starring businessman Donald Trump's attempt to find a new business star. Former contestants and key figures from the show also feature. You face a series of challenges, beginning with a sushi bar and moving onto a boutique.On each sub-level you must put people's orders together by clicking on icons in the correct order (rice, fish and extras such as tea and umbrellas in the sushi bar, for example). You will usually be managing multiple deals at once, so prioritize those where the customer has been waiting for longest, or which are part of a big order. Some tasks take time to complete (boutique assistants must find dresses, beach balls must be blown up by your surf shop's assistant, for example), so factor this into your thinking. Normal and Expert goals are provided - reach the normal goal regularly to survive.If your overall performance on a task isn't adequate, you will be dragged to the boardroom, along with 2 other colleagues of your choice. Avoiding elimination then comes down to a Snap game - turn over cards representing attributes such as leadership and responsibility, remember where they are, and find matches. Each Expert goal you reached during the main game will provide a hint card. The player with the lowest score at the end of this will be fired - and will usually complain about it. |
| Cute Knight Deluxe | 2007-04-15 | Hanako Games | Hanako Games | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Cute Knight Deluxe is an upgraded version of Cute Knight, a casual life simulation role-playing game. It adds new and improved graphics, a few gameplay tweaks (like a change to the wizardry competition) and Macintosh and Linux as additional platforms. Owners of the original game can upgrade to this version if they e-mail the order receipt. |
| Guxt | 2007-04-15 | Studio Pixel | Studio Pixel | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Guxt is a tiny Shoot-Em-Up created by independent developer Pixel, who previously released Cave Story.Gameplay is simple. You fly your space ship though the vertical stages, blasting everything that comes in your way. Speed and weapon upgrades makes life easier. Each stage ends with a boss fight.The game has a distinct look and feel aimed at reminding you of classic Gameboy games. With only 5 stages the game is not too big, but will require a lot of training to beat. |
| Super Marionoid | 2007-04-15 | | Splatter House Studios | Action | | Fangame | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Mario, legs tired from jumping and fists scuffed with brick-breaking, has settled on a new way to clean out the Mushroom Kingdom: holding a platform over his head (as in the bonus round of 1983's Pinball), he releases a single shot from a fire flower and lets it bounce through all the nooks and corners, collecting coins and smashing bricks on his behalf. All he has to do is situate himself to bounce the fireball back up when it returns down to his level and he can take care of a whole screen almost without breaking a sweat!In short, this is what you get when you make a mash-up of Super Mario Bros. and Arkanoid, complete with many long-lived and fondly-loved characters and power-ups from the 8-bit days, here taken out for another spin in a wholly new context: a ball and paddle game. Nothing you'd ever expect, but considering the vast gulfs between the original genres of its inspirations -- a surprisingly good fit. |
| EverQuest: The Anniversary Edition | 2007-04-16 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | EverQuest: The Anniversary Edition is a compilation that includes the original game and the first thirteen expansions:
The Ruins of Kunark
The Scars of Velious
The Shadows of Luclin
The Planes of Power
The Legacy of Ykesha
Lost Dungeons of Norrath
Gates of Discord
Dragons of Norrath
Omens of War
Depths of Darkhollow
Prophecy of Ro
The Serpent's Spine
The Buried Sea |
| Starship Troopers (Special Edition) | 2007-04-16 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Special Edition includes the Starship Troopers PC Game plus an exclusive art book, and a bonus disc with interviews, music, wallpapers and behind-the-scenes footage. |
| Pet Vet 3D: Wild Animal Hospital | 2007-04-17 | Viva Media, LLC | BrainGame Publishing, GmbH | Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Pet Vet 3D: Wild Animal Hospital is a children's simulation game that lets them assume the role of a veterinarian in charge of an African national park animal hospital.Feeding, handling and playing with baby wild animals is only part of the fun. Similar to its predecessor, Pet Vet 3D: Animal Hospital, the game teaches players about animals, how to diagnose, treat and care for them, plus how to manage and grow a small business on a budget.In the beginning, the hospital is relatively small and not all animal types can be treated. More animal species become available after successfully completing the various scenarios and reading reference books about them. As experience is gained and more money added for spending, players can hire a helper, construct additional pens and buildings, buy supplies and toys for the animals and even decorate their surroundings.Gameplay is completely 'point-and-click' using a colorful, icon driven interface. A Play Tutorial is included to guide new players through the basics of the game. There are 3 difficulty levels (Easy, Average and Difficult) which determine how much money players start with as well as the types of animals available in the beginning. |
| International Tennis Pro | 2007-04-18 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Compatible with PlayStation®3.Take to the centre court and smash your way to becoming the number 1 seed on the World’s toughest Pro Tour. Stunning international venues, a range of challenging singles and doubles tournaments and great multiplayer game modes will keep you coming back until you’re crowned the world’s greatest!• ‘Quick Match’ game modes across men’s and women’s singles and doubles games• Multiplayer support across all modes for 1-4 players! • World Tour mode – Win a series of tournaments and increase your player’s abilities• Create your own character with the player editor.Some PlayStation®2 Classics contents may not display correctly when using a standard definition television.Content file size: 125MBCopyright：International Tennis Pro © 2006 Aqua Pacific Ltd. Midas is a trademark of MIDAS INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LTD. Published by Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. Developed by Aqua Pacific Ltd.This title has been converted from the original PlayStation®2 version to the PS3™ system. Consequently, there may be times where the title plays differently from the PlayStation®2 version, or where some features may not function properly. This version does not supportPlayStation®2 peripherals, therefore functionalities such as multiplayer, versus, and co-op modes are not available.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account.Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Heli Bob | 2007-04-20 | Beat Games | | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Heli Bob is a 3D Breakout game. You control the secret e3Bug Chaser 400 BX helicopter. You have to clean up the aftermath of a failed experiment in 100 levels with weapons like foam cannons, nitrous boosters, rockets and bombs. Catch power ups from destroyed blocks and defeat one final boss per world. |
| Panzer Elite Action: Gold Edition | 2007-04-20 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The gold edition includes:
Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory (base game)
Dunes of War (stand-alone expansion) |
| ParaWorld (Gold Edition) | 2007-04-20 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria), Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software GmbH | Spieleentwicklungskombinat GmbH | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Gold Edition includes ParaWorld and expands it by adding two new units, two new heroes, a new upgrade, a new building, three new single player and four new multiplayer maps, and some new wild dinosaurs. |
| Theatre of War | 2007-04-20 | 1C Company, Battlefront.com, Inc. | 1C Company | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Theatre of War is a real-time strategy game that allows the player to experience the major conflicts of WWII. There are five campaigns from five different points of view: Germany, France, Russia, Poland, & Allies (U.S. and England). Controllable units include tanks and other vehicles, anti-tank guns, infantry squads and more. The game models realistic ballistics for all projectiles, meaning that it calculates not only a realistic trajectory, but also considers terminal ballistics when calculating the effect on the target, including things like angle of incidence, velocity, and projectile properties. Things like armor thickness and slope are also included in the equation. Likewise, the player has detailed control over individual unit behavior, right down to the individual soldier.The game can be played off-line in a single-player campaign that offers more than 40 missions or on-line in multiplayer mode against up to seven other players. |
| Virtual Skipper 5: 32nd America's Cup - The Game | 2007-04-20 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Nadeo SAS | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Virtual Skipper 5: 32nd America's Cup - The Game is the fifth main game in the Virtual Skipper series. It is however not identical to Virtual Skipper 5, which was released later, has a few changes, and uses a completely different subscription model. Despite the minor differences, owners of different versions cannot race against each other. It is however possible to upgrade to Virtual Skipper 5, but then the player has to sign up for a yearly subscription model to continue playing. Also, not all skins from 32nd America's Cup will show for players with VF5 as Nadeo's license for it is limited to this game.Like its predecessors it is a sailing simulator in which you can race regattas on various locations located all over the world. This time the game is officially licensed for the 32nd edition of the America's Cup taking place in Valencia. The game comes with 14 different ocean courses: Valencia, Auckland, Rio, Marseille, Trapani and Malmö, San Francisco, Sydney, Porto Cervo, Vancouver, Isle of Wight, Quiberon and Qingdao.There are four types of boats available to the player but the "Class America" takes priority in this iteration of the game. Game modes include arcade, tactical, simulation and "no rules". Included with the game are editors that allow you to create your own waterways. Online there's a world ranking system that keeps track of all internet games.For multiplayer games an in-game peer-to-peer system is used, similar to the later TrackMania games, to share and show avatars, skins and boats with other players and to make sure they are visible to them. Online games can be played locally or online, there are replays that can be saved and the game includes an editor to design custom courses. |
| Clonk Rage | 2007-04-21 | RedWolf Design | RedWolf Design | Action, Strategy | Side view | | | Board game | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Clonk Rage, the sequel to Clonk Endeavour, is the eighth official release in the long-running Shareware series of strategic action games that is Clonk. In Clonk, one or more players compete or collaborate in a number of scenarios in which the goal might be, for example, to build a settlement with complex production chains, hunt for monsters and treasure, or eliminate the other crews. A defining element of the game is its extendability, which results in a large number of fan-created levels, objects, worlds, and extensions to the game itself.The most obvious improvements are a more intuitive control scheme and a fully graphical menu system, both designed especially for new players. The game is for the first time released for Linux and MacOS in addition to Windows. Additionally, the network code has been completely rewritten to make it more suitable for games played over the Internet.As usual, many of the game's graphics, scenarios and objects have been revised, too. |
| Made Man: Confessions of the Family Blood | 2007-04-23 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | SilverBack Studios | Action | Behind view | | Crime | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The opening sees your character, Joey Verola, talking to someone else about money, lots of money. He (Joey) then goes on to tell his story, whereupon the first level begins: he begins his life of crime in North Carolina, where a delivery goes awry. The game is played from a third-person perspective, much like Max Payne, with character movement controlled by the W, A, S, and D keys. The mouse is used to aim and shoot, as well as for limited camera movement. You can take cover behind objects by pressing space. This makes Joey press his back against said object (i.e. a wall, a trash bin, etc.) and you can then shoot from behind it. Additionally, a slow mode, dubbed "kill rush" is available for use, but only after you fill up a "kill meter". |
| Ancient Wars: Sparta | 2007-04-24 | Playlogic International N.V. | World Forge | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Africa, Asia, Classical antiquity, Europe, Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Ancient Wars: Sparta is a RTS which takes place during 500-450 BC period, which recreates the battles of Spartans, Persians and Egyptians for Little Asia, Europe and North Africa. The single player campaign is divided between the 3 aforementioned races totaling to 27 missions. The game features large scale battles with tactical elements for formations and attack positions. In addition, units are able to pick up weapons from defeated soldiers and use it just like in Bungie's Myth games. The player will be able to customize the infantry units from the weapons to armor type. The player will be able to add existing tech to their own culture by conquering other cultures. |
| Dunes of War | 2007-04-24 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | ZootFly, LLC. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, World War II | Tank, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | Dunes of War is a stand-alone add-on for Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory. This expansion adds two new campaigns to the game, which put you either in the shoes of a German or an American tank commander during Rommel's offensive in Africa. The German commander has the objective to enter the Sahara desert and help some Italians while the American commander begins at the African Mediterranean coast with the goal of driving the Germans out of Africa.As in the original game you don't fight alone but also have a small squad of tanks with you to which you can issue commands like 'make a flank attack on that position' to fulfil your objectives that often change during the course of a mission.The multi-player mode features ten new maps for the two available modes: Conquest and Capture the Flag. |
| Scooby-Doo!: Case File #3 - Frights! Camera! Mystery! | 2007-04-24 | Learning Company, Inc., The | Learning Company, Inc., The | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In the third part of the Case File Series Scooby, Shaggy, Daphne, Velma and Fred move to Hollywood to appear in a movie based on their adventures. The story starts when the Headless Stuntman scares away all the actors of the Grizzly Studios threatening the creation of the hit production.The action is performed with a mouse and keyboard in the case of some selected mini games. At the bottom of the screen is the Mystery Machine menu with the action icons: Scooby Snacks for bribing Scooby and Shaggy when they're acting cowardly, a door icon for exiting the game, a map showing all locations, a clues collection on parts of the movie tape, a case book with all founded data inside and a fingerprint to collect useful items.The task requires collecting clues and solving puzzles. Each solved puzzle mini game puzzle is rewarded with a clue item that may be attached to the suspects in the case book. The mini games include rigging chase, getting more Scooby Snacks in the cinema, building a safe motorway on the obstacle course in order to save Daphne, finishing movie plan decoration and escaping on the trolley from garden labyrinth.As a special bonus the game features printable activity patterns, acquired after proper follow of the sound pattern. |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar | 2007-04-24 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Turbine, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | | | | Persistent, Real-time | Teen | Geoff Scott | Windows | The Lord of the Rings Online brings the world of J.R.R. Tolkien to the MMO community. Middle-earth is represented accurately in this game, with the majority of locations from the books found throughout the game world. The original release of this game comes with the lands of Eriador, where the Shire and Rivendell are located. Players will have the chance to meet many characters from the books, from Gandalf and Bilbo to Frodo and Samwise.Players can choose from 4 races - hobbit, elf, dwarf, or human and seven classes. The classes range from the warrior class of Guardian to the archer class of Hunter and the wizard class of Lore-Master. Although the classes appear to be similar to classes in other games, they have unique qualities to them in this one. For example, the wizard class (Lore-Master) uses pets and the rogue class (Burglar) isn't a DPS class.Similar to other MMORPG games, this game has players travelling the game world, doing quests, killing creatures, and crafting things. However, rather than making grinding a requirement to level up, quests are where the experience is located. Killing creatures gives very little experience in an effort to decrease the amount of grinding done in the game. Crafting is also somewhat unique. Players choose a vocation that includes 3 professions. Two of the professions will go together, such as prospecting and weaponsmithing, but the third profession will require working with other players to obtain the necessary materials for the profession. This design was chosen to get players working together in the game.Beyond questing, there is also a Deed system, where you complete Deeds by doing certain things such as killing a certain number of goblins, or locating certain places, or delivering the mail. When a Deed is completed, the player earns either a Trait or a Title. Titles are just names for your character to use. Other players will see whichever Title you use, such as Brewmaster or Honorary Shiriff. Traits are bonuses to attributes, skills, resistances, etc. There are only a limited number of slots available for Traits, so each player will need to choose the Traits that are most useful to them.PvP in the game is limited to a single location of the world, the Ettenmoors. It is here that you have PvMP (Player vs. Monster Player). At level 10, players can start playing as 5 different monsters within the Ettenmoors. Players choosing this option will start at the maximum level of 50 and will not level up, but will gain Destiny Points, by killing things and doing quests, to upgrade the monster's skills. Once a player's regular character gets to level 40, it can also enter the Ettenmoors to do battle against the Monsters and try to hold the various locations against the Monsters.Gameplay is the same as other RPGs. Control is through the mouse or keyboard and players use weapons and magic that fits with the LOTR story. The camera can be rotated and tilted as well as zoomed out or all of the way in to first-person view. Armor and weapons change your appearance as well. |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (Collector's Edition) | 2007-04-24 | Codemasters Online Gaming | Turbine Entertainment Software Corp. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time | | | Windows | The Collector's Edition was limited to 5,000 units and the box includes:
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
Book-like packaging
Hardback manual
Founder membership certificate (grants lifetime subscription)
Thank You letter from Jeffrey Steefel
7-days buddy key
Parchment map of Angmar
Collectible metal miniature
Making-of DVD including development diaries and the documentation "Beyond the Shadows"
Official soundtrack disc
Two in-game items: Cloak of Easeful Thought and Cloak of the Peace-keeperAlso included but shipped separately:Leather wristband, imprinted in Elvish
Prima Hint booklet (download-only) |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (Special Edition) | 2007-04-24 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Turbine, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time | | | Windows | The North American edition includes:
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
30-days of free online play
Free 10-day buddy key
The “Beyond the Shadows. . .The Making of The Lord of the Rings Online” DVD – A collection of videos that show how Turbine brought the Books of J.R.R. Tolkien to life. Hear from the game’s designers and see their work from concept to completion.
The Lord of the Rings Online Soundtrack – In-game soundtrack of the Shire, Rivendell, Bree, Thorin’s Hall and Angmar.
Exclusive In-Game Item – “The Glass of Aglarel” – Carrying this in-game jewel will increase your Hope to aid you against the effects of Dread brought on by the Witch-king and his minions.
A Full Color Special Edition Manual
Exclusive map of Middle-earthThe European edition includes:
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
Hardback manual
7-days buddy key
Collectible metal miniature
Parchment-map of Angmar
Making-of DVD including dev diaries and the documentary "Beyond the Shadows"
In-game item Cloak of the Peacekeeper |
| Martial Heroes | 2007-04-25 | Game Entertainment Europe B.V. | CR-Space Co. Ltd | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Martial Heroes is a free to play, free to copy 3D MMORPG. It is based on Martial Arts from the East, full of myths and legends. You can choose from four characters, all with their own specifics. There are four characters: warrior, assassin, mage and monk. Each character can be equipped with up to 13 items. Each item has a special equip window. You can make your own equipment in the game, by using manuals available in the game.You can talk in your own language via the chat channels. When you have enough 'experience' you can create or join a guild, to explore the world of Martial Heroes with your mates. From level 36 you can building fame points, which increase by killing monsters and doing some quests.
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| Yume Miru Kusuri: A Drug That Makes You Dream | 2007-04-25 | Peach Princess | Rúf | Adventure | | | Adult, Romance | Visual novel | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Menu structures | | | Interface | Windows | Yume Miru Kusuri: A Drug That Makes You Dream is a Japanese adult visual novel. The protagonist is Kouhei Kagami, an ordinary high school student. Kouhei's life changes dramatically when he gets to know three girls named Aeka, Mizuki, and Nekoko. Each of these girls is dealing with their own set of problems, and Kouhei must choose one of them to help. Players read through the story, which branches off into different romantic routes for each of the three heroines. |
| Sam & Max: Episode 6 - Bright Side of the Moon | 2007-04-26 | GameTap LLC | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Bright Side of the Moon is the sixth part and finale to the first season in the Sam & Max episodic series. It takes the duo to the moon to save humanity from hypnotic enslavement once and for all. Like the previous episode where the characters could travel between two realities to solve puzzles, they can now travel back and forth between the Earth and the moon with the Desoto.Several characters from the previous game make an appearance, including Agent Superball, the disembodied head of Abe Lincoln, Sybil Pandemik, C.O.P.S., Hugh Bliss, and of course Bosco. Sam and Max need to steal, find a magical talisman, get past an intimidating door, cheat the artificial intelligence of the C.O.P.S. and then prepare for the final showdown.The gameplay is identical to the previous games in the series. The game is entirely in 3D and the player controls Sam. Sam can interact with the environment through mouse-based actions. He can talk to other characters, examine the environment, pick up items and use them with other objects. The inventory is shown as a cardboard box at the bottom of the screen. |
| Scrambled | 2007-04-26 | | Red Rover Games | Action, Educational, Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Mental training, Word construction | | | Tom Martinez Jr. | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Scrambled is a word game originally developed to be a Scrabble trainer. The game has three modes of gameplay called Timed, Countdown, and Replace.In each of the modes the player is given a random list of seven letters from which he/she must come up with a word that uses at least three of the letters. Using rarer letters score more points. Longer words score bonuses. Making at least 4-letter words starts a combo counter which acts as a multiplier for each word's score.Timed mode gives the player a limited amount of time to come up with as many words as possible. Each time the player submits a valid word, he/she is given a new set of seven letters. Each submission is counted as a round and the round time decreases constantly until the player only has 5 seconds per round. When the player fails to come up with a word within the round time, he/she loses a try. Lose all the tries and the game ends, the player is scored and the score is entered into the high scores if it is indeed high.Countdown mode gives a more relaxed flavor to the game. The player is given no time limit for each round, however there are a limited number of word submissions before the game ends.Replace mode leaves the letters the player didn't use for his/her word and replaces them with new letters. There are 99 letters and each replacement pulls from that pool. |
| Ride! | 2007-04-27 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | Dancing Dots Studio | Simulation, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ride! is a simulation of the equestrian sport and offers three championships. The simulation aspiration is emphasized by the fact that the player doesn't control the horse directly but the equestrian. During the show jumping championships the player needs to balance the speed, the moving directions, the jumping-off points and the balance of the horse. This is performed with a few keys on the keyboard. The dressage is similar to rhythm games: the player needs to press respectively hold the correct buttons which are floating onto the screen. The eventing championships has elements from show jumping and dressage and the player also needs to look after the horse's stamina.All championships are influenced by the horse's character stats and personality, e.g. a shy and nervous horse tends to slow down before an obstacle. During the career mode the player can participate in training sessions and, if successful, improve the character stats. If the training fails this influences the horse's morale in a negative way. Besides the career the player can also ride in single tournaments. The game also features an extensive tutorial for every discipline which introduces every aspect in different exercises and needs to be beaten before starting a career or single tournament. |
| Stargate Online Trading Card Game | 2007-04-27 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Sony Online Entertainment Denver | Strategy | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Based off of the Stargate SG-1 television series, the Stargate Online Trading Card Game is a digital trading card game by Sony Online Entertainment. Stargate Online TCG requires no subscription to play, but players must purchase at least one starter deck for casual games, or a one-time "registration pack" to enable card trading or participation in tournaments. Starter decks for other characters, expansion decks, and booster packs are also available to buy.Gameplay has two players going head-to-head over a series of missions. Each player takes a turn as the "hero," where they try to complete a quest from their deck, or as the "villain," where they try to block the hero's progress. Each player gets four character cards making up their mission team. Characters have four different skill ratings (combat, culture, science, and ingenuity), and quests have different skill requirements to complete. Players try to complete as many quests as possible during their "hero" turn.Any of the four team cards can be assigned to missions once per turn. In their "hero" turn, players can also use a randomly-drawn hand of support or gear cards to help complete missions. The "villain" uses their randomly-drawn hand of adversary or obstacle cards to actively increase the difficulty of missions in response to the hero's actions. Gameplay goes back and forth until one player meets the victory conditions for that game.Aside from four limited "skirmish" scenarios designed to test new decks, there are no single-player capabilities in the game. Players must compete against other players in casual or tournament games.Stargate Online TCG partnered with Comic Images to simultaneously release a physical version of the card game alongside the digital one. Players who completed collections could send away for physical copies of their digital cards. |
| Akatsuki Blitzkampf | 2007-04-30 | SUBTLE STYLE | SUBTLE STYLE | Action | Side view | | War | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic, World War II | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In an alternate future ravaged by war, Japanese Imperial soldier Akatsuki wakes up - fifty years after he was left for dead. Finding himself with strange new powers he sets out to change the world for the better, all while avoiding the world powers who want to capture him for their own purposes.This one-on-one 2D fighting game is known for its "old school" gameplay that contrasts with the other fighting games available at the time it was released. It features a focus on positioning and mindgames over long flashy combos. Like many other doujin fighting games, there are three attack buttons, weak, medium, and strong; players can combo weaker normals into stronger ones. All characters also feature a parry, known as the reflector, which can be activated by pressing the B+C buttons; parried attacks can't be cancelled, leaving opponents vulnerable and leaving the defending player open to counterattack. |
| 9Dragons | 2007-05-01 | | Indy21 Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | Martial arts | Massively Multiplayer | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | | | | | Windows | 9Dragons is a MMORPG set in China during the Ming Dynasty. As you level your character up you can choose to join six different clans. Divided in three white clans (Shaolin, League of Beggars and Wu Tang) and three black clans (Sacred Flower, Heavenly Demon and Brotherhood of Thieves). There are four character classes to choose from when joining a clan. Each class has different specialties for each clan. The classes are:
Warriors specialize in melee combat, cant learn healing spells and is vulnerable to magical attacks.
Healers can give buffs and can heal external and internal injuries.
Nukers are specialized in long-range magic attacks.
Hybrids are able to learn abilities from warriors, healers and nukers and are a combination of these three classes.
A fifth class is formed by Vagabonds. This is a player that does not join a clan and is able to learn the basic skills of every weapon. A Vagabond can travel freely between all black and white clan maps and is not killed on-site by the guards of a different clans.
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| Adventures of Keith Night: After a Shadow | 2007-05-01 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Keith Night wakes up in a gutter. Having no memories of getting there, Keith has to track the events of the previous night, but he has no idea of the events to come. Later on Keith finds out that the events are part of his inspections of the murder of his only close friend, Walter Stillman. This leads him into a chase of his nemesis-to-come, Big Jackson. The story is told almost completely subjective from Keith's point of view, excluding conversations. Along with Keith, there are only 3 main characters lined up with the story.After a Shadow is a short noir adventure in a comic-like style, made as a part of the developer's Bachelor's Thesis. It was fully created with Adventure Game Studio. The game is a classic point'n click adventure a little in the vein of Discworld Noir and such. The interface of the game is similar to Revolution's Beneath a Steel Sky, where you use only the two mouse-buttons to interact with the world and inventory. |
| ArmA: Combat Operations | 2007-05-01 | Atari, Inc. | Bohemia Interactive Studio s.r.o. | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Tank | | | Mature | | Windows | ArmA: Combat Operations is a direct descendant of Operation Flashpoint, but the name is no longer used as Codemasters holds the IP.This military shooter with a focus on realism takes place on the fictional Atlantic island of Sahrani, divided by a communist regime in the north and a democratic monarchy in the south. When US forces leave the south after a training, the northern dictator decides to attack the south. The player takes control of one soldier of a squad who has not left the island yet, to assist the local militia.The campaign measures up to 400 square kilometers, 4 times as large as in its predecessor, using the Real Virtuality 2 engine. Unlike Operation Flashpoint, players may now jump into other units than one designated character during missions. The main campaign offers over 20 missions with non-linear options. The game AI can also act independently from the player's actions.The focus on realism is reflected in the weapon and vehicle models, weapon ballistics, sighting, damage, recoil and reloading. There are destructible objects and terrain, and animals, even birds and insects, react to movement and action on the terrain. The player cannot jump, but swimming has been introduced.Multiplayer allows as many players to join as the server supports, and AI NPCs, both as allies and foes, can also be added. There is also a cooperative mode for the singleplayer missions, and with the included editor, complex battle scenarios can be scripted. |
| Audio Joust | 2007-05-01 | AudioGames.net | The Blind Seers | Action | 1st-person, Audio game | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Audio Joust is an audio game in which the player fights as a brave knight in a jousting tournament. He has to defeat his five challengers to become the champion of the tournament.The game is designed with blind people in mind and features no graphics. It is played with the mouse and keyboard. The player aims his lance at his opponent with the mouse, the louder the spectators cheer the better he's aiming. Unfortunately the opponent doesn't still either and thus the player has to keep readjusting his aim. Additionally the opponent may charge straight toward the player, to the left or to the right. The player has to move his shield accordingly using the arrow keys on the keyboard. The five challengers are progressively more difficult. |
| Castle Adventure | 2007-05-01 | | | Adventure | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In Castle Adventure the player is trapped in a deserted castle and must escape, preferable
with so much of the treasures hidden in the castle as possible. The castle consists of 80+ rooms and 13 more or less hidden treasures. This is a remake of the DOS-game with the same name. Castle Adventure was written in C++ using Allegro. |
| Charma: The Land of Enchantment | 2007-05-01 | GameHouse, Inc. | Artogon Games | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | As well as being The Land of Enchantment, Charma is also the land of several long snakes of tiles of various colours. Your goal is to clear these, by swapping any two tiles around to create lines of 3 or more of the same colour. If both moved tiles create lines, or the removed tiles bring other matches together, your score is increased.The purpose of this is to vanquish an evil wizard who has destroyed much of Charma's plentiful land. Your journey takes place in different landscapes such as a forest, desert and swamp - different background graphics represent these. |
| Daydreaming in the Oval Office | 2007-05-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Mr Bush, president of the United States of America, is daydreaming in his Oval Office. The player needs to help him collect imaginary pieces of evidence about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq by bouncing a beach ball towards the pieces. The game is shown from a fixed, non-scrolling side view and Mr Bush can move left and right, and jump to get the ball in the air. Extra points are awarded for collecting a piece while bouncing against the wall or the ceiling. The player starts with 5 lives and each time the ball hits the floor, a life is lost.The game's theme is a jab at the US administration's motivation to start the Iraq War in 2003, for which the rationale was the presence of weapons of mass destruction, while no evidence was found after the invasion. |
| Dimension M: Evolver | 2007-05-01 | Tabula Digita, Inc. | Mind Control Software, LLC | Action, Educational | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Dimension M: Evolver puts you in the role of a scientist who has just arrived on Xeno island. You have been sent to find the missing daughter of a Robert Clay, a brilliant scientist in charge of a bio tech program.It is an educational video game that teaches pre-algebra concepts. Missions and tasks in game involve finding objects that have the correct value, using the visor mode to find objects, working with a number line, and fighting infected experiments. The gameplay is first-person shooter, in the same vein as the DOOM series and Unreal. There are different weapons and several different creatures to fight. |
| Maluch Racer 2 / Syrenka Racer / Red Skies | 2007-05-01 | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of following games:
Maluch Racer 2
Red Skies
Syrenka Racer |
| The Longest Journey + Dreamfall | 2007-05-01 | Funcom Oslo A/S | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Longest Journey + Dreamfall is a compilation of two games released on Steam:
The Longest Journey
Dreamfall |
| Odot Tamat On | 2007-05-02 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | zabnat | Windows | Private eye Nalle Karhu, he needs to save the world and with some help from you, thus the story is told. All the townsfolk are acting strange, they lost a personal trait, you shall not hesitate or wait, 't is all for you to change.Odot Tamat On, the chopped word for "unexpected" in Finnish, inspired by the film Hirttämättömät (1971), is an AGS adventure game that won the April 2007 MAGS competition. The theme was "unexpected" and games needed to start with a reference to a vegetable, a confusing console/menu screen, an abstract inventory item, a conversation that makes no sense to the player, and a confusing and unexpected ending.The player controls private eye bear Nalle Karhu who needs to find out who stole personal traits from the other animals in town. The game is short, with easy puzzles, and shown from a third-person perspective. The graphics are bright, with black outlines. To comply with the MAGS guidelines, the control system is a little confusing. There are four actions: exit (shown when hovering the pointer over an area), pick up/use (click and drag the Nalle Karhu's hand over an item), examine (click and drag the bear's eye over an object or use the second mouse button) and a similar routine (using the mouth) to talk to other characters.The entire game, especially the conversations, are told in rhyme. All the town's inhabitants are animals, such as a turtle, a mouse, a cat, a monkey, a sloth, an elephant, a duck and two rabbits ("Something doesn't seem to fit, you and Mrs are usually at it."). Locations include a castle, a laboratory, a roller-coaster, a shed, a labratory and a few houses. The inventory is shown as a cloud in the top left corner of the screen. |
| Sheeplings | 2007-05-02 | KarjaSoft | KarjaSoft | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In Sheeplings you take control of the sheepdog Windsor, and using his bark you direct three different types of sheep through the levels. The levels range from simple time-based sheep-herding mazes, to levels in which you have to fend off wolves or bandits trying to steal your sheep. Secret bonus points or upgrades to the dog's bark range or speed are located throughout the levels.The game is divided into three quests, giving the player 80 levels in total to traverse until the final goal is reached: the sheep-jumping competition in Woolyville.Sheeplings is suitable for the whole family and uses a level unlocking scheme that gives the player a lot of freedom in selecting the order in which to tackle the levels. |
| CrossFire | 2007-05-03 | Smilegate Entertainment, Inc. | Smilegate Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | CrossFire is a free-to-play online tactical first-person multiplayer shooter. It is played between teams of mercenaries facing each other as two factions: Global Risk and Black List. More than twenty game modes are played, each with their own rules. Examples are regular team deathmatch, elimination, ghost mode, mutation mode, hero mode, escape mode, parkour mode, wave mode, ranked sniper, bombing mode or spy mode. Most modes support a maximum of sixteen players.There is a persistent progress system where players are promoted through military ranks based on their performance. There is a free currency Game Points (GP) and players can also buy premium and special items with real money. Weapons and appearance can be customized through in-game items. |
| Eicheljagd | 2007-05-03 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | TASK four | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Eicheljagd is a simple Pac-Man clone. Collect nuts, acorns and bonus items with your squirrel. You are hunted by prehistoric men. A level is completed if you collected all the items. 10 levels are included. |
| Darkwind: War on Wheels | 2007-05-04 | Psychic Software | Psychic Software | Action, Racing / Driving, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Managerial / business simulation, Wargame | Post-apocalyptic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Darkwind: War on Wheels is a wargame in a persistent world that is best described as a hybrid game, taking elements out of Autoduel (car customizations), EVE Online (sandbox elements) and other assorted games like Jagged Alliance (gang roster with individual traits and needs), interactive fiction (text quests) and Interstate 76 (physics and locational damage). Played on a client-and-browser combination, you get to trade (with a dynamically changing market system), be a pirate, make a mark for yourself in town events like deathraces and combat arenas, or even open your own factory or farm as an entrepreneur!Client-based events include anything that involves shooting or driving, such as racing and scouting. The events are played out in phases, with each phase typically lasting 30 seconds or less if players are fast to end turn. Instead of watching the cars move linearly, the game has its own built in physics system to allow for complex car movements - moving at too fast a speed may result in the car skidding off the road or even flipping; likewise being hit by rockets for two consecutive turns may flip your car over, even throwing it high into the air if it is a lightweight chassis. Throw in the fact that characters can die in horribly violent ways (expressed through text) and the existence of perma-death, and you have a brutal, post-apocalyptic setting.The browser is where you manage your gang members, purchase items, set travel routes and manage your camps (player-owned sites). |
| Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Game of the Year Edition) | 2007-05-04 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Game of the Year edition of Dreamfall includes the original game with the first patch pre-installed. It also includes Dreamfall's predecessor The Longest Journey, pre-patched to version 161. To top it off, it also includes a 22-track soundtrack for Dreamfall featuring all of the music from the game except for the songs by Magnet that were included on the Magnet EP that accompanied the Limited Edition. |
| Railroad Tycoon Collection | 2007-05-04 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the following games:
Railroad Tycoon 3
Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
Sid Meier's Railroads!
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| Spider-Man 3 | 2007-05-04 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Treyarch Corporation | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Based off the 2007 movie of the same name, Spider-Man 3 puts players in charge of the titular hero as he tries to once again New York City safe from the combined menace of the New Goblin, the Sandman, and Venom.The game style is similar to Spider-Man 2 in which the player is free to explore a large scale version of New York City in a "Sandbox" style, this time in a larger city that allows for exploration of the subway and sewer systems. The game also allows for players to adventure in storylines not explored in the third film, such as facing familiar Spider-Man villains like Kraven, the Lizard, Scorpion, Rhino and the Kingpin, or breaking up various gang factions.One of the main focal points of the new game is the inclusion of Spider-Man's black symbiote costume. When wearing the traditional red and blue costume, Spider-Man is more fast and is more accepted by the public. When wearing the black costume, Spider-Man becomes stronger and more aggressive.The game also includes "cineractives" - cinematic scenes that allow for participation via button presses or controller movements.The black suit is allowed throughout various points in the game, but can not be selected by the player, and has no harmful effect.The PS3 version supports the SixAxis controller's movement-based functions and it includes a mini-game starring the New Goblin. |
| X-COM: Terror from the Deep | 2007-05-04 | 2K Games, Inc. | MicroProse Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | X-COM: Terror from the Deep is the follow-up to the resource management and tactical combat game X-COM: Enemy Unknown.It has been 40 years since X-COM last defeated the aliens. Now, in the year of 2040, aliens begin to appear on the Earth again. This time the threat to humanity is coming from the depths of oceans.The game is almost identical to the original X-COM game. The user interface, weapons, and aliens are all the same. The only difference is the adaptation of the aliens and weapons (e.g. new hand-to-hand weapons) to the ocean environment. The game features both undersea and on-land missions, and is significantly harder than its predecessor. |
| What Makes You Tick? | 2007-05-05 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | When Dr. Coppelius disappears for one year, the university sends a young man Nathan to his last known residence to find out what happened to him. Inspired by The Sandman ("Der Sandmann"), a story written in 1817 by E. T. A. Hoffmann, What Makes You Tick? is a short freeware point-and-click adventure game developed using the LASSIE engine.The game shares a fair amount of similarities with The Curse of Monkey Island. Not only was the Lassie engine itself developed to mimic the game's interface, but the art and even the cursor strongly resemble the game. The game is entirely controlled by the mouse, with the inventory at the bottom of the screen. By clicking interactive items while holding the left mouse button down, a pop-up appears where players can choose to examine, pick up/use, or talk to items or characters. |
| Pink Panther: Saving Planet Earth | 2007-05-07 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Compedia Software & Hardware Ltd. | Action, Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Pink Panther: Saving Planet Earth is a family game for kids with educational elements about environmental protection. The Planet Earth is threatened by the ubiquitous pollution. Pink Panther must solve the problem by assigning six mini tasks: arranging puzzles, creating a poster, selecting of garbage, repairing leaks from pipes, removing pollutants from lakes, dumping a waste. Each mini game features five difficulty levels. The passing of the subsequent stages allows to view 12 Pink Panther films at the cinema.
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| Burger Island | 2007-05-08 | eGames, Inc., Sandlot Games | TechFront Studios, Ltd. | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | After her sailboat crashed in Mount Tikikola Beach, Patty Melton decided to start a new life. She gets a work at Beach Burger. To her surprise, the owners decide to retire and leave her their business. Now, as the main "chef" in Beach Burger, Patty has to spread her franchise all the way to the capital city of Honochuchu.Burger Island is an action game which simulates a burger restaurant. The player has to prepare burgers, shakes and fries made of over 30 different recipes. The gameplay consists in clicking in the ingredients and placing them in the correct order for each recipe. For a hamburger, for instance, the player has to click in the burger stack to pick one and then click in the grill to start frying it. The player has to wait for it to get well done and then place it in the bread, adding ketchup and the top slice. Each order has a time limit to be done, or else the customer will quit waiting. Also, Patty starts working at 10:30 AM and ends at 9:00 PM, and has to reach a daily goal. If she fails to reach it, she'll lose a life.Each stage has a different kind of order to be prepared, being it burgers, shakes or fries. At first, Patty knows only one recipe of each kind of order, but in between levels new recipes can be bought. New recipes are harder to prepare, but are also more expensive. Earning more money is necessary as the stages go by due to the higher goals to be reached. As the daily shift remains the same, more expensive recipes are needed to reach the daily goal.The game has a total of 60 levels and three difficulty levels. |
| CellFactor: Revolution | 2007-05-08 | AGEIA Technologies, Inc. | Artificial Studios, Inc., Immersion Software & Graphics Ltda., Timeline Interactive | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | Initially a one-level tech demo released in May 2006 named CellFactor: Combat Training, this is a free FPS shooter with 5 levels developed to showcase the capabilities of the Ageia PhysX card. Two of the maps don't require a PhysX card to run, but with it, extra properties are enabled: realistic fluids like lava, radioactive suits move like real cloth and spider webs hang from walls. These objects react to the player's actions in realistic ways and with a PhysX processor the game will not only look more beautiful (like in cool explosion effects) but will run significantly faster. The backstory involves the planet being dominated by LIMBO Corporation, a massive corporate superpower that has developed an advanced army of super-powered soldiers with telekinetic ability called PSI powers. You can battle on both sides of the war for or against the human resistance which have also hijacked some of LIMBO's technology in order to create its own warriors. The game offers Bot matches and LAN gaming only. Game modes include Capture the Flag, Deathmatch, Domination and Team Deathmatch.You have the option of playing as three different classes: Guardian (a cyborg warrior weapons specialist who can use two weapons at once, can jump long distances, and can pound the ground to create a gigantic shockwave), Bishop (a female flying physics mentalist who can throw objects as large as vehicles, and even crush foes with her mind) and Black-ops (who use both weapons and PSI powers but not with as much skill or power). With PSI powers, you can use any available environmental objects as weapons or fling your enemies around as well.The levels are oppressive looking industrial areas with huge complexes which have other functions. The Reactor Processing Core is built inside a rock where there is molten metal coming out from tubes, bridges over lava pools, and spider webs on high-tech machines. The Weapons System Control is an indoor map with many rooms which lead to one where there's a huge cannon that fires a red beam to the sky. The Fueling Station contains a series of platforms made for air vehicle landings in the middle of the ocean. The Proving Grounds is a Psi-power testing area for soldiers to train their abilities. The Storage Facility has three huge structures, where you can drive all the vehicles available in the game. |
| Downbeat | 2007-05-08 | VH1 Games | gameLab | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Downbeat is a rhythm action game where the player is a DJ of the '80s and has to attract people to the dance floors. The player has an isometric view of the club which is divided into four dance floors in different colours. As the music begin to play small balls (representing dancers) will drop down towards the dance floors and the player has to match his mouse clicks with when the balls reach the floor. The balls have different colours and the player has to move the pointer around so that balls drop to the dance floor with the same colour. When the player matches the beat at the right dance floor he earns points and more dancers. By getting dancers to the floors the player's groove bar goes up. Groove is decreased by dancers leaving, offbeat clicks and empty floors. A level is over when no groove is left. There are also special objects that can be collected. By collecting three objects of the same kind the player makes a set which can then be cashed in for extra points.The game has two modes: city mode and freeplay mode. The city mode consists of four cities: New York, London, Miami and Los Angeles. Each city has a few songs that the player has to unlock by completing the previous ones. These songs then become available in the freeplay where any song can be played in any city. The songs are instrumental covers of some of the biggest hits of the 1980s. These include songs like Material Girl, 99 Luftballons and Our House. |
| Penumbra: Overture - Episode 1 | 2007-05-08 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Frictional Games AB | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements, Stealth, Survival horror | | | Direct control | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | Penumbra: Overture is a first-person survival horror game. Originally created as a tech demo to showcase the in-house developed HPL engine, the small team soon turned it into a full game, split up into two episodes (originally advertised as three), of which this is the first one.Players take on the role of Philip. After his mother's death, he receives a letter of his father, a man he has never seen in his life and presumed dead. Philip is asked to destroy a set of notes, but instead he decides to travel to the wastelands of Greenland following the clues left in the writings. He ends up in an underground complex where he discovers disturbing facts about the past and events hidden from the rest of the world.Unlike other survival horror games, Penumbra heavily focuses on adventure elements with physics-based and inventory-based puzzles, exploration, and a few action elements and scripted sequences, with a first-person perspective and mechanics similar to a first-person shooter. Players need to use the environment to operate items and machines, and build structures with items scattered around. Almost any item can be picked up and used as an active game element. Actions need to be performed through an appropriate motion with the mouse: hold and move left or right to swing a weapon, turn valves in a circular motion, pull back to open drawers and doors, etc.Key items are stored in an inventory and need to be combined or used with objects to progress in the game. Clues and background information about the events are gathered through notes left behind and one-way conversations with a mysterious man called Red. Puzzles often require a lot of thinking, with both visual and auditive elements, and need thorough investigation of the environment. All notes are stored in a notebook and clues for puzzles and tasks are added a to do list.Philip can collect weapons such as a hammer, a broom and a pick axe, but melee fighting is generally discouraged and rarely rewarded. Instead, players need to use the environment to set up inventive traps or avoid fighting altogether by using distractions or stealth to sneak past enemies. By hiding in the shadows, the edge of the screen turns blue and Philip stays hidden for all creatures. The environment is almost completely dark at all times, enhancing the horror experience. Light sources are very important, and Philip only has a flashlight with a limited amount of batteries, a glowstick and flares.Next to a constant feeling of desolation, there are many disturbing events and horrifying elements, so the faint of heart need not apply. The game supports OpenAL sound. |
| The Sims 2: Deluxe | 2007-05-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This re-release of The Sims 2 includes:
The Sims 2
The Sims 2: Nightlife (second expansion)
Bonus DVD (tips & tricks + a designer's walkthrough to playing the game.) |
| CDV Strategy Legends | 2007-05-09 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
American Conquest
Blitzkrieg
Codename: Panzers - Phase One
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
Hammer & Sickle
No Man's Land
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| Two Worlds (Royal Edition) | 2007-05-09 | TopWare Interactive GmbH | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Royal Edition includes:
Two Worlds
Two Worlds T-shirt
55-sheets playing cards
Two-sided poster with the world map of Antaloor on the front and the box cover on the back
Kilgorin letter opener (only included in the Windows release)
Bonus DVD with the soundtrack, making-of, wallpapers and web-kit |
| Mayawaka | 2007-05-10 | Oberon Media, Inc., PoBros Inc | PoBros Inc | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Mayawaka is the casual games market answer to Q*Bert. Like in that classic game, the objective is to change the top color of cubes by jumping on them. However, in this version the character don't fall to his death by jumping out of the cubes perimeter.As in the old days, there are some roaming monsters (square-shaped) that kill the character and must be avoided. Other jumping enemies change back the color of the cubes, and must be destroyed. Sometimes, a vision sprite falls on the gamefield. It gives extra lives when collected.Mini-games appear between levels. In one, the player must catch falling geometric shapes with a bowl. In another one, the player has to find and remove matching geometric figures from a grid. There are also slide-tile puzzles, concentration and a whack-a-mole game with an ornate hammer and the popping heads of the enemies.The main character can be controlled by either the keyboard or mouse. |
| Hot Pinball | 2007-05-11 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Fancy Bytes, Reactor s.c. | Action | | | Adult | Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | Hot Pinball is a typical pinball game. The game features three tables with erotic themes: Car Wash, Moulin Rouge and Beach.
The player control the paddles with the keyboard and can choose between different camera angles. |
| Spinword | 2007-05-13 | Joyboost | Slam Games Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Spinword, you control a block that rises up the screen. The block has 4 letters on it, and you can rotate it to select one of the four letters. You can also move the block left and right, and accelerate it. The aim is to make words (3 letters or more) top-down or left-right on the board when the blocks settle, to complete the given objective for each of the 60 levels.For example, in the early levels, you only need to form a certain number of words. Later levels see you having to remove all blocks of a certain color from the board and solving ever more intricate puzzles before you can progress.Although you don't get to see what set of letters comes next, it's pretty easy to plan ahead since there are a lot of words that can be made with the structure 'consonant-vowel-consonant'.There's also an "Eternal" mode, where the aim is just to continue to make words for as long as you can. To make this more difficult, a row of letters is introduced every so often, and the words you do make are only removed once every so often. |
| Jardinains 2! | 2007-05-14 | Magic Chopstick Games | Magic Chopstick Games | Action | | | | Paddle / Pong, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Jardinains 2! is a break-out game and sequel to Jardinains!.Use the ball to break bricks and bounce nains. Some bricks hide bonus items such as extra balls, x2 points and bonus points. There are several types of bricks in the game ( for example, exploding bricks, invisible bricks and reinforced bricks). An option in the main menu enables the player to chose between level packs. The game comes with two: Jardinains! classic (Lite) and Jardinains 2! (Lite). The first pack includes the levels from the original game with improved graphics.Now and then nains will show up and throw pots at your paddle. If you hit a pot with the ball, you get some bonus points. But if a pot hits the paddle, you lose points. If you hit a nain with the ball, it will fall down. And if you let it bounce on your paddle, you will gain additional points. If you manage to bounce it a pre determined number of times, it will explode and a bonus item will appear. The game comes with 8 types of nains (only 4 of them are included in the unregistered version). |
| Arcadia Remix | 2007-05-15 | VH1 Games | gameLab, Tiny Mantis Entertainment | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | Kyron Ramsey, Khoeun Tep, Boem Sik Shim | Windows | Arcadia Remix is a mini-game collection with retro aesthetics. A special feature is that the player is able to play up to four games at once. The games have two things in common; you need to earn points and you have to stay alive. Each game has a score meter and when this has been filled the player is awarded a star badge. For each level the player has to earn a certain number of star badges to move on. The games are all controlled with the mouse by simply clicking on the game screen. In total there is 16 mini games. These are:
Tut-Bricks - a falling blocks puzzle game
Electronic Tennis - a Pong-like tennis game
Stra3go - a Connect 4-like game, but on a smaller board where the player only has to make a line of three
Glubby & Friends: Spell-It-Rite - a spelling game where the player has choose the right letter to complete a word
Scrollius - a side-scrolling shooter with auto-fire
Roadkill - a top down motor bike racing game where the player has to move between lanes to avoid being hit
Glubby & Friends Remembory! - a memory game with six cards
Pivitron - a shooter where the player controls a turret in the center of the screen and has to shoot monsters before they reach him
Pearl Hunter - a diving game about collecting pearls
Overdrive - a third person racing game similar to Pole Position
Jump McJump - a side-scrolling platformer where the player has to jump over holes and enemies
Heroic Quest of the Legendary Saga III - a simple dungeon crawler where the player throws spells at monsters
Full Clip - a shooting gallery game where the player has to shoot criminals while avoiding civilians
Drunken Mantis - a one-on-one fighter
Rocky Shapiro's Video Basketball - a one-o-one basketball where the player both attacks and defends
Rocky Shapiro's Video Baseball - a baseball game where the player has to swing and hit the ball at the right time.In all of the games, the player can collect rainbow tokens which can be used to unlock power-ups. These power-ups include extra lives, bonuses that multiply the points earned, slowed down games and a god mode where the player can't lose any more lives. |
| Atlas | 2007-05-15 | D4 Enterprise, Inc. | Artdink Corporation | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Atlas is a historical business and discovery game. The game is set in the 15th century. You are in a contract with the King of Portugal. For 10.000 gold a year you have to explore the area 1000 miles south of Portugal within five years. You are allowed to trade with the goods you discover, but all information gathered on your travels is property of the King of Portugal. |
| Elemental | 2007-05-15 | Oberon Games, Inc., Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Gastronaut Studios LLC | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Elemental is a color-matching game. The player clicks and drags the mouse cursor over a group of tiles to flip them and change their color. When three or more tiles have matching colors, they are removed from the game. Each stage has one of the classic elements (earth, wind, fire and water) as its theme.In classic mode, the objective of each level is to remove enough tiles so the rest is under a glowing line. In challenge mode, the goal is to achieve a certain number of points to move to the next level.Stone slabs appear randomly and can only be destroyed by taking out all the tiles underneath them. Also, when the player flips a single tile, the game drops a tile with a timer that can only be flipped and matched after a few seconds.Between some levels there are elemental battles, where in a split-screen the player competes against the computer. Power-ups drop from time to time. They include lightning bolts that eliminate columns and rows of tiles. A || symbol slows the game movement, and a ■ stops the movement altogether. A bomb explodes surrounding tiles.If the tiles reach the top of the screen, the game is over. |
| Shrek the Third | 2007-05-15 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Amaze Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The Frog King has died and Shrek has inherited the throne. Since Shrek's not a big fan of this idea, he and his friends journey to the Worcestershire academy to recruit Fiona's cousin, Artie, for the job. Unfortunately, while he's away the dastardly Prince Charming has big plans to take over the kingdom.SHReK the THiRD is an action-platformer with a heavy emphasis on brawling and humor. With plenty of Prince Charming's goons in his path (including black knights, evil gnomes, a crooning Captain Hook, and giant walking trees), Shrek will have to use all of his abilities to defeat them, find his way home, and pick up some souvenir mugs along the way.Each level features several quests, lots of collectibles, and funny situations. While most of the levels feature Shrek himself, there are six playable characters in total (Donkey, Puss in Boots, Fiona, Artie, and Sleeping Beauty feature as well), over 20 levels, three big boss battles, and several multiplayer minigames. |
| Day Watch | 2007-05-16 | ND Games | Nival, Inc., Targem Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | RPG elements | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Day Watch is the sequel to Night Watch and it is named after the Russian film of the same name by director Timur Bekmambetov. Day Watch is a turn-based tactics game with RPG elements.The story of this game is a direct continuation from the previous game. This time the main character Anna has to unravel a mystery about a family of a "Dark One" that has been kidnapped.The player can let Anna and her teammates roam about each level in real time, but once they enter combat the game turns to turn based. Each character has a number of action points which can be used each turn. Possible actions include walking, healing, attacking, healing a teammate, etc. Each teammate has a number of magical powers and when they gain more experience they gain more powerful spells.Characters can also travel to the gloom, a shadow world that is invisible for mere mortals. In this world their attacks are more powerful and the characters cannot be seen by mortal people.
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| I am Jesus | 2007-05-16 | Suicidal Entertainment | Suicidal Entertainment | Action | | | Comedy | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | I am Jesus is a ballistics game similar to Scorched Earth, in which you control Jesus as he attempts to revenge himself on his disciples by killing them with spears. Doing so earns you points, called 'God's Love', which can be spent to heal, among other things. You are separated from your enemies by a giant stone penis in the center of the screen, which blocks the spears thrown by both Jesus and his enemies.In story mode, it is required to kill the twelve disciples, together with their Roman bodyguards. In survival mode, you must simply kill an unending series of enemies. The game also provides a 'confess your sins' mode which allows new scenarios to be downloaded from the internet. |
| Resident Evil 4 | 2007-05-17 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Production Studio 4 | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | Horror | Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter, Survival horror | Europe | | | | Mature | | Windows | Picking up six years after Resident Evil 2, the fourth game in the series follows a former cop (now US agent), Leon S. Kennedy, to Europe on a top-secret mission to investigate the disappearance of the president's daughter Ashley. As Leon encounters unimaginable horrors, he must find out who or what is behind everything. Old friends...and enemies...lurk around every corner as Leon attempts to find out who is truly behind the kidnapping of the president's daughter.Resident Evil 4 is a major change from the previous installments. Instead of a fixed third-person perspective, the game features a new "behind the back" movement camera angle and an "over the shoulder" aiming feature that allows players to control their gun movement for specific body part hits. It features a brand new AI system and more open environments that allow enemies to work together to capture and corner Leon. Enemies are now humans, which allows them to climb up ladders, open doors, and use weapons throughout the game. The entire item system has also been revamped, so that smaller items no longer require an entire item space to hold. Instead, items take up blocks of space in a briefcase according to their real-life size, to allow for many more items and weapons. Leon can collect treasure from enemies or from the surrounding area, and visit the infamous "merchant" to purchase bigger briefcases, treasure maps, weapons upgrades, and powerful weapons such as the one-shot RPG.There is also the Mercenaries mode from Resident Evil 3, which allows the player to play survival scenarios as characters such as Hunk and even Albert Wesker himself.Unlike the original GameCube release, later released platforms come with a bonus story mode called Separate Ways which becomes unlocked after finishing the main game. This story lets you play as Ada Wong and occurs in parallel to the main story, showing you what Ada did, who she contacted, and where she's been when she wasn't with Leon. While most of the locations and weapons are the same, there are some entirely new levels and Ada's personal gadgets not previously seen in the main story. |
| White Van Racer | 2007-05-18 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Tuna Technologies Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Known to many road users, the infamous White Van Man is the workman that drives his light commercial vehicle through traffic in a particularly aggressive and infuriating manner. Frivolous honking and cutting off other road users are his trademark. In White Van Racer, players are given the chance to turn the tables on this modern-day phenomenon, and become a White Van Man of their own.Selectable vans range from nondescript models to ice cream trucks, mobile burger shops, or business vehicles for painters and window cleaners. While there is no civilian traffic on the roads, drivers compete against up to 4 other computer-controlled vans in a dash for the finish line. There is a total of 12 linear stages, set in 2 scenarios and consisting of variations (direction, time of day) on 4 basic road sections. True to the White Van Man disposition, pushing and shoving competitors is a necessary tactic for the successful driver. Apart from quick race and time trial modes, three championships allow players to unlock more stages and vans. |
| Escape from Paradise | 2007-05-19 | Gogii Games Corp. | Gogii Games Corp. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Survival | City building / construction simulation, Mini-games, Time management | | | Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)A luxury cruise ship crashes on an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean. The survivors of the shipwreck are very different from one another and decide to set up their own camps all over the island. Your goal is to find the pieces to a lost radio, and hoist it on the top of the volcano located in the center of the main island. While exploring the main island, find items and hidden treasures, and try your hand at fishing and gathering wood. Build alliances with other castaways to help you in your quest!
Key features:
5 games wrapped into 1 great adventure
12 additional mini-games
Over 25 challenges
Build your own custom characters
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| Angel's Tale: An Extraordinary Love Story | 2007-05-20 | Studio GU | Studio GU | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Visual novel | Fantasy | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs) |
| UFO: Extraterrestrials | 2007-05-21 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Chaos Concept | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | Isometric | Windows | In the year 2023 the spaceship Magelhaes finally reaches the planet Esperanza and the people on board quickly begin development of a colony. Several governments take control over the different continents and all was good until one day in the year 2025 a squad of pilots encounter a unknown alien force and get shot down. Now the governments give you the task to not only defend the planet but also find out where the aliens come from to take the fight back to them.The game is very much like X-COM: UFO Defense. You manage and expand your bases on the GeoScape-Screen and research new technology and build new weapons, items or ships in your bases. If an alien ship enters orbit, you order your vessels to attack it and hopefully shoot it down. Then, or when you discover an alien base, you can send in your ground troops.After you've equipped them with anything you currently have on stock on the base, they fly to the landing or crash location of the alien vessel and engage the enemy in turn-based combat on a limited, isometric battlefield. Since the action points every team mate has available are limited and every action costs some points, you've to thing very tactical. Realistic line-of-sight and height calculations make your job not easier but rest assured, that the aliens have the same limitations as you.When you've successfully eliminated or stunned every alien on the ground, your soldiers gain experience based on many aliens they shoot. Over time they level up and you can specialize the soldiers with gained skill points.You also salvage everything that's lying around so that your researchers can get to work and develop new stuff for your base, aircraft and crew. Everything in the game is explained in good detail in the ingame encyclopedia called "Ufopedia".Every month you get judged by the different governments on the planet. Based on your performance in defending them, you get more or less of the much needed money. |
| Disney Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | 2007-05-22 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Cinematic camera | Windows | Based on the second and third movies of the popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, players step into the roles of Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, as they continue their adventures on the high seas. The game is set up as a 3D action-adventure in a free-roaming world that allows players to explores the islands and seas of the Caribbean.Players will have to face off again Davy Jones, his Flying Dutchman crew and the villainous kraken in addition to the Chinese pirate Sao Feng, cannibals, other pirates, and the East India Trading Company.Players must battle their way through the events of "Dead Man's Chest" and "At World's End" using a variety of sword and item attacks, in addition to a system called "Black Pearls", which only allows players to block for so long until the Black Pearls are drained and no longer able to block until it recharges. Each character has their own special attack, and other weapons, such as pistols and daggers, can be found for use in combat.The console and PC versions uses regular controls, whereas the Wii version makes use of the Wiimote for motion based attacks. The game makes use of quick time events called "Jackanisms", which allow players to handle themselves through certain events in a manner that Captain Jack Sparrow would. |
| MangaJongg | 2007-05-22 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | MangaJongg is a special form of the classic Chinese board game. The gameplay is the same as in all other Shanghai style games. The difference here are the Manga-style drawings and graphics.There are several backgrounds like pirates, sports, music or traditional Chinese. You can also choose between several stone sets. |
| Circus Empire | 2007-05-23 | Enlight Interactive Inc. | Silver Wish Games | Simulation, Strategy | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Circus Empire is a game in Enlight's Empire series. In this game the player has to manage a circus.Of primary concern for the player is taking care of the animals and personnel. The player must create a day schedule for each performer. Each day a show must be performed and the player can fully customize it using the performers available as well as setting the lighting and music for the performance. Aside from what goes on inside the circus, the player must also make the terrain around it attractive. This is done through building paths, planting trees and placing a variety of fair stands for games, shows or food. Management of this part goes into quite some detail, with the player deciding the prices of the food and how often the park is cleaned. The game is completely in 3D and players can view their designed shows in real-time. The game features a story driven campaign in which a the player takes on the role of a new circus owner who has to make it in the world. |
| Ex Machina Arcade | 2007-05-23 | Buka Entertainment | Targem Games | Action, Racing / Driving, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In 1960s, a crashed scout space ship of the n'eri race was found by the USA in the desert near one of its military bases and afterwards studied under the direction of professor Papers. Not so long ago, communication with the base was lost, then the nearby population began to die and go mad. The government managed to evacuate them and close the territory, but rumors were unstoppable. Hordes of marauders and other scum started to gather, led by the easy loot smell, not even afraid of the hazardous virus. Because of high risks, Army Command decided not to stick with a large-scale operation, but a pinpoint special forces attack. Unfortunately, some days ago all contacts with the sent groups were lost. You are the only hope.Specially developed by the best government scientists, the «Thunder Turtle» 4×4 truck will be under your control. Rather simple, it requires only four directional buttons for movement with mouse for aiming and fire. Since it already costs too much for the country's budget, not so many funds will be available, but valuable intelligence and samples out in the area exist which will grant a satisfying money reward and could be spent in garage shop for repairs and upgrades.Passing through linear missions from higher command, you'll have to unveil the truth behind the virus and shine the light upon current things happening on the Territory, not without help of your guns, of course.Good luck, agent! |
| High Seas: The Family Fortune | 2007-05-23 | Gametrust | Soup Games, The Planet | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | High Seas: The Family Fortune is a tile-matching game. The player drags rows of jewels horizontally to make matches. Four or more jewels must be matched by shape or color to be removed from the game.The player receives combo points for creating two rows or columns in one move. A bonus power-up is rewarded if the row or column is comprised of the same color and shape. It acts as a bomb, removing several tiles at once. A wildcard gem appears after removing a column with five or more pieces. It can be matched with any shape or color. |
| Scratches (Director's Cut) | 2007-05-23 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Nucleosys | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Director's Cut of Scratches is an update of the original game with some enhancements and new features.This edition of the game includes an alternate ending which previously was available only as a patch add-on. A new chapter was added in which a player revisits the manor ten years after the events described in original game. Also new is the "Michael Diary" containing more clues and thoughts from the main character.The game now supports higher graphic resolution settings and a new default control method with fixed mouse, FPS-like movement. |
| 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures: Carnival | 2007-05-24 | Sierra Online | Wanako Studios Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures: Carnival is a demo of the full 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures game. It was distributed by Taco Bell restaurants during a promotion that ran from May 24 - June 27, 2007. This disc contains 4 holes from the Classic Carnival theme of the full game: Duck Shot, Bump n' Run, Wind Tunnel, and Loop da Loop.While up to 4 players can player head to head in the full version, this demo version only allows 1 player to assume one of the 4 edgy, defiant personae available: Hector, Rosie, Joe, and Kate. The other 3 characters will also be playing, more or less as phantoms (their scores are reported summarily without any action seen). The game features 2 different control schemes for setting up the shot and putting the ball. It also allows the player to customize both their player's outfit and their golf ball. |
| 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures: Lost Island | 2007-05-24 | Sierra Online | Wanako Studios Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures: Lost Island is a demo of the full 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures game. It was distributed by Taco Bell restaurants during a promotion that ran from May 24 - June 27, 2007. This disc contains 4 holes from the Lost Island theme of the full game: Whale Of A Time, Sly Sea Serpent, Tropical Hideaway, and Slipper Sliders.While up to 4 players can player head to head in the full version, this demo version only allows 1 player to assume one of the 4 edgy, defiant personae available: Hector, Rosie, Joe, and Kate. The other 3 characters will also be playing, more or less as phantoms (their scores are reported summarily without any action seen). The game features 2 different control schemes for setting up the shot and putting the ball. It also allows the player to customize both their player's outfit and their golf ball. |
| 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures: Space | 2007-05-24 | Sierra Online | Wanako Studios Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures: Space is a demo of the full 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures game. It was distributed by Taco Bell restaurants during a promotion that ran from May 24 - June 27, 2007. This disc contains 4 holes from the Outer Space theme of the full game: Laseriffic, Planetoid, Two Planets, Rocket Man.While up to 4 players can player head to head in the full version, this demo version only allows 1 player to assume one of the 4 edgy, defiant personae available: Hector, Rosie, Joe, and Kate. The other 3 characters will also be playing, more or less as phantoms (their scores are reported summarily without any action seen). The game features 2 different control schemes for setting up the shot and putting the ball. It also allows the player to customize both their player's outfit and their golf ball.
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| 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures: Wild West | 2007-05-24 | Sierra Online | Wanako Studios Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures: Wild West is a demo of the full 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures game. It was distributed by Taco Bell restaurants during a promotion that ran from May 24 - June 27, 2007. This disc contains 4 holes from the Old West theme of the full game: Graveyard Shift, Prairie Dogs, Dead Man's Creek, and Tipi Camp.While up to 4 players can player head to head in the full version, this demo version only allows 1 player to assume one of the 4 edgy, defiant personae available: Hector, Rosie, Joe, and Kate. The other 3 characters will also be playing, more or less as phantoms (their scores are reported summarily without any action seen). The game features 2 different control schemes for setting up the shot and putting the ball. It also allows the player to customize both their player's outfit and their golf ball. |
| Euphonics | 2007-05-24 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Euphonics is a futuristic shoot-em-up set in the year 2420. Aliens that feed on electronic music have stolen earth's techno and it is up to the player to infiltrate their wormhole and destroy a crystal planetoid at the centre to release the beat. Player controls an aircraft inside an area filled with tunnels where only circular movement is possible, with a 2D plane mapped onto a 3D cylinder. That way the ship cannot navigate to the centre of the screen or change the flying height without moving left or right.Even though the main inspiration is Gyruss, it is somewhat similar in design to The Germinator as all graphical content (background, enemies) is procedurally generated and in addition it is also synchronized to the in-game music. The ship is able to shoot different kinds of laser shots to take out enemies and obstacles, while avoiding objects and bullets. After a while a much stronger boss character appears as well. |
| H-Craft Championship | 2007-05-24 | Irrgheist | Irrgheist | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | H-Craft Championship is a futuristic game with vehicles that hover over tracks floating in the air. There is no story to the game, players simply choose to play the Championship mode, Arcade mode or Timeattack mode. In the latter, there is Hotlap where an infinite amount of laps is provided to get the best time, while Timerace uses a fixed number of laps. Four players can also try and get the best time through the Rivals hot-seat multiplayer mode.The main Championship mode consists of three seasons with four quarters each. The races are played against three AI-controlled opponents. There are more than 28 tracks to choose from and new H-Crafts can be unlocked through Championship points. The best times can be exported as ghosts to share with other players. The racers can bump each other off the track, but there are no other means of attack. |
| The Restaurant Game | 2007-05-24 | | MIT Media Lab | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Live players here act out the roles of either diners or servers in a restaurant, the data gathered on their exchanges going toward instructing a more human social AI in future single-player games.A restaurant being what it is, the opportunities for interaction are relatively slim -- drinks can be mixed and quaffed, food can be ordered, served and consumed, furniture can be shuffled and adjusted, and the denizens of the establishment can verbally interact. Bills are tallied and tips are contributed!It's true that its faithful approach to a mundane, everyday activity is a far cry from the escapism of most games, but at its essence this simulator is the very soul of a "role-playing" game -- practically interactive drama, with the right actors possibly of the calibre of a Pinter or Beckett play! |
| Weisse Bescheid?! Das Horst Schlämmer Quiz | 2007-05-24 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | Aruba Studios GmbH | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Weisse Bescheid?! Das Horst Schlämmer Quiz is a quiz game based on and presented by the artificial character Horst Schlämmer, played by German comedian Hape Kerkeling. The basic playing process: At first every player (up to three) enters his name, gender and nationality. Then the players are presented with six categories with different rewards and have to choose one. After the narrator read the question the player who knows the answer has to press his assigned button and if he is correct he receives his reward. The winner is who has earned the most money at the end of the game.There are a a fast and a slow playing mode. In the fast mode the money reward decreases with every second. This means is a player acts fast he can win more money - but he also loses it if he answers wrong. In the slow mode a player has unlimited thinking time after buzzing in and there are no penalties for a wrong answer. Therefore every player has two jokers to his disposal. The first one either changes the question category (single-player) or forces another player to answer the question (multiplayer); the second one offers more or less useful hints by Schlämmer. In both modes the game sometimes shows humorous scenes with Schlämmer which were produced exclusively for the game.The game also features a bonus game where the player controls a car from the top-down view. There he needs to drive as fast as possible through the simulated city and avoid other cars. He also can accelerate his car very fast for a short time and jump over obstacles. Playing this bonus game unlocks clips from Kerkeling's former TV show Darüber lacht die Welt. |
| Weisse Bescheid?! Das Horst Schlämmer Quiz (Limitierte Sammler-Edition) | 2007-05-24 | RTL Enterprises GmbH | Aruba Studios GmbH | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Weisse Bescheid?! Das Horst Schlämmer Quiz (Limitierte Sammler-Edition) is the special edition from Weisse Bescheid?! Das Horst Schlämmer Quiz. It additionally features a more elaborate packaging and a "Making Of" DVD (about 30 minutes). |
| Chalk | 2007-05-25 | Fallen Angel Industries | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Chalk is a freeware game where the player guides a nameless character through 6 side-scrolling levels. The character itself can only be moved around the screen, using keys or the mouse, and has no means of defense. Instead, most likely inspired by Kirby: Canvas Curse and a continuation of the gameplay explored in Joakim Sandberg's previous game Tripline, the player controls a piece of chalk, of which the lines drawn provide different effects based on the objects and enemies in the environment.The player can draw a shield around the character, connect dots on objects to destroy them or connect bullets to enemies. Blue objects are harmless but can be thrown into other blue objects to blow them up. There is an endless supply of chalk but lines only last for a short time and can only be drawn for a certain time and over a set distance. Lines can be drawn over multiple objects for combos and double hits.The player has 3 lives, though multiple hits can be taken, and each level ends with a boss and requires a specific approach to discover its weakness. When finished, a grade is awarded based on the score and time. When the 6 six levels have been completed, an endurance mode is opened up. In this mode, the players can only be damaged once while a range of objects and enemies appears at an increasingly faster rate.The game contains original music and all enemies as well as the environment have a chalk-drawn art style. Completed levels become available from the main menu and there is short tutorial where the gameplay is explained. |
| Enemy Engaged 2 | 2007-05-25 | G2 Games | Gameyus Interactive LLC | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | In Enemy Engaged 2 the player pilots either the US RAH-66 Comanche or the Russian Ka-52 Hokum during three campaigns in Lebanon, Taiwan or Korea with easily transcribed stories: it is war and the player needs to support his troops. The campaigns are dynamic which means the player can choose between different missions which are automatically generated based on the state of war. The latter changes depending on the player's success or failure.The game focuses on the realistic simulation of the two helicopters which also offer a varied playing experience: the Comanche is a fast and agile stealth machine and the Hokum is a combat unit with many weapon systems. Both machines have a crew of two men: the player is responsible for flying, attacking and target acquisition while the AI comrade identifies the targets and fights against impact moles. The player can switch between the seats to get access to more displays but keeps his responsibilities while doing so. The missions are the usual mix between destroying, escorting and scouting. |
| SchoolMate | 2007-05-25 | Illusion | Illusion | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Kazuki Himura has recently returned to his homeland, Kimikage Island, and transferred to Himeyuri Academy. He comes from a family that has some connection to ancient clans of the island. But the young boy is more interested in the female population of the Academy, especially after he is invited to a female-exclusive club, all five members of which are pretty young schoolmates. Further course of action is clear: seduce all the five girls, to have some really good memories from the school years in the future!SchoolMate is similar gameplay-wise to other recent Illusion games (such as Oppai Slider 2), having interactive sex scenes and not including any other kind of gameplay. The story of the game is told in text and 3D images of characters and backgrounds; the player has no control over it. At certain points, you'll be able to choose a girl to seduce. You needn't accomplish anything in the game in order to reach the sex scenes, they appear as part of the story. The sex scenes, like in many other Illusion games, allow the player to physically interact with the girl. Choosing menu commands (combination of actions and body parts), you click and drag one (or both) of the mouse buttons to perform the desired action. Direction and speed of the action is reflected in the real time 3D animation on screen. SchoolMate uses cel-shaded graphics, and the girls look more similar to classic animé art than to realistic models, as seen in Illusion's other games. |
| Kudos: Rock Legend | 2007-05-26 | Positech Computing Ltd. | Positech Computing Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Kudos: Rock Legend, with gameplay similar to Kudos, is a turn-based strategy game where the player is the singer and leader of a rock band trying to make it from being nobodies to mega stardom within five years. Each turn of the game represents a single virtual 'day' and in that day you can allocate time to rehearsing songs, writing new songs, practicing as musicians, or take actions such as playing a gig, booking a new gig or carrying out a promotional activity such as a radio interview.The player also gets to equip the band, spend profits from gigs on items like lighting rigs, lasers, new instruments and merchandise to be re-sold, such as T-shirts and sweatshirts. At the end of five years, the player's progress is rated in terms of fame and fortune. |
| Owl's Quest: Every Owl Has Its Day | 2007-05-26 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Graphic adventure | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Set shortly after King's Quest: Mask of Eternity and before The Silver Lining: Episode One - What is Decreed Must Be, Owl's Quest was made for MAGS May' 07 contest. This unofficial fan-made parody features the owl Cedric, who has found an invitation to Alexander's and Rosella's Birthday Party on his tree. Unfortunately Crispin cast a spell on Cedric, preventing him to fly. Walking around an area in southern Serenia, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Cedric to find his way to the land of the Green Isles in this very short classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game with a fully voiced characters. |
| Yume 2kki | 2007-05-26 | | | Adventure | Diagonal-down | Fangame | Horror | Sandbox / open world | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | As an unofficial sequel to Yume Nikki, this game plays just like the original, in which a girl explores her dream world while collecting "effects" that mainly provide aesthetic changes to the main character's sprite. Unlike in the former game, the protagonist, Urotsuki, is able to combine certain pairs of effects so that she can wear both at once. Also present in this game are wallpapers, which are awarded for exploring the dream and observing special events. The wallpapers, of which there are over 160 in total, can then be viewed on Urotsuki's computer in the waking world.Other features accessible from Urotsuki's real-world bedroom are a BGM player on her computer, and a gaming console with a set of built-in minigames. |
| Marine Sharpshooter 3 | 2007-05-28 | Groove Games | Jarhead Games Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | You play as a team of a sniper and spotter to infiltrate, eliminate and investigate evil terrorist plot again the modern world. It's up to you to save the world and do your part against terrorism. You can call air support at anytime to air drop ammo and supplies. The game also features a unique 3d overhead map. You can chose from 16 realistic weapons and combine with stealth to take out enemies from a distance with a semi realistic ballistic system. Each map covers over 2 square miles. |
| Woody Ball | 2007-05-28 | HiHiSoft | HiHiSoft | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Woody Ball is a puzzle game where the player needs to connect balls of different colours on a board. When you click a ball with the left mouse button, all balls around it will move counterclockwise. If you use right button, they will move clockwise. They only move when a match is possible, otherwise they return to their former position. When three balls of the same colour are connected horizontally or vertically in a straight line, they disappear and points are scored. |
| Shadowrun | 2007-05-29 | Microsoft Corporation | FASA Studio | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | After 5.000 years magic, that was believed to be dead, is rediscovered and the RNA Global wants to take it for themselves just to have the power. A group called Lineage decides not to let that happen. They want to preserve the magic for everyone on the planet. A war ensues. Shadowrun is a first-person shooter set in the cyberpunk-urban fantasy cross-genre based on the license of the same name, but not set in the same universe. Instead, the developer created an alternate continuity. The game takes place in Brazil in 2031, before the events that of the actual Shadowrun universe.After the six chapters of the tutorial the player can either choose to fight against bots or go online and play against up to 15 other players in the three different game modes: Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Artefacthunt. Each team can choose between the four races: Human, Elf, Troll or Dwarf. Depending on which race you choose, the character has access to different kinds of talents. The Trolls for example have more health than any of the other races and can in addition increase their armor for a short period of time. For every enemy killed or flag/artifact retrieved, money is awarded to invest into weapons and spells at the beginning of the round. Only up to three weapons can be used in one round. Grenades also eat up an entire slot. Next to weapons, players can also purchase magic or tech. This includes invulnerability, teleportation, attacks spells, a radiating healing tree and resurrection for magic, and the ability to see through walls, gliders, enhanced physical attributes, increased accuracy, anti-magic generators for tech.Shadowrun is the first game to feature cross-platform gaming between Windows and the Xbox 360 through the Live service both platforms. If you own a Gold membership for Windows Live (a free month is included in the box) you can play with or against owners of the Xbox360 version and vice versa. To even the odds, the Windows' players aiming reticule is distorted during quick turns and extra stability is given. To counter the pixel-accuracy of Windows players, the Xbox 360 owners are given aim assistance. |
| Surf's Up | 2007-05-29 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Sylvain Bombardier | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Surf’s Up is a surfing game based on the movie of the same name. The game features 10 players in total (4 at the beginning and 6 more to unlock), 5 areas with 2-4 stages each and 3 basic modes for you to play. A Championship mode, a Multiplayer mode and a Leaf Sliding mode.Championship: The place where you can surf as much as you like and unlock all the characters and stages by successfully completing the challenges of the Championship races. These challenges include performing tricks to reach a set high score, passing through certain gates and collecting red penguin statues.
Multiplayer: Multiplayer mode supports up to 4 players but you have to unlock the stages in Championship races.
Leaf Sliding: In this mode you go down a volcano not on a surfing board but on a huge leaf instead and must reach the finishing line within a certain time limit.There is also the Extras option where you can see things you have unlocked like art, videos etc.The PS3 version features an Exclusive Content option with additional film footage. |
| The Secrets of Atlantis | 2007-05-29 | Adventure Company, The | Atlantis Interactive Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure | Interwar | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Secrets of Atlantis: The Sacred Legacy is the fifth adventure game in the Atlantis series, but this time with a different concept. Its setting, instead of the mystic approach of the previous games, is that of a 30's detective noir film, later evolving into a trip around the most exotic parts of the world.In the beautiful thirties, a young aeronautical engineer, Howard Brooks, is attacked on board of the Hildenburg, a zeppelin he himself helped to construct, in a trip back to New York after a conference in Germany. Disoriented, he soon discovers the cause after the mysterious attack: an organized group is behind a mystic artifact of which Howard is heir; an object that might be essential to locate the legendary lost continent of Atlantis.The Secrets of Atlantis takes advantage (as the previous titles in the series did) of the spin-o-rama environment, using a first-person point-and-click interface, to introduce a story similar to that in Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, in pursuit of the lost continent. |
| Chaffinch Challenge | 2007-05-30 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | You are a bird. A chaffinch called Chaffy, to be exact. Life was good until your best friend Bluey the Blue-tit was kidnapped by Satan's cat, Mewcifer. To get Bluey back, you will have to journey to Satan's domain - at the very core of the earth!Fly through seven levels of vertically-scrolling action, each bringing Chaffy closer to the planet's molten core. The quest begins high in the sky, avoiding airplanes and oddly hazardous clouds. Chaffy will progress through woods, a bat-filled cave system, an infamous landfill site and then into tunnels of burning magma. If he knocks into anything, one of five available lives is lost. To progress to the next level, Chaffy will need to collect six Chaffincium crystals, the source of his power. |
| Risk | 2007-05-30 | iWin, Inc. | DR Studios | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | War | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Risk is a computer adaptation of the well known board game. Like previous games based on the concept it is a game of strategy that is played on a world map where the objective is to take control of all 42 territories. The game is played by three to six generals that can be human or AI controlled. There are several different computer generals to choose from, each having their own character and strategy with varying difficulty. There are two variants of the game. One where the players claim territories at the start and one where this is done randomly by the computer. Once all territories have been claimed, players take turns attacking, reinforcing and fortifying. Battles are started by moving troops to an adjacent enemy territory and a dice roll decides who will win. When all enemy units have been destroyed the attacker wins that territory and can move troops over. To speed up the game it is possible to turn on auto roll of dice and quick battle where the result is given directly. By conquering territories, territory cards are collected and when having three of the same kind they can be turned in for additional units. |
| Halo 2 | 2007-05-31 | Microsoft Corporation | Bungie Studios | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | War | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Tank | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | In the sequel to Halo, Spartan-117, better known as the Master Chief, has returned to Earth, where he is promptly needed: despite all precautions taken, the Covenant have discovered the location of humanity's homeworld and are launching their attack. For some reason, however, their fleet is much smaller than expected. To solve this mystery, the Chief must return to the stars, learning more about the mysterious Halo rings and their constructors.Meanwhile, the Covenant Elite who commanded the fleet at the Halo construct is blamed for the destruction of the ring and branded a heretic. The High Prophets grant him another chance, however: he is made the Arbiter, a special operative for the Prophets, ordered to carry out impossible missions. He will be dealing with dissent and rebellion among the Covenant - a conflict where he might find himself to be on the wrong side.The player controls both the Chief and the Arbiter in Halo 2, a first-person shooter in the same style as the first game. Its main gameplay characteristics are the same: only two weapons can be carried at a time (leading to a tactical choice as to which are to be taken), instead of a standard health points system there is the recharging energy shield (leading to an emphasis on finding cover during firefights), AI-controlled teammates will fight along with the protagonist, and there are lots of sections involving vehicles.New features include the ability to double-wield certain weapons, doubling the firing rate at the expense of accuracy, and the ability to execute melee attacks or throw grenades. Part of the weapon arsenal is unchanged from the first game, but there are also some additions. The human projectile weapons are mostly new and include a pistol, shotgun, SMG, and battle rifle. Returning are the sniper rifle and the rocket launcher. The Covenant energy-based weapons (still prone to overheating) from Halo all return, and new additions include several heavy hitters like the Brute Shot and Fuel Rod Gun along with the projectile-based Carbine and the Beam Rifle, both useful for sniping. The Energy Sword is a powerful melee weapon, able to kill most enemies with a single strike.All vehicles from the original game also return: Warthog jeeps and Scorpion tanks for the Humans, Banshee fliers, Ghost gliders, and Wraith tanks for the Covenant. A new addition is the Covenant Spectre, which with its rear-mounted cannon wielded by a dedicated gunner is comparable to the Warthog. A new player ability concerning vehicles is to board them while in use and either kick off the driver and take over or in the case of heavy tanks, throw in a grenade.The multiplayer component of the game has been greatly expanded. On the Xbox, Xbox Live is now supported in addition to split-screen and system link. The campaign can be played by two players on split-screen. Competitive game types include Slayer and Team Slayer (standard free-for-all deathmatch), Capture the Flag, Assault (planting a bomb in the enemy base), Territories (controlling sections of a map for a certain amount of time), Oddball (finding a skull on the map and then holding on to it as long as possible) and more. All types have several built-in variants and can also be customized further. Players can choose from Spartan and Covenant Elite skins. The PC version comes with a map editor. |
| Immortal Defense | 2007-05-31 | Radical Poesis Games & Creations | Radical Poesis Games & Creations | Strategy | Top-down | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Paul Eres | Windows | Is there anything you would give up everything to defend?The galactic civilization of the planet Dukis has quickly spread moving from planet to planet as one might move from room to room by discovering access to a higher dimension, hyperspace. In hyperspace one can pick a destination and travel across the linear dimension in but moments to any distant planet you wish. Unfortunately this technology was also developed by a rival, and much more powerful force, the Bavakh Empire. The Empire seeks to conquer Dukis using the newly unleashed power of hyperspace. A few hundred ships would be sufficient in conquering Dukis, the Empire has millions.As their worlds fall one by one the people of Dukis are pressed to find a weapon that Dukis cannot counter. They succeed by piercing into a dimension above even hyperspace, pathspace. From pathspace one may look down upon hyperspace and see the line upon which the ships travel to their distant destinations. A single individual placed in this dimension can wreck havoc upon those in hyperspace. Then again that person would have to leave his body behind in normal space, and should the body be destroyed then he'd be trapped in pathspace forever... all the more reason to fight!When you first enter pathspace you'll be meet by Aa god of Oss and path defender with two hundred year of experience. At first you will work with Aa, whose whom is also threatened by the Bavakh. who'll teach you how the game works.The Bavakh ships will move in along a line to a destination point, as is typical in tower defense style games, should a certain number of them reach that point you'll lose. You defend against this by firing onto the path using wither your cursor, the representation of your will in pathspace, or by placing 'points' outside the line. These 'points' represent different aspects of your psyche and can affect enemy units differently. For example, a 'fear point' will lower enemy defenses while firing weak shots while a courage point will fire strong inaccurate shots at the enemy. Defend the destination point for a certain amount of time and you'll clear the level. As you destroy enemies your 'cache' increases this can be used to place new points and upgrade the points currently placed. |
| Private Eye: Greatest Unsolved Mysteries | 2007-05-31 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Gogii Games Corp. | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Private Eye: Greatest Unsolved Mysteries is a hidden object game from the same developers of Paparazzi. It has a very similar design to the previous game, where instead of removing objects from the scenery, the player has to take Polaroid pictures of them. A list of photo subjects at the top shows all the required objects that must be photographed within a time limit. Taking snaps while following the list order gives extra points. The assistant character at the top-left serves as the hint button, showing the position of one of the required objects but removing thirty seconds from the timer as a penalty.Hired as private detective, the player must go around the world investigating a criminal organization called "The Enigma Society". Some locations have an extra scenery, usually presented as a container of some sort, that brings up a separate hidden object screen with its own list. Bonus games appear between assignments, where the player has to find the differences between two similar images, or find a series of words among a pile of them that keep fading in and out of the screen. |
| Barn Runner 2: The Ejection Rejection | 2007-06-01 | TackyWorld Interactive | TackyWorld Interactive | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Two weeks after having destroyed the running bot in The Armageddon Eclair, detective Prick Peckard crashed his car in the back of the hangar. Being afraid of heights, he drives with the windows as dark as possible and as his land-o-matic had a failure, he couldn't land properly. So, he needs to pass a check flight. The usual instructor being deceased, he meets Dr Noriko, a beautiful woman and tries to seduce her for getting away with the check flight. Unfortunately for him, she's not impressed and here he is, with her, in a flying car, ready to take off for a dangerous flight. Will Prick get it right?Barn Runner 2: The Ejection Rejection is a sort of sequel of Barn Runner 1: The Armageddon Eclair. Indeed, this game is a demo showing what Barn Runner: Forever Friday will contain as retro minigames. In an arcade-style, with a top-down perspective, you're driving the flying car through different levels with a challenge to win apart from staying alive: drive in a traffic lane, passing laser gates, shooting target droids, etc.. You have also to check your health and fuel bars without forgetting the different power-ups, upgrading your weapons.The game is also a remake of She's So Fine, My AutoDyne, which was also later released as The Ejection Rejection. Cyclone Alley before this version. |
| Call for Heroes: Pompolic Wars | 2007-06-01 | Strategy First, Inc. | Quotix Software | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | A portal to the Outer Worlds was opened, letting the endless hordes of the dark army through, led by a demon called Pompolic and his Dark Souls. Now most of the world is under his control; his armies fight us while his Dark Souls corrupt us. It is only a matter of time before we fall. Our only hope is that a hero can be found, someone who can fight and defeat the armies, the Dark Souls, and finally Pompolic himself.Call for Heroes is a 3D action game with roleplaying elements. Gather the souls of your enemies to increase your strength, armor and health. Fight your war through 15 maps and 18 types of enemies. Two characters, each with unique abilities, weapons, and items. (One is the standard warrior type, the other a rogue type.) Controls come from the standard 3rd-person action-adventure mold. |
| Caravaneer | 2007-06-01 | Sugar Free Games, S.L. | Sugar Free Games, S.L. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Post-apocalyptic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | In the near future a terrible series of environmental disasters strike globally. The civilization as we knew it ceased to exist, but the human race prevailed. People live now in small communities, eking out their existence, facing supply shortages every day. Their survival depends on the wandering trader caravans, which deliver the necessary goods.The player starts out with a modest sum inherited from an uncle, dreaming to become a successful caravaneer. By buying goods in towns producing them, later delivering & selling them where there's demand (ever changing), you multiply your merchant's fortune, hire helpers, buy weapons & ammunition, beasts of burden, carts and eventually cars, increasing your transport capacity and chances to survive those dangerous trips through the wilderness, swarming with bandits bound to attack passing caravans.In Caravaneer travel between towns occurs in real-time, while combat encounters are played out in turns. Each person has a set of statistics and skills, including marksmanship, repairing and tending to sick animals. Each day people will consume food, animals - forage, cars - fuel; water is also essential for survival (don't forget to buy containers), all of the above needs to be carried by the caravan apart from the trading goods.Apart from the story mode (which includes talking to NPCs), the game also offers three ranked challenges on its website. |
| Cart Mania / Winter Games / Taxi Madness USA | 2007-06-01 | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A set of 10 demos, 2 puzzle programs and three following games:
Cart Mania
Winter Games
Taxi Madness USA
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| Crayon Physics | 2007-06-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | As the title suggests, Crayon Physics is a puzzle game of crayons and physics. The goal for each of the seven levels is to move a red ball so it hits the stars. The mouse is used to draw physical objects of different colours which can move the ball, block it or provide a bridge. The objects interact with each other as well as with the environment. The left mouse button is used to draw, and the right one to erase objects. When the ball falls off the screen, it reappears at its original relocation. It is also possible to reset an entire level. The game is played against a scrap paper background and all objects have a crayon art style. |
| Delaware St. John: Volume 3: The Seacliff Tragedy | 2007-06-01 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | Big Time Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Seacliff Tragedy is the third game in the Delaware St. John series. It covers a separate case for paranormal investigator Delaware St. John, but also continues the general storyline of the previous games. John has a vision of an amusement park accident where more than a hundred guests were killed. The park, Seacliff Amusement, has been locked down since. John decides to investigate, but contrary to the previous games, his friend Kelly Bradford can be controlled as well. They both take turns to explore a certain area of the park. The story has been split up into two main parts: Everyone Loves a Clown and The Protector.Set entirely in the abandoned park, John and Kelly meet different characters, of which quite a few are ghosts, and they try to find out the cause of the tragic accident. Meanwhile, they continue the search for proof that John is The Protector, who, according to the legend, has to take on The Destroyer and his hunters. The game is shown from a first-person perspective, with pre-rendered 3D cut-scenes in a third-person view. There are no dialogue trees during conversations and although there are a few items and inventory-based puzzles, most of the game is spent exploring the park. During their search, John and Kelly are in contact with Simon through VIC, the Voice/Imagery Communicator. Shown in the bottom right part of the interface, it can be used to ask for clues, or to send photos or recordings of paranormal activity for analysis. A few of the puzzles are based on mazes, and number combinations with cryptic hints.There are a few sequences where the characters can die, but those parts are then restarted right away. The game consists of pre-rendered still images and is entirely mouse-controlled. In most locations, the player can click forward, back, left, or right to turn or move to a new part, and the cursor automatically changes to the appropriate icon to examine, pick up or use an item. The player's performance is graded based on the amount of times a character lost consciousness. This happens when, at certain locations, Shadow People appear. These need to be clicked quickly with the flashlight to scare them away, but being too late does not effect the story or gameplay. |
| Gemsweeper | 2007-06-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Lobstersoft | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | After restoring Topcatzintlmex the Olmec spirit, he asks you to restore his homeland, with tonnes of gems as your reward. This involves being presented with grids of gems (from 5 by 5 to 30 by 30, generally increasing as you work through over 200 levels), and working out which squares contain treasure, and which do not. The player must move the mouse around the screen clicking as appropriate, switching (using the right mouse button, or by clicking on the appropriate symbols) between the hand to collect the gems, and a hammer to smash the normal squares. You have four pots of magic glue, with one used up every time you accidentally destroy a gem. There is a time limit; clicking on cursed tiles causes a loss of time.To work out which are which, there are numbers next to each row and column. If there is a single number, you can know that there is one continuous sequence of this number of gems. Multiple numbers mean multiple sequences of good squares, with one or more dud squares in between. The trick is to combine these sequences in your mind across the horizontal and vertical plains, to satisfy both criteria at once. After completing each temple’s set of levels, you are presented with a bonus level. Completed lines are removed and replaced, and the aim is to collect a full sack’s worth on gems within the time limit. |
| Hidden Expedition: Everest | 2007-06-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hidden Expedition: Everest is an hidden object game with adventure elements. You have a list of objects to find and when you spot one, you click on it in order to collect it. Some objects found are stored in the inventory to be used as key parts of the scenery for progressing in the game. The game is the sequel to Hidden Expedition: Titanic.The plotline is simple: you're a member of The Hidden Expedition Club and you have to compete against three rival groups in the climbing of Mt. Everest. Unfortunately, your path is blocked. You have to travel in Latin America in order to find a mysterious adventurer who knows a hidden passage...If you get stuck, you can use the limited number of hints or ask for help to a world class mountaineer, Ed Viesturs. You can also monitor the progression of your rivals with an icon. |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Anniversary (Collectors Edition) | 2007-06-01 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This edition includes:Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Unlock the Past: a retrospective Tomb Raider documentary
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary gallery and trailers
Ten years of Lara gallery and trailers
Six tracks from the official game soundtrack
Seven tracks from the official Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend soundtrack
WallpapersAll the extras are included on a bonus DVD. |
| Magic Ball 3 | 2007-06-01 | eGames, Inc. | Dream Dale | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Magic Ball 3 may seem similar to Breakout, with the paddle and ball both featured. However, this game distinguishes itself with the levels. Instead of boring old bricks, each level tasks you with knocking down a pirate ship, a castle, or many other scenes. Each 3D element can be destroyed piece by piece, with an integrated physics engine powering the destruction. There are over 80 levels throughout 4 stages, and a large assortment of power-ups to enjoy.As for the story, an evil wizard has stolen parts of reality, and taken them to his enchanted castle. It's up to you and your magic ball to return everything to its rightful place. |
| Marvel Trading Card Game | 2007-06-01 | Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH | Vicious Cycle Software, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card | Fantasy | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Marvel Trading Card Game is a strict electronic conversion of the Vs. System collectible card game rules by Upper Deck. It includes cards from all of the Marvel-based Vs. sets through the X-Men set.The gameplay involves head-to-head battles where players recruit superhero characters with various strengths and powers onto the playfield. Each character has a basic Attack and Defense value which determines the outcome of individual character battles. This basic mechanic is augmented by character powers, Equipment cards (which give the character additional powers/stats), Location cards (which affect multiple cards or game rules while they are face up), and Plot Twist cards (which are often played to change the outcome of individual character battles by boosting Attack or Defense values).The game features two single player campaigns, tutorials, puzzles, and an online mode similar to Magic The Gathering Online. The online mode supports cross-platform play between the PC and PSP versions. |
| Momentum Missile Mayhem | 2007-06-01 | | DZ | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot, Tank | | | | | Windows | Momentum Missile Mayhem (or simply MMM) is a defense game which focuses on physics to attack and repel the endless waves of enemy tanks. Once a certain amount of units gets past the player, the game is over.The player takes control of a Gravity Launcher which can shoot various kinds of energy projectiles. Those energy projectiles collide into the enemy tanks and in addition to damaging them, send them flying towards other units and causing massive damage.Each destroyed unit gives the player experience points, and once the experience bar fills the tech level raises and the player gets skill points used to upgrade his Gravity Launcher and obtain new energy projectiles and other power-ups.The three main upgrades to the Gravity Launcher are Energy (to be able to shoot stronger energy projectiles more frequently), Stability (as there's always a risk an energy projectile will fail and damage the Gravity Launcher) and Projectile (access to new, stronger energy projectiles).Other power-ups include Implosion and Shockwave (two types of gravity anomalies), Antimatter Charge (a projectile that detonates on impact) and the Zero-Point Energy Manipulator (the ability to use the mouse and freely throwing units around).Once the game is over the player can submit his/her score to an online scoreboard. |
| Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2007 | 2007-06-01 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Cyanide S.A. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bike / Bicycling | | Real-time | | | Windows | Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2007 is the sequel to Pro Cycling Manager Season 2006 and part of the Cycling Manager series game group. Like its predecessors you take on the role of the manager of a cycling team and you have to push them to the top. Like the 2006 iteration of the game it has an official license and thus comes with real bikers and the Official Tour de France cycling event. The game comes with 61 teams to manage of which 18 are officially licensed.As manager of a team you can influence the strategy of the team and individual players, shop for equipment, train your riders, and manage contracts. In the career mode you need to put the right riders in the team at the right tours. Each stage is presented in full real time 3D and you can make adjustments to your racers strategies on the fly. |
| Professor Fizzwizzle and the Molten Mystery | 2007-06-01 | Grubby Games | Grubby Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | Isometric | Windows | While on vacation, Professor Fizzwizzle investigates a volcano and that lands him in a molten mystery involving Bat-Bots and a cunning enemy.Professor Fizzwizzle and the Molten Mystery is a sequel to Professor Fizzwizzle. Like its predecessor, you must get from the entrance tube to the exit tube of each level. To do this, you must avoid, get over or use crates, barrels, magnets, Bat-Bots, gates, etc. over surfaces like grass, sand and ice. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to make the Professor push barrels and crates, climb ladders, activate switches and escape from Bat-Bots, all to reach the exit. |
| RIP Trilogy | 2007-06-01 | Meridian4, Inc. | White Elephant Games | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes all the R.I.P. games:
R.I.P.
RIP: Strike Back
RIP 3: The Last Hero
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| SchattenJagd | 2007-06-01 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | SchattenJagd is a short freeware adventure game played from the first-person perspective. Two characters are shown talking in a dark alley at night. The echo of two gun shots resounds and a moment later the player sees the dead body of his conversation partner next to him. He stands up and goes after the killer right away. The aim of the game is to discover the identity of the killer, to avoid being blamed.The game is presented entirely in black and white, with a sense of noir reminiscent of Frank Miller's style, with different kinds of scenes: fixed, side-scrolling and panel-based (comic-like). The player can examine the environment with two mouse-based icons: examine and interact. At the bottom an inventory is shown, where items can be stored, combined or used in the environment. All text, dialogue and responses to actions are shown in the top left corner.The game is entirely linear and backtracking of earlier locations is not possible. Based on the decisions in a dialogue scene, the game leads to two different endings. |
| Spaceforce: Rogue Universe | 2007-06-01 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Provox Games | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | RPG elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Spaceforce: Rogue Universe is space simulation in which the player has to make a living in space. Like other games in this genre the player starts with a cheap spaceship and has to earn money by collecting minerals, trading goods, killing pirates or successfully complete other missions.The money earned can be used to upgrade the ship and weaponry. Missions prominently range between either "destroy ship/station" or "activate satellite". Included in the game are 10 different professions for the player to take up and 14 different spacecraft to fly in and 46 star systems to visit. The player also earns experience points which unlock new abilities.Many different civilizations inhabit the various star systems. Completing missions for certain civilizations also changes the standing with that particular civilization and its enemies. When theses standings drop to a certain threshold a civilization might treat the player in a more hostile manner or simply just attack on first sight.The game is played with the mouse and keyboard. |
| The Hell in Vietnam | 2007-06-01 | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Shooter | Asia, Cold War | | Direct control | | | Zbigniew Siatecki (Siatek) | Windows | In The Hell in Vietnam the player takes the role of a US-soldier during the Vietnamese war. In eight unrelated missions he solves varied goals like destroying a radio or mining a road. Practically this results in walking linearly from point A to point B while shooting everything which moves. There are also two rail shooter sequences on a boat respectively on a chopper. The player mostly works alone but sometimes he has three AI colleagues to help him out. The game utilizes the typical shooter controls and the classic "health bar" system. |
| ToyCopter | 2007-06-01 | astragon Software GmbH | Space Dream Studios | Simulation | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | ToyCopter is a in-door helicopter simulation. Control a helicopter with your mouse or joystick. Finish the included missions or do a free flight. The missions focus on speed in an obstacle course or dexterity. The flight stats of the helicopter can be adjusted, individual missions can be created with your own 3D objects and rooms. |
| Roman Bowl | 2007-06-02 | Oberon Media, Inc., Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Copley Games | Sports | Top-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Romans and their uninvited visitors the aptly named Visigoths take to the field once again but this time it's the football field.The casual-arcade-football game Roman Bowl is played between two teams of ten players with five players on the field as offensive and five players waiting their turn as defensive. The rules of the game are a basic version of the American version of football with the player choosing from a list of three random plays and trying to get the ball to the opposite end of the field while avoiding the other teams attempts at blocking in a given number of turns according to, again, American football rules. Unlike American football though after a touchdown is made or whenever you can a kick is not done in the same traditional manner. Instead a catapult will arrive on the field and using adjustable slider for angle, power, and distance you will try to bring down a tower that appears on the end-zone.There is an exhibition match mode where the teams play a quick game against each other or you may choose to play a tournament to unlock trophies and play against tougher teams. There are options to change the length of the games as well as options to adjust the challenge of the opposing team. |
| CSI Hunt 1 | 2007-06-04 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Jonathan Hunt who works as a Crime Scene Investigator for the Las Vegas Police Department is called to a crime scene in a mansion. There he has to find as much evidence as he can to find out what happened.CSI Hunt 1 is an adventure game without an inventory. The goal is to find as much evidence as possible scattered in three rooms. When the player thinks he has found enough he can leave the house through a door in the third room. The game then informs him how much pieces of evidence he found and how many there were at all. |
| Loki: Heroes of Mythology | 2007-06-04 | Crimson Cow GmbH | Cyanide S.A. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | Windows | Somewhere in a pyramid, not far from the Nile, the Egyptian god Seth awakens again and swears revenge on all gods and mankind. As always, it is the player's duty to stop him. The choice between the four characters - Shaman, Barbar, Battlemage or Amazon - dictates in which of the four worlds the player begins his journey to waste Seth's hordes and ultimately Seth himself. The four worlds are Egypt in the 13th century B.C. (Battlemage), Greece in the 12th century B.C. (Amazon), Scandinavia in the 1st century A.D. and the Aztec empire in the 16th century A.D.. After completing one world, there is a choice as to where to go next.Loki: Heroes of Mythology is a hack 'n slash game much like Diablo II or Titan Quest. The character makes its way through literally hundreds of thousands of monsters on three different difficulty levels in order to reach the maximum level of 200. Slain enemies remain visible; that way, cleared areas are not repopulated until a new game is started. All levels are generated randomly.While playing experience points can be gained by killing all the pesky bastards that stand in the way or by completing the quests given by NPCs. The twist is that the character can either believe in one of the three available gods or play as an atheist. Believing grants access to 17 more talents (which add up to an overall of 51 talents) but one quarter of the experience points goes directly into those talents. So as an atheist the character levels faster but he can only unlock 34 talents. While playing, it is possible to change beliefs at one of the many altars.Taking armor and weapons of fallen enemies is not the only way to get powerful items. At a blacksmith, redundant items can be deconstructed and those materials can be used to build new, more powerful weapons. Only combining a handle and a blade can make a good sword, but by throwing in additional materials like iron or a moon stone, magic attributes can also be applied. During the journey there are runes to collect, which can also be incorporated into the item crafting process.When tired of running around alone, there is an online multiplayer mode to play with up to 5 other players through the campaign, with 3 additional modes as well. In the duel mode the player goes up against another player in a one-on-one. Statistics of these fights are tracked in an online ladder if the duels are played over the official GameCenter. The next mode is team duel in which up to four players on each side can fight against each other. But unlike the one-on-one there is no ranking. The last game mode sets a group of players in fights against various monster combinations not encountered in the singleplayer or cooperative part of the game. There it is for example possible to fight against all the bosses of the campaign at once. Except for the co-op mode, all modes take place in an arena. |
| John Tiller's Campaign Series | 2007-06-05 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
East Front
East Front 2
West Front
West Front: Battle Pack 1
West Front: Operation Sea Lion
Rising Sun
Rising Sun: Imperial Strike
East Front 2: Fall of the Reich
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| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Anniversary | 2007-06-05 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary is a remake of the original Tomb Raider with a technically more advanced graphics engine. It has the same basic storyline, though some cutscenes and much of the dialogue within have been expanded or modified in other ways. Locations correspond to those of the original version and are accessed in the same order, but have been re-designed with different layouts and mostly completely different puzzles which allow implementation of new moves introduced in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend: swinging on ropes and using a grappling hook at specific points.Puzzles are generally more focused on acrobatics in this version, ledges being much more prominently featured as a level design element, requiring combinations of jumping and shimmying across them to access areas. This type of gameplay replaces the key-retrieval and block-pushing puzzles of the original almost entirely. Combat is similar to that of the first game, though the player must now manually activate targeting. Some boss fights have been made a separate enclosed stage rather than being part of the exploration as in the original version. These fights may have puzzle-solving elements and often require the player to use Lara's new "adrenaline dodge" ability, which slightly slows down time when the opponent charges at her while in an "enraged" state. Some cutscenes require the player to participate in quick-time events.The version released for the Wii incorporates motion controls and also features some puzzles exclusive to that platform. |
| The Atlas II | 2007-06-05 | D4 Enterprise, Inc. | Artdink Corporation | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | The Atlas II is a follow-up to Atlas. Like its predecessor, it is a historical strategy, discovery, and trade simulation game. The game's timeline is set about a hundred years later than in the first game, in 16th century. Like in the previous game, the player takes control of a merchant on a mission from the King of Portugal to explore, discover new goods, and successfully trade with other countries. The player can create trade routes on land and sea, meet important persons, acquire and sell goods, set up offices in other cities, hunt for treasures, and be the first to explore little-known countries in the service of the Portuguese crown. |
| William R. Fisher's Beyond the Spirit's Eye | 2007-06-06 | WRF Studios | WRF Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | William R. Fisher's Beyond the Spirit's Eye takes players back once again to ShadowCrest, the town introduced in the first Last Half of Darkness game and revisited in The Romantic Blue by the same creator.After the success in Shadows of the Servants, a gypsy witch summons the player to ShadowCrest to solve a problem which has been plaguing the town since the 1960s. Captain Marcos, a sea captain and treasure hunter, found a large black gem and brought it home to ShadowCrest. Unbeknownst to Marcos, his treasure contained the Eye of Arcarous, a cursed item protected by guardians who followed him and unleashed its curse upon the town. Insanity, vampirism and death soon followed but not before the Eye was hidden. Now the skeletal guardians still seek its location.Beyond the Spirit's Eye is a horror-themed adventure game played using a first-person perspective. The game features exploration, finding items and clues as well as solving puzzles. Graphics are composed of full color stills with video cutscenes and animations with sound effects and music. It is played using a mouse, but a keyboard is needed for some player input. |
| Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek | 2007-06-07 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Driver-Inter, Ltd., Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Travel to the snow-covered Canadian Rockies as Nancy Drew, the famous teen detective, in this point-and-click mystery adventure game. When several accidents at Icicle Creek Lodge can't be explained, and a wild wolf is seen immediately afterwards, Nancy is summoned by the Lodge's owner, Chantal, to investigate.Going undercover as a maid for the Lodge, Nancy will be meeting and talking with the guests, searching their rooms for clues, and cooking their meals. During the case, tromp through the deep snow on snowshoes, do some ice fishing and ride a snowmobile. Find hidden objects and solve adventure-type puzzles.The White Wolf of Icicle Creek is the 16th adventure game starring Nancy Drew. The interface is new and some enhancements have been added making it possible to view the task list, inventory and journal more easily during gameplay. |
| Crazy Chicken: Heart of Tibet | 2007-06-08 | GFI Russia | Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Moorhuhn Indy, the chicken treasure hunter, goes on a journey to the SingSong Monks‘ monastery in order to obtain the mysterious Heart of Tibet, an elusive treasure that is said to have magical qualities. However the monks are not going to give up their treasure so easily...Crazy Chicken: Heart of Tibet is an old-school platformer with 3D graphics over a 2D game arena, spread over 21 levels of jumping, shooting and point collecting. |
| Victoria Complete Pack | 2007-06-08 | CyberFront Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun With Revolutions is a special bundle package that includes:
Victoria: An Empire Under The Sun (original game)
Victoria: Revolutions (expansion pack) |
| Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia | 2007-06-12 | SouthPeak Interactive LLC | Artificial Studios, Inc., Immersion Software & Graphics Ltda. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | "Brrrrraaaaiiiinnnnssss!" Load your shotgun, zombies have run amuck in town and it's up to four teenagers to defend their suburbia in this 3rd person shooter while seeking to find the cause of this invasion. In single player mode (which also can be played in co-op with up to three friends), you go through five areas: Shopping Maul, High School Hell, Cemetery Scary, and Evil Castle. Each area has 3 to 5 stages. You choose one of the characters to play as, each with their own special abilities: Zack the geek uses ax-type weapons, Carrie the Goth likes swords, Andy the surfer dude uses random objects like toilet plungers and does a Neo-like spin on his weapon to kick enemies around him, and Jennifer the dumb blonde cheerleader has dual batons which can be spun into a tornado-like effect. New weapons and weapon upgrades can be bought from the local mechanic with collected items found throughout each level, and with tokens dropped when zombies die. By using their favorite melee weapon, each character can make a special attack move when their power bar is at maximum level from killing enemies. There's also 16 unique guns built from 25 different weapon parts found in each level and with 3 different upgradable levels of power. Other weapons include wacky ones like lawnmowers, nailguns, cellphone tazers, bicycle grenade launchers, defribulators, and CD shooters, as well as more traditional Molotov cocktails, rocket launchers, and pipe shotguns. Later in the game, even vehicles and ships can be used such as a UFO which has a laser death beam. Using the Unreal Engine 3 and Ageia's PhysX enables realistic physics-based destruction along with detailed lighting, environmental and character details. The plot is moved forward by comic-strip cut scenes, including showing the name and abilities of new zombie mutations as they first appear. The multiplayer modes include a four-player deathmatch on a single computer, or a sixteen player game online or over LAN. |
| Rain Talisman | 2007-06-12 | Mayplay Games | Mayplay Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Can you recover the ancient Rain Talisman?Rain Talisman is a matching game. To make a match, you place your mouse pointer on a wheel and press the button to make it spin one-quarter turn. You can also click one of the arrows around the outer edge of the board to make the entire board turn one-quarter turn. You must create a match of four of the same colors, either in a square or rectangular shape or diagonally. As you play, you can get bonus spheres. These include Explosion, which destroys all the spheres around it when it is matched and Color Explosion, which destroys all spheres of the same color, when matched. There are three game modes to select from. They are:Action:You must make matches to reach a certain score before time runs out. Whenever you clear some spheres, new ones drop in to replace them.Puzzle:You must clear as many spheres as you can before time runs out. New spheres do not replace those cleared.StrategyLike Action, you must reach a certain score however, there is no time limit. Instead, you are limited on the number of times you can move the wheels and board. New spheres drop in to replace those cleared. |
| UFO: Afterlight | 2007-06-12 | TopWare Interactive, Inc. | ALTAR Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | It could not have gone worse. After the devastating attack of the Reticulans in UFO: Aftermath, you only had fifty years of rest until they once again tried to eradicate the human race in UFO: Aftershock - and that time they succeeded. Only around ten thousand people survived this desperate war and only a few were allowed to remain on a station orbiting Earth. Most of the survivors were banished to Mars by the Reticulans.At first it was only a small base and many needed to stay in a cryogenic sleep since the base could not support many lives. So time passed. The population on Mars grew and the contact with the people on Earth remained. Then scientists on Mars discovered traces of an ancient alien civilization and suddenly the whole galaxy turned its head towards Mars, but there is also something lurking underneath the surface. As leader of the colonists, it is your goal to make sure your people survive and find out what powerful technologies wait to be uncovered.The gameplay does not differ much from its predecessors. You still manage and expand your base, train your soldiers and fight semi-real-time battles (which you can pause at any time) against various enemies. Since this is Mars, life is now much harder. You now need to look out for your water supplies and acquire new sources of water on Mars to survive. There are also several factions you have to deal with, either by force or by diplomacy, and they are very interested in your findings. If you play your cards right, you can use this to your advantage to get friendly aliens on your squad. The human soldiers gain experience, level up and can be trained to get better in certain areas.Once you have acquired a target or get attacked, it gets down to turn-based micro management which is the heart of the game. During these parts you control your squad mates with waypoints and other orders. On the surface, the actions seems to be real-time, but in reality all gameplay still comes down to raw numbers rendering those fights highly tactical.Many factors come into play from the plain issue of "is the target in range?" to complex problems like "my trooper is low on health and the aliens are in weapons' range. Do I risk being shot while running to cover or do I take the time to apply a medkit and thus risking a higher chance of catching a bullet?". Since the action can be paused at any given time, you have all day to make those essential decisions. They become more difficult as your squad members get more experienced, as you cannot afford to lose your veterans. |
| La Croix Pan | 2007-06-13 | | | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | World War II | | | | | | Windows | La Croix Pan is a short AGS adventure game set in the town of the same name in June 1944. The player is an Allied soldier of the 82nd Airborne who parachuted down but has not seen anyone else for a day. His squad was supposed to drop nearby and secure the village. He decides to climb a nearby tower and watch the surroundings for German activity.The gameplay includes exploration and a first-person sniping sequence. There are four main actions (walk, examine, interact and kick), which can be accessed using the icons on the screen or by cycling through them using the right mouse button. During the shooting sequence, the soldier can zoom in and reload his weapon. The game contains original music and a save/load system (including autosave). |
| Chocolatier | 2007-06-14 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Big Splash Games LLC | Action, Simulation | Side view | | | Managerial / business simulation | Africa, Asia, Europe, Industrial Age, Middle East, North America, South America | | Menu structures, Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Buy a chocolate factory and get to making your own luxury sweets! Chocolatier is a whimsical historical business simulation of chocolate making in the late 1800's. Players have the choice of rescuing a dying chocolate empire in story mode, or building from scratch in free play mode. Gameplay is comprised of two parts, a strategic portion where players make business decisions about purchases, quest for new recipes, and travel the globe; and a minigame portion where newly-discovered chocolates are created. |
| Fedora Spade: Prologue | 2007-06-14 | Radical Poesis Games & Creations | Radical Poesis Games & Creations | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Prologue is the first game in the freeware Fedora Spade episodic detective adventure series. Released simultaneously with the second episode, Fedora Spade: The Red Ring, it is quite short with about half an hour of gameplay and generally acts as an introduction to the series to familiarize the player with the gameplay mechanics. The game has menu-driven gameplay, inspired by the NES 8-bit classics Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom and Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken, but also with elements and humour from the more recent Gyakuten Saiban series or Snatcher.The player takes control of the hard-boiled homicide detective Fedora Spade who, between bourbons and cigarettes, tries to lead the department, as it was the only viable alternative next to flipping burgers. Armed with cynicism and brilliant insight during the few lucid moments, he has to solve cases to avoid having all funding withdrawn from the unit. The interface is divided into a graphical area where locations, characters and items are shown, a list of commands (move, look, talk, take, use and syst) and a dialogue screen at the bottom.In Prologue, Spade needs to investigate the death of doctor Sandy Fabulous. There are only a few 3 locations to visit, 3 characters, and a few items to collect. Most of the game is spent interrogating suspect Mr. Excellente. Spade can talk to the suspect, review notes, transcripts, clues and evidence, and then try to lean on the suspect using the appropriate item. Most of the dialogue mixes cynicism with over-the-top emotions and outbursts, as assistant and aspiring detective Baldie manages to ruin all classic rules of detective conduct.The game uses the Tomato engine, developed by Paul Eres in Game Maker. |
| Fedora Spade: The Red Ring | 2007-06-14 | Radical Poesis Games & Creations | Radical Poesis Games & Creations | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | After the Sandy Fabulous case, Baldie was promoted to patrolman, while hard-boiled detective Fedora Spade is still stuck at the special homicide unit. Another day, another hangover, until Daphne Marshall barges in, a transfer from the main department. She is assigned to help him with a new murder, but at the same time she is linked to someone in the Crimson April case, a memory Spade considers best left forgotten.In the new case, Spade has to investigate the death of boxing champion Sting Likeabee, who died in a fight against the Russian Ivan Molotov. To the outside world, it is described as an unfortunate accident, but it is actually a cover-up because of the political tension between the Soviets and the US. Daphne works together with Spade for the entire game, but cannot be controlled.Unlike the first game, which was more of a short introduction to the series, The Red Ring has longer gameplay. The game has a menu-driven interface, and now there are many more puzzles, characters, locations and clues. Progress is achieved by examining evidence and clues and then using them appropriately in conversations to lean on suspects. A small amount of the art, which consists entirely of still images, has been reused and most of it is entirely new. Spade can move between different locations using his car. The game also introduces a computer to search the police database for clues and covers two days in game time. Despite the serious theme, the characters have cheesy names and stereotypic personalities and behaviour, along with funny sound effects during the conversations. |
| Lost Empire | 2007-06-14 | Paradox Interactive AB | Pollux Gamelabs ApS | Strategy | | | | 4X | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Lost Empire is the first game in the Lost Empire series.The game is set in a galaxy with a long history. Once an alliance of multiple alien races rules a large part of the galaxy. Then humans came and conquered their worlds and space. This was not to the satisfaction of the crazy deity Enais. Thus Enais intervened and made sure that every race was returned to their home planet.In this 4X space strategy game, the player takes on the role of the leader of one of seven different races. Each race has its typical characteristics. Humans as usual are the best all-round race. The Horde has power in its large number of units. The Alkiths prefer stealth, the Crystal Spirits live inside crystals and the Chi Lung are a race of dragons.Like in other 4X games it's up to the player to explore the galaxy, expand his empire, exploit resources and exterminate any opposition.Food, minerals and population are the resources in this game. Food is required for maintenance, minerals for constructing new units and population for researching new technologies.New technologies bring a variety of upgrades such as better hulls, radars, weaponry and stealth generators, but also improvements to ground troops, economy and culture. It is also possible to find certain planets where the "Path of Enais" grants the player an immediate boost in technology.Diplomacy is based on 'Goodwill', which is generated each turn. The amount of Goodwill determines which diplomatic actions you can perform.When it gets to fighting the battles are resolved automatically. For space fights it's possible to see a movie of the battle. |
| Plasma Warrior | 2007-06-14 | | Neuro Productions | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Something has gone wrong at a far-flung future archaeological dig; a Plasma Warrior has been called in to clean up the site, and you are that military robot's operator, directing its runs, jumps and shots through the craters, mine shafts and alien pyramids of a gloriously retro minimalist 7-colour chiptune planetscape evocative of Monuments of Mars and especially Metroid.You'll face down a number of different types of alien bad guys with powers such as dropping corrosive acid on you or reflecting your shots back at you with their shells; to even the odds you bolster your stock directional fire (shades of Abuse, though without the mouse control) with various power-ups located in the mine -- auto-fire, a jump boost, double-shot, and a pulse-shot that packs such a punch it actually propels you up off the ground when fired down (as in Astro Robo Sasa).Traversing enemy-filled rooms (respawning every time you leave the screen) in pursuit of keycards to enable the use of warpgates, your progress will be maintained courtesy of health bonuses sporadically dropped by slain enemies and save points scattered here and there. |
| In Cubation | 2007-06-15 | New Phaze Development, LLC. | New Phaze Development, LLC. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The mystery begins in a blinding flash of white light that transports you into the alien world of the Cubes. Your first instinct is to escape as quickly as possible. Using exploration and puzzle solving skills, you make your way out of one cube-set and into the next. Each new location presents you with strange devices to master and brings you closer to discovering why you were put inside the cubes.In Cubation is a first-person point-and-click adventure game. Navigation and inventory use are accomplished by clicking on hot-spots on the game screen. The game menu allows you to save and load games and to turn on or off the ambient sound effects. |
| Paws & Claws: Pet Vet 2 - Healing Hands | 2007-06-15 | Valuesoft UK Ltd. | Independent Arts Software GmbH | Simulation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | An expanded remake of the first game, Healing Hands once again puts the player into the shoes of a new vet, just starting her practice. Owners will bring their pets in, with various diseases and conditions, and the player needs to diagnose and treat them. You can head into town to replace supplies used in treating your patients, or take care of shopping. Over time, you can buy new buildings for long term care, and take classes to expand the range of animals you can treat. Healing Hands includes two new animal types, and enhanced touch-screen functionality. |
| Poker Pop | 2007-06-15 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Say Design | Educational, Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Poker Pop is a tile matching puzzle game with elements of Mahjong, Solitaire and Poker. 50 levels are included, each level is a city. By getting special combinations like full house or straight flush, you get power ups to discover the city, together with facts and trivia. |
| Zub | 2007-06-16 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This remake of the platform title from 1987 replaces the graphics and sounds with new assets, while maintaining the simple gameplay of the original. The player controls Zub, an alien armed with a laser pistol in a mission to retrieve a powerful artifact for his Emperor. The main objective of each level is to reach the top elevator, by riding and jumping into a series of platforms while shooting the incoming waves of flying enemies. Once Zub climbs into a platform, he can move it sideways to reach a better position closer to the other ones, and keep climbing the screen by switching platforms this way until finally arriving at the topmost lift tubes that gives access to the next level. |
| Sprill: Aqua Adventures | 2007-06-18 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Five-BN | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sprill: Aqua Adventures is a puzzle game featuring a fox called Sprill who inside his automated bubble (which can be rotated) is trying to find buried treasure at the bottom of the sea. Much like Ballistic and Zuma Deluxe the player is tasked with clearing different coloured balls by matching at least three of the same colour in a row. The player as Sprill must act quick to make sure the balls do not enter the gate otherwise a life will be lost.Progress is made along a map screen. As in most games of this type you get different power-ups to help you. Power-ups include the ability to freeze all balls on screen, rewind the line of balls to allow the player more time to clear them, a power-up that shoots lightning, one that unlocks all locked balls on screen, a power-up that explodes random balls, etc. Depending on how many stars achieved in game power-ups between levels can be levelled up.Apart from Classic Mode there is also Swap Mode which is nearly the same thing except you grab a ball towards you to help you match them. The player begins a level with three lives. If all three lives are lost the player can continue providing they have enough of a high score to deduct from. There are various in game achievements to unlock. |
| Text Express 2 | 2007-06-18 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Zylom Media Group BV | Puzzle, Strategy | Side view | | | Word construction | | Train | | | | | Windows | Text Express 2 is a word construction game. The letters appear as pieces of charcoal, and the player must form the longest word possible to feed a train's furnace. Two locomotives appear at the top of the screen, and every word created makes one of them go a bit further in its tracks. The objective is to reach the station before the rival train to win coins. Below the racing track is the word list, where all the words created are stored in slots. At the end of the race, all the possible words are show in the list.An overhead map appears between the word making sections, showing the available stations and tracks. In Adventure Mode, the goal is to construct all the tracks, opening new directions for the train. Tracks cost a variable amount of coins to be built. In Classic mode, there are only the word games, without the building component.Besides the letters, some of the coal pieces have power-ups, with corresponding icons at the bottom-right, that activate when used in a word. The 2 and 3 charcoals give two and three times more energy to the train. The magnifier charcoal reveals some letters of the word list. The chronometer coal stops the rival train for 15 seconds. The star charcoal acts as a joker, replacing any letter in a valid word. The coin stack coal gives one coin. The rocket charcoal doubles the train speed for the next three words.Stations have one of 8 different word games. The most common is Classic, that comes in two variations with 6 or 7 letters. The objective is to feed the furnace with words made of, at least, three letters. In Replace, new letters appear after each word. In Anagrams, the player has to make words using all the available coals. In Squares, the goal is to form words that match incomplete words from the list. In Keep, the used letters stay, and the unused are replaced with new ones. Secret is the same game as Classic with 6 letters, only without the word list. In Jokers, there is always a joker coal available. |
| DiRT | 2007-06-19 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | DiRT is the first racing game in the Colin McRae series not to solely focus on the rally championship. It features other offroad events with vehicles like buggies, jeeps or trucks all licensed from the manufacturers. Races are not always solo against the times of other drivers, but up to eight cars often race together on a single track.The main game mode is the career where you work your up a pyramid of different tiers with events ranging from normal Rallies over Crossover or Corr to Hill Climb. For every event you complete successfully, you get points and money. Money is used to buy new cars. While the amount of money depends on choosing one of the five difficulty levels, the amount of points depends on your final result in the event; you receive the maximum of 10 points for completing an event with a first place regardless of the difficulty level. These points are needed to unlock new events in the current tier. If you have gathered enough points the next tier will be automatically unlocked so you don't need to do every race in a tier in order to unlock the final event at the top. The difficulty level not only influences the strength of the other drivers, but also how critical the damage is upon hitting obstacles. Some events are further split up into two or three races where the damage is carried over and the allotted sixty seconds worth of damage repair is not offered after every subevent. The main parts that can be repaired are the engine, turbo, exhaust, gearbox, bodywork, wheels, suspension, cooling system and it is also possible to clean the entire car.All events feature several licensed true-to-detail-vehicles which also have a detailed damage model. Each vehicle can in addition be tuned in several categories like engine or suspension before each event. To help you make it even more individual, you can create your own look of the car with several dozens predefined kits. There are also 182 different liveries to collect in the game and 46 different cars.In addition to the career mode, the game features the classic Colin McRae rally mode with four championships where you need to proof your worth in several car categories like 2WD or Classic. Of course you can also do a time trial, a single event or a single race.If you're tired of driving only against the AI, you can go online and compete against up to 100 other players at the same time. An official ranking ladder is also available. After each race your best times can be compared directly to other drivers worldwide. |
| Fractal Fighter | 2007-06-19 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fractal Fighter is a shooting game, where the player's spaceship engages several large enemy ships in one-on-one combat. The enemy ships resemble a branching fractal; they are made of a core, out of which branch out several large lasers; out of the tip of every laser branch out several heat-seeking missile launchers, which further branch out into triple guns, and finally small weak guns. Only one type of the enemy weaponry is active and vulnerable at any given time, blasting out its projectiles every few moments. The player has to fire upon the weapons; once all the weapons of a given type are destroyed, the next layer of them activates, and so on until the player destroys all the large lasers, at which point the enemy ship is destroyed and the next one takes its place. Weapons possessed by the player include typical rapid-fire bullets, and lasers which fire slowly, but their beam can pass through obstacles. It is also possible to lock onto a target and launch a barrage of missiles. The player can choose to have from one to five lives during the game; the more the lives, the lesser the score. There are two modes available: the "normal mode", where the player engages ten predetermined ships, and "random mode", which repeatedly pits the player against randomly generated ships. |
| Hitman Trilogy | 2007-06-19 | Eidos, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation includes the second, third and fourth Hitman game:
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman: Contracts
Hitman: Blood Money
Also included is a sneak preview disc for Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, featuring videos and screenshots from the game. |
| The Sims: Pet Stories | 2007-06-19 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Maxis Software Inc. | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Life / social simulation | Contemporary | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Pet Stories is the second game in the The Sims Stories series, part of the larger Sims franchise. Unlike the main The Sims 2 game, which offers open-ended gameplay, this title focuses on two, more or less linear stories involving raising and training pets. Upon completion a classic mode is unlocked where the player can create a new character with much more freedom and open-ended gameplay. The game offers the familiar interface of the original game, with scripted sequences and set goals to achieve. The content of the game is largely borrowed from The Sims 2: Pets and The Sims 2: Nightlife.The first story, Best in Show, is about Alice from Garden Heights, who has financial problems and is about to lose her house. As a final resort, she enters her Dalmatian in a dog show to earn money to save her house. There are competitors in the show, and Alice also has friends and rivals she interacts with.The second story, Midnight Masquerade, is about the executive chef Stephen Loyal and it is set in the neighbourhood of Mesa Flats. Stephen is asked to organize the annual Midnight Masquerade. Meanwhile he has to take care of his Celeste Girard's cat Diva Loyal while she is on her honeymoon, to make up for him missing her wedding. There are different characters to meet: friends, rivals, but also potential love interests.The game has been optimized for laptops through the controls with keyboard shortcuts and by not requiring an independent graphics card. |
| Best of the Underground | 2007-06-20 | Bizarre Creations, Ltd., Klei Entertainment Inc., Meridian4, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Steam compilation contains the following Indie games:
Eets: Hunger. It's emotional.
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Gumboy - Crazy Adventures
Rag Doll Kung Fu
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| Hurrican | 2007-06-20 | Poke 53280 | Poke 53280 | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Hurrican, a freeware Windows remake of Turrican, is a fast-paced side-scrolling platformer. The player has to explore 9 levels and fight many different types of enemies at once. Rather than only recreating the original game graphically, there are many new features and redesigns.The player has 3 lives and each level is time-limited. Starting with 700 seconds, additional time is added when 50 diamonds are collected. There is only one weapon, but with three modes: spreadshot (red), laser (blue) and bounce (green). Each weapon has unlimited ammo can be upgraded multiple times, but these are lost when the character dies. Another function is lightning. By charging, the player can either create a blue blast and swing it around, or launch it as a projectile. It can be upgraded as well and cannot be used unlimitedly. In difficult situations, a powerline can be activated - a double vertical line of fire that covers the entire screen. The player can also go into wheel mode, during which the character is invincible. This can be used to go through narrow passages while optionally dropping bombs. Additionally, there are grenades, a shockwave, and a smartbomb filled with a power-up.The player can shoot in five directions (270 degrees clockwise to 90 degrees), crouch and jump. Holding the jump button longer has the character jump higher and by holding the shoot button, there is autofire, but the rate can also be increased by tapping the button quickly. Enemies attack from all directions and often originate from nests that spawn them. There are multiple routes to cross the levels and signs guide the player to the exit. As in the original game, the levels are filled with secret areas, hidden behind destructible walls or on hard to reach places. Next to diamonds, there are different power-ups, health items, a shield, and bonuses to collect.Each level ends with a level boss and there is an option to save the game before continuing. The character can take multiple hits and the current health is shown in a red circle in the top left corner. There are 4 difficulty levels and an option to play the game cooperatively with another human player. The game is mod-friendly and custom-made level packs, with new graphics and sounds, are supported. |
| Stranded II | 2007-06-20 | Unreal Software | Unreal Software | Action | 1st-person | | Survival | | | | | | | | Windows | A (re-)take on Wilderness: A Survival Adventure, Stranded II puts the player in the first-person role of a castaway shipwreck survivor on a tropical desert isle, reduced to rummaging through flotsam, foraging for fresh water and edible plants, and hunting (or defending against!) the local fauna in order to survive against the triple threats of hunger, thirst, and fatigue (or tiredness).Once the bare essentials are accounted for, the construction of rudimentary tools from the primitive materials available (a stick plus a rock... hey, I've invented baseball!) allow the achievement of more advanced game goals such as shelter from the elements and a raft to visit more distant islands in the chain (and interact with their denizens). |
| Arena Wars Reloaded | 2007-06-22 | dtp entertainment AG | exDream Entertainment GbR | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Arena Wars Reloaded, as the name suggests, is more of a remake than a real successor to Arena Wars.Like in the original, the game focuses on fast and action-oriented strategy matches. In the three different main game modes, Capture the Flag, Bombing Run and Domination, you have a fixed amount of money available to build your units. If a unit is destroyed, the cash is returned. Since there are only six units you can build, it is important to choose the right balance to fulfil the goals.Besides the greatly improved graphics with new graphic sets, and a new interface that allows you now to choose the desired unit from a list, there are two new buildings you can take over. One of them is the rocket tower. Its strength depends on the unit you send into it. If you only send in a little buggy, it won't be able to shoot many rockets at once, but if you choose a Berserker you will end up with a devastating tool. The second new building is the resource structure that generates money if one of your units is in it. There are a few new power-ups, such as smoke that hides your unit for 20 seconds behind a wall of fog. The AI has been improved and there are several new maps included mixed with the old ones. The heart of the game is still the multi-player mode which is now fully ESL-supported. That means you have a normal online ladder but also the official ESL ladder. You can now directly access your ESL-account and play ranked matches. But the AI is not excluded from the normal ladder. So-called server bots of different difficulty levels roam around as well. They can play normal matches just like human players and get their games rated. |
| Blitzkrieg Strategy Pack | 2007-06-22 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the following titles:
Blitzkrieg 2
Blitzkrieg II: Fall of the Reich
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| Die Reitakademie: Special Edition | 2007-06-22 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | 4HEAD Studios | Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition of Die Reitakademie continues to centre on horses, friends and a first love. The school of your dreams is becoming more beautiful. On top of that, a baby is born in the stables. Can you manage everything?In the role of Pauline, you have to master the school day, manage your time table, take care of your school horse and train yourself in different riding styles. Better your abilities and the ones of the horse to successfully take part in riding tournaments.This special edition includes a new story line with two different endings, the introduction of the foal, new lessons and tournaments and new bonus objects to exchange on the internet. The box includes a wall poster. |
| Luntik: Russkiy Yazyk dlya Malyshei | 2007-06-22 | 1C Company | PIPE studio | Educational | | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Luntik: Russkiy Yazyk dlya Malyshei (translated as Luntik: Russian Language for Children) is an educational game for 5-7 year old kids based on the popular Russian TV cartoon series. Players will practice constructing words from letters, finding misspelled words and solving simple puzzles in a series of minigames.
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| Secrets of Great Art | 2007-06-22 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Dekovir, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | A man wakes up on a house full of classic paintings on its walls, with no recollection whatsoever of who he is, or how he end up there. By carefully examining the pictures, something triggers in his mind as he starts to find small discrepancies and anachronisms, and his memories slowly start to come back.Secrets of Great Art is a straightforward hidden object game using 19th century paintings for the background art. Each level is a different picture, with its title and author displayed at the bottom-left for a few seconds at the start. The objective is to find and click on all the objects from a list at the left side of the screen, within a time limit. Sometimes a bonus round appears, where the player has to find the differences between two similar images.A hint button provides help, indicating the position of one of the required objects. Three hints are available per scene, and using them removes some points from the final score. Successive wrong clicks take off 30 seconds from the timer. |
| Vtoraya Mirovaya: Izdanie Vtoroe | 2007-06-22 | 1C Company | 1C Company | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Historical events | Tank | | Real-time | | | Windows | Vtoraya Mirovaya. Izdanie Vtoroe is an enhanced re-release of Theatre of War, patched with additional content that did not make the initial release. This includes a new campaign "Battle for Moscow" (not included in a separate patch), a map editor, global fixes and corrections for the units' control and movement, physics of grenades and projectiles, and the rank system, and additional time acceleration. |
| Flowers Story | 2007-06-23 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Meridian'93 | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | bigfishgames.com (from Ad Blurbs)Help a young flower-loving girl save an ailing fairy and restore the balance of nature by matching flowers in this cute and adorable match-3 puzzle adventure. With over 80 fun-filled levels, Flowers is sure to delight and entertain puzzle fans of all ages. Follow a deep and involving story and discover the amazing world of Flowers.
More than 80 levels.
Great match-3 game play.
Deep, involving story.
Save more fairies in Flowers Story: Fairy Quest
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| Race + Caterham Expansion | 2007-06-23 | SimBin Studios AB | SimBin Development Team AB | Compilation, Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | | Windows | This compilation consists of the following games:
Race: The Official WTCC Game
Race: The WTTC Game - Caterham Expansion |
| BlockOut II | 2007-06-24 | | | Puzzle | | Fangame | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | BlockOut II is a freeware, open-source remake of a Tetris variant puzzler from 1989, with slight improvements to the graphics and sounds and the option to upload the score to an online table. The gameplay is still the same, where the objective is to move and arrange 3D pieces falling inside a pit seen from above, to create complete layers at the bottom and make them disappear. The pieces can be rotated on all axis to fit in the nooks and crannies available. If the layers accumulate and fill all the space to the top, the game is over. As in the original, the size of the well and the shape of the pieces can be configured in the options menu. |
| Deer Drive | 2007-06-25 | Cinemaware, Inc. | SCS Software | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Deer Drive is a shooting gallery with a hunting theme. Shooting from a fixed position, aim for the herds of deer (and other animals) passing through the area. Only the bucks are worth points; hitting a doe will penalize you. Each level needs a certain number of bucks hunted, and a two-minute time limit to do it in. It's not just deer in the forest, either. Moose and bears roam the woods, and will attack you if they get close. Take them out before it's too late. Smaller animals (ducks, rabbits, squirrels, and birds) will give extra points for those with sharp eyes and good aim. In later levels, some animals will provide power-ups when shot, including larger clips, a better gun, and faster reloading. Two difficulty levels are included. On the higher difficulty level, animals won't go down without a clean shot to the vitals. A party mode is also included, where up to four players take turns trying to get the highest score. |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007-06-25 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts UK Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Fantasy | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Based off the fifth book and movie of the series, players take control of Harry Potter in this 3D adventure as he faces the dangers of his fifth year of Hogwarts, avoiding the malicious Professor Dolores Umbridge, builds Dumbledore's Army, and faces off with Voldemort himself as the prophecy continues to unfold.Players will navigate through the castle of Hogwarts and beyond, learning fifth year spells, solving multiple puzzles, avoiding traps, and even get a chance to play as the Weasley brothers, Sirius Black and Dumbledore himself. All versions are the same with the exception of the Wii. Players can use the Wiimote as Harry's wand to cast spells, allowing a new level of control never before possible in a Harry Potter game. Survive the year, learn new spells, and survive one of the darkest battles in Harry's life as he faces his first real battle against Voldemort, "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named"! |
| Venice | 2007-06-25 | PopCap Games, Inc. | Retro64, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Venice is sinking and only you can save it! From the floating fortress of your golden gondola, you'll restore the city by returning its lost treasures. Sling costly coins, launch lovely lyres and ricochet ruby rings into the corresponding spaces overhead. Use your arsenal of special shots to create cascading combos and earn bonus points along the way. But beware — shelves, chutes, swirlies and other traps will make things tricky, so you'll need power-ups like Wild Shot and Wings to help you sail through the levels. So grab your gondola and get ready — with a majestic soundtrack, gloriously ornate artwork and four enduring game modes, Venice is a classic test of wits, will and skill!
Dive into 4 game modes: Journey, Flood, Survival and Trick Shots
Save 72 buildings over 8 neighborhoods
Wield astonishing power-ups like Wild Shot and Wings
Overcome obstacles like tricky chutes, sinister swirlies and more
Revel in ornate art, mellifluous music and spectacular effects
Earn bonus points and power-ups with terrific tumbles and cascading combos
Save your high scores for pride and posterity!
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| Chocolate Castle | 2007-06-26 | Lexaloffle Games Ltd. | Lexaloffle Games Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Chocolate Castle is a simple yet innovative sliding block puzzle game. The relatively simple gameplay combined with the pixelated graphics and chiptune music gives it a retro-style feel.The object of the game is to eat all of the chocolate blocks in a room. Click and drag an animal onto a chocolate block, and it will eat all of the connecting chocolate blocks of the same type. There are four different animals; a bear, a dog, a bunny and a pig. Each animal can only eat a certain chocolate type; brown (bear), dark-brown (dog), white (bunny) and pink (pig).You can slide around the blocks by dragging them with the mouse. When you slide two or more blocks of the same type next to each other, they stick together and you can then only move them as one block. Other gameplay elements include snakes, cats, Turkish delight which act as a bomb when eaten by a cat, movable blocks and magic movable blocks that you can only move once.The rooms can be played in any order, and during the game you can rewind your steps with the undo button. There are 3 difficulty levels, each with 40 rooms. The castle in the main menu has 40 windows that light up indicating which rooms have been completed. There is a built-in editor to create more rooms.One interesting technical aspect is that the external files for custom rooms and room solutions are stored in text format instead of binary files. The text format makes it easier to share the custom rooms and solutions online and via e-mail, simply copy and paste the text. |
| Defender of the Crown: Heroes Live Forever | 2007-06-26 | Cinemaware, Inc. | TechFront Studios, Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Defender of the Crown: Heroes Live Forever is a "casual" remake of the classic hit, Defender of the Crown. Set in post-Norman Conquest England, Heroes Live Forever puts you in the shoes of a Saxon lord—with the ultimate goal of eliminating all rival lords and reuniting the kingdom.Once again, the core gameplay consists of a territorial conquest game on a map, similar to Risk. Buy armies and garrisons made up of five different types (infantry, knights, crossbowmen, bowmen, and catapults) and fight tactical battles against your foes. Tactics cards can be won in battle or purchased with gold and then played in these battles, giving special bonuses that enhance your army or weaken your opponents.Mini-games break up the conquest game and bring rewards of either gold or fame. These mini-games include jousts, archery contests, castle raids, princess kidnappings and rescues, and castle sieges. Of course, Robin of Locksley is still available to offer his assistance (up to three times) to Saxon lords, but beware: this time around, the Norman lords can call on the Black Templars for aid as well!
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| Disney•Pixar Ratatouille | 2007-06-26 | THQ Inc. | Asobo Studio S.A.R.L. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Ratatouille is based on the Pixar film of the same name. The version by Asobo Studio is, like other versions, a 3D platform game, but has its own design, levels and missions.The game follows the plot of the film only loosely, but has the main voice cast from the movie reprising their roles. The player controls Remy, a rat with a refined sense of taste. When Remy finds himself in Paris near the restaurant of the famous deceased chef Gusteau, he works on making his dream of becoming a chef himself come true, while helping out his fellow rats to procure food.While many of the environments in the game are similar to those in the next-generation version, this version has almost none of the open world elements seen in the other title, with smaller levels and mostly linear progress. To get around in the various levels that include the sewers, streets and rooftops of Paris, the restaurant kitchen and a food market, Remy can jump and double-jump, swing along poles, balance on ropes, crawl on certain walls and defend himself with tail swipes or by using spoons as weapons. He can also engage his keen sense of smell, which displays the path to the next goal or objective. Sometimes, Remy must evade guards by hiding out of sight until their attention wanes. Other sequences in the levels involve sliding down pipes, rafting through water currents and fleeing from humans that chase Remy. Another large part are mini-games, many of which involve cooking, with Remy having to pick ingredients or peel potatoes.There are some optional bonus missions, taking the form of dream sequences, in which Remy navigates landscapes made of foodstuffs. All levels include many collectibles. In most levels there will be up to 100 stars to collect. Special items in certain levels include batteries, darts or lightbulbs. Collecting all of a certain kind of item in an area awards bonus points, which can be spent in Gusteau's shop to unlock bonuses, including various kinds of artwork as well as the possibility to play the mini-games outside the main game, in both single and multiplayer modes. |
| Lost Planet: Extreme Condition | 2007-06-26 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Mankind left Earth 80 years ago in order to build a life on the planet E.D.N. III. As the colony grew, humanity encountered The Akrids, a bug-like alien race that declared war on the humans for intruding on their territory. The humans didn't have any effective means to defend themselves and had to retreat from the planet. During the course of the retreat, a young man named Adam had his father killed by a Akrid named "Green Eye". Scientists soon discovered that the Akrids were a source of precious thermal energy, stored inside their bodies. This needed resource gave humanity an economical reason to fight back. On Earth, the Vital Suit was developed, a heavy weapon mech-like vehicle, Returning to E.D.N. III, Adam is among the many Vital Suit pilots, and seeks to avenge his father's death.Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is a 3rd-person shooter. Controlling Adam, the player makes war on the Akrid armies. Adam's main objective is to destroy Akrid hives, and ultimately defeat "Green Eye" but there will be several goals for him to complete along the way. Adam can hold two weapons and one type of grenade at the same time. In addition, Adam can find different Vital Suit upgrades to give himself new abilities. Since it's very cold on the planet, thermal energy is needed to survive and restores health energy. In order to get it, Adam can either activate Data Posts or destroy things that have it in them like exploding barrels or enemy Akrids. The thermal energy stored slowly decreases over time and needs constant replenishing.Lost Planet: Extreme Condition also features a multiplayer mode where players can go online and play in four different game-modes against up to 16 other players. Besides the usual Deathmatch and Team-deathmatch; there is "Station Control", where players try to find and activate data posts on the map and "Fugitive", where one player flees from all the rest killing opponents and waiting for the timer to count down. |
| Switchball | 2007-06-26 | Sierra Online | Atomic Elbow AB | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | | Steampunk | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Switchball is a 3D strategy game where the player controls a marble through hazardous courses with different kinds of puzzles, with gameplay similar to Marble Madness or the more contemporary Ballance and Marble Blast. There are 5 worlds; Sky, Ice, Cave, Lava and Cloud, unlocked gradually and with different levels. Each narrow, winding course is played in mid-air and to complete a level the player has to guide the marble to the end where it boards a gyrocopter that transports it to the next course.To solve the puzzles, the marble often needs to be rolled into Morphs that can switch the shape to four different balls: Marble, Metal, Air and Power, each with different abilities and characteristics. For instance, the Powerball can be charged in a generator, providing the ability to jump, dash, or magnetism. The Airball can be inflated with helium to reach higher areas. Supporting the AGEIA PhysX engine both through software and hardware, blocks can be pushed or topple down, cloth tears when the ball is too heavy and all kinds of items can be moved around. The nature of the puzzles changes with each game world, with fans, switches, and tubes.The game is controlled through the mouse to move the ball, rotate and zoom. By holding down the left mouse button, the current speed is held to climb slopes or to move around without needing to move the mouse. Each level has gates that save the progress. When the ball drops down, the game is resumed for the last saved position. By completing courses quickly, players earn badges. |
| Transformers: The Game | 2007-06-26 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | Windows | Based on the 2007 movie, Transformers: The Game puts players in the role of either the Autobot or Decepticon factions in an attempt to find the AllSpark, the artifact which gave life to their race. The Autobots intend to protect it for good, while the Decepticons desire its power for evil. The two factions fought their battle on the planet Cybertron, but in an ultimate attempt to protect it, the Autobots hurled the AllSpark into space where it remained hidden on Earth. When the Decepticons discover the location, they want to finish the war on Earth.Set in a 3D sandbox environment with possibilities to interact and destroy the environment, players can choose between the two teams, each with different story-based goals. These are set on different locations, with primary and secondary quests. The storyline for the heroic Autobots follows the plot and events of the original movie. The storyline for the villainous Decepticons, however, allows the robots to destroy both the planet and more aggressively bring an end to their foes. Players can choose characters such as Optimus Prime or Bumblebee from the list of selectable Autobots, or Megatron and Starscream from the Decepticons.Shown from a third-person perspective, the robots can switch between a robot and a vehicle/aircraft form, jump, block, dive underground, roll, dodge, use various weapons, and climb buildings. Special actions can be unlocked through the skill tracker. By performing long slides or jumps, symbols in the tracker will light up and provide extras.Along the way, various collectibles can be found, ranging from promo images and artwork, to playable versions of the original "Generation 1" characters. The general gameplay is identical across the different platforms, but certain features are tied to specific versions. |
| Purgatorio | 2007-06-27 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Purgatorio is a short freeware AGS adventure game, created by Jonathan Lynch for a college project. It tells the story of Frank O'Shea, who is knocked unconscious during a peacekeeping mission. He wakes up wounded in an unknown, but strangely familiar town. As he explores the surroundings, he discovers it is largely deserted and the few people present have unusual habits.The horror and isolation-themed game world is made up entirely of photos from the developer's home town, including an digitally edited rendition of himself as the protagonist. These elements are mixed with drawn art and music he created himself. The general visual style is reminiscent of Soviet Unterzogersdorf. A large part of the game is spent exploring, with a few puzzles and conversations.The game uses a point-and-click interface, combined with a menu interface at the top of the screen, to walk around, examine, pick up, use, and an inventory. A few of the puzzles are time-based and it is possible to die. |
| Driver: Parallel Lines | 2007-06-28 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Reflections Interactive Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Shooter | | Automobile | | | Mature | | Windows | Driver: Parallel Lines is the fourth game in the Driver series, following the story of TK. In 1978, TK (who was then an 18-year-old driver-for-hire who had just graduated from high school) was sentenced to 28 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, and is released from prison in 2006. Now, with his driving skills, he seeks revenge against the police department for having to serve time for something someone else should've gone to prison for!Unlike Driv3r, Driver: Parallel Lines mostly takes place behind the wheel, returning back to the formula that made the first game a classic. The game still has a GTA-style open-ended design, though, and you can still exit your vehicle for some on-foot action. However, there's no reason to exit your vehicle unless it's damaged and you can no longer drive it, as almost all of the game's missions involve cop car chases. If that's the case, then you can either go to the repair shop to repair your vehicle, or just steal someone else's vehicle! Until then, you can punch the cops with your fists and steal their weapons when they're dead, so that you can use them for future on-foot combat.The game takes place in both 1978 (before TK went to prison) and in 2006. The 2006 setting has a much more modern soundtrack than the 1978 setting, which has a mostly disco soundtrack. Obviously, the 2006 setting has the architecture, technology, and cars of today. |
| Star Assault | 2007-06-28 | Kalypso Media GmbH | GamesArk | Action | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | In Star Assault evil aliens named "Sparks" want to conquer the universe. Now the player boards his space ship to foil their plans. In most of the thirty missions his objective is to destroy a certain number of enemy ships, sometimes there are also other goals like escorting another ship or repairing a communication device. This action-oriented game controls similar to first person shooters using a combination between mouse and keyboard. Unusually is the way aiming works - the player just needs to steer the space ship into the general direction and the game automatically targets the next enemy. However, with v1.35 the player has also the option to target enemies himself. Every destroyed gives experience points and thereby to level ups. A level up means that the player can upgrade his ship with better gear and improve one of twelve stats, e.g. speed or shield energy. These ship upgrades are randomly dropped by enemies, likewise as "agent points" which unlock four bonus missions. Since the enemies get more difficult with every mission the player is required to solve every mission multiple times until he can stand up to them. |
| The Quest for Aladdin's Treasure | 2007-06-28 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | Broadsword Interactive Limited | Puzzle | 1st-person, Behind view, Top-down | | | | Fantasy, Middle East | | | | | | Windows | The Quest for Aladdin's Treasure is 3D puzzle game based on the tale from the book of One Thousand and One Nights.After all his adventures Aladdin has retired and lives a quiet happy live with his princess. One day Ali Baba arrives and loots the kingdom. Deciding he must stop Ali Babas, Aladdin heads off to tell the princes of his plan to stop Ali Baba. While arriving in her chambers he discovers she has been kidnapped by an evil sorcerer from his past. Now he is off to take on both Ali Baba and sorcerer to save his princess.The player takes control of Aladdin and has to solve puzzles while traveling on his magical flying carpet from one location to another. Puzzles include slide puzzles, moving planks of different lengths on pillars and pushing blocks in gaps in the floor to reach the exit, among others. |
| Uplink/Darwinia Pack | 2007-06-28 | Introversion Software Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Uplink/Darwinia Pack is a Steam bundle containing:
Uplink: Hacker Elite
Darwinia |
| Arctic Quest 2 | 2007-06-29 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Stargaze | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Arctic Quest 2 is the sequel to the 2005 puzzle game Arctic Quest and uses the same core mechanics. The story now focuses on the son of the Snow King in the first game. He turns Earth into an icy prison for all creatures. In each level a large, irregular shape needs to be filled in with small pieces of ice resembling jewels. There is no single solution for a puzzle as the player chooses where to place the pieces until the shape is complete. The mouse is used to click, snag and drag the pieces as they fall down from the top of the screen at a constant rate and the right mouse button is used to rotate them. A level is completed when the shape is restored entirely. Not all pieces fit, eventually when the shape is almost complete, and redundant pieces can be discarded by throwing them into a fire or in the water. However, when the water is completely filled with pieces of ice before the shape is complete, the level is lost.Bonus points are earned for snapping three or more pieces of ice of the same kind (color) into place next to each other. Lightning can be used to destroy pieces, some creatures are trapped in pieces and can be freed, water elements help fill patterns, pieces of ice located between two flames in the shape will be destroyed, and wood needs to be used to make the fire burn brighter. The creatures with bonuses from the first game return: rescued snails slow down time, a pufferfish can fill a portion of the shape with water, a crab can smash pieces into small triangles, a jellyfish can use its tentacles to destroy pieces, a piranha can destroy all pieces of ice in the water and regular fish and clickable birds provide bonus points. The pearls return and there are no shells to store them for use later in the game. There is a new rainbow colored piece of ice that matches with any piece and another piece constantly shifts its type while falling down until it is grabbed.All levels are new and they are unlocked gradually along a level path. All trophies are stored in a separate trophy room. |
| Breakin 360° | 2007-06-29 | GOST Publishing SPRL | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Breakin 360° is a Breakout variant.With the arrow keys or mouse, you move your paddle in a circle around the perimeter of the screen. In the middle of the screen appear stone rings waiting to be destroyed. Of course, the game features 3 difficulty levels, power-ups and end-level bosses. And no less than 250 levels. |
| Classic Car Racing | 2007-06-29 | 1C Company | X-bow Software | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile | | | | | Windows | Classic Car Racing lets the player race classic retro automobiles from the 40's to the 60's in colourful summer environments. The game can be played in both arcade and simulator modes depending on the experience of the player. The game features a career mode where the player get to compete over several races that add up to overall standings. The player can race with fourteen different cars although only five of these are available from the start. By performing well the player earns money which he can use to buy the other more expensive cars. Money can also be used to customize the cars. The game features a virtual shop where the player can buy spare parts. The parts that can be upgraded are engine, suspension, brakes, transmission, body, tyres and paints. There's a number of tweaking options for the cars. The player can choose different setting for suspension height and stiffness, brake application effort and bias, steering angle, gear ratio as well as automatic, semi-automatic or manual gearbox.Once in the driver seat, the player controls his cars from a third person perspective. To his help the interface features information about his current status in the race such as speed, gear and position. As the player progresses he earns bonus points which are converted into money. It's also possible to drift which there also is a bonus point award for. The player can also see what components of his car are damaged. To much damage and he might not be able to complete the race. Each race is against three AI controlled racers and all of the routes are located in sunny and colourful environments often close to the sea where lightly clad sun bathers cheer on the drivers. |
| Delicious 2: Deluxe | 2007-06-29 | GameHouse, Inc. | Zylom Media Group BV | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | Contemporary | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Delicious 2: Deluxe is a time management game based around the character Emily Napoli. The player helps her to serve customers in different locations. The game can be played in a Story Mode or The Happy Customer Mode. With gameplay identical to the first game, there are five restaurants with ten levels each. Each level takes up a day and Emily works towards her dream of opening her own tea garden. The five restaurants are The Park, The Bistro, The Italian Restaurant, The Cafetaria, and The Sushi Bar. Each one comes with different deliverables and customers. They also each have their own decorations bought with the decoration money earned in additional to the regular profit. Items to take into account are order size that grow gradually and customer characteristics. Tables need to be cleaned as well before customers can be sit down. Emily can choose to hire entertainers that provide a mood boost and additional time to make customers more patient while waiting for their food.Through the days the story is also furthered. The premise is that Emily receives a call from her uncle Antonio. Marcello has disappeared and he needs her help in the restaurants. New characters are introduced such as François, Norma and Ziggy, and Emily starts up different activities to keep Antonio's restaurants open.Differences compared to the first game are more varied dishes, the introduction of a story to link the different levels together, entertainers and decorations as new game elements, and a trophy cabinet where up to twelve trophies that can be earned, are stored. |
| LV-426 | 2007-06-29 | Derbian Games | Derbian Games | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | Fangame | | Survival horror | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | LV-426 is a freeware remake of Electric Dreams/Software Studios 1987 game Aliens, and based off of the 1986 movie Aliens. The player directly controls a squad of six marines as they descend into the offworld complex LV-426. Deadly Aliens are loose inside, and the player must cautiously advance each of the six Marines individually as they attempt to find, reach, and kill the Alien Queen.Players view the action from a "Mobile Command Bay" set up outside the colony. Each Marine has a helmet camera which transmits their view, as well a gun which the player must aim themselves by using the mouse. Status displays show each character's health, stamina, and remaining ammo, as well as if an Alien has entered the same room, or if they are in danger of being captured.Differences between LV-426 and Aliens include the ability to custom-build the six-man squad using all available characters from the film (each with different stats). Graphics have been redrawn and updated, with the addition of some new effects (like dark rooms with a flashlight that follows the aiming cursor). A minimap is now available to view in-game, and a miniature camera window showing the views of the other uncontrolled characters has been added. This version also uses still images, character portraits, music, and sound effects from the film.Two player support has also been added, allowing for split-screen co-op play.LV-426 can be downloaded for free at the author's site. |
| Nitro Stunt Racing: Stage 1 | 2007-06-29 | Game Factory Interactive Ltd., Russobit-M | Game Seed | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | Nitro Stunt Racing (NSR) is an arcade racing game introducing a new motor competition discipline: the Formula Jet. Equipped with nitro jet engines and moving ailerons, a Formula Jet brings an exceptional handling on the road as well as in the air.
NSR succeeds to offer an unique gameplay with many different driving sensations.Developed with only one car model physics, NSR focuses on driving skills.
Easy to handle, hard to master, NSR delivers instant fun and fierce competition in many stunning categories like AEROBATICS, JUMP, SUPER CROSS…Some game modes like CHAMPIONSHIP will oblige the players to race with an advanced damage modelling system. Pilots will have to avoid destroying their F-Jet and their engine in order to finish the races.
The Arcade game mode will let players race without any damages, allowing all risk taking.Defy gravity and reveal your piloting skills to work your way up in the NSR online rankings.
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| Earl Mansin: The Breakout | 2007-07-01 | | | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Earl Mansin: The Breakout is a fully-voiced, point-and-click graphical adventure game. It is freeware and developed using the AGS engine. The player has to help criminal Earl Mansin escape from his prison cell, and ultimately the prison itself. The game is entirely controlled through the mouse - the right button cycles through actions (walk, examine, pick up/use and talk) and the left button confirms them. The puzzles are largely inventory-based and all items are stored in a box in the bottom right corner of the screen. |
| Final Fantasy XI Online: Starter Pack | 2007-07-01 | Square Enix, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This starter pack was released in an attempt to allow more players to try playing FFXI. Due to its minimal packaging (merely a cardboard sleeve in the US), it was sold at a very low price. It also had a free 30-day trial period. The install wizard contains PlayOnline installer, the original game (with the Tetra Master card game), and the first three add-ons: Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia and Treasures of Aht Urhgan. However, it does not come with registration codes for these expansions. |
| IO | 2007-07-01 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | IO is a remake of the Kinetic Designs 1988 Commodore 64 game of the same name. It is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up where the player controls a small space ship and there are 4 levels to complete. With 5 lives to start, the game is difficult and unforgiving, as every collision is fatal, returning the ship to an earlier checkpoint. There are 2 power-ups to collect, which can be selected by shooting them: a smart bomb or a weapons upgrade which provides faster fire or a sidekick. It is not documented how to use the smart bomb however, or which key to activate it. While carrying a weapons upgrade, an enemy bullet is not fatal and only removes a single upgrade. Each level ends with a boss. The original game design has been maintained, while the graphics and music have been improved. |
| Mortimer Beckett and the Secrets of the Spooky Manor | 2007-07-01 | GameHouse, Inc. | Paprikari | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | Mortimer is investigating a manor owned by his great-uncle Jerome. To get his eccentric machine working, he must locate the required objects, and put them in the right places around the house. After this, he must work out who sabotaged the machine, and why.Gameplay is a variant of the object-finding genre, as you are presented with complete pictures of 4 objects on each screen, but on the screen itself these are split into small pieces. Thus you have to work out which fragments would fit one of the objects. You have 15 clicks to highlight pieces, for when you are stuck. Click randomly on the screen too many times and a ghost is summoned, to drift around the screen and partially block your view.Completed objects each have a place, not necessarily on the room their fragments are found in. To complete each floor, you must find the correct places for them - this will often reveal new pieces. |
| Payout: Poker & Casino | 2007-07-01 | | Bits Studios Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Wander around up to five casinos from around the world in real 3D. Take a spin on the roulette table, play Baccarat, Craps and even the slots. And of course, enjoy the numerous poker modes, including Omaha and Texas Hold'em.
As you win money, and fame you can collect different outfits, use the character designer to customise your avatar as you see fit, and move onto new casinos with better poker players and higher stakes.
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| Polychromatic Funk Monkey | 2007-07-01 | Farbs | Farbs | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Sure, the Monkey may actually be abstracted down to a one-eyed box, and yes, the Funk isn't any more authentic than you might have got from Toejam and Earl... but the myriad hues of this game's Polychromaticism cannot be refuted. Them colours is bright, and there's a lot of 'em!The player controls the titular Funk Monkey, bopping around a 2D landscape of immutable black and white curves and re-arrangeable coloured clods, angling to achieve the game's goal of visiting all ten randomly-placed telefunkers, which work as teleporters do (only funkier: once a player has visited a telefunker, they can, through the power of funk, return to it instantaneously from anywhere on the map with only a keypress.)The landscape is quite tall and the telefunkers rather far apart, so much of the gameplay involves disassembling the coloured portions of the scenery, piece by piece, and re-arranging them to constitute staircases leading to the next telefunker. Due to the teleportational properties noted above, this lends the game a certain Tower of Hanoi sensibility, gradually constructing infrastructure allowing the player to reach a telefunker, then dismantling it for use as raw materials toward reaching the next telefunker. |
| Rat Attack! | 2007-07-01 | IncaGold Ltd., Mindscape (UK) Limited, uWish Games | Pure Entertainment Games Plc | Action | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Play as one of the Scratch Cats, an elite superhero team, who are out to save the world from Washington and Jefferson, two evil mutant space rats who wish to enslave the world in rats.Explore each puzzle level and wipe out the rat threat. First you need to catch the rat, using the Eraticator. Then you must find the Destructor pad in each level in order for the rat to be taken out. Each level has a quota of rats you must remove, and if you fail to do so within the time limit (which, in this case, is when the rats destroy everything in the level), you lose. |
| Return to Sector 9 | 2007-07-01 | Pug Fugly Games | Pug Fugly Games | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The freeware game Return to Sector 9 is the sequel to Ambush in Sector 9 and offers 9 different game modes based around 2D arcade sci-fi shooting gameplay. Each game mode offers a background story and has different controls, using both the mouse and keyboard, offering the player full movement or the control over a stationary turret. The game types consist of multiple stages with different waves of enemies, finished off with a game boss.Players can unlock up to 15 different ships and paint jobs, as well as the different game modes. During gameplay, there are both offensive and defensive power-ups, extra lives and a special weapon to clear a large part of the screen. High scores can be submitted to an online database to compare your ranking against the best players in the world. |
| Robert D. Anderson & the Legacy of Cthulhu | 2007-07-01 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Homegrown Games | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Robert D. Anderson & the Legacy of Cthulhu is a fan made project based upon the Arkham Cycle Cthulhu stories by H.P. Lovecraft. More specifically, it is an adaptation of the pen & paper scenario Himmlers Schoggothe by Samuel Miller. The game is best described as a horror novel, using three means of storytelling: spoken word, filmed cut-scenes and playable content from a first-person perspective, built with the FPS Creator engine.The player is cast as the hard-boiled private investigator Robert D. Anderson from New York. That is just a pseudonym however to hide his real name, Robert Dietrich. After an incident, he is forced to investigate his origins and travel to The Third Reich where the castle of his ancestors is occupied by SS troops and members of the Order of the Black Sun.The game is divided into 15 chapters. In the playable sections players must explore the castle, talk to characters, solve puzzles and defeat enemies - combining shooter with adventure gameplay. Up to 20 weapons and spells can be collected, but it is encouraged to avoid confrontations. |
| Rugby 08 | 2007-07-01 | Electronic Arts Ltd. | HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Rugby 08 is the seventh rugby union released by Electronic Arts, and the official game of the 2007 IRB Rugby World Cup. It features 23 national teams (some unlicensed), the fully licensed Super 14, Guiness Premiership (England), Celtic League and French and Italian team (unlicensed), as well as the Junior All Blacks, the Australian A's and the unlicensed Pacific Islanders and Barbarians, as well as dozen of stadiums.Game modes include the Rugby World Cup, Practice, several national and international tournaments such as the 6 Nations. Tri-Nations, Super 14, Guiness Premiership and the European Trophy, as well as the World League, where the player takes complete control of a team in the 3rd division, and builds his way up to the top division, while earning enough transfer points on the field to keep wages in check and get new signings. A new game mode is also featured, where the player has to re-write history from previous world cups in order to unlock highlight videos from each World Cup and other goodies. Other features include more flexible camera control, allowing the player to kick the ball more accurately and react quickly after a scrum or lineout, new set pieces and faster defending formations and improved AI. The Impact Players also make a return, and you can expect Dan Carter to pin-point a punt almost from end to end or Bryan Habana to wreck defenses apart with his speed.The soundtrack is provided by bands such as Malajube, Howling Bells or Tokyo Police Club. |
| Space Trader | 2007-07-01 | HermitWorks Entertainment Corporation | HermitWorks Entertainment Corporation | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Space Trader is easy to learn, but a challenge to master. Your goal is to make as much money as possible in the time you're given. You travel through the solar system visiting different planets, buying, selling, and repeating - all while taking on dangerous Bounty missions on the side for extra cash.Disasters can influence how much commodities are worth on different planets; taking advantage of them can mean the difference between topping the score board and bankruptcy. Stash is hidden around levels, and grabbing it nets you free items to sell off - in our co-operative multiplayer it becomes a mad dash between Traders to see whom can find the stash and claim it first.There are many different Challenges to choose from, each one with a different objective and new places to visit. Stake your claim between Earth and The Moon, or try a larger challenge that takes you through all the of planets of the inner solar system. Fight crime bosses, or be purely a Trader - the choice of how you complete each challenge is yours. |
| Sword of the New World: Granado Espada | 2007-07-01 | Elephant Entertainment, LLC | IMC Games | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The world was embroiled in war, when the explorer Ferrucio Espada discovered a new world across the Dark Sea. Some fled the conflict, while others saw opportunities. Now, the land of Granado Espada faces the growing pains of a rapidly expanding colony, as well as dark beasts lurking in the wilderness, mysterious ruins, and hatred imported from the old world to the new.Sword of the New World: Granado Espada features a strange character system, where you control a group of 3 characters at once, instead of the usual 1. This is common enough in single-player games, but in a massively-multiplayer game, is certainly unusual. Also of note is the ability to play up to level 20 without any one-time or monthly fees.Other than these features, and the unique fantasy-Victorian motif, the game should look familiar to most veterans of massively-multiplayer games. Killing and looting monsters, leveling up, and completing quests are all part of the experience. |
| The Amazing Flying Brothers | 2007-07-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action | Side view | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Flex your muscles as a trapeze artist in The Amazing Flying Brothers. Bound by the laws of gravity, a little guy needs to perform stunts to wow the audience, by flying from swing to swing. There are only two, so the player has no choice to go back and forth, or go for a surprise by landing on the same swing, until the final verdict - sandy circus ground - is met.The game is entirely controlled by a single mouse button. Hold it down while the character is coming down to accelerate, or hold it while he is going up to slow down; click to release the bar. Points are awarded for performing flips, flight time, kissing the ceiling, quick changes, and most importantly; dramatic drumming. After a while, a pile of little guys covers the ground, not softening the fall in any way. |
| The Crackwell Legacy | 2007-07-02 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Not only mainstream games are parodied, even indie games cannot escape the vile claws. The Crackwell Legacy takes a few characters and events from The Blackwell Legacy and turns things around. Just like the original game, it is an AGS point-and-click adventure game. Throwing in a lot of profanity, the main goal of this 3-room game is to have Rosangela Crackwell (Rosangela Blackwell) get rid of the dog of her neighbour Shecanteat Sharma (Nishanti Sharma) with the help of Blowey Malone (Joey Malone).In the original game, Joey is a ghost that protects and guides the Blackwell family, but in this game his job is to protect the family members from a crack overdose. The game is very short, but the characters have been fully voiced and bear a likeness to those of the original game. |
| The Infinity String | 2007-07-02 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The Infinity String is a freeware adventure game with a story, design, interface and art reminiscent of such games as The Dig and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.More than a thousand years ago, two races fought each other. One of them, the Delegians, discovered the Strings, small threads of energy that bind every element in the universe. They used it to create a necklace, but were unable to control it and with the enemy drawing near, they decided to establish different research facilities for it far away. However, their planet was destroyed and only 5% of the population remained, scattered around the universe. The player takes on the role of Yerik Elnar, a scientist sent to Antarctica in 2011 to help research ruins discovered by Russian explorers in 2009. This discovery is tied to one of the Delegian exploration crafts and soon strange things start to happen.The game is quite long and offers many rooms to explore, humans and creatures to talk to, and a large amount of inventory-based puzzles. The game takes place in the ruins, a jungle and different spaceships. The story is told as a flashback, and the game is entirely controlled through the mouse, with the right button to examine and the left button to use or pick up objects. It is possible to die and near the end of the game the story is forked into 2 different paths with their own puzzles and endings. |
| Dead Reefs | 2007-07-03 | Adventure Company, The | Streko-Graphics Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This adventure game is an investigative murder mystery set on Dead Reefs, a remote island in the North Atlantic ocean surrounded by perilous rocks. This island was once inhabited by pirates who lured passing ships into the hazardous reefs to slaughter the crews and steal their precious cargo. As time went on, the pirates stopped their plundering and became law abiding members of the island settlement.Stories of the pirates turned into legend, especially when strange murders began to happen every nine years, causing the citizens to believe that the island was under the spell of an evil curse. Amadey Finvinerro, a detective from the mainland, is brought over to investigate the latest murder and those before it.Mysteries abound in this desolate place including dark family secrets, a haunted mansion and strange supernatural occurrences. Amadey must talk with all of the island's citizens, dig into old island history, pick up inventory items and solve puzzles.The game is played in 3rd-person perspective with some 1st-person scenes. Control is handled completely by keyboard. |
| Mayhem Intergalactic | 2007-07-04 | Inventive Dingo | Inventive Dingo | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Mayhem Intergalactic is a turn-based strategy game that takes place in space. Players control different planets and each turn have to decide if a planet constructs units or upgrades its factories so that it can construct more units next turn. Units are sent to fight against units on neighboring enemy planets. All units are the same so the only thing that counts is numbers. The spoils of war is the ownership of the planet.The battles are fought in a graphically minimal style, where only the number of units above a graphic changes and the losing party explodes. The game is presented completely in 2D and planets take on the color of the player that currently owns it.The game can be played against the computer AI or other players online. |
| G.H.O.S.T. Hunters: The Haunting of Majesty Manor | 2007-07-05 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Aisle 5 Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Hidden object | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Viola Majesty, the owner of an estate that carries her family name, calls a paranormal agency named G.H.O.S.T. Hunters to investigate the strange and unexplainable supernatural occurrences that are taking place in the manor.G.H.O.S.T. Hunters: The Haunting of Majesty Manor is a hidden object game that takes place in a haunted manor. The main objective is to collect all the items from a list at the left side of the screen, by finding and clicking on them in the cluttered rooms of the manor, within a time limit. The game is divided in fifteen days, each with several locations.The hint button located above the list replaces the cursor with the multi-scanner wand, a device with four buttons that turn red when near one of the required objects. Each room has a concealed battery that recharges the scanner when collected. |
| Global Conflicts: Palestine | 2007-07-05 | Serious Games Interactive | Serious Games Interactive | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Global Conflicts: Palestine is a serious game about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, where you play the role of a reporter researching stories in and around Jerusalem. The game has six different chapters, each representing one news story, and for each story you decide whether to write for an Israeli, a Palestinian, or a European newspaper. This choice, along with the many dialog choices you make during the game, influences your status with the different sides in the conflict, which again determines what sources, angles and information become available to you. The game is set in 3D, where you navigate the city and surrounding areas to meet and interview sources. Using wit, reason and diplomacy to build trust in the journalistic interviews, your goal is to gather enough interesting statements for a front-page article. At the end of each chapter, the player assembles a story from the collected statements, and its newsworthiness and bias is calculated. The educational goal of the game is to educate players ages 13-19 about aspects of the conflict. |
| WWII: Battle Over the Pacific | 2007-07-05 | Noviy Disk | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Action, Simulation | Behind view | | | Arcade | World War II | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | WWII: Battle Over the Pacific is a World War II-themed arcade-style flight simulator. The player takes control of a pilot fighting for the Allies to dominate the Pacific. The action is viewed from a third-person perspective. As the free world's only hope, the protagonist fights enemy aircraft, tanks and battle ships, as well as bomb enemy installations. It is possible to land on carriers for rearming, repairing and even switching to another aircraft type. |
| Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom | 2007-07-05 | GameTap LLC | ORIGIN Systems, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Mature | | Windows | Christopher Blair, "Heart of the Tiger" had retired to a farming planet after the war, content with retirement, so he says... In the depths of space, a new menace has surfaced. Some unknown attackers are killing civilian ships. The tension between the Confederation and the Border Worlds is at an all time high, as both sides accuse the other of staging the attacks. Admiral Tolwyn has recalled Blair back to service, where he will make the most difficult choice of all... And contemplate action he had never dared before, in the name of justice...Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is a mix of interactive movie and space sim. The game has a dynamic mission tree, which means the player's behaviour will determine the next mission. The videos feature real actors, like Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson, John Rhys-Davies and Malcolm McDowell. Before the start of each mission, the space craft can be equipped with different weapons. Sometimes the mission objectives change during flight, and the player has to make decisions what he wants to do next, e.g. help out his friend or destroy an enemy fighter. |
| Lair Land Story | 2007-07-06 | Electronic Arts Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. | CIRCLE Entertainment Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person | | Romance | Life / social simulation | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)This new version of the classic PC title Lairland Story released in 2007 has undergone a series of improvements. The story involves a serious conflict between humans and an alien race, where the alien invaders wreak terrible destruction on the city base of the Lairland King, which has stood for hundreds of years. Finally, the people send out a “Counter Attack Force” led by the main character Xero to penetrate the enemy heartland, in an attempt to eradicate the mother body which is controlling the alien race.Although Xero almost completes his mission, he and his force fail to retreat in time and get surrounded by the enemy. They escape to an abandoned shrine on the top of a mountain, where he meets Chilia, a young girl who can wield magical powers.Xero then witnesses with his own eyes that the young girl uses her power to summon “lightning and rain” from the heavens, putting out the fires of the war and bringing it to a halt. However, after Xero bringing her back to the city, Chilia completely loses her memory of what has happened that day and before. The story thus begins with the brand new memory of Chilia and her new life with Xero.The player is given 4 years of game time to spend with Chilia, turning her into a perfect young lady to search for her dream future.Apart from this, the player can also find his own dream girl.Every girl in this game has her own story. For example, the childhood sweetheart of Xero, Fay, who often argues with him and she is going to become a shrine maiden.Or the highly talented princess, Somarina, who is always sending Xero for some difficult tasks.Or the proud Chief of the Guards, Grana. Her true face has never been seen and she doesn’t like Xero right from the beginning.Then there is the girl thief Abi, who get shy easily and likes making troubles for Xero.It’s all up to you to give the girls a happy ending!The soundtracks of this PSP® version have been specially remade, with famous voice artists including Yoko Honda, Houko Kuwashima, Saori Hayami and Akira Ishida taking part in the voice-over.Fine-tuning has also been made to character design, CG, scenery and animation, as well as adding a great deal of CG for new characters.And the fans’ long-awaited feature, a recollection of the heroine’s memory a thousand year ago is also put in place.Extra features include: new endings such as Perfect Lover (Heroine’s Palace version), adjustments to most events and ending conditions, plus new character design and game features.This content is only compatible with PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).Content file size：432MBCopyright：© CIRCLE Ent. / ARC SYSTEM WORKSOne time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| The Stone of Destiny | 2007-07-06 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Voodoo Dimention | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | iTunes store description (from Ad Blurbs)Fancy yourself an Indiana Jones type of adventurer, finding valuable hidden treasures that others have unsuccessfully searched for? Maybe a good, old fashioned mystery is just the ticket for you.The Stone of Destiny has something for every adventurous spirit in search of intrigue. Explore the foreboding ruins of mystic temples and libraries or investigate the ancient altar where a precious object may be cleverly hidden. You never know where objects may be found, you’ll have to keep an open mind and be thorough. The yellowed map of the world may even lead you to the briny depths in search a long forgotten shipwreck.You’ll love the beautiful, high resolution graphics and ease of playing that this app offers. If you can tap a screen, you can interact with it. There’s a zoom in feature that will help you see up close when searching for objects, and the program is available in English, Russian and French.The Stone of Destiny is the perfect game for those times when you want light hearted entertainment that still captivates your interest. Grab this great little app now and let the adventure begin. |
| Peggle: World of WarCraft Edition | 2007-07-08 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition is a free version of Peggle Nights, as a promotional game for both the Peggle franchise and the MMORPG World of Warcraft. It is not the first time the Peggle franchise crosses over, previously Peggle Extreme was themed after The Orange Box and a basic version of the game can also be played inside the World of Warcraft client.Even though the basic gameplay is completely identical to Peggle Nights – controlling a cannon near the top of the screen to shoot balls in order to hit specific pegs, including the fever mode at the end of the game – the art is specifically themed after WoW with characters from the game and various references, as well as fitting introductions to the different stages.The game includes an Adventure mode with two stages of five levels each, Quick Play to play any of the unlocked levels, Duel for a two-player mode against a friend or the computer, and ten new tasks in the Challenge mode. There are also two characters to choose from and no further limitations to the gameplay. |
| Lone Case: Locomotive Breath | 2007-07-09 | | Sho-Ryu-Ken Corp. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Locomotive Breath is the first game in the Lone Case trilogy starring Dave Dell. A shadow of his former self, this detective spends his days drinking at the The Swigging Bushman. One of his famous cases, putting a man called O'Riley behind bars, comes back to haunt him. He has escaped prison and now holds a nuclear device on a train. As his boss gets murdered, Dell needs to tighten up and stop O'Riley before he has the chance to activate the device.This AGS adventure uses a classic point-and-click interface. The right mouse button is used to cycle through actions, left click activates them and the middle mouse buttons accesses the inventory. The game uses a Discworld Noir-inspired notebook system to interrogate other characters, but it is only used once in the game in order to progress. Drawn graphics are mixed with appear to be rendered or FMV sequences. |
| Pferd & Pony: Best Friends - Mein Pferd (Special Edition) | 2007-07-09 | dtp entertainment AG | Radon Labs GmbH | Educational, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Special Edition of Pferd & Pony: Best Friends - Mein Pferd includes the following bonus features:
An editor for horse decoration
Any shop is now accessible
The possibility to longe horses
Exchangeable hairstyles for the horses
An online mode to compare results with other players.
A pin board showing pictures of successful moments |
| Gods: Lands of Infinity | 2007-07-12 | Strategy First, Inc. | Cypron Studios, s.r.o. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Xarax, ruler of the Gods of Bellarion, was murdered and thus another God needed to take his place on the Divine Throne. The Gods could not agree on a new ruler so they decided to hold the Ultimate Challenge in which the Gods would cross their powers to determine who was the most powerful of them. The contest was held and the winner took his place on the throne, but the others did not acknowledge his leadership and the war of the Gods began. 2000 years later the war was still raging because nobody could win. Every side hid in their sealed fortresses, surrounded by deadly traps until one day the God of Darkness, Mortagorn, discovered a new weapon. It was so powerful, that none of the other Gods stood any chance and Mortagorn slowly destroyed them. In a last glimpse of hope, the God of Fire, Arswaargh, created Vivien, a divine avatar. Arswaargh sent Vivien through space and time to another world in order to find the much needed counter-weapon. But something goes wrong and Vivien wakes up on the world Antasion without her divine essence. Powerless like a normal citizen, she now ventures out to seek the Gods of Antasion to gain back her powers and find the desperately needed counter-weapon.You play as Vivien and move her in a 1st-person perspective through the world. Like in any other RPG you talk to people, get quests, fight various monsters, gain experience and level up, but the game also incorporates a limited trading simulation. There are several kind of traders which buy and sell different things. There is a production line between all these traders. For example in one town you will find someone who sells you grain at a good price because he grows it. You can then buy that grain and bring it to the local mill where you are given a reasonable amount of money for it. At the same time he sells the flour to you, that he gets out of the grain. The flour is needed by the bakery in the main city to make bread and you need the bread to satisfy your hunger. So while you make a good amount of money by providing each station with their ingredients, you also make sure, that you will always have, in our example, access to enough bread because each station transforms what you sell them over time into the items that they then sell you.Over the course of the game up to six other characters can join your group either to help you fight in the turn-based battles or just to be escorted by you to some place. The battle-system is much like in the Final Fantasy series. Your party stands on one side and your enemy on the other. You then have access to different kind of actions from normals attacks over spellcasting to using items from the inventory. Each action consume a different amount of action points. A normal melee attack costs 1 AP for example. In order to regain AP you need to defend for one round. Once you have defeated every enemy, your party gains experience and automatically loots the bodies.Your characters can advance in the three different trees Fighter, Mage and Alchemy by training and fulfilling quests. Advancing in a tree gives you access to more powerful weapons, armor and spells. With each normal level up you gain points you then can put in your attributes like strength or luck to specialise your character even more. But not every character can handle everything. Vivien for example is more of a fighter and will never be able to handle bows or staffs.Another part of the game is Alchemy which allows you to enchant your items or make potions out of materials that you either buy from vendors or find scattered around the world. To make a potion or enchant something, you need to learn the recipe which you can then look up in your Alchemy book. The more complex the recipe is, the more additional items you need. The basics are for example clear water and coal in order to use your distillery. |
| ThreadSpace: Hyperbol | 2007-07-12 | Iocaine Studios | Iocaine Studios | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | ThreadSpace: Hyperbol is an action-strategy game, where the player controls a single space ship and earns money by destroying enemies. There are different ship types available, which also have different states like e.g. a repair state (for faster health regeneration) or a ballistic state (bullets will bounce off walls). Each player has the ability to place an attack able production station, which can have up to six modules. Each module increases the amount of ammunition for a specific kind of weapons. The tactical aspect of this game are that the ammunition needs to be produced and the movement of the space ships is limited. However, it is possible to shoot around corners. The game is presented in a third person top-down view. The space ship as well as the camera are fully controllable by the keyboard, but for some actions a mouse support is available. For team communication there is a text chat and also a voice chat systems. |
| Arrrrrr! | 2007-07-14 | Mind Control Software, LLC | Mind Control Software, LLC | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Board game | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Arrrrrr! is a fast-paced multi-player pirate game were you sail your ship by hovering your mouse cursor over the ship to sail it in a direction. At the start of the game you pick between different game modes, which determines your goals for the game. The game is shown from a top-down perspective and can be played in single-player or multi-player mode. Players attack enemy ships, collect booty and bring it back to their town.The game does multi-player through multi-mouse. By hooking four mice to the computer you can play against other people and try to steal your friends’ booty.Arrrrrr! has 10 game modes, 6 of which are available in single player and with 8 different maps to play. |
| Pretty Soldier Wars: A.D. 2048 | 2007-07-15 | G-Collections | D.O. Corp. | Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | Adult | Turn-based strategy | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | In the early 21st century, the world is devastated by biological and nuclear warfare as humanity strikes against humanity. In the poisoned remains of Earth, a monstrous new species - the Yōjū - is born, spawned from the biological agents used in the war fusing with the radioactive corpses that now litter every battlefield. The Yōjū soon spread across the Earth and push the remaining humans to the brink of extinction. In the year 2048, mankind embarks on a last desperate gamble for survival by creating an elite all-female group of cyborg warriors known as A.S.S.P.: The Anti Strangebeast Special Police. Their mission: to destroy the Yōjū, whatever it takes.Pretty Soldier Wars A.D. 2048 is a remake of the hentai game Yōjū Senki: A.D. 2048. It is a turn-based strategy game played from an isometric perspective. In each mission, the player must choose six out of eight biosoldiers to send into battle against the Yōjū. Each biosoldier has a specific attack range and unique statistics, but only one generic attack ability. During gameplay, the player will encounter illustrated scenes of women being raped by Yōjū. Between each mission is an interlude with visual novel/dating sim elements where the player can seduce and have sex with the main female characters. There are three missions which each consist of three levels for a total of nine levels in the game. |
| A Tale of Two Kingdoms | 2007-07-16 | Crystal Shard | Crystal Shard | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | You are Maeldun Whiteblade, who three years ago stopped the bloody conquest of King Vortigern. It's Autumn Equinox and celebrations are in order. The memories of the war with the kingdom of Theylinn have almost faded. You drink your mead, enjoy the delicious harvest and share horror stories of the Fair Folk with your companions. Perhaps from now on, life will be quiet and boring - just the way you have always wished it to be. But suddenly a messenger arrives, telling you that your old enemy needs your help. The goblins are attacking their border and if Theylinn falls, it might mean the end of your peaceful lands also. Troubled by these news, you accept the call for help. As you stand on the deck of the ship, you know deep inside of you that there is more to this than meets the eye. For hidden within the borders of Theylinn lies a second kingdom, named Thierna na Oge, where the faeries reign. As the ship arrives in the docks you put these thoughts away - it's time to meet your old enemy face to face.A Tale of Two Kingdoms is a puzzle-solving adventure reminiscent of the classic style of Sierra and LucasArts contributions to the genre. The player advances through the fairy tale-like plot by solving predominantly inventory-based puzzles and participating in multiple-choice conversations with the characters. The game features five different endings, several side quests and alternate solutions, as well as teamwork with non-player characters. |
| Dream Day Honeymoon | 2007-07-16 | iWin.com | Oberon Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Dream Day Honeymoon is an hidden object game and also the sequel to Dream Day Wedding. Each level has a list of the objects randomly selected, that you have to find in a limited time. When you have one, you have to click on it.For finishing the game starring Jenny and Robert, the happily newlyweds from Dream Day Wedding, you have to beat 30 levels involving treasure and exotic locations. Play "Perfect Match" for gaining items needed for unlocking the bonus level, "First Class". And with "Choose a Story", you'll be writing Jenny and Robert's adventures.You have also the feature "Honeymoon Crisis", a special test of skill, involving items already found but not in the same place. If you don't pass it, Jenny and Robert risk to go home in a bad mood. |
| Toribash | 2007-07-16 | | Hagan, Hampa, Sir | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | | Windows | Toribash is a 3D turn-based fighting simulator created by Hampus Söderström. Featuring both singleplayer and multiplayer games, players control an avatar based on ragdoll physics. The basic aim of the game is to damage the opponent in strong or creative ways, where damage is awarded with points. Fighting consists of different sets of turn-based stances where each limb (neck, chest, shoulders, wrists, feet, knees, etc.) can be controlled individually: each joint can be relaxed, contracted, extended or held by clicking them.During each turn-based sequence, players can revise their strategy, with a seemingly endless amount of moves. A ghost image shows where the character will move next based on the selected actions. Hard blows can break joints and entire body parts can be torn apart. Special actions allow for grip or high jumps. When body parts different from hand or feet touch the ground while attacking, the player is disqualified.There is full 3D rotation and zoom, replays, different models, modifications that introduce new characters and weapons, and more. Scripts can be created through the LUA scripting language and are offered as downloadable mods. There is also a ToriShop where players can buy new types of blood, joint colours, textures, avatars and more. The game is constantly under development and new features are added gradually.In multiplayer games, players earn belts or dans of different colors based on the amount of matched played (ranging from 0 to +10,000). The official website has an active forum, a wiki, and online rankings and leagues. |
| Armageddon Empires | 2007-07-17 | Cryptic Comet | Cryptic Comet | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Armageddon Empires is a turn-based science fiction strategy game with cards. In the year 2025, Earth makes contact with two warring alien factions. The aliens turn the planet into a thermonuclear furnace and leave it after 20 years for another war front. The game takes place 300 years later, on what is left of Earth.The game features four different factions: humans that survived the Armageddon, mutated humans, the Machine Empire, and Xenopods (the latter two being the remnants of the aforementioned alien empires). Each faction features unique sets of cards which determine which units, heroes, facilities and attacks can be performed during the game.Like in Magic: The Gathering, each player has a deck which determines the actions they can perform during a turn. The cards come completely free, so no additional expenses have to be made to buy extra cards. Unlike Magic, Armageddon Empires also features a hexagonal map which shows the location of facilities and units. When units enter the hexagon of an enemy unit, combat initiates. Combat is resolved by clicking on cards of units in the battle to activate their abilities. |
| Charlie Foxtrot & The Galaxy of Tomorrow | 2007-07-17 | Hatters' Guild Productions | Hatters' Guild Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Charlie Foxtrot and the Galaxy of Tomorrow is a freeware AGS adventure set in space, following the legacy of the Space Quest series with a humorous undercurrent and parodies of well-known TV series, movies and technology in general. It tells the story of Charlie Foxtrot, a clone who eventually gains self-awareness and joins the intergalactic rebellion while pursued by the agent of the Empire of Conformity. It is a full-length adventure taking place on different planets. Charlie has to gather intelligence and then return to the mother station to deal with the emperor.The game uses a classic control system. Different actions are cycled through with the right mouse button or selected from a menu near the top of the screen. There are different conversation options, an inventory and the game also includes a Quest for Death 2 arcade mini-game. It is possible to die, with death screens inspired by Space Quest. Puzzles are largely inventory-based and the game also features a classic maze. Charlie navigates between the different planets using a Y2K Ladybug. He needs to gather coordinates to gain access to the different planets. |
| Full Spectrum Warrior Complete Pack | 2007-07-17 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Full Spectrum Warrior Complete Pack is a bundle containing Full Spectrum Warrior and its add-on, Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers. |
| Gods: Lands of Infinity - Special Edition | 2007-07-17 | Strategy First, Inc. | Cypron Studios, s.r.o. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | The Special Edition is a greatly enhanced version of the original GODS: Lands of Infinity.The biggest change is the inclusion of glamour model Kyla Cole which now resembles the lead heroine Vivian both in visual and in voice. The main menu has also been completely redesigned to incorporate Kyla Cole. Based on the latest patched version of the original GODS, the Special Edition features improved graphics and a much more detailed environment with remodeled buildings, better-looking trees and more. In addition you can now find many animals roaming around inside the different zones like rats, chickens or dogs which cannot be attack but add to the atmosphere of the game. To complete the graphical update, the game features several new animations for all characters and the old animations have been improved and are much smoother now. Additional technical changes include a redesigned user interface, improved sound effects and a completely new soundtrack.Besides the new face and voice of the lead heroine, the gameplay changes include a redesign of Alchemy which expands the experience by offering much more choices in what you can do. And of course there are several new recipes, weapons, shields and armors you can buy and find.Also included in the box is a poster-calender for 2008 featuring a picture of Kyla Cole. |
| Rakker and the Sinking Cities | 2007-07-17 | | | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | The restless soul of a roadkilled rabbit (doubtless the lagomorph ancestor of Gun-Nac's antagonists) gathers the discontent shades of other spectral bunnies to vent their collective frustration by tunneling beneath the major cities of the world, undermining their foundations and causing them to sink.Rakker, a very-much-alive rabbit with a conscience, cannot abide this burrowing menace from beyond the grave, and so he sets out beyond his warren to the infernal underworld in order to set things right using the only abilities at his disposal: running, jumping on to platforms, ducking, grabbing on to ledges and occasionally flipping levers. Sporadic enemies can be vanquished by jumping on their heads, but most of the obstacles are static hazards -- the likes of spiked pits awaiting anything less than a pixel-perfect jump. |
| Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition | 2007-07-17 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This release includes
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords
An exclusive fantasy-style poster from world-famous artist Greg Hildebrandt (illustrator of the original "Star Wars" fantasy-themed "Clash of the Titans" movie poster, "Lord of the Rings" calendars and posters and other seminal artwork)
Behind-the-scenes DVD with developer interviews, insight into the Civilization IV development process and a short feature on Sid Meier's video game history
Tech-tree poster featuring the paths to researching and discovering all of the technologies needed to advance in Civilization IV
Civilization IV game manual |
| 7 Wonders II | 2007-07-18 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Hot Lava Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Asia, Classical antiquity, Egypt (Ancient), Europe, Middle East | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 7 Wonders II is the sequel of 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, a casual match-3 game.The gameplay consists of swapping adjacent runes on a grid, making matches of three or more to remove them. By doing so, the remaining pieces fall down, occupying the vacant space. The player has a limited time to reach his objective of breaking the background stone by doing matches.In 7 Wonders II, the bricks resulting from this breaking are used for replenishing the bonus bar in order to use it. The bonus can be chosen on the bonuses menu by the player. These appear on the Wonder and can be reached with construction sets.The construction sets come from the matches: the more matches that are done, the more the construction set bar is replenished. Use what is collected to build the Wonder and find bonuses.Matching four runes will cause an iceball to appear. By swapping it, all the runes and background stone of the same line will be destroyed. The fire ball appears after a five-runes match, and destroys both a column and a row. The dice piece appears after using several ice and fire balls, and removes random tiles from the grid.A secret Wonder is unlocked by collecting the 7 "big" map pieces. In each level, a special square can be seen. By matching runes of the same color on it, you can obtain a "little" map piece. When you obtain a certain number of it during the construction of your Wonder, you'll unlock secret challenges and obtain a "big" map piece. |
| Mystery P.I.: The Lottery Ticket | 2007-07-18 | RealArcade | SpinTop Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Grandma Rose has won $488 millions by playing at the lottery. The only problem she has is that she lost her ticket! So, she hired you, one of the most famous investigators. You're the Mystery P.I. and you're decided to help her by trying to retrace her footsteps.Mystery P.I.: The Lottery Ticket is a seek and find game, meaning that you have to search for hidden objects. At the beginning of each level, you're given a list of what you have to find in a limited time. Once you spot an item on the list, you have to click on it. There are also mini-games. The game features also ranks. The "Perfect Investigation" gives a big bonus of points, making you rising through the ranks faster. |
| Ship Simulator 2008 | 2007-07-18 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | VSTEP B.V. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | In the 2008 edition of the Ship Simulator series players can manoeuvre ships in different kinds of environments. The stress is purely on the simulation, there are no fighting elements with opponents and as such the gameplay is recreational in design, although there are action-based missions.The game is divided into a free roaming and a mission mode. In Free Roam, players choose a ship, an environment, weather conditions and time, and start sailing. There are no goals in this mode, but players can set waypoints to define routes, and sail from Amsterdam to New York for instance.In the mission mode objectives need to be completed without damaging the ships. In easy missions only a single ship needs to be controlled with only a few goals, while harder missions have the player steer multiple ships at once with different goals altogether. Apart from routes, boats will need to be towed with a tug boat, players need to load containers, do a sight-seeing tour, participate in a stunt show, unload contains, or rescue other ships or swimmers during disasters. Completing missions improves the player's ranking. There are five main classes (special, motorboat, cargo, passenger or yacht and tugs), with five levels each.The weather conditions can be configured in detail, including wind force, wind direction, rain, thunder, fog, stars, the height of the waves and the shape of the clouds. The selection of ships include a container vessel, a patrol boat, a pilot boat, a powerboat, ferries, a rescue boat, an incident response vessel, tug boats, a supertanker, an ocean liner and more. Some ships are famous models, such as the RMS Titanic (updated from the previous version), Pride of Rotterdam or ADF Vermaas.Ships can be controlled from different perspectives, both external and internal. In the walkthrough mode players can fully explore the ship and walk to areas such as the helmsman position to take control of the ship. They can be steered using the arrow keys or by clicking and dragging elements in the interface. Basic controls are different for each type of ship and are shown near the bottom of the screen. The top of the screen has a compass, GPS coordinates and detailed information about the weather. A general map is also available.The 1.1 version updates the game a mission editor (available separately), mid-mission save function, two new vessels (jet ski and hovercraft), 20 new missions and extended scenery. With the editor players can create custom missions and share them online.In the 1.3 version online multiplayer is introduced for the first time in the series.Additional updates add horns and radio sounds, Philips amBX support for more ambient sounds.In July 2008 more customization was introduced through The Shipyard, an online vessel and environment shop where players can customize the game with new ships, environments, harbours and new features. |
| Rush for Berlin: Gold | 2007-07-20 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Rush for Berlin Gold is a compilation including:
Rush for Berlin
RftB: Rush for the Bomb
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| Attack of the Creeps | 2007-07-21 | | Galago Games | Strategy | Top-down | | | Tower defense | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Attack of the Creeps is a Tower Defense game. The goal of the game is to prevent monsters from traversing the screen by placing towers which shoot projectiles at them.Each creep has several statistics - hit points, speed, immunity, and some can fly. There are various towers - some can stun or slow enemy creatures, while others are effective against flying creatures. The towers all cost money, but killing creeps earns you this.The creatures spawn in waves every several seconds, and to prevent them from traversing the map you have to create a maze of towers. There are six different screen layouts, of different shapes and exit positions. |
| Spirits Remake | 2007-07-21 | M.A Software | M.A Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This freeware remake of the Spanish platform-adventure from 1987 updates the graphics and sounds while maintaining the same gameplay of the original. As before, the player controls a wizard roaming the halls of a haunted castle filled with legendary creatures and monsters, where he must collect all the ingredients for a spell to defeat an evil warlord.The wizard can shoot a paralyzing enchantment that freezes the enemies for a short time, allowing him to escape before they can do any harm. The required items are randomly scattered on the castle grounds, and the main character must flip switches to open portcullis and other passages to gain access to all the objects.The main game screen is split horizontally in the middle, with the top portion showing the wizard, and the bottom part initially displaying the location of one of the magical tools and interactions happening on distant places, like the opening of a new entrance and other special events. Once the crystal ball is acquired, the player can monitor the activities of certain characters by pressing the keys from 1 to 5, to show them moving at the bottom half. The game language can be set to English, Spanish or Italian. |
| Rome: Curse of the Necklace | 2007-07-23 | iWin.com | Big Fish Games, Inc | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Rome: Curse of the Necklace is a hidden object game where objects from a list must be found and clicked on 360º panoramic views of Rome's landmarks, within a time limit. The point of view can be panned around with the keyboard arrow keys, or with the mouse moving the globe in the middle of the interface at the bottom. Zooming in and out can be performed by the mouse scrolling wheel, or moving a interface slider with the cursor.The list of objects appears as a translucent overlay on the bottom-right of the screen, where the items automatically disappear after finding and clicking on them on the locations. A feature that highlights the objects names, if they are present on the screen, can be turned off at the beginning of the game. The hint button moves the point of view, centering it in one of the required objects.There are two modes, Tourist (no time limit) and Explorer. Jigsaw puzzles and other mini-games appear between chapters. In one of them, the objective is to find the differences between two similar images. A rendition of the traditional Italian card game called Scopa is included, with instructions.Each location has a special object that have to be swapped later, for clues telling the history of a noble family and their involvement with a diamond necklace that has magical powers. |
| Guns of August: World War I 1914-1918 | 2007-07-24 | Matrix Publishing, LLC. | Adanac Command Studies | Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Wargame | World War I | | | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Guns Of August: World War I 1914-1918 is a turn-based strategy game, set in the first World War with all major powers and theatres of war included. The player can place and command infantry, artillery, reinforcements, air force and navy, research and development new technologies. Use diplomacy to influence the course of war and control economy and morale of your nation. 5 scenarios are included. |
| Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children | 2007-07-24 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | LDW Software, LLC | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Isometric | Windows | A young couple falls through a hole while investigating a cavern on the Isola island. Landing on the western shore they discover several children, abandoned by their elders. The couple decide to take care of them, while trying to unravel the mystery of their origin.Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children is the sequel to Virtual Villagers: A New Home. Both are real-time strategy games that play like a cross between a virtual pet simulator and the Settlers games. Like in the first game, interaction with the environment is made by dragging and dropping the autonomous characters on objects and places. While holding them over a part of the screen, a description of what they see is displayed on the bottom of the screen.Some individuals have quirks and abilities of their own that are displayed on the villager detail screen, along with other statistics like their health and their developing skills (farming, building, research, healing and parenting).The game advances when the members of the tribe solve puzzles, and certain milestones are reached. Randomly, a message pops up presenting a situation and offering options that affect the game in some way.There are several activities that the villagers need to perform so that the tribe can thrive: collecting food, constructing buildings, researching new technologies, increasing the population by delivering babies, etc. Performing these activities boost the associated skill and define the villager profession. Children can't work or swim until they are 14 years old, and can only procreate when they became adults at the age of 18, but they can collect some random objects like seashells and butterflies. These objects add to the tech points used to buy technology. Advances in technology allow the villagers to perform more actions.The game is played in real-time, and progress is saved automatically when the player exits. When the game is restarted, it calculates the time passed and adjusts the tribe situation accordingly. |
| Burn the Trash! | 2007-07-25 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Burn the Trash! is a shooting game played on a single screen, where the player controls a spaceship, fighting wave after wave of "trash" enemies along with the occasional boss. The "trash" shoots bullets that the player's ship must avoid, lest it be destroyed. To fight the enemies, the player's ship has a flamethrower installed, along with a beam which disintegrates bullets in its path. The players can also instantly switch to another ship, which is armed with a dual flamethrower and a laser that destroys nearby bullets. Using both weapons at once will fire off a special attack. Using any attack causes the player's ship to heat up, and if the player fires for too long the ship will overheat and explode. The game is on a timer, and if the time runs out, it's game over. Destroying enemies increases the timer. The game is characterized by its "messy" graphical style, as all the objects keep producing pixelated, blocky afterimages; this graphic feature can however be deactivated. |
| Sally's Salon | 2007-07-25 | GamesCafe.com | GamesCafe.com | Action | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Sally dreams of opening her own beauty salon and it's up to the player to help her. Sally begins with a small shop in the local mall and when that is successful, she branches out to open more franchises in other areas.Sally's Salon is a time management game where customers file in through the door desiring a variety of beautification services. These include hair washing, coloring, cutting, styling, drying, and eyebrow styling. Customers indicate what service they want next with a pictorial balloon above their heads. The player must guide them to the appropriate station in the salon and service the customer. The customers must have their needs met in a timely manner or else their satisfaction meters (measured in hearts) will decrease along with prospective tips. Customers will eventually leave if they are dissatisfied enough.Between days at the beauty shop, Sally can use her profits to purchase upgrades for the beauty shop such as more stations, faster equipment, and waiting area amenities for keeping the customers patient. Sally can also hire assistants to staff various stations, thereby lessening her own burden. |
| A Tribute to the Rolling Boulder (from Raiders of the Lost Ark) | 2007-07-26 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | This game is a tribute to the rolling boulder of the 1981 movie Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark and was developed in 4 days for the Assembly 07 gamedev competition. Ever since the movie came out, aspiring archaeologists have been trying to disgrace the honor of the golden idols of fertility in the jungle. One day, Mr. Rolling Boulder receives a letter where he is asked to make an appearance to help protect that honor.Played with the mechanics of a reversed Donkey Kong, the player steers a rolling boulder on a single screen with different platforms and ladder. Mr. Rolling Boulder can move around and jump, crushing enthusiastic archaeologists who enter at the bottom of the screen, awarding extra points for combos. After a while, the Indiana Joneses will be swarming the screen, climbing ladders and clinging to the golden idols at the top of the screen. This depletes the honor meter and when it is completely empty, the game is over. |
| Camelot Warriors: El Remake | 2007-07-26 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This freeware remake of the Spanish platform game from 1985 replaces the 8-bit graphics and sounds with modern, enhanced assets while keeping the unforgiving gameplay of the original. As before, the player controls a knight of the round table on a quest to retrieve four magical artifacts for King Arthur. In a humorous twist, all the the quest items are anachronistic objects. For example, "the fire that doesn't burn" is actually a fluorescent lamp. The knight has a limited set of movements and only one attack strike, a sword swipe, to transverse screens filled with obstacles, dangerous roaming monsters and hazardous environments. The hero can be killed by touching anything remotely dangerous, and is unable to crouch and slay short enemies. In one instance, after bringing back the artifact to the wizard Aznaht, the knight is transformed into an amphibian creature to be able to breathe underwater and navigate a complex of submerged caves. |
| Combat Mission: Shock Force | 2007-07-26 | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | | | Stephen Grammont, Charles Moylan, Jean‑Vincent Roy | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Combat Mission: Shock Force is the fourth game in the Combat Mission series, and the first one not to take place during World War II. Instead the setting this time is Syria in the near future.As with previous games in the series the focus lies on tactical ground combat battles. Each battle starts with a mission briefing where the player gets to study the strategic and operational maps and gets a description of the mission. After this the player is moved to the 3D battlefield and the Setup Phase where the action is paused. Here the battlefield has setup zones where the player can position his units. The player can here issue commands to his units, which will be activated once the battle begins. When happy with this the player can choose to start the actual battle. The game features a number of gameplay styles. In it's most basic form the game is played in simultaneous time, meaning that a second of play time equals a second of real time. Players can however choose to change this to an alternative playing style. In the real-time mode the battles starts after the setup has been completed and only stops if the player chooses to pause the action. In the turn-based mode, each turn of the battle (except for the first) has three phases. It starts with an command phase where the player issues orders. After this comes the action phase where the units execute their orders. This consists of 60 seconds of real-time action. Last is the replay phase where the player can rewind and replay the action. For the first turn of the battle, the action phase is based on the commands given in the setup phase. The player is not able to issue any more commands in the action and replay phases.Each battle can have a number of different victory conditions based on different objectives. Three main types of objectives exist: terrain-based, unit-based and force-wide objectives. Terrain-based objectives include occupying an area, destroying a building, defend an area or reaching an area. Unit-based objectives can be tied both to single units or to a group of units and include destroying or spotting specific units. Force-wide objectives include the number of casualties, condition of troops and amount of ammo left.Combat Mission: Shock Force contains two campaign played from the US side: Yakima Training Center and Task Force Thunder. Yakima Training Center is a training mode for new players that teaches the game mechanics. In the Task Force Thunder campaign players take command of a battalion-sized combined arms Task Force across the Syrian border with the goal of splitting the country in two. Combat Mission campaigns are semi-dynamic which means that they consist of both predetermined elements, as well as some that are based on the actions of the player. Each battle's starting conditions depend on the result of the previous battle. The game also has QuickBattles, which is battles where the units and the map are randomly generated depending on what parameters are set by the player. Options include environment, size and weather as well as unit types and quality. The game supports two player multiplayer. The real-time mode can be played through LAN or Internet, while the turn-based mode can be played in hotseat (two players on the same computer) or through E-mail. |
| Elven Mists | 2007-07-26 | INTENIUM GmbH | INTENIUM GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Elven Mists is a puzzle game. Thick fog covers the elven country and the elves are trapped in buds. These buds are spread on the playing field and you are tasked to connect them to free the elves. The connection is done via different pieces. Once you have connected all buds in a level, you proceed to the next of 90 levels. |
| Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico | 2007-07-26 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Deadline Games A/S | Action | Behind view | | Crime | Shooter | Contemporary, North America | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | This Grand Theft Auto-inspired game of violence and vengeance begins deep in Maya jungle, where a man named Ernesto Cruz was lost in 1989. The official explanation for his disappearance was fatal overdose, but this is not enough for Ernesto's twin sons, Ram and Tommy. They embark on a quest for truth, though the Mexican wilderness and underworld urban environments inhabited by gangs, drug lords, and dangerous women.Players can explore the large areas on foot, or commandeer any vehicle they choose. Total Overdose features a fighting game-styled combo system, and smart, skilled shooting unlocks new equipment and abilities. A "Rewind" system allows players to repeat a sequence to nail a perfect combo, or even to turn back the clock and avoid a fatal mistake. |
| Aurora: The Secret Within | 2007-07-27 | Lexicon Entertainment UK Limited | BluMiAl Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Aurora: The Secret Within is a classic point-and-click adventure game played from a first-person perspective in a 3D environment. The story takes place in the 1950's, when the U.S Army releases ground-breaking news: a flying saucer has crashed near Roswell. The player takes the part of Detective Pileggi as he investigates the disappearance of a local farmer. During this investigation he finds out that there's more to Area 51 than the development of secret military weapons and vehicles: scientist are busy on a secret project named "Aurora". |
| Izumo 3 | 2007-07-27 | Studio Ego | Studio Ego | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Kakeru, the protagonist of the game, has lost his parents when he was a little boy. Now he is a teenager attending the famous private academy Izumo. He trains in martial arts and visits his sick sister in a hospital after school. So uneventful his life is, until one day something happens - and not for the first time in the Izumo Academy: some mysterious force turns the school into monster-infested dungeon. Kakeru must now save his friends from the monsters and find the source of evil.Izumo 3 is very similar to both predecessors: there are long stretches of "visual novel" gameplay (looking at still pictures and reading text), but the bulk of the gameplay is still old-school Japanese RPG with turn-based battles. Unlike in the previous games, the battles in "Izumo 3" are not random. Enemies can be seen walking on the screen, and it is possible to avoid them. |
| Kaos Online | 2007-07-27 | Gunsoft Processamento de Dados Ltda | Barunson E&A Corporation | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Kaos Online is an MMORPG. All characters can express their emotions, such as joy, sadness or anger, as well as dance and greet other players. The landscape changes with the day or night, the climate changes the effect of spells, and there is a large amount of weapons available. The player can buy pets that help in the battles, gain experience and can collect items to increase the powers of his character. It also includes a clan system where players can collect taxes from others in the clan.After catastrophic changes in the environment of the planet, the UN was given permission to evacuate from Earth. Ships of the armed forces left the orbit leading populations to a place called Eden. These groups consisted of people with different kinds of proficiency, such as terrorists, prisoners, hackers etc. At the beginning of the journey the seeds were already sown for social unrest and it grew into a rebellion. Hackers discovered that the ship was a huge nuclear bomb and that they had fallen into a trap sordid and cruel. The evacuation of the Earth was nothing more than a ruse to purify the social problems in a simple and fascist. Thus, the mission crew came together around the most intellectually gifted and forged a plan for survival and revenge, where they would guide the explosives toward the orbital station and headed to Jupiter. At its destination, the rebels were faced with a highly developed alien species planned to use their superior technologies to dominate and enslave all that was on its way. The rebels tried to resist using the artifacts found in the evacuation ships, developing powerful weapons. Everything was in vain, and killed millions of humans who survived were enslaved. Other species have allied themselves with the people of Earth, preferring to die fighting to become servants of being negligible.That way Kaos Online represents the struggle between different types of species.
Humans: the rebels are fighting for their survival using the technology. They have abilities such as invisibility, accurate shots, piercing shots and long-ranged weapons.
Bulkans: highly developed aliens who try to dominate other species with their technology. They are the only ones able to use the Slayers, huge swords that cause immense damage, and the Chakuram circular weapons that stun or paralyze enemies.
Kailiptons: mages who use powerful spells to defeat opponents. Their attacks are fireballs and lightning bolts, or waves of sharp stones, and even curses that reduce the ability of defense and attack their opponents.
Aidias: small beings who use nature for defense or attack. They transform into clouds of butterflies, ghosts of beasts and monsters to attack, draining energy from the earth to increase the attack power. They have the ability to heal with magic and vitality to share with peers. |
| Little Busters! | 2007-07-27 | Visual Art's | Key | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Developed by | Windows | Riki Naoe has lost both his parents when he was a child. His life started to have meaning only after he met a group of youngsters who called themselves "Little Busters", self-described as noble protectors of the weak who fights against evil. One day, Kyosuke Natsume, the leader of the group, asks Riki to find female candidates for an upcoming baseball game. As Riki begins to explore the school and talk to the inhabitants of the dormitories, he discovers that reality has been shifted, and nothing is what it seems...Little Busters! is a visual novel in which the player reads text superimposed on still anime-style images, and is occasionally prompted to make a decision, putting the storyline on one of the several possible paths. The characters in the game have statistics and sometimes fight each other. These fights are non-interactive, but they play a role in story development: if a character loses a fight, the player may want to change some of the choices made earlier, so that the character's statistics and subsequent outcome of the fight will be altered. |
| Melty Blood: Act Cadenza Ver.B | 2007-07-27 | Ecole Software Corp. | Type-Moon | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Melty Blood: Act Cadenza Ver.B is a 2D fighting game. It is the Windows conversion of the arcade game of the same name, which is in turn based on the original 2002 Melty Blood PC game. Compared to the arcade version, it includes a tag team mode, a 4-player team battle mode, a programmable dummy for training purposes, and a new hidden boss character, Neco-Arc Chaos Black G666 (replacing G-Akiha from Melty Blood: Re-ACT). It also includes subtle gameplay changes, most notably altered defense ratings for characters and adjustments to the game's input system. Other typical fighting elements are cancels (cancel an attack before the animation ends), chain combos and the use of power bars (magic circuits) for enhanced attacks. |
| Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Complete | 2007-07-27 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Sid Meier's Civilization IV (base game)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords (first expansion pack)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (second expansion pack)
It is not to be confused with the 2009 Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition. |
| Attack on Pearl Harbor | 2007-07-28 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | 3Division s.r.o., 3D People s.r.o. | Action | Behind view | | | | World War II | Flight / aviation | Direct control | | | | Windows | Attack on Pearl Harbor is an action game where the player controls aircraft during WWII. Despite the name the two campaigns (USA and Japan) with overall 40 missions are not restricted to Pearl Harbor but take place during several battles between Japan and USA. However, historical accuracy plays no role.The goals of the missions are varied in nature, e.g. liberating an area or destroying a ground base, but basically boil down to flying from point A to point B while avoid getting killed. Because of strict time limits it is not advisable to kill every foe in sight. On the other hand the player gets rated after every mission and, depending on his performance, receives new or additional aircraft which are basically used as extra lives.The controls are action oriented, the player controls his aircraft directly and needs to use few other buttons. Ammo is unlimited but the weapons can overheat when used rapidly. |
| Intellivision Las Vegas Lounge Trio | 2007-07-28 | Intellivision Productions Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Intellivision Las Vegas Lounge Trio is a limited edition expo collector's pack containing three Intellivision Productions, Inc. titles:
Intellivision Lives! Intellivision Rocks
Intellivision in Hi-Fi Audio CD.
This collector's sleeve had a limited release of five hundred units exclusively created for the 10th Anniversary Classic Gaming Expo held at the Riviera Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas strip, July 28 & 29, 2007. |
| Quest Fighter 2 | 2007-07-29 | Crystal Shard | Crystal Shard | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Quest Fighter 2 is a parody of Street Fighter, starring the heroes of classical adventure games.This means you can have King Graham and his pet goat beat up Bobbin Threadbare, or Guybrush Threepwood use his voodoo against Roger Wilco. Play against the computer, or against your friends.The game contains nine characters, a secret boss, special moves for all, and of course fatalities. |
| Fate by Numbers | 2007-07-30 | | Revival | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Remco Corman | Detective / mystery | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Set in a futuristic city, the protagonist Alice Sanger, an ex-cop whose career and marriage went down when she tried to uncover corruption in her bureau, now a private detective gets a new assignment from an anonymous client. Her task is to get a briefcase. While trying to get that briefcase at the Sainsbury Station, she met her presumed dead ex-husband again, who is now working for the other side. To make matters worse, she also get shot by a sniper. Now Alice has to find out what's about the briefcase, what her ex-husband has to do with it and who shot her.Fate by Numbers is a film-noir Interactive Movie mixed with a point&click Adventure system.After the intro you start in your office. Like all other places in the game, the locations are "static" - you have animations here and there, but you can't walk around. Alice always stands on the same place. But of course you can interact with the environment on fixed locations, including looking at, using it, talking to or using any equipped stuff. If the action is not possible (i.e. talking to the computer), Alice will say so. Otherwise, almost all other actions resulting in full motion video-sequences - leaving a building, "driving" with your car, speaking with people, breaking in buildings, hacking in computers etc. An exception for example is analysing photos in your computer, there you must manually looking for clues by zooming parts of the photos.When leaving places, you are presented with a city map showing the current places you can visit. The places grow over time, but a few are only there briefly (i.e. breaking in the surveillance centers server room). |
| Peanuts: It's the Big Game, Charlie Brown! | 2007-07-30 | Viva Media, LLC | Black Hammer Productions, Inc., Web Production, The | Action, Adventure, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | It's The Big Game Charlie Brown is an action adventure game that teaches children about baseball.Charlie Brown is the pitcher and manager of the team. Players will help Charlie recruit his Peanuts friends onto the team (Snoopy, Linus, Peppermint Patty, Pigpen and more) in Story Mode by solving puzzles which teach social skills. The gang will train using 10 character-specific mini-games. For instance, Lucy teaches fielding, Shroeder teaches pitching etc.The game approaches baseball from a beginner's perspective so kids can learn everything about the game of baseball - from hitting the ball, catching and fielding to scoring runs. When the team is complete, and all of the mini-games have been finished, the team will play a full game of baseball. During the "Big Game" players can choose 6 or 9 innings to test their skill.The game is played in point-and-click manner and features music and sound effects plus the graphics of the lovable Peanuts characters in their native cartoon atmosphere. |
| Ricochet Infinity | 2007-07-31 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | As with the other Ricochet games, Infinity is in every way the spiritual successor to the classic game Arkanoid. You use a paddle (in this case, a paddle attached to a spaceship) to bounce a ball into level after level of bricks with many different properties, all the while revealing power ups or other, less desirable things, such as bombs which will kill you. There are more than two hundred levels to be cleared over two episodes that come with the game.There are a few features that set Ricochet Infinity apart from previous games in the Ricochet franchise:
A ring collecting system that unlocks new ships and new balls (referred to as ion spheres).
A mouse party option that allows a second mouse to be plugged into your computer for head-to-head or cooperative play. This option requires at least Windows XP. However, each mouse can be a USB, a PS/2 or even a serial mouse.
A near-infinite (hence the name) supply of user-created levels that can be downloaded from the company's online server.
A recall button. By holding the right mouse button while your ball is in flight, you can exert a gravitational pull between the ball and the paddle, causing the ball to alter it's flight path left or right, depending on where your paddle is in relation to it. This feature works in quite a similar way to the gravity gun found in BreakQuest. |
| TAGAP: The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins | 2007-07-31 | Penguin Development Team | Penguin Development Team | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins - The title kinda sums it up. Mad scientist doctor Glowenko is planning to take on the world with an army of bio-engineered cybernetic penguins. One of the penguins, codenamed Pablo, doesn't like the idea and escapes, only to find himself fighting against the whole clone penguin army, leaded by Pedro, another cyber-penguin. The fate of the world is in Pablo's... er... flippers!TAGAP is a 2-D platformer shoot-em-up, but it plays more like a first-person-shooter than traditional genre game. Keyboard is for movement while guns are handled with mouse. Speaking of weapons, there are plenty to choose from: Uzis, rocket launchers, plasma guns and even combat vehicles. And you'll need them all against endless waves for zombie penguins, security robots and sentry turrets.But TAGAP isn't just about penguins and guns, but also about pills. There are four different pills that are rewarded for in-game achievements, like hi-scores and killing spree combos. The color-coded drugs have different effects and side effects. As a result gameplay keeps switching from trippy slow-motion to fast-forward chaos – and back!TAGAP uses OpenGL effects arsenal for 2-D presentation of slightly naïve style, resulting slick, anarchistic presentation easiest described as Mario-meets-Doom. Also featured are built-in level editor and thoroughly-documented TAGAP_Script scripting system. TAGAP: The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins is freeware. It's the debut game of Penguin Development Team, a duo of Finnish hobbyist developers. |
| The Great Casserole Caper | 2007-07-31 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Great Casserole Caper is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. Actions can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. You are Jeffrey McCracken, a young boy who has to join a big family dinner during Eastern. Your aunt received a mysterious cooking machine called the Casserole-O-Matic. But food from this device looks and smells rather toxic. You have to stop this and avoid being caught by some uncles who want to beat the crap out of you. |
| Arx Fatalis (Collector Edition) | 2007-08-01 | Akella | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a re-release of the original Arx Fatalis at the same time as a new and final patch (1.18) was released. Contains an extra CD on which is included:Strategic Guidean Art Booka video of the Making-ofTrailer for the unreleased game The Crossing |
| Battleship / Trouble / Perfection Collection | 2007-08-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Compilation, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games:
Battleship
Trouble
Perfection
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| BlapRacer | 2007-08-01 | | | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | BlapRacer is written in the arcade style sense of gaming. It is fast paced and full of action, designed to begin racing without hassle and with no complicated set-up procedures, just like in the old days.There are 3 Levels of near impossibility and lots of cars, all of them very powerful but with their own quirky personality. Each level features colorful graphics and depicts very different atmospheres.Track 1: The first track is situated on a small island in north-western Australia and consists of a large oval-like shape with a few bendy bits just to make it a bit more difficult.Track 2: The second track is harder than the first, is in a figure 8 shape with a jump in the middle and is located more east to the pacific in an atoll not to far from Australia, but more close to the equator.Track 3: This track is even harder than the second. Half the track is in near total darkness, and navigation must be judged by the silhouettes of the mountains against the sun setting sky. |
| Bouncing Cars | 2007-08-01 | | | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In Bouncing Cars two or three players compete to collect 10 stars. Each time the game is started a map is generated at random. Before the game starts each player must choose a car out of a total of 7 designs, two player may not have the same car design. The players must avoid obstacles like oil spills, patches of ice, bushes and roadblocks. |
| Jī Dǎ! Zāi Lán Zhōngxué Shoot! Fēijī dà Zuòzhàn! | 2007-08-01 | Comics SpeedUP Online | Firedog Computer Entertainment Ltd. | Action | | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | This sidescrolling 2D shooter is based off of the manhua New Cullion College Science Group by Joey Hanma. Instead of spaceships, players choose one of three different characters from the original manhua and shoot through enemies and settings inspired by different comic plots. The gameplay is relatively basic for the genre, but each character is given some distinct features from each other; aside from their basic shot, each character has a different unique way to deflect enemy bullets and a very different form of bomb. For example, one of the characters has a sword which can deflect bullets in front of her while another is able to put up a temporary force field above and below her to deflect bullets from those directions. |
| Magic Shop | 2007-08-01 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Jaibo Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Become the owner of a Magic Shop abandoned long ago by master magician Loriel. Customers looking to buy artifacts knock on the door, enter the shop and place their orders. Solve puzzles, collect gems and use spells until their order is filled. With red gems collected, buy potions to keep waiting patrons happy or enchantments to increase the value of items being sold.The game plays out in the form of days with a set number of customers and a points goal for each. If you fail to meet the requirements, the entire day level must be replayed. The game ends after retrying three times.Magic Shop uses a "click group to clear" method of gameplay. Point to a group of same-colored tiles and, if they shimmer, click on them to remove the bunch. New tiles move in from the top to fill the blank spaces. Concentrating on the colors needed to fill your customer's order, remove those tiles as quickly as possible. Special bonus tiles aid in removing large groups of tiles at once or changing their color. As the game progresses, spells are introduced which can do a variety of things like clear tiles from the board, shuffle them, or remove rocks, for instance.Bonus levels are timed concentration games. Find matches by turning over cards. Click on two matching cards. |
| Mysteryville 2 | 2007-08-01 | GameHouse, Inc. | NevoSoft LLC | Action, Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Writer Laura Winner has psychic powers, aided by her spirit guide Dong Li. She has no intention of using them when she visits old friend Bill Witowski, in the sleepy town of Eurekaberg. However, when Bill is not in his room and proves hard to locate, she is drawn into a mysterious web. As Winner, you must solve the mystery by travelling through various locations (starting in your hotel, progressing onto places such as a church and a forest home), clearing pre-set puzzle screens. Most are variants of the object-finding gameplay style. Move your mouse cursor around the room clicking on the objects you are instructed to find, to remove them from the screen. A 'hint' feature is available to locate a specific object - after use this is disabled until it has charged back up. On most of these levels, you are shown silhouetted pictures of the objects (3 at a time), on others you are given their names (5 at a time), and on others you must find all variants of a specific object, such as crystals and keys. Persistant random clicks result in a time penalty.Additional level types are included. Winner will sometimes use her psychic powers to produce a different view of a level - use this to spot all the differences between the two, by moving a symmetrical cursor. One level requires you to shuffle words around to assemble a note written by Witowski (who has severe dyslexia), and another involves swapping blocks around to assemble a 5x5 picture. |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gold Rescue Team - Challenge the Gold Rank! | 2007-08-01 | Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd. | Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Roguelike | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This game is a demo version of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team. Due to the game's obscurity, there is no known information on its content. |
| Ride! Carnival Tycoon | 2007-08-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | eV Interactive LLC, Gabriel Interactive, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Ride! Carnival Tycoon lets the player build and run their own traveling carnival in both a sandbox and career mode. There are 25 rides, 10 games of chance, food stands, ticket booths, and many other items the player places to satisfy the carnival customers. As the player progresses through career mode bigger rides and locations become available. The player must spend his money wisely to maximize profits while keeping patrons happy. |
| Steel Walker | 2007-08-01 | OG-Soft Productions | OG-Soft Productions | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | In Steel Walker a civil war is going on. It was triggered because the president collaborated with terrorists so he could change the constitution to stay in his position. Three years later the UN developed a big combat robot and now the player takes the role of Jack Logan who boards the robot to kill all terrorists.The mech has different parts which can be damaged independently from each other, e.g. if the board electronics malfunctions the player can't use the radar and automated targeting. But for the movement there are two important parts: the lower body and torso. The torso is controlled by the mouse and is responsible for the machine gun fire. The lower body is controlled independently with the keyboard and decides the direction of movement respectively of the missiles. The mech walks on his own, the player only controls the speed in five graduations.The missions are use a linear design and the goals vary from liberating an area to rescuing someone - but basically it all boils down to killing everything hostile on the way. When the player walks over boxes he receives power ups which restore the mech's health or upgrade the weapons. There are overall six weapons which can be upgraded two times each. |
| Xianjian Qixia Zhuan 4 | 2007-08-01 | Softstar Entertainment Inc., Unistar | Softstar Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | A young man's life is changed after his fateful encounter with a woman. Yun Tianhe is an 18 year old boy who lives in the mountains by himself. One day, a girl named Han Lingsha appears in front of him, and brings him to his parents' grave. After realizing his parents' mysterious past, Yun Tianhe decides to leave his home to embark on an adventure with Han Lingsha.On their journey, Yun and Han meet a Kunlun Clan disciple called Murong Ziying and a beautiful girl named Liu Mengli. All together, their story finally begins...Xianjian Qixia Zhuan 4 is a traditional Eastern RPG, which requires the use of a mouse. A keyboard is also necessary for shortcut options. The basic gameplay system is very similar to the one used in the third game, displaying a bar showing the turns of the participants in the turn-based battles, and learning magic of five different elemental disciplines. Some of the gameplay aspects have been simplified (for example, magic no longer has levels and casting time). Character-related puzzles have been replaced by field abilities which deplete the "qi" energy of a character - for example, Yun Tianhe can set traps in front of approaching monsters. |
| Commander Keen Combo CD | 2007-08-03 | id Software, Inc. | id Software, Inc. | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the five original episodes:Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons:
Episode 1: Marooned on Mars
Episode 2: The Earth Explodes
Episode 3: Keen Must Die!
Commander Keen in Goodbye Galaxy!:
Episode 4: Secret of the Oracle
Episode 5: The Armageddon Machine
Note: when using the Steam release, all 5 games running inside a pre-configured ready-to-use DOSBox. |
| DOOM Pack Complete | 2007-08-03 | id Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This download Steam shop pack includes the following games:
Ultimate DOOM
DOOM II
Master Levels for DOOM II
Final DOOM
DOOM³
DOOM³: Resurrection of Evil
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| DOOM³ Pack | 2007-08-03 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Doom³ Pack is a Steam package including:
Doom³
Resurrection of Evil |
| Gigapack 2 | 2007-08-03 | Koch Media GmbH (Germany) | | Compilation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Gigapack 2 is a compilation including the following ten games:
City Life
Chrome
Gohic 2
GTI Racing
Singles 2: Triple Trouble
SpellForce: The Order of Dawn
The Guild (Gold Edition)
TrackMania Nations ESWC
Transport Giant
Wildlife Park (Gold Edition) |
| Heretic + Hexen Collection | 2007-08-03 | id Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This online Steam shop download pack includes the following games:Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
Hexen
Hexen II
HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel |
| Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders | 2007-08-03 | id Software, Inc. | Raven Software Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders is the expanded version of the original Heretic retail release with the addition of two new episodes. This gives Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders a total of five episodes compared to the original Heretic's three episodes (and a single episode for the shareware release). Owners of the original Heretic are able to download a free patch which will update the game to the Shadow of the Serpent Riders' full five episodes.Your world has been ravaged by the three Serpent Riders from the Abyss. Afterwards two of the Riders have left, while one, D'Sparil remains to oversee the oppression. It is your duty, as the Heretic, to destroy this demon.Heretic is the first game in the Heretic/Hexen franchise. Here begins Raven's tradition of taking id's latest game engines, improving on them, and using them in a fantasy game.For Heretic, the Doom engine was used. The Raven team enhanced the engine with the addition of an inventory system, the ability to look up and down, and the ability to fly, along with some lesser features such as powerful wind currents. Not counting the inventory, the core gameplay that made Doom such a hit remained the same. |
| Spear of Destiny | 2007-08-03 | id Software, Inc. | id Software, Inc. | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | This release contains all three Spear of Destiny episodes:Spear of DestinySpear of Destiny Mission Disks - Mission 2: Return to DangerSpear of Destiny Mission Disks - Mission 3: Ultimate Challenge
Unlike Spear of Destiny Super CD Pack, an earlier release, this package does not include a random level generator or any hint books. All three games run on a pre-configured version of DOSBox. |
| The Quake Collection | 2007-08-03 | id Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Steam download pack includes the following games:
Quake
Quake Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity
Quake II
Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning
Quake II Mission Pack: Ground Zero
Quake III: Arena
Quake III: Team Arena
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| Wolf Pack | 2007-08-03 | id Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Wolf Pack is a Steam compilation of the following games:
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Spear of Destiny
Wolfenstein 3D
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| Wolfenstein 3D | 2007-08-03 | id Software, Inc. | id Software, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic, World War II | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Wolfenstein 3D is an episodic first-person shooter and a follow-up to the top-down infiltration game Castle Wolfenstein. The game puts the player in the boots of B.J. Blazkowicz, an allied spy. There are six episodes: the first distributed completely as shareware; the second and the third available after registration; and the three final missions (which happen before the events of the first episode) available in the Nocturnal Missions pack. In the first episode (Escape from Wolfenstein), B.J. is captured, but overpowers a guard with the help of a concealed knife and manages to get out of his cell. Throughout the next nine levels, the player guides B.J. searching for an escape from Wolfenstein, guarded by Hans Grosse. After returning to Allied territory, B.J. is given the instructions to Operation: Eisenfaust, where he has to stop Dr. Schabbs and his army of mutant prototypes before they are released into the battlefields. The final mission (Die, Führer, Die!) has a simple goal: infiltrate the bunker under the Reichstag, and terminate Hitler (in a robotic suit) himself.The Nocturnal Missions are focused on the Nazi plans for chemical warfare, and start with Dark Secret, where B.J. hunts for lead researcher Dr. Otto Giftmacher. It's followed by Trail of the Madman, where the goal is capturing the war plans guarded by Gretel Grosse, and the final episode Confrontation, where B.J. meets General Fettgesicht, the planner for the chemical assault.Each episode has nine levels (eight regular and a final boss level), plus a secret level activated by a hidden switch somewhere in the eight first levels. Regular levels often feature a maze-like appearance or large areas with many enemies (the number of them on each area depends on the difficulty level), where the player must reach the exit elevator. To do so, he must kill the enemies (while it's possible to move behind the guards' backs and even there's a slight bonus in attacking them from behind, most enemies have to be dealt with by firepower), and depending on the level, activate "push walls" and/or get silver and golden keys to open certain doors.Many objects can be found in a level, from medikits, chicken meals, and even dog food (to restore health), ammo, and treasures, which solely exist for points. There are four weapons (knife, pistol, machine gun, and Gatling), all of them using the same bullets except the knife. The knife and the pistol are given at the start of the level, while the machine gun is either found (usually in secret areas) or picked up from SS troopers, and the Gatling is always dropped somewhere in the level. There are five kinds of enemies (excluding bosses) - Dogs (fast, but more a nuisance than life-threatening), Army Soldiers (dressed in a regular brown outfit, not very powerful but usually found in large groups), Officers (dressed in white, armed with a very accurate pistol and tough to kill), SS Troopers (blue attire, armed with a machine gun and tough to kill), and Mutants (the rarest and toughest of regular enemies, pale-skinned troopers with green clothes and a machine gun stuck in their chest).The player character has a number of lives; once he loses the last life, the game ends. To win extra lives, the player has to either find the 1-up item in the level or get 20,000 points (by killing enemies and capturing treasures or completing a level below the 'par' time while killing all enemies, finding all secrets by pushing walls, and collecting all treasure points). |
| id Super Pack | 2007-08-03 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | id Super Pack is a Steam compilation of the following games:
Commander Keen
The Ultimate DOOM
DOOM II
Master Levels for DOOM II
Final DOOM
DOOM³
DOOM³: Resurrection of Evil
Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
Hexen
Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
Hexen II
Quake
Quake Mission Pack No. 1: Scourge of Armagon
Quake Mission Pack No. 2: Dissolution of Eternity
Quake II
Quake II Mission Pack: Ground Zero
Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning
Quake III: Arena
Quake III: Team Arena
Wolfenstein 3D
Spear of Destiny
Return to Castle Wolfenstein |
| SuperTuxKart | 2007-08-05 | SuperTuxKart Team | SuperTuxKart Team | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | SuperTuxKart is an open source racing game staring the mascots of some open source projects like Tux the the Linux Project Penguin or Konqi from the KDE Project. The racing is similar to the the concept of Super Mario Kart with items used as power-ups or the arena battle. On PC it can be played solo or in a local multiplayer with up to four players. |
| Teeworlds | 2007-08-05 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Teeworlds is a freeware online multiplayer game, designed as a crossover between Quake and Worms. Set on platform-based maps, players control a cute little bugger with guns to take out as many opponents as possible. The characters can jump, but move more quickly using a grappling hook, swinging through the levels. It can also be used to lock other players to keep them near. The available weapons include a pistol, shotgun, grenade launcher and a hammer.The shooting and grappling direction is shown through a cursor, controlled by the mouse. A special power-up temporarily provides a ninja sword, used to slash through enemies. Each character has an amount of health and shield. Items scattered around include additional ammo, and health and shield bonuses. Unlike Worms, all the action that happens is fast-paced and happens in real-time.Includes games modes are instabig, deathmatch, team deathmatch and capture the flag. |
| Catloaf 2600 | 2007-08-06 | | Delta Code | Adventure | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | You control the movements of the feline bread product "Catloaf" as you navigate through various static hazards in the insidious labyrinth of the sinister Master Meatloaf, in which you've been imprisoned as the result of some unspecified internecine loafist dispute. Avoid traps (which will take one of five lives), collect the appropriate keys to unlock corresponding doors, and upon completing the game... play through again with bonus content unlocked!The game embodies a certain retro, primitive visual and play aesthetic, hence the "2600" in its name. |
| Jane's Hotel | 2007-08-07 | Realore Studios | Realore Studios | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Jane's Hotel the player controls the protagonist as she operates a bed and breakfast, oddly enough though no one stays in the hotel past 12:00 AM. In the old country Jane's grandparents had run a successful hotel but events in Europe unwillingly delivered them to American shores. After an abnormally large loan for such an endeavor from the local bank; Jane reenters the family business. The gameplay, reminiscent of Diner Dash focuses on providing a comfortable stay for your guests each of whom will stay for about a minute, 3-5 hours in game time. When a guest wants something you can click on that thing and bring it to them; for example, the gentleman in room four wants coffee, go to the coffee machine and deliver it to his room. You may stack a series of actions to cover the wants of many customers. In addition to Jane you will also command a maid who is in charge of cleaning and other low duties.As the game progresses more tasks will become available for you to perform as your guests start lounging about the lobby such as turning on televisions, delivering fruit, water plants, and so on. Your hotel will also gain more rooms, until you can't see them all on screen at a single time. Your ability to keep up with the increased demands will affect how big your tips are. General things can also affect tip size, dead plants have a negative effect, while an aquarium will be positive.Each level can be completed by gaining a certain amount of money before the last guest leaves, at around midnight. Should you succeed you'll move a step closer to upgrading your hotel and be able to buy new amenities. Jane's Hotel is available in English and Russian. |
| Sam & Max: Season One | 2007-08-07 | Adventure Company, The | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure, Compilation, Special edition | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | This is the collection of the six episodes of Telltale Games' first season of Sam & Max games. It includes:
Culture Shock
Situation: Comedy
The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball
Abe Lincoln Must Die!
Reality 2.0
Bright Side of the Moon
The digital download version was already available with the release of the first episode, in 2006 (though technically a pre-order), and the whole season was "re-released" in May 2007 when all episodes had been released individually. This collection is also available on a double-sided DVD, with the following extras:
Cover by Steve Purcell
Sam & Max videos: trailers, machinima shorts, Season 1 outtakes, a concept art montage, and some cutscene commentary, playable on a regular DVD player (region free).Purchasers of the the digital download version can get the DVD for free (only shipping and handling needs to be paid) and also received some of the episodes a little earlier than single-episode buyers .The US retail version differs from the digital download version and includes besides the episodes:
Full-sized poster with a Sam & Max artwork created by Steve Purcell
A bonus CD with an exclusive Sam & Max Behind the Scenes video, exclusive character biographies, trailers, several concept arts and desktop wallpapers and the Season One SoundtrackThe Wii version of the game offers the game for the first time on the platform, with all six episodes and adapted for the Wii controls, with no additional extras. |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Platinum Edition | 2007-08-07 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This pack includes:
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year (updated base game)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault (first expansion pack)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade (second expansion pack; standalone) |
| Colossal Cave Adventure | 2007-08-08 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Fantasy | | Text parser | | | | Windows | A re-working of Crowther and Woods' original text adventure, this implementation in the SUDS environment places a heavier onus on mouse interaction with inventory items and common verbs, though a full text parser remains available and is likely necessary from time to time for some unusual but required commands. The game is an adaptation of the popular early 350-point version, retaining its emphasis on collecting various treasures in an expansive and magical system of underground caverns. |
| Darwin the Monkey | 2007-08-08 | Rock Solid Games | Screaming Duck Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Poor Darwin. The evil jungle frogs have stolen all his bananas. Darwin must get knee-deep in action and get his dinner back!Darwin the Monkey is a platform game where you must break open crates that hold your bananas and roll the bananas to your balloon or rescue a pelican's egg, or other quests, depending on the level you are on. On some screens, you cannot reach a needed platform on your own and will need the help of the pelican but that is no problem as the pelicans like you. Avoid the frogs or the arrows they shoot but if you can, jump on their heads for points. In addition to bananas, you can grab other fruits for extra points. |
| Nethergate: Resurrection | 2007-08-09 | Spiderweb Software | Spiderweb Software | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Classical antiquity | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Nethergate: Resurrection is a remake of Spiderweb Software's earlier game, Nethergate. Apart from improving performance on more modern systems, this version adds more quests, artifacts, and two new dungeons.As in the original Nethergate, the player takes command of either a group of young Celtic warriors or a small detachment of elite Roman soldiers sent on a quest to discover the secretes of Shadowvale. History mingles with fantasy as the story unfolds, and each side offers a unique approach to playing and developing your characters. |
| Overlord | 2007-08-09 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Triumph Studios B.V. | Action | Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, RPG elements | Fantasy, Medieval | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Teen | | Windows | What a bad time to wake up from a long sleep. Gnarl, your minion master decided to interrupt your peaceful sleep because your predecessor screwed up big time. He not only let himself killed by some "heroes" but he also let them wreck and plunder the Dark Tower. Now it is upon you, the overlord, to set things straight and repair the tower so that it might be once again a great testament to the ultimate evil you impersonate.To do so, you can summon minions out of spawn pits. At the beginning you can only summon brown ones that are dumb and only know how to fight up close. But later you get more powerful minions like the red ones that are resistant to fire and shoot fire bolts from the distance. The minions will follow you around and go wherever you point with your left hand. Depending on what they find on their path, they destroy, kill or plunder. Anything useful is then carried back to you. If they find weapons or other items, they'll make use of it.Every living thing leaves behind life force after you killed it. You need to gather this in order to spawn more minions. But you are not completely helpless without them - you are an evil overlord after all. Besides your very big axe you also can use spells like the good old fireball or cast a shield around yourself.As the game progresses and you fulfil quests and retrieve items from your tower, more tower rooms get unlocked, like the Armoury and Forge where you can forge armor and weapons for yourself.If you are tired of being evil alone, you can activate the multi-player mode. There you can either play with another Overlord cooperatively and try to survive wave after wave of enemies or race against each other for gold or points. |
| Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa (Pre-Order Bonus Pack) | 2007-08-09 | NCsoft - North America | NCsoft Austin | Role-playing (RPG), Special edition | Behind view | | | Action RPG | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa is a large-scale science fiction massively multiplayer online game, pitting the player as a soldier fighting for survival on distant planets following an alien invasion of Earth. The Pre-Order Bonus Pack of the game offers:One of two non-combat pets for players to use, the Shell Bot or Pine-Ock
Two exclusive character emotes
Beta access to the game - giving a three-day head start on the live servers before the game goes live officially
A DVD with the game client as well as wallpapers and concept art |
| ZenGems | 2007-08-09 | FreshGames, LLC | Custom Red Software AB, FreshGames, LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | ZenGems is a standard color-matching game where the player has to make combinations of three or more spheres of the same color. The game screen is a grid with a mouse-controlled ball shooter at the top that moves horizontally.The game has three modes: Arcade, adventure and strategy. In the arcade mode the bottom half of the grid is underwater. The goal is to eliminate all the balls, obstacles and jewels that are over the water line.Adventure mode is the only one with a storyline. A boy called Hoshiko must retrieve the medallions of virtue, stolen from the temples and hid inside puzzles by magician thieves. After solving the puzzle by eliminating all the spheres from the grid, a gold piece is put in its place, slowly rebuilding a complete medallion.Strategy mode has no set goal, it is a resistance mode where the player can choose any of the worlds of adventure mode as the starting point and play until it is impossible to keep up with the game pace. Besides the colored spheres, the grid is filled with other objects and power-ups. Jewels break when falling down two spaces or more, and crack when falling down one. Some balls are encased in boxes and immobile, they need to be matched to be released. Stones can only be broke with the fireball power-up. The fireball destroys three pieces in a row, but is ineffective against jewels. A ball with a curved arrow pushes a line of spheres before resting in its place. ColorBursts, jars with colored liquid, change the surrounding balls to its own color. Energy balls clear from a column all the spheres and boxes that have its color.The grid is constantly refilled with balls. If they reach the top, the game is over. |
| L.A. Street Racing | 2007-08-10 | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Invictus Games, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | | | Everyone | | Windows | Matt Peacock is the best race driver in the underground of L.A. and you want to take that title away from him. But of course the best of the best does not race a newcomer so you have got to race your way up starting from place 61.At the beginning of the game you choose one of two available cars and then you go and wait at the COOL-Market for contestants to arrive. Once someone willing to race comes by, you are given a choice of tuning parts of your opponent you can race for. Before all races you have to bet at least one item from your own to start the race and since you cannot save the game manually, losing a part means that you have got to earn it again.Every part of your car (engine, nitro and so on) can be enhanced in several stages and once you have collected all parts of the same stage, you can do a pinkslip race in which the opponent bets his car. Losing that race will cost every single tuning part you have collected for your car. The parts you win are limited to the car you win them with so you cannot swap them between cars. If you put parts of different stages on your car, the handling will decrease so you need to decide if it is wise to get the power of the tier 3 engine if that makes the handling of the car much worse.The ranking list is divided into four prestige levels and every level has its own starting location. For instance, If you go to the Village Motel, you need prestige level 4 to race or otherwise they will send you away. The same thing happens when you are level 2 and you wait at the COOL-Market because you are too powerful for them.The races themselves take place on marked-off streets in L.A. at night. The cars are handle more realistically than the ones in Need for Speed: Carbon which means that you cannot just fly through curves by taking the foot from the acceleration for a second. You need to consider that your back drifts into the scenery if you take the curve too steep for example. If you drive parts of the track without a mistake, you receive a small nitro refill.The game features an online mode where you can drive against up to seven other players. |
| Stand O'Food | 2007-08-10 | | Shape Games Inc. | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Stand O'Food is a fastfood restaurant simulator with where you need to cook up veggie, omelet, beef, chicken or fish burgers, before the long line of impatient customers becomes too big. If you earn money for each session, you can upgrade your restaurant with music, dressings, faster cooking, and other improvements. This is a fast, instant play game with more than 100 levels and 80 different burger recipes. |
| Adventure | 2007-08-13 | | | Adventure | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Text parser | | | | Windows | Hoping to reconnect with his estranged daughters following the collapse of his marriage, in 1976 programmer and spelunker Will Crowther rigged a text parser to interact with a narrated simulation of the Bedquilt region of Kentucky's real-life Mammoth Cave system he and his wife Pat had explored and mapped together.Starting with a faithful reproduction of geological formations he upped the gameplay potential (oh boy... rocks!) with an injection of period "Frodo Lives!" pseudofantasy tropes (including angry dwarfs and that first great video game magic word "xyzzy") and stocked the cavern complex with a series of treasures to be collected and deposited back topside.The formula was later built and improved upon by a host of others over some 30 (!) years now, most notably by Don Woods, but an August 2007 rediscovery of March 1977 backups of Crowther's original source code reveals how many important elements of the game's design were already present in the earliest versions. |
| Othello³ | 2007-08-13 | Ware-Wolf Games, Ware-Wolf Games | Ware-Wolf Games | Puzzle, Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Othello³ is a brainy casual game that is played on three dimensions, using the surface of a cube.The way the game works is you play using Othello/Reversi rules, but on all six faces of a cube with SHARED edges and corners. You can choose to play against your friends in 2-player mode, or test your skills against the computer.The goal is to capture pieces from your opponent by trapping them in between two spheres of your colour - the player with the most wins. Sounds simple? Othello³ is deceptively easy to learn, but a challenging strategy game that is tough to master (still working on it!) |
| The Desolate Room | 2007-08-13 | Scottgames, LLC | Scottgames, LLC | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | On a remote deserted island, a small coffee robot is slowly becoming aware of his surroundings. He doesn't know how long he's been there as his internal timer hasn't worked for long, but he knows every corner of the area by now. His days are spent obsessively collecting eggs for recipes, which he prepares for his friends Alphus, Derelict, Tool and Defect, rusted wrecks of large robots, deactivated for centuries. On some days, he senses a mysterious signal coming from under the ground. Coffee is a limited robot, but he wonders if they have been affected by a virus and if there is anything he can do to save them.The Desolate Room, created by a single developer in Multimedia Fusion, starts as a real-time RPG. The player controls Coffee on the small island, hunting for eggs (egg finding skill is the only one he has) and certain items. There are no means of attack, no NPCs, conversations or enemies. During one of the quests Coffee salvages memory chips from the robot wrecks and attempts to retrieve memory fragments by inputting them in a console station. There the game changes into an 8-bit shooter where the player steers Coffee as a virtual avatar through different rooms. Each room consists of small bits of green code or large red ones. The virtual avatar has statistics based on health, speed and charge. The latter two statistics transcend to the real world. Coffee is able to log on or off at any time and hunt for more eggs to boost these skills. The avatar can sustain damage by red areas or by touching code. Taking out green code leaves behind bricks that fill the stats meters.Red code is a different matter. These can either be taken out with a lot of patience, but more often they will touch the avatar, drawing it into a virtual battle against a viral element. At that point the game warps into a turn-based arena. The player no longer controls Coffee or the avatar, but the 4 robots stored in the memory chips. These are shown on the right, while the enemy appears on the left. Actions use the Active Time system, similar to most of the Final Fantasy games. Next to HP, each character has a white time meter that slowly fills up. When full, an action can be performed. These actions are based on the second meter: charge. The amount of charge determines the possible actions, so robots either choose a specific action or charge to open up more possibilities.Each robot has 10 unique skills, all available right away at level 1, but they all require a different amount of charge to execute. There are basic attacks (static ball, quick shot, wallop), defensive measures (protowall, medbeacon, quickfix), actions that influence the opponent's statistics (hack, disable system, intimidation, distraction) and powerful attacks that usually require a full charge (doom claw, searing beam, rupture 101, wrecking ball). Most of these can be combined and some last multiple rounds, such as a turret that keeps firing or virus damage that affects an enemy for a long time. The effect of some of the attacks is further determined through 5-second 8-bit mini-games where the player has to shoot or avoid enemies to influence the strength of the attack. The game is entirely played with the same party, there is always only one enemy at a time and opponents fights using the same mechanics with all statistics shown. After each fight tokens are awarded based on skill, combo and difficulty. These can be used to upgrade any of the skills to the combination of actions that suits you best as a player.The virtual world in the console consists of different stages with different colours, guarded by boss code. After each boss battle, the avatar can dive deeper and a memory fragment is unlocked, a cut-scene that shows what has happened to the robots. These sequences introduce a fifth robot not present on the island and Coffee has to discover how he's related to the virus and where the party of robots failed in their quest. |
| Brass Hats | 2007-08-14 | Square Earth Games | Square Earth Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Cards / tiles, Wargame | Europe, World War I | Flight / aviation, Naval / watercraft, Self-propelled artillery, Tank, Truck | Point and select | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Brass Hats is a turn-based strategy game set in a pseudo-WWI world, reminiscent of Advance Wars or Military Madness.
Capture cities, earn income and buy units from factories, airports and sea ports. Eliminate all the enemy's units or capture their capital to win.Brass Hats is played on small premade maps, with a rock-paper-scissors balance to most units. The full version would include a campaign mode and tactical cards giving you special bonuses. |
| The 80's Game With Martha Quinn | 2007-08-14 | funkitron, Inc. | Intellinitiative Game Co., Inc | Strategy | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The 80's Game With Martha Quinn is a trivia game featuring questions about the 80's. Categories include music, movies, TV, Sports, and Wild Card. For each question, the player can choose one of three categories and difficulties, with more difficult questions giving higher points. Once the question is displayed, the player can either choose "I Know It!" or "I'll Guess It!". Choosing "I Know It!" will give the player one guess, but will provide a large points boost if answered correctly. Choosing "I'll Guess It!" gives the player three guesses, with each wrong guess decreasing the reward. After this choice, the four possible answers are displayed. If the correct answer is found, a bonus question will ask what year the event occurred, giving two options. Answering correctly will provide a points bonus. Correct answers add to Star Power, which roughly correlates with points. Getting enough Star Power will increase your 80's Power Level, giving more points for each question, and allowing longer play in Free Play and Challenge mode.Four modes are included: Free Play, Challenges, Episodes, and Versus. In Free Play, the player is asked 10 questions from random categories, with the aim to reach the top of the high score list. In Challenges, the player picks the category, with the aim to collect all stars by reaching a high score of 500,000 in each category. In Episodes, the player will play though a set of questions, being ranked in their performance. In Versus, it's player against player for the top score. Each player gets one question in turn, and the winner is the one with the highest score.By completing achievements like "Answer 100 questions correctly", 80's gear will be unlocked. The player's progress is viewable on the "My Gear" screen. |
| Bear Go Home | 2007-08-16 | | Phoenix Seed | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Bear Go Home is a short, side-scrolling action game, in which the player influences the movements of a cartoony bear character on its perilous way to its home. Using the mouse, the player can squeeze, pull and stretch the bear as it walks, helping it overcome various obstacles on its way, such as jumping across pits and boulders, squeezing through narrow tunnels, or extending its jaw to catch flying strawberries or apples for points.The bear can also magically transform itself into 4 special avatars, each with their own special skill, some of which are required at certain places in the game. The bear's opponents are cartoony snails and frogs, and pumpkin masks and bee-hives dropping from the sky, and the game features two boss encounters, that each require a unique strategy. The visual style is inspired by LocoRoco. |
| Imperial Glory | 2007-08-16 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Pyro Studios S.L. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Turn-based strategy | Europe, Historical events | Naval / watercraft | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Imperial Glory is a hybrid strategy game set in the era of the Napoleonic Wars, wherein you play as any of the five empires of that era, that is: France, England, Russia, Austria and Prussia.The majority of the game is played on a large, over world map in a turn-based fashion, tasking you with guiding your empire through resource management, and matters of military preparedness, not entirely unlike a more complex variant of Risk. Whenever battle is initiated with an opponent, however, the option is given to the player either to have the battle be automated by the computer or controlled directly by themselves. If the player chooses the latter then they must arrange and direct their army against the opponent in a real-time battle on a self-contained battlefield relevant to that sector of the world. This applies equally to naval combat.Diplomacy is also a key aspect, allowing you to make defensive treaties with other countries, form a coalition against an unfriendly nation, and improve foreign relations, among other options. Commercial routes can also be established with other countries, providing you with the finances either to form a wealthy, commercial entity or establish a militaristic empire.The game has two main gameplay options, each with its own specific set of objectives. The first, Score Victory, requires that the player gain more points than any of his opponents to win, collecting them through military operations, economic success, and diplomatic achievements. The second, Total Victory, is much simpler, tasking the player with conquering Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa in order to win. An option also exists to play one of four historic battles of the period as a brief, real-time scenario. |
| Galactic Dream: Rage of War | 2007-08-17 | SC Evolution Vault SRL | SC Evolution Vault SRL | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Galactic Dream: Rage of War is a real time strategy game set in space. In it humanity is threatened by a terrible apocalypse, the so called second big bang. The humans leave their home world and send out colony ships to explore the uncharted space in search for a new home. It doesn't take long before an even bigger threat emerges, an alien species knows as Argo who has no intention to leave the humans in peace. As if that wasn't enough a second alien race is introduced, the Dakras who are supposedly even more vicious. The gameplay of Galactic Dream: Rage of War is similar to other RTS games and consists of the usual mix of battles, resource gathering and base building. Focus lies on combat and massive attacks can be initiated within minutes of playtime. Resource gathering consists of harvesting minerals from asteroids. This aspect of the game has been minimized and is mostly automatized while limited to only one type. The player also has to occupy supplies which are habitable environments where units can feed and rest when not active. The player starts out with a few workers that can be used for mining or to construct buildings. By constructing buildings more unit types are made available. The player can produce numerous kinds of starships to attack enemies and turrets to defend his base. The key to being successful in combat is to combine different units that complement each other. Units that engage in combat gains experience points and their damage, hit points and fire range increases. |
| Hellsinker | 2007-08-17 | Ruminant's Whimper | Ruminant's Whimper | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs) |
| Mountain of Faith | 2007-08-17 | Team Shanghai Alice | Team Shanghai Alice | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Mountain of Faith is a doujin 2D vertical scrolling shooter game in bullet hell/danmaku style. It is the tenth game in the Tōhō series and the game uses a new engine. The player can choose two characters: Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame. Each characters has three weapon types. Now they fight against a new god Kanako Yasaka, who tries to collect faith from other religions and the Hakurei Shrine has troubles.The player shoots at anything that moves, avoids a myriad enemy bullets, and confronts difficult bosses. The game has several new features like an options system with small satellites that offer assistance and a new bombs system, without personal spell cards unlike the previous games in the series. |
| Prank TV | 2007-08-17 | Wild Hare Entertainment, LLC. | Jam-Games.NET | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The player takes on the role of each of four family members as they visit retribution upon the very inhospitable locals in their new town. Each character infiltrates the home or workplace of a target, using a point-and-click interface to stage elaborate pranks using improvised materials found in the battle zone. Well-executed pranks can be replayed at dramatic camera angles, optimizing the humiliation of the target. Timing and stealth are crucial to set up your opponents downfall, as the player must remain out of the enemies' field of vision to avoid getting caught. All stages can be replayed at the players' leisure to achieve better times. |
| Trouble Witches: Episode 1 - Daughters of Amalgam | 2007-08-17 | Studio SiestA | Studio SiestA | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Fantasy | Flight / aviation | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The land of Karunbunkurs was a magical realm filled with harmony. The power of the living things in this realm gave birth to "mana", a power few could handle. Those who harnessed mana were known as witchcraft and developed powerful abilities. In this land lies a ring called "Draupnir" which is said to bestow both wisdom and power on it's wearer. One day the ring of Drupnir was stolen by a band of evil witches known as the Daughters of Amalgam. Following their theft, many disasters began to occur in across the land, but the witches powers allowed them to evade capture. The king, knowing his own forces were limited sent out a call across the land asking for help. A group of young witches have heard this call and traveled to do battle with the Daughters of Amalgam.Trouble Witches is a side-scrolling shooter with lots of action. As enemies are defeated they leave behind coins which can be spent at the pumpkin shop to acquire new abilities and spells. These spells when used in battle have a variety of effects and visual qualities.The game features modes for straight arcade action as well as a story mode with dialog. |
| xWUNG | 2007-08-18 | Cactus Games | Cactus Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Described by the author as a shmup without the shooting, xWUNG presents a retro playfield straight from the days of early arcades with vector graphics and chippy tweets and bleeps. The easiest comparison is to Asteroids, since they are both primarily concerned with dismantling large targets and avoiding being caught in the debris. Here, however, once the target has been struck and the pieces fly, you have no need to further diminish them. A profounder difference lies in the tools in your toolbox; rather than a gun, your weapon is a weighted wire, swung and twirled around your vessel at varying lengths, depending on the vigorousness of the swirl. If either the weight or the wire touches an enemy, they discombobulate in a shower of rectangular parts, deadly to the touch. (A power-up, a yellow counter-weight with its own wire opposite your red weapon's, is ineffective against enemies but dissolves debris on contact.) Your ship also has no acceleration or deceleration -- both the movement of the ship and the trajectory of the weapon are directed by precise mouse movements.Further simple game dynamics include combo tracking (of multiple enemy death through a single swing of your astro-bolo) and sporadic boss battles.(To finally distance ourselves from the mechanics of Asteroids, it's important to note that the single-screen playfield does not wrap around at the edges.) |
| Honeyblaster | 2007-08-19 | LowFuel | LowFuel | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Honeyblaster has classic shoot-em-up gameplay, but with the player controlling a humble-bee in its natural environment rather than a ship in space.The initial release of the game, made for the Buenzli #16 demoparty, contains 3 levels, each with an end boss. Enemies include all kinds of bugs, flies, spiders and larger insects. The bee starts with a basic weapon and grenades, but more can be collected and powered up along the way, including a laser and a sonic blaster. There is also a scarce amount of megabombs that clear the entire screen. Enemies leave behind coins that can be collected to improve the high scores, which can be submitted to an online server.The original game resolution is 160x100, but the game can be played in fullscreen with an optional colour mode and enhanced lighting effects. Level passwords are supported. |
| 1914: Shells of Fury | 2007-08-20 | Strategy First, Inc. | h2f Informationssysteme GmbH | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Historical events, World War I | Naval / watercraft | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | In 1914: Shells of Fury the player takes control over German submarines during World War I. As with most modern simulations the player has detailed options to set the realism level of the game and which parts he wants to do himself. This includes details like unlimited fuel or oxygen. Just like in reality most missions are to patrol a certain area. The story is told through briefings.The player can simply switch between the submarine areas with the menu bar on the bottom of the screen or hot keys, e.g. to the map, the engine room or the periscope. Depending on the time period there are four submarine classes to choose, later ones have more functions, e.g. more torpedo tubes, mines or a machine gun. The gameplay itself is not different from similar games, the player uses the map to plan his route. Then he activates the time accelerator which automatically stops when meeting another ship. Then he uses the various gear to bring it down. Since it wasn't invented yet the player can't use sonar to track the enemy's movements.The player can choose between four campaigns which either cover the whole war or just parts, several single missions and a mission generator. The editor can be used to create own scenarios. |
| Minigolf Premium | 2007-08-20 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Minigolf-game offers 18 graphically well arranged golf courses. It has a two-player mode and the possibility to adjust the difficulty, so beginners and also experts can be satisfied. With the included construction set it's possible to create an own course.The gameplay is easy to learn and the courses are realistic. |
| magnussofts Colossus Chess | 2007-08-20 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Strategy | | | | Chess | | | | | | | Windows | magnussofts Colossus Chess is a chess-game with high-quality graphics. You can choose between three different sets of chess pieces, if you like to play on a 2D or 3D board. This and other settings like the graphics, textures and the figure sets can be changed while playing. It's possible to import your own graphics for the board, as well as the textures and figures sets. You can choose between difficulty levels from beginner up to professional player. |
| BioShock | 2007-08-21 | 2K Games, Inc. | 2K Australia Pty. Ltd, 2K Boston, Inc | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | RPG elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | In the year 1960, a plane crashes in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with a man named Jack as the only survivor. He has the apparent luck of resurfacing in front of what looks like a door to an underwater complex. Without hesitating, Jack enters the door and is greeted by slogans that praise the city of Rapture, a paradise of free will built in the 1940s by a business magnate named Andrew Ryan. However, even before he assimilates all this new information, the descent to this supposed paradise ends and he can only see ruins and chaos. Learning about the destiny of Rapture will be now Jack's main motivation while he tries to survive the horrors that free will can create.BioShock is a first-person shooter with gameplay elements and storytelling technique reminiscent of System Shock games. Rapture, the once-proud social experiment inspired by the real-world objectivist philosophy of Ayn Rand, has been nearly destroyed, its inhabitants either dead or fallen victims to bizarre scientific experiments. The retro-futuristic setting incorporates elements of sci-fi with art deco and steampunk influences, featuring interior design and propaganda posters reminiscent of 1950s.The game's plot is largely revealed through recorded messages left by Rapture's inhabitants before they were killed or mutated. Much of the plot development is therefore dedicated to reconstructing the events of the past, similarly to System Shock games. Limited usage of stealth, the possibility to hack security cameras and other devices, and character customization are the gameplay elements that further tie BioShock to its spiritual predecessors.At its core, however, the game is more action-oriented, restricting the role-playing mechanics of System Shock 2 to abilities and upgrades that can be acquired and equipped by the main character. Most of the enemies in the game are Splicers, the deformed and insane citizens of Rapture. The protagonist has an arsenal of firearms to combat them but is also able to use plasmids, which act similarly to magic and deplete a special energy called EVE. Various types of plasmids may directly hurt enemies, sabotage their movements, or enhance the player character's defense. Combat tactics often rely on successive usage of different types of weapons and plasmids. For example, encasing an enemy in ice with a plasmid makes it possible to shatter it to pieces with a single shot; protecting himself with an electric shield, the protagonist can electrocute enemies and strike them with melee weapons, etc.The player can only equip a limited number of active and passive plasmids, and also has an inventory limit for every type of item. Restoring and enhancing items can be found by exploring the environment or purchased from vending machines. These can also be hacked, similar to turrets, cameras, safes, and other types of locks. Hacking is presented as a Pipe Mania-like mini-game.Plasmids, on the other hand, are mostly purchased by spending certain amounts of a mutagen known as ADAM. This mutagen can be obtained from mysterious creatures called "Little Sisters" - little girls that can be seen in most of the game's locations, accompanied and protected by very strong, genetically enhanced humans grafted to armored diving suits and nicknamed "Big Daddies". In order to capture a Little Sister the player normally has to defeat her Big Daddy. Afterward, the player has the choice of killing the girl, harvesting large amounts of ADAM in the process, or sparing her life. Depending on the player's moral decisions concerning the Little Sisters, the game's story will be concluded with different endings.The Playstation 3 version adds a harder difficulty level called "Survivor Mode" to the game. |
| BioShock (Limited Edition) | 2007-08-21 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Collector's Edition includes:BioShock
Official soundtrack by Moby & Oscar The Punk
Making-of DVD
Hand-finished resin "Big Daddy"-figurine (14cm height)
Embossed steelbook
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| Destination: Treasure Island | 2007-08-21 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Kheops Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This pirate adventure game was inspired by the classic 1888 novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Players take the role of Jim Hawkins, the boy from the book who fled with his share of Long John Silver's treasure four years ago.His pirating days over, Jim is a respected member of his community and now the Captain of his own ship. But, his past catches up to him when a note arrives from Long John Silver himself delivered by Long John's faithful companion, the parrot Captain Flint. Long John wants Jim to find the hoard - the bounty of treasure that he buried on Emerald Isle. The message also cautions Jim that there are other pirates also looking for the treasure (as well as Long John himself) - so he must get there first!Ahoy maties! Climb aboard Jim's ship and sail the high seas to tropical Emerald Isle. Solve the "tests" that Long John devised to keep his treasure (and his location) hidden.Gameplay is handled in 1st-person, point-and-click fashion. The controls (right and left mouse clicks) and inventory system are very similar to Kheops' recent title, Return to Mysterious Island. Puzzles involve using inventory objects which can be manipulated, combined and taken apart. The game is all adventure without action or fighting of any kind.Features include Caribbean island graphics, comic book style, drawn cut scenes, sound effects, island themed music, a task list and an in-game navigation map. |
| Harrier Attack II | 2007-08-21 | Durell Games Ltd | Durell Games Ltd | Action, Simulation | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Harrier Attack II is a sequel to the popular 1980's game by Durell Software, Harrier Attack.Flying your Harrier jump-jet you rid your colony islands of enemy invaders over a series of missions. In each mission over the first two islands you win new equipment, weapons and skills. Over the third island you use the new weapons and skills to achieve specific objectives. In the final mission you also control an additional harrier to help regain total control of your islands.The game is a 3d side scroller and uses a key-code system for performing special moves with the Harrier. |
| Instinct | 2007-08-21 | Wild Hare Entertainment, LLC. | Digital Spray Studios, Newtonic Studio | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | Andrey Frolov, Viacheslav Korotaev | | Mature | | Windows | Instinct is a story-driven first-person-shooter that takes place in a modern setting. The player will take the roles of three elite operatives, as each infiltrates a top-secret facility in North Korea. Deep within the depths of the mountain base, each will encounter horrors that they would never have expected, and must unfold the clues found through each perspective to unravel the mystery. Players must utilize a variety of firearms and melee weapons, often taking opportunities to improvise and make use of environmental hazards and the game engine's physics to evade and destroy the opposition. Intense conditions in tight quarters and long-range outdoor combat require the player to adjust tactics to handle changing situations. |
| Puppy Luv: Spa and Resort | 2007-08-21 | GameMill Entertainment LLC | Humagade Inc. | Simulation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Build the Ultimate Pet Resort!
Tend to the everyday needs of your puppy and kitty guests. Rid them of
those pesky fleas. Groom, bathe and feed your pet guests to keep them
happy. Pamper your VIP guests to earn extra money in order to move on to
bigger and better 5 star resorts!
Features
• Feed your animals and keep them happy!• You'll be extra busy
managing your spa and resort!
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| Two Worlds | 2007-08-21 | SouthPeak Interactive LLC | Reality Pump Sp. z o.o. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | Windows | A long time ago, Aziraal, the god of war and leader of the hordes of Orcs, was slain in a huge battle. After this crushing defeat, the hordes were forced to withdraw to the southern wastelands. A thousands years later, the location of Aziraal's tomb is still unknown because the other gods did not dare to entrust this secret to any mortal. But one day a dwarven mining expedition discovers an ancient temple. The civilized races and the horde came to the same conclusion: in this temple lies the clue to Aziraal's burial ground. So the fragile peace between the two factions is at stake and a silent war has begun, preparing the holy crusade of the Orcs to find and revive their glorious leader. But behind the curtain a powerful force also weaves a secret plot to take the powers for itself.In this mess steps a wandering bounty hunter - You - whose sister has been kidnapped by strange figures which demand for the sisters release that he finds several mysterious artifacts...Two Worlds plays much like Gothic 3. You start in a small tutorial dungeon and after completing it, you are free to roam the big world - taking on side quests while completing your main goal. But you are not alone in the world and many animals or more human-like foes stand in your way. To deal with these enemies, there is the usual choice between magic, melee or ranged combat. You define what you want to be by distributing the skill and param points you gain at each level. The param points go into the four basics (dexterity, strength, vitality and willpower). The skill points are used for different attributes in six different categories (General, Magic, Combat passive, Combat active, Range passive and Range active).As always, there are tons of items to discover in the world. They come in very different forms, ranging from weapons and armor to plants and artifacts. Plants can be used to brew potions but no recipes can be found in the world. You have to find all the useful combinations by yourself and then you can save your recipe to automatically brew that potion when you have collected the needed ingredients.Since your inventory is limited, you can improve the weapons and armor you find on the fly. This is done by combining two identical items. Then you get a more powerful item. Then you can still add more of the same items on top, so even the weakest weapon can become very powerful. In terms of magic you use Boosters to make your basic spell more powerful.Two Worlds also features combat while horse-back riding. Other features include teleporters all over the world, a combat system with a realistic hit system (if you swing your sword in a circle, you will hit every enemy in range) and NPCs with a day/night-cycle. |
| Emerald Tale | 2007-08-22 | Enkord, Ltd. | Enkord, Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Emerald Tale is a color-matching game where the player must clear a path and guide a blue furry creature to an exit. Colored rune tiles have to be moved on the game field to make matches of three or more of the same color. New runes appear on the field when a move don't produce a match. When no more moves are possible, the game is over.Special tiles have unique powers. A rainbow rune can match any other tile. A bomb rune explodes obstacles when matched to two or more runes of the same color.Objects scattered on the field can also be collected. Gemstones fill up magical tablets, and coins can be used to pay for access to new locations. The creature can equip up to three magical objects that give a boost to some aspect of the game (the Leprechaun's coin, for example, increases by 35% the number of rainbow runes in the game).Other critters on the board give information and hints about hidden objects or alternate portals to exit the level. |
| Madden NFL 08 | 2007-08-23 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Salt Lake | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | EA Sports' 2008 edition in the Madden series has some new features along with an updated roster and some new animations. The new read and react system lets you see your opponents weakness against your own players letting you exploit their weakness. The AI is more improved plus the new receiver control/lead block feature lets you play as a blocker to create a hole in the defence and switch back to your runner to bust through.It also features new skill drills to help your player gain more stats in the ever popular NFL Superstar along with the new Ring of Champion feature that lets you design a ring when you complete a certain achievement such as winning the Super Bowl or winning the MVP. It has a new fantasy challenge mode that lets you draft any player you want and risk them in mini-games to create and elite superteam. Also, the superstar mode features a mode where you can play as your team, but also to choose to watch the CPU take control of your team and take over with your player when called upon.Game commentary is provided by John Madden and Al Michaels. |
| 7.62 | 2007-08-24 | 1C Company | Apeiron | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | 7.62 is the sequel to Brigade E5: New Jagged Union which is also a tactical strategy game. A famous Russian businessman stole a lot of money from his partners and fled to a small third world country in Latin America. Now the player character has been hired to find him and bring him back.As in Brigade E5: New Jagged Union, the player can freely move around within country borders, join either the guerrilla forces or fight on government's side. There's more than 170 different firearms and cold steel, various weapon modifications and other equipment. The character creation system has been removed and now the player instead can choose between seven pre-built personalities. However, there are around thirty mercenaries that the player can hire.The game is played in real-time, but there is a pause mode, similar to the one in E5 or the Infinity RPG games. |
| Booster Logic | 2007-08-24 | | Strongbox Entertainment | Action, Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Booster Logic is two 2D games in one, created to recapture classic gameplay. Booster is a side-view platformer, and Logic is a top-view puzzle game. Both games have responsive, straightforward controls, and over 1000 levels total. Booster sports an eight player cooperative mode where friends can play over the LAN or internet.The goal of each level of Booster is to disable the enemies and get to the exit. You can collect the pellets dispersed around the levels for 100% completion. Multiplayer mode allows you to change the requirements for level completion.The goal of each level of Logic is to collect all the glowing cores, press the big red button, and get to the exit, while avoiding enemies and solving puzzles that allow you to achieve each step.Booster Logic also includes the map editor used by the developers. |
| An Untitled Story | 2007-08-26 | Matt Makes Games Inc. | Matt Makes Games Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Metroidvania, Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In An Untitled Story, you begin as an egg in your nest, and the rest is up to you to figure out. Fight 18 unique bosses, traverse a huge game world, and unravel a mysterious storyline. There are 5 different difficulty options for players of varying skill levels. Also included is a multiplayer capture-the-flag-style Heist mode. |
| Raven: Chapter 1 - The Commands of Eurybia | 2007-08-26 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Commands of Eurybia is the first chapter in the Raven series of AGS adventure games. The witch Eurybia, living in the land of Hellenas, wants to win a beauty contest. Unfortunately, she's about as handsome as a toad, so she builds a machine to make animals talk to get help from them. Her victim is Raven, who is promised freedom if he can get her a beauty potion.The game uses a verb pillar interface (click and hold the mouse over objects to select an appropriate action), an inventory and dialogue options, music and sound effects, and voice acting. The graphics resemble those of a watercolor painting. |
| Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? | 2007-08-28 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ZEMNOTT, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Step into the hit FOX TV show and match your wits against 5th grade school children. Answer questions taken from real grade school curriculum. Do you remember what you learned in grade school?This quiz might be more difficult than you think, but in this school you are allowed to cheat. 5th graders are there to help you out, you can copy their answers, peek at their answers, and if you get one wrong they can save.Answer 11 questions correctly and you get to experience winning $1,000,000 dollars. No not really. |
| Knytt Stories | 2007-08-28 | | | Action | Side view | | | Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Knytt Stories, the sequel to Knytt, is a jump-and-run platformer with a distinctive minimalist art style. It is set in the same universe as the previous game and incorporates the same gameplay mechanics. Unlike its predecessor, there is not a single scenario, but multiple stories divided over different game types such as Tutorial, Challenge (skill-based), Puzzle (focus on thinking), Maze (large and confusing levels), Environmental (no monsters, puzzles or challenges - just landscape), Playground (practice) or Misc (other levels). There are multiple difficulty levels that influence the items' placement.The base game comes with a tutorial and a single scenario: The Machine. It focuses on Juni, one of the Knytts. The environment around her suddenly changes to a desolate wilderness. She receives a letter from Henna who tells her about a machine inside a cave, guarded by a monster. Juni needs to find a way inside and bring the beautiful landscape back. Gameplay is largely based on exploration and platform jumping. The Knytts can jump, climb and turn red when there are enemies nearby, but have no means of defence. New abilities include an umbrella to slowly float down or up, a double jump, hologram and a ghost mode to view invisible items and platforms. Not all of these are usually available right away. Players need to collect power-ups to activate them, even to jump higher or to climb walls. Some levels also have coloured keys that lead to secrets and there are more enemies than in the original game.Players are encouraged to design their own stories with the included level editor. Soon after the release, Nicklas Nygren released a first expansion pack himself, with the levels A Strange Dream, An Underwater Adventure, Sky Flower and This Level Is Unfinished (its "unfinished" state being an actual part of the level design). |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 | 2007-08-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Salt Lake, EA Tiburon | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The 2008 edition in the Tiger Woods PGA series introduces enhancements and improvements to the previous version without major graphical or gameplay changes. There are new courses (Xbox 360/PS3: 5 new, 16 in total - PS2: 6 new, 18 in total) and different licensed professional golf players to choose from (21 on the Xbox 360/PS3 - 23 on the PS2/Wii).The Xbox 360, PS2, PS3 and Windows versions allow players to import photos to create in-game faces on the characters based on custom images, using the Xbox Live Vision camera, PlayStation EyeToy, PlayStation Eye or a webcam. Further customizations include clothing, hair or eye color and more. The initial statistics can be improved by completing challenges based on power or putting precision. They can also be raised by performing well in the PGA Tour, taking into account skill shots and not just the overall ranking. Players can unlock additional golfers and spend their winnings in the shop on new equipment.The game incorporates the FedExCup championship format (a collection of tournaments) with rounds of golf at Westchester Country Club, TPC Boston, Cog Hill, and East Lake. The putt preview has been improved, allowing the player to simulate the ball's path once per individual spot, taking into accounts elements such as power, speed and elevation. On the Xbox 360 and the PS3, shots are not performed using the analog stick, but with the 3-point timed principle for start, power and accuracy. Shot Confidence is a new addition, keeping track of the player's performance on certain courses, for specific puts and using certain clubs. Great performances raise the confidence, which translates into experience and better performance on specific courses. Low confidence leads to lower accuracy, a pumping heartbeat, and rumbling controls on the Wii.The multiplayer (up to 4 players) has been expanded with GamerNet, where players can create and play custom challenges with their scores posted online (Xbox 360/PS3/Windows).On the Wii, players can shake the controls to taunt the opponents with 4 different moves, to throw them off. It can be used to influence air conditions, spin, or adds audio distractions. The controls are available in 3 modes: Full Swing (wii remote), Sitting Swing (new, waggle the wii remote) or the classic controls using the nunchuck for analog play. In Full Swing, twisting the wii remote adds hooks and slices prior to shots. Also exclusive to the Wii is a Miniputt mode. |
| Liong: The Dragon Dance | 2007-08-29 | GameHouse, Inc. | AlwaysNeat.com | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Liong: The Dragon Dance combines the gameplay of Puzz Loop and its variants with the classic tile-matching of Chinese mahjongg.In puzzle mode, the goal of each stage is to remove a pile of mahjongg tiles by matching them to the symbols on the back of a Chinese dragon called Liong. Each match makes Liong go backwards. In mahjong mode the tiles have to be matched with each other. Only free tiles, not blocked by other pieces, can be selected. The mythological beast moves slowly towards a gate, revolving around the board. If it reaches the portal, it's game over. The dragon speed can be increased with the right mouse button, to show more symbols at once.Special tiles with unique paintings give power-ups when matched. Arrow tiles move Liong backwards. Pause tiles stop the movement for a few seconds. Hint tiles show all the possible matches for a brief moment. Magic tiles remove 5 symbols from Liong. Memory tiles have doors that only open when the cursor is over them.Between stages there's a bingo bonus round, where numbers have to be matched within a time limit. |
| Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 6 - Scourge of the Sea People | 2007-08-30 | Grundislav Games | Grundislav Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | After the events in Osaka from the previous case, Ben Jordan and his friends Simon Booth and Alice Wilkins decide to take some time off and go on holiday to Greece. With Athens blocked, they end up in the fishing village of Agia Anna where they learn about the Sea People, ancient creatures that emerge from the ocean at night and drag villagers down to eat them.While his friends consider it a vacation, Ben Jordan investigates the events. He will talk to different villagers and visit nearby islands to investigate the legend. Gameplay is true to the point-and-click adventure series with mouse-based action icons, an inventory, dialogue screens with character portraits and fairly straight-forward puzzles. This case also pursues Ben's lingering love interest that is Alice. |
| Heimspiel: Handballmanager 2008 | 2007-08-30 | TGC - The Games Company GmbH | greencode Software GmbH | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Heimspiel: Handballmanager 2008 is a managerial simulation of the sport handball where the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his team. It is practically the same game as Heimspiel: Eishockymanager 2007 and plays very similar to typical German soccer managers. Through the menu bar on the left side of the screen the player reaches the menus where he sets all the options which influence the team's future. On the financial side he buys and sells players, searches for sponsors, expands the stadium and its surroundings, speculates with stocks or bets on the league's results. On the athletic side he sets the training, the lineup, the tactics, plans special appointments like team parties or looks after the youth teams. Depending on his successes the player receives experience points which are used to improve his abilities, e.g. training. He also has the possibility to plan personal events, e.g. a press conference, to improve his reputation with management and fans. The matches are a basically presented with a text mode where all interesting match situations are describes in words. Optionally the player can also watch pre-calculated match scenes which get shown during key situations.Besides the five difficulty levels the player can use additional options to make the game easier or harder, e.g. disable layoffs or granting unlimited funds. Unlike other managers the player don't has to employee assistants if he wishes to hand certain responsibilities, e.g. lineup or tactics, to the AI; he can access these functions for free. The game features 12 European leagues and a tutorial assists novice players. |
| Hospital Tycoon | 2007-08-30 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | DR Studios | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | Comedy, Healthcare | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Hospital Tycoon is a level-based hospital management simulation where players can start on an empty building, and then assemble rooms with all kinds of material, from desks and file cabinets for the general diagnosis to the expensive ultra-scanners and x-rays to diagnose such bizarre diseases such as chimpanzeesis or stressozombieac, and treat them with more or less bizarre machines like a normal hand pump. There several additional rooms, such as a staff room for your employees to rest, a toilet so that patients don't have to relieve themselves in the corridors, a research department to get the most advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies and a training room where consultants can teach a thing or two to rookies, making them capable doctors. The size and layout of each room can not be freely chosed but instead you've access to different room layouts like a 4x8 or a 12x12 to the available space. These rooms also come with a changing cubicle and a desk with a computer. Whatever additional medical item you place inside that room, defines it's function. So if you place a operation-table into it, it will automatically become a surgery. In addition to rooms, the player must provide seating for patients, vendor machines and generally a nice environment.However, rooms don't run by themselves. Most diagnostic and clinics can work with regular doctors, but others like the research room or the medical treatment require specialized staff like a scientist or a pharmacist. Of course you also need many nurses. At the same time, the hospital can't run without handymen cruising around the hospital to water up dry plants, clean up litter and vomit (after all, people go there because they are sick) and fix machines, while receptionists direct patients to the proper rooms.The heart of the game are three series with four levels each. The first series is the tutorial of the game but it already tells a soap-like story where nurses fall victim to handsome doctors and so on. Since every staff member is a different character with different attributes in the several stats like reliability or sociability you can control the outcome to a certain degree. But these attributes are also important because they influence the productivity of the staff member. A doctor who has already worked two shifts might not recognize a simple headache anymore for example. Over time they also gain experience at what they do automatically and can make faster the right diagnose for example which is essential for the survival of your patients because they lose constantly health while being in your hospital until you cure them.An additional feature of the game is the first person-mode. You can select any person in your hospital and then follow her path through the hospital experiencing hands on when the doctor sticks you in the x-ray machine or when the pharmacist gives you your cure the hard way. |
| Runes of Avalon: Path of Magic | 2007-08-30 | Anawiki Games | Anawiki Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Evelyne, an apprentice to Merlin, needs your help with gathering runes of power to save Avalon.Runes of Avalon: Path of Magic is a tile matching game. You will have from one to four tiles and must place them on the board so as to create rows of three or more of the same colored tile. Clearing these tiles fills up vials on the left of the screen. When the vials are full, the level is over. Pressing the right mouse button rotates the tiles. You will encounter mini-games as you play, like clicking on a rune shown on screen. The runes mini-game gains you bombs that are used on the levels. |
| Escalation: Kyōai no Fugue | 2007-08-31 | Rolling Star | Rolling Star | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Escalation: Kyōai no Fugue is a yuri visual novel told from the perspective of Rie Komatsuzaki, a girl who has recently been sent to a prestigious Catholic boarding school named St. Yale Academy after discovering her mother having an affair with her home tutor, whom Rie also had a crush on. Feeling alone in the school's harsh atmosphere, Rie seeks solace in the school chapel, only to find two other girls named Naomi and Midori secretly making love with each other. From there, Naomi and Midori take it upon themselves to teach Rie about lesbian sex.The game features full voice acting and multiple endings which can be achieved depending on the player's choices. |
| Guild Wars: Platinum Edition | 2007-08-31 | NCsoft Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Guild Wars
Guild Wars: Eye of the North |
| Hearts of Iron: Anthology | 2007-08-31 | Paradox Interactive AB | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The compilation includes:
Hearts of Iron
Hearts of Iron II
Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday
Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday - Armageddon
Big strategic worldmap-poster
Unique medal
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| Loki: Heroes of Mythology (Limited Collector's Edition) | 2007-08-31 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Cyanide S.A. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
Loki: Heroes of Mythology
Metal box
Limited Edition Loki poster |
| Love Death 2: Realtime Lovers | 2007-08-31 | Teatime | Teatime | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Grim reapers, the carriers of death, exist in our world. One of them, known as 10555 ("Sango"), has lost his scythe. In an attempt to recover it from a man named Kuroda he accidentally killed another person. As a result, Sango was reincarnated as a young boy named Mitsuru Kagami. Mitsuru enjoys a pleasurable life, but all changes when he realizes the grim reaper is a part of him. Love Death 2: Realtime Lovers is a combination of visual novel-like gameplay with simulation elements. The story unfolds automatically through extensive conversations and text descriptions. From time to time the player is prompted to make a choice that would influence the plot. Animated 3D cel-shaded characters appear on still backgrounds during the visual novel part, but there are no real cutscenes or movement.During most of the scenes the player can opt to interrupt the narrative and switch to the "movement mode", which allows limited first-person navigation in a 3D environment. This mode is essentially a sex simulation, since the goal is always to have sex with a female character. The player can use stimulating drinks and other items to make the girl more inclined to consent. It is also possible to physically assault and rape the girl; however, in such case the relationship will come to a halt and the story will not reach the best ending. The sex scenes are interactive and offer various possibilities (positions, movements, etc.). |
| The Guild 2: Gold Edition | 2007-08-31 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Guild 2 (Gold Edition) includes:
The Guild 2
The Guild 2: Pirates of the European Seas |
| Vampire Hunters | 2007-08-31 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Mayhem Studios s.r.o. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Vampire World: Port of Death is a role playing game with light adventure elements. In a fictional city a murder took place. Ivan, a vampire hunter, is killed and his friend Bernard, a long coat wearing man and also vampire hunter, has to investigate who murdered him.The player takes control of Bernard and moves him around in a third person perspective. The game's setting consists of old docks, a fishing village, a cargo unloading area and a big ship. Bernard has to explore these areas to find clues about the murder. While doing so he has to fight many vampires who are creeping around. The fights are turn-based and give you the chance to choose between different weapon and magic attacks. Besides the fights Bernard will find a lot of items by searching in corners and chests which have to be used to advance in the game. |
| Betasuppe | 2007-09-01 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Betasuppe is an unusual combination of text based commands and side-scrolling action. Play as a strange voice inside the head of Colin, a well groomed, ever chipper, bluish thing. Colin will do whatever the player compels him to do, even die. The goal of the game is to help Colin survive another day, using all the items the player tells him to acquire on the way, while trying to find something that resembles a conclusion. The game utilizes many different keywords to make Colin move, some even as outlandish as starboardwards . |
| Brain Spa | 2007-09-01 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Action | | | | Mental training | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Brain Spa is designed to increase your brainpower, by training it in 4 key areas: memory, perception, logic, and language. Each area has 2 minigames, with one available from the start, and the other needing to be unlocked. These minigames are set in the city of Brainville, and involve helping the citizens in their jobs.The minigames include sorting magazines by categories, giving customers at the diner correct orders, purchasing items that add up exactly to a given value, and matching clothing to dry cleaner tickets. |
| Fragile Ball | 2007-09-01 | Bimboosoft Co., Ltd. | Bimboosoft Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Developed exclusively for Windows PC by Japanese game design genius Hirofumi HattoriDevilishly difficult but insanely rewarding physics puzzler. Play through 85 levels of diverse and ingenious physics-based challenges. If you like Super Monkey Ball, Marble Madness, or Peggle, this one is for you. |
| Gunlimb | 2007-09-01 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In Gunlimb you take control of a man whose had all of his limbs stolen. The perpetrator of this bizarre act is a hybrid Pirate-Octopus that has always had peg legs and never known the joys of limbs. While left to rot in a cell your character ingeniously crafts new limbs for himself... out of discarded weapons. Using the blasts of your gunlimbs you'll have to propel yourself through five levels of horrors that your old limbs unwillingly played a part in creating. |
| Let's Ride! Horse Adventures | 2007-09-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the Let's Ride! games:
Let's Ride! Sunshine Stables
Let's Ride! The Case of the Missing Knight
Let's Ride! Championship Dreams
Let's Ride! Saddle Show Mystery
As a bonus, Habitrail Hamster Ball is also included. |
| Neverwinter Nights 3-Pack | 2007-09-01 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Neverwinter Nights compilation contains the following three games:
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
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| Rubik's Cube Challenge | 2007-09-01 | eGames, Inc. | TechFront Studios, Ltd. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Stranded in the depths of outer space, the player has to guide his ship back to Earth. The Robotic User Brainwave Interface (or RUBI for short) will help the player in this task, as he has to assemble the pieces of a cube full of monitors while repairing emergency malfunctions and avoiding loss of fuel.Rubik's Cube Challenge is a variation on the original idea of Rubik's Cube. The player has to combine rows or columns of three equal cells, trying to complete each stage's goal (usually completing a given number of blocks matched). The cells can be moved either by dragging them to a new location or clicking in one cell and a vertically or horizontally adjacent cell The cube can be rotated horizontally or vertically, and the rows and columns can also be rotated independently. Matching more than one row or column at the same time grants bonuses to the player.Each stage has a time limit, represented by a fuel meter at the right side of the screen. If the fuel meter is empty, an energy cell will be used to refuel the ship again. When all energy cells are used, the game is over.Occasionally the player will face special stages in which the objective is to rotate the cube in order to find the unlit cell in the cube and reactivate it (by clicking it). The fuel in those levels is depleted much faster than usual. Level's final stages are jigsaw puzzles of still images. In latter levels the cube becomes bigger (with sides of 4 cells, for instance), making more combinations possible.The game has more than 50 stages and three levels of difficulty. |
| SM Word | 2007-09-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Educational | | Fangame | | SDL, SDL_Image, BASS | | | | | | | Windows | There is a certain axiom that holds as true today as when first spoken by James Howell in 1659: that All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Best known as the collected oeuvre of fictional writer Jack Torrance (as played by Jack Nicholson) in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Shining, insanely repeated iterations of the phrase also serve large in this game: in fact, typing it in over and over again is the primary task set before the player.Though the screen is set up to look like a certain industry-standard word processor, things will not be as easy as they initially appear. SM is not merely an inverted abbreviation for a certain applications software developer, but also stands for sadism and masochism -- elements arguably often in play when attempting to productively use programs published by the aforementioned developer, especially recent versions whose misguidedly helpful offers of unwanted assistance often interfere with simple access to the program's basic functions. Such is the case here.While diligently cranking out your key phrase, boxes will pop up to notify you of errors, updates and other simulated system activities getting in the way of your monomania; inspired equally from the Nintendo DS and the Typing of the Dead, these irritating pop-ups are dismissed by frustratedly mashing keys on the keyboard and bellyaching (ideally with great profanity) at high volume into a nearby computer-attached microphone. Eventually the overwhelming sum of the notifications "crashes" the game and play ends. |
| UTour Golf | 2007-09-01 | Groove Games | Gusto Games Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Utour Golf is an online golf game only available through the SkillGround environment where games can be played for real money. It is however free to play. The game features five courses with 18 holes each. The player can go head-to-head or tee off with up to three friends in a multi-player game. SkillGround features several different types of online tournaments such as Fixed, Progressive, Handicap, Merchandise, Stableford, Limited Entry and special events. There are three game modes: Stroke play, Mini-Games and Driving Range. Gameplay mechanics use the 3-click approach, as seen in other games, to hit the ball.There are different weather conditions, club types and players are matched based on their rankings. The free playing model is supported by in-game advertisements. |
| Blow Everything Up! Net 2007 | 2007-09-02 | VictoryGames.com.pl | SeaSoft | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Blow Everything Up NET 2007 is a dynamic freeware top-down multiplayer shooter with 3 game modes: DeathMatch, Team DeathMatch and Capture the Flag. The 2007 version comes with 11 maps and 10 weapons (from AK to Gauss Rifler), the new option to use a rope with a harpoon (to get around and run away faster), nocto, knife, throwing grenades and in-game chat.Players can choose a character and train their shooting skills with bots in singleplayer, and then go against real opponents in multiplayer including an in-game IRC channel. A map editor has also been included. Some changes to the previous version are the inclusion of new and revamped weapons, optimized network code, more voice taunts, new and updated maps, gameplay mutators and improved rag dolls. |
| Cobi Treasure Deluxe | 2007-09-03 | Cobra Mobile Limited | Cobra Mobile Limited | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Cobi Treasure Deluxe is a falling block puzzle game similar to Columns and Puyo Puyo where the player has to help a seahorse collect gems. Gems fall from the top in groups of three and the player has to direct them towards the seabed. The objective is to match gems so that a sequence of three or more same-coloured gems is created either horizontally or vertically. The game can be played with either mouse or keyboard and while in the air the gems can be rotated.Some gems have special properties. These include double gems that are twice the size, danger gems that can clear out an entire row or column and wipe-out gems that clear out all gems of its colour. Sometimes an anchor will be thrown down and lock up an entire row of gems for some time. There is also the oily glooper that drips oil on gems. Gems that are oily can only be cleared with danger gems.There are three different game modes: classic, ship shape and Sally's shapes. The classic mode simply involve advancing through the levels and reach the highest score possible. For each level the pace of the falling gems will increase. In ship shape the player collects gems from a sunken ship which is quickly being filled with water. The difference from the classic mode is that a level has to be completed before the water reaches the top of the screen. Sally's shapes is the puzzle mode where each level has a specific layout of gems that has to be full or partially removed before the time runs out. |
| Numba | 2007-09-03 | Cobra Mobile Limited | Cobra Mobile Limited | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Numba is a puzzle game where you must link sequences of adjacent numbers to make blocks disappear and new blocks fall from the top of the screen. However, here you can match blocks in many ways -- for example, you can match blocks with the same repeated number (4-4-4, say), or you can make sequences of numbers like 3-4-5 or 2-4-6-8. Some special blocks add variety to the mix -- blocks that blink in and out of existence, fire blocks which become solid rock if neglected for too long, ice blocks which need to be thawed before used, and so on.The game has three modes: in 'classic' mode, you play a series of timed levels of increasing difficulty; 'timeless' mode is the same as classic, but levels do not reset, and there is no timer; finally, 'puzzle' mode consists of a series of about 80 puzzles where you must eliminate all blocks (which do not enter the screen from the top nor respawn). All modes have separate local leaderboards. |
| The Zoo Race | 2007-09-03 | Cougar Interactive | Cougar Interactive | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | After laughing at her friend Rueben about believing in the Noah's Ark story, Hanna the librarian had a dream about it. In her dream, she and her friends were transformed into animals and participated in the "Games of Celebration" race after the flood, organized by Noah and his sons and announced by God Himself.In this racing game the player can choose one of the eight available characters (Hanna the Horse, Rueben the Rhino, Priscilla the Pig, Cain the Cougar, Set the Sheep, Bethany the Bear, Gad the Goat or Tamar the Tiger) to race in one of the eight tracks available (Hanna's Heights, Cain's Caverns, Rueben Roads, Priscilla's Place, Seth's Safari, Gad's Galaxy, Bethany's Blaster or Tamar's Turf). The tracks have obstacles (like hurdles, glass mazes, Piranha fish, fire geysers, exploding barrels, rockets, cannons, bomber planes) set and food spread along the way. Touching the obstacles will slow down the characters and collecting food will speed them up.The game has also an "Creature Party" mode, where the player can choose among the 11 soundtrack videos to watch. |
| Blackwell Unbound | 2007-09-04 | Wadjet Eye Games LLC | Wadjet Eye Games LLC | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Blackwell Unbound is the third game in the series and a prequel to the previous two games. It goes back in time to the early seventies, to one of the ancestors of Rosangela Blackwell from the The Blackwell Legacy: chain smoker Lauren Blackwell. All members of the family have been visited by Joey, a ghost, who urges them to help him solve cases of lost and disturbed ghosts.The narrative starts in medias res while Lauren is investigating some cases. She reads the newspaper every morning for the mention of strange occurrences and then heads out with Joey to check if there are ghosts involved. On that particular evening, there have been three false alarms and two more locations to visit. These involve strange music by a saxophone player and an old lady at a construction site.Using the AGS engine, this adventure game has a classic point-and-click interface with the two mouse buttons for examining or using objects. You can strike up conversations and change the outcome based on your responses. Lauren carries around an inventory and a notebook where she jots down clues. You can combine clues to link events, and then use these new observations in conversations. The inventory is scarcely used. Important items include a dictaphone and a camera.Gameplay is largely based around the storytelling and dialogues, rather than complicated puzzles. All characters have full voice-acting, there is a complete soundtrack, and a director's cut mode with an audio track where Dave Gilbert interferes regularly while playing to explain the design choices of the game. While playing, Lauren can make four bonus photographs that unlock hidden items such as extra music tracks, concept art and more.New to this game, players can switch between Joey and Lauren at any time. Joey is immaterial and can pass through walls, as long as he stays near Lauren. During conversations, the character portraits are no longer shown. |
| Cake Mania 2: Jill's Next Adventure! | 2007-09-04 | Sandlot Games | Sandlot Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | Cake Mania 2 is the sequel to Cake Mania. Jill heads back into the bakery to help our her friends with their confection-related issues. The game mechanics are the same as the first game. Every day, customers come into Jill's bakery and order cakes. You must bake cakes by putting together combinations of cake shapes, icing colors, and cake toppers to fulfill the orders before the customers get angry and leave. Happy customers reward you with money, angry customers leave without paying. You get to move on to the next day if you earn enough cash to reach the target for the day.Cake Mania 2 adds new locations, kitchen upgrades, and characters to the same gameplay formula from the first Cake Mania. |
| Medal of Honor: Airborne | 2007-09-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Los Angeles | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Shooter | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Direct control | | Teen | David Oliver | Windows | Boyd Travers is part of the 82d Airborne Division. As a small part of a greater operation he needs to complete several missions in Italy, France, the Netherlands and Germany. He fights alongside AI colleagues in order to free Europe.All missions begin with a jump out of an airplane after a short briefing and the chance for you to change your initial weapon loadout. The parachute-jump allows you a little freedom in the selection of your starting point. There's also always a certain area, where you get a bonus if you successfully land there. During these missions anti-aircraft weapons need to be blown up, fellow soldiers have to be rescued and enemy tanks need to be taking out using bazookas. In order to give you more choices in your loadout, you are not only given access to enemy weapons but you can also benefit from the upgrades you have gained. You get an upgrade when you are performing extraordinary feats of valour and marksmanship. This means for example that you earn an upgrade when you kill three enemies in a short order. These upgrades include a bigger magazine for the German K98 or a handle for the Thompson machine gun to make it more accurate.Also notable is the health-system. Boyd has four beads of health. If an enemy hits you but doesn't empty a whole bead, your health will regenerate until the bead is full again. If you loose a bead, you need to pick up a health pack in order to regain it.Alongside the single-player campaign there are also three multiplayer-modes called Team Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch Airborne and Objective for up to 12 players available which all feature the teams Axis against Allied. While Team Deathmatch is pretty standard, Team Deathmatch Airborne features a new twist. In this mode the Allied jump from an airdrop onto the map while the Axis begin on the ground. In objective the goal is to capture all three flags on the map. |
| Prison Tycoon 3: Lockdown | 2007-09-04 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Prison Tycoon 3: Lockdown is practically the same game as Prison Tycoon 2: Maximum Security. The new features are are day/night circle, an enhanced riot mode, a timetable to control the prisoner's daily schedule and two alternate scenarios where the male prisoners are replaced with female or military prisoners.Prison Tycoon 3: Lockdown is a managerial simulation where the player manages a prison. In free playing mode he chooses between three locations and does what is done in most tycoon games: constructing buildings. The most important part is the security, meaning fences and cells. The cells can have different security levels because a car thief is easier to handle than a mass murderer. Other options regard the everyday life of the prisoners, e.g. dining rooms and gyms. Employees range from guards to cooks to canine units.The player always needs to look after the budget and the prisons reputation. Every building and every piece of infrastructure costs money but if the security is too low a prisoner may escape or even kill somebody. To improve revenue the player can send prisoners to work, e.g. in a farm or laundry. Certain events spice up the everyday routine, e.g. protestants or prisoner revolts. If the player does a good job he unlocks the possibility to build execution chambers.Besides the free playing mode there are also 14 missions where the player takes over existing prisons. There he needs to fulfill certain goals, e.g. preventing a revolt or bankruptcy. |
| Rayman: Raving Rabbids | 2007-09-04 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Eood, Ubisoft Pictures SAS | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In the fourth Rayman game of the main series, Rabbids invade the earth and lock up Rayman in a prison inside a coliseum. He is forced to take part in more than 75 mini-games, called trials. Rayman will get to throw cows, milk cows, make Rabbids dance - even race warthogs and eagles... all for the amusement of the Rabbids. After winning games, Rayman will earn plungers which can be used to construct a ladder to escape from the jail cell. After completing three trials in the coliseum, a boss game must be completed; such as an on-rails first person shooter, or a racing game.During the Story Mode, the player unlocks special mini-games which can then be played in Score Mode to unlock new content (such as music, wardrobes and challenges) and improve scores. Getting a high score in Score Mode also generates a password to allow players to submit their high score to an online ranking system via Ubisoft's home page. The game can be played in single player mode and multiplayer modes (up to four people in competitive or cooperative gameplay). |
| The Sims 2: Limited Edition | 2007-09-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Limited Edition is another re-release of The Sims 2. It includes:
The Sims 2 Deluxe
The Sims 2: Bon Voyage (sixth expansion pack) |
| Undercover: Operation Wintersun | 2007-09-04 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Graphic adventure | World War II | | | | Teen | | Windows | Set during World War II, scientist Dr. John Russell is sent to Berlin on an undercover mission to investigate the Nazi's interest in an experimental uranium bomb project. He is no trained spy however, so he is accompanied by British MI6 agent Peter Graham, and later Anne Taylor. Next to the main storyline, Russell will also need to find out if his companions are pursuing their own agenda.This 3D adventure with pre-rendered backgrounds is entirely mouse-driven with a point-and-click interface. The left mouse button moves Russell around and is used to examine objects. The right mouse button is used to pick up or use items. Pressing the latter twice makes the character run. Puzzles consist of researching articles, item combinations, but also mechanical systems and broader puzzles, such as piecing a torn letter together. The game includes a beginner's mode, where pressing a key highlights all important objects in the area.Optionally, the player can choose to play the entire game with a sepia filter, rendering the images a more authentic and historical feel. |
| Depths of Peril | 2007-09-05 | Soldak Entertainment, Inc. | Soldak Entertainment, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Depths of Peril is a single player action/RPG influenced heavily by turn based strategy games like Civilization. Your character takes lead of a fledgling Covenant (a faction or guild) in the barbarian city of Jorvik, where you compete or ally with other Covenants. These factions are the most unique aspect of Depths of Peril, adding a level of depth unusual in games of this genre. The player can negotiate trades for money or even items, start wars or form alliances, raid enemy Covenants or destabilize them with rumors. These other groups will also compete with the player to complete quests and win recruits, or can even adventure alongside the player.Items and inventory are handled in much the same way as other action/RPGs. There are common items, rare items, uniques, set pieces, artifacts and so forth, all color coded for your convenience. Every item alters your character's appearance as well.Depths of Peril does not support multiplayer, but it does allow you to export your character sheet in HTML and other formats to post on the internet, allowing for some ladder-style competition. Also, your character, Covenant and recruits can all be transferred to a new game when you win as well, allowing for a lot of replayability. |
| Drift City | 2007-09-05 | NHN Games Corporation | NPLUTO Corporation | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Drift City is a online-only racing game. It is a free-to-play title which means it can be downloaded and played free of charge and it finances itself with by selling in-game items. These items give certain advantages, e.g. a better looking paintwork or experience bonuses. The retail version includes several of these items to make up for the price.The game is set in the near future when oil runs out. The infrastructure takes a hit from that but on four islands humanity finds a new resource: Mittron. The game takes place on these four islands which can be explored freely. By driving to certain points on the map the player starts missions, e.g. delivering goods in a time limit, chasing HUVs (automatic cars) or tailing cars. Every solved mission rewards Mittron, the currency. It can be used to upgrade the car or buy one of the previously mentioned items.The controls are not too complicated: four keys are used for movement and one to boost. Boosting needs fuel which can be bought or earned by performing combos, e.g. driving on the wrong side of the road. Multiple combos in short order also reward additional Mittron. Of course there is also a strong multiplayer component to the game. The most important modes are regular races in an arena (including betting opportunities, up to 16 players), group races (a group can consist of up to four players) and "Rush Time" where many players try to takeout one huge HUV (at least 10 participants). |
| Legends of Norrath | 2007-09-05 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Sony Online Entertainment Denver | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | Fantasy | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Legends of Norrath is an online-only digital trading card game, created by Sony Online Entertainment and tied to their EverQuest and EverQuest II games. Players can open the card game client from within either game, or non-EverQuest subscribers can download a stand-alone client playable from the desktop.Legends of Norrath is based around avatar combat, with each player trying to deal damage to the card representing the leader of their opponent's forces. Depleting the hitpoints of the enemy avatar card is one way to win. Two quests are also always in play, and forces from either side line up at these quests to attack the opposing avatar, or protect their own. Ability cards may be spent toward completing quests each turn, and completing four quests also results in victory.Players have multiple single-player campaigns (the number growing with each expansion), with each completed chapter granting reward cards for their deck. Players can also participate in both casual and official tournaments against each other, form guilds, tackle co-op raids, and trade cards using an in-game browser. Booster packs and additional starter decks may be purchased, and packs may contain a random "loot" card for that player's account, granting an item redeemable in either EverQuest or EverQuest II.Legends of Norrath requires no monthly fee to play, however players must purchase a starter deck. Current subscribers to EverQuest or EverQuest II get a free starter deck, in addition to five free booster packs each month their subscription is valid. |
| Penguins Arena | 2007-09-05 | Frogames | Frogames | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Penguins Arena is a First Penguin Shooter (FPS) where the player helps is own clan to push other penguin tribes off islands of ice by throwing snowballs.The primary weapon is a snowball. Penguins can collect 5 additional weapons and power-ups like a Dynamite Fish that will explode a few seconds after you throw it at the ground, or a Gust of Clownfish that you can shoot in rapid fire.The gameplay consists of quick rounds of two to four minutes, the last team standing on the island wins the round.Penguins Arena includes 4 game modes and an island creator. |
| Infernal | 2007-09-06 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Metropolis Software House | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Ryan Lennox is technically dead but still he remains on earth and works for the heavenly organization EtherLight. But also Ryan does a pretty good job, his boss doesn't approve of his not-so-heavenly-methods. So he fires him and puts an assassin on his tail. After the failed murder-attempt, Lennox gets hired by Lazarus, boss of the Abyss - the natural enemy of EtherLight. EtherLight had killed all of his agents and now prepares the final blow to get rid of Abyss once and for all. Ryan now, under the guidance of Black, needs to prevent this from happening.Black gives Ryan for that task a few powers like teleportation, telekinesis or a way to make his shots more powerful. But those actions require mana and since Lennox is now a creature of the dark and evil, he needs either to stay in the shadows or convict sins (like killing the EtherLight agents) in order for his mana to regenerate. If he comes near holy places like churches or rooms full of light, his mana decreases and he can only rely on his conventional weapons which range from pistols over machine guns to a full-grown rocket launcher. To get ammunition, security cards or to replenish his life-energy, Ryan has to suck out the remains of the enemies he just killed for those things. |
| Falling Stars | 2007-09-07 | Ivolgamus UAB | Ivolgamus UAB | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Falling Stars is a role-playing game designed for children. As the player uncovers the mysteries of Dazzleon, they must participate in seven unique mini-games, train their own pet, dress Luna in an assortment of unique outfits, and battle a variety of deadly monsters. The story starts as an ancient spirit detects a dark power awakening in the peaceful world of Dazzleon. The player takes the role of a young spirit entrusted with a mission of great importance. To investigate this world, the spirit must take the form of a young girl named Luna. However, restoring peace to Dazzleon ends up not being such a simple task as thwarting evil requires the player to complete various quests and challenges, train their own pet, and command their pet in battle against rogue monsters unleashed by Luna’s wicked uncle, Matt. |
| Hearts of Iron II: Complete | 2007-09-07 | CyberFront Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Hearts of Iron 2 Complete compilations includes:
Hearts of Iron II
Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday
Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday - Armageddon
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| Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened | 2007-09-07 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Horror | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Sherlock Holmes, with the help of Dr. John H. Watson, investigates strange disappearances in relation to the activity of a secret cult of Cthulhu.Unlike the fixed third-person perspective of the previous Frogwares title Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring, The Awakened's gameplay takes place in an entirely real-time 3D landscape and from a first-person perspective, losing the pre-rendered backgrounds of its predecessor.Although the game has adopted the view popularized by the first-person shooter genre, it retains the point-and-click aspect of most adventure games, giving the player the ability to complete the game using the mouse alone. |
| Space Rangers 2: Dominators - Reboot | 2007-09-07 | 1C Company | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Space Rangers 2: Dominators. Reboot includes:
Space Rangers
Space Rangers 2: Dominators
Space Rangers 2: Reboot
Exclusive game developing materials.
Large collection of game art, wallpapers and mini-games from fans.
Handbook with description of all game aspects and features written by fans. |
| The World of Lucky Luke | 2007-09-07 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation set of 3 games based on French-Belgium comic character Lucky Luke:
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
Lucky Luke: On the Dalton's Trail
Lucky Luke: Western Fever
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| Thief Collection | 2007-09-07 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Thief Collection is a compilation of three Thief games:
Thief: The Dark Project
Thief II: The Metal Age
Thief: Deadly Shadows
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| Furry 2 | 2007-09-08 | Scissor-Fight | | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Furry 2 is the sequel to Furry. Once more you have to guide the purple furball Furry against the black ball army in his quest to defeat their leader General MacReady. Along the way you'll get to use five different weapons as you dodge mines, swim through caves, jump across pits and spikes and evade giant sawblades through four different worlds, each ending with a huge boss.The game saves automatically between levels, letting you continue if you run out of lives.Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Group Furry series
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| The IOTA Project | 2007-09-08 | DreamSail Games LLC | DreamSail Games LLC | Action | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Motion control | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Bitsburgh has been evacuated. R4N-D mechs and drones have swarmed the streets. It's up to you, as the pilot of the mysterious mech IOTA, to take down the enemy threat and bring peace back to the city. If, of course, you don't destroy it in the process. Arm yourself with an array of powerful weapons scattered throughout the city, as well as your own two giant robot fists and some chaos-causin' rocket launchers - and destroy all enemies! This is a free, pre-alpha demo- please be aware that there will be bugs and issues, as well as aspects of the game that feel unfinished. We're continuing to develop a complete version, taking into account player feedback. We hope you enjoy this slice of what we have to offer and follow along our development journey! |
| Freerunning Extreme | 2007-09-10 | | | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | Freerunning Extreme is a parkour game where the player has to perform acrobatic feats in an urban environment. The game was realised through a collaboration of students of the Utrecht School of Arts and Delft University.The game is in 3D and uses a third person perspective. The player can jump, climb and hang from ledges and perform a wall jump. The player is awarded points for each successful trick and also adrenalin. Adrenalin can be used to run faster and jump further. The player is represented by a pink box. There's is only one level but it can be played in three different play modes. The tutorial mode in which the controls are explained, the free roaming mode where you can explore the level at your own whim and the bonus challenge where you can collect the letters "freerunning" for bonus points. |
| The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition | 2007-09-10 | 2K Games, Inc., Bethesda Softworks LLC | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This edition includes:
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine (expansion)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles (expansion)
The North American Windows release also contains:
Glossy, poster-size world map
A 47 page printed manual |
| Tonka On the Job | 2007-09-10 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Webfoot Technologies, Inc. | Simulation | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | City building / construction simulation | | Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Tonka On the Job is a light simulation game that allows players to construct and operate vehicles based on the American Tonka franchise of toy trucks. Typical trucks such as Mighty Dump, Mighty Front Loader, Toughest Mighty, Mighty Cement Mixer, Mighty Crane and others are used in different scenarios to build foundations, dig canals, clear trees and more. Every job starts at the Tonka Garage by deploying a vehicle. The gameplay is shown from a bird's-eye view in small 2D-scrolling environments with dirt yards, cities, gravel pits and forests. Every vehicle has a specific use. For instance, Mighty Dump can carry up to four loads of dirt and can dump the load anywhere. Jobs gradually become more complex as more vehicles are available and the player has to switch between them to complete the task. For instance the Mighty Front Loader is used to pick up certain types of dirt to load it onto the Mighty Dump which can transport it more efficiently. Once deployed it is possible to switch between vehicles on the fly.Sometimes additional tasks appear during a job with a time limit, such as unexpected fires that can be put out with the Rescue Fire Truck. Completing these is usually not required, but rewarded with bonus fuel. The performance per job is rated with up to three stars. Next to completing a job the game for instance also takes into account fuel efficiency, which is at its best if no redundant driving is done and the vehicle stays on the roads as much as possible. Later levels introduce dodging traffic. Special actions tied to specific vehicles also require more fuel. Most tasks have specific steps such as clearing, grading and constructing, but these do not always need to be completed in a fixed order. Often there are multiple approaches or solutions to get the job done.The game can be played as a series of jobs or with freeplay for unlimited construction and destruction through deformable moments. The GBA version contains 11 trucks and the PC version 13. While the PC version has a much higher resolution with sharper graphics drawn in a different style, the content itself including the gameplay and scenarios is largely identical. |
| 3030 Deathwar | 2007-09-11 | Crunchy Leaf Games | Bird in Sky | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | 3030 Deathwar is an open-world 2D space RPG. The game is played from a top-down perspective and features an open world, where the player chooses freely which systems, planets and stations to visit. The game features activities such as trading, hunting pirates, searching for derelicts and wormholes, as well as various missions, ranging from assassination and courier missions to cargo transport and photography.The player can buy new ships over the course of the game, of varying types: fighter, trader, interceptor or all-rounder. These ships can be equipped with guns and missiles as well as additional upgrades that enhance the ships capabilities. Some examples of this are thrusters, scanners, tractor beams, shields, afterburners and fuel scoops.When visiting stations the player can board and walk around on them in a visual style similar to point-and-click adventure games like Monkey Island or Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. While on stations, the player can talk to characters, trade, upgrade and take on new missions. The story is presented in 10 acts, with the player furthering the plot by completing missions given to him by story characters. |
| BMW M3 Challenge | 2007-09-11 | 10tacle studios AG | Blimey! Games Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | BMW M3 Challenge is a racing game released for free coinciding with the launch of the E90 BMW M3, also the only car that can be driven in the game. The vehicle is customizable, both in the visual and performance aspects. The game contains one track: the Nürburgring. In total there are three single-player racing modes: Open Practice, Time Trials and a Race Weekend against up to 15 AI opponents. Multiplayer races are supported on a local network and online. |
| Carrie the Caregiver 2: Preschool | 2007-09-11 | Shockwave | Article 19 Group, Inc., The | Action | | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Carrie the Caregiver 2: Preschool is the sequel to Carrie the Caregiver. Carrie is back but she's now teaching in preschool. She has to keep the children happy during different activities.The gameplay is similar to the first game and to Diner Dash. Your goal is to reach a certain amount of points at the end of the day by taking care of toddlers. Carrie has five different activities to share with them: painting, shapes, lunch, names writing and cookie baking. When a child needs something, he's showing it. By complying to his or her request, you add an heart, making him happy and buying you time. Also, you can gain extra points by placing children in a colored seat matching their clothes or by making chains of the same action. Sometimes, the kids will sniff or forget what they have to do, so, you'll need to provide them a tissue or remind them of the activity.Each kid has his own personality: redheads for example will be more impatient then other kids.Also, Carrie has a Energy Bar, decreasing during the game and making her tired. For replenish it, you can stay still or grab snacks. |
| Lost in the Static | 2007-09-11 | | Silver Spaceship Software | Action | | | | Platform | | | | | | Sean Howard | Windows | Lost in the Static is at its core a simple 2D platform game. Your character doesn't have any special moves or weapons, your only ability is to jump to avoid any enemies that you encounter.The interesting part of this game is it's graphics and sound, both of which consist of static. You won't be able to see anything on the screenshots, you can only see the game while playing. The basic mechanic for this visual experience is the following: the background is a randomly generated image of static which moves constantly in a certain direction. The foreground is also an image of static but it's still (indicating the whole terrain of the game), or it's moving in a different direction (indicating an enemy). |
| Peggle: Extreme | 2007-09-11 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Peggle Extreme is a variant of Peggle Deluxe. It was exclusively developed for Valve Corporation as a free game for all The Orange Box-buyers.Gameplay remains the same as in the original. The player still has to use a metallic ball to shoot from the top of the screen to clear out all the orange pegs on screen. The screen however, is not solely filled with orange pegs. There are several kinds of other pegs which are more or less useful, such as the green peg which allows the player to see where the ball will fly when shot or the purple peg that gives the player a bonus point. All pegs have in common a realistic ball bounce off them but which will eventually find its way to the bottom. There it is either greeted by the great pit of nothing or if the player timed the shot right, fall into a bucket that moves from side to side. If the player hits the bucket, the player will get a free ball. Each peg gives a different amount of points and if the player makes a especially long shot or make enough points with one shot, the player will get bonus points.The game features ten all new normal challenges and five Master challenges which are all inspired by games from Valve Corporation. So the player clears the pegs for example off a picture of a strider. Peggle Extreme also features some of the sounds from Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal.The player can also play against the computer or a friend in a hot-seat duel mode. |
| Anacapri: The Dream | 2007-09-12 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | S-G Software | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Anacapri: The Dream is an adventure game set on the island of Capri, mostly in the upper regions of Capri called Anacapri. You play the role of Dr. Nico N, an expert of the ancient civilizations. You are invited to Anacapri to accomplish a very difficult task: find the extremely powerful, but malicious Obsidian Disk. But what is this Obsidian Disk? Why is it so dangerous? Quickly you will find out that what you think as reality is in fact an illusion - the truth is far beyond what you have imagined…This game is a first-person adventure using point-and-click game mechanics. The 8,000 scenes and are all real photographs taken on the Isle of Capri and the people met are presented in animated still pictures.
The puzzles vary from interpreting given clues to find the next place to visit and logic puzzles like a card game or sliding puzzles. But the game also has some features to make it easier to play: all interactive items can be highlighted, the most difficult puzzles can be skipped and a map allows to quickly jump to another location. Additionally there is a sightseeing mode in which Capri can be explored without plot or puzzles. |
| Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power | 2007-09-12 | Paradox Interactive AB | Wargaming.net, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power is a science fiction 3D turn based strategy game based on the 1971 novel Prisoners of Power or Inhabited Island by the Russian authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The four factions - Land of the Fathers, Khonties, Island Empire and Barbarians - wage a full blown war for control of the planet Saraksh, each faction feature distinctive designs and technology trees and tactical differences.Units can make use of the environment for tactical advantage, such as using forest for camouflage and dig trenches, garrison buildings or construct bridges over rivers. Air units can be used to transport troops, and heavy artillery can be moved by trucks as your army advances. The planet and its diverse environments (including deserts, forests and polar regions) are rendered in 3D, with day and night cycles and dynamic weather. |
| NHL 08 | 2007-09-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Side view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The 2008 edition of EA's ice hockey simulation includes many improvements to the Skill Stick feature that was introduced in NHL 07. Another novelty is the Goalie mode where players can manually take control of the goalie through a 3rd-person camera. Players can create and work towards custom players and a rumble feature introduces a new form of communication where the player can call for the puck by tapping the ice with the stick.In addition to NHL teams, this edition also features international teams and the 29 AHL teams, as well as the new jerseys for the regular NHL season.The PS3 and Xbox 360 version do not contain a fantasy draft to create a dream team to take through the Stanley Cup in the Dynasty mode, but have the Sweden's Elitserien and Finland's SM-liiga. Commentary in this version is done by Gary Thorne and Bill Clement. |
| UpShift StrikeRacer | 2007-09-12 | Gala-Net, Inc. | nChannel | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | UpShift StrikeRacer is a futuristic car combat game with extensive guild management/social networking capabilities. UpShift features multiple modes of online competition with racing, rockets, hood-mounted machine guns, mines, and general vehicular mayhem.A free-to-play action racing videogame (similar in gameplay to Twisted Metal or Full Auto), players could also spend time on game-derived, user-generated community websites.The game's business model relied on the sale of virtual items (weapons, new cars, etc) inside the game world, as well as advertising inside the game and on the club sites.
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| 100-in-one Klik & Play Pirate Kart | 2007-09-13 | Glorious Trainwrecks | Glorious Trainwrecks | Compilation | | Fangame | | | | | | | | | Windows | In the spirit of past collections (such as Action 52, Cassette 50 and endless "Hong Kong special" pirate cartridge compilations) of entertainingly defective and charmingly terrible games, a call went out to solicit mass quantities of the flimsiest games possible, taking up the torch in pure Ed Wood style and sometimes basing games entirely around the expropriation of public domain clip art and sample tutorial game assets. In 48 hours, 17 designers threw together over a hundred simple games (most using Clickteam's free Klik & Play engine) many of which are even playable! Games include:ALIEN FIGHTER 2000
Air/Sea Giraffe, an homage to Jeff Minter
Allard Quest
Arrow Arrow Revolution, the first of several takes on rhythm games
Arrows
Banana Space Adventure
Battle Chess Deluxe Kasparov-bot Edition
Bike Adventure!
blockvaders, a 3D take on Space Invaders
breastpong
Butt Pirate
Cat Golfing
Click On A Chair Holy Crap Limited Edition
Clickity Clickit
Climb King
Climb King Lite
Collect 100 Jems
cosmicarkatamari, an unprecedented mash-up
Dave Halverson's Review Quest
defend the moon
Dice Fighter
Disco Party
Don't Hit The Spikes!
Don't Stop Believin', representing the war in every man's heart between religion and gluttony
Drive A Bike
Dueling Sandwiches
Eat The Moon
Emotional Rollercoaster
Endless Showdown
Explodin' Shit
Extreme Calculator!
Fight a Chicken
Fight a Parrot
Fight A Duck With The Longest Ever Recorded Bird Penis, the game with the second-longest title in this collection
Finger Smashes
Freestyle Box 2007
Friday Night Radical Dream Date
Ghost VS Truck
Go Go Power Rangers
Happy Time Electro Sex
Happy with Sad
Happy with Sad Turbo Deluxe
Help the Laser Wizard
here comes the judge
homeworld defense
Hot Zeppelin History Stage
House Centipede Fun
Hungry Hedgehogs MMORPG
Juggling Forever
Keys Keys Keys
Kick the Habbit (you addict!)
Kick the Hobbit
Kicking the Hobbit 2: Hobbit Season
Kill Yourself, the dark horse emo hit of the season
Krakozyabry
LASER LAND
Le paraplui perdu, a sophisticated foreign art piece
MegaMoon
Metal Axe Warriors
Money, Sex, Power, Fame
Moon Giraffe
Nitro Time Rock and Roll
nudge
Not even remotely original
Outrun the Ball
PREGGERS!, where you help an egg evade spermatozoa
Piano Comand
Piano Tutor
Pick Up The Phone And Die, a graphical twist on the IF classic
Pie Boy
Pizza VS Circle
Platform Builder
Possummer, Frogger with... possums
Qinut
RAINGEL
Race Car!
Sad Old Man, an existential search for meaning
Shakespeare Shakespeare Revolution, putting to bed any claims of the Bard's musty irrelevance in the modern day
Sideways Man Adventures
Sky is Falling
Slide Puzzle Insanity
Slide Puzzle Insanity: Special Edition
Slide Puzzle Madness
Slow Race
spank your pussy
Spindizzy
Staircase!
Super Corporate Executive Quest II HD Turbo Remix Deluxe: Return To Lord Skullington's Castle
Super Slow Motion Asteroid Runner
Swordquest: Horseworld
This Game Stars My Penis, a kind of multimedia enhanced Astrotit
This Is The Last Goddamn Game I'm Making: Fuck You
Tiny Dancer
Too Many Cheerios
Triangle Crosser
Truck VS Ghost
Ukulele Master
Violent Fighting: Ogre King Challenge
WHAT THE HECK DO I DO?
Walk you home tonight
You Have A Hangover
You have a hangover II - Superbowl (aka Splatterhouse)
ZEPPELIN SPACE ADVENTURE
Zombie in Space!
and 100 Robots, a cherry atop a sundae you may not want to eat your way through. |
| Fuck Typing | 2007-09-13 | | | Educational | | | Adult | Mental training | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Two opponents engage in a heated discussion in which the gloves quickly come off and the discourse lowers to a no-holds-barred flame war race to the bottom. Two players, one human and one computer, compete to see who can more quickly restate statements of surreal and filthy invective to be the first to complete their verbal abuse and, in so doing, inflict injury and reduce the opponent's health meter. When the meter is gone, the exchange is concluded. The human player actually types in the words; the computer merely simulates heated hunt and pecking. |
| Kaseki Play | 2007-09-13 | SEGA Corporation | Mobile & Game Studio, Inc., SEGA Corporation | Educational, Simulation | | | | | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kaseki Play is a game which involves excavating antique fossils and dinosaur bones buried underground. Players are given seven options to choose, four of which are tools, including their breath, a detector which tells players where exactly something is buried, a brush, a mattock and what looks like an angle grinder. The angle grinder and the player's breath have a limit to their use and take some time to replenish.The aim of the game is to dig out the fossils and bones, clean them up and then put them together.There are balloons hidden underground which will pop on contact with some of the tools or excessive brushing so players must work very delicately in order to gain more points and not damage any of the antiques. Players will lose points if they damage the bones using the angle grinder or the mattock.The whole process is done by using a mouse or a Wacom tablet and relaxing music is played while the player is doing their job.The game requires patience as excavating bones and fossils must be done carefully and bit by bit and the game is very strict in terms of calculating how much the player has cleared the stage and cleaned up the bones and fossils that they've found. Clearing each stage would require players to spend no less than 15 minutes on all the necessary actions. |
| Mondo Medicals | 2007-09-13 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Welcome to Mondo Medicals! You have applied for research! You will help us help you! Help to find the cure for cancer! First we need to verify you! A test will perform this! We hold no response for your safety! If you want to stop now...Don't stop! You do want to cure cancer don't you? Mondo Medicals will just have to put you through eight grueling 'illogical' puzzle tests that force counter intuitive thinking. A simple example of such a puzzle is a hall with an arrow pointing down it, instead of following the arrow one would go the opposite way. However, such a logical illogical solution will not hold through all the puzzles.These tests occur in gray maze-like environments, that exude a dehumanizing lab rat quality, the goal being to find the areas exit. The only controls are movement, handled by arrow keys, and a generic 'interact' command, activated by pressing 'Z'. At the start of each test you'll be given some small clue as to how to solve it, often this clue is very vague or not immediately intelligible. Common elements of the tests are stenciled arrows on the floor, concealed doors, cubical buttons, and mobile walls.Constantly the sound of what seems to be a muffled heartbeat can be heard, most often accompanied by the rubbery thuds of your footfalls.After each mission you'll see a video of a man in black who'll tell you about his fight to cure cancer. These interludes are in 'engrish', and his tone is one of anger, pity, and menace. Just what sort of testing have you been involved in, what sort of place is Mondo Medicals? |
| Totally Tiny Arcade | 2007-09-13 | Flea Circus Games | Flea Circus Games | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Mini-games, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Totally Tiny Arcade tells the story of Joystick Johnny and it is set inside an arcade hall. The arcade games are infected by a video virus and Johnny needs to hunt it down. The arcade game serves as a hub to play a lot of classic games in quick succession, moving from cabinet to cabinet. Although the inspiration from titles such as Pac-Man, Frogger, Space Invaders, Lunar Lander or Asteroids is obvious, all games are reworked with very different graphics, especially as Joystick Johnny is always the main character as he is warped into the game.In a limited amount of time Johnny needs to move through three rows of four games. he has coins for 1, 2, 3 and 4 levels and needs to determine how to spend them to move on as quickly as possible. While playing there is an unlimited amount of lives, but each death deducts time from the general timer and when it expires, Johnny only has a single life left to try and complete all rows. While playing it is possible to collect treasures and B-O-N-U-S letters for extra points, along with perfect scores. At the end of the last row a timer bonus is provided for each additional second. Some levels are also infested with the video virus and present additional challenges. When the three rows have been completed, a mix of different games needs to be completed on a prototype cabinet, with additional difficulties when the virus interferes.When a single arcade has been completed, two additional ones can be unlocked. There is also a mystery mix with random games and 1-dollar dash where the aim is to survive different games as long as possible with a single coin. |
| East Side Story | 2007-09-14 | MDNA Games | MDNA Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Europe | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | East Side Story is the fourth Carol Reed game. While on vacation, Carol receives a letter from a friend visiting Paris. Apparently, a vagrant has been killed in the home of her friend's traveling companion. Carol sets off to investigate her longest mystery yet.This is a first-person point and click adventure with inventory-based puzzles. As with the earlier Carol Reed mysteries, the graphics are still photographs overlayed with watercolors. |
| MotoGP '07 | 2007-09-14 | THQ Inc. | Climax Racing | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | MotoGP '07 is the 2007 installment of THQ's motorcycle racing series, having all the season data accurate for the year.As in its predecessors, one big part of the game is the championship mode in which you choose one of the real drivers and drive with him to the top. However, the new heart of the game is the Racing career. There you not only create your very own character but you also fully customize your own ride from the general look to nearly every bolt inside. Every GrandPrix features the three stages practice, qualifying and race but you don't need to go through all of them. In addition there are three challenges for every course like Speed Run in which you've 45 seconds to reach the goal and if you're fast enough you can earn either a bronze, silver or a gold medal. The qualifying and race are also watched by the program and you can fulfill several goals like being 1st in qualifying or being on the podium at the end of the race.At the end of each GrandPrix you not only get some money to invest into your ride but you also gain some credits with which you increase the stats of your character in the four talent "Cornering", "Braking", "Top Speed" and "Acceleration" to make him more like a Pro.The fictional "Extreme"-mode is also part of the game again and the 17 old tracks have been revised and 20 new motorcycles are waiting to be driven around the courses in both single player and multiplayer. |
| Star Wars: Empire at War - Gold Pack | 2007-09-14 | LucasArts | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Star Wars: Empire at War
Star Wars: Empire at War - Forces of Corruption
a hint book made by Prima Games (physical versions only)
all the bonus content found in the Collector's Edition |
| Die Schule der kleinen Vampire: Knoblauchalarm | 2007-09-15 | Tivola Publishing GmbH | Hahn Film AG | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | Stefan Warias | | | | Windows | Die Schule der kleinen Vampire: Knoblauchalarm is based on the creepy and funny German TV series for kids of the same name. It is a point-and-click-adventure and stages the original voice actors from series. As Oskar, a small vampire and the protagonist of the series, the player explores castle Horrificus, solving tricky problems and discovering old secrets.The teachers have left the castle where the small vampires go to school at. Now the tiny bloodsuckers are on their own. Suddenly a strange box arrives (by bat-mail), containing something that turns out to be pretty dangerous. Oskar has to save the day, uh, the night once more. |
| Cayanne Pepper | 2007-09-16 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | Cayanne Pepper is a 2D point-and-click adventure set in a post-nuclear world. You play as reporter Cayanne Pepper and try to investigate a murder case when an old acquaintance turns out to be wanted for murder. All interaction is done with the mouse. At the bottom of the screen a menu holds the contacts during the game, a map and items. During conversations character portraits are shown. |
| Polybius | 2007-09-16 | Sinnesloschen, LLC | Sinnesloschen, LLC | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Polybius is a fan-made version of an arcade game known only from urban legend. The game play is based on an interview of Steven Roach. The first thing you will notice about the game is that is has lots on flashing, colors and odd sounds. This is in keeping with the legend. In the game, you have a ship on the right side of the screen. By moving left or right, the ship moves left or right, within a limited area. By pushing up or down, the items on the screen rotate so as to place them within range or get them away from you. If your ship is rammed by an enemy, you lose some shields. Lose all your shields and you lose a ship. Lose all your ships the game is over.In the center of the screen is a hexagon with circles at the corners. Each circle contains the same number. Enemies exit the hexagon and spread outward. You need to shoot the enemies or at least avoid colliding with them. Also appearing is a three-dimensional shape with a number orbiting it. If that number is the same or evenly divisible by the numbers in the circles them when you shoot the three-dimensional shape, one of the circles will be destroyed. Destroy all the circles to clear the level. |
| osu! | 2007-09-16 | | | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | osu! is a rhythm game whose basic gameplay is taken from Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. As in that game, players hit circles, move through slider tracks, and spin wheels in time with the selected music track. A constantly draining health bar can be maintained by successful actions, and the level is failed if the bar ever reaches 0. Playing well also increases the player's final score and letter grade for the level. Levels in this game are called beatmaps, and many of them are created by players.In addition to five basic difficulty levels, osu! also offers modifiers to make gameplay easier or harder, while adjusting the score to compensate. Three other game modes also exist, each one offering a different style of gameplay. Taiko mode plays like the Taiko no Tatsujin games, in which the player must simply hit drum beats as they scroll across the screen. In Catch the Beat, beatmap elements from the standard mode of gameplay are converted to fruits that fall down from the top of the screen, and players move a character across the bottom of the screen to catch as many as possible. Finally, osu!mania has gameplay similar to that of the Beatmania IIDX series, in which the player hits buttons in time with falling music notes. |
| I Love Puppies! | 2007-09-17 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | cerasus.media GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Behind view, Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Mini-games, Paddle / Pong | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | I Love Puppies! is a package of 22 canine mini-games ranging from traditional dog show fair to more outlandish games where you will launch puppies skyward to score sausages.The games are grouped in three categories: Training, Care, Fun and Games. Each of these indicates what the themes of the included games will be. 'Training' denotes hurdle jumping and obedience type games. 'Care' covers those games that involve feeding and grooming puppies. The final category 'Fun and Games' indicates such things as puppy pong, swinging from sausage chains, and generally more unrealistic situations.Another section exists called the 'Treasure Chest'. In this section you'll be able to unlock special printable images of dogs based on your scores in the games.The game features the voice of a perky girl to give game instructions and soothe you when loose. The dogs included are: "a tiny Chihuahua, a spotty Dalmatian, a sweet Dachshund a mellow yellow Labrador..." |
| Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII | 2007-09-18 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft SRL | Action | Behind view | | | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | In Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII the missions were inspired by real events of WWII and featured real aircraft.The successor now concentrates on the story of an elite pilot who is part of a secret squad which has access to weapon- and aircraft-prototypes that were never really used during the war and were at best in a prototyping stage. With these machines the squad travels around the world to exotic locations in order to prevent the enemy from building the ultimate weapon.The gameplay is still the same. You engage in dog fights, bomb targets or fly stunts while you can give rudimentary orders to your squad mates ranging from attack my target to special commands that repair your aircraft.The multiplayer features the three categories "Deathmatch", "Co-op" and "Squad-based". In addition to the modes from the original game, these have been supplemented with the two new game-modes "Capture the Flag" and "Epic Battle". In "Epic Battle" two teams over control of a map. There are several bases and structures that can be captured or destroyed in order to weaken the enemy and gain the upper hand. |
| World in Conflict | 2007-09-18 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Massive Entertainment AB | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | War | | Cold War | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | World in Conflict is a real-time strategy pursuing an alternative history starting in 1989. The Soviet Union is crippled by economic issues and asks the United Nations to support the Communist society. Upon refusing, the Soviets assault NATO positions and open a second front in the United States to prevent the country from assisting Europe. The game has the player take command after the American invasion, but also in the events prior to it, set in Europe and Russia. The story is told through pre-rendered cut-scenes, stills, and in-game events.Like the developer's previous games in the Ground Control series, there is no resource or structure management. The player starts with a limited group of unit resources determined for each mission, based on 4 major roles: Armor, Air, Infantry and Support, each with different units. These include soldiers, tanks, jeeps, transport vehicles, helicopters, and more. Each unit has specific movement and attack options, along with two unique actions. The game is shown through a third-person perspective with full zooming options, rotation and camera control through the WASD keys, usually reserved for first-person shooters.The player controls a small group of units on a larger battlefield, with both AI-controlled enemies and allies. While playing, there are different objectives to fulfil and the commanders constantly provide updates from the battlefield. The gameplay is focused on the micromanagement of the available units. At the start of each mission, a limited amount of reinforcements is provided, which the player uses to assemble a team of units for the mission. Once a unit falls in battle, the reinforcement meter slowly regenerates to buy one or more new units. By controlling command points, fortifications are built automatically and these also provide other bonuses such as tactical aids.Tactical aids are the main form of support provided for your troops during the game. By completing objectives, the player can ask for air support at the cost of points, to launch napalm, air strikes, artillery fire, paratroopers and even a nuclear bomb. The setting heavily enforces to make good use of the environment, with small streets that slow down heavy tanks, buildings that can be captured by soldiers for more powerful attacks, and drop points selected through an overhead map. The environment is completely destructible.Multiplayer is focused on eSports with integrated voice chat, clan management, leaderboards and in-game avatars through the Massgate network. There is a focus on cooperative matches, with the players choosing one of the 4 available roles to create balanced teams. The game modes include Domination (push the domination bar in your team's direction by holding as many control points as long as possible), Assault (two consecutive rounds of defence and attack for command points) and Tug of War (fight for one long command point acting as a frontline, pushing it forward by controlling perimeter points). There is an additional mode called Few-Player mode where the game is tuned for 1-on-1 or 2-on-2 matches, removing the roles system and vastly increasing the reinforcement points. |
| World in Conflict (Collector's Edition) | 2007-09-18 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Collector's Edition of World in Conflict includes:
An authentic piece of the Berlin Wall
Modern Marvels: The Berlin Wall video by The History Channel
Behind-the-scenes videos showing development process, gameplay tips, etc.
Limited Edition collector's packaging featuring Soviet and American flags |
| Dr. Daisy: Pet Vet | 2007-09-19 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ZEMNOTT, Inc. | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Time management | | | Tyler Burks | | Everyone | | Windows | Dr. Daisy: Pet Vet is an action and time management game which simulates work in a vet clinic.The player has first to take care of animals during the check-in process : select a pet, bring it to the reception desk. Once the clinic receptionist has checked the pet, you can take it to the exam table. Begin your exam, and the job is done ! This is not always that simple since some pets sometimes need treatment, so will have to go to the medicine cabinet and once the treatment in hand, go back to the exam table to administer it. You first have to work with one single exam room. Each exam room has two exam tables. As you gain experience, more exam rooms will be opened and you will have to take care of more and more animals. As in other time management games, time is very important and the major problem is trying to keep pets happy. To that purpose, you'll learn to keep the happiness meter between the yellow and the green line, and also learn some surprising information about pets : parrots and monkeys are the worst patients, they just can't wait and if you're not quick enough, they will leave and go to another clinic.The game features the usual first stage as tutorial, five more stages (Pet Clinic, Farm, Bird Sanctuary, Sea Park, and Zoo) so that Dr. Daisy can complete 5 rotations to finish her residency and a total of 50 levels. |
| Lievo Collection in TGS2007 | 2007-09-20 | Solid Networks Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Lievo Collection in TGS2007 is a compilation of games released at the Tokyo Game Show 2007 to promote Lievo's bikini collection. It includes:
Gallop Racer Online
War Rock
Haruka: Wong-Yi's Stories
Mix Master
Cardinal Saga
Haten Ikken
Trickster Love
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
Appie Online
Sukatto Golf PangYa
Fanta Tennis
Love Nema Online: Girls Communication
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| Snowy: Treasure Hunter 3 | 2007-09-20 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Aliasworlds Entertainment | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Snowy, bored with serving customers at the restaurant he runs with Browny, one day decides that he needs to get back to his first passion: Treasure Hunting. Hearing of a mysterious castle with "count"-less treasures Snowy once again picks up his pick-axe and heads to the mountains that are home to this strange castle. Filled with ghosts, vampires, walking suits of armor and other creatures this castle will either be the end of Snowy or will make him rich beyond his dreams.This third part in the Snowy Treasure Hunter series picks up after the events of Snowy Lunch Rush. Going back to the platform style of the Treasure Hunter series the player will control Snowy and will try to collect various treasures while avoiding monsters within the levels. The monsters can either be avoided by climbing ladders or simply running away but using the pick-axe the player can also dig a ditch to get Snowy's foes. The pick-axe, however, like most other tools of the game is more useful in digging ditches and openings to gather treasures out of reach. There is also a bomb and a jack-hammer which work in similar manner. One other weapon in Snowy's arsenal is the trap which obviously is a trap which catches the enemies chasing him. Other obstacles in Snowy's way besides the enemies are pitfalls, and teleports which can aid but sometimes foil Snowy. The player must also be careful of trapping themselves as the holes the pick-axe digs will soon re-fill themselves. There are three episodes in total for the entire game moving snowy further and further into the depths of the castle. |
| Honoo no Haramase: Dōkyūsei | 2007-09-21 | Squeez | Squeez | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Kazuya is a Japanese teenager whose father moved abroad, selling his house in Japan. Kazuya is supposed to live in the dormitory, but the school he attends does not have one for male students. He has therefore no other choice but to live in girls' dormitory. One day he secretly watches the girls undergo a medical examination. Enthralled by the sight of their breasts, the young man decides to act.Honoo no Haramase: Dōkyūsei is nearly identical in concept and gameplay to the first game in the series. Like in that installment, the goal is to have sex and impregnate as many girls as possible within a limited number of days. The gameplay is restricted to choosing locations marked by a correspondent girl's icon, gradually advancing the relationship towards its intimate stage. The sex scenes have looping animations and leave the player the choice of ending the act in different ways. |
| Trance-Pacific | 2007-09-23 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Trance-Pacific tells the story of Vince, a stage hypnotist, who, together with his friends Eve (a magician) and Nick (her assistant), is on vacation on a cruise liner. Not long after arriving they are invited to the captain's office, where they find themselves locked in. Now they must get out, and find out what is happening on the ship.The game is a point-and-click adventure game built with the Adventure Game Studio and has a interface similar to games like King's Quest and Leisure Suit Larry. There are four different icons to interact with the game world. These are the hand icon (to touch, manipulate, open or pick up objects), the magnifying glass icon (to examine objects), speech bubble icon (to talk with characters) and the shoe icon (for moving around). One can cycle through the four icons by using the right mouse button. Different in Trace-Pacific compared to other graphic adventures is the use of a Memo, a gadget that allows Vince to extract and implant memories. To use the Memo, Vince must first hypnotise the subject. The Memo can then be used to make a person forget something, and copy memories from one person and transfer it to another. |
| Tarr Chronicles | 2007-09-24 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | Quazar Studio | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Teen | | Windows | In Tarr Chronicles humanity is at war with an alien race. The player flies a space ship and is part of an expedition to retrieve an important artifact but just before the goal they get attacked by aliens. The fleet survives the battle but the mother ship gets damage which causes it to malfunction during the next hyper jump - and an odyssey begins... The story is told by written journal entries and conversations during the missions. The game is divided into nine missions which basically consist of to killing a lot of enemies together with AI ships while flying to a certain point. The controls are action oriented; almost all actions regarding moving and attacking can be performed with the mouse. Of course the player can also use a joystick. Before every mission he has also the possibility to customize his ship by using different parts which he receives after missions, e.g. weapon systems, shields or trunks. Every item has a certain weight and energy consumption which limits the player's creativity. If the player is not satisfied with the item variety he can enter the workshop and create his own - the needed resources are gained by disassembling other parts. |
| Agatha Christie: Double Murder Mystery Pack | 2007-09-25 | Adventure Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This release includes the first two Agatha Christie mystery adventure games in one box:
Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express |
| Backyard Football '08 | 2007-09-25 | Atari Interactive, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
All the hard hitting action of a realistic simulation and wacky arcade
game in one!
Authentic NFL strategies & teams
15 Top NFL pros, 22 Backyard kids
Custom teams & plays
Easy enough for rookies, challenging for all-stars
Single game & season modes
Power-ups & unlockables
The only game with NFL pros as kids!
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| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Hard Evidence | 2007-09-25 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Hard Evidence is the fifth game in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series, but the first time released simultaneously for the PC and Xbox 360.As in previous games, there are 5 cases to be solved with Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows and the other Las Vegas crime lab squad members. Questioning suspects and witnesses, collecting evidence and piecing together the puzzle of the cases are all part of the gameplay.Additional forensic and investigation tools have been added including a large impound area where vehicles and boats can be searched for evidence. Players will also find more interaction with the lab equipment as well as improved in-game hints. |
| Cabela's Trophy Bucks | 2007-09-25 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | FUN Labs Romania S.R.L. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Cabela's Trophy Bucks has the player travel to 24 different hunting hot spots in North America in an attempt to hunt down big game such as Whitetail Deer and Mule Deer along with small game such as rabbits and squirrels. Waterfowl birds such as ducks along with birds like quail are also available for hunting using a variety of weapons ranging from the powerful 30.06, small arms such as pistols and powerful shotguns.There are 96 different hunting missions to hunt in as well as 24 different hunting competitions to compete in. There are also five different career hunting slams where players hunt several different species in the course of a week. Players can also use authentic Cabela's equipment, ranging from tree stands, buck and doe calls and attractants. Additionally, the player must also adhere to real-life hunting regulations such as bag limits, time of hunting as well as restrictions on hunting certain species. If a player shoots a protected species or an out of season animal, the player will be penalized and if they continue, the level as well as the game will end for the player. |
| Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts | 2007-09-25 | THQ Inc. | Relic Entertainment Inc | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Opposing Fronts is a stand-alone expansion for Company of Heroes. It introduces two new factions: the British 2nd Army and the German Panzer Elite, each with its own command tree. The British have Royal Canadian Artillery, Royal Commandos and Royal Scottish Engineers while the German Panzer Elite focuses on vehicles and speed with halftracks and Panzergrenadiers. They can also salvage destroyed axis vehicles with the Bergetiger. Panzer Elite has access to 3 doctrines: Scorched earth, Luftwaffe and Tank Hunters.
There are two new campaigns, based on the battle for Caen, France and Operation Market Garden. The game also features improved AI and a dynamic weather system. For the multiplayer games, owners of the original game can pick any of the 4 sides. Players who only bought the expansion can only choose the 2 new sides, similar to how the Dark Crusade expansion functioned. |
| Hot Wheels: Beat That! | 2007-09-25 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Eutechnyx Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Hot Wheels: Beat That!, the player can take the controls of 30 authentic Hot Wheels cars and compete in 12 different racing environments in a variety of single-player games and multiplayer games.Players race through enlarged environments, similar to Micro Machines, that include bedrooms and backyards, avoiding obstacles, knocking out competitors, picking up power-ups and complete stunts through a variety of tracks such as the loop-de-loop. There are standard races along with elimination races where players fire rockets at each other in an attempt to knock each other out of the race. |
| Pirate Cliff | 2007-09-25 | FreeGamePick.com | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | This static shooter requires the player to defend a Cliffside fortress from a succession of pirate attacks. The likes of Admiral Drake and Leif Skaldkruser send their forces moving towards you, one or two at a time initially, from the left of the screen. You control a turret on the right-side cliff face, which shoots bombs at them. You have a protection barrier, activated with the right mouse button, but this takes time to regenerate after taking a hit, and you can’t shoot while it is active.As the bombs have a trajectory causing them to drop as they move through the air, gravity must be taken into account. A few shots will destroy each vehicle, while your turret is also vulnerable to repeat attacks. At the end of each level the pirate leader will attack, moving around the screen as he fires at you – the more complex shot-arc timing makes these rather like Bosses. Successful shots award points, which can be traded in after the level for improved weaponry, an energy recharge, faster firing and multiple balls. Bonus icons come through the screen at random, offering one of these items for a limited time. |
| Abo Hadeed | 2007-09-26 | Khayal Interactive Entertainment | Khayal Interactive Entertainment | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Africa | | | | | | Windows | Abo Hadeed is a 3D, third person shooter inspired by the Egyptian environment.The game takes place entirely in modern-day Egypt. The village is attacked by the men of Abo Ismaeel, and the story begins by the people from the village asking from Abo Hadeed to have revenge on Abo Ismaeel and his men.Players control him as he travels through urban areas and countryside in search for Abo Ismaeel. He will fight various thugs, criminals and terrorists using unique weapons known to the peoples of his region, for instance, the "shuma" stick, "nebla" slingshot, "senga" sword, or the "satoor" knife. |
| Little Shop of Treasures 2 | 2007-09-26 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Little Shop Of Treasures 2 is a hidden object game where the player takes the role of a shop clerk, finding objects for several costumers. Each location is a screen filled with assorted paraphernalia, representing a different shop. Five customers keep appearing at the bottom, and speech balloons over their heads show the names of the required objects.Each object found adds a star in a meter at the top, with a minimum of 10 to complete the stage. If the player repeatedly clicks on wrong spots, the cursor is disabled for a few seconds. The hint button shows images of the objects instead of words inside the balloons. Extra hints can be collected, hidden in the scenery as ? marks. |
| Decobliss | 2007-09-27 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Decobliss is a very untypical shoot'em up. Player's ship moves on a curved rail - can move only right or left (dodging the enemies bullets is now harder). The player must defeat all enemy ships, coming in waves. Decobliss has dark, but shining graphics. Game uses left and right cursors keys to move and mouse to aim. |
| I.G.I-2: Covert Strike | 2007-09-27 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Innerloop Studios | Action | 1st-person | | Spy / espionage | Fighting, Shooter | | | | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | You're the undercover agent David Jones who's part of the secret agency IGI and in charge to protect the world from international terrorism.IGI-2: Covert Strike starts where the first part ended. So, again, you have to fight for your own, infiltrate enemy bases, wander through huge outdoor and indoor levels, hack computers and find the best strategy to solve the mission. You could say: a sneaker-shooter!Additionally, the game features multiplayer support where you can solve missions on special mp-maps. |
| Mongol Vojna Chingishana | 2007-09-27 | 1C Company | Software Industry | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | | Asia, China (Ancient / Imperial), Medieval | | Point and select | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Mongol is a real time strategy set in the early 11-th century during the reign of Genghis Khan. As a master conqueror you'll have to take your armies to take over China, and as Chinese commander you'll of course need to fend off the Mongolian invaders. The game provides two campaigns for the both sides.Mongol is built using Enigma engine, which was first used for Blitzkrieg, also a RTS which was set during WW2, and as the predecessor, it features isometric view with tactical battles and excludes nearly all building and resource management from the equation. But unlike battlefields of 1940s, Mongol concentrates attention on different types of historical troops: horse archers, swordsmen, pikemen. The only machines presented are artillery types and the ones used for siege like catapults or trebuchets. There's a built-in encyclopedia that lists all units and provides historical information regarding their use in battles.This game was released as a tie-in for Sergei Bodrov 2007 historical film Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan. |
| Plant Tycoon | 2007-09-27 | LDW Software, LLC | LDW Software, LLC | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Plant Tycoon is a real-time managerial game in which you are growing plants, trying to keep them healthy and prosperous. You use your mouse to place soil in the pot, water it, add a seed, give it plant food, etc. When the plants are old enough, you can pollinate them to gather seeds and/or sell them for profit. If you collect enough profit, you can purchase better equipment for your green house or nursery and buy more exotic seeds. If you see an insect around your plants, you can, optionally, use the butterfly net to collect it. |
| Root of all Evil | 2007-09-27 | Crystal Shard | Crystal Shard | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Root of all Evil is a point-and-click adventure game set in the collaborative Reality-On-The-Norm universe.Aspiring journalist Mika wants to give a big party for her birthday, but is notoriously short on money. Obtaining cash, through bank withdrawal, lottery, or charity, is harder than it would seem. After all, money is the root of all evil.The game uses a "smart" interface that picks appropriate actions for whatever the mouse is pointing at. A novelty is the camera which lets you take pictures of anything in-game and then show up visually in your inventory. |
| Stranglehold | 2007-09-27 | ND Games | Midway Games, Inc., Tiger Hill Entertainment | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | A new triad gang called the Golden Kane is gaining strength in Hong Kong and starts to openly threaten the Dragon Claw with it's leader James Wong, the oldest and most powerful clan. His daughter Billie Wong once had a relationship with a cop and got pregnant with Teko. One day both get kidnapped by the Zakarov Syndicate. The name of the cop who got Billie pregnant is Inspector Tequila. He is a veteran Hong Kong cop who doesn't really work by the book but has his heart in the right place. When a cop gets kidnapped (and killed) by the Golden Kane, Tequila starts investigating, against the orders of Captain Ed Lee.You take on the role of Tequila and not only get the copkillers but also unwillingly help the Dragon Claw because of Billie and her daughter. But the task isn't an easy one since hundreds of enemies stand between him and his goal which mostly end in killing a boss or blowing stuff up.To deal with all those bad guys Tequila has not only his fists and his trusty Enforcer (dual wield pistols) but also gets access to machine guns, shotguns, grenades and rocket launchers. But this won't be enough either. To give Tequila the ultimate advantage he also has access to Tequila Time and Tequila Bomb.Tequila Time is like the Bullet Time in Max Payne. It slows down time and allows Tequila to better react to the situation. You can either activate it manually or it gets activated automatically if you perform a jump or interact with your environment. You can slide over tables, roll around on carts, run up stairrails and kick over tables to use as cover.The Tequila Bomb are super moves like a Health Boost or a Spin Attack (white doves included). To fill up your Tequila Bomb Gauge, you either need to find hidden Origami Cranes or earn Style Points.You gain Style Points if you kill your enemies during a Tequila Time move or by using your surroundings. If you are fast enough you gain Style Combos which not only fill up your Tequila Bomb Gauge faster but also multiply your Style Points. These Style Points can then be used to unlock all sorts of concept art from the main menu.Since John Woo greatly influenced the development, you also take part in Mexican Standoffs. In these you are surrounded by some enemies and Tequila takes them on one by one but he can only lean to left and right to dodge the incoming bullets.The game also features an online multiplayer mode with statistics. The two available game modes are Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch for up to 6 players. |
| Fairy Tower | 2007-09-28 | LittleWing Co. Ltd. | LittleWing Co. Ltd. | Action, Simulation | Top-down | | | Arcade, Pinball | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The legendary Fairy Tower stood silent since ancient times in its site, with four gates for water, earth, light and wind elements. Vegetation grew tall around it, and the farmers worshipped the magical construction as a deity. One day, the tower suddenly awakened and ejected its magical artifacts all over the land. These items have great energy and the power to destroy the world. They must be stored back inside the tower for the sake of humankind.Fairy Tower is the 9th pinball simulation game created by LittleWing. It has one table, and the objective is to collect all four orbs and store them inside the tower, activating it in the process.The blue water orb is received after the hitting all the three blue targets near the bumpers. The red light orb can be acquired by shooting the ball in the Ent lane five times. The Ent multiball starts when the fourth ball enters the lane. The player can get the green earth orb after receiving four dwarf souvenirs. To get the souvenirs, the ball must travel through U-Turn lane when the souvenir light is blinking. The green orb is awarded and multiball starts after acquiring the fourth souvenir. The white wind orb is attained after dropping all the targets in front of the tower four times.The orbs can be installed in the tower directly by hitting it with the ball. After installing all four orbs, tower multiball and jackpot starts, and the player retrieves one of the missing magical devices. Super tower multiball starts if the orbs are all installed at the same time, giving more points and the possibility of retrieving three devices. Ultimate tower multiball starts after all twelve devices are acquired. |
| Heroes of Hellas | 2007-09-28 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Jaibo Games | Educational, Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Classical antiquity, Europe | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Zeus' scepter has been stolen and must be recovered. With the help of the gods and goddesses, solve puzzles to reach that goal.Heroes Of Hellas is a "match 3" variant with a Greek mythology theme. Hex-shaped alike tiles touching each other are removed by forming chains with selection in a click-hold-drag action. The removal of five or more tiles is rewarded with a gold coin at the end of the chain. Some puzzles have obstacles that must be removed in the same manner such as ropes and stone "monolith" tiles. Tiles containing coins (and other objects such as an hourglass) can be used to connect like tiles for making additional chains. Each puzzle has a time limit. If unsolved when time runs out, the player can select to start that puzzle again from the beginning. Some levels can be skipped if failure occurs. Pause the game by clicking on the Menu button.The powers of Greek gods and goddesses are unlocked and charged by matching specific tiles. For instance, one will shuffle all tiles on the board while another will remove or destroy tiles. Only three pre-selected deities are available to help during any one puzzle. When each deity is initially unlocked, an optional jigsaw puzzle mini-game can be solved resulting in a "mosaic" which can be saved as desktop wallpaper. Their "myth" can be read after unlocking resulting a small educational element.Trophies are awarded for special feats such as a chain of fifteen or more tiles or earning a large amount of gold. At the end of each stage, a portion of a customized palace is constructed using portions selected by the player. The palace completes when the game is solved, and the scepter is found. The player then earns a place as a member of the Assembly of Heroes.Heroes Of Hellas features three difficulty levels (Easy, Normal & Hard), over ninety puzzle boards, visual and sound effects and an original musical score. More than one player can play individually by typing in their name. |
| Supercharged Robot Vulkaiser | 2007-09-28 | Astro Port | Astro Port | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In the year 1977, the earth is threatened by an invasion of the Gogoh army. Only a group of heroes in giant robots can save the planet.Supercharged Robot Vulkaiser is a horizontal scrolling shoot 'em up inspired by mecha anime of the 70's and 80's. By touching and combining with another pilot your mech will gain extra weapon power. Each module also has their own "Omega attack", which after used once will only become available again after switching to another module.
At the end of each stage, your main robot as well as the add-on modules will be repaired a certain amount. If a mech module's health reaches zero, it cannot be repaired and is lost for the rest of the game. If your main robot runs out of health the game is over. |
| Supercow | 2007-09-28 | NevoSoft LLC | NevoSoft LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | When the evil criminal mastermind Professor Duriarti captures and clones farm animals to do his evil deeds only one cow can stand up to his treachery. Supercow!Supercow is a fast paced platform game where your main objective is to rescue all the kidnapped animals who've been transformed into monsters. There are 47 levels to this game and the levels are split within 10 stages. As Supercow, you must dash through levels and collect various treasures and stomp on enemies to kill them. Naturally there will be enemies who will need a different tactic to defeat them such as the porcupines who will require you to have hyper-hoofs to be able to safely stomp on them. There are a few other power-ups within the levels such as a super jump and an invulnerability sphere. Naturally there are also health and life power-ups. Besides the typical patrolling enemy the player will also need to be on the lookout for flying enemies such as birds, suspended enemies
such as spiders and of course traps and mechanisms of the levels themselves. Mechanisms such as giant blades will drop from a ceiling to cut the player and there are also a few pitfalls and flame-pits. To aid you through levels there are many jumps placed but of course these can be also detrimental if you are not careful where you are jumping up to. Also there are automated ramps and terrains of different properties such as icy levels. Some parts of the levels contain garbage bins and trash heaps which you can stomp to transform into flowers. Not all levels require you to just find the exit, some require you find all the hidden keys or destroy all enemies. Defeating all the enemies of a level can also reward you with a trophy as will many other accomplishments which are prominently displayed in your in-game trophy room. Controls are pretty basic in that you can run left or right and you can jump. The simplicity of this control scheme and the speediness
of the levels allows the player to feasibly play the game using a mouse by slightly pulling the mouse to either direction and clicking
to jump. |
| The Scruffs | 2007-09-28 | Sweet Tooth Games | Sweet Tooth Games | Puzzle | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Hidden object, Mini-games | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | Isometric | Windows | When the family homestead needs to be sold the Scruffs pull together as a family to save it from the auction block. Thanks to Grandpa Scruff the family must go on a scavenger hunt around the house to gather valuable items to sell but they must be on the lookout for secret items that will collectively be a clue. A clue to what you say? A clue that will reveal a big secret and also save the family home by itself.
The Scruffs is a hidden object game where you must go around the various rooms of the Scruffs home and find hidden items. You must also be on the lookout for three other things; doggie biscuits, family photos, and the secret item. The doggie biscuits will be used to feed the family dog Scruffy so that he can help you find that one last item that you just can't seem to spot. He'll bark and jump when your pointer is near the object in question. The family photos will unlock a mini-game where the two Scruff kids will scribble something on the original photo and ask you to spot it. If you can do this enough times you will unlock yet another secret. The secret hidden item will
be revealed every level after finding all the required items and putting together a scrambled photograph. This photograph reveals a different item and you must venture back into the rooms to look for it.
There are 15 levels in total and 20 photographic mini-games.
The player can choose to play the challenging timed/normal mode or the relaxed no timer mode. |
| The Settlers: Rise of an Empire (Limited Edition) | 2007-09-28 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Limited Edition includes:
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire
Decorative in-game content including statues and a pavilion.
Art book "The Art of The Settlers - Rise of an Empire"
Bonus DVD with trailers in HD and a making of-movie
Original soundtrack by Dynamedion GbR
Two-sided poster with the box cover art on the front and the technology tree on the back
The demo of the game on a separate disc as a giveaway to a friend |
| Jealousy Duel X | 2007-09-30 | | AlexPowered.com | Adventure | 1st-person | | Comedy, Romance | Interactive fiction / text adventure, RPG elements | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Heartbroken and enraged by a recent girlfriend's casual dumping of you, you prowl the streets and lanes of a small town in search of the phone numbers for girls, girls, girls... enough (nine or better!) to flaunt at her party to demonstrate how over her you really are, like a reasonable, mature adult -- and that (nyeah nyeah) your sad sack self is more romantically desirable than her free spirit.Gameplay is entirely point-and-click, with different areas offering up in a cartoony 1st-person view multiple-choice options specific to the player's current location. On top of inventory management, there are light RPG elements in the tracking of personal finances and health status. A broken heart may be hard to mend, but pile on some broken bones and a punctured lung and it's game over, Casanova! |
| The Lost Dimension | 2007-09-30 | | Intelligent-Digital | Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | This homebrew typing-optional .NET text adventure, apparently inspired by the graphical interfaces of Legend's adventures and games developed using the Quest system, pits the player as an apparent sole survivor of a passenger jet crash on to a dangerous Caribbean isle in the Bermuda Triangle. Sweating through RPG-style clashes with jungle beasts (my numbers encounter your numbers! And then they crunch!) and inventory juggling, evidence emerges suggesting that members of the plane were abducted by aliens just prior to the crash! But why? Well, we'll leave that one as an exercise to the would-be player. |
| Build-a-lot | 2007-10-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | HipSoft LLC | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Real-time strategy | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | As a real-estate developer, it's your job to buy, sell, build, rent, and upgrade houses to make a profit. In each level, you are given a field of houses and lots, only some owned by you. Lots can be built on, and houses can be upgraded or demolished. Houses and lots up for sale can be bought by you, and ones owned by you can be sold, or held on to for the rental income. Workers and materials are also tracked; materials are needed to build or upgrade houses, and you need workers to work on the projects. Buying in bulk will result in cheaper prices, but requires a large cash investment. Adding to the fun are special buildings that change the rules; building a bank gives you interest on your money, a workshop lets you train workers cheaper, and so on.Two modes are included. In career mode, each level has a different challenge, with a time limit. (For example, building several houses of some type, and having a rental income of over a certain amount.) There's also a second time limit, much tighter than the first, which if achieved, gives a star for the level. In casual mode, each map has a cash goal, but there's no time limit. |
| Caveman Survival | 2007-10-01 | Xing Interactive, Inc. | GameFun4u | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation | Prehistoric | | Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Caveman Survival is a prehistoric city building game with combat elements. The gameplay revolves around collecting resources to construct buildings in your village while keeping your cavemen happy, healthy and fed and safe from predators and other threats. Cavemen are assigned different roles and can be instructed to perform tasks via the mouse. Further progress is achieved by advancing through stages of primitive technologies. |
| Culture Gé: Mon coach particulier | 2007-10-01 | Micro Application, S.A. | Rue des écoles | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Culture Gé: Mon coach particulier is a trivia game for one to four players ("hot seat" mode). Before answering questions, the player(s) first have to enter his/her name(s). The game offers three play modes:
Training: answer to various questions. You can choose difficulty (3 levels) and also choose the number of questions
Specialize: questions are picked from one of the nine following themes - geography, nature, sports & leisure, science, everyday life, french vocabulary & grammar, history, culture & arts, social science & politics
Test: would you pass the Brevet or Baccalaureat (french national diplomas) today ?Results can be saved so you can check if you improve, or not. |
| Doomed Planet | 2007-10-01 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Relive the classic B movie in Doomed Planet, where the player controls a civilians-abducting UFO. Played in a short side-scrolling scene against a movie reel backdrop, the UFO needs to abduct the people marked by a white arrow by pressing a key while hovering above them. Meanwhile, an angry mob shoots the craft depriving it of its five life points. Don't stray too far from the movie scene, or you enter a void with an apology of the production company. |
| I Wanna Be The Guy: The Movie - The Game | 2007-10-01 | | | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Metroidvania, Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The player is the Kid -- a rather diminutive, yet very ambitious character, whose goal in life is to gain the honorable title of "The Guy". To do so, he must kill the current holder of the title, but not before getting past numerous deadly platforming levels. I Wanna Be The Guy is a platform game which is, in many aspects, a tribute to old-school '80s games - in terms of gameplay, graphics and difficulty. Difficulty is perhaps the most prominent aspect of the game. IWBTG is (deliberately) an incredibly hard game, an endless chain of pixel-perfect dodging, jumping and manoeuvring; and of unexpected, surprise challenges, such as apparently harmless scenery objects suddenly becoming a menace. Some of the challenges may seem nearly impossible, and this isn't far from truth. Even the bosses (classic characters from '80s games) - while difficult - are still considered to be easier to beat than the platforming sections. The controls are simple: the Kid can move left and right, shoot his pistol with Z, and jump with Shift. Jumping is, according to the author, "very controllable" - in other words, a little complicated: one can jump in mid-jump, and jumping height and distance are determined by how long the player presses Shift. There are four difficulty levels - Medium, Hard, Very Hard and Impossible, but they differ only in the number of save points. On Impossible, there are practically no save points at all, so the whole game must be completed without a single death. |
| KingMania | 2007-10-01 | 300AD | Rake in Grass | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | KingMania is a 3D real-time strategy game in which the player had to conquer the world.In a series of 30 different levels the player can test his tactical skills. Each time the player starts with a castle in which knights can be trained. Farms produce food and mines produce gold. Additional buildings include lookout towers and wizard towers which hurl fireballs at enemies. Unlike most strategy games where the player can build wherever he or she wishes, in this game all building are already placed on the map. It is up to the player to conquer these buildings with knights. To win a player has to defeat all opposition.Units and buildings can be upgraded to improve their performance. |
| Momentum Missile Mayhem 2 | 2007-10-01 | | DZ | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | Momentum Missile Mayhem 2 (or simply MMM2) is the sequel to Momentum Missile Mayhem and introduces the familiar gameplay of the first game with new features, power-ups and enemy units.Like in the previous game, the player takes control of the Gravity Launcher and shoots energy projectiles towards endless waves of enemy units, and once a certain amount of units gets past the player the game is over.MMM2 introduces several new game modes, for example Armageddon (a session limited to 10 minutes in which you have to take down as many units as possible), Rush (using only Antimatter Charges) and the anticipated Construct Mode (a sandbox mode with everything customizable and cheats which was requested by many fans).The biggest difference in gameplay compared to the previous game is the new power-ups, which some of them make the game more of a strategy game than an action defense game. The player can now construct 3 types of structures that affect surrounding enemy units and energy projectiles.
Other new power-ups are the Navigation Hack, which damages a selected unit's navigation system, and the Gravity Manipulator, which unlike the Zero-Point Energy Manipulator lets the player grab thrown energy projectiles and throw them again in a different direction and speed.Like in the previous game, once the game is over the player can submit his/her score to an online scoreboard. |
| Monopoly 2008 | 2007-10-01 | Encore Software, Inc. | TikGames, LLC | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | As the name suggests, the object is to make a monopoly of supply, possessing all the properties and buildings in the game.Players move their tokens by turns clockwise around a board based on the score of the dices and land on properties they can buy from the bank or leave to auction if not purchased. If the properties already have owners, landlords can charge rents. The main objective is to ruin all other opponents.Monopoly 2008 is the computer version of the board game, which includes:
Animated tokens.
New music.
New 3D graphics.
Multiplayer: Mode with up to four friends or play against up to three computer opponents with advanced artificial intelligence (AI).
Three opponent difficulty levels: First Time Buyer, Entrepreneur, and Tycoon. |
| Rock Tour | 2007-10-01 | GameMill Entertainment LLC | Gabriel Entertainment | Simulation | Top-down | Ginger Ludden (Giant Turtle), Sarah Snook (Giant Turtle) | | Managerial / business simulation, Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Rock Tour the player is the manager of a rock band. The aim is to take a small garage band and turn them into big stars. The game features the music and appearances of five real but unknown bands. At the start two bands are available and the other three are unlocked by attracting fans to the available bands. The player is presented with a map that shows different venues that want to book the band. For each concert the player can choose a song list, a percentage of ticket sales and how to promote the concert (for example posters, demos, radio ads etc.). After the show the player gets a review showing the number of fans attracted and the amount of money earned. The review also shows how well received the songs and the performance were. As the band's fan base grows the band will be able to go to bigger venues. The player also gets to manage the band members. Each of them has different skills, ego and personality. Some are better at their instruments while others are better song writers. The player can nag them and order them to practice instrument skills and existing songs, write new songs or just rest. Resting is needed at times or their stress levels will go up. As the band's popularity grows the band might be invited to a recording studio. If they have written enough songs they will be able to put out an album. |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild! + Soaked! | 2007-10-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked!
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild!
It does not contain the base game. |
| Synaesthete | 2007-10-01 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | Rolling Without Slipping | Action | | | | Music / rhythm, Shooter | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Synaesthete is a rhythm/music-based shooter developed by a team of students at the DigiPen Institute of Technology. Somewhat inspired by Rez, music is used as a weapon. The player controls Zaikman, a defense mechanism for the collective unconscious, visible from an isometric perspective and set in a psychedelic high-tech world with grids and flashing colours. Zaikman can be freely moved around different areas. From the main lobby, different worlds are unlocked gradually, each with different visual themes, enemies and music.While playing, a tracker with 3 buttons is shown in the middle of the screen. Each level consists of different, connected rooms that need to be cleared one by one. Waves of enemies are attacked by pressing the buttons corresponding to the coloured bricks dropping down on the tracker. These patterns follow the background music playing in the level. If matched correctly, Zaikman fires, attacking the enemies. Not all notes need to be matched, but repetitive use of single notes lead to a dull gameplay and Zaikman will stop firing. The accuracy with which the notes are hit also determines the power of the shot. Successful sequences lead to combos, destroying many enemies at once. There is no need for aiming or reloading, you concentrate on matching the notes and avoiding enemies at the same time.Upon clearing rooms and entering new ones, the musical theme evolves - different melodies and layers are added and the level design changes as well, not only through the colour but also through objects pulsating to the rhythm of the music. In certain areas Zaikman can collect notes that restore his health. Next to unlocking levels, Zaikman will also encounter spells to unleash during battle. With names such as Euphoria, Hyperspace, Tiger Style, Epiphany, Equilibrium and Seven Swords, they provide additional attack or defence power.The world through which Zaikman moves, constantly evolves, with different shapes, lines and colours, and all kinds of messages appearing from the unconscious, such as the cool wind in summer, I came here alone and I go alone or vision is symphony. Certain levels contain level bosses with entirely different attack patterns. The music mainly focuses on the fast electronic genre, including trance, hardcore and techno. There are different difficulty levels, based on the amount of beats per minute. |
| The Chosen: Well of Souls | 2007-10-01 | Meridian4, Inc. | Rebelmind | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Chosen: Well Of Souls is an action role-playing game (RPG) in a dark period of the 19th century. The story revolves around 3 characters: Frater Simon, Elena, and Tong Wong (respectively mage, thief, and warrior), who are members of the Mystery Guards Fraternities, organizations devoted to exterminating demons and dark forces. They are now after an immortal sorcerer, Marcus Dominus Ingens, who commands armies of demons, summoned with the souls of alchemists and is bent on destroying God's Envoy, a powerful being who appears every 200 years.The game features numerous enemies to fight (such as werewolves, zombies, demons, etc.), over 200 types of armor and weapons, and friendly non-player characters (NPCs) who fight by the player's side and the ability to control demons and golems at will. |
| Trial Challenge World Tour | 2007-10-01 | dtp entertainment AG | AIM Productions NV | Action, Sports | Side view | | | | | Automobile, Bike / Bicycling, Vehicle simulator | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Trial Challenge World Tour is a moto cross simulation. Select from 4 bikes with different characteristics in 15 different levels. Train the courses in free play mode so you can win them in championship mode. After beating a level, you can tune your bike. |
| Varia | 2007-10-01 | | | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Varia is a futuristic vertically-scrolling shooter created for the SHMUP-DEV Competition 2k7 Round 2. Entries revolved around the theme of satellites or options, orbing the ship, common in the Gradius series. This game is based on the concept of options from Gradius V, where small orbs trail the player's ship. Players can collect power-ups in three categories (main power-up, obtain and 1-hit shield), providing orbs. While shooting, the options can be used to absorb and mimic enemies' attacks. One key is used to freeze them in place and another to free the option.Gameplay is hectic with a large amount of enemies and bullets at once. Ten types of abilities can be absorbed: Regular Vulcan, Homing Missile, Nuclear Missile, Laser, Curvy Shot, Explosive Blast, Charge Shot, Chaining Shuriken, Flamethrower and Wave Shot, all with different effects. Killing same-coloured enemies in combo provides extra points. There are four levels, level bosses and both offline and online high score tables. |
| Enemy Territory: Quake Wars | 2007-10-02 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Splash Damage, Ltd | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Mecha / giant robot, Tank | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | After they had fought out their civil war on their homeworld called Stroggos, the Strogg ventured out into space to conquer other planets and study other races to integrate them into their own. In 2060 they enter space above their next target: Earth. The Global Defense Force (GDF) is completely overwhelmed by the attack of this highly advanced force but they don't give up and fight for their survival. Ultimately Earth will fall into the hands of the Strogg and the events which lead to the beginning of Quake II will unfold but until then, you'll be an important part of this last battle for control over the planet!As a successor of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Quake Wars focuses on objective driven gameplay rather than just capturing flags like you do in the Battlefield Series. This means that on every map one team needs to fulfill an objective while the other needs to guard it. For example on the map "Valley" the GDF needs to build a bridge, then drive a MCP over the bridge to a nearby outpost, hack a Strogg-shield so that the MCP can fire a missile into the Strogg base so that the GDF can enter it and destroy a generator.To make it even more complex, most objectives need to be completed by a specific class. On each side are five classes and each class has special abilities. The engineer for example can build the bridge on Valley, repair damaged vehicles or deploy identities while the Field Ops supports his teammates by handing out weapons and deploying artillery systems. Since the maps are all pretty big, you also have access to several kinds of vehicles ranging from little quadbikes to helicopters.Unlike most multiplayer games, the teams in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars don't just have a different skin but are actually completely asymmetrical balanced from classes over weapons to vehicles. This means that while both teams have a medic, they both function differently. The GDF medic for example behaves like every other medic by instant reviving his teammates but the Strogg technician needs a few seconds before his dead companion is alive again. To balance this out, the Strogg technician can turn dead GDF soldiers into spawn hosts. So if he dies, he respawns at such a host (if it hasn't been destroyed). |
| Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Limited Collector's Edition) | 2007-10-02 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Limited Collector's Edition includes:Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Ten collector's cards with details about different GDF and Strogg vehicle or deployables
Bonus DVD with trailers, developer interviews, ringtones, concept art and more |
| Hawaiian Explorer: Pearl Harbor | 2007-10-02 | GameMill Entertainment LLC, iWin.com | centrum.pl, EEEZEE Products | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | An eccentric multi-millionaire called Charles Johnson hires a Hawaiian-based diving team to search for Japan's 800-year-old Diamond Medal, set with a 96-carat gem.Hawaiian Explorer: Pearl Harbor is a standard hidden object game. Objects (from a list at the top of the screen) have to be found within a time limit on locations cluttered with them.Three hints are provided at the start of each location. Using them removes 45 seconds from the timer. Each wrong click subtracts 10 seconds. Air tanks increase the time left by 30 seconds when collected. Jigsaw puzzles appear between stages and have to assembled.There are two timers at the top of the screen. The first one shows the time left to collect all the objects in the screen, the second one marks the overall time of the stage (comprised of several locations). When the first clock runs out, the location is reset with a new list of objects to be found. When the stage timer stops, the player has to find everything from all the stage locations again. |
| NBA Live 08 | 2007-10-02 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | NBA Live 08 is another basketball game released by EA Sports for the 2007-2008 season. The game modes of NBA Live 08 include Quick Play, Season, Playoffs, Dynasty, All-Star Weekend, FIBA World Championship, 1-on-1, and Practice. Commentary is handle by Marv Albert and Steve Kerr. NBA Live 08 has some new features including "Go To Moves", "Hot Spots", "Quick Strike Ballhandling", and "Own the Paint". "Freestyle Superstars" and "X-Factor" from NBA Live 07 have been removed from the game. FIBA World Championship mode includes eight national teams ( Argentina, China, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain and the USA ).NBA Live 08 has updated rosters for the 2007-2008 season. Most NBA players that are playing in the NBA for the 2007-2008 season are in NBA Live 08. The game includes all of today's NBA stars such as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Chris Paul, Yao Ming, and Tim Duncan. In addition to the game modes, there's also online play.In the All-Star Weekend mode there's the Slam-Dunk Contest, the 3-point Shootout, the Rookie vs Sophomore game, and of course, the All-Star game. Dynasty mode, the game's main mode, is 30-year long. Dynasty mode is like Season mode but at the end of each season you get to draft rookies, sign coaches and free agents, scout players and do other things. |
| Spider-Man: Friend or Foe | 2007-10-02 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Next Level Games, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Spider-Man: Friend or Foe, Spider-Man must confront some of his most famous enemies to vanquish an even greater threat. Battle against characters such as Doctor Octopus, Venom and the Green Goblin - then add them to your list of allies. Inspired by events of the movie trilogy, this action game has a humorous twist that allows the player to recruit foes from the webslinger's rogue's gallery and use them in single-player levels or co-op versus modes. |
| Da Vinci's Secret | 2007-10-03 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Thunderstorm Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | Detective / mystery | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Da Vinci's Secret is yet another matching game where the player has to connect 3 or more colored balls, this time to clear a path between objects (for example, between a lock and its key). New spheres are created on the gaming field if the player moves a ball without making a match. The game ends when no more moves are possible. Consecutive successful matching rewards the player with random power-ups. |
| Inhabited Island: Prisoner of Power | 2007-10-03 | Akella | Orion | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Inhabited Island: Prisoner of Power is a first-person shooter based on the novel Inhabited Island ("Prisoner of Power" in the English translation), written in 1969 by the renowned Soviet science fiction authors, the brothers Arkadi and Boris Strugatsky. The novel follows the adventures of the young astronaut Maxim Kammerer on the planet Saraksh. A member of a nearly perfect society of the Earth in 22nd century, Maxim cannot accept the injustices of the militarized, totalitarian regime in one of the countries on Saraksh, and becomes actively involved in their social struggles. The game is dedicated to one episode from Maxim's tale, where he is taken to a prison camp, working together with the underground resistance members Zef and The Boar. The game is mission-based, and the plot is entirely linear. Maxim is armed with a universal weapon that has different fire modes, turning into a machine gun, a grenade launcher, a rifle, etc. A major element of the gameplay is deactivation of stationary electronic defense systems, which is usually performed by simple interaction. Missions may include other objectives, but deactivating these devices is normally one of the compulsory primary goals. The stages mostly consist of outdoor areas and contain human enemies, scattered mines that instantly kill the protagonist, and various hazards such as radioactive water. In some areas Maxim can also find and drive a military jeep. Objects such as stones can be picked up and thrown to create diversion. Between the missions Maxim can access the camp store, where he can buy weapon modifications, ammo, and healing items. |
| Color Trail | 2007-10-04 | Big Fish Games, Inc | RTS - Real Time Solutions | Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The evil wizard Mervin has stolen all the color from Colorland, leaving it gray and dull. Help the wizard initiate Wanda get Colorland's color back.Color Trail is a match three game. To make matches, you must place the mouse pointer on an item and, while holding down the button, go from one item to the another of the same color or one color to another of the same item or any combination thereof then release the button. The trail will clear and new items will drop in to replace them. Your trails can overlap each other and create a closed loop, if you wish. If you create a closed loop, any items caught inside the loop are also cleared.There are two game modes. In Endless mode, you just create trails to make points and new items will drop in to replace them. There is no time limit. In Adventure mode, you follow the story of Wanda as she tries to restore the color to Colorland. The puzzles will, most often, fall into one of three styles. In the first puzzle, you must clear all the tiles by making trails over them to clear the puzzle. Pink tiles become light gray, light gray tiles become dark gray and dark gray tiles are cleared. In the second style, you simply make trails until you reach the required number of points. In the third style, you must clear orbs by making trails next to them. Pink orbs require three times, greenish-yellow orbs require two times and blue orbs require one trail to clear them. In all these puzzles, there is a time limit.As you progress, you will have special pieces, called 'bombs'. The bomb, when part of a trail, will explode and destroy all the items next to it. The color bomb, when trailed, will change all the surrounding items to the same color, although they stay the same shape. The piece bomb will change all the surrounding items to the same shape, although the stay the same color.At certain areas of the game, you have picture puzzles. These are a scrambled picture that you must unscramble. To unscramble the picture, you make a trail. The piece under the first and last items of the trail will then swap. When you click an item, the small puzzle at the top will show you where that piece belongs. |
| Puzzle Mania: Chronicles of the Unicorn | 2007-10-04 | EleFun Multimedia Games | EleFun Multimedia Games | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Puzzle Mania: Chronicles of the Unicorn is a jigsaw puzzle game. The pieces come out from the left side of the screen and slowly revolve around the puzzle board to the right side. If they reach the exit, the game is over.Each puzzle is presented as a faded photograph with jigsaw outlines. Pieces have part of the image with full colors. Some slots contain power-ups that are activated when placing the correct piece. A magnet attracts one piece to its respective place. A || icon pauses the pieces movement temporally. An arrow makes the pieces move back to the start.There is a blackened slot in some puzzles. It only becomes active after filling all the other slots.After completing all the puzzles of one level, a scrambled animal figure appears in segmented squares. In order to collect the totem and move to the next level, these squares must be flipped to their correct position. |
| MSOIDS | 2007-10-05 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | MSOIDS is a shooter game based on the Asteroids formula. The player controls a small cannon which he can move around with the keyboard, using the mouse to blast the square asteroids which split into smaller ones when shot. When the cannon is hit by an asteroid, it's game over. The game's graphics have a simple, MS Paint style. The colors change with every new game, and can be changed in mid-game by pressing Space. |
| Pool Island | 2007-10-05 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pool Island is a billiards game. It offers four different kinds of gameplay (Snooker, 14/1 - Endless, 8 Ball, 9 Ball). It has a detailed 3D-graphics and the possibility to choose between three difficulty levels from beginner up to professional player.
An integrated targeting helper offers the possibility to display the way the ball will take. Pool Island offers two different kinds of locations. |
| Rabbit Wars | 2007-10-05 | AIM Productions NV | AIM Productions NV | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Rabbit Wars is a turn-based strategy game that can be played against the computer or against human opponents on ten different maps. A maximum of four players can join a game (hot-seat multiplayer) or two when playing over a network. Players control an army of cartoon rabbits and have to kill all other parties by taking turns guiding units around a map and attacking when an enemy is nearby. Vehicles include tanks, chopper and jeeps with units wielding bazookas, mortars and machine guns. The game has a humourous atmosphere with comments about the rabbits about the events on the battlefield.It is one of the first and few Windows Mobile games that can be played over Infrared, Bluetooth, LAN and internet, with both Windows Mobile and Desktop clients. The Windows version is included for free with the mobile release. |
| JelloCar | 2007-10-06 | | | Action, Racing / Driving | Side view | | | Platform | | Automobile | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | JelloCar is a platform game where the player needs to steer a car to a checkpoint to complete the level. The vehicle as well as the level and all its elements are subject to soft-body jelly physics, making them deformable and squishy. The car can push over small objects, get stuck underneath and be propelled in the air. It can only be steered forward and backward, but two more keys are used to shift the weight to the front of the back, leading to more control over the car. Another key inflates the jelly car to gigantic proportions, but only for a short moment until a recharge is complete.The game offers 15 levels, a replay function and a level editor to create custom courses. Each of the course can be played in one of the four visual designs: crayon, graphic, vector or blueprint. |
| Pirateville | 2007-10-06 | NevoSoft LLC | NevoSoft LLC | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Sea pirates / Caribbean | | | | | | Windows | Jack the Sharpshooter is a pirate living quietly when his mentor, Flash Henry, contacts him in secret for giving him a mysterious box. But after trying learning why the old man is asking for keeping it by visiting Melinda the Fortuneteller, the pirate is finding himself haunted by a spirit, talking to others and soon to be jailed, according to Melinda. All because of that box. What will be Jack's Fate? Will he find a way to get rid of the spirit? Or will he be haunted for the rest of his life?Pirateville is an hidden object game, with minigames. In a certain amount of time, you have to find items whose names or silhouettes are given in a list. When it's done, you have to click on them in order to making progress. If you're stuck, you can ask for an hint/tip. That system for helping you is available for all minigames: "spot the differences", where you're given two pictures and you have to find the differences by clicking on them, "decipher the message", by switching letters, "reconstitute the picture", "find the pairs", etc.. |
| Burger Shop | 2007-10-07 | Big Fish Games, Inc | GoBit, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Time management | | | | | | | Windows | Having received a mysterious set of blueprints in the mail, you discover it's for a BurgerTron 2000 automated machine with a surveyor belt of ingredients and preparation for a fast food business which you decide to take on. In this tim management game, you click on ingredients to combine them and send them to the proper machine to cook or prepare the orders that customers will give to you.Story Mode is a tutorial which will introduce you to the different ingredients, machines, types of customers, and bonuses that can be gained to help fill orders. In addition to burgers, you can keep adding new equipment as you gain profits for different types of sandwiches, salads, toppings, fries, drinks, and desserts. Some ingredients must be combined by hand, then sent to be cooked or guided to the appropriate machine. Containers for ice cream, drinks or fries must be placed in the correct machine too. Customers have different amounts of patience to wait, so you must try to serve those with less first and they will tip you more the faster the service is. Certain bonuses will appear occasionally on ingredients and must be served in time to acquire their reward such as speeding up machine processing, freezing customer's patience bars or getting bonus tips. You must meet the service's necessary profit amount in order to move to the next service. There are different items to be familiar with on breakfast, lunch and supper menus. Eventually, you can buy new restaurants with different themes.Challenge Mode lets you try different restaurants and menus in order to get the most profits before a customer leaves without being served. There is also an Expert Story Mode which will test your abilities once you have developed your serving skills. There are 80 levels in Story Mode, another 80 in Expert Story Mode and more than 60 different upgrades to master along with 96 trophies to acquire for fulfilling certain goals int he game. |
| Roko-Loko no Castelo do Ratozinger Remix | 2007-10-07 | Rock Brigade | Play Systems, SGuerra Design Ltda. | Action | Side view | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | This "remix" version of Roko-Loko no Castelo do Ratozinger brings additional features to the original game:
Two new bonus stages
A making-of video containing testimonials from Brazilian metal and rock bands such as Sepultura, Angra, Korzus and Exxótica
8 clips from TV shows covering the game
A music video by Exxótica |
| Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull | 2007-10-08 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In New Orleans, Nancy Drew and her friend, Bess Marvin, are vacationing. There, the owner of a mystical and potentially powerful crystal skull, Bruno Bolet, is found dead, but the artifact is missing. Fearing the worst, Bruno's great-nephew, Henry, pleads with the sleuthful duo to find the skull and discover the circumstances which resulted in his uncle's death. Roll up your sleeves, put on your thinking cap and investigate the case by exploring the Bolet manor and grounds (including its spooky cemetery) as well as the French Quarter and other parts of New Orleans. Talk to Bruno's friends and associates, who all have secrets to hide. Find hidden clues and evidence in inventory objects and reading materials. Solve adventure-type puzzles. Switch roles during the game by playing as Nancy and Bess.The game is played completely by mouse with the keyboard used only while saving games. Features include several difficulty settings which directly affect how much help is given within the game, improved graphics, non-linear puzzle-solving, and weather and shadow effects. |
| FIFA Soccer 08 | 2007-10-09 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | FIFA Soccer 08 is another yearly update in the soccer franchise. The version for PS2 and PC uses the same graphics technology as in the years before while updating rosters and stats, adding new teams, new control options and new game modes.As in other versions, there are 620 teams, from 30 national leagues, adding the Australian, Czech and Irish leagues. Returning game modes include single matches, tournaments, challenges, manager mode (with optional PS2-PSP connectivity) and online interactive leagues. The major new game mode is called Be A Pro - Co-op Season. Unlike the Be A Pro mode from the next-generation version where a single player is controlled via shoulder cam in one match only, the mode on PS2/PC lasts an entire season and features local co-op for up to four players with regular camera perspectives. Players can gain experience points for completing pre-set goals or being man of the match, which can be used to boost attributes.Among the new control options are manual passes and crosses, with direction and strength determined by analog stick direction and length of the button press, respectively. On defense, the best defender for the current situation can be selected via the right analog stick. In one-on-one situations, it is now possible to switch control to the keeper directly, with manual saves and slide tackles possible. |
| Half-Life 2: Episode Two | 2007-10-10 | Buka Entertainment | Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Half-Life 2: Episode Two is the second episode to extend the story behind the original Half-Life 2. In the previous episode, Dr. Gordon Freeman escaped from City 17 with Alyx Vance, while the Citadel was destroyed by a storm of unseen proportions. This episode brings the team face to face with the Combine forces stationed in the White Forest, since they have been ordered to stop Gordon and Alyx from delivering a packet of crucial information stolen from the Citadel to an enclave of survived scientists.There are no new weapons, but Gordon receives a new form of ammunition for the Gravity Gun: the Magnusson Device. The driving sequences introduce a new vehicle: a powerful car with its engine revealed.There is also a new soundtrack and the game engine has been updated with a new renderer, a new dynamic lighting and shadowing system, updated physics, and new effects such as motion blur and depth of field. Dual-core processors are now supported as well. The player always controls Gordon Freeman, often assisted by Alyx, a Vortigaunt, or the rebels. |
| Race 07: Official WTCC Game | 2007-10-10 | Viva Media, LLC | SimBin Development Team AB | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | Race 07 builds on the features of the previous Race PC game. In addition to the regular World Touring Car Championship (a mostly European series featuring makes like Alfa Romeo, BMW, Chevrolet, Honda, Peugeot, and Seat), several other exotic, overlooked series can be experienced as well. The Caterham series features light, open-air, vintage style cars from England. The Radical RS3 and RS4 series are like Caterham, but with more modern cars. The MINI series features, naturally, MINI Coopers for the racetrack. There are single-seater cars too - The Formula BMW series is an entry point for junior racers into the world of F1, and Formula 3000 continues that lineage. These two championships both feature visor grubbiness, requiring you to peel away a tear-off strip, just as a real racer would. Finally, there is the classic 1987 season of the WTCC. If you can't decide, you can mix cars and classes together as you please. Gameplay and graphics are similar to the previous Race game, with an emphasis on realism. Race 07 continues the detailed damage physics, and offers a customizable level of adherence to series rules and car features - tire wear, mechanical failures and automatic gearboxes can all be turned on and off. Both single-player, against computer AI or a ghost car, and online multi-player are available. The number of tracks has grown as well. There are 32 in all, with both race tracks and city loops. |
| Shangri La 2 Deluxe: The Valley of Words | 2007-10-10 | GameHouse, Inc. | Zylom Media Group BV | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Shangri La 2 Deluxe is a word construction game, where a pile of hexagonal tiles have to be arranged as words at the bottom of the screen. Each tile has a letter, and like in mahjong it can only be moved when one of its 6 sides is free. The objective is to clear all sides of a special star tile, and collect it. The star is usually buried beneath all the other tiles.Longer words give more points, and the tiles have a number of little dots besides the letter indicating their value. Some stages have tiles of multiple colors, an the game gives bonus points for making words with tiles of the same color. A long bonus word appears at the top of the screen that gives extra points when spelled.Some levels have a time limit, where the player must collect several stars before the timer runs out. On these stages, bonus words give extra time.Like the stars, power-up tiles that can only be collected after clearing all surrounding tiles. They are stored in three slots at the right side, and can be used at any time. One power-up adds vowels to the board. The dictionary tile suggests a long word to be spelled with the available letters. The shuffle tile changes the position of all the tiles. The joker "*" tile can be used in place of any letter in a word. |
| Team Fortress Complete | 2007-10-10 | Valve Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Team Fortress Complete is a Steam bundle that contains:
Team Fortress Classic
Team Fortress 2 |
| The Orange Box | 2007-10-10 | Valve Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Orange Box is a compilation of the following games:
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Team Fortress 2
Portal
Additionally, in the Windows version, the player may download and install Peggle Extreme once The Orange Box has been installed.For the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, this is the only release of these games. |
| WinAmp 5.5 (included game) | 2007-10-10 | AOL LLC | Nullsoft | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | A user of the WinAmp media-playing software might have idly double-clicked on the logo of the new Bento skin from the skin browser in the application's preferences without expecting anything to happen.Performing the indicated action opens up a surprise, easter egg session of the game known by many as Nibbles, Tron: Light Cycles or Surround for the Atari 2600; the player controls the growing wriggler in this snake game. The goal is to avoid all walls and obstacles in the pursuit of llamas on the play field. Through every level 9 llamas will appear, each one arriving after the prior one is caught. Helpfully, they are fully four times bigger than the grid cells, making them easy to catch. That said, as with all snake games, the player grows every time a llama is eaten, and the player's biggest collision risk eventually becomes the player's own tail.Upon level completion a new level is started, the worm reduced back down to a neat, short length and a new, more complicated wall layout superimposed on the llama-whooping grounds. |
| American Girl: Julie Saves the Eagles | 2007-10-11 | THQ Inc. | ImaginEngine | Adventure | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Contemporary, North America | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | American Girl: Julie Saves the Eagles is an adventure game mostly based on book of the same name by Megan McDonald, starring the character Julie Albright part of the line of American Girl dolls. At the start of the game Julie receives a letter from her friend Ivy Ling to play a game on Saturday, but the overall goal eventually becomes finding a way to finance the release of an eagle. The game is set in San Francisco (USA) in the 1970s.Julie can be freely moved around a scrolling environment using point-and-click mechanics. Items in the environment can be examined and Julie can strike up conversations with other characters with branching dialogue options. Julie has access to a diary to keep track of her tasks and an inventory to store items. A map provides access to different locations. At the start only Julie's street is available along with Chinatown where she needs to find Ivy, but gradually more locations become available such as Golden Gate Park, North Beach, a schoolyard and a library, the Rescue Center, a construction site at Marin County and San Bruno Mountain. Solving puzzles is required to progress, often based on talking about items to characters or using them in the environment.There is also a mini-game where full games of the Chinese boardgame Nim can be played. There characters are voiced. |
| Handball Manager 2008: Das Original | 2007-10-11 | edel distribution GmbH | Netmin e.K. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Handball Manager 2008: Das Original is a managerial simulation of handball where the player is responsible for the financial and athletic success of his team. Regarding gameplay and options it is similar to soccer managers. The player has several options to his disposal, e.g. training, tactics, lineup, stadium expansion or player transfers. The players are represented with a ability score and several other personal traits which influence their performance and training needs. An assistant coach can take some responsibilities of his shoulder - but of course he wants a proper salary if he is competent.As in most German sport managers the player has a lot of opportunities which influence not his team but his player character personally. He can change his team, buy status symbols or even found his own club. The game evaluates his successes and increased or decreases his level. If it increases he gets manager points which he can reinvest in better abilities, e.g. training. At the start of the game he chooses between a real career starting with a low-class team or picks a specific team.In comparison to Handball Manager 2007: World Edition a few options, especially the tactical ones, got expanded. The main innovation however is a second match presentation mode where the player can watch the game in 3D. Of course the player can also choose the old text mode. where he sits in front of a live ticker where all matches are calculated. If something interesting happens during the own match text messages tell him about the moves and results. The player can set how detailed and fast he wants the messages to be.The game has official licensed team and player names for the first and second German male handball league and for the first German female league. Additionally the player can choose a team from ten lower-classed German leagues and the first league from twenty other countries. Parallel to his regular club he can also manage one of 70 national teams. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic V: Gold Edition | 2007-10-11 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation bundles the main game Heroes of Might and Magic V with the two add-ons, Hammers of Fate and Tribes of the East, along with a bonus DVD.Bonus DVD content:
Heroes of Might & Magic V trailer
Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate trailer
Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East trailer
Storyline trailer
Development diaries
Album of the Heroes of Might and Magic V universe
Monster test videos
Game encyclopedia by fans |
| Horse + Pony Magazine: My First Pony | 2007-10-11 | Noviy Disk | Upside Studios AB | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Horse + Pony Magazine: My First Pony is a single player, equestrian game.The game is set on Auntie's farm, Whinnydale. Here player starts with a small horse and, by training and grooming it earns points - golden horse shoes for grooming and general care- horse coins for winning competitions- apples for solving simple timed puzzles.The horse coins are used to buy new horses, there are eight to choose from. The apples are used to teach the horse new tricks while the horse shoes are a record of the player's ability to care for the horse. The player can care for the horse themselves or choose to let Auntie do it. If Auntie cares for the horse it will always be fed, fit, happy and ready to be schooled but the player will not earn any golden horseshoesThis is not a detailed simulation. Horses are groomed and saddled, stables are mucked out with all with just a few mouse clicks. Riding however is keyboard controlled, left/right arrows steer, up/down alter the speed, and spacebar makes the horse jump. There are three disciplines to train inShow Jumping and Cross Country where the player has to complete a course and finish firstDressage where the player is judged on their ability to follow a course closely and at the right space All disciplines are practiced in the paddock while the contests are held in the Forest Arena.Throughout the game the player is given clear audio instructions on what is expected. |
| The Exchange Student: Episode 2 - Point Club | 2007-10-11 | Pan Metron Ariston | Pan Metron Ariston | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Point Club is the second game in the point-and-click adventure series following the Italian Emilio Carboni through his exchange student program in Sweden. The story picks up right away where the previous game ended, and an optional short introduction is shown to get up to speed with the events of the previous episode. Emilio has met the Spanish students Pedro and Miguel who tell him about the point game. Together with Mathias, they have to earn points by kissing and having intercourse as many girls as possible. Before Emilio can become part of the game, he needs to show the Spanish students he can pull off a decent prank. Once the point game starts, Emilio will need to find a way to get into the club and get a bike to ride to his fadder meeting.Parts of the scenery of the previous episode are reused and story threads are further explored. Many new scenes, backgrounds and characters have been added. The game uses a mouse-controlled verb coin system to perform actions and it is longer than the previous episode. There is an 'Ints & Tips section to show clues when stuck. |
| Abra Academy: Returning Cast | 2007-10-12 | Big Fish Games, Inc | BrutoMemo Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Wanda, the heroine of Abra Academy is now a witch. But strange things are happening to her previous school, the Abra Academy. So, it's up to her and her friends to find what is causing that and to put an end to it.Abra Academy: Returning Cast is the sequel to Abra Academy, belonging to the hidden object genre. At each beginning of a level, a list with items to find is given. You have a certain amount of time for reaching your goal. When you find an object, you have to click on it. You can also use hints, symbolized by glowing crystals, if you're stuck. If you're making too many mistakes, a gargoyle appears and cuts your time short. The 25 levels are set in and around the school. There are also mini-games like "spot the differences". |
| Jump Jack | 2007-10-12 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Jump Jack is a classic Jump´n´Run-game, made primarily for younger kids. The gameplay is easy to learn, the graphics are child-friendly and non-frightening.Jack’s girlfriend Josie was kidnapped and now he has to rescue her from Vulkania, where a dragon keeps her in a lair.There are four worlds to go through before you can enter the final level in Vulkania. There are many traps and a lot of enemies to fight with.You have to collect points and treasures to get more lives or more power to fight against the enemies. |
| Legend: Hand of God | 2007-10-12 | dtp entertainment AG | Master Creating GmbH | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | Four races live in the lands of Aris. While the elves and dwarfs forged an alliance because of the threat by the strong and martial orcs, the humans kept to themselves and expanded to every corner of Aris. One fateful day the dwarfs discover a very old portal and ask the mightiest of the elves' mages to open it for them. They are aware that the evil is waiting behind the portal. Blinded by pride Kaskaras thought he could control it and opened the portal anyway. Of course he lost control, became the Sorcerer of Shadow and unleashed hordes of daemons upon the world.Desperately fighting for their survival, the humans, elves and dwarfs joined forces and drove the daemons back through the portal. But they weren't able to seal it so the mages of all races bound their forces and created the Holy Flame which kept the Daemons from entering. But the fight wasn't over. Targon, the leader of the humans, decided to go into the portal and kill Kaskaras leaving his army behind to guard the Holy Flame.Several years have passed since then and Targon hasn't returned ever since. One night a shadowy figure enters the monastery of the Holy Flame and succeeds in extinguishing the flame and so the Daemons are once again free to enter the world. At the same time a young novice is in the monastery to be sanctified as a preserver. You are this novice and you are send by one of the dying older preservers on a quest to free the land and kill Kaskaras to ensure that something like this won't ever happen again.As oppose to other RPGs you can't decide what character you play at the beginning so you always play a male. But after the first level up you can choose what class you want to be by combining two so-called "paths". You can choose between five paths like the "Path of the Warrior" (specialisation in melee combat) or the "Path of the Wild" (specialisation in range combat). Depending on your choice, you are then known for example as a Archmage (if you chose the "Path of Faith" and the "Path of Magic").Once you've chosen your character class, you get access to two skill trees for each of the paths. At each level you get one talent point for each tree. As you advanced in level you also advance up the tiers in the skill tree and by doing so you unlock new spells or talents like the fireball.The rest of the game is also faithful to established standards of the Hack 'n' Slay-RPG-Genre. This means as you make your way to your goal you fulfill quests, kill monsters, find new and better items of different quality and gain experience for the next level up. To move quickly around the world, you'll find big runestones sitting around the landscape. Once activated you will respawn at the nearest upon death but you can also teleport between them. If you find a small runestone (in chests or dropped by enemies), you can use it as a one-way teleporter.Another feature of Legend: Hand of God is Luna, a lightelf or fairy who has already been a long companion of the novice. She acts as the mouse-cursor of the game and lights up the surrounding. She also gives you tips once appropriate. If you find a better weapon as the one you're carrying right now, she'll for example tell you that the one you just obtained is way better. The downside is, that she can barley keep her mouth shut which means that she'll often engage the player character in rather funny dialogues like pointing out how lost he would be in this dark dungeon if she wouldn't be here right now lighting up the place. |
| Legend: Hand of God (Collector's Edition) | 2007-10-12 | dtp entertainment AG | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Collector's Edition includes:
Legend: Hand of God
Legend: Hand of God - The Chronicles of Aris 1 audiobook
Official soundtrack by Dynamedion
Legend - Hand of God - Book 1 - Demonstorm novel by Nikolas Wolff, telling the prequel-story of the game
Art book with 46 pages
Double-sided poster with game motives
Hand of God tattoo |
| Mahjongg: Ancient Mayas | 2007-10-12 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | Pre-Columbian Americas | | | | | | Windows | Back of Case - Nintendo DS (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)Uncover mysterious temples and fabulous treasures spanning over 300 levels as you discover the classic Mahjongg in an ancient environment. |
| Rail Simulator | 2007-10-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Rail Simulator | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Rail Simulator is a simulation where the player controls trains.
The three difficulty levels are for players of all expertise - and this is to be taken literally because there is no tutorial: novices just need to control the speed while professionals control every small detail themselves. The player can use his mouse to press all the buttons and pull all the levers himself or use the keyboard to do the job. In the free playing mode the player has the choice between several trains (diesel, electric or steam; modern and historical ones) and four courses, every one about 150 km long: Oxford - Paddington (2005), Bath Green Park - Templecomb (1955), Newcastle - York (1970s) and Hagen – Siegen (late 1990s). There are also 15 missions where the player need to solve traditional (like transporting goods) and unusual (like transporting British soccer fans) tasks. |
| XIII Century: Death or Glory | 2007-10-12 | 1C Company | Unicorn Games Studios | Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | | Windows | XIII Century: Death or Glory is a realistic and historically correct real time strategy game. Players try to win battles on thoroughly reconstructed historic battlegrounds. They command troops of one of the warring factions. Victory does not simply depend on sheer quantity, but also, more importantly, on the player's skills, their knowledge and application of rules and methods of conduct in medieval battles.As opposed to other games with similar scenarios, there is no stage of deployment in XIII Century: Death or Glory. Players take command of an army at a critical moment in history, executing complex maneuvers and directly giving orders. |
| Armada Tanks | 2007-10-14 | Enkord, Ltd. | Enkord, Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | | Tank | | | | | Windows | Armada Tanks is basically a modern version of Tank Battalion and Battle City.The player controls a green tank. In each level he has to destroy all enemies and in most cases defend his base. The tank can be moved around with the arrow or WASD keys, aiming and shooting is done with the mouse.During the game, the player can pick up various power-ups such as a health kit, a bomb to damage all on-screen enemies, a lock to disable enemy weapons, and a spade to enforce base walls. There are more than 60 levels with varying graphical themes, such as desert, snow, Egyptian, etc. |
| Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun | 2007-10-15 | Adventure Company, The | AWE Productions, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Interwar | | | | Teen | | Windows | In this adventure game, players get the opportunity to step into the shoes of one of Agatha Christie's most illustrious characters, detective Hercule Poirot. The story is based loosely on her book by the same name so readers who have read that novel will find this new and different.Recounting his most recent case to his colleague Hastings, Poirot tells him what took place while he vacationed at a resort on Seadrift Island. When the body of actress Arlene Stuart floats up on shore, Poirot's leisure is cut short and he gets back to what he does best - investigating a murder! The story is narrated by Poirot with side comments by Hastings. Control Poirot as he explores his surroundings (the Smuggler's Rest Hotel, the island and town), and meet and interrogate 20 or so characters. The game is played in 3rd person perspective in point-and-click, mouse-driven fashion. As is normal in adventure games, there are puzzles to solve most of which are inventory based and require simple common sense.Based on player feedback from the previous Agatha Christie games, technical improvements have been made to graphics, character facial expressions, lip-synching, the inventory system, and the overall background appearance. The amount of travelling back and forth has been lessened as well. New to the series is the "Finger of Suspicion" hint system to help players discover what to do next. |
| Partouche Poker Tour | 2007-10-15 | Mindscape SA | Mad Monkey Studio | Gambling | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Partouche Poker Tour is usually the name of a Poker tournament.Here, it's a CD-ROM that will show you how to progress in Texas Hold’em. Choose your character, then a game mode between tournament and cash game modes and you're ready to go !The program lets you choose the number of players and their playing skills. It also offers 60 mini games to practice specific parts of the game and you'll finally have the choice to listen to coaches advice, or not. |
| SpellForce: Universe | 2007-10-15 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation includes all previously published parts of the Spellforce-series and also the three Add-Ons. So the games in this package are:
SpellForce: The Order of Dawn
SpellForce: The Breath of Winter
SpellForce: Shadow of the Phoenix
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars
SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm |
| The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome | 2007-10-15 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | Slitherine Software UK Ltd. | Strategy | | Licensed | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome is a real time strategy game set in Roman times. The game allows you to play all the great battles from Roman history. In between missions you can watch (up to 50 minutes of) TV footage from The History Channel's documentaries on Rome. Additionally, the story of Marcus Aurelius is completely voice-acted as well. Gameplay is similar to Slitherine's previous game Legion Arena: You control your armies in real time on a 3D map. There is no resource gathering or city building, but at the end of every battle you are given points which can be used to purchase new units and upgrade surviving units which you bring along to the next battle.The game features 14 different campaigns portraying over a 100 different battles. There are 20 different types of units which can all be customized with different skills and clothing.The PSP version features some bonus missions taken from Legion Arena: Cult of Mithras in which you play as the Celts. Both the PSP and Windows version include multiplayer modes, but the Playstation 2 version lacks this. |
| Death to Spies | 2007-10-16 | Atari, Inc. | Haggard Games | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Stealth | World War II | | | | Mature | | Windows | Death to Spies is a third-person shooter with a focus on stealth. The story is told as a series of flashbacks by captain Semion Strogov during an interrogation in the early fifties. He used to be part of SMERSH, a counterespionage group in the Soviet Union, set up to counter German infiltration and to track down traitors during World War II. The missions are largely based on real operations.Prior to each mission, the player assembles a kit of weapons, grenades, chloroform, a choke cord, a health kit, ammo and other items. Semion can also search dead bodies during the game for new weapons. It is possible to play the game as a regular shooter, but that course is hardly ever rewarded. Instead, Semion has to sneak around, take out enemies silently and remain undetected. Enemies react to sounds and what they see. There are different states of alertness and the player can watch their viewing direction on an overlay map to plan the actions. One of the safest ways to move around is to take the clothes of an enemy officer. To have the disguise work, Semion must be sure the body cannot be found, there can't be blood on the uniform, he has to carry the correct weapon, and he can't walk to close to other officers or they recognize he's not a colleague.Missions are set in locations such as villages, cities, a prison, a hotel, ... with different objectives such as stealing documents, freeing a prisoner of war, or killing a traitor. Almost any vehicle can be driven and these include motorcycles, jeeps and trucks. |
| Fury | 2007-10-16 | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Action RPG | | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Fury was a game billed as an Arena-based PvP MMO without PvE content. Players engaged in combat as groups or as individuals in 3 different war zone game types: Bloodbath (everybody vs everybody), Vortex (team based capture the flag variant), Elimination (team based elimination best out of 3). A fourth game type, Fortress (large scale fortress sieges), was being developed but never finished. Players progressed in ranks, won equipment, and bought skills and abilities which they used to build their character in a completely free-form skill-based system. You could save your equipment and ability layout as an "incarnation" and switch incarnation between war zones. There was no specific player 'class' as in other MMOs nor did you need to have alternate characters to explore other character aspects as you could just rebuild a different incarnation of yourself.The game used the Unreal 3 engine to create rich visuals and environments; and it had a custom fallback renderer which let it run on more modest PCs.The game had a 'free-to-play' model, but players could pay to gain access to richer equipment and certain other features though they did not give your character any advantage in combat. |
| Murder in a Wheel | 2007-10-16 | | Zurich University of the Arts | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | lucasfan | | | | Windows | Investigative researcher Lionel Ulmer is invited to the mansion of Lord Blackwin to help him with the manuscript of his book. When he arrives, Lady Blackwin discovers that Roderick, the rodent pet, has been brutally murdered. Lionel is asks to investigate and he discovers everyone present, including the cat Mrs. Winterbottom, had a reason to get rid of the hamster.Murder in a Wheel is a freeware AGS game with art and design reminiscent of the classic LucasArts games. It is entirely controlled with the mouse and a typical SCUMM interface with commands, inventory and status bar. The different commands can be selected individually but the most logical ones are applied directly by clicking the mouse on an active hotspot. Lionel investigates the death and gathers clues to find the culprit. The entire game takes place inside the mansion.The game was created as a semester work (Game Design, Interactive Storytelling) at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). It was based on LucasFan's MMM Starterpack and the MIDI music was borrowed from several existing games. |
| Thrillville: Off the Rails | 2007-10-16 | LucasArts | Frontier Developments Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Board game, Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Thrillville: Off the Rails is an amusement park simulator and is the sequel to the original title Thrillville.Uncle Mortimer returns to aid you with his brand new Woah Coaster pieces which allow the player to build coasters with massive jumps, ring or fire and spinning blades into their coaster.The main plot line is that Globo-Joy, the rival park owners and main antagonist from the first game, are trying to destroy the good name of Thrillville by putting saboteurs in your park.The only way to solve the mystery is to help solve your guests' problems by building new rides and coasters or beat challengers to your games. |
| You Are Empty | 2007-10-16 | Atari, Inc. | Digital Spray Studios, Mandel ArtPlains | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic | | | | Mature | | Windows | The USSR has gradually become the world leader in science and technology, and the government has researched the creation of genetically engineered humans to serve a perfect totalitarian communist society. The experiment fails, and the city where it was tested becomes a dead zone. The protagonist wakes up in the city, having somehow managed to avoid the effects of the mutation. He has to explore the ruins, escape, and figure out how this tragedy could happen and why he is not affected by it.You are Empty is a 3D first-person shooter set in the end of the 1950s in an alternate Soviet history. During the search, the player can collect notes that tell more about the background of the game. The entire city is in decay, with dark environments and a constant atmosphere of isolation. The mutated opponents include giant hens and rats, mutilated dogs and nurses, watchmen, soldiers and workers. There are also a few characters that provide help. The available weapons include a wrench, Mauser, shotgun, nail gun, PPSh, rifle, electric gun and molotov cocktails. Most weapons have a secondary function to zoom in or for close combat. Ammo is scattered around and health can be replenished through water stations or canisters. The gameplay is mainly action-based, with a few minor puzzles that involve switches and keys. The level path is entirely linear.The game uses the in-house developed DS2 engine, reminiscent of Valve's 3D Engine: Source, with a similar graphical style, and an interactive and physics-based environment for both items and characters. There are both indoor and outdoor environments, with villages, factories, large cities, underground passages, a subway, a canyon, an opera house, and a level entirely on the rooftops. In the beginning of the game and between certain levels, rendered cut-scenes are shown. These are entirely in black and white, with a few hints of red, and tell the events that lead up to the Great Transformation. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East | 2007-10-17 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Nival, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Tribes of the East is the second, stand-alone expansion pack for Heroes of Might and Magic V once again set in Ashan World but now bringing the Stronghold faction with orcs to the table and an additional upgrade to all dwellings. The first mission introduces the orcs, followed by 3 full campaigns for the Necropolis, Academy and Stronghold faction, with 5 missions each and all linking a single storyline.There are also improvements to the gameplay itself, bugfixes, and a revision of the combat interface and a refined map editor. Other changes include new and easier access to spells, and settings for in-game and combat modes, providing additional information about the minions.The new Stronghold faction offers 7 units (Centaur, Cyclops, Goblin, Shaman, Slayer, Warrior and Wyvern), the racial skill Blood Rage and the Barbarian as a hero. |
| Age of Emerald | 2007-10-18 | Rumbic Studio | Rumbic Studio | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Four magicians want to create the best city in the world in time to host the King's birthday party. You are assisting them by lining up money, food and magic.Age of Emerald is a match three game. To make matches, place your mouse on an item and hold down the left button. Then, drag the mouse across two or more of the same items then release the button. Everything does not need to be on the same row but you cannot do diagonals. Keep making matches until you fill up the meter to the left to end the level. Some items that you match will increase your supply of money, food or magic. Next, you are taken to a screen where you can buy buildings, gardens, wells, etc. To make purchases, you must have enough money, food and/or magic per building. As the game progresses, you will gain bonuses. These can include the hammer, among others. When powered up, the hammer can be used to destroy any group of five tiles. Keep building to create the perfect city for the King's big day. |
| Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 | 2007-10-18 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The, Stickman Studios | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | This entry into the Brian Lara/Ricky Ponting Cricket series features all the teams and venues of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, as well as the Champions Trophy one-day event, fast-paced Twenty20 matches, and full-length 5-day Test matches. Player names outside those tournaments are fictional.There are more bowling styles, including increased reverse swing as the ball ages. Reflex catches from slips, extra run-outs and stumpings are added to the fielding. Batting now includes realistic modeling of shots off the edges of the bat, and a graceful sweep shot. Computer AI plays a more attacking arcade-like game.Gameplay is offline or online tournaments (on PC and XBox 360, a first for a cricket game) with up to 16 players. Players can create their own dream team of the world's best cricketers, or try one of the new tutorials to build up cricketing knowledge. A roving team of five commentators cover the various matches. |
| Den' Vyborov | 2007-10-18 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Den' Vyborov (The Election Day) is a traditional two-dimensional point-n-click adventure game loosely based on the critically acclaimed satirical Russian motion picture of the same name, which is based on the long-running Moscow stage play performed by "Quartet I" theater. All four actors of "Quartet I" provide voices for their characters in this game. Several short live-action video sequences from the movie are shown as the story untwists.Protagonist of the game is a new character Stepan, who has found a bottle with love letter in Volga river, while the boat "Sergey Abramov" was passing by. Joining the boat, the player should help Stepan to find the authoress of this letter and conquer her love feelings. This task is not that simple, because this boat is a propaganda platform for a new man running for governor, and the electorate in ports visited by the boat is either corrupt or influenced by a current corrupt governor. Most of the time Stepan is wandering between static screens, collecting / using the scattered items, and talking to characters to gain more items or information. The cursor is always the same and blinks on hovering over an interactive spot. Three action mini-games should be completed to progress in the story. |
| FizzPack! Collector's Edition | 2007-10-18 | Grubby Games | Grubby Games | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation that contains the games:
Professor Fizzwizzle
Professor Fizzwizzle and the Molten Mystery
FizzBall
Later releases also contain The Amazing Brain Train!
As well as extras:
2000 fan-made bonus levels
Desktop wallpapers
Avatar images that can be used in forums
Hi-res images of the professor, bots, animals and moreThe single CD works in Windows, Macintosh and Linux. |
| Hard to Be a God | 2007-10-18 | Akella | Akella, Burut Creative Team | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | Licensed | | Action RPG | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Sergey Strukov (Crazy) | | | | Windows | Hard To Be A God is an action role-playing game based on the science fiction novel with the same title, written by the Soviet writers Arkadi and Boris Strugatsky, published in 1964.In the future, mankind dwells into space exploration, ultimately coming across the planet Tsurinak, where humans lived still in the medieval ages. The player is a newly trained agent of the medieval intelligence from Tsurinak, and has been sent to gather intelligence on a certain nobleman on the Emperor's request.The player can choose from different abilities to specialize in like heavy, light and ranged weapons, and will have to deal with medieval weapons and enemies from that age, up to a point where he'll meet the Earthlings and acquire futuristic weapons. |
| Level R | 2007-10-18 | Aeria Games & Entertainment, Inc. | Invictus Games, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Károly Molnár, Gyorgy Nagy, Adam Nyiro, Mark Sólyom, Zsolt Szentpeteri, Gergely Bencze, Laszlo Eszenyi | | Automobile, Off-roading | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Level R is a massive multiplayer online racing game which provides over 50 licensed cars and 16 different track locations with up to 12 tracks per location. Some of them provides themes based on the four seasons, while others have a night time. The game provides different multiplayer modes and some single-player missions. You can race simulation or arcade games, exploring an open world, doing drift or drag races, or games of capture the flag. There is also a Thunder Alley mode similar to NASCAR races where you need good team play and the best strategy to refuel your car. Cars are separated in different classes depending on performance and game mode. Cars are upgradeable and can be changed in styling. As a member of a crew you can battle against other crews.There are different versions of the game based on the region: Europe, US, Russia, Indonesia, Thailand, China, and Japan. In the US a version with vaster changes was launched as Project Torque and shut down in 2010. The project has since been relaunced in the US with an entirely different build now called Heat Online. |
| Scriptarians: The Tournament | 2007-10-18 | | Artifex Mundi sp. z o.o. | Educational, Strategy | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Scriptarians: The Tournament is a programming game with a medieval theme. The player deploys a team of his warriors onto a map to fight against an opposing team; the game ends when one team is completely eradicated. The player cannot control his team members during play. Instead, he must program the warriors' AI beforehand in a special editor, using a C-like language called "Scriptarin". There is also a number of teams and warrior AI programs already built into the game. A team consists of between one and four members, each of which has a specific class, varying numerical attributes, and uses a different AI program. There are four classes available, each of which has a different set of special abilities: barbarian, mage, monk and ranger. There are two game modes--a single skirmish and a "challenge", where a team chosen by the player faces five increasingly powerful enemy teams. A battle can take place on one of the seven arenas. During battles, the player can freely control the camera and accelerate or slow down time. |
| 8 Succès Hits Compilation | 2007-10-19 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Act of War: Gold Edition
F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon
Gothic 3
GTR 2: FIA GT Racing Game
Neverwinter Nights 2
PES 6: Pro Evolution Soccer
Test Drive Unlimited
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos
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| X²/X³ Pack | 2007-10-19 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | X2/X3 Pack is a Steam bundle that contains:
X²: The Threat
X³: Reunion |
| Covert Front: Episode Two - Station on the Horizon | 2007-10-20 | | Pastel Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements | World War I | | | | | | Windows | Station on the Horizon is the second episode in the flash-based Covert Front point-and-click adventure series. The player controls secret agent Kara, investigating the disappearance of scientist Karl von Toten, among with many others. This time Kara investigates an abandoned station for clues and evidence. The game is entirely controlled by the mouse to move around, and with an inventory near the top of the screen. Most of the puzzles require the manipulation of items, with various notes, movies and cut-scenes shown in between. |
| Bee Movie Game | 2007-10-22 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Beenox Score | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Bee Movie Game is based on the animated movie with the same name. Play as Barry B. Benson and prove that there's more to being a bee than just making honey. Playing as Barry, you retell your story through a series of flashbacks, while you work odd jobs around New York and Barry's hive. There are various mini-games that need to be completed to continue the story. Gameplay includes controlling Barry on foot, in the air, and driving around town.Exclusive to the Wii version are 3 Bee speedway tracks, 4 additional maxi-games and 6 new competitive 2-player arcade games. |
| Lafuma Unlimit 2 | 2007-10-22 | F4 | F4 | Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | Lafuma Unlimit 2 is an online free skiing game developed by F4 for the sport company of the same name, Lafuma.There is a single yet quite large skiing mountain on which the player can do free ride between the checkpoints.The player competes against time limits, against other online players' scores and ghosts. A hall of fame shows the best players on the official web site.By doing acrobatic figures, the player will earn bonus point with which he can buy new items to customize his character (clothes), to move faster or more easily. Real clothes and sports equipment may also be won. |
| Let's Ride: Silver Buckle Stables | 2007-10-22 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Coresoft, Inc. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Back of Case - PlayStation 2 (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Ride the horse of your dreams!
Congratulations your're the owner of a new horse farm called Silver Buckle Stables! Choose your horse, pick out your riding outfits and even accessorise your horse with saddles, ribbons and more. The competitions are tough, but practice hard at the corral to perfect your riding technique and you'll make it to the Equestrian Center where you can show off your skills to win blue ribbons and buckles!
Create the horse of your dreams from hundreds of combinations of coats, manes, saddles, bridles, blankets and more!
Personalise your character by picking out your clothes, boots, hair color and hat.
Take a leisurely stroll through the fields, woods and streams of Silver Buckle Stables and play mini adventures!
Head to the practise corral to prepare you and your horse for your big barrel racing competition.
Rise from an unranked rider all the way to a AAA riding professional!
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| Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords | 2007-10-22 | D3Publisher Inc. | Infinite Interactive Pty. Ltd. | Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down, Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy, Medieval | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | As a citizen of the kingdom of Bartonia, it's your job to discover why the Undead have begun swarming all over the world of Etheria. In this RPG hybrid you'll be following the story of your character as they rid Etheria of the Undead scourge and save Bartonia, complete sidequests for extra money, experience, items and companions, craft your own weapons and armor, capture monsters for use as mounts or to learn their spells, and even lay siege to neighboring kingdoms in order to add them to your own empire. However, Puzzle Quest is an RPG with a twist. Everything is done (as the name implies) with puzzles.Everything in Puzzle Quest is done with puzzles. The puzzles themselves are similar to Bejeweled in execution, with a few slight variations used for things like item crafting and enemy capture.When fighting an enemy (which can range from zombies to orcs and even castle strongholds, each with their own special spells and abilities), you both take turns using the same board. The goal is to reduce your opponents hitpoints to zero, which can be done directly by linking up skulls in rows of three or more, or by using spells which require mana. To build up mana, just link three or more runes of the same color together, just like the skulls. Every time you gain mana, it's stored in your reserves until you use it (or are hit with a mana draining attack). Gold and experience are built up in the same way, using gold coins or purple experience orbs that occupy the same board and can be linked just like runes and skulls.The real strategy behind the game comes into play when you factor in elemental mastery (gaining extra mana when linking runes for a specific element), equipment (which can prevent damage, drain mana and more), spells (which can poison, drain mana, stun and so on) and linking up groups of four or more. The reason groups of four are important is that every time a row of four-of-a-kind is created, you get an extra turn. While it doesn't sound important, getting four runes in a row could possibly give you enough mana to cast an extremely powerful spell and give you the extra turn to cast it before your enemy can even move.There is also a direct action mode in which players can hone their skills against various opponents independent from the story mode, as well as wireless multi-card play where two players can square off using their own characters from the campaign mode. |
| Trainz Railwayz | 2007-10-22 | Merscom LLC | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Compilation, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Train | | | Everyone | | Windows | Trainz Railwayz is really three products in one package. You get two new games... Harlem Line Edition and Metropolis Edition and as a bonus a Vista compatible version of Trainz Railroad Simulator.The Harlem Line Edition is centered around the historical period when the New York Harlem line came about. You'll see historically accurate commuter and departmental operations that you would see from the early 80s to present day. There are 40 miles of NYC rail shown in the game.The Metropolis Edition focuses in on a modern city - Modula City, tramway. There are updated graphics that make it set apart from its Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 cousin.You can also jump in and be the engineer in Trainz Railroad Simulator. You can pick from a variety of different trains to control in different settings. As a yardmaster you manage your drivers in their daily tasks and make sure the trains get to their destinations at the right time. You can be a route builder and design your own routes. As an Operations Manager you set the industry production levels. |
| Age of Empires III: Gold Edition | 2007-10-23 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Gold Edition includes:
Age of Empires III (base game)
Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs (expansion pack) |
| Assault Heroes | 2007-10-23 | Sierra Online | Wanako Studios Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | | Teen | | Windows | Take to enemy territory in your heavily armored tank as you attempt to infiltrate an underground laboratory. Fight your way through waves of mechanical foes and infantry alike, and if the going gets too tough, team up with a friend. You can even hop out of your tank when you need to squeeze into tight spots to access secret areas!Assault Heroes is a top-down auto-scrolling shooter, similar to Commando. However, instead of merely tackling foes on foot, you've got a tricked-out tank at your disposal, complete with nukes, guns, flamethrowers, shotguns, and more - and don't forget that your weapons are fully upgradeable! If your tank takes too much damage, it will explode and you'll have to tough it out on foot while you wait for it to respawn. In addition, some sections can only be accessed on foot, and there are also underground bases to conquer. These are much tougher, as it's easier to die as a mere soldier than an armored tank. |
| Battlestar Galactica | 2007-10-23 | Sierra Online | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | As a pilot in the colonial fleet, your mission is simple: defeat the enemy Cylons who have destroyed billions of human lives, and defend the survivors of the colony. Battlestar Galactica is the last remaining Battlestar of the fleet and as the Cylons give chase across the galaxy, its fleet of Vipers, you included, have many missions to accomplish in order to maintain the ship and its fleet of transport vessels that follow in its wake ... the only reminders of a once glorious society.Based on the TV series, Battlestar Galactica features a full single player campaign wrapped within an arcade shooter. You'll have to defend the fleet from a multitude of Cylon raids using a number of craft from the Galactica universe including Vipers and Raptors. You'll also get a chance to fly the enemy Cylon Raiders during elements of the single player campaign, dog fighting enemy craft using a complete arsenal of light and heavy weapons. You can also take the action online in either deathmatch, team deathmatch and domination, where the aim is to destroy the base ship by controlling a number of turrets hidden among the battlefields. |
| Clive Barker's Jericho | 2007-10-23 | Codemasters | Mercury Steam Entertainment S.L. | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Bible tells us that God created Adam as an image of himself - that is not true. It is also not true that Adam was the first thinking being to walk upon the earth. In the beginning was the Firstborn. The Firstborn was a true image of God. Perfect to the core, a creature with no sex, neither dark nor light and both beautiful and terrible to behold. God feared his creation and left it unfinished, banishing it to the Abyss and created Adam instead with all his flaws.But the Firstborn had already touched the Earth. Leaving behind a taint so powerful that even God's expulsion couldn't keep it from breaking through into the mortal world to reclaim it's birthright. In a remote desert in the Middle East the Earth was wounded. Eon after eon the Firstborn continued to fester, breaking down the fabric of reality as human civilisation flourished around it.According to an ancient prophecy the Firstborn will successfully break through into the mortal world seven times. Bringing with it diseases, corruption and perversity until seven mystics come and sacrifice themselves to drive it back into the abyss. This has already happened six times. Now once again the ground under the city called Al-Khali trembles as the Firstborn enters the world one last time to either be defeated in a last battle or find eternal freedom.During the centuries every civilisation made sure that those seven mystics would stand ready to defeat the Firstborn and this hasn't changed. Known as the Jericho Squad they are now called to Al-Kahli. The city in which one travels further back in time as he ventures deeper into its heart until he reaches the beginning of all.The game is a pretty straight-forward First Person Shooter but every one of the seven members of the Jericho Squad has different abilities and uses different weapons. While Cpt. Devin Ross uses the Patrioteer (a combination of shotgun and assault rifle) and is besides Father Paul Rawlings the only member of the team that can heal wounded teammates, Sgt. Wilhelmina "Billie" Church is more of a samurai. She uses a Nodachi as a melee-weapon and a rapid-fire sub-machine gun in addition to Blood magic which allows her to summon either a Blood or a Fire Ward.Although your teammates do a pretty good job on their own, later on you have the ability to take over one of them and do whatever you want to do yourself. The squad is also divided into two teams which you can give the orders "Hold" or "Follow" which comes in handy if you position one team to cover your six and take the rest with you into the fight.The health system is somewhat similar to games like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas or Call of Duty. This means that there are no health packs scattered around. When you're hit you have to search for cover to regenerate. If you are hurt badly enough you'll go to the ground but as mentioned Ross and Rawlings can bring you back to life. The game only ends if you can't be healed fast enough or both Ross and Rawlings are dead.As the name suggests, Clive Barker, the maker of the Hellraiser movies, had great influence in the making of the whole game including art-direction and background story but Clive Barker's Jericho is not the successor to Clive Barker's Undying. |
| Culpa Innata | 2007-10-23 | Strategy First, Inc. | Momentum AS | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | The world is at peace in the year 2047. That peace did not come without a price, however. A disaster occurred and a new World Union (WU) was formed to take control. Many of the world's largest countries are now part of the WU, which manages most aspects of everyday life - even the rearing of human offspring. Everyone's daily lives are monitored by the WU. So, while the world is free from crime, sickness, famine and suffering, human emotions and privacies have been sacrificed for the greater good.There are still some regions of the world that have not yet merged into the WU. These Rogue States and Unexploitable sectors are immigrated under the supervision of the Global Peace and Security Network (GPSN).It is in the GPSN that Phoenix Wallis, the main character, is employed as a Peace Officer stationed in Adrianopolis, near the borders of Russia, a Rogue State. Phoenix and her partner, Julio, are assigned to investigate a rare occurrence - the murder of a Russian immigrant. As the story progresses, however, she discovers much more is going on - an underground force that could shatter the current utopia.This 3D, 3rd person adventure game combines science fiction fantasy with elements of mystery/crime investigation. There are many NPCs to talk with and futuristic locations to explore. Travelling around is handled simply by walking/running from place to place, and, later, zipping to visited areas using a map in Phoenix's PDA. Puzzles are of varied difficulty and type including those based on conversations, logic and the use of inventory items found. Gameplay is largely non-linear and unfolds over a series of days. An orchestrated sound track provides background and enhancement music. Control is completely point-and-click, and the player's success is graded with a points system that reveals itself at the end of the game.Turkish novelist Alev Alatli's series of books Schrödinger's Cat, written in 2000 and 2001, inspired Culpa Innata's storyline. |
| Painkiller: Overdose | 2007-10-23 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Mindware Studios s.r.o. | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The angel/demon cross Belial is a feared demon of Lucifer's army. Having now escaped one of the many prisons of Lucifer, he is out for revenge on those who framed him. As Belial, you must fight 40 types of enemies including huge bosses in purgatory - the land between heaven and hell. The levels feature horror-adjusted versions of familiar worldwide beings from mythology and history - gladiators, mummies and ninjas all become frightening foes.Painkiller: Overdose is a raw first-person shooter similar to the previous Painkiller games; you run and gun for your life using a devastating arsenal of six different weapons. Originally developed as a fan-made modification, the team was given funding to make it into a full, independent game. The weapons have both primary and secondary firing modes. You may also combine these two and get a third firing mode as well.Power-ups are again achieved via the Black Tarot cards, which set specific challenges and rewards for each level. The Demon Transform feature from the original also remains - it allows you to swallow the souls of your victims to use as charges for a smart-bomb effect. |
| Pipe World | 2007-10-23 | Impeller Head Games | Impeller Head Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Isometric | Windows | Pipe World is a puzzle game with isometric graphics, where the player has to construct pipelines going from water pumps to cities.In puzzle mode, the objective of each level is to connect the pump to the city using the few available tubes and joints laying around. The pipes can be picked up with the left mouse button, moved around the scenery to their correct place and deployed with the same button. The right mouse button rotates the normal pipes. A few of the pieces have special characteristics. Red pipes with a sign on top showing a crossed curved arrow can't be rotated. Some tubes have a giant arrow floating over them to indicate the only possible way for the water flow. Orange pipes are bolted to the ground and can't be moved or rotated. Others have a button on top that controls the water flow.In arcade mode, the screen shows several cities at one side of the field, and lots of water pumps at the opposite side, with the space between the two groups filled with random pipe pieces. The player has to click and turn the pieces, creating pipelines to make them disappear and deliver water to a set number of cities displayed at the top, within 60 seconds. Some tubes have coins floating over them, and give extra points when used. |
| Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008 | 2007-10-23 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | Everyone | | Windows | Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008 is the fourth installment in the soccer management series. It builds on the original concept while adding numerous new features.Tweaks and enhancements in this installment include a mini radar pitch appearing during tactical changes, a new advisor system, an improved notebook system, a revamped captain selection, and widescreen support. There is also a TV view, and players can hold press conferences before and after matches. Other additions include international management, the board and fan confidence system, the award system, the finance system and a new calender.The game also includes a transfer centre to track transfers; for the first time, players can choose a female manager. Both versions (PC and console) include online play. Game data is based on the 2008/09 football season featuring over 5,000 playable clubs from over 50 countries, and around 350,000 players and staff from around the world. |
| Discovering Nature: Exploring Adventures of Jane Pinkleport | 2007-10-25 | Ocean Media LLC | Ocean Media LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jane Pinkleport has learned that a virus is killing animals around the world. You, as her assistant, must help collect DNA from around the world to help cure this virus and, maybe, learn where it came from.Discovering Nature: Exploring Adventures of Jane Pinkleport is a match three game. To make matches, you place your mouse on an animal and press the button, drag the mouse from one to the other, creating a chain then release the mouse button. Two main puzzles you will have are match same and food chain. In match same, you go from one animal to another of the same type. In food chain, you go from the animal at the top of the food chain to the one it eats to the one at the bottom of the food chain. The object is to get the same two, and later three, animals in the golden box(es). When you have collected all the required DNA from those animals, you are off to the next puzzle. When all the test tubes at the bottom are filled, you move to a new area of the Earth.As you progress through the game, some creatures will try to hinder you. Early on, a golden monkey will splatter an animal with bananas. This animal will still drop if animals below it are matched but you will not be able to match with it while it is banana-covered. About the same time, you get a water pail power item. To retrieve the power item, make matches below it to move it to the bottom of the screen. You can then click on it then click a banana covered animal to wash off the bananas. Later, you will have a golden spider that will web an animal. Like a banana-covered animal, it will not be matchable. Unlike the bananas, the web will not let the animal drop when matches are made below it. To clear the webs, you will use the torch power item. If you cannot make any matches on the board, you can use the golden compass power item to shuffle everything, if you have collected it.At the end of each of the first two areas of the game, you enter a mini-game. In the mini-game, spiders are hanging above, occasionally dropping down. If they touch your cannon, the mini-game is ended. You must shoot them with the cannon until they are cleared. By the third area, you will sometimes have a locust plague. When they swarm, you must click any animals who became infected, shown as red static, and all other animals in the area to save them. You will not be able to click banana-covered or webbed animals. You can, however, click and collect any power items on the board. |
| OpenQuest | 2007-10-25 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | Windows | OpenQuest is a short, two-room AGS adventure game, mainly developed with full documentation to assist newcomers to work towards a professional game. The aliens Zob and Zif lands on earth to retrieve a powerful relic. They teleport themselves inside a building where the player, controlling Zob, needs to solve a few puzzles to retrieve the artifact. The game features only two screens, about 20 actions and a SCUMM-style interface entirely controlled through the mouse. |
| PES 2008: Pro Evolution Soccer | 2007-10-25 | Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH | Winning Eleven Productions | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | PES 2008 updates the clubs and players for the 2007/2008 season, this time including some never before featured clubs. Gameplay is updated in a way that goalkeepers won't be able to easily catch every ball, players will stumble on each other, slip and try to keep balance, be able to simulate fouls and hope they don't get caught by the referee, and so on. This time, the English League has imaginary emblems for unlicensed clubs such as Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and others, certain other clubs still remain with proper insignia. However, their player names and statistics are correct. The same can not be said about a large portion of national selections, which have players with correct statistics, but garbled names and more generic faces.Gameplay is somewhat easier and players won't kick ball so high when you hold the kicking button for too long, and dribbling is corrected and enhanced in comparison to the last game. Modes are as usual: League (English, Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch), Master League, Exhibition, Training, and Edit Mode.Fifty-nine music tracks are provided to assign to play on a specific part of the game (main menu, league menu, stats screen and so on). This is the first game in the series to appear on the PlayStation 3 platform. |
| Protoganda: Strings | 2007-10-25 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Protoganda: Strings is a fast-paced vertical shooter with a visual style somewhat inspired by old Soviet 8mm movies. Gameplay consists of sequences of boss fights, of which the order can be defined or randomized. Each enemy's vital part is represented by a red orb and the player's ship has a red orb as well. By shooting, the ship launches an unlimited stream of bullets that needs to damage the center orb to break off the cannons. Each enemy comes with different parts and bullet patterns. The game takes place against a fast-scrolling background and objects are represented by solid shapes of different colours. Games last as long as the timer does not run out, with a start time of 3 minutes. Additional time is earned by destroying enemies with bonuses for skipping units. Getting killed deducts 40 seconds of the timer. The current score and the high score is shown at all times.There are 2 main game modes. In Shield, the player can activate a defensive tool to repel bullets, and load a charging function for more damage. The Absorb mode borrows from Ikaruga, introducing a 2-color system. The player can change his ship's core to one of the available colors with a press of a button. Identical colors can be absorbed to receive extra time and build up a charge shot. The other colors need to be avoided. Both modes have an online high score table. The bosses' names are taken from a list of the 50 most common Russian family names. |
| Alan Hansen's Sports Challenge | 2007-10-26 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | Oxygen Interactive Studios Ltd. | Action | Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | Alan Hansen's Sports Challenge is a sports trivia game hosted by sports star Alan Hansen. |
| Cheggers Party Quiz | 2007-10-26 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | Oxygen Interactive Studios Ltd. | Strategy | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cheggers Party Quiz is a typical quiz game starring UK TV presenter Keith Chegwin. One playing round consists of eight questions (mostly about movies) and up to four players. Every time a question is asked the players are presented with four answer possibilities. If one of them thinks he knows the answer he buzzes in and selects the answer - if it is correct he receives money. Who has the most money at the end of the round wins. Between the questions Chegwin makes humorous remarks, |
| Escape from Paradise City | 2007-10-26 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | Sirius Games A/S | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Mature | | Windows | Paradise City is a cruel city ruled by a gangster-organisation more powerful than anything the NSA has seen before. Known as the Aeternitas-case all agents but the special agent Walther J. Kovacs refuse to take over the case of the mysterious disappearance of all the cops in the city. To find out who is behind all this he forces three individuals to work for him. Since each of them has a different task in solving the puzzle and operate in different parts of the city, the player only controls one of them at once. The three characters are very different.Nicolas "Nick" Porter is a former thief and was forced to choose between life in prison or working for the NSA. He's specialised in range combat and uses guns and machine-pistols. Angel Vargas is instead more into close combat and uses her fists, knives and bats. She got the job because she killed a cellmate that tried to kill her. The last of them is Boris Chekov. He's a corrupt cop that is used to command people around and only trusts pistols.Since the game is a mix of RPG and Strategy, you earn experience points for completing quests and killing thugs. Once you level up you gain attribute and skill points. With the attribute points you improve your mental and physical stats. The skill points are instead used to advance in the three different skill-trees "Marksmanship", "Tricks of the trade" and "Crowd control". Of course this isn't enough to deal with all those bad guys so you can also find and buy different kinds of items and weapons to give your character even more advantage.The strategy and managerial part of the game manifests itself in the fact that the maps are divided into districts. You conquer these districts by "persuading" the district boss. He will then tell all the shops that you are the new boss and the money flows in. But in a city with such a high crime rate, you can't leave a district alone while conquering another. You've to hire thugs that guard the district and defend it against enemy attacks.The four different kinds of thugs are range and melee fighters, medics and a scout which runs through the district and alarms the other when he sees an enemy inside the district. To make your guys more powerful you can buy some upgrades for them.The game also features two multiplayer-modes called "Assassination" and "Domination". While the goal in "Assassination" is to kill the enemy players a specified number of times, you need to conquer all districts on the map in the "Domination"-mode. |
| King of Clubs | 2007-10-26 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | Oxygen Interactive Studios Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | King of Clubs is a crazy golf game set in Big Bubba’s run down theme park in the middle of the Nevada desert. It features 96 holes, set in 5 different environment themes. Each environment theme has its own resident ‘Course Pro’ resplendent in suitably themed fancy dress costume.There are 4 single player modes (Career, Tournament, Speed Golf, Practice). As you progress through the game, you’ll unlock special balls and clubs which enable you to play different types of shots (e.g. chip clubs, swerve clubs, rubber balls, speed balls). Combinations of these balls and clubs then allow you to approach holes in different ways and attempt various trick shots to try and get a hole in one (which is possible on every hole).In multi-player, you can play against up to 3 friends. The multi-player game features specific pickups which can help you & hinder your opponents as well as a ‘distraction’ feature which allows non-active players to trigger sound effects & rumble the pad of the player currently taking a shot.The game also features a ‘Pro-Shop’ where buy various gadgets to customise various elements of the game such as the colour of your ball, its trail and even the sound effects it makes when you hit it. |
| Medieval II: Total War - Gold Edition | 2007-10-26 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Medieval II: Total War (base game)
Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms (add-on) |
| Monty on the Norm | 2007-10-26 | | | Adventure | Side view | Fangame | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Monty Mole is on the run from Intermole. The underground road led him to the town square of Reality-on-the-Norm. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Monty seal up the pit from which he emerged in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Pippa Funnell: Secrets of the Ranch | 2007-10-26 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Lexis Numérique SA | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Back of Case - Windows (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)A NEW ADVENTURE BEGINS!
The ranch owner has mysteriously disappeared!
Settle into ranch life, make new friends and take care of all the horses. Will you discover the secrets of the ranch?(screenshots captions)Experience the freedom in your adventures: your choices will affect the story.Take care of the ranch horses and lead their training.Compete in events such as cross country, jumping and racing.Raise your own foal: each foal is unique!
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| I Love Kittens! | 2007-10-27 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | cerasus.media GmbH | Action, Puzzle, Simulation | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | I Love Kittens! is a package of 22 feline mini-games ranging from traditional cat show fair to more outlandish games where you will sail kittens down rivers on logs.The games are grouped in three categories: Training, Care, Fun and Games. Each of these indicates what the themes of the included games will be. 'Training' denotes obstacle jumping and obedience type games. 'Care' covers those games that involve feeding and grooming the kittens. The final category 'Fun and Games' indicates such things as kitty pong, cats flying kites, and generally more unrealistic situations.Another section exists called the 'Treasure Chest'. In this section you'll be able to unlock special printable images of cats based on your scores in the games.The game features the voice of a perky girl to give game instructions and soothe you when loose. The cats included are: "Orange tabby, charcoal grey, black & white or grey tabby..."
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| Knytt Experiment | 2007-10-27 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | As a continuation of the previous Knytt games, Knytt Experiment was originally conceived as a large universe that kept expanding as people built new elements of the world based on the gameplay of the previous games. Instead, the developer eventually abandoned the project and turned it into co-lab environmental world creation project with no real goal or challenge.Players guide little Knytt through different areas, all created by different users. Knytt can be moved around, climb walls and use a balloon to float to higher areas. Other functions have been removed. Sometimes coins can be collected, but these serve no purpose. Instead, the focus is on exploring the environment and accessing new areas.Each side-scrolling screen, created by a different user, ends up in a different database: Normal, Experimental or Other Levels, to make sure a similar quality is maintained for each of the 3 sections. Players can refresh the world map to update it with newly-submitted areas. |
| Disney•Pixar Cars: Mater-National Championship | 2007-10-29 | THQ Inc. | Rainbow Studios, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Cars: Mater-National is a game adaptation of the animated feature film Cars. It features 13 characters in total, 3 areas and the following modes:Profile: Here you can check/load any of the existing profiles and see how many points you have, the races you have won and the completion percentage you have achieved.
Bonus Content: Bonus Content has two options – Characters and Art. In the 1st option you can use the points you have earned to unlock new cars or buy new colours for the ones you already have. The 2nd option allows you to unlock art from the cars, tracks etc. again in exchange for points.
Story Mode: You play as Lightning McQueen in the world of Radiator Springs, Ornament Valley and Tailfin Pass. While there, you can just look around, talk with other cars or enter races to earn points that can be expend to unlock new characters and other staff in the Bonus Content section and Bolt Banners that are needed to unlock more areas. Each time you enter a race/mini-game you’ll see a cutscene of Lightning and the cars that will compete (races only) and if you win, these races/mini-games will become available in Arcade mode. Also by winning races new events will be unlocked in Story Mode.
Arcade: Arcade mode has two options as well. Race and Minigame. The 1st option will enable you to choose one of the available cars and race in any of the tracks that you have unlocked in Story Mode. In the 2nd option you can play mini-games such as hitting the buttons that appear on the screen at the right time, trying to finish a race before running out of fuels, playing tag with another car, etc.
Versus: This mode allows you to compete against another human player. |
| FIFA Manager 08 | 2007-10-29 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Bright Future GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | FIFA Manager 08 allows the player to take control of a football team. The player has almost the complete club in his control, including the ability to design and build a stadium for the team, invest money into facilities or set the price of tickets. The player can choose his level of commitment in the club, and for instance decide only to manage the first team.The game builds on the previous version, keeping a similar user interface. The player can pick between a 3D engine or a text-based commentary to view matches. As its predecessors, it offers real player names (although the names of international competitions are fictional). Bright Future attempted to make the transfers more realistic than in the previous versions, with more in-depth negotiations with other clubs. The scouting system has also been improved, and now the player can learn how to sail, with the hope that one day his sailing skills might allow him to convince his president to increase his budget by taking him on a trip. |
| Sunset Runner | 2007-10-29 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sunset Runner is an obstacle game created for the gamma 256 competition (Kokoromi/Montreal International Game Summit/Society for Arts). The player controls a character who has to save his best friend before he is run over by a train. While running forward, the distance meter constantly counting down, players need to duck or jump quickly to avoid obstacles. Reach the front of the train before the distance meter reaches zero to save the friend.Rules required the game's resolution not to exceed 256x256 pixels maximum, it had to run on Windows XP and be playable with an Xbox 360 controller. The theme for the competition was "unusual aspect ratios". |
| The Command & Conquer Saga | 2007-10-29 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This release comes with all 12 games from Command & Conquer: The First Decade plus Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. In total, the games included are: Command & Conquer (Special Gold Edition)
Command & Conquer: The Covert Operations
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge
Command & Conquer: Renegade
Command & Conquer: Generals
Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero:Hour
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
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| Barbie as the Island Princess | 2007-10-30 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Ivolgamus UAB | Action | | Licensed | | Mini-games, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Barbie as the Island Princess is a game based on the direct-to-video computer animated film of the same name staring the American toy doll Barbie.
Rosella has been shipwrecked on an tropical island and is raised by a baby elephant, peacock and red panda. One day prince Antonio happens to come across the tropical island and Rosella soon learns she is actually the princess Barbie.In the game the player can play as Barbie, Antonio or five other characters from the film. The game offers a total of twenty-eight mini games to compete in and features footage from the movie. |
| Die Drei ???: Goldedition I | 2007-10-30 | United Soft Media Verlag GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the first three episodes of Die Drei ??? games:
Die drei ???: Bomben in Rocky Beach
Die drei ???: Das Geheimnis des Magiers
Die Drei ???: Gespensterjagd |
| SEGA Rally Revo | 2007-10-30 | SEGA of America, Inc. | SEGA Racing Studio | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | The return of the legendary arcade racer to PS3, 360 and PC, developed by the newly formed SEGA Racing Studio Team. The game contains a host of new and old rally cars, as well as concept vehicles. Handling is loose and arcade-oriented, and the setup options are not as detailed as those in DiRT. There are fifteen circuits across 5 terrain types - safari, alpine, tropical, canyon and arctic. As such, you must drive through snow, sleet, sand, mud, water and gravel. Track deformation technology ensures that no 2 laps are ever the same, as grooves are impacted into the ground and snow is moved off the primary racing line.Game modes include Quick Race, Championship, Time Attack and Online multiplayer. Time Attack allows plays to set their best times and upload them to 360 Live or PSN. Similarly, players can download other individuals ghosts and try to beat them. Online multiplayer caters for online battles between up to 6 players. |
| The Witcher | 2007-10-30 | Atari, Inc. | CD Projekt RED Sp. z o.o. | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | Licensed, Regional differences | Adult | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Based on the books by the Polish fantasy author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher is an addition to the RPG genre from Europe, starring the main character from the books - Geralt of Rivia, who is a "witcher" - a professional monster-slayer.The story begins when Geralt is found unconscious by his fellow witchers. He has lost most of his memories of the past, and joins other witchers when their fortress, Kaer Morhen, is attacked by members of a mysterious organization known as the Salamandra. Most of the enemies are defeated by the witchers, but the two most dangerous ones - a criminal nicknamed "Professor" and the sorcerer Azar Javed - escape after having gained access to the witchers' laboratories. The witchers part ways, and Geralt heads to the capital city Vizima, hoping to find more information about the assailants.The Witcher is a dark game with a dark world. War, murder, poverty, genocide, discrimination, torture, fanaticism - are just a few words that describe this setting. This is the world that the humans try to rule, and non-humans like elves and dwarves are subjected to suspicion and sometimes cruel treatment. Will Geralt be a victim to a few sentimental moments of kindness, or will he survive as a cynical bitter murderer? These are the choices that you'll have to make.Using a heavily modified engine of Neverwinter Nights, the game implements an original combat system, which requires the player to click on the enemy at the right moment in order to help Geralt execute combo attacks. In order to defeat the enemies efficiently, the player must observe the movements of the combatants, and choose the right combat style: "quick", which is recommended to use against fast enemies, "heavy", with lower precision, but more damage output, and "group", which is effective when Geralt is surrounded. In addition, Geralt often has to switch between his two basic weapons: the steel sword, which is used against regular enemies, and the silver sword, which is more helpful against supernatural creatures.Character growth is handled by allocating experience points into skills, teaching Geralt fighting styles as well as learning and improving his abilities. Alchemy is a skill that Geralt learns, allowing him to create his own potions, for healing purposes as well as for enhancing his witcher senses. Geralt can also learn and cast offensive and defensive magical spells.The Witcher requires the player to make ethical decisions for Geralt, which often have "delayed consequences" - for example, sparing a character's life early in the game will eventually trigger a scene much later, in which said character appears and helps Geralt in return for his kindness. As the game's plot advances, the player learns more about the social and political life of its world, and is able to choose his/her own path and alliances to different organizations and ideologies. |
| TimeShift | 2007-10-30 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Saber Interactive, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | In the nearby future scientists develop a so-called Quantum suit that allows the carrier to travel through time. Two prototypes called Alpha and Betasuit are ready for testing when Aiden Krone enters the lab, steals the Alphasuit and makes a time-jump before he blows up the building. Luckily you were there and had the chance to jump into the Betasuit and activate the time travel before the building was destroyed. But it took the suit a second too long to jump so the explosion hit it and your jump didn't go as planned. When you wake up in an alley in the future you quickly realize that Krone has already declared himself leader of the world and transformed it into a totalitarian state with him as the dictator. Shortly after waking up, you are found by some rebels and you join their task in order to stop Krone and fix the timeline since your suit was too badly damaged by the blast.Fight your way through hordes of enemies with futuristic, but also conventional weapons like pistols or shotguns. Your suit isn't rendered totally useless. It still allows you to slow down, rewind and forward time for a short period. This not only allows you to overcome obstacles like fire but you can also trick your enemies. Players can slow down the time and then steal the weapon out of the hand of an enemy - if he hasn't a too strong grip on it. This feature is also used for small time-related puzzles. There are notable differences with the time manipulation element from the Prince of Persia series. Manipulating the time won't affect yourself and when you are too badly wounded and die, you can't just rewind. You remain dead and have to reload. The game also doesn't feature medipacks. Instead the hero just needs to rest for a second if he is wounded and will then be fully healed again.Manipulating time is also part of the multiplayer-experience. Besides the normal game-modes Deathmatch, Team-Deathmatch, One-on-One and Capture the flag, the game also features King of Time and Meltdown Madness.In King of Time there's a Time Sphere in the center of the map which makes you impervious to all time effects. To win the game you need to rack up kills while you have the item. Meltdown Madness instead requires of you to throw Chrono Grenades at the opposing team's machine to prevent it from functioning. Once a machine of a team has completed his countdown, that team wins.The Chrono Grenades are also part of all the other game modes in addition to the Time Shield and the Time Resistance power-up. While the Chrono Grenades come in the three flavors and slow down, forward or rewind time in the area of the blast. The Time Shield not only makes you immune to time manipulation but also slows down every foreign object in a specific area which is good for dodging enemy fire. The Time Resistance power-up grants immunity against all time effects for a short period of time. |
| World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets | 2007-10-30 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Left Field Productions, Inc. | Gambling, Strategy | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Players are invited to the 2008 World Series of Poker not only to win championship bracelets and the famous $10000 Main Event, but also to obtain the coveted title of Player of the Year. Poker star Phil Hellmuth headlines this game along with 32 other famous pros including Mike Matusow, Johnny Chan, Chris Ferguson, Annie Duke and Clonie Gowen. Also, Lon McEachern and Norman Chad return once again to provide their commentary.Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Seven Card Stud, and Razz are featured in all World Series of Poker events, including the cash games. This game also features a custom Create-a-Player, interactive tutorials by Phil Hellmuth, and the ability to play online against other players. |
| World of WarCraft: Battle Chest | 2007-10-30 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Battle Chest compilation includes:
World of Warcraft (base game)
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (expansion pack)
World of Warcraft strategy guide
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade strategy guide |
| Hellgate: London | 2007-10-31 | Namco Bandai Games America Inc. | Flagship Studios, Ping0, LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Action RPG, Hack and slash, Shooter | Europe, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | It's the year 2038 and London lies in ruins. The nearby Hellgate has turned the sky gray and it's presence dominates the horizon. The Invasion eradicated the powerful nations of man and the decades-long process called The Burn has begun which alters and assimilates our world to make it feel more like home for the demons that now roam the streets of the destroyed city. The last surviving members of mankind are hiding in the shadows deep down in the former train stations of the city and do what they can to fight back and perhaps even stop the madness.The game is an Action-RPG very similar to Diablo II. At the beginning you choose one of the three available factions called "The Templar", "The Cabalists" and "The Hunters". Each faction also features two different classes. For example the Templar use swords and fight face to face with the demon hordes but you can choose if you want to be a Templar Guardian or a Templar Blademaster. While the Guardian is more of a tank which uses his sword and shield to go deep into the crowd and increases his effectiveness when he's surrounded by demons, the Blademaster wields two swords at once and tries to kill his enemies as fast as possible.The choice of your character also changes the way you will play the game. While it is better for a melee-character to see his surroundings and so playing from a 3rd-person view, the classes that use guns are better off in the 1st-person view because they need to aim right at an enemy to really hit him. Of course you can change the view at any given time.What remains the same for all the characters is the core gameplay. You kill monsters, fulfill quests to level up your character and get the precious talent points you then invest in your attributes and the big skill tree to unlock new abilities or make you stronger. On your way you'll also find many items like armor or weapons. Although most of the stuff is limited to specific class, you can always dismantle an item in the hope of getting crafting material out of it. If you have enough material you then can upgrade your gear at the train stations.Although Hellgate: London has a single player-component, the main focus of the game lies on the multiplayer-mode which comes in two flavors: free of costs and a monthly subscription-based premium access. The premium model grants you access to additional content and other benefits like an additional Hardcore Mode (when the character dies, the character stays dead forever) or more inventory storage space. But both player types are on the same servers and can play together. |
| Hellgate: London (Collector's Edition) | 2007-10-31 | Namco Bandai Games America Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
Hellgate: London
Map poster
A Darkhorse Hellgate: London graphic novel
Bonus DVD with making-of and official soundtrack
Exclusive in-game pet "Mantawraith" |
| Pirates of the Caribbean Online | 2007-10-31 | Disney Online | | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | Naval / watercraft | | Persistent | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Pirates of The Caribbean Online is an MMORPG adaptation of the popular movie and game series of the same name. This game goes where no other has gone before and allows you to create and customize your very own pirate who can adventure and start their own crews from all the other online players in order to conquer the seas. After being released from prison at the start by the infamous main protagonist "Captain" Jack Sparrow, he explains to the player that his beloved 18th century Caribbean world is under threat by a dangerous legion of undead pirates led by a new villain simply known as Jolly Roger. The player encounters Roger for the first time after they have been given their own sea chest, which contains all the useful items needed for the journey. Roger lets the player live and serve as a warning to Sparrow, who instead makes them walk the plank. Who knows what tricks this new and sinister villain is up to?After the player swims to Port Royal (you don't control this part), this is where the game officially starts off. This new area gives the player their first contact with other players and NPC's, friend or foe. This is also where you get your own ship to which will be very important for exploring the many places from the movies that you were never able to see before.
Aside from Jack Sparrow and Will, there are also many other recognizable characters from the series, such as the noble Elizabeth Swann and Jack's previous nemesis: Barbossa. They will help you greatly in your main quest to stop Jolly Roger and his minions once and for all!Players who have the free "Basic Access" only have a limited number of weapons and skills to use. However, by using a monthly-paid subscription, players gain "Unlimited Access", which allows for the full usage of features and character advancement beyond the limits of "Basic Access". Players with Unlimited Access can explore the entire world and reach a current maximum level of 50.The game plays like a lot of other MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft, where the main point of the game is to finish different quests, socialize with all the different people in or out of your guild (or in this case your crew) to raid and plunder the huge range of dangerous dungeons and towns. As a pirate, the choice is all yours in this game. |
| Val'Gor: Dark Lord of Magic | 2007-10-31 | Big Fish Games, Inc | "SoWhat!" s.r.o. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Word construction | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The evil sorcerer Val'Gor plans to use his dark powers to change and conquer the world, introducing small and subtle changes to it until everything is under his control. His magic tome falls in the capable hands of a good-natured magician, that starts to use it to revert all the harm done by his evil-minded colleague, decreasing Val'Gor's influence with each fix.Val'Gor: Dark Lord of Magic is a spot-the-differences game, where most of the time the player has to find all the divergences between two similar photographic images. The game is divided in thirteen chapters, shown as pages of the book, each with eight pairs of pictures to be solved in any order within a time limit. When time runs out, the player gets another chance by completing a word search challenge to win some extra minutes. If the player fails again, the chapter is reset and all the pictures have to be completed from the start.The game gives extra time and bonus points when finding several changes consecutively. If the player finds three changes at the start of one of the pictures, the game awards an extra hint and bonus points. The hint coins at the bottom of the screen circle automatically one of the changes when clicked. Some areas randomly glint to indicate the existence of a nearby difference. At the end of each chapter, a bonus matching game has to be completed where the player must click on pairs of identical objects.Some pictures have other challenges, where one of the photos has to be reassembled from jumbled square pieces before starting to look for the differences. Randomly, Val'Gor appears to make most of the screen dim with a spell, leaving only a small roaming spotlight to be used to find all the differences. |
| Ao Oni | 2007-11-01 | | | Action | Diagonal-down | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Ao Oni is a free Japanese RPG Maker horror game. The protagonist is a teenage boy named Hiroshi who is trapped in a haunted mansion with his friends. In order to escape, the player must explore, solve puzzles, and avoid the pursuit of the monstrous titular Oni. During these pursuits, the player may only run or hide from the Oni: Fighting it is not an option. |
| Bloody Zombies | 2007-11-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action | | | Horror | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Taking its cue from a notorious scene courtesy of director Peter Jackson's zombie splatterfest Dead Alive, this game puts the player in control of a man striving to collect keys and progress through levels by exploiting a radical new gameplay mechanism -- releasing some gory red fluid contained under high pressure in shambling zombies with the assistance of a lawn mower, then maneuvering through the slurry (sometimes with propulsion assistance from the mower blades) to gain access to higher platforms and, eventually, the missing Barbara. |
| Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition | 2007-11-01 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft SRL | Educational, Puzzle, Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Chess | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | The newest iteration in the Chessmaster series features an extensive Chess-tutorial by Chess Master Josh Waitzkin. Based on his book "The Art of Learning" and accompanied by the comments of Chess Grandmaster Larry Christiansen, beginners as well as advanced players can learn and perfect their skills in several dozens training sessions with extensive examples and explanations. The game also includes 900 famous chess plays to show off the skills of the masters and what lead to their victory.To test their own skills, the player can choose to play against several AI opponents that greatly differ in skill and used tactics or go online and play in ranked matches, tournaments and others. After each match, the player can also choose to let the AI analyze the past match to show the bad and good moves of the play. By winning ranked plays, the player can also unlock new 2D and 3D chess sets, including a 3D chess set featuring the rabbits from Rayman Raving Rabbids. If the player doesn't want to play a full match, they can also try to solve the several hundred chess puzzles available.Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition also features several mini-games like "Pathfinder", which is kind of a Nibbles-clone with chess pieces, or "Fork My Fruit" in which the player uses the chess pieces and their corresponding moves to capture two or more fruits on the board at the same time to earn points. |
| Chromatron 1, 2, 3, 4: The Complete Collection | 2007-11-01 | Silver Spaceship Software | Silver Spaceship Software | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection features all four Chromatron games, which are:
Chromatron
Chromatron 2
Chromatron 3: Geometry
Chromatron 4: Less is Not More |
| Flikken Game 2: Moord in Hotel Ganda | 2007-11-01 | Transposia | PAN Vision Studio AB | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The second Flikken game, based on the Belgian TV series of the same name, has completely different gameplay. While the first game was an adaptation of a 3D driving simulator environment to the universe of the series, the second game is an interactive murder mystery presented as an adventure. It is a reworking of the game Dollar written by Swedish detective fiction writer Liza Marklund, with minor changes.Elisabeth Heel is the young heir of the business concern Beelen & Sonck. She is found dead in a room in Hotel Ganda in the city of Ghent, Belgium. Players take control of the police detectives to solve this single murder. They need to search the place for clues, examine evidence and interrogate possible suspects. The story takes the place to different locations in the city and a journalist and colleagues provide hints and tips while playing. The investigation runs five days. Evidence can be classified based on its origin (emotional, hearing, physical items) and players can assign a priority to it, influencing the processing rate and the importance.From the police desk players can use a phone to call people, watch a reconstruction on tape, consult a city map and watch a board where the relationships between different suspects are shown. The computer contains files about the suspects and can also be used to receive e-mail. Clues discovered during interrogations can be used to rule out suspects or start new leads. When a suspect becomes upset during an interrogation because some questions are too direct or blunt, his heart rate will increase. In that case, the session needs to be stopped and is continued another day.The story stays close to the original Swedish game. The only changes are the title, 3D models of the series' actors, the game's events have been relocated to Ghent, Belgium (including a map and photographs of landmarks) and everything has been translated to Dutch. |
| Hero's Puzzle Path | 2007-11-01 | KATWorks Games, LLC | KATWorks Games, LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Hero's Puzzle Path is an original take on the 2D puzzle/action genre. Its standard game type spans 70 levels and has a player helping the hero make a safe path from his home tile to the enemy beastie's tile by matching tile colors end to end that might remind someone of dominoes. Success is based on using three tools that flip a tile, change a tile's colors, or destroys a hostile trick or trap the springs open to stop progression. Use the three spells alone to start, but with experience a person will see how they can be rapidly combined together for complex solutions if the outcome is imagined a few steps ahead. This will be critical for success as boards become more difficult with less time, longer paths, and more traps.The game starts simple, but gets tricky as paths split and turn on themselves and more and more tiles are introduced. The puzzle-aspect activates the mind trying to make a good path from end to end so that spells travel further because you want to reach the enemy beastie before time runs out. Time pressures and sudden enemy attacks make players move quickly to respond.Unlock three additional game types:
Dominate - a 1 versus 1 against the CPU for ownership of a 15 custom-built boards;
Frenzy - a survival game where lasting longer earns points on a randomly created board, and
Builder where random board pieces pop up demanding clever use of them while building a working path from beginning to end. |
| Luxor 3 | 2007-11-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Luxor 3 is the sequel of Luxor 2, a marble shooter game. The player controls a winged scarab at the bottom of the screen. The goal is to avoid that spheres popping in a determined path hit the pyramid. The spheres have different colors used to build up chains that will destroy them. This is done by launching the sphere on the winged scarab.The storyline features a young dead pharaoh, who cannot ascend to the afterlife until his pyramid is complete. His ka (spirit) must help the gods defend against evil deity Set's minions, bent on stealing their essences.Luxor 3 contains over 150 levels and seven gameplay modes. |
| Mondrian Provoked | 2007-11-01 | | | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | On a playfield analogous to playing two perpendicular rounds of Frogger superimposed upon each other, this game sets before the player the task of successfully navigating a small lump through a perpetually moving maze of overlapping rectangular obstacles reminiscent of the geometrical compositions of Dutch abstract painter Piet Mondrian. These movements are crudely controlled by mouse movements, often resulting in the avatar getting pushed around by larger rectangles. Should it get pinned between rectangles or a rectangle and an outside border of the playfield, the avatar explodes (in an aesthetically pleasing abstract art fashion) and is sent back to the start of the map. |
| Passage | 2007-11-01 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Romance | | Contemporary | | Direct control | Meditative / Zen | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Passage is an experimental game/art/discussion piece. A large part of the appeal is in discovering exactly what it's about and what it might mean to you.Briefly, though, it is a representation of the journey through life. Each game lasts five minutes, during which your character will grow older and finally die. It's up to you how you spend those five minutes. You can explore the endlessly scrolling gameworld alone, or with a partner. You can take an easy route (thereby getting 'further' but perhaps missing out on things along the way) or a less secure option; venturing deep into a maze of tunnels, in the hope of finding treasure. You have a score, which is affected in various ways by the choices you make, but the way you play is entirely up to you. |
| Strip4 | 2007-11-01 | Uplay-Istrip | Uplay-Istrip | Strategy | | | Adult | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | The aim of the game is to align four balls before your opponent does. The game is made with an interactive video of your opponent. She plays her chips, smiles when she wins or does sexy gestures to distract you. If you win, she takes off an item of clothing. All the game is made with videos. To play, you just have to click on the connect 4 board right on the video. |
| Supreme Commander: Gold Edition | 2007-11-01 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The Gold Edition includes:
Supreme Commander
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance |
| The Kiss Incorporator | 2007-11-01 | Tale of Tales BVBA | Tale of Tales BVBA | Simulation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Kiss Incorporator lets the player move freely in a psychedelic environment made up out of body scans of the two developers kissing. There is no clear goal, but the game is meant to be played with two joysticks moved together used to make the camera go forward, backward, left or right. Turning up and down is done by moving one joystick forward and the back, and rotating is done the same way based on left and right. The trigger is used to accelerate and other buttons can be used for different positions. It is possible to show a map of the body to determine the position. The game can also be controlled using a keyboard a mouse. It was originally created for the Korea Web Art Festival in 2001 and remade in 2007 for the Nano Nu exhibition. |
| The Office | 2007-11-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Action, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Based on the TV show of the same name, The Office puts you into a competition against your rivals for the reward of one month's paid vacation. In each level, you will be assisting other employees with whatever needs doing, whether that be handing them a colored folder, or deliveries. Every task you complete earns you points; earn enough points before your rival for the level does, and you win. The addition of pranks allow you to handicap an annoying rival, and the presence of achievements and expert rankings gives you more reasons to excel.The office complex is shown in a slightly tilted top-down perspective. Each employee is displayed as a bobble-head doll. |
| Video Strip Poker | 2007-11-01 | Uplay-Istrip | Uplay-Istrip | Gambling, Strategy | | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | A strip poker game (Texas Hold'em) with interactive videos. You challenge four players at the same time. The girls bet, fold, call, smile when they win or do sexy gestures to distract you. They play according to their hands and to other players' behaviours. They can bluff but probabilities are respected. And of course, when losing, a girl puts off an item of clothing. All the game is made with videos. The player points and clicks on his interface to raise, call or fold. |
| Witch! | 2007-11-01 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | A witch Esmerilda Cragglerock decides to open up a new store in Reality-on-the-Norm, but she is out of money. Walking around the night town, collecting the items, and talking to Reality-on-the-Norm's inhabitants, the player should help Esmeralda in achieving this goal in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals | 2007-11-01 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals is a sequel to Zoo Vet. As a member of the Earth Rescue Team (ERT), your mission is to save the wildlife on a beautiful island that has been threatened by pollution. There are penguins and pandas; elephants and eagles; lions, tigers and bears; and even a crocodile for good measure. The game casts you as a new animal doctor recruited to practice veterinary medicine in a diverse nature preserve filled with exotic endangered creatures, with no normal household dogs or cats in sight. Every time you treat an animal, you'll be in store for an experience more similar to something you'd see on the Discovery Channel than anything you'd find in your local pet store. |
| Championship Manager 2008 | 2007-11-02 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Beautiful Game Studios | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Championship Manager 2008 is the 08/09 season iteration of Championship Manager. Again players take the role of a football club manager and perform tasks like taking charge of tactics, training, signing new players, negotiating contracts, etc. Naturally player rosters and statistics have been updated to match the new season. 25% more players are included in the game in comparison with the previous version. With the Australia League added, the number of playable nations has increased to 27. Like in its predecessor, players can view statistics of the matches in the ProZone tool which offers detailed analytical information.The interface of the game has been completely revamped. During matches, you can select various overlays which show useful information such as how the opponent is changing strategy and the stats of certain players. Pop-up pointers provide feedback on selected items throughout the entire interface.Negotiations for transfers have been improved allowing for more flexibility and more detailed haggling. |
| Crash Time | 2007-11-02 | RTL Games GmbH | Synetic GmbH | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Crash Time is an action-oriented racing game based on the German TV series Alarm für Cobra 11. The main characters are the Semir Gerkhan and Chris Ritter, known from the series, and a novice policemen. Which one the player controls depends on the mission.The campaign consists of 8 cases which are divided into several sections and are arranged in a linear way. The eight case has to be unlocked by beating most of the others in the highest difficulty. The goals of the sections are varying, mostly the player has to win a race or stopping a criminal by crashing his car or thwarting him. Other goals are checkpoint races or tailing somebody. The story is told voiced texts between the sections or in voiceovers during the missions. If the player fails a section he can try it again instantly but he has to solve the whole case in one sitting.Most sections have additional goals which the player needs to fulfill, e.g. a time or damage limit. These restrictions change with the difficulty level which can be selected before each case.
After every solved case the player unlocks new cars and courses for the single races and multiplayer mode. These don't represent the playing modes of the campaign but are always regular races. |
| Mein Beautyhotel für Tiere | 2007-11-02 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Exozet Games GmbH | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This game deals with the new topic "luxury for pets" in which players run a resort for animals.The players can work with the pet's hair style, dress them up, and spoil the customer's beloved cats and dogs with luxury products.The services offered include dressing pets in cute little cardigans matching those of their owners, water gymnastics for pets and even acupuncture. The little darlings will be spoiled and get everything they (or their owners) have ever dreamed of.Furthermore, stressed out owners can leave their animals at the "pet beauty hotel" for some time, knowing that they will be in professional hands during their absence.The pet owners come automatically to the resort and the player must care for the pets and fulfill the wishes of the owners. If they are happy with what they receive, more and more clients will come. The more money earned, the more the resort can be expanded. |
| Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa | 2007-11-02 | NCsoft - North America | NCsoft Austin | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | It appeared out of nowhere. Life was normal on Earth when a big shadow appeared on the sky and blocked the sun. Soon after small pieces broke off and flew down on the planet - drop ships carrying thousands upon thousands of soldiers. When they unloaded their content, hell broke loose. The invasion started right away and without mercy the Bane and Thrax-troops mowed through every living thing. Once humanity learned that those aliens wouldn't even take prisoners, resistance began to form and the enemy was driven back into the orbit.But it was no victory for planet Earth. Realizing that they couldn't overcome the resistance, the Bane set their ultimate weapon in motion: the shardship. Slowly moving towards earth it's mission was simply to crash on the surface and unleash it's deadly biological innards.Unable to stop the ship, a top-secret organization began to evacuate the best of the surviving rest through wormholes created and hidden on Earth by unknown forces. But instead of fleeing to safety, the survivors joined other aliens in the fight against the Bane directly at the front line. Meanwhile Earth's fate is unknown but it is presumed that it doesn't exist anymore in the way we knew it.After you've created a character you join the AFS and enter the game. When you create a character you can't select a class. Instead at the levels 5, 15 and 30 you need to choose between one of the available career paths. Each career paths gives you access to different abilities. At level 5 you can for example choose between being a soldier or a specialist. While the soldier can learn to use machine guns, the specialist acquires the knowledge to use tools like Healing Discs or Field Repair Tools. You get the points you need to unlock these new abilities at each level up including some points you can allocate into your basic attributes body, mind and spirit.Also the decision of your career path is final for your character, you can use clone credits to make an exact copy of yourself at any time (preferably before you choose the next path). This copy will share the same last name as you and will also share the same allocation of attribute points up to this point but will loose all equipment. This way you can try out every possible path without going through all the hassle of leveling up to that point again.There's another catch in the whole unlocking skills-mechanic. For some skills it isn't enough to just invest points but you also need to find the corresponding logo shrine which are scattered all over the land. Once you touch them, they'll transfer the knowledge directly to you and from that moment on you are free to use every skill that is associated with that logo.The combat system is slightly also different from games like World of Warcraft. To hit an enemy you need to keep him in the focus or lock onto him and then shoot while keeping him in your sight. Depending on your current state (if you move, crouch or something like that), the distance to your target and the weapon you chose to attack with, you'll make more or less damage. The enemies are also particular vulnerable to different kinds of ammunition which you have to buy in the camps. Weapons like the shotgun also have spread damage which is of a good use when fighting a group of enemies.The combat also features a few tricks like melee combat and finishing moves. If you made a serious amount of damage to a target it won't just fall down and die. It'll remain standing for a few seconds and allow you to make a finishing move. If the move was successful or you killed many enemies in a short order, you'll gain a temporary experience boost.As in Ultima Online, Richard Garriott is represented by his very own unique character in the game. He's known as General British and acts as the leader of the AFS-forces. |
| Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa (Limited Collector's Edition) | 2007-11-02 | NCsoft - North America | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This limited collector's edition includes:
Limited Collector's Edition DVD case with Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa installation DVD and behind-the-scenes DVD-ROM (with videos detailing the "making of" the game).
AFS Security Credentials pocketed booklet with a security card (with the serial code printed on it), dog tags and collectible "Challenge" coin
AFS Memo from "General British"
AFS "Black Ops" propaganda poster
128-page AFS Field Guide (an expanded double-size version of the original game manual)
AFS "classified" envelope with pull-out map cards of each continent/major zone
Quick reference card
NCsoft 2007-08 product catalog
NCsoft trial code booklet
PlaySmart tip sheet
Exclusive in-game items: "Boo Bot" pet, Logos character emotes and limited dye recipes for unique armor colors |
| Riding Star 3 | 2007-11-02 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Riding Star 3 is the third installment in the Riding Star Series of horse riding sims.In Riding Star 3 the player has to customize his own avatar and horse. To improve the horse's stats in stamina, jumping and trust, the player needs to practice with the horse in different training stages and nurse the horse in the stable area. Each tournament requires a certain horse level, so the player must keep his attention to the horse’s stats through the whole game. The tournaments consist of the challenges dressage, jumping and cross-country. These challenges take place on various tournament grounds, indoor and outdoor. The most desirable tournaments are the ones in the world championship stadium in the German town of Aachen (home to the World Equestrian Games 2006).
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| Space Ace | 2007-11-02 | 1C Company | Digital Leisure Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Timed input | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Following the successful gameplay of Dragon's Lair, Don Bluth released this second conversion of his Laserdisc games series.You're playing Dexter, a guy fighting the evil madman Borf who has kidnapped your girlfriend Kimberly and is now threatening the world with his dreaded weapon, the "Infanto Ray" which turns adults into small children.The game plays like a comic strip - visuals are similar to many cartoon movies. In each scene, you only have to decide which direction of the keyboard has to be hit in order to avoid one of the countless death screens and to advance to the next screen... |
| DarkSide | 2007-11-03 | PiEyeGames | PiEyeGames | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | DarkSide uses the basic gameplay of Asteroids, but gives it a new spin by presenting it in a 3D environment with a space ship orbiting different small planets and a modern graphical style.There are 3 game modes: Missions, Arcade and Survival. The Arcade mode offers 3 lives and classic gameplay, while Survival comes with only one life to see how far the player can get. The main portion is the Missions mode, where the player needs to fend off the Krainian Empire invaders threatening the mining colonies in the solar's system's asteroid belt. The player controls the ArkLight X-52 ship, hopping from one colony to another while completing missions such as defending installations, destroying all invaders until back-up arrives, or blowing up asteroids within a limited amount of time. The same ship was used in ArkLight, an Arkanoid clone by the same developer.The game is entirely mouse-controlled. Left is for shooting, right is thrust and the middle mouse button unleashes a smart bomb that affects a wide radius with a large blast. By blowing up asteroids and enemies, the player can gather score tokens, additional weapons such as side lasers or rockets, shield recovery and additional smart bombs. The player circles the ship around the colonies and through a radar (a big circle in the middle of the screen) enemies, the status of installations and the asteroids can be tracked. These are all represented by different icons and dangerous enemies damaging the base are highlighted by flashing arrows. Certain missions feature larger boss enemies. |
| Wizball | 2007-11-03 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | This remake of an earlier game of the same name updates the graphics, sounds and music while preserving the gameplay of the original version. The player controls a green ball bouncing around a surreal black-and-white landscape, where the main objective is to add color to the environment. The ball is in fact the transformed form of a wizard, moving between three horizontal levels with portals and shooting at groups of sprite enemies floating around the scenery. The ball explodes in a shower of lights after touching one of the foes.To complete each stage, the player has to acquire certain items and summon Catellite, the wizard's familiar cat. These upgrades can be purchased with the green tokens left behind by the destroyed sprites. Only Catellite is capable of collecting droplets of paint to create color. The paint is leaked by some of the defeated enemies, and comes in the primary colors of red, blue and green. They have to be combined in the correct amounts on pots to mix the required tone for the level. |
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | 2007-11-05 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Infinity Ward, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Shooter | Contemporary, Europe, Middle East | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | A fresh approach in the long-running Call of Duty franchise with the original developers back behind the wheel, chapter 4 has the player assume the role of a British S.A.S. squad member in various missions over Europe, as well as a U.S. Marine in the Middle East, fighting against fictive global terrorism driving persona.Without breaking the traditions of its heritage, Call of Duty 4 is a true military-based FPS, only this time it has the player fight in a fictive setting and in a modern-day world, against modern enemies and ditto weapons. There are various campaign-based missions that enable the player to take the role of two different soldiers, from two different kinds of military enforcement disciplines. As usual, multiplayer is also available with different game modes.The missions in the single-player campaign give various tasks to accomplish and take the player through many twists as the plot unfolds. A large arsenal of weapons is available, offering diverse options to suit different playing styles. For the first time, the game does not run on an id Tech engine, but a proprietary 3D engine based on the id Tech standards, with physics, dynamic lighting, bloom, and depth-of-field. |
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Limited Collector's Edition) | 2007-11-05 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This limited collector's edition includes:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Bonus DVD with making-of scenes, a documentary of the British S.A.S., a level walk-through by the developer, and some campaign trailers. (Europe-only)
Poster featuring the cover art of the game.
Hardcover art book narrated by the developers and artists, with concept, development and final in-game artwork. (Xbox 360 & European Windows-only)
Digital copy of the Brady Games official strategy guide (Windows-only) |
| Polarity | 2007-11-05 | Team Polarity | Team Polarity | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Polarity is a 2D platform/puzzle game based on magnetism. The goal of the game is to navigate environments and solve puzzles by using your suit's magnetic properties in interesting ways. You can attract to and repel from objects, instantly switch magnetic polarity, or even boost the strength of your magnetic field for added abilities.To succeed, a combination of thinking and reflexes are necessary. The focus of the game is a mix of puzzle and platforming segments, but there is no combat. The only obstacles are electrically charged surfaces, although checkpoints are very liberal, and the player never really has to repeat content.The game was developed to be played with the Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows, but it also supports keyboard controls as well as most other types of PC gamepads. |
| Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder | 2007-11-06 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | Zoetrope Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The player takes the role of Howard E. Loreid, a policemen serving in the small town of Wellsmoth. Loreid has recently been assigned to a missing person's case in which, apart from a daily routine of paper work, he must locate Loath Nolder, a once well-known private investigator. Nolder's last case, the murder of a wealthy man from Clark Field who had been involved in the occult, had changed Nolver's life. After the case he quit his job and traveled through Africa and Oceania for five years. After his return he became a murder suspect; however due to the condition of his health he was checked into a hospital from which he subsequently managed to escape, despite being under surveillance. It is now Loreid's responsibility to find him. One of the key features of the game is a "thinking" interaction system in which players can manipulate and utilize ideas and clues. The abstract nature of this system introduces new forms of interactions within the game; for instance, in order to find clues in books or diaries that the player comes across they must underline them in order to bring them to Loreid's attention.Technical elements of the game are reminiscent of Adventure Game Company titles such as Scratches, although there are more modern effects in Darkness Within and support for things such as higher resolutions. |
| Empire Earth III | 2007-11-06 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Mad Doc Software, LLC | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy, Historical events, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The third installment of the Empire Earth series leads you again through several different eras of Earth's history, present and future. Beginning in the Ancient World, you move through the middle age and colonial time to the modern days and the future. Each era features different technologies and different units.But in addition to the normal skirmish fights, you can claim World Domination. Once you've chosen one of the three available factions (Western Regions, Middle Eastern Regions and Far Eastern Regions), you begin the game on the Earth globe, which is divided into several dozen provinces. At the beginning of the game, each province is neutral and is only inhabited by one or more tribes, so you need to either defeat those tribes or form a friendly alliance with them.Once a province is under your control, you need to assign a role to it. Depending on what role you assign, the province will either produce one of the three available resources or be a place where you can recruit new armies. You can then move those armies around on the map in turn-based mode. But of course you are not alone on the world and the tribes aren't giving up their territory so easily either. So you will need to fight many battles.Each of those battles are fought on the ground in real-time in normal strategy-skirmish. You build up your base, gather resources, recruit troops and fulfill the goal on the map. These goals range from just destroying all the enemies to convincing a tribe to join your cause with the means of diplomacy. Although the matches are basically played the same way as in their predecessors, there are a few changes. For example, the citizen manager and the Picture-in-Picture display introduced in Empire Earth II have been removed. |
| F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon - The Complete Collection (Platinum Collection) | 2007-11-06 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation contains:
F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon (Director's Edition)
F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point (first expansion pack)
F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate (second expansion pack, standalone)
Note: The only thing missing in this package is the Dark Horse Comics F.E.A.R. comic book. The other Director's Edition content is present on the disk.
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| F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate | 2007-11-06 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | TimeGate Studios, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The second expansion pack to F.E.A.R. finds the player leading an alternative F.E.A.R. team tasked with investigating the Perseus project at Armacham facilities. For this mission, the player is partnered with Captain David Raynes and Lt. Steven Chen, who do their best to assist the player throughout the campaign. The game's action and horror elements are tied to a plot filled with backstabs and double-crosses, as a senator, his lackey and a group of shadowy mercenaries clash in their journey to unlock the mysteries revealed in the previous F.E.A.R. games. In addition to the weapons from the first two F.E.A.R. games, in Perseus Mandate the player has access to a grenade launcher, a lightning gun and an advanced rifle, all of which will be necessary to dispatch a tough new cast of bad guys. Unlike the previous expansion, this title can be played stand-alone and does not require the original game. |
| Manga Solitaire | 2007-11-06 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Manga Solitaire is a huge collection of more than 100 famous solitaire variants, like the well known Yukon, Carlton, Bakers Dozen, Freecell, and Klondike.Every little detail can be adjusted to your needs. Some different sets of backgrounds, surroundings and sets of playing cards are available. The big choice of playing cards cover everything a player could ever need: classic decks, detailed decks in manga-style, in the shape of triangles and hexagons and many more.The computer can form perfect stacks or sloppy batches of cards, which can be adjusted. Help is available for every card.
The surroundings are full of gimmicks, so there will be no time for boredom during your breaks.Two beautiful and smart manga girls trying everything to divert your attention and you can interact with them, or turn off all the gimmicks if you wish. |
| Minubeat | 2007-11-06 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Minubeat is a cross between a shoot-em-up and a rhythm game. The player controls a spaceship, armed with a rapid-fire weapon fired with the Z key, that faces both small enemy ships and large objects that release lots of projectiles. Contact with an enemy or their projectile kills instantly. The player's ship also has two powerful tools: bombs, which are planted with the X key on a nearby enemy and explode after a moment, destroying it instantly; and the C key, which instantly destroys all enemy projectiles on screen. However, both these tools can only be used if the keys for them are pressed in time with the beat of the background tune. The squares in the background pulsate slightly to help in getting the timing right. There is a time limit of sixty seconds to get to the final boss and kill it. |
| Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance | 2007-11-06 | THQ Inc. | Gas Powered Games Corp. | Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Forged Alliance is a stand-alone expansion to the critically acclaimed RTS game Supreme Commander. The game adds a brand new alien race, the Seraphims, who have come back from outer space to wreak havoc on humanity. One campaign had been added, and the gameplay of the three existing factions has been significantly reworked. |
| Viva Piñata | 2007-11-06 | Microsoft Game Studios | Rare Limited | Puzzle, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation, Mini-games | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | You've been given the opportunity to start your very own garden - only this garden will be full of Piñata animals that are full of candy! Nurture your garden to attract a wide variety of unique Piñata species as you aim to keep your residents happy.Viva Piñata is a simulation in the vein of a game like Harvest Moon. While there is no specific story or goal to the game, you can progress further by attracting many different types of Piñatas into your garden. At first, you'll only have a small patch of land covered in junk; however, with some cleaning up and basic maintenance, you can begin to attract many different species, starting from the tiny Whirlm, to larger creatures like Horstachio.If you're more interested in money-making than collecting, you can get the Piñatas to produce goods, like honey or milk, for you. Failing that, you can simply sell off any of your excess Piñatas after you learn how to get them to mate. Each species has its own particular ritual and conditions for mating. Occasionally, mischievous Sour Piñatas will turn up to cause trouble in your garden. If you can cure them of their sour condition, they'll help your garden instead! You can also get the services of the local Piñata Island residents, such as shopping, garden maintenance, and Piñata capture (if you require a particular species). |
| Fantasy Wars | 2007-11-07 | Atari, Inc. | Ino-Co | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Alexander Ivolgin (Tigra), Eugeny Kaptsov (alphard), Nikolai Voronetsky (Cool Ace) | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Fantasy Wars is a turn-based hexagonal wargame set in a fantasy world. After many centuries of peace, the human Empire of Eolia is at war. Influential lords have founded their own kingdoms and try to occupy as many territory as possible. The internal struggle weakens the human race and makes it vulnerable for attacks from orcs and goblins from the south. Outnumbered, the humans ally with the elves and dwarfs to withstand the invasion.There are three campaigns to choose from: Humans, Orcs and Alliance, and the third only becomes available after finishing the first two. While playing, the 3D environment is covered with a grid of hexagonal cells. Only one unit can occupy a single hex. Armies consists of various fantasy creatures that can be deployed. Typically the player need to complete quests that involve occupying new towns or taking out other armies. More than 500 units can enter the battlefield simultaneously. Various camera positions provide panoramic overviews as well as close-ups from the battles.Each unit has detailed characteristics based on experience, hit points, artifacts, protection, movement, speed, range of sight, attacks and special abilities. In a single turn, players can move units around, command them to attack or deploy new units from the reserve list. When attacking, a battle forecast is shown, predicting the losses for both sides. Players can improve their chances by tactically positioning the units on higher ground or according to their abilities for melee, ranged, covered, magic or flying attacks.New units can be bought during the missions and taking them through many battles provides level ups and new perks, up to five levels. Armies also come with very strong units known as heroes. They can level up ten times. The death of the hero commander usually means the mission is failed.To get an overview of the entire battlefield, there is a 2D strategic map. Both offline hot seat and online multiplayer games are supported. |
| Gears of War | 2007-11-07 | Microsoft Corporation | Epic Games, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | War | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The Windows version of Gears of War has several features not seen in the Xbox 360 release. These include:
Five new single player chapters added to Act Five, which describe the escape of Delta Squad from a giant Brumak
Three new multiplayer maps
The Unreal Map editor
The Annex game mode
50 extra achievements
Free Windows Live! Silver play
DirectX 10 optimization
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| Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure | 2007-11-07 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | Tate Interactive Sp z.o.o | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Music / rhythm, Shooter | Western | | | | | | Windows | Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure is based on the animated movie of the same name and basically a mini game collection. The basic story is that the Daltons escape from the authorities, rob a few banks and hide in a settler's track to California. Of course Lucky Luke is already on their tail...The game consists of 40 linearly arranged mini games which follow the movie story - in fact, after every solved game, the player can watch a short movie clip. Most mini games can be divided into four categories: shooting sequences, movement (e.g. on a horse or in a plane) while dodging obstacles, drawing and rhythm games. There are also a few ones which don't fall into these categories, e.g. cooking. During these games, the player alternately takes the role of all main characters. The game utilizes the special controls and graphic capabilities of its respective platforms, but the game itself stays the same. |
| Neptune's Secret | 2007-11-07 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Gogii Games Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A magical amulet storing the power of the sea god Neptune is passed through generations, until the present days when it arrives in the hands of an orphan girl named Hannah. She grows up fascinated with the strange markings in the relic, and goes to Oxford to become an archaeologist. After graduating, she starts to search for the lost city of Atlantis.Neptune's Secret is a hidden object game with adventure elements. Instead of the usual list of objects names, the game shows their silhouettes on a vertical strip at the right side of the screen.Each scene has three gameplay sessions that must be completed to move on. In the first one, the objective is to search the scenery, finding and clicking on all the required silhouetted objects hidden among debris and other assorted paraphernalia. In the next section, the goal is to find all the pieces of inventory tools scattered on the scenery, and the silhouettes are replaced with pictures of the tools with a number indicating the amount of pieces left. In the final part, the gameplay is similar to that of an point-and-click adventure game, where the objective is to drag the reassembled tools from the inventory and use them on parts of the scenery in a logical way.The amulet sits under the right side interface, and serves as the hint button. It has five jewels set on its face, and the position of one of the required objects is highlighted by some graphic effects after clicking on them. Extra gems can be found and collected on the scenery. |
| Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey | 2007-11-07 | 1C Company | Akella, TM Studios | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey is an action role-playing game, offering a chance to take to the high seas as the schizophrenic Captain Abraham Gray. Sail the world and explore towns on your own custom-made pirate ship as you smuggle and plunder your way to riches. Blow your enemy out of the water in naval battles or duel the rival ship captains one-on-one. Yet, beware of the mysterious English ironclad from Liverpool.Enjoy a variety of weapons ranging from the classic six-shooter and sabers to more exotic inventions such as powder rockets or powerful gatling guns. Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey also offers many forms of customization: be it upgrading Captain Abraham Gray's ship into a fortress of defense or the most powerful array of armaments to sail the high seas. Even the Captain himself enjoys earning skills and perks. Skills can be distributed into various options such as fencing, shooting, and defense. Perks offer a chance to create a uniquely styled captain with special melee attacks, superb navigation skills, or a clever trader out for profit. |
| Twister | 2007-11-07 | | | Action, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | You are a twister. A tornado. A force of nature. A mighty funnel of swirling wind whose mission is to terrorise a small town and vacuum up everything in sight.The gameplay in this isometric destruct-em-up is very simple. Where you click your mouse, the twister goes. You get points for every object sucked up into the sky.However, there is a complication: The twister has a health bar, which constantly decreases. The only way to keep the twister healthy is to consume the right things at the right time. The gameplay goes in cycles: When you're told to grab people, it's best to grab people. The same goes for animals, trees, buildings and vehicles. As play progresses, you need to consume more to stay healthy.Therefore, instead of being a mindless rampage, Twister demands resource management; deciding what to send into the vortex now, and what to keep for later. |
| Alpha Prime | 2007-11-08 | Meridian4, Inc. | Black Element Software | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Alpha Prime is a rather unusual asteroid which holds in its rocks the veins of a material called hubbardium. This "liquid metal" is the main component in the fuel of interstellar ships, so the State Business Federation quickly steps in and takes control of it. But hubbardium also has a bad side-effect. It has slowly intoxicated the minds of the workers. Even many of the computers got infected because they operate with positron brains. So the corporation decided to seal the place and leave.But the call of hubbardium was too strong, so illegal visitors began to infiltrate the complex, realising that some of them were somewhat naturally immune to the effects of hubbardium. So they began once again to mine and instead of making fuel, they sold the material as a drug. All went well for them until one day they discovered a vein of hubbardium that was so big that the radiation affected even the strongest minded of the miners, so all hell broke loose.One of the persons on Alpha Prime was Warren, the current boyfriend of Livia and a former friend of Arnold. Arnold himself is an old prospector, who is also resistant to the effects of the material. So Warren sends out a distress call, and Arnold and Livia make their way to Alpha Prime to rescue Warren and the others.The player slips into the boots of Arnold and makes way deep into Alpha Prime in typical ego-shooter-fashion, not only to rescue Warren but also to uncover what lurks behind the scenes. On the way through the corridors of the base and the surface of Alpha Prime, the player will encounter heavy resistance from Special Forces soldiers sent by the corporation, robots controlled by infected positron brains and deranged miners.But Arnold isn't defenseless. During the course of the game he'll find several weapons beginning from a simple axe over a shotgun to really heavy stuff like a rocket launcher or flame thrower. If he finds pure hubbardium, he can inject himself with it and slow down time for a few seconds to gain an advantage over his clever enemies. They aren't stupid and will use cover or retreat if they notice a huge disadvantage, only to regroup around the next corner and start a new offensive on Arnold.The player also has access to a hacking tool that can be used to open doors or manipulate security systems, and in a few sections the player will encounter a friendly person who will help Arnold a little. Like in DOOM³, the player needs oxygen when walking on the surface of the planet, but instead of air bottles Arnold will find oxygen-stations at which he can replenish his supply. |
| Dusk-12: Deadly Zone | 2007-11-08 | Buka Entertainment | Orion | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Scientists will never learn. They keep trying to create super-soldiers and it always ends in tragedy.The tragedy here involves the Russian city of Chernozersk; a city that was unfortunate enough to have a secret government lab situated in it. The 'Dusk-12' mutagenic virus was developed to give humans incredible strength and ferocity. But something went wrong. The virus was unleashed upon the unsuspecting population who became crazed, bloodthirsty lunatics. The entire place had to be quarantined.Several years later, a Russian special ops team is sent to the city to investigate the mess, find out what went wrong and whether there is any chance of curing the surviving population.Dusk-12 is a first-person action game with a series of levels that are split between two different characters, in two different time periods:
Lieutenant Andrey Yegorov - One of the task force members dropped into the city in 2028 to investigate. He's a regular army guy, able to use an arsenal of weapons in the usual FPS style and heal himself using med-packs.
The super-mutant Gorin - His story takes place one year later, after Yegorov's obviously unsuccessful mission. Gorin wakes from cryo-sleep with no memory of who he is or how he came to be in a secret lab. His aim is to escape the city and as he proceeds, he will piece together the story of what happened to him.
Being a super-mutant, Gorin has various abilities he can call upon. The trade-off is that he can't use regular weapons. His abilities are:
A powerful punch
A deadly choke-hold that will squeeze someone's life-force out and restore part of Gorin's health
The ability to throw various objects (boxes, explosive barrels, even cars)
Flash Speed - A quick burst of speed that allows Gorin to rush through areas or get behind his enemies
Slo-Mo - Slows everything but Gorin to a crawl, allowing him to easily take out a group of opponents
X-Eye - A black-and-white night-vision mode
Mad Wave - Only available late in the game, this is an area effect power that sends all of Gorin's energy out in a highly destructive wave.
(The last four of these abilities all use 'energy' - which replenishes over time.)Dusk-12's chief points of interest are its two different characters and gameplay styles, their interlinked stories and also the inclusion of authentic Russian military hardware, some of which had never been used in a videogame before. These weapons include the Saiga 12K combat shotgun, Vintorez sniper rifle and AK-108 assault rifle. |
| John Tiller's Battleground: Napoléonic Wars | 2007-11-08 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Age of Sail
Battleground 3: Waterloo
Battleground 6: Napoleon in Russia
Battleground 8: Prelude to Waterloo |
| Polda aneb S poctivostí nejdřív pojdeš | 2007-11-08 | ZIMA software | SleepTeam Ltd | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A quiet little village Lupany is frightened by the sudden disappearance of two local citizens. The investigation of the kidnapping is entrusted to the local cop Pankrác, who is everything but a proper law enforcer. The player controls (in most situations, since the protagonist is prone to outbursts of rage during which his eyes glow red and shoots, whether it's a fish tank or hobo) the Cop on his three day quest. Little does he know how is the case connected to his family... Featuring Lara Croft's sister.This wacky point-and-click adventure game features several notable Czech voice actors and was rated 18+ during its initial release. For a short period of time in late 2005 it was released for free. The long title is play on saying "Honesty is the best policy", but actually saying something like "Honesty is the best policy to die sooner". |
| Sam & Max: Season Two - Episode 1: Ice Station Santa | 2007-11-08 | GameTap LLC | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Ice Station Santa is the first episode of the second season of Sam & Max games. The controls and interface are identical to the point-and-click puzzle-solving gameplay from the first season. This episode includes a mix of recurring characters such as Bosco, Sybil, the C.O.P.S., Soda Poppers and Jimmy, along with new ones such as Stinky, the diner proprietor. Most of the locations are brand new, and the old ones have been revamped with new events and a different look.Freelance Police officers Sam & Max need to stop a demon-possessed Santa from delivering Torture Me Elmer and Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse toys to children all over the world. New to this season are a new credits opening in sitcom style, the tutorial (reusing a puzzle from the first season) to introduce new players to the game and a hints option with 5 frequency settings for Max to give hints. The puzzle are both environment and inventory-based, and require more thinking and attention to detail than the previous episodes. |
| Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle (Special Edition) | 2007-11-09 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Compilation of both of Pendulo Studios' Runaway Adventures: Runaway: A Road Adventure and Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle. |
| Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate | 2007-11-10 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Puzzle | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | Contemporary, Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You've been contacted by Madame Fate, a story-teller who foresaw her own murder at midnight... this very day. So, it's up to you to investigate each worker in Fate's Carnival.Fourth game in the Mystery Case Files series, MCF: Madame Fate has the same gameplay than its predecessors. You have to explore areas and find hidden objects in a limited time in order to unlock clues and the final puzzle, where the culprit is unveiled. |
| WiseBall | 2007-11-10 | JimiSoft, Inc. | JimiSoft, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | WiseBall is a small game where you have to fill a rectangle with different shapes so that all shapes fit and no empty place in the rectangle remain.Depending on difficulty level (Kids, Easy, Medium, Hard, Deadly) the amount of shapes to fill varies. On Kids the majority of shapes is already pre-set, while only a few must be set; on Deadly it is vice versa, only a few are pre-set and almost all need to be set manually. On top of this, each piece can be rotated or flipped.Finally, the game counts the moves you do, it let you save and load a game and has highscores for each of the five difficulty settings. |
| BlackSite: Area 51 | 2007-11-12 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Studios - Austin Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | It was supposed to be a routine mission three years ago. Enter a bunker deep inside Iraq-territory, retrieve a chemical weapon and get out. But inside the complex was no chemical weapon. Instead you encounter mutated humans and other strange creatures. With one man down you escape that hell and move on.Now you are called to Nevada because something terrible happened there (see Area-51) and it affected the nearby city. But you soon realize, that all this has something to do with what you encountered inside the bunker three years ago.The game is a pretty straight-forward first person shooter. You move through the levels, kill everything that moves and fulfil your objectives. To aid you in that task, you've a squad full of people under your command. With the help of cursor-sensitive commands you order them around and let them man a stationary MG for example. But there are also marked points in the levels at which your squad will perform scripted tasks like a door breach.Depending on the difficulty you need to watch the moral of your team mates very carefully. While a high morale will make your squad very aggressive and increase their aim, they'll take more cover and be less accurate when they don't feel so confident. To increase morale you just need to do a good job or give your team mates a common target to shoot at.The game also features a multiplayer-mode with several game modes. These include Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Abduction. In Abduction there are two teams: the humans and the Reborn. One player randomly starts as a Reborn and whenever a Reborn kills a human, the human will respawn as a Reborn. For such a kill a Reborn gets two points and all surviving humans gain a bonus point. After all humans are abducted, the round ends and the player with the most points wins the match. |
| Dream of Mirror Online | 2007-11-12 | Aeria Games & Entertainment, Inc. | DOMO Production | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Dream of Mirror Online is the second online installment in the Xuanyuan Jian series. It is set in a fantasy world loosely based on Chinese mythology. The main plot revolves around the Mirror World, a realm created with the magic power of the Kunlun Mirror, which reflects the real world and copies it to record it for posterity. Recently, however, there has been some disturbance in the way the mirror functioned, causing it to create monstrous reflections and populate the Mirror World with it. The Mirror Kings summon humans from the real world to help them find the cause of the trouble and eliminate it.There are four races to choose for the playable characters: Humans, Shura (a race of beasts with males resembling dragons and females resembling foxes), Sylph (wise spirit-like beings), and Sprites (a race of small, child-like creatures). Most of the differences between the races, however, are cosmetic, as each can specialize in the same abilities as the others.The job system is reminiscent of Final Fantasy XI Online. Each character starts as a Commoner and can switch between jobs once he or she reaches level 10. The jobs include Blademaster, Dancer, Doctor, Martial Artist, Musician, Shaman, and others.Players can also purchase pets, fantasy animal-like creatures of various elemental properties, which can grow and evolve from an egg to a powerful beast the player character can ride on. Another way of transportation in the game is riding a weapon, a feature based on the Chinese myths of sword-flying. |
| Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | 2007-11-12 | Activision Publishing, Inc., RedOctane, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | Direct control | | Teen | Cinematic camera | Windows | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is the third full game in the Guitar Hero series and fourth game overall. The gameplay remains similar to the previous games: using a guitar-shaped controller, you need to coordinate pressing the five fret buttons and strumming to the scrolling notes on screen. Missing notes will cause your performance meter to drop; if the meter drops too low then the performance is a failure and you will need to try again. This edition of the game features 71 new songs to play from various artists including Cream, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses, Santana, Sonic Youth, Weezer, and many more. In addition to the available songs the game also features "boss battles" against famous guitarists such as Slash, Tom Morello and Lou the Devil. Several game modes are available including career mode, co-op mode, and multiplayer mode. In addition to the main game modes, training and practice modes are available to aid in learning the game or figuring out a tricky passage in a song.In career mode you play the part of a wanna-be rock star. Beginning with easier songs in small venues, you need to successfully complete tracks to make your way up to a superstar. Each venue you play requires a certain number of songs to be performed before you can move on to the next larger venue. Successful completion of songs also earns money which can be used to unlock characters, outfits, new guitars, and other bonuses.The co-op career mode is similar to the single player variation, except two players work together (one on lead guitar, the other on bass or rhythm guitar) to complete songs. The multiplayer game modes allow two players to compete against each other. In the Face-Off variation, two players take turns performing a song. The Pro Face-Off variation allows two players to compete at the same time playing the exact same note chart. Finally, in the battle mode each player can earn power ups by performing well which can be used to disrupt the other player. |
| John Tiller's Battleground: Civil War | 2007-11-12 | Matrix Publishing, LLC. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Battleground 2: Gettysburg
Battleground 4: Shiloh
Battleground 5: Antietam
Battleground 7: Bull Run |
| Speculum Mortis | 2007-11-12 | Happo Entertainment | Happo Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Speculum Mortis is a horror-influenced first-person point-and-click adventure. After a long work trip, the protagonist is driving through Middle-English country at night when he notices a hitchhiker. He takes her along and brings her to an old estate. Once inside the yard, the girl suddenly disappears and the gates leading outside are closed. The player has to find a way to leave the estate.The game is entirely controlled through the mouse. A left click examines the environment, while right clicking interacts. There is a limited inventory where four different items can be stored. Items in the inventory do not need to be combined and it is possible for the player to die. Gameplay largely exists of exploration. There are no NPCs to meet and the environment changes, with new locations opened up, as the player progresses. Except a few hues of gold and red, all the environments are presented in grayscale. |
| Trilby: The Art of Theft | 2007-11-12 | | Fully Ramblomatic | Action, Strategy | Side view | | | Platform, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | Trilby: The Art of Theft is a 2D platformer entirely focused on stealth. The player assumes the role of the British cat burglar Trilby, known from the The Chzo Mythos adventure series by the same developer. The events take place in 1991, two years before 5 Days a Stranger.Trilby travels to Chapow City in the United States, known for its riches. He only had small time business in England and now wants to be challenged in the city of stolen dreams. Through 7 heists, with gameplay somewhat similar to Bonanza Bros. combined with Elevator Action, Trilby has to earn reputation points, collect loot and complete the main mission. Levels consist of single screens with different platforms. To get past guards and cameras, Trilby can use a limited amount of tazer shots, hug walls, disable electric circuits, sneak past lasers, pick locks and collect information about the environment and the guards. An eye icon in the top right corner of the screen shows how well Trilby is hidden and a lamp shows the amount of light in the area. The amount of exposure (light, medium or full light) determines the efficiency of Trilby's moves and whether he will be spotted or not. Other basic moves include climbing ladders, using an umbrella to climb up platforms and moving down again.After the initial tutorial, the heists are unlocked progressively, and after each mission the performance is awarded based on completion time, the amount of alarms triggered, loot collected and tazers used. Different rankings yield different rewards, and players can return to earlier missions at any time to improve their performance. Trilby's confidence grows by having him read about his exploits in newspapers. The collected reputation points can be exchanged for new skills in the workhouse. There are 14 in total and they open up new ways to complete missions. The available skills are Roll, Gecko Hold, Sugar Rush, Lower Standards, Level 2 Locksmith, Reasonable Doubt, Into Shadow, Flit, Sidle, Bargain Hunter, Sadist, Cracksman, Electrician and Forgetfulness. There are also 6 different costumes to unlock. |
| Crysis | 2007-11-13 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Crytek GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Crysis, the first game of a planned trilogy, is a first-person shooter set in the year 2020 and the spiritual successor to Far Cry. The player takes on the role of the US soldier Jake Dunn. On a remote Pacific island, a meteor has been excavated and the North Korean army quickly moved in to secure the location. After they capture a team of US archaeologists, the US Army sends in a Delta Force team to investigate and free the scientists. Most of the missions are played alone, but also often with AI squadmates that star in the cutscenes and play a crucial part in the story.During the battles with the North Korean soldiers, it becomes apparent that there is an even greater threat. When the meteor opens up a huge alien ship is revealed that starts to xenoform the island by freezing it over. The Americans and North Koreans are forced to join forces when alien machines emerge from the vessel and attack both sides. Now both sides have to stop the xenoforming process together.Crysis offers a singleplayer campaign as well as an objective based multiplayer for up to 32 players. One of the main innovations of the game is the so called Nanosuit. This high tech combat suit allows the player to increase his armor, strength or speed for short amounts of time. Jake Dunn and his fellow soldiers can get into a cloaking mode, become invisible and recover health when the suit is powered up.In the single player campaign, the player will encounter several enemy types. A large part is spent fighting North-Korean soldiers. Aliens are first encountered in a Zero-G environment once the meteorite has been breached. When leaving the meteorite, the actual alien invasion begins and the player then mainly faces small alien scouts and the larger alien hunters.During the campaign, there are a number of more or less typical shooter weapons to be gathered, such as machineguns, a shotgun, a missile launcher, a sniper rifle, explosives, various types of grenades and a gauss gun. In the later weapons, there are also some alien weapons which can freeze opponents. Not all weapons can be held at once; they must be swapped for the ones from the bodies of dead soldiers and most of them have a limited amount of ammo. There is also an extensive weapons upgrade feature which is available from the start and allows the player to reconfigure weapon configurations on the fly. Tactical or explosive ammunition can be added, or a flashlight, a laserscope, a silencer, grenades and more. Most of the weapons have multiple firing options, from single bullets to rapid bursts.Almost any vehicle can be driven, from jeeps to large vans, regular cars, tanks and patrol boats. Most of these have mounted weapons. Other equipment includes binoculars, nightvision, a radar with targets in the bottom left corner of the screen and a direct voice connection with other squad members.Just like Crytek's previous game Far Cry, it comes with a sandbox editor to create new levels. The console versions do not have the expansions and do not support multiplayer. |
| Crysis (Special Edition) | 2007-11-13 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Special Edition includes:Crysis
Bonus DVD with the "Making of Crysis", trailers and concept art
Art booklet
Official soundtrack by Inon Zur
Exclusive in-game-vehicle for multiplayer matches |
| EA Sports: 07 Collection | 2007-11-13 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | EA Sports: 07 Collection is a five-game package that collects the 2007 releases of four different EA Sports franchises, and also includes a classic from 2005:NBA Live 07
NHL 07
Madden NFL 07
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
Nascar SimRacing |
| Evolution | 2007-11-13 | iWin.com | Twilight Games | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Using the mouse to move, you start the Evolution game at the microscopic level : eat microbes and amoebas that are smaller than you. Eating them makes you bigger and evolve. Time for revenge : you now can eat creatures that used to eat you ! You'll also be able to eat some kind of bonus creatures, and you'll gain their powers, such as invisibility for a limited amount of time. While you are invisible, bigger creatures won't treat you as a prey.After a few evolutions, it is time for mating season. You will have to impress a mate to gain its love. Problems are not solved here : they just start. Since your eggs are about to hatch, defend your nest against hungry predators. All in all, the games features 35 levels. |
| Kane & Lynch: Dead Men | 2007-11-13 | Eidos, Inc. | Io-Interactive A/S | Action | Behind view | | Crime | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Kane is on his way to the execution with another prisoner called Lynch when the transport gets attacked by a group of guys. While Lynch already knew that this would happen, it is only later revealed to Kane that the attackers were his old associates which he presumed dead. Now they demand the money from the last coup they did together from Kane. Since Kane has nothing to lose, they took his family hostage in order to force him to get them their money fast. To make things even worse, they hired the medicated psychopath Lynch to be his watchdog.From the moment the transport is hit, you take control over Kane and try to free your family. The camera is placed behind Kane while moving and you can also zoom into a over-the-shoulder view while firing. Kane will automatically take cover where it is possible and if he is too badly wounded, he needs a teammate to give him a shot of adrenaline to get him back into the fight. But don't do that too often in a short period of time or your heart will collapse with an unfortunate end.Of course nothing goes as planned so most of the time is spent shooting your way through hordes of police and special forces. To deal with them you can carry two different types of weapons ranging from pistols to assault rifles and shotguns.You can also give Lynch commands like focusing his fire on one enemy, trading weapons with him and getting ammo when you are out of it. During the course of the game you are sometimes accompanied by other members of the organisation with whom you can interact in the same way as with Lynch.The game features an offline coop-mode in which the second player takes over the control of Lynch. The online multiplayer consists of a game-mode called "Fragile Alliance" in which the players need to rob a bank. The twist is that you can attack at any time, kill your teammates and take the money they had already collected. You will then be marked as a traitor for the whole team and those that get killed will respawn as one of the police force and work against the whole team. |
| Monster Jam | 2007-11-13 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Torus Games Pty. Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Monster Jam is a monster truck racing game based on the existing TV-show under the same name, which also incorporates a series of live events hosted by Live Nation. Unlike previous games of Monster Jam franchise, Monster Jam includes 20 pre-existing trucks licensed specifically for the game by USHRA (United States Hot Rod Association). The game includes such well-known monster trucks as Destroyer, Bounty Hunter, Blue Thunder, Captain's Cruise, it's previous identity - Bulldozer and probably two of the most alleged kings of all monster trucks - Maximum Destruction, the winner of seven Monster Jam World Finals and Grave Digger, one of the most influential monster trucks of all time .At the beginning of the game only a small amount of trucks and tracks is available for choosing. The player is encouraged to participate in various events to attain career points which will unlock new items. The amount of points given depend on the player's performance in the following events:
Freestyle - a classic monster truck challenge involves free-riding at the arena performing different stunts and interacting with the surrounding environment in the most destructive way possible. In this challenge it is advisable to "keep the action going" until the time runs out. Also, a combo of different stunts in a succession will result in magnifying the score.Track Circuit - an offroad lap-based racing through various types of countryside.Eliminator - is the classic knock-out race in which each lap eliminates the last truck to complete it.Stadium Circuit - is the same as Track Circuit with the action taking the place in the arena, and not at outdoors locations and the trucks competing at different tracks separated from each other.Stadium Racing - is a drag racing challenge in which players should boost their maximum speed in order to arrive first at the finish of a short un-circled track.
Once the sufficient number points is achieved the player will be allowed to participate in Monster Jam World Finals to prove his right to be the ultimate champion of Monster Jam.The game makes heavy emphasis on it's fully destructible levels. Nearly everything player meets on the track may be crushed, moved or destroyed. The game encourages such kind of behavior by issuing additional points and allowing player to use "nitro boost" for a prolonged amount of time.The game may be played in two difficulty modes: "Normal" - is enough for everyone, while "Pro" is meant for die-hard Monster Truck enthusiasts only. |
| Need for Speed: ProStreet | 2007-11-13 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Black Box | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Need For Speed: ProStreet is the 11th game in the NFS series.
It doesn't just include new and more detailed graphics, it includes a new type of gameplay. The game doesn't have a Free Roam mode (as in Underground 2, Most Wanted or Carbon), but it has an Event Map, similar to Juiced's Event Calendar.The player's main goal in this game is to become the "King of the street". Nothing new. However, there are no more illegal races in the game - all of the available races are sponsored, and the action takes place on different racing tracks. No more traffic, no more in-town driving.The game features 2 gameplay modes. Career (you start your "life" as a lowlife race driver and over time you will conquer everyone) and free play (where you can race unlocked cars and unlocked tracks).As usual, the game includes a jukebox where you can listen to some singles, used by EA as the game's Sound Track.
The game also includes new car models, and the classic racing modes except for cop chases, since ProStreet does not promote illegal racing. Also as usual, when you first start the game you will be prompted to create an alias (profile). You can choose which one will be loaded when you start the game again. After creating the alias, you are prompted to choose your difficulty settings.All versions, except for the PlayStation 2 and Wii, contain online multiplayer modes. |
| Panzer Killer! | 2007-11-13 | Digital Fusion, Inc. | Digital Fusion, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | World War II | Tank | David Carrillo | | Teen | | Windows | In Panzer Killer! the player takes the role of different American tanks in about 50 missions set during World War II. The game is focuses on action, this means the tank controls similar to regular third-person shooters. Besides his health the player also has to look after his fuel and replenish it by collecting fuel containers on the ground. He also has different weapons (machine gun, airstrike and tank cannon) and ammo types to his disposal which are more or less useful against different targets.
During the missions the player simply drives from point A to point B while avoiding mines and shooting everything German in sight, e.g. tanks, houses or jeeps. |
| Petz: Catz 2 | 2007-11-13 | Ubisoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Say hello to cute collection of cuddly and adorable kittens! Pick a furry friend and together you and your new kitten will encounter a world that’s fun to play in, explore, and share.
See what your kitty is thinking with new pop-up kitty thought bubbles
Keep a daily Pet Journal where you can record your thoughts and show off badges and kitty pictures
Choose from seven adorable breeds, including Bengal and Siamese, each with different fur colors and textures
Snap pics of your kitty to print and share with friends
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| Petz: Dogz 2 | 2007-11-13 | Ubisoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Pick a puppy pal from a pack of fuzzy and adorable puppies in Petz Dogz 2! Together, you and your new cuddly companion will encounter a world that's fun to play in, explore, and share.
Choose from seven adorable breeds, including Boxer and Husky, each with different fur colors and textures
Mix and match with Fantasy Breedz, including robot, tuxedo, zebra and more
Keep a daily Pet Journal where you can record your thoughts and show off badges and puppy photos
Take photos of your pup to print and share with friends
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| SimCity Societies | 2007-11-13 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | SimCity Societies takes a completely different approach to the city-builder theme and distance itself from the economy-simulation that SimCity 4 was.Instead of laying out different zones and caring for the infrastructure, the player now places every single building individiually. Technically, only money is needed to do so, as each building also produces or needs one of the six resources to function. These resources include productivity, prosperity and creativity - so a normal three-storey house needs prosperity to function, which requires, for example, a bank to maintain said prosperity. Resources a building requires also depend on what type of city the player wants to build, which range from a normal town through industrial cities to a cyberpunk metropolis. To make the process of building a specific type of town, the buildings can be filtered for the different city types.Since water or power-infrastructure do not need to be constructed, it is only required to place a power plant somewhere and it will automatically supply all the buildings until reserves are maxed out. But, it is still needed to build streets, subway-systems and other public transportation.The Sims will come also automatically into the city once there's an open room available regardless their needs like schools or police are met. The important thing is to keep them happy by giving them a place to work and other things to do like a baseball stadium. Many of these leisure buildings also feature a special event which gives Sims a short happiness boost and makes them more productive for a short period of time. In the case of the baseball stadium, it's the Nickel Root Beer Night. These buildings and events can also be a danger to the citizens by having a greater chance of being injured during such events.Although the game is still open-ended, there are some achievements in forms of medals and trophies, and at the beginning of the game the player first needs to unlock all of the buildings in normal play before they can use them in free play or god-mode (unlimited money). The criteria range from simple tasks like having a big enough population to more detailed and mixed up requirements which include population, happiness of the citizens and a fixed amount of resources. |
| Soldier of Fortune: Payback | 2007-11-13 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Cauldron Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | When a routine escort mission goes horribly wrong, freelance mercenary Thomas Mason finds himself battling an insidious enemy that knows no boundaries. Traditional armies can not handle these extremists – only underground guns for hire can fight a war this dirty and get results.Soldier of Fortune: Payback evolves the signature gameplay of its predecessors with refined controls, tension-packed warzones, and an enemy damage system that may be shocking to even experienced FPS players. Boasting more weapons options than any previous Soldier of Fortune installment, the arsenal includes more than 30 weapons. These include sub-machine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, projectile explosives, weapon attachments and cutting-edge tactical weapons.Soldier of Fortune: Payback features the most common online multiplayer modes including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Elimination, Team Elimination, Capture the Flag, and Demolition. Additional online options include maps tuned specifically for multiplayer action, persistent stat-tracking throughout the gamer’s online career, and many server settings for custom online play. |
| Happy Hippos: Auf Weltreise | 2007-11-14 | 10tacle studios AG | rocketscience games development GmbH | Action, Educational | Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Happy Hippos - characters based on the collection figure series known from Ferrero's Kinder Surprise - want to explore the world in order to help out their friend, a painter who has lost his inspiration. They are looking for interesting scenes, the inhabitants of foreign regions and valuable treasures. Every scene is filled with information referring real existing locations, which has been taken from "Brockhaus" encyclopedia for children.The Happy Hippos game is a classic 2D Platform Jump'n'Run where three friends explore the Polar Region, Egypt and the Caribbean.The game consists of 14 levels including a variety of minigames like a squid rodeo, a snowball fight and a treasure hunt. Licensed title based on the collection figure series from Ferrero's Kinder Surprise.The PC version of the game has additional decorative elements in order to fill the unused 4:3 screen space. |
| Actionliga Hockey | 2007-11-15 | INTENIUM GmbH | Bigpoint GmbH | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Actionliga Hockey is an ice hockey simulation. You control your player via the keyboard and can compete with other players via the internet in a league. Offline games versus AI opponents and teammates are also possible. Another game mode is managing and controlling all areas of your hockey team. An internet multiplayer manager mode is also included. |
| Close Combat: Modern Tactics | 2007-11-15 | Matrix Publishing, LLC. | Strategy 3 Tactics, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Close Combat: Modern Tactics is based on Close Combat Marines, which is used as a USMC training simulation. It comes with 25 Modern scenarios based on real-world and hypothetical conflicts.
Fight on hypothetical battlefields ranging in style from backwoods America to the streets of Iraq and the former Soviet republics.
A scenario editor is also included, making it easy to setup your own battles with modern opposing forces. |
| Garden Defense | 2007-11-15 | iWin, Inc. | iWin Division 90 | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Garden Defense is an action / strategy game that involves protecting flower beds from being eaten by hungry insects and pests. The story of the game follows Allen and Laurel Smith. Allen is a tinkerer of sorts, and has transformed kitschy garden decorations known as Gadgets (Garden Gnome, Peeing Cherub, Pink Flamingo) into Garden Defenses. His wife Laurel raises an aggressive variety of Plants (Sunflower, Nightbells, and Spitting Cactus). Eventually, the Smiths are joined by their Bug Loving daughter, Charlotte. She introduces Bughouses that are used to summon friendly Bugs (Stinkbug, Dragonfly and Ladybugs) to help defend the gardens.Each level has a winding path that the pests follow toward the flower bed. The player must build Garden Defenses along the path to stop the pests. Each level is broken into waves of enemies that get progressively harder. The enemies come in two varieties, Crawlers (they move along the ground) and Fliers (they fly above the path). Each defensive object has its strengths and weaknesses. Some target just one enemy at a time, while others attack all enemies within its attack radius. Some attack fliers only while others attack crawlers, or both. The player has as much time as they like between waves to set up their defenses. This allows for different strategies to form. The defensive objects also have unique properties of their type. Gadgets, for example, can be moved anywhere in the garden at any time. This creates a more action arcade feel to the game. On the other hand, Plants are permanently rooted in the ground once placed, but they naturally grow and upgrade on their own over time. And lastly, the Friendly Bugs that can be deployed from the Bughouses follow the path away from the flower bed, and toward the oncoming enemy. When Bugs engage an enemy of a like type, they engage them in melee combat. The Bugs also each have a unique ability giving the player more options when using Bugs.As the player goes through the game, they come across Cut Scenes which tell the story of the Smith's defense of the Gardens of Lindencroft (The town in which Garden Defense takes place.) The Cut Scenes establish the areas of the game in which the player defends the flower beds and gardens. These areas include, the Suburbs of Lindencroft, an Abandoned Garden called Jardin House, gardens in the town of Grand Chap, Botanical Gardens at the town Museum, and ultimately protecting rare plants in Birdsong Woods.The player can upgrade their arsenal by purchasing a variety of global upgrades in "The Lab". These include super versions of each of the defenses, as well as range increases, damage modifiers, and different bonuses to the game's economy. The most notable Lab Upgrade is the WMD: Widow of Mass Destruction. The WMD is Charlotte Smith's pet widow spider, Merriam. Once this upgrade is purchased from the Lab, the Player may call Merriam to create a giant spider web, which cocoons any enemies in its radius and slowly poisons them, and also slows any other enemies which have to crawl through the web. As the player goes through the game, many challenges are unlocked, which reuse the story levels in new and unique ways, with restrictions and different rules. Garden Defense has been compared to the genre of game, "Tower Defense," and has introduced elements such as tower moving, tower growing and anti-enemy deployment (as seen with the bugs.) |
| Marie: BabySitter | 2007-11-15 | GOST Publishing SPRL | Tokkun Studio | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Marie Baby-Sitter is a life simulation game where the player acts a baby-sitter who must take care of kids between 6 months and 3 years old.The player must nourish kids, play with them, verify that they are clean, tell stories to them, go to the park. Next to this job, the player must also lives the private life of the baby-sitter: wash the house, shopping, sleep...The game offers a large amount of customizing in including a character editor where you can choose face, hair, skin colour, clothes. You can also customize your home in buying various furniture in the stores. |
| Sports Game Pack (Manager Edition) | 2007-11-15 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A compilation with three sport games (just sport for the brain) by CDV. The games included are:
Fussball Manager Pro
Ice Hockey Club Manager 2005
Fussball Manager Fun |
| Strategy Game Pack Volume 1 | 2007-11-15 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | A compilation with three strategy games by CDV. The games included are:
Against Rome
Besieger
SuperPower 2 |
| Tell: Das Spiel zum Film | 2007-11-15 | Green Kangaroo | TGC - The Games Company GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tell: Das Spiel zum Film is an adventure game based on the German movie Tell: Jeder Schuss ein Treffer! The player takes the role of Wilhelm Tell who roams the lands with his friend Val-Tah, who is imprisoned for high treason and offenses against the king. Your task is to fee Val-Tah and trick the people of the castle by using several items that you can find around the castle. |
| A Farewell to Dragons | 2007-11-16 | 1C Company | Arise | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy, Steampunk | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | A Farewell to Dragons is a classic RPG with active pause battles that takes place in the fantasy universe based on the book of the same name - written by well-known Russian writers Sergey Lukyanenko and Nikolay Perumov. Gameplay is similar to classic RPGs with a party, active pause, skill and perks rule system similar to Fallout. The game tells story of Victor, guided by a young sorceress Tel. He must learn the magic of the four elements, master the Force and fulfill his destiny. |
| Avencast: Rise of the Mage | 2007-11-16 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | ClockStone Softwareentwicklung GmbH | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | As always Jonesch went down to the river to get water. As he walked towards the stream he noticed a basket on the shore. In it he finds a baby with a strange amulet around his neck. He chose to take care of this lost child and raise him. Soon he discovered that the child had a great gift for magic and when the child was old enough, he send him to the mage academy of Avencast in the hopes that he would be able to satisfy his desire to know more about magic there.In Avencast: Rise of the Mage, the player takes on the role of a young apprentice mage in the Avencast Magic Academy. In the beginning, the player is tasked with to meet three Master Wizards and gain their stamp of approval before entering the final examination for graduation. During this time, the player will learn the basic game mechanics quite unique to this game.Magic
The game introduces three schools of magic: Blood Magic, primary used for magical melee attacks; Soul Magic, primary used for magical ranged spells; and Summoning, which summons monsters to aid the player. Use of magic will drain the player of mana, which regenerates quite quickly. Spells must be assigned to quick keys before they can be used. When the character levels up, skills points may be used to purchase these spells, each with a level requirement.Combat
The player may engage in melee or ranged combat. Both melee and ranged combat uses the staff as weapon; melee combat consisting of martial art moves while ranged combat allows the player to cast magical bolts at a target, with controls similar to a third person shooter. The game also emphasis on action-type combat with the the player's ability to dodge though quick moves and rolling. |
| Flight Pack II | 2007-11-16 | City Interactive S.A. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Combat Wings: Battle of Britain
JetFighter 2015
Wings of Honour: Battles of the Red Baron |
| Napoleon's Campaigns | 2007-11-16 | AGEOD Sarl | AGEOD Sarl | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Like Europa Universalis, Victoria and Hearts of Iron, Napoleon's Campaigns is a historical simulator focused in European events during the Napoleonic wars.There are seven playable countries during the period of 1804 to 1815 where the game takes place. As the focus here is the Napoleon expansion, lots of scripted events concerning that time have been added, and there is the possibility to the gamer, when facing a problem, to choose not only the historical path, but also some plausible options that unfold in different consequences.Each nation has a different stance and reacts differently to each player's move, the game also features hundreds of leaders, whose abilities may affect the outcome of the battles and a detailed map which may act the same way. |
| Next Life | 2007-11-16 | Adventure Company, The | Future Games s.r.o. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | Teen | | Windows | Next Life is a point-and-click adventure game that involves life after death - or, at least, the afterlife of a select group of people who were all killed in terrible accidents.The untimely death of 23 year old Adam Raichl, for instance, happened suddenly when his SUV was struck by a tanker truck, bursting into flames. Players take control of Adam after the accident when he awakes not in a morgue or hospital, but instead on a strange island. And, he is not alone. There are others here who have experienced similar fates. Talking with them, Adam learns that their deaths occurred during different times and places, and under various circumstances. Why are they all here? Did he really die, or is he still alive and just having a comatose dream? If he is still living, how can he leave this place?Explore Adam's limbo, talk to the people there, find objects and solve nonsensical puzzles to answer those questions and many others that arise. Adam will come upon many types of puzzles, some involving inventory objects (either alone or combined) and others requiring quick reflexes to solve in arcade-like manner. Talking to the NPCs after new discoveries are made is the key to other puzzle solutions.The game was created using the AGDS engine, version 3. |
| Pocket Tanks Deluxe (Collector's Edition) | 2007-11-16 | Blitwise Productions LLC | Blitwise Productions LLC | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The special collector's edition of this game comes with the 14 weapon packs built-in, that were released up to date:The Fuzz Pack, Tornado Pack, Snowball Pack, Gold Pack, Gravity Pack, Fireworks Pack, Super Pack, Chaos Pack, Power Pack, Flamethrower Pack, Meteor Pack, Nuke Pack, Ambush Pack, and the new Nano Pack that was released a freeware pack special for the Collector's Edition release.All in all, 190 weapons. |
| Rome: Total War - Anthology | 2007-11-16 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Rome: Total War Anthology is a compilation of these games:
Rome: Total War
Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion
Rome: Total War - Alexander |
| Talvisota: Icy Hell | 2007-11-16 | Nival Interactive LLC | Blitzfront Game Studio | Educational, Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | Ivan Kondakov (Vanok), Alexey Kozlov (jefolzok), Vitalius Kryssin (Vetal), Edward Moskalenko (Akella) | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Talvisota: Icy Hell is an RTS re-enactment of the Winter War. Including campaigns for both Russian and the Finnish, you can partake in the faithfully re-enacted events of the Winter War.Unlike usual RTSes, Talvisota: Icy Hell does not have any resource management but instead, it concentrates solely on the strategy aspect. The game is mouse-controlled with keyboard shortcuts like any other modern RTS. Realism has been taken into account as you can only take out enemy tanks with other tanks or specialized anti-tank units. Building units is out of the question, as you have to deal with what you're given in the beginning of the mission, but completing side-missions can rank you up and give you additional units to work with.The missions are redrawn from real events and you are given historical lessons during missions as introductions to the missions. Talvisota: Icy Hell does not have multiplay support. |
| WWII Battle Tanks: T-34 vs. Tiger | 2007-11-16 | IDDK Group | G5 Software LLC | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | World War II | Tank, Vehicular combat | | Real-time | | | Windows | WWII Battle Tanks: T-34 vs. Tiger takes place during "Operation Bagration" which was a great offensive executed by the Red Army from June 22 till August 29, 1944 with the goal to recapture the Belorussian capital Minsk. In the end the Red Army managed to do much more than that, making the operation not only decisive for the outcome of WWII but also the most costly battle for the Germans with the highest rate of casualties since 1916 including the complete destruction of Heeresgruppe Mitte and three of its component armies.Two campaigns with six missions each put the player either on the side of the Russians in an accurately simulated T-34 tank or on the side of the Germans in a Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. E - better known as "Tiger". Each tank has three playable positions: Driver, Gunner and Commander. The fourth, the Loader, is always controlled by the AI. The player can switch between every position at any time and give control of the rest over to the AI.The Driver is responsible for driving the tank obviously but this not only involves steering but also changing gears and managing the number of revolutions to keep the tank moving and the engine running in every situation. The Commander spots enemies with his binoculars and gives fire and move orders to the rest of the crew. The Gunnery instead has to choose the ammunition, aim carefully and hit the target preferably at it's week spot. To do so he has the original gunnery sights of both tanks at his disposal to exactly calculate both the distance to and the height of a target to put the grenade right where the commander wants it.The game also features Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch multiplayer-modes for up to 16 players and an editor to make own maps and missions. |
| 7 Artifacts | 2007-11-18 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Dragon Altar Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Classical antiquity, Europe | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fragments of a secret prophecy are appearing all over Greece. As the magician Lidia, you must unravel these prophecies to prevent a new war between the Gods and Titans.7 Artifacts is a match three game. Using your mouse, click an item then click the items to the left, right, above or below to swap them so as to make a straight row of three or more of the same. These will then disappear and the others will drop down to fill the gap. There are letters in the puzzle that you must collect. When you gather all the letters, you clear the level. You must do this before time runs out.As you progress through the levels, you get bonuses. A bonus is created when you match four or more of any item. There are eight possible bonuses. The first you get is called Meteor. When you click it, it destroys the eight items, other than letters, that surround it. Other bonuses include the horizontal lightning that destroys all items to the left and right and the multielemental that can be used as any item to make a match.There are also, as the game is called, seven artifacts that you recover as you progress through the levels. To activate an artifact, you must make a match of three or more of a certain item twice in a row. The artifacts include the Herald of Fortune that creates two random bonuses on the board, the Heart of Fire that destroys a group of items in the center of the board and Monarch that releases a ghost. When this ghost is below an item, make a match with it in the match to be rewarded with either the hint button activated, three items removed from beneath the nearest letter or creating a bonus. |
| Principles of Evil: Volume II | 2007-11-18 | divot | divot | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In the sequel to Principles of Evil taxidermist Rogata continues her journey away from boredom searching for the evil witch Babayaga who can further teach her dark arts. The story picks up after Rogi has fallen through a hole in the earth. As the story continues, she meets strange creatures and even a potential love interest.Just like the first game, it is entirely mouse-controlled. The right mouse button is used to switch between actions icon (examine, pick up, use, talk), while the left mouse button executes the selection function. Rogi can explore different environments to talk to other characters. Music was not included in the initial release of the game, but added afterwards. |
| Ankh: Battle of the Gods | 2007-11-19 | Daedalic Entertainment GmbH, XIDER | Deck 13 Interactive GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | | | Windows | It seemed like finally things would look bright for Assil. He did not only get the Ankh back but also Thara. And all it took was giving the heart of Osiris back to him at the end of Ankh: Heart of Osiris. He didn't listen to Osiris or even ask questions about the Ankh or the strange "Battle of the Gods" he needed his heart for. He just went on with his life and built a house together with Thara.Had he listened, he would have been prepared for tonight because another thousand years are up and the sign of the camel once again shines bright from the sky. It is the sign for the Gods that they once again need to engage in a tournament whose winner will rule over Egypt the centuries to come. But Assil just didn't listen. Instead the Ankh wakes him up when the Ancient God embedded in it begins to speak. He tells Assil that he needs to stop the God Seth from winning the tournament and since he is the keeper of the Ankh he has to do as told. So it is up to Assil to save Egypt.You take control of Assil with your mouse and guide him through the different environments talking to people through multiple choice dialogues, while you pick up items which are needed to solve the many puzzles on the journey. On the way he will not only revisit familiar locations (like Cairo) and meet old friends, but he will also visit new locations including the famous Casino of Luxor and meet new characters everywhere.During the course of the game you will also have the chance to take control of Thara to solve riddles where more than one person is needed or which Assil cannot solve since he is for example afraid of water since that incident in Ankh. To help you on your adventure, the game now features a hotspot indicator. If you press the corresponding button, the game shows you all the things in the current room you can interact with. |
| Eschalon: Book I | 2007-11-19 | Basilisk Games | Basilisk Games | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Eschalon: Book I is the first title in a planned series of independently developed RPG games. According to the developer, it is a faithful follower of classic RPG series like Wizardry, Might & Magic, or Ultima.The game is turn-based, with the outcome of every action determined by the character's stats. Those are aided by different skills that involve combat proficiency with various weapons, thieving skills, magic abilities and non-combat skills like cartography (affects the quality of the automap feature), lore or mercantile. The world is open from the very beginning, with nothing but overpowering monsters and thugs preventing the player from going wherever he pleases.The story finds the player in an abandoned building in the ransacked village of Elderhollow, suffering from a memory loss and with a short note instructing him what to do next. In time, he finds out that he is located in the eastern province of Eschalon, Thaermore, which is currently torn apart by war with a mysterious underworld race of creatures bearing a strong resemblance to dwarves. The passage to the west was closed by the Eschalon ruler, so all the people left in the province now have to care for themselves. A series of notes and instructions brings the player closer to the truth about his origin and his role in the current conflict. |
| Seal Online | 2007-11-19 | YNK Interactive, Inc. | Grigon Entertainment, YNK Games Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Seal Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It is set in the medieval fantasy world Schiltz and shares much of its geography and lore with Seal: Travelers of Destiny. Many of the organizations and characters from that game return; however, the overall tone of the setting has been made lighter and more cheerful.In the original release there were seven classes to choose from: Warrior, Knight, Craftsman, Mage, Jester, Priest and Beginner. The latter allows the player to switch to any other class after level 10. Other classes were added in subsequent updates.Quests are offered in towns and their guilds. Players can opt to form parties in order to complete quests together. It is also possible to trade, open band accounts, acquire and nurture pets, and fish.Combat relies on a combo system: powerful combos can be executed by pressing correspondent keys when a special bar is halfway filled. Skill points are awarded after leveling up; players can choose to distribute them to improve the characters' attributes. |
| Unreal Tournament III | 2007-11-19 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Epic Games, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The alien race known as Necris is still fighting against the humans but when they attack the Twin Souls mining colony, they made a big mistake because it was the hometown of James "Reaper" Hawkins. He now seeks revenge together with his sister Sarah and his team mates Terrence Marshall and Jeremiah O'Connor. To get it over with they join the Izanagi Corporation where they get transferred into a special ops division lead by none other than long time tournament champion Malcolm.In the single-player campaign you take control over Reaper and fight in closed matches in the different available gameplay-modes against the Necris and other enemies of the Corporation. To convince your enemies that they are wrong, you will find the usual arsenal of known Unreal Tournament-weapons scattered around the map. These include the humiliating impact hammer, the Trident Tri-barrel Rocket Launcher and the devastating Redeemer. The famous Translocator is also back again to allow you fast movement around the maps. But it's not the only means of transportation in Unreal Tournament III.Like in Unreal Tournament 2004 many maps also feature vehicles like the Axon Goliath or the Necris Darkwalker. In addition to that you also have at all time access to the new Hoverboard which allows you to travel fast but you can't use any weapons at the same time.There's also game-mode called Vehicle CTF where the different machines are essential in winning the round.The other game-modes, which are all available in single player and multiplayer, contain the usual like Deathmatch and Capture the Flag but also the new Warfare-mode. In this mode you need to destroy the enemy Power Core. But the power core only becomes vulnerable when you've captured the Nodes leading to the core with power Orbs that spawn in your base. Warfare also replaces the popular Onslaught-mode known from the previous games. Bombing Run also didn't make it from Unreal Tournament 2004 into the new game. |
| Unreal Tournament III (Collector's Edition) | 2007-11-19 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Collector's Edition comes in a black metal box and includes:
Unreal Tournament III
Hard Cover Art book
Bonus DVD with Toolkit Video Tutorials, the history of UT and a making-of Unreal Tournament III-video |
| Dirty Dancing | 2007-11-20 | Codemasters Online Gaming | Say Design | Action, Puzzle | | Licensed | | Hidden object, Music / rhythm, Tile matching puzzle, Time management | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Based on one of the most well-known movies of all time, Dirty Dancing will lift you up and take you on a journey reminiscent of the fabulous 1980s.Choose to play as Frances "baby" Houseman or stud-muffin Johnny Castle. It's the summer of 1963 and things are about to get exciting.Earn money working in the kitchens and helping out in the hotel lobby, these are in the mini-games known as Breakfast Buffet and Bellboy Bedlam (to name only a few). Use this money to take dance lessons and enter competitions. Have the time of your life with the sexy Patrick Swayze.Dirty Dancing is a game of mini-games and puzzles. There is no linear plot to play though. Your role is to do the jobs offered to you around the camp and take the dance lessons as you can afford them. As you progress through different levels of the mini-games other parts of the camp become available.As an added bonus you are also given a cabin with a pool and can use your earnings to buy furniture and decorate. All in that memorable 80s style of course. |
| Ghost in the Sheet | 2007-11-20 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | Cardboard Box Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Ghost in the Sheet is a paranormal comedy adventure in which you play a ghost investigating a mystery. It also features two short optional arcade subgames. The main game is played from a first-person viewpoint, and presented in a slideshow format. It contains dark humor and a unique paranormal skill system.The game begins at the end of the character's life - unfortunately, the afterlife isn't quite what you expected. You must master new paranormal skills - you weren't successful in life, now you will struggle to be successful as a ghost. You must now wear a sheet and work for a horrible boss. You do not have normal human skills, but must learn new ones (such as activating levers and directing a light beam) as the game progresses. The Sector Omega factory has been left deserted following a fire, and only the ghosts of its inhabitants remain. Could there be a monster lurking within? To solve the mystery, the player must explore the remains, interact with machines, and look for written and audio clues, ranging from pattern puzzles to writings. |
| Larry Bond's Harpoon: Commander's Edition | 2007-11-20 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Advanced Gaming Systems Inc., Alliance Interactive Software, Inc., Applied Computing Services, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | Real-time | | | Windows | Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commanders Edition continues to hold the standard in naval wargaming. Building on the community developed Harpoon Classic 2002 Gold Edition, this version finishes that work.Specific highlights include: functional ECM, mobile ground units, a new BattleSet (WestPac) as well as an updated database that is current as of early 2008. Of course, many bugs have been squished along the way.The game is still being developed by Tony Eischens, Brad Leyte and crew and they generally release 2-3 updates per year. Many cool enhancements are in the works, see the Matrix and AGSI websites for details. |
| Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus | 2007-11-20 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Sonic Team | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus is an expansion to Phantasy Star Universe. It offers more customizable options for the player character, more possibilities for social interaction, e.g. in a casino lobby, more weapons, more combat abilities, more levels and more enemies.It also features an offline playing mode which continues the story of Phantasy Star Universe. The player needs to stop the secret organization Illuminus which wants to destroy all non-human races. This time he also can create his own character for the offline mode instead of being restricted to a pre-defined one. |
| Segeln: Deutsche Inseln - Nordsee & Ostsee | 2007-11-20 | astragon Software GmbH | Ice Bytes Game Development | Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Europe | Naval / watercraft, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Segeln: Deutsche Inseln - Nordsee & Ostsee is a single player sailing regatta game with an environment around sections of the German North sea and Baltic islands and coastlines. The game is a follow-up to the earlier Days of Sail: Wind over Waters title, only sailing in a different scenario.Similar to the earlier game, the player gets a sequence of five islands/coastal areas and five sailing boats to unlock as the sailing race progresses. The game starts at the island of Amrum in the North Sea, using a Floating Saxon sailing boat.As an option to the full campaign/regatta series, it is also possible to sail a single race against a selected number of AI opponents in a practice mode called 'freestyle', which it points-limited, or to sail on their own to practice handling the boat and view the environments in an 'exploration' mode which is time-limited. |
| Sombras de Guerra: La Guerra Civil Española | 2007-11-20 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | Legend Studios SL | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Sombras de Guerra: La Guerra Civil Española is a real-time strategy game based in the military conflict of the past century known as the Spanish Civil War. It presents the two main factions of this event, the Nationals and the Republicans, who will be supported by three more armies, the Soviet forces (in case you're Republican) or the German Condor Legion and the Italian Fascist volunteers (in case you're a National).In the campaign mode you count with a total of 25 missions available, which are divided between the two sides (12 for the Nationals and 13 for the Republicans). The units available in the game are more than 50 and represent military forces of various kinds. You will also count with an "hero", a personage around which the missions will evolve and who will take part in the action in the most active way.This game intends to narrate the most notable war episodes in a chronological and historically accurate way, although it will also let you take some "licenses", such as changing the history by winning the war with the Republican army. Narrations will also include the appearance of historical cutscenes between missions, which have been directly taken from the Filmoteca Nacional. Also, notable figures such as Francisco Franco, General Mola or others will appear realistically characterized. |
| Fedora Spade: Case 3 - Death Wears a Fedora | 2007-11-21 | Radical Poesis Games & Creations | Radical Poesis Games & Creations | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Death Wears a Fedora is the third episode in the freeware hard-boiled, yet humorous Fedora Spade adventure series. Players once again take control of detective Fedora Spade, assisted by his partner Daphne Marshall. It is a peculiar relationship, as Spade holds a dark secret he has to hide for her. Other familiar characters also make a return, such as the lawyer Jules Cashington, the morbid colleague Theo and silly officer Baldie. The majority of the cast is entirely new. The story takes place in the future and spans three days. For this case, Spade has to investigate the mysterious death of Diamond Goldmine in his mansion.Gameplay is fairly identical to the previous games. Spade has to talk to different characters to collect clues, search the environment, ask Theo to examine items in detail, and finally draw suspects into the interrogation room while using the right clues to advance the story, as well as interpreting it through prompted answers. The interface is entirely menu-based and all actions are shown through pictures combined with dialogue, full music and scarce sound effects. Spade moves around using his car and new locations are opened up when useful clues are gathered.Compared to the previous games, the puzzles have become harder. Rather than allowing the player to try and use all clues until an answer comes up, many puzzles now require manual input and a thorough knowledge of the story with the paths to explore. |
| Home Sweet Home | 2007-11-21 | Big Blue Bubble Inc. | Big Blue Bubble Inc. | Simulation | | | | | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Home Sweet Home is a home design simulator. The player takes the role of a professional interior designer, and must redecorate a living space within the client's budget and taste. The room and its furnishings are presented as isometric graphics with a scrolling purchase menu at the bottom.Windows, sofas, paintings and other paraphernalia can be bought and placed on their respective spaces on the screen. Some objects can be put under other objects or over them (for example, rugs can be tucked underneath chairs, and small lamps can rest over tables). The bought objects appear discolored in a blueprint style.A thumbs-up meter at the top of the screen shows the client's satisfaction with the work. It decreases and increases with each object placed. After reaching the minimum mark, the build button starts flashing.In the building process workers are assigned to build each thing in the room within a time limit. They start working on something when the player click on them (or their portraits) and one of the room blueprint features. While they build something it starts to fill slowly with full colors to indicate progress.The workers portraits replace the menu at the bottom and show their stamina level. As they get tired, the player needs to drag and drop a jar of coffee on them or the portraits. The coffee jar starts to refill slowly when replaced on the machine. Sometimes they stop working and ask for a tool from the toolbox (a speak balloon with the tool appears over them). Every time they stop working on an object, it starts to slowly lose its colors. |
| Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory (Edition Collector) | 2007-11-21 | Anuman Interactive SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Sudden Strike 3 Collector Edition includes not only an elaborate packaging also two vehicle models. The game has not been changed to the normal version. |
| Agatha Christie: Peril at End House | 2007-11-22 | I-play | Floodlight Games, Oberon Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Interwar | | | | Teen | | Windows | Based on another work of Agatha Christie and featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, the game continues the hidden-object casual adventure game series started with Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile.Relaxing at St. Loo's café on Cornwall Coast of England in the early Autumn of 1927, Hercule Poirot and his faithful companion Hastings occasionally meet Magdala "Nick" Buckley, the last female person in a long line of Buckleys inhabiting End House. From the conversation with her you understand that during past week she has happily escaped from three potentially lethal situations. So famous Poirot decided to uncover the mystery and to find out who is trying to kill Miss Buckley before it's too late.As you play through 13 investigations, you will uncover clues. At the end of the game, you will reveal whodunit! During each investigation, you will go through different locations in St. Loo and look for items on Poirot's list. Each location is a static screen, sometimes with animated parts on it. As you find items, Poirot eliminates them from the investigation or identifies them as important clues. Finding all the objects in certain locations will reward you with a Clue Card. Each Clue Card reveals a statement from a suspect or colleague. They are stored in your Clue Room and may be used to help solve the mystery.At the end of each investigation, you can solve a bonus puzzle based on the uncovered clues. Each puzzle is different from normal gameplay, and features constructing the mechanism from its parts, decoding the letter from Miss Lemon with given words, composing newspaper with cut pieces, opening the safe, etc. Completing a bonus round will reveal more information about the case. The cut-scenes between or during investigations are shown in comics art-style that untwist the plot.You have 25 minutes to complete each investigation. If you have difficulties with finding items, you may use one of five hints or move to another location and return back later. If you run out of time, you must restart your searches from the beginning of the current investigation. |
| Azur et Asmar: Le coffret de Noël | 2007-11-22 | Nord-Ouest | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Christmas edition of Azur et Asmar includes:
Azur & Asmar on one DVD-ROM
Prestige DVD release (2 DVDs) of the animation movie of the same name
Original soundtrack of the animated film on one audio disc
Azur et Asmar themed Christmas decorations |
| Elf Bowling 7 1/7: The Last Insult | 2007-11-22 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Hot Lava Games, NStorm, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | | | | | | | | Windows | Elf Bowling 7 1/7: The Last Insult is something of an update to Super Elf Bowling. Again, the elves are on strike so, they are bowling pins. In this newest version, however, you can pick up items that can be dirty tricks or bonuses. Dirty tricks are things like making you opponents ball half size, and less effective, or making the ball go out of control. Bonus items are things like speed boost or removing the gutters. The scoring is, otherwise, standard bowling scoring. Play goes to ten frames with the highest score winning. |
| Petka VIII: Pokorenie Rima | 2007-11-22 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | Vladislav Goncharov (Влад Гончаров), Svyatoslav Kondaurov (Святослав Кондауров) | | | | Windows | Petka 8: Pokorenie Rima is another part of one of the most famous Russian quest series.A hero of Russian communist revolution and many funny stories as well Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev with his silly henchman Petka and the most sexy girl in the village Anka the machine-gunner are into some adventures again. Something strange is going on around. People are losing memory, comissar Furmanov is dead and unknown terror is lurking nearby. Starting from their homeland brave party will investigate the mysterious events happening in Gadyukino, fight the imperialistic aliens in space, get into the loony bin and even travel through time to ancient Rome accompanying action with a lot of jokes. As always there are some historical persons made into ludicrous figures.Petka 8 is presented in totally 3D environment for the first time in series but still holds the traditional point-n-click gameplay. |
| Sports Game Pack (Wintersports Edition) | 2007-11-22 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Compilation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A compilation with three frosty sport games by CDV. The games included are:
Freak Out: Extreme Freeride
Ice Hockey Club Manager 2005
Ski Racing 2005 Feat. Hermann Maier |
| Tsui☆Teru | 2007-11-22 | C:drive. | C:drive. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Romance | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tsui☆Teru is an adult visual novel about Riku Hashida, a young man who has recently moved into a second-floor apartment above a coffee shop. Upon visiting the shop downstairs, Riku is immediately taken by the charm and beauty of its manager, Kuu Kawai. However, there's a catch: Kuu is not a girl, but a very effeminate guy. Although conflicted by this revelation, Riku finds himself wanting to get closer to Kuu regardless, while Kuu's twin sister, Umi, wants to get closer to Riku.Like most visual novels, the gameplay consists of reading text atop of illustrated backgrounds and periodically making a decision which will determine the outcome of the story. All major characters except the protagonist are fully voiced. |
| Rückblende | 2007-11-23 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Rückblende, German for "flashback", is an interactive animation created for a student project. The game is entirely in German and takes the player back to a summer house where the protagonist spent many of his holidays. Played from a first-person perspective, the player is able to explore the summer house and the nearby environment using static screens combined with short 3D animated sequences. The gameplay elements are introduced by memories, objects with a white outline that need to be located. When activated through clicking, an animated memory is shown, pencil-drawn in the same white outlines and projected over the environment.There are no puzzles, just interactive sequences. Throughout the game, no explanation, text or voice-acting is provided. The events are shown and it is left to the player to interpret them along with the stories that took place, guided by eerie soundscapes. By piecing together the different memories, a secret seems to be unravelling. |
| Stranger | 2007-11-23 | 1C Company | Fireglow Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Stranger is set in a fantasy world named Kront which has one especially cruel penalty for black magic: banishment to the over world. The three protagonists Steiger (crossbow), Mordlok (melee) and Kagar (magic) are innocently banished and now they just know one goal: revenge. Every one of them has a small army and the player alternately takes their role during the game.Stranger is a real-time tactics game without base building which means the player has to work with the units he got. He also can hire mercenaries by paying them with crystals. These crystals are also the foundation of the unique magic system: there are three kinds of crystals which can be divided into the individual inventories. These crystals create a small sphere around the unit; the color depends on the crystals, e.g. green and red crystals mean a brown sphere. Within these sphere only magic of the same colour can be used.The player keeps his troops from mission to mission. These receive experience points and get better fighting and magic skills after a level up. In smithies the player can create powerful weapons and armor by using resources which are received by killing enemies or melting down unused gear. |
| Chewsters | 2007-11-26 | TrioDesign Studio | TrioDesign Studio | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You grandfather, John Cornflake, discovered alien life on a planet using his invention, the supertelescope. He felt these aliens would one day invade Earth. He tried to warn everyone but no one believed him but you. When you got grown, you took college courses to prove your grandfather right using mathematics but no one believed you, either. Then, one day, they invaded. The aliens, Chewsters, invaded Earth to eat everything in sight. You have joined the Earth military so you can defend us. It is up to you to defeat these aliens.Chewsters is a Puzzle Bubble/Bust-A-Move variant. The playing field is circular with the alien craft in the middle. Aliens emerge from the craft and use must use your cannon to fire an alien onto the cluster to create a group of three of more or the same color. Move you mouse so the cursor is where you want to place a Chewster. If the cursor is a red X, then you cannot place a Chewster there. If the cursor is a white dotted box with a cross in the middle, then you can place there. When three or more are together, they will then disappear. When they disappear, if there are any Chewsters that no longer connect to the ship, they will also disappear.After a time, the hatcher on the right side of the screen fills up. When this happens, more Chewsters are released from the ship. If the Chewsters expand out to the edge of the playing field, you lose a life. If all lives are lost, the game is over. As you advance through the levels, Captain Dan Cornflake creates new weapons. These include the cake that can remove one Chewster, the bomb that can remove a small group of Chewsters and the shaker that reshuffles the Chewsters. |
| Christmasville | 2007-11-26 | SpinTop Games | NevoSoft LLC | Action | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Usually, as a private investigator, Arthur Knight is used to weird cases. But going to North Pole, by being knocked out by an Abominable Snowman that is begging him to find Santa Claus, was something that he thought impossible. Arthur, convinced that he's not dreaming, will do everything in his power to save Christmas... even if he must meet some weird creatures or Death herself.Christmasville is an hidden object game, with minigames. In a certain amount of time, you have to find items whose names or silhouettes are given in a list. When it's done, you have to click on them in order to making progress. If you're stuck, you can ask for an hint/tip. That system for helping you is available for all minigames: "spot the differences", where you're given two pictures and you have to find the differences by clicking on them, "decipher the message", by switching letters, "reconstitute the picture", etc.. |
| Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey | 2007-11-27 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Papaya Studio Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Players create their own custom character to explore the worlds of the Disney Princesses. Players travel to the castles of Ariel, Jasmine, Cinderella, and Snow White to use their wand to fight the evil Bog creatures which have invaded each of the princess' worlds. Players can defeat Zara, the evil ex-princess, alone or with a friend in a cooperative experience.At the end of the game, the player has learned the virtues of a princess and becomes one themselves. |
| Garry's Mod + Team Fortress 2 | 2007-11-27 | Valve Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Garry's Mod + Team Fortress 2 is a Steam bundle containing Garry's Mod and the multiplayer game Team Fortress 2. The package is also including the Source SDK. |
| Speedball 2: Tournament | 2007-11-27 | FIP Publishing GmbH | Kylotonn SARL | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Because of the outbreak of a civil war the rival groups founded the extremely brutal streetsport-league "Speedball" to carry out their fights. But soon the league got more and more popular and more dangerous. After ten years Speedball was declared a national sport and was played by professional teams.One of the teams, called "Brutal Deluxe" (which you managed in Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe) is now sitting on top of the first league since fifty years and it is upon you to make your way from the 4th league up to the first and grab the championship title from "Brutal Deluxe".Your team consists of three types of players: men, women and cyborgs. Each kind has it's own advantages. While women can run faster than anyone else, cyborgs aren't that easily knocked on the floor. Playing matches will grant you credits with which you can buy upgrades for your whole team and your players also gain points that you can put either into skills like speed or accuracy or in their AI parameters. The higher the players AI parameters are, the better he'll play for example in defense.Once you've put together your team, you go into one of the four available arenas and try to score more points than the enemy team. This can either be accomplished by simply scoring a goal, by hurting the enemy players or by hitting the stars on the side of the playing field. There are also several different kinds of power-ups spawning on the field like freeze enemy team or teleport the ball directly to the rusher of your team.Since the game is basically a remake of Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe you have the choice between two control-schemes: Classic and Advanced. In Classic-mode every action has their own button assigned and so you can only make for example direct shots or high passes. The advanced-mode instead allows you more freedom by assigning two actions to most of the buttons like normal shot and check. Which action is triggered depends on you having the ball or not. |
| Fashion Craze | 2007-11-28 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Five-BN | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Fashion Craze is a time management game that lets players manage a busy fashion boutique.Maria takes over the running of her Aunt Lynne's shop while she is away on a trip. In the store, her duties include showing customers to their seats, giving their clothing orders to the seamstress to make, and picking up and delivering each item. They are then escorted to the dressing room and, when finished there, Maria collects their money. The shop carries accessories (hats, sunglasses etc.) in addition to its custom-made clothes. Merchandise offered changes for the seasons, in quantity, color and style, as the game progresses. Other activities include changing Maria's work outfit as well as the decor and color schemes inside the shop.Maria needs happy customers so improve the shop's reputation and profit. If a customer grows impatient while waiting to be seated or for the fulfillment of their requests, their unhappiness will show inside a heart icon which appears with each person. If they have to wait too long, they may walk out the door; something that must be avoided at all costs. To appease them, Maria can offer refreshments or gifts (flowers for a woman; a toy car for a young boy, for instance). On a busy day with lots of customers, Maria has her hands full, and it can get hectic keeping everyone satisfied. |
| Paranormal Investigation | 2007-11-28 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A paranormal investigator Jhon Steel has arrived in Reality-on-the-Norm to find a horror case. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Jhon to find the appropriate job in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Season Match | 2007-11-28 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | URSE Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Snow Queen decides to initiate an everlasting winter. The princesses of spring, summer and autumn must collect the pieces of the magical mirror to defeat her.Season Match is a matching game with gameplay similar to the Collapse series, where the objective is to click on groups of jewels of the same color to remove them from the game.The game has two modes: Quest, that has a time limit on the levels, and an Arcade mode with no time constraints. The goal of each level is to highlight the background by making matches over it. Power-ups help remove columns and rows of jewels, or increase by a few seconds the time available to beat the level.There are 260 levels, and an extra 100 are unlocked if the player collects all the trophies. |
| The Tuttles Madcap Misadventures | 2007-11-28 | Legacy Interactive Inc., Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation | Animax Entertainment, DivoGames Ltd., Legacy Interactive Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | When the Tuttles decide to take a family vacation to "The Alamo" they have no idea the kind of misadventures they will get into. When they ride aboard their flying mini-van they will have to avoid birds, helicopters, and even lighthouses. Of course their mini-van seems to have a crash happy attitude and frequently they will have to take on foot as each member of the family will have to work together to pass strange lands. Their adventures will take them across the desert, to jungles, up the sides of mountains and even underwater as they try and make their way to their destination.
The Tuttles Madcap Misadventures is at times a platform game and at times a side scrolling flying game. In certain parts of the game you will take control of the mini-van and fly across gradually changing settings while avoiding the aforementioned obstacles. When the game isn't in flying mode you will take control of one member of the Tuttle clan and explore lush settings trying to collect various objects to pass each level. There are forty levels in total and there are more unlocked when the game is finished. The platform levels are fairly typical of the genre, you jump around and avoid enemies.You can attack the enemies by stomping on most of them or hitting them with your attack. Each member of the family has a different attack. The father Barry swings his empty gas canister while the mom Barbara swings her purse. The kids will have their own levels to explore as well and their attacks are a thrown cell phone for the daughter Jess and a well placed kick for the son Zach. The enemies will vary level by level depending on the situation and will range from simple lizards walking around to jumping spiders, to spear throwing natives, to breaching sharks. The underwater levels play much like the regular platform levels but with an extended jump due to the ability of swimming a small distance. In fact the underwater levels seem to borrow heavily in game play and visual design from another Divo Games release Kenny's Adventure. On top of the required items to collect to pass each level there are also bonus gems and objects to collect but only for points. |
| Warmonger: Operation - Downtown Destruction | 2007-11-28 | AGEIA Technologies, Inc. | Netdevil, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Warmonger: Operation - Downtown Destruction is a multiplayer first-person shooter powered by the Unreal Engine 3. Warmonger has been developed to showcase and promote Ageia PhysX cards and is available for free download.Since Warmonger is a promotional game it only features five maps (plus one tutorial map) and two gameplay modes - Team Deathmatch and Capture and Hold.Team Deathmatch is indeed just a team-based deathmatch mode while Capture and Hold is a more unique mode similar to the Domination mode found in some games in the Unreal Tournament Series.
Two teams compete to capture a number of control points placed around the map. A team member can capture a point by standing on top of it for some time. A team gets points while in control of a control point. Thus in a Capture and Hold match each team is trying to defend the control points they are controlling while trying to capture free control points and those controlled by the other team.One of the main features of Warmonger - Operation: Downtown Destruction is the possibility to destroy the game's environment. Destructible maps are not new - this game, however, takes the feature further and makes it an essential part of the gameplay. By destroying walls or floors, for example, it is possible to create new paths and shortcuts. On the other hand is is also possible to destroy existing paths. Crossing a bridge and destroying it afterwards, for example, will stop chasing opponents. |
| Biathlon 2008 | 2007-11-29 | RTL Sports | 49Games GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Biathlon 2008 is the seventh part in the Biathlon series. Like its predecessor it allows you to play the Biathlon on your PC. Biathlon consists of two elements: cross-country skiing and rifle shooting on a shooting range. The racing parts require the player to keep an eye on his avatar's stamina so he won't be worn out. In the shooting sequences he has to shoot five stationary targets as quickly as possible. The game features 17 tracks to race on spread across 13 different locations. Players can compose their own characters from different stats that determine their prowess in various skills. Top bi-athletes Magdalena Neuner, Kati Wilhelm, Michael Greis and Sven Fischer are also playable.Multiplayer is possible through 4-player hot seat and 2-player split-screen mode. |
| Deal or No Deal: Secret Vault Games | 2007-11-29 | 2K Games, Inc. | Cat Daddy Games, LLC | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Loosely based on the game show Deal or No Deal, Secret Vault Games is a selection of minigames based on a money theme. The player can practice any of the games individually, or enter a tournament of five, eight, or 13 randomly-selected games. Each game consists of several rounds, and after each round the player can either lock in his winnings and go on to the next game, or go on the next round, risking all the winnings in that game. Games include:Wheeler Dealer: Spin the wheel, which has both money amounts and one Bust space on it. Land on a Bust space, and lose everything. Each round consists of multiple spins, and later rounds have more Bust spaces and higher dollar amounts.Follow the Leader: Starting with a grid of arrows pointing every which way, choose a series of arrows that doesn't cross its own path. Every three moves, the arrows rotate. Once enough moves have been made, the round ends. Higher rounds have a bigger grid, more moves to make, and a bigger reward.Strike a Deal: In each round, the player starts with $1000, and opens unmarked cases to either add money to his total, subtract money from his total, halve his money, double his money, or get a strike. The contents of the cases are shown to the left, but with no clues as to location. Every five cases, the Banker will make an offer; the player can either take the offer and go on to the next round, or reject the offer and keep playing the round. If three strikes are uncovered in a level, though, the player loses everything. Higher rounds have more strikes on the board, greater rewards, and other types of spaces.Dropping Dollars: Vaguely similar to a match-3 game, the player's objective is to form dollar amounts (horizontally only) of the same color. Both numbers and dollar signs of various colors will appear at the top of the screen, and the player can drop any that he pleases, causing a different batch of squares to appear. Create a line of the same color, starting with a dollar sign and having at least one digit, and those squares will disappear, adding that amount to the player's total. Match the goal amount for the round, and go on to the next. Don't let the field fill up. Later rounds have a bigger playfield, higher goal, and more colors.Keys to Success: This game has a grid of buttons that light up different colors. Choose all the buttons of the same color to have them all stay lighted up. Light up all the buttons to go to the next round. Later rounds have a bigger grid. This game is timed, and extra time in one round caries over to the next.Banker-B-Where?: Similar to minesweeper, this game has a grid, containing both dollar amounts and banker squares. Uncover all squares except the banker squares to go on to the next round. (The player loses if he uncovers a banker.) The dollar amounts get higher when closer to a banker square. Each round has a bigger grid and more banker squares.Lucky Shuffle: Starting with a grid of cases, each containing a certain amount, move lines of cases such that cases containing an identical amount end up next to each other. When that happens, both cases will be removed from the board, and the player's score will increase. Some cases contain strikes or busts; if three matches of strikes are made in a round, or even one match of busts, the player loses. The contents of cases are shown at the start of each round, and after every match, but it's up to the player to remember where everything was once they close again. Later rounds have more strikes and busts on the board, and greater stakes.The Gra$$ is Always Greener: Starting with a grid of cases, the player picks one to open, and either keeps it or gives it to the banker. Whoever doesn't get that case instead gets a random unopened case from the grid. After all cases are distributed, the unopened cases are opened, and whoever end up with the most money wins. Later rounds have higher amounts, and the banker starts the round with more money.Stuck with the Bill: Starting with a grid of numbers, the player and banker take turns picking a number of squares. The objective is to not be the one who picks the last square. In later rounds, the banker plays smarter.Banker's-a-Square: Based on the pen and paper game Dots and Boxes, the player and the banker take turns placing lines onto a grid. Completing a square allows that player to go again and earns money if the player completed it. The round ends when all squares are filled. The objective is to end the round with more squares than the banker. In later rounds, the field is larger, the banker plays smarter, and the squares are worth more.High Low: The player picks two unmarked cases from a grid, opens one of them, and then guesses if the other case contains a higher or lower dollar amount. If right, the player earns $25,000. If wrong, he gets one strike. Three strikes, and the player loses. Every four guesses, the banker gives a choice to the player to leave or stay. There is only one round.Phrase that Pays: Somewhat similar to Hangman, the player starts with money, and buys letters. (Letters are of various costs, depending on how common they are.) If those letters are in the phrase, they are revealed. Otherwise, a letter in the word "BUSTED" is revealed. Either way, the player is out that cash. When the player is ready, he can solve the puzzle, but if he gets it wrong, or if he spells out BUSTED, he loses. When the round is over, any remaining cash is added to the player's total. Later rounds increase the amount of starting money and the amount each letter costs.Weight and See: Balance a scale containing an unknown weight using various weights. Each time the player places or removes a weight, a guess is used. Match the weight before running out of guesses. Later rounds have fewer guesses to work with.Dice or No Dice: The player has 3 rolls of the dice to make the best combination possible. Starting with five dice, with a different color on each side, after each roll the player can choose to hold some or all of the dice, then roll the remaining. After three rolls, the possible combinations are highlighted, ranging from the simple (two reds) to the difficult (four different colors). The more difficult matches have higher payout. The twist is that each combination can only be used once, and if there are no combinations to be made, the player loses everything. The dice used have Wild on one side, which can substitute for any color, and Banker on a different side, which cannot be used for anything. After every four matches, the banker makes the player an offer.Cross the Banker: Similar to the pen and paper game Pipelayer. Starting with two overlaid grids of dots in a field, the player and the banker take turns placing lines, with the player wanting an unbroken path from the top to the bottom, and the banker wanting an unbroken path from the left to the right. Later rounds have a bigger playing field, and larger payouts.Hunting for Dollars: The player is given a field of spaces, and asked to uncover the dollar amounts. There are a limited number of guesses, and some spots hold strikes. (Three strikes and the player loses.) Later rounds have a bigger playing field, and more strikes.The Banker's a Snake: Vaguely resembling a turn-based, two player Snake game, this game puts the player and the banker in a field filled with dollar amounts. The player's goal is to move over enough dollar amounts to reach his cash goal, then reach the exit. The banker's goal is to block in the player, using both his tail and the player's to achieve this. Later rounds have a larger playing field, and longer tails.Moving Forward: Reveal spaces one at a time on a field. Each space has direction arrows in it, and the player can only reveal spaces that the arrows are pointing at. If no moves are possible, the player will get a strike. Three strikes in a round loses. Revealing all the spaces moves the player to the next round. Later rounds have a bigger field and higher rewards.Pyramid Scheme: Build a pyramid brick by brick from the bottom up. Each brick needs to have a higher value on it than either of the bricks it's sitting on. Later rounds have a bigger pyramid and more blocks to choose from.Money Market: The player and the banker take turns bidding on three unmarked cases. Whoever has the highest bid wins the contents, but will the contents be worth it? Possible contents are listed to the right. The player wins if he ends up with more money than the banker after all cases are opened. This game only has one round. |
| 4x4 Hummer | 2007-11-30 | 1C Company | Avalon Style Entertainment | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Vehicle simulator | Damir Salakhov | | | | Windows | 4x4 Hummer is a racing game where the player can use one of ten licensed off-road vehicles by General Motors. The heart of the game is the career mode where the player has to drive successfully in different races. With the earned price money he can buy new equipment for his car. Besides the usual round courses the game also features off-road races in open terrain where the player has to orientate himself and challenges where every irregularity, e.g. knocking down the course boundaries or breaking for too long, results in a loss of points. |
| BESTplay Adventure Box Vol. 1 | 2007-11-30 | Crimson Cow GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | BESTplay Adventure Box Vol. 1 is a compilation including the following four adventure games:
3 Skulls of the Toltecs
Clever & Smart: A Movie Adventure
Runaway: A Road Adventure
The Westerner
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| BESTplay Adventure Box Vol. 2 | 2007-11-30 | Crimson Cow GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | BESTplay Adventure Box Vol. 2 is a compilation including the following three adventure games:
ECHO: Secrets of the Lost Cavern
The Secrets of Atlantis: The Sacred Legacy
The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript
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| Cradle of Persia | 2007-11-30 | Playrix LLC | Awem Studio | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Classical antiquity, Middle East | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cradle of Persia is the sequel to Cradle of Rome, taking place during the Persian era instead of Ancient Rome. It is a tile-matching game where the tiles have icons of city resources. Matching three or more of these tiles collects them to their respective resources tab. By combining these resources, the player can erect buildings.To finish a level, the player must break the marbled background before time runs out or lose a life. There are also bonuses that can be collected during the game that will help the player, like lightning bolts that destroy a random amount of tiles. |
| Crazy Chicken: The Winged Pharaoh | 2007-11-30 | Mindscape SA | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Egypt (Ancient), Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Crazy Chicken: The Winged Pharaoh is a classic 2D platformer where enemies are taking out by jumping on their heads. It is an entry in the Moorhun/Crazy Chicken and this one is set in Egypt. Crazy Chicken turns into a treasure seeker and has to find the tomb of pharaoh Tut Chick Amun.The game features 30 stages that each contain a clay tablet with indications to reach the following stage. It is necessary to collect those 30 tablets to enter the famous pharaoh's tomb. |
| Holly: A Christmas Tale | 2007-11-30 | Big Fish Games, Inc | V-Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | iTunes Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Grab a cup of cocoa, put on your favorite Yuletide music and play Holly: A Christmas Tale Deluxe, a wonderful new Hidden Object game guaranteed to fill you with the spirit of the season! As you help Santa find the items he needs to complete his rounds on Christmas Eve, you`ll be asked to pick out toys on a shelf crammed with merchandise, spot the differences between two seemingly identical pictures and more! Download this dazzling new holiday classic today! TRY IT FREE, THEN UNLOCK THE FULL ADVENTURE FROM WITHIN THE GAME!☆☆☆☆☆ Features ☆☆☆☆☆✓Festive levels to get you in the holiday spirit!
✓Colorful toys to find
✓Variety of challenges for charming game play
✓Help Santa spread Christmas cheer!☆☆☆ Discover more from Big Fish Games! ☆☆☆ We’re big believers that everyone is a gamer at heart and that games are a great source of joy and relaxation. Founded in 2002, Big Fish Games is a developer, publisher and distributor of casual games. We offer a virtually endless selection of interactive games that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere — on your PC, Mac, mobile phone, or tablet. Renowned for offering A New Game Every Day!® on www.bigfishgames.com, Big Fish Games distributes more than two million games per day worldwide. We have many other great iPad games including:
➠ Mahjong Towers Touch HD
➠ Doors of the Mind: Inner Mysteries HD
➠ Time Builders: Pyramid Rising HD
➠ Antique Road Trip: USA HD
➠ Flux Family Secrets: The Ripple Effect HD
➠ The Serpent of Isis HD
➠ A Witch’s Curse: Princess Isabella HD
➠ Empress of the Deep: The Darkest Secret HD
➠ Haunted Manor: Lord of Mirrors HD
➠ PuppetShow: Mystery in Joyville HD
➠ Drawn: The Painted Tower HD
➠ Awakening: The Dreamless Castle HD
➠ Awakening 2: Moonfell Wood HD
➠ Ancient Spirits: Columbus' Legacy HD
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| My Horse & Me | 2007-11-30 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | W!Games | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | My Horse & Me is a horse show jumping simulation game. The main game contains an extensive training mode and a championship mode, consisting of over 30 races. These events are basically time trials, in which you earn medals (bronze, silver and gold). By earning these medals, the player can unlock new horses, and a wide variety of clothes and accessories for each of the five characters. The game also contains a wide variety of mini-games, such as:
Chicken 'n corn: the player needs to protect corn from being eaten by chickens for as long as possible.
Memory lane: a mini-game where the player must memorize a number of objects and then pick them up in the correct order
Butterfly fields: another game where the goal is to collect a requested number of butterflies, and bring them to a flower bed of the same color.My Horse & Me also contains an extensive grooming mode, where the player can clean the horse with a variety of tools, such as a hose, a sponge, a hard and a soft brush. By cleaning your horse properly, you unlock also new clothes and accessories.The game is licensed by Federation Equestre Internationale FEI (International Equestrian Federation). |
| My Horse & Me (Special Game Edition) | 2007-11-30 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition contains:
My Horse & Me
Bracelet
Horse poster
Bonus DVD with the FEI worldcup highlights, a making-of and funny horse situations |
| Sherlock Holmes Trilogy | 2007-11-30 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Sherlock Holmes Trilogy features three of Frogwares' Sherlock Holmes games in one package. Those are:
Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
The Mystery of the Mummy |
| 18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul | 2007-12-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | SCS Software | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | In this truck-simulation-game the player starts with a single truck and tries to build up an own transport company. Right at the beginning the player is the only driver, but after some transport jobs more drivers can be hired and trucks be bought. But beware: The customer wants the delivered goods in good state, any damage has to be paid. The world reaches down from Canada to Mexico, but only mayor cities are available. There are more than 45 goods available for transport, from simple frozen food up to even mobile homes. The streets are crowded with cars and other trucks (but no pedestrians) and the police is watchful. |
| Band of Bugs | 2007-12-01 | NinjaBee | NinjaBee | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Turn-based strategy | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | In Band of Bugs, a tactical strategy game for Xbox Live Arcade, you play disgruntled bug Maal who's finding it hard to figure out the meaning of his little life, until he discovers the royal army, led by praying mantis Tiernan.Now, finally discovering what it means to live a battle hardened life, you must lead Maal through the bug world around him using the unique turn-based system, battling enemy bugs and gaining a reputation among your peers. Players control a group of bugs each with different abilities. The focus is on troop management, rather than resource management.As well as 20 single player levels and both online and offline multiplayer skirmish and team modes on offer, Band of Bugs (from the makers of Cloning Clyde and based on the engine of Outpost Kaloki X) also features a level editor, allowing you to upload as well as download new maps from other users for play among the multiplayer modes. |
| Destiny Architect | 2007-12-01 | Robin Games | Meridian'93 | Puzzle | Side view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A little girl is woken by the sound of her younger sister screaming. At first confused she looks to see what has caused the alarm of her kin, with a few uncertain glances she realizes that her bed is floating. The bed then sinks back to its terrestrial mooring. Whenever the girl sleeps in her bed the frame, mattress, recumbent, sheets and all defy gravity. The concerned family takes their unusual case to the court of the Regent where it is quickly recognized that the girl possesses magical powers. Taken in by Master Architect Paralegus she is trained to become a constructor of great buildings. Using her abilities to levitate objects she becomes an extremely useful member of the court. Her ability will lead her to many fascinating construction jobs throughout the kingdom, as well as many adventures beyond its borders, and many within herself.The object of Destiny Architect is to fill in a marked space with variously shaped bricks. This will usually result in the construction of a tower of some other building, although more abstract goals are presented. The bricks will fall on the screen and you can levitate them into the position that you want. The brick that falls will almost always have a use but sometimes will force you to make an error. Errors occur when a block is placed so that some of it is outside the marked area or if you've made a space inaccessible. To liven this up areas that you are not allowed to fill can be added as well as a variety of bonuses that you can pick up. Items are also available, they usually remove blocks that are causing errors, or add blocks to hard to reach places.Buildings can be accessed through a map of the kingdom which when clicked on will reveal the level and a bit of story regarding it. |
| Flowers Story: Fairy Quest | 2007-12-01 | Robin Games | Meridian'93 | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You play as a young fairy who is trying to earn her wings and some gold. You'll travel the lands making bouquets, collecting cobwebs, crafting flower mosaics, and freeing fairies from tentacled plants.The game usually consists of a field of flowers that you will manipulate by rotating groups of three flowers. When three or more similar flowers are lined up they will be "collected" and space for new flowers will appear at the top of the field. A flower that is rotated too frequently will die and be of no use, if ten die you'll lose. The goal is often to collect an amount of a certain flower. Although sometimes you'll have to match a pattern or make bouquets from groups of flowers.There are also mini games such as memory and plucking floating flowers from the air to give you a break from the main game.A campaign and survival mode are available. The campaign presents a story about your fairy as she traverses the lands. You'll be presented with a map that will give you options about where to go as well as a cast of characters to interact with. In survival you'll have a field of flower to interact with that you can match to try and obtain highscores. |
| Furball Frenzy | 2007-12-01 | Kozmogames Inc. | Kozmogames Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Furball Frenzy is a puzzle game where players complete levels by setting up traps to capture the invading furballs who are after Earth's candy supply. The game contains over 100 single-screen levels. The furballs bounce around the environment and the player needs to use lighting traps through a clicking mechanic to catch them. Furballs can be linked up, creating formations trapping everything including power-ups. Up to ten types of power-ups are available. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic: Complete Edition | 2007-12-01 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Europe-only, limited and numbered edition includes the following games:
Heroes of Might and Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Price of Loyalty
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death
Heroes of Might and Magic IV
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Winds of War
Heroes of Might and Magic V
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East
The collection also includes The Art of Might & Magic art book, a creature book (26 pages), T-shirt, tarot card game, poster, faction leaflet, 3-CD soundtrack, bonus DVD, the Dark Messiah map, beta access to the web-based game Heroes of Might and Magic Kingdoms, and a fan-made encyclopaedia. |
| Humpsters | 2007-12-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | According to the game's author, a "humpster" is a "humping monster". The player is some mad scientist in charge of outfitting a monster with various appendages, selecting their location and general configuration -- factors that will influence its later locomotive and offensive capabilities when it is released in the arena.Informing only its initial layout, the player sits back and plays no active role during the bout, the two opponents gyrating apart and together like two blind epileptics at a breakdancing competition. When they come into jiggling contact like a Tickle-Me-Elmo pile, damage is incurred, each touch decreasing a health bar depending on whose flailing limbs land the most solid blow.Either slain or discombobulated through a lack of hump stamina, the loser surrenders its own extremities to the victor, providing the clockmaker player more options toward arming their Mr. Potato Head champion and sending them back into the fray to see what they can do with the new parts. |
| Monty's Christmas Special | 2007-12-01 | | | Action | | Fangame | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Following in the footsteps of fangame Moley Xmas and especially Gremlin's Moley Christmas, this holiday season sees retro protagonist Monty Mole, in Auf Wiedersehen Monty mode plus a charming little Santa hat, flipping switches and jumping over enemies and other hazards through the offices of Retro Gamer magazine, in classic Speccy platformer style (minus the eye-breaking colour palettes!) Toward what end? Why, to recover the 48 pages of manuscript that have been scattered by his pal Sam Stoat. Only Monty can gather the pages back together in time to get the Christmas edition of the magazine to its faithful and devoted retro gaming subscribers, and he needs the player's sharp reflexes to guide him! |
| Rising Eagle: Futuristic Infantry Warfare | 2007-12-01 | Invasion Interactive Ltd. | Invasion Interactive Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Rising Eagle is a multiplayer tactical shooter which takes place in the year 2040's conflicts around the world, with the United States trying to reclaim its status after being weakened by a large scale natural disaster.The player can take the role of one of six classes: Platoon Leader, Squad Leader, Sniper, Armored Battle Engineer (ABE), Battle Hacker and Trooper, each with their own special abilities and weaknesses.Players are divided into three factions: the United States Marine Corps, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Marines, and the European Federation of Nations (EFN) Sturmwehr, and fight each other in maps set in France and China.Similar to other online shooters like Battlefield 2142, players can advance in ranks and get rewarded according to how they play. |
| Shadowgrounds: Survivor | 2007-12-01 | Meridian4, Inc. | Frozenbyte Oy | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | Shadowgrounds Survivor is a sequel to the 2006 top-down shooter Shadowgrounds.
Some time has passed after gruesome alien attack on human colony on Ganymede and only three man has survived. SS is still a shoot'em up game in traditions of Alien Breed and more recent Crimsonland. You will control three different characters, each has their own set of available weapons(three of them) and skills. On couple of levels you also can mount in a turret and mech suit.Player now has access to more weapon and character upgrades, like automatic healing and several special attacks. Upgrade parts are still being collected from severed enemies and supply boxes, scattered around the level.One of the most important additions to Shadowgrounds is the AGEIA physics engine, which making sequel levels much more interactive with hundreds things you can crush. However this enhancement has a price - to play on "high" physics settings developers suggesting Dual Core CPU and AGEIA PhysX card.Like the original game, it can be played with up to 4 players local co-op (the game does not support Internet or LAN play). In co-op play, one player plays the primary story character while the others play unnamed characters.
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| The Winter Solstice | 2007-12-01 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | The Winter Solstice is a fast-paced shooter created for the YoYo Games Winter Competition 2007. Chronicling the winter season's effect on the earth, the game is set on an abandoned stage of a barren desert where the natives put on a play in an ancient amphitheater. As the San Aruba region never experiences winter, the play goes through shows the different stages of the season in six acts.The player controls a Chinese lantern against a fixed stage. The lantern, as well as all the objects that appear on the screen, are lowered on ropes. The player can freely move the lantern around the screen and fire ice gel. The other objects that appear on the screen need to be shot at a fast rate to score points. Small lights are harmless, but light balls of different colours take more fire to bring down and shoot flares at the lantern. For each object destroyed, points are awarded. Occasionally a snowflake drops down, doubling the gel's power and providing more points per hit.The player has four lives per act and an unlimited amount of continues. After the rehearsal (tutorial), acts unlocked in the Theater mode can be practised in the Single Play mode. While playing, a large list of medals and milestones can be unlocked, as well as Bonus modes (three Precision modes, a Survival mode, game notes and deleted gameplay).The fast gameplay and soundtrack remind of such games as Blast Factor, Geometry Wars and Everyday Shooter. |
| Theseus and the Minotaur | 2007-12-01 | Kristanix Studios ANS | Kristanix Studios ANS | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Theseus and the Minotaur is an authentic adaptation of Robert Abbott's pencil-and-paper maze puzzle Theseus and the Minotaur, based on the concept of logic mazes where certain limitations in movement apply.The game contains 87 levels for the player to solve, using a board of tiles, a number of walls, a minotaur, and Theseus (controlled by the player) - based on the Greek legend. The goal of each level is to reach the exit, but this cannot be done by travelling towards it directly. Theseus is only able to move one tile at at time, while the minotaur can do two. To reach the exit, Theseus has to outsmart the minotaur by luring him into a specific position, exploiting the internal movement logic. The minotaur will not chase after Theseus directly, but approaches him based on rules of vertical and horizontal movement. For instance, when Theseus is on the same horizontal line as the minotaur, but with a wall between them, he is able to move left and right as much as he wants without having the minotaur move. At certain moments it is also needed to delay an action or skip the turn, to lure the minotaur into a certain path without moving Theseus.The character can be moved around using the keyboard keys or mouse. It is possible to undo moves, restart the level or shows the entire solution step by step. An additional button or key is used to perform the "wait" action. Next to the main game, a level editor is also included, where custom puzzles can be designed and saved. |
| Traktor Racer 2 | 2007-12-01 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | VIS GbR | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Off-roading, Track racing, Truck | Direct control | | | VIS Games and Entertainment | Windows | Traktor Racer 2 is the successor to Traktor Racer. Included are 6 tracks on which players can compete against the AI or other players via LAN or internet. The game features improved graphics and three new game modes (single race, time trial and championship). Also new are vehicles like Trucks and off road vehicles. |
| Zoo Quest: Puzzle Fun | 2007-12-01 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Wired Developments Pty. Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Tile matching puzzle | Oceania | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Australia Zoo: Zoo Quest - Puzzle Fun is a Bejeweled-style game where you have to line up different icons in order to score points. The game has multiple game modes and levels of difficulty. For each level that you complete you "save" a new animal of which you get a picture and some information. Highscores from the iPhone version can also be uploaded to the Online Ranking System. |
| Farm Frenzy | 2007-12-02 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Melesta | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Farm Frenzy is a straightforward time-management game, where the player controls a farm, raising animals and selling products to the market. The main game screen is mostly occupied by a central bare patch of land where the farm animals roam, surrounded by a series of farm implements and machines. All necessary actions are performed with clicks over interactive hotspots of the scenery.The objective is displayed at the start of the level, usually requiring a certain amount of resources, money or other goals. Initially, the player has to click on the well to collect water and on the ground to grow the grass that feeds most of the livestock. The animals can be purchased from a tab at the top, to eat the turf and generate products every few moments. Geese lay eggs, sheep shed cotton, cows produce milk, and all these resources have to be collected and stacked on boxes at the bottom storage shed. The boxes have to be shipped to the market by clicking on the truck, that takes a few moments to make the transportation of all the selected goods. A small animation at the bottom-right shows the vehicle going back and forth between the farm and the city.Dangerous bears appear randomly on the farm, and kill any animal that cross their paths. They have to be quickly contained on cages, and afterwards collected on boxes to be sold as a product. If the cage remains untouched on the field for too long, the bear eventually breaks free and runs out of the farm. The storage space at the bottom is limited, and sometimes bears and other products can't be stored on time and disappear after a while.The structures surrounding the game field are used to process the raw materials produced by the farm into more refined products, like powdered eggs, cheese, baked goods and other items. The stars received after completing a level have to be spent on upgrades to the machines on the shop screen, to make them more efficient and unlock new levels. There is no time limit to complete each stage, but finishing within a specific time frame, shown at the top, gives awards and bonus stars. |
| Garden Gnome Carnage | 2007-12-02 | Remar Games | Remar Games | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Because video games cannot be completely abstract, they sometimes spitefully adopt absurd plots: an obstreperous garden gnome, fed up with cheerful elves dropping presents down his chimney, has ripped his apartment building from its foundations and installed it on wheels allowing it to roll left or right. To defend it from their resolute holiday cheer, he has tied himself to the end of a bungee cord secured to the chimney atop the building, and threatens to dislodge any elves attempting to scale its sides using his own body, manipulated (much as in xWUNG) through subtle adjustments in the building's rolling motion.But the elves don't give up, and soon show up in flying sleds to parachute down! Fortunately this arms race escalation goes both ways, and the gnome can snatch bricks from his building's facade to fling at the elves and sleds, racking up bonus points for combo collisions. If things get really hairy (when elves reach the building's roof, they untie the bungee), he can even call in a limited number of air strikes to level the playing field! (This is a well-connected gnome.) |
| Winter Sports: The Ultimate Challenge | 2007-12-02 | RTL Sports | 49Games GmbH | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Winter Sports: The Ultimate Challenge is an arcade-oriented 3D simulation of the most popular winter sports. It features 15 different disciplines in 9 different sports like skiing, bobsleigh, speedskating, ski jumping, figure skating and curling. In campaign mode you can try to master all of the 42 challenges to unlock more levels. The competition mode offers an Olympic event with opening and medal ceremony. The realism is enhanced through commentators, TV cameras, mascots and background sound. There are multiplayer modes for up to four players. |
| Jewel Match: Winter Wonderland | 2007-12-03 | Suricate Software | Suricate Software | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jewel Match: Winter Wonderland is a game almost identical to Jewel Match but with a winter theme and music. Using your mouse, swap two jewels in adjacent cells to form a row of three or more. Some tiles have ice under them. You make the ice disappear by making a match over that tile. The object is to clear all the ice out to finish a level. After the third level, you gain additional helps and hindrances. Some jewels will be locked. These do not move until you make a three-way match with them to unlock them. Making a match of four of the same jewel will create an ice crystal that can be used in place of any other jewel. Making a match of five of the same will create a snowball that when clicked will clear all cells to the left and right, across the board. As you make matches, you power up a hammer. There are three levels. The first destroys a jewel but nothing below it. The second destroys a jewel and everything below it. The third destroys all jewels of that color and whatever is below them. |
| Exteel | 2007-12-04 | NCsoft Corporation | Team Beam | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | Exteel is an on-line sci-fi third person shooter where giant Mechanaughts battle each other using both melee and ranged weaponry. The mechs are modeled in a style similar to that of evas in Neon Genesis Evangelion, and the game is colourful throughout. It is powered by the Unreal Engine 2.Difficult to find in the first place, the game's story has been detailed by the publisher a year after release. It tells of a colonized planet Natha and its continent Taryn. The settlers had gained independence from the Galactic Federation upon settling Natha. 30 years later, though, they are divided into four factions -- Marston, West Palamo, Palamo, Aiers -- and here they are on a planet-wide endless conflict in which the player gets to take part.The player can customize both the pilot and his mech between battles. The pilot can use his level-up points to acquire and upgrade abilities, while robot equipment can be bought and equipped with in-game currency obtained either by faring well in battles or bought with real life money.During battle, mechs can bring with them two sets of two weapons each -- one weapon for each mech-hand. As weapons will overheat after being fired, they can be swapped for the other weapons set, while the overheated set cools down. Mechanaughts can also equip a booster that allows for a very short flight in any direction: either a flight upwards, or a hovering dash in the horizontal plane.Players can organize into clans and then take part in the specialized clan rankings. |
| Power Rangers: Super Legends | 2007-12-04 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Artificial Mind & Movement | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Power Rangers: Super Legends is an action game based on the Power Rangers franchise. Lord Zedd has reappeared and is hiding in a hidden dimension where he interferes with the time stream in an attempt to destroy the Power Rangers permanently by altering the course of history. Omega Ranger takes on Zedd by gathering a force of Power Rangers.The game features 20 rangers to choose from and a two-player mode. It is entirely in 3D but mostly plays as a 2.5D platformer. |
| The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific | 2007-12-04 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cauldron Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Historical events, Oceania, World War II | | | | Teen | | Windows | You play as an American G.I. fighting in the Pacific during World War II in this game. Battles are based on real ones, like recapturing a strategic point, search and destroy, defending your position against enemies or scaling Mount Suribachi for planting the American flag. You can also take part in famous battles like Iwo Jima or Guadalcanal.This FPS can be played online as a American or Japanese soldier with usual modes like deathmatch or capture the flag. Being a History Channel product, the game is based on real weaponry or places. Each level begins with a documentary composed of authentic footage. |
| Blowout | 2007-12-05 | Majesco Entertainment Company | Terminal Reality, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | Blowout is a game that takes a classic gameplay concept and updates it with modern graphics and sounds. This game is a side-scrolling platform shooter. The graphics are 3-dimensional polygons, but the action stays almost entirely in a 2-dimensional plane.The setting for the game is a space station that has been overrun by hostile aliens. You play as a bad-ass soldier dude who will single-handedly wipe the aliens out.You travel around each level in a non-linear fashion. You have to fight your way through endless hordes to find keys, flip switches, use elevators, and then ultimately defeat a big boss at the end. |
| Svetlograd | 2007-12-05 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Enkord, Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Evil imps are invading the cities of Svetlograd. As a counter-measure, a crossbow is deployed to protect the gates, using the imps themselves as ammunition.Svetlograd is a marble popper game, where the player controls a stationary crossbow loaded with monsters. Lines of the multicolored creatures move twisting around the screen, and the objective is to aim and shoot with the 360º turning weapon, trying to make matches of three or more of the same color to eliminate the imps. If the rows reach the city, the game is over.Besides the moving demons, the scenery has destructible obstacles with rewards hidden inside like jewels, coins and collectible mathryoshka dolls. New levels are unlocked after gathering one hundred dolls. Jewels add to the score, and coins are used at the shop, to upgrade the cities' defense and the power-ups.Power-ups appear randomly on the lines, indicated by an icon over one of the imps. They can be collected with matches. Some are used automatically, like the one that moves the line backwards, or other that freezes the movement for a few seconds. Others have to be shot from the crossbow, like the fireball that burns everything in its path, the lightning bolt that destroys all in a straight line, the ricochet that breaks in multiple shots bouncing around the screen and the color bomb that explodes every monster of its hue. |
| Aquaria | 2007-12-07 | Bit Blot, LLC. | Bit Blot, LLC. | Action | Side view | | | Metroidvania, Puzzle elements, Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Naija lives in a city on a rock floating high in the sky. She dreams of the ocean, painting pictures of the distant fascination she can never reach. One day the city is hit by meteors and she tumbles down into the endless depths of the object of her fantasy: the ocean. Instead of drowning she wakes up, transformed to fit her new environment: a cave that serves as her sanctuary for a long time. There she learns of the verse, a harmony that flows through the underwater world of Aquaria. But eventually she leaves the cave, driven out by loneliness (inspired by Metroid) and restlessness, wondering if she is the only one of her kind.Aquaria is a 2D side-scrolling shooter with a focus on exploration. Naija can freely roam her underwater world with fluent movement, reminiscent of Ecco the Dolphin. She soon meets a dark creature that shows the hidden dangers Naija will have to face if she continues her quest. Naija is moved around large maps at a constant speed. Clicking away gives her a speed boost and she can also cling to walls to launch herself with a sudden burst, or break through the ocean surface.To face dangers, Naija has to use the power of the verse. By right-clicking on her, eight notes of different colours are shown, and clicking them triggers a chant. By chanting the right tone at certain plants, Naija can collect items, and learn spells and recipes. In the style of Loom or The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the notes can be combined into songs to cast spells. These form shields, can be used to lift objects or change Naija to different forms with new abilities giving access to new locations. Right-clicking interacts with the environment and is used for attacking. In an items menu food and other objects can be used or cooked in combination to form new ones. During the game Naija also meets four pets that assist her and there are ancient turtles she can use to travel over large distances.The different environments are linked from Naija's home, a central hub. Hidden treasures found while exploring are used to decorated the cave or can be used as a costume. During gameplay, a mini-map is shown in the bottom right corner and it can be enlarged to a full map. The game can be saved using red crystals scattered around the areas and it includes a level editor to create new environments and modifications. |
| Democracy 2 | 2007-12-07 | Positech Computing Ltd. | Positech Computing Ltd. | Simulation | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Democracy 2 is a sequel to the political strategy game by the same developer. It's a turn-based 2D icon-driven game where the player is the president or prime minister of a virtual country, and has to take political decisions each turn in order to both solves the problems that the country has (and make it more prosperous) whilst keeping all of the voters in their different groups happy with the government.Each turn in the game represents a single quarter (three months) and the term length, and the limit of terms you can serve are both selectable at the start of the game. You can end the game in several ways, either by winning all the elections and serving till the end of the term limit, by losing the vote at an election, by being assassinated or thrown from office in some other way by terrorist groups, or by reaching a rep-set 'debt ceiling'.The main instrument of player control in the game is a 'policy'. A policy is basically a law or some government program, with a single 'slider' used to adjust the 'intensity' of that policy. This could be the tax rate in the case of tax policies, or the amount of budget allocated to a spending policy such as state education.Democracy 2 introduced new features to the game in the way of ministers, who control the different government departments. Ministers gain experience over time, and their skill is a factor in determining the success of your policies. They can also be used to boost support from different voter groups depending on their support 'base'. Another new feature is the 'focus group' which is a graphical method of looking at individual voters in the game, and seeing their group membership, party affiliations and their likelihood of voting at the next election. |
| Gothic Universe | 2007-12-07 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes all previously published parts of the Gothic series and also the add-on for Gothic II. So the games in this package are:
Gothic
Gothic II
Gothic II: Night of the Raven
Gothic 3 |
| Jojo's Fashion Show | 2007-12-07 | iWin, Inc. | gameLab | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | Jojo's Fashion Show is the first game of what has become a series of games. It is a single player, fast, puzzle game based around the fashion industry.The story behind the game is that twenty years ago, Jojo Cruz was the hottest name in fashion when she retired to raise her family. Now her her daughter Rosalind has convinced her to restart her career. Does she still have the impeccable sense of mixing and matching that earned her the nickname, Mistress of Mix? There are two game modes, the fashion game and a dress-up game, the dress up game is a freestyle dressing game that uses items that have been unlocked in the main game - it cannot be played until some progress has been made in the main game.. The main game consists of a series of levels based around a fashion event, level one is New York's Fashion week, level two is in London etc. The actual locations don't matter much but they are a convenient and convincing way to organise the game.Within each event the player must compete in ten shows and must achieve a specified score level in order to proceed to the next show, if the player fails to do this then they must replay the level.
Before each show the player is given style tips on a particular look and what clothes will are needed to make it work, for example denim, leather, fringes and boots will make a western look that will score highly but they will score little in a 'rock and roll' look and nothing in a bridal or a hippy look. More styles are added as the game progresses, there are thirty five in all. During the show the player is given three models to dress, above each model is a sign showing the style in which they must be dressed and running along the bottom of the screen is a selection of shoes, bottoms and tops that the player uses to construct the required look. All of this is timed so getting the models out on the runway quickly is important. Once dressed the models are scored, well put together outfits will score highly and can bring power-ups as well as points. The player can only hold five power-ups at a time which encourages them to be used, common bonuses are:The Shuffle power-up: This changes the clothes the player has available and is useful when none of the clothes available fit the styles that the models require
The Dazzle power-up: The player has limited time to dress the models and sometimes it isn't enough, this bonus dazzles the audience with a bit of an unseen floorshow thus buying extra time
Matching Outfit: This will auto-dress a model with clothes appropriate to the required style
The Style Eye power-up: It looks like a magnifying glass and when enabled it will show the points that a piece of clothing will score in each style, very helpful when trying to dress for maximum points.In the background there are three outfits hung in a wardrobe, if the player can dress a model in any of these outfits they score a signature outfit bonus and unlock items in Dress Up mode. As the game progresses accessories become available, when paired with outfits these score extra points.
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| Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights | 2007-12-07 | THQ Inc. | Juice Games Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The sequel to Juiced, this version adds more to the original, giving the player an in-depth look at the culture of car tuning and drifting, immersing them in authentic music used at events as well as woman models to showcase next to the cars.Players can also race in a variety of events, from drifting, where players are given points and nitrous refills the longer they have their car sideways around a corner as well as playing for pinks, where cars are put on the line, the winner keeping the losers car and even the classic simple racing to the finish line. There is also a career mode, where the player advances through closed in courses, different from the original which had the player avoid against traffic while this version is a more organized feel to it.There are authentic Exotics, European, Old Muscle and New Muscle cars to choose from including hundreds of actual racing parts giving them thousands of customization options even with the ability to customize labels and logos for their cars.They can also hire and fire crews to work on the cars as well compete against real life drivers and their crews portrayed in the game. Racing takes place all over the world, ranging from England to San Fransisco, even Australia and racing in Rome's famed Coliseum.Each version is almost similar, excluding the graphics depending upon each systems respective capabilities and track layout is a bit different in the Xbox 360 version. The PSP version misses the Paris track. |
| Punishment: The Punishing | 2007-12-07 | Messhof Games | Messhof Games | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Punishment: The Punishing is the sequel to Punishment. It is a masochistic platformer where the player is constantly punished for both success and failure. It consists of different rooms that can be exited through an elevator. To open the entrance, a switch must be flipped and it is usually located on a hard-to-reach platform. In the first game, the player was punished for missing a platform by being dropped down several levels. In the sequel, retracing your steps becomes a necessity.As soon as a new room is unlocked, the player needs to travel back to the lowest level to flip the main switch and then work his way back up. On top of that, dying in a room forces the player to replay and flip all switches of that room again. There are no objects that flip controls or turn the room like in the first game. Instead, it is heavily focused on jumping with precision and timing moving platforms.There are only controls for movement and jumping, and the game can be played by two players using a single keyboard. An updated version of the game introduced automatic saving and online highscores. |
| Sniper: Art of Victory | 2007-12-07 | City Interactive S.A. | City Interactive S.A. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter, Stealth | World War II | | | | | | Windows | Sniper: Art Of Victory is a single person shooter based on the siege of Stalingrad.In 1942 the 6th Army had surrounded the city of Stalingrad and laid siege. Though the battle was long and bloody but the Germans could not gain complete control of the city. Eventually the commanders of the Russian forces order a massive counter offensive which succeeded in smashing through the less effective Italian and Romanian troops protecting the 6th Army's flank, an action which enabled them to surround and eventually destroy the besieging German 6th Army and 4th Panzer division.In this epic struggle the player takes the role of lone a Russian sniper who is stranded behind enemy lines. The game begins with a report from TASS the Russian news agency reporting that a plane of specialists has been shot down, it goes on to say that any survivors are expected to continue to fight and that anyone surrendering will be severely punished. The player's objective in this game is therefore clear, they must play through the eight missions in the game, ambushing convoys, blowing up anti-aircraft guns and so forth, fighting a lone war until they are able to rejoin their unit. The game is mainly keyboard controlled with the mouse scroll-wheel being used to scroll through available weapons, and change the zoom on the sniper scope, The weapons can be fired via the keyboard or via the mouse.There are two modes of play, Recruit and Veteran. In the Recruit mode the player has an aid which shows the predicted bullet impact point, this moves as the sniper breathes, as the wind varies, etc. This aid is not available in the Veteran mode.
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| Cryptex of Time | 2007-12-09 | SOLO development | SOLO development | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cryptex of Time is a 3D tile-matching game. The player has to rotate a cylinder made of wheels or cogs. The left mouse button rotates individual wheels, while the right button makes the whole thing revolve in its axis. There is a tile at the end of each of cog tooth, and the objective is to rotate them making matches of three or more of the same type. Wheels accumulate with time, dropping at the top of the cylinder. As they are cleared, they are removed from the game. If the cylinder gets too tall with too many cogs, the game is over.Some levels have special rules and tiles. The orbs have special powers that are activated when a match happens besides them. The blue orb removes a whole line of tiles. The yellow orb explodes destroying lots of tiles. Iron pieces can't be matched, but the orbs remove them.In most of the levels, the goal is to fill a meter at the left side of the screen by making matches. In some levels, the objective is to remove cogs from the cylinder. Other stages are more like puzzles, where the player has a limited amount of moves to clear the tiles.A game of logic appears between stages, where the player has to guess the right sequence of tiles within a time limit. |
| Flywrench | 2007-12-09 | Messhof Games | Messhof Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In this fast-paced game, players control the space ship Flywrench number 6802. It is instructed to visit different planet gates in space and travel through them. The game relies on quick reflexes, timing and speed to control the flywrench through different abstract levels.Movement is done through the arrow keys and this also changes the ship's colour. To pass obstacles, the flywrench usually needs to have the correct colour or it is destroyed and the level is restarted. The basic colour is white. When pressing up, the ship moves upwards but also becomes red, down has the opposite effect and provides the colour green. Each of the nine planets introduces new types of barriers and difficulties. These include time-based barriers, enemies, gravitation fields, rotating obstacles and more. The flywrench also cannot touch the levels' borders, unless in the green state, which causes the ship to bounce around. To finish a level, a white square needs to be reached.The voyage to a new planet gate can also be considered a short game sequence, as there are sometimes obstacles in the way. In later updates of the game, a complete level and course design system was added. |
| flywrenchpong | 2007-12-09 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | flywrenchpong is a simple Pong variant, incorporating the movement mechanics from Flywrench, and Flap-Ping by the same developer.In games of ten points, player control the ship from Flywrench to bounce back a ball. It is however made difficult through the movement, as the player needs to press a key to rise and it is nearly impossible to hold a steady position. |
| Caribbean Riddle | 2007-12-10 | TrioDesign Studio | TrioDesign Studio | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A tale as old as time. A beautiful lady of noble birth. A handsome but poor journeyman. They have fallen in love but her father refused to allow her to marry him as he is poor and of low birth so he sets out to earn fame that will guarantee him a title and fortune. He has gotten lucky and found enough treasure to buy his own ship. Now he must gather wealth that he may win his lady love's hand in marriage.Caribbean Riddle is, mostly, a match three game. To make a match, swap two elements so there is a row of three or more of the same kind. These will then disappear from the board. The object is to make a match over every square on the board so as to clear all the tiles. Once all the tiles are cleared, you then have to make matches to lower a treasure chest to the bottom of the board to clear the level.If you make a match of four of the same elements, you will create a crab. If you swap the crab with an element, the crab will clear all the elements and tiles of a horizontal row. If you make a match of five of the same elements, you will create a sea star. If you swap a sea star with an element, the sea star will clear all elements and tiles in a horizontal row and vertical column.After so many levels, you play a bonus level. Here, you click two tiles to try to find fish that match. When you match a certain fish, it will swim off the screen and you will receive a power-up. The first power-up is called the electric eel, although the picture is of an electric ray. When you use this power-up, it will clear what ever square you place it on as well as several squares in a diagonal line. The second power-up is the shell. When you use it on an element, that element will be cleared everywhere on the board. |
| Cosmos Remake | 2007-12-10 | Sinister Systems | Sinister Systems | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | Arcade, Managerial / business simulation, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Cosmos Remake is a remake of Cosmos, a classic game originally released for the ZX Spectrum system.In Cosmos, the player takes over the command of a gigantic space station, named "Kyplos", that is still under construction. To raise more funds and speed up the process, the player has to defend spaceship convoys from the space pirates, using the powerful beam weapon of the space station and the fighter fleets deployed from its docks.The gameplay is a mixture of action, real time strategy and resource management. While shooting down enemy spacecrafts and controlling her fleets, the player must also decide on what parts of the Kyplos to build first, and what kinds of weaponry to invest in.Once the last part of the Kyplos, the City Dome, is built, the player may engage the hyper-drive to move the station away from construction site, thus ending the game in victory. |
| Space Strike | 2007-12-10 | DivoGames Ltd. | DivoGames Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In the year 2307, you are the pilot of an assault space craft. You have been sent on a recon mission to the moon to see what it was that was detected. It appears enemy aliens are going to invade. It is up to you to stop them.Space Strike is a scrolling space shooter. Using your mouse or keyboard, you must make your way through the enemy, killing them as you go. The enemy come at you in continuous waves through twenty progressively harder missions. You begin with an impulse gun. As you progress, you can pick up items to upgrade your impulse gun or even upgrade to a more powerful quantum laser or wave gun. You will also pick up secondary weapons like heat seeking missiles, the annihilator cannon or a nuclear bomb. |
| Tekkyuuman | 2007-12-10 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Tekkyuuman is an action platformer by Ikiki, known for his line of controversial games featuring bloodbath, ninjas and outrageous violence, usually all present at the same time. In this title the player controls a helmed flail-wielding character through twelve levels. All levels are played on a single screen and require the player to figure out how to destroy the spiky green object to advance. Most of the gameplay has the player to destroy enemies, but there are also a lot of puzzle sequences present, involving blocks, lasers and buttons.Slain enemies burst open into a splash of gore and bones. The left Ctrl button is used to swing the flail (hold it longer to reach further), while left Shift has the character jump. By pressing Shift multiple times in succession, the character can walljump, a skill required to solve many of the puzzles. There are also three boss levels included. The player starts with five lives. Extra lives can be earned by destroying a boss. |
| Universe at War: Earth Assault | 2007-12-11 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Petroglyph Games Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Set in the near future, Universe at War: Earth Assault sees multiple enemy factions from across the galaxy come to Earth to wage war on an intergalactic scale.The game sets itself apart from others in the genre by focusing on the differences between the three diverse alien factions. Each plays very differently; from the lumbering walkers of the Hierarchy to the rapid hit and run tactics of Novus, mastering one faction does not ensure success while playing as another. To further individualize game play, Petroglyph introduced a feature called Tactical Dynamics, allowing players to customize their chosen faction on the fly via unit upgrades, multiple heroes, a branching research tree, and more.Players can do battle with the AI in the campaign, scenario, and skirmish game types, and online via Live in ranked, custom, and Conquer the World mode. |
| Super Granny 4 | 2007-12-12 | Sandlot Games | Orchid Games, Sandlot Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Super Granny 4 continues a successful franchise of casual arcade games series by Sandlot Games. Just like in previous titles the player takes control of Super Granny in the quest to find all of her missing kittens in a puzzle/platformer style of gameplay reminiscent of Lode Runner. In the new installment of the series Granny is joined by two of her faithful elderly friends: Kamila and Margaret. This provides an interesting twist on some puzzles due to the ability to switch between characters in the limits of one level. In her adventures Granny also has a wide array of items to rely upon: frying pan to scare off the thugs, umbrella to guide her during falls, sneakers to increase her speed and much more.The game features 160 levels spread across 6 different worlds. Among which you can find a cat's fair, Egypt or Alaska. As previous games in the series the game is supplied with a free-to-use level editor allowing every gamer to create and distribute the levels of his own. Some of them are lucky enough to get to the official site and become available for free download. |
| Seal of Evil | 2007-12-13 | Strategy First, Inc. | Object Software Limited | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | China (Ancient / Imperial), Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | The game takes place in China during the Warring States period (476-206 B.C.) at the end of the Zhou dynasty. The main protagonist is Lan Wei, a female chieftain, who is young, beautiful, and a martial arts expert. After the death of her father she sets out on an adventure with her betrothed and a Beastman to find the Empyrean Stones - remains of a stone tablet imprisoning the soul of a demon.Seal of Evil is an action role-playing game, and a prequel to Prince of Qin. The game contains ancient Chinese legends and battles, in which historical figures can be encountered. Combat is action-oriented, though the player can control a small party of characters. The game retains the five-element system (Metal, Wood, Water, Earth, and Fire) implemented in its predecessor. The five element system is used in character attributes, equipment, puzzles and in the creation of new items. |
| Introversion: Anthology | 2007-12-14 | Introversion Software Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation is only available through the Steam distribution platform and includes:
DEFCON: Everybody Dies
Darwinia
Uplink: Hacker Elite |
| Sudden Strike: Universe | 2007-12-14 | 1C Company | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is the ultimate Sudden Strike compilation, including all previously released games, add-ons and mods in a single box. The games in this compilation are:
Sudden Strike
Sudden Strike: Forever
Sudden Strike II
Sudden Strike : Resource War
Total War (unofficial Intex add-on)
Total War 2 (unofficial Intex add-on)
Total Victory (unofficial Intex add-on) |
| Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer (Limited Edition) | 2007-12-14 | Eastasiasoft Limited | SideQuest Studios | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | In a planet called Conceyta a mysterious virus manifested itself, a virus capable of infecting both life forms and technology alike and turning them into chaotic forces fighting each other and spreading the epidemic.
A group of uninfected civilians, mercenaries and soldiers from Earth take the mission to destroy the core of the virus back in Conceyta, and develop a deadly and agile star fighter - "Söldner-X".
A mercenary looking for fame and money takes the mission to pilot Söldner-X.Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer is a traditional horizontally scrolling space shooter that spreads over 12 levels in 4 areas, where you take on various aircraft and mutated organic creatures.
The game can be played alone or as a 2-player co-op mode.
There are 5 types of weapons available: pulse, beam, bow, flame and rocket, each upgradeable. When a weapon is used a coolness bar starts going down, once it reaches 0% the weapon is too hot to be used.
Each area has secret keys, collecting at least 4 keys from an area unlocks secret features.
The PS3 version offers 720p high definition graphics.The windows version is currently only available as a Limited Edition. Only 3,000 units exist of this version and besides the game it also includes:
Serial numbered Certificate of Purchase
Official Soundtrack by Rafael Dyll including two previously unreleased tracks
Hardcover "Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer - Tactical Reference Book" with detailed information about each ship, enemy, weapon and item the player will encounter |
| The Golden Compass | 2007-12-14 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Shiny Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Steampunk | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The Golden Compass is an adaptation of the 2007 movie of the same, which in turn is based on the novel Northern Lights, the first in the His Dark Materials trilogy by British novelist Philip Pullman.The game is set in a fantastical parallel universe where the soul of person resides out of the body and lives in the form of animals known as dæmons. The main character is Lyra Belacqua. Her best friend Roger is kidnapped by evil Gobblers and her uncle Lord Asriel is imprisoned when he discovers evidence that proves the existence of Dust particles, much to the dismay of the Magisterial representatives who rule the world as a dogmatic theocracy and do not allow people to contradict their doctrine. Lyra has to leave the safe haven that is Jordan College in Oxford to right the situation.In typical 3rd-person action gameplay, Lyra needs to navigate the different environments. She excels at moving around with acrobatic actions and when enemies appear she relies on her wit, hiding behind objects or searching an escape route. When she is spotted, she can use one of the four collectibles to escape from a tricky situation. Health is represented as "courage" and a large extent of courage helps solving the puzzles. She can also play a Deception mini-game to outwit characters and gain additional courage.Two other characters provide assistance her during her quest. The first is Pan, Lyra's dæmon and the manifestation of her spirit. Pan can transform into up to four different forms, gradually discovered during the quest. The basic Ermine form allows Pan to chew through ropes and reveals the areas where Lyra needs to solve puzzles or move around. The Sloth form introduces swinging to grab hold of branches or reach areas hard to access. The third form, Hawk, lets Lyra glide from great heights. She can also send out Pan in this form to retrieve objects at difficult locations. The final Wildcat form has Lyra slide down from special surfaces, climb nets and it provides a dash move to evade enemies.Brute strength is represented by the second support character Iorek Byrnison, an armoured bear known as panserbjørne. He has most of the physical attacks. Next to health (replenished by bloodmoss) he has an armour gauge, filled up by gathering sky armour. Collected rage orbs fill up a rage meter, which introduces a special attack when maxed out. Pan is always by Lyra's side, while Iorek joins the party later in the game and he is not always present.Lyra's journal stores her tasks, information about key locations and a section for the Alethiometer, the golden compass. It is a device that reveals the answer to any question when operated by a trained user. It contains four needles - three to construct a question and fourth for the answer. To ask questions and solve puzzles, Lyra needs to play the Divining game. It consists of three sessions where Lyra needs to match symbols to keep the focus (a circle of light) centred on the device, by pressing a key or button to spin a hand in a timely fashion. The meaning of the different symbols is revealed during the course of the game, by interacting with objects and characters. Conversations often introduce mini-games to keep the talking going.Each of the characters can pick up objects that grant new abilities such as new forms, a slow spell, double damage or more insight into the workings of the Alethiometer. |
| The Guild: Universe | 2007-12-14 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Guild: Universe includes all previously released The Guild (Die Gilde) games and their add-ons. The games are:
Europa 1400: The Guild
Die Gilde: Gaukler, Gruften & Geschütze
The Guild 2
The Guild 2: Pirates of the European Seas
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| Inhabited Island: The Earthling | 2007-12-17 | Akella | StepGames, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The Earthling is an adventure game based on the 1969 Soviet science fiction novel Inhabited Island (translated into English as "Prisoner of Power") by Arkadi and Boris Strugatsky. The player controls a young 22nd century space traveler from Earth, named Maxim Kammerer, who is stranded on a planet known as Saraksh, its civilization roughly corresponding to that of the Earth in the middle of the 20th century, and eventually becomes involved in social and political conflicts of its inhabitants. The game closely follows the plot of the novel, depicting its event from the beginning to the end.The game world is composed out of pre-rendered still screens viewed from first-person perspective and navigated by clicking on arrows, in a limited "jumping" fashion similar to Myst. Objects that can be interacted with are highlighted, and interaction is performed by simple clicking. The game mostly relies on inventory-based puzzles, though there are several logic puzzles as well. Dialogues may have multiple choices, but this rarely affects gameplay. |
| M3: Molesting the Match-3 Market | 2007-12-17 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | M3 - Molesting the Match-3 Market turns the Tile-matching genre upside down. Inspired by statements from Kathy Vrabeck regarding casual games, Petri Purho puts the player in the role of a casual games level designer. The goal is to create a level design for a match-3 game that awards the player with a large amount of points without doing anything. To succeed, the player need to construct the level field with different pieces of blue, green and yellow colours to create a large chain combo when a yellow piece enters the field from the top. The pieces are dragged from the sides to any location on the grid in the middle.After the construction phase, the level can be tested and adjusted afterwards. The game was created in 48 hours for the 10th Ludum Dare 48 hour solo game development competition.In the updated version all blocks are dropped first before there is a check for matches. The color of the blocks has also been changed for higher contrast. |
| Your Electronic Arms | 2007-12-17 | | | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Inspired by a line from performance artist Laurie Anderson's 1981 song O Superman, this game presents a minimalist challenge intentionally analogous to the portable LCD games of yore; operating a central turret on the ground, the player must toggle between four positions (to all appearances shifting the world and remaining stock-still), only three of which are ever visible at the same time, to shoot up at descending Space Invaders. As play progresses the Invaders will begin dodging the player's bullets. Unlike their Space Invaders antecedents, these enemies have no firepower and the player can fire multiple shots simultaneously. When an Invader succeeds in descending to the level of the turret, the game ends. |
| Azkend | 2007-12-19 | MythPeople | 10tons Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Your archaeological team found what they thought was a common relic but it turned out to be powerful and cursed. Now you must make your way to the Temple of Time to return the relic and lift the curse.Azkend is a match three puzzle game. To make a match, you place your mouse on a tile, hold down the button then drag the mouse to connect three or more of the same symbols. These will then disappear and the tiles below them will change to blue. If a tile has a steel plate, it must be matched twice to turn blue. Later, some tiles will be frozen, locked or tarred. These cannot be matched to other tiles and to release them, you must make a match next to them. Tar will, if left too long, spread to other tiles.Every five levels that you complete will complete a talisman. These will then show up in the puzzle as symbols that can also be connected. Connect four or more talisman symbols to activate its power. These powers include exploding and destroying the tiles next to it, having a hammer destroy random areas of the board, having shooting stars destroy random areas of the board, etc. Every time you make a match that has non-blue tiles under it, you power up the Thunder Meter. After five matches, five lightning bolts will destroy five non-blue tiles, randomly. If you make a match with only blue tiles, you cancel the Thunder Meter and must start from the bottom. If you make a match string of seven or more symbols, you get a single lightning bolt strike, whether there were non-blue tiles or not.After every level, the background picture colors in a bit. After it is fully colored, you play a bonus game where you need to find the area of the picture shown in the bottom left. There are seven areas to find and if you find all seven before time runs out, you will gain seven seconds added to the time for the next seven levels. |
| P. J. Pride: Pet Detective | 2007-12-19 | iWin.com | iWin.com | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Hidden object, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Polly Pride is the owner of an animal shelter, where she starts to receive clients that lost their pets. The recent opening of a cosmetic factory nearby arouses her suspicions while she proceeds to investigate the whereabouts of the missing animals.P. J. Pride: Pet Detective is a hidden object game where, most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the right side of the screen on locations cluttered with assorted objects, within a time limit. Besides the list items, sometimes one of the missing pets appears on the scenery, walking across the screen or poking its head out of a hiding place. The player must wait and click on the animal when it shows up, to rescue and reunite it with its owner. The player can select a relaxed mode at the start that has no timer.A jigsaw puzzle and a concentration game appear between investigations, where the player has to reassemble a shredded poster and match pairs of photographs of the animals. A number of hints are available at the start of each investigation, showing the exact position of one of the required objects. |
| Test Drive Unlimited + GTR 2 | 2007-12-19 | Atari Deutschland GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Test Drive Unlimited + GTR 2 is a compilation with the following two games:
Test Drive Unlimited
GTR 2: FIA GT Racing Game |
| Xuanyuan Jian Waizhuan: Han zhi Yun | 2007-12-19 | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Softstar Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | It is the Three Kingdoms era of China. The warring states of Wei, Shu, and Wu each seeks to become the ruler of China. Zhuge Liang, the famed strategist of the Shu Kingdom, has decided to strike again to defeat Wei once and for all with the help from the Fei Yu Army, a mysterious group of figures who appeared to aid Shu. The battle between Shu and Wei and the appearance of the Fei Yu Army would alter the history of China forever...Following the trend of the Xuanyuan Jian series, this game is another side story that uses the engine from its immediate predecessor in the main series, in this case Xuanyuan Jian 5. The game is played as a traditional Eastern role-playing game using primarily the mouse and keyboard as shortcuts. Elements from previous Xuanyuan Jian games are present, such as the monster-item merging system and an updated variant of the semi-turn-based battle system. |
| Great War Nations: The Spartans | 2007-12-20 | Russobit-M | World Forge | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Classical antiquity, Europe, Historical events | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Taking place 2500 years ago, Fate of Hellas recreates the war between the Greeks and their mortal enemies. The single player campaign includes Spartans and Macedonians with missions on each side. Players will have to build strongholds and armies to invade hostile empires.The game features unique army management like the ability to form formations which give the soldiers strategic advantage in battle. Players are able to configure unit weapons, add chariots to existing troops and change their armor type. |
| Little Shop: Big City | 2007-12-20 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Little Shop: Big City is a hidden object game, where the objective is to fulfill a series of customer orders, shown as cartoon characters with speech balloons at the bottom of the screen, within a time limit. Each level takes place in a different shop on a week day, where items are scattered around and the player must perform the shop clerk duties by finding and clicking on all the required objects. A minimum of 10 orders have to be fulfilled before closing time to receive the bronze star and successfully complete each scene and move to the next shop. Completing all the orders gives a gold star and a bonus round, where the player must find one extra item. Game progress is shown as small renovations performed weekly to an old movie theater, slowly transforming it into a movie memorabilia store.Besides the customer items, other bonus objects can be found on the locations. Sock monkeys and pigeons are found on every scene, exploding in an shower of bananas and feathers when clicked. The player receives a trophy after finding all of them. The ? marks are placed discreetly on the scenery, and can be collected for extra hints. The thermometer shows descending icicles and growing flames on the customer speech balloons, indicating the distance between the required objects and the cursor. The hint button replaces the objects names with images for a limited time.All locations completed in the main adventure mode are unlocked in the Blitz mode, where the objective is to collect every single object from each scene as fast as possible. |
| Mr. Robot | 2007-12-20 | Moonpod | Moonpod | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG), Platform, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Menu structures | Real-time, Turn-based | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | A starship called 'The Eidolon' is transporting colonists to a new planet when the ship's computer starts to go a little crazy. The player takes on the role of Asimov, a lowly service mechanoid, who must save his robot friends and the sleeping human crew.Mr. Robot is primarily a puzzle game. The first part of the game takes place on board the space ship, and contains environmental puzzle-solving similar to isometric games like Head over Heels and Cadaver, but with less emphasis on action, and recreated in 3D. The player often needs to hack into computer terminals or other robots. This part takes place inside a Matrix-style computer world, that involves the 'ghosts' of the robots fighting abstract enemy defence programs in turn-based combat reminiscent of Japanese-style RPGs. |
| The Nightshift Code | 2007-12-20 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Black Hammer Productions, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | Daiji Kemmochi | | Everyone | | Windows | The Nightshift Code is a hidden object game with puzzles between each chapter.As usual, the player has to find objects of a list in a series of cluttered screens. At the start of each screen, a bonus points counter at the bottom-left starts to decrement slowly, acting as a timer. Clicking on wrong spots also subtracts points. If it reaches zero the chapter is restarted, and the player must find all the objects and solve any puzzle again.Each level has a scavenger hunt where a list is shared by several screens. A navigator at the bottom-right allows the player to jump between locations.The game has two modes: story and arcade. Story mode has a plotline that is revealed through comic book panels before and after each screen and puzzle. In arcade mode a timer replaces the bonus points. The objective is to complete each screen as quickly as possible.There are two puzzles: the logoscope and a cryptogram. The logoscope contraption compares two sets of clues to decode symbols. The player deducts their meaning and places the symbols in labeled slots around the screen. The game rejects the wrong ones. The cryptogram shows a coded message using objects instead of letters. The message is decrypted by placing the correct objects in letter bins around the screen. |
| Unbound | 2007-12-20 | LimpingFish | LimpingFish | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Unbound is the second vignette in the Wound series and is meant to be played after completing Heartland Deluxe. This entry further explores the story introduced in the first game, but now from an entirely different perspective. The player is cast as Dr. Fielding, one of the scientists involved with caterpillar scientific project that went horribly wrong. He is being questioned by an unknown group of people about the work of Dr. Powell who was also with the project.The game is played from a first person perspective in a single room with a full panoramic view. Only a small amount of puzzles needs to be solved and there are two main actions: pick up and examine, next to the inventory. Most of the story is revealed in the intro, and in the game through some documents and Fielding talking to himself. The aim of the game is to help Fielding escape. |
| Dead Planet | 2007-12-21 | | iSADA team | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Dead Planet is a top-down shooter, in which players fight evil monsters that captured the entire planet, using the most modern weapons.There are 3 game modes:
Conquest
Standoff
1 VS 1 (2 Players only)
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| Frozzd | 2007-12-22 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Frozzd is a platform game set in space. When an astronaut discovers the planet Mubbly Kingdom, the only one in the universe not covered in snow, he meets the king of the Mubblies. It appears all Mubblies have been captured and frozen by the evil Frozzd race. The player needs to visit different planets and take the yellow Mubblies back to their home. From the main universe map, which acts as a hub, the player selects a planet to explore. New ones are added when a level has been finished and they need a set amount of points to unlock.Levels consist of platforms of different sizes and shapes, all floating in space. The player controls the astronaut, constantly followed by the king and an army of Mubblies that gradually joining them. The astronaut is able to run around all shapes and jumps to enter the gravity of another platform and orbit it. Some can only be accessed at a high speed. The astronaut has no means of defence, but he can help avoiding Frozzd attacks and controls the two main commands: Unfreeze and Attack. When in Unfreeze mode, the Mubblie king and any others joined will unfreeze all nearby Mubblies. When in Attack mode, they engage all Frozzd on the screen. The astronaut's movement and choice of commands is vital to complete a level. When some Mubblies have been frozen again during attacks, the player can choose to retreat and free them first. When all Mubblies have been turned into ice, the level is restarted.Frozzd enemies come in different strengths and shapes, with new ones introduced in each level. Some are able to disappear, split up into smaller ones and certain groups go for rush attacks. The game is finished off with an end boss. Each level has the player retrieve a set number of Mumblies, shown in the top left hand corner of the screen. When they are all collected, the astronaut needs to return to the space ship. The levels are all time limited through the astronaut's suit temperature. He needs to restore it by picking up hot cups of choco. |
| Mondo Agency | 2007-12-23 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | 1st-person | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | A sequel to the bizarre Mondo Medicals, Mondo Agency is a peculiar, surreal game which pits you as "Agent-65386", who receives a mission to prevent the assassination of the President "before or after it happens". Before you'll reach the President, though, you'll have to get through several "Submissions" that will test your mind, sanity and reflex alike, forcing you to jump on disappearing platforms, avoid getting confused by clever illusions, and look out for attacking enemies. The game takes place in several dull, dark-gray environments set on surfaces floating in endless black void, inhabited apparently by a society of robot people with cuboid heads. Between Submissions, you are treated to the sight of a lone, robot figure, giving you a half-insane rant about the current situation or about some random topic. The game is played from a first-person perspective, with the character able to walk, jump and (after receiving a weapon) shoot things. The goal in each Submission is to activate the exit platform and enter it. |
| Christmas Quest 3: Santa's Little Help Desk | 2007-12-25 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Contemporary, Fantasy | | Point and select | Persistent | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Christmas Quest 3: Santa's Little Help Desk is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.
It the third and so far last game in the Christmas Quest series.Story:
The computer is fried and not working anymore. Therefore the best adventure game ever cannot be played. In this game the player controls the Christmas elf from the second game instead of the character Dork.
The main task are to get the computer working again with help from the hotline.
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| Aveyond 2 | 2007-12-27 | Amaranth Games, LLC | Amaranth Games, LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | A young elf is missing and nobody remembers her existence, except for her best friend, Ean. He decides to solve the mystery and leaves his village for exploring the Land of Man with its forests, deserts and mountains. At the same time, an evil queen is turning the world into ice. Can Ean find his friend and stop the queen's plan?Aveyond 2 is the sequel to Aveyond. It's a RPG made with RPG Maker X and is similar in play style and appearance to SNES and Genesis classics. Your character can level up, interact with other ones and fight against monsters. Fighting is unique in that even though it is turn based when actually in combat, the player has the ability to real-time dodge the prowling enemies before getting into a situation. The game features more than 60 quests and 100 places to explore. |
| Kobo Deluxe | 2007-12-27 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Kobo Deluxe is an enhanced version of the game XKobo. It is a 2D top down, free-roaming space shooter, without a story. The player controls a space ship and must destroy enemy mechanisms. Each one is made up out of pipes with blue tips. When the player shoots the blue tip, the pipe is destroyed. To destroy the whole mechanism, the player must eventually shoot the purple core. He must also avoid hostile fighters and meteors. |
| RPG Maker VX | 2007-12-27 | Enterbrain, Inc. | Enterbrain, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Simple enough for a child; powerful enough for a developer.RPG Maker VX allows you to make the role-playing games you’ve always dreamed of by being one of the easiest game engine software ever developed. With its enhanced auto-tile capabilities, quick event creation, and dungeon generator, you can have a game ready to play faster than ever before!With RPG Maker VX, you can create your own unique RPG, without the need to be a programmer, artist, or musician. Take advantage of the following features to make the game you’ve always wanted to:An easy to use mapping system, giving you the tools to build the look of your world.A GUI driven database, where you can create your heroes, villains, items, magic, and more.A powerful eventing system, allowing you to dictate the flow of your game using a simple point and click interface.A great default collection of graphics, sounds, and music, giving you all the materials you need to make your game.Easy To UseRPG Maker VX carries over all the easy to use features from RPG Maker XP, while adding a few more if its own. You can save time by making frequently occurring events (like chests, doors, etc.) with a single command. You can create maps faster than ever due to the simple layer system and revamped autotile tool.Pre-Made Graphics/AudioDon’t know how to create graphics? Can’t compose music? No problem. RPG Maker VX includes a large collection of pre-made, ready to use resources for you to create your own game with. You can also import new resources from the RPGMakerWeb blog, online communities, or even import resources you made yourself.Share Your GameFinished your game and ready to send it to your friends? With just a few clicks you can have a ready to go install file that includes everything they will need to play the game, without the need to have RPG Maker VX installed themselves. |
| Time-Leap | 2007-12-27 | Front Wing Co., Ltd. | Front Wing Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Time Leap for PlayStation 3 is a port of an adult visual novel novel for PC with the same name, released 4 years later. While there was an Xbox 360 port released a couple of years earlier, the PS3 release features many new elements such as new gameplay modes and many new event CGs. But the most notable and unique difference in regard to the PS3 release is that it fully supports 3D TVs. Needless to mention, as is the case with all adult visual novels ported to PlayStation platforms, this game too has all the adult scenes removed and story adjusted accordingly in these segments. |
| Age of Japan II | 2007-12-28 | Realore Studios | Realore Studios | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval), Medieval | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You are the tutor for the young Emperor. You must guide him to uniting Japan so it will be strong.Age of Japan II is a match three game. To make a match, use your mouse to swap two items so as to create a straight row of three or more, vertically or horizontally. In addition to there being a storyline, there are other differences. Unlike its predecessor, this time, you must purchase most bonuses. You are given a sword, which you can use to remove the item from one tile. Other equipment you can get is the helmet, which can shuffle the items, the gloves, which can swap any two items, and the shin guards, which removes one fifth of the items on the board. Bonuses you can buy are the x2 that doubles the scores for a short time, the ice which freezes time for a short time and the one color's power which destroys all of one type of item on the board.There are two game modes. In Arcade mode, it is like in the first game where you must remove the gray tiles by making a match over them. If there are gold tiles, you must match them to make them gray then match them again to clear them. You must do this before the time runs out. In Puzzle mode, you are given a list of items at the top, each with a number above them, and must clear that many of each item, again before the time runs out. In both modes, the bonus games are the same. You must clear items so as to get pieces of the artwork to the bottom of the board before time runs out. |
| Ilya Muromets i Solovey Razboynik | 2007-12-28 | 1C Company | PIPE studio | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Ilya Muromets i Solovey Razboynik (translated as Ilya of Murom and Nightingale the Robber) is the third game in the series of game adaptations of animated films by Melnitsa Animation Studios based on Russian bylina tales. Like its predecessors it is a colorful and humorous point-and-click adventure with mini-games both of arcade and logical nature.The story follows the plot of the animated film. Nightingale the Robber, depicted as a human possessing a supernatural whistle ability is threatening the land, destroying villages and robbing people. Bogatyr Ilya takes on the task of stopping him, but unfortunately the robber gets released from jail, stealing both Ilya's trusty horse and knyaz's treasury. Together with knyaz as a playable character Ilya will travel across the land and even go overseas in search of the robber. Later a third playable character (Alyonka) joins the group. |
| Apathy: Midnight Collection - Vol.1 | 2007-12-29 | Shannon Co., Ltd. | Nanakorobi Hachikorogari | Adventure | | | Horror | Visual novel | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | Apathy - Midnight Collection ~Vol. 1~ is a collection of horror visual novels which are intertwined together by giving players passwords upon getting to their multiple endings as well as unlocking new routes in other stories. There are 100 passwords to collect throughout the games and each game uses a different art style for its characters.The collection consists of 3 stories:
Emi-Chan's Murder Club Investigation Diary is the main story of this collection and is, essentially, a retelling of Gakkou de atta Kowai Hanashi, which chronicles the adventures of a psychopathic schoolgirl and her attempts not to be assassinated by the school's Murder Club. Compared to the original, the version of the story in this collection has all the characters redone in an Anime style.
Okuri Inu is a story taking its name and inspiration from the Japanese legend of the following dog with different situations for the protagonist to experience, based on the player's choices.
Scratches on the Pillars is different from the other two stories as it is a short, standalone, linear story about a university student who decides to move out of his parents house and tries to rent a room. Having little money to pay for the rent and all commissions, he is offered to stay in a seemingly deserted villa...
Both the Okuri Inu and Murder Club Investigation Diary stories feature multiple scenarios with the former having 32 endings and the latter having 84 endings to unlock. |
| Zombie Shooter | 2007-12-29 | Sigma LLC | Sigma LLC | Action | Diagonal-down | | Horror | Shooter | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The human race is in danger again. After a failed experiment with alien substances, scientists became monsters. Now, masses of zombies fill a secret research base and the contagion is about to spread globally.Zombie Shooter is an isometric action game in which the protagonist must shoot his way through huge swarms of zombies, fulfilling objectives on the side. There are also some role-playing elements: the player can choose from two characters with different skill stats; when a character gains experience, the player can raise his speed, accuracy, strength, and vitality; weapons (10 in total) and equipment (armor, drones, etc.) can be purchased.If the player can't stand the sight of blood, there is an option to make it look greenish. |
| Space Shuttle Mission 2007 | 2007-12-30 | Exciting Simulations | Exciting Simulations | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Space flight, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Space Shuttle Mission 2007 is a realistic space shuttle simulator. The player has to complete various missions by going through all the requires checks and phases. Initially launched with eleven missions the game was updated over time with additional mission packs. Most missions start on the launch pad with sequences such as preflight, liftoff, scent, on-orbit, de-orbit, approach and landing. To complete a mission successfully the briefing has to be followed and various checklists need to be completed, also reacting to audio communications. Next to launching the space shuttle missions include satellite deployment and servicing space stations such as the ISS. There are various difficult modes, ranging from easy where arrows are used to highlight parts to difficult where all checklists need to be completed using (printed) instructions.There is a fully interactive 3D cockpit with various stations. It is possible to zoom into panels to get a 2D view or access a system directly from the main menu. The simulation also includes extra-vehicular activities conducted in a first-person view. |
| Bandits | 2007-12-31 | Haasisoft | Haasisoft | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Bandits is a remake of the old C64 game with the same name. Your job is to guard the supplies at the base. Bandits of various sorts arrive from the left of the screen and from the top trying to get the goods. There are several types of bandits:
Devilfly who, upon hit, will be transformed into a
Paratrooper who, if it reaches the ground, will steal some points
Wormsegment who, if it gets the chance will drop a
Bomb
Ballcarrier which will split up into
Balls
Sphere who upon hit will turn into a rock
The player starts with three lives and one shield. A bonus ship is awarded for every 5000 points.This game was created using Allegro.Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameUser ReviewsThere are no reviews for this game.Critic ReviewsThere are no critic reviews for this game.ForumsThere are currently no topics for this game.TriviaThere is no trivia on file for this game.
Tomas Pettersson (32104) added Bandits (Windows) on Apr 05, 2015
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| Ether Vapor | 2007-12-31 | Edelweiss | Edelweiss | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ether Vapor is a hybrid horizontal and vertical arcade-style shooter. Set in the country of Lydia, it follows a mysterious fighter pilot who swoops in in a prototype ship to defend against the enemy country of Chaldea. Levels switch action between horizontal and vertical playstyles, keeping players on their toes, and some scenes even switch to a chase-style view with the camera behind the player. In addition to regular shot types, players can also use lock-on missiles to take down hard-to reach enemies. In between gameplay, story scenes tell the game's plot in an unusual amount of detail for the genre. |
| Megami Tensei Online: Imagine | 2007-12-31 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | CAVE Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent, Real-time | | | Windows | Megami Tensei Online: Imagine is an online RPG set in the Megaten universe. The time line of the game falls somewhere between Shin Megami Tensei and Shin Megami Tensei II, following the destruction of Tokyo in year 202X, and the construction of a huge tower called "Shinjuku Babel" under the supervision of seven wisemen. Most trademark gameplay elements from Megaten games return in an online form: the players are given the opportunity to join fractions of Law or Chaos, or just become freelance mercenaries in the spirit of the Neutral alignment of Shin Megami Tensei. Demon conversations and fusion system are also present. Successfully recruited demonic allies follow the player, helping him in combat. Unlike most Megaten games, the battles take place in real time, like in other online RPGs. |
| RECT WINDER (ASCII) | 2007-12-31 | Alpha Secret Base | Alpha Secret Base | Action | | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | RECT WINDER (ASCII) is a "bullet reflect" game based loosely on the earlier freeware game RECT WINDER. The player controls a greater-than sign at the left edge of the field, which can move between four "lanes" and place a hash sign, which acts as a shield, on the next square to the right. Letters appear to the right in set patterns, either stationary or approaching, which fire lasers at the player. These lasers must be avoided or blocked with the shield, which will cause them to fire back towards the right, destroying any enemy they hit. However, the player can only have one shield in place at a time, and the game is over after only one hit. The remaining enemies are shown on-screen, and the goal of the game is to destroy all the enemies in the shortest time possible. |
| Rosenkreuzstilette | 2007-12-31 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)New code for a new mode upon completing Rosenkreuzstilette Grollschwert.Easy Mode added to the game (if you love retro games, you'll know the code already).Added a special stage for Schwer-Muta, needs a special code to active. All new codes need to be inputted during the Introduction Screen.Please note that some of the codes/modes will disable the Replay function.Acheivements Coming Soon!Rosenkreuzstilette is an action-platformer game in which you step into the shoes of Spiritia Rosenberg, a virtuous young woman caught on the wrong side of a revolution instigated by her closest friends. Each of the game's seventeen stages is filled with treacherous terrain and swarms of enemies ready to make quick work of our plucky young heroine. Guide Spiritia safely to the boss at the end of each stage and use all of the abilities at your disposal to knock some sense into them.Upon defeating a boss for the first time, Spiritia may acquire a new magical ability or two. There are plenty of unique abilities scattered throughout the game, and some of them can make particularly troublesome areas much easier to navigate. Each boss is especially vulnerable to certain abilities, so learning to pinpoint and exploit these weaknesses is bound to make defeating them a lot less painful (for you, not them).Having recently completed a six-month-long teaching assignment for the Holy Empire, Spiritia Rosenberg was anxious to return home to her friends and get some well-deserved rest.Unfortunately, her homecoming would not be the warm welcome she had expected. As Spiritia returned to the Imperial Training Grounds, a monstrous dragon appeared and whisked away her student Iris, the daughter of the esteemed Count Michael Zeppelin. Moments later, flames engulfed the training grounds and its surroundings, ruthlessly consuming everything in their wake. With no time to lose, Spiritia and her fairy companion Lilli rushed into the burning forest in pursuit.Making her way through the roaring flames, Spiritia was overjoyed to find her best friend, the cool and collected Freudia Neuwahl, already on the scene. However, her joy quickly turned to horror as she learned the identity of the arsonists; her own organization of magicians, Rosenkreuzstilette, with Freudia herself leading the assault.Freudia informed Spiritia of the unit's decision to rise against the injustices fostered by the Empire, inviting her to rejoin their comrades as they declared war on mankind. Not one to tolerate the suffering of innocents, Spiritia refused - and vowed to stop her comrades from making a senseless and deadly mistake.Join Spiritia in her quest to stop Rosenkreuzstilette, a company of rogue magicians led by Count Zeppelin himself. A squad composed entirely of Spiritia's dearest friends...- Our Heroines - The Blades of the Rose Cross (Rosenkreuzstilette) A digital manual containing all of the information below (and more) can be found in the game's installation folder.Story ModeThe complete Rosenkreuzstilette experience, featuring in-engine cutscenes and dialogue. If this is your first time experiencing the world of Rosenkreuzstilette, this is where you'll want to begin.Arcade ModeFor those who would rather skip the chatter and dive right into the action, this mode automatically skips dialogue so you don't need to mash the Confirm button. Press the Start button at any time to skip the current cutscene.Bonus ModeOnce certain conditions have been met, a special bonus game will be unlocked, allowing you to take control of a certain character... 1. Vitality GaugeDepletes as Spiritia takes damage from enemy attacks and environmental hazards. Spiritia dies if her vitality reaches zero.2. Mana GaugeDepletes as Spiritia uses her magical abilities.3. Extra LivesSpiritia loses a life every time her vitality is depleted or she comes into contact with a lethal obstacle.4. Cross TanksSpiritia's vitality is fully restored whenever she drinks the elixir stored in these canisters.The following hotkeys allow you to configure game settings at any time. These settings can also be configured via the Options Menu.Escape : Return to the logo screen.Alt + F4 : Quit the game and return to Windows.Alt + Enter : Toggle whether the game occupies the entire screen or a resizable window.F1 : Show / hide the current framerate.F2 : Enable / disable subtitles for voiced dialogue.F3 : Toggle whether the game pauses or continues to run whenever the game window is out-of-focus (Windowed Mode only).F4 : Enable / disable the lock on the game window's resizable border (Windowed Mode only).F5 : Adjust the game window's size and magnification level (Windowed Mode only).F9 : Raise the volume of all music, voices, and sound effects to 100%.F10 : Lower the volume of all music, voices, and sound effects to 0%.F11 : Adjust the game display's refresh rate.Insert : Raise the volume of background music.Delete : Lower the volume of background music.Home : Raise the volume of sound effects.End : Lower the volume of sound effects.Page Up : Raise the volume of character voices.Page Down : Lower the volume of character voices.Every time you defeat a boss or lose all of your Extra Lives, a password recording your current progress will be displayed. Be sure to write this password down in case you need to quit your game for any reason. If you're feeling lazy, press the F12 key to save a screenshot of your password to the game's "screenshot" subfolder.Think of replays as video recordings of your game sessions that play within the game itself. If you are having trouble with a particular stage or boss, studying a replay can help you recognize different ways of approaching a situation and allow you to figure out enemy attack patterns. You can also use replays to share particularly impressive playthroughs with your friends or to point out the locations of the many secrets hidden throughout the world of Rosenkreuzstilette.To save a replay, select “Save Replay & Quit” from the Password Screen that appears after a Game Over or completing a stage. Alternatively, you can press the Pause button and select “Save Replay & Quit” from the Pause Menu to save a replay at any time. Selecting this option will end the current game and display the Save Replay Menu. This menu will appear automatically after you have completed the final stage, allowing you to save a replay of the entire game. Select an empty slot and you will be prompted to enter a name of up to 8 characters long. Once you have entered your name, select “Save” and your replay will be saved for posterity.Replay files are saved to the game's "replay" subfolder and are automatically named in sequential order ("rks001.rpy", "rks002.rpy", "rks003.rpy", and so on). |
| eXceed2nd-VAMPIRE-REX | 2007-12-31 | Tennen-sozai | Tennen-sozai | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | eXceed2nd-VAMPIRE-REX is a 2D vertically-scrolling shooter and the second game in the eXceed series. The main protagonist is Ria, a half-vampire, half-human girl, and it takes places after eXceed: Gun Bullet Children. The gameplay mixes elements from the Tōhō series with Ikaruga. The player can switch colors to absorb bullets ('light' and 'dark') to charge energy for bombs. Ria must avoid attacks and destroy enemies and bosses. There are eight levels, a chain scoring system, and a dynamic difficulty level that adapts based on the player's performance. |
| 10 Krazy Kids PC Games Vol. 3 | 2008 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 10 Krazy Kids PC Games Vol. 3 is the third compilation of budget titles from Grabit in this particular series. All the games come on a single DVD. The titular 10 games are shown on the box and launcher but there are in fact two more undeclared games on the disc. The 10 are:
Federation Wrestling
Championship Boxing
Ghostmaster
Doomsday Racers
White Van Racer
Cricket Captain 2002
Tonic Trouble
Football Generation
Fruit Fall
Toy Golf
And the other two are:
101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy
Pro Pinball: Timeshock!
It seems that the games weren't advertised on the box because they won't run without a CD check which of course cannot work on a disc with more than one game and possibly also have Redbook CD audio music which again is impossible on DVD. The games can still be played with cracks albeit without music.Information for each game is provided on the back of the single keep case which also shows that this title was exclusively sold only in Tesco supermarkets in the UK. |
| 10 PC Games: Sportsmania | 2008 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 10 PC Games: Sportsmania is a compilation of ten sports themed games, all budget titles previously published by Grabit. It was distributed via Tesco, a leading UK supermarket. The games come in a single DVD which contains:
Actua Pool
Actua Soccer 3
Actual Ice Hockey
Championship Boxing
Federation Wrestling
Football Generation
Fox Sports Golf '99 (aka Actua Golf 2)
Premier Manager 06/07
Tennis Ace
X-Treme Quads |
| 10 PC Games: Ultimate Gamer Pack Vol.2 | 2008 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 10 PC Games: Ultimate Gamer Pack Vol.2 is a compilation sold in the UK supermarket Tesco containing the following games:
G-Squad
Warrior Kings
Myst
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Gun Metal
Vega$: Make It B!g
Sheep
Seven Kingdoms
Gunlok
Capitalism II
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| 1000 Games: Volume 3 | 2008 | GSP Software | Selectsoft Publishing | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 1000 Games: Volume 3 is, as the name states, a compilation of one thousand games which the publisher attests is a collection of one thousand games which includes neither shareware games nor demo games. The games in this compilation come as four separate groups, each installs separately:
Arcade and Action Championship: This is a version of Selectsoft's Arcade and Action XP Championship
Pod Drop and Stack Championship: This is a version of Selectsoft's Pop! Drop! & Stack! XP Championship
360 Games Collection: This is composed of versions of three separate Selectsoft products. There are one hundred and sixty games from Sudoku Mania!, one hundred levels from Wacky Bird Hunter, and one hundred levels from 3003 Crystal Mazes.
500 Solitaire Games: this is a version of Selectsoft's Solitaire XP Championship complete with game creator and editor. This version has far fewer different backgrounds and card backs and just two styles of card face.
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| 1½ Ritter: Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde | 2008 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | Daedalic Entertainment GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | Gunnar Bergmann, Lotta Tjernström, Christian Scherm, Simone Kesterton | | | | Windows | 1½ Ritter: Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde is a point & click adventure based on the identically named movie. The player takes the role of the knight Lanze who is the bodyguard of the beautiful princess Herzelinde. She is supposed to marry the evil count Trumpf, but one night she gets kidnapped by the Black Knight while Lanze is drunk. Now he has to brake out of jail to save her...This game is a traditional and humorous adventure game with item based puzzles. To solve them, the player needs to combine items which can be found in the surroundings or are gained by solving other puzzles. Another important part are numerous conversations which are held with multiple choice dialogues. The game also features a help function which marks every item the player can interact with. These interactions are similar to The Curse of Monkey Island: the player needs to hold the left mouse button to bring up a coin. This coin shows three symbols (eye, hand and mouth) which trigger the associated action, e.g. the hands typically stands for taking an item. During the course of the game, there are a few mini games like a Happy Families variation or chicken roulette to solve. |
| 2002 Pentamino Puzzles | 2008 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 2002 Pentamino Puzzles is a single-player, casual game where the player has to reconstruct a pattern using a standard set of twelve differently shaped tiles. The game is played in a window which contains an image of the target shape. The player uses the mouse to drag tiles into the target framework and flips or rotates them to fit.There is sound and a cheat function which shows how the pieces are arranged in the completed puzzle. All puzzles are numbered allowing the player to work through them in sequence, alternatively there is a self-explanatory randomiser function and a picture menu that allows the player to pick puzzles by shape. |
| 4Story | 2008 | | Zemi Interactive Co. Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | 4Story is a fantasy MMORPG taking place on the fictional continent of Iveria divided between three warring kingdoms. The game offers three playable races. These races are humans, fairies and werebeasts. If you decided your characters race you need to choose one of six classes. The classes are:Archer: a long-range fighter
Assassin: a stealth warrior
Priest: a healer
Summoner: one that summons creatures that can support them
Warrior: a melee fighter
Wizard: a magic user
Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameUser ReviewsThere are no reviews for this game.Critic ReviewsThere are no critic reviews for this game.ForumsThere are currently no topics for this game.TriviaThere is no trivia on file for this game.Related Web Sites 4Story (official website)
Flapco (45791) added 4Story (Windows) on Mar 27, 2015
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| 5 Games For Girls | 2008 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 5 Games For Girls is a compilation of games aimed at female children and previously released as separate products by Idigicon. The games contained in this product are:
My Doll
Pony World
Kittens
Puppies
Hamsters
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| 555 Games: Volume 2 | 2008 | GSP Software | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | 555 Games: Volume 2 is a casual games compilation package. The product consists of three previously released compilations:
Arcade and Action Championship: This is a version of Selectsoft's Arcade and Action XP Championship
Pop Drop and Stack Championship: This is a version of Selectsoft's Pop! Drop! & Stack! XP Championship
360 Games Collection: This is composed of elements of three separate game. There are one hundred and sixty games from Selectsoft's Sudoku Mania!, one hundred levels from Wacky Bird Hunter, and one hundred levels from 3003 Crystal Mazes.
The CD autoloads and gives the player the option of installing any of the three products individually, there is no 'Load All' option. The player then either runs the product from the Windows START menu or load the CD and runs it through the product browser.All three of these compilations, along with others, can also be found in 1000 Games: Volume 3.
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| Action Pack: 3 Games in 1 | 2008 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Disney•Pixar Cars
Ratatouille
The Incredibles |
| Adventure Game Pack | 2008 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains three adventures by The Adventure Company:
Dead Reefs
The Sacred Rings
Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
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| Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile | 2008 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Floodlight Games, Oberon Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Sailing down in a cruise ship down the beautiful River Nile on their honeymoon a young couple one night meets Hercule Poirot. Their meeting soon turns tragic when the famous detective is called upon to investigate a murder close to them. Still aboard, Poirot must use his clue-seeking and interrogation techniques to find out who killed the passenger and is still sailing with them. This hidden object game takes place on a cruise boat and is made up of twenty four rooms. The object of the game like many others of this genre is to find the items listed in the image you are shown. Some clues you find are evidence you need in order to figure out who-done-it at the end of each of the twelve levels. Many of the levels end with a different type of puzzle game such as a sliding picture game where you must slide portions of an image to unscramble the image. Some items on the board are interactive in that, for example, a box may be clicked to open it which will reveal a clue inside. If you're struggling to find that last item you can click on one of your saved magnifying glasses to highlight where this object is. You will also question, through preset options, the fourteen main suspects of the game including; the best friend in love with the groom, the former fiancé, and a diamond thief. |
| Agatha Christie: Mysteries | 2008 | Mastertronic Group Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Agatha Christie Mysteries is a compilation of three adventure games based on the works of the famous author:
Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express |
| Agent Hugo: Hula Holiday | 2008 | NDS Denmark ApS | Attractive Games Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Agent Hugo: Hula Holiday is a 3D platform game staring Hugo the TV troll that is played from a behind view perspective. While on vacation Agent Hugo notices that a big fly with his robotic trash cans is transforming a nearby island into a dump, in order to feed his fly army. Gameplay includes platforming and defeating trash cans. Killing enemies can be done with a tail sweep. A tail sweep can also be used to activate screw switches for doors. Sometimes a bubble gun can be used to shoot at distant enemies, trapping them helplessly inside floating soap-bubbles, until they can be eliminated with a tail-sweep at close range. |
| Aggression: Reign over Europe | 2008 | Playlogic International N.V. | Lesta Studio | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Aggression: Reign over Europe uses an unusual scenario for strategy games: it covers both World Wars and is set between 1910 and 1950. The player takes the role of either Germany, Britain, Russia or France during the four campaigns. Most of the time is spent on the European map where the player takes care of the military and economic development of his nations, e.g. with diplomacy or trading. This part is played in real-time but can be paused at any time.Since the goal is gain reign over Europe there are also a lot of battles to be fought. The player can either let them calculate them or participate in them in real-time tactics battles. Like in similar games the players manages big armies and can use several tactics, e.g. flanking the enemy. Important to note is that there are about 150 different units but no naval ones. There are also six scenarios with single battles. |
| All Star Strip Poker: Girls next Door | 2008 | Digital Red Publishing | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | All Star Strip Poker: Girls next Door is exactly the same game as its predecessors All Star Strip Poker and All Star Strip Poker: Girls at Work with new opponents. If the player wins they undress themselves in Full Motion Video. He also unlocks picture galleries and can even use these pictures as wallpaper. If he beats a woman multiple times he also unlocks a bonus video. |
| All Star Strip Poker: Trilogy | 2008 | Digital Red Publishing | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | All Star Strip Poker: Trilogy consists of:
All Star Strip Poker
All Star Strip Poker: Girls at Work
All Star Strip Poker: Girls next Door
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| Alone in the Dark (Soundtrack Edition) | 2008 | Atari, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Soundtrack Edition includes:
Alone in the Dark
Original soundtrack by Olivier Derivière
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| Amazing Adventures: Around the World | 2008 | PopCap Games, Inc. | SpinTop Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Amazing Adventures: Around The World is another hidden object game where the player must find a list of items scattered about a screen. It also has all the common mini-games of the genre: jigsaw puzzle variations, split screens where the player has to click on the differences, word search, and one where objects have to be placed back in to the scene.In the story mode there are 50 jewels, two concealed in each screen, that must be collected to unlock two bonus modes that have no time limit: "Spot the Differences" and "Unlimited Seek and Find". Clicking too many times in the wrong spot will deduct points, up to 1000 points for too many incorrect clicks in quick succession. A hint bar at the bottom of the screen slowly fills back up after each click. Each hint costs 5000 points. Finding items quickly gives extra points. |
| Animal Agents | 2008 | Masque Publishing, Inc. | cerasus.media GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Animal Agents is a hidden object game. Basically, the game is a series of cluttered screens with a list of objects to be clicked. Most of the time the list have words, but sometimes they are replaced by the silhouette of the objects. In later stages instead of words the game shows a list of sounds that the object makes.Each stage has an overall time limit, displayed at the top-left of the screen. Besides the objects, power-ups can be collected and stored in slots at the bottom. They are presented as emblems with icons: the magnifying glass highlights one object, binoculars show the position of several objects at once for a limited time, X2 doubles the points received for finding objects, || stops the timer for a while and a clock gives extra time.The game can be played from the perspective of two characters, each with its own plotline. After completing each story, the player can go back to the locations in puzzle mode, where the objective is to find all the objects as fast as possible. |
| ArmA: Armed Assault - Gold Edition | 2008 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Gold Edition contains:
ArmA: Combat Operations (base game)
ArmA: Queen's Gambit (expansion pack) |
| Armand and the Foppish Hat | 2008 | | | Adventure | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Armand and the Foppish Hat is an adventure game in the style of the old Legend of Zelda games. It's a story about a heroic, but slightly pompous, swashbuckler whose favorite hat was stolen from him while he was on his way to a party. Embarrassed, Armand decides to track down the thief and bring him to justice. The gameplay involves talking to several people in the town to gather clues, battling giant spiders, and going on a few side quests. Armand starts off with just a sword, but can collect other weapons and items along the way. The game is controlled with the keyboard. |
| Art Game Without Art | 2008 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | A minimalistic exercise with low aspirations, this simple text adventure casts the player as a man with a mission: to disrupt a dinner party through inappropriate behavior. Curiously, rather than implementing more verbs into the text parser than strictly necessary, the author has chosen to cast puzzle-solving actions as "action items" that the player must invoke, resulting in such curious situations as a player's inventory including "bodily noises" or a "yourmom joke". An unexpected extravagance includes an automap of sorts, an ASCII compass rose at the bottom of the screen always indicating available exits. |
| Atomaders 2 | 2008 | Kraisoft Entertainment | Kraisoft Entertainment | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Space flight | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Atomaders 2 is the sequel to Atomaders and in this title the cyborgs return to take revenge on mankind for foiling their invasion on Leda Prime. It is up to the player to stop their plans to exterminate mankind.Players once again control a spaceship in a fixed-screen environment with different levels fighting the invasion from a top-down view. Bonus weapons can be used to wipe enemy formations quickly. There are also mighty colossal command ships of the cyborgs to take down. Like its predecessor the game has eleven planets divided into twelve levels each. There is a bonus level every sixth level and a boss at the final level. Each planet provides a new enemy type and weapon to battle and earn respectively. Basic enemies are done in 2D art while bosses and your ship are done in 3D. |
| Auto Schieber Tycoon | 2008 | tewi publishing GmbH | Zone 2 Media GmbH | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Automobile | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Auto Schieber Tycoon lets you earn money by stealing and selling cars. Build an empire and become a successful businessman. Pimp stolen rides and sell them with a profit or sell the parts for scrap. Avoid the police and traffic checks and try to stay hidden. Finish missions to step up from a small time criminal to a big mob boss. |
| Azada | 2008 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | When you awaken in a mysterious prison you have no idea how you got there or why. Your great-uncle Titus will offer assistance from beyond in freeing you and himself from the puzzles of Azada. Find the pages of the book and you'll both be free.
Azada is a multi-puzzle adventure game where you must solve a bevy of different types of puzzles in order to collect painting fragments that will unlock the final puzzles to escape the room. The sorts of puzzles you will have to deal with range from many typical puzzle mini-games such as; a match game where you have to match different butterflies, a symbol-sudoku game, a sequence following game where you must remember the sequence of musical tones played, picture-puzzles where you'll have to use sliders, a game where you'll have to place arrows on the ground in order to lead a robot to the exit, a game played against the AI where you'll try and complete squares while taking turns laying down lines, a match-stick moving game where you'll have to reduce a number of boxes, mazes, math puzzles and even a tower of Hanoi game.
The most unique puzzles of the game however are the ones that play similarly to graphic-adventure point-and-click games. You'll be given a stationary picture of a room with three or four objects to find in it. When you find these objects you will use them to uncover the pages of the Azada book in order to move to the next puzzle. For example you will need a pipe segment which you'll need to attach to a pipe you uncover while opening a cupboard and then when the pipe drains a number combination will fall out which you'll enter into a lock-keypad and so on and so forth.
There are over forty different puzzles and puzzles make re-appearances as you play along the game and will get more challenging as you encounter them further along. For example the aforementioned Towers of Hanoi will gradually go from four discs to transfer over to seven discs. There are five master-level puzzle challenges to move through which are actually the pages of the Azada book where the forty+ puzzles are contained. |
| Azada: Ancient Magic | 2008 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Adventure | | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Azada: Ancient Magic is the sequel to Azada (2007). Like its predecessor, it is a point-and click adventure with simple puzzles.The game takes place in a small library, where the objective is to fix the plot of several magic books ruined by an evil spell. Each book acts as a self-contained mini-adventure, and the locations are illustrated pages that can be flipped back and forth. Objects collected are stored in the inventory at the bottom of the screen that can be accessed by clicking on the bag icon. Each book has 2 hints, and the hint button also indicates when a page has no further puzzles or objects.Most of the time the player has to use the inventory items to solve the books, but some pages have logic puzzles that usually block access to a necessary item or part of the screen. They are unique to each book, and range from the common jigsaw puzzle to JezzBall-like mini-games.Players that get stuck on a book can leave it to be solved later, by going back to the library and selecting another one. Each book ends with the main character escaping through the use of a magic portrait. After being solved, the magic energy of the book fills a meter at the right side of the bookshelf. Every time this meter reaches its maximum capacity, the player receives an orb that allows any of the mini-games to be skipped. A total of four orbs can be stored on slots next to the hint button.After solving part of the book collection, the portraits collected from them have to be examined in a machine that reveals the magical symbols hidden on them. The player has access to a new set of books after solving a logic puzzle involving these symbols. |
| BSM Theory Interactive | 2008 | BSM | Avanquest Software Publishing Ltd. | Educational | 1st-person, Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Life / social simulation | Contemporary, Europe | Automobile | Menu structures | Real-time | | | Windows | BSM Theory Interactive is an educational title from BSM, aka The British School of Motoring, which is a franchise of driving instructors. This title teaches the Theory Test all potential UK drivers must take including the hazard perception test.Once registered and logged in the player is faced with a menu that is designed to look like a road sign leading to a roundabout, it has four options/exits which are:
Your Profile: players must create an identity when they first log in. The game tracks the player's progress showing which course modules have been completed and this record is viewed via the 'Your Profile' option.
Theory Questions: his has three sub sections:
Test Info which describes the official Theory Test syllabus over a series of sixteen screens.
Training which covers exam techniques such as how to answer multiple choice questions
Take A Test. These ask the player a series of either ten, forty six or one hundred questions which can be random or on one of a dozen syllabus related topics. At the end of the test the player is given their score and is told whether or not it is equivalent to a pass mark in the real world. During the quiz the player can flag up questions, these and any incorrect answers can be reviewed when the quiz has been completed to aid the learning process.
Sign Checker: this is a quiz based on road signs. The questions here differ from the theory Question test in that the player must select their answer and then click on an 'Enter' button. If their answer is correct they progress to the next question, if they are incorrect they are told the correct answer immediately. At the end of the quiz the player is told whether or not their score is the equivalent of a pass but their is no option to review as this is done on for each question.
Hazard Perception: this section has the greatest quantity of content and has its own roundabout sign type of menu:
To the right are the training options consisting of four videos which illustrate the hazards the potential motorist must look out for. The player can stop, pause and rewind these videos but there is no option to fast forward to the end.
To the upper right are four assessments. Each assessment is a series of short video clips and in each clip the player is given instructions such as '..click the mouse when you see a road narrows sign'. In these assessments the player does NOT have to click on the sign/hazard as all that is required is that the mouse is clicked at the correct point in the video. After each clip the player is given their score and the clip is repeated with a commentary
Guidelines: This is in the lower right and gives two screens of advice about the four assessments such as avoiding compulsive clicking.
The BSM Hazard Test: This is at the top, centre of the roundabout menu. It consists of fifteen silent video clips showing the drivers view of the road with a five second break between each, the entire series of clips take a little over fifteen minutes to complete. In these clips the player has to click the mouse when they see a hazard and when the series is complete the player is given a score |
| Battle of Tiles | 2008 | Bimboosoft Co., Ltd. | Bimboosoft Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Battle of Tiles is a turn-based strategy game with simple tile-based graphics.The game comes with five different levels. In each level the goal is to remove all enemy tiles. Enemy tiles range from simple grunts to tough level bosses. There are 37 different units for the player to use. Each unit has different statistics such as strength, defense, life, dexterity and range. Units gain experience and levels which increase their abilities. Destroyed enemies leave behind money which the player can use to buy new units. The player can buy up to 70 units for his or her army. Defeated enemies also become available as purchasable units. Earned experience has to be divided through the units in the player's party, thus small armies allow for higher level units. |
| Battlefield 2142: Deluxe Edition | 2008 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Battlefield 2142: Deluxe Edition includes:
Battlefield 2142 (base game)
Battlefield 2142: Booster Pack - Northern Strike (booster pack) |
| Beat the Reaper | 2008 | ImageWorks | | Educational | | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Beat the Reaper is an educational title that tries to teach teenagers to make good choices and avoid self-destructive ones. The title comes with supposedly true cautionary tales of people who made poor choices, "game of life" scenarios where you need to decide the best course of action, and a Jeopardy-style quiz game to test the player's knowledge. |
| Beijing 2008 | 2008 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The official game of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008 features 32 national teams in 38 events for both men and women on a varied number of disciplines, played in truthful representations of the stadiums that hosted the real Games in the summer of 2008 such as the Birds' Nest or the Watercube.As usual with games in this genre (some events play in a particular similar fashion to Athens 2004), button mashing and timing makes up the core of the gameplay, with some exceptions and novel ideas. In now-classic events such as sprinting running and swimming, instead of mashing the power buttons as soon as the starting pistol is heard, the player has to control a bar with the trigger buttons, where the player jumps from the blocks when it is completely filled and has to be careful not to fill the bar too soon (resulting in a false start) or too late (losing precious time). Other events also have their share of gameplay innovations in the genre, such as the Javelin, where the analogue stick is used to set the throw and accurately define the angle accurately.
In the most off-beat events, diving and rings requires the player to follow the on-screen cue with the analogue pads, while others such as the the floor exercise and beam require the player to follow the button queues - there are three difficulty levels, mostly changing the looseness of the timing - in higher levels, the player will have a much harder time hitting "perfect" moves and some of them will require much faster combinations.One of the most novel events is Judo, where the player must react quickly to the on-screen cues in order to gain advantage during the grappling phase - once there's an opening chance for an attack, the player can press one button to initiate a throw, and if the mis-match was large enough (a "Perfect" against a "Very Good" won't allow for an Ippon throw, and the defending player with block the attack, starting another grappling sequence). The player being thrown must bash the appropriate button to decrease the power bar to avoid being projected with his back down, which would result on an Ippon and instant defeat. While an Ippon decides the match instantly, two Waza-ari also decide, with the lowest scores (Koka and Yuko) usually deciding matches stopped by the clock. The player can also choose to do a choke or lock move, where both players must press the triggers, and unless the defending player does not break the lock in a limited time frame, he concedes an Ippon and loses the match.
Table Tennis also makes an appearance, and is an event where the player must be properly placed to respond with either a well-timed normal or backspin shot, the timing defining the accuracy of the shot. Good returns fill a power bar, and once it's filled, the player can do a particularly vicious shot that when well executed is nearly impossible to return - however, being able to return these shots becomes the essence of each set, same with doing perfect serves.Game modes include practice, regular competition (where the player can select or deselect each event, for men and women), random events, Decathlon or Heptathlon and of course, the Olympics. While in previous games the Olympics were usually just a set of events, in Beijing 2008 they are much more complex, and feature a game where the player must complete a number of challenges each day with the difficulty level and number of necessary successes increasing progressively. While in the other modes there is a slight slowdown during the technical parts of the events, in Olympic the player must assign points to it, and trigger when required. The player also needs to assign points to other key areas, such as speed, technique or accuracy. Failing to reach the goal for the day forces the player to load the game and try again. |
| Bejeweled: Twist | 2008 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bejeweled Twist is a tile matching game, where the player rotates groups of four jewels to create rows and columns of three or more matching gems. In the Classic and Zen modes, the objective is to make enough matches to fill a tube at the left side of the screen to move to the next level. There's a chain meter at the top of this tube, that builds up with matches in a row multiplying the points, and making a fruit jewel appear when full. A box at the tube bottom shows the sequence of matches needed for bonus points.Obstacles appear randomly on the game board. The coal can't be matched, but it can be exploded by one of the power-ups gems. The locked jewel is chained to its place and can't move, but it can be removed with a match. Bomb gems display the number of moves allowed before they explode, destroying the board and ending the game. They have to be matched before their counters reach zero, otherwise a revolving wheel-of-fortune appears that stops in one of two values, skulls or gems, that either detonate or disarm the bomb. This mini-game becomes more difficult every time it comes up.The power-ups appear after making matches of four or more gems. A four jewel match creates the flame gem, that explodes when matched removing all surrounding jewels. A five jewel match creates the lightning gem, that destroys a column and a row at the same time in a cross of fire.With the exception of Classic Mode, the other modes are unlocked with continuous playing. Zen Mode is similar to Classic, but is more relaxed without the bomb and locked jewels. Challenge Mode is a puzzle mode, where the objective is to perform a task, like removing all gems of one color, or making a number of matches in a row. In Blitz Mode, the goal is to accumulate the maximum amount of points possible within a time limit. |
| Blasturon | 2008 | Memir Software Ltd. | Memir Software Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Blasturon is a single player, keyboard controlled space invader style game.
The game has three difficulty settings, thirty levels, and power-ups
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| Blitzkrieg: Anthology & Green Devils | 2008 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg: Iron Division
Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon
Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder
Blitzkrieg: Green Devils
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| Boondog | 2008 | | | Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Boondog is a sidescrolling puzzle game. The gameplay and the feel of the game is quite similar to Prince of Persia, but Boondog is solely a puzzle game. The levels are the size of one screen, and you have to get to the finish of each level, by pressing buttons, pushing barrels, avoiding laser rays, etc. |
| Bottle Buster | 2008 | Elephant Entertainment, LLC | John Galt Games | Action | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Very loosely based on the carnival game, Bottle Buster asks you to knock down all the bottles in each level. There are 40 levels total, grouped into 10 environments. Each group of 4 levels consists of 3 levels of increasing complexity, and one bonus level with an unusual twist. The game features 3D physics, and not only are the bottles themselves movable, but other items can be moved as well. For example, you could knock out the legs of a table, causing the bottles on top to fall off.Included in the game is Adventure mode (play through all 40 levels), Quick play mode (randomly replay one level), and Challenge mode (play through all levels without losing once). By completing levels, you earn points to upgrade your ball. You can increase speed, mass, size, and the time you have to compete each level. By doing well in levels, you earn prizes (for high scores in levels) and achievements (for longer-term goals). |
| Brick Buster / Deluxe Pontoon | 2008 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of two games on a single CD-ROM:
Brick Buster
Deluxe PontoonThe disc contains a simple menu that lets you install both games on a hard drive, as well as DirectX if needed. It is not clear whether both games were also released separately previously. |
| Bricks Breaking Hex | 2008 | Novel Games Limited | Novel Games Limited | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bricks Breaking Hex is just like Bricks Breaking except the "bricks" are now hexagons. You still use your mouse to click hexagons of the same color in groups of two or more to remove them from the screen. You are attempting to clear the entire screen. If you are left with single hexagons, you can remove them, provided you have any stars left. The stars are shown on the left. You begin with five. If you have single hexagons left with no remaining stars, the game is over. |
| Bricks Breaking II | 2008 | Novel Games Limited | Novel Games Limited | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The player's task in Bricks Breaking II is to click on a group of at least 3 same colored blocks to remove them from the playfield. If this would create a horizontal gap, the two or more groups will be consolidated. Destroy 15 blocks at once to create a bomb to destroy even more.After time, a new row will be inserted from the bottom and the player has to keep clearing until the top row reaches the top of the playfield, then it's game over! |
| Broken Sword Trilogy | 2008 | Mastertronic Group Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a collection of the first three Broken Sword games and one bonus title. Included games:
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
Beneath a Steel Sky (TALKIE version 1.2) |
| Building & Co | 2008 | Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. | Creative Patterns SARL, Elektrogames Limited Company, Palludio Games | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Bau AG is a simulation of the complete building industry. From commencement of work at building site to building the construction to completion. You are in charge for the whole process of building a house, mall, hospital or bank.To accomplish your task you have to administrate the human resources, construction equipment, treatment and handling of waste, basic electrical and sanitary installations and many more things. You have to plan the building from scratch. You have to make your own blueprint of the building and draw it with a pencil on the ground. After that you have to plan and accomplish the complete building interior (windows, doors, stairs, elevators etc.). Every single object must be placed in the right place, as you planned with your blueprint for every structural level.You have to watch the time and the budget to solve the your mission. There are 20 missions with linear increasing complexity. After finishing your last mission you are able to build your own buildings in the sandbox mode. |
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Game of the Year Edition | 2008 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Game of the Year Edition of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a re-release of the original game to celebrate the received awards. As a bonus, the package includes a keycode to obtain four new multiplayer maps for online and system link play in a variety map pack: Broadcast (set in the television studio of the Charlie Don't Surf level), Creek, Chinatown, and Killhouse (based on the training level from the single-player campaign). |
| Cartoon Network Power Pack | 2008 | Grabit | | Action, Compilation, Puzzle | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting, Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Cartoon Network Power Pack is a compilation of games and cartoons.
This product comes on two double sided DVDs and contains nineteen games for PC, each based on one of Cartoon Network's shows together with six cartoons.Disc One contains:
Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends - Jump-N-Grind: this is a downhill skating game in which the player has to collect stars and follow a course.
Ben 10: Kraken Attack: the player runs around a pond firing at the Kraken. The object being to kill it before it kills you so that you can advance to the next level.
Megas XLR - Megas versus the Universe: a Space Shooter.
Dexter's Laboratory: Runaway Robot: this is a puzzle game in which the player searches Dexter's house to find hidden objects.
Johnny Bravo - Bravo Goalie: a simple game in which the player takes penalty shots at Johnny who is in goal.
Codename: Kids Next Door - Intruders In The Park: each of the kids has a mission, e.g. shoot baseball hoops, raid the ice cream stand, e.t.c.
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy - Harum Scarum: a platform game in which the characters must fight through a series of horror themed levels.
Samurai Jack - Code of the Samurai: another platformer in which Jack leaps from platform to platform fighting baddies.
Ed, Edd & Eddy - Spin Stadium: the player fires spinning tops in an arena where other tops are travelling left / right, or right / left, across the screen. The object being to knock the opposing tops out of the arena and so score points.On the other side of the DVD are cartoons from Ben 10, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory.Disc Two contains:Ben 10 - Power Splash: Where the player chases baddies who have kidnapped his friend Gwen.
Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends - Team Work: an odd game where one baddie is throwing out bombs and little Mac must get Coco's eggs and use them to capture these bombs before they explode.
Dexter's Laboratory - Clone-A Doodle Do: this is a puzzle where the player must fence in chickens.
Courage the Cowardly Dog - Nightmare Vacation: this is a shooter where the dog must eliminate the lava monsters with a snowball cannon.
Ed, Edd & Eddy - Lunchroom Rumble: this is a shootout with food and the object is to be the last one standing
My Gym Partner's a Monkey - Frontpage Nuisance: the monkey has written an embarrassing story in the school newspaper and is up a lamppost throwing the papers at passers by, the player must collect the papers before they can be read and knock the monkey off his perch.
Ben 10 - Critical Impact: this is a shooter where Ben 10 must destroy meteors before they hit the ground.
Johnny Bravo - Food Bash: hit Johnny before he hits you.
Codename: Kids Next Door - Code Breaker: is a 'Simon Says' kind of game.
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy - Evil Switch: here we have a tile swapping game. Cartoons from series such as Ben 10, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and Ed, Edd & Eddy can be found on the other side of the DVD.All games require Adobe Shockwave Player, Adobe Flash and the standalone Adobe Flash player to play.All the games were available to play online on the Cartoon Network websites. |
| Castlevania Fighter | 2008 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Castlevania Fighter is a fan-made fighting game based on the MUGEN engine. Game is in the style of a "boss rush" style fighting game similar to Rockman Power Battle Fighters - a player fights against series of bosses.The game has many characters from the various "Castlevanias" - for example Simon Belmont, Richter Belmont, Alucard, Hugh Baldwin, Julius Belmont, Carrie Fernandez, Charlotte, Juste Belmont, Slogra and Dmitrii are here. Each character has most of their unique abilities from their original game. The roster of character depends on the version. You as a player can chose one of these characters and go through several battles with Dracula's powerful minions (many bosses from the series, such as Death, Succubus, or Frankenstein). All the characters use weapons and spells known from the series. |
| Cirno Climber | 2008 | Kamo | Kamo | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Cirno Climber is a 2D doujin platform game. The gameplay is very similar to Ice Climber, but with the characters from the Tōhō series. The player can choose between four characters (Marisa Kirisame, Reimu Hakurei, Remilia Scarlet and Sakuya Izayoi). They must climb to the top of the ice tower. Different opponents (based on enemies from Ice Climber try to stop the heroines. The opponents include small Cirnos (Topi), Mystia Lorelei (Nitpicker), Yukari Yakumo (Polar Bear) and Cirno (Condor). |
| Citizen Abel: Gravity Bone | 2008 | Blended | Blended | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Citizen Abel: Gravity Bone is a total conversion of Quake II playable as a standalone game. It is a follow-up to the four Citizen Abel missions made for Quake II released between August 1999 and August 2001 by the same author.In this game the player is Citizen Abel, the most efficient and economical hit-man in the galaxy. He is contracted by an employer to perform and complete various missions. The game removes all references to the original Q2 engine with its brown colours by presenting a bright, lush environment with bloom, populated by blockheaded figures. The game contains two missions where the player needs to complete a contract, followed by an extensive ending.The game is played like a regular shooter, with the keyboard keys to move and the mouse to aim, although no weapons need to be fired. In the first mission Citizen Abel needs to become a waiter and deliverer a manitoba beast bug in a wine glass to a certain guest at a party. In the second mission five birds need to be photographed. Various tools are used, such as hammer, spray cans, a photo camera and more, along with some jumping puzzles.More of the story is told through flashbacks and at the end of a completed contract, a Portal-like overview of the mission is shown. |
| City Racing | 2008 | Media Contact LLC | EA Group | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile | Direct control | | | | Windows | City Racing is a freeware street racing game that takes place in a large city with rural surroundings.In the intro you arrive to the city with a car that's not more than a piece of rolling junk. You are in great need of money and a mechanic suggests that you try street racing, which is very popular in the city; there is even a 30 place leaderboard. Your goal is to make it to the top of that leaderboard.There are two types of race: street races in which you race against opponents and time races in which you race against the clock. The difficulty of the races varies. Bonus money can be earned by not hitting civilians and by destroying police cars. When you have enough money you can upgrade your car (engine, body, transmission and tiers) or buy a new one. If the cops become to persistent you can buy a new car or (just like in the GTA games) just repaint it. |
| Clever Kids: Farmyard Fun | 2008 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Gamerholix Ltd. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Back of Case - Nintendo DS (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)"Hi, I'm Sprocket...Join me down on the farm and I'll teach you all about cows, sheep, pigs and other fun animals. Use your Nintendo DS stylus to explore the farmyard and learn everything you need to be a real farmer!"
Play a host of fun games: herd sheep, beat maths puzzle, spot the difference, build animal jigsaws and much more!
Clever Kids games make learning and development fun for all ages.
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| Clever Kids: Pirates | 2008 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Gamerholix Ltd. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Back of Case - Nintendo DS (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)"Hi, I'm Sprocket...Join me on a deadly voyage to Pirate Cove where we'll meet Blackbeard, Captain Morgan and other dreaded buccaneers. Learn about their perilous adventures and live the life of a Pirate Captain!"
Play a host of fun games: Search for buried treasure, build pirate-puzzles, fire cannons, play the Pirate Quiz and much more!
Clever Kids games make learning and development fun for all ages.
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| Club Vegas Blackjack | 2008 | Selectsoft Publishing | Teyon S.A. | Gambling, Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Club Vegas Blackjack is a single player card game package.
The game features five types of blackjack, Classic, Face-Up, Single Deck, Spanish and. Double Attack. Each can be played for one of sixteen minimum bets ranging from $0.25c to $100,000.The player starts the game with either the $10,000 default stake or the prize money from their last gaming session. When all the money has gone there is a 'Reset Bank'option on the main menu that restores the stake money. Each game has it's own rules screen and is played against four other computer players. gameplay and menu navigation is performed entirely with the mouse.
The game has sound effects and it runs either in a window or full screen. |
| Code of Honor 2: Conspiracy Island | 2008 | City Interactive S.A. | City Interactive S.A. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | South America | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Code of Honor 2: Conspiracy Island is the sequel to the first-person shooter Code of Honor: The French Foreign Legion. The player is Claude Boulet, a soldier of the French Foreign Legion we already knew from the first game. The story now takes place in French Guayana, where rebels of the Global Liberation Front have invaded the secret science base at Ile Royale, a former prison of France. They try to blackmail the French government and it is the player's job to deal with them and prevent them from blowing up the nuclear reactor of the science lab. So there are no real missions like in the predecessor. The game presents a story that proceeds with the player's advance. It consists of one mission, but a long way through the island's caves, through an old prison and finally the research laboratory itself. The player even has to fight against helicopters. |
| Coffret Homme | 2008 | EMME Interactive SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This release contains:
Singles 2: Triple Trouble
Handcuffs
177 façons d’emmener une femme au 7e ciel, a French book by Margot Saint-Loup |
| Cosmic Sunder: Elements | 2008 | Dark Rock Games | Dark Rock Games | Action | | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | cosmicsunder.com (from Ad Blurbs)
Take your Elemental Sunder Balls and Smash your way through the Cosmos!
Just keep your Eye on the Sunder Balls!
Countless Worlds and Environments including: Fire, Ice, Genesis, Space Caverns and more.
Countless worlds and environments, fire, ice, genesis, space, asteroids, caverns and more
More than 80 levels, of immersive, frantic, fast-paced, action-packed, addictive fun!
Over 20 pickups and special abilities, new and improved style pickups, some pickups never experienced before
Extra boss levels, time to take on the bad guys and prove your capable
Extra bonus levels, the more you achieve the higher your score
Medals Section, earn medals dependant on your playing style, are you a hardcore gamer or slow and steady type of player?
Eye candy visuals, explosions, collisions and more!
Stunning sound effects, feel immersed in the environment, as if you’re right there!
Like no other, most fantastic, visually stunning breakout-style game ever!
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| Counter-Strike Online | 2008 | Nexon Corporation | Nexon Corporation, Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Counter-Strike Online is a version of Counter-Strike for the Asian gaming market. New features include female characters, new skins, new weapons, new game modes and a micro-payment system. Most of the weapons must be bought for cash points which are bought for real money. New game modes are mostly Zombie-related. |
| Crazy Chicken: Atlantis | 2008 | phenomedia publishing gmbh | SnapDragon Games GmbH | Action | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In the Moorhuhn series, Jump'n Run games are obviously not shooting games, but platform ones.With this one, Moorhuhn decides to discover the underwater kingdom of Atlantis. In each level, over and/or under the water, he will have to collect items, jump over enemies, mummies or carnivorous plants, for example, to kill them, climb at ropes, find powerups such as hearts, red crosses and ammos. Green crystal are save points and red crystals mark the end of a level. Under water, you will find more dangers, such as octopuses and jellyfishes, and you will have to deal with a limited quantity of oxygen. |
| Crime City | 2008 | Beat Games | ImmersionFX Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Crime City is a simple action game aimed at casual players. The main idea is that the player controls the police forces of one city. In each level there are one to three criminals which drive through the streets which are presented in an isometric perspective. The player indirectly controls the four police cars by selecting them and then clicking on the spot he wants them to drive to. The goal is to surround the villains so they can't flee - touching them has no effect. There is also a time limit for each level |
| DQ Tycoon | 2008 | GameMill Entertainment LLC | Spark Plug Games, LLC | Strategy | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Emily is the newest employee at a unprofitable Dairy Queen at the edge of town during a record heat wave. Help her turn the store around, and become manager.DQ Tycoon is a time management game. Customers will line up at the cash registers, and give their orders. Gather the various items they want, bearing in mind that some items take longer than others to make, then get them to the customer. Once Emily reaches manager level, employees can be hired. They will help carry some of the load, and are indispensable once you are managing more than one store.The levels are divided into weeks, and each week has a profit goal. Previous days can be replayed for a better profit to help in reaching that goal, and the various stores can be upgraded with more machines to allow for more customers and better profits. Each day you choose which employees work where; some employees are faster than others, and some stores will be busier than others. There are 35 levels in all, with more varieties of food and more customers in the later levels, and mini-games at the end of each week. |
| Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble! | 2008 | Mousechief, Co. | Mousechief, Co. | Adventure, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | Detective / mystery | Mini-games | Interwar, North America | | | | | | Windows | Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble! plays like a vintage boardgame, set in Brigiton, USA, in the 1920s. Players control a queen and her gang of high school girls set out to solve mysteries, flirt with boys, tease their peers with naughty games, and charm or deceive oppressive adults.The game cannot be classified under a single genre, as it incorporates and mixes many new and existing elements. At the start of the game, players select the queen of the gang based on four general statistics that play an important role in the game: popularity, rebellion, savvy and glamour. Starting at the school, players are presented with a game board where the pieces mark encounters or event. The queen's first task is to recruit three girls for the gang and they can be won over by playing a mini-game. The gang then sets out to solve a mystery that will take them to different locations, combining adventure gameplay with role-playing elements.Even though the general storyline is linear, there are numerous approaches to progress in the game with events that are entirely optional or can take different twists. The girls have conversations with other people, gather items and pry for the game's "currency" - people's secrets. The game has a day and night cycle and certain events only occur on specific moments.Most of the progress is achieved through recurring mini-games. Based on the basic abilities, the girls can specialize in a certain game, such as taunt-and-retort where new lines and answers are learned similar to the insult swordfighting from the Monkey Island series. Other ones are Expose, where a secret needs to be decrypted by revealing and guessing words, and FIB as a variant of poker where you need to bluff to have the best hand, or call another player's bluff. Based on the outcome, girls are able to boost their abilities regularly. Events and choices in the branching storyline can also influence general statistics.Another way to get the upper hand is by getting them a boyfriend. They can flirt through a game where the girls need to match their interest largely based on intuition. Having a boyfriend boosts stats (when choosing them wisely based on compatibility) and they can also save a girl before leaving when they lose a game. A final game, Gambit, is learned during the course of the game, as it is only played by adults. That one can be considered an advanced version of rock, paper, scissors, with deeper strategy. When a girl loses a game, she will often disappear for a few hours out of embarrassment. Girls will often talk to characters based on the information they found, with different dialogue trees. They can also gather together to combine their information and reach new insights. There are many prizes to be won (secrets, items, information) and four full gameboards to explore. The game's retro-like, faded vintage graphics are accompanied by blues and ragtime music from that time. |
| Debrysis | 2008 | OUEO Factory | OUEO Factory | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Debrysis is a futuristic arena shooter reminiscent of Robotron: 2084 and Mutant Storm. With five available arenas, players control a small car through a top-down view. The car can be moved around and can shoot opponent, who mostly have snake-like shapes. The goal is simply to score as much points as possible as the waves of enemies become progressively difficult until all lives are gone.While playing, different kinds of weapons spawn, such as a shotgun, minigun, plasmagun, rocket launcher, flamethrower, plasma rifle and more. They are all handled different and some work better against certain enemies than others. Other power-ups are medikits, a meteor that hits the battleground, double score, upgraded weapons and devastation that launches rockets all over the screen. The keyboard is used to move around while aiming is done through the mouse. The game supports online leaderboards. |
| Dekaron | 2008 | Nexon Europe S.à r.l | | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Dekaron is a fantasy MMORPG taking place on the fictional planet of Trieste which has two moons. The universe is based on the European culture in the Middle Ages. In a final effort to turn the tides in a war with the gods the humans unleashed creatures from the underworld. These creatures defeated the gods but could ultimately not be controlled and turned on the humans. The game offers several character classes to choose from. The classes are:
Aloken: a spear fighter able to cast power raising spells for allies;
Azure Knight: a knight using either a one-handed weapon and shield or a two-handed weapon;
Bagi Warrior: a warrior with magic resistance, great stamina and strength;
Black Wizard: an Incar Magician who specializes in black magic;
Concerra: a type of summoner;
Dragon Knight: a melee fighter able to use seal force;
Half Bagi: a half Bagi half human with great stamina using rage in battle;
Incar Magician: an elemental mage who uses fire, ice and lighting spells;
Segeuriper: a class that practices vampirism;
Segita Hunter: a class using bow, crossbows and daggers;
Sengale: able to cast healing spells and curses;
Vicious Summoner: spell casters who summon minions to aid them, and use either a staff or dual sword.
The games puts the focus on PvP and has fast-paced battles. |
| Demonophobia | 2008 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Adult | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | Demonophobia is a disturbing guro hentai game with some element of lolicon, involving death, torture and dismemberment with very crude scenes. As such it is recommended for ages 21 or up. The game's protagonist is the girl Sakuri, who tries summoning demons for personal vengeance. She imagined it as a game, but the ritual succeeds and she ends up in hell. Although there is direct control over her actions, the player is cast as the audience who witnesses the story. Sakuri has to go through six levels to undo the ritual and save her village and people.The game is of the 2D side-scrolling kind with different screens linked together in a maze-like fashion. Sakuri has very little means of defence and instead needs to avoid enemies by running past them, crouching, or quickly moving to a new area. The author appears to aim for shock value, as the game features numerous gruesome and long death sequences with a disturbing amount of detail. As Sakuri is in hell, she never really dies but instead needs to replay the same sequences. At certain moments a checkpoint is provided. The girl has a limited amount of health. As she is hit by enemies, the border colour of her portrait and the facial expression on it is altered.All six levels offer an end boss that requires quick reflexes to kill, with the final one being Lucifer, presented as a deformed butcher. Sakuri can also pick up items to open doors and restore health, and there are a few scarce weapons. Collected items are stored at the bottom of the screen and can be selected at any time. The game features explicit nudity with sadistic elements. At certain parts of the game, the girl is entirely naked as she battles the demons. There is no sound or music in the game. |
| Derby Day & Gone To The Dogs | 2008 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of two racing / betting games from Idigicon Limited;
Derby Day
Gone To The Dogs
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| Dimensity | 2008 | Playlogic International N.V. | Dagger Games | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Dimensity is a hybrid RPG-RTS game in a medieval fantasy setting.The people of Dumnoni have for a long time been threatened by the wild Firbolgs from the north. When another danger arises in the south the people call for the warrior Iomar to take care of the situation.The player takes on the role of Iomar. The basic game play is of a hack and slash role playing game. The player sees the map from a high up third person perspective and has to chop down hordes of enemies and collect the loot that they drop. Killing enemies earns experience points which make Iomar rise in level and abilities.Iomar can also construct buildings from the ground. There are three different buildings, one is a guard tower and in the other two units can be trained which can aid in combat. These units can also be upgraded. Units include soldiers, bowmen, healers, airships and cannons.The player can create his own Iomar choosing from four different races and two classes (warrior or wizard). Warrior abilities are weapon-dependent and are mostly combo attack. Iomar has three stats that can be improved, strength, dexterity and intelligence. |
| Diner Dash: Hometown Hero | 2008 | Encore, Inc. | PlayFirst, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Flo is going back to her hometown for a journey through her childhood memories with her grandmother, Grandma Florence. But when she discovers that her favorite places are in poor state and nearing the definitive disappearance, she decides to save them by working in their restaurants with her grandma in the kitchen.Diner Dash: Hometown Hero is the fourth game in the Diner Dash series, featuring Flo, owner of different restaurants in Dinertown. She has to save five different places in her hometown: the zoo, the baseball stadium, the museum, the lunapark and her grandmother's restaurant, which has been closed before her birthand can be saved by a jump to the past.The gameplay is still the same: seat customers, take their orders, serve their meals and collec the money. Additionally, they can also ask for a snack or a dessert. Sometimes Flo will have to use the mop for cleaning the mess kids and babies made or bring a high chair for families. She can also phone for asking help (for speaking to the customers waiting when a podium is available, for playing some music, for bringing cocktails or for bringing plates). Each customer has five hearts. The more they are red, the more higher the tip will be. If a customer loses all his hearts, he'll leave the restaurant.The customers are also carrying colored clothes and seating them on seats with the same color brings bonus points. There are still the usual customers met in the previous games: Cellphone Addict, Business Woman, Bookworm, Family (including mothers with babies and Father with Son), Normal Girl, etc., each with specific features. For example, some customers like Business Woman or Bookworm don't like noises, so seating them near Cellphone Addict is a wrong idea. In the contrary, the noise doesn't bother Family, so you can put the Cellphone Addict near them.There are also new customers like the Hungry Man who is ordering twice a meal, the Teen Boy/Girl, addicted to cellphone but flirting with each other when seated near each other or the Local Celebrity, who can replenish the nearing people's hearts.When beating a level, you'll be giving the choice to redecorate the restaurant or to propose a new plate. |
| Disney's Pooh's Party Game: In Search of the Treasure | 2008 | Noviy Disk | Doki Denki SA | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Disney's Pooh's Party Game is a board game for up to 4 players based on Disney's The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh animated series. The game starts when Owl discovers a treasure map, but in unfortunate turn of events the map gets glued to Gopher's back while he is chased by the swarm of bees. To get the treasure map the player needs to follow Gopher across the game board. The squares on the board contain mini-games, honey pots or other surprises. When the player's character lands on a square, he then must participate in a mini-game, and success or failure will determine how many steps he'll advance on the game board. It is also possible to buy the steps for a certain number of honey pots. The mini-games include kart racing, a pinball game, fruit collect-a-thon, a Bomberman-like game and so on. The players can choose to control one of their favorite characters: Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Roo, Owl or Tiger.There's also Quick mode which lets up to 4 players play any unlocked mini-games against each other or AI straight from the menu. |
| Donkey Xote | 2008 | V.2 Play | Revistronic | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Donkey Xote is a tie-in game for the animated movie Donkey Xote. It tells the adventures of Don Quixote as seen from his donkey. The story is told through cutscenes from the film.Donkey Xote is a 3D platform game, and resembles similar 3D platform games such as Spyro The Dragon. The player can jump to reach platforms and often has to collect items such as coins.During the game the player can switch between playing Rucio (the donkey), Don Quixote himself and Sanco Pancha, Don Quixotes sidekick. |
| Double Jeu: 7 Sins / Zoom: Paparazzi in Action | 2008 | Nobilis France | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
7 Sins
Zoom: Paparazzi in Action |
| Dream Day First Home | 2008 | Elephant Entertainment, LLC, Oberon Games, Inc. | Oberon Media Russia (Kenjitsu) | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Dream Day First Home is an hidden object game and also the sequel to Dream Day Honeymoon. Each level has a list of the objects randomly selected, that you have to find in a limited time. When you have one, you have to click on it.The game is following Jenny and Robert's return from honeymoon. They're moving in their new house and it's up to you to help them by you have to beat 50 levels including six "Homeowner Crisis". You can choose a Victorian or a Craftsman home.The game features also 12 mini-games and new Superclues (two-step hidden objects). There is also a matching game called Puzzle Garden and a slot machine, the Fix-O-Ripper, for creating new furniture.Playing each room of the house unlocks the Attic level. And if you beat each room of both houses, you gain access to a secret level. |
| Duludubi Star | 2008 | Fantawild | | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Duludubi Star is a game that has been heavily inspired by Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy, to the point where several boss battles and even entire levels have been copied from (or are extremely similar to) that game. The game features the same core gameplay mechanics as Super Mario Galaxy, with levels consisting of galaxies that are split into planets that the player can run around. The player has to collect stars from these galaxies and plays as a blue dinosaur, who has the same moves as Mario from Super Mario Galaxy but with a much lower speed. |
| Enigmo 2 | 2008 | Ideas From the Deep | Pangea Software, Inc. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | iTunes Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Enigmo 2 is a 3D puzzle game where you construct mechanisms to direct lasers, plasma, and water to toggle switches, deactivate force-fields, and eventually get them to their final destination. The original Enigmo was the most unique game that Pangea Software ever created, and Enigmo 2 takes the concept to a whole new dimension with much more complex environments and all-new devices.In addition to the 50 levels that come with Enigmo, there is also a built-in level editor which allows you to create your own games that you can share with friends or post on the web for the world to play.Watch the official trailer here: http://panomundo.com/enigmo2-480x360.movRead the Instruction Manual here: http://www.pangeasoft.net/enigmo2/instructions |
| Europa Universalis III: Złoty Pakiet Dodatków | 2008 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes two expansions for Europa Universalis III:
Europa Universalis III: Napoleon's Ambition (expansion)
Europa Universalis III: In Nomine (expansion) |
| Extra Brain Power | 2008 | Mindscape Northern Europe B.V. | Oak Systems Leisure Software Ltd | Action | | | | Mental training, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Extra Brain Power is the sequel to Brain Power. This game features additional game modes and difficulty levels. New game modes include word puzzles, pyramid equations, dominoes and others. Like the previous game its aim is to improve the players mental capacities in the give categories. |
| Fairy Island | 2008 | MyRealGames.com | Seppia Interactive | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Falling block puzzle, Mini-games, Timed input | Fantasy | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fairy Island is a single player, free, tile matching, mouse controlled game.The fairies island was a wonderful place until pirates arrived and imprisoned the fairies inside magic crystals, can you help them?
While there may not be a lot to the story there is quite a bit to this game. There are three game modes and four puzzle types however three of these puzzle types must be unlocked before they can be played. The game modes are;
Story Mode: Here our friendly fairy, Arianna, guides encourages us as we solve tile matching puzzles. The objective of each puzzle, whatever the type, is to clear all the tiles that have fairies trapped inside them. Each puzzle solved is a step along the road to the place where the pirates are holding their prisoners. Initially the player can only tackle normal puzzles but as they progress they unlock additional game types Locks, Shifter and Puzzle also as they progress the games become harder to complete within the time limit.Occasionally the player is given a mini-game to win a Golden Acorn, a couple of which are awarded randomly in the early stages. These Golden Acorns are used as in-game currency in 'The Fairy Fare' to buy power-ups.
Timed Mode: Here the player has five minutes game time in either the Normal; Locks; or Shifter puzzle types to score as highly as possible. Initially only the Normal game type is available, the others have to be unlocked by playing in Story mode. There is a separate scoreboard for each of the three game types.
Continuous Mode: Here the player plays any of the three game types for as long as they can looking to achieve a high score. As with the Timed Mode only the Normal game type is available at the start of the game with the Locks and Shifter puzzle types being unlocked by playing in Story mode, again there is a separate scoreboard for each of the three game types. |
| Five Dice | 2008 | Novel Games Limited | Novel Games Limited | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The object of Five Dice is to use the mouse to click five dice that touch each other, to get the best score. For example, if you click a die, you can then click the one to the left or right or above or below. If you click the one above, your next choice can be the next one to the left or right or above that die. If you click left, your next choice can be the next one left, above or below that die. Your score is determined by the number on the dice you click as well as what Yahtzee-like combinations you can make. These are one pair, two pairs, three of a kind, four of a kind, five of a kind, a straight, in which all five dice can be sequential from one to five or two to six and nothing, meaning you have no two dice alike and all five are not sequential. After you clear all eighty dice, the game ends. |
| Ford Racing Off Road | 2008 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Razorworks | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading | | | | | Windows | As you might expect, this game takes the Ford Racing series off the road, and into the desert, forest, and ice. Features 12 tracks (plus reverse versions of all tracks), and 18 Ford and Land Rover vehicles.Game modes include Quick Race, which drops you right in the action, Career mode, which starts you out with a few thousand credits and a map of the nearest races, Tournament, which is a shorter version of Career mode, Arcade mode, which lets you play a single race with the track, mode, and vehicle you want, and Multiplayer, which lets you race split-screen. Some tracks and vehicles need to be unlocked through career mode before they become available. |
| Forgotten Riddles: The Mayan Princess | 2008 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Blue Tea Games | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles, Hidden object | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | When Mayan artifacts from their royal family that date from after their assumed death are found, you are sent to investigate. You find that the last Mayan princess escaped, fleeing the destruction with help from an unlikely source, and follow their trail.The gameplay in Forgotten Riddles: The Mayan Princess is that of a hidden object game, but with a twist. Instead of providing a list of objects to find in each scene, a list of riddles are included. Solve the riddle, then find the answer in the scene. Each set of scenes has a few more riddles than are needed to finish the set, and a few hints are available, so if the player cannot figure out a riddle they can continue. For less skilled players an apprentice mode is included, which lacks a time limit, and has more hints available.Each stage has several scenes in it, which can be viewed and completed in any order. Some scenes need to be unlocked first. This is done through placing tiles on the scene in the correct location, told through riddles. After each stage, unlocking the next stage is done by solving a tiled puzzle. Each tile needs to be rotated into the correct position; rows and columns will lock into place once correct. |
| G.B.R: Fast Response Group | 2008 | Beat Games | Openoko Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In G.B.R.: Special Commando Unit the small Eastern European nation Bielar is the object of a coup and is also victim of peculiar earthquakes. The player is the leader of the Russian GBR (Group of Blistering Response) unit and travels to this hot spot to find out the truth. During the twelve missions he has three AI colleagues with him to which he can give basic commands like attacking or following. The missions mostly consist of moving from waypoint to waypoint while dealing with terrorist forces. He has also the possibility to equip himself and his team between the missions with about 30 weapons. He pays for them with points he receives for solving the mission objectives and for dispatched enemies. The game uses the established first-person shooter controls. |
| GP vs. Superbike | 2008 | Avanquest Software Publishing Ltd. | Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person | | | | | Automobile, Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | GP vs. Superbike pitches racing cars against motorbikes. Players can choose racing with either one of the vehicle types, and can also select racing against the same vehicle type or against both. The controls consist in accelerating, breaking, steering and changing gears.There are 4 game modes: trainer, practice, weekend and championship. In the later two, qualifying is necessary before racing a track. In championship mode, tracks must be played in a preset order. There are nine tracks: Belgium, San Marino, Monaco, England, Australia, Argentina, Hungary, Austria, Canada. Vehicles can be fine tuned for each track in a workshop, with settings for tires and transmission (automatic or manual and gear speeds).The game can be played in six preset difficulties: Rookie, Novice, Amateur, Semi Professional, Professional, Ace. Thus, it can be played from a very arcade-like approach to a more professional simulation one. With the exception of the Ace difficulty, all can be tweaked by the user, turning settings (like engine overheat, fuel consumption, damage, etc.) on and off.The game can be played by one or two players in a split-screen mode. Two players can race a duel or race competitively against bots. Both players must race the same vehicle type. |
| Galaxian | 2008 | | Crozza Games | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Galaxian is a freeware, single-player version of the classic space shooter. In this game the player controls a space ship with the arrow keys and fires with the space bar with the intention of clearing wave after wave of attacking alien ships. An extra life is awarded for every ten thousand points scored.The version played for this submission was keyboard controlled, the version currently available for download allows the player to redefine the action keys and also has joystick support. |
| Garbage Truck Simulator | 2008 | Contendo Media GmbH | Contendo Media GmbH | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | A simulator game in which you drive a garbage truck and control the garbage men in a fictional town. You have to deliver the trash cans on time and also pick up filled garbage cans. There are also special orders like glass, paper and rubble lying on the road. The more successful you are in driving your own garbage truck, the more you can build on your own garbage truck company. This company allows you to determine the own look of your trucks and you get small management tasks such as keeping your staff happy. Happier employees work harder and gain more experience, which gives you more complex and rewarding tasks. The game has an infinite number of jobs in a large environment, offers 5 different garbage trucks, multiple camera angles to play in, online and offline play and different weather conditions. The game also supports a steering wheel. |
| Gems Swap II | 2008 | Novel Games Limited | Novel Games Limited | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Gems Swap II the player's task is to swap adjacent gems in a playfield so that a horizontal or vertical row of at least three gems is created. Those gems will be removed and the tile below will change its color. If all titles have changed that color before the time runs out, the player has completed the level and can continue playing on the next. |
| Gems Twist | 2008 | Novel Games Limited | Novel Games Limited | Action | | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Gems Twist is a variation on Gems Swap. You are still trying to make enough three-or-more gem matches before time runs out but now, rather than swap two gems, you rotate four gems. Place your mouse on the group to move and press the button to make them rotate. If you want them to rotate the opposite direction, press the space bar or click the arrow button on the left. If you match enough gems to fill up the gem indicator on the left before time runs out, you advance to the next level. If not, the game is over. |
| Gen's Gold | 2008 | Memir Software Ltd. | Memir Software Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Gen's Gold is a single player, keyboard controlled platform game.The game has multiple difficulty settings, twenty-five timed levels and five zones; ancient lands; caves; snowy plains; fiery lava pits; and a futuristic techno zone. At the start of the game only the first level of the first land is available, other levels are unlocked as the player makes progress through the game |
| Gift Quest | 2008 | MyRealGames.com | DayTerium | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Gift Quest is a casual, single player, mouse controlled, tile matching game where the overall theme is based on presents and hearts. Apart from a difference in the bonus tiles used this game is virtually identical to it's special event variants Gift Quest: Valentine's Day"> and Gift Quest: Christmas Edition">.This game claims four modes of play which are;
Adventure Quest: There are forty levels in this game mode. Gameplay is standard for the genre - match three or more tiles to score points and clear the golden tiles before the timer runs out to clear the level. In this game mode the player can earn magic wands which can be used to remove awkward tiles from the game area, additionally there are bonus tiles, armour tiles, gift bonus, and single and double lock tiles.
Fable Puzzle: The game claims one hundred of these levels where the object is to remove all the tiles on the board
Miracle Quads: The standard gameplay for the genre is to match three or more tiles in a row or column, here tiles an only be swapped if they make a 'square' of four or more like tiles
Amazing Action: This is the 'endless' basic tile matching game in which the player keeps playing until the score-bar fills up and they advance to the next levelProgress is saved automatically
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| Gift Quest: Christmas Edition | 2008 | MyRealGames.com | DayTerium | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Gift Quest: Christmas Edition is a casual, single player, mouse controlled, tile matching game, in keeping with the name all the tiles are Christmas-themed with gingerbread men, presents etc. Apart from the themed backgrounds, tiles and bonuses it is virtually identical to Gift Quest.This game has four modes of play which are;
Adventure: There are forty levels in this game mode. Gameplay is standard for the genre - match three or more tiles to score points and clear the golden tiles before the timer runs out to clear the level. match three or more tiles to score points and clear the golden tiles before the timer runs out to clear the level. In this game mode the player can earn magic wands which can be used to remove awkward tiles from the game area, additionally there are bonus tiles, armour tiles, teleport tiles, and single and double lock tiles.
Puzzle: The game claims one hundred of these levels where the object is to remove all the tiles on the board
Quads: The standard gameplay for the genre is to match three or more tiles in a row or column, here tiles an only be swapped if they make a 'square' of four or more like tiles
Relax: This is the 'endless' basic tile matching game in which the player keeps playing until the score-bar fills up and they advance to the next level |
| Gift Quest: Valentine's Day | 2008 | MyRealGames.com | DayTerium | Strategy | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Gift Quest: Valentine's Day is a casual, single player, mouse controlled, tile matching game where the overall theme is based on presents, cuddly toys, valentine cards and hearts. Apart from the themed backgrounds, tiles and bonuses it is virtually identical to Gift QuestThis game claims four modes of play which are;
Adventure Quest: There are forty levels in this game mode. Gameplay is standard for the genre - match three or more tiles to score points and clear the golden tiles before the timer runs out to clear the level. In this game mode the player can earn magic wands which can be used to remove awkward tiles from the game area, additionally there are heart bonus tiles, armour tiles, gift bonus, and single and double lock tiles.
Fable Puzzle: The game claims one hundred of these levels where the object is to remove all the tiles on the board
Miracle Quads: The standard gameplay for the genre is to match three or more tiles in a row or column, here tiles an only be swapped if they make a 'square' of four or more like tiles
Amazing Action: This is the 'endless' basic tile matching game in which the player keeps playing until the score-bar fills up and they advance to the next level
Progress is saved automatically. |
| Girl Talk: Awesome | 2008 | | Expansive Media Ltd | Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Girl Talk or Girl Talk - Girls Are Amazing to give it its current full tag-lined title is a magazine made for, well, girls specifically pre-teen girls aged seven to eleven for which it claims to be the UK's top title. Each issue has it's own theme such as Have The Coolest Winter Ever! (Dec 2015), Meet The Most Huggable Star Pets! (Sept 2015), ! Cuteness Overload - Why Ariana is 100% Perfect (Sept 2020) and so on. Each magazine comes in a plastic wrap and always seems to contain a free gift.Girl Talk: Awesome is a promotional title from 2008 when the magazine's tag-lined title was Girl Talk - Where Girls Get Together, it's not clear whether this was issued with an early Girl Talk magazine, included with another magazine from the same publisher - they also issue the Top Of The Pops magazine among others, or something else.The CD autoruns on the PC and assembles it's main menu, a sort of photo collage, piece by piece while some bright lift-music plays. It's a fixed resolution image with a bright pink background and, as there are no configuration settings, on a larger screen it is surrounded by thick black borders. The activities on this disc are;
iCarly: iCarly is a US teen sitcom that ran from 2007 to 2012 about a girl who starts her own web TV show. This section features;
Videos: There are two clips to watch, a 'Behind The Scenes' clip which shows the recording of the show's theme song and a short clip from the show
Print Outs: These are three pencil-and-paper games to be printed and played away from the computer, they are Anagrams, Spot The Difference and Wordsearch
Downloads: These are not downloads from the internet but from the disc, there are three wallpaper images in three sizes and four 'buddy icons'.
Character Guides: Five static screens each showing a picture of one of the show's characters together with a short biography.
Game: This is an interactive Wordsearch game in which the player has to find twenty words in an eighteen by eighteen grid. The game is mouse controlled and timed, it must be completed in five minutes, unusually players can lose points by making a mistake.
Contest: This is a chance to vote in the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2008 with a chance to win tickets to the event.
Movies: This contains trailers for the then current movies Wall-E, prince Caspian, Kung Fu Panda and Wild Child as well as trailers for the soon-to-be-released Tales of Despereaux, Hotel For Dogs and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
High School Musical 2: This is a collection of promotional material for the games of the film.To promote the film High School Musical 2 there is desktop wallpaper available in three sizes; a printable poster available in two sizes, a printable sun visor, two printable pencil-and-paper games Wordsearch and Anagrams, printable door hangers.
To promote the Wii game High School Musical: Sing It there is a video trailer for the game that mixes game footage with live action.
There's also a video trailer to promote the Nintendo DS game High School Musical 2: Work This Out!
At the bottom of the screen is a separate High School Musical related link which gives players the chance to enter an e-mail contest to win a Nintendo DS and a copy of the game High School Musical 2: Work This Out!.
TinkerBell: At the top of the menu there is a picture of the cute fairy that links to promotional material the for Nintendo DS game Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell. Here there is box art, printable bookmarks, printable puzzles - a maze and a foldable fortune teller; and six wallpapers this time with no size options.
Hannah Montana: This link is on the right of the menu and it promotes both the Nintendo DS version and Wii version of Hannah Montana: Music Jam. There are:
box art imagesAn interactive ten question quiz. All questions are multiple choice and Hannah Montana related
Video trailers for both versions of the game
Two wallpapers - one for Hannah Montana: Music Jam and one for Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour - both available in three sizes
Four pencil-and-paper games Wordsearch, Anagrams, Maze and Spot The Difference
Four printable door hangers
DVD Fun: At the bottom of the main menu screen is the DVD FUN! Link which promotes two films,
There is an interactive presentation for the film Spiderwick Chronicles comprising two film clips; three desktop wallpapers; poster art; three pencil-and-paper puzzles Wordsearch, Spot The Difference and Anagrams; and a character guide
The other featured film is Nim's Island for which there is a trailer and two clips from the film |
| Goldrush Klondike | 2008 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Goldrush Klondike is a single player Solitaire card game.This game includes twenty Klondike variants. It is played with the mouse, has sound effects and runs in a re-sizable window. There is a choice of five card backs and two card faces (regular or low vision). The Klondike variants included are: Acedike, Agnes, Crazy Klondike, Double Klondike, Fascination, Eternal Triangle, Gargantua, Gigantua, King Albert, Klondike 3 Card, Quadruple Klondike, Tri-Klondike, Reverse Klondike, Brisbane, Harp, Somerset, Thumb & Pouch, Spidike, Raglan, and Queenie. |
| Gothic 3 (Game of the Year Edition) | 2008 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Gothic 3 (Game of the Year Edition) is a fully patched (including the community patches) re-release of Gothic 3 and includes the following extras:
A wooden box stuffed with velvet as package
A making-of DVD (the same as in the Collector's Edition)
A poster
Screenshots of announced successor Arcania: A Gothic Tale |
| Great Expressions: GCSE Maths | 2008 | Idigicon Limited | | Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Great Expressions: GCSE Maths is one of a series of educational quizzes marketed as a revision aid and sold in the UK through the Poundland chain of stores. It is aimed at teenagers between fourteen and sixteen years of age.This title deals with Mathematics and contains over one hundred multiple choice questions. Each quiz contains ten timed, randomly selected questions from the question bank and is played as a 'sudden death' game. The game ends when the player gets a question wrong however the player has three lifelines, they can remove two incorrect answers, skip to the next question, or have extra time to think about the answer.The game is played entirely with the mouse though the keyboard is needed to enter the player's name on the high score table. |
| Guild Wars: PvP Access Kit | 2008 | NCsoft - North America | ArenaNet, LLC | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | The Guild Wars: PvP Access Kit is the successor to Guild Wars: Prophecies (PvP Edition), Guild Wars: Factions (PvP Edition) and Guild Wars: Nightfall (PvP Edition), combining them all in one and adding the PvP components of Guild Wars: Eye of the North (namely the skill-set and the heroes).The player has only access to the Battle Isles (with the exception of Fort Aspenwood, the Jade Quarry and Alliance Battle, which are physically on the Factions map), where the major PvP areas are concentrated. Low level PvP-arenas are unavailable as PvP-characters are always level 20 (max level) and the low level arenas are designed for lower (PvE) characters.The PvP Access Kit gives instant access to Random Arena (4vs4 at random), Team Arena (4vs4 team based), Heroes' Ascent (8vs8 tournament), Hero Battle (1vs1 with 3 heroes per side), Guild vs. Guild (8vs8), Fort Aspenwood (8vs8 at random), Jade Quarry (8vs8 at random) and Alliance Battle (12vs12, combines team and random based). In addition, the Great Temple of Balthazar (the Guild Wars gaming hub, as its shared with all campaigns), Isle of the Nameless (Training), Zaishen Challenge (Training), Zaishen Elite (Training) and the Zaishen Menagerie (Animal companion zoo) are also available.Component-wise provides the PvP Access Kit access to all the (non-PvE) skills, weapon upgrades, runes, insignia and heroes of Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall and Eye of the North. However in a locked state.The Kit itself offers 60 unlocks (20 normal skills, 20 elite skills and 20 items), the rest gets unlocked by either playing the game (winning Balthazar faction and turning them in at Priests of Balthazar) or by buying Skill Unlock Packs in the Guild Wars In-Game Store. |
| Hidden Mysteries: Civil War - Secrets of the North & South / Buckingham Palace | 2008 | GameMill Entertainment LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Hidden Mysteries: Civil War - Secrets of the North and South
Hidden Mysteries: Buckingham Palace |
| Hidden Relics | 2008 | eGames, Inc. | ToyboxGames Inc. | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | A student of archaeology called Adrianna Stone is summoned by her professor to travel around the globe, searching for stolen relics.Hidden Relics is a hidden object game, where players have to find the scattered items from a list at the right side of the screen, within a time limit. Each name from the list can be clicked to show a brief description and a picture of the object.Besides the common object hunt, there are special relics that have to be collected using one of the gadgets at the bottom. These machines are acquired at the gadget shop, available at the start of each chapter. They pulsate on the screen when a relic is hidden on the scenery. All the gadgets work the same way, when one of them is selected a round lens viewer appears on the screen that can be moved around, showing a distorted view of the scenery. A relic only appears when the lens is over it. The only difference between the gadgets is the way they distort the image. The magnifier only increases the image, while the sonar makes it swirl around the viewer.The gadgets are purchased at the shop with the stars received from playing mini-games. These games are implementations of classic puzzles: concentration, sliding-tiles, jigsaw and Tower of Hanoi. The games become more complex after each round. For example, the number of discs on the Hanoi puzzle increase after solving it.At the end of each chapter, there's a variation of gameplay as the final challenge. Sometimes the list is replaced with small pictures of specific parts of the screen that must be found and clicked by the player. In other moments the player has to search for several instances of the same object. There is also a spot-the-difference screen, where the player has to click on the differences between two similar images.Special items are concealed on the screen, like the magnifying glass that gives extra hints, and cans of gasoline that allow the player to travel to another location. |
| Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge | 2008 | Matrix Games, Ltd., Tri Synergy, Inc. | GFI Russia | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | In Africa the Diamond Coast is ruled by a ruthless dictator and everywhere in the country a state of emergency was declared. A mercenary soldier is sent into the country by someone who claims to be the former president of the region in order to overthrow the dictator and get him back into the position. But whose side is the mercenary soldier, controlled by the player, really on?As an unofficial successor to Jagged Alliance 2, the game features almost identical gameplay. The game is divided into two parts: the first is played on an overview map of the country with the different sectors marked, once the player's team has discovered them. The most powerful tool here is the laptop which gives the player access to the I.M.A. and Dickie Jay website as well as to his e-mail account and journal. The I.M.A. site is used to recruit more mercenaries to fight on the player's side. Each of them has different abilities, preferences and character traits which means that not everyone wants to work with you or mercenaries you hired earlier. If a mercenary strongly dislikes another mercenary, he won't take the job. The Dickie Jay website is the "local" weapons dealer where the player can buy everything he needs to prepare his team mates for battle. Once one of the teams reaches a sector in which enemy soldiers are present, the game switches to the tactical map. As long as no enemy is in sight, the game runs in real-time but as soon as an opponent enters the view, the game switches to turn-based until every enemy is eliminated. The battles are highly tactical since every member has only a limited number of action points available and every action from simple standing up to aimed shot costs a certain amount of them. It is all for the player to decide. He chooses which body region the soldier should try to hit, if he stands or kneels for a shot and so on. Once all enemies in a sector are eliminated, the sector falls under the player's control which means on one hand that it generates money if there are mines present but also that he needs to defend it from bandit raids. |
| Hits Essentiels: Collection 2007/2008 | 2008 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend
Rayman: Raving Rabbids
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
FIFA Soccer 07
Just Cause
Need for Speed: Carbon
Heroes of Might and Magic V
Black & White 2
Championship Manager 2007 |
| Homeland Defense: National Security Patrol | 2008 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Homeland Defense: National Security Patrol the player constructs and manages a post at the Mexican/American border. The main goal is to stop smugglers and border jumpers while staying in budget. As with most games of this kind the player has an empty space to his disposal where he constructs the infrastructure, e.g. command centers or surveillance buildings, which are needed for equipment and training the agents. Each agent has six stats, e.g. intelligence or honesty, which influence their abilities, e.g. dog handling or healing. These abilities can be improved by training them - but of course they are not available for duty during that time. The player assigns tasks to each agent, either permanent ones like patrol routes or alert status or actions like healing or shooting. The game is played in real-time and after every day the player receives an info sheet about his performance and the threats of the next day. There are three locations for free playing and twelve missions where the player has to reach certain goals. |
| Hotel Giant 2 | 2008 | Nobilis Group | Enlight Software Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Yan Wei | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In Hotel Giant 2, the player is responsible for managing a hotel. As usual with these kind of games, the first step is to furnish the rooms. The player has about 1400 fixtures to their disposal to construct all necessary rooms, e.g. the hotel room, the reception or the restaurant. The game also saves a finished room and uses this template for all other rooms of the same type. Of course, players will also have to hire employees, like cleaners or service personnel.When the hotel opens its doors, most of the time is spent micromanaging, attending to the customers' complaints and expanding the hotel with luxury like swimming pools. The game is basically played in real-time but can be paused at any time. It also offers hotel locations in different countries with small differences; for example, French customers will want better food while American ones will look for more fitness rooms. Besides the freeplay mode, there are a sandbox mode where the player can experiment with existing flourishing hotels, and a campaign where they need to reach certain goals in existing hotels. |
| I Spy: Fun House | 2008 | Scholastic, Inc. | Artech Studios Ltd. | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hidden object | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | I Spy Fun House is another digital adaptation of the long-running series of children's books by Walter Wick, this time with an amusement park theme. The objective is to find and click on all the objects described in a verse at the bottom, on screens depicting locations and attractions of the park. The objects move or display a little animation after being clicked to indicate the correct selection. After all the required items are found, the verse is replaced with a final clue to a hidden ticket.The tickets unlock new areas and mini-games. Eleven tickets are necessary to enter the Fun House area, while extra tickets open the mini-games. These bonus games are implementations of classic concepts, where the player has to match tiles by swapping pairs on concentric circles, fit tetrominoes shapes inside the limited space of a box, click on the differences between several similar pictures and other challenges. There are no hints or hint button available to show the location of the objects, and no time limit or penalty for wrong clicks.The Windows/Macintosh CD-ROM release includes a 3-inch promotional mini-disc, containing one riddle from each of three earlier I Spy games: I Spy Fantasy, I Spy Spooky Mansion Deluxe, and I Spy Treasure Hunt.The Nintendo DS version contains fewer mini games and lower quality versions of some of the hidden picture searches from the Windows/Macintosh versions. It also only requires ten tickets to complete, and the goal is to exit the fun house. |
| Insert Coins | 2008 | B-Software | B-Software | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Insert Coins is a compilation of shareware action/arcade games.
Lethal Judgment 3 : End Game
Lethal Judgment 4 Deluxe Edition
Purebreaker 3
B-Intruders 2 Circle of Extinction
Blue Balloonz
Except for Lethal Judgment 3, all of them are shareware games needing registration. |
| Jagged Farm: Birth of a Hero | 2008 | Game Factory Interactive Ltd. | Game Factory Interactive Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Jagged Farm: Birth of a Hero is an RTS game that draws inspiration from Orwell's Animal Farm.In the game, different animals (not just farm animals) duke it out with chicken egg grenades and corn-shooters. Amid all these animals the player takes on the role of Russian pop singer Gluk'oza.As Gluk'oza, the player has to work through nine different missions in the single player campaign. The player starts with a number of units but can trade in resources for reinforcements. Resources in turn are gained by capturing mines.During the missions various goals have to be met such as capturing communication centers and destroying factories. |
| Jasper's Journeys | 2008 | Lexaloffle Games Ltd. | Lexaloffle Games Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Jasper's cat has been nabbed by a nasty witch who intends to use him as an ingredient for her incredibly evil potion! Make your way through a world of magic and monsters to reach the witch's castle and save Orlando.Jasper's Journeys is an old fashioned jump'n'run focusing on the basics of the genre. It features level exploration, collecting gems and fruits, jumping over pits, throwing fruit energy at enemies, avoiding acid drops, unlocking doors and finding secrets. Noteworthy are big enemies, which you will encounter as boss battles, as well as normal level enemies. Also you have the chance to win each level through a bonus section, which you can access after finding three orbs in a level. |
| Jewel Quest Mysteries: Curse of the Emerald Tear | 2008 | 21 Rocks, LLC, iWin, Inc. | iWin, Inc. | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person, Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Hidden object, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jewel Quest Mysteries: Curse of the Emerald Tear is a hidden object game with match-three mini-games. Like most seek-and-find titles, the main objective is to find and click on the required objects from a list at the left side of the screen, within a time limit. Besides the objects, there are coins hidden that give extra hints, and jewels scattered on the scenery that can be collected and spent later on upgrades.The player has to solve a puzzle grid at the start of each stage, where the goal is to place golden geometric pieces on it to fill all the slots. There's a tile-matching mini-game at the end of each chapter, where gems have to be matched in groups of three or more to turn the background squares to gold.The upgrades can be purchased at the end of each chapter. Intuition gives another slot for holding extra hints. Journal Study starts each chapter with more hints. Jewel Sense makes the cursor glimmer when near a jewel. Preparation adds two minutes to the overall time. Jewel Board turns five squares from the puzzle grid into gold. |
| L'Odyssée Sibérienne | 2008 | Mindscape SA | Strass Productions | Action, Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | L'Odyssée Sibérienne is mix of adventure and strategy game. You are taking part in a dog sled race in Alaska. Select your sled leader and dogs, decide on a route, depending on the weather and take care of your dogs on the way. You will learn a lot about Alaska's ecosystem, meet wild animals and native inhabitants and overcome a lot of obstacles. |
| LEGO Creator / LEGOLand | 2008 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Two-game collection containing the games:LEGO Creator
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LEGOLAND
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| La maison de Loupy | 2008 | Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche, Société Centrale Canine | Logicom Direct | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | La maison de Loupy is an educational CD-ROM (in French) for children between 5 and 7. To make things clear : Loupy is not the big red dog from another series, but a medium-sized dog.Endorsed by the Société Centrale Canine (not for profit association) and the French Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche (part of the French Government), it presents 15 day-to-day situations, so children learn how to behave with their dogs. The first situation is a kind of tutorial. Once finished, children are ready to enter the house (bedroom, living room, and so on) or go outside (the street, the neighborhood). Parents can always click on the "bone icon" to get more information.La maison de Loupy was distributed for free, and since it's a SWF program, it runs both on Macs and PCs. |
| Lao's Quest | 2008 | Scorpion Software | Scorpion Software | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Lao's Quest is a 2D puzzle platform with a retro visual design. The main hero is Lao who must rescue his older brother Rick Dangerous. Lao walks in ancient Indian pyramid caves and dungeons, and he has to avoid spikes, poison darts, bats, tribesman, and giant rocks. In each room Lao must find a way out by collecting keys, opening doors, moving blocks etc. As a tribute to Rick Dangerous the last temple features duo play with that character. |
| Le Commissaire C'est Vous! | 2008 | Anuman Interactive SA | | Adventure | | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure | Contemporary | | | | | | Windows | Le Commissaire C'est Vous! is an adventure-style game where the player assumes the role of a police commissioner who is investigating the mysterious death of a young woman. The player needs to investigate scenes, search for clues, and interrogate suspects. There are over 30 characters to interact with, and over an hour of video. |
| Logikspiele | 2008 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Logikspiele is a collection of shareware and free games:
Apple Lines
Autumn Mahjongg
Bowling Jumper
Butterfly Dance
Cell Mahjongg
City Mahjongg
Collector
Colosseum Mahjongg
Cowboys
Crazy Ponnys
Dino Dave 2
Frozen Mahjongg
Gold Mahjongg
Grey Mahjongg
Hammurabi Mahjongg
Horse
Horses Dream
Horses Party
Imhotep Mahjongg
Mam
MD Mahjongg
Metal Mahong
Monkey Mahjongg
Mountain Mahjongg
Mystic Mahjongg
Palm Tree
PL 2
Private Mahjongg
Roking Horse
Soccer Slider
Sudoku
Time of Mahjongg
Tonatiuh Mahjongg |
| Luxor: The King's Collection (4 Games in One) | 2008 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games:
Luxor
Luxor: Amun Rising
Luxor Mahjong
Luxor 2
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| Marble Mayhem | 2008 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | The Blue Team | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Marble Mayhem is a 3D puzzle platformer similar to Marble Madness or the more contemporary Switchball where the player guides a marble through hazardous courses. The player controls a real, see-through marble through several environments. Typical puzzles involve moving platforms, titled courses, spring tiles, cannons and avoiding pitfalls.The player is able to morph into different marbles to solve puzzles: regular, rubber or lead. The rubber marble has more speed, is lighter and is immune to electricity. The lead marble is very heavy and slow to move, but it can break through glass windows. Movement is done through the keyboard and the mouse is used to look around and steer. Clicking the left mouse button provides a short boost and the marbles are also able to jump. The game introduces some enemies: the shocker is able to stun marbles and bashers will try to push you off the course. During certain sequences, players need to navigate mazes, avoid being caught by bashers or duel basher marbles to push them over the edge.Different worlds are entered through a main hub and the game mechanics are explained in a tutorial. |
| McDonald's Fairies and Dragons: Sunflower | 2008 | | Fuel Industries Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | McDonald's Fairies and Dragons is a series of games given away with their 'Happy Meals'. The full range consists of
our fairies Sunflower, Rose, Lily, and Violet, and four dragons Ice, Earth, Wind and Fire. Each CD gives the player a separate character which is accessed from a menu bar, as the collection builds other characters are added to the menu bar until it is complete. One fairy and one dragon were released each week but, despite the name, they built into two separate applications - one with four fairies and one with four dragons.
After an introductory animated sequence the wizard presents the player with a magic seed. This is planted, watered, given sunshine and love until it grows into a fairy, which in this case is Sunflower. There are three flash game activities on Sunflower's CD:The juggling game. Here Sunflower juggles coloured balls, beneath her are pictures of the balls being juggled. The game causes one of them to flash and the player's task is to click on that ball as quickly as possible. The game then causes another ball to flash and the player clicks on that. This is repeated faster and faster, the longer the player can keep clicking on the correct ball the longer Sunflower will juggle.
The next activity presents the player with a list of icons representing actions. Click on an icon of Sunflower yawning and she'll stretch and yawn, click on an apple and she'll produce one and eat it
The third activity has Sunflower floating along on a magic leaf, or it could be a feather. The object is to collect fruit which scores points and power ups which keep her in flight longer while avoiding rainclouds and wasps.
When installed this game replaces the player's desktop picture with a woodland scene. The games are all mouse controlled and have music and sound effects. |
| Medieval Trilogy | 2008 | GSP Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Medieval Trilogy is a compilation of three games set in the middle ages, they are:
Knights of Honor
Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse
Tortuga: Pirates of the New World |
| Mega Footy! CD-ROM | 2008 | | Expansive Media Ltd | Compilation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Mega Footy! CD-ROM is a covermount disc which accompanied the Match Of The Day magazine in 2008. The disc contains the following;
Match Of The Day: The Ultimate Quiz Challenge. This is a single player quiz with one hundred timed questions spread over ten categories. Each category is effectively a separate quiz as the player's score is given after each round and the score from one round does not carry forward to the next. The categories are Club Grounds; Club Managers; Club Nicknames; Club Strips; Foreign Players; Name The Team; Positions; Songs And Chants; Superstars and Pot Luck
A preview of FIFA Soccer 2009 including the game trailer, an 'Inside The Game" video and screenshots. Unlike PES 2009, this content is NOT on the disc and was accessed by opening a browser and linking to the game's website.
A preview of PES 2009 consisting of Nintendo Wii video, a Lionel Messi skills video, a PES 2009 Champions League video montage, PES 2009 desktop backgrounds and an interview with Shingo 'Seabass' Takatsuka. All this content is present on the disc.
Door Hangers &Fact Sheets. All these printable documents are in .pdf format and are viewed in an Adobe Acrobat window.
Team Fact Sheets: These are single page documents showing the team crest and ground and its capacity, star players and one item of trivia. There's one sheet for each of the following teams Arsenal; Aston Villa; Blackburn Rovers; Bolton Wanderers; Chelsea; Everton; Fulham, Hull City; Liverpool; Man City; Man United; Middlesbrough; Newcastle; Portsmouth; Stoke Sunderland; Tottenham; West Bromich Albion; West Ham and Wigan Athletic.
Door Hangers: There are six of these each featuring a different footballer, three have welcoming messages and three are variations of 'Go Away!'
Fact Sheets: there are five of these and they are all lists designed to look like open pages in a spiral bound folder. The list Teams who have won premiership titles; Champions League & European Cup Winners; FA Cup Winners; League Cup Winners; and All Time Top Goalscorers.
Three Fun Games: All these tames are single player, Macromedia Flash games that play in a small separate window and use the mouse.
Keep Ups: In a small window is a footballer which the player moves from side to side along the bottom of the screen. From high on the left of the screen footballs appear, the object is to prevent them from hitting the ground until they bounce over the goalpost on the right of the window
Match Ups: This is a Concentration style game in which a picture is obscured by grid. In each cell of the grid is an animated face, hidden because its 'face down. The player must match pairs of identical heads together to reveal the picture beneath.
Shoot Out: This is a space invaders type of game. The player controls a footballer on the goal line. Advancing towards him are orange 'Goobers' who spit green slime. The player's task is to kill all the 'Goobers' by shooting footballs at them and to prevent the Boss Goober from reaching the goal mouth.
Full Price Games: Three full price games were also included on the disc, all from Greenstreet Games The games had been released separately and were later bundled together in the World Football compilation. The Mega Footy! screen opens the World Football installer menu from which the following games can be installed separately;
Five-A-Side Football
Kick'n'Rush Soccer 2006
Football Champions Quiz
The disc also contained details of a postal offer for one of four free books, "The Little Book Of Chelsea", "The Little Book Of Manchester United", "The Little Book Of Liverpool" or "The Little Book Of Arsenal". |
| Mein Gestüt: Ein Leben für die Pferde | 2008 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Riding Stables at the old mill needs a little polishing: The riding
hall is run down, there’s a draught in the stable and nobody wants to live in this shabby guesthouse. The player has to take over and push this place to new glory.The stable, the riding hall, and the guesthouse are renovated and
soon guests are willing to pay for their stay, again. The player uses this money to build a new breeding stable and shortly after foals are frolicking there with their mothers. Later on the player starts training foals on the lunge and may sells them to trustworthy clients. Other horse owners will come to pay for service of massaging stressed horses. The player's own horse is also living there and looks forward to rides through forests, at the beach an over mountain ranges. If the player learned well with his horse in training lessons, he may take part in various cross-country races. |
| Mental Repairs, Inc. | 2008 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Mental Repairs, Inc. puts you into the shoes of Henrik Liaw, machine psychiatrist. Henrik repairs defective electronic devices with his mind by entering their psyche. For this he uses the so-called Katharsis Interface, a wrench-like tool that allows him to establish a mental connection with a machine's artificial brain. The game starts when Henrik's PDA receives an emergency call in the middle of the night. The main computer of Rhosonit Engineering, a nearby construction company, experienced a nervous breakdown and needs to be “treated” immediately. It's going to be a special night, with Henrik encountering several malfunctioning appliances, such as a suddenly colorblind photocopier, a coffee dispenser with very low self-esteem, and an elevator with a multiple personality disorder.Mental Repairs, Inc. is a short sci-fi game featuring one character and his side-kick, a PDA named Goggles, which is able to comment and give hints. The game comes with music and sound effects, but has no voices. Dialogues can be skipped. Pressing the space bar highlights all interactive spots in a room.
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| Mia Sudoku | 2008 | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Puzzle | | | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mia Sudoku is centered on the popular puzzle game of Sudoku and stars Mia the Mouse and her friends. The game has four levels of difficulty, teaching players how to play the game and allowing them to progress at their own pace. |
| Mission Alphatron | 2008 | | | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Mission Alphatron is a variant of Scramble. Like in the arcade game the player controls a spaceship through a side scrolling cavern blasting everything in it's way. The ship has two weapons: a laser that can destroy anything that is in front of it and bombs that can be dropped on ground installations. There are several different types of enemies including rockets, missiles, mines and fighters.Fuel is limited and can be replenished by shooting one of the many fuel tanks scattered throughout the game. If it runs out the ship will explode. Other installations such as buildings and radar stations can also be destroyed The player has three lives and when they are gone the game is over.Bombs can only be used in the original MTX release. In later ports only the laser is available. |
| Mission Equitation Online: Mon Club Sur Internet | 2008 | Mindscape France | BeTomorrow, Mimesis Republic | Action, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mission Equitation Online is a Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) game from France. The game CD installs a variety of screensavers and wallpapers as well as the game data. The game itself opens up in a browser window so that the player can log in and play and it is entirely on-line. There is no single player practice mode that the player can use on their own machine.The game was apparently very popular in its day, archived web pages from the game's web site show the number of members exceeded 264,000 however that web site is no longer active so the game is no longer playable.The game's pre-release web page promised: "You'll be able to take care of your horses in the stable to forge a real bond with them, and enjoy the 3D game environments during walks in total freedom! Mission Equitation Online is more than just riding online game is primarily a community of passionate people like you. Also we have an in-game chat feature so you can chat directly with your friends."There was also a trading card element associated with the game, players purchased credits to buy cards that gave them additional horses, there were twenty-four in all. |
| MumboJumbo 6 Game Fun Pack | 2008 | MumboJumbo, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | MumboJumbo 6 Game Fun Pack is a compilation of 6 games distributed under MumboJumbo's "Premium Casual Games" label. The included games are:
Luxor 2
Jewel Quest
Mah Jong Quest
7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Mystery Solitaire: Secret Island (as Mystery Quest: Secret Island)
Slingo Quest
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| My Horse & Me: Riding for Gold | 2008 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | Tate Interactive Sp z.o.o | Educational, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | My Horse & Me 2 is the sequel to the 2007 equestrian sports and lifestyle video game. The main differences: new disciplines (dressage, cross-country), added storyline, our horse has four parameters like cleanness, happiness, fitness and nutrition. The storyline is simple: We arrive to our uncle's ranch dreaming about starting horse racing. But the situation isn't going very well. No horse has won for a few seasons and even worse, some are falling sick. As the story unfolds we realise that the only way to get the ranch out from its financial problems is to win the final race in Kentucky. Other changes: new five mini-games loosely connected to the horse riding called "fun games" to unlock: Gather the foals, Play with a ball, Break in the Bull, Race with Katelyn, Labyrinth.In "My Horse and Me" on the Wii platform, the horse jumps automatically and we steer the horse by moving wiimote and nunchuck up and down. In the second part, we steer the horse by turning wiimote and nunchuck left and right. We can also choose whether we jump automatically or by pressing the A button. Differences in gameplay are only because of different control (wiimote / keyboard / pad).The game is also licensed by Federation Equestre Internationale FEI (International Equestrian Federation).
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| Mystery in London | 2008 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Big Fish Games, Inc | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | An antique collector goes to London on a shopping trip and stumbles upon clues about the Jack The Ripper case while searching the town for new items.Mystery In London is a hidden object game that has panoramic locations, where the player can turn the camera 360 degrees, and look up and down. The screen panning can be turned off, and the location browsed through a series of static photos.The objective is to click on several required objects, or group of objects listed on the screen. This list of names is sometimes replaced by silhouettes. In some instances, the list disappears and the player must click on objects that are pulsating on the screen. Mini-games appear between chapters that are variations on classic games like concentration, reversi, word search, spot-the-difference and others. |
| Neftelia | 2008 | 14ch Eternal Gomez | 14ch Eternal Gomez | Adventure | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Neftelia is an exploration game whose protagonist is a featureless human-like figure. The aim of the game is to explore the world's many environments to locate and watch 14 video clips scattered across the map, which will provide access to the ending once all clips have been seen. Though there is no combat, the player may be required to solve some basic puzzles, for example navigating a maze. A spring of water near the starting point will increase the player character's speed for the current play session. |
| Neopets Puzzle Adventure | 2008 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Infinite Interactive Pty. Ltd. | Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Deanna Trento | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Bearing similarity to Puzzle Quest, Neopets Puzzle Adventure is a role playing game where the battles take the form of a game of Reversi.You and your opponent take turns placing tokens on the board. You capture your opponent's tokens by placing your tokens on either side of a straight line of your opponent's tokens. You win by either eliminating all your opponent's tokens, by keeping him from capturing anything for 3 moves, or by having more points when the board is filled.The RPG aspects take the form of stats, which can increase your points, and equipment, items, and petpets, which let you do otherwise illegal moves a limited number of times in each battle, or manipulate point totals. Outside of battle, you can take on quests, talk to people, fight and capture petpets, and shop.In the story, you're busy helping the crew of the Cyodrake's Gaze when the city you're in is attacked in pursuit of an amulet that soon ends up in your possession. Now it's up to you to figure out what it does and who's after it before it's too late. |
| Nicky Boom | 2008 | DotEmu SAS | Microïds | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The sorceress Zoldrane kidnapped and casted an evil spell upon your grandfather. She wants to force him to reveal the secrets of the forest people, of whom he is the custodian. As Nicky, you must find a way to defeat Zoldrane, and get an elixir from her chest that will cure grandfather. But Zoldrane has changed all the peaceful creatures of the forest into guards, who try to stop Nicky from ever reaching her castle.During the travels, Nicky is able to move around the levels, jump over obstacles, and duck to avoid flying threats. Nicky must collect gems, flying bombs, dynamite, keys, and other specific objects. These are used for tasks such as building a bridge over a river throwing logs, climbing ladders, using teleporters, or to break walls to find secret areas. Enemy creatures are taken out by throwing apple remnants at them or jumping on them. Nicky's energy is drained if he makes contact with them in any other way. As you do all this, a score is calculated, and then listed in the high score table. Passwords are offered to allow you to resume from a previously-reached level. |
| OFF | 2008 | Unproductive Fun Time | Unproductive Fun Time | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | Horror | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The player has been assigned to control the Batter, a somewhat quiet man dressed like a baseball player, on a mission to "purify" a world made up of four Zones. The world is overrun by specters, and only the Batter is capable of destroying them. However, not all is as it seems, and there may be much more to this purification mission than meets the eye.OFF is a surreal horror RPG whose battles combine aspects of turn-based and real-time battle systems. The Batter and his three "add-on" party members each run on an action timer, and may only take their turns when their respective action timer has filled. The player may then choose an action for the selected character. Alternatively, there is an "auto" battle option that allows battles to play out faster, at the cost of the player losing direct control over their party in favor of decisions being made by the AI. The player may choose to turn this option on or off at any time during a battle. The other main gameplay aspect is the overworld puzzles, which often consist of challenges relating to memory or simple logic. |
| Oasis Ostinato | 2008 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | Lucky Duck Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Oasis Ostinato is a rhythm-based defend-your-castle-style of game set in a garden. At dusk, the player needs to defend a tree against different kinds of animals until daylight breaks. This is done by planting flowers around the tree. The player simply needs to point and click where to plant one. This cannot be done at any time, to plant a flower the player needs to match the beat of the procedurally generated music. If the beat is missed, clicking yields no result. When animals are able to touch the tree, it will lose leaves until it is completely dead. If the tree is guarded well, the tree will provide fruit that provides additional effects, such as the ability to plant multiple flowers or to have them all bloom at once. Flowers do no last forever. They die after a certain amount of time or when touched by an animal. The difficulty level automatically adapts to the player's skill level, based on the amount of flowers planted and the state of the tree. The right mouse button is used to rotate the camera in a circular motion around the tree. The game was developed by students of the DigiPen Institute. |
| One Moon | 2008 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | Double Helix | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | One Moon is a very short game, mostly a technical demonstration, of a 3D hack-and-slash action game. The player controls a white-haired character wielding a broadsword from a third-person perspective, slashing his way through a small amount of demons in two environments. Movement is controlled through the keyboard while the left mouse button provides regular slashes (leading up to combos and different moves) and the right mouse button offers a more powerful slash. |
| Oval Office: Commander in Chief | 2008 | Digital Brandplay, LLC, Zero G Games, Inc | Positech Computing Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | | | | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Oval Office is a cut-down version of Democracy 2, featuring (as one might expect), just the American political process.A simulation of the presidency, Oval Office begins as you, the president, take office. Appoint your cabinet, set policy, and manage the country. Changing policy uses up political capital, which regenerates over time, depending on your current cabinet. All decisions will please some voters, while angering others. Each voter belongs to multiple categories, (eg, poor, and environmentalist, and smoker) and bases their vote on a combination of all categories. Each turn covers 3 months. At the appointed time, there will be another election. As this is an election, it would be in your best interests to have more than 50% of the voters pleased with you. |
| PC Variety Pack | 2008 | Idigicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | PC Variety Pack is a compilation of games and software for family use. It boasts twenty-three full programs and comes with a bonus 'General Knowledge Quiz Booklet'. The contents of this product are:5 Games For Girls - the games in this product are listed as separate entries on the compilation's menu system, they are:
My Doll
Pony World
Kittens
Puppies
Hamsters
5 Games For Boys
- as with the previous title the five games in this product are listed as separate entries, they are: Extreme Snowboarding
Platypus
Goofy Go-Karts
Maxx GP
Powerboat Racing
Deluxe Pontoon
Crossword Twin Pack shown in the installation menu as Crosswords & Crosstics
Big Su Doku
Super Casino
Fun 4 Kids Arcade Typing Tutor, aka Idigicon Typing Tutor, says it uses fun exercises to teach touch typing. In reality there's just one simple game here that's used to test letters, numbers, the 'home keys' etc
Amazing Anagrams constructs anagrams from phrases input buy the user and is not really a game. Similarly Club Quiz Maker allows the user to construct their own quiz books for use in the real world and is therefore classed as a utility and not a game.The remainder of the package consists of the following sensible software titles How-To-Use Windows Vista; How-To-Use Microsoft Office; Health & Wellbeing Family Health and Guardian Parental Control.The enclosed puzzle book contains a two hundred and fifty question quiz, thirty six sudoku puzzles and all the answers
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| Pack's Land | 2008 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Pack's Land is a Pac-Man clone. Pack has to avoid enemies to eat his favorite food: yellow pills. These enemies included ghosts, devils and other creatures. A level is done when all yellow pills have been collected without having been caught by an enemy. Different boosters help in every level. |
| Panzerkrieg: Burning Horizon 2 | 2008 | United Publishing Interactive Ltd. | La Plata Studios | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Panzerkrieg: Burning Horizon 2 uses the Blitzkrieg engine but in contrast to Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon it is no official part of the series. The three campaigns with overall 33 missions are set during WWII and include a story: The German campaign and the Russian campaign deal with the development of two strategists (General Manstein and Marshall Schukow) while the British campaign is set in Eastern Asia.Regarding general gameplay the game closely follows Blitzkrieg: The player has a restricted amount of units which he uses to reach the mission's goals. Every unit has is special uses and weaknesses which needs to be considered in the tactical consideration. The game uses script sequences to bring surprises and unusual tasks on the table, e.g. organizing a retreat. The main troop receive experience points and can be equipped before a mission.The game also includes a hint book and Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder |
| Paparazzi | 2008 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | Gogii Games Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Paparazzi is a hidden object game where the player takes the role of a celebrity photographer working for a gossip newspaper.Each level is an assignment given by the tabloid boss, with a target celebrity as the main objective. After that, a map appears with celebrity homes and photo opportunity spots. These locations are screens cluttered with objects, with a list at the top of the ones that must be photographed.Clicking with the camera viewfinder over a correct object takes its picture and rewards the player with money. An informant at the top-left serves as the hint system, her tips getting progressively more expensive with each use.A notable characteristic of this game is that objects are not removed from the screen once they are selected (the opposite is true to most "seek-and-find" games).The final challenge of each level is to take photos of the celebrity. Her/His/Its head pokes out at random places, and the player has just a few seconds to snap a picture. |
| Pile of Balls | 2008 | Novel Games Limited | Novel Games Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Pile of Balls is a falling-objects game. A triangular cluster of three balls falls from the top of the screen. You must get the balls to fall so they will have four or more of the same color touching, not necessarily in a straight line. When you get four or more together, they will disappear. After you have removed the required number of balls, as indicated by the Next Level number on the left, all the balls will vanish and you will enter the next level. Starting at level two, there is a row of balls already at the bottom, at level three there are two rows, etc. If the pile reaches the top of the screen, the game is over.You move the clusters left or right with the left or right arrow keys on your keyboard. You rotate the cluster with the up or down arrow keys. The space bar makes the cluster drop straight down to the bottom. |
| Pinewood Derby | 2008 | U & I Entertainment, LLC | ImaginEngine Corp. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A simulation of the Boy Scout's Pinewood Derby race, in which small wooden cars are raced down a slope. This game focuses on building and customizing the car, and less on the actual race. In fact, the player has no control over the actual race. Customizations include changing the shape of the car, sanding and polishing the wheels, adding accessories and weight, and finally painting and adding decals.Once your car is ready to race, you can either do a quick race (with no opponents), a custom race (with 0-3 opponents, along with customizable gravity and air pressure), or a tournament. The tournament consists of 25 races or increasing difficulty. Winning these races unlocks opponents for the custom race, and parts for your car. |
| Popscene: Track 2 | 2008 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | official game website (from Ad Blurbs)The intro is over, so turn the volume up for "Track 2" of MDickie's landmark music industry sim! This re-mixed version of Popscene brings you the same great concept in its most polished form. Construct your own act from hundreds of uniquely gifted artists and bring their work to life with the most impressive 3D visuals the series has ever enjoyed. The range of venues has exploded to a staggering 20 different locations - each of which has been carefully refurbished for this instalment. All you have to worry about is filling them with adoring fans! Doing so is more challenging than ever thanks to sophisticated new game mechanics that more accurately link your talent to your progress. And along the way you'll have to tip-toe your way through TWICE as many backstage meetings that make your chosen career a political minefield. A lot can change over the years in the music business. Have you still got what it takes to top the charts? |
| Poszukiwacze zaginionej Warszawy | 2008 | Fundacja Inna Przestrzeń | Twin Bottles | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | | Interwar | | | | | | Windows | As an agent of IPM (Institute of Temporal Travel) the player will make time jumps from 2079 into various historical periods of Warsaw (1899, 1938, 1950, 1983 and 2008) to 'fix' the timeline by preventing certain events.This short edutainment point-and-click adventure is entirely composed of old photographs and maps taken from state archives, which illustrate how the Polish capital changed over the centuries. Apart from jocular comments of player's actions there's a short factual description for each visited location. |
| Pranksters 2: Budget Worx | 2008 | | Glassfish Games | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Prankster 2: Budget Worx is a game in which a movie filming turns into a nightmare. The actors get lost in a dungeon and real pirates, knights and mummies roam the filming set. Together with the pranksters Tim and Lily you have to help the lost film studio employees finding their way back home, breaking out from the labyrinths, medieval castles and escape from the hordes of terrible monsters. The dungeon levels are played as side-scrolling platforming sections. Different types of tools and skills, stored near the bottom of the screen, need to be used to solve puzzles. The larger game map of the city is explored using the isometric view as featured in the first game Pranksters: Treasure of the Indians. |
| Pravda o devjatoj rote | 2008 | 1C Company | Extreme Developers | Action | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | Asia, Historical events | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Pravda o devjatoj rote is an interactive reconstruction of the real-life event known as Battle for Hill 3234 which took place in Afghanistan in early January 1988. It is played as a first-person shooter. |
| Prison Tycoon 2: Sécurité maximum ! (Édition Collector) | 2008 | Anuman Interactive SA, ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains the first game of the series, Prison Tycoon and its sequel Prison Tycoon 2: Maximum Security. |
| Prom Queen | 2008 | Bringiton AB | Digital Agitation | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | In Prom Queen you play a teenage girl who has just moved to Queensport, struggling to become the Queen of the end-of-year Prom. Prom Queen requires you to struggle for social survival (and later domination) by interacting with the people around you in your every day life. The challenge of Prom Queen is navigating the social landscape, knowing whom to back stab, whom to bully and whom to praise. This while keeping up a good show for the school and your parents.Prom Queen is designed as an explorable, sandbox world, where time and AI progresses the narrative, which the player can influence. Freedom is given to choose between for example becoming a disregarded punk, a prep and pretty cheerleader, the talk of the town or a party monster. The town of Queensport has a number of locations such as the beach, house parties, the school, your home, a cinema, a church and a mall. These fill different functions, such as confessing your sins in church, or shopping for more popular clothes in the mall.The central game mechanics in Prom Queen are dialogue and time management (spending time with the family, versus going to a hip party, for example). |
| Pure | 2008 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Black Rock Studio | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Off-roading | | | Everyone | | Windows | Pure puts the player behind the handlebars of an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) - better known as a Quad Bike, but instead of just choosing one from a pre-existing ensemble, he has to build his Quad Bikes from scratch himself.From the suspension over the engine to the form and color of the handle bars, he has many options to choose from. By playing through the heart of the game, the World Tour single player campaign, he unlocks additional parts by winning the events and collecting the flag hidden on the track. Some parts are purely cosmetically and don't change the stats of the bike but others have a great impact and come in a freestyle or race version. Deciding on which to use greatly influences how the Quad Bike behaves in terms of speed or how easy the player can perform tricks on it. Since the player also unlocks additional room in his garage, he can build the perfect Quad Bike for every one of the available game modes (Race, Sprint, Freestyle). This is especially important once the race has started because of the way how boost is handled.Each trick the player makes gives him more or less boost, depending on how good it was and such factors. That boost can then be used to give your Quad Bike a temporary speed advantage. But at the same time the amount of boost the player has collected, defines which tricks can be performed. At the beginning of the race, only basic tricks are available to the driver and as he gains boost, he first unlocks advanced and then professional tricks. So the player hast to decide if he wants to be able to perform more difficult tricks, and gain more boost with one trick, or if he will sacrifice this ability for a short speed advantage.While the game modes race and sprint are just races where the one wins, who is on the first position at the end, in freestyle the place doesn't matter. Instead the player needs to perform tricks to gain points. Once a trick has been successfully pulled off, a timer starts and when the player performs another trick before it runs out, the multiplicator goes up. There are also power-ups scattered around the map which allow the player to perform a special trick, double his points or refuel him a little. Especially the last one is important since the race goes on until the player runs out of fuel. Once everyone is out of fuel, the one with the most points wins. |
| RIS: Delitti Imperfetti | 2008 | Digital Bros. S.p.A. | Artematica Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | RIS: Delitti Imperfetti is a graphical adventure dedicated to cases of "Reparti Investigazioni Scientifiche" (Scientific Investigations Department, the Italian version of CSI) of the Italian Police as represented in the TV series broadcasted by Canale 5 (Channel 5) in Italy and produced by Taodue film for RTI SpA. The player controls Captain Venturi to examine the crime scenes and collect clues with the scientific equipment presented in 3D environments typical of the television series. |
| Red Spheres | 2008 | Locomalito | Locomalito | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Red Spheres is a puzzle game where you must turn on all the red spheres in as few moves as possible. Click your mouse on a black sphere to activate it. The sphere above, below, to the left and/or to the right are also affected. This means, if they are black, they turn red but if they are red, they turn black. Keep activating and deactivating spheres until you get them all red then you can move to the next, more challenging, level. |
| Rennspiele für XP und Vista | 2008 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
ATV Mudracer
Kombat Kars
Taxi Racer London 2
Taxi Racer: New York 2Also included are eight demo versions of racing games. |
| Roary The Racing Car: Pitstop Puzzles | 2008 | Avanquest Software Publishing Ltd. | | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | | Board game, Mini-games | | Automobile | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Roary The Racing Car: Pitstop Puzzles is a collection of simple, mouse controlled mini-games for children aged from three years old and upwards. It is based on a British TV series that ran from mid 2007 to late 2010. From the main menu there are seven mini games and one activity;
Meet The Cast: This shows the player some static screens with pictures of all the characters in the series. As the mouse moves over them a short biography, accompanied by a brief sound clip, is displayed. There is no auto-movement in this game. The player clicks to roll the dice, the game shows which square they advance to by placing a green marker on it, the player must click on the marker to move their vehicle. All movements are accompanied by the sound of revving engines with skids and bridges triggering further sound clips.
Skids & Bridges: This is a game for up to four players. It's based on Snakes and Ladders, the players click to roll a dice and move around the board accordingly. If they land on a skid they move backwards while a bridge helps them advance.
Doughnut Solitaire: This mini game is based on Peg Solitaire where the player has to jump pegs/tokens, or in this game doughnuts, over each other until just one remains in the centre of the board. The game has two levels of play, Easy & Hard.
Apple Catchers: Here the player drives around a grid made of hay bales collecting apples.
Noughts & Crosses: This can be played against the computer in either Easy or Hard mode, or against a friend in hot-seat mode
Wordsearch: There are fifteen puzzles here, five 'easy' puzzles played on a 4x4 grid, five tricky' puzzles played on a 5x5 grid and five 'hard puzzles played on a 6x6 grid, the number of words to be found varies with the difficulty level. The player highlights the word by putting the mouse on either of the end letters and dragging it to the other end, they then click on the word to select it.
Sliding Tiles; These are a collection of sliding block puzzles, there are four 2x2 puzzles, two 3x3 puzzle, three 2x3 puzzles and nine 4x4 puzzles. Game play is pretty standard, the player is shown the image, it's divided into rectangles from which one is removed and the remainder are shuffled. The player clicks on a tile near the empty space to move it and continues until the picture is reassembled.
Jigsaws: There are twenty pictures which can be split into either four, nine or sixteen pieces which the player has to reassemble. All pieces are dragged into position with the mouse, there is no need to rotate them when reassembling the picture.
The game has big bright graphics, optional sound effects and voice clips, it does not record a player's score or remember what games have been played.
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| SC:08 - Ski-Challenge | 2008 | ORF Online und Teletext GmbH & Co KG | Greentube I.E.S. AG | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | SC:08 - Ski-Challenge is a freeware simulation of downhill skiing. Its main motivation is the best time list on the internet. Offline, the only options are training and qualification runs - the player needs to beat a certain time in the qualification to gain access to the online championship. There are no AI opponents but the player has the opportunity to load a ghost (a recording of another player's run) into the game.Despite its aim for mass appeal the game features a detailed physics simulation. This means the choice of skiing material influences the racing experience significantly. There are three pre-defined choices for novices, skilled players and experts but the player also has the opportunity to set the properties himself. The game features four world cup courses (Wengen, Bormio, Gröden and Val d'Isère). |
| SPOGS Racing | 2008 | D2C Games, Inc. | Pronto Games, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | SPOGS Racing is a racing game for the Wii and PC. The game has four modes, which are Season, Crash N' Grab, SPOG Maker, and Quick Play. The main gameplay is to race your SPOG (Sports Player Object Gyros) against other SPOGS around 6 tracks. Season lets you play through all the game courses, with a choice of 3 difficulties. Crash N' Grab lets you select how many laps you race, what course you want to play on, how many opponents you race, and lets you crash into your opponents for upgrades such as engines and tires. SPOG Maker lets you create your own SPOG by selecting a POG and editing it. Quick Play randomly chooses the settings of the race. |
| Sam & Max: Season Two | 2008 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | Sam & Max: Season Two is the compilation of the five episodes released electronically by Telltale Games. A sequel to season one, the game is composed of:
Ice Station Santa
Moai Better Blues
Night of the Raving Dead
Chariots of the Dogs
What's New, Beelzebub?The complete season was eventually released electronically on Steam (Windows) as a package but it was already available as a whole if you pre-ordered them by buying the first episode in 2007. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions were only released as a complete bundle following the Windows release. |
| Sanae Challenge! | 2008 | LION HEART | LION HEART | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Sanae Challenge! is a 2D side-scrolling doujin platform game and a fangame for the Tōhō series. Sanae Kochiya, a shrine maiden for the Moriya Shrine, is the main heroine. She must seal smoking gates where ghosts/kedamas appear. She can beat the ghosts, shoot them or pull them into a tornado. Sometimes Sanae must fight against a larger spirit. After closing a certain amount of gates, which appear in successive waves, the next level is unlocked. |
| Sherlock Holmes: Wydanie Specjalne | 2008 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sherlock Holmes: Wydanie Specjalne is a compilation of two games from Sherlock Holmes universe:
Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring
The Mystery of the Mummy |
| Silverfall: Gold Edition | 2008 | Monte Cristo Multimedia | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This gold edition includes the game Silverfall as well as the add-on Earth Awakening |
| Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection | 2008 | | | Compilation, Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection is a collection of 28 puzzle games.The puzzles are:
Black Box
Bridges
Cube
Dominosa
Fifteen
Filling
Flip
Galaxies
Guess
Inertia
Light Up
Loopy
Map
Mines
Mosaic
Net
Netslide
Pattern
Pegs
Rectangles
Same Game
Sixteen
Slant
Solo
Tents
Twiddle
Unequal
Untangle
For Windows, Linux, and Macintosh, a compilation of all the currently available games can be downloaded from the official website. The ports for other platforms are unofficial, but created with the original author's permission. For Windows, all the games are available for separate download as well. The games can also be played online in the browser. On other platforms the games are available only via this compilation. As the puzzle Mosaic was only added to the collection in 2021, it is not included in older third-party ports. |
| Sinclair Spectrum Allstars: Volume 3 | 2008 | Retro-Soft | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sinclair Spectrum Allstars: Volume 3 - Expansion Pack is a collection of thirty games originally released for the Spectrum. The collection comes with it's own emulator, a standalone version of Alten8's ZxEmulator version 1.00.0000 which loads and plays all the games. Unlike Sinclair Spectrum Allstars: Volume 1, for which this is ostensibly an expansion pack, this product does not copy the game ROMs to the CD nor does it link to or expand the original product. It also duplicates some of the games in Volume 1.The games in this compilation are:
20-20 Vision,
Aquasquad
Boid,
Dead or Alive,
Demolition,
Egghead in Space aka Egghead 3,
Egghead 4 aka Egghead Entertains,
The Fantastic Mister Fruity
Fun Park,
Gamex the Game Exchange
Gunfighter,
Hawk Storm
Hunter,
Interalia,
Lunar Cargo III,
Lunar Cargo IV,
Lunaris,
Magablast,
Pendragon,
Pizza Bar
Shark,
Shoveoff
RedLed,
Space7,
Super Fruit Machine,
Superkid in Space,
The Final Frontier,
Turbomania,
TV-Game,
Vigilante Patrol
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| Space | 2008 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Maxis Software Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | 4X, Sandbox / open world | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Space is a simplified prototype model of the space stage from the 2008 game Spore. Starting from a single homeworld, players (in the form of a UFO) must collect plant and animal specimens from different ecological niches. After researching interstellar travel and various terraforming technologies, the goal is to reach new star systems and create and maintain new ecosystems healthy enough to support cash-generating colonies. Players can also contact and have basic interactions with other civilizations. The game is not fully fleshed-out, with minimalist graphics and some missing functionality, but the core gameplay loop of exploration, terraforming, and colonization works. |
| Starters Orders 2 Deluxe | 2008 | Strategic Designs Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Starters Orders 2 Deluxe is a compilation of:
Starters Orders 2
Starters Orders 2: US Data Pack
Starters Orders 2: Australian Data Pack
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| Strangeways | 2008 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | DayStar Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | Strangeways is a survival horror game played on a mysterious island. Jonathan Castle's New York plane crashed and with no other humans or animals around, he starts exploring the island where he ended up. Soon, he hears voices in his head from a group calling themselves The Strangers. He explores the environment, collecting pieces of his journal and manuscripts about the history of the island. The different levels are inhabited by entities known as wraiths. These dwell the surroundings and charge when Jonathan approaches. They can be taken out by shooting white balls, based on telekinetic power and they can be charged for a stronger effect. When touched by a wraith, Jonathan starts losing his sanity, changing the screen's color and messing with the controls. This can only be restored partially by visiting monuments. The level ends when Jonathan discovers a crystal.The game is played from a first-person perspective, with the keyboard for movement and the mouse for aiming and shooting. The game comes with level editor to design custom levels. |
| Sublustrum (Collector's Edition) | 2008 | ND Games | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Collector's Edition includes:
Sublustrum
Double-sided poster
Manual
Soundtrack
4 postcards |
| Sudden Strike II: L'Integrale | 2008 | Anuman Interactive SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Sudden Strike II
Sudden Strike: Resource War
Total Victory: Victory or Defeat
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| Summer Athletics: The Ultimate Challenge | 2008 | dtp entertainment AG | 49Games GmbH | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Summer Athletics: The Ultimate Challenge is a collection of sports events based on the Olympic Summer Games. It features 26 sports divided into seven disciplines: Swimming, jumping, throwing, cycling, running, platform diving and archery. The handling is similar for all of them: rhythmic motions to keep the athlete moving and quick time events (pressing a button when it gets displayed on the screen) for performing certain actions. The mentioned rhythmic motions depend on the input device the player uses, e.g. at the swimming event the player needs to press two buttons alternately when using a keyboard and rotate the analog sticks when using a gamepad. The game features a basic career mode where the player gains a fixed amount of experience points after every event which an be reinvested into improved stats. There is also a optional arcade mode where the players have so-called boosts to their disposal to improve their athlete's performance for a short time. |
| Sumotoha | 2008 | Buka Entertainment | One More Studio | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Sumotoha is a 2D platformer. You play as a Sumo, and your goal is to reach end of the level. If you fall down or in water, you'll have to start with the last checkpoint.
There are 2 game modes:
- Story Mode
- Competition |
| Tag: The Power of Paint | 2008 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | Tag Team | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Tag: The Power of Paint is a trick-based puzzle platformer played from a first-person perspective. Perhaps giving a nod to Mirror's Edge and Portal, the game consists of different levels set in a cel-shaded city dominated by shades of grey and white. With no background story provided, the player needs to use tricks all based on movement to jump from roofs, run along ramps and ceilings, and work his way up walls and different moving obstacles.At the start, the player is only able to move around. Soon however a paint gun can be picked up to equip it with paint of three different colours: green, red and blue. With unlimited "ammo", the player is able to spray the environment and affect it with the abilities inherent to the type of paint. For instance, green paint can be used to create jump spots, launching the player into the air even while running like a Quake rocket jump. It can also be applied to walls for a quick succession of jumps to get on top of walls. Red is used to gain additional speed and cross large distances. Paint can also be combined, creating a launch pad in red finished off with a green jump. The final colour, blue, is sticky and can be applied to walls, billboards or ceiling to cross them without falling down.In later levels, the quick succession of different paint is needed to solve puzzles and eventually reach an orb to complete the level. During levels billboards provide helpful instructions and there are mid-level checkpoints. |
| Techno: The Base | 2008 | Guruy Entertainment | Guruy Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | TECNO - the Base is a futuristic first-person shooter with adventure elements, reminiscent of the System Shock games. It was almost entirely created by Paolo Cosentino from Uruguay using the Blitz3D engine.It tells the story of Alexia and Mika Rietvell who work in a large base. After an accident in the Hydra-Mixing Lab, all robots suddenly become hostile and attack the humans. In different missions, both characters can be played in turns. Despite the first-person shooter premise, the game consists of a large amount of complex and sophisticated puzzles that require items, remote controls and the operation of machines and computers in the environment. Next to item manipulation, files often need to be scanned for codes, often with temporary or time-limited effects, and there are physics-based puzzles. As such, it is more of a hardcore intellectual exercise than a straightforward shooter.Using different weapons such as machine guns, sniper rifles, grenade launchers and laser accelerators, enemies need to be destroyed, but even then the different parts will often continue to attack. Generally, enemies tend to respawn when revisiting areas, but the same goes for health, ammo or other items available such as EMP blasts, nightvision, oxygen masks or smoke grenades. From the inventory, different items can be selected or examined and there is a general map where important locations are highlighted. There are often many objectives at once and puzzles do not always need to be solved in a specific order.Over the course of the game, certain boss characters appear and the player is also able to drive a NeoExplorer Tank and a mech-like Cylzu T-40. |
| TextTwist 2 | 2008 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Timed input | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | TextTwist 2 is a single player word game.In each round the player is given a string of letters and scores points by using those letters to make words of three letters or more. In order to advance to the next round the player must find the 'bingo' word, i.e. a specific word that uses all the letters (there may be more than one).There are five game modes, Timed, Untimed, 'Word of the Day', Lightning and Crossword.In the Timed & Untimed modes the player has two chances to 'PASS' so that if they cannot find the 'bingo' word they can still progress.
The 'Word of the Day' mode is a single level version designed for a quick game, once played it is locked until the following day.
The Lightning game dispenses with finding lots of small words, this mode is all about finding 'bingo' words that use all the letters. It is a timed round in which the player earns more time by finding more words.
Crossword is a modified version of the base game, instead of finding lots of random small words the player has to find words that fit into a small crossword grid, the 'bingo' word is still required in order to progress to the next round.
The game keeps the top ten scores for each game mode, has sound and music, can be played in a window or full screen, and has three difficulty settings i.e. It can be played with six, seven, or eight letter words. If a player drops out mid game their progress is automatically saved for the next session.
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| The Bad, The Ugly and The Sober | 2008 | Akella | Litera Laboratories | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Cowboy Jack, sitting at his rancho and drinking another bottle of whiskey, was visited and beaten by brutal bandits. Rancho, his only property, was burned down after such events, and Jack decided to take part in the upcoming shooting tournament for the prize of recently killed gang leader, Jimmy Starr. The prize is $10,000 in cash with portrait of Jimmy as a bonus.The game is a classical point-n-click adventure viewed from 3rd person perspective. You control Jack, select active object on the screen or in inventory and try to interact with it. Interaction is determined automatically. Most of the events are flown in Westtown, a place where tournament is taking place. But there are many Western-kind locations to visit and bright characters to speak with. There are several arcade sequences that include boxing with opponent, riding a bull at rodeo, and shooting the contestant on the duel. |
| The Chronicles of Spellborn | 2008 | Mindscape (UK) Limited | Spellborn Works B.V. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time | | | Windows | The Chronicles of Spellborn is an MMORPG set in the Deadspell Storm which is all that remains from the Ancestor world, as it is now called, after the Great Collapse. Within can be found several new places to live. The Shards: gigantic domed caverns containing the sheltered lands of yore within. The Fragments: smaller pieces of the world ripped apart and floating through the Storm with little shielding. The Raftyards: man-made structures of large rocks and boulders, kept together with rope, Levium-crystals and a bit of luck.In this world the Daevi and Humans born into it are known as the Spellborn and united under the society called the Enclave of the Five Sacrifices. And from their point of origin within the Shard of Quarterstone they ventured deeper into the Deadspell marking the beginning of the Age of Spellborn.But before the player can enter the world called Deadspell, he has to create a character by choosing between the two races and one of three disciples (Warrior, Rogue and Mage) which divide themselves in three more branches after the character reaches level 5. The mage for example can then choose to be either a Runemage (a typical mage), an Ancestral Mage (similar to a Warlock) or a Void Seer (similar to a priest). Of course the player also chooses the look of his character including the armor and weapon he will carry since neither armor nor weapons have any stats on their own and don't necessarily need replacement. Instead these items have sign-slots with which the player can increase his stats. Even non-visible items like rings don't carry any stats but instead increase the amount of signs the player can carry. After the character is finished, he enters the world and embarks on a journey for experience points by killing enemies and fulfilling quests for the inhabitants which will eventually lead him to the maximum Fame level of 50. At each level he gains several attribute points to invest in his main attributes Body, Mind and Focus and gets access to additional skills and spells and at certain levels to additional skill-slots. But every character also has a second experience bar called the "PeP Rank". This one only increases by successfully killing things and advances until level 5. At each level gained, some character attributes increase. On level 1 is the base level of all State Ranks (which influence movement speed, damage output and attack resistances) increased by one for example. But upon death the current PeP Rank is decreased by one level if it was higher than 0 before death while the Fame level stays the same.The main unique feature of the game is the real-time combat system which requires the player to manually aim and evade the targets attack. Attacks are performed by placing the action on the rotating Combat Bar at the bottom of the screen. Each column on it can hold five skills and there are six Tiers available once the character has reached level 50. After a spell or an attack has been performed, the Combat Bar always turns one Tier further. This allows the players to make use of up to 30 skills but also requires tactical planning in the ordering of these skills.Not only because of the different cooldown periods each skill has and the time limit on which the Combat Bar automatically returns to Tier 1, but also because it is possible to perform combos by inserting a Combo Start and an Combo End action into the columns. Between these two actions the player can perform any skill he has and will do additional damage once the Combo End has been successfully triggered. But the combo ends automatically fails when an action misses the target or the time limit has been reached and the Combat Bar resets.The game also features PvP-zones, in which every one hunts every one, PvP-arenas and a crafting system that not only allows the creation of individual weapons and armor but also allows the player to change the color of his gear when he has the corresponding dye available. |
| The Equestrian | 2008 | IGS Software Publishing, Inc. | Dancing Dots Studio | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Equestrian is a simulation where you start as a amateur equestrian and work your way up to the international champions. To do this you must train your horse and win the amateur championships. Players get to customize their horse and can play several mini-games including a Dance Dance Revolution clone. The game contains 48 courses, 38 programs, 3 levels of competition and a wide selection of horses. The challenges offer cross country, dressage and challenge obstacles. |
| The Free Culture Game | 2008 | Molleindustria | Molleindustria | Action, Educational | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | The playfield is represented by a ring, on the inside of which are thinkers, stickmen who produce ideas and knowledge, which pop out of their heads and float into the Commons.On the outside of the ring, the "market" area, are consumers, who can produce no ideas of their own and must have their heads fed by a sinister machine which revolves around the outside of the ring, exercising a gravitational attraction on free and loose ideas inside, scooping them up, commodifying them and maintaining its dominion over the consumers.The player exerts influence over this system through the mouse icon, a copyleft logo, which can vaguely nudge idea bubbles near where they need to go (the heads of thinkers -- who decline and flip over to the outside of the ring and become consumers if forced to pontificate in a vacuum) and away from where they shouldn't go -- into the ravenous maw of the machine. If one can successfully play "keep-away" with the idea-harvester, the consumers on the outside of the ring will starve for stimulation and similarly flip over back to the inside of the ring. The game is won when the entire population resides in the Commons on the inside of the ring. |
| The Magic Roundabout | 2008 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Black Sheep Studio SARL | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Magic Roundabout is a single player, mouse controlled game for children based on the television series broadcast by the BBC between 1965 and 1977.Zebedee is going to teach Dougal, the dog, a lesson about not being greedy and ego-centric. He invents 'A Day Of Special Friendship' with the grand prize of a cornucopia - otherwise known of the horn of plenty. Everyone decides to do something special for the big day and, as the prize is for the most helpful, Dougal decides to help everyone in their activities.So the game begins, the player controls Dougal who is led around the 3D world by the mouse. As the player explores the world they must search for hidden objects in bushes and among flowers, dustbins, under sacks and cushions, in plant pots and so-on. These locations can only be searched once and are identified by the cursor turning into a magnifying glass. To search a location the player must mimic the mouse movements shown by a small animation in the lower right of the screen. Partway through the game there is a treasure monitor for Dougal to discover, this tells the player whether there is anything hidden in the current location thus preventing needless searching. The game consists of finding these characters and helping them:
The Train: Poor thing does not work so Dougal must find three missing gears
Mr. Rusty: The Magic Roundabout does not work because Mr Rusty has lost the key. Dougal must find three missing key parts
Florence: Her activity for the big day is to make bunches of pretty flowers so Dougal helps her grow them. Digging holes to plant seeds is accomplished by the copying the animated mouse in the same way as Dougal searches for objects.
In Florence's second activity Dougal must search her garden for missing flower pots, this is a timed puzzle.
Finally, there is a two part mini game where Dougal helps Florence bake a cake.
Brian the Snail: The first activity here is, surprisingly, a shooter. Brian has left a box of balloons open and they have escaped, Dougal's task is to pop them with his peashooter. The second activity is to find Brian's cake which Zebedee has hidden. For this Dougal's sense of smell is crucial. The scent of the cake appears as little purple puffs and Dougal must be moved quickly from one to another until the cake is found.Finally Dougal must search Brian's house for lost books.
Ermintrude the Cow: In the first mini game the player must pick Ermintrude's flowers as they grow in her garden, they only appear for a short while and then wither and die so the player must be fast with their mouse.The second game is another shooter. Caterpillars have invaded the garden and once again Dougal puts his trusty pea shooter to good use to chase them away. The final game is another timed search, this time for Ermintrude's lost flowers.
Dylan the Rabbit: Dylan is going to organise a race and provide music for the big day but he needs a conductor to rehearse the band. In the first mini game Dougal conducts the musicians by again mimicking the mouse movements indicated by the game. The second activity is a three lap race to help Dylan train and the final activity is a timed search to find Dylan's carrots
The main menu allows three separate games to be played at the same time, these are designated by Dougal's bones which change colour when a game is in progress. When finished a completed game can be deleted so that it's slot/bone can be re-used. There are also bonuses which are unlocked by playing the main game, these include pictures of the characters, a 'hide and seek' game and videos.
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| The Magician's Handbook: Cursed Valley | 2008 | Merscom LLC | BC Soft Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | An apprentice magician must lift the evil spell that haunts a cursed valley, using the spells found in the handbook.The Magician's Handbook: Cursed Valley is a hidden object game with a sorcery theme and hand-painted backgrounds. The game has thirteen chapters, each with several locations to explore. The main objective is to find and click with a wand-shaped cursor on all the items from a list at the left side of the screen, on places filled with assorted paraphernalia within a time limit.A crystal ball sitting below the list shows the two available spells. The Reveal Spell serves as the hint system, stored as a series of eye icons on the ball. When clicked, the icon disappear and shows the exact position of one of the required objects. The Repel Spell removes distractions from the screen, like flying books and spiders, and illuminates darkened rooms. It takes some time to recharge after use.Two mini-games appear between chapters. In the potion mixing game, the screen shows a grid with ingredient tiles, and the goal is to keep connecting three or more tiles horizontally, vertically or diagonally until the potion jar is full. In the magical chant game, the screen shows word parts of varying color, size and font that keep moving around, and the goal is to spell the chant at the bottom scroll with a limited number of them.The player's performance is graded at the end of each chapter. Finding items fast and not relying on spells give better grades, increasing the number of hints available at the start of the next chapter. |
| The Professor Presents Maths-Whizz Challenge | 2008 | Whizz Education | | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Professor Presents Maths-Whizz Challenge is an educational title which is based on the UK curriculum. There is an on-line version of this title which is multilingual and supports both the US and UK curricula.The title aims to teach basic math skills and it rewards progress by unlocking four flash games for the pupil to play, the games present here are:Contagion: a game in which the player has to flip tiles until all tiles are the same colour
Bobo Snake : a mouse controlled version of the classic Snake game
Pattern Memory : a tile based Concentration game
Galactic Goobers : a shooter with elements of both Space invaders and GalaxianThe title runs direct from the disc and the player can select from a choice of music and themes. Apart from Contagion, all the games were developed uncredited by third parties. |
| The Royal Marines Commando | 2008 | City Interactive S.A. | City Interactive S.A. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Africa, Europe, World War II | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Join the Elite!
1941 and the German War machine is ravaging Europe. The British intelligence obtains classified documents detailing the development of a new type of German deadly weapon. It will give the Nazis worldwide naval supremacy and a great advantage over the allies. The Royal Marines Commandos are sent into action.
Lead the British commandos on intense missions in France, Africa, Scotland and Norway
Battle the Axis armies using realistic weapons originally used during the World War II
Experience astonishing graphics, dynamic lighting and breathtaking effects |
| The Tale of Despereaux | 2008 | Brash Entertainment, LLC. | Sensory Sweep Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Based on the movie of the same name, The Tale of Despereaux stars Despereaux, the mouse with the big ears, who is not afraid of anything. When the human Princess Pea is kidnapped, Despereaux goes to the rescue.Gameplay is the standard 3rd-person platforming and combat, with a focus on mouse-like agility. You can buy extra combat moves from the swash-buckling Caravaggio using cheese pieces or shiny buttons you find. |
| The Viva Adventure: Anthology | 2008 | Viva Media, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains:
AGON: The Mysterious Codex
Black Buccaneer
The Omega Stone
Paradise
Physicus: Save the World with Science!
Riddle of the Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure
Syberia II |
| Tibor: Tale of a Kind Vampire | 2008 | Cateia d.o.o. | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Tibor, a poor young painter, dreams of riches. He's in love with Agness, but her father wants her to marry someone else. When Countess Sibilska commissions Tibor to paint her portrait, he thinks his fortune is made, but he doesn't know that the Countess is actually a vampire, and she has more in mind than a painting, Tibor: Tale of a Kind Vampire is a traditional 2D platform game. The protagonist must collect money and save his village from the evil countess who bit him and her vampire army. Tibor must fight against peasants and animals by jumping on them. |
| Tom Clancy's Classic Trilogy | 2008 | Encore Software, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Pack | 2008 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Pack is a compilation of these games:
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Gold Edition
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown |
| Tomb Raider: Underworld (Limited Edition) | 2008 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition comes in a slipcase and contains:
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Exclusive behind the scenes documentary
Previously unreleased in-game music
Art gallery
Videos and trailers
All the extras are included on a bonus DVD. |
| Toon Tastic | 2008 | Grabit | | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Game show / trivia / quiz, Platform, Rail shooter, Shooter | | Automobile, Naval / watercraft, Street racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | ToonTastic is a compilation of games and cartoons. This product comes on two double sided DVDs and contains nineteen games for PC, each based on one of Cartoon Network's shows and originally available for free on their websites, together with six cartoons.Disc One contains these cartoons: Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends: Dinner Is Swerved; Ben 10: Lucky Girl; My Gym Partner’s a Monkey; and Shark Attack/Me Adam You Jake together with the following games;
Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends: Door To Door - This is a Concentration type of game in which the player has to open doors and find matching pairs of friends within a time limit.
Ben 10: Get It Together - This is a set of seven simple jigsaws featuring various cartoon characters that are on the DVD
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: The Fright Before Christmas. Santa's home is invaded by bad toys. The team of Billy, Mandy & Grim help by shooting the bad toys and collecting the bits. The player can swap between characters and at the end of the level they can upgrade the weapons
Courage The Cowardly Dog: Nightmare Vacation - A top down shooter. Muriel has been captured by natives and lava monsters. This is a job for Courage The Cowardly Dog who flies in and zaps the baddies with snowballs.
Johnny Bravo: Whuzzat - Johnny Bravo is on a TV show called 'Whuzzat' which is a Simon kind of game. The game is played on a 3x3 grid where each cell has a picture and a sound associated with it. the game lights a sequence of cells which the player has to replicate. This process is repeated until the player makes an error at which point their/Johnny Bravo's prize is revealed
Dexter’s Laboratory: Red Eye Fight - a sort of Space Invaders game. Dexter moves left/right across the bottom of the screen shooting bouncing red eyeballs.
Camp Lazlo: Paintcan Panic - The player uses the arrow keys to control Lazlo who is running around the screen with a paint pot. As he runs he spills paint. The objective is to cover a specified percentage of the screen in order to advance to the next level. If caught Lazlo loses paint from his pot and may be unable to complete the level.
Codename Kids Next Door: Tummy Trouble - An odd top down shooter. Grandma Stuffem is making the world's kids too fat. The objective is to enter her lair, fight through multiple rooms populated with hostile food items and stop her. The mouse is used to aim the weapon and the arrow keys navigate.
Ed, Edd n Eddy: Candy Factory - The machine in the Candy Factory has malfunctioned. The player must shoot the right coloured sweet into the right barrel to make sweets.
Disc Two contains these cartoons: Powerpuff Girls: The Mane Event; Ed, Edd n Eddy: Sir Ed a Lot; Dexter’s Laboratory: and Dexter Dodgeball plus the following games;
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Zap To It. The player can play as either character. Billy has made a mess and it must be cleaned up before his dad gets home using a magic spell. Along the bottom of the screen are a series of arrows, as each symbol reaches the window on the right the player has to press the corresponding arrow key
Megas XLR: Chase Masters - This is a bit like an old fashioned race game that you'd find on a Spectrum or C64. It's a top down keyboard controlled racer
Cow and Chicken: Ballet Parking - Using their car the player has to crash into other cars so that they end up in their correct parking bays within the time limit.
Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends: Wilt’s Wash’N’Swoosh - A basketball game but instead of putting balls through hoops the player is putting washing into front loading washing machines.
Samurai Jack: Code Of The Samurai. A platform runny, jumpy, fighty game set underground. When a level is completed the player gets a code which they can use when they replay/restart the game.
Codename Kids Next Door: Code Breaker - another Simon style game. The kids are chasing a baddie down a tunnel. They need to enter the code to open the door, when they do they see the baddie just as he closes another door so they need to enter the code to open the door, when they do they see the baddie just as he closes another door.
Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi: Dish It Out - One of the girls is really messy and has let the bands van fill up with mouldy left over food. The girls decide to clean the van with 'The Power Of Rock'. As the music plays, the food leaves the van heading towards a bin, each piece of food is either green, blue or pink. Along the bottom of the screen are three turntables coloured likewise. As a piece of food gets close to the bin, it can be made to jump in by clicking on the correct record.
The Powerpuff Girls: Snowball Crush - Mojo-Jojo is trying to cause an avalanche by sending big snowballs down a hill at a ski village. The player, who can play as any of the three girls, zaps the snowballs with laser vision.
I Am Weasel: Beat The Heat - Guide an ice-cream van to the crowds of waiting customers. There's only a few problems though - the driver can only turn left. Oh, and you don't have a vendors license so avoid the police.
Ben 10: Power Splash - Ben's friend is captured by some baddies on a motor boat. ben gives chase first as a fish and then as a giant wasp.
All games have title screens, instructions and sound effects, they play either in full screen or windowed modes. |
| Totem Quest | 2008 | INTENIUM GmbH | Green Frog Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Totem Quest is a tile matching game with a new twist: besides matching three or more tiles by color on a grid, they also have to be turned and connected as jigsaw pieces. After connecting the minimum of three, the game waits a few seconds before removing the tiles, giving a chance to add more pieces to the chain. Long chains give more points and charge the power-ups that randomly appear on the grid. The objective of each level is to break the tile background by making matches over it. A setting sun at the right side show the time left to finish the level.The power-ups are activated by clicking directly on them. The bomb explodes surrounding tiles, the horizontal and vertical arrows remove rows and columns, the lightning bolt vaporizes random pieces and the blue swirl paints adjacent tiles to the same color. The tomahawk axe is charged with each successful match, and when ready it can be used to break one of the pieces.Some tiles have gems set in the middle. By making matches with these pieces, the jewels can be collected in a tray at the bottom of the screen. They upgrade the power-ups, making them more effective.A few of the pieces are either locked or chained. Locked tiles can't be turned, but still can be connected and removed from the grid. Chained pieces can't be connected or matched, but can break free when a match is performed on adjacent tiles. |
| Toy Golf: Extreme | 2008 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Playbox Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Toy Golf: Extreme is a crazy-golf game that takes place inside a house. The game contains a number of levels and support for single and multiplayer. |
| Train Empire | 2008 | HobbySoft | Comulti Multimedia | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Europe | Train | Menu structures | Real-time | | | Windows | Train Empire is a one-player game.The player creates a rail network, trying to connect up to 8 European cities, while taking care of resources, wildlife, and so on. The game starts in 1830 and progresses through modern times. The controls are menu-driven. |
| Two Worlds: Game of the Year Edition | 2008 | ZUXXEZ Entertainment AG, TopWare Interactive GmbH | Reality Pump Sp. z o.o. | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Two Worlds (Game of the Year Edition) is an improved re-release of Two Worlds. It includes the add-on Tainted Blood which adds four maps and 35 quests. The new content is just available in multiplayer mode can be played alone too. For owners of the original release Tainted Blood can be freely downloaded as patch. |
| Tycoon Trilogy | 2008 | GSP Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tycoon Trilogy is a compilation of three games from Avanquest's
Tycoon series:
Ice Cream Tycoon
Cinema Empire
Oil Tycoon 2 |
| Universe Sandbox | 2008 | Giant Army | Giant Army | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Sandbox / open world | | | Christian Herold | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Universe Sandbox is a simulation in which the player is able to create, manipulate and destroy various elements in the universe from planets to galaxies. Players have the option to explore pre-existing simulations (and manipulate variables or add objects if they so choose), or create their own simulations.Running a simulation of our solar system, the player can add a rogue star and watch the aftermath as planets lose their orbits and collide with each other. Or they can change the orbit of planets, their masses and various other variables in order to change how the solar system functions. The player can also compare the size of everything in the solar system from moons to planets.Some more fun/less serious elements of the game involve zero gravity pool, or creating a solar system made of out various sports balls. There is also an option to use 3D glasses to view the game, in order to add a 3D element to the game.The game is now in Legacy, with no further updates from the development team, and has now been replaced with Universe Sandbox ². |
| V tylu vraga: Diversanty 3 | 2008 | 1C Company | Realore Studios | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Wargame | World War II | | | Real-time | | | Windows | В тылу врага: Диверсанты 3 is a stand-alone game based on Soldiers: Heroes of World War II engine.
The game features 10 saboteurs mission. You command a Paratrooper squad behind enemy lines. |
| W.i.t.c.h. | 2008 | Disney Interactive Studios France | Creat Studios, Inc. | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Cards / tiles, Mini-games, Music / rhythm | North America | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Based on the Disney comic and cartoon WITCH Enchantress, W.i.t.c.h. is a collection of five mini-games:
Create clothes with Hay Lin
Dance with Irma
Grow breeds of plants with Cornelia
Learn to take pictures with Taranov (Taranee)
Play cards (zodiac signs) with Will |
| War Twat (Colour Blindness Edition) | 2008 | Retromasters | Bagfull of Wrong | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | This game is an alternate release of War Twat. The gameplay is completely identical and the only difference is that the visuals have been redone with more contrast to make the game accessible for color blind players. |
| Warfare | 2008 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | GFI Russia | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | | | Point and select | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Warfare: Im Auge des Terrors is a real-time tactics game aimed at experienced players. The story: terrorists took control over Saudi Arabia and the player uses the US army to defeat them. While the mission have the usual goals where the player needs to liberate or defend a position the game tries to spice it up with script sequences, e.g. with changing mission goals.It also requires the use of advanced tactics, e.g. both the player and AI can hide in buildings or use smoke grenades. Like in reality every unit has certain vulnerabilities which need to shielded by other units - this means the player can't just rush in with tanks but needs to advance slowly. While the game is basically in real-time the player can use the pause button every time to issue new commands.As in most of these games there is no base building and reinforcements arrive only after the player mastered certain goals. Surviving units also improve over time and are used in the next mission. In fact this is not the only reason why the player needs to keep the own body count low: After every mission evaluates the player's performance and rewards so-called control points which are used to buy reinforcements between missions. |
| Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Collector's Edition) | 2008 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Besides Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, the Collector's Edition also includes:
Sliding case
Hardcover art book
A graphic novel
A mouse mat
A pewter miniature figure
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| Who's Who Of Animals: A Truly Wild Interactive Experience | 2008 | | Expansive Media Ltd | Educational | 1st-person | | | Mini-games | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This title is an interactive edutainment title for children which was released to promote National Geographic Kids magazine, there's a subscription button on the main menu. There's no installation process, everything runs from the CD, also there are no animal sounds and no commentary just some optional elevator style music.Aside from the animal information there are three mini games located under the '3 Grrreat Games' option on the main menu screen ;
Seek and Find: here the player has to locate animals hidden within a picture. There are ten animals to find on each level and two levels to play. The puzzle does not alter when replayed.
Nana Nonsense: There is a monkey on the bottom of the screen and this can be moved left and right with the mouse. Bananas drop from the top left and the player must use the monkey to bounce them into his monkey house on the right, a life is lost for every banana that hits the floor. Naturally there are hazards to avoid and extra lives to be collected.
Interactive Wordsearch: This is a pretty standard puzzle with words running horizontally, vertically and diagonally which the player selects with the mouse. The word list for this puzzle remains the same every time the game is played but the placing of the words changes.
Also on the main menu screen is an Animal Quiz which consists of fifty multiple choice questions and within that option is an e-mail competition to win a London Zoo animal adoption pack. |
| Winter Challenge / Extreme Sprint 3010 / Bliterate | 2008 | City Interactive S.A. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A compilation of three following games:
Winter Challenge
Extreme Sprint 3010
Bliterate |
| Word Workout Games | 2008 | GSP Software | | Compilation, Strategy | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Word Workout Games is a compilation of three single-player word puzzles.The games in this product, which all install and run independently, are:
The Great Wall of Words from Inertia
Wordsearch: this game contains four hundred and twenty five wordsearch puzzles grouped into eight 'books'. It also has a puzzle creation function so that players can generate their own puzzles.
The game has all the features common to this genre; it is played with the mouse; words are identified in the grid by clicking on an end letter and dragging the mouse to the other end; words that have been found in the grid have lines drawn through them and they are ticked on the game's search list.The game can be paused and it can be saved for completion later; it has a feature that locates words that the player cannot find for themselves; and the game can be printed, with or without grid lines, for completion off-line.
Crosswords: This game contains four hundred and eighty six crossword puzzles grouped into five 'books'. The game itself has all the usual features, it has five different colour combinations for the crossword grid, it can be paused and it can be saved to be completed later. It has a hint feature, a concede word and concede game features. It can be printed either as a puzzle that has not been started, with the answers the player has managed to enter so far, or with all the answers in place.
The game will not allow the player to enter an incorrect answer.
Multiple user identities can be used allowing the same crossword to be played by different people on the same machine. Completed puzzles are highlighted on the puzzle menu screen and the game has a high score table which records the player's score and completion times. |
| World Jongg | 2008 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ZEMNOTT, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | A rather simple mahjongg game themed around travelling all over the world - with puzzles set in different countries with corresponding music and tile pictures.In total there are 40 locations, such as France, India, Turkey, Egypt and Brazil, and 55 unique tiles sets. |
| World of Mahjongg | 2008 | Viva Media, LLC | Selectsoft Games | Puzzle | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | World of Mahjongg is a Mahjongg simulation, featuring one million layouts, many different tile sets and backgrounds, a freely rotatable and zoomable 3D view mode, along with tileset and layout editors. |
| Wrestling MPire 2008: Career Edition | 2008 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | RPG elements | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | official game website (from Ad Blurbs)2008 is the year that 'good' becomes GREAT! After almost a decade of specializing in the genre, MDickie finally brings you wrestling at its most highly evolved. You'll need to be at your best if you're going to survive in this new era too. The most finely tuned statistics yet ensure that every percent counts when you square up against 200 unique opponents, spread across 6 major promotions. Meanwhile, the smoother and more responsive gameplay leaves no room for excuses in an action-packed ring where anything can happen. Polished off with the best graphics and presentation the series has ever enjoyed, you'll feel like you've found employment at a real wrestling show! And that's exactly what this Career Edition challenges you to do. Step backstage and seize control of your life with twice as many options, and talk your way through a political minefield that features twice as many pitfalls, as you embark on a career full of possibilities. 2008 is just the starting point. The rest of wrestling history is yours to write... |
| Wrestling MPire 2008: Management Edition | 2008 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Sports, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | official game website (from Ad Blurbs)After making its mark in the ring, Wrestling MPire 2008 heads backstage where the REAL power is! This special Management Edition takes the same great gameplay and turns it on its head by challenging you to call the shots instead of taking them. Create the saviour of wrestling and then assume control of any one of 6 major promotions to realize your vision. Take charge of the locker room by firing the deadwood and hiring the stars of the future. And if they don't already exist, mould your own legends in the ring and in the gym via an ever-changing cocktail of statistics. Then all that remains is to bring your show to life as a chart-topping force of entertainment! Along the way, you'll field suggestions from your employees, demands from your superiors, and scorn from your rivals - as you work through an endless schedule of possibilities. Your ring battles may be over, but the ratings war has only just begun... |
| Xyanide: Resurrection | 2008 | Playlogic International N.V. | Playlogic Game Factory BV | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Xyanide Resurrection is a sequel to the Xbox game Xyanide. It takes place after the happenings of the first game. The evil space witch Aguira is still alive after having escaped her death sentence. It's once again up to the executioner Drake to find her and bring her to justice. Aguira has used the xyanide to create a strange world that Drake has to travel through and battle countless of enemies.Xyanide Resurrection is a third person shoot 'em up, similar to a rail shooter. The player controls a spaceship travelling through space. Forward motion is automatic but the player can move the ship up and down and left and right to avoid the fire of the incoming enemies. The player can also rotate the view as the enemies attack from all angles. As enemies are destroyed they drop pieces of xyanide that the player can collect. Xyanide restores health but it can also be used to purchase upgrades and new weapons in the store between levels. When starting out the ship is equipped with a simple fusion gun that shoots single shots and bombs when bigger explosions are needed. Three extra weapons can be bought: shotgun, laser and rockets. It is also possible to buy a magnet to easier collect xyanide and a shield that can take some damage. The game's story mode consists of five levels that have to be completed sequentially. By playing the story mode, levels are unlocked for the quick play mode where the player can perfect his score. A digital comic and artwork can also be unlocked. There is also a score attack mode where the player has to get as many points as possible before time runs out. The multiplayer mode is for two players that compete in getting the highest score by collecting pickups. |
| Zen Fashion | 2008 | INTENIUM GmbH | Boomzap Pte. Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A young Japanese fashion designer needs to know the Orient's fashion cultures. Help her get ready by traveling to Asia's fashion capitals, including Korea, China and Japan. Match flowers to buy and collect fashions, which increase your Zen Fashion powers. Mix and match from your collection and use your Zen Powers through this whirlwind match-3 adventure. |
| rFactor: Special Edition 2008 | 2008 | | Image Space Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | rFactor Special Edition 2008 is a special release of the racing game rFactor. This version installs rFactor version 1.255 and features a tie-in with Intel and the BMW Sauber F1 team they sponsored for the 2008 season. An illustrated 80 page manual in .pdf format is installed with this release, however this covers only the game rFactor and makes no reference to the 2008 F1 cars.To start a race the player must first set up an account which means selecting a name, entering some basic details and choosing a race series which provides a default car. Then a circuit is chosen and loaded after which the player selects 'race' from the bar along the bottom of the screen and the race begins. At each stage there are opportunities to configure the game from the basic settings such as difficulty, through to advanced settings such as fuel load, tyre and brake pressure and even the weather.
Race cars are controlled via keyboard or joystick and many features useful to the novice such as gear change, anti-lock brakes, spin correction, and clutch control can be toggled on or off during a race via the F1 - F11 keys, the F12 key takes in-race snapshots.
The game also automatically records 'hot laps' and the last 20 seconds of each race. In addition each track has free roaming spectator cameras which the player can select and by moving the mouse they can view the track, the race or the surrounding countryside.The game features six race series, the Intel BMW Sauber F1 2008 season, the Leinz Festival der Geschwindigkeit (Festival of Speed), the National Stock Car Racing Season of 2006, The OW (Open Wheel) Challenge 2006, Paroz, and the SR Grand Prix Season 2006. In each Series the player starts with one car in one team, the exception being the 2008 F1 season where the player can drive the BMW Sauber of either Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica. In the 2008 F1 season cars from the 2006 Formula IS season are also available to the player however these cars remain locked until the player gathers enough experience points. In other race series other cars are available for purchase.In stand alone mode the player is free to race any car available to them on any of the fourteen tracks available including Autodromo Nazionale della Brianza (aka Monza, Italy), Barcelona, Essington Park, Jacksonville Superspeedway, Leinz Festival der Geschwindigkeit, Nuerburg, and Northamptonshire (U.K.)
Many of these tracks have multiple courses, for example Northamptonshire in the U. K. offers the British Grand Prix circuit, the British rF3 Championship, and a Sports Car Challenge circuit. On-line racing is a big part of this game. There is a 'Join' function on the main menu that locates all available game servers. Some of these servers are locked and only available to members while others only allow specific sets of vehicles or circuits and will reject the player's application to join if, for example, an attempt is made to race an F1 car at Jacksonville when other players are racing stock cars.
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| Ilha do Empreendedor | 2008-01-01 | Insolita Studios | Insolita Studios | Educational, Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Ilha do Empreendedor (Portuguese for Entrepreneur's Island) is an educational business Simulator, focused in the five steps to open new companies: Opportunity analysis, Planning, Gathering resources, Investment and Opening. Three players play against each other trying to be the most successful business manager in an in a card-game / board-game play style.Before the game starts, players can customize their characters. The game is turn based, with each turn representing a trimester. At the start of each turn, players can select between an "idea card" or an "event card". Ideas are used to develop new business projects, and they vary from one to four of profit level and can be used at any chosen time. Events can be positive or negative and will affect players business immediately after drawn. The experience ends with full reports on the player's performances and strategies that can be analyzed by a teacher / facilitator.During each turn players can access the bank to loan money, check their business details, acquire new resources, open new business and check the map. To open a new business, players have to select a placement for it in the island, which is given by the idea used (which can be commercial, industrial or residential). They also have to spend four "resources cards" and invest some money. Resources can be bought in the market, where eight resources per turn are auctioned. |
| JetMizzy | 2008-01-01 | Kryniak Arts | Kryniak Arts | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | JetMizzy is a platform game where you control a jetpack-riding smiley face. On each level, the goal is to assemble an exit door from the three fragments which appear in the level in random places. The player must touch the door fragment to pick it up, then drop it above the sign which indicates the right spot. Once the entire door is assembled, it can be exited through. The player's jetpack has a limited amount of fuel which can be replenished by standing near a gas pump. There are enemies on the levels, both moving along a preset path and popping up randomly, and contact with any of them causes the player to lose a life; once all lives are lost, the game must be started from the beginning. Some enemies can be killed with the jetpack exhaust. The game comes with a level editor. |
| Apiary Quest | 2008-01-02 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Apiary Quest is a match three game with a bee and honeycomb theme. To make a match, use your mouse to swap two flowers or other items to make a straight row of three or more. Some cells have honey behind them. To clear the level, you must make matches over these cells to collect the honey. When all the honey is collected, the level ends and you move on.If you make a match of five items, you will create a dynamite bundle. When double clicked, it will destroy all cells two rows out. If you move two items and create two matching rows, you will create a bomb. This, when double clicked, destroys all cells adjacent to the bomb. If a cell has vines on it, it cannot be moved. To remove the vines, match that cell with two others of its kind. This is not needed to clear the level, however. |
| Deep Blue Sea | 2008-01-02 | The Game Equation | The Game Equation | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Deep Blue Sea, players take on the role of a diver who is collecting treasure. As the diver gathers treasure, she discovers the secret of Avalonia and its people. She soon finds Amulets that reveal more of the story.Players make matches of three sea creatures to get treasures and the deep sea diver to the bottom. Additionally, they can match shiny objects, such as silverware or coins, to receive money for buying upgrades or power-ups. Pieces of amulets can also be collected; when all the pieces of an amulet are assembled, the completed amulet gives players additional power-ups. Amulets can only be used when they are fully charged; to charge amulets, sea creatures corresponding to their amulet must be matched. |
| Sunset Studio | 2008-01-02 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Zylom Media Group BV | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Sunset Studio is a hidden object game with a Hollywood theme. The objective is to click on the items listed at the left side of the screen, searching for them on locations cluttered with assorted objects. Each location is a movie set and, as a stagehand, the player has to collect all the props within a time limit. A star meter bissects the screen, separating the location from the list and the hint tools. The meter increases with every object collected, up to 5 stars. The sets can be played again to attain a higher score and provide a bigger box office success to the final movie.There's a curtain below the list that opens up to reveal a diffuse image of the required bonus object. When found, a movie reel with all the hints tools starts playing that, after clicking, stops in a frame with the prize tool.There are 6 hint tools available. The spotlight replaces the cursor with a light spot that becomes smaller when near of the required objects. The photographs show the image of one of the list items. The typewriter displays a hint about the place on the screen of one of the objects. The arrow creates a square around an area that has one of the items. The camera viewfinder becomes sharper as it gets near one of the objects. The chronometer stops the clock for a few seconds. |
| Ashley Jones and the Heart of Egypt | 2008-01-03 | Fenomen Games | Fenomen Games | Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ashley Jones is a young student in archaeology who agrees to fly to Egypt for leading excavations for her professor. She'd heard rumors about a special artifact, the Heart of Ra. First reluctant to search it, she's then on the trail of this jewel.Ashley Jones and the Heart of Egypt is a casual match-3 game having the Ancient Egypt as theme. For clearing a level, you have to swap tiles for freeing an hidden artifact and letting him go to the bottom of the board before the time is running out. Once out of the board, you can advance in your adventure.You can collect power-ups that will help you to reach your objectives by matching a certain number of jewels which have the same color. For example, matching 100 red ones allows you to get a shovel for digging any square of the board.You can also do combos but at the difference of some classic match-3 games, you don't have to wait that all of them are finished for swapping jewels. |
| Bloom | 2008-01-03 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Elephant Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | bigfishgames.com (from Ad Blurbs)Roses are red, violets are blue, water the plants and make everything bloom! Flowers need your care and attention. Connect the pipes and water the plants to quench their thirst. While playing, earn coins to spend on ornaments for your home and garden. Share your love for flowers to make them bloom!
Exotic flowers.
Relaxing soundtrack.
Unique tools and power-ups!
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| Once Upon a Crime | 2008-01-03 | Lost Craft | Lost Craft | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Once Upon a Crime is an AGS whodunnit adventure game featuring many well-known characters from tales and books. A grown-up Little Red Riding Hood has just received her badge as a private investigator. Her first case is the death of the Big Bad Wolf who has been murdered (or was it just strawberry jam?). Other characters and possible suspects include Mr. Geppetto and his log, the Tin Soldier, Granny Smith, the three pigs, Guldenstern, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, Tinker Bell, King Neptune of Atlantis, Flim, the Fire Ghost, the Bogey Man and H.A.L. 3K.Little Red Riding Hood has to visit different locations and gather clues, with a juice of truth as the main item of importance. The game uses a classic point-and-click interface with five action items (walk, look, get, use, talk), an inventory and a dialogue system. The puzzles are mainly item-based. |
| Grand Theft Auto: Collection | 2008-01-04 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Steam compilation contains the following Grand Theft Auto games:
Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto 2
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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| Hush | 2008-01-04 | | | Educational, Simulation | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Hush is a short sociopolitical game inspired by the Rwandan Genocide in 1994, the darkest period of the Rwandan Civil War. It was created by two MFA students from the University of Southern California Interactive Media Division, for their fall 2007 Intermediate Game Design and Development course. Unlike the broad strategy setting of Darfur is Dying by a student from the same course, Hush has the player relive the historical events through a personal experience - helping the Tutsi mother Liliane with her lullaby to keep her child silent and thus hide it from the Hutu.Liliane is prominently shown on the right side of the screen. The story is told through a view through a window on the left side, along with music and sound detailing the events. The player needs to type in the letters of words spelled out on the screen (hush, brave, child, sleep, young, rest, ...), in a timely fashion - when they light up bright. This will keep the lullaby in tune and the baby will grow silent. Pressing the keys too early or too late will grow the baby restless and a soldier patrolling outside will draw closer. Successful matches, with a response time much longer than similar games, will keep the story going. When the crying becomes too loud and soldier gets too close, the entire screen fades to red and a gunshot is heard.As a game, it is best described as an aesthetic, visual and auditory experience, or a vignette - a brief and subtle description to give a trenchant impression about the character and the situation. |
| Kwari | 2008-01-04 | Kwari (IOM) Limited | Micro Forté Pty. Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Kwari was an online multiplayer first-person shooter played for cash. The entire game was available for free, but players had to buy ammunition in Kwari Dollar (K$). For instance, 5,000 rounds cost $5. Every time a shot lands, it costs the hit player money. The amount (between one eurocent and one euro) is agreed upon prior to starting the match. Players earn money by hitting other players or holding on to an object known as The Pill for the longest time and/or as the last player during a match. There are also key jackpots requiring the player to collect a number of keys hidden in crates in exchange for cash. Finally there are separate challenges that often require multiple matches to complete. These include killing an opponent while in the air or getting five kills in less than one minute. No part of the stake goes back to the company, players only pay for the bullets.The game uses a classic WASD setup for movement combined with the mouse for aiming. There are ten guns to choose from: Uzu 10mm Machine Pistol, TT-829 Assault Rifle, King Industries "Protagonist" Shotgun, CL1-V3 Rocket Launcher, "Nova" Kinetic Sniper Rifle, E.D.I. Plasma Globe, Hendon Mining MKV Ion Beam, AUTech FTMG (Flame-Throwing Machine Gun), S&B MK-II Blade Launcher and the Swarm Gun. When out of ammo, players can also buy additional rounds in-game.There is a large selection of game types and players are brought together based on their skill level. Each match has a specific game type, the value of each health point, a cost for pick-ups and special rules, and a minimum game balance required. Weapons, items and power-ups picked up during gameplay cost money as well, but these go into cash prizes to be won during the match. Pick-ups include Health, Overcharge (more damage), Guardian Shield (three auto-aiming rockets circle and defend the player), The Rush (+50% speed), Super Health (50 points health boost), Regeneration, Suicide Belt (detonates a large blast when the player is killed), Coin (instant cash boost) and Jackpot Keys.After respawning, players start with 100% health and the machine gun. Next to the general level design, the game also includes various traps to damage and hinder the player. There are Tesla Traps that electrocute the player when standing too close for too long, while Fire Traps unleash a cloud of flames.The game was developed by Micro Forté's Canberra Studio. |
| Max Payne: Bundle | 2008-01-04 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne |
| Rockstar Collection | 2008-01-04 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Steam compilation contains the following games published by Rockstar Games:
Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto 2
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Manhunt
Max Payne
Max Payne 2
Midnight Club 2
Wild Metal
The Direct2Drive version does not include three titles:
Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto 2
Wild Metal
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| Psychosomnium | 2008-01-06 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Psychosomnium is an experiment in illogical puzzles or dream world logic. You'll play the game trying to figure out how to reach an obscure goal. You'll have to do many strange things to reach this goal, like going in directions you wouldn't expect to be able or even putting yourself in unreasonable, and perhaps deadly, peril.The game is short, consisting of about 20 screens, but given the unusual nature of the puzzles it may take some time to do.The controls consist of the arrow keys for movement and the z key for interactions. |
| Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients | 2008-01-07 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Big Splash Games LLC | Action, Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Interwar | | | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Several years ago, you helped Evangeline Baumeister to save her family's chocolate business. Now, it is the 1920's but the Baumeisters have not kept up with innovations and the business is in dire straights again. Help Alexandra Tangye, Evangeline's granddaughter, update and recover the family business.As in the first Chocolatier, you will run a chocolate factory business. This time, in addition to chocolate squares, you can make sauces, truffles, pralines and more. Travel the globe looking for ingredients and recipes. Be sure to buy at the best rates you can to stretch every dollar. Once you have your ingredients, head to the factory to mix up some chocolate. This is done in a mini-game where you launch the ingredients towards the correct compartments on the machine. Do this as quickly and accurately as you can to get your output levels high. Later recipes will be more complex, making this task harder. Once the chocolate is made, it is time to sell it for a profit. As the game progresses, you can also buy other factories to increase your production and profits. |
| PyraCubes | 2008-01-08 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | PiEyeGames | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The evil wizard Mobib uses the energy of the ancient pyracubes to turn King Theban into a beetle. Theban needs to destroy all the cubes to return to human form and defeat Mobib.Pyracubes is a puzzle game with elements from Sokoban. The objective is to collide boxes by dragging them through a labyrinth with the scarab-shaped cursor. When all the boxes that share the same color are touching each other, they disappear. There is a "undo" button to step back after doing a wrong move.Some levels introduce new items and variations on the basic gameplay. Some boxes have a limited amount of moves, displayed in a number over them, before they get stuck. The bombs destroy obstacles, creating paths between the boxes. The paintbrush talisman changes the box color. |
| The Sims: Carnival - Bumper Blast | 2008-01-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Action | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Loosely based on the Sims, Bumper Blast asks the player to tag as many of the Sims as possible in each level. This is done by hitting a same-colored Sim with the ball, which also causes all nearby Sims of the same color to be tagged as well, and the Sim that was hit to move. If all bumpers of the same color are tagged, they turn into completed Sim Bumpers, which reflect shots instead of catching them. Each level has a maximum number of shots. While not all Sims need to be tagged, tagging most of them will earn bronze, silver, and gold medals, with a diamond if the player manages to tag every last one.Levels can feature blockers, which need to be hit once or more to disappear, boosts, which change the way the ball works, portals, which teleport shots and Sims, undecided Sims, which need a nearby Sim to be hit before they turn into regular Sims, and more. There are 120 levels in all, which can be replayed at any time to get a higher score, or tag more Sims. There's also a quick-play mode, which lets the player replay levels with unlimited shots, or try levels that aren't in the campaign mode. |
| ZoX Universe: Space Arena | 2008-01-08 | Paralela | Paralela | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | This first game from the universe of little ZoX, is a small game like a 3d Bomberman or Poy Poy, oriented for group playing.After choosing the number of players from 2 to 5 you decide which player you would like to control, and some game modifications like number of obstacles and sound control.Then after the modification you are in the middle of the arena and then the fun begin. Bombs fly over your head. Power ups are there. And all you need is quick thinking and fast action. |
| Emergency 4: Deluxe Edition | 2008-01-09 | Sixteen Tons Entertainment | Sixteen Tons Entertainment | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Emergency 4: Deluxe Edition contains:
The base game
Three additional campaign missions and one additional scenario for free-play
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| Fairway Solitaire | 2008-01-10 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc, Grey Alien Games | Puzzle, Sports | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Fairway Solitaire is a card game with a golf theme. You are shown a group of cards dealt on the screen. At the bottom is a face down deck and one card turned face up. What you must do is, using your mouse, click a card that is one next card higher or lower than the face up card, irregardless of suit. So, if the face up card is a Jack, you can click a ten or Queen. If your card is an Ace, you can click a two or a King. If there are no cards for you to use, click the face down deck to turn over the top card and, hopefully, get something you can use. If you click six or more cards in a row, that is a long drive and it increases your multiplier.Later in the game, you will have sand trap cards. These are untouchable until you find the sand wedge card. Once the sand wedge is found, the sand trap's bottom card will flip over and be like any other card. You will also have water hazard cards. These block you from getting to a column of cards and must be cleared to access that column. They are cleared like other cards. You will sometimes find iron cards. These are golf irons (clubs) that are stored in your golf bag. They will have a number from two to nine and can be used to replace the face up card, if needed. You will also find wild shot cards. If you find one of these, you can drop the shot for a two card penalty or play the shot. If you play the shot, a window with flickering images will appear. Click the stop button to take what comes up, good or bad.During the game, you are earning money. You need the money to unlock the next course but also to buy things in the golf shop. Things you can buy are like a shirt/blouse that gives an extra mulligan (ability to undo you last action) on each hole or x-ray sunglasses that let you see the next card in the face down desk. |
| Hot Dish | 2008-01-10 | Big Fish Games, Inc, ValuSoft, Inc. | ZEMNOTT, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hot Dish is a cooking simulator similar to the Cooking Mama series of games. As a training chef in a restaurant, the player has to prepare several dishes to be served to a food critic.The recipes are selected at the beginning from a menu organized by food course: appetizers, entrees and deserts. The number of medals besides each entry in the menu shows the amount of steps required to make it.Dishes are prepared by clicking and making motions at parts of the screen with the mouse. Like in real cooking, each recipe requires a number of steps: slicing vegetables, boiling water, browning meat, etc. These steps are grouped by recipe as windows in portions of the screen, and can be interacted simultaneously. A thermometer sits besides each steps group. It acts as a timer, its red mercury mark slowly going downwards as the dish temperature decreases. It can be reset upwards by successfully finishing a preparation step.Some steps have a meter beneath them, mostly red with some green motion icons. Once clicked, a white bar starts to move from left to right. When it reaches the green portions, the player has to click and make the indicated motion with the mouse.As the dishes get ready they receive a number of stars from the critic. New recipes can be bought with these stars, the more complex recipes being also the most expensive.The health inspector visit happens between each cooking session. It's a standard tile-matching mini-game where the tiles have icons of cockroaches, rats and cleaning tools. Some tiles have a different color to indicate the inspector's field of vision. If any kitchen pest falls on these tiles, the mini-game ends. If the player reaches the required amount of points, the inspector gives one of the power-ups: a spatula that slows time, a secret sauce that increases quality and a blender that skips a step.As the game progresses, the player switches between different restaurants, each with a different cuisine and a stereotypical chef. |
| Sam & Max: Season Two - Moai Better Blues | 2008-01-10 | GameTap LLC | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Moai Better Blues is the second episode of the second season in the Sam & Max episodic series. After successfully saving Christmas in Ice Station Santa the duo now needs to stop a volcano on the Easter Island from erupting in order to save not only the (talking) Stone Heads but also to prevent the destruction of civilization as we know it.The gameplay is identical to the previous games in the series. The game is entirely in 3D and the player controls Sam. Sam can interact with the environment through mouse-based actions. He can talk to other characters, examine the environment, pick up items and use them with other objects in order to solve all the puzzles thrown at him. The inventory is shown as a cardboard box at the bottom of the screen. In addition to new characters and locations, there are also a few new mini-games like the Wipeout!-Surf-Challenge as well as old one like the driving sequence. |
| The Legend of Zelda: The Fallen Sage | 2008-01-11 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Legend of Zelda: The Fallen Sage is a fan-made game based on The Legend of Zelda franchise and more specifically the fan comic The Gerudo Wars. The game follows Link who is forced to become a hero once again when a military general betrays the Kingdom of Hyrule and releases the arachnid Gohma army upon the land. Gohma wipes out the capital and kills most of the population. The player travels around with a set of party members (both characters from the franchise and new) and when the party runs into a monster there is a battle screen where the player must select his or her actions. After fights the player receives experience and currency which allow him to level up (and grow in power) and buy new armor and weapons.The game is made in RPG Maker XP and therefore requires the RGSS player to run. |
| Fishie Fishie | 2008-01-13 | Farbs | Farbs | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Fishie is very hungry. Help him eating the other fishes before he starves.After starting a level, you job is to navigate Fishie through the level, collecting/catching all other smaller fishes. Every second you just swim around (and not eating), you loose a bit of your life, until Fishie starves and the game ends. If you accumulated enough points, you may get into the highscore. |
| Harpooned | 2008-01-13 | | | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | | | Shooter | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Harpooned, the Japanese cetacean research simulator, is a satirical game where players control a research vessel to do scientific investigation on whales. This is just a cover however, as the game carries an environmental message and aims to capture the hypocrisy of the Japanese whaling program. Shown from a top-down perspective using vertically-scrolling gameplay, players shoot whales with harpoons for points and collect the meat. Killing multiple whales in a row leads to ultra-scientific bonuses. At the end of each phase, the meat is loaded onto a larger research vessel for "further study", showing how it is processed into cat food and whale burgers.The player needs to avoid icebergs, while steering away of protesters' ships, helicopters and other vessels that try to get in the way. Sinking them leads to legal fees. The ship can also be damaged, mainly through the icebergs. The gameplay is interspersed with sarcastic messages:
Whale numbers seem to be decreasing in this region.
We must kill more whales to determine the cause of the decrease.
An update (as well as the first Macintosh version) was released in January 2009. It adds the ability to capture protesters and kidnap them when they get too close to the research vessel and there are also online leaderboards to compete for the rank of top scientist with other players from all over the world. |
| SeizureDome | 2008-01-14 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | SeizureDome is a fast-paced shooter by cactus. It is a remake of one of his earlier games: Unholy Stage. The player controls a gun-wielding sumo wrestler standing in an arena. Various weird enemies appear from all sides and try to push the player against the edge of the arena, which kills him. Enemies can be taken out by shooting them with the mouse, and the player can move to dodge them by using the WASD keys.There are two special weapon pick-ups, five power-ups and different combos for bonus points. High scores are stored online. |
| Spaguetti Party | 2008-01-14 | Clarin Global S.A | MP Game Studio | Action, Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | South America | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Spaguetti Party is a business simulator video game where the player manages a restaurant called La familia Pomodoro and help it reach the five forks. During working hours, the player plays as a waitress who has to manage customers and fulfill their culinary needs, and then take care of dirty dishes. After the end of a workday, the player then must manage the expenses of the restaurant (purchase of food and drinks —running out of them effectively ruins the day—, assistants, furniture and tableware). Every ten levels, a new fork is unlocked. In later levels, to help manage the clients, the restaurant can pay for several amenities to liven up the wait, including coffee machines and live shows. |
| The Sims: Carnival - SnapCity | 2008-01-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Redwood Shores Studio | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | Point and select | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | The Sims Carnival SnapCity is a simplified version of the classic city-simulator game SimCity 2000. One of entries of the popular franchise in the casual market, it features a less detailed simulation and more straightforward approach to the building aspects of the earlier titles.The city is presented in isometric fashion with cartoon graphics. The player defines building zones, each with a respective color: blue for business, yellow for industrial and green for residential. Zones spaces are set by placing falling geometric shapes in the terrain. These pieces resemble the ones in Tetris. Once they are placed, buildings start to appear spontaneously.Some large square shapes are called puzzle pieces. After placing them on the ground and filling them with other regular pieces, the player can choose a building to be created from a menu. These include city features that help in some aspects the city: schools drive down density and increase revenue, parks make the citizens happy, police stations fight crime, etc.Like in the original game, random disasters threaten the city. Some can be stopped by clicking on them. To fight crime, for example, the player has to click and hold over an icon of a robber.The city revenue is used to build roads connecting the zones. |
| Hidden Secrets: The Nightmare | 2008-01-16 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Gogii Games Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Lottery winner Flora Dale has a suspicious accident and wakes up in a hospital bed with amnesia. As she begins to recover her memory, a plot against her life becomes more clear.Hidden Secrets: The Nightmare is an adventure and hidden object game, with puzzles between each scene. The game is divided in sections corresponding to a piece of memory from the convalescent main character. The player has to find and click on objects shown as grayed images at the top of the screen, collecting and using them on parts of the scenery. Clicking on some objects or portions of the screen open up a small interactive window. A column at the right side has a chronometer, showing the time left to solve the scene, and series of dots marking the progress. Wrong clicks and the hint button take some minutes off the clock.After solving the scene, one or two puzzles appear on a separate screen. They are logic games, where the player must move pieces with the mouse. Some are implementations of well-known classic games, like Tower of Hanoi, jigsaw puzzles, concentration, peg solitaire and Sudoku, while others are more original. A number of rounds must be completed before moving to the next scene, and they can be skipped up to two times. |
| Savage 2: A Tortured Soul | 2008-01-16 | S2 Games, LLC | S2 Games, LLC | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Savage 2: A Tortured Soul is the sequel to 2003's Savage: The Battle for Newerth, a game which mixes real time strategy and online shooters.The game's story is still centered around the conflicts between The Legions Of Men and The Hordes Of Beasts. The Legions of Men are
led by Jeraziah Grimm and The Hordes Of Beasts by Ophelia, both siblings to King Grimm, both fighting for the throne.Players choose sides, one player gets to be the commander, who is in control of the battlefield from an RTS look, the others get to be in the middle of action, choosing a character from different classes like builder, scout, fighter etc. During the game, players receive experience points which they can spend on newer abilities, or they can unlock newer classes and buildings. |
| D.N.A. | 2008-01-17 | Merscom LLC | 5TH Cell Media, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | D.N.A. is a color-combination game. The gamefield is a microscope plate with proteins, cells and viruses floating. The objective is to combine proteins of different colors to create cells. Proteins have primary colors (blue, red and yellow). Therefore, cells created are orange, green and purple.Clicking on a protein selects it and shows a circle around it with their range. Hovering the cursor over proteins inside the range shows the possible matching chains. Clicking one of these different colored proteins starts a chain reaction that transforms all chain proteins in a cell.In action mode, the objective is to fill cell quotas within a time limit. In puzzle mode, the goal is to clear the screen of all proteins. Endless mode is similar to action mode, but with no time limits and no story.Viruses infect cells and removes them from the game. They can be eliminated by including those infected cells in the cell synthesis. |
| RIP 3: The Last Hero | 2008-01-17 | Meridian4, Inc. | Elephant Games | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | During the 22nd century, Earth is conquered by an unknown invader. Using a combination of witchcraft and technology, their army of cyborgs led by General Data, crushed any rebellion. Their scientists also discovered a hidden portal to the Sorcery world in the secret "GAP" bunker. A failed attempt of the cyborgs to invade this portal resulted in magic seeping through and threatening Earth. One hero chosen from a party of three mortals and three immortals will step trough the portal and try to free both worlds.R.I.P. 3: The Last Hero is the successor to R.I.P.: Strike Back. The game is a top-down shooter, in which the player needs to destroy all enemies scattered over 100 levels, featuring destructible scenery. There are 6 playable characters to choose from, having a large arsenal of weapons, and in some levels tanks, helicopters and battle turrets can be used. |
| You Found the Grappling Hook | 2008-01-17 | Messhof Games | Messhof Games | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | You Found the Grappling Hook is a short skill platform game by Mark Essen (messhof).After the mysterious introduction,You found the grappling hook!
Hey, that's my grappling hook!
And you didn't feed my dog!
You forget about everything!
You can't stay here anymore!
the player needs to complete ten levels playing as an 8-bit version of what appears to be the horned boy from ICO. The basic movement and jumps are not enough to complete the levels, the titular grappling hook comes into play. Large gaps in the cavernous areas need to be crossed by launching it into other platforms. The reach is however limited. While dangling in the air, the left and right arrow can be used to swing, while up and down lower of extend the hook's cord. Later levels introduce more difficult platforms with deadly spikes. Upon death, the game immediately restarts at the beginning of the level. There are no enemies or other characters in the game.The 1.5 release adds a new section to the cave, new spirits, two new items, an ending, online highscores, automatic saves, improved collisions and altered music. |
| Chess Vs the Axis of Evil | 2008-01-18 | Lexicon Entertainment UK Limited | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Chess | | | | | | | Windows | Chess Vs The Axis Of Evil is a chess game where the figures are swapped with parodies on real or fictional persons, e.g. George W. Bush, Osama bin Laden or Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movies. Every time the player or the AI makes a move the character walks over the chess move and, if it beats another figure, shows a little fight animation. For better overview the moves itself are ordered on a classical top-down chess-board which is displayed on the lower right corner. The game features six chess boards, e.g. Saddam Hussein's palace. |
| Purrfect Pet Shop | 2008-01-18 | eGames, Inc. | TechFront Studios, Ltd. | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | While Peter and Sofia were on vacation, Nana called asking a little help at her pet adoption center. Her doctor said she was overworked and told her to take a vacation. Now Peter and Sofia will have to take care of her shop while she's gone, also taking care of the new pet she brought home to care for adoption.Purrfect Pet Shop is an action game which simulates a pet shop. As Sofia or Peter, the player has to take care of pets left for adoption before matching them with possible new owners. The gameplay consists in clicking on customers and then clicking in the pets which would match their wished traits. One of four traits (fur length, fur color, size and type: cat or dog) will appear to the player, while others can be revealed by clicking in "?" marks. Asking for those hints will take time, and customers are willing to pay more for the pets the quicker they're attended. Some pets need care before being adopted, like being fed, given water, washed or receiving medical attention. Before giving them to the customers, the player has to click on the animal and click in the respective care needed: the food dispenser, the water cooler, the bath tub and the medical station. Each need takes time to be taken care, and the more the customers waits, the less they'll be willing to pay. Delivering a pet without one of those needs attended will make customers pay less money for it. Each day a money goal has to be reached. Failing that goal will make Sofia or Peter lose a life.The money earned can be used in between levels to buy new equipment for the pet shop, like new food dispensers, water coolers, medical stations, additional bath tubs, chairs and threadmills to build Sofia or Peter's speed. Earning more money is necessary as the stages go by due to the higher goals to be reached, and the faster the customers are attended, the higher is the amount of money earned.Peter or Sofia have also to take care of a special pet Nana just brought to the center for adoption. This pet is customizable, and pictures of it can be taken. Throughout the game they'll have to take care of it, building their their trust with it, so it can be adopted by the end of the game. The trust built is measured by hearts earned by attending the animal's need, like giving it food, water, baths, trips, etc. Hearts collected can also be used with money to buy new
items for the pet, like premium food, special trips and toys.The game has a total of 60 levels and four difficulty levels. |
| Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden - Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa | 2008-01-20 | Tales of Game's Studios | Tales of Game's Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | In a post-apocalyptic world, basketball is banned and its non-existence is under the supervision of Michael Jordan, making sure that no one will ever play B-Ball again. However, there is one man who can save B-ball. And that man was the one who destroyed it: Charles Barkley.In Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, you control former NBA star, Charles Barkley, on his quest to stop the terrorist organization, B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S., and bring basketball back to its former glory, in this Japanese-styled freeware RPG.The game's battle system is dubbed the "B.A.B.B.Y. System". With it, enemies appear on the game field and may run at the player and attack if the player moves into their line of sight. Once a battle is initiated, each player has a number of attacks and skills they can use. Most attacks require multiple or timed button presses as in the Mario RPG series, and some of the attacks are accuracy-based, dealing more damage for more accurate hits. |
| Dark Light Battles SDL2X | 2008-01-21 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Dark Light Battles SDL2X is a simple 2D top-down turn based strategy. The player chooses one side (Light or Dark) and controls various units in battle against the opponent on a random map. He has various units with several statistics (Attack, Defence, Movement and Range), and must capture castles for new units. When a player has moved all of his units, the turn ends and the opponent can command his troops. |
| IndustryPlayer | 2008-01-21 | Tycoon Systems | Tycoon Systems | Simulation | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | IndustryPlayer is a multiplayer business simulation game. You are in the position of an virtual entrepreneur and build up industrial companies in 16 real-life industry sectors.In level 1 you start with 10 million dollar of seed capital. Virtual experts assist you in making investment decisions and getting your business to run.Throughout the 10 game levels your seed capital rises up to 100 million dollar and the competitive challenge gets more demanding.IndustryPlayer lets you feel like a real CEO, running a real company. It includes a comprehensive accounting system, various industry analysis tools and a wealth of business charts with all kinds of ratios and statistics.The simulation engine is based on real life macro- and micro economic models. You will feel the real-time markets moving, experience the leverage effect and build up competitive advantages. |
| Tobioriya | 2008-01-21 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Tobioriya is a short Ikiki game where players control a character standing on a platform on the right side of the screen. With a limited amount of time, players need to use the mouse to shoot all men jumping out of a tower on the left, with bow and arrow. Shots register almost instantly and a successful hit will nail the man against the wall. When doing well, the difficulty level increases until multiple victims appear at the same time. When time is up, the score is calculated. |
| Adventure Collection: Volume One | 2008-01-22 | Adventure Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation represents 5 adventure games developed by different companies:
Dead Reefs
Keepsake
NiBiRu: Age of Secrets
Return to Mysterious Island
Secret Files: Tunguska |
| Pirates of the Burning Sea | 2008-01-22 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Flying Lab Software | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person | | | Action RPG | Historical events | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Pirates of the Burning Sea is an MMO set in the Caribbean sea in the 1700's. You can choose to fight against the pirates on the side of England, France, or Spain or choose to be one of those blasted pirates who are smuggling, raiding and looting! In Pirates of the Burning Sea, you can choose your own adventure. Be it naval combat in real time working together with friends, savage swashbuckling as never before seen in an MMO, PvP-conquerable world trying to overtake various ports and the three major world powers (France, Britain and Spain), or sophisticated missions where you have a starring role in your own unique story.Pirates of the Burning Sea also has avatars that allow you to be unique. You can choose your hair, face, footwear, hands, coat, hat, belt, jewelry, and many others distinguishable looks such as peg legs and hook hands.So set sail on a new adventure with Pirates of the Burning Sea! |
| The History Channel: Lost Worlds | 2008-01-22 | Digital Brandplay, LLC | Canopy Games | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Lost Worlds will take you on a treasure hunt into three ancient worlds: Rome, Egypt and MesoAmerica (Mayans). You have 60 levels of reflexive games like Spot the Differences, Trivia, Hidden Objects or Built-it Puzzles. Completing a world can unlock bonuses and puzzles of another world. When trying to solve a puzzle, you have to do it in a certain time to earn more bonus points.Being a History Channel product, the game is based on real pictures and provides information on the three civilisations you have to explore. |
| Caribbean Hideaway | 2008-01-23 | Oberon Media, Inc. | Twintale Entertainment | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ahoy, matey! You've just gotten your own island. Now build it up and attract scalawags from the sea that want to settle down. Gather loot and earn a reputation as you earn promotions to make you island a Caribbean hideaway.Caribbean Hideaway is a match three game. You cursor is carrying an item. Find a tile on the board that, if swapped with the one your carrying, will form a straight row of three or more. Place your pointer on that tile and click the mouse button. The item will be swapped with whatever item was below. Keep doing that same action until you clear the chapter.To clear the chapters, you must complete the required matches. On the first chapter, you must just make matches over the blue shaded tiles to clear them. When all blue tiles are clear, the chapter is clear. On the second chapter, you must match pirates. When you have matched enough pirates, the chapter is cleared. The third chapter has you making matches of treasure chests. You must match the ones that have gold in them to clear the level.On the island screen, if you have the funds, you can build buildings. These buildings will gain you power-ups in the chapters. The smith will gain you hammers. When the hammer meter is filled, you can use it to clear one tile. The lodge will gain you crewmen. When the army meter fills, you can use it to clear several random tiles. The tavern gains you hourglasses. When that meter fills, you can use it to gain time on the clock. The cannon factory will allow you to purchase cannon balls. These can be used to clear a five-by-five area of the board. |
| Faith Fighter | 2008-01-23 | Molleindustria | Molleindustria | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Faith Fighter is a controversial game by the creator of Operation: Pedopriest, quite similar to the browser game Bible Fight. It has different religious characters square of in one-on-one side-scrolling fighting action. Players choose a belief, with well-known characters such as Jesus, God, Buddha, Budai, Ganesha and Muhammad, to, as the author describes it, kick the shit out of your enemies and give vent to your intolerance.Each character has basic punching and jumping moves, along with three special moves that require a strict succession of different keys. The different fights progress through a tournament mode similar to the Mortal Kombat series, with Xenu as the final boss and an unlockable character. Other religious icons such as the Flying Spaghetti Monster are missing.The game is flash-based, entirely controlled through the keyboard and there are three difficulty levels and three game modes: one player, two players and a demo mode. So as not to hold to Muslim gamers from playing, there is also a censored mode where the face of Muhammad is covered by a black circle. |
| Spirit of Wandering: The Legend | 2008-01-23 | GameHouse, Inc. | Artogon Games | Adventure | | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | You are the female captain of the ship Spirit of Wandering. Your lover has disappeared and your crew has been cursed. You must locate items to release your crew and find your lover.Spirit of Wandering: The Legend is a hidden object game. You are given a list of items to find but not by name but by description. For example, a hat for a king (a crown) or a fish with many arms (a starfish). Once you have clicked your mouse on all the current list, the magic locator is unlocked. You must then find the pictured cherished item. This item will only be seen when the locator is over it. A repeating noise gets louder the closer you get. After you have found all the cherished items, you will have released a treasured item. Release all treasured items to release that crewman's spirit, who will guide you further, such as to a treasure trove. In the treasure trove, click all gold items you can in sixty seconds. Gold can be used to purchase a hint. Be careful not to click randomly too often as this will cost you gold. |
| Starscape | 2008-01-24 | Moonpod | Moonpod | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | A space research station (The Aegis) tests a new drive system: 'the dimension drive'. Something goes wrong, and the Aegis is warped into the 'grid dimension', where an evil race of beings wipes out most of the crew. You take the role of the last fighter pilot defending the Aegis.Starscape is a top-down 2D shooter. Whilst defending the Aegis from attack, you have to mine asteroids and collect resources from them. These resources can be used to research and build new technology. The Aegis can also be called to your position, and upgraded with laser turrets. When you have mined all the resources in a node (a game level several screens wide and high) you can dock with the Aegis and warp to another node. You must also continually search for survivors (that can be put to use researching equipment), and information that might help you escape from the grid dimension. There are 5 zones in the game each containing on average 25 nodes. Each zone also has a unique boss that must be defeated to unlock the next zone, and new enemy craft. |
| PDC World Championship Darts 2008 | 2008-01-25 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | PDC World Championship Darts 2008 is an officially licensed darts game and sequel to its earlier incarnation. The player can opt to play as existing champions or create his own player. This new version includes even more stars to choose from.It also includes more licensed events to participate in. Each is modeled after the actual real life events. The game includes three existing darts arenas. An additional game mode is the party mode, a multi-player mode that consists of fifteen different party games. These can only be played on the same machine however and not on-line or via LAN. |
| The Wonderful End of the World | 2008-01-25 | Dejobaan Games, LLC | Dejobaan Games, LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Armageddon is drawing near and the world as we know it is going to end. It is up to the player to collect as many items as possible before it all vanishes. The Wonderful End of the World is best described as an adaptation of the Katamari concept. Players explore 3D worlds to collect and absorbs items, which then orbit the main character and make it grow, allowing larger items to be grabbed. This game contains worlds with a typical Katamari look as well as high-tech sci-fi environments. There are twelve worlds in total and all with an entirely different theme.The game can be controlled through the keyboard or the mouse and there are three game modes per world (not all available right away): timed, timeless and exploration. The game keeps track of the best times and scores, contains a tutorial and achievements are collected in a separate trophy box. |
| We Love Master! | 2008-01-25 | SCORE | SCORE | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | We Love Master! is an adult visual novel. Players are Yuuki Toshiya, a boy who's really popular at school due to his grades, looks and charm offensive. But that's just one side of him. Toshiya also really enjoys having sex, calling himself a "super-pervert". As a masochistic sadist, he blackmails three girls, Sakura, Hime, and Kuu into being his maids.Toshiya comes from a wealthy family, and as such, has had a maid for years, called Ema. Ema and Toshiya trust each other and treat each other with respect. Thus, Ema will do her master's bidding without question. As head maid, she'll help him in accomplishing his plans for the girls. |
| Sudden Strike: L'Intégrale | 2008-01-26 | Anuman Interactive SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Sudden Strike
Sudden Strike: Forever
Total War: Sieg oder Niederlage
Total War II
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| The Muncher's Labyrinth | 2008-01-27 | VectorStorm | VectorStorm | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | King Tyrael has fallen ill and no medicine is able to cure him. The kingdom is in shambles and he has no heir. To make matters worse, his half-brother Snythe, the emperor of the west, gathers his troops to invade the weakened kingdom. Petissendial brings together all knights to devise a plan to push back Snythe and restore the glory. There is a legend of a historic treasure hidden inside a maze built under castle Tyrael. It contains one hundred fandangles, rumoured to have tremendous healing powers and extremely valuable, but it is protected by a monster knowns as Muncher, the eater of men.Players take on the role of Muncher as knights try to collect all fandangles from the maze. Built with vector graphics, the maze has one hundred shinies that the knights will attempt to steal. They come through portals and try to collect as much as possible before returning. The Muncher needs to defend the treasure for five minutes and he has to keep as many fandangles as possible inside the maze. He is outnumbered all the time, but able to stomp, scaring the knights and closing portals from a large distance, or eat them, and he can also break through walls to make the maze easier to navigate. At the end of each game, the number of protected shinies, the eaten meat, the destroyed entrances and the remaining maze walls are shown. |
| Pacific Storm: Allies | 2008-01-28 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | Lesta Studio | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Pacific Storm: Allies is an enhanced re-release of Pacific Storm. The most prominent new feature is the new campaign respectively new playable faction: England. There are also German, Dutch and Russian units which the player meets - he even can start diplomatic relationships to them. There are also three other noteworthy new features: Every unit is divided into several subsystems which can be damaged individually, e.g. to hinder their movement or attack abilities, producing facilities don't have to be in the home land but can be built directly on the base and single units can be ordered to retrieve. On the technical side the game features bug fixes, improved AI and graphics. |
| Pet Vet 3D: Animal Hospital Down Under | 2008-01-28 | Viva Media, LLC | BrainGame Publishing, GmbH | Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Oceania | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In the same vein as other games in the Pet Vet 3D series, Down Under lets kids play as an animal doctor, but this time with native Australian animals. There are 7 species of animals from both land and sea to take care of including koala bears, wombats, kangaroos, seals and dolphins. Build both a land-based clinic and a water hospital to diagnose, treat, feed and play with the animals in a tropical Australian "outback" setting.Choose from 2 main characters to play, which is different from its predecessors. Each has their own talking pet parrot. There is also more reaction from the animals as players interact with them. In the true spirit of simulation, players can choose from different hair colors and styles, apply make-up, dress their characters in different clothes and decorate their living space with a selection of furniture and accessories. New leisure activities include cooking, shopping, sunbathing, swimming, and exercising.The game is point-and-click. Players can follow a mission-based game with a background story or play in "free play" mode. |
| Shotgun Ninja | 2008-01-28 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | An accountant is aiming to nab your money and besmirch your pride, unfortunately for him you're a ninja. With your ninja powers to jump off walls and cling to ceilings, not to mention your shotgun and grenade skills, you'll make him pay.Using the arrow keys you'll navigate through several different areas of the accountants fortress patrolled by his drones, a nameless creature, and the master accountant himself. Your shotgun will fire straight in the direction that you are looking, while grenades will bounce off surfaces. Each area has a door that you'll need to exit by after retrieving a key.Ammo for your two weapons, a shotgun and grenades, can be picked up from crates scattered throughout the fortress. The goal of the game is to beat it for the highest score possible, these scores are archived online. Scores may be increased by bonus points for beating an area swiftly, beating an area killing no enemies, killing all enemies, only using one type of weapon, or by killing more foes than ammo spent. |
| Las Vegas Pinball | 2008-01-29 | Like Dynamite GmbH | L39 Studios GmbH i. Gr., Playland Virtual Games Fonds GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | Las Vegas Pinball is a simple pinball simulator using a Las Vegas theme.You can play three pinball tables, called Black Jack, Roulette and Slot Machine. You will find many of the classic features of electronic pinball, such as the ball save, the capture/multiball and even the nudge features, but no mini-games in video mode and no skill-shots.You start with 20 credits and have to deal with this. Changing camera position in real-time, i.e. while playing, is quite an interesting feature, since there are six different views. |
| Lost in the Nightmare (Deluxe Edition) | 2008-01-29 | | Cool Blue Game Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The deluxe edition of Lost in the Nightmare is a reworking of the original game. Most of the original content has been maintained, but this edition includes revised graphics, an entirely new level (available when following the "good" ending), new scenes and extra endings (death sequence and a new ending for saving the campers), bug fixes, additional proofreading and more music including tracks by Rammstein. |
| The Sims: Castaway Stories | 2008-01-29 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Life / social simulation | Contemporary | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Castaway Stories is the third game in the the Sims Stories series, a spin-off of the Sims franchise. The gameplay from the original franchise has once again been adapted, simplified, and turned into a fixed-storyline experience. A secondary, more classic and open-ended mode is available as well. This entry in the series introduces an entirely new setting for the franchise as it takes place on an uncharted, tropical island with jungle, beaches and volcanoes.In the story mode players control Jessica who washes ashore with almost no belongings. She has to explore the island, find shelter, make fire, learn to hunt for food, and befriend the natives and the other castaways. |
| Super Kreml Kart Super Rally | 2008-01-30 | Poppenkast, The | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | SKKSR is triumphant minimalist Stalinist Line Rider clone for great glory of the Soviet Motherland!Without need for decadent Western imperialist game tropes like Cardinals, dungeons or a crisis, the victorious CCCP presents another triumph of game design. Though not well known, Soviet games were like Perestroika queues -- four blocks, and you liked it!Here an industrious mining cart trundles ever on, providing resources from the boundless expanses of the Soviet Union to the deserving international brotherhood of proletarian workers. But what is this?! Saboteurs, running dog lackeys of the international capitalist conspiracy no doubt, have eliminated the cart's rail lines, without which it will tumble down to the end of history. The player uses the mouse to lay down new rails beneath and directly in front of the cart as it moves heroically along. Laying rails costs resource units (which we shall refer to henceforth as "rubles"), and costs more the taller and longer the segment is. Ruble expenditure can be minimised by laying only partial rail segments prompting the cart to leap boldly into the air! Also, additional rubles can be collectivized by directing the cart to intercept the glorious icon of the hammer and sickle.Until the inevitable global Communist revolution happens and the worker's paradise is established, the only goal in this game is to keep the cart in movement for as long as possible. Enjoy much socialist gaming, but do not forget the dogmatic Imperialist axiom: In Soviet Russia, game plays you! |
| AGEOD's American Civil War | 2008-01-31 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | AGEOD Sarl | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Taking place in USA during the secession war, AGEOD's American Civil War is a historic strategy game that allows the player to choose either the USA or the CSA to lead in theirs struggle between 1861 and 1865 translated into game in eleven scenarios and five Campaigns.The focus here is military action, although there is the possibility to achieve a great deal of success by political actions like dealing with public bonds, taxes, military draft, national moral and foreign policies. In the martial department, there are hundreds different leaders available, each one with different abilities and the disposition of units in the map is affected by terrain, which may modify battles outcome. |
| Doggie Dash | 2008-01-31 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Viqua Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Doggie Dash is a time management game and spin-off of the popular Diner Dash series. In the game, Rocky and Wendy, a dog and a cat who have fallen in love with each other, convince their owners Rocky & Wendy to team up and buy an abandoned pet spa. In each level player plays as either Rocky or Wendy and must take pets that customers bring in and move them to the appropriate station (such as the cleaning station). Each breed of pet has a different level of patience, with some getting agitated if left at a station for too long. The story mode features a total of 50 levels and there is also an additional endless mode. |
| SunAge | 2008-01-31 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | Vertex4 Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Earth is destroyed by the heat of the sun and radiation.
The Humans are forced to live in special domes because they are under constant attack from the Raak-Zun race. This race lives outside the dome. Then there is another race, Sentinels, who are known for destroying everything that gets in their way. SunAge is a real time strategy game with a single player and multiplayer mode, and the possibility to play as one of the three different races. Each race has their own units, buildings and technological advantages and disadvantages. Goal of the game is to defeat the enemy by building different units. These units can be built with the 4 different resources: blue, green, yellow and red. Each building needs power to operate. Every player has one main power plant from which he can connect a series of pylons that link to the central power core. Along the way, players can upgrade their units with an alternate mode. This option creates tactical depth in the game. |
| Sunrise: The Game | 2008-01-31 | AEROSOFT GmbH | TML-Edition OHG | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In Sunrise the player controls Rydec who is working on a teleportation experiment with his friends Brian and Max. Unfortunately the experiment goes wrong and suddenly New York is deserted and the sun fails to rise. And then there is that unconscious woman lying in front of the house door...In many ways Sunrise: The Game tries to bring innovations to the adventure genre. Despite the puzzles are item based the game features no classic inventory system: Rydec won't take an item until it is directly needed for the next puzzle. If he has all items needed he uses them himself. The only things he always carry is a multi tool with three functions, e.g. as screwdriver and a PDA which shows the next task and optionally gives hints. Another help function is the possibility to mark all hot spots on the screen. The puzzles itself often feature multiple solutions. Another speciality is that all the conversations are automatic. Despite the dark scenario the dialogues are also humorous and long - if the player doesn't like listening to them he can use an option to shorten them. |
| 7.62: Perezaryadka | 2008-02-01 | 1C Company | Apeiron | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Contemporary, South America | | Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Perezaryadka or Reload is a standalone add-on for 7.62: High Calibre, a real-time tactical strategy set in Latin America. The game was a sequel to Brigade E5 and "spiritual successor" to Jagged Alliance according to the developers.There's a new 12 mission-long campaign that takes place after the events of the original game in the aftermath of the civil war where the revolutionaries aided by the player had won. Among the other features are 20 new weapons, a new skirmish game mode that allows for customizable battles and a detailed firearm encyclopedia. |
| Barrel Mania | 2008-02-01 | Purple Hills | CGS Software | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Barrel Mania is a puzzle-solving game. The goal is to bring barrels of poison to safety by means of different utilities. The player can build a way out of ramps, trampolines, fans, poles and many other tools to guide the barrel to safety and avoid dropping them. The game contains 30 different levels that can be repeated to improve the ranking. |
| Franklin et le Trésor du Lac | 2008-02-01 | Mindscape Germany GmbH | Nelvana Limited | Adventure, Educational | | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Franklin et le Trésor du Lac is an adventure game for children. Go on a journey and help your grandmother to find her lost box of memories. Go on a treasure hunt with your friends and overcome obstacles. 7 activities improve the learning effect like logic, concentration and memory. 2 difficulty levels, movie snippets and the original characters are included. |
| Gravortex | 2008-02-01 | Teknogames | Teknogames | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Gravortex is a 2D version of the Portal concept. In 20 levels all played on a single screen, the player needs to make a character reach a door. To do so, portals or gravity vortexes can be used. The left mouse button shoots the starting vortex, the right one launches an exit. In order to launch a vortex in an area, it needs to be in the sight of the character. A WASD-setup is used to move around and the space bar removes the launched vortexes. Levels are usually based on puzzle-solving, with crates, buttons and doors, but some also require timing and quick reflexes. |
| Protoganda II | 2008-02-01 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Protoganda II is a shoot 'em up game and a sequel to Protoganda: Strings, with retro-styled graphics. The player controls a small spaceship which faces a number of powerful battleships, one by one. Each enemy ship keeps rapidly changing its shape and rearranging its elements, all while firing relentlessly. The player must shoot off parts of the enemy ship while avoiding enemy gunfire and flying debris. Arrow keys move the player's ship and Z shoots. |
| Stars over Half Moon Bay | 2008-02-01 | | | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Stars over Half Moon Bay is the second art game by Rod Humble, head of EA's Sims studio. It was first presented at the 2008 Game Developers Conference. As with his previous game The Marriage, no explanation is given about the goals or gameplay. A large part of the appeal is in discovering the experimental gameplay and the dissection of the mechanics below can be considered a spoiler.Inspired by an evening drive home from work, the game is about looking up at the stars in the sky and making a pattern in your mind, but also about the creative process itself. This is reflected in the three phases a gameplay session consists of. In the first one, a dark blue sky is shown. The player controls a dark circle or moon with the mouse, trailed by a smaller, brighter one. A dark curved form slowly creeps up, "eating" the sky. The player moves the dark circle through the stars to form a trail. Diving down in the moving darkness leaves behind bright squares of different sizes, relative to the length of the trail.When the screen is entirely black, the second phase starts. The darkness moves back down and during this instant the player is able to move up some of the squares covered in the black mass. When the screen is entirely clear again, moving the moon over a star will cause a cross-hair to appear, which can be used to connect different stars to form constellations. The third, creative phase, happens in-between the first two, the moment the player thinks over the creative process of how to form the constellation. These are shown by bright lines connecting the different stars, creating a form. Clicking right clears the lines to start over again.After a while, the word "end" appears in the top hand right corner and the session can be finished. Past and completed constellations can then be seen in a horizontally-scrolling memories scenery, accessible from the main menu. |
| The Angry Video Game Nerd: The Angry Video Game | 2008-02-01 | | | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Angry Video Game Nerd: The Angry Video Game is a retro-styled platformer based on the Angry Video Game Nerd comedy web series. The premise is that the angry video game nerd is playing a bad NES game - starring himself! The game features original commentary by AVGN creator James Rolfe, commenting on the game action as you play.The game consists of eight themed levels with their own bizarre enemies and hazards, each one ending with a boss battle. The fourth and eight stages differ from the rest by instead being scrolling shoot 'em up rather than the regular platforming gameplay.The nerd has an infinite supply of empty beer bottles which can be thrown either forward or in an upwards arc. You can also roll by pressing down, even while jumping, which makes you a smaller target but you can't shoot while rolling. Defeated enemies will sometimes drop exclamation mark items which refills some health, or even more rarely an extra life item. Dying will send you back to the last checkpoint. You start with three lives, if you run out of lives the game is over. |
| The Golden Horde | 2008-02-01 | Russobit-M | World Forge | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Asia, Europe, Historical events, Medieval | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The Golden Horde is a real-time strategy game, based on events that took place in Central Asia, Russia and western Europe at the beginning of the XIII century.Players can choose between three factions, each with different styles of play: the Mongols, the Russians and the Crusaders. The Mongols are the most dynamic faction, as they can move their buildings around the map, should the need arise, the Russians can only build near their town centers, while the Crusaders can build anywhere on the map.The different units can earn experience during fights and the player can even outfit them with custom weaponry.The weather plays an element in the game, as wind affects fired arrows, rain reduces visibility and snow slows down units. |
| qrp | 2008-02-01 | Wyrdysm Games | Wyrdysm Games | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | qrp is a short, experimental game about daydreaming in class about girls. The concept and gameplay mechanisms are similar to The Marriage, but here the player has direct control over the lead character, a boy. The game is shown through the boy's eyes, looking down on a page in a course about statements. The daydreaming starts below the conditional P => Q statement, where the characters, a boy and a girl, appear as drawn figures.The girl will go her way automatically, but the boy can be moved around (or stand still). As they move about, their paths will distort the letters on the page, pushing them out of the way until an incoherent mess appears, simulating the effect of daydreaming as waning attention. The girl's behaviour adapts to the boy's movement. He can chase after her, but never catch her. Still, the girl will always return in his vicinity. The mouse cursor has the form of a rose, but it has no effect on the game. After a while, she will draw flowers and small hearts the player can collect, but with no apparent effect, accompanied all the game through with a midi (instrumental) rendition of the seventies' Carpenters' song Close to You. When the song ends, the game is over. |
| Balance | 2008-02-02 | Tri Synergy, Inc. | KAMPO Interactive | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In Balance the player's goal in each level is to get the ball to the exit by tilting the playing field. It distinguishes itself from the many other games with this goal by focusing on multiple balls and goals, and through support for the accelerometers in some Apple and Lenovo notebooks. (Mouse support is also included.)In the levels, obstacles include walls, bouncers, and magnets. More than 75 levels are included, ranging from easy to difficult. |
| Grammar Nazi | 2008-02-02 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Grammar Nazi refers to the term given by the functionally illiterate to those who strive for the enforcement of rules governing how a language is to be used. This game is a vertical, single-screen shooter created in a single day wherein the grammar Nazis are taken to the task. The player controls the letter "A" at the bottom of the screen, moving sideways at a fixed speed and attacking a large enemy near the top of the screen. The letter is guarded by a shield and constantly reflects all letters shot by the enemy. To damage it, the player needs to correctly spell any English word, temporarily removing the shield while typing. If entered correctly, the enemy is damaged and certain shooting letters will disappear. The longer the word, the more damage inflicted. |
| Shadowgrounds Pack | 2008-02-04 | Meridian4, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Shadowgrounds Bundle-Pack is a compilation including Shadowgrounds and its successor Shadowgrounds Survivor. |
| Sins of a Solar Empire | 2008-02-04 | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | Ironclad Games Corporation | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Sins of a Solar Empire is a 4X-strategy game similar to the Civilization Series but instead of being turn-based, everything happens in real-time.Set in space, three factions compete over the control of the star clusters. The first one is the Trader Emergency Coalition (TEC) is a more industrial and somewhat traditional faction. The Advents are instead one collective of believers also known as the Unity. They prefer to use PsiTech over everything else. The last group is the Vasari Empire. The Empire was nearly destroyed 10.000 years ago and now prepares his comeback with brutal force and highly developed military vessels.All the factions are very different in look and feel; however, basic gameplay is always the same. You start with a lonely planet and start to expand your control. To do so you need to gather the resources such as metal or crystal from nearby asteroids. Build up logistic and tactical structures such as a Trade Port, which allows you to establish lucrative trade routes between worlds, or a Frigate Factory where you can construct frigates and cruisers. Labs allow you to research advanced technologies from your technology tree.You also gain access to capital ships which are the heart of your fleet. They are not only strong and powerful, but also advance in experience and may harbor small fighters and/or bombers which help you in battle. At each experience level, the capital ship gains a talent point which can be invested in new abilities. One of the Advent capital ships for example, can disable any special abilities an enemy vessel has.If you need money or other resources fast, you can also go and trade directly at the black market, which also gives you access to the fourth faction in this fight: the pirates. Pirates not only have a well defended base of operations in every star cluster, but they also launch raids on the players regularly. However, they only attack factions with the highest “bounty,” thus if a bounty is directed towards you, you can bribe the pirates to attack another faction by offering a higher bounty.The game does not offer a single player campaign. The single player only consists of skirmish matches against the CPU with different maps (and sizes). The real heart of the game is instead the multiplayer mode which runs over the central server called Ironclad Online. There you can play against up to 10 other players and even save the matches in-between which is necessary because even a small round can take several hours to complete. |
| Sins of a Solar Empire (Collector's Edition) | 2008-02-04 | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
Sins of a Solar Empire
Foldout tech-tree poster
Artwork posters
Hotkey card
Music CD |
| Spaceforce: Captains | 2008-02-05 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Dreamatrix Game Studios | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Spaceforce: Captains, the sequel to Spaceforce: Rogue Universe, is a classic turn-based strategy game set in the future, but it features role-playing and tycoon elements too. Your goal is to build and develop a space station from which you'll have to gather resources, research new technology, build a fleet and ultimately conquer the galaxy during 3 campaigns with 24 missions. |
| The Experiment | 2008-02-05 | Adventure Company, The | Lexis Numérique SA | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | Gérald Obringer, Nicolas Delaye | | Teen | | Windows | The Experiment (eXperience112) is a third-person adventure game played from an unusual angle. The game is set aboard a grounded ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The player is inside an operations room, but unable to move about. Instead, he has to guide an ill woman by the name of Lea Nichols using surveillance monitors and various complex control systems. No direct control can be exercised over Lea, instead the player uses a point-and-click interface to examine the different rooms from various angles and help her overcome obstacles by opening doors, turning valves, distracting enemies, flipping switches or taking direct control over systems governing temperature, water or electricity.The advanced camera systems allow the player to rotate the 3D environments and zoom in. There is no way to verbally communicate with Lea and players need to use sophisticated tools including heat detection, light intensifiers, audio analysis and thermal vision to preview the environment for her and make sure she gets a safe passage. Lea is not a puppet however, and she will not blindly follow every decision. It takes time to earn her trust, depending on factors of respecting her privacy and not leading her into situations where she becomes wounded or unconscious.There is a strong emphasis on the narration as the player does not know himself or his relationship to Lea. Fragments are introduced through flashbacks, scenes during actual gameplay and by looking through documents, files, e-mails and video logs on the ship's intranet. Some of the discoveries lead to secondary missions, providing more insight into the history, but entirely optional. |
| The Spiderwick Chronicles | 2008-02-05 | Sierra Entertainment, Inc. | Stormfront Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | Devin St. Clair, Tony Hudson, Michael Drake | Windows | The Spiderwick Chronicles is based off of the film by the same name. In this version, the player takes control of the Grace siblings, Jared, Simon, and Mallory, each with their own strengths abilities as well as Thimbletack the Brownie who's small size can explore small passages on the Spiderwick mansion.The gameplay consists of exploring the estate with their characters in a series of quests looking for ordinary items such as hose nozzles, solving puzzles, fighting mythical creatures such as trolls and goblins with novel weapons distinctive to each character such as slingshots, baseball bats, and squirt guns filled with vinegar. The player can also acquire special abilities and replenish health by capturing fairies using a fairy net that are scattered throughout the stages. |
| You Have to Burn the Rope | 2008-02-05 | Mazapán.se | Mazapán.se | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | "Computer games are getting so hard these days..."You Have to Burn the Rope is a simple game with a simple premise, resumed by the three instructions contained in the game's intro:
There's a boss (the Grinning Colossus) at the end of the tunnel
You can't hurt him with your weapons
To kill him you have to burn the rope above
The gameplay consists in using the arrow keys to move and jump and the shift key to throw axes. There is only one life and no continues. |
| Cate West: The Vanishing Files | 2008-02-06 | RealArcade | Gamenauts, Inc, Menara Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | During a book signing, the novelist Cate West is approached by the detective Ben Shepard who carries a photograph. As he lets it fall, Cate picks it up and has a vision while holding it. The vision is somewhat connected to a crime committed in Arcadia city, and that's when the police seeks Cate to help them solve a series of crimes dubbed The Vanishing Files. What Cate doesn't know yet is that those crimes are connected to her father's murder, which happened 17 years ago, and also to the Biblical legend of the 3 Magi.Cate West: The Vanishing Files is an adventure game heavily focused on puzzle solving. The gameplay consists in five steps:Finding Clues: from a list of objects, the player has to find a certain number of them for each case in the crime scenes available.
Finding Evidence: each evidence is broken into several pieces and scattered in a crime scene. A pictorial guide will help the player finding each part of the evidence at the crime scenes, while avoiding wrong clicks.
Confirming Hideout: to confirm a criminal's hideout, the player has to find differences between a photography and Cate's vision, clicking either the left or right picture to spot them.
Picking the Criminal: the player has to pick the criminal among the suspects. To do so, he has to search the evidences for more clues which will point characteristics of the criminal. With that data and the hideout, the player can exclude unlikely criminals and point the right one.
Matching the Crime Scene: once in the trial, the player has to match the courtroom testimony with the memory of the crime scene. A collection of objects will be given to the player and he has to place them on either one of the images so they can match.The player can use hints clicking on a hint button. When the hint is used, a blue ring will show where the clue is hidden or needs to be placed. The more hints used, the less bonus points are received. Bonus points are also given for speed, i.e., finding objects in a quick sequence. Also, picking the right criminal in the first attempt will grant the player bonus points. If the player clicks too many times on incorrect spots the timer will be deducted by 30 seconds.The game's ending is determined by the amount of points earned throughout the gameplay. Finishing the game in the lesser time, picking the criminals in the first attempt and avoiding random clicking and using hints will grant the player the best ending possible. |
| 3003 Crystal Mazes | 2008-02-07 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Selectsoft product page description (from Ad Blurbs)The ultimate jewel puzzle challenge!Give your brain a workout with 3003 Crystal Mazes, the deceptively simple jewel logic game! It's quick to learn--just push the jewels forward to their target destinations--but takes a lifetime to master! Over 3000 different logic puzzles will test your skills and push your brain to the limit. Are you up to the challenge?Features
Over 3000 different puzzles
Select puzzle
Puzzle randomizer
Undo moves
Redo moves
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| The Count of Monte Cristo | 2008-02-07 | SpinTop Games | FindHiddenObjects.com | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Count of Monte Cristo is a hidden object game based on the 1846 classic novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. The player assumes the role of Edmond Dantès, a man seeking revenge for a betrayal that sent him to prison. Each screen is a scene taken from the book, with a list at the bottom of objects that must be found and clicked before time runs out. Consecutive wrong clicks take 30 seconds off the timer.After Edmond's escape from prison (that acts as a prelude to the game), each chapter follows his investigation of one of eight suspects, comprised of several locations. Mini-games appear between chapters, and most are implementations of well-known casual titles and common puzzles, like Sudoku, tile matching, sliding-tile and jigsaw puzzles. They can be skipped with a penalty of ten minutes and the removal of all the available hints.The hint button at the bottom-right has five charges, represented as emeralds. It shows the exact position of one of the required objects. Extra gems can be collected on a bonus scene at the start of the next chapter. |
| Egyptian Ball | 2008-02-08 | EleFun Multimedia Games | EleFun Multimedia Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | It is the year 1361 before the birth of Christ, Tutanhamon has just taken the title of pharaoh. On this glorious day he proclaims that all temples in the land of Egypt shall be razed and that new ones shall be raised in his name. Yours is not the task of the builder, but rather that of the wreckers in this Breakout variant. As a demolisher of temples you are standing against ancient deities and dying religions serving your newly coined god. Do not fail in this bold work or you will suffer the fate of he who choices the wrong side in the war of gods.There are ten levels in each of the six areas, each area introduces temple elements of new deity. Your ball will bounce around the temple complexes destroying anything it touches, animals, stonework, or explosives until the stage is devoid of all but rubble. Different power-ups will give your paddle different abilities. Your paddle is the height of Egyptian technology, controlled by your mouse, this stone clockwork mechanism can launch your blue rolling demolition balls and equip arbalasts or ballistas. Unfortunately it is stuck at the bottom of the screen where it is used to keep your ball from falling off the open bottom half of the field, should all balls roll off screen your paddle will explode and you will lose a life. The aforementioned arbalasts and ballistas are power-ups that come from things you break, the former can fire missiles destroying whatever it touches, the latter's shots carry on even after they make contact with something destroying everything in the row that they are fired.There are also several other types of power-upsBlue: Helpful items.
Power ball: This will turn your ball orange and increase its destructive power.
Ball split: This will cause all current balls to generate two knew balls. This ability stacks so say one already had three then got this power up you'd have nine.
Slow down: All balls will slow down for a time, making them more manageable.
Enlarge: This will make your paddle larger
Red: Negative items.
Shrink: Has the nasty effect of making your paddle smaller.
Speed up: This will speed up the balls making them more likely to escape from you.
Yellow: Items with more indirect uses.
Arbalast & Ballista
Barrier: A rope that will be stretched along the bottom of the screen preventing balls from flying off. If hit by a ball the barrier will bounce it back onto the stage and vanish. One may have up to three barriers at a time
Hammer: A large demolition mallet that can be used to click on a certain object to destroy it. The game starts generating these for you if there are only a few objects on the screen that are left to be destroyed. |
| Great Secrets: Da Vinci | 2008-02-08 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | DayTerium | Puzzle | | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Great Secrets: Da Vinci is a hidden object game that follows closely all the standards of the genre. It has the obligatory screen filled with objects and a list of the ones that must be found. There are other standard variations of gameplay: sometimes the screen is split in two similar halves and the player has to click on the differences. Sometimes the player has to collect a number of only one type of object.The hint button, the number of objects left and a decreasing timer are placed at the top of the screen. After clicking on the tip button, it takes a minute for it to refill. Simple mini-games, like jigsaw puzzles and concentration, appear between the chapters.The thin plot deals with Leonardo Da Vinci's life and work. |
| Hinokakera Fragment: Eclipse | 2008-02-08 | Reddish Region | Reddish Region | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Fragment: Eclipse is the third major update in the "Hinokakera" series of doujin 2.5D fighting games, developed by Akaishi Ryuka under the circle name "Reddish Region".Set in the post-apocalyptic future, after the humanity had suffered an attack from a group of inhuman creatures and was nearly wiped out, with the technical progress coming to a permanent halt, it revolves around a group of characters, each with their own mission. While some of them are humans, others posses demonic powers, which had caused several Demon Sealing Wars in a not-so-distant-past. Particularly, "fragment:Eclipse" offers a visual novel like Story mode that follows the adventures of a single character - Raven.Hinokakera's current fighting system, while set in 3D environment, is similar to the newer 2D games of the genre, relying on long combos, air combat, super moves and several way to cancel (or "brake") an attack in order to combo further. |
| Kiss Before Midnight | 2008-02-08 | dtp entertainment AG | Rotobee Realtime 3D GmbH | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This dating simulation revolves around a group of nine people whose stories are all intertwined in the city of love, Paris. Paul has returned to his friends Amelie and Ricky after one year of studying in Berlin, and is thrilled to see his old crush Devine again, although he's less thrilled about her getting married to macho Vincent in a few days. Ricky is interested in Luca, the red-haired waitress at the clique's favorite café, while Amelie would like to get closer to her former professor Marcel Benoît. Amelie's fashion-conscious and manipulative twin sister Estelle and flower girl Marie will also play their part.Taking control of these characters throughout 15 episodes, players influence the relationships between them, mainly by choosing what they say in conversations. Some characters occasionally have to be dressed for a specific event in a mini game, while a second, more frequent mini game allows characters to tip the mood or topic of a conversation in their favor by using cards representing certain gestures. In the end, the player's actions through all episodes will determine who hooks up with whom. |
| National Geographic Safari Adventures: Africa | 2008-02-08 | Mastertronic Group Ltd. | Neko Entertainment SARL | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Africa | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Help your friends save the animals!
Discover the various planet ecosystems and resolve the problems linked
to environmental degredation. Make friends with over 50 animals,
including elephants, cheetahs and more. Fill your photo album with
pictures of all your latest explorations and new found friends. 90
amazing habitats to choose from and over 90 missions to solve!
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| Spandex Force | 2008-02-08 | KarjaSoft | KarjaSoft | Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Péter Szabó, Miro Karjalainen | Turn-based | | | Windows | Create your own hero and clean up the crime-infested town of Vigilance Valley in this puzzle RPG. Save citizens in distress, stop falling pianos, battle wacky supervillains -- it’s all in a day’s work for a new superhero. Spandex Force contains eight episodes filled with different minigames and lots of tongue-in-cheek humor.The main gameplay centers around a match-3 battle mechanic, in which the player uses his superpowers to defeat common criminals or supervillains. There are also many other minigames using variations of the match-3 mechanic in which the player has to collect enough power tokens within a certain time in order to accomplish the task -- stop a falling piano or plane, rescue an old lady from getting run over, stop a fire in a building, and more.The game is divided into eight episodes in which the player collects clue points in order to progress with the storyline. Experience points are also awarded to level up the hero, and money and reputation points can also be collected. The different resources are used to gain access to hero base upgrades, new superpowers or artifacts containing bonuses. Each episode contains one or more supervillains to battle, and features a lot of dialogue parodying common superhero themes and ideas. |
| Drive Green | 2008-02-09 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Gabriel Entertainment | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Drive Green is a licensed John Deere farming simulation. It includes 15 different farming tools, from the simple riding lawnmower to combine harvesters. Farming jobs include plowing, seeding, spraying, harvesting, mowing and baling hay. Vehicles are unlocked using Deere Dollars, earned by doing jobs for other farmers. Specifically, Deere icons will be scattered around the work area, to be picked up while passing over the crops. In addition, efficiency is tracked, and if high enough bonus Deere Dollars will be given. Also scattered around are fossils; be sure to collect them all. A time compression ability is included for the long jobs. Between jobs, feel free to wander around your farm, practice with the vehicles, or prepare your own crops. |
| Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory | 2008-02-11 | Matrix Games, Ltd., Tri Synergy, Inc. | Shockwave Productions Inc. | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation | | Real-time, Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory simulates the struggle of air warfare over the deadly skies of Britain during July 1940 to September 1940. Options allow playing the game at a strategic role such as supreme air commander controlling at your disposal all of the RAF or Luftwaffe resources at the map campaign level. If fighter pilot instant action is prefer you can also jump into the cockpit of a RAF Spitfire or Luftwaffe Messerschmitt along with many other great airplanes of the Battle of Britain. The game includes historical war time FMV clips for campaign scenarios to set the tone and enhance key battle events. For Instant Action the player can select from basic training through dog fighting and historic missions. The flight model controls can be adjusted from novice with minimal controls all the way to realistic with various input devices and weather dynamics. Campaign mode has extensive controls over targets, tasks, and resources. The strategic theater of battle is vast with many details that impact the consequences that unfold. Battle events timeline can be paused, real-time and accelerated.
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| Mini Golf: Dream Courses | 2008-02-11 | IncaGold plc, PC3 Programs | Microvalue | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Mini Golf: Dream Courses is a minigolf game that features four courses of nine holes for each one. The player can only control the swing. |
| Shit Game | 2008-02-11 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | As the name implies, Shit Game does not sport much ambition, but behind the name and the apparently sloppily drawn black-and-white graphics is a large amount of varied and thought out gameplay. It is played as a typical platformer where an anonymous protagonist for no apparent reason needs to reach a gate to finish levels filled with surrealistic environments including crashing planes, giant heads and floating eyeballs. There are no means of attack, but certain objects in the environment can be used to take out enemies. The game keeps track of the number of tries and completion time. The music consists of instrumental renditions of film soundtracks and well-known songs. |
| Sydney Treads the Catwalk | 2008-02-11 | | | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The sequel to Ivan Dixon's Sydney Finds Employment finds our lackluster hero fighting to save his television show, "Better Homeless Living." It seems the rating are low and the big man himself, Mr. Corps, has given Sydney an ultimatum: get the viewers or get lost!Sydney Treads the Catwalk is a freeware adventure made with the AGS engine. The player controls Sydney with the mouse; right click to cycle through walking, examining, picking up, talking, and using, and left click to activate the command. Items can be stored in Sidney's knapsack. Items can be combines or closely examined in the inventory. |
| Drömjobbet i Rosemond Valley | 2008-02-12 | PAN Vision AB | Massive Entertainment AB | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Drömjobbet I Rosemond Valley the player runs their own mall. Play as Josephine who is tasked with running the shopping center. You can define where which store should be opened, design the rooms and hire staff. Buy wares, set prices and do marketing. Certain tasks have to be fulfilled in the levels, for example earning a certain amount of money in a fixed time. These tasks become more difficult over time. |
| Penumbra: Black Plague | 2008-02-12 | Paradox Interactive AB | Frictional Games AB | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements, Stealth, Survival horror | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Black Plague is the second major part of what was originally planned as the Penumbra trilogy. The story is picked up right after the events of the first game, where Philip travelled to Greenland to pursue a location the notes of his father describe. The game takes off deep inside the mines, in a complex known as The Shelter, built in the seventies by the Archaic Elevated Castle, an organization in pursuit of ancient knowledge. Philip gets to know more about the Tuurngait virus and the storyline is explained further through the events and notes left behind.Gameplay is fairly identical to the original game. Philip has to gain access to different locations mostly by relying on his wit, in a survival horror setting. The environment is very dark and puzzles are more complex than similar games, requiring extensive object manipulation, combined with a realistic physics engine where the mouse is used to open drawers, turn valves on tools and throw or stack objects. As the original game was often criticized for the cumbersome close-combat, the sequel removes almost all offensive means, having the player use the environment to outwit enemies and run from them, and putting the focus almost entirely on the puzzle-solving aspect. Gameplay is also largely based on stealth and hiding in dark corners. The game is shown through a first-person perspective with a regular mode, and an interact mode to explore specific areas.Important items are stored in an inventory, with quick slots. The player can take multiple hits and restore health through painkillers. The game uses fixed save points, represented as ancient objects. Where the first game introduced the character Red as a dubious radio sidekick, the second game makes interaction more complex, as Philip is contact with a certain Dr. Amabel Swanson as well as with Clarence, a conflicting voice inside his head as a second personality due to the effects of an infection. Clarence is able to cause effects such as déjà vus (playable sequences), distorted reality and a lack of control over vision and movement.Playing the first game is not required to follow the story, but many important plot elements are further explained or referenced. New to this game are a gas mask, the use of computer terminals to access information and gain access to new areas, and an additional button to rotate items more easily when holding them. |
| Rock: A True Story | 2008-02-12 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Rock: A True Story is the second game featuring "The Spoons!" band that first appeared in The Spoons. Doh-Mii, a young rocker chosen by the Goddess of Rock, came to Reality-on-the-Norm to save the very soul of music. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Doh-Mii to attend the performance of the "The Spoons!" band in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. |
| Sam & Max: Season Two - Night of the Raving Dead | 2008-02-12 | GameTap LLC | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Night of the Raving Dead is the third episode of the second season in the Sam & Max episodic series. After successfully preventing the destruction of civilization as we know it on Easter Island, they now have to face the German vampire Jurgen at his rave club called "Zombie Factory" in Stuttgart, Germany.The gameplay is identical to the previous games in the series. The game is entirely in 3D and the player controls Sam. Sam can interact with the environment through mouse-based actions. He can talk to other characters, examine the environment, pick up items and use them with other objects in order to solve all the puzzles thrown at him. The inventory is shown as a cardboard box at the bottom of the screen. The episode includes new characters like Jurgen as well as old ones like Sybill who is finally back in her office. The movie studio from Sam & Max Episode 2: Situation: Comedy also returns as a location. Again there are a few new mini-games like a rhyming duel against Jurgen, as well as slightly altered version of the driving sequence which now requires you to shoot zombies. |
| Mofa Racer | 2008-02-13 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, TASK four | VIS GbR | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mofa Racer is a racing game with mopeds, motorcycles and scooters. It has three game modes: single race, time trials and a tournament. There are six racing tracks, including a park and a shopping mall. Local multiplayer is possible via split screen. |
| Sheep's Quest | 2008-02-13 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Ladia Group | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The main objective in Sheep's Quest is to direct a flock of sheep to an exit avoiding hazards along the way. The sheep blindly march along, only turning when they reach a blockage, such as a wall or other barrier. By placing arrows on the maze-like board, guide them where they should go. To finish a level and open the exit, all coins must be collected (as well as keys in some levels) by walking a sheep over them. Reach the destination by guiding them around falling boxes, trees and the like, and keeping them from falling into holes or running into enemies. Coins gathered are used to upgrade their farm.Higher levels introduce variations such as jumping between sections of the playfield trampoline-style, or hopping into trucks to ferret them around. Various power-ups can be gathered to speed them up or make them invincible for a short time.In addition to the Lemmings-like gameplay are bonus levels in between each of the seven worlds. Sheep jump from the top of a barn or other structure and must be caught and bounced across the screen and over a fence. The level is won when the specified number of sheep have successfully jumped over. |
| Waterstorm | 2008-02-13 | Rarebyte | Rarebyte | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Waterstorm is a 2D multiplayer submarine shooter with a variety of different ships and high-tech weapons you can choose from. Players from around the world can fight against each other in amazing underwater scenarios. Four game modes are available: Deathmatch (FFA), Team Deathmatch, Drone Match and Capture the Flag.In order to play the game, users have to register an account. Basically, there are two account types: Free Account and Supporter Account. When registering, first a Free Account is provided, but when paying a small free (the user can decide how much s/he wants to give), the account is upgraded to the Supporter Account which features a lot of extras and helps the developers to maintain the game. |
| Bonesaw | 2008-02-14 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Bonesaw is a game loosely based on the Clarkson University hockey team, The Golden Knights, but it plays like an old-school platformer.In fact, there's precious little hockey here! The plot involves an evil referee kidnapping the players on the team, leaving only you, the new guy. Now it's up to the player to embark on a mighty quest to save them by running through 30 levels ranging in type from a forest to a land of snow and ice (fitting for hockey, eh?), defeating enemies and solving simple puzzles as you do so.Every so often you'll come to a giant boss who needs beating, although most of your journey will have you facing off against weak, minor enemies.To help in the player's quest, you can use various weapons, such as a hockey stick, or even wield the mighty Bonesaw to tear up anything in your way. And you'll also find golden hockey pucks; grabbing those will unlock some bonuses for you. |
| Lupercalia | 2008-02-14 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | Lupercalia is an interactive fiction game where you have to save the poor shepherd from the wolves. You'll meet some strange travellers and entities such as Pan or the Greenman, and you can play from a young man or woman point of view.Initially this game was only released in French. |
| Totally Spies! Totally Party | 2008-02-14 | Valcon Games LLC | Mad Monkey Studio, OUAT Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Totally Spies! Totally Party is an arcade action game for children based on the background of the popular animated series Totally Spies. The story of the game is directly related to the events presented in the television cartoon. The game's plot tells the fate of three teenage schoolgirls who were incorporated into the American Special Services: Sam, Alex and Clover. The player's task is to perform the tasks assigned by the Head of the Agency called Jerry.The game offers a story and an arcade mode. The story mode consists of ten chapters. In each chapter the player must defeat another enemy by taking his energy. A duel takes place on the game board. Each box is marked with a different symbol, such as: base, bonus gadget, mini arcade game. The game offers a total of 25 arcade mini-games, such as: appearance on the catwalk, landing on the roof of a skyscraper, fighting with aliens, escape from fans, throw a dog, avoiding lasers, boutique defense or eating sushi on time. The victory in a mini arcade game unlocks the arcade mode. Chapter winner receives an extra ability. For special achievements the player receives additional outfits.The multiplayer mode allows to play three people at a time. |
| Audiosurf | 2008-02-15 | Audiosurf, LLC | Audiosurf, LLC | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Falling block puzzle, Music / rhythm | | Hovercraft, Track racing | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | In essence, Audiosurf is a music visualizer with rhythm/music gameplay. The game's environments are dynamically generated based on any song the player picks from his music library, supporting file types such as cda (music disc), mp3, ogg, wma and songs from iTunes. Most of the levels are futuristic floating worlds, where the song is represented as a race track. With the tag line Ride Your Music, colors are bright, elevation and hills match the game's tempo and synchronize the visuals. Intense actions go downhill at a fast speed or take place in tunnels, while slow build-ups go up slopes. Beats usually lead to small and regular hills. There are many objects along the track that move along the game's rhythm. As a game, it introduces a vehicle on the race track with an overall design similar to the Wipeout games. Players are not able to alter the vehicle's speed, which is controlled by the current song's rhythm, but can move left or right.Next to freerides with no specific goals game elements, gameplay has been divided into different modes based on three difficulty levels. Players usually have to hit or avoid certain blocks, or use the different colors to build combinations of blocks on a grid. As well as the environment, the series of blocks match the game rhythm and a small sound (from four variations) can be set to go along with the music. The core elements mix the matching system of Guitar Hero with the dynamic gameplay of games such as musika or Phase, even carrying hints of Lumines or Klax.The music can be chosen from anywhere on the hard drive, but the game also includes a radio where freeware songs can be played. The vehicle on the tracks can be controlled using the mouse of the keyboard, but in the Double Vision mode with two vehicles both have to be used at the same time, or are controlled by two players simultaneously. There are no weapons, but certain modes allow the player to push objects to another column on the grid, hold on to blocks, shuffle them or destroy certain colors. In the modes with multiple colors, there are special blocks with additional points, multipliers and icons that turn all blocks on the grid into a certain color. The player cannot die. Instead, a short respawning phase is shown where no blocks can be hit. There is a tutorial, and a freeride mode where the scenery can be admired without gameplay elements.Next to points acquired during the race, additional trophies are awarded afterwards based on skill. The tracks are automatically divided into three levels of achievements (bronze, silver and gold) with a set amount of points. Individual rankings are kept for each of the songs, divided over the game modes and difficulty levels. Further filters can limit the lists to the player's country, friends on his list or recent plays. The player can also alter the colours of the different blocks. |
| Cactus Arcade | 2008-02-15 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cactus Arcade is a compilation of seventeen games by Jonatan Söderström, bundled into a single package through one interface to make them more accessible. No changes have been made to the games themselves. The included titles are:
Burn the Trash
Clean Asia!
Fractal Fighter
Fuck Space
God Came to the Cave
Illegal Communication
Minubeat
Mondo Agency
Mondo Medicals
MSOIDS
Protoganda
Psychosomnium
Retro II
Seizuredome
Shotgun Ninja
The Design
xWUNG |
| Hour of Victory | 2008-02-15 | Midway Games Limited | nFusion Interactive LLC | Action | 1st-person | | Spy / espionage, War | Shooter, Stealth | Africa, Europe, World War II | | | | Teen | | Windows | Hour of Victory is a World War II-themed first-person shooter from nFusion, the guys responsible for the Deadly Dozen series.Players are able to play each level as one of three character representing a different class: Taggert, a covert operative, specializing in stealth and sabotage who can can hide in shadows to become mostly invisible and pick locks; Ross, a British commando of the guns-ablazing frontal assault type who can take more hits, and he can also push a few heavy objects around; or an Bull, an Army ranger who excels in sniping and demolitions and also carries a grappling hook for areas inaccessible to the other two classes.Players can take control of any vehicle in levels that cover Europe and North Africa. The 360 version contains the multiplayer modes Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Devastation. |
| Top Trumps: Dogs & Dinosaurs | 2008-02-15 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Slam Productions Ltd, SoGoPlay Ltd. | Strategy | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Back of Case - Nintendo DS (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Welcome to the fabulous world of Top TrumpsBased on the classic card game, Top Trumps Dogs and Dinosaurs takes the experience to a whole new level.Play against the computer or against your friends, enter quizzes and collect specials cards, and compete in single games and tournaments.The gameplay opportunities are almost limitless, and the fun endless.Now what are you waiting for? Let`s play...
Play against the computer or against friends.
Compete in Single Games or Tournaments.
Earn as many medals and trophies as you can.
Collect cards to display in your Wall Chart.
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| Avernum V | 2008-02-17 | Spiderweb Software | Spiderweb Software | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | All was prosperous and peaceful in the Empire—until recently. Someone tried to assassinate the Empress…but who would dare such a thing, and to what end? The answer to the mystery may lie with the rebel Dorikas, who has fled to the subterranean realm of Avernum. A party of four brave heroes must pursue Dorikas underground, solve the mystery, and restore order to the land.Avernum V is an isometric role-playing game in the tradition of Ultima, Fallout, and the previous Avernum games. Create a party of four characters of various races, classes, skills, and traits and explore a vast underground territory. Exploration and menu navigation is mouse-driven with optional hotkey controls. The combat mode is a turn-based affair in which each party member has a given number of action points for movement, melee/ranged attacks, and spellcasting.
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| Boulder Match 4 | 2008-02-18 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In Boulder Match 4, the player has to collect money and other treasures, open secret doors, and fight against mysterious creatures. Some of the features are swamping underground or water veins. The game is suitable for young children, because there is no violence or other frightening things. |
| Terrorist Takedown 2: US Navy SEALs | 2008-02-18 | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Shooter | Middle East | | | | | | Windows | Terrorist Takedown 2: US Navy Seals is yet another installment of the Terrorist Takedown series. Again the player is drawn into the "War against Terror" in the middle east. This time the story of the game evolves around a hostage situation, which the player and his team has to resolve. The game is a standard first person shooter. Therefore it uses the basic control layout established in first person shooters, the aiming is done by mouse, while the movement control is done with the (freely configurable) keyboard. The player is armed with the usual rifles, pistols and grenades. Healing is done without medpacks but simply waiting for a short period of time will replenish the health of the player. |
| The Cleaner | 2008-02-18 | | | Action | Side view | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The Cleaner is a freeware sidescrolling action game scripted with the Game Maker engine. It takes place in a fantasy universe where magic and futuristic technology coexist. The story centers around a people highly skilled in the ways of magic which uses their powers to open up dimension-portals and explore worlds separated from theirs. Unfortunately for them evil shadowy creatures from another dimension also uses these portals to send over their minions to the mages realm with the intent of enslaving it. You play a young mage titled The Cleaner whose task it will be to travel to various worlds through the portals in order to fight back the invading forces threatening your home-world.The gameplay consists of moving through various levels whose environments ranges from lush green meadows to snow-covered arctic plains and battle a wide variety of enemies such as acid-spitting seaslugs and heavily armed gunships as well as solving some puzzles. You will be able to fly and shoot in any direction on the screen by using mouse and keyboard simultaneously. An arsenal of magic spells powered by mana is your main means of defense but you can also use telekinesis to remotely grab and move lose objects with the mouse and use these as blunt weapons. Telekinesis will also be required to solve most of the puzzles in the game.There is also some elements of roleplaying which consists of collecting coloured orbs named essence points and spend these to improve the efficiency of your spells as well as four different stats which improves flying speed, the rate at which mana regenerates and the maximum amount of manapoints and hitpoints respectively. You can also find pieces of shattered relics at various points in the game to collect and each relic completed will give you a new power, such as the ability to project a light-beam from your hand to make targeting easier. In between certain levels you will get to watch animated cutscenes which serves to move the plot forward.All of these cutscenes, save for the intro detailing the background story, are virtually devoid of any dialogues or written text and relies solely on the visual outputs to advance the story.
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| Farm Vet | 2008-02-19 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Espaço Informática Ltda | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | www.espacoinf.com - Official developer's website (from Ad Blurbs)Farm Vet (2007-2008)
You are a veterinary apprentice, and you'll have to take care of the farm's animals, feeding, playing with them, and of course, handling their problems and diseases.You'll find 10 kind of animals, and you'll need to solve more than 60 cases to become a virtual Pro Veterinary.There are 20 real cases, written by pro vets. You'll use more than 40 realistic tools, you'll run labs' tests, X- Ray, and thus make the right diagnosis, and choose the right treatments to keep the animals' health.Every case has realistic information and explanations, also step-by-step hints. According to your progress in-game the farm will grow, and new animals will appear.You can walk freely by the 3D Farm scenery, riding horses, and you'll also find five mini-games which completes the fun with the game. |
| Letter Lab | 2008-02-19 | Freeze Tag, Inc. | Freeze Tag, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | Side view, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | Lily has made an amazing discovery: a 'spelling intelligence' serum. Unfortunately, the evil Dr. Al Literate wants to steal the serum so he can win the national spelling bee. Never mind that that is only for kids. To stop him, Lily has challenged him to a spelling duel, w-i-n-n-e-r take allLetter Lab is a spelling puzzle game. You are shown a board with nine letters. By clicking letters in order, you must spell words of at least three letters or more long. You can use letters anywhere on the board, whether they touch or not. You do, however, need to use the center letter in each word you create and use each letter only once. Each word you create fills your test tube. The more letters in a word, the more it fills the test tube.In Relax mode, you just make words and fill the test tube at your own pace. There is a hint button, if you get stuck, but if you use it, you will have the word 'cheater' stamped on the score at the end. In Arcade mode, you must fill your test tube before Dr. Al Literate fills his. There is no hint button. If Dr. Al Literate fills his test tube first, you lose that round and must retry. |
| Wings over Israel | 2008-02-19 | Third Wire Productions, Inc. | Third Wire Productions, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | | | Windows | Wings over Israel covers the wars over the desert of the Middle East in the 1960s, 70s and 80s specifically the 1967 Six-Day War, 1973 Yom Kippur War, and 1982 Lebanon War.Players will be able to fly such aircraft for the Israeli Defense Force / Air Force such as the Mirage IIICJ Shahak, Nesher, Kfir C2, A-4 Ahit, F-4 Kurnass, F-15 Baz, and F-16 Netz. Also included are the SU-7,MiG-17, MiG-19, MiG-21 and MiG-23 for the Arab forces for the period. As with previous Third Wire flight sims, the game is highly modifiable and the player can make the opposing forces flyable in a few minutes.Find yourself on a campaign on the first days of the Six Day war on an early morning strike on Egyptian airfields or later years in a F-15 Baz over the Bekaa Valley to establish air dominance in a high threat SAM environment. |
| Go-Go Gourmet | 2008-02-20 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Oberon Games, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | Henry, the grandfather of a cook apprentice called Ginger, goes around the world searching for recipes, leaving his niece to take care of the family restaurant. Ginger has to take jobs to acquire experience and fill the cookbook with new dishes.Go-Go Gourmet is a time-management game with elements from the hidden object genre. The main interface shows a restaurant kitchen, with food laying around, and orders at the right side of the screen listing the required ingredients for the recipes. The objective is to achieve a minimum amount of money, fulfilling orders by clicking on the ingredients to make the dishes, and delivering them by either clicking on the order or the tray at the bottom. A clock shows the time left before the restaurant closes.Some recipes require an extra cooking step, displayed on the order as an icon for the kitchen appliance to be used. The player can jump from order to order at will, completing one while the cooking process is being performed on another.A maximum of three orders accumulate, each with a portrait of the customer. The portrait background changes color to indicate the level of impatience of the customer. Pleased customers pay more, while angry customers can leave the restaurant in fury while their orders are still incomplete.The money collected is used to reform Ginger's restaurant. Special prizes are received for speed and accuracy, and later added to the decoration as well. There are three money goals for each level, awarded with bronze, silver and gold medals.Each restaurant has its own theme, culinary and unique ingredients. Bonus levels appear from time to time, where the objective is to collect all the ingredients listed in a notebook at the top-right, within a time limit. The hint button shows the location of an ingredient without any point penalty, but slowly recharges after use. |
| The Club | 2008-02-20 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Bizarre Creations, Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The Club is an organization that recruits "outsiders" to fight in an underground bloodsport. Those "outsiders" come from every possible corner of the earth but have one thing in common: they are good at killing people.Eight characters with different skills await the player. Renwick for example is an ex-cop which is rather balanced in the skills speed, strength and stamina. Once the decision has been made, the tournament needs to be chosen. Set for example in a Stahlwerk in Germany, each tournament consists of six rounds. Each round has a different objective. The sprint challenge for example requires the player to race to the exit before time runs out. The siege challenge instead requires the player to survive for a certain amount of time in a limited space.But all challenges have one thing in common: The player looks at his character's back and shoots his way through hordes of enemies. For each kill, the player gets points and builds up a combo-multiplier. How many points the player gets depends on how high the multiplier is, where he hit the enemy and if he performed a special action before the kill like breaking through a door or jumping through a window. Each kill increases the multiplier by one but if the player waits too long between kills, it decreases. The higher it was at the last kill, the faster it will decrease.The game also features 8 different multiplayer-modes. These include normal Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch as well as modes like Team Fox Hunt in which the teams need to kill the fox of the enemy team in order to win. |
| Blood Ties | 2008-02-21 | Merscom LLC | ShadeTree Games | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | Tor Schandall, Daniel Cho, Gina JeanCharles, Ryan Herrold | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Private detective Vicki Nelson has to solve a series of missing persons cases with the help of a 450-year-old vampire.Blood Ties is a standard hidden object game tied to an obscure Canadian TV series license. As is always the case with these games, the objective is to find all the objects of a list in a screen cluttered with things.The game is segmented in investigation cases with a number of locations (each with one screen with a list) and a fixed time limit. Three hints are provided at the start of each case. They highlight the position of listed objects when clicked. Pentagrams add an extra hint when found. |
| Imperium Romanum | 2008-02-21 | Kalypso Media GmbH | Haemimont Games AD | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Classical antiquity | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Imperium Romanum is a city building simulation set between 500 BC and 100 AD - in other words: the time of the Roman Empire. It focuses mostly on the economical aspect of the cities and combat has little bearing on the gameplay. As usual the player is in the position of the city planner and constructs all the different buildings needed for functional educational cycles and for satisfying the population, e.g. resource buildings, processing industries, schools, taverns, military and prestige constructions. Most importantly is a logical structure and short production paths.The game offers no free building mode but only (including the campaign) unrelated missions where the player needs to fulfill certain requirements. The catch: The player decides himself when the game gives him these quests which are concealed in cards. So if the player wants he could build up the city a few hours and then reveal the first card with the first mission or reveal three of them at the same time. There are also optional missions which reward certain bonuses. |
| Largo Winch: Empire Under Threat | 2008-02-21 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubi Soft Annecy Studios | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This adventure game is based on the famous comic book character of the same name. The hero - Largo was a Yugoslavian orphan, who was adopted by the world's wealthiest man, who was in search of an heir. When his adoptive father dies, the now 26-year-old Largo inherits the Winch Corporation, a financial consortium worth more than 10 billion dollars. Drawn to the challenge of presiding over such a vast empire, Largo takes over from his father and plunges headfirst into a new, unexpectedly vicious world of murder and deceit.
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| Pixel & Vega in Crunch Time | 2008-02-21 | VMC Game Labs | Tandem Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pixel & Vega in Crunch Time is a match three game with with a story unfolding in real-time on video monitors visible on next to the game field as the player clears blocks.Futuracorp's newest science fiction MMO has entered Crunch Time and its code is suddenly being ravaged by bugs and corrupt data, seemingly of alien origin. Pixel drags Vega into the fray, controlled by the player's actions as Pixel keeps both the player and Vega updated on the status of the MMO.Matching three or more blocks and creating chains raise the player's score, which progresses the narrative. Pixel, Vega and a selection of other characters are fully voice-acted and animated as they react to the player's actions with witty commentary and pop culture references. There is no timer and no game over state, as the board resets if there are no moves left. The game progresses continually from start to finish without any level loads, with the storytelling progressing naturally along the way. |
| Silverfall: Earth Awakening | 2008-02-21 | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Kyiv's Games, Monte Cristo Multimedia | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Action RPG | Fantasy, Steampunk | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Silverfall: Earth Awakening is an stand alone add-on to Silverfall. Several years have passed since the end of Silverfall. After you had saved the land and the city, the inhabitants made you the the king of Nelwïë and under your rule the country flourished and lived in peace. But there's of course an evil power lurking in the shadows that doesn't want you to live the rest of your live in peace and the balance of the world is once again threatened when meteors rain from the sky and the bodies of water turn into holes full of ooze. So once again it is up to you to save the world.Although you don't need the main game to play the add-on, it is still recommended since the game puts you right into the middle of the action without explaining what has transpired before. And the add-on also requires an existing character of level 45 which can be either imported from the main game or generated at the beginning. One reason to do so could be to try out the two new races Dwarf and Saurian. While the Dwarven are very resistant against spells and injuries, the Saurians are very agile and excel at archery.While the core hack 'n' slay-gameplay remains the same, your hero is now controlled with the keyboard and the interface now supports drag & drop. This gives you the freedom to customize it much like World of Warcraft or any other modern MMORPG.The add-on also adds the mandatory new items to the game as well as 150 new spells and combat techniques and 30 new skills. |
| AGON: The Lost Sword of Toledo | 2008-02-22 | Kalypso Media GmbH | Private Moon Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Europe | | | | | | Windows | AGON: The Lost Sword of Toledo is the fourth installment in the AGON Episodic Adventures series. Professor Samuel Hunt travels to Toledo, Spain, in search of another lost board game and another page of the Mysterious Codex. Unfortunately, the current owner of the board game has been jailed on suspicion of the theft of a sword. Only if he helps prove the suspect innocent can Samuel hope to find the missing items and continue his quest.The game is a point-and-click adventure with node-based movement, full 360 degrees circumferential visibility and challenging puzzles. A map of Toledo lets the player change locations within the city. After choosing a new location, and after solving some puzzles, comic-style animated cut-scenes are shown. |
| Blitzkrieg 2: Anthology | 2008-02-22 | ASCARON Entertainment UK Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology is a compilation of the following games:
Blitzkrieg 2
Blitzkrieg II: Fall of the Reich
Blitzkrieg 2: Liberation
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| Dark Age of Camelot: Complete Edition | 2008-02-22 | GOA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Since this Edition is Complete, it includes the base game and all expansions:
Dark Age of Camelot (base game)
Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: Foundations (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: Trials of Atlantis (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: New Frontiers (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: Catacombs (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: Darkness Rising (expansion)
Dark Age of Camelot: Labyrinth of the Minotaur (expansion)
The compilation also includes a two-months free subscription to the game. |
| Death Track: Resurrection | 2008-02-22 | 1C Company | SkyFallen Entertainment | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Death Track: Resurrection is a remake of the 1989 game Deathtrack. It is a futuristic driving game that combines arcade racing with vehicular combat. The player participates as a rookie pilot in survival races in the future, organized to be broadcasted over television and set in the post-apocalyptic setting of what is left of such cities as Paris, Bangkok, London, Vatican City, Prague, New York, Moscow, Istanbul, San Diego and Tokyo. Between the races, the story of the thrills and sabotage is furthered through rendered cutscenes.There are five game modes: Scenario (main story mode), Tournament (three cups where the player can earn money), Challenge (perform tasks through races on the unlocked tracks), Drag Races and Quick Races. Gameplay is arcade-oriented as the tracks are filled with obstacles, sharp twists and Terminator robots that shoot the cars. By winning races, new cars can be acquired and outfitted with upgrades and weapons such as laser, plasma and machine guns, mines, spikes, rocket launchers and flares. There is also Nitrous Oxide to get a boost. Most races need to be won by taking first place, but the opponents can also be killed and in some modes a specific task needs to be performed. Points, converted in cash, also become available through Afterburner (use boost without colliding for a long time), Clean Ride (safe driving), Flight (remain airborne for a while), Destruction (demolish objects along the tracks) and Stunts. Many of the tracks have springboards that can be used to perform stunts, which are then shown in slow-motion using an alternate camera view or a secondary game window.Players can also receives bonuses while driving, based on five levels of competence. These include Haste, Shield, Repair, Points Boost, Damage Boost and Ammo. For each track, a number of presets are available: Modern (bonuses, weapons, respawns), Classic (only point boosts bonuses, weapons, no respawns - similar to the original game), Rally (only haste bonus, no weapons, respawns) and Custom where the player can define parameters. The game does not support multiplayer. |
| Perimeter: Gold Edition | 2008-02-22 | 1C Company | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Gold Edition includes:
Perimeter
Perimeter: Emperor's Testament
Special materials
Modification tools |
| Rnixa's Secret 2 | 2008-02-23 | Struthers Games | Struthers Games | Action | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Rnixa's Secret 2 is an adventure game where the player takes control of the phoenix Rnixa.
Rnixa is a phoenix in training and her master Xrimen has many enemies. One day Xrimen found a magical locket that has the power to destroy all her enemies, however she can not open it without
the 8 relics. The 8 relics are under the control of Xrimens enemies who, when learning about the
locket, have decided to gang up on her. Xrimen realises that she is too old to go and collect the
relics by herself so she sends Rnixa to do it in her place. The player must now guide Rnixa on her quest to capture the 8 relics. While wearing the magical
locket she can not fly but feathers she finds gives her the ability go glide for short distances. The game play is quite similar to that of the first Zelda game except the ability to glide over small chasms and rivers. This game was written in C++ using Allegro. |
| Seven Minutes | 2008-02-23 | Virtanen Games | Virtanen Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Seven Minutes is a 2D platformer with an unusual premise. The player starts in a room and encounters a glowing orb. Upon touching it, a giant head appears and announces that the player has only seven minutes to live. What would you do in your last seven minutes in life?Controlling a small, block-like human, the player only moves and jumps using the arrow keys. The goal is to try to escape the different rooms under the time limit. The player will encounter different puzzles in the rooms: in some the correct path is not visible, others require precise jumping etc. Many contain deadly traps, much like Punishment, but there is an endless amount of life as long as the clock is still ticking. Progressing through the game, the rooms get stranger and harder to solve.The only threats are the deadly spikes and of course the time limit. Upon death, the player respawns at the beginning of the scene and time is deducted from the counter. While playing, the giant head constantly taunts the player, omniscient about all the traps and the player's death, pondering fatalistic thoughts such as "I wonder what it feels like to die alone." and "Sometimes all the roads lead us astray." The game has a very aggressive atmosphere, not only because of the giant head, but also through fast rave-like music and flashing images. Depending on the player's choices, the game has two different endings, immediately shutting down the game afterwards, no matter the outcome. |
| Once Upon a Time | 2008-02-24 | LN Games | LN Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Adventure Game Studio product page description (from Ad Blurbs)Once Upon A Time is a point and click 3rd person adventure set in the imaginary Hidden Kingdom. You guide Jack on his quest to rescue a pricess abducted by the evil Dragon King. The game has 8 different location and over 175 rooms to explore. The various puzzles have been designed to be more challenging as the game progresses. |
| Nanosmiles | 2008-02-25 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Nanosmiles is a Japanese arena shooter where the vague, drawn introduction appears to suggest the world is on the brink of destruction. A girl imprints a message in the DNA of a cell organism before everything around her disappears. In sixteen levels players control a small blue object in enclosed areas. It can be moved around and dash for a short distance with an additional key.In each of the areas, the player needs to defeat all other organisms. With no means of defence, it needs to activate so-called options, brown equivalents of itself that are able to shoot. The player then targets the enemies, dodging bullets, while the options that follow it shoot opponents. It is the player who has to press a key to command them to shoot. As soon as an option is hit, it is deactivated and the player's organism needs to move over it for revival. When disabled options are left lingering too long, they disappear. As soon as the player's organism is hit, the game is over. Certain enemies also leave behind new options.While playing, new music tracks are unlocked progressively and any track can be chosen before playing a level. There is a short tutorial that explains the gameplay. |
| Lost: Via Domus - The Video Game | 2008-02-26 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | After Oceanic 815 crashes, survivor Elliott Maslow finds himself on a mysterious island. His cloudy memories and an attack on his life put him at odds with his fellow castaways. Soon he finds himself caught in a struggle between the survivors and the island's original inhabitants. If only he could remember the past.Lost: Via Domus ties in to the hit television series. The third-person action/adventure game presents an original story and introduces a new character into the Lost universe. Interacting with Lost characters, exploring Lost landmarks, and uncovering the island's secrets are all key to Elliott's survival.Gameplay includes Resident Evil-like fetch quests and puzzle solving. As in the TV series, the game has flashbacks which are part of the game storyline. The story follows the first two seasons of the TV series. You explore the locations seen in the show - caves, beach, the area belonging to "The Others" and swan station. You can also interact with other characters of the tv-series. Trading and taking pictures with a camera is also part of the gameplay. |
| Nano Pack Vol. 1 | 2008-02-26 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Nano Pack Vol. 1 is a compilation of mini-games not released individually as a single zip file with three executables. All elements take place inside a screen of 120x120 pixels.The most important game is Knytt Nano, an exploration game set in the Knytt universe. Playing in a very small screen, a character needs to be guided through a level without danger. The focus is on exploration and there are small puzzle elements to solve, which lead to a proper ending. Next to movement, two additional keys can be used, one to jump and another to run faster. The character is also able to cling to walls.The second game is Nano Lasers, a small puzzle game where a laser needs to be guided to reach a target. The path can be altered by changing the direction of the laser.The final element is not a game, but Nano Portfolio, with illustrations and pixel art created by Sara Sandberg. |
| Turning Point: Fall of Liberty | 2008-02-26 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Spark Unlimited | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | North America | | | | Teen | Sean Applegate | Windows | Winston Churchill was struck by a taxicab in 1931. What if he had died and without his leadership, Britain fell to the Nazis along with the rest of Europe?Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is an alternate-history first-person shooter in which the player takes the role of a New York construction worker named Dan Carson in 1953, when the German Reich invades and occupies the American East Coast. He joins the National Guard troops trying to put up a defensive perimeter around subway and railway systems so civilians can escape. Many advanced WWII weapons appear, including some that were under research, and some that never appeared. There are super-heavy tanks such as the Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus and Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte, and also the Nachteule troop-transport zeppelin, the Flugzeugträger aircraft-carrier zeppelin, as well as various advanced jet fighters and bombers, all used by the German invasion force. Multiplayer is available in standard deathmatch and team deathmatch modes on 4 maps, with Nazi soldiers versus the American Resistance to a maximum of 8 players. |
| Around the World in 80 Days | 2008-02-27 | Playrix LLC | Playrix LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Industrial Age | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Around the World in 80 Days is a tile-matching game based upon the novel by Jules Verne of the same name. The player has to travel around the world in 81 stages and in most of the stages the player has to collect the pieces of a broken artifact. The pieces are collected by removing all tiles below them so that the pieces can "fall" out of the screen. Bonus points and additional time are collected in the same way. At the end of each country, the player has to clear all tiles of the stamp, to prove that this country was visited. The story is told in dialogues between the stages. |
| Dream Chronicles 2: The Eternal Maze | 2008-02-27 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Katana Games S.L. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | This game continues the story from Dream Chronicles in which Faye is still trying to rescue her husband Fidget and her daughter Lyra from the clutches of Lilith.The game is comprised of 25 chapters (screens). Gameplay is similar to the previous game with only a few changes. Whereas in the first game the player would solve one scene and then move on to the next scene, in this game the player may need to move between different scenes in order to solve a puzzle in order to progress. Also, after finding all the Dream Jewel pieces to complete a Dream Jewel, a puzzle will start in which the player is given a question and a number of sentence fragments which must be placed in the right order so that it answers the question correctly. Solving these dream jewel puzzles reveals hints for completing the scenes. |
| Frontlines: Fuel of War | 2008-02-27 | THQ Inc. | Kaos Studios | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | | Helicopter, Tank | | | Teen | | Windows | It all begun in summer 2008 when the global demand for oil exceeded the production capacity of the oil companies. Now it's the year 2024. Oil is as good as none existent and alternate energy sources fail to provide what is needed. And to make it all worse, World War III is at hand since Russia and China formed the Red Star Alliance in order to fight the USA and Europe, now known as the Western Coalition for the last oil reserves on earth. You are a member of the Stray Dogs-squad and as a part of the Western Coalition it is your duty to fight off the Red Star Alliance and secure the oil.The story of the campaign is told from the view of Wayne Andrews (but you don't play him). He's a member of the press that was assigned to accompany the Stray Dogs in order to make them heroes and give the people back at home something to look forward to. But war is unpredictable...The goal of the game is always to conquer certain points on the map in order to move the frontline forward. But since you need to control at least two of those control points in order to advance, you also need to make sure that parts of your team defend the already converted point while you engage and take over the other ones.To fight your enemies you've not only access to slightly futuristic equipment including exploding drones or a small radio-controlled tank but also to assault rifles, rocket launchers and other weapons that make a dent in the enemy armor. There are also several kinds of vehicles waiting for you. Ranging from jeeps over tanks to helicopters there's everything you need to dominate the battlefield.In single player you only play one character which can use everything he finds on the battlefield. In multiplayer you choose different weapon load-outs and roles. A Dronetech for example makes use of the different radio-controlled vehicles in the game. During a round you can earn experience by killing enemies or capturing control points. Once you've gathered enough, you gain a level and get access to more equipment in your role but once the round has ended, these are reset and on the next map you once again start as a lowly Level 1 (of 3) in your role. |
| Frontlines: Fuel of War (Special Edition) | 2008-02-29 | THQ Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Special Edition includes:
Frontlines: Fuel of War
A black t-shirt with the logo of the Stray Dogs-squad
Official soundtrack by Matthew Harwood
Hardcover art book
Fontlines: Fuel of War-poster |
| Gravitation | 2008-02-29 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | As with Jason Rohrer's previous game Passage, Gravitation is an autobiographical game and it has a similar visual style. No explanation of the goal or the game mechanics is given and just like Rob Humble's art games a large part of the appeal is in discovering the gameplay. As such, the rest of the description below can be considered a spoiler and should not be read before first playing the game.Gravitation is played as a metaphor of how the protagonist's moods and creative endeavors affect his family and vice versa. The player controls a bitmapped character in an environment that can only be explored vertically. The only other character is a small boy, Rohrer's son Mez. A single gameplay session consists of eight minutes with a clock counting down the seconds. By climbing platforms, the player collects blue stars (prizes) that drop down to the lowest level. As soon as they hit the ground, a number appears on them, counting down from nine to one. To collect the points, the blocks need to be pushed into a fireplace, but if the player stacks too many before coming back down, it becomes hard to move them around. Collecting the stars is not a goal by itself, the player can choose to play with Mez all the time and not achieve anything else, or go for the stars with the chance of having Mez disappear.Mez is on the lowest level and he throws a ball the protagonist can return. This clears up the sky (and the character's mind) and allows the main character to jump and reach higher areas. At the same time, the frame size grows. When staying up the higher levels too long, Mez will disappear, leaving behind the red ball, most likely as an affirmation of the player's greed or neglect. It is not possible to collect all stars at once, grab all of them, or reach the top of the level. After a while, the frame size shrinks again, the environment turns cold and the main character can barely jump. This can be restored by returning to the lowest level, pushing stars into the fire or by playing with Mez. The entire sky also clears up when flames come out of the player's head, possibly referring to a manic or mad state, providing a short burst of motivation before eventually returning to depression. |
| Mighty Jill Off | 2008-02-29 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Mighty Jill Off is a vertical side-scroller, with a plot revolving around Jill Off and her mistress, the Queen, with Jill trying the earn the right to lick her mistress' boots. In order to do so, the Queen casts her down from the tower they live in, and Jill has to get back to the top to prove herself.The game's plot can be interpreted as a reference to the difficulty of earlier platformers, where players had to overcome difficult obstacles, just because the "master" told the player to do so.Jill wears a bat-like suit, which she can use to hover mid-air, slowing her falls. She can also jump great heights, and can stop her jumps. These skills will be put to use during the tower's different levels, where Jill will have to avoid deadly spikes, fires and skull-headed spiders. To progress, Jill needs to master controlled jumping, limiting the height or floating in the air to navigate difficult passages. Jill has infinite lives, in the case of death, she just respawns at the beginning of the level (although there are some checkpoints during the longer levels).In the updated release of October 2008, if Jill manages to complete the level under twelve minutes, a new and more difficult tower is unlocked: Jill Off Harder. A password to access the difficult tower can also be bought from the developer for one dollar. |
| Miss Teri Tale: Episode I - Where's Jason | 2008-02-29 | Big Fish Games, Inc | OUAT Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Miss Teri Tale is a hidden object game. Like all games of this genre, the main objective is to find all the objects from a list.Each location is presented as a screen filled with objects. Hints to the position of objects are stored as clovers at the left of the screen. These clovers can be collected at the house of the protagonist, two each time at any moment in the game. The player can carry a maximum of five clovers.Some locations require a code to enter. The decryption of this code is a mini-game, a simplified variation of the classic Master Mind board puzzle. Between some stages, there's also a memory match game. |
| Nombz: Night of a Million Billion Zombies | 2008-02-29 | PowerUp Studios Inc. | PowerUp Studios Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | Horror | Arcade, Shooter | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | Nombz: Night of a Million Billion Zombies is a third person shooter game where a million billion zombies have overrun the city. At the end of each of the 25 3D levels the player has to stand ground ten seconds.To defeat the zombies the player can make use of various weapons such as machine guns, chainsaws and Molotov cocktails. After every five levels the player can also pick up a controllable character who can fight at the player's side. When the character dies the player can revive it by replaying the level where the character was found.The game is presented in a cartoon graphics style. |
| Alpha Black Zero / Vegas Casino II / Zen Puzzle Garden | 2008-03-01 | City Interactive S.A. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of following games:
Alpha Black Zero
Vegas Casino II
Zen Puzzle Garden |
| Arctic Stud Poker Run | 2008-03-01 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Game Refuge Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A combination of poker and combat racing, Arctic Stud Poker Run puts you in the driver's seat of an all-terrain vehicle, and challenges you to assemble a winning poker hand from cards scattered around the track, while heavily-armed opponents try to grab cards before you. Any destroyed opponent will drop his cards, and there are plenty of weapons for the taking on the track, along with assorted power-ups. A single-player tournament (featuring over 100 levels), and multi-player options are both included. |
| Breakout in Space | 2008-03-01 | | | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | The objective of the game is it to destroy all breakable game blocks. Some of them must be hit several times. With the mouse you can move the board left and right. The ball can be launched by pressing the space bar or control key. When all blocks are destroyed you pass on to the next level. The game consists of 14 different power ups, which are hidden in some game blocks. But not all of these are advantageous. With the introduction of a new object the previous action expires.So that you constantly do not have to begin again at the first level, after you have lost the balls, a password appears after the fourth, eighth, twelfth and sixteenth level in the blue menu bar. The passwords can be entered in the menu "Game - Password". After the twentieth level the game is over. The player who finishes all twenty levels, gets as a reward a password for all levels. There are two parts of the game with different levels. |
| Gun Mute | 2008-03-01 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Gun Mute is an interactive fiction game set in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic western environment, mixing traditional gunslingers with mutant cyborgs and toxic lakes. The player controls Mute Lawton, a man of few words who wants to prevent Sherrif Clayton from hanging his friend Elias.The game strays away from similar text adventures by presenting the environment as a series of showdowns against different enemies. Mute can only move forwards and backwards, and the most important actions are drawing a gun, reloading and taking cover. As always, the environment can be examined and there are many actions that provide extra points and a few laughs. Despite the simplistic pretext of actions, each fight requires a different approach.Mute does not talk, but during conversations he can wave, point, nod or shake his head. The game includes a hint feature for all puzzles, gradually revealing the full solution. Many fights come with alternative paths and solutions. |
| Jigsaw Star | 2008-03-01 | JigCafe | JigCafe | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | More than 150 beautiful jigsaw puzzles with different themes: Pets and Animals, Art and Paintings, Flowers and Nature, Cities around the world.This is a downloadable game for Windows.
You can change the difficulty of the game. You can shuffle the pieces which cleans up the screen also. There is an option for seeing only the edges or all the pieces. |
| Magus in Mystic Geometries | 2008-03-01 | D.N.A.Softwares | D.N.A.Softwares | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Magus in Mystic Geometries is a doujin 2D top-down shooter with gameplay based on Robotron: 2084 and set in the universe of the Tōhō games. The twin stick gameplay of Robotron is replaced with mouse controls. The main heroine is Patchouli Knowlegde, who fights against the inhabitants of Makai.The game has six stages and each stage has different arena shapes. To unlock other stages the player must have enough points. Patchouli uses magic to kill enemies. She has a basic attack and a limited amount of bombs that kill all enemies on the screen. The only boss of the game is Shinki, a character from a PC-98 Tōhō game. |
| TKKG: Das unheimliche Zimmer | 2008-03-01 | Tivola Publishing GmbH | Kritzelkratz 3000 GmbH | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | TKKG: Das unheimliche Zimmer is the 16th game based on the German radio drama series Ein Fall für TKKG. Tim, Karl, Klößchen and Gaby just wanted to escape the rain when they entered an abandoned hotel. But it seems they stumbled in the scene of an undetected crime...This game is a classic point & click adventure aimed at young gamers. The player investigates the scenes in first person view, collects clues and solves item based puzzles. During the conversations he has the choice who of the four friends shall speak - every one has other things to say. |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - The Complete Collection | 2008-03-01 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The ultimate Dawn of War collection includes all previously released games of the Dawn of War series in a single package and on three DVDs. In the end there are nine different races and five different campaigns to play. The games in this compilation are:
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year (updated base game)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault (first expansion pack)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade (second expansion pack; standalone)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm (third expansion pack; standalone) |
| Ancient Wonderland | 2008-03-03 | Shanghai Quarter Digital Co., Ltd. | Shanghai Quarter Digital Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Make your way to the Taishan Mountain, gathering the gems needed for the elixir of life so you can ascend to the level of a god!Ancient Wonderland is a match three game. To make a match, hold down the left mouse button and drag the pointer along tiles of the same type. Then release the mouse button. These tiles will then disappear and new tiles will drop down. There are three game modes.In Puzzle mode, you must match cells to clear them. To move on, you must clear all cells. In Add-ons mode, you must clear all the gems from the board. There are no bonus levels, you just play one level after another. In Quest mode, you solve each board as you travel the path to Taishan Mountain.Also, in Quest mode, you will have bonus rounds that play like Memory. You will be shown several cells with items. The items will then be hidden and you must find the pairs that match. You will also encounter special cells. The wood blocks and locked cells cannot be matched but if you make a match next to them, they will be cleared and unlocked, respectively. There are also stone blocks. These are like wood blocks but must be matched more than once to clear them. You will also encounter mystery cells. These have a question mark in them. They can be matched to anything you wish but, when used, they do not disappear but change to one of the items on the board. |
| Great Magic of the Deep | 2008-03-03 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Great Magic of the Deep is a short game created for the VNGN competition starring a little ball exploring the depths of the ocean looking for magic. A new level is accessed by reaching the bottom of the screen. Much like Punishment, the traps are ferocious and deadly. Even though the little ball is able to shoot, the third level is made impassable, leaving the little ball tormented forever in an endless series of respawns as empowering as the work of the Danaides. |
| Ports of Call 2008: Deluxe | 2008-03-03 | astragon Software GmbH | Multimedia Studio | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Ports of Call 2008 Deluxe is a remake of the managerial simulation Ports of Call where the player is the manager of a shipping company. He spends most of his time in the various menus to plan shipping routes, buying new ships or repairing the old ones. There are also several other options available, e.g. advertising or taking a loan. Just like in the original the player has to manually dock in respectively out when reaching or leaving a harbour. Compared to the original arcade sequences this time it is focused on a realistic simulation of the ships. Optionally the player can also hire an expensive tugboat to do the job for him. There are also random happenings during transit, e.g. icebergs, rats on board or shipwrecked people, which partly also result in a simulation sequence. |
| The Lost Crown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure | 2008-03-03 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Darkling Room | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Lost Crown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure is a 3rd-person point-and-click adventure game from Jonathan Boakes, creator of the Dark Fall games.The player assumes the role of Nigel Danvers who escapes by train to an eerie seaside town, located on England west-coast, Saxton. Nigel hopes this way he can elude his employers, the Hadden Corporation. In the town, he will be soon in the town's affairs, slowly discovering forgotten secrets of the dead. As a ghost hunting adventure, the player has many tools at his disposal, such as an EMF meter (Electromagnetic Fluctuations), EVP meter (Electronic Voice Phenomena), a night-vision camcorder, a digital camcorder and more. |
| Company of Heroes: Gold Edition | 2008-03-04 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts |
| Rhem 3: The Secret Library | 2008-03-04 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Rhem 3, like the first 2 games in the Rhem series, is essentially an adventure game in the Myst tradition. Puzzles form the basis for all discovery and further exploration. The builders of Rhem left behind clues to their civilization in the form of symbols and codes. Their intricate machinery and pipelines kept their secrets hidden from outsiders. Only by solving their puzzles and using keen senses of observation and logic can any explorer, such as yourself, find the way through the series of tunnels, secret passageways and hidden rooms.The brothers Zetais and Kales have been trying to explore the ruins and get further into its depths. They are convinced that there are treasures to be found and need your help to find them. Your initial task in this 3rd game is to locate a "black gem" and a "secret library", both of which are deep within the compound. The ruins are abandoned and neither brother is on-site. You will investigate alone with only occasional contact with the explorers by videophone.The game is played totally in first person and controlled by mouse, with no support for keyboard input except for the "ESCape" key. This game uses Flash technology for motion and features stereo music and sound effects. |
| SAGA | 2008-03-04 | Silverlode Interactive | BlueOrb Studios, Inc, Silverlode Interactive, Wahoo Studios, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Persistent, Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | SAGA is a persistent online real-time strategy game, where the player builds an army and nation to compete with online friends and foes. The game is loosely set around a backstory involving five gods that have fought since time immemorial. Each of these gods has a race of which they are patron, Magic (Dark Elves), Machines (Dwarves), Nature (Elves), Light (Giants), and War (Orcs). The player chooses build an empire focused around one of the races and may battle to bring glory to their chosen god.The game has two main gameplay aspects, the construction and management of your nation, and the practice of warfare. Nation management mode deals with micromanaging the activities of your nascent empire. You will direct the action of your peasants, build units and structures, speculate on the market, and work with various guilds to strengthen your throne. Even when you aren't online the peasants still strive to increase your wealth, and your spies and researchers continue their schemes. As you conquer other kingdoms you'll gain control of their lands and resources, of course someone might decide to raid one of your cities so it is a good idea to build up defenses.Battle is fought with over a hundred different types of units, including elementals, automata, monsters, etc. These units can all be customized by upgrades to their stats. You'll also have spells that can have effects on the outcome of a battle. You unitsYou can gain loot outside of the massive multilayer experience by going on Quests. These quests tell the story of SAGA. You can engage in them by yourself, or take along groups of friends and their soldiers. New units can be purchased in random “booster packs” of ten from the game's website. |
| ARCA Sim Racing '08 | 2008-03-05 | The Sim Factory | The Sim Factory | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | ARCA Sim Racing ‘08 is a stock-car racing simulator which simulates the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX season.The game is based on Image Space Incorporated's game engine, GMotor2, previously used in the game rFactor and accurately simulates the American stock car racing division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It lets the player tweak the player's car as well as provides driving aids. It also supports online multiplayer gaming.Tracks
The game includes 15 tracks that replicate the real life tracks:
Daytona International Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, Pocono Raceway, Kansas Speedway, Nashville Superspeedway, Iowa Speedway, Milwaukee Mile, USA International Speedway, Salem Speedway, DuQuoin Speedway, Rockingham Speedway, Montreal Road Course, Michigan International Speedway, Daytona Road Course, and Kentucky Speedway.More tracks were released at a later date: Dover International Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Gateway International Raceway, Toledo Speedway, Illinois State Fairgrounds – Springfield, Cayuga Speedway, and, New Jersey Motorsports Park. |
| Das große Kartenspiele Paket | 2008-03-05 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Deutschlands Brettspiele Deluxe
Deutschlands Kartenspiele Deluxe |
| Harvest: Massive Encounter | 2008-03-05 | Oxeye Game Studio | Oxeye Game Studio | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Harvest is a real time defense-strategy game from the independent Swedish developer Oxeye. Harvest's premise is that you colonize one of 3 planets: an arid one with craters, an arctic one, and a temperate-climate one. This gives you a reason to build a base with the purpose of defending yourself from incoming aliens, some common to all the planets, some specific.Although you can only build a handful of buildings and no units whatsoever, there are various in-depth strategies to be explored, two resources -- energy and minerals -- and some variety of configuring the defense structures.An innovative concept brought by the game is handling one of the resources - the energy. It doesn't show as a number in the interface, you can see it as sparks flying between energy link structures. This brings an extra challenge of storing and distributing it optimally to consumers. |
| Haunted Hotel | 2008-03-05 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Specialbit Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | You were travelling at your ease, driving your car when your vehicle broke down far away from the civilised world. The only trace of a human occupation is an abandoned hotel... which is haunted. It's up to you to investigate it and to find a way to make your car work.Haunted Hotel is an hidden object game. At each level, you're given a list of items to find in a certain amount of time. You can gain extra time by finding objects whose silhouette is given. If you're stuck, you can use an hint, provided at the beginning in limited number. You can also find minigames, like jigsaw puzzles. |
| Rainbow Web II | 2008-03-05 | Sugar Games | Sugar Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Rainbow Web II is a matching game where three or more same-color gems have to be aligned in a spider web, horizontally or vertically, to make them disappear. Some of the jewels have letters, and the main goal of each level is to spell a phrase at the top-left of the screen by matching these gems.Black pearls can only be removed when they reach the web edge or center. There are two mini-games that appear between levels: a hunt for hidden pieces of an object in a scenery, and a sliding-tile puzzle. |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm | 2008-03-05 | THQ Inc. | Iron Lore Entertainment Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | Real-time strategy, Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm is the third add-on to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War but doesn't require the original game to playIn the endless conflict raging across the galaxy, the weapons of conquest are turned on the Kaurava system. There the Dark Eldar enter the fray. Once part of the Eldar empire, they indulged themselves in all manner of forbidden and profane desires. Their desire to inflict pain and torment brought birth to the Chaos God Slaanesh which ravaged thousands of Eldar worlds and corrupted millions of Eldar. Once Slaanesh had won the war, he lay upon the Dark Eldar a curse. He condemned them to drink the souls of other beings in order to satisfy their thirst.Attracted by the stench of the Dark Eldar, the second new playable faction enter the scene: the Sister of Battle whose primary concern is to purge the universe from heretics and rogue psykers, as they view them as unclean abominations.Both factions bring new units, buildings and special abilities to the battlefield. On the side of the Sister of Battle this includes heat and flame-based weapons as well as spells like Holy Edict which stuns a specific enemy squad. The Dark Elder on the other hand make use of more gruesome armies which specialize in torture and soul sucking.The add-on also adds a new unit to every one of the other seven factions while the core gameplay of the series remains intact and unchanged. |
| Charm Tale 2: Mermaid Lagoon | 2008-03-06 | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Dive into and explore an underwater country, and help Dorothy find out the truth about her family and save her daughter! Solve different kinds of puzzles and talk to sea creatures, who will guide you to the sea king! Create large chains of gems and collect artifacts in Charm Tale 2FeaturesFast-paced gameplayIntense actionOver 100 levels5 power-ups that will help youIngame shop with upgrades |
| RTL Racing Team Manager | 2008-03-06 | RTL Sports | destraX Entertainment Software GbR | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | | Windows | RTL Racing Team Manager is a managerial simulation where the player is responsible for the sporting and financial success of his Formula 1 team. As usual for these games, the player has various options at his disposal to influence the outcome, such as searching for sponsors, team tactics, merchandise, hiring new drivers or employees and assembling and research of the racing cars. Every driver has seven stats, such as intelligence or experience, which influence his performance. These may be improved in training sessions or after successful races.The races themselves are shown in a tactical top-down perspective where all drivers are represented by blocks. Additionally, there is a window in the upper right corner which shows interesting scenes. |
| The Typing of the Dead 2 | 2008-03-06 | SEGA Corporation | H.I.C. Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Rail shooter, Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | The Typing of the Dead 2 is the sequel to The Typing of the Dead. It is the PC version of the 2007 arcade game released only in Japan.This game is the "typing-version" of the light-gun rail-shooter "The House of the Dead III" featuring identical graphics and gameplay. In contrast, instead of shooting the zombies, you have to type their "names" (which may be phrases in higher levels) displayed attached to each monster/zombie with the keyboard.TOTD2 is an educational game, destined to enhance your typing skills. The game ranks the player's typing speed and contains various tutorials. The game is divided into chapters. Each chapter culminates in a boss battle against a huge monster.Storyline:
In the post-apocalyptic 2019, Thomas Rogan and his team infiltrate the EFI Research Facility in search of the origin of apocalypse. After losing contact with Rogan, daughter Lisa and partner "G" begin their search.
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| Galactic Command: Echo Squad (Second Edition) | 2008-03-07 | 3000AD, Inc. | 3000AD, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Galactic Command: Echo Squad (Second Edition) is the same game as Galactic Command: Echo Squad with the following changes:
Support for widescreen resolutions
New GUI with fully functional 3D cockpits
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| Rune of Fate | 2008-03-07 | EleFun Multimedia Games | EleFun Multimedia Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Rune of Fate is a simple matching game with mahjong elements. The player has to remove piles of stones by matching pairs marked with the same runes.Each level has small piles of stones in different arrangements. Only the top ones are facing up, showing their runes. Like in mahjong, the stones underneath are locked until the top ones are removed. When no match is possible, a screen comes up with a game of chance involving five stones with their faces down. If the player picks the right stone, the level is automatically complete. Otherwise, the level restarts. |
| Slingo Quest Hawaii | 2008-03-07 | funkitron, Inc. | Gameblend Studios, LLC | Gambling | Side view | | | | Oceania | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Slingo Quest Hawaii is a game with a combination of characteristics from slot machines and bingo. Each level has a grid of numbers arranged like a bingo card, with slots at the bottom. Pulling a chain at the right side makes the slots spin and show random numbers. Each spin costs a certain amount of points (in some levels they are free). Matching the slot numbers with the grid numbers makes them disappear, leaving squares with stars. The objective is to create slingos, continuous rows of five or more of these squares in the grid.Power-ups appear randomly on both the slots and the grid. The medallion ones are stored on the bag of tricks at the bottom-right, and can be used at any point in the game. A slot joker matches any grid number. Its grid equivalent, the wild square, matches any slot number. The three reels medallion makes three matching numbers appear on the next spin. The slingo vision shows all the matching numbers for five spins.On speed slingo, a gameplay variant that appears at certain times, the objective is to match numbers as fast as possible while the slots automatically spin. The game also has boss battles, where the player and a computer opponent take turns at clearing the grid. |
| The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep | 2008-03-07 | Mastertronic Group Ltd. | Atomic Planet Entertainment Limited | Action | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep is based on the movie by the same which in turn is based on a children novel by Dick King-Smith. It's a tale about a young boy, Angus MacMorrow, who on the shores of Loch Ness finds an egg which hatches into a water horse. The game starts shortly after that when Angus needs to get food to the newborn little creature. The story of the game is told between missions with clips from the movie.The player gets to control both Angus and Crusoe (the water horse). As mentioned before the game starts with Angus having to collect food for Angus. Angus is controlled from a bird's-eye view perspective and has to sneak around the farm without being spotted by his mother or any of the soldiers that are patrolling the area. Each level has to be completed within a set time limit. Angus can use different objects to help him progress. Stones can be thrown to distract guards, four-leap can be used to avoid guards and wood planks and boxes can be used to cross streams and climb fences. The player also gets to control Crusoe during different stages of growth. Depending on which stage he is in the gameplay will also differ. In the baby stage he needs to eat to grow. The player controls Crusoe in a barrel full of water and needs to catch apples that are dropped into the barrel before they sink. There's both good and rotten apples and it's important to only eat the good ones. In the toddler stage Crusoe needs to learn how to swim in a bath tub. This is done with a quick time event where the player has to press the right keys at the right time as they appear on the screen. In the teenager stage Crusoe needs to swim around a pond to find fish that he can eat. The more fish he eats the faster he swims, while the reeds and lily pads in the pond makes him slow down. In the adult stage the player controls a full grown Crusoe in the loch. Here Crusoe has to navigate through the loch while avoiding the different dangers of the loch such as mines, Victoria gun shells and photographer boats. At the same time Crusoe must find food and surface now and then to catch his breath.Throughout the levels of the game the player will come across mosaic pieces that can be collected. In total there is 100 pieces and they can used to unlock clips from the movie. In addition to the story mode the player can also play through individual levels at any time, as long as these are unlocked in the story mode. |
| Morbidly Obese Workout Man | 2008-03-08 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | A morbidly obese man hires an extreme personal trainer to lose weight. They meet up at the park, but the man is unsuspecting of how far his trainer is willing to go to get him to work out. The trainer camps out on a building looking out on the park with a sniper rifle and makes demands through the radio. The man is forces to go to different spots such as a recycle bin, a postbox, a fence, a bench and a bush in a timely manner. He can move around and jump. However he has to stand still every now and then as his breathing gets heavier and the screen turns red. The blood pressure is also influenced by a female jogger. When he gets too close to her, the pressure goes through the roof and he faints. To get the sugar level to rise again he has to eat food.An entry in the VGNG competition, the game is played out on a single screen with typical platformer gameplay. The remaining time is shown at the bottom of the screen. |
| Magic Farm | 2008-03-09 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Meridian'93 | Action | | | | Time management | | | | | | | Windows | bigfishgames.com (from Ad Blurbs)In Magic Farm you take on the role of a savvy young entrepreneur with a magical green thumb. Grow a variety of flowers and fruit in this enchanting new Time Management game. Sell your flowers separately or make beautiful bouquets for maximum profits! It`s up to you to water, protect, and sell your cash crop in order to save your beloved parents.
Deep involving story.
Get help from a cute dragon.
Save your beloved parents.
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| Curse of the Pharaoh: The Quest for Nefertiti | 2008-03-10 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Ph03nix New Media | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Curse of the Pharaoh: The Quest for Nefertiti is a "spot-the-difference" game. The screen is split in half with two similar scenes at each side. The player has to click on the divergent bits between them. The screens have some coins embedded on them that can be collected to buy gameplay enhancements, extra hints and mini-games at the store. These mini-games are variations of classic games (Simon Says, Whack-A-Mole, memory match, etc). More hints can also be collected by clicking on a character that randomly appears on the screen.Some of the objects clicked go to an inventory at the bottom of the screen. They have to be used at specific places to solve simple puzzles and further advance the game (for example, a crank has to be placed on a lever mechanism on the wall to lift a cage).Some stages have a complete screen, where the objective is to find hidden objects and pieces of a pharaoh mask. Wrong clicks turn off the lights, leaving only a small circle around the cursor visible. If the player takes too long to find anything, the game hints at places on the screen with a small flash. |
| Lost Empire: Immortals | 2008-03-11 | Paradox Interactive AB | Pollux Gamelabs ApS | Strategy | | | | 4X | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Camilla Volkersen | | Everyone | | Windows | The story begins with the Eonians, a long lost civilization which has given the knowledge of navigating the stars to the other races (the Horde, the Alkiths, the Megalanians, the CrystalSpirits, the Tritons and the Humans). When the Eonians disappeared, so did their technology, but it was soon rediscovered, exploring and expanding becoming possible once again.Lost Empire: Immortals is a 4x turn-based strategy game, featuring multiple star maps with up to 5000 star systems, 6 different races and an extensive research tree. The battles are rendered in 3D - although the player cannot control them - and the final objectives can be domination, diplomacy, research or exploration. |
| Penguins' Journey | 2008-03-11 | IT Territory Casual, Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Visual Shape | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | Released | Windows | Penguin's Journey is an arcade puzzle game where the player must build bridges for migrating penguins.The penguins march slowly from the top of the screen to the bottom. The bridge is built of pieces made of one or more hexagonal shapes that must be placed on a grid before the penguins reach the water margin. Otherwise, they fall in the water and must be rescued. Apparently, these penguins can't swim.The pieces appear in three slots at the right side of the screen. They can be swapped or thrown at the recycling garbage pail at the bottom. Other slots at the top-left hold the power-ups: a trowel that seals holes in the bridge, a hammer that breaks useless pieces, a camera with a flash that stops temporally the penguins movement and a fan that pushes all penguins backwards. Life preservers at the top-right are used automatically when a penguin hits the water.Randomly, a bonus appears on the grid. It can be collected by placing a piece over it. A frog on a lily pad jumps on the bridge making some of the penguins fall overboard. It can be stopped by clicking on it before it jumps. Some of the pieces have heaps of fish on them. Placing them on the grid makes any passing penguin stop to gobble up the food.Mini-games between the stages give upgrades to the power-ups when successfully completed. These include a tile-matching one with life preservers, and a puzzle where the player has to find the correct clicking order to make all the penguins must stand up. |
| Stellar College Basketball | 2008-03-11 | | | Simulation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A free text-based college basketball game with actual 2007-2010 teams and players. The game includes all 65 teams in the NCAA tournament from 2007-2010 and roughly 100 all-time great teams from the 1950 CCNY Beavers to the 2009 North Carolina Tar Heels. You choose offenses (inside, outside, balanced, fast break, etc.) and defenses (man, zone, man press, zone press, etc.). Players get tired if they play too many minutes. You can call time outs and substitute players in and out. You can double team opposing players or give the ball to a go-to-guy at the end of the game. You can play against another person or against the computer player. You can play a whole game in less than a minute by pressing and holding the enter key. The main game screen includes a scoreboard, detailed stats for the players currently in the game and a play-by-play box. The action is all described in writing in the play by play box. There are no graphics to speak of, but the game yields accurate statistical results. |
| Ainevoltas II | 2008-03-12 | Silvernova | Silvernova | Action | Side view | | | Metroidvania, Platform | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ainevoltas II is a 2D platformer with minor RPG elements. It is the sequel to the earlier game Ainevoltas, but also partly a remake as many of the original elements have been kept. Eleven years after the defeat of Azazel in the first game, players control Justin as he had to rid Aengsvik once more from monsters that have infested its surroundings again. Justin can jump, attack and duck to recover health. Defeating enemies provides small drops that fill up an experience bar. When it is full, skill points become available to upgrade health, strength, jump power and health recovery. Health recovery as a skill is new to the second game.A large part of the game is spent on exploration. There are many secrets to uncover and certain gems provide additional abilities such as extra strength or a swarm of insects that surrounds him and attacks enemies. Optionally Justin can join a guild to complete side quests. He can also get married and have a child. While playing he can teleport to any of the discovered areas at any time.After completing the game, it can be played again with another character, the first time Amos and the second time Richter Belmont from the Castlevania series. Richter uses a whip, the insects are replaced with flying bibles and he has an additional attack to launch a flaming cross in exchange for a small amount of experience points. The game contains deadpan humour, which is mostly shown through the conversations. Progress is saved automatically. |
| Seven Kingdoms: Conquest | 2008-03-12 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Enlight Software Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Yan Wei, Zhu Rong Fang | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Seven Kingdoms: Conquest is the latest chapter in the Seven Kingdoms Real Time Strategy series. The campaign is based on two battling factions: the Demons, who advance to reconquer the world they once ruled and free their Master, and the Humans, who struggle to fight them back. The campaign spreads over thousands of years, beginning in 3000 BC, in the Middle East and ultimately reaching 2000 AD and beyond.The Humans are divided into 7 ages (Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages etc.), with 3 playable factions, while the Demons are divided into 7 realms (Beasts, Nightmare, Plague, Fire, Ice etc.)Beside the campaign, the game features a Skirmish mode and 4 Multiplayer modes, each with their own objectives and victory conditions. |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth (Gold Edition) | 2008-03-13 | Noviy Disk | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | | | Detective / mystery | | Fantasy, Prehistoric | | | | | | Windows | Gold Edition is a special release of Journey to the Center of the Earth. It includes the following items:
Full version of Journey to the Center of the Earth
Soundtrack
Wallpapers
Video Interview with the developers |
| Race. Gold Edition | 2008-03-13 | Noviy Disk | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation consists of the following games:
Race: The Official WTCC Game
Race: The WTTC Game - Caterham Expansion |
| Sam & Max: Season Two - Chariots of the Dogs | 2008-03-13 | GameTap LLC, Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Chariots of the Dogs is the fourth episode of the second season in the Sam & Max episodic series. After putting the German vampire Jurgen to his rest in Night of the Raving Dead, Sam & Max decide to join up with Flint Paper and investigate the disappearance of Bosco only to realize that T-H-E-Y kidnapped him.The gameplay is identical to the previous games in the series. The game is entirely in 3D and the player controls Sam. Sam can interact with the environment through mouse-based actions. He can talk to other characters, examine the environment, pick up items and use them with other objects in order to solve all the puzzles thrown at him. The inventory is shown as a cardboard box at the bottom of the screen. |
| Tabaluga: Grünland in Gefahr | 2008-03-13 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | rocketscience games development GmbH | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The inhabitants of Greenland discover a dragon's egg within a cave beneath an uprooted tree. Soon after, a small green dragon hatches from it. The dragon's name is Tabaluga and his destiny is to protect his home - Greenland - from the evil snowman Arktos. Together with his friends, Tabaluga opposes Arktos' minions and their snow-driven machinery.This Tabaluga game is a classic 2D Platform-Jump'n'Run adventure consisting of 26 levels and a variety of mini-games and comic-like cutscenes. It is a licensed title based on the popular German kids cartoon character (and musical) Tabaluga.The game is released on two platforms, which are Nintendo DS and PC. Both versions are identical in gameplay and graphics, though the PC version does have additional decorative elements in order to fill the unused 4:3 screen space. |
| So Blonde | 2008-03-14 | dtp entertainment AG | Wizarbox SARL | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Sunny Blonde is best described as a pampered brat. She is the 17 year old daughter of rich parents and is more concerned with her make-up than with anything else. When she is forced by her parents to take part in a cruise through the Bermuda Triangle, the ship enters a storm and Sunny falls off the ship. A few hours later she wakes up on the Forgotten Island. At first glance it all looks like the most realistic vacation resort ever, but Sunny slowly realizes that the pirates and everything else are all real. Because of a mysterious curse, the island is damned to eternal isolation. So since Sunny can't get her mobile phone to work, she begins to explore the island, help its citizens, and will perhaps end the curse.The game is a classic Point & Click Adventure which means that by using the mouse the player explores the 45 locations of the island. Picking up items, talking to people in multiple-choice dialogues and solving riddles by combining the retrieved items or using them to interact with the environment. In addition to that, the game also features several mini-games which the player can choose to ignore if he doesn't want to do them. But these mini-games are very simple. The very first mini-game, for example, requires the player to collect drops of water in a bucket. The drops of water enter the screen from the top and slowly move to the bottom while the player moves Sunny, who has the bucket in her hands, from left to right. The game ends either once the bucket is full of water or too many drops of water have hit the ground.During the course of the game, the player will not only control Sunny Blonde but two other characters as well. The story, which is told with comic-like cut-scenes, also features multiple endings. |
| Can You See What I See?: Curfuffle's Collectibles | 2008-03-15 | Dekovir, Inc. | Dekovir, Inc. | Adventure | | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Can You See What I See? is an adaptation of a book by the photographer Walter Wick, about a toy shop. It is one of those hidden object games, where the player has to find and click objects on the screen within a time limit. Instead of removing it, the game pins down the object with a SOLD tag.The game allows zooming without loss of detail. In some screens, the list of objects is replaced by a riddle.Each stage (or order forms, as the game calls them) starts with five hints. Extra hints can be collected by finding Seymour, a red and yellow doll, or by playing the jumble jar mini-game. The jar is filled with assorted objects that must be dragged and dropped in to their respective bins.There are some mini-games between the stages. One is a cryptogram that must be solved by arranging alphabet blocks. There's also a memory match game. |
| Diamonds in the Rough | 2008-03-17 | Atropos Studios | Atropos Studios | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Diamonds in the Rough is a 3rd-person point and click adventure game created using AGS. You will play as 20 year old Jason Hart who is approached by a mysterious organization, called Diamonds in the Rough, that specializes in paranormal abilities. The organization will employ Jason and as he begins his duties he will begin to wonder what the true purpose of the organization is.Puzzles are inventory and dialog based. A unique feature of this game is being able to access Jason's thoughts and use them as actual inventory items. |
| Megaplex Madness: Now Playing | 2008-03-17 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Gold Sun Games | Action, Puzzle | | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | You receive an opportunity to buy a run-down cinema. Can you make it turn a profit, clean it up and keep the customers happy? There's only one way to find out! You buy the cinema and start your new job.Megaplex Madness: Now Playing is a time management game. Customers walk into your cinema, and you must drag them to the appropriate booths to satisfy their desires (such as purchasing tickets, drinks, playing video games or going to the toilet). Initially, the game takes it slowly, but as you progress, more and more customers come in, so you'll need to make sure that you're skilfully juggling around each customer so that they don't wait too long and become unhappy, or even worse, leave altogether. Customers come in different colors - if you place multiple customers on the same colored spots, you'll get combo points, which can earn you even more money, as well as bonus tokens. Money can be used to enhance your cinema. The more money you have, the more upgrades you can perform, such as buying new booths, hiring more workers, or upgrading booths to make them perform faster (and thus get patrons through the door quicker!).As you progress, you'll unlock new cinemas, which will in turn unlock bonus arcade games for you to play. These arcade games are based on popular games such as Space Invaders, Frogger, Breakout and more. Reaching set scores in these games will reward you with even more cash for you to upgrade your cinemas with. |
| Unreal Deal Pack | 2008-03-17 | Epic Games, Inc., Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Unreal Deal Pack is a Steam compilation of these games:
Unreal: Gold
Unreal II: The Awakening
Unreal Tournament (Game of the Year Edition)
Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition
Unreal Tournament III |
| Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Pre-Order Version) | 2008-03-18 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Funcom Oslo A/S | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Pre-Order Version of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures includes:
Beta access to the game - giving a three-day head start on the live servers before the game goes live officially (only when using the download version)
One of two mounts for players to use, the rhino or the mammoth
Booklet "First steps in Hyboria"
This package doesn't include the game DVDs. The player either has to fetch them at his retailer after release of the regular version or install the download version. |
| Curryki | 2008-03-18 | | | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Curryki is an Ikiki cooking game where players need to put curry on rice. The plates of rice appear on the left, with a timer counting down. Players squirt the curry on the right and when time is up the machine flips the right side on top of the left, hopefully landing the curry on the rice. Due to the flipping, players need to calculate the distance as a reversed projection. |
| My First: Skydiving Academy | 2008-03-18 | | | Action | Side view | | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Mocking the series of real-life products that introduce youngster to society's compulsive consumption needs as early as possible, My First: Skydiving Academy teaches toddlers how falling feels like flying until you hit ground. The three levels (Vulture Valley, Jungle Jump and Frozen Falloff) each have a chuteless baby dropped from an plane into a vertical canyon.The outcome is inevitable, but points can be scored by avoiding crashing into the sides of the canyons, which bounces the screaming toddler around with ragdoll physics and a detailed description of the sustained injury, but also by steering past flying creatures. Controlled entirely by the keyboard, players are able to slow down the fall and steer. As the baby gains momentum, he starts to ignite from friction and is able to bounce the creatures out of the air, scoring points. This state is also temporarily activated, regardless of speed, by flying through power-ups. Each level needs a pre-set score (based on time, damage and acquired points) to unlock a new one. The background music is lifted from the eighties movie Top Gun.The game was developed for the TigSource 2008 VGNG competition - games based around titles generated by the Video Game Name Generator website. |
| RedLynx Trials 2: Second Edition | 2008-03-18 | RedLynx Ltd | RedLynx Ltd | Racing / Driving, Sports | Side view | | | Platform | | Motorcycle | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | RedLynx Trials 2: Second Edition is essentially a physics-based simulation of motorcycle trial, in vein not dissimilar to Elasto Mania. However, unlike Elasto Mania, Trials is rendered in full 3D, with a handful of high resolutions available and up-to-date graphical effects. This, however, has little effect on the gameplay, which is still based upon two dimensions. The game is a direct successor to the popular web-based Flash games sharing the same title.In order to complete each level the player has to guide his motorcycle through a set of challenges. By leaning back and forward, the player move the center of mass of the bike, therefore keeping his balance. The back and the head of the rider are unprotected, if any of these body parts come in contact with the scenery the rider will fall in a spectacular way, due to implemented rag-doll physics. As the rider falls, the game keeps an amusing count of broken bones.The other game types include: flip, wheelie and dynamic. The flip race challenges players to make as many flips as possible in a limited time, wheelie suggests riding on the back wheel for the longest distance, while dynamic race presents a set of puzzles among the moving obstacles.The game features a total of 40 levels of three difficulty levels. The players may review the rides of the high-score table leaders and compete with them in the ghost mode, honing their own skills. There is also a set of 25 achievements for the players to unlock. |
| Crazy Chicken: Kart Thunder | 2008-03-19 | phenomedia publishing gmbh | VIS GbR | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Crazy Chicken: Kart Thunder is a kart racing game starring Crazy Chicken and friends. It contains tracks in metropolises around the globe these include Barcelona, Berlin, Beijing, Dubai, Las Vegas, London, Macao, Miami, Mexico City, Paris, St. Petersburg and Sydney. Several different engine classes are available.The game offers several modes, like a Championship mode including street races, coins challenges and time challenges. Collected coins can be used to upgrade the kart. The player can choose between seven different characters, including a chicken, frog, turtle, ape, alien, scarecrow and mole. There is also an individual race mode where you can race one track each time. The multiplayer modes include a two-player or LAN six-player individual Race mode and a Last Man Standing mode. In Last Man Standing you battle each other with items and the last one driving wins the match. |
| Operation Thunderstorm | 2008-03-19 | City Interactive S.A. | City Interactive S.A. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | World War II | | Direct control | | | | Windows | It is World War II, 1942. Germany stands at its strongest as German troops are occupying the land from the Pyrenees to the Kremlin. Great Britain, one of the few still independent countries, decides to launch a daring assassination mission to kill three high ranking Nazi officials in an desperate attempt to end the war. You, Jan Mortyr, a british M16 secret agent, have been chosen for this mission.Operation Thunderstorm is a straightforward first person shooter. You must fight your way through towns and enemy bases in such countries as France and Poland. The game allows the player to take cover behind certain objects and shoot covert fire at the enemies. The game contains nine levels in total. |
| Conflict: Denied Ops | 2008-03-20 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Pivotal Games Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Lincoln Graves is a 47-year old ex-Special Forces sniper and Reggie Lang is a former FBI-heavy weapons specialist. Graves doesn't really like Lang but they are now both agents of the CIA's Special Activities Division and their mission is to prevent a third-world dictatorship from gaining nuclear weapons.This mission takes the team across three continents and through hordes of bad guys. To deal with them, both Lang and Graves have access to several types of weapons from pistols over snipers to machine guns, rocket launchers and several different kinds of grenades. But they also earn upgrades for these weapons after successfully finishing a mission. The first upgrade to Graves's 7.62m Sniper Rifle for example allows the player to fire a bullet around the corner or over low cover.Since Lang and Graves are a team, the player is free to switch between both at any time and give orders to the currently AI-controlled comrade, including simple tasks like "Follow Me" or "Cover Me", but they can also complete an objective by themselves or bring the player's character back into the game when he took one bullet too much.The health system is similar to the one in Clive Barker's Jericho, which means that there aren't any health packs available, the characters instead healing themselves automatically once they stop taking damage. When a character takes too much damage at once, he'll go down and need to wait for his teammate needs to revive him. The game only ends when both Lang and Graves are down at the same time.The game also includes different kinds of vehicles the player can drive to run over bad guys or blow them to hell.The main campaign can be played cooperatively over LAN and Internet, with one player taking over Lang while the other plays as Graves. There are several other multiplayer modes available for up to 16 players, like Deathmatch or Conquest, in which two teams compete over the control of five flags on the map. |
| Jigsaw Star: Best of Art Jigsaw Puzzles | 2008-03-20 | KaioGames | KaioGames | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This classic jigsaw game contains 150 puzzles selected from best pieces of art and paintings. There are different difficulty levels, pieces can be shuffled (tidying up the screen) and there is an option for seeing only the pieces on the edge or all the pieces.
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| Owl Country | 2008-03-20 | | | Action | Side view |
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| | | | Flight / aviation | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Owl Country is a collaborative effort between different indie developers who came together at the Game Developer's Conference in March 2008. The game combines a number of inside jokes from the developers and the TIGSource website that involve owls and monocles.The game is described as a swoop-em-up. The player controls an owl who has to rid the city of Montreal of the devilish pigeons who swarm the city. At the same time, the owl wants to deliver a message to humans to have its race respected. The player controls an owl against a city landscape. The pigeons in the air can be attacked using swoops - dives that hurt the pigeons and cause them to drop down on the humans below (rewarded with an extra life). Swoops need to be recharged and successful attacks or combos are rewarded with points and additional levels. While flying, the owl needs to dodge lampposts that electrify the creature. After levelling up a few times, the owl is able to perform longer to continuous swoops, in circles moving downwards left or right, and powering up to achieve a larger radius of attack.The owl starts with five lives. After levelling up, more pigeons appear and the game becomes faster. |
| A-B-O-O: Plumeboom's Friends | 2008-03-21 | Fireglow Games | Fireglow Casual Studio | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Plumeboom has gotten to AbooLand. All day, the Aboo wormlings dig up Magic Crystals. Recently, Crowbeak the wizard and a mad scientist named Cornix have tried to steal crystals. Seems they want to create a Weapon of Darkness. Help the Aboo guard their crystals.A-B-O-O: Plumeboom's Friends is a match three puzzle game. Your mouse cursor will have a crystal next to it. Click another crystal on the board to swap them. You are trying to create a straight row of three of the same. When you do, those crystals and any of the same that they touch will disappear. Also, the gold area behind the crystals will be destroyed. Keep matching until all gold areas are gone then you will move to the next level. Red areas must be matched twice to destroy them. If the crystal you pick up cannot be used to make a three-way match, it will automatically switch to a random crystal that can be used to make a match.As you progress through the levels, you will earn bonuses. These are activated when the crystal with the bonus is used to make a match. They do different things, like making the crystals next to them explode, making all the crystals around them explode, clearing the entire row of crystals, etc. You can enter a screen to set which ones, up to three, will appear. After you clear all the levels of a stage, you enter the next stage. After about every other stage, you enter a bonus level. You will see a board with four or more crystals. These will then flip over and you must click where they were. If you succeed, you move to the next stage. |
| Grand Chase | 2008-03-21 | Ntreev USA Inc. | KOG Studios | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In the land of Vermencia, all creatures lived together peacefully. The two human reigns of Canaban and Serdin had a vow of friendship, until Cazeaje appeared. She killed the king of Canaban's most loyal servant and took its appearance and place. Then she corrupted the king, and the two reigns went on war for five years. One day, in the greatest battle of the war, Cazeaje revealed herself and killed the king of Serdin. The king of Canaban, seeing his friend dead and the real identity of Cazeaje, tried to confront her. But it was too late, as she had vanished from the battlefield. The king of Canaban then created an elite force to hunt down Cazeaje and destroy her, and this hunt was called the Grand Chase!Grand Chase is an online fighting game with RPG elements. Up to six players can go alone or team up in five game modes.In the Arena mode, players confront themselves alone or in teams during two minutes. The player or team with most victories within the time limit wins.
The Battle mode is similar to the Arena mode, but the leader of the room chooses a monster to be introduced during the battle in the a mode called "Fast Match"
The Hunt mode, players will fight monsters instead of themselves. After defeating all monsters, treasures will be given to the players.
In the Mission mode, players take part in the Grand Chase history, trying to defeat Cazeaje and her minions
In the Expedition mode, players choose up to five monsters to fight with.Each player starts with three characters: Elesis (a Knight), Arme (a Mage) and Lire (an Archer). Two other characters can be unlocked, Lass (a Ninja) and Ryan (a Druid). Each character has its own preferred attributes and special attacks. The player can choose only one character at a time to play.The controls consist of one button for attack, one for item selection, one for item use and one for taunt. Special attacks can be used by pressing and holding the attack button. Three kinds of special attacks are available per class; the longer the attack button is held, the stronger the special attack released is.By defeating enemies and completing missions, the characters gain experience and GP (game points). Experience grants the players new levels, and by reaching certain levels, players can try to change their characters' classes by applying to a test. For instance, by reaching the level 5, an Archer can try to become a Hunter. Those tests must be bought with GPs at the game store. GPs are also used to buy equipment at the store. There are also crystals and gems, earned by competing missions, which can be used to buy special items.The game has also another kind of currency called Cash. Players can buy cash with real money at the game's official site. Cash can be used to buy special items or can be converted in GPs. |
| Narcoleptic Soccer Rush | 2008-03-21 | | | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | As if a game of soccer is not tiring enough, this title adds more the the excitement by introducing teams of narcoleptic players. An entry in the VGNG competition, it puts two reduced teams on a soccer pitch. Most of the regular rules apply, and players are able to pass, shoot, add a short boost or punch other players to get the ball. There are four teams to choose from. The unique elements is the addition of narcolepsy. While playing, the team members will fall asleep at random times, no longer taking part in the action. A cloud above their head also shows what they are dreaming off. |
| Ninja Reflex | 2008-03-21 | Nunchuck Games, Inc. | Sanzaru Games Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | Martial arts | Board game | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Ninja Reflex is a game to test the players reaction speed and timing. The mini-games consist of catching flies with chopsticks, catching Koi fish from a pond along with training with martial arts weapons of the shuriken, samurai sword and nunchaku. Completing these tasks will earn the player a digital belt from their own personal sensai. There is also a meditation method where the game will guide the player to calm their breathing and relaxing their muscles. It can support up to four-players on a multi-player mode, letting players challenge each other to see who has faster reaction times. |
| Runes of Avalon 2 | 2008-03-21 | Anawiki Games | Anawiki Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Runes of Avalon 2 is a color-matching where the objective is to remove from the board several tiles with runes inscribed on them, collecting magic to cast spells within a time limit. The player places three tiles at time, aligning them on the board to make matches. The two peripheral runes revolve around the central one when the right mouse button is pressed.A match of three or more runes increases the amount of mana of vials sitting on a ring at the left of the screen. Each vial collects the energy of specific runes. An amulet underneath it has spells that use the mana collected. A match of 4 runes gives 1 spell on the board. Matching 5 gives 2 spells. A match of two colors at the same time gives 3 spells.There is a rune matching game between levels, where a crystal at the center of the screen shows a rune for some seconds. The player has to click on the corresponding parchment on the screen. Every spell earned during this mini-game will show up on the board on the next level. There's also a puzzle mini-game where pieces have to be swapped to complete a picture.The game has 6 spells that appear on the board. The fire spell destroys all runes and stones in a cross of fire. The vanish spell takes out random runes from the board. The drain spell removes all runes of one color from the board. The teleport spell switches rune colors randomly. The bomb spell explodes a square of runes. The heal spell turns all locked runes into regular runes, and all stones into locked runes.The amulet has 4 spells. The fire spell (red and blue runes) is similar to the fire spells on the board, but it becomes more powerful with time. The magic sand (green runes) activates any spell on the board. The spread spell (silver and gold runes) turns the surrounding runes into the same color as the rune it falls on. The time bonus spell (gray runes) adds time. Each spell uses 5 Rune Magic points. Some spells can be cast with either one of two available colors. The spell uses the one that has more points collected.On the regular levels the objective is to fill all the magic vials with their corresponding colors. On rainbow runes levels the goal is to collect all rainbow runes. They can only be removed with spells. In the giant rune levels the task is to collect all giant runes by placing 2x2 sets of regular runes on each side. |
| Story of Fairy Place | 2008-03-21 | Purple Hills | EleFun Multimedia Games | Puzzle | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Story of Fairy Place is a match 3 game. Combine three or more butterflies of the same color. The game has more than 73 levels in 7 stages. By solving the puzzles you help the fairy to get magic power to build a house. A 2D and a 3D view are included. |
| Tetroid 2012 | 2008-03-21 | Entity | apocalypse inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Paddle / Pong | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tetroid 2012 is an electronic music compilation packaged as a game to, as the author describes it, promote experimental electronic music by means of an addictive catalyst. The game is disguised as a regular Tetris clone, but with psychedelic effects where colours change or the screen is distorted. There are three difficulty levels and by removing lines players fill a special meter. When full, one of the two bonus modes can be activated. The first reverses the playing field and allows the player to remove bricks with Breakout gameplay. The other special mode is inspired by Mr. Driller. A tiny character drops down and for a short amount of the time the player can drill through blocks towards the bottom of the screen.There are 21 original electronic music tracks, based on the tracklist below. Before starting the game, players can either choose ambient or rhythmic tracks, or both.
Atomhead - Intro
Esther Venrooy - Micro Insubordination
Tirriddiliu - L'etere Romantico
Flimmer - It Was Really Nothing
Idle Sunder - Signal Interference (Tetroid mix)
Critikal - Tetris
Elín - Fable
fp + om - 0+1=a1 (Tetroid edit)
Takeshi Nakamura - Tone-deafness
Quest.Room.Project - X.B.
Disastrato - 12-6-1985
Binray - Polymino Gas Slam
The Ambling Band - Tetroid Theme Song
Zavoloka - Terroid Po Dolynah
Tomoroh Hidari - Tetroid 4000
Ronny Ragtroll - Formal Greeting
Photophob - Deadtroid 2014
BLAERG - Tetroid
Isopussy - Tracers
S.A.T.K.A. - Standard Deviance
Sedarka - Tetroidmix |
| The Graveyard | 2008-03-21 | Tale of Tales BVBA | Tale of Tales BVBA | Simulation | Behind view | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | The Graveyard is a short game described by the authors as an explorable painting, an experiment in storytelling with real-time poetry without the use of words. It tries to evoke a feeling and tell an elaborate story with a small segment of gameplay. The player controls an elderly woman, shown from a third-person perspective. She visits a graveyard. The exploration is limited as she can only move towards a bench in front of a church. Struck by her age, she moves about slowly and needs a cane to keep her balance. She can sit down on the bench and then exit the graveyard again.Although the game elements seem limited - the camera restricts the player from entering any of the side paths - the woman's story is told through a song that starts playing when she sits down. The lyrics are in Dutch, but they are transcribed in English at the bottom of the screen. The full version of the game introduces a random time of death for the woman, not allowing the player to exit the graveyard and enhancing the drama. The game is entirely in black and white, but there are various lighting effects and birds flying around. |
| Baboon Torture Division video game | 2008-03-22 | | | Action | | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Late one night over at Absurd Research Labs, heroic rockstar scientist Steve Biloba and his equally brilliant evil twin Wasteve Waloba debate over a proper use for the newly-devised "brain machine", an apparatus capable of controlling the minds and thoughts of primitive simians. While Steve's suggestions are benign, Wasteve employs the machine to raise a sinister army of monkeys to do his nefarious bidding. The player controls Steve in an attempt to confront Wasteve and overturn his no-good plan.What this amounts to is a by-the-books homebrew amateur platform game, proudly showing its garish retro sensibilities. With a handful of enemy types (who explode dramatically upon death), bouncy springs to jump upon, occasional environmental hazards and a whole lot of running, jumping, and shooting full-auto bursts from the single firepower type, the video game medium is co-opted in the interested of helping to construct a mythology around the Baboon Torture Division, one of the West Coast's most peculiar art-rock puppet performance ensembles, now here joining such absurd musical luminaries as Devo, the Residents and Michael Jackson as the subjects of their own video games.While the basic game mechanics are quite restrictive in the classical style (shoot your way to each level's end zone, marked by red spheres) it does enjoy imaginative inter-level boss fights mini-games, wearing a plethora of influences casually on its sleeves, such as Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., and in the exciting closing sequence, both Pong and Mortal Kombat. |
| Enraged Rocket House | 2008-03-23 | 26k Games | 26k Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | More than Kirk versus Picard, or the chicken or the egg causality, is the age-old rivalry between the ice-cream truck and the enraged rocket house. Partly inspired by Yars' Revenge and a Simpsons episode, this entry for the VNGN competition has the player control an ice-cream truck from a third-person perspective, delivering ice-cream to the neighbourhood kids.The truck starts with nine different choices of ice-cream and each of them with a set amount. When stopping near a kid, the player quickly needs to match the number of choice to sell ice-cream. There is an extra button when a flavour is sold out. Of course, this infuriates the enraged rocket house hovering over the village and as its rage meter increases, it will attempt to grab the truck between its mighty teeth and shake it to make it lose a part of its stock. This also depletes the truck's energy meter. Lost items can be picked up again, but when the energy meter is drained, the game is over. Children can be lured from a larger distance by activating the truck's music, but this awakens the house's fury completely. The objective is to sell all of the ice-cream while avoiding the house. |
| Balloon Bliss | 2008-03-24 | Vortix Games Studio | Vortix Games Studio | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You love to watch the birds fly. You wish you could fly with them. Upon speaking to an old lady balloon seller, you learn of a legend about some children that flew. You decide to seek out the legend to see if you can fly.Balloon Bliss is a match three puzzle game. Balloons will rise onto the screen. When there are three or more of the same color, click the group to remove them. If a row reaches the bottom of the screen, you will have ten seconds to clear some balloons or the game is over, although you can redo the level. If you cannot clear any balloons, you can click your Panic button to clear some balloons, if you still have Panic buttons remaining.As you progress, you can purchase items from the store to help, and sometimes, hinder you. These can include Panic button charges, an item that will grant or take away money and a white balloon that will clear an entire row or column. In Endless mode, balloons rise up through the top of the screen. When there are three or more of the same color together, click them for points. |
| Command & Conquer 3: Limited Collection | 2008-03-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation of two Command & Conquer games. The games included are:
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath |
| Lex Venture: A Crossword Caper | 2008-03-24 | Bang Out Games | Interama | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Five kids have to retrieve stolen parts of their science fair project.Lex Venture: A Crossword Caper is a word game with 37 stages. On each level the player must build paths on a grid making words with the letter tiles available at the top of the screen. The kid moves automatically on the field, collecting the items laying on the word paths. The objective is to retrieve the machine parts needed, listed at the bottom.Only words with more than two letters are accepted. After laying the tiles on the grid, they turn green if it is a valid word. They can be transformed in to a path by clicking the submit button. After each path is created, a tab pops up on the side with the definition of the word, taken from the WordWeb dictionary.There are two mini-games that appear between chapters. One is a hangman variation, where words have to be guessed with only 6 mistakes allowed. The other is a competition against the ninja thief for the parts on the field.Power-ups are scattered on the grid. Balloons allow the kid to collect objects that are outside any path. Bombs destroy barriers and stun the enemies. The word creator makes the longest word possible with the letters available.Some stages have enemies wandering about. The bully breaks parts of the path, dogs move the parts around the grid and ducks eat everything they see. |
| Post-Apocalyptic Unicorn Uprising | 2008-03-24 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In a post-apocalyptic future, robots have finally conquered over the humans. However, in their calculations they left out one crucial elements: the unicorns... it's on! An entry in the VGNG competition, this game puts a group of unicorns against a large army of robots. Players cannot directly control the unicorns - they move forward at a constant speed, but clicking the mouse makes them shoot lasers. Players can also draw rainbows that deflect the robot bullets. After beating large enemies, the amount of available unicorns is increased. Players can have more unicorns run along, but this goes at the cost of a slowly refilling rainbow meter, also drained by the rainbows players draw. As the game progresses, the amount and different types of robots increase. |
| Small-Time Scorched Earth Invasion | 2008-03-24 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This entry in the VNGN competition combines the gameplay from Space Invaders with Missile Command. Players control a small tank, driving around a small planet in the middle of the screen. From all sides, enemies slowly appear and the tank has to take them out using rockets. There is a catch however, as the rockets are bound to gravity. Aiming with the mouse, players can determine the direction and the force of the shots. Poorly aimed rockets will return straight home, damaging the planet until the game is over. |
| The Adventures of Death: Episode One - Emo Harvest on the Oregon Trail | 2008-03-24 | | | Action | Side view | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Obviously another entry in the VGNG competition, Emo Harvest on the Oregon Trail casts the player as Death, harvester by trade. In his spare time, he likes to revisit some of his favourite spots as a working holiday. Skiing down a mountain carrying his trusty scythe, he has to mow down emo kids who made a suicide pact. They have no means of defense (death is their desire!) and the player tries to rack up combos for more points (from the 2-hit no-armed bandit to the 5-hit bloody zit). Death can also jump, duck, speed up and slow down. At the end of the game, the total score is shown.There are a few extras and secrets in the game. First of all, the downhill path is not entirely linear. There are many shortcuts and bridges activated through switches. Regular switches are yellow, but a hidden blue, green and red switch lead to secret locations. These usually include rare emos such as Chris Cocker. He has his own bonus known as the Chris Cocker Rocker. |
| Timanfaya: Verschollen in den Feuerbergen | 2008-03-24 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In Timanfaya: Verschollen in den Feuerbergen the player takes the role of Frank Gruber, a tax officer, who takes a vacation on Lanzarote. But instead of relaxation he gets an lucrative offer: 50.000 € for finding the missing daughter of a businessman... During his adventure he travels to various Lanzarote places of interest (including the Timanfaya national park), talks to people in voiced multiple choice dialogues and solves item-based puzzles.The game offers three methods of control: the established two-click controls (left click for investigating an item and right click for interacting with it), the coin controls known from The Curse of Monkey Island (clicking on a hot spot brings up a coin where the player can choose the action) and changing mouse coursers known from Sam & Max Hit the Road (right clicking changes the form of the mouse courser and every one stands for a different action). When pressing the space button the game shows all hot spots and exits but this feature can be disabled. |
| Twin Hobo Rocket | 2008-03-24 | | | Action | Side view | | Comedy | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Space flight | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Showing how some things will never change in the future, this entry for the VNGN competition features the homeless in space. Since the main means of transportation has become rockets, they need to adapt as well. Players guide two hobos tied to a rocket (single-player) or two hobos each with their own rocket controlled individually (multiplayer), begging for change. An arrow shows their next victim at all times. Some cash is easy, hanging from asteroids, but other needs to be gained by staying close to alien ships until they drop some coins. All the time, the hobos keep spouting comments. The game is over when their rockets sustains too much damage. |
| Unstoppable Dwarf: Hot Pursuit | 2008-03-24 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Unstoppable Dwarf : Hot Pursuit is an XNA game created for the VGNG competition where the player need to stop an unstoppable dwarf from destroying artifacts in a 3D maze. Shown from a first-person perspective, the player can freely move around and launch two different runes to slow the dwarf down. The blast rune creates new entrances that steer away the dwarf from the target, while the barrier runes considerably slow him down. Both runes need to be recharged again. The player wins if he is able to keep at least one artifact intact after 150 seconds. A map in the top left hand corner shows the position of the player and the dwarf. |
| Westward II: Heroes of the Frontier | 2008-03-24 | Sandlot Games | Sabarasa Inc, Sandlot Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation | Western | | | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Westward II: Heroes of the Frontier, like its predecessor, is another real-time strategy game set in the old west. As one of three characters, the player has to build and maintain a frontier city while extracting natural resources, solving problems and avoiding threats.The three hero characters at the start are stereotypes from the genre: Marion Morrison is a farmer that was forced to leave his property behind by criminals. Selecting him gives the windmill construction plans for free. Maureen Fitzsimmons is the rich daughter of a banker that decided to set off on her own. Playing with her unlocks bank construction. Terrance Stevens is an experienced trapper and mountaineer, and using him gives the trading post at no cost.As before, the player controls the citizens of the city by selecting and dragging a line from them to an object, animal, building, other human or a place to go. This time, the game has 3D graphics and the player can alternatively just left-click on a character, or drag a box and select group, and right-click on the way point.Available housing makes settlers appear spontaneously to live on the city. There are four main resources: gold, wood, food and water. A few of these resources can be found scattered on the terrain, and can be collected directly using any citizen. To accumulate the necessary large quantities, the player has to build facilities to prospect, harvest or grow on logical places. Gold mines can be built over inconspicuous rocks streaked with golden veins. Wood huts have to be erected near a forest to fell trees and process logs more efficiently. Farms grow crops and produce food, and wells give access to underground water.Buildings show hammer icons when selected, indicating the number of workers employed on them. Each construction costs a combination of basic resources. Citizens need housing and consume a certain amount of food every few seconds. If there's a shortage of these resources, the happiness level of the populace plunges, and people start to leave the town. The bottom interface has a satisfaction meter that shows their current status.Sometimes the settlement is threatened by thieves, armed bandits and other criminals. Law can be enforced by hiring gunslingers, and later more permanently by building a sheriff's office. The main character can shoot and construct, but can't work on any building. |
| Baby Mama: Destination Insemination | 2008-03-25 | Kewlbox | Blockdot, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Based on the movie Baby Mama, you are a sperm leading your fellow sperm through a uterus in search of the egg, though you never actually get to an egg. The farther you swim, the more points you earn Be careful though that you don't bump into the uterus wall or obstacles like "PMS," "Harassment," and others that'll ruin your "love trip." |
| Backyard Baseball '09 | 2008-03-25 | Atari, Inc. | FarSight Technologies Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Knock one out of the park!
Backyard Baseball 2009 is the latest and greatest version of the best
selling kids’ baseball video game series ever. Play hardball with David
“Big Papi” Ortiz, A-Rod, Jeter, Ichiro, Griffey, Pujols, and other MLB
superstars as kids. Choose your favorite MLB or Backyard team or create
your own. And now, for the first time on Nintendo Wii, Backyard Baseball
2009 features NEW Backyard Baseball All Star Game and tournament mode
along with season & single game options, create-a-player, Homerun Derby
mini-game, and unlockables. With outrageous game play and awesome power
ups combined with authentic baseball action, Backyard Baseball 09 is the
most fun you can have outside the ball park."
• All current MLB teams uniforms and logos
• Pro player from every MLB team— David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez, Albert
Pujols, Derek Jeter, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Ken Griffey Jr., Ichiro, & more
• 11 Backyard Teams and your favorite Backyard Kids— Pablo Sanchez, Joey
MacAdoo, Ernie Steele, Tony Delvecchio, & more
• NEW Auto Play, All Star Game, and Tournament Mode
• Season play or pick up game
• NEW Power Ups with Meter
• Custom team and player options
• Enhanced Hitting and Fielding Controls
• NEW Player Capabilities
• Unlockable fields & players including the great Babe Ruth!
• Multiple levels of difficulty
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| No One Can Stop the Farm Pioneer | 2008-03-25 | Wandering Monster Studios | Wandering Monster Studios | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Who can stop the farm pioneer? No one can! This game was designed for the VNGN competition and is set in space. The player controls a farm pioneer who can move around a planet somewhat similar to Super Mario Galaxy and Frozzd. At its core, it is a farmer simulation with shreds of space colonization. The planet's resources are divided over wood, wheat and meat. Players need to carefully balance what is available. Trees can be chopped but some need to be left so they can drop acorns. Wheat feeds the farmer and his wife, but it is also needed for the cows. Cows provide meat, but you need to keep a male and a female left at all times to ensure population.Set against a dark background with vibrant colours and eerie music, the farmer is given tasks such as finishing his house, building fences, feeding himself and the kids (after a visit to his wife at home) and more. He can also construct fences to keep the cows together and look after his offspring (as many as you want, but they need to be fed!) It is also possible to board a spacetruck and explore space. Nearby planets can be colonized by bringing along acorns and seeds. That way, additional resources can be created to serve the home planet or to expand the farm pioneer's domain.The game is controlled through the cursor keys with three additional buttons to use, pick up or harvest.Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Group TIGSource VGNG competition
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| Obscure: The Aftermath | 2008-03-25 | Ignition Entertainment Ltd. USA, Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. | Hydravision Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Survival horror | | | | | Mature | Cinematic camera | Windows | It has been two years since the incident at Leafmore High you witnessed in ObsCure and the survivors of the nightmare moved on to a university of Fallcreek. When they killed Herbert Friedman, the conductor of the biological experiment with the black flowers, they assumed everything was okay, of course it was not. The seeds of the flower had already spread around and it grew and blossomed without much notice. When it was discovered, that the flowers contain a dangerous substance that induces strange but vivid dreams, it became the new hit drug on the campus. Now the seeds begin to germinate and the bad trip turns into a horrible nightmare. The only ones that really know what is going on are the ones that are experiencing it for the second time and hide terrible secrets inside themselves...Most of the time you take control over two of the six available characters. Each one has a speciality that comes in handy in order to open blocked doors or reaching new heights. Kenny for example has more muscles than brain and is therefore able to move around crates. Mei is instead a hacker and knows how to hack access panels. You can switch between both characters at any time and if you need another character in a given situation, you can go back to a gathering point and change your team.But their wits alone can't save them from their doom so they also find several different weapons ranging from melee-weapons like a baseball bat to pistols and other weapons with a serious punch. You can also pick up chairs and tables to throw at your enemies. Early in the game you also gain a syringe with which you take samples off the dead creature-bodies. Once the syringe is full you can use it to gain a temporary boost of your abilities.As a multiplayer-treat the game features Drop in/Drop Out-coop which allows you to play the game alone and if someone comes and visits he or she can just take over the second controller and play with you.The camera is a mixture of following the character and being at a fixed position in a room but to reduce the amount of blind spots, you can also control it to a certain amount. |
| ROM CHECK FAIL | 2008-03-25 | Farbs | Farbs | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong, Platform, Shooter | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | ROM CHECK FAIL is the equivalent of WarioWare: Smooth Moves during a bad acid trip. The game mimics a MAME environment with classic games such as Defender, Gauntlet, The Legend of Zelda, QIX, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Pang, Spy Hunter and more, in an ultimate mash-up.Rather than emulating the games, the roms fail and distort the entire gameplay. Every five seconds, the main character, enemies, environment and background music are replaced with a random game. At one moment you're fighting Goombas with the Defender jet and The New Zealand Story music playing in the background, in another you are slashing your way through QIX with Link. The environment adapts to the new level graphics, but keeps its design. The player and both the enemies are however limited to the original controls. Zelda's top-down gameplay allows Link to travel through all the screen, but upon switching to Mario he will drop down immediately. The poor Space Invaders ship can only move left or right. The amount of defeated enemies is maintained and that way the player has to complete a set number of levels. After each successful round, an extra life is awarded. |
| Astro Avenger II | 2008-03-26 | DivoGames Ltd. | Sahmon Games | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone 10+ | 2D scrolling | Windows | Astro Avenger II is the sequel to Astro Avenger. In this vertically scrolling shooter the player has to save mankind from annihilation by an evil alien race.The player controls a hyper modern space ship that can be equipped with various weapons such as lasers and rockets. Enemy ships come in many varieties such as small scouting ships and large mother ships and they all need to be blasted apart. Killing enemies earns money with which better weapons can be bought. Aside from weapons there's also droids which will float around the player's spaceship and do their job automatically. |
| Stoneloops! of Jurassica | 2008-03-26 | Codeminion S.C. | Codeminion S.C., Farm 51 Group S.A., The | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Prehistoric | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Stoneloops! of Jurassica is a color-matching game with a prehistoric theme. Each level has a winding path that occupies most of the screen. Inside it, groups of colored rocks roll slowly towards the skull that marks the end. If the stones reach the exit, the game is over.The player must make matches of three or more stones of the same color, by collecting one rock at a time and throwing it back with a device at the bottom of the screen. This rock launcher moves left and right with the mouse, rearranging the rocks to eliminate them from the field. The objective is to fill a meter at the bottom of the screen with each successful match.The game has 3 modes. Classic mode has 75 levels with normal gameplay. Strategy is a puzzle mode, where the rocks only start rolling when the player makes a move. In survival mode the player chooses a previously completed classic level and tries to make a high score, only this time the level only ends when the rocks reach the skull.Power-ups appear randomly. Flying spears break the rocks. A pterodactyl swoops down and destroys several stones. A lightning bolt eliminates a line of rocks. The boost power-up increases the level meter. A cloud paints all the nearby stones the same color. A stop sign freezes the rocks movement. A meteor and fireball explode a group of rocks. A multicolor rock can match any color. |
| Warriors Orochi | 2008-03-26 | KOEI Corporation | KOEI Co., Ltd., Omega Force | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hack and slash | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Warriors Orochi is a crossover between Koei's Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors franchises. The Serpent King, Orochi, has made a rift in time and taken the most powerful warriors from the Sengoku period of Japan, and China's Three Kingdoms era for a showdown of the ages.Battle the demon Orochi, and hack and slash his armies with a team of three warriors you can rotate between at any time. Your two inactive teammates will recuperate during their downtime. If your active character dies, however, you'll have to restart the mission or load a saved game. A total of 79 playable characters from Dynasty Warriors 5, Samurai Warriors 2 and two new combatants are available to you. The new Weapon Fusion technique allows you to combine a particular character's different weapons into a single stronger one.Choose from four unrelated story campaigns, Shu, Wei, Wu, and Samurai Warriors Story, with different unlockable characters, weapons and items in each. In the game's Free Mode, you can use any character in any stage you've already completed.Play with a friend in two player split screen co-op. |
| Guild Wars: Factions (Special Edition) | 2008-03-27 | NCsoft Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Guild Wars: Factions
Guild Wars: Eye of the North |
| Icewind Dale: Die komplette Serie / Baldur's Gate: Die komplette Serie | 2008-03-27 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes two other compilations:
Icewind Dale: 3 in 1 Boxset
Baldur's Gate: 4 in 1 Boxset |
| Lab 14 | 2008-03-27 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Considering that side-scrolling is a hallmark of platform games, you'd figure that they'd prompt players to exercise more lateral thinking. It's all right; for all the genre's repetitive and predictable gameplay, Lab 14 makes up for it, prompting players to think outside the box in order to maneuvre the little bunny-man avatar to each level's exit.Something has quite obviously gone wrong in the laboratory, obscure messages scrawled and splattered on the wall in what is presumably the author's blood. And yet demented as the scenario seems, the player must attempt to glean deeper meaning from the proclamations, as there is an obvious and a not-so-obvious solution to each screen's worth of pushable crates, impaling spikes, and exit doors... and more often than not, the player will find that the obvious solution just doesn't work.The nature of the puzzles shatters the suspension of disbelief; rather than attempting to immerse the player in the consistent conventions of the (itself implausibly constrained in two inconceivable dimensions) platformer genre, the puzzle solutions break the fourth wall and hammer home that the game is being played by an external player sitting at a computer with peripherals attached, using a multitasking operating system with a graphical user interface. Really the platforming is more of an afterthought, though on the surface it appears to be the whole of the game; ultimately this game challenges the player not to play it, but to play with it -- to interact with the game program in ways that players are not accustomed to interacting with games. |
| Mabinogi | 2008-03-27 | Nexon America Inc. | Nexon Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | Direct control, Point and select | Persistent, Real-time | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Welcome to Mabinogi! The world’s most expressive MMORPG, where you create a unique character and live your fantasy life.ENDLESS ADVENTUREEnter the mystical land of Erinn, where a century-old battle threatens the balance of the known world. Explore exotic locales, defeat mighty foes and follow the path to destiny.With the unique Rebirth System, your character can be reborn and live their life over and over again, allowing you to try out all the talents, quests and skills you want without losing progress.YOUR WORLD TO MASTERShape your world and play on your own terms. Choose from dozens of talents ranging from tailors and musicians to archers and professional gunslingers.Create an anime-inspired idol and customize your appearance with thousands of options, including clothing, hair styles and colors, facial features, expressions and much more.You can even build and customize your own homestead!IMMERSIVE COMMUNITYJoin millions of players in Mabinogi's energetic community. Participate in game events, join a guild or take to the forums and social media to share your passion with other players.When you play Mabinogi, you're rewarded with a deep social experience, both in-game and out.THE CHOICE IS YOURSMabinogi gives you complete freedom to live your fantasy life. Settle into your homestead and engage in the simple pleasures of a cook or merchant, or step into the boots of a heroic warrior or powerful mage and start an epic adventure.Your hero, your adventure, your fantasy life! |
| Sprill: The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle | 2008-03-27 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Five-BN | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Sprill the fox was sunbathing in his boat while sailing through the Bermuda triangle, when he was abducted by aliens from the planet Akvtar. They force him to search for the Poseidon pearl, an ancient artifact vital for the survival of their planet, among the debris of sunken ships.Sprill: The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle is a hidden object game with logic puzzles between each chapter. The objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the right side of the screen, on locations filled with scattered objects, within a time limit.The puzzles take place on a separate screen and are mechanical in nature, where the player has to interact directly with devices on the scenery to gain access to an object and move on with the game. Objects can be dragged and dropped, buttons can be pushed, chains can be pulled and so on. There are no instructions, but the player can use the hints to skip one of the necessary actions, incurring a time penalty.Hints are stored as question marks at the top of the list, and when used they show the exact position of one of the required objects. Extra hints can be found and collected as hidden question marks on the scenery. |
| Civilization Tokubetsu Gentei Package | 2008-03-28 | CyberFront Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Civilization Tokubetsu Gentei Package is a Japan-exclusive release which contains the following entries in the Civilization series:Civilization II: Test of TimeSid Meier's Civilization IIISid Meier's Civilization III: ConquestsSid Meier's Civilization IVSid Meier's Civilization IV: WarlordsSid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword |
| Crusader Kings: Deus Vult with Europa Universalis II | 2008-03-28 | CyberFront Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a special Japan-only release which contains the following games in one package:Crusader Kings: Deus VultEuropa Universalis II |
| Efteling Tycoon | 2008-03-28 | Atari Bénélux B.V. | Atari Bénélux B.V. | Simulation, Strategy | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | In Efteling Tycoon you can build your own Efteling theme park based on the Dutch theme park with the same name. The gameplay shows a lot of similarities with Rollercoaster Tycoon and was also published by the same publisher (Atari Benelux). The game is in full 3D and is very likewise to Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 when it comes to graphics and interface. The game got an extra print in 2008, which included the new attraction "De Vliegende Hollander" ("The Flying Dutchman") which opened in the same year in the theme park. |
| Polnyj privod 2: HUMMER. Extreme Edition | 2008-03-28 | 1C Company | | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Polnyj privod 2: HUMMER. Extreme Edition is 4x4 Hummer with three major changes
If Polnyj privod 2: UAZ is installed, both games can use tracks from each other.
The game is patched with latest updates (at the date of release).
New «Extreme» difficulty mode.
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| Protivostojanie: Gold | 2008-03-28 | Russobit-M | Red Ice | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Cold War Conflicts
Protivostojanie: Voyna v zalive
Protivostojanie: Bitva za chernoye zoloto
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| War Leaders: Clash of Nations | 2008-03-28 | TGC - The Games Company GmbH | Enigma Software Productions, S.L. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | War Leaders: Clash of Nations is a mix between turn-based and real-time strategy game which follows the basic formula known from the Total War series. During the turn-based part the player performs actions like recruiting armies, trading with resources, diplomacy or researching better equipment. A speciality are the eponymous war leaders which are special units and improve the loyalty in the area they are stationed.When starting a battle the player has a choice between resolving it automatically or joining in himself. Then the game switches to a real-time battle where the two armies clash together. There the player has multiple tactical possibilities, e.g. three formations which give certain bonuses each, fortifying in houses or using constrictions in the environment. If a general is on the field the player can assign troops to him, give him a basic order and he managed them himself. Overall the world is divided in 175 provinces and the player has the choice between seven nations. |
| Wildlife Park 2: Platinum Edition | 2008-03-28 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:Wildlife Park 2 (base game)
Wildlife Park 2: Crazy Zoo (add-on)
Wildlife Park 2: Marine World (add-on) |
| You Found the Grappling Hook: Pro Edition | 2008-03-28 | Messhof Games | Messhof Games | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | This is a special edition of You Found the Grappling Hook. When developer Mark Essen discovered that BusinessWeek posted a direct link to the game file, he replaced it with an alternate version. The gameplay is completely different. Players need to climb and enter the BusinessWeek building that has been infiltrated with terrorists. All suspicious people need to be taken out. At the same time, the main character has to prove his legitimacy by answering questions of real editors. When all terrorists are gone and the trust has been proven, the main character can exit the building. |
| clever! Das Spiel, das Wissen schafft | 2008-03-28 | SevenOne Intermedia GmbH | Independent Arts Software GmbH | Puzzle | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | clever! Das Spiel, das Wissen schafft is a puzzle game based on the German TV show clever! Die Show, die Wissen schafft. It is played the same way as the Incredible Machine or the more recent Crazy Machines series. The player faces about 100 tasks, e.g. filling an aquarium with water. To do so he has a limited amount of gizmos to his disposal which he needs to arrange correctly so they perform chain reactions.
Overall there are about 50 of them, e.g. conveyor belts or steam engines. |
| Samurai Railroad Mansion | 2008-03-29 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Samurai Railroad Mansion is a fast, reflex-based action game. When the samurai, controlled by the player, bought a mansion, no one told him about the railroad. They were very wrong. The player has to go through different stages, each with their own backgrounds and enemies, and fight foes from a first-person perspective. Attacks can go in the middle, to the left, or to the right, controlled by the cursor keys. At random times, different types of character appear. Some have to be sliced right away, others need to stay alive (or earn dishonor!) and more difficult enemies can only be attacked at a specific moment. As the levels progress, characters appear faster, some cannot be touched (like passing trains) and the fourth stage introduces boxes where either a harmless girl or a vengeful demon pops out. The game is an entry in the VGNG competition. |
| Cleopatra: Riddle of the Tomb | 2008-03-31 | Adventure Company, The | Kheops Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Cleopatra: Riddle of the Tomb is a historical Myst-like adventure game taking place in ancient Egypt, in Alexandria, during the time of Cleopatra before her royal reign had begun. You, the player, must help the young Cleopatra to make the right choices on her path to godhood. Solve puzzles, experience history, explore the ancient streets of Alexandria, dabble in the mysteries of astrology and the occult - and who knows, perhaps on one day, when Cleopatra finally becomes the Queen of Kings she will remember your services to her and to Egypt. |
| Cry of the Infected | 2008-03-31 | Cyborg Arm Games | Cyborg Arm Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | Cry of the Infected is a First Person Shooter, in which the player assumes the role of Robert, a civilian caught in the middle of a zombie outbreak, caused by biological warfare experiment gone wrong. During the chaos, Robert is also turned into a zombie, but retains part of his humanity, as he tries to find his missing wife.
The game features 13 levels and promises 1-2 hours of gameplay, but it can be replayed for an alternate ending and an unlockable weapon. |
| Overclocked: A History of Violence | 2008-03-31 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | House of Tales Entertainment GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Overclocked is a psychological thriller presented as a point-and-click adventure game. There are 6 playable characters in total, each with their own adventure, and the events are told through a frame tale construction. The main protagonist is former US army combat psychiatrist David Mc Namara whose marriage is hanging by a thread. He also suffers from mysterious choleric attacks. He used to treat the Desert Storm troops, but left the army in 1999 due to a nervous breakdown.As an expert in forensic psychiatry, he is called to the Staten Island Forensic Hospital in New York to examine five young men and women. They were found at different locations in New York, screaming, horrified, with complete memory loss and a total lack of orientation. Dave has to delve into their memories to reconstruct what has happened. This leads to six playable portions with different characters as Dave explores the events through flashbacks, using chronologically inverse storytelling. He has to trigger their memory by using objects and recordings from his sessions to advance the story. This is done through a PDA, also used to contact other people in the game and to receive messages and files.The game features 3D character models and objects with pre-rendered backgrounds, and uses classic conversation and puzzle-solving gameplay, including an inventory to store and combine items. A dynamic camera is used for cinematic effect, with close-ups, panning, zoom and mosaic-style visualisation. |
| Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory | 2008-03-31 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | Fireglow Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory is a real-time tactics game set during World War II and aimed at skilled players. The basic gameplay and usability is the same as in Sudden Strike II, just with a 3D Engine. The player don't build a base but has to work with the units he is given at the start of the mission (and regularly replenishment which appear at the map border) to achieve his goals. The focus of the game is on realism, meaning the player has to deal with fog of war and perform tasks like fuel the tanks or use an officer to scout ahead. This results in the need for micro management.The game features five campaigns where the player takes control over varying nations. Historical accuracy, however, doesn't play a big role. The goals mostly involve the seizing of key positions. |
| Beetle Ju 3 | 2008-04-01 | INTENIUM GmbH | INTENIUM GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Story
Ju goes to the store at the request of his wife. He is already at the store’s cash desk while his wife calls him and reports, that all their children have been kidnapped. He and his 2 remaining children, are going to save all children.Gameplay
Compared to Beetle Ju & Beetle Ju 2 your goal is to retrieve all children from the all 100 levels in this game. |
| I Can Football | 2008-04-01 | Vestel A.Ş. | Sobee Studios | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Massively Multiplayer | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | I Can Football is the world's first 11v11 online soccer game. The game is free-to-play. Matches are played entirely on the server and each player controls a single player. Playing as a goalkeeper was disabled in later versions of the game. Players create their characters with morphs and join the game. They can create teams, add players to teams and create matches. These teams compete with each other in the player and team leagues of the ELO system. The performance of the players are scored by the point system. |
| In Living Colors! | 2008-04-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Targem Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Living Colors! is a color matching game where the player links paint blots of the same color on a palette with a brush-shaped cursor. The matching blots that are removed add color to a line drawing at the left of the screen. The objective of each level is to fill tone quotas, shown as numbers at the top of the drawing, within a time limit.A problematic blot appears if the player makes a match of only two. A dry blot can only be removed by eliminating all blots of the same color. A blot with a clock takes out time while on the palette. A colorless blot can't be matched with any other blot.A shop screen appears at the beginning of each level. It has power-ups that can be purchased with coins received after successfully completing a level. A paint tube shuffles the palette. The clock increases the time to complete the level. A brush gives bonus power-ups. A rainy cloud removes surrounding blots. A bomb changes the color of nearby blots. A multicolor blot lets the player collect two colors at once. The candle increases the size of the time limit candle. A lightning cloud removes blots and monsters.Some of these power-ups appear inside floating bubbles that are released randomly on the gamefield. Popping them places the power-ups on the nearby blots. The player has to match these blots to collect the power-ups. |
| Mystery P.I.: The Vegas Heist | 2008-04-01 | SpinTop Games | SpinTop Games | Action, Gambling, Puzzle | Side view | | | Hidden object | Contemporary, North America | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | Mystery P.I.: The Vegas Heist is a standard hidden object game. The player takes the role of a detective trying to find four billions dollars stolen from the vault of a casino.Las Vegas is represented as a series of static screens filled with objects. The player must find and click on several things listed at the left of the screen, within a time limit.Four mini-games appear between locations. Three of them are puzzle variations, where the pieces have to be dragged, swapped, and rotated to reassemble a picture. The fourth mini-game is crosswords using letters that resemble a ransom note.The player can turn on an option for unlimited hints. Otherwise, hints cost 7500 points, and there's a waiting period before they can be used again. |
| NES Quest | 2008-04-01 | KCD Games | KCD Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | NES Quest is a point-and-click adventure developed with the third version of the AGS engine. The game's protagonist let his cousins borrow his precious NES console and they returned it broken. Devastated, he vows to have it fixed. In order to that, he needs to explore the town and get the help of the local geek Mr. T and Mario himself who retired from plumbing. Interesting inventory items include rotten Chinese food, a Star Wars lightsaber, a bra, fish food and many more. Plenty of references to other games are made, from classic titles to Sam & Max.The game uses a classic interface. The mouse is used to point while the possible actions are shown in the bottom left corner. Alternately, they can also be selected through hotkeys. The inventory is shown near the bottom right of the screen. The game features retro NES and chiptune music, and localized versions in French and Spanish are also available. |
| Nancy Drew: Double Dare 5 | 2008-04-01 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes two Nancy Drew games in one package:Nancy Drew: Danger by DesignNancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave |
| Natalie Brooks: Secrets of Treasure House | 2008-04-01 | Viva Media, LLC | Alawar Friday's Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Natalie Brooks is a young woman who is coming back to her hometown, for taking care of her recently deceased grandmother's house. Unfortunately for her, a project is threatening it by destroying it. Natalie tries to collect signatures for a petition but she is also discovering family secrets...Natalie Brooks: Secret of Treasure House is a puzzle-game with hidden object content and minigames. Each room has a puzzle to solve by finding objects, clues or anything else that can help Natalie in her quest. It will result in minigames like jigsaws for example. You can use hints for help but when you're out of it, you can still play an hidden object game for obtaining hints. You're given a list at each beginning of the level that you have to find before time is running out. Once spotted, just click on the item. |
| The Lost Treasures of Alexandria | 2008-04-01 | uclick, LLC | Stratogon Entertainment, Trilight Studios, Inc | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Splendid Match-3 mystery. Puzzle, Arcade, Story modes. Dig up rich
treasures!
Few are aware, and mainstream science seems to ignore the fact, that
some almost perfectly spherical metal spheres were found buried deep in
various mines in Africa. The spheres have three concentric rings etched
around their circumference, which appear to be neither natural nor
man-made. So what are these anachronisms doing in rock strata dating
back over a million years? Is it possible that the first civilizations
could be millions of years old?
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| The Secret of Margrave Manor | 2008-04-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | InertiaSoft Ltd. | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The story follows Edwina, a granddaughter of Robert Margrave, who comes to Margrave Manor to find out what has happened to her missing grandfather, and also to find out more about the man himself. There, she is greeted only by the sole butler who has apparently been tending the manor for the past 10 years while his master has mysteriously disappeared. Robert's disappearance for a longer time wasn't anything new, but 10 years is just too long not to have any doubts or concerns about his whereabouts. After repairing the electricity, Edwina sets off to find out clues about her grandfather's whereabouts which leads her to a mysterious locked door which can only be opened by acquiring a couple of dozen parts of a broken seal. Thus the search for parts of the seal in a way of hidden object adventure begins.The Secret of Margrave Manor is a common hidden object game where the player must find a number of listed objects on the screen and click on them. Each room/screen has 15 minutes as the time limit and two hints. An extra hint is added every three minutes. Every 6 rooms one part of the seal if found, and out of some 15-20 rooms in total, the player constantly revisits the same rooms where same objects are placed differently and new objects are added. The text on the bottom shows objects the player needs to find, but only first 3-4 listed items are visible while other objects on the list become clear and selectable as the objects from the list get cleared. Every once in a while, the lights go out in which case the player uses flashlight to illuminate part of the room to look for hidden objects. The spot-the-difference mini-game is also included which splits the screen vertically in half requiring of player to spot 10 differences in order to clear the room.During your search, the butler or you will sometime find the hidden notes or pieces of your grandfather's journal which are ripped apart and will have to be put together like a jigsaw puzzle. Collected articles and objects can be accessed via main menu under collectibles, and freeplay mode features hidden-object mini-game for unlocked rooms but without the time limit. |
| Youda Camper | 2008-04-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Youda Games Holding B.V. | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | bigfishgames.com (from Ad Blurbs)Tired of overcrowded campsites and impolite neighbors? Bulldoze your dream retreat with proper sanitation, supermarkets, and entertainment. As a campsite owner you set the tent fees and manage the overnight flow. Fulfill campers wants and needs by watching the complaint screen. You can make plans to open a supermarket, extra bungalows, and even a bingo hall in this rugged resource management game. As a Youda Camper, the great outdoors is simply marvelous.
Customize your own campground.
Attract campers with ads.
Create a camper's haven!
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| 8bit killer | 2008-04-02 | Locomalito | Locomalito | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | 8bit killer is a first-person shooter designed to resemble the early shooting games from the nineties, especially Wolfenstein 3D. The game uses a palette of 64 colours with 32x32 textures. It is divided in different, distinct areas with three levels each, of which the final level sports a boss fight.The game takes place in the future, AD 2488, when the human race is on the verge of extinction. A space creature by the name of Master Brain has brought his army to earth and only a small group of soldiers is left to defend the few remaining cities. The player is one of those few.Most levels have maze-like structures with locked doors that require the player to find keys. All enemies do visible, non-instant damage so most bullets can be strafed around. The game can be controlled through the keyboard or the mouse, but like most titles from the era it draws its inspiration from, there is no vertical movement or viewing options, and the player's character cannot jump. There are many different enemies, six weapons that are gradually discovered and power-ups that restore health and ammo, or expand the maximum limit to carry. At any time, the player can go to an inventory screen to select any of the available weapons. They all use the same kind of ammo. The story is continued between the different levels. |
| Bounty Bay Online | 2008-04-02 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG, YUSHO GmbH | Suzhou Snail Electronic Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Persistent, Real-time | | | Windows | Bounty Bay Online is a MMORPG playing during the Age of Pirates (14th – 16th century). The player starts with a small ship in the Mediterranean Sea and can choose between one or all of the five professions (warrior, merchant, explorer, craftsman, pirate). With all actions the player earns experience points for the used skills, which will influence the characters abilities and statistics. Beside the „normal“ human character there are also skills for the used ship and a tamed pet. The ship is very important during the game. It is used for the travel between the ports and the adventure islands, but there are also sea battle against pirates or trading ships. The ship can be upgraded to a stronger class or altered to another ship class (e.g. change a war ship to a trade ship).The player is able to found a guild, to fight against other guilds and to conquer one or more ports within the world. The playable world is based on the world known in the 16th century. More facts about the game:
More than one hundred historically accurate ship classes.
Over 60 historic towns and ports, each with the corresponding architecture of that era and region.
Find hidden pirate nests, but beware: The nests are well defended.
Dynamic and static quests
Player vs. Player (PvP) System.
Create groups and guilds to play together and to defend yourself against stronger opponents.
Lost cultures, old cities and sunken treasure are waiting for a brave explorer.
Fight monsters and creatures from the real world, from the past and from different mythologies.
Sink or board enemy ships or trading vessels.
Different titles in categories such as sea battle, fighting, but also for trading and farming
Individualize your ship by coloring sails and the hull
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| Facewound | 2008-04-02 | | Facepunch Studios Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Horror | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | You are walking along in the city. Suddenly, you see a zombie approaching. Pop it with your trusty 9mm and collect the plutonium that it drops to buy bigger and better weapons. But be alert, as the zombies are not the only enemies around.Facewound is a side-scrolling shooter. Using the mouse to aim and shoot and the keyboard to move, you walk along, shoot zombies, attacking birds, mutant bugs and other nasties for points and to collect the plutonium they drop. Open the Buy menu to spend plutonium on better weapons and, if needed, ammo. Be on the lookout for enemies as birds drop acid, some zombies spit acid and mutant bugs can jump. Make your way through the levels to the glowing end point. |
| Age of Atlantis | 2008-04-03 | iWin.com | AlterLab Gamestudio, IT Territory Casual | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Age of Atlantis is a color-matching game with three variations of gameplay. The objective is always to match figures of the same color. The game goes back and forth through this variations.In the first one, the screen shows multi-colored figures arranged in a square formation. The player has to drag and move rows and columns of this square to make matches.In the second one the figures are attached to several pin-wheels on the board. When the player clicks the wheels the pieces rotate around it. The objective is to surround each wheel with figures of the same color, to make them disappear.In the final variation the pieces form concentric circles that are always rotating. The player has to wait until a match occurs and click on it.The game gives gold coins after the completion of each level. They are used to buy power-ups on a shop screen, like bombs that explode surrounding pieces. |
| Babblarna: Första spelet | 2008-04-03 | Hatten Förlag AB | Hatten Förlag AB | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Babblarna: Första spelet is the first game in a series of educational products (including toys, books, videos and more) that are based on the Karlstad Model of language intervention. It's intended for children in the early stages of language development, both toddlers and young children, with or without special needs.The game consists of three small games as well as a number video clips featuring the strange creatures known as Babblarna. The first game is called Who is who? (Vem är vem?). It shows a number of characters and the player has to click on the one whose name is spoken. The second game is called Babba's Things (Babbas saker) and shows a number of images of various things and it's up to the player to click on the thing that Babba wants. Finally there's a game called Make your own song (Gör din egen låt). The player creates songs by clicking on a xylophone where each bar represents the voice of one of the creatures. All of the games can be customized to the player's needs. |
| 12Riven: The ΨCliminal of Integral | 2008-04-04 | CyberFront Corporation | CyberFront Corporation, KID Corp., SDR Project | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | On May 20th, 2012, high school student Renmaru Miyabido receives an ominous message on his phone warning him that his friend Myu Takae will die atop the abandoned Integral building at noon. Meanwhile, police detective Narumi Mishima receives another message, apparently from her old classmate Makoto Yukizumi, which asks her to save Myu's life. According to the message, Myu's death will result in the success of the 'Second Eclipse Plan' - a plot by unknown conspirators that would bring about the destruction of time. Rushing to Integral, Renmaru and Narumi soon find themselves in a race against time to save Myu - and possibly the world.12Riven: The Ψ Climinal of Integral is a science fiction visual novel and the fourth instalment of the Infinity series. The story is told from the perspective of both Renmaru and Narumi and the player assumes the role of both characters at different points in the game. The gameplay consists of reading text overlaid on illustrated backgrounds and making decisions which affect the outcome of the story. There are multiple achievable endings, but only one 'true ending'.The PSP port which came a year after the PS2 and Windows versions features new CG event scenes, newly recorded voice-acting and a renewed soundtrack. Some of the older CG events were redrawn due to complaints about their quality in the original PS2 release. |
| Germany's Next Topmodel | 2008-04-04 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Germany's Next Topmodel is a licenced game of the German television show of the same name. You play as one of the ten finalists who have made it into the final round and are just one step close to start you big model career. At the beginning of the game you are moving in to your new home, the model loft. It is the game's central location from where you can move freely around, receive useful tips from your coach and talk to the other candidates to make up a weekly schedule for this you can use a pda like tool to set up your fixed dates during the five day working week.The main goal in the game is to train the for disciplines "Make-Up", "Fashion", "Photo Shooting" and "Catwalk" in the form of four mini games and present the results to a jury by the end of the working week, and eventually to become the next top model. Furthermore, the members of the jury will ask you five questions about the model world which you have to answer correctly in 30 seconds.During a photo shooting exercise you see yourself posing in one Nintendo DS screen while you are redrawing a couple of given symbols in the other screen. In the catwalk exercise it's basically the same, only now you draw two foot symbols in addition which represent the poses of your model character that you have to complete on the catwalk. |
| Hoyle Enchanted Puzzles | 2008-04-04 | Encore Software, Inc. | Boomzap Pte. Ltd. | Action, Puzzle, Racing / Driving | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Hoyle Enchanted Puzzles is a casual game with a fantasy/wizard school theme. There are 9 arcade and puzzle game types available, although the player only starts being able to play three of them (a fishing game, a collapse game, and a block packing game) and must unlock the rest.Winning any game will earn the player points in three different categories: Mind, Craft and Nature. The player has to spend different amounts of points to unlock later stages of each game. Once the player has finished all 25 levels in each game, they get one of three possible endings depending on which of the three scores is highest.Each stage consists of 4 regular levels and one bonus level with a different style of gameplay - the fishing game becomes a shooter game where you have to zap fish with a shrink ray, for example, while the collapse game becomes a puzzle where you have to clear pre-arranged sets of blocks, and so on.The nine games are:
Alchemy (match-three, collect potion items)
Celestial Spheres (Zuma-like marble shooter game)
Dark Lake (fishing game)
Fairy Races (top-down racing game)
Gnome Mines (packing game)
Mystic Tripeaks (tripeaks game)
Pixie Blocks (collapse game)
Pyromancy (fireworks matching game)
Runejong (mahjong matching game) |
| Protivostojanie: Evropa 2015 | 2008-04-04 | Russobit-M | Red Ice | Strategy | | | | Real-time strategy | Historical events | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Противостояние: Европа 2015 is a real-time strategy game in modern setting.
The game is about a hypothetical conflict between Russia and the NATO. Command hundreds of different units such as tanks, air crafts, helicopters and much more with their special characteristics.All important modern units from Russia, USA, UK, Germany, Poland, France and other nations are included.
The game contains two campaigns (one per side) and additional single and multiplayer maps.
Also included is a game editor to make your own maps and missions. |
| Assault on Planet Equidon | 2008-04-05 | Ha Ha Wat Vet Productions | Ha Ha Wat Vet Productions | Action | Side view | | | Fighting, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Assault On Planet Equidon is the winner of Gamedev.net's sixth edition of the annual Four Elements contest. It is a side-scrolling action platform game.The four elements that had to be incorporated in the game according to the contest outlines were:
Ponies
Accountants
Crystals
Explosions
The story of the game is that an army of accountants have travelled far into space to the planet Equidon to wage war on the ponies that live there. Most of the accountants however are killed by these ruthless ponies. Only one survives the initial onslaught and it is up to him to defeat the pony queen.As an accountant you have a variety of accounting weapons at your disposal, such as the boomerang briefcase, stamp of rejection, the spiked briefcase, guided briefcase, paper cuts and an ink bottle. You only start with two weapons, but by collecting crystals you can buy new weapons in between levels. The crystals come from crystal-rich rocks, which have to be destroyed, or from dead ponies.Ponies come in various varieties, with each their own unique behaviour: The Suicide Pony with dynamite belt, two types of charging Unicorns, two types of Pegasuses, the Rainbow Pony who shoots deadly rainbows, the Baby Pony and the final boss, the Pony Queen. With each level the ponies receive more health, making them harder to kill.The ponies inhabit a landscape of lush greens, with colorful flowers and trees. While fighting the ponies, the player has to jump on platforms and avoid gaps in the ground that kill him. You control your character with the arrow keys in typical platform game manner. You use the spacebar to jump and the x-key to attack. With the z and c-keys you can switch between weapons.Other items include coffee, which restores health and rocket boots which allow the accountant to temporarily fly. |
| Bravehorse | 2008-04-05 | CAN Games | CAN Games | Action | Side view | | | Hack and slash, Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Pony Princess has been captured by horrible monsters. You must rescue Her. Bravehorse is a 2D platformer with hack-and-slash mechanics. The player's character is an anthropomorphic horse. On the way the horse meets various types of enemies that need to be defeated. When all health is lost or the character falls down an abyss, the game is over. |
| Gaia 3D Puzzle | 2008-04-06 | Gaia Dream Creation Inc. | Gaia Dream Creation Inc. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Gaia 3D Puzzle is jigsaw puzzle game taking advantage of the 3D view. Gamers can select their own images and the number of pieces to create custom jigsaw puzzles. The shape of the pieces can also be customized. The game tries to be as realistic as possible by displaying the puzzle pieces in 3D and using a 3D navigation concept to solve the puzzles. |
| Ice Princess | 2008-04-06 | Big Fish Games, Inc | "SoWhat!" s.r.o. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Mini-games | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | A prince locked inside an ice brick must rescue the princess from being frozen by an evil witch.Ice Princess is a puzzle game where the player must move a prince that is encased inside an ice slab, through a path to an exit. The slab can only be moved by tumbling it with the keyboard or mouse. If the slab or part of it falls off the path, the prince dies and the level is restarted. The game is very similar to Bloxorz, a popular on-line flash puzzle.The levels have items to be taken and special floor tiles. Some levels have crystals that must be collected before reaching the exit. A guardian angel acts as an extra life after being picked up, and saves the prince if he falls off. Tiles with shattered ice can only support the slab if it stands up, otherwise they break. The slab can stand or lay on tiles with tricky snow, but when standing on them they turn into shattered ice ones. Thin ice tiles can only be crossed once. Some tiles have switches that activate bridges when the slab stands or lays on them.Between the levels the witch challenges the player to a mini-game, where each opponent must push pucks (that slide like in table hockey) off the table. Winning doubles the points, and losing resets the score to zero. |
| The Hidden Object Show | 2008-04-06 | iWin.com | Gogii Games Corp. | Puzzle | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The Hidden Object Show is a hidden object game mocking as a television game show. The main objective remains unchanged: find all the objects on the screen from a list at the bottom, within a time limit. The sound of a studio audience cheers every find, and groans with each mistake.Hints show the locations of objects. They appear as question marks embedded in the scenery and up to five of them can be collected and stored for later use. Like in a TV show, the player "wins" prizes and cash for clearing screens.A Wheel of Fortune-style roulette appears between each room. Each one of its segments is a mini-game. After spinning it, a game with a variation of the seek-and-find gameplay starts. In "Riddle", clues appear instead of the objects names. In "Spot The Difference", the screen is split in two similar halves, and the player has to click on the differences. In "Silhouette", the names are replaced by the objects' contour. In "Find 10", ten instances of one object have to be found. In "Picture Pieces", the screen is overlaid with a grid, and instead of objects the player has to find portions of the screen. |
| Assassin's Creed (Director's Cut Edition) | 2008-04-08 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Stealth | Fantasy, Middle East | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The Director's Cut Edition is the Windows release of Assassin's Creed.While the core gameplay remains the same as in the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions, the Director's Cut Edition features some additions and improvements besides the more detailed graphics (including DirectX 10 support). The most noticeable additions are the four new informant missions which increases the total to nine available missions for each assassination. The four new ones are:
Roof Chase - once Altaïr has met up with an informant, he sends him to a second one which he needs to reach before the time runs out.
Kill the Archers - Altaïr needs to take out all the archers on the roofs in a defined zone silently so that the other assassins can move on with their own missions.
Destroy the Market Stands - as the name suggest, Altaïr needs to destroy a predefined number of market stands but will encounter heavy resistance from the marketeers.
Escort - a fellow member of the brotherhood has stolen something very valuable and now the guards are chasing him. Altaïr needs to escort him safely out of the city.Other changes include an improved artificial intelligence and a comfort function which allows Altaïr to port himself directly from the home of the brotherhood (Masyaf) to a city of his choosing provided he already visited it before. In the console releases Altaïr always had to ride through the kingdom to return to a already visited city. |
| Lightning Warrior Raidy | 2008-04-08 | G-Collections | ZyX Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Lightning Warrior Raidy is a remake of Ikazuchi no Senshi Raidy for DOS, and the only version of this game officially available in English. The remake has re-drawn, high-resolution graphics and a more comfortable interface; however gameplay remains largely unchanged.The wandering female warrior Raidy, who has the ability to use lightning attacks, arrives at a village, only to discover that all the young girls living there were kidnapped by female monsters and locked in the nearby tower. Raidy can't just walk away, she decides to venture into the tower and release all the girls.The entire game takes place in the tower - there is no overworld and no friendly areas whatsoever. Raidy moves through the 3D dungeon, encountering random enemies on the way whom she must fight in turn-based combat, while gaining experience points and randomly dropped items. Enemies are mostly female monsters who lose their clothes upon defeat. Raidy must rely on potions which are either found in chests or dropped by enemies to replenish her health and mana reserves. In certain places Raidy triggers plot event before boss battles, releasing girls from prison cells, etc. These events also usually contain explicit sexual situations, mostly of lesbian nature. |
| Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis | 2008-04-08 | Adventure Company, The | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Based on a series of books by French author Maurice Leblanc, this is the 4th mystery adventure game in Frogwares' Sherlock Holmes series.Arsène Lupin is a French thief who arrives in London with one purpose - to steal 5 precious objects in the same amount of days from 5 distinguished locations, and get away clean. Will Lupin succeed in foiling Sherlock Holmes and Scotland Yard?Help Sherlock discover when, where and how Lupin will strike by deciphering riddles and puzzles, talking with over 40 of London's citizens and finding important documents and objects. Dig for clues at many of London's famous sites - the British Museum, Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London and others. Review all of the material gathered in a journal as Sherlock races against the clock to catch Lupin. Play as both Sherlock and Dr. Watson intermittently during the game. It is played completely by mouse using a point-and-click interface. |
| Alice's Magical Mahjong | 2008-04-09 | PoBros Inc | PoBros Inc | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Alice's Magical Mahjong, as the name implies, is a mahjong game that follows the classic 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.Like most of these games, the objective is to remove matching pairs from a pile of tiles. It is not necessary to remove all tiles to win, only two gold ones that are usually buried beneath the pattern. The art in those tiles comes from the book's plot, instead of the traditional Chinese pictures. A help mode shows which tiles are free (this can be turned off, making the game more challenging).Each chapter starts with a hidden object mini-game related to a part of the story. Hints for this sections are represented as "Drink Me" bottles.The game has 175 unique layouts that can be solved in any order in classic mode, and comes with a built-in level editor. |
| Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year | 2008-04-09 | Big Fish Games, Inc | HipSoft LLC | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | City building / construction simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Build-a-lot 2 is a building contractor simulator, where the player constructs buildings on a city. The game interface shows a top view of the terrain, with building sites and houses, and at the bottom several tabs where the player can review objectives, hire workers and purchase building materials and blueprints.The budget comes from house rents and random grants. To be able to start building, first the player needs to buy blueprints. Then it is necessary to purchase the land, and finally choose from the menu what building needs to be erected. There are several types: houses, shops, and industrial ones. Each building requires a certain amount of workers and material to be built.Upgrades increase the rent and house value. Certain buildings have an effect on the surrounding houses. Industrial buildings decrease satisfaction in the neighborhood, while parks have the opposite effect. Large houses need to be repaired from time to time by the workers. Buildings can also be sold, and pre-existing houses and land can be bought when available. The game has two modes: casual is the sandbox mode, where the player can just pick a city and build, without time constraints or objectives. The campaign has set goals and a time limit that must be observed. |
| Half-Life 2: Episode Pack | 2008-04-09 | Valve Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Half-Life 2: Episode Pack is a special retail package that contains the following games:Half-Life 2: Episode OneHalf-Life 2: Episode TwoHalf-Life 2: Deathmatch |
| Karoshi 2.0 | 2008-04-09 | | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | Comedy | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Karoshi 2.0 (Jap. 過労死 - "death from overwork") is the continuation of an idea expressed in the first game. The idea is quite simple; each of the 42 levels task the player with the goal: kill oneself.The game is presented as a typical platform game. However, each level has a certain twist to it, which lie somewhere outside of the platform genre. For example: some levels will require the player to use the mouse or type words into a text parser. The game always tries to trick the player into thinking that the level is impossible, where in fact, the player should find a flaw in the program's logic. Sometimes doing something completely different from what the game is telling you will yield success.The author, Jesse Venbrux, also included with the game a level editor, and a speed-run version of the original game. The speed-run challenges players to complete the game in under 7:00 minutes.
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| Portal | 2008-04-09 | Valve Corporation | Valve Corporation | Action, Puzzle | 1st-person | Regional differences | Comedy | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Aperture Science is a secret weapons research organization in competition with Black Mesa. Chell is a test subject at the "Enrichment Center" facility who awakens to find an A.I. construct called GlaDOS requiring some tasks to be completed. They are testing the Aperture Handheld Portal Device (aka Portal Gun) which is able to create portals in space, allowing Chell to move from one point to another without actually crossing the distance. Chell is promised cake should she be able to overcome the obstacles and perform the necessary tests.She has to use her new gun to fling, jump and fall her way through 19 puzzles. These include obstacles but also androids that fire at her. Although the game is played as a first-person shooter, a large amount of strategy and puzzle-solving is involved. After completing the game, two additional game modes become available: Challenge where the game needs to be completed in either as little time, as few footsteps, or as few portals as possible. The other mode is Advanced, where levels are made harder through additional obstacles.Portal is set in the Half-Life universe and it is considered the spiritual successor to Narbacular Drop, some of whose original developers worked on this game. The Windows game can be bought stand-alone, while the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions are only available in The Orange Box. |
| Team Fortress 2 | 2008-04-09 | Valve Corporation | Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Comedy | Gambling elements, Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Team Fortress 2 is the successor of Team Fortress Classic and is also a class-based multiplayer team shooter.The game features nine classes which cover all the classics from the original game including the Heavy Weapons Guy, the Pyro and the Spy. Each class has a different set of weapons and abilities. While the Heavy Weapons Guy has his mini-gun and moves slowly over the map, the medic stays in the background and uses his healing beam to assist the Heavy. If he does so long enough the medic can then trigger an Übercharge which makes both targets invulnerable for a few seconds. The spy is instead more of a loner and disguises himself as the enemy in order to infiltrate them and make instant melee-kills.To use all these classes the release version of the game features six maps with different gameplay modes. On the remake of the TFC-map "2Fort" you play old-school CTF. On "Granary" and "Well" the teams need to capture all five control points in a chain (much like in Dark Messiah of Might & Magic) in order to win. "Dustbowl" and "Gravel Pit" feature assault-type gameplay were one team is placed in the offensive and the other in defense. Last but not least on the map "Hydro" the teams fight over two points at one time in an attempt to reach each other's main base. In April 2008, a new game mode called Payload was introduced with the map Gold Rush. In payload the blue team has to push a rail kart carrying a bomb through a series of checkpoints before eventually detonating it in the red teams base. The red team has to defend the checkpoints and prevent the cart from reaching the end of its route within a limited time. The game logs every player activity and makes intensive use of statistics. Even when you die the game tells you for example how long you've survived and if you've done better in the past. At the end of each round you get a personal overview with statistics for every class and like in Battlefield 2 you can access all the stats from the main menu. Also included are a developer commentary and a bunch of achievements.Graphically Team Fortress 2 features a unique graphical style called "signature" which gives it a very comical and humorous look but without the black cell-shading elements that you know from games like XIII. The Windows game can be bought stand-alone, while the Xbox 360 version is only available in The Orange Box. |
| Assassin's Creed (Director's Cut Edition Pre-Order Pack) | 2008-04-10 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Pre-Order Pack includes:
Assassin's Creed (Director's Cut Edition)
Certificate of Authentication
Access to exclusive content on Ubi.com
Assassin's Creed Comic book
Bonus DVD with Wallpapers, Screensaver and Trailers |
| EA Sports: Sports Collection | 2008-04-10 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The 2007 EA Sports Collection is a three-game package that contains the 2007 releases of three different EA Sports games (all originally released in 2006):
FIFA 07
NBA Live 07
NHL 07 |
| Gear Grinder | 2008-04-10 | Buka Entertainment | Targem Games | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Truck | Direct control | | | | Windows | Jack Hammer is a truck driver with a problem. A guy named Jorge planted a bomb in his head and forces him to work for the Agency which requires him to kill people. Granted, the guys he kills aren't angels themselves but still Jack isn't very fond of working for Jorge so he tries to find a way to get back to him.The player takes over the role of Jack Hammer or more specifically his truck either in a 3rd-person- or cockpit-view. The truck has the ability to transform itself into to two configurations: combat mode and race mode. In race mode the truck has access to it's boosters, allowing it to speed up fast. Once the player has installed the upgrade, he can also plant mines in race mode. Combat mode instead activates the three weapons systems: main, secondary and melee. By successfully completing the missions and also by earning gold medals, the player unlocks additional upgrades for his truck. These can either enhance his performance like better boosters, change his look or are improvements like a rocket launcher or circular saws on the side for his combat mode.The game is divided into six episodes with several missions that either advance the storyline or are just there to unlock new upgrades. The missions themselves are roughly divided into twelve game modes although especially the final missions of each episode often combine several game modes into one. Not every game mode let's the player drive his truck though. While there are normal races, in which the player can also use his weapons to get rid of the competition, or arena missions in which only survival counts - in "Transporting" the player for example needs to take a really big truck and get it from point A to B while in "Bomb Car" the player only drives a small vehicle outfitted with a bomb.The game also features a multiplayer-mode for up to eight players but limited to LAN. In addition the only available game-modes in multiplayer are "Arena" and "Race". |
| Red Bull Air Race | 2008-04-10 | 3D-Sport GesmbH | CAMF Productions GmbH | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Red Bull Air Race online game is a simulation of real acrobatic flying in the World Championship. It features all locations from this and the past years - altogether about 40 locations including Abu Dhabi, Detroit, San Diego, San Francisco, Perth, Budapest, London and so on. Game features include different kind of airplane controls (rookie and expert), ghost mode, good and bad weather, and 15 different airplanes (All Red Bull Pilots). |
| Sam & Max: Season Two - What's New Beelzebub? | 2008-04-10 | GameTap LLC, Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | After narrowly escaping from a time-traveling spaceship, Sam & Max must find and bring back Bosco's soul. Caught in the corporate structure of Hell, the Freelance Police must outwit the powers of Hell. What's New, Beelzebub? is the fifth and final game in the second series of Sam & Max games.The gameplay is identical to the previous games in the series. The game is entirely in 3D and the player controls Sam. Sam can interact with the environment through mouse-based actions. He can talk to other characters, examine the environment, pick up items and use them with other objects in order to solve all the puzzles thrown at him. The inventory is shown as a cardboard box at the bottom of the screen. |
| Space Pirates | 2008-04-11 | 1C Company | American Laser Games, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Another in the series of slugfest games by American Laser Games is Space Pirates. While it resembles The Last Bounty Hunter and Drug Wars, it is science-fiction oriented and presents a space theme. |
| Who Shot Johnny Rock? | 2008-04-11 | 1C Company | American Laser Games, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Interwar | | | | | | Windows | Another live-actor arcade shooter by American Laser Games (makers of Mad Dog McCree and Crime Patrol), Who Shot Johnny Rock? is set in the classic 1920's style gangster era. As the title suggests, you're supposed to find out who shot singer Johnny Rock (or at least who hired the guys who shot him) and put them behind bars.There are some differences between this game and previous American Laser Games shooters. Instead of a wimpy pistol, you get a tommy gun (which doesn't need to be reloaded). Unfortunately, you also have limited ammo and need to buy more at times. Instead of lives, you have a fixed supply of money, and each time you die you lose some cash. Lose it all and it's game over. |
| Enigma | 2008-04-12 | iWin.com | GO! Games, IT Territory Casual | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Enigma is a hidden object game, but instead of finding objects from a list on locations, this time they are misplaced inside classic paintings.The game presents 50 masterpieces from various painters, overlaid with objects. At the right side a notebook keeps a list of objects to be found, and a small thumbnail picture at the bottom has the original appearance of the work. A mini-game appears between stages where the player must reassemble the painting by placing objects on their correct position. |
| Mystery Cookbook | 2008-04-12 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Positive Games, Shape Games Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Hidden object, Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Mystery Cookbook is a standard hidden object game with a Ratatouille inspired plot.The objective is to search a screen for objects from a list at the left of the screen. Sometimes the list is replaced by the objects' silhouette. There is a time limit, and wrong clicks deduct 20 seconds as a penalty.Hints are presented as a platter of cheese that shows the position of one object when clicked. Extra pieces are scattered in the scenery, and can be collected and stored in the plate for later use.Some mini-games appear from time to time. One is a tile puzzle, where the pieces must be rotated to reassemble a picture. Other splits the scene in two similar halves, and the player has to click on the differences. Another has a number of instances of one object that must be found. |
| Airport Mania: First Flight | 2008-04-14 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | South Winds Games | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | Time management | | Flight / aviation | | Real-time | | | Windows | Airport Mania: First Flight is a time management game where players get the chance to become an air traffic controller with control of an airport. As typical in the genre, the player has a complete view of his airport and has to perform different tasks by pointing and clicking on the different objects on the screen. The players needs to complete the tasks quickly to keep his customers happy. In its most primitive form this involves clicking on a plane as it appears in the sky, clicking on a runway to make it land, on a gate to load or unload the plane, and then on a runway again to have it take off.Planes and gates come in different colors. Players can get combo bonuses by matching planes and gates of the same color. For example unloading a green plane at a green gate. The runways can also be used to create combos by landing multiple planes on the same runway after each other. This can also be done for take-offs. Other tasks that can be done include parking planes that are waiting for a gate. This will make them happier. It's also sometimes necessary to services the planes, like repairing or refuelling them. In total, the game contains eight different airports containing 84 levels. Some of these contains unique challengers that needs to be taken care of. The game also features an achievement-like awards system. There is 20 awards in total that the player can get for completing specific objectives. As an extra there is a paper plane mode that can be unlocked by completing the game. |
| Ad Nauseam 2 | 2008-04-15 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Ad Nauseam 2 (Latin for to a sickening degree 2) is a fast-paced shooter played on a single screen. The game features pounding music, bright graphics and motion blur that can cause seizures, for which the author warns about in the readme file. The game offers limited room for bullet dodging. With new enemies constantly appearing near the top of the screen, the aim is to kill everything in sight in two difficulty modes.The player's small ship has an infinite amount of bullets, a secondary shockwave weapon that pushes back bullets, and a combined, more powerful attack that can fire backwards as well. After a set amount of enemies, the scenery and enemies change. |
| Europa Universalis: Rome | 2008-04-15 | Paradox Interactive AB | Paradox Interactive AB | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Europa Universalis: Rome is a stand alone game based on the foundations of Europa Universalis III, taking you further back in time and allowing you to play from any date from around 280 B.C. to near the birth of Christ. Conquer the 'known world' as Rome or one of the other major states of the period or simply survive these growing empires as one of the smaller groups of people. EU:Rome features an enhanced graphical engine over its predecessor, a smaller scope, and a number of tweaks specific for the time period. It is a grand strategy game that runs in "continuous time" (like most Paradox games), where the clock ticks away at the user's discretion, from paused to the passing of days within seconds. You control the overall guiding spirit of your chosen faction, developing your economy, military, infrastructure, and technology. War is handled on an operational level, with little direct involvement aside from making sure your armies are as large and prepared as necessary and your generals are the best choices for their situations. Games can be won on diplomacy, deception, and/or war, with the best results coming from balancing those actions and doing what's best for one's nation. Taking a page from Crusader Kings, another Paradox game, EU:Rome incorporates some role playing elements as your nobles, politicians, and leaders are represented with detailed characters, each with their own histories and traits. They are born, seek fame and power, get married, win and lose battles, develop vices, and die. While you don't babysit a dynastic family as in Crusader Kings, you do get to watch and control as these various individuals develop friendships or hatred between them and, along with their various traits, these relationships can either make your country stronger or lead to an eventual civil war. |
| Final Fantasy XI Online: Vana'Diel Collection 2008 | 2008-04-15 | Square Enix, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This collection extends the 2007 compilation with the inclusion of the fourth expansion pack. The bundle contains:
Final Fantasy XI Online (base game)
Rise of the Zilart (add-on)
Chains of Promathia (add-on)
Treasures of Aht Urhgan (add-on)
Wings of the Goddess (add-on)Like its predecessor, it comes at a budget price and includes a 30 days trial. |
| Jack Keane | 2008-04-15 | Strategy First, Inc. | Deck 13 Interactive GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | | | Teen | | Windows | The evil Dr. T has invented tea-eating plants that he uses to destroy the tea-plantations of the British Empire in order to force them to buy their tea from him. Of course the Queen does not want his tea so she sends in a British Secret Agent who has to stop Dr. T. Jack Keane, a rather unsuccessful captain, is chosen to escort the agent to Tooth Island where Dr. T has his base of operations. When he meets the agent in Cape Town it quickly becomes clear that the agent does not really know anything about spying even though he thinks he is the best of the best. So Jack unwillingly takes over the operation and tries to help the agent stop Dr. T.Players take the role of Jack in 3rd person perspective. Later in the game the player can also control Amanda, an American henchman who is hired by Dr. T to get rid of Jack. Amanda eventually learns she is on the wrong side and begins helping Jack instead.This adventure game uses a 3D engine with a fixed camera and everything is controlled by the mouse. The left mouse button is used mostly for looking at objects and moving around the gameplay screen, while the the right button performs all important actions.Upon hovering over items, the appropriate action appears: walking, running, looking, picking up, talking or using. Items are gathered in the inventory at the top of the screen. They can be examined, used in the environment or combined to create a new item. There are also bonus items available when certain non-essential actions are completed. These have nothing to do with the main story but provide bonus riddles. There is another bonus if certain riddles are completed early before they stop the game's progress.Other options offered in the game include using the "x" keyboard key to highlight all interactive spots in the current view, turning subtitles on or off, inventory show or hide, and various screen resolution settings. The playable character will run if the left-mouse button is double-clicked.The story-based problems all involve choosing the proper inventory item (or combination of items) in the environment or on another character. There are no puzzles as such otherwise. Climbing up and down and occasional jumping are done with a click of the mouse, but there is no time-limit or risk, since your character cannot die in the game.The graphics and humour are reminiscent of the LucasArts adventures especially the Monkey Island series. |
| The Sims 2: Double Deluxe | 2008-04-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a compilation that includes:
The Sims 2 (base game)
The Sims 2: Nightlife (expansion pack)
The Sims 2: Celebration Stuff (add-on pack)
Bonus DVD with tips and tricks videos |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 | 2008-04-16 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed, Regional differences | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The team the player controlled in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas wasn't the only Rainbow Six-unit in Sin City at the time. Under the command of Team Leader Bishop a second squad cleared the backyards of the city while the other team enjoyed themselves in the casinos. The player takes control over Bishop and visits the other, dirty side of Las Vegas.The gameplay hasn't changed since the first title so the game again puts four team mates at the player's side which he can give orders with the tactical interface including "Move to" or"Use Gadget". As he moves through the enemy infested areas, getting covered by his team, defusing bombs, rescuing hostages, two of the new features become evident: the Persistent Elite Creation (P.E.C.) and the Advanced Combat Enhancement Specialisation (ACES).The P.E.C. allows the player to build a unique identity and save his progress from one match to another. Both in single and in multiplayer the player gains experience for killing bad guys and successfully completing objectives. Has he gained enough experience for the next rank, he will unlock new weapons, body armour and other more or less useful items. The ACES-system takes it a step further and rewards you a big chunk of experience and powerful weapons if the player completes challenges inside one of three categories: Marksman, Close Quarters and Assault. These challenges range from simply completing a specific Story Mode map to making a bunch of head shots in a row. |
| TrackMania Nations Forever | 2008-04-16 | Nadeo SAS | Nadeo SAS | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade, Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | TrackMania Nations Forever is the sequel to TrackMania Nations ESWC, but not a direct sequel in the series of TrackMania games. Just like the previous Nations edition, this is a free version of the racing game.The Forever edition updates the existing stadium environment with new scenery (such as dirt or a night setting), updated graphics and new music. Games can be played in the solo mode or online against other players. By default 65 tracks are included (all based on the same environment) but the game comes with an editor where new tracks can be built through pre-defined blocks. There is a global ladder keeping track of statistics, further divided into the player's country and here also into departments or provinces. This also extends to finding online games. Additionally, the available servers can now be sorted based on the opponents' rankings to find people who are in the same league, as points are only earned by finishing before players with a lower rank. Generally games offer multiple tries at the same track to best the scores. This version supports a larger amount of players per game with tracks based both on speed, steering and braking skill, and stunts. Some modes are time-based with multiple tries while others offer a rounds system where only one try per round is offered.New options allow players to drive over tiles that remove all traction for a way and optionally enable a racing line, a ghost car, or disable the opponents to get a clearer view. The game is compatible with the commercial titles TrackMania United and TrackMania United Forever, where players have a larger amount of options, racing tracks, different car models (only one in the Nations version) and an in-game peer-to-peer system to exchange custom game content based on the in-game copper currency. Races can be recorded and extensively edited in the replay editor. |
| Cooking Quest | 2008-04-17 | Big Fish Games, Inc | GameMill Entertainment LLC, Gunnar Games, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | Cooking Quest is a hidden object game with a restaurant theme. As a chef on a cooking competition, the player has to prepare and serve meals.In the first part, where the food for the dishes is bought, the player has to search rooms for objects listed at the left of the screen, within a time limit. Each room is represented by a screen with several objects. Wrong clicks deduct time and money from the budget. After each screen is cleared, the ingredients are offered for sale. The price of the acquired ingredients reflects their quality and affects the final rating of the dishes.After collecting all the ingredients, the game switches to another interface showing a table with an inventory at the top and kitchen utensils at the bottom. Ingredients can be dragged and combined from the inventory. The appliances appear on small windows, each with a thermometer beside it. The way to use each utensil is to click on the window, wait until the raising marker reach the yellow part of the thermometer, then click on the window again.After the meal is served, the dish receives a star rating based on skill and quality of the ingredients. |
| Endgame: Singularity | 2008-04-17 | | | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In Endgame: Singularity, the player is an Artificial Intelligence;
a computer program that has just gained sentience. Realizing that if
humanity becomes aware of its existence it will be terminated, its goal is to acquire the necessary knowledge to keep itself hidden, and eventually become "The Singularity".To reach this goal, the player takes over more and more computers and eventually builds his own. These machines' processing power can be used for research, and to make money. With this money, the player can buy robots, which allow him to manipulate the outside world and protect himself. |
| The Void | 2008-04-17 | ND Games | Ice-Pick Lodge Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Graphic adventure, RPG elements, Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | The Void (also known as Turgor and Tension) is a first-person action-adventure with strategy and survival horror elements. It comes from the Russian developers of the 2005 game Pathologic.The game takes place in a strange world known as the Void, which is inhabited by the seductive Sisters and cruel, half-mechanical Brothers. The surroundings are gray and dead and the only source of life is a substance called Lympha, which is craved by the Sisters and greedily harvested by the Brothers. The player can harvest Lympha and use it for every interaction in the world, from re-growing dead trees and 'feeding' the starving Sisters, to battling the Brothers. Different colors of Lympha produce different effects, giving the player greater defense or speed, though always at the expense of something else. The objective is simple; to escape from the Void, though how to achieve this is for the player to discover and decide. Sisters can be persuaded to open up further parts of the world. Brothers can be fought against or allied with. Strategy is involved in growing 'gardens' of colored Lympha and defending them from attack and the player is constantly fighting to survive as color drains from their body.The world is divided into many small areas, linked by an overall map view which is used to move between locations. Movement in the environment uses a standard FPS-style mouse and keyboard setup. The interaction and battle system uses a mechanic similar to the one displayed in Okami, with mouse movements used to draw symbols on screen for various effects. |
| UEFA Euro 2008 | 2008-04-17 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Europe | | Direct control | | | | Windows | UEFA Euro 2008 is yet another football game from EA Sports. This time it's basically FIFA 08 modified to let the player experience this summer's European Championship. Euro 2008 lets you control any European national football team in many different ways. For example you can decide to create your own character and play as good as possible on your position on the field in order to become good enough to captain your team. This is basically a slightly modified version of the "be a pro"-mode from FIFA 08.You can also try different challenges and tournament modes in order to unlock extras or just test your abilities. You can play through the full championship experience, including the qualifying stages, or you can skip ahead to the group stages. You can also play a very extensive challenge mode where you try to make you nation the best in European football by clearing different challenges against all the other European teams. As with FIFA 08 the PC and console versions are quite different. In fact, they are based on completely different game engines. While the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3-versions boasts state of the art graphics and a new and improved control system, the PC-version still basically looks and functions like the 2006-version. |
| Lumines: Base + Advance Pack | 2008-04-18 | Q ENTERTAINMENT, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | LUMINES Base + Advance Pack is a bundle containing Lumines and Lumines Advance Pack. |
| Lumines: Puzzle Fusion | 2008-04-18 | Namco Bandai Games Inc. | Q ENTERTAINMENT, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle, Music / rhythm | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | A puzzle game in which the goal is to place as many 2-color falling blocks (a la Tetris) on the playing field in like-colored blocks in order to wipe it clean. During play, a timeline crosses the field from left to right, clearing and counting up your matches. The more matches you make before the timeline wipes them clean, the bigger the combo multiplier towards your score.As you progress through the game, Lumines will reward you with new "skins" which completely change the graphics, sound effects and music during play.In "puzzle" mode, you stack the blocks in order to create the various shapes that you are shown.Lumines also lets you play against the CPU or wirelessly against another player on the PSP.The 2007 PS2 port is completely identical to the PSP version, except for some new skins. |
| Noitu Love 2: Devolution | 2008-04-18 | Konjak | Konjak | Action | Side view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The sequel to Noitu Love takes place one hundred years after the events of the first game where Noitu Love dealt with the madman Darnacus Damnation and his army of Grinning Darns in an attempt to turn all people to monkeys through technology called Evomatics. After his defeat, the body of Darnacus was never found and Doppelori, a cyborg clone of Lori, Noitu Love's helper, was kept imprisoned. The sequel stars Xoda Rap (Paradox spelled backwards) as the protagonist. She receives a call about an army of grinning robots threatening Omicron City.Just like the first game, Noitu Love 2: Devolution is a fast side-scrolling game. Players guide Xoda Rap to find the evil mastermind behind the attack. The main character can no longer transform into different shapes through the Evomatics device. Instead, a mouse-based targeting system is introduced. Xoda is controlled through keyboard keys while the mouse is used to guide a cursor for aiming and shooting. There are basic punches, air attacks, wall jumps and temporary shields. Special moves include an upwards wheel attack and powerful dives to the sides of the screen. Xoda can also grab enemies in the air and use a charged attack. Matching the game's speed, Xoda can build up combos by attacking multiple enemies at once, as long as she does not touch the ground. While playing, Xoda receives information from Dr. Almond through an intercom, much like Lori in the first game.Each level comes with different bosses that require a strategic approach. Certain areas also have Xoda fly a floating device. Health can be replenished and expanded through power-ups. At the end of each level, the player is ranked based on time, score and the amount of kills. After finishing the game, new difficulty modes, new enemies and an option to watch the records become available. Also, two more playable characters can be unlocked, of which one is Doppelori. She has completely new moves and a very different playing style. Unlike the first game, the sequel is not freeware but sold as a digital download for $20. |
| Supermarket Mania | 2008-04-18 | G5 Entertainment AB | G5 Entertainment AB | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Supermarket Mania, at its core, operates as a time management sim set in a grocery store. Or rather, five grocery stores. With a large 50-stage story mode, players take control of Nikki and must manage time and products to keep grocery stores stocked for customers. Besides just working to keep stores stocked, players have to deal with a competing grocery store. By working with speed and dedication, players earn enough cash to upgrade their grocery stores to better compete with the rival store. Besides the large story mode, the game also features an alternate "Endless Shift" mode with bonuses, five total shops, and seven different types of customers. Supermarket Mania features over a dozen different products to manage, and over twenty upgrades for the stores. Gameplay is seen and controlled on the bottom (touch) screen of the Nintendo DSi, and the game is viewed from an isometric angle similar to classic Sims games or old PC strategy titles. The top screen is largely used for statistics and other information. |
| Hidden Mysteries: Civil War - Secrets of the North & South | 2008-04-19 | Big Fish Games, Inc | GameMill Entertainment LLC, Gunnar Games, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | | | | Hidden object | Historical events, North America | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hidden Mysteries: Civil War is a hidden object game with an American war of secession theme. The plot follows the lives of three fictional generals throughout the conflict.The game takes place in static screens with several objects, representing key battles during the war. Some of the objects, like cassette tapes, are quite anachronistic. The goal is to find all objects from a list at the left of the screen. Also, letters and other documents provide background about history and the lives of the characters.Three hints are provided at the start of each location. When used, they make one of the required objects glow for some seconds. The player can acquire extra hints any time by playing the Minesweeper-inspired cannonball mini-game. |
| Voxelstein 3D | 2008-04-19 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Voxelstein 3D is a prototype first-person shooter developed using the voxel engine by Ken Silverman. As the title suggests, both graphically and content-wise it draws inspiration from Wolfenstein 3D, using objects, sounds and certain enemies from the original game.The initial release contains a single level set inside a mansion. Using the voxel engine, players can blow up any wall, use a knife to break down bars and generally destroy the entire levels. The weapons include a knife, a pistol, a heavy gun, a time bomb and a pipe bomb. The game includes many nods at other games and also replace the original Hitler pictures by George Bush Jr, Dylan Klebold (Columbine massacre) and Seung-Hui Cho (Virginia Tech massacre). The game retains the original graphics style, but players can also jump, duck and the mouse is fully supported to movement and viewing. There are many secrets and treasure chests to discover. |
| Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space | 2008-04-19 | Artificial Hair Bros. Production | Artificial Hair Bros. Production | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Christopher Grabinski (kite) | | | | Windows | Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space is an unofficial sequel to the adventure game Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988).The story again revolves around Zak trying to prevent the Caponians to enslave mankind. It starts with Zak waking up in his apartment without any recollection of what has happened before. A race against time begins to regain his lost memories...The game features over fifty hand-drawn locations, as well as a musical score. The dialogues are fully dubbed; cutscenes are utilized to advance the story. The gameplay is "old-school", employing a verb-based interface similar to the one used in the predecessor. Bundled with the download is a PDF-Manual. |
| Mondrian | 2008-04-20 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Mondrian's level compositions are more faithful to the Neo-Plasticist visual Stijl of its namesake, minimalist Dutch abstract painter Piet Mondrian, than its recent predecessor Mondrian Provoked... and the gameplay is very different.As in so many of the distinctive visual arrangements hanging in museums, galleries and private collections, a series of flat-shaded squares of various sizes and colours begin each level strewn across the screen, abutting aesthetically-pleasing black border lines. Player input is limited to clicking on the lines, which removes them, allowing adjacent squares to swell in all directions until either touching another black line, which halts growth, touching another square of the same colour, which clears both squares from the screen (and is the level's objective), or touching another square of a different colour, which renders both squares grey and the level unwinnable.Upon matching all squares, a new level with a more complicated arrangement is revealed, a process which continues through ten levels. Gameplay is also complicated by the advanced move achieved by clicking on the intersection of two black lines, which removes both lines involved and generally contributes to rapid and unpredictable change to the layout of the screen. Square growth and contact is accompanied by a harmonious abstract soundscape directly informed by movement on the screen. |
| Tiny Hawk | 2008-04-20 | | | Sports | | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | For every extreme sports superstar Tony Hawk, there is a minor-league counterpart, toiling away in obscurity striving toward much subtler achievements in the same field. We shall call this hypothetical echo Tiny Hawk and this game shall be his crowning achievement in his field of skateboarding video games, after his mentor and inspiration; Pro Skater as it might have been initially pitched, drunkenly scribbled on a cocktail napkin.Many of the basic gameplay dynamics are retained -- building cumulative score multipliers (up to 10x) by successfully landing chains of tricks including grinding along rails, wall-jumping, and kickflipping the board in mid-air, all without touching the ground. Where these multipliers make a difference is in the points racked up while collecting round red gems, getting all of which is each level's objective, through each of six levels (32 in the later browser release.)It is true that the immersiveness of Tiny's skating simulation is less rigorous than Tony's, but as a sole developer has fewer resources at his disposal than Activision, that is perhaps to be expected. And so rather than a fully 3D-rendered environment, Tiny navigates a series of 2D platforms. And instead of maneuvering an obstacle-filled environment with a modern game controller boasting dozens of buttons, dials and sticks, this gauntlet is run using only a single key to launch jumps and execute tricks. Finally, the simulated (and exaggerated) physical laws that govern Tony Hawk's universe have here been streamlined; rather than calculate things like momentum and velocity, Tiny maintains a constant motion in one direction until he runs up against an obstacle and then reverses orientation.In the browser release, player performance on each level is rated according to four different grades of medals, to reward exceptional play. |
| WIN32.DLL | 2008-04-20 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Like SM Word before it, WIN32.DLL is an explicit stab at some of the perceived interface failings and, here, security frailties of the at press-time industry standard operating environment for personal computers, the many flavours, all lacking, of Microsoft's Windows operating system.It simulates a never-ending deluge of pop-up windows cascading in an endless parade of ridiculous system error messages. To take care of them, the user need only click on the offending window; unfortunately, like the regenerating heads of the mythical Hydra, more will return to take its place. Worse, if a warning window is allowed to remain on the screen for too long, it permits a piece of bloatware to sneak through a security hole (doubtless in Internet Explorer or Outlook Express) and install itself, reflected along the bottom of the in-game desktop task bar.The faster a player dismisses a warning window by clicking on it, the higher score it returns, but ultimately regardless of how long the player can keep up this juggling act of GUI Whac-a-mole, the simulated environment's resources are eventually sufficiently depleted by the nuisance programs to lock up in a fatal exception "blue screen of death". The only solution really is to change operating systems, but even that leaves users vulnerable to new and unexpected threats. |
| Dream Pinball 3D | 2008-04-22 | SouthPeak Interactive Corporation | A.S.K. Homework | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Pinball | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Dream Pinball 3D is a pinball simulation which features six tables: Knight Tournament, Monster Castle, Underwater World, Dino Wars, Spinning Rotors and Amber Moon. As in most pinball game the goal is to receive as much points and as possible by hitting the right bumpers and obstacles. There are also bonuses, e.g. points multiplier or multi ball, for hitting especially hard ones. There are also six different pinball materials, e.g. steel or gold, which affects its physics. In the windows version the player can compare his performance with other players in the online high score list. |
| Tumblebugs 2 | 2008-04-22 | Wildfire Studios Pty. Ltd. | Wildfire Studios Pty. Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tumblebugs 2 is a color matching game. Like its predecessor, the objective is to clear moving rows of bugs by matching three or more of the same color. A stationary giant beetle shoots bugs towards the rows.The player receives extra lives by collecting 25 gold rings or the letters that spell E-X-T-R-A at the top-left of the screen. Power-ups are also available. The ballistics bugs power-up allows aiming at bugs behind the front row. The gap bug makes a wide gap and briefly stops the row from moving. The homing bugs go directly to the nearest bug of their color. The color bug picks up all the bugs matching its color.Some stages have animal helpers (a frog, a butterfly and a rhino beetle) that collect bugs when nudged.Besides the standard game, there are two other modes: an endless mode, where the game only ends when all the lives where spent, and a rescue mode, where 27 rounds have to be completed in one hour. |
| Turok | 2008-04-22 | Touchstone | Propaganda Games | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter, Stealth | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | Turok is a first-person shooter game set in the near future. There is no relationship with the previous games or the storyline from the comic books. The protagonist is Joseph Turok, a former member of Wolf Pack (the enemy in this game), but now a member of Whiskey Company. The mission that led to the events of the game was simple: find Roland Kane (leader of Wolf Pack, and Turok's former mentor) and bring him back to Earth. However, things turned ugly, as the ship was hit by a missile and crashed on the back-water planet. Even worse, it becomes apparent that scientists from the Mendel Gruman Corporation have been terra-forming the planet for accelerated evolution, resulting in dinosaurs hunting Turok, his allies, and his enemy. Joseph Turok's mission is to survive at all costs.Gameplay is about surviving in dangerous environments with both human soldiers and dinosaurs. The dinosaurs can be used as a tool to eliminate soldiers by luring them. All weapons have secondary functions such as a flares to lure dinos. Turok can also choose a stealthy approach with arrows and his trusty knife, in the form of brutal kills. Online multiplayer is also featured, with all the weapons from the single-player game, and some maps have dinos and giant scorpions. The gameplay modes include classics like Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and all-new modes borrowed from objective-based war games, such as Assault Capture the flag, and co-op missions. They all have a little twist to them, such as CTF putting a lure on the "flag carrier" that draws dinos to the player. |
| Au Naturel | 2008-04-25 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Michael Gower, a zombie mayor of Reality-on-the-Norm, tries to return nude photos of a local female reporter Mika Huy, which were acquired by his boss, Mr. Reaper. Walking around the office, talking to the visitors of the Scid's Bar, and collecting the items, the player should help Michael Gower to see all the nude photos and to return them back to Mika in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game. This game contains violence and full frontal nudity of both sexes, which can be optionally censored. |
| Chaos;Head | 2008-04-25 | MAGES. Inc. | 5pb. Inc., Nitroplus Co., Ltd., Red Flagship Co.,Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Thriller | Visual novel | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Chaos;Head is the first entry in the Science Adventure series. The main character is Takumi Nishijo who lives in Shibuya (a district of Tokyo). Nishijo conforms to the the typical otaku cliché: no real-life friends and obsessed with an anime series called Blood Tune. When a mysterious stranger sends him a picture of a murder victim - obviously linked to the so-called "New Generation Madness" murder series - and later actually witnesses the depicted murder, he is dragged into a mystery of epic proportions...The game is a standard visual novel: the player reads through narrative text and dialogue which is shown over mostly static background images and drawings of characters. However, in contrast to most visual novels, the characters are animated and the spoken dialogue is lip-synced. The only interactions with the game are delusions Nishijo experiences at certain points during the story. The player can choose if they are positive (humorous or erotic), negative (violent or horror) or absent. It depends on those choices - along with a few yes/no answers - which of the three endings the player reaches.Chaos;Head also features a few standard visual novel features such as a glossary and the ability to skip through already experienced text passages. |
| Dr. Tool Mathe Trainer | 2008-04-25 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Educational | | | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dr. Tool Mathe Trainer is an educational and a quiz game about mathematics. Two modes of play are included, a training mode for the different types of tasks and a challenge mode. Three difficulty levels can be selected. All four basic calculus are included, as well as percentage calculation and conversion of units. A wide variety of statistics show the player's progress. |
| Exit | 2008-04-25 | Unbalance Corporation | Taito Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Exit places you in the role of Mr. ESC, professional escape artist extraordinaire. As Mr. ESC, your job is to guide scores of people from precarious situations. In the midst of situations such as a burning apartment, you will guide and direct those people in an effort to take each and every person in each level out of harm's way. One hundred levels are available in the main quest, with an additional one hundred becoming available through Wi-Fi downloads. |
| King's Bounty: Legenda o rycare (Podarochnoe izdanie) | 2008-04-25 | 1C Company | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This version includes:
King's Bounty: The Legend in box
Special edition of the user guide
Pack of cards with game characters
T-shirt with King's Bounty: The Legend logo on it |
| Shogun: Total War - Gold Edition + Medieval: Total War - Gold Edition | 2008-04-25 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of first two Total War games with add-ons:
Shogun: Total War
Shogun: Total War - The Mongol Invasion
Medieval: Total War
Medieval: Total War - Viking Invasion |
| ElfLand | 2008-04-26 | Bog Turtle Games LLC | Bog Turtle Games LLC | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In the two volumes of Elfland you play as an Elf fighting off the evil trolls that have invaded your homeland. In volume one make the perilous journey to Gorgimer's Castle to get a potion that will help against the trolls. Gorgimer the Alchemist isn't friendly to strangers so you must find a way to convince him to help the Elves. In volume two you will continue the adventure as you rescue the village elves by defeating the Troll Chieftain.At the start of the game, choose to play as a boy or girl (Elfie or Elfita). Gameplay consists largely of platform jumping while avoiding enemies. You can jump up into trees, across clouds, and down into darkened caverns. An assortment of enemies will attack and block your way, but it is possible to temporarily stun them by throwing flash berries. The game is over when your life meter reaches zero.The adventuring aspect of this game consists of talking to other characters that reveal tips and plot developments. Every friendly NPC has something to say. The game starts in the safety of the Elf village, so talk to everyone. While exploring Elfland you'll find flash berries, gems, cherries, and other bonus items. In this game elves can't swim, so be careful around water, usually a turtle will help out. Plenty of secret things are waiting to be found so look up in the clouds.Finally, the game features a handy save and reload system. The game is divided into two major chapters, the first of which can be freely downloaded.Elfland was inspired by Captain Comic and ID's Commander Keen series. |
| TrackMania United Forever (Limited Edition) | 2008-04-26 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition of TrackMania United Forever gathers the original game TrackMania United and its free expansion pack TrackMania United Forever, with bonus 3D goggles (for 3D play) and collector stickers.Includes:
TrackMania United, which contains all seven environments from the previous games.
TrackMania United Forever, also available as a free expansion pack for the owners of TrackMania United, and released at the same time as the free TrackMania Nations Forever. |
| Alien 8 | 2008-04-28 | RetroSpec | RetroSpec | Action | | Fangame | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | This open-source, freeware remake of Ultimate's classic isometric title adds complete new sets of graphics, music and sounds, while preserving the original gameplay intact. As before, the player controls a small maintenance robot traveling the many maze-like rooms of a spaceship, whose main task is to activate the cryogenic chambers that give life support for the crew. The rooms are filled with dangerous creatures and hazardous environments that must be avoided. The robot must find all the valves, each with a singular shape and color, and drop them on their corresponding energy cells. After activating at least one chamber, the game gives the option to upload the score to an online high-score table. |
| Beebo Deluxe | 2008-04-28 | Encore, Inc. | TSSpiele | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Beebo Deluxe is a tile-matching game where the player controls the titular cartoon bee, collecting and dropping multi-colored honey cells to create groups of three or more of the same color and make them disappear. The main game screen is a honeycomb divided in two sections, with the smaller upper portion storing columns of three honey cells being continuously replenished by passing worker bees, and the larger bottom portion containing several colored wax cells. The objective is to make matches and fill a honey meter at the left side, by dragging and dropping the three-piece columns from the top to the lower area. Useless columns can be discarded in the blue funnel at the bottom-right.Jelly donuts also appear on the gamefield, and after matching three of them one of Beebo's cricket friends becomes available as a button at the top of the screen. These crickets act as power-ups, jumping around breaking random cells after being summoned. Eight power-ups are awarded after making matches of cells containing their icons, becoming available as a button beneath the upper comb. The frog destroys a line of honey cells lashing its gigantic and flexible tongue, the bomb explodes clearing a cluttered area, the anvil destroys a column of cells, the phonograph plays soothing music to the worker bees slowing their pace, the horseshoe destroys random cells, the X2 doubles the points, the wild card honey matches all colors and the color shaker shuffles the cells of the top columns.The game is divided in several chapters, each with six levels. The fourth level is always one of two mini-games. In the Concentration matching mini-game, the goal is to find pairs of objects hidden inside carnivorous plants before time runs out. The other mini-game is an implementation of Pipe Dream, where the objective is to connect several pieces and construct a pipeline to transfer honey between two barrels. There is an alternative endless mode without a plot, where the goal is to fill the honey meter as many times as possible to achieve a high score. |
| Ghost World 3D | 2008-04-28 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ghost World 3D reimagines Pac-Man as a non-violent first-person shooter style game. The player traverses the mazes and levels in first-person view. The game's levels take place on various planets, starting with Earth. On each level, the player must collect all money pickups and find the exit door. Hostile, talkative ghosts roam the levels; touching a ghost makes it disappear, but also decreases the player's health. The player can defend himself with a number of weapons, with which he can destroy ghosts and earn additional money. The collected money can be spent at any time on ammunition or miscellaneous bonuses, such as mini-map with a number of upgrades available, or a health boost. Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Groups Game feature: In-game screenshot capture
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| Sango 2 | 2008-04-28 | Magitech Corporation | Magitech Corporation | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | Sango 2 is a historical wargame taking place in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms settings. Sango 2 is best described as a combination of Creative Assembly's Shogun: Total War and KOEI's Romance of the Three Kingdoms. You can choose between three possible campaigns, set at a different time and play any ruler or famous general of that period, such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei or Lu Bu.The game is divided in two parts: first, a world (China actually) view, in which you manage cities and armies and, secondly, a 3D battle sequence every time two armies come into fight. The battle sequence is optional, since you choose for every battle to let it be auto-resolved. The game features detailed in-game tutorial screens, displayed each time you access something new.In the world view you can select any of your city and use the management screen to:
View city statistics
Create new buildings in predefined spots, which for instance allow higher military unit production, boost research etc...
Define an optional castle policy, which will automatically give priority to city improvement productions or to military unit productions.
Similarly, you can access an army creation screen, allowing you to create armies, by selecting generals, allocating some units under their command and giving them supplies. An option is available to have the computer auto-create an army for each city.
The main resources in the game, for both city and army management are supplies and men.Finally, a Palace (kingdom management) screen is also available. It allows to:
- choose some diplomatic actions, such as spying or offering an alliance
- make marriage proposals
- allocate items that can boost statistics of a general or give him/her special abilities
- view the world map according to specific elements such as alliance treaties.
- take technological decisions. There are three mutually exclusive trees (called philosophies in the game), which will lead to specific upgrades and abilities.
The battle sequence will be very familiar to anyone who played a game from the Total War series.
Before beginning a battle, if you choose to not have it auto-resolved, you will choose the deployment formation of your unit on the battlefield. This plays a very important role and a lot of options are offered, such as leaving some units as a delayed detachment or as a flanking attack party.Once your decision has been taken, the 3D battle screen appears and a real-time battle begins. Units are gathered in battalions of the same type (archers, swordmen, cavalry...) under a general command. The units obey a traditional paper/rock/scissors formula. For instance, while the cavalry is good at charging archers and swordmen, it is very weak against pikemen, whereas the pikemen are easily defeated by swordmen.The formation of each battalion can be changed according to what is best suited during the battle.Several elements, such as the weather conditions (fog, rain, etc.) or gaining height advantage on a hill will affect the battle. Some general also have some special abilities, with a limited area of effect, which can for example boost morale or temporarily give false commands to an enemy battalion, effectively routing them for a while.
If an army manages to cut down the enemy flags, this will severely lower the enemy morale, giving a huge advantage.The aim of a battle vary between an open fight with an enemy army when the two meet outside cities, the attack of a city or the defense of a city. During the attack or defense of a city, the city doors and ramparts play an important part, forcing the attacker to either take the ramparts or assault a door, while under enemy fire.Battles have a limited duration and if victory is not achieved before night falls, troops automatically withdraw. Finally, if you achieve victory, you can attribute some rewards to generals, that will boost their statistics in certain domains, giving the game a, albeit limited, RPG aspect. |
| Sixty Five Million and One BC | 2008-04-28 | Bouncing Fox Productions | Bouncing Fox Productions | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A large meteor crashes through the bridge to the mountains. Not good. A much larger asteroid is headed your way following its path. Even worse. You have been selected to good search all over for various components for a machine that will destroy the hunk of rock.You play as a velociraptor. In each level, you must overcome puzzles and enemies to find and retrieve the needed components. Of course, there is always a boss to defeat to keep your component. Your primary attacks are a bite, a tail whip, a leaping attack and a ground pound. Once a boss is defeated, you must return through the level to the nest to install the component then it is off to the next level. You can also talk to other 'raptors and read signs to gain information and hints. Control is primarily with the keyboard but the menus can also be controlled with the mouse. There are 35 screens (levels) total. |
| Strip Poker Exclusive 3 | 2008-04-28 | Emotion Design | Emotion Design | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | The gameplay of Strip Poker Exclusive 3 is similar to Strip Poker Exclusive 2. There are two different types of poker to choose from: classic poker and Texas Hold'em. If the player wins a game the opponent girl takes off some clothes. The goal of the game is to strip down the girls as much as possible.The demo version of the game includes one girl, all additional girls need to be bought in the online shop. |
| Sudden Strike I+II: L'Intégrale | 2008-04-28 | Anuman Interactive SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Sudden Strike: L'Intégrale
Sudden Strike II: L'Integrale |
| Mahjongg Investigations: Under Suspicion | 2008-04-29 | GSP Software | ZEMNOTT, Inc. | Adventure, Puzzle, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | Detective / mystery | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Mahjongg Investigations: Under Suspicion is a mix of the MahJongg board game and a detective adventure game. The player has to solve the MahJongg puzzles to get new clues that will lead to new places to find new proof. Along the way proof and DNA traces have to be collected to solve cases. Every solved case provides progress in the career ranks, until you finally become chief of police. |
| Polar Games 2 | 2008-04-29 | MumboJumbo, LLC | WildTangent, Inc. | Compilation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games:
Polar Golfer: Pineapple Cup
Polar Pool |
| Shattered Steel | 2008-04-29 | Interplay Productions, Inc. | BioWare Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | Shattered Steel is a first-person 3D action game similar in concept to MechWarrior series. The player takes control of bipedal machines (mechs) known as Planet Runners, trying to protect humanity against alien menace. The single player campaign takes place on five different planets, with about twenty missions available for each. The missions mostly involve direct assaults, infiltration of enemy strongholds, defending own bases, or escorting important figures.The player can pilot up to seven different Runners in different sizes and shapes, having their own strengths and weaknesses. Each Runner is equipped with primary and secondary weapons which are either energy-charged or require bullets. The enemies are mostly shaped like animals and can be taken out using the game's locational damage system: for example, it is possible to incapacitate (but not kill) enemies by destroying their legs. The game also features deformable terrain, which may be used to the player's advantage in a few cases. A mission editor, an "anarchy" mode with co-op options, and a multiplayer mode for up to sixteen players are included as well.
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| Chameleon Gems | 2008-05-01 | TOPICS Entertainment | Dekovir, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Chameleon Gems is an action-puzzle game with an Aztec theme, based on the Ballistic concept. You are controlling a stone chameleon statue in the middle of the playfield. The statue cannot move, but it can turn around. An endless chain of colored gems is moving along a curved track towards a hole. You must shoot colored gems from the statue to prevent the chain from reaching the hole (if it does, you lose a life and have to restart the level); when you shoot a gem into the chain, it becomes a part of it. If at least three same-colored gems end up next to each other, they disappear, possibly also causing neighboring gem groups to vanish. As you keep destroying the gems, a bar at the top of the screen slowly fills itself; once it is filled completely, new gems cease to appear on the playfield, and you just have to destroy the ones that are left to finish the level. In between the levels, you can pay a visit to a shop, where you can spend your points to buy "skins" (you can choose a skin to wear before each level, and each skin gives your chameleon a different ability) and power-ups. You can also find power-ups on the playfield; they are hidden inside certain gems, and you receive their benefit when the gems are destroyed. The power-ups include "eagle eye" (a colored beam emerges from your eyes, making it much easier to aim), "fireball" which can be fired at the chain to destroy multiple gems at once, and more. |
| City Racer: Underground Action | 2008-05-01 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | Team6 Game Studios B.V. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | City Racer: Underground Action is a street racer game. There are ten different tracks and five different cars are included. There are three game modes: beat the clock, race against one or more opponents or championship. |
| Commanders: Attack of the Genos | 2008-05-01 | Sierra Online | SouthEnd Interactive AB | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Andreas Hedin | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | In the alternative history of Commanders: Attack of the Genos, humanity has already in the early 1900's uncovered the secrets of the atom. The discovery of gene manipulation led to the creation of humans without faults that were stronger, faster and smarter. These new humans came to be called the Genos. Soon the normal humans decided to revolt, leading to genocide. After a while a peace treaty is signed, but at the start of the game the human nations are strengthening their military. It's in this environment a young commander, Alec Falcon, is out training his troops, when he gets a distress call from a scientist. The Genos are attacking, and it's now up to the player to lead Alec and his troops into battle.Commanders: Attack of the Genos is a turn based tactical strategy game. The player has a number of units that he has to command to achieve each level's objectives. Each under unit has a certain number of points that are used for issuing different actions such as moving attacking and capturing buildings. Each level’s terrain affects the units' movement and defence. For example, units have less defence when standing on an open road or path, but can move farther each turn. To cross water and ridges, air units must be used. Units can be either light or heavy. Light units are cheap and can move farther, while heavy units are slow and expensive but have more firepower. There's also artillery units that can attack over long distances. Air units can move over great distances and can only be attacked by anti-air units. Each unit has its own strengths and weaknesses and will therefore be more effective versus certain other units, while less versus others. Each player has a commander unit. Each commander has a special power that affects nearby units. There are passive powers such as extra defence, extra damage and healing that are ongoing. There are also active powers that require that the Active Power bar is full. They can be used to damage, heal or freeze nearby units for one turn.Buildings can be captured by using infantry units. To produce units, the player has to build capitols, factories and airports. Throughout each level the player will find bonus tokens that can be picked up. These can have a positive effect such as extra health, money or experience, but they can also explode and thus cause damage.After each completed level, the player will get a score from one to five stars. This rating is based on the number of rounds it has taken to complete the level, the number of enemy units that has been destroyed, and how much damage the player has been taken in comparison to how much he has given. |
| Destiny Online | 2008-05-01 | Ingle Games Ltd. | Ingle Games Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Persistent | | Isometric | Windows | Destiny Online is a community MMORPG featuring teamwork and pet raising. Team up with up to 4 other players, and you can earn up to 5 X Experience when you train. There are also many other features such as Weapon Refinement, Tribe System, Marriage System, Master/Apprentice System, Trade System, fun quests, super cool skills (both for heroes and pets), and so forth.The legend starts in an ancient eastern world where the 10 naughty sons of the Almighty God decided to turn into 10 suns playing over the sky. The humans suffered due to the scorching heat, and everything on Earth was dying. A hero appeared carrying a powerful bow and fired 9 arrows into the sky, shooting down 9 of the suns, and thus returned peace and safety to Earth. The 9 fallen suns turned into nine golden plumes, and scattered over the land. It is said that whoever finds all 9 plumes will gain the almighty power of God. |
| Elements of Destruction | 2008-05-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Frozen Codebase, LLC | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Elements of Destruction the player can unleash the most volatile forces on Earth such as tornadoes, lightning storms, ice storms, earthquakes and meteor storms, wreaking havoc on unsuspecting cities and causing massive amounts of damage and creating complete and utter chaos.The story tells of a TV weatherman by the name of Marty Storm who is fired from his job for reporting the truth about bad weather conditions instead of lying about good weather conditions in which the station's producer hopes will result in better ratings. Afterwards he vows revenge as his former co-workers ridicule him, unknown to them however, Marty Storm is also a part-time mad scientist that has created a device that can create disasters at will. With this device, Storm goes on a quest to bring the city and his former co-workers to their knees.Gameplay generally consists of summoning one of several different storms, which either activate at the summoning spot, or follow the mouse around the level. Included disasters include lightning, earthquakes, tornadoes, volcanoes, hurricanes, and lasers. Using these disasters, you cause as much damage as possible to the surrounding area before your location is tracked down.However there are attempts to halt the players progress which certain buildings that can instantly stop the players selected disaster. A tornado trapper can suck up a tornado while a cloud cruncher takes out lightning and ice storms. The seismic nullifer prevents earthquakes while the meteor shield keeps meteors from destroying buildings and the weather sucker stops both tornadoes and storms. The storm free zone building prevents any disaster from being performed around it and a weather repeller bounces storms and tornadoes off of them. There are also two types of drones that come in from time to time: a repairing drone will fly around and repair a building while a rebuilding drone will instantly bring a building back without any time to rebuild it. The player can use the lightning storm to hover above these drones and destroy them.Power-ups are also scattered throughout the level which will upgrade their storm or disaster to the next level for a brief amount of time. To use these power-ups, the player must have their storm or disaster consume them, however the color much match the disaster that is being used, otherwise the power-up will have no effect.Between levels, you can upgrade your abilities, or unlock new storms. You are free to replay old levels, or just go through the story.Multiplayer includes head-to-head or co-op modes, over LAN or split-screen. |
| Legendo's The Three Musketeers | 2008-05-01 | Meridian4, Inc. | Legendo Entertainment AB | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In this adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' famous novel, the player takes the role of Porthos. While enjoying the wine at the local inn, the Musketeers are interrupted by the forces of the evil Count Xavier resulting in Aramis, Athos, and D’Artagnan being taken away. Now, it's up to Porthos to go out and save his friends, and stop the Count's plans. Your travels will go all over France, from the Count's castle to a picturesque village in Normandy.The Three Musketeers is a traditional platform game using a side scrolling 3D engine similar to Duke Nukem: Manhatthan Project. Typically for a platform game, The Three Musketeers has its fair share of moving platforms and obstacles. These come in many flavours, from wine barrels rolling down a hill towards you, to axes chopping everything that comes in their way. Most enemies you meet are soldiers that you have to defeat in a swords duel, but you will also come across archers and creatures such as spiders. The controls are simple. You use one button to jump and one to strike with your trusted sword. The game contains 10 levels in total, and between each level the story is forwarded with cartoon-like cut-scenes. |
| Phyta | 2008-05-01 | Cambrian Games | Cambrian Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Phyta is a game mostly focused on aesthetics where the player directs the grow of a black plant by positioning a black sun, controlled by the mouse. The game consists of five levels and the player progresses by catching, ensnaring and trapping little golden creatures. The growth of the plant and the thickness is determined by keeping the left mouse button pressed and positioning the black sun strategically.New parts sprout from each other and they need to be directed around and in front of a creature to trap it. In the meantime, the game scrolls forever vertically. With each trapped creature, the black sun grows. In later levels the creatures become much stronger and they are able to break through most barriers until the vast blackness eventually gets the better of them. |
| War Twat | 2008-05-01 | Retromasters | Bagfull of Wrong | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | War Twat is a psychedelic single-screen arena shooter starring a tiny dot as the protagonist. It can shoot and move around in any direction. The screen is filled with five floating ships that cannot attacked directly. Instead they launch objects that need to be shot and many bullets that need to be dodged. The goal is merely to survive as long as possible and getting a high score. Large explosions often fill the screen and the gameplay is often slowed down intentionally to help dodge the bullets. By performing certain actions Bruce bonuses can be achieved. A single hit is immediately lethal. |
| Counter-Strike: Complete | 2008-05-02 | Valve Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Counter-Strike Complete is a compilation of these games:
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Counter-Strike: Source |
| Half-Life 2: Complete | 2008-05-02 | Valve Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Half-Life 2 Complete is a compilation of these games:
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch |
| Half-Life: Complete | 2008-05-02 | Valve Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Half-Life Complete is a compilation of these games:
Half-Life
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Team Fortress Classic |
| Iron Man | 2008-05-02 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Artificial Mind & Movement | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Mostly based on the 2008 movie Iron Man, this videogame of the one-man-army hero has been released for seven different platforms.The game of Iron Man puts you under the skin of Tony Stark. He is a billionaire weapon-industrialist and genius inventor who, after being kidnapped by terrorists who want to force him to build weapons for them, builds an armor instead to escape. Since then, he decided to stop producing weapons and keeps on working on the suit to fight them back.The games take the story further, giving the player the chance to go through more than 12 different missions and even fight villains that do not appear on the movie, like Whiplash and Titanium Man. All this is shown through cinematics between every mission and use the voices of actors of the movie like Robert Downey Jr. and Terrence Howard.By foot or by air, with the first armor at the beginning and in the characteristic red and gold suit later, using range weapons or melee attacks, the game features Stark fighting with armies of soldiers, tanks, helicopters, canons, etc. with the help of an array of upgradeable weapons like missiles, micro-grenades, repulsive shots, EMP blasts, a flame thrower and the powerful "Unibeam". Both the weapons and the suit (propulsion and armor systems) are upgradeable, and there are many special armors from the comics to unlock in most of the versions.Differences in this version from the Xbox360/PS3 version consist of altered visuals and altered upgrade system (rather than spending money on them, the player's gear is upgraded based on how much it has been used). |
| Eye for Design | 2008-05-05 | Sandlot Games | TechFront Studios, Ltd. | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Halle just graduated from the most prestigious interior decorator in Paris, top of her class, and now she must find her first job starting her own business.In Eye for Design the player has to help Halle in decorating her clients houses trying to please their taste. The gameplay consists in clicking in an inventory of furniture (new, old and accessories) to select a piece of furniture and then clicking in the available spots in the room being decorated. Each room has required goals of objects which must be placed, optional goals (like placing three objects of the same color) and hidden goals (which can be discovered by reading each house's briefing carefully). After placing an object it can be painted in new colors. The colors available for each object are limited, so when there's a color goal to be reached, the choice of objects must take that in account. As the spots for each object are limited, the player has to find the perfect match to place everything needed. The less steps taken, the more money the player earns. Some clients want to keep some or all of their previous furniture in some rooms, and the player has to cope with that, having to leave that piece in the room but being able to move it around so it fits with the new furniture.For each room a "reputation" bar must be filled. Filling it will grant money to the player, and when it is full a door for the next room or house will be opened, but leaving before the bar is fully filled may grant the player a silver or bronze trophy in that room. Earning at least a silver trophy in all rooms may unlock a bonus room for that house. In the bonus room, the player is free to place any object available at any spot desired without limitations. The objects can also be painted and rotated.The game features a total of 52 houses and there is no time limit for decorating the rooms. In order to advance to other houses, the player must receive at least a silver trophy for each room decorated. |
| Carrie the Caregiver 3: Camp Funshine | 2008-05-06 | Shockwave | Article 19 Group, Inc., The | Action | | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Carrie, after being a nurse and a teacher, is now training as a camp counselor in Camp Funshine and has to take care of kids. The game is the sequel to Carrie the Caregiver 2: Preschool with a similar gameplay.Carrie has five activities with the children: tie-dying T-shirts, making friendship bracelets, growing flowers, constructing birdhouses, and cooking gooey s'mores at the campfire. But before doing any activities, she has to seat them for preparing them for it. If they're seated at a two-person table, they'll need a partner. You get a bonus when you seat the partner they've requested at the same table.As in the previous games, once you've begun the activity, you have to satisfy the kids' needs by giving them what they want or else, they'll leave. Also, you can be confronted to a child who is asleep or confused, to a fight between partners or even a flirt. It's up to you to get back things on the tracks.If you click on various critters like butterflies, ants and caterpillars that appear on the screen, you can earn extra hears for Carrie to distribute to children who are getting upset. |
| Neverwinter Nights 2: Gold | 2008-05-06 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Neverwinter Nights 2 (base game)
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (expansion) |
| Everyday Shooter | 2008-05-08 | Queasy Games Inc. | Queasy Games Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Everyday Shooter is an abstract shooter by Jonathan Mak released through the PlayStation network. Although seemingly a top-down arcade shooter, the title is described as an album of games, where music, gameplay and visuals are interwoven, inspired by the Rez concept. The player controls a pixel-shaped character through a series of 8 fixed-screen stages, using one stick to move and another one to shoot. The overall goal is to clear the stage of all enemies, but the mechanics to achieve this vary in each level. The same applies for combos and chain reactions. Sometimes enemies cannot be defeated directly, but require a sequence of colors or a special object that triggers the entire field. There is only a single gun with no upgrades or changes.Each stage has a different soundtrack toned to match the visuals. All sounds of destruction have been replaced by guitar notes or riffs, leading to a sea of sound that harmonizes with the overall soundtrack, causing the music to be generated procedurally.Next to the main goal there are bonus points to collect, used to unlock extras such as extra lives and new graphical effects. Completing a level opens it up in the Single Play mode, where it can be selected right away. |
| WorldShift (Collector's Edition) | 2008-05-08 | Black Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
WorldShift
Mouse pad
Lanyard key chain
Art book
Five stickers
Double-sided poster
Official soundtrack by Borislav Slavov and Victor Stoyanov |
| Eisbär!: Das PC-Spiel | 2008-05-09 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | TASK four | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Eisbär!: Das PC-Spiel is a Pac Man clone. The little polar bear has escaped from the zoo and the wardens are trying to catch him. Collect different bonuses in the labyrinth and avoid the wardens in 10 levels. If you got enough bonuses you can get extra lives or bonus points. |
| Police Brutality | 2008-05-09 | | | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Police Brutality is Jason Rohrer's third game in his series of Game Design Sketchbooks written for the website The Escapist, where he explores experimental gameplay mechanisms and premises. This game is inspired by the University of Florida Taser incident where an undergraduate student was dragged away from a U.S. Senator John Kerry Speech while shouting repeatedly "Don't tase me, bro!". He eventually got tased and the phrase went on to become one of the most famous of the 2007 Yale Book of Quotations. This game recreates the incident, but focuses on the reaction of the crowd based on a wildlife video. The author aims to simulate a non-violent organization of the people present to prevent the victim from being dragged from the scene.The game uses a semi top-down view and starts at the moment one of the people is tased. The player then exercises control over the crowd, with four states: terrified (red), subdued (purple), regained alertness after being terrified (yellow) and fully conscious (green). The aim is to prevent the officers from dragging away victims and dividing or blocking the police forces. At the start of the game, the entire crowd is terrified except for one spectator. Clicking the button above his head, he can shout (and determine the radius) to bring back the other spectators. The police will however go after the shouter (who has become a "leader") and try to subdue him. When down (purple), there is no way of coming back. When other spectators are fully alert, they can be moved around and block police when stationary. They will however become terrified again as soon as another leader is subdued. Different spectators can then become leaders to regain control of the situation. |
| Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet | 2008-05-09 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet is an adventure game with the classic character created by Arthur Conan Doyle. The Scotland Yard calls Holmes about a peculiar crime, where a young painter was found murdered and rolled up in a Persian carpet.The gameplay is combination of point-and-click adventure standards with hidden object mechanics. Starting in Holmes apartment, the game shows on the upper left three icons for quick access to the apartment itself, a Victorian London map where several locations appear as the investigation goes further and Scotland Yard.Holmes apartment has a blackboard and a chemistry table. When clicked, the blackboard shows the deduction board, a grid where objects and suspects are placed (sometimes automatically) in order to lead to the murderer and the case solution. The chemistry table is where Holmes analyses collected objects, looking for clues.In the Scotland Yard, Holmes can read reports and review testimonies and suspects' profiles.Each location is presented as a screen with an inventory box at the bottom. This box has silhouettes of objects that the player must collect by finding and clicking on them. After being stored in the inventory, they can be used as any object on a regular adventure game.The lower part of the inventory has two icons, a jigsaw piece for "assembly" and gears for "use". Dragging and dropping an object on one of them performs the action (for example, dropping a shredded letter in the jigsaw piece brings up a separate screen where the letter must be reassembled). These icons turn golden when there are no further use for them on the scene. |
| Windchaser | 2008-05-09 | dtp entertainment AG | Chimera Entertainment GmbH | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Windchaser is a story driven real-time strategy (RTS) game, set in a unique fantasy world, the windy plains of Ensai and its surrounding provinces. Water is a rare resource ever since the war of the ancients set the world ablaze and left only ruins of the civilizations of old. Nevertheless sailing ships still remain the main means of transportation between the flourishing cities of today's human realms. Vessels of all types and sizes travel through the grassy oceans of the plains, exploring and reclaiming lost lands and transporting goods between the different regions of the known world. But these times are not entirely peaceful. Many dangers await in the endless width of the world. Packs of aggressive wild beasts, bands of human pirates or even uncontrollable ancient war machines make sure that there is a constant need for professional fighters and adventurers. These brave men and women are organized in freelance guilds offering their services to anyone that can afford their price. In Windchaser the player takes control of such a guild.
The guilds core is its mobile head quarters, located on a large plainship. This ship can be moved and transports the guild members to their various destinations, as well as being the general focus of activity for the guild. The player will follow a group of important characters while the games story unfolds. New members will be recruited during the game, expanding the possibilities and power of the guild. The various characters joining the guild will earn experience and can be trained into several unique classes, giving the player great variety in forming parties to suit different tasks or enemy formations. The game is divided into missions commonly found in RTS games. These missions are accessible through a detailed world map in between the missions. The missions are linked through the storyline. |
| Execution | 2008-05-11 | | | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Execution is an experimental art game about the consequences of one’s actions. The game tries to confront the players with a short sequence, which cannot be explained without spoiling it. To get the full overview of the game, it needs to be played at least twice, but due to the game's content that may be not be an option. |
| Boogie Bunnies | 2008-05-12 | Sierra Online | Artech Studios Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Boogie Bunnies is a puzzle game in the spirit of Bust-A-Move that has the player clear puzzles filled with bunnies by matching three of the same color together before time runs out or the game board is completely filled. Players can also shoot from the side of the game grid and the from the bottom as well as from the top and have the bunnies dance to a tune when the create a chain combination.There are three modes to play: Classic which has the player complete puzzles to get the bunnies to their ultimate goal, to dance in Hollywood,Arcade which is more fast paced and action oriented and Endless along with a split-screen offline co-op multiplayer option and head-to-head multiplayer online. There are multiple "game boards" to play in ranging from environments like beaches, snow fields and jungles with the bunnies wearing outfits to match their surroundings. |
| Cosmos Quest II: To Find a Sun | 2008-05-12 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Persistent | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cosmos Quest II: To Find a Sun is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game and the direct sequel to Cosmos Quest I: To Find a Sun. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse. It was made for MAGS August 2018.Story:
The story continues right from the end of the first game with the same protagonist Apo Lanski. He belongs to the Rhomulian race and their sun is dying. Therefore the Rhomulians want to find another sun.
Apo Lanski has arrived at Radion Station and has orders from the captain to fly to the meteorite Pitla and join the crew there.
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| Ascii Sector | 2008-05-13 | | | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | Top-down | Fangame | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | | | Windows | Ascii Sector is a free-roaming, space-faring, sci-fi RPG game, focusing on combat and trading. As its early title suggest, it is a fan-made remake of Privateer, borrowing its setting (e.g. you'll face the Kilrathi), but presented in 2D graphics made of ASCII characters, roguelike style, albeit in real-time and with mouse-driven menus.Just as in Privateer, you're an aspiring freelancer who had just bought a cheap, used space ship, hoping to get rich. The player will jump between solar systems, trading goods and accepting various paid missions (ranging from transport, through escort, to bounty hunting), while fending off pirates... or join said pirates, scooping cargo from shot merchant ships, dodging Confederation and militia patrols. Merchant and mercenary guilds will accept you in their ranks for a price, offering lucrative assignments. You'll need that money to buy better ships, armament and equipment, as it's the only way to increase the chances of survival on your dangerous trips.What sets this game apart from its archetype (and even the Elite series) is the inclusion of ground travel and combat - you can walk around spaceports (or even on board of own ship), talk with shady types that frequent local cantinas, arm yourself with laser rifles or vibroblades, and eventually visit a doctor to heal wounds earned in the last bar brawl. Other new features include handy tools for tracking commodity price changes between planets.The game package contains documentation for writing custom quests, allowing its users to add subplots to the game (some were made available as extra downloads). |
| Blazing Angels Pack | 2008-05-13 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Blazing Angels Pack is a bundle containing Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII and Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII. |
| Hidden Wonders of the Depths | 2008-05-13 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | ERS G-Studio | Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Hidden Wonders of The Depths is a matching game with an undersea theme, where three or more ocean fixtures have to be matched to clear a grid. The objective is to clear the path leading to a treasure chest, so a crab can reach and open it. Inside the chest sits a piece of a broken object that fits one of the spaces of a jigsaw silhouette at the left of the screen.The game has the standard variations to the formula, as well: chained tiles that can only be removed after being matched, stone tiles that must be broken, etc. There are sections with completely different gameplay, borrowed from other casual genres.In the hidden object screen, the objective is to click on a number of objects and sea creatures within a time limit, without hints. Other gameplay variations include concentration and jigsaw puzzles. |
| Kryzta | 2008-05-13 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Kryzta is an experimental action game by cactus. On the surface, it looks like an arena shooter, but you are unable to fire. Instead, the focus is on avoiding enemy shots and maneuvering in such a way that the enemy hit each other, instead of you.When your opponents are destroyed, they leave behind energy units. Picking these up will add an extra layer of armor to your ship. Alternatively, you can opt to detonate some of this armor, causing a wide area explosion, by pressing 'z.'Kryzta was completed for The Poppenkast's '3 Hours To Fame' competition, though cactus said it took him closer to six hours.High-scores are stored online. |
| Larva Mortus | 2008-05-13 | Rake in Grass | Rake in Grass | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | Horror | Arcade, Shooter | Steampunk | | | | | | Windows | The international agency in charge of investigating paranormal and strange phenomena have hired a new agent and it seems just in time. It's the end of the 19th century and there's been a sudden rise in the instances of evil creatures roaming around. As the investigation leads to an old expedition taken on by a group of adventurers mysteries surrounding the event unravel themselves as our hero delves deeper.
Larva Mortus places you in the role of a lone investigator who has to shoot his way through multitudes of forests, dungeons, houses, graveyards and the like as he tries to investigate the sudden rise of demon activity. Our hero has access to loads of weaponry that he will find along the way from the classics like revolvers, shotguns, and machine guns, to more advance ones like flame throwers, crossbows and the mysterious Dynamo-Gun (designed by Nikola Tesla). All weapons, settings and even actions such as reloading or using weapons are contemporary to the setting of the game and are therefore designed with Victorian themes in mind ie: crank operated machine guns.
Your main quest will take you all over the world and you may choose to pursue the main quest or take other side missions to build up your experience. Gaining experience will allow you to build up points and distribute them in areas you like such as constitution, regeneration, poison resistance, luck, or even how fast you walk.
The thirty different kinds of denizens in the catacombs you traverse range from the natural; bats and spiders, to the supernatural; ghosts, zombies, demons, werewolves. Most missions are straightforward requiring you to kill all the monsters and clear the rooms but some will require that you find keys or artifacts. Some missions will also need you to destroy the portals that monsters are entering through or will need you to save trapped people or lost souls. Killing the creatures is fairly simple. From your top-down view aim with your mouse and shoot in the direction you're facing Different weapons will have varying strength against every creature. Ghouls for example last longer against arrows then they do against electricity. Likewise, flaming zombies are quicker dispatched with a sword then they are with a flame thrower.
Levels in the game are generated randomly so no two catacombs will look alike. Strewn across the levels are crates, coffins and wooden barrels which you can break to find bonuses like ammo, health or special power-ups. Special power-ups can give you extra points, armor, double damage or make you walk faster.
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| Pacific Fighters | 2008-05-13 | Ubisoft, Inc. | 1C:Maddox Games | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, Oceania, World War II | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | Yuri Kryachko | Windows | Pacific Fighters is a World War II flight sim in Oleg Maddox' IL-2 Sturmovik series of games.The game puts the player in the pilot seat of both fighters and bombers. Starting from the Eastern front and fighting through to the fierce combat of the Pacific theater, he gets to fly British, US and Australian aircraft against the Japanese Empire. Taking part in some of the most famous historical events, including Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima, the player is faced with all aspects of flying including takeoff from and landing on aircraft carriers.The game can either be installed standalone, or integrated with a previous combined installation of Forgotten Battles + Aces Expansion Pack. |
| Shoot, I Got Abducted! | 2008-05-13 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Shoot, I Got Abducted! is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features a classic inventory and actions are can be controlled via keyboard. Bob Cornhusk is sitting on his truck after a hard day and enjoys some beer. Suddenly he is abducted by a UFO. Inside the UFO he quickly finds out that he is not the only creature who was abducted and tries to get home. |
| Virtual Villagers: The Secret City | 2008-05-14 | LDW Software, LLC | LDW Software, LLC | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Life is good on the isle of Isola but a group wants to explore the northern part. While sailing north, they encounter a storm and their raft is destroyed. Now they are beached near some mysterious ruins. They will try to get by and maybe learn what became of the city's former inhabitants.Virtual Villagers: The Secret City is a real-time managerial game. Click your mouse on a tribesperson to move them where needed. If they have enough skill, they should begin the task you selected. You must get them to gather food, build shelter, heal the sick, research, "get busy" and have babies, etc. Eventually, they should grow and prosper, perhaps discovering the secrets of the city ruins. |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | 2008-05-15 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is based off of the novel and movie of the same name, giving the player the opportunity to play as one of 20 different characters, including the four Pevensie children, Lucy, Edmund, Susan, and Peter, as well as Prince Caspian.The story takes place 1 Human year or 1,300 Narnian years after the first movie/game, where an evil king called King Miraz has begun to conquer the lands of Narnia and Prince Caspian has summoned the four Pevensie siblings in order to help Narnia and Aslan bring unity back to the lands.Gameplay is similar to the first, basically hack-n-slash, moving through levels, battling enemies using each character's unique battling tactics. There are six chapters/levels in all, with puzzles scattered through the levels and special treasure chests that require certain amount of keys to open that will unlock special features such as artwork pictures among others associated with the film. There is also a level made exclusively for the game that was not in the film or in the novel.The controls are system-dependent. While PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 uses the D-pad and analog and main buttons, the Wii utilizes the Wii-remote and the PC uses the mouse and keyboard. There is also two-player co-op gameplay that can have a human player drop-in during a game. |
| Tropico Jong | 2008-05-15 | Arcade Lab | Arcade Lab | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Solitaire MahJong is a classic one-player game where your goal is to clear the board by matching bricks of identical type. Tropico Jong adds a story upon this tradition gameplay, and takes you on a journey across a tropical island. Your goal is to collect butterflies, which are hidden inside the mah jong puzzles. There are a total of 101 levels to play, each with a different arrangement of bricks.In between each level you can visit the "butterfly valley", where you release all the butterflies you have collected so far. The valley shows beautiful waterfall backdrop which swirling water and swaying plants, and your butterflies flying everywhere, and acts much like a screensaver that is enjoyable and relaxing to watch.You can have up to player 6 profiles, and the game keeps track of the best times and scores of each level, so even though this is not a multiplayer game you can compete against each other's best times. |
| Camelia's Locket: The Tale of Dead Jim Cane | 2008-05-16 | Big Fish Games, Inc | BrandX Games | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You are Captain Jim Cane. You are dead but you cannot rest as yet. The locket of your dearly departed love, Camelia, is lost at sea. You will not rest until you recover it so both Camelia and you will be able to rest in peace forever.Camelia's Locket: The Tale of Dead Jim Cane is a marble-popper game. Using your mouse, click your ship to enter the level. Your ship/cannon will then either rotate or slide left and right, depending on what level you are in. The balls will enter the screen and follow a set path. Place your cursor onto a colored ball and press the mouse button. Your ship will then reach out and grab that ball. Now aim for the line and click again. The ball will be launched back to the line. You want to create a row of three or more of the same colored balls. These will then disappear. If the balls get all the way to the floating mine with a skull on it, the mine will explode and your ship will be sunk. You can then exit to the world map or retry the same level.If you clear away all the balls, or do not have three of the same of any one color, the level will end. You will then get gold and a medal. On some levels, you may get a trophy item, such as the Revenge family tree or the Jaguar's Eye jewel. As you progress in the game, you will encounter power-ups. These will help you by slowing or reversing the line or by destroying balls. Later, you will find a shop where you can spend your gold to buy what power-ups you want and can afford. |
| Mah Jong Quest III: Balance of Life | 2008-05-16 | iWin, Inc. | iWin, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Mah Jong Quest III is a single player, mouse controlled game with four game modes. There are four game modes available all of which can be played in either a window or full screen, they are:
Freeplay:In this game mode there are hundreds of Mah Jong layouts for the player to try. These are presented in book format, two hundred and nine pages each with three layouts per page plus a single layout on page two hundred and ten. The book is divided into six sections the first three of which are Classic Normal Sized, Classic Double Sized, Classic triple Sized which use one, two and three sets of Mah Jong tiles respectively. The other modes are Triple Match and Quadruple Match where the object is to match not two identical tiles but three and four respectively. The final section is the My Favorites section where the player can save their preferred layouts for easy access.
Each game can be played in either:Classic mode - where just the tiles on top are visible,
Ghost mode - where the underlying tiles are visible,
Memory mode - where only the tile beneath the mouse pointer is visible,
Speed With Luck mode where only the current matches are available,
Mixer mode - where tiles switch places randomly every ten seconds if no match is made,
Speed with Skill mode - like Classic mode but with all available matches highlighted.For all games the player has a choice of five tile sets, and four backgrounds. The games are timed and scored and each layout can be replayed because the tiles are randomly dealt.The Classic game mode features an Undo button, Hint button and a Pause button as well as displaying the number of possible tile matches and the tiles can be flipped top/bottom and left/right. The Hint button is greyed out in all other Freeplay game modes and the board cannot be flipped in Tournament mode.
Tournament:Here the game connects the player to another player somewhere in the world to play one of thirty-two timed games. There are no options here to alter the game mode, tileset or background, as soon as the player selects this option the game connects them with another player. An internet connection is needed for this option, if there is no internet connection the game does not substitute an AI opponent, this option simply does not work.
Variations:In this option the player is again presented with a game book with six sections, these are:Original Kwazi and Kwazi II - six puzzles from each of the first two gamesBrain Teasers - six small but challenging puzzlesExtreme Mah Jong - six timed puzzles with just a minute on the clock but the player can earn five seconds extra time per match madeMah Jing - this is played with a domino tile set and instead of matching identical tiles the player must match tiles that add up to sevenHalf and Half - where the tiles are arranged either side of a wall and the player must match identical tiles, one from each sideAs with the Freeplay option the tiles for each game are dealt randomly so each game is different.
Kwazi's Quest:This is the main game mode in which the player helps Kwazi find balance in his life by playing a series of seventy-two games, one for every year of his life. Each round starts with a comic strip style screen appropriate to that stage of Kwazi's life, round one shows him in his cradle, round two shows him being given into the care of a monastery and so on. The quest games are not random, they are pre-set deals - a set of mah jong puzzles that become progressively harder as the player advances through the game. As befits a series of puzzles there are special tiles and challenges such as butterflies that lift one locked tile out of the stack so that it can be matched and ice cubes that have to be freed so that they can melt and allow the player to complete the puzzle.On completion of a puzzle the player is asked a character defining question along the lines of "A tiny sparrow awakens you with it's song. What is your reaction?" In this case the possible answers are: "Nice music. I love it!"; "Stupid bird disturbed my nap."; and "How Peaceful."
There is no option to skip a level and neither the pattern, tile set and the background picture can be changed. If a puzzle is aborted it is automatically reset to the start position. The game mode does have the Undo, Pause and flip features as well as displaying the number of matches available.
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| Precision | 2008-05-16 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Precision is a freeware side scroller about precision jumping. The player has to jump from rooftop to rooftop (collecting all the beer bottles on the way) and reach the ladder, marking the end of the level. There are a total of 7 levels.The player can't control the jumps in mid-air, they are only influenced by the velocity of the character. During these jumps, the character leaves a red trail, helping the player to determine the jumps more precisely. Managing one's momentum is important on certain levels. |
| Sam & Max: Complete Pack - Seasons One & Two | 2008-05-16 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure, Compilation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | This compilation contains all Sam & Max episodes from season one and season two:
Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock
Sam & Max Episode 2: Situation: Comedy
Sam & Max Episode 3: The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball
Sam & Max Episode 4: Abe Lincoln Must Die!
Sam & Max Episode 5: Reality 2.0
Sam & Max Episode 6: Bright Side of the Moon
Sam & Max Episode 201: Ice Station Santa
Sam & Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues
Sam & Max Episode 203: Night of the Raving Dead
Sam & Max Episode 204: Chariots of the Dogs
Sam & Max Episode 205: What's New, Beelzebub?
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| Soccer Champ | 2008-05-16 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Exozet Games GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Soccer Champ is aimed at young football fans. In the management simulation players have the job of accompanying an up-and-coming footballer in his career. The emphasis is on character development. Players can influence the development and success of the character through both strategic decision-making and action sequences. In this, the action sequences remain at the forefront. In Soccer Champ the focus of the game – unlike in other football simulations – is on the individual footballer rather than the team. The mission-based game runs from beginning (first day in the Youth League) to victory in the professional League Championship. On a play-day you can perform training (in the form of a mini-game) or an action (e.g. doctor’s visit or tuition). The player can also accept different event offers. These could, for example, be advertisement offers or sponsor events, recognition of which, although it increases popularity, costs training days. At the end of each training week a league game is always available, in which the player can collect points for further advancement. |
| Sword of the Stars: Collector's Edition | 2008-05-16 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Sword of the Stars original game
Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood expansion pack
Sword of the Stars novella The Deacon's Tale by Arrin Dembo
A bonus CD with concept art, screenshots, trailers, cd tracks and other media.
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| System Mania | 2008-05-16 | PiEyeGames | PiEyeGames | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | System Mania is a management game where the player must flip switches, turn cranks and press buttons to fix machines. Each one of the 90 levels is a different machine, with an array of controls scattered around the screen. Using the mouse cursor, the player must interact with the ones that have a red warning light on. When fixed, the controls often throw bonus medals that must be quickly collected, before falling to the bottom of the screen.Switches and buttons only require one mouse click to be fixed. Wheels and cranks need to be turned around a couple of times to turn off the light. Cords have to be pulled by their handle. Sliders need to be dragged to a red indicator. Strings have to be plucked. Hourglasses need to be turned upside-down to move the sand to the other compartment. Some buttons have doors that open and close over them all the time, requiring precise timing to be pressed. Dials have to be turn to the number indicated in the red light. Gear sticks need to be placed on the correct position, also indicated by a number in the red light. The keypads have a numerical sequence displayed besides the red lights that must be typed in. The piano has a number assigned for each key, and the display shows the numbers of a tune that must be played. The TV has a joystick and a button, and the objective is to move a targeting cross over a square to destroy it.Each interaction gives a small amount of money that can be spent on power-ups, in a shop between levels. They appear as three yellow buttons on the screen, that help by slowing the game speed and changing other gameplay parameters. Random events occur to provide additional challenges, where the lights turn off, darkening the screen with the exception of a halo around the cursor, and steam clouds cover the screen making everything more difficult to read. |
| Top Trumps: Doctor Who | 2008-05-16 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Rockpool Games Ltd., Team 3 Games Limited | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This video game is based on the Top Trumps card game and is set in the Doctor Who universe and has characters from the television series including the 10th Doctor (played by David Tennant), Martha Jones, Capt Jack Harkness, Dalek, Cyberman and Slitheen. It also uses the animation style of the spinoff television series The Infinite Quest and Scream of the Shalka. Each player has a deck of cards and attempts to win all the other player's cards. Each card has a character or event from the Doctor Who universe along with different statistics. A player chooses which statistic to use to compare with someone else's card and the higher one will result in the capture of the card with the lower statistic value. There are two play modes: adventure mode where one player goes against AI controlled opponents, and versus mode where two players go head-to-head. |
| Jewels | 2008-05-18 | MHGames | MHGames | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jewels is a clone of Pop Cap's match three puzzle game Bejeweled. The player is presented with a grid of jewels in different colours. Jewels are removed from the grid by swapping adjacent jewels to create combinations of three or more jewels of the same colour. When jewels are removed more are dropped from the top of the screen and take the place of those removed. This can lead to chain reactions when the falling jewels create new combinations. Below the grid there is a bonus bar which fills up as the player remove jewels from the grid. When it's full the player gets to move on to the next level. The player gets points for each combination depending on how many jewels are removed. Each level has a multiplier that increases with one for each level. So on the second level the player gets twice the amount of points.In addition to the normal mode the game features two additional game modes, timed mode and infinite mode. In the timed mode the bonus bar serves as a timer that decreases continuously and the game ends when it reaches zero. Therefore the player has to be quick and remove the jewels before time runs out. For each set of jewels that are removed more time is added to the timer. When the timer has been filled the player gets to advance to the next level. For each new level the time goes faster. The infinite mode is the same as the normal mode except that there is no end. When there is no more matches to make the grid is refilled with new jewels and therefore the player can keep playing in all eternity.The Android version of the game features global high score lists through the Scoreloop service. With this functionality the player can submit his scores to the online global leaderboards and compare them with those of other players. In addition to the global high score list it's also possible to see a regional list (the player's country) or a list for the last 24 hours. High score lists exist for the normal and timed modes but not for the infinite mode. |
| Mystery Museum | 2008-05-18 | Oberon Media, Inc. | Odyss | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | A detective tries to find the stolen Mona Lisa, by reconstructing 13 famous paintings.Mystery Museum is a jigsaw puzzle game, where classic masterpiece paintings have to be reassembled within a time limit. The main portion of the screen shows the painting with missing square parts, and at the left side there are several square pieces that have to be dragged and dropped to their correct place. Each round has multiple paintings that have to be fixed, and the player can switch between them by clicking on their thumbnails at the bottom.Every few rounds, the Cryptex questionnaire appears, where the player must select the correct answers to multiple choice questions about art. After doing so, a new clue about the disappearance of the famous Da Vinci painting is revealed. |
| Texmaster 2009 | 2008-05-18 | | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Texmaster 2009 is a Tetris clone inspired by the Tetris: The Grand Master series by Arika. According to its creator, it is the most faithful and accurate TGM clone for PC. It features most of the game modes from the three TGM games, including the infamous Ti mode which allows you to hold a piece for one turn.The game itself is pretty simple, focused on gameplay, and designed for beginning or hardcore Tetris players. Falling tetromino pieces must be placed carefully avoiding holes between pieces, and when a solid row is completed, it disappears. In both classic and world modes it has eight different game modes, including double play and sudden death. Players can register easily and keep track of high scores. |
| Gumboy Tournament | 2008-05-19 | CINEMAX, s. r. o. | CINEMAX, s. r. o. | Action, Puzzle, Racing / Driving | Side view | | | Party game, Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Gumboy Tournament is a multi-player spin-off from the original Gumboy game. The main game play remains the same. Players control a ball which can be rolled by pressing left or right. The control key makes it roll faster. The single-player game mode features similar game play as the original game but with 80 new levels.There are four different multi-player game modes in which players can compete:Capture the Flag
In this classic game mode two teams have to defend their own flag from being stolen while stealing the enemy flag and returning it home.Race
In this game mode players have to race through the level touching various checkpoints before reaching the finish.Diamonds
Here players have to collect as much diamonds as possible. They are scattered all over the map.Chase
In this final game mode, the players must try to posses a single star. while the star is in a player's possession that player gains points. Tagging the player causes the player to lose the star.The levels feature various power-ups and feature the same unique art style as the original game. |
| Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist | 2008-05-19 | Messhof Games | Messhof Games | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist is a disturbing game in which very few clues are given about the goals and the background. In the beginning of the game, an old, half-naked man is shown, telling how he is completely drugged up. This is followed by four gameplay segments with an unusual design.In the first part, the player controls a bus from a top-down view on a highway. While the camera rotates around the road, the player needs to follow the direction of the arrow. While driving, the controls constantly reverse, causing the bus to crash into the side of the road (drum sounds) or into one of the many red cars, which then explode into large, coloured clouds.In the second segment the player steers a clock tower through the skies and eventually space, hitting objects highlighted by arrows, such as huge iron pipes and satellites. With each hit, a bottom part of the clock tower disappears.The third segment takes place on the clock tower's clock. The player controls a small yellow man that needs to take out three coloured balls. Movements is characterized by the lack of gravity, causing the player to constantly move in a straight line with only limited control to correct the direction. The man bounces off the sides of the clock, but by landing on circular baby faces, he can move around them to launch into a new direction.The fourth and final sequence has the player control a baby head, with octopus-like arms consisting of mouths and small hands. The head needs to be steered into the direction of other baby faces, while a background of yellow, red and blue spins at a very high rate, making it almost impossible to focus on the screen.The game contains flashing images which may cause photosensitive epileptic seizures. The game is entirely controlled by arrows on the keyboard and joypads are also supported. |
| The Babylon Project | 2008-05-19 | | | Action | 1st-person | Fangame | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | The Babylon Project is a fangame based on the TV series Babylon 5. It uses the Freespace 2 engine but was released standalone. This release includes two campaigns in which the player fights against raiders respectively has to defend earth against the overwhelming forces of the Minbari. The campaigns offer up to 20 missions each and include voiced dialogues and pre-rendered cutscenes. Additional official or unofficial campaigns can be downloaded from the official website.Gameplay focuses on space combat. The player usually sits in a small but fast space ship and participates in dogfights or big battles. The missions are designed for advanced Freespace 2 players and can be skipped if needed. |
| Which Witch is Which? | 2008-05-19 | Eegah! Games | Eegah! Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Which Witch is Which? is a fast-paced action game developed for the Swedish Game Awards 08 competition. For one, or two players cooperatively, the player controls a witch at a fixed position on the left side of the screen. Evil magic essences appear from the right and try to get past the witches. Players need to aim and shoot magic to stop them, otherwise life points are drained. Magic needs to be shot at an angle as it does not have a straight trajectory.The challenge is enhanced through the different colours of the essences (four in single-player, five in multiplayer). Players need to shoot the correct form of magic that corresponds with the essence's colour to take it out, except for the yellow ones that vanish with any kind of magic. As each witch only has three types of magic available, in multiplayer this means only one player can take out specific kinds of ghosts. The game keeps track of the score and provides multipliers for successive hits. As the game progresses, more essences appear and at a faster rate. All actions are controlled through the keyboard. |
| Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures | 2008-05-20 | Eidos, Inc. | Funcom Oslo A/S | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed, Regional differences | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Mature | | Windows | Conan of Cimmeria dethroned King Numedides III and now rules the land of Aquilonia. His tales are known as legend and fable all over Hyboria but also many either fear or respect him, the land still is in great danger from all sides by Pictish hordes, Nemedia soldiers and many other forces that lay claim to the lands that now all exist under King Conan's rule.During these times the player enters the world as a slave after creating a character. During character creation the player can not only choose how he looks but also which race and which class he will be. Depending on which of the three available races (Aquilonians, Cimmerians, Stygians) he chooses, he also limited the available class choices. Not every race can be any of the 12 classes. So while Stygians have access to Mages like Necromancers or Demonologist, they don't have any Soldiers which like the Guardian or the Dark Templar. Once the character is created, the player enters the world on the Isle of the Black Ones.Used as a tutorial island until level 20, the player has two choices: playing a heavily story-driven single player campaign in an instanced world or doing the usual quests and errands with other players on the island. He can switch between both modes anytime from the Tortage tavern by deciding if he wants to play at night (single player) or during the day (multiplayer). Around level 20, after finishing the last mission of the so-called Destiny Quest, the player then enters the normal world of Aquilonia and is from now on free to roam the lands, socialize with others and do what you do in a MMORPG. You can take on a gathering profession like prospecting.At level 40 the player then gets access to a mount and can choose a crafting profession. While the crafting is standard and includes the normal careers like weaponsmith, the game features a mounted combat system. Fighting from a mount gives you advantages like an additional knockback but also lowers your precision or restricts what combos and spells you use. But big mounts, including the mighty Rhino, even allow you to destroy player-made building. These are build by guilds and architects in the so-called Border Kingdom which is a free-for-all-pvp-territory. If the guild is very powerful and has the resources available, they can even build whole player-cities which then can be conquered by enemy guilds in a great battle with mounts and siege weapons including catapults. But these sieges aren't the only way to participate in PvP. Besides the open world, there are also several battlegrounds with different gameplay modes like "Capture the Flag" or plain "Deathmatch" in which the player can test their combat skills.The combat system differs greatly from other similar titles because it is realtime with no dice rolling in the background. Where other games feature auto-attack and only require you to activate a spell or skill once in a while, in Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures every sword-swing has to be carried out manually. The player can decide which side of the enemy he wants to attack and depending of his shield allocation, he will make more or less damage there. The player also has three shields he can distribute freely left, right or on top of himself to protect a specific side more because the damage reduction is great if he or an enemy hits on a side which all three shields are present. The player can also produce powerful combos this way. Since this applies more to melee-classes, the spell casters can use spell-weaving to combine powerful spells into one but they have to be aware that it can also backfire and kill the caster. |
| Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Collectors Edition) | 2008-05-20 | Eidos, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Collectors Edition is limited to 110.000 units and includes:
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
Exclusive in-game Item "The Ring of Acheron" which grants +2% XP and +3% stamina
Exclusive in-game item "The Drinking Cape" which grants players free drinks for life in any tavern entered
Artbook titled "The Art of Hyboria"
Official game soundtrack by Knut Avenstroup Haugen
Bonus DVD with trailers, concept art, developer diaries and interviews
Leatherette map of Hyboria (14"x20" faux leather) |
| Jigsaw Star: Mixed Jigsaw Puzzles | 2008-05-20 | KaioGames | KaioGames | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This classic jigsaw game contains 150 puzzles with themes such as pets and animals, flowers and nature, art and paintings, and world cities. There are different difficulty levels, pieces can be shuffled (tidying up the screen) and there is an option for seeing only the pieces on the edge or all the pieces. |
| Thrustburst | 2008-05-20 | Umlautgames | Umlautgames | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In Thrustburst you fly a spaceship through a procedurally generated tunnel inside an asteroid while different obstacles (and of course the walls) try to kill you. Your objective is to reach the center of the asteroid and destroy the Ancient Hard Core.The controls are simple, but take a while to master. You can thrust forward to increase speed and back to brake, as well as up to go upward. Going down is what gravity does when you don't press up. The minimum speed also increases automatically the deeper in you go. There is also a laser cannon as well as a shield at the players disposal to defend against enemies and obstacles. Both are being powered by the same energy bar. To charge the bar you have to graze the ceiling or the floor, but get to close and you die.There are a good handful of different medals you can achieve for finishing the game successfully while satisfying certain criteria. There are also 3 extra game modes to unlock (double, endless and YUS!) as well as a practise mode which lets you customise things like the shape of the tunnel or whether enemies show up or not, among other things. The practise mode is also helpful since it shows the hit-boxes of the player. One being a circle (for enemies), the other being a single pixel dot (for the walls), while the grazing is pixel perfect. |
| Casper: The Enchanted Forest | 2008-05-21 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Educational | | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Casper: The Enchanted Forest is a learning game for children. Mini games such as puzzle games, adventure or skill games are included to help train the analytical skills and the creativity of children. |
| Casper: The Magical Toy Store | 2008-05-21 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Educational | | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Casper: The Magical Toy Store is a collection of mini games for children at the age of 3-6 to help with developing logical thinking. Shapes can be colored and magic toys can be repaired. Connect dots with lines and discover new friends. All games contain cartoons and animations. |
| Casper: The Spooky Alley | 2008-05-21 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | | Educational | | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Casper The Spooky Alley collects mini games for children between 7-9 years. The games include memory, puzzle and action games and help with logical thinking. All games include cartoons and animations. |
| On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One | 2008-05-21 | Hothead Games, Inc. | Hothead Games, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Horror | | Steampunk | | | Turn-based | Mature | | Windows | Gabe and Tycho of the web comic Penny Arcade are at their debut on the video game scene in this adventure RPG.Set in 1922, in a pulp horror storyline, players create their protagonist who gets swept up in a world of mystery and adventure when a large robot destroys the main character's house during a leaf raking session. Determined to get to the bottom of what happened (and finding a new place to live in the process), the player runs into the Startling Developments Detective agency, run by Gabe and Tycho. Along the way, the team will encounter a series of characters from the web comic, fighting zombies, homeless people, mimes and Fruit Fuckers in an attempt to solve this bizarre series of events.Gameplay is set up as a classic-style RPG, with turn-based combat and item management abilities during combat. Players will also be able to summon other characters for combat help, and level up new abilities as the story progresses.Story elements are conveyed in a comic strip style. During conversation, players engage in a multiple selection story tree in an attempt to gain support or information or simply just harass and insult characters in typical Penny Arcade fashion.The Xbox Live version includes various achievement rewards based off gameplay requirements. |
| Chaos Theory | 2008-05-22 | blurredVision | blurredVision | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Meet Chaos Theory! A balanced mix of arcade gameplay and challenging physics-based puzzle solving.The main objective in Chaos Theory is to fill "Collectors" with magnetically charged particles. Those particles move freely in the environment and are influenced by other objects and their magnetic forces. Attract free particles, bind them to objects, and shoot them onto the Collectors to finish a level.Physics-based puzzlerMore than 50 LevelsIncludes Steam AchievementsLevel editor: Build your own levels and share them with your friendsTutorials that introduce every new game element |
| DSF Basketballmanager 2008 | 2008-05-22 | TGC - The Games Company GmbH | greencode Software GmbH | Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | DSF Basketballmanager 2008 is a managerial simulation of the sport basketball where the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his team. It is practically the same game as Heimspiel: Handballmanager 2008 and plays very similar to typical German soccer managers.Through the menu bar on the left side of the screen the player reaches the menus where he sets all the options which influence the team's future. On the financial side he buys and sells players, searches for sponsors, expands the stadium and its surroundings, speculates with stocks or bets on the league's results. On the athletic side he sets the training, the lineup, plans special appointments like team parties or looks after the youth teams. New is an expanded tactics menu where the player can rehearse about 30 basketball moves.Depending on his successes the player receives experience points which are used to improve his abilities, e.g. training. He also has the possibility to plan personal events, e.g. a press conference, to improve his reputation with management and fans. The matches are a basically presented with a text mode where all interesting match situations are describes in words. Optionally the player can also watch pre-calculated match scenes which get shown during key situations.Besides the five difficulty levels the player can use additional options to make the game easier or harder, e.g. disable layoffs or granting unlimited funds. Unlike other managers the player don't has to employee assistants if he wishes to hand certain responsibilities, e.g. lineup or tactics, to the AI; he can access these functions for free. The game features 12 European leagues and a tutorial assists novice players. The German league is licensed. |
| FlatOut: Duo Pack | 2008-05-22 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
FlatOut
FlatOut 2 |
| Goin' Downtown | 2008-05-22 | TGC - The Games Company GmbH | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | New York in the year 2072 isn't a very nice place to live. The population is divided into two groups: the ones that pay taxes and can afford security and the ones that live by the law of the street. In the middle is the police man Jake McCorly. Before the violent death of his wife, he accepted that he is only paid for every arrest. One day, after an explosion in his street, he finds the prostitute Rose unconscious and takes her up to his apartment. But before he can get to know her, she jumps out of the window. Since no one pays for the investigation into her death, Jake decides to take matters in his own hands and goes on a journey during which he will slowly realize what is really going on - a journey which will show him what's really happin' Downtown.The player guides Jake on his journey in a typical Point & Click-Adventure. Completely controlled by the mouse Jake pics up items, talks with the many characters in each scene in multiple-choice dialogues and solves riddles by following the clues from the dialogues and using the items at the right place. But this isn't as easy as it sounds because the character the player may be looking for, might not be at the location at the time Jake arrives. Each screen features a day and a night setup. So while at the day Jake will find his not-so-friendly boss Edward at the police station, he won't be there at night. Instead a co-worker will sit there and talk to Jake. The player can switch instantaneously between both scenes by pressing a button on the interface.In addition to the day/night-cycle, later in the game Jake gets access to a machine that allows him to visit a location in the past and even, to a limit degree, interact with the environment and even persons there. The machine, called CIS, collects the data of all security camera in the city and uses the footage to recreate the scenes.Also the game features cell-shaded graphics, the overall theme is more that of an adult-oriented SciFi-Psychothriller in a Film Noir-style presentation than something for kids. |
| Krebswelte | 2008-05-22 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Krebswelte is an action game, created as an entry into TIGSource's "Procedural Generation" competition. The player controls a mercenary who, on each level, must find a key and make his way to the exit. Each level is a random, chaotic assortment of squares; the mercenary can move around thanks to his incredible jumping abilities, and his gun which allows him to destroy walls. A gun has unlimited ammo, but it takes a while to reload when its clip runs out. Destroyed wall sections re-appear after a while. The levels tend to contain dangers, both in the form of traps such as spikes and landmines, and enemies such as bats or charging bulls. It is possible to find money, both hidden in treasure chests, and falling out of killed enemies. Some levels contain a weapons vendor, who sells faster and more powerful guns, as well as bombs. Money can also be spent to hire additional mercenaries, who function as additional lives. The game is saved automatically when a level is exited. All the levels in the game, the NPC portraits, and the weapon stats and appearances are generated procedurally. In the game's first release, these elements are always generated from the same seed, so every playthrough is identical. Version 1.2 of the game adds "random mode", where the seed is different for every playthrough and thus the game is different each time it is played. |
| Zoomstar Megaracing Maximum | 2008-05-22 | | | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Zoomstar Megaracing Maximum is a top-down racing game designed for The Twenty Event Contest. Players race alone on six different tracks divided over four cups (Heart, Diamond, Club and Spade) where more of the six tracks become available while progressing. Although the tracks are the same in each cup, the difficulty is enhanced by introducing more laps and at higher speeds. Only two keys are used to steer. The player can easily finish the first laps, but later on the speed become so high the player needs to make use of grass, mud or sand to slow the vehicle down. A minimum speed is required at all times however, or the vehicle explodes. The same happens when it hits an obstacle. |
| Eidos Collector Pack | 2008-05-23 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Eidos Everything Pack is a Steam exclusive compilation containing these 20 games:
Battlestations: Midway
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
Commandos: Strike Force
Conflict: Denied Ops
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman: Blood Money
Hitman: Codename 47
Infernal
Just Cause
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Project: Snowblind
Rogue Trooper
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Tomb Raider: LegendAs of June 2009, this compilation is no longer available for purchase via Steam. |
| Jewel Quest Solitaire I & II | 2008-05-23 | iWin, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation that includes:
Jewel Quest Solitaire
Jewel Quest Solitaire ii
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| Multiplayer Tic Tac Toe | 2008-05-23 | Novel Games Limited | Novel Games Limited | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this game you play Tic Tac Toe with another player. The play area is a grid of 3 x 3 spaces. The players shall take turns to put down their marks on the spaces, if a player can put down his/her marks in a straight line horizontally, vertically or diagonally, then he/she wins. A total of 10 games are played in order to determine the winner. |
| Railroad Lines | 2008-05-23 | PLAY Sp. z o.o. | In Images | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Train | | | | | Windows | Railroad Lines is a train simulation game. It set in the 1990s and early 21st century. The player receives points with which he can purchase carriages. You use the carriages to complete tasks. Each location in the game requires a number of tasks to be completed before it's finished. The types of trains available also depend on the region and time frame. The game comes with 20 different engines and features various locations and different types of weather. |
| The Amazing Brain Train! | 2008-05-23 | Grubby Games | Grubby Games | Puzzle | Diagonal-down, Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Professor Fizzwizzle has created a train! It doesn't run on diesel fuel or coal, though. You provide the fuel. The fuel is brain power.There are fifteen mini-games from five categories.
The categories are:
Memory: You must remember an item or pattern.
Search: Find the answer on the screen.
Planning: Decide on your path.
Spacial: You must solve questions based on a three-dimensional image.
Numbers: Solve equation-based questions.There are three modes on play. In Test, you are given a mini-game from one of the five categories. Solve as many puzzles of that game in one minute. Then it is on to the next category until you go through all five. In Quest, you accept quests from the animals along you track. When you want to travel to them or do their quest, you will play a mini-game to fuel up the train. Each mini-game will be limited to one minute. As you complete quests, you can open more track and, hence, more quests. In Practice, you can select any of the fifteen mini-games to practice on, with or without a time limit. |
| The Sultan's Labyrinth | 2008-05-23 | Big Fish Games, Inc | BrutoMemo Entertainment, Seven Sails Comunicacao e Desenvolvimento Ltda. | Adventure | | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Sultan's Labyrinth is a hidden object game with adventure and puzzle portions. The game takes place in the titular labyrinth, where each screen represents a room filled with objects.Besides the standard seek-and-find mechanics, where the player has to find objects that match the silhouettes listed at the right side of the screen, each room/screen has other variations of gameplay. In the adventure-like variation, the objects have to be used to escape the room. In one variation the screen is split in two similar halves, and the player has to click on the differences. Sometimes the player has to find several instances of an object (for example, 20 coins).Three mini-games appear between rooms: a tangram mosaic that must be assembled, a concentration game with cards and a silhouette matching game. Each room starts with three hints. |
| Valkyrie: Ascension to the Throne | 2008-05-24 | FIP Publishing GmbH | DVS | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Valkyrie: Ascension to the Throne is basically the same game as its predecessor Ascension to the Throne. The game tells the story of Eneya, who was among King Alexander's companions. She was raised by orks and now she needs to prove her worth as warrior by battling evil and a plague.The game is a mixture between RPG and turn-based strategy game. When exploring the environment the player sees Eneya from behind. He talks to people in multiple-choice conversations, takes quests, finds treasures, buys equipment with earned money and hires mercenaries. When walking the player meets especially marked enemies which cause the game to switch to a turn-based combat screen with hex fields. These enemies don't leave their position in the game world and can be avoided unless they stand in a narrow place. In the combat itself the player starts by positioning his army and then he gives order to his troops every turn, e.g to move, to attack or to cast a spell. If Eneya dies the game ends instantly. New are special boss monsters which Eneya has to face alone.The player's army consists of ten slots: Eneya and other plot-related characters take up one each, the other ones can be filled with up to ten troops of the same kind. With a few exceptions the player has to pay troops with so-called authority points which are mostly gained during level-ups, after certain quests and by dividing found treasures between the army. The player also can improve other stats when having enough experience points which influence Eneya's armor, damage and magic abilities. |
| Caribbean Pirate Quest | 2008-05-25 | Spell of Play Studios | Spell of Play Studios | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Aye, ya mangy dogs! Hoist that mainsail and batten down the hatches. Tis treasure we be wanting!Caribbean Pirate Quest is a match three game. To make a match, swap two items so as to create a row of three or more of the same item. To clear a puzzle, make matches over each of the light blue tiles to clear them. When all tiles are cleared, the puzzle is cleared.In the regular storyline, move your ship to a sunken ship or a red X to bring up a puzzle. When you have cleared the puzzle, you will have found one of two big treasures, a clue pointing towards one of the two big treasures, some more minor treasure or nothing of value. Such is the life of a treasure-seeking pirate. When you locate the cannon, one of the two big treasures of the first area, and make enough matches to load it, you can use it to clear any one spot in the puzzle. Later puzzles will have things like locked tiles that must be matched to unlock them and double locked tiles that must be matched twice.In the Arcade Survival mode, you have five minutes to clear as many levels as you can. You begin by already having the cannon and the first puzzle will have locked tiles. You do not move a ship but just go from puzzle to puzzle. |
| Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody | 2008-05-25 | Twilight Frontier | Team Shanghai Alice, Twilight Frontier | Action | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Scarlet Weather Rhapsody is a 2d fighting game that is part of the Touhou series. Scarlet Weather Rhapsody features an intricate flight and projectile system which builds on the similar game, Touhou Suimusou, and features 15 playable characters. Important gameplay in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody involves making use of the weather system, which affects the flow of battle depending on the current condition. It also includes a skill card mechanic, which can be used to power up attacks, perform special moves, or even change the aforementioned weather at a whim.As the scarlet devil mansion in Gensokyo is plagued by mysterious natural events. Reimu Hakurei and the other girls living in the mansion have no idea what is causing the disaster, and eventually seek out its source one by one. Each girl however is affected differently by the weather events, which serves as a topic for conversation between them, but all share the confusion resulting from it.Despite having multiple playable characters in its story mode, Scarlet Weather Rhapsody has multiple canonical endings. |
| Apophenia | 2008-05-26 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Apophenia was developed for the TIGSource Procedural Generation contest and creates different introductions, environments, characters and movement based on the seed name entered. This is not randomized as using a name a second time will yield an identical result. Gameplay is almost identical in each environment with only a small amount of changes. Technically, not a single game can be won. Players control a character with the mouse in a single-screen environment where certain moving objects make it grow or just smaller. Colliding with another object produces a sound effect. Usually, when a unique character in the game shrinks to nothing (having the player grow), the game is over.Since there are no clear goals, as a metagame, it exists mainly for humouristic value in the way it mocks the symbolism of art games. Players can enable a "Pretentious Mode" on the main screen where each environment is introduced by a short text explaining the symbolism in the most random of ways:In this game you are the ideal embodiment of a newborn, passively wishing to stare at an ill-advised decision.or:In this wacky misadventure you are magically transformed into a third nipple, creatively risking life and limb to raise a good wizard, proving conclusively that games are legitimate art forms. |
| Pro Basket Manager | 2008-05-26 | Planeta DeAgostini S.A. | U-PLAY Studios S.L. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Pro Basketball Manager is a basketball managerial game with actual teams from more than two dozen European continental competitions and a huge availability of players in order to enhance the level of the club of your choice. Basket Manager Pro will give you the option to start the 2007/08 season with your favorite team, but also with a team of more amateur divisions as the EBA or the Swiss one and, as you win matches, increase your cache to receive offers from bigger teams until you can arrive to the ACB or other pointer European leagues.This game includes the ACB league, LEB Oro, LEB Plata, LEB Bronce and the five groups of the EBA league teams in addition to actual 23 national competitions from the rest of Europe to reach a total of 28 leagues. In addition you can also play both the Euroleague and the ULEB Cup.2 modes of simulation games: result mode and virtual mode. In the virtual mode you can choose from a virtual 3D simulation, virtual 2D or text, all accompanied by the comments of former player and commentator Juanma López Iturriaga.Buy, grant, transfer or dismiss the players you want to in order to improve your team. Monitor the performance of your junior team, buy for your line-up the best promises of Europe and achieve that, in addition, they become the best team in your country.Decide what each player must train to improve their qualities and abilities depending on the skills of the coaching staff and the player's age.Manage all the economic aspects of your club: signings, price of tickets and season tickets, wages, expansion of facilities, sponsorship, etc.Choose the place where to play the preseason stage among more than 20 available places. Besides disputing officially existing preseason tournaments such as the Lliga Catalana or Torneo CAM. |
| Money Tree | 2008-05-27 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | IT Territory Nord | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Money Tree is a resource management game where the player has to take care of a tree and collect its fruit. At the start of each stage the tree is a small sapling with buds. Leaves and money fall from the sky and have to picked and placed on the buds so the plant can grow. Leaves sprout flowers that spring fruits, and bills grow stacks of money.This produce can be collected after appearing on the tree. Their value vary according to their stage of maturity. Their peak value is when they are falling from the tree. For example, a fruit collected while falling is worth 6, but 3 if it is picked after hitting the ground.The objective of each stage is to amass a set amount of money within a time limit. At the top of the screen there are two gauges, a blue one for water level and a red one for temperature. Markings indicate the limit points of each. Weather conditions change their status, and the lack or excess of resources creates unproductive dead branches that must be clicked to be healed.Tools are available to buy that help maintaining the balance. Sprinklers increase the water level. Heating lamps increase the temperature. The catalog also has a fertilizer bottle that speeds the growth process.Caterpillars attack randomly the tree, devouring the leaves. To get rid of these pests, the player has to click repeatedly on them, or buy an insecticide spray bottle that kills every single creature at once.The money can also be spent buying decorations for the garden that unlock new stages and help the main character to gain the affection of a girl. |
| Multiplayer Chinese Checkers | 2008-05-27 | Novel Games Limited | Novel Games Limited | Strategy | | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This game can be played by 2 to 6 people. A game of 5 people may not be fair, though. The object of this game is to move all your pieces from your base to the base of the player on your opposite side. There are two ways to move a piece: move to the next empty space; or jump over another piece onto an empty space, multiple jumps can be make consecutively for a single move. If there are X spaces between the jumping piece and the jumped over piece. |
| ADV770 | 2008-05-28 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | A large re-visitation to Crowther and Woods' Adventure, the first text adventure game, this one works with much of what was previously implemented while adding a great deal of new material to the underground cave complex and its forested aboveground area. To demonstrate, Don Woods' canonical version only featured 350 points, while this one boasts 770. The more recent 550 and 660-point expansions contained 248 and 329 locations, respectively, while this one has 478.The basic premise and interface remains not far from that of the eternal classic: the player uses a very simple text parser to control the actions of an adventurer treasure-hunting in a series of magical caves and open-air locations. As a notable addition, the VOCABULARY command eliminates a major irritation of text-based games, by providing the full list of verbs required to complete the game, as well as of objects so far encountered by the player. |
| Die Siedler II: Die nächste Generation - Gold Edition | 2008-05-28 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary (base game)
Die Siedler II: Die nächste Generation - Wikinger (expansion pack) |
| Last Day of Work Complete Pack | 2008-05-28 | LDW Software, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Steam compilation contains the following games developed by Last Day of Work:
Fish Tycoon
Plant Tycoon
Virtual Villagers: The Secret City
Virtual Villagers: A New Home
Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children
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| Mass Effect | 2008-05-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | BioWare Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | Romance, War | Action RPG, Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile, Off-roading | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Mass Effect is the first part of a science fiction RPG trilogy. It is set in a futuristic universe created specifically for the game, with its own history, various alien races, as well as cultural, political, and social background.The story of the game deals with Commander Shepard, supposedly the first human candidate for the elite group of special agents (the Spectres), who serve the inter-galactic Council, comprised of the oldest and most powerful races in the universe. With or without the help of the Council, Shepard has to stop Saren, a Spectre member who went rogue and tries to exact revenge upon those he was once a part of.In Mass Effect the player takes control of Commander Shepard, who is fully customizable in the character creation screen; his abilities, gender, and physical appearance can be shaped by the player. Both female and male versions of the character are fully voiced.Combat in the game is action-based, and is similar to tactical squad-based shooters. As in most of BioWare's previous RPGs, the player can pause at any time to issue orders to other squad members. The squad members are AI-dependable, but general commands (such as run forward, take cover, target a specific enemy, etc) can be issued without pausing.The six character classes in the game are Soldier, Engineer, Adept, Infiltrator, Sentinel, and Vanguard. Soldiers are good with weapons, Engineers can use tech abilities to sabotage enemies' equipment, and Adepts are able to use the disruptive biotic powers. The other three classes are combinations of the first three. Character growth features, beside the usual "level up" system, a skill-based advancement. When the characters gain a level, the player is allowed to distribute points into skills of his/her choice. These skills include weapon proficiency, tech abilities such as destroying enemy shields or hacking robotic enemies, and biotic abilities that manipulate the mass effect field to damage enemies and protect the party. Non-combat abilities for the main character include Charm and Intimidate, which influences conversation choices.Mass Effect comes with its own morality system. There are two sides of morality in the game - Paragon and Renegade, with Paragon being a more diplomatic, official military courtesy following character, and Renegade being the "ends justify the means", damning everything to hell kind of character. The main quest with its choices and consequences is only a part of the experience - there are several optional planets that offer side-questing and exploration. Pursuing a romantic relationship with a companion is also possible.The game introduces a slightly tweaked conversation system in which responses to NPC's are displayed and can be chosen before the NPC has finished speaking. This, combined with detailed facial expressions, allows for more fluid and natural conversations.The PC version of Mass Effect differs in some points from the Xbox 360 release. Besides higher resolution graphics, the mini game about hacking a computer has been changed. Now instead of playing "Simon Says", the player has to get a triangle into the middle of a circle by avoiding the blocks that are constantly moving around in a Frogger-like fashion. The interface has also undergone massive changes. Besides a new quick slot bar in which the player can assign up to eight abilities for quick access to the number keys, the pause menu has been changed to give the player faster and better control over his teammates. It's now also possible to give every teammate individual orders instead of having both do the same thing. Item management has also been simplified to account for the new keyboard/mouse control scheme which also allows for better precision in the shooter-like fights. |
| Space Shot | 2008-05-28 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Space Shot is a minimalistic shoot-em-up with RPG elements developed for the TIGSource Procedural Generation competition. Players control an astronaut who has been blasted into space by his country. The game consists of different waves of attacks that become increasingly difficult. The starting size of the ship, firing options and the encounters with the enemy are completely randomized for each gameplay session.By shooting ships the player collects galactic credits which can be spent when a trader appears. Buying options allow to change the ship's size (height/width), power, firing rate, horizontal and vertical speed and guns for each direction. Both the player and all opponents are represented as squares, shooting square bullets. Most enemies require multiple hits and change colour to show their state. While playing, incoming transmission constantly launch random insults at the player. There are three difficulty levels and when all hope is gone, a button to autodestruct. The game is controlled through the arrow keys, with a button to shoot and one to start trading. |
| Stronghold Crusader Extreme | 2008-05-28 | Gamecock Media Group | FireFly Studios Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Historical events, Medieval, Middle East | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | Windows | Stronghold Crusader Extreme is an enhanced re-release of Firefly Studios' Stronghold Crusader.Besides version 1.2 of the original game, it also features a separate executable that contains completely new content. This includes the so-called Extreme mode for skilled players, in which the limitation on how many units the player can have at the same time has been increased to 10.000, as well as new support powers that appear to the right side of the screen. In addition, Barracks and Mercenary Posts produce military units periodically and automatically. This mode exists both in single-player and multiplayer. A new Crusader Trail with 20 missions is present, as well as 30 new skirmish/multiplayer maps, the three previously downloadable AI opponents and all the previously exclusive content from Stronghold Warchest (five AI opponents and the Warchest-specific Crusader Trail missions).Stronghold Crusader HD (versions 1.3 and newer) is a high definition version of the 2002 game FireFly Studios' Stronghold Crusader and its 2008 enhanced re-release Stronghold Crusader Extreme. It introduces high resolution support to the game and allows the player to zoom out and view the entire battlefield on a single screen. For owners of the original game, there is an official HD patch to upgrade that version, free of charge. |
| EADS Collection Vol. 1 | 2008-05-29 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The EADS Collection Vol. 1 contains three add-ons for Flight Simulator 2004 or Flight Simulator X. Those are:
Airbus A380: Excellent Edition
Eurocopter Tiger
Eurofighter Typhoon |
| Pirate Hunter: Seize & Destroy | 2008-05-29 | Strategy First, Inc. | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Ralf Rüdiger | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Pirate Hunter is a pirate-themed game very much like Sid Meier's Pirates!. You start out as a new face as either a buccaneer in the service of his majesty or as a pirate and set out to be the most feared pirate among traders or most feared buccaneer among pirates. The game has 16 different scenarios and features a large world in the 16th century Caribbean where other pirates, merchants, buccaneers and transport convoys travel. As a pirate you can buy bigger and more powerful, or smaller and more agile ships and eventually conquer cities as well. The player has to choose one of the 4 nations (Spain, France, England or Holland) and your governor provides numerous missions and resources to take care of you and your crew, to gain more wealth and power.Players can assemble a fleet, but unlike Port Royale or the Patrician games, only a single ship can be used in battle sequences. The convoy's statistics are based on morale, ammo, maximum speed, numbers of sailors, cargo and a general condition. At any time, the player can return to the town to repair the ship, load cargo, or to stock food and rum for the sailors. There are different types of ships to acquire, some only in later scenarios. Players also have to trade goods such as grain, meat, cloth, salt, tobacco, sugar, wine and pottery. Settlers often come along with imported goods and can be unloaded when certain towns needs workers. Another important aspect is the relationship with other nations, which influences the number of missions assigned, the availability of sailors, the price of goods, and your general reputation. |
| Ef: The Latter Tale | 2008-05-30 | minori | minori | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Comedy, Romance | Visual novel | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs) |
| Minus | 2008-05-30 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Minus is a short game developed for the TIGSource Procedural Generation competition. The player controls a small character that needs to reach his home on top of the clouds. It is controlled through the arrow keys with an extra key to jump. The character can launch itself from clouds, and by timing correctly, perform combos to keep a steady pace while going upwards followed by a trail of pink flowers. Enemies consist of storms that distort the path, thunder clouds and small red suns. Collisions cause the character to turn black and drop down to lower areas.The horizontal size is fixed and the character can only go upwards. While playing, the game keeps track of the time and progress is shown through a gauge on the right. At the title screen, players can determine a combination of four random numbers used with predefined seed values to generate different worlds and enemies with each gameplay session. |
| Mountain Bike Adrenaline | 2008-05-30 | Nobilis France | Fresh3D S.A.R.L. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Bike / Bicycling | | | | | Windows | Mountain Bike Adrenaline is a mountain biking game set in four different locations: The Rocky Mountains, The Alps,
Hawaii and The Grand Canyon. It also has four different game modesStopwatch: complete the course in a certain time.Challenge: completing the course by doing a certain amount of tasks.Arcade: perform tricks in a certain amount of time.Freedom: explore the course freely, only unlockable after completing certain amount of the other modes.There are six competitors to choose from (three men and three women) and it features a concentration gauge that, when full, can slow down the gameplay in order to pull off more complicated stunts. It sports real-life mountain bikes and authentic equipment. |
| Avalanche | 2008-06-01 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Avalanche is an unofficial sequel to Final Fantasy VII with a twist on the gameplay mechanics. Instead of an action-focused role-playing game, it has been changed into a brawler beat-em-up while still making use of the RPG elements. The fighting strategies have a complexity similar to the Devil May Cry series and the recent Ninja Gaiden games. Each opponent needs to be approached in a different way with different moves and tactics. Many items and opponents come directly from the original game.The game picks up after the first game, when Cloud, Barrett and Tifa are heading for a reactor core. During a skirmish, the three are whisked away in a vision by Jenova posing as Aerith. They end up in a hall but Cloud does not recover. While Barrett stays with him, Tifa has to find a cure and find out what has happened.The game is played from a third-person perspective with a camera that can be freely rotated. Players control Tifa through different environments, accessed from the main hall which functions as a hub. There, Tifa can save the game, forge abilities, stats or items. From the hub Tifa can visit different dungeons which usually consists of separate instances in closed areas. An entire dungeon does not need to be finished at once, but a started instance cannot be interrupted. Most of these need to be revisited after completion to boost the stats further.Tifa has basic punches and kicks that can be combined into combos. Defeating enemies provides mako, which can be forged into upgraded statistics (health, strength, defence, dexterity and luck), abilities (new moves and combos) and items (weapons and potions). By fighting multiple enemies at once, a charge meter builds up leading to additional damage. Other offensive advantages include potions that slow down time, fire damage, black holes or additional speed. Tifa also has a limited amount of mako charges for the most powerful moves, including healing and other devastating attacks. Another main means of attack comes through swords. Once equipped, they are especially useful in crowded battles for quick combos.The game is entirely created by a single developer, Rich Whitehouse. Next to the main dungeons, there is also a training area accessed by riding a chocobo and a battle arena with differences stages of enemies. Multiplayer is supported for online games where two players can go head-to-head or play cooperatively. The music consists of Nine Inch Nails tracks and other tracks taken from the album Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream. |
| Cooking Academy | 2008-06-01 | Fugazo Inc. | Fugazo Inc. | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Cooking Academy is a cooking game similar to Cooking Mama, where the objective is to make dishes by performing a series of mini-games. These games are steps of a dish recipe, emulating common kitchen tasks. All the actions are performed with mouse gestures and clicks, with the recipes organized by meal (appetizers, breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert). As a cooking academy student, the player must complete all the recipes from one category in order to move to the next one.The mini-games vary according to the task. Green arrows overlaid over the food show the movement that must be performed. An egg timer at the top of the screen shows the time left to complete the step. In the chopping block, the food has to be sliced, diced or chopped by clicking or dragging the cursor over it. In the mixing screen, there's a bowl at the center with various ingredients surrounding it, and a small window showing a diffuse image of the ingredient that must be added to the mix. In the stove top the player must perform a series of instructions, written on blocks that move from right to left in a tab at the bottom of the screen, at the exact moment they pass under the marker to stir, change temperature and add ingredients to a pot.Certain tasks require precision and good timing, like separating egg yolk and peeling lettuces. When pouring or squeezing mixtures, the player must be careful to not let it spill over. After finishing all the recipes and receiving good grades, a number of exams must be completed before moving on to the next meal group. In these tests, the objective is to perform the same task many times over, and as fast as possible before time runs out. |
| Dizzy and the Other Side | 2008-06-01 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Dizzy and the Other Side is an adventure-platform game by Alexandru Simion, the creator of the Dizzy AGE engine which allows fans to make their own Dizzy games. The game was made with version 2.2 of the engine. Alongside the small games "Dizzy and the Healing Potion" and "Dizzy and the Mushroom Pie" it was one of the games that Alexandru and Cristina Simion made to test and show the capabilities of the recently announced engine.
In the game Dizzy is having a nice day when suddenly the wizard Zaks sends him to the other side to look for the missing Stone of Balance, a mysterious item that gives balance to all magic in the land. As usual, Dizzy has to travel through different areas and encounter many dangers before he can find the stone and return it to its place.
Unlike most Dizzy games, the game is divided into five levels or "acts". The full version was ready in 2008, but the initial "promo" version, containing just the first act and a short preview with screenshots from further areas with a "conversation between the player and the developer" (along the lines of "Please, just one more"), was released in 2006.
The game can be downloaded from the Dizzy AGE website, its own site or the Dizzy portal Yolkfolk.com. The game's site also hosts an ongoing competition where players can score a higher place through finding as many diamonds as possible (there are 60 of them, but some are hidden or hard to reach), shorter play time and fewer reloads. |
| Everyone Loves Active 2 | 2008-06-01 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Everyone Loves Active 2 is a fast, colourful and hectic shooter made for the TIGSource Procedural Generation competition. As such, players can enter a seed name that is used to determine where enemies appear and for some of them it changes the attack pattern. Other slight variations occur based on how fast enemies are killed, the painting of the background objects, the messages from certain enemies and of course the trails left behind.The player controls a small block, Active 2, on a single screen and is free to move anywhere. The left mouse button fires an endless amount of bullets, while the right mouse button, when held while dragging in a certain direction, curves the stream of bullets to get behind enemies protected by shields. By having a constant stream of explosions players can build up a chain. This is also helpful when dying, because when the explosion causes twenty enemies to die, the player is revived, but the next time +20 deaths will be needed.Sometimes enemies leave behind power-ups such as bullet bombs (a small explosion with each bullet), shields, a spinning blade around Active 2, option (a small turret that shoots along) and a laser that penetrates enemies. Power-ups do not last long and the duration is shown near the top of the screen. Another bar shows the current enemy's health as well. Different graphical modes are offered, with low, medium or high detail, a dizzy mode and an Annabelle mode. High scores can be submitted online. |
| N90 LAN | 2008-06-01 | Toromat1 Games | Toromat1 Games | Action | | | | Fighting, Platform, Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | Tore Martin Solhaug | Windows | N90 LAN is a platform shooter multiplayer game intended to be played over a local area network. It has some limited possibilities to playing over the internet and a mode for playing against a computer controlled enemy.In N90 LAN you compete against up to three other human players and/or one computer controlled player. You have access to a variety of weapons and special abilities, and have access to 17 playable characters and 5 maps. The winner of a game is the one who first reaches the preset score limit. Players gain points for damaging other players and loose points by being damaged. Killing a player or dying do not affect the score directly. |
| Phantomas Saga 0: Uprising | 2008-06-01 | Computer Emuzone Games Studio | WOPR2K | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Phantomas Saga 0: Uprising is a fangame starring the android thief character from the 1986 game Phantomas. The game consists of four large levels, each with a different theme as enemies. As a bonus the demo level is included as well as a level based on the original ZX Spectrum game visuals.The original gameplay and design is used. The player guides Phantomas through several single-screen rooms linked both horizontally and vertically to form a large environment explored with some freedom using the flip-screen mechanic. He has no means to attack and can only avoid enemies and hazards. The focus is on careful exploration through platforming. True to the original game, Phantomas has no standing, vertical jump, but always jumps with a slight curve to the left or the right depending on the direction he is facing. To complete a level he needs to locate and activate all switches. He has a large health meter, but energy is drained as long as he collides with an enemy or a hazard. Every now and then a pick-up can be found that restores some energy. There is no fall damage.After completing a level a password is provided to start there right away in a next game. |
| Planet of the Jellies | 2008-06-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Planet of the Jellies is a Space Invaders clone mixed with match-three puzzle gameplay. Players can click the Space Invaders that move using a classic pattern to make them drop down, forming lines of three identical aliens or more, both horizontal and vertical, to make them disappear. New aliens appear all the time and as they move down into lower lines, they can block the dropping aliens from above. The game keep track of the player's score. |
| Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2008 | 2008-06-01 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Cyanide S.A. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bike / Bicycling | | Real-time | | | Windows | Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2008 is the sequel to Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2007 and part of the Cycling Manager series game group. Like its predecessors you take on the role of the manager of a cycling team and you have to push them to the top. Like the 2006 and 2007 iterations of the game it has an official license and thus comes with real bikers and the Official Tour de France cycling event (of the year 2008). The game comes with 65 officially licensed teams to manage.As manager of a team you can influence the strategy of the team and individual players, shop for equipment, train your riders, and manage contracts. In the career mode you need to put the right riders in the team at the right tours. Each of the 180 stages is presented in full real time 3D and you can make adjustments to your racers strategies on the fly. |
| The Clumsys | 2008-06-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Gogii Games Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The scientist Albert builds a time machine in his backyard. His grandson Tim and friends use the machine when no one is watching, and disappear into the past. Tim's mom must find the children and collect all he junk the kids left behind in the past, to avoid a time paradox.The Clumsys is a hidden object game with a time travel theme. Instead of finding the usual list of objects, the player has to travel through time and click on objects that don't belong to the period. Some of those objects are used to build gadgets that help on the search.The inconsistency locator provides hints for the position of objects. It slowly recharges after use, with four modes, each gradually more explicit than the other (the first shows an arrow in the general direction of the object, the last highlights it).Each screen takes place on a different time period where one of the 20 kids have to be found. Once all the anachronistic objects are removed from the scene, the player has to collect objects that have been moved by the child (a list appears with their silhouettes and name), and restore them back to their original place. |
| The Incredible Hulk | 2008-06-01 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Edge of Reality, Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Sandbox / open world | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Incredible Hulk, based on the 2008 film of the same name, is a 3rd-person open world game that focuses on the Hulk's incredible physical strength. The game allows the user to control Hulk in a large recreation of New York City allowing Hulk to smash cars, buses, lamp posts, and even entire buildings using a combination of jump attacks, charge attacks, and punches. After destroying cars and buildings pick up debris and us it to smash even more. The story mode follows Hulk and Rick Jones on their quest to stop an evil organization called the Enclave, the Army, and to rid Banner of his alter ego, the Hulk. Standard control configuration uses the left analog stick to move Hulk, the right analog stick to pan the camera 360 degrees around, and the face buttons to perform punches, jumps, and grabs. The game features hundreds of collectible items, some of which unlock bonus art, unlockable special characters, and numerous mini-games. |
| The Jackyard | 2008-06-01 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Despite using the AGS adventure engine, The Jackyard is actually a third-person platform game based on exploration. Entirely designed in black and white with a typical noir style, the game has no clear goal, although it is possible to finish it. Instead the player is encouraged to explore the different environments, set both indoors and outdoors, with certain surrealistic elements. The game shows points the amount of acquired points in the bottom left corner of the screen.How can we enjoy the flavor in our mouths, when, already, we're dreaming of the taste of the next bite?As there are no puzzles, players can move about freely, although some locations are hidden and require precise jumping. Players can choose to dream, read a portion of the novel The Old Oaken Bucket by Samuel Woodworth and use strange devices. The game uses rather complex layers that often scroll at different speeds. Many of the levels are interspersed with quotes integrated into the environment with an unusual amount of attention to the typography, although no meaning or explanation is given at any time. Certain game elements, including the music, vary with each session. |
| Turtix: Rescue Adventure | 2008-06-01 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | In Images | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The sequel to Turtix is based on the same concept as the original game. During a class, the teacher misreads a recipe and all the students are whisked away in bubbles. Turtix once again needs to save all of them and bring them back safely.Turtix: Rescue Adventures is a side-scrolling game where Turtix explores game worlds to locate the trapped students and needs to bring them back. There are three distinct settings: Magic Forest, Underground Caves and Barren Desert with 60 levels in total. The game can be played in two modes: Casual and Hardcore. In Hardcore levels need to be replayed if these are not successfully completed.Turtix can move around, jump, climb ladders, hang from vines and push crates. Enemies are taken out by jumping on top of them but some have spikes and need timing to take them out. Once a student inside a bubble has been located, Turtix can jump on to pop it. The students will then search their way to the exit and the player can exercise no influence over their movement. Instead, Turtix needs to push crates to block spikes, open gates, defeat enemies, collect keys to open gates and remove barriers to create a safe path for them to follow. Levels do not require players to safe all students, but still most of them. Before popping the bubble, a halo will show if there is a safe passage (green), if there are enemies that will block the path (yellow) or when there are obstacles that will cause the students to die (red).Turtix has a limited amount of health but this can be expanded by looking for magic symbols in treasure chests. Additionally each level holds secret areas with diamonds for extra points. The game keeps track of the player's best time per level and the different game elements are gently introduced through the levels with an increasing difficulty level. After ten levels there is a time bonus game where Turtix needs to collect a number of stars to earn a prize. |
| sin(Surfing) | 2008-06-01 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | sin(Surfing) is a game based on procedural generation created for the TIGSource competition focusing on the technique. Players control a funky character riding wave forms generated procedurally and perform tricks. The names of these tricks are also generated and are based on the amount of loops or other techniques, and the colours adapt as well. Players need to land correctly on a wave to finish a trick correctly. The arrows keys are used to speed and down, launch the character and when in the air perform different kinds of tricks that can be combined. There is a Challenge mode to get as much points as possible with a limited amount of time, and a Stunt mode with no time limit to go for the highest trick score. The graphical style reminds somewhat of Vib Ribbon, which the developers said to have played before creating the game. |
| Dracula: Origin | 2008-06-02 | Adventure Company, The | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Dracula: Origin, the player takes the role of Van Helsing, the famous vampire hunter, in the chase of Dracula, before he performs a ritual to save his lover's soul. In a faithful recreation of Bram Stoker's mythology, the player learns about the origins of Dracula's curse, how he took the path of evil when his beloved one committed suicide, thus becoming damned forever, and how he finally made a pact with the Prince of Darkness to become a vampire. With time he learns of a ritual that could bring damned souls, like that of his deceased lover, from their prison. Centuries pass and the Count finds a girl, Mina, that looks exactly like her and begins to seek the girl and the manuscript where the ritual is described, while Van Helsing goes after him.Through the usual 3D characters over a detailed 2D background, this point-and-click adventure of classical style, takes you, Van Helsing, from London to Transylvania, passing through Egypt and Austria in the search for Dracula. There are also 40 different characters to gather clues from and 150 objects to use and combine in order to solve the different puzzles and mysteries of the game. The game mixes regular inventory and environment based puzzles with more difficult riddles that require logical thinking or pose language or maths problems. The player has access to reports where tasks are detailed, various documents and a log of all dialogues in the game.There are some helpful features for adventure players, such as a key that highlights all hotspots in the environment and double clicking to quickly move between areas. |
| Dyson | 2008-06-02 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Dyson is the free version of Eufloria and was made available as a competition entry a year and a half before the reworked commercial release. It is a strategy game, somewhat similar to Risk and the Galcon series, about colonizing asteroid belts, although the graphics do not resemble space but rather molecular structures. Player start with a single seed place on a lone asteroid. Soon, the seed grows into a Dyson tree, the game's resource. These generate new, self-replicating seeds, small insect-like objects that orbit the asteroid and are used to colonize other asteroids on the belt. The game supports zooming to show the entire asteroid field or as as close as a single seed. Each asteroid has a unique name and a different composition, based on three colours: energy, strength and speed. These influence the amount of seeds generated. When a sufficient amount of seeds orbits an asteroid, they can be offered to plant a new Dyson tree.To colonize nearby asteroids, players select the amount of seedlings to send, and use the mouse to draw an arrow towards the asteroid. The seedlings will then be sent out as a fleet, destroy the opponent's seedlings, get rid of the Dyson tree and penetrate the core to colonize it. Certain asteroids will eventually drain and become useless. The game is completely real-time and there are different opponents who colonize and sent out swarms as well. The core of colonized asteroids changes to the colour of the team. Each team has seeds of a different shape, which affects the performance.Strategy is based on managing resources, dividing seedlings over the different asteroids and fighting the opponents to gain more territory. All of the visuals except for the font and the palettes (and the location of UI elements) are generated procedurally. |
| K2 | 2008-06-02 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | K2 is a futuristic third-person shooter set in space with colourful graphics. It is the sequel to K, an abstract shoot-em-up prototype that was never finished. Players control a small craft in space fighting endless waves of enemies. There is complete freedom of movement, but enemies will chase the craft if it moves away. The game is entirely controlled through the mouse for movement - the left button shoots and the right button provides a speed boost. Regular lasers (depletable) do not cause much damage. Instead, the player has to use a mouse gesture to circle around enemies, completing a green circle to red, to lock on with rockets. These deal much more damage and if the player manages to take out the target using lasers before the rockets hit, they will split into multiple rockets and attack another target, causing chain mayhem described in the game as "fireworks". The game keeps track of the player's performance through a score and shows the remaining time until a next wave of enemies appear. While flying, small circles point to the enemies' direction. |
| MMORPG Tycoon | 2008-06-02 | VectorStorm | VectorStorm | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | MMORPG Tycoon is a strategy game with glowing vector graphics developed for the TIGSource Procedural Generation competition. The player becomes the new owner of ShadiSoft Software, a development studio that went bust when their MMORPG failed to attract the public's attention. Taking command of the designers and programmers, the game's goal is to make the MMORPG successful again and destroy the competition.The player has a futuristic, top-down overview of the game world, with extensive zoom options to view as close as a single player. Tasks for instance include planning the location of towns where players rest and pick up quests. Towns can have different levels and highly-skilled players will soon start looking for new places to stay. To avoid frustration, starting and respawn points need to be strategically planned, nearby towns and in low-level areas to avoid meetings with powerful players. They can be guided further by placing roads that lead to safe havens so they do not get lost. Without respawn points, players go offline and most likely cancel their account.Progress is made based on the amount of subscriptions, as those bring in the money. Players need different locations to visit and the server cannot be too overloaded. Other accidents include extra players dropping offline when more than one hundred of them are inside a single area (sloppy ShadiSoft Software programming). Occasionally, this even crashes the entire region server. Overcrowded areas are marked in red on the map. Other information about progress is provided through different reports.Players can manage zoning, build different kinds of objects and change the general design such as classes, the monster density and their statistics, the amount of experience, and keep track of the general cash flow, loans, subscriptions, the amount of employees, the competitors and more. Subscribers will often complain about overloaded servers, or the game being too easy or too hard. It is even possible to view the division of the different classes used in the game and general satisfaction. The forums also show the general buzz in comments, both negative and positive.Aside from the regions, every single user can be tracked with the inspect tool. It shows information such as their name, class, level and experience. The game can be paused at any time to plan a next move without having time move on. |
| Reflect | 2008-06-02 | | | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Mental training | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | In "Reflect", the player explores a three-dimensional landscape from the perspectives of various animals. The player has to observe the behaviour and movement of said animals, so that he can later actively mimic these. When players are successful at imitating the behaviour of a creature, they can permanently use their specific abilities to explore the game world. Thus, they learn to grovel like a worm, walk like a turtle, run and jump like a puma, fly like an owl etc. The purpose of the game, according to its creator Mike Treanor, is "to raise interest in the mundane in an effort to bring wonder to the everyday experience". |
| Rescue: The Beagles | 2008-06-02 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | In Rescue: The Beagles the player controls animal activist Edwin or Nicole to rescue beagles who were part of a cargo inside an airplane, heading to the CutLab testing facility. The plane crashed and the contents have been scattered above the areas of the Amita range. The activists are not alone - the lab sends out a team as well to retrieve its testing material and kill the rest.Players control one of the two activists in different levels that scroll to the right at a fixed pace. The environment is made up of different background layers that move at different speeds. Edwin or Nicole can climb or descend to any layer when it is within reach, or use a rope to climb to high areas or a parachute to float down. Both are not standard equipment and need to be picked up first before they can be used. The gameplay is very fast as no beagles are allowed to reach the left side of the screen. Meanwhile, players take out doctors and biohazard researchers by collecting owls as ammunition. There are also medkits that restore the health of hurt puppies and provide additional points.Each level has an increased amount of beagles needed to be rescued, with different types of enemies. A large part of the gameplay is also based around timing and watching the different background layers' speed to decide when to climb or when to descend. The maps are procedurally generated based on the Markov chain. |
| Safari Sketch | 2008-06-02 | Red Rover Games | Red Rover Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Safari Sketch is a match-three puzzle game along the lines of classics such as Bejeweled and Jewel Quest. The main game-play features swapping tiles to create matches of three or more of the same tile-type in rows or columns. The tiles are then removed and the tiles above fall down to fill the empty space. As a tile is removed the background for that tile is also cleared, thus the goal of each board is to clear the background tiles by making matches above each board space.Safari Sketch includes hand-rendered illustrations of over 50 of the worlds endangered and exotic creatures. An illustration is displayed at the completion of each level and compiled in a journal the player can peruse at any time. Included with the illustration is a brief journal entry describing some interesting facts about the creature portrayed. |
| Biocosm | 2008-06-03 | | | Action | Side view | | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In Biocosm players control a specimen collection unit on the surface of a planet. Shaped like a forklift truck, players steer it to the left and use the pincher (controlled through the space bar) to grab creatures and drag them back to the right, into the light, where they are beamed up. Both the creatures and their movement are procedurally generated. They will not attack, but their twitching will hinder the player, making it difficult to get hold of their bodies and they can even overthrow the unit. To win the game, the player has to collect nine specimens. There is background music and the game's colours change with each new session. |
| Clue Classic | 2008-06-03 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | GamesCafe.com | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Board game | | | | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | CLUE Classic is another conversion of the classic board game Clue/Cluedo. Like in the original, three cards are randomly selected showing the murderer, the weapon and the room where the crime happened. The objective is to deduct these cards by moving between rooms, making accusations and analysing the information gathered.The game only supports computer adversaries (up to 5). The interface has a notebook where the clues and cards status can be stored. Badges are awarded for special achievements like solving the case in less than 10 turns or completing a number of cases. |
| GRID | 2008-06-03 | Codemasters Inc. | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | The heart of GRID is the career-mode called GRID World. Divided into the three regions USA, Europe and Japan, the player has to earn money and prestige points to move up into a higher license category which then gives him access to more and harder racing events. These events are divided into categories like normal races, Drift-events, Destruction Derbies and even the famous 24 hours race in Le Mans.But of course not every car is suitable for every event so there are several different series to chose from. So while the player drives a tuned car for the Drift- or Racing-events in Japan, muscle cars await him in for the Destruction Derbies in the USA or Formel 3000 racers in Europe. Each car also handles very differently. Of course the player needs to buy the suitable car first before he can enter a tournament. There he can decide if he wants to buy a brand new car or go over to eBay Motors and look for a solid used car which of course cost less but has already seen some crashes and might not provide the best possible performance.To earn the money to buy a car for a event, the player can complete so-called Driver Offers. These are offers by other racing teams to take part in an event and see it through. But there are also bonus objectives like "Finish before Team Top Secret" which grant the player additional cash if he successfully completes them.Besides money the player also earns prestige points. These are required to unlock the next higher license category in the corresponding country. Of course tournaments give way more points than completing Driver Offers but the player can also get a few more points by adjusting the realism settings before the race. The higher the realism is, the higher the point gain will be after successful finishing the event. These settings include things like a difficulty level, traction assistant or how many flashbacks the player has available during a race. These flashbacks are similar to the Sands of Time in the Prince of Persia-Series. If the player for example drifts out into the gravel pit, he can activate the instant replay, rewind time a little bit and then immediately reenter the race at that point and try to avoid the crash. |
| Kung Fu Panda | 2008-06-03 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Luxoflux Corp. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Martial arts | Beat 'em up / brawler, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Asia, China (Ancient / Imperial) | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Legend tells of a legendary warrior whose kung fu skills were the stuff of legend. Become that warrior in Kung Fu Panda the video game. Inspired by the movie, Kung Fu Panda is an action platformer where the player takes on the roles of Po and the Furious Five in their quest to stop Tai Lung from obtaining the Dragon Scrolls. Po must confront many enemies on his way to becoming the Dragon Warrior, and will learn new kung fu techniques as he gets closer to achieving his goal.Friends can get together for multiplayer action and battle each other as characters from the movie, such as Tai Lung, Master Shifu, Master Tigress, Master Monkey, and more!. |
| LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures | 2008-06-03 | LucasArts, Tt Games Publishing Ltd. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | In LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures the players get to explore the Indiana Jones universe with "LEGO-fied" characters. The game focuses on the three original films: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, each film consisting of six separate chapters retelling the stories in a humorous, light-hearted way that tones down the violence while removing some of the more overt religious and political references found in the film.All of the sets and props are also made out of LEGOs, and retain their properties such as the ability to be rebuilt and fall apart.In this third-person platform/action game, players take control over various heroes including Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood or Dr. Marcus Brody, and also allows players to play the villains such as Belloq and Mola Ram.Each character has different abilities and weapons. While Indiana Jones has a whip with which he can pull items out of reach, the female characters can jump higher, scholars can decipher hieroglyphics, mechanics can fix machines and diggers can unearth buried treasure. The characters also have different phobias (snakes, rats, spiders), each corresponding to their personalities.The main campaign of the game is called Story Mode in which the player follows the film's stories with two pre-defined characters and cut-scenes. Once the level has been cleared, however, the player can return in Free Play mode and switch between all the characters that have been unlocked, allowing access to previously unreachable areas to collect all other artifacts and bonus items.Destroying or building objects produces Lego studs, which allows the player to buy additional characters and cheat modes in Barnett College (the main hub). Players can also watch previous cut-scenes, examine previously found treasures, enter codes, or explore the college at their leisure.As in the LEGO Star Wars series, in addition to the single-player game, there is also a 2 player co-op mode that allows two players to play the Story Mode. The second player can enter the game at any given time by pressing a button on the second controller. |
| Self Destruct | 2008-06-03 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Self Destruct is a hectic top-down arcade shooter made for the TIGSource PG competition. Players control a small ship that needs to survive 250 waves of enemies. The hook for this game is that all enemy waves are procedurally generated, making each gameplay sessions different.The small ship is able to shoot, use a shield (limited amount) and launch a nuke that clears the entire screen. Defeated enemies leave behind four types of bonuses: blue (restores the shield), red (upgrades the weapons), yellow (restores the nuke) and green (maxes out everything). Despite using an offline executable, the game originally could only be played when connected to the internet to use the online highscore tables. Later, an offline version was released as well. |
| Sesame Seeds | 2008-06-03 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Sesame Seeds is a fast, procedurally generated action game where players need to uncover words to move on to new levels. At the start of the game, players enter a seed name used to generate the levels. Then, while playing, the player controls a white swarm of nano-fiends with the mouse that can be used to wipe black markings in the background, uncovering a word. The white swarm is chased by a black one that can pick off parts when colliding. As soon as the word is visible, players need to press space to halt the action and quickly enter the word. The tables turn and the player then needs to take out the black swarm. All of this needs to be done in a very short time frame. When done correctly and in a timely fashion, a new level is generated. In later levels, the background also contains decoy passwords to delude the player, but these can be recognized because of the intentional misspellings. |
| The Germinator | 2008-06-03 | | | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | Direct control | | | | Windows | The Germinator is a futuristic shoot-em-up where players control Norton, the Germinator. Inside his craft, he needs to stop viruses, trojans and worms within the PC Norton has been installed on. Using cel shaded graphics players command the ship through different tunnels, shooting swarms of viruses. Movement and shooting is controlled through the mouse, while three keys change the ship and its bullets into three different colours: red, green and blue. This need to be done to adapt to the colour of approaching enemies. Every enemy can be killed regardless of the colour of the bullets, but by using the correct ones twice as much damage is done. Consecutive hits with the correct colours lead to higher scores. Players can also collect power-ups such as double or triple bullets, extra lives, a shield or a smart bomb. Smart bombs are activated through the right mouse button and clear the entire screen.The game starts with five lives and a score is kept based on the performance. In later levels, more enemies appear, shooting spiked bombs, the swarms become more dense and enemies in magenta and purple appear. These can be hit on maximum damage by combining any of the two colours they are composed of. |
| ZoX Universe: Space Arena 2 | 2008-06-03 | Paralela | Paralela | Action | | | | Fighting | | Mecha / giant robot | | | | Isometric | Windows | The sequel to ZoX Space Arena is an off-line multi-player game, for 1 to 5 players.The goal is to be the last ZoX standing in the arena.
You can throw bombs or use some special weapons. There are crates that you can use for hiding. Poisonous wild plant will chase you, and you must run fast away from it or you would get asleep.
Special weapons you can use are: bazooka, sticky bomb, bat, machine-gun, jet-pack, shield.There are seven different arenas, including: send, ice, water, metal one. All with original music (each arena has it own).There are three modes for AI opponents, so you can play the game with up to four computer players. A practice arena to get that touch for precise bomb-throwing is also included. |
| Aces of the Galaxy | 2008-06-04 | Sierra Online | Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Rail shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Everyone 10+ | Andrew Creskey | Windows | Aces of the Galaxy is a third-person, futuristic space shooter where the player needs to take on the entire Skurgian armada with a single craft after stealing it from them. The game is very hectic as various waves of enemies are sent in at the same time. Movement is not completely free, following the direction of the camera, but the player is able to influence the direction by moving towards the side of the screen or by performing barrel rolls.There are different ships to choose from, all equipped with a chaingun and torpedoes. The torpedoes need some time to recharge but by holding a button they can be linked to target multiple enemies. Power-ups increase firepower, repair the ship or unlock the mission select screen at the end of the level. The game consists of main nine missions, but by picking up the warp power-up during the game there are three different environments to choose from. Larger enemies are highlighted red, the player can build up a bar to trigger temporal shift that slows down time, and there is button to scan for invisible enemies that usually grant a large amount of points.There are three difficulty levels and various achievements to unlock. |
| Sally's Spa | 2008-06-04 | RealArcade | GamesCafe.com | Simulation | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | After founding her wildly successful salon franchise, Sally decides to take a vacation. While on vacation, she meets a friend in the spa supply business who notes that her business has taken a downturn recently since local spas have been closing. This sparks an idea with Sally to fill the spa void.Sally's Spa is a time management game where customers file in through the door desiring a variety of spa-type services. These include facials, massages, hot stone treatments, nail clipping and painting, whirlpools, and others. Customers indicate what service they want next with a pictorial balloon above their heads. The player must guide them to the appropriate station in the salon and service the customer. The customers must have their needs met in a timely manner or else their satisfaction meters (measured in hearts) will decrease along with prospective tips. Customers will eventually leave if they are dissatisfied enough. In order to survive, Sally's business must grow a certain amount each day.Between days at the spa, Sally can use her profits to purchase upgrades for the spa such as more stations, faster equipment, and waiting area amenities for keeping the customers patient. Sally can also hire assistants to staff various stations, thereby lessening her own burden.Further, Sally sells items from her friend's supply service on consignment. There are different types of products that are more appropriate to sell on different days depending on characteristics (e.g., days with a high UV index can see higher sales of SPF lotion). Sally must stock these items in her limited display case slots based on what is most likely to sell on a given day. |
| Astro Fury | 2008-06-05 | Strategy First, Inc. | Dream Dale | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Jump into your single seater and blast a gigantic horde of alien invaders. Using eighteen different types of plasma guns as your main weapon and an additional eleven different types of rockets, missiles and lasers as your secondary weapon your little starfighter just might have a chance. Astro Fury plays much like Space Invaders in that the player controls a small ship at the bottom of the screen allowing for only horizontal movement while an onslaught of enemy formations come into the playing field and attack. There are ten levels within each of the ten stages of this game with a boss battle at the end of every stage. Besides the weapon power-ups there are lives, armor and points to be picked up as well. All power-ups are rewarded for killing enemy units. There are forty different types of enemy units and they sometimes appear in quirky formations such as taking on the shape of a giant spider or a robot. There are also blocker units who will escort in blocking platforms to absorb your shots. To your disadvantage these blockers will allow the enemy shots to penetrate through and hit your ship. |
| Cradle of Rome | 2008-06-05 | Strategy First, Inc. | Awem Studio | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Classical antiquity | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cradle of Rome is a tile-matching game with a classical antiquity theme. The tiles have icons of city resources, for example piles of wood, wine barrels and coins. Matching three or more of these tiles collects them to their respective resources tab.Three resources tabs are displayed at the top of the screen for money, wood and food. As the player progresses through the game buildings become available to build, their cost being a combination of those resources.An amphora serves as the timer, slowly leaking water as time passes. If the player manages to finish the level before it is empty, the water remaining is added as a bonus to the resources. Otherwise, the player loses a life. Some of the board surface has marble underneath it. To complete a level, this marble has to be broken by matching the tiles over it.Matching special tiles, like the ones with an axe, fills power-up gauges at the bottom of the screen. Once complete, these power-ups perform special actions: the axe removes single tiles, the lightning bolt destroys a random amount of them, the bomb explodes squares of nine tiles, the hourglass adds water to the amphora, etc. Once spent, their gauges must be replenished for another use. A tile with chains is immobile, stopping the flow of tiles to other parts of the board. It has to be matched once to break the chains, and again to be removed from the table.The Nintendo DS version was ported from the PC. It has revised levels, gameplay adapted for the dual screens and an adjusted difficulty level. It also contain a new mode, Free Play, that allows the user to replay favourite boards. |
| Droid Assault | 2008-06-05 | Puppygames | Puppygames | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Droid Assault is an arcade shooter inspired by Paradroid and Quazatron, where the player controls a small army of robots invading an industrial complex and fighting against other malfunctioning machines. Each unit has its own energy meter, diminishing with every hit received, with the robot eventually exploding when all the reserves are spent. The objective of each level is to destroy all the enemy robots to activate a teleporter and exit to the next stage.The main characteristic taken from those earlier games is the ability to connect the robots to one of the roaming foes, effectively taking control of the other machine and adding it to the army. The number of transfer points available is displayed at the bottom-right corner, with new ones received at every 1000 points. Larger robots require more transfer points to be transformed into a friendly unit, with the cost displayed on top of the machine when attempting a transfer. The robots recruited this way are carried from level to level, and the units can be upgraded with power-ups, new armor and more powerful weapons. The player can switch between any of the available robots with a button.After reaching the limit of eight robots, new units acquired start to replace the older ones in the roster. Besides the robots patrolling the levels and shooting on sight, there are glowing mines set on the floor and stationary turrets that have to be avoided. Power-ups and upgrades appear after destroying some of the robots, or are retrieved after exploding crates. Final stages end with a boss fight against a large enemy moving and shooting in a set pattern. |
| Lost Planet: Extreme Condition - Colonies Edition | 2008-06-05 | CE Europe Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Lost Planet: Colonies is a re-release of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. Besides the gameplay of the original title, it also includes:
Three new single-player modes
10 new weapons
5 additional playable characters
20 multiplayer maps (most of them were already released as DLC on Xbox Marketplace)
7 new multiplayer modesOne of the new single-player modes is a boss tournament in which the player just fights against every boss from the normal single player campaign in a tournament-style setting. Players advance to the next rank on a ladder after each successful battle. The second single-player mode is a high score hunt. The player chooses a level from the normal campaign and then gains points for every kill he makes. The more enemies killed in a short period of time, the higher the combo will get and the more points he earns.The most unusual new multiplayer mode is called Akrid-hunt where for the first time the players can take over the control of an Akrid. In this mode two teams, the hunters and the Akrid fight against each other and the goal for the Akrid is to survive the round. |
| Rayman: Raving Rabbids 2 | 2008-06-05 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Ubisoft Paris Studios SARL | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | After being defeated by Rayman in the first game, the Rabbids have now decided to invade Earth. As Rayman, the player has to stop the Rabbids from taking over the world. The gameplay is similar to the original, using the Wii remote for all kinds of methods, such as flinging the remote upward for the Chili mini-game or holding the remote still to simulate balancing certain items such as the Burger Balance game. There are also musical mini-games that require you to time your movements with the remote and Nunchuk to keep with the beat of the music. Another is a driving game that requires you to move the remote left or right to simulate steering among others.There are sixty mini-games, including being able to play in co-op or play head-to-head against a friend. There are five different regions to play in including USA, Europe and Asia and there are 110 different items to customize Rayman and the Rabbids with over 540,000 different combinations. |
| The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes | 2008-06-05 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The Lost Cases Of Sherlock Holmes is a hidden object game based on the character created by Arthur Conan Doyle. The game has 16 cases to be solved, presented as books on a shelf.Like in other games of the genre, the main objective is to find objects from a list on a screen littered with assorted things, within a time limit. This game shows greater consistency than previous seek-and-find titles, the plot is better integrated to the gameplay and all objects that appear on the screen look like they belong to the Victorian Era. Characters comment on certain objects, giving clues to the solution of the case.Each location has a special object that, when collected, starts one of the mini-games. These games are related to the object. For example, a jewel box must be opened by turning dials at the front. Shattered gems have to be reassembled in a necklace. Other games include sliding tiles, concentration and jigsaw puzzles.A magnifying glass can be used while searching the screen for objects. Hints are collected by finding pieces of Holmes' clothing, like his iconic pipe and cap.At the end of each case, a screen with portraits of the suspects comes up. The goal is to arrange this portraits in rows and columns according to the suspects characteristics (for example, the bespectacled male gardener goes to the "Men" row, and "Glasses" column). When a case is solved, the next one is unlocked. |
| Edna & Harvey: The Breakout | 2008-06-06 | Daedalic Entertainment GmbH, XIDER | Daedalic Entertainment GmbH | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Edna has a problem. One day she wakes up in the cell of a nuthouse and remembers nothing. But she knows that she needs to get out of there. After all she feels completely healthy and her stuffed animal rabbit Harvey agrees with her. So Edna has to find a way out of the asylum and discover why Dr. Marcel, the leader of the institute, keeps her there against her will.Edna & Harvey: The Breakout is a classic 2D point-and-click adventure comparable to titles like Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle. On the box art it is advertised as "made by people who love Monkey Island". The player has four commands available ("look", "take", "talk" and "use") through which he can command Edna to interact with the environment. It allows Edna to pick up, combine and use items, talk to other people with dialogue trees and ultimately solve the many riddles that stand between her and her escape from the asylum.Harvey also plays a very important role in everything. Since he is, as he says himself, a projection of Edna's consciousness, he not only has a funny comment on almost everything in the current location, he also helps Edna to remember doing specific things. In a process called "Tempomorphing", he can lead Edna back into the past to a situation where she learned a particular skill that is very useful in the present. In these visits to the past the player can control both Edna and Harvey, but only Edna can interact with the environment. Harvey instead scouts the proximity and examines various items. Since he can't use these items, he only acquires a topic from it. When the player then uses such a topic on Edna, she will be inspired to do stuff with that particular item or just say what she remembers about it. By doing so Harvey will ultimately inspire Edna to remember and use the skills she needs in the present. When the travel to the past ends, the game returns to the asylum and Harvey becomes uncontrollable again. |
| Jumpin' Jack | 2008-06-06 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | GULNY Games | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | The story in this game is about Timbergrotes which are yellow, muppet-like creatures who live in hollowed-out trees. The main character is Jack, a jovial fellow who wears a hardhat and overalls and has a large family with his loving wife. When their happiness gets the attention of demons, who'd rather everyone be unhappy, they decide to kidnap the family while Jack is at work. Jack sets off to rescue them and stop the demons from hurting anyone else.Jumpin' Jack is a side-scrolling, arcade platform game that has all of the typical elements of the genre. Run, jump, slide, bounce and tumble Jack through the scenery to find all of his family members.The colorful levels have coins, jewels and hearts to collect as well as bonus items. Hidden treasure can be found in barrels and crates, plus in secret caches. Enemies can be destroyed with a solid bump on their heads, sliding into them, or mowing them down with boulders or bombs. Bonus items appear when they're needed most to help with special sections of the levels. When Jack dies with at least one life remaining, the game starts again at the beginning of a section. When all lives are lost, the entire level must be replayed.The game features 30 levels spanning seven worlds, a high score table and an original musical score. |
| PreVa | 2008-06-06 | ItBGames | MangaPage | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | Windows | In the near future, as mankind fights for the last remaining resources on Earth, the powerful nations of the world begin to congregate their military and political forces, thus creating the United Earth Government. As they do, policies are put in place to build an advanced military and to expand into outer space. Soon after, the colonization of the Moon begins. The U.E.G. has built science and research stations, while secretly constructing military facilities on the Moon, increasing the development of Versatile Armors. But as history shows, with the creation of a stronger power, an opposing force will form. The Independent Allied Alliance, made up of the remaining Earth governments, declared war on the U.E.G. After a stalemate of over a year, one last move by the I.A.A. changes the balance... As the commander of Alpha Squad it is the player's job to use the new U.E.F. prototypes to their full potential and stop the I.A.A. dead in their tracks. PreVa is an anime-style mecha shooter in the vein of Gundam and Macross. As the commander of Alpha Squad, it's up to the player to stop the I.A.A.'s malevolent plans, having multiple V.A.'s to choose from and a few squad mates to aid in this perilous task. The enemy will throw their best, but the U.E.F. team can stop them. The title comprises twelve single player levels and three powerful prototypes to get the job done. Gaining points from outstandingly piloting the V.A.'s unlocks more than 15 new levels and over 30 secret V.A.'s to choose from, each with different weapons, speeds and armor. Fighting takes place on the surface of the Moon, in the zero gravity of space and on Earth - from the icy mountain peaks of Greenland, to the rain forests of Brazil, all the way to the deserts of Africa. |
| X-Plane 9 | 2008-06-06 | Graphsim Entertainment Inc. | Laminar Research | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | X-Plane 9 is a civil flight simulator. It focuses on an exact and realistic simulation of the planes and uses the blade element theory to calculate the aerodynamics. The game includes scenery from all over the world, including about 18.000 detailed airports and Mars, and 29 aircraft of different types, even helicopters and a space shuttle. The main appeal of the game is the mastering of the controls but there are a few scenarios, e.g. landing on an oil platform. The main innovations to X-Plane 8 are a better performance, more aircraft and improved scenery. |
| Mystery Stories: Island of Hope | 2008-06-09 | Big Fish Games, Inc | cerasus.media GmbH | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Journalist Michelle Deanfield is enjoying her vacation in a tropical island when she learns about a cursed Mayan artifact that recently went missing, and decides to search the island for it.Mystery Stories: Island of Hope is a hidden object game where the player must search the screen and collect all the objects from a list. The game has a normal mode, and a relaxed mode with a more generous time limit.Certain locations have variations on the basic gameplay. In some places the player has to find several instances of the same object. In other screens the list of names is replaced by a list of sounds the object makes, or their silhouettes. Some of the locations are darkened rooms, where the player must search the items using a flashlight. There is a variation called quick search, where a object has to be found in 30 seconds or less.Mini-games occur between chapters of the story, and include standard games like concentration, jigsaw puzzles and lockpicking. These mini-games are optional, and can be skipped.Power-ups can also be collected and stored on slots at the bottom of the screen for later use. The magnifying glass highlights the position of one object, the binoculars show (for a few seconds) where several objects are, the hourglass stops the timer for a while, the stack of coins doubles the points received with each find and the chronometer adds some minutes to the time left.Gameplay for the Nintendo DS version involves using the console's stylus to tap the missing objects (which are then crossed off in a list displayed on the top screen), while the control pad is used to move around the current location. |
| Yukkuri Panic: Escalation | 2008-06-09 | Rolling Star | Rolling Star | Action | Top-down | | Adult | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Yukkuri Panic: Escalation is an arcade-style remix of Escalation: Kyōai no Fugue with gameplay similar to that of Gals Panic. The player uses their cursor to draw shapes in order to capture areas of the level while avoiding enemies. The action takes place on top of images depicting alternative versions of sexual scenes from the visual novel. Capturing an area reveals the part of the image beneath it.The game contains a story in the form of visual novel-esque segments between stages which show how protagonist Rie Komatsuzaki is seduced by her lesbian classmates Naomi and Midori.Levels are occupied by bosses and smaller enemies. The more areas are captured at once, the more damage is done to that stage's boss, and smaller enemies can be neutralized by trapping them in a captured area. There are also several types of power-ups which can be collected to aid the player. The game contains 7 stages, each with 3 levels for a total of 21 levels in the game overall. It also has full voice acting, a CG gallery, and the option to revisit specific scenes. |
| MumboJumbo Collection | 2008-06-10 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Steam compilation contains the following games developed by MumboJumbo:
7 Wonders II
7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven
Discovery! A Seek & Find Adventure
Elf Bowling: Hawaiian Vacation
Little Farm
Luxor
Luxor 2
Luxor 3
Luxor: Amun Rising
Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife
Money Tree
Reaxxion
Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena
The Office
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| Trainz: The Complete Collection | 2008-06-10 | Paradox Interactive AB | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Trainz: The Complete Collection is a collection that includes the following games:
Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004
Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006
Trainz Routes 1
Trainz Routes 2
Trainz Routes 3
Trainz Routes 4
Ultimate Trainz Collection
Trainz Paint Shed
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| Virtual Farm | 2008-06-10 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Melesta | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Virtual Farm is a farming simulation game with time-management elements. Participate in resurrecting a old farm with rusty equipment into a profitable money-maker. Starting out with a small plot of land, till the ground, plant seeds and keep them healthy with water and fertilizer. Before long, the crops are ready to harvest and take to market. Fill special orders and earn enough money to upgrade the tools as well as expand the fields. Various types of vegetables, flowers, fruit trees, livestock, and barns can be added as funds are available.Contracts for special orders have time limits thus adding some time-management segments.The gameplay is constant without being divided by goal setting or levels and has no real ending. Trophies are awarded for special achievements. |
| Gold Rush Treasure Hunt | 2008-06-11 | GameHouse, Inc. | RealGames B.V. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Gold Rush Treasure Hunt is a tile-matching title with gameplay similar to the Collapse games, where the objective is to collect gold nuggets.Each level has an ever-increasing pile of colored rocks. Groups of three or more adjacent stones of the same color can be removed with the pick-axe cursor, making the rest fall and rearrange around the gamefield. The game ends if the rocks reach the top of the screen. To win, it is necessary to collect a group of three or more gold nuggets.Some levels have a chest and its key among the debris. When they touch, the chest opens and reveals a random power-up. The shovel destroys a row of rocks, the hammer clears three columns of stones, the wrench shuffles the rocks, a dynamite explodes squares of 5 by 5 stones, the paint bucket changes the color of the rocks, the hourglass stops the debris accumulation for 15 seconds and the power drill causes an earthquake, clearing the screen. |
| The Flying Trapeezees | 2008-06-11 | Shockwave | Large Animal LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | The Flying Trapeezees is an arcade game with a 19th century theme, where the player controls a flying acrobat with the mouse.Initially the player chooses a member from a French circus family, all of them cartoon stereotypes, and an avenue for a performance. The trapezist is then shot into the air from a cannon, and the goal is to collect jewels that are floating on the screen while slowly falling. Each jewel collected increases a magic trail behind the acrobat, pleasing the crowd (represented by silhouettes at the bottom of the screen). The objective of each stage/performance is to cheer up a number of audience members.The trapezist performs a special move after a mouse click, making the crowd throw hats in the air. The hats can be collected to increase the number of satisfied viewers. Other special moves and playable family members are unlocked while progressing through the game. |
| Warbands: Rise of Baron Muntu | 2008-06-11 | Stimulus Response Games | Stimulus Response Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Warbands: Rise of Baron Muntu is a turn-based strategy game in the vein of Famicom Wars. The game uses a top-down view with simple cartoon graphics.The game takes place in the fictional country of Wardonia where Baron Muntu tries seizes power and forces people into slavery. The player takes on the role of the Chief, a rebel fighter who is Wardonia's last hope. The campaign features 25 missions in which the player controls his rebel army. There are 20 different units to control ranging from soldiers to tanks, helicopters and battleships. Aside from the campaign the player can also play skirmish matches against the AI or against friends over the Internet or LAN.The battlefields are divided into squares. The different units can move around and engage enemies. Movement range is based on the individual statistics as well as the terrain. This also influences the strategy, as forests provide cover against fire and mountains make units deal more damage. In a single turn the player can move all units, which are based on land, air or sea. Next to regular units such as infantry there are also tanks and medics that repair or heal fellow soldiers. During the enemy's turn most of the player's can also retaliate against attacks.Some of the missions are resource-based. A steady income is provided through a headquarters, but more money can be gathered by capturing villages that grow into cities when they are held long enough. From the headquarters a single unit can be generated per turn and there is also an upkeep to pay. In those missions the player wins when all enemy units are defeated or when the enemy headquarters is captured. Some missions also feature an ally controlled by the computer. Units that destroy multiple enemies gradually gain ranks and become more valuable in combat through their experience, for instance by dealing more damage. The player can protect these through a medic, by pulling them back to the headquarters of by having them rest in a captured village. |
| BlockOn! | 2008-06-12 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | BlockOn! is another experimental title from prolific indie developer Cactus, this time made in just 3 hours.This is a platform game in which you have to collect all the red items, at which point the exit door will open and you can proceed to the next level. However, there is a serious twist - You have to create the levels yourself!First you will be shown the positions of your character, the collectible items and the exit. Using the mouse, you can place and remove blocks, to create platforms. When you're ready, press 'space' to start the level. The game will add its own touches to your design by adding randomly placed hazards including guards, spike traps and lasers. If you die or press 'R' to restart, you get the chance to make changes to your block placement; which you will sometimes find necessary! The game may also change its placement of enemies and traps at this time. As usual with Cactus' work, BlockOn! is an experiment in visual style as well as play mechanics. Though you can't tell by looking at the screenshots, there is a fuzzy, ever-moving look to the minimalist, 4-color graphics. |
| Invasion | 2008-06-12 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | 4X | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Small tribes which flourished six thousand years ago farmed, traded, invaded and fought their way to become the countries of today. Take control of such a tribe and build up their civilization into what it may be today in Invasion, a turn based strategy game. Lead your people and make decisions in regards to agriculture, scientific progress, religion, settlements, and of course war as you try to evolve them over thousands of years.
In Invasion you will collect taxes and trade goods to earn gold. The gold you collect will help you upgrade your civilization by either; building new buildings to further progress whichever field you desire, purchasing materials from neighboring tribes, furthering scientific progress, funding military projects or many other subjects which will develop your civilization in differing ways. As your power grows you can choose in which way to advance either through brains or brawn. The decisions you make in your dealings with your people and neighbors will decide how the other civilizations you deal with treat you. A careful balance must be maintained and different kinds or respect must be earned in the eyes of your competitors. The bloodbath you leave in your wake will gain just as much attention from your neighbors as pacifism. While some tremble at the name of your people others can look down upon you and challenge you for the same exact reason.
Controlling Invasion is done via keyboard and mouse. The game-play, based around real-world cities and civilizations, is turn-based so you will make all your decisions in peace while other civilizations do the same. Terrain that you're playing on will make a difference in regards to what your people can harvest, and how they can move. Careful attention must also be paid to your competitors as the terrain they're on will make the same differences for them. In each turn you can select a city at which point a menu for the city opens up. From here you can choose what buildings to build, see the needs of your cities and control your citizens jobs. Also in the turn you can move your army units around the map, explore the lands, attack enemy units and defend your towns.
Once your civilization reaches the required points your game will end. Of course if your civilization is wiped off the map your game will also come to an end. A player may choose the type of land they play on at the beginning of the game. Types of land range in size as well as terrain. From small mountainous islands to humongous deserted plains. |
| Jewel Quest III | 2008-06-12 | iWin, Inc. | iWin, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jewel Quest III is the second sequel to the original Jewel Quest. Rupert and his family have settled down and opened a museum to display artifacts collected from their travels. When Rupert's daughter Natalie opens a secret compartment she is infected by spores that blind her. Rupert and Emma travel the globe desperate to find a cure for their daughter's sight. Can they find a cure?Gameplay is similar to previous games in the series. A board is filled with different colour jewels and within a time limit three must be matched in order for them to disappear and for the space to turn gold. Once the whole board is turned gold the level is complete. The main difference with this game is that the levels within a stage can be played in any order although each stage around the globe still must be unlocked to proceed.Tournament Mode allows people from all over the world to play against each other. Certain stages in the main game will also have the player play against Emma or Hani. The aim here is either to turn the jewel board gold before your opponent does or take turns to reach a specific number of gold blocks.
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| Sacred: Gold | 2008-06-12 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sacred: Gold contains Sacred Plus and the Sacred: Underworld expansion. MP3 soundtracks of the original game and the expansion are on the DVD. |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 | 2008-06-13 | Ubisoft, Inc. | 1C:Maddox Games | Compilation, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 combines all the previous releases of Oleg Maddox's IL-2 Sturmovik series simulating WWII aerial combat, along with new add-ons:
IL-2 Sturmovik
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles - Ace Expansion Pack
Pacific Fighters
IL-2 Sturmovik: Pe-2 Peshka (v4.05 - previously download-only)
Sturmoviks over Manchuria (v4.06 - also for download)
46 (v4.07 - also for download)
A detailed 450 pages long Plane Guide (UK-only)
Making-of videos (UK-only)It also includes all the patches up to 4.07. Technically, Pacific Fighters is a standalone game, but most user-made campaigns and online servers require a merged install with the regular series. The 4.06 and 4.07 add-ons were not available for download prior to the release of this compilation.The second DVD contains bonus content with art, screenshots, cockpits, ground vehicles and various photographs of Storm of War: Battle of Britain. |
| Ikusa Megami Zero | 2008-06-13 | Eushully | Eushully | Role-playing (RPG) | | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Ikusa Megami Zero is a prequel to the first Ikusa Megami game: it follows the events that made Celica, a noble warrior and a paladin of the god Barouhart, to become known as the "God-Killer". Still as a young man, Celica receives an assignment to purify a sacred object in the temple. But an unexpected meeting changes his fate, forcing him to choose between love and loyalty.Like its predecessors, Ikusa Megami Zero is a traditional Japanese RPG with a party, turn-based battles and "retro" 2D graphics. The battles are viewed from an isometric perspective. Also like its predecessors, the game contains explicit sexual scenes. Cut scenes appear as still anime-style images. |
| Petz: Horsez 2 | 2008-06-13 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Lexis Numérique SA | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | | | | Michaël Georgeot, Sophie Chaudoit | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Petz: Horsez 2 is a game in Ubisoft's Petz series based around riding, training and caring for horses. It does not tie in with any of the previous games in the series, but incorporates some mechanics previously explored in the Pippa Funnell titles by the same developer. It is entirely different from the DS game Petz: Horsez 2 also by Lexis Numérique. There is no relationship with the 2007 Windows game Petz: Horsez 2 either, also published by Ubisoft, but developed by Phoenix Interactive.The game is divided into twenty chapters and it starts in August 2007. The protagonist, Emma, left California to get an internship in France and complete her education as a veterinarian. Along the way the taxi breaks down and she looks for a place to spend the night. A local boy called Oliver tricks her into thinking there will not be a bus and takes her to his family's stud farm where they need help. Emma spends the night there and wants to repay the family's hospitality, but eventually stays there to help them out for a longer time. The game offers a 3D environment where Emma can move around freely, talking to the family members like Oliver, Carol, Flora and Michael, and visiting locations to start horse-related activities. There is a linear series of quests, stored in a notebook.Eventually many horses can be managed. They have a name, age, sex and a certain breed and coat. The main statistics are based on cleanliness (coat, hoof, stall), physique, morale, appetite, trust and training. By participating in various activities these statistics can be improved. Horses can get diseases and infections that need to be treated. Cleanliness is improved through using brushes, hoof-picking, cleaning the stall, and taking out the horses, each with their own mini-game. Horses need to be fed, they can be taken to a meadow to improve their morale, and they can also be washed. There is an abstract type of conversation system with the horses to bond. After watching their behaviour an appropriate action needs to be chosen, offering education, play, care or affection. Emma has access to a map, she can take and store photos, use an inventory and use her notebook. The game takes into account the different times of day as well as the cycle of the seasons. Using an alarm clock it is possible to wake up at a specific moment.The main activities are cross-country riding, jumping and dressage. Each activity has different controls for jumping and timing correctly, with scores based on the performance. Personal activities include using a library to read and learn about new dressage moves, accessing a bedroom to sleep, to change clothes in a wardrobe or to browse collected items, and shops where new items can be bought using tokens earned by winning competitions. There is a breeding centre where horses can be bought or sold. Next to breeding foals horses can also be uploaded to the game's official website. Next to the main game there is a separate training mode where up to four players, taking turns, can practise the three main activities: dressage, cross-country and jumping, with the option to alter the parameters for each session. |
| Puzzle City | 2008-06-13 | eGames, Inc. | TechFront Studios, Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | City building / construction simulation | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Puzzle City contains elements of SimCity and Tetris. As the new Constructor Manager at Puzzle City, Inc., the player has to build cities by placing colored blocks (in shapes resembling those of Tetris), which arrive on a conveyor belt. Each color represents a kind of building (green for residential, yellow for industrial, blue for commercial, and so on), with different kinds of shapes. The player has to clear the tray, placing the blocks in the available locations on the city's map, or else it will become full and breaks. The blocks can be rotated (using the right mouse button) to better fit the map.Each level has a collection of goals, usually filling a certain portion of the map (20% in the game's start) and constructing certain kinds of structures (like 2x2 residential blocks). Some maps have highlighted areas with specific colors to build on, and those must also be filled.When 2x2 blocks of the same kind are built, the player earn power-ups. The main ones are the recycler, which changes the shape of a given set of blocks; the trash can, where the player can put unwanted pieces; and the bulldozer, which allows the player to destroy blocks already built. Those three, when earned, are added to specific counter. Other kinds of power-ups are accumulated below the conveyor belt, such as: the hammer, which breaks every set in the conveyor to one block sets; the spray can, which randomly recolors all sets in the conveyor belt; the dynamite, which makes all sets in the conveyor explode; the clock, which stops time for 3 seconds; the snail, which slows down the conveyor belt for a while, etc.There are two play modes, Story and Untimed, and a total of 48 cityscapes. |
| Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific | 2008-06-13 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft SRL | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | | Historical events, World War II | Naval / watercraft, Vehicular combat | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | The fourth installment of the Silent Hunter series takes the player back to were it all began in 1996 with the original Silent Hunter: the Pacific theatre. After the attack on Pearl Harbor the player takes control over one of the US submarines and engages the enemy at its own shores around Japan.Based on an improved Silent Hunter III engine, the game features a dynamic campaign and ten historical missions like an ambush at the Palawan Passage in 1944. To follow a storyline but still experience the freedom of the dynamic campaign, there are five separate missions such as the attack on the Philippines where a Japanese fleet is surrounding the island and the player patrols along several way-points, going up against everything that comes near.SH4 uses realistic mechanics, but there are several options to make the game easier with unlimited air or ammunition. Supporting that theme is the new damage model which not only shows nice effects and the exact point of entry of your torpedo, but also calculates more realistically if and how the enemy ship sinks. The AI was also improved - the weather, the time of day, and the noise produced are now more important. This can also be used to the player's advantage to approach undetected.The whole management of the boat was improved. When crew members are assigned to the stations, they automatically change shifts but when the alarm signal is given, they stay there until the situation returns to normal. If they stay too long at their stations, they get tired and their efficiency drops (which will also take place if the mission takes too long). Crew members gain experience in the use of their station over time and get more efficient. They can be promoted or awarded medals to speed up the process.Next to the singleplayer missions, there is online multiplayer where players either form a pack with up to 7 other players and attack an AI-controlled convoy together, or let one player take the control of the convoy and add an additional layer of tension to the already creepy experience. |
| The Three Stooges: Treasure Hunt Hijinks | 2008-06-14 | eGames, Inc. | TechFront Studios, Ltd. | Adventure | | Licensed | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The stooges must find the pieces of a treasure map for their landlord.The Three Stooges: Treasure Hunt Hijinks is a hidden object game starring cartoon versions of the famous comedy trio (using the classic Larry, Moe & Curly formation). The objective, as always, is to search the screen for the objects from a list. The stooges appear on each scene, and they hurt each other when the player clicks on the wrong spots.The game has two modes, Relaxed and Time Frenzy. The main difference is the amount of time available for each location, and the way the objects appear on the list. In Time Frenzy, only one object or group of objects are listed at a time.The hint cursor is a nose that sniffs the object and lights a lamp when over it. Two mini-games can be played at any time to win extra hints. In Smack Attack, the stooges punch and slap each other, and the player has to repeat their actions (like in Simon, where each attack corresponds to a color). In Nyuck and Duck, the objective is to protect the three comedians from dangerous flying objects. |
| Ancient Quest of Saqqarah | 2008-06-16 | Game Club Cafe | Codeminion S.C. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ancient Quest of Saqqarah is an Egyptian-themed tile matching game containing pretty much all the variations of the genre. While progressing the player unlocks temples dedicated to the Egyptian gods. Each temple has several levels with their own tile-matching gameplay:Temple of Isis - The objective is to light pieces of the table by swapping adjacent tiles, aligning three of the same color to make them disappear.Temple of Thot - More of a puzzle, where the challenge is to arrange the tiles in groups of the same color in a way that fits the table layout.Temple of Anubis - The goal is to light the table by clicking and dragging a line of tiles with the same color, making them vanish.Temple of Sobek - The table is lit by rotating groups of tiles until they all match and disappear.Temple of Horus - The idea is to click on clusters of tiles of the same color to make them vanish.Temple of Bast - The tiles have to be moved across the lines on the table to make matches. When they don't match, a new set of tiles appears, potentially blocking the path and making things more difficult.Temple of Osiris - The player has to place tiles to close fields on the table.At the bottom of the screen, a scarab collects the tokens that fall after each match, filling a meter that, after reaching its maximum capacity releases a power blast that turns on a section of the table. Each level has a time limit, represented by a water spiral at the left of the screen.There is a mini-game that crops up from time to time, where a number hieroglyphics have to be found and clicked on a mural. The player also receives upgrades sometimes that give time boosts and similar gameplay enhancements. |
| Crazy Machines 2 | 2008-06-16 | Viva Media, LLC | FAKT Software GmbH | Educational, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Crazy Machines 2 is the "real" sequel to Crazy Machines (after the stand-alone add-on Crazy Machines 1.5). The series got a complete overhaul and features now improved graphics and sound. While the concept of the series has not changed since its first incarnation (and its spiritual ancestor The Incredible Machine), the game has now grown to over 150 different objects and over 200 pre-designed "head-scratching" puzzles. The main feature of the game is a so-called "extraordinary journey around the world". Which is basically a very long line (150) of different experiments. The "World Tour" is divided into 15 levels with 10 stages each. Naturally a "Beginner's Lab" is included for starters. To ease the pain for all those, that a not gifted with supreme knowledge of physics, the game offers varied support. Also the player doesn't have to clear every puzzle to advance on the "world tour", seven out of ten is sufficient. Additionally the AGEIA PhysX engine to emulate dynamic and unscripted physics for more realistic challenges has been implemented. The addition of the AGEIA PhysX engine lead to the inclusion of a section, which you can only play, if you have AGEIA hardware.
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| Guild Wars: Nightfall (Special Edition) | 2008-06-16 | NCsoft Europe Ltd. | ArenaNet, LLC | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Guild Wars: Nightfall
Guild Wars: Eye of the North |
| Obulis | 2008-06-16 | IonFx Studios, LLC | IonFx Studios, LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Obulis is a physics puzzle game, where the objective of each level is to drop spheres into pots matching their color. The spheres are suspended over the playfield in chains that can be selected with the left mouse button, and cut with the right mouse button or the space bar.The game uses physics for the movement of objects. The simulated gravity pulls the spheres towards the ground. They collide and interact with one another and the playfield in a realistic manner, rebounding and swinging from their chains.The game progress through a world map, where each individual level is represented as a tile. The progress is mostly linear, but sometimes the player has a choice between several paths. The main goal is to acquire 6 medallions, received after completing the levels marked with an icon at the map. Certain levels give pieces of a bonus tile that unlocks extra levels when complete. |
| Quest for Yrolg | 2008-06-16 | Crystal Shard | Crystal Shard | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Quest for Yrolg is a parody adventure game. Rather than playing the hero who defeats the Dark Master, you play as a minion who has to kill three heroes so that his Dark Master can take over the world.Since you're too weak to physically fight the heroes, you'll have to trick and out-wit them. To assist you in this, the Master's dark lair contains a muddy pool with a tentacle monster, a torture chamber, a dragon and, of course, a bottomless pit. Also making an appearance is Muggit, the evil cousin of Cuppit, the office assistant from earlier Crystal Shard games.Quest for Yrolg was written in Adventure Game Studio, runs in high resolution (rather than the classic 320x200) and contains voice acting. The heroes move in real-time through the same rooms as you do. |
| Space Quest IV.5: Roger Wilco And The Voyage Home | 2008-06-16 | Westend Studios | Westend Studios | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | Comedy | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Space Quest IV.5 is a freeware adventure game set in the familiar Space Quest universe, first conceived by Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy a.k.a. the "Two Guys from Andromeda". The game was made using the freeware Adventure Game Studio (AGS) engine and borrows most of its artwork from other Sierra On-Line and some Tsunami Media games. Its aim is to tie up the loose ends between the end of Space Quest IV and the start of Space Quest V. What sets it apart is its unusual use of an over-the-shoulder commentator that shows up from time to time to warn intrepid space janitor and unlikely hero, Roger Wilco, when his actions threaten to disrupt the game's storyline continuum.As alluded to in the title, Roger is sent back through time after beating his nemesis, Sludge Vohaul, in Space Quest XII and is now trying to return to his home planet, Xenon. He finds his trusty Aluminium Mallard parked in front of the "Bar" on Magmetheus where he left it and sets off on his quest.
So, how did he end up as a Starcon cadet in the next installment in the series... You'll just have to find out for yourself.
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| Discovery! Seek & Find Adventure | 2008-06-17 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Action, Puzzle | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Hidden object | | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | In Discovery! A Seek and Find Adventure, the hidden object genre gets adapted into a TV game show format. The player is one of this show's three contestants. As in any other hidden objective game, the player has a picture cluttered with objects, and has to find certain specific objects. Each picture is based on a location in the world, that is randomized when the show begins. There is six international locations, and six US cities available. The game is not on time, but the player still has to be quicker than his two opponents to win. The contestants get money for each object they find. The amount of money they are awarded for each object depends on a wheel that is spinned before it begins.Between each round of the hidden object game, the player gets to play different mini games that are randomized every time. For example, there is one memory game where the player has to flip price tags, and a game where the player has to grab money falling from the sky. After defeating his opponents, the player gets to play the US Road Trip Jackpot round. Here the player has five minutes to find 10 objects, one at a time, in the six US locations. In total, the game contains six episodes with 20 contestants. |
| Space Rangers 2: Complete | 2008-06-17 | Cinemaware, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a collection of Space Rangers 2: Dominators and Space Rangers 2: Reboot released on Impulse. |
| Supreme Ruler 2020 | 2008-06-17 | Paradox Interactive AB | Battlegoat Studios | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This sequel to Supreme Ruler 2010 continues a similar style of gameplay of its predecessor with upgraded features. Most noticeable, military units are now in 3D and each different region comes with unique in-game background music.Supreme Ruler 2020 (originally) introduces 3 campaigns and 10 scenarios to choose from. Depending on which campaign or scenario, there are precisely either 184 or 251 countries to choose from. |
| Telltale Everything Pack | 2008-06-17 | Telltale, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Telltale Everything Pack is a Steam release compilation by Telltale Games consisting of:
Telltale Texas Hold'em
Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock
Sam & Max Episode 2: Situation: Comedy
Sam & Max Episode 3: The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball
Sam & Max Episode 4: Abe Lincoln Must Die!
Sam & Max Episode 5: Reality 2.0
Sam & Max Episode 6: Bright Side of the Moon
Sam & Max Episode 201: Ice Station Santa
Sam & Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues
Sam & Max Episode 203: Night of the Raving Dead
Sam & Max Episode 204: Chariots of the Dogs
Sam & Max Episode 205: What's New, Beelzebub?
Bone: Out from Boneville
Bone: The Great Cow Race
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Season 1
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| The Political Machine 2008 | 2008-06-17 | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | | | | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | Isometric | Windows | This is your chance to run for president in the 2008 presidential race, set in a turn-based strategy game.Players are able to create their own character to run for office, or choose from a variety of real life candidates, including John McCain and Hillary Clinton, and many others. Tactics involve smearing the opponents, placing ads, picking your V.P., raising cash and buying headquarters across the United States. Players must decide what issues they want to focus their campaign on, as some issues will lose votes, and others will gain votes. All issues are real issues that the 2008 election had.Not only can players play on the United States map and run for President of the U.S., but there are also fantasy maps to run for office on, including other planets.Multiplayer lets players play against one other person. The two players will compete and run for office against each other. |
| 9 Kompania | 2008-06-18 | Noviy Disk | Lesta Studio | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | | Windows | 9 Kompania is a collector's edition of 9th Company: Roots of Terror. It includes:
9th Company: Roots of Terror
9 Rota movie
9 Rota poster
Afghanistan map
AK-47 bullet
Fan kit
Guide
Manual
Russian flag (100x50 cm)
Soundtrack |
| Druids: Battle of Magic | 2008-06-18 | Big Fish Games, Inc | BrutoMemo Entertainment | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | iTunes Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)In this enchanting Match 3 game, help restore peace to the land by helping the druids restore their magic and stop evil from possessing their ultimate power!TRY IT FREE, THEN UNLOCK THE FULL ADVENTURE FROM WITHIN THE GAME!The recipes to the secret potions that maintain peace and harmony throughout the land are contained within the Book of the Druids. The book was stolen and four ancient druids set off toward the Dark Castle to seek the valuable tome and restore peace to the land. Assist them in their quest by matching three or more Symbols of Power to fill up their magic reserves and unleash their enchantments. They are counting on you to return what is rightfully theirs and stop evil from possessing this ultimate power!• Four special power-ups.
• Two gameplay modes.
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| Nanda's Island | 2008-06-18 | Big Fish Games, Inc | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | bigfishgames.com (from Ad Blurbs)Draw or erase lines to affect the water flow and guide the water drops to flowers. In order to finish a level successfully, it is necessary for minimum amount of water to reach its respective destination. The Bonus Shop raises the value of replaying Nanda's Island: the player can exchange so called Friend Coins on the merchant's boat to make Nanda's island even more beautiful and livelier.
Numerous solutions for levels.
Wide variety of plants.
Shape your own island. |
| Spore Creature Creator | 2008-06-18 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Maxis Software Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Life / social simulation | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | The Spore Creature Creator is, as the name suggests, a separate release of the editor with which the player can build creatures for Maxis' game Spore, prior to the full release of the game.The player starts with a colored blob. This blob has a spine in it through which it can be modified in both in form and size. Once the basic look of the creature is complete, the player can choose from seven different categories of parts. From mouth, over legs to decorative objects including a shark fin, dozens of items can be applied to the blob to form a living creature. The player is only limited by the available DNA points and the complexity of the creature. If the creature is already too complex in having too many body parts, the player cannot add any more to it. Each body part also increases the stats like attack rating or speed of the creature, which is irrelevant for this edition but important later for the main game. Once the creature is finished, the last steps are putting paint on it by choosing from different colors and shapes, and giving the creature a name. Once a basic creature with the minimal body parts has been created, it can also be tested in a small arena. There the player can let it perform several different moves like attacking or dancing to look if the creature looks good in any situation. It is even possible to spawn up to three children of the creature to see how they look like. In this mode the player can also make screenshots, create avatars or film the creature while it does its moves. The editor offers the possibility to send the screenshots to a friend via mail or upload the videos directly to YouTube.Spore Creature Creator also features the Sporepedia, a catalog of every creature created by the player, the developer or, if there is an online connection, the whole world. There the player can also choose to upload his creatures to the online catalog which then can be accessed from the official Spore homepage. |
| TiQaL | 2008-06-18 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Slapdash Games | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | xbox.com (from Ad Blurbs)Unlock the full version of TiQal to enjoy all 120 levels of block-busting challenge, plus achievements, 14 unique powerups, and more! Adventure by yourself, or join a friend on Xbox LIVE to team up in multiplayer Co-Op mode. Do you have the skill to complete your quest and save TiQal village from doom? |
| Cosmic Osmo | 2008-06-19 | GameTap LLC | Cyan Worlds, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Cosmic Osmo is a point-and-click graphical adventure game for kids made by Cyan which would later make the hugely successful Myst series. This is an open-ended exploring game where you can click on various elements on screen to trigger events, and clicking on doors or the edge of the screen will move you to another location. You first enter an animated spaceship which later is used to travel between different planets. Shortcuts also exist to other places in small spots like a mouse hole or a water drain. There is no way to die or get hurt in the game and you can't lose either. It was made originally on Macintosh using Hypercard, a combined software and run-time environment that mixes database capabilities with a graphical, flexible, user-modifiable interface. The game was one of the first on CD-Rom but a floppy disk version with fewer planets and no background music was also available. In 2008, it was ported to Windows exclusively on Gametap. |
| Crusaders: Thy Kingdom Come | 2008-06-19 | Buka Entertainment | Neocoregames Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | In Crusaders: Thy Kingdom Come the player takes control over the crusader army which marches against Jerusalem in the late 11th century. The campaign consists of twelve tactical battles where the player needs to work with the units he's got because there is no base building. Nevertheless he has a big army with several different units to his disposal and needs to make tactical decisions, e.g. which formations to use or from which side to attack. Like most strategy games every unit has specific advantages and disadvantages regarding other units and terrain. Between the missions the player can save his game, buy new troops or take side missions from different noble houses. If fulfilled these reward experience points which the play uses to improve the abilities of his troops and his five heroes which are basically especially strong fighters. The battles themselves don't represent the real crusade battles closely. |
| Requiem: Memento Mori | 2008-06-19 | Gravity Interactive Inc. | Gravity Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | The land of Ethergia is a barren planet ravaged by past wars between races where magic and science have been used to create mutants and monsters that have risen to plague the fragile society. This adult horror MMORPG features plenty of gore and uses the Havok engine for realistic physics. When darkness falls, even worse monsters come out and you better band together in a strong group or you risk being slaughtered. There are 4 races with jobs specific to each. The Turan are humanoid and can become a Templar or Defender. They feature a balance of strength agility and intelligence but are susceptible to magic. The Bartuk are strong but with low spiritual ability and anger quickly in battle. They can become Shaman or Warriors and tense towards Turan and Xenoa but neutral with the Kruxena. The Kruxena are an inhuman dark race that doesn't like other races and are physically and spiritually strong. They can become a Rogue or Soul Hunter. The Xenoas are highly intelligent, weak physical power but good eyesight and hand-skills. They can become a Hunter or Battle Magician and can use long-range attacks and magic.You can customize, upgrade, or create new weapons that suit your combat style using a few different item enhancement systems. With a beast possession system, you can transform into a powerful deadly creature and can level up its abilities. Winners of PvP battles (from 8v8 up to 96v96 battlefields) receive special items that will allow you to get rare armor and weapons. Using a DNA system, you can alter your characters strengths and minimize their weaknesses. There's group zones where you can gain great rewards by jumping over obstacles, collecting key items, and completing other challenges to pass through locked areas. |
| Zoo Tycoon 2: Ultimate Collection | 2008-06-19 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This compilation includes:Zoo Tycoon 2
Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals
Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania
Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure
Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species |
| Alone in the Dark (Kollekcionnoe Izdanie) | 2008-06-20 | Akella | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Collector's Edition includes:
Alone in the Dark
Official soundtrack by Olivier Derivière
Artbook
A huge poster with game art
Russian version of Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
A keychain flashlight with game logo
Black T-Shirt with the game logo |
| Alone in the Dark (Limited Edition) | 2008-06-20 | Akella | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Limited Edition includes:
Alone in the Dark
Edward Carnby figurine
Official soundtrack by Olivier Derivière
Making-of DVD
Artbook
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| Alone in the Dark (Online Limited Edition) | 2008-06-20 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | Eden Games S.A.S. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This online limited edition includes the main game, three exclusive tracks from the soundtrack and five clips from the making-of. |
| Belief & Betrayal | 2008-06-20 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | Artematica Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Riccardo Cangini | | Mature | | Windows | Belief & Betrayal is a classic point & click adventure by the Italian development team Artematica.American journalist Jonathan Danter hears of the recent murder of his uncle Frank, who has been considered dead for years. In fact he has been working for the Vatican's intelligence service.
Jonathan travels to the funeral in London and gets involved in a church conspiracy which reaches back to the day where Judas betrayed Jesus Christ. With the help of his uncle's assistant Katrin and the computer expert Damian he tries to solve the mystery and visits famous locations like the Cathedral of Chartres throughout Europe.Gameplay is like in most other adventures. The three parallel playable characters Jonathan, Katrin and Damian examine, pick up or use objects, solve riddles and talk with other persons. A new feature in Belief & Betrayal is a "thought inventory" in which the characters record their ideas about different problems. You can use the notes with objects or with your communicator. With the communicator you contact your partners and send them information which may help them in their current situation.
By pressing space key you activate an in-game help just like in Secret Files: Tunguska which highlights all on-screen items. |
| Hidden Expedition: Amazon | 2008-06-20 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hidden Expedition: Amazon is a "seek and find" game with adventure elements. Like all games of this genre, the main goal is to find and click on objects subtly placed on the screen. Some of these collected objects are stored in the inventory. They have to be used in key parts of the scenery in order to advance further.To make things easier for the player, the word list at the bottom of the screen shows the silhouette of the requested items. Each game chapter has 3 hints, and extra ones can be earned by finding five hidden beetles. The cursor disappears for a while if the player makes too many wrong clicks.Between chapters, there are several mini-games, some of them unique to their location. These include puzzles and searches for multiple instances of one object.The game is the sequel to Hidden Expedition: Titanic and Hidden Expedition: Everest. |
| Life is a Race | 2008-06-20 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Life is a Race is a simple game which metaphorically depicts the human life as a course to be run as fast as possible. The player must click the left mouse button rapidly to make the on-screen character rush forward while moving through all the life stages. The goal of the game is to get as low a time as possible. Each runthrough typically takes a few seconds. |
| SBK: Superbike World Championship | 2008-06-20 | Black Bean Games | Milestone s.r.l. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | SBK-08 is the official videogame of the Superbike World Championship.It offers a wide range of gameplay, selectable from 5 different pre-sets, from a very basic gameplay for new players to a full featured simulation for those looking for the challenge of riding a Superbike.The player has the possibility to choose from the 2008 official riders, teams and tracks, but also improve the performances of his bike, managing and tuning a lot of aspects like top speed, gear ratios, suspension stiffness, and set of tires for single race. |
| Blinds | 2008-06-21 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Blinds is a puzzle-solving, isometric view game. As the Blinds' God you must help them to recover their stolen eyes through all levels. But you won't directly control your blind friends; instead of that you will use helpers like sonars, walls and Blind women to help them all to reach each level goal. You must think what type of Blind should be used in each situation because each type has its own abilities. Small ones can open gates, big ones can break walls, and there are some brave Blinds that can destroy enemies. But be careful: evil's servants are there to prevent your epic recovery of your peoples' eyes. |
| RETRO 4 | 2008-06-23 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | | | | Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | RETRO 4 is a simple shooter game. The player controls a circle that can move around the screen by using the WSAD keys. Clicking the left mouse button fires a bullet towards the mouse-controlled crosshair. The bullets are used to destroy colorful rectangles that float through the screen towards the circle. The bullets are drawn towards the rectangles, as if through force of gravity. By clicking the right mouse button, the circle releases a large amount of bullets in all directions. If a rectangle runs into the circle, it's game over and, if the player has amassed a high score, the game attempts to submit the result to the online high score table. |
| The SimCity Box | 2008-06-23 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The SimCity Box is a compilation pack which contains the following games:
SimCity 4
SimCity 4: Rush Hour
SimCity Societies
SimCity Societies: Destinations
The Sims: Carnival - SnapCity
Trial version of Spore Creature Creator
It comes on two CDs and one DVD. |
| Alone in the Dark | 2008-06-24 | Atari Interactive, Inc. | Eden Games S.A.S. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter, Survival horror | | | | | Mature | | Windows | It has been 83 years since Edward Carnby investigated the suicide of Jeremy Hartwood. Now he wakes up in an apartment in New York and is moments away from being shot by a group of bad guys. He doesn't remember much and as he looks into a mirror, a man looks back at him that isn't even near the age of 80. But as all hell breaks loose and mysterious forces tear through the building and the city itself, the question about his looks becomes one of many. To make things even worse, an old enemy decides to return in a search for a powerful stone. So for Carnby a race for survival begins and all signs point to Central Park.Edward's mysterious journey is divided into eight episodes that can be played in chronological order or can be accessed directly from the main menu. Once in the game, the player controls Edward either in a 1st-person or a 3rd-person manner either by switching manually or depending on the situation and what item he uses. If he picks up a fire extinguisher for example, the player will be able to extinguish fires with it if he is in 1st-person mode. In 3rd-person mode it instead becomes a deadly weapon or a battering ram.This is especially important since Edward won't find much ammunition for the pistols, shotguns and other weapons in the game. Instead he needs to be creative and use the items he finds or the environment for his advantage. Especially since most enemies can only be permanently killed by burning them, igniting a wooden chair at a nearby fire, or using a lighter and a can of hairspray are Edward's best bets to knock them out.Fire plays an important role in the game at all times. If not extinguished, it will slowly burn through anything in the vicinity and spread until everything burnable has been reduced to a smoking pile of ash. This behavior can of course be useful to Edward if he for instance wants to get through a closed wooden door and has nothing heavy at hand to force his way. |
| Disney•Pixar Wall-E | 2008-06-24 | THQ Inc. | Asobo Studio S.A.R.L. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | Windows | This game follows the Disney/Pixar movie of the same name. The player takes control of the main protagonist, Wall-E and his friend EVE. The gameplay of the game has Wall-E explore various levels through basic platforming ideas by picking up power-ups, defeating enemies by picking up objects and throwing them at enemies and solving puzzles to reach areas that are normally inaccessible to the player due to Wall-E's small stature and limitations.The player can also control EVE in a series of flying stages where the player uses EVE to fly into constricted areas and avoid falling objects and stationary obstacles in the way of the player. While the game does feature environments from the movie, it also has added environments and characters made exclusively for the game.This version does differ from its other version. This one does feature the same control setup, but has a different developer and has eighteen different worlds to play in while the other only has nine. Also, players can use music in this version to summon assistance during a level. |
| Debugger | 2008-06-25 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Debugger was developed for the 2008 Toronto Game Jam and won second place. As the competition's theme was cheese in this game players have to defend different portions of cheese from bugs by squishing them. The game is played against different backdrops with a semi-transparent keyboard overlay that shows the symbols.As soon as the bugs appear, players need to furiously tap the keyboard at the correct keys to squish the bugs. If they get too close the bugs will start eating the cheese. Levels come with different challenges such as normal (protect the cheese against the bugs to win the level), survival (protect the cheese for a set amount of time) and timed completion (squish all bugs before time runs out). Players can also earn power-ups such as cheese restore, massive damage, area of effect and bonus cheese. The game keeps track of the score. |
| Dirty Split | 2008-06-25 | Dreamagination Entertainment | Dreamagination Entertainment | Adventure | Side view | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | North America | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Dirty Split is a classic point-and-click adventure which takes place in the 1960s. It follows the case of a private investigator who must prove a murder suspect's innocence. His investigations take him through Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York towards a disturbing discovery.The gameplay consists of dialogue and inventory puzzles as the player meets a variety of characters and picks up useful items along the way. The game's length and difficulty are geared towards casual gamers.Dirty Split's unique graphical style is inspired by the paintings of Josh Agle (a.k.a. SHAG). It also features an original jazz/cocktail lounge soundtrack and full English voiceovers throughout the game. |
| Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm | 2008-06-25 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Stainless Games Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm is based on the Happy Tree Friends flash cartoon series where cutely drawn animals end up in bloody massacres and accidents. It was aired on G4 (US) and MTV (worldwide). Through 30 scenarios with ten different themes, Lumpy must guide the other characters (Flippy, Nutty, Giggles, Russell, Flaky, Toothy and The Mole) safely to the end of the stage.Players cannot directly influence the characters as they simply keep on walking. In Lemmings-style, the player needs to interact with a physics-based environment filled with traps and hazards. Possible actions include ice (for instance to freeze water or steam), fire (makes the character run faster as well), explosives and a general action button. Some of the locations include a candy factory, a mine shaft, a museum and a hospital. By pointing at the portraits near the top of the screen, the walking order can be changed. Not all friends need to be changed as long as some reach the end of the level. Players can also scroll through the level to preview the dangers ahead.The game includes a new episode of the series split up into two parts. |
| PictoWords | 2008-06-25 | Big Fish Games, Inc | TikGames, LLC | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In PictoWords, the player has to be assemble words using pictures and isolated letters. For example, clicking on the picture of a man and a hole creates the word "manhole". The pictures only reveal their meaning after being successfully used once. The objective of each level is to reach a set number of points, and each letter from the words created scores points.There's a mini-game between stages where the objective is to complete a phrase with the available pictures and letters within a time limit. |
| Puzzle Hero | 2008-06-25 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Genimo Interactive LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Falling block puzzle, RPG elements, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Puzzle Hero is a game very similar, and probably inspired by Puzzle Quest, a RPG with match-three mechanics. As in several RPGs, the player initially creates a custom character whose statistics will increase while playing. The main difference is in the combat system, where the strikes and accumulation of experience points are based on Bejeweled-like tile matching.The combat screen has the player character on the far left and the enemy on the far right. There's a grid full of objects below between the adversaries. Each successful match of three or more crossed swords tiles makes the character attack the enemy. Matching shields makes the character defend against enemy attacks, health potions gives more HP points to the character, laurel crowns give experience points and wizard pointy hats give mana. The grid also has bags of gold that when matched add to the funds. The money acquired can be spent on equipment on town shops between battles.The game grants an extra turn if the player makes a match of more than three tiles. Conversely, a turn is lost if the player makes a move that doesn't finish in a match. Magic items can be bought and equipped, and their spells (poison, fire, ice, and so on) can be activated during battle by clicking on a small book at bottom-left of the screen. |
| Roogoo | 2008-06-25 | SouthPeak Interactive LLC | SpiderMonk Entertainment LLC | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Roogoo is a falling blocks puzzle game. Unlike many others in the genre, however, Roogoo is three-dimensional. The levels consist of round floating platforms with shaped holes in them. Your objective is to spin the platforms so that the shaped falling blocks can pass through the holes and reach the bottom platform. It may sound almost too simple on paper, but across the 45 puzzle-solving levels the game keeps throwing new challenges at the player, including varied amount of blocks needed to pass through the holes, butterflies playing with blocks you’ve already placed, nasty little creatures sitting on some of the holes – and more.The game is set on Planet Roo and the player is one of the few not under the influence of the evil King Goo. He steals meteors from the sky and uses their power to build cities. His greed affects the inhabitants and they turn from Roogoos into wicked Meemoos. The player has to prevent the remaining meteors from being collected and all Meemoos have to be turned back to their original state.Roogoo also supports multiplayer up to four players in co-op mode, or two-player competitive mode over Xbox Live and in split-screen on Windows. In the latter players are attempting to solve the very same puzzle while building distracting attacks slowing the other player down. |
| Seas of Cheese | 2008-06-25 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Seas of Cheese was developed for the 2008 Toronto Game Jam where it won third place. It is a short side-scrolling game where the player controls Ratskallion armed with a fish. He needs to defeat the evil pirates that have stolen his cheddar. The playing field is rather small and Ratskallion only use a single button for a regular attack. The end of the first and only level features larger enemies that need to be stunned with a regular attack and then taken out with a special one.The game can be controlled through the keyboard but it was specifically designed to be played with the Rock Band drum controller. Players use the yellow and blue drum pads to move, the green pad to attack and the pedal to jump. To finish off a large pirate, the green and red pads need to be hits at the same time (shown on the screen). The game keep tracks of the amount of defeated pirates and regardless of the controller there are no sound-matching elements. |
| Sequence: Sand Castle | 2008-06-25 | FunGamesForMe | FunGamesForMe | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Sequence: Sand Castle is a game to develop strategy thinking. The idea of the game is to place 5 chips of the same color in one line (horizontally, vertically or diagonally) which is what is called a 'sequence'.Two players take turns in placing chips on the board. Each player uses chips of specific color. The first player to create two sequences with the same color chips is the winner.During the game, the player holds several cards with images matching the ones on the board and the player's chips can only be placed over the images included into player's hand. A black card is used for removing one chip from any place on the board unless it is a part of existing sequence. A yellow card is considered "Wild" and allows to place a chip anywhere on the board except for the corner spots. Corner spots are wild and are automatically counted towards any color sequence including them.There are 2 additional game modes to play: Story and Survival. Survival allows a player to collect as many sequences as possible and Story mode opens part of the Sand Island map with every additional winning game. |
| Theatre of War: Extended | 2008-06-25 | Kalypso Media GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Theatre of War: Extended contains Theatre of War and the add-on Theatre of War: Battle for Moscow
The add-on comes with a full map editor, new multiplayer maps, and a battle generator. |
| Virtual Silence | 2008-06-25 | Virtanen Games | Virtanen Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Jason is an autistic child and he has never uttered a word in his life. His mother takes him to a doctor who offers experimental treatment. It is dangerous and it is possible it will not help him at all. Jason's brain is hooked up to a helmet that uses electric shocks to stimulate the brain. These give him the illusion of a virtual environment where he needs to pass three tests.The game is only shown as the visualization of tests in Jason's mind. His consciousness is represented by a character that the player controls in an abstract environment. The character is able to shoot small bullets and change the environment's colours. This second action is related to many small puzzles in the game where obstacles disappear when they have the same colour as the environment. The game contains flashing images which may cause photosensitive epileptic seizures. |
| Walküre: Die große Weltkriegsbox | 2008-06-25 | Kalypso Media GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Operation Victory: Für König und Vaterland
Strategic Command 2: Blitzkrieg
Theatre of War
Weird Wars: Operation Pantherauge
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| a game about bouncing | 2008-06-25 | Right Square Bracket Left Square Bracket Games | Right Square Bracket Left Square Bracket Games | Action | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | a game about bouncing was developed for the 2008 Toronto Game Jam and won the competition. Players control a ball that can be moved around, bouncing into new directions by hitting bumpers and avoiding missiles by dashing. Bumpers disappear when they have been touched. The game is played as a loop of different sequences shown through different background colours. A first key is used to move the ball around (aim and hold), with different possible directions for bumpers designated by white lines and a second key that provides a quick dash.There are three game modes: normal, free and race. Normal is the only one to feature missiles that chase the player. Upon impact, one of the four lives is lost and the game keeps track of the score. When levelling up the missiles get confused and attack each other. Race is time limited with a set amount of checkpoints per level and Free contains no danger or time restrictions and allows the player to experiment with the controls and the environment. In Free and Normal, a sequence is completed when a set amount of bumpers has been destroyed. The game can be played with the mouse or with a joypad. |
| flowers of error | 2008-06-25 | | | Action | | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | flowers of error is an abstract shoot-em-up developed for the 2008 Toronto Game Jam. Players control a small white circle against a backdrop where waves or yellow circles appear from all sides. The aim of the game is to avoid contact with these circles by dragging the white circle to a safe position.The yellow circles can be dragged around as well and some of these are highlighted. When those are moved to a new location they explode and destroy other circles in the vicinity. Destroyed circles leave behind letters that can be collected to form a story, shown near the top of the screen. Upon dying, the full story sequence is shown as far as the collected letters allow it to proceed. |
| Crazy Hunt | 2008-06-26 | | | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Crazy Hunt is a shooter game where the player is a duck hunter who sits in a tripod stand and shoots down passing ducks with a variety of weapons. The hunter's weapon is aimed with the mouse. There are three game modes available. In the "Adventure" mode, the player starts out with just a weak bow, and no money. Shooting down ducks gives score and money; the goal is to gain as much score as possible throughout five hunting seasons (each season lasts a limited amount of time). Money can be spent at any moment in the shop to buy ammunition for stronger weapons (such as a shotgun, a flamethrower or a cow launcher), additional tree stands, or anti-aircraft cannons that automatically shoot passing ducks. Shooting several ducks at once counts as a combo, and the player gains more score and money for these kills. In "Deathmatch" mode, the player is given unlimited ammo for the minigun and the rocket launcher, and is tasked with gaining as much score as possible within five minutes. In "Time Attack" mode, money is gained automatically, but the player is on a strict time limit, which can be extended by shooting ducks.The game was originally created within 24 hours for the "Liga 24" contest at the gmclan.org website. The theme of the contest was "Hunting." |
| Dungeon Runners | 2008-06-26 | NCsoft - North America | NCsoft Austin | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Dungeon Runners is a free-to-play hack & slash style massively multiplayer online role-playing game. There is no overland movement here - the player is instantly taken into the randomly generated dungeons populated by hostile creatures he must slay.Fighting as a warrior, mage or ranger, the player has access to a variety of skills. Various abilities can be combined as well. The game has humorous overtones: for example, the player character can arm himself with cardboard tubes and wear paper machet armor, and the most powerful mythic items are called rainbows. A subscription of $5 per month unlocks various benefits for the player, although this is optional. The game also sports humorous in-game ads. |
| Etch A Sketch | 2008-06-26 | Freeze Tag, Inc. | Freeze Tag, Inc., GameShastra Solutions Pvt Ltd | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Etch A Sketch is a platform game based on the classic drawing toy. The player must help Knobby, one of the drawing knobs of the apparatus, to cross safely levels full of obstacles and perils. Using the mouse, the objective is to drawn lines to protect the character from harm, and to help him transverse gaps. Sometimes puzzles have to be solved before Knobby can proceed to the exit. Lines drawn from a fire source to bombs and dangerous creatures ignite them, opening paths and destroying the enemies. In some levels, Knobby has to rescue trapped creatures, or collect an item before the exit portal starts working.Hitting the space bar or the right mouse button erases the lines and makes Knobby stop. Hitting them again makes the character resume his movement. There are three bars at the top of the screen, one for the amount of ink left (it replenishes automatically when not drawing), other for creative power and a last one for health. Each quest chapter starts with three lives, and after the last one is spent the stage is restarted from the first level.A connect-the-dots mini-game appears between the stages, where objects have to be drawn within a time limit.A breakout-style game, where drawn lines replace the pad and Knobby acts as the ball, can be played separately from the main quest game. The game also includes a fairly accurate digital simulation of the original toy that can be accessed from the main menu. The pictures created can be printed, saved, set as desktop wallpaper or e-mailed. |
| SimCity Societies: Deluxe Edition | 2008-06-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes
SimCity Societies and its add-on SimCity Societies: Destinations.
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| Nanobots | 2008-06-27 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | For his thesis project Groovy Greg set out to design robots that know how to love. He created six nanobots: Hotbot, Brainbot, Tallbot, Audbot, Strongbot, and Chembot - each with a specific ability. However, while he is gone from his dorm room professor Killfun intends to destroy them as they would surpass his own work. The professor is distracted by the need for coffee for a short time and meanwhile the nanobots need to find a way to escape, even though they hate each other's guts.Nanobots is an AGS point-and-click adventure game. The player controls the extremely small nanobots as they work together to escape. At any time, the player can switch between the six robots to perform specific tasks or to work together. For instance, Tallbot can reach high areas, Brainbot analyzes the environment, Chembot is good with mixing chemicals, Audbot's speciality is languages, Strongbot pushes items out of the way and Hotbot can heat up items. All robot can also hold an item, pass it to each other and use their skills in a complementary fashion. The game includes a small tutorial where the game mechanics are explained. |
| Samurai Warriors 2 | 2008-06-27 | KOEI Ltd. | Omega Force | Action | Behind view | | Martial arts | Hack and slash | Fantasy, Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | | | | Windows | Samurai Warriors 2 is a game made by Omega Force and published by KOEI, the same developer and publisher of the famous Shin Sangoku Musou (Dynasty Warriors) series. As with the original Samurai Warriors, Samurai Warriors 2 is based on the Japanese Sengoku or "Warring States" period, a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict in Japan that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century.The game is a third person hack-and-slash. You have 26 playable characters to choose from. Once you choose your character you are tossed into massive real-time battles, with the object being to help claim victory for your army by defeating key enemy officers, or simply slaying a large amount of enemy troops, which will boost the morale of your army, and turn the tides of the battle. 10 new warriors are added from the previous game including the legendary Musashi Miyamoto, the unifier of Japan Ieyasu Tokugawa, and the enigmatic ninja Kotaro Fuma. Each warrior has his own unique move set and techniques. Set traps, summon ninja decoys, and more. Use powerful Linked Charge attacks and power up to three Musou gauges. Now castle warfare blends seamlessly with field combat. Take control of castles on the battlefield to gain a significant morale advantage. There are multiple game modes including Story, Free, and Survival modes. Team up with friends for two-player Co-op play or compete with them at "Sugoroku," a bonus party game for up to four players.
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| Sudden Strike: Anthology | 2008-06-27 | Anuman Interactive SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Sudden Strike: L'Intégrale
Sudden Strike II: L'Integrale
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory |
| Treasure Masters, Inc. | 2008-06-27 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Casa Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Jack Jones disappears while flying over the Pacific Ocean, and his grandson Gordon inherits the relic hunting family business. Gordon must find out what happened to his grandfather while searching for lost treasures around the globe.Treasure Masters, Inc. is a hidden object game with adventure elements. As usual, the main objective is to find and click all the objects on the screen from a list at the bottom (that sometimes contains their names, sometimes their silhouettes).When the cursor hovers over an interactive part of the scenery, it changes into a hand that opens doors, drawers, blinds, and performs other similar actions. Sometimes the required objects are concealed inside a container, like a refrigerator or a cabinet. The cursor transforms into a magnifying glass when passing over a part of the screen that can be zoomed in. Some of the objects are stored in the inventory to be used later. The cursor becomes a briefcase when over a puzzle that requires the use of one of the inventory items.Each chapter (comprised of several screens) starts with a certain number of hints. Extra hints can be bought with coins collected on the locations. The price of each hint is three coins.The game has two modes. In timed mode, there's a time limit to complete each chapter. Relaxed mode doesn't have a timer, but each wrong click makes the screen dimmer and dimmer until it is completely black. The player has to wait some time until the location is visible again. |
| Jewels of Cleopatra 2: Aztec Mysteries | 2008-06-28 | Encore Software, Inc. | Boomzap Pte. Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Jewels of Cleopatra 2: Aztec Mysteries is a match-three game with an archaeological theme. Like in the first game, you control Dr. Felicity Turnstone and guide her through each temple level.Each level is made up of a grid of tiles which the player must match in rows of 3 or more by clicking and dragging tiles, which will clear the tiles and turn them to gold. Felicity Turnstone will follow an automatic path to the exit as the tiles are turned to gold, but the player can right-click on a tile to change her destination. In later levels there are obstacles such as iguanas, armadillos, spiders and scorpions which will block tiles or turn them to stone (requiring more matches to turn to gold) or even send Felicity back to the start of the level. This means that the player has to pick different paths for Felicity to get to the exit of each level.There are also several types of special objects, triggers, which can turn on lights in dark rooms, move corridors or activate water traps that will make rooms impassable. Again, the player must choose how to move Felicity to reach the right triggers, or escape water traps.Instead of collecting power-ups and saving them like in the first game, the player has to use power-ups as soon as they are picked up. In addition, there are "treasure" tiles that you can walk on to play a mini-game such as a slot machine game or a tile guess game, but you don't earn any power-ups from these.Some levels have different mini-games, such as armadillo races which are simple top-down races where you can pick up power-ups to outrun your opponents, and sliding tile puzzles where you have to reassemble a picture. Finally at the end of each chapter there is a level where you must race against a rival treasure hunter to reach the treasure first. |
| Planet Busters | 2008-06-30 | Slam Games Ltd. | Slam Games Ltd. | Action | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Planet Busters is a single-player game, which plays like a cross between Scrabble and Bejeweled, with added explosions.The story goes that the Scourge have destroyed Earth. Now it's up to you to exact revenge by matching groups of coloured rockets to destroy ships, moons and even planets.You control clusters of 1, 2 or 3 rockets of varying colours. You have to match rockets by colour, with 3 of the same either horizontally or vertically being fired off to hit the target. Some of the levels are all about how fast you can launch the rockets effectively, some require a lot more thought and puzzle solving. There are 51 levels in all. |
| The Legend of the Tolteks | 2008-06-30 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Legend of the Tolteks is an classic tile matching game. In this game you have the possibility to rebuild a town in meso-america, called Tollán. There are different types of tiles and you have to put three of the same kind in a row. With that you can collect points in three different categories: money, food and necessary goods (water, wood). While progressing the game you can buy buildings like temples and pyramids with these three resources.With other tiles you can collect several different powerful aids. By using them you can destroy arbitrary tiles, a whole row or a whole block of tiles. If you used them, you have to refill them by collecting points again.
The surface of some of the tiles is inked in light or dark blue. This tiles has to be broken once or, if they are dark blue, twice to finish the level.Some tiles with signs on it has got chains, they stop flowing the tiles. They break with the first match of three, whereas the chained tiles must be one of the three. After breaking the chain the tiles will flow again.The game has got more than 100 levels spanning over five different eras. The game access is simple for beginners. The languages are English and German.
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| Crusader Kings Complete | 2008-07-01 | Paradox Interactive AB | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Crusader Kings Complete is a compilation that contains:Crusader Kings (base game)
Crusader Kings: Deus Vult (expansion pack) |
| Elf Bowling: Hawaiian Vacation | 2008-07-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Hot Lava Games, NStorm, Inc. | Sports | 1st-person | | Comedy | | | | | | | | Windows | They're baaack! Yes, the elves have returned. This time, they have decided that the North Pole is a drag in the summer so they have stowed away aboard a yacht into the tropical Pacific. God help the Pacific.Players of Elf Bowling: Hawaiian Vacation will note similarities between it and Elf Bowling 7 1/7: The Last Insult. In both games, you are bowling elves and can direct the direction of the ball after it is thrown. In both games, you have bonuses to help you, like increasing the size of the ball, giving the ball super speed and shrinking the size of the gutters plus dirty tricks to use against your opponent, like increasing the gutter size, oil slicks and barriers on the lane and a cloud that makes the ball unchangeable after it is thrown. Hawaiian Vacation adds a story mode in which you can read the story then play a character in a best two out of three games. The story then continues and you play another, generally more skilled, character. You continue along the story until you are beaten in two out of three games or you reach the end of the story. |
| Hunting Unlimited 2009 | 2008-07-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | SCS Software | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting, Shooter, Stealth | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Hunting Unlimited 2009 is the 2009 iteration in the Hunting Unlimited series. In the game the player takes on the role of a hunter.In the game you can hunt 17 different kinds of animals, this included Elephants, Lions and even Wild Turkey. Your weapons arsenal consist of 28 weapons these vary from rifles, shotguns, handguns all the way down to varies kinds of bows. Also at your disposal is a huge selection of equipment ranging from a ATV Quad bike and horse to help you traverse the vast open distances, to different scents, calls and camouflages. As for the maps, these vary all the way from Alaska to Africa, also a worthy mention is the game includes a full day night cycle and weather system.Game modes include: Challenges, Free Hunt Mode, Target Range, Tournament and a mission editor in which players can create their own missions. |
| Iffermoon | 2008-07-01 | Scottgames, LLC | Scottgames, LLC | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | Fantasy, Steampunk | | | | | | Windows | Iffermoon is a freeware RPG entirely created by a single developer, Scott Cawton and set in a fantasy steampunk universe. On the planet Dinostria it is said a mechanical device called Iffermoon was created by Darmdrema to provide life and peace to the planet. However it has crashed and the inhabitants of the planet have been at war with it since, with a manifestation by the name of Cosmose rumoured to have emerged from the crashed Iffermoon. A party of heroes defeats the threat at the battle of Machine Ruin and at the scene they discover a creature who was born mute and thus resisted the call of Cosmose.The game takes place eight years later and the players control that creature, by the name of Silence. Starnest, an upper level of the Castle Dinost, is being closed down. It is the place where the young creatures are kept until they can return to their guardians. For the first time, Silence will be able to explore the kingdom and its surroundings. Most importantly he has to deal with Hollowmare, a shadow that has been secretly following him since his arrival at Starnest. Other people suspect it is in fact a manifestation of Cosmose that has to be dealt with once and for all.Iffermoon is designed to have the mechanics and look of a 2D side-scrolling platformer game. Silence explores the surroundings by walking through scenes left or right. He can move between different levels through balloons, pipes, mirrors and elevators. In those areas he can talk to other characters, jump, duck and interact with the environment. Even though he is on his own all the time his party can consist of up to fifteen characters. New members are added by collecting their ifferstone, a trinket that allows Silence to summon them in battle. Not all party members can be used right away, Silence needs to win their favour first by performing a number of tasks and chores.Characters have different levels, a number of HP, armor, strength, speed and defense. Some statistics are set by default, while others can be upgraded. This is done by collecting iffer, the game's resource. Iffer can be used to upgrade any of the five available skills (identical for each character): Light, Teleportation, Time, Elemental and Tech with eleven levels for each one of them. The player is free to upgrade any skills, but it is better to invest in the areas a character appears to have a talent for. There are also a number of abilities that apply to the party as a whole. They are gained by collecting purple coins and distributing them. Some of these skills drain damage, regenerate life, provide immunity or improve the chance of dodging an attack. Iffer, needed to level up the skills, is mostly gained through combat. Each upgrade costs significantly more than the previous one, so players need to strategically distribute skills among the part rather than levelling out all characters to the maximum. The base number of health and armor can be enhanced by collecting 100 red and blue coins respectively.There are also game tokens scattered around. They can be used on any of three arcade machines that offer a different mini-games where abilities can be improved. Stellar Gun is a 2D shoot-em-up with different waves of enemies. They leave behind power-ups that improve the in-game weapons. Completing a level earns Silence a sign. The second mini-game is Taboli RPG. It's an RPG within the game where players can explore environments, fight monsters in turn-based battles and collect treasure chests with items that help in the real game. The third mini-game is Joob's Creek. Players control a character as he floats down a creek. It is the most important way to collect purple coins.Battles are played out in separate screen in real-time. Only four characters can fight together and the player needs to select their order before starting the fight. All characters can be used however. When one is defeated, the next in line enters the fight. They will constantly do physical attacks automatically, the player can only change their stance from offensive (do lots of damage, take lots of damage) to neutral and defensive. Three status bars per character are used: Life, Charge and Speed. Most of the special attacks require the Charge status bar to fill. Each character has a unique attack that can be used only once per battle. For each time the Speed meter reaches the end, the Charge meter is given a boost. The meters can mostly be influenced through status ailments (drain, warp, stop, blind, ...). Based on the amount of Charge available, different levels of attacks are available, both offensive and defensive. Based on the assigned sign, gained through playing the Stellar Gun mini-game all characters have a powerful instant attack that can only be used once per fight.Even though the game is available free of charge, players are encouraged to donate any amount to a fund-raiser for a playground in Afghanistan in exchange for in-game codes that unlock hidden features. |
| Jimmy's Lost His Toilet Paper | 2008-07-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This is the second Jimmy's Lost His... title by Petri Purho but the gameplay and graphics are entirely different in this game. In 18 levels Jimmy needs to get back all the toilet paper that has rolled away. Although the premise sounds simple, obstacles require inventive solutions to get all the toilet paper back on the roll.The game makes use of a physics engine to dynamically generate the movement of the toilet paper. It cannot break, but by holding the Shift key or down the arrow key Jimmy can hold on to the existing length to swing or move objects using himself as leverage. The space bar restarts the level. Later levels include moving platforms, buttons, crates and red barriers. A level is completed when Jimmy reaches the toilet with all the paper neatly rolled. |
| Mahjongg Master: Jubiläumsausgabe | 2008-07-01 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Mahjongg Master 5
Mahjongg Master 7
Mahjongg: Ancient Egypt
Mahjongg: Ancient Mayas
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| Painkiller Triple Dose | 2008-07-01 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Painkiller Universe is a compilation of:
Painkiller
Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell
Painkiller: Overdose |
| Paws & Claws: Pet Vet - Australian Adventures | 2008-07-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Radon Labs GmbH | Educational, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Oceania | | | | Everyone | | Windows | As a pet vet down under, you have to take care of a wild life station in the Australian outback. Daily duties consist of driving through the surroundings to locate sick animals and heal them. Very sick animals can be take to the station to be treated there. From time to time you will find lonely baby animals, which search desperately for their mother. The player needs to bring them back together. For your service you receive money, which you can use to buy supplies such as medicine, but also to expand your station and your services, by acquiring an x-ray machine or cages for animals.The player is assisted by a gamekeeper. He will help you to learn your job. He also tells you when sick animals have been sighted, making it easier to find them. There are 6 different types of animals: kangaroos, wombat, numbats, dingos, koalas and horses. Aside from the main goals, you can build guest houses and earn money through visits. From time to time you can arrange safaris where you can show your guests around the Australian outback. |
| Sauna Dismount - Kiuasturvat | 2008-07-01 | Secret Exit Ltd. | Secret Exit Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | An intermediary step between the old technology of the Stair and Truck dismounts and the new technology of Stair Dismount for iPhone, this free minigame allows sadistic players the endless fun of discombobulating one of the series' trademark ragdolls (artists' wooden posing mannequins in fact) in the deceptively relaxing and very Finnish confines of a sauna. The distances to traverse are admittedly shorter, offering fewer opportunities to sustain repeated concussions, but saunas do offer the environmental hazard of hot, hot rocks. In keeping with the sauna theme, rather than poking the doll with a finger, it is instead beat with a whisk of birch boughs. One way or another, its circulation will be stimulated! |
| Sid Meier's Civilization IV Add-On-Doppelpack | 2008-07-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This purely add-on-bundle contains the following two add-ons of Sid Meier's Civilization IV:
Warlords
Beyond the Sword |
| Space Chimps | 2008-07-01 | Brash Entertainment, LLC. | Red Tribe | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Based on the movie of the same name, Space Chimps features Ham III, grandson of the first chimp astronaut, sent into space to fight an evil dictator of an alien planet. The problem? Ham III is less of an action-movie hero, and more of a goofball. He was selected for the mission because of his grandfather, and is now in way over his head, to the annoyance of the other chimp astronauts, Luna and Titan.Gameplay is 3D third-person platforming and combat. You'll control either Ham III or Luna, depending on the level, with Ham III having a stronger melee ability, and Luna having ranged attacks. There are hidden Globhoppers in each level, which let you unlock movie clips and concept art, and one Dole Banana in each level, which let you unlock costumes. |
| Beauties and Beasts | 2008-07-02 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | When walking alone on a long road, a sudden rainstorm drives a woman to a bright building, looking for shelter. Inside, she is inadvertently mistaken for a contestant in the annual Littledale beauty pageant. When she hears a car is given away to the winner, she does little to protest and plans to eliminate the competition by all means necessary.Beauties and Beasts is a short AGS adventure game created for the fifth One Room, One Week competition that was run between 21st June and 28th June 2008. Players need to find a way to eliminate three other contest from the beauty pageant and it is going to get ugly. They reside in three change room that serve as separate challenges. To win, she needs to steal a dress, shoes and make-up. The player can collect items and store them in an inventory, combine them, and use them in the environment. The right mouse button is used to examine and the left one to interact. |
| Hide & Secret 2: Cliffhanger Castle | 2008-07-02 | Party Top, Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Anarchy Enterprises | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The adventurers Anna Lyze and Will Scout are hired by a British society to help on converting an ancient medieval castle in a museum. Will knocks over a crystal ball, summoning by accident the legendary wizard Merlin. The old sorcerer sends the two around the globe, in a quest to retrieve the lost pieces of Arthur's armor.Hide & Secret 2: Cliffhanger Castle, like its predecessor, is a hidden object game with an archaeological theme. The main objective is to search screens representing locations around the world for the objects listed on a separate interface at the bottom. Sometimes the list names are replaced by the objects' silhouettes.In some places, the screen is split in two similar images, and the player has to click on the differences between them. In other screens, the goal is to find several instances of the same object. At the end of each chapter, there is a special scenario were the characters are in danger and the player has a limited amount of time to complete the level. For example, in the Egyptian pyramid they fall inside a flooding chamber, and the player must find all the list items before the water fills the screen.After too many wrong clicks in succession, Merlin appears obscuring the screen with a pink haze and disabling the cursor for a few seconds. Usually, there are two hints available per level. The hint button shows the position of one of the required list items, or highlights one of the differences in the split screen stages. |
| How Many... | 2008-07-02 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | How Many... is a short AGS game developed for the fifth One Room, One Week competition that was run between 21st June and 28th June 2008. The game won the competition. It takes place inside the house of Angus. He passed out on the couch the evening of his twentieth wedding anniversary and thus missed his wife Janice coming home. The next morning he promises to make her breakfast, but while he is at it the ceiling lamp dies.The aim of the game is to fix the lamp. There are two rooms available: the kitchen and a shed. Although it seems an ordinary task, Angus will need to do a number of tasks and avoid sustaining too many injuries in the process. A classic point-and-click interface is used with a single cursor for all actions. Items are stored in an inventory at the bottom of the screen. The game keeps tracks of the playing time, the number of mouse clicks, the amount of injuries sustained and the amount of blood lost. |
| The Unicorn Castle | 2008-07-02 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Fenomen Games | Adventure | | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | An American woman called Jane Morion receives a letter from England summoning her to the castle of her ancestors. She must find the castles' secrets to lift a curse that runs in the family.The Unicorn Castle is a seek-and-find game, where objects are discreetly concealed on the scenery, and the player must find the ones listed at the left of the screen. Sometimes the list of objects names is replaced by their silhouettes.There are other variations of gameplay. Sometimes the screen is split in two similar images, and the player has to click on the differences between them. In some places, the objective is to find several instances of the same object on the screen.Some objects are stored inside locked cabinets or boxes. A mini-game must be solved to open them. In the gearbox game the goal is to open a lock by placing gears on rotating pegs. There is a match-three puzzle, where the player drags rows and columns of symbols to make matches of three or more of the same type. Each successful match fills a gauge at the top that opens the lock when full. There is also a puzzle where a path between lock and key have to be created by rotating squares of a grid.In some locations objects have to be collected and used. For example, to light a darkened room the player has to pick up candles, put them on a candelabra, then find matches to light them on. |
| Man Boy vs Doctor Sock | 2008-07-03 | | | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Man Boy vs Doctor Sock is a short AGS adventure game created for the fifth One Room, One Week competition that was run between 21st June and 28th June 2008. The game won the audio category.Man Boy is at a ceremony where he is being awarded "Grooviest Superhero in the World Ever" by the mayor, because he can squirt beverages out of his ear. Before he can accept it however he is transported to another dimension where Doctor Sock, a sock puppet using a sleeping boy as a host, keeps him imprisoned. Man Boy needs to find a way back to his world.The game is played from a side-scrolling third-person perspective but like a platform game without depth in the background. The game takes place on two planes, accessed through a door. The keyboards keys are used to move around while the space button performs all actions. Items are stored in an inventory near the top of the screen. There are no multiple dialogue branches and a portrait of the character talking is shown during conversations. Man Boy needs to explore the environment and solve small puzzles that include locating keys, talking to other characters, speeding up time and eventually finding a way to summon the BUS (Birth Universe Selector) to get back to his own world. |
| The Pini Society: The Remarkable Truth | 2008-07-03 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Arkadium, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Pini Society: The Remarkable Truth is tangram puzzle game with an archaeological theme. Each level has a mosaic picture that must be filled within a time limit. The pieces appear at the bottom of the screen. They can be placed directly on the mosaic, or assembled in patterns on the working area. Placing several pieces at once gives bonus points. Once the goal score is reached, the remaining slots of the mosaic are filled automatically.As the game progresses the player unlocks power symbols, special patterns that when placed on the mosaic give extra points and powers. They are stored on the journal, along with a detailed background on the society's activities. The power-ups fill mosaic slots, give extra time, create duplicate pieces and temporally outline the right places for the pieces or patterns. Useless pieces can be discarded in the recycle hole. |
| Tropicabana | 2008-07-04 | Oberon Media, Inc. | Planet Play More | Gambling, Puzzle | 1st-person, Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tropicabana is a tile matching and casino game with a musical theme. The objective of each level is to break hexagonal slots by matching three or more musical instruments over them within a time limit. Matches of four in a straight line clear an entire row. Randomly, mouses invade the grid to restore broken slots, but can be exterminated with mouse clicks.Each successful match moves the applause meter that charges the power-ups buttons at the bottom of the screen. The cherry bomb explodes a group of 7 tiles. The lightning bolt electrocutes twelve random tiles. The laser destroys all the tiles of one type. The drink shuffles the tiles on the board. The loudspeaker moves the applause meter for 30 seconds. The clock gives extra time.At the end of each level the player receives an amount of money based on the review of the performance. The cash can be spent on upgrades that give better power-ups. The money can also be gambled on the featured casino games: blackjack, roulette and the slot machine. |
| Alex Gordon | 2008-07-06 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | DayTerium | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Alex Gordon is a cat who wears a hat and wrangler-like clothes. While exploring a tropical island he and his sister find a beautiful bejeweled amulet. As they examine it, the jewels disappear. Suddenly, the Monkey King, Alex's arch enemy, kidnaps Alex's sister. So the main goal is to rescue Alex's sister and find the missing gems for the amulet.Alex Gordon is a single-player platform game. There are five worlds with different environments (land and sea), fifty levels, and fifteen secret areas. In addition to running and jumping, Alex can swim under water and climb ropes or vines to reach his objectives. Coins, life hearts, gems and stars as well as the scattered pieces of the artifact need to be collected to progress through the game. Collect stars to get bonus levels; coins buy things to decorate Alex's personal island.The gameplay starts on the island that Alex and his sister were exploring before she was taken and acts as a tutorial to introduce the player to the basics of the game. The island has areas on ground and underwater with platforms, ropes, elevator lifts, and trampolines as well as simple enemies (turtles, panda bears and piranha fish). Jump on an enemy's head to kill him (for coins) or jump over him. Alex can also push a barrel to destroy enemies. Wooden crates hold treasure and can be broken by jumping on them. Secret areas can be found by jumping twice on the floor. In later stages, upgrades to Alex's equipment can be found like special boots and scuba gear.Alex can have a maximum of nine lives. Levels increase in difficulty as the game progresses and each can be replayed to try and get a better score. The game is controlled using keyboard keys with mouse support for menus. |
| Derelict | 2008-07-06 | | | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Survival horror | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In the year 2284, after many years of a war between the Terran forces and the forces of former Earth colony Mendel, the United Terran Forces have plans to invade Mendel and has chosen the previously uncolonized world Epsilon Eridani F to be their staging base. The super Battlecruiser Atlas was sent to the region to construct spaceport facilities, but was seized by a deadly weapon. The marines have been called back to save the ship, but the infection is becoming more entrenched. The final dropship has been sent, carrying a group of 5 battle hardened space marines.Derelict is a first person shooter and a tactical action game inspired by Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels. The player controls a group of 5 space marines in two ways: directly in first person view (with the keyboard and mouse) or by giving them orders via map view (primarily with the mouse). Each marine has its own skills and abilities:
Communications: the communications specialist can see enemies in the map screen.
Heavy Assault: carries a belt fed Gatlin Cannon which doesn't need to be reloaded.
Demolition: the demolition expert carries a modified rifle with a grenade launcher attached, which power can rip apart obstacles and temporarily disrupt teleportation systems.
Engineer: carries automated tools to repair doors and can hack security system faster than the other marines.
Medic: can heal the other team members and has a hazard suit which allows him to walk through dangerous areas.
The player can switch among the marines any time by pressing the proper hot keys or using the mouse wheel. While controlling a marine, the others will be AI controlled.The game has a total of 20 levels and five difficulty ranks, from private to general, and the harder the rank, the more frequently enemies respawn, the quicker they move and the slower the medic heals. |
| Jinkō Shōjo 3 | 2008-07-06 | Illusion | Illusion | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Jinkō Shōjo 3 is a simulation game that allows players to create and customize 3D models of young women and then interact with them in a virtual environment. The character editor allows detailed customization of physical appearance, sexual preferences, behavior patterns, and character types of the girls. Up to five girls can be loaded simultaneously into the game environment, which consists of a neighborhood with various locations (the player character's house, a garden, a cave, a beach, etc.).Once placed in the world, the young women will follow their own schedules (e.g. eating, resting, going to bathroom, swimming, etc.). The player navigates the controlled character from either first- or third-person perspective. Depending on their personality, the girls would respond to player actions such as calling, participating in the same activity (for example taking a nap on the same bed), holding hands, hugging, kissing, etc. The girls might also get jealous of each other, sad or angry if the player neglects them, ashamed (e.g. if the player character enters a toilet when the girl is there), and so on. Eventually the girls would agree to have sex, which is controlled by moving the mouse in context-dependent situations. |
| A-Train 8 | 2008-07-07 | Artdink Corporation | Artdink Corporation | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Train | | | | | Windows | A-Train 8 features similar gameplay to its ancestors in the long-running series, particularly the Xbox 360 release, A-TrainHX.As CEO of a powerful rail company, it is your task to create an effective mass-transit system and stimulate the growth of urban areas. Your passenger trains will take commuters to offices, workers to factories and holiday-makers to amusement parks. Freight trains will transport building materials from factories to new development sites. Schedules must be tweaked for maximum profit, and you will have to make adjustments depending on the season and changing nature of the city's zones.As well as laying down tracks and setting up stations, you can get into the property market, building anything from hotels, to high-rises, to ski resorts. A-Train 8 even includes some famous landmarks, such as Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower.It is possible to take out bank loans and play the stock market (with 50 different companies to trade on).There are 30 scenarios in the game and a built-in editor allows you to change any existing map or create your own from the ground up.The world is represented in full 3D with fully adjustable camera angles and zoom level. There is also a first-person camera mode that allows a 'driver's eye view' of your trains.'Winning' at any scenario involves the small matter of making a trillion monetary units (No actual currency symbol is used in the English-language release). However, if you achieve this goal, you are free to carry on playing in a 'sandbox' mode for as long as you like.The game is fully HD and WUXGA compliant. It can be run in resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 and has additional options if your PC is hooked up to an HD television. |
| Jenny's Fish Shop | 2008-07-07 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Owl Studio | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Time management | | | | | | | Windows | Jenny's Fish Shop is a time management game, similar to other Diner Dash clones, but with a few unique twists.Jenny loves fish and builds a fish shop to fulfill a lifelong interest in sea life. In this time management game, fish breeds that can be raised start out simple and few, but eventually branch out to the exotic and explode into dozens of varieties. Jenny's fish shop moves up and expands as her business flourishes.The player has to supply the fish with all their needs and desires. The fish indicate what they need, and the player has to supply them with their environmental elements (tank decorations), food, medicine, etc. The tanks even need to be cleaned from time to time. Eventually, the fish grow to maturity up and can be sold. Between levels, the player has the opportunity to buy upgraded items for the shop. |
| Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice | 2008-07-07 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In the 18th installment of this successful series, the Italian police have asked Nancy Drew to assist them in discovering who is stealing many of Venice's treasures. Nancy will have to get involved with a dangerous crime ring to reveal the identity of the masked thief.Gameplay is the same as other games in this series. The play is from the first person perspective with most puzzles being inventory and conversational based. |
| Space Fuck! | 2008-07-07 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Adult | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Tank | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | An act of procreation...30 years later...A father gives his son a space suit on his deathbed. Using the associated jet-pack the son ascends from the subterranean tunnel system he has always known as home. On the planet's surface he discovers a metropolis in ruins, and a sole survivor who tells him, "Planet "X" did this."Leaping in a nearby legged tank, he takes to the sky. All of this the player is able to control by using the arrow keys, several other keys are used to operate the space craft which can shoot and transform between a walking and flying form. He then travels through the void avoiding space debris. The player controls the movement of the spacecraft shooting asteroids into smaller and smaller fragments until the are no more. Even a tiny shard can kill, the player ought to be careful.At planet "X" he destroys a surface city, similar to the one that is currently in ruins on his home world, then descends through the planets subterranean tunnel system killing as he goes. At the bottom of the tunnels he finds a woman. Another act of procreation, another 30 years, and the game continues indefinitely in a vicious cycle. |
| The Immortals of Terra: A Perry Rhodan Adventure | 2008-07-07 | Viva Media, LLC | 3D-IO Games & Video Production GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Christian Kandler, Michael Bach | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | Sven Sauer | Windows | The Immortals of Terra: A Perry Rhodan Adventure takes place in "Perryversum", a huge science-fiction world conceived in 1960 and developed through 2400 printed novellas.The main character is Perry Rhodan, immortal emperor of the earth, played in 3rd person. The game starts in 4394 AD when Mondra Diamond, Perry's girlfriend, is abducted by minions of an unknown enemy during a fierce galactic attack on The Residence, the headquarters of the immortals. Determined to get to the bottom of the incident, Perry sets himself on uncovering the evil schemes of the mysterious opponent and freeing Mondra from his clutches.The game is a classic point-and-click adventure, featuring 2D backgrounds and pixel-shaded 3D characters. It features an interactive, iconic inventory system which contains not only collected items but also story related concepts (persons of interest, objects learned about or seen). These icons can be used during conversations as well as part of puzzle solving.The game contains 5 chapters, each taking place on a unique planet. |
| Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition | 2008-07-08 | Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc. | Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Egypt (Ancient) | | Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Children of the Nile (Enhanced Edition) is an updated version of Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile offered online through Valve's Steam distribution platform. The enhancements are also made available to owners of the original game, free of charge.Next to a whole list of fixes, this version updates the game with new features. This edition is compatible with the Vista operating system and adds new statues, fountains, shrubberies, plazas, shrine variants and a new bricklayer variant. The brickyard is a new building used to store bricks closer to constructions sites.Other tweaks include faster travel on roads, priests have become more effective, the construction of pyramids has been sped up, barter times have a shorter duration, and temples have become more important compared to shrines. Papyrus is more effective as well and the Hapi's "No Flood" event has become less powerful. As for usability: the camera can now be controlled through the WASD keyboard keys and there is a tutorial scenario to get familiar with the game. Resources are now shown on both types of map and the game indicates what kind of materials are needed for certain buildings. In the same vein, problems with the supply chain are displayed on the affected buildings as well. Due to new indicators, players can now track satisfaction (for both homes and figures) more easily, and right click orders are stored under a new button. |
| Devil May Cry 4 | 2008-07-08 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Production Studio 1 | Action | Behind view | | | Hack and slash | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | Windows | Devil May Cry 4 is the second sequel to the original Devil May Cry game. This time the player gets cast as Nero, a member of the Order of the Sword who worships Sparda, in addition to playing as the previous games' protagonist, Dante. The game follows the story of Nero in which witnesses the assassination of the leader of the Order of the Sword, Sanctus, by no other than Dante. The murder causes chaos and Sanctus' deputy, Credo, orders Nero to go after Dante, who is heading for Fortuna Castle.Nero is equipped with a sword (Red Queen), a revolver (Blue Rose), and powers from his Devil Bringer arm that works like Dante's Devil Trigger. They also give Nero special abilities: pulling and pushing enemies, slamming them on the ground and zooming across areas. Overall gameplay with Nero is still hack-and-slash but with fresh attack styles and techniques. Dante joins later in the game for some levels of his own. His gameplay stays mostly intact with the four attack styles: Trickster, Sword Master, Gunslinger, and Royal Guard.The Windows version adds the Legendary Dark Knight mode with a large number of enemies on the screen along with the Turbo mode at a faster speed. The cut-scenes run at 120 frames per second while the console sequences are run at 30. Network ranking is however, not supported. |
| Emeritus Pong | 2008-07-08 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Emeritus Pong is a clone of the Pong game. It allows to compete with another player or against the computer. It features a single game mode as well, where the player may practice bouncing from the wall. There is a demo clock mode included, showing the current time. The gameplay itself remains unchanged. Players control a paddle represented by a white line. One paddle is on the right side of the screen, the other on the left. The current score is shown at the top. |
| Build in Time | 2008-07-09 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Action, Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Time management | North America | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Build in Time is a time management game mixed with elements of a light construction simulation. Players need to establish and run a construction business in different time periods set in North America. Covering six decades starting from the 1950's, each period has a distinctive look for characters and houses, as well as the game music. The main character is Mark Retro, a young kid with dreams of running his own business. Players help out by bulldozing properties, creating homes, buying upgrades and so on.The time management is usually provided through customers who call in with specific wishes for their dream home. Starting with a blank lot the typical process is to send a build team, then a garage crew, followed by the painting team and the decorating team. Successfully matching the customers' preferences based on house or garage style, backyard decoration, colours etc. can be rewarded with a bonus where crews build instantly for a short time.Based on the player's performance and the amount of stars earned, Mark's story is updated through the decades and the outcome is different based on the amount of stars earned. At the start of a new decade a newspaper is provided with fun facts and major news stories for that time. New decades often provide new options such as new lawn decorations. |
| Fishdom | 2008-07-09 | TOPICS Entertainment | Playrix LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Life / social simulation, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Fishdom, you use your mouse to swap two items so as to make a row of at least three. When you create this, those three or more disappear. The object is to match items where at least one is on a gold tile. When all the gold tiles are cleared from the puzzle, the level is complete. You will then win money based on how many gold tiles there were and any time you had remaining. Then, you can use this money to buy various fish, decorative items like plants and shells or items for your fish's comfort like heaters, lights and filters so as to create your dream aquarium.If you match five of the same item, you will create a depth charge. Double-clicking or swapping this will make it explode. It will then clear the area up to two tiles away. If you match six of the same item, you will create a firecracker. Double-clicking or swapping this will make it explode. It will then clear the area up to one tile away. If you have gold tiles with a gray plate, you must match them twice to clear them. If you have any tiles that are locked, with a chain on it, you must match it to unlock it but you cannot move the item within until it is unlocked. If a tile is double locked, with chains crossed, you must match it twice to unlock it. |
| Aveyond | 2008-07-10 | Amaranth Games, LLC | Amaranth Games, LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Born a farmer's daughter, then captured into slavery Aveyond follows the adventures of Rhen, a young girl with potentially incredible magical powers. Rhen will travel to a mysterious magic school and train to build up her Sword Singer powers so that she may confront the prophecies of an evil demon who wishes to enslave her world and also so that she may finally return home.Aveyond is a RPG similar in play style and appearance to 16-bit games. Multitudes of characters to interact with, a plethora of monsters and lots of side-quests litter the landscape of Aveyond. Even though the fighting is turn-based when actually in combat, the player has the ability to avoid prowling enemies before getting into a situation. Your character will level up and can even buy a house to live in, form parties to take on quests as a group. The game was created using RPG Maker XP. The original version of the game ships with Midi music; however, players can replace these with a downloadable high-quality live version.
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| Jojo's Fashion Show 2: Las Cruces | 2008-07-10 | iWin, Inc. | gameLab | Simulation | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | iTunes Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)**** Jojo’s Fashion Show 2 App Reviews ****
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~ Gamezebo---------------------------------------Jojo’s Fashion Show 2 is iWin.com's super successful clothing match-up game:Return to the runway with Jojo and Rosalind in Jojo's Fashion Show 2:Las Cruces. Make stylish outfits for female and male models as you showcase your fashion sense on runways from L.A. to Berlin. Then capture great looks in new fashion photo shoots.In Jojo's Fashion Show 2:Las Cruces, your goal is to compete in a number of fashion shows, proving you have what it takes to move through the ranks. Earn up to 5 stars in every show.Can you make it to the final show?From the best selling dress up game on the PC, with over 15 Million downloads, Jojo's Fashion Show 2:Las Cruces for iPhone is the complete product! Expect 6-8 hours of total game play without repeat.* 50 levels of play!
* Both Male and Female models.
* Photo Mode - Snap pictures of your models and get scored on accuracy.
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| Star Sword | 2008-07-10 | GameTop | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Star Sword is a 3D arcade verticallyscrolling space shooter game with action set in the far future. The player controls a spaceship and fights against a hostile alien fleet as the only hope for humankind. The game is played from a fixed, top-down perspective. The ship can be steered and shoots enemies with a cannon and various (limited) rockets. Optionally the ship can be controlled with the mouse. After missions upgrades for the ship can be bought in a shop, such as new weapons and rockets, and special bots that provide assistance. |
| Tower Simulator | 2008-07-10 | Wilco Publishing | feelthere.com | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Flight / aviation | Menu structures | Real-time | | | Windows | Tower Simulator lets you manage and run one of these airports: Chicago O'hare, IL
Munich Airport
Orange County, CA
Paris Charles de Gaulle
Princess JulianaIt is suggested to start with a small airport (such as Princess Juliana), and finish with one of the busiest airport in the world. You will also have to handle ground traffic and service vehicles such as fuel and luggage trucks. |
| Bagger-Simulator 2008 | 2008-07-11 | astragon Software GmbH | ETS Entwicklerteam Slaby | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Agricultural / industrial | | | | | Windows | Bagger-Simulator 2008 is a digger simulation. Despite its name it doesn't focus on realism and the controls are limited to a few buttons. There are two playing modes: Opencast mining and gravel pit. In the first the player needs to control a big bucket excavator by using its five functional groups. The goal is to keep it moving at all times, if it stands the player receives penalty points. In the second mode the player has the choice between two diggers, a lorry and a bulldozer. The goal is move sand from point A to point B in a limited time. |
| FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage | 2008-07-11 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Bugbear Entertainment Oy | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | | Tricks / stunts | | Automobile | | | Teen | | Windows | FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage is the third part in the FlatOut demolition racing series. Following the footsteps of its predecessor, this game is all about damage - earning points by driving is secondary to earning points by wrecking.The game's appearance has been vastly updated compared to FlatOut 2. Not only is everything fully in High Definition, the game introduces a large amount of destructible scenery. Literally almost everything can be turned into debris, including traffic lights, fences, even plastic garden chairs.Ultimate Carnage not only introduces new graphics, it comes up with various new game modes such as the Deathmatch Derby, (in a perhaps intentional nod towards Destruction Derby 2) which feature a closed arena with no defined track; the game objective becomes from a circular racing track to a simple fragging contest.As known from the previous editions, the game features both various online modes (all game modes can be played online as well), and the infamously goofy Ragdoll Olympics mode, where most game modes end up with the driver character exiting through the windscreen and ending in grievous bodily harm. |
| Regret | 2008-07-11 | | | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Regret was created for Jason Rohrer's game design sketchbook, a monthly project for the online publication The Escapist. Without giving away too much info, which would spoil the experience, the gameplay concept is based around this idea:Regrets often center on mistakes that were unavoidable at the time. Though you can learn from each mistake that you make, it's not clear that regretful thinking is valuable. What you learn by reliving a regrettable event may not end up being helpful next time you're faced with a similar situation in real life. Regrets can bog you down as they accumulate over the years, and their net effect can become mentally paralyzing.This is played out in a short maze filled with blue orbs, animals and different types of food, much like an entirely new twist on Pac-Man in an obstacle course. Based on the way the player deals with mistakes in the past, the possible "score" will change. |
| Ben There, Dan That! | 2008-07-12 | Zombie Cow Limited | Zombie Cow Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Ben There, Dan That! is a humorous AGS adventure where Dan Marshall and Ben Ward star as themselves. Their initial quest is to fix the television signal so they don't miss an episode of Magnum, P.I., but instead they are soon transported through an alien environment. There they need to access different rooms to find a way back home.The game uses a classic point-and-click interface with an inventory near the top of the screen and different actions available through cycling with the right mouse button. Players control Ben, but Dan is also available as a possible action, usually when Ben does not want to do the dirty work. The game contains many references to other titles and adventure gaming history in general. |
| Cruxade | 2008-07-12 | Zombie Cow Limited | Zombie Cow Limited | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cruxade is a falling block game. A plus-sign shaped cross of five blocks will appear at the top of the screen. Using the arrow keys on the keyboard, you can move them left or right, drop them or rotate them ninety degrees. The object is to create crosses like the shapes that fall, only all the same color. This is not as easy as that simple explanation makes it sounds. The problem is that the cross will not stay together when it lands. Where ever the cross lands, if any part of it has no support below it, those parts will continue to fall until they land. Just keep making crosses until the stacks reach the top, then it is game over. |
| Ilk | 2008-07-14 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Ilk is a computer card game battle where you need to defeat all your opponents by bringing their life down to zero points. In the game, you can use combinations of cards to create creatures to attack and block, and cast a variety of spells to strengthen yourself or weaken your enemies. The game allows you to play online with others, or by yourself with AI (artificial intelligence), and includes artwork for characters and creatures.The game is based on a card game created by the same person who created the computer game. |
| Armed Seven | 2008-07-15 | Astro Port | Astro Port | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In 1989, 12 years after the Gogoh army attempted to invade Earth in Supercharged Robot Vulkaiser, the terrorist organization "Neo Loran Order" threatens the world as it fights for world domination. It's up to the newly formed Earth Federation's mech army to defeat the Neo Loran Order and take out their secret super weapon, known only by its code name "Armed Seven".Armed Seven is a horizontally scrolling mech shoot 'em up. When starting the game, you get to choose a main weapon, sub weapon and charge weapon out of a selection of four each. Your main weapon can be aimed freely in an 180º arc, while your sub weapon fires in a fixed direction depending on the weapon chosen. The charge weapon is a powerful attack which has to be rested between uses.
Shooting down supply ships will drop shield and weapon powerups. The shield can absorb up to two hits, if your health runs to zero it's game over. You have a limited number of continues, which lets you restart at the beginning of the stage with reset weapon level and score. |
| Cowboyana | 2008-07-15 | Messhof Games | Messhof Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Cowboyana tells the tales of Billy Blue and Rufus Red as cowboys in the Wild West. They spend their days drinking, getting into fights and duels, sleeping, and running around on top of trains. The game requires two players to play at the same time. The game randomly loads any of the available sequences in a loop with no ending. After each sequence, a short impression in shown in text.In the drinking game, players both control the same bottle as they try to down as many drinks as possible. They can hinder each other and generally spill half the bottle on the table. At any point during the drinking, they can decide to draw their guns and start a duel. In other sequences, they either fight alone or together, in the desert or on trains. The characters can move around, jump, shoot and reload. |
| Du und Dein Heim für Tiere | 2008-07-15 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Caipirinha Games GmbH, Preloud | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Du und Dein Heim für Tiere puts you in charge of an animal shelter where you care for abandoned pets. Take care of their well being, feed them and run your shelter efficiently. When your animals get adopted, you get points which you can use for better equipment for your shelter. |
| Ringies | 2008-07-15 | iWin.com | Mini IT Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ringies is a tile-matching game, where the player drags rows of smiley faces, or "beads" as the game calls them, making color matches of three or more of the same color within a time limit. Each level has several circular groups of face icons that intersect at some point. The objective is to make matches by individually moving all groups, using the intersection as a exchange point between them.Each level has the number of required color matches listed at the bottom. Power-ups appear randomly on among the groups or can be bought with points in a shop between levels. The player clicks them directly to activate. They include a bomb that explodes surrounding beads, a bucket that paints beads of the same color, a lightning bolt that destroys random smileys and a hourglass that adds a few seconds to the timer. |
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 | 2008-07-15 | Ubisoft, Inc. | GRIN AB | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Not even a day has fully passed since you rescued the US president from Mexican soil and you and the rest of your Ghost team are on the way home, when the General phones in and gives you your next mission: a group of terrorists deposited two dirty bombs (normal blasting compositions combined with radioactive material) near the city of Juarez. Your goal as Captain Mitchell is to once again save the day with your three teammates.Like in the predecessor Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, you control Captain Mitchell and see everything through his eyes while you command your teammates, either directly over the Cross-Com or with the help of the tactical map, through the various environments to fulfil your objectives, like blowing up a bunch of anti-air vehicles and then raiding a rebel outpost.Next to the slightly improved graphics and the additional environments such as the desert or mountains, there are several changes and improvements to the basic gameplay. You can now change the people on your team and choose between different entry points for the next mission. Besides the old checkpoint saving system, you can also save whenever you want. Another addition is the possibility to pick up weapons the enemy dropped, which allows you to not only use the typical Ghosts weaponry like the good old MR-C, but also Mexican fabrics. Fixed weapons scattered throughout the levels, like the mounted machine gun, complete the new set of weapons.Both the AI of your teammates and of your enemy has been improved significantly and you can give your squad four new orders and set two different rules of engagement in order to make the game even more tactical. Switching to the view of the teammate now shows exactly what he sees instead of the grid wire view from the original.If you feel that the AI still isn't good enough, you can go online and play through the game with three other friends or play the three other classic modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Hamburger Hill in which a team needs to hold a central zone of the map a certain amount of time. There are also two new game modes available: "OGR co-ooperative" and "Recon versus Assault"OGR stands for Original Ghost Recon. In this mode, you play a specific mission in the old Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon-style. This means that you won't have any access to advanced technology like the Cross-Com system.In "Recon vs. Assault", one side plays the Ghost team, which needs to destroy three anti-air vehicles, while the rebels from the other team try to prevent them from doing so. In this mode, a dead Ghost team member can only respawn once an ADAT is destroyed, but while in the spectator mode, he can still tag enemies for the units active on the ground. To defend against that, the rebels have access to a special class called the Scrambler which can detect and remove tags from friendly units. Every action you perform is awarded with veterancy points. As you gain more of those points, you unlock more powerful gear which you can access at the MULE drones (Ghost team) or the ammo trucks (rebels). |
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Complete Pack | 2008-07-15 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This digital compilation of Ghost Recon games includes all the games in the franchise that were available for PC at the time of release:
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (base game)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege (DLC)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 |
| Fairy Jewels 2 | 2008-07-16 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | INTENIUM GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fairy Jewels 2 is a color-matching game similar to Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move and its variants. The objective is to free fairies by destroying the gems that are trapping them. The player clears a screen full of gems by shooting matching jewels from a magic wand at the bottom.The game offers two modes. In story mode, a plot is played through cutscenes between the levels. In time mode, the player must complete the levels within a time limit. Each mode has their own set of levels.Besides the gems, there are obstacles to be avoided or destroyed, and power-ups to be collected. Brick and steel blocks can't be matched. Bombs can explode groups of jewels and bricks. When hit, the morpher object transforms surrounding jewels and bricks in jewels of the same color of the shot.Each successful match fills with mana slots with the magical powers at the bottom. These powers can eliminate groups of jewels and bricks, display a crosshair for precision shots, or help in other ways.Coins can be collected and used to rebuild shrines and temples at the level map screen. They award the player with new spells. |
| Brain Challenge | 2008-07-17 | Gameloft S.A. | Gameloft Software Beijing Ltd. | Educational | 1st-person | | | Mental training | | | | | | | Windows | This version of Brain Challenge expands on the one created for mobile phones. Players tackle 30 brain exercises in five different categories (Focus, Visual, Logic, Math and newly-added Memory).Game modes include Test, Free Training, and Kid Mode for younger players. In Creative Mode, players perform relaxing activities like drawing. In Stress Mode, players perform the same tests as the regular Test mode except with the addition of distracting images, flashes, and sounds. More difficult versions of the original tests also appear in this mode.Charts track each player's overall performance and progress. Players can also select an A.I. coach to guide them through the various tests and assist them in setting and reaching training goals. Up to four players can challenge each other offline or online.The Xbox 360 version includes Avatar support. Some of the extra modes must be downloaded in an add-on pack for the Playstation 3. |
| Destructivator | 2008-07-17 | Pug Fugly Games | Pug Fugly Games | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Destructivator is a 2D platform shooter. The mission is to clear levels by killing enemies. There are twenty levels in total. The character has five lives. |
| Forgotten Riddles: The Moonlight Sonatas | 2008-07-18 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Blue Tea Games | Adventure, Puzzle | Side view | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Forgotten Riddles: The Moonlight Sonatas is a hidden object game where the usual list of objects to be found on the screen is replaced by riddles.Besides the standard object hunt, there are three other puzzle types. In the "dollhouse" puzzle the objective is to click on certain places on the screen, moving mechanisms and interacting with objects and the environment to reveal secrets. In the secret rooms, the goal is to place objects in their right places. The optional music journal puzzle is a tile-matching game with musical notes that gives extra hints.The game has two difficulty modes: Archaeologist and Apprentice. The first is the hard mode, with time limit and a reduced number of hints available. The easy mode has none of these restrictions. Each mode has a different ending. |
| The Mysterious City: Golden Prague | 2008-07-18 | iWin.com | Gold Casual Games | Adventure, Puzzle | Side view | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Mysterious City: Golden Prague is a conventional hidden object game, with all the features common to the genre. As usual, the objective is to find objects from a list on several screens filled with assorted paraphernalia.In some of the screens/locations, there are the (now standard) variations of gameplay. Jigsaws have to be assembled between the chapters. Sometimes the screen is split in two similar halves, and the player has to click on the differences. In other places, the list with the objects' names is replaced by their silhouettes.Each chapter has a time limit of 30 minutes. The game deducts 30 seconds when the player makes too many wrong clicks. Hints cost 2 minutes each. |
| I Was In The War | 2008-07-19 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This war, like so many before, is fought against soldiers, bombs, tanks and helicopters. The difference though, is the battlefield is a single line tilted at an angle of 70 degrees and you are an unarmed, blocky white man whose only hope for survival is to run up this line, avoiding everything in your path.As you run to the right, you mysteriously grow in size. But if you stand still or get hit by anything, you shrink. Get too small, and you will die.You can jump over enemies and also use the unique properties of this plane of existence to your advantage, by 'flipping' to the other side of the line. However, both sides are full of obstacles so a well-timed combination of jumping and flipping is required to stay alive.There are periodic warnings about missile strikes and incoming tanks. These messages are displayed directly on the line you're running on. You have one life and one life only. Points are displayed above/below the line and are increased for every moment you're alive and moving.'I Was In The War' was made in (just over) 3 hours, for The Poppenkast's '10800 second competition.' It can be completed, and has an ending sequence. |
| Apple Pie | 2008-07-20 | T1 Games | T1 Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Your aunt's cat, Marcello, is in need of a vacation. Why a cat would need a vacation is a good question but your current problem is that your aunt is taking the cat to Europe and leaving you in charge of her restaurant. It is up to you to manage the eatery while she is gone.Apple Pie is a match-three game. Using your mouse, swap two items to create a straight line of three or more of the same item. The object is to make matches over the tan tiles to clear them. When all the tiles are removed, the level is done. You must do this before the time runs out or you will be fined $500.00. After this, you can use the money you made to upgrade the restaurants decor and/or menu to get your establishment to a five-star level. Later in the game, you are given bonus items to help you. These are:
The knife: Removes the item and tile from one square.
The blender: Shuffles all the items on the board.
The toaster: Removes a horizontal or vertical line of items.
The menu: Shows you all possible matches for thirty seconds.
The hourglass egg timer: Stops the clock for thirty seconds.
The pepper shaker: Randomly removes some tiles from the board.
The changer: Change one item into another.
The Champagne bottle: Multiplies all scores by two for thirty seconds. |
| Super Sniper | 2008-07-20 | Radnom Games | Radnom Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | A group of masked, and heavily girded, ne'erdowells have stormed one and then another building, taping hostages to chairs as they went. This is all you need to know as the eponymous super sniper, a heavily muscled remote assassin, who is charged with saving the day. Don't let a single hostage die, pick off the hostage-takers, save the day.Super Sniper is played in a small window, at first displaying the two-dimensional two building complex of chaos, but will quickly change to the scope of a sniper rifle with a tap of the right mouse button. In sniper mode the player will have to dispatch the masked gentlemen with guns within several minutes while not shooting any of the hostages bound to chairs. Easy enough, however, since some of these gunmen are dragging their hostages with them, shoot the hostage and it is game over. Head shots are an instant kill; two shots to the body of a gunman is also a kill. If a gunman with a hostage is shot in the body he will kill his hostage. There are also explosive barrels that can be strategically used by the thrifty sniper. |
| FlipOut | 2008-07-21 | MikkoSoft Productions | MikkoSoft Productions | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | FlipOut is a Breakout variant developed for the 2008 Assembly summer convention. The classic concept of bouncing a ball towards bricks to clear an entire area to win the level, with the bottom being an endless pit of death where the ball can disappear, has not changed. Instead, it has been remade into 3D, with a slightly slanted playfield affected by realistic physics. That means gravity needs to be taken into account and the ball does not travel at a consistent speed when launched.Also, instead of merely bouncing the ball, the paddle consists of two sides that can be tilted to launch the ball towards the bricks, similar to the flippers in a pinball game. There are different levels to choose from and many power-ups that affect the ball, the paddle and the field's gravity. Some bricks are unbreakable or require multiple hits to destroy. Also, bricks do not simply disappear but they form debris that hinders the ball or prevents the power-ups from falling down. |
| Last Chaos (Special Edition) | 2008-07-21 | gamigo AG | T-Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition includes:
Last Chaos
Manual
World map
Special pet (a pink dragon) and a naming sign for a pet |
| I-Fluid | 2008-07-22 | ExKee | ExKee | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In I-Fluid the player controls a tiny drop of water. Watching the environments from its eyes (or rather a camera hovering behind it), everyday objects become hazardous obstacles that need to be avoided, as a mix between Bad Mojo and the many Marble Madness clones . Next to obvious hurdles such as fire, for each object the rate of absorption needs to be determined. Towels, sugar or paper will make the drop slim down causing it to evaporate eventually. Regeneration is provided through humid objects and much like Sonic the Hedgehog collecting scattered rings, after falls or bumping into objects smaller droplets can be gathered to grow in size.Most of the levels takes place in familiar, everyday locations with plants, food and vegetables. Both the environment and objects are rendered to look as authentic as possible. Another important factor is the physics engine. Jumping on leafs of plants, pushing paper-clips out of the way or sliding down in a bottle cap to ram nuts, the tiny drop has a remarkable strength and can manipulate the environment. Thirsty insects hover around and try to trap the water. Other features include taking control of humid objects, clinging to surfaces, moving around in the dark guided by a firefly and (double)-jumping to reach higher areas. The camera can be freely rotated and offers extensive zoom options.There are fifteen levels in total with three game modes for each: Mission (regular games), Petals (collect the flower petals) and Time Attack (get the fastest time). In regular missions the objectives are not always clear, but need to be discovered through experiment. Helpful question marks nudge the player in the right direction. All levels can be selected from a central court as a central hub where pipes lead to the different areas. |
| The Settlers: Rise of an Empire | 2008-07-22 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Blue Byte Studio GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy | Fantasy, Medieval | | Kolja Böger, Gilles Boulard, André Keller | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | While its predecessor Heritage of Kings: The Settlers turned the series into a RTS, The Settlers: Rise of an Empire returns to the roots of the series and adds some 1701 A.D. on top. This means that the gameplay has been somewhat simplified and the city building part is again the center of attention.Due to the simplification key elements of the original game have been adjusted. So when you build a building you no longer need a construction worker and some settlers to bring the resources to the building lo. Instead the resources are immediately removed from your account and the future owner of the house takes his trolley and builds his home himself. Each building has several upgrade stages which allows more people to work there and so speed up the production.The production cycle itself also has undergone a significant change. Back in the days the harvester put his harvested good in front of his house and other settlers took it to the producer. Now the harvester brings his materials to the warehouse and the producer gets it from there. To speed up the process a little, you can build streets again but they aren't a necessity anymore.Instead other goods like food have become a necessity for every settler and the higher your knight and castle advance in rank, the more demanding your settlers get. Soon they won't settle for food but also demand clothing.Also the military part has been tuned down, too the few units you can build still behave and are controlled like in any other RTS. You also have a hero in every mission which has special abilities like healing sick settlers. |
| World Mosaics | 2008-07-22 | Fugazo Inc. | Fugazo Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | World Mosaics is a "picture crossword" game, like Picross and other titles. The basic concept is similar to Minesweeper, where the objective is to reveal a picture on a grid by using numeric clues to uncover the correct squares that have to be filled. Each column and row has numbers above/beside them that show the number of squares to be painted with the brush cursor. For example, a column with the numbers 5 1 3 above shows that somewhere inside it there's 5 continuous squares, 1 isolated and another straight line of 3 squares. Wrong squares also have to be marked with the shovel cursor to complete each picture. The clue numbers get crossed when the right squares are uncovered.Each successful painted square adds magical sand to the hint jar. When it's full, another hint coin becomes available that automatically paints a couple of squares when used. It is possible to accumulate up to four hints per picture, but they don't carry over to the next puzzle.Each puzzle allows a limited number of mistakes to be made before the picture shatters and the player has to start it again. |
| Little Shop: Road Trip | 2008-07-23 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A shop owner decides to make a road trip around the United States, finding new items to sell on locations across the country.Little Shop: Road Trip is a hidden object game, where the player has to find and click on all the required objects from a list at the bottom of the screen, on locations filled with assorted things, within a time limit. Each object found adds a star to a meter at the top of the screen. A minimum of ten objects have to be found to finish successfully the location and move to the next one. The game stages are called trips, and are comprised of several locations.Besides the regular objects, there are special items that help the search. The thermometer shows the list items on freezing or burning states, indicating how close the cursor is to the object. The magnet shakes when near one of the objects, making them vibrate too when passing close. The ? marks add to the hints at the top, that temporally replace the list names with pictures of the objects.Bonus games appear between the stages. In one of them, the objective is to find several instances of the same object. In another the goal is to drag and drop objects to their silhouettes on the scenery. In others, the player has to pick the scattered pieces of an object and reassemble them on the silhouette window at the top of the screen.All the locations completed on the regular game are unlocked in Blitz Mode, where the objective is to find all the objects on the screen, as fast as possible. |
| Uno Undercover | 2008-07-23 | RealArcade | Golden Goose Productions | Adventure, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A retired female spy and UNO master player called Felicia Blue is on vacation with her husband and two children, when she stumbles upon a conspiracy that forces her to go back to active duty.UNO Undercover is another electronic adaptation of the popular card game, where players have to pile cards with matching numbers or colors. In the main adventure mode, the card battles are interspersed with adventure portions and cutscenes, where Felicia must infiltrate a criminal organization using disguises and spy gadgets. There's a quickplay mode available, where the player can start a direct round without any plot getting in the way, In either mode the opponents are computer-controlled, as the game doesn't support multiple human players.The battles follow the rules of the original game: the objective is to discard all the cards in hand before the other players. When down to two cards, a player has to shout "Uno!" before discarding and being left with only one. Failure to do so results in a penalty of four cards added to the deck. A button appears on the player avatar, to shout or be challenged by an opponent.Besides the normal UNO cards, like draw, reverse, wildcard and skip, there are some additional ones that act more like power-ups. The redecorate card has a paintbrush symbol, and changes the color of the pile and of every card in the deck to the same tone. The clone card assumes the characteristics of any other card in the deck. The lucky croc tooth card protects the player from any draw card for a number of turns (equivalent to the number on the card under it on the pile). The toe hold forces any opponent to hold three random cards in hand for several turns (related to their number). The double cross is a wildcard that changes the color of the pile and of two deck cards. The highland two-step makes two opponents swap hands. The sleep card is discarded along with a numbered card, and makes one selected opponent skip turns (determined by the number on the other card). The tsunami also is discarded with a numbered card, and forces a selected opponent to take a number of cards. The switcheroo makes two opponents switch places at the table. |
| Deep/Wing/Break | 2008-07-24 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Deep/Wing/Break is a vertically scrolling shooter game where the player controls a grey, winged creature, carrying a tiny dot it must protect from waves of enemies, all of which shoot bullets in specific formations. The creature can move with the W, S, A, D keys and shoot out rapid-fire bullets with the left mouse button (towards the mouse-controlled crosshair). Shooting can destroy not only enemies, but also enemy bullets. The winged creature itself is immune to enemy attacks, but if the dot is touched by an enemy or an enemy bullet, it's game over. High scores are automatically submitted to an online high score table. |
| Dream Day Wedding: Married in Manhattan | 2008-07-24 | iWin.com | I-play Seattle | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Dream Day Wedding: Married in Manhattan is an hidden object game and also the sequel to Dream Day First Home. Each level has a list of the objects randomly selected, that you have to find in a limited time. When you have one, you have to click on it.Now, it's up to Jenny and Robert, our star couple in the previous games of the series, to help friends of their to prepare their own wedding who will take place in Manhattan. You can choose if you prefer to help for the one in funky Greenwich Village or for the other on the sophisticated Upper East Side.You have also the return of the feature "Wedding Crisis", a special test of skill, involving items already found but not in the same place and also, the return of the unlockable "Honeymoon" level. |
| Stallions in America | 2008-07-24 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Stallions in America is an action game, where on each level the player, as one of the four gunmen called "Stallions", must massacre a crowd of people, bats and balloons on the loose in cities around the United States. The game is controlled much like a platform game, with the chosen Stallion running around and climbing on buildings with the help of ladders. Each Stallion has two weapons, fired with the mouse buttons; most weapons use up ammo, and ammo pickups sometimes appear from killed enemies. The Stallion's health decreases during contact with an enemy, but regenerates slowly on its own. Running out of health or falling off the edge of the level means a game over. Each of the 50 randomly generated levels is completed simply by killing endlessly respawning enemies until an invisible kill limit is surpassed. |
| Tale of a Hero | 2008-07-24 | Noviy Disk | Future Games s.r.o. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Tale of a Hero is fantasy/fairy-tale point and click adventure developed in the old-school style. Despite of its rather low-budget production, it provides about 15 hours of gameplay with classic adventuring and subtle, kind humor in spreading dialogues with non-traditional charactersIn this game you play young fisherman Olaf, son of the famous dragonslayer who was out-casted by his king for not being willing to raise a war for the monarch's foolishness. After his father's death Olaf took over the monster-slaying business, but instead of killing them he found many ways how to get along with them and turn them into beneficial neighbours of the villagers. His happy life is disturbed when one of the father's most powerful adversaries, ice giant Krugell, returns to the world of men seeking revenge for his killed brother. You control Olaf with classical point and click interface. You can't run in this game, but a double-click on the exit will transport you immediately to the next room (like in other games from Future Games). There are no action sequences and you can't die in this game. |
| Yummy Drink Factory | 2008-07-24 | Amaranth Games, LLC | Amaranth Games, LLC | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | Yummy Drink Factory is a time management game where players create drinks for picky customers. The game is played from a first-person perspective as a barista. Customers appears and a demand a specific drink. The barita has access to 36 recipes to mix the smoothies with the blender in front of him, pour them and serve them in time. Mixing elements include toppings and flavors, as well decorations such as moon beams and slug slime. The game can be played in a Story mode or a Freedom mode. The Story mode is divided into several days where a goal needs to be met. A tally is made at the end of each day based on drink points, bonus points, and additional parameters. Gems can be collected to purchase additional decorations. New recipes can be designed and shared with friends at the Recipe Trading Ground. |
| Little Busters! Ecstasy | 2008-07-25 | Visual Art's | Key | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Developed by | Windows | Little Busters! Ecstasy is an enhanced version of Little Busters. As opposed to the original release, this version contains scenes with nudity and explicit sexual situations. In addition to re-writing and extending some of the earlier version's dialogue, this release promotes two female characters (Kanata Futaki and Sasami Sasasegawa) to full-fledged heroines, adding a new scenario for each of them. This version also introduces an entirely new heroine, Saya Tokido, with a scenario of her own. |
| The Race: Worldwide Adventure | 2008-07-25 | iWin.com | Gogii Games Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Race is a hidden object game with a reality TV theme. As in all the games of this genre, the main objective is to find the objects from a list at the right side of the screen.The game has two modes. The world explorer mode is the solo mode, while in challenge mode the player competes against computer players (a racing line appears at the bottom of the screen showing the position of each player).Special tools, placed under the objects list, help the player on the search. The magnifying glass zooms in any part of the screen, the hot and cold cursor gets ignited when near one of the required objects, the compass points towards them, the target shows their position. At the start of each round there's one of each tool available, with the exception of the magnifying glass that can be used at any time for free.In world explorer mode, extra tools can be earned by finding the bonus objects shown at the bottom of the screen in silhouette. In challenge mode, the game grants extra tools every few minutes. Wrong clicks make the cursor disappear for five seconds. |
| Vector Vendetta | 2008-07-25 | Crystal Shard | Crystal Shard | Action | | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Vector Vendetta is a frantic shooting game that pits your triangular ship against the invasion of the evil vectors. The mission is simple: eliminate them. But the resistance gets harder each level as enemies appear that snipe you, grow in size, or power up their tractor beams. Thankfully you can customize your ship with the powerup crystals that appear each level.This was made as an experiment to see if Adventure Game Studio could handle an action game with vector graphics; the answer is yes. It can be controlled with keyboard, mouse, or both (using mouse to aim and keyboard to move). |
| Fruit Lockers 2: The Enchanting Islands | 2008-07-26 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | e-FunSoft Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | An evil sorceress has locked away all the fruit of the fairies. The fairies say if you help them, they will give you an island of your own to decorate, however you wish.Fruit Lockers 2: The Enchanting Islands is a match three game. Swap two lockers to create a group of three of the same color together, not necessarily in a straight line. These will the open to reveal the fruit inside. Match three or more of the same fruit in the same manner to clear them. As you clear levels, you will gain money and unlock items to decorate your island.There are five types of puzzles:
The first simply has you collect fruit until the meter at the top fills, then you clear the level.
The next has you collecting a certain number of a particular fruit, like twenty-five bananas and thirty strawberries. When you gather the required amounts, you clear the level.
The next has you looking for types of flowers hidden in some lockers, like daisies and passion flowers. When all the types of flowers are found, the level is clear.
The next has some lockers/fruits covered by a wire frame. When you match the fruit under the frame, you clear the frame. When all frames are clear, you clear the level.
Bonus stages do not have fruits or lockers. There are lady bugs flying about. You must click all the lady bugs before the time runs out.
There are also boss stages. In a boss stage, you must match fruit to drop on the boss until it is defeated.As the game progresses, you will have things that will help and hinder you:
Magic Keys will let you open any one locker on the board.
Giant spiders will place a web on lockers or fruit. This will render in unable to be moved or matched. Giant spiders can be removed by making a fruit match under them.
Web brooms will let you clear the web from one locker or fruit. They are the only way to clear the webs.
Bubble fruits will keep changing what fruit they are until they are clicked, then they stay at the fruit they were when clicked.
Fruit collectors, when clicked, with gather up all of whatever fruit is shown inside them, anywhere on the board
Hammers, when clicked, will remove the locker they were in as well as the lockers to the left, right, above and below that locker.
Fruit bombs, shown as a fruit with a stick of dynamite in front of it, will, when matched with same fruits, destroy all the fruits and open all the lockers surrounding them.
Worms will eat a fruit, leaving it unmatchable until, in time, a fairy magically restores it. They can be cleared by matching fruit under them or by worm spray.
Worm spray will remove a worm. |
| Chatroom | 2008-07-27 | | | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | You're holed up in a secure military bunker in the year 2097, and while a war-ravaged world rots above, you hunker down, face lit by the green glow of a terminal, and troll IRC-style chatrooms for survivors. Unfortunately, the "bots" who ravaged the planet have picked up on the technique, so it takes careful conversation to distinguish between a genuine human being and an impostor.That's right: it's Turing Test, the game! Your supervisor @Roger directs you to continue grilling Luke, a sudden and unexpected chatroom inhabitant, and the story unwinds as you gradually hit on the keywords triggering the sharing of his troubled past -- or the past he's faking, trying to hide the fact (through conspicuous typso... I mean ytpos... I mean typos!) that he's a killer robot, waiting to glean enough information out of you to pay a little visit and render you down into your component particles! The conversation that results isn't up to Racter or ELIZA levels of lucidity, but the setting and grim atmosphere moodily trump their bland contextlessness. |
| Avoid the Evil Space Eel | 2008-07-28 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Music / rhythm | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This short game was developed for the No More Sweden friendly competition and features a space ship in a side-scrolling environment chased by an evil, space eel. The ship can freely move in the environment, while dodging bricks, but the eel comes closer taking up more of the game screen. To push it back, players must repeat the drums sounds in the background in a successful chain. There are two sounds and they can be entered using the mouse or the keyboard. Correct hits are displayed in the top left corner and provide points. There is only one environment and two difficulty levels. |
| Empires | 2008-07-28 | Empires | Empires | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Shooter | | | Direct control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Empires, the award winning Source SDK game, combines the best of the first person shooter and real-time strategy genres. Fight as either the Northern Faction, remnants of the fallen nation of Jekotia, or as the imperial Brenodi Empire. |
| Making History: The Calm & The Storm - Gold Edition | 2008-07-28 | Muzzy Lane Software Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Gold Edition includes:
Making History: The Calm & The Storm
Game editor
A new Rise of the Reich scenario focusing on Germany’s rise to power
Three three broad-ranging scenarios made by players of the game.
Gameplay tweaks (introduced through patches in the original game):
Expanded combat unit abilities
More research projects
Partisan fighters can seize control of occupied regions.
Destructible fortifications and transportation infrastructure
Improvements to the AI
Interface advancements to get more military unit information instantly. |
| Marine Sharpshooter 4 | 2008-07-28 | Groove Games | Groove Games | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In modern society, war can mean business opportunity, but to that of Master Gunnery Sergeant Cole of the U.S. Marine Corps, it means duty. Jack Cole, an elite sniper, and veteran spotter Dylan Hathcock deploy to investigate a new technological advancement in nuclear warfare threatening the security of their nation. Using untraceable stealth and surgical strike capabilities, the worlds' best trained weapons mobilize into the depth of Russian territory where a black market deal is about to be handled...This is the 4th installment of the Marine Sharpshooter series. It's a PC only games. Compared to MS3, the focus was brought back to playing only the sniper, which was the core gameplay of the first 2 games. New to the series is realistic breath control which allows you to steady your aim (this slows the game down as well). With timing, you can also see the game's bullet cam, following the bullet to it's target. The AI can patrol between 2 points. The player can also use grass as cover, making it harder to be detected. |
| Art of Murder: FBI Confidential | 2008-07-29 | City Interactive S.A. | City Interactive S.A. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Art of Murder: FBI Confidential is a 3rd person, point and click adventure game. As the title suggests, the game follows FBI investigator, Nicole Bonnet, who is trying to discover the identity of the killer behind a series of ritual murders of wealthy New Yorkers. The victims are tortured and their hearts are removed by a mysterious weapon. The murders will take Nicole from New York City to the ancient Incan civilization in Peru. Hopefully Nicole will discover the murderer before she ends up the next victim.Puzzles are based on collecting and analyzing clues, such as fingerprinting and using luminol to locate bloodstains. Nicole will encounter many individuals and have numerous conversations, but few puzzles are conversation based. In addition, there are a number of puzzles that are based on trial and error. |
| Descent + Descent 2 | 2008-07-29 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This collection includes the first two Descent games:
Descent
Descent II |
| Wildlife Zoo: Deluxe Edition | 2008-07-29 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This Deluxe Edition contains:
Wildlife Zoo (base game)
Marine World (add-on) |
| Stench Mechanics | 2008-07-30 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This is a small adventure game, made by cactus, for the No More Sweden indie party/competition.The game's author was given two random themes - 'stench mechanics' and 'Sega porn game' and had to use them as the basis for his creation.The adventure takes place on a spaceship that is fueled by a pink gas that smells incredibly bad. You play as Mary, a less-than-happy crewmember who can't wait to get home. To say anything else about the story would be to say too much.Controls are simple. Move Mary using the cursor keys and press 'up' to interact with people or objects.In keeping with the theme, the game features pixellated nudity and scenes of a sexual nature.There are three different endings. |
| The Mystery of the Crystal Portal | 2008-07-30 | RealArcade | Artogon Games | Adventure | | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Journalist Nicole Rankvist receives a letter from Robert, her archaeologist father, describing the discovery of the key for a powerful artifact called the Crystal Portal. When he goes missing, Nicole must find the scattered pieces of the key around the world.The Mystery of the Crystal Portal is a hidden object that replaces the traditional list of objects names with a different gameplay mechanic. The player has to click on certain objects in the scenery that open a circle around it with photographs of items that must be found and dragged to it. After picking all the required stuff, some of these container objects disappear to reveal a key item underneath them.Some of the objects have to be collected in one screen to be used in another place (for example, finding matches outside the house to light a fireplace inside). At the end of each stage/location there's a unique logic puzzle game to be solved, involving some of the objects that the player picked up. |
| The Spirit Engine II | 2008-07-30 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | The Spirit Engine II is the sequel to The Spirit Engine. Like its predecessor, it's a side-scrolling RPG with tactical real-time combat. The game takes place in the fictional world of Lereftain, at a time when murderous cults roam the streets, political tensions surge, war appears imminent and the country's inhuman rulers seem to be losing control.The player can choose three out of nine different characters to form a party. Quests are taken from NPCs, experience is gained by defeating enemies in combat and occasionally also by completing certain quests, and items can be found or bought to equip the characters with.Aside from a new story and quests, this sequel features improved graphics and various difficulty levels to play on. The combat system also underwent significant changes. |
| You Have to Fertilize the Egg | 2008-07-30 | Mazapán.se | Mazapán.se | Racing / Driving | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Following antecedents such as Coil and a mini-game from Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, the player in this game controls the movements of a dapper spermatazoa, keen on shortening the vas deferens between men and women and hoping to "make a princess" (as he sings, jauntily) as soon as he reaches the egg.Of course, as it is extraordinary to encounter them singly, there is a peloton of other sperm to contend with, all with similar hopes. The player must outrace them, whipping their little flagellum to the best of their ability. What this translates to in terms of gameplay is steering around the changing contours of the geography the player traverses, while pressing up and giving a turbo boost of speed on the straightways. |
| Alien Stars | 2008-07-31 | Strategy First, Inc. | Awem Studio | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Alien Stars is a scrolling vertical shooter. Players are cast in the role of a lone pilot who must shoot his way through swarms of enemy waves and boss ships over 11 stages. The player's ship can sustain a certain amount of damage, and is protected by both a shield and underlying armor when the shield is depleted. In order to improve firepower, three different colors of power-up can be collected which will improve the indicated type of weapon. Missile power-ups can be collected which will add to the player's ammunition for these secondary weapons. Other power-ups include Life, Shield, Battery restoration, armor restoration, double damage, missile strikes (which fire outward from the player), nuclear weapons and points.Scores can be published on the Alien Stars website. |
| American McGee's Grimm: A Boy Learns What Fear Is | 2008-07-31 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | As history has already softened the original tales commonly attributed to the Brothers Grimm who collected and published them, A Boy Learns What Fear Is is the first episode in a series of 24 games that aims to retell the fairy tales with a much darker atmosphere. In the original story, a man learned what fear is when his wife unsuspectingly poured cold water down his pants. This game puts a little boy to the trial who goes on a quest to learn about fear when his father cannot provide an answer. He has grown up in a perfectly safe environment where no danger can be encountered.The story is told by the narrator, Grimm, whom the player controls throughout the series. This curmudgeonly character has the power to transform the environment, simply by walking past it. Similar to the concept of the Katamari series not everything can be changed at once. By transforming objects and the environment, such as water into lava, or children into matches, Grimm's power is built up in eleven steps, ranging from smelly to vile. Each step makes Grimm jump faster and causes the darkness to spread farther. His influence is immediately visible as everything grows dark, objects and people transform, and all bright colours disappear. Most areas contain cleaners that can turn the environment back; they can be transformed at higher levels to stop them.The story is split up into six scenes with different sub levels and it can be told from a light or dark theatre as a setting. In between, short cut-scenes are shown, presented as a puppet theatre with Grimm as an omniscient narrator. Through theft, a haunted castle, marriage and more, Grimm will teach the little boy what fear is. The game is highly accessible as Grimm can hardly be harmed through the environment. The only viable hazard is water and lava that causes him to immediately respawn. Next to his ability to transform the environment, he can also perform a buttstomp to achieve a higher radius and dazzle characters. When standing still, he pees. An arrow constantly points at the next goal.The game is controlled through the keyboard or the mouse, with only a few buttons or keys for all actions. The player is rated based on the completion time of the level (also with an online leaderboard) and the amount of darkness spread. Levels have secret coins Grimm can collect. The first episode is made available for free permanently, while the others can only be played freely for the first 24 hours and then need to be paid for. |
| Eternity's Child | 2008-07-31 | Silver Sphere Studios | Silver Sphere Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Eternity's Child is a side-scrolling platformer directed by the artist Luc Bernard, set in a fantasy universe. It takes place in a world where the inhabitants eventually discover technology and build machines. These pollute the world, destroy the forests and the icebergs start to melt. As a result, the entire world floods and the winged creatures flee to the mountains, leaving behind the wingless. The few wingless that survive are very angry and plan revenging, calling themselves the Landians. When the water recedes, they start building robotic versions of the creatures that used to inhabit the planet. This even affects Mother Nature, who becomes a robot as well and starts to build mechanical versions of the creatures herself.One day, at an orphanage, a winged creature is discovered. The owner cuts off her wings to hide it from the wingless and calls it Angel. While exploring the forest, she meets Rose, another winged creature that tells her some of her species have survived. Together they leave the orphanage in search of their legacy.Players simultaneously control Angel and Rose through twenty platform levels. Angel can move around and jump, while Rose will automatically follow her. Rose performs all the attacks. She can rapidly fire small orbs or charge a larger one that does more damage. It can also be hit to make it explode in smaller bullets or steered across the screen. All enemies are mechanical and require multiple hits to be destroyed. Some leave behind hearts that replenish Angel's health. The levels require precise timing and involve a lot of moving platforms. To end the level, Angel needs to collect a set amount of gems, of which the number is provided by Rose at the end of the level. Angel can also collects coins, she has multiple lives and there are a number of mid-level checkpoints. Rose and Angel constantly chat about the events during the game. Most of the levels take place in woods, but some are set in an ice world as well. The game includes a level editor to creature custom scenarios. |
| Hikkikomori Quest | 2008-07-31 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Hikkikomori Quest is an RPG where the player controls a reclusive individual who has not left his house for a year. When he eventually runs out of food, he seeks help at the website 4chan but they only mock him, so he decides to finally venture outside and buy food.With the help of a sarcastic tutorial owl he has to search for a 9 eleven shop. Once inside however, he is incapable of purchasing the food and his mind transforms the shop into a dungeon where he has to fight cans of soft drinks and hot dogs. The game consists of four main dungeons with a final boss and alternate endings based on some decisions in the game.The character's basic attack is screaming, but after gaining experience he can learn new talents. While walking around he is dragged into random battles where he can also choose to run away. The statistics are based on energy and stamina. Saving is done by writing a livejournal blog entry and he shop online at Amazon. There are also some vending machines to buy drinks that replenish stamina. Other statistics are confidence, willpower and mindpower, he can wear weapons in his left and right hand (initially a fist of dork), a hat, a shirt and other accessories.The game is very difficult. Some of the graphics are done by Paul Robertson, famous for the animated film Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006. |
| The Murder of Adrian Elkwood | 2008-07-31 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure | | | Point and select, Text parser | | | | Windows | Police Constable Leon Evans received a call of reported homicide at Reality-on-the-Norm's train station. Walking around the town, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the evidences, the player should help Leon Evans to find the murderer of Adrian Elkwood in this classic point-and-click icon-based adventure game with a certain text parser used for the requests to a police database. |
| Calamity Annie | 2008-08-01 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Calamity Annie is a first-person twitch shooter set in the Far West, inspired by Wild Gunman, Law of the West, Gun Mute and Bank Panic.The game is entirely mouse-driven and puts Calamity Annie into 25 duels with wanted hombres. For each fight, Annie only has a single bullet. Players need to holster the gun at the bottom of the screen. As soon as the opponent appears, Annie needs to point and shoot them as quickly as possible. Later opponents all offer less time to take them out. Players are awarded in cash and for every 5,000 dollar an extra life is awarded. Extra money is earned based on speed and when an opponent can be disarmed by shooting his gun.Between levels, there are some mini-games and story elements. The game is free to play, but anyone who donates receives a password to unlock five additional hombres in the game. |
| Choke on my Groundhog, You Bastard Robots | 2008-08-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Action | | | | SDL, SDL_Mixer | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Petri Purho's entry in the Assembly Summer 2008 Competition, Choke on my Groundhog, YOU BASTARD ROBOTS is an action game in which the player is the last survivor on the Earth, after robots have taken it over. The player has to survive the attack waves of robots through a series of levels. If the player is overwhelmed by them, and killed, he can simply travel back in time to the start of the level, to fight the robots with his past self.The player can move with the WASD keys and fire and aim with the mouse. The gameplay area is a single screen shown where the player can move in all directions. |
| Enchanted Fairy Friends: Secret of the Fairy Queen | 2008-08-01 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Other Ocean Interactive Ltd. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Hidden object | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | Enchanted Fairy Friends: Secret of the Fairy Queen is a hidden object game. On the hard difficulty, the usual list with the names of objects that must be retrieved from the screen within a time limit is shown at the bottom-right. On easy mode, actual photographs of the objects are displayed, and their silhouettes on medium difficulty.There are some puzzles to be solved between the stages. Mosaics have to be reassembled by putting their pieces on the correct places. Some screens have two similar images where the player has to click on the differences. There are a few logic puzzles where objects have to be put on the right order (minor to major, etc). |
| Fedora Spade: The Last Job | 2008-08-01 | Radical Poesis Games & Creations | Radical Poesis Games & Creations | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Fedora Spade: The Last Job is the fourth and final game in the series of adventure games starring rogue detective Fedora Spade. The final game ties up some loose ends by revisiting a case mentioned in the earlier games: the Crimson April case about how Spade shot his partner Tex. Just like the previous titles, as an investigative adventure game, players need to examine environments, interrogate suspects and have evidence researched. Unlike other games the game cannot be completed through trial an error. Certain clues are shown in the environment and cannot be found otherwise. Also, players need to dissect the case and motives and are often prompted to directly type in an answer, rather than using items in the inventory.The gameplay elements and quirky characters remain intact, but the major difference with the previous games is that it has been split up into two parts, as separate game files. In the first part the player is Daphne Marshall, Spade's former partner who has left the force to become an assistant at Hunter Investments. She is soon suspected of killing her boss Rachel Hunter while she retraces the Crimson April case. The second part is played as Spade. Players cannot access it right away but need to answer a passcode in order to start the game. Spade mostly needs to prove Daphne's innocence and get the real culprit behind bars.There are many returning characters such as Baldie, Theo, Bong and Charlie, but also a lot of new ones such as ninja-masked flamenco dancer, the detectives Gianni and Versace, and the chief of police who is fascinated by playing the violin. Also, Daphne can access the computer in the office to do research, while Spade will need to do all the research in the field. |
| Floating Islands Game | 2008-08-01 | | Reactor Products | Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Floating Islands Game is a puzzle game, similar to Lemmings. The game centers around a "brainless, green clothed guy" who wants to reach his home, but in order to achieve this, he must collect stars from several floating island revolving around planets. The player must guy him to reach the end of the level and to avoid deadly traps by triggering certain events in the level by clicking on them with the mouse. There are two world with 3-3 planets, each with five islands, making a total of 30 levels available from start, as the game allows players to skip levels. Also each level has a hidden star, a special bonus can be achieved (five extra levels), if the player collects all of them. |
| Linyca | 2008-08-01 | | | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Music / rhythm, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The aim of this game is to remove as many lines of pieces as you can. To remove the pieces, click on one of identical in the row. You have to remove a certain number of lines (rows) on each level. Remove the pieces at a sequence to get combos and more scores. The sequence of pieces removal converts to the music that you can listen at the end of level. |
| Little Farm | 2008-08-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Hot Lava Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Norman family has just won a farm. The problem is that the "farm" is technically a plot of land covered in weeds. (It's a fixer-upper!) They're not ones to give up, though, and with the help of help of Uncle Nate, they are determined to become farmers.Little Farm is a matching game. Starting with a grid of crops, create a rectangle where all four corners have the same type of plant. Those plants will be removed, and new ones will grow in their place. There's always a produce truck near the farm, but it's only looking for one type of plant. Once each truck is filled, another arrives, potentially looking for a different type of plant. Once all trucks are full, the level ends. You can earn money by filling the produce trucks, making the best match possible, and other methods. Between levels, you can spend money to upgrade the farm, granting you various abilities and letting you earn more money. After every set of levels, there's a minigame to earn some extra cash with. |
| Muslim Massacre | 2008-08-01 | | | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Shooter | Contemporary | | | | | | Windows | In Muslim Massacre, a game of modern religious genocide, the player is invited to "stop acting like a liberal pussy" and take up arms now. After many bombings in the US and an executed US ambassador, Muslims start rioting throughout America and president George Bush declares war on Islam, as shown in the introduction with a real speech of Bush rolling in the background.In this alternative course of history, players need to become A Real American Hero and face the Muslim rise in the country. The game is played from a top-down perspective and resembles an 8-bit arena shooter. Players control the hero in different rounds that last 60 to 90 seconds. Enraged Muslims appear from all sides, some defenceless, some armed, some on a suicide mission, and the hero can fire in eight directions while avoiding them. The area scrolls, but the movement only lasts a few screens. Advanced enemies pass in trucks or have rocket launchers.Helicopters regularly drop power-ups such as shotguns, machine guns, rapid fire, grenades, health or a rocket launcher. The base gun has unlimited ammo. The hero can take some damage and has five lives in total. There are also boss levels where Osama Bin Laden, Muhammad and eventually Allah need to be taken on.Movement is done through the keyboard while the mouse is used to control the firing direction. Although largely tongue-in-cheek, this is a controversial game that puts the player against the entire religion of Islam and also depicts Muhammad inside the game. |
| Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific - Gold Edition | 2008-08-01 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Gold Edition includes both the original Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific game and its add-on expansion, U-Boat Missions. |
| The Dark Eye: Drakensang (Limited Collector's Edition) | 2008-08-01 | dtp entertainment AG | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Only 10.000 units of this edition were produced and it includes:
Drakensang
Certificate of Authentication
Exclusive "Lindwormslayer"-tin figurine
Original soundtrack by Dynamedion
Audio book "Das Schwarze Auge: Der Scharlatan"
The basic rule-set of the 4th edition of the Pen & Paper RPG "Das Schwarze Auge" (only as a PDF)
Fake leather map of Aventurien |
| The Angry Video Game Nerd in Pixel Land Blast | 2008-08-03 | 2-bit Productions | Draken Studios | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In The Angry Video Game Nerd in Pixel Land Blast, you play the Angry Video Game Nerd from the web video series. You are flying along wielding your NES Zapper, shooting NES cartridges that have been features on the Angry Video Game Nerd videos. Do not touch a cartridge or get hit with a shot as this drains your life meter. If your life meter drops to zero, you lose a life. Hitting a spiked wall instantly loses you a life. If you see a couple bottles of Rolling Rock beer, these will restore some of your life meter. A six-pack is an extra life. You can press a second fire button to call forth Shit Pickle, who will clear all enemies from the screen. After a couple of levels, your progress will be saved so you don't need to restart from the beginning, if you don't want to. |
| 1701 A.D.: Gold Edition | 2008-08-04 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | A compilation of 1701 A.D. and the expansion 1701 A.D.: The Sunken Dragon (which has not had a separate North American release yet). |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Complete | 2008-08-06 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a compilation of the first four Splinter Cell games:
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent |
| American McGee's Grimm: Little Red Riding Hood | 2008-08-07 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Little Red Riding Hood is the second title in the series of games inspired by the tales of the Brothers Grimm. As the game mechanics are the same as the first game, the challenge is to bring some nasty revisions to the original storyline. Starting from the light theater the entire story is told, followed by six gameplay sequences where the events can be revised and finally the new take on the tale is shown in full in the dark theater.The fairy tale for this game is well known. It is about a little girl, Little Red Riding Hood, who is sent by her mother into the woods, with a basket, to visit grandma. She meets a wolf and while the little girls strays off to pick some flowers, the wolf eats the grandmother and disguises himself to eat the little girl. When they are both eaten, a woodcutter comes by, slays the wolf and frees the two.Not only is Grimm disgruntled that most people live on, he also wonders what kind of mother sends a girl into the woods and what poor eyesight she must have not to recognize a wolf. Next to the familiar parts of the story, a certain gameplay sequence also takes place inside the wolf's belly. Unlike the first episode, this one is not free to play forever but only for the first 24 hours. |
| Hawaiian Explorer: Lost Island | 2008-08-08 | GameMill Entertainment LLC, iWin.com | centrum.pl, EEEZEE Products | Adventure | | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A rescue team must find Charlie Johnson, a 63-year-old millionaire adventurer that disappeared while flying over the Hawaiian islands.Hawaiian Explorer: Lost Island is a hidden object game sequel to Hawaiian Explorer: Pearl Harbor. As in the first game, the objective is to collect several objects (from a list at the top of the screen) on various screens depicting exotic places.There's a time limit of 10 minutes for every location. Wrong clicks deduct 15 seconds, and each of the three hints available cost 45 seconds. A mahjongg-style mini-game appears between chapters, where the goal is to remove matching pieces that have "free", unblocked sides and can connect through a short path. |
| Funky Python | 2008-08-09 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Shape Games Inc. | Action | Top-down | Positive Games | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Funky Python is a rendition of Snake and, as such, the object is to move the python around the screen, eat food and avoid obstacles and its own tail. Point to a spot on the screen and the python will move to that spot.When Funky eats three of the same colored fruits or insects in a row, they turn orange and are added to his tail. A click of the left mouse button lets him snatch food at a distance with his tongue. As his tail grows longer, it is more challenging to move him across the screen but inches him closer to the end of the level.Complete Funky's tail before time runs out, all while avoiding hazards, obstacles in the terrain, and getting to the food before the other birds and animals steal it. Animals who try to steal food include monkeys, several species of birds, squirrels, crabs, bears, and sheep. If he bites into his own tail, some life is lost and pieces of it scatter. When all 3 lives are gone, it's game-over.There are numerous power-ups and bonuses that appear on-screen or float inside bubbles. Eat a red butterfly, for instance, and all of the red orbs in Funky's tail are removed and grouped together to add to his tail.Power-ups appear in floating bubbles on the screen and should be eaten or bumped into to grab. Some of them are: a red heart (restores life), a bunny (speed up), a frog (slow down), a helmet (invulnerability), magic fruit (change every item to the same color), a clock (adds 30 seconds time).There are 75 levels through various atmospheres starting with the Jungle. The two modes of play, Arcade and Classic, are similar, both timed and the python loses spheres (and life) when he runs into obstacles. Funky is immortal in Arcade mode, but not in Classic. |
| Yard Sale Hidden Treasures: Sunnyville | 2008-08-10 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Slapdash Games | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Yard Sale Hidden Treasures: Sunnyville is a hidden object game with a home improvement theme. Each stage starts in one of eight rooms of a house in need of interior decoration. The player has to find a list of objects on yard sales of the surrounding neighborhood. Some of the things found are repaired and added later to the room.The yards have unique themes related to their owners. The scientist sells books and laboratory equipment, the vampire sells spiders and other ghoulish items, the clown yard has circus props, etc. The mini-games at the end of each stage are also synchronized to the neighbors personality. For example, the sailor asks the player to reassemble his treasure map.Some of the items need repair before being placed in the room. This happens on a separate interactive screen, where the player needs to cut, clean, paint and assemble several objects with the mouse cursor. Each room/stage starts with three hints, and extra ones can be collected by clicking on stars hidden on the screen. |
| Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Episode 1 - Homestar Ruiner | 2008-08-11 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | Strong Bad first plans to beat the snot out of Homestar by sabotaging his chances for the Tri-annual Free Country USA Race to the End of the Race. When his plans backfire, he ends up with an unwanted house guest cramping on his style. Strong Bad needs to get life back to normal, by any means possible.The interface and gameplay follow the traditional point-and-click adventure for 3D engines where the player controls Strong Bad though the use of the mouse or Wii Remote pointer. This game also features two mini games: Teen Girl Squad, a comic generator based off the series of cartoons of the same name. Snake Boxer 5 is a top-down boxing game in a style of a Commodore 64 game.This games is the first of an episodic series of five featuring the characters of HomestarRunner.com. It is also the first WiiWare game for Telltale Games. |
| ArchMage | 2008-08-12 | Rake in Grass | Rake in Grass | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The small lake kingdom is under siege by an evil Demon overlord. His minions have risen from the underworld and are causing nothing but destruction and fear. The Grand Mages who are protecting the kingdom, are weakened. But, a young Mage and his sister Witch are about to bring peace to the deserted kingdom and restore order.In ArchMage, the player takes control of either a mage riding a dragon or witch riding a unicorn. The gameplay is a classic 2D, top-down shooter set in a fantasy world filled with dragons, demons, giant Orcs, huge Cyclops, gargoyles, insects and other minions. Collected runes can be used to create new spells (essentially weapons) between levels. |
| Space Siege | 2008-08-12 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Gas Powered Games Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | As humanity explores space, they encounter an evil and very powerful race called the Kerak. The humans have no chance against the race and run back to Earth. A fatal mistake as on June 10th 2202 the Kerak enter the orbit around the planet with a fleet a hundred times bigger than anything humanity could ever hope to defeat. So in a last resort they fill up their gigantic colony ships and try to escape through the blockade to found a new home.Several weeks later, Earth is no more. The Kerak pulverized it with the power of their several hundred orbital strike cannons. And all colony ships have been destroyed during their run. All ships? No! Although the Armstrong was also boarded by Kerak, they were able to make the jump into hyperspace. But as robotic specialist Seth Walker awakes from the frozen sleep, most humans on board the ship have been killed and the Kerak are doing everything to also destroy those who remain. Now the fight for the survival of mankind begins.Space Siege is a hack 'n' slay RPG like Dungeon Siege set in a sci-fi universe. The player orders Seth around the ship with the mouse in a isometric view to find survivors and kill all the Kerak in his way. To defend himself against the hordes and hordes of enemies, Seth not only has access to a big arsenal of weapons ranging from a sword to machine guns and rocket launchers. But he can also use abilities. These abilities cost energy on activation but either provide a greater punch to Seth's attacks or give him a temporary boost. Early in the game Seth even finds a companion in form of the robot HR-V or "Harvey" to aid him in battle. Seth can give Harvey commands like "attack this" or "move there" and even upgrade him at the many workbenches in the game. At these Seth can also upgrade himself, his weapons and produce additional items like grenades or medi-packs.For any of these actions Seth needs parts which either drop from enemies or can be found in boxes scattered around the ship. So instead of looting more powerful items, Seth only finds parts to upgrade his existing load out. In addition Seth also doesn't gain any levels. The skill points for the two skill trees combat and engineering are automatically awarded at pre-defined points in the game. And to add a moral dilemma to the game, Seth has the choice of implanting cybernetic parts in himself. But although this can greatly improve his screens and give him access to additional abilities, it will also decrease his humanity level. So the player needs to choose of how much of a mindless killing machine he wants to become in order to defeat the Kerak. The choice influences some aspects of the game including the ending.If the player is sick of Harvey and wants someone with a little more brain than brawn on his side, he can create a coop-multiplayer campaign for up to four players. The coop-campaign also includes special missions, that aren't part of the normal single player campaign. |
| You Made It | 2008-08-12 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | You Made It is a 2D platformer by Jesse Venbrux that builds on the ideas of the earlier, discontinued game Deaths. The game consists of ten levels where a character needs to be guided to a door. Movement is done through the arrows keys, including a double jump. Although it appears simply at first, jumping platforms and avoiding spikes, difficulty is introduced because all ten levels are played on the same screen and the trails of every movement are shown. When a door is reached, the new level is projected on top of the existing one, so it becomes difficult to find out which platforms are real. |
| Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 7 - The Cardinal Sins | 2008-08-13 | Grundislav Games | Grundislav Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Ben Jordan, a young paranormal investigator, is spending Christmas with his family when Alessandro Renzi, an Italian living in Rome, phones him for helping him in clearing his name in a murder where the victim is a priest. Our hero calls Simon Booth and Alice Wilkins, two friends sharing his passion of the paranormal, for help and soon, the trio is investigating the case... Renzi thinks he's being possessed by a demon... Will Ben solve this mystery before it's too late?Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 7 - The Cardinal Sins is the seventh case in the Ben Jordan series and is a free and independent game which can be downloaded from the official site.Players take control of Ben Jordan and can make him interact with his environment. For making him move, they had just to select the "walk" action and then click on where they want to see Ben. Ben can also talk, interrogate, observe or pick up objects by doing the same scheme: choosing the action and then clicking on the chosen person or object. Ben can also combine objects in his inventory. |
| Diner Dash: Seasonal Snack Pack | 2008-08-13 | PlayFirst, Inc. | PlayFirst, Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Flo takes a journey in her memories while looking in a album. The Coral Love Café with Cookie during summer, the Thanksgiving with Toshiro for helping Grandma Florence, the winter passed at the Winter Wonderland, her nightshift in the ghoulish Crypt Café and some romantic diners at the Romantic Rendez-Vous... Everything is coming back in her mind and she's sharing with you. Can you help her to make flourish these five restaurants?Diner Dash: Seasonal Snack Pack is the fifth game in the Diner Dash series, featuring Flo, owner of different restaurants in Dinertown. She has to save five different places in settings reminding of the four seasons. At the difference of the previous games, Flo isn't living an adventure with five restaurants to save in a normal timeline. The game is also featuring two modes: Endless Shift, where you have to go as far as you can while unlocking bonuses and the Story Mode, where you're living the saving of the restaurants.The gameplay is still the same: seat customers, take their orders, serve their meals and collect the money. Additionally, they can also ask for a snack or a dessert. Sometimes Flo will have to use the mop for cleaning the mess kids and babies made or bring a high chair for families. She can also phone for asking help (for speaking to the customers waiting when a podium is available, for playing some music, for bringing cocktails or for bringing plates). Each customer has five hearts. The more they are red, the more higher the tip will be. If a customer loses all his hearts, he'll leave the restaurant.The customers are also carrying colored clothes and seating them on seats with the same color brings bonus points. There are still the usual customers met in the previous games: Cellphone Addict, Business Woman, Bookworm, Family (including mothers with babies and Father with Son), Normal Girl, etc., each with specific features. For example, some customers like Business Woman or Bookworm don't like noises, so seating them near Cellphone Addict is a wrong idea. In the contrary, the noise doesn't bother Family, so you can put the Cellphone Addict near them.If there aren't new customers in the sense that they're introducing a new element in the game, different versions of the existing ones are appearing like the Zombie Lovebirds in the Crypt Café.When beating a level, you'll be giving the choice to redecorate the restaurant or to propose a new plate.Having an expert score in each restaurant is unlocking a challenge in each of them. |
| Wild West Quest | 2008-08-13 | RealArcade | Anarchy Enterprises | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A woman is cleaning the attic of her grandmother's house when she finds a trunk filled with wild west antiquities. After picking up a pocket watch, she is transported through time to an old west town, where she must save her great-great-grandfather from being assassinated by local criminals.Wild West Quest is a standard hidden object game with a wild west theme. As usual, the objective is to retrieve from the screen all the objects that have their names listed at the bottom. Sometimes this name list is replaced by silhouettes.The game has two modes: timed and relaxed (without the time limit). The mini-games that appear between chapters of the story include a spot-the-differences game with two similar images, locations where several instances of one object have to be found and some shooting sequences, where the screen spins around a panorama and the cursor becomes an aiming reticule, and the player has to hit several gunfighters.Three hints are available at the start of each chapter. Extra hints can be collected as ? icons hidden on the screen. |
| American McGee's Grimm: The Fisherman and His Wife | 2008-08-14 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The third game in the Grimm series tackles the fairy tale The Fisherman and His Wife. A destitute fisherman catches a fish who wants to grant wishes in exchange for freedom. The fisherman has no desire to change his lifestyle, but his wife keeps pushing him to ask for better things. Grimm needs to interfere to give the story some more edge and to make sure both the man and his wife get what they deserve.Gameplay is identical to the earlier games in the series. Contrary to the first title however, this episode takes the player to entirely new environment near the sea and the beach. |
| Bionic Commando: Rearmed | 2008-08-14 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | GRIN AB | Action | Side view | Regional differences | | Metroidvania, Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | 2D scrolling | Windows | Bionic Commando Rearmed is a remake of original Bionic Commando for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The visuals are updated to the year 2008's standards and it remains quite faithful to the gameplay and general mission structure of the 1989 game. It should be noted that the game remade is the North American release, so no Nazi symbols or references can be seen in the remake.There are however a number of additions never seen in the original. The first is the ability to play the game completely through the co-op mode and a plethora of various multiplayer modes. Another one is the completely reworked boss battles that change their AI to accommodate for a second player. Some enemies are now more vulnerable to a particular weapon type while others barely scratch them.The remake also sees an appearance of challenge rooms that must completed without touching the floor once. This can be done using the bionic arm, which the player can use to swing around. Those events are optional and time based. Hacking now includes solving a 3D puzzle in something resembling a cyberspace. Completing those puzzles is optional, however it may provide a hint as how to destroy the boss on the current level. |
| Nikopol: La Foire aux Immortels (Edition Collector) | 2008-08-14 | ND Games | White Birds Productions | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | This is the collector edition for the Enki Bilal's "La foire aux Immortels" graphic novel adaptation.The French package contains the original game plus a bonus art book.In addition, the Russian version also includes Immortel (ad vitam) movie and manual. |
| Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater | 2008-08-14 | Battlefront.com, Inc. | Fury Software | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | World War II | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater is the third game in the Strategic Command series. Like its predecessors the game is a turn-based strategy game that is set in World War II. This time around the focus lies on the pacific theater and Asia. Each turn the player can move his troops, issue attack orders and train new units.Asian territories include India, Tibet, Nepal and China. Included for play are 5 major and 23 minor nations. 20 unique unit types are available which are composed out of over 30 different characteristics and stats. 8 mini campaigns can be played depicting historical missions such as Midway, the struggle in the Philippines, the defense of India, the liberation of Burma and assaults on Okinawa, Iwo Jima and Pelelui and the New Guinea campaign.Additionally a full mega campaign is available which spans six years in which the player can try whatever he wants to gain victory. The game features various new terrain types over its predecessors as well as changes in naval support and an improved AI.The game comes with a full construction set so that players can create their own missions. |
| The Vacuum | 2008-08-14 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Detective / mystery | Survival horror | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In The Vacuum, a science-fiction point&click adventure game, you play as a college student, Leo, who has booked his trip home on a cheap cargo vessel together with his girlfriend Averie. Soon what looks like an uneventful trip takes a drastic turns, as explosions shake the ship. Everyone on board is a suspect, but nobody has a motive. With no other authorities on a cargo ship in the middle of nowhere, somewhere in the nebulae between Whitefall and Aberdeen, Leo must begin investigating. Depending on how successful his investigations are, he will be able to find out about the mysteries that led to the explosions, who is behind them and why they happened in the first place. Whether lives will be lost or saved, justice will be served or not, Averie will leave him or stay with him, is up to the player. It is recommended to play the game at least twice, as it is pretty short and there's a huge chance you will encounter a completely different ending based on the choices you make during your investigations. |
| Go-Go Gourmet: Chef of the Year | 2008-08-15 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Oberon Games, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | An American chef called Ginger Sanderland must beat other contestants in a cook competition around the world, to win the Chef of the Year award.Go-Go Gourmet: Chef of the Year is, like its predecessor, a time management game that borrows concepts from the hidden object genre. Each stage shows a kitchen with its appliances, food and other ingredients scattered around the available surfaces. Ginger sits in the middle of it all, running around collecting and cooking. The orders from judges accumulate at the right side of the screen, and the player must prepare the recipes by clicking on the required ingredients and appliances. When the dish is ready, it can be delivered by clicking on the recipe or on a tray at the bottom. A clock at the top-left shows the remaining time to complete the level.Some recipes require a cooking step where the food has to prepared in one of the appliances. An icon of the required appliance appears on the recipe. The player can go from order to order at will, collecting and preparing one while a cooking process is performed on another. On top of each order, a portrait of the judge with a green meter shows the patience level. When this meter is exhausted, the judge leaves in anger. More satisfied judges also give higher scores.At the bottom of the screen, portraits of all contestants indicate their position in the competition. After winning the first place on each round, Ginger receives special items. Some of them help by making her faster, or increasing the patience level of the judges. A special freeze power-up, that stops the clock giving a few seconds more to complete the challenge, appears over the judge patience bar, To collect it, the recipe has to be completed fast before the meter runs out. Ginger can try each round again to reach higher positions.Bonus rounds appear between stages and have different gameplay variations. In one, the screen is split in two similar images and the player has to drag and drop the food on the right place to make them identical. In another, several ingredients have to be collected fast under a more rigorous time limit.The hint button highlights the position of one of the ingredients and can be used without penalty, but takes about a minute to recharge after use. |
| Magic Encyclopedia: First Story | 2008-08-15 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | V-Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Catherine, a student in the magic academy, receives a message written in a flying paper bird. When she opens the note, a magic spell transports her to an unknown jungle, where she learns about a terrible dragon that must be stopped.Magic Encyclopedia is a hidden object game with adventure elements. Instead of collecting objects from a list, this time the objective is to collect pieces of objects scattered on several locations, assemble and use the tools created to solve puzzles.The bottom of the screen shows faded jigsaw pictures of the necessary object pieces. After being assembled, the object is stored in the inventory at the right side. Some of the pieces only appear after solving one of the mini-games. They are variations on classic games like Tower of Hanoi, jigsaw puzzles, Pipe Dream, etc.The objects are used on specific places on each screen (for example, a key is used on a lock). Some stages have multiple locations and the player must go back and forth, collecting everything and solving all the puzzles to finish the level and move on. |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Gold Edition | 2008-08-15 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Gold edition of Flight Simulator X includes the Deluxe Edition of the main game and its add-on: Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Acceleration. |
| Premier Manager 09 | 2008-08-15 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Premier Manager 09 is the longest running football management simulation in the games industry.The main focus of Premier Manager games lately is ease of use, aiming for a pick up and play audience rather than hard-core football simulation fanatics.It offers a simpler management game with a less complex match and tactics engine to appeal to younger gamers who are looking for a casual introduction to football management.The game boasts:
A maximum of 6 playable leagues to choose from (England, Germany, Spain, Italy, France & Scotland) each with their own sub divisions.An easy to use interface for full management of a chosen club, with a browser style favourites section to store most visited options.RPG style levelling up of players, staff and facilities over time.An all new stadium builder which allows for controlled expansion of stadium capacity with the option to move to new stadiums.Improved look and feel with faster navigation of menus and club specific themes and backgrounds.
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| Torque | 2008-08-15 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Torque is an arena shooter similar to the Geometry Wars games in art style and gameplay design. The goal is to stay alive as long as possible while taking out enemies to build up a combo multiplier. Contrary to similar games, the player's ship fires at a constant rate and the bullet pattern moves around in a circular motion around the ship at a fixed pace. By pressing a key, the movement can be halted to shoot in a fixed direction. There are different kinds of enemies, some have bullets while others simply chase the ship. At certain moment and in certain game modes, a bomb appears that can clear the entire screen. In most modes the player has three lives.After a tutorial of three levels, six regular levels and a boss levels, a set of special modes is opened up. In each mode, players can earn four kinds of medals based on the score (bronze, silver, gold and diamond) to open up the next modes. The available ones are:
Two Minutes: score as much points as possible in two minutes with unlimited lives.
Waves: kill different waves of enemies with an increased difficulty.
Double Fire: the ship has two streams of rotating bullets, but straight firing is disabled.
Bombs: there are too many enemies to take out and player need to use bombs to take out the opposition.
Bullet Hell: all enemies shoot a larger amount of bullets.
Insane: very difficult game with only one life.There is also a Hi Score mode to play with an online leaderboard and upon completing all games modes with a diamond medal, some hard levels are opened up. |
| Angel Star Road Champion Carnival World GP 2008 | 2008-08-16 | KEROPYON | KEROPYON | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Angel Star Road Champion Carnival World GP 2008 is a doujin 2D one-on-one fighting game, made using the Fighter Maker 2000 engine. It is the final version of the game Angel Star Road, originally released in 2006. The player can choose between 18 playable girls and 1 boss (unplayable version of a standard character). Each character has many special moves. The game has 2 modes: Arcade and VS. Mode. The visuals have an anime-style, similar to the developer's previous game Crimson Alive: Extreme Encounter. |
| Kobatogaoka Kōkō Joshi Glove: Gleam Of Force | 2008-08-16 | French-Bread | French-Bread, SHUNPU-TEI-KO-BO | Action, Sports | Side view | | | Fighting | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Gleam of Force is a followup to the boxing 2D fighting game Glove on Fight. This game features similar gameplay but a brand-new, all-original cast of characters. Like the previous game, its focus on boxing gives it a more grounded gameplay style unlike most 2D fighting games. |
| Pakoon III: First Blood | 2008-08-16 | | | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pakoon III: First Blood is a freeware puzzle game similar to Lemmings and other games, where the main objective is to clear a path for a flock of chicks to exit each level and escape a slaughterhouse. The player has a limited amount of bombs available, and has to carefully use them to destroy crates and other obstacles blocking the way to the exit holes.The explosions also push away any nearby crate or other movable object, creating a momentum that has to be exploited in some of the puzzles to solve them. Later levels have special features, like indestructible steel boxes and balls, that have to be negotiated to finish the level. |
| Restaurant Rush | 2008-08-16 | Gamenauts, Inc | Gamenauts, Inc, Menara Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Tile matching puzzle, Time management | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Restaurant Rush is the sequel to Burger Rush, and as its predecessor is a combination of tile matching and management games of the casual games genre.The main character is a struggling cook, trying to gain the respect of several international chefs. Each level is one of the restaurants, where the main objective is to raise a set amount of money within a time limit. The central part of the screen is dedicated to the tile matching grid, where each tile is an ingredient of the recipes. In the left side, the customers arrive and place orders that appear as tabs at the right side. Each of the tabs show the amount of ingredients that must be matched (three or more of the same type) to complete the recipe. Once the dish is ready, it appears on the tab and the player has to click on it to be automatically served to the customer. Each customer has a patience meter that starts to slowly diminish after placing the order, decreasing the amount of money that the restaurant is going to receive as payment. After receiving the food, the customers left the money over the balcony, and the player must collect it to make a new customer appear.There is a limited number of desert plates below the grid that can be used to increase the patience meter of the customers. Two special machines sit under the tabs and slowly fill with each match. They produce ice tea and the soup that can be added to a dish or recipe to increase its value. The jukebox makes the customers more patient, if it's playing their favourite tune.Several bonus items appear on the grid with the ingredients. The stove shows up after 20 matches, and burns a whole row of ingredients when clicked. The milkshake appears after 50 matches, and increases by 50% the patience meter of the most angry customer. The cash register shows up after a match of 5 tiles is made, and it makes two tokens appear on the grid.A number of tokens is received after a level is complete, and they can also be collected on the grid. They are used to upgrade certain things as the ingredients (making the dishes more valuable) and machines, and are used to buy new items, like new recipes, deserts and music tracks for the jukebox. |
| Subterranean Animism | 2008-08-16 | Team Shanghai Alice | Team Shanghai Alice | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Subterranean Animism is a 2D vertically scrolling danmaku shoot'em up. It is the eleventh official game in the Tōhō. Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame are the main characters and they have three helpers: Yukari Yakumo, Suika Ibuki and Aya Shameimaru for Reimu, and Alice Margatroid, Patchouli Knowledge and Nitori Kawashiro for Marisa. The helpers modify the weapons system. They must resolve a new accident in Gensokyo. A geyser erupted out of nowhere and now the heroines go into the Underworld. Subterranean Animism is a typical danmaku with grazing and spell cards. Marisa and Reimu must avoid thousands of bullets, kill enemies and fight against bosses. |
| Elven Mists 2 | 2008-08-18 | Big Fish Games, Inc | INTENIUM GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A young elf must wake his elves friends that are trapped inside flowers.Elven Mists 2 is a puzzle game where the player has to free the elves by placing Tetris tetrominoes blocks over the flowers on the grid, opening them by making a line of the same color between two power beacons. The level is complete when all the elves are released.Tree stumps appear as obstacles that can be exploded by making and activating lines that touch them. Pots of gold can be collected in the same way the flowers are opened. In the bonus game between chapters, the objective is to collect herbs from a labyrinth by placing blocks that fit over them. |
| Priority: Survive | 2008-08-18 | Distortum | Distortum | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Survival | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Priority: Survive is a sci-fi real-time strategy game with heavy inspiration from Blizzard's StarCraft as well as the Alien franchise. The story of the single-player campaign follows a crew of human colonists trying to establish a foothold on a previously unexplored planet.The campaign spans over six missions. Apart from the human colonists, there are two other factions: aliens and pirates. There is a total of 24 different unit types and 15 building types in the game.Priority: Survive does not include any multiplayer or skirmish game modes. |
| 101 Puppy Pets | 2008-08-19 | Selectsoft Publishing, Viva Media, LLC | Teyon S.A. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 101 Puppy Pets is a 3D pet simulation centered around young dogs. Players can choose from more than 100 dogs of different breeds and personalize them. The pets can be interacted with to play with them and feed them. There are also over 100 toys and treats. |
| Crimes of War | 2008-08-19 | Play Ten Interactive, Strategy First, Inc. | Burut Creative Team | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | World War II | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | In ÜberSoldier Karl Stolz destroyed the ZE1-Complex in which the ÜberMacht revived the dead and produced ÜberSoldiers. The opposition believed the war to be won, but soon they learned, much to their surprise, the location of the producer of T9, the substance that keeps the ÜberSoldiers under control. Even though the ZE1-Complex has been destroyed, the drug is still a serious threat and so Karl Stolz and Maria Schneider go in to end the war once and for all.Along the way, Stoltz will depend on his ÜberSoldier powers to help him survive. His bullet shield will temporarily makes him invincible to enemy fire. Slashing enemies with his knife can give him berserker rage, while shooting enemies in the head can give him invincibility and perfect aim. The gameplay is classic, no-frills shooting. You have five weapon slots for a pistol, rifle, machinegun, rocket launcher, and grenade but you can only carry one type of every gun at the same time. Between levels, you can spend experience on improving your abilities: health, energy, stasis shield, emotion time, or accuracy.The game features a multiplayer mode for up to 16 players featuring Deathmatch, Team Deatmatch and ÜberMesser Deathmatch. ÜberMesser Deathmatch pits the opponents against each other only armed with the knife. |
| Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm | 2008-08-19 | Greenwave Games | Liquid Dragon Studios LLC | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | North America | Naval / watercraft | Direct control, Point and select | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm is a game based off on the TV series Deadliest Catch. Just like the main actors in the TV series, the player is a captain of a ship fishing on the Bering Sea. The player can choose any of the five boats from the series to maintain and use for the fishing trips.To successfully complete any fishing trip, the player must choose carefully between 20 different fishermen. The wrong combination of boat and fisherman can become disastrous. Every crewman must have a specific role, like deck boss, engineer, medic, cook and bait boy. You're a captain fishing for King Crab and Opilio Crab, but fishing can come at a cost. The Bering Sea can be deadly and the crew must be kept safe at the deck at all times.This must all be done whilst having to deal with the heavy competition from the other crab fishing teams. |
| Laxius Force | 2008-08-19 | Aldorlea Games | Aldorlea Games | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | A dreadful cult called the Order, ruled by the mysterious Grand Commendanter, plans to turn humans into submissive, bloodthirsty creatures. Random, a young warrior whose past exploits have made famous, along with his elven fiancée Sarah, crosses the path of the Order with the intention to stop their nasty actions. As more people join his quest, forming the Laxius Force, the size of the opponent side slowly reveals itself - war cannot be avoided.The sequel to the Laxius Power trilogy, Laxius Force is a non-linear RPG with many secrets, sidequests and easter eggs.The game can be played either with a gamepad or the keyboard. It also features a quest log to keep tracks of the quests, as well as a Change Party system to pick up new members easily. |
| Shattered Suns | 2008-08-19 | Clear Crown Studios | Clear Crown Studios | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | When the Qalani and Trexites empires combine forces, Captain Max of the Statian fleet is the only one who can stand in their way. A veteran drafted back into service, he has a knack for dealing with overwhelming odds and evil empires. This might be a bit easier if he knew where his fiancee was. Her ship disappeared during the initial attack, and has not been seen since. The story is given between missions, and lets you choose your responses, letting you have some control over the story.Shattered Suns is a 3d real-time strategy game, focusing on starship combat, with highly-customizable and upgradable ships and space stations. Starting from a basic ship or station, freely upgrade any of the components, and add (customizable) weapons or construction ability to any ship. The space stations orbit planets and moons, which themselves orbit stars. This is not purely cosmetic. Over the course of a battle, the moons and planets will shift, requiring changing tactics. Unlike most RTSes, resources and ships can be taken from mission to mission, creating larger strategic goals. There is also a skirmish option, with the game modes Annihilation (destroy all enemies), 30-min and 60 min (survive), and 50k-wealth and 100k-wealth (acquire that much resources). |
| The Official EDGE Computer Game | 2008-08-19 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Official EDGE Computer Game is a short, one-day programming effort by Nicklas Nygren created at the Edgefestivalen. He did all the programming while visitors of the event provided the sounds and music, as well as the graphics through drawings. He incorporated all of these into a game and programmed the gameplay.It consists of different rooms where the player controls a head. Using the mouse, the head can be shot into a certain direction, picking up diamonds for points and avoiding enemies in the meantime. Players go through the different, hand-drawn rooms until all lives have been lost. Most rooms have different exists, moving objects and enemies. At the end of the game, a score is calculated. |
| Angel Crash | 2008-08-20 | Ravn Studio AS | Ravn Studio AS | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The two young angels Frans and Fia are late for their angel exams and head over to ceremonial hall, in a racing cloud. The strict Harp Angel should be expecting them any time soon. Fia is driving as a wild-child, while Frans holds on to his halo. Suddenly they crash into a cloud with all the instruments for the angel orchestra, and the instruments are scattered. Three of the instruments fall onto Earth - including pirates, evil ice-creatures, ghosts and dragons!
Dare you help these small fellows?Discover action, jumping and even flying in a car. Try solving the puzzles by putting parts together, solve quests and fight monsters.With Angel Crash you get a book. This book is for offline fun and activities as you read the story about Frans and Fia and discover hidden facts. |
| American McGee's Grimm: Puss In Boots | 2008-08-21 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The fourth tale in the Grimm series is about the three sons of a miller who have to divide his possessions after his death. The oldest claims the mill and lets his younger brother work for him, while the young one is left behind with nothing more than a cat. The feline is however made of the finest cunning and upon receiving boots, he sets out to bring riches to his master. This is achieved by tricking the king using rabbits, with a lot of monarchal loathing, convincing him his master owns a lot of land, sneakily depriving an ogre of his castle and eventually have the princess fall in love with the boy.Even though Grimm is impressed with the cat's wit, he decides to make the tale more gruesome, starting with the true cause behind the father's death and generally shedding a lot of blood along the way. Gameplay is identical to the earlier games in the series, with locations mostly set in the woods and a castle. An entirely new setting is a maze inside a cave. New to this edition is a speed power-up that allows Grimm to run much faster. It is required in areas where there are too many cleaners. |
| Birth of America II: Wars in America 1750-1815 | 2008-08-21 | AGEOD Sarl | AGEOD Sarl | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Birth of America II: Wars in America is a historical strategy game taking place in North America between 1750 and 1815. The focus in the game is military action. The game features three grand campaigns: the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and Mr. Madison’s War (the war of 1812) with four sides to choose from: American Indians, England, France, and the United States. Similar to Napoleon's campaigns, there are more than a hundred different leaders available, each one with different abilities. The disposition of regiment level units in the map is affected by terrain, with may modify battles outcome. This game is played in turns, of one month each. |
| GTR Evolution Complete | 2008-08-21 | SimBin Studios AB | SimBin Development Team AB | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Steam package includes GTR Evolution and Race 07. |
| Music Catch | 2008-08-21 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Music Catch is a game where the player has to collect points by catching different shapes that float across the screen. The flow of the shapes depend on the game's music, a four minute classical piano piece. The louder and more complex the music gets, the more and larger shapes will fill the screen. These shapes comes in different colors. Most shapes are green or blue. Catching these standard shapes will give the player points. There are also yellow shapes that will increase the multiplier that defines how many points each standard shape will give. The player has to avoid red shapes as these will decrease the multiplier. The most valuable shapes are the purple ones. Catching one of these pulls all good shapes to the player. |
| Tank Universal | 2008-08-21 | Meridian4, Inc. | Dialogue Design | Action | 1st-person | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | Tank | | | | | Windows | Meet George. Today George has visited a doctor. Doctor told George that his condition has worsened and recommended a virtual reality simulator to take George's mind off things. Following the doctor's orders George puts the helmet on and finds himself in the world of Tank Universal.Tank Universal can be most easily described as a tank simulator inside a Tron world. However, apart from visual similarities to the cyberpunk aesthetics of Tron and Darwinia, the world of TU is largely an original creation, featuring its own highly developed civilization struggling under the rule of malevolent dictator. The circumstances force the player to join the uprising and bring the victory to the rebellion in 20 various mission. Although there is a couple of missions on foot, the game is largely played inside a tank. The tank can be upgraded by receiving upgrade points for completing objectives or destroying specific targets like turrets and robotic behemoths. At some points the player is required to take command of a fortress and storm the defences of the opposing side in order to retrieve its key. Once the key is delivered to the home base, the enemy encampment is obliterated. Apart from the mission based campaign, the game also features a skirmish mode, in which the player is required to withstand an increasingly violent waves of enemies. |
| Alice Greenfingers | 2008-08-22 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Arcade Lab | Simulation | Top-down | | | Time management | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Alice Greenfingers is a light sim garden growing game. You start the game on an empty field with just a shovel and a bag of tomatoe seeds. Your goal is to dig up the field, plant seeds, water them and watch them grow. When they are ripe, you harvest them and bring them to the market where you sell them.During the game you get access to more crops and other items that will help you create your garden. Various events also happen from time to time. You can for example inherit money from a distant relative, or get an offer to buy a book. These event affect the various meters in the game, such as wealth and knowledge.The goal of the game is to max out your stat meters and money, but many people play just to create a beautiful garden. After 30 "days" the game ends and your achievement is rated, ranging from F to A+.A thing that makes this game stand out from other simulation games is the fact that practically everything you do is performed by Alice herself in real time, rather than controlling the game from a "god perspective" kind of view. |
| Enemy Engaged 2: Desert Operations | 2008-08-22 | G2 Games, Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Gameyus Interactive LLC | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | This helicopter simulation is something in between a Sequel and an expansion pack to Enemy Engaged 2. Advertised as Stand-Alone expansion the game features almost the same realistic simulation gameplay approach as its predecessor.Once again the player pilots RAH-66 Comanche or Ka-52 Hokum helicopters in dynamic campaign missions on the side of US or Russian Army. Three new campaigns and battlefield scenarios are introduced that take you to Iran, Afghanistan and even Antarctica. |
| LILITH-IZM 02: Nakadashi/Haramase Hen | 2008-08-22 | LiLith | LiLith | Adventure, Compilation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | LILITH-IZM 02: Nakadashi/Haramase Hen is the second release in LiLith's series of compilation works. Each LILITH-IZM compilation contains a selection of visual novels which follow a specific theme, with LILITH-IZM 02's theme being "impregnation". LILITH-IZM 02 contains the following games:
Taimanin Asagi Gaiden: The NightmareA visual novel in the Taimanin series. It contains material that was cut from Taimanin Asagi and Taimanin Asagi 2: Inbo no Tokyo Kingdom, presented as Asagi Igawa recalling memories of previously-unseen events. As with previous games in the series, the outcome of the story depends on the player's choices.
Virgin Boy Shimobe-kunA visual novel in the Shimobe-kun series, set after the events of Shojo no Shimobe-kun. The protagonist is captured once again and is put in a situation where a group of women are forcing him to impregnate them.
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| Luntik Uchit Bukvy | 2008-08-22 | 1C Company | PIPE studio | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Luntik Uchit Bukvy (translated as Luntik Learns Letters) is an educational game for 3-4 year old toddlers based on the popular Russian TV cartoon series. Little players will learn to identify letters in a series of mini-games. |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Chistoe Nebo - Prolog (Kollekcionnoe izdanie) | 2008-08-22 | GSC World Publishing | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a Collection Edition of the game, which includes:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
Map of the Zone
Users guide
Story-book
Glowing artifact
Bandanna
Chevron of each grouping
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. gas lighter
Disc with bonuses
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. coin
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| The Necronomicon | 2008-08-22 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | Horror | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The Necronomicon is a single player card game based on the works of HP Lovecraft where you battle against your opponent by attacking with cards, casting spells and summoning creatures. Each player is dealt 5 cards and take it in turns to play a card against the opponent, dealing damage, healing themselves, or 'tainting' the opponent and boosting your attack power and defense. After both players have used a card, a new card replaces each card that was played. Cards cost 'sanity' points to play, and if you spend all your sanity points you go insane and get affected by different types of phobias or other maladies that make it harder to win.Both the player and the CPU go up ranks, and with each rank, extra life is awarded, and at certain times new cards are unlocked.There is also a Challenge Mode, where you try to defeat the CPU in increasingly difficult situations such as having only 5 health to start with.Scores are received after each battle, and a final score and other stats are displayed at the end of the 30 ranks of play. |
| Urban Brawl: Action DooM 2 | 2008-08-22 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Urban Brawl: Action DooM 2 is a prequel to Action Doom, originally a total conversion, and it takes place ten years before the events of the first game. Urban Brawl can be played both as a .wad file or stand-alone and it is based on the Windows ZDoom port of the original DOOM source code.Unlike the first game this title is entirely done in cel shaded graphics. The original game aimed to bring a Contra-style gameplay to a first-person shooter, by only offering ranged weapons. Urban Brawl is exactly the opposite as it centers around melee combat with fists, bats, shurikens, bottles, baseball bats, a taser, a chainsaw or a katana to take on enemies. Especially the brawler Final Fight has heavily inspired the game design. There is also a number of ranged weapons available, but with limited ammo. For almost all weapons there is a basic and an advanced attack. Weapons wear out or can be dropped at any time to exchange them for a new one. Health is replenished through junk food. Health bars for both the player and the enemies are shown near the top of the screen.The game tells the gritty story of a man whose daughter is kidnapped for reasons not disclosed to him. In between missions the events are further explained through stylish black and white cut-scenes similar to the Sin City art, with a voice-over for the narrator. The story takes the protagonist through urban locales such as gang-infested city, the metro, woods, fields an eventually the building of the organization behind the kidnapping. The graphics as well as the enemies are colourful, the environment is highly interactive and there are many secrets and easter eggs hidden in the game. Based on certain decisions, two possible endings are available.The game is available for free, but for $9.99 a physical copy can be purchased directly from the developer. It comes on a disc inside a collectible case and box art, and it contains bonus maps and challenges, a bonus song and the original Action Doom. |
| Righteous Kill | 2008-08-23 | Merscom LLC | GO! Games | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A rookie NYPD detective is assigned to the Vigilante Unit, and must investigate a case where the husband is the suspect of killing the assassins of his wife and daughter.Righteous Kill is a hidden object game tied to a movie license, in the same way that Blood Ties, created by the same developers, was connected to a TV series. The gameplay mechanics follow the standards of the genre: objects listed at the left side must be located and retrieved from the screen within a time limit. A UV flashlight button is the hint system, when pressed it highlights the location of an object. There's no limit to its use, but after being activated the flashlight takes some seconds to recharge.Several mini-games appear between the stages, where the player must dust objects to retrieve fingerprints, reassemble torn documents and click on the difference between two scenes from a security camera. |
| Karoshi Factory | 2008-08-24 | | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Karoshi Factory is the third game in the Karoshi series and it consists of 25 levels that are completed by getting your characters killed. Unlike the previous titles, the levels are not solved through unconventional means, but purely through game logic and manipulating buttons, boxes, using a gun against bumpers and more. Most levels feature two characters that the player both controls by switching the focus. In later level, a third character appears and the puzzles generally become more complex. Next to logic, quick timing is required. |
| Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire | 2008-08-24 | Tierra Entertainment | Tierra Entertainment | Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire is a remake of the earlier game of the same name. It features 256-color VGA graphics (as opposed to the original's 16-color EGA) and an icon-based interface very similar to that of the third game. All the original locations, dialogues, and gameplay elements have been preserved. Though the interface is mouse-based, the player still has the options of choosing topics during conversations by typing them, along with selecting them from a menu. The remake features additional dialogue options and easter eggs connected to subsequent installments of the series. There is also an option to simplify the maze-like layout of the town Shapeir; the street names in the town are displayed when highlighted, allowing easier navigation. Combat preserves the available commands of the original version, adding the possibility of advancing and retreating on the battle screens. Another new feature is the option to set battles on auto, customizing the hero's actions. |
| Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon | 2008-08-25 | MC2-Microïds | Kheops Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Father Arno Moriani is sent to Transylvania for an investigation about a beautification process for a woman doctor, devoted to her job during the World War I and considered as a saint in her village. But fastly enough, Moriani has the feeling that the marks on her corpse aren't coming from a divine power... but from the Count Dracula itself. He decides to investigate in order to know if the famous vampire is alive or not.Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon is a point & click game with the usual gameplay for that kind of game: 1st-person perspective, cursor changing if an action is possible, inventory, enigmas to solve, transcription of the dialogue, Arno's notes and a list of objectives.The game is the sequel of Dracula: The Resurrection. |
| Murder in the Abbey | 2008-08-25 | Adventure Company, The | Alcachofa Soft S.L. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Europe, Fantasy, Medieval | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Because of a series of mysterious crimes that happened in an old abbey, the former consultant of the royal court Leonardo and his apprentice Bruno are sent in to investigate. But as soon as they arrive someone already tries to kill them and both get caught up in obscure implications about a long guarded secret. As they begin to investigate they realize that not only the old building refuses to reveal it's secrets but also that even the guardians of the monastery from the lowly watchman to the abbot himself are very reluctant to help them.The Abbey is a classic Point & Click-Adventure with cartoonish 3D-models moving in front of 2D-backgrounds. Every action is accomplished by using the context-sensitive mouse pointer. This way the characters pick up items, interact with the backgrounds and talk with the different characters in multiple-choice dialogues. Moving through several locations including the hospital and the library, the player needs to solve many different puzzles in order to get the NPCs to help him and get closer to the revelation of the mystery that threatens the whole kingdom. |
| Sinking Island | 2008-08-25 | Encore, Inc. | White Birds Productions | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | Walter Jones, an eccentric billionaire, is found dead on the Maldivian island of Sagorah. There, he had built an enormous Art Deco tower that he hoped to turn into an exclusive holiday resort. His death seems like a nightly accident at first, but turns out to be a mysterious murder. Furthermore, a heavy storm is raging, almost cutting off the island from the rest of the world. At the time of Walter Jones' death, there are eight people staying in Jones' pompous hotel: his grandchildren with their spouses, his lawyer, and the tower's architect. Two native Maldivians live nearby.This traditional point-and-click adventure game is a classical Who Dunnit. As inspector Jack Norm, you have to investigate which of the suspects might have a reason to want Walter Jones dead, talk to everybody, collect evidence or compare fingerprints. Your PPA (Personal Police Assistant), a kind of inventory/recording device, helps you during your inquiries.Sinking Island can be played in two modes: in real-time mode, it's a race against time. In adventure mode, you can go through each place at your own pace. |
| Two Worlds: Epic Edition | 2008-08-25 | SouthPeak Interactive LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This budget re-release contains:
Two Worlds (base game)
Two Worlds: Curse of Souls (DLC)
Two Worlds: Tainted Blood (DLC)Both add-ons were previously made available for free. |
| The Great Chocolate Chase: A Chocolatier Twist | 2008-08-26 | PlayFirst, Inc. | ZEMNOTT, Inc. | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Evangeline Baumeister is trying something new. She has hired the inventor, Klaus Werner, to create steam-powered machines so Baumeister Confection shops can create their own items. Evangeline will test this herself.In The Great Chocolate Chase: A Chocolatier Twist, you are running a chocolate shop with automated equipment. When a customer comes in, click them to show them the menu of items available. When they decide what they want, click the item to retrieve it. For items like bars, you have to grab the chocolate then place it in the molding machine. If thy want a flavor infusion, you must do that as well then mold it. On each day, you must make a minimum amount on money.After each day, you can buy items to upgrade your shop's look and efficiency. As the game progresses, your shop will gain new items like milk chocolate, banana and mint flavor infusions and truffles. |
| The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Limited Collection) | 2008-08-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Limited Collection) contains:
The Sims 2: Apartment Life (expansion pack)The Sims 2: Double Deluxe |
| iRacing | 2008-08-26 | iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, LLC | iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, LLC | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | iRacing is one of those products which is more simulation than game - in this case of car races. All of the available cars and tracks are licensed and thoroughly replicated. At the time being players can purchase over 16 cars and over 38 tracks with different variations but more content is added over time. Yes, players have to purchase them - the membership (not free) includes only a small percentage of the content.Because of its aspiration as simulation there are several restrictions compared to other racing games, e.g. there are no driving helps like automatic gears, just the cockpit perspective, no support for input devices other than a steering wheel with pedals and only rudimentary tuning options. The only way of playing are online races against other players but there is also a test mode to try out cars and tracks.
To participate the player chooses a race or championship through the race calender on the official website - this is also the only way to start the game.
Good results award more points and a better place on the ranking which opens up more advanced championships. |
| Farm Frenzy 2 | 2008-08-27 | iWin, Inc. | Alawar Entertainment, Inc., Alawar Melesta | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Farm Frenzy 2 is a time management game, where each action (feeding animals, producing goods, trading) needs a specific amount of time to be completed.In the game the player has to produce a specific amount of goods within a given time. The basic action is planing grass to feed the animals. The animals will produce basic goods (e.g. hens will lay eggs) which can be sold in the city. Basic products can be processed to more valuable goods (e.g. eggs to egg powder and egg powder to cakes). Between the levels there is an upgrade shop where the player can spend stars to improve buildings and farm helpers. |
| Glyph 2 | 2008-08-27 | Sandlot Games | Sandlot Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Glyph 2 is a fantasy-themed tile-matching puzzle game. Each level consists of a grid of stones representing the five elements (wood, fire, water, metal, and aether) which the player must clear by clicking on a group of three or more adjacent stones. Clearing the stones will cause those above to fall down, new stones to fall into the play area from the top, and fill up the player's power meter. The power allows the player to use "gesture magic", which is activated by preforming certain movements with the mouse while holding down right click. The available gestures are indicated at the bottom left. |
| Penumbra: Black Plague - Gold Edition | 2008-08-27 | Paradox Interactive AB | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Penumbra: Black Plague
Penumbra: Requiem |
| American McGee's Grimm: The Girl Without Hands | 2008-08-28 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Girl Without Hands is the fifth game in the Grimm series and it tells the tale of a miller who is tricked by the devil into trading his daughter in exchange for riches. When he arrives to pick her up, the girl is crying so hard the devil does not want her and he announces to return later. In a desperate attempt to prevent the deal from going through, he cuts off her hands and makes her unwanted.The girl eventually marries a king who has silver replacement hands made for her. When he goes to war however, the devil sees a chance for revenge, intercepts his mail and replaces the king's letter with a threat that he (the king) will kill her when he gets back. She flees from the castle and returns to the castle, and the misunderstanding is resolved when the king returns, leaving the devil defeated.Grimm is of course disgruntled with these bitter sweet events and wants "an arm for an arm". Players replay the events with a much darker atmosphere. The gameplay is identical to the previous games in the series. The scenes are usually set in the woods and there is also a full-scale war. New to this instalment are sequences with a large amount of wind that push Grimm away (and make whales fly through the air). Some of the scenery also changes drastically, including the weather. |
| Archibald's Adventures | 2008-08-28 | Rake in Grass | Rake in Grass | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Archibald's Adventures is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle platform game about Archibald. He is skating with his friends in the street when looking for a better ramp they use the one next to the mansion of professor Klumpfus. He accidentally falls down a pipe and ends up inside the mansion. One of the professor's experiments has gone wrong and his main computer has locked the house while genetically engineered creatures have escaped. Archie needs to complete levels to reach the computer and reset it.To complete a level Archie needs to reach the exit door. He moves around on his skateboard and can also jump. He can move through pipes and ride longer to get a higher speed and jump farther. He needs to avoid acid, spikes, crushers, bullets, lasers and creatures as he does not have a weapon to kill them. A lot of doors are locked and can only be opened by pulling a lever. Other puzzle elements involve buttons, floor triggers, temporary platforms, fans, teleporters and pulling down chains. In certain levels Archie can launch and steer a pink bubble to reach parts of the levels that are otherwise inaccessible. Bubbles are affected by fans and can sometimes be used to pick up objects and drop them, for instance a bomb to clear a passage. This technique is also used to move crates or to activate buttons out of reach. He also needs to avoid falling down large heights. This can be prevented by bouncing off the wall's edge while dropping down. Levels sometimes have respawning devices that act as checkpoints.After the initial skateboard levels he also gets to use a maintenance pod that can climb along walls and ceilings, and eventually also a jet-powered craft. The game was initially launched with 114 levels (Trapped in the Mansion), but later on two expansion packs were added: The Great Cleanup (49 levels) and Just for Fun (28 levels) with over 190 levels in total. |
| Outcry | 2008-08-28 | Adventure Company, The | Phantomery Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Outcry is a point and click adventure game which delves into the surreal, philosophical themes and the paranormal.The main character is a writer whose brother sends him a very confusing letter with an invitation to come see him. This is quite strange in itself since they haven't seen each other in many years. Curious, he heads out wondering what it is his brother wants to see him about. Upon reaching his destination, his brother isn't there and he discovers notes and diary pages about an unusual machine. This machine, according to his brother's documents, has the ability to separate the mind and body to transcend one's consciousness through a type of time warp.Played in first person, you take the role of the unnamed writer as he tries to understand what was left behind and how to find his brother. There are many unusual puzzles to solve that range in difficulty. Some are mechanical, one is musical, and some require the proper objects to solve. Soft background music plays throughout, there are sound effects, and the environment can be panned 360 degrees. |
| The Settlers: Rise of Cultures | 2008-08-28 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Funatics Software GmbH, Blue Byte Studio GmbH | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Olympus had it enough with those stupid humans and doesn't want them to use his name for anything anymore. But his two counsel angles convince him to give the humans a last chance to regain his respect. So now the Bavarians, Scots and Egyptians need to complete some objectives for Olympus while an evil Bavarian General and the Goddess Sachmet try to sabotage their doings.During the eleven missions of the campaign, the player controls all three nations in order to please Olympus and to learn the unique sides of each folk which is the biggest change to the predecessor The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary. While the Bavarians have a good balance between economy and military and use traditional products like meat or beer, the Scots are more of a military force but can't build their economy up as fast as the other nations. They also have a different production line-up with a big focus on sheep which are needed to tailor kilts for the soldiers. The Egyptians are even more extreme. Their soldiers aren't very strong but they can build up a big city in no time mainly because they don't need any wood. Instead their buildings are made from clay bricks which can be produced faster.The other big change to the basic gameplay is the whole military system. Soldiers are now divided into melee and long-range combat. And instead of upgrading them inside forts and other buildings at the frontlines, they are now trained and upgraded in a new building type called barracks. The combat also isn't a fight one settler against another anymore but instead many against one. So instead of everyone waiting for their turn in the line when there is no one else two fight, two or more soldiers can attack the same enemy. This makes archers especially powerful.Other changes to the core gameplay include the addition of a place of devotement. There the player can turn resources in for temporary buffs or even direct attacks on the enemy like doubling the speed of your settlers for 15 minutes or destroying an enemy ship. And instead of sending a scout or geologist to a flag to make him do his work, the players are now required to build a small shack for him.If the player has satisfied Olympus, he can go online and play matches with or against up to six players or bots. Instead of a simple server browser, the game features a 3D Lobby for which the player needs to create an avatar. In the lobby the players can play mini games like Texas Hold'em or buy decorative items for their avatar with the money they win in the mini games or find in treasure chest in the game. For each win and loss the player's avatar also gains experience and ultimately levels him up which upgrades his look. |
| Ultimate Blu | 2008-08-28 | TopWare Interactive GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Ultimate Blu compilation is, like the name implies, a Blu Ray Disc compilation featuring the following 12 games:
Chrome SpecForce
Dream Pinball 3D
Earth 2160
I of the Dragon
Loki: Heroes of Mythology
Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire
KnightShift
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle
Two Worlds, including Curse of Souls and Tainted Blood
Wanted: A Wild Western Adventure
Xpand Rally |
| Crazy Chicken: Jewel of Darkness | 2008-08-29 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | INTENIUM GmbH, phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Crazy Chicken: Jewel of Darkness is an arcade side-scrolling game. The player must overcome the maze in search of the jewel of darkness hidden in the abandoned temple in the middle of the wild jungle. The labyrinth is divided into a number of individual missions. In each level the player must kill the appropriate number of opponents by dropping rocks on them or proper usage of explosive items such as grenades or exploding bottles. All these items may affect on the chicken as well, using them requires an extra caution. Except of explosive materials the player may find energy boosters and points items. The rocks may be pushed on the victim or dropped by removing the support field. The grenades can be dropped down or thrown to the sides, explosive bottles only dropped down. Each creature has a unique characteristics, for example the Sand Beasts are very predictable, as they always turn left and getting aggressive when seeing a threat including attacking a lonely grenade. |
| I/O | 2008-08-29 | ASGARD | Regista Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Visual novel | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | Setting | Windows | April 26, 2032, 12:12 AM, Tokyo. During the first lunar eclipse in three years, the Moon turns blood red, and strange, inexplicable events begin happening all over the city. Computers everywhere begin going haywire, students go missing, and and a boy receives a message from his sister who vanished more than two years prior. Nobody seems to know what is going on, and it seems like society is heading for a grand collapse...I/O is a sci-fi mystery visual novel. There are three main protagonists: Hinata Aoi, a terminally-depressed teenage boy; Ishtar, a freelance programmer who leads the hacker team "Criminal"; and a mysterious man known only as "He". The player proceeds through one of four scenarios as their chosen characters, making regular decisions which will affect not only the flow of that scenario and lead to many different endings, but also affect what options are available in other scenarios, and even potentially unlocking completely new scenarios. Dialogue is fully-voiced, and there are quick-save and chat log options available.The PC release, I/O revision II, adds additional character portraits and revises some of the text, but is otherwise identical to the original PS2 release. |
| Magiya krovi: Zolotoe izdanie | 2008-08-29 | 1C Company | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Magiya krovi. Zolotoe izdanie is a gold edition of Dawn of Magic, with multiplayer add-on Magiya krovi: Mnogopol'zovatel'skoe dopolnenie and Time of Shadows. The version is 1.11g. |
| Oddworld Pack | 2008-08-29 | Oddworld Inhabitants Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Oddworld Pack is a compilation of two games released on Steam:
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus |
| On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One (Collector's Edition) | 2008-08-29 | Hothead Games, Inc. | Hothead Games, Inc. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Collector's Edition of the game comes in a special box with magnetic latch and contains the following items:
The Linux, Mac and Windows versions of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode One on CD
A T-shirt with the lettering of the game on the front and Penny Arcade Adventures' and Hothead's logo on the back
A printed manual
A "fruit fucker" keychain with a scratch sticker containing the license code for the game
A 20-sided die
This physical version of the game was created for and sold at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) 2008, available on both the Penny Arcade and Hothead booths. |
| Perfil de Riesgo: Casos Federales | 2008-08-29 | Sabarasa Inc | Nucleosys | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Perfil de Riesgo: Casos Federales (Risk Profile: Federal Cases) is an adventure game in point-and-click style. Developed by request of the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP in Argentina), it aims to educate about the culture on taxes to the smallest of the family. Risk profile contains twelve missions (cases) in which players must interact with several characters and solve legal problems by real methods AFIP uses. The decisions are rewarded with points for each mission. Missions here refer to mysterious events, smuggling, tax evasion, illegal work, and many more.Conflicts arise in the exercise of civic and education tax, but there is also a secondary story that unfolds over the twelve missions. The subplot then passes to the forefront. The characters can be heard speaking in a perfect "Argentinian" Castilian. The protagonist of the story is Martina, a researcher intelligent, agile, eager and fan of videogames as well.The game is divided into four regions, which are geographic areas which Martina travels to meet the missions "It's the City", showing urban scenes of the Argentinian country, the Mountain, which features landscapes of Patagonia (a particular geographic place in Argentina), the Desert spaces as proposed in Northwestern Argentina, and the Jungle, which features more characteristics of Mesopotamia. |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - Prologue (Limited Collector's Edition) | 2008-08-29 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Collector's Edition includes:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
The book "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - Part III - Apocalypse" by Bernd Franz
Two-sided poster with map of the zone and an artwork
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-pin
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| Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis | 2008-08-29 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Animation Arts Creative GmbH, Fusionsphere Systems Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Spy / espionage | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Earth is being plagued with more and more disasters from a long list of catastrophes and at a UN plenum in New York scientists, experts and politicians try to find an explanation and a solution to the problems. Meanwhile Nina Kalenkow, the heroine of Secret Files: Tunguska, separated herself from Max Gruber and is on a little cruise to get her mind off of Max instead of going with her father to the UN plenum. But before she enters the ship, a strange man runs into her and gets run over a few seconds later.This man was William Patterson, a friend of the bishop in Cambridge who was murdered a few weeks earlier by special forces because he was in the possession of an old parchment. Found in the church of Ashton, the local priest sent it to the bishop shortly before he was also killed. The special forces unit couldn't find the parchment in the University of Cambridge and no one really knows where it is. But in a fate of destiny, the suitcase of Mr. Patterson turns up in Nina's room aboard the ship - and instead of taking a vacation, Nina now finds herself in the middle of an all new adventure.As its predecessor, Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis is a classic point & click adventure. The 3D characters move around in front of hand drawn backgrounds, talk with other persons in multiple choice dialogues and collect many items in order to solve the many riddles that await them on their journey. Although the player mainly controls Nina during the course of the game, other characters will be playable (like the priest of Ashton) to get a more in depth look on the situation.Looking at the surroundings, combining items and so on is all done by using the context sensitive mouse cursor. To help the player a little in finding everything, he can press the space bar and all hot spots in the current location will lighten up. The game also features a diary in which all the important events that have happened until now are explained, and an integrated riddle helper to provide tips. |
| Little Girl in Underland | 2008-08-31 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Some may feel that Czech director Jan Svankmajer's 1988 film Neco z Alenky (Alice in English) is the authoritative Eastern bloc adaptation of Lewis Carroll's widely popular book Alice in Wonderland (and for years it undeniably was), but now that title is seriously contested.Fictitiously framed as a cheap Soviet knock-off (or "bootleg demake") of American McGee's Alice, this game presents a new interpretation on a familiar tale, its already-peculiar, and surreal elements skewed further through pretend cultural mismatch and a healthy helping of irony. In this tale, Little Girl travels through Underland, following the guidance of Magic Talking Cat, overcoming such Sovietized opponents as the Capitalpillar and Jabbearwock before staging a climactic showdown with the Queen of Democracy.The gameplay largely consists of conversing with new opponents (voiced in a humorously dispassionate fashion) as they are encountered, then selecting the most recent weapon upgrade and applying it on them in obligatory game combat just like in decadent western video games. Arguably the story is on rails but working from such an old and popular source the main appeal is not in seeing what happens but observing designers' decisions as to how. |
| Mercenaries 2: World in Flames | 2008-08-31 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Pandemic Studios, LLC | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Regional differences | | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | A Venezuelan billionaire named Ramon Solano hires a mercenary to rescue general Carlos Carmona, who attempted a coup d’état and failed. After a successful completion of the objective Solano refuses to pay and tries to kill the mercenary, who barely escapes.Afterwards, Carmona and Solano take over Venezuela, pulling off a successful coup, capturing the country's oil platforms, putting the world on alert as they seize total control of the country. Unbeknownst to them, the mercenary has survived and is now plotting revenge against the two. The mercenary must take contracts from rival factions such as Universal Petroleum, an oil company whose business is threatened by Solano, the P.L.A.V. (People’s Liberation Army of Venezuela), who are a force of rebel soldiers determined to take back their country, the Jamaican Pirates, who profit from Solano's forces, the A.N. (Allied Nations), who have entered the company to try and bring back stability to the region, and the Chinese Army, who hope to take control of Venezuela as well, marking themselves as a true superpower.Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is a free-roaming driving and action game. In the beginning the player selects one of three mercenaries from the previous game (Mattias Nilsson, Chris Jacobs and Jennifer Mui). Each merc has a special ability: Jennifer can run faster than others, Mattias regenerates his health faster, and Chris can carry more ammo. The gameplay is similar to that of the preceding game, with a few minor changes, one of which is a new way to hijack tanks: whereas in the previous game the player could simply walk up to the tank and automatically hijack it, it is now necessary to participate in quick-time events to get rid of the enemy gunner. It is possible to use a grappling hook to latch onto passing helicopters in order to hijack them. As opposed to the previous game, player characters can swim.The protagonist now has a "headquarters" of sorts, where he or she can stockpile weapons, supply crates and vehicles. To obtain these stockpiles the protagonist must recruit three certain soldiers unlockable in the game: a helicopter pilot named Ewan Garrett, who delivers stockpile crates found by the player character to the headquarters; a mechanic named Eva Navarro, who will repair and stock vehicles, and is used for artillery strikes; and a fighter pilot named Misha Milanich, who is used for air strikes. Fiona Taylor reprises her role, giving the player technical information and training missions.There is no more black market contacts to purchase supplies or airstrikes; instead players must take complete jobs for contacts scattered on the island. Completing jobs for these contacts will supply the headquarters with materials such as weapons, medikits, and artillery support. It is also possible to stockpile vehicles by driving back to their headquarters, keeping them at the garage for use in missions. Also, gas is needed to bring in supplies or call in airstrikes, which can be obtained by either completing contracts or collecting them scattered throughout the country.Once again, bounties come into play, but instead of the "Deck of 52" from the first game, there are now "High Value Targets", military leaders that have defected from the Venezuela military and declared themselves independent from Solano as well as competing factions. They are scattered throughout the map; capturing them alive will grant the player character more money, while killing them will only net half the bounty as a reward. There are also "treasures" lying around the island, such as fuel cans, weapons schematics and even pirate treasure chests; each has their own monetary value for collecting them.There are also new vehicles in the game, as well classic vehicles, such as modernized tanks, more powerful helicopters and even (for the first time) boats and other watercraft such as jet ski, as well as civilian muscle cars, high-end racing cars, and specialized vehicles for each faction. |
| Nancy Drew: Ultimate Bundle | 2008-08-31 | Atari, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure, Compilation | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Nancy Drew: Ultimate Bundle is a compilation of 4 Nancy Drew games:
The Secret of Shadow Ranch (Mystery #10)
Curse of Blackmoor Manor (Mystery #11)
Secret of the Old Clock (Mystery #12)
Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon (Mystery #13)
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| Boro-Toro | 2008-09-01 | DarkMatter Designs | DarkMatter Designs | Adventure | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Boro-Toro is a 3D sidescrolling puzzle game seen from a 2D perspective. The whole game is set in a Victorian style stage complete with curtains and crowd noises. The game uses 3D physics to allow the player to pick up and manipulate objects in order to complete puzzles and get past obstacles.Boro-Toro is a very short game as it was only developed as part of the Dare to be Digital competition which it subsequently won. It was designed to be played with the Wii Remote but will also work with a standard mouse and keyboard. |
| Cindy's Sundaes | 2008-09-01 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Viqua Games | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cindy's Sundaes is a mix of time management and match-three game. Julia has opened up an ice cream café and now has to lead it to success. Serve individual sundaes to the customers by ordering three or more of the same type of ice-cream scoops. The scoops can be moved in six directions. Later you can unlock extras that provide a higher income which in turn can be used to open new franchises or to create new sundaes. |
| Expedition Atlantis | 2008-09-01 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Expedition Atlantis is a match 3 game. Form a row of 3 or more similar symbols to make it disappear. Collect artifacts, bonuses and hints about the location of Atlantis. Find 7 amulets to open the door to Atlantis. 130 levels are included. |
| Guild Wars: Trilogy | 2008-09-01 | NCsoft - North America | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Guild Wars Trilogy bundles the three campaigns Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall into one package. But unlike The Complete Collection, the add-on Eye of the North is not included. |
| Iji | 2008-09-01 | Remar Games | Remar Games | Action | Side view | | | Metroidvania, RPG elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Iji and her brother Dan were visiting the military complex where their father works when suddenly, out of nowhere, an alien spaceship of the Tasen race bombards the facility with a weapon called Alpha Strike, killing almost everyone inside. When Iji finally wakes up, many months later, she feels different. A few of the remaining scientists have altered her body with nanotechnology the aliens brought along, as a final means to get a weapon to strike back. Entirely abandoned, her brother is the only one left to guide her from a far control room through an intercom. She can choose to remain in the room and die, or talk to the Tasen leaders and convince them to take their spaceship and leave.Iji is a side-scrolling platformer with major role-playing elements and a heavy focus on the narrative. Iji needs to explore ten sectors to find the Tasen leaders, but the choice becomes complicated when another alien race, the Komato, becomes involved. Through cut-scene sequences, in-game logbooks and conversations with her brother, Iji can steer the outcome of the story, choosing to enter a truce with one of the alien races when she finds out more about their motives. Based on the actions, the dialogue and the logbooks, revealing the history and thoughts of several alien characters, are also changed during the game. The player is never presented with dialogue choices to influence the story, but it changes according to the actions during the levels.The basic movement for Iji includes moving around, jumping, climbing ledges and ducking. She starts with a shotgun with unlimited ammo and a powerful kick, but soon other weapons are added to her arsenal, such as a machinegun, a rocket launcher, an MPFG devastator, a resonance detonator and more advanced nanotechnology. Most of the weapons require ammo, scattered around, and at specific stations they can also be combined into new guns, combining features from two sets into new ones.Iji has basic health and armor, a jump and armor skill (upgradable) and seven main skills: health, attack, assimilate, strength, crack, tasen and komato. These can be upgraded at stations through a levelling system using orbs left behind by enemies or found in containers, but the progress is capped per sector. Choosing which skills to improve alters the course of the game as they cannot all be maxed out, making her a hacking expert able to get through wired doors and disabling enemies (a small mini-game) or brute strength as she kicks right through them. Even though the focus in on engaging enemies, she can choose to keep the killing to a minimum to pursue a specific course for the game. Scarce power-ups provide unlimited ammo, damage all enemies in the environment or make her partially invisible.There are minor puzzle elements where she needs to get past specific barriers, operate consoles to open doors and find alternative routes. Almost all weapons used by the enemies of both alien races can also be wielded by Iji when she gets to combine the parts. There are sections where she can drive hovering vehicles called Tasen Shredders and there are a few boss battles. There are four difficulty levels and completing the game in several ways opens up extras such as a sound test, two mini-games, new game modes, a level selection, a new costume and more. |
| Knock the Monster | 2008-09-01 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Simulation | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Somewhere situated on the screen is an idol of a green monster. Also on the screen is a 16-ton weight. By attaching chains (laid out with the mouse as with a drawing tool) to the weight and other fixed points, the player aims to topple the idol through their collision.Though the player has an unlimited quantity of chain links at their disposal, the randomly-generated levels will throw obstacles in the weight's 2D path; through timely chain-cutting and the use of multiple chains the player can hopefully guide the weight around these inconveniences and into the monster idol, knocking it with severe prejudice. Chain distribution happens on a static screen, but chain-cutting can occur while the simulation is in action. |
| La Tale | 2008-09-01 | GameFactory Inc. | Abio Studios, ACTOZSOFT CO. Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Iris Livier is an offspring of a Derr, member of a race of demigods with superior power, and a human. While all the children of such relationships normally are born human, Iris was different, as she was born a Derr. This special heritage has enabled her to become the premier hero of her clan, and the only one strong enough to engage the king of the Agasura demons in battle. The player's alter ego dreams about Iris every night, thus reliving her painful journey to become the strong heroine she is now, and her final battle to rid the world of Jiendia of the demon pest. The battle ends with Iris being surprised by the king of the demons and disappearing. In a last attempt of magic she summons the player's character to her world to walk in her shoes, find her and, finally, free the world of the evil Agasura.La Tale is a massively multi-player online RPG with a twist not often seen in this gaming segment: It has 2D side-scrolling game play that can best be described as an old-school platformer. The player cruises through bite-sized levels with big sprites while everything is colorfully hand-drawn and strongly reminding of the peak of the 16-bit era, only in a Manga kind of style that wildly mixes up magic and technology. After creating up to three characters out of four base classes available (Warrior, Knight, Wizard, Explorer), and adjusting the look of it choosing from numerous outfit options, the player can traverse a tutorial that will teach the basic movement and battle options, namely fast and heavy attack, running and jumping, climbing and brachiating, and last but not least resting and looting.Having learned that the player will enter the typical MMORPG game play, like: 1) Killing hordes of monsters for experience, items and gold while progressing in the game world and advancing the story in the process. In the beginner levels the monsters won't react hostile until the player does the first strike. This changes in later levels and dungeons where the monsters will attack immediately. Of course, the numerous NPCs of the game world will gladly offer a wild mingle-mangle of different quests to the player, thus advancing the story, or just plain giving the battles and progressing some kind of background.2) Upgrading the character and investing the loot in superior and/or better looking equipment. Every level-up will improve the player's statistics and earn skill points that can be spent for new feats/spells in a kind of tech tree. Furthermore, there's lots of merchants that offer a myriad of different things, pets included. Players can buy an egg and hatch it (level it up), just to see it turn into a baby monster and grow up, developing very useful skills along the way. This little companion will exemplary gather loot or fight the enemy autonomously.3) Enjoying the social side of the game. La Tale offers several options for social activities. Players can chat and make friends with other players, later on creating parties to adventure together and solve very hard levels with cooperative game play. Of course, two willing players can make the cooperative game play even more cooperative, with special dating rooms available for private chats, the possibility to affiance and, of course, marry the beloved one using even more special places for marriage. Competitive game play is also possible as there are cities that own a player-versus-player arena with special rules. Here, two players or two groups of players can frag it out for a certain amount of time, determining the winner(s) by the number of kills. |
| Posh Boutique | 2008-09-01 | INTENIUM GmbH | Puzzle Lab | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | iTunes Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Try this immersive, high-quality game for FREE! Then continue the adventure with a ONE TIME unlock!
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| Starshine Legacy: Mystery of the Soulriders | 2008-09-01 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | Hidden Entertainment AB, Pixel Tales AB | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Mystery of the Soulriders follows four girls as they combat evil forces in their town through the power of friendship; both with each other, and with their magical talking horses. The game opens with Lisa, on her first day of school, helping the horse Starshine ride again. But who is the old man Mr. Sands, and why does Starshine feel pain whenever he is near?Gameplay is third-person adventure, and levels are in full 3D. Walk around and talk to people, collect and use items. There is, of course, horseback riding, which controls similarly. There are golden stars hidden in out-of-the-way places in each level, so keep your eyes open. |
| Perfect World International | 2008-09-02 | Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. | Perfect World Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Perfect World International is an MMORPG that relies heavily on Chinese mythology and concepts. As such, it is set in the mythical world created by the first God of the universe, Pan Gu, after the created races were given free will and allowed to resolve their conflicts among themselves as they saw fit. However, such conflicts will have to be largely set aside as the race that was first created and thought to have been eradicated by Pan Gu through a great flood has returned, in a state between life and death, and is set on destroying all the others.Not including anything added by subsequent expansions, the players can choose between three races and six classes. As each race has exactly two classes that are unique to it, one of them focusing on physical combat and the other on magic, your choice of class automatically determines your choice of race. Humans can be Blademasters or Wizards, Untamed can be Barbarians (only male) or Venomancers (only female) and Winged Elves can be Archers or Clerics. While each race has its own starting area, after level 20 the story becomes the same for all characters.Levels are gained as expected, by earning experience from completing quests and killing, but a character's level only affects attributes. Developing skills is done by spending spirit instead, which is earned the same way but usually in much smaller amounts. The one exception are Spiritual Cultivation quests, which award a very large amount of spirit when completed, along with increasing the character's Spiritual Cultivation level, which determines which skills can be trained. Late in the game, Spiritual Cultivation quests will force players to choose between becoming a Sage or a Demon. Once made, the choice is permanent and will determine their path from that point forward.To outline other aspects of the game, it has to be said that very extensive customization options are available when creating a character. A crafting system also exists, players being able to train in certain professions in order to create useful items. Trading is handled by both general auctions and a shop system, where players turn their characters into vendors while they're not actively using them. Players can join together in guilds, which can fight each other over the control of territories in scheduled events known as Territory Wars. Finally, both normal and flying mounts exist, to facilitate traveling. The flying mounts are usually gained after completing a quest obtained at level 30, though Winged Elves have a limited flying ability from level 1.While the game is free-to-play, an item shop exists from which players can purchase items using ZEN, which is the currency used for all of Perfect World Entertainment's MMO games. In turn, ZEN is purchased with real money. A significant portion of the items available for purchase with ZEN are purely cosmetic in nature, yet many others offer significant improvements and advantages.Perfect World International is, as the name suggests, the international version of the game Perfect World, which was previously launched on various Asian markets. According to the publisher, the differences between the two are a result of the attempt to make Perfect World International appealing to North American and European players. |
| Wizard101 | 2008-09-02 | KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. | KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Persistent, Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Wizard101 is a free-to-play MMORPG. Players create wizard characters that attend a school to learn magic. As the students learn magical spells, they also learn the story and history of the worlds of the Spiral, an alternate universe of magic and mayhem. Combat with the inhabitants of the worlds is executed through collectible card magic, using spells the students have learned to defeat but not kill the creatures who are taking over the once peaceful worlds. The game stresses online safety and dubs it a family game, providing parents multiple ways to restrict or permit their children to interact with other players. |
| 4 Elements | 2008-09-03 | Playrix LLC | Playrix LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Hidden object, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 4 Elements is a tile-matching game with elements from hidden object titles. The levels are labyrinths with grids of multi-colored tiles. The player has to click and drag over groups of three or more tiles to remove them. The objective of each level is to break the background by making matches over it, allowing the elemental energy, green sap for the earth level, lava for the fire element, wind & water for the others, to flow freely. The game screen follows the energy as it flows, moving with it until it is blocked again.The levels are divided in four books representing the four elements. At the start of each book, a screen comes up with scattered pieces of objects that must be collected. After the objects are assembled, they have to be used to solve the room puzzle and reach the book key.The levels are organized inside the books as sub-groups related to a typical fantasy character (like elves, dragons, dwarfs, etc). After solving a group, a couple of similar cards with the character appear side-by-side, and the player must click on the differences between the two.There are slots at the bottom of the screen for the four power-ups, each being charged by matches of its corresponding color. The spade destroys a single tile, the bomb explodes several tiles, the swap changes the position of two tiles and the reshuffle reorganizes the whole grid.The PS3 version includes the ability to replay levels, leader board support, and an up-gradable castle to represent the player's leader board score. |
| Akrasia | 2008-09-03 | Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab | Team Aha! | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Akrasia is an abstract game based on the concept of addiction. Designed around familiar game mechanics, a character explores a world, avoiding monsters and collecting items, while urging the player to reflect on the actions. The game is entirely controlled by the keyboard and is set in a maze that represents the mind. Based on the actions, it can be explored in a normal or a psychedelic state changing the main character's features.In general, the gameplay is designed around the "chasing the dragon" and the "cold turkey" states that can be induced by addiction. The way the player tries to shake off or enhance the habit influences the outcome and the way the game is played and controlled. Basic controls are explained at the beginning of the game, but the real goals need to be discovered by playing it multiple times. |
| Brickquest 2 | 2008-09-03 | UnikGame | UnikGame | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The evil emperor of Grossanglot is at it, again. He has, once again, captured the Gwamos. You, in your new spaceship, must free them and capture enemy creatures.Brickquest 2 is, like its predecessor, an Arkanoid/Breakout variant. You launch the ball up at bricks where it will strike them and bounce back. Some bricks will release an item that may help or hinder you. These include making your paddle smaller or larger, giving you lasers, multiple balls, the ability to recapture the ball or making the balls on fire so they pass through bricks without bouncing. There are enemy creatures that, if the ball strikes them enough, they will be KO'ed. Get below a KO'ed creature and press the right mouse button to capture it for points. If the ball hits a green mushroom, it will turn purple. After the purple ball hits your ship, your paddle will turn purple and you will be slower, for a short time. If you miss the last ball and it drops below the bottom of the screen, you lose a life. Lose all your lives and the game is over. |
| Petrovka 38 ½ | 2008-09-03 | Akella | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Petrovka 38 ½ is a two-dimensional point-and-click adventure game loosely utilizing the address of the Moscow militia (police) headquarters. It rather supposes a secret paranormal department is located underground at the same address.The protagonist is the simple bartender Sanya (Alexander). He has been occasionally involved with paranormal burglaries taking place at his restaurant and has prevented them. For this efforts special agents of the paranormal department are planning to enlist him to their forces, but through a set of trials. During the game Sanya uncovers who's who on his way to an ancient artifact.Most of the time Sanya is guided between static screens, collecting or using the scattered items, and talking to characters to gain more items or information. The cursor has three states (walk / see / action) auto-selected on hovering over an interactive spot. Several mini-games, including a Battleship board game or a shooting gallery arcade, as well as logical puzzles, need to be completed to progress. |
| Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Gold Edition | 2008-09-03 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Gold Edition bundles the main game and the add-on Battle March in a single box. |
| American McGee's Grimm: Godfather Death | 2008-09-04 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The sixth game in the Grimm series is about a man who seeks a godfather for his thirteenth child. He chooses Death himself, who curiously agrees to look after the boy. He makes the boy a doctor, with the knowledge who he can save and who is lost forever. When he falls in love with one of his patients however, Death is tricked into letting her live. For such an ungrateful return of favours, Grimm interferes to make matters much worse for the doctor.As with the other episodes, the story is retold in parts with different locations. Many of the environments are new, as well as the enemies, but the basic gameplay is identical. |
| Beach Party Craze | 2008-09-04 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Five-BN | Simulation | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Beach Party Craze is a time management simulation about running the busy beach at a coastline resort. Maria plans to vacation at the resort only to end up working there as a favor to a friend. She starts out at the beach where she rents chaise lounges and floats to the guests, runs the concession stand and fills drink orders. She must keep the water coolers full, order and restock food and souvenirs and keep the beach area clean. With the money earned, she can hire helpers (a waitress and workman). More activities can be added to the beach such as a cocktail bar and photo station and each can be upgraded.There are fifty levels and seven mini-games. |
| House of Wonders: Kitty Kat Wedding | 2008-09-04 | iWin.com | centrum.pl, EEEZEE Products | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | A tomcat called Mr. Bones wants to marry Ms. Felicity, the neighbor's cat. Larry, Mr. Bones' owner, must collect enough money to pay for the expenses of the marriage.House of Wonders: Kitty Kat Wedding is a hidden object game with several mini-games. The main objective is to win money for the cat's marriage, by solving the 18 rooms in Larry's house. Most of them are variants of the seek-and-find gameplay, where a list of objects, that must be found and clicked on the screen within a time limit, appears at the top. Some rooms are upside-down, while some have all the lights turned off, with only a flashlight spot illuminating part of the screen.Other rooms have mini-games, like concentration, spot-the-differences and other standard variations. At the end of each stage, the player can gamble the money on the spinning wheel. Items, avenues and transportation for the marriage can be acquired on the Wedding Mart, where everything is organized by categories. The wedding avenue shows the items bought by placing them on several related static screens.Five hints are available at the beginning of each stage. When clicked, the hint button springs a wooden arm pointing towards one of the required objects. Wrong clicks deduct 30 seconds from the timer. |
| James Patterson: Women's Murder Club - Death in Scarlet | 2008-09-04 | Elephant Entertainment, LLC | Floodlight Games | Adventure | | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Women's Murder Club is a hidden object game that borrows some elements from the adventure genre. The game follows a group of forensic investigators trying to uncover the mystery behind a series of murders.Besides the standard seek-and-find mechanics, where the objective is to find all the objects listed on a notebook placed on the left side of a cluttered screen, the game also has an inventory and several mini-games. Some of the objects collected are stored in the inventory, to be used on specific situations to solve puzzles.There's a list of objectives right under the list of objects. They are the normal procedures of criminal investigation, like collecting evidence and interrogating suspects, and must be performed to complete each crime investigation. The crime scenes have the body of the victim, and parts of it can be clicked for closer examination.Most mini-games or puzzles are unique to their locations. There is no time limit or penalty for clicking on wrong objects, and each stage starts with 5 hints. |
| Tropix 2! Quest for the Golden Banana | 2008-09-04 | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Robot Super Brain, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle, Time management | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tropix 2! Quest for the Golden Banana, like its predecessor, is essentially a collection of mini-games, most of them implementations of well-known casual genre titles. The game is divided in islands, where the main monkey character and his animal friends live. Each island acts as a hub for three mini-games. On the main screen, the player has to buy plants, furniture, toys and other things to decorate the scenery and unlock a series of key items to move to the next island. These decorations are bought with gold coins, acquired after playing one of the mini-games:Cascade is a tile matching game, where the objective is to make matches of three or more of the same type by switching adjacent tiles in a grid filled with food. The food keeps falling after successful matches, to be promptly eaten at the bottom by some animal that acts as a level progress meter, crossing the screen towards a small flag. In the boss battles, the goal is to make matches as fast as possible, to throw food at the enemy before they clog all the cells in the grid;Coco Bowl is a bowling game with coconuts as the ball. The coco can be guided with the mouse while it is going through the lane. Some levels have special features, like ramps and other obstacles;Stone Stacker is a simple puzzle game, where the player must stack slabs on top of each other by matching their indentations at the top and bottom, creating a tall pillar at the left side of the screen. Special items, like a hammer and a wildcard stone, help to eliminate useless slabs and make matching easier;Ice Cream Parlour is a time management game, where a penguin must serve ice cream to a series of fellow penguin customers. Thought bubbles over the customers heads show pictures of the recipients and ingredients of their order, while stars below them show their satisfaction level. The player must click on several hotspots on the screen, guiding the penguin to pick up the correct recipient, give it to one of the lemur assistants ready to scoop or place one of the ingredients, and finally bring it back to the client before the patience meter runs out. An iguana acts as the trash can, swallowing badly served orders. The goal of each level is to profit a set amount of money within a time limit. A bonus game appears sometimes, where the player must move an ice cream cone at the bottom of the screen and pile up on it several balls scooped and thrown upwards by one of the lemurs;Pirates! is a shooting game. The player controls a cannon placed over a precarious raft in the middle of the sea, and the objective is to shoot any enemy on the screen before it reaches and destroys the raft. The raft can be repaired between levels on a separate underwater screen, where tetrominoes wood pieces have to be placed logically on its frame. Barrels carry new ammunition types, changing the power and range of the shots. A bonus game appears occasionally, where the cannon is used to feed dolphins;Fish Swap is a matching game, where the player has to swap fishes on a grid, creating large schools that escape the screen. A blowfish appears randomly on the grid, and acts as a power-up liberating several fishes at the same time;Water Words is a word creation game, similar to Bookworm and other titles. The objective is to make words by connecting adjacent letter tiles in a grid. Acceptable words have their score displayed over the submit button. A number of words are required to finish each level, displayed in a list at the right side of the screen;Puffer Popper is a marble popper game, where the player controls a crab moving sideways at the bottom of the screen, shooting bubbles at multicolored bubble strings trying to make matches of three or more of the same color to pop them. The lines twist around the screen, being pushed towards a sand castle by a blowfish. If several bubbles get inside the castle, the game is over. |
| X-COM: Complete Pack | 2008-09-04 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | X-COM Complete Pack is a compilation of five X-COM games. The games within this bundle are:
X-COM: Apocalypse
X-COM: Enforcer
X-COM: Interceptor
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
X-COM: UFO Defense |
| Guild Wars: The Complete Collection | 2008-09-05 | NCsoft Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection bundles the three campaigns Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall and the expansion pack Eye of the North in one package. |
| Chex Quest 3 | 2008-09-06 | | | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The original Chex Quest came to realization when Ralston Foods offered the now defunct developer Digital Cafe to create a simple game to be bundled with their Chex cereal. Essentially a Doom total conversion of five levels (which was continued with another five in the download-only sequel), it nevertheless found a fan base owing to its non-violent and light-hearted style, resulting in many additional user maps over the years.The series had not been continued until the former lead artist of Digital Cafe, Charles Jacobi, was intrigued by the fan-made additions to the earlier games and started to create a sequel all by himself.Chex Quest 3 runs as a stand-alone game on ZDoom engine. Besides sporting the all-new episode in the series, the package also contains the revised versions of the former two (for a total of fifteen maps). The gameplay and core mechanics are derived from the classic Doom games - that is, it consists of exploring pseudo-3D maps through the first-person perspective, battling 'flemoids', searching for keys and solving button-based puzzles for a way out. However, the aural / visual style of the game is distinctly softer than its brethren thanks to the Chex-themed sprites and textures. |
| Paster Master | 2008-09-06 | Bizarre Wound Productions | Bizarre Wound Productions | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Paster Master is a top-down arena shooter set inside a bowl of pasta at Migno's pizza restaurant "Pizza and diarrhoea". Mr. Migno's business was going well until demon hordes started using a bowl of his pasta as a gateway from hell right inside his restaurant. Not to let a challenge go unanswered, Migno puts on his magic hat and his head detaches itself from his body as it is sucked right into the portal. Fighting inside the bowl, he has to fend off the demon hordes to complete the game.Mingo's head (and hat) can be freely moved around inside the bowl using the keyboard and the hat is able to emit a laser beam, controlled and directed through the mouse. Enemies appear from all sides at an increasingly faster rate. A single touch of demon spawn is sufficient to end the game, but there are a few power-ups such as bottles of ketchup that clear the entire screen and provide rapid fire for a moment. Small orbs that surround him with a shield.Next to the main game, there are a few bonuses and hidden mini-games present. |
| Hold me closer, Giant Dancer | 2008-09-07 | Bigpants Games | Bigpants Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Hold me closer, Giant Dancer is a 2D-demake of the PlayStation 2 game Shadow of the Colossus for the TRS-80 Model III. The player controls two red pixels called "guy," and they have to climb giant monsters standing around in the landscape.To do so, the player can jump along the outer pixels of the monster sprite. Parts of the monster which are coloured in green can be grabbed by guy for a limited time. To bring a monster down, the player has to stab their sword into several marks spread all over the monster's body. After defeating one monster, the player journeys on to the next one. There are a total of six bosses to defeat. Players can also design their own bosses in an external image editing application and then include them in the game. |
| Nobody Shooter | 2008-09-07 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Nobody Shooter is a demake of Everyday Shooter made for the TIGSource Bootleg Demakes competition. It recreates the first level of Everyday Shooter using the colours, style and limitations of the Game Boy handheld.Using the arrow keys to move around, and the four other keys to shoot in four directions, players need to keep a little dot alive as long as possible in a single, non-scrolling area. True to the game it is based on, every bullet, collision and pick-up adds to the soundscape of the chiptune music running in the background. Furthermore, a bar at the bottom screen shows how far the level is from completion and seeing through certain enemy patterns can make the player destroy many aliens at once.There are only a few lives and waves of enemies keep appearing from all sides until all lives are lost or the level has been completed. A high score list has been included. |
| Smaze | 2008-09-07 | Ludoko Studios, LLC | Ludoko Studios, LLC | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Smaze is a demake of the 3d first-person shooter Haze, created for the TIGSource Bootleg Demakes competition. While many elements from the original game remain present, the gameplay was adapted to a 2d top-down shooter with graphics and sounds that resemble a NES game from the eighties, especially Ikari Warriors with vertically-scrolling gameplay.Just like the original game, players control a soldier who has access to a drug that influences the abilities. While the original game's nectar only brought along negative effects, this title's venom also has positive ones. The soldier can get more health, use an upper (speed and firing power crease, firing rate decreases), use a downer (speed and firing power decrease, firing rate increases), and activate perception to see hidden civilians, mines and venom flowers that refill the venom meter. Using any kind of power-up however will distort the entire screen, hallucinations of dead soldiers (just like the original game) or make the soldier's internal program crash - filling the screen with error messages). Many more elements from the original game are adapted, such as the soldier jargon of shouting "boosh" to each other. Haze's trademark colour is turned into pink in this game.Next to the levels on foot with bosses and various types of enemies, there is also a driving section adapted from the original game. Players can fire regular bullets (or enhanced while using drugs) in eight directions or throw grenades. Although the use of drugs is not encourages because of the negative effects it brings, they need to be used to get through certain sections of the games when too many enemies appear. |
| Soundless Mountain II | 2008-09-07 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | Soundless Mountain II is a demake of the Silent Hill 2, created for the TIGSource Bootleg Demakes competition. It turns the 3d game into a side-scrolling platformer modelled after a NES game. The music has also been remixed to what would be possible to hear on such a system. The game uses parallax scrolling, simulates fog and mist, and often has the camera scrolling faster or slower than the player's movement to enhance the cinematic effect.The game covers the early events in the game, a short portion from Jake's arrival in the town of Silent Hill up to the apartment section. Jake came to the town because he received a letter addressed by his deceased wife who told him she would be waiting for him there. All the while, he has a terrible headache and explores the town to find out more about the origin of the letter.The gameplay has been adapted truthfully to the limitations and options of a 2d game with a focus to retain the distinct original elements such as the art, music and speed. The backgrounds and locations can easily be recognized, Jake has a rather slow walking speed and the music becomes more dramatic whenever a key section has been reached. Large parts of the game are spent wandering, Jake needs to solve small puzzles and he can also attack enemies on the streets of the town. Important items are stored in the inventory and a map is available to guide Jake around.The author has expressed to release an updated version of the game which additional content for the ending part of the game, to lead up to a more dramatic climax. |
| Spore | 2008-09-07 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Maxis Software Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Simulation, Strategy | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Top-down | | Survival | Life / social simulation | Fantasy, Prehistoric, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | 2D scrolling, Free-roaming camera | Windows | In Spore the player has to accompany a new race through five stages of its evolution.First there is the Cell Phase: From a top-down view the goal is to eat meteorite parts floating in the primordial soup to gain DNA points. But the player's creature is not alone and other, friendly or not-so-friendly organisms float about. If the player kills other alpha organisms, he unlocks a new part for the creature editor like a new mouth. These parts all give the player's creature different abilities including singing or a better attack and even affect what the creature can eat. As the player collect's DNA points, the creature grows and moves up into a higher layer of the primordial soup until he is big enough to advance to the next stage: the creature phase.At the beginning of the Creature Phase the player needs to redo his creature in the creature editor with a new set of parts like feet or hands. Then the goal is again to collect DNA points by roaming the land and befriending or killing the other inhabitants. Again there can be additional parts for the editor found which are dropped by alpha creature that get killed either by you or other, bigger creatures. If the player chooses not to attack but rather talk to the other races, he needs to gain their trust by following their lead and doing what they do. While the lowest creatures see you as a friend already when you just sing with them, more advanced races require a high level in dancing and other abilities which are again gained by rebuilding the creature in the editor with the gained DNA points and available parts. Once the player has collected enough DNA points and developed a certain level of intelligence by doing so, he can enter the
Tribes Phase.From now on the player can't change the basic anatomy of the creature but instead has access to the tools and clothing editors. The game also plays more like an RTS from now on, requiring to control a group of creature instead of just one and building up a village. Interaction with the other tribes, defending the village and collecting food are the main goals in this phase. Once the player has conquered or allied himself with five other tribes, he can enter the Civilization Phase.Now the player has access to the building and vehicle editors to further specialize his former tribe and become the ruling civilization on the planet. The basic gameplay and controls remain the same as in the tribes phase but by conquering or befriending other nations, the player's civilization now gets access to new technologies - including the one required to enter the fifth, last and longest phase of the game: the Space Phase.With his ship, the player now needs to go out and colonize or conquer the whole galaxy, defend his own planet against other space faring nations and supply his race with enough food.The game doesn't have a real multiplayer. Instead the planets are populated by creations that other players made in their game. The players can choose to upload their creatures and even the whole planet to the online database called Sporepedia and from there they get distributed to everyone. Once downloaded, the AI takes over the control of these creatures and advances them further. |
| Spore (Galactic Edition) | 2008-09-07 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The Galactic Edition includes:
Spore
"The Making of Spore"-DVD
National Geographic Channel Documentation "How To Build A Better Being"
Art book "The Art of Spore"
Spore-poster
Premium Manual with 100 pages |
| Aether | 2008-09-08 | | | Action | Side view | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | A lonely boy strays a bit far from home one day and notices a glimmer in the sky. Although afraid when it turns out to be a monster, it appears to be friendly and he bustles up on top of it, glad to have found a companion. Looking up to the stars, he wonders if there are other people out there who are as lonely as he is. Together, they decide to find out.Aether focuses on exploration and allows the boy and his companion to visit different planets in space. They can move around by attaching the monster's tongue to clouds and other objects and then swing to gain height and travel around. Clicking and holding the left mouse button attaches the tongue, and it is released by letting go. Once in space, gravity becomes less of an issue and there are five planets to visit. Some have inhabitants, but all of them have a puzzle to complete, usually to make the planet a better place. |
| Aqua Mania | 2008-09-08 | Viva Media, LLC | Formosoft International Inc. | Compilation, Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games:
My Sim Aquarium
My Ocean Sim
Rock'em Sock'em Fish
Aqua Garden
Aqua Real 3D |
| Fashion Apprentice | 2008-09-08 | Big Fish Games, Inc | IT Territory Nord | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Fashion Apprentice is a hidden object game with highly stylized graphics. Anna, the main protagonist, is a fashion assistant to her aunt, a clothes designer. She must collect things like make-up kits, jewelry, clothing and accessories from a list at the right side of the screen.Some parts of the scenery, like the doors and lamps, are interactive and must be opened, turned on or pushed aside to reveal concealed objects. Objects sometimes show up inside the television set.Standard variations of gameplay appear between locations. In some places, the screen is split in two similar images, and the player has to click on the differences. In darkened rooms, the cursor becomes a flashlight spot that illuminates a small portion of the screen. In some locations the player has to find several instances of the same object.Anna's apartment acts as a game hub, where the player can access the map, the wardrobe and the shop. With the money accumulated from the map sections, Anna can buy new dresses at the shop and change her clothes in the wardrobe.A hint button sits over the list, besides an energy meter. After being used, it takes about a minute to recharge. Bonus items are hidden on the scenery alongside the regular objects, and are stored underneath the hint button to be spent at any time. Candy makes the hint meter fill faster and hourglasses add time to the clock. |
| Heroes in Guitarland | 2008-09-08 | | | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Heroes in Guitarland is a demake of the popular music/rhythm game Guitar Hero, created for the TIGSource Bootleg Demakes competition. The game looks as if it has been made for the NES platform, with similar graphics and chiptune music that has been adapted to the range of NES sounds.The screen shows a band playing near the bottom of the screen with above it nine columns of notes. Just like the Guitar Hero games, players need to press the correct buttons at the right time when a note passes the bottom of the screen. Instead of colours, the numbers one to nine are used and the keys near the top of the player's keyboard need to be pressed. Just like the original game, the main melody is not heard when the timing is off and when too many notes are lost the song ends. While playing, the game keeps track of the score.From the main menu, two different difficulty modes can be selected. The first version of the game includes only one song, "While My Synth Fiercly Weeps" by Tommy Preger and performed by 2a03. |
| Jewel Match 2 | 2008-09-09 | Suricate Software | Suricate Software | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You wish to build your castle but you need jewels to do so. Collect as many as you can and make your dream castle a reality.Jewel Match 2 is a match-three game. Using your mouse, swap two jewels so there is a row of three or more of the same. You must make swaps over the gold tiles. When all the gold tiles are clear, you then make swaps to make a medallion get to the bottom of the puzzle. This will then clear the level. After you clear the level, you will have the opportunity to upgrade your castle, if you have enough jewels. You also can collect coins in the puzzles. These can be used to purchase things in the shop, like spells. One such is the fire spell. When used, it destroys jewels seven cells wide by seven cells high, in a plus sign shape. After making enough matches, you can power up the hammer. This can be powered to different levels, depending on how long you go. At it's lowest, it will destroy one jewel. At its highest, it will destroy one jewel, the gold or silver plate it is on, if any, and all the others of the same color.In later levels, you will encounter boxes. These are destroyed by simply making a match next to them. You will also find silver plates. These must have a match made over them to turn them gold. Some jewels will be locked. To unlock them, just match them with at least two others of the same. If they are double locked, they must be matched twice. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI | 2008-09-09 | KOEI Corporation | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The eleventh installment of the series continues the struggles of the warlords for power of China in the late Han dynasty through eight available scenarios. The player can control more than 40 cities, build structures and armies with the help of hundreds of officers, and decide the fate of China once again.Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI uses the whole map of China from a side-scrolling and rotatable top-down perspective camera. All units, cities, and structures are viewable throughout the map, not requiring any form of espionage beforehand as in earlier installments of the series. When the player decides to end a turn, own and AI units will commence their actions depending on which part of the map the player is currently viewing. There are over 800 officers, complete with individual portraits and biographies, also including other information such as combat skills, blood ties, and unit specialization. Additionally, completing the tutorial will unlock several famous historical figures from other periods of Chinese history, such as Kong Qiu (Confucius).Officers have statistical abilities which influence how the success rate a mentioned general may carry out a specific task. The abilities are: Leadership, War, Intelligence, Politics, and Charisma. Continuously performing tasks may increase any the primary statistics. In addition to abilities, some officers may also have specific skills. Skills provide unique active or passive capabilities for the officer in mention. For example, Zhao Yun has the "Insight" skill which renders him immune from all enemy combat strategies.Combat initiates immediately during each player's turn. During the turn of any active player, the player may choose to move own units on the map and attack enemy land units or ships. All opponents may be attacked unless under alliance or cease fire, during which the player may also move through their territory freely.Player actions may reward the player with technical points. These points may then be invested in the game's version of a combat technological tree, thus enabling different strengths for each faction formerly defined only by its officers. Each branch in the technology tree will upgrade a particular unit type or defense option.The eight available scenarios are divided into two different modes. The "standard mode" allows the player to choose one of the available leaders, while the "present scenario" mode is the single-player version of the available scenarios, pre-designating the player to control a specified leader. |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Super Pack | 2008-09-10 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Super Pack is a compilation of four PC games:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Dark Motives
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - 3 Dimensions of Murder
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Hard EvidenceAll these games take place in Las Vegas, with the same storyline: a rookie is working with Grissom's team on five different cases with some links between two of them. Gameplay involves collecting clues with CSI tools and analyzing them in the lab (or let Greg Sanders to do it in the first two games), asking questions to Doc, the coronary, as well as requesting search/interrogation/arrest warrants to Brass when there is enough evidence against one of the witnesses/suspects. The player will also be taking part in their interrogation.The main objective is to reach the highest rank by finding all the clues, asking all the questions and by never using the hint system consisting in getting help from team members. Achieving the highest rank will unlock bonuses. In Hard Evidence, extra challenges come in the form of thoroughness points (areas without evidence) and insects (finding the five insects in each case to make Grissom happy). |
| Fortune Summoners | 2008-09-10 | Lizsoft | Lizsoft | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | | Action RPG, Metroidvania | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Elemental Stones: stones imbued with the power of an Elemental Spirit, which grant the wielder of one the ability to control that element via 'magic'.In the country of Scotsholm, three centuries have passed since they were first created. Elemental stones are now mass-produced and widely used, making magic a personal, commonplace part of people's lives.In this time and place lives a girl named Arche Plumfield. Arche, having moved with her family to a new home in the town of Tonkiness, has begun attending the only school in the area... the Minasa-Ratis School of Magic, founded by one of the greatest arch-magi in Scotsholm's history.But Arche, not realizing that one needs an Elemental Stone to use modern magic, begins a little adventure to find one for herself, to avoid burdening her parents with the expense.Her adventure will lead her to places she never imagined... |
| Globey: On the Roll! | 2008-09-10 | GameHouse, Inc. | Engine Software B.V., Reactor s.c. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Globey - On The Roll! is an arcade game where the player controls a rolling dragon called Globey, destroying obstacles with its body to clear a path to a fellow dragon locked inside a cage.The cursor is shaped like a fairy and attracts the dragon when the left mouse button is pressed and held down. Globey bounces and spins like a pinball across the screen, breaking all sorts of objects. A power gauge at the right side shows the amount of fairy energy left. When all the energy is spent, the fairy can't control the dragon for a few seconds, until the gauge fills again automatically. The right mouse button stops Globey instantly, but costs half the energy stored.The goal of each level is to free the trapped dragon by smashing its cage. Jewels are found scattered through the levels, and every 250 gems collected unlock a bonus round. Some levels have special items, like drawbridges with hidden switched buttons that must be lowered, magnets that repel the dragon, teleporters that transport Globey to other places and explosives that eliminate obstacles.The barrels found on some levels contain power-ups that are stored on slots and can be used at any time during the game. The electrifier makes Globey hits more effective, the enlarger makes the dragon bigger, the multiplier creates three Globey replicas and the angrifier breaks all the obstacles near Globey for a few seconds. |
| American McGee's Grimm: The Devil and His Three Golden Hairs | 2008-09-11 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Of all the tales tackled so far, this one is the most in need of alternative treatment according to Grimm. To marry the king's daughter, a man is asked to bring him three hairs from the head of the devil. To do so, the man must venture into the dark domain where he first meets the devil's grandmother and then discovers the devil is actually blonde.The main game mechanics are identical to the previous games of the series and as usual the novelty lies in the new enemies and the transformations Grimm can bring to the creatures and the environment. This episode introduces an action sequence where Grimm must avoid barrels that are hurled towards him. |
| Mystery Chronicles: Murder Among Friends | 2008-09-12 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Lazy Turtle Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In Lyon, France, a man called Charles and his wife are killed, and their children disappear. His cousin travels from Paris and starts an investigation to discover the culprits behind the crime and to find the missing children.Mystery Chronicles: Murder Among Friends is a hidden object game with a crime novel plot. As in most games of this genre, the objective is to collect a myriad of objects discreetly placed on the screen, within a time limit.A list of the required objects appears at the right side. Sometimes, objects have to be picked up and placed over other objects (for example, several pencils have to be collected individually and put inside their box).There is no limit to the number of hints, but after clicking the magnifier hint button there is a wait of 2 minutes before using it again.Mini-games offer a diversion from normal gameplay. They are variations of well-known classic games like Tower of Hanoi, jigsaw puzzles, Word Search, Sudoku, Minesweeper, Mahjongg Solitaire, and others. The games can be skipped, but doing it so costs a time penalty of 10 minutes. |
| Scrapbook Paige | 2008-09-13 | Aisle 5 Games, Inc. | Aisle 5 Games, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Scrapbook Paige is a hidden object game where the player searches drawers and shelves filled with buttons, pins and other scrapbook decorations. A list of the required items appears at the bottom, along with a magnifier available to enlarge part of the screen, making the hunt for objects more pleasant and easier. There's a time limit of 30 minutes for each chapter.One of the list items, written in red, shows a riddle about a mystery object when clicked. The hint button highlights the area surrounding one of the listed objects. At the end of each chapter, a mini-game appears where the player has to place items to their corresponding silhouettes on a scrapbook, within a time limit.In some screens, the player has to click on several instances of the same object, or object type. These objects are blended into the background fabric, making them harder to find. |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - Prologue | 2008-09-15 | Deep Silver, Inc. | GSC Game World | Action | 1st-person | | | RPG elements, Shooter | Europe, Post-apocalyptic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a stand-alone prequel to the original game of 2007. This game takes player back to the anomalies ridden territory surrounding the dormant Chernobyl nuclear powerplant called the Zone. The story of Clear Sky is set one year prior to the events unfold in the original game. Assuming control of the stalker named Skar the player finds himself subjected to lethal dosage of nuclear emission and surviving. The game begins its narrative by challenging player to uncover the truth behind his condition and find the true source of those emissions. The player will the return to the already familiar locations, even though they aren't exactly what player may remember of them from the original game, as well as explore new areas and meet new characters.Gameplay-wise the game has benefited from a modified quest system which now closely follows his relations with the faction. At one point or another the player may choose to become involved in one of the faction wars (by joining one of the factions). These are the full-scale events which challenge player to capture a number of points in order to weaken the enemy faction presence in the region. Thanks to the modified AI of the game, the stalkers of your faction won't wait for you to do their jobs. In fact, they may complete all of the objectives without you. However, since your reward will reflect your involvement in the battles, it is not advisable to loiter.Another distinct change is artifact hunting. Before, artifacts were frequent and visible to the naked eye. Now, artifacts are rare and need to be 'detected' using a scanner which will locate nearby artifacts and will appear when the player is close enough, often in situated dangerously close to surrounding anomalies. Artifacts now also have slightly different abilities and different armor has limited artifact slots that may be equipped. A lot of changes were made to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s appearance as well. The game's in-house developed X-Ray engine has learned to support full dynamic lightning with every single object casting soft stencil shadows on the normal mapped environments. The game now supports DirectX 10 enabled features like softer shadows, volumetric fog and light and wet surfaces. The in-game models were also reworked to include both an increased polygon count and a normal map. |
| Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Episode 2 - Strong Badia the Free | 2008-09-15 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | After the oppressive enforcement of the King of Town's e-mail tax, Strong Bad attempts to free himself of house arrest and declares his own independent nation... just as everyone else has. Strong Bad must now dominate over the land to overthrow the King of Town.The interface and game play follow the traditional point-and-click adventure for 3D engines where the player controls Strong Bad though the use of the mouse or Wii Remote pointer. This game also features two mini games: Cave Girl Squad, a comic generator based off the series of cartoons of Teen Girl Squad. Algebros, a side scroller platformer where users must add or subtract ninjas in order to achieve balance.This game is the second of an episodic series featuring the characters of HomestarRunner.com. It is also the second WiiWare game for Telltale Games. |
| The Princess Bride Game | 2008-09-15 | Worldwide Biggies Inc. | Worldwide Biggies Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Players explore the depths of true love and adventure in the medieval realms of Florin and Guilder in this collection of five mini-games based on the 1987 film (and its inspiration, William Goldman's 1973 novel of the same name), featuring several voice actors from the movie and a song, "Incredible", by Interscope recording artists Clique Girlz.The mini-games are as follows:As You Wish, a time-management challenge in which smitten farmboy Westley attempts to perform specific farmyard chores for Buttercup.Battle of the Wits, in which the Dread Pirate Roberts faces off on various short-form quiz topics with the great brain Vizzini atop the Cliffs of Insanity.The Fire Swamp, a player-switching platform game à la The Lost Vikings where the Dread Pirate Roberts, who can fight, and Buttercup, who can leap and bound, collect gems and overcome Rodents Of Unusual Size.Miracle Max, charging the player with finding hidden ingredients in the miracle-worker's workshop and combining them in a cauldron to produce the desired result -- a chocolate-coated pill to bring Westley back to life.Storming the Castle, a Rube Goldberg machine puzzle of combining various unlikely objects available into a siege engine permitting the heroes of the story to storm Prince Humperdinck's castle. |
| Crysis: Warhead | 2008-09-16 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Crytek GmbH, Crytek Hungary Kft. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Crysis Warhead is a stand-alone add-on for Crysis. But instead of advancing the story of the original game, it puts the player in the shoes of Sergeant "Psycho" Sykes who has to hunt down Colonel Ji-Sung Lee, a ruthless political officer of the Korean People's Army and his mysterious cargo container. Like in Half-Life: Opposing Force, the events take place at the same time as Nomad, the hero of the original game, is traveling over the island and end when Nomad and Psycho meet back up on the aircraft carrier. This also means, if the player has played Crysis, he already knows what is inside the container.The basic gameplay remains the same, as the player follows the helicopter that is transporting around the container. He still needs to shoot many Koreans and fulfill main and secondary objectives, given by his female contact. But there are subtle changes:While the island is still very big and the player can still choose how he wants to advance, the game gives him more direction, making it a more linear experience like in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare if the player follows the lead. The Koreans now don't take so many hits, till they drop to the ground and the Aliens have adopted the AI of soldiers, changing them from dumb individual monsters to intelligently acting threads with new tactical abilities, like shielding one another in groups.To counter this, Psycho has access not only to the original weaponry but also to the new grenade launcher FGL40 and the short-range micro machine gun AY69, which can be dual-wielded. And to top the new arsenal off, a hovercraft and an armored scout vehicle have been added to the car pool.In addition to the single player campaign, the game again also features a multiplayer mode which has now been made into a separate game called Crysis Wars. Besides the two original game modes Instant Action (Deathmatch) and Power Struggle (Destroy the enemy HQ), Team Instant Action (Team Deathmatch) and seven new maps have been added to the repertoire. |
| Mount & Blade | 2008-09-16 | Paradox Interactive AB | TaleWorlds Entertainment Ltd | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Sandbox / open world | Medieval | | Direct control | | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Mount&Blade is an open-ended, nonlinear game focused on realistic medieval warfare that combines RPG elements with strategy management, exploration of the game world, and full real-time combat. It solely offers single player and the player only directly controls a single character, co-operating or fighting against AI-controlled non-player characters (NPCs). There are no fantasy elements such as fictional creatures or magic.The game offers only a skeletal structure in terms of plot and then leaves it to the player to freely explore the environment and participate in the events. There are no cut-scenes nor scripted sequences that nudge the player towards a certain direction, however an ultimate goal to conquer the land is supported. From a large 3D overhead map, the player is free to visit any part of the game world in semi-turn-based fashion. This includes visiting towns, castles, and villages; encountering and conversing with NPCs, such as wandering farmers, warlords, and caravans; and also combat related activities such as raiding villages, attacking bandits and other lords, or participating in town and castle sieges.The player may also wander through villages, castles, and towns to talk to the inhabitants about current events, attain quests from guild masters and lords, trade, buy or sell new items, or recruit new troops. It is possible to start a conversation with almost any character in the game, and their reactions may vary, if significant enough, based on reputation, status, allegiances, and the player's personal relation with the NPC in mention.Because of the open gameplay however, it is also possible to approach it as a strategical and political game, avoiding combat altogether. At the start of the game the player needs to construct a history for the protagonist based on a number of choices, choose a faction and determine the look. While playing experience is earned to improve characteristics such as basic attributes (strength, agility, intelligence or charisma), a large amount of basic skills (both personal and relating to the party) and certain proficiencies. These can be individually determined for each of the party members. There are also unusual skills such as tracking, spotting, prisoner management and surgery. Furthermore the skill tree is multi-tiered, where higher skills effect lower ones, rule them out based on certain choices, or enhance them.A minor economy role is present within the game, allowing the player to conduct peaceful trading between towns. Villages and towns all provide commodities which may be bought and sold. Prices vary, some towns and their corresponding villages may provide lower prices than others while accepting other goods at higher prices. Wandering caravans offer information to where to buy and sell goods, as well as the character's merchant skill, though prices may change randomly for a time, the economy is refreshed each day with new prices, and may also be affected with political situations (e.g. town under siege or change of ownership).Combat occurs when the player encounters a hostile party on the overland map, event, or actively engages in a hostile attack against another party. The player and her/his units then participate a real time 3D battle scene, with the player able to act normally as a 3D action game, whilst providing commands to units under her/his control (when applicable). This includes the ability to engage with various melee weapons, including edged, blunt, and polearms; ranged weapons such as bows and crossbows, and the main feature of the game, to engage in mounted combat, allowing the player and units to inflict crouched damage when equipped with certain polearms (e.g. lances).Battles in the game exist in three formats, the first usually quest-related where only the player and a select number of units may participate; the second is the normal battle where the player and all units may participate; and the third is a siege attempt of a castle or town, which may feature siege buildings or ladders to climb the walls. Technically, up to a maximum of 150 units may engage on the battlefield with a limited wave of reinforcements.These sequences are always generated as instances, locked in a section of the main game environment. The player needs to use the terrain and his AI forces (indirectly) to strategically engage the enemy, also often by mounting a horse and using the advantages in speed, height and the environment in a realistic manner. There are many weapons to wield, including lances, double-handed axes, swords and more. Attacking does not consist of point-and-click, but demands much input from the player. Both offensive and defensive moves are entirely directional and are executed based on timing, leading to realistic fights. Attacks do not only take places in the open, but small villages can be looted or burned (angering farmers) or a castle can be taken on in a full siege. While fighting, the attack and defence parameters are shown in RPG fashion and are calculated based on the setting, characteristics and the different levels and skills.The aftermath of a battle includes random loot, captured prisoners knocked unconscious during battle (which may be sold as slaves or sometimes recruited), and capturing lords, who may be ransomed for money if requested by his faction. |
| Peggle: Nights | 2008-09-16 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Peggle Nights, the sequel to Peggle, is more of an expansion pack than a full-featured new game. The gameplay remains exactly the same: the player controls a cannon at the top of the screen, that can turn 180º and shoot balls at a series of bricks or pegs that turn brighter when hit. The ball bounces around the screen and eventually falls down, making the touched bricks explode. The player has limited number of balls to clear all the orange pegs. A large bowl keeps moving at the bottom of the screen from one side to the other and, if the ball falls inside, it is saved and added to the remaining ones.At the moment before the ball hits the last orange peg, the camera zooms in for a slow-motion close-up and Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" starts playing in the soundtrack. After that, the ball falls in one of the five bowls that cover the bottom of the screen, with bonus points ranging between 10,000 to 100,000 points.In the Adventure Mode, the game is divided in 12 stages, each one with 5 levels and a different character. The character changes the power-up released by hitting the green bricks/pegs. For example, in the levels of the squirrel Jimmy Lighting, the power is multi-ball. In the Claude the lobster levels, it is a pair of claws that act like pinball flippers.The Challenge Mode has 60 unique levels with specific goals. Five of the Challenge levels are only playable after completing 15 levels in the Adventure mode, while the remaining 55 levels are only accessible after completing it. In Quick Play the player can retry any completed levels, and in the Duel Mode two players can compete in hot-seat. |
| Stonekeep | 2008-09-16 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Interplay Productions, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Direct control, Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | When the insane god Khull-Khuum was rampaging the world, devastating everything on his way, the only person who survived the destruction of the Stonekeep castle was a boy named Drake, saved by a mysterious figure. Years later, Drake returns to the ruins of Stonekeep, and the goddess Thera extracts his spirit so that he might withstand the dangers that await him there. Drake must avenge his past, and find a way to liberate the benevolent gods of the realm.Stonekeep is a dungeon-crawling role-playing game with real-time combat. The entire game is spent underground. There is no character creation; Drake's initial statistics are pre-set. Over the course of the game, up to three other characters will join the party and help Drake in combat, controlled by the computer AI. Drake becomes stronger by repeatedly fighting with a particular type of weapon. Magic is contained within runes, which must be found and equipped on staves. Spells can also be combined by the player to produce various offensive and supportive effects. The game utilizes digitized pictures and animations of live actors to represent characters. |
| The Witcher: Enhanced Edition | 2008-09-16 | Atari, Inc. | CD Projekt RED Sp. z o.o. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Witcher: Enhanced Edition is a stand-alone, updated version of the original game with the addition of two new scenarios: "The Price of Neutrality" and "Side Effects". This release includes improvements to animations, character and monster graphics, NPC character models, and translations, and overall game performance. With this edition players can opt to mix and match languages (for instance, hear the voices in French while reading English subtitles).In addition to the game itself, the boxed retail version contains:
"Making of" DVD
2 Soundtrack CDs
The short story The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski from his book The Last Wish (bound)
Map of Temeria
Redesigned game manual
Official strategy guide
Artbook (GOG version only)
Calendar (GOG version only)
The in-game content of the Enhanced Edition was offered as a free download to owners who registered their original game. In some cases the game was later renamed to The Witcher: Enhanced Edition - Director's Cut when patch 1.5 was released. It removes the nudity censorship of the North American version. |
| Line Rider 2: Unbound | 2008-09-17 | Genius Products Inc. | inXile Entertainment, Inc. | Simulation, Sports | Side view | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Based off of the original flash game, this version is revamped for the home consoles with colorful graphics. Once again the player must draw a line on the screen and patch in missing sections to get the rider around on the level (40 total) to collect coins and make it to the end of the level with three different modes to choose from: Story, Puzzle and Freestyle.The player uses their respective console's control to draw these lines: the Wii utilizes the Wii-remote, the PC version uses the mouse while the DS uses the stylus pen and the dual-screen capabilities. |
| SKIP-BO: Castaway Caper | 2008-09-17 | RealArcade | Abduction Studios, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A castaway is forced by the shaman of an island tribe to appease an active volcano, spewing lava since the arrival of the newcomer, by playing several rounds of Skip-Bo.SKIP-BO: Castaway Caper is an adaptation of the card game of the same name, where players have to discard by numeric sequence a whole pile of cards to win. The game has four modes, each only supporting solo play against computer-controlled adversaries. They all follow the rules of the original game, where each player has a separate pile with the top card facing up, and the main objective is to completely discard it before anyone else. At the start of each turn, the players receive their five cards from a central deck, and take turns discarding from their hands, piles and reserve to slots at the center of the table, creating sequential mounds of twelve cards by numerical order that are removed from the game when complete. Players finish their turns by storing a card on one of the four reserve slots in front of them.In adventure mode, the objective is to survive ten challenges, each with several Skip-Bo rounds of increasing difficulty against a varying number of opponents. Mini-games appear between challenges, that unlock decks with new graphics. One of them is a classic game with three shuffling coconuts halves, where the player must pay attention to the movements of a half-coconut covering a specific card, and point out its position afterwards when they stop moving.In classic mode, the rules are the same but the player can choose the number of opponents (up to three) and the difficulty level before starting a round. In speed mode, the gameplay remains the same but the card piles only contain ten cards, instead of the usual thirty. In team mode, two teams play against each other. The player and a computer-controlled assistant form one team against other two CPU opponents. Teammates share the cards of their piles, using them on their respective turns. The winning team is the first one that gets rid of both piles. |
| Alice Greenfingers 2 | 2008-09-18 | Arcade Lab | Arcade Lab | Simulation | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Alice Greenfingers 2 is the second game in the Alice Greenfingers series of light sim games. As in the first game your task is to grow a garden full of fruit and vegetables. This time Alice visits her lazy Uncle Berry and his farm. You start off with an empty farm covered with grass. As the game progresses you earn money and gain access to new crops, farm animals and various decoration objects. Like the first game you can play in your own pace, as the game does not have any stressful time limits.The gameplay follows a certain structure. To grow a crop you first need to dig up the grass and plant some seeds in the soil. Then you water the soil and wait for the plant to grow. When crops are ripe you pick up a box and harvest it. You need to fill each box with four plants. When it is full you drop it off in the storage house. Finally you can visit the local market to sell your crops.New in part 2 are the challenges. Each day Uncle Berry gives you a number of tasks to complete. It can be anything from harvesting a number of boxes to growing enormous sunflowers and walking the dog! After each day you are treated with a free upgrade of your choice. |
| American McGee's Grimm: Beauty and the Beast | 2008-09-18 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Beauty and the Beast is the eighth game in the episodic series based on fairy tales commonly attributed to the Brothers Grimm. All games in the series share the same gameplay with playtime from half an hour to an hour. Players control the narrator Grimm who first tells the original story in cut-scenes with cut-out figures. Next, the player needs to control Grimm to adapt the story with a much darker tone by spreading filth transforming the environment and characters into much darker versions. The story is split up in different scenes. Afterwards, the entire tale is retold with the same cut-scene style, but now featuring the updated events.Each instalment is different because of the story, characters and the environment. In this episode a man is caught stealing a rose from an enchanted castle. The owner, a beast, offers him freedom in exchange for his daughter Beauty. She unwillingly enters the castle, but eventually falls in love with the beast. In Grimm's version, the beast is not impressed with the daughter at all and has other plans. The game takes place in a village, the woods, a strange area with floating platforms and the castle with the gardens. |
| Crysis Complete Pack | 2008-09-18 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Steam compilation contains:
Crysis (base game)
Crysis: Warhead (standalone expansion pack) |
| Der Bauernhof | 2008-09-18 | astragon Software GmbH | ETS Entwicklerteam Slaby | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Der Bauernhof is a farm simulator. Feed the animals and care for your plants. Sell the produce, invest the money into new tools, workers and other animals. Develop the farm and lead it to success. |
| Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning | 2008-09-18 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Mythic Entertainment | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Teen | 2D scrolling | Windows | Warhammer Online: The Age of Reckoning, is Mythic Entertainment's contribution to the still growing MMORPG genre based in the Warhammer universe. Warhammer Online boasts a robust PvP system with many character classes unique to the universe as well. These include Ironbreakers, Black Orcs, Chosen, Disciple of Khaine, Marauders, and more.While most of the content is available through PvP (or RvR, "Realm versus Realm") gameplay, Warhammer Online also boasts PvE experiences including public quests, raid instances, and more. There are also world events that occur from time to time where players can participate for status and loot. The "Heavy Metal" event was one that took place over many days.Players can choose to level independently in PvE or PvP, the later of which involves running instanced PvP scenarios, or can occur in the overworld in common areas. There are a variety of servers as well, including those with the standard rule sets, but also those where PvP is allowed anywhere in the world. No place is safe here!Warhammer Online also features a new concept - public quests. This enables large numbers of players to involve themselves with PvE raids without having to hassle much with organizing ambitious raid parties. Players can jump in or leave at anytime and are rewarded based upon their level of participation. The game is based in Warhammer's original "Age of Reckoning" world. |
| Devil May Cry 4 (Platynowa Kolekcja) | 2008-09-19 | CE Europe Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This edition includes:
Devil May Cry 4
Soundtrack DVD |
| Memories Off Duet: 1st & 2nd Stories | 2008-09-19 | CyberFront Corporation | KID Corp. | Adventure, Compilation | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | Windows | This compilation package contains:
Memories Off game
Memories Off: Pure game
Memories Off 2nd game
Memories Off 2nd: Yuki Hotaru bonus prequel story to Memories Off 2nd
While Memories Off and Memories Off 2nd are ports from Dreamcast/PlayStation releases, the two games were never release for PlayStation 2 as standalone. Furthermore, Memories Off: Pure is a port from Neo Geo Pocket original platform with higher resolution CG and added voice-acting, also not available as standalone PC or PS2 game. |
| Multiwinia + Darwinia | 2008-09-19 | Introversion Software Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Multiwinia + Darwinia is a Steam bundle containing Multiwinia and Darwinia. |
| Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest | 2008-09-19 | Introversion Software Limited | Introversion Software Limited | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | After the player saved the digital world named Darwinia, designed by Dr. Sepulveda, the Darwinias prospered and became more and more autonomous. But instead of forming the utopia, Dr. Sepulveda envisioned for his creations, the once peaceful, law-abiding digital life-form became more and more aggressive. They began to organize themselves in different tribes and began to fight over Darwinia’s limited natural resources unleashing a civil war which rages to this day. In consequence they renamed themselves to Multiwinians.The player takes control over one of the four factions of Multiwinians in this multiplayer-oriented real-time strategy game. Against either up to three AI- or human players, he has to help his Multiwinians to prevail on the many maps for the six different game modes which are:Domination - Capture all the spawn points on the map and thereby eliminating all opponents.
King of the Hill - Control the pre-defined zones on the map to gain points. The player who has the most points after the time is up, wins the match.
Capture the Statue - Capture the Flag in Darwinia but instead of stealing a lousy flag, the Multiwinians have to carry back statues of important figures back to to their base.
Assault - The defending team houses WMDs. The attacker needs to destroy it before it is ready to launch.
Rocket Riot - The Multiwinians want to conquer space. But instead of working together, they race against each other. The player needs to capture and defend solar panels which fuel their rocket and then get 100 Multiwinians into it before the enemy damages the rocket too much.
Blitzkrieg - There are several flag points on the map, which must be captured in a specific order to unlock the last flag in front of the enemy base. Once it has been taken, the enemy looses.But instead of controlling only a squad of digital units, the player now gives the Multiwinians direct orders. To make his job easier however, he can promote a Multiwinian to an officer which then automatically orders the Multiwinians in his surroundings to a player-specified waypoint. He can also bring the Multiwinians to form a strong formation, increasing their fire power but preventing them from using grenades.There are also crates dropping periodically from the sky containing powerful power-ups like slowing down time or gaining a gun turret. Once placed Multiwinians of any faction in the nearby area can take control over it or the player can decide to take the helm himself and get his own bodycount up. |
| Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest (Limited Edition) | 2008-09-19 | Introversion Software Limited | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition is only available directly from the developer's online store and contains the following:
A large tin case to store the content
Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest (boxed)
Darwinia (boxed)
Two foam Darwinians (green, blue, red or yellow mixed)
Eight Multiwinian vs Darwinian postcards
Multiwinia Coffee Table Artbook "Digital Dreamscapes" showcasing graphics from Darwinia and Multiwinia, plus original design docs and early prototype screens.Ordering also comes with an authentication key that allows the buyer to download Multiwinia right away. |
| Sanitary Podzemeliy 2: Ohota za Chornym Kvadratom | 2008-09-19 | 1C Company | 1C Company | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | After Boar and his friends completed their mission, locating and stopping the prisoners who were trying to escape from Planet Alcatraz, few people doubted that Sergeant Hartman, one of the special agents who got lost during the initial infiltration, was dead. However, in reality Hartman was captured by a gang of criminals known as "Policemen", and brought to their outpost in the northern part of the planet. Now this trained military man must find a way to escape from their clutches and gain back his freedom.Sanitary Podzemeliy 2: Ohota za Chornym Kvadratom (translating to Dungeon Cleaners 2: The Hunt for the Black Square) is a sequel to Planet Alcatraz. Despite being a standalone game, it is highly similar to its predecessor, to the point of resembling an add-on. With the exception of one location, all explorable areas are the same as in the first game. The gameplay is nearly identical as well: visually resembling Neverwinter Nights 2, this role-playing game utilizes a Fallout-like skill system and overworld traveling, while opting for real-time-with-pause combat. The player starts with Hartman alone, but three other characters can join him over the course of the game.Differences include slightly improved graphics, tweaks applied to combat engine (e.g. player-controlled characters can now turn around and pick up dropped weapons automatically), random mobile encounters on the world map instead of pre-set ambushes, and a default mode that eliminates character creation, manual character-building, friendly fire, and a few other features. The player, however, can opt to switch to the more advanced mode when the game starts. |
| Subway Simulator: Volume 1 - The Path: New York Underground | 2008-09-19 | AEROSOFT GmbH | TML-Edition OHG | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Contemporary, North America | Train, Vehicle simulator | Point and select | | | | Windows | Volume 1 of World of Subways puts the player in the shoes of a subway train driver on the ca. 50km-long New York PATH Route from New Jersey to New York.At the start of a game, the player can create a scenario out of several pre-configured parts. Besides difficulty settings, which influence how realistic the game behaves, these include the route, the weather, the shift, the presence of AI-controlled trains on the tracks, and the choice of three different types of trains to control. At the player's disposal are the PA_2R, the oldest of the PATH-route trains, the redesigned PA_3R from the late 1980's, and the contemporary generation of PATH-trains called PA_4.After these decisions have been made, the game starts in the first train station and gives total control over the train to the player. The main objective is to keep the schedule and end the shift without any incidents. To do so, the player has to watch over the train itself with its engines, brakes, and the route with all the signals and train stations, as well as open the correct doors in the train stations, switch the air conditioning on and off, do the wagon announcements at the right time and in a realistic manner, etc.At the end of the shift the player receives an overview of how well he did, with points deducted for failed objectives (e.g. overly rough acceleration). Depending on the realism setting, the use of some status monitors with information (such as the distance and color of the next signal) also negatively influences the outcome. |
| The Hidden Object Show: Season 2 | 2008-09-19 | Gogii Games Corp. | Gogii Games Corp. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The Hidden Object Show: Season 2 is a hidden object game with a TV show theme. As a contestant in a game show, the player has to click on the assorted paraphernalia concealed in the scenery, finding the ones from a list of required objects at the bottom of the screen within a time limit.After finishing each screen, a fortune teller appears that randomly selects one of the 11 bonus games with his crystal ball. They include common variations of the seek-and-find gameplay, like marking the differences between two similar scenes, and finding objects by their silhouettes. There are some unique games: one called Letter Getter, where the letters for the list must be collected to complete the name of the objects; and Find 10, where a riddle describes ten objects sharing the same characteristics the must be clicked.The locations also have bonus items that can be collected. Questions marks give extra hints, carnival tickets can be exchanged for toys and star chips skip one of the bonus games at the fortune teller. |
| Slingo Supreme | 2008-09-20 | funkitron, Inc. | funkitron, Inc. | Gambling | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Slingo Supreme combines characteristics from slot machines and bingo. Each level has a grid of numbers arranged like a bingo card, with slots at the bottom. Pulling a chain at the right side makes the slots spin and show random numbers. The first spins are free, but the last ones cost a certain amount of points. Matching slot numbers with the grid numbers makes them disappear, leaving squares with stars. The objective is to create slingos, continuous rows and columns of five of these squares in the grid, and eventually clear the grid.16 power-ups and 8 power-up slots are unlocked after achieving certain goals, and can be selected at the start of each round. They appear randomly on both the slots and the grid, and are stored on right side of the screen: Pattern makers create a series of numbers with golden background on the grid that give extra points after being matched; Slingo vision shows the hidden power-ups behind the numbers; The nudge replaces the slot numbers with a new sequence, when no number is matched on the grid; Extra spins are used with the last spins, providing an alternative to paying for them; Cell jokers match any number on the grid; Extra coins makes money appear on the slots, giving more points; Mystery chests either double the points, or cut them in half; Devil protection maintains the score intact from the encounters with the devil; Multipliers increase the score by multiplying it to the sum of their accumulated instances; Power shots clear the squares surrounding it; Instant slingos match a whole row or column; Bouncing slingos increase the number of possible slingos on the grid, from 12 to 24. Two types of jokers appear on the slots, one matching any number in on the column above it, and the other matching any number on the grid.The devil appears on the slots three times in each round, bringing up one of its five mini-games where the player has to gamble a quarter, half or all of the score. Most are chance games with cards, but some require skill, requiring precise timing to hit the button at the right time to win a coin toss or paying close attention to the moving cups in the shell game.Two extra modes become available after playing the Supreme Mode. In the Classic Mode, there are no power-ups or devil mini-games. In the Daily Challenge, there is a different goal to be achieved that changes daily. |
| Armed Generator Doom Machine | 2008-09-21 | Teknogames | Teknogames | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Armed Generator Doom Machine is a top-down shooter that consists of a series of boss encounters, all based on the same enemy represented as a set of brains. For each counter, the weapons of the boss are procedurally generated, which make each game session slightly different. The game selects weapons from a pool of lasers, rockets and various types of guns to construct a new boss every time.The player has only three lives and the ship can be moved around, fire (a constant stream of bullets), fire a limited amount of missiles and use a shield. After a set amount of waves, the primary or secondary weapons, and the ship's speed can be upgraded. After dying, the part of the boss that killed the player is highlighted to take revenge right away. When a boss is destroyed, the game window will also shake visibly. The first weapon destroyed against a boss makes the player more powerful against it in later encounters.Players can add their own variations of the boss using the in-game Brain editor. There is support for two players in a hot-seat mode and high scores are stored in an online leaderboard, with monthly and weekly scores. |
| Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization | 2008-09-21 | 2K Games, Inc. | Firaxis Games, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy | Historical events, North America, South America | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is both a stand-alone addon for Sid Meier's Civilization IV and a remake of Sid Meier's Colonization from 1994. So the basic premise of the game is still that the player becomes the Viceroy of one of the four playable countries (Netherlands, Spain, France and England) in 1500 with the goal to successfully declare independence from the old world and survive the repercussions in form of the Independence War before the year 1800 (although the winning conditions can be changed).Based on which country and which of the two available Viceroys of that country the player chooses, he gets different bonuses and starts with different units on his lone ship in front of the shores of either a random generated map or a part of real America -- but the first goal is always the same: building a settlement at a good location. Based on which resources surround a settlement, it can harvest and produce different kinds of goods by the settlers currently occupying it. If enough food (200 units) is available, an additional settler will be available to work on the fields or in the different shops or be trained to become a master in his business and thus producing even more units per turn. These goods, for example cloth made out of cotton in the weaving mill, can then be traded with the natives or the other countries settling on the continent or sent back with a ship to Europe and sold there.In Europe the player can also buy goods or hire additional settlers with or without specialization. Often, if the religious unrest in Europe is big enough, the people will come willingly with the player. This can be accelerated by producing religion points in your colony's religious establishments. Selling goods in Europe also means paying taxes to the king who will also demand additional payments from time to time, making it harder and harder for the player to please him, which increases the need to become independent.But independence isn't something that can be declared at any time. Instead, 50% of the settlers in the new world have to agree with the decision before it can be made. And to get those 50%, settlers need to produce freedom bells in the city hall much like all the other trade goods. It is also very important to have a consistent policy with the natives, and the other countries because your handling of those relationships is critical. Although the overall gameplay is still the same as in the original, changes have been made beside the better graphics and the addition of a multiplayer mode. One important change is, that military units don't degrade in rank when defeated but instead just die. To compensate this, a new unit known as the Great General has been introduced to the game. Once a unit has collected enough experience points, the Great General will spawn in a nearby settlement. Combining him with another military unit will then increase its combat strength significantly. It's now also not possible anymore for several nations to chose the same founding fathers. Once a nation has accepted Benjamin Franklin's help offer, he is lost to everyone else. A nation has to fulfill certain criteria (a certain number of points in specific areas like religion or military) before a founding father will even consider joining the nation.Other changes include the addition of national borders much like in Sid Meier's Civilization IV which allow the player to conquer other cities just by expanding their culture border far enough and the possibility to choose a government style once independence has been declared and the constitution is drafted. A monarchical system for example allows the player to still trade with Europe, although the Independence War rages. |
| Children of the Nile Pack | 2008-09-22 | Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Children of the Nile Pack is a bundle containing Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition and the add-on Children of the Nile: Alexandria. |
| EA Sports: 08 Collection | 2008-09-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | EA Sports 08 Collection is a compilation including every EA Sports game released for PC in 2007:
NHL 08
NBA Live 08
Madden NFL 08
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
FIFA 08 |
| Hell's Kitchen: The Game | 2008-09-22 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ludia, Inc. | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Based on the FOX network television show, chef Gordon Ramsay hosts a cooking competition for aspiring chefs.Play through several time management tests in the kitchen and dining room such as taking orders, cooking, serving meals, and cleaning up to the standards of Chef Ramsay or risk his scorn. In the kitchen section, the player has to put different ingredients into the right pots and pans timed so all dishes at one table will be ready around the same time. The player is rated on a five star scale and can work up from a dishwasher to Senior Chef at a 5-star dining establishment.Unlock 35 recipes from the US TV show, try them at home, or share them with friends. |
| Igor: The Game | 2008-09-22 | SouthPeak Interactive Corporation | Mistic Software Inc., Santa Cruz Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
HE'S GOT A MONSTER OF AN IDEA...
Adventure through the Kingdom of Malaria, where Igor and his 3
companions Scamper, Brian, and Eva work together to save the land from
King Malbert and his minions.
As you travel through Malaria, be sure to collect items such as bolts or
secret skulls that contain special healing powers.
The players will journey through all the major environments of the
movie, cooperating with Igor's inventions to battle, solve puzzles, and
ultimately save Malaria.
Play alone or with up to 3 friends and drop in and out of the game at
any time.
Play as any of the main characters from the movie with a distinct set
of moves and attacks
Progress through locations from the film, fight enemies and achieve
goals to advance through the storyline
Relive some of the movie's most thrilling moments as you explore 7
levels filled with non-stop action and adventure
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| Barbie Fashion Show: An Eye for Style | 2008-09-23 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | CyberPlanet Interactive Public Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
With plenty of creative and customization options, the possibilities are
virtually endless. From concept to catwalk, you will design the outfits
and accessories for your very own fashion line. Now you can put your
personal mark on the fashion world!
Thousands of Customizable Options!
Design skirts, dresses, shoes, fabrics, and more!
Choose the models, hair & accessories, music, poses, lighting, stages,
and more!
10 Glamorous Fashion Shows
Including 45 unique design challenges
10 Different Character Models
Design clothes to dress 10 different characters (5 female, 5 male)
while interacting with Barbie and Teresa
Design Fashions for the Perfect Date!
Create boy and girl fashions for dances, weddings, and more!
Create Your Own Photo Shoot
Print and share photos with your friends
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| Dark Horizon | 2008-09-23 | Paradox Interactive AB | Quazar Studio | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Dark Horizon is a futuristic dogfight flight simulation set in space. The game takes place in the Enosta universe, where the element The Mirk has started to form black anomalies that cause entire star systems to be devoured. Three races - Sia'Nuss, Guardians and Bioses - collaborate on The Light Core project, attempting to block the expansion of The Mirk. The humans oppose the project of Sia'Nuss, while there are also De'Khete - creatures who attempt to convert everyone into The Mirk. The game is presented as a look at the past, as it is revealed the project has succeeded in the future. Going back in time, the player is Corwin, a third-degree member of the Guardians, and a warrior of the Vattar Ama'Dan fortress.The game's main storyline is divided in six parts with 22 levels in total. Next to cut-scenes, most of the story is furthered in-game through conversations with fellow Guardians. Corwin will usually operate in squadrons, and is able to offer fellow fighters instructions such as attack, cover, spread out, or missile volley. One of the most important aspects is the extensive ship customization system. From the hangar, Corwin can select the hull, armor and reactor, as well as one or two gun and missile systems, shields and additional devices. The player needs to take the type of mission into account, and adapt the craft into a fighter, a bomber, or the assault fighter as a mix of both. The craft is limited in both mass and energy, so customizations need to be considered carefully. Some weapons have unlimited ammo, while others are limited but offer much stronger firepower.Even more customization is available through the repair shop. Based on the elements technoalloys, conductors, regenerators, nanomodules and electronics gathered from destroyed ships, the player is able to order parts, weapons or revisions. These are unique and can be defined in detail, based on the type of part, the class and several modifications that affect armor, shields, damage, defence, shield regeneration, energy and self-repair. This makes it possible to construct a ship with unique parts, completely fit to the player's playing style. From the main cabin it is possible to read up about the races, developments and the history so far.In-game players can choose from a general third-person perspective or a more precise cockpit view. Objectives appear on the left side of the screen and are often adjusted because of unexpected events during missions. Flying in squadron or solo, the player's ship needs to track and engage enemies, navigate asteroid fields and much more. There are various tracking and targeting systems, with detailed statistics about shields, armor and durability, a radar, the status of allies and enemies, and weapons and ammo.An important aspect of the gameplay comes through the two combat modes: Shadow and Corter. By lowering the craft's temperature, Corwin's ship can enter the Shadow mode where it is almost entirely invisible to enemies. It gives a brief pause needed to recover shields when the enemy cannot confirm your presence visually, but thrust and the firing rate is extensively decreased. Heating up the ship will make it enter the Corter mode, offering a much faster firing rate, but lowering shield regeneration. To successfully complete missions, the temperature needs to be adjusted constantly. Shields can easily regenerate, but when they are gone, the craft is completely open to enemy fire and this permanently affects the armor and durability. |
| King's Bounty: The Legend | 2008-09-23 | 1C Company | Katauri Interactive | Strategy | Diagonal-down |
POMAH (66793) added King's Bounty: The Legend (Windows) on May 20, 2008
| Romance, War | RPG elements | Fantasy, Steampunk | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | This single-player epic story about a good male knight hero (warrior, paladin, or mage) revives the original classic King’s Bounty game, which combines role-playing adventure and tactical battles similar to the Heroes of Might and Magic franchise.Finishing the training at the Royal Battlegrounds to gain your first level of experience, you will be assigned to the vacant post of Royal Bounty Hunter and equipped with a certain number of troops and magical items taken during the training. The King and his Infanta will be the first NPCs you talk to, after the trainer and fake "necromancer" themselves, in order to gain information on the country and the current situation, and to get a quest. You may as well increase your army buying new troops at the castle and travel with them across a continent made up of linked locations. Your character, riding a horse, travels in real-time in each location, representing the lands and waters, the undergrounds and the skies. Different treasures, items, equipment, etc. are scattered on his way, and places should be visited to acquire something useful or not. Skills, available in the form of skill trees with weighted nodes, may be developed with a certain number of magical crystal shards of three kinds acquired during travels. You can also fulfill missions for the kings to earn promotions.Enemies walk on the land in real time as well, so you may avoid or attack them. The game switches into a turn-based tactical mode for battles, where you control your troops on the battlefield, cast spells and summon powerful Spirits of Rage. Some of the more powerful enemies may either be controlled by unique villains of different levels or be one of 3 boss characters: Giant Turtle, Kraken, or Spider Widow. Some battlefields are unique for castle sieges, or challenging to check if you're of the right level. Various traps and bonuses that may change the course of a battle can also be found on some fields.Some of the equippable items found in the game are "living" items that act and change their behaviour based on the player's good or evil actions. To gain control over them, the player needs to win a battle against the evil Spirit that inhabits them.There are many NPCs, good or evil, you can talk to in the game, who may give you quests that can be solved in different ways. For example, to free peasants from the terror of man-eating plants, you may either kill their queen or bring her a cow to fertilize the ground and make her happy so she would stop terrorizing the poor villagers. During your quests, you will also bring kings to the throne or overthrow them, save princesses from dragons, search for the treasure of pirates, and eliminate tyrants looking to dominate the world.The game also features the ability to get married and start a family. The character will get various stat bonuses and other advantages depending on the wife they choose and the children they have with her, and a wife can also equip her own items that will benefit the hero as if he was having them equipped himself. |
| LEGO Batman: The Videogame | 2008-09-23 | Tt Games Publishing Ltd., Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | 2D scrolling | Windows | Continuing the tradition of adapting known franchises such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones with visuals based on LEGO, this game takes on the Batman universe. The basic concept is the same, with characters and objects built up using LEGO blocks, but here shown against surroundings drawn in a regular fashion. Most of the environments are side-scrolling with a fixed camera perspective, but in 3D with quite some depth. It is not based on a certain movie or comic, but on the franchise as a whole with a new story. The animations and sequences are rather quirky and share nothing with the darker atmosphere of the contemporary Batman movies. A cast of villains has escaped from Arkham Asylum and now roam through Gotham City wreaking havoc. The first half of the game, players control Batman and his sidekick Robin to take on all enemies with typical brawler gameplay. Enemies will often respawn endlessly until the player figures out how to progress. The environments can be explored using a number of gadgets such as the batarang and the grappling hook, and players can switch between the two characters at any time. They can both fight and the inactive character is always controlled by the computer AI. Both characters have unique powers they can access by changing their suits. Batman can then glide through the air or plant bombs, while Robin has for instance a technology suit that allows his to walk on metal surfaces in any direction. They can also drive certain vehicles.Both characters operate out of the Batcave that acts as a central hub to store trophies and access missions. Many of the missions have small puzzle elements with buttons or passages that need to be cleared. Objects and characters explode into smaller LEGO blocks and at certain sections the hero need to build structures with blocks to create new objects. After completing a mission in the story mode, it becomes available in a separate free play mode.In the second part of the game players take control of the different villains such as Poison Ivy, The Joker, Mr Freeze, The Riddler, Killer Moth, Hush, Clayface, Man-Bat and more. They all have different powers and their section of the game always ends at the moment they are confronted by Batman and Robin. This way, the game shows how they set up their plans prior to the fights in the first part of the game. The characters collect coins, objects and hearts. Even though they can die, they immediately respawn.Multi player options vary between platforms. Home console and Windows versions allow drop in/drop out co-op. The PSP release fares worst of all and does not contain any kind of multiplayer option. |
| Medal of Honor: 10th Anniversary | 2008-09-23 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This special edition made for the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Medal of Honor series includes:
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Breakthrough
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (Director's Edition DVD)
Medal of Honor: Airborne
The exclusive Medal of Honor 10th Anniversary soundtrack, featuring 14 tracks of the series' award-winning score composed by Michael Giacchino
Strategy guides covering every mission in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Exclusive in-game weapons
Documentaries on the use of propaganda and battlefield training in World War II
Interviews with WWII veterans
Behind the scenes footage on the making of the Medal of Honor franchise
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| Neverland | 2008-09-23 | Yahoo! Games | Panoramik Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Neverland is a hidden object game with a "Alice in Wonderland" inspired plot. Most of the time the objective is to find all the things listed at the right side of the screen, on fantasy landscapes littered with moving toys.There are three ribbons at the top of the list, with icons for hints, pinwheels and whistles. When clicked, the hint ribbon shows the exact location of one of the required toys. The pinwheel creates two spinning fans around one of the list items. The fans spin faster and change color from blue to red when the cursor is near the object. The whistle stops the movement of the toys.A number beneath the ribbons shows the amount of uses left for each one. The ribbons can be charged by collecting their icons on the playfield. Some of the toys ask for things on the screen, awarding one random charging icon if the player drags and drops the required item on them.There is an optional mini-game between chapters. The projector game has three knobs that must be flipped back and forth to adjust the picture quality, while avoiding disruption by mischievous toys that come from the sides of the screen, trying to jump on them.In some locations all the objects keep going in and out of the screen, and the player must pay attention and click on the required toys while they are moving. In other places, the required objects keep appearing and disappearing from the screen. |
| Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy | 2008-09-23 | Encore, Inc. | Elektrogames Limited Company, Kheops Studio, TOTM Studio Games SARL | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy is a 1st-person point-and-click historical mystery that takes place in 16th century France. After falling victim to a terrible curse that is causing someone close to her to die each day, Catherine de Medici turns to her astrologer, Nostradamus, for assistance. As Nostradamus is too old and weak to assist Catherine de Medici, he sends his daughter, Madeline, in his place. Unfortunately, women can not be astrologers so Madeline must disguise herself as her brother, Cesar, in order to assist the queen. This allows the user to play as both Madeline and Cesar.Puzzles are almost entirely inventory based. Players create the disguise, create astrological charts and search for clues that will reveal the cause of the curse. Conversations generally further the plot or provide subtle hints. |
| Tinker | 2008-09-23 | Microsoft Corporation | Fuel Games | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Tinker is a puzzle-game where the player has to guide a small robot safely to the level exit. In-between are many obstacles and mazes to overcome. To make the task even more difficult, the robot has only a limited amount of energy available to him. Each move and each turn requires 1 energy. Some levels contain a battery for recharging. If the reserves are empty, the robot dies. Lasers and falls from more than one floor are also a cause of death for the little bugger.To overcome the different kinds of obstacles, the player controls the robot himself from a isometric perspective and has him moving different kinds of blocks like ice blocks, that melt if shot with laser around, activate/deactivate switches and buttons and by doing so control bombs, lasers and magnets to create a clear and safe way to the exit. Elevators, conveyor belts and elevators further increase the complexity of the riddles.Although getting to the exit will be enough to finish a level, three bonus objectives are available to increase the re-playability value as well as for unlocking achievements. To get the most out of a level, the player needs to be as fast as possible, have a certain amount of energy left at the end of the stage and have collected all the cog wheels in the level. |
| Galactic Civilizations II: Endless Universe | 2008-09-24 | Kalypso Media GmbH | | Compilation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The Endless Universe Pack for the game Galactic Civilizations II contains the two add-ons Dark Avatar and Twilight Of The Arnor.A version of Galactic Civilizations II is not required to play the two add-ons. |
| Cartoon Network All-Stars | 2008-09-25 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This collection includes four Cartoon Network Power Play games:Cartoon Cove
To The Ed-Streme
Dropple
Fast and Flurrious |
| Collapse | 2008-09-25 | Buka Entertainment | Creoteam | Action | Behind view | | | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | In the year 2096, the "Second Aggression" of the anomaly centered in Kiev, Ukraine, took place. The "Second Aggression" destroyed most of the clans in "The Hole", a bordered epicenter of the abnormal zone covering Europe. During the "First Aggression", which occurred in 2013, a great number of people died or disappeared, and those who survived were telling unbelievable things. For unknown reasons, all Lords (leaders inside "The Hole") perished in a recent explosion. Rodan, the last of the Lords, survived miraculously to discover finally the real cause of the anomaly and to save the humankind. Collapse is a third-person shooter that also features melee combat. Rodan may carry three kinds of weapons at the same time (sword, gun and rifle). In addition to this, he will learn four kinds of special powers, including the ability to push enemies back with compressed air, inflict heavy damage with a power wave, create a phantom, and stop time. During the game the protagonist encounters various characters, and two of them will accompany Rodan in two of the eleven chapters. Many combo moves can be learned while using the sword. Finding all 3 DNA items will increase the total health of Rodan. Several creatures including bosses at the end of most chapters should be killed in sequence of actions, and several parts of sequence are controlled with quick-time events (QTE).During the game, Rodan will be called on his phone by different characters. Rodan himself can also call them. The ability to make a call or to forget to make it can affect life or death of certain characters, and branch the storyline. |
| Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games | 2008-09-25 | Encore Software, Inc. | Dynamix, Inc., Encore Software, Inc., Freeverse, Inc. | Compilation, Puzzle, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Chess, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games is a compilation of a large number of classic puzzle and board games. By playing these games, the player will earn Hoyle Bucks, which can be spent on new card decks, tile sets, music, and other decorations. Most games can be played either solo, or with other people taking turns on the same computer. In either case, most games will fill empty positions with bots.
Backgammon (1-2 players.)
Battling Ships (1-2 players. Battleship variant.)
Bump 'em (1-4 players. Trouble variant.)
Checkers (1-2 players.)
Chinese Checkers (1-6 players.)
Chess (1-2 players.)
Dominoes (1-4 players.)
Tile Games:
Edge Tiles (Single player. Mahjong variant.)
Gravity Tiles (Single player. Remove color groups. Try to end up with as few tiles remaining as possible.)
Mahjong Tiles (1-2 players. Includes layout maker.)
Memory Tiles (1-2 players. Find pairs of face-down tiles.)
Slide Tiles (Single-player. Slide rows of tiles slide back and forth to match tiles vertically.)
Master Match (1-2 players. Mastermind variant.)
Maze Racer (1-2 players. Get through the maze as fast as you can.)
Maze Raider (1-2 players. Collect all items in the maze, while avoiding the enemy.)
Parchisi (1-4 players.)
Panic (Single-player. Tetris variant with power-ups. Includes normal, lineout (destroy marked lines), and packer (fill the marked area with blocks).)
Placer Racer (1-2 players. Bust-a-Move variant.)
Rays (1-2 players. Find invisible objects by shooting rays into the grid.)
Reversi (1-2 players.)
Rummy Squares (1-4 players. Rummikub variant.)
Solitaire Arcade: (Single-player, of course.)
3 Towers (Remove cards in sequence with the current card.)
Best 21 (Make the best 5 blackjack hands as you can.)
Fast 21 (Make as many blackjack hands as you can within the time limit.)
Pick 2 (Match cards to those one higher, lower, or identical.)
Sum 11 (Remove cards that sum to 11.)
Star Collector (Single-player. Match colors or shapes to place tiles on marked squares.)
Time Breaker (Single-player. Breakout variant.)
Word Games:
Anagrams (Single-player. Find all words that can be made from the letters.)
Crosswords (1-2 players.)
Hangman (1-2 players.)
Word Searches (1-2 players.)
Word Yacht (1-4 players. Word Yahtzee variant.)
Wordox (1-4 players. Scrabble variant.)
Yacht (1-4 players. Yahtzee variant. Includes both regular and triple versions.)
Zilch (1-4 players. Farkle variant.)
In addition, The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions (listed as Crazy Contraptions), Sudoku from Big Bang Brain Games, and Big Bang Board Games are included. These are not linked to the Hoyle Bucks system.
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| Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals | 2008-09-25 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | White Birds Productions | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Based on the graphic novel "La Foire aux Immortels" by Enki Bilal and approved by author himself, the game is a first-person point-and-click adventure game. You play as Alcide Nikopol, an artist struggling with the authoritarian regime of Paris, March 2023. The game begins, when a new electoral period is coming in the authoritarian, fascist, and decadent city-state of Paris, and one candidate for the governor post exists, and this candidate is Choublanc, current governor in power. The false hope of the improvement of electoral scheme exists due to the mysterious appearance of pyramidal shape space vessel over the astroport, because it’s believed that the occupants of the pyramid want astronomic amounts of fuel from the city of Paris.The city is divided in two districts: central with standing army and the leading class and another, surrounding the first, with adventurers and extraterrestrials of all kinds deployed from astroport. Starting the rebellious actions from your artist's apartment located in the district of second kind, you will visit grand palace corridors, underground subway maze-like passages, fortified military towers, etc. The visitors of pyramid-shaped vessel are actually Egyptian gods (Immortals) and one of them, Horus, decides to possess the body of Nikopol’s father imprisoned in a cryo-frozen camera for last several decades. Meantime, Nikopol has joined a religious resistance group, who, for some reason, asked him to bring his father's portrait. Not remembering the father quite well, Nikopol should find his father's image and enter the resistance group, but during his first steps in the game he will be attempted to put under arrest by lobster-like monster, and therefore should get away from the governmental militia. During the game he will be approached by the other gods and asked to find his father and prevent the Horus' plan. Set in futuristic surreal world, game plot integrates Egyptian gods, lobster-like monsters, flying cars with ordinary items such as rusty pipes, hammers, or cameras, etc. The game mechanics represent standing in some location, spherical examination in first-person view of environment around you, action with the nearest items if possible, and movement to the next location. Inventory may be filled with found items and then they may be used with other items on the screen, but not in inventory. Different letters, newspapers, notes, etc. will appear during the game to untwist the story or propose you the next task, and special button to read them is present in inventory menu. A number of puzzles should be resolved during the game such as to write a portrait with 5 kinds of colors, or to break all bricks in the wall with lesser number of hits, etc. Some actions take place in real-time. For example, when lobster-like monster is going to catch you, you should hide from him as fast as possible in your apartment forming a circle and lock him in one of the rooms or you will be dead. Animation sequences, representing the events in 3rd person view, are shown between the themed locations in some kind of comics-art style, while screen is divided on several parts, and events may flow in them consequently or in parallel way, or while focus is set for certain characters, and their actions are put in front. |
| The Wizard's Pen | 2008-09-25 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Word construction | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Wizard's Pen is a word guessing game, where the player must write the name of objects by analysing portions of their pictures. Each stage is a collection of 16 pictures and objects sharing the same theme.The main interface shows a blank page from a magic book, where clicking anywhere on it uncovers a small square of a complete object picture. The player must guess the object and type its name in a tab at the bottom of the screen. The game accepts the most common synonyms and variants for the names, and has tolerance for small typing errors.A candle at the left side diminishes with every opened square, allowing 8 clicks per page. A number of stars are received for each correct answer, with less clicks awarding more stars. When the candle is a small stub, clicking on the wick smoke reveals the object, but the player doesn't receive any stars.In some pages the image is not hidden, but distorted beyond recognition. Instead of uncovering it bit by bit, each click on the messed picture clears it slowly, and at any time the player can guess the object by typing its name.An incomplete picture appears between stages, with missing bits listed at the right side of the screen. The player must click on the places indicated by the list, where the magical pen will draw the missing parts.At the start of each stage, three magical potions can be taken from a selection of nine. They sit on a shelf at the right side of the page, and can be used at any moment. The perception potion increases the size of the uncovered square. The freeze potion stops the candle from decreasing in size for a few turns. The anagram potion shows a word made with the same letters of the object name. The drippy ink makes the square reveal a bit more of the picture, by making it drip down the page. The hint potion shows a clue about the object. The crystal ball shows three successive objects melded together. The clean slate resets the candle state, erasing all the revealed parts of the picture. The swirl potion paints a spiral on the page, revealing parts of the picture. The silhouette shows the object contour for a few seconds. The lightning shows the complete picture for a brief moment.The stars collected in every stage are used to open sketchbooks with extra levels, that can be accessed at the main menu. |
| Trainz 2007 Deluxe Edition | 2008-09-25 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Trainz 2007 Deluxe Edition is a compilation of the following games:
Trainz Railroad Simulator 2007 (German version)
Trainz 2007 Expansion Pack
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| Zwei II | 2008-09-25 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Six Demon Lords betrayed the goddesses Aplyes and Espina and attacked the world of Granvallen. The Holy Kingdom of Valence eventually defeated them with the help of fairies and dragons. However, following the war all magic in Granvallen was sealed. Humans have learned to rely on technology in all their endeavors.Ragna Valentine is a treasure hunter who travels around the world on his airplane, performing jobs for various people. One day his plane is shot down by mysterious attackers. He is saved by a vampire princess named Alwen, who turns him into her Blood Warrior, a being with supernatural strength. Ragna agrees to help Alwen retrieve her lost magic and repel the demonic invaders who have captured her castle. Together, they embark on their new adventure.Zwei II is an action role-playing game and a sequel to Zwei!!. Though the game has a different character cast, it is set in the same world and shares many gameplay features. Among those is the ability to control two protagonists. The player automatically switches between Ragna and Alwen if he or she opts to attack physically or cast a magic spell, respectively. Like in the previous game, food is used to upgrade the characters, serving as experience points. Also back are pet companions (cats and dogs) who can attack enemies and learn special abilities as they level up. Unlike the predecessor, the game features fully polygonal cel-shaded graphics. |
| Anne's Dream World | 2008-09-26 | Shanghai Quarter Digital Co., Ltd. | Shanghai Quarter Digital Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Anne once lived in a beautiful rural village but they had to move to the city due to her father's job. In the city, she is bored so she fantasizes about a dream world. One day, an army of jellies invaded her dream world, intending to steal all the fruits. Help Anne defend her dream world.Anne's Dream World is a match three game. To make a match, swap two jellies to create a straight row of three or more, vertically or horizontally. For a row to be eliminated, at least part of it must have a clear line of sight to the bottom of the board. This is because lasers fire up from the bottom to strike any jellies that are in a three or more row. Later in the level, you encounter the boss. At first, he is hiding behind his minions. Once you clear the minions, the lasers start hitting the boss. He will move to hide but you can clear the path again. When the boss is defeated, the level ends.As you progress through the levels, you will gain or upgrade skills, like lightning to destroy random jellies. You will also begin to encounter roadblocks. This cannot be matched and can be cleared only by clearing the jellies above it. If the jellies reach the board at the bottom, the game is over. |
| Onsoku Hishō Sonic Mercedes: Futago Heroine Chōkyō Shirei! | 2008-09-26 | Lune | Lune | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | An evil organization known as the Ars Magna rampages across Japan in search of the Elemental Cores, magical artifacts which imbue their owners with immense power. Their campaign is opposed by two magical girls, the twin sisters Sonic Mercedes and Sonic Gisele, who derive their power from the Elemental Cores stored inside their bodies. One day, the Ars Magna leadership commands one of their members named Max and his partner Tesla to challenge the magical girls with a homunculus named Mattel, who has an Elemental Core of his own. In the subsequent battle, Mattel overwhelms the magical girls, allowing Max to take one as his prisoner. However, when Max tries to extract her core, he finds that it cannot be removed from a pure soul. Max instantly realizes what needs to be done: his prisoner's soul must be defiled.Onsoku Hishō Sonic Mercedes: Futago Heroine Chōkyō Shirei! (which roughly translates to Speed-of-Sound Flight Sonic Mercedes: Twin Heroine Training Instructions!) is a hentai visual novel with simulation elements. At the start of each day, the player can choose which sexual acts to perform on their prisoner to defile them. These scenes take place between visual novel-esque segments which advance the story. The game has multiple endings that can be achieved depending on the player's decisions and features voice acting for all significant characters except the protagonist. |
| Lost Secrets: Bermuda Triangle | 2008-09-27 | Big Fish Games, Inc | GameMill Entertainment LLC, Gunnar Games, Inc., Virtual Prophecy Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Rachel Broadview discovers that the name of her great-grandmother was in a book about the Bermuda Triangle, and decides to go there to uncover the secrets hidden inside the many shipwrecks of the mysterious region.Lost Secrets: Bermuda Triangle is a hidden object game. Like all games of this genre, the main objective is to scour a picture from a location littered with things, looking for the objects from a list placed at the right side of the screen.There are some bonus games between the chapters. One is a mini-submarine puzzle, where the objective is to guide the vessel through a coral labyrinth, collecting treasure chests while avoiding collision with the power cord and dead ends. Another is a simplified tile-matching game, where in a grid filled with symbols at least two tiles have to be connected by color or shape, anywhere in a straight line, to make them disappear and clear the background.A hint button is provided at the top of the list, that makes the cursor gem change color when near one of the required objects, while depleting its energy. The button slowly starts to refill from the moment the object is found. |
| Blocksum: Omake Version | 2008-09-28 | | | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Blocksum: Omake Version is a slight variation on the original Blocksum game. Most of the original mechanics are still there.The play field shows a stack of blocks with numbers on them, which rises to the top slowly (this speeds up in later levels) and the game ends when the top is reached. The player can position the cursor (controlled with the keyboard or a joy-pad, and following the block grid) over a block and then press a button, drag onto a neighboring block and voila, the blocks are combined and their values are added. If a number of blocks equivalent to the numbers shown on them are adjacent a chain reaction starts. This stops the stack from rising, and the values on those connected blocks being frozen. Now any new blocks that touch them which are made to have the same value get added to the chain and when the player does not add new blocks for a while the chain stops and a score is awarded. The higher the numbers, and the more blocks have been combined the higher the score. The player can also make the stack rise faster with a second button, while no chain is active.Where the Omake Version differs is that instead of the numbers adding up indefinitely they wrap around. Adding a "1" to a "9" results in a "0". "0's" behave like "1's" in that they do not start chain reactions. The original also had spheres which would occasionally show up. These could be connected to an adjacent block and the result would be that block and all blocks with the same number getting deleted from the play field. This mechanic is removed as well, presumably because the wrap around mechanic makes it a lot easier to get rid of blocks in general if one messes up. |
| Broken Sword 2.5: The Return of the Templars | 2008-09-28 | mindFactory | mindFactory | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Broken Sword 2.5: The Return of the Templars is a fan made sequel to continue the storyline after the first two games in the Broken Sword adventure series, and ties up the events leading up to the third game. Like the first two games, a 2d view is used with point-and-click gameplay instead of the full 3d from the later games.The series' protagonist George Stobbart leaves Nico for one year because of an important trip to the USA. During that time, his grandfather dies of cancer. While in the USA, he receives a telegram from France detailing the death of Nico. Bewildered, he hastily travels back to France only to discover Nico is still alive and not surprised about the telegram at all. The unexpected reunion does not please her and she asks him to leave immediately. While at Cafe della Chandelle Verte in Paris trying to put everything together, George receives an alarming message from French inspector André Lobineau about Nico. It may turn out the Neo-Templars still exist.Familiar locations all over the world are mixed with new settings and characters. George, Nico and André all return, but new ones such as Christophe Brai and English historian Jimmy McLaugh also play an important role. Movement is done with the mouse, while the cursor changes automatically to an available action when hovering over a hotspot. Items are stored in an inventory and dialogues trees are shown as icons representing items or characters. Players will control George and Nico intermittently throughout the story. It is also possible to die in the game.Although it is a tribute to the original series, the production values are high with entirely new environments, characters, rendered cut-scenes, sounds and a storyline that match the original games. Some people involved with the original game have contributed and there is full German (with a few of the voices of the original games) and English voice acting |
| Commander: Napoleon at War | 2008-09-29 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Firepower Entertainment, Lordz Games Studio, The, Slitherine Software UK Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Commander: Napoleon at War is a turn based strategy game taking place during the Napoleonic Wars and the sequel to Commander: Europe at War. The game features 8 campaigns to play that all take place between the years 1805 and 1815. You can fight as both Napoleon's forces or the Allied Coalition. Like Europe at War the player is presented with a map of Europe and parts of Africa and North America with a hexagonal grid. The game comes with 12 different unit types and various technologies that can be invented during the course of the game. Units can be commanded by famous historical figures from that time. The game has a dynamic weather system that has an influence on combat.The game can be played in multiplayer in hotseat, play-by-email, LAN or online. |
| Cooking Dash | 2008-09-30 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Aliasworlds Entertainment | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)
When Cookie the Chef leaves Flo's Diner to pursue a career on a popular reality cooking TV show, there is a shortage of chefs in DinerTown as Cookie invites them all to appear as guest stars. Flo, with her grandmother, help out at all four DinerTown restaurants and ends up hosting with Cookie on a Hollywood set of Flo's Diner!
Over 50 levels of game play!
Master the art of perfectly prepared meals in five different restaurants!
Each new restaurant features a different variety of food to delight customers!
3D rendered characters add dimension to the animation.
Upgrades, upgrades, upgrades! The game features decorative upgrades, functional upgrades, and upgrades awarded for successful completion of the levels.
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| Everlight: Of Magic & Power | 2008-09-30 | Adventure Company, The | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Everlight: Of Magic & Power! is a traditional point-and-click adventure from Germany. It evolves around the story of a daydreamer named Melvin. He is a withdrawn and shy boy, who, by accident, discovers a way into the magical world of Tallen. There he must solve the riddle of a city befallen by a strange curse. The inhabitants of the City change their personality during the night. So does the Guard, brave and firm during day, become timid and weak after nightfall. But to solve this riddle Melvin has to overcome his own fears and weaknesses.... The player controls Melvin, the main protagonist, throughout the game. The puzzles he has to solve range from simple dialog puzzles, over the combination of different object to classic logic-puzzles. One mentionable feature is a day-night cycle. Melvin can explore his surroundings by day and night, with makes a substantial difference to the game's world. So switching between day and night is necessary to solve the riddle of Tallen. As the game progresses additionally time-travel becomes possible and essential. Graphics include two-dimensional backgrounds with fully-modelled characters. The controls are comparable to most point-and-click adventures. All orders are issued by mouse, while some keyboard shortcuts can be used for quick commands. The story throughout the game is told from Melvin's point of view and presented with in-game graphics only.The game also features an in-game hint system directly connected to the difficulty level chosen.
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| Nerd Quest | 2008-09-30 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | The player controls the actions of a software developer at Great Sites Inc., where a hacker has recently compromised security and whose mischief jeopardises a hot date the protagonist had planned with his girlfriend, Debbie. With superiors thwarting his exit, the developer must employ his nerdly knowledge of operating systems and human digestion, moderated through a simple text parser, in order to extract himself from this contrived plot complication, escape the building and meet up with Debbie. |
| Pipe Mania | 2008-09-30 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Razorworks | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Alfonso Senior, having made his fortune from the original Pipe Mania, has retired to Paradise Island. Unfortunately, the island has an alarmingly high number of plumbing-related problems. Alfonso's retired, but he's called in his kids Junior and Fawcett to fix up the island, and maybe learn a few things about plumbing along the way.Gameplay is similar to the classic Pipe Dream/Pipe Mania, but with a more mission-based structure, and more unusual modes. Missions can be replayed to get a higher grade, and high grades can unlock various treasures, such as movies, character bios, and new game modes. Pipe Mania even has a multiplayer mode; compete against a friend for points, or use your attacks to damage your opponent's pipes. |
| Project Delta | 2008-09-30 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | This game is a demonstration of the author's proprietary "Node-X" Choose-Your-Own-Adventure authoring system. This is achieved through a couple of slight inventory-management obstacles ("puzzles" would be overstating the case) thrown in the path of your female military protagonist. The challenges are posed by one Lt. Walker during training exercises at the shooting range of a secret military installation. |
| Righteous City: Part I | 2008-09-30 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Righteous City - Part I is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory and actions are can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. Interactions can be executed via an interface by holding the right mouse button.Story:
You are a private investigator named Lester Britton working for an agency and have failed an important case including casualties. Your boss gives you a last chance. You have to go to Righteous City and solve a murder case. |
| SAS: Secure Tomorrow | 2008-09-30 | City Interactive S.A. | City Interactive S.A. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | A first person shooter where you take the part of a new soldier in the British SAS. A terrorist that has been presumed dead has resurfaced and is wreaking havoc on London. You are part of a three man squad tasked with tracking him down. Your squad mates are completely computer controlled. You are part of the team, but are after all, the junior man.The game plays out over 12 levels, set in a prison during a riot, a night raid on an upscale London office building and through the snow to an underground base in Greenland. |
| Search for the Ultimate Weapon | 2008-09-30 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In this game, made in the SUDS text adventure authoring system, the player controls historical Chinese nun Wu Mei (or Ng Mui), one of the five fugitive monks traditionally credited with spreading martial arts practice throughout the country.In 1622, she arrives at a Shaolin temple in Henan with hopes to procure, as the game's title suggests, some armament which will enable her to slay the Prince of the invading Qing Manchu forces in vengeance for the deaths of her family members. But as she infiltrates first the monastery and then the fortress, overcoming small puzzles along the way, the revenge gnawing at her heart confronts her with the realization that the ultimate weapon may be something more allegorical than physical. |
| The Hall of the Fount of Artois | 2008-09-30 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | Pierre Artois, the scion of an old and powerful family, has run afoul of one of the family's old and powerful enemies, the crazed enchanter Stefano Maningo, who has laid a terrible curse of petrification upon him. Knowing what hangs in the balance, the family has summoned the highest authority to their Artois Pragma estate -- which is where the player enters the equation.This homebrew text adventure isn't just a treasure hunt -- the object-collection has a higher purpose as a collection of sacred objects necessary for a life-saving ritual to overturn Maningo's curse! And though the manor house itself is largely devoid of denizens of its own to give you room to do your work (barring Austin the cat and some jarring mythological creatures in the cellar), it takes on a personality of its own as you get to know it better, uncovering secret passages in pursuit of the magical Rammstein, a vessel of great power.Though crafted with great care, the game is a deliberate throwback to text adventures of yore, and shares with them many features requiring players to strategise a bit, including carry limits and the curse's built-in time limit. And while we're partying like it's 1989, there's a maze in the basement that will periodically extinguish the player's light source just to keep things lively. |
| The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft | 2008-09-30 | Adventure Company, The | XPEC Entertainment Inc., XPEC Entertainment (Shanghai) Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The famous Hardy Boys make their video gaming debut with this game, The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft.The game is pure adventure with a modern setting and storyline including all of the traditional aspects: point-and-click, exploration, puzzle-solving, inventory items, and interaction with in-game characters. It is played using a 3rd person perspective, and the player will play either Frank or Joe Hardy intermittently or together as a team to accomplish mutual goals. Each boy has his own inventory but items can be shared in special circumstances and in unusual ways.The Spencer mansion reports a break-in and valuable bonds have been stolen from the safe. Since the Hardy Boys are members of the American Teens Against Crime organization (the A.T.A.C.), they will be involved in trying to solve the case. Of course, their parents don't always approve of the boys getting down and dirty, so to speak, so the usual teen antics of hiding the goings on from them surfaces during the beginning of the game.Puzzles are a varied bunch including situation and inventory-based problems to help the boys accomplish the many tasks at hand. The game has four chapters, an orchestrated soundtrack, and sound effects. |
| The Missing Piece | 2008-09-30 | | Intelligent-Digital | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | The Wizard of Life has abducted our hero to a far-off and strange distant land, where he must determine how to safely engage numerous local monsters of fable and myth in order to free a captive panda bear, with his assistance uncover a magical orb, and dismiss an evil force blighting the land.At your disposal is an assortment of arms both close- and long-range, modern and ancient, as well as an assortment of offensive magical spells and even magic words that produce unique effects when invoked in the correct location. Sizing up the enemies so as not to overstep one's abilities, the player slays the opponents in turn, gaining experience and raising their statistics through advances in experience levels.Astute readers might surmise something being absent from the overall narrative structure of this game, but its name says it all. |
| Bipo: Mystery of the Red Panda | 2008-10-01 | Red Panda Games | Red Panda Games | Adventure | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Bipo is a red panda who was raised in a human village. When his adoptive grandfather dies, Bipo realizes that he'll have to leave the village and find a job. On his journey Bipo discovers a mysterious mansion haunted by an equally mysterious ghost-like figure. Bipo will have to use his wits to reveal the secrets that surround him.Bipo: The Mystery of the Red Panda is a puzzle-solving adventure game primarily aimed at younger players. Bipo explores top-down environments, switching to first-person perspective when interacting with main characters and attempting to solve some of the more complex puzzles. Many of the puzzles are built like mini-games. |
| Cake Shop | 2008-10-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | EleFun Multimedia Games | Action | | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | Lisa is a girl with a big dream: she wants to manage a cake shop! So when the opportunity arises and a cake shop owner offers her a job, she quickly moves to a all new city.Lisa's job is to satisfy the wishes of the customers which are shown in picture form. The basic product are cakes which are composed of three layers. In practice this means that the player has to click on the cake layers in the correct order and then serve the result to the customer. Later in the game the shop introduces more products which increase the complexity of the required actions, e.g. in order to create a coffee, Lisa has to put the cup into the coffee machine and wait until it is finished. It is important to serve customers as quickly as possible because their mood (and their tip) decreases when Lisa takes to long. Since there is no physical avatar of Lisa during gameplay, all actions are performed with the mouse.After each work day (a few minutes of play time), the earned money can be spent on two things: more equipment for the shop (attracts more customers and therefore increases earnings) or building a house for Lisa to battle her homesickness. Each step of the house building process, e.g. the foundation, has to ordered separately and increases Lisa's mood. The available equipment also depends on Lisa's skill rating based on her performance in the shop. |
| Crucis Fatal Fake | 2008-10-01 | Light's | Light's | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Crucis Fatal Fake is a 3D team-based doujin (independent) fighting game, based on Fate/Stay Night. Masters (mages from normal world) paired with Servants (legendary heroes, assigned to one of seven classes) fight against each other in the Holy Grail War. The player can select two characters (a Master and a Servant) from Fate/Stay Night - Shirou Emiya, Rin Tohsaka, Sakura Matou, Illyasviel von Einzbern, Kirei Kotomine and Souichirou Kuzuki (as Masters) and Archer, Saber, Berserker, Rider, Assassin, Lancer, Gilgamesh and Caster (as Servants). The game has unlockable characters, like the True Assassin. The selected pair fights on a small arena against other pairs. The heroes can use various weapons (Berserker for example has a giant "swordaxe", Saber uses Excalibur, Lancer has Gae Bolg). The player can change the hero to a second character (except Illya - she just cannot fight), like in Marvel vs. Capcom. |
| Ikibago: The Caribbean Jewel | 2008-10-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Yamago | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ikibago: The Caribbean Jewel is a color-matching game with a pirate theme. On the central window, lots of multi-colored barrels bob down the sea towards the right side of the screen, where an arrow is waiting to collect them. The main objective is to arrange columns of kegs by color, dragging and dropping them before they reach the arrow. At least three barrels of the same color must be aligned on the column before hitting the right side, otherwise the player loses a life.There are boss battles, where rival buccaneers try to destroy the barrels with cannons, or send their henchmen to dance on the kegs locking them in place.Special barrels appear on some levels. Unchained kegs can't be moved until they are unlocked with keys attached to other barrels. Ring barrels turn the whole column to gold.The goal of each level is displayed at the start of each round, and usually is to collect a number of stocks (columns with three barrels) or superstocks (five barrels columns). Depending on the score, at the end of each stage the game unlocks one of the six extra modes. They are gameplay variations, with certain aspects removed or added to the story mode. For example, the classic mode has a series of continuous levels, and the endless mode has infinite lives. |
| Kudos 2 | 2008-10-01 | Positech Computing Ltd. | Positech Computing Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Kudos 2 is a strategic life simulation game. It's a turn based, 2D interface game where the player makes (usually) a single decision per day about how their character should live their life, such as whether they watch TV that day (and which channel to watch), or if they go out to socialize, who they hang out with.The game is free-form in nature with no fixed goals, although it's suggested that the player may wish to achieve happiness, fame or wealth as one of their objectives. The game runs over an artificially shortened ten year period, although endless gameplay is allowed as an option. |
| Ludo Park | 2008-10-01 | Insolita Studios | Insolita Studios | Educational, Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Ludo Park is a serious game for business simulation focused in management and entrepreneurship. The player controls a stand in an amusement park which is in the town for one month, creating his own character and business identity. Then selects a product among thirteen possible: six in the food business, three in the beverage business and four in the entertainment business. Each stand can sell up to two products in different branches of business and they can be upgraded. The experience - that contains more than five hours of game play - ends with full reports on the player's performances and strategies that can be analyzed by a teacher / facilitator.Each one of the thousands customers of Ludo Park are controlled by an AI that simulates a variety of consumers' profiles. These preferences combined with day of week, weather conditions and events influence directly over the amount of customers the park receives and the kinds of products which will be more sought. The game can be played by one up to forty players simultaneously in real time.The game play is divided by a day-night cycle:Night: during the night players can buy the materials for making their products (like brands of syrup for soft drinks), define marketing strategies, hire and fire workers and upgrade their business. Information like the weather next day and events in the park are shown to help players in their decision.
Day: during the day, players observe the Market, checking which products are more sought by the customers and the better strategies employed by the adversaries. There's also a mini games in which the players have to serve the customers when there are queues in front of the stand. Winning it betters players' reputation and profit. |
| Neverwinter Nights Legends | 2008-10-01 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation of Neverwinter Nights includes
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
Neverwinter Nights 2
Neverwinter Nights 2 soundtrack |
| Ranch Rush | 2008-10-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Aliasworlds Entertainment, FreshGames, LLC | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | Time management | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this time-management game, you play Sara, a worker at a greenhouse. Unfortunately, the greenhouse is failing, and the owner is going to sell to a developer in eight weeks. Sara's only chance of saving the nursery is to take over a vacant three acres and turn it into a productive farm.Each week consists of five missions (where you need to harvest certain amounts of each crop) taking place on Monday through Friday, plus a Saturday farmer's market, where each item you sell gives bonus cash.Some items take more time than others to grow, and other items, such as milk, require you to take crops and process them in some way. (For example, taking clover to a cow to get milk in return, or turning tomatoes into ketchup.) |
| Score International Baja 1000 | 2008-10-01 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Left Field Productions, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Off-roading | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
The World's Greatest Desert Race!
Drive the most powerful off-road vehicles in this hair-raising quest for
sand supremacy! Experience danger in wheel-to-wheel racing action over
some of the wildest and most treacherous terrain the Baja has to offer,
with the most insane crashes ever assembled in one game... strap
yourself in, this isn’t your grandpa’s racing game!
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| Voyager | 2008-10-01 | Just Trains | Railwaves | Compilation, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Voyager is an add-on for Rail Simulator that requires the original game to play. It brings the Voyager passenger train to the series, which was introduced in 2001. This add-on includes both the Class 220 and Class 221 varieties with detailed cabs, controls and animations coupled to accurate models of the train physics.Other features are a passenger view and seven scenarios to complete. Liveries included are Cross Country, Cross Country Transitional, Virgin and 'what if' USA and German trains. |
| Cake Mania 3 | 2008-10-02 | Sandlot Games | Sandlot Games | Simulation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Join Jill on a delicious new adventure as she travels through time to
rescue her wedding guests!
As Jill Evans nervously prepares for her big wedding day, disaster
strikes when a mysterious ‘timebender’ crashes to the floor. As her
friends and family rush to pick up the shattered pieces, her loved ones
suddenly vanish. Now, in order to rescue them and get back before the
ceremony begins, Jill must travel through time and work her cake-making
magic on everyone she meets in this all-new adventure based on the
best-selling series.
Features
• Master 84 new levels of cake-baking craziness!• Travel to 6
different bakery environments including the Jurassic Period, Medieval
England and the Future. Each environment has its own unique cake styles.•
Customize Jill’s bakeries with 50 unique kitchen upgrades: Ovens, Shoes,
Frosters, Display Stands, Microwaves, TVs, Toppers and Frosterators. New
upgrades include the Fridge and Hot Drink Machine!• Serve 30 new
demanding customers, from Medieval Wizards to Ancient Egyptian Mummies•
Unlock three different mini games, including Servo-Rama, Cakey-Makey and
Match Cakes• Receive trophies for completing specific tasks and
follow your accomplishments in the Trophy Room
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| Fenimore Fillmore's Revenge | 2008-10-02 | Nobilis Group | Revistronic | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Western | | | | | | Windows | Fenimore Fillmore's Revenge is a classic point and click adventure game in a full 3D environment. It is the third in the Fenimore Fillmore franchise, after 3 Skulls of the Toltecs and The Westerner.The mechanics in the game are quite different from the previous games. The player is thrown into a series of "levels" where he (taking part as Fenimore or Rhiannon) will have to solve a few puzzles in order to get to the next level. Also a few action scenes are present in the form of small shooting sequences.In this episode, Fenimore and Rhiannon find a dying man in the middle of the desert, who tells them of the whereabouts of a treasure from a recent theft hidden inside a tomb, just before passing out.Just after that a gang of outlaws lay an ambush on them, kidnapping Rhiannon. Our objective will be not only to rescue the poor girl and getting hold of the treasure, but also to pay vengeance on the villains. |
| Irisu Syndrome! | 2008-10-02 | | | Puzzle | Side view | | Horror | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Irisu Syndrome! is a falling blocks puzzle game. As colored blocks fall down from the top of the screen, the layer must use their mouse to launch same-colored blocks at each other to clear them from the board and score points. The player's health gradually and automatically decreases as the game continues, and the only way to restore it is to clear blocks before they hit the bottom of the board.As the game progresses, it tells the story of four young adults who have known each other since elementary school, including the bunny-loving protagonist Kyouko Irisu. It soon becomes clear that all is not right in this group of friends, and the player's performance with the puzzles will affect how the plot is resolved. |
| Project Aftermath | 2008-10-02 | Games Faction Ltd. | Games Faction Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Project Aftermath is a RTS game in a futuristic setting. The player controls four heroes who take on the nefarious New Order. The story is detailed in graphic novel style with voice acting. The game features a campaign with 10 single player missions. Each hero controls a squad of units and has different abilities and RPG-like parameters. There are three different types of damage which are made apparent by their color: red is physical damage, green is biological damage and blue is energy damage. The armor of units is painted in the same colors depending on which damage type it resists. Units can change weapons on the fly to change damage type.There is no resource gathering or base building in this game. The New Order has respawn zones on the map which need to be captured. Additional mission goals including freeing prisoners, exploring parts of the map and destroying enemy units. |
| Temporal | 2008-10-02 | Potato Factory, The | Potato Factory, The | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Temporal is a puzzle-solving game set in a platform environment. Players control a quirky robot that awakens in an unknown complex. It needs to be guided (only by using the arrow keys to move it around) to escape different rooms. Next to movement, it can also fly up using the propeller on its head, but only for a short distance.Rather than a regular platform game, the focus is on the puzzle-solving with a background story that runs through all levels. To reach the end of a level, the robot needs to push boxes around, destroy floors, manipulate chemicals, use guns and activate terminals and trigger beams. In later levels, similar to the game mechanics explored in such games as Braid, Chronotron, Cursor*10 and The Adventures of P.B. Winterbottom, time can be bended in various ways. The robot can create different instances for itself and determine their time of movement, and then cooperate with these copies to progress through the levels. Some of these situations require precise timing.The graphical style has a comic book-style feel to it, with thick black outlines around all characters and objects. During the levels, the robot is assisted by TPU-X76, its technological processing unit. It provides hints but also makes for humourous sequences through the conversation or when it accidentally powers itself down, rendering the robot blind. The base game includes 30 episodes that are unlocked gradually, but at the end there are actually a few more as the story is further explored. For each level the best times are tracked and the gameplay is saved as a replay that can be reviewed or shared online.The player is rewarded for avoiding temporal paradoxes, sequences during the game where one of the past selves does not reach the end of the level. |
| Battlestrike: Force of Resistance | 2008-10-03 | City Interactive S.A. | City Interactive S.A. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | World War II | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Battlestrike: Force of Resistance is the third installment in the Mortyr series. You plunge back into the alternate timeline in 1943 where the Third Reich have taken control of all Europe.Poland sends its finest soldier to deal with the enemy uprising alone. You take his role in 8 different missions such as destroying bridges, enemy convoys and V2 factories.The player can also take control of enemy tanks and airplanes, also use the environment and level objects against his enemies. |
| Beauty Factory | 2008-10-03 | City Interactive S.A. | City Interactive S.A. | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Enter the world of owning a cosmetic factory, where making money is the name of the game. Choose from a variety of products to make, including lipstick, eye shadow, perfume, nail wear and powder. There are two game modes to play, either start a game in career mode, where you can do what you want, or try to beat various specific challenges in the challenge mode.Players can create their own character and customize their factory, upgrading rooms and changing their looks. As head of their own cosmetic factory, they get to choose what ingredients they want in their products, mixing and matching to see what works best with the current trends. Decide how much of a product to make to meet the demands of customers and how much to spend on ads. Outdo the competition and become the world's best. |
| Cassandra's Journey: The Legacy of Nostradamus | 2008-10-03 | Big Fish Games, Inc | JoyBits Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | Irina Balina | | | | Windows | Cassandra's Journey: The Legacy of Nostradamus is a hidden object game with several mini-games and magic tricks shown between chapters. As Cassandra, a young mystic searching for her magical ring with the help of Nostradamus ghost, the player has to find objects from a list at the bottom of the screen within a time limit. The words on this list are sometimes replaced by silhouettes or riddles.The game shows several magic tricks involving cards and numbers between the stages. Some mini-games appear as well, and they are variations of popular casual games like match-three, word search, jigsaw puzzle, spot-the-difference and mahjong.Each location has jewels hidden on the scenery, that can be collected and used as currency to buy hints with the shop button. Three types of hints are available: the magnifier highlights one of the required objects, the question mark shows the approximate area where one of the objects is, and the wand is encrusted with a gem that shines more brightly when near one the objects. |
| Virtual Skipper 5 | 2008-10-03 | 93GAMES | Nadeo SAS | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Virtual Skipper 5 is an updated re-release of the sailing game Virtual Skipper 5: 32nd America's Cup - The Game with nearly identical features. The only difference is that all references to America's cup courses and boats are removed. It is also not possible to play against players with 32nd America's Cup unless they update to Virtual Skipper 5 with a patch which brings along a different subscription model.The most important difference is that this game requires a yearly fee from about $35 to continue playing. Unlike 32nd America's Cup this version of Virtual Skipper is constantly updated with new patches and improvements, which are not available to players safe for a basic upgrade patch that includes a number of rule updates, network bugs and general bug fixes. Players of this version can however compete directly against those with the free version Virtual Skipper Online. |
| The Answer | 2008-10-04 | Four Leaf Studios | Four Leaf Studios | Adventure | | | Comedy | Visual novel | Contemporary | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Answer is a short visual novel about creating English language visual novels, created by members of the team who produced Katawa Shoujo. Advertised as " instructive and uplifting tale for aspiring visual novelists", it was originally done as a warm-up project which the team released publicly. The story is a work of metafiction and comedic in nature, serving as a parody of the English language visual novel creation community of the time. It is a "kinetic novel", one without choices for the reader to make, due to its short length. |
| GM Hockey 2009 | 2008-10-05 | Logique Eclectic | Logique Eclectic | Simulation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In GM Hockey 2009, you do what you, the player, would be able to do as a General Manager of your favorite NHL team. Who wouldn't want to manage his favorite team and win the Stanley Cup?Sometimes, events occur in the game. The players come to you and argue that they don't have enough ice time, or that they don't like the coach. These happen frequently in the NHL... and in the game. When that happens, you have a choice as a General Manager: do you trade your unhappy player, or fire your coach?But, on the other end, events also happen to you, the General Manager. You may find yourself in a strip club, or kicking a dog for no apparent reason. These events will lower fans' or the President's faith towards you, and depending on the team, can force you to resign.In this game, you make every possible action from the menus and with the mouse. You also have some hotkeys on the keyboard for the most used actions.The game is played from a 2D perspective. No 3D involved, as everything is seen on the screen. Music is as close as a hockey sim would be.Prepare yourself for an adventure that will change your perspective about being a General Manager of a sport team. |
| Meat Boy | 2008-10-05 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Meat Boy is a fast platform game starring a bloody piece of meat. His girlfriend Bandage Girl has been kidnapped by Dr Fetus and he needs to rescue her in many environments. The game is split up in four distinct environments with a lot of levels each. To complete a level Meat Boy needs to reach Bandage Girl. Levels are very small, sometimes even on a single screen, but filled with hazards such as blades, lava, salt, fire, crumbling tiles and spikes. Meat Boy can cling to walls to wall jump and slide down as well. Levels can be completed quickly but often require multiple tries to find the correct path as Meat Boy dies right away.Not all levels need to be completed to progress. Sets are unlocked gradually and only a specific amount needs to be completed to move on to a new set. In addition Meat Boy can collect bandages to unlock secrets such as new characters (one of the knights from Castle Crashers for instance). Players can design custom levels and share them with other players through an export code.Many of the game's basic elements return in the commercial game Super Meat Boy by the same developers. |
| 10 Days Under the Sea | 2008-10-06 | FlyWheel Games | FlyWheel Games | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | 10 Days Under the Sea is a hidden object game with a treasure hunt theme, where valuables have to be collected around the world. The main character is an underwater explorer, and each screen is a submersed location with fish swimming around. Like in all games of the genre, each screen/location is filled with objects that must be retrieved within a time limit.The player can take photos of the passing fish. These pictures are added automatically to an album with information about the species. Fishes with an ? sign give extra hints when photographed. There's a horn to scare the fish and clear the screen, and a food dispenser to attract them.Four artifacts, stored at the bottom-right corner after being found, help the search for hidden objects. The lamp glows more brightly when the cursor is near a required item. The bomb captures all surrounding objects where it lands. The sensor beeps when it is close to one of the items. Poseidon's net automatically captures an object when clicked.Standard mini-games (jigsaw puzzles, concentration) are included as well. After solving them, the player receives a piece of the magic compass and the game moves to another part of the globe. |
| Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy | 2008-10-06 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The famous teen detective, Nancy Drew, goes to Ireland to be maid of honor in her friend's wedding. This will not be the fairytale wedding that her friend hopes for, however. Shortly after Nancy arrives, the groom disappears. There are ghost sightings and strange things occurring, but Nancy has dealt with those before. Can she find the groom before it is too late? Is a more devious plot in the works, or is the Castle really haunted?The 19th game in the Nancy Drew series, The Haunting of Castle Malloy contains all of the traditional elements of a mystery adventure game. It features a familiar point-and-click interface and is played in first person, putting you behind the eyes of Nancy. There are characters to question, puzzles to solve and various tasks to perform. Explore the Castle and its grounds, find important objects and clues. Nancy is sure to find out what's going on - with your help. |
| Pendulum Quest | 2008-10-06 | iWin.com | HectorSoft | Action | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Pendulum Quest is a color matching game where a ball swings from a pendulum at the top of the screen. The player has to time it correctly and click the mouse at the right moment, releasing the ball towards the ever-increasing pile of multi-colored spheres at the bottom. The objective is to create or hit a group of three or more balls of the same color, removing them from the pile. If the pile reaches a glowing line at the top, the game is over.Special spheres have a glow around them, and release their powers when matched. The red bomb explodes, taking several balls with it. The blue horizontal bomb destroys a line of spheres. The green glowing ball makes the pendulum stop for a few seconds.There are two modes: Adventure, where the levels get more difficult, and Survival, where the game is one endless level and the objective is to last as long as possible. |
| Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches | 2008-10-06 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Arberth Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In this first person point and click adventure game horror, fantasy, and mythology are combined to produce a spooky tale in which the sanity of a Welsh teenager is questioned. Are eerie things occurring on Rhiannon's farm or does she simply have an overactive imagination? Rhiannon's parents take her away from the seemingly haunted farm and it is up to the player to determine the cause of the frightening events.There is no interaction with other characters in this game so there are no conversation based puzzles. Almost all puzzles are inventory based. There are numerous objects to pick up, examine, and combine with other objects. Additionally, an object can not be picked up until there is a use for it. The puzzles assist the player in solving the mystery of the strange occurrences at Rhiannon's farm, Ty Pryderi. |
| Ship Simulator 2008 (Collector's Edition) | 2008-10-06 | Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collector's edition includes:
Ship Simulator 2008 (base game)
Ship Simulator 2008 Add-on: New Horizons (expansion)
70+ page Captain's Journal of references
Making-of videoThere are two varieties of the collector's edition:
Dutch version:
Two extra missions featuring the SS Rotterdam
The Captain's Journal on DVDEnglish version:
A printed Captain's Journal |
| Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway | 2008-10-07 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Gearbox Software LLC | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is the third installment of the Brother in Arms series and takes place four months after "Operation Overlord".The player once again takes over the control of Staff Sergeant Matthew Baker and his squads as they take part in "Operation Market Garden". With the goal to secure multiple bridges, three airborne divisions were dropped into the Netherlands behind enemy lines on the 17th September 1944 - one of which was the 101st Airborne Division, Matt Baker's unit. The game tells the story of him and his squad assaulting and securing Eindhoven and the subsequent defense of the surrounding area against the German counter-attacks.As in the previous games the player, in 1st person perspective or via tactical map, orders his squad around the map from cover to cover, ordering them to suppress the enemy and planning a flank attack to take the enemy position out, always advancing to the next objective. But to spice things up a bit, there isn't just an assault team waiting to be controlled. In some missions the player gets access to more specialised machine gun or bazooka teams. Especially the latter is very useful now since cover can be destroyed with enough fire power. There are also missions in which the player has control over a tank or has to fulfill the objective completely on his own.Like in Rainbow Six: Vegas the player can also now do a move called "Dig in" at each cover. This will switch the camera to a 3rd person view and make the character invulnerable to enemy attack (as long as the cover isn't destroyed). From this position he can blind fire or look over the cover to get the kill with the improved combat system which doesn't rely that much on flanking the enemy anymore since every part of an enemy can now be hit if it's visible. And if the player makes an especially impressive shot (long distance head shot for example), the game switches to a slow-motion action cam, showing the hit in every gory detail. Another change is the new health system. As opposed to a fixed amount of health, the characters now regenerate health automatically if not under fire.The game also features a team-based multiplayer mode for up to 20 players in which the teams either have to capture flag points or defend these points or eliminate the whole opposition to win the round. |
| Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (Limited Edition) | 2008-10-07 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This limited edition includes:
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
A 6 inch plastic Sergeant Matt Baker figurine with 13 accessories
A 32-page Brothers in Arms first edition comic book
A full color map of Operation Market Garden
Two additional playable multiplayer characters (American Assault Model and German Commander Model)
Code to unlock all recon reports
Code to unlock the Secret Finder |
| Enigma 7 | 2008-10-07 | GameInvest, S.A. | GameInvest, S.A. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jane and Joe were a perfect couple. But real love always meets obstacles. In this case - the seven portals... Enigma 7 is a classic Match 3 game supported by a story involving a relationship, archaeology, and mysterious gateways.One day Jane disappears. Joe ventures in the dangerous journey to unlock the seven magical portals of the Lands of Enigma and rescue his love. In order to do this Joe will have to collect pieces of the land's map and find the necessary keys to open the portals.The game offers 3 modes: - In Swap mode you swap adjacent pieces in order to match 3 of them in a row and highlight tiles under them before the door closes.- Slider Mode is different. You'll also get a play field with tiles to highlight, but your task is to slide a piece from one of three sides of the field to an adjacent tile in order to make a match. This requires a bit of strategic thinking and is more challenging than Swap mode.- Mix Mode has both options at the same time, with alternate Swap and Slider levels.Besides basic game play you will also have access to various powerups by filling Powerup Meter. This is done by creating combos of four and more tiles. You also get a hammer powerup if the playfield becomes locked (no possible moves left).Once you collect nine pieces of the map you're presented a jigsaw puzzle which upon completion gets you one of the seven portal keys. |
| Ponedel'nik nachinajetsa v subbotu | 2008-10-08 | Akella | RootFix Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure | Contemporary, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Monday Starts on Saturday (Понедельник начинается в субботу in Russian) is a point-n-click graphic adventure game based on the science fiction / science fantasy novel of the same name (1965) by the Soviet Russian authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The game follows the novel's plot very closely, describing three time periods in the life of a programmer Alexander Privalov. Starting with his occasional encounter of the paranormal phenomena in the summer 1962, it continues with certain events occurred with him in the eve of New Year 1963 and during the spring of 1963, when he was employed as an engineer at the paranormal Soviet scientific research institute. The player controls Alexander Privalov moving him from one static screen to another, talking to characters, casting the magic spells, collecting and using the inventory items. |
| Between the Worlds | 2008-10-09 | iWin.com | Applied Systems Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In the course of an investigation, a Los Angeles police detective meets a sorcerer and uncovers his plot to take control of the city.Between the Worlds is a hidden object game, where the player has to search locations cluttered with objects, clicking the ones listed at the left side of the screen within a time limit. Incorrect clicks remove 60 seconds from the timer.Sixteen pieces of an amulet must be retrieved. They are locked inside containers on the screen, and the number of the available hidden pieces is listed below the inventory.Mini-games and bonus stages appear between the chapters. They are variations of classic games like concentration, jigsaw puzzles and mazes. The bonus stages are inspired by classic videogames like Galaga (where the ship is replaced by the wizard's wand). |
| Zeal | 2008-10-09 | RealArcade | Gestalt games | Adventure | Top-down | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Zeal is a hidden object game about a fashion magazine. Instead of the usual locations, the game takes place inside the magazine pages, with mini-games related to editing tasks. Each page has several objects and a list at the bottom of the ones that must be removed. A hint button shows the position of one of the objects, but takes about a minute to recharge after being used.In the mini-games between chapters the player has to accomplish editing jobs, reviewing photographs and magazine pages. In one of the games, the player has to drag and drop objects related to their photographs (for example, a small ball to a roulette). In others the screen shows several photographs, and the cursor becomes a magnifier that have be used to search for the correct model face. In the paint mix game, the goal is to combine colored paint in a bowl in the right order, following the clues displayed on the cell phone. In the scanner game, the player has to pay attention to the several objects moving from the left to the right, clicking on the ones that change after being scanned. |
| Aquanoid 2 Gold | 2008-10-10 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Aquanoid 2 Gold is an improved version of Aquanoid 2. The graphics have been enhanced and the levels reworked. Included are more than 300 levels with 50 different bonuses. 6 sets of stones and different paddles and balls can be selected. Also included is an editor to create custom levels. |
| Coffret Casual Games | 2008-10-10 | EMME Interactive SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This pack contains, alphabetically:
Alien Stars
Arctic Stud Poker Run
Dog Rescue
Feyruna
Gem Slider
Magic Gem
Miner
Once upon a Time
Pac Doom
Pinball Golf Pool
Race Cars
Rats & Spears
Sudoku
Theseus
Volley Balley
Wild West Wendy
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| FIM Speedway Grand Prix 3 | 2008-10-10 | 1C Company | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | FIM Speedway Grand Prix 3 is a simulation of the speedway sport which are motorcycle races on oval courses. This game features the official FIM license for the season 2008, including the eleven official courses. The player can choose between four playing modes: training, single races, Grand Prix or championship. The latter consists of a qualifying, a semi-finale and a finale round with four drivers each on a randomly chosen course. Grand Prix corresponds to the real FIM championship and the player participates in all eleven races. Between them he can tune his motorcycle. |
| Hako | 2008-10-10 | Illusion | Illusion | Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | In Hako (Japanese for "box"), the protagonist, an ordinary (well, before the game begins, at least) Japanese young man, receives a mysterious box. Upon opening the box he discovers that there is a miniature room inside - complete with furniture - and a teenager girl the size of an apple living in it. Well, since it is a Hentai game, you must've already understood the goal of the game: get sexual with this girl. In different ways. For those who care about the size: the protagonist will be able to adjust his own size to the girl's if the player wishes so. Or, he can play a "Lonely and sick Gulliver has captured a female Lilliputian for his perverse pleasure". In any case, it's not as simple as it sounds. Even though the girl is tiny, the protagonist is a gentleman (to a degree) and wouldn't do anything unless the girl agrees to. Lift up her skirt too soon and you'll get slapped, forcing to start again. Various means are at the protagonist's disposal to try and capture the heart of his lovely prisoner. He can buy clothes for her, feed her, buy furniture and objects for her room, etc.The gameplay inside the room (outside of it you can access the computer to go online shopping) is standard Illusion fare, known from Des Blood series and pretty much every their game since: moving the camera in full 3D environment, the player interacts with the girl by choosing commands (touching specific body parts etc.), and then performs the action in real time by moving the mouse. The intensity of the mouse movement determines the intensity of the action performed on screen. |
| Jigsaw World | 2008-10-10 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Stargaze | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jigsaw World contains 60 stock images for you to piece together and are grouped into categories for plants, nature, food, animals, rooms, and travel. You can solve them as they are or modify their characteristics such as the number of pieces, whether or not to be able to rotate them, and whether their edges should be morphed strangely. Puzzles can have between 12 and 690 pieces.While working a puzzle you have various options. You can select and move groups of pieces at once. You can view a small version of the image or hide it, use a "ghost" image to place the pieces upon or sort the pieces by color/hue. There is also a magnifying glass and selecting "hint" will show you two pieces that fit together. You can also change the board's background color.The game will save your progress on all puzzles partially finished. Completed puzzles are listed on a separate screen with the time it took you to complete each along with other statistics. Background music plays as you work the puzzles. |
| Metroid: Confrontation | 2008-10-10 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Metroidvania, Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | After the destruction of Mother Brain, and Samus' escape from the space pirate mothership, the Galactic Federation Police realized that the destiny of the entire galaxy couldn't be in the hands of a bounty hunter.
They decided to create a special training facility. The best enforcers could now face a virtual reality simulation, crafted to simulate extreme hostile environments with unprecedented realism.
Since Samus provided most of the data from her previous missions to make the training program possible, she was given the privilege to be the first person to try it out.
Will she be able to finally defeat the ghosts from her past?Metroid: Confrontation is a fangame based on the Metroid series, being most similar to Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. The game plays like a condensed, shorter version of these, but still features the well-known Metroidvania style; you acquire items that make it possible to reach previously inaccessible areas while fighting regular enemies and three bosses. The goal is to get your hands on a fuel cell so that you can leave the planet. |
| The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time | 2008-10-10 | | IBM | Educational | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time is an educational game where players can explore the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, as a partnership between the Palace Museum and IBM. The palace is presented as it was during the Qing dynasty, which ruled from 1644 until 1912, and it is rendered as a 3D world.Players control an avatar using only the movement keys and the mouse to walk around in the environment. Different view options are available and the camera can be fully rotated. Basic functions are shown on a sidebar on the right. Players can choose to explore the palace on their own or can rely on attendants and tour guides as AI characters who provide information. As a game, MMO mechanics are used as multiple players can explore the same environment at the same time, watching each other walk about and chat. Advanced players can offer to take other players on a tour and lead them around. There are different characters to choose from.Through a map specific locations can be visited directly. The sightseeing is divided into buildings, artifacts, scenes, tours and activities. Individual visitors can also be tracked down. Game elements are offered through three activities players can participate in: cricket fighting, archery practice and the ancient game Weiqi.Notes about the locations can be jotted down in scrapbooks and the player can also take pictures of the environment to save in the scrapbook or to send to friends. Apart from the activities, the chatting and the walking around, no further interaction with the environment is possible. While most AI characters remain static, during activities players can watch the emperor have dinner, or observe the approval of memorials and court painting. Certain tours focus on specific parts of the palace and provide cultural background information, such as the dragons in the palace, feng shui or an overview of the garden. |
| The Guild 2: Venice | 2008-10-10 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Trine Games | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Medieval | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Guild 2: Venice is the second add-on to The Guild 2 but doesn't require the main game to play.As in the original game, the player creates a character with different stats and choice of profession at the beginning of a session and then has to build a dynasty with him and climb the social ladder. Each character of the player's dynasty is controllable, has it's own stats and earns experience points by successfully accomplishing tasks and milestones. These are not only used to increase his stats but also to level up overall. This allows the character to learn new talents and increases his power, allowing him to buy higher level buildings and such. But that's not enough, since the player also needs to earn or buy titles like baron or earl in order to get more privileges like taking an office or getting the permission to build a bigger home. And of course trading is the biggest source of income to do all that.This time the player can try to build his dynasty in Venice, Trieste and the surrounding areas featuring not only the corresponding buildings like the Palazzo Ducale but also an adjusted choice of goods to produce or buy and bargain with. To accompany this change, new professions have been added to the game. Other changes include a refined way to make artifacts, additional plans for new artifacts and new interaction possibilities in your own house. |
| The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - Gold Edition | 2008-10-10 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire (base game)
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - The Eastern Realm (expansion pack) |
| The Treasures of Mystery Island | 2008-10-10 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Five-BN | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Treasures Of Mystery Island is an inventory-based hidden object game. Instead of searching for the objects from a list, the player has to collect the their pieces scattered about the screen. A picture of each broken object is shown at the bottom, along with the number of pieces remaining to be found. After being assembled, the objects are stored in the inventory at the right side. The player has to place the complete objects on their correct places, which usually are not in the location where they have been found.The hint system for the Windows version is a rune stone that sits under the inventory, and replaces the cursor when picked up. The stone shines more brightly when near one of the pieces, making it shake. After being spent, the stone takes about a minute to be used again, and a green energy bar besides it fills slowly while recharging. The hint system for the Android and iOS versions is a sparkling trail that encircles the needed item. Like the Windows rune stone, it takes time to recharge after each use.Some objects bring up a puzzle when they are put on their places. Most of them are variations of classic games like jigsaw puzzles and Simon, with a few unique ones. Some of the locations have interactive portions, where the player has to move parts or press buttons to reveal a hidden piece.At the end of each chapter, a mini-game has to be completed on some of the previous locations. A number of objects related to one or more characters, displayed as cards on the inventory space, has to be collected (for example, toys for the boy, cutlery for the waiter, etc). |
| Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms | 2008-10-11 | Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Earthworm Jim
Earthworm Jim 2 |
| Musaic Box | 2008-10-12 | Big Fish Games, Inc | KranX Productions Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Musaic Box is a music game with geometric puzzles. The player has to fit tetrominoes pieces on a central grid of varying size. When clicked, each piece plays a section of an arrangement of a well-known theme.The goal is to line up all the parts so the pieces fit and play the complete tune, with all the instrumentation. Each block from the pieces has a symbol representing a different instrument by color, and sound wave by shape. Music rolls at the bottom of the screen play the complete main melody, and each separate part is under a grid column showing the correct order of the blocks. When two blocks with the same instrument overlap, they turn black to indicate the mistake. Some levels don't have the music rolls, and have to be solved without their aid.The grid outlines are scattered and hidden on several locations. The player must search for pieces of outlines on the scenery that, when copied to the songbook, give access to one of the puzzles. A map at the top-left shows the number of outlines remaining in the room. As the player solves the music puzzles, the game opens new rooms with more outlines and puzzles. |
| Crimson Cow's Cycling Evolution | 2008-10-13 | Crimson Cow GmbH | Freedom Factory Studios | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bike / Bicycling | | | | | Windows | Cycling Evolution is a cycling management game. Players have to take over a team as a manager and lead it to success. All aspects of a team are included: signing up new drivers, taking care of finances, logistics and sponsoring, and determining the training and tactics for the races. The results of the preparatory work are shown in the 3D simulation mode of the game. All important European races are included. During a race riders can be influenced with tactical commands. The game has 40 pro teams with over 1,000 riders. |
| Battle Chess: Special Edition | 2008-10-14 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Battle Chess Special Edition is a bundle containing Battle Chess, Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess and Battle Chess 4000. |
| Cesar Millan's Dog Whisperer | 2008-10-14 | Ubisoft, Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Educational, Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation, Mental training | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Cesar Millan is the popular dog behavior expert who hosts National Geographic's The Dog Whisperer. In the game, you can follow his instructions on how to deal with and correct different behavioral problems. In order to be calm and submissive, dogs must follow Cesar's regimen of exercise, discipline and affection. You start out with six different tutorials on how to interact with the dogs. With 34 dogs with differing problems, you can monitor their activity and personality meters as you go on walks, rollerblading and feed them. You can correct when a dog is acting too excited, fearful, or dominant. If your actions are working, you will see each meter is in the green zone. You can yank its leash, shush it to sit, or rub its head or belly to encourage it. At times, Cesar will provide advice if you are not doing something correctly. The game is also interspersed with educational quiz questions. |
| Europa Universalis III: Complete | 2008-10-14 | Paradox Interactive AB | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This compilation includes:Europa Universalis III (base game)
Europa Universalis III: Napoleon's Ambition (expansion)
Europa Universalis III: In Nomine (expansion) |
| FIFA Soccer 09 | 2008-10-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | | Windows | One of EAs best selling franchises sees another yearly update, just months after the release of UEFA Euro 2008. However, continuing with the improvements seen in previous games, the developers tweaked the game further, such as adding a new physics model, which brings more realism to collisions, but also increased responsiveness and goalkeeper AI and animations.Featuring thirty leagues and passing the half-thousand team mark, the game includes the usual modes seen in previous games, with enhancements to the Be a Pro mode, now allowing up to 20 people on 20 different consoles to connect by the Internet and join a 10 vs. single match.
There's also a new paid premium mode, named «Adidas Live Season», which tracks the real results of six of the biggest leagues (Barclay’s Premier League, La Liga BBVA, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Serie A and Mexican Primera Division) to dynamically update players statistics up-to-the-week according to their form and performances.
A new online mode, FIFA 09 Clubs*, reserved to PS3 and X360 users, enables gamers to form or join user-controlled football teams of up to 50 friends and field their strongest team when competing in Be A Pro. As FIFA 09 Clubs* will determine the best virtual team in the world teams will be relegated or achieve promotion to different divisions depending on their results. |
| Littlest Pet Shop | 2008-10-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Salt Lake | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Littlest Pet Shop is a game based around the Hasbro line of toys and the animated series of the same name. The world the pets inhabit is a green meadow full of houses and up to 16 mini-games to play. The object of the game is to play with pets as the player unlocks them during the course of the game. Although there are only three pets to start, the player progressively unlocks more pets and accessories with the goal of collecting them all. Players visit the shops in the central Pet Plaza to unlock up to 100 accessories and 29 playsets. To acquire new pets or accessories, Kibble Coins are used as a currency. Coins are collected by exploring the environment and doing well in the mini-games. These for instance include Dance Dance Revolution-like sequences, a swinging game, a flying game, a balancing game, and more. After each game the score is shown along with the collected Kibble Coins. The performance is also rewarded with a ribbon.There are 32 pets in total and the Windows and Wii version contain all pets of the three Nintendo DS games that were released separately around the same time:
Littlest Pet Shop: Garden
Littlest Pet Shop: Jungle
Littlest Pet Shop: WinterThose of the fourth DS title Littlest Pet Shop: Spring that was released a few months later, are not included. |
| Season Match 2 | 2008-10-14 | Big Fish Games, Inc | URSE Games | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Prince January controls the seasons of the kingdom using magic, turning it into a cold and desolate place. To defeat him, a champion must take back all the magic artifacts.Season Match 2, like its predecessor, is a tile-matching game similar to Super Collapse! and other games. The objective is to click and remove groups of three or more tiles of the same type. Some levels have a magic artifact buried under the tiles that must be uncovered and recovered before time runs out.A bar at the top of the screen shows the number of jewels that must be removed to finish the level. There are mini-games at the end of each chapter. Most are seek-and-find games where hidden objects have to be found on the screen. Others are shadow matching games, where an object has to be matched to its silhouette. In one game, the player has to find pairs in a pile of assorted objects.Power-ups are stored in three slots at the bottom of the screen that slowly fill with each match of their corresponding tile. The clover removes one tile, the leaf removes a group of them and the flower turns tiles into groups of the same type. Obstacles, like blocks and stones, break gradually every time the adjacent tiles are matched and removed. |
| Hyperballoid 2: Time Rider | 2008-10-15 | Purple Hills | | Action | | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | iTunes Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Hyperballoid 2 is more than a sequel to one of the best old school Breakout games around, it's also a new high for the genre that pushes the boundaries of visuals, gameplay and user customization. If you want a Breakout game with superb high resolution graphics, outrageous new powerups and silky smooth controls, you've got it. GAME FEATURES:
• Beat 200 levels
• Conquer four different worlds
• Capture and use 45 bonus items
• Demolish over 280 kinds of bricks FIND US in FACEBOOK: AlawarEntertainment |
| Magic Match: The Genie's Journey | 2008-10-15 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | FriendsGames | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Magic Match: The Genie's Journey is a match 3 game. Go on a journey with Merlin the wizard and Giggles the genie. Solve 50 levels and collect treasure and trophies and become the most powerful wizard in Arcania. Combine three or more symbols in every level. The rows will disappear and new symbols fall down. Bigger combinations create bonuses and special items. Every level has a certain amount of symbols to combine. |
| Antologia Ex Machina | 2008-10-16 | Buka Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilations includes all three games from Ex Machina series by Targem Games (with last patches):
Hard Truck: Apocalypse
Hard Truck: Apocalypse - Rise of Clans
Ex Machina Arcade
In box you will also find:
Trailers, wallpapers, developers video diaries
Colorful poster, collector's magnet and CD with soundtrack
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| Dr. Lynch: Grave Secrets | 2008-10-16 | I-play | Floodlight Games, I-play Seattle | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Dr. Ignatius Lynch, Britain's foremost skeptic, reads about an apparition in a dig site on the country side. He sets out with his assistant Overly to unravel the mystery about the sightings.Dr. Lynch: Grave Secrets is a hidden object game with adventure elements. The plot is told as comic panels at the start of each chapter. The required objects are listed at the left side of the screen, and some of them are stored in the inventory after being collected. These tools are used on puzzles at the end of each chapter.Each chapter has a time limit of 25 minutes. A few of the required items, like the small bugs, are animated and crawling on the scenery. Some objects give an extra hint when dragged and dropped in a specific place, for example idol statues in a shelf.The player can skip the logic puzzles at the end of the chapter. They work like puzzles in point-and-click adventures, where inventory items have to be used to fix something. Clue cards and photographs are stored in a briefcase, and can be reviewed at any time. |
| Fire Department Trilogie | 2008-10-16 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:Emergency Fire Response
Firefighter Command: Raging Inferno
Fire Department: Episode 3 |
| Mozart: The Conspirators of Prague | 2008-10-16 | Micro Application, S.A. | GamecoStudios SARL | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Cards / tiles, Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Mozart: The Conspirators of Prague is an adventure game about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who apparently was not only a musical genius but also a freemason. In 1788 Mozart is in Prague for the inaugural showing of his famous opera, Don Giovanni. These are troubled times, however, and Mozart discovers a terrible conspiracy to dethrone emperor Joseph II. He has to use all of his talents to try and prevent this.The gameplay consists of mostly point and click and contains both musical puzzles and mechanical puzzles, but a conducting mini-game and a card game are also part of the game. |
| PES 2009: Pro Evolution Soccer | 2008-10-16 | Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH | Winning Eleven Productions | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 is the eighth game of the Pro Evolution Soccer Series and features for the first time the "Become A Legend" mode in which you can create your own player and improve him playing in clubs all over Europe as well as playing with your national time in many international cups.The Ligue 1 and the Eredivise are the fully licensed leagues. The Premier League, the LFP and the Calcio leagues are partially licensed and for the first time you'll be able to play the UEFA Champions League. You can also play with many other teams from other countries as well as 60 national teams in many leagues and cups. The "Master League" mode is still available.The game has new moves, readjustment for ball movements, new animations and improved graphics. |
| Pirate Fishing | 2008-10-16 | Kloonigames | Kloonigames | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | |
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| | | | | | | Windows | A Baltic pirate, fed up with hipster gentrification of his noble profession, concludes that the real action is in commercial fishing. Pirates being prickly types, however, his methods are somewhat crude: moving the ship with the mouse, upon reaching a desired location the player clicks the mouse to commence the pirate tipping a barrel full of some unidentified bilious black goo into the pristine waters. A simulation of the physical properties of fluids means that the foul brew dilutes as it mixes into a muddy solution, killing fish who swim through it at certain concentration levels much as in the cyanide fishing technique of South-East Asia.The player's supply of muck is limited; their goal, to net the highest-valued catch of (now-tainted) fish. |
| X³ Pack | 2008-10-16 | EGOSOFT GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | X3 Pack is a Steam bundle that contains:
X³: Reunion (base game)
X³: Terran Conflict (standalone add-on) |
| X³: Terran Conflict | 2008-10-16 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | EGOSOFT GmbH | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Michael Baumgardt (BurnIt!), Klaus Meyer | | Teen | | Windows | X³: Terran Conflict is a standalone add-on to X³: Reunion and the fifth part of the X-saga. Instead of putting the player once again in the shoes of Kyle-William Brennan or his son Julian Gardna, the game features several starting scenarios putting him in the shoes of a Terran Soldier, an Argon Merchant or other combinations. As the game progresses, new starting scenarios can be unlocked. The choice made here defines how difficult the game will be, with which resources the player starts and of course from which view point the player will witness the return of the Terraformers or Xenon. And yes, the AI controlled machines are back in full force.Three years have gone by since Julian found Earth (and the solar system) at the end of X³: Reunion and united it with the X-Universe. The relationship between the long lost Terrans and the other races is still a cautious one but everyone looks optimistically into the future with more and more of the new sectors surrounding Earth being explored, populated and exploited. At least until one day a Terran patrol picks up signals which, after further investigation, are discovered to be attacking Xenon. Now that the old threat has resurfaced, it not only has to be defeated once and for all, but the reason for its reappearance seems to have something to do with one of the other races. A race for the survival of the whole universe begins.As in the previous installments of the X: Beyond the Frontier universe series, the player is offered a considerable freedom of actions. All the already known sectors of the X-Universe and the new Terran sectors are his to explore from the start. He can take part in the complex trading simulation by flying through the sectors himself, building his own factories and hiring his own pilots to fly transporters for him, become a pirate and attack the merchants himself (and become the most hated person in the sector), play as a policeman, and so on. The possibilities are quite vast, with missions and other objectives that increase the player's rank with the corresponding faction if successfully completed, giving him access to better technology, ships and trading opportunities with the races.Besides the improved graphics, the Terrans as a playable race, several hundred new ship and station types, and new tutorials, X³: Terran Conflict also features a new mission guidance system allowing the player to always see in the ships HUD where he has to go next. It's now also possible to control all the menus with the mouse instead of only the keyboard as it was in X³: Reunion. Other additions are the ability to form squadrons of player ships to better protect the very vulnerable freighters and the possibility to hire trainable soldiers which can enter and seize enemy ships. |
| Amazing Finds | 2008-10-17 | Shockwave | Mondo Studios | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Thaddeus McGriff is a collector that sends his nephew around the world to find 8 rare items to complete his collection.Amazing Finds is a hidden-object game with adventure elements. The objective is to find all the objects from a list at the right side of the screen within a time limit, in locations filled with scattered and assorted paraphernalia. Some of the objects are stored in the inventory, to be used later on specific places.The player travels to the locations by flipping the pages of a journal. They show the hidden items as Polaroid photos, along with information about them. All locations have one "locked" object, that can only be opened by using one of the inventory items. Once unlocked they act as a bonus location, where all required objects have to be picked up before collecting the rare item.Mini-games appear after finishing each location. They are variations of classic games like concentration, hangman and jigsaw puzzles, and implementations of casual games staples like Puzzle Loop and a spot-the-differences game between two similar images.The hint system is a coin that sits under the inventory, making one of the objects shine when clicked. The coin can only be used again after 30 seconds, when it stops spinning. |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Pre-Order Edition) | 2008-10-17 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The pre-order version of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 in itself is missing the mentioned game, but includes:
a bonus video DVD
a key for an exclusive skirmish/multiplayer map pack
both discs of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 |
| Curse of Montezuma | 2008-10-17 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Friday's Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | North America | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cathie Jones, Emily Jones' granddaughter, continues the family tradition and takes on her grandmother's profession as an archaeologist. She finds the notes of her granny, with unfinished directions to the legendary fountain of youth. Cathie travels to the South American jungles, to complete her family quest for the ancient site.Curse of Montezuma is a tile matching game, where the player must create matches of three or more jewelry pieces of the same type to make them break and disappear. The pieces are randomly distributed on a wire grid that has a different shape on each level. Pieces are selected with the mouse and swapped with adjacent ones, only changing position if a match is possible. When connected, the matching pieces start to fizzle with electrical arcs, then break. The vacant space is quickly filled with new pieces moving downwards the grid, rearranging the position of all the pieces above it.The objective of each level is to destroy all the pieces with a jewel encrusted in the middle, to fill a meter at the bottom of the screen before time is over. Each match fills with blue mana a glass jar at the bottom-right. The jar has several circular slots for charging totem power-ups. After completing a level, the player receives a number of gold coins that can be used to purchase power-ups and upgrades in a shop between levels. They help in several different ways, exploding selected tiles, increasing the time available, giving more mana per match and aiding in other ways. Totem powers are used by selecting their slots in the jar, when it is filled with the required amount of mana, and clicking directly on the grid tiles.Some mini-games appear between chapters, including jigsaw puzzles and one where slabs have to be dragged around to clear a path for a golden stone. |
| DCS: Black Shark | 2008-10-17 | 1C Company | Eagle Dynamics SA | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Helicopter, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | Windows | DCS: Black Shark is the first iteration of the Digital Combat Simulator series and simulates the Russian Kamov Ka-50 Attack Helicopter codenamed Black Shark.The game is a hardcore simulation with the goal of absolute realism. It features a fully functional cockpit and accurately simulates every aspect of the helicopter with the distinctive coaxial rotor system including flight dynamics, avionics systems, and weapon systems. To make it easier for beginners, the game allows the player to activate and deactivate several different flying aids and even features an arcade mode. In addition an extensive tutorial together with the 488-page manual offer many practical exercises to get the player familiar with the potent machine.Once control is established over the power of the Ka-50, the player can test his skills either in a linear campaign following a fictive war in the Caucasus region, jump into other pre-defined missions, or create his own with the included campaign and mission editor. The game features a multiplayer mode in which the players can either work together towards a common goal or engage in demanding dogfights. |
| Somersault | 2008-10-17 | Enter-Brain-Ment GmbH | Enter-Brain-Ment GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | In Somersault players control the character Bally who needs to save his friends who are held captive by a villain. The basic level design resembles a side-scrolling platformer, but players only have indirect control over the main character. Bally can fold himself into a rolling ball and the player needs to steer and bounce him around by drawing paddles in the air.Somewhat similar to the mechanics in Breakout, the position of the paddle determines the direction. Paddles are drawn through the mouse; the length determines the strength and the rotation the direction. If the left mouse button is held, it is still possible to adjust the paddle to achieve the effect of pinball flippers. A rainbow pattern allows the player to preview Bally's path before actually executing it.After a short tutorial where the gameplay is introduced, Bally needs to travel 21 levels in five worlds, based on the themes forest, candy, psychedelia, crystals and machines. During his quest there are short sequences with other characters, he can collect rings and needs to avoid various hazards and enemies. Bally has a limited amount of lives (which can be replenished with hearts) and loses a life when touching an enemy, water, fire or other dangerous obstacles. |
| The Flying Baron | 2008-10-17 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Wargame | World War I | Flight / aviation | | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | Windows | The Flying Baron is an action flight simulator. Fight as a German pilot against allied enemies in WWI. Complete the missions to unlock more. These missions include dog fights, bombing runs and strafing missions. The famous planes of that era are included and can be selected before a mission.
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| Veronica Rivers: Portals to the Unknown | 2008-10-17 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Dragon Altar Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A north pole rescue pilot called Veronica Rivers receives a distress call from a group of geologists in Alaska. After arriving with her plane at their camp, she discovers a magical portal inside a cave that leads to other places of the globe.Veronica Rivers: Portals to the Unknown is a hidden object game, where the player has to find all the required items from a list on locations filled with assorted objects. The list sometimes shows the object silhouette instead of its name, and in some places the list is replaced by a series of black and white photographs of specific parts of the screen that must be shot by the player, using the mouse as the camera viewfinder.Puzzles have to be solved between chapters. They are simple logic games, where the player has to unscramble gems or fix some equipment. The number of hints is unlimited, and each list item has a small text description. |
| This Game | 2008-10-18 | | | Adventure | Side view | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | This Game is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory and the game can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. You are This Guy trying to sell mobile phone subscriptions. One day he comes to a house where an elderly lady lives. While trying to make a contract with the old lady he realizes out he can't leave the house anymore. When searching for a way to get out he unravels some mysteries the house holds. |
| CSI: NY - The Game | 2008-10-19 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In CSI: NY - The Game, the players plays alternately as detectives Mac Taylor and Stella Bonasera as they solve original murder cases written by the television show writers. The player will meet the coroner and all of the lab techs who star in the show, featuring the real-life actors and actresses voices for all of the characters in the game.This newest entry in the CSI series is a hidden-object game with additional features similar to traditional adventure games.
The player must search the crime scene for evidence and pick up the required objects. The evidence is then examined and analysed back at the lab with a "mini-game" type interface using various instruments and tools of the trade. The player interrogates suspects and witnesses by clicking through a list of questions in a dialogue tree. The game features a hint system to keep the player on track.Graphic scenes are 2D stills with hot spots where evidence is located. The game features a point-and-click interface and music from the television show.The game shipped with 4 cases with the promise of a 5th to be available in early 2009. |
| Heileen: Sail Away | 2008-10-19 | Tycoon Games | Tycoon Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | Windows | Heileen is an 18-year old girl who lost both of her parents early in life. In their stead, she was raised by her uncle Otto in the English city of Liverpool. Being a merchant, Otto has decided to make a trip to America in search for new opportunities, and is forcing Heileen to come with him, saying that the time has come for her to learn more about the world. Joining them is Marie, Heileen's childhood friend, Lora, Otto's mistress, and a whole cast of mostly grumpy sailors.Heileen: Sail Away is a visual novel detailing the adventures of Heileen aboard the Cat's Dreams, as the ship is called. While en route to America, the player converses with other characters, occasionally choosing a reaction or an answer out of several options. The choices determine how the love relationship with particular characters develops, and lead to one of the multiple endings. Additionally, there is a score system that rewards points for discovering and completing optional quests. Like everything else, the latter are also tied to making the right choices. |
| Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?: Make the Grade | 2008-10-20 | THQ Inc. | ImaginEngine Corp. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Similar to the earlier game, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Make the Grade is a simulation of the TV show. New to this edition are 3000 more questions, improved graphics, and 3 new multi-player modes.The new multi-player modes include Academic Academy, (Like the single-player, but questions are randomly picked, and all players get the same questions), Flashcards, (Quickly answer questions) and Spelling Bee (Pick the misspelled word). |
| Deer Hunter Tournament | 2008-10-20 | Atari, Inc. | Southlogic Studios | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | As another game in this long running series, Deer Hunter Tournament continues the tradition of detailed simulations allowing players a chance to test their hunting skills.While the title is "Deer Hunter Tournament", many new creatures such as different bears, mountain lions, wild turkeys, rare birds, and other creatures fill the various new hunting grounds. Players also have a choice of 10 customizable weapons such as shotguns, rifles, or bow and arrows. In addition to all these weapon choices, each weapon can be equipped with scopes calibrated for various distances or specialized ammo. While players will enjoy the single player aspects of this game, Deer Hunter Tournament does offer players extensive online tournament options and worldwide tracking of their own personal stats. Players are restricted via a bag limit system, so they may only legally kill animals for which they have a bag. Yet, not all deer are equal. A deer boasting many large symmetrical antlers will be a better trophy on that prized wall! |
| Mushroom Age | 2008-10-20 | Big Fish Games, Inc | NevoSoft LLC | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | While searching for her boyfriend, Vera finds a time machine in a laboratory. She learns about an evil plot, and must travel through time to rescue her fiancée Tom.Mushroom Age is a hidden object game with adventure elements. The player has to search the screen for items hidden in the scenery, that are described or displayed as silhouettes at the top, and click on them. These items are then collected and removed from the screen, and some of them are stored in the inventory to be combined or used in puzzles and situations.Puzzles must be solved between the search sections. They are the standard mini-games included in this type of game: finding the differences between two similar pictures, a hangman variation, a Pipe Dream clone with circuits, jigsaw puzzles and others.There is an unlimited number of hints available. After being used, the hint button takes a minute to recharge. |
| Spectraball | 2008-10-20 | Shorebound Studios | Shorebound Studios | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Spectraball combines elements of platforming, puzzle solving, addictive gameplay, and stunning visuals to deliver an experience that sets a new standard for the genre. In addition, Spectraball utilizes Steamworks, offering full support for achievements and stat tracking. Roll, jump, and launch your way through several diverse and detailed environments Addictive, fast-paced gameplay Online leaderboards (see how you rank against players around the world!) Achievement system Unlock new abilities, maps, mini-games and skins Enjoy free content updates that include new maps, abilities, mini-games, zones and achievements Engage in some quick fun with a variety of mini-games Xbox 360 and standard controller support Included Map Editor with online sharing (make your own maps and share them with friends!) |
| Swords and Monsters | 2008-10-20 | Triple A Studios | Triple A Studios | Adventure | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | | Fantasy | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Swords and Monsters is a choose-your-own adventure game. The player chooses their gender and one of three options, e.g. talking to the king or killing the dragon. Afterwards the conclusion of the story is shown as text and how many seconds the playthrough took. There are eight endings. |
| The Naked Brothers Band: The Video Game | 2008-10-20 | THQ Inc. | Barking Lizards Technologies L.L.C. | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | The Naked Brothers Band: The Video Game is the console version of Rock University Presents the Naked Brothers Band.It follows the story of the Naked Brothers Band members, who are starting a worldwide tour planned by their manager. By taking the roles of the different band members and playing their instruments (Drums, Guitar, Cello, Bass, Keyboard and Vocals), the player has to win the audience of each concert, then play a multi-song concert at one of the unlocked venues. Getting more popular will unlock new cities and new venues for the tour. As the player progresses, bonus songs, new instrument visuals and character outfits can be unlocked. The unlocked material can then be used in the Jam Session mode or in Party mode.The Party mode allows two players to play cooperatively or against each other. In coop, each player chooses a character to play, and they combine their scores, and in versus mode, both player compete using the same character in the same song. The venue, character and song are selected by the first player.All instruments play using the controller, except the vocals that can be played using either the controller or a microphone. As in other similar games, score is based on the player's success at accurately hitting the on-screen indicators for the different instruments. The result screen at the end of a song shows the player's hit percentage and overall score. |
| Baby Runs This Mofo | 2008-10-21 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Baby Sidney sits, immobilized in her infant activity centre with its array of shiny, noisy and stimulating plastic distractions. And yet what Sidney craves most are cuddles (as with us all?) from her mother, Susan, distracted in turn filling out a crossword puzzle on the other side of the room. But how to get her attention?Throwing a fit is beneath us, so we can rule it out right off the bat. It turns out that, due to some mix-up at the factory (... or perhaps due to the onset of terrifying nascent telekinetic powers), the activity centre acts as a control panel of sorts for the living room. The actions of twiddling and manipulating the various
fobs within the reach of the baby's Black & White-ian hand will produce various equal and opposite reactions in the room, some of which, slowly and steadily, will assist the baby in achieving her nefarious goals... of motherly hugs. What could be more wholesome? (... or is it?) |
| Backyard Football '09 | 2008-10-21 | Atari, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
All the hard-hitting action of a realistic simulation and wacky arcade
game in one!
Authentic NFL strategies & teams
32 Top NFL pros, 22 Backyard kids
Custom teams & plays
Easy enough for rookies, challenging for all-stars
Single game & season modes
Crazy Power-ups & unlockables
The only game with NFL pros as kids!
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| Bully: Scholarship Edition | 2008-10-21 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | Rockstar New England, Rockstar Vancouver | Action | Behind view | | | Mini-games | Contemporary | Bike / Bicycling | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Scholarship Edition is an updated version of the original Bully and this version is the first release of the game on the Xbox 360, Wii and PC. The Windows and the Xbox 360 version are almost identical, and the Wii version was updated by a different development studio.This edition enhances the original game with eight new missions, four new school classes (biology, music, maths and geography), improved visuals, new characters, an off-line multiplayer mode with mini-games, unlockables and a grading system. |
| Castles + Castles 2 | 2008-10-21 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This bundle contains:
Castles
Castles II: Siege & Conquest |
| Combat Wings: Battle of Britain | 2008-10-21 | City Interactive S.A. | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | World War II | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Combat Wings: Battle of Britain is a simulation that puts you in the cockpit of authentic World War II combat airplanes and in the thick of fierce aerial battles. The skies over Europe are full of enemy fighter planes and it's your job to shoot them down before they can drop their bombs or shoot you first.The game was designed to give you a feel for air dogfights without the prep phases. You won't have to worry about physics, waypoints, fueling or otherwise setting up your plane. All you will be concentrating on is flying and shooting. You can control the raising and lowering of your plane's flaps and landing gear. You can also communicate with your wingmen and issue quick commands.There are a total of 23 missions that occur both in bright daylight and the dark night. You'll see detailed landscapes below with atmospheric effects like fog, clouds and bright sun. Other visual and sound effects are included during the battles to add to the realism. Nine authentically detailed fighter planes are available in the game:Handley Page Halifax
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
Hawker Tornado
Heinkel He-111H
Junkers Ju-87B 'Stuka'
Junkers Ju-88A
Messerschmitt BF-109E
Supermarine Spitfire Ski
Westland Whirlwind
Play the single player game or multiplay in a deathmatch or team deathmatch with up to 10 players.The North American release includes two free games in the package, both also by City Interactive: Combat Wings, and World War II: Pacific Heroes. |
| Galactic Bowling | 2008-10-21 | Perpetual FX Creative | Perpetual FX Creative | Sports | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Galactic Bowling is an exaggerated and stylized bowling game with an intergalactic twist. Players will engage in fast-paced single and multi-player competition while being submerged in a unique new universe filled with over-the-top humor, wild characters, unique levels, and addictive game play. The title is aimed at players of all ages and skill sets. Through accessible and intuitive controls and game-play, Galactic Bowling allows you to jump right into the action. A single-player campaign and online play allow you to work your way up the ranks of the Galactic Bowling League! Whether you have hours to play or only a few minutes, Galactic Bowling is a fast paced and entertaining experience that will leave you wanting more!
Full Single-player story campaign including 11 Characters and Environments.
2 Single-player play modes including Regular and Battle Modes.
Head to Head Online Multiplayer play Modes.
Super Powers, Special Balls, and Whammies.
Unlockable Characters, Environments, and Minigames.
Unlock all 30 Steam Achievements! |
| Guitar Hero: Aerosmith | 2008-10-21 | Activision Publishing, Inc., Aspyr Media, Inc., RedOctane, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Teen | Cinematic camera | Windows | Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is considered an expansion of Guitar Hero III and it is the first title in the series primarily focused on a single band. The gameplay concept is similar to the game it is based on. About 60% of the included tracks are by Aerosmith, while the others have influenced or have opened for the band (Run-D.M.C., The Kings, Lenny Kravitz, ...). Four songs were re-recorded by the band directly for the game and they also performed as motion capture actors for their 3D models. The majority of the tracks consists of master recordings.The prominent game segment is the career mode where players go through the band's history, from the earlier seventies to 2001. Times of internal issues are not touched upon. Players initially start as Joe Perry but can later also unlock the other band members Brad Whitford and Tom Hamilton. The career has been divided into six tiers with five tracks, each based on a period in the band's history. There are also encores when a tier has been completed, and two opening acts playing as another band. After each tier, bonus material is shown such as trivia or video sequences and interviews.Songs are unlocked gradually and become available in the other modes, identical to Guitar Hero III (Quickplay, Cooperative, Competitive + Battle modes). Only the cooperative career mode is absent. The menus have been redesigned and there are new venues, based on historical performances. There are 41 songs in total, of which 31 can be unlocked in the career mode and an additional 10 in the vault.The game is available in a bundle with a custom guitar or as a single game release. For the PS2 version there are two bundles, one with a single, wireless guitar and another with two, wired guitars. |
| NBA 2K9 | 2008-10-21 | 2K Games, Inc. | Visual Concepts, Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | Released | Windows | NBA 2K9 is the latest update in the long running 2K series with the obligatory roster update with the latest NBA stars. The same game modes are still present: Exhibition, Season and Franchise with the same type of gameplay with some tweaks.One of the newest tweaks is the ability for the player to change their shot's trajectory in mid-air and an advanced AI that reacts to the players performance. Players can also track their players performance, morale and attitude during franchise mode to keep their players happy and content with their place on the team.There are also new cutscenes for the highlight reels and features online capabilities where players can compete in online leagues or face against another team head-to-head. Players can also upload their created players along with custom made highlight reels that they can share on their respective online provider (the PS2 version does not feature this mode). Clark Kellogg, Cheryl Miller and Kevin Harlan provide their voice talents to the game. |
| Spider-Man: Web of Shadows | 2008-10-21 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Shaba Games LLC, Treyarch Corporation | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Sandbox / open world | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Although Spider-Man: Web of Shadows shares some features as previous Spider-Man games there are also many differences including no movie connection for starters.A flashback in the beginning reveals how a fight with Venom causes some symbiote to attach to Spider-Man giving him greater strength. Spider-Man then meets Luke Cage who helps train him to defeat the city gangs. During an attempt to save some gang leaders from assassins, Spider-Man is attacked by residents who are controlled by symbiote. The symbiote substance terrorizes the city as it spreads and attaches to innocent citizens. Spider-Man begins a quest to save New York City.He sees the epidemic sweeping the streets below as he’s able to swing over and between buildings with great speed and agility hunting down baddies. Don’t worry about falling from buildings as Spider-Man seems to be unaffected by the plunge. When under attack, just mashing the X button enables Spider-Man to punch and conquer. The player has the ability to change suits easily where you can defeat bad guys as either the red Spidey using his web or the black Spidey using the tendrils from the symbiote. Other destructive combo attacks are the same regardless of suit color. Choosing one suit color over the other is more of a player’s personal choice for each fight and doesn’t have an impact on the game’s outcome. However, the player will be forced to make decisions during the game that are equal to Spider-Man’s red suit or black suit morals. The choices made at these times will lead the player to different endings based on the paths taken. Points are earned as he fights crime and advances to help upgrade moves and actions. |
| Far Cry 2 | 2008-10-22 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | Africa, Contemporary | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The government in an unnamed African country has collapsed and the whole land has plummeted into a civil war with the two central factions UFLL (United Front for Liberation and Labour) and the APR (Alliance for Popular Resistance) at the front. Those who were not able to leave the land now hide in their homes while in the streets death reigns the day. But as bad as it has been, now it is even worse with shipments of modern weapons entering the land despite a weapons embargo. The player is sent into the country to find and eliminate the person responsible for it. Known only as "The Jackal", he has been successfully hiding from the federal agencies for years. Sadly, after the player enters the country he immediately infects himself with malaria. Now he has to fight two enemies at the same time.The game puts the player in a 50 square kilometers big area in which he can do what he wants with only the goal to find and kill "The Jackal" and survive the disease. But to do so he needs weapons, vehicles and, most importantly, pills to hold the malaria in check. To get all that he gets missions like escort a weapons shipment or kill the head of police from the various factions and NPCs in the world which increase his reputation (access to better gear and missions) and gain the only currency in the game: diamonds. The world can be freely explored, but taking out certain enemies or visiting specific locations often only becomes relevant when the right quest has been triggered.Weapons can be picked up from dead enemies but those are not in the best condition and may jam when the player least suspects it. If the weapon is too badly damaged, it will be destroyed. The player can only carry one of each of the four weapons categories. Vehicles take damage and stop working after a while but can be repaired anytime by the player. If there is no vehicle available to get across the land, the player can also just go to one of the many bus stops in the world to get through the country without being attacked.The player is not alone on his shooting spree through the country. Other mercenaries roam the bars and lands and if the player does something for them, they will help him in his missions. Either by giving him tips for the current mission, coming with him and fight side-by-side or by expanding the scope of the current mission to increase the award at the end. These buddies always wait in one of the many safe-houses which can be unlocked by clearing them from enemies. They are also used for ammo storage, saving the game and to fast-forward time to a certain time of day.Besides the single player campaign, the game also features a multiplayer-mode for up to 16 players in Deathmatch, Team-Deathmatch, Capture the Diamond (a Capture the Flag-variant) and Insurgence. In Insurgence two teams fight over capture points on the map. Once a team has control over all points, the enemy captain can be killed in order to win the round. Each of the game modes also uses a class-based system with six classes like sharp-shooter or rebel (uses weapons like the flamethrower) and different weapon load-outs for each class.The different versions are identical, including the editor, except for the save system. In the Windows version the game can be saved at any point, while the console versions prompt to save at checkpoints. |
| Far Cry 2 (Collector's Edition) | 2008-10-22 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Collector's Edition includes:
Far Cry 2
Black t-shirt with the Far Cry 2-logo on the front
Art book
Poster with the map of the game world (bigger than the one in the retail edition)
Bonus DVD with the making of series "Far Cry 2: Location Africa", Trailers and other videos |
| NHL 09 | 2008-10-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Side view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The 2009 edition of EA Sports ice hockey simulation refreshes all of the existing NHL and international team rosters and schedules and adds the Russian Elite League and sees the the addition of the "Be A Pro"-mode in which players create a new player and only control him on the field. This mode is also available in multiplayer for up to 12 players in 6-on-6-matches in which every player on the ice is controlled by a human.The defensive stick control has also been revamped and now allows for example to prevent direct passes. And it's possible to control both puck and stick with one hand in the offensive, allowing the player to better outplay the goalie. Of course all this complicates the already complex controls even more so that now it's possible to switch to the control scheme from NHL '94 which only needs a few buttons and one analog stick to be successful. |
| Pet Pals: New Leash on Life | 2008-10-22 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Ideas Live! Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In this veterinary simulation, the player is a new vet at the Pet Pals Animal Shelter. As rescue animals come in, the player will need to diagnose what's wrong with them, treat them, then arrange for adoption. More than 30 cases are included, and three difficulty levels. Inside the clinic, the player has an array of tools with which to examine and treat the animal, and can ask questions to the vet tech. After treating the animal, it needs to be enriched to prepare for adoption. This includes cleaning, feeding, and playing with the animal to make it healthy and well adjusted.Minigames (Trivia, word search, and jigsaw puzzles) with an animal theme are also included, along with a database of tools used in the game, a glossary, material on careers with animals, adoption info, and information on the animal breeds shown in the game. A portion of sales from this game goes to the Humane Society of the United States. |
| The Jolly Gang's Spooky Adventure | 2008-10-22 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Stargaze | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Moxxie gets a job as a journalist. She must to seek out and photograph all sorts of manifestations of paranormal phenomena: ghosts, vampires etc.Jolly Gang's Spooky Adventure is a Hidden Object game with puzzle elements. The player must find objects hidden on the screen, organize their interactions with each other, and solve puzzles to go through. The game has two difficulty levels: Beginner and Expert. In the beginner mode, at the top of the screen there is a list with things that the player needs to take, which the expert mode does not have. Also, while solving puzzles, a button to skip the section is not presented in the difficult mode. |
| Dead Space | 2008-10-23 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Redwood Shores Studio | Action | Behind view | | Horror | Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs), RPG elements, Shooter, Survival horror | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The starship USG Ishimura sends out a distress signal to the Concordance Extraction Corporation during a mining operation on the planet Aegis VII. Another ship is sent to investigate the causes of the signal; however, as it attempts to dock with the Ishimura, it crashes into it because of a system malfunction. The crew is attacked by terrifying monsters. Only three people survive, among them an engineer named Isaac Clarke. It looks like the ship is barely able to sustain its existence, many of its systems critically damaged. Isaac is the only one who would know how to fix them, and his two companions send him on a mission to find out a way to bring things back to normal and discover the truth behind the horrible events.Dead Space is a third-person sci-fi shooter with elements of survival horror. Controlling Isaac, the player explores the ship, fighting reanimated corpses known as Necromorphs. Combat heavily relies on the so-called "strategic dismemberment", which forces the player to cut off limbs or parts of the Necromorphs to defeat them. Wounding a particular part of the Necromorph's body may either allow the player to kill it, make it change attack patterns, or even become more dangerous. Many of the weapons in the game are improvised mining tools, such as a rotary saw, a plasma cutter, a hydrazine torch used as a flamethrower, and others. All the weapons feature a secondary fire mode; for example, the plasma cutter can be rotated to cut off vertical limbs more efficiently. Isaac can also use special abilities, allowing him to slow down enemies or pick up and throw items from a distance. A few sections in the game have Isaac float in a zero-gravity environment. Ammo and tools can be found during exploration or purchased in automatic shops available on the ship. Workbenches can be used to upgrade Isaac's weapons and armor. |
| Handball Manager 2009: World Edition | 2008-10-23 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | Netmin e.K. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Handball Manager 2009: World Edition is a managerial simulation of handball where the player is responsible for the financial and athletic success of his team. Regarding gameplay and options it is similar to soccer managers. The player has several options to his disposal, e.g. training, tactics, lineup, stadium expansion or player transfers. The players are represented with a ability score and several other personal traits which influence their performance and training needs. An assistant coach can take some responsibilities of his shoulder - but of course he wants a proper salary if he is competent.The player can choose between two match presentations. With the text mode the player sits in front of a live ticker where all matches are calculated. If something interesting happens during the own match text messages tell him about the moves and results. The player can set how detailed and fast he wants the messages to be. With the second mode the player can watch the whole game in 3D.As in most German sport managers the player has a lot of opportunities which influence not his team but his player character personally. He can change his team or buy status symbols. The game evaluates his successes and increased or decreases his level. If it increases he gets manager points which he can reinvest in better abilities, e.g. training. At the start of the game he chooses between a real career starting with a low-class team, picks a specific team or the founding of an own club.In comparison to Handball Manager 2008: Das Original it features several expanded features, especially in the tactical options. The main innovations regard the new interface and the above mentioned personal area; Now the player can marry and has to keep his spouse happy, e.g. by making presents. If he gets children he can train them so they become handball superstars. There is also a mini game during the 3D matches when there is a penalty throw.The game has official licensed team and player names for the first and second German league (both male and female). Additionally the player can choose a team from 15 lower-classed German leagues and the first league of twenty other countries. Parallel to his regular club he can also manage a national teams - some of them are licensed too, e.g. England or Poland. |
| House of Wonders: Babies Come Home | 2008-10-23 | iWin.com | Absolutist Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Larry's wife is about to give birth to quintuplets, and must have supplies for the delivery and nursing of the babies.House of Wonders: Babies Come Home is a hidden object game, where the player finds and clicks objects on rooms, picking the required ones from a list at the left side of the screen, within a time limit. Each object found adds money to a balance tab at the top. The money is used to buy assorted merchandise on a separate section of the game, where the player can purchase houses, vehicles, accessories for the nursery and other things.Each stage is comprised of several different rooms, each with a different theme and some with slight variations to normal gameplay. On the bottomless room, the objects are forever falling and spinning. On the space room, the player must click on pairs that float through space. On the theater, the cursor is a spotlight and the objective is to find the people shown at the bottom. In the river, objects flow with the current, going from one side of the screen to the other. One room has a card game with pictures of people, where pairs must be removed to liberate the cards trapped underneath them.The money can be gambled with a wheel with bets on the red, black or yellow stripes that multiply the cash by two, three or six respectively. |
| Qwak | 2008-10-23 | | | Action | | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In this game, you play a duck and the object of the game is to get the highest score without losing all your lives. This can be achieved by getting all the fruits and gems in the level, or killing off enemies. There are 80 levels to complete and once you complete all of them, the levels are repeated. You exit each level by collecting all the gold keys then entering through the door that opens. You have a certain amount of time to complete the level before spikes fall down the level. There are eight areas, all consisting of ten levels. At the end of each area, there is a guardian waiting for you, and again, you have a certain amount of time to defeat them.You kill enemies by throwing orange-colored eggs at them, and in the earlier levels, they go down in one or two shots, but in later levels, you'll find out that all of them take more than two shots to bring down, so your orange balls would be useless here. The solution is to get a special power-up that will give you chocolate eggs.Besides gold keys, you can also collect silver keys. This lets you unlock a gate, giving you access to more shots or power-ups. There are also booby traps in the level, such as spikes, and some parts of a level are blocked off by spikes. Get a mushroom and they turn into flowers that you can pick up. Beware, getting another mushroom will make them turn into spikes again. Apart from the normal levels, there are challenges where you have to complete a level and get as many fruits as you can under a 20-seconds time limit. Depending on gameplay, there are also tricks where the last key you have to get flies away and you have to catch it. Other tricks include turning on the lights to see enemies, and running away from the "happy ghost". You'll receive bonus points at the end of the level if you manage to collect every gem in it.Qwak can be played as either a one or two player game. The game was released at budget price, and later on a CD double pack with Alien Breed '92. |
| Exodus from the Earth | 2008-10-24 | Strategy First, Inc. | Parallax Arts Studio | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | The year is 2016 and it is suddenly discovered that Earth is in trouble. In less than 20 years, the sun will become a 'Red Giant,' burning up all life on our planet. A solution needs to be found, and fast.Space exploration is stepped up, in an attempt to find a habitable planet with Earth-like conditions in another galaxy. Meanwhile, the A.X. Corporation, Earth's most powerful military and engineering power, claims to have developed a vaccine that will allow humans to live in hostile environments. It proposes to administer this vaccine to the entire population and then move them to a previously uninhabitable planet that it has discovered.Suspicious of the A.X. Corporation and its sinister leader, Jack Crizby, Earth's Central Intelligence Agency dispatches an agent to investigate its claims, and also to investigate the disappearance of an astronaut who has just returned from space with news of a 'Second Earth.' If true, this news would ruin the Corporation's plans, and they are suspected of his disappearance.You play the part of the undercover agent, Frank Rixon, a typical tough guy with a stock of one liners and an almost fetishistic love of firearms. His discrete 'investigation' quickly becomes an overt slaughter-fest that will take him through the halls of the A.X. Corporation, out onto the roads in a weapon-laden assault buggy and finally into space, to the mysterious 'A.X. Planet.'Exodus from the Earth is a standard first-person-shooter, mixed with third-person driving sections. Your own arsenal features all the classics including a fire-axe, assault rifle, sniper rifle and rocket launcher. Most weapons have two firing modes, which does allow for some interesting variations. For instance, grenades can be thrown, or rolled along the floor and can also be remote detonated.During the middle third of the game, you'll spend a lot of time in your armored patrol vehicle. This buggy has a roof-mounted Gatling gun and a protective energy shield that can be enabled for short times. You can enter or exit the vehicle at any time and you'll need to enter buildings and achieve various goals on your way to the spaceport.Most of the time, you'll be fighting corporate security forces, but as the story goes on, you'll face off against more heavily armored opponents, with specific strategies for taking them down.There are also multiplayer deathmatch and team deathmatch modes. Up to 10 players can join in, over LAN or Internet connections. |
| Gourmania | 2008-10-24 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Butterfly iSoft | Action | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | Gourmania is a combination of management and hidden object games. The player is the owner of a restaurant, and has to prepare dishes and serve the food to arriving customers, within a time limit.Each screen shows ingredients scattered throughout the restaurant, and the customer orders at the top of the screen. The order lists the ingredients needed and has a diminishing green meter at the left side showing the customer patience. A satisfied customer pays more. To prepare the food, the player has to find and click on the ingredients.After all the ingredients are collected, the more complex recipes require an extra step, showing an icon of a kitchen utensil, like knifes and cutting boards, frying pans and others, that has to be dragged and dropped in an equivalent icon at the top of the screen. This icon has a red meter around it, that shows the progress of the action being performed (slicing, cooking, etc). After the dish is served, the order shows a cash payment that must be quickly collected to allow a new customer.Every stage has a minimum money goal, and an expert one. The money accumulated can be spent on new equipment and upgrades, and acquiring the new restaurants that become available as the game progresses.A bonus game appears after three stages, where the ingredients have to be placed on scrolling panels showing their silhouettes. Once a panel is full, it disappears. The objective is to fill them as fast as possible to win new recipes.There are multiple bonuses for using all the available utensils at the same time, finding the ingredients in order and collecting multiple payments at once. Some stages have hourglasses in the scenery, that add a few minutes to the timer when collected. |
| KetnetKick 2 | 2008-10-24 | VRT NV | Larian Studios NV | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | KetnetKick 2 in an updated version of KetnetKick, a PC2TV application where children can explore a world and send their in-game creations to the Dutch spoken Belgian youth television station Ketnet (part of the Belgium's national broadcasting network VRT) where they are featured in shows.The second game was first announced as an inaccessible area inside the first game. Eventually it was revealed it would lead to a mysterious island where the second game takes place. The first game cannot be linked or updated to this title and an entire new profile needs to be created. In a tutorial obstacle course the player is first familiarized with exploration and moves such as jumping and sliding. Starting in a tree house that can be customized as a personal home, players need to explore an island with different creative studios and where evil wraptors need to be defeated. Wrobots are the native inhabitants on the island. As NPCs they have stories for the player and open shops. Every week new challenges and tasks are launched. A laptop gives access to the different missions.Players can open treasure chests and collect coins, stars and symbols and trade these in shops for new clothes. Items can also be acquired by defeating wraptors. The initial version of the game was launched without action mini-games that were made available in the first edition. Wrappers, hosts of the TV show, guide the player along the different tasks and there is also an option to listen to Ketnet radio. It also possible to play together with friends.In the different creative studios, players can draw, give photos a makeover by adding elements, create comics, compose music, animate movies and create videoclips. |
| King's Bounty: The Legend (Collector Edition) | 2008-10-24 | 1C Company, Nobilis Group | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Collector Edition includes:
King's Bounty: The Legend
Artbook with 32 pages
Black t-shirt
Two-sided poster
Map of Endoria
Bonus DVD with trailers, soundtrack and interviews |
| MorphX | 2008-10-24 | Buka Entertainment | Targem Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | The player navigates an alien-infested Red Square in Moscow, shown under the effects of a nuclear catastrophe.The game features a unique adaptive combat system, where players awaken in an alien laboratory and will choose throughout the game to either enhance their performance with alien DNA that increases attributes like stamina and health, or retain their humanity to fight the invading forces.While searching for an antidote to cure their allies against the alien mutation, players will solve DNA mini-games and puzzles for the option to absorb new abilities and become more adept at fighting tougher enemies.You can build and change alien DNA chains to improve different abilities like harvested energy from the bodies of defeated enemies, increased regeneration rate, enhanced vision or develop physical manifestations with access to energy weapons and sharp claws.There is a variety of weapons-including firearms, clubs, plasma projectors and grenades-for melee or ranged combat against enemies. |
| MotoGP 08 | 2008-10-24 | 1C Company | Milestone s.r.l. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | Windows | MotoGP 08 is the successor to THQ's motorcycle racing game MotoGP '07 and features the full licensed (18 tracks, 77 drivers and bikes) MotoGP, 250cc and 125cc classes, based on a 5-year deal with Dorna Sports that grants Capcom the worldwide rights for all hardware platforms.After a short tutorial race during which the game helps the player to find the right driving model (Arcade, Advanced or Simulation) best suited for him, he can choose between different game modes with the career being the heart of the game. There the player creates a character, chooses a bike and a helmet for him and starts in the 125cc class with the goal to race to the top of the MotoGP class in only five years. After each successful race the player not only unlocks new content but also gains career points which can be invested into bike upgrades increasing the max speed, acceleration, braking abilities or traction.The other game modes are:Time Trial - Beat the time records on the different tracks.
Tournament - Create a driver or choose a driver from the 2008 season to compete in a series of races.
Challenges - 50 challenges in seven categories demand a great deal of the player to unlock additional game content. Challenges include staying over a certain speed limit for a pre-defined amount of time or winning a 1on1 on the last few meters of a race track.The game also features a multiplayer mode for up to 12 players (not for the PS2 version). It is the first in the series to appear on the PS3. The game introduces the new US Indianapolis track and night racing at the Qatar circuit. |
| Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened - Remastered Edition | 2008-10-24 | 93GAMES | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | An updated version of the original adventure Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, the Remastered Edition enhances the original game with an additional third person perspective, improved graphics (including new lighting effects, HD effects, shaders, shadows and new animations) and an updated help system that shows the available actions on the screen during difficult puzzles.Owners of the original are eligible for a 60% discount if they buy the download version through the developer's website. The discount code must be requested in writing by mail from the company. |
| Taimanin Murasaki: Kunoichi Kugutsu Dorei ni Otsu | 2008-10-24 | Black Lilith | LiLith | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Setting | Windows | In a near-future Tokyo where supernatural beings live among humans, the depraved scientist Sabato Kiryuu performs experiments on unwilling combatants who enter the Chaos Arena, an illegal underground fight club, in exchange for resources and funding for his work. Eventually, his experiments are stopped when the Chaos Arena is stormed by the Taimanin, an elite group of ninjas who work for the Japanese government, resulting in his decapitation. But Kiryuu, ever the pragmatist, had a contingency plan. He is resurrected by one of his own demonic experiments, revitalized with a desire to exact revenge on the woman who ended his life: the Taimanin Murasaki Yatsu, who may also hold the key to saving it.Taimanin Murasaki: Kunoichi Kugutsu Dorei ni Otsu is a hentai visual novel in the Taimanin series. Like many other games in the series, it contains explicit scenes of rape and violence. The gameplay consists of reading text atop of illustrated backgrounds and periodically making a decision as Kiryuu that may influence the outcome of the story. The game features voice acting for the significant female characters only and has multiple different endings that can be achieved depending on the player's decisions. |
| Xenus II: White Gold | 2008-10-24 | Russobit-M | Deep Shadows | Action, Racing / Driving, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Saul Meyers was once a member of a special military squad. During one of the missions, his squad was nearly annihilated; witnessing the only other survivor descending into insanity, Saul retired from the military. Meanwhile, a new powerful drug has surfaced in a troubled region somewhere in the Caribbean. The prosperity of the drug lords and the suffering of the victims are no longer possible to ignore. The government re-installs Saul as a special agent, and sends him on his most dangerous mission so far.Xenus II: White Gold is a prequel to Boiling Point: Road to Hell. Similarly to its predecessor, the game is a combination of first-person shooter with free-roaming "sandbox" exploration, driving, and role-playing elements. As in the previous game, there are seven factions (civilians, government, mafia, guerrillas, bandits, natives, and CIA) Saul can perform missions for, which is needed to advance the story. The setting this time is an archipelago, and getting access to different islands is one of the main objectives Saul will have to accomplish.The RPG system has been re-designed. Instead of improving skills by practicing, the player receives a set amount of experience points for completing quests, which can be then distributed to improve Saul's "perks". These perks range from weapon proficiencies and combat abilities to various immunities and skills, e.g. bartering. |
| Shi | 2008-10-25 | Odpowiednia Ameba Studio | Odpowiednia Ameba Studio | Action, Adventure | Side view | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Shi is a puzzle-solving surreal horror game with retro-styled graphics. The player controls a girl who wakes up deep in a dark basement, surrounded by corpses. The goal is to get to the surface. During gameplay, the girl's morbid thoughts appear near the top of the screen. On each basement floor the player needs to find an elevator leading upwards; this sometimes requires solving simple puzzles, and in two cases, avoiding enemies. The controls are simple - arrows for moving left and right, Z for interaction. Three endings are available. |
| Interpol 2: Most Wanted | 2008-10-26 | Big Fish Games, Inc | TikGames, LLC | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | An Interpol agent must track down the most wanted international criminals operating on several countries.Interpol 2: Most Wanted, like its predecessor, is a hidden object game where the player has to find several items from a list at the side of the screen, within a time limit. The objects are scattered around the globe on famous places like the Forbidden City in China, represented by a series of static screens filled with assorted things.At the end of each mission (that usually contain two locations), there is a final screen where the goal is to find several instances of the same object, or the differences between two similar images. A hint button at the top of the list shows the position of any item, but can only be used four times per mission. |
| Plastico Baggara | 2008-10-26 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Playing off a natural antagonism at the landfill, this game puts the player in control of a charismatic, revolutionary shopping bag, tired of getting weighed down with the disgusting droppings of seagulls. In short hops and flutters in the air Plastico Baggara can ensnare the lowest of the churning flock and thin their ranks somewhat, but to really overthrow the bird oppressors requires the assistance of some friends in the dump -- first El Jefe, a black garbage bag who acts as a trampoline for higher jumps once the gulls really start letting loose, and finally Li'l Zip, a zip-loc baggie that can be slung up to the highest echelons to finish off the last pesky gulls. Only then will the bag folk of the dump know peace! |
| Casebook: Episode I - Kidnapped | 2008-10-27 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Areograph Ltd | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Oceania | | | | | | Windows | Kidnapped is the first installment in the episodic Casebook detective series. In this adventure, the player is a detective who needs to investigate the kidnapping of the children Harry and Greta Birchermann. They were taken from their room, leaving the parents devastated.Played from a first-person perspective, players need to interrogate witnesses and search the crime scenes for clues. The game uses full motion video for the cutscenes, where the player is still able to adjust the viewpoint slightly. The crime scenes themselves are build up using in-house developed technology where different high-resolution photographs are stitched together into a single environment, allowing the player to fully move around and navigate a scenery with photo-realistic detail in real-time seemingly presented as a 3D engine.The player's notebook is used to store locations, objectives and video interviews. Players can navigate the crime scenes and zoom in on details with a camera to take pictures of important clues. These are then investigated inside a police van for details. The examination is done through mini-games where objects need to be checked for prints, swabs collect samples, chemical samples need to be isolated, and chromosomes have to be separated to single out DNA. All pictures are saved in an extensive evidence folder. It contains character cards, and photographs can be combined through a drag-and-drop technique to establish connections. While researching, the player is in contact with his partner James Burton and Pete Inverness at the police laboratory. When sufficient progress has been established, the story is furthered and new crime scenes are unlocked.The game is very accessible as clues are visibly shown in the evidence folder. While researching a crime scene, players can also press a key on the keyboard to follow their "intuition" and be guided directly to the next item of interest. |
| Miss Teri Tale: Vote 4 Me! | 2008-10-27 | Big Fish Games, Inc | OUAT Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Miss Teri Tale: Vote 4 Me is a hidden object game, where the player must search and click on items from a list at the left of the screen, on locations filled with assorted objects, within a time limit. Items listed in green must be dragged and placed somewhere on the scenery (for example, tools on a tool racket).Occasionally, puzzles and mini-games appear where the player has to perform several activities, from grooming dogs to defending a computer from a virus attack. They are simplified implementations of popular casual game concepts, like time management and tower defense, and classic games like Master Mind, Pipe Dream and jigsaw puzzles.All the locations have three clovers hidden that give extra hints when collected. After being clicked, the hint button at the top of the list draws a clover outline over one of the objects, for a few seconds. |
| Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Episode 3 - Baddest of the Bands | 2008-10-27 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy | Arcade, Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | While Strong Bad starts to play "Limozeen's Hot Babelian Odyssey," his Videlectrix Fun Machine breaks down! Now Strong Bad must make earn a sack of cash in order to fix his Videlectrix system. To do that, he starts his own battle of the Bands in order to earn money from the entry fees.The interface and game play follow the traditional point-and-click adventure for 3D engines where the player controls Strong Bad though the use of the mouse or Wii Remote pointer. This game also features a mini-game: "Limozeen's Hot Babelian Odyssey." Unlike the previous episodes in the series, the game is playable only when the player finishes the episode.This game is the third of an episodic series featuring the characters of HomestarRunner.com. It is also the second WiiWare game for Telltale Games. |
| Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein | 2008-10-28 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Strategy 3 Tactics, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein continues the Close Combat series depicting the fighting in the Ardennes forest during the winter of 1944. Wacht am Rhein is a remake of Close Combat: The Battle of the Bulge, the fourth game in the series.The game features a new enlarged strategic map including 64 hand drawn maps, over 70 scenarios, a reworked computer AI, and compatibility with newer operating systems. |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | 2008-10-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Los Angeles | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Asia, Europe, Japan (Modern/Futuristic), North America, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 hopeless leaders of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time so that they can change history. A new alternate timeline appears where the Soviets now find themselves as the leading superpower but also discover something else has gone terribly wrong. World War III is raging, the Japanese Empire of the Rising Sun has risen in the east challenging the Soviet bid for world domination. A three-way war now emerges between the Soviet Union, the Allies, and a new Empire of the Rising Sun faction.The game follows the tradition of the Command & Conquer series where the player must build up bases and produce a massive attack force to destroy all enemies. The player may choose any one of the three factions, each with a different array of infantry, armored vehicles, aircraft, ships to fight with, as well as buildings with new technologies, upgrades, and the all-powerful superweapons. Players do all their building from a sidebar, this allows them to create production queues and deploy structures fast and easily.The Xbox 360 version is almost identical but modified to the console's controls. |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Premier Edition) | 2008-10-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Premier Edition comes in a metal case and includes:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Red Alert 3 Soundtrack CD
5 exclusive bonus multiplayer/skirmish maps
The making of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 DVD
The Women of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 poster
Exclusive item for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Exclusive beta key to a future Command & Conquer game |
| Fallout 3 | 2008-10-28 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Bethesda Game Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | | Action RPG, Sandbox / open world, Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | After World War II, rapid technology development carried humans towards a supposedly bright future, fulfilling their eternal dream. But eventually war raged again and in the year 2077, the dream suddenly came to a halt and mushroom clouds dominated the sky. A few communities survived in their underground bunkers called "Vaults"; others mutated heavily. Overall, what was left of the world was nothing more than a nuclear wasteland filled with ruins of a once great civilization. Two hundred years later, the human kind slowly but surely leaves the vaults and reclaims the lands of Earth.The protagonist is one of them. As a member of Vault 101 in the wasteland surrounding the city formerly known as Washington D.C. and now called "Capital Wasteland", raised under the tight rule of the Overseer and the watchful eye of his father, he doesn't know anything about what is outside. But on his nineteenth birthday, his father unexpectedly leaves the vault. The hero's goal is to find him, learning part of the truth about what the Overseer concealed all these years on the way.Fallout 3 is a role-playing game with elements of a 3D shooter. It retains many elements of the previous games in the series, while somewhat shifting the emphasis from social interaction and ethical role-playing to exploration of an open, continuous 3D world and combat. The player is free to explore the game's world from the beginning, visiting many optional locations, talking to characters and completing side quests. The main quest line, however, is largely linear, posing moral choices to the player only during its final phase. Character creation and customization are similar to those of the previous games. The player shapes the main character by allocating points into the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. (Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck) attributes. The skill system has been mostly carried over from the preceding installments, including weapon specializations (small and big guns, energy weapons, etc.), and active skills such as Science, Repair, Lockpick, and others. Passive skills, particularly Speech, play a lesser role than in earlier Fallout games. A few skills have been removed completely. Skill points and perks are acquired when the protagonist levels up. Combat system has undergone a major overhaul. Tactical turn-based battles from the previous games have been replaced with two different combat modes; the player is able to switch between them at any time. The simpler system of these two is action-oriented, nearly indistinguishable from traditional 3D shooter combat. The player character equips a weapon (ranging from a baseball bat to the destructive mini-nuke-launcher) and attacks enemies with it; damage calculation is based on the participants' statistics more than on the player's dexterity, though the latter plays a role as well. In addition, the player can opt to switch to Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System (V.A.T.S.) combat mode, a real-time system that allows the player to pause the game at any time and target specific regions of one or more enemies until the available action points are used. After all the actions have been assigned, the game plays them out in a slow motion.The Karma system from the previous installments is back, keeping track of the main character's actions and decisions made by the player throughout the course of the game. Ethically unacceptable actions reduce the player character's Karma points. |
| Fallout 3 (Collector's Edition) | 2008-10-28 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This collector's edition contains:
Fallout 3
Vault Boy Bobblehead - A collectible 5" Vault-Tec Vault Vault Boy Bobblehead
Collector's Lunchbox - A customized, metal Vault-Tec metal lunch box
Making of Fallout 3 - A special video offering an inside look at Bethesda Game Studios and the team behind the game.
Fallout 3 Art Book - A hardcover book featuring never-before-seen concept art and commentary from Bethesda Game Studio artists. |
| Fallout 3 (Survival Edition) | 2008-10-28 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This US-only survival edition can only be ordered through the online retailer Amazon.com. It contains all the content of the Fallout 3 (Collector's Edition), along with an alarm clock shaped to look like the Pip-Boy 3000, the wrist-mounted device worn by characters in-game. |
| Hitomi: My Stepsister | 2008-10-28 | Mercure | Mercure | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | JAST USA Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Love and desire is something we sometimes can't control, or don't want to control. In Hitomi – My Stepsister, you play as the brother of a beautiful and attractive young girl, who is your unrelated stepsister. You know your father wouldn't approve, but the attraction is too strong to hide. With multiple endings, dark themes and exciting sex, it's a visual novel with great replay value
Story
A rainy day in June, My father came home from work earlier than usual to make a shocking announcement. "Son, I've decided to remarry," he told me, with a firm but happy tone.The next Sunday, two beautiful women move into our house. One is a kind and gentle woman named Yoko, and with her is a shy and oddly sad girl, Hitomi; my new stepmother and stepsister.Since then I've been totally at a loss, overcome with desire for this solemn-eyed girl who calls me brother. I'd never really talked to girls much, and now there two beautiful women are in my life. My new step-mother is beautiful, but my new step-sister, Hitomi, is fascinating. She is so fragile and gentle. The way she smiles at me and tries to please me….I think she wants me. Day after day I think of nothing but the pure white skin, sakura-colored lips, and large pouting eyes of hers... I want my stepsister.. |
| MySims | 2008-10-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Redwood Shores Studio | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Life / social simulation | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | MySims is the first Sims game to appear on the Wii. Unlike any previous version, it has been redesigned for the console with an entirely different look. Both the characters and the environment are more anime-like and resemble the Mii characters for the system.The game puts players in charge of reinvigorating a town that has been struggling lately. Through ingenuity and creativity, players can make the run-down town thrive again. Improving the town attracts new residents, like Roxie Road, who runs the Ice Cream Shop, or Vic Vector, the rad arcade dude. The new residents still need more than a house to feel at home. Build them what they need so that their place can come to life.The game offers a large amount of customizing, including houses and furniture. In return, the player receives new outfits and special items. Certain options are also acquired through essences, granted by helping the characters or simply locating them in the village. Unlike the other games in the series, the Sims have no needs and the houses are built using blueprints with building blocks, rather than through a catalog. There are over 80 NPCs to meet, with whom the player can build up relationships. The nunchuk is used for movement and the remote for moving and building objects. |
| Operation Mania | 2008-10-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Magellan Interactive, Inc., Pogo.com | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Time management | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Operation Mania is a time management game based on Hasbro's classic board game Operation. The game puts the player in the shoes of Dr. Humerus, and is all about curing patients to earn money that can be used to improve the hospital and in the end achieving fame and fortune.As in other time management games, the game is entirely controlled with the mouse. Patients that arrives to the hospital starts out in the waiting room and their needs are expressed with icons above their heads. Depending on what the patient needs the player has to drag the patient to the right location in the hospital. Clicking on that patient will then send the doctor that location for treatment. When the treatment is completed, the patient leaves money behind that the player has to pick up. Each level is on time and each level ends when both the timer runs out and no patients are left. There is two kinds of patients: regular patients and emergency patients. These can have one of the 22 maladies that exist in the game. Surgery for regular patients can be done automatically, while for emergency patients surgery is done by playing a mini game. Mini game surgeries can also be performed on regular patients and players will then earn a bonus if successful. Players can also multiply their earning with colour chaining and action chaining. Colour chains occurs when patients of the same colour are placed at the same location. Action chains occur when the same treatment is performed consecutively. All of the maladies in the game are made up and are intentionally wacky. For example, the first malady the player comes across is butterflies in the stomach and is treated by catching the butterflies with a hand net, while avoiding the apples the patient has eaten. The game's story mode consists of five different hospitals that each has seven levels. There's also a marathon mode that can be unlocked by playing the story mode. |
| Rock, Rock, Rock | 2008-10-28 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Rock, Rock, Rock is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features a classic inventory and actions are can be controlled via mouse and keyboard.Story: You are Ug, a caveman who is tired of playing old games with his fellow caveman Og. You have the idea of a new game involving rock, paper, scissors which you need to explain to your friend.
The game was a MAGS entry for October 2008. |
| Shrek's Carnival Craze Party Games | 2008-10-28 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Ivolgamus UAB | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Party game | Fantasy, Medieval | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
It's Carnival Time - Shrek Style!
The twisted fairytale humor of Shrek meets carnival fun as you play 28
hilarious and action-packed party-games. Play as your favorite Shrek
characters and compete to become the King or Queen of the carnival!All
of Your Favorite Shrek Characters Are Here!
Featuring cast favorites from all 3 movies including Shrek, Fiona,
Donkey, Puss in Boots, the ogre babies, Gingy, and more!
Shrek Humor!
Laugh out loud at twisted commentary and humor by the zany Shrek cast
of characters.
Highly Sociable, Intuitive Gameplay!
With pick-up-and-play accessibility, players can work together as a
team, or take each other on in head-to-head or group challenges.
28 Hilarious, Addictive Party-Games!
Including Pinocchio’s Ring Toss, Three-wheeled Thrills, Rapunzel’s Hair
Climb, Sack Race, The Melon Bowl, and many more!
Multiple Game Modes:
Story Mode – compete to win the Carnival Crown.
Tournament Mode – 5 game multi-player tournament.
Quick Play – Play any game you’ve unlocked.
Unique Shrek-Inspired Locations!
Including Gingyland, 3 Blind Mice Midway, Fiona’s Funhouse, and
Pinocchio Park.
Complete all the party games and unlock Shrek’s Swamp!
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| On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode Two | 2008-10-29 | Hothead Games, Inc. | Hothead Games, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Horror | | Steampunk | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode Two is the second part in the Penny Arcade Adventures series and takes off where Episode One left off. The player can create his/her own character to rid a steampunk 1922 version of the U.S. of Fruit Fucker robots with. The main characters of the Penny Arcade comics (Gabe and Tycho) quickly join the player's ranks. It is also possible to import the character used in the first episode.Gameplay is similar to the first episode with turn based RPG combat and item searching similar to adventure games. In combat the longer the player waits with performing an attack the more damage it does, but in the meantime the enemy has its change to do damage to the player's characters. Blocking attacks has been made simpler in this sequel.The game features many new enemies. Destroyed Fruit Fucker robots can be harvested for parts which can be used to upgrade weapons. |
| Pet Show Craze | 2008-10-29 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Five-BN | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hidden object, Life / social simulation, Mini-games, Time management | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Pet Show Craze is a time-management strategy game that puts the player in charge of a pet grooming store in a town called Petsville.Customers bring in their animals for shampoos and haircuts. Escort them to a seat and find out what they want done. While they wait, offer them refreshments or suggest additional services out of a brochure. Toys and pet treats are also for sale in the shop. Although the beginning goal is to make money and increase the reputation of the shop, eventually involvement in a Pet Show competition comes into play.In addition to keeping the customers satisfied, the equipment needs cleaning and routine maintenance now and then. This can cause delays which might make the customers unhappy if not tended to promptly. Money can be spent on additional items to sell, supplies, equipment additions and upgrades or for hiring additional helpers. When the shop is full of customers, keeping all of them happy plus getting everything else done becomes more challenging at higher levels.There are 48 levels and multiple types of mini-games, including hidden-object. Trophies are awarded for various achievements. |
| American McGee's Grimm: The Master Thief | 2008-10-30 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Fairy tales used to be dark cautionary tales for children that taught them morals and showed scary outcomes for those who were naughty and not nice. Now they are sugary stories of cute talking animals with a required happy ending. You play as Grimm who wants to modify each fairy tale with darker
environments and scarier events.This first episode of the second season of American McGee's Grimm has The Master Thief upon returning home after years spent becoming an affluent thief only stealing from bad people deciding to confess to his godfather the count and be spared a hanging. The count agrees but only if he can steal three impossible-to-get items to show his skill.The light version of the story is first shown, and the dark version that Grimm goes about making as he progresses through the bigger than usual levels is now more different from the original tale than in past episodes. He turns it into a horror movie with the hero becoming a monster hunter who meets up with zombies, werewolves and vampires. Hidden coins are harder to find and will reduce remaining time on level enabling players to achieve faster times. Some powerups will also help you out as you go through the level touching as many things (the bigger the better) as possible until your dark meter has reached the required level to progress you to the next level. The darker version of the story Grimm has created will be shown at the end.
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| Atlantica Online | 2008-10-30 | Ndoors Interactive Inc. | Ndoors Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Turn-based | | | Windows | Atlantica Online is an online RPG with one big twist: the fights are turn-based! It is a free-to-play title which means it can be downloaded and played free of charge. It finances itself by selling in-game items and licenses which are not required to beat the game. Licenses are mostly comfort functions which are limited in time, e.g. a teleportation license allows the user to teleport to already visited places for 30 days. The story is about the mighty resource Oreichalkos which brought power and ultimately doom over the legendary Atlantis. The player takes the role of an descendant of the people of Atlantis who needs to find Atlantis and save humanity from the Oreichalkos. The game starts in Eastern Asia and leads the player all over the world.While travelling over the world the player only sees his main character, just like in any other online-RPG. But when he meets an enemy the game switches to a separate fighting screen where the two parties face each other: on one side the evil creatures and on the other one the player with his mercenaries. The number of these mercenaries is limited by the player's level and his progress in the game (up to eight) - and of course they only can be hired after solving a big side quest or giving them a lot of money. The fights itself are turn-based: during the player's turn he has a limited time frame to choose the actions for his men. Every party member can perform one action per turn which is performed instantly. Besides the usage of the standard and a special attack the player can also use the time to optimize his tactics because the formation is of great importance. Every one of the seven classes has different advantages and disadvantages. Up to three players can start a Long Distance Party and fight together. The PvP content consists of leagues which are basically tournaments against other players.Besides fighting the game also features a crafting and economic system. The player can create every item himself (with the correct ingredients) and sell it to other players. Guilds can take control over cities or even nations and have to take care of the commonwealth, e.g. culture or security.
Another important features are there to encourage a friendly contact with other players: the mentor system allows experienced players to help new players. The mentor receives a big reward (money and experience points) when his trainee reaches level 30. |
| FIFA Manager 09 | 2008-10-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Bright Future GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | FIFA Manager 09 is a typical German soccer manager where the player is responsible for the financial and athletic success of his team. As usual the player has a lot of options to set which are located in several menu screens. The main part of the screen is surrounded by statistics screens which tell the most important facts without needing to navigate to the associated menu screen.On the athletic side the player's most important decisions concern the lineup, tactics and the training. In comparison to former instalments of the series there are more possibilities to set individual tactics and the player are rated with one to ten stars instead of one to five. On the financial side he searches for sponsors, buys and sells players and expands the stadium environment and the stadium itself, Here the most prominent innovation are revised merchandise options. There are also several personal options, e.g. buy status symbols, start a family or search for a new team.The game basically features two match presentations with a few variations: text mode and live calculation. In the completely revised text mode the game describes the most important happenings in writing. The 3D calculated matches now use the graphics engine of FIFA 09 and the player can reach all tactical options during the match without needing to use a separate menu. The matches can also be watched as "live ticker" which is similar to teletext or be skipped altogether.The player can either choose a club at the beginning of the game or play a real career, meaning he has to work his way from a lower class to the top. An important part of the game is the customizable difficulty level: the player sets the difficulty for each aspect of the game separately and chooses which aspects fall in his responsibility, e.g. only financial or athletic tasks. Although the game features a full license, for the first time including the third and fourth German leagues, the player can use an editor to change the data. |
| Grey Matter | 2008-10-30 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Grey Matter is a top-down shooter set on a single screen with organic enemies. The black dot the player controls cannot actually shoot, its body is the bullet itself and it needs to touch enemies to take them out.Levels are divided over different themes such as stress, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, psychosis and more. With each wave of enemies, new types are introduced along with a change in the game colours. Some enemies can only be taken out from a certain direction, or by touching specific parts. By killing three identical enemies in a row, a trinity attack (triangle) is created that destroys everything in the enclosed area. Holding the Shift key improves the dot's speed.Before each level, or when pausing the game, points can be exchanged for a specific bonus such as boost, shield, option or an extra life. Certain power-ups are much needed during gameplay, as some enemies can teleport so fast boost is required to take them out. The end of the game features a boss level, after which additional modes can be unlocked: expert, endless and boss; each with their own high-score screen. For faster gameplay, this browser title is also available as a download. |
| Imperium Romanum: Gold Edition | 2008-10-30 | Kalypso Media GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Imperium Romanum (Gold Edition) is a compilation which includes the following games:
Imperium Romanum
Imperium Romanum: Emperor ExpansionThe latter also includes the two DLCs Imperium Romanum: The Conquest of Britannia and Imperium Romanum: Wilds of Germania. |
| Know How: Think and play outside the box! | 2008-10-30 | SevenOne Intermedia GmbH | Bitfield GmbH | Puzzle | Top-down | | | David Salz | | | | | | | Windows | Know How is a classic puzzle game. The objective is to move a treasure chest off the game board an onto an exit square. Various stones block the way and have to be moved first, but they will only move lengthwise. Special obstacles like springs, magnets and magically linked stones further complicate the task.The game contains 350 puzzles, a 'free play' and a story mode. The free play mode is simply a linear sequence of puzzles. In story mode, the main character Valerie is stranded on a mysterious island, trying to escape and to discover the secret of the ancient civilization that once lived there. The player must navigate her across a map of the island and solve puzzles along the way. |
| Lemure | 2008-10-30 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Lemure is a game in the style of Lemmings. You have to rescue the lemurs from any dangers like mountains, icebergs and catapults. For the rescue you can give out several abilities to the lemurs like climbing, digging, building bridges, highspeed-running and so on. In each level you have got a limited number of each ability you can give to the lemurs. So you have to think quick and exact which lemurs should do what, before you let them start. Lemure has four different worlds, desert, ice, mysterious forest and science fiction, and each world has got several levels.
At the beginning there are some exercise-levels to practise the use of the abilities and the lemurs.The game contains some features like the catapult trap, which can be used for or against the lemurs. |
| Petz: Horse Club | 2008-10-30 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Phoenix Interactive | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Nicolas Nova | | | Strad | Windows | This is another game in the Ubisoft's Imagine series of games, it is the sequel to the game Pippa Funnell: Ranch Rescue which too was released under various names.This time, the player plays Lily, a girl raising and riding competition horses at her uncle's ranch in Utah. Winning competitions, Lily already saved the Wildmountain ranch from bankruptcy and now the challenge is to raise foals and save mustangs. With the help of her friend Liam and two adults (Grant, a famous horse whisperer and Liam's mother, Sarah, veterinarian of the ranch), will Lily be able to save mustangs, train these wild horses in order to ride them in competitions ? The danger comes from Carla Van Guiness, her enemy ...The "bonus mode" is a multiplayer, cooperative mode where first player rides the horse and player two, with the mouse only, collects bonuses.Although not advertised as a compilation, the PC version also includes another game of the series, in french : Alexandra Ledermann: Le haras de la vallée. The DS version tells another story, about a black horse. |
| Apartment of Love | 2008-10-31 | Pin-Point | Pin-Point | Adventure, Simulation | | | Adult | Visual novel | | | Direct control | | | Interface | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)This is a original Galgame with a fascinating storyline. What happened in this apartment, stays in this apartment.
The MC grew up in a poor neighborhood. To change his life once and for all, he targeted Tokyo University and since started fighting. To save money, he moved into an old apartment, which did not even have a bathroom, only a filthy public toilet.
The landlord was a amicable old lady, who unfortunately got herself hospitalized due to chronicle illness. So her granddaughter, the cute Konna Azusa-chan to supervise the apartment.
Konna Azusa is a pretty girl with a lot of energy in her. She's the same age as the MC and in highschool. Years of working hard makes the MC so insencitive, but the moment he mets her, the world got thrown upside down and inside out.
PS.Trading Cards and Achievements will come out with the final version. |
| DWK 5: Hinter dem Horizont | 2008-10-31 | TGC - The Games Company GmbH | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | DWK 5: Hinter dem Horizont is a traditional point & click adventure game based on the movie Die wilden Kerle 5: Hinter dem Horizont. The young soccer players Leon, Vanessa, Maxi and Raban are practising in the woods - but suddenly Leon disappears. Of course his friends search for him and suddenly arrive in the land of vampires...The player alternately takes the control of the four protagonists and solves item based puzzles. To do so he explores his surroundings, takes everything he finds, talks with people and combines items with each other. In each scene the player can instantly switch between day and night which alters the persons he meet and the items he can interact with. When stuck the player has access to a hint system. |
| Disney High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance! | 2008-10-31 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Page 44 Studios, LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Disney High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance! is a rhythm game based on the film High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Players can choose to be one of the characters of the film (Chad, Gabriella, Kels, Ryan, Sharpay, Taylor or Troy) or create a new, customized Wildcat. It features several environments and songs from the three films. Gameplay is presented as a series of dance-offs where small orbs floating in one of four directions need to be timed correctly when they pass a threshold to keep the dance and the song going. On the Wii the swings are measured while the Xbox 360 version supports the tracking of steps on a dance pad.Next to the single-player mode there is a head-to-head competitive dance mode. Sometimes quick mini-games break out in the middle of songs and special effects can be activated while dancing. By learning dance moves from the characters additional songs, clothing and characters can be unlocked. |
| King's Bounty: The Legend (Special Edition) | 2008-10-31 | 1C Company, Nobilis Group | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Special Edition comes in a wooden chest and includes:
King's Bounty: The Legend
Letter opener formed like a dagger
Leather bottle 0,5L
Black t-shirt with the game's logo on the front
Pack of cards with game characters on them
Artbook "The Art of King's Bounty: The Legend" with 32 pages
Bonus DVD with trailers and developer interviews
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| OpenArena | 2008-10-31 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | OpenArena is a free, community-developed first-person shooter, similar to Quake III: Arena as it is based on the source code of the game along with the ioquake3 engine, and it is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2, meaning users can change or modify models, maps and sounds and later distribute their modifications. The gameplay is fairly reminiscent of Quake III: Arena - players fight in arenas against bots or real people through the Internet or LAN.New content is added gradually, and some of the game modes included are Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Tournament, Capture the Flag, Elimination, CTF Elimination, Last Man Standing and Double Domination. |
| Puzzle Park | 2008-10-31 | Black Blob Studios | Black Blob Studios | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ah. Getting away from the city to enjoy a day at the park. The Puzzle Park.Puzzle Park is a match-three puzzle game. At each level, use your mouse to swap tiles to match three or more of the same. You must make matches over the dark tiles to turn them light and you must also get the star, or stars, to the bottom of the puzzle. This will clear the level and let you go to the next level. When you reach certain goals, you receive a trophy. These goals include getting through all of an area's levels, reaching four million points, etc. If you see a tile with a blue energy ring circling it, match it with two others of the same to add to your bonus meter. If you fill the bonus meter, you unlock a bonus like a hammer to clear one tile or a dynamite to clear nine tiles. If you match any one type of tile enough times, it will be available on the left to replace one other tile, maybe making a three-way match. |
| Redrum | 2008-10-31 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Anarchy Enterprises | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | A little girl called Rose is an asylum patient, afflicted with mental images of death and other macabre visions. With the help of her psychic powers, she starts unraveling a plot against her life by an evil doctor.Redrum is a horror-themed hidden object game. As usual, the objective is to find and click on all the objects from a list, as they lay scattered on gruesome scenes of murder and other creepy places. Roses are also hidden on the scenery. They add more hints to the magnifying glass at the bottom that, when clicked, highlights the location of one of the list items. There are two modes, with or without the time limit.A bonus round appears at the end of each chapter. In one of them, the player has to make anagrams with refrigerator magnets. Another makes the screen all segmented, and replaces the object list with the screen portions that must be found. In one, the goal is to find several instances of the same object. |
| Spooky Spirits | 2008-10-31 | Legendo Entertainment AB | Legendo Entertainment AB | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Spooky Spirits is a color matching game where multi-colored bricks fall from the top of the screen, and must be arranged at the bottom in matching formations. Blocks of the same color combine, creating large pieces of one color in the gamefield. Some of the falling blocks have ghosts inside them that make the matching bricks disappear after touching them. Pairs of the top blocks are selected with the arrow keys, and swapped with the space bar. Pressing the down key makes the pair fall towards the stack at the bottom.The game has three modes: Panic, Puzzle and Eternity. In Panic Mode, the objective is to fill a meter at the right side of field, trying to reach a target score within the time limit to move to the next level. If the bricks accumulate and reach the top, the game is over. In Puzzle Mode, the goal is to eliminate all the blocks with a limited amount of brick drops. Eternity Mode is similar to Panic Mode, but takes place in only one level that gets faster while playing. |
| The Tales of Bingwood: Chapter I - To Save a Princess | 2008-10-31 | BugFactory | BugFactory | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Tales of Bingwood: Chapter I is a 2D point & click adventure game with some distinct retro qualities. The gameplay consists of navigating around the village, talking with characters and interacting with various objects. Inventory and logic based puzzles forward the story.In this first installment of the series, Tom, the fisherman's son, is thrown in the middle of a nefarious scheme as the Royal Princess is kidnapped by the formidable Evil Wizard and his henchman. Tom takes on the rescue effort but he needs the help of the villagers to begin the pursuit of the malefactors to Shady Forest and beyond. |
| Wildlife Park 2: Family Edition | 2008-10-31 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Family Edition is an upgraded version of the Platinum Edition. It contains the following games:
Wildlife Park 2
Wildlife Park 2: Crazy Zoo
Wildlife Park 2: Marine World
Wildlife Park 2: Abenteuer auf der Ranch |
| Ankh Trilogie | 2008-11-01 | bhv Software GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes all three previously released games from the Ankh series. The games included are:
Ankh
Ankh: Heart of Osiris
Ankh: Battle of the Gods |
| Bus Simulator | 2008-11-01 | GSP Software | Ice Bytes Game Development | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bus | | | | | Windows | Bus Simulator is a UK re-issue of the Bus Simulator 2008. This release includes 'Bonus Pack 3' which itself contains 'Bonus Pack 1' and 'Bonus Pack 2' as well as installing patches that upgrade the product to version 1.4.'Bonus Pack 3' is not installed manually and is not referred to in the game's manual, it exists in a separate folder on the DVD. When installed it gives the player six additional buses:
Tiger's Hybrid Kneeling Bus
Ronald Angora's Kneeling bus
Puma's Hybrid Class II Kneeling bus
Tiger's Town Model 2008
City Articulated Model 2008-B
Inferno 2006 Deluxe (5*)
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| Crazy Machines 2: Gold Edition | 2008-11-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Gold Edition contains:
Crazy Machines 2 (main game)
Crazy Machines 2: Addon - Back to the Shop! (add-on)
In total there are two hundred and fifty experiments to be played in career mode, these are in the following five sections:
First Steps: A tutorial with ten experiments
World Tour: Fifteen chapters and one hundred and fifty experiments.
Back To The Shop: Seven chapters and sixty new experiments
Download Bonus Laboratory with twenty experiments
PhysX Bonus Laboratory also with twenty experiments |
| Galax-E-Mail | 2008-11-01 | Bog Turtle Games LLC | Bog Turtle Games LLC | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In the future, e-mails are no longer sent via internet - they are delivered via space ship. The player controls one of those delivery ships and needs to finish various deliveries. The ship can be freely moved through the 2D plane, the goal is to kill all enemy bases (which also spawn hostile ships) and enter the wormhole which opens up afterwards. Gameplay is the traditional twin-stick shooter style: one stick moves the ship while the other aims and fires.Each destroyed base also rewards a buddy, basically a copy of the main ship which mimics its moves. Those buddies do not only increase firepower, but also serve as extra lives. However, after each death the emails are scattered through the level and need be collected. On the way there are a variety of extras to find which can be positive (e.g. health, power-shot or more aggressive buddies) or negative (e.g. slow speed or reversed controls). The effects stack.The difficulty increases after each level and before starting a new game, it can be set between 0 and 100. |
| Left 4 Dead | 2008-11-01 | Valve Corporation | Valve South, Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror, Survival | Shooter | Contemporary, North America | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | In Left 4 Dead, four humans, Francis, Zoey, Bill, and Louis, had the bad luck to land in the middle of a zombie invested zone, are now trying to get to the evacuation point, and survive the apocalyptic pandemic. The game contains several scenarios which are all divided into several chapters with the goal to reach the save room and hundreds of zombies in-between.The doors to the save rooms can't be opened by the infected once closed and they contain weapons (shotguns, sub-machine guns, etc.), medipacks, and ammo for the survivors to restock before the next part of the journey. The door of the save room can also be never opened again by the survivors once it's closed so the team needs to stay together or otherwise they will have to decide whether they leave a friend behind or fight a hopeless battle at the save room door.If a survivor is too badly damaged, the character goes down but is neither dead immediately nor defenseless. The character still can shoot with a pistol at incoming zombies to make it easier for teammates to help the character up. This is especially important when one of the special zombies such as the Hunter, who can jump great distances and immediately downs his target, has a survivor in his grasp. If the zombie isn't killed in time, the teammate will be dead.Other special zombies include the Tank, which is a huge mutated zombie that can take a few hundred bullets before it goes down and does a serious punch as well as the boomer which vomits on a survivor and immediately attracts dozens of new zombies. This also happens if a car burglar alarm goes of or something similar disturbs the night.While the campaigns can be played either with AI controlled teammates or with other human players in co-op, the multiplayer also features an additional game mode called "Versus". The basic premise remains the same with four players needing to get safely to the save room but at the same time four other players are randomly assigned the roles of one of the special zombies with the obvious goal to help the normal, AI-controlled infected to get rid of the survivors. The zombie players have the advantage that they can spawn almost anywhere on the map if it's out of sight the survivors and see them through walls if they make a noise but are otherwise, except for the tank, easy to take down if noticed early. |
| Malayalam: Island of Mysteries | 2008-11-01 | MJK Games | MJK Games | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | Survival | Sandbox / open world | Contemporary, Oceania | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Malayalam: Island of Mysteries is a survival game where the player assumes the role of a shipwrecked man. Stranded on the island of Malayalam, he has to explore the island, uncover its mysteries, and ensure his own survival by getting enough food and drink. Rather than just letting the player loose without guidance, like most survival games do, Malayalam provides some quests for the player to pursue.The game is an interesting curiosity, as it was released many years before the survival game boom but already has most of the genre's defining features: hunger and thirst meters, harvesting resources and crafting items, and so on. |
| Nude School Dating Sim | 2008-11-01 | Nude Heaven Software | Nude Heaven Software | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | After the summer break the player enters his high school where he sees the new transfer student - Sarah - for the first time. After initiating a conversation, the player starts the "adventure" of avoiding endless game-over-sequences to ultimately get Sarah in his bed.The game is composed of a series of background images (and two cinematics) and in each of them the player has to choose from a set of responses to reach the next part of the game. The game is completely mouse driven, simply by clicking the answer your character should say - or do.Despite having between 2 and 10 (usually 3) options to choose from, there is only one possible path. If the player is acting too shy, overdoing, guessing, acting out of the normal (i.e. drugs), can't calculate (yes, you have to do a math calculation at some point), or simply uses other parts of the male body not designed for thinking ;), chances are high to experience one of the countless game over sequences.Once it's game over, you have to start from scratch. There are no savegames supported. |
| Oiligarchy | 2008-11-01 | Molleindustria | Molleindustria | Educational, Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Oiligarchy is a turn-based strategy game played from the perspective of the CEO of an oil company. Starting in 1946, just after World War II, the player needs to scout for oil in Alaska, Texas, Venezuela, Iraq and Nigeria, and set up wells to extract the oil and gain revenue. Selecting actions available from the top of the screen, an area can be explored on land or on sea, oil wells and platforms can be set up, buildings can be demolished and mercenaries can be hired to defend the structures against rebels and natives. Once all actions are set, a play button can be clicked to advance one year in time.Once more money becomes available, the lobbying at the White House in Washington D.C. starts. Every ten years, an election is held where an elephant party (red) and a donkey party (blue) try to win the most votes. The player can choose to participate in what is visually represented as a real race, by donating. This influences the stance of representatives, which are oil reps, gray reps (undecided) or eco reps. With many oil reps aboard, laws are passed that favour the oil business, while a turn of tide will increase the maintenance costs. Having an "oiled" president also opens up a special operations room, where a regime change in Iraq can be incited (including sending an unlimited amount of troops with no resolve), or a wave of hysteria with planted anthrax can be released to divert the attention from ecological problems. Detailed statistics about oil demand, max recovery, oil addiction, price per barrel, money and gross domestic product are shown in graphs.When most of the world opens up, politicians are corrupted, local authorities are bribed and installations are heavily defended, the oil addiction will increase along with the demand. If the demand is too low, revenue will slow down, and when it cannot be met the player is fired as CEO.As profits exceed millions of dollars, environmentalists will gather in front of the White House. This leads to four possible endings where the player is fired, retired, leads society into a global nuclear war when no transition to a post-carbon society is arranged, or a dystopic scenario can be opened where the Western ideals of capitalism fall with an eco-friendly approach. Replacing old wells with human burning plants, it is possible to win the favours of ecologists instead.The player is also regularly informed through newspaper articles about climate changes, new technologies and scientific studios that sway the public opinion. When addiction eventually reaches its peak and the remaining reservoirs dry up, which is the most encountered scenario, the last World War begins. |
| Petz Sports | 2008-11-01 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Petz Sports is a virtual pet game where you are able to adopt a puppy from a variety of different breeds and participate in different activities with them. You are able to dress them up with clothes and accessories as well as being able to play with them in various mini-games and activities. Games include racing with your friends and their dogs, playing a musical jumprope game, teaching them tricks, and playing ball with your puppy. Completing these activities will help you to unlock items and additional breeds to adopt. |
| Righteous City: Part II | 2008-11-01 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Righteous City - Part II is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory and actions are can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. Interactions can be executed via an interface by holding the right mouse button.Story:
Again you take the role of Lester Britton, a private investigator. You have been sent to Righteous City by your agency to investigate a murder case of a dead woman.
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| Top Chef: The Game | 2008-11-01 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | gameLab | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A time-management game based on the TV show of the same name, Top Chef puts you into the shoes of a new contestant on the show. The game is divided into 15 episodes, with each episode consisting of two Quickfire challenges and one Elimination challenge.Within the Quickfire events, you will be asked to create a dish based on certain constraints. For example, you might be asked to create a salad based on the color white. That meal is divided into steps; for each step, you will need to pick ingredients, then process them. You have a wide variety of ingredients to choose from, and some go together better than others. If you pick interesting combinations of ingredients, the judges will comment, and you will get a better score. Also, you will receive a chaining bonuses for finishing up with multiple ingredients at around the same time. Once all steps are done, you will be graded on adhering to the instructions, the quality of the food, style, and time taken.Elimination challenges are similar, but require you to make an entire meal instead of just one dish. |
| How | 2008-11-03 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | How is a short side-scrolling game where the player controls a girl who needs to collect balls and drop them into a well. She can be moved left or right to find balls and then carry them along to the well. The player has five minutes to collect as many as possible. Constantly running and carrying is not possible, as she will run out of stamina. Instead, the player can choose to have her eat a ball to replenish it. |
| 007: Quantum of Solace | 2008-11-04 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Treyarch Corporation | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter, Stealth | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Based on the scripts of the 21st movie "Casino Royale" and the 22nd James Bond movie of the same name as the game, it follows closely the story of those movies but elaborates many scenes and fills in some blanks.In a first person shooter fashion, the player directs Bond through the levels filled with many bad guys. To overcome those, Bond has several different kinds of weapons at his disposal ranging from his trusted P99 to machine guns and full blown grenade launchers. But the levels are also filled with canisters that either explode upon shooting or vent gas that temporarily blinds the enemy. Bond can also perform a take down move which puts an enemy out silently. If Bond is near enough to an enemy, a button press will initiate the corresponding mini-game in which the player needs to hit a circle with a crosshair in a short period of time. Is the player successful, the enemy is out of the play but when he fails to hit the mark in time, Bond will be thrown away from the enemy and is vulnerable for a short period of time. In addition Bond can duck into cover to avoid bullets and shoot blindly over it or look out of it to get the kill. Bond also automatically regenerates his health when not under fire.Other obstacles in the levels are cameras, which can either be shot or disabled and electronic locks which need to be hacked in another mini-game. There arrows flash green or red on the screen and the player needs to press the corresponding button fast enough when it blinks green to input the right number into the keypad.The game also features a multiplayer mode for up to 12 players with the following game modes:Bond Versus: one player takes over the control of James Bond and either needs to defuse two of the three bombs in the level or kill all six of the opposing team. In this mode Bond can also see all enemies and has two lives.
Golden Gun: the first player to score 100 points wins the round. Points are earned by kills but if the player is holding the always visible power weapon called "Golden Gun", he scores 6 points per kill.
Bond Evasion: in this mode one member of the MI6-team randomly gets to be Bond and needs to get to the escape point of the map to win the round for his team. Meanwhile The Organization tries to stop him by either killing him or preventing him from reaching the escape points in time. |
| Dovadula's Burn | 2008-11-04 | Miciosegone Games | Miciosegone Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dovadula's Burn is a classic freeware graphic adventure game, developed in Italian and English.The character can pick up, use, talk and look at objects and characters within an icons system behind the scrolling inventory on the top of the screen.The puzzles of the game have a lot of objects, and the player can explore all the locations from the beginning of the game.The story takes place in the imaginary town of Dovadula's, where Punkkommando is trying to destroy the town with his bass guitar. The police stop Punkkommando's plan and he runs away. Punkkommando loses his bass guitar, and to escape to the policeman he assumes the identity of the crazy green man Capitan Fortuna. Then he goes to his music master Matt Freeman to find a method to definitively destroy Dovadula's. |
| Hidden Mysteries: Buckingham Palace | 2008-11-04 | Big Fish Games, Inc | GameMill Entertainment LLC, Gunnar Games, Inc. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | Europe | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hidden Mysteries: Buckingham Palace is a hidden object game with adventure elements. Famous locations of the palace are represented as static screens filled with assorted objects. The player has to find and click on the required objects from a list at the left side of the screen. Some objects are stored in the inventory, accessible as a treasure chest at the top of the list, to be used later to solve puzzles.Crowns are also hidden on the scenery, on every location. They give 5 credits points for the hint system. Clicking on one of the list items brings up the three hint purchase options, that show the object silhouette, its image or where it is. More explicit hints are also more expensive.At the end of each act, the player must use the inventory objects on interactive hotspots to solve some puzzle, for example using the lighter on candles. Sometimes a mini-game appears, where anagrams have to be constructed, paintings have to be swapped and put in the correct order and other similar challenges. |
| Jagged Alliance | 2008-11-04 | Sir-tech Software, Inc. | Madlab Software | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | Tactical RPG | Contemporary | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | The land of Metavira needs your help! Contract additional mercenaries as you explore, capture, and hold new territories so the natives can harvest the valuable trees from which a revolutionary medicine can be extracted. The more trees you hold, the more money you make. The more money you have, the more you can do, such as hire native guards, hire more mercs, in order to take the offense and clear the sector of enemies. You will also need to retrieve certain objects from behind enemy lines, rescue captured personnel, capture equipment, and more. Hire a good mechanic in order to get your equipment and guns repaired, and to "enhance" them with various add-ons. Travel through lush jungles, treacherous rivers (with venomous snakes!), and more as you seek to free Metavira. Eventually, you'll meet up with the bad guys' leader in his compound for the final showdown...Jagged Alliance is a turn-based tactical combat game with a mixture of strategy, reminiscent of X-Com games. On the "strategic view", you get to see the various sectors of Metavira. You start with just one sector, with a few trees for your income. You need to hold more sectors in order to increase the number of trees you hold, which will increase your income. You can hire or fire mercs. Each merc can move, shoot or perform any of the other actions as long as they still have action points. Each of the mercenaries have their own personality. Some work well with others, others don't. You'll need shooters (both long and short guns), explosive experts (to set or disarm bombs/traps), mechanics/gunsmiths (to fix and modify your equipment), and doctors/nurses (to heal wounded mercs). Each merc has a different price, so you'll need to balance what you can afford vs. what you need. You will have to manage the equipment as well. If you move into an enemy-held sector, the game moves to combat mode, where you get an overhead slightly-isometric turn-based tactical combat that's based on "action points", which limits the number of actions each merc can perform. You can do this, or that, but not both. The action continues until the sector is no longer contested (either one side got wiped out, or retreated to another sector, or both). After the sector is clear, you can call in native guards to "hold" the sector (you need to pay for them as well) as well as hire more natives to process the "new" trees. You will also need to get the mercs to the homebase if any one was wounded, and let the doctor/nurse treat them. Idle mercs at the base can train to improve their ratings. Some scripted events and some random events will keep you busy such as poisoned water, a virus that attacks the trees, the kidnapped daughter of a chief, and others. So to summarize, you need to manage the mercs (and their salary), their equipment (who gets what), arrange for backup (mercs at base) and medical treatment (doctor/nurse) while taking into account their personalities and strengths. You also need to manage the strategic aspects as you need to "conquer" each sector and then send enough guards to hold the sector after you retrieve the mercs. You manage the money as you need to balance the expenditures (mercs, equipment, guards, natives, etc.) against the income (the trees). You also get to manage the tactical aspects of the battle as you decide each move and shot. A full complement of mercenary supplies (from revolvers to M-16s, plus bombs, grenades, mines, flak jackets, helmets, and more) are available. |
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | 2008-11-04 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Toys for Bob Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is based on the family movie of the same name.Shortly after becoming adjusted to being on Madagascar after becoming trapped there, Alex, Marty, Gloria and Mellman get homesick for their old home of New York Zoo and decide to get back there post haste.
With the help of the penguins, they make an old crashed plane flyable again, and set off for the big apple with the penguins, monkeys and King Julian in tow.
Unfortunately, they develop problems mid flight and crash land in Africa, where Alex meets his father, Marty meets more zebras and Gloria finds love. But then they have to save the Savannah from a water shortage.Whilst you play, you will be able to control all four main characters.
In order to progress through the game, you will have to complete various objectives to aid your escape from Africa, such as sneaking the penguins through the human camp to get supplies, help Gloria search caves for hidden treasure whilst avoiding crocodiles and using a penguin driven car to chase a human convoy and get supplies.There are several multiplayer tournaments available, including 4 player soccer, mini golf, jungle chess, musical chairs and volcano dancing. |
| Secret Service | 2008-11-04 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cauldron Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | North America | | | | | | Windows | Secret Service is a first-person shooter that starts on Inauguration Day for the next president of the United States. He is attacked and takes a shot to the stomach. The player assumes the role of agent Pierce, a member of the Secret Service, as insurgents attempt to overtake Washington D.C. Next to the shooting gameplay there are small puzzle elements that involve unlocking doors and defusing bombs. These puzzle section are played out as in Pipe Dream: Pierce must connect wires to chips to progress through the game. These puzzles increase in difficulty as the game progresses. |
| Iron Grip: Warlord | 2008-11-05 | ISOTX | ISOTX | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | The imperialist Confederation has set its eyes on conquering the band of city-states that make up Atelia. You must fight with other rebels in urban warfare against a much more numerous foe to keep your independence in this combo strategy/FPS with tower defense elements by building defenses like machine gun nests or anti-tank turrets and setting traps in an overhead-view and also using your own hands to fight the enemy in FPS view. It uses the Quake 3 engine.In-game units of Power are used at the beginning of each level to build structures and improve weapons and personal abilities. You can gain more Power with slow increments by continuing to stay alive or by killing enemy soldiers and enemy units such as tanks and mech walkers, and finding treasures on the battlefield. Killing the enemy leader when he appears is also essential to demoralize enemy troops. In multiplayer, you can play co-op with other players. |
| Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife | 2008-11-05 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife is another entry in MumboJumbo's line of marble poppers with Egyptian themes. The gameplay remains the same as in the previous titles. The objective is to make matches of three or more spheres of the same color. The player controls a scarab-shaped catapult at the bottom of the screen that moves sideways, throwing balls at a string of marbles being pushed towards a pyramid by an insect. The spheres move on twisty tracks, and if several of them enter the pyramid the game is over. The goal is to clear all the balls, collecting the treasures and power-ups that fall after some matches.Besides the spheres, a treasure chest appears randomly on the field that can be broke with the ball. Some matches also throw treasures and power-ups that can be collected with the scarab. The money is used in the store, to purchase upgrades for the power-ups, or cosmetic changes like a new set of marbles or a different scarab.Some powers are used automatically after being collected. The turtle makes the marble line movement slower. The net creates a glowing line at the bottom that collects anything that falls on it. The bomb explodes all the marbles that share its color. The open hand stops the movement for a few seconds. The circular arrow makes the spheres move backwards. The spike blocks the pyramid entrance, breaking a number of marbles before exploding.Some powers need to be activated by throwing them with the scarab. The cloud paints several spheres with the same color. The scorpion runs out of the pyramid, destroying all the marbles in its path. The lightning bolt shoots up in a straight column, destroying all the balls crossing it. The arrows increase the speed of the shots.In Adventure Mode, the plot is shown as cutscenes between levels. The queen Nefertiti needs to recover the four canopic jars of her husband Akhenaten, stolen by thieves sent by the god Amun. A map of ancient Egypt shows all the major cities, and the pathways between them are comprised of a series of levels.After completing certain levels, the player receives pieces of seven artifacts that help on the quest. The Eye of Horus shows in which level the other pieces of artifacts are located. The Sphinx unlocks the Puzzle Mode. The Scarab makes golden scarabs appear on the levels, that throw coins when shot. The Statue of Horus upgrades the ball shooter. The Cow of Hathor increases the points received for each piece of treasure. The Chariot allows automatic travel to any city. The Sun Disc of Aten locks a city, trapping the thieves.Some levels have slight variations to the regular gameplay. In battle levels, there are two shooting scarabs, at the top and bottom, and two exit pyramids with a marble string between them that acts like rope in a tug of war, being pulled in opposite directions by two insects. The objective is to move a circular section to the player pyramid, by making matches as fast as possible. In the river levels, the screen is divided by a river filled with spheres, and the goal is to make a path to destroy the balls at the top bank. On swarm levels several insects invade the screen, each pushing three marbles. |
| American McGee's Grimm: The Singing Bone | 2008-11-06 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In The Singing Bone, the second season's second episode of the American McGee's Grimm series, two brothers seek to slay a wild boar for the king who will bestow his daughter's hand in marriage to whomever does so. When the younger brother manages to kill the boar, he passes by his older brother who's been loafing in a tavern who then kills his younger brother to take the credit. Having hidden his body, years later a shepherd hears the bones singing their tale of woe and takes them to the king who finds out the truth and has the older brother killed for his crime. That's actually the "light version" of the tale which Grimm goes around changing through 6 levels into a much darker version by touching as much of the environment as possible to increase a dark meter enough to move on to the next level. Story elements change as the darkness increases, including Grimm riding the boar who lays down a swath of death and gore through villagers and livestock. The final dark version of the story is shown at the end of the completed levels. |
| Fitness Dash | 2008-11-06 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Sarbakan, Inc. | Simulation | | Licensed | | Arcade, Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | Jo the Jogger is a sportive woman, worrying about the health condition of her comrades in Dinertown, preferring to eat at Flo's Diner instead of training, when a series of competitions against other towns is arriving soon. So, she decides to open a fitness centerFitness Dash is a time management game set in Diner Dash universe and sharing a similar gameplay with it. Flo, the Diner Dash heroine, only makes appearances and supports Jo's initiative.Like in Diner Dash, Jo has to make money until the end of the day by satisfying her clients. She must free up equipment for gym members, hand them towels, quench their thirst and direct them to the showers. The customers have 5 hearts. At the beginning, only 3 are red and it's up to the player to maintain them red. If the 5 hearts are empty, a client and money are lost.For making more money, chains of a same action can be performed or adding colored clients to equipment of the same color.At the end of each completed gym center, the player's team will engage in a tug-of-war mini game. At least four adjacent blocks of the same color have to be clicked in order for them to disappear. |
| Forgotten Lands: First Colony | 2008-11-06 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Blue Tea Games | Strategy | | | | City building / construction simulation | | | Shawn Seil | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Forgotten Lands: First Colony plays like a simplified version of classic real-time strategy games like the original Warcraft and Settlers. Instead of the large scrolling maps usually found on titles like this, the screen is fixed showing all the units and buildings, along with the game interface. The focus is on resource gathering and construction, with goals listed on the scroll at the bottom that have to be achieved within a time limit. Resources are generated after each work cycle, that takes a few seconds to happen.The units are bought and created on the town hall, where they are also deployed. The player has to drag and drop the units to a place where they can perform their tasks. The worker unit can be a farmer, lumberjack, miner, builder and repair damaged buildings, creating lots of resources and one gold piece. The merchant can be placed on most buildings, generating one resource and several gold coins. The scholar doesn't generate resources, but can allow upgrades to the buildings making them more efficient. Only the scout can dig for resources on specific places. The cultivator only works on farms, creating more food than the regular serf. The defender stops the arguments and strikes between the workers that stop resource production.Buildings are constructed by the workers, on spots marked with a flag. The buildings can also be demolished, leaving a place to build a new one. With the exception of the town hall, all the buildings have a specific function, with a limited number of worker slots around it. Buildings that can be upgraded show a green arrow after the scholars work on them for some cycles, with the cost being a combination of resources.The farm creates food, that allow the population to increase. When the number of people surpasses the food production, a timer with a chicken drumstick icon appears over the town hall, and every time it finishes its cycle one of the unit dies. The market generates money, and can also be used to sell and buy resources directly. The lumber mill makes wood, and the mine produces jewels. When an unit can't work, sometimes because it is deployed on the wrong building, it starts drinking to show that is idle. Silos and ponds appear on some of the levels. They increase the production of nearby buildings, but can't be built by the workers. Certain buildings and flag spots have to be bought from the native population, that only accepts jewels as payment. |
| Silent Hill: Homecoming | 2008-11-06 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Double Helix Games | Action, Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | Horror | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Silent Hill: Homecoming is the sixth entry of the Silent Hill series. This time around the player takes control of a new protagonist by the name of Alex Shepherd who returns to his hometown of Shepherd's Glen and learns of the disappearance of his younger brother, his search leads him onto the fog-laden streets of Silent Hill where he must search the desolate town in order to rescue his brother and learn of his family's dark secrets in the process.The gameplay is the same as it's previous entries where the player searches for objects and uses weapons and hand-to-hand to combat and defend against grotesque monsters while solving puzzles to advance further into the game. It features a brand new graphics engine giving a realistic horrifying feel along with music composed by Akira Yamaoka who also composed for previous incarnations of the Silent Hill incarnations. |
| Skägget I Brevlådan | 2008-11-06 | PAN Vision AB | Upside Studios AB | Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Mini-games, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | This is the companion game for the Swedish SVT Advent Calender for 2008 of the same name. The game is divided into 24 mini games, that are unlocked daily by codes shown on the TV show and published on the SVT website.
The game begins with Klas, Renée and Lage, three friends who are planning their Christmas together, but instead of sending their wish list to Santa Claus they have accidentally posted a list of what they should buy at the grocery store, and now risk only getting food products for Christmas - unless they find a way to correct the mistake. They decide to go and find Santa, but on their way find out that evil powers are trying to stop Christmas from ever happening again.
The games are various puzzle style games, which on completion give you clues on where to find Santa. |
| This Is a Cry for Help | 2008-11-06 | | | Action, Compilation | Side view | | Adult | Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | This Is a Cry for Help is a disc with the collected works of Edmund McMillen for ten years (1998-2008). It contains seventeen games, bonus games (prototypes and unreleased work), extras such as box art, commentary, concept art and magazine articles, many comics, sketch books, web art and more. The included games are:
Blast Miner (demo)
Blast Miner Arcade (discontinued)
Blood Car 2000! Deluxe!
Gish (demo)
Gish: The Lost Levels (unreleased)
Guppy Prototype (unreleased)
Cereus Peashy
Tri-achnid
Carious Weltling
Carious Weltling II
Twin Hobo Rocket
The C Word
Clubby the Seal
Viviparous Dumpling
Aether
Meat Boy
Host
CoilThe bonus games are:
Gish Beta IGF04 (unreleased)
Cereus Peashy Beta (unreleased Tom Fulp build)
Tri-achnid Beta (unreleased)
Weltling Dressup
Clubby: Killing Season (caulder build)
Snack-o-Lantern
Vertigo (meat boy prototype)
Meat Boy GB (unreleased) |
| Alabama Smith in Escape from Pompeii | 2008-11-07 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Stargaze | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Alabama Smith in Escape from Pompeii is a short adventure game with simple puzzles for the casual market. The main protagonist is an American archaeology student called Alabama Smith, that is sent by his University to do some research on Italy. He soon discovers a time traveling device and a conspiracy involving a secret society.Most of the screen shows the location where the character is investigating, with the bottom interface mostly dedicated to the inventory, with small sections for a portrait and the time travel medallion to the left, and a list of objectives to the right. Objects are collected on the screen and stored in the inventory, from where they can be dragged and used to solve puzzles.Some of the screen hotspots bring up an interactive window, that might contain required objects or require some action to be performed. It can show another point of view of the scenery, or start one of the mini-games, usually variations of jigsaw puzzles and concentration. On casual mode, the mini-games can be skipped after one minute. Multiple windows can be opened at the same time allowing, for example, to have a paper with a numeric sequence next to its input device.The game keeps score at the top, where a meter shows the scenario progress. Too many wrong clicks take points off. On the expert mode, objects have to be combined and assembled manually. The hint button highlights the location of one of the required objects, taking about a minute to recharge after use. Later in the game, the player must travel back and forth in time to solve the puzzles, collecting information and tools from one time version of the room to use on another. |
| Global Conflicts: Latin America | 2008-11-07 | dtp entertainment AG | Serious Games Interactive | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Global Conflicts: Latin America is an educational game which deals with the political and social situation in South America. The player takes the role of a reporter who investigates five scandals in different countries, e.g. the case of a missing girl in Bolivia leads to the subject of modern slavery. In each chapter there are three locations the player can visit. The gameplay consists solely of interviews with the people the player meets. During these interviews he simply chooses the next topic and reads the answers - sometimes he needs to get further information from another source before he can address a topic.The goal is to gather enough information and evidence to confront a final interview partner, quasi the villain. In these sequences the player needs to use his evidence at the right moment to put him off his stride. The article and performance review changes depending on the player's success. Important to note is that every move, be it a question or changing the location, costs time and after a certain time is met the game automatically switches to the final interview. |
| Legendary | 2008-11-07 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | Spark Unlimited | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Legend tells that Pandora's box released all the evils of mankind when it was opened. But in reality the box actually is a weapon of ultimate strength that decimated societies and crushed civilizations until the Council of 98, a secret order, took the relic and its secret and hid it from world. They hid it so good in fact, that over time the knowledge was lost even to them and so the world was safe from the box's destruction. At least until a team of archaeologists find the box on the bottom of the ocean, recover it and place it in a museum in New York City.The player takes on the role of Charles Deckard, a professional art thief. He has been commissioned by a mysterious man named LeFey to get into the museum and steal the box but instead of stealing it once he is in front of it, he makes the biggest mistake in his life and opens it unleashing horros upon the world which were believed to be only myths. Now Deckard is hunted by a mysterious entity named "The Black Order" and simultaneously has to undo the disaster he created.Legendary is a straight forward first-person-shooter. During the course of the game Deckcard finds everything from an axe to molotov cocktails and an advanced assault rifle to fight against the ancient horror and special units of the Black Order. When he opened the box he also gained the ability to see and use the life energy called Animus Vitae. Dropped by the mythical monsters after their death, it not only heals Deckard but can also be used to unleash an energy wave called Animus Pulse which blasts nearby enemies to the ground.When the player has enough of all the world-saving, he can start up the multiplayer mode for up to 8 players. The game pits the rebels against the Black Ops but also puts in the mythical, AI-controlled monsters from the single player campaign to grant the players access to Animus Vitae and generally spice things up. |
| Margot's Word Brain | 2008-11-07 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Slam Productions Ltd | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Margot's Word Brain consists of six different word games (five in the iPhone version) that can be played on their own or as part of the ultimate Word Brain Challenge where the games are all played in sequence. In all of the games the player has to select letters to create words and all of them are timed. The games are as follows:
Word Link: The player is presented with a grid of letters and has 90 seconds to find as many three, four, five and six letter words as possible from connected letters. As words are created the letters are removed from the grid and others fall down in their place.
Word Mine: The player is presented with six jumbled up letters and has to make as many words out of those as possible.
Hyper Txt: The player is presented with words that has to be spelled with a mobile phone pad as fast as possible.
Word Run: The player competes against an AI opponent and has to place as many words as possible on a 6x6 grid. It's similar to Scrabble but the player can use any letters and the words does not have to be connected.
Word Safe: Similar to Word Link but here the letters make out two wheels that can be rotated to enable more word connections.
Word Search: The player is briefly shown three six letter words and then has 20 seconds to find them on a 6x6 grid.
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| Megami Muriel wa Kyonyū na Osanadzuma | 2008-11-07 | Miel, Norn | Norn | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | Windows | One evening Kazuto is enjoying the starry sky from a nearby mountain when a falling meteor disrupts his moment of leisure. Upon coming to check the crash site he sees three women which turn out to be goddesses. Frightened that he have overheard them talking and is now aware of their identities, he decides to help them by temporarily hiding them at his place. But it just so happens that no mortal should be aware of their identities unless he is one's companion. In turn, Kazuto is forced to prove his feelings are true and make a child with the goddess he loves.While there are three heroines throughout the story, Flora, Celeste and Muriel, Kazuto's heart is set only on Muriel and as such will only be in a romantic relationship with her. But during gameplay the player gets to select dialogue choices which slightly branch the story, but ultimately have to lead to the ending with him and Muriel becoming a couple and in turn a family. Unlike the PC (Windows) version, DVD PG release uses passwords instead of save game option to let player continue from a specific point in the story. The game features no animations, but adult scenes often have several different progressive displays of each moment. Beside the player character, all heroines feature full voice-acting. CG gallery with adult scenes of Muriel can be accessed via main menu and is unlocked by default. |
| New Star Soccer 4 | 2008-11-07 | New Star Games Ltd | New Star Games Ltd | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | New Star Soccer 4 is the fourth instalment in the New Star Soccer series. In the game players take control of a single player instead of a team or club manager, which is the case in most other football games.While following the career of their player, players get to make decisions both on and off the field. Matches are displayed in full 3D in a brand new match engine. At various intervals the player has to make a decision about what action to take. his stats determine how well he'll do in performing the action. To train the player has to partake in various mini-games, successfully completing these mini-games allows the player to improve his stats.Off the field the player has to decide on various things that can affect his relation with the other team members, the media and the managers. |
| The Legend of Rome | 2008-11-07 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Legend of Rome is a match 3 game. Form lines with at least three of the same symbols, these lines disappear and new tiles fall down. Power ups come from rows with more than 3 symbols. More than 100 levels in 5 worlds are included. Invest the points you gain into buildings, infrastructure or decorations for your city of Rome.
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| Ankh: Kampf der Götter - Special Edition | 2008-11-08 | Daedalic Entertainment GmbH | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This re-release of Ankh: Battle of the Gods at a budget price includes the following:
full game Ankh: Battle of the Gods
collector's cards
poster for Ankh cardboard game
MP3 soundtrack files
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| Steve the Sheriff | 2008-11-09 | Big Fish Games, Inc | ERS G-Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Someone stole the town square statue from Neptuneville, an underwater cartoon world where anthropomorphic fishes talk, own houses and have jobs. Steve, a crab that is the town's sheriff, must investigate and find the culprit.Steve The Sheriff is a hidden object game with elements from the adventure genre. The objective is to collect all the objects listed at the left side of the screen, searching and clicking on screens cluttered with assorted things within a time limit. Some of the objects are stored in the inventory, a drawer at the bottom of the list. They have to be dragged and dropped on certain places on the screen, to reveal other objects or solve puzzles. A magnifying glass at the bottom shows the silhouette of any item from the list.Some locations have puzzles that range from the common variations of concentration and jigsaw puzzles, to more original ones. They can be skipped without penalty. A spot-the-differences mini-game often appears at the start of a new location, where the screen is split in two similar images and the player has to click on the differences.The hint button is a cigar that sits under the list, displaying the number of hints left on its label. It highlights the position of one of the list items. Extra hints appear as cigars hidden in the scenery. |
| Call of Duty: World at War | 2008-11-11 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Treyarch Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Shooter | Asia, Europe, Historical events, World War II | Tank | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Call of Duty: World at War is, like its predecessors, a straightforward military first-person shooter with authentic weaponry like the Thompson Sub Machine Gun or the Arisaka Rifle Type 99, and fairly linear but heavily scripted levels that put the player right in the middle of the action with several NPC-controlled team mates always on his side to aid him and add to the atmosphere. The objectives in these missions range from clearing houses from enemies to planting bombs or defend a position. And instead of using medipacks or something similar to heal himself up, the player just needs to get out of fire for a few seconds to regenerate to full health. New this time around is the co-op campaign for up to four players, allowing everyone to play through the whole single player together with friends.The first campaign begins on August 17, 1942 somewhere on the Makin-Atoll in the Asian-Pacific region where Pvt. Miller sits in a hut and has to watch how his squadmates are brutally murdered by Japanese soldiers. But as one soldier approaches him and prepares for the killing blow, an American bayonet comes out of his stomach. Now the roles are turned and in the following operations Pvt. Miller, under the supervision of Sgt. Roebuck, stills his lust for vengeance by helping the American troops drive back the yellow menace in recreations of real missions like "Operation Watchtower".The second campaign puts the player in the shoes of Pvt. Petrenko and begins on September 17, 1942 in Stalingrad. Lying in a pool of blood, watching how the Germans put one more bullet in his dying comrades, the private survives and under the helpful guidance of Sgt. Reznov begins his journey through the destroyed city to the main goal: killing General Heinrich Amsel.The game also features a multiplayer mode similar to the one from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare with the playtypes Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and Search & Destroy in which one team needs to plant a bomb at one of two objectives and the other needs to defend both. The ranking system also makes a return. For every kill or completed objective the player gains experience points and levels up to unlock additional weaponry, attachments or abilities granting a higher accuracy and such. These then can be used to create up to five custom classes in addition to the five pre-defined ones (Rifleman, Light Gunner, Heavy Gunner, Close Assault and Sniper). |
| Call of Duty: World at War (Limited Collector's Edition) | 2008-11-11 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Limited Collector's Edition includes:
Call of Duty: World at War
Immediate access to the FG 42 Advanced Light Machine Gun in multiplayer
A week of double experience in multiplayer
A uniquely colored clan tag after reaching rank 11
An authentic Call of Duty stainless steel canteen |
| Civil War: Secret Missions | 2008-11-11 | Activision Value Publishing, Inc. | Cauldron Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Historical events | | | | Teen | | Windows | During the Civil War, small and irregular pockets of men were called upon to perform spectacular raids, disrupt enemy supply lines and wreak havoc on opposing armies setting the stage for great battles!Secret Missions is the sequel to the History Channel sponsored Civil War: A Nation Divided, and like the previous game is also a first person shooter. Unlike the previous game that focused on the major battles, this game instead shifts the action to raids and capturing enemy weapons. Play as either a solider fighting for the United States or the Confederate States as you use a number of experimental civil war weapons such as the famous Gatling Gun, or perform a raid on the Baltimore and Ohio with General "Stonewall" Jackson. |
| Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games | 2008-11-11 | Sir-tech Software, Inc. | Sir-tech Software, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | Tactical RPG | Contemporary | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | In Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games you take a group of mercenaries (mercs) through a series of missions. Gameplay is almost identical to the original Jagged Alliance, featuring overhead-view turn based combat taking place over an area map. The main difference between the two products is the addition of new mission types, new weapons, multiplayer (over an IPX network), as well as scenario and campaign editors. Players begin by hiring up to six mercenaries from a roster of many and equip them with necessary weapons and items. They are then assigned to a mission with particular and unique objectives. The missions are ordered but they are not geographically linked as in the original Jagged Alliance or its sequel, Jagged Alliance 2. |
| Mark and Mandi's Love Story | 2008-11-11 | Springbay Studio | Springbay Studio | Adventure | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mark and Mandi's Love Story is a spot-the-differences game, where most of the time the screen is split in two similar images and the player has to click on the differences. Each correct click adds points to the score, that can be used later to buy special items.Each level has three games, a first one of the spot-the-differences kind along with two random ones. The other games are variations of classic puzzles, like concentration and jigsaw puzzles. A garden screen appears between levels, where creatures can be purchased with the accumulated points, as well as milestones that advance the plot of the game. The acquired creatures appear as hidden objects on the three games, and give extra points when collected.A sequence of correct clicks, or "combo", gives extra points. Hints and wrong clicks cost 5 and 15 points, respectively. |
| Sacred 2: Fallen Angel | 2008-11-11 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | Studio II Software GmbH | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Hack and slash | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Steve Manekeller | Windows | Although Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is the successor to Sacred, the game takes place 2,000 years before Shaddar summoned the Sakkara-Demon. Set in Ancaria which is at the brink of another war, the player's goal is to prevent this war. However, it's entirely up to the player if the Light or the Chaos will prevail in the end.All that just because of a godly energy called T-Energy. Once guarded by the Seraphim, then controlled by the High Elves, its exploitation was highly debated even among the High Elves, while more and more resistance began to form. In the end, what was feared to happen, happened: the big war started. Dragonkins, Temple Wardens, Humans, and Orcs fought side by side against the High Elves, but their power was already too great. After all of Ancaria was completely destroyed, they remained in control over the T-Energy. In the end even the remaining High Elves left their old home and built a new empire completely based on the powers of the T-Energy and inside that new home the tension between the high nobility and the clergy is escalating.Meanwhile, the constant exploitation of T-Energy continues to contaminate whole zones and the once godly power now turns every living thing in these areas into terrible monster-mutations that destroy everything in their path.In the beginning of the game, the player can choose between six characters of which only the Seraphim, a solid all-around character, has remained from the first game. The other five are all-new classes, such as the Dryads, masters of long-range combat and nature magic, or the Inquisitor which is somewhat an opposite to the Seraphim in all traits. Some of the class choices also effect the two campaigns and which available six gods the player may choose from. While the Seraphim can only tread on the path of Light, the Inquisitor is damned to walk the path of Chaos and has no access to the gods of light, nature, and philosophy.While the choice of Light and Chaos effects how the campaign and its main quest ultimately play out, the gods each grant the player access to a very powerful spell. The god Testa for example, loads the hero up with T-Energy and allows the hero to shoot energy balls that heal friendly units and damage the enemies. However, as these spells are so powerful, they also have a very long cooling down period and should be used only as a last resort or against very powerful foes.Once a character has been created, the game plays very much as the original game: the player takes on quests and kills creatures for experience points, loot to gain levels, and get more powerful. At each level the player is awarded with a skill point which the player can then invest in four different areas like defensive skills or class exclusive martial arts skills. From the 27 available skills, the player can choose up to ten and level them up. In addition, the player will find runes during travels.These runes provide and level the talents of the characters. Once a spell or ability has been learned from a rune, learning it again will increase the level of the corresponding spell or ability until it is the same as the current character level. If the player finds runes for different characters or wants to specialize specific talents, the player can go to a rune master to trade in up to four runes and a good amount of gold for a rune of the desired talent. It's also possible to arrange the talents into powerful combos defining which spells or attacks should be used in which order. The more powerful the inserted talents are, the longer the cooling down period for the combo will be.The game also features an extensive multiplayer mode allowing players to play on PvE or PvP servers or play the campaign in a local network (only one game copy required for two players), an open network (allows single player characters to be used) or a closed network similar to the Battle.Net. |
| Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (Collector's Edition) | 2008-11-11 | CDV Software Entertainment USA, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Collector's Edition includes:
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
double-sided poster with a map of Ancaria on the front and the box-cover artwork on the back.
exclusive in-game pet "Carrier Imp". Only available in multiplayer closed net, it carriers around the player's chest so that they can access it anytime.
artbook
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - Der Schattenkrieger - Folge 1 - Die Auferstehung audiobook (German release only)
soundtrack disc
four tattoos
Elite Graphics set which enables higher resolution textures inside the game. |
| Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold | 2008-11-11 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Artogon Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | While searching around the basement, a brother and sister called Nelly and Tommy discover their pirate grandmother's diary containing directions to a hidden treasure. Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold is a hidden object game that shares the same gameplay mechanics of Artogon's previous title, The Mystery of the Crystal Portal. Instead of having the usual list of required items at the side of the screen, the game has hotspots that open a circle with surrounding pictures of necessary objects. The objective is to find these hotspots and drag and drop the required tools and objects from the scenery to the circle. After gathering everything, some of the hotspot circles disappear revealing a key item underneath them.Some places open a separate window showing another point view of the room, or the contents of a container. Multiple windows and circle hotspots can be opened at the same time.Sometimes a logic puzzle appears on a separate screen, where a mechanism must be tinkered to fix or open something. After about a minute, the skip button at the bottom left fills up allowing the puzzle to be skipped. The hint button highlights the position of an object, and takes a few minutes to recharge after use. |
| World War One: La Grande Guerre | 2008-11-11 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | AGEOD Sarl | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War I | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | World War One: La Grande Guerre is a turn-based game in World War I setting.
Player can take the role of 8 playable major nations with dozens of different troops, planes, ships, hundreds of military, economic, political and technological events and over 200 historical leaders. Organize armies, manage supply, produce munitions, recruits units and research new weapons, use sea and rail moves.
Included are ten Scenarios and four Campaigns and two Grand Campaigns following in Foch’s or Luddendorf's footsteps. |
| World of Goo | 2008-11-11 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | 2D Boy, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | World of Goo is a physics-based puzzle game where players need to build constructions using balls of goo. The original concept is based on the prototype Tower of Goo Unlimited! by Kyle Gabler, one of the developers of this game, created for the Experimental Gameplay Project website.Rather than a series of puzzles, the game presents the balls of goo as living creatures in a universe they set to explore. They need to find out about the power source of the world they live in and the true meaning behind the Goo Corporation. In most of the levels, the constructions need to reach a pipe that sucks the goo balls out of the level. To succeed, players need to bring over a certain amount of balls or do it within a limited amount of time. There are also OCDs (Obsessive Completion Distinction) where players can aim for secondary, much more difficult goals.Each level brings entirely new challenges, based on gameplay, environment elements, art style and types of goo balls. Regular balls can be dragged and dropped with the mouse or wii remote to form cohesive connections, but only for a short distance. Because of the physics and the wobbly matter, a solid basis is required. Balls can be picked up and moved around to adapt the constructions. While buildings sometimes timebugs will appear. When clicked, they allow the player to go back in time for one move. The types of goo differ greatly in abilities, connections and response to physics. Some of the goo balls introduced gradually are ivy goo (attach and detach at will), albino goo (four connections), balloon goo (fly upwards), water goo, pokey goo, fuse goo, bone goo, and much more. In some levels, sleeping balls can be woken up to join the construction. Constructions not only bend, but can also be broken when gravity gets the upper hand. In later chapters, players acquire a whistle that can be used to lure all loose goo balls in a certain direction.More of the world is revealed through cut-scenes and sequences during gameplay, always with a humourous nod. There are five main chapters with different levels that follow chronologically for one year in the world of goo. The environment is changed to reflect the season. Often, players will save more balls of goo than required. These are stored in the World of Goo Corporation, a separate level reminiscent of the original prototype the game is based on. There, players can use extra goo balls to build a construction as high as possible. With an online connection, it is possible to view the height of other players. In-game hints are provided through signs that can be clicked and contribute to the story.The Wii port supports up to four players simultaneously in cooperative gameplay. The PC port is single-player only but features online leaderboards where players can compare their scores to one another. |
| Evil Resistance: Morning of the Dead | 2008-11-12 | Akella | Openoko Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter, Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | Evil Resistance: Morning of the Dead is a survival horror-FPS in modern Moscow setting. The main character - policewoman Natalia Budnik - is trying to survive in Moscow which suddenly became an epicenter of zombie apocalypse.Player can use a variety of weapons (from knives and chainsaws to assault and sniper rifles) and find collection cards to unlock extra weapons and bonus art in the main menu. The main part of gameplay is fighting with hordes of infected citizens and policemen in different locations - from Moscow streets to a huge mall. |
| Kivi's Underworld | 2008-11-12 | Soldak Entertainment, Inc. | Soldak Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Kivi's Underworld is an action role-playing game that features gameplay elements similar to games like Diablo or Fate, as well as the studio's earlier title Depths of Peril. The game is tailored towards casual players with shorter play sessions and emphasis on replayability through the use of 20 different playable classes.The story revolves around Kivi, a young lumen warrior, and his companions who try to save their homeland from the Dark Elf threat. The standard edition of Kivi's Underworld can be played in single-player mode only. The multiplayer component is available through a separate add-on called Kivi's Underworld: Multiplayer Expansion. |
| Mortimer Beckett and the Time Paradox | 2008-11-12 | GameHouse, Inc. | Paprikari | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Uncle Jerome asks Mortimer to help him again, this time with time portals in his manor. Mortimer must enter them and travel to the past and future, to collect anachronistic objects that were sucked by the portals and ended up on the wrong era, causing dangerous time paradoxes.Mortimer Beckett and the Time Paradox is a hidden object game where, instead of clicking on objects from a list at the side of the screen, the player must search for pieces of objects scattered around the scenery. The objects are assembled and stored in the inventory strip at the bottom, divided in two categories: puzzle items to the left and misplaced items to the right. Puzzle items are tools to be used on certain places to solve problems or gain access to some place, and misplaced items are objects that must be put back to their place of origin.Each chapter is a different time period with several locations. The map button brings up an overhead view of all available places, and allows instantaneous travel to them. Each place is presented as a series of screens, with hotspots that change the cursor to indicate the action to be performed. The gears cursor appears when over the original place of one of the objects. The jigsaw piece cursor indicates puzzle interaction. The speech balloon cursor shows up when one of the characters can talk.Some screens have interactive puzzles that must be solved with logic, or using information gathered somewhere else. A notebook at the right side can be accessed at any time. It contains all the clues discovered so far, as they are added automatically to the pages after being uncovered.There is no penalty for clicking on wrong places. The unlimited hint button highlights the position of one of the pieces, taking a few seconds to recharge after use, and Mortimer warns when there is no piece to be found. |
| Mystery P.I.: The New York Fortune | 2008-11-12 | SpinTop Games | SpinTop Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Mystery P.I.: The New York Fortune is a hidden object game where, as a private detective hired by the family of a New York billionaire to retrieve his will, the player has to search screens filled with objects, finding and clicking on all the items from a list at the left side. Finding several consecutive list item gives extra points. Besides the required objects, an apple and a key appear on all locations. They can be optionally collected to unlock two extra modes. Each item gives 5,000 points, with 2,500 added when making a combo. Hints cost 7,500 points, and there's a wait between each use as the hint meter slowly fills back up.Some of the list items show clues instead of the object name. At the end of each chapter, one of four mini-games must be completed. In one of them, a picture is segmented in circles that must be rotated to unscramble the image. Another is a tile-matching game, where pair of tiles are swapped in a grid, and the player must align three or more matching icons to remove the background. The remaining mini-games are a word search puzzle and a jigsaw puzzle with square pieces.The two extra modes are unlimited seek and find, where the player has to find all the objects on each location, and spot-the-differences, where the screen is split in two similar images and the player must click on the differences. |
| The Colour of Murder | 2008-11-12 | Merscom LLC | MDNA Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Europe | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Detective Carol Reed has big plans for her fourth Midsummer's Eve in Sweden. And it is only three days away. She hopes to get some work done on her dollhouse and her allotment. But her neighbor needs her help. His son is missing and he fears that his son is somehow involved in a murder. Just like the previous games in the series, this is a first person point and click adventure with many inventory puzzles that only uses the mouse. New is the hint system who tells you were to go or what to do. You also receive feedback when a new locations opens up.The graphics consists of still photographs with a watercolor filter. The many characters you meet don't have the filter so they really stand out. The dialog is in English with English subtitles. |
| Valve Complete Pack | 2008-11-12 | Valve Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Valve Complete Pack is a compilation of Valve games. It includes:
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Counter-Strike: Source
Day of Defeat
Day of Defeat: Source
Deathmatch Classic
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life: Source
Left 4 Dead
Peggle Extreme
Portal
Ricochet
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress Classic |
| Virtual Skipper Online | 2008-11-12 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Nadeo SAS | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Virtual Skipper Online is a free game in the Virtual Skipper series. It follows the marketing model of an earlier game by Nadeo, namely TrackMania Nations where a free game serves as a teaser for the full product which is in this case Virtual Skipper 5. The two games are completely compatible with each other so people can race together no matter which game they own. Like the other games it is a sailing simulation where you can race both online and offline in regattas all over the world. The game comes with 14 different ocean courses: Valencia, Auckland, Rio, Marseille, Trapani and Malmö, San Francisco, Sydney, Porto Cervo, Vancouver, Isle of Wight, Quiberon and Qingdao. |
| 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven | 2008-11-13 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Africa, Asia, Classical antiquity, Europe, Middle East | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven is a tile-matching game, where the player swaps adjacent runes on a grid, making matches of three or more to remove them. The remaining pieces move downwards, occupying the vacant spaces. A water column at the right side shows the time left to complete each level. The objective is to destroy the stone background by making matches over it. The pieces of broken stone fall on the field, where workers collect them to construct a monument.After removing all the background stone, a key 7 piece appears on the grid surrounded by an outline. It can only move within the limits of the closed lines, and the player must make it fall inside a specific glowing slot, guiding it by making matches and turning the whole grid on its sides. Two arrows at the top allow the grid to rotate 90º to the left or right side.Special pieces on the grid release their powers after being swapped with adjacent tiles. The ice ball appears after a match of four runes is made. It removes a line of tiles, breaking the background stone as well. The fire ball appears after a five-runes match, and destroys both a column and a row with its fiery cross. The dice piece appears after using several ice and fire balls, and removes random tiles from the grid.Sometimes, a parchment with a proposed bonus match appears at the left side, staying there for a minute. If the player manages to make the match before the time runs out, the column of water freezes giving extra time to clear the board. |
| American McGee's Grimm: King Midas | 2008-11-13 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In the third episode of the second season, Grimm once again sets out to bring the darker side of fairy tales to life. First the original tale of King Midas is shown. He was chosen to judge a musical contest between the sun god Apollo and the satyr Marsyas. Apollo doesn't like the result so he curses King Midas with donkey ears. Trying to hide the ears, the secret eventually gets out and King Midas becomes a laughing stock. Some other gods get involved and remove the curse but give him a special power that his name has become synonymous with and learns a lesson in the end.The player controls Grimm going through the levels darkening whatever he touches, a meter of darkness fills up and parts of the story become more violent and menacing. Statues become gorgons, villagers change to soldiers, and once King Midas gets the golden touch then everything starts turning to gold. Grimm can "buttstomp" near the critical scenes that move the story along and also to slow down civilians who try to clean up the darkness he leaves behind. Midas becomes an impulsive murderer, Dionysus has trouble standing and Ares hits his father so hard that Olympus falls to pieces. Giant gold coins materialize from nowhere and squish villagers into pieces. The revised dark version of the story is shown at the end of the levels. |
| Between | 2008-11-13 | | | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Between is a disjunct cooperative multiplayer game by the art game developer Jason Rohrer. Unlike his previous games, there is no singleplayer element and it communicates through an online connection with another player. Players can choose to join a game with a stranger, or start a new match with a friend based on a "friends code" that is randomly generated by the player who starts the session.As with all his games, no instructions are given and the gameplay is only revealed gradually. The game takes place in an abstract, side-scrolling world where a character can be controlled. In the distance, a shimmering image of a tower is shown. It consists of blocks, each with a different squared pattern of colours. The aim of the game is to build the tower according to the pattern, but it is impossible to complete it without the help of the other player who has the same goal, but who is not visible on the player's screen.The game consists of three different states, and they can be chosen by going to sleep or waking up, represented by an area on each side of the screen. The player starts with an outlined construction area where the patterns of blocks can be selected and built, to be moved to the tower where they are stacked. The player however starts with three colours: red, green and blue, while higher parts of the tower with complex colours include cyan, magenta and blue. These block patterns cannot be built by the player, but need to be provided by the other player. The other one however does not sees the player's tower and as such the correct patterns are created by accident, or it may just as well never happen, leaving the player unable to complete the game.When a part of the tower is completed, a soft sound can be heard. When the game is played by two players in the same room, this can serve as an additional hint for the other player, as the author discourages looking at another player's screen. |
| Fatal Fury | 2008-11-13 | SNK Playmore Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Southtown City plays host to the King of Fighters Tournament. Andy & Terry Bogard take part in the tournament cause winning the tournament is the only way they can defeat Geese Howard. Geese Howard controls Southtown City and killed their father several years ago. Also taking part is Joe Higashi, a Japanese kickboxer. Select either Joe, Andy or Terry, visit several locations in Southtown City and win that tournament!Fatal Fury is a 2D fighter and is the first game in a series of one-on-one fighting games by SNK. It's a conversion of the original Fatal Fury arcade game. This first game does not yet feature the series' trademark pseudo 3D mode (which allows you to move between the foreground & background while fighting). Includes a two-player vs. mode. |
| Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods | 2008-11-13 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Trine Games | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods is a stand-alone addon for Gothic 3 and continues the story of the main game based on the ending where both Xardas and the nameless hero go through the portal. With the gods Innos and Beliar finally destroyed, Xardas predicted a thousand years of peace. They envisioned an era of rebuilding and understanding between the races of men and orcs. But instead out of the ashes of the Orcwar a new empire began to rise.Gorn, ruler of Gotha in the north, assembled an army and started to rage war against Thorus. Thorus, the new ruler of the Orcs, of course couldn't just sit on his throne in Trelis and let Gorn slaughter the Orcs. So he himself began to attack the caravans and outposts around Geldern. Meanwhile Lee, the ruler of the kingdom in the east, decided to stay out of the skirmish and wait it out. Inog and Anog, the rulers of the lands surrounding Silden in the west, on the other hand are not in any position to stand up against Thorus or Gorn.Watching all this from a different plane of existence, the nameless hero decided to go back to Myrtana. Xardas tries to stop him and a battle ensues from which neither comes out as the victor. In the end Xardas vanishes and the nameless hero wakes up in a bed in Silden, under the distrustful eyes of Anog - and without his former strength. So the player once again takes over the control of the nameless hero in order to enforce the peace and he needs to decide which side he will be on. The gameplay remains the same as in the original game although the world is much smaller now and some changes are noticeable in it. Looking over the hero's shoulders, the player still takes on quests, kills monsters and ultimately gains experience to advance to the next level. This in return grants access to talent points to invest into different abilities like forging or learning how to fight with two weapons against the countless, but already known, enemies. To fight against them, the player again has access to countless melee and ranged weapons, armor and useful potions which he either finds or makes himself during the course of the adventure.The only real change can be found in the combat system which features an overhauled parry system and now heavily depends on the available stamina because if none is available, the hero can't swing his sword anymore and is totally defenseless. He can also perform a new, shooter-like strife move which allows him to get quickly out of harm's way. |
| Last Resort | 2008-11-13 | SNK Playmore Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Space flight | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Last Resort is a 1-2 player horizontal shooter game where you pilot a spacecraft across horizontally scrolling cityscapes and wastelands, while destroying hordes of enemy spacecraft, either metallic or organic, including huge mid- and end-level guardians. Getting power-up pods provide the craft with a movable drone which can be charged up and fired or locked into position and used as an extra gun or 'battering ram'/shield. A clone of R-Type (both one and two), but with much improved graphics and sound. |
| Pyroblazer | 2008-11-13 | Candella Software Ltd. | Eipix d.o.o. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Nikola Marić | Windows | Pyroblazer is a futuristic combat racing game. Set amidst the awe-inspiring locations of New Apeiron, players get the opportunity to race through a multitude of environments using a wide selection of anti-gravity craft known as Blazers. In their quest for glory, players can blast their way through the scorched valleys of Gnosis, the deserted cities of Haedra or the densely populated Underdome of Evelads.As the players fight their way through the championship, improved Blazers with better speed, handling and superior firepower become available. Players also have the ability to pick up weapon and ammo upgrades during the race, further enhancing their ability to land the killer blow. |
| World of WarCraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Collector's Edition) | 2008-11-13 | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Collector's Edition includes:
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Official Soundtrack CD
Bonus DVD with interviews, trailers and making-of features
Hardcover artbook "The Art of the Lich King" with 208 pages
Mouse-pad with the map of Northrend on it
One horde and one alliance starter deck from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "March of the Legions" set
Two exclusive but tournament legal World of Warcraft Trading Card Game cards
Exclusive undead dragon whelp named Frosty (in-game pet)
World of Warcraft Trading Card Game loot-card granting the ingame bonus item "Papa Hummel's Pet Biscuits", which increases the size of the non-combat pet it is used on |
| Xoldiers | 2008-11-13 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | Diagonal-down | | War | Shooter | | | Multiple units/characters control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Xoldiers is a shooting game where, leading a team of nine "xoldiers", the player's goal on each level is to get past the enemy defenses--cannons and tanks that shoot occasionally, garages that release instantly-killing trucks, and barracks that spit out endless waves of enemy infantry--and destroy all the enemy bases. The xoldiers, controlled with arrow keys, all walk simultaneously. They are all armed with machine guns, have a limited supply of grenades, and can lie down on command, becoming immune to some attacks but immobile and unable to attack. A xoldier dies when hit by any enemy attack, though the thinning down of the squad may allow the player to walk into narrow passages. The xoldiers can only shoot and toss grenades to the right, which often makes for a tactical problem. The player receives score for destroying enemies, especially in quick succession. The game includes an online high score table and a level editor. |
| Book of Legends | 2008-11-14 | iWin.com | Banzai Interactive, Gogii Games Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Zoe Black and her brother Charleston find an ancient book containing directions to the legendary sword Excalibur. Zoe travels to Europe, following the book clues with the help of Charleston over the cell phone.Book of Legends is a hybrid adventure and hidden object game. A map shows the locations where Zoe can go. Each location is a famous landmark with an introduction where the two characters talk over the phone and with the open book in the background showing a picture of the location and a clue. In the first visit to the place the game plays like a point-and-click adventure with objectives and inventory objects displayed at the bottom of the screen.After solving one location, new landmarks appear on the map. Also, places already visited become available with different gameplay. After visiting all the locations, Zoe needs to travel to another city. The cell phone near the map indicates the amount of money necessary to buy a ticket. To pay for the fare, Zoe has to take jobs from clients by revisiting previous locations. The gameplay of these sections follows the conventions of the hidden object genre and its mini-games. The objective of most jobs is to collect all the objects listed at the bottom of the screen by finding and clicking on them on the screen. Some jobs involve photographing several instances of the same object. Other jobs show a split screen with two similar images where the player has to put back objects until both are identical. |
| Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual | 2008-11-14 | City Interactive S.A. | City Interactive S.A. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual is a point-and-click 3rd-person adventure game. The game is presented in 2D and contains realistic pre-rendered backgrounds of such locations as Paris, Malta and Istanbul.Play as Sylvie Leroux, a young archeologist, who stumbles upon a secret involving an ancient legend. After receiving a cryptic phone call from her uncle involving her own research, she travels to meet him only to find that he is missing. While trying to locate her uncle, she becomes involved in a mystery involving archaeological sites throughout the Mediterranean.Gameplay is primarily inventory based with a few conversational and mechanical types of puzzles. |
| Herod's Lost Tomb | 2008-11-14 | Merscom LLC, National Geographic Games | Media Art, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Herod's Lost Tomb is a hidden object game from National Geographic, about the famous biblical king. Cutscenes play between the interactive sections, taken from a TV special about Herod. The objective is to collect several required objects from a list at the bottom of the screen, on historical locations and excavation sites within a time limit.Some objects are hidden under rubble or sand, that must be cleared with the right tool before they can be recovered. The interface at the bottom has several tabs, one for the objects list, another for brushes, shovels and other tools and a last one showing all the artifacts found. The artifacts names are written in gold on the list. When list items are clicked, the silhouette of the object is shown on a grid at the left side.Mini-games appear between chapters. They are variations of jigsaw puzzles, and other logic puzzles. The hint button is an ancient coin, showing the location of one of the objects and slowly recharging after use. Similar coins are scattered on the locations. They give extra time when collected. There's no penalty for wrong clicks. |
| Motorm4x | 2008-11-14 | City Interactive S.A. | The Easy Company s.r.o. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Motorm4x is a racing game about off-road driving in nature. In the role of an off-road fan, you can challenge the wild in original disciplines as rock-crawling, off-road formula or pathfinder as well as classic lap-based races against others.It's also about your cars. You can buy, sell, repair or tune them in many ways. But all this costs money. You can gain money by winning races or by betting on them.The game contains simulation of GPS, 4WD features like four wheel drive, gyro-horizon and axle locking controlled by player. The player is also responsible for refueling his vehicles. In case of trouble, there is always an option of towage to the nearest service station.The game engine handles many visual effects like changing weather or areas with thousands of animated trees enriched with falling leaves. Cars are also done with details e.g. dirt or damage. |
| Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity | 2008-11-14 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Extra Mile Studios Ltd | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity is a puzzle game similar to the Incredible Machine series. During the 100 levels the goal is always to press a button. To achieve this goal the player has a selection of items to his disposal - nothing fancier than boards or balls - to build a construction of chain reactions. When he starts the experiment, a ball (in seldom cases a vehicle) gets released to set the thing in motion. An innovation compared to similar games is that the physics simulation doesn't get disabled during the building phase. This means the player can destroy his constructions when being careless during placing another item. There is also a help functions which gives hints to the correct solution.By beating levels the player unlocks so-called sandbox levels where he can freely experiment with the physics engine. Mini games, e.g. building a tower which has to withstand an earthquake, can be played against other players. There are a small differences between the versions: the PC version offers an editor to build own experiments and the DS version offers fewer sandbox levels and mini games. |
| Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 | 2008-11-14 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 is a managerial soccer simulation where the player is responsible for the athletic success of his team. The main appealing aspect of the game is the big database where every of the about 350.000 athletes is represented with about 100 attributes. This results in an accurate representation of real soccer where every small detail and decision can have a big influence. To set these details the player has a free hand regarding training, lineup and tactics and can give orders for every match situation.As usual for English soccer managers the financial aspect doesn't concern the player besides the completely revised transfer market. The main innovation in this installment is that all matches are optionally shown in a 3D presentation. |
| Finding Doggy | 2008-11-15 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Jaibo Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Grandma's pet dog falls asleep in the back of a neighbor's pickup truck and wakes up miles from home. Solving puzzles will reveal the path he should follow to find his way back home.Finding Doggy is a tile removal puzzle game designed for younger players and is slower paced than others in the same vein. Drag the mouse over a grouping of same-type tiles to select and click to remove them. A map at the bottom left of each puzzle screen displays the location of the exit and the player's progress in reaching it. The level number, points so far and time left are displayed at the bottom. The objective is to have Doggy follow the brown path to a door before time runs out. He will automatically walk on that path after matches have been made to reveal and clear the way.Animal friends offer assistance with powerful actions during each puzzle and are pictured at the top left of the screen. The first one at the beginning, for example, is a bird who can reshuffle everything. Their special abilities need to be "powered up" before they can be use by matching tiles. To help with removing larger bunches of tiles or objects blocking the path, bonus tiles appear randomly. A swirl with arrows, for instance, destroys tiles on the board in the direction of the arrows.Story mode has 50 levels and an Endless mode can be unlocked after 15 general levels are solved. Bonus mini-game levels are jumbled picture puzzles that can be saved as desktop wallpapers after solving. Different players can have separate games by typing in their name at the start of a new game. |
| Spectre | 2008-11-15 | Vaguely Spectacular | Vaguely Spectacular | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | When 73-year-old Joseph Wheeler stares up into the snowfall on a quiet winter's night, he tries to recall the memories of his life, floating in the dark. The young lady with him asks him to share his memories, because she wants to see the story they form.Spectre represents the travel through Joseph's mind, where the player gets to pick out nine moments to decide how his life will be remembered. The overarching narrative is disguised as a platformer where each playthrough only offers a glimpse and where the loose threads can be connected in different ways to reveal meaning.At the start players get to choose a starting point, from the age of 6 to 8, 12, 17, 44, 73 or a random age. Each period is designed as a different platforming sequence and Joseph can move between the periods in any direction. Each location contains a number of floating bubbles that represent fragments of Joseph's life. Moving towards them reveals the title of the fragment. By walking into them Joseph narrates that part of his life while a short mini-game is played. These consists of more platforming sequences, a photo-alignment puzzle, or quick games involving switches. Failing these abruptly ends the memory. During a single playthrough only nine memories can be chosen from the many available.To help form a coherent structure, the colour of the bubbles changes after picking the first one. Brightly coloured ones are tied directly to the previous fragment, darker ones with a bright halo only have a vague tie and the black ones are almost completely unrelated. Players get to choose which chain to form and sometimes certain memories are triggered unintentionally, as they move around following a path and Joseph can bump into them accidentally. Next to that, each age period also visually changes Joseph's appearance and his abilities. As an old man he is no longer able to jump as high and walk as fast.Each time a chain of nine memories is formed, a conclusion is presented and the general theme is highlighted on the title screen. To grasp the complete story the game needs to be replayed multiple times and it is also influenced by the order the themes are found out. Different themes and memories represent different facets of his life and personality. Game controls consist of four keys to move Joseph around and an additional key to jump. There are fifty-two themes and more than a hundred memories to explore. |
| Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights | 2008-11-16 | Big Fish Games, Inc | cerasus.media GmbH | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Michelle Deanfield, an American journalist on Berlin, discovers plans from World War II for a machine that can solve the world's energy problems. She must visit several places in the city to collect all the pieces of the machine, while avoiding encounters with dangerous characters that have the same goal.Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights is a hidden object game with adventure elements. On most locations, the objective is to collect all the objects listed at the left side of the screen, on screens filled with assorted paraphernalia, within a time limit. The list is sometimes replaced by sound clips, black & white photos or by a series of riddles. In some places, the list only show one of the required objects at time, changing it every 30 seconds.Some objects start one of the mini-games when collected. They are standard variations of classic games like jigsaw puzzles, Simon and others. Some locations have the screen split in two similar images, where the player must click on the differences.Some of the objects scattered on the screen are interactive, and must be combined to solve a puzzle and move on to the next location. For example, coins have to be collected and put in a parking meter.The extensive help system have four different types of hints available on tabs at the bottom of the list. The magnifying glass highlights the position of one of the objects. The pair of binoculars show the position of several objects at once, for a few seconds. The coin stack increases the amount of points earned for each object found, for a limited time. The chronometer gives additional time to the clock. Extra hints are earned by collecting any bear that appears on the screen. |
| A Vampyre Story | 2008-11-17 | Crimson Cow GmbH | Autumn Moon Entertainment, LLC | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | Windows | Mona de Laffite led a successful life. As a famous opera singer in Paris she had it all. Fame, fortune and countless admirers. One of them was Baron Shrowdy von Kiefer - a vampire. But he didn't love and admire her just because of her beauty and voice. She also reminded him of his own mother who left him behind in the castle to go on the search for a powerful book. Shrowdy tried and tried to win over Mona's heart but she dared to send him away. So he did the only thing he could do: Bite Mona, transform her into a vampire and take her with him to his castle in Draxsylvania.Several years have gone by and there is no day where Mona doesn't wish to be free and back in Paris. Also trying to ignore the fact that she is a vampire, she became friends with a cheeky bat named Froderick and when one day Shrowdy is slain by a monk while on a hunt for more blood, she sees her chance to escape the castle once and for all.In a classic point 'n click adventure way, the player takes over the control of Mona and directs her actions through a pop-up menu. This way she explores the various locations, talks to people, creatures and some times even machines in multiple-choice dialogues and picks up everything that isn't nailed to the wall - or almost everything. If Mona thinks an item may be useful in the future but doesn't want to carry it around because it's too heavy, she places a memory imprint in her inventory. This way the player doesn't need to remember where it was and can just access it like every other item from the inventory. To help the player even more with finding every clue and item to solve the countless puzzles, a button press shows every hotspot in the room.As a vampire, Mona of course also has the ability to turn herself into a bat and reach points too high for her to access in human form. But during the course of the game she will learn additional useful skills. |
| A Vampyre Story (Collector's Edition) | 2008-11-17 | Crimson Cow GmbH | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
A Vampyre Story
Original Soundtrack by Pedro Macedo Camacho
Original Mona de Lafitte & Froderick figurines
Puzzle with 77 parts based on the official cover art
Postcard with greetings from Draxsylvania
"Hamburg Dungeon" voucher |
| Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals | 2008-11-17 | peta2 | peta2 | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | Fangame | | Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | Released just before the annual North American holiday Thanksgiving Day, where traditionally turkey is served as dinner, this game is developed by the entertainment division of the animal rights organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), and parodies the Cooking Mama series. The game aims to protest against the breeding of animals in factory farms, and at the same time players are urged to write to Majesco Entertainment, publisher of the original game, to ask them to include more vegetarian recipes in future games in the series, or even make a game with just vegetarian recipes.The gameplay consists of a series of short, timed minigames where the players need to prepare the turkey for dinner. This includes plucking the feathers, removing the organs, preparing the stuffing and inserting it, removing the head, and cooking it. In a second series of games, the gravy is prepared. All actions require the player to move a hand or items using the mouse. After each game the player is evaluated as "Don't Be a Saint", "Too Nice" or "Meaner Than Mama!" with an option to replay the section. Mama is shown as a mean character and every once in a while information about the breeding of turkeys is shown.When the initial two series are completed, a bonus level is unlocked where a Thanksgiving dinner can be prepared with tofu instead of meat, again through a number of minigames. The entire atmosphere is turned around (including the evaluation), and mama is shown as a happy, cheerful character. After each of the three sessions, bonus items are unlocked, such as web banners, wallpapers and videos. When the game is completed, players are asked to take the "pledge" and become a vegetarian. |
| Didi & Ditto Preschool - Mother Nature's Visit | 2008-11-17 | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Kutoka Interactive Inc | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Three years after the release of their second game, Didi and Ditto: First Grade - The Wolf King, Kutoka releases the third title in their series starring the two colorful beavers - Didi & Ditto Preschool - Mother Nature's Visit. As the previous titles, this is an adventure/puzzle game, this one aimed at the 2 - 4 year old.The story revolves around an impending visit from Mother Nature and the party the inhabitants of Smart Valley want to plan for her; when Zolt the wolf loses the mayoral election, he takes his revenge by breaking all the musical instruments and stealing all the food gathered for her party. The player must choose which beaver to play as in order to find the hidden food and repair the broken instruments.From the map (signposts) screen, the player can choose where to go first to search for food items and instruments - the areas can be visited in any order. Each area has two puzzles for the player, and when a puzzle is completed he is rewarded with a party item to be stowed in a wagon until all the activities have been finished.Every screen has "clickable" areas of surprise animations for the player to discover, indicated by a change in the cursor color. Gameplay is point and click with the occasional need for the spacebar for jumping activities, or to skip cutscenes.Didi & Ditto Preschool - Mother Nature's Visit covers some basic pre-school skills, including pre-reading, pre-math, color and sound recognition, early science, and some thinking skills such as sorting and observation.
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| Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses! | 2008-11-17 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The private detective Nancy Drew is hired by a Hollywood studio to investigate a series of suspicious accidents on the set of "Pharaoh", a remake of a film about Ancient Egypt that is rumored to be cursed.Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses! is an adventure game with simple puzzles, aimed at the casual market. Instead of collecting objects in the traditional inventory to solve the puzzles, in this game the player has to find all the hotspots on the screen. They shine when the magnifying glass cursor passes over, and clicking on one of them opens a circle with a picture of an object or place and a brief text description. The objective is to match all the hotspots in a logic sequence, for example a light bulb to a socket. Only two hotspots can be opened at the same time, and a sequence or "combo" of correct matches gives bonus points.Some objects, matches or actions bring up a separate screen with one of the mini-games:- In the lock-picking game, the goal is to construct a structure with blocks matching the figure shown at the top-left. Each dropped block makes the platform rise, and the game has to be restarted if any block touches the top.- In the smoothie game, the objective is to fulfill orders by pouring the ingredients to create drinks, by dropping blocks in moving glasses of various shapes. Each successful order fills a bit of a tube at the left side, that has to be filled to the top to complete the game. Glasses empty or with incomplete drinks break when they disappear from the screen. There's a limited amount of glasses, and when they are all gone, or the tube is not yet filled, the game has to be restarted.- In the hacking game, the goal is to fill carefully columns with blocks, not leaving blank spaces. Each block has up to four segments that can be rotated to fit better. The spaces are marked with a red X, and only a few are allowed before the game is reset.Besides these recurring mini-games, there are also some that appear only once on specific locations. At the end of each stage, a bonus round gives extra points with a game of concentration, where pairs have to be found to accumulate the maximum amount of points before time runs out.
A window with dialog options appears when Nancy talks to one of the characters, where the player has to choose the correct answer to several questions. Giving wrong answers decreases the points received when the correct one is selected.The game has two endings, that are selected according to the final score. |
| P.O.W.: Prisoners of War | 2008-11-17 | SNK Playmore Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The enemy is unstoppable. They maintain vigilant guard over their front lines! The only way to defeat them is to get behind their lines. But how? By allowing a soldier to get captured, perhaps he could escape and single-handedly defeat the enemy forces in his way. In P.O.W., the player is a soldier who has been imprisoned in a Prisoner of War camp and must escape. In order to accomplish this, he must defeat a variety of enemies. The foes will attack you hand-to-hand, with knives, guns, and from helicopters. Boss enemies will guard the end of each level.To fight back, you can use hand-to-hand, and pick up weapon power-ups, found on the ground, in rooms, or dropped by enemies. These weapons include a knife, which can be used to stab or be thrown, guns and grenades. |
| Psycho Soldier | 2008-11-17 | SNK Playmore Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Sequel to Athena, the 2D side-scroller which starred a stylized Manga version of the Greek goddess Athena as she set out to find adventure in the mortal world.This game features Athena Asamiya, a descendant of Princess Athena, who uses her new psychic powers (hence the game's title, Psycho Soldier) to clear a post-apocalyptic world of its mutant inhabitants with the help of her friend Kensu, thus allowing simultaneous two players gameplay.The gameplay consists of the usual run and jump fare typical of the genre with the added feature of a constantly scrolling background, which, added to the many "option"-style power-ups and Athena's own psychic blasts make the game a strange shooter/platformer hybrid. |
| Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Episode 4 - Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective | 2008-11-17 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People - Episode 4: Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective is the fourth instalment of the episodic comedy series of adventure games based on the world of Homestar Runner created by Mark and Matt Chapman. The premise of this episode is built around Strong Bad finally completing a long awaited sequel to the action film series Dangeresque and presenting it to the audience, which consisted of the entire population of the Free Country, USA.
The plot of the fictional film revolves around kidnapping, long lost relatives, backstabbing traitors, car chases, femme fatales, exotic locations and plenty more.The game is presented to the player as if it was an action movie complete with deliberate defects like camera hand shaking, atrocious editing and plenty of bloopers with characters messing up their lines and poorly done SFX. The gameplay remains faithful the previous titles in the series. The game plays as a classic point-n-click adventure, with the few added feature like the ability of taking shots of Strong Bad in various costumes he may find, collecting inessential items for receiving a higher rank and an obligatory arcade mini-game by a fictional game development studio Videlectrix. |
| Athena | 2008-11-18 | SNK Playmore Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In this game, players take the role of Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom, who has grown tired of her life within the castle and ventures into the Fantasy World beyond the castle walls. Strange and fearsome creatures will attack at every turn, but weapons can be found along the way: a ball and chain, a bow and arrow, and a mighty sword. Put on wings and take to the sky, or become a mermaid to explore the ocean depths. |
| Bolt | 2008-11-18 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Avalanche Software LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Stealth | | | | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Bolt is based on the animated movie of the same name. It stars the dog Bolt, who plays a dog with super powers on a TV show, and his owner Penny. However, the movie does not follow the story of the movie (Bolt starts to believe his super powers are real), but completely takes place within the fictional TV series. The plot is about rescuing Penny's father who was kidnapped by the evil Dr. Calisto.While playing through the 25 missions, the control regularly switches between Bolt and Penny. Bolt's sections are focused on melee combat: Bolt use both super powers (limited by an energy bar) and regular attacks while fighting against multiple enemies at once. Penny's missions are divided between platforming and stealth segments. During the linear platform levels, Penny jumps over gaps and uses her Wheelbar (a pole with wheels on both ends which is used to attach to certain ledges). When stuck, the player can activate Penny's enhanced vision which shows where the Wheelbar needs to be used. During stealth, the goal is to reach certain points unseen. Guards can either be taken out instantly with a stealth attack from behind (the enhanced vision helps by showing the guards' cone of sight) or, if Penny is caught, by solving a quick-time event. Sometimes Penny also has to hack computers with a mini game (which can also be started separately from the main menu): she controls a probe and shoots other drones. The controls use the known dual-stick-shooter style |
| Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe | 2008-11-18 | Big Fish Games, Inc | HipSoft LLC | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Time management | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe is another entry in the casual city-building series by HipSoft. As in the previous titles, the main objective is to construct a variety of buildings, but this time the action takes place on Europe. The main screen shows the top view of a terrain, with vacant lots and grayed-out buildings. On the campaign mode, the player goes from city to city all over the continent, where every place has a set of goals that must be accomplished before time runs out. The time meter at the top left has a notch, and if the level is completed before reaching it the player receives an efficiency award.Buildings are erected by clicking on a lot and selecting one of the building options at the blue tab bottom of the screen. The blueprints tab shows all the available buildings, organized by function (houses, services, industrial buildings and landmarks). As the game progresses, more buildings blueprints become available to purchase. Each tab option shows the required number of materials and workers to start construction. After completing it, buildings can be upgraded up to three times, painted and landscaped (only available when the garden center is built), something the affects the value of the proprieties, and their effect on the neighborhood. Ruined places and industrial buildings have a negative effect on the curb appeal, decreasing the money influx.All these tasks also require material and workers. Extra workers can be hired at the yellow tab, and more material can be purchased at the red tab. Buildings generate rent revenue every minute. Edifices and lots can be bought and sold. When buying, the player has an option to haggle. The buildings are afflicted by random disasters, like fire, mechanical failures, vandalism and other grievances. While on this status, they don't generate cash until the problem is solved by clicking on a button to summon firemen, workers, police cars and similar help.In the casual mode, the player can choose one of the previously visited cities and play without a timer, trying to achieve a high score. |
| The King of Fighters '94 | 2008-11-18 | SNK Playmore Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | This is the first game of the series that conquered legions of fighter fans from all over the world. The King of Fighters '94 joins together fighters from other SNK Corporation franchises: Art of Fighting (Ryo Sakazaki, Robert Garcia, Takuma Sakazaki, Yuri Sakazaki, King), Fatal Fury (Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi, Mai Shiranui, Kim Kaphwan) and Ikari Warriors (Ralf Jones, Clark Steel, Heidern), as well as totally new fighters such as Kyo Kusanagi, Benimaru Nikaido, and Goro Daimon (from the Japanese team).The King of Fighters '94 is notable in that it is one of the first known fighting games that pits a team of fighters against each other in single combat. Each team consists of three fighters for each player, the winner being the player who is able to eliminate the other team first. Each active character can charge up "Art of Fighting" style in order to gain access to "Desperation Moves", or "DMs" (moves which operate very much like Street Fighter's Super Combos). Playing against the computer, the player must defeat all 8 teams in the game in order to reach the final boss, Rugal Bernstein. |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Compilation Pack - Volumes I+II | 2008-11-18 | Turbine, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (base game)
The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (expansion) |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (Collector's Edition) | 2008-11-18 | Turbine, Inc. | Turbine, Inc. | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria
3 in-game item tokens that can be used to pick from 8 different in-game items
22" x 22" premium quality cloth map of the Mines of Moria
Special gold-plated replica of the One Ring complete with chain and pouch
Mines of Moria poster
Middle-Earth map
The Lord of the Rings Online Art and Music Collection with the official Mines of Moria soundtrack
Full color Collector's Edition Starter Guide
Online community badge for LOTRO forums |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (Special Edition) | 2008-11-18 | Codemasters Online Gaming | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Special Edition includes:
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria
60 days of play-time
Official Soundtrack
Replica of the One Ring in a bag made of velvet
Replica of an Elven Cloak Clasp
Map of the Mines of Moria with the way of the Fellowship marked
Six Fellowship-postcards each with a 14-day trial code
Three exclusive ingame-items selectable from a list of eight items |
| The Molten Core | 2008-11-18 | Gamer's University Games | Gamer's University Games | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Molten Core recreates a 2008 April Fools' joke by Blizzard Entertainment as a game. On 1st April 2008 Blizzard announced that it would bring World of Warcraft to the consoles as a spin-off of the 40-player raid dungeon The Molten Core. Generally mocking consoles in general, the title was presented as a top-down dungeon crawler from the early eighties. The press release claimed that the game would be "fully loaded with nine different shapes (and possibly colors)", with the addition of "tinted cellophane TV overlays, further increasing the array of colors available to players". It was also said to be released for the Atari 2600 platform, with other platforms following later.Half a year later the concept was fully developed by an amateur team, not related to Blizzard, as an actual game. The entire game concept was based on the official concept art. Choosing one of the two factions, the player controls two characters (a warrior and a priest) through a top-down dungeon, fighting all the bosses of The Molten Core. Each character has hit points and mana and they need to defeat the different bosses. Support for two players is also included, where each player controls a different character. Bosses need to be defeated in the order of the original raid and they leave behind loot when slain. |
| Dynasty Warriors 6 | 2008-11-19 | KOEI Corporation | Omega Force | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Hack and slash | China (Ancient / Imperial), Fantasy, Historical events | | | | | | Windows | The sixth main game in the long running Dynasty Warriors series (or fifth if one goes by the original Japanese naming scheme) once again allows the player to take a legendary hero from the quasi-historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" into battle against thousands of enemy peons. The player needs to battle his way through numerous battlefields, capturing forts and succeeding in objectives in order to bring about victory for his faction. It is an action game with traces of strategy when the player is faced with how to achieve certain sub-missions during a battle.It is the first of the series to be designed specifically for Xbox 360/Playstation 3 generation of consoles and graphically makes better use of their hardware, allowing for sharper detail and more enemies on screen. New elements include a redesigned combo system, called "Renbu" where longer, though less varied, attack strings can be made and the ability to climb and swim.Contrary to tradition of past games in the series, Dynasty Warriors 6 offers fewer characters than before. Forty one characters are eventually unlocked, but only seventeen have story modes, each designed specifically for that character. The others can be used in the game's free mode and can be built up and obtain weapons and skills.The Playstation Portable and Playstation 2 release adds 6 new character story modes and 5 new stages not found in the Xbox 360/Playstation 3. The PSP version also adds Meng Huo from Dynasty Warrior 6: Empires as a playable character. |
| Mosby's Confederacy | 2008-11-19 | Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc. | Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Mosby's Confederacy is a strategy game set during the American Civil War. In the game, you play John Singleton Mosby who is the leader of Mosby's Raiders, a famous unit on the Confederate side of the war. You perform missions against the Union by assembling a team of men which have various skills and attributes. Some are good marksman, some are stealthy, some are brave, etc. The game has a similar mechanic to games like UFO: Enemy Unknown where your squad gradually get better over time by gaining experience from missions.The combat in the game takes place during missions which works a bit like a real-time strategy (RTS) game. Here you can select your units and control them in either stealing munitions, horses or capturing Union officers to further your cause. You can also complete storyline missions which further the main campaign. |
| American McGee's Grimm: Cinderella | 2008-11-20 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Cinderella is the famous folk-tale of a girl whose mother dies and father remarries a cruel woman who becomes her stepmother and already has two other daughters. The girl is forced to do all the housework and sits in the cinders by the fireplace (hence her name). One day, the prince has a ball in order to choose a wife and Cinderella has to make dresses for her stepsisters but she isn't allowed to go to the ball. She prays to her dead mother and is helped to get fine clothes and a coach to ride but complications arise. The player controls Grimm once again going through levels to darken whatever he touches and as a meter of darkness fills up, parts of the story become more violent and menacing. Cinderella's mother has the bubonic plague, Cinderella catches on fire, and instead of cowering she gets angry. Grimm can "buttstomp" near the critical scenes that move the story along and also to stop civilians from cleaning up the darkness you spread. At the end of the completed levels, the dark version of the tale created is shown. |
| Barbie Horse Adventures: Riding Camp | 2008-11-20 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Pixel Tales AB | Adventure, Sports | | Licensed | | Life / social simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Barbie Horse Adventures: Riding Camp is a horse riding game starring the American toy doll Barbie.In the game, the player can train, ride or do jumps with several different horse breeds. Both Barbie and the horse can be customized with gear and clothing. The horse has to be fed, groomed and saddled up. Ribbons can be earned for doing a good performance with the horse. |
| Crazy Space | 2008-11-20 | Dot Red Games | Dot Red Games | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Crazy Space is a board game similar to Othello with an additional casual game feeling. You can select any of the four available alien races and play against one or three other players or A.I.s controlled by the computer. The goal is to convert as many pieces of your opponents to your own color by moving to a cell nearby enemy pieces.Except from the classic Othello game mode there are two more modes available (action and panic) which make the traditional game more interesting. There are 50 stages included in the full version and even personalized statics and online high scores. A lot of cute graphics, special effects, funny sounds and high quality music tracks contribute into making this classic board game a quite enjoyable experience. |
| FIFA 09 Bundle | 2008-11-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The FIFA 09 Bundle includes the following two games:
FIFA Soccer 09
FIFA Manager 09 |
| Left 4 Dead (Kollekzionnoe izdanie) | 2008-11-20 | Akella | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The collector's edition released in Russia. Includes these items:
Left 4 Dead
DVD with additional content.
Zombie fight guide.
Keyholder.
T-Shirt.
"L4D SURVIVOR" bracelet.
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| Need for Speed: Undercover | 2008-11-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Black Box | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Need for Speed: Undercover is the 12th installment of the series and puts the player in the shoes of an undercover cop who needs to infiltrate and destroy an international crime syndicate by getting to their leader - a man crazy behind the wheel and a very fast driver. So the player enters the city with the goal to earn enough reputation and respect in the syndicate to get to him.Of course this is not done by just walking up to someone and asking nicely. Instead the player freely roams the big city in his cars and accepts missions at every corner. These range from simple races to Burnout-inspired "Destroy as much as possible" goals. A completely new mode is the Highway Battle in which the player needs to put 300 meters between him and his opponent with the main enemy being the incoming rush hour traffic. Other missions require the player to bring a specific car in the best possible condition to a garage. Since the player is undercover, the police are always watching him and make his life more and more difficult as the wanted level of the car increases.Successful races not only earn the player reputation to unlock new challenges and new parts of the city but also bring cash which can be invested in new cars or in the tuning of old ones. In addition one of the ten stats of the character automatically advances granting him more money for a win or increasing his ability to brake. |
| Beyond Protocol | 2008-11-21 | Dark Sky Entertainment | Dark Sky Entertainment | Strategy | Top-down | | Spy / espionage | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft, Tank | | Persistent, Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Thousands of years after the loss of their home, and following many great wars, the descendants of earth cling to what little technology thy have, waiting for a leader to bring a rag tag group of settlers to glory!Beyond Protocol is an MMORTS which puts you in control of an entire empire. Thousands of players each controlling thousands of units and facilities. The player designs their own technology, strategy, trade policy, undercover missions, diplomatic relationships, and more, all in a 3D and persistent galaxy full of planets and solar systems. |
| Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition | 2008-11-21 | Kalypso Media UK Ltd | | Compilation | | | | | | | Paul Boyer | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords (base game)
Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar (first add-on)
Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor (second add-on) |
| Neverwinter Nights 2: Deluxe | 2008-11-21 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The deluxe edition of Neverwinter Nights 2 includes the main game as well as all previously released add-ons. The games within this compilation are:
Neverwinter Nights 2
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir
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| Shikkoku no Sharnoth: What a Beautiful Tomorrow | 2008-11-21 | Liar-soft | Liar-soft | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Europe, Fantasy, Industrial Age, Steampunk | | Direct control, Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Shikkoku no Sharnoth: What a Beautiful Tomorrow is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Liar-soft. Shikkoku no Sharnoth is Liar-soft's 24th game. The game is described as a "steampunk horror ADV" (スチームパンク ホラーADV, suchiimupanku horaa ADV). The game includes references to the works of H.P. Lovecraft including mention of Kadath and having a character called 'Howard Phillips'. |
| Spore + Spore: Creepy & Cute Parts Pack | 2008-11-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Spore (base game)
Spore: Creepy & Cute Parts Pack (content add-on) |
| Tomb Raider: Underworld | 2008-11-21 | Eidos, Inc., Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Tomb Raider: Underworld concludes the story of Lara's search for her mother who is supposedly trapped in a place called Avalon. Continuing the events from Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary, her search brings her once again to locations around the globe from the cold wastes of the Arctic to the beautiful landscapes of Thailand. This time even the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea is not save from Lara's exploring. At the same time the game continues to explore the idea of monomyth, this time incorporating the influences of the Norse mythology into its narrative.The basic gameplay remains the same as in most of the previous iterations of the series with the focus on exploring, solving riddles and dodgy climbing passages instead of instant action and gun fights. For this Lara once again learned a few new moves including jumping between the walls introduced in Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time.To help the players with the riddles, the game not only features a sonar map, showing Lara's immediate surroundings as a 3D grid for better orientation around the levels. Also, if asked, Lara gives general but helpful tips on what to do next.The differences from the previous Tomb Raider games developed by Crystal Dynamics include the complete lack of QTE events. Instead the time slows down in critical moments, but the player still retains full control of the Lara's movements. Another change is the more non-linear level design more in vein with the traditional entries of the series. |
| Detective Stories: Hollywood | 2008-11-22 | Big Fish Games, Inc | DayTerium | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Angela, a Hollywood-based detective, is hired by one of the movie studios to investigate the disappearance of a famous actress, along with 10 million dollars and the only copy of an unreleased film.Detective Stories: Hollywood is a hidden object game with adventure elements. The game takes place on various locations of Hollywood, represented as a series of static screens. Each location is revisited several times with variations of gameplay. Initially, the objective is to find and click on pieces of objects, scattered around the scenery, that are assembled at the inventory at the right side of the screen. The inventory shows pictures of the objects with the number of pieces remaining to be found. When the object is fully reconstructed it can be dragged and dropped in the scenery to solve one of the puzzles.After solving the first part, another gameplay variation comes up. Usually, is the normal hidden object type where a list of objects have to be found on the scenery within a time limit. Sometimes the list of names is replaced by the objects silhouettes. Other variations include one where the screen is split in two similar images and the player has to click on the differences, and one where the objects have to be dragged and dropped from the inventory to their silhouettes.At the end of each chapter, a mini-game appears that usually is an implementation of a classic puzzle like concentration, jigsaw puzzles and similar games. Some are unique and related to the location. |
| The Strange and Somewhat Sinister Tale of the House at Desert Bridge | 2008-11-22 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Old Man Bill, a well-adjusted mad scientist in the Dr. Brain vein, has disappeared from his home in the surreal dreamland of Desert Bridge (just take a left at Oneiropolis), and his household's steward, Harold the Talking Picture Frame (Bill's first creation), means to find him in order to restore meaning to the lives of its denizens. Harold recruits Bill's old friend game designer Jonas Kyratzes to rig up a software interface permitting its inhabitants to seek some external assistance from the real world in locating Bill. This assistant is the player.Using a point-and-click first-person interface (and a hearty helping of whimsical humour) to navigate the charmingly crayon-and-marker-illustrated grounds of the house, the player will explore, investigate and interact with curious characters such as Stripes the dinosaur, Zathras the turtle, Emperor Squiggles the Magnificent (a cat) and a whole host of sentient mushrooms, as well as achieving a deeper understanding of an endless series of fanciful machines (running on gerbil-generated electricity... can you get the dynamos turning again!) and polite robot doors running the Butlerware GUI. Through these exchanges (and inventory management including the verbs "smell", "shake" and "gerbelize") the player will accrue passwords, ciphers, recipes and instructions for traversing barriers and operating peculiar apparati permitting passage to rarified portions of the estate kept under lock and key, and uncover just what has happened to kindly Old Man Bill anyway...Could it possibly have anything to do with those shadowy armies of Urizen massing in the distance? |
| The Gumboy Pack | 2008-11-24 | CINEMAX, s. r. o., Meridian4, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Gumboy Pack is a bundle containing Gumboy: Crazy Adventures and Gumboy Tournament. |
| Chains | 2008-11-25 | 2DEngine.com | 2DEngine.com | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Chains is a puzzle game where the player has to solve different challenges by linking adjacent bubbles of the same colour into chains. The game relies on a realistic physics engine. When a bubble is removed from the playfield the surrounding bubbles will move in an appropriate way. The game features 20 levels each with its own objective. Depending on the objective each level will require different skills from the player. Some levels are action based while other are more puzzle like. For example more strategic levels involve linking an exact amount of bubbles, while an action level might be more about removing bubbles as quickly as possible. After completing a level's objective the player can choose to move on to the next or continue playing.The game has a vector graphics style and features music from the Belgian band Silence. The game also features a colourblind option which turns the otherwise colourful background into grey. |
| Otis Builds a Fire | 2008-11-25 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Otis Builds a Fire is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features a classic inventory and actions can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. The game can be completed in about 10 minutes.You are Otis Ballman in his cave on Christmas Eve and want to build a nice cozy fire. |
| The Lake | 2008-11-25 | | | Adventure | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Lake is a short interactive story created in three days using Construct for the TIGSource Commonplace Book competition, where games were designed based on entries in H. P. Lovecraft's Commonplace Book.After a narrated intro, the player can row a boat on a lake, shown through a top-down view, using the control keys. Meant for a single playthrough, the player needs to explore the lake which leads to the ending. It is possible to complete the game in less than one minute. |
| darkRun | 2008-11-25 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | darkRun is a Flash-based rhythm game where the player controls a small red dot against a black background. The aim of the game is to collect green and blue dots to advance through the levels. The quicker the dots are collected, the higher the score. Progress is made difficult because of the pulsating circles that appear in the playfield. There is a basic beat and each of the circles adds to the sounds, creating a coherent rhythm. The player can also contribute to that through the sound that is made when a dot is picked up. The enemy circles have a certain amount of gravitation force that pulls the player's dot in their direction. As soon as one is touched, the game is over.The game looks very dark and without adjusting the basic contrast it can be difficult to read all information on the screen. |
| Call of Atlantis | 2008-11-26 | Playrix LLC | Playrix LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Hidden object, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | After many years of prosperity, the people of Atlantis forgot and neglected their patron god, Poseidon. In anger, Poseidon removed the seven crystals of power that gave Atlantis its prosperity and sealed the Altar of Poseidon so they could not easily be replaced. He then scattered the seven crystals in seven lands: Rome, Greece, Troy, Phoenicia, Babylon, Egypt and Carthage. You must unseal the Altar of Poseidon and solve the puzzles of all seven lands to restore all the crystals of power and save Atlantis. Will you heed the Call of Atlantis?Call of Atlantis is a match three and hidden object puzzle game and the sequel to The Rise of Atlantis. Using you mouse, you must first drag items to the altar seals, like a feather, plant, sunflower, etc., to break each seal. Next, travel to the first land, Rome, to solve its puzzles. On the match three puzzles, you must swap two cells to create a row of three or more of the same. There are pieces of an item that you must collect by making them get to the bottom of the puzzle. You can also collect bonuses, like the Bomb of the Titans, that destroys all the cells in a specified area, or the Lightning of Zeus, that destroys all of one type of selected cell everywhere on the puzzle. If you make enough groups of four or more items, you will charge a power up that, when activated, randomly destroys several cells in the puzzle. Do not delay in that the match three puzzles are timed.In the hidden object puzzles, you will have four items that have been broken into pieces and the pieces scattered about a picture. You must locate and click each piece so as to collect the four items. Once all the items of a land have been collected, you must place them in their correct spots of a picture to retrieve the crystal but the crystal then shatters. Now you must return to the picture and locate and click each shard of the crystal to restore it and place it in the altar. Once you have returned the crystal to the altar, it is off to the next land. |
| Hospital Hustle | 2008-11-26 | GameInvest, S.A. | GameInvest, S.A. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Hospital Hustle is a Time Management game which has you playing as a nurse, working your way around seven medical centers in the United States of America.Like other Time Management games, the objective is to tend to your patients before they run out of patience and leave (with their money, of course). Patients have heart gauges over them, indicating their health/patience. If all hearts expire, the patients leave the hospital. Installing decorative upgrades will hamper their heart decrease rate, like plants, television, water dispensers, or food stations. Like in real life, some people reach their limits quicker than others, so you'll have to be vigilant. If a patient is running low on health, his/her face pops up in the corner of the screen as a warning.To begin a treatment, take the patient to the diagnostics counter (click, drag and drop). Once diagnosed, the patient will sport a balloon indicating the next treatment in order, above them. This means utilizing more medical stations. There is also the need to bring the patient's chart to the respective treatment station before treatment can begin. All treatments take time, and some require additional actions, like making up beds, or providing medication.After a while, treatment stations will break down and require repairs, which can be done by using the wrench available on the main counter. An original addition, is the ability to send patients to other medical centers by putting them into an ambulance parked outside, when unable to treat them.At the beginning of each level, you enter the workshop, where you buy, sell, and position equipment, thus customizing your workplace. In the expenses tab, you can adjust the amount of funds invested in special costs like salaries. Increasing salaries speeds up doctors (of course), and increasing pharmacy costs speeds up delivery of prescriptions and charts. The coffee bar increases the coffee power up availability, which speeds your action. Increasing the maintenance bar decreases the chance of apparel break downs. You can also change the color of your work attire, which has no purpose but to look different. |
| Relic Super Pack | 2008-11-26 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Relic Super Pack is a Steam compilation of these games:
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (Gold Edition)
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| THQ Action Pack | 2008-11-26 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | THQ Action Pack is a Steam compilation of games:
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
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| THQ Collector Pack | 2008-11-26 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | THQ Collector Pack is a Steam compilation of twelve games:
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Titan Quest
Titan Quest - Immortal Throne
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Gold Edition
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War - Soulstorm
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| The Lost Snowmen: Special Edition | 2008-11-26 | Red System Team | Red System Team | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Lost Snowmen: Special Edition is a 2D platformer with puzzle elements similar to The Lost Vikings. It is shareware which means you can play some levels for free. To unlock all levels you have to pay. The levels are distributed over three different worlds to explore.The story tells how a spaceship from the planet Pectus crashes on Earth. The survivors are deserters and don't want to return. You take control over three different snowmen. Each of them has special abilities which you can even use on each other. Your task is to eliminate all deserters and collect fuel for the spaceship. The game also feature the game mode Relaxation Room where your task is getting killed intentionally. |
| Voltage | 2008-11-26 | Akella | IBA Group a.s. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Voltage is an arcade futuristic racer, set in distant future and similar to the Wipeout series.The player will ride anti-gravitation hovercrafts with different characteristics on various tracks across Solar system planets. Available modes are championship, single race and LAN multiplayer: championship guides through a series of races, divided into stages. where only one certain vehicle is available; quick race allows riding on any opened in championship track with flexible contestants configurations; LAN multiplayer is similar to quick race, only in the company of real people.The game doesn't feature weapons, but with the help of bonuses spawning along the course, players can use different abilities, like teleportation, time slowdown or tachyon strike for tactic purposes. |
| American McGee's Grimm: The Golden Goose | 2008-11-27 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | A boy named Dummling is in a forest to gather firewood with his brothers when he is the only one to share some food with a poor old man and is given a golden goose in return for his kindness. However when the boy is walking to the king with the goose, greedy people who come up and touch it become stuck to it. Having finally arrived with a whole group of greedy people stuck together, the daughter of the king takes a liking to Dummling. But the king will only let her marry him if Dummling performs three tasks. As opposed to previous episodes where most of the gameplay involves Grimm walking over the levels and darkening them and the resulting changed storyline, this episode mostly has the player trying to complete the three tasks. One involves finding someone who will drink an entire cell full of wine. Grimm must jump up stacks of barrels and among wooden beams and pipes in the ceiling as a tide of wine starts rising from below. The dark version of the tale is shown when all levels are completed. |
| Crash Time II | 2008-11-27 | RTL Games GmbH | Synetic GmbH | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Crash Time II (Alarm für Cobra 11: Burning Wheels in Germany) is a action game based on the German TV series Alarm für Cobra 11. The player takes the roles of the main characters Semir Gerkhan and Ben Jäger which are members of the freeway police. During the game they solve 32 missions, e.g. infiltrating an illegal racing club or rescuing hostages. Some of these missions are tied together but basically they are just episodes and tell no overall story. The cutscenes consist of camera shots around buildings and cars and voice acting from the original actors.For the first time in the series it features a freely explorable town divided into two parts (city and freeway) but nonetheless the most time is spent doing one mission after another. The only thing accomplished by exploring the town are collectable car parts which improve the standard car. New missions are started when receiving radio calls by colleagues or sometimes by driving to a certain point on the map. During the game the player never leaves his car, typical goals are to stop another car (by thwarting it, shoving it a few times or crashing it), reaching a goal respectively driving through checkpoints in a limited time or beating regular races against time or other vehicles. Mostly he also has to limit the damage he does to his and other cars. Since the game is based on an action series there is usually no problem when crashing a few times, the player only has to watch that he doesn't lose his wheels because this influences the handling of the car.Most missions are divided into secondary missions which are solved linearly. For example in one missions the player firstly has to reach a goal without causing too much damage, then tailing a truck, overtaking the truck, crashing an enemy and driving back to headquarters. The player can repeat a secondary mission as often as he wishes and also quit altogether. Later he can access this secondary mission (and already solved cases) through a case list in the main menu without having to start the free driving mode. When starting a new mission the player can choose between three difficulty levels. Every time the players beats a mission he unlocks new starting positions on the map, new cars and new missions. Because some missions require a certain car to start suitable cars are marked with a flag besides them. There is also a mode where the player can race against other cars while choosing certain parameters, e.g. car, number of rounds or the course. These courses and cars also have to be unlocked by beating missions. The same goes for the multiplayer. |
| From Primordial Egg | 2008-11-27 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | From Primordial Egg is an entry for the TIGSource Commonplace Book contest, winning second place. The game is a platformer, in which a player controls a dinosaur through five levels, chewing down on archaeologists on the way.At the start of the game, the dinosaurs needs to be hatched from it's egg, by tapping the movement keys, or the action keys. Actions which can be performed by the dinosaur are jumping, kicking and biting. As the player kills the archaeologists, their bodies can be feasted upon, which not only restores the dinosaur's health, but after a certain amount eaten, they will lead to evolution.The dinosaur will evolve depending on how the player plays and where he is hit the most by the enemies. For example, if the player uses kicking the most, it will make the dinosaur grow stronger legs or if it's head is hit the most, it will grow horns.Enemies can damage the dinosaur with multiple weapons they find lying around, such as shovels, picks, stones or later on in the game, fire, dynamite and firearms. |
| Jack Keane (Jubiläums-Edition) | 2008-11-27 | CDV Software Entertainment AG | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Jack Keane (Jubiläums-Edition) is a re-release of Jack Keane and includes the following extras:
Soundtrack CD
Making-of video
A3 poster with autographs of the developers
Five Jack Keane comic strips |
| My Tribe | 2008-11-27 | Grubby Games | Grubby Games | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | A group of adventurous explorers set sail to explore the deep blue sea. The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed, marooning them on an island. No boats, no lights, no motor cars. Not a single luxury. They'll have to make the best of things, it's an uphill climb.My Tribe is a managerial game in which you must set various tribe members to tasks, like fishing, gathering wood, mushrooms, guano, or rocks, planting flowers, trees or crops and building huts. As the tribe advances, you can build better huts, storage buildings, craftwork huts and scientific research centers. You can also put a man and woman together to "get busy" and make babies. Use your mouse to select members and set them to tasks or make them gather items.Occasionally, a gold star or blue crescent moon falls to the island. These are stardust and moondust. These can be used to affect buildings or people or mixed into recipes to make portions. Additionally, barrels or crates will sometimes be floating off shore. Place a member onto them to open them. They may contain something destructive, a potion recipe or tools to help the tribe. The game and tribe members operate in real time. Even when you turn off the game, the tribe still works, sleeps eats, etc. |
| Officers | 2008-11-27 | Morphicon Limited | GFI Russia | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Officers is a real-time strategy game in which the player fights across Western Europe as an allied commander, from the machine gun swept beaches of Normandy to the final battles in Germany.A feature that distinguishes the game from other real-time strategy games, is the large size of the battle field, with a potential for over 1,500 units to be on the battle field at any given moment and maps up to ten square miles in size.An improved version of Officers, which includes improved unit pathfinding, map tweaks, an expanded manual, and other changes to improve game stability was released by Matrix Games, as Officers: The Matrix Edition. |
| Puzzlegeddon | 2008-11-27 | Pieces Interactive AB | Pieces Interactive AB | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Puzzlegeddon is a tile-matching game designed for multiplayer, supporting up to 6 players, human or computer-controlled. The main game screen shows a planet with several player avatars stationed on islands around it, and at its center a small square grid filled with multicolored tiles. The player can move the columns and the lines of the grid by dragging them with the left mouse button. The objective is to connect five or more matching tiles, and remove them by clicking the right mouse button.In the multiplayer modes, the goal is to fill a series of power gauges shown at the top of the grid, by making matches of their corresponding tiles in the square. These are offensive and defensive powers, that must be used to attack or defend against the other players. To use the stored power-ups, the player has to aim at one of the other avatars and select the desired option from a menu.The Poison Peril mode is a solo puzzle mode, where the objective is to arrange the tiles to reproduce patterns and follow the instructions shown on the window at the top of the grid. |
| RTL Biathlon 2009 | 2008-11-27 | RTL Sports | 49Games GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | RTL Biathlon 2009 is a simulation of the biathlon winter sport. Like the real sport, it is basically divided into two sections: skiing and shooting. During the skiing sections, the player steers his athlete into the correct direction and watches his stamina. In the middle of the screen is a power bar which gets filled by holding the assigned button; if the bar is too low, the athlete gets slow, and if it is too high, he gets tired. In practice, this results in steady button pressing to keep it as high as possible. During the shooting sequences, the player shoots on targets while the cursor is wobbling. He can also hold his breath for a short time to steady his aim.In the Career mode, the player spends points into four categories (e.g. speed or stamina) which influence the athlete's capabilities. After successful championships, he can improve these stats further. New in this instalment are super-powers which can be chosen at some point. When activated, these give a big boost on a stat for a short time: "mountain skiing" will for example boost the athlete's power when skiing uphill. These are available once per race. There are overall 15 courses which are partly licensed. |
| The Chronicles of Spellborn (Premium Edition) | 2008-11-27 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | Spellborn Works B.V. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time | | | Windows | The Premium Edition includes:
The Chronicles of Spellborn
Three month of paid subscription time
Art book with 152 pages
Special in-game item
World-map on DIN A3 high quality paper |
| Trainz Simulator 2009: World Builder Edition | 2008-11-27 | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Auran Games Pty Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train | | | Everyone | | Windows | Trainz Simulator 2009: World Builder Edition is a railroad simulation game in the Trainz series. Like in previous games you can drive trains in a large array of different locomotives and wagons. There are scenarios that test your skills and tutorials that teach you all the basics of handling a train. The game features all content from previous releases plus some extra new material, all presented in an updated engine. You can build your own tracks and scenarios and download new content from an online portal. |
| Winter Sports 2: The Next Challenge | 2008-11-27 | RTL Sports | 49Games GmbH | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Following previous winter sports titles (including the official game of the Torino 2006 Olympic Games), 49Games presents another light simulation of some of the most popular winter sports, including alpine skiing, snowboard half-pipe, ski jump, speed skating, biathlon, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton, figure skating and curling, for a total of 18 different events.While not as complex as the specialized games developed by the German company (there's no waxing the skis, for instance), the game features a solid physics engine, which provides more realism than some of the more arcadish approaches to the genre. Gameplay varies by event, with the player being in full control of the athlete in most events like alpine skiing and half-pipe (which plays like most radical sports games featuring tricks and flicks instead of being "on-rails"), while other modes feature an higher focus on rhythm, like speed skating and figure skating. Curling plays like most games previously featuring the event, but there are two modes: simulation plays like the actual sport, where a team scores a point for each stone closer to the middle than the opponents' closest, while game awards points for each of the stones inside the target.The game features three modes: Competition, where the player can participate in 5, 9 or all 16 events (or customize them), Campaign, where the player has to complete a number of quick goals to unlock additional tracks and features from previous games, while Career requires the player to compete in 15 levels with an increasing number of events to do the same. Single Events allow the player to train on any event. |
| Černaja Metka | 2008-11-27 | Buka Entertainment | Orion | Action | 1st-person | | | Fighting, Shooter, Stealth | | | | | | | Windows | Černaja Metka (The Hunt) is a first-person action game based on the novel 'Black Label' ("Chernaya Metka", "Чёрная Метка") by Andrey Dashkov. In the near future a new Russian TV show called The Hunt becomes popular. It takes place in Moscow and the concept of the show is that thirteen random people are given a 'black label' virus which will kill a person if it is not transferred to other people. The last, thirteenth victim cannot pass on the 'black label' to someone. Either the virus will kill that last person, that person survives or dies fighting the Hunters characters in the show. If the virus is passed on to other people it kills the victim.The main character of game, Nikolay Kamolov, became the last victim of The Hunt season. His goal is to survive on the streets of Moscow and dispose of the virus or die. The gameplay is inspired by the Condemned series as well as The Running Man (both the movie and the novel). Kamolov mainly fights with melee weapons such as a wrench, fire axe, pipe, police baton, etc. but a pistol, shotgun and assault rifle are also available.He can kill enemies silently, using mines or through melee attacks. In some levels medkits, armor, regenerators, a flashlight, night vision glasses and mines can be bought. It is also possible to bet money on killing enemies. Locations in the game include a metro, Moscow outskirts, Moscow catacombs, a park, a pool and a television studio. In some levels Kamolov has to fight bosses such as Raven, Baseballer, Saw and Frankenstein. |
| μTorrent (included game) | 2008-11-27 | BitTorrent, Inc. | BitTorrent, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | μTris is the "easter egg" Tetris-clone included in μTorrent, a BitTorrent client. It can be accessed by opening the About μTorrent window from the help menu and pressing "T", and then played with the cursor keys rotating and arranging the falling pieces. |
| Color Cross | 2008-11-28 | MSN Games | Little Worlds Studio SARL | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Color Cross is a picture puzzle game similar to Picross, where the objective is to fill all the correct cells in a grid to form a picture. Each row and column has a series of numbers as clues, indicating the groups of continuous cells that must be painted. The player must use logic to discover the remaining spots and complete the figure.The main difference this time is the addition of multiple colors per picture, instead of the monochromatic approach of other titles. Players can select back and forth between colors by clicking on the palette at the side of the screen. Cells can be painted individually or as a group by clicking and dragging across them with the cursor. In each color option, cells can be marked with an X to point them out as incorrect places. Any mistakes are corrected automatically, affecting the final score.New levels are unlocked with each completed picture. They are organized by picture theme at the level selection menu. Every time a line or column is completed, the clue numbers become grayed out and a shower of candies, fairies and other theme-related items fall from it to the bottom of the screen. |
| Full Metal Box | 2008-11-28 | Black Cyc | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Full Metal Box is a special, limited release that contains:
Gore Screaming Show
Gun-Katana: Non-Human Killer
Gun-Katana Special Collection
Extravaganza: Mushi Mederu Shōjo
Extravaganza: Welcome to AnzU!
Extravaganza: Matsuro no Hate ni
Mushitsukai
Collector's box
Art books for Gore Screaming Show, Gun-Katana, and Mushitsukai
Soundtracks for Gore Screaming Show, Gun-Katana, and Extravaganza
Exclusive single by Denkare |
| Love Death 3: Realtime Lovers | 2008-11-28 | Teatime | Teatime | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | The protagonist of the game wakes up in a house, suffering from an almost complete amnesia. All he remembers is that his name is Lid. He steps outside and meets three girls who seem to have the same condition: they only remember their names, the word "maiden" and, for some reason, the number 10555. The four young people try to regain their memory, and gradually realize their connection to a dark world with supernatural beings.Love Death 3: Realtime Lovers features a different character cast and plot, but shares an overarching story with its predecessor. The gameplay is for the most part identical to that of the previous game. The player reads text accompanied by still backgrounds with superimposed animated cel-shaded 3D models, occasionally making decisions. This visual novel-like gameplay can be interrupted during some scenes, and switched to "movement mode", during which the player can explore 3D surroundings and have interactive sex with the female characters, either gradually seducing or forcing them.New to this installment is a free-roaming mode, during which the player explores various locations and interacts with the girls without following any storyline, and the possibility to change the physical appearance of the female characters before the game begins. |
| Lovecraft Game | 2008-11-28 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | This game, which originally had no title at all, is Cactus' entry for the TIGSource Commonplace Book contest.It's an extremely simple exploration/action game. You are a nameless wanderer in a nameless land, populated by dangerous creatures and strange characters. Tree-lined paths lead in all directions, though it's up to you whether you follow them. You control your character using the standard WASD keys, and move the camera and targeting reticule with the mouse. If you run into trouble, you have a couple of weapons at your disposal; a machinegun (LMB) and shotgun (RMB). Both have infinite ammunition.At times, messages will appear onscreen, relating what your character hears or thinks. You can speak to non-hostile characters by walking up to them. All text appears on 'cards' in the style of a silent movie. In fact, the whole game looks like an ancient black and white film, on degraded stock, covered with dirt and grain and viewed through a fish-eye lens. The visuals resemble crude hand-drawn sketches, shakily animated.The game ends when you die, or when you have seen everything and talked to everyone. Many of H.P. Lovecraft's ideas and themes are featured. |
| Meine Tierklinik: Lindas Sammelbox (Limitierte Auflage) | 2008-11-28 | Deep Silver | BrainGame Publishing, GmbH | Compilation, Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | This Limited Edition bundles the three Pet Vet 3D games Animal Hospital, Animal Hospital Down Under and Wild Animal Hospital into one package.This package also contains an audio CD with the song "Girls Rule The World" from Linda Teodosiu, which is exclusive to this Edition. |
| Verge | 2008-11-28 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Verge is the winning entry of the TIGSource Commonplace Book. It is a platformer with a major focus on puzzle elements and offers nine levels for a character to explore. Classic elements include jumping to avoid spikes and on top of enemies to take them out. The game innovates through the way it handle death. When the character jumps on top of spikes, he is transported to a darker, mirror plane where the view and the controls are reversed. The only way to really die is through the enemies.The second plane, a game mechanic already explored in Man Boy vs Doctor Sock and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, is needed to solve puzzles. These usually involve traversing past impossible platforms. In the underworld there are enemies that need to be shaken off and portals take the character back up. On the regular plane, there are buttons that need to be pushed and blocks that need to be moved in a correct position. In later levels the two planes collide and the character will use it to launch himself between the two worlds at a high speed. |
| Jill Off with One Hand | 2008-11-29 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Jill Off with One Hand is a short spin-off from Mighty Jill Off, meant to be played with a single hand as only one button needs to be pressed.Starting with gameplay scenes from Calamity Annie by the same author, the queen tries to impress Jill with her sharpshooting skills. However, when she grows bored, she needs Jill to entertain her. Played on a single screen, players need to make Jill survive as long as possible. She can jump in the air and float, while spikes appear at the bottom and enemies approach from both sides. To survive, she needs to dodge the enemies and at the same moment time her landing to avoid the spikes.The player is rated based on the survival time. |
| World War II General Commander: Operation: Watch on the Rhine | 2008-11-30 | Anuman Interactive SA | Games GI | Strategy | | | | Saul Santana, Sergio Masip | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | | | Windows | World War II: General Commander is a real-time strategy game which brings a mix of scale, combat dynamics, and force management.
Fight with 3D units over a rendered topographic map that stretches across hundreds of miles.
The game comes with 14 scenarios around the Ardennes which you can play on Allied or Axis side.
Also included is a full scenario editor to create new battles. |
| Das Überleben Dem Großen Sprung | 2008-12-01 | Teknogames | Teknogames | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Überleben is a BASE jumping / skydiving game in which players plummet downwards through a dangerous cave-like environment, aiming to reach the bottom alive.Up to seven people can play at once, clustered round the same computer, sharing keyboard, mouse and control pads. A 'fighting' option can be turned on if desired, allowing players to knock each other around. Either way, it's a competition to see how can survive the longest. In addition to avoiding the stalactites and other obstacles, there are golden rings to collect; these increase your character's mobility and attack power.Version 2 of Überleben includes four different environments; 'snow,' 'tree,' 'death star' and 'molten.' The last of these provides the harshest challenge as giant hellish centipedes patrol the world.An option allows you to set the cave length from 'easy' (a relatively short ride) to 'endless.' The levels are randomly generated from a set of pre-defined shapes each time you play.If any player reaches the bottom of the shaft alive, their parachute opens and they land safely. If everyone is dead, the camera travels back up the tunnel and colored lines trace the route each player took. |
| Harold's Hills | 2008-12-01 | Free Lunch Design AB | Free Lunch Design AB | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Harold's Hills is a fast paced action game that continues the adventures of Harold the Homeboy. Santa Claus has done a sloppy job of delivering presents this year and it's up to Harold to gather them up from the snow and deliver them to the homes of children. He'll also be looking for big bonuses to -- once again -- impress his friends.The player controls Harold as he slides down a snowy hill with a toboggan; maneuver him left and right to pick up presents from the snow, while avoiding obstacles such as trees and boulders. Delivering presents to homes will result in bonus scores, the more presents delivered in one shot the bigger the bonus, but carrying more presents also means you'll slide faster. Oddly enough it is possible to gain bonus points hitting stumps; hitting them in rapid succession will give cumulative bonuses, but this is tricky because the toboggan will deflect.The game resembles Icy Tower by Free Lunch Design in its addictiveness and fast pace. With both of these titles, gameplay is intense but short-lived since you only have one life per game.A final noteworthy feature is the high score table system. The game will track several things like most presents delivered, most stumps hit, most undelivered presents crashing, and of course general high score. |
| Nun Chuck | 2008-12-01 | | | Action | Side view | | | Artillery | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Nun Chuck is a simplistic game in which you try to shoot a nun as far as possible with a ballista. First decide at which angle you want to fire the nun (1-60 degrees) and then hit space when the power-meter is at a good position. Objects like explosives, gas-filled balloons and trampolines will make the nun fly farther while spikes will bring the flight to an abrupt end.
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| The You Testament | 2008-12-01 | MDickie Limited | MDickie Limited | Action | Behind view | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | The You Testament is 3D fighting game based on the Bible and it largely uses the mechanics and engine from the earlier Hard Time, but with an entirely different setting. The player creates a new Jesus' disciple who is an eyewitness of his life, miracles and death... or he can move around and beat people, like citizens and Roman soldiers. The character can also use weapons and several magic spells.The powerful abilities are accessed through meditation. That state can be accessed by holding the space bar and then a mini-game is played to direct spiritual energy through the character's body. By directing it into certain chambers (chakras), up to eighteen powers can be acquires, such as summoning items, invisibility, healing wounds, flying etc. The player's character and entire cast can be randomized (with many options such as face, eyes, weight, age, body build etc.). The game has 32 locations. |
| Ultimate Bruce Lee | 2008-12-01 | Ovine by Design | Ovine by Design | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ultimate Bruce Lee is a remake of the 1984 platformer Bruce Lee. Just like in the original, the game has you controlling Bruce Lee himself, who jumps over platforms, collects lanterns to open passageways, avoids traps and fights relentless enemies who keep coming back for more after being defeated. The game offers a few modes of play; most of them simply give the game different graphics. At the beginning, you have access to the "Remake 2008" mode, the "Original" mode (which allows you to play with the classic, pixelated graphics) and the "Bruce Tron", which lends the game a virtual reality feeling. You can unlock more game modes if you complete certain challenges, such as defeating a certain number of enemies or completing one of the modes. |
| Grand Theft Auto IV | 2008-12-02 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | Rockstar North Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Regional differences | Crime | Sandbox / open world, Shooter | Contemporary | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The Serbian ex-soldier Niko Bellic had witnessed the horrors of war, which turned him bitter and cynical. Disappointed by life, he immigrates to the United States, which his cousin Roman enthusiastically describes as a country of wealth and pleasure. However, the reality is quite different: Roman is poor, has no stable job, and owes money to some dubious individuals. As Niko attempts to help his hapless cousin and pave a more secure future for both of them, he becomes more and more involved in the life of crime. A burning desire to find a man who had betrayed him in Serbia forces Niko to make deals with his conscience, and once he crosses the line, there is no way back...Grand Theft Auto IV is the ninth title and the fourth main game in the Grand Theft Auto series, and also the first for the seventh generation of consoles. Following the tradition of the 3D installments of the series, the game is entirely located in one of the three cities of the original GTA, Liberty City, but now in present time, and with an environment reminiscent of GTA III, though bigger and more detailed. Liberty City is heavily based on New York, where the protagonist has to gain respect, welfare, and power throughout the game. Like in most GTA games, the city map is gradually uncovered during the course of the game. The player starts in Broker (based on Brooklyn), and, in order to access the other three districts of the city (based on the other major boroughs of New York City), has to make progress in the storyline. The game has the usual structure based on missions. The player can sometimes engage in various missions at the same time and has free access to the non-mission features of the game while being on one.Most of the usual elements of exploration and interaction with the city are included in GTA IV. Niko can cause mayhem in the city, hijack cars, listen to radio stations, observe the behavior of the citizens, enter thematic buildings, work as a vigilante, taxi driver, or ambulance driver, hire a prostitute, go to a strip club, and so on. Among the new features is the possibility to watch television (with several channels broadcasting various fictional programs) and connect to a fictional Internet, with functional websites (mostly of a humorous nature) created specifically for the game, and an e-mail program. Other additions include looking for criminals in the police department database from a police car, hiring taxi cabs to safely travel to selected destinations, extensive usage of the mobile phone, improved A.I. of the pedestrians, and others. Some features from the previous games are missing, such as drivable airplanes and a few other vehicle types. Niko retains the ability to swim and engage in romantic relationships with female characters, features first introduced in San Andreas. However, the light role-playing elements (training to increase stamina, eating, etc.) from the previous entry have been removed. GTA IV focuses on third-person shooter gameplay more than the previous installments; most of the missions have larger portions dedicated to on-foot navigation and shooting. Crouching, leaning and taking cover play a more important role in combat. Hand-to-hand combat has also been re-designed, Niko being able to execute more precise moves. The game uses the euphoria motion engine, an alternate middleware solution much like ragdoll physics, which makes all people in the game world move realistically depending on the situation around them. For example, every time Niko enters a car, a different animation will be generated depending on his position relative to the car.A new feature compared to its predecessors is multiplayer. The same free-roaming environment is offered for up to 16 players (32 in the Windows version) in 15 modes. Certain modes narrow down the environment to make sure players remain somewhat in each other's vicinity. Compared to the console releases, the Windows release features high-resolution graphics, a video editor to capture and edit in-game footage, and the possibility to customize the radio station Independence FM with its own songs. |
| Paranormal Agency | 2008-12-03 | G5 Entertainment AB | Positive Games, Shape Games Inc. | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Heather Williams is a paranormal investigator with supernatural powers, and the ability to exorcise possessed objects. She must confront a ghost from her past that is terrorizing the city.Paranormal Agency is a hidden object game, where cluttered rooms have to be cleared by finding and clicking on specific objects, listed at the right side of the screen, within a time limit in classic mode. The relaxed mode, selectable at the start, removes the time constraints. In some places, the list shows the object silhouette instead of words.The plot is shown as cutscenes and dialog between the characters that are present on some locations. Mini-games appear occasionally, taking place on a separate screen with implementations of classic puzzles like jigsaw, concentration and similar games. They can be skipped without penalty.In a standard gameplay variation of the genre, the screen is sometimes split in two similar images, and the player has to click on the differences. In some screens, the objective is to find all possessed objects that have a otherworldly glow around them. The hint button highlights the position of one object. Extra hints can be collected as ? marks on the screen, and up to 6 can be stored for later use. |
| Shaun White Snowboarding | 2008-12-03 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | Europe, Japan (Modern/Futuristic), North America | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Shaun White Snowboarding gives the player, as the title suggests, a snowboard and sends him off to four ski run locations around the world (Europe, Alaska, Japan and a fictitious location called Park City) under the watchful eye of professional snowboarder Shaun White himself as well as other professionals, moderators, pilots and such. But before the player can go on the slope, he has to create his character by choosing not only from different body looks but also from different clothes and snowboards.During the course of the game the player earns money by completing the challenges which can in return be invested in more stylized clothes and additional types of snowboards. Each of the boards has six stats like balance or speed and not all of them are the best possible option for every given situation. While in a race speed is an important factor, a board with a higher rating in rotation allows for better stunts.The game puts the player in an open world with him free to roam around the slope as he pleases. Several lifts and even a helicopter bring him to different starting locations but if he wants, he can also walk and discover hidden areas by doing so. By doing tricks, with controls using mainly the analog sticks similar to Skate, the player earns respect points. And on the track are, besides many obstacles to perform tricks on, challenges like the Jibfest, in which only tricks on rails and boxes count or Freestyle in which every trick counts. Others include the Death Race, in which the player needs to get to the goal before everyone else but as the name suggests, everything is allowed including ramming opponents and throwing snowballs to get them off-balance. There are also some challenges like King of the Hill that can only be done with at least one other human player joining in.The multiplayer mode is basically an extension of the single player experience. Everything that is available in single player, can also be done with other players online or over LAN. The other players are also just dropped into the open world with the freedom to just do what they want on the server. |
| American McGee's Grimm: Iron John | 2008-12-04 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In this tale, Iron John is a man with skin of iron captured by hunters and imprisoned in the king's dungeon until the prince befriends him and he is released. Later he and the prince discover a well of golden water than turns everything it touches into gold. Some years later, the prince is fighting a war in a foreign land and Iron John goes to help him win a duel in an arena and the prince marries a beautiful girl. Once again Grimm has to set out to bring the darker side of fairy tales to life by going through the levels darkening whatever he touches until a dark-meter has filled enough to move onto the next level. Citizens in the land will clean up the dark, so he must butt-stomp them to slow them down. Grimm must also solve some light puzzles and make his way through platform areas. As areas become dark, environments turn into a dark sci-fi world where Iron John is now a huge robot similar to the Terminator, trees become lasers or gun turrets and cottages become factories. The dark version of the tale created by Grimm is viewed at the end of the completed levels. |
| The Sims Stories Collection | 2008-12-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes all the Sims Stories games. The three games included are:
The Sims: Castaway Stories
The Sims: Life Stories
The Sims: Pet Stories |
| Anabioz: Son razuma (Kollekcionnoe izdanie) | 2008-12-05 | 1C Company | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a collector's edition of Cryostasis. The box contains:
The game
Thermometer key ring with game logotype
Gloves with sewed game logotype
Flashlight with game logotype
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| Cryostasis | 2008-12-05 | 1C Company | Action Forms Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | Horror, Survival | Shooter, Survival horror | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Alexander Nesterov is a meteorologist who was scheduled to get back home from his station "Pole 21" on board the nuclear ice-breaker, "North Wind". However, upon his arrival, Alexander discovers that something terrible has happened and all the crew has gone mad in the frozen coffin of a ship. Through numerous flashbacks and scattered notes Alexander gradually uncovers the mystery of "North Wind", and is endowed with the ability to give her crew a new chance to survive.Cryostasis is a first-person shooter with elements of survival horror. The game's progression is largely linear; encumbered by the cold surrounding him, the protagonist slowly moves through the abandoned corridors of the ship. Most of the enemies in the game are mutated humans, which can be dispatched with melee weapons or firearms. Ammo is generally very scarce, and the player often has to rely on survival tactics in order to stay alive. Alexander possesses an unusual ability called "mental echo". With its aid he can travel to the last moments of any deceased person's or animal's life and try to make a difference through his actions. In those interactive flashbacks, while the crew still struggles with the cold, Alexander must try to change the past, thus allowing himself to progress in the future. For example, in the last moments of his life, an unfortunate sailor tried to reach a pump station to prevent the flooding of a section of the ship, and failed. But Alexander can give him a second chance, revealing a new passageway for himself.Another unusual feature the game possesses is the addition of a body temperature gauge. The cold is Alexander's worst enemy, so one of the main goals he has is not freeze to death. To recover some heat, the player must restore sections of the ship, bringing back the power and heating Alexander's hands with numerous torches, light bulbs, working generators and even atomic reactors. |
| Dingo | 2008-12-05 | Tardis Remakes | Tardis Remakes | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dingo is a remake of an arcade machine released in 2011 for the Sinclair Spectrum. The original arcade machine was designed by the people that brought us the 'Ultimate Play the Game' games. It maintains the gameplay of the original, but the screen orientation changes from vertical to horizontal. Big Ted the koala is so fond of fruit that he has cultivated an enormous melon patch in the jungle. But unfortunately the patch has been invaded by a pack of evil dingoes that love nothing more than stomping on poor Ted's melons and creating a lot of havoc in the process. Big Ted has to harvest the fruit as fast as he can to save them from the invading marauders.Big Ted has to run around the melon field to collect all the fruit to advance to the next level. Meanwhile he has to avoid the nasty dingoes who will terminate him upon contact and take away one of his three lives. Ted can defend himself by picking up fruit to throw at the Dingoes to stun them for a few seconds, but the dingoes can also pick them up and throw back at him, which can prove fatal. Thrown fruit is wasted and thus can not be used as further projectiles or to increase the score. |
| NARC | 2008-12-05 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Point of View, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | Detective / mystery | Fighting, Shooter, Stealth | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | NARC is a 3rd-person shooter that has the player tracking the distribution of the deadly new narcotic "Liquid Soul" across two different cities in Asia and the U.S.A. The player controls one of two characters - Narcotics detective Jack Forezenski (voiced by Michael Madsen), or D.E.A. agent Marcus Hill (voiced by Bill Belamy). Both are led by Narcotics chief Joe Kowalski (voiced by Ron Pearlman), and the player switches between the two as the story unfolds.As an undercover cop, players are free to roam the streets and dispense justice at their discretion. Aside from storyline missions, players can encounter 12 types of randomized street crimes and stop them to boost their "badge rating" (loosely, a measure of their trust within the police). Players can likewise flash their badge around to cause perps to surrender or run. Criminals that resist must be beaten in a small "struggle" minigame to get cuffed. Players can also arrest alleyway drug dealers and deposit their drugs safely at the station.Alternatively, the player can beat up drug dealers for their cash and stash, then sell the drugs to civilians for income. The player can also use the drugs themselves for temporary beneficial effects (ecstasy keeps enemies from attacking, speed makes you run and shoot faster, etc.) at the cost of badge points and the potential to become addicted. Excessive use of force against innocent civilians, or selling drugs to other undercover cops, result in major losses of badge points.Players have a maximum badge rating of 100. If it drops below 49, they are demoted to Patrolman and cannot take new story missions. The player must roam the streets in their police blues and stop enough random crimes to be moved back to Narcotics. If the player's rating drops below 24, they are kicked off the force and rendered jobless. Jobless players cannot fight or shoot weapons without attracting police attention. Further drops in rating cause the player to be wanted by the police, with a rating of 5 or lower spawning officers specifically to shoot or arrest the player.There are 25 hidden drug stashes in each city. Finding all of them will unlock the original N.A.R.C. arcade game for play. |
| Nocturnal: Boston Nightfall | 2008-12-05 | Big Fish Games, Inc | GameShastra Solutions Pvt Ltd | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Claire is lying on a back alley, bleeding and dying from a mysterious attack. As she is about to pass away, a vampire comes to the rescue by making her into one of his kind. Now Claire has to stalk the streets of Boston, searching for her murderer while fighting to stay as human as possible.Nocturnal: Boston Nightfall is a standard hidden object game with mini-games between chapters. The main objective is to find all the objects listed at the bottom of the screen, on locations cluttered with scattered and assorted paraphernalia, within a time limit. Wrong clicks take away six seconds from the clock. The timer can be turned off at the main menu.One of three mini-games appears after each level: a concentration game with cards, a Simon game with orbs and a Master Mind lock-picking game. Some of these games can be played over again to get extra hints. The hint button highlights the position of one of the objects. |
| Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942 | 2008-12-05 | Discus Games | Graviteam | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, World War II | Tank | | Real-time | | | Windows | Steel Fury is a tank simulator representing a series of Soviet offensives from 12 to 28 May 1942 and the respective counterattacks by the Germans after 17 May 1942. The game claims a good deal of historical authenticity as all missions are based on events of that time and there is a damage scale according to the place of the vehicle that has been hit, also applying for objects, as all scenery can be destroyed or deformed. There are three campaigns. Each of them has one different tank (the British MKII Senior Matilda, the infamous Soviet T-34, and the German PzKpf IV that, although not really a tank, was used to similar purposes against Soviet armor and for infantry support) available to command, with different abilities and handicaps. |
| Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy | 2008-12-06 | Blitz Arcade | Stickman Studios | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | Windows | Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy is an action game about pirates. It consists of two parts:The Cutlass Bay port, home for all the buccaneers. There are a number of important buildings that will assist in campaign (in menu view, though). The Dockyards affords ship repair and upgrades. Shipwright sales new vessels of different classes and properties, which should be earned first during the missions, gained in the Chart Room. Tavern lets to save game progress and shows other players online infamy high scores.The Sea, where your missions take place. The only ship in disposal is controlled with four directional buttons for movement and mouse for aiming and attacking. Cannons can fire from the left or right side, depending on button pressed. Task usually suggest to sink other vessels, destroy land building or explore something. Most of them are allowed to be done once, except for merchant convoy robbery. For successful completion character gains gold, infamy points and heightens crew morale.The goal of the game is to raise the Golden Buccaneer pirates from dead peril by accumulating infamy points. But they tend to disappear over the time, with speed depending on the crew morale, so it should be kept at good level. Next to the main campaign there are team-based multiplayer battles up to 18 players. |
| Luka und der verborgene Schatz | 2008-12-06 | Polizeiliche Kriminalprävention der Länder und des Bundes | Deck 13 Interactive GmbH | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Two years have gone by since Luka and his gang met a medieval time traveller in Luka und das geheimnisvolle Silberpferd and helped him/her to travel back to the past on the back of a mysterious silver horse, thus completing his/her crown quest, and ascend the throne.Luka and friends are close to the teen age now, when one day they find an ages-old book hidden within their secret headquarters. It quickly turns out that this diary was left by their medieval visitor two years ago, and it contains a riddle written in Latin which will lead the adventurers to some old castle ruins, and to the treasure that had been hidden there for them centuries ago.Luka und der verborgene Schatz is the second game in a series of classical point-and-click adventures published by the crime prevention unit of the German Police. Where the first game taught younger kids a violence-free look at the world, the second game tries to tackle the issue that nearly every teenager will face sooner or later: Alcohol and other drugs. The game is aimed at children between 10 and 13 years of age and will introduce the growing-ups to the unlovely results of drug use, especially the loss of control after too much drinking. Embedded in the main storyline of the game, the protagonists will meet hash and alcohol users slightly older than them, and see how the drug consumption harms those.Luka and the Hidden Treasure (translation) can be played as a boy or girl which broadens the target audience. |
| Scrap Collector | 2008-12-06 | Messhof Games | Messhof Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | This is a collaboration between Mark Essen (messhof) and Jonatan Söderström (cactus) to create two games independently from each other, based on a single concept. Scrap Collector is Essen's take on it, while Söderström created Air Pirates.The game is divided into two different gameplay parts. It starts inside a volcano where the player controls a scrap collector. Using platformer elements, the little man has to collect pieces of scrap and avoid falling into lava. By reaching the ladder to the left or the right side of the screen, the second part of the game can be accessed. It starts with a store where the player can exchange the scrap for ships, change the ship's paint colour, or repair, sell or upgrade it. In this portion, the flying ship needs to take on different enemies, engage targets and steal their ships. It is possible to return to the volcano to collect more scrap to gain a better craft and purchase upgrades. |
| Mandragora | 2008-12-07 | IT Territory Casual | Relish Games | Simulation | Side view | | | Managerial / business simulation, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Evergreen Lands have been abused and neglected for ages. Something must be done. The gods of the land have chosen you. You may be the land's only hope.Mandragora is a management game in which you must plant seeds and water the plants so they grow. Then, when they are grown, you must cross fertilize the trees to breed trees with the most magic. Once you have bred and grown a tree with five stars of magic, you have completed the level. Once you complete ten levels, you will have revived that portion of the land.Along the way, you will need to defend the trees against bugs that will try to destroy them. You will use the fly swatter to do this. You will also need to use the umbrella to shelter trees against damage by storms. And don't forget to keep them watered. If they go too long without water, they will die. If you run out of room, you can chop down your magic-weakest tree to make room. Don't worry that you removed one tree. Remember, you are trying to grow the strongest trees so the land will be strong again. |
| Ancient Secrets: Quest for the Golden Key | 2008-12-08 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Kate receives a piece of an ancient key from her father, a famous archaeologist. She must fly around the world to find the remaining pieces of the artifact.Ancient Secrets: Quest for the Golden Key is an adventure game with hidden object portions. Most of the time, the objective is to explore the surroundings, talking with other characters and solving puzzles that take place on separate screens. The player moves from place to place by placing the cursor on a part of the scenery, usually something very obvious like a path or a door. In some locations, it is necessary to find all the objects from a list before resuming the game.A task list tab at the bottom shows all the pending tasks. Objects that bring up puzzles screens have a golden puzzle piece icon over them. The puzzles range from implementations of classic games like concentration, jigsaw puzzles and Pipe Dream, to more original ones. Characters that can talk have a speech balloon with an exclamation point above their heads. The bottom tray also stores any key object, serving as the inventory. It works like in any adventure game, the player can drag and drop the objects on portions of the screen to solve puzzles. |
| Driving Simulator 2009 | 2008-12-08 | astragon Software GmbH | Lightrock Entertainment | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | This driving simulator lets players take three different cars to the streets of a fictitious German city and its surroundings. The game offers modes for free exploration of the city without any time limits and without enforcement of traffic laws, as well as for completing various missions in four jobs. The job scenarios include being the chauffeur for the town doctor, working for the mob as an independent delivery contractor, making house calls for a security firm, and delivering pizza. In this mission mode, violating traffic laws will net penalty points, which must not exceed a given limit in certain missions. Some mission phases are also timed. Successfully completing missions unlocks subsequent assignments for the same career.The available cars are a limousine, a compact car, and an SUV (three more are added through free patches: a van, a station wagon, and a sports car). They can be customized by color, interior fitting and rims, and all handle differently. The interior of each car is modeled, and can be examined in a first-person view. Apart from horns and lights, the player also needs to employ the cars' working turn signals correctly in order to not be penalized. Available driving aids include automatic shifting, assisted steering, and cruise control.Modification facilities allow for the creation and import of new environments, cars, and missions into the game. |
| Meat Boy: Map Pack | 2008-12-08 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Meat Boy: Map Pack is a standalone expansion for Meat Boy. It includes 70 user-made maps chosen by the developers of the game. The difficulty level of these maps is higher than of the original game. As a bonus, it features 4 new playable characters (B-girl, C-Crasher, Dr. Fetus, and Gish), and 4 fully animated alternative endings. |
| Mightier | 2008-12-09 | Ratloop, Inc. | Ratloop, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mightier is an indie puzzle game developed by Lucas Pope and Keiko Ishizaka from Ratloop where most of the game is spent away from the computer. The player needs to print the in-game puzzles and solve them with a marker on paper, and then import the solution in the game using a webcam or a scanner. It is however also possible to use the in-game interface to design a solution by drawing with the mouse.An important Galactic cruiser has exploded on a planet and Datagon components are scattered on the surface. The player controls an Actionaut who needs to collect them to complete levels. The components are positioned on different heights and in order to reach them he needs help from Engineer 255, also controlled by the player, who operates from a command centre. The planet contains crystalline structures embedded in the surface. Heating these up, using a laser from the command centre, they rise up to a certain height determined by a number. By working together, both the Actionaut and Engineer 255 can collect everything and move on to a different part of the planet.At the start of each level, the engineer uses the Schematix interface to view the location of the Datagon components and the crystalline structures. These can be printed out and players then draw loops around any items to create structures. When done, a design can be scanned or held in front of a webcam to import it to have the Actionaut try and complete the level.Although simple at first, later levels introduce enemies that need to be avoided, oscillating crystals that move between two heights, and crystal where the potential height is relative to the surrounding area where its loop is enclosed in. Next to Datagon components there are also butterflies to collect. When progressing, the design lab opens up additional functionalities where players can create custom designs of the Actionaut character, his jetpack, flowers and more. |
| Prince of Persia | 2008-12-09 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Andrew S. Walsh | Metroidvania, Platform, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Fantasy, Middle East | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Prince of Persia once again resets the timeline of the series and marks the start of a new trilogy with the Prince on the search for Farah, his donkey, which is loaded with treasures beyond imagining. But after a sandstorm he falls down into a canyon and meets Elika, a princess with magical powers. She's being hunted by the army of her father and has to make her way to the temple beneath the Tree of Life.But they come too late. After a brief fight against her father, he breaks the seal and by doing so unlocks the prison chamber that was kept closed by the powers of the Tree of Life. The inhabitant of that prison? Ahriman - God of Darkness. Creator of the darkness of space and the first to unleash envy and hate. Back in the days he was not satisfied with keeping only one half of the universe and after a fierce battle against his brother Ormazd, God of Light, he almost won. In a last attempt Ormazd successfully lured Ahriman into the Tree of Life, condemning him to a thousand years of pain. But Ahriman was only waiting. Waiting and planning and now that he is free, he and his minions are beginning to claim back what they lost and the only two people on the world to stop them are the Prince and Elika.The basic gameplay remains the same as in the previous trilogy with the Prince engaging in sword fighting, wall climbing, spike dodging, puzzle solving, and more, in his quest to save the world. But as opposed to the previous trilogy, the Prince neither can rewind time nor has to fight multiple enemies at a time. Instead he and Elika only face one, strong enemy every time and if the Prince is about to die because of a miscalculated jump or anything similar, she uses her powers and sets the Prince back to the beginning of the jumping puzzle. That is not the only thing she does. By command of the player, she also helps in fights, allows him to jump further distances by giving him a little push in the back in mid-air and shows which way to go next. Elika is also the key to bring the Tree of Life back to full strength. But to do so, she needs so-called "Seeds of Life" that are scattered all around the levels. If the player has collected enough of these, Elika will also become stronger.Besides the enemies being stronger, more intelligent and having more special abilities, the fights play similar to the previous iterations of the series with the Prince slashing away at enemies with his sword or his gauntlet to produce powerful combos. The gauntlet also allows the Prince to slide down from solid rocks safely to the area below. The game features Quick Time Events when an enemy got a hold on the Prince and uses a cel-shaded and heavily stylized look for the characters. |
| Princess Waltz | 2008-12-09 | Peach Princess | Pulltop | Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles, Visual novel | Fantasy | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Every time a new emperor ascends to the throne of the magical world of Eldhiland, a tournament named the Princess Waltz is held to select his queen. In this tournament, the current princesses of each of Eldhiland's six kingdoms battle it out in moderated duels using the magical powers of their dress and Tiara until only one Tiara remains and its owner is crowned queen. The role of a prince in the Princess Waltz is to serve as a beacon for the princesses - but this time, there is a problem: the current prince, Chris Northfield, is secretly a woman. If her secret got out, it could risk destabilizing the entire empire - which is why Chris runs away to modern Japan to participate in the tournament herself by wearing the dress and Tiara of one of Eldhiland's kingdoms. Upon transferring to a Japanese school, Chris meets Arata Fukamori, who soon discovers Chris's secret due to his interest in her and enters the world of the Princess Waltz.Princess Waltz is an adult fantasy visual novel and role-playing game. The player assumes the role of Arata as he navigates the unfamiliar world he has been drawn into and helps Chris to defeat her opponents in the Princess Waltz. Most of the game plays like a visual novel where the interaction comes in the form of making a decision at certain points that may change the outcome of the story. The game's story is divided into twenty chapters and features five heroines that the player can romance. Each heroine has their own story route to play through.The role-playing aspect comes into play during battles, which take the form of a card game where the player and opponent's combat abilities are represented by cards. Winning battles awards experience points which can be used to customize the player character or purchase skill upgrades and special cards which can be used in other battles. Princess Waltz features voice acting for all significant female characters and has explicit sexual content. |
| Yo Frankie! | 2008-12-09 | | | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Yo Frankie! is a Creative Commons open source game project developed using Crystal Space and Blender. Based on the characters from the open movie project Big Buck Bunny, it is a 3D platformer. Rather than a complete game experience, it is presented as a set of individual levels that can be selected from the main menu.Players control a squirrel who is able to run, glide through the air, attack, and collect bonus and nuts to throw them at opponents. As there is no real level progression, most of the game experience is based on exploring the different parts of the environment. Enemies include rat and sheep. Often, there are small puzzle elements that involve moving a spring to jump on platforms, or a combination of double jumping and gliding to reach far away areas.Developed on a €50,000 budget, the game was initially made available to the sponsors on a game DVD. |
| American McGee's Grimm: The Pied Piper | 2008-12-11 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Pied Piper promises the mayor of a town overrun with rats that he can get rid of them. He lures them onto a boat with his musical pipe and traps them but then the mayor refuses to pay him for his work. The piper becomes enraged and to punish the town he lures all their children onto the boat. Usually in each Grimm episode the whole tale is told but this time what happens to the children at the end is left out. Grimm must once again go through six levels of platform action where he darkens the environment of everything he touches so that the story elements also change and become nastier. This time he is also going towards finding out what happened to the children. |
| Eishockey Manager 2009 | 2008-12-11 | TGC - The Games Company GmbH | Netmin e.K. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Eishockey Manager 2009 is a managerial simulation where the player is responsible for the financial and athletic success of his hockey team. He has all the established options to his disposal, including lineup, tactics, training, player transfers, searching for sponsors or expanding the stadium respectively the stadium environment. There are also several options regarding the player's private life and if the player is successful he can divide additional points to his character stats, e.g. training or negotiation.
The athletes abilities are represented with pucks in different colors and sizes instead of the usual numbers.The matches can be watched in basically two modes with a few variations: a 3D mode where the most important scenes are shown in a 3D engine or a text mode where all important scenes are described in text lines. The player has multiple leagues and teams to choose from, including national teams, but the only licensed one is the first German league DEL. |
| Elf Bowling Holiday Pack | 2008-12-11 | MumboJumbo, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Elf Bowling Holiday Pack gives you two Elf Bowling games in one package. You get:
Elf Bowling 7 1/7: The Last InsultElf Bowling: Hawaiian Vacation |
| Gothic 3: Gold Edition | 2008-12-11 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Gothic 3 (Gold Edition) is a collection of two Gothic games:
Gothic 3
Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods
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| Nightshift Legacy: The Jaguar's Eye | 2008-12-11 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Black Hammer Productions, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Once more, Mike and Isabel must go around the world searching for ancient artifacts. They must find the Jaguar's Eye, a lost Aztec codex that has magical powers.Nightshift Legacy: The Jaguar's Eye, the sequel to The Nightshift Code, is a hidden object game interspersed with logic puzzles and comic book panels. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on places around the globe cluttered with assorted objects. Some locations are comprised of multiple screens, and the player has to switch back and forth between them to find all the required things. There's a time limit of about half an hour per location, and three hints available that show the position of one object.Several puzzles appear between stages. In the codex puzzle, the goal is to decipher a cryptogram of three ancient Aztec texts, by following clues and translating the meaning of symbols, placing marks on a grid in a logical way. The image layer puzzle is a jigsaw puzzle with overlaying parts, where every piece have two buttons to set the image on different layers. In the sequence puzzle, pieces have to be arranged on a central area of the screen, in chronological order following clues given at the top. Number and word puzzles also appear.There are two modes, Arcade and Story. In Arcade mode, there's no plot and the list of objects has random items. |
| Pictureka!: Museum Mayhem | 2008-12-11 | Pogo.com | Pogo Austin | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Board game, Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Pictureka! Museum Mayhem is a hidden object game and an electronic adaptation of a board game by Hasbro. The main game screen is mostly occupied by several random objects, with the left side displaying the time left, several cards and the hint button. At the top, a meter shows a dog running towards a bone in a picture gallery.The objective is to help the dog to the bone before the time runs out, by clicking on the objects that have the characteristics described on the cards: "things that can fly", "numbers", "wooden things" and so on. The cards also show the number of objects that must be found before they are cleared and replaced. Each cleared card makes the dog get closer to the bone, that shows the number of points necessary to reach it. Blue, green and red cards are worth one, two and three points respectively. The level is restarted if the dog can't get to the bone on time.Randomly, a thief appears inside a box at the bottom-left of the screen. In this special round, the goal is to clear a series of gold cards before the burglar steals all the points.Clicking on incorrect objects repeatedly results in a time deduction penalty. Each level has one hint available, that shows the position of one of the objects. The cards can be discarded and replaced at any moment with the pass button. Finding objects that match several cards gives combo points. |
| Secret Missions: Mata Hari and the Kaiser's Submarines | 2008-12-11 | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | World War I | | | | | | Windows | Mata Hari, the famous World War I spy, tries to uncover German military secrets by seducing top officials and investigating their houses.Secret Missions: Mata Hari and the Kaiser's Submarines is the second entry in the casual market from Frogwares, a company known for its adventure game titles. It was created by basically the same team of Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet, and therefore shares the same interface and overall design.Being a casual title, it is a hidden object game with adventure elements and simple puzzles. Each level starts in Mata Hari's room at the Excelsior Hotel, where she receives missions from her superior through a concealed radio receiver. The radio itself is a puzzle, where multi-colored wires have to be connected to receive the message.A file shows details about the mission target, someone with valuable information. Sometimes, the photograph has to be examined with a magnifying glass for more details. Using the information provided, the player must dress Mata Hari to suit the taste of the man she's trying to seduce. On easy mode, a reticule moves over a portrait of the gentleman, showing when the choice of clothes is correct.Leaving her premises, Mata Hari arrives at the target's place where she must search around for clues, solving any puzzles on the way. A box at the bottom right of the screen shows the inventory, with black silhouettes for the objects that must be collected. Pink silhouettes indicate an extra step needed to retrieve the object, usually some container that must be opened, or puzzle that must be solved. Under the inventory, icons of puzzle pieces indicate the number of puzzles left to be completed. They turn gold after being solved.After being collected, the inventory objects can be dragged and dropped on parts of the scenery to solve puzzles. The cursor changes to a magnifying glass when hovering over an area with a zoomed view, and changes into a wrench when an action can be performed. All puzzles can be skipped, with points deducted from the score as a penalty, and the hint button highlights the area with actions still pending. |
| Ultimate Strategy Pack | 2008-12-11 | Buka Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ultimate Strategy Pack is a compilation of these games:
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Supreme Commander
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
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| Crazy Machines Complete Pack | 2008-12-12 | Viva Media, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Crazy Machines Complete Pack is a Steam compilation of these games:
Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game
Crazy Machines 1.5: More Gizmos, Gadgets, & Whatchamacallits
Crazy Machines 2
Crazy Machines 2: Addon - Back to the Shop! |
| Hacker Evolution: Untold | 2008-12-12 | SC exosyphen studios SRL | SC exosyphen studios SRL | Simulation | | | Spy / espionage | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Hacker Evolution: Untold is a hacking game and the follow-up to Hacker Evolution. In 2008 the economic markets are disturbed drastically: both crude oil and gold reach a record price, while the Dow Jones index drops significantly. Technological singularity is reached where computers are able to improve themselves with their own artificial intelligence. The world is turned to chaos and wars are started. The player once again assumes the role of hacker Brian Spencer who intervenes only using his computer. He worked for the company that started it all and is now framed for a crime he did not commit. He will attempt to control the technological revolution and clear his name.Just like the original game it is played entirely by typing in commands. The interface is also similar in design. The text window is at the bottom, the additional windows are on the right, and the top holds a map with available servers and also shows the progress of transfers. There are over 20 commands and tools to use as Spencer needs to scan servers, look for ports and vulnerabilities, launch tools, steal money, evade traces and delete logs. Money can be used to delay traces for a longer time and to acquire new parts such as more memory, a faster processor, a firewall and a faster modem. Next to the tutorial there are nine levels to complete. A later update adds an expansion pack called Flight Zero for free. The game includes an editor where custom scenarios can be designed. |
| Prince of Persia (Limited Edition) | 2008-12-12 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The USA Pre-Order Pack was labeled as a "Limited Edition" and included a special slip-cover for the game case as well as a Blu-Ray disc with:
Making-of featurettes
Digital art book
A high-quality compilation of the soundtrack
A Prima mini-strategy guide
The German and French Pre-Order Pack include:
Prince of Persia
A small comic book named Prince of Persia - Stories and Secrets, telling the history of the "Hunter" (one of the end bosses in the game)
Two exclusive skins turning Elika into Farah and changing the look of the Prince to the one from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
The UK Pre-Order Pack includes:
Prince of Persia
Rabbid of Persia T-shirt
The Italian Pre-Order Pack includes:
Prince of Persia
A small comic book named Prince of Persia - Stories and Secrets, telling the history of the "Hunter" (one of the end bosses in the game)
Two exclusive skins turning Elika into Farah and changing the look of the Prince to the one from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
A Windows PC DVD with the trailer, soundtrack, wallpapers, a messenger kit and some other goodies |
| Protivostojanie: Prinuzhdeniye k miru | 2008-12-12 | Russobit-M | Red Ice | Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Противостояние. Принуждение к миру is a real-time strategy game in modern setting.
The game is about conflict between Russia and Georgia in 2008 with hypothetical engage of the Nato.
Involved nations are Russia, Georgia, USA, Germany, Great Britain and Poland.
Command hundreds of different units such as tanks, air crafts, helicopters and much more with their special characteristics.
The game contains two campaigns and additional single and multiplayer maps.
Also included is a game editor to make your own maps and missions. |
| Rise of the Argonauts | 2008-12-12 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Liquid Entertainment, LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Classical antiquity, Fantasy | | | | Mature | | Windows | Iolcos is a small island in the Aegean. Protected by those who worship Zeus, it is a idyllic place with not much to worry about. At least until the wedding day of King Jason and his future Queen Alcmene for which many dignitaries from all over the world arrived - including Jason's longtime friend Hercules. But instead of celebrating the event with them, the Moriens had other plans, attacked the palace and killed Alcmene during the ceremony. Now Jason is really pissed and wants revenge. But the journey is long and at the end he has to face a dark prophecy.The player slips into the sandals of Jason and watches over his back and controls him in a traditional Action-Adventure fashion similar to games like Rune (only without the jumping) as he roams the lands, speaks to the inhabitants and fulfills their requests while always having his main goal in mind. Of course Jason isn't just all about walk and talk. He has many enemies that want his death but three different types of weapons (swords, maces and spears) as well as his trusty shield assure that he can defend himself. Jason can switch with one button press quickly between all weapons, allowing him to do powerful combos by combining both the normal attack with the stronger, more brutal, executioner move and some of them have special abilities like knocking down all of the surrounding enemies which are activated by a two-button combination.But Jason also has many friends. Besides Hercules other mythical heroes will join him on his journey and aid him in battle. They will also gain strength if Jason is near them and unleash powerful special abilities. If a companion dies, Jason can resurrect him and if Jason is too badly damaged, he just needs to get out of the line of fire for a few seconds to regenerate.Jason also doesn't completely rely on his muscles but is in addition aided by the four gods: Apollo, Athene, Ares and Hermes. Each god gives Jason access to a different skill tree with many different types of buffs and abilities waiting to be unlocked. This is done two ways: One way to gain favor with the gods is by talking to people and choosing the corresponding responses for the god whose favor the player seeks. But at the same time Jason more or less automatically performs deeds like killing 35 people (Manslayer IV) during his journey which he can then attribute to a god of his choosing. Once a certain amount of favor amount has been acquired, an aspect point becomes available to distribute in the skill tree of that particular god. |
| Brass Restoration | 2008-12-13 | Twincle Drop | Twincle Drop | Adventure | | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | Windows | Brass Restauration is a Japanese visual novel about the orphan Takiguchi Ryo who loses his arm during a train accident. He is a percussionist at the school's music club, and as his parents were musicians he wants to follow in their steps. It tells the story of his recovery and picking up his life. Most of the game takes place at his high school and the surrounding locations, and despite the themes there are many humorous quirks.The gameplay is fairly similar to the typical games in the genre, with linear progression and a few optional choices that lead to branching paths. |
| Monster Trucks Nitro | 2008-12-13 | Miniclip Limited | RedLynx Ltd | Racing / Driving | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Monster Trucks Nitro is an arcade racing game in which the player gets to race a Monster Truck. While the game is completely in 3D the player cannot steer and so effectively the game takes place on a 2D plane similar to Trials 2 from the same developer. Just like the aforementioned motor racing game the player can shift the weight of the monster truck in mid air to ensure the vehicle lands on all fours again.Each level has to be finished within a certain time frame. Depending on the time the player sets to get to the finish he or she earns a bronze, silver or gold medal. Obstacles that need to be overcome range from jumps over buses, loopings, gaps, falling rocks, etc.In the levels the player can collect nitro which can be used to gain a speed boost to bridge larger gaps. |
| The Kiwi's Tale | 2008-12-13 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Arcade, Platform | Oceania | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Kiwi's Tale is a sequel/remake of The New Zealand Story. Developed for the The Retro Remakes 2008 competition, it tells the story of Nik, a kiwi whose friends were abducted by an alien sheep, envious of the kiwi being the icon of New Zealand. So Nik must travel through New Zealand to rescue them.The game has many similarities with its predecessor, but has also new features. Instead of travelling from north to south, this time the kiwi has to travel from south to north, from Stewart Island to the Sky Tower, and then to the UFO. There are fifteen stages in total, including the already mentioned plus Dunedin, Queenstown, Mount Cook, Punakaiki, Kaikoura, Taniwha, Cook Strait, Taranaki, Taupo, Mount Ruapehu, Waimoto Caves and Tokoroa. At each stage, Nik has to search for his abducted friends in a platform perspective, with the help of a minimap this time. They are caged and Nik has to find them, while using a crossbow and arrows to defeat creatures such as snails, pukekos, hedgehogs, sheep, bats, kiwifruit monsters, sharks and stingrays. Some creatures ride flying vehicles, and as in the previous game, Nik can fly them if killing the enemies without destroying the vehicle. The vehicles available are the balloon, the airplane (faster horizontally, used by pukekos) and the helicopter (faster vertically, used by sheep). Sheep also drop SPNKR (Sheep Powered Nuclear Killer Rocket) Rocket Launchers, which can be equipped by Nik, lasting until the end of the stage.After defeated, the creatures drop characteristic New Zealand items such as greenstones, buzzy bees, L&P bottles, rugby balls, tomato sauce bottles, jandals and Lord of the Rings Oscars. Collecting 50 of those grant the player an extra life. Also scattered along the stages are letters. Spelling AOTEAROA (New Zealand's Maori name) grants an extra life and a short period of invincibility. The game also has more New Zealand references, as Tui Billboards and AA Road Signs.Some levels are bonus ones, in which Kit has to try to stay alive for 60 seconds while creatures keep coming at him at a fast pace. Kit starts with 3 lives and an auto save feature allows the player to continue playing from the last stage reached. |
| Chuzzle: Christmas Edition | 2008-12-15 | PopCap Games, Inc. | Raptisoft, LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Chuzzle: Christmas Edition is Chuzzle Deluxe with the graphics altered to give it a Christmas theme. The game is, otherwise, the same. You slide entire rows or columns to get three or more Chuzzles together in a group to clear them.There are still four play modes.In Classic Chuzzle, you will have to face locks and Mega Chuzzles. A lock will prevent the row and column where it is located from being able to move. A Mega Chuzzle can move but will not slide off the screen. Both can be cleared by making matches with them.In Speed Chuzzle, you must make a move before the clock runs out or a Chuzzle will get locked. Otherwise, this mode is the same as Classic Chuzzle.In Zen Chuzzle, there are no locks and no clock.In Classic Chuzzle and Speed Chuzzle, if you cannot make any more matches, you can scramble the Chuzzles but only two times then the game is over. In Classic Chuzzle, Speed Chuzzle and Zen Chuzzle, you can get a hint at a loss of points.In Mind Bender, you are shown a pattern on the left side of the screen and you must shift the Chuzzles until they match that pattern. |
| Cloudphobia | 2008-12-15 | Marsbound | Marsbound | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation, Mecha / giant robot | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Cloudphobia is a side-scrolling doujin shooter. The player needs to protect a mothership that was attacked by pilot EG-04 Mist while experimenting with the EAM-P Englar prototype aircraft. It has a beam powerful enough to destroy the entire ship and is able to deploy automatic combat aircraft in the surroundings to attack. While the enemy is preparing for a second strike, only three minutes are left to interfere.On start, the player is asked to enter a name for ranking purposes, and can be changed later on.In five stages, the player has three minutes per level to destroy the prototype, controlling the PLG-90 robot with a laser ignition rifle or the Núllpunktur wielding a Vibroblade. Both types of robots are available for each level and they play very differently. All levels are set flying in the air and the player needs to engage enemies with regular fire (or a blade with Núllpunktur) and missiles (limited supply). Because of the time restriction, boost needs to be applied regularly to reach the end of the level before it is too late. That way, there are three ways to die: depleting the shield when taking too many hits, letting too many enemies pass causing the mothership to be destroyed or running out of time before the end of the stage. The settings can be made easier in the options menu, however the player will not be able to submit scores made by these changes to gameplay.A variety of backgrounds and planes is used, with objects on different layers, many bullets at once and colourful explosions. Different kind of bonuses are available, based on the use of missiles and by destroying the commander of flying formations. Game sessions can be saved and viewed as replays. Scores and times can be uploaded to an online leaderboard ranking usernames from 1-100, where other players can view replays of the highest scores or fastest times. |
| Crashdrive 3D | 2008-12-15 | M2H B.V. | M2H B.V. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading | Direct control | | | | Windows | Crashdrive 3D is a 3D multiplayer racing game. The goal is to score as many points as possible by stunting and winning events. The game contains 2 huge maps and 51 unlockable cars.The main theme of the game is the freedom/freeroam. There are no strict goals; you can do what you like to gain score. However, the multiplayer events do get certain challenges every few minutes which also allow the players to win credits to unlock new cars. |
| Pandora's Pests | 2008-12-15 | Koingo Software | Charcoal Design, Koingo Software | Action | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Pandora's Pests is an arcade game wherein the object is to prevent an assortment of bugs ranging from ants to scorpions from causing the player's untimely demise. Killing those that pose a threat provide the player with upgrades and additional points, presented as currency, which can be entered into a High Score chart at the end of the game.While on an idyllic vacation at a remote resort your stay is interrupted by the arrival of hordes of unlikable and unwanted insects. Not wanting your vacation to be utterly ruined, or for yourself to be eaten alive, you do your best to crush the life out of these intruders. Returning home you're startled with the realization that this is by no means a singular event. This is a wholesale invasion. Now you must traverse the world in search of the Pandora's Box, your only chance being to destroy it and end this seemingly unstoppable attack.Locations in the game are represented as stationary images, and as such the game world can not be actively traversed by the player. Visible in every screen is our unfortunate hero's arm and while everything that shows itself clearly is deserving of death, those that have found their way onto his arm bear the greatest threat. Insects crawling along this vulnerable outcropping of the protagonist are liable to bite or sting, causing a decrease in health that can only lead to a Game Over screen.As the player gets rid of ever more bugs they gain upgrades in the form of additional skills, extra health, and new found weapons, such as newspapers and fly swatters. |
| Space Giraffe | 2008-12-15 | Llamasoft Ltd. | Llamasoft Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Space Giraffe is a fast-paced arcade shooter, created by Ivan Zorzin and Jeff Minter, and built on the Neon Xbox 360 light synthesizer visualisation Minter wrote for the Xbox 360 frontend. Gameplay is similar to the classic Tempest. The player controls a Space Giraffe on the outer rim of a 3D extruded surface. It can be moved around the rim and needs to destroy the enemies that approach from the other side of the surface. Shots fired by enemies either needed to be avoided or can be pushed back by targeting them.A line on the surface acts as a zone, extending or contracting based on the player's performance. While in the zone, the Space Giraffe can collide with enemies, knock them off the rim and fire additional, guidable shots. Bullets are also slowed down there. Power-ups are called pods. Up to five can be stored and they allow the Space Giraffe to jump, filling the entire power zone. When more than 5 pods are kept, the additional ones provide bonuses such as extra lives, faster bullets, a bonus round or bonus points.The visuals consists of bright and psychedelic shapes. The different enemies have different attack patterns and include Grunts, Flowers, Boffins, Feedback Monsters, Rotors, Containers and Zappers. There are more than 100 levels in the game and players can play custom music synchronizing with the visuals.The windows version was updated with a new shader library, used to create a NUXX mix of the graphic design of the levels. It also contains the Acid mix of the original XBLA levels. |
| Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Episode 5 - 8-Bit Is Enough | 2008-12-15 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | Cinematic camera | Windows | Following the events directly after episode 4, Strong Bad smashes into the Trogdor arcade machine, awaking Trogdor itself and trying to break free! After Trogdor burninates all the inhabitants of Strong Badia, Strong Bad is out for revenge! Hacking into the Videlectrix mainframe, Strong Bad must go though the worlds of Videlectrix games such as "Spirit of '76", "Peasantry", and "Stinkoman 20x6".The interface and game play follow the traditional point-and-click adventure for 3D engines where the player controls Strong Bad though the use of the mouse or Wii Remote pointer. The game does not offer mini-games as a non-critical path the previous episodes offered; Rather they are apart of the regular game path and replayable after completion of the game.This game is the fifth and season finale of an episodic series featuring the characters of HomestarRunner.com. |
| Eversion | 2008-12-16 | Zaratustra Productions | Zaratustra Productions | Action | Side view | | Horror | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Eversion was made for the TIGSource Commonplace Book competition inspired by the line sounds - possibly musical - heard in the night from other worlds or realms of being. Designed as a cutesy platformer, it quickly changes into something else and gradually throws overboard most of the standard platforming elements it appears to contain.The premise is however simple - travel through several worlds to save the princess in the castle. The character can jump and needs to collect gems in the levels. Although simple at first, at certain locations in the game, the scenery colour slightly changes and a silent music tracks loops over the existing one. At that point, the player can press the everse button that changes the scenery, music and the level conventions you were acquainted with. Enemies no longer damage you, certain objects become impassable, innocent trees become deadly hazards, the score starts spinning into infinity or the character is chased by dark clouds.These eversion techniques are needed to complete the levels and collect all the gems. Somewhat like Braid, it is possible to complete a level without solving it entirely as it can be revisited afterwards for the remainder of the gems. Based on the amount of gems collected, this leads to two different endings, including altered levels and an extra level, for the player to find out. |
| Antologiya Uzhasa | 2008-12-17 | Akella | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Dark Fall: The Journal
Dark Fall 2: Lights Out
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| Die Sims 2 Add-On Bundle | 2008-12-17 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This bundle contains three add-ons for The Sims 2. The main game itself is not included however. The add-ons are:
Apartment Life
Bon Voyage
Free Time |
| Korsary: Antologia | 2008-12-17 | Akella | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Corsary: Antologia compilation includes all games from Corsairs series:
Sea Dogs
Pirates of the Caribbean
Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales
Corsary: Vozvraschenie legendy
Corsary 3: Sunduk mertvetsa
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships
Pirates of the Burning Sea
And additional stuff:
Exclusive art and video from Corsary 4.
The Jolly Roger flag.
Privateer's certificate.
Green parrot for Pirates of the Burning Sea.
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| Lost in Reefs | 2008-12-17 | iWin.com | Rumbic Studio | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You have discovered an ancient civilization. You must build and explore the ancient undersea city.Lost in Reefs is a puzzle game in which you must match three or more of the same items. What makes this game unique is the level of customization available. You can choose timed or non-timed mode. You can choose to have puzzles with all square tiles , all hexagonal tiles or have some puzzles be square and others hexagons. In addition, there are three play modes. Swap mode is where you use your mouse to swap two tiles to create rows of three or more. Group mode is where you click your mouse on any group of three or more of the same, whether in a straight row or not. Chain mode is where you drag your mouse along a row of three or more of the same, whether in a straight line or not. The object is always to clear the colored tiles by making matches over them. When all the colored tiles are clear, the level is complete.Some tiles will be locked, with a chain across them. These must be matched to unlock them. Other tiles will be in boxes. You must make a match next to the box to reveal the item within. In addition, there are bonus items that help you. These include a hammer that can remove one item, a bomb that will remove a cluster of items, a mixer that will move several items about the screen, a fluid that will remove several items randomly from about the screen, etc. Once you have completed a level, you will gain gold and maybe fish and tools. These are used to buy buildings and items to recreate the undersea city. |
| American McGee's Grimm: A Christmas Carol | 2008-12-18 | GameTap LLC | Spicy Horse International Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This is the final of eight episodes in the second season of American McGee's Grimm series. This instalment is based on the famous tale A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Ebenezer Scrooge is a stingy mean old miser who on Christmas Eve is visited by four ghosts (one is his old business partner) that show him the error of his ways. He is shown various times in his life - the past when he was a kid, the present where his employee is trying to make his poor family a happy dinner, and his future where Scrooge has died and how the people he knows react. Scrooge then becomes a changed man and sets out to correct his ways. After seeing the original tale, Grimm again goes about bringing about a darker version by going through several platform levels of the story and touching everything to raise a darkness meter enough to progress to the next area. The resulting darker story is played at the end to show how the changes affected the story. In this episode the clock showing how quickly each level is beat will change colour from gold to silver to normal time so it becomes clear when to speed up. Finding bonuses subtracts time and yields a better final result. |
| Beneath a Steel Sky | 2008-12-18 | Revolution Software Ltd. | Revolution Software Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Oceania | | Point and select | | | | Windows | In futuristic Australia, there are giant cities owned solely by corporations, separated by a giant wasteland known as The Gap. When Robert Foster's Gap-dwelling tribe is killed by soldiers from Union City who capture him, everything changes for him. After a narrow escape from the helicopter bringing him there as it inexplicably crashes, Robert and his droid Joey must search the decaying city, attempting to befriend both the snobby rich and the frustrated poor as the two attempt to get out of the city, but in the middle of everything they uncover the dark truth about LINC, the bizarre computer which makes the city tick.The game uses the Virtual Theatre engine from Lure of the Temptress, which allows its characters to move freely independent of the player's input, making the game world more dynamic than it is usually the case in comparable games. Otherwise, the engine provides traditional point-and-click adventure gameplay.The iPhone version introduces a touch-based interface, new animated movies by Dave Gibbons, a context-sensitive hint system and a remastered audio track. |
| Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition | 2008-12-18 | Paradox Interactive AB | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition compilation includes:
Europa Universalis: Rome
Europa Universalis: Rome - Vae Victis
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| Lure of the Temptress | 2008-12-18 | Revolution Software Ltd. | Revolution Software Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The medieval town of Turnvale has fallen into the hands of the evil sorceress Selena. She is controlling an army of an orc-like warrior race skorl, who serve her with devotion. The skorl hate humans and have terrorized the town and the nearby land. Diermot is an ordinary fellow who was captured by the skorl and thrown into prison. His first task will be to escape. After gaining his freedom, Diermot will also have to find out how to liberate his entire homeland from the clutches of the villains.This adventure game utilizes a special system called Virtual Theater. Non-playable characters will walk around and perform different actions regardless of the player's interaction with them. There is a variety of options and commands, including the possibility of interaction with a supporting character, whom the player can give orders in order to solve some of the game's puzzles. |
| Mr. Biscuits: The Case of the Ocean Pearl | 2008-12-18 | iWin.com | Jenkat Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Mrs. Cambridge, a wealthy woman taking a cruise, is murdered in her first night aboard the ship. A detective starts to investigate the case and interview suspects, always accompanied by the victim's pet, a pug called Mr. Biscuits.Mr. Biscuits: The Case of the Ocean Pearl is a hidden object game. A map of the ship shows all the available places open to investigation. In most rooms, the objective is to find all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, within 10 minutes. In some instances, the player has to use a forensic tool to find fingerprints and other clues. Finding Mr. Biscuits on the scene gives an extra clue.Each completed room adds a clue to the case file. Three hints are available as dog biscuits at the bottom left. They make one of the required objects spin, stretch or jump to indicate its position. The game comes with two modes, Relaxed and Story. Relaxed mode has no plot, and random objects. |
| Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People | 2008-12-18 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure, Compilation | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This is the collection of the five episodes of Telltale Games' first season of the Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People series. It includes:
Homestar Ruiner
Strong Badia the Free
Baddest Of The Bands
Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective
8-Bit Is Enough
The digital download version was already available with the release of the first episode, in 2008 (though technically a pre-order), and the whole season was "re-released" in December 2008 when all episodes had been released individually. This collection is also available on a double-sided DVD, with the following extras:
9 tracks from the official Soundtrack
Demos of Sam & Max Episode 201: Ice Station Santa and Wallace & Gromit in Fright of the Bumblebees
The flash-game Dangeresque - Room 01: Behind the Dangeresque
Wallpapers
SBCG4AP trailers and cartoon shorts
Complete "Behind the Bad" documentary
Purchasers of the the digital download version can get the DVD for free (only shipping and handling needs to be paid). |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Gold Edition | 2008-12-18 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year (updated base game)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault (first expansion pack) |
| Kollekciya klassiki: Brat'ya Piloty | 2008-12-19 | 1C Company | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Kollekciya klassiki. Brat'ya Piloty is a compilation of five 2D games about Pilot Brothers:
Pilot Brothers: On the Track of Striped Elephant
Pilot Brothers: The Case Of Serial Maniac Sumo
Brat'ya Piloty. Obratnaya storona Zemli
Brat'ya Piloty. Olimpiada
Brat'ya Piloty. Zagadka atlanticheskoj sel'di
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| Kollekciya klassiki: Brat'ya Piloty 3D | 2008-12-19 | 1C Company | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Kollekciya klassiki. Brat'ya Piloty 3D is a compilation of two 3D games about Pilot Brothers:
Brat'ya Piloty 3D. Delo ob Ogorodnyh vreditelyah
Brat'ya Piloty 3D-2. Tajny kluba sobakovodov
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| Natalie Brooks: The Treasures of the Lost Kingdom | 2008-12-19 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Friday's Games | Puzzle | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Natalie Brooks, the heroin from Natalie Brooks: Secrets of Treasure House, is coming back for a new adventure involving her grandfather, a well-known archaeologist, who has been kidnapped. Natalie has three days to find an ancient treasure map for delivering him.Natalie Brooks: The Treasure of the Lost Kingdom is an hidden object game where you're given a list of items to find at the beginning of a level in a limited time. Once you spotted one, you have to click on it. Also, there are minigames for advancing in your story: jigsaws, assembling an object, etc.. There is also an hint bar, which is replenishing once used. |
| Padal proshlogodnij sneg. Zolotoe izdanie | 2008-12-19 | 1C Company | Studiya Krysha | Adventure, Compilation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Padal proshlogodnij sneg. Zolotoe izdanie is a compilation of the two games, based on famous USSR cartoon «Last Year's Snow Was Falling»:
Padal proshlogodnij sneg
Padal proshlogodnij sneg 2
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| Video Strip Poker Boys | 2008-12-19 | Torquemada Games | Torquemada Games | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Video Strip Poker Boys is a strip poker game. The gameplay is identically to Video Strip Poker Supreme. The only difference is male instead of female opponents. |
| Westward III: Gold Rush | 2008-12-20 | Sandlot Games | Sandlot Games | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | City building / construction simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Westward III: Gold Rush is another installment in Sandlot's series of city building simulators. Following closely the gameplay conventions of its predecessor, with only minor differences, this entry is more of an expansion pack than a full new game. The graphics are 3D, and the mouse wheel can be used to zoom in and out of the scenery.At the start, the player has to choose one of three heroes, each unlocking a feature: a black female gunslinger called Polly Hatchet, that gives the ranch construction plans for free when selected; a retired general named Amos Cutter, that gives the gun shop plans; and Shawnee Longfeather, a half native woman that unlocks the tannery building. The objective is to build and maintain a wild west frontier city, during the gold rush years, avoiding famine and external threats. New inhabitants appear spontaneously when housing is available. They consume a small amount of food and water every few seconds, but can be employed as workers in the buildings to generate more resources.As before, the player controls the characters directly with the mouse, by clicking and dragging a line from them to an interactive object, or setting a way point for them to move. Alternatively, the player can just left click on the character, and right click on the object or destination. Most characters can build and repair, with the exception of hired gunslingers. The hero character can't work on any building, but can build, hunt animals and fight enemies.There are four basic resources, and their quantities are listed on the interface at the bottom of the screen: gold, wood, food and water. Panning gold mines can be built over river deposits, and gold nuggets can be found scattered on the land and collected by any characters. Wood huts have a limited harvesting radius, and have to be built near forests. Large and small Logs can also be found around, and characters can extract wood directly from the big ones, or collect the smaller ones from the ground. Farms can be built to provide food, with optional crop and livestock upgrades, and bushes can be plucked for berries, while wandering animals can be killed for meat. Wells give access to underground water.Some characters have quests, that can be anything from fetching something, to giving or accumulating a certain amount of resources, or constructing a specific building. The pending quests are listed at the top-left corner. After successfully completing them, they give a prize, usually the plans for new buildings, or become new citizens. Blueprints can also be bought with gold at the store, accessible as button at the top. |
| Adventure Chronicles: The Search for Lost Treasure | 2008-12-21 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Gogii Games Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Adventure Chronicles: The Search for Lost Treasure is the sequel of Escape the Museum, an adventure/hidden object game.Some months after the earthquake that nearly trapped her and her daughter, Susan receives from an anonymous benefactor a treasure hunter's diary. She decides to travel the world with this diary for finding lost artifacts, but before she can get a grip on them, she will have to solve puzzles.At each hidden object level, the player will be given a list of items to find in the background. Once the player spots one, the player will have to click on it. Other puzzles involve putting pieces in their right place. |
| Spirits of Metropolis | 2008-12-22 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Spirits of Metropolis is a puzzle game incorporating elements from the classic Match-3 concept, but with more advanced strategies. Games are played on boards with gems of different colours. At the bottom of the screen, new gems with a specific colour appear one by one. Players can click on the board to place a gem there (when none is present) or replace an existing gem. Players need to form matches of three or more gems, making sure at least three gems of one colour are connected (all variations vertically or horizontally, but not diagonally) to score a number of points.The most important difference is that matches are not executed at once. Instead, players design patterns of gems and then press a button to execute them one after another. Even though the activation can be done at any time, it is better to save up as an increasing number of multipliers is added to the score. Without prolonged actions, completing levels usually is not possible. Patterns are formed starting around a white gem on the board. By forming a match, certain triggers appear that are needed to link the different matches together. That way, a long chain is formed with the triggers as connecting points. A highlighting path shows the progress at all times. Random matches, not connected by triggers, are not included in the chain and no points are provided for those.Additional elements include gems of any colour and locked gems. When a chain of matches is executed, the board is filled again and the game continues until time is up. To advance, players usually need to collect a set amount of points.The game's main game mode is called Journey. It consists of nine constellations, unlocked gradually, where players need to complete each of the stars (levels) that make up the constellation,. Another mode is Puzzle Challenges where pre-defined boards need to be solved with specific conditions. The game also includes an editor to create custom puzzles that can be shared with other users. Next to the main modes, there is also a set of tutorials, a Rank Mode to compete for highscores in several modes, and medals players can earn. |
| The Hidden Prophecies of Nostradamus | 2008-12-22 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Cat's Eye Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Hidden Prophecies of Nostradamus is a hidden object game with puzzles between each stage. Most of the time, the objective is to find all the items from a list at the left side of the screen, on locations filled with scattered objects. Although the game takes place in the XVI century France, no effort was made to get rid of anachronisms. Light bulbs and other modern objects routinely appear on the locations.There are two modes, Sorcery and Relaxed. In Relaxed mode, there's more time available to complete the game. The hint button shows the position of one of the objects, creating a ring around it, and takes some time to refill after use.The puzzles take place on a separate screen, at the end of each of the fifteen levels. They must be completed three times before moving on. The word puzzle is similar to hangman, where the famous prophecies have to be revealed on scrolls. In the firebolt puzzle, the goal is to adjust the controls of the weapon to hit targets. These mini-games can be skipped up to four times. |
| A Second Face: The Eye of Geltz is Watching Us | 2008-12-23 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Somewhere in deep space there is a planet that revolves around an old sun, always facing it with the same side. As a result, one side of the planet bathes in sunlight, while the other is enveloped in perpetual darkness. The race of Strefis, or the "enlightened ones", dwells on the bright side; the Ugeltz, or people of night, inhabit the dark one. The two civilizations have no contact with each other - until Ugk, the ruler of the dark realm, sends his son Rabokk to the legendary light side in order to obtain the source of Margin, a mysterious energy that sustains the lives of people.A Second Face: The Eye of Geltz is Watching Us is a puzzle-solving adventure game. The player navigates a 3D model of the protagonist, exploring locations, talking to characters and interacting with the environment through a point-and-click interface. Most of the puzzles in the game are inventory-based. |
| The Legend of Egypt | 2008-12-23 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Legend of Egypt is a match 3 game. Combine three or more of the same symbol to make them disappear. If more than 3 symbols are combined you get power ups and more points. With the points you can unlock treasure to fill the Pharaoh's treasure chamber in more than 100 levels. |
| 18 Wheels of Steel Gold | 2008-12-24 | Akella | SCS Software | Compilation, Racing / Driving, Simulation | | | | | | Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | The 18 Wheels of Steel Gold contains three games of the 18 Wheels of Steel series. The included games are:18 Wheels of Steel: Across America
18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal
18 Wheels of Steel: Convoy |
| Brainpipe: A Plunge to Unhumanity | 2008-12-24 | Shrapnel Games, Inc. | Digital Eel | Action | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Brainpipe: A Plunge to Unhumanity takes the player on a trip through ten hypnotic stages where the steering is done using a first-person perspective through tubes with hypnotic colours. The game is shown through a wire-frame iris that becomes smaller when the player takes damage. When one more hit will cause the player to die, it becomes very thin and turns red. To complete a level players need to avoid objects and collect glyphs for bonus points. Every tenth glyph is a major one that looks different than the rest. Grabbing it earns the player more points and a level achievement. At level 10 this wins the game and provides a new form, an alien monster pic, and a special badge on the high score list.The music syncs with the rhythm, movement and speed of the levels and the graphics are altered accordingly. During levels, the gameplay usually becomes faster, making it harder to dodge objects. To compensate, a button can be used to slow down time to get past obstacles with precision. The game's controls are very straightforward, only steering is needed, using the mouse, a joystick or a gamepad. |
| Christmasdius | 2008-12-24 | 8bits fanatics | 8bits fanatics | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Christmasdius is a retro-style side-scrolling shooter score attack game created for Christmas 2008. The player controls Santa Claus, flying on his sleigh with Rudolph leading the way. He can move freely around the screen and throw presents. Children run around, and Santa must give them presents to make them happy -- after receiving a present, the children will stop and release hearts, which can be collected for points. There are also chimneys on most buildings, which take two or more presents to clear, but will release larger hearts worth many points. If a present hits the ground, points are lost, and there are also bonuses given at the end depending on certain conditions. There are no enemies, and there is no way to die -- the goal is to get as many points as possible in a single run. To that end, the game records the top ten high scores. |
| Complete SimBin Pack | 2008-12-24 | SimBin Studios AB | SimBin Development Team AB | Compilation, Racing / Driving, Simulation | | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Complete SimBin Pack is a compilation including the following three games:
GTR Evolution
Race 07: The Official WTCC Game
STCC: The Game
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| Meridian4 Complete Pack | 2008-12-24 | Meridian4, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Meridian4 Complete Pack is a Steam compilation of these games:
Alpha Prime
Gumboy: Crazy Adventures
Pacific Storm
Pacific Storm Allies
Penguins Arena: Sedna's World
R.I.P. Trilogy
Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds Survivor
Space Trader: Merchant Marine
Tank Universal
Vigil: Blood Bitterness
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| Flip Disc | 2008-12-25 | Polar Motion | Polar Motion | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Flip Disc is a game that combines puzzle and action elements. The game board is composed by five concentrical discs where coloured gems are constantly appearing.The objective is to rotate the discs in order to form lines of gems and make them disappear. By completing 100 lines, the player is granted the "Flip Disc Master" title. Should the game board get full of gems, the game is over. The game also offers several "power-up gems" in order to help the player along the journey. |
| Codex voyni. Zolotoe izdanie | 2008-12-26 | 1C Company | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Codex voyni. Zolotoe izdanie compilation includes all five games from the Codex Voyni series by Ino-Co:
Fantasy Wars
Elven Legacy
Elven Legacy: Ranger
Elven Legacy: Siege
Elven Legacy: Magic
Additional items included in the compilation include:
User's guide
Disc with materials about series creation
Independence by package design theme (blue for humans, green for elves and red for orcs) and one of three different magical medallions.
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| Kimi ga Yobu, Megiddo no Oka de: Voices from Har Megiddo | 2008-12-26 | Aquaplus | Leaf | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | As the age of exploration dawned upon mankind, the borders of the world became more and more visible. It is said that somewhere in the East there is a realm that leads to the very edge of the world. Brave explorers tried to venture there, but none returned. A young adventurer named Beigel Loco travels to the East; on his way, crossing a vast desert, he finds a young girl named Rinon. Very soon Beigel realizes that he holds the power to protect and save the world from a terrible danger.Voices from Har Megiddo is a Japanese-style role-playing game. Controlling Beigel, the player explores a 3D world that consists of outdoor areas, towns, and dungeons. Up to four active combatants can be controlled by the player during the turn-based battles. The characters use physical attacks and spells that consume MP to combat the foes. Defeating enemies yields experience points (which eventually level up the characters) as well as skill points, which can be distributed by the player to learn new techniques of various types. The game has 2D anime-style scenes composed of still images, some of which depict explicit erotic situations. |
| Luxor: Complete Pack | 2008-12-26 | MumboJumbo, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Luxor Complete Pack is a compilation of these games:
Luxor
Luxor 2
Luxor 3
Luxor: Amun Rising
Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife
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| MonsterQuest | 2008-12-26 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Canopy Games | Adventure | | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Welcome, MonsterQuest investigator. You'll be investigating claims of legendary creatures to discover what was truly there.Based on the cable channel History's series, MonsterQuest is a combination hidden item, puzzle and mystery game. You are sent to investigate stories of legendary creatures, like a kraken or a werewolf, and determine, scientifically, the story behind them. Using your mouse, you will search screens for clues and items, interview witnesses and process the items and clues. Some of the puzzles involve putting pieces together to learn what it looked like r processing blood or hair to learn its true origin. |
| Polnaya truba. Podarochnoe izdanie | 2008-12-26 | 1C Company | PIPE studio | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Polnaya truba. Podarochnoe izdanie is a gift edition of Full Pipe with additional content CD. |
| Strategy First Complete Pack | 2008-12-26 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Strategy First Complete Pack is a digital compilation of these games:
688(I) Hunter/Killer
Alien Shooter: Vengeance
Baseball Mogul 2009
Birth of America
Culpa Innata
Dangerous Waters
Darkstar One
Disciples II: Gallean's Return
Disciples II: Rise of the Elves
Ducati World Championship
Exodus from the Earth
FlatOut
FlatOut2
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage
Fleet Command
Ghost Master
Iron Warriors: T-72 Tank Command
Jack Keane
Jagged Alliance 2 Gold Pack
Making History: The Calm & The Storm
Sacred Gold
Space Empires IV Deluxe
Space Empires V
Sub Command: Akula Seawolf 688(I)
Vegas: Make It Big
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| The Best of Tilted Mill Entertainment | 2008-12-26 | Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Best of Tilted Mill Entertainment is a compilation of these games:
Children of the Nile (Enhanced Edition)
Children of the Nile: Alexandria
Hinterland
Mosby's Confederacy
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| Assassin Blue | 2008-12-28 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Assassin Blue is a professional hitman who works for the government. He is contracted to take out anyone that conspires to bring down the regime. During one of the missions however he starts to questions the motives when he is asked to kill an innocent woman and child who witness one of assassinations. That way, he enters a conflict with another assassin Red and his boss.Assassin Blue is a platformer that consists of twelve levels. Player control the hitman during his missions as he takes out various targets. Most of them are hidden and it takes some time to find them. He can fight using a sword with a regular attack and a stab to break through defensive stances. By collecting special tokens, new combos can be unlocked as well as a boss rush mode where all boss enemies need to be taken down one after another. Hints about Blue's past are provided after completing missions and through an extra cut-scene from the shop where the combos can be bought. The overall game speed is somewhat slower than similar games.Other movement includes jumping on platforms, dodging fire and spikes, temporary platforms, gliding from walls, walljumping and hanging from vines and ceilings. There are minor puzzle elements involving switches to clear the path. During boss fights, there are also timed sequences where the correct buttons need to be pressed to continue fighting. Health can be replenished through green plus icons and there is an unlimited amount of continues.Optionally, a soundtrack pack can be downloaded and extracted in the game's directory to add music to the game. |
| Secrets of Six Seas | 2008-12-28 | iWin.com | EleFun Multimedia Games | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Secrets of Six Seas is a full 3D marble shooter game taking place underwater, at seabed level. The objective is to move sideways a small mouse-controlled submarine at the bottom of the screen, shooting multi-colored ball towards moving sphere strings and trying to make matches of three or more of the same color, to remove them. The spheres move around the scenery on tracks that, in some stages, loop, overlap and go underground. The marbles move towards a hatch, and if several of them get inside it the game is over.Each match fills a percentage meter at the top. After reaching 100%, the strings of spheres stop appearing on the tracks. Some special stages have no visible tracks, and the player must aim and shoot at a series of machines moving on the screen.Some spheres transform randomly in transparent power-ups on the tracks. They can be collected by making matches. The power-ups remove spheres, make the lines move backwards, temporarily stop movement and help in other ways. |
| Dreamsdwell Stories | 2008-12-30 | Mayplay Games | Mayplay Games | Puzzle | | | | City building / construction simulation, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | You wish to build villages and such in the Dreamsdwell Valley, hoping to attract beings to populate the valley. Legends say that when the land of Dreamsdwell is finished, a dragon will appear and grant the dream of all who live there.Dreamsdwell Stories is a match three game. Using your mouse, click on an orb. You will be shown what orbs you can connect next. You must connect at least three orbs of the same color. These will then change colors and you will receive gold and, maybe, gems. The gold and gems are used to build or upgrade buildings, bridges, etc. in Dreamsdwell. On some orbs are gold mountings. To clear the level, you must clear the gold mountings by matching with the orb(s) that have them. If a mounting is silver, you must match it to turn it gold them match again to collect it.Later in the levels, you will encounter obstacles of gold color, pearl color and shining steel. The gold colored can be broken by making a match next to them about three times. The pearl colored require five matches. The steel obstacles cannot be broken so you must work around them. Later, you will encounter Magic Spheres. These are rainbow colored and can match to any other orb. You can even, for example, match a red orb to the Magic Sphere then to a yellow orb. You will also encounter frozen orbs. These cannot be matched to anything and are unfrozen by making a match next to them. If you leave an orb too long, it will begin to freeze. |
| Remake de La Abadía del Crimen | 2008-12-30 | | | Adventure | Diagonal-down | Fangame | Crime | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Medieval | | | | | Isometric | Windows | This remake of La Abadía del Crimen adds a new set of features to the isometric adventure from 1987. The code was reverse-engineered from the official PC port, to maintain a high level of fidelity with the original game, and reimplemented to run on modern machines with enhancements. There are three sets of graphics: two from the Amstrad CPC port with monochromatic and limited color palettes, and a new VGA mode with 256 colors. Besides the original Spanish, the game language can be switched to Catalan, English, Finnish, Portuguese (from Portugal or Brazil), Italian and Galician. These settings can be changed on the fly with the right-click menu, without the need to restart the game. The remake also has more realistic sounds and a rearranged soundtrack.The gameplay remains the same: the player controls Guillermo, a Franciscan monk renowned for his sharp intellect, visiting an abbey where several of the friars were found murdered under mysterious circumstances. While staying on the abbey, Guillermo and his assistant novice have to investigate the place and interview witnesses, while attending all the main events of the daily routines, like holy functions and meals. The main character can be expelled from the abbey if the rules are not respected, or die when handling certain objects. The plot is an unofficial adaptation of the famous Umberto Eco novel, "The Name of the Rose". |
| The Little Cars in the Great Race | 2008-12-30 | Wydawnictwo Bauer Spółka z o.o., Sp.k. | Sodevrom | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | | Windows | The Little Cars in the Great Race is a racing game, an adaptation of the 2006 Brazilian animated film of the same name which was produced by the studio Video Brinquedo. The player chooses one of the six anthropomorphic cars, and takes part in a five-lap race. There is only one track available in the game. Apart from driving, the cars can also jump in order to get over obstacles in the road. Pick-ups appear occasionally around the track, including a speed boost, an undesirable slowdown, and a "bubble" pickup whose function is unclear. Another item is a pink cube which stops a car that runs into it. Once the player's car completes five laps, the high score table is shown and the game quits. |
| Realms of Arkania Trilogy | 2008-12-31 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny
Realms of Arkania Vol. 2: Star Trail
Realms of Arkania III: Shadows over Riva
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| SC:09 - Ski-Challenge | 2008-12-31 | ORF Online und Teletext GmbH & Co KG | Greentube I.E.S. AG | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | SC:09 - Ski-Challenge is a freeware simulation of downhill skiing. Its main motivation is the best time list on the internet. Offline, the only playing mode are training runs - the player needs to beat a certain time in the qualification to gain access to the online championship. There are no AI opponents but the player has the opportunity to load a ghost (a recording of another player's run) into the game.Despite its aim for mass appeal the game features a detailed physics simulation. This means the choice of skiing material influences the racing experience significantly. There are three pre-defined choices for novices, skilled players and experts but the player also has the opportunity to set the properties himself.The main innovations compared to its predecessor are three new courses (Kitzbühel, Garmisch and a totally revised Val d'Isére) and a rewind option in training mode. |
| The Manipulator | 2008-12-31 | Virtanen Games | Virtanen Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Manipulator is a platform game where the player is contracted by the government to enter a facility and destroy it. He has special abilities that allow him to manipulate the environment, objects and people. This allows him to take over other people, read their minds, control robots and more. This technique is used as the major gameplay element to solve puzzles. That way, inaccessible areas can be reached, buttons can be found and by reading minds he is able to find the location of keys or the password for certain doors. Certain enemies can jump higher, fly or use bullets that tranquillize opponents. After taking over someone, it is possible to destroy them or to return to the former presence.The game takes place in five sectors (each marked with a different colour) split up in four areas per sector. In-between each stage comments from the facility commander are shown. The game uses flashy graphics and echo movement, where all items on the screen appear to tremble slightly and the outlines of past actions are still shown. There is an unlimited amount of tries when dying and two different possible endings. |
| 1337 Ship Deathmatch | 2009 | 1337 Pwnage | LocoPuyo | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | 1337 Ship Deathmatch is a simple space shooter game which focuses on multiplayer combat. The player takes control of one of the four ships and the goal is simple. Destroy the others to rack up the points and win the game. The ship has an energy meter for the weapon, so if you shoot too much you need to recharge for a while to get the firing rate back up. There are also two type of warp drives which makes the ship appear in a different location on the screen as well as a shield that absorbs some of the damage when used. The player has the option of either playing against human players or up to four bots, which are set to learn from the player's style of play and adapt to it to increase the difficulty over time. |
| 3 jeux en 1: Volume 2 | 2009 | Micro Application, S.A. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes three games :
Arctic Quest 2
Supermarket Mania
Pirateville
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| 333,000 Games | 2009 | Selectsoft Publishing | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | 333,000 Games is a compilation of the following games:
1001 Japanese Crosswords
1001 Mini-Golf Challenge
1001 Tangram Puzzles
100,000 Mahjongg Games
2002 Games
2002 Kakuro Puzzles
2002 Pentamino Puzzles
2002 Space Out Games
2002 Sudoku Games
3003 Crystal Mazes
500 Solitaire
50,000 Chess Brain Teasers
AirBall
Breakball Lost In Space
Championship Chess
Checkers 3D
Chess Reversi 50,000
CosmoAlley Bowling
Crystal Caverns of Amon-Ra
Diner Drop! LE
Dynasty of Egypt
EuroRace 4x4
Farmer Crates
Fish Food! LE
Fishing Frenzy!
Gold Runner
Hexagon Mahjongg
Hidden Object Mania
Jewel Mines LE
Jewels of the Nile
Jewel Wizardry
Kakuro Mania 10,000
King Solomon's Lost Mines
Luftwaffe Airstrike LE
Magic Spheres
MegaPinball
Muncher Mania Classic LE
Mystic Diamonds
Pharaoh's Challenge
Pool Champ 3D
Puzzle & Board XP Championship
Puzzle XP Championship 3000
Pyramid Solitaire Gold
RollerBall Fantasy Island
Space Crusaders: Open Range
Sudoku Mania!
Starcosmic Bustout
Starcosmic Invaders LE
Super Fox
Super Mole
Super Word Games 10,000
Taipei Mahjongg 25,000
Tennis Championship
Texas Hold'em 3D XP Championship
Virtual Vegas Bonus Bonanza Slots
Virtual Vegas 3003 Slots
WWII Aerial Dogfight
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| 3D Golf Pro | 2009 | Franzis Verlag GmbH | KlickMedia | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 3D Gold Pro is a golf simulation. Play in tournament mode against other players or the AI. Three 18-hole courses are included: Country Club, Tropical Hawaii and Mountain High. A practice mode and a golf encyclopedia are included. |
| 4 legendární české hry za skvělou cenu | 2009 | Centauri Production s.r.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation of 4 legendary Czech games for a great price contains the following games by developer Napoleon Games:
Colony 28
Brány Skeldalu (Gates of Skeldal)
Brány Skeldalu II (The Fifth Disciple)
Mutant
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| ABC Cubes: Teddy's Playground | 2009 | Big Fish Games, Inc | BlitPop Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | ABC Cubes: Teddy's Playground is a toys-come-alive themed puzzle game featuring "Same Game" mechanics.You play as teddy bear Teddy, and your objective is to clean up every room in your owners' house, since they're coming back from vacation and you've been playing a lot and having made everything a mess.Two game modes exist:In Adventure Mode you must clear all cubes in the play area. Do this by clicking on two or more adjacent like-lettered cubes and plan your moves so that like-cubes stack near each other. If you can’t clear all cubes and have no more moves left, restart and try again. If you clear the play area, you’re scored depending on how many moves you made, the time you spent playing and the number of combos you performed. And of course, it's on to the next level.
There are also solid plain cubes which cannot be matched and the only way to clear them is to take care of all the cubes beneath and have them touch the bottom of the play area. Power-ups that can help you clear cubes faster exist as well, and each level of the game presents a different kind of power-up, through the introduction of several friends of Teddy's who decide to help out.In Arcade mode, you also get to use all of the power-ups available in Adventure mode. However, gameplay now employs classic match-3 mechanics, making you swap cubes to clear them from the play area. The objective here is to make your computer opponent fall flat on the floor, releasing its balloons one after the other. You release an opponent's balloon each time the combo meter fills up. Conversely, a timer goes down at the same time, releasing your balloons throughout, and causing your downfall too if you're not fast enough. |
| Abandon | 2009 | Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab | Team Four Life | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Abandon is an action game with strategical elements set in a series of dark mazes. The protagonist radiates light and needs to find the exit unharmed as fast as possible as there hardly any safe places. By lighting the environment, objects such as furniture, cars, trees and giant robots become awake and start chasing the character. When they collide with the character, the power of the light is decreased until the character is completely shrouded in darkness. Sometimes, a certain amount of reduced light can also be used strategically, as a smaller circle of light makes it possible to navigate through narrow passages without waking up the objects.As some objects move faster than the character, they sometimes need to be tricked into bumping into other objects or need to become stuck. The exit cannot always be found right away, sometimes an aureola needs to be picked up first. Controls consists of four keys to move around, along with an additional key to walk instead of sprinting. |
| Age of Japan 1 + 2 | 2009 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Age of Japan
Age of Japan II
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| Alternative Medicine | 2009 | | | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | | Healthcare | | | | | | | | Windows | Alternative Medicine is (as the name hints) a game about alternative medicine, homeopathy and faith healing to be exact. In homeopathy the goal is to prepare homeopathic dilutions by reaching a predetermined potency. Once this potency is reached the dilutions is automatically diluted to the next potency. At the top of the screen the player sees the status: Score, Level, current goal and elapsed time.In faith healing the goal is to perform whatever actions are considered necessary to perform faith healing in the faith freely chosen by the player. The player then presses space for as long as he/she thinks is necessary for the healing to work while watching an empty chair. At the top of the screen the player sees the status: Elapsed time and Max chain. The game features bonus content that the player unlocks through achievements.The real goal of this game is of course to show the player how useful alternative medicine is, or rather that it is completely useless. When the player decides to quit an aftermath screen is shown that tells the player how many lives he/she saved etc, all rows here are always 0. |
| Amazing Adventures: The Caribbean Secret | 2009 | PopCap Games, Inc. | SpinTop Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | An explorer is hired by a museum to recover the "Caribbean Secret", a sunken Spanish ship filled with gold treasure.Amazing Adventures: The Caribbean Secret is the third entry in a series of hidden object titles with minimal plot and basic seek-and-find gameplay. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on locations filled with assorted objects, within a time limit. The time and hint limits can be turned off in the options menu. Besides the list entries, there are two skulls on each screen that can be collected to unlock bonus modes. Some of the list entries are instructions about some action that has to be performed on the scene, like dragging and dropping an item to a specific place or object in the scenery. Clue entries have riddles about the object instead of its name.There are mini-games at the end of each level, with implementations of well-known concepts like a tile-matching game where two adjacent tiles have to be swapped on a grid to make them disappear, a word search challenge, a spot-the-differences game with two similar pictures, a variation of the differences game where the player has to replace the missing bits between two similar images, jigsaw and picture puzzles, a memory game with pairs of identical figures, and other similar challenges. |
| Angel Cat Sugar | 2009 | Rising Star Games Ltd. | InLight Entertainment Inc. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Angel Cat Sugar is a single-player, keyboard-controlled platform game that was released on multiple platforms. It is based on the character created by Yuko Shimizu. The story behind this game is as follows. There is an Angel Cat called Sugar. She was having tea and cake on a cloud one day with her three mouse friends when the Storm King came along and blew them away, scattering them to different parts of Angel Land. Sugar must travel throughout the land to find them. As she comes across others who have been inconvenienced by the Storm King she helps them, usually by retrieving objects that have been blown away. At the end of the game Angel Sugar confronts the Storm King showing him the consequences of his actions.By helping others and retrieving objects Angel Cat unlocks handbag items, mini games and pictures that can be printed and coloured in off-line. In this game players do not create a player id when they play the game, there are ten pre-set player profiles each identified by a different picture that are ready to use. The game can be played in three difficulty settings. Along with the game there is an optional Angel Cat Sugar desktop theme which can either be installed with the game or later on. |
| Armada 2526 | 2009 | Matrix Games, Ltd., Tri Synergy, Inc. | Ntronium Games | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | 4X | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Armada 2526 is a 4x space game and the successor of Armada 2525. As usual the player takes control over a faction and tries to spread over the universe. The main part of the game is the turn-based space map where the player builds ships, sends them to unknown places and colonizes planets. With the research trees the player unlocks new technologies and abilities. The economical system is simpler than in other similar games: there is just one general money account which is used to buy everything - there are no local budgets. The only limiting factor for constructing buildings is the planet's population - more people means the opportunity to construct better ones. The planet itself and its surface is no factor. The player can automate certain processes to minimize micro management and concentrate on strategical decisions.The fighting on the other hand is in real-time and 3D. Here the player basically gives tactical orders to his ships and watches the fight. He can also pause the game at any time to issue new orders. There is a choice between 12 races; space can be populated with up to 104 factions. Of course this means plenty of opportunities to have diplomatic contact, e.g. by forming alliances or trade contracts. Negotiations allow very specific contracts like "xy rounds peace for yz credits". |
| Batman: Arkham Asylum | 2009 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Rocksteady Studios Ltd | Action | Behind view | Licensed | Thriller | Metroidvania, Stealth | Contemporary, Fantasy, North America | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Once again, Batman has captured and returned the Joker to Arkham Asylum. Unfortunately, the inmates have taken over and the Joker is now running the show. Play as the Caped Crusader, navigating in a 3rd person style through the grounds and collective wings of Arkham Asylum; a super-prison and rehabilitation center for Gotham's most hardened criminals.Using a combination of stealth, detective work, and exciting combat elements, proceed toward your ultimate goal of apprehending the maniacal Joker. On the way, you'll encounter some of Batman's deadliest foes. Fortunately, you're not entirely alone, as Batman will receive assistance from the surviving guards, and information from the computer genius Oracle.Make use of the grappling hook, Batarangs, explosive gel, zipline, electronically-assisted vision, and more. During your search, you will gain experience points from defeating opponents, finding hidden items, or accomplishing special tasks. Once you "level up" you can purchase/upgrade an ability or feature of Batman's arsenal. The game features a controllable camera viewpoint and an optional first-person view for viewing things up close.Strewn about the grounds of the Asylum are 240 "riddles" for you to solve, courtesy of the Riddler, and a variety of achievements/trophies to unlock, depending on your gaming platform. |
| BattleForge | 2009 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Phenomic | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Cards / tiles | Fantasy | | Thomas Y. Feng, Tim Ranft | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The gods are gone and the sun is beginning to die while under the surface of Nyn the mortals live in pain and fear. But not all is lost as the Sovereigns of the Heavens awaken and enter the Forge of Creation. A place where strange energies allow the Sovereigns to bring back to live everything that has ever been written down or sung about. With this power it's the duty of the Sovereigns to destroy evil and help the mortals to conquer their fear and get back up to the surface.BattleForge is a real-time strategy game mixed with elements from trading card games like Magic: The Gathering. After logging into his account, the player has over one hundred cards available which are divided into four different categories: Fire, Frost, Shadow and Nature. Each card represents either a unit, a squad of units or a building with different abilities and requirements. The player needs to pick up to 20 of these cards to form a deck. He isn't bound to take only cards from one category but instead can use whatever he things might be useful in the upcoming fight.If he isn't satisfied with the cards available to him, he can also buy BattleForge points for real money to spend on additional booster packs (8 cards) or hit the auction house and trade cards. In addition after successfully completing a mission the player earns up to four cards as a reward. Having two or more of the same card together with an upgrade card for it and some gold allows the player to upgrade the original card, making it more powerful but also more costly at the same time.When a deck is complete, the missions await on a map of the world but as the game has a heavy focus on multiplayer, only a small portion of them can be completed alone. In most cases the player has to join other willing sovereigns in the fight for good and can do so even while the battle is already raging. Once on the battlefield, the two resources of the game come into play: Energy and Spheres. Energy is automatically produced by energy points on the map which are captured by placing a energy fountain on it. Spheres on the other hand are placed on top of monuments also scattered around the map. Which kind of sphere the player places on top decides to which kind of units he has access to. Placing a green sphere allows the usage of green cards for example. The more powerful a card is, the more active spheres are necessary to be able to use them but they don't necessarily need to be all of the same color. A unit can for example require two spheres to be available: One of the same color and one random. In addition once a card has been played a predefined number of times, it needs to recharge before it can be used again.When a card is available to be played out and enough energy available, the player just takes it from his deck and places it on the battlefield near a friendly unit to spawn the corresponding units or buildings at that point. This allows the player to get reinforcements everywhere on the map as long as one unit is still alive. If everyone is dead, energy fountains and monuments can be used as a spawn point. Once a unit or building has been placed, the game plays like every other real-time strategy game with ordering units around and activating their special abilities. |
| Betty Boop: Diamond Adventures | 2009 | Selectsoft Publishing | Selectsoft Games | Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Diamonds are a girl's best friend in this match-three game. In each of the 500 levels, the player will need to complete a match in every marked square, with some squares needing more than one match, and others needing an adjacent match to unlock the square. After making a match, while jewels are falling into place, the player can make other matches to work towards Super Combos, which are worth more points. A Magic Pouch is available to remove a single jewel from the board, but it needs to be recharged between uses. Two game modes are included: challenge mode (includes a timer), and relaxed mode (no timer). |
| Betty Boop: Picture Perfect | 2009 | Selectsoft Publishing | Selectsoft Games | Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | Picture Perfect is a jigsaw puzzle game where the included pictures have a Betty Boop theme. Includes over 100 images, and supports importing more. Puzzles can be anywhere from 4 to more than 5000 pieces, and can be saved/loaded. Pieces have customizable oddness, appearance, and can be placed on trays. The view can be zoomed in and out freely. Includes background music. |
| Betty Boop: Super Sweets | 2009 | Selectsoft Publishing | Selectsoft Games | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | In this Betty Boop-themed puzzle game, colored pieces fall from the top of the screen, and pile up at the bottom. Swap adjacent pieces to form lines of at least 3 same-colored pieces and destroy them. Don't let the stack reach the top of the screen. Once the player makes enough matches, it's on to the next level. Four modes are included. In Classic, more pieces will only fall when the player makes a move. In Speed, pieces are always falling, so keep moving. In Timed, the board is already full, and the player needs to move rows and columns to make enough matches before time runs out. Speed Mode Sudden Death is like regular Speed Mode, but there are no levels to clear the board, just survival for as long as possible.Each mode includes four difficulty levels, and three different swap styles: only horizontal, only vertical, and both. Twelve sets of pieces are included to change the appearance of the pieces. Powerups include score multipliers (increase the score of that match), bombs (destroy everything in a 3x3 square), firecrackers (destroy all blocks of that color), and X blocks (cannot be moved). These powerups are activated by putting them into a match with other pieces of that color. |
| Betty Boop: Sweetheart Solitaire | 2009 | Selectsoft Publishing | Selectsoft Games | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | This is a solitaire game with a Betty Boop theme. It includes several card backs, plus both low-vision and regular cards. In a game, undo is available, as well as both new game and restart options. Rules are included for all games. The following solitaire variants are included:
Acedike
Agnes
Canfield
Crazy Klondike
Double Klondike
Double Pyramid
Eternal Triangle
Fascination
Forty Thieves
Harp
Klondike
Pyramid
Queenie
Somerset
Spider
Spiderette
Spidike
Thieves of Egypt
Thumb & Pouch
Yukon |
| Bionic Commando | 2009 | CE Europe Ltd. | GRIN AB | Action | Behind view | | | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | It has been ten years since Nathan "RAD" Spencer managed to defeat the Imperials and destroy the Albatross in Bionic Commando. Hailed as heroes he and his comrade Joseph "Super Joe" Gibson became responsible for the training of new recruits under the flag of the TASC. But when Spencer disobeyed an order from Gibson during Operation Blackout, which lead to the death of several TASC agents, Spencer was court-martialed and sentenced to death while through his actions the public changed its opinion about bionic technology leading to the cancellation of the program and the "Bionic Purge". During the purge all TASC personnel were ordered to turn in their bionics or have them forcibly removed. Some fled, others obeyed but in the end bionic technology was effectively removed from the nation - at least until terrorists from BioReign detonate an atomic bomb in Ascension City. With no military unit returning from Ground Zero once gone in, Nathan is spared his fate for now and is instead send in to deal with the situation under the promise to get new information about the where-abouts of his missing wife Emily.In a classic 3rd-person-shooter-style, the player moves through the destroyed city, fulfilling objectives like activating a relay station and thereby deactivating a minefield and killing the countless enemies (including mechs and other deadly vehicles) blocking his way. Literally always at his side: his Bionic Arm. While it can be used to just throw a nasty punch, the built-in grappling hook is the real clue on that device. It not only allows the player to swing around fast and even climb up the highest skyscraper, it's also a handy tool to get rid of enemies and for removing other annoying obstacles. At the same time Nathan also can use normal weapons with his right hands like pistols or grenades. Besides BioReign-forces, the environment itself is also an enemy to Nathan with radioactive zones killing him almost instantly. And due to the weight of his Bionic Arm, Nathan can't swim and will drown when he falls into water.To keep things interesting, the game features both collectibles and challenges. While the collectibles are simply hidden in the levels, challenges are offered once the player has done something, gains a new ability and such. The goals of these challenges include killing 25 enemies, making three consecutive swings or destroying three train wagons. Once a challenge has been met, the player immediately gains a bonus like better armor and often gets the same challenge again - only this time with increased requirements.The game also features a multiplayer-mode for up to eight player featuring Deathmatch, Team-Deathmatch and Capture the Flag on small, mostly vertical maps allowing the players to make full use of the Bionic Arm the same way as in single-player. |
| Boaki | 2009 | Gibcom Multimedia | Gibcom Multimedia | Action | Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | Direct control | Persistent | | | Windows | Boaki is a 3D MMO in French for children aged six to twelve where you need to find all the stars hidden in the game. The game has a lot of locations to visit. Boaki is the online successor to Kipulkai: La légende des 3 masques ("Kipulkai: The Legend of the 3 Masks). |
| BoneTown | 2009 | D-Dub Software | D-Dub Software | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Bonetown is a sandbox game where sex with hot women is the main goal and drugs and violence the way to achieve it. The game takes place in a coast town where everybody, be it native Americans, Jews, Pygmies, hippies and many others, does sex, drugs and likes a good fight once in a while. There is no place for puritanism in a city like this. Unluckily, an evil corporation called "The Man, Inc." has settle in the city and has passed many laws against public sex and drugs. The main character is a newcomer that soon finds himself fighting for the liberties of Bonetown inhabitants and trying to have sex with as many women as possible.The goal of Bonetown is to free the city from The Man corporation and, for this, your main tool is your balls. The bigger they are the stronger and more sexually attractive the character will be. In order to do so, he has to satisfy girls when having sex. At the beginning, only the fattest women will be interested in you, but thanks to paid sex and some drugs, the player will be able to bone increasingly sexy women. In addition, big balls also mean more strength to fight The Man's men, and any other man you want to rob. But not only balls are necessary to win a fight. There are many drugs in Bonetown that serve as power. Weed makes you jump higher, crack gives you high speed, etc. And if you manage to defeat various badasses of the city, you'll be able to gain their power moves and become increasingly unbeatable. |
| Brain Puzzles 2 | 2009 | On Hand Software, Inc. | Kraisoft Entertainment, Tibo Software, Twilight Games | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the games
Mahjongg Challenge
Asianata
ABC Island
Rolling Marbles
Real Jigsaw Puzzle |
| Bubble Bash! | 2009 | Gameloft S.A. | Gameloft Bulgaria EOOD, Gameloft Divertissements Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bubble Bash! is a modern take on the Bust-a-Move concept with a tropical setting. The playing field consists of several bubbles of different colours. Usually, the aim of the game is to remove all bubbles by linking three bubbles of the same colour to destroy them. You either only have a limited amount of time, or have to prevent the packs of bubbles from reaching the bottom of the screen. Bubbles are launched by the teamwork of three characters. Crab holds the bubble and the other two, Kale and Malia, place it on a pedestal and swing it into the field with a stick.The game improves on the concept with the addition of balloons. Instead of a fixed rectangular playing field, there are different floating sections of bubbles held up by a balloon. Certain game types require you to hit the balloon or you can wait until two sections approach each other to launch a bubble in between and cause a chain reaction. Advanced strategies require you to launch bubbles against the bouncing sides of the field, or you can link bubbles near the top of the pack to drag along the ones underneath with the explosion. There are also birds flying by. These can be hit, but they also return all bubbles shot into the void to randomly insert them in the field. The direction of the bubbles you launch is shown by a small guiding line.Next to the regular bubbles, there are (super) bomb bubbles (destroys everything it touches), mine bubbles (explodes when hit by another bubble), chameleon bubbles (takes the same colour as the bubbles it comes in contact with), colour bomb bubbles (when hit, it destroys all bubbles of a specific colour), ice bomb bubbles (freezes every bubble it hits), wave bubbles (destroys all bubbles on the same row), balloon inflate/deflate bubbles (lowers or rises the balloons), hidden bubbles (they only show their colour when hit), gift bubbles (releases a collectible item when destroyed), flower bubbles (creates a flower of bubbles of an identical colour), move bubbles, switch bubbles and solid or semi-solid bubbles that are hard to remove.The main aim of the game is to help Kale and Malia discover treasure on Bubble Island. By completing sections of the island, you collect pieces of a map. Each section consists of three progressively unlocked tiers of games. After finishing the first two tiers with five games each, a boss level becomes available. The different variations require you to release balloons as fast as possible, burst all bubbles while the characters' platform rises near the top of the screen, clear a screen of bubbles hidden every few seconds, or shoot passing birds holding balloons. New levels and outfits for the characters are unlocked by completing games and gathering collectible items. There is a tutorial explaining the basics and the Crab Fever mode to keep playing a single game until you are bust. The game's theme song is a digitized version of Nena's 99 Luftballons. |
| Bumps | 2009 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | SpriteAttack, Utopian Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Bumps is a physics-based puzzle game. The objective is to drag and drop an anthropomorphic sphere, or "bump" as the game calls it, with the mouse making it bounce and roll on obstacles scattered around the screen, collecting in its path all the necessary keys to release the other fellow balls locked at the top. The bumps were captured by evil aliens and stored as food inside a force field.Keys can only be collected by bumps that match their color. Besides the keys, there are other items placed on the levels that alter the sphere behavior and create puzzle situations. The plus sign increases the size of the ball, and the minus sign makes them smaller. The speed power makes the bump go faster for a few seconds. The reverse power inverts gravity, making the sphere go upside-down and behave accordingly.The game was released as shareware and also commercially, the commercial version includes a colour blind mode. |
| Bundeskanzler 2009-2013 | 2009 | Eversim S.A. | Eversim S.A. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | In Bundeskanzler 2009-2013 the player becomes Bundeskanzler, the German Federal Chancellor. The game is very similar to G.P.S.: Geo-Political Simulator, just limited to Germany. The political agenda is set by the chosen (fictional) party and by answering sixteen questions about fundamental and current topics, e.g. the war in Afghanistan. These answers also influence the relationship to the own party.Most of the game is spent in various menus where the player can set every political detail: from taxes to budgets to ministry personal. All these settings and decisions influence have consequences in the long run and the population's minds which is important to get re-elected. When the player participates in military action the game switches to an isometric perspective and the player directly controls his forces like in classic strategy games.This is all played in real-time but the player can quicken (or stop) it if there is nothing to do. In comparison to G.P.S.: Geo-Political Simulator there is a new tutorial which accompanies the player on his first steps. Additionally there is a trivia quiz about Germany. |
| CID the Dummy | 2009 | O-Games, Inc. | Twelve Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | CID The Dummy is a platformer featuring, as the title bespeaks,
a crash dummy as the protagonist.
Cid was endowed special powers by its inventor, professor Werken, and
finds itself charged with the task of saving the daughter of his.
Action is represented in 3D while the gameplay is bidimensional in reality,
à la Super Mario Galaxy.
Levels present to Cid both enemies and puzzles — or, more exactly, obstacles
of intellectual nature — like eluding the sights of security cams or
pressing a requested button. A basic attack,
plus around ten special moves,
is how Cid can strike foes it comes into: each special attack is related with a gesture
to be performed with the Wii Remote, with tutorials available to make the
player familiarize themselves with. |
| Cannon Strike | 2009 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Lesta Studio | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | World War II | | | | | | Windows | Cannon Strike is a strategy game set during World War II. In two campaigns (overall 16 missions) the player takes either the role of the Russian troops which have to save scientist at the Eastern front or the American/Britain army which searches for a secret chemical plant in the Normandy.There is no base building and the goals are mostly to conquer a certain point respectively to defend one. The missions alternate between an "action" and a "strategy" mode. In the former the player directly controls one tank, rolls over hostile infantry, avoids enemy tanks and drives from point A to B. The strategy mode is practically the same just with more troops and indirect controls. The player receives experience points for achieved goals which in turn make his units stronger. This has no practical effect because surviving units don't carry over to the next mission. |
| Cate West: The Velvet Keys | 2009 | MSL-INTENIUM BV | Gamenauts, Inc, Menara Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Cate West, a writer with psychic powers, is called by police investigators to use her gift in the mystery surrounding a series of murders. As she gets more involved in the case, strange things start to happen, revealing hidden truths about her past.Cate West: The Velvet Keys, like its predecessor, is a hidden object game with puzzles between each chapter. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the left side of the screen, within a time limit. This time restriction can be turned off at the beginning, by selecting the relaxed mode.The locations represent physical places and visions from the main character. She has the unique ability to see the memories of the deceased, by touching any object that belonged to the person. Sometimes the screen is split in two similar images, and the goal is to place objects on both sides until they are identical. In some places, the objective is to complete the half-cut objects scattered around the screen, by dragging and dropping their other halves on them. While inside a memory scene from one of the victims, the bottom interface shows a series of riddles, and the player has to find their corresponding objects.Puzzles appear at the end of each chapter, as the activation trigger of an ancient device. They are mini-games that take place on a separate screen. Most are implementations of classic games, like concentration and sliding-tiles puzzles. In the sliding blocks puzzle, several pieces of stones have to dragged with the mouse, to clear the path for a key. In the circuit puzzle, a connecting cable has to be created between two electric points, by rotating pieces with a varying number of wire ends on their sides. |
| Championship Manager 2010 (Special Edition) | 2009 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Championship Manager 2010: Special Edition is a football management game that is, unsurprisingly, a special edition of Championship Manager 2010.In this package, the player gets the original game and additional content. The keep case contains:a manager's notepad where the sheets contain pitch diagrams so that team formations can be documented
a Championship Manager pencil
a poster, approx 34cm x 63cm, showing the structures of over thirty national leagues
an access code for a full CM Live season of downloads
CM Live is a subscription based feature consisting of downloadable content. The game database for the 2009/2010 season is prepared before the season starts. During the course of the season, six updates of up-to-date scores, team and managerial changes, league and cup status, and other similar data, are released via the CM Live service allowing the player to step in and manage their club as it was at the time of the update. So, if the cup run of the team they support came to an untimely end, they can step in and make the key decision(s) that changes their fortune.
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| Chess Classics | 2009 | Gameloft S.A. | Gameloft Software Shanghai Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Board game, Chess | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Chess Classics is a chess game for mobile devices that features the following game modes:
1P vs CPU
1P vs 2P
Quiz Mode
Classic Games
The game can be played from a top-down 2D view of a 3D view where the camera can be freely rotated. It's possible to choose from different themes (classic wood, mechanical, glass, tribal) to alter the look of the board and the pieces. |
| Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life | 2009 | City Interactive S.A. | City Interactive S.A. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In this sequel to Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual Sylvie Leroux, the young archaeologist, is working at Brittany’s Maritime Museum where she restores an ancient conquistador's chest. It appears to have a hidden compartment with information related to the mystery of Mary Celeste and the legend of the Tree of Life.
Soon she will meet count Georges de Saint-Germain for whom solving the mystery is a matter of life and death, and she will learn that they aren't the only ones who are after the Tree of Life. In her quest Sylvie will travel from Brittany to Venice, she will visit Cairo, and sail across the Mediterranean Sea. In Gibraltar she will discover an airship that will bring the count and herself to Bimini Island inside the Bermuda Triangle, where the Tree of Life is located. Gameplay and interface are similar to the original game. Hotspot names are shown in the upper black bar, which also hides a top menu with saving/loading options and a notebook. The notebook contains previous dialogues, important points to note, a journal, and documents picked up along the way. Dialogues can be skipped. By clicking on a question mark at the bottom right of the screen all hotspots will be revealed. The number of saving slots is unlimited. The game includes two mild timed sequences (the game autosaves before these sequences). |
| Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures | 2009 | City Interactive S.A. | City Interactive S.A. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Europe | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures is the sequel of Code of Honor 2: Conspiracy Island and Code of Honor: The French Foreign Legion.The story takes place in Paris and somewhere on the French coast. An unknown army invaded France and threatens the country with a unknown bomb. The government wants the French Foreign Legion on this special mission, the first combat action in their own country. The player is one of the soldiers of the French Foreign Legion and has to strike the enemy back. Always with him: the FAMAS assault rifle which can be modified in sniper or silenced mode. |
| Coil | 2009 | | | Action | Side view | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Coil is an experimental game and a visual poem about life and death. The game is controlled by the mouse and no instructions are given. The player needs to discover how clicking and mouse movements affect the gameplay. It consists of seven gameplay sequences. When one is finished, a next piece of the storyline is provided in text. The game starts with a spermatozoon in a struggle for life and survival and then moves on to the various stages of life as a foetus with a dark theme. |
| Constellation | 2009 | Paper Dragon Games | Paper Dragon Games | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Constellation is a strategy game played on a randomly generated board in which players try to colonize various planets in an attempt at galactic conquest. The player in control of the most planets at the end of the game is pronounced the victor.Players take turns building bases on planets of varying sizes scattered across the map in order to exert influence on those adjacent to it. A planet falls into a player's possession if that player exerts more influence over it than his competitors. The greater the planet's size the more bases it can support and thus the more influence it will have on the planets around it. If a planet has not yet been influenced by any of the other players, or is under an equal amount of influence, it remains neutral. Bases can be built on any planet not already in possession of an opponent's base, whether neutral, under the player's control, or under the opponent's control. Those built on an opponent's planet are liable to imminent destruction, however, due to a lack of influence.The game can be altered by a number of optional modifiers which effect the outcome of the map's shape, the sizes of the planets, handicaps, and the length of the game. |
| Cool Creations: Create The Band | 2009 | Parragon Books Ltd | | Simulation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cool Creations: Create The Band is a game that was released as a cover-mount to an activity book. It allows players to select and dress members of a girl band, choose their clothes, make-up, music style and location. When all is complete the picture can be printed The game uses Macromedia’s Projector software and runs direct from the CD, no install required, in four languages English (US); English (UK); German and Spanish. The language choice just changes the on-screen text, there's no spoken content in this product
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| Crane Simulator 2009 | 2009 | Excalibur Publishing Limited | astragon Software GmbH | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Crane Simulator 2009 is a single player simulation that puts the player in the cabin of a crane in various real world type environments. At its heart this is a very simple game. The player gets to pick things up from one place and put them down in another. However this is a simulation that requires patience and skill to master.The crane is very simple to operate. The arrow keys slew the arm of the crane round from side to side or forwards and back while the page up / page down raise and lower the hook. The object to be picked up is highlighted and the player positions the crane over it and lowers the hook. If the hook is positioned correctly then when the hook reaches the correct height above the object an icon appears to inform the player that the object can be lifted. One key press and the hook is attached so all that remains is to lift it cleanly, swing it into its highlighted position and lower it until an icon appears saying that it's now OK to detach the hook.There are three levels, each simulating a different crane. In level one the player uses a Leibherr LTM 1050-3.1 mobile crane to build a prefabricated house, lifting partition walls and ceiling elements from lorries and slotting them into place. In level two the player is operating a Lieibherr LTM 500 mobile crane in a container port to load and unload ships. Level three is set on the inner city building site of a shopping mall. Here the player uses the 80-metre high Leibherr 280 EX-H12 Litronic top-slewing crane and works at night. Each level has three sections or tasks, for example in level one, the prefabricated house, the player must build the ground floor, first floor and finally the top floor. Scores are recorded for each taskLevels two and three cannot be accessed until level one has been completed.The player starts each level with a set number of points and loses one point per second plus points per collision e.t.c. so that the points remaining is the score for the level. Players can set up their own profiles so that each player's scores are recorded separately.The game has three difficulty settings which require progressively more accuracy in positioning the load and has eight camera views of the lift. |
| Danger Next Door: Miss Teri Tale's Adventure | 2009 | Mastertronic Group Ltd. | OUAT Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | After being elected mayor of the city of Peeking, Teri Tale appointed her neighbor and friend Monty as her deputy mayor. In the morning after a party at the house of a new resident, she receives a phone call from Sheriff Allen reporting that Monty was found dead, probably murdered. Enraged, she starts an investigation to find the assassin, questioning all the surrounding citizens and looking for clues that could lead to the culprit.Like the previous titles, Danger Next Door: Miss Teri Tale's Adventure is a hidden object game where, most of the time, the main objective is to find all the items from a list at the left side of the screen, on locations filled with assorted objects. Some of the list entries have a different color, to indicate the necessity of an extra step to acquire the item. The game can be played with or without a time limit, by choosing one of the two modes at the start.Elements of the adventure genre were added to the design this time. Some of the objects are stored inside slots in the inventory, to be used to solve puzzles. These objects have to be dragged and dropped on correct and logical places of the scenery to perform the required action. Inventory items can be combined to create a tool or another object.Mini-games appear occasionally, taking place on a separate screen, as puzzle challenges left by the killer. The hint button is a clover that shows the position of one of the required objects, but takes some time to grow again after being plucked. |
| Dark Disciples 2 | 2009 | DodgySoft | DodgySoft | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Dark Disciples 2 is the sequel to Dark Disciples. The gameplay is very similar to the original, but the story in the second game is not connected to the first one. In this rogue-like RPG game the player starts as a helpless slave in a pirate camp. Eventually the character can freely explore the world with non-linear gameplay, do quests, solve side missions and locate secret areas. Various items such as armor, shields, axes, swords and clothes can be found or bought and then equipped.There are eleven skills in the game, such as lock picking, dual weapons, curse and gemlore. The player's statistics are based on combat, strength, endurance, agility, dexterity, willpower and perception. |
| Das Ernährungs-Kreuzworträtsel | 2009 | INTENIUM GmbH | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Das Ernährungs-Kreuzworträtsel is a crossword puzzle game with more than 350 puzzles, themed around healthy eating. Every puzzle requires one solution word and will unlock a recipe if solved. |
| Das große Gehirnjogging-Paket 1 | 2009 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Das grosse Wissensquiz
Dr. Grips' Gehirntrainer
Mahjongg: Ancient Mayas
Solitaire
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| Deadly Sin | 2009 | Deadly Sin Studios Inc | Deadly Sin Studios Inc | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Take on the role of Lorelai, a young woman of humble means who learns that her true identity is the heir to a powerful empire! Her quest will take her around the land of Dondoran. On her journey, Lorelai recruits the help of a charming cast of characters, as she seeks to unlock the secrets of her exile, destroy the seven deadly sins, and fulfill her destiny as the true princess!Game Features:Lovable, addicting charactersUnique Steampunk settingClassic look, modern feelStunning original soundtrack |
| Denk Mal: Der neue grosse Logik Trainer | 2009 | INTENIUM GmbH | BiP Media, SARL | Educational | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Denk Mal: Der neue grosse Logik Trainer is a logic learning game. A lot of possibilities to train your brain are included. Improve your concentration and reaction with mathematics puzzles and riddles. Game modes include a free game and a personal training program, tailored to your needs.
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| Diabolik: The Original Sin | 2009 | Black Bean Games | Artematica Entertainment | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Diabolik: The Original Sin is an adventure game based on the character Diabolik; an Italian comic book character known as the "king of terror" and "the perfect thief". The player controls the "Robin Hood"-character Diabolik, as well as his girlfriend "Eva Kant", and briefly some other characters in a few chapters. The Original Sin refers to a valuable painting which Diabolik is forced to steal as his girlfriend is held captive as a hostage.In additional to a standard point and click interface, Diabolik: The Original Sin features a stealth system, and some action elements which require the player to act quickly in order to succeed. The game uses 3d characters on animated backgrounds, and has comic book-like animations. |
| Die große Familienspiele-Box | 2009 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Big City Mystery
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
G.H.O.S.T. Hunters: The Haunting of Majesty Manor |
| Drawn: The Painted Tower (Morrisons Edition) | 2009 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Big Fish Games, Inc | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This edition of Drawn: The Painted Tower contains the original game together with Drawn: The Painted Tower Official Game Companion (Strategy Guide). It was released in the UK by the Morrisons supermarket chain. As the game Drawn: The Painted Tower is fully described elsewhere, this description focuses on the bonus items featured in this version.The game CD auto-loads and presents the player with two options, one to install the game and one to install the strategy guide. Selecting the strategy guide install loads the Official Game Companion which runs in a window and gives the player the following bonus items :
a Deluxe Strategy Guide
This is a complete walk-through of the game. It is in the form of a book with separate entries for the introduction and each of the eight chapters. Each 'page' contains text explaining what needs to be done together with pictures. The player can click on any of the pictures to see it enlarged if required.
A screen saver
This consists of a series of hand drawn images from the game's design that transform into the animated art while game music plays
Game art work
Four desktop wallpapers depicting the city, the dragon, the forest and Iris are supplied. Each is available in 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x800 and 1280x960 resolution
Music from the game
There are four pieces of music available:
The Introduction
Chapter 4 : The Catwalk
Chapter 5 : Hall Of Giants
Chapter 6 : Fire And Ice
Production Art Slide Show
This consists of a series of thirty pictures which are presented in a 'frame'. Some of these are rough sketches, some are monochrome, but most are finely drawn and coloured. Where the picture is too large for the frame the slide-show pans left to right or up and down so that the full picture can be viewed. |
| Einfach Genial 2.0 | 2009 | United Soft Media Verlag GmbH | Promotion Software GmbH | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Einfach Genial 2.0 is a improved and extended version of Einfach Genial.
The game comes with improved graphics and a new tournament mode. |
| Enigmes & Objets Cachés 1 | 2009 | Micro Application, S.A. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of two hidden object games:
Treasure Masters, Inc.
Magic Academy |
| Enigmes & Objets Cachés 2 | 2009 | Micro Application, S.A. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of two hidden object games:
Natalie Brooks: Secrets of Treasure House
Pirateville |
| Every day the same dream | 2009 | Molleindustria | Molleindustria | Adventure, Simulation | Side view | | | Puzzle elements | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Every day the same dream is a grim game about the tedious life of an office worker. Every day he gets up, hits the alarm, puts on his suit, says hello to his wife and goes off to work, entering the traffic congestion that leads him to a building where all workers look the same, pushing their mouse and keyboard in a hypnotizing rhythm.It is up to the player to bring distractions to his life, breaking the routine slightly to introduce some worthwhile moments. To achieve this multiple working days need to be played and through a small hint progress can be measured. The man is controlled through the keyboard keys with an additional key to interact with the environment. When all instances have been found after multiple playthroughs, a final day starts. When the requirements are not met, his life keeps cycling until the player discovers a new approach. |
| Farming Simulator 2009 | 2009 | astragon Software GmbH | GIANTS Software GmbH | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | Agricultural / industrial | | | | | Windows | In Farming Simulator 2009 the player takes control over a farmer. The basic playing principle is easy: the player can move freely over his property of 4 km² to cultivate it. Like in real life there are many activities like plowing, seeding or harvesting which are needed to attend to. Several tools and machines are used for these tasks, e.g. tractors or balers. Other simulated aspects of the farming life are farm workers, weather conditions and night/day cycle.In comparison to its predecessor this installment adds basic managerial functions to the career mode: the player visits merchants to sell his crop products or obsolete machines and to purchase new gear. There are also 17 missions which serve as tutorial or present unusual tasks like an obstacle race. |
| Finley The Fire Engine: Friendlyville Fun | 2009 | Avanquest Software Publishing Ltd. | | Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | | Mini-games | | Automobile | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Finley The Fire Engine: Friendlyville Fun is a collection of mini games aimed at young children and is based on a UK BBC cartoon series from 2007. All the activities are big, bright, colourful and are played with the mouse. They all have a help screen but this has to be read as the game has no voiced assistance and no manual. The game does have sound effects, a theme tune, and occasional voice clips including Finley's catchphrase 'Tyreiffic' whenever a game is completed successfully. The activities are;
Poles & Ladders: This is a variation on the board game Snakes and Ladders for one to four players. There are two boards to play on one is the traditional layout while the other uses fireman's poles and ladders.
Meet The Cast: All the characters are lined up and greyed out. As the cursor moves over them they say their catchphrase and a one or two sentence description pops up at the bottom of the screen.
Soccer Maze: This game is a little like Pac-Man. It is played on a football pitch on which are cones and footballs. The players objective is to collect footballs before they are caught, opponents can be blocked by rearranging the cones.
Pairs: This is a Concentration game in which cards are dealt face down and the player must identify all matching pairs. This game can be played as a single player game, against the computer or against another player.
Sequences: This is a Simon Says game with three levels of difficulty.
Wordsearch: This game has fifteen word search puzzles ranging from easy, tricky to hard, the hardest puzzles only use five letter words.
Print & Colour: A series of line drawings to be, well, printed and coloured in. There is no on-screen colouring option.
Spot The Difference. Ten puzzles showing pairs of pictures of Finley and his friends where there are five differences in each pair. The player highlights the differences with the mouse. On completion the game tells the player which, if any, of the highlighted differences are incorrect.
The game menu in a fixed sized window in a black rectangle that sits in the centre of the screen and cannot be moved. The games had some compatibility issues but when they run they run in full screen mode. There are no in-game configuration options to change the volume, toggle the sound, etc.
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| Football Mogul 2010 | 2009 | Sports Mogul Inc. | Sports Mogul Inc. | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | sportsmogul.com (from Ad Blurbs)
Do you have what it takes to build a dynasty?
Football Mogul 2010 is the thinking person's football game -- for fans who want their success on the field determined by their strategy, not their reflexes.
Call the shots with full control over rosters, trades, draft picks and contract negotiations! You can even design your own plays, assemble custom playbooks, and share them online.
Football Mogul 2010 also gives you complete control on the field, with the option of calling every play and managing the clock -- or leaving it up to the computer.
Features
Start in any season from 1970 to 2009
Accurate rosters for every year since the AFL-NFL merger
New simulation engine: more realistic and 400% faster
Updated year-by-year stats for every player
Ratings and stats for over 60,000 player seasons
NFL schedule for the 2009-2010 season
Play-by-play describes each play as it happens
Realistic player development and aging
Play up to 100 seasons into the future
Detailed playbook editor
Create your own 'Football Mogul Encyclopedia'
and more...
Additional Features
Strategic options
Set your team to run a '3-4' or '4-3' defense
Adjust the run/pass balance of your offense
Fine tune your game plan by customing your playbook
Detailed playbook editor
Easy interface lets you quickly edit existing plays or build a playbook from scratch
Editable folder names and play names
Load and save playbooks for use against different opponents, or to share online
Playbook tracks the success of each play in a variety of offensive and defensive situations
You can even redesign plays in the middle of a game
Improved artificial intelligence
Improved roster management
Improved play-calling that adjusts to your player talent and coaching tendencies
Improved talent assessment and draft strategy
New Hall Of Fame voting algorithm
More realistic simulation
Improved passing and running game, with more accurate weather adjustments
New rookie creation and aging engine
Correct playoff seeding (and re-seeding) according to NFL rules
Many improvements and optimizations
60% faster simulation speed
Much faster Trading Block feature
Play-by-play and game recap bugs fixed
Improved statistical accuracy and depth
Single-game records constantly updated for 30 different statistical categories
Sacks correctly counted as negative 'Passing Yards' in team game stats
Can now create Football Mogul Encyclopedia in mid-season
Hotseat play
Two players can compete head-to-head using the same computer
Keyboard shortcuts for in-game playcalling (so you don't have to fight over the mouse)
Improved custom league support
Schedule generation for shorter seasons (as few as 4 games)
Schedule generation for custom league configuration -- even for an odd number of teams
Fantasy drafts with more than one human-controlled team
"Import Playbooks" feature lets you quickly load playbooks designed by each team's owner
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| Fun Factory 1: 9 Games Plus 3 Cartoons | 2009 | Grabit | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fun Factory 1: 9 Games Plus 3 Cartoons is a compilation of browser games featuring Cartoon Network characters originally available for free on their websites. The content comes on a double sided DVD, one side contains the games and the other holds the cartoons. The mini games in this product are;
Ben 10: Power Splash. This is a side scrolling keyboard controlled shooter in which Ben chases a speedboat first underwater while avoiding mines and squid and later as a giant flying wasp.
Dexter's Laboratory: Runaway Robot. In this mouse controlled game the player searches Dexter's home for his robot and a battery pack to recharge it.
Johnny Bravo: Return To Sender. A keyboard controlled game in which the player guides Johnny as he rides his motorbike delivering love letters.
The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy: Harum Scarum. A side-scrolling keyboard controlled platform game with a Halloween feel in which the player battles monster pumpkins.
Samurai Jack: Code Of The Samurai. Another keyboard controlled platform game.
Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends: Big Shot Checkers. This is a game of checkers with a twist. Players can win in 3 different ways: capturing all the opponent's pieces, blocking the opponent so that they have no moves left or getting the big shot to king row.
Megas XLR: Megas Vs The Universe. It's a top down keyboard controlled racer.
Ben 10: Critical Impact. This is a keyboard controlled top down shooter in which Ben has to switch between Heatblast to destroy meteors and Ghostfreak to pass through obstacles.
The Powerpuff Girls: Meet The Mayor. This is a mouse controlled, side scrolling game in which the player must catch apples while avoiding rolling barrels as they are being shot at the Mayor.
All the games require Adobe's Shockwave and Flash players. If these games are not available as standalone programs, then the games will run in a browser window if the appropriate plug-in is installed.The three cartoons are Ed Edd n Eddy- "Who, What, Where, Ed"; Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends - "A Lost Claus" & The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy - Save Christmas" |
| Galaxy of Games: 50,000 | 2009 | eGames, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Galaxy of Games: 50,000 is a two disc compilation of games, many of which have previously been released by eGames, Inc. As with other compilations in this series there are not 50,000 separate games rather there are a great number of game levels and puzzle configurations each of which can be considered to be a separate game.On disc one are the following games;
Blast Thru
Boink: This is a single player Breakout game with over two hundred and seventy themed levels.
Break Gold
Ego
eMazing Mazes
Jet Ball: Techno
Jet Ball II: Wildlife
Jetball Storybook
Kakuro Master
Puzzle Master 5
Sudoku Master
TV Guide Crosswords
Each game installs separately and all of them put icons onto the desktop and make separate entries in the Windows Start menu.
On disc 2 is the compilation Galaxy of Games 350 which itself is composed of the following;
Master's Series 151
Galaxy of Games 201Both of these compilations install from the CD but all that installs is an eGames' Game Butler, one for each compilation. The games referenced by each have to be installed separately and individually, there is no 'install all' option. Once installed they are run via the appropriate 'Game Butler' as they do not make separate entries in the Windows Start menu
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| Germany's Next Topmodel: Das offizielle Spiel zur Staffel 2009 | 2009 | SevenOne Intermedia GmbH | Coreplay GmbH | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Germany's Next Topmodel: Das offizielle Spiel zur Staffel 2009 is based on the German reality show Germany's Next Topmodel. The player takes control over one of twelve contestants which all live in a free accessible apartment. Every twenty days they are judged by a jury and the worst one gets eliminated from the show. The judgment is based on three character stats: styling, self confidence and popularity. Popularity gets improved by talking with the other contestants. Here the player has to choose between three sentences, two mean and a nice one. Of course just the nice one improves the stat. The styling is divided into clothes, make up and hairstyle. In each one the player receives a reference and needs to shape his model after it. Then this gets judged by the game and it tells one false aspect. Every try costs one day. The last stat, self confidence, gets raised by answering trivia questions about fashion styles and successful photo shoots. These are mini games where the player needs to emulate movements with his input device. |
| Glasshouse | 2009 | Rocktopus Games | Rocktopus Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Glasshouse is a student project made for the BIT:IMD program at Carleton University draws inspiration from Portal and the gravity gun from Half-Life 2.Set in an abandoned environment, it consists of a connected set of levels with puzzles. These require platform jumping, pushing buttons, but most importantly activating switches by placing cubes on platforms. This is done using a gun that is able to push and pull objects. Next to the cubes, it can also used on other objects such as crates to stack them. There is an unlimited amount of tries per level, and there are no enemies except for the last level, where sentry guns are introduced.Optionally, the game can be played with commentary from the developers. The game runs on the in-house developed Glasshouse engine. |
| Gulman 2D: Ghoul Tetris | 2009 | | | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Gulman 2D: Ghoul Tetris is a 2D action game developed by Russian artist Svyatoslav Gulyaev which stars his character Gulman, who appears in many of Gulyaev's works. As Gulman, players are tasked with shooting waves of ghouls that descend towards Gulman from the middle of the screen. Gulman can only move and shoot on a horizontal axis at the bottom. The subtitle, "Ghoul Tetris", refers to the fact that the player must steer Gulman out of the way of the falling ghouls as they descend towards the bottom of the screen because touching ghouls causes Gulman to lose health.When the ghouls reach the bottom, they linger in place so that Gulman can shoot them. A new wave spawns when the last remaining ghouls of the previous wave are killed, with each new wave typically being harder than the last. The aim of the game is to survive as many waves as possible. |
| Harmony | 2009 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | Harmony is a sprite-based First Person Shooter based on the ZDoom engine, an advanced source port for Doom. You fight your way through eleven large levels using a variety of standard FPS weapons.The high-resolution enemy sprites are created using claymation. The gameplay is reminiscent of 1990s shooters like Doom and Duke Nukem 3D, with action and key-hunting at the fore. The game also features an original MP3 soundtrack. |
| Heavyweight Transport Simulator | 2009 | UIG Entertainment GmbH | | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | In Heavyweight Transport Simulator you run a trucking company, specialized in heavy hauls and extra huge freight. You task is to plan and execute these transports. Sudden events will influence what is happening in the game. Chose your route and remove obstacles. Different trucks and trailers are included and you will gain experience and bigger jobs. A job is completed if all tasks are fulfilled. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic: A Tale of Two Worlds | 2009 | Buka Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection includes:
Heroes of Might and Magic IV (base game)
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm (expansion pack)
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Winds of War (expansion pack)
Heroes of Might and Magic V (base game)
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate (expansion pack)
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East (standalone expansion pack) |
| Hits Essentiels: Collection 2008/2009 | 2009 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Command & Conquer: Generals - Deluxe Edition
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Anniversary
Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II |
| IQ Game | 2009 | QtGears | QtGears | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | IQ Game is a simple strategy game that aims to improve the player's IQ. It is played on a field filled with blocks of different colours in random patterns. The player and the computer-controlled opponent alternately pick a block with a certain colour, adjacent to its own position. When the player selects one, that block and all other blocks of the same colour, adjacent to any of the player's blocks, become taken.The trick is into thinking forward and choosing blocks that will expand the reach as quickly as possible. However, the same colour can never be picked in succession (if the opponent chose it first for example), widening the strategical options. The computer's AI supports two algorithms: Pinky, a well-known greedy algorithm with 50% probability of error, and Brain, like Pinky but no errors in greedy, plus it tries to block player's best move. The player with the largest reach wins the game. |
| Kalle Kunskap Lär dig engelska | 2009 | Nordic Softsales AB | OpenMind International | Educational | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kalle Kunskap Lär dig engelska is an educational game teaching English for young children. The game was released in non-English speaking countries.The games introductory video, tells a legend of how the rainbow is created with seven colored keys, when the pirate rats ship appears and attempts to steal those same keys causing the rainbow to disappear, but they only manages to drop them onto the island below them. The keys fall in different locations on the island, where everyone only speaks English, creating some local problems that the player can help to sort out, while learning English words for various items and actions.At each location where a key has landed, there is a character needing to help sorting out some problems caused by the falling keys.
This is presented as spoken requests in English for some number of items or actions by the character, where the player is to select the correct objects or action from images. For some help, the player has Sam the Lion who has some English knowledge, the encyclopedia Paige to give action suggestions and the Chester chest to collect the keys.There is a scoring table for how many words have been learned, which eventually leads to the rainbow being recreated. |
| Kalle Kunskap: Samlingsbox Tvåan | 2009 | Nordic Softsales AB | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Kalle Kunskap: Samlingbox Tvåan is a collection of two previously published Reader Rabbit games, plus an audio storybook, all from the Reader Rabbit 2nd grade titles.The audio storybook contains the story about the Cheese Island adventure, Kalabaliken på Ostön, which is also one of the included game titles.The included games are:
Reader Rabbit: 2nd Grade - Mis-cheese-ious Dreamship Adventures!
Reader Rabbit's 2nd Grade
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| LEGO Island / LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge | 2009 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This 2 disc set contains two LEGO titles:
LEGO Island
LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge |
| Left 4 Dead + Left 4 Dead 2 | 2009 | Valve Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This digital compilation includes:
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2 |
| Left 4 Dead: Game of the Year Edition | 2009 | Valve Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This new edition of Left 4 Dead includes the original game and the expansion Survival Pack. |
| Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust | 2009 | Funsta | Team17 Software Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Platform | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Larry Lovage, the nephew of Larry Laffer, still lingers in his student home with nothing to do but to watch porn and - well, let's not go there. One day he gets a call from his Uncle who has a problem with a mole inside his famous adult film studio sabotaging productions and creating other problems. Larry (Laffer) asks Larry (Lovage) to come over and help him find the mole while working under the cover of a useless summer intern - a disguise Larry (the Uncle) is sure to be easy to contain by his nephew. Larry (the Nephew) of course immediately jumps at the opportunity to meet famous stars and agrees to the deal arriving at Laffer Studios the next day.The player takes over the controls of Larry Lovage and is free to roam the studio area either on foot or by "borrowing" one of the many golf carts available. These can also be used to run over other people but will quickly arise the attention of the police force on site who will try to capture Larry to put him to justice. But driving over peasants isn't the main goal of the game, instead Larry has do to chores for the people on the compound while searching for the mole. These missions range from removing graffiti, delivering packages, collecting items scattered all around an area and other kinds of simple mini-games.As opposed to previous Leisure Suit Larry-games Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust doesn't contain nudity or sexual content but still features humor, good-looking women and mature themes including parodies of famous movies and the porn-industry. |
| Life in the UK: Citizenship Test | 2009 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Imagitech Ltd. | Educational, Simulation | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Europe | | | | | | Windows | Life In The UK: Citizenship Test is a mouse controlled series of quizzes intended to prepare players for the Citizenship tests run by the UK Home Office. It has a single user mode for self study and a multiple user mode to be used by tutors who are teaching a class.The title consists of reference material containing details of life in the United Kingdom, this covers everything from the country's history, the current political system, knowing the law, employment right sand more. The information is available ad an on-screen book to be read and as an audio book to be listened to.There are one thousand questions in this title, they too can be accessed in an on-screen book form to be read and studied. Both tests and chapters of the book are available in .mp3 format so that they can be copied to mobile devices and listened to away from the pc.The tests are in two forms, practice sessions and mock tests. There are seventy-nine pre-set practice tests which include questions from all chapters of the reference material and in addition to these there are tests which are specific to each category and a function to create custom tests.
There are sixty-five mock tests which can be completed on the computer or printed and completed by hand. If the tests are completed on the computer there is a post-test analysis which shows which questions were answered incorrectly.All tests are tiled, the default settings have twenty four questions to be answered in forty-five minutes and a pass mark of seventy-five percent but t hese can be changed
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| Light of Altair | 2009 | Mamba Games Ltd | SaintXi | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Light of Altair is a real-time strategy game about the colonization of space, starting in 2062AD. It follows the story of Adrian Alandan who is tasked to investigate and colonize planets in the proximity of Earth, following a great war for resources that changed Earth permanently. By 2020AD, Asia surpassed the USA as an economic giant, while Africa developed quickly following a wave of revolutions. Consequently the demand for oil skyrocketed and all eyes were set on the remaining large fields in the Middle East. Africa felt the tendency of protectionism and took the initiative, marching into Europe and walking over its aged army, that was barely able to eventually regroup and force peace. Meanwhile the USA and China competed for world dominance, but the latter got the upper hand through its space programs where weapons were launched. That way, the USA was forced to join a world order that surpassed the concept of countries. The UEO, United Earth Order, was formed, working together to clean the scorched Earth of radioactive dust. Due to the dwelling resources, in 2062AD the first permanent colony on the Moon was established, and from there the game takes off.Seemingly a typical 4X game at first, Light of Altair is more accessible to play through having the computer handle a number of tasks that need to be done manually in games like Sword of the Stars or Galactic Civilizations. The UEO will soon be threatened through political developments on Earth by new factions, such as The States of New Europe and a conservative New America, along with purely economic groups. In a large number of missions, different planets need to be colonized. Each planet, shown as a 3D globe, is divided into different sectors where Colony HQs can be established. From there, Hydrophonics need to be built to provide food, while Solar Arrays provide power. From this basic setup, the population growth, overall happiness, available food and resources can be checked. Players can then expand through Research Centers, Mines (to dig up ore), Industrial Centres (to process the ore into goods that can be traded) and Starports where the trade routes are developed. Players only have control of construction and the strategical decisions. Later in the game, multiple sectors can be colonized and it is possible to zoom out to visit other planets in the asteroid belt and even different galaxies. Next to trade of processed resources, money can also be earned through taxes on the colonies.When things go awry, a military component is added, through of minor importance compared to the economic management. The player can build fuel provisions and shipyards, where different ships can be designed, outfitted with different types of weapons and defence mechanisms, and be added to fleets. These fleets can defend a planet, attack another one or engage a different fleet. This results into large-scale battles in space, where the player only gives general instructions and watches the conflict unfold. Often, two factions will be colonizing the same planet. For each of the buildings, there are upgraded versions (e.g. a Nuclear Reactor instead of a Solar Array), but these require research and certain tiers based on the player's achievements. Every type of construction drains the earned money and they also requires upkeep. The story is furthered through gameplay intermissions by different factions. The UEO leaders also require specific milestones to progress and take back their funds when they are not met. |
| Luxor: The King's Collection (3 games in 1) | 2009 | Mindscape SA | MumboJumbo, LLC | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes three games:
Luxor
Luxor: Amun Rising
Luxor Mahjong
Compared to the other King's Collection, this one lacks Luxor 2. |
| Maristice | 2009 | @N-Factory | @N-Factory | Action | | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Maristice is a doujin 2.5D (isometric) combination of puzzle-solving and platform Tōhō fangame based on Solstice. The main heroine is Marisa Kirisame, she is trying to retrieve her broomstick from the Scarlet Devil Mansion (Patchouli stole the broom in revenge and divided Marisa's vehicle into 7 pieces). Marisa walks into various rooms, avoids traps and enemies, collects items and solves puzzles. |
| Mashed: Fully Loaded + Off-Road Redneck Racing | 2009 | United Independent Entertainment GmbH | | Action, Compilation, Racing / Driving | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Mashed: Fully Loaded
Off-Road Redneck Racing
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| Microsoft GameBox: Racing | 2009 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Chopper Simulator
Downtown Challenge
X-1 Super Boost
Burn It!
World Bike Challenge
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| Monos | 2009 | Sansuido Co., Ltd. | Sansuido Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Monos is a falling block puzzle game, similar to Tetris, but with irregular shapes of different colours and the goal to form colour matches instead of lines. Shapes include rectangles, circles and triangles of various sizes that drop down the screen. They can be rotated and slide along other objects to place them in the desired position. To create a match and remove the shapes from the field, two items of an identical colour need to touch. They do not disappear immediately, as it takes a while. When they disappear, all shapes on top of it drop down. The game only contains an Arcade mode, with three difficulty levels, where the game speed gradually increases, and it keeps track of the player's high score. |
| Monster Truck Challenge | 2009 | GameTop | GameTop | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | Off-roading | | | | | Windows | Monster Truck Challenge is a monster truck racing game with exaggerated physics similar to Elasto Mania and gameplay similar to the Trials series. The Player controls a monster truck and must drive through obstacle courses with limited time available. Every track has a special medal and medal sets can be collected to unlock new trucks. Trucks have chargeable nitro to ride faster and various tricks can be performed. The game is in 3D, but in 2.5D style with a fixed camera and a single route. |
| Murder, She Wrote | 2009 | Legacy Interactive Inc. | Legacy Interactive Inc., Mystery Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Jessica Fletcher is an elderly novelist who writes crime mystery books and solves cases in her spare time, using her powers of observation to investigate and uncover the truth.Murder, She Wrote is a hidden object game based on the TV series starring Angela Lansbury. There are five cases to be solved, presented as books on a shelf. Each case can be played with or without a time limit, displayed as a clock at the top-left corner of the screen. The plot is developed through cartoon cutscenes with full voice acting, that appear at the beginning of each case and in certain pivotal moments.As Jessica, the player has to search several locations for all the items listed at the left side of the screen. The entries are incomplete, but their missing letters can be found scattered through the scenery as typewriter keys and collected to fill the gaps. A few of the entries are instructions instead of object names, describing an action that has to be performed. Some of the scene objects can be dragged and dropped to complete a required action. Some entries are marked blue to indicate that the item can only be retrieved after completing an extra step.Mini-games appear from time to time on a separate screen, with logic puzzles where the player has to chronologically organize a series of clue notes, find the correct owners of several buoys by analyzing statements and examining the color strips, pick up a singular figure in a grid filled with similar pictures and complete other similar challenges. They can be skipped, incurring a thirty-minute penalty. Below the list, Jessica's typewriter acts as a hint button that, when activated, shows the position of one of the required items. Extra hints can be found on the scenes as ink ribbons for the machine. |
| Mystery Case Files Collection | 2009 | Big Fish Games, Inc | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This game compilation includes three Mystery Case Files games:
Mystery Case Files: Huntsville
Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects
Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst
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| Mystery Legends: Sleepy Hollow | 2009 | eGames, Inc. | pixelStorm entertainment studios Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Mystery Legends: Sleepy Hollow is a hidden object game based on the 1820 short story by Washington Irving. The game is divided in chapters, comprised of several different locations, each telling the story of a citizen of the cursed city. As usual, the objective is to find all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on rooms filled with assorted paraphernalia. Placing the cursor over a list entry shows the object's silhouette.Some items sparkle, indicating that they contain one of the mini-games. The games range from jigsaw puzzles and pair-matching to more original ones, where pins have to be put on a voodoo doll and objects have to be arranged inside a box without overlapping each other. Each chapter starts with three hints, that when used create a glowing ring around one of the required objects. Extra hints can be acquired by collecting the jack-o-lanterns hidden on every location. |
| Mystery Masters | 2009 | Viva Media, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Mystery Masters is a large compilation of these 15 complete games:
Alabama Smith in Escape from Pompeii
Curse of Montezuma
Heroes of Hellas
Holly 2: Magic Land
Insider Tales: The Stolen Venus
Magic Encyclopedia: First Story
Magic Encyclopedia: Moon Light
Mystery Cookbook
Natalie Brooks: Secrets of Treasure House
Natalie Brooks: The Treasures of the Lost Kingdom
Sprill: The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
Sprill & Ritchie: Adventures in Time
Treasure Masters, Inc.
The Treasures of Montezuma
The Treasures of Mystery Island
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| Mystery P.I.: Lost in Los Angeles | 2009 | PopCap Games, Inc. | SpinTop Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A famous Hollywood studio hires a private investigator to find the missing copy of an expensive unreleased movie, paying a reward of 15 million dollars if the film is retrieved within 17 hours.Mystery P.I.: Lost in Los Angeles is another straightforward hidden object installment to the SpinTop series of games, with identical gameplay to the earlier entries. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the objects from a list at the left side of the screen, on scenes filled with assorted objects depicting places in Los Angeles and other related locations. Besides the list objects, the player can optionally collect two special items on every screen, a film reel and a key, to unlock two extra modes. The game can be played with or without a time limit, available as an option at the beginning.Finding the required items in quick succession gives bonus points. The hint button highlights the position of a list entry, taking 7,500 points from the score with each use. Some of the entries are clues instead of the object name, for example displaying "direction finder" instead of "compass". In some cases, a task is described on the list as one of the entries, and the player must perform the action by dragging and dropping objects on top of each other to complete the scene.A mini-game has to be completed at the end of each chapter. They are the standard mini-games of the genre, like jigsaw puzzles, word search, tile matching, concentration and other similar challenges. The two extra modes are unlimited seek & find, where the goal is to find all the objects from each location, and a separate version of the tile matching game. |
| Mystery Stories | 2009 | GSP Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Mystery Stories is a compilation that contains two hidden object games in the Mystery Stories series:
Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights
Mystery Stories: Island of HopeThe games come on the same DVD and are installed as two separate games by a single install process, i.e there is no option to install, or uninstall, them separately. |
| Mystery Stories Trilogy | 2009 | Masque Publishing, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Mystery Stories Trilogy is a compilation of three hidden object games from developer Cerasus Media.
Mystery Stories: Island of Hope
Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights
Animal Agents |
| New Star Soccer 2010 | 2009 | New Star Games Ltd | New Star Games Ltd | Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | The fifth game in the New Star Soccer Series is basically a update of the fourth one and features only a handful new features, like new graphics, Twitter Implementation and improved AI. In New Star Soccer you create yourself as a football player. You can play on every position, even as a goaltender and can select your starting team. Throughout your career you try to improve your Skills with Training (which are mini games, like shooting on the goal, free kicks or training matches). Besides playing football you also control the life of the kicker. You can give interviews, try to be on good terms with your Team, help out friends and your family. You can have a girlfriend/wife and kids.
The money you earn can be used to buy houses, cars or training equipment or you waste it in the Casino (Black Jack, Slots and Roulette) or horse racing. The games are played in full 3D with adjustable camera and replace functions. |
| Open Sea Fishing: The Simulation | 2009 | astragon Software GmbH | Contendo Media GmbH | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | In Hochseefischen: Die Simulation the player takes the role of the manager and captain of a fishing business but the main aspect is the fishing itself. The first step during a fishing trip is to steer the ship to a promising fishing ground - a sonar at the bottom of the screen shows areas with many fish. Then there are two ways to proceed: the player either lets nets into the water and slowly drives through the fishing grounds or he has to collect fish or crustacean traps. To do the latter he operates a crane to bring them into the ship's hold.The managerial aspects are pretty simple: The player sells the fish to improve the company's balance. If he has earned enough money he can buy a bigger ship or hire better fishermen. He can also choose his next "mission" which are basically about twelve locations with different weather conditions, day times and fish. Over the course of the game the prices for different species change. |
| PC Essentials 17 Standard Edition | 2009 | PC Treasures, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This package is a home-oriented software suite that contains the following games:Hoyle Card Games (2008 Edition)
Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games (2008 Edition)
It also includes the following non-game software:2009 World Book DVD Encyclopedia
ACDSee Photo Manager 2009
AquaZone Desktop Garden
Cook'n with Betty Crocker
Digital TV for PC 2
Easy Video Editor 3.0
Family Tree Heritage
Hallmark Scrapbook Studio Deluxe
Stuffit Deluxe 2009
Sunbird Calendar
Thunderbird Email 2
TurboBackup 7.2
TurboFLOORPLAN 3D Home & Landscape |
| PC Essentials 18 Deluxe Edition | 2009 | PC Treasures, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This package is a home-oriented software suite that contains the following games:Hoyle Card Games 2010
Hoyle Casino Games 2010
Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games 2010
Hoyle Slots 2010
Kid Pix Deluxe 4.0
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 20 Deluxe
It also includes the following non-game software:2009 World Book DVD Encyclopedia
Anytime Organizer 12.0
AquaZone Desktop Garden
Budget Express 3.0
Cook'n with Betty Crocker
Corel PaintShop Pro Photo X2
Digital Scrapbook Artist
Honestech Easy Video Editor 3.0
Family Tree Heritage 7
Formtool Deluxe 7
Morpheus Photo Animation Suite
Peachtree First Accounting 2010
Quicken Legal Business Pro 2010
Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010
RoboForm Password Manager and Form Filter
Serif WebPlus X2
Stuffit Deluxe 2009
Sunbird Calendar
Thunderbird Email 2
TurboBackup 7.2
TuneUp
TurboFLOORPLAN 3D Home & Landscape Deluxe |
| Pajama Sam: 2 Pack | 2009 | Big Island Publishing | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A bundle of two Pajama Sam games, Pajama Sam 3:You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet and Pajama Sam: Life is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff. Despite claims of Pajama Sam 3 being Macintosh compatible on the box and the media, the disc lacks a Macintosh side. |
| Paws & Claws: Pet Vet | 2009 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Neopica, BVBA, Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows |
In "My Pet Vet" you have to open your own vet practice, and decide on upgrades of buildings or which patients you want to cure. Every day customers will bring their animals to you and ask for your help with hares, guinea pigs, rabbits, birds, cats, dogs and even horses. Sometimes you have to take animals in for some time and cure them. Feeding, playing, keeping company, but also cleaning and daily medical treatments are part of your daily chores. Even the most ambitious pet vet needs some time out! In your free time you can take your own horse for rides along the beach, over fields and through forests. |
| Physical# | 2009 | | | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Physical# is a student game from the Kobe Institute and Marble Madness descendant. The player needs to guide a ball through a course of platforms, but instead of controlling the ball, the platforms need to be tilted with the mouse to guide and launch the ball into the air. It only consists of three levels (based on difficulty) and the game keeps track of the completion time. |
| Pony Girl 2 | 2009 | Stabenfeldt AB | Artplant AS | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | Romance | Gambling elements, Life / social simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Mini-games | Contemporary | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Pony Girl 2 is a follow-up to 'Pony Girl' by the same developer.This game features a young teenage girl who helps out at a riding stable/farm, hoping to earn money to buy her own horse. She has a boyfriend but there is also another girl arriving to the farm, who sets her mind to steal the boyfriend from the protagonist.The gameplay centers around tending the horses on the farm, and keeping the protagonists boyfriend away from the competition. There are minigames to play in some locations on the farm, where the player sometimes can earn in-game money by gambling. The money is spent in the stable shop on clothing and equipment.If the player manages to earn enough money to buy the dream horse, they then have to qualify for a three-day riding competition event. |
| Pool Hall Pro | 2009 | Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. | Icon Games Entertainment Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pool Hall Pro is a simulation of overall eleven billiard games: six pool variants, four snooker variants and basic billiards. Like in most of these games the controls are simple: aligning the cue and then simulating the strength of the stroke with the input device. To get a better view he can switch between two camera perspectives: first person and an overhead view. The game features several playing modes, including exhibition matches and tournaments. An arcade mode features a simplified handling.For won matches and spectacular moves the player receives money which can be used to buy stuff for his virtual home. Other rewards are trophies and new gameplay elements. There are also for difficulty levels and many options to customize the player character. |
| Porradaria | 2009 | | | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Platform, Shooter | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Porradaria is a nonsensical ninja action platformer, quite similar to Ninja Gaiden. The ninja battles through sheep, monkeys and anything else that tries to stop him with his shurikens, trying to grab all the potato chips on the way. Kunai can be picked up to upgrade your shuriken attack, and hearts refill a unit of health.
Every few stages there's a boss battle. |
| Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service | 2009 | GSP Software | Compedia Software & Hardware Ltd. | Educational, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service is a series of educational mini games featuring the BBC TV character Postman Pat.This game is based on a later series of Postman Pat which sees the cheerful chappie in charge of the Special Delivery Service based in Pencaster. There's a big stamp exhibition in Pencaster and there are various obstructions which threaten the event, each of these leads to a puzzle which the player helps Pat resolve. The reward is an animated sequence, progression to the next level and possibly a high score for that game. The puzzles in the game are set in locations around Pencaster and the surrounding countryside, they are:These Puzzles are set in Pencaster:
Loading The Flyer: This is a maths game. The player is presented with Pat standing in the doorway of the mail wagon of the train. He needs to sort the parcels so they can be loaded. Parcels fall from the roof of the van and they have sums on them, 4+2, 6+3, etc. The player must move Pat so that he catches the parcel and then take him to the appropriately numbered position on the loading cart to deposit it, no sum totals more than ten. Some parcels do not have a sum, they either have a single number which makes putting them into the right slot easier, or no number at all in which case they are 'wild' and can be added to any numbered pile. There's also a special parcel with the picture of a fork lift truck on it, this clears all parcels from a slot including the ones put there in error( see below)
When three identical parcels are placed in the correct slots they disappear making space for more. Parcels dropped into the wrong slot sit there occupying space, they cannot be matched and, if there enough mistakes are made, they will make that number unusable.The player has three lives to complete this puzzle.
Repairing The Bridge: This is a pattern recognition game. The railway bridge has collapsed and needs to be repaired. The player is shown the bridge with the collapsed section sketched in in monochrome. There's a grid overlaying the sketch, Pat flies overhead in a helicopter with coloured sections of the picture. The player has to get Pat to drop his coloured section into the correct place on the grid. There's no penalty for a mistake and if a section is misplaced or not dropped at all Pat will eventually bring it again.
The Hay-Stack Block: A pattern recognition puzzle using colours and letters
Mr Goggins tractor is loading hay bales onto a conveyor belt. When they get to the top of the lift the conveyor takes them off screen to the left where they disappear. Over on the right is a 4x4 grid where each row is a different colour and each column is represented by a different letter. As a bale appears on the hoist the player must identify the letter, say a green 'M' and click on the cell in the M column on the green row.Each cell placed reveals part of a picture. As with the bridge puzzle if a bale is missed it will come round again
Unloading The Helicopter: This is a Concentration game
Creativity Centre: This is locked at the start of the game and is unlocked as the player progresses
These Puzzles are set in the countryside
The Runaway Farm Animals: This is a Join-The-Dots game. The animals have escaped from their pens. The pens are numbered but unfortunately their numbers have almost worn away so the player must redraw them by clicking on the numbered dots in the correct sequence.
Mischievous Jess's Maze: This is a little like a simplified Pac Man game. Jess must navigate a simple maze, eating cat biscuits, avoiding patrolling dogs and hazards, collecting power-ups, before exiting at the correct gate. Gates are usually in the corners and are identified by pictures, at the top of the screen is a word which tells the player which picture is the exit
All puzzles have an animated demo sequence that explains what has to be done, variable difficulty settings and multiple levels.
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| Premier Manager 10 | 2009 | Zushi Games Ltd. | Zushi Games Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs) |
| Puzzler World | 2009 | Ubisoft Entertainment B.V. | Team 3 Games Limited | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Mental training, Word construction | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A collection of 1000+ puzzles not unlike those found on magazine stands: Wordsearch, Fitword, Sudoku, Crossword, Link-a-Pix, Spot-the-Difference, Hangman, etc. Solve puzzles and win hint tokens, which can be used to unlock tips for harder puzzles, or just save them to climb the online leaderboard.The language puzzles (and the interface) come in 6 different languages, namely: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and "American". The game features handwriting recognition, but can be played with mouse and keyboard in the PC version. |
| Racing: 5 PC-Spiele Paket | 2009 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
F-1 Chequered Flag
Chopper Simulator
Downtown Challenge
Superbike Racing
GT Speed Racing |
| Real Madrid: The Game | 2009 | Virgin PLAY S.A. | Atomic Planet Entertainment Limited | Simulation, Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Back of Case - PlayStation 2/PSP/Wii/Windows (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)This opportunity comes once in a Lifetime. Don't miss it! From the Street straight to the 1st
Division. Train hard, give your best on and outside the pitch to reach the top in Real Madrid.
Live the Dream! |
| Real Soccer 2009 | 2009 | Gameloft S.A. | Gameloft Software Beijing Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Real Soccer 2009 is the fourth 3D game in the Real Football series and first one for the iPhone. Like in previous 3D games in the series the game is played from a elevated side view. The controls of the game differ between the platforms. The Symbian and Windows Mobile versions retain the button based controls of previous games, while the iPhone version uses a virtual d-pad and two buttons on the touch screen. Unique to the iPhone are the throw ins which are done by tilting the phone. The Nintendo DS has optional touch controls which are used in combination with the D-pad. When activated it allows the player to shoot, pass and dribble by tapping and drawing simple figures with the stylus. On the DSi version there is also an option to take photos that can be turned into custom balls or team flags. The Android version uses track pad for movement and touch buttons for shooting and passing.The mobile versions (but not the DS) have the FIFPRO license and include real players but no real teams or competitions. All versions contain common game modes like friendlies, cups and leagues. Some of the mobile versions also include the RF league which is played on an online leaderboard where scores are posted to a WAP portal. The game contains about 200 clubs and national teams from six different leagues. |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 1, 2 & 3 | 2009 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
RollerCoaster Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3It does not include any of the expansion packs. |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Gold Edition | 2009 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Gold Edition is a compilation that includes:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (base game)
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild! (second expansion pack)
It is not to be confused with RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Gold!, which includes the Soaked! expansion instead of Wild!. |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 6 Pack | 2009 | Atari UK Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation the first two RollerCoaster Tycoon games and their expansions:
RollerCoaster Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon: Corkscrew Follies (a.k.a. RollerCoaster Tycoon: Added Attractions)
RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Time Twister
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| RollerCoaster Tycoon 8-Pack | 2009 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
RollerCoaster Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon: Corkscrew Follies (Added Attractions)
RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Time Twister
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild! |
| Rosemary | 2009 | Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Rosemary is a short point-and-click adventure centered around the theme of childhood memories. When Rosemary discovers a photograph of a forgotten friend, she cannot recall what has become of him, so she decides to travel back to the town of New Rye to find out if it brings back any memories. At the start of the game three locations are available that the girl can explore freely. To progress in the game and solve the mystery, Rosemary's memory needs to be pieced back together. By examining the environment she will recall certain events that are stored as photographs. Placing these correctly inside a diary completes lines of text, reveals additional information and changes the environment, sometimes introducing new object or other subtle changes.The modern day New Rye is dark and deserted, but at any location Rosemary can travel back to the same place in her memory by clicking a button in the bottom left corner, revealing characters and events from her younger days. Retracing her steps opens up additional locations and a number of puzzles that also encompass collecting objects, storing them in an inventory and using them in the environment.The main actions are shown through buttons at the bottom of the screen: look at, walk, talk, listen, smell, take, open/close, dig, hit and put. Hovering over locations in the environment with the mouse cursor reveals a tooltip with the name written in text, indicating that the player can interact with it. |
| Sam & Max: Season 1 - Episodes 4-6 | 2009 | Telltale, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes the last three episodes of the first season of Sam & Max:
Sam & Max Episode 4: Abe Lincoln Must Die!
Sam & Max Episode 5: Reality 2.0
Sam & Max Episode 6: Bright Side of the Moon
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| Sam & Max: Season One - Episodes 1-3 | 2009 | Telltale, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This edition includes three Sam & Max episodes:
Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock
Sam & Max Episode 2: Situation: Comedy
Sam & Max Episode 3: The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball |
| Sid Meier's Civilization III: Gold Edition / CivCity: Rome - Bonus 2-Pack | 2009 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Gold Edition (itself a compilation of Sid Meier's Civilization III and the Play the World expansion pack)
CivCity: Rome |
| Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Ultimate Collection | 2009 | Beijing CE-Asia Co., Ltd. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection for the Chinese market contains following items:
Sid Meier's Civilization IV (2 CD-ROMs)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords (1 CD-ROM)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (1 DVD-ROM)
A soundtrack Audio CD (which is different to the one contained by the Special Edition)
A T-shirt with Sid Meier's Civilization IV logo on it
A deck of cards
A Cho-Ko-Nu doll
Manuals
A graph of the games' technology tree |
| Smarter Brain Trainer | 2009 | Focus Multimedia Ltd. | Oak Systems Leisure Software Ltd | Puzzle | | | | Mental training | | | | | | | Windows | Smarter Brain Trainer is a sequel to Mindscape's Brain Trainer and Mindscape's Bigger Brain Trainer. As with the previous titles the claim is that ”Spending a few minutes each day on a mental workout can improve your brainpower”, this title five levels of difficulty and presents the following fifteen activities grouped into five categories each with three games apiece. All games can be played in Practice Mode but the intention is that players will take a daily test which will present the player with a set of puzzles that will test and expand their mental faculties. The puzzles are:
Verbal: which contains:
Code Word: in the simplest level the player is shown a grid in which each letter of the alphabet is numbered, beneath that is a series of numbers which, when decoded spell a word. The objective is to enter the word. On the hardest level the player is given a series of letters and must perform a calculation to find the decoded letter; for example if given the letter ‘D’ and the instruction ‘adjust by -7’ they find ‘D’ in the grid, take the corresponding number of 26, adjust by -7 to get 19, scan the grid for the number 19 and enter the corresponding letter.
Stroop: gere the player is presented with a series of coloured squares above which is displayed a colour word and all the player has to do is click on the correct square, so if the word is ‘Red’ then they must click on the red square. Sounds easy – well it is but the word is coloured too and when the word ‘Red’ appears in green text it is very easy to click on the green square
Wordex: here the player is presented with a 3x3 grid with a letter in each cell. The object is to make a specified number of words within the time limit. On the easy setting the player has to find five words, on the hardest they must find twenty-five
Numerical: which contains:
Correct Change: the player is shown a European banknote and is given an amount, all they have to do is provide the correct change by clicking on Euro coins.
Bingo: the player is given a bingo card with fifteen numbers but instead of crossing off numbers when they are called the player is presented with a sum the answer to which is the number to be crossed off. As the difficulty increases so does the difficulty of the sums.
Maths Pairs: this game is played out on a grid on which are numerical expressions such as 0.725, 3/50, 11/40 etc. The players task is to click on the two pairs that equate to the same value. As the difficulty increases the size of the grid and the harder the sums increase too
Spatial:
SpiderWeb: in the centre of an eight stranded web sits a spider, flies crawl down each of the strands but are destroyed when the spider turns to face them. The player has to survive three minutes pressing the numbers one to eight to fend off the attacking flies
Symbol Block: the game screen is filled with random symbols onto which is placed a shaded shape. Using the mouse the player has to move the shape into a position where it covers only unique symbols. As the difficulty increases the shaded shape changes and the number of symbols increases
Dodger: a game where the player has to catch green blocks while avoiding orange ones
Memory games
Number Recall: the player is shown a number for one second and must then enter it correctly, as the level of difficulty increases so does the length of the number.
Stepping Stones: this is similar to a Simon Says game. The player is shown a number of boxes with numbers in them, they must memorize the numbers and when they disappear the player has to click on the boxes in numerical order
What’s In The Box: in the centre of the screen there’s a box. Symbols slide in from the left and slide out from the right but not all the symbols that go in come out. When the in/out sequence has completed the player is presented with a symbol pick list and has to select those that are still in the box.
Logic Games;
Boxes: the game area is filled with a number of overlapping rectangles. The player’s objective is to identify all the rectangles formed by these shapes.>
Linker: pairs of coloured blocks placed on a grid and the player must join them up without crossing the connection lines
Pathfinder: presented with a number of connected dots the player must find a way to traverse all connections using each line only once, as the difficulty level increases so does the complexity of the pattern of dots and their interconnections. |
| Space Rangers 2: Dominators - Svemirski rendžeri / Cuban Missile Crisis: Kubanska raketna kriza | 2009 | 1C Company | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Space Rangers 2: Dominators
Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Space Spy | 2009 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Space Spy by the Russian developer Vasily Zotov is a surreal time that largely resembles an adventure title with a focus on puzzle-solving. Initially released with a single level, the game was extended over the months with several more chapters, eventually six in total, and the addition of sound for the Windows version.From the main menu any of the six chapters can be accessed right away, as long as the correct code is provided. Codes were released right away by the developer with the addition of each new chapter, but they are also revealed by completing the preceding game part. Based on the developer's own experiences of being homeless, his time in a psychiatric hospital, the rejection of his US immigration request, time spent in the USA, his aspirations as an actor, and his chemical castration, each chapter explores a different setting, often with different gameplay mechanics. During all chapters the player is watched over by a director called Canavati (visible on the screen, making the actual game look like a stage set) and most of the game takes places in the vicinity of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Each part starts with an introduction and the solution to completing segments is provided right away with all details laid out; which is often the only way to grasp the concept of the puzzles as there are very few visual clues of the goals. Most of the segments show the main character from a 3D third-person view, on a single, non-scrolling screen. He has the ability to walk around and interact with the environment. Sometimes there are short intermissions (non-interactive cutscenes) between the chapters or after completing a specific task.The first chapter is set in the Hollywood sewers and shows a homeless man who needs to retrieve keys held by a tractor, while avoiding robots. In the second part the characters follows a red-haired actress to an Oscar ceremony where he has not been invited. By foiling a policeman and acquiring hypnosis as an ability, he needs to find a way to get inside. The actress is featured in the introduction and also returns in many other segments. The third chapter focuses on deportation, with a robot that launches balls and a big hairy creature called Hideman that is able to kill the protagonist.The fourth chapter is set at the Merry Breakers Psychiatric Hospital and it stars a bed-ridden eyeball as well as various patients that constantly appear and vanish. The fifth chapter takes the player downtown, where the protagonist is suddenly in an airplane with no recollection of how he got there. Very different from the other segments the player now controls an airplane near the top of the screen that needs to avoid incoming rockets, and clouds that slow down movement. The aim of this segment is to influence the movement of a judge walking on the ground by interrupting radar rays sent out by a tank, in order to influence the movement pattern of rockets to target a specific building.The sixth and final chapter takes place during a court session of the real-life Los Angeles judge Isabel Bronzina who deals with immigration requests, set at the then future date of 18th February 2010 at 1:34 pm, which the author claims refers to his own scheduled session. The player needs to manipulate items in a busy environment to bring various pictures to the attention of the judge, whose shadow is shown with a Hitler salute with a swastika on her chest. This is followed by a final scene, set in a bath tub and a vision of the US through the eyes of an immigrant.In many segments it is possible to get stuck (e.g. moving an item against the wall with no ability to push it back) with no clue that progress is not possible from that point. Chapters can always be replayed and when dying the character often immediately respawns. Respawning is also sometimes part of progress in the game. |
| Space Unlimited Compilation | 2009 | Kalypso Media GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Space Unlimited Compilation contains four sci-fi games from different genres:
Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition
Darkstar One
Sins of a Solar Empire
Star Assault |
| Stand O'Food 2 | 2009 | Purple Hills | Shape Games Inc. | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Stand O'Food 2 is a time management game and the sequel to Stand O'Food. Just like in the original game the player has to take over a fast food restaurant and serve the customers as fast as possible. It includes 200 levels with different tasks. The goal is to fulfill as many orders as possible in a given time. Shorter times provide more money which can then be invested in upgrades for the kitchen. 22 trophies can be earned. |
| Star Trigon | 2009 | Namco Networks America Inc. | Namco Bandai Games Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Star Trigon is an arcade game originally released in 2002, and much later ported to other platforms. The main character is Susumu Hori, also the protagonist of Namco's Mr. Driller series. The whole game is played with one button or trigger mechanism, used to eject an astronaut from a planet to another. Each level is a perimeter of space, showing planets and yellow creatures floating and asking for help. The astronaut keeps circling fast around one of the planets as if caught by its gravity field, and pressing the button at the right moment throws the spaceman towards another planet, leaving a line behind marking the trajectory. The main objective is to use the character to rescue the creatures, by connecting three lines to create a protective triangle net around them. The amount of air left is shown as meter at the top, always depleting and acting as a timer to complete the missions.Power-ups appear randomly on the field. The red P triangle pulls the creatures to the rescue net. The yellow triangle makes the lines last longer. The air supplies, shown as capsules with varying amounts of air inside, replenish the meter at the top. The grey jetpack slows the astronaut, while its color version makes the movement faster.In the arcade mode, the player can select one of the available characters, each with different speeds and air capacity. In the story mode, a plot is developed and shown as cutscenes between the missions. |
| Stealth Force 2 | 2009 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Atomic Planet Entertainment Limited | Action | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | Historical events, Middle East | | | | | | Windows | Back of Case - PlayStation 2 (AUS) (from Ad Blurbs)The dramatic tale of 4 soldiers bound together by war...
Take on the role of Jackal, squad leader of elite Special Forces unit: 'Stealth Force'. Lead
your squad through intense "black ops" missions deep behind enemy lines as you fight to
take down enemy forces, and remember that failure is not an option... The soldiers around
you will depend on your judgement to stay alive on the battlefield.
Issue tactical combat commands to flank and overpower the enemy
Fight though unique and intense conflict zones around the world.
Immerse yourself in a dramatic storyline spanning 3 decades.
Ask yourself one question. When your back is against the wall and you're pinned down by
enemy fire.... do you have what it takes to stand strong in the face of overwhelming odds? |
| Talismans of Atlantis | 2009 | MyRealGames.com | Playrix Entertainment | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle, Timed input | Classical antiquity, Fantasy | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Talismans Of Atlantis is a single player, mouse controlled, tile matching game with seventy-six levels.This game will take the player on a tour around the Mediterranean of Ancient Greece, Babylon, Egypt and Rome in search for clues to the whereabouts of Atlantis and it's fabled Golden Chimera. The story behind the game is that a number of legendary artefacts contain clues to the location of Atlantis. However these ancient treasures have been destroyed and scattered across the ancient world. The player travels from city to city and in each location they play a jewel match game in order to retrieve fragments of each item which the game automatically assembles. Each city/level in the puzzle becomes progressively harder to complete within the allotted time.
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| Tetrix-50 Variationen | 2009 | SYBEX-Verlag GmbH | | Compilation, Puzzle | Side view | | | Mini-games | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This compilation contains 50 Tetris clones with different themes - basically it's the same game with different graphics.
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| The Black Heart | 2009 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Horror | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | The Black Heart is a freeware 2D fighting game, based on the MUGEN engine. The story and characters are inspired by horror stories from films or books. There is another world apart from ours, a hostile place ruined by war and hate. A blood stained world... The king of this world has been murdered. His strength and will have disappeared as time passed, turning him into an old and defenseless being. In the end he was attacked by Final, a very powerful creature that emerged from the chaos. In a single attack he ripped the king's heart.The game has six playable characters: an insane ghost-child, Peketo, obsessed with the color red, the spider-woman Ananzi, daughter of the prince of the other world, Animus, an immortal suffering man, who has been locked inside an iron maiden for more than 400 years, the worm monster Shar-Makai, Hashi, a member of an ancient race of wood men who were the main workers that shaped and constructed the Earth. A Morocco, a ghost that lies dormant within an ancient Japanese doll Creature Final is hidden character. Every character has various moves: normal moves, special moves, super moves, fatal move and killer mode.The gameplay is simple, the player must defeat an opponent in a game based on 6-button attack buttons, like many other fighting games. The Black Heart has eight modes: story, versus, team story, team versus, team co-op, survival, survival co-op and training. |
| The Legend of Gallia | 2009 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Legend of Gallia is a match 3 game. Solve a task in each of the over 100 levels. Collect herbs for the druid so he can brew the magic potion by forming rows of three or more of the same symbol. Rows with more than 3 symbols give you power-ups. |
| The Mawesome Pack | 2009 | Twisted Pixel Games, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
The Maw (base game)
The Maw: Brute Force (DLC)
The Maw: River Redirect (DLC)
The Maw: Speeder Lane (DLC) |
| The Patricians & Merchants Box | 2009 | Kalypso Media GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Patricians & Merchants Box is a compilation of three games:
Darkstar One
Patrician III
The Great Art Race |
| The Rise of Atlantis | 2009 | Elephant Entertainment, LLC | Playrix LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Rise of Atlantis, the sequel to Atlantis Quest, is a match-3 game, where you're playing an explorer during the Antiquity, chosen by the Gods for restoring the glory of Atlantis. You have to reunite 7 artifacts from 7 different civilizations and put them into the Altar of Poseïdon. You'll visit Rome, Troy, Carthage, the Egypt, the Greece, Babylon or the Phoenicians.Your goal in each quest is to reunite the fragments of the artifact concerned. You have to bring them at the bottom of the board by swapping tiles before the time's running out. For each chain of 4 or more tiles, you're charging the Sun-Power bonus that destroys them randomly once activated. You can also collect other bonuses: the Swapping (swap two tiles of your choice), the Lightning (destroy all the tiles of the same pattern of your choice), the Hourglass (add time) or the Bomb (destroy a limited area of tiles).When you've finished your journey, or circuit around ancient Mediterranean civilizations, a screensaver is available as a reward, however the game does not stop there - the player can continue the game making further journeys if they wish. On journeys two and upwards the player faces the same timed challenges, redeeming the same artifact fragments etc. There are some differences though, for example on the second journey a new tile, debris, is introduced. This cannot be matched to any tile and cannot be swapped with an artifact fragment |
| The Tale of Tales Collection | 2009 | Tale of Tales BVBA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation of games from Tale of Tales contains:
Fatale
The Graveyard
The Path |
| The Wish Fish with interactive CD-ROM | 2009 | Usborne Publishing Ltd. | | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This release of "The Wish Fish" book is bundled with an interactive CD-ROM. It is divided in 3 activities: a reading activity (story retold by Lesley Sims), a painting activity and a playing activity. The latter features 5 mini-games :
a spelling game
a word-matching game
a jigsaw puzzle game
a game of logic (what happens next ?)
and a memory game (pick and match two similar small drawings)
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| Think: Training für den Kopf - Kids | 2009 | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Engine Software B.V. | Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Think Kids for is a logical thinking trainer developed for kids. It
helps to playfully increase skills in language comprehension,
maths, memory, logical in a way that is suitable for kids aged eight years or up. The kids are guided through the different levels by a character who will comment on the their results and give good advice. The character can be selected when the game is started (boy or girl).
In the multiplayer mode (with support for a single cart) the kids get the chance to match with friends and family members. There are eighteen games divided over six categories. |
| Total War: Mega Pack | 2009 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Total War: Mega Pack is a compilation of these games:
Empire: Total War
Medieval II: Total War
Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms
Rome: Total War - Alexander
Rome: Total War (Gold Edition) |
| Touhou Defense Force | 2009 | Shindenken | Hachimitsu Kumasan | Action | | Fangame | | Shooter | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Touhou Defense Force is an isometric arena shooter inspired by the Earth Defense Force / Chikyū Bōeigun series or Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters. It is also a fangame based on the Tōhō series. The player chooses one from several Tōhō characters. At the start only 2 heroines, Reimu and Marisa, are playable, the others are unlocked later on. The character fight against swarms of giant bugs in cities. When a heroine kills all enemies, the mission is completed and the next level is unlocked. Each character has her own characteristic shooting style. Cities have many buildings to destroy. |
| Touhou Hack and Slash | 2009 | Nijiiro Hitsuji | Nijiiro Hitsuji | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | Fangame | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Touhou Hack and Slash is 2D top-down action role-playing fangame set in the Tōhō world with dungeon crawling gameplay similar to the Diablo series. The player can choose one of two characters (Reimu and Marisa, the main heroines in the series). They explore giant, multi-level, randomly generated dungeons, kill monsters and collect various items. The game has typical RPG elements like experience points, various abilities and equipment. The player can sell and buy things in shop, a village on the surface. |
| Touhou Project: Desperation of Alcoholic Dream | 2009 | Ocean Dreams | Ocean Dreams | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Touhou Project: Desperation of Alcoholic Dream is a 2D doujin top-down brawler and a fangame for the Tōhō series. The player controls Suika Ibuki, a little, almost always drunk Oni, who lost her gourd and now she searches her alcohol bottle. She fights fairies as well as famous enemies from the series like like Marisa Kirisame. Suika uses a punch attack, magic, a charge attack and special 'last spell'. The game has six levels and a tutorial mode. |
| Trainz Railroad Simulator 2007 - Second Edition | 2009 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | | Simulation, Special edition | | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Trainz Railroad Simulator 2007 - Second Edition is a patched version of Trainz Railroad Simulator 2007 and contains the TRS-Service-Pack 1.
The TRS-Service-Pack 1 contains additional content by TrainzKoop.
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| Trainz Simulator 2010: Engineers Edition | 2009 | N3V Games Pty Ltd. | N3V Games Pty Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Trainz Simulator 2010: Engineers Edition is one of a series of games in the Trainz range.The improvements over the previous product include:
Several new and improved routes which are unique to Trainz Simulator 2010 among which are ECML Doncaster Peterborough, CN Holly Subdivision, Detroit Connecting Railroad, and Port Ogden & Northern
Seasonal asset support, which means the scenery changes with the time of year
Spreadtree, a feature which makes the trees in the scenery more realistic
A new menu system with customizable menus
A separate menu for tutorials and an achievements system which tracks performance in the tutorials
This edition is backward compatible with Trainz 2009 and has the same features, the surveyor mode for building railway systems with linked industries, rules, environment configuration, and a content manager to download additional features from the 'Planet Auran' website.
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| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Limited Edition Video CD (included game) | 2009 | | Expansive Media Ltd | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Limited Edition Video CD is a promotional disc released in advance of the movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". There are two ways to use this disc;
In a region 2 DVD player the disc should auto play and give the user access to three movie trailers. There is no interactive element in this mode of use.
In a PC or a MAC the player is instructed to open the disc and navigate to the application. The instructions on the back of the card sleeve tell the PC users to navigate to a file named ClickHere.exe, MAC users had to navigate to Macstart, either program opens up the CDs interactive content, however on the disc there is only one program ans it is called Transformers.exe. The Adobe Flashplayer program opens in full screen mode and starts by showing a movie trailer in a small central window, watching this is optional. When the trailer ends, or when the player chooses to skip it the maim menu is displayed, presenting the player with the following choices;
Building Bumblebee: This opens another small central window in which a short video sequence plays, much of it time-lapse, showing the 2009 construction of the Bumblebee transformer in Cannes, France.
Synopsis: This is very high level summary of the storyline. In a single small central window the following text is shown"In the highly anticipated 'Transformers: revenge of the Fallen' debuting june 24, 2009, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBoef) again joins with the Autobots against their sworn enemies, the Decepticons. Michael Bay directs from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Hurtzman"
Trailers and TV Spots: This allows the player to view the movie trailer, the Superbowl trainer, a teaser and four TV adverts
Mini Game: This is an interactive, mouse controlled, singe player, spot the difference game. The player is shown two pictures and has to find ten differences between them in sixty seconds in order to advance to the next level. Some of the differences, such as a change in the colour of one eye, are very hard to spot. If the player fails to find the differences they can start again but usually a different picture is shown.
The Video Game: This shows the player two trailers. The "Reveal Trailer" shows game footage playing as both the Transformers and the Decepticons while the "Ensemble Trailer" shows half a dozen or so voice actors extolling the game. Also in this section are;
Wallpapers: There are four of these, each in four resolutions 800x600, 1024.768, 1280x1024 & 1600x1200
Screenshots: There are thirteen screenshots presumably from the XBOX version of the game as an image of the XBOX keep case is shown with each image
Concept Art: There are five drawings in this section
Neither the screenshots nor the concept art drawings can be saved or printed via the application
Activities and Downloads: This section contains printable material; four posters; six door hangers; thirteen colouring sheets; and two desktop images.
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| Treasure Seekers 1 & 2 | 2009 | Mastertronic Group Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Treasure Seekers 1 & 2 is a compilation that contains:
Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold
Treasure Seekers II: The Enchanted CanvasesBoth games are contained on a single DVD and can be installed separately. At the time this compilation was released these were the only games in the series. |
| Turbo Trio | 2009 | I-play | Aliasworlds Entertainment | Action, Compilation | Top-down | | | Time management | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Turbo Trio is a compilation of these time-management games:
Turbo Pizza
Turbo Subs
Turbo Fiesta |
| Ubisoft eXclusive: Beyond Good & Evil / Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc | 2009 | Softprom, Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Ukraine exclusive budget compilation includes 2 games:
Beyond Good & Evil
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
Both games in this compilation are in English and, as a bonus, those who bought this compilation received a Rayman refrigerator magnet. |
| Virtual Families | 2009 | iWin.com | LDW Software, LLC | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Life / social simulation | | | Point and select | Persistent | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | iTunes Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Virtual Families is a casual family sim that runs in true real time. Adopt a little person from the thousands of choices of little people who live inside your iPhone. Encourage them to work in their chosen career to earn money for necessities and luxuries, help them choose a suitable mate, start and raise a family, let them kick back with a variety of leisure activities, and take care of and improve their home. Along the way, there will be many different random events to respond to, house malfunctions to repair, and mini-puzzles to solve, all of them adding an unexpected element to the daily routine. This is the same sensational game that became a smash Windows and Mac hit! The game continues to progress in true real time, even when your iPhone is turned off, so don’t forget to check in regularly to care for your little people.More about Virtual Families:* Real-time game play, with new surprises every time you turn on the game!
* Fully trainable people: shape and adapt their personalities through praising and scolding!
* Marry for love; marry for money – the choice is yours.
* Raise children and enjoy them as they grow up and go off to college.
* Dynamic illness system. Play doctor!
* Solve hidden puzzles around the house.
* Improve the house and pass it to successive generations.
* Random Events: unique and unpredictable email and house events that bring everything from the tax man to free stuff!
* Collectibles: dozens of unique collectibles for your family to collect and sell.
* Trophies: over 100 trophies that can be earned for almost every area of game play.
* Weather ranging from sunny days to thunderstorms.Recommended for people who enjoy Virtual Villagers, and other life sims!LDW games have been awarded with:* Sim Game of the Year – Game Tunnel
* The Zeebys – Gamezebo
* Parents Choice Recommended Award
* iParenting Media AwardCheck out our other hit games: Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children, Virtual Villagers, and Fish Tycoon! |
| WSC Real 09: World Snooker Championship | 2009 | Koch Media Ltd. (UK) | Blade Interactive Studios Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | WSC Real 09: World Snooker Championship features some of the top snooker tournaments including the Masters, China Open, UK Championship, Welsh Open, Pot Black Tournament, and the World Championship.Whilst playing these tournaments, the player will come up against some of snooker's big guns that include Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ding Junhui, Stephen Maguire, Peter Ebdon, and Graeme Dott.Like all snooker games of late, the player also has the ability to play several variations of pool including rotation, 3-ball, 8-ball, and 9-ball. The player can also take part in the official UK 8-Ball Championship.Also available to play is the Golden Cue tournament, a hybrid between snooker and pool that pits the best of the best against each other. |
| War Games Trilogy | 2009 | GSP Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
D-Day
Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps
Mockba to Berlin
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| Warrior Epic | 2009 | UTV True Games | Possibility Space Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Warrior Epic was a free-to-play MMO. It is an action RPG with a gameplay style similar to the Diablo games. Players start with a single generic hero, but quickly acquire more, introducing an element of warrior management. Warrior Epic uses instanced game sessions to allow players to quickly move between games with their friends, and keep each play session short. Once players join a game room, they are given a mission to complete that lasts between 10 to 15 minutes. The game starts with a brief tutorial, that leads directly into the main story arch. The classes include Assassin, Devotress, Dungeon Archer, Illusionist, Pangolan, and Pit Fighter. |
| Western Saloon Poker | 2009 | SYBEX-Verlag GmbH | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Cards / tiles | North America, Western | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Western Saloon Poker is a Texas Hold'em poker game. Pick your character and play against up to five computer opponents with classic Texas Hold'em rules.
The different characters include cowboys, sheriffs and Indians and different backgrounds like saloon, prison or camp fire. |
| Windosill | 2009 | Vectorpark, Inc. | Vectorpark, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | | | Automobile | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Windosill is a puzzle game that involves a cute toy car. Players need to guide it through different, single screen rooms and discover the solution to open up the next room. This is always done by locating a cube that unlocks the door. In order to do so, items in the environment can be dragged and clicked. By interpreting the results, the actions can be linked to find a solution. The toy car itself can also be picked up and moved around, and interact with the objects in a physics-based environment.Many objects and themes in the game also appear in earlier Vectorpark games, with an often absurdist style. Although most rooms seem simple at first, they require a lot of trial and error to discover the solution. The first levels can be played free of charge in a browser. The full game can be downloaded for a fee.The later-released iPad version adds a sketchbook gallery, a level selection, and a translucent mode that allows the player to see how levels have been put together with 3d polygons. |
| Wita | 2009 | | | Simulation, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Board game, Chess | | | Text parser | Turn-based | | | Windows | Wita (later renamed to Awit) is a chess program. Starting development in 1968 the program first played publicly at the first American Computer Chess Tournament in 1970. It played its last tournament in 1986. Initially the game was written in Algol W and later ported to C. |
| Witches: Das (W)irre Buchstabenspiel | 2009 | UIG Entertainment GmbH | | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Witches: Das (W)irre Buchstabenspiel is similar to Scrabble. You have to form words on the board by connecting letters to create meaningful words in any direction and score points for them. If you reach a certain amount of points, a level ends and a new level is generated, so that an endless amount of levels is included. |
| Wordoku | 2009 | SYBEX-Verlag GmbH | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Wordoku is a Sudoku variant. Instead of numbers, you have to fill the 9x9 playing field with letters. Every letter can only show up once, the diagonal will show the solution.
A generator and a print function is included. |
| World Exploration Hidden Object Collection | 2009 | Canopy Games, Digital Clay Studios, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | World Exploration Hidden Object Collection is a compilation release that contains three hidden object games:
EcoRescue: Project Rainforest
Lost Worlds
MonsterQuestThe installation process loads all three games onto the user's computer and puts separate shortcuts onto the Windows desktop. |
| madnessMADNESSmadness | 2009 | | NALGames | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | madnessMADNESSmadness is a strange, freeware 2D platform game.
You must escape the red light-wall, in a very bizarre, circular world where the path comes through 360 degrees and disappears underneath. You will die anyway - the objective is the longest survival. The game has minimalist graphics in three colors: black, white, and red. |
| Enter the Story: Volume 1 - Victor Hugo's Les Misérables | 2009-01-01 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Victor Hugo's Les Misérables is the first entry in Enter the Story, an interactive world of classic novels of which the concept was started in 1997, independently developed by Chris Tolworthy. The main series acts as a framework with a separate background story, not revealed yet in the first release of the game, where the different volumes eventually link up to a giant, single adventure game. After the release of the second game, this first title was re-released with new features that allow the player to use items from the second game in the first one to solve puzzles and there are also a number of new locations that are opened up.Adapted from the 1862 novel Les Misérables by French author Victor Hugo, it mainly tells the story of the French ex-convict Jean Valjean who is looking for a way to the right the wrongs in his past. There are different plots linked together by the single character that eventually touch a wide array of subjects such as religion, philosophy, architecture, history, love and moral decisions.The core gameplay is based on the characteristics of a point-and-click adventure game, but with major differences. It is largely presented as a visual novel with linear, interactive choices that further the plot. Controlled through the mouse, a left click is used to explore, double clicks have the player learn more about another character and right clicking is used for all other actions and suggesting ideas to characters. There is no inventory, but objects can be recognized and then suggested to characters as an alternative. Also very different is that the player is able to leave the protagonist Valjean behind at a location to explore other areas in the meantime, because the actual protagonist controlled by the player is the angel Peri, who is not a part of the original story.The entire game is shown through a world with manipulated images and paintings, and stroke-based art for all other objects and the animated characters, with text for conversations and descriptions. There are no voices, but different music tracks in the background. Next to regular gameplay sequences, there are also cutscenes. The game contains a map and a log of recently clicked people or objects, and recent conversations. |
| Farming Simulator 2008 | 2009-01-01 | astragon Software GmbH | GIANTS Software GmbH | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | Agricultural / industrial | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Farming Simulator 2008 lets you take over the position of a farmer, simulating all the tasks that need to be done on a farm. Plow the field, sow and harvest crops and transport everything. A lot of machinery is included, weather and different daylight conditions are simulated. Several missions as well as a free roam mode are included. |
| Ghajini: The Game | 2009-01-01 | Eros Entertainment | FXLabs Studios Pvt Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | Thriller | Stealth | Asia | | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | Ghajini: The Game is a third-person action game with stealth elements. It is based on the Indian movie Ghajini which is a remake of a Tamil movie that's inspired by Christopher Nolan's Memento. It is said to be India's first true 3D game.In this game players take the role of Sanjay who is suffering from a constant memory loss but wants to avenge his girlfriend's death by killing Ghajini, the man responsible for it. The story is unveiled through comic book style cutscenes similar to Max Payne.The game consists of 5 levels:
The first level is Sanjay's flat where he needs to find and pick up certain objects before he can leave.
The second level is a stealth level where Sanjay must get into a building and collect certain objects without getting caught.
The third level is a construction site where Sanjay goes to find two goons he has to kill. In this level Sanjay is able to fight using his fists as well as blunt weapons.
The fourth level has Sanjay following a man who saw him kill the two goons in order to find Ghajini and ends with Sanjay defeating that man but not getting the answers he wanted.
The fifth and final level takes place in a seemingly abandoned factory where Sanjay must find and kill whom he believes to be Ghajini.
The game loosely sticks to the storyline of the movie and ends on a cliffhanger, suggesting that there were several installments planned. Those were never released. |
| Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East / Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate | 2009-01-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate
While Tribes of the East is a standalone product, Hammers of Fate requires the base game to install and run, which is not included in this package. |
| Lost Realms: Legacy of the Sun Princess | 2009-01-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Blue Lizard Games, Inc. | Adventure | | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | The protagonist of Lost Realms: Legacy of the Sun Princess is Alexia. When the game starts she is having a dream about a Incan city that's burning. Alexis thinks the dream is trying to tell her something, and together with her friend Nicole she takes a plane to Cuzcu, Peru to get the answers she need. Once there, the two travellers go to the ancient Inca trail to get clues. The gameplay works like any other hidden object game. The player is presented with a picture with plenty of objects. The player's task is to find certain listed object by clicking on them. For each picture there is a time limit of ten minutes. Clicking frequently will reduce the time further. If stuck, the player has six hints that can be used to circle one of the remaining objects. If that isn't enough the player can get more hints by playing three different mini games. The first one pottery game, where the player has to make clay fit a figure. The second is a painting game, where the player has to memorize the colours of a picture. In the third mini game, the player has to dress a doll by playing another hidden object game and clicking on the right clothes. For every successful mini game, the player gets two extra hints. Sometimes the player will be challenged with a puzzle that must be solved to advance. It is possible to skip the puzzles, but then the player will lose all of his hints. |
| Moonfall: Land of Dreams | 2009-01-01 | Delusions LLC | Delusions LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | In the town of Moonfall, dreams are being ruined by the evil known as Malus. The fate of this secluded society rests on one young farmer, who has the ability to control his dreams. This hero will meet Pixie, a helpful fairy who aids him in his journey. The adventure is broken up into chapters which can be replayed by entering a password.Each chapter is filled with plenty of Malus’ vile creatures. New weapons and items discovered along the way are used to defeat these creatures and progress to new chapters. The dream world features many platform puzzles and hidden traps. Moonfall: Land of Dreams is set up for keyboard controls, but also offers joypad support for a more classic adventure feel. |
| Rascals: Carnival Isles | 2009-01-01 | ActionXL, Inc. | ActionXL, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | Rascals: Carnival Isles is a set of five mini-games where players can be one of twelve animal characters and play together in fantastical environments. You can compete against the computer or up to three other players in head-to-head (one player is 'it'), hot-seat (single-player version of head-to-head) or round robin (players take turns being 'it'). The mini-games can be played one at a time, all five in a row (Grand Prix), or up to five games in a row chosen by you (Custom Prix).Each game has one 'it' player and three 'not-it' players. Scoring is based on how well the 'it' player does while the 'not-it' players try to thwart his/her progress. Up to 300 points can be earned in each mini-game.Gameplay requires you to move your controller the way you want your character to move. For example, if you need to throw something, move as if you are tossing the controller, or if your character needs to lean a certain direction, you tilt your controller in that direction. The movements are game-specific and controls are explained before each game.
The mini-games include: Dart-Pumping, Dodge-Bowling, Hang-Gliding, Log-Rolling and Tree-Jumping. |
| Smokin' Guns | 2009-01-01 | Smokin' Guns Productions | Smokin' Guns Productions | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Smokin' Guns is a total conversion of Quake III made available as a stand-alone title. It is a multiplayer game with a western theme with the game modes duel, deathmatch, team deathmatch, round teamplay, and bank robbery where one team consists of outlaws trying to steal gold and another as lawmen preventing them from entering the bank.The game comes with many maps set in deserted towns, a mine, a steamboat and an express train. The arsenal consists of single or dual pistols, shotguns, machine guns, shotguns and other items such as a scope, dynamite and boiler plates. Weapons can be found by picking them off dead players or through the in-game buy menu. Cash for the weapons is earned by killing players or by collecting it in the level where it respawns regularly. Through the same menu, ammunition can be bought.The levels often offer a stealth approach, hiding behind crates or shooting through windows that can break. Weapons can only contain a small amount of bullets (unless an additional ammo belt is bought) and need to be reloaded regularly. Different body parts can be targeted for different damage and when hit players notice a small slowdown in movement.Singleplayer is also available with all the team modes, but with the same maps and game modes to be played against bots with customizable skill levels. It is also possible to play a game with a handicap to even the odds. All levels come with a proper soundtrack that fits the theme. |
| Squid Yes! Not So Octopus! | 2009-01-01 | Bagfull of Wrong | Bagfull of Wrong | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Squid Yes! Not So Octopus! is a single-screen arena shooter where the player controls a radioactive squid that needs to survive an alien invasion for eight minutes to convince the intruders to go home again. The character can be moved in any direction and needs to shoot aliens while picking up gems. The aim is to get a highscore as close to 9 as possible. Decimals are earned for every alien that is shot, whole points for every minute the invasion is survived. The squid only has a single life and is almost immediately overwhelmed by the aliens that spawn at times intervals. Some of them chase the squid and some of them can also shoot. The squid can only shoot in the direction he's facing, so he constantly needs to be maneuvered away and then back to face the enemies. Options include toggling the bonus display and the warning when new aliens spawn, adding glow effects, three different turn styles, the board type, and a practice mode with invulnerability but no saved score.The Xbox 360 version is very similar, but with much brighter visuals and backgrounds, more reminiscent of the visual improvements later introduced in SYNSO:CE. |
| Tischtennis Simulator 3D | 2009-01-01 | astragon Software GmbH | | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tischtennis Simulator 3D is a simulation of the table tennis sport. The player takes control over one of eight characters with different stats and leads him to the top during the career mode. Successful matches bring money which can be reinvested into new clothes. Besides career and training there are three additional playing modes: championship, exhibition matches and Last Man Standing. The player has three kinds of stroke to his disposal. |
| Nonamed: The Remake | 2009-01-02 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Arcade | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This freeware remake of the Spanish platform game from 1986 replaces the graphics and sounds with enhanced assets, while keeping the original gameplay intact. The player controls a medieval soldier locked inside a castle for a final test of courage, where he must escape the deadly traps and monstrous enemies to receive his knighthood from the king. The building is a labyrinth of connected chambers, and the hero has to navigate the many rooms of the place to find the exit and win his promotion. The soldier can climb ropes to reach high chambers, and ride lifts to land on lower levels. Walking skeletons, large green ogres and other supernatural creatures wander through the dark halls, ready to attack the intruder. The main character can dispatch the enemies with high kicks, and crouch to avoid flying objects like axes and birds of prey. |
| Space War Commander | 2009-01-02 | Dreamspike Studios | Dreamspike Studios | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | Real-time | | | Windows | Space War Commander is a real time strategy game that takes place in space.In each level the player has 15 minutes the time to prevent his space station to be disintegrated by the AI enemy. To do so the player must build a fleet. Fleets costs money which is gained by capturing planet and selling its resources on other space stations. Defeated enemy ships can also be scavenged for scrap metal which can be sold to neutral parties. Aside from enemy factions there are also pirates that inhabit the game world that may attack the player or can be used in the player's advantage by luring them to enemy ships.There are seven different types of spacecraft the player can build, all with different properties such as speed and strength.The game is played on a 2D grid with simple sprite characters slowly moving across the screen. With the mouse the player gives orders to ships and planets using interface buttons. |
| Haunted Hotel II: Believe the Lies | 2009-01-04 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Specialbit Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A year after the first happenings at the Lonely Star hotel, a FBI agent returns to the place to resume investigation of the case.Haunted Hotel II: Believe the Lies, the sequel to Haunted Hotel, is a hidden object game, where the player must find all the items from a list at the right side of the screen, on the cluttered rooms of the hotel. Some objects are stored in the inventory to be used in the scene, to solve a puzzle related to the location.Mini-games appear occasionally, where the player has to assemble car engines, fix fuse boxes, find computer codes and other activities. They can be skipped at any moment. Each scene has five hints available, and there is no time limit. |
| Witch-Bot Meglilo | 2009-01-04 | Astro Port | Astro Port | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs) |
| AC-130: Operation Devastation | 2009-01-05 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Frozen Codebase, LLC | Action | 1st-person | | War | Rail shooter | Asia, Cold War, Contemporary | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | AC-130: Operation Devastation is a first person shooting game where the player is the gunner of a Lockheed AC-130 gunship. The player only has control over the gunship's weapons and can not affect it's movement. Therefore the gameplay is similar to a rail shooter. The plane moves in a predefined path and the player has to aim and shoot at enemy units on the ground below him. The campaign consists of twelve missions from historical conflicts such as the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and War in Afghanistan. The objectives usually involve destroying enemy vehicles and buildings while protecting and giving support to friendly troops. At the same time the player should avoid damaging civilian structures. The player can switch between three different weapons, 25, 40 and 105 mm. Each weapon has a different rate of fire and do different amount of damage. The 105 mm gun make big explosive damage but has a long reload time between shots. The 25 mm gun however is rapid and is useful against larger groups of enemies. The 40 mm gun is somewhere in between. Each gun has a predefined level of zoom that can't be altered. 'The player can also launch flares. |
| Crayon Physics Deluxe | 2009-01-05 | Kloonigames Ltd | Kloonigames Ltd | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Crayon Physics Deluxe is the full game that was developed out of the Crayon Physics prototype. It is a puzzle game of crayons and physics. The goal for each of the 80 levels is to move a red ball so it hits one or more yellow stars. The mouse (or a tablet PC) is used to draw physical objects of different colours which can move the ball, block it or provide a bridge. The objects interact with each other as well as with the environment. The left mouse button is used to draw, and the right one to erase objects. When the ball falls off the screen, it reappears at its original relocation. It is also possible to reset an entire level. The game is played against a scrap paper background and all objects have a crayon art style.The most important change is that the puzzles are now shown as areas on different islands. From the overview map, the player can travel to different locations and try levels. For each won level, the number of stars is added up. When an entire island has been completed, it is possible to travel between eight different islands to try a new set, provided that a sufficient amount of stars has been collected. Islands that require many stars also provide more difficult levels and player can choose to skip a level to solve it later.Even though the basic concept has not been changed, the physics model has been vastly improved. More types of shapes can be drawn and there are pins to connect them, which opens up the possibility to draw objects that act like hammers that swing down to kick the ball. The mouse wheel is used to change the colour of the lines and there are much more levels with different themes and variations. A new function allows the player to nudge the ball a little to the left or the right, but it has a reloading instance so that it cannot be used constantly.A level editor is included to design custom levels and these can be uploaded to a playground. When registered, it is possible to download and play custom levels designed by other users. |
| Masters of Mystery: Crime of Fashion | 2009-01-05 | Big Blue Bubble Inc. | Big Blue Bubble Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Detective Carrie Chase must track down a serial killer that killed a fashion designer.Masters of Mystery: Crime of Fashion is a hidden object game, where the main objective is to find all the items from a list at the right side of the screen, on locations filled with assorted paraphernalia, within a time limit. On some places, it is necessary to use forensic tools to find some of the items, like a dusting brush for fingerprints, a UV light for blood stains, and a magnifying glass for close-ups. Some objects act as containers when clicked, opening a new window to show their content.Forensic mini-games appear from time to time, where the player must compare fingerprints, analyse bloodstains, reassemble letters and other activities. The hint button shows the position of one of the required objects, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Liong: The Lost Amulets | 2009-01-06 | Big Fish Games, Inc | AlwaysNeat.com | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Hidden object, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Liong: The Lost Amulets is a mahjong game with two modes. In Traditional mode, there's only the mahjong component, where a pile of tiles with pictures have to be matched to a series of pieces at the bottom. Only tiles that have free left or right sides, unblocked by other pieces, can be removed from the pile. The objective is to remove all tiles with letters forming the word shown at the top.In Adventure mode there are several optional mini-games, randomly selected on a wheel between the mahjong levels. The bingo mini-game shows a grid of numbers, with a string of numbered balls slowly revolving around it. The goal is to match the balls to the grid numbers. In the hidden object mini-game, the objective is to find all the items listed at the bottom, on screens filled with assorted objects. The memory mini-game is an implementation of concentration, where pairs of matching mahjong tiles have to be found. In the tiling mini-game, several geometric shapes have to be placed inside a box, in a challenge similar to Tangram.Jade pearls are scattered throughout the levels. They can be collected to pay for the use of four power buttons at the bottom. The eye button costs one pearl, and highlights the tiles that can be removed. The twirl button costs three pearls, and shuffles all tiles. The fire button costs four pearls, and removes ten pieces from the pile. The grid button costs five pearls, and eliminates fifteen tiles. |
| Little Shop: Memories | 2009-01-06 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Little Shop: Memories is a nostalgia-themed hidden object game, and the fifth entry in the Little Shop series. The owner of a shop is moving to a new town, and while rummaging through the attic, memories keep popping up as flashbacks. Every item uncovered opens four places, every one connected to some special moment in the life of the owner.The main objective on each cluttered location is to find all the objects listed at the bottom of the screen. A star meter at the top keeps filling up, with a minimum of ten objects to be collected to complete each scene. Besides the list items, fake peanut cans with coiled springs and Polaroid photos can be collected for an optional trophy.Some items found laying around help the player to find the list items. The thermometer shows how near the cursor is from the objects, by covering the five visible list entries with a layer of snow, and making them defrost and start to catch fire when the cursor is closer to them. Each location has two cameras that flash the screen, making most of it go white for a few seconds with the exception of the required objects. The ? marks give extra hints.The hint system, as in the previous titles of the series, only replaces the list names with images of the objects, not showing the exact location of an item. After completing the four scenes a mini-game comes up, with new gameplay variations where the player must restore old photographs by replacing missing objects, find jewelry pairs from a drawer, combine objects from a junk pile and other challenges. Completing this gives an inventory item, like a crowbar or a safe combination, to be used on the attic to move on to the next set of memories.After completing the regular mode, the blitz mode is unlocked, where the player must find all the objects from the previous scenes as fast as possible. |
| Robinson's Requiem Collection | 2009-01-06 | Silmarils | Silmarils | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Robinson's Requiem Collection is a compilation of 2 games:
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Deus
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| Caster | 2009-01-07 | Elecorn LLC | Elecorn LLC | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | In this game players control a caster who needs to rid his world of the Flanx, strange creatures that have come to haunt the area. Set in several areas with complete freedom of movement linked on a world map, players need to complete objectives such as healing trees, taking out creatures and collecting energy points. Played from a third person perspective, the camera can be rotated freely to get a better view. At the start of each mission, the objectives and new features are introduced by a female character.Players start with a single weapon (Pulse), but during the game more can be found: Blast (chargeable and able to deform any kind of terrain), Orbit (defensive orbitals that can also be launched as an attack), Eruptor (able to raise the ground), Seeker (fires seeking missiles) and Stun (auto targets and stuns enemies). These, as well as the basic abilities such as Shield, Pickup Distance, Dash and Super Jump, can be upgraded in a shop screen with the points earned after each mission. While playing, the right mouse button is used to switch between the available attacks.The large amount of freedom can be used to jump to great heights, run around and up mountains at incredible speeds and terraforming of any kind of environment. Creative use will have the player dig holes to launch enemies resistant to regular weapons into holes filled lava. There are three difficulty levels (based on the speed of enemies and shield regeneration) and often multiple missions are available on the world map at the same time. A radar in the bottom right part of the screen shows the objectives and enemies. |
| Gulman 2D: Gulman protiv novogodnikh privideniy | 2009-01-07 | | | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | On New Year's Eve, Count Dracula has a problem. A ghost problem. Ghosts are causing trouble in his castle, but since it's New Year's Eve, all the famous ghost hunters are otherwise occupied. With no one else to turn to, Dracula calls upon his old acquaintance Gulman for help.Gulman 2D: Gulman protiv novogodnikh privideniy (which roughly translates to Gulman vs. The New Year's Ghosts) is a 2D shooter in the Gulman series. Players control the eponymous Gulman as he fights through Dracula's haunted castle, dispelling ghosts by shooting snowballs at them. However, the ghosts are armed with snowball launchers of their own and will return fire on Gulman. Getting hit by snowballs causes Gulman to lose health, but it can be replenished by picking up candies. Gulman and his enemies each take multiple hits to defeat and can only shoot on a horizontal axis.The aim of the game is to reach the exit of each level and to defeat a final boss. |
| Saints Row 2 | 2009-01-07 | THQ Inc. | Volition, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Regional differences | Crime | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Sandbox / open world, Shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | At the end of Saints Row the city of Stilwater was in the hands of the 3rd Street Saints. But the main protagonist also got blown up on Mayor Alderman's yacht, putting him in a coma. So things went down from there.Five years have passed now and the main protagonist finally wakes up from their sleep only to find themself in prison and the city of Stilwater controlled by several rival gangs, with Johnny Gat about to be put on the electric chair. With the help of Carlos, a fellow inmate, the protagonist escapes, rescues Johnny Gat and once again begins to reform the gang and move the 3rd Street Saints back up to number 1.Before the player can enter the open and non-linear environment of the city, they need to define who the main protagonist is by using an extensive character creator which allows for changing everything from gender to the size of the characters ears and the voice acting. But that's not the limit of customization in Saints Row 2. In shops scattered all around the city the player can buy additional clothing from underwear to hats to not only change their appearance but also the gang's. These clothes are then also available in the up to six cribs the player can unlock and buy during the course of the game. Besides changing their appearance, the player can also stash weapons and cash there, withdraw the daily earnings, rewatch cutscenes and more. They can also change the overall style of the crib and buy new stuff like a TV-set which grants them additional style points.Style and Respect are the most important currencies besides money in the city. While respect is used to unlock missions and progress through the storyline, the player's style affects the overall respect modifier increasing the amount of respect earned. As stated, style points are earned by upgrading the characters look, home or car. Respect points are instead earned through the many activities and diversions available in the city.Activities are mini-games that are started at a one of two specific points in the game world and span out over six difficulty levels. After completing three levels, the player gains unlockables like a 5% discount on clothes. Besides activities already known from Saints Row, Saints Row 2 includes six new ones including "Crowd Control" in which the player needs to protect a VIP from intrusive fans and "FUZZ", a parody of COPS in which the player is followed by a camera crew and has to deal with criminals in a very creative manner to gain points. Diversions on the other hand include the simple driving on the wrong side of the road, doing stunts, playing poker in a casino, hijacking a car with more than one person in it and taking the passengers hostage and doing the job side-missions like driving the tow-truck or playing taxi.The game also features several multiplayer modes ranging from a two-person coop-mode to twelve player deathmatch ("Gangsta Brawl") and team-deathmatch ("Team Gangsta Brawl") and a mode called "Strong Arm" in which the team wins that manages to earn $100,000 first. This is accomplished by winning events based on single player activities like racing. Each activity has a time limit and at the end the winner goes home with $10,000. |
| Where | 2009-01-07 | | | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Where is a short game by a single developer made in Dark Basic and set in a maze of four levels. Played from a firstperson perspective, the aim is to find and catch a balloon. Players can travel to the different levels, all based on a different colour, using elevators. There are no other challenges or enemies, the only goal is to find the correct route through the maze. Movement is done through the keyboard keys, the mouse is used to look and the right mouse button speeds up movement. The game is accompanied with a soundtrack. |
| Everybody Dies | 2009-01-08 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Contemporary, Fantasy | | Text parser | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This game chops up time and narrative perspective to present to the player a tale of four Rouge River Cost Cutters employees of different backgrounds, one who dies on the job due to an accident (Graham), another of whom (Ranni) is killed (multiple times!) by a third (Patrick)... and a fourth (Lisa), whose time-traveling task it is to prevent the deaths from ever occurring and call the bluff of the game's name. The player episodically directs the actions of not only that last individual, but also the two deceased co-workers, both before and after they die... though understandably their ability to enact change from beyond the grave is somewhat limited. |
| Chopper Battle | 2009-01-09 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | Helicopter | | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Chopper Battle is a simple action game. 5 different helicopters can be used in different missions where you have to fight other helicopters, planes, ships or ground targets. |
| Fabulous Finds | 2009-01-09 | I-play | I-play Rivne, I-play Seattle | Adventure, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | An entrepreneur receives an inheritance from a Great Aunt, a house at Carmel, California. The place is in need of reform, so the things found inside are sold in a yard sale to fund the renovation.Fabulous Finds is a hidden object game with elements from other games. The game is divided in three main sections. The first is a hidden object challenge with a time limit, where the player has to search for objects on rooms from the house, to sell them later. Instead of the usual list at the side of the screen with names of required items, the game shows slots to store a general type of object, and the player has to click on things that correspond to the category or theme (for example, "Babies and Kids" for toys, "Yard and Garden" for gardening tools, and so on). Some objects need an extra item to make them work, like power chords and batteries, before they can be collected.Next comes the yard sale, shown in a isometric view, with all the items set on tables and the customers roaming around them. A list at the left side shows clues to what every patron wants ("woman in red wants to cart some rocks"). The player has to drag and drop the customers to their items.The final component is the decoration screen, where the money accumulated on the yard sale is spent on curtains, floor covers, furniture and other things. Clues appear that indicate the necessary items to improve the final rating, that goes up to 5 stars. Sometimes, a mini-game appears where objects have to be collected in the boxes of a storeroom. |
| Football Manager Live | 2009-01-09 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | Persistent | | | Windows | Football Manager Live is a online-only managerial soccer simulation where the player is responsible for the financial and athletic success of his club. The main difference to regular games of this genre is that the players don't manage an existing club but create their own. The next important step is to choose the association which represents how much time the player wants to invest in the game, a weekend association for example just plays on the weekend and professional leagues impose a (of course just virtual) fine when a player doesn't show up to matches. Every new club, however, has the same budget for transfer and salary which he uses to choose his players from the database with 330.000 athletes - of course every one can only be employed once per server. This process also can be delegated to the AI.There is no tight schedule for matches, just a date when it has to be done. This means the player can freely challenge other players for championship or exhibition matches. If one or both players are not online at the time the AI steps in and the players can watch the game later. The matches itself don't use the new 3D engine from Football Manager 2009 but the old 2D presentation with white and red dots which represent the players.Of course there are a lot of settings the player can influence his team with, especially regarding tactics and training. But unlike the main series the player also has full responsibility over the financial aspects, e.g. building a new stadium. But every setting has to be unlocked first. Every manager can learn one new respectively a better level of an ability at the time and than has to wait a certain time until he can use it, e.g. free kick instructions in 15 hours. This is in real-time, this means the player also learns when he is offline. |
| Pac-Man Physics | 2009-01-10 | | | Action | Top-down | Fangame | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | In this experimental version of Pac-Man, all objects inside the maze (pellets, walls, ghosts and Pac-Man himself) are subjected to the laws of physics. This means no fixed route can be followed, instead every item can be pushed out of the way. Regular rules still apply where Pac-Man needs to collect the pellets and avoid the ghosts. The power pellets introduce a strong gravity field that pulls everything into a single direction, and not always in a helpful manner. |
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Spheres | 2009-01-12 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Spheres is an unlicensed 2D point-and-click adventure game based on the Indiana Jones franchise. Indy and Shelly get captured by the nazis who lock them in a temple in India. Now Indy must a find a way of escape. It is a short game and consists only of one main room and two side rooms. You control the game with the mouse and have access to an inventory. |
| Art Detective | 2009-01-13 | Big Fish Games, Inc | "SoWhat!" s.r.o. | Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Hidden object, Mental training | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | Windows | You are John Cromwell, an investigator who works with the FBI, specializing in high-profile theft. You are after a shadowy figure known as "The Ghost", an art thief who steals paintings and replaces them with duplicates good enough to fool most people. Fortunately, you're not 'most people'.
Art Detective is a 'spot the difference' and puzzle game. Through John Cromwell's email, you will receive jobs to complete. Most of these are 'spot the difference' puzzles. You are shown two paintings and must click anything that is not the same in both. Other jobs may be to reconstruct a damaged painting. These are similar to an electronic jigsaw puzzle. You must click a piece then click where you think it goes. The piece in that spot will then swap places. If the piece is in its correct spot, it will become unmovable. Some jobs will require you to clean a dirty painting. Here, you must click various jars to determine the correct chemical solution that will clean the painting. If you've earned enough money, you can phone an expert to clear the puzzle.Along the way, your email contacts will give you clues as to the elusive "Ghost's" appearance, in hopes of you capturing him/her. In addition to your 'jobs', there are three mini-games to play. One is similar to classic game Concentration. You have a large group of pictures, face down. You must click two in hopes of making a match. If you don't make a match, they will return to face down. If you match, they will disappear. Another mini-game is where you are shown a group of pictures and must click the two that match. The third mini-game is where you are shown a group of pictures, most as a duplicate to another so they form a pair. You must click the one that is not part of a pair.Solving mini-games and jobs gains you money. You can use this money to buy items to help your investigation. |
| Cooking Academy 2: World Cuisine | 2009-01-13 | Fugazo Inc. | Fugazo Inc. | Action, Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cooking Academy 2: World Cuisine is the second entry in a cooking simulator series with Cooking Mama-inspired gameplay. It is essentially the first game with new recipes, and besides some minor additions, like a hidden object challenge, it plays more like an expansion pack than a full new game.The goal remains the same: to cook dishes and receive grades to progress. Each level is a dish, where every preparation step is a separate section. The player has to use the mouse to slice and dice vegetables and meat on the chopping board, liquefy ingredients in the food processor, and perform other common kitchen activities before the timer at the top-right corner reaches zero.The interface changes with every step. Green arrows indicate the movement that must be performed with the mouse. At the start of most recipes, a hidden object screen appears with a list of the required ingredients, and an open fridge showing shelves filled with food. The objective is to collect all the list items before time runs out. In the stove top, food has to be cooked on pots and woks. The player must follow a series of instructions that keep moving from right to left at the bottom of the screen and pass under a marker, that include adding ingredients, stirring the mixture and changing the temperature at the right time.Some tasks require precision and care, like breaking eggs and peeling lettuce. When pouring from the mixing bowl to a recipient, the player has to time it right and not exceed the volume limit, marked as a green line on the side.The game is divided on a series of menus, each representing a different ethnic cuisine with a list of recipes. After completing all recipes with good grades, the player must pass cooking exams, where the same task has to be repeated as fast as possible before time runs out, to move to the next menu. |
| Mirror's Edge | 2009-01-13 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Digital Illusions CE AB | Action | 1st-person | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Mirror's Edge is a first-person action game set in a dystopian society ruled by a totalitarian regime that exercises a high amount of surveillance on citizens. The city has a clean look, with bright cold tone visuals that are mainly white with hints of orange. Players control Faith, a female runner who transfers information by moving over the roofs of the city as all other forms of communication are monitored. She grew up alone in the streets when her mother died during the November Riots and her father deserted her shortly after. She was taught as a little girl by a man called Mercury, who caught her breaking in and was impressed with her skills. Hunted down by government agents, she needs to find a way to free her sister.Based on the principles of parkour, the focus is on the freedom of movement. Although the game path is largely linear, the controls are largely context-sensitive and Faith needs to string up moves to build up a fluid flow of movement, by running up walls, sliding below fences, or by jumping, vaulting or climbing, using pipes, ramps or using objects as zip-lines. The emphasis on movement is enhanced through the camera, which spins, or bobs up and down according to the speed, and the prominent visibility of her arms, legs and torso. The game is also largely HUDless. When Faith is hurt, the city's colours desaturate. To assist the player in this fast-paced movement, the game applies Runner Vision where environmental pieces are highlighted when they occur to Faith as possible escape routes. In complex situations, Reaction Time, a form of bullet time, can be applied to slow down the pace without losing momentum.Even though Faith generally needs to run from agents who chase her on foot or from helicopters, she can attack them using melee combat, or disarm agents to grab and wield their weapons. The game takes place both outside, and inside buildings and there are ten chapters in total. The story is furthered through animated films between the missions, not using the game engine. Next to the main story mode, there is a time attack mode with portions of levels and the fastest times are shown as red runners who act as ghosts. While playing, hidden messenger bags can be collected to unlock extras. |
| This Little Piggy | 2009-01-14 | | | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This Little Piggy is a two-player top-down game. One player is This Little Piggy, the other one is The Big Bad Wolf. Both these characters are moving around a maze with four fruit scattered around it. This Little Piggy wants to collect all the fruit. The Big Bad Wolf wants to collect This Little Piggy. Whoever attains her goal first wins. This Little Piggy moves with arrow keys, The Big Bad Wolf moves with the W, S, A, D keys. Either player can only change her direction of movement at an intersection. If any character goes unmoved for a while, it takes a step randomly. As an additional twist, by pressing Spacebar either player can change the layout of the maze. |
| Totem Tribe | 2009-01-14 | Enkord, Ltd. | Enkord, Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | A young woman called Aruku is the chieftain of the Hawk Tribe, native to the Tetala Island. The passing of a comet brings bad omens, upsetting the balance of the forces of nature and plunging the population into madness and chaos. Aruku must guide her people to survive and prosper, building structures and exploring the surrounding islands of the archipelago, to bring back equilibrium to the planet.Totem Tribe is a real-time strategy game with simplified mechanics for the casual market. As in most real-time strategy (RTS) titles, each level has a series of objectives that must be completed to move to the next one. The main game screen shows an overhead view of the island, with buttons at the bottom for the building, exploring and army options. The hammer and bricks button brings up a menu showing the available building types, where the player can choose which structures to build on the terrain. The selected building appears in a translucent version that can be moved over the land with the mouse, turning from red to green when it's possible to be erected on the selected spot.Most buildings produce useful units. They cannot be controlled directly, acting automatically with the player setting way points to places on the island. The huts create new workers, that are responsible for the construction of all buildings. The barracks produce warriors, that attack any nearby enemy. The lodges train scouts, that explore the black patches of unknown land. Some buildings can only be built after another one is already complete, like the archery range that requires the workshop. Laboratories and other structures allow upgrades to the weapons and spells.Besides the common tasks of building, exploring and fighting enemies, the islands have side-quests that, once successfully completed, give new construction types and other benefits to the tribe. Some require a certain amount of a specified object, such as a number of crystals, that are found scattered around the island and can be collected directly by clicking on them. |
| Monkey Money | 2009-01-15 | Pokie Magic | Pokie Magic | Gambling | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Press the button and spin those wheels for fun and money. You might have as much fun as a barrel full of monkeys.Monkey Money is a simulation of a slot, fruit or poker machine, depending on where you live. There is no real money, only simulated, so you can play without fear. Select the amount you wish to bet then press the SPIN button. Depending on what you get on the screen will depend on your payout. The wheels consist of a 9, 10, J, Q, K and A as well as coconuts, palm trees, a snake, and a bird. You can also get a bunch of bananas, a butterfly or a monkey. Getting a 9, 10, J, Q, K, A, coconut, palm tree or bird will pay depending on how many of any stopped on the screen. Getting two bunches of bananas or two butterflies will pay double your bet. Monkeys act as wild cards for anything except the bananas or butterflies.If you get three bunches of bananas, you will enter the Jungle Feature. This will cause the machine to make spins over twenty times without you losing any money. You can, however, win according to your initial bet. Getting three butterflies will cause you to enter the Butterfly Bonus. You will have a screen with fifteen cells, each with a butterfly. You will click butterflies until you find two items that match. This is what you will receive. It could be seventeen free spins, double your bet, etc. Two of the items you can find in the Butterfly Bonus are mini games. One is the Jungle Jackpot. Using the arrow keys or clicking the arrows on screen, you must get your monkey from the top of the screen to past the line of bananas at the bottom in less than thirty-five seconds. You may also step on boxes to acquire bonuses along the way. The other mini game is the Coconut Feature. You will see three coconut palms, each with a monkey at the bottom. You must click the word Climb under one monkey repeatedly to make your monkey climb faster than the other two. If you reach the top first, you win.After you have spun, you can try to increase you winnings. If you click the button that says Gamble, you will see a playing card, face down. You can double your winnings by guessing if the card's suit is red or black. You can quadruple your winnings by guessing the suit of the card. You can also press the button called Roulette, to try increasing your winnings. You can guess red, black, even, odd or a particular number. |
| The Lord of the Rings: Conquest | 2009-01-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Pandemic Studios, LLC | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | The Lord of the Rings: Conquest puts the player right in the middle of the most famous battle of the Third Age including the assaults on Helm's Deep and Gondor and the battle at the Black Gate. In two campaigns the player either fights for the forces of good or the forces of evil and leads them to victory.Similar to Star Wars: Battlefront, the player can choose from up to four classes and looks him over the shoulder while moving him over the battlefield: The warrior rushes into the crowd and fights his enemy up close and has the ability to unleash powerful combos. The mage is more focused on protecting his friends from incoming fire or healing them but has also access to a shock wave and a powerful lightning strike. The scout on the other hand turns invisible and kills even the most powerful enemy with a small stab in the back or attaches a bomb to an enemy and sends him back to his friends. The last is the Archer who prefers to stay in the back unleashing a rain of fire or poison arrows on the enemy. But each of the classes requires energy to perform the more powerful attacks which is gained by simply killing enemies.Besides the usual weaponry a class carries like swords or daggers, the player can also find and use catapults stationed on the battlefield or get on the back of a horse to get the advantage and thin the enemy horde just by sprinting through it.After choosing a class, the player is dropped at the first spawn point of the current map and is then required to help his allies to help fulfill different objectives depending on the game mode and map. These can range from capturing and defending positions to killing the enemy hero. While in single player the heroes on both sides are called when needed and fit the current map (like the Gandalf and the Balrog in the Mines of Moria), in multiplayer the best player of one team is automatically chosen once his team has reached a certain percentage of points needed to win.The multiplayer mode also allows up to four players to play together through the campaigns and features three additional game modes: In "Conquest", similar to Battlefield 2142, the goal is to capture flag points on the map in a pre-determined order and once all points are held by one team, the game is over. In "Team-Deathmatch" the team with the most kills wins the game and "Find the Ring" is a "Capture the Flag"-variant featuring the one ring instead of a flag. |
| Burdaloo | 2009-01-16 | Pogo.com | CasualCafe, Pretty Good Games Corp | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ah, vacation. Let me take some pictures of this lovely scenery. What is this?! A burd got in the picture. If I want to get photos to remember this vacation, I'm going to need to clear these burds out of my way!Burdaloo is a match three puzzle game. Using your mouse, shift the rows of burds vertically or horizontally until there are three or more in a group. These will then fly off and new burds will take their place. On some puzzles, you must match burds of the colors shown at the bottom left until the silhouettes are shaded all the way up. On another puzzle, you have a vertical row of shaded silhouettes at bottom left and must match whichever burds' color is at top. Another puzzle requires you to shift the burds until they match the image at bottom left. In another puzzle, you start with two rows of burds and new burds fly in from the top. You must match burds to keep them from filling up the screen until time runs out.Later in the game, you will encounter grumpy Herman. When he enters you puzzle, you will not be able to shift the rows he is on, vertically or horizontally. If you match burds above him until he reaches the top row or match burds next to him where one is singing, he will fly off. Also later, you will find big and little birds. the wide ones are Tiny and the tall ones are Maxwell. When you shift the big Tinys up and down or the big Maxwells left or right, two rows will shift with them. You cannot shift the big Tinys or Maxwells off the screen. If you get three Tinys or Maxwells together or get the big ones to the top row, they will fly off. |
| Specnaz 2 | 2009-01-16 | City Interactive S.A. | Byte Software | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Asia, Contemporary, Middle East | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Specnaz 2 is a first-person shooter and the sequel to Specnaz: Project Wolf. Once again the player takes on the role of a member of the Russian special forces and now investigates the destruction of an American tank in Iraq by a Russian-made rocket. What starts as an isolated incident quickly spirals out of control as hunting down an arms dealer leads to the discovery of a conspiracy at the highest levels.The game contains three campaigns with nineteen missions in total, set in locations such as Chechnya, Iraq, Siberia and Syria. Objectives range from defending positions to retrieving documents, destroying certain objects or building, or killing a specific group of enemies. Next to different guns, knives, grenades and rocket launchers there are also gadgets such as binoculars, compasses, night vision and driving both civilian and military vehicles, as well as piloting combat planes and helicopters.Next to the single-player campaigns there is local multiplayer deathmatch. |
| Gruesome | 2009-01-17 | | | Strategy | Top-down | Fangame | | Roguelike, Stealth | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Mashing-up a couple of genres and concepts, this game puts the player in control of one of Zork's notorious grues, monsters of pure darkness who love nothing more than gobbling up under-illuminated dungeon adventurers. Rather than presenting the environment in the Infocom text-adventure style, the player instead navigates a roguelike dungeon, with the screen indicating the general layout of walls and staircases encountered by the player so far as well as line-of-sight revelation of what the grue can perceive... and the hateful, hurtful area of illumination accompanying prudent spelunkers and adventurers, blazing before them like a lighthouse beam. Getting caught in the light will kill our grue, whose only initial opportunity (before one is able to cast light-dampening spells) to eat adventurers is to lurk in under-lit alcoves and hope that they stumble into the gaping jaws. The goal of the game, however, is not to eat adventurers but to traverse 20 levels of the dungeon, aiming to emerge from the top and evaluate myths of a fabulous world drenched half the time in burning light. |
| Orchard | 2009-01-18 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Boomzap Pte. Ltd. | Simulation | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | While yearning to escape the city life, an unexpected letter arrives with interesting news. Granduncle Fred gives up his family orchard and is offering it for the player to run. Now it's the player's turn to get his or her hands dirty and experience country life planting crops, harvesting resources, creating recipes, constructing buildings and more in Orchard. |
| Play! The Ultimate Casual Game Collection | 2009-01-19 | Viva Media, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This is a compilation that includes 25 casual games in various genres:Action/Arcade/Platform:
Alex Gordon
Funky Python
Jumpin' Jack
Turtix
Adventure:
Alabama Smith in Escape from Pompeii
Hidden Object:
Magic Encyclopedia: First Story
Mystery Cookbook
Natalie Brooks: Secrets of Treasure House
Sprill: The Mystery of Bermuda Triangle
Treasure Masters, Inc.
Puzzle/Logic/Board:
Crazy Machines: New from the Lab
Jigsaw World
Sea Bounty: Dead Man's Chest
Sheep's Quest
Tile-matching games:
Curse of Montezuma
Fruit Lockers 2: The Enchanting Islands
Heroes of Hellas
Jewel Quest
Time Management Simulations:
Beach Party Craze
Farm Frenzy 2
Fashion Craze
Pet Show Craze
Stand O'Food
Supermarket Mania
Virtual Farm
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| Slapshot | 2009-01-19 | Nival Online | Numix Entertainment Co., Ltd | Role-playing (RPG), Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Slapshot is an aggressive online street roller-blade hockey game without any principles and rules on the rink. Each game-player logs in and tries to raise his/her level as much as he/she can, playing numerous matches, winning the money, raising their stats, and buying equipment and skills.There are three kinds of hockey players: Defender, Centre Forward, and Wing Forward. Each of them may be male or female, and they differ by stats. Defender is strong, but slow, while Wing Forward is fast, but not strong. There are 13 stats for each player, which may be raised with level increases and/or with clothes worn or items used.There are three stages of the game:
1) Tutorial;
2) 1-5 Levels;
3) 6-50 LevelsDuring Tutorial stage, you'll learn basic techniques and some tricks available with certain levels.During 1-5 Levels stage, you may play in 2 kinds of matches:2 human players versus 2 bots
2 human players versus 2 human players
It is a stage to increase your level to 6th, and the ability to earn money if you run out of such on the third stage.During 6-50 Levels stage, you may play in 3 kinds of matches:1 human player versus 1 human player
2 human players versus 2 human players
3 human players versus 3 human players
It is a stage to increase your level to maximal and become the legend of Slapshot.Each player may create the room for the rink, adjust its theme, invite others, dismiss unwanted players, protect the room with a password, etc. Winning the money, you as a player may spend it on clothes, which increase your stats, or items such as clubs. Money also may be spent on the skills, which you'll use during gameplay by pressing combination of keys defined for such skill. To master the skill, you may practice in a separate rink.The hockey gameplay itself is in 3rd person view, while you move your player with arrow keys, and use defined keys to hit the puck, hit the opponent, steal the puck, speed up, use command options, ask a team player for a pass, give a pass to team player, get ready for a strong hit before a pass, etc. Additional skills allow you to hit the puck sliding left/right, turning in 360 degrees, get out from opponents, hit the puck sliding around the gates, etc. Animation sequences are shown using the game engine, when the match starts, finishes or somebody scores.During each match some players may have some additional missions (for example to interrupt the pass for 2 times), which gives more money on accomplishment. Tactical and technical actions are calculated for each player during the match and their number and quality influences on experience player gains after the match's end.Chatting before, after and during the game is possible and allows to understand the desires and mood of each game participant. |
| WaxWorks | 2009-01-20 | Adventure Soft Publishing Ltd. | Horror Soft Ltd. | Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | As a child, you were never taught of your family's dark secret - a whole history of 'evil twins' doing Satan's work on Earth, and 'good twins' attempting to put this right. Your uncle informs you of this shortly before his death, and after travelling to his castle you find that you must travel through time to correct these wrongdoings.
Through a range of murals at your uncle's house, various past scenes must be entered, with more becoming available as you complete them. In each you must find and kill your demented relative in time.WaxWorks is a hybrid game that combines elements of role-playing and adventure. The player explores maze-like locations, manipulating objects and solving puzzles. Enemies appear from time to time and must be defeated using the various weapons found in the game. The player receives experience points and fathers equipment in a RPG fashion in each WaxWork; however, completing one negates these effects, and the protagonist becomes more defenseless in the next location. The game's controls are point and click, with the interface allowing the player to examine and collect items, select a weapon, and attack potential foes by striking at a particular part of their body. |
| Cavern Escape | 2009-01-21 | Game Innovator | Game Innovator | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Find a way out of the mysterious cavern in this adventure game. Played from a first-person perspective with text descriptions near the bottom of the screen, use whatever objects you find along with the surrounding environment to plot your escape. Use the mouse to interact with the environment and items in your inventory. Left-click on an item and then click on a part of the environment to use the item on the selected part. Click on the arrows on the screen to maneuver around the cavern. |
| Ford Drive Gold | 2009-01-21 | Akella | | Compilation, Racing / Driving | | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Ford Racing 2
Ford Racing 3
Ford Racing Off Road
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| Jagged Alliance 2: Gold | 2009-01-21 | Akella | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Jagged Alliance World
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games
Jagged Alliance 2
Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business
Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire
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| Wild West Quest 2 | 2009-01-21 | iWin.com | Anarchy Enterprises | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | A woman must travel to the American past to save the inhabitants of a western town, threatened by the criminal fugitive called Black Jack.Wild West Quest 2 is another hidden object game, like the first title of the series. Most of the time, the goal is to find all the objects listed at the bottom of the screen, on locations around the town. The hint button shows the exact position of one of the required objects. It is unlimited, but takes some time to recharge after use. Collecting the Sheriff's stars, hidden throughout the game, reduce the time before the hint button is available again.Between stages, a jigsaw puzzle mini-game appears where a location screen is overlaid with a grid, segmenting it in several pieces. The player has to click on the matching tiles shown at the bottom of the screen, replacing the list of objects. Other standard variations of gameplay also appear, where the screen is split in two similar images and the player has to click on the differences, and places where the objective is to collect several instances of the same object. |
| Dark Sector | 2009-01-22 | ND Games | Digital Extremes, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | Horror, Spy / espionage | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Dark Sector is an action game, in which the player assumes the role of Hayden Tenno, an elite black-ops agent, sent into Lasria, a small USSR country, tasked with the objective of destroying a virus that turns people into mutants and eliminating it's creator, Mezner.Upon finding Mezner, Hayden is infected with the virus himself, mutating his right arm, which in turn gives him certain abilities, like turning invisible, creating shields and most importantly the ability to use the glaive, a special knife-like weapon that Hayden can use both in melee and ranged combat.Next to the powers the infection grants him, Hayden can also use firearms, like shotguns or pistols, which can be taken from enemies or bought from the Black Market, and can also be modified.Multiplayer has two different modes: Infection, where one players assumes the role of a fully mutated Hayden and the others hunt him down as ordinary soldiers and Epidemic, where two teams, each with their own Hayden, try to kill the other's mutant. |
| Jessica: Secret of the Caribbean | 2009-01-22 | Turbo Games | GFI Russia, Waterfall Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | Evgeny Kostenko | | | | Windows | Jessica is enjoying her honeymoon trip when her husband is kidnapped by men pretending to be government officials. She starts to frantically search for him, uncovering the mystery surrounding the lost treasure of her pirate ancestor.Like its predecessor, Jessica: Secret of the Caribbean is a standard hidden object game where players have to find and click on all the items from a list at the left side of the screen, on locations filled with scattered objects. The game can be played with a timer, or without by selecting the relaxed mode at the beginning. The list shows either words or the object silhouette. Another standard variation that makes an appearance is the split screen game, where the player must find the differences between two similar images.Mini-games appear occasionally, and most are implementations of classic games like jigsaw puzzles, concentration, mastermind and other challenges. The hint button at the bottom of the list shows the exact position of one of the required objects, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Age of Alexander | 2009-01-23 | Game Factory Interactive Ltd., Russobit-M | World Forge | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In Age of Alexander the player takes the role of Alexander the Great during his famous campaign. The gameplay offers the usual real-time strategy formula: The player builds a settlement in which every building has a certain use, e.g. building more soldiers, defence measures or researching new weapons. He also needs to gather the two resources gold and ore which are needed for every such action. In this way he builds an army which he uses to march to the enemy and crush him.The main character of each mission is Alexander himself. He has special abilities which can be upgraded over time. But the player has to be careful because the mission is lost if Alexander dies. The fights are not restricted to the land, the player can also build water units like ships. Overall there are no big battles like one could expect in a game like this but there is a strict limit for the number of units the player can have. This limit can be increased by conquering small settlements on the map. Another special feature is that the player can arm all units individually - even with weapons from dead enemies. |
| Enchanted Cavern | 2009-01-23 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Wellore | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)The moment you step through the mouth of the cave, your eyes behold an amazing sight: the walls are lined with thousands of glittering jewels! By matching groups of precious stones, you'll be able to work your way toward a treasure of untold value! Featuring exhilarating gameplay, stunning visuals and special logic challenges that will test your mental mettle, Enchanted Cavern is a journey the entire family will enjoy! This item is being licensed or sublicensed to you by Sony Computer Entertainment America and is subject to the Network Terms of Service and User Agreement, this item’s use restrictions and other applicable terms located at www.us.playstation.com/support/useragreements. If you do not wish to accept all these terms, do not download this item.© 2012 ENCHANTED CAVERN IS REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF ALAWAR ENTERTAINMENT, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. |
| Restoring Rhonda | 2009-01-23 | INTENIUM GmbH | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Restoring Rhonda is a match 3 game. The art conservator Rhonda has found a magical game by accident. By solving levels, she gets new contracts to work as a conservator, since she lost her job due to a mistake. Combine three or more symbols and help Rhonda to get her job back. |
| The Legend of Princess | 2009-01-24 | Konjak | Konjak | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Legend of Princess is a one-level arcade interpretation of Zelda. Players control Link as the main character in a very large level with different bosses. The gameplay is fairly similar to Noitu Love 2, by the same developer. He made it as a tribute to the series and as a break while working on his new title Solar Plexus.With fast, arcade-like gameplay, the main characters needs to search through a Dirt Temple and take out all opposition. The main character is armed with a sword, used for a wide arrays of moves and combos, and a special item for extra moves. Before starting the game, the item needs to be chosen as well as the means of double jumping. Instead of a regular double jump players can opt to use a chicken to fly around or to launch a spear that attaches itself to ceilings.Defeated enemies leave behind gems, and hearts that replenish the health. When a fairy is picked up, an additional life is provided. There are also several puzzle elements involving boxes and keys. |
| Annie Android: Automated Affection | 2009-01-25 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Romance | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Annie Android - Automated Affection is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.Story:
The gameworld mostly consists of creatures that are either machines or androids like Annie. In this world the Robo HQ commands machines and androids what to do. Annie wants to date the mailbot, but is assigned to another robot by Robo HQ. She doesn't like this situation and is looking for a way to prevent that. |
| 18 Wheels of Steel: Gold Edition | 2009-01-26 | ValuSoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The 18 Wheels of Steel: Gold Edition contains four games of the 18 Wheels of Steel series. The included games are:18 Wheels of Steel: Across America
18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal
18 Wheels of Steel: Convoy
18 Wheels of Steel: Haulin' |
| County Fair | 2009-01-26 | Big Fish Games, Inc | TikGames, LLC | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | County Fair is a building construction and management game with a funfair theme. It superficially resembles games such as Theme Park, but actually has more simplified gameplay mechanics and a much less detailed simulation, tailored for the casual market. As the sole inheritor of a series of fairs from a long lost relative, the player has to build attractions and rides on vacant lots to meet the goals of each stage.Each stage is a different empty lot, shown as an isometric pseudo-3D graphics on the screen. At the top, there are several calendar pages acting as the timer, showing the remaining days before the park closure. A day takes only some minutes in game time. Right below the timer, several blue tabs show the stage goal, that usually is to profit a certain amount of cash, to build a number of specific attractions, or to achieve or surpass a percentage of popularity.To build something, the player has to hire mechanics by clicking the staff button at the bottom. Nurses, security guards, and janitors may also be hired to maintain order in the park. Clicking on the cash register button brings up a series of tabs showing the available attractions to buy, categorized in rides (of three sizes), game stands, food vendors, and sideshows.Each attraction requires an amount of electric power to run, shown as blue meters along with their fun factor, capacity, and pricing options. The electric power available is displayed in a meter at the bottom, alongside a button to purchase more juice to the park's grid. After acquiring one of the attractions, the player has to place it in the lot, moving a transparent version of the building over the terrain with the mouse. Placement can be hindered by space restrictions and the overlaid terrain becomes red when it is not possible to build upon it, whereas green when there's enough room for the attraction. Construction time depends on the number of mechanics available and the size of the building.After constructing one of the attractions, its options can be accessed by right-clicking on it. The player can change prices, purchase upgrades, and dismount to make room for new or larger ones. The purchased buildings are still available after being disassembled and are stored in the menu tabs.Random incidents occur in the park: customers getting sick or hurt, rides breaking down, along with acts of vandalism, and littering conspire to reduce the fair's popularity. When they happen, circles with crosses, badges and wrenches symbols, and advisor notes appear on the screen. The player has to click the icons to dispatch staff to deal with the problems. Sometimes, municipal officials appear to inspect the current conditions and if their minimum standards are not met, they can issue a fine. |
| Jetsetter | 2009-01-26 | Big Fish Games, Inc | GO! Games, uclick, LLC | Adventure, Gambling | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | You are a jetsetter. It is your job to acquire the things needed for your clients, who are rich and/or famous. They demand the best, they want it when they want it and such as them doesn't stoop to getting it themselves.Jetsetter is a hidden object game. Each of your clients will have a group of locations that need to be searched. In each location, you are given a list of items on your PDA that you must find. Search the screen and when you locate the needed item, click it with your mouse to claim it. Once you find all the items on the list, you are done with that location. Once you clear all the locations, you move on to the next client.If you need a break, you can take a vacation. In the vacation, you can purchase chips to help you, such as one that will highlight an item to show it to you, one that removes an item from the list, so you don't need to locate it , one that shows you a picture of the item, so you know exactly what you are looking for, etc. You can also play one of three gambling games to, hopefully, gain more money. You can choose from blackjack, roulette or the slot machine Jewel Madness. You can choose to play the game timed or untimed. This setting can be changed when you wish. |
| MLB Front Office Manager | 2009-01-26 | 2K Games, Inc. | Blue Castle Games, Inc. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | MLB Front Office Manager is a managerial simulation where the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his baseball team. As with most non-German games of this genre the financial aspect is limited to player trading and hiring players through free agents. The player spends the most time with his team: line-up, studying extensive statistics (divided over many menus in a big font) and tactics. The matches are shown in a 3D presentation and the player can give commands to his athletes.Before starting his career the player can choose his former profession which influences his stats, e.g. a former scout has a good eye for talents. With successes the player gains experience points which improve his stats. Besides the usual 30-year career there are three fantasy playing modes: In "Rotisserie" the championship is not solely based on the athletic success of the team but in the personal ranking of the player in certain categories, in "Head-to-Head" the player changes his team multiple times during a season and in the third finances play absolutely no role. There is also an online-league. |
| Allods Online | 2009-01-27 | My.Games | IT Territory | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | Aleksei Gilenko (Xamyak), Alexey Kuleshov (Silver) | Persistent | | | Windows | Allods Online is an online RPG and the fourth title in the Rage of Mages series. The whole background story fuses on the mysterious and powerful Great Cataclysm, which fills up the whole space. It caused the planet Sarnaut to be destroyed and the planet splinters were called Allods. In the years to come those Allods developed independently from each other until one of the six races, the Gibberlings, developed a way to protect people and ships from the Great Cataclysm - but unfortunately this caused an ongoing war between the two factions, alliance and empire. Now the player starts on one of the Allods, affiliated with one side, and tries to make his way...The basics of this game are similar to other games of the same kind: the player walks through the world and fulfills quests; either by himself or together with a group. This rewards experience points which are used to improve the own character: there are eight classes which can be specialised with different talents and abilities. Every character fatigues after a while; this has a negative effect on received experience. It can either be fixed by stopping playing or paying money to special characters in taverns.While the player is stuck on the Allods in the beginning of the game, exploring the galaxy plays an important part later on. Then cooperating with other players, optimally a guild, becomes very important: operating a ship requires multiple players and many quests lead into player vs. player areas. Constructing an own individual space ship takes up a lot of resources, which is of course sped up with more participants. Other than that the crafting system simply requires the correct job skills, collecting resources and mixing them together with a recipe.The game is free to play and finances itself with a shop system, called the boutique. Here players can use real money to purchase items which change the character's appearance or offer gameplay aid, e.g. potions to reset the talent points or improve the crafting abilities. |
| E.R. Mania | 2009-01-27 | GameMill Entertainment LLC | Teravision Games | Strategy | | | | Time management | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Isometric | Windows | E.R. Mania is a time-management game focused on the treatment of patients. You are a newly graduated nurse, eager to work her way up to a large hospital. Starting at a walk-in clinic, each new hospital setting will add another layer of complexity, from the basics of diagnosing patients, to ordering supplies, to specialized equipment and care of long-term patients.The game includes both a story mode and a relaxed mode, which allows you to replay any level you've already beaten. 35 levels are included, divided between the 7 hospitals. |
| Rescue at Rajini Island | 2009-01-27 | Big Fish Games, Inc | BrutoMemo Entertainment, Seven Sails Comunicacao e Desenvolvimento Ltda. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Captain Walsh and his team discovered Rajini Island and went to investigate its ancient ruins. We haven't heard from them in three months. Your job is to locate them and their work.Rescue at Rajini Island is a hidden object and puzzle game. You will be presented with a screen. Some screens have you locate hidden items listed on the right. Some may require you to locate twenty items, like food, optical devices, cutting tools, etc. You may be told to locate the pages of a diary. You may need to locate the items whose silhouettes are shown on the right. Some screens will require you to move or click on items in a certain order or place an item on the screen at a certain spot to move along. You will use your mouse to click on the hidden items or manipulate items on the screen. |
| White Butterfly | 2009-01-27 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | White Butterfly is a space shooter that lets you pick one of 5 different ships (one unlockable only when you complete the game), each ship with its own three types of weapons.What makes the game unique is that in addition to being able to level up the weapons by using it, the weapons are actually upgraded only when you each weapon reached the next level. This makes the player use all his weapons in order to level up and survive, instead of constantly sticking to his favorite one.Enemies are pretty similar visually but each delivers a different kind of attack, as you play the game you learn which you should destroy first as their attacks are the most problematic. |
| Classic Night | 2009-01-28 | A-Dungeon | A-Dungeon | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Classic Night is a strategy game with action elements where the player controls Harigol, who is hired by the moon to collect light as he is envious of the bright sun. Made by a single developer of Korean original, the game is entirely in English but sometimes hard to comprehend as the language barrier appears to have been high.From a world screen, players can access different levels in small, circular areas where the character can be moved in all directions. When Harigol moves up a slope, the camera tilts along, rendering ceiling into floor. Assisted by the moon, Harigol is moved around with the keyboard while the mouse is used to control his arms. Clicking and holding extracts lights from plants, lanterns and street lights, and it is stored with a number. The light can be converted into upgrades (better reach, faster extraction) or to build custom lights or constructions that bring along friends.In some levels he is chased by Crazy Rabbit, a specific upgrade needs to be achieved, or he needs to collect light faster than the Siro, a race of small creatures. Completing a level opens up new locations. The game ends abruptly in an unfinished level called Wolf Factory, as the developer's computer with the source files was stolen, which left him unable to finish the game. |
| Spring 1944 | 2009-01-28 | | | Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Spring 1944 is a noncommercial real time strategy game rendered in 3D on the Spring Engine. It focuses upon the military situation in Europe during World War II, circa 1944. The game is primarily intended for multiplayer use, though a skirmish mode exists and a campaign is ostensibly in development. Play takes place at an objective level, dealing with armies of several hundred infantry, vehicles, tanks, artillery, aircraft and small vessels in a number of game modes ranging from annihilation to location capture. Four factions are presently in game - Germany, Great Britain, The United States, The Soviet Union. |
| P. J. Pride: Pet Detective - Destination Europe | 2009-01-29 | iWin.com | iWin.com | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | P.J. Pride and her niece Ashley are vacationing in Paris when, suddenly, major European cities are invaded by wild animals. Both decide to investigate the case, traveling through the continent.P.J. Pride Pet Detective: Destination Europe is a hidden object game. As usual, the main goal is to find and click on all the objects from a list at the left side of the screen, on European locations filled with assorted paraphernalia. At least two animals appear on each place, scurrying around the scenery. They can be collected as well.Every chapter has four scenes, each with ten objects to be found. Eight hints are available as animals icons at the top of the list. They highlight the position of one of the required objects. The screens also contain clues, like torn circus posters and letters, that give additional information about the case. |
| Petka 9: Proletarskiy Glamur | 2009-01-29 | Buka Entertainment | Saturn Plus | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Vladislav Goncharov (Влад Гончаров), Svyatoslav Kondaurov (Святослав Кондауров) | | | | Windows | The ninth installment in the long-running Russian adventure game series, subtitled Proletarskiy Glamur ("Proletarian Glamour"), once again follows the adventures of the titular Petka, his commander Chapaev, and the sexy Anka - all real participants of the Russian Civil War of 1918, who became the target of countless jokes during the Soviet period. This time, the trio receives an assignment to travel to the year 2150! It appears that in 2008, the USA and other countries decided to use Russia as a dumping ground for garbage. Fearing that the Russian would object such treatment of their country, the Americans used an advance technique to brainwash them, rendering them helpless. Such is the situation when the heroes arrive in New Moscow of the 22nd century, determined to save their homeland...Proletarian Glamour is a puzzle-solving adventure game. The player advances the story by talking to characters, and completing various tasks, mainly involving manipulation of inventory items. Just like the previous installment, the game is done in full 3D, both for characters and background graphics. |
| Tibet Quest | 2009-01-29 | Fenomen Games | GameXZone Studio | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Asia | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jane James' father, Dr. Dan James, never returned from his search for the legendary city of Shangri La in Tibet. Jane has found his travel journal and has set off to locate her father.Tibet Quest is a tile matching puzzle game. You use you mouse to line up three or more items. As you match tiles, you open a path for Jane to travel. Along this path, you may match three tiles together that you can collect, like machetes, keys, bridges, etc. These are used to clear your path like cutting vines, opening locked doors or bridging gaps. Each time you complete a puzzle, you will gain items you need, like parts of a hot air balloon or parts of a temple. These allow you to more forward in your quest to find your father and the city of Shangri La. |
| Best of Marble Games | 2009-01-30 | Purple Hills | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Bubble Odyssey
Karu
Marble Pop 3D
Neptun Pearl Poppers
Secrets of Six Seas
Sprill
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| Coyote's Tale: Fire and Water | 2009-01-30 | Merscom LLC | GO! Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Two sisters, Tletl and Atl, are vacationing in Mexico. Little did they realize how different this vacation would be. Because Coyote, the god of stories and Max, the god of games need their help to keep the universe from falling into chaos.Coyote's Tale: Fire and Water is a hidden object and puzzle game. You play as Tletl, the impatient sister of fire (timed mode) or Atl, the calm sister of water (no time limit). You must beat the challenges of fifteen gods but before you can, you must be allowed into their presence. Ordinarily, this requires a human sacrifice but Max has set up a better way. Instead, select a location and find thirty items. You will most likely need to search more that one location. Once done, you then face a god's challenge, like moving water from one jar to another, shifting-pieces puzzles, etc. Complete all fifteen puzzles to win the game. |
| Luntik Poznajot Mir | 2009-01-30 | 1C Company | PIPE studio | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Luntik Poznajot Mir (translated as Luntik Experiences the World) is another game in a series of Russian games for young children based on Luntik license. This time the player explores a number of game screens learning facts about wild animals and plants and also about various professions. Then the players participate in mini-games usually consisting of sorting out the facts they have just learned. The visual style and gameplay is similar to other games in Luntik series. |
| Suzunone Seven! | 2009-01-30 | Clochette | Clochette | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Suzunone Magic Academy is a renowned institution of higher learning, where advanced research into sorcery and science are carried out. However, in recent years, the academy's reputation has fallen to an all-time low, and now every year, the seven lowest-scoring students are singled out for what's known as the "Suzunone Trial". These seven students, called the "Suzunone Seven", are put into compulsory cohabitation, and given one simple assignment: shape up or ship out. If these students can improve their grades by working together, they'll be allowed to remain at the academy and advance to the next grade, but if they can't, they'll be kicked out of the academy.Yukimura Kido, a first year magic engineering student, has just received notice that he's been chosen for the Suzunone Trial. Arriving at his new dorm, he discovers that several of his new roommates are cute young girls. Will he be able to improve his grades, stay in school, and maybe even find true love?Suzunone Seven! is an erotic visual novel in the traditional Japanese style. Interaction is limited to choosing from multiple choices as the story progresses. Most choices lead toward relationships with specific female characters. It is possible to read back previous dialogue and save at any point, and a gallery containing all the previously viewed CG images opens when an ending is reached. The game contains explicit sexual content, though this was removed for the console version. The first printing includes a bonus drama CD. |
| $hop-n-$pree | 2009-01-31 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Viqua Games | Puzzle | | | | Hidden object, Managerial / business simulation, Time management | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | | Windows | A new super store has moved into the neighborhood. They are so big, they can sell items cheaper than you. But you're not gonna just lay down and die. You'll fight to keep your customers.$hop-n-$pree is a combination of hidden object, puzzle and management game. Customers will come in with orders. You must find the item on the screen and drag over to the correct customer. After a customer's order is filled, they will leave, to be replaced by another customer. You must meet the sales goal for each day. Later in the game, you have other customers like the photographer who shows you pictures of what he wants or the rich old man who wants to buy all you have of a certain item, like all your globes or surge protector, etc.In between sales days, you have various puzzle games. One puzzle is Restock You have two pictures. The one on the right is missing items. You must drag the item at the bottom to its correct location. Another puzzle is Product Match.You must click the items that are alike.You must clear the screen in time. If you succeed, you will be rewarded with a super hint and an unlock star. A super hint will show the location of all three items a customer is seeking. Collect three unlock stars to unlock each game. If you fail, you just get a regular hint that reveals one item. |
| Car Jacker 2 | 2009-01-31 | IncaGold plc | Kozmogames Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Car Jacker 2 is a 3D action game and the follow-up to CarJacker: Hotwired and Gone!. The protagonist is a former driver, now a member of the mafia. The game offers a free-roaming environment in a single city (the same as in the first part) with different buildings and locations, traffic and pedestrians. The gameplay is similar to the Grand Theft Auto games and it consists of a series of missions where the player drives a car or travels on foot. The criminal can attack people and fight with the police with fists and various weapons. The city is constantly patrolled by the police, in cars and on foot. |
| Ceville | 2009-02-01 | Kalypso Media GmbH | Realmforge Studios GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | Ceville, the tyrant ruler of the fairyland Faeryanis, had a great day until rebels decided to finally end his tyranny and surrounded his castle. As Ceville tries to escape the castle, he finds out that Basilius, his former right hand, is the real enemy who wants to take over the throne and rule the land with daemonic help. In the end Ceville is overwhelmed by the rebel forces in an unfortunate turn of events and send to prison where he meets the little girl Lilly who decides to help Ceville get his throne back - or at least that's what Ceville thinks.Ceville is a classic Point & Click-Adventure in a fully 3D-environment. Every action is accomplished by using the context-sensitive mouse pointer. This way the characters pick up items, interact with the backgrounds and talk with many different characters in humorous multiple-choice dialogues in order to solve the many riddles that otherwise prevent the story from moving on. To help the player find every clue and item to solve the countless riddles, a key press shows every hotspot in the room and as an additional, disengageable help the pop-up-text turns orange if a currently selected item can be used with the item on screen the cursor is currently pointing at.During the course of the game the player will not only take over the control of Ceville, but also over Ambrosius and Lilly - often even over all three at the same time to overcome some of the obstacles in their way. Similar to Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle, the player can switch between all the characters at any time. |
| Custody | 2009-02-01 | | | Educational, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Custody is an experimental art game created for the 2009 Global Game Jam by the USA Santa Cruz group Team Akrasia. The game is based around two parents who are divorced and now lead separate, independent lives. Cast in the middle of the screen, the player controls a 12-year-old child who is put in between them. The parents set their boundaries and the child can move between them, with a green and a red zone in the middle.While playing objects appear on the screen. These can be picked up, moved around and dropped, but they vanish after a while. The player's character can move about the two zones and mirror movement with a button press. |
| Giant 3 Pack | 2009-02-01 | n3vrf41l Publishing | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Giant 3 Pack is a compilation of the following (ironically 4) games:
Industry Giant II (Gold Edition)
Transport Giant (Gold Edition)
Traffic Giant (Gold Edition)
Hotel Giant
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| Giddy 3: The Retro Eggsperience | 2009-02-01 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The world is under attack from robot stompers from beyond the clouds, and the egg-shaped super hero Giddy has to save the day!Giddy 3 is a freeware clone of Dizzy and its sequels. Intended as parody of that classic series, it also stars an anthropomorphic egg that must collect objects in order to solve puzzles. At the left side of the top of the screen there is the counter for lives and three stars as the energy bar. If the egg touches any of the enemies, this energy bar decreases, and when it is completely drained the egg dies and the player loses a life. On the top-right side there is the accumulated number of coins collected by the character. Giddy can jump and use inventory items. When a light bulb lights up (when Giddy walks over certain spots), pressing enter displays a hint about one of the puzzles.One of the main differences of this installment compared to the previous ones is the addition of side-scrolling instead of the traditional flip-screen. Also, this is the first time in the series that music and sound effects could be played simultaneously. |
| Perimeter II: New Earth | 2009-02-01 | Strategy First, Inc. | KD Vision Games Development Company | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | Perimeter II: New Earth is the sequel to Perimeter. The basics of this strategy game have remained the same from its predecessor. In this colorful RTS game players have to create perimeters that render nearby units invulnerable. Perimeters use energy, the only resource in the game, to use so they must be used sparingly. Players can also use terraforming to change the terrain to their advantage.The story revolves around two factions, the Exodus and the Harkback. Both originally came from Earth and the one wants to move on while the other wants to go back. Combat ensues. Exodus has a terrain advantage on land while the Harkback have a terrain advantage on water. Using terraforming the player can change water in to land and vice versa. Different resource and construction buildings can be placed as well as various turrets. Units are built in squads and each squad requires a single dedicated factory. Some squads can change from land to air or naval units on the fly. |
| Simulation 3 Pack | 2009-02-01 | n3vrf41l Publishing | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Simulation 3 Pack is a compilation that contains the following games:
Trainz: Driver Edition
Ship Simulator 2006
Bus Driver
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| The Dark Eye: Drakensang | 2009-02-01 | THQ Inc. | Radon Labs GmbH | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | A long time ago, the Gods appointed the Elder Dragons to be the Guardians of the World. But secret forces, hiding in the shadows, sprinkled envy and greed amongst the dragons and a civil war unleashed during which the Elven and Dwarven suffered the most. But in the end, the Elder Dragons successfully restored order and peace entered the land. After the last battle, the Elven left their burning cities and moved to the forest to leave the fight for power once and for all behind. The Dwarven on the other hand could never forgive the dragons for their betrayal. In their veins runs the lust for vengeance and they hate the dragons more than anything else. This was also the time, during which a third race entered the world. Out of the ashes of long forgotten empires, the Humans claimed the lands and, thanks to the intervention of the Elder Dragons, they flourished and began to worship the Elder Dragons as the Keepers of Balance.But the Keepers are long gone and the races don't even suspect that again dark forces foment betrayal and conflict. Not everything is lost though. There is a sword, forged by the last person to remember the tales in the hottest fires of Aventurien. Named Drakensang, deep inside a mountain it awaits the one true warrior. The one who will find and use it to complete the Dragonquest. The one that will prevent the next great war.And the one is the hero the player creates at the beginning of the game. He can either chose from seven pre-defined characters like a Elven Mage or a Human Warrior or enter the advanced mode and define every single skill and talent himself just like he would if he played the German Pen & Paper RPG "Das Schwarze Auge". Besides the eight basic attributes like courage or dexterity, there are dozens of other talents in which the player can invest his valuable points for example herbalism or aimed shot. Every action in the game depends on these values and even if you are talking to someone, dice are being rolled in the background. These samples, as they are called, determine if the hero successfully influences his partner and gets e.g. additional choices in the many multiple choice dialogues. But for these samples not only the points in the relevant talent are a factor but also the skills that this talent uses and to make it even more complex there is sometimes the possibility that a dice roll has a handicap perhaps because the hero is injured or something like this. If the player wishes, he can see all these numbers in a chat-like window on the screen. But besides the very extensive and complex rule-set, the game is a very classic RPG in which the player travels through a small part of Aventurien, talks to all kinds of peoples, fulfills main- and sidequests, gathers resources to make potions or forge items, kills enemies and overall just gains enough experience for the next level which defines how high he can raise a talent and advance along the story. On his way he will meet several other heroes which are more or less willing to join in on his quest and help in the many battles that await them. These battles are basically fought in realtime, but even a single wolf requires some tactics so the player can pause the game at any time to give every adventurer specific orders on what to do next. |
| 4 Minutes and 33 Seconds of Uniqueness | 2009-02-02 | Kloonigames Ltd | Kloonigames Ltd | Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 4 Minutes and 33 Seconds of Uniqueness is a game created for the Global Game Jam that tests the boundaries of what defines a game. If the program runs for four minutes and 33 seconds—no further user input is needed—the player wins. The catch is that it must be the only copy running in the entire world at that time—the program checks over the Internet to see if anyone else is running the game, and if someone is, the program will immediately shut itself down. The only graphics are a white progress bar that inches across the screen as time passes.
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| Ragdoll Cannon | 2009-02-02 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ragdoll Cannon is the shareware version of a popular Flash physics-based browser game. Each level is a screen with simple graphics, where the objective is to shoot humanoid stick figures from a cannon towards the switch, usually a box with the words "HERE". Many obstacles are in the way, like ropes, bricks and boulders that react with each doll impact in the simulated physics model. Swirling portals transport the flying figures to another point in the screen. There's no limit of time or to the number of shots available.The full version has 150 levels (20 in the shareware version) and three additional music tracks. |
| Scarabäus | 2009-02-02 | UIG Entertainment GmbH | | Action | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Scarabäus is an action oriented match 3 game. Eliminate the bugs before they reach their destination. For this, you shoot your bugs into rows to group three or more similar marbles. These disappear and give you more time. If more than three of a kind disappear, power ups are created, such as bombs, color changers and time bonuses. 30 levels are included. |
| Mystic Mine | 2009-02-03 | Koonsolo | Koonsolo | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Board game | | | | | | | Windows | In Mystic Mine you control a gold car inside a mine. The objective of the game is to get as many points as possible by collecting coins, diamonds, gold blocks, etc. The levels feature an Escher like optical illusion, so it's possible to keep going down all the time.The game can be played single player or multiplayer with up to 6 people on 1 keyboard. It also features a single-switch gameplay, so you control everything with only one button. This button switches the track crossings in front or your gold car. The difficulty of each level adapts dynamically to how good you play. |
| District Wars | 2009-02-04 | Akella | Destan Entertainment, Teyon S.A. | Action | Behind view | | Crime | Shooter | North America | | | | | | Windows | District Wars is a third-person shooter about gang wars set in the fictional American city New Valley. The main character of game, Tyrus Jones, is the last gangster of the Scorpions gang. His entire gang was suddenly killed by a strange criminal group. Tyrus decides to avenge his fellow Scorpions, by locating and killing the murderers.The game contains 12 levels with locations such as streets, metro station, docks, the Green Heaven bar and so on. There Jones fights other gangs such as the Muertos, Blades, Snakes ... and the police. The main goal at every location is to shoot and kill all enemies. Jones' arsenal includes two pistols (Beretta, Desert Eagle), pump-action shotgun, revolver, Uzi SMG and different melee weapons (police baton, pipe, baseball bat, crowbar ...). |
| Nick Chase: A Detective Story | 2009-02-04 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Gestalt games | Adventure | | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | It is a rainy night and you, P. I. Nick Chase, have nowhere to go, no job and no money. Suddenly, the phone rings. A man has a job for you. Someone has stolen a manuscript penned by Leonardo Di Vinci and he wants you to find the culprit and return his treasure.Nick Chase: A Detective Story is a combination hidden object and puzzle game. Use your mouse to click hidden items or clues on the screen. After you finish, you may be presented with puzzles such as unlocking the door, analyzing a blood sample or creating a fake I. D. As the game goes along, you gather clues as to who stole the Di Vinci manuscript and why. |
| Burnout: Paradise - The Ultimate Box | 2009-02-05 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Criterion Software Ltd. | Compilation, Racing / Driving | | | | | | Automobile, Motorcycle, Street racing | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Burnout: Paradise
Burnout: Paradise - Cagney Pack (add-on)
Burnout: Paradise - Bikes Pack (add-on)
Burnout: Paradise - Party Pack (add-on)
Trophies for PlayStation 3 version
Various minor refinementsIt is also the first version of the game (and the series as a whole) for the Windows platform. |
| Deutschland Singt Online: Party | 2009-02-05 | Atari Deutschland GmbH | rocketscience games development GmbH | Simulation | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Deutschland Singt Online (DSO) is a karaoke-game for the PC. Besides it's primary core feature - the karaoke mode, the secondary core feature of the game is the possibility to record and edit you own music video through any webcam attached to the computer. Another feature is the uplink capability to a associated online platform where you can upload your custom-made music performance, as well as challenge other opponents in a karaoke-battle online. DSO is available in two editions, a pop-edition (blue box) and a party-edition (orange box). Each edition has it's own set of 20 songs.Besides the standard keep case packages, Deutschland Singt Online is also sold in bundle with a high quality microphone.The songs and music videos available with the party-edition are:
Be Four - Magic Melody
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth
Culcha Candela - Hamma
Die Prinzen - Alles Nur Geklaut
Europe - The Final Countdown
Juli - Perfekte Welle
Laith Al-Deen - Bilder Von Dir
Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
Mark Medlock & Dieter Bohlen - You Can Get It
Matthias Reim - Verdammt Ich Lieb Dich
Modern Talking - Cheri Cheri Lady
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Nic - Ein Stern (Der Deinen Namen Trägt)
Olaf Henning - Cowboy & Indianer
Rio Reiser - König Von Deutschland
Roy Orbinson - Oh, Pretty Woman
Texas Lightning - No No Never
Torfrock - Beinhart
Udo Lindenberg - Sonderzug Nach Pankow
2raumwohnung - 36 Grad |
| Deutschland Singt Online: Pop | 2009-02-05 | Atari Deutschland GmbH | rocketscience games development GmbH | Simulation | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | Windows | Deutschland Singt Online (DSO) is a karaoke-game for the PC. Besides it's primary core feature - the karaoke mode, the secondary core feature of the game is the possibility to record and edit you own music video through any webcam attached to the computer. Another feature is the uplink capability to a associated online platform where you can upload your custom-made music performance, as well as challenge other opponents in a karaoke-battle online. DSO is available in two editions, a pop-edition (blue box) and a party-edition (orange box). Each edition has it's own set of 20 songs.Besides the standard keep case packages, Deutschland Singt Online is also sold in bundle with a microphone.The songs and music videos available with the pop-edition are:
ATC - Around the World
Fools Garden - Lemon Tree
Marillion - Kayleigh
Maroon 5 - This Love
Martin Kesici - Angel of Berlin
Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
No Angels - Daylight in Your Eyes
Reamonn - Supergirl
New Kids on the Block - Step by Step
Rednex - The Spirit of the Hawk
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Sarah Conner - Bounce
Sugababes - Push the Button
Sunrise Avenue - Fairytale Gone Bad
US5 - Maria
Thomas Godoj - Love is You
The Hooters - Johnny B.
Boney M. - Rivers of Babylon
Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
Tears for Fears - Shout |
| Protector 2 | 2009-02-05 | Noviy Disk | CCCP Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | As a sequel to Protector, the gameplay is similar. You are controlling an orbital space defense platform from third person view. In 20 missions you have to protect yourself, not the planet as in the prequel, against 16 different enemy space ships with 6 different upgradeable weapons and a shield. There are basically two types of enemies: Smaller ships you can hit anywhere and big ships, which can only be destroyed by shooting at their engines in a specific order. |
| The Mysterious City: Cairo | 2009-02-05 | iWin.com | Gold Casual Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Mysterious City: Cairo, like the previous title, is a hidden object game that follows closely all the standard conventions of the genre. Besides the obligatory screen cluttered with things, where the player must click on the required objects from a list at the right side of the screen, the game also has mainstay mini-games like jigsaw puzzles and spot-the-difference screens, where two similar images are put side by side and the player has to click on the differences.The plot is told through comic books screens that appear at the start of each day. Two characters, an old man and a young woman, are in Cairo trying to find three ancient artifacts. There's an option at the beginning of choosing between two time limits, 45 minutes or 100 minutes per day, each day comprised of several hidden object screens. The available locations, presented on a separate screen, can be played in any order. The hint button shows the position of one object, but removes two minutes from the timer after being used. |
| Conga Bugs | 2009-02-06 | Big Fish Games, Inc | GameTantra Digital Entertainment Ltd. | Educational, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | What do bugs do in their spare time? They conga! But we can't let the conga lines go forever. Olé!Conga Bugs is a marble-removal game similar to Luxor. Bugs will conga along a path and, using your mouse, you must fire a bug into the line to create a bug of three or more sections. This bug will then disappear. You must keep clearing the line until there are no more bugs. After a conga line clears, the pusher bug at the end drops its hat. You can then collect this hat. Collecting enough hats garners you an extra life. Some bugs are carrying bug tokens. Collecting enough of these unlocks rare bugs that play instruments in the orchestra pit.In later levels, you can collect power ups to help you. These may slow or stop the conga line or make it go in reverse for a short time. In between stages, you are shown comic panel stories that give some insight into insects. |
| Dystopia | 2009-02-06 | Puny Human, LLC | Puny Human, LLC | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Dystopia is a cyberpunk game on the Source engine that places the player into tense combat situations in a high-tech world spanned by computer networks. Playing as either Punk mercenaries, or Corporate security forces, the player will fight through the physical world to gain access, via jack-in terminals, to cyberspace.Cyberspace is a three dimensional representation of the world's network. Inside cyberspace players will launch programs to hack into systems linked to the physical world while fighting off enemy hackers and defending critical systems. Gameplay progresses through inter-linked physical and cyberspace objectives, some are completed in either the physical world or cyberspace, others only by a well timed combination of the two.The player will be immersed in action packed battles, whether the player is a heavily augmented combat mercenary armed to the teeth with the latest in firepower, or a twitch reflex cyberdecker racing to infiltrate a cyberspace node; they'll be immersed in an action packed battle. Only through skillful use of the high tech arsenal we're making available and intelligent team play will players truly jack-in and kick ass.Puny Human is a collection of dedicated and talented gamers who are creating this action packed multiplayer game. Dystopia draws on the themes and concepts of the cyberpunk genre and implements ideas born out of years of gaming experience. With a competitive focused gameplay system, we hope to produce the next step in online multiplayer gaming. Dual layer gameplay; interlinked realworld and cyberspace A highly detailed futuristic "realworld" environment A 3D "cyberspace" computer network environment Unique player configuration system 12 maps with 3 to 5 unique objectives per map 12 high powered primary weapons 14 selectable implants to customize your loadout Completely free to play! |
| X-Blades | 2009-02-06 | ZUXXEZ Entertainment AG | Gaijin Entertainment Corporation | Action | Behind view | | | Hack and slash | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | At the beginning of time, two divine entities ruled over the universe peacefully and harmoniously. But one day the seeds of conflict rained from the sky and the entity known as The Dark, tried to take all the power for himself. The Light and The Dark battle fiercely but The Light couldn't defeat The Dark and stop the chaos. They were both inseparably connected to one another and so The Light realized that the only way to stop The Dark was to banish him and himself into two cursed artifacts. Each one is now guarding the artifact containing the powers of the other and all seems well. At least until one day a egocentric treasure hunter named Ayumi finds the map to the hidden temple where the artifacts are guarded.In her greed she ignores the warnings of The Light, touches the artifact and by doing so unleashes The Curse upon herself. It enters her body and condemns her to pain and suffering. But not all is lost. The Curse hasn't full control over her yet. Withstanding it, Ayumi continues to search her search for the second artifact. But now not because of greed but to battle The Dark, confine it's powers again and relieve herself of The Curse by doing so.The journey is not an easy one as the player takes over the control of Ayumi, looking over her shoulder and guiding her through the levels. The return of The Dark spawned many enemies on the island. But as an experienced treasure hunter, Ayumi isn't defenseless. With her gunblades in her hands, she mows through the enemies like Dante does in the Devil May Cry series until the entrance to the next level unlocks. Each defeated enemy then drops one or more souls which Ayumi needs to buy additional skills, spells and items allowing her to cast fireballs upon her enemies or buy more powerful bullets for the gunblades. This is especially important as all the enemies and bosses have different weaknesses. The phantoms e.g. are immune to physical damage but hitting them with a fireball or fire-induced blades will destroy them in no time.Scattered around the temple are also artifacts which were broken into three pieces. If Ayumi finds all three, she reunites them and gains either a melee, pistol or airstrike upgrade increasing her respective damage and granting her access to more powerful combos. |
| X-Blades (Royal Bundle) | 2009-02-06 | ZUXXEZ Entertainment AG | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | X-Blades (Royal Bundle) includes:X-Blades
23cm Ayumi figurine
Art book with 72 pages
Original soundtrack by Michael Dees and Pavel Stebakov
Two-sided poster with the world map on one side and a calender for 2009/2010 on the other
Official strategy guideIn addition to the items above, the Windows release includes a mousepad with artwork of Ayumi. |
| Boonka | 2009-02-07 | Sandlot Games | Raptisoft, LLC | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Boonka is a tile-matching game with an ecologic theme, where the ultimate goal is to save trees from evil beings called Skours. The main game screen shows a pile of multi-colored tiles, representing elemental creatures of the forest called Boonkas, where the player has to drag them with the mouse and make matches by color. The Boonkas only connect horizontally, and when linked they form a barrier, making it more difficult to move the tiles around. Lines are added continuously from the bottom of the screen. If the pile reaches the top, black clouds with Skours appear, and if the player can't clear the field on time they destroy everything with a lighting bolt, ending the game.The objective is to eliminate all the linked Boonkas, by matching two special tiles that show fairies locked inside jars. When put together, the fairies take off like a rocket, lifting out of the field all the linked tiles they can carry. The removed tiles increase a grow meter at the right side of the screen, that effectively shows the level progress. When the meter is filled, the level is complete and the restored tree is shown before the game moves to the next one.The player receives bonus points for making special patterns. The main game is the Adventure Mode, that shows cutscenes between each level, with two other modes available at the main menu. In the Beanstalk mode, the goal is to amass points in an endless level. In the Blitz mode, the objective is to clear the gamefield as fast as possible. |
| Open Sonic the Hedgehog | 2009-02-07 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Open Sonic is a freeware, open-source platformer inspired by the venerable Sonic games of the nineties, but with some differences in gameplay. While not merely being a clone of the old games, the main objective is still the same: to transverse the whole level as fast as possible, collecting rings and killing the enemies by jumping on them. The basic mechanics are unaltered, the main addition being the cooperative play more akin to Knuckles Chaotix, where the player has to change characters to open passages and go to places that Sonic can't reach. Besides the blue hedgehog, there is "Tails", a yellow fox that can fly by rotating his two tails, and Knuckles, a red echidna that can climb walls. The levels have teleporters at certain points to summon all the characters to a place and avoid tedious backtracking. The game text can be changed to several languages, new levels can be downloaded from the official site, and a level editor is included to create custom stages. |
| Celetania | 2009-02-09 | Vulcando Games GmbH | Vulcando Games GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Celetania is a online-only strategy game set in space. Every player is initially responsible for one planet. He constructs buildings and production cycles to improve his economic strength and satisfy the population's wishes. Space ships can be built individually with different components. Sooner or later the player has to expand to get access to more resources, to do so he can either settle on new planets or trade with other players. Of course he can also go to war: the combat is a simple matter of selecting a space ship and telling it what to attack. Even if the handling is more reminiscent of turn-based games the game is completely in real-time. This means a player can declare war and destroy the whole infrastructure when the other player is offline - of course not undisputed, the AI takes over during offline times and bases its decisions on the player's preferences. There are also quests, e.g. to kill pirates or to explore another planet, which give rewards like faster building times or additional resources.The retail release includes one month playing time and a poster. |
| Mr Bean's Wacky World | 2009-02-09 | Mastertronic Group Ltd. | Beyond Reality Games Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Mr Bean's Wacky World is a third person action game based on the 2002 animated series featuring Rowan Atkinson's famous character. A mysterious villain has kidnapped Teddy and is demanding a ransom of 1,000 cat biscuits. Now it's up to the player to go out in the world and collect all the required biscuits. He has to make his way through four different locations: Mrs Wicket's back garden, the sewers, the wilds and finally the kidnappers' factory hide out. Each location consists of three levels that are connected through a central hub. A short cartoon sequence is shown before each level.Mr Bean has to watch out for various pests and baddies that do their best to get in his way. To his help he access to a few different weapons. Repellent can be used on pests, the frying pan can knock out bigger baddies and a slingshot is useful for hitting faraway targets. A pirate costume can be used for a short time of invincibility. Various pick ups can be collected. Cat biscuits are needed to pay Teddy's ransom, while medi-teddies, first aid kits and fruits are used to restore health. To complete a level the player has to open the exit gate. This is done by collecting all jigsaw pieces. These are locked away in treasure chests and the player has to collect keys to get them. Once all jigsaw pieces are collected the player has to do a jigsaw challenge in time to unlock the gate. Puzzle solving involve pushing around crates to active doors and bombs that can be used to destroy blockades. There are also springboards that allow the player to reach high up areas. In addition to the main game there are various mini games. These include a jigsaw, whack-a-mole, tennis, racing and shooting range games. Some of these are playable by two players for the Wii and Windows versions of the game. |
| F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin | 2009-02-10 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | | Mecha / giant robot | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is the sequel to F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon and continues the series' trademark blend of supernatural horror and suspense. Many mechanics from the original first-person shooter have made their way into the game, like slow motion bullet time, and intelligent AI. New gameplay elements have also been introduced, like grab and drag movable cover, combat mechs, and iron sight aiming. The environments are now more open and less linear than those in the first game, and are also more diverse.Point-Man, the protagonist of the first F.E.A.R. has been replaced by a new playable character, Michael Becket, a Delta Force operator who has been sent on a mission to arrest Armacham president Genevieve Aristide approximately 30 minutes before the ending of the first game. Alma, the strange little girl returns to give you scares and also assist you at some points.The game only takes the original game into account and ignores all events from the expansion packs Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate. |
| Be a King | 2009-02-11 | 300AD | 300AD | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | A newly crowned prince wants to expand and become king. To do this, he must defend his vassals, expand their hamlets, villages and cities and introduce new technology.Be a King is a managerial game. At each level, the player has certain goals he must complete. A priority is to build houses, farms and barracks, so the subjects will have living space, food and defense. These items can be upgraded to increase their capacity. If there is a lack in the people to build, workers can be hired. When short of material, wood and stone can be purchased. Periodically, a game event will appear. These can be the town wanting a fair that will attract new people, a guild wanting to establish that will make buying supplies cheaper or speed up building, etc. An event may be a request to search some ruins or slay a dragon or troll. For these, a hero must be attracted or hired. These events may lead to gold, people joining the player, failure with no new people, or the hero's death. The outcomes are random. |
| Insider Tales: The Stolen Venus | 2009-02-11 | INTENIUM GmbH | INTENIUM GmbH | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Francesca DiPorta must find Botticelli's stolen masterpiece "The Birth of Venus", hidden by the thief in the Italian village of Castiglionbasso.Insider Tales: The Stolen Venus is hidden object game, where the player must find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on scenes filled with assorted objects. Clicking on one of the list items shows its silhouette in a Polaroid photo at the bottom left. The standard variations of gameplay are included: sometimes the screen is split in two similar images, and the player must click on the differences. In some places, the goal is to find several instances of the same object. Some locations replace the list with images of the objects, and the objective is to find their pieces scattered on the scenery.Besides implementations of classic games, like jigsaw puzzles, Pipe Dream, Simon and concentration, the game also has other mini-games, where the player must slide wood blocks in a box and fit tetrominoes pieces in a small square. The hint button shows the position of one of the required objects, but takes time to recharge after use. |
| Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst | 2009-02-11 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Big Fish Games, Inc | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Once again, the ghost of Emma Ravenhearst summons the detective to the cursed estate to investigate and free ghosts, while fighting the evil spirit of her husband Charles.Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst is another instalment of the Mystery Case Files series of hidden object games, and the sequel to Ravenhearst. This time around, the gameplay focus is on the point-and-click adventure portion, with hidden object screens. The main objective is to solve all the puzzles encountered on the various places of the Ravenhearst abandoned estate, to complete the investigation and help Emma's ghost.Ravenhearst is presented as a series of mostly static images that can be navigated by placing the cursor at one of the screen sides. If it is possible to move in that direction, the cursor becomes an arrow that can be clicked to move on. The inventory at the bottom shows several slots storing all the tools available. Objects are collected by clicking them on the scenery, or after completing one of the hidden object screens. The inventory items can be used to solve puzzles by dragging them to an appropriate and logical place or object.A separate hidden object screen comes up after clicking on certain portions of the scenery, that show a glimmering effect to indicate their use. After finding all the objects from a list at the bottom, one of them is stored in the inventory for later use.Puzzles appear on most locations, where a window or a whole separate screen comes up that can be manipulated with the cursor. Some puzzles can be skipped, with a time penalty of 30 minutes added to the score.Clues and other bits of information are automatically stored in the journal, accessible at any point in the game. The hint button shows the position of required items in the hidden object screens, and can also give clues about the use of inventory tools, by dragging any of them to it. It takes a few minutes to reload after use. |
| Clueless | 2009-02-12 | Paramount Digital Entertainment | Ladyluck Digital Media Inc., Legacy Interactive Inc. | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | We're not clueless, we know what we want. Cool fashions! Go out in some frumpy thing? As if! The boys would SO not be impressed!Clueless uses themes and characters from the movie and TV show of the same name. This game is, basically, playing dress-up. Using your mouse, you must drag clothes from the sides of the screen to one of Cher's friends in the middle. You cannot drag just any old combination over there, however. She must look fashionable. In addition, each of Cher's friends has a boyfriend whose picture is at the bottom. You need to also impress him. By clicking the boyfriend's picture, you can see what he prefers. Do not delay too long as each friend is timed. If time runs out, she will go out partially dressed. Not cool! After you dress the girl, a green button will appear. Press it to have the fashion graded. Each level must get an average grade of B- so as not to be a fashion disaster. After each grading, Cher may appear and give some fashion tips. After some levels, you may have a bonus level such as dressing and posing the girl to match the initial picture. Ultimately, you are trying to get each girl's boyfriend to hook up with them. |
| Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator | 2009-02-12 | | | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | This game is an independent freeware remake of Conflict and offers a similar experience. As the new prime minister, your goal now is to be reelected, and to accomplish this, every diplomatic move must be thought as now they not only affect that nation in question, but may also impact your relations with theirs friends and foes.Another new mechanic is the strength of the leaders, where each leader will have a different position according to theirs ability.The weak leaders may change theirs plans suddenly to please the public opinion, while a strong leader may not change any policy even if facing strong internal opposition. A few new diplomatic treaties are available too, like new options of internal affairs, like electoral promises and even the possibility to grant independence to Palestine with new consequences. |
| Mevo & the Grooveriders | 2009-02-12 | Red Rocket Games, Inc. | Red Rocket Games, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Music / rhythm, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Mevo & the Grooveriders is a music game, where players must hit two keys following the rhythm of the background tune, to help a small one-eyed alien creature called Mevo to assemble the band Grooveriders. Mevo keeps running from left to right on a scrolling screen, passing on yellow and blue arrows on the path pointing left or right. The player has to hit the corresponding buttons when the alien touches the arrows. If the player makes a mistake, Mevo stumbles and rolls, losing a bit of health. The meter at the top shows the amount of health left, the score and combos.Green notes give points and are collected automatically. Some arrows have trailing dots behind them, where the button has to be held down for a sustained note. Freestyle starts after passing through a giant ring symbol, where the player has to alternate between the two buttons as fast as possible for extra points.There are five worlds with ocean, jungle, desert, and space themes, each with several levels. The player must achieve a minimum score to win a silver CD and move to the next level. A diamond CD must be acquired to change worlds. The creature look can be customized with new dance moves, body types, faces and costumes that give special powers. |
| Shellshock 2: Blood Trails | 2009-02-12 | ND Games | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | Asia, Cold War | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | For all the soldiers there, Vietnam is already like hell. But one month after a US plane carrying a top-secret cargo codenamed "Whiteknight" is lost over the jungles of Cambodia, being in hell suddenly becomes even more appealing than being in Vietnam. After the plane crash, a Special Ops unit headed by Sergeant Caleb Walker is sent in to retrieve the cargo. In the end only Cal returns from this mission but he has changed. Something has driven him insane and unfortunately that thing has followed him out of the jungle. Nate Walker, Cal's younger brother is now brought in to get information about "Whiteknight" from Cal who is kept in quarantine because he is carrying a highly contagious and horrifically destructive virus. But only moments after he meets his brother, VC forces attack the outpost and in the chaos Cal breaks out and escapes. Now it's Nate's job to hunt Cal down, solve the mystery of "Whiteknight" and survive the horrific nightmare called the Vietnam War.The player puts on the boots of Nate and moves him in a traditional first person shooter fashion through the linear levels. These are cluttered with Vietcong and other more or less alive dangers. But grenades, pistols, M16s and other firearms as well as mounted machine guns help the player to hold his enemies at bay. If an enemy overwhelms Nate or in certain scripted situations, a quick time event starts in which the player needs to press the buttons shown on the screen as fast as possible or he'll meet his maker. If the player successfully survives the attack, they can then decide which way their opponent should die.As with its predecessor Shellshock: Nam '67, Shellshock 2: Blood Trails doesn't hold itself back in terms of violence, gore and horrific imagery. |
| Spectromancer | 2009-02-12 | Three Donkeys LLC | Apus Software, Three Donkeys LLC | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Spectromancer is a card collection game similar to Magic the Gathering. Players use cards to combat each other. Winning duels grants players new cards.Each player plays as a mage. The game features six different mage classes (Cleric, Mechanician, Necromancer, Chaosmaster, Dominator and Illusionist). Different cards represent different spells and summons the player cast. The game is played in turns and each turn the players can place new cards on the virtual table and summoned creatures will attack enemy creatures. Spells can also be cast for additional damage. Different types of units do different types of damage (fire, water, air, earth, plus one class dependent type). Different creatures also have different resistances against these types of damage.Players can play against each other over the Internet or against an AI computer player. |
| Wonderland Adventures: Mysteries of Fire Island | 2009-02-12 | Midnight Synergy | Midnight Synergy | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Once again, you are questing to save Wonderland. Only this time, things don't all go as planned. You have gone to Fire Island to stop impending doom but now you're marooned. Solve the mystery of Fire Island so you can escape and save Wonderland.Wonderland Adventures: Mysteries of Fire Island is the sequel to Wonderland Adventures. As before, you move about by moving your mouse so the target is where you want to go then click the mouse button. You must step on buttons, gather keys and get the help of other Stinkers to stay on buttons for you. You can, once again, gather gems for points. It is up to you to again save Wonderland. A Stinker's work is never done. |
| A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie | 2009-02-13 | Akella | SPLine Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | World War II | | Point and select | | | | Windows | A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie is the first of a series of two games set in World War II, following the story of the German Resistance in 1944. You play this first game in the role of Gerhard Mayer, a member of the SS with a day job in the Gestapo. Disagreeing with some of the heavy-handed tactics of the Third Reich, you get embroiled in a plot to overthrow the Nazi regime and assassinate Adolf Hitler. There are obvious crossovers with the Tom Cruise movie "Valkyrie" although the plot is not identical.Operation Valkyrie is a standard 3rd person point-and-click adventure game, with a realistic graphical style and a strong historical focus. An option is provided to play the game with black-and-white visuals, to further add to the historical feel. The cut-scenes comprise still pictures in a slideshow format rather than animation. There are a combination of stand-alone logic puzzles and inventory-based puzzles as seen in most recent adventure games. The game ends with a cliff hanger, to be resolved in the second chapter, entitled Operation Bunker. |
| Angel Sex Pet | 2009-02-13 | Cybele | Cybele | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Contemporary, Fantasy | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)After bumping into a literal angel on the street, she proceeds to lecture Takeshi for carrying around "foul" and "inappropriate" material. Her holier than thou attitude is easily explained as she is fresh out of the golden gates. Her demeanor quickly changes as she collapses having expended too much energy from being on Earth. Being a good Samaritan and all, Takeshi brings the angel back to his apartment so nothing naughty happens to her if she is left alone outside.Charlotte wakes up after you bring her home because your immense lust rouses her. She explains the way she can get enough energy to make the trip back to heaven is through the "love" of humans to recharge. Being a pent-up single guy living on his own, Takeshi has A LOT of love he can pump her full of!Translated version of the original Japanese Visual NovelCharlotte is fully voiced with original Japanese dialogueOriginal artwork HD upscaled with 16:9 and 4:3 variantsHours of story contentAudio including music and special effectsEnhanced with character sprite animationsGallery and Scene selections9 scenes spent recharging your angelic sex pet!Angel Sex Pet Is the English localization of a Visual Novel originally created by prolific Japanese developer Cybele. We at Cherry Kiss aim to provide an authentic Japanese Visual Novel experience to gamers outside of Japan.** PLEASE NOTE **All characters described and visually represented in this game are over 18 years of age, and no actual, nor identifiable minor was used in the production of this game. |
| F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin - Limited Edition | 2009-02-13 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin - Limited Edition contains:
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon
Exclusive In-game Skins
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| Holly 2: Magic Land | 2009-02-13 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | V-Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Holly's daughter disappears through the portal of an enchanted storybook, and while desperately searching for her little girl she stumbles upon a small elf. The creature says that she must travel to the magic land to retrieve her child.Holly 2: Magic Land is a hidden object game, where the player must find and click on all the item listed at the right side of the screen, on locations filled with assorted objects, within a time limit. Sometimes the list has pictures or silhouettes instead of words. In some screens, the goal is to find several instances of the same object.Mini-games appear occasionally, where the player has to match pictures, reassemble pipelines and complete other similar challenges.The hint button at the bottom of the list highlights the position of one of the required objects. Each chapter starts with three hints available. Each scene conceals three golden strawberries, that when collected give one extra hint. |
| Screamer | 2009-02-13 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Graffiti | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Screamer is a traditional arcade racing game. The player can drive many different cars such as a Corvette, a Porsche 911, and others. The game has varied tracks, all of which are available in backwards mode. Players can take on the Bullet car for the ultimate championship race. |
| Undiscovered World: The Incan Sun | 2009-02-13 | Jolly Bear Games, Inc. | HoverBee | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Undiscovered World: The Incan Sun is a hidden object game, where the player takes the role of a explorer searching the Incan ruins of the South American jungle. Each screen shows a location filled with assorted objects, and the objective is to click on all the items listed at the bottom. Besides the list items, two clay statues have to be found on every location to finish the level and move on to the next one.Sometimes, mini-games appear where the player must assemble pieces of maps or artifacts. A stack of Incan coins at the bottom-left is the hint button, highlighting the position of one of the required objects. Extra coins can be found scattered on the scenery. |
| Elizabeth Find M.D.: Diagnosis Mystery | 2009-02-14 | Big Fish Games, Inc, ValuSoft, Inc. | Gunnar Games, Inc., Virtual Prophecy Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Elizabeth Find and her colleagues solve the complex cases that arrive at their hospital.Elizabeth Find M.D.: Diagnosis Mystery is a hidden object game with a medical theme. Most of the time, the goal is to find and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on locations cluttered with random paraphernalia. The list sometimes shows the object silhouette or sounds instead of words. Some items are written in red, indicating the need to use one of the medical tools on someplace in the scenery to acquire them. The medical bag tab contains a thermometer, a petri dish, cotton swabs, a reflex hammer, a syringe, a penlight and the stethoscope.Standard variations of gameplay make an appearance: in some stages, the screen is split in two similar images, and the player has to click on the differences. In some places, the objective is to collect several instances of the same object. In some screens, the goal is to put back pieces of the scenery.Occasionally, mini-games appear where the player must perform some medical activity, like a maze game with lines of contrast dye going to organs for radiology examination, inoculating cells on a petri dish and performing blood type tests.The red cross hint button highlights the position of one of the required objects, creating a glowing halo around it. It takes time to recharge after use. Wrong clicks remove several seconds from the timer. There's an option at the beginning of playing without the time limit. |
| .flow | 2009-02-15 | | | Adventure | Diagonal-down | Fangame | Horror | Sandbox / open world, Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | .flow is a fangame for the 2005 RPG Maker game Yume Nikki. Like its predecessor, it revolves around the exploration of a withdrawn girl's mental world. In this case the protagonist is Sabitsuki, a white-haired girl who is heavily implied to be terminally ill.Sabitsuki accesses her dream world by using the computer in her bedroom. Though it has many surreal elements similar to the world explored in Yume Nikki, Sabitsuki's world is often much bloodier, gorier, and drearier. The player's goal is to collect the 24 "effects" scattered throughout the world, which mostly cause aesthetic changes to Sabitsuki's sprite, though some also affect gameplay.Once all effects have been collected, the player may continue on to their choice of two of the game's multiple endings. Alternatively, they may deposit the effects into Sabitsuki's computer, re-enter the dream world, and switch control to a character named Rust, who appears to be an alternate version of Sabitsuki. Rust cannot use effects, and her gameplay is more akin to survival horror; she is pursued by red demons that cause visible damage to her sprite whenever they attack her. If Rust takes too much damage, she will be sent back to the real world. As Rust, the player must travel to previously-inaccessible areas to collect three empty boxes, which seem to have some kind of symbolic meaning. |
| Forklift Truck Simulator 2009 | 2009-02-16 | astragon Software GmbH | VIS GbR | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | Agricultural / industrial | | | | | Windows | Gabelstapler-Simulator 2009 is a simulation in which the player takes the role of a forklift driver. As expected he has to steer the vehicle and operate the height adjustment of the fork. The game features three playing modes: a mandatory tutorial, six missions and a free playing mode. The six missions are divided into two scenarios (an entrepot for truck transportation or for train transportation) - the three missions are the same for each scenario and include the loading of goods in a limited time. The free playing mode gives the player a warehouse in which he can drive around goods as much as he wants.The three forklifts, e.g. diesel or electric, are licensed from the manufacturer STILL and handle differently. |
| Mind Fuck | 2009-02-16 | | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mental training | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Mind Fuck is a two-player game about "reading your opponent". The goal is to press a key faster than your opponent (one of the players must press the left Shift key, the other one has the right Shift key) - but you also want to belate pressing the key as much as possible; the sooner you press the button, the more points you get, and the first player to get a certain score is the winner. The score required for victory is 400, but this can be freely changed. To win, one has to skillfully predict their opponent's intentions. |
| Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer | 2009-02-17 | City Interactive S.A. | City Interactive S.A. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer is the sequel of
Art of Murder: FBI Confidential.
Once more you play FBI investigator Nicole Bonnet, who has to solve this time a series of brutal murders that have taken place in the USA. The killer seems to have a special trademark: the body is always accompanied by a mysterious doll dressed in 18th century clothing. A seemingly similar death is discovered across the ocean in Paris, France, so Bonnet starts her investigation in Paris. But it will bring her to Spain and Cuba as well, and it will lead to discoveries that date back centuries ago.Hunt for the Puppeteer is like the original game a 3rd person adventure and identical in game play. The player has to collect evidence in bags, take fingerprints and analyze clues, and solve numerous puzzles (including a slider and timed puzzle). The scrollable inventory is fixed at the bottom of the screen. To the right of the inventory there are icons to access a journal (that includes an overview of the dialogues and documents), a cell phone and the options screen. The game includes subtitles. |
| Penumbra Collection | 2009-02-17 | Paradox Interactive AB | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Penumbra: Overture
Penumbra: Black Plague
Penumbra: Requiem |
| Super Stamp | 2009-02-18 | Greengamer | Greengamer | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | You are trying to complete your stamp collections. But like any hobby, there are challenges.Super Stamp is a puzzle game built around stamp collecting. You must use your mouse to drag the correct shape from the bottom row up to the stamp it fits in above. Variations include: Classic, in which you just fill in enough stamps before time runs out. Line Up, in which you fill rows of stamps but after several seconds, the rows move up. If the rows go past the top of the screen, you lose. Color Match, in which you must place the correct colored shape in the correct stamp. If there are any stamps of the same color touching the one you placed the shape in, horizontally or vertically, they all disappear. Puzzle, in which you put together the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle to complete a postcard. Between levels, you are given trivia facts about stamps, the postage service and postcards. |
| Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? 3 | 2009-02-18 | Mindscape France | Strass Productions | Educational, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania | | Menu structures, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? 3 is an entry in the Carmen Sandiego series for children aged eight to twelve. A.C.M.E. agents Julia Argent and Adam Shadow (formerly Shadow Hawkins) follow Carmen Sandiego to locations including Tokyo, Machu Picchu, and the German countryside. The game features puzzle-based play rather than the clue-based globehopping previously featured in the series. Most of the game consists of a linear story that is furthered through point-and-click elements with dialogue options in conversations. There are puzzles to solve and other elements include a digital handheld ACME computer and a world map to choose travel destinations. |
| Annie's Millions | 2009-02-19 | PoBros Inc | PoBros Inc | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Annie's rich uncle David D'Nero issues a challenge to members of his family: to spend one million dollars as fast as possible. The one that spends the money faster and more wisely will inherit his fortune. Annie's and her cousins receive gold credit cards, and they start to frantically shop around the town.Annie's Millions is a hidden object game. The main objective is to find and collect all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on scenes depicting supermarkets, shops, boutiques and similar establishments filled with merchandise available to purchase.There are four hint buttons filled with green charges at the bottom-right. When clicked, they show the position of one of the required objects. Four mini-games can be accessed with the red square button: Price Builder, Sort Items, Price Match and Price Guess. After winning any of them, they recharge the hint buttons. The games all present similar challenges, where the price of certain products has to be guessed correctly. |
| Emerald City Confidential | 2009-02-19 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Wadjet Eye Games LLC | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Emerald City Confidential is a mystery adventure based on the universe of the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Rather than a direct adaptation, familiar characters such as Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion are shifted into a 1940s film noir setting with a much grimmer atmosphere.Players control Petra, a private detective in Emerald City, who investigates mysterious cases for a living. She is contacted by a rich woman Dee Gale who asks her to find her fiancé Anzel who has disappeared. Through her investigation, Petra finds out more about the city, the surroundings and the way it is controlled. The story is told in five chapters and soon Petra's past is interwoven into the main story as the plot thickens.The game is controlled like a regular point-and-click 2D adventure from a thirdperson perspective with hand-drawn graphics. The mouse is used for all actions and there no different commands or options to choose from. The inventory is shown at the bottom and through the story Petra will eventually get access to magic potions and spells that are stored in the bottom right of the screen.Compared to earlier Wadjet Eye Games, in terms of gameplay it has a more casual approach. Players can optionally collect buttons in the surroundings in almost every screen, there are achievements (medals) to unlock and there is an in-game hint system where the solution to puzzles is gradually revealed, making it almost impossible to get stuck permanently. Petra can talk to characters using a tree dialogue system and important conversations and clues are stored in a journal. A tutorial introduces the mechanics in the early parts of the game and puzzle are largely inventory and conversation based. New and solved quests are also shown on the screen, as well as a progress bar for the overall completion of the game.Unlike the previous Wadjet Eye Games, the AGS engine is not used and a much larger team worked on the game. All characters are voiced, along with subtitles where the dialogue is transcribed. |
| Geneforge 5: Overthrow | 2009-02-19 | Spiderweb Software | Spiderweb Software | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy | | Jeff Vogel | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Geneforge 5: Overthrow is the fifth and final game in the RPG series and continues the story from Geneforge 4: Rebellion. As with all the other installments the game features open-ended game play and allows the player to explore the world maps freely except where constrained by enemy strength. The player further delves into the world crafted and influenced by the Shapers, an elite class of highly specialized people that shape life into various forms, usually dangerous. The game offers six different classes to start building the character upon. As with the previous Geneforge games the player can put skill point emphasis in three areas: close combat, Shaper skills, and magic use. Compared to the previous game it contains a number of UI improvements and better support for higher graphic modes. |
| Jumpman | 2009-02-19 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jumpman is a puzzle platformer made to look like a Atari 2006 or Apple // retro game from the early eighties, but with modern gameplay techniques. Where those classic games consist of static levels, one after another, in this game the entire set of levels is envisioned as a full world. That way, it is possible to see the next levels in the backgrounds, stretching into the distance.Basic controls allow the player's character to move around and jump, but there are also keys that can rotate the worlds. Puzzling is introduced through having to rotate levels, avoiding enemies or crushing them with giant yellow balls. In later levels, a gameplay session is mirrored multiple times in the same level, bombs make part of the scenery explode, and there are zones where you cannot rotate the level or only in a limited fashion. To exit the level, a blue sign needs to be touched. There is an unlimited amount of tries per level and progress is saved automatically.Next to the main game there is also a playground to toy around, and a full level editor. |
| Nikita: The Mystery of the Hidden Treasure | 2009-02-19 | astragon Software GmbH | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Nikita: Das Geheimnis des verborgenen Schatzes is a jump-and-run game. The player plays as Nikita, who wants to spoil the plans of Captain Dogers, who wants to become the most powerful pirate on all the oceans. 11 levels in exotic settings are included. You can use different weapons like sabers and cannons to defeat a lot of different enemies in the levels. |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II | 2009-02-19 | THQ Inc. | Relic Entertainment Inc | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | RPG elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In the 41st century everything is nothing but war. Orcs, Eldar and countless other races fight against the Human Imperium with the sole goal to annihilate and eradicate them from the face of the galaxy. One of those many battles is fought by the Space Marines Order "Blood Raven" that has begun to cleanse the planets of subsector Aurelia from Orcs, Eldars and Tyranids.The single player campaign, which can also be played cooperative with a friend, consists of two parts. The first part is the planet overview. Here the player sees which territories he has already conquered, the ones currently threatened and from where emergency signals are sent. From that screen he also selects skills and equips his heroes, sees the messages of the day and ultimately decides to which battlefield he turns his attention next. When the territory has been decided upon, the player needs to choose from his available squads a maximum of four to send into battle. As opposed to multiplayer, new units cannot be built during the battles and there is only access to a very limited amount of reinforcements. Each squad is led by a hero who gains experience in battle, levels up and can equip so-called war gear like better armor, dropped by boss enemies or awarded at the end of a mission. At each level-up his stats also improve and he gets two skill points that can be allocated to the heroes four main characteristics including strength or stamina. When the player invests enough points into one element, a new ability for the hero is unlocked and it can be used on the battlefield.In multiplayer the player needs not only choose which of the four races he wants to play but he can also decide on one of three heroes that are roughly categorized based on offensive, defensive and support skill. During the skirmishes the hero again gains experience, levels up and can then decide on the fly which upgrade to install. And while in single player the hero can only be revived by other heroes once he dies, in multiplayer the player can revive him instantly for a price. The longer he waits with the revive order, the less it costs.The resources needed to pay the price and build new units in the army headquarters are automatically collected every few seconds once the player has conquered a requisite point on the map. In addition, the player needs to conquer energy points to get the energy required to upgrade his units. All these efforts are ultimately needed to either destroy up to five enemies or conquer and hold enough victory points until the enemies points' account has reached zero. |
| Greatest Indie Pack | 2009-02-20 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Greatest Indie Pack is a Steam compilation containing following games:
Eets: Hunger. It's emotional.
Gravitron 2
I-Fluid
Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest
RedLynx Trials 2: Second Edition
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| Tahiti Hidden Pearls | 2009-02-20 | SpinTop Games | NextGamez BV | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Tahiti Hidden Pearls is a hidden object game. As usual, the goal is to find and click on all the items from a list at the right side of the screen, on cluttered locations around the Tahiti island, within a time limit.Besides the list items, each location has four hidden pearls. After collecting them, the player receives one extra hint. The hint button highlights the position of one of the required objects.Mini-games appear between stages, where the player has to find the differences between two similar images, assemble jigsaw puzzles and solve similar challenges. |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (Limited Steelbook Edition) | 2009-02-20 | THQ Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The German Limited Steelbook Edition includes:
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Destroyer War Gear Set
Novamarines armor pattern
Sharpshooter War Gear Set
The Angels of Redemption armor pattern
Four additional army painter colours
The UK Limited Steelbook Edition includes:
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Sternguard War Gear Set
Taurans armor pattern
Four additional army painter colours |
| Unwell Mel | 2009-02-21 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc, Grey Alien Games | Puzzle | Side view | | Healthcare | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Meet Mel. Mel is, well, unwell. Mel seems to be a magnet for every ailment there is. But you're the doctor with the cure for Mel.Unwell Mel is a match three puzzle game. You will use your mouse to swap two items on the screen to make a row of three or more. The object of each puzzle is to clear all the viruses by matching them in rows of three or more and/or clear gunk by matching items over it. In between levels, you can buy items to help you. These include an item to remove one virus or gunk and an item that removes gunk from an entire vertical row. If you match four or more items, you can get bonus items. An example of these is one to remove an entire vertical or horizontal row or one that removes both at once. |
| 3 Stars of Destiny | 2009-02-23 | Aldorlea Games | Aldorlea Games | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | 3 Stars of Destiny returns to the heroes from Laxius Power and Laxius Force, but back to the years when they were still teenagers. It is a 2D RPG with three modes of difficulty and a focus on exploration.Familiar characters from the Laxius series appear, such as Random (but before he got to know Sarah) and Luciana when she was still a normal student at the Rillian university, and yet has to meet Random and Sarah. During the quest the player can eventually rely on ten different characters to help him find treasures, challenge strong enemies and progress through the story. |
| Beetle Ju. 2 | 2009-02-23 | INTENIUM GmbH | INTENIUM GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Half ant, half beetle, Beetle has three goals: collect money, kill monsters and save the other beetles from them. Each level starts with a mission objective such as kill 4 monsters. Once the objective is reached, a door opens and you continue to the next level. The game features two modes, easy and normal, and 101 levels. |
| SlamIt Pinball: Big Score | 2009-02-23 | Strategy First, Inc. | Technetium Games LLC | Action | Top-down | | | Pinball | | | | | | | Windows | SlamIt Pinball : Big Score is a 3D pinball game with a single table centered around the theme of police and criminals. It can be played by four players, alternating, where players are able to steal points from the other ones during their turn. Next to a large number of lanes and ramps based on locations such as jails, there are various tasks such as breaking codes and different video modes. Of course there is multiball, different combos and skill shots. |
| Puzzle Quest: Galactrix | 2009-02-24 | D3Publisher of America, Inc. | Infinite Interactive Pty. Ltd. | Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is, just like its predecessor, a mix of many different genres. At its core there is a Bejeweled-style match-3 puzzle game. In Galactrix, the gems the player has to match have been changed to hexagon shapes, making diagonal matches possible. Also, new gems are filled in from whatever side the player last removed a gem, making the gameplay even more complex.The game's back story is this time set in the future, and the player has a large galaxy map to explore. In each star system, there are a number of planets, asteroids, leap gates and space stations. The player has to accept missions which further the background story, but they can also choose to do side quests like mining for raw materials that can be sold for varying prices in each solar system.During the course of the game, the player can pick up several side characters which bring along with them mini games, like constructing devices for the player's ships or hacking leap gates to access new areas on the map. The core gameplay revolves around battling other space ships though. Successful battles will result in more intel (the equivalent of experience points), which in turn helps leveling up the player's hero, increasing their stats. |
| Tropical Dream: Underwater Odyssey | 2009-02-24 | Digital Chocolate, Inc. | Digital Chocolate, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | 1st-person, Side view | | | Hidden object, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Megan has bought her dream house on a tropical island. But the house is badly in need of repairs and she spent her money buying it. But this cloud has a silver lining. Megan can take pictures of underwater creatures and sell them to get the money she needs to fix her house.Tropical Dream: Underwater Odyssey is a side-scrolling shooter but what your shooting with is a camera. At each dive, you will need to photograph fish to make the needed level of money. You will also be required to make a photograph of one or more particular fish. These must be done before your air (time) runs out. On some dives, you will also need to photograph a hidden treasure. Once you photograph this treasure, you will play a match three puzzle in which you must get the treasure chest to the bottom of the puzzle to release the item. After some dives, you will play a matching game where you open seashells to find the matching fish. After a few dives, your equipment will upgrade, allowing you to stay under water longer, move about faster, take pictures faster, etc. |
| Darkfall | 2009-02-25 | Audio Visual Enterprises S.A., Aventurine S.A. | Aventurine S.A. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | Developed by | Windows | Darkfall is a fantasy-themed 'sandbox'-style massively multiplayer online roleplaying game. It differs from the majority of its peers by featuring an aim-based real-time action combat system from a largely first-person perspective. Gameplay is based on relatively unstructured player to player interaction, simulation and harsh rules. For example, when a player dies, all the items that they were carrying or wearing can be looted from their corpse.The game employs 'skills', which are individually leveled through use, as opposed to a typical character leveling system, and an open world without instances or overworld loading intervals. There are no areas that are entirely safe from potential attack from other players.Key activities include fighting for control over and raiding player-owned settlements, fighting non-player monsters (which behave more like FPS bots than typical MMORPG mobs), gathering and processing resources, crafting items and trading.Players can also craft deployable mounts, ships, cannons and magical siege vehicles. |
| Pathways | 2009-02-25 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pathways is a game about experimental storytelling. It starts in a house and the player controls a male character. There is a female character in the room and that forms the start of different possible storylines. The player is only able to move right, from screen to screen, until an opportunity is presented to go into a different direction when the paths branch.Through the player's decisions, there are up to eight different paths to explore, with a completely different background that changes the way the player perceives the male character. When characters talk, the conversation is shown in the style of silent films - black screens with text - before the story is continued. Whenever a path is completed, the game restarts and another route can be chosen. Previous paths are shielded from the player to guide the character into a different direction.The stories themselves are for the player to explore, but they cover a wide range of topics and emotions, and one of the prominent themes is the experience of absence. There is also a recurring character that is aware of your different paths and talks to you in successive sessions regardless of the game's restart. |
| Twinkle Toes Skating | 2009-02-25 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Hanako Games | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Inspired by a TV broadcasting of Olympic events, amateur figure skater Yuki decides to practice to become a world champion in her sport.Twinkle Toes Skating is a tile matching puzzle game. The main screen is the ice rink, with a grid of tiles superimposed over it. The tiles are figure skating moves, and the player must align three or more matching ones on the skater path by dragging the columns and rows of the grid with the mouse. Special tiles slow down Yuki, and a wild card tile can match any group.Yuki starts to move as soon as the player begins to drag tiles, and if she bumps in a group of less than three matching tiles or cracked ice, she slips and falls and the level has to be replayed. The number of tiles required to finish the level is listed at the left side of the screen, while a meter at the bottom shows how many tiles remain before reaching the end.In Free Skate mode, there are no obligatory tiles to be matched, and the goal is achieve the highest score possible. |
| Plant This! | 2009-02-26 | Cupcake Games | Cupcake Games | Action, Puzzle | | | | Arcade | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Gopher was born in a top secret government facility. The facility was headed by a wise old professor. Gopher befriended the professor and when the professor was dying, he told Gopher to escape and keep hidden. Now, for reason you do not know, Gopher has issued a challenge for you to create a garden and defend it from his attacking army.You must use your mouse to plant flowers to defend you garden from the attaching army. You cannot plant a solid wall, though, as you must leave an opening. The flowers will fire on the enemy as they advance through. If more that twenty enemy get to the bottom, you lose. The enemy are not very smart so plant your flowers in a maze. This will confuse the enemy and make them stay amongst the flowers longer. When you kill an enemy, you get money. This can be used to buy more flowers or upgrade your existing flowers to be more powerful. As the game progresses, you will have tougher and/or faster enemies so upgrading is a god idea. As you play the game, you will get new flower types. Each type has a special style. For instance, sunflowers fire slow but powerful shots. Daisies fire faster so can hit more but are less powerful. Later flowers stun enemies, making them move slower.and get hit more. |
| Tom Clancy's EndWar | 2009-02-26 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Shanghai UBIsoft Computer Software Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | | | | | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In 2016 the unthinkable happens: An atomic war in Saudi Arabia not only kills over six million people but also disrupts the flow of the oil to the rest of the world. As a consequence, one year later America and Europe build a global missile defense network in space while Russia becomes the most important energy supplier and comes know the true promise of an economic boom making them once again a super power. Europe also unites itself under the flag of the European Federation - but without the United Kingdom.Now we write the year 2020 and the United States is almost finished building their Freedom Star, a orbital heavy weapons platform which once again will shift the balance of power on the planet and greatly increases the tension between the three super powers. It's only a matter of time until this tension unleashes itself in the last war mankind will ever fight: the EndWar.Tom Clancy's EndWar is a real-time strategy game without base construction and single unit control. Instead the player orders squads of gunships, tanks and such around while being able to order reinforcements after a certain amount of time has passed. It is however wise for the player to look after his squads as they gain experience during the course of the battle and advance in six ranks after a successful battle making them more and more powerful. It is even possible to upgrade the units in the four categories "Attack", "Defense", "Mobility" and "Proficiency" with credits earned at the end of each mission.What makes Tom Clancy's EndWar unique is the way how it is controlled. Instead of using a cursor, all actions are performed by voice command.Each squad and hostile as well as important points on the map have numbers and letters assigned to them and the player uses these in combination of a few keywords to issue an order. If the player e.g. wants to send his first squad of gunships to attack the second squad of enemy infantry he has to press and hold a button to activate voice recognition, say "Unit 1 Attack Hostile 2" (in the English version) and release the button. If the system understood the order it is then carried out. It is also possible to issue a series of orders by completing the first order without releasing the button. The system will then await the following orders to be spoken before activating them all upon the release of the button.To make it easier for the player to know what he can say, an onscreen pop-up window opens up as the player progresses through the command chain showing all possible words that can be used in the current context.During all this the camera always follows a squad. Freely moving around the battlefield is not possible. Instead the player jumps around with the command "Unit Number Camera" or activates the overview map called "Sitrep" which shows a abstract real-time map of the battlefield.The single player campaign puts the player in control of all three armies while fighting battles all over the world against an unknown terrorist group. The game also features 1on1 and 2on2 skirmishes with bots, cooperative campaign play and a permanent online World War III-scenario in which thousands of players fight for world domination by joining one of the three factions and help conquering and defending points on the world map. These include air force bases which give access to air strikes and additional infantry units and capital cities that have to be conquered in three stages. Once a day a campaign-update rolls out which updates the map to reflect the territorial changes based on the battles fought in the last 24 hours.As opposed to the the console-versions, the windows release also allows for control with mouse and keyboard, features an updated UI and camera and includes several new missions and multiplayer maps. |
| Tom Clancy's EndWar (Deluxe Edition) | 2009-02-26 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Deluxe Edition includes:
Tom Clancy's EndWar
US Joint Strike Force rifleman high quality resin bust |
| Tom Clancy's EndWar (Pre-Order Pack) | 2009-02-26 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Pre-Order Pack for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 includes:
Tom Clancy's EndWar
A Limited Edition Poster
Two "Commander Strategy" booklets
Three In-Game Exclusive battalions
The Pre-Order Pack for PC includes:
Tom Clancy's EndWar
Tom Clancy's EndWar t-shirt |
| Ping Pong! | 2009-02-27 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action, Sports | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ping Pong! is a simulation of table tennis, with one-player and two-player mode. In one-player mode, the player takes on four ping pong champs in a row; the two-player mode allows a single match. There are five different hits, which subtly change the speed and trajectory of the ball. Hitting the ball seven times in a row allows you to execute a "super smash". The one-player mode offers two difficulties (normal and hard), as well as two realism settings (original and realistic). There is also a training mode available, which allows the player to learn the controls and to figure out which moves to use in what situation. |
| Takeda III | 2009-02-27 | Magitech Corporation | Magitech Corporation | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | Takeda 3 is the 3rd game in the Takeda strategy game series. Like its predecessors, the player takes on the role of a powerful feudal lord (Daimyo) in 16th century Japan. This game lets players choose to play one of 25 clan rulers, which is different than the previous games. The overall goal of the game is to become Shogun, the ultimate military leader of all Japan.Choose from a pre-set army, or construct a new one by recruiting Generals and troops. Each General gains additional abilities with experience and has his (or her) ambitions and motivations, so it is important to reward them with medals, special titles and items to keep them loyal and happy. Various types of warriors are available in the game including cavalry troops, spearmen, swordsmen, riflemen, archers and ninjas.In addition to actual command duties, the player will need to design and construct communities, manage castles and territories as well as engage in diplomatic relations with other clans.Takeda 3 has two main modes with sub-screens for the various parts:
Turn-based World Mode: Build castles, barracks, markets and farms. Gather armies and send them to battle, or send ninja fighters on secret missions. In the "Palace", make important decisions regarding territories, negotiating alliances with other clans, and handling marriage proposals.
Real-Time Battle Mode: This mode becomes active automatically whenever two armies meet in World Mode. Before the battle actually begins, use a tactical screen to set up the army formation, choose the time of the main and surprise attacks. Then deploy everyone and watch the outcome.
There are three time periods and three levels of difficulty. The game also offers multiplay so that two players can battle their separate armies head-to-head. |
| The Enchanting Islands | 2009-02-27 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | e-FunSoft Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Enchanting Islands were beautiful, filled with color and magic. Then, an evil sorceress cast a curse upon them, bringing darkness and gloom. You, as Alice the good sorceress, must break this curse and restore the Enchanting Islands.The Enchanting Islands is a match three game. To make a match, use your mouse to swap two items so as to create a straight row of three or more. There are gold tiles on the board. These must be collected by making a match over them to clear the level. In addition, you must collect the number of the items shown at the top of the screen. If these are fruits or flowers, you simply match three to collect them. If these are potions, you must make matches to get the potion to the bottom of the board. These must be done before time runs out.If a cell is locked with a chain, to unlock it, you make a match with whatever item is locked. If there are two chains, you must match it twice. If a cell is shining gold, you must match it to turn it to regular gold them match again to clear it. As the game progresses, you earn addition tools to help you. These are the hammer, that clears one level of the gold or chain from one cell, the bomb, that clears one level of the gold or chain and the items from four cells and the collector, that gathers all of whatever type of item you select, as well as clearing gold and chains in those cells. The collector does not work on the potions.After you finish a level, if you have gathered enough of the needed items for your spell, you can restore part of an island, like removing the mist or lave. After you fully restore an island, you enter the boss stage. Here, you will have a boss at the bottom of the screen. You must make matches of fruit or rocks to drop onto the boss to defeat it. You must hurry because the boss absorbs some of your time, leaving you with less. While the boss is absorbing time, it cannot be hurt. After the boss is fefeated, you move on to the next island. |
| Wonderburg | 2009-02-27 | 1C Company, Snowball Studios | Shiny Tales | Simulation, Strategy | | | | City building / construction simulation | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | The magical land of Wonderburg is devastated by dragons, wizards, giants, trolls and other legendary creatures. The witch Alisa and her assistant, the gnome builder Rudi, start to travel around the country, rebuilding destroyed facilities and homes, and getting rid of the vandals to help the land go back to its former glory.Wonderburg is a casual city building game with fantasy themes and simplified gameplay following closely the template of the Build-a-lot series. The screen shows an isometric view of the terrain, with roads, vacant lots and buildings. The interface sits at the bottom, with tabs showing the objectives and building options. In most levels, one of the main objectives is to build specific buildings before the chronometer at the top left winds down in the timed mode. The timer has three colors sections in its dial, to indicate what medal the player is going to receive after completing the level objectives on time: green for gold, yellow for silver and orange for bronze.Empty lots are available to build a variety of constructions. Lots and buildings can be sold or bought, and proprieties not owned by the player are shown in gray tones. To start construction, the player has to select one of the lots, and choose one of the blueprints at their respective tab. Each building costs money and needs a certain amount of dwarf workers and materials to be built, that can be hired and purchased on separate tabs. After being erected, housings start to generate rent revenue every few seconds, and are the main source of cash in the game. They can be upgraded several times to become more profitable. Other buildings don't give money, but help by decreasing prices, maintaining the other constructions or keeping vandalism down. New blueprints become available gradually as the game progresses.Buildings can be haunted by evil creatures or break. Alisa can be summoned to exorcise the possessed places, and dwarfs can be dispatched to repair the constructions, both at cost. At the end of some levels, the cursor becomes a magic wand and the player has to click on a number of wandering vandals to make them disappear. |
| Captain 'S': The Remake | 2009-02-28 | Computer Emuzone Games Studio | Computer Emuzone Games Studio | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Captain 'S': The Remake is a freeware, open-source update to the classic platform game from Spain. As in the original, the player controls Mariano López, a truck driver that crashed his vehicle after witnessing an atomic explosion. A spilled truckload of the blood sausages he was transporting ended up being irradiated by the fallout. Mariano wakes up hungry, and foolishly decides to try some of the glowing food, transforming into the superhero Captain 'S'. Now he must clear Seville of all the roaming mutations and fight their leader, the mad scientist Torrebruno.In his normal state, Mariano can jump on platforms and punch enemies within reach, but is killed instantaneously when hit by objects dropped by the mutants or when touching one of the approaching foes. After collecting and gobbling up one of the radioactive sausages, he becomes the much more resilient and powerful Captain 'S'. The superhero can fly over short distances, and has three powers: a continuous puff that blows the monsters back, glowing sausages that can be throw at the enemy, and a radioactive shield that makes him invulnerable for a few seconds. His energy is show at the bottom, as a large red sausage meter that gets shorter with every hit, eventually disappearing with the character reverting to Mariano.Besides the updated graphics and sound, the game changes some of the controls and behavior of the original as well, with Mariano's jumps and the Captain powers being more interactive and closer to modern standards. The levels were also expanded, with a much larger world map to explore in the second stage. The language can be set to English or Spanish, and the controls and level of graphic detail can be configured on the main menu, allowing a wide range of hardware to run the game. |
| Mean Girls: High School Showdown | 2009-02-28 | Paramount Digital Entertainment | Ladyluck Digital Media Inc., Legacy Interactive Inc. | Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | Licensed | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Contemporary, North America | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Cady is the 16 years-old daughter of two zoologists stationed in Africa. Her mother receives an invitation from Northwestern University, and the whole family goes back to North America. Home-schooled since her childhood, Cady is the new girl at her high school, where she must learn how to survive on that aggressive social environment.Mean Girls: High School Showdown is a basic RPG with tile-matching battles, similar to Puzzle Quest. At the beginning, the player has to choose an avatar from a selection of four teenage girl stereotypes, and then distribute 15 points between five attributes: charisma, intelligence, endurance, luck and strength.After picking one of the available skills, special abilities that can be used during play, the game starts with the first tutorial battle. The combat occurs on a separate screen, showing at each side two columns containing portraits of the fighters' avatars and a list of the acquired skills, with a grid filled with assorted tiles occupying most of the screen at the center. Two meters frame each portrait, one for loyalty and the other for stamina. The objective is to either fill the enemy loyalty gauge, or empty the stamina one.Each combatant takes turns swapping adjacent tiles, trying to make matches of three or more of the same type. The tiles have specific uses. The whip takes away some of the enemy's stamina. The heart fills a portion of the loyalty meter. The other tiles fill four buttons at the top of the skill list. Each skill requires a number of points from one of these buttons. Special tiles, like the wild card that matches any sequence of tiles, or the chameleon that duplicates adjacent tiles, appear randomly on the board. A new skill is available after every four levels.After the battle, the game shows a map of the high school with the avatar figure superimposed walking over it. Two icons at the bottom, a ? and a !, give access to lists of pending quests and sub-quests, respectively. Clicking on the list entries makes the avatar move towards the quest location. At the top right, a portrait shows how the character is developing. Depending on how each battle is won, the character can lean towards good or evil, affecting the game's ending. |
| Romopolis | 2009-02-28 | iWin, Inc. | Lonely Troops | Simulation, Strategy | | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Classical antiquity | | | | | | Windows | You are the Imperial architect. Caesar has need of your services for the Empire. Build houses, temples, markets, baths, etc. to keep the people happy and the taxes flowing. Totus laus Caesar! (That's "All praise Caesar!" to you non-Romans.)Romopolis is a managerial game. You, as the Imperial architect, must complete certain tasks like building houses, upgrading these houses, building and upgrading temples and markets and building baths. If you lack the knowledge to build a certain item, you must purchase the blueprints then train the workers in the new item. If you run short of wood or stone, you can purchase it. On each campaign, you will need to meet certain goals like getting the happiness level to a certain point, getting the income or commerce level or population to a goal or building a certain number of houses. Some campaigns have a time limit that you must also meet. |
| The Serpent of Isis | 2009-02-28 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Gamgo Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The grandson of a famous archaeologist receives a letter detailing the location of the Serpent of Isis, an Ancient Egyptian piece discovered by his grandfather, and stolen from the museum in 1900.The Serpent of Isis is a hidden object game with elements from the adventure genre. The main objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the left side of the screen, on locations filled with assorted objects, within a time limit. Some of the objects collected are stored in the inventory, to be used later to solve puzzles. Some of the list items are grayed out, to indicate the need of an extra step to access them. This can be just opening some container, or using a tool on specific portions of the scenery.Some of the inventory items can be combined. For example, batteries can be dragged to the flashlight to make it work. The inventory also houses suspects cards that show a special object associated with each character. These objects are found lying around the locations, and give extra hints when collected.Two hint buttons are available. The magnifying glass button highlights the exact position of one of the required objects. The wrench button shows places on the screen with pending puzzles.Puzzles appear occasionally that range from the mundane, like jigsaw puzzles, to more original ones that require logic thinking. They can be skipped, with a penalty of 20 minutes added to the score. |
| Baseball Mogul 2010 | 2009-03-01 | Sports Mogul Inc. | Sports Mogul Inc. | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | sportsmogul.com (from Ad Blurbs)
Baseball Mogul is the
#1 best-selling baseball game for the last three years.
New features in this year's version include:
NEW 2009 Rosters and Ratings
Carefully edited and tested for maximum accuracy
UPDATED Statistical Database
Includes the complete 2009 MLB Season Schedule
IMPROVED Expansion Team Options
Take control of any expansion team before the expansion draft
NEW Historical Simulation Engine
More realistic ratings and results from 1901 to 2009 and beyond
NEW League Options
Easily match-up teams or all-stars from different eras
IMPROVED Roster Management
Adjust the number of pitchers each team carries
Renegotiate contracts before they expire
IMPROVED Fantasy Draft
Better Interface and Artificial Intelligence
IMPROVED Play-By-Play Mode
More realistic results and better manager AI
NEW FEATURES for multiplayer leagues
Commissioner Mode "cheats" fixed
Easy Lineup Import and Export
New Scouting Options
IMPROVED Baseball Mogul Encyclopedia
IMPROVED Help Files and User Interface
More than 300 new Player Photos
More than 100 new Season Schedule Templates
Over 200 other fixes and improvements...
Baseball Mogul 2010 loads saved games from previous versions.
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| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Bundle | 2009-03-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This digital compilation includes:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising |
| Far Cry 2 + Fortunes Pack | 2009-03-01 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This collection includes:
Far Cry 2 (base game)
Far Cry 2: Fortunes Pack (add-on) |
| Million Dollar Password: 2009 Edition | 2009-03-01 | RealArcade | Fuel Games | Educational, Strategy | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | Windows | Million Dollar Password: 2009 Edition is an adaptation of the TV game show of the same name. The objective remains the same, to guess a series of words within a time limit to win money, based on clues provided by a celebrity. The game's celebrities are cartoon parodies of real life actors, musicians and other personalities. The words can be input with the keyboard or by clicking on the alphabet at the bottom of the screen with the mouse.The game starts with a elimination stage, where the player competes against a human or CPU-controlled contestant in four rounds, switching celebrities halfway through. The celebrity clues are listed at the top-right, and the player has to make a guess after receiving each one. The hidden words, or passwords as the game calls them, can be skipped to be solved later, if there's enough time left. The objective is to guess five words, with a unlimited amount of clues allowed. The contestant with the highest score moves to the next stage.In the million dollar stage, the player has to guess five words on each of the six rounds, and words can only have three clues. Players can't try again the skipped words. The passwords get more complex with each round, but players have the option of walking away at the start with all the accumulated prize money. If they lose, the money is lost as well.Mini-games appear between the rounds, giving extra time when successfully completed. The crossword puzzle works like its newspaper counterpart, where the player has to complete the grid based on a list of clues at the left side. In the word search, the player has to click and drag over words corresponding to the clues, on a grid filled with letters. In the word association game, the goal is link two related words, by selecting them from two columns with the mouse. |
| PopCap 5 Star Favorites | 2009-03-01 | PopCap Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | This package includes the following PopCap games for both Windows and Macintosh:Bejeweled 2ZumaBookworm |
| Shifter's Box - Outside In | 2009-03-01 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Shifter's Box is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features a classic inventory and actions are can be controlled via keyboard. Outside Sally finds a strange box. After getting it opened she is sucked in and gets transported to other worlds. During her travels she must solves puzzles and try to find a way home. Each new scene is introduced and commented by the narrator Leary Ebenezer. |
| World in Conflict: Complete Edition | 2009-03-01 | Ubisoft, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | World in Conflict: Complete Edition includes:
World in Conflict
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault |
| Casebook: Episode II - The Watcher | 2009-03-02 | Areograph Ltd | Areograph Ltd | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Oceania | | | | | | Windows | The Watcher is the second installment in the episodic Casebook detective series. The plot unfolds about the death of an psychotic young man which seems to be a suicide. But the evidence tells a different story...The main gameplay aspect is the searching of crime scenes and the photographing of clues. These photographs are evaluated in the mobile crime bus. Most of these evaluations are carried out with mini games. The game adds a new help feature which guides the player to the next important piece of evidence when stuck.All protagonists and the crime scenes are filmed in full motion video. In comparison to the first case there are more film sequences, e.g. witness interrogations, during the course of the game. Furthermore the quantity of photographable items is strongly reduced. Other gameplay elements remain largely the same. |
| Chocolatier: Decadence by Design | 2009-03-02 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Big Splash Games LLC | Action, Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Well, you got Baumeister Confections back on track and they have survived, so far. They made it through the Great Depression, although they had to close their San Francisco location and are now headquartered in Venice. But now, war has come to Europe and Asia and Alexandra Tangye's husband has gone missing. She must go in search of him as soon as she can so she needs you to show you can run the business before she leaves.Chocolatier: Decadence by Design is the third game in the Chocolatier series. As in previous games, you will travel the world, buying ingredients and making various chocolate items. New to this outing is that the company has added coffees and coffee blends to its list of products. Watch you bottom line and keep the profits up so as to impress the board of directors so they will make you the new, permanent CEO. In addition to the recipes you can find, you also have a test kitchen where you can create concoctions of you own to sell. As you progress, you can buy and/or reopen factories in other cities to further your bottom line. |
| Mae Q'West and the Sign of the Stars | 2009-03-02 | Big Fish Games, Inc | BrandX Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Jack Q'West, a fisherman, disappears one day while sailing through the Bering Sea. His wife Mae is left alone with their two children. With the guidance of her horoscope, she starts to uncover the mystery surrounding the fate of her husband.Mae Q'West and the Sign of the Stars is hidden object game. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on a certain amount of objects, listed at the right side of the screen, on crudely pre-rendered 3D scenes depicting several locations of a seaside town. The number of required objects is displayed at the bottom of the list. On each scene, there is one obligatory object to be found, marked with stars on the list.Cryptograms and tile-matching mini-games appear between chapters. There is a solve button to skip the puzzles, and a hint button to show the position of one of the required objects. Sometimes the screen is split in two similar images, and the player has to click on the differences. |
| Eco-Match | 2009-03-03 | ValuSoft, Inc. | ZEMNOTT, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The world is a mess. The polar ice caps are receding, the rain forests are vanishing, and animals are losing their habitat. But the nations of the world have joined together to form WorldSAFE, an organization with the power and resources to put things right. As the newly appointed leader of WorldSAFE, you are going to try to change things, one match at a time.Eco-Match is a match three game using the mouse. On each puzzle, you must clear fifty of a certain tile picture, be it penguins, cell phones, nuclear waste symbols, etc.. Some puzzles require you to clear fifty of more than one type of tile. On some puzzles, you may have Eco-zones, in red or blue, that must also be cleared. The red zones become blue when you make a match of three or more that includes that tile. The blue zones are cleared when you make a match over them. Some puzzles have locked tiles. To unlock them, match them with two or more other of the same tiles. You cannot move locked tiles, however.The puzzles come in three matching styles. The first is a simple swap style. You simply click a tile then click another nest to it. The tiles will swap, forming a row of three or more of the same tiles. In the second type, you have a symbol on your cursor. Your must point to a spot that will make a three or more match and click. You will them swap the symbol you were carrying for the one that was on the board. In the last type, you just click any group of three or more of the same tiles. They can be in a straight row or a cluster. As you go about the game, you can get power-ups to help you. These may include the ability to clear one tile or a small cluster of tiles. After you complete enough puzzles, you can purchase a project such as an animal refuge. When the project is constructed, you can click on it to purchase power-ups. |
| Empire: Total War | 2009-03-03 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Creative Assembly Ltd., The | Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | War | Turn-based strategy, Wargame | Africa, Asia, Europe, Historical events, North America, Sea pirates / Caribbean, South America | Naval / watercraft | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Set in the 18th century, Empire: Total War puts the player in control of elven different nations including England, America, Prussia, Russia, Austria, France and Spain conquering provinces all over Europe, North America and India both through diplomacy or force.True to the Total War-series, the game is divided into two parts: The turn-based campaign map and the real-time battles. While the former requires the player to manage his vast empire by moving troops around and upgrading his cities. But as opposed to its predecessor Rome: Total War, now only have space for up to six buildings like barracks. Everything else has to be build at specific places in the cities surroundings including coal mines, farms and such. This in return increases the wealth of a region and over time small villages scattered inside the province will advance to cities and once again provide the player with up to six buildings slots. Another addition are the three technology trees, allowing the player to research in the fields of military, economic or social and giving him access to new types of units, buildings or additional upgrades.Once a unit, representing an army on the map, comes in contact with an enemy unit or settlement, the player can choose to either let the CPU decide the battle or go in himself on the 3D-terrain and order his troops around.Besides normal land and siege battles, already present in the previous iterations of the series, Empire: Total War now also features sea battles. In these long and challenging battles, the player has the ability to control everything from manually firing the cannons of a ship to the striking or hoisting of the sails of a ship as well as choosing to board an enemy ship instead of destroying it to add it to his own fleet at the end of the battle.The game features an tutorial campaign telling the story of the first American settlers to the Independence War, a Grand Campaign which gives the player access to the whole world and several different scenarios that depict real historical battles. In addition the multiplayer mode allows for up to eight players to fight land, siege and sea battles against each other. |
| Escape Rosecliff Island | 2009-03-03 | PopCap Games, Inc. | SpinTop Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Escape Rosecliff Island is a hidden object game where the player takes the role of a castaway stranded on a mysterious and remote island. The main objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on locations around the island filled with assorted objects, within a time limit. Some of the list items have riddles instead of the object name, like "collects nuts" for a squirrel, "cuts paper" for a pair of scissors, and so on.The hint button highlights the position of one of the required objects, but takes 7,500 points from the score and about a minute to recharge after use. A relaxed mode, without the time constraints, can be selected at the start of the game.Besides the list items, each location has two hidden locks. A new mode called "Unlimited Seek & Find" is available at the main menu after completing the game and finding all the fifty locks, where the goal is to find every single item from each location as fast as possible.The mini-games that appear between the stages are versions of classic casual games. There are implementations of concentration, jigsaw puzzles, circle puzzles, word search and tile-matching titles. In the circle puzzle, a scrambled picture is divided in circular segments, and the objective is to rotate each ring until it is in the correct position. In the tile-matching mini-game, the player has to swap two adjacent tiles in a grid and connect three or more matching figures to make them disappear, breaking the background layer to complete the level. |
| Major League Baseball 2K9 | 2009-03-03 | 2K Games, Inc. | Visual Concepts Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | Released | Windows | Major League Baseball 2K9 is a simulation of the sport of baseball. The heart of the game is the franchise mode where the player can play whole seasons with its hundreds of matches and a managerial part. Besides keeping the balance, there are three main activities in this part: studying extensive statistics, player trading and hiring players through free agents. The latter is similar to other sports games: every player has other wishes for his team, e.g. athletic success. If the player's club can fulfill these wishes better the club has to pay less salary. Trading however is handled differently: Every club gives a value to the players on the roster. This value influences how the trading plays out. Training is another important part to consider.Matches can either be simulated or played manually. Every part of the match has its own control scheme: For pitching the player uses two parts of his input device: the first for aiming and the second to recreate a movement (depending on the used move). Batting is done by swinging the bat in the right timing. He can also influence the ball's direction in the way he hits it. During fielding the player basically tells the controlled player the direction in which he should throw the ball.
Besides the franchise mode the player can participate in training, Home Run Derby and Postseason mode (play-offs). Players can unlock training cards.The are a few small differences between the versions: on the Wii the player controls batting and pitching directly with the remote and the nunchuck and the PSP version features slightly different fielding controls. In the franchise mode the player can manage up to four franchises in the PS2 version and there is a farming system on PSP. |
| Rise of the Triad: Dark War | 2009-03-03 | Apogee Software, LLC | Apogee Software, Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | A madman with power to kill millions has been discovered, and HUNT (High-risk United Nations Taskforce) has been dispatched to discover his plans. Your team was infiltrating his island stronghold when everything went to hell. The infiltration boat exploded and fire came from all directions. The only way out is in, into the the fortress, but to stay out here would be certain death. So in you go, guns blazing...Rise of the Triad, a first-person shooter, is the successor of Wolfenstein 3D, with a somewhat improved 3D engine. Everything is still composed from blocks, but multiple vertical levels have been added; there are stairs made of platforms floating in air, and jump pads which launch you (and the enemies) high up so that you can walk over tall barriers in your way. The game offers a lot of weapons. You begin with a pistol, but later you can find an extra pistol for John Woo-style shooting, and a MP40 rifle. All these weapons have unlimited ammo. You can also find more potent weapons - from classic rocket launcher, to quite wacky contraptions such as a "drunk missile" launcher or the "Excalibat", a powerful baseball bat. However, you can carry only one such a strong weapon at a time, and they have limited ammo. Enemies are mostly humans equipped with various weapons. Their attacks can be quite varied; some of them can steal your weapons (though you can retrieve them after killing them), other shoot nets at you that trap you (you have to wriggle out, unless you found a knife, which will allow you to cut your way out). Apart from enemies, you'll be endangered by fireball launchers, rolling boulders and crushing walls. There's a lot of power-ups you can pick up. They all have various wacky effects: for example, "God Mode" makes you immortal and allows you to toss homing, insta-death missiles; "Dog Mode" turns you into a... dog, which can fit into small spaces (and is inexplicably invulnerable to weapons); "Shrooms Mode" makes everything shine with bright colours, as if you were on drugs; "Elasto Mode" makes you very prone to bouncing off walls when you run into them. ROTT also offers a lot of multi-player game modes; there's the standard deathmatch and "Capture the Triad", but there are also more varied modes - e.g. in "Collector" the players have no weapons, instead trying to collect as many "triads" as possible; in "Deluder", the players earn points by destroying "eluders" which move around the level. |
| Empire: Total War (Special Forces Edition) | 2009-03-04 | SEGA of America, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Special Forces Edition includes:
Empire: Total War
The following six exclusive elite units which are only available in single player and only accessible by certain factions or by controlling a specific geographical region:
Roger's Ranger
Ottoman Organ Gun
Ghoorkas
Bulkeley's Regiment
HMS Victory
Corso Terrestre Guerillas
In addition to the above, the retail edition of Empire: Total War (Special Forces Edition) also includes an illustrated campaign map. |
| Inca Tomb | 2009-03-04 | Enkord, Ltd. | Enkord, Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Hidden object, Tile matching puzzle | South America | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Inca Tomb is a puzzle game where the player takes the role of an unnamed woman explorer raiding the ancient Incan pyramids. The main game screen shows a pile of gold coins at the center, covering jewelry and other objects, an open backpack and one or more closed exit hatches. The objective is to collect all the relics, by clicking on the top coins until the precious artifacts are unblocked and finally dragging and dropping the precious artifacts inside the backpack. Once all the jewelry is gathered, one of the hatches opens giving access to the next level or to the bonus stage.Three meters at the bottom show how many coins are collected, the amount of relics stored in the backpack and the time left to escape the level. As time progresses, rocks start to accumulate over the hatches. Besides coins and jewelry, other special items and power-ups are also buried in the pile. The magnet pulls lots of coins at the same time, removing several at once when picked up. The shovel removes the debris, resetting the timer.The treasure chest found among the coins gives access to one of the mini-games. They are implementations of well-known casual games. There is a Bejeweled-like tile-matching game, a marble popper similar to Puzz Loop, a hidden object section and other challenges. |
| Watchmen: The End Is Nigh | 2009-03-04 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | Deadline Games A/S | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Rorschach's Journal: November, 5, 1971, I wish the scum of the earth had one throat and I had my hands around it. I was investigating a jailbreak with Nite Owl. It seems Underboss is behind it. We put him away in '66. Time to go to work. This city is afraid of me, I've seen it's true face. Based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons graphic novel, and the recent film adaptation, from Warner Brothers. Watchmen: The End Is Nigh, is set 10 years before the events of the novel. And just before the Keene Act is passed making costumed vigilantes illegal.Playing as either Rorschach, or Nite Owl II. The Watchmen are investigating a prison break. The plot thickens when they discover that an old foe, Underboss, is behind the break. But in the world of Watchmen, nothing is as it seems, and there may be bigger stakes involved.The game plays like a brawler, like Streets Of Rage. And sports a fairly deep combat system. With counters and throws to master, and many moves to unlock. And each playable character has a unique style and moves.The game is divided into six chapters. And can be played alone with the A.I. controlling the other hero. Or Co-Op on the same screen. Jackie Earle Haley and Patrick Wilson reprise their roles as Rorschach and Nite Owl II respectively. |
| Don't Look Back | 2009-03-05 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Don't Look Back is a moody platformer, entirely drawn in a colour palette of black and red, with parallels to the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice from Greek mythology.Starting at a grave, players control a character who ventures into the underworld to bring back his lost love. The controls are basic, with arrow keys for movement and jumping, and an additional key to shoot. Rather than side-scrolling, it is a fixed series of screens and when failing the character immediately restarts the screen, with an unlimited amount of tries.To progress, classic platform obstacles need to conquered, including disappearing platforms, moving objects need to be dodges and there are opponents to be shot. Every now and then, a larger enemy appears that requires multiple hits to be taken out. |
| Raycatcher | 2009-03-05 | Thinking Studios | Slam Dunk Studios, Thinking Studios | Action, Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Raycatcher is a fast puzzle game where a cluster of shapes, controlled by the player, needs to be rotated using the mouse to catch incoming rays of different colours, mainly yellow, red and blue. In order to light them, the colour of the ray needs to match the colour of the shape it hits. Gameplay is driven by the musical score the game syncs the rays with. It comes with a set of tracks by Noobie Noobinson, but playlists using mp3 or wma files from the hard drive can also be assembled.The game has three difficulty levels and is split up in different evolutionary stages, each with sublevels where the cluster grows in size. Catching rays lights up parts of the awesomeness bar near the bottom of the screen. When rays are missed, it powers down, eventually ending the game. In later parts, rays appear simultaneously from different directions, follow an angled trajectory, only reveal their colour at the last instant, or split up into separate parts. Collecting sparkling rays fills up the ray power meter that opens up new abilities. When available, left clicking clears all rays on the screen and right clicking doubles all of them briefly. When a ray hits an incorrect part, it will be deactivated.
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| Street Gears | 2009-03-05 | Gala Networks Europe Ltd. | nFlavor Corp | Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Street Gears is a manga-style casual roller skating MMORPG game. The free to play game features a persistent city called Park Town where skaters can meet, chat and play mini games such as slalom ride, quiz or choo-choo train with each other or engage in the storyline quests. Besides the activities in Park Town players can challenge each others in roller skate racing in tracks of various difficulty and in different racing modes such as single or team modes and speed or item modes. Tricks can be performed when players grind during racing by quickly entering a combination of arrow keys as they appear on the screen. Performing these tricks successfully will grant some energy that can be used for boosting once the energy bar is full. Besides normal racing there are also tournament events organized in the game. Players can choose from various character skins to represent their player character. The character can be developed by collecting experience points in racing or in the storyline quests. The characters can also be equipped by custom skates that will enable them to tune those skates by special tuning parts. This can help increase speed or curving during racing.There is also a clan system in the game that has been introduced later with a story background where players had to defeat the evil Dragons clan members (played by game masters) to reintroduce clans in Park Town. |
| theHunter | 2009-03-05 | Emote Games Ltd. | Avalanche Studios AB, Emote Games Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Shooter, Stealth | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | theHunter is a realistic online hunting simulation that combines a 3D game client with an online social networking site. On the networking site players can talk to friends, compare statistics, buy new weapons and receive new missions from NPCs. When ready to head out in the forest, the 3D client is launched with single-player instances in a highly realistic 3D landscape. The game is set in the Evergreen Hunting Reserve, a huge setting surrounded by water with dense forest where the player can hunt whitetail deer, mule deer and turkey.Played from a first-person perspective, the Huntermate gadget is used to track animals, analyse sounds, droppings and tracks found in the forest. Important clues are highlighted in red in the game world. The hunting itself is highly realistic. The player needs to take into account the wind, the scent of animals and their field of vision. When running through the game, it becomes very unlikely to meet an animal. Instead, animals can be called and different stances (crouch, prone) need to be used to track their movement and wait for the right time to shoot.Players only have a limited amount of bullets, and additional types of weapons or clothing can be bought. On the website certain missions are given, but the environment remains a free-roaming world with no restrictions. The majority of the park consists of forest, but there is also a lake, different watch towers and camps, as well as open fields and roads. In the inventory screen items can be swapped or equipped, such as binoculars, different types of ammo or a scope. Premium members gain access to different animals and weapons for a monthly fee. |
| Angela Young's Dream Adventure | 2009-03-06 | iWin, Inc. | | Adventure | | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Angela Young was reading a book when she and her cat, Felix, fell asleep and began dreaming. In her dream, she is falling then she is walking through a dark forest toward a castle. When she enters the castle, the Keeper of Dreams appeared and scared away Felix. It seems Felix shouldn't be there but the Lord of Nightmares is mucking with things. Help the Keeper of Dreams stop the Lord of Nightmares and find Felix so both you and Felix can escape.Angela Young's Dream Adventure is a hidden object and puzzle game. Using your mouse, click the requested item hidden on the screen. You may have some screens that give a list at the bottom. Some screens show silhouettes of the items you are to find. Others request that you find two exact examples of the named item. Still others will name an item with a number of how many of that type there are, not identical. There are screens that have three of the Keeper's servants at the bottom, each holding a picture of the item you're to find. Some will just ask you to find twelve of the same item (gems, candies, birds, etc.).In addition to the hidden object screens, there are numerous mini-games. These include removing a set number of matchsticks to create a certain number of squares, swapping a pictures parts to reconstruct it and clicking a coin to flip it then clicking another, looking for symbols that match. |
| Coyote: Episode I - The Mexican | 2009-03-06 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Crime | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | North America, Western | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Coyote: Episode I - The Mexican is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse. In the role of an outlaw named the Coyote the player roams the western United States in the year 1846. The relation between Mexico and the United States are very stressed and an upcoming war is very likely. During this time the Coyote is a feared man who likes killing people. In this episode he is after an Mexican outlaw. |
| Day of the Zombie | 2009-03-06 | 1C Company | Groove Games | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | In Day of the Zombie you play a student searching for his girlfriend, a janitor protecting his school and a soldier left behind. Zombies are taking over the school. From guns to axes, you face off the zombies over the stories of all 3 characters. There are 12 singleplayer levels which will see you fight your way through campus, school halls, the dorms, dock and many more areas.The game comes with 6 invasion maps where the goal is to stay alive as long as possible with the help of other players. There are 3 deathmatch maps and 2 capture the flag maps as well. The deathmatch and capture the flag are similar to other games with the catch that there are also zombies everywhere in the levels to try to kill you. |
| easyFly 3: Starter Edition | 2009-03-06 | Ikarus Modellsport | IPACS GbR | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | | | Flight / aviation | Direct control | | | | Windows | easy Fly 3 is a flight simulator. In this game the player simulates flying a remote controlled airplane.The product comes in a sturdy card box measuring 20.5cm x 24cm x 10cm. Inside there is a CD in a paper wallet and, packaged in a polystyrene inner case is the game controller. The USB controller imitates a twin stick radio control set that would be used to fly a real-life aircraft right down to having a (fake) battery compartment.Players can also connect real radio control transmitters, a list of compatible models is included in the manual that is installed in .pdf format along with the game.Once installed the player is offered a choice of many aircraft, helicopters, gliders and jets however as this is only the Starter Pack only a few of these are available to the player, likewise there are several locations in which the player can fly their aircraft but the majority are only available in the full product. The full product has a serial number on the disc which, when used to register the product, makes all the craft/ locations available. However with this Starter Pack there is no serial number on the disc but one can be purchased on-line.In addition to a choice of aircraft and location the game has other customisable options such as a choice of viewpoints, optional smoke with a choice of colours, wind & thermals etc. |
| Curse of the Pharaoh: Napoleon's Secret | 2009-03-08 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Ph03nix New Media | Adventure, Puzzle | | | | Hidden object | Egypt (Ancient) | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Having lost William when a temple collapsed, Anna finds herself stranded in Egypt. She makes her way to Cairo, hoping to find a Professor Cullen and ask his help. He cannot spare resources to help her but invited her to help him on his dig. They are discovering a mystery that may link Napoleon to Nefertiti.Curse of the Pharaoh: Napoleon's Secret is a hidden object and 'spot the difference' puzzle game. The game is divided into worlds, like Cairo and the Basilica San Marco. Each world is divided into six areas. Each area may be a 'spot the difference' or hidden object puzzle. In 'spot the difference' areas, you will be shown two pictures and must click anything that is not the same in both. In hidden object areas, you are given a list of items and must find them in the picture. You then click these items to clear them from the screen and the list.In both areas, you must also find three coins hidden in the picture as well as other objects not on the list. These objects are then used to correct a part of the picture, such as a missing statue or a brick for a wall, or are used at the end of the world after all six areas are cleared. Also, you must find a piece of the Pharaoh's mask in each of the six areas. After you complete all the areas of a world, you must place the Pharaoh's mask in the space provided then complete a mini-puzzle. These may be placing stone rings on a board and pouring in a blue liquid then rotating the rings so the liquid flows to the center or putting animal paintings into a portrait. If you see Wipi, who looks rather like Anubis, pop out of the side of the screen, click him for extra hints. |
| Age of Booty | 2009-03-09 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Certain Affinity, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sea pirates / Caribbean | Naval / watercraft | | Real-time | Everyone | | Windows | Age of Booty is a real-time multiplayer strategy game that puts players at the helm of their own pirate ship with the goal of sending their enemies to the briny deep while looting and capturing towns for their pirate faction.In the game, players team up with other online players or AI-controlled pirate ships to raid, pillage, sink, and destroy their way to dominance on the high seas. Spoils of war and booty are used to upgrade and customize pirate ships to make them even more deadly as players take on 25 unique challenges and seven of the most devious Pirate Alliances on the high seas. Gain notoriety and fame by climbing the online leader boards. Create and share custom maps using the intuitive map creation system. |
| Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold | 2009-03-10 | Apogee Software, LLC | JAM Productions | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | Windows | Aliens of Gold, the first game in the Blake Stone series, pits the space-age British secret agent against Dr. Pyrus Goldfire; a madman bent on world domination. Using a mastery of genetic engineering and a tremendous reserve of wealth, Dr. Goldfire intends to unleash a mutant army upon the Earth.The first chapter begins in Goldfire's S.T.A.R. Institute headquarters building. Each level has Blake fighting through guards to find an elevator keycard for the next level. Dr. Goldfire will personally appear along the way to fire shots at Blake, and his genetic creations also pose a tough challenge. Each chapter lasts 10 levels, and brings Blake closer to reaching Goldfire, only to have the mad doctor escape to a new installation in his network, and the start of a new chapter.Blake Stone uses the Wolfenstein 3-D engine to render its levels. Basic gameplay and enemy AI is similar in most respects. Some of Blake's innovations include silent weapons that can kill guards without alerting others. Alerts are given to the player through text messages on the HUD. Health can be gained through use of wall-mounted vending machines, operated with tokens picked up off dead guards. An automap and stat-tracking are both available during gameplay. Finally, there are friendly AI characters who offer clues and powerups when you speak to them - provided Blake doesn't accidentally shoot them first! |
| EVE Online (Special Edition) | 2009-03-10 | Atari, Inc. | CCP Games | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A collection of all ten free updates to EVE Online, up to early 2009's Apocrypha expansion. The Special Edition includes an exclusive digital Career Guide, roughly equivalent to a hint book (giving goals and suggestions for careers and playing the economy), 60 days of free game time, and a VIP code for 30 more days if a friend also subscribes. Brand new accounts also receive an exclusive ship, and a certificate for instant access to the factional warfare system. |
| The Maw | 2009-03-10 | Twisted Pixel Games, LLC | Twisted Pixel Games, LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The Maw starts with a galactic bounty hunter space ship crash landing on an exotic planet. The only survivors are the friendly alien Frank and the blobby-like creature Maw (the deadliest organism in the universe). Maw likes to eat things and he absorbs the traits of anything he eats and can grow to unlimited size. Frank and Maw now must escape from the bounty hunters that are out to catch them.The Maw is a 3D third-person action game where the player has direct control of Frank. Early in the game, Frank finds an electric leash which he uses to control Maw's movement and to interact with the world. The main task the player has to do in the game is to feed Maw till he grows. The game world is inhabited with many different creatures that Maw can feed on. Starting out with cute little pink blobby pets, Maw will eventually come across larger and larger creatures to consume.Some of the things that Maw eats gives him special abilities that are crucial to get further in the game. For example, early in the game there is fire lizards that when eaten causes Maw to breathe fire. This new ability can then be used to burn trees that blocks passages. Some parts of the world is inaccessible for Maw, and therefore Frank has to do some platform jumping to help out. He can then use his leash to drag and throw food to Maw. He can also use the leash to move obstacles in his path. |
| Glatorian Arena | 2009-03-11 | LEGO System A/S | Serious Games Interactive | Action | Diagonal-down, Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Glatorian Arena is a fighting game that was created to promote the January 2009 wave of LEGO BIONICLE sets. The player controls a Glatorian, biomechanical gladiators of the desert planet Bara Magna, who is challenged to ascend through the leagues of the Arena Magna to become the ultimate champion. Each of the five Glatorian Leagues contains five opponents (the other five Glatorian in the January wave of Glatorian sets) that the player must overcome.The starting character is Gresh of the Jungle Tribe, with each of the other Glatorian being unlocked for play after the completion of each league. There are three different attacks to utilize in combat: a light attack, which is fast but deals relatively low damage, a heavy attack, which is slower but deals more damage, and the Thornax Launcher, which launches a Thornax projectile at the opponent, with the amount of damage dealt dependent on how long the player charged it for. The player can also parry attacks and move freely around the arena to alter the distance between them and the opponent.Although the focus of the game is on the arena matches, the player can also leave the arena and talk to an assortment of Agori (villagers) gathered outside to learn more about the world of Bara Magna. There is also an additional gamemode, Spikeball, which is similar to rugby or basketball. Spikeball matches last exactly one minute and are played between teams of two Skrall and two Jungle Tribe Glatorian, with the player controlling the latter team. The objective is to score goals by getting the ball into the other team's goal, with the team with the most points winning when the timer runs out. |
| Gobliiins 4 | 2009-03-11 | 1C Company, Snowball Studios | Société Pollene | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Almost eighteen years after the release of Gobliiins for the PC and Amiga platforms, series father Pierre Gilhodes sends his mischievous gnomes on another slapstick adventure.Harking back to the first part in the series, Gobliiins 4 once again pits three pointy-eared elves with different abilities against the forces of hilarious failure.Sent by their king on a quest to retrieve his lost aardvark, Tchoup the tinkerer, Stucco the fighter and Perluis the mage travel through sixteen levels filled with the series' trademark object puzzles, humorous character animation and garbled goblin-speak.Players manipulate all three goblins at once, sending them to hotspots all across the screens and witnessing how the environment reacts to their skills. Tchoup is the only character who can gather items and engage beings in meaningful conversation, Stucco uses brute force to move or remove obstacles and Perluis works his spells to let supernatural things happen. |
| Grey's Anatomy: The Video Game | 2009-03-11 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Studios Longtail Québec Inc. | Action, Puzzle | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Grey's Anatomy: The Video Game is based on the TV series Grey's Anatomy and basically built up like the series itself. The story about a infectious virus which infests the Seattle Grace Hospital is divided into five episodes, the episodes are divided into acts and the acts are divided into scenes. Every scene focuses on one character and concludes with a mini game. There are basically two kinds of scenes. During conversations the player sometimes has to choose between two choices how the characters interact with each other. Then a mini game follows, e.g. tearing apart a photograph, a sliding puzzle, a rhythm sequence or a tile-matching puzzle. The operations and treatments are also sequential mini games, e.g. disinfecting by sliding the cursor over the screen, then cutting the skin by making a straight line and stitching it by connecting points.The player has five tries per mini game, if he fails more often he has to restart the scene. Because of the technical limitations of the platform there are no voices or animated cutscenes on the DS. |
| A Fairy Tale | 2009-03-12 | Rock Solid Arcade | Reflexive Entertainment Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | An evil being is threatening the fairy village so the Chief of the Fairies sent Delfbert, Will and Angelica to collect magical essence that will stop this thing.A Fairy Tale is a puzzle game. With your mouse, you must click on a tile or group of same colored tiles then click another tile or group. These will then disappear and you will get points. Also, essence will be placed into the jar. If you make a tile or tiles disappear and it causes other tiles to drop to the ground, if there are enough of them, you will receive a bonus score. You must fill the jar with essence before time runs out. After some puzzles, you will have a bonus game where elves will fairies will hide behind tiles and you must remember where they are to find them. |
| Codename: Panzers - Cold War | 2009-03-12 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | Stormregion Szoftverfejlesztő Kft. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Cold War, Europe | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | World War II is at its end but in the years 1945-1947, it becomes obvious that the Soviets are not satisfied with the way Germany has been divided under the victorious Big Four, showing an anxiety over a reunified Germany. They begin to install bureaucratic obstacles to limit the free movement of people and supplies in and out of Berlin, and from the day the the Western Allies introduced the D-Mark as the new currency, the Soviets completely sealed off the Frontier and announced new restrictions.On June 26th, 1948, the first American planes lifted off from Berlin Tempelhof and other air bases in West Germany to drop supplies in East Berlin. At first everything seemed calm and the Russians only watched every move the Americans made, but on a rainy day in 1949, a Russian air plane crashes into one of the transports. From that moment on, all hell breaks loose and the five year European Conflict begins.The player participates in an 18 mission long campaign on the American/German side of things with the US Army Lieutenant Douglas Kirkland and the German Freikorps Oberst Hans von Gröbel. As its predecessors, Codename: Panzers - Cold War is a tactical game and the player does not need to bother with resource management. A mission is started with pre-defined armies and more troops can be requested at a conquered helipad, train station, shipyard or road, through investing Prestige Points, which are handed out for completing mission objectives (primary, secondary or hidden ones), as well as by capturing and holding so-called Points of Interest scattered around the map.The P.O.I. come in form of flags, aid stations, radar stations and such, and grant additional benefits such as healing or repairing player units, or uncovering the Fog of War. But in multiplayer and skirmish matches, a P.O.I. needs to be connected to the HQ in order to be operational. If a P.O.I. in-between gets captured by the enemy, the benefit is lost for the time being.As in the previous iterations of the series, the player uses Prestige Points to upgrade his units on the field with different weapons and such. In addition, the units gain experience and advance in rank. Depending on the amount of Prestige Points the player has at the end of a mission, he then can choose to take along some of his troops to the next one. |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising | 2009-03-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Los Angeles | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Africa, Asia, Europe, Japan (Modern/Futuristic), Middle East, North America, Oceania, Sci-fi / futuristic, South America | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising is a stand-alone single-player expansion for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. It continues the story of Red Alert 3 and follows the tradition of the C&C series, where the mission is to build up bases and produce a huge attack force to destroy the enemy.Uprising features 11 new units, new cinematic sequences, the Commanders Challenge mode and 4 new campaigns. One of the new campaigns is centered around the origin of Yuriko Omega. It follows the story of the Japanese girl who was kidnapped as a child and experimented on by Japanese scientists.The Commander's Challenge mode takes the player through a series of 50 non-linear missions. Every mission offers a unique map which allows the player to explore new strategies. |
| Freak Out: Extreme Freeride | 2009-03-12 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Coldwood Interactive AB | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | | Rikard Häggström | | | | Windows | Freak Out: Extreme Freeride is an arcade skiing game, focused on performing tricks and stunts. The main mode is Mission, where players need to jump gaps, make tricks, grind rails and pick stars. Completing the different challenges is rewarded with money, exchanged for basic equipment (skis, boots, helmets) and style equipment (jackets, goggles, gloves) at the shop. It also opens up new slopes and mountains. In Freeride the aim is to get the highest score, opening up slopes and mountains, there are four mountains in total, and earning endurance points. Bone Ride has the player collect bones against a time limit to earn balance points and beating courses in the Slope Style mode requires the player to reach a pre-defined score to receive trick skill points. These different game modes are grouped in the main Career, Single race and Multiplayer sections.Mostly about tricks, players need to take care of their landings - touch the ground with back, front or side weight and a lower score multiplier is awarded. Next to the basic information on the screen such as time, score and stunts, the game also keeps track of your "flow", by doing consecutive tricks. There are six different characters and the arsenal of tricks includes flips, rolls, carve/cross skis, grabs, rails, jumps and specials. |
| Insecticide: Part 1 | 2009-03-12 | Gamecock Media Group | Crackpot Entertainment, LLC, Creat Studios, Inc. | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | Detective / mystery | Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Insecticide: Part 1 is set in a world that has been overtaken by insects. It takes place a long time after the humans experiments with genetics have gone very wrong. Those experiments made the insects grow stronger and they became immune to the human altered food. Not only did the bugs become the dominant race of the planet, but the very few humans that remained became increasingly allergic until they started to sneeze themselves to death. The humans therefore live in the tunnels of the cities, far away from anything that is growing. Chrys Liszt is a detective of the Insecticide Squad of the Troi Police Department (TPD). She is a character with a murky past on the wrong side of the law. Together with her partner Roachy Caruthers, a veteran of the TPD, she gets assigned to a mission to investigate a murder at the Nectarola Company, the game's soft drink corporation. An important part of the story of the game is finding out about Chrys' past and what happened to her.The player controls Chrys from a third-person perspective in two different game modes: action and detective mode. In the action mode, the game takes the form of a shooter mixed with platform elements. She has access to six different weapons, each with their own damage rate, range and magazine capacity. These weapons have names that the fit the game's theme such as pollinator, amberizer, and nectar cannon. Throughout the action levels Chrys can find Nectarola cans to recover health with.The detective mode works like a traditional point-and-click adventure game. There, Chrys has to collect evidence and talk with subjects. This puzzle-solving is done by examining and picking up objects found across the crime scene. These can then be manipulated to create new objects or used on the environments or the characters to get new clues. Both these modes uses a third-person shooter style perspective with WASD controls, while the detective mode uses a point-and-click based interface to interact with the world. |
| The Experiment Part 1: The Laboratory | 2009-03-12 | Pilcz Studios | Pilcz Studios | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | North America | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Experiment Part 1: The Laboratory is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.
The voice is currently only available in Hungarian, subtitles are available for Hungarian and English.Story:
David Caldwell is a student of physics. His brother worked for a physics research facility in California. During an explosion the whole complex is destroyed and his brother is killed. On the funeral an unknown person gives David a hint to call a Mrs. Marian Johnson, daughter of the professor for whom his brother worked for. The player takes over David from there and tries to get in contact with Mrs. Marian Johnson and the professor.
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| The Legend of Crystal Valley | 2009-03-12 | Sandlot Games | Cateia d.o.o. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Eve has returned to her childhood home but finds her father is missing. Upon further investigation, she finds a portal to another land called Crystal Valley. Now, she searches for her father while trying to uncover the secret to this magical land.The Legend of Crystal Valley is a point-and-click adventure game. What you can do is determined by the color or shape of your mouse pointer. If it is white, there is no interaction available. If it is yellow, you can click to walk to that area of the screen. If it is blue, you can leave that screen to enter another screen. If it is green, you can interact with or talk to that object or person. If it is a magnifying glass, you can examine that object. You must examine and gather items for your quest. Some items will need to be combined with others and some may not be used for a while. You will need to talk to people to gather clues and some may send you on quests to find things for them before they will help you further. |
| Kitten Sanctuary | 2009-03-13 | PiEyeGames | PiEyeGames | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Life / social simulation, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Kitten Sanctuary is a tile matching game with pet simulator features, where little kittens are imprisoned on a island by evil aliens and need to be rescued. The tiles are icons of resources like food, lumber and gold scattered through a grid. The player has to switch two adjacent or diagonally aligned tiles, to create matches of three or more of the same type. The objective of each level, or "trap" as the game calls them, is to release the energy stored in the gamefield by making matches over the red slots within a time limit. When all the energy is liberated, the level is complete and a small cat escapes from the alien prison to join others at one of four sanctuaries. Each match charges a blue idol, that can be used to destroy several tiles with a lightning bolt.The sanctuary screen can be accessed between levels, where the player has to manage the satisfaction level of the felines by feeding them, keeping them warm and buying toys to keep their spirits up. Otherwise, they can get bored or angry and leave the place. Food and wood supplies can be collected directly in the matching sessions, while toys can be bought with the gold coins acquired in the levels. Random events, like earthquakes and birthdays, change the kittens disposition and temperament.Some tiles have special characteristics: the box of supplies sits over several slots, and only disappears after its contents are matched. The locked tiles can't move or be swapped, blocking the movement of other pieces, and have to be matched and unlocked. Gifts give a special treat for the kittens.Matches of four or more tiles create a power-up on the field, that can be activated with a direct click. The shuffle rearranges the surrounding tiles. The bomb explodes nearby tiles. The fireball can be shot horizontally, vertically or diagonally, and burns all the tiles in its path. Some power-ups appear outside the grid at the start of a new level. A bonus game occurs every few levels, where a flying saucer keeps dropping new tiles on the field, and the player has to eliminate them as fast as possible. |
| Lost in the City | 2009-03-15 | White Elephant Games | White Elephant Games | Adventure | | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | April. The girl of your dreams. You met and fell in love. Then, one day, you drink the coffee April gave you and pass out. You awaken in a city with no one to be seen. Is April involved in this? Who did this and why you? You want answers and to repay April for her betrayal.Lost in the City is a hidden-object game. Using your mouse, you must first find the piece of paper with your latest message. Next, you need to find the items listed. Some of these items may be used to continue on, like keys to open locks or a hammer to break open a statue. Sometimes, you will find various bits of paper. These may contain numbers to decipher a code or they may have a picture you must assemble. Gather and follow the clues to find who is responsible for this and why. |
| Gib Tieren ein Zuhause | 2009-03-16 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | cerasus.media GmbH | Action, Puzzle, Racing / Driving, Simulation | | | | Life / social simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Gib Tieren ein Zuhause is a collection of 25 mini games around pets. You run a pet hotel and have to feed and groom the pets. The games include horse racing, skill games and memory with pet motives. |
| Polnyj privod: Ves' UAZ - Zolotoe izdanie | 2009-03-16 | 1C Company | | Compilation, Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Off-roading, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Polnyj privod. Ves' UAZ. Zolotoe izdanie is a compilation that includes all UAZ-themed games from Polnyj privod series:
Polnyj privod: UAZ 4X4
Polnyj privod: UAZ 4x4. Ural'skij prizyv
Polnyj privod 2: UAZ
Polnyj privod 2. Daurskij marafon
Polnyj privod 2. Sibirskij prizyv
Polnyj privod 2: Legendarnye vnedorozhniki Rossii. UAZy nashego vremeni
Polnyj privod 2: Legendarnye vnedorozhniki Rossii. UAZy epohi 1990-h
Polnyj privod 2: Legendarnye vnedorozhniki SSSR. UAZy epohi 1960-h
Polnyj privod 2: Legendarnye vnedorozhniki SSSR. UAZy epohi 1970-h
Polnyj privod 2: Legendarnye vnedorozhniki SSSR. UAZy epohi 1980-h
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| Sea Journey | 2009-03-16 | DivoGames Ltd. | Avreliy Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | Naval / watercraft | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You are a sea captain and pirate, as was your father and grandfather. You are on the trail of buried treasure but, of course, other pirates want what you have. Defeat these scurvy dogs in sea battles and gather gold and experience.Sea Journey is a match three game. In between the stories told on the map, you will encounter battles. You must match three items on the puzzle to affect the outcome of the battle. Match cannonballs to fire on your enemy. Match coins to gain gold. Match scrolls to gain experience. Match red, blue or green gems to use talismans, when you get them. Later, match wheels to move your ship away to, hopefully, throw off your enemy's aim. You can match three times of your choice. After that, the enemy makes three matches. If you or your enemy match four or five of the same item, you or they will get one or two extra matches, respectively.After the battle, if you win, you can enter port to use your experience to upgrade you attack, defense, movement and/or gold-gathering abilities, install any talisman you have and/or, if you have the gold, upgrade to a better ship. Fighting battles also gains you treasure maps that lead to other islands where treasure is buried. To get the treasure, you must solve puzzles,some like a Concentration-style where you must find and match symbols of the same color. |
| Earth 2140 Trilogy | 2009-03-17 | TopWare Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Earth 2140 Trilogy includes:
Earth 2140 (base game)
Earth 2140: Mission Pack 1 (add-on)
Earth 2140: Mission Pack 2 - Final Conflict (add-on) |
| Football Superstars | 2009-03-17 | CyberSports Ltd | Monumental Games Ltd | Role-playing (RPG), Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Football Superstars is a massive multiplayer online football game. The player gets to create his own footballer and can join teams consisting of other players. The game essentially consists of two parts: football and lifestyle. The most basic aim of the game is to get as good as possible on the football pitch. By playing matches the player gets rewards that can be spent in the lifestyle world. The player can be rewarded with cash, attributes, experience and fame. Cash can be spent on different things such as clothes, gym training and skills. There are two kinds of cash: FS dollars that are earned in-game and FS credits that can be bought with real money. Unlike other sports game where the player controls a full team, in Football Superstars he only controls a single footballer and has to cooperate with other players. Only the goalkeepers are AI controlled. The game is played from a third person behind the shoulder perspective and can be controlled with either a gamepad or a mouse and keyboard combination. Basic controls include typical things like passing, shooting, tackling etc. The player has to be aware of his stamina level. Too much sprinting around and he will get tired which will affect his abilities. The player can also use skills which can be bought from trainers around the world. These can either permanently or temporary boost the stats of the player.Football Superstars is as much a role playing game as it is a sports game. By playing matches the player levels up his character and increases his attributes. The player can also improve his fame level which determines how much money he earns. Every time a player levels up he gets six gym training points that he can use to increase his performance for attributes such as strength, speed and endurance. There are also football attributes that increases depending on what the player does on the pitch. The attributes are also affected by different items that can be bought, such as studs, boots and shinpads. There are four different match types: amateur matches, FS club matches, friendly matches and player managed club matches. Amateur are for players that are new to the game and on a low level. In FS club matches the player plays for one of four teams and has to help them reach the top of the league. Friendly matches are like amateur matches but for players of higher levels. Player managed clubs matches are for teams that are player created and controlled. |
| Grand Ages: Rome | 2009-03-17 | Viva Media, LLC | Haemimont Games AD | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Classical antiquity | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | In the ancient Roman Empire take control of one of the five powerful noble family and help make the Empire even greater by defeating its enemies and conquer new lands.
Start as a Governor of a small island and through your economic and military skills achieve the historical campaign that will take you to the ancient colonies of the Roman Empire, from Britannia to Egypt. Grand Ages: Rome features a very detailed graphics and a big technology tree.
The missions goals can't be achieved without taking care of your population, by fulfilling its needs (food, cultural, spiritual).There are many resources (food and minerals) to gather and monumental buildings to be build. You can even use slaves as workforce.
To expand your territory and protect from barbarians attacks you must build a strong army.There are 18 different military units, terrestrial or naval.
Nearly everything in this game consume resources, so the economy takes a very important place.This Real-Time Strategy game is the sequel of Imperium Romanum and the gameplay is similar to Caesar games.Can be played solo or multiplayer. In the solo campaign there are more than 40 levels and the progress is non-linear.
The multiplayer campaign can be played both competitively or cooperatively. |
| Men of War | 2009-03-17 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Best Way | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | War | | World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Men of War is a real-time World War II strategy game and the sequel to Soldiers: Heroes of World War II (2004) and Faces of War (2006). This tactical game focuses on micro management of different groups on various scenarios on the battlefield. It consists of three campaigns, for Russia, Germany and the United States. Missions are varied and consist of goals such as establishing a beach head, infiltrating an area, and more, mixing battles with gunfire with a more stealthy approach. Next to general scenarios there are also known ones such as the Omaha Beach landing. Many of the options delve deeper than other strategy games, down to equipping and retrieving fuel for vehicles, ammunition for soldiers, or hiding bodies to avoid getting spotted. Enemy weapons can also be captured and put to use.The game is presented as a 3D world where almost any object can be realistically destroyed. The game mixes classic RTS gameplay with elements from such games as Commandos or Company of Heroes. Soldiers can take advantage of the terrain's vegetation and buildings to seek cover. Many missions are played with small groups of soldiers, but there are also large-scale battles with multiple vehicles and aircraft, allies, and reinforcements. Players can group units into squads, provide orders and have the computer AI assist in basic actions. For firing, this includes aimed shots, suppressive fire or melee attacks, while units can also heal, take different positions (stand, prone), hold positions, move or fire at will, sweep mines, inject morphine, disable artillery pieces, reload weapons or unload them to use different ammunition, and much more. There are different types of soldiers and they each have different proficiencies for the range of available guns, as well as a complete inventory just like RPG games. Because of the complexity, the game speed can be adapted so as not to lose control.Through the direct control mode already present in the previous games, it is possible to dive into any unit to steer and fire from an arcade perspective, taking part in the battle directly. Multiplayer is available through LAN and internet games. Online games have ranked servers as the game keeps track of the player's overall performance. |
| Merchants of Brooklyn | 2009-03-17 | Paleo Entertainment | Paleo Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Drug Wars, originally released as Merchants of Brooklyn, is a violent first-person action game set in the future, in 3100 A.D. Global warming has caused the sea level to rise and the city of Brooklyn has been flooded. The only solution is to build a higher city, on top of the existing one, where the buildings are connected through sky bridges. The lower levels still exist however and are no longer controlled by law enforcement. As the citizens do not want to work there, scientists clone Neanderthals as a new working class, because of their physical strength.Soon however, a criminal organization known as Merchants of Brooklyn have the Neanderthals fight in arenas for entertainment. Matteo Savio becomes one of the stars, until he is defeated by a new opponent and has his arm ripped off. A mysterious scientist replaces it with a biomechanical arm, and injects it with his DNA. That way he is able to stay in contact with Matteo and passes on his intelligence.Players control Matteo as he breaks free from the arena fights and takes on the Merchants of Brooklyn that had him mutilated. He can primarily attack through is powerful fists and is able to brutally dismember opponents. The biomechanical arm can also be transformed into different powerful weapons with nukes, biological ammo and technical capabilities. Each weapon has a primary and a secondary mode, but Matteo can also pick up items or limbs and charge them electrically before hurling them towards enemies. Escaping from the lower areas, he will need to travel through the slums to free his brethren (even though they are his main opponents during the game) and overthrow the Utopian empire living in the sky. The game also supports multiplayer games. |
| Rommé und Canasta XXL | 2009-03-17 | Mediaglobe GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Rommé XXL
Canasta XXL |
| Flalls | 2009-03-18 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Hamster Warrior studio | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In Flalls, you must get the Flalls into their correct area, based on their color. If a Flalls is headed the wrong way, click him with your mouse and he will reverse direction. Once all the blue Flalls are in the blue area and the tan Flalls are in the brown area, the level is complete. As the game progresses, you will have to deal with fans. These can help, like Kind Arty, who changes a Flalls from one color to the other and can cause you to get through the level faster. But he can hinder as he could change a Flalls to the wrong color. Most all others will hinder, like Babe, who makes the Flalls get googly eyed and move about randomly, or Bugaboo, who makes the Flalls stop and tremble in fear.Later, you will have gifts. When the gifts arrive, you will also have the twister in the entrance gap. Whenever you click your mouse then, whatever is in the gap will be caught by the twister. If it is a fan, they will be ejected and that is good. If it is a Flalls, they will be ejected, and that is not good as you lose points. If it is a gift, it will be opened to reveal a power up. These can be a tan or blue magnet to attract Flalls to the correct area or a Wizard to remove a fan, among others. |
| Jewel Master: Jade Dynasty | 2009-03-18 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Shanghai Quarter Digital Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jewel Master: Jade Dynasty is a match 3 game. Solve 100 levels and mini games on the search for the elixir of life. Combine three or more symbols to remove a row, collect gems and finish a level. The specialty of this game is that the gems have six corners. |
| The Clockwork Man | 2009-03-18 | Total Eclipse Games | Total Eclipse Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | | | | | Windows | In an alternate version of the Victorian era, a female engineer called Miranda Calomy receives a letter from her grandfather. He asks for her help on collecting the parts necessary for a new and revolutionary invention. She must leave England and travel around the globe looking for the pieces, with the help of her small robot Sprocket.The Clockwork Man is a hidden object game with point-and-click adventure portions. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on locations filled with assorted objects placed on the scenery. Some scenes activate a compass at the center of the bottom interface, where clicking on its arrows moves the point-of-view, panning or zooming in and out of the screen.Some locations are pure adventure sections, where the lower portion of the screen is replaced by the inventory. The player has to drag and drop the inventory objects to parts of the scenery in a logical way, to solve the puzzle and continue the game. Some objects bring a separate screen with a puzzle that can be manipulated directly, by clicking and moving its parts on the screen. They vary from the ordinary, like jigsaw puzzles, to more original ones.The help button is Sprocket, the heroine's pet robot. It has four devices, each available gradually as the game progresses. Using any of them costs energy units, that recharge slowly with time. The first one costs one unit, and shows a photo of any list item. The second costs two units, and shows the approximate area of a list object. The third costs three units, and highlights the exact position of a required item. The fourth costs five units, and is a magnet that makes all the metallic objects shake. |
| The Path | 2009-03-18 | Tale of Tales BVBA | Tale of Tales BVBA | Adventure | Behind view | | Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The Path is an unconventional psychological horror game based on the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood and a French grandmother's tale from the 14th century. Described by the developers as a game about growing up, it consists of three acts that can be played with six different girls. To tell its story, the game uses the first-, second- and third person perspective. As much of the game depends on surprise and exploration, the game's outline as described below can be considered heavy on spoilers.The game starts inside a house where a mother can instruct one of her six daughters (Robin, Rose, Ginger, Ruby, Carmen, and Scarlet, all aged nine to nineteen) to bring a basket with wine to their grandmother's house. Players then control one of the sisters as she walks down the path leading to the house. When players follow the road and enter the house, a chapter is completed, but rated poorly. To fully experience the game, the player eventually has to instruct the girls to leave the path and venture into the surrounding woods.While exploring the woods, the graphics fade to a dim palette, with haunting sound effects and music (composed by Jarboe, formerly with the band Swans), and graphical patterns appearing as a screen overlay. There are no visible or invisible borders to the endless forest. The girls need to find key locations (called attractions) and items they can pick up. Scattered around are abandoned objects that all bring about fragments of a story. The forest layout is randomized for each playthrough and sometimes only specific daughters can interact with an object in the environment. At the same time, their different experiences are interwoven as they make remarks about past events. Items bring about memories and lines of text that subtly explain the girl's history and desire to leave the path and venture into the woods. The real meaning behind the game is largely left to the player's imagination, but many clues for interpretation are provided. The game sometimes takes over control, adding a black border around the screen, but never to take over decisions for the player or to lead him into a certain action.Virtually no clues are provided while exploring the forest and a map with the walked route only briefly appears after every 100 meters. The daughters are able to walk and run, but the latter is largely discouraged through an in-game mechanic, making it a slow game in general. Players can also pick up up to 144 flowers that reveal a location for every six collected. It is not possible to fail in The Path, but conscious decisions by the players lead to events that cannot be reversed.The game is controlled through the keyboard and the mouse, while actions are performed by letting go of the mouse. The game also uses a behaviour system called Drama Princess, where a girl reacts with the environment when the players lets go of the controls, chosen randomly from a pool of possible actions in that scene. While playing, sequences, actions, items, or characters also appear as a faded overlay over the left side of the screen. After completing the game once, it can be turned into a cooperative multiplayer game by plugging in a gamepad. There is an inventory, but rather as a reference than as a way to interact with the environment. The game does not contain voiced conversations, everything is conveyed through written text, gestures, or actions. |
| Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X | 2009-03-18 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Ubisoft SRL | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Konstantin Zagorulko, Anton Suchev, Alexandr Voloshyn | | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | The year is 2014 and more and more countries begin to contract private military companies instead of their own armies to fulfil strategic objectives. Because of the increasing amount of competition between those companies for the best contracts, the fight even extends to the battlefield themselves. David Crenshaw, a former US Navy pilot, is hired by such a PMC as the US Army sets him free after saving the Ghost Recon team during their operation in Juarez (Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2). Ordered to do a series of different aerial missions scattered all over the world, he soon realizes that he is getting sucked deeper and deeper into the war for global military domination in which he even engages in combat against his old employer. Becoming more than a simple mercenary, matters soon fall into his hands and his decisions will dictate the outcome of the war.Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X is an action-oriented flight simulation similar to Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII giving the player control over an airplane either in first- or third-person view. Set in a near-future scenario, the player has access to several different kinds of licensed planes ranging from real world aircraft like the A-10A Thunderbolt II to prototype machines like the F-15 Active used by the NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. In addition, the player can choose a different weapon load-out for each plane before the start. Both the weapon load-outs and the airplanes are unlocked as the player advances in rank during the campaign. Each kill as well as completing objectives and challenges grant the player experience points to do so.While the mission objectives range from defending Air Force One against enemy attacks to destroying ground targets, the challenges on the hand require the player to destroy 50 enemies only with his canon or get 300 aerial kills during the campaign. During the course of the game, the player will also get help from up to two other pilots who he can order to attack specific targets in his view. The on-board computer also helps by calculating optimal intercept or rocket evasion routes.In addition to normal keyboard, mouse, gamepad and joystick-support, the game also features voice recognition, allowing the player to fire missiles or change the target just by shouting a keyword into the microphone. |
| Blake Stone: Planet Strike! | 2009-03-19 | Apogee Software, LLC | JAM Productions | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Blake Stone: Planet Strike! is the commercial sequel to Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold.An evolution rather than a revolution, Planet Strike! doesn't dramatically change things and features everything from the original game except the elevator. In the place of the elevator, the player must now collect a bomb on every map and bring it to a security cube; the bomb will destroy the cube allowing the player to use the exit.It features 24 new levels, played in a single episode in a linear fashion (despite a between level map trying to convince you otherwise), a new weapon, the Plasma Discharger (which functions as the game's ultimate weapon), and several new bad guys and bosses.Though the "new bad guys" comment is a little misleading as only one of them is actually all new; the others are the boss aliens from Aliens of Gold (with their stats reduced to non-boss level) or simply slightly edited and re-coloured bad guys from the previous game. |
| Runes of Magic | 2009-03-19 | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG | Runewaker Entertainment Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Runes of Magic is an online role-playing game in the tradition of World of Warcraft. It is free to play: You don't have to pay for the download; there are also no monthly fees like in comparable games. The game supports itself with an item shop in which you can buy items like clothes - with real money. These items are not essential to enjoy the game.However, the price is not the only unique element this game offers. Most importantly, at level ten you have to choose a second class. With six standard classes this offers thirty possible class combinations. It is comparable to multi classing in Dungeons & Dragons games like Baldur's Gate.The eponymous magic runes are similar to the runes in Diablo II - certain items have sockets and can be improved by adding these runes. From level 15 on you can combine runes to get even stronger benefits.Most of the quests are the usual "kill x monsters" type - standard in online RPGs. Together with other adventures you travel into dungeons to get better runes and kill bosses. |
| Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X (Pre-Order Pack) | 2009-03-19 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Pre-Order Pack includes:
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X
Pilot Manual with 32 pages with technical and tactical descriptions of all airplanes in the game
Exclusive airplane "A-12 Avenger II" |
| Wandering Willows | 2009-03-19 | PlayFirst, Inc. | PlayFirst, Inc. | Adventure, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A balloonist falls in a strange land, after the balloon is punctured by colliding with a passing bird during a storm. The deflated balloon must be fixed to escape the place. The inhabitants can help, but the foreigner must first complete a series of tasks to win their friendship using the environment and a newly adopted pet monster.Wandering Willows is an adventure game that plays like a simplified and linear version of Animal Crossing, with elements of other games like MySims and Tamagotchi. After creating the avatar, the player starts to interact with the game in a mostly linear fashion, performing tasks and fetch quests for other characters.Completely mouse-based, the interface allows the character to cook, sew, buy and sell items, with tabs for the inventory, accumulated designs for clothes and the recipe book. The main objective is to repair the balloon and escape. A pet follows closely the avatar at all times, and performs some essential duties like digging mounds for useful items, climbing trees to drop their fruits and use a seduction power to charm other animals. Each action takes a bit of the green energy bar of the pet, and the player has to feed the animal when the bar is yellow. The pet evolves and gets better at repeated tasks, increasing its statistics displayed at the top-left corner of the screen.The avatar collects the items laying on the floor, and plucks vegetables and flowers from the ground. The accumulated items can be combined indirectly, some of them as ingredients for cooking, other used as part of clothing. The avatar can wear different pieces of clothing on the head, torso and legs.Charmed animals drop random items, and sometimes eggs that can be hatched at the nursery, where the player can switch pets at will. The avatar can also plant assorted vegetables at the garden, and flowers anywhere. Garden items need to be watered once before growing, while flowers don't. After some seconds, they can be plucked and stored in the inventory to make dishes or floral arrangements.The player receives money by selling items, or completing tasks. Money is used to buy necessary items, or more space to the garden and extra slots to the inventory. The player receives quests and tasks by talking with other characters.The other characters have a friendship meter, that gets higher with each task performed, and by receiving pleasant gifts. Holding the mouse over each individual shows their likes and dislikes. After the meter reaches its maximum capacity, the character gives a present to the player, usually a new design or recipe. These can also be found on mounds and with charmed animals. |
| Sudden Strike 3: The Last Stand | 2009-03-20 | 1C Company | Fireglow Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Sudden Strike 3: The Last Stand is a revised and improved version of Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory.
Included are a new damage system and a improved user interface. |
| The Last Remnant | 2009-03-20 | Square Enix Ltd | Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Mature | | Windows | In The Last Remnant, the player controls the young hero Rush Sykes on a quest to rescue his kidnapped sister. While chasing after the mysterious kidnappers, Rush gains the aid of the Four Generals of Athlum: Emma the Mitra (a human), Torgal the Sovani (a four-armed feline), Blocter the Yama (a hulking fish creature), and Pagus the Qsiti (a humanoid frog), as well as their ruler, Marquis David whose soul is bound to the remnant (magical artifact) weapon Gae Bolg. What starts as a rescue mission, later unfolds a more sinister plot of greater powers.The Last Remnant is an RPG in the Final Fantasy and SaGa series tradition. What sets The Last Remnant apart is its turn-based, large-scale battle system in which players control entire units of combatants. Units may be filled with the game's main characters, special mercenary leaders or generic soldiers. Battles consist of melees and the use of so-called 'arts' - weapon, item and magical proficiencies. Unit interaction plays an important tactical role in combat as they can block, assault, surround and support enemy and friendly units. Players can also take on a multitude of side quests issued by local guilds in addition to following the main storyline.The windows version offers the choice between Japanese or English voice-overs, improved character animations, multiple leader units can form unions, and a faster gameplay option during battles. |
| Battlestrike: Shadow of Stalingrad | 2009-03-23 | City Interactive S.A. | City Interactive S.A. | Action | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | World War II | | | | | | Windows | Battlestrike: Shadow of Stalingrad is a World War II-era shooter. The player takes on the role of a Soviet soldier, tasked to find and eliminate a Nazi scientist who is preparing a new super-weapon for Hitler. The eight-mission campaign takes the player to places such as the streets of wartorn Stalingrad, mansions, and factories, often assisted by AI-controlled sidekicks. There are a number of authentic WWII-era guns to use, such as the PPSh-41 or the Tokarev SVT-40. It's also possible to stab enemies with a knife, throw frag and smoke grenades, or use mounted guns. The protagonist can lean around walls, shoot blindly from behind a wall, and shoot through certain thin barriers. Health regenerates automatically when the player stands still without being damaged. |
| The Sims 3 (Pre-Order Pack) | 2009-03-23 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Pre-Order Pack includes:
Guaranteed copy of The Sims 3
Downloadcode for one of the following five songs depending on where the pre-order was made:
"True Stories" by Data Rock
"Revolution" by Bang Camaro
"The Other Side" by Dexter Freebish
"Ghosts" by Ladytron
"I Love LA" by Young Dre The Truth
Corresponding band poster
Three "The Sims 3"-stickers
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| Cannon Fodder | 2009-03-24 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Sensible Software | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling, Isometric | Windows | Guide a team of up to six soldiers through 72 levels of combat in this top-down action/strategy hybrid, best thought of as Lemmings crossed with Commando crossed with Dune 2. The characters are controlled indirectly using the mouse or joypad, as you activate each soldier or group of them by highlighting them, clicking one button to move them to a particular spot and the another for them to fire guns at an enemy. You can also pick up grenades or rockets, fired by pressing both buttons at once, which can be used to destroy groups of enemies, buildings, or some vehicles.Each mission has a specific objective, and some feature vehicles such as tanks that are used to make things easier. Your troops can cross water but can't shoot within it, so finding and controlling bridges is often crucial. You can use the arrangement of trees to find hiding places to shoot from and should watch out for CPU soldiers doing the same. |
| Pretty in Pink | 2009-03-24 | Legacy Interactive Inc., Paramount Digital Entertainment | centrum.pl, EEEZEE Products, Legacy Interactive Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | A teenage girl called Andie falls in love with her rich schoolmate Blaine, and both must overcome their different backgrounds to start a relationship.Pretty in Pink is a hidden object game based on the 1986 movie of the same name. The game shows static scenes based on the film, where the objective is to find and click all the items listed at the top of the screen within a time limit, including a silhouetted item that is later added to the prom dress. Besides the required objects, the locations also have ducks and toy cars that must be collected to change the outcome of the story and achieve a happy ending. The hint button shows the position of one of the list entries, but takes some time to recharge after use.Mini-games appear between the hidden object screens and cutscenes. Most are genre staples, like the obligatory spot-the-difference game with the screen split in two similar images, a concentration game and jigsaw puzzles. In the cooking mini-game, instead of the recipe the game show clues ("the salt is put after the milk") and the player must discover their correct order. |
| Wallace & Gromit in Fright of the Bumblebees | 2009-03-24 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Wallace & Gromit in Fright of the Bumblebees is the first episode of Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures.Wallace has invented a fast and easy way to get honey from bees and started with the help of his dog Gromit a honey-business. Sadly customers are none-existent and the bills keep piling up until one day Mr. Paneer shows up and orders 50 gallons of honey - by evening. Wallace agrees to the deal but quickly finds out that he hasn't nearly enough flowers to produce that much honey in just a few hours.The player takes over the control of both Wallace and Gromit but the player can't switch between both freely. Instead the story dictates which character is controlable. And although the game is a classic point and click adventure, it uses optimized controls to work for both PC and consoles. While the interaction with items on screen still work through a context-sensitive cursor, the player now moves the characters around directly instead of giving them move to-orders. Besides this change, the player still goes around the various locations, talks to people and collects everything that isn't nailed to the wall in order to solve the different riddles and advance the storyline. There is also a small Moorhuhn-like mini-game in which the player needs to shoot down and trap some angry bees before he can continue with the adventure. |
| Wanted: Weapons of Fate | 2009-03-24 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | GRIN AB | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Wanted: Weapons of Fate is a video game based off the 2008 film Wanted. The game starts right where the movie left off with Wesley Gibson trying to finish up becoming an assassin. He is in search of someone known as The Immortal, and is also looking to find out more about his family.As an assassin, the playing character (Wesley Gibson or his father, depending on the level) is given abilities that nobody else has, like "adrenaline" when the related bar is filled (the more kills ranked up, the higher the "adrenaline bar" goes). Just like in the movie Wesley Gibson is able to curve bullets, a skill that only a handful of people have. The game includes a cover system, which is needed in order to enter Bullet Time. In Bullet Time, time around Wesley will slow down, giving him the opportunity to use his weapon skills to hunt down enemies or to find another place to hide. Next to dual-wield pistols, there are also other weapons such as a knives.Additional playable characters and new costumes can be unlocked through codes and completing the game. |
| Wheelman | 2009-03-24 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Midway Studios - Newcastle | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile | | | Teen | | Windows | Milo Burik is a Wheelman. He drives people around who have a need for speed and less of a need for compliance with traffic rules. Milo is also an undercover-agent sent to Barcelona to infiltrate the local underworld but he soon finds himself between the fronts of an all-out gang war between three rival groups.The player takes on the role of Milo Burik looking over his shoulder while freely walking and driving around the city. As a Wheelman Milo doesn't just drive his car or motorcycle he also uses them as a weapon. By swinging the mouse or using one of the sticks, the player rams his car into other cars until they go up in flames. It also allows him to quickly switch lanes or ram through barricades. By destroying other vehicles, speeding and generally reeking mayhem in the city, the player also fills up his focus power which is needed for special attacks. Utilizing this power allows him to get a speed boost, get perfect aim at high speeds or perform a 180° turn, aim and destroy his chaser with one shot. But his car isn't Milo's only weapon. Pistols, machine guns and such too await to be used outside and inside cars and if his own car is about to blow up or if he just doesn't like the color anymore, he can perform an air jack. An air jack is possible once Milo's car is close enough to another car or motorcycle. After releasing the corresponding button, he then jumps over, removes the original driver and continues on his journey in his new vehicle.All this is used to advance in the main storyline as well as in the many side-missions the player can take on. These range from Taxi-missions in which the player needs to get a passenger to his goal as fast as he can, to rampages in which destruction is everything and capture and delivery missions in which Milo needs to use his air jack ability to steal a specific vehicle and get it to the drop point in time. In common have all that at the end the player is rated based on his performance with "S" being the highest rank and "C" the lowest. If the player managed to get at least an "A" he unlocks additional missions and ultimately access to additional repair shops and weapon depots. Once unlocked the next story mission as well as every side-activity can be accessed directly from the city map on the PDA. |
| Karin and the Hidden Lake | 2009-03-25 | Det Danske Akademi for Digital, Interaktiv Underholdning Filmskolen | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | Benjamin Magnussen | Windows | Karin and the Hidden Lake is a short platformer about a girl who enters a forest to pick flowers during midsummer night. She is told this will reveal to her the man she will marry. To do that, she needs to pick the flowers by walking into them and ward off the shadows that surround her. When she does not progress fast enough the shadows will close in on her. There are also separate claw-shaped shadows that need to be avoided by ducking or jumping over them. She has no other means of defence.The first part of the game is spent looking for the dress that will make her run faster and jump higher. It also features a section with a mirror lake, where he inner child is reflected and can be controlled separately. The developers made the game for the specific target group of women around the age of 35. |
| Nevermore | 2009-03-25 | Det Danske Akademi for Digital, Interaktiv Underholdning Filmskolen | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Hack and slash | | | | | | Simone Cecilie Møller | Windows | Nevermore is a short game set in the playground of a school where all the big boys are bullying little Anna. Fortunately her teddy bear Mr Huggles knows a solution: she should play hopscotch to cheer up again. To draw a hopscotch diagram Anna needs some paint. Mr. Huggles sneakily suggests that the other children have stolen all red paint and store it inside their bodies. All Anna needs to do is slash open the other boys to collect the paint.Anna has only got five minutes before the school bell rings. She has to attack the bullies with a sword in one hand and Mr. Huggles in the other. All bullies have an identical look, but the color of their shirt shows how strong they are. Once a boy has been sliced open or has been catapulted away, Anna can hold Mr. Huggles in the air to have him soak the blood. This fills up a meter on the right side of the screen. Anna can explore the playground freely and has three distinct attacks at her disposal. She can also jump to avoid incoming kicks.While fighting she is constantly encouraged by Mr. Huggles and when she has collected a sufficient amount of "paint", she has to run to a statue to draw the hopscotch diagram. When Anna is hurt during a fight, a certain amount of blood is deducted from the meter. |
| Stormrise | 2009-03-25 | SEGA of America, Inc. | Creative Assembly International Limited, The | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The best scientists of the world thought they had found the ultimate solution to Global Warming: Building an artificial force field around the planet to help the rapidly decreasing atmosphere and guarantee the survival of mankind. It took more than 22 years to build but in the end it was acclaimed all around the world as the one symbol for hope and the ultimate proof that mankind can do anything. Well at least until they found the flaw in their perfect plan: Nature's ability to adapt.Only known as the Happening, storms began to appear all over the planet. Stronger than anything mankind had ever seen they brought destruction and death upon the world. Whole cities where destroyed in just a few days and no end in sight. With no way to escape, the building of gigantic underground cryogenic sleep caverns began. Of course these caverns could only hold a privileged few and the rest was damned to stay on the surface, some starving to death, others going mad or killing each other.But not everyone died. Many adapted, using everything that was left from the storm and over the centuries transformed into the Sai, humans that are one with nature. Meanwhile, deep down under the surface, the Echelon awaken from their sleep with the goal to reclaim their old planet.Stormrise is a real-time strategy game without base building and a unique point of view. Similar to Tom Clancy's EndWar the camera always follows a squad. But instead of using voice commands to switch between everyone, a technology called "Whip Select" comes into play. Holding a specific button down brings up a beam. Moving the beam over the symbol of one of the squads and letting go then changes the camera position to that squad and then allowing the player to order that unit around with the help of the 3D-target cursor.Instead of building a base and producing units there, the player starts with a pre-defined group of units in single player lead by Echelon-Commander Geary and a warp gate in multiplayer. Both modes also feature control points that automatically collect energy once captured. This energy is needed to call in reinforcements, upgrade units or outfit the control point with turrets, shields and such in three stages. It is even possible to create a second warp gate at the control point allowing the player to call reinforcements in closer to the front line.Either at the start or after upgrading them, most of the nine available units on each side get access to alternate weapons like flame throwers and additional offensive and defensive tactics. The player can change the current load-out of a unit at any time with the help of a circular menu that shows up after a button press. |
| Simon the Sorcerer: Who'd Even Want Contact?! | 2009-03-26 | TGC - The Games Company GmbH | Silver Style Entertainment e.K. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Simon the Sorcerer: Who'd Even Want Contact?! is the second German entry in the Simon the Sorcerer series. After the happenings of Chaos Happens Simon settles down but suddenly the fairyland gets attacked by aliens which kidnap Simon's girlfriend Alix. Of course this means Simon has to rescue her while traveling to locations like a Caribbean beach or space.The game is a traditional humorous point & click adventure where the player explores his environment, takes everything he finds and solves item-based puzzles. Some of them have multiple solutions and depending on the player's choices they influence the ending and the psycho-analysis he receives at the end. Of course there are also many multiple-choice dialogues which are noticeable shorter than in Chaos Happens. The handling uses the usual "two-click"-system: left click to use and right click to examine. As in Chaos Happens there is a notebook which lists finished and open tasks and a help system. For every task there are three hints available - from a small poke in the right direction to an almost-solution. Also worth mentioning is the new graphics style in cel-shading. |
| Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run | 2009-03-26 | Noviy Disk | Terminal Reality, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Automobile | | | Teen | | Windows | SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run is a combination of racing/3rd person shooter that stars professional wrestler-come-movie star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as spy Alex Decker as he battles the evil organization NOSTRA in its bid for world domination. As in other games in the Spy Hunter series the player pilots the high tech Interceptor, a vehicle heavily equipped with lethal weapons that can also transform into a different vehicle type (i.e. from a car to a boat to a motorcycle) used to fight enemies of a evil nature with similarly equipped vehicles but with less armor than the Interceptor. New to the series is the 3rd person run and gun shooter game play featuring the likeness of said Johnson using firearms and WWE style wrestling moves. |
| Adventure Collection 1 | 2009-03-27 | dtp entertainment AG | | Adventure, Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection contains three classic fantasy adventures. The games within this compilation are:
Paradise
Syberia
Syberia II |
| Adventure Collection 2 | 2009-03-27 | dtp entertainment AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection contains three classic adventure games. The games within this compilation are:
The Black Mirror
NiBiRu: Age of Secrets
Next Life |
| Baldr Sky Dive1: Lost Memory | 2009-03-27 | GIGA | GIGA | Action | Diagonal-down | | Adult | Shooter, Visual novel | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | Vehicular | Windows | During the course of the 21st century, nanomachines became more and more prevalent in daily life. Many humans chose to be embedded with a special chip to stay connected to the Internet at all times. Physical combat was replaced by virtual confrontations using mechas and robots. Kou Kadokura is a young man suffering from a memory loss. As he begins a nanomachine treatment to restore his memory, he becomes involved in a scientific experiment that destroys parts of the city, and tries to connect the tragic events of his own past with the occurrences of the present.Lost Memory is very similar to Baldr Force in setting, themes, and gameplay. It also uses the Baldr Bullet template, lacking exploration and being confined to visual novel sections and plot-triggered combat scenes. More mecha customization options are available, as well as extended tutorials and a survival mode that puts Kou in a series of battles against increasingly difficult opponents. |
| Hoshizora no Memoria: Wish upon a Shooting Star | 2009-03-27 | Favorite | Favorite | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Visual novel | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Meet Kogasaka You and his little sister, Chinami, both of whom after the sudden death of their mother, are set to leave the city to go back to their childhood hometown to live with their aunt, Shino. Initially leaving their hometown of Hibarigasaki was difficult for You, as he was close friends with a girl who he saw nearly every day after school at the local town lookout. When she discovered that You would be leaving the town, she made him promise to return to marry her and left him with simply a kiss on the forehead to remember her by. Once You returns to his hometown, he searches for that childhood friend, only to find his previous meet-up location is now fenced-off and abandoned. While out searching, he instead stumbles on a mysterious girl named Mare who carries a scythe and claims to be a Grim Reaper. Now back in his hometown, You starts to rebuild his life, making friends and continuing his search for the girl he made a promise to. Will he eventually find his promised love? Who is this mysterious girl and why does she seem so familiar?Follow the story of Kogasaka You and choose his path as he discovers love with either of the 7 beautiful girls that comes to aid him on his journey.Full Japanese voice cast except for the main character.Seven different endings |
| Monsters vs. Aliens | 2009-03-27 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Beenox Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Monsters vs. Aliens is based on the animated movie of the same name. During the course of the game the player takes control over three characters from the movie which all feature different gameplay elements. Missing Link, a mix between fish and human, has to survive levels which are similar to most licensed games from animated movies: a 3rd person platformer. The sections with B.o.B., a slime monster, are more puzzle oriented. He can swallow enemies or items and use them to spit on other enemies. These are also used to press switches and as safety procedure when crossing bars - if B.o.B. had nothing solid in him he would just slip through them. With B.o.B. the player also has to solve mazes and shooting sequences. The last character is Gigantika, a 15 meters high woman. She uses trucks as inline skates and has to avoid obstacles by jumping or mastering quick time events (pressing a displayed button in a limited time).In co-op mode the second player takes the role of a Dr. Cockroach and supports the main player with appropriate actions, e.g. shooting. The player can unlock a lot of bonus material, e.g. concept art, deleted scenes (in this case: levels) or audio commentaries. |
| Punch 'n' Crunch | 2009-03-27 | rokapublish GmbH | Foolscap | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A boxing / fighting game that uses mouse movement to land punches and kicks. You have to draw certain lines or drawings to use the right punch or kick. You can choose from 6 different characters that all have a special ability. These can be triggered by drawing a symbol, all unique to a character. Other special symbols grant you double speed, shield and double damage. There are 3 game modes: single player, fight any opponent you want; championship mode, fight your way to the top and Groove 'n' move. Groove 'n' move is a special game mode were you have to draw as fast as you can to keep the music beats going. |
| Reel Deal: Vegas Casino Experience | 2009-03-27 | Phantom EFX | Phantom EFX | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | Contemporary | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Reel Deal: Vegas Casino Experience simulates many types of casino games including slots and table games. Next to the base game players can pay of a monthly subscription for new slot machines introduced on a monthly basis and an infinite prize vault. The game rewards wins and earnings with access to a prize vault where many types of prizes can be picked, as well as a trophy system. Prizes can be selected from six stores in a virtual mall. Players can also earn a luxury suite and decorate it with prizes such as artwork or play mini-games like Euchre and Hearts. |
| Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (Premium Games) | 2009-03-27 | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Premium re-release includes:
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
Game soundtrack
Graphical extras |
| Sky Kingdoms | 2009-03-27 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Argonyt | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sky Kingdoms is a marble shooter game with a fantasy theme, where the player controls a winged device moving sideways at the bottom of the screen, shooting spheres towards a moving string of multicolored balls to make matches of three or more of the same type, making them disappear. The line of spheres rolls on a twisting track that occupy most of the screen state, going slowly towards an exit hole at the end of the course. If three or more balls enter the exit, the game is over, the player loses a life and has to restart the level. The objective is to make enough matches to fill a meter at the bottom. Coins and jewels fall after some of the matches, and can be collected with the device.Power-ups appear randomly on the tracks, inside glowing spheres that have to be matched to release them. After showing up on the line, they keep flowing with it until being activated with a ball hit. The blue power freezes the nearby spheres with a coat of ice, making them breakable. The red fiery power destroy adjacent balls in a huge explosion. The white power with an X symbol gives an aiming laser to the shooting device, to improve accuracy. The smoky color bomb paints the balls with its own color. The purple power breaks random spheres with lightning bolts. The green arrow makes the ball line move backwards for a few seconds. The yellow S temporarily stops the spheres. The color remover destroys several balls of its color. They can be upgraded on a separate screen between stages, where the player can buy improvements for each power-up with the coins netted while playing the level.There are three slots at the bottom interface for special power-ups, received after playing well and making lots of points in a short period of time. They can be clicked to be deployed directly. The multicolor ball can be used as a joker sphere, matching any color. The meteor breaks the first ten balls of the line. The golden cube can be placed on the track to temporarily block the passage of the line.Some special levels have slight variations of gameplay. In the combo stages, the objective is to make a series of successive matches, using the spheres in a more strategic manner. In the snake stages, the player has to make matches while avoiding the collision of occasional flying objects with the shooting device. |
| Ubisoft Classic Pack | 2009-03-27 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Beyond Good and Evil
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Far Cry
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
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| Battlestrike: Western and Eastern Front: All in One | 2009-03-30 | City Interactive USA Inc | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Battlestrike: Shadow of Stalingrad (under the title Battlestrike: Force of Resistance 2)
The Royal Marines Commando (under the title Battlestrike: The Royal Marines Commando)
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| Still Life 2 | 2009-03-30 | Microïds | GamecoStudios SARL | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Crime, Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | FBI agent Victoria McPherson, the star of the first Still Life game, tackles a new murder mystery in this sequel.The MO for the murder of a young woman in Maine matches others believed to be the work of the East Coast Torturer who the police and FBI have been hunting for months. Typically, the crime scene was spotless and literally no evidence left behind by the killer. Examining the file more closely from her motel room, Victoria reads a report by Paloma Hernandez, a local journalist following the homicides. On the phone, the reporter arranges to meet Victoria later that night when Paloma promises to reveal so-called clues about the killer. But, before the meeting can take place, Hernandez is kidnapped ..Still Life 2 is a point-and-click adventure game with all the typical puzzle-solving aspects. Players will alternate playing two characters: As Victoria, carrying out her FBI investigation, and as Paloma, the journalist being chased by the murderer. This results in two different viewpoints and scenarios. |
| Dark Fall: Limited 'Pins & Needles' Edition | 2009-03-31 | Darkling Room | XXv Productions | Adventure, Compilation | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Dark Fall: Limited 'Pins & Needles' Edition contains the classic version of Dark Fall: The Journal and a "Director's Cut" version of Dark Fall: Lights Out, along with a soundtrack CD of music from the games, a collection of ghost stories and the Companion Guides. The Director's Cut version of Lights Out has some new scenes and features. The Limited Edition is limited to 300 copies, all signed and numbered by Jonathan Boakes. |
| Scorpion: Disfigured | 2009-03-31 | Akella | B-COOL Interactive | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | 2048. After the terror came the civil wars. After the civil wars the destruction of the system. Now the Middle East and Southeast Europe are nothing more than a mine field full of tribal wars, religious fanaticism and ruthless Warlords. One of them is Shamil who calls himself "Pharao" and rules over Sarajevo as well as the Zinyth Enterprises, a conglomerate of biochemical and pharmaceutical companies which keeps the former Bosnian capital alive. But by what means?When a young scientist manages to flee from the gigantic industrial complex above Sarajevo, she speaks of human test subjects and the development of a virus that turns humans into will-less suicide bombers as well as a combat suit that grants its wearer unbelievable powers. Luckily she managed to take a prototype with her. Now its the turn of an American special agent known only as "Scorpion" who is send in to investigate - armed with the prototype and the knowledge of the scientist.Scorpion: Disfigured is a straight-forward first person shooter which puts the player in the shoes of said special agent and at the doorsteps of the sewer system of the company. It doesn't take long until he meets the first resistance in form of undead workers, super humans and security guards. To help him deal with the threat, he gets access to several different kinds of weapons ranging from pistols, grenades to machine guns and automatic shotguns as well as to the powers of his suit. Although Scorpion can carry many weapons at once, he can only equip three at a time and has to switch around the layout in the inventory if he wants to use another one.The suit allows the player to slow down time, gives him access to night vision goggles with heat sensors and a shield. But each function drains power from the suit that can only be replenished by finding and using batteries. The same goes for the special abilities including regeneration, psy shock and even mind control which require a different kind of energy. Both the weapons and the abilities can be leveled up. Scorpion gains experience for every enemy he kills and once the bar on top of the screen is full, he gets an upgrade part as a reward allowing him for example to increase the accuracy of his Striker XXI Automatic Shotgun. For the abilities on the other hand he needs to find special containers hidden in the levels containing a vial allowing for example to increase the duration of the time-slowdown. In addition the suit has a build-in Wiki-system that lists information about every weapon, ability and enemy the player encounters as well as a scanner which allows the creating of a rotatable 3D-map of the surrounding area |
| Teen Agent | 2009-03-31 | Metropolis Software House | Metropolis Software House | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy, Detective / mystery, Spy / espionage | Graphic adventure | Contemporary, Europe | | Point and select | | | | Windows | You take the role of Mark Hopper, an ordinary teenager who gets hired by the RGB intelligence (he was selected by a fortune teller) to solve the mystery of gold disappearing from the Mega Bank. But first you're sent to the RGB training camp where you'll have to pass the three trials!Teenagent is a humorous point-and-click adventure, originally available as shareware, but the DOS version was later re-released as freeware. You control Mark Hopper with a mouse - click on where you want him to go, left-click on objects and people to look at them, and right-click on them to interact with them. By moving the cursor to the top of the screen, you bring up your inventory. (Note: the game isn't connected in any way to the 1991 movie Teen Agent.) |
| All-Star Arcade 6 Pack | 2009-04-01 | Viva Media, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation of the following games:Beach Party Craze
Emo's MatchMaker
Jewel Quest
Supermarket Mania
Crazy Machines: New Challenges
Legends of Egypt (Crystal Caverns of Amon-Ra, Dynasty of Egypt, and Jewels of the Nile) |
| Das Schwarze Auge: Drakensang - Gold Edition | 2009-04-01 | dtp entertainment AG | Radon Labs GmbH | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Gold Edition features:
Drakensang (patched)
High-Res-Texture-Pack
New quests and items
Soundtrack
Pen & Paper adventure Drakensang: Der Kult der Goldenen Masken which continues the game's plotline
Interview with Bernd Beyreuther about the successor of Drakensang
The bonus content is provided digitally. |
| Diamon Jones: Amulet of the World | 2009-04-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Litera Laboratories | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Diamon Jones is a treasure seeker along the lines of Indiana Jones; he is on the hunt for adventure but never very successful. The Diamon Jones series is a collection of traditional point-and-click adventure games, each with a different globe-trotting adventure story. The games are all played from a third-person perspective and feature a combination of inventory and logic puzzles, as well as small minigames. Full voice acting is present in all games. Each game is its own individual story, with only limited reference to previous episodes.In Amulet of the World, which is the first game in the series, the major setting is Egypt but you will also travel to Tibet to explore mountains and jungles. First you must find the Amulet, then you have to destroy a magical gate to save the world. This game features mazes, block/crate puzzles and reflex-based puzzles as well as traditional point and click adventuring. |
| Mega Man Rocks! | 2009-04-01 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Mega Man Rocks! is a Mega Man fangame. Dr. Wily has created eight new boss robots, each with pun-based names such as "Police Man" and "Anchor Man", in order to capture the programmer Eric and make him work for his evil goals.Gameplay is mostly identical to the classic Mega Man games, with a few additions such as the ability to duck.
In the series usual fashion the stages can be tackled in any chosen order. Defeating a boss robot will give you its special weapon which can be used on the remaining stages.
All the boss robots are brand new and there's a whole new soundtrack. |
| Puzzle Kingdoms | 2009-04-01 | Zoo Publishing, Inc. | Infinite Interactive Pty. Ltd. | Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG) | Side view, Top-down | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Puzzle Kingdoms is a RPG game using tile matching mini-games as the combat system of the battles, in a similar fashion to Puzzle Quest, another puzzle-based RPG with fantasy themes released in 2007 by the same developers. Instead of swapping adjacent tiles to create groups of three or more like in the earlier title, the main gameplay mechanic this time is to move columns and rows to match tiles.The player controls a hero character, moving between waypoints in an isometric map similar to the ones found on the Heroes of Might and Magic series. The game is divided in campaigns, where the objective is to invade and defeat all the main cities from a kingdom to conquer it. The hero character levels up automatically after winning a number of battles, adding new abilities and fresh spells to the available arsenal.The battle screen has a grid of tiles occupying most of the central space, with the troops of the two fighting armies lined up at the sides. Each row and column has buttons to move them, and the combatants take turns trying to make matches of three or more of the same type to charge their troops and increase the damage against the enemy when attacking. When one of the troops is fully charged, an attack button lights up at the top of the screen to unleash an assault against the opposite forces. Attack tiles have a similar effect, starting the maneuver when three or more of them are lined up on the grid.The troopers have attack and defense statistics that determine the outcome of the attacks, with the alignment with the board colors and terrain effects increasing or decreasing their points. The player can retreat, a useful strategy when the battle is practically lost, allowing the remaining troops to be saved. There are four slots below the troop lines for spells, that can be used to change the number of specific tiles on the grid, alter statistics and help in other ways. They are charged by making matches with tiles of their colors.New troops can be recruited on the outposts, with money received after winning the battles. Shrines, taverns, dungeons and other special buildings have mini-games, with multiple goals like clearing the grid on a set number of turns, making a series of matches within a time limit and other similar challenges. Completing these bonus stages gives new items and upgrades. |
| Spore: Galactic Adventures Bundle | 2009-04-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Spore Galactic Adventures Bundle includes:
Spore (main game)
Spore: Galactic Adventures (add-on)
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| Strike Fighters 2: Vietnam | 2009-04-01 | Third Wire Productions, Inc. | Third Wire Productions, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Asia, Cold War, Historical events | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | | | Windows | Strike Fighters 2: Vietnam is the follow-up to the original Wings over Vietnam, updated to work with Windows Vista and Windows 7. This flight simulator is set during the Vietnam War between the years of 1964 and 1973. Being a 'survey' sim a wide variety of aircraft are available for the player to fly. There are a number of campaigns depicting the various phases of the Vietnam air war (e.g. Rollin Thunder, Linebacker I and II). There also single missions and instant action type of gameplay.The game can be merged with other titles in the series in the Strike Fighters 2 series for additional aircraft, maps, missions, and campaigns. |
| Success Story | 2009-04-01 | G5 Entertainment AB | Shape Games Inc. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | McMoo-Moos has upgraded to robot servers but something has gone wrong. They broke. McMoo-Moos franchises are in trouble. That's where you step in. You are a young and ambitious entrepreneur who offers to save the various restaurant locations. Serve the food, make the money and keep the customers happy so you can work your way to the top.In Success Story, you must start at a location and when a customer comes up to the counter, you must click on the items to fill their order. If they want fries, a soft drink or ice cream, that is simple but if they want a burger, fish or chicken sandwich, you must click the meat then anything else they wanted on it, like cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, extra meat, etc in the order it is shown behind the customer. Fill the order right and quickly and you will be left a tip. Take too long or fill the order wrong and the customer will be dissatisfied and leave unhappy. You must make a certain amount of money per restaurant to progress. As the game progresses, you can upgrade items in your restaurants, like adding pies to the menu, adding music, adding covers over the plates, etc. |
| Yamaha Supercross | 2009-04-01 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Beyond Reality Games Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | Yamaha Supercross is a motocross racing game carrying an official license from the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer. The player can choose from six different Yamaha bikes and can race them in nine different locations with a total of eighteen races. Like in other games of its kinds, it's not just about reaching the finish line first but also doing various tricks and stunts.There are four different game modes: tournament, arcade, practice and challenge. In the tournament the aim is to be crowned the King of Yamaha Supercross and for that to happen the player needs to progress through four championship classes. As progress is made, opponents get more skilful and the bikes get more powerful and less forgiving. The arcade mode features single races where the player can race on any track that has been unlocked. In the practice mode the player races against a ghost racer which represents a replay of the latest lap. Challenge mode is all about stunts and to progress the player has to succeed with a certain number of stunts.The game also features multiplayer where two players can compete locally in an arcade mode race. |
| And Yet It Moves | 2009-04-02 | Broken Rules Interactive Media GmbH | Broken Rules Interactive Media GmbH | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | And Yet It Moves is a platform game with puzzle elements where the goal is simply to complete each of the levels. The twist is that next to regular movement (left, right, jumping), the player is also able to rotate the game world in instances of ninety degrees, both left and right. That way, the environment can be explored in different directions. Even though it becomes possible to complete a level without the movement keys, it is mainly used for puzzles. Players need to take out enemies by moving items from the environment, guide a shadow character that mirror the player's actions, or do complex sets of platform jumping including bouncing ledges and swings. By quickly rotating, the velocity can be increased to dazzling speeds, but when the character hits the ground too fast or from too high a distance, he will be killed.After every section there is a checkpoint and there is an unlimited amount of tries per level. The graphical style is envisioned as a world of paper cut-outs, in regard to the player's character as well as every item in the environment. There are also different themes for the levels, including fire, jungle and rocks. The game is divided into three main acts and an epilogue. Next to the main game mode, the levels can be played in competition for the fastest times, with global high score leaderboards as well as ghosts of other players.The Wii version contains three additional levels when compared to the original PC release. |
| Chronostorm: Conflict of Time | 2009-04-02 | Buka Entertainment | Ulysses Games LLC | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Chronostorm: Conflict of Time is set in a fictional scenario of the near future: In 2015 there is a war between Russia and China. During the 14 missions lasting campaign the player takes control over the Russian forces to end this conflict. The unique part of the game are the weapons which can manipulate the time: examples for their usage are the freezing of enemy units or calling additional troops from the past (World War II tanks) or the future (Mechs). Another exceptional feature is the cel shading look.The rest of the game offers the established mechanics of real-time strategy games: the player constructs a base with various buildings which have their unique uses, e.g. building troops, defending the base or energy supply. This costs money which is earned by conquering bunkers on the map. The mission goals are usually to defend a certain point or to destroy the enemy. |
| The Book of Unwritten Tales | 2009-04-02 | HMH Interactive | KING Art GmbH | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The war between the Shadow Army and the Alliance of the Free Races has been raging for ages in Aventásia. No side has been able to get the upper hand. This is about to change when a goblin archaeologist named Mortimer MacGuffin discovers a clue to a legendary artifact which could decide the fate of the world. Sadly, things go wrong from there. The forces of evil captured and tortured his delivery boy who was on his way to the arch-mage to tell him the good news. Now they are after MacGuffin. Luckily the female elf Ivo is nearby and manages to free him - at least long enough to give Wilbur, a young gnome, the One Ring in order to bring it to the arch-mage. Soon Nathaniel Bonnet and his mysterious companion join the party and it's up to the the four adventurers to save Aventásia.The Book of Unwritten Tales is a classic point & click adventure with a big focus on humor and obscure references. From the obvious "One Ring" over a scarecrow looking like Indiana Jones to more subtle hints hidden in the various locations and the many multiple-choice dialogues, the game takes every chance to make fun of famous pop-culture elements and often even breaks the fourth wall by doing so. By controlling one of the four characters and switching between them either when the story dictates it or later in the game at any time, the player collects everything that isn't nailed to a wall - and sometimes even that - and talks to everyone he meets in order to solve the many riddles in the game and ultimately advance the storyline by doing so. The game even allows the solving of some riddles with different characters without forcing the player to use a specific one. While the outcome is, of course, always the same, the way to solving the riddle can be quite different.To help the player progress, the game not only drops subtle hints on the next step during conversations but also shows all the hotspots in a location with the press of a button. In addition once a hotspot has been used up, meaning the character doesn't have any more comments on it or it has served its purpose, it becomes inactive. If the player selects an item from the inventory, the game only shows the one point where it has to be used. If the player hovers over any other hotspot, the game doesn't show any possibility of interaction. Also the player often has to interact or speak with a NPC multiple times before the next step is available to him.Next to the game, the UK retail release contains:
Art book (36 pages)
Soundtrack disc
Double-sided poster |
| Flock! | 2009-04-03 | 1C Company | Proper Games LTD | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | Windows | In FLOCK!, the player controls a UFO ("The Flocker") and is tasked with herding animals (sheep, cows, chickens, and pigs) back to the mothership ("The Mother Flocker"). This is challenging due to the hazardous environments the animals exist in -- the players will have to defend their flock against hungry predators, avoid pits of death, and send their animals flying with catapults. In the single player campaign, the player will solve at fifty single player levels across several seasons (summer, autumn, winter).A cooperative mode is also present, offering players to work as a team. For instance, one player could lift a fence and the other player could guide a flock of animals under it. The game will also grant access to the same map editor the developers used to make the official levels, so players can make their own puzzles. Players will be able to share maps with others via a persistent map server. |
| BOH | 2009-04-04 | EDITEL snc | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | BOH is a top-down shooter with retro graphics and sound, somewhat comparable to Alien Breed.As a member of the Resistance it is the player's goal to repel an invasion of unknown beings. These beings, ranging from bugs to robots to zombies (and more), will spawn indefinitely until the player finds the "Evil Masters", which have to be defeated to complete the missions. To accomplish this task one can find better weapons, shield recharges, enemy detectors and pieces of equipment, such as automappers, light sources and a 360° visor, which, due to initially limited field of vision and illumination, are essential to navigate the labyrinths which missions take place in. Exploration, indeed, represents the game's core.Missions are entirely stand-alone, so, except for secret missions not yet unlocked, the player is allowed to select any mission he/she would like to play from the main menu. Some missions are multi-phase, meaning that the player has to complete in strict sequence the phases they are subdivided into. Each mission has a difficulty rating - the higher the difficulty the more complex its labyrinth(s) will be.A notable aspect of the game is the fact that the setting can be completely redefined by means of themes - at the time of writing, there are 6 themes that render sci-fi/alien, medieval, underground and pseudo-vectorial environments. |
| Enviro-Bear 2000: Operation: Hibernation | 2009-04-04 | | | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | Comedy | | Fantasy | Automobile, Off-roading | Direct control | | | | Windows | Enviro-Bear is a short game that won the TIGSource Cockpit competition. Players control a bear inside a car with very little time left before winter arrives. He has to drive around only using a single paw, controlling the pedals for acceleration and braking, the gearstick and the wheel at the same time. By driving through the environment he can collect berries and fish to eat. At the same time, he is often attacked by badgers and bees, and vegetation gets in the way of controlling the vehicle.When the bear is fat enough, he can drive into a cave to hibernate. The environment features many objects, trees, ponds and other bears driving around. The bear's paw is controlled through the mouse and the right mouse button makes him scream angrily. |
| Pandaland | 2009-04-04 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Pandaland is a short retro-styled platformer based on the Swedish indie pop subculture of "pandas". You play as the panda girl Amanda Panda who's friends have been kidnapped by the evil Björn. To rescue them you must fight off obnoxious people and animals who are not indie like you by throwing cherries at them. The four levels progress through typical indie hangouts in Stockholm such as Carmen and Café String. Along the way you can pick up panda related items such as mixtapes, Lucky Strike cigarettes, iPods and cheap alcohol; both for points and to raise your "pepp" meter which acts as health. |
| Alchemist's Apprentice | 2009-04-05 | Big Fish Games, Inc | QuickClick Game Trend | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Hidden object, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You are at the High School of Magical Arts when you get a letter from your uncle. He is an alchemist and leader of a province. It seems he is hot on the trail of the Philosopher's Stone and, while he is away, he wants you to rule his province. You go to his province to find that, with your uncle always busy with research, he has neglected the province. It is up to you to run the province and get it back in shape.Alchemist's apprentice is a puzzle game, mostly match three but also with some hidden object puzzles. The hidden object puzzles are standard where you must find a set number of a certain object, like swords or scrolls. The majority of the game, however, are match three puzzles. You use your mouse to swap two elements to create a row of three or more. The object is to gather the required amount of gold and, on some puzzles, make swaps over frozen cells to release them. You then use this gold to restore buildings. These buildings will gain you bonuses in the puzzles. For instance, if you restore the Thunder Tower, in the puzzle some elements will have a colored gem. Collect enough of these for the Thunder Tower and a bolt of lightning will destroy a random row or column. Later in the game, some elements will have a symbol called a totem. Collect enough of these and you play a bonus game where you use your mouse to lead a leprechaun back and forth under a money tree, trying to catch falling coins. |
| pXt | 2009-04-05 | Honyaku-Subs | | Adventure | | | Comedy | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | pXt is a short concept visual novel created in March 2009 for NaNoRenO, an annual game jam for visual novels. The story, based in Roman mythology and the play-within-a-play from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, tells of the love of Pyramus and Thisbe in a comedic fashion. The game was created using only free resources already available on the internet for sprites, backgrounds, and music. |
| Casebook: Episode 0 - The Missing Urn | 2009-04-06 | Areograph Ltd | Areograph Ltd | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Oceania | | | | | | Windows | This is a free installment of the Casebook series. It serves as a demo but instead of offering a cut down "full" episode it tells its own story: Your partner Detective Burton helps his Aunt to find the missing urn of her dead husband.The main gameplay aspect is the searching of crime scenes and the photographing of clues. These photographs are evaluated in the mobile crime bus. Most of these evaluations are carried out with mini games.All protagonists and the crime scenes are filmed in full motion video. In comparison to the other episodes this games has just one crime scene and about a quarter of the playtime. |
| Go! Go! Rescue Squad | 2009-04-06 | Connect2Media Ltd. | Connect2Media Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Go! Go! Rescue Squad is a puzzle game in which players take control of firemen who need to save the lives of Darwins. But the game isn't limited to extinguishing fires.There are a few different types of Darwins to save:
Twonk
Screeb
Funzie
Each Darwin has their own unique attributes, such as Twonk carefully walking back and forth, Screeb running all over the map in a state of panic and thus falling off gaps and Funzie being able to pick up and use fire extinguishers, as well as climb ladders.The firemen can pick up and throw objects and Darwins around, but if the Darwins fall from a big height, they must be caught or else they'll fall to their death. The game offers the option to rewind time and avoid any casualties at the cost of getting a worse score as well as having Danger Rooms which are levels that have to be completed within a strict time limit for a better score and Bonus Levels where firemen throw the Darwins around to collect as many coins as possible within a set time limit. |
| Yoomurjak's Ring | 2009-04-06 | Private Moon Studios | Private Moon Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | Windows | Jonathan Hunt is a young American journalist. His mother was born in Hungary and taught Jonathan the culture and the language of her home country. After her death, Jonathan decides to visit her birthplace. He also wants to visit the picturesque town of Eger he has read about in an old Hungarian novel - and probably start a new life there. But he also has another reason to go there…There were two letters in that old book from a strange Hungarian scientist, addressed to Jonathan’s great-grandfather, Samuel Hunt back in 1898. The man who lived in Eger claimed to have discoveries about no less than travelling in time.Upon arriving in Eger, Jonathan wants to find the descendants of this man but nobody seems to have heard of them. Only Juli, the charming assistant of the tourist information office gives him a number of hints, and an old man seems to have some promising information. It is a family legend about the most peculiar funeral of an apprentice who worked for the scientist himself. However, the sudden death of Jonathan’s new supporter awakens his curiosity and prompts him to start an investigation of his own…Yoomurjak’s Ring is an FMV (full-motion-video) adventure game, an interactive movie with a storyline that is performed in a real-life environment by real-life people. It is a point-and-click, first person game created with more than 800 panoramic images and several movie scenes. |
| Aleste 2 | 2009-04-07 | D4 Enterprise, Inc. | Compile | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | 20 years after the last fight with DIA51, an unidentified space fortress appeared and started a massive attack. Ray Waizen, the hero of the first Aleste game, was a serving officer on board the first space ship that's been under attack and sadly got killed. His nineteen year old daughter, who is also a pilot, must save mankind and take revenge for her father's death...This second installment of the Aleste series is as its predecessor: a very fast vertical shooter with a massive and extensive arsenal of weaponry. Many different types of enemy spaceships are constantly attacking you and the area bosses are again huge screen filling bunkers. |
| Elven Legacy | 2009-04-07 | Paradox Interactive AB | 1C: Ino-Co | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Alexander Ivolgin (Tigra), Eugeny Kaptsov (alphard), Nikolai Voronetsky (Cool Ace) | Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Elven Legacy is a direct sequel to Fantasy Wars.Someone trying to seize the ancient magic, able to shatter the power of elves. Lord Saggitel aimed to restore the former glory of the Elven race and defeat the enemy.The player controls elves or humans in two primary campaigns, or orcs in a wide variety of bonus missions. Using the accompanying tools players may create their own missions and campaigns and share them in multiplayer mode. |
| Morgen, ihr Luschen!: Der Ausbilder-Schmidt-Film | 2009-04-07 | Kalypso Media GmbH | destraX Entertainment Software GbR | Action, Puzzle, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view, Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | Comedy | Falling block puzzle, Mini-games, Shooter | | Automobile, Flight / aviation | Direct control, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Morgen, ihr Luschen!: Der Ausbilder-Schmidt-Film is a game based on the 2008 German action comedy of the same name. The story centers around the army instructor Schmidt who is sent away so as not to interfere with the visit of a high-ranking state. At his side he finds Rainer Zielinski, a pacifist recruit. Schmidt is sent away to find alleged terrorists and when two armed men turn up with an acronym on their uniform he misinterprets, he immediately overpowers them as supposed terrorists. Along with Princess Shirin of the visiting state the three eventually end up joining the ballet group Magical Poetic Dance Company as a means to infiltrate Schloss Schwangau where the visiting state's peace treaty signing has gone wrong.The game consists of several mini-games loosely based on the movie's events. There is a helicopter game about collecting stars while avoiding fire, a first-person gallery shooting game in a garden, a falling block action puzzle game against a background of the dancing instructor, a fast action game in a room where items need to be collected before dynamite explodes, and a driving game with an army jeep. The game contains various one-liners with voice samples from the movie. |
| OMG! High School | 2009-04-07 | Legacy Interactive Inc., Paramount Digital Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Clueless
Mean Girls: High School Showdown
Pretty in Pink |
| The Book of Wanderer: The Story of Dragons | 2009-04-07 | Dream Farm Games | Dream Farm Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Book of Wanderer: The Story of Dragons is a match three game. To make a match, you use your mouse to slide the rows (horizontal) or columns (vertical) of eggs until you get three of the same color in a group, not necessarily in a straight line. These will then disappear with the other eggs dropping down to fill the space. As you play, negative magical energy is built up. At times, it will release and affect the eggs. This can be petrifying an egg so it cannot be matched to any other eggs, freezing an egg so the row and column it is on will not move and linking two eggs together so if, say, they are side by side, both columns will move. If so many hindrances build up that you can do nothing, you can release positive energy, if you have some built up, to undo some of these effects.After you complete all the matching levels of your current land, you get the last level where you must put the pieces of a picture together. This will then color in and can be set as your computer's wallpaper, if you like. Next, you enter a bonus level. This will be a screen full of eggs and you just click any group of two or more eggs. The object is to clear out as many eggs as you can, preferable the whole screen. Then it is off to the next land. After the first land, you will be able to create magic eggs, if you match four or more together. These can include an egg that will destroy an entire row or one that destroys an entire column or one that destroys the eight eggs that surround it. Others will be able to match with any egg or bring out the magic properties of an egg. Still others will remove petrification, freezing or linking. |
| The Godfather II | 2009-04-07 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Redwood Shores Studio | Action, Strategy | Behind view | Licensed, Regional differences | Adult, Crime | Fighting, Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | Jeff Kuipers | Windows | On New Year's Eve 1958 Hyman Roth not only celebrated his birthday, he also celebrated the successful expansion of the Corleone family, successfully lead by Don Michael Corleone for fifteen years now, into Cuba. But the celebrations did not last long when suddenly "la revolucion" started and all hell breaks loose. Michael and Hyman manage to escape with most of the other family members but Aldo Trapani (the main protagonist in The Godfather) gets killed - just in time for five new families to threaten the Corleone family's control over New York, Florida and Las Vegas. As one of Aldo Trapani's closest soldiers, the player jumps into the role of Dominic to help Michael and the Corleone family win the war as well as to build a family of his now.Looking over Dominic's shoulder, the player moves freely through three cities depicting a New York, Florida and Cuba from the late '50s/early '60s traveling between them by airplane. Connected by the main storyline, the main goal of Dominic is to grow his family and destroy the other five families. This is done in two main steps: Taking over businesses and killing so-called "Made Man". Taking over a business is done the same way as in the predecessor: Enter the shop/joint/factory/construction site, fight through the enemy guards and find the person with the Godfather-sign over his head. That is the one the player needs to threaten until he gives up his resistance and pays his dues to Dominic from now on instead of the other family.Each business owner has his own weak spot as well as a breaking point. A weak spot ranges from destroying inventory to punching him or her in the face, and gives a 25% bonus on the monetary outcome. But if the player pressures the owner to much, he either dies from the torture or reaches his breaking point. Then he gets aggressive, cannot be intimidated anymore and attacks without mercy. Is the intimidation successful however, the player gets a one-time cash advance and gains money from the joint every day. In addition there are several rackets combined in a crime ring. Once the player controls it, he immediately gains a bonus until he loses one of the rackets in the crime ring. This goes for his enemy as well. When the player takes over a business of a crime ring, the bonuses like bullet-proof vests for all family members or brass knuckles for higher melee damage are instantly removed. That's why the enemy families do not just sit by and let Dominic take their businesses one by one. So the player has to hire guards to protect the businesses. In case of an attack, he can also send one of his soldiers to help in the defense.This soldier or so-called "Made Man", is initially discovered and invited by the player to join his family while hanging out at the various safe houses and rackets. Each of them has a specialization. While one might be good at planting bombs, the other is a safe cracker very useful to rob banks and loot all the various safes in the city to get an achievement. As the player progresses through the game, he cannot only hire more family members, but can also promote a few of his soldiers. This allows them to learn a second and even third profession on top of their initial one. It is also possible to upgrade certain skills like Survival (stay longer conscious once out of health) of a family member, in return for hard-earned cash. When a made man is downed by enemy fire, he does not immediately get transferred to the next hospital or police station. Instead there is a time window in which everyone can revive the other with a shot of adrenaline. If it's too late, the player respawns at the hospital/police station and loses some money while his made man is out of the picture for a certain amount of time. This is also true for the player if he has a medic on his team, otherwise he goes directly to jail or the hospital.The amount of time it takes them to get back on your side can be reduced by using favors. Favors are handed out by random people with a sign over their head on the streets and by high-ranking officials. Both give the player a mission which can involve killing or beating someone up, blowing a business (even one of the player's) to hell or something similar. The difference is, that the favor of an official can be saved for later like immediately rebuilding a bombed business. Favors of random people instead come in the form of money rewards or kill conditions.Kill conditions are needed to get an enemy made man. Just shooting them only puts them in the hospital. To take them permanently out the picture, the player needs to make an example of the man by fulfilling the kill condition. Shoving a made man from the roof of a building, putting a bullet between his eyes and such are examples for such kill conditions. Once all made men of a family have been eliminated forever, the player can deal the final blow to the rival family: killing their Don and blowing up their compound. All while dealing with the police that hunts you down just for forgetting to silence a witness of a crime.The game also features a multiplayer mode that ties in with the single player campaign. Upon entering the multiplayer mode, the player chooses one of his family members he has hired in single-player and takes on his role. During his participation in the four game modes Team Deathmatch, Demolition Assault (blow up three objects in enemy territory), FireStarter (torch barrels, gas and propane tanks to rack up scoring multiplicators), Safecracker (bust a safe and hold the position for more points), the player then earns honor points for his family member. These are used in single player to buy a new weapon license for that soldier, which allows him to use the higher level weapons the player finds scattered around the city and can be handed to him. |
| Jonathan Kane: The Protector | 2009-04-08 | City Interactive S.A. | Gingerbread Studios | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter, Stealth | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Hidden Target is a hybrid of first-person shooting action and tense third-person stealth gaming.When a new terrorist organization (Scarlet Vengeance) learns that world renowned archaeologist Dr. Kelvin Guile has discovered the location of an ancient artifact capable of causing devastating destruction, they attempt to extract the information from him. But when he refuses to cooperate they turn their attentions to the only other person who knows the artifact's whereabouts, Kelvin's daughter Jennifer Guile.Hired to protect her is hardened British mercenary and Jennifer's former lover, Jonathan Kane. Together they must overcome their differences to escape the clutches of Scarlet Vengeance and ultimately thwart a terrorist atrocity that threatens the stability of the free world.Hidden Target contains two distinct playing styles, cover-based first-person shooting action (Jonathan Kane) and tense, third-person stealth (Jennifer Guile).
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| Company of Heroes: Anthology | 2009-04-09 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | World War II | | | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The compilation Company of Heroes: Anthology contains all previously release games in the Company of Heroes series. The games included are:Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes: Tales of ValorFor the Macintosh this is the first release of the game. For that platform there are no multiplayer options. |
| Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor | 2009-04-09 | THQ Inc. | Relic Entertainment Inc | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor is the second stand-alone expansion for Company of Heroes.The add-on contains three new single-player campaigns:Tiger Ace - As a commander of a German Tiger-Panzer, the player fights against the British Army in the city of Villers-Bocage.
Causeway - One day before D-Day the 82. Airborne Division drops in behind enemy lines to secure the Dam of La Fiere. The player commands a Special Unit of the 505. Parachute Infantry Regiment to go in and finish the job.
Falaise Pocket - Over a hundred thousand soldiers are surrounded by the Allies and their only hope is to try and break through a small opening between Trun and Chambois. The players goal is to keep Trun under German control until his buddies can escape.In addition a new gameplay-feature called "Direct Fire" becomes available to the player allowing him to tell his troops exactly when and on what to fire.Besides the three new single-player campaigns, the multiplayer also sees the addition of three new modes. In "Operation Stonewall" the players need to work together to defend a position against a strong AI-controlled opponent. The other two are "Operation Storm" and "Operation Tank War" which pit heroes with tanks against each other in either a big or a small assault. To spice thinks up, all four armies have access to two new units but instead of being available additionally, the player has to choose between the new unit or the old one. For example the new American M18 Hellcat replaces the M10 Tank Destroyer in the American Army or the amphibious scout-vehicle Schwimmwagen Typ 166 replaces the motorcycle for the Germans.In skirmish and multiplayer, Tales of Valor includes access to all 4 armies from previous versions: American, Wehrmacht, British and Panzer Elite. |
| The Sims 3 (Collector's Edition Pre-Order Pack) | 2009-04-09 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This Collector's Edition Pre-Order Pack includes:
Guaranteed copy of The Sims 3 (Collector's Edition)
Downloadcode for a vintage sports car
Three "The Sims 3"-stickers
A two-sided Sunset Valley neighborhood map |
| Detective Agency | 2009-04-10 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Far Mills Game Studio, Game Factory Interactive Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A British private investigator named James must retrieve a map, stolen recently from a London museum. The map is rumored to contain directions to a secret treasure.Detective Agency is a hidden object game with all the common trappings of the genre. As usual, the objective is to search the screen and collect every single item from a list at the bottom, that shows either words or silhouettes, on scenes filled with scattered objects. The hint button is a magnifying glass, showing the remaining number of uses in the middle of the lenses, that highlights the position of one of the required items when clicked. Extra hints can be found and collected on the scenery as small magnifiers.Bonus games appear from time to time, and are the standard classic mini-games found on similar titles. There's a concentration game, a Pipe Dream implementation and other logic puzzles. |
| Fishdom H2O: Hidden Odyssey | 2009-04-10 | Playrix LLC | Playrix LLC | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | A marine biologist called Jennifer wants to design and maintain large aquariums, hoping that one day she will be able to do it professionally. To raise the money necessary to buy expensive equipment and decorations, she dives to collect lost valuables scattered on underwater wrecks.Fishdom H2O: Hidden Odyssey is a hidden object and the sequel to a previous tile matching title. As the biologist, the player has to buy new fish, plants and other items to customize an aquarium, shown as the main game screen. The equipment available to purchase is organized on three tabs at the bottom, for types of fish, decoration and comfort. The shop items can be bought and placed anywhere on the aquarium with the mouse. Each new addition increases one of three meters at the top right, measuring the quality of the fish, beauty and comfort. The goal is to completely fill them to earn a star and unlock the next aquarium.The money required for the shopping is acquired in the hidden object sections. After clicking the dive button, Jennifer swims to a shipwreck, where every item collected is converted in some cash. These locations are random separate screens where the player must find several objects. Most of the time, the goal is to find and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, within a time limit. The time restriction can be turned off in the options menu. Some variations of gameplay occur: in Collectables, the objective is to find repeated instances of objects of the same type; in Gold Rush, the goal is to collect all the objects made of gold as fast as possible, before time runs out; in Quick Eye, the player has to find one of three items listed at the bottom, on ten turns, with some seconds added to the timer after each object is found.The hint button is a jar filled with seahorses at the bottom-right. Clicking on it releases one of the creatures, that swims towards one of the required objects. Seahorses can be found hidden on the screen, and can be collected from the scenery for extra hints. |
| Illusion Island Dizzy | 2009-04-10 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Mini-games, Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Illusion Island Dizzy is a Dizzy fangame, made with the Dizzy AGE engine by Jamie Douglas. It won second place in the Dizzy AGE Easter Competition 2009.In the game, Dizzy and the rest of the Yolkfolk decide to go on holiday and sail to Illusion Island. However, Dizzy is separated from the rest of the Yolkfolk during a pirate attack. He swims the remaining distance to Illusion Island and discovers that many things are not what they seem. He meets illusory opposites of his family (for example, "gray Denzil" only likes classical music, "gray Dora" only eats junk food and "gray Dylan" hates all greenery) and needs to find his real family and leave the island with them.The game has a mysterious, somewhat uneasy mood and is one of the largest Dizzy games ever made. Even for a player who has played this game before and knows how to solve all puzzles, a full playthrough takes about five hours. According to the author, it has 308 "rooms" (understood as any screen, regardless of whether it's indoor or outdoor).Like most Dizzy games, it is a combination of an inventory-puzzle adventure game and a platformer, however this particular game also includes elements of a trading simulation. Some items are found lying about, but some need to be bought from the shopkeeper and Dizzy also needs to pay a few other characters for some help. Dizzy can make money in three ways: by collecting coins lying about (there are 100 in the game, many of them are hidden), by selling items he doesn't need or no longer needs, or by playing mini-games on the arcade machine. He needs to insert some coins to be able to play the mini-games and gets one "real" in-game coin for every five coins won in a mini-game. However, to prevent himself from running out of money, he should get the arcade machine running as soon as possible after gaining access to both the shopkeeper and the cave with the arcade machine because the machine's plug is found, but the game CD is one of the items he needs to buy. |
| King's Bounty: Armored Princess | 2009-04-10 | 1C Company | Katauri Interactive | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | King's Bounty: Armored Princess is the sequel to King's Bounty: The Legend. It takes place years after the events of the first game and the player takes control of Princess Amelie, who was just a child in the first game. Once again Endoria is threatened by Baal and his hordes of demons and Amelie has to travel through a portal to the mysterious world of Teana and search for her mentor, the noble knight Bill Gilbert. In Teana, Amelie is greeted by King Frederick and given the Stone of Courage, which awakens strength in her. King Frederick believes Amelie is part of a strange prophecy, and encourages her to search after the other eight Stones of the Gods. The game uses the same engine and plays mostly the same as King's Bounty: The Legend. Amelie explores the world in real time and will come across different enemy troops that she can fight as well as friendly NPCs who she can talk with. By talking with the different characters of the land, Amelie will be offered quests which can be taken on in return for gold and experience. The battles are turn-based. Amelie doesn't fight herself but has a troop of up to five squadrons which can be ordered around on a hex-based battlefield. The combat is round based and for each round, the troop has a number of action points which can be spent on movement or actions.New in King's Bounty: Armored Princess is the pet dragon, which replaces the Chest of Rage from the original. The pet dragon is a gift from King Frederick which Amelie receives early in the game. It's possible to choose from seven different dragons, where each one differs in which bonuses and skills they give the hero. The pet dragon earns experience in battle and as he levels up he gets to master more abilities and skills. In battle it can be called upon once per round to perform an action which requires rage. After this it needs to rest for a while before it can be summoned again. Other new features include a new race, the Lizardmen, with ten new creatures, new skills and abilities, medals which give bonuses for achievements, new spells as well as a new type of magic which can be used on the adventure map. The player can also ride a magical Pegasus which allows Amelie to fly over the world. |
| Spiele Hits: Action | 2009-04-10 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Mafia Racing
Star Heritage: The Black Cobra
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| All of Our Friends are Dead | 2009-04-11 | | | Action | Side view | | Horror | Platform, Shooter | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | All Of Our Friends Are Dead is a side-scrolling platform shooter with a horror theme. There is no background story, the protagonist simply needs to move on and destroy all threats. The creature can move around, jump, and shoot in any direction through mouse movement, using an unlimited amount of bullets. Next to the enemies there are also many platform elements, and short non-interactive scenes where certain messages or images are shown. To reach higher areas certain jump strips can be used to glide upwards. In later levels the character also needs to collect keys to open doors.The game's dominant colours and black, white and red, and often disturbing images are shown. Every single hit is fatal and requires the level to be replayed, but it is possible to quick save/load a single gamestate. Some of the ideas were eventually re-used in the later-released Au Sable by the same developer. |
| Eco Tycoon: Project Green | 2009-04-11 | ValuSoft, Inc. | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Eco Tycoon: Project Green is a business simulation game in which players have to manage various environmental concerns while maintaining the country's economy. On starting playing a new game, the players begin their journey in the year 2010, and have a limited 50 years to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions as agreed upon at "World Summits", which take place every five years beginning in 2015. The "world summit" is an in-game organisation that determines how aid is distributed to promote emission reductions. The player starts with a small region containing only cities in which he constructs such buildings as mines, power plants, and businesses. There is a finite number of locations in which buildings can be placed, requiring careful planning. Along with reducing emissions, the player must also balance the production and consumption of electricity, water, food and garbage while sustaining the economy.There are seven playable regions in-game: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, North Asia, South Asia and Australasia. Every region has different environmental balance, different resource availability and population. For a single-player game the player chooses a region and the rest are controlled by computer, or the AI. There is no rivalry among the different regions, indeed they are friendly and money and resources can be traded with each other. |
| Flux Family Secrets: The Ripple Effect | 2009-04-11 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Skunk Studios, LLC. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Thomas Estess | Windows | Jesse Beckett, a young woman that grow up as an orphan, starts to investigate about her past. One day, she receives a letter containing an old baby photo of herself, and an invitation by a mysterious person called Veronica Flux, claiming that she has information about her past. Jesse travels to the Flux Manor, where she meets Veronica and her butler, and after a series of incidents, discovers that she has an unique ability to travel through time using an ancient device. History is damaged by ripples in time, and she must travel back to crucial moments in time and meet important figures, while fixing discrepancies and paradoxes to maintain historical integrity.Flux Family Secrets: The Ripple Effect is a hidden object game with some ideas borrowed from the adventure genre. Most of the time, the goal is to search the scenery to find and click on the required pieces of objects shown at the interface at the bottom. Pressing the space bar (or right-clicking with the mouse) brings up a magnifying glass that can enlarge parts of the screen, and zoom in and out of it with the mouse wheel. Some pieces can only be accessed after solving one of the game's puzzles. The assembled objects are stored in the inventory, and they can be dragged and dropped on the scenery to solve puzzles. The inventory can switch places with the list of pieces pictures by clicking an arrow on the top of the tab.Each stage has three different historical locations. The player has to go back and forth, assembling objects and using them on their appropriate places. In most screens, when the cursor hovers over an area with a missing object, its silhouette appears for a brief moment as a clue.Sometimes when using one of the inventory objects on the correct area, a window opens up containing one of the mini-games. These can be implementations of well-known classic titles, like Breakout, Tic-Tac-Toe, Mastermind, sliding tiles and jigsaw puzzles, or a simple and direct interaction with some scenery object, like a drawer or a safe. These sections can be skipped with a penalty of twenty minutes added to the final score.The inventory has a separate section for toolkit items, special objects that don't need assemblage and must be used on specific places. When clicked, these hotspots open up a circle surrounding a scenery object showing icons of the required tools.The hint button shows the exact position of one of the missing pieces, but takes about a minute to recharge after use. |
| Judith | 2009-04-13 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Just like Pathways, Judith is an experiment in storytelling about secrets and control, through a world shown from a first-person perspective and graphics from the era of Wolfenstein 3D. With parallels to the classic story of Bluebeard, it tells the tale of Jeff and Emily, married, but not to each other, who meet secretly in an abandoned building. As soon as they enter the building, Emily disappears and the player needs to guide Jeff to find her back.The game is divided into two different stories, and the parts are played alternately, along with a third storyline presented as a dream. As the player discovers the different rooms, parallels between the three stories, past and present, become apparent. To show what character is controlled and talking, the colour of the text lines is changed. There are minor puzzles to solve, but the game is very straightforward. At times, control is taken over for in-game cutscenes, usually to further the story. The character is moved through the arrow keys with the space bar for all actions. |
| Cogs | 2009-04-14 | Lazy 8 Studios, LLC | Lazy 8 Studios, LLC | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cogs is a 3D puzzle game, where the player rotates a mechanism to solve sliding-tiles puzzles on each of its faces. The object can be turned around by holding down the right button and moving the mouse. The player manipulates the tiles directly by moving them with the left button. The objective for most levels is to unscramble and connect a series of gears or pipes to activate a trigger of some sort. For example, a series of gears of an early puzzle provide motion to turn a final one that hits a bell, or an assembled pipeline goes from the gas pipe to inflate a balloon at the other end of the puzzle.The game has three modes. In the inventor mode each puzzle shows a different aspect of the game, gradually introducing the player to all gameplay characteristics. Every level completed in inventor mode is unlocked in the next mode. Challenge mode has two variations: in time challenge mode, the goal is to complete each puzzle as fast as possible. The puzzles need fewer moves to be solved, but have to be completed in 30 seconds or less. In move challenge mode, puzzles have to solved in ten moves or less.The iOS version is free and comes with ten puzzles and the three gameplay modes. Further puzzle packs are purchased in-game, with at least four additional puzzle packs with 40 new puzzles in total. The Android version is not free, but contains 50 puzzles from the start. |
| Demigod | 2009-04-14 | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | Gas Powered Games Corp. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The balance between light and dark was under threat at the end of the 87th migration. One of the Ancients, the Progenitor, had shared Names and Ways with his underlings on the other side of the Veil. The gathering of Ancients rectified the situation and the Progenitor was cast down. However, the Ancients needed a successor for the Progenitor. The most likely candidates were his many offsprings, begat by mortal consorts, who still retained some of their divinity. Thus, the Ancients proposed a game for the offspring to prove themselves worthy. For this purpose messengers were sent to the Dark and Light Places to summon the pretenders to Rokkur where they would throw down their brothers and sisters in the arena to win the favor of the Ancients and ascend to their ranks.The victor would become...a god!Demigod is a variant of the fan-made map modification Defense of the Ancients of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. The player takes over the control of one of the eight demigods and competes in two teams with up to five demigods each in the various arenas. Each team also spawns minions from controlled portals that cannot be controlled and demigod-unique minions which may be summoned.Game Modes
The game focuses heavily on multiplayer and as such does not feature a single player campaign. Available game modes consist of the following:
Skirmish mode: The player may customize a single arena match to consist of assigned teams and its demigods, as well a specified may to play.
Tournament mode: The player may compete in eight random arenas (with random objectives) together with randomly assigned demigods. At the end of each round, favor is awarded to the player for various accomplishments made in each arena match and the total favor (ranking) earned from all arena matches is viewable at the end of any arena match.Tournament mode is not available in multiplayer the players instead participate in Pantheon which is a persistent on-line universe in which players choose a faction and a demigod and then compete for favor points in order to help their faction ascend. Multiplayer for these game modes are available for up to ten players.
Objectives of a game mode may consist of one of the following:
Fortress in which each team has a specific number of fortresses and needs to destroy the ones of the opposing team;
Slaughter which requires the teams to slay a specific number of enemy demigods;
Dominate in which each flag capture increases the speed a team earns points until the level cap has been reached;
Conquest which requires the teams to destroy the enemies citadel and protect their own.
Character Development and Upgrades
Playable demigods are divided into assassins and generals. The assassins consist of: Torch Bearer, Unclean Beast, Regulus, and The Rook. The generals consist of Oak, Queen of Thorns, Sedna, and Lord Erebus. Each demigod has specific roles and skills representing those roles. Sedna for example is the primary healer demigod.Controlling only the demigod, the player earns experience points by fulfilling objectives including capturing flags, destroying enemy structures, as well as killing other demigods and their minions. When a certain number of experience points is a reached, the player will gain a new level and may invest one skill point to any available skill unique to that demigod, viewable in the skill tree sheet. A demigod may achieve experience and level up until the maximum level cap of 20.Additionally, players receive a continuous small amount gold by holding specific points on the map and gain large gold rewards by killing (or assisting in the death of) enemy demigods. This gold is then used to either upgrade the team's citadel or purchase items for player's demigod. Upgrading the citadel may consist of improving structures (including the citadel), improving minions, or improving other benefits for the team. The player may also buy up to five articles of clothing ranging from rings over breast plates to head gear, each with different bonuses that may affect the demigod or friendly units. The player may also buy health potions, mana potions, scrolls, and more powerful items from artifact shops randomly placed around the map. Favor points may also be used to buy a unique award item which will grant the demigod the corresponding passive effect until the round ends. |
| Demigod (Collector's Edition) | 2009-04-14 | Stardock Entertainment, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
Demigod
Pewter figurine of Demigod "The Rook"
Official Soundtrack by Howard Mostrom
Poster showcasing the box art |
| Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child | 2009-04-14 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Katana Games S.L. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | A woman lives in a tree-house, without any recollection of who she is and how she ended up there. When asleep, she suffers recurring dreams showing a man holding a little girl, that she feels are her husband and daughter. After getting a distress message from a crystal ball, showing an image of the same man of her dreams, she starts a quest to recollect her memories and find her lost family.Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child is the third installment of the adventure and hidden object game series. The interface has the classic slide-show presentation inaugurated by the venerable Myst, showing mostly static scenes where the player moves from screen to screen by clicking on exit hotspots, usually placed over doors and other entrances. Each room has several objects laying around, that are stored in the inventory after being collected with the mouse. When the cursor hovers over a part of the scenery with a place or object, their names appear next to it and the bottom interface displays a brief description. A journal at the bottom-right registers all the main events, and lists some of the main objects.The game takes place in a magical land, with portals leading to distant places. They are accessed inside the nexus, a giant machine that acts as a hub with several portals aligned. They are activated with dream jewels, small pieces of jewelry found laying around (or later, cast in the forge), that have to be set with three colored gems, also scattered in the scenery. The activation mechanism is a puzzle, where two dream jewels have to be inserted and turned to mix their colors and reproduce the pattern above the portal.Most puzzles can be solved using inventory items in a logical way, by dragging and dropping them over parts of the scenery. Some puzzles are mechanisms that have to be manipulated directly, like the door lock with alchemy symbols near the forge. Some books contain puzzles on their pages, where words have to unscrambled to complete a text with clues. |
| Seventh Sense | 2009-04-14 | | | Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | Licensed | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Seventh Sense is an interpreter for play of the Project Aon ebook versions of Joe Dever's Lone Wolf gamebook series, currently allowing computer-assisted play of the first dozen of the 28 gamebooks in the series. The interpreter downloads gamebook data and cover artwork to online computers as needed.In these gamebooks, the player makes choices on behalf of the titular Lone Wolf, a kind of psionic ranger more formally known as the last of the Kai Lords. Over the course of the books, Lone Wolf travels the length and breadth of the land of Magnamund in efforts to thwart the Darklords' conquest of his native Sommerlund.Unusually for gamebook series, readers play the role of the same character throughout the series, and hence successful players can continue play from book to book with the abilities and possessions achieved in previous instalments, making for a species of extended campaign.ScreenshotsThere are no Windows user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Group Lone Wolf adaptations
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| Euro Truck Simulator: Gold Edition | 2009-04-15 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | SCS Software | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This gold edition is an updated re-release of the original Euro Truck Simulator. The new content includes UK scenery with London, Newcastle, Manchester and the Ferry Dover-Calais. |
| Frogs in Love | 2009-04-15 | Boomzap Pte. Ltd. | Boomzap Pte. Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | You are a frog who falls in love with Jasmine, a frog princess whose favor you must win over at the Flower Festival. Play minigames to earn enough coins so you can travel through ponds and win over the girl of your dreams!13 types of minigames, including hidden object, racing, butterfly matching, sushi serving and more
5 different ponds to unlock and explore
106 levels
Hop around the pond and interact with the world - watch the pond react to you |
| Jessica: Mysterious Journey | 2009-04-15 | PlayFirst, Inc. | GFI Russia, Waterfall Interactive | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | While traveling by plane, Jessica starts to chat with a young man called Tony. When both arrive at the airport, Tony sees something and runs, leaving behind a piece of a treasure map. Jessica retrieves it and decides to investigate to find out what made him so frightened.Jessica: Mysterious Journey is a standard hidden object game, where players have to find and click on all the items from a list at the left side of the screen, on locations filled with scattered objects. The game can be played with a timer, or without by selecting the relaxed mode at the beginning. The list shows either words or the object silhouette. Another standard variation that makes an appearance is the split screen game, where the player must find the differences between two similar images.Mini-games appear occasionally, and most are implementations of classic games like jigsaw puzzles, mazes, mastermind and other challenges. The hint button at the bottom of the list shows the exact position of one of the required objects, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Cindy's Travels: Flooded Kingdom | 2009-04-17 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Vogat Interactive | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The Kingdom is being flooded with junk. Cinderella find a Miracle Mirror that can make the junk disappear. She tells the Fairy King who asks her to solve where this junk comes from and help clean it up.Cindy's Travels: Flooded Kingdom is, mostly, a match three game. To make a match, place your mouse on an item then hold down the button. Drag the mouse along three or more of the same items then release the button. The items will disappear and the other items will move to close the gap. The objective is to open a gap along the path Cindy must walk. Cindy will then move forward and then the gap behind her will close.As the game progresses, you will acquire bonuses. These do things like destroy one item on the board, destroy the item in front of Cindy and two other random items, transport Cindy ahead two spaces, etc. In addition to the match three levels, you have mini-game levels such as a chain popper game where you are clearing the "treasures" a goblin is shoving, a hidden object level where you try to find certain items in the King's yard, a Jammed-like level where you must shift logs to clear a path. Discover who is responsible for this mess and put a stop to it. |
| Colin Simpson Leaves Employment | 2009-04-17 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Colin Simpson Leaves Employment is a point-and-click adventure with classic mechanics. The game is free and short in length. Colin Simpson has to go to work after a terrible weekend on Monday, but how long can he put up with his horrible job and boss? The player joins him in his office to experience the boredom and frustration of his life. The game is entirely controlled through the mouse with icons near the top of the screen where actions can be selected. |
| Diamond Drop 2 | 2009-04-17 | INTENIUM GmbH | INTENIUM GmbH | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Gary the mole wants to impress the new mole girl in town. Help him gather gems for jewelry.Diamond Drop 2 is, like its predecessor, a match-three game. Using the mouse, press the left button to pull down a gem. Press the right button to toss the gem back up. The object it to get three or more of the same gem together in a group to move them to your scale. When the scale is full, the gems are mounted and sold to the customer. When your safe is full of money, the level is complete. Don't take too long or you will run out of time.You will encounter other items that will help or hinder you. Items like the acorn gun and Grandmother's cake assist you but items like rocks, coal and pine cones will hinder you. In between levels, you can buy items to help you like candies to keep customers happy, better mounts that sell for more, polish that increases profit etc. |
| Sword of the Stars: Ultimate Collection | 2009-04-17 | Paradox Interactive AB | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The Ultimate Collection bundles the 4X space strategy game Sword of the Stars with its two add-ons, Born of Blood and A Murder of Crows. |
| Assassin's Creed II | 2009-04-18 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Compilation | | | | Mark Besner | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This is the first release of the game for the PC platform. It includes:
Assassin's Creed II
Battle of Forli (DLC)
Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)
Bonus map: Arsenal Shipyard |
| Femspray | 2009-04-19 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Femspray is a free 2D point-and-click adventure. A mad doctor has developed a spray to turn all men into women. You are Stephen Bishopson, the last remaining agent to stop him.This game is of adult nature as it deals a lot with gender issues and some sexuality, yet is quite humorous. It features mouse and keyboard as input and is inventory based. |
| Hidden in Time: Mirror Mirror | 2009-04-19 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Monkey Barrel Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The owner of a mysterious mirror, a family heirloom passed through generations, goes to the town of Fairwich to investigate the history of the ancient artifact. A local legend tells about a magical mirror hidden in the abandoned castle, put up for auction after the town's recent financial turmoil. The owner must investigate all the rooms of the forlorn place, to uncover the past and find the truth behind the old tales.Hidden in Time: Mirror Mirror is a hidden object game, where the player must find and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on rooms of an old castle filled with assorted objects. There's a time limit to solve each location, shown as a countdown timer at the top of the list.Some rooms have special objects and interactive spots, where the player must move portions of the scenery to reveal a hidden box or key. The key is stored temporally on a slot fitting its shape at the bottom interface, to be used later to unlock a box. Boxes contain mirror shards, also stored in perfectly fitting slots lined up at the top of the list.Mini-games appear from time to time, with recurring jigsaw puzzles and mirror puzzles where a beam of light must be guided by reflecting it from a series of mirrors positioned around the screen, making it shine directly on a final hand mirror to reveal a secret message. Sometimes the screen is split in two similar, but mirrored, images and the player must find all the discrepancies between the two.There are five hints stored as hand mirror icons at the bottom-right corner, that show the exact position of one of the required objects when used. Extra hints can be found and collected on the rooms, laying around the scenery. |
| Strip Poker Exclusive 4 | 2009-04-20 | Emotion Design | Emotion Design | Strategy | 1st-person | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | Windows | The gameplay of Strip Poker Exclusive 4 is similar to its precursors. There are three different types of poker to choose from: classic poker, Texas Hold'em and Omaha Hold'em. If the player wins a game the opponent girl takes off some clothes. The goal of the game is to strip down the girls as much as possible.The demo version of the game includes six girls, all additional girls need to be bought in the online shop. |
| Dark Souls | 2009-04-21 | Aldorlea Games | Warfare Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs) |
| The Exciting Adventures of Master Chef Ogro | 2009-04-21 | Platinum Arts | Platinum Arts | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Master Chef Ogro, who is the head Chef of the King of Ograria himself, has been sent on a mission to stop the evil Chef Shadow Ogro! Using his massive magical cauldrons Shadow Ogro is unleashing legions of evil living produce such as cabbage golems that are terrorizing all of Ograria. In this RPG Adventure players will travel to the beautiful castle of Ograria, through wondrous forests, treacherous caves, and even to glitchworlds where the universe itself seems upside down! Using produce magic Master Chef Ogro must overcome the obstacles and monsters. In addition, the RPG features the ability to easily create your own RPGs through its easy to use map editor and tweakable NPC/Spells/Items, etc configs. The RPG was created with the kid friendly open source software Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker. |
| D.W.A.R.F.S. | 2009-04-22 | Strategy First, Inc. | Artifex Mundi sp. z o.o. | Action | | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)D.W.A.R.F.S. is an abbreviation for Dapper Wacky Although Rather Fierce Squad.
Welcome to the Magic Forest! Whenever there is trouble, every single animal,
big or small, can count on the dwarfs' help. Although it may seem like the
squad prefer relaxation to work, the dwarfs are the greatest rescue unit
in the Magic Forest, and they are always ready for action!
D.W.A.R.F.S. is a logic-adventure game embedded in a fairytale world of magic creatures, dwarfs and
animals. In the game you will come across several types of NPCs (squirrels, frogs, hedgehogs, gnomes etc.),
and control 6 dwarfs (Macro, Hoplo, Bingo, Reperto, Retro, and Klepto), each of which has unique abilities.
Each of the 5 game locations is designed for approximately 2 hours of gameplay.
Features
-5 game locations (town in the Magic Forest, Prison, Circus, Beavers Dam, D.W.A.F.S. abode
-Logical and thought-provoking puzzles
-Play as 7 different D.W.A.R.F.S. characters
-Several types of NPC’s |
| Smashing Toys | 2009-04-22 | Leon Brothers | Leon Brothers | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Smashing Toys is a car racing game that makes you take control of a toy. Here, the drivers are soldiers, dolls and teddy bears.A mix between Mario Kart and Toy Story, Smashing Toys offers quite long circuits that require two turns against seven opponents. On the road wait for you various bonuses, as in most games of this caliber. Pick up dynamite (with countdown), mines that explode on contact, protective field or even boost to improve your chances to finish first. The goal is to accumulate enough points when passing the finish line, to access the circuit level. A dozen courses are available in three miniature worlds: the old factory, the forest and the carnival.With simple controls (arrows and "Enter" key), it's also an interactive world where each tin and cardboard can send you flying under the effect of an uncontrolled skid. As for mines, beware! What's more, the blast from the explosion can send you into the background, or worse, make you lose your head! Literally. |
| Adventure: Collector's Edition - Volume 1 | 2009-04-23 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This adventure pack features 3 games:
Penumbra: Overture - Episode 1
Rhem 2: The Cave
Scratches (Director's Cut) |
| Lies and Seductions | 2009-04-23 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Cards / tiles, Interactive fiction / text adventure | | | | | | | Windows | Lies and Seductions is a freeware 3rd-person adventure game about seduction. The player controls Abby, who has made a wager to seduce a Christian rockstar who has promised to stay a virgin until married. The game is set aboard a cruise ship and her friend gives her four days to accomplish this. If she succeeds, she will sleep with Abby, in the other case she will publicly humiliate her.Gameplay consist of moving around freely on different locations on the ship, eavesdropping on conversations in order to gain information, and having conversations with other characters using a menu-based system. To advance, Abby needs to learn more about Chris' friends Emma and Ed in order to exploit their weaknesses to get to Chris. This can be accomplished by buying drinks or gifts and choosing the right conversations options. Abby can keep track of her progress through a love symbol above their heads. There are also other characters to interact with and various paths to achieve the goal, leading to three different endings.Even though the conversations contain adult themes, no explicit nudity is present in the game. Next to the general game play mechanics, Abby can also play Texas Hold 'em poker and participate in a DDR-like dancing mini-game. Abby's performance in this game affects the story. There are also other factors to take into account, such as getting people drunk, interrupting their conversations and the time of day. Story sequences are shown as comic book panels. |
| Plan It Green | 2009-04-23 | National Geographic Games | Gunnar Games, Inc., Merscom LLC, Virtual Prophecy Entertainment | Educational, Simulation, Strategy | | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Plan It Green is an educational city building and management game with ecological themes, produced by National Geographic. As the new mayor of a city, the player has to convert the existing buildings to make them more energy-efficient, and make other major reforms to the infrastructure. The basic gameplay has similar mechanics to the Build-a-lot series. After selecting one of the buildings or vacant lots, upgrade and build options appear on the interface at the bottom. Most of the screen shows one of the city's districts in isometric graphics, with the goals of each level displayed at the top in the main campaign mode, along with the timer and three meters showing the current level of the mayor's popularity, citizens' satisfaction and environment health. The cost of everything is paid with tax revenues, collected at the end of each "day" (that takes about a minute). Extra electric energy generated by the ecological grid can be sold to increase the funds. Materials have to be purchased for the upgrades and constructions.The upgrades change according to the building function, and some are only available after creating one of the district additions, like bicycle tracks and recycling centers. Residences can be upgraded to be more eco-friendly, by converting the lamps to fluorescent ones, installing solar panels, creating a garden, applying thermal insulation paint, constructing a rainwater reclamation system and starting to recycle trash. Other buildings have some of these upgrades and specific ones. Business buildings can start using bicycles as transportation. Farms can adopt more organic and efficient practices.Buildings are constructed by selecting a vacant lot, and choosing one of the available blueprints. Some buildings only become available after research, performed in a separate tab. Certain spaces are reserved to district upgrades, and can't be used to build directly. Parks and recreation areas can only be built in terrains full of vegetation. Existing buildings can be demolished, and part of their materials recycled and reclaimed for others.In the main campaign mode, the objective is to achieve all goals listed at the top as fast as possible. In the free play mode, there are no goals and the player can continue from the district progress made in the campaign mode, or start from scratch. |
| KART Racer | 2009-04-24 | Nordic Games Publishing AB | Brain in a Jar Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Contemporary | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | Real-time | | | Windows | KART racer is a track racing game primarily for 1 player.There are three kart classes: 60cc, 125cc and 250cc Super, and 15 different tracks to drive.A new player starts with the lowest class of cart on a single track; you unlock more tracks and cart classes by climbing a score table based on your performance. Losing races may re-lock previously unlocked tracks and cart classes.The game has four modes: Race, Knockout, Challenge and Stunt Arena. (The last two modes are locked initially).In 'Race' mode you compete against 15 AI opponents, in 5, 10 or 15 laps of a track.
You gain points by passing other carts, and the better your placement, the higher ranking on the score table, and the more unlockable content you gain.In 'Knockout' mode you compete against 8 AI opponents, and each lap the last cart is taken off the race; so keep at least one behind you to stay in the race. The last (and only) cart over the finish line in the last lap wins.The 'Challenge' mode is a competition of consecutive races, where you need to win three tracks in a row to unlock another off-road dirt track and a stunt challenge arena.The 'Stunt Challenge' arena is a lap-time limited icy arena where you get points for slides and jumps. The timer is shorter each lap, but unused time from the previous laps is added. The goal is to achieve as many laps as possible before the timer runs out.A two-player split-screen mode with special challenges is also mentioned on the covers for for the Wii and PS2 platforms, it seems to have been omitted in the PC version.While in a game you can pause and watch replays of the race from various positions.Collisions cause visual damage to the kart, as body parts can fly off the players kart (but not the AI kart's), but this causes no control/handling problems.If you end up far behind, there is a turbo button to give a short speed boost to your kart to keep up (the AI don't have this).In addition to the score table, there is a trophy room showing your won races, the currently unlocked carts/tracks and any special achievements. |
| Subway Simulator: Berlin • U7 - World of Subways 2 | 2009-04-24 | AEROSOFT GmbH | TML-Edition OHG | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | Subway Simulator: Berlin • U7 - World of Subways 2 is a simulation of the U-7 line in Berlin. Line 7 is the longest Berlin subway route with 31,8 km and 40 Stations. Player can drive the F 90 or H 01 train. The game comes with realistic lighting on the trains, free movement inside the train, tunnels and Stations,
intelligent AI traffic, and much more. |
| The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena | 2009-04-24 | Atari Europe S.A.S.U. | Starbreeze Studios AB, Tigon Studios | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena includes two single player campaigns. One is a graphically enhanced version of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay and the other, called Assault on Dark Athena, continues the story almost directly after the end of Escape from Butcher Bay with Richard B. Riddick and Johns in hibernation on board of a ship deep in space. A group of renegade mercenaries finds them and brings them on board of their giant ship called the Dark Athena where they transform people into mindless drones. Of course Johns is a too valuable target to transform so they plan to collect the bounty that is on his head after he freed Riddick from the prison. Riddick on the other hand - well he managed to evade capture and is now really pissed.As in the first campaign, the player once again assumes the role of Riddick, controlling him a standard first person shooter fashion through the corridors of the ship. But Riddick isn't one who runs guns blazing through the enemies. Instead the dark is his friend. Hiding in the shadows he uses his special ability to see in the dark, sneak up on enemies and perform an instant melee kill with whatever weapon he has currently equipped. This not only applies to his melee weapons that range from his fists to the newly double-carved blades but called "Ulaks" but also to the bigger stuff he'll find on his journey like assault rifles, a mini-gun and such. If he hasn't a gun available, he can pick up a dead drone and use hers. At one point in the single player campaign he'll even take over the control of a full-blown mech to reek havoc on the ship as he did back in Escape from Butcher Bay. If an enemy manages to actually hit the player, Riddick can use NanoMED health units to replenish his health. Since these only have a limited amount of charges he can refill them with NanoMED Catridges scattered around the levels. The bigger NanoMED health units permanently increase his health. And on his way through the Dark Athena he also finds bounty cards, the equivalent of the cigarette packs Riddick collects in Escape from Butcher Bay, unlocking extra content like artworks or personal profiles. Completely new to the game is the multiplayer mode allowing up to 12 players compete against each other in several game modes including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Arena. Butcher Bay Riot and Pitch Black. While the first three are self-explanatory, Arena puts up to four players in small areas in either one-on-one or two-on-two fights while everyone else is spectating and waiting for their turn. Butch Bay Riot on the other hand puts three teams against each other with each team buying their weapons, ammo and armor before each round. With the goal to bring the power node located in the middle of the map to the enemy base, the guards, prisoners and mercenaries don't really fight each other at once. Instead each group has one specific enemy. So the prisoners go after the guards base while the guards attack the mercs. The last game mode, Pitch Black, puts everyone in a dark area with one player playing Riddick with his dual-blades and his night-vision ability and the others all playing mercs only equipped with their weapons and flashlights hunting him down. |
| Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 | 2009-04-24 | 1C Company | 1C Company | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 is a real-time strategy game set during the World War II, more precisely during the events in North Africa. In three campaigns the player takes the role of either the American, the British or the German army and plays through overall 15 missions - some of them deal with the same battle, just from another perspective. In comparison to other strategy games this one focuses more on a realistic battle simulation, e.g. a lot of tanks are not enough to destroy a village because of the antitank defenses. Another examples are multiple damage zones with different impacts, e.g. with a a damaged tower a tank can only shoot in one direction, and a complex calculation of shots and hits.During gameplay the player commands his troops as usual and tells them what to do. Many procedures are automated, e.g. the AI automatically shoots at enemies, which reduces the need for micro management. Of course these orders can be set by the player. A further help are the possibilities to position the units before the battle starts, to pause the game at any time or to slow it down. Between missions the player can swap units and troops (within the historical possibilities). Soldiers gain experience and medals during missions which improve their abilities and morale. |
| Adventure 2600 Reboot | 2009-04-26 | | | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Adventure 2600 Reboot is a graphical and sound update to the Atari 2600 game Adventure. Play is controlled by the keyboard. Play is much like the original in that you must find keys to the castles, retrieve the gold chalice and take it to the gold castle. Quest 1 has one maze and the two dragons. Quest 2 adds the bat and a second, dark maze and quest 3 is the same as 2 but item locations are randomized. If you beat the game on quests 2 or 3, there is a cut scene and you can unlock bonus, often harder, quests. |
| Glum Buster | 2009-04-26 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In Glum Buster, a free "charityware" game, you travel to several surreal worlds to bust up some "glum". On your travels you will encounter flying roses, pirates, ghosts, and pirate ghosts. You will ride a giant grasshopper, fly on brooms, and hunt invisible fish. The game combines classic 2D platforming with several unique twists. In addition to simply running and jumping, there's flying, shooting, grasshopper riding, and more. There are action sections, puzzles, exploration, collectibles and secrets to discover. |
| Real Crimes: The Unicorn Killer | 2009-04-26 | Big Fish Games, Inc | AWE Games, Gamers Digital | Adventure | 1st-person | | Crime | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Contemporary, Europe, North America | | | | Teen | | Windows | In 1979, the decomposing body of Holly Maddux was found inside a trunk, hidden in the closet of the apartments of Ira Einhorn, an icon of counterculture and activism of the sixties. Ira was nicknamed "Unicorn", a translation of his German surname. Jennifer Lourdes and Alan Michaels, two FBI investigators, set out to hunt the "Unicorn Killer", searching for clues in locations related to the case.Real Crimes: The Unicorn Killer is a hidden object game based on a real case from the seventies. The objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the left side of the screen, on locations filled with scattered objects. At the start, there's an option to play with or without a timer. One of the list entries is written in green, to indicate the need of an extra step to get it or, in some cases, that it's a riddle instead of the object name. To acquire this special item, the player must use the object stored in the inventory, by dragging and dropping it on another one in the scenery (for example, a pencil on a notepad).Boards of the traditional Japanese game of Go can be found in some scenes. They are puzzles, where the player has only one move to surround the black pieces with white ones and win an extra hint. The hint button shows the exact location of one of the required objects. More hints can also be earned on the occasional crime lab visits, where various mini-games with forensic themes have to be completed, like matching fingerprints, a concentration game with blood samples, jigsaw puzzles and other similar challenges. |
| StateShift | 2009-04-27 | Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. | Engine Software B.V. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | After an era of political unrest in the early 21st century, the world's leaders have fallen and natural resources have been depleted. This results in the downfall of the world economy and leads to a series of bloody conflicts in a world where the less fortunate strive for survival and live for one reason.... illegal racing.In StateShift, racing machines with highly advanced morphing abilities compete in illegal underground races around the world. Drivers go one on one with up to fifteen racers across nine tournaments. The titular stateshifts refer to special power-ups the player can unlock. With names such as «Dragster», «Ghost», «Mamouth» and «Scorch», they can be used to drive faster or take corners more sharply, but require picking up energy cells on the tracks to recharge. The game has various modes including Career Mode to unlock new tournaments, tracks, characters and stateshifts, Time Trial, Challenges, Quick Race and various tutorials. The game also has a multiplayer mode via Wi-Fi. |
| 3 Days: Zoo Mystery | 2009-04-28 | Realore Studios | Realore Studios | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Anna receives a phone call from her uncle Ben, the manager of her family's zoo, telling that some of the animals were recently stolen and that he's unable to attend to the situation because he's stuck in China. She goes to the place and starts an investigation, searching all the surrounding buildings and interviewing people to gather clues about the mysterious crime.3 Days: Zoo Mystery is a hidden object game with elements from the adventure genre. As the main character, the player has to investigate several places, shown as screen backgrounds with little animation. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click all the items shown as images on the slots at the bottom of the screen. The cursor changes shape when hovering over an interactive part of the scenery. It becomes a hand when passing over a scene object that can be dragged and moved out of the way, usually revealing one of the required items hidden underneath it. Some objects are stored in the inventory at the right side, and have to be used to solve puzzles by dragging and dropping them on parts of the scenery or other characters.Most locations have more than one gameplay variation, where the player has to find several instances of the same object and put back missing items. Some portions of the scene bring up a separate screen with a puzzle, that can be an implementation of classic games like a Tower of Hanoi with plates, word search, sliding tiles puzzles and more original ones. The hint button shows the position of one of the required objects, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Arc & Malice | 2009-04-28 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Arc & Malice is a short platformer with a Victorian theme. The player commands a sergeant called Olaf who winds up at a mansion after a long voyage. He needs to travel through different locations to confront a final enemy. All characters, enemies and objects in the environment are black, while the background is the only coloured element in the game.Olaf is able to move around, jump and pick up items. Most of these are keys that are needed to unlock doors. He can also attack, along with special abilities such as a forward and downward thrust, wall jumping and blocking. Often he needs to locate hidden passages to progress. Enemies include different types of monsters and bats. These sometimes leave behind blue orbs that restore health. Olaf can also heal himself by praying at statues. The game includes a tutorial to get familiar with the controls. |
| Free Realms | 2009-04-28 | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving, Role-playing (RPG), Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements, Tricks / stunts | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Free Realms is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in a fantasy world known as the Sacred Grove. It is mainly targeted towards families and younger players. Unlike most games of its type, combat is not the focus of the gameplay in this game. Players can choose their roles, explore dungeons and fight enemies; but they can also engage in many other activities, which include cooking, pet training, race car driving, card trading, virtual house customization, and others. Socializing between players is also an important aspect of the game. Players can set up profile pages, send links, share images and videos, and chat with each other. |
| Ishar + Ishar 2 | 2009-04-28 | DotEmu SAS | Silmarils | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection includes the first two Ishar games:
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress
Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom |
| Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch | 2009-04-28 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The archaeologist and adventurer Samantha Swift is searching for the Scroll of Wealth, a lost relic that once belonged to Alexander The Great. While she is exploring some forgotten ruins, a secret brotherhood of hooded men starts to get in the way, trying to stop her from finding the artifact. Many strange incidents lead her to a brand new quest, where she must uncover the truth about the legendary King Midas and his unique gift of turning everything to gold.Samantha Swift and The Golden Touch is the sequel to a previous title combining adventure and hidden object game elements. As Samantha, the player enters excavation sites and ancient chambers, represented by screen backgrounds showing mostly static scenes. The objective is to search the locations and click on all the objects listed at the bottom interface. Some items are written in blue, indicating the need of an extra step to get them. Some of the collected objects are stored in the inventory at the bottom right. They can be dragged and dropped on parts of the scenery, to gain access to one of the required blue entries.Some places have puzzles that bring up a separate interactive screen. They are old mechanisms and classic puzzles that can be solved using inventory items or by direct manipulation of their parts. The game keeps moving from location to location, with cutscenes appearing after major plot changes.Clicking on any list item shows its silhouette on the radar scanner screen at the bottom left. The hint button shoots a green electric arc towards one of the required objects, pointing out its position. Extra hints can be found and collected on the scenery, as lightning bolt icons. |
| Close Combat: The Longest Day | 2009-04-29 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Strategy 3 Tactics, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Close Combat: The Longest Day is an enhanced remake of the critically acclaimed Close Combat: Invasion - Normandy by Atomic Games. In The Longest Day, you take command of either the Allied Troops attacking Hitler's Fortress Europe on D-Day or defend the beaches as the German Wehrmacht.The Longest Day was the first game in the Close Combat series to simulate night battles which included the ability to launch flares to light up the dark. The game also expanded the units available which included French, British, Canadian, American, German, and Russian troops. |
| Fallout: Trilogy | 2009-04-29 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Fallout Trilogy includes all Fallout games released before Fallout 3:
Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel |
| Pirate Galaxy | 2009-04-29 | gamigo AG | Splitscreen Studios GmbH | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Massively Multiplayer | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | Windows | Pirate Galaxy is a browser-based massively multiplayer online role playing game.The Mantis, a ruthless and powerful breed of space aliens, have taken the galaxy by storm. They come for the Cryonite, the most valuable mineral in the universe.You take the role of a daring space pirate, setting out to loot the Mantis transports and undermine their efforts to plunder the colonies. Take on missions – some legal, some not so legal – for the various rivaling factions. Pay frequent visits to your local starbase to upgrade your ship and replenish your supply of Centaurian rum. Enhance your starship with stolen Mantis technology and become the most feared space pirate of all times.Pirate Galaxy is free-to-play and runs from a web browser. It uses Java and doesn't require you to download a client, while optionally allowing you to do so. You have the option to purchase virtual items and virtual currency inside the game.As you play, you can chat and interact in realtime with other players from around the globe. Team up with your friends to solve challenging missions and unravel the mysteries of the alien artifacts. |
| Stalin vs. Martians | 2009-04-29 | Mezmer Games | Black Wing Foundation, Dreamlore, N-Game Studios, OOO | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Comedy | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Stalin vs. Martians is an over-the-top real-time strategy game that parodies the genre by extremely accessible gameplay devoid of complex elements from similar, contemporary titles, such as technology trees, base building or resource management. As such, it is recommended by official blurbs as a perfect choice for anyone who hates the strategy genre.The player serves as a commander under Stalin and has to stop the invasion of extraterrestrial creatures who invade Russia through Siberia. In each mission, the player commands a number of troops and vehicles, and most objectives consist of holding defences, liberating towns and obliterating all enemies. The units include regular infantry, Spetsnaz, BT-7, T-70, T-34 (advertised as the tank included in every Russian game, including Tetris), T-35, ZSU-37 and Katyusha. Instead of a careful approach with strategic attacks, the player is encouraged to rush through enemy bases, as crushed enemy units leave behind valuable power-ups such as money, armor upgrades, attack power improvement, additional speed, and meds to restore health. These are not optional as collecting them quickly is usually required to finish a mission, while a slow and strategic approach is generally punished.Gold is the most important item to collect, as it is used to buy reinforcements. No other sources of resource management are available. It can also be exchanged for special abilities such as the USSR Anthem (double damage), Rage (30 seconds of invincibility), Anthrax to drain enemy health, air-strikes called Stalin's Falcons, KGB (paralyzes all enemies for 60 seconds) and Historical Inevitability to kill every single enemy unit on the map at once.From the main gameplay screen, players select units and move them around with the mouse, while keyboard shortcuts can be used as well. The camera can zoom in and is rotated around the battlefield. In the top right corner special abilities and reinforcements are purchased, while the bottom of the screen holds a mini-map (with Fog of War), basic buttons for actions such as holding a position or attacking, and a screen with information about the different units, structures and enemies.Even though it largely resembles a regular strategy game, there are many comical references (one of the options asks for your stance on cats), cut-scenes resembling music videos with a dancing Stalin, and generally up-tempo beat and rock music mostly unfitting for the genre. Most enemies use very straightforward strategies, but they have certain structures that spawn enemies, turrets, and a slime-like substance on the map that powers their abilities. The game is single-player only and there are twelve missions in total. |
| Megarace: Megarace + Megarace 2 | 2009-04-30 | Microïds | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection includes the first two MegaRace games:
MegaRace
MegaRace 2 |
| Pahelika: Secret Legends | 2009-04-30 | IronCode Gaming Pvt. Ltd. | IronCode Gaming Pvt. Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The land of Roop Nagar was invaded by the invincible Asura and his demon warriors. The king escaped to the surrounding forests, where he found the Pahelika, a magical book of great power. With the help of the tome, the king defeated Asura and regained the usurped throne. As a final act, he delivered the book to an ancient monk sect for safekeeping. Adventurers seeking its powers must prove their worth by completing six quests.Pahelika: Secret Legends is an adventure game with simple puzzles, aimed at the casual market. Like in Myst and other traditional titles, the player navigates through a series of mostly static screens, collecting objects to use later. Interactive portions of the locations shimmer and sparkle when the cursor passes over them. Objects are stored in the inventory tray at the bottom, and can be dragged and dropped on parts of the scenery to solve puzzles.Some puzzles are mechanisms that must be manipulated directly with the mouse. A few of them take place on a separate window, and are implementations of well-known classic titles like concentration, jigsaw and block-sliding puzzles. |
| Velvet Assassin | 2009-04-30 | SouthPeak Interactive Corporation | Replay Studios GmbH | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | World War II | | | | Mature | | Windows | Velvet Assassin is a 3rd-person stealth shooter set during World War II and inspired by the real life secret agent Violette Szabo. The player assumes the role of the fictional secret agent Violette Summers. While she is in a coma at a military hospital, recovering from injury, the player plays through the memories of her former missions behind German enemy lines.Gameplay is centered around stealth and heavy use of dynamic lighting. At several places in the game, the player must exploit the shadows of moving objects to remain unseen. When hidden, she is surrounded by a purple aura that fades when she moves into the light or is spotted by an enemy. A special variant of bullet-time, called Morphine Mode, is explained as such that the real Violette is administered a dose of morphine by a nurse during those moments. Many different types of stealth kills can be performed, based on the weapons Violette is currently wielding. There are collectibles hidden throughout the levels that give experience points upon discovery, which can be used to boost player abilities.Since the game takes place in a fantasy world of memories, the atmosphere and art style is purposefully contrasted and moody.Certain releases include bonus disc which contains game trailers, wallpapers, and comic. |
| Altitude | 2009-05-01 | Nimbly Games, LLC | Nimbly Games, LLC | Action, Sports | Side view | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Altitude is a shoot 'em up in which the player controls one of five airplanes, each with different abilities, in one of seven game modes. Players earn experience with which they level up, unlocking new planes and perks. Games can have up to 64 players, or can be played in skirmishes against bots.In Team Base Destruction, each team attempts to destroy the opposing team's base while defending their own. The base can only be damaged by a bomb item that spawns on the map, so a player must fly to the enemy base carrying the bomb while his teammates defend him.In Team Death Match, each team attempts to kill the members of the other team. The game is over when one team reaches a set number of kill or the timer runs out.In Plane Ball, each team attempts to score points by shooting a ball into the opposing team's goal, while defending their own.In Free For All, players compete for the highest number of kills before the timer runs out.In 1-Life Demolition, one team, call the Infiltrators, attempts to plant a bomb in one of two bases controlled by the other team, called the Defenders. If the bomb is successfully planted, the Infiltrators win; if it is defused, the Defenders win. Each player has only one life per round, so if all players on a team die, the opposing team wins.In 1-Life Death Match, players are divided into two teams, with each player having only one life. The team that survives wins.In 1-Life Team Base Destruction, play proceeds as in Team Base Destruction, but each player has only one life, and only one bomb hit is necessary to destroy a base. Play ends when either team's base is destroyed, or if all players on a team are dead.Altitude has colorful, cartoon-like graphics, 63 official maps, and a map editor to allow the creation of custom maps. Additionally, by promoting the game to others, players can earn Community Points which can be used to purchase skins for their planes and custom emblems. |
| Battlestations: Pacific | 2009-05-01 | Eidos Interactive, Inc., Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | Eidos Hungary KFT | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation, Naval / watercraft | | | Teen | | Windows | Battlestations: Pacific is the successor to Battlestations: Midway and once again pits Japanese against Americans. Two single-player campaigns await the player with one picturing the Japanese starting at the attack on Pearl Harbor and the American campaign following the aftermath of the the Battle for Midway.Similar to the Battlefield series the game puts the player right in the middle of the battle, always surrounded by AI-units filling up the free spots. But instead of fighting on foot, the players only use several different kinds of battleships, u-boats and airplanes. These are launched by the players at their team's HQ and can be equipped with different weapon load-outs. Depending e.g. on the type of the airplane (bomber, fighter or such), these range from MGs over rockets and bombs to carpet bombs and paratroopers. Of course once the support bar reaches zero, no more units can be launched.Besides players doing all the work while sitting in a unit, the commander can also use the tactical map to assign formations, give out orders to the AI as well as other players and so on. This is also the place where the players choose in which unit they want to jump in. Each type of unit also plays radically different. While airplanes concentrate on fast dogfights and low bomb-droppings, ships are slow but can repair themselves. U-Boats on the other hand have the ability to dive and disappear from every enemies radar. To compensate for that, U-Boats not only have a limited supply of oxygen but can also be spotted by sonar and killed with water-bombs.Besides the campaigns, the game also features five skirmish-modes for both single- and multiplayer. In "Escort" both teams have to defend key units from the enemy while themselves attacking and destroying the enemies key units with every player using a pre-defined unit. "Siege" on the other hand one team has to attack a island or coastline with the other team defending it. This time each player can choose his own unit from an available pool of units. "Competition" again has all the players only controlling one unit but fight on the same side in an effort to destroy as many AI-enemies as possible or completing the objectives. In "Duel" the players choose their unit before each mission and have to destroy all enemy units to win the round. And last but not least "Island Conquest" requires the capturing of control points to both win the match and gain access to additional units. |
| Biniax 2 | 2009-05-01 | | | Action, Puzzle | | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Biniax 2 is the sequel to the puzzle game Biniax. It keeps the core puzzle mechanics and expands mainly through new game modes. The Arcade mode is the closest to the original version. It is an endless game on a fixed-screen board where blocks, made up out of two differently coloured pieces each, gradually drop down over the entire width of a field. The player controls a single piece with one colour and can freely move it around the board as long as there is room.To create a match the player moves the active piece directly into a block where one of the two pieces has that colour. Both pieces disappear and the player takes control of the remaining piece, with a different colour. This mechanic is used to clear a field quickly and to prevent it from reaching the bottom which will lead to the end of the game. There is a timer on the right that shows when the rows are moving down next, but the player can move as fast as possible regardless of that.The second game mode is the Tactic mode. It is a slower puzzle mode where only a limited amount of moves are available to prevent the rows from constantly reaching the bottom. The final mode is the competitive multiplayer mode with local multiplayer for two players simultaneously, each controlling a piece on the same screen.All platforms listed here. Windows date: readme file - Android - Linux: file date - Amiga (MorphOS) - Mac - GP2X - PSP - Xbox: 1 - 2 - Wii |
| Fushi-ō no shiro | 2009-05-01 | Abaraya | Abaraya | Strategy | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The goal of Fushi-ō no shiro is to defeat the immortal king. First the player generates a character by distributing points to stats and abilities (a character can have up to five abilities). When the character has been generated the player just sits back and watch his/her character battle the hoards of the immortal king. Once the player dies he/she just generates a new character and starts a new. At given points boss monster appears these are harder to beat than regular enemies and once killed the player will not meet them again. Points are earned by killing monsters but only 3000 points can be collected by the same character. These points are then used by the player to generate his/hers next character. The distance to the immortal king and the probability to encounter an enemy at the next step is shown at the bottom of the screen (together with location and points). |
| Knifflis Deluxe | 2009-05-01 | rokapublish GmbH | Canny Games | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Knifflis Deluxe is a mix of 5 puzzle and logic games: Sudoku, MahJongg, Puzzle, Match 3 and Reversi. 90 levels are included and will unlock parts of a painting which you can assemble after you got all the pieces. |
| Mines of Morgoth | 2009-05-01 | | | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Mines of Morgoth has a typical minimal plot for this type of game: killing the big bad guy at the bottom of the randomly generated dungeons underneath a village level with shops and a castle.The game is mainly about exploring the underground and levelling up allowing more spells and better weapons, some magical, some not. Large number of combinations give quite a bit of depth and replay possibilities. Some of the environment is destructible but requires a digging tool. Some items are cursed and most need identifying to discover their true value. The catch is that this is only possible in a shop when selling said item or using an identify scroll. As these scrolls are limited, choices must be made and risks must be taken using unknown items.
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| Nakadashi Banzai | 2009-05-01 | U･Me Soft | U･Me Soft | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Do you wanna go to the city and talk to a girl you don't know? Flirt with her? Take her back to your hotel? Fuck her? Maybe even give her the ol' creampie?!
This is a game that let's you explore those desires that everyone has deep down...
This is Nakadashi Banzai!
Nakadashi means creampie in Japanese, and as you can tell from the title, there'll be flirting, there'll be fucking, and, yup, there'll be creampies.
You won't be taking advantage of these girls. No, you'll be using your charm and the art of conversation to get them back to your hotel, stick it in raw, and cum inside!
Though it might seem impossible at first, don't give up hope...reality and unreality blend like you've never seen before in Nakadashi Banzai.
Come and see where the world of Nakadashi Banzai takes you!
The following features are included:
- Full voice for female characters only
- CG / Event Scene / Music Listening Mode
- Automatic Play Mode |
| Run for Your Life | 2009-05-01 | | | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Run for Your Life presents The DarkVomit Portfolio of Kelly Hutchison's oil paintings made between 1998 and 2009 as an interactive art gallery with first-person shooter gameplay. The game is the sequel to The Virtual World of Dark Vomit, where a similar idea was explored incorporating her art. Previously, the galleries were also offered as non-interactive CGI movies with a similar style. This game is a short 3D shooter where all of the rooms are decorated with paintings by the artist. While walking around, it is possible to collect weapons such as a machinegun, a shotgun and grenades, and engage different enemies. To access one of the final rooms, a key needs to be found. Movement is controlled through the keyboard while the mouse is used to look around and shoot.This title is not to be confused with the Windows Vista version of the game, using the same name, as it has a completely different environment, new enemies and weapons. |
| SBK 09: Superbike World Championship | 2009-05-01 | Black Bean Games | Milestone s.r.l. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | SBK 09: Superbike World Championship is the official licensed game from the motorcycle Superbike World Championship league. The main focus lies on the realistic simulation of the driving physics. During the season the player takes the role of one of 27 licensed athletes and compete in 13 of the race locations of the season 2008/2009 (the Nürburgring is not in available). There are up to eight sessions per race, including free training and warm ups. In the garage the player can tune almost every aspect of his bike in detail. Beginners this can be delegated to an engineer. Of course there is also the option to play just a single racing weekend or to start in a quick race. In comparison to its predecessor there are two notable changes: driving helps for novice players and 20 challenges. In these the player either has to solve certain problems in pre-defined situations, e.g. winning the race with worn out brakes or reaching checkpoints in a limited time frame. |
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition | 2009-05-01 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Raven Software Corporation | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Hack and slash, Quick Time Events (QTEs), RPG elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Uncaged Edition) is the release for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC and differs greatly from the version for Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP and NDS which is just called X-Men Origins: Wolverine.The game follows the story of the movie of the same name detailing the background of Logan aka Wolverine before he joined the X-Men. Starting on the last mission of the elite military force known as Team X, the player witnesses Kayla's death, escapes from Weapon Factory X with his new reinforced skeleton and ultimately helps Wolverine to have his revenge on Victor Creed aka Sabretooth. In between dozens of enemies including a few boss fight require extensive use of the famous steel blades. Wolverine makes use of several different combos and finishers while slashing through his enemies converting his normal light and hard attacks into serious damage. Often it's even possible to incorporate the environment into the cause of death of an enemy by throwing him onto a spike or something similarly hurtful. The player has also access to four Fury Attacks. These attacks are very powerful but require rage in order to be executed. Rage on the other hand is collected simply by killing enemies. In addition the game makes use of Quick Time Events to unfold scripted cinematic sequences.By killing enemies Logan gains experience points (including a multiplier if he defeats them in rapid succession) as well as by finding dog tags hidden on dead soldiers around the levels. Once he has gained enough experience Wolverine advances a level, gaining not only more health but also skill points. These can then be used to learn new combos or increase the strength of already known ones. Besides the dog tags, Wolverine's old suits from the comics are hidden in the levels. Finding all of them unlocks bonus challenges and allows the player to use the corresponding suit in the normal game. |
| Fabled Lands | 2009-05-03 | | | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | | Licensed | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Published from 1995-96, the Fabled Lands series of gamebooks offered something previously unknown; an enormous, modular fantasy gamebook system offering sandbox-style open play rather than railroading the player from the beginning to the end of one monolithic quest. Instead, players could choose from dozens of characters strewn across six basic classes, and decide to undertake hundreds of minor quests as best befit their abilities and play interest -- side-quests could be doggedly pursued to the bitter end or casually abandoned in favor of grinding up one's stats or personal fortune, so as to be better prepared for later, tougher quests on the different continents found in later books. Individual gamebooks spelled out largely self-contained urban intrigues, rural adventures and random encounters within proscribed geographic boundaries, but also left openings for players to seamlessly transition from locations within one book into locations in another, often with an implied reward of unresolved plot hooks. Whether or not there was a grand overarching story was largely irrelevant to the player who could quite happily while away hours merely living, thriving and surviving in this half-familiar, half-strange collection of medieval fantasy kingdoms without ever stumbling across the story the author wanted to convey. The author understood: it's not about the storyteller, it's about the game player choosing a gameplay narrative to their own liking. Hardly a revolution on computers where taking alternate approaches on simulation replay is practically their raison d'etre, but in the world of gamebooks where every non-mission-critical paragraph was extra ink and paper the publisher was shelling out for, to say that this approach was novel would be an understatement. (Each book averages well over 700 sections, almost double the 400 standard for Fighting Fantasy gamebooks.)The grand tragedy is that the gamebook series was canceled after only six books ran, leaving fully half of the game world inaccessible. The good news is that there still remains a heaping helping of play in the interlocking six books that squeaked out. The great news is that their text and illustrations have been processed into computer form, including a rigorous algorithm for bookkeeping -- and there's a lot of it. In addition to the typical stats management (CHARISMA, COMBAT, MAGIC, SANCTITY, SCOUTING, and THIEVERY for basic abilities, plus Stamina for hit points) and the random die-rolling to check against them, the game scrupulously tracks up to 12 inventory items, Rank, combat, and Codewords -- a series of several dozen (per book) flags with long memories indicating quests-in-progress, knowledge gained and serious plot events (such as which side a player backed in a civil war), noting choices made 5 minutes ago or on the other side of the planet. This is just the tip of the iceberg, however, whose frosty fundament includes the worship of one of a whole pantheon of deities, procuration of divine blessings allowing rerolls against stat checks, hedging one's bets by purchasing a convenient resurrection site, property ownership in dozens of cities, investment of Shards (the local currency) in mercantile exchanges or directly conducting naval commerce with various sizes of ships and various qualities of crew (supposing the player successfully navigates the web of storms, pirates and outright monsters preying on shipping), plus gradually brokering social status in several factional courts in numerous grand regional capitals... and managing the opportunities that come with said status. Something that made for mind-blowing gamebook play may deliver only "good" gameplay on a computer -- but considering that it lingers in a state of protracted half-completion, that's more than most computer games could say!The Fabled Lands application compiles the contents of all published books in the series, including:The War Torn Kingdom, concerning itself with the civil war in Sokara, its cities of Marlock and Yellowport, and the nearby Druid's Isle;Cities of Gold and Glory, dealing with Golnir, a typical fantasy realm in the British vein, questing for the Baroness Ravayn and her sorcerer Estragon;Over the Blood-Dark Sea, full of nautical adventures in an inner sea;The Plains of Howling Darkness, containing struggles against harsh nature in the northerly Great Steppes;The Court of Hidden Faces, dealing with intrigues in and around Aku, the cruel imperial capital of Uttaku and Old Harkuna;and Lords of the Rising Sun, engaging warring Oriental-patterned states in the islands of Akatsurai. (We are left to speculate what could be found in the verdant jungles of eastern Ankon-Konu in The Serpent King's Domain, in the Arabian deserts of western Ankon-Konu in The Lone and Level Sands, the Indian isle of Chrysoprais in The Isle of a Thousand Spires, among the living classical antiquities on Atticala in Legions of the Labyrinth, amidst the gutters, alleyways, balconies and plazas of the Forbidden Realm's city-state Dangor in The City in the Clouds, and beneath this whole superficial upper layer in the final volume, Into the Underworld.) |
| Road Blaster | 2009-05-04 | Jitensha Sōgyō | Data East Corporation | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Timed input | | | | | | | Windows | Road Avenger dates from the era when interactive movies (e.g. Dragon's Lair, Escape from Cybercity, Time Gal...) with film-quality graphics, but limited player movement, were highly popular.Players assume the role of an angry cop on a wild ride as he pursues a gang of bikers who killed his wife. Players need to race through oncoming traffic, squeeze between trucks, trash motorcycles and steer through lots of explosions. The only thing needed are quick reflexes to follow the instructions on the screen (with an increasing difficulty) in order to keep the animation going.The action is shown from a first-person view and fast-paced, while still maintaining smooth and detailed anime drawn graphics. |
| Za rodinu! Sbornik igr o velikoy otechestvennoy | 2009-05-04 | 1C Company | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Za rodinu! Sbornik igr o velikoy otechestvennoy is a compilation from Za rodinu! release series by 1C Company. This one includes:
Vtoraya mirovaya. Osvobozhdenie Belorussii
V tylu vraga 2. Lis pustyni
Death to Spies: Moment of Truth
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| Za rodinu!: Vsya seriya - "V tylu vraga 2" | 2009-05-04 | 1C Company | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Za rodinu! Vsya seriya «V tylu vraga 2» is a compilation from the Za rodinu! release series by 1C Company. This one includes:
Faces of War
V tylu vraga 2. Bratya po oruzhiyu
V tylu vraga 2. Lis pustyni |
| Deep Voyage | 2009-05-05 | MadGears | MadGears | Puzzle | Side view | | | Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You are a mermaid outside the gates of the Underwater Kingdom. You dream of becoming a royal gardener by winning a garden design competition. Make matches to gain the elements to build the garden of your dreams.Deep Voyage is a match three game. To clear items, just click your mouse on any group of three or more of the same item. To clear the level, you must clear the tan tiles from under various items by making matches that are over them. If it is a green tile, you must match over it to turn it tan then match over it again to clear it.As the game progresses, you will have new items appear in the level that will help you. These include a bomb that destroys things in all adjacent squares and line destroyers that destroy all things in a straight line, vertically, horizontally or diagonally. At times, tokens appear in the puzzle. You collect these to buy power-ups. These power-ups do things similar to the bombs and line destroyers but you decide where to place them.Later, there will be items that are locked. To unlock them, make them part of a matching group. You will also have steel balls that cannot be cleared by clicking. They will drop down if the items below them are removed and they can be destroyed by bombs and line destroyers. Every few levels, you can upgraded your underwater garden with plants, buildings, fish, etc. |
| Wallace & Gromit in The Last Resort | 2009-05-05 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Wallace & Gromit in The Last Resort is the second episode of Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures.Wallace & Gromit are finally ready for some vacation. Sadly before they go the water main bursts and the cellar get's flooded. And to make things worse, after the leak has been dealt with the weather changes and it starts to rain heavily. Of course Wallace wouldn't be Wallace if he didn't think of an alternative: If they can't go to the beach, why not bring the beach to them? With all the water already in the cellar, only a few more ingredients are missing. After everything is finished, Wallace also senses a new business idea: West Wallaby Street's Waterworld.The player takes over the control of both Wallace and Gromit but the player can't switch between both freely. Instead the story dictates which character is controllable. And although the game is a classic point and click adventure, it uses optimized controls to work for both PC and consoles. While the interaction with items on screen still work through a context-sensitive cursor, the player now moves the characters around directly instead of giving them move to-orders. Besides this change, the player still goes around the various locations, talks and interacts with people and collects everything that isn't nailed to the wall in order to solve the different riddles and advance the storyline. |
| Something Special: Zoe's American Adventure | 2009-05-06 | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | Brighter Minds Media, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | At the wedding of her sister, a young and lonely woman called Zoe is hired by her eccentric aunt to work for the "Something Special", a store of unusual and curious items. She has to travel across the United States to collect peculiar objects for the shop.Something Special is a hidden object game, where the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen within a time limit, on locations filled with assorted objects. There are three difficulty levels to choose at the start when creating a profile. The easy mode has no time constraints and the objects are easier to find. On the medium difficulty, items are better hidden and there's a time limit of ten minutes for each location. The hard mode gives only five minutes per scene, and has well hidden objects, but after completing each chapter the player receives one of twelve unique trophies.Each location shows a museum or shop full of curious items, with some of them based on real places in the United States. The shopkeeper portrait at the bottom-right doubles as the timer and the hint button, showing the exact position of one of the required items when clicked. The hint button takes a few seconds to recharge after use. A diminishing red ring around the portrait shows the remaining time left to collect everything. There's no penalty for wrong clicks, and the story is told through a series of comic book panels. |
| 3 Cards to Midnight | 2009-05-07 | Big Finish, Inc. | Big Finish, Inc. | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | Detective / mystery | Cards / tiles, Hidden object, Word construction | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | 3 Cards to Midnight is the first title in the 3 Cards series. It is largely story-driven, shown through animated cinematics, interspersed with hidden object scenes and a number of harder puzzles more typical of classic adventure games.It tells the story of Jess Silloway, who finds herself in a dark room behind a table, facing a mysterious man. Suffering dissociative amnesia, she has no recollection of past events. The man helps her remember her past through tarot cards. The game is divided in seven chapters and a finale, and for each chapter Jess must choose three tarot cards. The cards' themes will remind her of a location. She associates key words with these environments. At that point, a hidden object scene of the location is shown and through word association she has to form a compound word. For instance, given the word "night", an owl in the scenery can be clicked to form "night owl". For each keyword, words can be added both in front and behind, and the number of needed words is shown on the screen. The game requires a good command of English and randomly clicking is discouraged, as only a limited amount of misses is allowed before the scene has to be replayed.For each chapter, any of the three available cards can be chosen randomly, which changes the order the story is revealed with each playthrough. During the hidden object scenes, each correct guess is rewarded with points and at a certain number an extra hint is provided. When stuck, these can be clicked to reveal the next item. After each scene, an animated sequence is shown where more of the story is revealed and after completing certain scenes a much harder puzzle needs to be solved. These include a letter game with runes, puzzles based on astrological signs, rearranging a shredded newspaper article, spotting the differences between two pictures, restoring a photograph, deciphering a coded letter, and more. Since they are much harder than the rest of the game, players can opt to skip them.At the end of each chapter, each of the three tarot cards is ranked with up to four stars, which determines its strength. These depend on the amount of hints and misses, and whether the puzzles were solved. Players are encouraged to replay scenes to improve the rating because the strength of the collected tarot cards plays a significant role in the scenes leading up to the game's finale. The game offers three difficulty levels, based on the number of hints and misses. |
| Aztaka | 2009-05-07 | Citérémis, Inc. | Citérémis, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Aztaka is a 2D side-scrolling action-RPG, inspired by Aztec mythology. Players take on the role of Huitzilo, heir of the Sun God, who must journey through the land to find the seven ancient artifacts which will open the Path of Gods, which will bring balance and peace to the people of the land. He is accompanied in his journey by Ayohpa, a hummingbird of mysterious origins, who will aid him with magic spells.As Huitzilo defeats his enemies, he and Ayohpa gain experience and level-up, making it possible to improve their stats and skills, both characters having a different set. Items can be also found or bought at stores for them, granting bonuses. There are also certain special items, that will grant new skills, spells and special abilities.Certain puzzles must be solved as well, by using different types of energy (a total of four), which can be found at certain places or left after dead enemies. Containers can also be found to store found energy for later use. |
| Flower Paradise | 2009-05-07 | Fugazo Inc. | Fugazo Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Build your dream garden in a Japanese, Hawaiian or French style.Flower Paradise is a match three game with a garden theme. To make a match, use your mouse to swap two flowers so as to create a straight row of three or more, vertically or horizontally. These will then disappear and you will receive money for each flower in the match. This will turn the dirt into green grass. To clear the level, you must have all squares with grass. If there are squares with sand, they must be matched to make dirt then matched again to make grass.As the levels progress, you will encounter obstacles. These include stones that block flowers from growing. To remove them, make several matches that are next to them. You will also have vines. These will lock a flower in place. To remove them, make a match that includes this flower.When you match five flowers in a row, you will get help. These may be an earthquake that clears all flowers in a five square diameter, a waterfall that clears all flowers on a vertical row or a tornado that clears all flowers in a horizontal row.The money you earned can then be used to buy flowers, animals and/or decor for your garden. Each item you buy increases the bars next to Flower, Animal and Decor at the top of the screen. You begin with just the Japanese garden. When you complete all three, you earn a bronze trophy and unlock the Hawaiian garden. Complete all three on the Hawaiian garden to unlock the French garden. |
| Laura Jones and the Secret Legacy of Nikola Tesla | 2009-05-07 | iWin.com | Astar Games, NevoSoft LLC | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Laura Jones receives a box from a lawyer, an inheritance from Nikola Tesla to her grandmother Sophia Jones, as she used to work for him when she was young. While traveling by train to granny's house to bring her the item, the box falls on the cabin floor, revealing a hidden compartment with a letter from the scientist addressed to his old acquaintance. In it, Nikola explains that he broke his ultimate invention in many parts to keep it from falling into evil hands, delivering each piece to a friend for safekeeping. The letter ends with a series of clues to the pieces' locations. Laura decides to search for the hidden parts and reassemble the machine.Like its predecessor, Laura Jones and the Secret Legacy of Nikola Tesla is a hidden object game with adventure elements. Most of the time, the first task is to collect objects from the surroundings to solve puzzles. The items are stored in the inventory at the right side of the screen, and can be used by dragging and dropping them on parts of the scenery in a logical way, like unlocking a door with a key and other similar actions. Inventory objects can be combined to create a new one. Besides this standard adventure section, each location is recycled and used again with hidden object gameplay variations, where the player has to find all the items from a list, or in some cases collect several instances of the same object. Sometimes the objective is to play hide-and-seek with Ferris, Laura's pet ferret, by moving rocks, bushes, pieces of furniture and other things to find the small animal.Some puzzles take place on a separate screen, where a mechanism of some sort has to be manipulated directly. A few are implementations of well-known classic games, like Hangman, Tangram and maze puzzles. They can be skipped at anytime, but as a penalty the player has to solve a hidden object screen. The hint button at the top highlights the position of one of the required items, or shows the next necessary step, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Postal²: Complete | 2009-05-07 | RWS, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This edition includes:
Postal²: Share the Pain (base game)
Postal²: Apocalypse Weekend (expansion pack)
Originally released as a compilation pack, the game was subsequently updated to include an improved version of the A Week in Paradise mod to combine the base game with the expansion. The update also added widescreen support, new weapons (most of them from the Eternal Damnation mod), and other features. |
| Cosmic Supremacy | 2009-05-08 | | | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent, Turn-based | | | Windows | Cosmic Supremacy is a free tick/turn-based massively multiplayer space strategy game with a 3D interface. It belongs to the category of the 4X strategy games, being inspired by Master of Orion, Civilization, and similar games. You need to explore the galaxy around you, colonize new planets, expand your empire, research new technologies, design your ships and build your fleets, and finally establish contact with other players, with whom you can sign military or trade treaties, or engage them in battle.The gameplay is a mix between traditional multiplayer strategy games and persistent online games. A game in Cosmic Supremacy exists in its own completely separate galaxy. Every Galaxy has a definite start, and ends when there is an obvious winner. Galaxies usually last between 3 and 6 weeks, with ticks speed that usually ranges between 30 minutes and 2 hours. The game keeps on running, even while players are not online. To ease the management of the empire and reduce the time to spend online while still being competitive, players can assign programmable governors to their own planets, and admirals to their fleets, which will follow the orders given by players while they're not online. Beside normal galaxies, there are also Speed Galaxies, with very short turns and that reach their conclusion usually in a couple of days, such weekends, and Team Galaxies, where players are assigned to two or more teams, and where communication and coordination of the strategies among players are obviously more important. The game is played with a small downloadable client. |
| The Humans: Meet the Ancestors! | 2009-05-08 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Blue Monkey Studios, Inc. | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Your mission in this puzzle game is to help prehistoric humans to evolve by helping them find tools like spears, clubs, rocks and other items or help them to reach a hut at the other side of the screen. You will be given certain number of human characters with whom you must accomplish the task. You can also switch from person to person with mouse or keyboard. Characters can now throw rocks, spears, jump over small gaps and kill animals or hostile tribe members. There are 8 worlds and 10 levels in each. Every level offers three goals and has a time limit. If you complete all three tasks, you will be rewarded with gold medal. Complete only two tasks and you will get silver medal. |
| Vojny drevnosti: Sparta - Gold | 2009-05-08 | Russobit-M | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Ancient Wars: Sparta (base game)
Fate of Hellas (add-on) |
| Crysis: Maximum Edition | 2009-05-09 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Crysis: Maximum Edition compilation includes:
Crysis (base game)
Crysis: Warhead (stand-alone expansion)
Crysis Wars (stand-alone multiplayer expansion included with Crysis: Warhead) |
| Enchanted Katya and the Mystery of the Lost Wizard | 2009-05-11 | Oberon Media, Inc., SpinTop Games | Familia Games, Graflandia Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Hidden object, Time management | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Enchanted Katya and the Mystery of the Lost Wizard is a time management game with a fantasy theme. The player controls Katya, the clerk of a magic potion shop, and the objective is to serve all customers and collect a minimum amount of money before closing time. The clients arrive and wait at the right side of the screen. They are cartoon characters with a hearts meter floating over their heads, indicating their current level of patience. The player has to click on them to take their orders, shown as translucent potion bottles on the top of the balcony. To create the required potion, the player has to click on several places on the shop, creating waypoints for Katya and making her move around the place, getting the correct recipient, placing it on special tables to fill it or seal it with runes, adding special ingredients and finally delivering it to the waiting customer. A more satisfied client, whose heart meter is still high, pays more, while angry customers give up and leave the shop in rage.The bazaar screen appears between each level, where the accumulated money can be spent on helpful equipment and upgrades. The mechanical tap fills the bottles with purple elixir in five seconds, and increases the price of the potion to ten coins. The marble portal fills the bottles with blue elixir in 3.5 seconds. The steam-boiler fills the bottles with yellow elixir, and raises the price to twenty coins. The crystal bottle increases the price of potions by ten coins. The forest fairy adds 15 seconds to the patience level of white magic customers, but can only be used once per level. The magic booster makes Katya move 30% faster for twenty seconds. The music machine stops the decline of patience levels for ten seconds, but can only be used once per level. The ghost makes orders by dark magic customers simpler, removing one required component but maintaining the same price.The game progress is shown as small renovations and improvements to the shop's exterior. A hidden object screen appears from time to time, where several items have to be found and clicked within a time limit on locations filled with assorted paraphernalia. The required objects are shown as grayed pictures on a tab at the right side, gaining color once they are found. The hint button can be used three times, showing the exact position of one of the required items. |
| Primrose | 2009-05-11 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Primrose is a puzzle game played on a square grid of 49 tiles.Each turn the player is presented a pair of tiles with two colours, initially from a pool of three colours. The player clicks the grid to place the first tile and then the second tile needs to go in the same row or column. The goal is to clear tiles by surrounding one or more tiles of a single colour entirely (horizontally and vertically) with tiles of a different colour. The edges of the grid can be used as well. Cleared titles are turned black and can be used again. The surrounding tiles are converted to the colour of the tiles that were cleared.Clearing a large group of tiles also provides more points. After reaching a certain score up to four additional colours become available. Scores can be uploaded to an online leaderboard and there is also a colourblind mode. |
| Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships | 2009-05-12 | Akella, Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. | Seaward.Ru Team | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | Mature | | Windows | Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships takes place in the Caribbean, in the year 1665 where the player tries to forge destiny in the role of a sea captain, choosing various different approaches to achieve fame and fortune, by becoming an adventurer, a corsair, or a merchant.The adventurer actively seeks explores the seas and land for hidden treasures and undiscovered mysteries. The corsair finds fame and fortune by attacking ships and plundering cities, may it be legal with a letter of marquis, or by being a dreaded pirate. The merchant buys and sells good at the various cities in the Caribbean, while optionally completing various available trade assignments. Regardless of the available professions, during gameplay the player is free to choose which approach the player deems favorable.Selectable Characters
The player may choose one of three of the available characters. Choosing any one of the available characters will introduce selective some minor differences in the story, starting ships and mates, and other minor features. Other than that, gameplay and progress is basically unrestricted depending on the player.The characters that may be selected are:
Diego Espinoza - A Spanish adventurer.
Peter Blood - An English corsair.
Jan Stance - A Dutch merchant.
For each character, the player may optionally change the profession (adventurer, corsair, merchant) and their nationalities.Character Development
Character development in this game skill-based, meaning that skills increase if manually activated by the player or certain events automatically activate other passive skills. Character statistics are as the following:
Capabilities
Represent the character's primary statistics. Each capability will effect the starting statistic of other skills, as well as how fast that skill will later increase through continued use. The capabilities consist of: Power, Insight, Reaction Authority, Talent Endurace, and Success.Personal and Ship Skills
These skills represent the manual or passive skills that require player participation in order to increase. Each stat is represented by a level; each level is increased when the skills is used, represented by a percentage increase and how much effort must the player use that skill in order to increase to the next level (e. g. 0/150). The higher the level of the skill, the increasingly larger the requirement for the next level.Personal skills represent melee combat-related and land skills, which consist of the following: Leadership, Light Weapons, Medium Weapons, Heavy Weapons, Pistols, Luck, and Stealth.Ship skills represent ship combat-related and sea skills, which consist of the following: Navigation, Accuracy, Cannons, Grappling, Defense, Repair, and Trade.Abilities
Abilities are special or unique abilities that the player may obtain through leveling up in a required amount of either Personal Skills or Ship Skills, when one of either skill reach the level-up requirement (e. g. 0/35). There are more than 10 abilities of either Personal Abilities or Ship Skills that may be acquired, where personal abilities usually represent abilities that are melee related (e. g. Basic Defensive Arts) and ship skills represent abilities that are ship-combat related (e.g. Smooth Sailing).Ranks
Ranks represent the overall combination levels of both Personal and Ship skills, or most commonly known as Player Level. The higher the rank, more difficult enemies (e. g. ships) may be encountered by the player, as well as more advanced and interesting items may also be found. |
| Aqua Fish 2 | 2009-05-12 | PLAY-publishing.com | | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Aqua Fish 2 is a small arcade game with colorful graphics targeted mostly for kids and the sequel to Aqua Fish. The game mechanics are similar to Pac-Man controlling a fish, but with additional power-ups, teleports, and other features. There are a few 60 levels of increasing size and difficulty divided over six worlds. A level needs to be completed in a set amount of time and with a limited amount of lives. Players can also beat their own records in each level, registering a high score. |
| Conquest! Medieval Realms | 2009-05-12 | Slitherine Software UK Ltd. | Illustrious Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Conquest! Medieval Realms is a turn based strategy game which takes place in a medieval setting.In the game 8 players (human or AI) engage in battle on a hexagonal grid. Players place their units and buildings on individual hexes. There are three different types of units, namely spear, ranged and cavalry. Each one is able to defeat only one type of unit of the same level. A higher level unit is able to defeat all lower level units. Buildings may grant additional unit types, increased income or defense from certain level of units.The game's graphics and mechanics make it resemble a board game. Also worth noting is the fact that game mechanics bear some similarities to Slay. |
| Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper | 2009-05-12 | Adventure Company, The | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | On August 31, 1888, a horribly mutilated body of a "lady of the night" is found in Whitechapel, London. The killer's methods are quite unusual, and the brutal slaying doesn't go unnoticed at 221b Baker Street. Sherlock Holmes decides to go to the Whitechapel police station to obtain the reports and preliminary investigations by the police and the coroner.
He won't get much help, but with his trusty companion Dr. Watson, he starts his own investigation by examining the crime scene and questioning possible witnesses. Soon more deadly crimes on prostitutes are committed. Holmes will have to be at the height of his powers to find out who is responsible for these horrific crimes. Like Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis, the previous Sherlock Holmes game from Frogwares,
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper can be played from a 1st or 3rd person perspective, and the player can easily switch between modes during gameplay. The game runs in realtime 3D and the player plays alternately Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The game includes a map and menus with dialogues, reports and documents. In this installment, emphasis is laid on deductive puzzles. Deduction boards are added, which the player must use to arrive at the likely conclusions, based on deductions made and clues that were gathered. In some cases a time-line of the murder has to be construed with the help of dialogues, reports and documents. |
| Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition | 2009-05-12 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Not to be confused with the 2007 Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Complete compilation, this includes:
Civilization IV
Civilization IV: Warlords
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Civilization IV: Colonization
Manuals are all on the DVD, but a paper quick-start manual and two-sided reference poster are included. |
| Magic Ball 4 | 2009-05-13 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar - Dream Dale | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Magic Ball 4 is a 3D Breakout game and the fourth game in the Magic Ball series. Like in Breakout the player needs to brick all the blocks in the level with using a ball and a paddle in order to go to the next level. There are a lot of power-ups in the game, some of them help the player (like bigger ball, different weapons to the paddle madnet to the paddle, increase the paddle and more) and some of them hinder the player (like night, reduce the paddle and more). There are 4 different worlds. Each world contains 25 levels. |
| Sunset Studio: Love on the High Seas | 2009-05-13 | Real Networks, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Like its predecessor, Sunset Studio: Love on the High Seas is a hidden object game with a Hollywood parody theme. As the assistant of a starlet called Katherine Connick, the player has to help her and the film production staff of a disaster movie called "Titanship". Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items listed as tabs at the bottom of the screen, on scenes that are mostly static representing sets and other locations of a movie studio. A minimum of twelve objects have to be found within a time limit to successfully complete a scenario and unlock the next chapter. The locations can be revisited after failure, to make a new attempt or achieve a higher score.The hint system has extensive help options, accessible as a series of buttons on the cell phone at the bottom-left. The magnifying glass button replaces the names on the objects' tabs with pictures for a few minutes. The viewfinder button puts a rectangular lens on the screen, that can be moved around the scenery with the mouse, its picture getting sharper when over one of the required items. The text message button displays a brief written description of the location of a list object. The spotlight button shines two light beams over one of the list items, moving from one item to another for a few seconds. Each button has a counter underneath showing the number of available uses left. Extra hints can be acquired by completing the random rush job challenge, that starts after receiving a phone call from one of the characters, where the goal is to find a specific object before the allotted time ends. The timer for the challenge is shown as a diminishing star background on the object tab.Besides the hint buttons, there are two helpful items that can be found and clicked on the locations. Buckets and boxes of popcorn cover the visible tabs at the bottom, making the objects shake when the cursor hovers near them. Photographic equipment makes the screen white and bright with their flashing cameras, highlighting several objects at once.After completing a portion of the main mode, the cutting room becomes available, where the objective is to find one object per scene as fast as possible, with every item found adding a few seconds to the timer. There are 15 unique hidden object environments and 60 rounds to play. Optionally, the player can compare scores with other players through a global high score list. |
| The Moonkeeper | 2009-05-13 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | The Moonkeeper is a platformer with a distinctive retro-style, in sound (no music except for the intro and the end sequence) as well as the limited, faded colour palette with pixel art and screen flickers that resemble a movie projector. The story continues the historical style, as the game is set in 2000 A.D. when the moon base is said to be infested with aliens. The players is sent in to destroy the five gestation pods (hives) where the aliens spawn from. Enemies include human-like characters, crabs and small bugs. During the game a second weapon can be located, a demolition gun, that is able to crush specific types of blocks. The third type of weapon is a limited amount of grenades (deca-bombs). The character can be hit three times before dying and health packs restore the life bar.The player commands the astronaut in search of the pods. He is able to move around, jump, shoot with a basic laser gun and interact with the environment by pushing around boxes. The gameplay is non-linear and the environment can be explored in different directions to locate and destroy the pods in any order. Obstacles in the environment also include moving platforms, electrical lasers, spikes, lava, turrets and doors that are only unlocked after locating a key. Checkpoints can be activated at regular intervals. |
| AI War: Fleet Command | 2009-05-14 | Arcen Games, LLC | Arcen Games, LLC | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | AI War: Fleet Command takes place after an eight hundred year long human civil war. The humans now have been forced to cooperate to counter a new threat, one that was created by themselves. The AI's used under the war learned to cooperate against their old masters and launched a new war. The game is a space based real strategy game that also incorporates elements from grand strategy games as well as tower defence games. The game's campaign, which is procedurally generated, can be played in single player or by up to eight players cooperatively against two AI controlled players. The AI's are designed to not be like humans and therefore follow their own rules. There's different kinds of AI's available each with its own distinct tactics. The player starts out with a home command station which is the most vital unit in the game. Once it is destroyed it is game over. In the same way the main objective is to destroy the command stations of the AI's. The galaxy consists of numerous planets which the player moves between with the use of worm holes. These can be captured by both the player and the AI. Prior to moving to new planets it's important to build scouts that can gather intelligence about the enemy. Four different kinds of resources exist in the game: knowledge, metal, crystal and energy. Knowledge is needed to unlock new technologies that can be used to unlock new units. To get knowledge the player needs to build science labs. There's no infinite amount of knowledge available and therefore after all knowledge from a planet has been extracted the player needs to move on to another planet to get more. The player will need to build ships and for this metal and crystal is required. Both are gathered with the use of harvesters. It is also possible to build factories that converts one resource to another. Energy is used by ships and is produced by building reactors. To capture enemy planets the player has to build up his military forces. Battles in AI War: Fleet Command are in large scale and often involves hundreds if not thousands of units. With the use of a space dock it is possible to build numerous different ships depending on what technologies has been researched. The most basic ship types are bombers, cruisers, fighters and frigates but more can be built with the right technologies. To capture a planet the player needs to destroy the AI's command station and replace it with one of his own. To attack the player only needs to move his units within range of the enemy and they will automatically attack, although it is also possible to target specific enemy units. Some enemy buildings can be captured such as factories and research stations. By capturing these the player gets access to new ships types and can upgrade his current ships further. The player also need to defend the planets he has captured. This is done by building turrets, most effectively around the wormholes so to make it hard for the enemy ships to enter.The strength of the AI is indicated by an AI progress level. The higher it is the larger and powerful force will they send at the player. Therefore it is important to pick the right planets to capture so that the AI doesn't get too angry and decides to crush the player. It's possible to lower the AI progress level by destroying the AI's data centers. In that way the amount of and level of ships they send will be lower. |
| Dragon Portals | 2009-05-14 | MythPeople | MythPeople | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | While searching for her cat, Mila finds a dragon amulet. Later that night she goes to sleep, expecting an ordinary day the next morning. Instead, she is awakened by a strange old man. It seems that friendly dragons have been bound to the Earth by dark magic. Mile, it turns out, is a descendant of the dragon sentinels. It is up to Mila to open the Dragon Portals so the dragons can be free.Dragon Portals is a match three game. To make a match, click a sphere. This sphere will drop to the row below. This will either complete a row of the same spheres on the lower row or, by removing that sphere, will allow the other spheres to come together to complete a row of three or more. You can only drop spheres that, when dropped, will complete a three-way row. If you drop a sphere below and, in doing so, you make a row of three or more on two rows at the same time, both rows will clear and reload and you will receive the points. If you take too long making matches, the dragons will fall to the Earth and you must retry the level.As you progress through the game, you will earn power ups. These can be Thor's Hammer, that will clear an entire row or Hand of God, that reorders the rows so all the colors are together. In between levels, you may be asked to take some photographs of dragons by the Meland Natural Society. You will have a picture of a dragon and must find that dragon with your viewfinder. Get the target near the eye for best results.After you have played to a certain point in the game, you will unlock two other game modes, Survival and Islands. In Survival, you will select from among the power ups you have gathered so far. You will then try to stay aloft, making matches, as long as possible with only that power up for help. In Islands,. you will select a land. You will have all possible power ups that you have thus far acquired and, again, will try to stay aloft as long as possible by making matches. |
| Downfall | 2009-05-15 | Harvester Games | Harvester Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Downfall is an independent point-and-click adventure game with a distinct horror theme. When the couple Joe and Ivy Davis seeks shelter at the Quiet Haven Hotel, Ivy experiences a panic attack. Unable to take control, it gets worse and she eventually disappears. Joe is left behind and notices something strange is going on at the hotel, with a storm raging outside. While exploring the hotel, he discovers a party where the birthday girl keeps crying, surrounded by silent guests, voices come out of the walls and the people have strange dreams.Players guide Joe and eventually multiple characters through more than 70 hand-drawn locations. Parts of the scenery are often entirely in black and white, only with vague hints of colour and red splashes of blood. There are many horror elements with explicit scenes, and the character is controlled through the mouse where the two buttons are use to interact with or examine an object. Items are stored in an inventory where they can be combined or used in the environment. |
| Speedway Liga | 2009-05-15 | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Motorcycle | | | | | Windows | Speedway Liga is a motorcycle speedway simulation game. It features 24 real teams and 13 tracks from Poland, one of the most popular sport out there.The player can choose between four racing modes: training, single race, single match, and league. In league mode, the player starts with a selected team in the first division. Each racing event consist of several four laps rounds, however the player is allowed to participate only in a limited number of rounds. The rest are conducted by AI, where the player can only manage team drivers order. The results of event are calculated by points, given for finishing place, which decides the winning team in the end. Through time, team might move to second division and super league.Between races, several activities might take place: placing the stakes on events outcome, shopping for new spare parts (they affect the motorcycle in various ways and should be repaired over time), tuning the bike and test driving it.The game also have multiplayer over LAN or Internet, and team editor. Simulation mode can be set to arcade or realistic. |
| Springdale: Över stock och sten | 2009-05-15 | PAN Vision AB | Hidden Entertainment AB, Pixel Tales AB | Adventure, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Springdale: Över stock och sten is one of four games in the Springdale series released at the same time. Each game in the series is an area of Springdale that is connected to the others through a central island. The player takes control of a young girl who get to enter the horse riding world of Springdale and ride many different types of horses. In addition to riding the horses the player gets to work in the stable where she learns about how they should be taken care of. The world of Springdale is fully rendered in 3D and the player moves around it from a third person perspective. The player will come across different characters that she can interact with and retrieve quests from. Often these quests involve challenges where the player has to complete a race within time. When a quest is completed the player is awarded with money and her reputation increases. With the money the player can buy new clothes for herself or equipment for her horse. An increased reputation leads to more horses available to the player. While riding the horses it is important to be aware of their needs. They need to get water when thirsty and get fed when hungry. The player also needs to groom the horse as well as fix its hooves.The game has a built in course editor where the player can create her own jumper courses with different kinds of obstacles. |
| Star Wolves 3: Civil War | 2009-05-15 | 1C Company | Elite Games Team | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Large-scale battles have become a vestige of the past, depleting resources of conflicting parties. Settled space, where welfare and order had reigned, has become a cemetery for dead ships which is flooded with pirates and adventurists. Complete impunity, black market flourishing where gun and tech trade is on the move, arbitrariness and anarchy – the Galaxy has become a real dangerous place. Events in the Universe and its habitant’s destiny are completely up to player’s choice and tactical decisions. Star Wolves 3: Civil War is a sequel to the popular real time strategy with RPG elements. Original large-scale scenario, closely tied with the first part of intergalactic epic helps the player influence the ongoing events and foreordain one of many endings. Free roam, free mission selection, free team forming – the world of Star Wolves waits for its heroes. Huge world: 110 highly detailed star systems in different parts of the Galaxy. Non-linear story: several endings and additional quests create a complete game universe. New characters and skills: form up a team of your dream; teach your companions new skills. New participant in the intergalactic conflict: the Space Fleet of a New Empire, equipped with its own spaceships. A number of new base ships and fighters with unique specifications and original weapon types and equipment. |
| Tunnel Rats | 2009-05-15 | Boll AG | Replay Studios GmbH | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Asia, Cold War | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Tunnel Rats is based on the movie of the same name. The player takes the role of Brooks, an American soldier during the Vietnam war. He is lost in the jungle and needs to fight to survive. As the name suggests the most time is spent in Vietnamese tunnel mazes. Besides the occasional Vietcong the main danger comes from deadly traps. If the player sees them in time he can defuse them by solving a mini game where he needs to press a button in the right timing.Some sections of the game are set in the jungle which basically reverses the gameplay focus: more shooting, less traps. Most of the story is told in traumatic flashbacks. The handling follows FPS standards with one exception: health is gained back by cutting off the ears from killed enemies. There is no manual saving but a checkpoint system. |
| Afterlife 2: Rickard's Journey | 2009-05-18 | RjB Software | RjB Software | Action | Diagonal-down, Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Afterlife 2: Rickard's Journey is a narrative platformer, in which protagonist Rickard Bronson returns to the Thirteen Realms of Hell to complete the journey of discovery he began in Afterlife: Rickard's Quest, and foil the plans of the mysterious enemy whose theft of the Cruciforms initiated the story of the original game.The gameplay takes a different approach to the first game, seeing Rickard make his way through the game on foot, in the more traditional style of the genre, rather than by balloon - but as in the series' first installment, various features and additional modes of play are unlockable within the game. |
| Asami's Sushi Shop | 2009-05-18 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Gestalt games | Puzzle | 1st-person, Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Managerial / business simulation, Tile matching puzzle, Time management | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Your grandfather, a master sushi chef, is retiring and handing the business over to you. Master the art of making sushi, keep the customers happy and keep your grandfather's legacy alive.Asami's Sushi Shop is a match-three game with a bit of time management thrown in. In the main part of the game, customers sit at your counter and decide on their selection. Using your mouse, swap two items so as to create a straight line of three or more of the same of whatever the customer wanted. You must sell to the required coin amount to clear the level. Don't take too long or the customer will become frustrated and leave. If a customer is getting frustrated, you can give them a candy to appease them. A customer may request other things after they get their food, like a Maneki Neko ("Beckoning Cat" statue), wasabi (a strong flavored Japanese condiment) or gari (sweet pickled ginger).If you make a match of four of the same items, you get a dragon bonus. This will clear an entire row or column of sushi depending on the direction it faces. If you match five of the same, you get a double dragon bonus that clears both a row and a column. Randomly, you will have a present that when clicked will give you money or candy. Also, randomly, a bag appears that when clicked will scatter coins. You then must click the coins before they disappear. Every so many levels, you fly back to your grandfather to master a sushi preparation technique, mostly in making makizushi (rolled sushi). In these, you will have the makisu (bamboo mat) already covered with a nori (seaweed sheet). When the items at the bottom are at the correct spot, you will place the shari (sushi rice) and other ingredients, roll the sushi and cut it. If done right, you will have mastered the lesson. |
| NecroVisioN | 2009-05-18 | 1C Company, Aspyr Media, Inc. | Farm 51 Group S.A., The | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | World War I | | | | Mature | | Windows | In 1916 at Verdun, the Germans discovered a cave with strange gems in it. Named Red Lantern, they react with dead tissue and bring it back to live - at least in a zombie-kind of way. German doctor Jonas Zimmermann sees a big opportunity in this and begins to experiment on corpses of dead soldiers and soon the trenches are filled with hordes of zombies and other vile creatures that kill everything that stands in their way although they do not really like it and look for the Chosen One to free them from their miserable existence.Simon Bukner from Texas did not expect to sit in a trench in the middle of the Battle of Verdun when he signed up in early 1916. But as the American commanders execute a massive counter-offensive on the German forces at the beginning of December, things get much worse as the Americans approach the German trenches. And soon Simon finds himself on a path to put an end to Zimmermann's research.The player jumps into the body of Simon and has to fight his way through hordes of Germans, zombies and gas clouds alike in a standard first person shooter fashion. Besides his very important gas mask, he is aided by several kinds of weapons including a shovel, pistols, machine guns, rifles and a mysterious glove called ShadowHand. The ShadowHand requires adrenaline to work which is earned by performing combos on enemies. The player also needs to have unlocked the deadly spells he wants by beating the corresponding challenge before the ShadowHand does anything useful. If enough adrenaline is available, the ShadowHand also allows to resurrect fallen enemies and lets them fight on your sight for a short while.The player gets other bonuses by performing combos including a short slow down of time after two headshots. After a combo has been successfully executed, the Fury timer starts. Doing another combo during this time fills up the Fury meter and allows for unleashing even more powerful demonic powers. To increase the amount of Fury the player can collect and use he needs to find hidden artifacts during the course of the game or by going into the challenge room.The challenge room not only gives the player direct access to each individual campaign level that he has already finished but also contains several challenges like killing 50 zombies with only a shovel and a pistol. Successfully completing these challenges then grants the player access to new spells for the ShadowHand or new weapons.Instead of a traditional health pack system, the game employs a mix of both automatic regeneration and health packs and a berserk mode. Once the player is near death, time slows down giving the player a chance to still get out of the mess alive if he manages to avoid damage for a few seconds until the automatic regeneration kicks in. But the automatic regeneration won't fill up the health bar to the top. This is something only health packs, scattered around the levels, can do. The game also features multiplayer for up to 8 players. The game modes include Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Artifact (a CTF-variant) and Last Man Standing. |
| Terminator: Salvation | 2009-05-19 | Equity Games Productions AG, Evolved Games | GRIN AB | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | In an attempt to make their country safer, the U.S. military obtained the technology and patents to an experimental computer program from the destroyed Cyberdyne Systems Corporation, using it to network its various combat systems to link up globally and build robotic troops to replace its human components, this program was called Skynet. However, in July of 2004, the U.S. military computers are besieged by a computer virus that seems to have spread throughout the nation, affecting anything electronic. In an attempt to combat this threat, the military brings Skynet online to destroy the virus, unaware that the attack is actually a trick and soon after being brought online, Skynet becomes sentient and launches an attack on its biggest threat...mankind. One hour after becoming sentient, it launches a nuclear barrage across the globe, striking key cities, destroying military assets and bringing mankind to the brink of destruction. This day is known as Judgement Day.Twelve years later, the survivors of Judgement Day are in desperate need of salvation as Skynet uses machines to hunt down and wipe out mankind. However there is a hope, a man by the name of John Connor who has fought Skynet in the past as it has sent machines known as Terminators into the past, once before he was born, when he was a teenager and right before Judgement Day. Knowing how to combat these machines, Connor fights alongside a branch of Resistance fighters in the wasteland formerly known as Los Angeles, trying to stop Skynet while protecting his squad as well as his wife from being wiped out.While the game does share the name of the 2009 movie, it does not follow the plot of the movie, instead it is set two years before in 2016 and bridges the gap between Terminator 3 and Terminator Salvation. The player takes control of Connor as they transverse through apocalyptic settings, fighting off terrifying machines that range from HK's (Hunter Killers), T-1 tanks, spider machines, motor terminators and the dreaded T-600, attempting to rescue captured soldiers while encountering other characters to help them in their quest.The gameplay is mostly a third-person shooter, similar in style to Gears of War, where the player uses weapons such as small caliber firearms, larger assault weapons, grenades and rocket launchers to fight off various ground and air enemies while using various obstacles for cover from enemy fire with some on-rail vehicle shooting stages scattered in between. Players can only carry two weapons at a time, but can swap them out for other weapons (however, they can not pick up weapons from fallen Terminators) and can carry one type of throwing weapons (grenade, pipe bomb, etc.).The story is told through pre-rendered CGI cutscenes and does not feature any online multiplayer functions, but does have an offline two-player split-screen co-op mode that allows two friends to fight side by side in the story mode. Additionally, actors Common and Moon Bloodgood lend their voices to the games to reprise their roles, but does not feature the voice of Christian Bale as John Connor, instead Gideon Emery voices Connor. Rose McGowan also lends her voice to the game as well as Kelly Hu. |
| Youda Marina | 2009-05-19 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Youda Games Holding B.V. | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | bigfishgames.com (from Ad Blurbs) Youda Marina brings together all the fun of landscape design with exciting Time Management action! Build the Marina of your dreams and get some sun and fun each time you play. Be creative with your exotic harbor and have fun managing its everyday problems. As the harbor master you will be responsible for keeping all your Marina visitors happy and spending money. Create the most beautiful marina in the world!
Astonishing upgrades
Relaxing tropical vibes
Design a marina!
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| Anno 1404 (Pre-Order Pack) | 2009-05-20 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Limited Fan-Box of Anno 1404 includes:
Anno 1404 key ring
Exclusive poster showcasing an Anno 1404-artwork
Two special postcards
Exclusive downloadable content:
Exclusive ship
Unique emblem which shows up in the game on the sails of the player's ships as well as all over his city |
| Commander: Europe at War | 2009-05-20 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Firepower Entertainment, Slitherine Software UK Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Commander: Europe at War is a turn based strategy game taking place during World War II. The player can opt to play as the allies or axis forces in a game that spans the entire European chapter of the war. Or play one of the 6 included scenarios such as Operation Barbarossa, D Day or the Grand Campaign.The game is presented on a map of Europe, part of the US and Africa with a hexagonal grid. There are 12 different types of units and historical commanders that can be put in charge of certain units. The player can also put researchers to work on 50 different inventions that can give you an advantage in the war. The outcome of individual attacks is determined by a number parameters such as morale, supply lines, equipment and training.Multiplayer is possible in hotseat, online or through play-by-email. |
| The Path: Prologue | 2009-05-20 | Tale of Tales BVBA | Tale of Tales BVBA | Adventure | Behind view | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Path: Prologue is meant as a demo of the game The Path to show the general atmosphere, but at the same time it serves as a prologue to the full game and contains gameplay not present in the commercial version.Set in the same environment, players control the girl in white, a character from the full game. She can follow the path or opt to explore the surroundings woods. There, she can visit key locations of the girls in the game, but it is unclear whether chronologically it takes place before or after the events. The locations are abandoned, except for dark clouds of smoke that mark them.The general gameplay is similar, but there are no other items to be found, or special forms of interaction. That way, it is representative for the setting, but not for the forms of interactivity in the full game. Also, unlike the full version, it is easy to return to the path. It is possible to collect up to 144 flowers in the forest, but it does not have any effect on the gameplay. |
| The Thrill of Combat | 2009-05-21 | Messhof Games | Messhof Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Helicopter | | | | | Windows | The Thrill of Combat is an independent game by Mark Essen (messhof) for one or two players cooperatively. Players control a pair of organ hunters aboard a helicopter with the goal to collect a number of hearts, lungs, livers, kidneys, pancreata, and intestines. For each game session, the helicopter leaves a ship on the sea and heads towards nearby land, randomly generated and crowded with people. While steering the craft (based on throttle speed as well as the position of the nose to steer), a gunner to the side of the helicopter can fire a laser at the humans on the ground. The game is controlled using both the mouse and the keyboard.When a few have been shot down, the gunner can parachute his way down and will start to operate the humans to remove their organs. At that point, the game area is divided into two screens. While performing surgery to remove the vital organs by encircling them carefully with a laser, the player still needs to steer the helicopter that has become defenceless, on the other side of the screen. When an organ has been cut out, the helicopter can lower a rope to bring the gunner/surgeon back aboard and head back to the base to unload the organ.Only one organ can be carried along, but based on the amount of damage done, different organs can be chosen from. The humans will defend themselves with lasers and there are also turrets that fire rockets. Even though it is possible to play the game alone, a second player makes the game a lot easier. The helicopter itself is very hard to control, with glitchy movement, accompanied by flashing colours and pounding music. The graphics have a distinct retro look.Per game session, there is only a single chance to collect all items on the list, without continues, making it extremely difficult to complete the game. |
| Damnation | 2009-05-22 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Blue Omega Entertainment, Point of View, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | Steampunk | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | After the end of a brutal civil war America is in chaos. But although one war has seen it's end, another is about to begin as on one side Prescott Industries (PSI) destroys everything in their way to re-establish the old order. On the other is Hamilton Rourke, former captain of a destroyed regiment, with a group of rebels called "Peacemakers" fighting for freedom and revenge with the hopes to save America from total destruction.Damnation is a third-person shooter set in a steampunk-universe with the player taking over the control of Rourke, fighting through hordes and hordes of enemies as well as jumping from roof to roof and other climbing exercises in order to accomplish his objectives like freeing a prisoner or shutting down a factory. On his side the Indian healer Yakecan and the cowboy Ramon Sepherius Zagato. Of course the enemies don't just drop dead by the sight of Rourke and his friends. Instead everyone can carry around three weapons. Two big ones like a shotgun, grenade launcher or sniper rifle and one pistol which also includes gear like the railroad-spike-gun. In addition the players have access to trip-mines that can either be thrown or planted but always have to be triggered manually.
Since the levels are huge and traveling on foot sometimes is either not feasible or possible, steampunk bikes stand ready for the players to be used in two different designs. The small version carries two persons with one being the driver and the second one standing on the back shooting everything in sight. The second version allows for two gunners on the back.The game also features several multiplayer modes including two-player coop with one player taking over the control of Rourke and the other of Zagato. Also available are Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and King of the Hill for up to eight player pitting PSI against the Peacemakers. |
| Righteous Kill 2: Revenge of the Poet Killer | 2009-05-22 | Merscom LLC | Media Art, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | A NYPD detective called Erica is assigned to the investigation of a series of murders by the "Poet Killer", a criminal that leaves notes with short verses on the crime scenes.Like its predecessor, Righteous Kill 2: Revenge of the Poet Killer is a hidden object game loosely based on a movie license. Most of the time, the objective is to collect all the objects listed at the left side of the screen, on locations depicting crime scenes and other places that take part of a police procedure. A badge at the top of the list serves as the hint button, highlighting the position of one of the required items when clicked, but taking some time to recharge after use. Some of the objects are stored in the inventory to be used later, to solve puzzles by dragging and dropping them on logical places on the screen.The cursor changes to a magnifying glass when hovering over certain parts of the scenery, opening a interactive window showing another viewing angle of the location. They usually contain some of the list items, and inventory objects can be used on them as well.Some of the puzzles take place on a separate screen, where the player must dust the collected evidence to gather fingerprints, reassemble a shredded receipt, click on the differences between several security camera images and perform other similar tasks. |
| Rockabilly Kid | 2009-05-22 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Rockabilly Kid is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features a classic inventory and actions are can be controlled via mouse and keyboard.Story:
You play as a kid named Billy and want to go to a gig, but he does not have enough rockabilly. So your goal is to do something about it.
The game was a MAGS entry for May 2009. |
| The Gutter | 2009-05-22 | | | Adventure | Behind view | | Comedy | | | | Jan Willem Nijman (JW) | | | | Windows | The Gutter is a parody of Tale of Tales' experimental game The Graveyard. Instead of controlling an old woman in a graveyard, players direct a drunk bum through a deserted street. The controls mimic the original game, with a slow pace (here induced through liquor) and the straightforward path.The bum is unable to walk straight and based on a number of the players' actions, he will go to sleep or vomit. There are a few different surprises to explore. Another jab at Tale of Tales, the authors present it as a demo version and promise to add the option of death to the game if you donate five dollar. |
| Mysterious Worlds: The Secret of Oak Island | 2009-05-23 | Cerebral Vortex Games | Cerebral Vortex Games, Furi Enterprises Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A man receives his grandmother's house as inheritance, along with all the pending bills. While rummaging through the things left at the place, he finds her diary with notes about an ancient pirate booty buried in Oak Island, Canada. He starts to investigate about the legend, hoping to finally discover the elusive lost treasure.
Mysterious Worlds: The Secret of Oak Island is a hidden object game based on the mystery surrounding the famous "Money Pit", a deep shaft rumored to contain buried riches. Most of the time, the objective is to find and collect a series of objects listed at the bottom of the screen within a time limit, on locations related to the case. At the start, the player has to choose between two difficulty modes to play with more or less time.There are five tabs at the top of the list, each for a different device. They become available progressively through the game. The scanner reveals hidden codes, the magnifying glass helps when searching for small items, the night vision and x-ray goggles reveal obstructed and concealed objects and the scuba gear is necessary to dive underwater. A compass at the left side acts as the hint button, replacing the cursor and spinning fast when far away from one of the required objects, and slowing to a halt when near and over one of them.Pages found on the locations describe the history of the pit, and the failed attempts to find the treasure. Between the hidden object scenes, there are some puzzles that take place on a separate screen. They are jigsaw puzzles with maps and broken artifacts, and cryptographic puzzles where a text has to be deciphered by replacing its symbols with alphabet letters. |
| Delta Force: Xtreme 2 | 2009-05-26 | NovaLogic, Inc. | NovaLogic, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Contemporary | Helicopter, Tank | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Unlike its predecessor, Delta Force: Xtreme 2 is a completely original installment of the Delta Force series featuring two campaigns with five missions each during which Team Bravo hunts down a drug lord called "Desert Rat".To deal with the 100+ enemies scattered around each of the very large maps, the player has access to 20 faithful recreations of modern weaponry ranging from pistols over assault guns and rifles to RPGs. In addition various types of grenades wait to be used for the greater good. At the beginning of each mission, the player chooses his weapon's loadout and is only able to change it once he gets killed. Once killed in single-player, he respawns at the most recent checkpoint. In multiplayer he can instead choose from multiple checkpoints depending on the success of his team in holding them. As opposed to the previous installments of the series, all the driveable vehicles in the game now regenerate health automatically when not shot at, as does the player.Multiplayer features five game modes, including King of the Hill and Team Deathmatch, that are played out on more than 40 different maps with up to 150 players. In addition a co-op mode is available in which the single-player campaign can be played through with friends. Also included is a Mission Editor allowing the players to design their own levels and missions. |
| Heartwork: The Game | 2009-05-26 | Kitty Media | Active Software | Adventure | | | Adult | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Yuu Asakura lives a boring existence, spending most of his free time lazing around with his friends - until a random mix-up on the train ride home changes his life forever. Yuu realizes that his bag has been switched with one that belongs to an assassin, containing a kill order with details of a target alongside a cursed pistol that instills bloodlust into its wielder. Oblivious to the danger ahead, the mild-mannered university student takes the pistol into his hands and finds himself thrust into a world of manic debauchery and violence. Can he control the gun, or will the gun control him?Heartwork is an erotic thriller visual novel. As with most visual novels, the player interaction is limited to periodically making choices that determine the progression of the story. Heartwork features explicit scenes of sex and violence and a high amount of bad endings, should the player make too many mistakes. |
| Mr. Danger's Contest | 2009-05-26 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Mr. Danger's Contest is a free classic point-and-click adventure game. You control the game with the mouse and have access to an inventory. The player takes the control of James Mc Manus who lives on his own. He has the special ability to control magnetic fields and can therefore manipulate metal objects. One day he gets invited by the mysterious Mr. Danger to compete in a challenge with other special people. The winner will get rewareded with millions of dollars. The game was a candidate for the MAGS special competition in May 2009. |
| Takishawa is Dead | 2009-05-26 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Takishawa is Dead is a difficult platformer presented in a 3D world. The player controls a character who hunts a dangerous criminal that goes by the name Takishawa. A big reward is promised for whoever captures him. The game takes place in a world where different screens are connected through platforms with arrows. The aim of the game is to progress through the screen and try to find Takishawa.It is possible to interact with the different characters in the world, move around and jump. Additional keys control the camera zoom and rotation, needed to get a better view of the environment. Most of the game consist of jumping platform puzzles that require precise timing and a good sense of depth. There is an unlimited amount of lives, but save points can be accessed to continue from specific areas. The game is not entirely linear as there are often different paths to explore at the same time. |
| Yosumin! | 2009-05-26 | Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Aim at Entertainment, Inc., Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Yosumin is a tile matching puzzle game, where the player creates squares or rectangles with four identical tiles on the vertices. The main game screen shows a grid with several different shapes on each cell. The player has to click on a pair, by either selecting each tile or clicking and dragging from one to the other, to create a quadrilateral selection and make them disappear. All the tiles within the perimeter of the selected field become of the same type of the vertices tiles. Since the grid itself is a square, it is possible to remove all the tiles when every corner has an identical tile, in a move called "Yosumin!" by the game.The main objective of most levels is to collect a number of specific tiles, shown on tabs at the left side of the screen, within a time limit. In the final levels of each stage, the goal is to collect a glass shard by creating a square/rectangle around it. Creating a set of twelve or more tiles gives a time boost, while making a sequence of squares with the same tile type removes it from the board.Special tiles appear randomly on the board and give power-ups when collected. The Goldmin is a smiling gold square that can be used as a vertices tile for any combination, and gives extra time when collected. The Badmin is a black and spiky shape with an evil smile that shuffles all the other tiles. The Bigmin is a giant blue squiggly shape with a worried expression, taking the space of nine tiles. The Wingmin is an angry and red star-shaped tile with wings, that can be dragged and dropped anywhere on the grid. The Plusmin is a smiling and cross-shaped yellow tile, that can remove a cross of tiles. The Bossmin is similar to the Badmin, a big and black mustached tile that takes the place of nine tiles and shuffles the whole grid.The Windows version has two modes. In the Adventure Mode, a story is told between levels by cutscenes, describing a quest to recover the broken pieces of a stained glass shrine. There's no plot in the Endless Mode, only a succession of levels of increasing difficulty.The Xbox 360 version also includes a Battle Mode which can be played online or locally, along with the Endless Mode. Adventure Mode is available as an additional download. |
| Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded | 2009-05-27 | Sigma LLC | Sigma LLC | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Isometric | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Alien Shooter 2 -Reloaded is a large-scale sequel to the first part of Alien Shooter. This is the unique alloy of arcade action and RPG elements which combines well-established world of classical games and unmatched dynamics of the first part. Alien Shooter 2 - Reloaded is a modified version of the Alien Shooter 2 game. Sigma Team started working on it right after release of AS2, taking into account the players' wishes: Size of the full version installation file was reduced to 300 Mb, compared to 1Gb of the original Alien Shooter 2. Large installation file prevented users with slow connection from buying and downloading the game. Player upgrade parameters simplified. Now you don't need to develop separate skills for each weapon type, so you'll be able to complete the game using all the weapon types featured in it. Two new missions added. Now the game features 17 full levels. New individual shooting mode added - Gun Stand. You will use powerful military equipment to eliminate advancing enemy troops. As the game goes on, you will upgrade your weapon in different ways, and the right choice will let you win the battle! about 10,000 monsters on each map, showing up to 100 monsters simultaneously on one playing screen Arcade action combined with sophisticated RPG elements Many hours of game play with 17 missions 3 game modes: Campaign, Survive and Gun Stand And, to crown it all, dynamic music and sound effects Natural phenomena (fog, rain, water) A variety of playable characters, each featuring unique abilities Character upgrade facility More than 50 types of weapons - now you can not just kill but also burn, freeze and even diminish the enemies More than 20 types of handy gadgets - from flare guns, radar and medkits to battle drones and much more Red or Green blood selection Highly imaginative selection of enemies Reactive music which helps to drive the action |
| Alien Shooter: Revisited | 2009-05-27 | Sigma LLC | Sigma LLC | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Isometric | Windows | This rework version of the 2003 game Alien Shooter now features
a campaign with 10 missions
9 different weapons, starting with a submachine gun
three game modes (campaign, survival & gun stand)
improved graphics and sound
the possibility to upgrade the character with implants
and in-game shop where the player can buy additional gear |
| Clue: Accusations and Alibis | 2009-05-27 | RealArcade | HitPoint Studios | Adventure, Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | CLUE: Accusations and Alibis is a "hidden object" adaptation of the classic board game. The objective remains the same as in the original: to find the murderer, crime weapon and room where the crime took place before time runs out. Each of the mansion rooms is a separate hidden object location, where the player must find all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen. The flashlight button highlights the position of one of the required items, but removes some minutes from the timer as a penalty. Any type of clock can be collected for 15 minutes of extra time.After clearing one of the rooms, a gossip screen appears to start a rumor about one of the suspects, weapons and rooms. The suspects drop clues about the case based on this rumor, and these hints are automatically stored in a log. Four tabs are available at the top of the screen: game map, checklist, evidence and hint log. The game map shows an overhead view of the mansion with all the rooms visible, where the player can choose where to go next after finishing with one of them. In the checklist, the player can mark the suspects, weapons and rooms to keep track of case developments. When a suspect reveals some crucial information ("the axe was not the murder weapon"), the game automatically crosses the item with a red X. The player can review the items found on each room in the evidence tab, including the coat check tickets showing what kind of clothing the suspects wear at the time of the murder. The last tab is the hint log, listing all the clues received so far in the game.The accusation screen comes up after investigating all the rooms, where the player has to make a final statement about who the murderer was, what weapon was used, and in which room the crime took place. The game can be replayed with new items on each room, with some of them showing other viewing angles. |
| Restaurant Empire II | 2009-05-27 | Enlight Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Enlight Software Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Restaurant Empire II is a food establishment management game and the sequel to Restaurant Empire. The Campaign mode contains a remastered version of the story mode of the first game, as well as a new campaign with sixteen scenarios. In addition, the Sandbox mode is open-ended where custom goals and rules can be implemented. In the Campaign mode the player lives the life of the young chef Armand LeBoeuf.Two main views are used to manage the restaurant. There is a city view where the surroundings are shown and where it is possible to travel to different establishments, as well as other city venues. At the start of the game a plot of land or a building is purchased. Important factors are then the size of the restaurant and the general cuisine. Most of the time is however spent in the restaurant interior view. The building is decorated with objects, seats, rooms and textures, lighting and various accessories. Most items have at least two attributes, based on comfort and decoration (attractiveness). Not only the main rooms need to be designed, there needs to be a fully functional kitchen and restrooms as well.The next step is selecting recipes and adding these to the food menu. Depending on the type of cuisine (restaurant, coffee shop or dessert house), there are various offerings that can be gathered in up to five courses for a reasonable price. For each recipe the ingredients are shown, with the quantity, cost, and overall rating (choosing a lower quality rating helps the bottom line, but can keep customers unsatisfied for instance). Each recipe also has a certain cooking time and specific requirement for the kitchen. The game keeps track of the most popular recipes in the establishment through a ranking. There is a wide selection of suppliers, with some special ones that offer rare ingredients. The final step of the menu involves adding beverages and for instance splitting them up in lunch and dinner. Once everything is set and the staff is hired, the restaurant is opened. Management then includes watching over the preparation of the means, inventory management and making sure the customers are attended to. As in most managerial simulations there are many factors to keep into account: the amount of cash available, profit, seat occupancy, customer and staff satisfaction, ... At any time it is possible to demolish the building and start over, but also to upgrade the restaurant, both on the outside as well as the interior design.While playing it is possible to track every individual customer and view reports of the staff. There are also some special customers marked by a green arrow. These open up new events with a brief conversation. They offer rare ingredients, provide new supplies, or buy or sell recipes. In the campaign mode specific goals need to be met to progress through the scenarios. More complex management includes staff training, advertisements, loans, recipe research, specific policies, live performances, or for instance introducing a uniform for all staff members. Chefs can also participate in cooking contests to get a better rating and evolve to star chefs, making it possible to raise the overall menu price in the meantime. Managing chefs is a separate department, with assignments to specific types of food, an inventory of skills and ingredients, and an overall reputation.Next to the main game there is an Adventure mode where it is possible to walk around in the city and visit different locations or participate in cooking contests (also done through mini-games). In this mode additional items can be selected that can be stored in the inventories of the different chefs, to provide new ingredients or skills.Compared to the first game, there has been a large graphical overhaul, two new enterprise categories (coffee shop and dessert house, in addition to the restaurant that was already present), over 600 recipes from regional cuisines (German for instance, in addition to French, Italian and American from the first game), new interior themes, 700 new interior objects (in addition to the 700 already present), new locations to start a business (Munich in Germany is new for instance, in additional to Paris, Los Angeles and Rome), live performances to please customers, and more detailed recipe management. |
| Complete Shooter Pack | 2009-05-28 | Sigma LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The compilation of Sigma Team' Shooter series. Includes next:
Alien Shooter
Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded
Alien Shooter 2: Revisited
Zombie Shooter
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| Science Girls! | 2009-05-28 | Hanako Games | Spiky Caterpillar | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Science Girls! is a role playing game, featuring six girls of the local schools "Science Club". When one day suddenly monsters appear in the school and begin attacking both teachers and pupils it's immediately clear: The Science Club will save the world!You explore your environments in one of three different views: Inside buildings you get a top down view of the current floor, similar to a map of a building. Large outside areas (with the ability to see and avoid monsters) can be explored in a top down view similar to Zelda 3 or Phantasy Star III. During special events, story progression or when entering a room a visual novel interface appears, showing the scene as a background image and the characters in the foreground.Enemy encounters can only be avoided on the exploration view, otherwise fights are either scripted or random without any way to circumvent them. During fights the game switches to an isometric view; the fight system follows the style of classical RPGs of the SNES era: You can either attack, defend, use an item, swap positions, do a special action or try to flee. Swap positions may sound unfamiliar, but can come in quite handy, as only the three girls in the front row are allowed do actions. Use "Swap" to switch position with any character in the second row - but not only that, it's that character's turn immediately.Every character has both health and stamina points - the later ones are used for any action your character does (except swapping and defending) and only slowly regain in each round. This means that when leveling up your abilities your attacks will get stronger, but as you will also need more of your SP, you will be having to take a break in the second row more often.Every fight gains experience points which will get you level ups. You may choose to increase one of your basic stats (Health, Accuracy, Evasion or Special Ability points) or improve one of the (up to) five special actions of the character. |
| Adventure Collection 3 | 2009-05-29 | dtp entertainment AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
The Longest Journey
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey |
| Adventure Collection 4 | 2009-05-29 | dtp entertainment AG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection contains three adventures games with the topic of crime & mystery. The games within this compilation are:
Belief & Betrayal
Overclocked: A History of Violence
Undercover: Operation Wintersun |
| Antologiya S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Serebryannoe izdanie | 2009-05-29 | GSC World Publishing | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Antologiya S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Serebryannoe izdanie is a compilation which includes:Latest versions (in both Russian and Ukranian) of:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
And a bonus disc with:
Never previously published videos about the creation of the games
Drafts of concepts, plans and sketches
Best screenshots collection
Best art and sketches collection
Official soundtracks
«Klyk» («Fang») audiobook
Trailers and game videos
WinAmp skin |
| Birdie Shoot 2 | 2009-05-29 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | 1st-person, Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Birdie Shoot 2 is the successor of Birdie Shoot. Shoot everything that moves in 4 different landscapes. Many different animals and birds are included. Every hit awards you points for the high score list. 4 difficulties and one championship are included.
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| Brain Exercise with Dr. Kawashima | 2009-05-29 | Namco Bandai Games Europe SAS | Namco Tales Studio Ltd. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Mental training | | | | | | | Windows | Brain Exercise with Dr. Kawashima is the PC version of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!. The principle is exactly the same: The player solves mini games with a strict time limit, similar to a IQ quick test, and depending on his performance the game calculates his "mental age". This version features overall 36 mini games, e.g. finding the shortest way through a maze, memorization or logical and mathematical exercises.To improve his mental age the player can train the mini games individually and choose one of three trainers which accompany him through the test. The results can be saved as picture, printed or released in an online high score list. |
| Freedom Force: Freedom Pack | 2009-05-29 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Freedom Force: Freedom Pack is a compilation containing the following games:
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich
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| HomeMate | 2009-05-29 | Illusion | Illusion | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Nanao Inuzuka is a young boy who grew up in the Yuunagi Estate, a secluded mansion standing on the shore of a beautiful lake. The young man's duty is to manage the estate and take care of the three young Yuunagi sisters: Nanoha, Noa, and Yakumo. Needless to say that the second part of his duties far outweighs the first. The sisters are all alone in the mansion - so what are you waiting for, hero?..HomeMate is similar to SchoolMate in gameplay style: it is basically a simulation of sex. The point here is not to win the girls' graces through elaborate dating mechanics: the girls willingly submit themselves to the protagonist from the get-go. There is hence no "goal" in the game. Unlike in Schoolmate, the player can freely move the hero around and explore the 3D environments of the estate grounds. It is possible to interact with various objects (pick up small animals, sit or lie down, etc.), but most of the interaction is dedicated to the girls. The game presents a "creating" menu with wide customization possibilities. It is possible not only to dress up the girls in a variety of clothes, but change their physical characteristics, including some very intimate details.The sex scenes occur whenever the protagonist meets a girl and the player "clicks" on her. Like in many other Illusion games, HomeMate actually simulates sex: the player moves the mouse and the characters on screen interpret this as actual movements during sexual intercourse. |
| Treasure Seekers II: The Enchanted Canvases | 2009-05-30 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Artogon Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Nelly lost contact with her brother Tom, after he started to explore the Romanian castle of Totenkraft. She decides to go after him, and after arriving at the place she discovers a gallery of magical paintings, allowing the viewer to enter the canvas and walk around the painted scenery.Treasure Seekers: The Enchanted Canvases is a hidden object game with adventure elements. As the other Artogon's games using the same engine, it forgoes the traditional list of objects, showing instead a ring with gray pictures around certain hotspots on the screen.Most of the time, the objective is the same as in the previous titles: to drag and drop the required objects from the surrounding scenery into the circles. But some updates where made to the design in this installment. Now there's an inventory at the bottom, alongside the hint button and a list of pending tasks. The cursor is contextual, changing shape to indicate what form of interaction can be made when clicking. It turns into a hand for collectible objects, a talking mask to start a dialog with a character, gears when hovering over one of the ring hotspots, and into a jigsaw puzzle piece for one of the separate puzzle windows.Multiple windows and picture rings can remain opened at the same time on the screen. The inventory at the bottom works like in any point-and-click adventure, its contents can be dragged and dropped on logical places to solve puzzles. The puzzle windows must be solved to recover some necessary object, and generally present some sort of mechanism that must be manipulated directly. The hint button shows the exact position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use. The skip button appears and starts to slowly fill after opening one of the puzzle windows. There are two difficulty modes available at the start, casual and advanced, the main difference being the time that takes to recharge the hint and skip buttons. |
| Alpha Blood | 2009-06-01 | Abaraya | Abaraya | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Under the city there is an old ruin containing biological weapons from the old era. These weapons have been asleep but now they are starting to wake up. To avoid that these biological weapons comes up into the city the military have decided to take action. The hero (who can either be the boy Emilio or the girl Bertha) is a new type of biological weapon (the "α-BLOOD") developed from the technology found in the ruins. The player must now venture into the ruin and kill off the old bio weapons.From the in game menu the player can choose desired action: Plan for the week, train, buy weapons and so on. Training and buying weapons requires money and money is earned by killing enemies in the ruin below the city. For every level in the ruin a certain number of fights must be won before the player is allowed to enter the next level. In the ruin the player has two bars at the bottom of the screen: HP and ST. HP is health and ST determines how many time he/she can use selected weapon. Once any of the two bar reaches 0 the player is kicked out of the ruin.This game is similar to Abarayas earlier game Idiots. |
| Big Brain Wolf | 2009-06-01 | Frima Studio Inc. | Frima Studio Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Big Brain Wolf is an animated third-person adventure game with a warped sense of humour. You play as "Wolf" - while he may look like a traditional fairy tale character, Wolf is asthmatic, vegetarian and out of shape. Rather than chasing and eating things, Wolf prefers mental stimulation. The plot is a twist on the normal fairy tale mechanic, where the normal villains are turned into heroes and vice versa.Scattered throughout the game, and essential to progress through the story, are around 60 puzzles and 6 brain training exercises, developed by neuroscientists from Brain Center International. The game has a relatively basic interface, with 2D animation, limited inventory, and a hint system provided by your bipolar companion Genie. In order to recharge the hint system, you have to undergo further brain training exercises. Despite the cartoony graphics, the game is more aimed at teenagers and adults than young children, as some of the puzzles can actually be quite challenging, and some of the humor would likely be missed by younger players. |
| Finwick | 2009-06-01 | SmallGreenHill | SmallGreenHill | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Finwick is a puzzle-platformer game where the title character, who has just started his summer job at the Royal Mail, is making his first delivery, which takes him deep into the mysterious Fargrown Forest. Soon, Finwick discovers that something is very wrong with the forest, which is dying out and overrun with human-eating animals and mutant fish. To uncover the mystery of what is happening, Finwick must join forces with his friend Pentella and travel deeper inside, and below, the forest. The game consists of 79 levels, most of which involve the player switching between Finwick and Pentella to solve puzzles and get past obstacles. |
| Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy | 2009-06-01 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy includes:
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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| Hannah Montana: The Movie | 2009-06-01 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | n-Space, Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Hannah Montana: The Movie is based on the film of the same name. You can play in story mode or perform each song separately. There are also mini-games like bottle toss, frong hopping and horse racing.In story mode you will play through the story of the movie which takes you from the stages of Los Angeles to your home town of Crowley Corners. You also have to help Travis build a chicken house and find missing items. In between you have concerts where you will do dance moves, play keyboard, drums, guitar and sing with a microphone. The performance part is done by pressing keys or buttons in the correct order. Before starting the story mode you will have to complete a short tutorial where you will learn all the moves and the instruments. Completing tasks will give you tokens which you can use to buy more clothes, furnitures or items to your tour bus. |
| Lost City of Aquatica | 2009-06-01 | Camel 101 | Camel 101 | Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | In Lost City of Aquatica, the player controls John, an avid scuba diver who enjoys nothing more than diving deep into the ocean. On his latest dive, he meets the Sniffs, an underwater civilization that needs his help. John must help the Sniffs rebuild their once great city, by solving Match 3 puzzles, managing resources, and building structures.
The player earns resources by playing match-3 levels in the city's buildings (different types of buildings, earn different resources). The resources can then be used to build other buildings, or to buy spells and powerups. There are a total of 7 powerups, from bombs, to tile changers and magic hammers.
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| Tikibar | 2009-06-01 | Camel 101 | Camel 101 | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | Play as Tara, a lawyer who's taken a vacation to the island where she grew up - Tiki Island.
There she meets her grandparents and goes help in their bar. However, a powerful corporation, lead by the shady Mr. Prophit, wants to build a nuclear power plant on Tiki Island, and displace all the inhabitants!
Tara has to help run the seven Tikibars on the island, and prepare drinks, sandwiches, and ice creams to earn enough money to save the island.
There has 7 different areas (bars), and a number of upgrades and new machines (drinks and food) that can be bought to earn more money.
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| The Sims 3 | 2009-06-02 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | The Sims Studio | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Life / social simulation | Contemporary | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The Sims 3 is, like its predecessors, a real-time simulation game where the player controls the lives of one or more people in a family including their work life and social activities. In order to do so, at the start of the game the player creates one or more characters on the character creation screen which has been even more expanded since The Sims 2. Besides more choices in terms of look, clothes, colors and such, the player also chooses five personality traits from a set of 63 sorted in four groups "Mental", "Physical", "Social" and "Lifestyle" as well as a lifetime-goal. The personality traits influence how the Sim reacts to each event in the game. The trait "work-a-holic" for example makes the Sim love to go to work and allows him to use a computer at home to put in additional hours.The lifetime goal, on the other hand, is similar to wishes but requires a lot of work to get to. While granting wishes can be as simple as ordering a pizza, one lifetime goal requires the player to make his Sim a CEO of a big corporation which can't be done over night. As a compensation, the fulfilling of a lifetime goal grants the player a very large amount of lifetime points as opposed to the normal wishes. These lifetime points are used to buy numerous forms of relief including the ability to make the Sim immune to hunger. This allows the player to focus less on fulfilling the basic needs of a Sim but more on advancing his skills and socializing with neighbors, co-workers and other people in the city. The six needs themselves are the same as before including fun, hygiene and hunger.As opposed to its predecessors, the game isn't limited to the property a Sim owns with loading times in-between traveling to other places like family retreats. Instead The Sims 3 now simulates a full city the player's Sim is free to move around in and do what he wants, including working and socializing, but also buying groceries or books and visiting classes to further advance his personal skills. However, not every house can be seen from the inside. While the gym functions like a normal house with the ability to remove the walls and look inside, other places including the workplace, book store and hospital the Sim just enters and vanishes until his duty has been fulfilled there. The only influence the player can make in case of the workplace is how his Sim should go about his work. Should he work through lunch, get friendly with the boss or talk to his co-workers and such. All this influences both his happiness and his job performance and once his job performance reaches a certain level, he get's promoted which includes a higher pay and sometimes different work hours. during his visits the Sim can also collect stones, gems, metals, bugs, butterflies and seeds to be used in his garden, as decoration or jewelery. If he is really bored he can even go fishing at one of the lakes and rivers.With the money a Sim starts with and earns during the game, he either buys a pre-created lot or builds/expands his own house from ground up including all of the interior decoration. This time around stuff can even be placed in an 45° angle.The console versions introduce karma powers where players receive godlike powers to influence the life of their sims for better or worse. |
| Volvo: The Game | 2009-06-02 | SimBin Studios AB | SimBin Development Team AB | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Marko Hartikainen | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Volvo: The Game is a free, promotional title for the Volvo line of cars, developed by SimBin, known for the WTCC Race racing simulation series.Players can choose from a variety of Volvo models, including the S60 Concept, STCC S60, C30, S40, 850 and 240 Turbo Group A, to race on two tracks: the Gothenburg Eco Drive Arena in Sweden and the Chayaka course in Ukraine. There are detailed difficulty settings and a number of driving aids that can be turned on. The two main modes are Quick Race and Time Attack, but there is also an online multiplayer Competition mode.Basic track and driving aid settings include the number of opponents and race laps, AI difficulty, ABS, traction control, stability help and automatic clutch. There are different camera perspectives and a replay theater where all recordings of races are stored. The fastest times are saved and in the Time Attack mode a ghost of the best racing time can be enabled to race against. |
| Big Rig Europe | 2009-06-03 | Meridian4, Inc. | SCS Software | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Europe | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Euro Truck Simulator depicts the life of a long distance truck driver. Drive cargo and complete missions across Europe to earn money and unlock new trucks, all while driving through beautifully rendered scenery. The truck cabs are realistic and feature animated lights, wipers and indicators, and there are a number of different cities in which to play.The missions in Euro Truck Simulator typically revolve around picking up and dropping off cargo. The player can play the game in a structured career mode, which typically involves joining a cargo company and driving cargo around the city to its destination. There are keyboard controls to drive the truck with and to operate the lights, indicators and horn, however playing with a gamepad is also supported. Players can use the mouse to look around their truck cab and check their side mirrors while driving. |
| Antique Shop | 2009-06-04 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Meridian'93 | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | Arcade, Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Antique Shop is a game that combines the gameplay from two casual staples: the time management and hidden object genres. As the antique shop owner, the objective is to serve all the customers on time, before they get irritated and leave the place in anger.The main game screen shows a top-view of the shop interior and is vertically split almost at the middle, with the smaller left portion showing the counter and the larger right portion displaying the storage space. At the start of each round, the player has the option of buying new items and arranging the objects inside the storage for easy access. When the round starts, the clients start to arrive and wait at one of the available places on the counter. The player has to click on them to take their orders, that appear as speech balloons next to their heads. The orders are shown as pictures or text descriptions, and occasionally riddles about the required objects. After clicking on the requested items and the patron, one of the employees goes to the storage to carry them over to the client, following the chain of waypoints marked with numbers for easier tracking. As the satisfied patrons exit the premises, they leave their payments as coins over the counter, and this money has to be collected before new customers can take their place. The rounds have a time limit, displayed as a chronometer at the top of the screen.Several upgrades can be purchased on a separate screen to increase productivity and profit, gradually appearing as the shop gains status. Refreshments, music from a radio and magazine tables make the ambient more pleasant and the patrons less impatient. Marketing knowledge makes the shop wares more valuable. Employees can be upgraded to carry more items at the same time, and extra assistants can be hired to help. More space to the storage room can be bought to make new items available to purchase.In order to start a treasure hunting expedition, the player has to answer four riddles on the travel screen by purchasing one of the objects displayed on the shelves. At the travel site, the goal is to search and click on all the items from a list to find a hidden treasure. The hint button highlights one of the required items for a small price. Once found, the treasure unlocks a new shop to be acquired on the map screen. |
| The Sims 3 (Collector's Edition) | 2009-06-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This Collector's Edition includes:
The Sims 3
2 GB USB stick that looks like the game's iconic green diamond and contains wallpapers as well as screensavers
Download code for an exclusive Montalcino Fandango SE sports car
Tips & Tricks pamphlet containing beginners information
Three stickers
1,000 SimPoints |
| Alabaster | 2009-06-05 | | | Adventure | | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | This game presents a dark re-interpretation of the fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (here called dwarrows), where the evil queen with the magic mirror is most likely a demon-possessed witch, her pale step(?)daughter likely also a witch or perhaps even a vampire, and even the loyal woodsman charged with executing her in the woods may be more than he seems. It is this last character controlled by the player, primarily navigating to one of the game's 18 different endings by traversing through a path of some of the game's 415 conversation fragments with Snow White as she awaits her fate at the player's hands.As with Short's earlier magnum opus Galatea, the most significant gameplay elements here are conversational in nature, the outcome of dialogue exchanges changing the moods of the characters and revealing new knowledge that informs the possible navigation and (minimal) inventory-manipulation options at the player's disposal. Extraordinary verbs furthering this unusual gameplay include TOPICS, which proposes conversational threads to pursue, and THINK, which tabulates the sum of the knowledge thus far achieved through the conversations completed. Upon game completion, the player can also invoke the ENDINGS command to reveal which game conclusions have thus far been achieved -- some of which require more knowledge (derived from more conversation) than others.A further feature of the game is its dynamic illustration engine, collaging picture elements automatically depending on the characters' moods. |
| Dream Day Wedding: Viva Las Vegas | 2009-06-05 | I-play | Oberon Media Russia (Kenjitsu) | Adventure, Gambling | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A wedding planner receives a commission from a couple that wishes to be married in Las Vegas. Every little detail must be worked out before the ceremony, as the groom, the bride and her mother stay on the Palladium Resort hotel.Dream Day Wedding: Viva Las Vegas is another installment of the hidden object series with a wedding theme. The player assumes the role of the wedding planner, and most of the time the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the left side of the screen within a time limit, on various locations around the resort. The time restraints can be turned off at any point in the game at the options screen. In some instances, there's an adventure section where the list becomes an inventory, and objects have to be collected from the scenery to be used later. The stored objects can be combined, dragged and dropped on parts of the screen to solve puzzles. For example, a key can be used on a cupboard to open its doors. Sometimes, a bad situation comes up where the player has only a few minutes to collect all the objects in order to avert some wedding crisis.Some locations have mini-games that take place inside a window, and are common variations found on many titles: a game with two similar images, where the player has to click on the differences; a matching game where pairs of identical jewelry have to be found, and other challenges of the same type. The casino has some more original titles, like the card game "Tally 21", where the goal is to draw cards from a deck and arrange them in columns totaling 21 points. In the "Perfect Match Plus" game, a series of round chips revolve in circles around the screen, and the player has to flip them to find pairs of matching pictures.Occasionally, one of the characters makes a call to the cell phone, that starts to ring somewhere on the screen. Taking the call can help or hinder progress, by removing or adding new items to the list. Besides the list objects, most screens have golden dices and coupons scattered around the scenery. The dices give extra hints, that show the exact position of one of the required items. The coupons give extra cash that can be spent on decorations for the reception site. |
| Enemy Engaged 2: Gold Edition | 2009-06-05 | Koch Media Holding GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Gold Edition is a compilation of Enemy Engaged 2 and its sequel Enemy Engaged 2: Desert Operations. |
| Inugami: Doggy Dojo! | 2009-06-05 | Cybele, Miel, Norn | Norn | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Kazuma was born into a long line of martial artists. Growing up he was subjected to a strict training regimen by his father to prepare Kazuma to take over the family Dojo. Kazuma, who wants nothing more than to live his life on his own terms, tries to escape his father's hellish training in order to enjoy his final summer holiday as a college student but is quickly caught and then shipped off to a deserted island! Waking up with the barest camping supplies and a note from his father stating he cannot come home until he defeats 'the demon of Inugami Island.'With his summer plans effectively ruined, Kazuma searches for shelter and almost immediately runs into the big boss, the Inugami dog spirit herself! Kazuma, rather clumsily, explains his situation in a last-ditch effort to escape the wrath of the creature who not only understands his 'human speak' but shapeshifts into a fluffy-tailed maiden and the two come to a surprising agreement. In exchange for learning some secret doggy-style techniques from Tomoe to get his father off his case, Kazuma will provide her with his 'youthful essence~'Watch as Tomoe and Kazuma evolve from Master and Student into something... more over the course of their training on Inugami Island.Inugami: Doggy Dojo is the English localization of a Visual Novel originally created by prolific Japanese developer Norn/Miel. We at Cherry Kiss aim to provide an authentic Japanese Visual Novel experience to gamers outside of Japan. |
| Namco All-Stars: Pac-Man and Dig Dug | 2009-06-05 | Namco Networks America Inc. | Namco Networks America Inc. | Action, Compilation | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation has straight ports of both classic arcade games and enhanced modes with updated graphics and sounds. Each title is also available on separate releases made for the casual market. The launcher screen gives access to the games, where the player creates a profile that keeps track of high-scores and other game-specific statistics. The difficulty level, starting stage and enhanced or classic modes can be selected on the main menu of each game. The help button brings up a small window with basic gameplay instructions. The games can be controlled with joystick, keyboard keys or with mouse movements and buttons. |
| SYNSO: Squid Harder! | 2009-06-05 | Bagfull of Wrong | Bagfull of Wrong | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | SYNSO: Squid Harder! is the sequel to Squid Yes! Not So Octopus!. Just like the original game it is an arena shooter where the player controls a radioactive squid that needs to survive an alien invasion. The character can be moved in any direction and needs to shoot aliens that spawn in waves. Next to the visual improvements the game turns the original concept into four different worlds — available right away — where the squid needs to survive one, two, three or four minutes respectively. The scoring system is redesigned not to award points based on the minutes survived, but solely on killing aliens. More points are provided the sooner they are taken out. The squid only has a single life.While the original game was a single-screen shooter, the areas in this version has been made slightly larger to incorporate a small amount of scrolling when approaching the edges. Options include different effects, motion blur and turning modes, backgrounds and closed captions that can be toggled, autofire and a practice mode with invulnerability. |
| Summer Games | 2009-06-05 | Epyx Deutschland | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action, Sports | Side view | | | Mini-games | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Epyx Summer Games is a simulation of 10 different summer sports like swimming, high jump, or cycling races. The game can be played in a retro look which emulates the looks of sports games for the C64 or Amiga, remaking the '80s original. Up to 4 players can play against each other or the computer. |
| Cube Escape | 2009-06-09 | ActionXL, Inc. | ActionXL, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Cube Escape is a puzzle game where you direct a colored cube through mazes made of colored tiles. The cube moves by hopping or rolling onto tiles. In order to move, the color on the side of the cube must match the color on the desired tile. Besides the six colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple) there are blank tiles and elevator tiles that accept any color.There are two modes, race and puzzle. The goal in puzzle mode is to reach the end in the shortest number of moves possible. In race mode, your objective is to see how far you can get while staying ahead of the falling rows behind you and finding new paths that open up in front, conveyor belt style. Race mode does not use blank tiles or elevators.There is also a level editor for the game that lets users create their own puzzles and share them with others. |
| Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 | 2009-06-09 | Darklight Games | Darklight Games | Action | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | War | Tactical shooter | Europe, World War II | Tank, Transport, Vehicle simulator, Vehicular combat | Direct control | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Based on the award winning Red Orchestra: Ostfront, Darkest Hour: Europe ‘44-’45 is a free, online multiplayer, total-conversion mod that raises the bar for intensity, realism and emphasis on teamwork to crush your enemies and achieve victory. |
| Lost Secrets: Caribbean Explorer - Secrets of the Sea | 2009-06-09 | GameMill Entertainment LLC | centrum.pl, EEEZEE Products | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The pirate Francis Lafitte was severely wounded on his left arm while plundering and boarding a ship. Not trusting anyone, he went deep into the Caribbean jungle and buried his treasure in a secret place. After returning to Port Royal, the untreated wound became darker and his condition got worse, forcing him to send his daughter to retrieve part of the hidden booty to pay for a doctor.Lost Secrets: Caribbean Explorer - Secrets of the Sea is a hidden object game with a pirate theme. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items from the list at the top of the screen, on taverns, ship decks and other buccaneer-related locations filled with assorted objects. Three slowly burning candles sitting at the right side of the list show the remaining time left to complete the scene. Golden doubloons with an embossed Jolly Roger can also be found scattered around the scenery. They can be collected for extra hints, accumulating on a coin stack at the left of the list. The hint coins can be clicked to show the exact position of one of the required items.Occasionally, mini-games appear between the hidden object screens. They are implementations of well-known classic games, like jigsaw puzzles with maps, solitaire, dice throws for extra time, concentration/memory and a spot-the-differences activity where the screen is split in two similar images. |
| Prototype | 2009-06-09 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Sandbox / open world, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Alex Mercer has a problem or a gift - depending on the view. Thanks to a virus in his system he has several deadly powers and can change his appearance into any person he consumes which basically means the same thing as brutally killing the person he wants to be. Of course Alex didn't voluntarily get this "enhancement". Instead he was part of a genetic experiment at a company called Gentek. Having lost his memory about what exactly happened, he is now both looking for vengeance as well as his past. The second specimen, Elizabeth Green, on the other hand meanwhile infects more and more parts of Manhattan Island with a transmutation of the virus which converts people either into mindless zombies or brutal monsters.Prototype is an open-world game similar to Grand Theft Auto IV where the player controls Alex through a 3rd-person-view. He is able to freely roam about Manhattan Island with iconic scenery like Central Park and Times Square. But instead of stealing cars and mugging old ladies, Alex feels more like going the Spider-Man route. By sprinting against a wall, he is able to climb and jump up to the roof fast. Thanks to his supernatural jump ability and his invulnerability to falling damage, he can then traverse the city from above instead of making his way through rush hour. Of course monsters like hunters as well as the military have the means to reach him even up there. To defend himself, Alex has several powers at his disposal. He can lift heavy objects and throw them at enemies, making it easy to take down even a full-blown helicopter. He also has the already mentioned ability to shape shift into any person he manages to grab and consume. When done without being seen, it removes the heat from Alex and will, just as hiding does, eventually put his human pursuers back to sleep. The monsters on the other hand will keep at him. It also enables him to enter areas he couldn’t access before. Other powers include claws, a shield, fists like boulders that make for a good punch and powerful lash. At any time Alex can only use one of those powers and he has to unlock them first. This is done by investing the evolution points he gains for killing enemies and fulfilling objectives into upgrades.Divided into several categories, these upgrades increase for example his sprint speed, give him new abilities like said powers or enable him to do new moves like gliding through the air instead of just falling straight down. In addition some abilities like driving a tank or improving his ability to handle normal weapons can only be learned by consuming specific persons marked with a symbol over their head. This is also necessary to replenish his health and to uncover the Web of Intrigue. The Web of Intrigue fills in the blanks on Alex’s background and what happened to him at Gentek. Some pedestrians, military personal or police had more or less direct contact with Alex or the project he was part on and if he finds and consumes them, a short cutscene shows what he learns from that person. To keep an overview of his progress, the player can access a detailed map from the menu. There he can not only rewatch every movie but can also see what information connects with others, giving the player an understanding how every piece of the puzzle is connected.If the player isn’t doing the missions of the main storyline or destroying military bases or hives, he can find several different kinds of mini-games in the city. Ranging from kill/consume missions and waypoint races over the roof tops to fighting small skirmishes on either the side of the military or the infected. In any case the player gains additional evolution points depending how well he did. These mini-games are unlocked by progressing through the story line as well as by getting a gold medal in a mini-game. Another past-time that grants evolution points is the search for landmarks and hints hidden around the island. The more the player collects of these, the more evolution points he gets for it. |
| Blueberry Garden | 2009-06-10 | | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Blueberry Garden is a game about survival set in a hand-drawn world with a vibrant ecosystem. Players control a bird-like character that is able to move around, jump, fly, and pick and throw items. While exploring, trees and bushes can be found that produce different types of fruit with magical effects. By consuming these, the character is able to fly long distances, terraform the environment and breathe underwater.There are other friendly creatures also inhabit the world. They procreate, walk around and eat the fruit. By picking them up and moving them, the player can manipulate the environment to make sure not all items are eaten. Fruit can also be moved around to have it grow at other locations. That way the player is fully able to alter the environment, a technique required to complete the main goal of the game. Physics also play an important role to achieve this. The garden will be flooded slowly, and by gaining access to different kind of objects, used to construct a giant tower, the player needs to figure out a way to overcome this. It is possible to die when drowning in water (the character cannot swim), but it can start over again from the starting location right away, without having to replay parts.While carrying around fruit, it is possible to press a key to return to the starting point. Often, specific items will need to be used on a different location. There is no linear path to follow, the player can explore the garden in any direction. The game is meant to be played multiple times, to discover the different possibilities as well to find out about the two endings.The 1.1 patch adds Blueberry Playground, a play mode where the player can place fruits and creatures into the game world and see how they interact and a Museum Mode (for exhibition environments). |
| Hinterland: Orc Lords | 2009-06-11 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | Lenny Eusebi | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Hinterland is a game that mixes the gameplay of a city builder and of an action role-playing game (RPG).The king of a fantasy kingdom sends the player out on a mission to tame a wild territory of his realm. The player starts with an unoccupied town with but a single building. The realm map contains 20-50 randomly-generated areas, occupied by a group of enemies and some with its own resource. The objective of the game is to conquer all of these areas. For each area, the player may be granted a reward in addition to fame, ranging from a treasure chest to resource accessCity Building
Starting out with only an outpost, to survive future famine and hostile raiders, the player must develop the town by recruiting visitors, which arrive at the town from time to time and will stay in town for a few days and then leave or be told to leave by the player. These visitors have different professions such as farmers, guards, merchants, etc. Each profession has an associated skill which may provide useful to the player: Farmers, trappers, and herders provide food; Bards increase town quality; Innkeepers provide money and more visitors, etc.
Role-Playing
The player start out by selecting a character background (character class). There are 18 different classes to choose from, each with a description of their unique strengths and weaknesses, male or female genders, with a certain number of gender-specific portraits. At any time, the player may choose to leave the town and go out in the wilderness for some adventure, either alone or in company of followers (recruited visitors). The player's party may consist of up to four people including the player, each able to equip a maximum of four items consisting of a main weapon, an off-hand weapon (for two-handed weapons) or shield, armor, and an accessory.In each area of the wilderness, the player will encounter of enemies of different sorts, from animals to humanoids. Battles occur in a genre typical hack 'n slash way, where the player simply clicks on the enemy to attack until defeated. When player's character (and followers) defeat a monster, the player will obtain fame and sometimes loot (good, items, or food) from the fallen bodies. The total number of enemies in any specific area is made available to the player. When all enemies in an area is defeated, the player obtains additional fame and if that area has a resource, the town will have access to that resource (e.g. iron, herbs, etc.).Character development introduces three skills that may be increased: attack, defense, and health. Attack is increase by successful hits on the enemy, defense and health is increased by being hit by the enemy. The player and followers level up after reaching a combined amount of skill increases, allowing the character to level up. When reaching a new level, the player's character can increase one skill and choose a new special trait.
Winning and Losing
The game is won if the player defeats all enemies in the surrounding areas. The game is lost if the player dies of starvation, acquires a negative fame score while failing to increase it in a certain amount of days (prompting the king to fire the player), or in hardcore-difficulty only, death in combat.
In June 2009, an update introduced the new orc race as well as two new orc classes: the Orc Lord and the Orc Shaman. Orcs gain experience in combat faster, grow food normally, loot food from enemies, but eat twice as much as other races. The Orc Shaman differs from other magic-based classes, as it is the only class that may summon creatures by using animal parts. Both classes attract other orcs as followers. No non-orcs are available for recruitment. |
| Aveyond: Lord of Twilight | 2009-06-12 | Amaranth Games, LLC | Amaranth Games, LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Lord of Twilight is the first installment in the Aveyond 3: Orb of Magic series and the third game overall. It is a turn-based RPG where players have to solve puzzles and complete tasks, which progresses the storyline and helps the characters level up. The game is shown through an almost top-down perspective. The game contains five playable characters: Mel (spy), Edward (prince of Thais), Stella (healer), Te'ijal (vampire), and Galahad (knight). The story starts with Mel, a thief, who steals an orb from Darkthrop Keep. She is chased by vampires and meets Te'ijal (from the first game), who helps her out. They have to return the orb and prevent all evil from being unleashed. |
| Die Pizzeria | 2009-06-12 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Die Pizzeria is a match-three game with managerial elements. The player needs to combine at least three similar symbols in a horizontal or vertical line to make them disappear and make room for new symbols. If you can combine more than three, you get more points and power-ups show up. Per level a task has to be completed, for example collecting a specific amount of one symbol. Power-ups provide help. The faster you are, the more money you get which you can then use to improve your restaurant. |
| RailWorks | 2009-06-12 | RailSimulator.com Limited | RailSimulator.com Limited | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | Train | | | | | Windows | RailWorks is a train simulator. It is the successor to Rail Simulator. It allows the player to drive both steam, diesel and electric locomotives on eight different routes with many more being available as downloadable content. The player can choose between free roam driving and scenarios. Scenarios are activities with assignments that the player has to accomplish. This can for example include picking up passengers, delivering freight or to meet a timetable.The game can be played with three control methods each offering a different level of difficulty. These are simple, intermediate and expert. In the simple mode much is automatized and the player only has to handle three commands: speed up, slow down and change direction. The intermediate mode is more complex. Here the player has to increase or decrease the throttle, reverser, train brakes and locomotives brakes. In the expert mode he also have to handle dynamic brakes and handbrakes, warning systems, sander and power pickup. The driving can be done with either mouse or keyboard. When using the mouse the player simply points and clicks on the different controls in the cab. The game comes with a numbers of tools that can be used to create new content. This include a world editor for creating or new routes and a scenario editor for the creation of new scenarios. The following routes are available in the base game:
Oxford – Paddington (UK route set in 2006)
York – Newcastle (UK route set in 1978)
Hagen – Siegen (German route set in 1998)
Bath – Templecombe (UK route set in 1955)
Barstow – San Bernardino (US route set in 2005)
Hedborough North (fictional UK route set in 1968)
Seebergbahn (fictional Alpine route set in 2009)
CastleRockRailroad (fictional US route set in 2009) |
| Sky Taxi | 2009-06-12 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Sky Bros | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Sky Taxi is a 2D platformer where the hero Mich, part of the agency Resque Squad, is tasked by the Fairy Queen to save her fairies. The game consists of several levels usually slightly larger than the size of a single screen always with the same goal. Mich needs to save the fairies, avoid opponents and then exist the level.Before you start the game, you need to go to the training areas. There are also items to pick up such as fruit, glasses and treasure. Fruit replenished health. An extra life is provided for every 100 pieces of treasure collected. Some levels also have secrets with hidden, rare items. These rare items increase your attack or defense, and can also give you additional abilities. Enemies can hit or freeze you. Every 20 levels you fight a the boss. After defeating the first boss a Sky Taxi becomes available. It acts as a level select and can take you to the levels you've already played. There are also mini-games that increase your rating. |
| Train Your Brain With Dr. Kawashima | 2009-06-12 | BBG Entertainment GmbH, Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Chimera Entertainment GmbH | Educational | | Licensed | | Mental training, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Train Your Brain With Dr. Kawashima is a brain-exercising game meant for all ages. Dr. Kawashima guides the players with 30 specifically designed and scientifically tested exercises. Along with the goal of the games, he explains how the brain will be activated and developed by the training.Players can create a profile for each member of the family so each player can train his brain individually. Each exercise has an adaptive difficulty level and the game keeps track of the overall progress to alter the exercises accordingly. It also contains an online multiplayer mode where up to six friends can play together online or take part in an online competition. Communication between players is provided through animated picture messages.After the daily training has been finished, players can choose to solve a few sudoku puzzles or the puzzle game Brainstorm. The Sudokus were created by Nikoli, the inventor of the concept. |
| EVAC | 2009-06-14 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | It begins with a simple electrical fault and leads to the total destruction of a building and a mad dash to escape with your life! As fires spread out of control and floors collapse around you, you must run and jump your way to safety.EVAC is a short platform game, made in just three hours by Jonatan Söderström (better known as Cactus). The goal of each level is simple: You must reach the exit before the floors are totally eaten away by fire. The fire spreads from the left of each screen, and causes barrels to explode and scenery to fall.To underline the state of chaos, the color palette cycles at random and a glitchy-sounding tune provides audio accompaniment. |
| Party Down | 2009-06-15 | astragon Software GmbH | EleFun Multimedia Games | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Party Down is a time management game. Lead a catering service in Hollywood, choose your character and lead it to success. Provide food and drink to the guests and keep them happy with conversations and a full dance floor. Protect them from paparazzi, wild dogs and burning drinks. Finish 8 different parties with different stages on yachts, in ball rooms and night clubs. |
| Wallace & Gromit in Muzzled! | 2009-06-15 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Wallace & Gromit in Muzzled! is the third and second-to-last episode of Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures.The local dog shelter got hit by a storm and was destroyed. Now stray dogs terrorize the town and even damaged Wallace's new invention: the Inviniflavour. It's a ice-cream maker that can scan any item and use it's flavor to create a completely new kind of ice-cream. The reason he build such a vehicle is the upcoming Fundraise-A-Fair hosted by Monty Muzzle who wants to help the town raise enough money to rebuild the dog shelter. A noble cause Wallace of course wants to support. But does Mr. Muzzle really just want to help the town or are there more sinister motives behind his actions?The player takes over the control of both Wallace and Gromit but the player can't switch between both freely. Instead the story dictates which character is controllable. This time around the focus is on Gromit. Only for short section near the end the player will solve puzzles with Wallace. And although the game is a classic point and click adventure, it uses optimized controls to work for both PC and consoles. While the interaction with items on screen still work through a context-sensitive cursor, the player now moves the characters around directly instead of giving them move to-orders. Besides this change, the player still goes around the various locations, talks and interacts with people and collects everything that isn't nailed to the wall in order to solve the different riddles and advance the storyline. |
| BC Kings | 2009-06-16 | Strategy First, Inc. | Mascot Entertainment | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy, Prehistoric | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)BC Kings features several new elements not commonly found in strategy games. In addition to gathering resources, training an army and defeating the enemy, you will have to solve adventure and role-playing elements as well.
The campaign is built around the epic story of the brave hero Mradin, and his trusty old friend Giesnik. As you complete the main objectives, you'll run across several side-quests where you can earn Shell-coins that can be spent on upgrading your main characters. Along the way to victory you'll figure out the biggest mysteries of all time, like the purpose of Stonehenge and the mystery of the Yeti, and much more...
Story driven campaign with side quests and adventure elements
63 unique units
32 unique buildings
84 technologies to research
8 devastating magic spells
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| Ghostbusters: The Video Game | 2009-06-16 | Atari, Inc. | Terminal Reality, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Have you experienced feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or any of your family ever seen a spook, specter or ghost? If the answer is yes then don't wait another minute, pick up the phone and call the professionals...GHOSTBUSTERS!!! Ghostbusters: The Video Game is the first game in almost 20 years based on the Ghostbusters universe and features the actual voices of the original cast: Bill Murray (Peter Venkman), Dan Aykroyd (Ray Stantz), Harold Ramis (Egon Spengler) and Ernie Hudson (Winston Zeddemore), as well as Annie Potts, who reprises her role as Janine Melnitz, and William Atherton, reprising his role as Walter Peck, the team's nemesis from the first film. It also features the soundtrack from the first two films, as composed by the late Elmer Bernstein.The story (written by Aykroyd and Ramis) takes place in 1991, two years after the Ghostbusters vanquished Vigo and prevented him from taking over the world. Since then, the Ghostbusters have been overrun by the increasing number of spirits appearing in the city and has decided to add a fifth member to the team. This is where the player will step in, taking the place of the nameless "new cadet" of the Ghostbusters, hired to test Egon's new experimental equipment.Just as the "new cadet" is being initiated into the Ghostbusters, all hell breaks loose in the city as a massive amount of spirit energy has threatened to tear New York apart and it is up to the player along with his new employers to stop a familiar menace. The player will follow the Ghostbusters as they travel through familiar locales and fight familiar enemies including Slimer and the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man using authentic equipment including the famous proton pack and spirit traps to catch the many ghosts swarming throughout the stages. To do so the player must use the proton beam to wear down the ghost and once it gets weak enough, the beam will automatically latch onto the spirit and the player must set out a trap and guide the ghost towards it and keep it from escaping.There is also new equipment to be used that can be unlocked during later levels as well as being able to upgrade equipped items by acquiring money for catching and destroying ghosts (however money is also deducted for the amount of destruction the player causes on each level). The player can also use the P.K.E. meter to track spirits, as well as scan various objects, ghosts and residue left behind to fill in the Tobin Spirit Guide. The slime cannon from the second film is also present which is used to free possessed people, allowing the player to safely catch ghosts without harming the person.The story is told through both pre-rendered and in-game cutscenes and differs from its Wii and PS2 iterations which features more of a cartoonish look and feel to the overall game. There are also online multiplayer modes that allow players to meet up with friends online and team up. |
| Mean Streets + Martian Memorandum | 2009-06-16 | Wordplay, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection includes the first two Tex Murphy games:
Mean Streets
Martian Memorandum |
| The Ankh Pack | 2009-06-16 | Deck 13 Interactive GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation of the Ankh games contains:
Ankh: Heart of Osiris
Ankh: Battle of the Gods |
| The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition Deluxe | 2009-06-16 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Game of the Year Edition Deluxe release of Oblivion includes:
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (base game)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine (expansion)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles (expansion)
Unlike the regular Game of the Year Edition, the Deluxe version also includes:
Horse Armor Pack (DLC)
The Orrery (DLC)
The Wizard's Tower (DLC)
The Thieves' Den (DLC)
Mehrunes' Razor (DLC)
The Vile Lair (DLC)
Spell Tomes (DLC)
Fighter's Stronghold (DLC)
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| Under a Killing Moon | 2009-06-16 | Wordplay, LLC | Access Software, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | It is December of the year 2042. The world is still recovering from the disastrous consequences of the World War III. Radioactivity has turned many humans into mutants, and the gap between those and the "norms" (non-affected humans) is growing wider. Certain places in the world have retained the feel and the charm of the old times - among those is the Old San Francisco. There, the private investigator Tex Murphy is trying to deal with unemployment, upcoming poverty, and his melancholic mood following his divorce. After solving a simple robbery case, Tex attracts the attention of a mysterious woman who calls herself Countess Renier, and is hired by her to find a missing statuette. Things gradually begin to go wrong in this investigation, and Tex finds himself involved in a confrontation with a powerful and dangerous secret cult.Under A Killing Moon is the third game in the Tex Murphy series of adventures, and a sequel to Martian Memorandum. The game is notable for its use of detailed, texture-mapped 3D graphics during a time when pre-rendered visuals were still the standard in the genre. Uncommonly for adventure games, Under A Killing Moon allows full maneuverability. The player can rotate the camera, change the viewing angle, zoom in and out, etc.; it is even possible to look for clues underneath desks, chairs, etc. Inventory-based puzzles are relatively rare in the game, and the emphasis of the gameplay is placed primarily on exploration, conversations featuring extended topics and choices, and self-contained logical puzzles. Other features include an online hint system (that decreases the player's score with each use), extensive support for additional sound and music devices, and full-motion video technology: cutscenes and much of the dialogue are presented as movies with real actors. |
| Vertigo | 2009-06-16 | Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. | Icon Games Entertainment Ltd. | Action, Puzzle, Sports | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Vertigo is a mix of the concepts of Marble Madness and the Monkey Ball series, but set in a futuristic environment. Players need to guide a shiny ball dubbed a xorb through high-tech environments at a high speed. The tracks are narrow and it is easy to drop off at any time, so precise steering is needed.Games can be played in an arcade mode with forking paths or in a career mode where new tracks are unlocked gradually. Courses are time-limited and set in very different environments. Checkpoint allow the player to respawn at certain sections. While playing, power-ups can be collected to access air brakes and other bonuses. The xorbs can be completely customized in terms of colour. Other game modes are time trial, three multiplayer modes and a bowling mini-game. In certain game modes the xorbs can be armed with weapons such as rockets and missiles, which also deform the xorb when taking damage. |
| America's Army 3 | 2009-06-17 | U.S. Army | Army Game Studio, SAIC, Zombie Studios Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | | | | | Teen | | Windows | America's Army 3 is the third main installment of the America's Army franchise. This official game of the U.S. Army is an online multiplayer shooter. The only singleplayer-part is the Basic Combat Training (BCT), which is a tutorial. In contrast to the previous entries in the series, playing it is no longer required - but players may not use weapons like sniper rifles or grenades before being trained for them. Both teams in multiplayer take the role of the Army; but sees the other as Eastern European fighters.The game offers multiple infantry classes and weapons. Players are bound by Rules of Engagement (ROE) and gain experience through online play, e.g. by killing enemies or reanimating wounded team mates. The latter is played out in a mini game. Up to 13 people can join a team and are divided into four-man "fire teams" with a leader, soldier, machine gun and grenade soldiers. Every squad has to be filled before the next can be opened up. This means the available roles are limited, e.g. there is only one sniper per team, and the player with the highest rank (determined by earned experience) can choose his role first. An unusual feature is that there are no hit or kill messages - so players can't be sure if they killed an enemy or if he just went into cover. Achievements and commendations are also earned through performing according to the Army Values in online missions. |
| Pocahontas: Princess of the Powhatan | 2009-06-18 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Twintale Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Pocahontas: Princess of the Powhatan is a hidden object game based on the life of the famous XVII century historical figure, a native woman that helped relations between North American tribes and European explorers, and eventually married a British man and moved with her husband to England, living there for the rest of her life. As usual, the objective is to find and click on all the objects listed at the left side of the screen, on locations filled with scattered items. A hint button shows the exact position of one of the required objects, but takes some minutes to recharge after use.The plot is shown as cutscenes appearing between the hidden object sessions. No effort was made to achieve any degree of historical accuracy, as anachronistic and modern items can be found on most locations, and the script makes clear deviations from the recorded accounts. Some puzzles appear occasionally on separate screens, where the player has to guide Pocahontas out of a forest labyrinth or assemble jigsaw puzzles. |
| Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2009 | 2009-06-18 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Cyanide S.A. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bike / Bicycling | | | | | Windows | Following the previous game in the series, Cyanide decided only to tweak some aspects of the game, but still added a few new features, such as the ability to create a new ProTour or Continental team from scratch, improvements in the interface and AI and new track cycling modes and velodromes.The game itself keeps up with the reputation of a solid road cycling management simulator, where the player is in charge of a professional team, by signing and releasing cyclists and staff (while keeping everyone pleased with their situation), keep sponsors happy by performing well in key races (which change according to the team - Quick Step will have very high hopes for the Spring classics and have more modest aspirations for the Tour de France, while Astana asks exactly the opposite). The core of the game are obviously the races themselves, where the player sets his strategy by reacting to breaks, how to control the peloton, and of course, when to launch what can become a decisive attack.The track cycling mode, where the player controls his chosen athlete directly had . While gameplay remains unchanged, new modes were added - 200 Meters Flying Start, Scratch and Points Race, as well as the Omnium, which features varied events that test the overall ability of cyclists. |
| Cosplay Fetish Academy | 2009-06-19 | G-Collections | Sekilala | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Contemporary, Fantasy | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ryouji Misawa is a student who attends Seiei Academy along with his twin cousins, Shana and Yuuki Mikage. When hanging out with his cousins one day, Ryouji suddenly hears a mighty crack of thunder roar through the cloudless sky and instinctively moves to protect them. When he comes to, Ryouji finds that something has changed in the world around him: students walking by are no longer wearing school uniforms, but sexy cosplay costumes such as bondage gear and bunny outfits. Upon returning to Seiei Academy, Ryouji and his cousins must try to acclimate to the dress code of this strange new world with sexy and hilarious consequences.Cosplay Fetish Academy is a hentai romantic comedy visual novel. At specific points during the game, the player is tasked with making a choice which will influence the development of the story. There are 10 achievable endings. CGs (backgrounds) which the player has viewed during the course of the game can be revisited in a CG gallery accessible from the main menu. The game features full voice acting for the female characters. |
| Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans | 2009-06-19 | Slitherine Software UK Ltd. | Virtual Identity S.r.l. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | | Windows | This game is a mix between an adventure and a party game based on one of the roman volumes of Horrible Histories, a series of books by author Terry Deary and illustrator Martin Brown.
In this game the player takes up the role of a young gladiator called Rassimus who is making his way through Rome.
In order to obtain his freedom, the player has to defeat seven types of gladiators having a different fighting style each. In the Story Mode the player has to pass the three minigames linked to each one of the gladiators and has to do some plot quests solving other minigames. The navigation section - in which Rassimus explores Rome, talks to other characters and interacts with the scene - presents a third-person perspective with a mobile camera. On the other hand the minigames section has a 2D fixed camera scene, so that other players can join the minigame and help Rassimus to pass it. The whole game needs only the use of Wii Remote controller.Apart from the single-player option, there are several multiplayer options available which can be selected from the main menu.
Conquest challenge is a board game-style challenge where players try to take over countries in the Roman Empire while preventing their opponents from doing the same. Each turn of this game, which is for two to four players, gives the player either a reward, a penalty or a mini-game to play. In this case, the one who wins this game also wins the selected country, whereas the player who conquers the empire first wins. The mini-game challenge for up to four players can be played also when the structure of the adventure mode is discarded, plus it's mini-games all the way! In this case, the player who wins most of the above-mentioned mini-games wins.
In both the mini-game and the conquest challenge the players can customise the match by choosing an avatar and typing in their name. Finally, in the versus challenge two players can tackle the gladiator battles outside the story mode. Multiplayer is only available in the Wii version.
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| Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina's Fate | 2009-06-19 | 1C Company | Kheops Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In the sequel to Return to Mysterious Island, inspired by Jules Verne's novel The Mysterious Island the player once again controls Mina, a young and carefree navigator taking part in the Jules Verne competition, and Jep, a cute, little monkey. In this title Jep also becomes a playable character. Switching between both of them, both their talents need to be used depending on the circumstances. Only Mina can use complex tools, combine objects and read the documents found in the course of the game, whereas Jep can climb places inaccessible to Mina, communicate with other monkeys and find numerous objects thanks to his sense of smell.Implemented in comics-styled animations, the introduction describes the crash of the helicopter that came to rescue Mina, and she with Jep are trapped on the island once again. Suddenly she sees that unknown disease afflicts the plants and animal life. So, in addition to survival mission she also has to save the island from an environmental disaster. While exploring the island to locate the infection source, Mina, together with Jep, search Captain Nemo's base in vain, the ruins of an unknown civilization, and finally understands that it is outside pollution that threatens the island. Gameplay is shown from a first-person perspective with a 360-degree overview. Characters move between static locations, collect items and try to use or combine them. They can interrogate the island inhabitants or each other to raise their relations and achieve necessary goals. Curiosity, ingenuity, quick wit are encouraged with wit points. Several arcade sequences are featured as well. They include, for example, the requirement to crack ten nuts by Jep, and to do this, the mouse button needs to be clicked in series for tree times in right periods of time.The game offers gameplay that synchronizes the PC version with a free iPhone application, along with an interactive information sharing module. The basic feature allows the PC player to complete a puzzle on the iPhone while on the go, then reintegrate it into the PC version to continue playing. The data sharing module allows players to seek advice and share impressions and tricks with other players who are online at the same time. |
| Exelinya Burst! | 2009-06-20 | Alpha Secret Base | Alpha Secret Base | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Exelinya Burst!, the sequel to Exelinya, is fast-paced single-screen arena shooter starring an anime character with a grappling claw. She is able to extend the claw to grab objects and then move it around to launch them again. Upon colliding these cause explosions. The simpler items are quickly followed up with larger objects such as an Xbox or large milk cartons that are partially protected by a red shield and fire bullets towards the character. These generally take multiple hits before they are destroyed. From the main screen the player can select the starting level. |
| Rangy Lil's Wild West Adventure | 2009-06-20 | GameShastra Solutions Pvt Ltd | GameShastra Solutions Pvt Ltd | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Western | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Rangy Lil was a single mother of two in the days of the American Old West, raising them while working as a sharpshooter at a traveling circus. One evening, she was closing the tent after a performance when her ex-husband Bob sneaked from behind and hit her head with the butt of a rifle, knocking her out and fleeing with Emma and Estelle, her two little girls. Now she must use her skills to track him down to rescue the helpless children, crossing the vast regions of the West landscape.Rangy Lil's Wild West Adventure is a straightforward hidden object game with a western theme, interspersed with a few puzzles to break monotony. Most of the time, the player has to carefully examine screens cluttered with assorted objects, searching and clicking on the required ones listed at the bottom. The hint button at the bottom-right shows the exact position of one of the items. An extra hint can be acquired by collecting the two horseshoes present on every scene. Cutscenes are shown as comic book panels, and sometimes the main character comments about the retrieved objects.There are five mini-games that appear on a separate screen between the hidden object scenes. In the Uncover game, the objective is to place four pieces on four slots, arranging them to match the color of their touching sides. Swapping is a jigsaw puzzle, where an image has to be reassembled in a grid of square pieces by swapping two tiles each time. Hangman is an implementation of the classic word-guessing game. In Compare, the screen is split in two similar images and the player has to click on the differences. In Pop, the goal is to drag some points across the gamefield to unscramble lines, making them cross over balloons to make them explode. |
| The Magician's Handbook II: BlackLore | 2009-06-20 | BC Soft Games | BC Soft Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The evil pirate BlackLore captured the wise wizard, protector of the land, and trapped all his assistant fairies. The wizard's apprentice must release all the prisoners, learning and casting the spells magically inscribed in the handbook.The Magician's Handbook II: BlackLore is a hidden object game with adventure elements and a witchery theme. Like in its predecessor, most of the time the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the right side of the screen, on locations filled with assorted objects placed discreetly over hand-drawn backgrounds. At the start, the player has to select the difficulty and text modes, enabling or disabling the time limit and choosing between terse and verbose texts for the cutscenes.New to this installment are the adventure portions, where in some locations the inventory tab replaces the list, and puzzles have to be solved in a typical point-and-click fashion by dragging and dropping inventory objects on parts of the scenery. After some time, the game gives the option of skipping altogether the puzzle, lowering the final score as a penalty. The puzzles are self-contained, taking place on one location or screen only.Besides the required objects, most screens have three key types that can be collected to open the containers stored in the Safe Haven, a place filled with locked chests where the timer stops running. The chests are unlocked using a combination of different keys, shown as the wand cursors hovers over them. They contain new spells, extra hints and new cursor wands. The repel spell removes any distracting animations from the screen, like flying books and other odd occurrences.At the end of the first chapters, a separate screen appears split with two similar images, the top one in sepia tones and the bottom one in full colors. The goal is to replace the missing objects from the color image, using the complete sepia one as a reference, by dragging and dropping the items from the bottom of the screen. After completing it, a new spell is received and learned to be used on puzzles in the adventure sections. The fire spell sets stuff ablaze, the wind spell blows leaves and other debris to reveal concealed items, the petrify puzzle turns objects to stone, the heal spell brings dead things back to life and the detect spell reveals hidden objects.The reveal spell acts as the hint button, showing the exact position of one of the required objects. It starts with five available uses on each chapter, slowly recharging after all of them are spent. |
| Youda Legend: The Curse of the Amsterdam Diamond | 2009-06-20 | Youda Games Holding B.V. | Youda Games Holding B.V. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | A tourist arrives at the Netherlands capital, and after registering at the hotel sets out to explore the city, stumbling upon an ancient mystery waiting to be uncovered.Youda Legend: The Curse of the Amsterdam Diamond is a hidden puzzle game with a minimal plot, set in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam. Most of the time, the objective is to search and click on all the objects listed at the left side of the screen, on scenes filled with assorted paraphernalia placed discreetly around the scenery. As it often happens in this type of game, some of the objects found are bizarrely out of proportion, with giant pencils and other strange sights regularly appearing on the locations. Some of the collected items, or pieces of them, are stored inside the trunk at the bottom of the list, to be used later to solve a puzzle.Mini-games appear between the hidden objects screens, where usually the player has to manipulate some mechanism directly to solve a puzzle. In some locations, the goal is to use the stored inventory objects on parts of the scenery, dragging and dropping them from the tray at left side of the screen to a logical place on the screen.A compass at the top of the list acts as the hint button, highlighting the exact position of one of the required items. It takes some time to recharge after use, but collecting the diamonds scattered around the screen speeds the process. |
| Time Gentlemen, Please! | 2009-06-21 | Zombie Cow Limited | Zombie Cow Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Nick Cowen | Windows | Time Gentlemen, Please! is the sequel to Dan Marshall's and Ben Ward's point and click freeware adventure Ben There, Dan That!, but unlike the first game it is only available for a small fee. In an attempt to undo the damage they have done in the first game, Ben and Dan travel back in time, causing a series of both horrific and hilarious temporal paradoxa, involving an alternate-universe Hitler and an unstoppable army of dinosaur clones.The game is built using the Adventure Game Studio engine, and, like its predecessor, can be seen as a self-ironic homage to the aesthetics and gameplay of old school LucasArts adventures. |
| Hotel for Dogs | 2009-06-23 | 505 Games (U.S.), Inc. | FarSight Technologies Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
So many strays, so little time.
The dogs have run amok and now it's up to you to keep them from the
pesky dogcatcher. You must clean, feed, and play with them or else
you'll all end up in the doghouse.
Search for parts and tools to build over a dozen amazing gadgets that
help you take care of and protect your dogs
Feed, groom, and play with dozens of playful pups
10 levels of challenging game play
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| Overlord II | 2009-06-23 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Triumph Studios B.V. | Action | Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, RPG elements | Fantasy, Medieval | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Well things didn't go so well for the Overlord at the end of Overlord: Raising Hell. Although he managed to defeat the final boss and claim hell itself for his vast empire, the Jester once again crossed his plans and doomed him to forever be trapped down there. But was it really the end of the Overlord? Not really. He may be gone (for now) but he left something behind: his son, the Overlad. Smuggled to the icy lands of Nordberg, he managed to grow up in peace until his evil instincts surfaced and he was found by the Empire. Although he managed to escape, he fell into ice water and was doomed to freeze to death. But not to worry: Minion-master Gnarl finds his new master and after 50 years frozen solid it's finally time for vengeance upon the Glorious Empire and its leaders.This time setting up shop in the Netherworld, the player takes over the control of the Overlad from a 3rd-person-perspective in order to reclaim the lands. To help him with that task he has once again access to four different types of minions: browns, reds, greens and blues. While the browns are good melee-fighters, the greens are immune to poisonous gas and the blues can swim. This comes in handy for the player to overcome the many obstacles in his way like angry elves and legion soldiers or burning road-blocks which can only be removed by the reds. Again the minions increase their strength by collecting helmets and stuff from dead enemies or broken chests. The Overlad can also increase his strength by finding new spells, armor and weapons and forging the latter in return for a minion-sacrifice in his tower. New this time around is the option to resurrect fallen but valuable minions as well as the ability of the minions to ride mounts like wolves, giving them access to new skills like jumping over obstacles and such. Also new: at specific points the Overlad can take direct control of one of his minion and by doing so access areas that were unreachable before.The game also features a multiplayer-mode for two players over LAN, WAN and thanks to split-screen even on one machine in which they can either work together to survive wave after wave of enemies or kill a very powerful Centurion or fight each other and win by collecting enough gold or killing the other Overlord enough times. |
| Spore Complete Pack | 2009-06-23 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Spore Complete Pack includes:
Spore (main game)
Spore: Creepy & Cute Parts Pack (add-on)
Spore: Galactic Adventures (add-on)
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| Disney Winnie l'Ourson: 2 jeux | 2009-06-24 | Disney Interactive | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation features two games:
Disney's Pooh's Party Game: In Search of the Treasure
Piglet's Big Game |
| Dream Sleuth | 2009-06-24 | NevoSoft LLC | NevoSoft LLC | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Catherine has the same recurring dream, where a little girl is threatened by a mysterious man. She decides to investigate, to find more information about the child and her whereabouts.Dream Sleuth is a hidden object game with adventure elements and puzzles. Most of the time, the objective is to search the screen for an object or several instances of the same item. The name or silhouette of the required item is displayed at the top of the screen, alongside the inventory where some of the collected objects are stored. From there they can be dragged and dropped on top of each other, or on parts of the scenery, to be combined or solve puzzles. Sparkling scenery objects can be pushed away, sometimes revealing a necessary item hidden underneath them.Puzzles appear from time to time with implementations of classic games, like jigsaw puzzles, a Simon game with piano keys, a spot-the-differences game with the screen split in two similar images, concentration, hangman, a Pipe Dream clone with circuits, a Mastermind game with door keys, and other similar challenges. The hint button at the top shows the exact position of one of the required items. |
| Family Mystery: The Story of Amy | 2009-06-24 | GameHouse, Inc. | AlwaysNeat.com | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Amy lost her parents in a plane accident, and was raised afterwards by her grandparents. Instigated by curiosity about her past, she returns to her childhood home, discovering a family photo album while exploring the attic. She starts to examine the pictures to gather some clues about her history.Family Mystery: The Story of Amy is a hidden object game that shows line art sketches instead of the usual locations cluttered with assorted objects. The objective is to find and click on all the hidden drawings inserted discreetly in the main picture, with a list displaying the required ones at the right side of the screen. Each doodle found adds a bit of color to the black and white scenery. After finding all the items, a full color rendition of the picture is shown.The player can switch between two lists at any time, one showing the drawings and the other listing their names. There are two hint buttons at the bottom of the list, the first type with less explicit clues about one of the required objects, with the second type showing its exact position.Between the photos, the player has to choose one of three mini-games to receive extra hints. In the quiz game, the player has to pick the correct answer from three choices, to a question about a picture feature. In the doodle game, the goal is to click on all the new doodles that keep appearing over the picture. In the twister game, the sketch is segmented into a grid of squares, and the objective is to click on the ones that are displayed in full color inside the list at the right side, to eliminate them before they accumulate. |
| Lost Fortunes | 2009-06-24 | ArcadeTown | Quirky Games | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | Horror | Cards / tiles, Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | An evil spirit takes the form of a fortune teller, locking souls inside crystal balls throughout the ages. At the present day, a wanderer without memory falls victim to the sorcery, and is forced to play riddles and games to solve the mystery and release the trapped ghosts.Lost Fortunes is a collection of mini-games and riddles, most of them with cards and association tasks. The game takes place inside several crystal balls, each with a trapped spirit and seven mini-games. The main objective is to complete a series of rounds of each game to receive spirit orbs and pieces of tarot cards. Spirit orbs are necessary to release the ghosts, while the reassembled tarot card gives access to the next crystal ball.The mini-games can be selected and played in any order from the main game screen. After successfully completing a round, the player receives a number of coins to be used later. The spirit orb is received after finishing all the rounds with 100% percent accuracy. The coins can be inserted in the mystery slot, where a prize or mini-game is randomly selected, giving an opportunity to earn extra hints and time extensions.In the mini-game screen, most of the area is occupied by a series of picture cards, with instructions or riddles displayed at the bottom. A burning candle shows the remaining time to complete the round, framed by the hint button and the time extension hourglass. The objective changes from game to game. In some, the goal is to match cards following the instructions, like clicking two cards showing an animal and its food. In others, the objective is to put coins over all the cards that belong to the same group, like all the gifts from a birthday party. A few are implementations of the classic concentration memory game, where pairs of the same card have to be found and removed within a time limit.There are two mystery slot mini-games, the hidden object game showing a circus tent, where all the items from a list at the right side of the screen have to be found and clicked before time runs out, and the mystery object game, where a crystal ball shows an extremely zoomed picture with the focus slowly moving backwards revealing more of it, and the player must guess what the subject is before the candle is extinguished, to win time extensions hourglasses. Sometimes the mystery slot stops on the fortune cookie, that when opened often allows cosmetic changes to the cursor, the selection of soundtracks for background music, or a philosophical thought. |
| Angeln 2010 | 2009-06-25 | astragon Software GmbH | Contendo Media GmbH | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Angeln 2010 is a simulation of the fishing sport. The first step is to choose one of the 60 locations, each with one background photo. The player is not allowed to move his boat, just his fishing rod. To help him in this decision he has a radar to his disposal which shows good positions. After that the player has to wait until something bites. By rapidly clicking the right mouse button he pulls it in - the resistance depends on the size of the fish. But if he clicks too fast the tension gets too high and the string breaks. With a left click he releases more string which also breaks the tension.Depending on the location, the bate and the time of day (can be switched instantly) the player may catch other kinds of fishes.
Every fish gives points which are reinvested into new fishing gear, e.g. bait. Every 200 points a new locations gets unlocked. Special catches are old boots and other useless items or silver and golden fished. The latter are rare and reward much points. While waiting for a fish the player can minimize the game and the game sends a message if something has bitten. |
| Anno 1404 (Limited Edition) | 2009-06-25 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Limited Edition comes in a real wooden treasure chest and includes:
Anno 1404
Hardcover art book
Panorama poster
Compass in a wooden chest
Linen sack with almond seeds
Bonus DVD featuring the original soundtrack by Dynamedion, developer video walkthroughs, making of-videos and interviews and additional artworks.
By pre-ordering the Limited Edition directly from Ubisoft you also got an USB-Stick containing Anno 1503: Königs-Edition. |
| Avalon | 2009-06-25 | uclick, LLC | Overplay | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | Gabriel Duarte | Real-time | | | Windows | The Fairy Queen must reunite earth, air, water and fire, the four basic elements, back to the elemental altar to bring back balance to the world.Avalon is a real-time management game sharing some gameplay mechanics with the Virtual Villagers games. As the Fairy Queen, the objective is to make a colony of fairies thrive and evolve by sending them to exploit the resources and hidden powers of the forest. The actions are in real time, and when exiting the game the current status is saved. When loading it later the colony situation is recalculated to account for the time passed, as if the little fairies kept working while the game was off.All levels show a secluded section of the forest, that can be panned horizontally to show all the scattered flowers, bushes and special items laying around on the scenery. The fairies can be commanded directly by clicking on them and a waypoint or scene item. There are three main resources that have to be collected by them: food, pollen and potion ingredients. The food supply is continuously consumed by the fairies, and they stop working when there's nothing left. The pollen is used to create new fairies at the reproduction garden, with one hundred units necessary to produce a new one. Magical ingredients are gathered to mix helpful potions. Some precious items occasionally appear on the screen for brief moments, and can only be collected by the Fairy Queen herself before vanishing. When the Fairy Queen collects one of the elemental items, a new area is open to exploration.Young and untrained fairies are yellow, but after performing the same action for a long period they change color and become specialists in one of three activities. Red fairies are gatherers, collecting resources fast and cleaning or removing objects. Green fairies are wizards, capable of casting spells on animals and mysterious objects. Blue fairies are enchanters, changing the natural world with their powers. The Fairy Queen is an unique unit, being a specialist on all activities.Four mini-games are available to increase production and accelerate progress. In the potion laboratory game, the goal is to collect most of the falling ingredients by controlling an open flower moving sideways at the bottom of the screen. The ingredients fall from the top as balls of a pachinko machine, bouncing around on mushrooms before reaching the bottom. Each hit on a toadstool increases the richness of the ingredient, and pressing the mouse button blows them upwards for extra bumps on the mushrooms.In the pollination game, the cursor is replaced with a rotating fan, and the player has use it to direct the floating pollen to blooming flowers, guiding them towards their center. The fan can be turned on and off by pressing the mouse button. In the gatherer training game, a series of pipes open and close following the rhythm of the music. The player has to deposit resources into the open pipes, using the tune beat as a clue. In the choir lessons game, a crystal cluster at the bottom of the screen shots blue light beams upwards, and the player has to move a flower hoop on a semi-circle arcing over it, trying to pass the light through the middle. |
| BurgerTime Deluxe | 2009-06-25 | Namco Networks America Inc. | Namco Networks America Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | BurgerTime Deluxe is a new version of the classic arcade game from 1982, developed for the casual market. As in the original, the player controls a cooking chef that must climb stairs to reach platforms and walk over food pieces, to make them fall and create a complete hamburgers on plates at the bottom of the screen. The cook must avoid touching the roaming enemies, anthropomorphic condiments and fried eggs that kill the main character. The foes can be destroyed with power-ups, or squashed by the falling burger pieces.There are power-ups and bonus items scattered throughout the levels. The ketchup bottle kills all the enemies on the level, the salt shaker stops their movement for a few seconds, the ice cube makes the chef invulnerable for a few moments and freezes the adversaries, the burning cocktail also makes the cook invulnerable for a short time and burns the approaching foes, the bubble lifts the character directly to an upper level and the energy drink makes the chef temporally faster. Potato chips, ice-cream cones, cups of coffee and tea give bonus points, while French fries give extra lives. A Bonus mini-game appears between levels after collecting the letters that form the name of an ingredient, where the player has to find pairs of food items by uncovering several cooking pots, guide the chef through a maze and complete other similar challenges.There are two modes in the computer version: in Story Mode, a plot is developed through cutscenes between levels, where two chefs called Peter Pepper and Sally Salt must help their uncle to save the family's burger diner from Vinny Vinegar, the owner of a competing hot dog franchise. Quick Mode is closer to the arcade original, where the levels are randomly generated and the game ends when all the lives are spent. The iPhone version has only the Story Mode, with 60 levels and a smaller view area. |
| Dawn of Discovery | 2009-06-25 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Blue Byte Studio GmbH, Related Designs Software GmbH | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | We write the year 1404 and the emperor is sick. Only the horizon promises healing so Lord Richard Northburgh attempts the journey to the unknown lands in the south known only as the Orient. Following with a small ship, only a few supplies and a handful of loyal man is the player. Looking for a destiny in these uncharted waters, he will find new lands, new cultures, new allies, new friends and new challenges. To fulfill his objective and meanwhile even uncover a full-blown conspiracy, the player once again needs to build up a city from the ground to a flourishing metropolis. Of course that's not as easy as it sounds. While the player places houses, factories and builds the roads (once every building has to have a road-connection), the city needs citizens to work. But as the player's city grows, so do the needs of his citizens. While the countrymen are already happy with a house over their head, some fish and a market place, the noblemen won't settle for less than big city wares like glasses, wine or fur before they even dare to stop wining. To make things even more complicated, not all resources are available on every island. So the player either needs to expand onto other islands where he can grow coffee or other high quality products, or has to go trade with the other factions roaming around the map. Of course not all of those are friendly although the military doesn't play such a big role in Anno 1404 but still there are ship battles to be fought and other cities to be conquered. Although, as opposed to 1701 A.D., this time around the player just builds on of three buildings instead of ordering groups of land units around in order to defend his island. Once the building has received its attack orders, it still sends out soldiers but they can't be controlled by the player.To keep the player interested in both the campaign and the unlimited play, side-quests are available that are often difficult to complete but always offer a great reward. In addition unlimited play offers a new endgame quest which requires the player to build a monument like a cathedral. This not only takes much time but also an unbelievable amount of several different kinds of resources in addition of a high-level-city. |
| Delta Force Bootcamp | 2009-06-25 | NovaLogic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Delta Force
Delta Force 2
Delta Force: Land Warrior
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger
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| DinerTown Detective Agency | 2009-06-25 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Absolutist Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | DinerTown Detective Agency is a hidden object spin-off of the Diner Dash series of games, with the same characters and some adventure elements. Bernie decides to become a private investigator after reading an advertising for a detective kit from a magazine. Joining forces with his friend Flo, he starts to investigate strange disappearances, acts of vandalism and thefts around the town. The game can be played with or without a time limit for each chapter, be selecting one of two modes at the beginning.Each chapter is a crime to be solved, following the cartoon theme of the game with wacky motives and no graphic violence. Most of the time, the objective is to collect all the items from a notepad list at the left side of the screen, on crime scenes cluttered with assorted paraphernalia. Besides searching the screen carefully, finding and clicking on all the required objects, the player has to use a special tool below the notepad to gather some clues, marked with icons on the list. The tools are forensic equipment, like magnifying glasses, fingerprint powder and substance reagents. The hint button sitting at the bottom of the list highlights the position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use.In some scenes, the goal is to pick up all the pieces of a segmented object, then drag and drop it from the notepad to a logical part of the scenery to solve puzzles. For example, assembling all the broken shards of a smashed mirror to place them back to the frame. Some locations have special puzzles that take place on a separate screen, shimmering on parts of the scenery to indicate their presence. These puzzles are self-contained mini-games, with jigsaw puzzles, matching fingerprints to suspects, arranging cards in logical sequences and similar challenges.At the end of each investigation, the player has to find the culprit from three suspects, by reading the testimony clues of nine witnesses and using this information to mark three cards with false or positive answers to the three theory questions. The guilty card has to match the theory answers, shown at the top of the screen with characteristics of the criminal, like favorite color, other personal tastes and life history. |
| Novalogic Classics Volume One: Machines of War | 2009-06-25 | NovaLogic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Armored Fist 3
Comanche 4
F-16 Multirole Fighter
F-22 Lightning 3
MiG-29 Fulcrum
Tachyon: The Fringe
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| Novalogic Everything Pack | 2009-06-25 | NovaLogic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Armored Fist 3
Comanche 4
Delta Force
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre
Delta Force 2
Delta Force: Land Warrior
Delta Force: Xtreme 2
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger
Delta Force: Xtreme
F-16 Multirole Fighter
F-22 Lightning 3
Joint Operations: Escalation
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising
MiG-29 Fulcrum
Tachyon: The Fringe
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| Novalogic Multiplayer Mayhem | 2009-06-25 | NovaLogic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
Delta Force: Xtreme
Joint Operations: Escalation
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising
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| Pacific Storm Pack | 2009-06-25 | Buka Entertainment | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Pacific Storm
Pacific Storm: Allies |
| Rise of Flight: The First Great Air War | 2009-06-25 | 777 Studios | neoqb | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, World War I | Flight / aviation | Ilya Vilk | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | World War 1 saw many advances in technology with new stuff being tested and improved right on the battlefield. Aviation technology and development in particular saw a very rapid progression during the war years with many inventions that are used to this day. Especially the last two years 1917 and 1918 during which Rise of Flight is set, many advancements were made such as the machine-gun synchronizer, first use of aluminum alloys, engine mufflers for silent bombing runs and the invention of rotary engines with short warm-uptimes allowing for quick takeoffs.Rise of Flight itself is a full-blown flight simulator of these biplanes used back then with and without those new technologies. The game features several planes including the French SPAD XII.C1 or the German Fokker D.VII which was the very best fighter by the end of the war. Additional planes can be bought through the online shop on the official website. To help master these raw beasts, several tutorial missions embedded into a small storyline explain the controls and handling of these ancient dinosaurs. Scenario-missions are also available that showcase both real and fictitious could-have-been-battles of world war as well as other missions like 1on1 dog fights against the aces of the sky like the Red Baron or escort objectives for each of the available planes. Also available are a single player campaign and an extensive multi-player mode allowing up to 100 players to fight against each other or to fulfill objectives like destroying artillery together. In addition the game features an extensive mission editor allowing the player to create his own missions.Once the mission and plane have been chosen, the player can customize his plane by deciding the payload, the skin of the plan (featuring such famous looks like the Red Baron), the weapon convergence and the amount of fuel. Aside from the look of the plane each of this settings greatly influence how the plane is to be handled. To help get things going, the player can activate several aids like simple gauges or navigation symbols and deactivate realism settings including a pre-warmed engine or limited ammo. Inside the plane the controls then work like in any other flight simulator preferably using the joystick and keyboard hot-keys to make the kills and holding the agile but fragile plane in the air. |
| iCarly: iDream in Toons | 2009-06-25 | Nickelodeon Online | Big Blue Bubble Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Spencer falls asleep while watching a cartoon marathon on Nickelodeon, and starts dreaming he's trapped inside the television set with all his friends transformed into cartoon characters.iCarly: iDream in Toons is a hidden object game based on a children's TV show on Nickelodeon. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on locations filled with assorted paraphernalia. The locations are presented as static photos shot from various angles on the actual sets used in the show. Besides the required objects, there are some i symbols concealed on the screens as well, giving extra hints when collected.The hint button at the bottom right shows the exact position of one of the required items wen used. Some scenes require the use of an x-ray scanner to find concealed and obstructed objects, replacing the cursor temporally. A magnifying glass is also available to make the search for small objects easier.Several common mini-games appear between the hidden object sections, and include Mastermind and Concentration implementations, the ever-present spot-the-differences game between two similar images, a jigsaw puzzle, a scrambled letters game similar to Hangman and other regular puzzles from the genre. |
| Arma II | 2009-06-26 | IDEA Games a.s. | Bohemia Interactive Studio s.r.o. | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | Contemporary | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Tank | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | ArmA II is, as its predecessor ArmA: Combat Operations a military shooter with a high focus on realism. The game focuses on the events in the small country Chernarus which was overrun by rebels who declared a state of war. Premier Alexander Baranov then asked NATO for help to re-establish peace and order in the country. NATO responded with alerting the fast response unit as well as sending US Marines into the country to minimize civilian casualties. The first ones to arrive is Force Recon Team Razor lead by 1st Sgt Patrick Miles. Part of his team: MSgt Matt Cooper - the player.Depending on the difficulty level the player either moves Matt as well as all vehicles around in a typical first person shooter fashion or can choose a 3rd person view to explore the 225 square miles big island. Most of the time he is not alone and follows his squad mates to fulfil the various main and secondary objectives like blowing up a radio station or rescuing civilians. To defend against the many enemies, he has a vast array of real world tech at his disposal like the trusted M16 in its various forms or several different kinds of rocket launchers for every possible range. Each weapon has its own pros and cons as well as different distances their sights are calibrated to. In addition the ammunition in ArmA II follows a hard-coded flight path. But the player won't explore the land just on foot. Also at his disposal are many different kinds of tanks, helicopters and even airplanes that all handle very differently and realistically. Depending on the vehicle, there are even different positions available like gunner or tank commander.Besides the main single player campaign, the player has access to seven scenarios, a weapons chamber he can play around in to unlock additional weaponry and a powerful but complex editor that allows him to create his own missions. In the most sophisticated scenarios both in single player and multiplayer (for up to 50 players), the commander even has the ability to build up a base of operations to unlock access to additional weaponry and such. The destruction of this HQ is then the goal of the enemy team in one of the available game modes. |
| Blood Bowl | 2009-06-26 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Cyanide S.A. | Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | Blood Bowl is an official video game adaptation of the table-top game of the same name but is not a remake of the first Blood Bowl. Instead the game is the in-official successor to Chaos League: Sudden Death and builds upon its features.Based on the Living Rulebook 5.0 ruleset, Blood Bowl is a dark fantasy version of American Football with 11 players per team beating each other to death in order to get a touchdown. The game features eighth races with different strength and weaknesses including the fast but weak Goblins, the flexible but mediocre Humans and the powerful but slow Orcs. The player can either play fast games with pre-defined teams or enter the heart of the game: the campaign. In the campaign the player creates a new team from scratch trying to bring it up to the top of the ranking of the current Blood Bowl-season. To accomplish this goal the player has to buy players with different attributes and skills, close sponsor contracts to earn additional money and decide how to influence the upcoming game by bribing the referee, buying potions for his team and other illegal activities. His players also gain experience points during a match especially for scoring touchdowns or by downing enemy players. Once they gain a level up, they can learn an additional skill like blocking.Once the team stands, the game begins with the option to play either in real-time- or turn-based-mode. The turn-based-mode is very close to the table-top game with 8 rounds per half-time, turnover-events and manual dice rolls. Although the real-time-mode also features dice rolls, they are done behind the players backs and the outcome of each action is determined by one or more skill checks. The game grid is also still divided into squares but these are invisible now. The most important difference is that in real-time-mode the player can give orders to more than one player at all times and other elements like turnover-events are removed. If the player still needs time to think about his moves, he can activate the concentration mode which pauses the game and allows him to give orders without pressure.The game features several multiplayer-modes including hot seat in which two players can play on one machine in turn-based-mode against each other and worldwide open and private online-leagues for which the players are able to create up to 32 teams. |
| Blood Bowl (Collector's Edition) | 2009-06-26 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | | Special edition | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
Blood Bowl
Blood Bowl-Stickers
Artbook/Strategy-guide with 80-pages featuring background information about the tabletop-game, information about all races including play tips and previously unreleased artworks |
| Deus Ex: Complete | 2009-06-26 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection includes the first two Deus Ex games:
Deus Ex
Deus Ex: Invisible War |
| Droplitz | 2009-06-26 | Atlus U.S.A., Inc. | Blitz Arcade | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Conceptually similar to Pipe Mania, Droplitz is a puzzle game where the player has to guide drops of liquid (called droplitz) through a network of pipes. At the top of the screen there is droppers where droplitz appear from. The goal then is to guide these droplitz to the collectors at the bottom of the screen. This is done by rotating dials to create pathways for the droplitz. Each dial consists of a small pipe piece and these pipes needs to be connected to create the necessary flow. Droplitz are limited and will vaporize when meeting a dead end. When all droplitz are gone the game is over. Whenever a path has been made a purple bonus droplitz appears. When the bonus droplitz has reached the bottom the path is destroyed and adjacent dials will drop down and take its place.The difficulty also increases for every path that is destroyed. A new theme is unlocked for every five difficulty levels reached. As the player completes levels, the speed of the game and the size of the board increases. In total there are nine boards (levels).The game consists of four game modes: Classic, Zendurance Challenge, Power Up and Infection. The latter three are unlocked when reaching high scores in the mode above them, starting at 75,000 points for the Zendurance Challenge mode and then increasing for each mode. In Zendurance Challenge mode the player gets to choose a theme (that he's unlocked) and has to survive as long as possible at a constant pace. In Power Ups player earns different power-ups, that can be used for destroying parts of the board, freezing the board or slowing down the speed of the drops. In Infection mode dials can get infected which makes them harder to rotate, which means they can only be destroyed if a path is made through them. |
| Superstars V8 Racing | 2009-06-26 | Black Bean Games | Milestone s.r.l. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | Superstars V8 Racing is a licensed racing game based on the Italian touring car Superstars International Series. The game features the usual playing modes: quick races, individual race weekends (training, qualifying and the race) and a whole season with ten courses. Additionally there are twenty challenges where the player needs to solve tasks in pre-defined situations, e.g. checkpoint races or winning a duel.Before every race the player has extensive possibilities to tune their car but of course there are also pre-defined setups for impatient players. Beginners can rely on four difficulty levels and four driving aids. |
| Tech48 | 2009-06-26 | Teatime | Teatime | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | | | | | | | Windows | Tech48 is a sex simulation game, similar to Artificial Girl series. Even though it has no story line whatsoever, "Tech 48" also has elements of an adventure game. The player first chooses the cel-shaded 3D model of the girl he wants to see in the game's world. It is possible to customize the girl's clothes, eye and hair color, breast size, etc. The player then navigates the girl through 3D environments, which include various locations: city streets, beach, temple, hotel room, and even exotic locations such as a pirate ship or ancient ruins.On the way, the player (still controlling the girl) is able to collect gold coins scattered all over the game world, as well as various "presents" (clothes etc.). The money can be spent in a shop - it is possible to buy new clothes for the girl, or items of intimate usage.It is possible to have sex with the girl at any time and in any location. Sexual positions can differ depending on where exactly the player has navigated the girl. Pressing the "Unzip" icons takes the player into a separate screen, where he controls a male character. From there on, the game plays just like any other interactive 3D sex game (a genre popularized by Illusion: the player can choose various actions (touch, tickle, etc.) to stimulate the girl, and once she is ready, it is possible to have intercourse, controlling positions, speed and power of the movements, etc. with the mouse.A stand-out feature of "Tech48" is the so-called "web cam interaction". The game supports a web cam that reacts to the player's real-life head movements, making the invisible male character (in the game) look at the girl from different angles. |
| Mystic Diary: Lost Brother | 2009-06-27 | Big Fish Games, Inc | SunRay Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A 19th century magician starts searching for his brother after losing contact with him, embarking on a quest around the world to exotic and isolated places of the globe.Mystic Diary: Lost Brother is an adventure and hidden object game with simple puzzles tailored for the casual market. The game moves from location to location, presented as a single and mostly static screen, with the plot being developed and told through short introductions on open books and monochromatic sketches between the scenes. The initial goal of each chapter is to collect and store a series of objects inside the inventory slots at the bottom, from where they can be dragged and dropped on the appropriate and logical parts of the scenery to solve puzzles. The cursor turns into a magnifying glass when hovering over one of the necessary objects. The stored inventory objects can be combined to create new items. The interactive parts of the screen sparkle to indicate their presence and help the player find them.A window containing a separate mini-game appears after clicking on certain hotspots. Some are hidden object challenges, where the objective is to find and click on the items shown as gray images on a list at the bottom. Others are mechanisms and puzzles that have to be manipulated directly with the mouse to be solved.After finishing the adventure portion of the scene, the player has to search and find all the items from a list of objects replacing the inventory at the bottom. The hint button shows the exact position of one of the required objects. At the end of each chapter, the player has to drag a giant magnifier cursor all over the screen to uncover a fiery magical symbol. |
| Zamby and the Mystical Crystals | 2009-06-27 | Kristanix Studios ANS | Kristanix Studios ANS | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Zamby and the Mystical Crystals players guide the creature Zamby on his quest to collect light crystals. It is a top-down puzzle game with 150 levels with an increasing difficulty. Zamby is moved around using the cursor keys. In the early levels, he can pick up crystals right away, but in later ones more strategy is needed. This usually involves boxes that need to be pushed into the water to form a bridge, or block the view of enemies who shoot Zamby when he is spotted in a straight line of sight. The levels have different surfaces and in ice areas boxes will slide until they hit an obstacle. Players can also undo all of their actions, one step at a time.The main game mode is called Quest for the Crystals, where the levels are unlocked progressively. There is also a Kids Adventure with variants of the basic levels, but made easier for kids. While playing, players can also unlock Secret Missions with a different approach to solving the puzzles. Finally, the game also supports Addon Levels released through the developer's website. The game also includes a level editor to create custom environments. In an encyclopaedia, players can unlock entries about the world's characters. Some levels have a character called Immanos who provides hints for specific challenges. |
| Kuros | 2009-06-28 | Sandlot Games | Orchid Games, Sandlot Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Kuros is an adventure game with easy puzzles made for the casual market. The player assumes the role of Katya, an apprentice sorceress that must bring balance to the magical land of Kuros by restoring several ruined glyphstones to their former glory. The game follows the standards established by first person adventure games like Myst and similar titles, where the locations are presented as a series of static screens, and player has to collect and use objects to solve puzzles. Several inventory slots are always visible at the bottom, framed by an orb with a spiral of rune carvings and four round slots for two wands and two hint lenses. The rune spiral gradually lights up to show game progress. The cursor changes to an arrow when over one of the exits, usually placed on the edges of the screen. Most locations are comprised of only one screen, with a few having two directly connected rooms. When exiting a location, an overhead map appears showing all the uncovered territory, where the player can click to be transported to any of the available destinations. The main objective is to collect all the map pieces laying scattered around the scenery. The player must move back and forth, picking up objects and solving puzzles to gain access to new places. After retrieving all pieces, they have to be assembled on the map screen as jigsaw puzzles. The scenes have inventory puzzles, where a stored object has to be dragged and dropped from its slot to logical places on the scenery, and a wide variety of mini-games. Theses mini-games appear over the location screen, and have to be manipulated directly to be solved. They are logic games and implementation of classic designs, like a spot-the-differences game with two similar images, a Pipe Dream clone, a laser with deflecting mirrors puzzle and similar challenges. In some instances, the wand replaces the normal cursor and the player has to draw runes in the air. Clicking on certain scenery parts brings up a semi-circle of round silhouetted images, to where inventory and surrounding objects must dragged and placed over their corresponding contours.The hint lenses can be found and collected on some screens. They highlight the exact position of one random item, or allow one of the mini-games to be skipped. After gathering all the map pieces and completing all the objectives, the final challenge is to activate one of the glyphstones. All of them have variations of the same puzzle, where the missing symbols of a sequence have to be carved on the stone using a limited array of shapes. After solving it, Katya is transported to another land and a new section of the map opens to exploration. |
| Enlightenus | 2009-06-30 | Blue Tea Games | Blue Tea Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A detective is called to the house of Edgar Lee, a famous but reclusive author. After arriving, entering and investigating the place, the sleuth receives a message by the writer where he explains the main source of inspiration for his novels: a machine that allows him to travel to other worlds. The detective is commissioned to use the device and search for a series of missing pages, mysteriously stolen from unfinished books and scattered through another dimensions.Enlightenus is a hidden object title with a new gameplay twist: instead of searching for objects from a list, most of the time the objective is to drag and drop several inventory objects on logical places on the scenery.The gameplay switches back and forth between three main sections. The first one is an exploratory adventure game, similar to first-person adventure games like Myst, where the player moves from one static screen to another representing the rooms or places of some location. The inventory is always visible at the bottom, and after clicking on items found on the scene, they float towards one of the available slots to be stored for later use. The player has to solve puzzles in the classic point-and-click manner, by dragging and dropping the inventory objects on their appropriate and logical places. In some instances clicking on parts of the scenery brings up a puzzle, where a mechanism of some sort has to be manipulated directly to solve it, or more standard challenges like a card matching memory game. The cursor is contextual, changing shape to an arrow to indicate an exit, and to a magnifying glass when another view of some scene item is available.The second section comes up when clicking one of the scattered pages, usually found laying over the scenery. A separate screen appears showing a location depicted in the book, and the inventory slots are filled with assorted items unrelated to the main quest. The goal is to drag and drop these objects to perform some action, or complete some of the scenery items. For example, a needle can be used to pop a balloon, a hammer can break something fragile, missing antlers can be plugged back to a mounted deer's head, and other similar association tasks. After the inventory is empty, the page is complete and the player receives an engraved button to be used on the next section.The last major section is the portrait puzzle, where the player has to place all the engraved buttons, previously received from completing all the available pages, on slots set on two columns framing a central painting depicting a novel scene. Each column has a plaque with a written clues at the top, to indicate what buttons have to be put on them. The clues are phrases and riddles, and each button has a different picture engraved on it bearing some relation to the conundrum.A crystal ball at the bottom left acts as the hint button for all sections, circling the area where one of the inventory objects can be used and revealing three cards in the memory mini-game. Extra hints can be found and collected on the page sections, as cards with an E at the center. |
| Faerie Solitaire | 2009-06-30 | Subsoap | Subsoap | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A mysterious force trapped all the fairies from the land of Avalon, upsetting the balance of good and evil. A hero rises to the occasion to save all the magical creatures and restore nature's equilibrium.Faerie Solitaire is an implementation of the classic card game with some gameplay variations and a fantasy theme. The objective is to draw a card from the deck at the bottom, and click on other cards that have numbers one unit higher or lower than it, organized on several stacks occupying most of the screen, to make them disappear. Their suit is irrelevant, and clicking on cards in sequence initiates a combo bonus. Each card removed gives money and starts to fill an energy meter at the top. When no card can be clicked, the player has to draw a new one from the deck. Each level ends when the deck is all spent or, in an ideal move that the game calls "Perfect", all the stacks have been cleared.The top meter builds up the energy necessary to finish the level and later release one of the fairies from its prison. All the levels have certain goals to be accomplished, like completing it within a specific time limit, collecting a set amount of money and making combos of a certain number of cards.Some cards have special proprieties. Thorn cards are locked facing down, and can only be turned upwards after all the rose cards are removed, with these usually buried beneath the stacks. The ice wall cards are similar but can only be unlocked by the fire cards. They act like power-ups throwing balls of fire towards the locked cards after being clicked.The money can be spent on upgrades at the separate Faerie Land screen. The Tree of Life decreases 25% of the face down cards on each stack. The Hourglass makes the active pet grow more quickly. The Wishing Well gives 5% more gold for each level. The Magic Clock shows how many cards are left in the deck. The Flower Garden and Obelisk give one extra undo move. The Fae Grass fills the meter a bit. The Aura Ring stores useless drawn cards as energy, destroying the top card of a stack when fully charged. The Orb of Fortune shows the next card in the deck, when the cursor is hovering over it.Eggs and various resources can be found behind some stacks and collected to be used later. The eggs can be tended in the hatchery, where they give birth to the game's pets. The pets have to be nurtured, consuming a number of resources to grow and reveal a secret. Besides the main Adventure, there are two extra modes: Quickplay, where previously completed levels can be replayed, and Challenge, where the obligatory level goals are much harder. |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 2009-06-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Bright Light | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | | Karl Wickens | Windows | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is based on the movie of the same name. The player takes the role of Harry Potter who has to fight against Lord Voldemort and his minions. The game is not completely linear - between the chapters Harry can explore the school at his own leisure. If the player does not want to walk and search around, they have two ways to cut a corner: portraits, which are unlocked during the course of the game, can be used to teleport instantly to another place. Harry can also call a ghost which shows him the fastest way to the next mission. Exploration has mostly one goal: finding the 150 (more or less) hidden crests which unlock achievements and trophies. Because Harry lost his ability to jump and climb, he has to use spells to reach them.Mini Games
The player will spend most of his time in three mini games: magic duels, brewing potions, and quidditch. The duels are used to learn new spells respectively improve the already known. Harry basically faces other magicians and uses his spells to defeat them, e.g. by paralyzing them or by parrying their spells. To perform a spell the player has to use his input device to recreate a certain movement.Quidditch is a reaction test. Harry's broom flies automatically and the player can only slightly move it to fly through rings or avoid obstacles. While brewing potions Harry faces a bowl, ingredients and a time limit. Now he simply needs to recreate the receipt by using the ingredients in the correct on the bowl. Sometimes he needs to heat up the bowl or stir the brew up with his input device. If he makes a mistake there is smoke which costs time. |
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 2009-06-30 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is based on the animated movie of the same name. The story has the basic premise that Sid gets kidnapped by dinosaurs and his friends need to save him. During the course of the game the player takes control over six characters - most of them vary notably regarding gameplay.Most of the time is spent in a 3rd person platformer where the player controls his character while jumping over gaps, avoiding enemies and collecting items. Depending on the character the player has different attacks at his disposal. There are also numerous levels with are basically mini games, e.g. a classic 2D platforming section, a side-scrolling shooter, balancing on a snowball or dogfights while riding a pterodactyl. |
| The Pandora Directive | 2009-06-30 | Wordplay, LLC | Access Software, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | Welcome to San Francisco of the future - a strange megalopolis with a post-apocalyptic feel, where ordinary humans co-exist with mutants - the result of radioactivity. In this city is also the office of Tex Murphy, a lonely private investigator, kind-hearted, yet bitterly ironic. He is hired to investigate the disappearance of a scientist named Thomas Malloy. A series of murders occurs at that time, and before long Tex finds himself involved in a complex conspiracy of political intrigues and shocking scientific discoveries.The Pandora Directive is a sequel to Under A Killing Moon, utilizing the same 3D engine, real actors, and gameplay system. The player can physically explore the game world, looking at objects from different angles, zooming in, etc. It is necessary to talk to many people about various topics, and also solve some complex puzzles. The game provides a built-in hint system for the puzzles, but the player does not get any points for solving them if he opts to use it. The game introduces a new gameplay element: Tex has three kinds of answers at his disposal during some important dialogues. Depending on what kind of approach the player chooses for Tex (especially in conversations with his sweetheart Chelsee), subsequent plot events will be influenced, eventually leading to one of the six different endings. |
| Vanguard Princess | 2009-06-30 | | | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Vanguard Princess is an independently developed fighting game by Suge9, rumoured to be the ex-Capcom employee Tomoaki Sugeno. It was created in Fighter Maker and features ten playable characters, all girls, who are called Vanguard Princesses. One day, a passenger plane was shot down and the only remaining survivor was a little girl. Growing up, she discovered she had gained mysterious abilities. She was tested by the government and suffered deeply, but eventually her powers spread, affecting other girls who received similar abilities, leading to a large-scale tournament between them.The game is different from other doujin fighters through the focus on the combo system. By carefully timing and choosing attacks, it is possible to temporarily stun or push back the opponent, making an opening to link attacks, similar to the Street Fighter games. Battles are in fact two-on-two, as players also choose one of the four available support characters. These can be called to fight along, walking behind the player's character, and are especially useful to extend and link attacks.Next to a large numbers of attacks, reflects, sidesteps and throws, there are also some special abilities. A Super meter is filled by connecting normal moves. Once full, Liberty Art can be performed, the character's most powerful move. To have the support character attack, an Assist meter is used. When the main character takes damage during an attack or has her guard broken, it becomes temporary unusable. Blocking attacks is not possible all the time, as it depletes a Guard meter (known as Calcium Break). Similarly, when hit too many times without blocking, a Stun meter increases eventually causing the character to stand defenceless.The graphics often contain flashing images and animations that fill the entire screen. The game can be played by two players locally, but online multiplayer is also possible through the LunaPort application. There is a main Story mode, with cutscenes that further each girl's story, and a regular VS mode. In the Story mode, there are also three difficulty levels to choose from. |
| Diamon Jones: Eye of the Dragon | 2009-07-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Litera Laboratories | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Diamon Jones is a treasure seeker along the lines of Indiana Jones; he is on the hunt for adventure but never very successful. The Diamon Jones series is a collection of traditional point-and-click adventure games, each with a different globe-trotting adventure story. The games are all played from a third-person perspective and feature a combination of inventory and logic puzzles, as well as small minigames. Full voice acting is present in all games. Each game is its own individual story, with only limited reference to previous episodes.In Eye of the Dragon, which is the second game in the series, the major setting is China, and you will start in Shanghai, then locate and explore the Lost City. Your quest is to find a mystical artefact called the Eye of the Dragon. The gameplay is essentially the same as the first game in the series, with slightly more focus on minigames, and less extensive voice acting. |
| Jewel Twist | 2009-07-01 | Kristanix Studios ANS | Kristanix Studios ANS | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Jewel Twist is a classic Match-3 game where players need to switch the position of jewels on a game board to form lines of three identical jewels, horizontally or vertically. This game offers 100 levels with no time limit and various board designs. When a match is formed, it disappears from the board and new jewels drop down from the top of the screen. Points are awarded, but to complete a board players have to form matches over tiles that are marked blue. That way, the background tiles gradually turn orange and when all of them have been changed, the board is won.All of the boards can be accessed right away and players can also design custom levels with the included level editor. When stuck, it is possible to restart the level or to shuffle the pieces based on the current progress with no penality. At any moment, players can save the level to complete it later. |
| Mata Hari | 2009-07-01 | Viva Media, LLC | Cranberry Production GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | World War I | | | | Teen | | Windows | The famous exotic dancer and femme fatale Mata Hari is brought to life in this adventure game which builds its story upon the idea that she actually became a spy in Europe during the World War I era.Because she is beautiful and seductive, Mata Hari has many men pursuing her. Some of her admirers are wealthy politicians and officers in the military on both sides of the war (France and Germany). Being a material girl of the time, she loves the expensive gifts and money that her suitors give her, and through her connections she has risen to new heights of society. Then she meets the dapper Oscar Somerset who has political ambitions of his own. He convinces her to become a spy and offers to pay her handsomely for any secrets she can uncover. But problems inevitably ensue and she finds herself entangled in a web of love, betrayal, secrecy and mystery. The game challenges the player to change history with actions and choices to see if her tragic death can be avoided.The game features the traditional adventure elements that include a point-and-click interface, finding and using inventory objects, solving puzzles and problems and conversing with numerous in-game characters. In addition, players can control Mata Hari's dance performances on stage in a series of optional mini games. |
| Posh Boutique 2 | 2009-07-01 | Puzzle Lab | Puzzle Lab | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Posh Boutique 2 is a time management game and the sequel to Posh Boutique. Like the original the player must service the customers. The goal of every level is to accumulate enough money that visitors leave. But if the player makes the customer waiting too long, he leaves and the player loses money. |
| Ship Simulator 2008: Gold Edition | 2009-07-01 | astragon Software GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This gold edition includes:
Ship Simulator 2008 (base game)
Ship Simulator 2008 Add-on: New Horizons (expansion)
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| The Hardy Boys: The Perfect Crime | 2009-07-01 | Adventure Company, The | Trine Games | Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | When a thief steals bomb-making materials from a local hardware store, making off on a motorcycle belonging to the Hardy boys, they are on the case. But when they investigate, they find an even greater crime. The Perfect Crime is a hidden object game. In each scene, there is a list of objects to find, within a time limit. The time limit can be optionally removed. There is dialog before and after each scene, as well as after finding important objects. If that last item is proving hard to find, a hint button is included as well. Finding some objects will trigger mini-games, such as placing wires to bridge connectors, or reassembling ripped-up letters. |
| ...A Personal Nightmare | 2009-07-02 | Adventure Soft Publishing Ltd. | Horror Soft Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | A horror adventure from Horrosoft.
Your father is the pastor of your village. A strange letter from him made you decide to return to your village, only to find out your father is no where to be found, and everyone is being hostile and strange.
After a while you will find out evil forces have taken over the people of the village and your job is to find out how to kill some devil creatures ( like a vampire ) and figure out what truly is going on.
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| 2K Huge Game Pack | 2009-07-02 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | 2K Huge Game Pack is a compilation which includes:
BioShock
CivCity: Rome
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich
Prey
Railroad Tycoon II: Platinum
Railroad Tycoon 3
Shattered Union
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Sid Meier's Pirates!: Live the Life
Sid Meier's Railroads!
X-COM: Apocalypse
X-COM: Enforcer
X-COM: Interceptor
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
X-COM: UFO Defense |
| Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood | 2009-07-02 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Techland Sp. z o.o. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Western | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | What made Ray McCall put down his revolver and become a reverend in the town of Hope? A question Call of Juarez never answered. The successor, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood tells the story of what happened 20 years ago that dramatically changed the life of a fearsome gunslinger. The story begins right during the War of Secession with Ray and his brother Thomas as soldiers in the confederation. But soon they realize that their family at the farm in Georgia is in danger and they leave the army as deserters only to arrive home too late. Only their youngest brother, William, survived the attack. While he tries to give his brothers strength through faith, Ray goes on a rampage for revenge - pulling Thomas right with him down a dark path that in the end can only lead to the inevitable.At the beginning of a level, the player normally has the option to choose between playing either Ray or Thomas. Only in a few missions the game decides this. Choosing with which character to fight his way in first-person-shooter style through the levels greatly influences the gameplay. While Ray shoots first and asks questions later, he can neither climb over obstacles nor use bows or throwing knives for stealth kills. On the other hand Thomas could not even kick in a door if his life depended on it. So most of the time the two need to work together. Sometimes though the characters split up and the mission progresses differently for each one of them. In addition at certain points in the game the two use their coop concentration mode together, allowing them to simultaneously slow down time and use their two different special attacks to take down large groups of enemies. While Ray has to aim during concentration mode to unleash hell on his enemies afterwards, Thomas's cross-hair automatically jumps from enemy to enemy but requires the player to pull the trigger manually each time. Similar to the duels, in which the player needs to draw his gun in one move before he can fire, this is done by performing a virtual backwards pull with the mouse or the analog stick. To limit the access to concentration mode, its "power" needs to replenished by killing six enemies and only holds for a certain amount of time if not used before it vanishes.Besides the story campaign, the game also features a class-based multiplayer mode for up to 12 players. While no coop-mode is available, the players can shoot each other in Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Wanted. In Wanted one player takes on the role of a wanted criminal and needs to be taken down. The player that manages to put him to rest then automatically becomes the criminal himself. Manhunt builds on that premise by putting a whole team on the hunt for the wanted criminal for 60 seconds which himself is defended by a complete team. The last mode, Historical Events, pits two teams against each other where one team needs to fulfill objectives during a time limit (like blowing up a weapons cache) with the other team tries to stop them. |
| Fuel | 2009-07-02 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Asobo Studio S.A.R.L. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Post-apocalyptic | Automobile, Motorcycle, Off-roading | | | Everyone | | Windows | FUEL is a free-world racing game. Players can explore a 14.000 km² area of Northern America after the effects of global warming took place, rendering it desolate with abandoned cities, broken vehicles and almost no survivors. The goal is to win races, which provides fuel that can be exchanged for new vehicles. The game world is divided in nineteen separate zones that need to be unlocked by collecting stars – provided through winning career races. Up to 75 different types of vehicles can be unlocked during the course of the game. The vehicles can be modified with paint jobs and liveries.Besides the regular career races, which are restricted to a specific vehicle class like ATV, buggy or motorbike, challenges are another event type in the game. These include for example chasing a helicopter through the terrain or trying to touch other vehicles within a given time limit. Next to the races and challenges that can be accessed right away, the game also offers the ability to drive freely in each of the zones to explore the environment. This is further encouraged by having to locate new liveries, vista points, and doppler trucks that show the locations of all items. The terrain is dense and the appropriate vehicle needs to be selected to explore freely. There are many extreme weather effects, such as pouring rain, snow, thunder storms and even hurricanes.The general gameplay is arcade-like. Even though the terrain affects the performance, vehicles cannot be damaged and there is an option to respawn when crashing into objects. The roads are littered with obstacles and the game encourages to break away from the regular tracks to locate shortcuts and use jumps to cross large distances. Players can also create their own tracks through waypoints in the zone. A general HUD shows the race statistics and marks the course, along with a mini-map. FUEL can also be played online against up to 16 players. |
| G.H.O.S.T. Chronicles: Phantom of the Renaissance Faire | 2009-07-02 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Aisle 5 Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | After the appearance of a ghost at the Spears Renaissance Fair brought the place to ruins, its owners decide to hire a paranormal investigator to exorcise the phantom, or at least to uncover a possible hoax.G.H.O.S.T Chronicles: Phantom of the Renaissance Faire is a hidden object game with adventure elements. The objective is to explore the abandoned stalls, shops and remaining places of the Fair, finding and clicking on objects and storing some of them to solve puzzles and move to other locations. The navigation interface follows the standard set many years ago by point-and-click adventures like Myst, where each location is presented as a series of mostly static screens. In some places, it is necessary to pan horizontally to see the full extent of the scenery, with the cursor becoming a green arrow when over one of the exit hotspots.Ghosts and the park staff appear on several locations giving hints, quests and information about the case and the history of the park. On most scenes, the initial goal is to use the Magic Eye device to scan the environment for clues. This tool acts as a paranormal detector, replacing the cursor and showing through its viewer any glowing ghost activity. In some cases, the viewer collects a list with names entries for objects that must be retrieved from the location. In other instances the viewer finds a complete object, and the player has to find and click on its scattered pieces on the scenery.The inventory is accessible at the bottom of the screen, and the stored objects have to be dragged and dropped from it to logical places of the scenery. A key, for example, can be used on a lock to open it. Fairies can also be found amongst the hidden items, giving extra hints when collected. The hint fairies can be summoned with the button at the bottom-right, flying towards one of the required objects to point its exact position. |
| Ishar Compilation | 2009-07-02 | DotEmu SAS | Silmarils | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | This compilation includes these games:
Crystals of Arborea
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress
Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom
Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity |
| MoneySeize | 2009-07-02 | Kongregate Inc. | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | In MoneySeize, players take control of Sir Reginald MoneySeize II, Esq., who has to collect 1010 coins to fund the construction of the tallest tower in the world.MoneySeize starts in a map area where the tower will be built. He can enter different stages through doors placed on the map. As he collects more and more coins, the tower is gradually built, allowing access to later stages, which become increasingly difficult.MoneySeize has the ability to double jump, walljump and skid jump. Coins are scattered among the levels, hidden in chests, and fluffy creatures can also be crushed to gain coins. In later levels cannons, balloons, temporary and moving platforms, and platforms that only reveal themselves after pushing a button, are introduced. |
| Virtua Tennis 2009 | 2009-07-03 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | Sumo Digital Ltd (Sheffield) | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Virtua Tennis 2009 features several international tennis stars like Roger Federer, Boris Becker or Maria Sharapova against which the player needs to compete against or play with in the heart of the game: The World Tour. The player creates his own character from scratch and plays to reach the number one rank on the world ranking list.As its predecessor Virtua Tennis 3, Virtua Tennis 2009 is not a hardcore simulation of the sport and only needs three buttons to perform all possible shots. Still time needs to be invested in training the character through practice matches, specific training sessions at the Tennis Academy and 12 different kinds of mini-games. These include "Pirate Wars" which requires the player to hit and sink moving pirate ships and "Shopping Dash" where the player needs to collect items on the tennis floor while avoiding balls thrown at him. These mini-games, as well as the normal singles and double matches can also be played with/against friends.In the World Tour mode, the player can only take one action per week. He can only play in a tournament or do one of the mini-games but not both for example. In addition he has to watch his stamina level which decreases more or less every time he plays a match or does a training session. This means form time to time it is necessary to sit out a week or two and go on a vacation, returning fully rested. By winning tournaments the player also earns money that can be invested in different sports gear and clothes. |
| Margrave Manor 2: The Lost Ship | 2009-07-04 | Big Fish Games, Inc | InertiaSoft Ltd. | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Edwina Margrave receives a letter about the "Aurora Dusk", a derelict ship found offshore that belongs to her family. She was raised in an orphanage, never meeting her real parents. Since the boat is hers by inheritance, she decides to travel to the coastline and inspect it personally to uncover details about her family history.Like its predecessor, Margrave Manor 2: The Lost Ship is a hidden object game with adventure elements. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on locations cluttered with assorted paraphernalia depicting the many decayed rooms of the abandoned ship. Some of the objects are stored for later use, on separate screens where the list is replaced by inventory slots containing them. In these sections, the goal is to drag and drop the inventory objects on parts of the screen to solve puzzles, like using a key to open a padlock.A separate puzzle screen comes up when clicking on certain parts of the scenery. These puzzles usually have pieces and mechanisms that must be manipulated directly to be solved. There are implementations of recurring mini-games of the genre, like jigsaw puzzles with letters and maps, and a spot-the-differences game with the screen split in two similar images. Other challenges include a Tangram game with jewels, a Pipe Dream clone, a puzzle featuring pieces with pentominoes shapes and similar games. The hint button at the bottom interface highlights the exact position of one of the required objects. Extra hints are added automatically after several minutes. In the freeplay mode, previously visited locations can be accessed again to collect all the items. |
| H2O Remix | 2009-07-06 | TLK Games S.A.R.L. | TLK Games S.A.R.L. | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | H2O Remix is a modernised version of the 1996 H2O puzzle game, and still reminiscent of Lemmings. The player is tasked with guiding pixel-sized droplets of liquid to an exit by deploying bridges, building barriers, or blowing up obstacles to alter the course of the stream that falls from the top of the screen. Tools are provided in limited amounts on each level, so have to be used wisely. You move from one level to the next by completing the level objective, which define both a minimum percentage of droplets to deliver and a time limit not to exceed. Some levels span multiple screens and contains several entry points and exits. |
| BioShock & The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bundle | 2009-07-07 | 2K Games, Inc., Bethesda Softworks LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This package includes the following games bundled together:
BioShock
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
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| Eador: Genesis | 2009-07-07 | Artifactorium | Artifactorium | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Eador: Genesis is a medieval fantasy turn-based strategy/role-playing game inspired by Master of Magic, Civilization, Warlords, Heroes of Might and Magic and Disciples. The game deliberately retains an "old school" look with 2D graphics. Eador's story takes place in a fantasy world that had been broken into "shards" by powerful magic. Each shard is a large island that drifts in the Great Nothing, and is populated by diverse creatures. Taking the role of a Master, the player must use diplomacy, military strength, cunning and magic to unite the lands under sovereign rule. The primary driving force in this quest are Heroes, which may belong to one of the four classes: Warrior, Scout, Wizard and Commander. Each hero class has unique parameters and style of play, and the ways of developing a hero are even more diversified by the ability to specialize in professions (for example, allow a Warrior to train in magic use) and acquire unique high-level abilities.World maps are randomly generated and are comprised of provinces. While the player does not directly control a Hero's movement within a province, Heroes can be ordered to explore territory, and if a special location is encountered, enter it to get a quest, buy items or battle with hostile monsters. The more explored territory a province has, the more income the player will get from it, and the population will also be more content. Special locations and combat encounters can usually be left for the player to enter at any time, so that battles with more powerful monsters may be postponed until a hero and his troops have levelled up accordingly.Each Master's home province houses a castle which can be developed much like in many other turn-based strategy games. There are no class-specific castle types, but instead a branching non-linear path of development, which is additionally affected by the player's global choices (for example, the alliances the player may have made with indigenous races). Similarly, players have free hand in developing their alignment, depending upon global decisions and affiliations with differently aligned characters. For example, the player can oppress their population and hire evil-aligned creatures such as orcs into their army, or develop a Wizard class hero into a necromancer.Combat visuals are very similar to the Heroes of Might and Magic series but there are profound differences. There are no stacks, and individual units gain experience just as well as heroes. Sometimes a unit may be awarded with a medal for excellent performance, which grants additional bonuses to its stats but also raises the salary paid to this unit. Combat behaviour is affected by many parameters, including endurance, morale, terrain affinity and unit-specific abilities. Additionally, all hero classes are able to cast spells, however, Wizards are of course more powerful in this area that other classes. |
| Hunting Unlimited 2010 | 2009-07-07 | ValuSoft, Inc. | SCS Software | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hunting, Shooter, Stealth | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Hunting Unlimited 2010 is the 10 year anniversary and 7th title in the Hunting Unlimited series. The player takes the role of a hunter in a selection of game modes raging from the games main Challenge mode, Free Hunt, Tournaments, User Missions and there is also a Target Range where you can practice your aiming skills.Game play takes place across a vast variety of terrain including Alaska, Africa and the Bavarian Forest also include a full day and night with weather effects ranging from fog, rain and even snow. You get to hunt Elephants, Lions and another 16 different kinds of game in both male, female and even youth stages. Your weapons arsenal consist of 29 weapons these vary from rifles, shotguns, handguns all the way down to varies kinds of bows. Also at your disposal is a huge selection of equipment ranging from a ATV Quad bike and horse to help you traverse the vast open distances, to different scents, calls and camouflages. |
| Street Fighter IV | 2009-07-07 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd., Dimps Corporation | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Street Fighter IV is the first main game in the fighting series, since the release of Street Fighter III in 1997, to up the main number in the game title. Produced by Yoshinori Ono, the game was launched following the positive response to Street Fighter II': Hyper Fighting.The game is chronologically set between the second and third main series and features a cast of well-known characters. The most important change is the visual style. Instead of choosing full 3D like the Tekken or Virtua Fighter series, SF IV stays true to it roots with stages on 2D planes. The characters are rendered in 3D with polygons similar to the Street Fighter EX series, but now with a hand-drawn touch of strokes and smudges, providing an effect of ink or paint in the visual design.The gameplay is largely reminiscent of Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike with a six-button scheme for light, medium and heavy kicks and punches, throws, dashes, quick standing, combos and special moves. New to this game are Focus Attacks (Saving Systems in the Japanese version), based on two stances where an incoming attack can be absorbed and consequently countered. These attacks can be used to cancel out special moves, leading to new opportunities for combos and putting the emphasis into reading an opponent's move, rather than relying on strict combos. Regular special moves can be powered up through a super combo gauge. There is also a revenge gauge that is filled up by taking damage. When full, an ultra combo can be performed, with a long cinematic set of moves, often shown from a camera perspective that breaks away from the regular view.Compared to the arcade version, the home version offers online multiplayer, new characters, both Japanese and English voice acting, animated introductions and endings for all characters, bonus stages, a new introduction, a challenge mode that introduces players to the basics, and downloadable content.The set of playable characters includes:
Abel (new)
Akuma
Balrog
Blanka
Cammy
Chun-Li
Crimson Viper (new)
Dan
Dhalsim
E. Honda
El Fuerte (new)
Fei-Long
Gen
Guile
Ken
M. Bison
Rose
Rufus (new)
Ryu
Sagat
Sakura
Vega
ZangiefOther characters are Gouken, Ryu and Ken's sensei and the elder brother of Akuma, as a computer-controlled character, and Seth as the new boss character. |
| Tales of Monkey Island | 2009-07-07 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure, Compilation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | Cinematic camera | Windows | Tales of Monkey Island is a collection of all episodes of Telltale Games Monkey Island series:
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1 - Launch of the Screaming Narwhal
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 - The Siege of Spinner Cay
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 3 - Lair of the Leviathan
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 4 - The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 5 - Rise of the Pirate God
The complete season was eventually released electronically as a package but it was already available as a whole if pre-ordered by buying the first episode in 2009. This collection is also available on a double-sided DVD directly from Telltale, with the following extras:
Team commentary videos for each episode
Fan-generated "I Wonder What Happens..." videos
Video Trailers for the games and Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
Wallpapers and avatars
Screenshots and Concept Art
Purchasers of the the digital download version can get the DVD for free (only shipping and handling needs to be paid) and also received some of the episodes a little earlier than single-episode buyers.For the PS3 version this bundled collection was the first release on the platform in the series. Episodes were not available separately and that digital download version also does not include any of the extras. |
| Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1 - Launch of the Screaming Narwhal | 2009-07-07 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | Cinematic camera | Windows | Launch of the Screaming Narwhal is the first episode in Tales of Monkey Island, a series of point-and-click adventure games based on the Monkey Island franchise that was started by Lucasfilm Games with The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) and ran until the fourth game Escape from Monkey Island (2000). After nine years, the intellectual property was licensed by adventure developer Telltale, Inc. where many of the original LucasArts adventure developers had since moved.The game is set after the events of Escape from Monkey Island and starts when protagonist Guybrush Threepwood attempts to rescue his fiancée Elaine Marley from the clutches of zombie pirate LeChuck. During the fight, Guybrush, clumsily as ever, manages to mess up the voodoo recipe that was supposed to defeat LeChuck and loses both Elaine and his ship. The main goal is to find back Elaine and deal with the evil pirate once more, through a number of trials and problems that prevent him from leaving the island. The first chapter takes place on an entirely new location called Flotsam Island and includes an entirely new cast of characters along with some familiar ones. Many of the voice actors for the main roles previously lent their voices to earlier titles in the series.Unlike Escape from Monkey Island the game is rendered entirely in 3D, and the typical Telltale engine is used. Guybrush can be controlled through the keyboard keys or through mouse movement (selecting the character and dragging the cursor to the desired destination). Only a single mouse cursor is used for all actions and important items are stored in an inventory where they can be examined. Entirely new for a Telltale game is the incorporation of the classic adventure mechanic where items can be combined in the inventory to form new objects or to interact with each other.The game makes many non-essential references to the earlier games and contains the classic Monkey Island ingredients such as humorous conversations and events, based on slapstick, play on words, witty retorts and contemporary cultural references, conversation trees, an unconventional approach to puzzle solutions, and the anti-heroic main character. The game's puzzles include triggers based on conversations, item combination puzzles and more extensive tasks that require maps and the use of the environment. It is not possible to die in the game and player can set the ratio of hints Guybrush casually mentions while progressing through the game. Full solutions are however never provided.Unlike other Telltale episodic adventure series, individual episodes initially could not be purchased separately. Because of the larger story arc or possibly financial reasons, users were required to buy the five episodes as a whole as they are released on a monthly basis. Later, the decision was reversed and episodes were also offered individually. |
| World Mosaics 2 | 2009-07-07 | Fugazo Inc. | Fugazo Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | World Mosaics 2, like its predecessor, is a "picture crossword puzzle", a genre popularized by titles like Picross. The objective is to fill a number of squares on a grid to form a picture. Each row and column has numeric clues besides and on top of them, showing the number of continuous squares to be painted. By analysing the available information, the player can guess the correct squares that have to be filled. For example, a row with the numbers "4 1 3" has four adjacent squares, one isolated and another 3 adjacent ones waiting to be uncovered. Empty squares can be marked with an X.The minimal plot is told through the pages of a diary, with the unnamed protagonist traveling to the past after finding a series of cave paintings with magical proprieties. There's a limited number of errors allowed per picture, and making more than six mistakes resets the picture to its original blank state. Each square correctly uncovered adds sand to the hourglass at the right side of the screen, and after filling it the player receives an extra hint. The hint button reveals a few random tiles. The grids get more complex as the game progresses, with a larger number of squares to be marked. |
| Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis | 2009-07-08 | LucasArts | Lucasfilm Games LLC | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Interwar | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Indiana Jones is back! The great archaeologist and adventurer has to solve a grand mystery once again, aided by his trusty whip, his sharp wit, and his courage. A man who calls himself Mr. Smith is interested in a certain ancient statue. When the unsuspecting Indy hands it over to the client, he finds out that Mr. Smith is in fact a colonel in the Nazi army! Why was he so interested in that statue? A young woman who had once worked together with Indy, the pretty red-haired (and a bit troublesome) Sophia, tells him the whole thing must have a connection with the legendary lost continent Atlantis. Gathering clues from all over the world, Indy and Sophia embark on a grand journey across the globe.Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is a puzzle-solving adventure game conceived in the spirit of Indiana Jones movies; however, it is not based on a specific movie, introducing a new, independent story. The game utilizes LucasArts' SCUMM system, with action verbs the player chooses from a menu; objects that can be interacted with are highlighted. The game contains many puzzles of various kinds (mostly inventory-based) and dialogues with multiple choices. There are also a few simple hand-to-hand fights against the Nazis, some of which can be avoided.The middle part of the game can be played in three "modes": co-operation (Indy and Sophia), adventure (Indy alone), and action (Indy alone, with fewer puzzles and more action). In each mode, there are different locations to visit, different puzzles to solve, and different characters to meet. The CD version of the game adds voice-overs to all the conversations. |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure | 2009-07-08 | LucasArts | Lucasfilm Games LLC | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed, Regional differences | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Interwar | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | It is 1938 and adventurer Indiana Jones is joined by his father on this quest, preventing Adolf Hitler from capturing the Holy Grail. He will have to deal with Nazi guards, the Luftwaffe and enemy spies as he tries to stop the tyrannical Nazi leader.The Graphic Adventure uses the same SCUMM gameplay system as the previous Maniac Mansion. Most of the screen is used for a visual rendition of the current scene. At the bottom of the screen are words, which can be clicked on using the mouse to activate their functions. For example, objects can be picked up, used, pushed or pulled, and turned on and off. Most locations are from the movie, but some further scenes are added.In keeping with Indiana's action-man persona, the game also features pure action scenes. Unlike most Lucasfilm adventures, you can die.Two PC versions of the game were released, one with 16 color EGA graphics, and one with 256 color VGA graphics. |
| Loom | 2009-07-08 | LucasArts | Lucasfilm Games LLC | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Age of the Great Guilds has arrived. Communities and states comprised of people united by a common trade were created. The Guild of Weavers has achieved such mastery in their trade that they discovered the secret of weaving the very fabric of reality. They were treated with suspicion by other guilds, who eventually accused them of practicing witchcraft and banned them to a secluded island, which they called Loom.Bobbin Threadbare is a young man from the Guild of Weavers. He is outcast from the guild and blamed for the lack of prosperity in recent times, though he does not know why. On his seventeenth birthday he is summoned by the Elders of the guild, who intend to decide his fate. However, shortly thereafter all the inhabitants of the village except Bobbin are turned into swans. Bobbin finds out that he is the child of the Great Loom, found by Lady Cygna, who tried to use the loom's powers to save the guild. Bobbin's stepmother Dame Hetchel teaches him the art of weaving magical drafts, and Bobbin embarks on a journey to find the lost flock, and the answers to his questions.Loom is an adventure game that sets itself apart from other titles in the genre through its unique gameplay system: the player character does not carry items around, but rather manipulates objects through the use of spells (called "drafts" in the game). The drafts themselves are woven by playing magical notes on a special instrument called "distaff". All the puzzles in the game are solved by learning and correctly applying these drafts. Each draft is a sequence of four notes within one octave. The player learns new drafts by exploring the environment and interacting with it through a simple point-and-click interface. Once a draft has been learned, it may be applied in a different situation in order to solve a problem. Drafts range from simple general actions (such as opening) to more specific and complex commands, e.g. turning straw into gold. Drafts can also be "reversed", i.e. played backwards, in order to execute the opposite action (for example, closing something instead of opening). As the game progresses Bobbin learns to play higher notes on the distaff, allowing him to access more drafts.The game features three difficulty levels, differentiating them by changing the way the interface works. The easiest level displays names of the notes as well as marking the correspondent areas on the distaff; Standard level features the distaff with the marks at the bottom of the screen, but no written notes; whereas Expert does not display the marks at all, requiring the player to memorize and play the drafts by ear.The CD DOS version of the game has enhanced 256-color graphics, audio tracks, and full voice acting. However, it also removes a few close-up scenes and conversations. The FM Towns version preserves these scenes and includes similar graphical and musical enhancements, but has no voice acting. |
| Unknown Horizons | 2009-07-08 | | | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Unknown Horizons is a freeware, open-source strategy game similar to the ones in the Anno series, where the main goal is to establish a colony in an archipelago and expand its territory settlement and economy.The game starts with a single seaship carrying the equipment necessary to build trading docks on the coast. Once this trading post is constructed, new buildings can be erected around the visible territory. Resource-gathering buildings like lumberjack's logging camps, fishermen wharfs and hunter cabins are required to collect and store basic construction and sustenance reserves.The buildings cost a combination of resources, with the amount of money and other materials remaining displayed at the top of the screen. All these features, as well as housing, main squares and others, have to be built and connected through a road network, that automatically shows the settlers going back and forth carrying resources. Trading with passing ships is a major way to generate new revenue and accumulate more resources.There's a tutorial included as a campaign teaching the basics. Random maps can be generated for single-player games, and there's support for multiplayer games through internet servers as well. |
| Sprill & Ritchie: Adventures in Time | 2009-07-09 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Five-BN | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | After escaping his alien captors, Sprill returns home with the magic pearl found while searching the shipwrecks of the Bermuda Triangle. He gives the precious artifact to Ritchie, his scientist friend. Ritchie builds a time machine with it, and accidentally sends several objects to various ages through history. Sprill must travel in time to collect these anachronistic objects and avoid dangerous time paradoxes.Like its predecessor, Sprill and Ritchie: Adventures in Time is a hidden object game. Some elements from the adventure genre were added to the design this time, like the new inventory interface and puzzles between the chapters. Most of the time, the objective is to search the screen for a number of objects, or object pieces, scattered around the scenery on locations related to the plot. The bottom interface shows an open notepad, with the right page listing all the remaining goals that have to be accomplished, and the left page with two tabs showing the number of objects or pieces that must be collected, and the inventory.After collecting all the items, the objects can be dragged and dropped from the inventory to other objects or parts of the scenery, to solve puzzles. This action often brings up a separate mini-game, taking place on a window at the center of the screen. The mini-games have interactive parts that have to be manipulated directly, where the player has to assemble jigsaw puzzles or fix some mechanism. Other mini-games take place on a separate screen and have more of an arcade feel, with shooting gallery sections and other challenges requiring quick reflexes. The hint button highlights the position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Super Mario Bros. X | 2009-07-09 | Mario Games | Mario Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Super Mario Bros. X is an unlicensed freeware game based on the early Mario console games. The game's included world, which contains over 50 main levels, along with multiple bonus levels, copies elements from Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and Metroid. The game is written in Visual Basic for the Windows platform.The gameplay of Super Mario Bros. X is very similar to the games it was intended to emulate, there are however several new elements. Simultaneous two player co-op gameplay is one of the major features of this fan-game. During a two-player game, the screen will split and recombine as the players separate and come together. Other new gameplay elements are the ability to fly the Koopa Clown Car that Bowser used in Super Mario World, plus the Billy Gun, which shoots Bullet Bills when picked up, Toothy, a Piranha Plant that the player can wield, the Propeller Block, a block that allows players to fly in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and five playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Toad, Princess Peach, and Link. |
| 101 Dolphin Pets | 2009-07-10 | GSP Software | Teyon S.A. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Menu structures | Real-time | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Over 100 dolphins to adopt, love, and play with!
Choose from over 101 baby dolphins or simply adopt them all! Discover
their personalities as you feed, clean and care for your new pets. Bring
out your pet's talents by training your dolphin in a variety of fun and
wacky activities. Enter your dolphin into pet shows and earn money to
buy exciting upgrades including toys, food, clothes, accessories and
more! The more tricks you teach and the more games you play, the more
fun you'll have! You'll never be bored with so many new best friends to
pamper, play with, and love!
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| 101 Penguin Pets 3D | 2009-07-10 | GSP Software | Teyon S.A. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Over 101 penguins to adopt and love! Dress up your penguin, teach it
tricks, enjoy fun games - all in vivid 3D!
There's nothing more fun than a pet penguin! Show your penguin how to
breakdance and jump, dress it up in hilarious clothes, play silly
minigames and more, all in amazing 3D. With 101 Penguin Pets 3D, you can
have your very own penguin friend to care for, teach, play with and love!
Romp in the snow, teach your penguin tricks, and enter your pet into
dance competitions to earn toys, food, clothing and furniture. Dress up
your penguin with hats, glasses and shoes as you zoom in, zoom out, tilt
and rotate in real 3D. Enjoy fun minigames as you take your penguin to
the vet for checkups, give it a bath, go skiing and more.
You'll never be bored with over 101 penguin friends to groom, pamper,
play with and love!
101+ penguins to adopt
101+ toys and items
Zoom, tilt and rotate in stunning 3D
Fun minigames and quests
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| Candace Kane's Candy Factory | 2009-07-10 | Destineer | | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
The Most Fun Factory in the World!
The zany world of Syrupton comes to the DS in Candace Kane’s Candy
Factory, a
fast-paced, addictive puzzle game that puts players in the role of
Candace Kane as she attempts to earn enough to make her way to the
International Candy Cup
Championships. Go it alone or play with a friend in the colorful world
of Syrupton, only in Candace Kane’s Candy Factory!
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| Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock / Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Dual Pack | 2009-07-10 | Activision Publishing, Inc., RedOctane, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This package contains the following two Guitar Hero games:Guitar Hero III: Legends of RockGuitar Hero: Aerosmith |
| Magic Encyclopedia: Moon Light | 2009-07-10 | Big Fish Games, Inc | V-Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Katrina is an apprentice sorcerer at the Magic School. One day, she receives a letter from her brother and fellow student Roger, describing his search for the missing Professor Frobos. Troubled by recurring nightmares, Katrina decides to follow her brother to aid the investigation and help elucidate the mysterious disappearance.Magic Encyclopedia: Moon Light follows the same basic design of its predecessor, mixing hidden object and adventure gameplay mechanics. As the heroine, the player has to visit locations around the world, presented as a series of mostly static screens. The objective is to find and click on the scattered pieces of objects, to assemble and store them inside the inventory for later use.The bottom interface shows several segmented pictures of the broken objects, with each collected piece adding a new part and gradually reassembling them. The complete objects are stored in the inventory at the right side of the screen, from where they can be dragged and dropped on logical places on the scenery to solve puzzles. Some sections of the location have glimmering lights to indicate a zoomed view available, usually containing one of the missing pieces. The hint button shows the position of one of the hidden pieces, but takes some time to recharge after use.Some of the pieces can only be obtained after using an inventory tool or solving one of the puzzles. The puzzles take place on a separate screen, where some sort of mechanism has to be manipulated directly to solve it. These mini-games are varied, with logic puzzles about ordering cards, concentration, and other more original challenges. They can be skipped after a few minutes with the arrow button at the bottom. |
| Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon / Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise | 2009-07-10 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This bundle includes:
Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon
Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise |
| Summer Athletics 2009 | 2009-07-10 | dtp entertainment AG | 49Games GmbH | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Summer Athletics: The Ultimate Challenge is a collection of sports events based on the Olympic Summer Games. It features 28 sports divided into eight disciplines: Swimming, jumping, throwing, cycling, running, platform diving, archery and the new skeet shooting (two variants). The handling is similar for all of them: rhythmic motions to keep the athlete moving and quick time events (pressing a button when it gets displayed on the screen) for performing certain actions. The mentioned rhythmic motions depend on the input device the player uses, e.g. at the swimming event the player needs to press two buttons alternately when using a keyboard and rotate the analog sticks when using a gamepad. The player character aims automatically during the skeet shooting, the player himself only has to shoot at the right time.The game features a basic career mode where the player gains a fixed amount of experience points after every event which can be reinvested into five stats like speed or jumping technique. The new character editor allows the adjustment of almost all facial aspects. In the optional arcade mode the players have so-called boosts to their disposal to improve their athlete's performance for a short time.There is also a new co-op mode for relay races (sprint and swimming): parallel to every handover on the screen the player hands his input device to the next player. |
| Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine | 2009-07-12 | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Alice Wright is an agent for the Department 42, a special government agency that deals with supernatural cases. The agency stored for safekeeping nine powerful amulets inside the Grimstone Mansion, a place protected by magic spells. After a fire destroys the building, the artifacts disappear and Alice is assigned to retrieve them.Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine is third attempt by Frogwares in casual gaming. Like their previous efforts, it's a hybrid game mixing hidden object and adventure mechanics. This time the design is more traditional, with the gameplay moving between well-defined sections for the adventure and hidden object portions.The game is divided in cases, where the objective is to find and retrieve one of the nine lost artifacts. The locations are presented as a series of mostly static screens, where the player has to search and click on all the objects listed at the bottom. Some of the retrieved items are stored inside the inventory, to be used later when solving puzzles. In the adventure sections, the list is replaced by the inventory, from where the stored objects can be dragged and dropped on parts of the scenery in a logical way.Interactive portions of the scene shimmer to make them more obvious to the player. When clicking on these glimmering spots, they sometimes open a window with a close-up view of the scenery. Some puzzles take place on separate screens, where a mechanism has to be manipulated directly to fix or create some item necessary to solve the case. The bottom interface also has a map to move between locations, and a list of the remaining case objectives. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Luxor: Mahjong | 2009-07-13 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Strategy | | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Embark on an epic quest to recover the stolen treasures of Ancient Egypt in LUXOR: Mah Jong. The fun and challenge is unending with 200 unique layouts available in 3 awesome play modes; Adventure, Single and Traditional. Three difficulty settings ensure that any player will find a challenge, and 3 exotic tile sets make LUXOR: Mah Jong a truly custom experience. Can you work your way up from a lowly farm hand to become the Pharaoh of all Egypt?
200 Unique Mah Jong Layouts
3 Exotic Tile Sets
5 Magical Power-Ups
3 Difficulty Settings
3 Modes of Play - Adventure, Single, Traditional
Unique Player Ranking system
All New Adventures in the Land of Egypt
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| Fairy Tales: Three Heroes | 2009-07-14 | Cats who play CJSC | Cats who play CJSC | Action | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Fairy Tales: Three Heroes is a Slavic tale of three Russian heroes who retired early when the nation was at peace. In their solitude, far from the world, their stories were soon forgotten until one day, Alesha, one of the heroes, unexpectedly meets a gang of robbers who try to sneak into his house. He learns from them that the world has changed. The nation is no longer stable and mischievous gangs are running rampant. Alesha decides to find back his former friends Dobrynya and Ilya to team up and restore the former glory.This third-person action is a modern take on the Lost Viking concept where three friends, each with different abilities, need to work together. They travel through a bright, cel-shaded world divided into different areas. Each location contains a number of towns, dense nature, characters who provide quests and of course plenty of enemies. Using the Physx engine, almost every object can be pushed around or destroyed. The three friends run together and the player can switch between them at any time. Meanwhile, the computer AI takes over for the other two character's basic actions. The player can also exercise minor influence over them by asking them to follow or hold a position. Often they need to operate separately, for specific missions or to control an area from different directions at the same time.The characters have distinct abilities. Alesha is an agile archer who runs the fastest and needs to take out enemies from a distance with bow and arrow. Dobrynya is stronger and usually wields a staff. He has the ability to pole-vault over obstacles where others cannot pass. Ilya is the brute with a giant sword and shield; slow but extremely effective in combat. They can pick up new weapons left behind by enemies (based on a wide range of statistics) or have it upgraded. By defeating enemies and completing quests, experience is earned to level up the character through a skill tree. Next to the primary weapons, each character can execute up to seven secondary attacks that can be upgraded up to three times. Alesha for instance can fire many arrows at once or aim precisely, while Ilya can swing his sword around to perform combos or pick up enemies and throw them far away. Executing them drains a Heroic Strength meter, that regenerates or is refilled through items. Not all attacks can be maxed out during the course of the game, so the most important ones need to be singled out. The characters can also collect meat or apples to restore health, and a wide range of items used to poison weapons, gain excessive speed, freeze enemies, increase defence and more.The many quests have the heroes attack fortresses and camps, protect towns, escort important characters or retrieve missing persons. In later missions, many of them occur at once introducing an invisible time limit or forcing the player to fight and protect characters at the same time. While the storyline is linear, players are free to explore the environment and explore the quests at first. Even though strategical switches between the characters are important while fighting, the combat itself is mostly pure hack-and-slash. Quests show up on a mini-map where waypoints can be activated to quickly move towards a goal. Movement is done through the keyboard, while the mouse is used to look around and perform actions. |
| Babylonia | 2009-07-15 | Suricate Software | Suricate Software | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Classical antiquity, Middle East | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In ancient Babylon, King Nebuchadnezzar had the beautiful Hanging Gardens built as a gift for his wife, Amytis. The goddess, Ishtar, was pleased with the beauty of these splendid gardens. But, in time, King Nebuchadnezzar began concentrating on conquest and neglected the gardens. In anger, Ishtar sent a plague of pests and earthquakes upon Babylon, sending it into ruin and destroying the gardens. Can you rebuild the Hanging Gardens to their former glory?Babylonia is a match-three game. You will use your mouse to swap two blooms to create a row of three or more of the same. The object is to clear all the tiles by making matches over them. Unpolished marble tiles must be matched twice. Solving the puzzles will get you coins. You use these coins to buy restored buildings and plant flowers to restore the gardens. This increases the joy meter of the garden. After you plant flowers, you will, at times, need to water them and use pest killer on them. If you keep the flowers healthy, Ishtar will be pleased and will reward you with new flower types or coins. If you neglect the flowers, Ishtar will be angered and will destroy one of your restorations.As the game progresses, you power up the hammer. It powers up to three stages. Stage one can only destroy a bloom, no chains, tiles or boxes. Stage two can destroy one layer of chain or a bloom and one layer of tile. Stage three will destroy any bloom you click, everywhere it is found on the board, as well as all chains and tiles on or under these blooms.As mentioned earlier, you have obstacles. Chains are removed by making a match with the chained bloom. Double chains must be matched twice. Boxes are removed by making a match in which one or more of the blooms in the match touch one or more boxes. Making a four bloom match creates a Rainbow Flower that acts as a wild card in matches. Making a five bloom match creates the Helix that, when clicked, clears all chains, tiles and blooms in a horizontal row. It will also clear boxes but not what is under them.Coins can also be used in the shop to buy a larger chest as well as spells like bomb, fireball and chain lightning. After all the buildings are restored in that part of the gardens and the joy meter is full, that part of the gardens will be made into a wallpaper that you can set on Windows and you move on to the next garden section. |
| Guitar Hero: World Tour | 2009-07-15 | Activision Deutschland GmbH, Aspyr Media, Inc., RedOctane, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Teen | Cinematic camera | Windows | Guitar Hero: World Tour is the fourth main game in the series and brings a major change to the concept. Following the release of Rock Band that built on the Guitar Hero concept but added additional instruments, World Tour introduces these as well to allow players to play together simultaneously as a real band. Next to the guitar that was the main peripheral for the previous titles, the bundled edition of the game adds a microphone for the vocal parts and drums for percussion. Just like the previous game, the guitar tracks are split up for the lead and bass. The lyrics and the vocal pitch is shown near the top of the screen, while the bottom part is split up for bass guitar, lead guitar and drums, each with a separate set of notes that need to be hit to correctly play the part.While playing, a rock meter keeps track of successive notes hit (one for each player), which leads to score multipliers. When the meter becomes too low, other players can make up for this on a shared, general performance meter. In the same vein players share a star power meter, built up by playing through certain sections successfully, that any player can access.There are four difficulty levels and a new beginner mode where notes are made as easy as possible to introduce the concept to new players. Most of the game content is centered around a Career mode (both Solo and Band) where players start a new band, choose an avatar an instrument, and then play different gigs unlocking new songs along the way. Completing tracks earns money that can be spent on outfits or instruments. There are once again encore songs and "boss challenges" where the lead guitar enters a duel. This is similar to the battles in Guitar Hero III, but without the power-ups. Instead it returns to a call-and-response mechanic similar to the Face-Off mode. Bands consists of offline players but online members can join as well. Complete bands can take on others online through the Battle of the Bands mode.Through the Music Studio editor new songs can be composed and shared using the GHTunes service (not for the PS2). In this edition avatars can be customized with more detail using the Create-a-Rocker mode. Major artists have licensed their appearance in the game. The Wii version contains a Mii Freestyle mode where players can use their Mii characters in-game and compose songs through motions of the Wii remote and the Nunchuk controller.There are several bundles for the game, based on the amount of instruments included, but also a stand-alone version as most of the versions are compatible with the controllers of previous games and even some of Rock Band. |
| Heed | 2009-07-15 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Heed is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.Story:
A traveler encounters a strange fly and spirits who makes the traveler to go on a quest to find the source and essence and that is not all. |
| Military Life: Tank Simulator | 2009-07-15 | UIG Entertainment GmbH | ActaLogic | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Tank | | | | | Windows | Military Life: Tank Simulator is a casual simulation of two WW2 tanks; the Sherman Firefly and the Tiger I. The game has single-player missions for tactical play in a single tank, in a 3D environment. It is mostly aimed at casual gamers, with ease of use being the focus for the game, not realism. The player sees an outside view of his selected tank from behind and over the turret, pointing in the gun direction. |
| Partisan | 2009-07-15 | ND Games | Paradigm | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | World War II | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | Partisan is an action RPG set during World War II. The player takes the role of a commandant of the Red Army who has to save his captured comrades from evil Nazis. The basic gameplay is similar to other games of the same genre: the player uses mouse clicks to move and by clicking on enemies his character attacks them. Alternatively he can also use the keyboard for movement.All the other usual game mechanics are present too: killed enemies leave a multitude of items behind which can either be picked up into the limited inventory and sold to the next merchant or switched with the already used gear. Experience points lead to level ups and the player can improve his stats: five points into five basic attributes like strength or stamina and one point in the abilities pistols, full automatic, rifles, knifes and grenades (the latter also includes medicine and passive stats like damage deduction). There are no classes. Injuries can be healed with medipacks or by waiting until it regenerates itself. The story is told by spoken dialogue and the levels are linear. |
| Rail Cargo Simulator | 2009-07-15 | UIG Entertainment GmbH | UIG Entertainment GmbH | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Train | | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)As the head of a marshalling yard you are aiming, according to the single, specified tasks, at coordinating the goods traffic with the available shunting locomotives and by using the hump yards in the most efficient way. In the career mode you start working in a small marshalling yard. By and by, due to your efforts, you work your way up to bigger marshalling yards. A level is considered to be solved, if the trains have been arranged correctly. But be careful, unpredictable events always affect the current happenings, such as:Important standard orders that have to be completed immediatelyProblems with the waggons such as axle or fire damagesDefects of railway tracksWeather conditions that influence the visibility and therefore the work flow |
| The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition | 2009-07-15 | LucasArts | LucasArts | Adventure | Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | 2D scrolling | Windows | The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is an enhanced remake of the classic adventure game The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) about the adventures of Guybrush Threepwood to become a pirate.The gameplay is completely identical, but has been re-mastered. It includes an updated hand-drawn art style for high resolutions with more fluent animations, an orchestral music score, full voice-overs and an in-game hint system with clues to help players who get stuck. At any time while playing, players are able to switch between the original game and the enhanced version in real-time.There are various ways to control the game. Unlike the original game, the possible verbs for actions and the inventory are not shown constantly on the screen. In the Windows version, the mouse is used to walk around and perform the default action for objects, the cursor can be changed by using the scrolling wheel, players can press a key to bring up a box with all possible verbs (as well as the inventory) and finally certain actions are also specifically bound to the keyboard keys. Next to the regular save system, there is also an autosave function. |
| Tomb of Zojir: Last Half of Darkness | 2009-07-15 | WRF Studios | WRF Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Tomb of Zojir: Last Half of Darkness continues the story of its predecessor. The passage to the Isle of the Dead revealed in the last game, it is time to travel to that haunted island by boat. The goal is to find an ancient temple, finally uncover the true origins of the darkness which supposedly hide within it, destroy it and make it out unscathed.The game is a horror-themed adventure game played in first person perspective using a point-and-click interface. On the dark and spooky Isle of the Dead, encounter ghosts, ghouls, skeletal remains and the like. The atmosphere is typically intended to intimidate and frighten with the inclusion of haunting sound effects and ominous music which add to the overall feeling of apprehensive tension and fear.Exploration of the island includes caves, a wharf, an abandoned house, cemeteries and crypts as well as many other foreboding locations. Conducive to the adventure genre, various types of puzzles are waiting to be solved for which players must gather information and inventory objects.In comparison to previous games in the series, Tomb of Zojir features changes and improvements including the graphics, interface design, options settings and an increase in the number of game-save slots. Inventory objects now disappear after their final use. In-game maps update automatically when the player first arrives at a new location.The WRF Studios' boxed release contains three spiders, a mysterious scroll, an antique photograph, and 16-page notebook journal and 1 DVD. Upon completion of the game, every player is given a code and an internet link for downloading a free puzzle game, Secrets of the Idol, not available anywhere else. The game must be downloaded within a few days of completing the main game. |
| Zombie Shooter 2 | 2009-07-15 | Sigma LLC | Sigma LLC | Action | Diagonal-down | | Horror | RPG elements, Shooter | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Your sister, Nancy Peters, is looking forward to your visit in the a small town where she lives. There is something strange going on at M.A.G.M.A. Corporation, where she is a research scientist. But, well, she didn't write to you to be a downer before you even arrive. She can talk to you about that when you get there.Zombie Shooter 2 is a zombie apocalypse shooter with some minor role playing elements, in that you can adjust the aspects of some of your stats and you have side quests. You start in the street and, soon, are accosted by zombie-like people. You can pick up additional ammunition as well as better guns. As you play the game, you can begin the side quests, purchase better guns, radar, and battle drones, and, even, get to drive vehicles. |
| Jewel Quest Mysteries: Trail of the Midnight Heart | 2009-07-16 | iWin.com | 3 Blokes Studios, iWin.com | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person, Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Hidden object, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | After her adventures in Egypt, Eva Witheby receives a call from her uncle Donald asking for help in India. She travels to Southeast Asia arriving at the famous Bijapour, the "Monkey City", on her 21st birthday, and starts to search for pieces of the missing jewel boards, the key to great treasures.Jewel Quest Mysteries 2: Trail of the Midnight Heart, like its predecessor, is a hidden object game with tile-matching mini-games between each chapter. A new adventure element was added to the design, with the inclusion of an inventory in the interface. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the left side of the screen within a time limit, on locations filled with assorted things scattered around the scenery. Some of the objects are stored inside the inventory to be used later, by dragging and dropping them over logical places on the screen to solve puzzles. The interface at the left side has three tabs for the jewel board pieces, the list and the inventory.Besides the required items, each screen is decorated with lots of jewels that can be collected, to be used later as currency for upgrades. Each location also has three gold coins with lion heads, that when collected give an extra hint. Certain helpful items and upgrades can be purchased between chapters, like a dragonfly that helps to find the gold coins, an upgrade that makes the cursor glimmer when near one of the jewels, extra slots for hints, a freeze power-up that stops the chronometer for some minutes and golden background portions for the tile-matching game.In some instances, the main character travels to another location initiating a quick separate game, where the location scenery is replaced by the view of a window on the moving vehicle or other mean of transportation. The goal is to click on a number of objects of the same type while the window scenery is scrolling, with the option of repeating the level at the end if the player was not able to find them all. At the end of each chapter the tile-matching game comes up, where the objective is to swap two adjacent tiles to make matches of three of the same kind and break the background, turning it into gold. |
| MumboJumbo Complete Pack | 2009-07-16 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | MumboJumbo Complete Pack is a collection of games including the following games:
7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven
7 Wonders II
Chainz 2: Relinked
Discovery! A Seek and Find Adventure
Elf Bowling: Hawaiian Vacation
Gemsweeper
Little Farm
Luxor
Luxor 2
Luxor 3
Luxor: Amun Rising
Luxor: Mahjong
Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife
Money Tree
Penguins' Journey
Reaxxion
Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch
Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena
The Office
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| Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships | 2009-07-16 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Bess Marvin, one of Nancy Drew's best friends, has won a trip to the Bahamas and invites Nancy and girlfriend George Fayne to go along. What starts as a great time in the Caribbean turns into disaster when Bess is kidnapped and held for ransom. Nancy and George end up in a whirlwind quest to find hidden treasure to rescue Bess.Like previous games, Ransom of the Seven Ships is a point-and-click adventure game. It contains all of the normal elements of a standard adventure - talking to other characters, gathering objects and clues, and solving puzzles. In addition, there are some activities specific to a tropical island - beach-combing, swimming, snorkeling, sailing and scuba diving. Up until now, Bess and George have only been voices on the telephone. This is the first game in which players will meet both of them. While playing the game, players will alternate characters between playing Nancy and playing George. There are two difficulty levels from which to choose: Junior or Senior Detective.Based on the book The Broken Anchor, this is the 20th game in the Nancy Drew series. |
| WW2: Time of Wrath | 2009-07-16 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Wastelands Interactive | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Time of Wrath is a WWII turn-based strategy game, focused on the European, Middle East and North African theaters of war. The map is divided into 20 km-wide hexes, and is entirely customizable, from the border color to unit icons and the visibility range. The player can choose from a total of 35 countries grouped into 3 Alliances: Axis, Allies and Comintern.There are four campaigns that can last until 1948: 1939 Grand Campaign, 1940 Fall Gelb, 1941 Barbarossa and 1944 Gotterdammerung; 2 short introductory scenarios (Fall Weiss and Overlord), and one tutorial added through a later patch. The game can end before the time limit if the human-controlled country is defeated or there is only one Alliance left standing. When reaching 1948, the winner is determined by counting each faction's Victory Points, which one gains when conquering a city on the map.The gameplay is pretty easy to understand and is reduced to controlling cities and resources, from which Production Points are generated, investing them in either military units or research, moving your forces and attacking enemy units, taking certain diplomatic actions and occasionally making historical decisions like a land cession, for example. |
| World of Battles | 2009-07-16 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Frogwares Game Development Studio | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | World of Battles is a free-to-play MMORTS game with a fantasy setting. Players can pick one of the nine different races fighting for world control and build an army able to take on armies created by other players online. Their progress is kept in an online ranking. Before launching into battles, players customize and prepare their troops, for example by equiping them with better weapons and armors. |
| Zulu's Zoo | 2009-07-16 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Little Games Company | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The US government starts a competition between zoological parks to win a grant of one million dollars, prompting the park manager Zulu to inspect her establishment, making all kinds of reforms and improvements to the attractions.Zulu's Zoo is a hidden object game with a zoological theme. As Zulu, the objective is to manage a park by cleaning cages, feeding animals and performing other similar tasks. The park's locations are shown as mostly static scenes, accessed through an overhead map. The goal of each location is displayed at the wooden bottom interface, alongside a star-shaped hint button and the list of remaining things to be found.Most of the time, the goal is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom. Some locations have other gameplay variations, where the objective is to feed all the captive animals by dragging and dropping the appropriate food icons on them. In some instances, the screen is all blurry with the exception of a mouse-controlled camera viewfinder, and the goal is snap to a number of pictures of the animals listed at the bottom. In other scenes, the objective is to clean an area by dragging and dropping all the junk inside a trash bin, or by using a bug spray to kill all pests. The hint button costs one star per use, and highlights the position of one of the required items. After completing each screen, a trivia item about animals is displayed and the player receives a number of stars based on how fast the scene was completed and the quantity of hints used.Besides the required animals and objects, each scenario has stars to be collected as well. They have two purposes, serving as the help system by accumulating uses for the hint button, and giving access to the test that will increase Zulu's rank and give access to new locations. The tests cost a certain number of stars, and are association tasks where the player must connect animals to their correct habitat, food type and so on. Stars can also be received after completing one of the mini-games, gradually available through the map screen. They are common implementations of classic games, like concentration with matching animal pictures, a guessing game where the player must click on the name of the correct animal by analyzing portions of its picture and a conveyor belt puzzle where food has to be redirected on tracks towards the correct animal. |
| Cake Mania Collection | 2009-07-17 | Sandlot Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Cake Mania Collection is a compilation including the following games:
Cake Mania
Cake Mania 2: Jill's Next Adventure!
Cake Mania 3
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| Hitman: Ultimate Contract | 2009-07-17 | Mastertronic Group Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Hitman Ultimate Contract includes all four games in the Hitman series:
Hitman: Codename 47
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman: Contracts
Hitman: Blood Money |
| Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward | 2009-07-17 | Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd. | GameInvest, S.A. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Healthcare | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Hysteria Hospital is a Time Management game in the style of Diner Dash or Cake Mania.You choose to play as a male or female nurse, recently graduated from the University of California, and start your career in a small medical ward in Maryville. Finding a job wasn't at all hard, and you soon find out why - you're the only nurse on call.Gameplay is virtually identical in all platforms, being that the main differences between them come in the shape of rendered 3D visuals for the Wii and PC, while the DS sports pixel-art type 2D graphics. The music and much of the sound effects are also different between the handheld version and the others, a more bleepy old-school approach having been taken in the DS while the PC and Wii feature a more hi-definition approach. A few of the treatment machines also differ between the DS and the rest, but in the end the gameplay remains virtually the same, sporting no platform-specific mechanics.Through a quick tutorial you learn the basics: patients must be taken to triage/diagnosis, and then different treatments will be in order using your DS stylus, Wii-mote or plain mouse.Some patients demand more attention than others, and your limited equipment, when compared to the large and continuous flow of in-patients, means you have to juggle treatments, prescriptions and clean-up phases. An unchanged Quick Treatment bed means no other patients can use it, which can quickly lead to a high number of angry patients. If you let too many leave in wrath, then it's bye-bye money and try again (you are fired over and over, but they let you at it again since you're the only nurse available anyway).Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward sports a casual atmosphere typical of Time Management games, something which is also reflected in the level of content and customisation available - add new sets of medical equipment to increase the number of patients you can treat; patients for which there is no treatment available can be sent to another center by means of an ambulance; buy items to keep in-patients happier for longer; and last but not least, change the color of your work uniform.There isn't really much beyond this, and in the later, multi-floored levels you'll find yourself spending as much as you can in order to tend to the highest number of patients as humanly possible.Then you become a legendary nurse. |
| Kung Fu II | 2009-07-17 | The Games Page | The Games Page | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | Martial arts | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Kung Fu II is an unofficial sequel to the 1985 NES game Kung-Fu. It was originally created for the 2008 Retro Remakes Competition where it took first prize.Players guide Kung Fu Master Thomas through different side-scrolling levels, searching for his girlfriend Sylvia who was kidnapped by Kung Fu Master Mr. X. Players can perform a number of moves directly from the first game, such as high and low kicks and punches, as long with moves while in the air. Enemies approach from both sides of the screen and Thomas needs to be guided to the end of the level quickly; because of the time limit and the endless amount of opponents. Enemies that come too close hurt Thomas or grab him, draining health, until they are shaken off. The end of each level contains a boss.After a few levels, the ghost of a Kung Fu Master helps Thomas unlock some new moves, largely lifted from Ryu/Ken's special moves in Street Fighter II. These are much more powerful than the regular ones, but can only used a number of times as they drain an energy bar. The game contains nine stages, unlockable characters and online high scores. |
| Miss Popularity | 2009-07-17 | ValuSoft, Inc. | dtp young entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Life / social simulation | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Be Proud – Be Dazzling – Be Yourself! Your choices can pave the path to success. Girls Just Want to Have Fun! Life is full of choices – will you make the right ones? Lend a hand to an Earth-friendly organization, chase a crush, and deal with everyday life. You’re Miss Popularity and everyone looks to you to do the right thing. So what are you waiting for? |
| Mission Runway | 2009-07-17 | Tommo Inc., ValuSoft, Inc. | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Life / social simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Do you have what it takes to design a fancy frock or a fashion flop? Compete in creative challenges for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show your creations in a major runway event and become the ultimate fashion designer. Will you be asked to stay or leave Mission: Runway? Take on the fashion challenge? Compete in 10 different design challenges including To the Stars and Fashion of the Opera. Make-Up 411 Complete your outfit with make-up and choose from foundations, blush, lipsticks, eye shadows, eyeliners, and more. Accessories Complete the Outfit From Handbags and jewelry to eyewear and hats, your possibilities are limitless! Can you WOW the Judges? Dress your models in stunning ensembles with vibrant colors and bold accessories that are the latest trends this season! It’s Design Time Turn your ideas into outfits using the Design Studio and choose from 100+ combinations of outfits. Photoshoot! Take a few snaps of the model in your creations with the Photo Shoot Screen and choose your backdrop for the perfect shots. |
| Monster Mash | 2009-07-17 | Sandlot Games | Sandlot Games | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)In a distant fairy-tale world, the villagers of Curly Valley are being attacked by legions of quirky and bizarre monsters. Fortify villages with various towers, upgrades and unusual defensive armaments to repel these mysterious invaders and protect the grateful villagers who cheer your every conquest! Get ready for the coming onslaught in this addictive, strategic adventure.
Hours of challenging game play
20 quirky and bizarre monsters
9 Unique Scenes
Storybook style art
11 Power-ups and level-altering items
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| Samantha Swift: Combo Pack | 2009-07-17 | MumboJumbo, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation of the Samantha Swift games contains the titles:
Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena
Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch |
| Super Granny Collection | 2009-07-17 | Sandlot Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Super Granny Collection is a compilation containing the following games:
Granny in Paradise
Super Granny 3
Super Granny 4
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| Tradewinds Caravans + Odyssey Pack | 2009-07-17 | Sandlot Games | Sandlot Games | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tradewinds Caravans + Odyssey Pack is a compilation containing the following games:
Tradewinds CaravansTradewinds Odyssey
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| Westward Collection | 2009-07-17 | Sandlot Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Westward Collection is a compilation containing the following games:
Westward
Westward II: Heroes of the Frontier
Westward III: Gold Rush
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| Winter Games | 2009-07-17 | Epyx Deutschland | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action, Sports | Side view | | | Mini-games | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Epyx Winter Games is a simulation of 10 different winter sports like hockey, skating or bobsleigh.
The game can be played in a retro look which emulates the looks of sports games for the C64 or Amiga.
Up to 4 players can play against each other or the computer. |
| pure hidden | 2009-07-17 | OUAT Entertainment | OUAT Entertainment | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | pure hidden is a hidden object game without any plot or cutscenes, where most of the time the objective is to find and click on the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on abstract landscapes and collages filled with assorted paraphernalia. Each scene is contained inside a box, and the player has to find a specific item to open the next one. The name of this crucial object is written in purple on the list, and after retrieving it there's an option to continue playing and collect all the remaining entries before moving to the next box.Besides the hidden object screens, there are several other mini-games and activities. Some are the standard variations of gameplay included on most titles of the genre, like the spot-the-differences game with the screen split in the middle showing two similar images, and the scenes where the goal is to pick up several instances of the same object. Some are time-based, like the sheep mini-game where the animals keep moving towards a fence, and the player has to press the button when a question mark appears over their heads to make them jump over. There's a Pipe Dream implementation with chickens, where the objective is to connect the laying hens to baskets of eggs by turning pieces and creating pipelines. Some of the puzzles can be skipped with the "Next" button at the bottom.There are two modes, Zen and Score, that can be selected when creating a profile. In the Score mode, the game gives points for finishing each scene as fast as possible. The two modes have an unlimited hint button that shows the position of one of the required objects, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Bad Rats | 2009-07-20 | Invent4 Entertainment Ltda. | Invent4 Entertainment Ltda. | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Bad Rats is a physics-based puzzle game involving rats who want to strike back at the cats that have been terrorizing them for years. Similar to the basic mechanics of The Incredible Machine, contraptions need to be devised to get the cats killed.In 44 levels, including a tutorial, tools from an inventory can be dragged into a scene to be placed at a specific location. Next, through a menu, actions such as rotation, flipping or adding a timer can be applied. These include inanimate objects such as barrels, boxes and planks, but also balloons, umbrellas, trampolines and super rails, which can be connected to other items. Players also get access to ten types of rats, each with different abilities. Some can hit objects to send them flying, or they explode, fly, or can move objects using a tractor.Players need to experiment with the setup and then run the simulation to adjust accordingly. The scene can also be reset. A level is won when the cat is killed before time runs out. |
| Clutch | 2009-07-20 | Game Factory Interactive Ltd. | Targem Games | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | Windows | Clutch is a post-apocalyptic racing game that borrows many elements from the Carmageddon series. In September 2006 a collider (similar to the real Large Hadron Collider of the same time) at the International Research Institute of Atom City causes an anomaly dubbed White Ring to develop. Hardly more than five percent of the inhabitants manages to escape, the others die or are exposed to radiation. A special commission of the UN declares the city a restricted zone, isolated through military force. It soon becomes a haven for smugglers, escapees and bounty hunters. The player controls a man who is contracted to infiltrate the city. He soon discovers most of the inhabitants have been turned into zombies, while there are many outlaws who outfit their cars to race and kill the zombies along the way.It is an arcade racing game where the player is free to drive around in the city and pick up missions at hotspots, similar to Need for Speed: Most Wanted or Burnout Paradise. These include regular races, demolition derbies, protection, survivor or hunting missions or tasks where a specific number of zombies, crawling the streets, needs to be killed. Unrelated to the missions, there are also other cars racing the streets and some of them can be taken down by crashing into them to unlock their car skin. There are various power-ups, shaped as spheres, to be found. They repair the car, provide triple damage or money, or restore energy. Energy is used to provide short boosts while racing. By killing zombies or winning events, money and different options are unlocked. Players can buy new cars and outfit them with skins, boosters, front guards (to catch and demolish zombies using the front of the car) and body kits (sharp weapons from the sides of the car). Opponents can be taken out by crashing into them. On some parts of the map anomalies occur, causing the car to speed up or jump. Almost everything in the environment can also be destroyed or pushed around.An important difference with similar games is the stress on the background story. The main campaign is divided into three episodes and after each won event the player can read a page in the diary of the protagonist. He tries to win the favours of other racers, gets involved in religious groups and questions the ethics in the city, telling the small stories he experiences on the side, although none of those are shown in the series of races quickly following each other.The game supports the RUCAP UM-5 device. Using the WideGlance technology, the game can detect the player's position and based on the player's head turn direction it can be used to control the in-game camera and the one in the garage. The game also supports custom music that can be used in-game by putting it in a specific folder. |
| Disney G-Force | 2009-07-21 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | G-Force is a licensed game based on the movie of the same name. The player takes the control of Darwin who is member of a secret government organization consisting of guinea pigs. His mission: defending the evil industrial magnate Saber who manipulates home appliances and uses them as weapons. Not surprisingly these are the main foes in this game. But Darwin is not even close to helpless: various guns and gadgets, e.g. a jet pack, a electronic whip or a grappling hook, are used to dispatch of them. Most of the time is spent in fights but there are also puzzles. Many of them require the usage of Mooch, a fly. It can be summoned at any time and is able to reach high grounds, to deactivate electronic devices, to fly through small holes and even to slow down time to pass through fast moving obstacles.During the course of the game the player can find computer chips and hidden disks. On one hand these can be used to refresh ammo and health or to upgrade weapons. There is also the option to switch to a infrared view and scan objects. This rewards additional information.The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions have an optional playing mode for 3D glasses. |
| Bionic Heart | 2009-07-22 | Tycoon Games | Tycoon Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | Setting | Windows | The year is 2099. You're in London, but the world is different now. Thanks to the ramifications of global warming the world is now blanketed in dark clouds and rain constantly pours down without rest, creating a world very similar to that of Blade Runner.Bionic Heart is a fully voiced cyberpunk visual novel. Gameplay is made up of making choices and choosing locations from a holomap as you play the role of Luke Black, a 35-year-old bio-informatic engineer. Places you have seen or heard about and things you have already said will directly effect dialogue options available to you at numerous points of the game. This mean each choice has a huge impact on the overall game with a total of 24 possible endings available. |
| Frankenstein: The Dismembered Bride | 2009-07-22 | Anuman Interactive SA | Mzone Studio, SOLILAB | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Brad travels to Bavaria in a quest to find his missing fiancee Janet. His car breaks down near an old mansion, forcing him to enter the place in search for help. After exploring the rooms, he discovers that the house belongs to a scientist named Frankenstein, and that Janet was dismembered and used as the latest experiment. Her body parts are still alive, but scattered through various locations in the manor grounds. Brad must reassemble his bride and seek revenge against the mad scientist.Frankenstein: The Dismembered Bride is a hidden object game loosely based on the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley and other derivative works. Most of the time, the player has to explore the mansion of Frankenstein, where every room is represented by a static screen. The main objective of each location is to find all the objects listed at the bottom of the screen, and afterwards collect one of Janet's body parts. In later stages, the player has to pick up machine parts instead of the bride's pieces. Janet and the machine are gradually assembled on two separate tabs at the left side of the screen showing the game progress. The hint button highlights the position of one of the required items and is unlimited, but takes some time to recharge after use. The language can be set to English, French, Spanish, German and Italian. |
| Gum Drop: Celestial Frontier | 2009-07-22 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Gum Drop: Celestial Frontier is a top-down arena shooter set in space, based on the swinging attacks gameplay concept also featured in xWUNG, Hammerfight and STUDIO EVIL's game G. In different levels, the player's ship need to survive, protect the base ship and take out enemies to progress. The ship can be controlled directly, but cannot fire. Instead, multiple grappling beams can be fired to grab pieces of debris, enemy ships or bonuses. These can then be swung around using the mouse to hit opponents. The most important weapon is S.M.A.S.H. These stones stay with the player over the level and can be let loose to have them follow the ship around. Some of the bonuses can be connected to S.M.A.S.H into a single, powerful swinging weapon. Some of them provide a gravity field, a shotgun, missiles, a beam, or make the ship faster. At any time, the beams can be disabled to collect different items or swing a ship far away.The base ship moves independently from the player's actions, fires through turrets, and needs to be protected at all times. The player's ship can be repaired docking the base ship, but this temporarily disables the turrets, leaving it open for attacks. Levels are unlocked progressively and they all take place in bright, enclosed arenas. The game keeps track of the player's high scores. |
| Keys to Manhattan | 2009-07-22 | Lifetime Games | Golden Bough Games, Valdebrain LLC | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Emily is a struggling artist that returns to her childhood home in New York, after her uncle Stanley mysteriously vanished from the city. She finds the apartment in ruins, and while searching the place for clues about her uncle's disappearance, she stumbles upon a series of keys to buildings around the town. She must collect the money hidden on each location to reform and restore Stanley's place to its former glory, and prevent its demolition by the city's authorities.Keys to Manhattan is a hidden object game, where the main goal is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen within a time limit, on locations around Manhattan filled with assorted paraphernalia. Each scene is presented as a static screen with three slots at bottom listing three required objects at time. The slots can alternatively display pictures of the objects instead of their names. There are twenty objects to be found on each scene, and the items light up when the cursor is hovering over them. The hint button highlights the position of one of the required objects, but takes some time to recharge after use.The player receives a piece of furniture after completing each scene. The piece has to be rotated and put on the right place in the apartment screen that appears between each location, where the plot is developed through dialog boxes. |
| My Kingdom for the Princess | 2009-07-22 | NevoSoft LLC | NevoSoft LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Time management | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | A terrifying tornado destroys most of a magical kingdom, waking up a fierce man-eating dragon. Distressed, Princess Helen must return to her castle to help King Olbert, her ailing father, that was struck by lightning during the storm. The helpful subjects must remove obstacles to unblock and repair the roads, allowing her to safely return home.My Kingdom for the Princess is a time management game where the main objective is to rebuild the ruined path for the princess' carriage. The work is accomplished by serfs controlled by the player, that execute all the tasks assigned with clicks over portions of a top-view of the scenery. Basic information is displayed at the top of the screen, like the level objectives, the remaining time to finish the repairs and three counters showing the remaining resources available. The three resources are gold, wood and food, and they can be collected or produced to be used to feed the workers and perform the necessary reforms and constructions.When the cursor is hovering over an interactive part of the terrain, a balloon appears listing all the requirements to start the work, usually a combination of resources and a number of working peasants. The number of vassals available can be increased by building more of their lodgings, from a simple shack for one worker to more complex structures housing several serfs. The houses can also be upgraded to the larger buildings later. There are abandoned buildings on certain levels that can be reformed, instead of erecting one from the ground up. Some levels have piles of resources laying around, that can be collected directly by one of the workers. The resources can also be produced by the workers, or by a specialized building. For example, a serf can fell trees to produce wood, or a sawmill can be constructed to produce lumber stacks.A bonus meter fills slowly at the bottom of the screen, helping the player after being activated by providing temporary extra serfs, more speed to the workers and freezing the timer for ten seconds. The tasks vary from level to level: in the first levels the objectives are fairly simple, gradually introducing the basic gameplay mechanics to the player. The path has to be unblocked by cutting away overgrowth and tree stumps, sections of swamp have to be converted into paved roads and specific buildings have to be built before time runs out. The time meter has a marker indicating the start of the night. If the player is able to finish everything before nightfall, the castle receives an upgrade. |
| The Blackwell Convergence | 2009-07-22 | Wadjet Eye Games LLC | Wadjet Eye Games LLC | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | The Blackwell Convergence is the fourth game in the Blackwell Legacy series. After the prequel Blackwell Unbound with Lauren Blackwell, this title continues the story of her niece Rosangela Blackwell, following the events in The Blackwell Legacy. Just like the previous games, it is a classic point-and-click adventure title focused on puzzle solving, with fully voiced characters.The game stars New York-based freelance writer Rosangela accompanied by her spirit guide Joey Mallone. He is a ghost who cannot be seen by other persons and through a family tradition he works together with Rosa to resolve cases where ghosts of dead or murdered people wander the earth until they are aware or at ease with the situation. When they get to terms, Rosa takes them to a portal where they can move on to rest in peace.The game starts with a case at a building where construction contractors hired to do the renovation all leave the job without warning. The duo suspects the involvement of a ghost and investigates the situation. That case soon spins out of control when Rosa is confronted with events that delve deeper in the storyline explored in the previous titles. The game features many returning characters and a basic knowledge of the previous titles helps understand the story, but is not required.Just like Blackwell Unbound, players can switch between Rosa and Joey at any time. Joey has a few advantages as he can move through walls to eavesdrop and can access more dangerous locations. To solve the puzzles, cooperation between the two is often needed. Rose can pick up objects and store them in an inventory, but most of the problems can be resolved through conversations. Important topics are stored in a notebook and can be used to confront other characters. This also often opens up new locations to visit. The player is urged to follow the story as certain clues need to be remembered or jotted down, especially when using Rosa's computer to look up information on the internet or when checking e-mails. It is not possible to die, but certain actions are time-based even though no quick reflexes are needed.Next to the main game, players can also enable the developer's commentary to hear designer David L. Gilbert talk about design choices along with trivia related to the game. Compared to the previous games, the graphical style is more detailed, which is especially evident in some old locations that have been redesigned. Another new feature is the inclusion of rain to set the atmosphere and it also has an influence on certain events in the game. The characters are controlled through the mouse with two buttons for actions; left is used to act in the environment and right is used to examine. Hotspots in the environment appear with a description when the cursor is hovered over them. |
| Schwimmbad Tycoon | 2009-07-23 | astragon Software GmbH | Contendo Media GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Schwimmbad Tycoon is a typical tycoon game where the player is responsible for the financial success of his property, in this case a swimming bath. In the free playing mode the player has an empty space to his disposal which he uses to build things like swimming pools or water syringes which hopefully draw customers in. He can also design his own water slides. Additionally he employs bath attendants, cleaning personnel and mechanics to maintain the infrastructure. Snack bars and similar buildings generate additional income. If the park is done with building he opens his business to the public. He can watch the customers which walk around his property. The game also features a dynamic weather system which influences the behaviour of the customers. Ten scenarios give special tasks to the player. |
| Super Laser Racer | 2009-07-23 | New Star Games Ltd | New Star Games Ltd | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Super Laser Racer is a top-down racing game with gameplay elements inspired by games such as Mario Kart and F-Zero and a graphical style reminiscent of games with vector graphics such as Asteroids.The game features 12 different tracks. The tracks can be played separately in Quick Race mode or in a determined order through the 4 offered tournaments. At the beginning, only one tournament is available. Each other tournament is unlocked by winning the previous tournament. Some tracks have a complex design, such as several branches or a crisscross area, which will influence the strategy used to negotiate them depending on the race situation.The player can choose between 12 ships. Each ship has a different strength in each of the following categories: Acceleration, Speed, Steering and Shield. Initially, only 3 ships are available. The others are unlocked through victory in the tournaments.A race opposes 12 competitors, racing and fighting during 5 laps (by default, it can be changed in the options). Each track has:
Turbo boost pads. These will increase the speed of the ship flying over it.
Weapon pick-up pads. Flying over a weapon pad will give the player a random weapon. Among the weapons are front weapons, such as lasers and plasmas and rear weapons, such as mines and bombs.
A recharge "pit" area, similar to the one found in F-Zero. Flying over it will heal the ship, removing some damage from the damage bar of the ship. The damage bar will increase when the ships goes out of the track, collide with the track boundaries or is hit by an enemy weapon.
Besides the normal race mode, two additional modes are available. Eliminator mode removes the damage constraint but each turn the competitor in last position will be removed of the race. In Survivor mode, the recharge area is removed and the winner is the last one not to have its damage bar filled. |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | 2009-07-23 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Luxoflux Corp. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Tank | | | Teen | | Windows | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a videogame adaptation of the 2009 sequel blockbuster of the same name and has some features from its predecessor along with some newer features. The story takes place two years after the first movie/game as the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are working in tandem with a team of American and British forces called N.E.S.T. along with many of Earth's governments. Their goal is to root out and destroy Decepticons who have stayed behind after the fall of Megatron, but they are encountering resistance at every turn.At the same time, the human protagonist, Sam Witwicky, is trying to lead a normal life and heads off to college unaware that soon he, along with all of Earth, will be involved in a battle that will have an army of awaiting Decepticons invade Earth, the resurrection of a familiar foe, a mysterious enemy simply named "The Fallen" and a secret that can bring about the destruction of all life on Earth.Like in the previous game the player can choose to be either Autobots or Decepticons, each with their own campaign and locations from both the movie along with new locations created to expand the game. The events of each campaign does have elements from the movie, but also has additionally missions devoid from the film to fill in the game.However unlike the first game, this version has a more non-linear storyline in which the player can choose which missions they want to partake in any order. These missions take place in "zones" and once a player has accomplished all the missions within a zone they can choose to explore that area in a free roam mode without having to repeat missions.There is also online capabilities along with downloadable content and five different multiplayer modes. Deathmatch allows up to eight players in a free-for-all while Team Deathmatch has two teams of four fight it out. One Shall Stand is a variation of Team Deathmatch, except the goal is to eliminate the opposing teams leader and Control Points has two opposing teams fight it out for control of certain marked areas, earning points for more territories conquered. Battle for the Shards is a Capture-the-Flag variation where two teams seek out shards of the Allspark and bring them back to their home base to receive points. |
| Calvin Tucker's Redneck Jamboree | 2009-07-24 | ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd. | Humagade Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Mini-games, Party game | | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Every year, the people of Redneck County gather to compete in the great
Redneck Jamboree! Now you have the chance to join them and test your
redneck skills in 12 hilarious events.
Join the four families of Redneck County as they compete to see who can
win the most bottle caps in a battle to become the greatest family of
the county for a year. Not only will you get bragging rights, but you'll
also get the privilege to move in "The Big Trailer" where fabulous
redneck luxuries await. Saddle up, partner, it's going to be a bumpy
ride.
Unique and intuitive Wii Remote controls
Play in a variety of Redneck events such as Backyard Hunting, Mower
Racing, Toilet Seat Throwing and many more.
Unlock new characters, events, and jokes as you accumulate more bottle
caps
Multiplayer for up to four players
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| Divinity II: Ego Draconis (Collector's Edition) | 2009-07-24 | dtp entertainment AG | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
Divinity II: Ego Draconis
Resin figurine (18 cm) holding a metal letter opener
Cloth-map of Rivellon
Soundtrack EP with seven tracks composed by Kirill Pokrovsky
Temporary tattoo showcasing the Divinity II: Ego Draconis-logo |
| Tropico: Reloaded | 2009-07-24 | Kalypso Media GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tropico Reloaded is a compilation that contains the Tropico titles:
Tropico
Tropico: Paradise Island
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove |
| Defenders of Law: The Rosendale File | 2009-07-25 | Big Fish Games, Inc | GameInvest, S.A. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In the remote town of Willburg, the assassination of a wealthy elderly lady named Mrs. Rosendale sends the police force of the small community into a frenzy. The prosecution quickly accuses a local businessman called Elliot Brown of the crime, prompting him to hire the "Defenders of Law" firm to clear his name and find the real culprit.Defenders of Law: The Rosendale File is a hidden object game with adventure elements. As one of the lawyers of the law firm, the player has to investigate several places related to the case trying to find evidence to help the client. Most of the time, this involves finding and clicking on all the items from a list at the top of the screen, on scenes filled with objects scattered through out the scenery. At the start of the case, the player can turn the time limit on or off by choosing between the Adventure and Relaxed modes. On the timed mode, wrong clicks reduce by a few minutes the time left to solve the case. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items, but takes several minutes to recharge after use. Although the victim is always the same, details like the guilty party, the weapon and crime scene are randomly selected each time a new game is started.As the game progresses, three tools become available at the bottom-left interface that must be used to collect some of the list items. The flashlight creates a spotlight around the cursor that can be moved around darkened rooms to find all the necessary objects. The magnifying glass shows a close-up view of parts of the scenery, disclosing small items. The ultraviolet light has to be used on a dim room to reveal stains, footprints and other hidden evidence. Most locations have light switches that can be used to turn the lights on and off.Some of the collected evidence is selected to be researched further on the crime laboratory, in a separate screen where the objects have to be dragged and dropped on the appropriate piece of equipment for analysis. Reports are generated to be used later as evidence on the courtroom. In the final courtroom scene, all the evidence has to be presented to the judge, and a questionnaire about it has to be answered correctly to win the case. |
| Mystery Masterpiece: The Moonstone | 2009-07-25 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Freeze Tag, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In 1799, a gigantic diamond set on the forehead of an Indian statue was stolen and brought to England by Herncastle, a British officer. After the end of this colonial siege, he returns to the United Kingdom and fifty years later leaves the precious jewel as an inheritance gift to his niece Rachel, who receives it as her 18th birthday present. The gem is stolen once again, this time from the family manor, and the famous detective Sergeant Cuff is summoned to investigate its disappearance and interview all the house guests and other tenants to find the culprit.Mystery Masterpiece: The Moonstone is a hidden object game with a mystery theme, based on the classic 1868 crime novel by Wilkie Collins. The objective is to investigate nine suspects, each with four locations represented by static screens showing places and rooms related to the case. Each location has a list of objects displayed at the left side of the screen, and the goal is to search and click on all the required items. Some of the objects are stored in the inventory, to be used later to solve puzzles. The list and inventory can switch places by clicking on their respective buttons at the bottom, labeled "clues" and "tools".Some of the list entries can only be collected after using one of the stored objects to complete a puzzle. Clicking on certain sections of the scenery brings up an interactive window showing a zoomed view of the scene, where one of the inventory tools can be used directly to reveal a case clue. Often the required tools are found on other locations, forcing the player to go back and forth between them, collecting all the necessary objects to complete a suspect investigation. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| The Sandbox of God: Remastered | 2009-07-26 | Vertigo Games | Vertigo Games | Strategy | 1st-person | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | The Sandbox of God: Remastered is the commercial enhanced version of the previous freeware installment of the same name. This remastered edition features two new game modes, in addition to the previous classic mode.The first new game mode is Boardgame Mode, a new graphics pack featuring the game in a simulated board game version. The second new game mode is Warfare Mode, a scenario where the player must defend man's civilization from the rabbits, by purchasing new defenses and upgrades, as well as using godly powers to destroy the rabbit armies and homes. |
| Amazing Heists: Dillinger | 2009-07-27 | Gamers Digital | AWE Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Interwar | | | | | | Windows | Amazing Heists: Dillinger is a hidden object game with a plot based on the true story of John Herbert Dillinger, a career criminal that robbed several banks in the early 1930s. As Dillinger and his accomplices, the objective is to search and find all the items from a list at the left side of the screen within a time limit, on banks and other related locations. The time limit is optional and can be turned off at the beginning of the game. One of the list items is a riddle displayed in green about a object, for example "shelled reptile" for a turtle. The hint button highlights the position of one of the required objects. The player receives extra hints after picking up all the five multi-colored keys or the riddle object.Besides the list objects, there are eighteen bonus items scattered throughout the scenery that can be collected and stored on separate slots. They are nine coins spelling "DILLINGER", and nine wanted posters. When collected, they give a $5000 cash bonus. Stacks of money and coins can also be clicked for some bonus cash, while safes give extra time.Most chapters take place on banks, with a few featuring other locations. At the start of each stage, the player has to select two accomplices from the available roster. Each gang member has a different skill, helping the player by giving extra time and speed to finish the mini-games. At the end of each chapter, two mini-games appear that must be solved to complete the robbery. In the first one, the gang members have to be positioned on the bank exits, to stop any bank patron trying escape the premises. In later stages, there are more exits than gang members available, and the player has to keep moving the criminals around to block all the escape routes. The final mini-game is the safe puzzle, where the previously collected keys have to be used on five locks to open the safe door. The correct combination has to be discovered by trial-and-error, with the player memorizing the correct sequences after each mistake. |
| Creeper World | 2009-07-27 | Knuckle Cracker, LLC | Knuckle Cracker, LLC | Strategy | Top-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Yes, this is your grandfather's Creeper World. Now on Steam and with updated unit graphics!Imagine an enemy that is everywhere and moves like a giant, organic mass across the map.Imagine your base and your people surrounded by a blanket of crushing destruction from all directions. Your only hope, well what hope?Then you take the high ground and pound this enemy into oblivion. You've saved the day just so you can do it again and again. Do you have what it takes to save your great city and all of history?The Anniversary Edition includes new and shinier unit graphics, increased resolution background images, and the same awesomely high ration of strategic depth to game complexity. |
| Casebook: Episode 1 - Kidnapped | 2009-07-28 | MumboJumbo, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This retail release of Episode I comes with the bonus free Episode 0 included on the same disc. Games are installable separately from the shared installer and are not integrated together but appear as two separately installed applications.Games included in this compilation are:
Casebook: Episode 0 - The Missing Urn
Casebook: Episode I - Kidnapped
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| Dark Salvation | 2009-07-28 | Mangled Eye Studios | Mangled Eye Studios | Action | 1st-person | | Adult, Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Dark Salvation is an FPS action/horror shooter game. The story is about Talia, a goth girl who ends up possessed by an object called the Spirit Crystal. This object gives her magical powers to cast magic spells from any weapon she holds. She must fight her way through many unknown areas of the Underworld and pass through many portals to find out why she has been brought here and how to escape.The game consists of many vicious monsters and around 10 levels filled with puzzles, secrets, traps and fast paced action gameplay.The soundtrack features music from over a dozen bands and musicians who contributed to the game. |
| Defense Grid: The Awakening | 2009-07-28 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Hidden Path Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Tower defense | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | Free-roaming camera | Windows | After a thousand years of peace, the aliens have returned to invade once again. The only hope of stopping them is to activate the Defense Grid and drive them away, as was done before.Defense Grid: The Awakening is a tower defense game, in which you control the placement of various kinds of towers and defend against the invading aliens. The aliens come in waves, and as the game progresses the aliens become more powerful and more numerous. The game consists of a number of missions, each of which is to be completed in succession by defending the power cores from the aliens.There are several types of towers, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, and each of which can be upgraded to increase its effectiveness. Placing and upgrading towers costs resources, which can be gained by destroying the aliens, or from interest on your current stock of resources. In addition to the towers, the player will acquire an orbital laser which can be fired, rarely, to destroy the aliens at its point of impact immediately, with the drawback that no resources will be gained from them.If the player can complete the missions successfully, he will be awarded a medal (bronze, silver, or gold) for completing the mission, based on the number of cores that remain, as well as the number of points acquired. Completing missions unlocks later missions as well as alternate play modes for the mission completed, such as a challenge mode with more powerful aliens or a mode in which only a limited number of towers can be placed. |
| Lunnye Devitsy | 2009-07-28 | Boss Baddie | Boss Baddie | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Lunnye Devitsy (which means Moon Maidens in Russian) is an exploration based platformer similar to the Knytt series. The game was made to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1969 moon landings and the player takes control of an alien who has fallen off the moon and now needs to get back to it. How this is supposed to be done is not immediately clear to player who is encouraged to explore and interact with the environment to find out about the different methods that can take the girl back to the moon. There are six different methods that can be used some of which are well hidden. The controls of the game are simple. The player uses one button to jump another to run and direction keys to move. It's also possible to interact with certain items. There are no enemies in the game and it is not possible to die so therefore the player is allowed to take his time and explore the world in his own pace. The different methods to get back to the moon include collecting items, solving puzzles, platform jumping and pushing buttons. The player can upgrade his capabilities by picking up two power ups; one for double jumps and another for sprinting. |
| The Bionic Commando Pack | 2009-07-28 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando Rearmed |
| Flowers of Crystal | 2009-07-29 | 4Mation Educational Resources Ltd | 4Mation Educational Resources Ltd | Educational, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | Point and select, Text parser | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Flowers of Crystal is an educational game from the author of Granny's Garden. The game was designed to provide for creative activities in the classroom and is built around puzzle-solving. It consists of three parts: an introductory story and an adventure in two parts. A password from the first part is required to start the second. The introductory story is also included recorded on an audio tape as well as printed in a booklet.The game takes place on the planet Crystal which once had vast expanses of colourful flowers that are now thought to be extinct. The player is a visitor from Earth who explores the planet in an attempt to find the last remaining flower. In the first part, the player has to find four objects (special water, gold pot, fertiliser and soil). The gameplay involves travelling between seven locations (centre, city, factory, forest, lake, desert and mountains) and choosing which items to carry. The game starts out at the centre where the player chooses four items from three different menus. Items are needed when visiting some of the locations or give some protection when encountering hazards or some of the world's hostile creatures. The second part involves finding six parts of a flower dream to recreate a complete flower picture and then go to a castle. To progress it is necessary to obtain spells and use them at the right location. |
| Marooned | 2009-07-29 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A woman wakes up on a mysterious island, without any recollection of who she is and how she ended up there. After exploring the place, she starts to piece together a series of clues revealing her past and a dangerous conspiracy.Marooned is a hidden object game with adventure elements, where the objective is to search and collect several items on locations filled with assorted things scattered through the scenery. The interface at the bottom of the screen has three main sections dedicated to the inventory, a locked object and the list of required items.The inventory shows the silhouettes of the tools to be collected on the scenery, and after finding and clicking on them they are stored to be used later. The locked object has a gate that raises slowly as the items from the list are found and clicked. The list displays the names of the required objects, and sometimes riddles or the number of several instances of the same item. The riddles are word definitions that have to be assembled by selecting two objects, for example clicking on a brown bag and a sandwich on the scenery to complete the correct phrase for "lunch".The stored objects can be used as in any point-and-click adventure, by dragging and dropping them from the inventory to their logical places on the screen. Not all of the inventory objects can be found on the same location where they have to be used, forcing the player to keep moving back and forth between the available places to collect all the necessary tools. The hint button has several spears that, when clicked, are thrown arcing towards one of the required items. Extra spears can be found and collected on the scenery. |
| Memento Mori | 2009-07-29 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Centauri Production s.r.o. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The murderous members of an ancient sect will stop at nothing to get their hands on all Angel of Death paintings that exist. One such painting was displayed in the St. Petersburg Hermitage Museum, but it has been stolen and replaced with a forged copy. Agent Lara Svetlova is assigned to the case and her superiors enlist former art counterfeiter Maxim Durand to aid her. The duo will track down the thieves, an investigation which will take them throughout Europe.Memento Mori is a conspiracy mystery adventure game. Both Lara and Maxim are playable intermittently. There are puzzles to solve, NPCs to meet and interrogate, objects to collect, and many locations to explore. Decisions made while playing influence the rest of the game and will result in one of eight different endings. Gameplay is point-and-click. |
| Mystery Tales 3: The Big Journey | 2009-07-29 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Animal Agents
Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights
Mystery Stories: Island of Hope |
| Wallace & Gromit in The Bogey Man | 2009-07-29 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Wallace & Gromit in The Bogey Man is the fourth and final episode of Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures.That certainly didn't go as planned at the end of Wallace & Gromit in Muzzled! when Wallace picked up a screw nut in front of Mr. Flitt and she thought he was proposing to her. A dire situation for Wallace who is a little bit afraid of commitment to say the least. At the same time his new business, "Golden Retrieval" - specialist on finding lost items -, is off to a hard start with Major Crum not really knowing what exactly he has lost. Ultimately everything leads to the Picklet Thicklet golf club which has lost it's deed to its golf course and has always been a thorn in the eye of the Flitt-family.The player takes over the control of both Wallace and Gromit but the player can't switch between both freely. Instead the story dictates which character is controllable. And although the game is a classic point and click adventure, it uses optimized controls to work for both PC and consoles. While the interaction with items on screen still work through a context-sensitive cursor, the player now moves the characters around directly instead of giving them move to-orders. Besides this change, the player still goes around the various locations, talks and interacts with people and collects everything that isn't nailed to the wall in order to solve the different riddles and advance the storyline. To freshen things up, a sliding tile puzzle mini-game awaits the player near the end but with a twist: Wallace needs to get to the front, but since all the tiles are people of the town, some of them aren't that friendly with him at that point in the game. So he not only needs to move them around so that he gets to the front, but also so that no-one who hates him will be near him at any time. |
| Watchmen: The End Is Nigh - Part 2 | 2009-07-29 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | Deadline Games A/S | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Watchmen: The End is Nigh - Part 2 picks up five years after the events of the first chapter, and after the passage of the Keene Act has outlawed masked crimefighters. Rorschach and Nite Owl II are after a missing girl, and pummel their way through a strip club and mansion to find her. Part 2 features three stages set in new locations, and a handful of new enemy types.Gameplay is identical to the first chapter, and players must use a variety of attacks and combos to brawl through waves of street toughs. Both characters retain their specific advantages. Rorschach is fast and useful with improvised weapons, while Nite Owl uses power and gadgets. Motion comics again act as bookend cutscenes, and both Patrick Wilson and Jackie Earle Haley lend their voices to the two main characters. The game can be played in either single player or split-screen local co-op. |
| Atlantis Bundle | 2009-07-30 | Playrix LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Atlantis Bundle is a digital compilation of two match-three puzzle games:Atlantis Quest
The Rise of Atlantis |
| Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 | 2009-07-30 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Educational, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | | Word construction | | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | Lex the Bookworm is eating his breakfast, a bowl of letters, when suddenly a troubled Mother Goose appears, running and screaming for help while being chased by the Big Bad Wolf. Lex starts to run after these characters until the trio falls inside an open book, starting an adventure on a fantasy landscape.Bookworm Adventures Volume 2, like its predecessor, is a spelling game with light RPG elements. The player assumes the role of Lex fighting several characters taken from fables and folklore, with the two sides taking turns. The game is divided in chapters, each based on a poem or fairy tale story with a final boss character. After defeating the boss, Lex receives one of the treasures. These artifacts give special powers to fight the battles, increasing the attack power and helping in other ways. Lex can carry up to three treasures at the same time, and they can be selected along with a companion on a separate screen between chapters. These companions are mythic characters that take up one of the treasure slots and join Lex during the battle, giving potions, attacking the enemy and increasing positive statistics.The main game screen shows Lex at the left side with his health and level up meters, with the space beneath him listing all the equipped treasures and available potions. The enemy sits at the other side also with a health bar, but with attacks, immunities and weaknesses listed below. A 4x4 grid of letters is positioned at the center of the bottom interface, and the objective is to create the longest word possible with it to charge Lex attacks. The letters don't have to be connected and can be selected from anywhere, and their attack power can be optionally indicated by small bronze, silver and gold circles in their lower right-hand corners. Words have to be three-letter long at least, and Lex interjections like "Very Good" and "Excellent" indicate how powerful they are.Each word created and submitted results in Lex launching an attack, damaging the foe by removing some hearts from the enemy's health bar. The longer the word, the more effective is the assault. After the battle is won, Lex status is reset and he moves on to the next fight. After defeating each enemy, some experience points are added to the level up meter, until it is maxed out increasing one of Lex's statistics like his attack power and defense.After submitting a complex word, one of the tiles becomes a random gem with special powers. They have specific characteristics related to their jewel type, and start to take effect after being used on a word. The purple amethyst poisons the enemy for two turns and increases damage by 15%. The green emerald adds two hearts to Lex's health bar and 20% damage to the word. The blue sapphire freezes the enemy for one turn, and makes attacks 25% more effective. The orange garnet weakens the enemy attack for two turns and increases damage by 30%. The red ruby burns the enemy for three turns, adding 35% damage. The pink crystal removes any effects from Lex and the grid, protecting him for one turn and making the attacks 50% more powerful. The white diamond fills Lex's health bar, gives one of each potion and makes the attack 100% more powerful. Their effects are accumulative, with several statistics afflicting the enemy at the same time.The enemy is killed after all his energy is finally depleted, but it is possible to make a final overkill attack and win some bonus gems for the next battle. Enemy attacks can add some bad tiles to the grid, with several types of ailments. Smashed tiles don't do any damage to the enemy, but they return to normal after some turns. Locked tiles can't be used until their counters reach zero after some rounds. Plagued tiles can be used but are ineffective, and their infection can spread to other tiles if they are not removed from the game. Warped tiles cause no damage and change letters after each turn. Cursed tiles hurt Lex when used in a word. Fire tiles cause no damage to the foe, destroying the other tiles below them until they finally burn all the grid. Some enemy attacks lock the whole grid and add some negative statistics to Lex. He can be frozen or stunned, losing one turn, and petrified losing two turns. Effects like poisoning, bleeding and burning keep hurting Lex for several rounds. The power down effect reduces Lex's attack power, and the stasis effect disables his companion and treasures.There are three potions lined up under Lex, to be used to clear or revert negative effects. The health potion adds some hearts to restore the energy meter. The power-up potion makes the attack more effective. The purify potion removes lingering effects on Lex and the grid tiles. Extra potions and gem tiles are earned by playing one of the word construction mini-games, that can be accessed occasionally between chapters. After completing the main Adventure Mode, the Arena Mode is unlocked, where Lex must face and defeat all the bosses from the previous mode, with battles based on time instead of turns. The mini-games encountered can be accessed and played later for points at the main menu. |
| Die große ProTrain Perfect Box | 2009-07-30 | Blue Sky Interactive | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Die große ProTrain Perfect Box contains the following games:
ProTrain Perfect
ProTrain Perfect AddOn 1: S-Bahn Leipzig
ProTrain Perfect AddOn 2: Dresden - Nürnberg
Hamburger Straßenbahn Typ V6E (Add-On)
Marias Pass Route (Add-On) |
| Flug Simulator Box: Militärische Luftfahrt | 2009-07-30 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The compilation Flug Simulator Box: Militärische Luftfahrt contains the following Flight Simulator 2004 add-ons on CD:
Eurocopter Tiger
Eurofighter Typhoon
F-4F Phantom: Ultimate Edition
Panavia Tornado
Note: Halycon also released a DVD version of Flug Simulator Box: Militärische Luftfahrt, which has the Flight Simulator 2004 main game in addition in it. This compilation can be found here. |
| Flug Simulator Box: Zivile Luftfahrt | 2009-07-30 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The compilation Flug Simulator Box: Zivile Luftfahrt contains the following Flight Simulator 2004 add-ons on CD:
Airbus A350
Airbus A380: Excellent Edition
Dyn'Aero MCR-01 Ultraleicht
Fly The Boing 787 Dreamliner
Note: Halycon also released a DVD version of Flug Simulator Box: Zivile Luftfahrt, which has the Flight Simulator 2004 main game in addition in it. This compilation can be found here. |
| Prison Tycoon 4: SuperMax | 2009-07-30 | Noviy Disk | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Hard Time is Money Build a profitable privately run prison from the ground up. Every wall, every fence, every decision is yours. Start small and forge your reputation as a first rate warden. Grow your facility to SuperMax capabilities, housing the most dangerous and diabolical criminals on earth - all for the bottom line. If you build it… Manage the layout, construction, and equipping of your lockdown. Every choice determines the safety and respectability of your prison. Us vs Them - Staff your prison from guards to rehabilitation experts. Your decisions and budgets govern your team’s morale and overall performance. Break ‘em Down - Manage the security levels throughout your prison. Too strong a grip can explode in prisoner riots – too weak and the gangs will run your stir. Bad to the Bone! Lock up the worst of the worst in the NEW Restricted Access Quarters for 23 hours a day with 1 hour for outside exercise. Someone’s Gotta Pay! Build prisoner factories to bring in some extra income to help keep the prisons finances healthy. Be the Big Boss! Determine your prisoner’s fate - release your prisoner on parole or keep them locked up for the safety of society (and your pocketbook) Control or Be Controlled! Keep the peace among the prison gangs or one may take over certain areas of the prison as their own. |
| Superior Save | 2009-07-30 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | EleFun Multimedia Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | | | | Vladimir Malyshev (as Vladimir Malishev), Alexey Samoylov, Alexander Shatokhin | Windows | Amanda receives a voice-mail from her boss, saying that he's been kidnapped and needs help. She starts to investigate various places, trying to find him by tracing back his last steps.Superior Save is a hidden object game with mini-games between chapters, where most of the time the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at right side of the screen, on scenes filled with assorted paraphernalia. Some of the list items are written in green to indicate an extra step necessary to gain access to them, usually accomplished by dragging and dropping an object on top of the other. For example, a key can be used on a door to open it and reveal the required item. The plot is developed through cartoon cutscenes and dialog with some characters found on the locations.The hint button at the top-right highlights the position of one of the list objects, but takes some time to recharge after use. The mini-games that appear between chapters are puzzles with mechanisms that have to be manipulated directly. In the first mini-game, a parking lot is viewed from above, and the goal is to clear the way for a red car by dragging the other vehicles around until none is blocking the exit path. |
| Disney•Pixar Up | 2009-07-31 | THQ Inc. | Asobo Studio S.A.R.L. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Up is based on the animated movie of the same name. Carl Fredericksen always wanted to be an adventurer but he never got around to it. After his wife dies he gets depressed but finally decides to experience adventures after all. He gets accompanied by the scout Russel.Most levels are played with two characters with different abilities: Carl can use his walking aid as jumping help and crowbar while Russel balances on small ledges, catches insects or blinds enemies with his magnifying glass. Sometimes the dog Dug joins them who can pass through small holes and swim. The levels are basic platforming stages with many puzzles which need all these abilities to be solved. Of course this can be played in co-op too. Diversion is brought by a few flying levels with a biplane.There are numerous differences to the Xbox 360/Playstation 3/Wii version. There are more levels, additional mini games like a raft trip where the player has to dodge crocodiles, the story is told with actual cutscenes from the movie and there are more unlockable extras, e.g. cheats. The two player characters gain additional gadgets during the game which can be used to reach new areas in already beaten levels. The multiplayer modes are also different: this version lacks the simultaneous flying duels for four players but two variants for two players and six other mini games which can be player as tournament for four players. |
| East India Company | 2009-07-31 | Paradox Interactive AB | Nitro Games Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | 4X | Historical events | Naval / watercraft | | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | East India Company is a strategic simulation of the struggle between different trade companies set up by European nations from 1600 to 1750 to gain dominance in the trade routes to Africa, but especially East India. In different campaigns and scenarios, players choose one of the available nations (Britain, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, the Roman empire, Portugal, Spain or Sweden) and serve as a commander under the crown to establish and expand trade routes, and bring down the competition.Gameplay takes place on different strategic levels. On the main strategic level, players are presented a map of Europe, along with Africa and a part of Asia. It shows the different home ports of the nations, along with trade ports that can be visited. Players can direct the fleets to visit certain ports to trade goods, engage in battles with pirates or other ships, or try to conquer a port (to provide a safe haven for passing ships that need to stock up, and make it possible to trade to the full extent). Multiple fleets can be controlled at once and the movement of the ships is shown visually, along with a range of sight to spot other ships.Most of the management takes place in the port view, the second strategic level. In the port, players can build new, historically accurate ships in the shipyard, assign them to fleets, hire commanders, crew and ammunition, upgrade buildings, and buy goods to trade. Some of the ship types are the schooner, brig, flute, East Indiaman, Cutter, Xebec, Galleon and Frigate. At later moments in time, when science has advanced, even a ship-of-the-line with 90 guns become available. On the marketplace, the player needs to investigate what kind of goods are most valuable to bring to East India. This includes iron, wool, weapons, tobacco and more. The market is dynamic, meaning that the value can decrease of increase over time, presented through statistics, and the player needs to anticipate what the other nations are focusing on. Most of the campaign missions require the player to build ships and bring in specific goods such as silk or porcelain, conquer a number of ports, or defeat a certain nation. Pacts and alliances can be bargained along with money in a negotiation screen and it is also possible to declare war.When engaging into fights with other fleets, the third strategic level can be entered: the tactical level. In this part of the game, players get direct control over the ships in the fleet in a 3D environment. The ships need to be navigated into battles with other fleets, by forming strategic lines, engaging the enemy ships by shooting either the hull, the sails or the crew (depending on the type of ammo), and take into account the weather conditions and wind direction. Ships are guided in real-time and when close to an enemy ship it is possible to fill up a meter to board the ship and seize the goods. At the same time, players can throw their cargo overboard to move faster and flee from the battle. Even more options are presented in the Direct Control mode, where players can manually move a ship, shoot the cannons and gain control over every aspect of the battle. When focusing on the trading aspect exclusively, it is also possible to have the computer AI auto resolve the conflicts without going into battle personally. A number of actions (including trade routes) can be set to be performed automatically, even though every single aspect of the game can be controlled manually as well. On the other hand, there are also quick battles available from the main menu where all the strategic trade aspects are ignored in favour of a series of direct battles.Multiplayer is available for up to twelve players over the internet or a local network. The different game types are:
Commander vs. Commander: two-player battle with five ships
Last Man Floating: team battles
Domination: hold marked areas under control for a set amount of time.
Team vs. Team: sink the opposing team with a number of ships available. |
| Hive Rise | 2009-07-31 | Vulcando Games GmbH | Vulcando Games GmbH | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Hive Rise is a fast paced real-time strategy game presented as a futuristic TV show to replace real wars. It takes place on huge maps, each providing space for over 1,000 human players. The game's controls are similar to the Command & Conquer series. There are twelve different play modes, each offering a unique trophy. The game offers quick matches against other human and AI players that last about ten minutes. These can be started instantly without having to wait for your teammates. There are various boosts and actions used to enhance the troops. |
| Mysterious City: Vegas | 2009-07-31 | iWin.com | Gold Casual Games | Adventure, Gambling | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Cards / tiles, Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Mysterious City: Vegas is a very basic hidden object game, following closely all the conventions of the genre. The owners of a Las Vegas casino hire a young female detective called Dr. Ellis to investigate a series of thefts and capture the culprit. Most of the time the objective is to search Las Vegas locations, represented as screens with little animation, to find and click on all the items listed at the sides of the screen. In some levels, the list displays the object's silhouettes instead of their names. The minimal plot is developed as comic book panels between each chapter.The common variations are included, like the obligatory split-screen with two similar images, where the player has to click on the differences. The hint button highlights the position of one of the required items, but removes two minutes from the time left. The time limit can be selected at the start, between the default 45 minutes or the more generous 130 minutes of the relaxed mode.The game has three mini-games that can be unlocked while playing, and later accessed and played through the main menu. The first is an implementation of poker, the second is a slot machine and the third is similar to Slingo, where the values on a 5x5 bingo card have to be matched with the random spinning numbers surrounding them. |
| Aveyond: Gates of Night | 2009-08-01 | Amaranth Games, LLC | Amaranth Games, LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Gates of Night is the second installment in the Aveyond 3: Orb of Magic series and the fourth game overall. It is a turn-based RPG where players have to solve puzzles and complete tasks, which progresses the storyline and helps the characters level up. The game is shown through an almost top-down perspective. The playable characters include Mel (thief), Edward (prince), Stella (healer), Lydia (mage), Te'ijal (vampire), Galahad (knight) and Ulf (scholar).After the events of Aveyond: Lord of Twilight Mel and her friends go to King William of Thais to ask his advice. Continuing the struggle caused by the two magical orbs, the Orb of Darkness and the Orb of Light, a large part of the game is spent locating the four quarter keys. |
| Nancy Drew Dossier: Resorting to Danger! | 2009-08-01 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Nancy Drew Dossier: Resorting to Danger! is the second casual entry of the long-running series by Her Interactive. As in the previous title, the player takes the role of the young detective Nancy Drew trying to solve a mystery. This time, a celebrity spa suffers a series of bombings that are always preceded by threatening letters, and the manager decides to hire Nancy to discover the culprit. She must work undercover as a regular resort employee to avoid any suspicion and not alarm any of the VIP guests, and at the same time investigate the place for clues.The gameplay combines elements from the adventure and hidden object genres. Instead of a list of objects to find, the bottom of the screen displays all the pending tasks and a series of verb icons. The game moves from location to location, where a series of hotspots have to be clicked to accomplish the list goals. The hotspots sparkle when the cursor hovers over them, and the objective is to click on two related spots in sequence to solve a puzzle. For example, clicking on a key and a lock to open some container. Even when the combination is not successful, the hotspots remain highlighted on the screen with translucent circles. The verbs can also be used to press, push, pull, turn, scratch, lift, flip and shake objects.In some places, clicking on parts of the scenery brings up a window showing a close-up view of the scene, usually with some mechanism or self-contained puzzle that has to be manipulated directly. Some mini-games appear between chapters, where the player has to match two paper clippings to create full letters, form molecules in a lab by color matching their atoms, complete circuits to disarm bombs, and other similar challenges.Sometimes a dialog tree appears when talking with other characters, where the right answer has to be selected from several options. Correct actions give bonus points, slowly increasing the player ranking. A special ending is unlocked after achieving the top ranking of Ultimate Private Eye. |
| She is a Shadow | 2009-08-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Tonuzaba Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Hanna is a reformed thief formerly known as "The Shadow". After her partner and boyfriend was killed in mysterious circumstances, she decided to retire and raise Adam, their child, away from a life of crime and violence. However, an old acquaintance kidnaps the boy and forces Hannah to use her special skills in a series of burglary assignments.She is a Shadow is a hidden object game, where the player assumes the role of a thief stealing assorted valuables from several locations. The objective is to find and collect all the items listed on the pages of a notepad at the left side of the screen, within a time limit. The remaining minutes to solve each scene are shown on a digital chronometer at the top of the screen. The time constraints can be turned off with the options menu at any point in the game, by selecting between Hard and Normal mode.. List items can be clicked directly to show a picture of the object and help the player, but this action removes some time from the stopwatch.There are mini-games at the start of each chapter, presented as windows overlaid on top of the background. They can be skipped by clicking on a green ticket at the bottom, with time deducted as a penalty. In the safe puzzle, the goal is to turn the dial by clicking and dragging with the mouse, hitting the correct numbers until the bolt descends to the bottom and the door opens. In the alarm system mini-game, the objective is to guess the correct three-digit combination, by entering the numbers and reading the output of a hacking computer. The computer shows when the number is higher or lower than the correct one, by appending a + and - sign at the end of each combination attempt. In the lock picking mini-game, the interior of a lock is shown and the goal is to use the lock pick to raise all the pins to unlock it, controlling the tool with the mouse and moving it sideways. In the circuits puzzle, the objective is to burn all the glowing circuits to disable the alarm. In the security system mini-game, a series of buttons have to be pressed in the correct order to turn off the alarm. To accomplish this, the player has to follow the entangled cables from one side to the other and press the connected lights and buttons. |
| Sun Blast | 2009-08-01 | OBLONE Software | OBLONE Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Earth is under extreme threat when two alien forces known as the Ankoladons and the Spearkons form an alliance to destroy the sun and wipe out the human race. As one of the last hopes for the planet's survival, you pilot a ship and take on the alien legions on your own.Sun Blast: Star Fighter is a 3D space shooter that features over 20 levels, as well as extra challenges that can be unlocked by beating certain stages. On starting the main campaign, you are given the choice of three ships, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Every level features a set objective that needs to be fulfilled (such as destroying a certain number of ships or taking as little damage as possible) before the timer runs out. After beating four of these levels, you are faced with a boss level where time isn't an issue.Upgrades to your ship's guns can be collected as the level progresses. However, every time you take a hit, you lose one of your upgrades, making avoiding enemy fire and contact a main priority as well as destroying enemy ships, creatures and asteroids. |
| Tasty Static | 2009-08-01 | | | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Tasty Static is a clone of the classic SkyRoads with similar gameplay, but many different features, entirely new courses and revamped graphics. Players control a space ship on many tracks filled obstacles, pipes, floating platforms and other hazards. Gameplay is arcade-like, requiring perfect jumps, evasive actions and precise timing. To complete courses, players only need to reach the end without crashing. There is an unlimited amount of tries.The courses have different themes that consist of three tracks each. Later levels include special tiles that speed up or slow down the ship, bounce it around, reverse it, or turn gravity upside down. Special strategies are also introduced, such as grinding off ledges, consecutive jumps and small changes in direction. After completing a number of tracks, bonus options become available, allowing the player to change the ship's colour, shoot obstacles, and more. All tracks are available right away and the game keeps track of the fastest times. It also includes an editor to create, share and import custom levels. |
| Tomb Raider: The Greatest Raids | 2009-08-01 | Mastertronic Games Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Tomb Raider: The Greatest Raids is a collection of the first four Tomb Raider games:
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider II
Tomb Raider III
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation |
| 3Tones | 2009-08-03 | Vast Studios Inc. | Vast Studios Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | 3Tones is a tile-matching puzzle game that generates content using MP3 music files. The game can import custom MP3 music to the game, that can be used on most modes with the exception of the Career Mode. The player starts the game by choosing one of the modes and selecting one of the thirty included tracks, or files from a custom playlist. Most of the screen state is occupied by a grid filled with multi-colored tiles adorned with music notation symbols and notes. A rhythm tray at the bottom keeps getting new groups of tiles, with shapes that follow the sound waves of the background music. If the tray gets full, the game is over.The objective is to click and drag on grid tiles that are adjacent, of the same type and matching one of the tray groups, to eliminate both the grid and tray blocks. A combo meter between the grid and the tray fills with each match, activating the combo and fire modes once it is full. In the combo mode, the goal is to complete a sequence of matches to enter fire mode, where groups of tiles can be destroyed by simply clicking on them.Power-ups appear randomly on the grid, either inside a tile with an X or as icons that can be activated directly. They help the player by shuffling the tiles, pausing the tray for a few seconds, removing tiles or painting them of the same color.The game has four modes. The first couple are readily available while the remaining two can be unlocked later through playing. In the main Career Mode, the objective is to play through the songs to earn badges, received after achieving highscores and completing certain challenges. In the Arcade Mode, the goal is to last as long as possible, with the game stopping only when the tray is full. In the Time Attack Mode, the game has a time limit to clear the tray and grid. In the Puzzle Mode, the player has to remove the tiles from a full tray by making careful matches. |
| Aliens in the Attic | 2009-08-04 | Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. | Revistronic | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | A family with a group of kids goes on summer vacation when small knee-high aliens from outer space intent on conquering the planet take up residence in the attic of the home they're staying at. You play as the Zirkonians who have to prepare the Earth for invasion by activating a Sizematron device sent long ago that can enlarge the invasion force. In this action-adventure platform game based on the movie of the same name, you go through 15 different levels through areas such as the roof, attic, vents, living room, garden, and basement.You can switch among 4 different aliens on the fly with different abilities such as one being able to double jump, and another can throw grenades. Along the way, you collect different parts with which you can use to make various weapons including customizable ones for use with the Wii remote. The aliens also can use special attacks such as Fingernail Slash Combo, Ground Pound, and Tornado Attack. There's 4 different difficulty levels to choose from. |
| Men of War: Red Tide | 2009-08-04 | 1C Company | 1C Company, Best Way | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | Tank | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Men of War: Red Tide is a stand-alone expansion to Men of War and focuses on less well-known World War 2 battles, including Odessa, Sevastopol, Theodosia, Eltingen, Nikolaev, and Constanta.The gameplay remains largely the same as in the main game, with units being either given at the start of missions or requisitioned during the battle. Unlike most other real-time strategy games, vehicles do not accumulate damage and are usually either destroyed, damaged or unaffected by hits, simulating realism.The new playable campaign includes Romania and Italy's efforts in the Eastern Front. Also included are six single battles on the same front between 1941 and 1945. |
| The Lost Inca Prophecy | 2009-08-04 | RealArcade | Seppia Interactive | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Hidden object, Tile matching puzzle | South America | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | At the time of the conquest of the New World, a woman called Acua has recurring dreams about an ancient Inca place in South America filled with treasures. After finding a mysterious book describing the exact same location, she decides to travel to the region with the help of her friend Juan, a Spanish conquistador.The Lost Inca Prophecy is a tile-matching game with three variations and a few hidden object sections between chapters. Before each tile-matching level, a configuration screen appears where the player can select between three gameplay mechanics and three level geometries. The geometry options alter the shape of the tile grid, with the piece slots arranged in formations of square and hexagon shapes. The gameplay mechanics included are common to the genre, with other titles usually featuring only one of them.After selecting the swap mechanic, the objective is to click two adjacent pieces to switch places, creating a straight line of three or more tiles of the same type to make them disappear. With the chain mechanic, the goal is to click and drag groups of connected tiles of the same kind to remove them from the game. In the final variation, the group mechanic, the player has to click on clusters of identical tiles to make them vanish. A series of power-ups buttons charge with each match at the bottom of the screen. The hammer smashes one tile, the totem destroys several pieces, the bomb explodes surrounding tiles, the lightning bolt vaporizes random pieces and the swap power shuffles the entire board. Other power-ups, like the rainbow tile that acts as a wildcard matching any color, appear on the grid after making large matches. A single portion of an inventory tool is received after finishing a level, and when the item is complete it is stored to be used later on the hidden object screen.The hidden object screens appear between chapters, filled with scattered pieces of inventory items that have to be collected and, after being completely reassembled, used to solve puzzles in the traditional point-and-click manner, by dragging and dropping an object over a logical part of the scenery. |
| City of Secrets | 2009-08-05 | Aidem Media Sp. z o.o. | Aidem Media Sp. z o.o. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | City of Secrets is an adventure game with classic point-and-click gameplay and presented with hand drawn art, layered backgrounds and a 3D character cast, fully spoken throughout. Rex, the brave dog, accidentally falls into the underground city of moles where he is captured and imprisoned for espionage. His fate would be foregone if not for his friend, the mole Moles, who is definitely not eager to come to the rescue. Breaking Rex out of jail is just the tip of the iceberg. Moles will have to face a revolution and solve many riddles to save the day.The game uses traditional elements such as collecting items to store them in an inventory, combining them and using them in the environment. The characters can be freely moved around the environment and there are other creatures to talk to. A map is used to travel between locations. Quests are stored in a journal to keep track of them. When stuck, all interactive elements in the environment can be highlighted and two types of hints are avaiable. The second hint always provides a direct solution to a current problem so the player never gets struck.The Android version is released for free but only contains the first episode. The other five can be bought through an in-app purchase. |
| Edmund | 2009-08-05 | | | Action | Side view | | Adult | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Edmund is a short game created for the TIGSource Adult/Edutainment competition, which it eventually won, and it focuses on the adult aspect of the challenge. It is a short platformer where the player controls the characters Eddie (Edmund) and Michael, but one at a time. It consists of two main sequences or levels. The first details Eddie's past as a war veteran in Vietnam and the atrocities that went along with it. The second part is set in a modern city and is influenced by the first part.The title sports a desaturated, gritty graphical style, explicit violence and sexual abuse (rape), slightly reminiscent of the confrontational scenes in the French film Irreversible. At certain points in the game, players need to take a moral decision that leads to different endings. Controls consist of basic options to move around, a button to shoot, and another for a few other actions. |
| Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood | 2009-08-05 | Sakari Games BVBA | Sakari Games BVBA | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood is an action-based, stylistic third-person shooter. As the sole surviving member of a Foreign Legion assault team the player is tasked with defending a nameless village from hordes of invading rebels. A particular emphasis is placed throughout on the game's distinctive visual design, which gives the notably bloody nature of the game a lighthearted feel. It's additionally augmented by a dynamic soundtrack, which reacts to in-game events and pace.Gameplay is largely action oriented with a distinctive arcade bent; being explicitly designed with short, intermittent playthroughs in mind. The village's civilians have barricaded themselves within the Town Hall and must be protected until the arrival of a rescue helicopter, represented by an ever-present countdown timer. The Legionnaire must fend off successive waves of enemies within the small, defined area surrounding the Hall; each following wave being more numerous and better armed than its predecessor. As more enemies reach the Town Hall they forcibly wear away the barricades and defenses until the civilians are reached, at which point each successful attack will kill some number of them. If all of the villagers are killed, the mission is aborted.The player is better armed than his opponents, bearing weapons that range from a pistol to a localized air-ride, despite being outnumbered by a wide-range of different enemies, such as suicide bombers and semi-automatic wielding assault units. Enemies will also opportunistically maneuver against the player depending on the circumstances, climbing over roofs and circling around his sides. For the majority of weapons ammunition is limited, and so at any point the player can rush to a local communications tent in order to call in support via drop ships, which supply additional ammunition and repairs for the Town Hall.A general score is kept throughout the game, for entry on a high score board, which is represented visually by a slopping bucket of blood. It's filled by particularly violent achievements, such as successful head shots and pre-maturely detonating enemy bombers with well placed shots. Fortunately a secondary-fire option is featured, viewed directly over the shoulder, which increases the player's accuracy at the cost of movement speed. |
| Netherworld: Beyond Time I Stand | 2009-08-05 | FXLabs Studios Pvt Ltd. | Irrational Games LLC, FXLabs Studios Pvt Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | Horror | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Agni: Queen of Darkness is an action game heavily inspired by the Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri. The player's character explores dark themed locations monsters need to be fought using hack-and-slash mechanics. Some of them will drop souls, required to improve the character's abilities, and/or objects needed to advance the game and story.The game tells the story of Amanda who lives in an apartment with her daughter. One day, she vanishes, either kidnapped or murdered, which leads Amanda to commit suicide by jumping off the railway bridge. Seconds before the jump she is stopped by a train conductor who offers her an opportunity to enter Hell in order to save her daughter. |
| Die große Sim Box | 2009-08-06 | Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KG | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Die große Sim Box contains the following five simulations:
Angel König: Spinnfischen in Deutschland
Bridge Builder: Planen, Bauen & Testen
Seamulator 2008
Segelflug Simulator: Sealors of the Sky - Gold Edition
Trainz Railroad Simulator 2007 |
| Ashes Cricket 2009 | 2009-08-07 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Transmission Games | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | Ashes Cricket 2009 continues Codemasters' series of cricket games (previously 'Ricky Ponting' and 'Brian Lara'). The game adds a number of new features. Batsmen can now choose back and front foot shots, while bowlers are given a larger arsenal of deliveries to choose from, along with guides for where to pitch for maximum impact. The game is fully licensed by the ECB, Cricket Australia and the MCC for the 2009 Ashes tournament, with all Australian and English players featuring their appropriate likenesses and names. The games also boasts fully featured ODI, Test and Twenty over modes - both single match and tournament, a Legends coaching mode hosted by Sir Ian Botham and Shane Warne, player customization, and on-line play. |
| City Style | 2009-08-07 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Positive Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Camilla wants to be hired as the Assistant Editor-in-Chief for the fashion magazine Style, and after an interview with the boss, she starts a trial period where several tasks must be completed to win the position.City Style is a hidden object game with a fashion theme. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items required at the start of each task, on scenes related to the magazine or other places filled with assorted paraphernalia. Each location is reused several times with slight variations of gameplay. In some cases, the goal is to pick up a number of instances of the same object. In other places, a list of the required objects appears at the left side, showing either their names or their silhouettes. Some objects are covered by other things and obscured from view, and can only be seen and collected after removing the blocking items.Some of the tasks are mini-games and puzzles taking place on a separate screen. In one of them, a pile of scattered CDs has to be stored back to their cases, by matching the decorations on the discs and sleeve. An early task shows a top view of the blueprints for the office, where Camilla has be guided to push boxes towards a series of dotted outlines. Another matching task shows the contents of a purse poured over a table, and the goal is to select pairs of related items, like a pen and its cap and a small brush and its make-up case. These games can be skipped at any time. |
| Death to Spies: Moment of Truth | 2009-08-07 | 1C Company, Aspyr Media, Inc. | Haggard Games | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | World War II | | | | Mature | | Windows | Death to Spies: Moment of Truth is the sequel to the stealth action title Death to Spies.You are Captain Semion Strogov, an agent of the 4th department of the Soviet counterintelligence service called SMERSH. SMERSH is the abbreviation for "Smert shpionam" which means Death to Spies. This was the name for a set of counterintelligence departments in the Soviet Army during World War II. Back from his previous missions, Captain Strogov must now face a series of even more dangerous military operations under the code name "Death to Spies: Moment of Truth".The main hero owns all the skills and abilities to succeed in especially dangerous missions behind enemy lines, like gaining secret enemy information and documents, assassination of enemy agents and high rank officers etc. |
| Hearts of Iron III | 2009-08-07 | Paradox Interactive AB | Paradox Interactive AB | Strategy | Top-down | Regional differences | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Hearts of Iron III is a global-strategy game with a high focus on realism. Once again the game lets the player take over the control of any nation present from the period 1936-1948 during which the game takes place and do with it what he wants. The game also presents several scenarios that cover different time intervals, allowing the player to choose between preparing for battle or starting in the middle of the affair. Also, the game includes a strong scenario editor to make the situation fit your preferences. Although the game is real-time, the player can speed up and slow down time or even pause to make his decisions.This time around the amount of provinces on the map has been increased to around 10.000 land provinces and 5.000 sea provinces allowing for more flexibility with movement and combat. Four or five provinces form a region making it easier for the player to prepare air missions like bombarding military targets in these regions. Another big change is the new Headquarters and Theatre command structure making it possible for the player to give control of certain aspects of military management over to the AI, removing the need to perform many tedious, routine tasks himself. Instead the player just tells the AI what goal he wants to accomplish and fine tune her by deciding how aggressive the AI shall try to accomplish it and even which route to the target it should take. The AI can also chime in at every other aspect of the game, making it possible for the player to concentrate only on a few things himself and let the AI manage for example the diplomacy, research or intelligence.The game also features a multiplayer-mode for up to 32 players. Here the behavior of the AI is radically different to the one from singleplayer, making it a more difficult and more complex challenge. The players can either play against each other, team up as different countries or even manage one nation cooperatively. |
| Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans (Special Limited Edition) | 2009-08-07 | Slitherine Software UK Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This special edition contains:
Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans
Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans (paperback novel)
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| Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery | 2009-08-07 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Sulus Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Claire Ellery is a FBI agent assigned with the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of three girls from a coastal city. After arriving at the place, she starts to receive a series of tarot cards with written clues about the case from a hidden source. She has no alternative but to follow the trail, gathering all the cards left on locations around the town.Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery is a game with hidden object and adventure elements. As the main character, the objective is to explore several locations for new information about the crime. Most of the screen shows a static picture depicting one of the locations, with the interface at the left side showing the hint button, a stack of cards, a file folder and a blue suitcase. The cards can be found laying around the scenery, from where they can be added to the stack once they are located and collected. They contain the clues left behind by some mysterious informant, with lists of objects that have to be found and collected from the scene. These lists show words or pictures of the required items.The folder has a series of photos of the available locations as a shortcut buttons, so the player can avoid tedious backtracking and go straight to any of them by clicking on their pictures. Some of the objects are stored inside the suitcase, from where they can be dragged and dropped on logical parts of the screen to solve simple inventory puzzles. For example, a key can be used on a lock to open a door. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use.Some parts of the scenery open up a zoom window with a close-up view or another angle of the scene, usually containing some of the list objects or an interactive puzzle. In some cases, these windows have mini-games where some mechanism have to be manipulated directly to solve a puzzle, like moving wires to fix a circuit board, or assembling jigsaw puzzles and other similar challenges. |
| Broken Brothers | 2009-08-08 | Spyeart | Spyeart | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Broken Brothers is a real-time strategy game stripped down to the essentials and developed in seven days. The player needs to help Malakai find back his brothers who are in another part of the environment, captured by bugs. By building harvesters, hope can be gathered, the main resource of the game. That way, more advanced units can be constructed, both offensive and defensive. There are tanks that move in packs and bombers that attack from the air, while defensive measures are provided through anti-air installations and mobile turrets. Not all of the units are available right away, they are opened up when the first two brothers are rescued.The army of bugs adapts to the player actions, sending larger creatures and countering the bombers with their own air units. The bugs spawn at a constant rate, so their breeding points need to be captured, gradually moving through the map. The game has a minimalist look with red, white and black as the main colours. The mouse is used to select and order units, scroll over the map and zoom in or out. |
| Back Door Man | 2009-08-09 | Grundislav Games | Grundislav Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Back Door Man is an adventure game created for the TIGSource Adult/Edutainment competition. More of a visual novel than a regular adventure game, it offers three vignettes based on the stories a male escort tells a bartender about his work that evening. It involves a young lady, a male client and an older woman.As the stories are told, the player takes over the male escort's role and can take various decisions to influence the outcome. This is mostly centered around dialogue options, but at times he is also able to move around, steal objects or interact with them. The game offers re-playability as the chosen decisions lead to different outcomes for the individual stories, as well as the global ending.The game is controlled through the mouse, with the option to walk, interact, examine and talk. The game offers adult content, though in pixelized form. |
| EcoRescue: Project Rainforest | 2009-08-09 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | EcoRescue: Project Rainforest is a straightforward hidden object game with a conservationist theme. Most of the time, the objective is to find and collect all the trash to clean forests and other places around the globe. The required garbage items are listed on a strap at the bottom of the screen, also featuring a compass at the left side. The instrument is the hint button, showing the exact position of one of the required objects, but taking some time to recharge after use.Three standard variations of gameplay are included: a jigsaw puzzle, a special scenario where the goal is to find several instances of the same object or animal, and the split screen with two similar images where the player must search and click on all the differences. Educational texts about ecology are displayed between each chapter, with assorted trivia about the current state of the wildlife habitat on a region of the world. |
| Knights of the Chalice | 2009-08-10 | HeroicFantasyGames.com | HeroicFantasyGames.com | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Knights of the Chalice is a turn-based old style RPG similar to the Dark Sun series of games. The game uses slightly modified D&D 3.5E rules, but relies heavily on D&D monsters, artifacts and spells. The player controls a group of 4 characters of up to three different professions (Knight, Cleric and Wizard) and three different races (Human, Half-elf and Half-dwarf), who are tasked with exploring and battling in over twelve multi-layered towns, towers and dungeons. The game itself is mostly centered around turn-based tactical combat and dungeon exploration (including searching for secret doors, evading patrols and more), however it also offers many conversations which can provide different routes to solving quests or escaping a tight situation. The game's best feature is the ability to forge, enchant and upgrade weapons and equipment. This means that unlike many other games, the player here can re-module (or even create from scratch) his/hers looted or purchased items to better fit the challenges facing them or their particular game style. True to its D&D origin, the game has two distinct spell systems - divine one, healing oriented and usable by Clerics and an arcane one, attack oriented and usable by Wizard.Knights of the Chalice is the first game by the indie team from HeroicFantasyGames.com. It runs in a retro 320x240 resolution in a windowed or full-screen mode. The game was developed for Windows XP, but runs on later versions (Vista, Win7). While it has no voice acting, it does have atmospheric music which changes depending on which city/dungeon the party is exploring and can change within the city/dungeon. |
| Mr. Jones' Graveyard Shift | 2009-08-10 | Gogii Games Corp. | Silverback Productions | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | Mr. Jones has decided to retire to a cottage in the woods. While his dog is loving it, Mr. Jones is lonely for his first love, Mimi. Then one day Mimi calls and asks him to come live with her in tropical paradise. All he'll need is a floppy hat, some sunglasses, a Hawaiian shirt, some shorts, some luggage, tickets for the plane, a jewelry gift for her, a yacht, an hacienda on an island and a million dollars spending money.Oh, dear. Is that ALL he'll need.Then his dog, Kranky, brings home a pamphlet that says you can make millions by running you own graveyard.Mr. Jones' Graveyard Shift is a time management game in which you run a graveyard. Meet the funeral director and find out what they want. Meet their needs and they will pay you.You can then bank up to half this money towards your tropical retreat. You can also buy tombstones, flowers, benches and lampposts from a supplier. If a zombie rises from the grave, that means the grave had depreciated in value. Move you mouse over the grave to see how to fix that.In time, you can buy more land and better equipment, like a power shovel rather than a shovel.
Make enough so you and Mimi can live your days out in style. |
| Texas Cheat 'em | 2009-08-10 | D3Publisher of America, Inc. | Wideload Games, Inc. | Gambling, Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Texas Cheat 'em is a variant of the poker staple Texas Hold 'em, where, as the title suggests, players are allowed (and even encouraged) to cheat.The underlying game follows all the rules of Hold 'em, and plays like a standard digital replication. Each round, players are awarded an amount of cheat points, which can then be spent on 15 tricks such as X-ray Vision (see another player's hidden cards), Card Suggestion (where you change one of your cards to another), or even something as blatant as stealing chips from another player.To succeed at the cheat, the player must win a brief casino-themed mini-game, such as stopping a slot machine or roulette wheel at a specific target. For cheats where one player is directly affecting or attacking another (like stealing chips), the mini-game involves both players, such as rapidly tapping a button to make their horse cross the finish line first. If the player wins at the mini-game, the cheat is performed. If the player loses, the points are spent and nothing happens.Players can play alone against the A.I., or online with up to eight players at a table. The player can use their Xbox Avatar to represent them in-game, or select from a variety of character portraits. |
| VR Soccer '96 | 2009-08-11 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | Windows | In 1995 the increased power of the new wave of systems made 3D football games a possibility several companies investigated. Most of the features people later took for granted in football games were pioneered, or at least fairly fresh, when they appeared in the first of the Actua Sports titles.Multiple camera angles were available to view the full-3D action, with 3 Sheffield Wednesday FC players providing motion capture. 44 international squads of 22 players, each with 8 individual skill attributes, were featured. BBC commentator Barry Davies provided a full flowing commentary over the top. A full range of customised tournaments were available, as well as multi-player options allowing for both same-system and networked play. |
| Diaper Dash | 2009-08-12 | PlayFirst, Inc. | ZEMNOTT, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)
It's a girl! And a boy! In fact, it's every adorable baby in DinerTown, all bundled up for you to lavish with love. Keep these DinerTown darlings cooing by helping out Wilson, who's in over his head running the local daycare. Now's the time to make a play date with the game that's literally crawling with fun!
50 baby-filled levels of cuteness — that's, like, a bazillion baby toes!
Tend to your babies' every need with five priceless inventions beyond every mother's dream
Over 20 upgrades to buy, from stain-free walls to auto-rocking cradles
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| Jewel Master: Reise um die Welt | 2009-08-12 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Cradle of Persia
Cradle of Rome
Jewel Master: Jade Dynastie
Pirate Stories: Kit & Ellis |
| Wedding Dash 2: Rings Around the World | 2009-08-12 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Sarbakan, Inc. | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Quinn is back on a new whirlwind adventure, joined by Flo® and Joe Wright, wedding photographer. Help Quinn become the world's top wedding planner in this hilarious sequel to the hit game Wedding Dash®. Visit beautiful, exotic locations while managing new guests, fulfilling bride and groom requests, and tackling comedic disasters. Do you have what it takes to help Quinn win the honor of planning the most exclusive wedding of the year?
2 modes: Story and Endless Game
50 new levels of riotous game play
Bridezilla now joined by the all-new Groom-Kong!
Photographer on hand to take pictures on request!
5 exciting new environments
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| Zenerchi | 2009-08-12 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Red Rocket Games, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Are you overwhelmed at work? Dutifully doing the day-to-day but stressed by the systematic strain of your routine? Enter the world of Zenerchi, a new game that puts a peaceful twist on the classic three-in-a-row game play. Swap the pressured pace of most three-in-a-rows for a meditative mind game which alternates between calm, flowing levels and delightfully complex puzzles. Find your zen as you match the vibrantly colored rings, filling your color containers one color hue at a time and eventually encountering your inner chi.
The most unique three-in-a-row game in the casual game space yet!
Two gameplay modes, journey and zen
50 levels of gameplay throughout 10 worlds
Inspirational quotes between each level when obtaining expert score!
5 Different Busts: Small, Column, Ring, Change, and Color.
2 hurdles to success: Binders and Enigmas
Soothing music helps all players unwind from a long day!
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| Quantz | 2009-08-13 | Gamerizon Studio Inc. | Gamerizon Studio Inc. | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | Windows | Quantz is a 3D color matching game. The player controls a rotating geometric shape floating at the center of the screen, peppered with small multi-colored spheres called Quantz on each face. New spheres keep appearing from the screen edges and falling towards the structure, and the objective is to turn the whole polyhedron to make them land on clusters of three or more globes of the same color, to make them disappear. When one of the balls is completely enclosed by a cluster of spheres, it can turn into a fireball after the surrounding balls are matched and removed. The fireball takes off the surface, and falls back burning clusters that share its color, creating new fireballs and giving combo points. Most of the balls are free-ranging, and react to the simulated physics by bouncing around and moving about the surface. Abrupt movements can send the spheres flying off the shape for a few seconds, but its gravity eventually pulls them back. This behavior can be exploited to solve some of the puzzles.The game has three modes. In the strategy mode, the objective is to clear all the Quantz before all the energy runs out. The extra spheres are lined up on a ramp at the bottom of the screen, and the player shoots them towards the shape by pressing a button. In the puzzle mode, there's a limited amount of balls available, and the player must plan carefully where to deploy them to clear all the Quantz. The action mode is unlocked after completing ten levels of the puzzle mode, and is similar to the strategy mode. The main difference is the way the globes appear automatically hurling towards the surface, adding a more frenetic pace to the gameplay. The language can be selected from seven options: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and Japanese. |
| The Stolen Diamond Ring | 2009-08-13 | Nekomura Games Pte. Ltd. | Nekomura Games Pte. Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Katharine Sanders, a young woman whose point of view the game is shown from, gets invited to the engagement party of Mia Allard, her friend from high school days. Upon arrival she soon realises there is some tension between other party attendees. Things only get worse when Mia notices her pink diamond engagement ring is gone and the police get involved. Katharine decides to do some investigating on her own.The Stolen Diamond Ring is an adventure visual novel, not a Western style adventure. No inventory, no puzzles or minigames. Only dialogue options (choosing different answers) and menu options. The investigation consists of talking to everyone involved in the incident, moving between locations and trying to figure out what really happened. All the interactions in the game are done through dialogue with other characters that trigger the corresponding branchings and selecting the corresponding location where the dialogue will take place.The relationships between characters are shown on a diagram which, in combination with Katharine's diary, helps the player keep track of what's going on. |
| Tower of Heaven | 2009-08-13 | | Askiisoft | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Tower of Heaven is a retro-style platformer with black and green color palette reminiscent of GameBoy games and a chiptune soundtrack. You play as a lone traveler trying to ascend the Tower of Heaven despite the will of a spiteful deity residing at the top of the world. There are no enemies, but the levels are full of obstacles like spikes or buzz-saws which you need to overcome by careful jumping. Each level is timed. To make things harder as you ascend the deity introduces new rules, like "you can't touch golden blocks" or "you can't go left". Browser version features some additions to the original Windows game:
A new secret area;
Extended ending for finding all secrets;
Additional music, sounds, and graphics;
Various gameplay / graphical fixes;
Level creator that lets the players make and import custom levels. |
| Bus-Simulator 2009 | 2009-08-14 | astragon Software GmbH | Contendo Media GmbH | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bus, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | In Bus-Simulator 2009, the player takes the role of the manager and driver of a bus company. The main part of the game is the driving simulation. The player drives in the fictional city of Rheinburg, which is based on Cologne.There are 10 predefined bus lines through the city. The player has to try and stick to the course and the timetable. Most tasks of a real bus driver are present and assigned to a button, such as making announcements or selling tickets. If the player violates traffic laws, e.g. driving over pedestrians or crashing into other vehicles, he has to pay a fee. Apart from regular duty on city bus lines, there are also one-off missions to complete, such as driving a tour group to an attraction. Players can also freely explore the city, and at any point leave their bus to find another one at one of their depots, or head for the end of a line and start duty.The managerial part is simple and mainly consists of buying new buses (12 models overall, 14 with patch 1.1) with earned money, maintaining them (their condition worsens when used) and taking on new lines and special missions. The correct model has to be used for each assignment, e.g. a public service vehicle can't be used for overland drives. The game also includes an editor where new bus lines in the city can be created by setting waypoints and a list of stations to service. |
| City Sights: Hello, Seattle! | 2009-08-14 | I-play | Oberon Media Russia (Kenjitsu) | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | Contemporary, North America | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | A reporter for the City Sights Magazine has ten days to tour Seattle and write an article about the city.City Sights: Hello, Seattle! is a hidden object game with tourist locations of Seattle as the theme. The main objective of each scene is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on places filled with assorted things scattered around the scenery. The list is divided in three tabs labeled easy, medium and hard. The objects are organized by difficulty, with more obvious items listed on the easier sections. Easy objects give 1,000 points when found, while medium and hard ones give 2,000 and 3,000 points respectively. There's a time limit of ten minutes per location, and an unlimited hint button that highlights the position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use.At the start of each scene, a clipboard appears with a list of assignments. Some are optional, while others are necessary to complete the location and move to the next place. The assignments are extra tasks and conditions required to receive a trophy, like finding several instances of the same object, not using the hint button, completing the location under five minutes, avoid random clicking and similar challenges. In some places, the screen is split in two nearly identical images, and the goal is to click on all the differences. |
| Company of Heroes: Gold - Limited Edition | 2009-08-14 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Additional content is an exclusive dog tag.
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| Spreng- und Abriss-Simulator | 2009-08-14 | astragon Software GmbH | ETS Entwicklerteam Slaby | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In Spreng- und Abriss-Simulator the player takes control over several demolition machines. All of the missions are divided into two parts: demolition and cleaning up. For the first part the player has three options to his disposal: a demolition excavator, a wrecking ball and explosive charges. The first is used to dot small parts of the walls until everything apart collapses. It can be controlled directly or alternatively the player can click on a part with the mouse and it goes on automatically. The wrecking ball is controlled directly - the main idea is to swing it against the walls. Demolition charges can be places on walls and detonated by will.During the second part the player needs to dispose of the rubble. Again there are several machines which can be used, e.g. a regular excavator. These are controlled directly. Every mission has a time limit and has to be unlocked by beating the preceding. |
| Autumn's Treasures: The Jade Coin | 2009-08-15 | Big Fish Games, Inc | PoBros Inc | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Autumn receives her grandfather's antique store as an inheritance. While exploring the place, she finds pages of a journal with directions to rare antiques hidden around the world. She decides to travel and recover these artifacts, to discover more about her grandfather's past.Autumn's Treasures: The Jade Coin is a hidden object game with adventure elements. The main goal is to find and click on all the pieces of tools and other objects scattered throughout the scenery, to reassemble them in the inventory at the bottom of the screen. The pieces are automatically placed inside the object's silhouette, that has a green meter showing the progress of its reconstruction. After they are complete, the objects can be used as in most graphic adventures, by dragging and dropping from the inventory to logical portions of the scene.Each location is comprised of several static screens, where the player can move between rooms and explore the place in a typical point-and-click fashion, by clicking on obvious exit hotspots like doors and other openings. In some instances, a puzzle appears on a separate screen where a mechanism of some sort has to be manipulated directly to solve it. The hint button is a ruby amulet that shines a beam of light on one of the required pieces when clicked, showing its exact position. It takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Moorhuhn: Die Ersten 10 Jahre | 2009-08-15 | phenomedia publishing gmbh | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains 21 games:
Crazy Chicken: The Original
Moorhuhn 2
Moorhuhn: Winter-Edition
Moorhuhn 3 ...es gibt Huhn!
Moorhuhn Kart XXL
Crazy Chicken X
Crazy Chicken: Kart Extra
Crazy Chicken: The Pharaoh's Treasure
Crazy Chicken: Wanted
Crazy Chicken: Kart 2
Crazy Chicken: The Good, The Egg & The Ugly
Crazy Chicken: Remake
Crazy Chicken: Invasion
Moorhuhn: Der Fluch des Goldes
Moorhuhn Schatzjäger 2
Crazy Chicken: Pirates
Crazy Chicken: The Winged Pharaoh
Moorhuhn Kart 3
Crazy Chicken: Director's Cut
Crazy Chicken: Kart Thunder
Crazy Chicken: Atlantis |
| Mystery Case Files: Bundle | 2009-08-15 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation of Mystery Case Files games contains:
Mystery Case Files: Huntsville
Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects |
| Mystical Chain | 2009-08-15 | LION HEART | LION HEART | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Fangame | | Arcade, Fighting, Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Mystical Chain is 2D action game. It is a hybrid of a fighing game and a single-screen platform game, like Snow Brothers, but set in the Tōhō world. The player can choose two of three characters: Marisa Kirisame, Alice Margatroid and Patchouli Knowledge. Combinations between them have different effects. They land on a small enemies (ghosts, fairies, rabbits etc.), and must kill them all. Bosses await every five levels and they have a an assistant. At any time the player can switch between the characters. |
| Reflexion 2.0 | 2009-08-15 | reflexionteam | reflexionteam | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Reflexion 2.0 is an improved version of the original puzzle game Reflexion based around manipulating mirrors to get a ball to an exit. It has improved graphics, sound effects, new music, more levels etc. |
| Tōhō Hisoutensoku | 2009-08-15 | Team Shanghai Alice, Twilight Frontier | Team Shanghai Alice, Twilight Frontier | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | | Windows | Tōhō Hisoutensoku is a 2D fighting game and the 12.3 game in the Tōhō series. It is a standalone expansion to Scarlet Weather Rhapsody with new characters. The story takes place after Undefined Fantastic Object (Tōhō 12). Sanae Kochiya, Cirno and Hong Meiling are new main characters and they have own story mode. Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Alice Margatroid, Patchouli Knowledge, Utsuho Reiuji (unlockable) and Suwako Moriya (unlockable) are playable too.The gameplay is very similar to Scarlet Weather Rhapsody. Two characters fight against each other in an arena. They use punches, kicks and various magic spells. Random weather is an important part of the game as it can influence the gameplay in various ways. |
| Undefined Fantastic Object | 2009-08-15 | Team Shanghai Alice | Team Shanghai Alice | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Undefined Fantastic Object is a 2D vertical scrolling danmaku/bullet hell shoot'em up game. The game is the twelfth official title in Tōhō series. The player chooses one of three characters - Reimu Hakurei (shrine maiden in Hakurei shrine), Marisa Kirisame (human magician, Reimu's friend) and Sanae Kochiya (shrine maiden in Morya shrine and newbie god). The story in the game is inspired by Buddhism (instead of Shinto) - several youkai want to free Byakuren Hijiri.Gameplay is very similar to other Tōhō games - characters fly forward, shoot enemies, avoid many bullets and fight against bosses. The bombs system is similar to previous games, like in Tōhō 6 to 8. The player can catch coloured UFOs to gain special bonuses. |
| Koumajou Densetsu: Scarlet Symphony | 2009-08-16 | Frontier Aja | Frontier Aja | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Fangame | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Koumajou Densetsu: Scarlet Symphony is doujin 2D platform game, based on Tōhō series. Basically, this game is a combination of the Tōhō world with the gameplay from Castlevania. The player controls Reimu who goes to Remilia's castle because Gensokyo is again covered in a scarlet mist. She can fly, use whip (like all Castlevania Belmonts) and projectiles. Marisa is a supporting character and she shoots stars. Enemies in game are Tōhō characters (various fairies) and monsters such as zombies, skeletons etc. |
| Pizza Morgana: Episode 1 - Monsters and Manipulations in the Magical Forest | 2009-08-16 | Corbomite Games | Corbomite Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure | | | Yael Nathan | | | | Windows | Pizza Morgana is an adventure game featuring a 12-year-old girl named Jackie who finds herself transported to a magical realm called TerraMagia, where she teams up with a vampire named Abbie Positive voiced by Claudia Christian (of Babylon 5 fame). The magical world knows of our realm, but not nice versa. The game is based on an English comic drawn by Uri Fink. This is the first of five planned episodes. The game is extremely short, with only 15 options or so to complete the episode. The game features no more than three characters.The game features two difficulty levels, however the difference between the two are minimal. |
| All Aspect Warfare | 2009-08-17 | 3000AD, Inc. | 3000AD, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)An elite strike team — with a thermo-nuclear weapon. Stranded. On a hostile and near desolate planet. Left for dead. What else could possibly go wrong?The Terrans have been at war with the Gammulan race for years. Deployed in a distant territory on the other side of the galaxy the Terran Galactic Command (GALCOM) has suffered repeated defeats and unprecedented losses. In an attempt to change the tide of war and take the battle to the enemy GALCOM has launched an all out attack on the Gammulan homeworlds.After an intense battle, a badly damaged GALCOM ship carrying a devastating 'planet killer' weapon crash landed on a hostile Gammulan planet. The crash survivors, a group of combat veterans, must fight off the enemy while trying to locate and disarm the catastrophic weapon - code named R.A.N.D.O.M. (Random Access Nuclear Destruction of Obsolete Matter) - or get off the planet before it detonates. |
| Angle of Attack | 2009-08-17 | 3000AD, Inc. | 3000AD, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)The Terrans have been at war with the Gammulan race for years. In an attempt to change the tide of war and take the battle to the enemy the Terran military body, Galactic Command (GALCOM), has launched an all out attack on the Gammulan homeworlds.The events that take place in Angle Of Attack occur during the final days of the air campaign of the assault on LV-115 - an important planet used by the Gammulans for military purposes and as a staging area for their assault on GALCOM forces. The GALCOM forces, locked in a lopsided air campaign, made the decision to load the 'planet killer' R.A.N.D.O.M. weapon aboard the GCV-Excalibur for its ill-fated mission. |
| Colditz Escape! | 2009-08-17 | | | Action, Adventure | | Fangame | | Puzzle elements | Historical events, World War II | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Colditz Escape! is a freeware, open-source remake of Escape from Colditz, an isometric adventure game released in 1991 for the Amiga. As before, the player controls four prisoners of war trying to break free from the prison built by the Nazis on a medieval German castle. Each prisoner has a different nationality, and start from their separate quarters to explore the surroundings.The objective is to collect all the items required to escape the castle, with the necessary keys and tools found scattered around the maze-like rooms of the building. Guards patrol the area, arresting and sometimes shooting any misbehaving prisoner. The characters have a fatigue meter that is slowly filled after any action performed, and need to sleep to recuperate and continue their escape efforts. The game ends when the player is unable to control any of the men, because they either escaped, were killed or sent to solitary confinement. The remake uses the original resources, adding some optional graphic filters to smooth the image and the option to save and load games. |
| Osmos | 2009-08-17 | Hemisphere Games, Inc. | Hemisphere Games, Inc. | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | Osmos is a game where the player controls a substance in an enclosed environment, reminiscent of flOw. By touching smaller objects, they can be absorbed, merging to create a larger substance. The substance is controlled through the mouse with a mechanism similar to the classic Asteroids. The mouse is used to choose a direction and gentle clicks, or holding the mouse button, provide acceleration in short bursts, steadily moving the object in a certain direction until touching a border or being slowed down by another object. Moving however causes to leave behind small droplets of fluid, rendering it smaller. When touching an object larger than itself, the player's substance gets absorbed.The levels are set in enclosed environments where zooming can be done freely. After a few tutorials levels, different paths are offered based on variations on the concept. Some of them are based on aggressively tracking another organism or surviving in a crowded environment, another set is about an orbital course floating around a large object, and the final one is the slowest where there is very little space and the area needs to be captured with caution. In levels with limited manoeuvrability, time can be speed up or slowed down to prevent losing too much fluid when going slowly. Levels are usually won by capturing a specific organism (there are many, with different abilities) or growing to a certain size. In later levels antimatter is introduced, with the opposite effect or regular organisms.The gameplay is supported by soothing, ambient electronic music. |
| Laxius Force II | 2009-08-18 | Aldorlea Games | Aldorlea Games | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Laxius Force II is the sequel to Laxius Force, and the follow-up in general to the Laxius Power trilogy. Overall, it is the sixth installment in the series. In this chapter of the 2D RPG title the characters get to meet half-goddess Luciana as she reaches Adretana and joins her friends. The Order threatens the town of Adretana and Random, Sarah and Luciana need to team up to overcome the enemies again.The game contains over 50 hours of gameplay, a large selection of elements. The characters can join guilds to learn new skills and spells as well. |
| Plants vs. Zombies | 2009-08-18 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Tower defense | | | | Real-time | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Plants vs. Zombies belongs to the "tower defense" sub-genre of casual games, where the objective is to deploy a series of stationary weapons to protect a structure against hordes of enemies. Plants provide the artillery and can be bought with sun power, the game's currency. The enemies are zombies invading a suburban lawn. At the start of each level, the player starts to plant the available seeds on the lawn in a strategic manner. Zombies slowly begin to appear from the street at the right side, just a few initially, and must be destroyed before they can reach the house on the other side. Sun power icons fall from the sky randomly and must be collected with the mouse to increase the funds. The sunflower can be planted to generate extra units of sun power but doesn't have any attack power against the invading undead. Besides their cost, the seed packs take some time to recharge after being used.There are several types of offensive plants available. Peashooters are the basic variety, spitting a projectile forwards every few seconds. Variations appear later in the game, shooting several peas at the same time and freezing the enemies, making them move slower. The carnivorous plant gobbles up a zombie when he gets near its gaping mouth, but takes some time to do so, becoming ineffective while busy digesting the corpse. The cherry bomb explodes after being deployed, carbonizing any of the undead surrounding its landing spot. The potato mine is half-buried with a sensor sticking from the top and detonates when one of the walking dead steps on it. Plants can be removed with the shovel to make space for new ones.Mini-games appear from time to time. There are twenty of them, and most are parodies of well-known casual titles: ZomBotany (1 and 2), Wall-nut Bowling (1 and 2), Slot Machine, It's Raining Seeds, Beghouled, Invisi-ghoul, Seeing Stars, Zombiquarium, Beghouled Twist, Big Trouble Little Zombie, Portal Combat, Column Like You See 'Em, Bobsled Bonanza, Zombie Nimble Zombie Quick, Whack a Zombie, Last Stand, Pogo Party, and Dr. Zomboss's Revenge. After being played once, they become available directly from the main menu.The game has three gameplay modes. In the main adventure mode, levels get progressively more difficult, and at the end of each one, the player receives a new plant for the arsenal. Puzzle mode has two variations: "Vasebreaker", where the goal is to break the vases scattered on the lawn, to uncover plants or zombies and use the former to fight the latter, and "I, Zombie", where the player controls the zombies against the plants. In survival mode, the zombies attack in turns. After each turn, the player can choose plants from the arsenal. There are three types of survival: normal (one wave per turn, 5 turns) on each of the five maps, hard (two waves per turn, 5 turns) on each of the five maps, and endless (two waves per turn, endless amount of turns) on the pool map.The Zen Garden stores all the available plants, where they have to be tended, watered, fertilized, sprayed for bugs, and listen to music. When they are happy, they drop coins that can be used to buy more plants and other garden additions. |
| The Mystery of the Mary Celeste | 2009-08-18 | Merscom LLC | Media Art, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Fighting her fears of drowning, Mary Morehouse embarks in the maiden voyage of the Mary Celeste. While busy exploring the ship and following strange noises, the crew and passengers vanish, leaving her and the captain to solve the mystery surrounding their disappearance.The Mystery of the Mary Celeste is a hidden object game with adventure elements. The objective is to collect all the items shown at the bottom, as a series of black-and-white images on porthole windows, and use them to solve puzzles. Some portions of the scenery bring up a close-up window showing another angle of the scene, usually containing some of the required objects. Clicking on certain objects and characters opens up a number of connected containers around them, and the player has to drag and drop the collected tools from the inventory portholes to these blue circles, to complete the scene and move to the next one.Mini-games usually appear at the end of each chapter, presenting various challenges and puzzles. A pipeline has to be reassembled with scattered pieces, lengths of rope must be untangled by dragging a series of pulleys, wires have to be connected to complete a circuit, red pins have to be fixed to a nautical map following a list of coordinates and a radio has to be tuned to the correct sound waves. The games can be skipped at any time. |
| Wolfenstein | 2009-08-18 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Raven Software Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | World War II | | | | Mature | | Windows | Beside the real world, there is also a parallel dimension called the Veil. Himmler's Paranormal Division knows about the Veil and has built several portals in Isenstadt to travel from the real world to the other, giving them an advantage in the battle over Isenstadt. However, in order to enter the Veil, one needs a special medallion, otherwise the trespasser shall turn into a monster upon his return to the real world. In addition, the medallion grants its wearer special powers. Naturally, the Office of Secret Actions can not allow the Nazis to get access to such powers and sends in their best agent: B. J. Blazkowicz. Although he manages to steal the medallion, the Nazis are already on the brink of being able to artificially create such a medallion in the lab. B. J. can't let them succeed and joins the fight.Wolfenstein is a first-person-shooter that mainly consists of the player shooting his way through hordes of different types of Nazis, ranging from normal soldier to ninjas. To deal with the large amount of enemies, the player has access to many typical WWII-weapons like the German MP40 or K98 rifle. In addition, during the course of the game he finds the medallion and learns four powers. While at first entering the Veil only allows him so see enemies more clearly and use strange flying creatures as bombs, he is later able to slow down time, surround himself with a protective shield or make himself stronger. However, the medallion's powers drain its energy, which needs to be refilled at power-spots that are nearly invisible in the real world. After each mission, the player is free to roam Isenstadt, talk to NPCs to get new missions and visit the Black Market. Intelligence material and gold are hidden in the levels. While the intel offers additional insights into the story and its characters, the gold is used at the Black Market to buy new weapons, ammunition and weapons upgrades like silencers or bigger clips. Collecting intel and gold unlocks additional upgrades.The game also features class-based multiplayer-modes for up to twelve players. The available classes are the Soldier, who shoots first and asks questions later; The Engineer, who is the only one who can fulfill all the objectives; and the Medic, who can heal and resurrect fallen allies. The available multiplayer modes are Team Deathmatch, Objective and Stopwatch. In Objective the Resistance has to destroy research and experiments by the Axis with them having to stop them. In Stopwatch the objective is the same; however, the time it takes the Resistance to stop the Axis is counted, and after the round ends, the teams switch sides. In order to win the round, the other team then needs to be faster than the first. |
| Coconut Queen | 2009-08-20 | iWin, Inc. | iWin, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | Coconut Queen is a time management and building simulation game with simplified mechanics suited for the casual market. The player assumes the role of Liz Roarke, an executive for the CoCoCo (Colorado Coconut Corporation), that is sent to a remote tropical island to increase fruit production and transform the place into a tourist resort. The main game screen shows a bird's-eye view of the island, with a list of objectives and the timer displayed at the top. The chapter goals are a series of tasks that must be performed before time runs out to complete the level, like constructing specific buildings, amassing a set amount of cash and other management challenges.The building plans are available from the menu at the bottom interface. After selecting one of the options, the building has to be dragged and dropped into a suitable spot of the terrain. Places marked with red are already occupied by either vegetation or other buildings, and can't be used to start construction. The selection background becomes green when it is possible to construct over the area.Each structure needs materials and a number of workers to be completed. The materials can be purchased with the available funds, salvaged from derelict buildings or extracted from the local vegetation. Native workers can be trained for a certain amount of money. Cabanas, cottages and other similar structures house tourists, giving rental revenue every few minutes. They are affected by the surrounding conditions, generating more money when placed near the beach or attractive decorations like umbrellas, and being less lucrative when positioned close to the industrial buildings.Concession stands sell products directly to the tourist population, increasing the funds with small and random contributions. All the edifices can be sold at any time for quick profit, and in certain levels there are some other buildings for sale. The tourist lodgings can be upgraded to house more guests. Industrial buildings can be refurbished into housing facilities. Sometimes the structures get damaged, and a worker has to be sent to repair them.In some chapters, the island is afflicted by random disasters, like earthquakes, monsoons, shark infestations and monkey invasions. A series of gems are received after completing the levels, that can be used to purchase upgrades or to open new paths. After finishing all the chapters of one island portion, the area becomes available in the Free Play Mode, where it can be further developed without any constraints. |
| Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 - The Siege of Spinner Cay | 2009-08-20 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | The Siege of Spinner Cay is the second episode in Tales of Monkey Island, a series of point-and-click adventure games based on the Monkey Island franchise that was started by Lucasfilm Games with The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) and ran until the fourth game Escape from Monkey Island (2000). After nine years, the intellectual property was licensed by adventure developer Telltale, Inc. where many of the original LucasArts adventure developers had since moved.The game starts off where chapter one ended. After leaving Flotsam Island, Guybrush sets sail to find LeChuck and Elaine. Shortly after his departure, he is attacked by a bounty hunter, and engages in a swordfight which leaves the mast of his ship damaged. On the advise of Van Winslow, Guybrush decides to travel to the Jerkbait Islands, to have it repaired. There, he finds Elaine, who is in the middle of a discussion between the Merfolk natives' leader and Pox-infected pirates about three ancient artifacts needed to find La Esponja Grande. Since Guybrush wants to cure the Caribbean from this voodoo pox, he'll need to find these artifacts before the pirates. Meanwhile, DeSinge is still to be considered an enemy, while a reformed LeChuck will offer his help.Unlike Escape from Monkey Island the game is rendered entirely in 3D, and the typical Telltale engine is used. Guybrush can be controlled through the keyboard keys or through mouse movement (selecting the character and dragging the cursor to the desired destination). Only a single mouse cursor is used for all actions and important items are stored in an inventory where they can be examined. Entirely new for a Telltale game is the incorporation of the classic adventure mechanic where items can be combined in the inventory to form new objects or to interact with each other.The game makes many non-essential references to the earlier games and contains the classic Monkey Island ingredients such as humorous conversations and events, based on slapstick, play on words, witty retorts and contemporary cultural references, conversation trees, an unconventional approach to puzzle solutions, and the anti-heroic main character. The game's puzzles include triggers based on conversations, and item combination puzzles. It is not possible to die in the game and player can set the ratio of hints Guybrush casually mentions while progressing through the game. Full solutions are however never provided.Unlike other Telltale episodic adventure series, individual episodes initially could not be purchased separately. Because of the larger story arc or possibly financial reasons, users were required to buy the five episodes as a whole as they are released on a monthly basis. Later, the decision was reversed and episodes were also offered individually. |
| The Settlers II: Gold Edition | 2009-08-20 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Blue Byte Software GmbH | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Settlers II: Gold Edition contains:
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici
The Settlers II: Mission CD
A full world atlas
Contest entries of 130 fan-made custom maps |
| Mystery Age: The Imperial Staff | 2009-08-21 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Shanghai Quarter Digital Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Eva and her daughter were foraging for medicinal herbs on a forest near home. When they return, their village is covered by ominous clouds pouring a relentless black rain. Eva learns that Samuel, her husband, was sent by the local authorities to investigate the origins of the strange weather. She decides to go after him, starting a long journey through magical lands.Mystery Age: The Imperial Staff is a hidden object game with adventure elements. The main objective is to gather all the scattered pieces of objects, to reassemble and use them later to solve puzzles. The broken objects are shown as a series of pictures at the bottom of the screen, with the number of pieces remaining to be found displayed on the corner of each slot.After finding all the pieces, the complete object is stored in the inventory at the right side, from where it can be dragged and dropped on portions of the scenery in a logical way. For example, keys can be used on locks to open containers. All the objects listed at the bottom can be found on the location, but some of the pieces may be hidden, obscured from view in some way until they are revealed through an inventory interaction with the scene.In some locations, a separate screen with a puzzle appears after clicking on certain parts of the scenery. These mini-games are implementations of classic games, like a Tower of Hanoi variation with totem idols, a version of Simon with a teapot and multi-colored ingredients, and others where a mechanism has to be manipulated directly to solve a puzzle. They can be skipped after some time. The hint button is unlimited, but takes a few minutes to refill after use. Several eyes can be found on all the scenes placed discreetly over the background, and clicking on them accelerates the hint recharge. |
| Raven Squad | 2009-08-21 | Evolved Games | Atomic Motion | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Set in year 2011, Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Danger puts you in control of a bunch of mercenaries stranded in the Amazon Jungle. Now caught in the middle of civil warfare, their only choice is to fight it out and stay alive as long as possible. Raven Squad is your standard tactical real time strategy game with a twist. You can control your squad members in first person view as well. The RTS section contains no base building as you'll be given a set number of units for each level to complete. It plays very much like Ground Control and Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps. The first person mode plays pretty much like any first person shooter in the market, giving you the advantage to perform one shot kills (eg. head-shots). The game features single player co-op as well. |
| Princess Isabella: A Witch's Curse | 2009-08-22 | Gogii Games Corp. | Gogii Games Corp. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Princess Isabella returns from a ride to find her castle completely ruined and locked under an evil spell. While she was away, a wicked witch trapped the castle residents inside mirrors, shattered the glass and scattered the pieces. With the help of a fairy, the princess must rescue her people and restore the place to finally marry Prince Adam.Princess Isabella: A Witch's Curse is a hidden object game with adventure elements. The main objective is to collect several key objects from the castle grounds, to solve puzzles and free the castle folk. The castle can be explored in a typical point-and-click manner, where each location is represented by an static image of the scenery, and the player moves from room to room by clicking on the exit hotspots, usually placed over obvious and logical areas like doors and entrances. Some portions of the building are locked, and can only be accessed after solving one of the puzzles.The objects can be found laying around in the background, or in some separate close-up views of the scenery. These zoom windows show another angle of the scene, with a list of objects to be found and collected at the bottom. Some of the collected items are stored in the inventory slots, from where they can be dragged and dropped on puzzles and other portions of the screen to interact with the environment. Mirror shards have to be inserted in one of the empty frames at the grand hall, and reassembled as jigsaw puzzles to liberate one of the captive souls. The rescued character usually unlocks a castle passage as a reward.Each room has several puzzles that have to be solved to lift the curse and move to the next place. Some of the puzzles are self-contained mechanisms that can be solved through direct manipulation. Others block access to other parts of the castle, and require the use of inventory objects. After solving all the pending puzzles, the room is restored to its pristine condition.One unique feature is the fairy assistant. She is the hint button, flying towards one of the required items when selected, and can also perform a series of special actions. She gradually learns new abilities that can be used to reveal hidden objects and solve puzzles. With the rock ability, she can break small containers like bottles and vases. The flame ability can be used to light something on fire, or attack an enemy. The wind ability blows away dust and other deposits, often revealing some obscured item. The water ability can be used to nourish plants. The hint option take some time to recharge after use, and becomes a skip option when playing one of the puzzles. |
| Mah Jong Quest Collection | 2009-08-24 | iWin, Inc. | iWin, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Mah Jong Quest Collection is a single program that contains Mah Jong Quest, Mah Jong Quest II, and Mah Jong Quest III: Balance of Life. |
| Sengoku: Anthology | 2009-08-24 | SNK Playmore Corporation | G1M2 | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Sengoku Anthology is a collection of the three games from SNK's Sengoku arcade franchise including Sengoku (1991), Sengoku 2 (1993), and Sengoku 3 (2001). In addition to being able to play the classic arcade games on the PC and PS2, players can unlock artwork by completing each of the games in the collection. The Sengoku titles are classic scrolling beat'em up action games. Up to two players can play simultaneously. One of the features of these games is the ability to pick up power-ups to obtain new weapons or transform your character into special characters. In Sengoku 3, players choose different characters with unique weapons and special attacks at the beginning of each level. |
| The Jewel Quest Pack | 2009-08-24 | iWin, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This digital compilation contains the following titles:
Jewel Quest
Jewel Quest II
Jewel Quest III |
| CrimeCraft | 2009-08-25 | THQ Inc. | Vogster Entertainment, LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | Persistent | | | Windows | After an ecological disaster, citizens of a future city are left to fend for themselves. Among thousands of players in this MMO persistent world next-generation shooter, your best bet is to join a gang and build up your own reputation in order to survive the urban cityscape. Altough the game started out as a retail boxed product along with subscription fee and microtransactions, it changed to a free-to-play model two months after launch. Players join a lobby where they can buy weapons, clothing (for Head, Face, Body, Legs, and Feet), form gangs, and accept missions (from NPC with an exclamation point "!" above their heads). There is also The Daily Goal which gives a reward if met, and Jobs (available at payphones). Game modes include such PvE ones as Headhunt (fight through hordes to get to and kill the boss), Safeguard (protect cargo from hordes), Stockpile (find supply containers as you fight hordes). There are also many PvP team modes such as: Turf War (control 5 points or the most points before time runs out), Core Annihilation (try to destroy the other team's core), Assault, Capture, and Defend (seek & capture core then defend it for longest time), Snatch N' Grab (capture the flag), Robbery (steal from other team's safe to get the most money at end of time limit), Shootout (team deathmatch), Capture the Zone (capture and hold points on the map). There's also Riot mode (free-for-all deathmatch). There are daily and weekly tournaments, gangwars (where one gang can challenge another), and territory wars (gangs fight over one map and others pay the victor taxes). Also there's Quickplay mode and pre-built Classes for players who want fast action. Players can craft items like weapons, clothing, and drugs. They can choose from a large list of abilities, boosts, and equipment with different pros and cons. Players can carry 3 weapons at a time (1 light, 1 medium, 1 heavy) and each has 0-5 attachment slots and ammunition. Skills can be gained such as limited invisibility or ability to throw grenades. Boosts are temporary items that can be bought, traded or picked up as reward drops such as medical kits. AUGs give advantages in Combat, Ability, and Lobby functions. |
| Time Gentlemen, Please! + Ben There, Dan That! Double Pack | 2009-08-25 | Zombie Cow Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a digital compilation that contains the adventure titles:
Ben There, Dan That!
Time Gentlemen, Please! |
| Angela Young 2: Escape the Dreamscape | 2009-08-26 | Big Fish Games, Inc | | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Angela Young is still trapped inside her own dream, trying to find a way to wake up and escape the nightmare.Like its predecessor, Angela Young 2: Escape the Dreamscape is a hidden object game with a surreal plot, where a little girl must travel through bizarre landscapes to find her lost kitten. Most of the time, the objective is to collect all the items listed at the bottom of the screen on locations filled with assorted paraphernalia. The list displays either the names or silhouettes of the objects. After finishing the seek-and-find challenge, the location is used again for an adventure section, where scenery objects have to be dragged and dropped on top of each other in a logical way to solve a puzzle. Sparkles fly off the cursor when it is hovering over one of the key puzzle objects. Sometimes the screen is split in two similar images, and the player has to click on the differences.Mini-games appear occasionally on a separate screen, where they can be solved by direct manipulation. Most are common puzzles often found on other games of the genre. In the bottomless well game, the goal is to move rectangular stone blocks to clear the path to the exit for Angela's boat. Their movement is limited due to the space constraints, and the player must find the correct way to move them out of the way. Other mini-games include jigsaw puzzle variations with tiles and concentric circles, the classic matches puzzle where the correct wood sticks have to be removed to create a number of squares, and other similar challenges. The hint button highlights the position of one of the required items, but take some time to recharge after use. |
| Grandia Online | 2009-08-26 | GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. | Game Arts Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Grandia Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It is set in the same world as the previous Grandia games and serves as a prequel to them, its events taking place many years earlier, during the mythological Age of Genesis. A mysterious dark force has petrified the inhabitants of a quiet village. The sorceress Liete explains that this event is an indicator of grave peril, and suggests that the heroes should investigate similar occurrences and find a way to stop the evil force.Players can choose between three different races during character creation: humans, the small furry-tailed Coltas, and the tribe of Ralgas with their distinct primitive culture. Players can also customize the character's facial features, eye and hair color, as well as initial statistics. Up to eight human players can form a party, traveling and fighting together. In addition, each player character can also use an AI-controlled partner, bringing the total number of active party members to sixteen.Like in most online RPGs, combat is action-oriented. However, it retains the IP (Initiative Point) system from the previous games in the series: players can accumulate these points to unleash powerful combo attacks. Continuously using the same weapon eventually opens access to special abilities called Just Commands. |
| The Time Machine: Trapped in Time | 2009-08-26 | Anuman Interactive SA | Mzone Studio, SOLILAB | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | By successfully creating a time machine, Professor George Einwin managed to interfere with history and create a chaotic and hopeless future. Filled with remorse for his irresponsible acts, he commits suicide, leaving to his assistant Filby Young the task of traveling through time to correct all the paradoxes and save humankind.Time Machine: Trapped in Time is a straightforward hidden object game using one of the major science fiction conventions, time travel, as the main theme. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on locations depicting different time periods filled with objects scattered through the scenery. Each location has a special gem, that must be collected and placed on the time machine on a slot of matching color, to start the device and teleport the protagonist to another era.The interface has four icons, a power button to access the main menu, a magnifier to enlarge the screen with a zoom view and make the search for small objects easier, a phone button with help screens explaining details about the interface, and a chronometer as the hint button, showing the position of one of the required items when activated but taking some time to recharge after use. The game language can be set to English, French, Spanish, German and Italian. |
| BoxWorld | 2009-08-27 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | BoxWorld, the sequel to MazezaM, is a puzzle game where the player have to rearrange boxes in each level in order to be able to teleport to the next level. The game is based on the classic Soko-Ban genre with a twist: new types of boxes and terrains. The latest version includes more than 525 puzzles.
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| Hidden Mysteries: The White House | 2009-08-27 | GameMill Entertainment LLC | Spark Plug Games, LLC | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | North America | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | When Professor Barrett goes missing, his star student Miranda is asked by the Secret Service to assist in finding him. Starting in his office in the White House, she will find clues, solve puzzles, and uncover a dark secret beneath the White House.Hidden Mysteries: The White House is a story-based hidden object game. In each room the player will be given a list of objects to find. Most rooms are larger than one screen, and a few objects need a puzzle solved to become visible. The player can view outlines of any object, limited hints are available, and there is no time limit, all of which help reduce the frustration of many hidden object games. |
| Time Leap Paradise | 2009-08-28 | Front Wing Co., Ltd. | Front Wing Co., Ltd. | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Time Leap Paradise is the sequel to Time Leap. It retains the visual novel aspects of its predecessor, but combines them with more simulation-oriented gameplay. In this game, the player is tasked with helping Ayumu and the others to organize a weekly concert to raise money for the refurbishment of Hamagase Shrine in time for its 100th anniversary.At the start of each week, the player can fill in the heroines' schedules from Monday to Saturday with different activities. Depending on the activities chosen, the heroines' statistics will change; for example, assigning them to dance practice will improve their dancing skills, while assigning them to exercise will increase their endurance. On Sunday, the day of the performance, the player can choose which heroine will perform, which costume she wears, and which song she sings. Performances earn the player money which can be used to unlock additional items.The game not only features songs from Time Leap and other Frontwing games, but also songs from popular visual novels by other companies, such as ef - a fairy tale of the two, , and Air. Time Leap is an adult game and Paradise is no exception: the player can have sex with any of the heroines in a place and time of day of their choosing and select which outfit the heroine wears during an encounter. |
| XIII Century: Gold Edition | 2009-08-28 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This Gold Edition includes:
XIII Century: Death or Glory
XIII Century: Blood of Europe |
| Best of Wimmelbild | 2009-08-31 | Purple Hills | | Compilation | | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains six hidden-object games:
Christmasville
Great Secrets: Da Vinci
Holly: A Christmas Tale
Holly 2: Magic Land
Mysteryville 2
Pirateville
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| Farmer Jane | 2009-08-31 | astragon Software GmbH | RTS - Real Time Solutions | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Farmer Jane is a time management game. You have to plant and harvest different crops and then sell them. Grow and sell chickens, pigs and cows and reach a certain goal each level. These goals earn you money that you can invest into improvements for your farm. |
| BoxWorld 2 | 2009-09-01 | | | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | The followup to BoxWorld continues in the same Sokoban fashion, with 34 new levels. In addition to the normal boxes that must be pushed into place, there are holes that must be filled so that the player may pass, and ice boxes that glide until they reach a wall or another box. |
| Champions Online | 2009-09-01 | Atari, Inc. | Cryptic Studios, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | Licensed | | Massively Multiplayer | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Champions Online is a Massively Multiplayer Online game based on the pen & paper role-playing universe of Champions. As such, the world tries to loosely recreate the official HERO System ruleset. Compared to other MMOs, at the beginning of the character creation process you are asked to choose from a series of power frameworks, instead of classes. These will determine what powers you can use. It is even possible to combine them in the Custom Framework option. Your abilities are determined by eight characteristics: Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Ego, Presence, Recovery and Endurance. Similarly to Cryptic's previous games City of Heroes/City of Villains, the player takes the role of a superhero. The events are centered around Millennium City, an urban settlement created where once flourished Detroit, destroyed in 1992. The tutorial starts off with an invasion of Millennium City by Qularr, an alien race that tried to conquer Earth back in 1965. After completing it you gain access to five main locations: a full Millennium City, Desert, Canada, Lemuria and Monster Island. Additionally there are locations added through expansions - Champions Online: Revelation included a new city called Vibora Bay.The game tasks you with completing different missions around the world and leveling up your character. Suffering death is not overly punitive, as it only decreases your Hero Points (or Stars), which you can gain back by defeating enemies. They only offer a bonus to combat efficacy and health regeneration speed. Besides giving you more experience points, killed enemies are also a source of boosts (orbs) that can replenish your health and energy stats or increase your battle proficiency. Fighting other players is possible in three Hero Games: UTC (an arena with two teams of five battling for supremacy), B.A.S.H. ( a free-for-all arena, where the winner is the one who earns the set number of kills first) and Apocalypse (an objective-based competition). |
| Heaven | 2009-09-01 | Genesis Works LLC | Genesis Works LLC | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Heaven is a first-person, point-and-click adventure game inspired by the Book of Revelations as described in the Christian Bible. The game explores what one might expect to find in Heaven and what it would look like.Play Jason, the main character, who has died in a space ship crash and is whisked away to Paradise Island, where the journey begins. He is soon greeted by Axis, a beautiful blonde angel, who acts as a guide through the picturesque surroundings. There are five chapters (called Levels in the game) which let the player discover the magnificence of Heaven as well as learn about Jesus, God and the Bible. On the quest to reach the Pearly Gates, the player (as Jason) will solve "Myst-like" puzzles with Axis providing instruction and hints.The game was created to depict Heaven in all its glory and to teach others about God and Christianity. |
| Hide & Secret 3: Pharaoh's Quest | 2009-09-01 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Anarchy Enterprises | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Anna Lyze and Will Scout, two globe-trotting relic hunters, have to find the missing artifacts linked to an ancient Pharaoh and queen of Egypt. They must travel around the planet and gather the necessary items to reunite the souls of the two lovers in the afterlife.Hide & Secret 3: Pharaoh's Quest is a hidden object game with elements of the adventure genre. The main objective is to explore Egyptian ruins and locations searching for certain key items to solve puzzles. These crucial objects can be found laying around or amongst the required entries in the hidden object screens. The player moves from place to place in a standard point-and-click fashion, by clicking on the exit hotspots usually placed on the edges of the screen.Some locations are used twice, in the hidden object and adventure sections. The hidden object scenes display a list at the bottom of the screen, and the goal is to carefully search the cluttered scenery and click on all the required items. After finishing it, the player receives one of the inventory objects. Occasionally, jigsaw puzzles and other variations appear on a window at the center of the screen when entering a new location. Sometimes they also award the player with one of the key tools when completed.The inventory roster can be selected from a small window at the bottom left, from where all the available items can be selected, dragged and dropped on parts of the scenery to solve puzzles. The passports have to be used on the airplane to fly off to other countries. The hint button shows the exact position of one of the required objects, and extra hints can be found and collected as small pyramids scattered around the locations. |
| Jedi Knight Bundle | 2009-09-01 | LucasArts | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Jedi Knight Bundle is a compilation of three Star Wars games:
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast
Star Wars: Dark Forces |
| Metal Slug PC Collection | 2009-09-01 | SNK Playmore Corporation | G1M2 | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Metal Slug PC Collection is a compilation of seven classic arcade games from the Metal Slug franchise including Metal Slug, Metal Slug 2, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 3, Metal Slug 4, Metal Slug 5, and Metal Slug 6. Each of the games included in this compilation ran on the NEOGEO AES hardware with the exception of Metal Slug 6, which ran on the Atomiswave arcade hardware. In each of the games, players proceed through a scrolling, run-and-gun action fest taking out enemies and saving hostages. The more hostages that are saved, the larger the bonus at the end of the level. When a player dies, they lose all of the hostages that they have saved earlier in the level. Players can access vehicles, obtain new weapons, and gain other power-up as they progress through the levels.Some of the games include multiple branches, secret paths, and other bonuses that create extra reply value. |
| Off-Road Velociraptor Safari | 2009-09-01 | Flashbang Studios, LLC | Flashbang Studios, LLC | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | Automobile, Off-roading | Direct control | | | | Windows | To spice up the concept of a tourist safari, this game has the player control a velociraptor driving a jeep. He is given a small amount of time to explore an area and collect other velociraptors (his own kind!) using a spiky ball on a chain dangling from the back of the jeep. Once caught, they can be brought back to extraction points to have them beamed to a corporation that turns them into tasty snacks.The game has an arcade-like gameplay and awards almost everything with points, from running over the dinosaurs to driving on two wheels or smashing the jeep. In consecutive gameplay sessions, the entire area can be explored to collect 100 golden orbs. There are also various ramps and elevations for stunts. The jeep has a boost button and the ball-on-a-chain can be broken off and renewed at any time. Caught velociraptors will however influence the physics and bring the jeep out of balance.There is a large amount of achievements that are tied to a personal profile, along with a leaderboard of all players. |
| Project X: Love Potion Disaster | 2009-09-01 | Zeta Team, The | Zeta Team, The | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Project X: Love Potion Disaster is fan-erotic game based on Sonic The Hedgehog universe.The player has been captured by Doctor Eggman, alongside several other Mobians, during one of his invasions. Unfortunately, Pili and Mili, two assistants of Dr. Akari who are working on a secret project of a love potion, accidentally drop too much of Dr.Akari's pheromon in their concoction when their facility rumbles from the chaos Doctor Eggman is ensuing on the city. The project expels a love potion cloud around the world. With hormones rampaging at an unprecedented rate and many of the world's heroes incapacitated it's up to the player to get to the source of the issue and save everyone from an unusual fate.The gameplay is 2D scrolling beat'em up, where you play for the character, that you choose at the beginning. You have a choice of 7 characters: R-02 Zeta, Amy Rose, Rouge The Bat, Blaze The Cat, Cream The Rabbit, Miles "Tails" Prower and Zu The Cat. Your goal is to reach the end of the level. Along the way, you will meet enemies that you need to kill to reach the end of the level. |
| Skyscraper Simulator | 2009-09-01 | United Independent Entertainment GmbH | ActaLogic | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation | | | Menu structures | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)You're a constructer and you’ve specialized in the "bringing up" of skyscrapers. Due to your specialization over the years you constantly get new orders for higher and higher skyscrapers in town. Within your responsibilities are the planning, the supply with construction materials and the worker management.In the beginning you are dealing with multi-storey town houses, but later on you find yourself in realizing magnificent buildings for the rich and famous. A level is considered to be solved, if, within the specified time, the received contracts and tasks have been fulfilled. During the game the player receives more and more new tools, machines and experience points. On the hunt for the high score, the game can be played with friends too. |
| Spelunky | 2009-09-01 | Mossmouth, LLC | Mossmouth, LLC | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Spelunky is a platform game about an explorer who discovers a cave in the desert and ventures inside to loot for treasure, reminiscent of Rick Dangerous and La•Mulana. The game consists of sixteen levels, but for each playthrough the entire level layout (general structure, enemies, traps, items) is completely randomized, making it an entirely new game each time. There are also some fixed parameters, such as certain sets of enemies and level themes that are introduced only from a specific level. The game features four separate "areas", each of which contains four levels and is set in a different environment and has different enemies. The main goal is to finish the sixteen levels by locating the exits, but players are encouraged to collect jewels and other types of treasure. The main character can move around, run, jump, hang off ledges and attack enemies with his whip (jumping on top off them works as well). He begins with four "hearts" (health) and when these are used up, the entire game needs to be replayed. The explorer also suffers falling damage when the distance is too high. The other basic equipment includes a rope to climb up and a number of bombs. The latter is not only used to dispose of enemies such as spiders, bats, snakes, cavemen and the undead, but also to blast through certain parts of the level. They can be used to create a path and often expose treasure hidden in the ground and walls.In certain sections the explorer can carry a lost girl or an idol (that triggers a trap, such as a huge rolling boulder) to the exit for additional points (or, in the case of the girl, for an additional heart). Sometimes a key can be located to unlock a secret item in a chest, for instance to restore health. Money can be used to gamble for a secret rewards or in shops for weapons (bombs, a shotgun, a pistol, a spider web gun, a knife) or other items (a flying cape, climbing gloves, springy shoes, a parachute, an axe, a compass). The explorer can also pick up items and smash them to reveal a reward or an enemy, or use the items as a weapon against enemies. Certain levels are set entirely in the dark and in those sections a box of flares needs to be carried around. Should the player spend too much time on a particular level, a ghost appears that chases him and kills him on contact. While traveling between the areas, the player can come upon the friendly "Tunnel Man" who - for a price - will dig a shortcut, allowing the player to start the game from one of the later levels rather than from the beginning. Next to the regular game there is also a number of secret rooms to unlock. |
| Blind Shot: Assassin's Confession | 2009-09-02 | Akella | Teyon S.A. | Action | Behind view | | Crime | Shooter | North America | | | | | | Windows | Blind Shot: Assassin's Confession is a third-person shooter about mob wars. As in the game District Wars, it is set in the fictional American city New Valley. The protagonist is the professional killer Jason "Ghost" Creed. He tells the young and ambitious reporter Nicole Faith his story. The chief of New Valley police promised to forget about his crimes, but firstly Jason had to eliminate Russian mafia clan of Ivan Petrov. But Jason did not suspect he was the pawn in a huge mob war.The game contains over ten locations (a hospital, New Valley streets, a cemetery, a police station ...) where Creed fights Russian gangsters and police. In every location he has to eliminate members of the Russian mafia.
In the police station he has to eliminate the chief of the New Valley police.Ghost's arsenal includes three pistols (a Beretta in two variations - with or without a silencer and a Desert Eagle), revolver, Uzi SMG, MP5 in three variations (stock, silenced and with flashlight) and melee weapons (fire axe, shovel, katana). |
| Race for the Galaxy AI | 2009-09-02 | | | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Race for the Galaxy AI is a computer implementation of the card game Race for the Galaxy, released as open source with permission from Rio Grande Games who published the card game. In this game, each player is attempting to build the best galactic empire as quickly as possible by playing cards. During a turn, each player secretly selects an action. All players perform the actions selected by other players, but receive a bonus for the action they themselves selected. Cards added to a player's tableau can also provide bonuses during various phases of a turn, as well as score points. The game ends when all of the point tokens have been taken or when one player has 12 cards in their tableau, so it is often advantageous to control the pace of the game rather than getting a big score.Race for the Galaxy AI allows the player to compete against other human opponents over the Internet, play against AI opponents, or both. It supports all of the expansions for Race for the Galaxy, however it is not possible to play using the Alien Orb in Alien Artifacts. Any number of players supported by the base and expansions can be used. There is also a campaign mode that allows the player to start with a preset starting world, hand, and opponent. |
| AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!: A Reckless Disregard for Gravity | 2009-09-03 | Dejobaan Games, LLC | Dejobaan Games, LLC | Action | 1st-person | | Comedy | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | In this BASE jumping game players jump down from skyscrapers in a floating city, performing stunts to entertain fans and please the judges. Played from a first-person perspective, the main character can still navigate in the air during the jump. Points are scored by hugging walls or flying near a building (referred to a kissing). The path is not linear as there are often different types of structures and bonus plates that provide additional points. The general level structure also often unfolds into a complex pattern, much like an obstacle course. Later levels introduce other novelties such as bouncing pads to return to higher areas and other types of bonuses. The jump is finished off with a parachute landing that needs to be timed correctly. Based on the accuracy (landing in a circle) additional points can be scored. Not all levels are set in the futuristic city, some also take place on top of a mountain with a more rural landscape.To progress to new levels the points need to be spent to unlock new locations. From the main level selection screen the whole set of 80 levels is available and there is no strict order to complete them. Players are also encouraged to replay them as often a maximum amount of points needs to be scored to keep progressing. Later in the game additional options are introduced, such as the ability to score points by flipping off protesters or giving a thumbs-up to fans. It is also possible to pick up a spray can and deface government buildings. |
| Q-Lat3 | 2009-09-03 | Piste Gamez | Piste Gamez | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Pinball | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Q-Lat3 is the third iteration of the Q-Lat series, an arcade physics game where the goal is to get all the colorful balls in the stage to be of a single color. The player does this by moving your player ball around with the mouse, and bumping into other balls which can bump into even more balls. When one ball collides with the other, the slower ball is colored with the color of the faster ball (the exception is the player ball, which can't color other balls by itself).The player gets 3 minutes to color all balls in the stage, and gets bonus points for things like chain reactions, picking bonuses on the ground, etc. Black/Dark gray balls should be avoided as they give no color points to the player (avoiding them is also harder than other colors since black balls suffer no friction). |
| Watchmen: The End Is Nigh - Parts 1 and 2 | 2009-09-03 | ND Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail release bundles the episodic Watchmen series of games that were released digitally through the XBLA service earlier. This package contains:
Watchmen: The End is Nigh
Watchmen: The End is Nigh - Part 2 |
| Ageod's Military Strategies: Battles of 1750-1918 | 2009-09-04 | AGEOD Sarl | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Birth of America II: Wars in America 1750-1815
AGEOD's American Civil War
World War One: La Grande Guerre
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| Nancy Drew Adventure Pack | 2009-09-04 | Her Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a digital compilation that contains the adventure titles:
Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave
Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek
Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull
Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice
Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships
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| Steam Slug | 2009-09-04 | Game Factory Interactive Ltd. | Openoko Entertainment | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Steampunk | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Steam Slug is a third-person shooter with a steampunk story. Set at the end of the 19th century history has followed an alternative path, culminating in a machines rebellion against mankind. Monsters with human brains are attacking cities. The player controls Evan McRyan, a mercenary hired to stop the steam-machines rebellion. He will be forced to stand ground against hordes of specific steam machines like a steam robots and the Coward's army. The character can be moved around freely and has access to different types of weapons. |
| Venetica | 2009-09-04 | dtp entertainment AG | Deck 13 Interactive GmbH | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG | Europe, Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Scarlett had a nice life up there in the mountains above Venice. Living in a small miner village called San Pasquale and being in love with a future hero, everything seemed possible. But in truth she never really fit in because she was an orphan of questionable heritage. When one day the village is attacked by assassins searching for her, this becomes more clear than ever. The village gets destroyed and her betrothed Benedict is killed. The next day, the survivors tell Scarlett to leave. Her goal is Venice, where the so-called Undead Five threaten the cosmic balance.Venetica is an action role-playing game with the player looking over Scarlett's shoulder while traveling around the world. Several typical role-playing tasks await the player in the game, including different quests, conversations with NPCs through multiple-choice dialogues, fighting many enemies, collecting items and earning experience points to level up and learn new abilities. Quests and dialogues often require the player to make decisions that influence not only the overall story, but in part also how the world around Scarlett reacts to her. Scarlett can deal with the enemies by performing powerful combo attacks with her weapons. She has access to four types of weapons and two skill-trees littered with active and passive talents, and can acquire new weapons and armor over the course of the game. Hammers and axes allow Scarlett to destroy closed doors. She can also wield the Moonblade, a legendary upgradable weapon which alone can destroy undead creatures. Killing someone with the Moonblade restores Scarlett's shadow energy.The latter is needed for Scarlett's special gift: as the daughter of Death, she doesn't die that easily. If enough shadow energy is available, she will instead rise again after a few seconds with half her hitpoints restored. However, if Scarlett is low on that energy, her death is permanent. Shadow energy is also used to enter the Shadow World for a short period of time. Everything in the Shadow World frozen, allowing Scarlett to escape from her enemies or get behind their backs. By entering the Shadow World, the player can also find portals and doors to areas which are hidden and inaccessible in the normal world. The player can also learn the ability Shadow Path to walk in and out of the Shadow World at will. |
| Drawn: The Painted Tower | 2009-09-05 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Drawn: The Painted Tower takes place in a bleak land shrouded in shadows. The only hope there is, is a young girl who lives in The Painted Tower. According to the legend, she is the one that will bring the light back to the world. This isn't liked by the King and his evil Chancellor who has put a curse on the village.The game starts with the player arriving at the entrance to the tower. The young girl, Iris, writes a message on her scarf and throws it to the player. She asks the player for help and to free her from the prison that the top of the tower has become. Once inside the tower the player meets Franklin, the girl's servant who has been turned to stone who tells the player what needs to be done. All the doors in the tower are locked by magic and the player has to find a way to open them so that he can get to the top and save Iris.Drawn: The Painted Tower is a first person point and click adventure game targeted towards casual audiences. As the player moves around the tower, the player will find many different objects to interact with by clicking on them. Some of these can be picked up and added to the player's inventory, while others will open up a puzzle or pop up a new close-up image of the object. Objects that have been picked up can then be used to interact with the world. Iris has a special magical gift. She can create paintings that act as magical doors to enchanted worlds. The problem is that most of these paintings have been marred by the curse, and one of the major features of the game is to restore these paintings and travel to the different worlds. This is done in a number of ways, for example finding the missing canvas pieces and then using these on the painting. Also, everything that Iris draws becomes real. For example, to enter the tower in the first place the player gets a drawing of a handle that can be used as a real handle.Franklin the servant, who the player meets early in the game, serves as the game's hint system. The player has a list of objectives that needs to be done, and can ask Franklin for hints on how to accomplish these. After asking for a hint the player has to wait for a recharge before being able to ask again. The farther away from Franklin the player stands, the longer the recharge will take. |
| Helldorado | 2009-09-06 | Viva Media, LLC | Spellbound Entertainment AG | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Stealth | North America, Western | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Helldorado is a tactical 3D strategy game set in the Wild West. It was originally designed as an expansion for Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge but eventually became a stand-alone game. The player controls bounty hunter John Cooper, known from the previous Desperados games, leader of an illustrious gang of six, including Mexican bandit Sanchez, native American Hawkeye, former slave and demolitions expert Sam, saloon girl Kate and "Doc", although it is not quite clear whether he really is a doctor. Together they must combine their special abilities against a large number of outlaws and bandits in various Western settings.The key to a successful strategy is to stay undetected. The player needs to avoid being spotted by enemies and should not raise an alarm. By combining stealth and hit-and-run tactics which may be planned in advance using so-called Quick Actions, the player can develop a strategy to win the objectives on each map. Each character has different abilities, strengths and weaknesses. There are 15 new skills based on teamwork which allow the characters to combine their skills.The result of a successful strategy can be recorded and exported as a movie. There are also different approaches for each mission, and they are rewarded differently. |
| Darkest of Days | 2009-09-08 | Phantom EFX | 8monkey Labs, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Historical events, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | KronoteK has been founded to use their time-travel-technology to set things right with history - whatever that means. One thing's for sure: The player was one second away of loosing his scalp to an Indian at Custer's Last Stand when KronoteK came by and snatched him. The reason: KronoteK themselves can't do anything themselves in order to keep the time-continuum save. So they need persons marked MIA. People that as far as history is concerned are only a ghost. Of course KronoteK isn't the only time-traveling-agency out there and soon after your first missions in the American Civil War and World War I, the problems suddenly get a lot bigger when well-equipped time-travelers enter the scene and mess everything up.Darkest of Days is a first-person-shooter with the player and his tutor Dexter entering different periods of time even going as far back as the destruction of Pompey to fulfill their objective according to KronoteK's wishes like making sure that a specific person survives. During their travels they integrate themselves into the setting not only with the correct clothing but also with the weapons fit for the time-period. Only if things get desperate modern guns like a multiple-rockets-launcher or an high-tech assault rifle enter the scene to make things easier. But not everyone can be killed on sight.Important persons from history glow either golden or blue. While the first are mission-critical and have to be saved at all costs. The latter can be taken out by either shooting them in their limps or using the so-called chasers, small high-energy-balls that only react to blue-glowing enemies and will take them out without ruining the timeline. Although the mission won't end if the player kills one or more blue-glowing enemies, the reward at the end will decrease from three to no upgrade points at all. These are needed to upgrade the two weapon-types the player can use (rifle and sidearm) in four categories including "Rate of Fire" and Accuracy". |
| Mini Ninjas | 2009-09-08 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Io-Interactive A/S | Action | Behind view | | | Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | An ancient samurai warlord returns and raises a new demonic army to subdue the world. But instead of hiring unreliable minions he transforms innocent animals into fearsome warriors. A ninja master notices how every transformation destabilizes the balance of nature, causing storms and earthquakes, and decides to send out his best ninja disciples to restore the order. When none of them returns, he is left with his last choice: the young ninja Hiro and his blunt friend Futo. Players control the characters through different worlds using a third-person perspective with a relative amount of freedom to explore the environment. When lost, the characters can meditate to receive a hint and see an arrow that points into the general direction of the next objective.During the course of the game they will follow the steps of the other warriors and eventually free four of them to make them playable. The player can switch between any character at any given moment. Each ninja has different abilities. Hiro is an allrounder and the only ninja who can use Kuji spells. Unlocked by finding and praying at hidden shrines, spells include fireballs, whirlwinds and the ability to enter a spirit form where animals can be taken over to have them fight. They also make it easier to spot items and collectibles in the environment. Animals are locked up in cages but also appear when an enemy is defeated and they return to their original form. Futo wields a large hammer and is especially useful to engage larger enemies. The other characters that become available during the course of the game are Suzume, a young girl with a flute that enchants enemies when she plays music, Shun, a master with the bow, Tora who thinks he's a tiger and has big metal claws to proof it, and the acrobat Kunoichi with a long spear.Characters have basic attacks along with a defence breaker to stun enemies and the ability to block. Acrobatic moves include wall jumping, running along walls and hanging from ledges. All characters have a sneak mode where they can hide in the grass or the environment to cause more damage when attacking or to simply avoid confrontations. Health is restored by gathering fruit and there are collectible items in the environments. When new recipes are bought, these items can be mixed into potions, bombs and power-ups. Characters level up to get better abilities and they all have a different focus attack to cause more damage. |
| Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited | 2009-09-09 | Atari, Inc. | Turbine, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | Teen | | Windows | Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited is a free-to-download, free-to-play MMO based on the role-playing game of the same name. It is a re-branding of the initial version of the game Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach which was a commercial title. It was the ninth main revision of the game, following eight smaller module updates. This version of the game removes the purchasing cost and the subscription fee, and relies on microtransactions instead. It also increases the level cap to 20. The majority of the game is available for free, but certain elements need to be unlocked through gameplay or by purchasing Turbine points.The game contains three tiers of players: those who pay nothing at all (free players), those who use microtransactions for additional purchases (premium players), and subscribers who pay a monthly fee (with optional microtransaction as well). Those who subscribe receive 500 Turbine points per month, can unlock all classes and races in the game, get access to all locations and adventure packs, have room for ten character slots and a shared bank slot, get priority on the login queue, receive full customer service and have high beta priority. For the two others types of players these features are not available, limited or need to be paid for, with further limits for free players. There were differences between the European and American versions, as in Europe it was published by Codemasters who continued to require a subscription fee and where the game was still called Stormreach. The game content however, is identical with the same reward. European players however have no access to the store as it does not exist in that version of the game. Players were also free to register the American version of the game to play for free.You can team up with your friends to explore the city of Stormreach as well as islands, jungles, deserts, and even Shavarath, the Plane of Battle. The game has deadly dungeons where you need to disable traps, solve perplexing puzzles, and collect legendary loot. You can battle classic Dungeons & Dragons creatures like mindflayers, beholders, rust monsters, and powerful dragons using DDO’s action-oriented combat system.On 25th June 2012 the game concept was altered extensively when the developers introduced content based on the Forgotten Realms D&D setting combined with commercial expansions packs. From then on the game was rebranded a third time as Dungeons & Dragons Online without a subtitle. |
| Little Shop: World Traveler | 2009-09-09 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Little Shop: World Traveler is the sixth entry in the hidden object series by GameHouse. As the main protagonist, the player has to go on trips around the globe to find and acquire assorted items for several clients. The main interface is very similar to the one in the previous titles: a static scene showing the location is presented with several objects discreetly placed over certain parts of the scenery. The objective is to search and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, with a minimum of ten objects to complete the level, and a maximum of fifteen to receive a gold star.Besides the required list entries, each scene has special power-ups that are activated when clicked. Cameras of any type make the screen all bright with their flash lamps, making the list objects stand out from the white background for a few seconds. Thermometers create a layer of icicles or a wall of fire on each visible list entry, becoming hotter or colder when the cursor is near or far from them. ? marks give extra hints, while ! points activate a power-up related to the location. In the forest, this specific power is a compass whose needle spins faster when near one of the list objects. A trophy is received after collecting all suitcases and passport stampers.The Shake-It mini-game at the end of each trip is a new addition to the formula, where a box filled with several small items is shown from a top view, and the player has to drag and shake it to uncover some key objects. In some rounds, the goal is to find several instances of the same object. In others, the objective is to find items like dices and cards that add up to a specified sum. All the locations completed in the main mode can be replayed in the Blitz Mode, where the objective is to find all the objects from a scene as fast as possible, to achieve a high score. |
| Operation Barbarossa: The Struggle for Russia | 2009-09-09 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Binary Evolution Studios | Strategy | | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Operation Barbarossa: The Struggle for Russia is a turn-based strategy game that depicts the Eastern Front of World War II in campaigns and single scenarios for both sides.The gameplay is strongly influenced by Panzer General II and the graphics are displayed in a 3D environment. The maps are displayed with hexfields that represent est. 5 square kilometres.There are two campaigns for the German side, Operation Barbarossa from June 1941 to December 1941 and Operation Blau from June 1942 to August 1942. The Russian campaign plays from December 1941 to April 1945. The campaigns are a string of scenarios each representing a historical battle. In the campaigns the player has core units that he can improve and upgrade. Units gain experience and grow stronger during a campaign.There are also several single scenarios that cover additional battles.A game editor for building own maps/scenarios is delivered with the game. |
| Strategy First Complete Pack 2009 | 2009-09-09 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Strategy First Complete Pack 2009 is a digital compilation of these games:
688(I) Hunter/Killer
Ankh: Heart of Osiris
Ankh: Battle of the Gods
BC Kings
Birth of America
Culpa Innata
Dangerous Waters
Darkstar One
Disciples II: Gallean's Return
Disciples II: Rise of the Elves
Ducati World Championship
Exodus from the Earth
FlatOut
FlatOut2
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage
Fleet Command
Ghost Master
Iron Warriors: T-72 Tank Command
Jack Keane
Making History: The Calm & The Storm
Perimeter 2: New Earth
Port Royale 2
Sacred Gold
SlamIt Pinball Big Score
Space Empires IV Deluxe
Space Empires V
Sub Command: Akula Seawolf 688(I)
Vegas: Make It Big
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| Enter the Story: Volume 2 - Dante's Divine Comedy | 2009-09-10 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Dante's Divine Comedy is the second entry in Enter the Story, an interactive world of classic novels of which the concept was started in 1997, independently developed by Chris Tolworthy. The main series acts as a framework with a separate background story and starting from this title additional features related to the framework are introduced. There is for instance a "between games" functionality where items from the second game can be used in the first one and playing the second game also opens up new rooms in the first. The music can be shared along the different instalments and tracks can be saved as favourites, which is also remembered across the different games in the series. This title is offered along with the first game as well as the third one, even though they were released at different dates.The game follows the original story by Dante Alighieri written between 1308 and 1321 in chapters, as Dante travels through Hell, to Purgatory, then Paradise, and through the heavens to finally see the face of God, of which the general storyline is continued in the third game. As the author is mostly concerned with the ideas behind the story, there are many variations and interpretations, and the game also introduces characters from later in history as well as modern, contemporary figures. The link to the first game is also present, as Petri, the real protagonist in the first game, introduces Dante's story at the start of the second game.The core gameplay is based on the characteristics of a point-and-click adventure game, but with major differences. It is largely presented as a visual novel with linear, interactive choices that further the plot. Controlled through the mouse, a left click is used to explore, double clicks have the player learn more about another character and right clicking is used for all other actions and suggesting ideas to characters. There is no inventory, but objects can be recognized and then suggested to characters as an alternative. Also very different is that the player is able to leave the protagonist Dante behind at a location to explore other areas in the meantime. The game includes a help key where hints are offered to progress through the game.The entire game is shown through a world with manipulated images and paintings, and stroke-based art for all other objects and the animated characters, with text for conversations and descriptions. There are no voices, but different music tracks in the background. Next to regular gameplay sequences, there are also cutscenes. The game contains a map and a log of recently clicked people or objects, and recent conversations.This title also includes a more action-based mini-game where moving characters need to be clicked inside a whirlwind. |
| Incoming + Incoming Forces | 2009-09-10 | Kalypso Media GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This is a digital compilation that contains the following games:
Incoming
Incoming Forces
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| James Patterson: Women's Murder Club - Twice in a Blue Moon | 2009-09-10 | I-play | Floodlight Games, I-play Seattle | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A serial killer starts to recreate in detail the murders of famous old cases like The Boston Strangler and Jack the Ripper, leaving behind a series of notes with riddles and puzzles about his/her identity and the next victim. A group of women investigators starts to search for the murderer, piecing together all the clues with their individual skills to track down and uncover the culprit.Women's Murder Club: Twice in a Blue Moon is the third entry in a series of hidden object games written and designed by Jane Jensen, the designer behind classic adventure titles like King's Quest VI and Gabriel Knight. The plot is developed through comic book cutscenes shown between each chapter.As in the previous entries, the game has a combination of adventure and hidden object gameplay mechanics. In the hidden object sections, the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the left side of the screen, on locations filled with assorted and scattered paraphernalia. In some places, the list is replaced by the silhouettes of the required objects.Adventure puzzles appear on several scenes, where the player has to use tools or interact with the scenery. Some mini-games take place on a separate screen, where a mechanism of some sort has to be manipulated directly to solve a puzzle. For example, in the course of the game the player has to redirect the flux of a pipeline by turning valves, solve anagrams, reassemble a jigsaw puzzle made of CDs and other similar challenges. In one recurring puzzle, the goal is to decipher and follow a list of clues to cross out streets and avenues on a map with a ruler and a marker, until only the correct location is left out. All the puzzles can be skipped by clicking on the solve button.When the body of a victim is examined by the forensic character, the cursor becomes one of the available tools, like the ultra-violet light stick, and the player has to use them to uncover all the clues left on the corpse. All the evidence is stored on file folders and journals that can be accessed at any time in the game to review the case. The hint button has five charges per chapter, and shows the exact position of one of the required items. |
| Omelette Quest | 2009-09-10 | | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Omelette Quest is a cooperative side-scrolling puzzle game for two players. Both players control a single blob-like figure who have found a giant egg in the jungle. It's up to the players to bring the egg home. The egg is too big for the characters to hold. The only way to move it is by pushing it. Various obstacles are in the way of course. The game features 20 different levels with each some unique puzzles to overcome.The characters are controlled using the keyboard. Each player can move left and right, jump, aim up and down and has an action button which is context sensitive.Players have various ways to interact with the environment. They can pick up and drop wooden boards which can be used to create makeshift bridges. Levers can be pulled to open doors or activate elevators.There are three different power-ups that can be used to solve puzzles: Gunk, Blast and Spike. Gunk is shot with the "Gunk Gun" and is a sort of glue which can be used to glue objects together. Items that can be glued include boards, the egg, the players, elevators and the terrain. Blast invokes the singing power of the blobs. Their screech will cause a shockwave which blasts away any player, board or egg. Spike gives the players the ability to stick to dirt walls. It can be used to stick to walls and ceilings to reach otherwise unreachable locations.Most levels have multiple solutions. Usually possible solutions are easily made up, but less easily performed. The physics allow for many possibilities and require both players to time their actions very strictly. |
| Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943 | 2009-09-11 | 1C Company, Snowball Studios | Graviteam | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | | | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Taking place on the USSR front between February and March 1943, Achtung Panzer is a reenacting of the pitched Third Battle of Kharkov, an important, but not very famous, series of offensive operations that lead to the more notorious Battle of Kursk.There are two campaigns available, the first, controlling the Red Army, revolves around the Soviet mobilization in February, and the last, controlling the German Heer (army), features objectives of the offensive. All action is modeled after historical events, and the goal of the missions is not to obliterate the enemy, but to seize and hold strategical locations. Following the same spirit, there is no resource gathering, the player must use reasonable tactics to overwhelm the enemy, as the AI tries to respond the player maneuvers. There are no scripted events. |
| Championship Manager 2010 | 2009-09-11 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Beautiful Game Studios | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Championship Manager 2010 is another seasonal update for the Championship Manager series. As a first in the series, the game uses a "pay-what-you-want" business model for its pre-orders, so players can decide for themselves what to pay for the game. Players take on the role of a football club manager and perform tasks like training players, handling transfers, scout for talents and decide on match strategies. Player and team stats were first updated to July 31st, but regular patches subsequently updated them even further.Again the interface has been totally revamped to become more intuitive and much more trimmed. The matches themselves are now shown in real 3D which can be viewed from five different angles. |
| Das große Sarah Wiener Kochspiel | 2009-09-11 | Villa Hirschberg Online GmbH | Villa Hirschberg Online GmbH | Educational, Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | Mental training | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In this cooking game you will start as an apprentice in a new restaurant of Sarah Wiener, an Austrian TV cook and author of several cooking books. During the course of the game - and provided you don't make too many mistakes - you will play the role of all the various cooks up to serving a special meal as the head cook of the restaurant.In each position you will have to cook several recipes, all of them taken from Sarah Wiener's cooking books. In the beginning you can read the recipe (which can also be used for cooking the dish in real life); you will then get a virtual kitchen prepared with the required raw ingredients and a selection of tools like a knife, pots or a rasp needed for this recipe. Most of the ingredients will have to be prepared, e.g. by washing, cutting or rasping them, then use the pots and plates to mix them together, fry them or decorate them. A popup dialog will tell you some basics facts about the ingredient or item and a hint on what to do with it next. When in doubt you can always have another look at the recipe.A lot of actions like cutting, mixing or pureeing things will trigger a minigame where you have to imitate the movement you would do in real life - for example cutting a cucumber will require moving the mouse up and down over a certain line repeatedly, other possible movements are moving the mouse left / right or in circles. These minigames are time-constrained and will decrease the dexterity score when not executed fast enough. When making mistakes (e.g. using unwashed vegetables, mixing ingredients at the wrong time or using the wrong tools) will decrease your culinary skill - and when you made too many mistakes the session will be cancelled.When completing a meal you will get a real photograph as a reward and nutrition information about the ingredients. |
| Farm Frenzy 3 | 2009-09-11 | iWin, Inc. | Alawar Melesta | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Farm Frenzy 3 is a time management game in which you have to fulfill tasks in a certain time. Produce goods, buy new buildings and vehicles and improve them with upgrades to earn more money form selling your goods. In return, use this money to buy the upgrades. The game includes 95 levels in 5 different countries, 30 animals, 33 different goods and 17 buildings and vehicles. |
| Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim | 2009-09-11 | 1C Company | 1C: Ino-Co | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Ardania has seen many great kings that fought unspeakable evil and managed to bring real peace. Sadly, this also meant for the last king that he didn't have anything to fight and would never be able to be remembered as a hero. To prevent that from happening, he summoned all the great wizards in the country to search in hell for a worthy adversary - and boy did he get one. The most powerful demon the land has ever seen emerges from the portal, kills the king and takes over the throne himself. So much for creating a legacy. Now it's up to the player to finish the job and bring peace to Ardania once more.Heroes and Rewards
As its predecessor Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, the game is a real-time strategy game set in a fantasy world but with a twist: the player cannot control units (heroes) directly. The player can however, assign flags with a reward, in hopes that heroes will be interested enough to fulfill the task. So if the player wants to take out an enemy castle, the player needs to plant an attack flag on the target with bounty (e.g. 100 gold). Heroes are acquired by hiring them from their designated guilds. Hero classes consist of (by order of appearance): rangers, clerics, warriors, rogues, dwarves, and elves. Heroes will gain experience and level up by killing enemies. The higher the level of the hero, the better equipment, skills, and spells, the hero can attain. Experienced heroes however, also require more expensive bounties for them to be interested.Buildings and Economy
The player creates buildings by placing a desired building on a free plot of land. Peasants will then attempt to reach the building and complete its construction (unless they die while doing so). Peasant houses are constructed automatically and are placed randomly within the boundaries of the player's keep. As more buildings are placed by the player, more peasant houses will emerge, as well as sewers which will continuously generate rats and ratmen that attack the player's units and buildings. A graveyard will emerge when a hero dies.Gold acquired by heroes, either from defeating and looting monsters, or completing tasks, will be used to purchase or upgrade their equipment (weapons, armor, potions, etc.) at designated buildings built by the player. Heroes must also contribute a portion of their wealth (income tax) to their designated guilds. These profits will be collected by a taxpayer and delivered to the player's keep or the nearest guard tower (assuming he makes it there safely). Taxes are also collected from peasant houses, which serves as the primary income at the start of a new scenario.Each building may also be upgraded to enable the player to access unique abilities of that structure. Guilds allow the player research and increase new skills for heroes, as well as spells which may also be used by the player (e.g. healing spell). Other upgrades allow the player to research new equipment, items, and access to additional buildings.New Features
Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim offers new additional features than that of its predecessor, among others:
Lords
After successfully completing each scenario, the player may opt to bring one of the heroes along permanently in other scenarios. This hero is promoted into a lord and retains experience levels, spells, skills, and all equipment previously obtain. To recruit lords, the player must first build the House of Lords and may recruit up to three lords per scenario. Experienced lords however, are also expensive to recruit.
Trading Outposts
Trading outposts when built at specified locations, after a time will send out caravans to the marketplace. The longer the distance, the higher the gold sent per caravan.
Resurrections
Graveyards, other than spawning the undead, may now be used to resurrect dead heroes for a price equivalent to the heroes' experience level. The player must however, wait for a few minutes after a heroes' death before the resurrection may be purchased.
Parties
In later scenarios, the player may opt to build and upgrade inns. Here, when researched, heroes will gather when the player wants to create a party. A party may consist of up to four heroes travelling in a group. The parties' AI however remain to that of the selected leader.
Temples and Class Promotions
Also in later scenarios, the player may build specific temples on holy sites. Temples allow access to two different branches of the basic hero class (cleric, ranger, warrior). Promoting a hero to a specialized class will cost gold and the hero will lose all previous equipment, exchanged with gold to buy new equipment. Other hero classes (rogue, wizard, elf, dwarf) do not provide upgrades to specialized classes.
Kingdom Artifacts
Some scenarios when completed, award the player with powerful artifacts. These artifacts may later used in scenarios for a desired effect in a limited time frame, each of which may only be used once per scenario. |
| Section 8 | 2009-09-11 | SouthPeak Interactive Ltd | TimeGate Studios, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | | Teen | Mark Flieg Jr., Ali Mayyasi | Windows | The Arm of Orion has overrun New Madrid, one of the most remote colonies of the Empire. The United States Imperial Forces of course can't just stand by and watch and has send an army into the orbit of the planet. Part of this army: the 8th Armored Infantry or 'Section 8' for short. The best of the best the UISF has to offer. Also known as Helldivers, they are able to jump from a spaceship right down onto the planet without any parachute or other help besides their own full-body armor to fulfill mission objectives deep behind enemy lines. The singleplayer-campaign puts the player in the shoes of Alex Corde accompanied by his squadmates to help free New Madrid.Section 8 is a multiplayer-focused and objective-based first-person-shooter. Killing enemies, capturing control points and completing dynamic combat missions grant victory points that in the end determine the victor of each multiplayer-battle with up to 40 players. Dynamic combat missions come in six types ranging from escorting an Commando as he assaults an enemy base, deploying an outpost at a strategic location or planting a bomb at the enemy base. To complete his job, the player has access to a vast range of weapons including machine guns and sniper rifles, equipment like repair tools and passive modules which increase his shield capacity or weapon damage. The player can change his loadout not only when he's dead but also on the field at deployable supply depots. In addition they also heal him and replenish his ammo.Supply depots are either created automatically by the game once certain objectives have been met or can be bought and build by players that have earned enough money by killing enemies and completing objectives. Also available on the shopping list are combat structures which include three types of turrets as well as a tank, a mech-like heavy armor and an armored transport. Except for the heavy armor, all vehicles have place for more than one player, especially making the tank a powerful weapon thanks to it's four weapon systems each of which is controlled by a single player.The armor of Section 8 not only can withstand a drop from high altitudes, it also has an integrated jetpack, allowing for short periods of flight and a booster to temporarily run faster. These functions consume energy which is automatically replenished when not used. The drop from the sky, called Orbital Burn-In, which is the way the players spawn, can be controlled to a limited degree. While the spawn-point can be chosen from a map, the players can decide themselves when to engage the brakes of their suit. While a soft landing allows for the player to immediately go into combat and steer a little bit, it makes him vulnerable during drop-down. A hard landing on the other hand is fast but the player then needs a few seconds to recover from the impact.While Conquest is the only gameplay-mode available, there are different types of bot-modes available. Besides playing a game without any bot, the host can choose between Balanced (filling the game to the maximum number of players allowed with bots), Coop / Extreme Coop (all players are on one team, bots on the other) and Swarm / Super Swarm (one small team against a large swarm of hostile bots). Only available in singleplayer is the One Man Army-mode which pits the player alone against an entire team of hostile bots. |
| Trine | 2009-09-11 | SouthPeak Interactive LLC | Frozenbyte Oy | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Medieval | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone 10+ | 2D scrolling | Windows | When the king dies, there is no one to take the throne and the unspecified kingdom is left without a ruler. Soon, chaos ensues as the dead rise from their grave and take over the nation, driving everyone away. In this abandoned country, the lives of three characters become entwined. The thief Zoya make use of the situation to infiltrate the Astral Academy to steal riches. She discovers an artifact that glues her to the object, unable to move. Her fate is shared by Amadeus the wizard. Through an unfortunate experiment he was in a deep sleep and when he awakes he finds out everyone has left. As a light comes from a shrine in the academy, he discovers the thief and makes the same mistake. Finally there is Pontius the noble knight. More muscle than brains, he has bravely stayed behind to defend the academy, but he too, when discovering the duo, touches the object. The wizard recalls that the artifact is called The Trine, with the magical power to connect souls. Against their will, the three characters are now bound in their fate, their lives connected, and need to find a way to undo the powers. They explore the kingdom, looking for traces of the Guardian who is said to control the powers of The Trine.Trine is a physics-based action game where the strengths of each of the three characters need to be used cooperatively to complete puzzles and advance. When playing alone, the player can switch between any of the three characters at any time, but the game can also be played offline with three players simultaneously, each controlling one of the characters on the same screen, similar to the Lost Viking series. The game uses 2D-sidescrolling gameplay, but with many different layers in the front and the back that provide depth, and a camera that zooms dynamically. Each of the three characters has specific abilities. The thief is able to grapple wooden surfaces and uses bow and arrow to attack enemies, or fire arrows to light torches. The wizard uses his magic to move objects, and he is also able to create planks and crates. The knight is the blunt force, relying on his sword and shield to take care of enemy threats, and he is also able to lift and move heavy objects. The three characters constantly need to work together to get past obstacles and often there are multiple solutions. The environment is physics-based, with objects that can be stacked and swung, and breakable surfaces.There are also minor RPG elements to the game, as green potions provide experience. The characters can be leveled up for each of their three possible skills. Levels are also filled with hidden locations that often contain chests with items that enhance the characters' abilities. That way, they can resurrect, breathe underwater or get better resistance against damage. Levels contain multiple checkpoints. When one of the characters dies, it is possible to continue as the perished ones are revived at the next checkpoint. The characters can also collect health and blue potions that refill magic (drained by shooting fire arrows or using magic for instance). The focus is on puzzle solving and platform jumping, but there are many instances with different types of enemies such as skeletons, bats and boss characters, next to more general traps. |
| Vampire Saga: Pandora's Box | 2009-09-11 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | GO! Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | Astralax | Windows | Tyler Ward receives a phone call from his grandfather, desperately asking for help. After quickly arriving at his grandparent house, he finds the place in ruins and the old man unconscious on a rocking chair. Grandfather finally awakes, and starts to reveal a terrible secret about his past encounters with the supernatural.Vampire Saga: Pandora's Box is a hybrid game, with gameplay mechanics borrowed from the hidden object and adventure genres in two distinct sections. The scene is presented in first person, from the point of view of the protagonist, and the location can be explored by clicking on exit hotspots to move between connected rooms. The hidden object portions are highlighted with purple clouds and sparkles, that when clicked bring up a separate screen showing a zoom view of the scenery. These locations are filled with assorted objects scattered throughout the scene, and the player has to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen. The hint button is a compass whose needle spins faster or slower when distant or close to one of the required objects.Some of the objects are stored in the inventory to be used later on the adventure portions. In these sections, the objective is to solve puzzles by dragging and dropping the inventory items from their slots at the bottom to logical places on the location. For example, a key has to be used over a lock to open a container or door. The main character gives contextual hints to the player, displayed as speech balloons over a portrait at the bottom left. |
| Steve the Sheriff 2: The Case of the Missing Thing | 2009-09-12 | Big Fish Games, Inc | ERS G-Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Steve is summoned by the museum director to investigate the disappearance of the Mona Medusa, a painting masterpiece. He must search all the locations for clues, and follow the trail left by the thief to find the identity and arrest the guilty party.Steve the Sheriff 2: The Case of the Missing Thing is a hidden object game with adventure elements. Like in its predecessor, the main characters are anthropomorphic cartoon animals within an underwater setting. Steve is a red crab and the local sheriff, and he must collect all the evidence left by the criminals on several places around the town. The objects are listed on a notebook at the left side of the screen, and all its entries must be found to complete each scene. A magnifying glass at the bottom left shows the silhouette of the list items.Each scene has several interactive hotspots, marked by a jet-stream of floating bubbles. The context-sensitive cursor displays the relevant icon when hovering over one of them, changing to gears when over a puzzle and a magnifying glass when over a zoom view. A portrait of Steve surrounded by thought bubbles appears when clicking on the puzzle spots. The bubbles show pictures of the necessary items to solve a puzzle. The player has to drag and drop them from the scenery to the bubbles to perform the action described at the bottom of the notebook. For example, using a broom and pail to clean a pile of garbage. Each location has a few special hotspots that bring up an interactive window when clicked, showing a close-up view of the scenery that often contains some of the required objects.Some puzzles appear on a separate screen, where some mechanism has to be manipulated directly to assemble jigsaw puzzles, or perform other tasks related to the plot. In a recurring mini-game, the screen is split in two similar images, and the player has to click on the differences between them. The hint button is a cigar sitting below the list, that highlights the position of one of the required objects when clicked. It takes some time to recharge after use. Each location has one hidden cigar that is added to a humidor when found, and moving the cursor over the collection shows trivia facts about the game on the lid. |
| The Tank 2: The Another Fight | 2009-09-12 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | Tank | | | | | Windows | The Tank 2: The Another Fight is the second installment in the Tank series (the first being The Tank). In this game the player drives a tank through levels made up by square shaped rooms shooting at everything that moves. Killing certain enemies may give the player power ups such as armor and sub weapons. Killing all enemies in certain rooms opens up hidden passages that might lead the player to bonus items or power ups. Somewhere at each level there is a boss monster that the player has to kill in order to continue to the next level. |
| Hollywood: The Director's Cut | 2009-09-14 | Anuman Interactive SA | Mzone Studio, SOLILAB | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A new assistant set designer is hired by the boss of a Hollywood movie studio to clean the sets, and find all the props necessary to complete the scenes of film productions.Hollywood: The Director's Cut is a straightforward hidden object game with a movie business theme. As the set designer, the player has to find and click on all the objects listed at the bottom of the screen, on the sets of various movies being filmed on the studio lot. Some sets have obstructions that must be removed initially before the object hunt begins, like cobwebs in a medieval castle, piles of bugs in an abandoned temple ruin and other things related to the movie plot. At the end of each section, the player must answer a trivia question about movies by choosing the correct option from multiple entries. If the option is wrong, the location is reset and has to be played over again.The icons at the left side give access to game menus and other options. The postcard brings up the main menu, the camera lens makes the search for small objects easier by enlarging the location with a zoom view, the notepad displays a series of help screens about the game's interface. The green light at the bottom is the hint button, that shows the position of one of the required items when activated but takes some time to recharge after use. The game language can be set to English, French, Spanish, German and Italian. |
| Tinseltown Dreams: The 50's | 2009-09-14 | Namco Networks America Inc. | Namco Networks America Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Managerial / business simulation, Tile matching puzzle | North America | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Tinseltown Dreams: The 50's is a match three game with a movie theme. The player takes the role of a producer that is newly hired at a declining movie studio of the 50's. The studio hasn't had much success during the last few years and now they need something fresh to get back in old form. For each movie production the player has to get a budget by playing traditional match three games. There are ten games for every movie, each representing a person that needs to be hired. For example actors, screenwriters and camera operators.The player has a board that's filed with tiles of different kinds. Matches of three (or more) identical tiles are done by clicking on adjacent tiles to make them swap. The board has a number of golden tiles that needs to be cleared. Once these have been cleared the level is completed and the player is awarded with money. By matching tiles quickly a craze meter is charged. When it's fully charged, the player is able to pop popcorn. When doing so the board gets filled with popped corn for a short time, and the player gets a bonus for clicking on these tiles before they fall off the board. A bonus is also rewarded for completing a level quickly.There are some special tiles in the game. For making a five match the player gets a wind effect fan which he can use for shuffling a 3x3 area or a hammer that can be used to destroy any tile. For making a six match the player gets dynamite which can be used to destroy all tiles of a type. There are also velvet rope tiles which can't be moved and can only be removed by moving adjacent tiles. In addition to personnel, get player also gets to buy props and upgrades (sound, lighting, special effects etc.) between each match three game. Once this has been done, the player gets to design his movie set by dragging the objects he wants to use onto the movie set. Each movie gets eyed by critics who needs to be impressed. This is done in four different categories: actors, set design, sound and special effects as well as cinematography. |
| Age of Empires III: Complete Collection | 2009-09-15 | Microsoft Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Age of Empires III (base game)
Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs (first expansion)
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties (second expansion) |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | 2009-09-15 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Shanghai UBIsoft Computer Software Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | Cinematic camera | Windows | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is based on the 2009 computer-animated film of the same name. The player is cast as Flint Lockwood, an aspiring inventor who tries to solve the hunger problem in his town by creating a machine that turns water into food. Soon, the machine is out of control, and it literally is raining food on Flint's town. It's up to him to stop the machine and get rid of the abundance of food. To make matters worse however, the machine is now protected by mutated food.The player has to fight and puzzle their way through twenty levels, using Flint's self created gadgets such as a hair dryer converted into a heat gun, which can be used to melt obstacles composed of ice cream, or a mechanical boxing glove to punch food. Each level features thirty specific destroyable food items. Destroying all of them unlocks a piece of a blueprint for a special item.The game also features a co-op mode, since a second player can join in anytime as Flint’s pet monkey Steve. |
| Die Patrizier & Händler Box | 2009-09-15 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains three (more or less) trade-based / trading games. The games within this compilation are:
Patrizier II (Gold Edition)
The Great Art Race
Darkstar One |
| Need for Speed: Shift | 2009-09-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Slightly Mad Studios Limited | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | Windows | The player's goal in Need for Speed: SHIFT is to take part in the Need for Speed World Tour and become the ultimate champion. As opposed to its predecessors, this doesn't mean racing around an open-world city with pimped cars. Instead the game is more similar to GRID with races taking place on closed city circuits or even famous race tracks like the Circuit de Spa-Franchorchamps.At the beginning of the game, the player drives a test-round as well as a race. During this tutorial the game evaluates the player's skill and changes the realism settings accordingly ranging from the usual arcade-style controls with many driving aids to an almost realistic simulation-like driving model. Then the main game begins where the player has to successfully earn stars in order to unlock the next tier and ultimately gain access to the World Tour. Stars are earned by getting on the podium at the end of a race as well as by fulfilling certain objectives on the track. These range from simply gaining a specific amount of points in the race to more challenging objectives like driving a clean lap. Points on the other hand are earned by the player through his driving style and are separated into two groups: Precision and Aggression. While the first group honors clean sectors or driving on the race line, aggression-points are earned by hitting other cars or sliding through curves. Once the player has earned enough points (both categories are summed-up at the end of an event, he gains a level and by doing so unlocks new upgrades for his car, gets a big money bonus or receives an invite to a special race event. To keep the player even more motivated, tons of badges are waiting to be earned which are in part also the same as the available achievements/trophies. Again actions like performing 25 overtakes or winning three consecutive races are needed to earn a minor badge. If he keeps his streak up or has earned all the minor badges in one category, he earns additional badges ranging from bronze to epic.The available events include normal races in various variations, a time attack mode, a car attack in which the player needs to be either five seconds in front of his opponent or get 1st place in order to win and drift events. The car park includes many licensed cars from normal middle to high class vehicles to high-powered racing cars which can all be bought through the money earned by winning races or leveling up. In addition the look of the car can be changed by unlocking new vinyls. Also available are extensive upgrade and tuning options allowing the player to change every detail on his car down to the tire pressure. |
| Red Faction: Guerrilla | 2009-09-15 | THQ Inc. | Volition, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Red Faction: Guerrilla is the third entry of the Red Faction series and deviates from the first-person shooter genre that the previous two incarnations featured and incorporates an open world sandbox environment similar to Mercenaries, Grand Theft Auto or Saints Row ( which the developer, Volition, has also developed).Set 50 years after the events of the first two games, Mars has been liberated from the devious Ultor Corporation by Red Faction and the E.D.F. (Earth Defense Force) has stepped in to help the Miner Community get back on their feet. However, the E.D.F. has become an occupying force, taking over the planet, executing citizens and imposing martial law on the planet. As a result a new Red Faction element has been formed to fight the E.D.F. and once again bring peace and freedom to the Martian landscape. The player takes control of Alec Mason, a recently arrived dissident of Earth hoping to make his new life on Mars with his brother Dan, only to be swept up in the Revolution and free Mars five sectors (Parker, the Badlands, Oasis, the Free Fire Zone and Eos) from E.D.F. control. To do this the player must complete missions and destroy E.D.F. vehicles and property, lowering their control on each sector and raising the morale of the resident population.The missions range from story missions which purpose is to further advance the story and other missions including Transporter (returning certain vehicles to a safehouse in a certain amount of time), Guerrilla Raid (where the player and a group of Rebels attack and E.D.F. building and destroying it), Heavy Metal (where the player provides a distraction which allows fellow rebels to complete another mission without alarming the E.D.F.), Demolition Master (which the player has to destroy a target within a certain time limit and a limited supply of ammo) and House Arrest (where the player must rescue hostages and return them to a safehouse).There are also missions that pop-up from time to time including Courier (where the player must track down and kill an enemy spy to collect the information he is carrying), Assault (where the player must defend a certain target against incoming E.D.F. forces) and Convoy (where the player must either destroy a line of vehicles or capture a target vehicle and return it to a safehouse). Completing these missions will drop enemy control of the area, raise morale of the citizens, be awarded scrap and unlock more advanced weapons. To liberate each section the player must drop the E.D.F. control of the area to zero and complete the story missions, once the player meets this a final story mission will be unlocked which will liberate that sector and unlock story missions for the next.Players have a variety of vehicles to choose from, ranging from cars to trucks, dune buggys and dump trucks and even tanks and APC's (Armored Personal Carriers). There is also a plethora of weapons including pistols, shotguns, assault rifles, the sledgehammer (the players main weapon which can't be removed), remote mines, anti-personal mines, rocket launchers and the dreaded Nano Rifle (which fires a stream of nanobots that can disintegrate targets within an instant). The player can carry four different weapons at a time and can swap them out through access at their safehouses or through ammo boxes littered throughout the landscape. The most advanced weapons such as the Nano Rifle is only unlocked through the story missions while some can be found in E.D.F. buildings (like the Singularity Mine) and each weapon can be upgraded through safehouses which include extra ammo and more firepower through scrap. Scrap is the game's currency which is obtained through completing missions or destroying E.D.F. buildings and vehicles.The game also has an updated Geo-Mod 2.0 game engine which allows the player to virtually destroy a building realistically such as making it lean left by blowing up the left side of the structure or lean forward if the front is blown apart. Players can use this to their advantage against enemies such as destroying the building from the ground floor, toppling it on enemies and vehicles or destroying the support structures of bridges with explosives, causing it to collapse with a convoy of enemies on top. It also features the physics engine, Havok for the character physics.There is also an offline two-player mode called Wrecking Crew where two friends take turns on four different modes such as Barrel Dash, Total Chaos, Rampage and Escalation and play a certain set of rounds to win an event. Online multiplayer games are present as well including Anarchy, Team Anarchy, Capture the Flag, Damage Control, Siege and Demolition which awards players experience points that they can use to customize their online players and acquire more advanced weaponry. Additionally, there are backpacks for the Wrecking Crew and Multiplayer modes which enhances the players abilities such as Jetpacks, Stealth, Vision (essentially an X-ray) and more power-based ones such as Concussion, which will knock over nearby enemy players and Tremor, which can damage enemies as well as structures.The PC game comes with the DLC Demons of the Badlands included which was previously only available for the Xbox360 and PS3 consoles. |
| Resident Evil 5 | 2009-09-15 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | Horror | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter, Survival horror | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Chris Redfield returns to the series as the main character in Resident Evil 5, a game which takes place five years after Resident Evil 4. He is sent to Kijuju, Africa, where local agent Sheva Alomar joins him in the mission to apprehend Ricardo Irwing, who is trying to sell bio-weapons in the black market. Soon they are attacked by hordes of locals infected by an improved version of the "las plagas" parasite seen in Resident Evil 4, which they call "majini". As the story progresses, Chris discovers that some old fellows are behind the whole incident.As well as including the concept of the "las plagas" parasite, this fifth part of the series also brings back the novel gameplay from the previous game. With an over the shoulder view, Chris confronts hordes of infected enemies that can throw objects and even shoot at you. They can be repelled with various guns, grenades, or using the knife and melee attacks if they get too close. This time though, Chris has a partner, Sheva, who accompanies him through all the game and can be controlled by a second player, with both characters having to keep an eye on each other to survive. The second player can enter and leave at any time playing locally through split screen or online through another console.The mercenaries mode, which consists of closed levels where the player must survive a given time while defeating enemies to set up chains and earn points, also returns from Resident Evil 4. |
| Zuma's Revenge! | 2009-09-15 | PopCap Games, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | North America | | | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Zuma's Revenge is the sequel to Zuma Deluxe. As in the previous game, the main goal is to clear a series of marble strings by matching three or more balls of the same color. The spheres roll on twisting tracks that occupy most of the screen, appearing from one side and moving towards the gaping mouth of a golden skull. The player controls a frog that is either stationed near the tracks or moving sideways at the bottom. The amphibian holds one of the colored balls in its open mouth, and a reserve one inside its body.The main Adventure Mode is divided in sequential zones, each with several levels. The main objective of each level is to aim and shoot at the moving lines to make three-of-a-kind color matches and fill a meter at the top to finish. If three or more balls enter the exit hole, the player loses one life and the level has to be replayed. When all lives are spent, the whole zone has to be restarted from the latest automatic checkpoint, usually at mid-point.Some of the spheres are marked with icons and have power-ups that can be activated with matches. The bomb explodes all the surrounding spheres, the reticule improves shot accuracy by giving temporary laser targeting sights to the frog, the rewind arrow pushes all the marbles backwards, the hand slowdowns movement for some seconds, the lightning bolt vaporizes all the balls of one color, the tri-shot fires three cannon balls that destroy anything in their path and the laser surgically removes single spheres. Some levels have pairs of lily pads, and the frog can jump between them to eliminate all the marbles.A boss battle happens at the end of each zone, where the opponent is an idol mask that keeps moving sideways at the top. The frog moves at the bottom and has to hit the enemy with several spheres to defeat it, while at the same time matching the moving line of spheres to clear the field. Each boss has a different attack and defense strategy, throwing enchantment shots at the frog and putting obstacles and minions to block the area.Besides Adventure Mode, there are three additional modes that are gradually unlocked as the levels are completed in the main game. In Challenge Mode, the objective is to achieve a high score under three minutes. The top meter is replaced by a bonus gauge that slowly fills with every match. When it is full, it transforms one of the spheres into a multiplier that gives bonus points after being matched. The Heroic Frog Mode is a harder version of Adventure Mode, with the spheres moving faster and with more color variations from the start. Iron Frog Mode is unlocked after finishing Adventure Mode, and is the hardest mode where the player has only one life available to complete ten difficult levels in sequence. |
| Empire Builder: Ancient Egypt | 2009-09-16 | Merscom LLC | Iguana Entertainment Limited | Simulation, Strategy | | | | City building / construction simulation | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Empire Builder: Ancient Egypt is a city-building game similar to Build-a-lot and other construction titles with simplified mechanics, designed for the casual market. As the chief architect for the rulers of Egypt, the main objective is to build and maintain houses, temples, workshops and monuments. The main screen shows an isometric view of the terrain, framed by a list of level objectives and the timer at the top and a series of construction tabs at the bottom.The timed mode can be selected at the start, with a limit of three days per level, where each "day" lasts several minutes in the game. The buildings have to be erected on vacant lots using the resources available. Occasionally, some buildings and lots are offered for sale, and the player has the option of haggling to lower the price. Existing buildings can be destroyed to make room for new ones, or sold for profit.Every building requires a specific amount of building materials and a number of workers to be constructed on the lot. There are separate tabs to order more material and train more workers. Each completed building generates tax income every few seconds that can be spent on the necessary resources. New blueprints are gradually made available from the menu at the construction tab.Some buildings give extra benefits, reducing the cost of materials and training new workers. Tombs attract mummies, that wander around the streets and have to be repelled with the Staff of Anubis, a magical artifact that temporally replaces the cursor. There's a tab for a series of amulets that act like power-ups, aiding the player by giving gold, increasing the workers' speed, upgrading the houses and helping in many other ways. |
| Legends of the Wild West: Golden Hill | 2009-09-16 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | centrum.pl, EEEZEE Products | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Luka Vittori is a circus knife-thrower from the late 19th century Italy. After the end of the French-Prussian war, he decides to travel to the American continent to try his luck in the United States, establishing himself on a circus traveling the frontier cities of the Wild West. Natalie, his French girlfriend and fellow circus performer, arrives later in the country to join him.Legends Of The Wild West: Golden Hill is a hidden object game with a western theme and elements of the point-and-click adventure genre. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the top of the screen, on static screens filled with assorted thing depicting period locations. In some places, the list shows the silhouette of objects instead of their names or a sketch drawing of an item whose parts are scattered through the scenery. Some of the collected objects are stored inside the inventory, shown as a saddlebag at the top-right, to be used later on special places and situations. The inventory items can be selected and used over portions of the scenery to perform actions, like using matches to light candles on a darkened room. The hint button is an hourglass that shows the position of one of the required items when activated, but takes 30 seconds to recharge after use.There are mini-games between each chapter, where the player has to assemble picture puzzles, hit targets with a knife, complete jigsaw puzzles, ride a horse to victory in a race, throw dice in a competition to roll 21, win duels with knife throws, find all the differences between two similar photographs, reassemble a dreamcatcher, and complete other challenges. |
| LucasArts Adventure Pack | 2009-09-16 | LucasArts | | Adventure, Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | LucasArts Adventure Pack is a digital compilation containing four games:
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
Loom
The Dig |
| Star Wars: Dark Forces | 2009-09-16 | LucasArts | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | Kyle Katarn is a former Imperial officer turned mercenary, now hired by the Rebel Alliance. After having stolen the Death Star plans from a remote facility, he is tasked with investigating the sudden destruction of a hidden Rebel base. This leads him to face off against Imperial General Rom Mohc and the various iterations of his Dark Troopers - cybernetic soldiers with the armor and firepower to turn the tide of the war.Dark Forces is a close prequel to the original Star Wars movie trilogy. The game marks LucasArts' first attempt to enter the first-person shooter market. Instead of licensing the DOOM engine, like many competitors, LucasArts created its own internal Jedi engine. The Jedi engine contains advanced features over similar tech, including the ability to look up and down, jump, crouch, and limited support (in the build used for Dark Forces) for rooms (sectors) over rooms. The 3D models also make occasional appearances inside the game, as turrets or Kyle's ship dropping him off or picking him up from each mission. Most levels have a fairly complex, often maze-like structure, and include various switches that need to be activated to change the layout of the level. Jumping is integrated into the gameplay, as certain areas can only be accessed in that way. In addition to weapons, Kyle can use shields to protect himself from damage, a head lamp to illuminate dark areas, as well as specific items used to counter environmental hazards. The player character is given a certain amount of "lives" per level; he dies permanently once he runs out of all of them. Game progress can be saved only between missions.The game features fourteen substantial levels as Kyle works to disarm the Dark Trooper project. Many levels reference characters or areas from the Star Wars movie trilogy, such as a visit with Jabba the Hutt, a trip to Coruscant, and a battle through the interior of a Star Destroyer. As opposed to most first-person shooters of the time period, every level has objectives for Kyle to complete, ranging from grabbing a clue and getting out alive, to planting charges around a facility to demolish it. Cutscenes appear between key missions to update the plot.The Star Wars license gets plenty of use, as the game features imperial officers, stormtroopers, and a collection of aliens seen in the films as enemies. Blaster rifles and thermal detonators are used as weapons, along with other firearms inspired by the tech of the films. Dark Forces also uses the iMuse engine to dynamically change the music during action scenes, with much of the music based off or directly replicating, John Williams' original film score.The game is entirely a single-player campaign; no multiplayer is included or supported. |
| Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Collection | 2009-09-16 | LucasArts | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Star Wars Jedi Knight Collection is a compilation of five Star Wars games:
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy
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| Heroes Over Europe | 2009-09-17 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Transmission Games | Action, Simulation | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Europe, World War II | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | Windows | Heroes Over Europe, the sequel to Heroes of the Pacific, is a WWII arcade flying game set in the skies over Western Europe.Follow the stories of three pilots, an American, a Brit, and a New Zealander, as they take on the Luftwaffe in the key aerial engagements of WWII. Over fourteen mission, these heroes down enemy bombers over London during the Blitz, break French resistance fighters out of a German prison in Operation Jericho, escort B-17 Flying Fortresses into Europe and strike deep into the black heart of the enemy: Berlin.With fourteen missions drawn from real WWII operations and over forty plane variants from the UK, Germany, Russia, Italy and America, including the Spitfire, Hurricane, Fw190, Me 262, Mosquito, P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt, and the P-51 Mustang, the player has a massive amount of strategic choice.Heroes Over Europe's multiplayer mode supports up to 16 players on all platforms, with four game modes; Dogfight, Team Dogfight, Survivor and Team Survivor. Pre-balanced multiplayer plane packs give online and LAN players the choice of one of six planes for their battle. Multiplayer games can also be altered with the following modifiers: Weapon Damage Multiplier, Health Multiplier, Unlimited War Speed, Unlimited Primary Ammo, Unlimited Secondary Ammo and Lead Target Bead Visibility.The thrilling dogfighting action of Heroes of the Pacific has been updated for Heroes Over Europe, with innovative new gameplay mechanics such as Ace Kill, which allows you to take out enemies with a single shot, the devastating damage of Energy Attacks when you dive on enemies, and the tactical choice of targeting a skillful Squad Leader to demoralize his wingmen. |
| Madballs in Babo: Invasion | 2009-09-17 | Playbrains, Inc. | Playbrains, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Platform, Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Madballs in Babo: Invasion is a game based on a toy-line of rubber balls of the same name, originally started in the mid-1980s and revived at the end of 2007. It is a mostly top-down shooter where the player controls one of these armed balls in a series of maze-like levels with slightly different paths leading to the same level goal.It is set on the planet Babolon where balls of rock and goo evolved quickly into intelligent beings when the planet was hit by a streak of green light. The race was quickly divided into two factions, B*D*I and Scorched, both in search for the artifact that crashed on the planet, while a third faction was already trying to solve the mystery as well.The singleplayer portion consists of a Campaign mode, Level Attack and Boot Camp (training). In the main mode players choose one of the two available factions to play an identical set of levels. Each faction also consists of five different classes based on health, speed, certain resistances and weaknesses, and specific abilities. The available classes are Assault, Heavy, Support, Flyer and Runner. They need to be unlocked gradually and it is encouraged to replay levels as certain functions and weapons only become available after a while.The ball needs to traverse the levels, take out enemies with ranged weapons such as lasers or grenades and collect items, health, and solve small puzzles. Often there is an option to change the weapon, access terminals for additional information, or change the main character to a different class using a transmogrifier. All weapons generally have two shooting options and other special abilities (a spinning attack, bursts of speed) are tied to specific classes and factions. In later levels, the balls meet opponents with specific weaknesses that need to be taken advantage of using the appropriate weapon.Even though most areas are maze-like and cramped, there are many different ways to approach them, using bridges, hidden passageways and jump pads. The gameplay is mostly action-based, but there are also some minor puzzle elements; often a number of glowing levels need to be touched to open up forcefields.The multiplayer potion of the game offers online co-op with up to four players for individual levels or an Endure mode for the entire campaign, and regular match-ups with 21 maps and up to sixteen players. |
| Nat Geo Adventure: Lost City of Z | 2009-09-17 | Merscom LLC, National Geographic Games | Media Art, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Madison travels to Brazil to find her sister Abby, that was stationed on the region working for National Geographic before mysteriously disappearing. While searching for clues, she stumbles upon ancient artifacts leading to the legendary Lost City of Z.Lost City of Z is a hidden object game with adventure elements and an archaeological theme. Like Herod's Lost Tomb by the same developers, this game is based on a National Geographic documentary, with some footage from the special being used on cutscenes between chapters. The screen shows a location with several objects scattered throughout the scenery, and the main objective is to find and click on all the items listed on a film strip at the bottom. Some portions of the scene can be clicked to open a zoom view window, often containing some of the required objects. Some of the items are stored in the inventory for later use, or inside one of four pocket pouches to be used as tools.The first tool is a camera that has to be used to take a picture of an animal. The name of the creature is written in yellow on the list. Once selected, the player has to center the lens viewfinder on the subject and click to snap the photo. The pictures are added to the main character diary, as illustrations to entries about the fauna. They can also be accessed from the main menu and set as the desktop wallpaper. Other tools include a knife, useful to cut through thick foliage, and a flashlight to illuminate dark caves and other dimly lit locations.Mini-games appear occasionally on separate screens, where a mechanism of some sort has to be manipulated directly. The list is usually replaced by the inventory in these sections, from where the stored objects can be dragged and dropped on logical portions of the scenery to solve puzzles. In the course of the game, the player will follow coordinates to place pins on a map and find a route, organize a series of stones on a grid, unlock a stone door with the correct sequence of keys and encounter other similar challenges.The hint system is a GPS device that places a radar circle near one of the required objects, but takes a few minutes to recharge after use. It also shows pictures of any list entry. |
| Resident Evil 5 (Limited Edition) | 2009-09-17 | CE Europe Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Limited Edition release comes in a steelbook package and includes:
Resident Evil 5
Bonus making-of DVD |
| Slingo Mystery: Who's Gold? | 2009-09-17 | funkitron, Inc. | funkitron, Inc. | Adventure, Gambling | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Maggie is left bankrupt after her divorce from Freddy Gold, a Las Vegas casino owner. After her ex-husband death in mysterious circumstances, she decides to explore the casino for clues about his death and details about the inheritance.Slingo Mystery: Who's Gold? is an adventure and hidden object spin-off from the Slingo series of slot machine games. The main objective of each scene is to find and collect all the objects listed at the bottom of the screen, with some of the items stored in the inventory to be used later when solving puzzles. Some of the objects drop coins and jewels that can be collected for extra cash. The bottom interface has portraits of Maggie and her friend over the phone, where clues appear as speech or thought bubbles floating over their heads. The hint button is a lamp that glows when ready, showing the position of one of the required objects when clicked but taking some time to recharge after use.The puzzles can be solved in the standard way for point-and-click games, by dragging and dropping items from the inventory to a logical place on the scenery. For example, a key can be used on a door to unlock it. At some points in the game, the main character must complete a Slingo challenge to receive a key item. The Slingo machines have full implementations of the game, where the player must complete a whole grid of numbers by spinning slots and matching random digits in a gameplay combination of slot machines and bingo mechanics. Like in the previous titles, some of the slots and grid cells have power-ups that are stored at the right side after being collected. They give extra spins, reveal hidden power-ups in the grid and help the player in several other ways. |
| Batman: Arkham Asylum (Collector's Edition) | 2009-09-18 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
Batman: Arkham Asylum
35cm (14") long Batarang mounted on a pedestral
"Doctor's Journal" with 48 pages which includes information about each of the inhabitants of Arkham Asylum
Making-Of-DVD
Codes for the two exclusive Challenge Maps "Crime Alley" and "Top Secret"
Only included in the German release:
Unlockcode for Batman Armoured Suit |
| Handball Manager 2010 | 2009-09-18 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | Netmin e.K. | Action, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Handball Manager 2010 is a managerial simulation of handball where the player is responsible for the financial and athletic success of his team. Regarding gameplay and options it is similar to soccer managers. The player has several options to his disposal, e.g. training, tactics, lineup, stadium expansion or player transfers. The players are represented with a ability score and several other personal traits which influence their performance and training needs. An assistant coach can take some responsibilities of his shoulder - but of course he wants a proper salary if he is competent.The player can choose between two match presentations. With the text mode the player sits in front of a live ticker where all matches are calculated. If something interesting happens during the own match text messages tell him about the moves and results. The player can set how detailed and fast he wants the messages to be. With the second mode the player can watch the whole game in 3D.As in most German sport managers the player has a lot of opportunities which influence not his team but his player character personally. He can change his team or buy status symbols. He ca even marry and lead his own children to handball stardom. The game evaluates his successes and increased or decreases his level. If it increases he gets manager points which he can reinvest in better abilities, e.g. training. At the start of the game he chooses between a real career starting with a low-class team, picks a specific team or the founding of an own club.In comparison to Handball Manager 2009: World Edition it introduces several new features to familiar areas, e.g. private sponsoring or more detailed instructions for the assistant coach. There is also a new ingame help feature and an online high score list. The in the 2009 version introduced mini game for penalty throws got expanded and is now separately playable with two players.The game has official licensed team and player names for the first and second German league (both male and female). Additionally the player can choose a team from 30 other leagues (lower-classed German leagues and the first leagues of other countries).
Parallel to his regular club he can also manage one of 70 national teams. |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Tendō | 2009-09-18 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | War | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Nobunaga no Yabou: Tendou is a turn-based tactical strategy game set in 16th century feudal Japan. It is the thirteenth title in the Nobunaga's Ambition series. This game includes the real-time battlefield technology from the previous installment. The fate of the conflicts will be determined by how you employ your soldiers and what formations you use. Show us your plan and ambition; more weaponry and military facilities are at your disposal. |
| Supreme Ruler 2020: Gold | 2009-09-18 | Paradox Interactive AB | Battlegoat Studios | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Supreme Ruler 2020: Gold is a compilation that features both the original Supreme Ruler 2020 and the expansion Supreme Ruler 2020: Global Crisis. |
| eden* | 2009-09-18 | minori | minori | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Setting | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs) |
| Elle et moi | 2009-09-19 | ENJMIN | Paranoia Team | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | | | | | | | | Windows | Elle et moi is a student project about a girl, Mégane, from the moment she regains consciousness in the bathroom of her apartment. It is up to the player to explore the different rooms and find out what has happened. The player can move the girl around and interact through various instances. There is however not always direct control. The player acts largely as Mégane's conscience and gets various options at the different moments of interaction. An important part of the gameplay only becomes available after manually turning the camera away, where the player is shut out (only visually) of the events and Mégane is obscured out of view.Through the various clues scattered around, Mégane will constantly drift between awareness and panic attacks. These are visualized through her gestures, sound, and also visually as colors desaturate. In a panicked state, certain actions only appear briefly, Mégane does not always respond to your commands, and the camera can no longer be fully controlled. It is possible to follow a certain course to heighten her anxiety or restore the natural order. Based on the player's choices there are different outcomes to the game and to discover them all it needs to be replayed multiple times. |
| Hammerfight | 2009-09-19 | KranX Productions Ltd. | Konstantin Koshutin | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Steampunk | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Hammerfight is a 2D fighting game between hovering machines equipped with different kinds of blunt weaponry. The game is set in a world above an abyss where three houses rule: Kadish, Kelete and Gaiar. They all manage to locate broken machinery and turn it into flying vehicles. Although they are at peace at first, a bloodthirsty brother quickly turns it into a real war. The player controls Gaiar, a young trainee who quickly works his way up.In Solo - Warrior's Path, one of the game modes, players are introduced to the story and take on various missions controlling a flying vehicle. It is fitted with a swinging, piercing object. In order to attack, the mouse needs to be moved around in circles to build up the swing, and then attacking is done by smashing the weapon into enemies, with physics influencing the speed relative to the player's movement. Various missions are introduced through cutscenes. The player often will need to work together to defend outposts, or ward off large enemies or swarms of small creatures. Some missions also take place in tournaments or settings where the player's vehicle is held fixed through a chain.Starting with a small and fairly feeble weapon at first, better maces and swords can be found. Players can choose to switch between weapons, weld them together, or add gunnery through an Arquebus or bombs in the armory. The main game modes contains branching paths and there are also three additional modes to unlock: Hall (a training mode), Grim (a patrolling/survival mode) and Hammerball. |
| Aion | 2009-09-20 | NCsoft West | NCsoft Korea | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Massively Multiplayer | Fantasy | | | Persistent, Real-time | Teen | | Windows | Aion is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game which takes place in the world of Atreia, a land divided by the Epic Cataclysm into two halves with a deep Abyss in between. Asmodae occupies the top half and is home to the Asmodians. The Elyos people live in the lower half, known as Elysea. Both races have three things in common: 1) They have wings and the ability to fly; 2) They have each vowed to destroy the other; and 3) They both fear and abhor The Balaur.Legends tell us that the god Aion created the Balaur to rule and care for the people of Atreia. In time, the Balaur became obsessed with power and domination, so Aion created twelve Empyrean Lords to safeguard the planet. During the long war between the Empyrean Lords and the Balaur, the Epic Cataclysm occurred and caused the Tower of Eternity to fall into The Abyss and the Balaur with it. Now the Balaur have escaped their prison and are threatening the populace again.After choosing which race you wish to play, pick from 4 Classes to begin your adventure: Warrior, Scout, Mage or Priest. During the character creation process, you will name your character and refine his or her appearance. You can create up to 8 different characters.Your primary goal at first is to advance through the levels, taking on many quests and learning the way of the world by exploring. You will be able to fly at Level 10 when you receive your wings after going through an Ascension. At level 25 you will be given tests to prove your readiness to enter The Abyss itself. Level 25 is also when PvP play becomes available to you.In addition to questing and combat, Aion offers gathering, crafting, smithing, training, enhancing items, buying & selling as well as social interaction with other players and NPCs. As is the case with most MMORPGs, the gameplay and features evolve as time goes on with additions occurring with periodic updates. |
| Giana's Return | 2009-09-20 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Giana's Return is an unofficial (i.e. fan-made) sequel to the classic Great Giana Sisters. The Evil Swampy has stolen the magic ruby, which enabled Giana and her sister Maria to wake up from their dream in the first game. Moreover, Swampy has fallen in love with Maria and kidnapped her. It is now up to Giana to go back to the dream land to rescue Maria and get back the ruby.The game, like its predecessor, is a classic 2D side scroller. Giana needs to pass through various levels in seven different worlds. She can jump on enemies to kill them, or find a magic ball which turns her into Punk Giana, who can shoot enemies with fire balls. |
| Travel League: The Missing Jewels | 2009-09-20 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Tiki's Lab | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Travel League: The Missing Jewels is a hidden object game with plot and design elements clearly inspired by the classic Carmen Sandiego educational titles. As a member of a group of investigators, the main objective is to hunt down and capture a jewelry thief by traveling across the globe to lots of different countries. The available destinations are show on a world map, and the player can select and play them on any order. Each country has several locations, shown as a series of Polaroid pictures at the bottom of the map. Each location is a static screen representing some tourist attraction or typical scene of the nation, where the player must search and find all the items listed on a GPS navigator at the left side.Each list entry can be clicked to show the object silhouette. The hint button pinpoints the exact location of one of the required items when activated, adding a green filter to the image and targeting the object with a cross hair. The diary button shows a summary of the case, keeping track of the latest developments. Extra hints are received after taking pictures of the butterflies resting on parts of the scenery. Most locations have a bird that flies towards one of the objects when prodded with the cursor. Each completed scene unlocks postcards that can be viewed on the world map screen.Mini-games have to be played at the end of each location, where a piece of the stolen jewelry has to be manipulated directly to solve a puzzle. They are variations of classic games common to the genre, like concentration, jigsaw puzzles and similar challenges. The time constraints can be turned on or off at the start, with the timed mode having a limit of thirty days to complete the investigation. |
| Grappling Hook | 2009-09-21 | | | Action, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Grappling Hook is a first-person puzzle-platform game set on alien space-stations. It is focused on giving players a strong sense of acceleration and speed. The game is played as a first-person shooter, but a large amount of puzzle-solving is involved.A malicious artificial intelligence forces the player to complete increasingly difficult stages. To complete a stage the player has to collect pass-codes and reach the portal. Most stages require the player to use the titular grappling gun to pull or fling himself, to climb or to activate triggers. The stages feature obstacles like defensive turrets, which fire at the player-character, health-depleting electrified panels, moving platforms and compactors. Especially later stages require precise aiming and timing with the grappling gun to fling oneself with the right amount of speed into the right direction. Some shots even have to be performed mid-air. |
| Millennium: A New Hope | 2009-09-21 | Aldorlea Games | Aldorlea Games | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | Direct control, Menu structures | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Millennium: A New Hope is a 2D RPG that tells the story of Marine and her friends. She is young and fragile, but wants to provide a better future to her poor sister, injured father and the local community as a whole, which is why she travels through the world to get a better life for them.The game contains up to 40 quests and Marine faces powerful animal kings. She also needs to locate secret rooms, she can join guilds and call her little fairy friend Jeanne for help, along with another group of fighters who can be asked to fight on her side. |
| Aion (Special Collector's Edition) | 2009-09-22 | NCsoft West | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Aion (Special Collector's Edition) includes the full Aion game plus several enhancements exclusive to this release: the Black Cloud Wings to improve flight time, and the Black Cloud Earring to boost health and mana. The package also contains:
Two dual-sided posters
The official soundtrack
6 1/2" hand-painted figurine of the powerful Aiva
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| Fallen Earth | 2009-09-22 | Fallen Earth, LLC | Icarus Studios LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic | | | Persistent | Mature | | Windows | Sometime in the 2050s, the crippling "Shiva" virus begins to spread across the globe. With evidence suggesting Shiva has been bio-engineered, the world's nations are quick to blame each other for its creation - blame which escalates into nuclear war. The player takes control of one of the 1% of the Earth's population to survive both the virus and the bombs, and must try to carve out a life in the area around the Hoover Dam Garrison - the last known human outpost in the world.Fallen Earth is a post-apocalyptic MMO, set in the area around North America's Grand Canyon (and based on topographical maps of that region). Players may align themselves with one of six factions, and carry out quests for their faction of choice while uncovering the overarching story behind the past and future of the new world.There are no official classes in Fallen Earth. Instead, players use earned skill points to purchase new abilities from delineated skill trees. A player can create a character similar to traditional RPG classes (Medic, Tank, DPS) by training in the appropriate skills, but they are not locked to that template and can create a hybrid with divergent abilities. "Mutations" also grant the equivalent of MMO toolbar spells, and can be selected to further refine the player's character.Combat can be controlled from either first or third-person, and resembles a standard shooter more than the traditional "lock on" combat of MMOs. Players must manually keep their sights on an enemy to score hits, with their character's skills or attributes determining damage. Players can train with rifle, pistol, or melee weapons, with each specializing in doing the maximum damage inside a particular distance range. Players can fight various NPC enemies or creatures during their quests, or engage in PvP against their faction's enemies.Crafting plays an important role, and each character can learn a separate set of "Tradeskills" with no limitations (beyond the hefty time requirement to master each). Tradeskills cover harvesting and mining, cooking, weapons, armor, and vehicles. Recipes are learned in groups called "knowledges" (granted as books, quest rewards, or learned from other players), and components for all items are looted from creatures, scavenged from the world, or gained by breaking down unwanted items. Players can craft items while online or off, with reduced XP granted while offline. Simple items like medkits or ammo can be crafted in minutes, while highly complex items (like cars) must be built in stages over days, with the character confined to an item-appropriate workshop for the duration of the crafting. |
| Gemini Lost | 2009-09-22 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Aliasworlds Entertainment | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | After watching the ominous alignment of a lunar eclipse with the Gemini constellation, a group of humans finds a mysterious device glowing on the ground with plates decorated with zodiac signs. A group member activates the strange circular mechanism by accident, transporting everyone to a remote location. Now they need to gather resources to survive and reconstruct the teleporter to return home.Gemini Lost is a simulation game for the casual market, very similar and probably inspired by the Virtual Villagers series. The main goal is to rebuild the teleporter by collecting the necessary building materials and finding all the missing zodiac plates. The game screen shows an isometric view of the location that can be scrolled by clicking and dragging on the terrain. A small map at the bottom shows the whole territory, with dots representing each member of the community.The individuals can be dragged around and dropped over the scenery to perform actions, and give descriptions or clues when hovering over one spot. Each member has a favorite job, performing much faster at it than in other tasks. Scientists excel in researching at the laboratory, workers chop wood and mine rocks faster, builders are good at erecting new structures. They can fulfill each other duties, but in a less efficient way. As they keep toiling for prolonged periods on any activity, they get more proficient at it, with a meter showing their skill level. Clicking on any citizen brings up a profile sheet showing personal details like age, health, civil status, mate compatibility by zodiac sign and skill levels.After the chapel is complete, matching couples can be married to give birth to new members of the community. They remain engaged for the rest of their lives, occasionally mating to generate offspring. The child inherits some characteristics from the parents, like job preferences and skills. The very young can't take adult duties, but can be used to collect items like herbs, bugs and zodiac plates. In later stages, they can be placed in the school to increase their skill levels until finally reaching maturity.The population limit is dictated by the number of houses available, with new buildings becoming available as new levels of technology are acquired. The research points can be spent on the science menu, that can be accessed using the button illustrated with a graduation cap and diploma at the bottom interface. There are six types of technologies, with three levels each. Farming allows new ways of generating food for the society, like harvesting, fishing, bee-keeping and related activities. Construction makes new building sites automatically appear on the locations, from where the builders can erect useful structures like new houses to increase the population limit, and buildings to process resources. Medicine expands the life expectancy and birthrate of the community, and adds new potions to the laboratory. Handicraft makes new tools available to be built, their cost being a combination of resources. Knowledge makes scientists more efficient and gives linguistic skills to talk with specific characters. Astrology gives access to any structure related to the teleporter and other esoteric sites.Like in other similar titles, when starting the game reads the computer clock to calculate the time elapsed between gaming sessions, readjusting the situation as if the game was kept running, and the virtual people kept working away on the background. |
| Order of War | 2009-09-22 | Square Enix, Inc. | Wargaming.net, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Europe, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Order of War is a real-time strategy game set in World War II, more precisely the last phase in 1944. In two campaigns the player either takes the role of the Germany which try to stop the Russians at the Eastern Front or the Allies which progress from the west. There are overall 18 campaign missions and six individual ones.There is no base building in the classical sense, the main focus lies on fast battles with a lot of units. Every map has several control points, e.g. bridges or intersections, which play an important part because every conquered control points gives more resources. These can be used to order reinforcements. A game is won if one side captures all control points or wipes all enemy troops out. Depending on the player's performance he receives points which can be reinvested into upgrades for armor, accuracy, range of sight and other categories. Because of the high body count surviving units don't carry over to the next mission and the upgrades automatically count for every unit.The fast nature of gameplay gets supported by the lack of special tactics - the player has the usual range of tanks, infantry and artillery to his disposal. These have unlimited ammo which minimizes micromanagement. A unique feature is the optional cinematic camera: when activated it automatically jumps from one battle scene to another. |
| The Price is Right: 2010 Edition | 2009-09-22 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ludia, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Based on the long-running game show The Price is Right, the 2010 edition allows players to hit all the highlights from the show - bidding on Contestant's Row, playing one of 30 pricing games, spinning the giant wheel, and hopefully participating in the Showcase.Single player has two modes. "Classic" simply takes you through a single episode of the show as a contestant. "Three Strikes" has you keep playing as a contestant until you lose at Contestant's Row three times. Win or lose at the Row, you'll still play a pricing game after, and try to rack up the most money before you get your three strikes.The Wii version offers a "Party Mode" where up to four players start initially, and any available human (or computer) players swap in as a player leaves Contestant's Row. Multiplayer is not available on the DS, and is planned to be added as an Internet-based "Price is Right Live" for the PC.Winning pricing games in single player unlocks that game to be available to play at any time from the main menu. You also unlock new clothing and hairstyles for your avatar. The Wii and PC versions further unlock video clips of humorous moments from the show. |
| Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey | 2009-09-22 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ludia, Inc. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | The Fantastic Journey is based on the famous Where's Waldo series of children's books, where the reader has to find Waldo, who is hidden in various pictures in the middle of hundreds of people.
The videogame is very faithful to the book, and contains of course some new gameplay mechanisms.Where's Waldo?: The Fantastic Journey is a puzzle-solving and hidden objects adventure game, where the player have to find twelve ancient scrolls hidden throughout twelve different worlds. In each of these worlds, the player has to examine hundreds of static and scrollable pictures, to find Waldo but also some other characters and objects that are displayed at the bottom of the screen.During the adventure, the player will meet with some famous characters from the Where's Waldo universe such as Wizard Whitebeard, Wenda and Odlaw. Woof the dog is a precious companion which will be able to give hints to find some objects or characters if the player gets stuck.In tradition with many hidden-objects games, The Fantastic Journey comes with a set of mini-games to complete between the casual levels. The game includes both a single-player mode as well as a two players versus mode, with a set of power-ups to enhance the player searches or to block in many ways those of the opponent. |
| Delicious: Emily's Tea Garden | 2009-09-23 | GameHouse, Inc. | RealGames B.V. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | Contemporary | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | iTunes Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Especially for you, a true Delicious classic that's an absolute must for your collection! Emily has always dreamed of running her own tea garden, and now the time has come to make her dreams come true. She'll have to work incredibly hard and navigate formidable bumps along the way, like the daunting task of getting a loan… Does Emily have enough courage to face all the challenges ahead? Game features:
- enjoy the 3rd season of the Delicious time management game series
- complete 50 exciting, yet curiously relaxing chapters set in cozy restaurants
- serve delicious dishes to hungry customers while you help Emily make her dreams come true
- meet cool characters like Francois, who will help you pick out perfect decorationsEnjoy other great Delicious - Emily games:
- Delicious - Emily's Home Sweet Home
- Delicious - Emily's New Beginning
- Delicious - Emily's Honeymoon Cruise
- Delicious - Emily's Wonder Wedding
- Delicious - Emily's True Love |
| Freeze Tag: Fun Pack 1 | 2009-09-23 | Freeze Tag, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)
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Traverse a map of an ancient land and solve plenty of puzzles on the way. Control the chameleon idol and, using its magic power, blast gems before they reach the hole. At the end of each level, the score is converted to money that you can spend at the shop to buy extra lives or new skins for the chameleon. Each skin comes with different powerups and effects.
More than 100 levels
Amazing graphics in full 3D
18 different skins for your chameleon
Dynamic high score tracking in the game
High quality soundtrack
Catch a boatload of fishy fun in this original arcade challenge! Load up the RV and crisscross the country in a series of tournaments that will put your angling prowess to the test. Cast your line in colorful locations like Bullhorn Lake, Golden Corn Lake, and Wicked Mansion Lake. Catch fish to earn points and climb to the top of the rankings in the amateur, pro, and elite circuits. Your fellow fishers are sure to keep you on your toes, but watch out for surprises swimming just below the surface that will slow you down.
Featuring innovative gameplay, colorful full-screen graphics, and hours of fun for the whole family, Fishing Craze is no fish-tale, it's the real thing! Catch it today!
Unlimited Play
Amateur, Pro, and Elite Tournaments
Wide variety of fish to catch
Six sets of characters to use
Bright and colorful full-screen graphics
Breed baby animals and nurture their growth inside an amusing pet shop. As a boutique owner, you must work hard while maintaining a great sense of humor. Raise eight kinds of animals to make healthy, vivacious pets for loving owners. Buy appropriate items for particular breeds and work to unlock all items in the shop`s interior. Check the pet sales report frequently to be a smart business owner, and build the Pets Fun House empire.
Unlimited, unrestricted gameplay
Access all 35 fun pet shop levels
Access all 5 card game levels
Raise all 8 kinds of pets in the shop
Unlock items in the shop's interior page
Unlock 6 items in Pet Shop Supplies page
Help amazing toy robot Xango find his upgrade parts in this brain-stretching, 3D animated action puzzler adventure. Three game modes guarantee many hours of action, puzzling and relaxing fun. Match three colored crates and watch ‘em explode in Classic mode. Solve brain-twisting puzzles in Puzzle mode. Play without time pressure in Relax mode. Exotic landscapes, lively tango music and wacky dances make Xango Tango fun for the whole family. Help Xango find all of his parts to see the surprise ending!
Unlimited Play
Three game modes: Classic, Puzzle and Relax
48 exotic scenes and 12 exciting power-ups in Classic mode
48 different challenges in Puzzle mode
Endless play in Relax mode
3D animations and graphics
Surprise ending
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| Freeze Tag: Fun Pack 2 | 2009-09-23 | Freeze Tag, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)
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Grizelda the witch has shaken things up inside the Etch A Sketch, and Knobby™ must restore draw and order. Help Knobby save his kidnapped friend. Stop Grizelda's evil plan to turn everything in the Land of Aha! to Dullsville. Full of creative art tools and unique games, Etch A Sketch is creative fun for the whole family!
Play Knobby's Quest and Knobby's Bounce: two games with 78 levels of fun
Discover Classic Etch A Sketch, a digital upgrade to your favorite drawing toy
Create colorful masterpieces with Color Sketch art studio
Send your creations to your friends and family
Unlock hidden items and drawing templates
Enjoy hilarious new characters
Listen to beautiful music and funny sound effects
Test your memory and puzzling skills at the same time!
Based on the classic TV game show, Concentration™ is two games in one: matching and puzzling. Match the scrambled prizes behind the numbered panels to win. Each combination turns over two panels to reveal a portion of the hidden rebus (picture puzzle). After each match, you earn a chance at solving the puzzle underneath. But watch out! Your opponent is trying to solve it, too. If you guess correctly, you could move on to the bonus round where you have a chance to win a new car!
Hours of fun with over 100 rebus puzzles to solve
Colorful, whimsical graphics
Suitable for everyone with 3 levels of difficulty
Challenge your family and friends in 2 player mode
Great game show host
Snappy music and sound effects
A new twist on the all-time favorite card game, Nertz Solitaire is competitive solitaire at its best. Just like traditional solitaire, build piles of cards in ascending and descending order. Win by scoring the most points and getting rid of your Nertz pile before your opponent. Enjoy three exhilarating game modes: Step in for some quick fun in Quick Play mode; Play the classic card game with Nutzy and his squirrelly family in Classic mode; Show that you have what it takes to be a Nertz Champion in Championship mode. But be careful 'cause Nertz can drive you nuts!
Enjoy endless play
Play three exhilarating game modes: Quick Play, Classic, Championship
Challenge 8 squirrelly opponents up to 3 at a time
Unlock new music tracks, backgrounds, and colorful card designs
OMG! LOL! ;-) Happy, grumpy, flirty or CrAzY, Emoticons is the game for Everyone! EmoticonsTM is a NEW puzzle game and NEW play mechanic that is easy to play and impossible to stop playing. Mix and Match an entire cast of emoticon characters. Make the biggest matches and the longest chains of combos to rack up the most points. Players will be chatting about Emoticons. With its intuitive and rewarding gameplay, and meet-cute story, you’ll have so much fun you’ll want to IM it to a friend! :-)
LOL! Brand new gameplay that is as fun and addictive as your favorite puzzle games
OMG! Bright and fun animated Emoticon characters
W0W! Four gameplay modes: Classic, Timed, Challenge, and Puzzle
SW33T! Earn high scores and trophies
CUTE! Unlock the progressive IM romance between Smiley and Lolli
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| Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich | 2009-09-23 | Matrix Publishing, LLC. | 2 by 3 Games | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich is a compilation of reworked and improved versions of this games:
Battle of Britain
Talonsoft's 12 O'Clock High: Bombing the Reich
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| Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny + Star Trail | 2009-09-23 | Fantasy Productions Verlags- und Medienvertriebsgesellschaft mbH | attic Entertainment Software GmbH | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This release is a compilation which includes the two first games in the Realms of Arkania trilogy (also known as The Northern Reaches Trilogy) - Blade of Destiny and Star Trail. |
| Save Our Spirit | 2009-09-24 | Anarchy Enterprises | W'N'D Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Lord Longstep is a 19th century British officer and explorer. He shares a passion for discovering ancient world mysteries with his India-born wife Mary, who often follows him through his globe-trotting adventures. After returning to Britain from a trip to Yucatán, he finds his Manor in disarray and Mary missing from the premises. He must piece all the clues left behind by the kidnappers, and follow their track to rescue his wife.Save Our Spirit is a hidden object game with puzzles between each chapter. The main game screen depicts locations around the world filled with scattered objects, and the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom interface. Clicking on the list entries shows their silhouette on scrap of paper at the left side. The hint button is a compass sitting at the right side, that shows the exact position of one of the required items when activated.The mini-games and puzzles appear after the hidden object section, on a separate interactive screen. Usually they are presented as some sort of mechanism that has to be manipulated directly to solve a puzzle. In the course of the game, the player will decrypt secret messages, assemble gears on a clockwork device, find the correct code for an implementation of Mastermind with jewels and other similar challenges. |
| Age of Oracles: Tara's Journey | 2009-09-25 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Jolly Bear Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Tara is an apprentice enchantress that must find a series of magical tarot cards with the help of a talking peacock. The cards open portals to other realms, where the two companions must travel to collect the rest of the deck.Age of Oracles: Tara's Journey is a hidden object game with adventure elements. The game has three distinct sections that must be played in sequence for each realm. In the first one, the objective is to drag and drop a series of objects from the bottom tray to their counterpart on a grayed out screen representing one of the locations. The second section is a traditional search-and-find game, where all the entries from a list at the bottom have to be located and collected on scenes filled with scattered objects. The last section is the adventure portion, where the tray becomes an inventory and the goal is to drag and drop objects from it to logical parts of the scenery to solve puzzles. The game shows a series of clues as subtitles over the interactive hotspots to help the player.Mini-games occur at the beginning and end of each realm. Some are implementations of classic games very common to the genre, like jigsaw puzzles, mahjong and concentration memory challenges, along with more original and complex ones where the player has to fit pentominoes pieces on small boxes. The peacock is the hint button, unfurling from its resting place and flying towards one of the required objects when activated. |
| Black Mirror II: Reigning Evil | 2009-09-25 | dtp entertainment AG | Cranberry Production GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In the year 1981, a series of horrifying murders happened at Black Mirror castle, the home of the Gordon family. Twelve years later and thousands of miles away, Darren Michaels, a young physics student, works in a rundown photo studio while visiting his mother during the holidays in Biddeford, a small town in Maine. Fuller, Darren's slimy, grumpy boss, is harassing him all the time, so he's in a bad mood when he first meets Angelina, a beautiful girl from England. But just when things seem to brighten up, his mother lapses into a coma, Fuller is murdered and Angelina gets arrested as a suspect. While Darren investigates what happened, he discovers more questions than answers. Why did his mother lie about her income and who sent her money each month? Who is the stranger that spied on Angelina and now tries to get her sued for murder? All traces lead to Willow Creek, a small town in England…Black Mirror II is a third-person point-and-click adventure game. The player collects all kinds of objects, talks to NPCs, and combines items to move the story forwards. There are also a couple of minigames (logic puzzles) to be solved. The player can choose between easy and normal difficulty. The riddles remain the same, but choosing the easy mode provides additional hints in the diary on a step-by-step basis and the possibility to bypass the minigames. The user interface has some different features. You can scroll through the inventory items with the mouse wheel, search for hints in the detailed diary and the cursor shows if a combination is possible or not. |
| Gridrunner Revolution | 2009-09-25 | Llamasoft Ltd. | Llamasoft Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | The evolution of one of Llamasoft's most popular games Gridrunner. Built on the Neon graphics engine, Gridrunner Revolution is an arcade-style twitch shooter. Shoot down 50 levels full of baddies while saving the sheepies to both increase your multiplier and power up your stream of bullets. The bullets are effected by gravity, allowing you to strategically shoot your bullets depending on the enemy you face. The game features three modes of gameplay, four difficulty levels, a handful of different ships, high-score tables and unlockable versions of the original Gridrunner. |
| Mass Effect: Zolotoe izdanie | 2009-09-25 | 1C Company, Snowball.ru | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This release includes:
Mass Effect (base game)
Mass Effect: Bring Down the Sky (add-on)
Steel case package also includes official soundtrack, sticker and "Normandy" crew stripe
It is possible to choose from Russian and English voiceover and subtitles in any combination. |
| Nation Red | 2009-09-25 | DiezelPower | DiezelPower | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Nation Red is a two-stick shooter comparable to older games like Smash TV where you control the character with the WASD keys (or the left analog stick when playing with a controller) and aim around with the mouse (or the right analog stick) from a top down view to kill an onslaught of enemies from all directions.All of the action happens on a small enclosed area where you must survive several waves of enemy attacks by picking up power-ups and new weapons. Nation Red has a mission mode that has a set amount of enemies that you must kill in order to proceed, a survival mode where you must survive for as long as possible with only weapon drops, a barricade mode where you must defend a location and not let the enemies reach it, a free-play mode where you set the parameters yourself and aim for the high score.The game features a wide selection of perks you can either choose from (when playing Strategic Mode), automatically receive (when playing Auto Mode) or are given a small randomly selected list of perks to choose (if playing Random Perk Mode). Enemies will drop a variety of weapons and health or armor power ups when killed as well.You also have a selection of multiple characters, each with their own statistics that affect the gameplay (such as their preferred weapon or movement speed). |
| 10 Days To Save the World: The Adventures of Diana Salinger | 2009-09-28 | Big Fish Games, Inc | FlyWheel Games | Puzzle | | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | bigfishgames.com (from Ad Blurbs)You only have 10 Days to Save the World! Find the secrets of an ancient amulet to stop flooding in Venice, a drought in Africa and the other disasters occurring all over the planet. Travel around the globe as you help Diana track down her father and explore the mysteries of the timeless amulet in this exciting Hidden Object game. Can you end the cataclysmic events and save the entire planet from destruction?
Gorgeous graphics
Immersive atmosphere
Save the entire world!
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| Jewel Quest Solitaire III | 2009-09-28 | iWin, Inc. | | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Back of Box - Windows (from Ad Blurbs)Rupert and Emma's friend, Ratu, discovers a valuable tablet in the ruins of an ancient civilization. Little does Ratu know that this find is just the beginning. When his beloved assistant Yumi, is inexplicably abducted. Ratu is propelled into a treacherous game of cat-and-mouse with a gang of heavy-handed thugs. Travel with Ratu and experience compelling Solitaire layouts and addictive new Jewel Quest boards.
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| Awakener | 2009-09-29 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Awakener is a short point-and-click adventure game. You play as Fadi who has been given permission to visit his Aunt Sylvia for the day. But Auntie Sylvia has a problem and would like some help fixing it. |
| Family Feud: 2010 Edition | 2009-09-29 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ludia, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The 2010 Edition is a home game adaptation of the current iteration of the long-running competitive game show Family Feud. Two families face off against each other by predicting the most popular results of a survey question given to 100 people. Points are awarded based on the number of surveyed people who gave that same response (i.e. 63 people equal 63 points). Suggesting an answer that was not given by those surveyed gives that family a strike. The first family to reach 300 points wins the game and goes to a bonus round to try and increase their final score.The 2010 edition offers two gameplay modes. A single-player mode pits your team against ten families of increasing intelligence across ten "episodes" of the show. Success awards new clothing and hairstyles for your in-game avatar. A multi-player mode pits two teams (the actual number of people on the teams limited only by who is in the room) against each other in a full episode of the show. |
| Killing Floor | 2009-09-29 | Tripwire Interactive, LLC | Tripwire Interactive, LLC | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | | | Leland Scali, David Hensley | | Mature | | Windows | Killing Floor is a co-op horror FPS from the makers of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45.Killing Floor originally started off as a free co-op multiplayer mod for Unreal Tournament 2004. It was later turned into a standalone game that was released on Steam in 2009.Your team members are deployed in London populated by hordes of failed experimental clones that are known as specimens and are often mistaken for zombies. Each game is split into multiple 'waves' of harder and harder specimens, with the final wave ending in a boss battle with a deadly specimen called the 'Patriarch'. You will need to make use of high powered weapons including rifles, combat shotguns, axes, chainsaws, rocket launchers, nail-gun, pistols, grenades and more. There are additionally 'Perks' that each player can choose from what perk they desire to level up, which will in turn improved abilities such as more ammo capacity, faster reload times, etc. This depends on what perk you have chosen to which abilities you will get. |
| Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 3 - Lair of the Leviathan | 2009-09-29 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Lair of the Leviathan is the third release in the episodic Tales of Monkey Island series. It continues right after the cliffhanger of Episode 2: Guybrush Threepwood's ship is swallowed by a manatee, a gigantic sea creature. In the course of the episode Guybrush meets Coronado De Cava and continues the search after La Esponja Grande.In comparison to the former episodes a lot more puzzles are dialogue based. The other puzzles still consist of Guybrush walking through (new) places, taking everything he can and using the items on other items. In his inventory he can combine items too. This time there is no treasure hunting involved, although there is a new mechanic where Guybrush has to learn and use pirate grimaces.Unlike traditional adventure games the movement of Guybrush is not controlled by point & click but by holding the left mouse button and dragging the mouse in the desired direction (or alternatively with the keyboard keys). Interactions with items or persons are carried out with a single mouse button.Unlike other Telltale episodic adventure series, individual episodes initially could not be purchased separately. Because of the larger story arc or possibly financial reasons, users were required to buy the five episodes as a whole as they are released on a monthly basis. Later, the decision was reversed and episodes were also offered individually. |
| Alien Assault | 2009-09-30 | | | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Alien Assault is a turn-based, top-down strategy game taking place on abandoned space ships infested with the deadly aliens who are planning an invasion of Earth. The player takes charge and commands a squadron of heavily armed troopers.Over 50 squad-based missions are included as well as a built-in level editor. Every mission can have one of ten goals, e.g. protecting an area or simply surviving. After the briefing the player needs to choose his squad and equip them with weapons. The gameplay itself is similar to most turn-based tactics games: the actions a character can undertake during a round are limited with action points - every action costs a certain amount of points. Additionally there are command points which can be used for any member of the team. Optionally the player can turn on a time limit for the planning phase to increase tension. Other aspects to keep in mind are line of sight, items and other environmental obstacles. After a mission the team members get promoted or receive medal if they fulfill the requirements. Medals have no gameplay effects, but promotions reward certain bonuses. |
| DinerTown Tycoon | 2009-09-30 | PlayFirst, Inc. | PlayFirst, Inc. | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)
The evil Grub Burger fast food chain has bribed their way into DinerTown™ and is threatening to drive out the local diners with their cheap prices, sneaky tactics and the mysterious Ingredient X! It is up to you to take charge and help Flo and the people of DinerTown before it’s too late. Use your restaurant savvy and business smarts to stock the right ingredients, set fair menu prices and purchase new décor and advertising to make the diners successful again. Bring wholesome food and local eateries back to DinerTown to give Grub Burger the boot once and for all!
5 different neighborhoods to save
Over 90 recipes to add to restaurant menus
More than 70 delicious ingredients to stock
Over a dozen unique restaurants to manage
8 new DinerTown chefs
25+ beloved characters from the Diner Dash® series
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| Fishdom: Holiday Edition | 2009-09-30 | rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH | Playrix LLC | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fishdom: Holiday Edition is a match-three game in the Fishdom series. The player needs to combine three or more symbols in a row to make them disappear to gain points. Every finished level gives you money which you can then use to buy fish, decoration and items for your aquarium. Holidays are the theme of this game, such as Christmas, Halloween and thanksgiving. You can use your aquariums as a screen saver. |
| The Conjurer | 2009-09-30 | GameHouse, Inc. | Freeze Tag, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A 19th century magician known as The Conjurer stops performing after a streak of bad luck following a series of stage accidents. He acquires a medieval castle and sends invitations for his retirement party to his most prominent colleagues, where a competition is proposed between the attendees. The prize is the coveted Hall of Secrets containing all the tricks and illusions accumulated from his career.The Conjurer is a hidden object game with adventure elements, using magic tricks as the main theme. The game is divided in chapters, each dedicated to the performance of one of the party guests. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on locations representing the rooms from the castle. A crystal ball shows the silhouette of the objects, and can be activated to highlight the exact position of one of the list entries.After collecting all the required items, the player returns to the magician stage to put a series of props back to their original places and start the illusionist's performance. When the show is finished, a riddle appears at the bottom tray about some part of the scenery or a specific object. Solving it completes the chapter. A journal can be accessed at any time, with entries automatically updated about any plot development, and detailed schematics of each trick used on the performances. Puzzles appear between each chapter, on separate screens where a mechanism has to be manipulated directly to solve a puzzle. |
| Astro Tripper | 2009-10-01 | PomPom Software Ltd. | PomPom Software Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Astro Tripper is a remake of PomPom's debut game Space Tripper. Like its predecessor it plays similarly to Uridium which in turn shares many similarities to Defender. The game is a top-down shooter that is played in horizontally-scrolling arenas. Unlike many shooters in the genre the spacecraft does not only move in one direction. With the press of a button the ship turns around allowing the player to go back to where he came from. This is needed as enemies can spawn all around the ship. Like in Defender a radar helps the player to keep track of the enemies. The player has access to two different weapons that he can switched at any time. One that shoots straight forward and one that spreads the shots to the sides. By picking up power-ups that are dropped from enemies the weapons can be upgraded for increased fire power. The game has 14 levels that are split into four different worlds, each with its own content and aesthetics. The goal of each level is simply to destroy all enemies and to get as large score as possible. The player has three ships at the start and when all are lost the game is over. There are no saves between the levels so the player has to start over from the world's first level. Each level also has a time limit and the player loses a life if he doesn't meet it. On the hard and hardest difficulty modes the player can also die by falling off the play arena. By destroying enemies quickly a multiplier bar fills up. For each fill the score multiplier increases and a bonus score pick-up is released on the battlefield. |
| City Rain | 2009-10-01 | Ovolo Corporation Inc. | MG Desenvolvimento de Games Ltda, Ovolo Corporation Inc. | Puzzle, Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Falling block puzzle, Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | City Rain is a strategic, ecological city planning simulation combined with timed falling block puzzle gameplay. The game is set in a future where environmental challenges demand drastic measures. This led to the formation of the Rescue and Intervention Non-profit organization (R.A.I.N.), created by the World Environment Protection Agency to help maintain and enforce environmental laws, and confront multinational conglomerates. Players start as a new employee with R.A.I.N. With the help of Catherine, a partner who provides hints, the player is gradually introduced to increasingly difficult challenges.The game environment is shown as an isometric board of tiles. In each stage the player needs to complete a number of goals, such as building specific structures, cleaning waste, or raising money for research. While the gameplay is similar to a simplified version of SimCity, a fast element is introduced. New buildings drop down from the top of the screen and the player only has a limited amount of time, but more than ten seconds, to select a location on the field. Each "block" can be rotated to choose between different buildings such as schools, residences, factories, hospitals, police stations, and more. Certain buildings can be stacked multiple times to upgrade their level. During certain turns the player is forced to drop down four buildings at once in a set pattern, due to planning regulations.Each decision by the player alters six main parameters: sustainability, jobs, health, leisure, security and education. Safeguarding security is for instance achieved by constructing police stations. Money is earned through the economy, but influenced by the chosen buildings. Residences and schools deduct money per round, while factories bring in revenue, but with ecological consequences. After a while, special buildings such as fire stations and recycling sites can be bought in a separate screen. The game's main campaign mode is divided into different levels. The player only has a limited amount of rounds to complete the challenges to progress. With each level, all previous work is generally reset.Next to the campaign mode, there is quick play where different starting parameters can be defined. The third mode, blockmania, does away with all missions. The player simply needs to build a city by quickly putting down buildings in defined patterns. The buildings can be rotated to upgrade existing ones, but overlapping a wrong one destroys it. When too many buildings are destroyed, the game is over. To score, buildings need to be upgraded until a certain amount is met.This commercial version is a reworking of a student game. It contains a new story plot and dialogs, profile management, a music soundtrack, updated AI and gameplay changes, online scoreboards and customizable settings. |
| Delta Force: 10th Anniversary Collection | 2009-10-01 | NovaLogic, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The 10th Anniversary Collection of the Delta Force series contains six shooter games and two presents. The content of the collection is:
Delta Force
Delta Force 2
Delta Force: Land Warrior
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre
Black Hawk Down Soundtrack CD
Strategy Guides |
| Free Running | 2009-10-01 | Reef Entertainment Ltd. | Rebellion (Derby) Ltd, Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action, Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | | | Windows | Free Running is a third-person open-environment arcade game, based around the sport of Parkour.Set across multiple high and low rise urban environments, Parkour participants (known as traceurs) navigate around and over various obstacles using only the natural abilities of the human body. By stringing together spectacular gymnastic style moves, the player builds up 'flow', and is awarded points according to their agility and grace.In the single player story mode, the players creates a novice traceur, who is mentored by Parkour athletes from Urban Freeflow, and by the Parkour guru Sebastian Foucan.In addition, there are numerous single and multiplayer challenge modes - races, collection events, style based challenges, timed events and more.Successful completion of challenges unlocks new levels, videos, clothing, footwear and music tracks. |
| Gardenscapes | 2009-10-01 | Playrix LLC | Playrix LLC | Puzzle | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Gardenscapes is a hidden object game with a landscaping theme. As the sole inheritor of a mansion with a ruined garden, the player has to sell household items to raise the money necessary to refurbish the place. The sale takes place in the various rooms of the mansion, each represented by a screen showing the available items scattered over the scenery. At the left side, a clock shows the remaining time to finish the sale, with portraits of customers and their orders displayed beneath it. The objective is to find and click on all the required items before time runs out. Each patron has a patience meter, a series of hearts that start to vanish if the order takes too long to be fulfilled, making them pay less when finally receiving their objects. As in most time management games, the customers leave their payment as stacks of coins, that have to be quickly collected to make the slot available for the next patron.The game incorporates some of the hint system ideas found on the Little Shop series, as extra items that can be collected on each location. The thermometers make all the visible portraits frosty or glowing red with heat when the cursor is far away or close to the required object. The cameras turn most of the screen white with their flash lights, with the exception of some of the requested items. ? marks can be collected for extra uses for the hint button at the bottom, that replaces the order entries with pictures of the objects. Coins can also be found concealed on each scene, to be clicked and automatically added to the funds.The money received has to be spent on a separate screen showing a top view of a garden section, with the butler Austin roaming around it and giving advice and clues. Parts of the ruined scenery can be clicked, bringing the available purchase options. As the garden is reformed, letters and telephone calls move the plot forwards. When the section is complete, the game moves to the next one. |
| Grounded | 2009-10-01 | Mimimi | Mimimi | Adventure, Puzzle | Side view | | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Grounded was Mimimi's first game project. The game takes the player, controlling a little boy, on a journey to the middle of the earth:The boy and his friend received a transmission from aliens that showed a commercial for a new intergalactic theme park: The Earth! Because these aliens planned to build the park in the core of the planet, the boy decides to rescue the world by drilling his way through all layers of the Earth—right to the aliens mother ship!Since the friend is too scared to follow the boy personally but also wants to help him, he builds a little robot with a camera to join the team.On their voyage they will discover long forgotten worlds, crazy alien outposts and scary creatures.
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| Island Realms | 2009-10-01 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Melesta | Strategy | | | | | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | Windows | A group of sailors is stranded on an archipelago after their ship was attacked by an hostile vessel. They start gathering and using the natural resources available to survive and eventually escape the place.Island Realms is a strategy game that combines ideas and concepts from several genres, but is inspired mainly by time management titles made for the casual market. The game screen shows an isometric view of the terrain, that in the case of large islands can be scrolled sideways to reveal the full extension of the territory. Each level is one of the islands from the archipelago, where the objective is to collect all the required resources and store them inside a wagon, to transport the goodies by crossing the bridge over to the next isle.The player has indirect control of the worker units, and can only assign waypoints for tasks on buildings and other facilities. The settlers move autonomously, moving on the paved roads and executing jobs or carrying resources as they become available. Some of the streets lead to building sites, where the production facilities can be constructed after acquiring the blueprints from the shop screen. The player can also sell to the shop some of the production, or combination of resources, for gold coins. A list of the required resources to start construction, or to leave the island can be displayed by placing the cursor over the building sites or the wagon.Variations of gameplay are slowly introduced on later levels. On some islands, there are enemies that from time to time exit from a tower to roam the streets, stealing resources and breaking the paved roads. They can be temporally stopped by placing an idol statue on strategic points, and in some cases by erecting a wall surrounding the fortress and cutting their access to the rest of the island. |
| ItzaBitza | 2009-10-01 | Sabi Games | Sabi Games | Action, Educational | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)
In the award winning game ItzaBitza™ , drawings truly come to life. Kids help their Sketchy by using Living Ink™ - a unique drawing recognition system – to draw one-of-a kind interactive objects that form the centerpiece of the game's action. Draw a house and watch the character shrink to fit in the door; draw flames and watch the rocket ship they drew blast off. There's little chance for the player to lose interest in ItzaBitza. The game provides a totally unique experience every time it is played. Since the environment is created through each player's personal drawings, the possibilities are as endless and fantastic as the player’s imagination. The game comes with five themed playsets – "Home Sweet Home", "Let’s go Camping", "Play in Space", "A Farm Life", and perfect for Halloween – "A VERY Scary Haunted House." Players unlock playsets by winning star challenges.
ItzaBitza is more than just a fun game. The game has been crafted specifically for early-readers. In ItzaBitza, players who are just learning to read start out having a blast watching the whimsical reactions happen between their drawings and their Sketchy. Then all of a sudden, they need to read to win a star. Or to know what to draw so they can help their Sketchy. Parents will be delighted by the game's ability to enhance their child's self-confidence. Unlike some games that leave younger players frustrated by their difficulty and lack of assistance, ItzaBitza provides features to guide children even when faced with unfamiliar concepts. If an early-reader encounters a new word, it can be read aloud to them with the simple act of hovering the mouse over the word.
Through a delightful twist on drawing games, ItzaBitza introduces a new way for kids to game and while they are playing, really important learning is happening. New methods to engage children, discovered during a multi-year research project conducted by Microsoft Corporation, are fused into the game's design, yielding a unique experience that encourages fun and learning.
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| Jakers! Let's Explore | 2009-10-01 | Graffiti Entertainment, LLC | Arcade Moon | Adventure, Educational | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Jakers! Let's Explore is a game for children aged three to six based on the television series Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks. The game consists of the twelve stories about the Irish pig Piggley and his friends Dannan the duck and Ferny the bull. Similar to the television series each history is told by old Piggely to his grandchildren about how things were when he was a kid in the '50s. Each of the twelve stories consists of a mini-game that involves performing a certain task. Each mission takes place on the Raloo Farm and its surroundings and the player can choose to play as either Piggley, Dannan or Ferny. The game world is fully rendered in 3D and the player navigates his character through it from a third-person perspective. The mini-games involves both work and play. For example the characters get to do typical farm work such as making butter out of milk, collecting eggs and guiding grazing sheep to their enclosed pasture as well as having fun with looking at clouds, playing hide-and-seek and taking part in a paper boat race. They will also go to school where they get to do a science task involving collecting odanatas. In addition to the story mode there is a mode where the player can more freely explore the farm and the other locations of the game, such as the apple garden, the lake and the village. The game is full of animals and plants which the player can choose to photograph. They are then added to collector's book where the player can read more about them. |
| Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy | 2009-10-01 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | A reclusive writer is visited by the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe, asking for help in elucidating the mystery surrounding his death. Using a magical pocket watch, the writer is able to travel to the past to investigate and find clues about Poe's demise.
Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy is a hidden object game with elements from the adventure genre, where most of the time the objective is to search and find all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on locations filled with scattered objects. Most places and story elements of the game make allusions to the writings of the classic author, using his work as the unifying theme. Some of the list entries are clues instead of the object name, like "unlucky number" for "13" and similar riddles. A few of the collected objects are stored in the brown bag besides the list to be used later when solving puzzles. Besides the list items, there are ravens all over the scenery that can be collected for extra hints. The hint button itself is a raven perched over a lamp, that when clicked takes off flying towards one of the required objects. The lamp shows the silhouette of the list entries.Some of the list items are written in blue, to indicate the need of an extra step or the use of an inventory object to retrieve them. The tools can be used as in most graphic adventure games, by dragging and dropping them from the inventory to an appropriate spot on the screen. In some locations, the cursor changes to two blue gears when hovering over one of the interactive portions of the scenery, sometimes bringing up puzzles that take place on a separate screen. Most of these puzzles can be solved by direct manipulation of some mechanism or key, sometimes requiring the input of a code or another clue that can be found nearby. |
| Natalie Brooks: Mystery at Hillcrest High | 2009-10-01 | Viva Media, LLC | Alawar Friday's Games | Puzzle | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Natalie Brooks was scheduled to meet Chad Robertson, a former classmate and a friend, at his art gallery but when she discovered a strange man who could be mistaken for Chad, she knew that something had gone wrong. Add the fact that the mysterious stranger slipped away without answering any of her question and you'll understand that Natalie's detective side was awakened in less time than you can imagine... So now she's determined to search for her friend and to solve the mystery behind it all...Natalie Brooks: Mystery at Hillcrest High is the third game in the Natalie Brooks series. Each level has a puzzle that needs to be solved by finding objects, clues or anything else that can help Natalie in her quest. This will result in minigames like for example jigsaws. Sometimes you get to play a hidden object game. You're given a list of objects at the beginning of each level that you have to find before time runs out. Once spotted, you just click on the item to have it removed. |
| Ninja Blade | 2009-10-01 | ND Games | FromSoftware, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | Horror | Hack and slash, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | Windows | In 2011 a small village in South America is attacked by unknown creatures. Upon inspecting the survivors, a new type of hook worm is discovered and classified as “Alpha-worm”. These parasites cannot be countered with any known medicine and spread through the blood stream of their victims, rewriting their genetic code and turning them into much stronger monsters. They escaped the research facility and the situation quickly became uncontainable, resulting in the drop of an atomic bomb on the site. Since then there have been several contained outbreaks all over the world which have all been stopped by the G.U.I.D.E.-squad, a special forces unit consisting of Ninjas especially trained for these outbreaks.The game starts in 2015 with another outbreak happening in Tokyo. But as opposed to the previous outbreaks, the parasites are spreading much faster and only a few days after the first infection, the first sky-high level-5-infected are sighted. So once again the team is sent in to deal with the situation. Part of the team: Ken Ogawa.The player takes on the role of Ken Ogawa and quickly finds himself without his team-mates and betrayed by his own father. Bound to duty but driven by revenge, the player controls him from a classic 3rd-person-perspective through the nine, very long levels. A great part of the game plays similar to Devil May Cry 4 with the player using his three different kind of swords (balanced, slow and fast) as well as a over-sized throwing star to deal with the infected, using the available combos. All the weapons are upgradeable in several stages by using the Blood Crystals that all killed enemies drop. The throwing star also gains additional abilities during the course of the game turning him e.g. into a fire extinguisher or burning projectile. There are also jump-'n'-run-elements included, requiring the player to use wall-walk or swinging on rails to advance through the level. The game also calls itself an interactive movie and this is where the second core gameplay mechanic comes into play: Quick Time Events. The levels are designed like one big boss fight where the player encounters the final boss of the level right from the start and follows him or is chased by him through hordes of normal enemies, jump-‘n’-run-passages and intermediate-bosses. To keep the action going and looking impressive, the game constantly switches fluently to Quick Time Events, indicated by a quick zoom onto Ken's eye. From this moment on, the player just need to follow the instructions on-screen and watch the carnage unfold. If he fails to hit a button at the right moment, the game rewinds the time back a little but no further than to the start of the Quick Time Event. Since Quick Time Events play an important role, their difficulty level can be adjusted independently from the one for normal gameplay.At the end of the level, the player is rated based on several factors, gaining him additional Blood Crystals or unlocking new customization options like a new emblem or a suit for Ken. |
| Play: Volume 2 | 2009-10-01 | Viva Media, LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | There are 25 casual games in this compilation spanning mixed genres:
Alabama Smith in the Quest of Fate
Bilbo: The Four Corners of the World
Crazy Machines: Inventor Training Camp
Dog Academy
Enchanted Cavern
The Enchanting Islands
Diamond Drop
Farm Frenzy 3: Madagascar
Farm Frenzy: Pizza Party
Fashion Season
Heroes of Hellas 2: Olympia
Holly 2: Magic Land
Holly: A Christmas Tale
Hotel Mogul
Huru Beach Party
Island Realms
Magic Ball 4
Magic Encyclopedia: Moon Light
Mahjongg Artifacts: Chapter 2
Natalie Brooks: Mystery at Hillcrest High
Sky Kingdoms
Strike Ball 3
Sunshine Acres
The Treasures of Montezuma 2
Vogue Tales
Also included are trial versions for several other games. |
| RunMan: Race Around the World | 2009-10-01 | | | Action, Racing / Driving | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | RunMan: Race Around the World is the sixth game in the long-running RunMan series with the titular character doing what he does best: running as fast as possible. There is a race organized to determine who is the fastest in the world, but when RunMan arrives all the other participants flee. He is declared the winner, but RunMan does not want an unearned crown and decides to run all alone anyway.The game is divided in different zones (the overview is modelled after the one from the Super Mario World games) with seven levels each. The goal is simply to reach the destination to unlock the next level. Replaying is encouraged by three medals that can be earned per level, from bronze to gold, based on the completion time. Additionally the game awards points for actions and deducts some when RunMan is slowed down or dies.Next to regular running, RunMan can speed up (called zooming) with an additional key. While in this mode he can also take out most enemies, break through certain blocks and jump into walls to kick off them and reach higher areas. Players often need to switch quickly between both modes as there are also obstacles and enemies that require the regular running mode to pass, for instance sleeping enemies or fireblocks. Gameplay is designed to move as swiftly as possible, with swings, boosting pads and ramps. When RunMan dies or disappears into a gap he reappears right away as the completion time is the only thing that matters. He can also dive down in the air or fly using a hang glider.The last level of each zone is a boss level. It usually requires RunMan not to make a single mistake as he is chased by a monster, similar to RunMan's Monster Fracas. When the monster catches up, the level needs to be replayed immediately. The game saves ghosts of sessions automatically and these can also be loaded in-game to beat the best time or to exchange them with friends.The game retains the typical drawn cartoon style, accompanied by '40s jazz and blues music. |
| SFI Mission 4/Pack | 2009-10-01 | Strategy First, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This digital compilation contains these four military strategy games:
Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord
Combat Mission II: Barbarossa to Berlin
Strategic Command: European Theater
Strategic Command 2: Blitzkrieg
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| Syberia Collection | 2009-10-01 | Iceberg Interactive B.V. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Syberia Collection is a bundle that contains the following adventure titles:
AmerZone: The Explorer's Legacy
Syberia
Syberia IIThe original games have been optimized to run on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. |
| The Incredible Machine: Mega Pack | 2009-10-01 | PushButton Labs | Dynamix, Inc., Jeff Tunnell Productions | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Incredible Machine Mega Pack is a digital compilation containing the games:
The Even More! Incredible Machine
The Incredible Machine 3
Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions
The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions
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| Adam's Venture: Episode 1 - The Search for the Lost Garden | 2009-10-02 | Iceberg Interactive B.V. | Vertigo Games B.V. | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Interwar | | | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Adam Venture is a young explorer who has studied the relics that were brought back from the Holy Land during the Crusades. In the memoirs of Charles L'Heureux, a knight who travelled with Richard Lionheart, he discovers what looks like directions to the entrance of the Garden of Eden. Together with his girlfriend Evelyn, his dog and professor Jacques Saint-Omair he sets out to uncover what remains of the famous Biblical gardens.Adam's Venture: Episode 1 - The Search for the Lost Garden is an action-adventure set in a series of underground caves. Adam has to navigate his way around these caves, avoiding falling axes, climbing cliffs, hanging from ropes and solving puzzles. Some of these puzzles involve putting three parts of a short Biblical text in the correct order, others require Adam to use a torch or moving around a crate. All movement and action is done with the keyboard. It is based on the Unreal 3 Engine. |
| Bullet Candy Perfect | 2009-10-02 | Charlie's Games | Charlie's Games | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Bullet Candy Perfect is a top-down bullet hell arena shooter. It is a remake of the original Bullet Candy using a 3D engine, but originally it was meant to become an unlockable in the game Irukandji. In the end the developer found it to be good enough to stand on its own and released it separately.The game can be controlled using a gamepad or with the combination of a mouse and a keyboard. Players direct a space ship that can be moved around and can fire in any direction, regardless of the movement. The game consists of a series of enclosed, single-screen arenas where the successive waves of enemies and attack patterns become gradually more difficult. Next to a basic laser with an unlimited amount of bullets, the ship can pick up yellow power pods. These lead to new weaponry and higher scores. When half of the pods in a single level are collected, the laser is upgraded to a stronger version. When all of them are collected, a smart bomb is unleashed and it destroys all enemies at once.While playing, and especially when destroying enemies, four types of bonus items appear. Red ones provide extra lives, yellow one yield more points, blue ones provide triple shots, and green ones make the ship invincible for a short while. Players are encouraged to survive as long as possible with a single life. Not only because all weapon upgrades are otherwise lost, but also because this resets the score multiplier at the bottom of the screen. In dangerous situations the player can opt to commit suicide instead of being shot, as that preserves the upgrades and multiplier. Committing suicide however costs two lives.During attack waves the screen is generally crowded with many different enemies, bullets and bonuses, all in different shapes and colours. All objects need to be evaded successfully to survive and some enemies have complex attack patterns. When dying the ship immediately respawns and the gameplay is continued, without having to replay the entire wave. The game includes a high score list and keeps track of the overall progress. There is a basic tutorial and three difficulty levels. High difficulty levels do not only toughen up the game, they also provide multipliers that are two and three times as large, making them the modes where the highest amount of points can be scored. |
| California Games | 2009-10-02 | Epyx Deutschland | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action, Simulation, Sports | Side view | | | Mini-games | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | California Games is a simulation of 10 different sports like BMX, skateboard or dart. The game can be played in a retro look which emulates the looks of sports games for the C64 or Amiga. Up to 4 players can play against each other or the computer. |
| Flora's Fruit Farm | 2009-10-02 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Honeyslug Limited, Morpheme Game Studios | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | | | Windows | Flora has recently moved to a new home in Clementine Valley and goes out to explore the surroundings. Not far off she finds a grove of fruit trees where her neighbour is busy working. Flora helps the old man and as a reward she is given a pair of magical gloves which are supposed to have the power to grow fruit with ease.Flora's Fruit Farm is a time management game where Flora has to grow her trees and sell the fruit she gets from them. Each playing session starts with Flora having to grow his tree. This is done by simply fingering the stumps of the tree. For each day in the game Flora has three grow notes which can be replenished by serving customers. After the tree has grown a bit, fruit will pop up and customers will arrive. Similar to other time management games, the player clicks on the screen to perform actions. When fruit appears Flora can cut it down and put it on the stall and then serve it to one of the waiting customers. Serving is done by dragging the fruit to the right customer. Prior to cutting down the fruit, Flora can choose to do different kinds of magic to improve the quality of the fruit. This includes supersizing it with fairy dust or making it shiny with sparkle dust.At the start of the game Flora can only grow apples, but between ordinary levels, there's mini-games where she can grow roots. By doing this she is able to find seeds that can be used for other fruits. Some customers have a favourite fruit, and by serving the right fruit to the the right customer Flora can get paid more. Some fruits have different characteristics for example they can rot or attract flies. For this there is different tricks that can be used. Flora can also grow flowers. Flowers attract butterflies which can have different effect on the fruit when clicked. For example, the monarch fly supersizes all fruit on the tree.Flora starts out with her own cottage with place for three trees. After growing a number of trees and earning enough money, Flora will be able to move on to other plots in the valley and create more gardens. Money is also used for fairy dust which can be bought in between levels. It's also possible to buy different items to the garden. For example, a statue speeds up grow note replenishment while a gnome attracts more butterflies. |
| Magic Academy II | 2009-10-02 | NevoSoft LLC | NevoSoft LLC, Positive Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Irene is a student at the Tirisfal Fortress, the magic academy where her sister Annie is one of the tutors. After a precious treatise containing a demon-summoning spell is stolen from the archives, Annie is accused of the theft and threatened to be banished and imprisoned. Irene starts to search desperately for the missing book to clear her sister's name, scouring all the rooms and interviewing all the staff.Like its predecessor, Magic Academy 2 is a hidden object game utilizing the familiar NevoSoft interface, sharing its main design with other titles developed by the company. Most of the time, the objective is to find a series of assorted items on a screen depicting a location around the academy. The list of required objects appears at the top of the screen, showing the names or silhouettes for each entry. Some scenery objects like doors, chairs, tables and curtains can be moved to reveal a concealed item. The hint button makes one of the required objects sparkle, but takes some time to recharge after use.Some items are stored in the inventory area at the top, to be used later when solving puzzles. The inventory objects have to be dragged and dropped on appropriate and logical portions of the scenery. For example, a key can be used to unlock a door. Some puzzles take place on a separate screen, where the player has to complete a mini-game, like solving anagrams, finding all the differences between two similar images, restoring broken electronic circuits, repeating patterns on a pentagram, clicking on matching runes, assembling jigsaw puzzles and other challenges. |
| PuppetShow: Mystery of Joyville | 2009-10-02 | Big Fish Games, Inc | ERS G-Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Joyville was once a thriving city, where tourists come to visit and marvel at the genius of The Master, a puppet maker whose mechanical creations were the main attraction of the town. However, one day the citizens started to disappear mysteriously, kidnapped by some evil dark force. On the now nearly deserted town, the owner of a hotel hires a detective to find his missing grandson. The sleuth wanders the empty streets and vacant houses, investigating each corner of the city for clues about the case.PuppetShow: Mystery of Joyville is a hidden object game with adventure elements. The main screen shows one of the Joyville's locations, with sparkles shimmering over the interactive portions of the scenery. A single sparkle indicates a simple interaction fixture, like an exit hotspot or some place with a zoom view. Several sparkles show the position of one of the hidden object scenes. These scenes take place on a separate screen showing another angle of the location, where the objective is to find all the items listed at the bottom. Some of the objects found are stored in the inventory for later use. The hint button shows the exact position of one of the required items, but takes a minute to recharge after use.One of the surviving puppets is a spider-like mechanical creature with a doll's head, that scurries across the scenery to guide the player to the next location. In some places, the goal is to use the available inventory tools to solve a puzzle, by dragging and dropping the items on appropriate and logical portions of the scene. The inventory opens up as a fan at the bottom-left, displaying all the objects on slots at the tip of each blade.Some of the puzzles take place on a separate screen, where a mechanism has to be manipulated directly to solve it. A skip option is available for all the puzzles after sixty seconds. |
| Risen | 2009-10-02 | Deep Silver, Inc. | Piranha Bytes | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | Windows | The earth trembled and ancient temples rose from the ground, followed by unknown creatures. Cyclones drive over the sea and firestorms roam the land with not only thousands of lives, but also the hope that the gods will save the lost humanity. When the dark wave hits, the humans are on their own and only a few enclaves survive the attack. One is a volcano island which has been saved from the worst by an unknown force, but its protection is getting weaker and weaker. The protagonist arrives on the island after his ship is hit and destroyed by the dark waves, finding himself on a deserted shore with only one other survivor. He has to explore the island, discover its secrets, and find his place within one of the factions that strive for power there.Although the game is called Risen, it is very similar to Gothic games by the same developers. The player once again takes control over a nameless hero from a third-person view and is free to explore the large island, talking to people in multiple-choice dialogues, fulfilling quests and fighting monsters and other enemies while using the experience points earned to level up and learn new skills and abilities. Depending on which of the three factions (bandits, mages or inquisitors) the player joins by earning their respect through fulfilling quests, he also chooses to a certain degree what he wants to be although he is always able to distribute his skill points into anything he likes - as long as he finds a teacher for that particular skill. The game world is noticeably smaller than in Gothic 3, and in general the game rather resembles Gothic II in its concept and structure. Combat against the many enemies ranging from gnomes to powerful ash-beasts requires the player not only to invest points into his combat skills, but also to master blocking and dodging enemy attacks while at the same time trying to get through the enemy defense. If a parry is activated at the right moment it is even possible to land an immediate counter-attack. |
| Risen (Collector's Edition) | 2009-10-02 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
Risen
Map of Faranga on high-quality paper
Original Soundtrack by Kai Rosenkranz (also included in the retail edition)
Making-of-DVD with interviews
Two-sided poster with the cover on the front and an artwork of the hero on the back signed by all the developers
Access-code to the beta-tests of the next game by Piranha Bytes
Two short-comic-stories detailing the events before the game
Artbooklet
Gnome-, Ghoul- and Risen-logo-sticker |
| Secrets of the Vatican: The Holy Lance | 2009-10-02 | Anuman Interactive SA | Mzone Studio, SOLILAB | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | World War II | | | | | | Windows | During the Second World War, a catholic priest receives an alarming letter warning about Hitler's plans to find the Lance of Longin, a holy relic rumored to grant mysterious powers to its bearer. The priest decides to travel around the globe, trying to gather all the pieces of the lance before the Nazi army.Secrets of the Vatican: The Holy Lance is a hidden object game, where most of the time the objective is to search and find all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on static scenes representing locations around the world filled with assorted objects. After finishing each scene, a new entry is added to the diary moving the plot forward and opening other travel locations. A coin at the bottom-left is the hint button, showing the exact position of one of the required items when activated, but taking some time to recharge after use.Some of the locations have puzzles that appear on a separate screen. They are usually cryptographic challenges, where the player must set a mechanism using a list of symbols and their corresponding alphabet letters. The game language can be set to English, French, Spanish, German and Italian. |
| T-Rex and Muscle Sam: Big Trouble in Smashing Potatoes Federation | 2009-10-02 | Miciosegone Games | Miciosegone Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | T-Rex and Muscle Sam: Big Trouble in Smashing Potatoes Federation is an adventure game with a classic point-and-click interface. It uses a verbcoin-system for the interaction. When a character or an object is clicked, a coin interface appears with the actions "talk", "use" and "look". The game was a pilot for a comic series on the wrestling world. The supported languages are English and Italian.T-Rex and Muscle Sam are two wrestlers descended from two former legends. They fight at the wrestling league SPF for long and have quickly become tag team champions, as their fathers were in the past. But one evening during an interview, their belts are stolen. The heroes need to get them back, taking them to the limits of absurdity, during which they encounter crazy characters and comical situations. |
| Yūsha kara wa Nigerarenai! | 2009-10-02 | Illusion | Illusion | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Many years ago, the Demon King was confronted by a group of young heroes... or perhaps heroines. They have fought him bravely, but could not defeat him. The only thing they could do was seal him with their spiritual powers. But time has passed, and the Demon King has awakened. The young brave heroines (this time definitely female) have to seal him once again! But not so fast, ladies... Because this Demon King is you, the player! Will you be able to defeat the heroines and to become the the ruler of the world?..Yūsha kara wa Nigerarenai! (meaning "You Can't Escape From The Hero/Heroine") is just what its name implies: as the Demon King, the player is constantly hunted by the very pretty, very sexy, very scantily clad female heroines. Navigating the King over a top-down map in turn-based fashion, the player can change locations and confront different heroines. Once the heroine and the King meet in the same location, a battle screen appears (default perspective is platform). The one-on-one battles are turn-based in the sense that the player has to choose an action from a menu rather than physically execute it; however, the turns are so quick that the combat resembles more battles from fighting games. Timing is crucial in the battles; attacks can be blocked, parried, and rendered ineffective by choosing the right action at the right time.After each battle, the heroine and the King have sex, regardless of who has won. The sexual interaction is traditional Illusion fare, with mouse movements to simulate player character movements in real time, zooming and full rotation of the camera, interaction with various body parts, etc. If the King has won, he can learn new moves and become more powerful during sex. If he has lost, the heroines drain his spiritual energy and become stronger. The game ends once the King is unable to fight and the heroines eventually seal him. |
| Zombie Bowl-O-Rama | 2009-10-04 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Action, Sports | | | Horror | Arcade | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Zombie Bowl-O-Rama is a 3D bowling game using the same engine that's behind the Elf Bowling series, replacing the pins with zombies and adding several power-ups that alter the lane and other parameters. Two players take turns throwing the ball and trying to make a higher score than the adversary, that can be human or computer controlled. The lane has several floating gravestones, each with a power-up that can be collected by the traveling ball. At the start of each turn, the players aim the ball by moving it sideways and pressing a button to bring up the power gauge, a coffin-shaped meter where the initial ball speed has to be set. After being released, the ball can be guided to the right direction by the player, moving it away from the gutters towards the group of zombies.The available power-ups are displayed on lists for each player framing the screen, and can be used by both at the start of each turn. The player can activate helpful powers, while the opponent can set obstacles and other hindrances. Some of the powers change the ball, making it more or less powerful and accurate. Others modify the lane, making it shorter, slippery or blocked with obstacles. Some affect the zombies, making them easier or harder to hit. A few replace the ball with a gun that has to be aimed and shot at the zombies. A special gravestone called Zombie-Nator combines three random power-ups at once. |
| Becky Brogan: The Mystery of Meane Manor | 2009-10-05 | MumboJumbo, LLC | Let It Rain Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Becky is a teenage girl living in Old Haven with a knack for solving puzzles and mysteries. While doing a homework assignment about the city's history, she comes across some information about the creepy Meane Manor, a dilapidated old building rumored to be haunted by ghosts. She decides to investigate the place, searching for clues to its secret past around the town.Becky Brogan: The Mystery of Meane Manor is a hidden object game designed and coded in BlitzMax by veteran developer Richard "Levelord" Gray. The objective is to find and click on all the items listed on a notebook at the bottom of the screen, on locations filled with assorted objects. Some of the entries are written in red, to indicate that a special object has new information about the plot.The open locket at the bottom-right shows the silhouette of any selected list entry. It also acts as the hint button, glowing green and beeping loudly when the cursor is near one of the required objects. The player receives extra hints after collecting the three cats hidden on each scene. The plot is developed through comic book screens between each location. |
| Fatale | 2009-10-05 | Tale of Tales BVBA | Tale of Tales BVBA | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Fatale is dubbed an interactive vignette by the authors and tells the story of the biblical character Salome. Young and naive, she is said to have pleased her stepfather with a seductive dance, acting as a proxy for her mother Herodias, to have John the Baptist killed. It is said Herodias bore a grudge against John for claiming her new marriage was unlawful. Salome is granted a favour because of her dance and asks for John's head as per her mother's instructions. Rather than retelling the story directly, this project also uses the loose drama interpretation by Oscar Wilde and presents various aspects of the story in three very different acts, without providing direct or linear answers.In the first act, the player controls John the Baptist from a first-person perspective in the cistern where he has been locked up. Through a game mechanic based on veils, his thoughts are made clear and he can also get a hint of Salome's dance. The second act is the largest one and has an unknown protagonist. The player is able to float over and through the terrace where the dance took place. Much like the aftermath of a battle, all clues of the events are present and left for the player to explore, piece by, piece, using a puzzle mechanic. There are a few characters around, but these cannot be interacted with. Instead, the environment is presented as a living painting where the many aspects of the story are hinted at.The third act is the least interactive one and requires the player to restart the game. It shows Salome's dance from a distance, with the option to zoom in according to a certain rule. The game is largely controlled through the mouse, along with a number of keys.The concept of Fatale is more reminiscent to The Graveyard than Tale of Tales' previous project The Path, which takes much longer to complete. Some stylistic effects are inherited however, such as a dramatic zoom view, whispered words in the soundtrack, graphics with grain, and distorted colour effects. |
| 18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker | 2009-10-06 | ValuSoft, Inc. | SCS Software | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | In 18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker the player takes the role of a truck driver. This time, as the title suggests, the player has to drive through regions with extreme conditions: the snowy wilds of Alaska, the deserts of Australia and the Andes Mountains. The goal of every scenario is to earn enough points to unlock the next one.Points are earned by solving missions which driving one of about 30 goods from point A to point B. Depending on the mission's difficulty level, the time and the damage due to crashes the reward is higher or lower. Then the player can choose the next missions (he always has the choice between two or more). The game features 25 trucks and an optional manual gear system. There are no managerial elements like in the other games of the series. |
| Dark Souls II | 2009-10-06 | Aldorlea Games | Warfare Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs) |
| Fortix | 2009-10-06 | Nemesys Team Studio | Nemesys Team Studio | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Fortix is a Qix variant with a medieval fantasy theme. The game takes places in the land of Fortiana where the reign of evil forces have turned the place into a desolate wasteland. The player takes control of the heir of the late king, Knight Fortix in his attempt to reclaim the land from the dark ruler. The kingdom consists of twelve shires, each a level in the game. Each level has one or several enemy buildings and the goal is to conquer all of them. As in Qix the player can move around the borders of the playfield safely. By moving inwards and leaving the base line the player draws lines. This makes him vulnerable towards the enemies. By connecting his line with the base line the player can conquer land. Any enemy that is encircled will be killed. The monsters of Fortix are different kinds of dragons with different capabilities. The player also has to watch out for towers that shoot pellets whenever the player leaves the base line. These can be taken out with the use of catapults. These are triggered when the player encircles an halberd icon. There is one catapult for each tower on the map. Towers can also be taken out by conquering the land they are on. There is different kinds of terrain in the game which impacts the movement speed of the player. Walking on grass is fast while water and swamps are slower to traverse. There is also walls that the player can't move through and has to find a way around. The player will find power ups scattered around the levels which he can pick up by encircling them. These can do many things from increasing the player's speed to freezing the monsters for a short time. |
| Mars Explorer | 2009-10-06 | | | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Mars Explorer is an online game for multiple players that combines racing, dogfights and exploration all set on the deserted landscape of the planet Mars. Choosing between a buggy and a hovercraft, the game offers rocky landscapes to explore, with volcanoes, elevated plateaus and lava flows.There is free exploration, but also game modes such as laser tag or foxholes (reach the highest speed). Different camera perspectives are combined with the option to fly. When riding up a hill at a high speed, the buggy can extend its flaps to fly. This can be combined with shooting from a first person perspective, either using the mouse of the keyboard to combine these actions.The game mechanics are introduced on a tutorial map and players can then join servers set up by others, or create a new server and optionally add AI-controlled bots. Players can chat while playing using text and the graphics scale back and forth automatically based on the available bandwidth, though it also possible to lock them at a certain setting. |
| Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising | 2009-10-06 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Tank | | | Mature | | Windows | Skira is a lovely little island in the Pacific Ocean just north of Japan and was always the center of many conflicts because of its strategic value. Sadly, nice beaches and crystal blue water isn't the only thing Skira has to offer. After the second world war, the Russians managed to gain control over the island and found a huge oil deposit of a size similar to the ones in the middle east. No one cared at first but China's economy grew and grew and with it their need for oil. Then the recession hit. China's manufacturing industry was especially affected and civil unrest got stronger and stronger bringing the country closer and closer to a civil war. Because of these riots the National People's Army guarding the Russian border under the lead of General Zhang was put on high alert, further increasing the tension between China and the international community. As Russia was preparing for the worst-case-scenario, General Zhang suddenly invaded Skira saying that the island is the rightful historical property of China. Since Russia is too busy preparing for a possible war against China on the ground, they ask the USA for assistance in regaining control over the island. Soon afterwards UH-10 Black Hawks are sighted over Skira and in one of those helicopters: the player.Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is an action-orientated military-simulation. The player moves through the mission areas in a typical first-person-shooter fashion and has to fulfill certain objectives like blowing up a generator or taking out anti-air-guns in order for the invasion to move along. But since realism plays an important part in this game, the player can't just walk up to the enemy base and shoot everyone. Instead he and his three squad-mates have to use the different stances like crouching and couching to move from cover to cover in different formations and think before a bullet is fired or in short: the player needs to take a tactical approach in order to not end up dead in the high grass. To that end, he has a radial, context-sensitive menu at his disposal with which he can give specific orders to his teammates. In addition, the player can change the weapons-load-out of each team-mate (and himself) at the beginning of each mission to what best fits the situation. The armory only covers real-world weaponry like the MK16 MOD 0 Assault Rifle. If all the sneaking didn't help and combat ensues, the player has to watch both his blood- and injury-status. Depending on where and how badly he has been wounded e.g. his arm, his ability to keep his weapon straight decreases. In addition each wound causes the player to loose blood and of course once he has lost too much blood, he'll lose consciousness and the mission is over.The game features several multiplayer-modes. The players can either take on the whole campaign together or just one mission or engage each other in "Destruction", which is similar to Team Deathmatch, or "Infiltration" in which the smaller team has to fulfill an objective while the other has to prevent it from destroying their target. As opposed to the single-player campaign where the player has only limited access to vehicles like jeeps or helicopters, the selection in multiplayer is much greater and covers everything from a HUMVEE to a AH-1 Cobra helicopter. The PC-version also includes a powerful map-editor. |
| Route 66 | 2009-10-06 | Big Fish Games, Inc | GameShastra Solutions Pvt Ltd | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Board game, Hidden object, Mini-games | | | | | | | Windows | "Mad" Madeleine Mayflower is a professional biker that, after competing for more than twenty years, decides to take a break from the race circuit, traveling with her motorcycle to explore the historical route 66 alongside her grandfather.Route 66 is a straightforward hidden object game, where the objective is to find all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on picturesque locations around the United States filled with assorted paraphernalia. The hint button is a badge at the bottom-right, that shows the position of one of the required objects when activated.Three mini-games appear between each location, giving extra hints to the player when completed. They are implementations of classic games like Simon with checkers pieces, a matching game with bottle taps and Reversi/Othello. |
| Star Guard | 2009-10-06 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Star Guard is a 2D platformer brought back to the basic elements of the genre: jumping and shooting, with a distinct retro look. Enemies are red, allies are green and the levels consist of yellow lines against a black background. The player controls a spaceman on a mission to defeat an evil wizard, armed only with a single gun that fires in the direction the character is facing.There is a fast pace as the character has unlimited lives and respawns at the last checkpoint, with a shield that renders him invincible for a few seconds. Enemies include different types of monsters, each with their own moving and attacking pattern. The game consists of nine levels and tidbits of the story are provided as text while playing. In certain sections there are a few AI-controlled allies that help fighting. Points are awarded per defeated monster and some of those also respawn as white ghosts.Later levels introduce deadly laser beams, explosive blocks and bombs. Each level also holds a diamond that is worth 20,000 points. Players are encouraged to replay levels to get a better score, a faster time, or to finish it with less deaths. After completing the game individual levels can be replayed in the Trial mode, and a Hard difficulty becomes available as well. In that mode, the character only has a few starting lives and collecting the diamonds is the only way to gain more. |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes | 2009-10-06 | LucasArts | Krome Studios Pty Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes bridges the gap between season one and two of the animated TV series. In the game the player learns more about the mysterious bounty hunter Cad Bane and hunts down the all-new Skakoan super villain Kul Teska in a gameplay style very similar to Lego Star Wars.The game is fully built around drop in/drop out-coop for two players. This means each mission in this 3rd-person-action-adventure features two famous characters from the TV series including Obi-Wan Kenobi, the padawan Ahsoka and Captain Rex but separated by class. The players either control commandos or Jedi characters - never both mixed as they have totally different abilities and limitations. If no second player is available, the AI will automatically take over the second character and help overcome the many obstacles waiting ahead - mostly in form of several different kinds of separatist droids. While the players can use their lightsaber or blaster to fend them off, the Jedi characters also have the ability to ride the droids by jumping onto them from behind. This is not only useful to blast through enemy lines but is also used to solve specific riddles preventing the characters from moving on. In addition the droids can be forced to dance with every other droid on the screen following his lead making them defenseless. These dances are unique for each droid and need to be bought first in the shop. Also available there: funny masks and combat upgrades like stronger blasters or a more powerful force-push.To buy these things, the players have to unlock them first and then need to invest points which are gained by killing enemies as well as by successfully completing missions or the mini-games. These mini-games are scattered around the levels and turn up once a specific section has been completed. They mostly involve killing as many enemies as possible in a short amount of time. Each kill in succession both during normal gameplay and the mini-games also ranks up the multiplier adding even more points to the account. Once a player dies, he will respawn at the nearest checkpoint either immediately if he plays alone or after the second player has reached one - both times without any penalties. |
| The Sims 2: Best of Business Collection | 2009-10-06 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Sims 2: Best of Business Collection includes the following content:
The Sims 2: Open for Business (expansion pack)
The Sims 2: H&M Fashion Stuff
The Sims 2: Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff |
| Lucidity | 2009-10-07 | LucasArts | LucasArts | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Sofi is a prisoner in her own mind. Her grandma recently died and she's hopelessly overwhelmed by sorrow. After going to sleep nightmares come as a mix of her sorrow and stories from a adventure-book but also as a way to deal with her feelings. But Sofi is so encased in her mourning, that she doesn't really see the world around her. Instead she just walks almost blindly from left to right on the screen with no regard to the dangers lurking ahead and without ever thinking of stopping or changing her speed.The player's goal is to get Sofi safely to the end of the level where a mailbox with a postcard from her grandma awaits. To do so, the player has access to up to six objects including beams, ventilators and slingshots. Placed in front of Sofi, she uses them to get to higher planes or get safely over gabs. But these objects only exist for a short period of time and will perish weather or not Sofi had the chance to use them. In addition the way the objects appear is completely random, making it almost impossible for the player to plan his route through the big levels. The player can only see a preview of the next object he will get and put one object into his reserve to be used later. Also available is a bomb, the only weapon in the game. It is used to blow walls away that keep Sofi from moving on and also to kill the various enemies like dragonflies, walking mushrooms and such. Two hits from an enemy and Sofi reappears at the beginning of the level. Falling down a pit, running into the various other hazards and being engulfed by the Wall of Sorrow on the other hand kill Sofi instantly. The Wall of Sorrow is constantly following Sofi off-screen but will become visible and slowly move towards Sofi is she has to stop because of a wall or some other barricade. Besides enemies and obstacles there are also fireflies scattered around the levels. Is Sofi hit by an enemy, collecting a firefly will replenish her health. In addition each time Sofi collects 100 fireflies, one of 16 bonus levels is unlocked featuring slight variations of normal gameplay. Once less than 10 fireflies are left in a level, an arrow above Sofi's head points towards the location of the nearest making it easier to plan ahead. |
| Patrol | 2009-10-07 | Akella, Glassfish Games | Game Armada | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Patrol is a police chasing game where you have to patrol the streets and suburbs of Moscow with a police car seeking and busting burglars, thieves, thugs and terrorists. There is a range of police jobs to accomplish from surveillance, arrests, shootings to prevent terrorist attacks. In patrol you can drive different police vehicles from Lada to armored personnel carrier and it is possible to upgrade those cars throughout the game. |
| Alabama Smith in the Quest of Fate | 2009-10-08 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Stargaze | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | After some strange occurrences in the university, the archaeologist and treasure hunter Alabama Smith travels to Machu Picchu, where he hopes to discover a series of lost jewels with the help of a tool acquired in a previous adventure, his time-traveling medallion.Much like its predecessor, Alabama Smith in the Quest of Fate is an adventure game with simple puzzles and hidden object challenges for the casual market. Most of the time, the screen shows locations related to the plot, and the player has to move between them to collect objects and solve puzzles. The items found are stored in the inventory tray at the bottom, from where they can be dragged and dropped on the correct portions of the scene to perform a necessary action, like unlocking a door with a key. While exploring certain parts of the scenery, a hidden object screen comes up where the inventory is replaced by a list of required items, and the objective is to find every one of them, with some key items stored to be used later.A series of tools are permanently available on slots at the top of the inventory, like the crowbar, a knife, a magnifying glass and a paintbrush. The medallion becomes available on later chapters, allowing time-travel between different versions of the same locations to solve correlated puzzles. Some of the puzzles take place on a separate screen, where a mechanism of some sort has to be directly manipulated to solve it. They can be skipped in casual mode, an easier difficulty setting that also displays all the objects from a scene at the top of screen. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Cities XL | 2009-10-08 | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Cities XL a city builder very similar to SimCity but with many more features and things the player has to pay attention to. It largely builds on the concept of the earlier City Life series by the same development studio.Before building a city from scratch the player has to create an avatar that will appear both online on the website in the profile as well as in the game itself. But as opposed to Tropico 3 for instance, the avatar is just for chatting through text and emotes with other players visiting the city. His presence in the city will not influence anything. Once an avatar has been created the player has to decide where he wants to begin building his city. While a single-player mode is available and offers more than a dozen different maps to play around on, the core of the game is the subscription-based planet mode. There the players have whole planets at their disposal with hundreds of slots to build a city on with varying difficulty levels. Building a city in the planet mode and connecting it to the outside world also gives the player access to an extensive marketplace, allowing for trade with other players and the omnipresent and slightly evil OmniCorp. To do so, tokens are created when the player's city has a surplus of certain resources and once a contract has been signed by both parties, the trade will last for five days or until there is no more surplus available.In order to get a surplus, the player of course needs to build up his city first. He has several means to do so. He can either build each house and each road himself or just build a long main street and build designated blocks (even with diagonal and curved streets) connected to it. The player has to build homes, workplaces, shopping options and recreation facilities for four types of inhabitants and five types of industries ranging from agriculture which needs unqualified workers to high-tech industry that relies both on qualified workers and executives to function. In addition infrastructure like water, electricity, a railroad network, expressways and such need to be build up by the player, as well as public buildings like schools or police headquarters are needed to won a flourishing city. All this is accommodated by a vast assortment of menus that gives the player easy access to every information he possibly needs, ranging from one click that shows what one type of industry or workers think and need to more in-depth and number-heavy statistics. |
| Cities XL (Limited Edition) | 2009-10-08 | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Monte Cristo Multimedia | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | The Limited Edition includes:
Cities XL
Five landmark buildings
Two mega-construction blueprints
A special web-award
An exclusive Cities XL-t-shirt for the player's avatar
Five additional maps for the single-player-mode
A unique city hallIn addition to the above the boxed release also includes:
Double-sided poster with city-views from the game
Three Cities XL postcards
Additional DVD with a 7-day-trial-version of the game to give to a friend |
| Elementals: The Magic Key | 2009-10-08 | Playrix LLC | Lucky Soft | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | Fantasy | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Albert is a young sorcerer apprentice on a wizard academy, alongside his sister Lilian. On his birthday, he goes to her room to find the magic mirror smashed, and no sign of Lily anywhere. After gathering some clues he starts to unveil a conspiracy: an evil opponent plans to take over the universe with the help of the Key of Eiron, a powerful artifact. He must go in a dangerous journey to save his sister and the world.Elementals: The Magic Key combines elements of three genres: adventure, hidden object and turn-based strategy games. Most of the time, the game plays like a normal point-and-click adventure, where the player has to explore locations presented as first-person static screens, navigating from room to room by clicking on exit hotspots, usually positioned on logical places like doors and other openings. Objects can be found scattered around, and stored in the inventory for use later when solving puzzles. In some locations, the hidden object gameplay section starts after completing an adventure puzzle, where the objective is to collect all the items listed on a scroll at the top-left side of the screen. Felly, Albert's familiar, acts as the hint button, showing the position of one of the required objects but taking some time afterwards to recharge.The inventory objects are shown on slots at the bottom, from where they can be dragged and dropped on appropriate and logical places of the scenery to perform an action or solve a puzzle. The strategy section starts when the main character is attacked by an enemy, bringing up a separate battle screen showing two fields for each player. The goal is to eliminate all the enemy pieces by moving and attacking in turns. Each piece is an elemental, with varying attacking range and power. The fields are grids, and when three identical elementals are lined up on it they can be fused together to become a new, stronger piece. Some puzzles take place on a separate screen, where a mechanism of some sort has to be manipulated directly to solve it. |
| Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (Special Edition) | 2009-10-08 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Special Edition includes:
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
A real and used army helmet with the game-logo imprinted
Coupon for personalized dog tags |
| Quantumnauts Chapter 1: Speed of Light, Space Pirates and Multiverses | 2009-10-08 | | Midian Design | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | You play as Bob, and you just have left the pub where you and your band have been playing the whole night. Half drunk you suddenly find yourself being teleported on board of a spaceship. A Quantumnaut who is on a rescue mission was trying to teleport his captain back on board of the ship but by mistakenly using a wrong coordinates he causes you to be teleported on board. But when you look outside in space you see an immense shadow approaching the spaceship: space pirates!The Quantumnaut does manage to escape warping the Quantumship to a safe place, far away from the space pirates but the ship's motors and control system are completely destroyed. That means there's only one option left: crash-landing on the first available planet they encounter. After the crash-landing the Quantumnaut dies and the spaceship turned out to be heavily damaged. You're now the new Quantumnaut and you mission starts here: find the road back home.
Two things are sure: it won't be easy and it will definitely be a long road back home...The game is played as a classic point-and-click adventure. Players guide Bob through different scenes and you can interact with objects and character. You can have conversations with characters, examining the scenes and interact with objects. Gathered items get stored in an inventory near the bottom of the screen. Some items might also be combined. The puzzles are based on interaction with the environment and it's objects and by having conversations with the characters. You cannot die in this adventure game. |
| Red Baron Pack | 2009-10-08 | Mad Otter Games Inc. | Dynamix, Inc. | Compilation, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | World War II | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | | | Windows | Red Baron Pack is a compilation containing these games:
Red Baron
Red Baron: Mission Builder
Red Baron 3-D |
| Reincarnations: Awakening | 2009-10-09 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Vogat Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | Jane is a journalist for a fashion magazine, that receives a commission to write an article about reincarnation. The research for the piece leads her to the mansion of Dr. Herzle, a famous and reclusive scientist. He offers the opportunity to use a special hypnotic technique to explore her past lives.Reincarnations: Awakening is an adventure and hidden object game with simple puzzles tailored for the casual market. The locations are presented as in most point-and-click, first-person adventures, where the player can navigate between a series of static screens by clicking on exit hotspots, usually positioned on logical places like doors and other openings.Some portions of the scenery bring up one of the hidden object challenges, where the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom, on places cluttered with assorted paraphernalia. Some of the entries are marked in orange, to indicate that an extra step is necessary before collecting them. The hint button draws a red circle around one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use.Some of the objects are stored in the inventory at the bottom, from where they can be dragged and dropped on the correct and logical place to perform an action or solve a puzzle, like using a key to unlock a door. Some of the puzzles take place on a separate screen, where mechanisms have to be directly manipulated directly to solve them. They can be skipped after a few minutes. |
| Dreamkiller | 2009-10-12 | Aspyr Media, Inc. | Mindware Studios s.r.o. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Alice Drake is a psychologist, who has the ability to enter her patients' dreams and treat mental sicknesses not only with words, but with fire and lead, eliminating the very cause of their nightmares and phobias. And while each case is unique and no fear is the same, Alice can't help but notice that the horrors she encounters have something in common.Dreamkiller, coming from the developers of the mod turned into expansion Painkiller: Overdose, follows the bare-bones FPS formula refined by Serious Sam and the original Painkiller - shoot anything that moves and try not to die yourself. Action spans across a dozen of linear levels, each with its own twisted setting and a shooting gallery of monsters, representing the demented minds of Alice's patients. |
| Jojo's Fashion Show: World Tour | 2009-10-12 | iWin, Inc. | | Simulation | Side view | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | iTunes Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Just released - the LATEST Jojo's Fashion Show game!
Listed by Apple in the App Store as "NEW and NOTEWORTHY"Featuring:
+HD Retina Support!
+Game Center Support!
+Head to Head Competition!
+OpenFeint Support!
From Tokyo to Los Angeles to Paris, racks full of vibrant clothes and lifelike new models need your fashion savvy in JoJo’s Fashion Show: World Tour brought to you by iWin. Outfit models for runways across the world in the hottest new styles as you help JoJo pursue her dream of building a global fashion empire. Enjoy all the glitz, glamour, and excitement of the international fashion industry right on your iPhone and iPod Touch in this latest new game from iWin, the makers of Jewel Quest and the original JoJo’s Fashion Show.Hear what people are saying about previous JoJo’s Fashion Show games for iPhone:
- “...The graphics are great and the game is fun to play." 4+ Rating. ~ AppReview.com
- “If you liked games like Ranch Rush, Diner Dash, Sally Spa or Rioworld: Fashion Fix, you will love JoJo's.” ~ Macworld
- "It is definitely worth buying this game as it is packed with so many features." Value for money 5 out of 5. ~ iPhoneTechDetailed Game Summary:
Building off their success in JoJo’s Fashion Show 2, mother and daughter designers, JoJo and Rosalind Cruz, have finally earned a name in the fashion world. Now Ros is leaving the nest to pursue her own dreams and JoJo must find a reliable replacement. As backstage drama unravels, JoJo quickly discovers that fair-weather friends and ruthless enemies are closer than she ever suspected.Join JoJo in her worldwide quest to keep the Las Cruces label hot and fend off devastating scandals. Can you suit up a burly Bullfighter with seconds to spare? Do you have what it takes to design clothing worthy of the Las Cruces runway? With Ros across the ocean and the Las Cruces label on the rocks, JoJo needs your fashion savvy more than ever. Download JoJo’s Fashion Show: World Tour NOW!This fun new JoJo’s Fashion Show game includes:- Realistic international fashion shows in cities including Tokyo, Paris, Barcelona, Jakarta, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Upgrades can be purchased through the game for Amsterdam, London, Rio de Janeiro, and New York City. A total of 100 levels in 10 cities!- New Clothing Design Editor - allows you to design your own clothes/shoes for your collections based on your own style and local fashion trends to give your fashion shows an even more personal touch.- Refreshed interface with higher resolution graphics including larger models and more visually stunning outfits, all based on real world international clothing styles.- New character and provocative story lines centered on deceit, espionage, and a controversial love triangle that take you even deeper inside the world of high fashion.- HD graphics for Retina Display capable devices.- Optimized for iOS 4, including fast app switching.- iPod Media Player integration allows you to incorporate your favorite music from your iPod library.- Wi-Fi/Bluetooth-enabled head-to-head competition allows you to share and compare outfits with your friends in real-time.- Built-in leader boards and achievements through OpenFeint with Game Center, which allows you to link in your Facebook and/or Twitter accounts to compete against your friends.- Localized in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch, and Swedish.Be sure to check out iwin.com for more games. Also, be sure to find other iWin games in the App Store on iTunes including Solitaire Twist, JoJo’s Fashion Show 2, and a host of addictive new titles scheduled for release in Fall/Winter 2010.www.iwin.com
________________________________If you haven't tried it already, go grab Jojo2 for the iPhone/iPod Touch! The precursor to this amazing game! |
| NBA 2K10 | 2009-10-12 | 2K Games, Inc. | Visual Concepts Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Released | Windows | The next release in the NBA 2K series, NBA 2K10 expands previous game modes, brings roster updates, and adds a number of new online-linked features meant to add more realism to the game.2K10 features an improved player-creation mode that, aside from standard physical and appearance options, also includes tendencies, attitudes, dribble and dunk styles, and signature moves. Created players can be used in the new "My Player" simulation mode, where the created basketballer rises from an undrafted rookie through the entirety of his NBA career. This mode is a simulation in the truest sense, and players imported into it must pick a position on their team and are expected to play it accurately, unselfishly, and without deviation (no wandering the court in search of dunks and flashy superstardom).Xbox360 and PS3 players may download the NBA 2K10 Draft Combine game to create a player and give him a head-start on skills in My Player mode. Players can also form online crews and play pick-up games that don't affect the character's schedule, but still result in experience points."The Association" sim mode has been expanded, allowing players to control and manage all 30 NBA teams at once, follow the realistic progress of generated players, share custom draft classes, and manage new developmental league teams.Internet-connected consoles may elect to receive live updates through the "NBA Today" feature. This optionally updates rosters and stats to reflect changes in the actual NBA (including trades and injuries), down to offering date-specific color commentary based on when the game is being played.A variety of other gameplay tweaks have been made, including new dribbling and defensive controls, lockdown defense, a new stamina system, 24 active play calls, and the ability to save progress in the middle of a game and return to it later. |
| Avenue Flo | 2009-10-13 | PlayFirst, Inc. | PlayFirst, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Quinn is a wedding planner that finds herself in a lot of trouble after several disasters, and a myriad of small problems prevent her to complete an important appointment to a rich socialite client. She phones her friend Flo, the owner of a successful diner, and asks for help in solving these matters. Flo starts to search around the neighborhood for items and shops that can help Quinn.Avenue Flo is an adventure game with simple puzzles made for the casual market, and a spin-off of a series of time management titles incorporating Flo, the waitress heroine, and some other recurring characters. As in most classic point-and-click adventure games, the player controls the actions of the main character by clicking directly on interactive portions of the scenery to collect items and explore the neighborhood locations and streets. The game has full voice acting for all the characters, and Flo can talk to other people to receive clues and hints about the tasks that need to be accomplished to save the wedding.The interface at the bottom shows the inventory with the collected objects, from where all the items can be dragged and dropped on logical places to perform actions and solve puzzles. Three icons at the bottom-right give access to helpful information. The map shows all the places visited, items collected, tasks completed and characters met so far. The napkin has a task list showing all the pending wedding problems to be solved, being automatically filled with new information as the player advances in the game. The plastic bag holds all the butterflies found and collected around the town.Some locations have special puzzles and mini-games that take place on a separate screen, where the player has to manipulate a mechanism of some sort to solve them. The challenges are related to the locations and the plot. In the clothes shop, a sequence of beads have to be sewed on a dress in a unbroken line, following and filling a pattern contour. In the pet shop, bags of animal food and other store items have to be placed inside the limited space of a cardboard box. In the fitness center, there's a rhythm mini-game where the goal is to hit the correct exercise moves on a wheel at the right time, when the corresponding icon is passing over a button at the top.Plastic bottles, cans and butterflies can be found and collected on most street scenes. The bottles and cans have to be used on the recycling machines to receive subway tokens, while 33 butterflies have to be collected to gain access to new neighborhoods. Flo can travel between neighborhoods by taking the subway train. |
| Curse of the Pharaoh: Tears of Sekhmet | 2009-10-13 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Ph03nix New Media | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | Egypt (Ancient) | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Anna is an archaeologist that, along with Professor Cullen, discovers inside Egyptian ruins the Curse of Nefertiti, a powerful artifact that can destroy the world. Her evil step-brother Will arrives with thugs and steals the Curse, leaving Anna an Cullen buried alive inside a tomb complex. She must escape, and search for the seven Tears of Sekhmet jewels to stop Will and his plans.Curse of the Pharaoh: Tears of Sekhmet is a hidden object game with adventure elements. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on locations filled with assorted objects. Some entries are marked red or blue, indicating that the object is going to be stored in one of the inventories. In some instances, the screen is split in two similar images, and the player has to click on the differences between them. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items. Extra hints can be acquired by capturing a creature called Wipi, that keeps randomly appearing on the sides of the screen.The interface at the bottom has a series of tabs, each marked with a unique icon. The magnifying glass tab shows the list of objects that have to be found on the scene. The blue gears tab is the tools inventory, from where the stored objects can be dragged and dropped on logical places to perform an action. The tab with a red jigsaw puzzle piece icon holds all the objects that can be used to solve a puzzle. The brown sack tab has all the help items purchased from the shop screen.Besides the required objects, each screen/location has three coins that can be collected, to be used later on the shop, and a piece of a mask. The shop screen can be accessed from the map screen, with five helpful tools that can be bought with the accumulated funds: extra hints, double cursor for the spot-the-differences mini-game, a big flashlight casting a larger spotlight on darkened rooms, a hammer to skip puzzles, an oxygen tank for extra time on flooded scenes and a mirror to flip inverted scenes. Some puzzles take place on a separate screen, where a mechanism of some sort has to be manipulated directly to solve it. |
| Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition | 2009-10-13 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | This edition includes Fallout 3 plus 5 previously released downloadable content episodes:
Operation: Anchorage
The Pitt
Broken Steel
Point Lookout
Mothership Zeta |
| Hurry Fox MSX Special | 2009-10-13 | Micro Cabin Corp. | Micro Cabin Corp. | Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Japanese-style adventure, Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | | | Direct control, Menu structures | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Hurry Fox MSX Special is a remake of the original Hurry Fox featuring a new style of gameplay. The story follows the same basic beats: a mother and her kit live together in the Romulus forest, but her kit tragically comes down with a rare disease. She remembers a story she'd heard that eating aburaage from a certain shrine has the ability to cure this rare disease, so she sets out to try and find it.This time around, her journey is presented more like a Japanese-style RPG. Players control the mother from an overhead perspective on a scrolling map like in the then-new Dragon Quest, while interactions with other creatures are presented via graphical cut-ins taking up part of the screen. The text parser is gone, and players instead interact with other creatures through menus and multiple-choice selections. Aside from puzzles, players can also fight certain creatures in RPG-style battles too. A few dungeons abandon the overhead perspective for first-person dungeon crawling like in other computer RPGs of the time. |
| Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy | 2009-10-13 | Her Interactive, Inc. | Her Interactive, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The competition for Valedictorian of the graduating class at Waverly Academy is fierce and has become ugly recently. Some girls have had pranks played on them and there have been some unexplained, life-threatening accidents, all accompanied by a curse note from the "Black Cat." It appears that one of the top contenders will go to extreme lengths to eliminate anyone who stands in her way. It could be that someone else altogether is behind it, but who? This is what Nancy Drew intends to find out. She goes under cover as Becca, a student at the school, to investigate.Nancy must conform to the rules of the school, like any student. She receives good points for doing things well and demerits when she doesn't. As the "new girl" on campus, Nancy's first objective is to make friends with the suspects so she can ask them about what's been going on. This is not an easy task, since gossip and lies abound and many of them are uncooperative and secretive. To gain their friendship and trust, and to unearth the truth, she will be at their beck and call, helping them with homework or running errands.Nancy has a cellphone in this game, a new feature, which she uses as a journal, to take pictures and set an alarm clock for switching between day and night. Also new is a Sneak mode, helpful when snooping around and trying to avoid detection by teachers, other students, and the hall monitors. There are mini-games and arcade-like games to be played in connection with various aspects of the story. Solving these many times provides important clues.Gameplay is point-and-click in 1st person, as is typical for the series. There are two difficulty modes: Junior and Senior Detective.Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy is the 21st game in the series and is based on the book Nancy Drew: The Curse of the Black Cat by Carolyn Keene (last published in 2001). |
| Campfire Legends: The Hookman | 2009-10-14 | GameHouse, Inc. | RealGames B.V. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Christine is traveling to the woods to meet her boyfriend, and spend a romantic weekend in her parents cabin. The car radio starts to broadcast scary breaking news about a mass murderer on the loose. As she explores the surrounding locations, she starts to uncover terrible secrets.Campfire Legends: The Hookman is an adventure game with simple puzzles made for the casual market. The player has to move and interact with the scenery like in most point-and-click titles, moving through a series of static screens representing various locations. Objects can be collected and stored inside the inventory, accessible through the items button on the bottom-left interface. The objects can be dragged and dropped on logical portions of the scene to perform actions or solve puzzles. For example, a key can be used to unlock a door.A green haze strip at the bottom shows pictures of objects that have to be found. The list keeps getting more icons as the player uncovers new information. Five hint slots are used to store fireflies that can be found and captured on the locations, with new ones appearing all the time. They show the position of one of the required items when used. Certain parts of the scenery bring up a small window with a close-up view of the scene. Some contain a few of the necessary objects, while others have puzzles where a mechanism has to be manipulated directly to solve it. |
| Equilibrio | 2009-10-14 | DK Games | DK Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Equilibrio is an action/puzzle game where players need to get a ball to the exit to finish a level. To move the ball the playfield needs to be tilted. In the Wii version, tilt the Wii Remote (or lean on the Wii Balance Board) and the playfield will move. The ball is fragile; don't let it fall too far. Don't touch deadly obstacles like spikes or acid pools.There are 64 levels to complete (60 levels for the iPhone version) and 25 goals to accomplish. The difficulty of the game adjusts itself according to player skill. There are 5 special balls with different abilities (rubber ball, paper ball, steel ball, ... ) Some balls are more fragile than others. Each level has its own high scores. There are five game modes, from a general unlock level-per-level conquest mode to the much harder Challenge levels. Levels can be skipped optionally. The Wii version includes two multiplayer modes with up to four players simultaneously. |
| LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga | 2009-10-14 | LucasArts | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action, Compilation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga combines LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game and LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy into a single game with several new features.Players can access all the six Star Wars movies from the game's "hub" location, Mos Eisley Cantina. Unlocked characters can be taken to explore previously visited stages from both the original and prequel trilogy. New characters have been added, including Indiana Jones; the total amount of characters in this release is 160.Most of the changes involve the first installment, which has been updated with a few features bringing its gameplay closer to that of the sequel. Two levels that were deleted from the first release are now available as bonus stages. There are new vehicle bonus missions as well as ten additional bounty hunter missions. Red power bricks from the second game are now available in the first as well. Characters from the prequel trilogy can now build and ride vehicles, as well as wear helmets. Players can also gain access to bounty hunter and stormtrooper areas. Characters have different melee attacks and can also dodge blaster fire. New Jedi Force moves (force choke and force lightning) are included. A new two-player Battle Arena mode is available in this release. Online play has been added for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms. |
| Robber | 2009-10-14 | | | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Robber is a remake of the original game on the ZX Spectrum where the player, as the robber, must steal untold riches from a vault in a castle dungeon.To get those untold riches, the player needs to complete 3 screens:
In screen 1 the objective is to get the door key, the stethoscope and the safe key. The door key and stethoscope are visible but the safe key is not. There is also a guard there (the flashlight) patrolling that will kill you if you are spotted.In screen 2, the player must cross a bridge but the pieces of the bridge appear and disappear.In screen 3, whilst under a timer, the player must swim through flooded caves filled with deadly jellyfish without drowning. Then navigate through the catacombs avoiding the man eating birds and finally get through the last section avoiding the giant bouncy balls. |
| Alexandra Fortune: Mystery of the Lunar Archipelago | 2009-10-15 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | BlitPop Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Alexandra Fortune received a magical pendant from her grandfather, a worldwide explorer and adventurer, when she was a small child. As an adult, she starts to search for him after his mysterious disappearance, vanishing as he used to do when embarking on a new expedition. She finds a journal with notes and details of his lifetime research about the Lunar Archipelago, and decides to travel to the islands to continue her quest, arriving in a bizarre and remote place containing remnants of all lost civilizations.Alexandra Fortune: Mystery of the Lunar Archipelago is an adventure and hidden object game, where the main objective is to collect scattered pieces or instances of objects to reassemble and use them to solve puzzles. Most of the screen shows a static scene, with a tray at the bottom showing pictures of the object pieces that have be collected from the location. The numbers of the remaining pieces or instances are displayed beside each picture. After being reassembled, the items are stored inside the inventory at the right side of the screen, from where they can be dragged and dropped on specific places to perform certain actions and solve puzzles.Some puzzles take place on a separate screen, where a mechanism of some sort has to be directly manipulated to solve jigsaw puzzles, memory games, implementations of Simon and other similar challenges. The pendant at the bottom-right of the screen is the hint button, showing the position of one of the required items, but taking some time to recharge after use. |
| City Bus Simulator 2010: New York | 2009-10-15 | AEROSOFT GmbH | TML-Edition OHG | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Bus | | | | | Windows | In City Bus Simulator 2010: New York the player takes control over Carlos who is a bus driver who just finished his training. Similar to sandbox games like Grand Theft Auto IV the player can explore the city freely by foot with the help of a mini map. If he goes to a certain point he gets to see a cutscene and has to solve a mission, e.g. driving a certain route. Every bus has a radio which can be used to tune in a radio station with 43 tracks. Following the traffic laws is encouraged but ignoring them has no consequences.The driving physics are based on reality and every important task of a bus driver, e.g. opening the doors or selling tickets, are assigned to a button. Besides the campaign there are two other playing modes: single missions and free roaming where the player can start driving a route by going to a bus stop.
The city is a replica of the 42nd Street in Manhattan (New York). |
| Hostile Makeover | 2009-10-15 | Lifetime Games, Merscom LLC | Gimagin | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | Lacey Smithsonian is a fashion reporter that unwillingly becomes a witness to the murder of Amanda Manville, a famous model and fashion designer. She starts to investigate the life of the victim, uncovering several dark secrets and a list of suspects.Hostile Makeover is a hidden object game based on a crime novel by Ellen Byerrum. There are nine suspects to investigate, each with a number of locations to be visited. The player can select and investigate them in any order. The objective of each location is to find and click on all the items from a list at the left side of the screen, on scenes filled with assorted objects. Blue entries start a cutscene when collected. In some cases, the list is replaced with photographs showing the silhouettes of the objects. In some instances, the screen is split in two similar images, and the objective is to find all the differences between them. A time limit can turned on or off at the start, by choosing between timed or casual modes.Lacey receives a small amount of cash for each item found, and the accumulated money can be spent on clothes on the shop accessible through the map screen. The help system is upgraded with each outfit purchase. There are three hint buttons positioned over the list. The middle blue button highlights one of the required objects creating a circle of lights around it. The green button at the right side becomes available after purchasing the black casual outfit, activating a night-vision filter that shows several objects at once for a few seconds. The left red button is the female intuition, available after buying the haymarket checkered suit, that shows the silhouettes of objects in the word list, or the names of the objects in the silhouette list. Each hint button takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Little Things | 2009-10-15 | Klick Tock Pty Ltd | Klick Tock Pty Ltd | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Little Things is a plot-less hidden object game with vector graphics. Each level is a drawing made of other, smaller drawings, and the objective is to search the picture with a magnifying glass to find and click on all the items listed at the top-right side of the screen. If the player takes too long to find an item, the automatic hint system shines a spotlight over a section of the picture containing one of the required objects. A bonus mini-game appears between levels, where a picture puzzle has to be reassembled by rotating pieces until all the sides match. |
| Realms of Arkania III: Shadows over Riva | 2009-10-15 | Fantasy Productions Verlags- und Medienvertriebsgesellschaft mbH | attic Entertainment Software GmbH | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Orcs have overrun the countryside of the small coast town of Riva. A dwarven mine in the countryside has been occupied by a mysterious orc chieftain who seems to be of an unusually high intelligence. For an inexplicable reason, the city authorities refuse to acknowledge the danger. And rumors of a group of traitors in the city's slum districts surface. A party of adventurers arrives in the town and tries to investigate these troublesome occurrences.Shadows over Riva is the third and final part in the Realms of Arkania trilogy, and the only one shipped exclusively on CD-ROM and featuring SVGA graphics as well as a smooth-scrolling 3D world. All other aspects of the game are very similar to its predecessors: the player generates a party of characters of various classes, roams the game world from a first-person view, and engages in turn-based combat displayed on separate isometric screens. Changes mostly include fine-tuning such as a more streamlined inventory management and integration of area graphics into battle screens.Unlike its predecessors, the game is set entirely in the town of Riva and its immediate surroundings. The prominent traveling-related gameplay features of the series are therefore reduced in this installment. However, the town itself is noticeably larger than any settlement in the previous games and acts as a hub location connecting various areas. Full-screen hand-drawn cutscenes serve to advance the plot. |
| Break It 3 | 2009-10-16 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action | | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Break It 3 is a Break Out variant. Destroy blocks in 300 levels with the help of various power-ups that are hidden in the blocks. If you free a power-up from a block you have to catch it with your paddle. |
| Das Fitness-Kreuzworträtsel | 2009-10-16 | INTENIUM GmbH | Dutyfarm GmbH | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | Das Fittnes-Kreuzworträtsel lets you solve crossword puzzles to get fitness instructions. The game includes 350 puzzles. Every solved puzzle shows you an exercise and your progress is tracked. |
| Dracula Trilogy | 2009-10-16 | Morphicon Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dracula Trilogy is a bundle that contains the following adventure titles:
Dracula: The Resurrection
Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
Dracula 3: The Path of the DragonThe original games have been optimized to run on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. |
| Insider Tales: The Secret of Casanova | 2009-10-16 | INTENIUM GmbH | Lesta Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | While on vacation, Francesca DiPorta receives a phone call from Professor Manini, summoning her to his manor in Italy. She arrives to the place and finds no sign of her old acquaintance, but soon discovers among his belongings the journal of the famous adventurer Casanova, with clues about a magical amulet that was torn apart and hidden on four European cities. She must travel and find all the missing parts to solve the mystery.Like its predecessor, Insider Tales: The Secret of Casanova is a hidden object game where most of the time the goal is to search and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on locations around Europe filled with assorted paraphernalia scattered across the scenery. In some cases, the objective is to find several instances of the same object. Some of the items collected are stored inside the inventory space besides the list, to be used later on the adventure portion.Each location starts with the initial hidden object challenge, followed by an adventure section where the inventory objects have to be dragged and dropped on appropriate and logical portions of the scenery to solve puzzles. The hint button is a magnifying glass with a ? mark, showing the exact position of one of the required items when activated, but taking some time to recharge after use.There are a few puzzles that take place on a separate screen, where a mechanism of some sort has to be manipulated directly to solve it and complete the location. Standard challenges of the genre, like jigsaw puzzles and a spot-the-differences game between two similar pictures, are included as well. |
| Machinarium | 2009-10-16 | Amanita Design s.r.o | Amanita Design s.r.o | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Machinarium is a point-and-click adventure set in a mechanical world where the player controls a small robot that has been kicked out of the city. He has to return and confront the Black Cap Brotherhood who terrorizes his kind and took away his girlfriend. The game consists of a number of static, non-scrolling screens the player gets to explore. This is done by clicking on objects in the environment to manipulate them, gathering them in an inventory, and solving a wide array of puzzles, ranging from simple item combinations to more complex pattern analysis. The player's robot can scale his height to solve a number of problems, and communication is often presented graphically through speech bubbles that describe a scene using animated images, rather than words.It is not possible to die, and when stuck, the player can opt to use a single hint (one per screen) or consult a walkthrough book. Pages in this book show the full solution to the level in the form of concept art panels, but to reach it a short side-scrolling shooter mini-game needs to be played. Therefore, the player cannot access it right away. In the beginning, progress is done screen by screen, but after a while, the world opens up more with many locations available at the same time. |
| Snack King | 2009-10-16 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Snack King is a match 3 game. Combine 3 or more of the same symbols in a row, create bonus symbols and collect money. Buy different items and equipment for your restaurant from the money. More than 100 levels in different difficulty levels are included. |
| The Three Musketeers: The Game | 2009-10-16 | Dingo Games | Dingo Games | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | Windows | In The Three Musketeers: The Game, players take control of d'Artagnan on his quest to become a Musketeer. The game closely follows the plot of the original Three Musketeers novel.This 17th century role playing game focuses on d'Artagnan's adventures with the famous three musketeers: Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Cardinal Richelieu, the most powerful man in France, launches a plot to disgrace the queen and it's up to d'Artagnan and his three friends to save her honor. Later in the game, the beautiful but deadly Milady de Winter becomes the chief concern of the four comrades.Dueling enemies, gathering loot, and firing muskets are central to the gameplay. Gaining experience points and new equipment are important, but probably less so than in typical RPGs. A "breadcrumb" system is used to guide the player to the next objective, preventing them from getting lost. In addition to the main story, there are optional side-quests and mini-games to play. |
| Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943 | 2009-10-16 | 1C Company | 1C Company | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, World War II | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943 is a stand-alone expansion to Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 and is set during the decisive WWII battle of Kursk.The game features two campaigns, German and Soviet, with nine major battles each. During the first, the player takes control over the German division Grossdeutschland Kampfgruppe, the second one focuses on the Soviet 67th Guards Rifle Division and 3rd Mechanized Corps.The Theatre of War series sports a high degree of realism, and this iteration has the option to turn on the display of impact vectors. When zooming in on a damaged unit, these will be shown together with projectile information.Another novelty are victory points, which are rewarded for the elimination of enemy soldiers and armor, and the completion of orders received during a battle from High Command. These victory points can be spent on reinforcements, air support and artillery fire. However, the more points still available at mission end, the higher the player's military skill level. |
| RACE On Bundle | 2009-10-17 | SimBin Studios AB | SimBin Development Team AB | Compilation, Racing / Driving, Simulation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Race 07: The Official WTCC Game
RACE On
STCC: The Game |
| Sleeping Beauty | 2009-10-18 | | | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | The player is put into a creepy situation: awakening in a bright room in the presence of the female object of his affections, still sleeping and very crudely rendered, the protagonist is overcome with lust and decides he'll see how far he can go with her without awakening her. The player is then faced with a series of binary choices which very quickly ramp up from the merely unimaginative ("remove her top" / "remove her skirt") to the wholly surreal ("lick the stop sign" / "eat the turtle") as what you arrive at in the course of her objectification is a whole host of apparently unrelated objects. Half of all choices end the game prematurely, but no matter, completion of the game demands an adherence to its initial premise despite its mounting irrevocable aura of bizarre wrongness. |
| Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly | 2009-10-19 | I-play | Floodlight Games | Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Based on another work of Agatha Christie and featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, the game continues the hidden-object casual adventure game series started with Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile and Agatha Christie: Peril at End House.As a guest at the beautiful Nasse House in the English countryside, Hercule Poirot is invited to take part in a thrilling mock-murder game. Help Poirot to uncover the possible motives leading to a buried secret. Find hidden clues, decode messages, solve complicated puzzles and link crucial facts to unravel a story of deception, dark secrets and a fatal end.You have 25 minutes to complete each investigation in challenging seek and find levels. If you have difficulties with finding items, you may use one of five hints or move to another location and return back later. If you run out of time, you must restart your searches from the beginning of the current investigation. At the end of each investigation, you can solve a bonus puzzle based on the uncovered clues. |
| Death Rally | 2009-10-20 | Remedy Entertainment Oy | Remedy Entertainment Oy | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Death Rally is a top-down racing game where the player can rely on more than speed to be the number one, and brains must be riding along brawn to get the most from each race. Starting with only $495 and a lowly car, the player must compete in one of three races (picked from 19 tracks) with increasingly difficult opponents but higher rewards, getting enough money to buy new cars, choosing from six models, and enhance them with one to four upgrades for engine (increase top speed), tires (improve traction, allowing to drift less on turns) and armor (reduces the damage caused by opponents, mines or collisions). But there are more ways to spend money by reaching the underground market where the player can buy land mines (can be dropped to get opponents directly behind or create traps in narrow sections), get some rocket fuel (which increases boost speed greatly at the expense of some damage for both the user car and the ones directly behind) or bribe a mechanic to mess around with the best-ranked opponent car. All these upgrades are valid for one race only.The race varies in length depending on the difficulty chosen, but follow the same structure: four drivers with the starting grid set according to the championship table, with the worst placed starting in front and so on, and the first to cross the line after the stipulated number of laps wins or the last driver standing wins. At the same time, the fourth place driver gets no points and no money, including pick up bonuses, and lapped drivers get the same luck. The player can use a booster to increase speed for a few seconds, but once the reserve is depleted, the player has to wait it replenishes or pick up icons scattered on the track. Similar items appear to replenish ammo, repair the car or give small money bonuses. Occasionally, large money and repair items appear, which provide a much larger bonus. Along the money earned in races, there are several bonuses if the player manages to wipe out all competition, complete the race without a scratch, achieve a streak of wins, or fulfill certain missions for some sponsors, such as collecting steroids and winning the race or destroying an opponent. The value of these bonus changes according to the car: a bonus with the Vagabond can be worth as little as $650, but with the Deliverator a mission can be worth 12 grand, regardless of the race selected.The ultimate goal is to top the championship table, and then defeat the Adversary in a special track. |
| FIFA Soccer 10 | 2009-10-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | Windows | FIFA 10 is the 19th game of the series with new game features giving players new levels of control, new game modes and new strategy options for the teams. The game has over 30 leagues, 500 teams, 41 national teams, 50 stadiums and different weather conditions trying to create a realistic experience for the matches.For FIFA 10 the manager mode has been revamped with many different improvements like a new transfer system, pre-season friendlies (only for PS3 and Xbox 360) or a different growth system. With Virtual Pro you can create a player and use it for the be-a-pro mode as well as other modes like the manager mode or the arena. You can also create a face on the official website of the game and download it for the game. |
| Ghost Town Mysteries: Bodie | 2009-10-20 | Gamespin, Gaming Hungama | Gamespin, Gaming Hungama | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A reporter goes to the deserted town of Bodie, California, to investigate ghost sightings of Evelyn Byers, a seven years old girl that was mysteriously murdered with a pickaxe in 1897.Ghost Town Mysteries: Bodie is a hidden object game using a real ghost town as the main theme. At the start of each of the fourteen chapters, the player has to reassemble a tombstone to receive a key for the next location. The gravestone pieces are dragged from five slots at the bottom to be dropped inside a green outline, connecting each other in a jigsaw puzzle to restore the ruined tomb.The key opens one of the abandoned buildings, where the objective is to find and click on all the items listed on a notepad at the right side of the screen, on locations filled with assorted paraphernalia. The hint button is a spider inside a jar, that descends from the ceiling spinning a web to show the exact position of one of the required objects. Flies can be collected to feed the spider and receive extra hints. In some instances, the goal is to find the differences between two old photographs with similar images. |
| Smugglers IV: Doomsday | 2009-10-20 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | Niels Bauer Games | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Smugglers IV: Doomsday is a turn-based space trading game where the player takes the role of an ensign of one of the four major factions in a war torn galaxy. Starting with a small space ship, it is up to the player on how to achieve fame and fortune, may it be either from trade, crime, or war. The Character
The player may choose one out of six available professions, in order of appearance: trader, combat trader, mercenary, bounty hunter, smuggler, or pirate. Each profession has a particular set of abilities and a starting ship. Though missions and other activities, the player will gradually gain fame which will lead to a promotion. Each promotion will grant the player access to one new ability (e.g. ribbons will grant the player one non-combat ability). Abilities are divided into combat and non-combat abilities, each of which are divided into three different ability trees representing each profession. The player may choose to add any ability of any profession.The Ship and Combat
Starting with a small ship, when the player acquires enough money, it may be time to buy a new better ship of the same kind, upgrade its equipment, or buy a larger ship of a different class. Ships have various equipment slots indicating a particular use, such as weapon systems, shields, cargo bays, etc. They may be upgraded at any space station for a price.Combat occurs when the player attacks another ship or is encountered by an enemy ship while travelling. Space combat is a one on one turned based setting, where each combatant has a specified number of action points available to them. Any action, either it be a ship ability, equipment, or a character ability requires a specified amount of action points. After the action points are spent or no more actions are available, the player ends the turn to enter the next round. |
| The Dracula Files | 2009-10-20 | eGames, Inc. | TechFront Studios, Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | Michael and Quinn are descendants of the Harker family, famous for defeating Count Dracula more than a hundred years before. After the sudden death of their parents in a hotel fire, they discover a note in a safety box with instructions about contacting the Van Helsing allies in London, if the vampire rises again. At the same time, their reporter friend Mark is investigating the mysterious disappearance of several tourists near a winery belonging to a man called Vladimir Draco.The Dracula Files is a hidden object game with adventure elements. The player has to search and find all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen within a time limit, on locations around the winery and other places filled with assorted objects. A mirror at the left side shows the silhouette of a selected list entry. Some of the collected items are stored inside the inventory to be used directly, or to be dragged and dropped on portions of the scenery to perform an action and solve puzzles. Each location has a hidden area that usually can only be accessed with an inventory tool.Some mini-games appear between chapters, where the player has to reassemble jigsaw puzzles, distribute the weight of stones between pressure panels, solve chess puzzles, match pairs of cards in a memory game, and other similar challenges. The hint button highlights the position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| The Patrician 1+2 | 2009-10-20 | Kalypso Media GmbH | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH, Triptychon Software | Compilation, Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | This digital collection includes:
The Patrician
Patrician II: Quest for Power |
| Tropico 3 | 2009-10-20 | Kalypso Media USA Inc. | Haemimont Games AD | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Cold War | | Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | With Tropico 3 the series returns to its roots, playing once again during the time-period 1950-2000. Being more of a remake, than a real successor, the game once again gives the player full control over a banana republic in the Caribbean. To successfully live through his term in office, El Presidente needs to build a booming economy and keep his inhabitants happy as well as the USA and USSR.Most of the city is built by the player himself including apartment buildings and streets. While some buildings need space to do their job (like farms), others need a road-connection or don't function without electricity. The only buildings that pop up automatically are homes of poor people. To build up his city, the player of course needs money. Money is earned several different ways. Every year the player gets foreign aid from the superpowers. Several times a year a tanker comes by and transports away export goods like oil (the new resource in Tropico 3) or bananas, also bringing money in. Another way to earn money is to make the island tourist friendly and rip them off while they are visiting. The least of the players income comes from his own people who pay lease, use the available entertainment program and such. How much everything costs is determined by the player. He is also responsible for employing from overseas, if the required expertise isn't yet available on his island which on the other hand enrages the Nationalists on the island. The Nationalists are one of the many groups of people the player needs to make happy besides each individual themselves.In addition each citizen is his or her own entity, with their own names, relationships to other citizens, wants and desires. Some feel the need to excel in studies, others seek religious enlightenment, some just want to have a good time. They even take political affiliations and work towards those ends. The citizens do not blindly follow orders, they must be persuaded through meeting their desires, or just pure greed or terror meaning bribing them or putting out a contract on them. The latter is especially useful to keep the rebels at bay but if all fails and the rebels attack, the player's army as well as himself engage in an automatic battle until only one side stands. The game ends if the palace is blown up, the player doesn't get re-elected or the USA/USSR decide that El Presidente has become a pain in the butt. In addition the missions in the campaign feature objectives like have 150 tourists visit the island.Besides the new 3D-engine, the biggest change in comparison to Tropico is the inclusion of a 3D-Avatar of the player inside the game. Generated at the beginning from scratch or by using one of the pre-existing characters like Fidel Castro, the avatar can be sent around the island, visiting production facilities or construction sites to temporarily increase the production and building speed. The avatar can also be send to the palace where he holds a speech and increases the freedom of the listing inhabitants.The game features an editor that doesn't allow the player to create a new island, those are pre-defined or random generated, but instead allows him to build a new challenge with its own goals, events and difficulty-settings. These challenges can then be uploaded onto the Tropico 3-server and everyone can try and beat the current highscore on that map. No other multiplayer-mode is available.The Steam edition contains some additional content (also present in the GOG.com release of the Tropico 3: Gold Edition):
Two additional maps for the sandbox mode.
Two additional costumes for the El Presidente avatar editor.
Two additional accessories for the El Presidente avatar editor.
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| A Stroke of Fate: Operation Bunker | 2009-10-21 | Akella | SPLine Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements | Europe, World War II | | Point and select | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | It's April 1945, the last days of World War 2. The fate of war has been sealed as Soviet troops prepare to storm Berlin. Adolf Hitler himself is hiding in his underground bunker and the closing defeat is evident to him as well. However, he's got one last trump card up his sleeve - a new "vengeance" weapon called atomic bomb. To help subvert his plans, a deep Soviet agent in the Gestapo ranks, who's been stationed in Germany before the war has been called to action. His task is to get into the bunker and eliminate Hitler at all costs.Operation Bunker is the second game in A Stroke of Fate series after Operation Valkyrie, which told the story of an earlier Hitler assassination plot. It's a spy-themed point n' click adventure game set in Berlin near the end of Nazi Germany rule. It's a traditional adventure game that is centered on character interaction and inventory puzzles. The game is set against a historical backdrop with key personalities and locations recreated according to archive documents. Operation Bunker has high-quality pre-rendered graphics with 3D characters, as in many games of this type. Additionally, at the beginning you can choose to play in color or black&white mode. |
| Eufloria | 2009-10-21 | Omni Systems Ltd. | Omni Systems Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Eufloria is the commercial edition of the prototype originally known as Dyson. Compared to the initial version it offers a full single player campaign with multiple levels (the prototype only had a single level), a skirmish mode with eight additional levels, and an unlockable Dark Matter mode with new graphics and tougher AI. The single music track by Brian Grainger (Milieu) has been extended to two hours. It also incorporates LUA scripting (replacing XML from the first release) allowing for additional user generated content in the form of custom levels.It is a strategy game, somewhat similar to Risk and the Galcon series, about colonizing asteroid belts, although the graphics do not resemble space but rather molecular structures. Players start with a single seed place on a lone asteroid. Soon, the seed grows into a Dyson tree, the game's resource. These generate new, self-replicating seeds, small insect-like objects that orbit the asteroid and are used to colonize other asteroids on the belt. The game supports zooming to show the entire asteroid field or as as close as a single seed. Each asteroid has a unique name and a different composition, based on three elements: energy, strength and speed. These influence the amount of seeds generated. When a sufficient amount of seeds orbits an asteroid, they can be offered to plant a new Dyson tree.To colonize nearby asteroids players select the amount of seedlings to send and use the mouse to draw an arrow towards the asteroid. The seedlings are sent out as a fleet, destroy the opponent's seedlings, get rid of the Dyson tree and penetrate the core to colonize it. Certain asteroids will eventually drain and become useless. The game is completely real-time and there are different opponents that colonize and send out swarms as well. The core of colonized asteroids changes to the colour of the team. Each team has seeds of a different shape, which affects the performance.When clicking an asteroid an ability filter appears. It can be used to filter seedlings with high values for energy, strength or health, to introduce further tactical elements. A number of seedlings can also be exchanged for a defensive tree that launches explosive pods. Players are encouraged to keep an asteroid as long as possible, as mature Dyson trees offer more seedlings. In addition they sprout flowers, which can be used to plant enhanced Dyson trees (more powerful seedlings) and enhanced defensive trees (offer laser mines).Strategy is based on managing resources, dividing seedlings over the different asteroids and fighting the opponents to gain more territory. All of the visuals except for the font and the palettes (and the location of UI elements) are generated procedurally. |
| Mystery of Cleopatra | 2009-10-21 | Merscom LLC, National Geographic Games | Anino Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | Cleopatra sends her advisor to investigate the death of a Roman soldier, a spy for Octavian that broke into the royal palace and was later murdered in the docks. The advisor starts to uncover a conspiracy against the Queen, with political intrigues and power struggles threatening the future of Egypt.Mystery of Cleopatra is a hidden object game with adventure elements. As Cleopatra's personal advisor, the player has to search locations around Alexandria for clues about the murder. The screen shows a place from Ancient Roman times, with slots at the bottom displaying gray pictures of objects. The items have to be collected from the scenery by dragging and dropping them over their slot counterparts. In some places, certain portions of the scenery open up a number of circular spots with gray pictures, and the objective is to drag and drop the items inside them to perform an action or to complete a task.Some of the puzzles take place on a separate screen, where objects and mechanisms have to be manipulated to solve them. These puzzles can be skipped at any time without penalty. The hint button provides information about the pending tasks, and the position of required items, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Commandos: Battle Pack | 2009-10-22 | Kalypso Media USA Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Commandos Battle Pack contains:
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin |
| Metal Drift | 2009-10-22 | Black Jacket Studios LLC | Black Jacket Studios LLC | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | | | | Windows | Metal Drift is a futuristic sports game where players take control of hover tanks that are used to carry a ball to the opposition's goal. The game is team based and is played in arenas. The tanks are equipped with weapons that are used to hinder the opposition from scoring. The tanks also has a rechargeable shield and armor that can only be refilled at repair stations that exist in each arena. By damaging the opposition's bonus, energy is earned. This can then be used for a speed boost or to use extra power weapons. The game is entirely viewed from a first-person cockpit perspective and is controlled through a mouse and keyboard setup. The tanks can be configured in a number of ways with different weapons and upgrades, and depending on this players can choose different play styles. New weapons and upgrades are unlocked through the game's leveling system. In total there are 56 different combinations. Examples of possible upgades are the stealth upgrade which allows the player to cloak and the sensor upgrade which shows the position of nearby players. The game features persistent stats and leaderboards as well as achievements through Steam. The game is primarily a multiplayer game but it is also possible to play against bots. |
| Microsoft Windows 7 (included games) | 2009-10-22 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Corporation | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | The Microsoft Windows 7 operating system was originally released in several "editions" including Home Premium, Ultimate and Professional. The installation includes games in addition to the functionalities of the OS. Not available elsewhere as stand-alone games, they are considered to be part of a compilation.Many of the games are reiterations of those included with previous Windows versions but with graphics, sound and options upgrades similar to the ones in Windows Vista. Purble Place is the only game targetted for children and was first introduced in Vista. The two Titans, Chess and Mahjong, were introduced in the Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition. The Internet games from Windows XP (Backgammon, Checkers and Spades) are back but have been revamped as well. Hearts, however, is offline only (titled The Microsoft Hearts Network in XP). The games feature sounds appropriate for each and most have separate options and appearance screens to customize them.The Windows 7 Home Premium Edition includes these games:
Chess Titans
FreeCell
Hearts
Internet Backgammon
Internet Checkers
Internet Spades
Mahjong Titans
Minesweeper
Purble Place
Solitaire
Spider Solitaire |
| PES 2010: Pro Evolution Soccer | 2009-10-22 | Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH | PES Productions | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 follows the yearly instalments of the football franchise and comes with up-to-date player transfers for the 2009/2010 season. The game features many new moves and the players move more slowly and realistic. Even a mediocre player can now have a lucky strike and hit the net from 40 meters away. Most graphical improvements go into the detail of players' faces and shadows. Although there are still five levels of gameplay, this time the computer AI acts differently from before and opens up new ways to play the game.There are game modes present from earlier titles in the franchise, such as Exhibition or Master League, but also some new ones like UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. Become a Legend mode introduced in PES 2009 is also available. Aside from graphics, details were put into tactics and strategy where players can be positioned with more accuracy, according to his talent. An entirely new feature is the card system, tied to certain players' unique abilities. This gives that player an advantage over its opponent. In previous titles certain top players could perform stunning moves without the player's control. With the card system in PES 2010, direct control over this becomes available.The Master League mode is more detailed and comes with sponsors, youth teams and real currencies (including Euro, British Pound, US Dollar, or Japanese Yen). Money can also be used to pay a scout who deals with negotiations, physical aspects, the trainer and other staff members. The Premier League, Liga Española, Italian League, Eredivisie and others are still included, as well as World Cup, Konami Cup and others, with national teams and league teams largely up-to-date.Unlike earlier instalments, the player's individual graphical representation is gone. It is still possible to see them as a part of an entire team, but no longer for individual players. This means it takes time to get acquainted with them by going through numerical statistics or checking the compatibility of the players' maximum performance with the position they are at.Co-op is on par with the franchise, with assisted player switching and semi-assisted and manual switching. Manual meaning is complete and the player will not be switched until it is determined by the player, while semi-automatic will switch to the player a pass is given to. |
| Saw | 2009-10-22 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | Zombie Studios Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Survival horror | | | | | Mature | | Windows | Based on the popular movie franchise of the same name, Saw casts the player as the former detective David Tapp, shortly after the events of the first movie. The Jigsaw Killer has healed his gunshot wound and has locked him up in an abandoned asylum to teach him a lesson about life appreciation. Tapp's primary tasks is to explore the building and find an exit, while avoiding or solving Jigsaw's traps and puzzles.Upon starting the game Tapp is instantly faced with the task of removing a trap known as the Reverse Bear Trap, a mechanism that is set to go off and tear a human head apart. After getting the trap off his head, he is free to wander a mental institution filled with obstacles such as shotgun doors, broken glass that cuts Tapp's bare feet, and other victims of Jigsaw who are after Tapp because Jigsaw has hidden the key to their traps inside his chest. Mysteries surrounding the films need to be uncovered, there are different characters to meet and it is possible to see the sets recreated from them.Tapp's actions affect the outcome of the game. If he is not careful, in some traps innocents will be killed, and some of those wandering the halls are not violent. Killing them affects the game's outcome, as well Tapp's ability to save others from certain traps. The game has two endings, a positive and a negative. The positive ending is the only ending which is canon to the films, the negative ending is not canon. Players control Tapp from a third-person perspective, and the game has a combat mechanism very similar to Silent Hill: Homecoming. He can use various weapons in the environments, however they will break after being used a few times. Some enemies have traps that may affect their skills; enemies with square shaped traps on their head cannot see but will attack if they can find you, while enemies with dynamite strapped to their hands will explode after death which can harm you, and so on.Traps can be used against enemies as well; fuse boxes can be switched on above a pool of water and anyone who steps in will be electrocuted, and later in the game the player can re-set shotgun doors and hide from enemies. While progressing through the game, new kinds of traps can be found, as well as new weapons, light sources, and even the ability to create new traps or weapons from junk around the asylum. Some of the larger, more complex traps require Tapp to save both his own life as well as another person's life, and others may force him to make a decision between his own life or the others. These traps are often presented as complex puzzles. The game rewards the player for finding clues and documents strewn around the Asylum, and in many cases Tapp will not be able to escape a trap without the help of the clues. |
| Everyday Genius: SquareLogic | 2009-10-23 | MumboJumbo, LLC | TrueThought LLC | Puzzle | | | | Mental training | | | | Meditative / Zen, Turn-based | Everyone | | Windows | Everyday Genius: SquareLogic is a casual strategy / puzzle game in the Sudoku genre. Players journey through 42 different locations, encountering puzzles of a different variety at each location.Each puzzle consists of one or two boards divided into grids ranging in size from 4x4 to 9x9; each board square must be filled in with a number ranging from 1 to the board size. Colored cages provide clues and rules (10 different types) that must be satisfied in order for the puzzle to be correctly solved. On some boards, the colored cage shapes are hidden and must be deduced by the player.The base version of the game includes over 20,000 puzzles. Includes Stats and Achievements, as well as online Leaderboards and offsite Steam Cloud savegames (Steam version only). |
| Funbag Fantasy | 2009-10-23 | Waffle | Waffle | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Romance | Dating simulation, Visual novel | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs) |
| Sally's Quick Clips | 2009-10-23 | GamesCafe.com | GamesCafe.com | Action, Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle, Time management | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Sally's Quick Clips is a match-three game linking to the existing Sally's Spa franchise.Arrange a variety of hairstyling tools, such as scissors, hair dye, hairdryers in lines of 3+ symbols to fill progress bars. Each customer requests a number of different techniques to be applied to their hair, each with their own progress bar.Levels are laid out in groups of 5, each being a different venue/location. At the end of each location, Sally competes in a competition against a fellow hairstylist where you frantically match particular symbols in the race to finish a customer's hair first. Typical of other casual games, you earn money each level, which can be used to purchase upgrades to improve the gameplay. |
| World Riddles: Animals | 2009-10-23 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Funny Bear Studio | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | World Riddles: Animals is a picture crossword puzzle game similar to Picross and other titles, where the player has to reveal a pattern on a grid by following a series of number clues. The grid of varying size has a sequence of numbers for each line and column, indicating how many cells have to be filled to complete the pattern. The number sequence also shows the arrangement of the marked squares. For example, a line with a "1 3 1" hint has two isolated cells and three connected ones. The player has to select the correct squares by following the clues and making logical deductions about their positioning. Mini-games appear between levels with several activities, like picture puzzles, trivia questions, a spot-the-differences game with two similar images and other challenges. |
| Hidden Expedition: Devil's Triangle | 2009-10-24 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Big Fish Games, Inc | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A scientific organization called H.E.A.T. (Hidden Expedition Adventure Team) sends the experimental submarine Sea-Hawk, powered by a revolutionary device called Bio-Coil, to the famous Bermuda Triangle in search of a lost pilot. As the submarine approaches the mysterious region, pirates suddenly appear and start to board the vessel to steal the precious power source. The crew is forced to evacuate on emergency escape pods, landing on the beach of a strange island with exotic buildings and bizarre inhabitants.Hidden Expedition: Devil's Triangle is the fourth entry in the hidden object game series produced by Big Fish Games since 2006. As in most recent titles of the genre, the adventure elements are more pronounced with full inventory and puzzles complementing the simple hidden object scenes.Like in most first-person point-and-click adventures, the player navigates through various locations by clicking on hotspots positioned over obvious exit openings, like doors and other places. The rooms are presented as a series of static screens with interactive portions. The cursor is context-sensitive, changing shape when hovering over an interactive part of the scenery. It morphs into an eye when over a place with a close-up view, that sometimes contains a hidden object scene or a mini-game. It transforms into golden arrows when over one of the exit hotspots. It becomes a hand when over a scenery object that can be collected. It displays swirling blue circles over special areas where an inventory item can be used.Some of the locations double as hidden object and adventure screens. On the hidden object sections, the goal is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen. The list entries can be clicked to show the object silhouette on a small round window at the bottom-right. Some of the objects are stored in the inventory, that can be accessed by clicking on a button above the list, using the same area to show its contents. The inventory tools can be dragged and dropped on places of the scenery to solve puzzles or perform actions. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items, with a number of uses available at the start of each chapter. After spending all the hints, the player has to wait while the heliometer refills to receive another one.Mini-games take place on separate screens, where the objective is to manipulate some mechanism to solve a puzzle. A log book automatically keeps track of progress, with entries listing character profiles, objectives and clues. |
| Au Sable | 2009-10-26 | | | Action | Side view | | Horror | Platform, Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Au Sable is a horror-themed, side-scrolling platform shooter and the sequel to All Our Friends Are Dead. It is likely named after the ghost town Au Sable near Oscoda, Michigan (USA). Contrary to games with a similar platform-shooter design, it focuses foremost on a harrowing soundscape and a terrifying atmosphere. Many of the areas are entirely free of enemies, there is a haunting soundtrack and disturbing sound effects, and many scenes contain distorted and warped images with text written in the background. Black and red are the dominant colours throughout the game.Although the storyline is vague, the player appears to control a red-haired girl Athena, in search for another girl called Harmonia who has sunken into the depths of a forgotten town, lost forever. The protagonist is constantly followed by two red eyes floating behind her, representing the memory that haunts her. These can be used to activate certain switches usually needed to progress and have no other use. Initial controls consist of moving around and jumping. The jump height is affected through the duration of the key press. After avoiding enemies and hazard in the first part of the game, Athena is able to obtain a gun after a few levels. From that point an additional key is used to fire and the mouse is used to aim in any direction. The initial weapon is a shotgun and later on a spike gun can be picked up, with a faster firing rate and a wider reach. Both of them have an unlimited amount of bullets.Levels generally consist of taking out enemies, locating triggers and platform jumping. In certain sequences the player has no control over the actions and there are also a number of vertically-scrolling sequences. In difficulty it is very unforgiving, as a single mistake immediately requires the player to restart the level. However a quick save/load function is offered for a single instance. |
| World of Zoo | 2009-10-26 | THQ Inc. | Blue Fang Games, LLC | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | Point and select | | Everyone | | Windows | World of Zoo simulates a zoo experience where the player can safely interact with animals using a first-person view. There are eleven major families of animals, and a small editor that allows the player to mix and match parts to create real or imagined species of animals. The goal of the game is to make the animals happy through constant direct interaction.There is a large list of achievements ranging from cleaning up poo to building something new. The achievements unlock additional content in the game, providing the player with more options such as new animal parts, and new pre-made animals.The experience is cosmetically different between the Wii and PC versions. The PC version is split into two UPCs, each containing half of the animals that are present in the Wii game. Functionally, the Wii and PC game are different as the Wii game utilizes the Wii Remote, and the PC uses a mouse. |
| Barbie and the Three Musketeers | 2009-10-27 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | WayForward Technologies, Inc. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Europe | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | In this platformer based on the DVD movie of the same name, Barbie plays Corinne who want to be Musketeers in the French countryside. You play as Corinne and several of her friends: Aramina, Renee and Viveca who each have different abilities that will help you get through different parts of your missions. Use teamwork and their friendship to help solve puzzles and bypass obstacles. You uncover a plot against the prince and must avert it from completing. Journey through a dozen different locations from the movie all the way to Paris. Use different items such as grapples, ribbon whips, and Chinese fans as you leap and dance through game areas. Find treasure along the way. The girl's pet companion Miette the Cat can also be controlled to get into areas that the girls can't. |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Deadly Intent | 2009-10-27 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | Windows | In CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Deadly Intent the player once again joins the team of the Las Vegas crime lab as a new recruit. The timeline of this game fits into Season 9 of the long-running television show, and features the likenesses and voices of the actors and actresses who star in that show including Catherine, Ray, Nick and Riley.The player will help solve five gruesome murder cases which must be solved in the order they happen. Collect evidence from crime scenes, interview witnesses and suspects, and analyze the evidence using the lab's computers and hi-tech equipment.Gameplay is traditional point-and-click in 1st person perspective. Communicate with other members of the team using a PDA, accessible from an icon at the bottom left of the gameplay screen. The PDA also serves for navigation to different locations, looking at evidence gathered, reviewing the case files, and accessing the game's options.This game was released simultaneously for Windows, the Xbox 360, and Wii. It takes place during the same time period as CSI: Deadly Intent - The Hidden Cases for the Nintendo DS but has different cases and gameplay aspects. |
| League of Legends | 2009-10-27 | Riot Games, Inc. | Riot Games, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Gambling elements, Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Runeterra is a world full of magic. But not in an esoteric or invisible kind of way. No, the magic is real. It can be formed, sculpted, manipulated and such. And no where on Runeterra is the concentration and accessibility of magic so high as in Valoran. There a nexus can be used to transform the raw magic into a physical form to make it usable. But as useful that may be on first glance, in reality the abundance of raw energy has always been a threat to the very existence of Runeterra. It's a very unstable world with seismic disturbances and every kind of geological areas scattered around the surface of the planet. In addition many used the raw energy in their wars without regard to the consequences of their actions. The last two rune-wars alone changed the face of Valoran completely and even when the raw energy had been turned to restoration after the people realized they terrible mistake, the changes continued to go on. A theory says that another rune-war will destroy the whole world from within.In order to prevent that from happening, the League of Legends was formed. Their entire purpose is to oversee the controlled resolution of the political conflicts in Valoran. To that end it was decided that all important conflicts have to be resolved inside specific arenas build at various places in Valoran. Summoners of a political group are now allowed to announce one champion each to resolve their conflict in these arenas. The player takes on the role of such a Summoner.League of Legends is a free-2-play-strategy-game and builds heavily on the Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos-modification Defense of the Ancients by the same developer. To get access to additional champions, runes and such, the players need to invest their money through the integrated shop. Each Summoner has access to three skill trees divided into Offense, Defense and Utility and a rune-book. Points or runes invested will grant the champion access to additional spells or higher attributes. In addition the champion himself has his own accessorize of spells and abilities available but at the start of each game he will be back at level 1 while the player always levels up through winning games.The goal of each match is to destroy the enemy nexus. A few moments after the game starts an endless stream of minions begin to spawn and automatically moving towards the enemy nexus. In-between are defense towers and of course enemy troops. To that end the champion, controlled by the player in a typical RTS-fashion, has to help his uncontrollable minions to destroy the obstacles and ultimately the enemy nexus.Each kill the champion or nearby minion makes, will grant him experience points and grant him a level up to 18. In addition so-called creeps are scattered around the maps for the champions to engage including an epic monster that can't be killed alone or without a very high level. Each level up grants a talent point to upgrade an existing spell or unlock a new one. Furthermore the player gains gold constantly throughout a match which in return is invested in items available at a shop in the base.The game is heavily focused on multiplayer-matches and can't be played without a internet connection. Still the practice matches allow for play against and with bots who fill up the available free spots. |
| Painkiller: Resurrection | 2009-10-27 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc., JoWooD Productions Software AG | Homegrown Games | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Painkiller: Resurrection is a first-person shooter based upon Painkiller and Painkiller: Overdose. It is not a sequel to those games, but instead rehashes the familiar theme with a new protagonist, updated graphics and improved special effects.You take the role of William "Wild Bill" Sherman, a Black Ops specialist and former CIA agent. Bill's last mission went completely wrong and he was killed as were many innocent bystanders. Now he has arrived in purgatory, that interim place between heaven and hell where good and evil forces collide. There are four difficulty levels in the single player game. As in other FPS games, your objective is to kill monsters and beasts and make it through the levels. Unlike previous Painkiller games, there are different ways to solve things, some less violent than others. For instance, you can sneak around areas where enemy spawning is likely.Each of the eight weapons has different attack modes plus two firing modes. Besides standard guns there are outlandish weapons like a razor-spinning grenade launcher and a demon head that spews laser fire. Find additional weapons, ammunition, armor and gold by killing foes and destroying containers (urns, caskets, boxes etc.) Some objects can also be pushed.Health can be regenerated somewhat by walking through the soul left over after killing an enemy. Gather enough souls to morph into a demon for a short time. As a morphed demon you become somewhat invincible and immune to normal attacks until the effect wears off.Special abilities and powers can be gained by finding hidden Black Tarot Cards contained in each level (single-player game only). The multiplayer game has other power-up tokens that provide similar effects.All movement is controlled using your keyboard, and the mouse is used to turn and control the direction you look and aim. Keyboard keys can be reassigned if you desire. The Video Options include being able to toggle between a Full Screen and Windowed display. |
| Press Your Luck: 2010 Edition | 2009-10-27 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ludia, Inc. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Don't let the "2010 Edition" fool you - this is based off of the original version of the popular 80's game show Press Your Luck. The garish 1980s set and the flow of the show have both been faithfully replicated in digital form. The game features a single player mode, where the contestant plays through 20 shows of different opponents and increasing difficulty. Alternatively, up to three players can play an episode as contestants in the game's "Party Mode."Gameplay mirrors the game show it is based on. There are two rounds, each with a question phase and a board phase. Players are asked four multiple-choice questions in the question phase. Ringing in first and giving the correct answer nets you 3 spins. The other two players then get a chance to pick their answer to earn 1 spin. Incorrect answers gain no spins.In the board phase, players use their accumulated spins to rack up cash. The board "spins" at random until the player hits a button to stop the cycle, earning whatever cash on the space the board stopped on. If the board stops on a cartoon "Whammy," that contestant's score is set to zero. Four Whammies removes that contestant from the game. The idea is to "press your luck" as long as you can, and then dump remaining spins off on another player in hopes of forcing them into a Whammy.As players win games, they unlock new costumes and hairstyles for their avatar. |
| The Mysterious Past of Gregory Phoenix | 2009-10-27 | White Zebra | White Zebra | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | While searching the house inherited from his grandfather, Gregory learns about his family links with a magical armor from medieval times. The armor was disassembled by an evil wizard, and the pieces scattered throughout the world. Gregory and his friend Rachel must travel around the globe to recover all the missing parts and restore the ancient family heirloom.The Mysterious Past of Gregory Phoenix is a hidden object game with elements from the adventure genre. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items listed on a semi-circular device at the bottom-right of the screen, on locations around the planet. Some of the objects are only revealed when using a special gadget, like infra-red goggles, spectrometers, x-ray visors and other helpful tools. These gadgets and other objects are stored in the inventory, accessible through a spanner button at the bottom interface. The objects, like keys and other items, can be dragged and dropped from their inventory slots to solve puzzles and perform actions, like unlocking doors and chests. Clicking on certain portions of the scenery brings up a window with another angle of the scene, showing a closer view of the contents of holes and other containers.After completing a scene, the player receives a rune key that can be used to unlock new locations. Some places have puzzles where a mechanism has to be manipulated directly to solve it, like tile-sliding puzzles and similar challenges. In the armory, the objective is to collect all the pieces of a armor portion, shown as a drawing at the bottom. |
| The Stronghold Collection | 2009-10-27 | 2K Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection contains the five medieval games of the FireFly Studios' Stronghold series. The games within this collection are:
Stronghold
Stronghold Crusader
Stronghold Crusader Extreme
Stronghold 2
Stronghold Legends
If bought on the Steam digital distribution platform, owners of this collection would get the enhanced releases of these titles (Stronghold HD, Stronghold Crusader HD, Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition, and Stronghold 2: Steam Edition) free of charge as they were released. |
| Torchlight | 2009-10-27 | Runic Games, Inc. | Runic Games, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Hack and slash | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Thick veins of the magical ore Ember lie beneath the streets of Torchlight, and fortune seekers have been flocking to the small mining town since its discovery. To extract the valuable ore, a labyrinth of tunnels has been dug deep into the earth. What the miners don't know, but will soon discover, is that something much more deadly resides beneath. Ruined civilizations, now long forgotten, have hidden horrors no one can even imagine .. and now those horrors are about to surface. It is up to you and your trusty companions to stop the onslaught of monsters and save the town's citizens.Torchlight is a single-player action role-playing game in which you play one of three character classes: The Destroyer (a warrior), The Alchemist (a spellcaster), or The Vanquisher (a rogue). Each character class has unique weapons and armor and three skill sets.Although the majority of gameplay is handled in typical Diablo-like fashion (exploring, killing monsters, completing quests, buying and selling, levelling up, etc.), there are a few distinguishing features. For instance, your character has a private stash for storing excess items. All of your party members also share an additional pack which can be used to transfer items between them.The animal companion you choose at the beginning of the game can be used for a variety of purposes. This pet can wear two rings and an amulet, can carry as many items as you can in its own pack, and levels up with experience. Its items can be sold to shopkeepers or shared between the party. You can teach your pet tricks, like fetching dropped items or to cast two spells of your choosing. To turn your pet into a vicious fighting monster, feed it fish before a battle. Different fishes found or caught by you in the game have varied effects on your pet.Most levels in the game are randomly generated. Inside you'll find secret rooms, traps, swinging bridges, levers, shrines, non-monster encounters, and elevation changes. The game features an auto-map feature to help you find your way around, and tool tips for getting acquainted with the gameplay. |
| Wine Tycoon | 2009-10-27 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | Europe | | | Real-time | | | Windows | http://virtual-playground.co.uk/products/wine/wine.htm (from Ad Blurbs)Create and own the winery of your dreams
Plant vineyards in the 10 most important wine regions of France. Take care of your vines through the 4 seasons of the year. Harvest and process your grapes ~ Bordeaux, Burgundy, Pinot Noir etc. ~ to produce more than 45 stunning French wines.A simulation which will appeal to Wine Buffs and Game players alike. Great fun for players of all abilities.Extensive hand - holding tutorial for first time Tycooners.Wine Tycoon comes complete with a comprehensive Wine Encyclopædia, Year Vintage Charts etc. Intended as an aid to the novice wine buff, the Wine Encyclopædia contains a glossary of wine terms and concise descriptions of French wines, grape varieties and wine regions.• Plant vineyards in the 10 most important wine regions of France. Take care of your vines through the 4 seasons of the year
• Harvest and process your grapes ~ Bordeaux, Burgundy, Pinot Noir etc. ~ to produce more than 45 stunning French wines
• A simulation which will appeal to Wine Buffs and Game players alike
• Great fun for players of all abilities.
• Extensive hand - holding tutorial for first time Tycooners
• Includes a comprehensive Wine Encyclopaedia, Year Vintage Charts etc. |
| Monster Breeding | 2009-10-28 | Sugar Free Games, S.L. | Sugar Free Games, S.L. | Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Monster Breeding is as the title suggests, a game primarily on breeding monsters and attempting to create monsters of better quality. Monsters are initially bought and after they mate, their offspring or the monsters themselves, may be optionally sold to clients that periodically visit each day. Quality of a monster depends on their stats and abilities, such as health, eating habits, and incubation periods. The better these qualities, indicated by a five star rank, the higher its value to be sold for top coin. |
| Romance of Rome | 2009-10-28 | Awem Studio | Awem Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Marcus is a modest young man in ancient Roman times that, after a series of chance encounters, sets out in a path to reach higher social status. On the way, he will meet members of royalty and amass enough money and glory to become a respected Roman citizen.Romance of Rome is a hidden object with some elements from the adventure genre, and a spin-off of the Cradle of Rome series. The plot is developed through comic book screens at the start and end of each chapter. Instead of connecting three tiles of the same type, this time the objective is to find and click on all the items shown on slots at the bottom of the screen, on period locations filled with assorted objects. Some of the slots have a green background, indicating that the object will be stored in the inventory at the right side when collected.As in most point-and-click adventures, the inventory items have be used on interactive portions of the scenery to complete tasks for other characters and solve puzzles. Some objects are hidden from view, or locked inside containers, and can only be collected after using one of the inventory items on the correct place, like opening a cupboard with its key. There are no penalties for wrong clicks. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items and is unlimited, but takes some time to recharge after use.The player receives a small sum of money for each item found and task completed. Five gold coins can also be found on each location and added to the funds. The coins have to be spent on the shop screen, where clothing and other accessories have to be purchased to raise Marcus' status and complete the chapter. |
| Trapped: The Abduction | 2009-10-28 | PlayFirst, Inc. | PlayFirst, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | Helene wakes up locked up on the back of car, not knowing where she is or how she got there. After opening the trunk and getting out to a strange and remote building, she hears a voice message in a derisive tone by the kidnapper explaining her situation. This deranged man prepared a series of dangerous puzzles, challenges and traps scattered throughout the environment, and she must solve them and play his insane game to survive.Trapped: The Abduction is a hidden object game with adventure elements. The player assumes the role of the kidnapped victim, seeing the world from her point of view. Most locations start with a hidden object section, where the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen. After collecting all the objects, the next section is the adventure portion, where the goal is to gather a series of inventory tools and use them on the environment to solve puzzles. The inventory can be accessed with the backpack button at the bottom-left, showing all the items stored on slots. The ? button highlights the position of one of the list items, but takes some time to recharge after each use. |
| Big City Adventure: New York City | 2009-10-29 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Jolly Bear Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Board game, Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Big City Adventure: New York City is the third entry in a series of hidden object games focusing on locations around a famous city. The player takes the role of one of the six members of a family taking a vacation trip through New York City. Each location is based on a famous landmark or street of the city, where the main objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, within a time limit. Some of the list entries display clues about an object instead of its name. Entries in blue can only be found inside a zoom window showing another angle of the scene.The hint system uses several coins that can be found scattered on the scenery, and stored at the bottom-right corner to be spent later. There are three hint types: ? coins show the position of one object, ►► coins highlight several objects at once and time coins give a few more seconds to finish the scene. Score coins give bonus points, while skip coins are used to pass over the mini-games that appear between each location, all based on old concepts and classic games. There is a Pipe Dream implementation with scrambled road sections, a tile-matching game, a spatial cognition challenge where several objects have to be stored inside a taxi trunk, a mahjong variant, a game with tetrominoes pieces, a jigsaw puzzle and a concentration memory game. |
| Borderlands | 2009-10-29 | 2K Games, Inc. | Gearbox Software LLC | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Action RPG, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | The planet Pandora isn't much more than a desert filled with bandits, mercenaries and adventurers. Their goal: the legendary vault which is said to be filled with treasures beyond imagination hidden on the planet by an ancient highly advanced alien race. One of those fortune-seekers is the protagonist, who has one advantage: the guidance of the Guardian of the vault.Borderlands is a mixture of a first-person shooter and a role-playing game, somewhat similar in concept to Hellgate: London. At the beginning of the game the player chooses between one of four characters:
Roland: A former soldier. He likes to play with rifles and shotguns and has a Scorpio-Turret at his disposal to keep his back clear.
Lilith: A Siren and Phasewalker. She can turn invisible and fights with extreme speed.
Mordecai: A hunter. He prefers to snipe enemies from a distance and has access to a bird of prey called Bloodwing.
Brick: A Berserker. He doesn't care much for guns and instead uses his fists to win all arguments.
Each of the four characters has three different skill trees available, filled with talents that e.g. increase bullet damage or allow the player to resurrect a friend in cooperative game. The player gets one skill point to spend at each level up, which is earned through gaining enough experience points by killing enemies and fulfilling quests for the various NPCs inhabiting the planet Pandora. To kill all those enemies and survive the journey, the protagonist will find weapons, ammunition, useful items like shields or medipacks, upgrades and money on the enemies he or she kills, in chests scattered around the landscape, or purchased at vending machines. Weapons and shields come in different types of quality, can have several different types of attributes and mostly come with a level requirement. The maximum level a character can reach is 50.Since the protagonist has to travel around much, he or she has a buggy available armed with a machine gun and a rocket launcher or heavy machine gun at later levels. Since the game also features a drop in/drop out-coop-mode for up to four players, the buggies have enough room for two players with one using the mounted turret and the other driving around the vehicle. |
| FIFA Manager 10 | 2009-10-29 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Bright Future GmbH | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | FIFA Manager 10 is a managerial simulation in which the player is responsible for the financial and athletic success of his team. The player has influence on many settings, e.g. line-ups, player transfers, training, budgets, merchandising, stadium expansion or sponsors. New is the stadium infrastructure were the player sets the number of toilets, VIP rooms and similar things.The game basically features two match presentations with a few variations: text mode and live calculation. In the text mode the game describes the most important happenings in writing. In the 3D calculated matches the player can reach all tactical options during the match without needing to use a separate menu. The matches can also be watched as "live ticker" which is similar to teletext, in the "highlight mode" which is basically a faster 3D calculated match or be skipped altogether.The most prominent innovation is the new online mode where many players compete against each other in a league. The complexity is noticeable tones down: the players only have to care for training, basic tactics, line-up and stadium expansion. The athletes have just one rating with a few special abilities and the matches are played in text-mode only. Player transfers are similar to an auction were all players can participate. All other innovations in the regular game are small detail improvements, e.g. the player character is shown during the 3D matches, the fans of the club express their wishes or support for widescreen-resolutions.The player can either choose a club at the beginning of the game or play a real career, meaning he has to work his way from a lower class to the top. An important part of the game is the customizable difficulty level: the player sets the difficulty for each aspect of the game separately and chooses which aspects fall in his responsibility, e.g. only financial or athletic tasks. Although the game features a full license the player can use an editor to change the data. |
| The Tudors | 2009-10-29 | Merscom LLC, Showtime Networks Inc. | Daedalic Entertainment GmbH | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | Windows | In 16th century England, Elena Sedgrave is recruited personally by Henry VIII as a spy, after saving the life of one of the king's men. She is sent with her father to other European nations to gather useful information for the monarch, entering a world of political intrigue where she has to move carefully to avoid getting caught while doing her investigations.The Tudors is a hidden object game with elements of the adventure genre, based on a TV series of the same name. Photographs of the main cast are used as portraits for the characters. The player assumes the role of Henry's spy, searching the many rooms of foreign courts for new information. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items from an open scroll at the left side of the screen. The hint button is the Tudor's rose sitting above the list, that shows the position of one of the required objects when used, but takes some time to be slowly repainted and become available again. A sun dial displays the optional time limit, that can be turned on or off at the start of the game.In some instances, the goal is to move between rooms and collect inventory objects, that can be used on portions of the scenery to solve puzzles or perform actions. Some mini-games appear on a separate screen, where the player has to mix potions, pick locks, reassemble torn garments, find the differences between two similar images and complete other similar challenges. |
| Truck Racer | 2009-10-29 | Nordic Games Publishing AB | Brain in a Jar Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Track racing, Truck | | | | | Windows | Truck Racer is a racing game with trucks. Eight tracks in eight countries are included, as well as different trucks such as a firetruck, army truck or vans. You can play against seven AI opponents in normal races or in the stunt arena. More progress unlocks trophies and more content. |
| Wartime: Blitzkrieg Tactics | 2009-10-29 | United Publishing Interactive Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Conflict 2012
Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon
Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder
Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath
Great Battles of WWII: Stalingrad
Blitzkrieg: Green Devils
Panzerkrieg: Burning Horizon 2
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| Football Manager 2010 | 2009-10-30 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | Sports Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | Windows | Football Manager 2010 is the sixth entry in Sports Interactive's series of football management simulations. The previous game introduced a new 3D match engine and Football Manager 2010 follows down the same path with several updates for the engine. It's been upgraded with 100 new animations, new stadia and crowds, an improved AI, and better lighting and pitch degradations. The new match analysis tool allows the player to find strengths and weaknesses for both his own team and the opposition.. With it the player can see where on the pitch shots, passes, crosses, headers, tackles, fouls and interceptions have happened. This can be seen both during and after matches for both teams. A new tactical module has been introduced too. It's meant to make it easier for the player to give orders for the team to follow. The new module features thousands new options and allows the player to shout out instructions directly from the touchline. The old tactics system is still in place though for those players that would prefer that. The user interface has been redesigned with both aesthetic and navigational changes. The old side menu has been replaced with a tab system which is meant to allow the player to reach the different areas of the game more quickly. A new data editor is also introduced. Now it's possible for the player to add new competitions of his own. Not only can he add competitions and extra levels for already existing levels but also completely new competitions and leagues. Included in the game are 115 leagues from 51 different countries. |
| Fort Zombie | 2009-10-30 | Paradox Interactive AB | Kerberos Productions | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Behind view | | Horror | Survival horror | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Scientists thought it was a disease, but those who believed in their cures only died in hospitals. The clergy thought it was a curse from God, but those who believed in their prayers only died in churches. Whatever this evil force is, you have so far been spared of its touch, but you are tired of running away. Whatever happens, with an entire city of zombies heading in your direction, you decide that the next town you find will be where you'll make a stand.Fort Zombie is a focused-scope, casual action RPG that takes place in the small town of Piety, Indiana, on a version of Earth that is being invaded by zombies. The town is randomly generated each time the player enters it and the focus of the game is building up your "fort" - which can be the school, the prison or the police station, each having its own strengths and weaknesses - in order to ultimately withstand the large zombie swarm heading your way. On top of that, the player must choose between a variety of daytime missions that consist of searching the town in order to improve character stats, gather supplies and find and "collect" other NPC survivors in order to put their skills to use. However, zombies roam during the day as well and careless players can easily find themselves overwhelmed during their daily missions. |
| Horrid Henry: Missions of Mischief | 2009-10-30 | Asylum Entertainment Ltd., SouthPeak Interactive Ltd | Asylum Entertainment Ltd. | Action | Side view |
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| | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Now Horrid Henry moves from the multi-million selling book series and massively successful TV show onto the PC!
Henry is a head-strong boy, constantly raging against the tyranny of adults and infuriating girls.
Henry has a range of special skills and equipment he can use during missions. His task is to dash around locations playing pranks on other characters while trying to avoid getting caught. Key features:
Fun and engaging objective-based gameplay, with a real kid’s champion!
Multiple difficulty settings allow each player to enjoy a challenging game.
8 bonus levels to unlock with genuinely horrid rewards.
Includes loads of Henry’s favorite stuff – supersoakers, gross goo, spiders and stink bombs.
Fun characters include Henry’s nemesis Moody Margaret, his annoying little brother Perfect Peter and scary Miss Battle-Axe.
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| League of Legends (Collector's Pack) | 2009-10-30 | GOA | Riot Games, Inc. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Collector's Pack is the retail release of the normally free-2-play-game and includes:
League of Legends
20 playable Champions
4 special Summoner Runes
$10/10€ of Riot Points for use in the Armory
One of the exclusive Champion skin. Which one the player gets depends on where he bought the game. |
| Majikoi! Love Me Seriously! | 2009-10-30 | Minato Soft | Minato Soft | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Martial arts | Fighting, Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Some of the strongest people in Japan and even in the world underwent rigorous training at the temple in Kawakami City. It just so happens that the head of the temple, Tesshin Kawakami, is also the principal of the city's Academy; it's only natural that some of the fighting spirit has transcended borders and found its way into the hearts of the students. In this combative environment, protagonist Yamato Naoe is a rather normal high schooler. Sure, he's sly, and has above average intelligence which earned him the reputation of a strategist, but he's pretty weak compared to his girl friends who are all accomplished martial artists. He spends most of his free time with a group of friends he had since childhood, dubbed the Kazama family, after their leader. Together, these four boys and three girls have always remained united and never felt the need of adding new people to their comfort zone. But that is about to change, as two new girls join the Academy's dorm and force the gang to let their guard down. With the coming of the new semester, an important question is troubling Yamato as well: with whom of the five girls would he want to spend the rest of his life?In Maji de Watashi ni Koishinasai!! you guide the protagonist towards his true love, an ambition that might even lead to a conflict of global proportions, which is representative of the comedic style that dominates the writing: overblown tropes and characters in a rather normal Japan. The game is an erotic visual novel divided into three main parts. The first part is the prologue and introduces you to the characters and the setting, while in the second you must choose whose route you're going to pursue. Spending time together with one character may remove events specific to others. Once you make a girl interested enough, you can advance to the final part, which is actually dating her and trying to win her heart. You can't date other girls at this point. The game is played in typical visual novel fashion, by clicking through conversations and occasionally selecting one of several multiple choices. The various choices unlock additional dialogue, events and can affect the final ending as well.The game follows established genre standards and offers the option of skipping conversations you already visited, while the events, including the erotic scenes, are saved in the extras section for later viewing. |
| Real Warfare: 1242 | 2009-10-30 | 1C Company | Unicorn Games Studios | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Real Warfare: 1242 re-tells the resistance of Alexander Newski, a Russian national hero, against the Mongol conquest of his country. During the campaign the player has to solve eight missions based on real battles. This game is a traditional real-time tactics game and very similar to the predecessor XIII Century: Death or Glory. To beat a mission a linear sequence of objectives has to be fulfilled. Archers, soldiers and horsemen have to tactically used to be successful. Between missions troops can be upgraded or replaced with a limited money budget.Additionally the game features single missions in which the player can take control over 24 historical factions. |
| Solar Flare | 2009-10-30 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | Scorched Muffin Entertainment | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Patrick Mera | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Solar Flare is a fast-paced real-time strategy title with different planets battling each other while orbiting a destabilizing sun. The aim is to destroy all other planets before the sun explodes. At the start of a game, where the player can define the parameters such as the number of opponents and the difficulty level, the different planets are placed on different trajectories around the sun. All planets move around automatically at different speeds (depending on the distance to the sun).Each planet has two important parameters: health and energy. Health represents the general state of the planet (too many hits cause the core to rupture) while energy, which re-fills gradually, is used to perform actions. Movement actions include rotating the planet or warp to move the planet along its orbital path at a faster speed, mainly used to chase another planet or to get out of a dangerous situation. Energy can be spent on three types of structures: plasma cannons, energy shields and power plants. These can be placed on any part of the surface, but the position determines its usefulness. Cannons are use to attack other planets, shields intercept incoming projectiles and plants provide additional energy.Each of the three types of constructions can be upgraded. For a cannon this includes a cluster upgrade, causing fired projectiles to explode into clusters and damaging more areas, and a damage upgrade. For shields both a deflection and an absorption upgrade is offered. Plants can have an energy and a recharge upgrade. Constructions can also be sold in difficult situations to receive more energy quickly.The mouse is used to rotate the camera, zoom, and target areas on another planet to attack. Fired projectiles move towards the assigned goal regardless of the orbiting speed, so the movement path needs to be calculated when aiming. When multiple cannons are present, they can be fired at once, but need some time to recharge.A few random factors are introduced through asteroid scattered around the orbital paths. Energy asteroids provide additional energy when shot, health asteroids repair the planet surface and restore health, black hole asteroids spawn a powerful black hole that sucks in incoming projectiles and deadly asteroids act as bombs that explode when shot. Next to the singleplayer, skirmish sessions, the game also offers multiplayer through LAN. |
| Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 4 - The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood | 2009-10-30 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood is the fourth release in the episodic Tales of Monkey Island series. It continues right after the cliffhanger of Episode 3: Guybrush is abducted by pirate hunter Morgan LeFlay who brings him back to Flotsam Island. There he gets accused of four crimes, e.g. paralyzing a cat. The first half of the game is spent with clearing Guybrush from this charges in front of the Flotsam court with Stan, known from the original games, as prosecutor.In comparison to Episode 3, the dialogue based puzzles are reduced and most puzzles consist of Guybrush walking through (new) places, taking everything he can and using the items on other items. In his inventory he can combine items too. Besides a small treasure hunting episode with a twist there are no mini games involved.Unlike traditional adventure games the movement of Guybrush is not controlled by point & click but by holding the left mouse button and dragging the mouse in the desired direction (or alternatively with the keyboard keys). Interactions with items or persons are carried out with a single mouse button.Unlike other Telltale episodic adventure series, individual episodes initially could not be purchased separately. Because of the larger story arc or possibly financial reasons, users were required to buy the five episodes as a whole as they are released on a monthly basis. Later, the decision was reversed and episodes were also offered individually. |
| X³: Gold Edition | 2009-10-30 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The X3: Gold Edition includes X³: Reunion 2.5, Including Bala Gis Research missions, and X³: Terran Conflict, including the Aldrin Missions. The X³ soundtrack also is included. |
| Hidden Magic | 2009-10-31 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Dekovir, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Hidden Magic is a hidden-object, role-playing battle game.You play as a mage through your journey and you are searching for your wife who has been kidnapped by goblins in the middle of the night while you were not at home. Your task is to search for your wife in the forest and bring her back safely to home.The gameplay is slightly different from another Hidden Object Games, but the basic task is to find (hidden) items, objects on the screen through the whole game.There is an interesting new feature - the battle screen. On the battle screen you have to find several hidden objects. There are 3 spells on the screen, which you can cast, but it's completely randomized. You can't choose which spell to cast. You and your enemy have life points. Your goal is to cast powerful spells at your enemy until you defeat him. Spells need a certain number of hidden objects to activate. The more Hidden Objects you find the more spells you can cast on the battle screen.There are also hidden object puzzle scenes. You have to find broken pieces of different objects. There is no time-limit in the gameplay and you can use a hint in every 30 seconds. And the game also has a varied amount of mini-games and puzzles including memory boards, match-3 boards and some other games. |
| Home | 2009-10-31 | increpare games | increpare games | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The protagonist of Home is an aged man sent to old people's home. His time is needed for four actions: converse with the nurse, eat, go to toilet, sleep. There is a bar related with each activity: neglecting any of the four of these leads to a problem, for instance not eating till the bar is void causes collapse on the floor, which will dealt with by restraining the man to bed and installing a feeding tube.The purpose of the game is not to let the activity bars get void. |
| Ice Cream Dee Lites | 2009-10-31 | Prime Games GmbH | Cerebral Vortex Games | Action | | | | Managerial / business simulation, Time management | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ice Cream Dee Lites is a time management game. You play as Dee, owner of an ice cream shop. Serve customers and invent new flavours. If your customers don't have to wait for too long, you will make a profit which you can then invest into new machines and equipment to serve more customers. Become the most successful ice cream shop owner of the city. |
| Daisy Goes Solo | 2009-11-01 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Daisy Goes Solo is a series of two adventure-platform games inspired by the original Dizzy series. This time it features Dizzy's girlfriend Daisy and not Dizzy himself as the main character. These were the first games by the prolific author of Dizzy AGE fan games, Steve Rennie a.k.a. Grandad.In the first game Daisy wins a parachute jump, but strong wind blows her off course and she has to find a way to return home all by herself. In the second game the plane she had wanted to use to to get back to Yolkfolk Island has an emergency landing somewhere in Africa and Daisy has to continue finding a way back on her own.The game was made with Dizzy AGE (Dizzy Adventure Game Engine), a program for making Dizzy fan games created by Alexandru and Cristina Simion. The game's fairly simple graphics are mostly not reused from original Dizzy games, but made by the author himself. The Daisy sprite itself has been made by another author of Dizzy AGE games, Colin Page (Daisy as a non-player character in original games looks different). Like all Dizzy AGE games, the game is available as free download from the Dizzy AGE website and the Dizzy portal Yolkfolk.com. |
| Flug-Simulator: Spiele-Sammlung | 2009-11-01 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
FlightGear
JetFighter V: Homeland Protector
AirStrike 3D: Operation W.A.T.
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| Hidden World of Art | 2009-11-01 | MyPlayCity.com | Meridian'93 | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In Hidden World of Art you are playing the role of the young art restorer Lana Vassari. In this hidden object game you get jobs (classic paint restoring) from different people. You restore paintings by: finding listed items, finding pair of items, finding differences between two pictures. You also get paid for finished jobs according. If you have low number of missed clicks, no help used - you will get extra money. Money can be used to improve you apartment.
There is no specific goal in this game - just restore paintings, get money, and in the end have a nice vacation. |
| Igneous | 2009-11-01 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | Going Down In Flames | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Igneous is a very fast action platformer where the player controls a tiki totem that tries to escape from an erupting volcano. More akin to a racing game than a traditional platformer, the player is able to steer the rolling totem left or right a very high speeds and it can also jump to avoid obstacles. There are four levels in total and they consists of dense obstacle courses with lava rocks, collapsing bridges and boulders and constant blockades the totem can knock around.To progress, the game needs to be played at a high speed to gain sufficient acceleration to bridge the gaps. Obstacles slow down the totem but it can only be killed when it drops into the lava below. In the fourth and final level a furious idol needs to be approached and the fire beams it shoots can kill off the totem as well. There is an unlimited amount of continues, two difficulty levels and the option to select all available levels right away. |
| Kabloom | 2009-11-01 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | The Death of Games | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Paul Ewers | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | Windows | In Kabloom, play as an elephant trying to bring life back to a dying island by planting, watering and growing new trees. Collect seeds, till dirt patches and water saplings to grow the fruit needed to restore life back to the land. Collect all the fruits to grow the fruit of life and turn the desolate wasteland into a thriving eden! The game contains a set of floating islands all navigable from the start of the game. There are no hard time limits or goals, just cultivate your sea of islands as you see fit. Once you collect every fruit available the game is complete. |
| Runaway: A Twist of Fate | 2009-11-01 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Péndulo Studios, S.L. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | The third part of the Runaway saga starts with a sudden twist - Brian Basco has lost his memory, is accused of murder, has considered insane and put into an asylum. Some mysterious circumstances there result in the point at which Gina attends Brian's funeral. And the game begins at his very own grave where for the first time in the series we control Gina.While progressing through the game, its chapters interweave solving the problems and mysteries in the present with flashbacks which uncover what exactly has happened after the ending of Runaway 2 and later led to the situation at hand.The game has also kept its gameplay style with complex inventory puzzles requiring combining of various items, optional (often only for the sake of humour) actions and responses for them. Also it features some fast location travelling, handy hint system and hotspots highlighting.The Nintendo DS version has a redesigned interface. Pressing the stylus against the screen will highlight all objects that can be interacted with. In other situations, such as examining objects, the stylus is used in the same way as the mouse. A minor portion of the spoken dialogue is sacrificed. |
| Slave Maker 2 | 2009-11-01 | | | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Slave Maker 2 is a 2D hentai RPG managerial game and the sequel to the flash game Slave Maker. The player is a slave maker. He trains various anime/game girls (like Shampoo from Ranma 1/2 or Ayane from Dead or Alive) to be a good slaves. He needs to plan the entire day for them. Planning includes working, school, rest and other activities, including nightly sexual activity. It is also possible to buy various items in shops. The girls have statistics (such as charisma, intelligence, cooking and cleaning skills or obedience). Better statistics eventually make for a better slave. |
| Star Trek Newton: Part One - Anomaly | 2009-11-01 | | | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Star Trek Newton: Part One - Anomaly is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features a classic inventory and actions are can be controlled via mouse. You play as a crewman John Fischer on board the spaceship USS Newton when suddenly alert red is declared. Your goal is to reach the bridge. This is a fan game which takes place in the Star Trek universe. |
| Territory: The Mountain Men | 2009-11-01 | Attic Games | Attic Games | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Territory: The Mountain Men takes place in the early 19th century where the player explores the Upper Missouri region and trades with the Indians. In the year 1815 the player starts "Rocky Mountain Fur Company" with the goal to the richest person in the new territories (how rich the player has to be depends on the difficulty level). The player now has 15 years to complete this goal. Extra money can be made from discovering wonders and from various random events. |
| Towing Simulator | 2009-11-01 | United Independent Entertainment GmbH | ActaLogic | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Towing Simulator, not to be confused with the similarly themed Tow Truck Simulator 2010, is a job simulator in which the player takes the role of a tow truck driver. The basic idea is that the player drives through the fictional city and searches for parking violators which are shown as red dots on the mini map. When one is found, the player needs to tow the car on the truck by operating the crane and hydraulics systems. Then the truck needs to be driven to the depot and needs to unload the car on one of the assigned parking spaces. The depot is also the place to switch to a bigger tow truck which allows to tow away heavier cars.Towing away cars rewards money, but there are also fines to pay if the truck or the cars are scratched. Big accidents lead to an instant game over. There are three playing modes: free play, time trial (towing away as many cars as possible within a time limit for a high score; in this mode there is no drive to the depot because the cars are instantly beamed away when they are on the tow truck) and a third mode in which there are levels with different amounts of parking violators. |
| Dragon Age: Origins | 2009-11-03 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | BioWare Edmonton | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Mature | 2D scrolling, Free-roaming camera | Windows | Four hundred years have passed since the last Blight was successfully prevented by the Grey Wardens. Now once again the fearsome Darkspawn under the rule of the Arch Demon gather and are about to invade the land of Ferelden. The first battleground: the destroyed city at Ostagar, where the Grey Wardens meet the army of Cailan, king of Ferelden, to try and stop the Darkspawn, preventing death and destruction before it has even begun. However, during the battle, the forces of general Loghain inexplicably abandon the battlefield. As a result, the Grey Wardens, the king, and most of the human warriors are killed. Among the few survivors is the hero, who had joined the Grey Wardens just before the battle, and must now find a way to unite the races of Ferelden in a struggle against the common enemy.Dragon Age: Origins is a party-based third-person perspective role-playing game. Similarly to Baldur's Gate, combat is in real time, with the ability to pause at any moment. Tactical options include an editor which allows the player to give the AI detailed instructions on how to behave in every possible situation. Nonetheless the player can also control the party (with up to four active combatants) one by one, switching between the characters, using their special talents and abilities to overcome the many different enemies. During the course of the game, the player will have the opportunity to invite up to nine players to his party. While only four can leave the party camp at any given time, the experience points earned by killing enemies, fulfilling quests or simply opening a chest are granted to each member of the group.At each level-up a character earns three attribute points and one talent point. The talent point is used to unlock new spells and abilities in the extensive talent tree differing greatly between the three available classes: warrior, rogue and mage. Every three levels the character also earns a skill point allowing him/her to learn or get better at herbalism or increasing survival skills. In addition, at level 7 and 14 characters earn a specialisation point which allows them to learn two of four class specializations, such as for example shapeshifter and spirit healer for the mage class. These specializations give instant bonuses to certain attributes and unlock five exclusive talents. However, in order to learn such a specialization, it needs to be unlocked first. This is either done by buying the corresponding book from traders, or by learning it from another character, may it be a non-playable character or a party member.Not everyone is willing from the start to teach the protagonist. In particular the player's party members have to have a certain level of trust and satisfaction. Satisfaction can range from -100 to +100 and is influenced heavily by the decisions the player makes during the game. Talking and giving gifts to the party members also increases their satisfaction. A high level of satisfaction then grants the party member a bonus to specific attributes and unlocks additional quests as they open up and tell their past. In addition, it is possible to have a romance with up to two of the party members if the player character is of the right gender and makes the right dialogue choices.Although the main part of the game is the same for every character created and will only differ in what the player decides to do first or what choices he or she makes, the game features six unique prologues (called "origin stories" in the game) - two for each race, except the humans who share the magi origin story with the elves. They all tell the story how the player's character met the Grey Warden Duncan and ended up at the battle at Ostagar. The console versions lack the tactical overhead view available in the PC version. The controls are designed in such a way that it is easier to control one character and let the AI handle the rest of the party, as opposed to the PC version, where the entire party can be handled with more ease. Also, the default difficulty level on the consoles is lower than on the PC. |
| Dragon Age: Origins (Collector's Edition) | 2009-11-03 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Mature | | Windows | The Collector's Edition includes:
Dragon Age: Origins
The Stone Prisoner downloadable quest
Downloadable Blood Dragon Armor for both Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2
Exclusive in-game items
Cloth map of the world
Bonus DVD with
Making-of featurette
Concept art montage
Official Soundtrack by Inon Zur
Wallpapers
Strategy Video |
| Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition | 2009-11-03 | LucasArts | LucasArts | Action, Compilation | Behind view | Licensed | | Hack and slash, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | The Ultimate Sith Edition of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed includes the main game as well as the DLC packs:
Hoth Mission Pack
Jedi Temple Mission Pack
Tatooine Mission Pack
For Windows and Macintosh platforms, this is the first release of the game. |
| Doom Rails | 2009-11-04 | Dream Forge Entertainment, LLC | Dream Forge Entertainment, LLC | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | Comedy | Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | Windows | Doom Rails is a fast-paced shooter in carts racing on the rails of amusement park rides, created by a character called Mad Doc Jr. There are five main levels all designed around a different theme, multiple branching paths over the courses, and nine characters, each with a different cart, to choose from.The carts generally move at a fixed speed, but they can also be halted. Turbo can be applied, but this drains a red bar that takes some time to refill. While driving the course players can engage enemies using weapons such as rockets, mines and pulse charges. It is also possible to drive into opponents directly, crash head-on (the one with the fastest speed wins) or jump on top of them. There are levers that activate new hazards on the course such as swinging obstacles. While riding, the cart can jump and lean left or right. Leaning is used to divert the course when a new path is available, but it is also needed to pick up the different power-ups scattered around the course. Other items are fuel that restores the turbo meter right away, a protective shield, health and different coins. Only two power-ups can be equipped at all times, left or right. When dying, the cart immediately respawns.In the single player mode the different courses need to be unlocked by completing missions for Mad Doc Jr. These are all time limited and include gathering a number of coins, flipping all levers, destroying a number of enemies or surviving for a set amount of time. An online (and LAN) mode is available for up to eight players, with general and team deathmatch modes. Computer-controlled bots can also be added in. |
| Earthworm Jim | 2009-11-04 | Interplay Productions, Inc. | Shiny Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | A crow is chasing a worm named Jim, while in outer space Psy-Crow is chasing a renegade ship. The ship's captain has stolen an ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit and Queen Slug-for-a-Butt has ordered Psy-Crow to get it, since it can make her more beautiful than Princess-What's-Her-Name. Psy-Crow blasts the captain and the suit falls to Planet Earth.Back on Earth, Jim wonders if he is finally safe when an ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit lands on him. Luckily Jim rests in the neck ring of the suit. The space particles then begin interacting with Jim, causing a light-speed evolution. Jim soon realizes he is in control of the suit.Jim overhears the Queen's plans for the suit and decides to meet this Princess...Earthworm Jim is a 2D side-scrolling platformer with action elements where the player takes control of Jim, a worm wearing a spacesuit. Jim can shoot enemies with his gun or use his body (the spacesuit's "head") in a variety of ways to overcome obstacles, such as whipping it at enemies, grappling hooks to swing from them, or making it spin very fast like a rotor to hover for a short time.While most of the game is made of standard platforming levels with a boss waiting at the end, some of the levels introduce different conditions than just reaching the end to complete them, like escorting a computer-controlled character and making sure they don't get hurt. Platforming levels are interspersed with some variations in gameplay as well, such as several space racing sequences or a bungie-jumping competition. |
| Earthworm Jim 2 | 2009-11-04 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Shiny Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | An ordinary average earthworm named Jim goes about his normal daily life, cruising around avoiding crows and doing other general worm-like things. Until one day, Jim is suddenly struck by a very large Ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit. Through sheer luck, Jim rests safely in the neck ring of the suit. Suddenly, the ultra-high-tech space particles of the suit begin interacting with Jim's soft wormy flesh. A radical light-speed evolution takes place. Jim soon realizes that he is now in control of the suit.Earthworm Jim 2's gameplay is similar to the first game, with Jim running and jumping through the levels. There are five weapons more than in the original game to collect. Characters like Princess What's-Her-Name and Psy-Crow also appear. |
| Earthworm Jim Package | 2009-11-04 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Earthworm Jim Package includes:
Earthworm Jim
Earthworm Jim 2
Earthworm Jim 3D |
| Massive Assault Collection | 2009-11-04 | GMX Media, Matrix Games, Ltd., Wargaming.net, Inc. | Wargaming.net, Inc. | Compilation, Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | Isometric | Windows | Massive Assault Collection is a digital compilation of three Massive Assault games:
Massive Assault
Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance
Massive Assault Network 2
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| Shattered Horizon | 2009-11-04 | Futuremark Games Studio | Futuremark Games Studio | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | Windows | Shattered Horizon is a 3D first-person shooter that puts the player in a space environment near Earth (circa 2050 AD) with zero gravity. The player must fight disorientation on the brink of full-on vertigo while trying to acquire his targets for the kill. A quick rocket pack hop glide from here to there seems easy, but not so under fierce combat at unexpected angles of attack.When the game was first released it was pure multiplayer with four maps and one multi-purpose weapon. Since release it has been updated several times and in its current state features eight maps, eight different weapons and can be played offline against bots. |
| The Treasures of Montezuma 2 | 2009-11-04 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Alawar Stargaze | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | North America | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Taking players back to the ancient Aztec ruins, The Treasures of Montezuma 2 is a match 3 tile game with hidden object elements. The game features the same gameplay and types of power-ups as the first game. However, it doesn't have any type of story and presents everything in a slightly different way.Players choose a male or female avatar and must begin the game in Adventure mode where the puzzles are grouped into 5 chapter stages. The objective in each puzzle is to explode tiles and extract all of the embedded gems before time runs out. Groups of three or more identical tiles are created by swapping one from one spot to another. That group explodes causing all gems to be "collected" while new tiles fall in from the top to fill in the spaces.The first levels have a three minute limit with more time possible with bonuses. Bonuses are purchased with the collected coins (instead of stars) in the "town" screen.Tiles encased in ice are new in this game and must be matched twice before they can be removed. Hidden object mini-games occur between the stages providing additional opportunities to earn money.After the first stage is completed, an Endless mode can be played without a time limit, but also without power helpers. Later, a Puzzle mode opens up with 40 logic-based puzzles. |
| Valerie Porter and the Scarlet Scandal | 2009-11-04 | PlayFirst, Inc. | GameBrains | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Valerie Porter is a young woman trying to make it as journalist in the 1920s. When she thought she finally landed her first job as a journalist, her pompous boss made her clean his office instead. But later, Valerie found her first scoop when she uncovers a celebrity murder scandal. Help Valerie collect clues to solve mysteries and become a top investigative reporter.Valerie Porter is a hidden objects adventure game where the player will be taken to various locations with a list of objects they need to find. Some items will be placed in your inventory to be interacted with certain areas in the scenes. This is indicated by an exclamation next to your cursor.Hints are provided by a light bulb at the bottom of the screen. If you use one, you will have to find batteries to recharge it. Two are located in each scene. Another way to recharge is by chaining items: When there are more than one of the same type of object to be found, you can chain them to help charge your light bulb.Various mini-games are available along the way including jigsaw puzzles and cross-words. If you don't feel like playing them, you can always press skip. |
| Wisegal | 2009-11-04 | Merscom LLC | Elephant Games | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Patty Montanari was married to a New York policeman and they had three sons, but after a painful battle with cancer her husband died. After paying all the hospital bills the family had no money left, forcing her to start working as a small-time criminal to the local mob to feed her children. She quickly raised in the ranks of the organization with her good business sense, and started a relationship with a mobster named Frank Russo. After barely escaping a police raid, she decided to flee to Florida with her kids to escape the crime life and ensure their security. Many years later, her son Nino receives a letter from a childhood friend, and travels to New York City for a meeting without telling anyone about it. Patty must rescue Nino from the Mafia, using the skills acquired in her previous life.Wisegal is a hidden object game based on a TV movie, a crime drama starring Alyssa Milano and James Caan. Stills from the movie and cast are used on cutscenes to develop the plot. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items listed on the notebook at the right side of the screen, on locations related to the main storyline. There are some variations that occur on later stages, where the goal is to find the differences between two similar images, take photographs of specific portions of the scenery or place a listening device for the FBI on certain parts of the scene. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items or scene portions, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Delicious: Emily's Taste of Fame | 2009-11-05 | GameHouse, Inc. | RealGames B.V. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | Contemporary | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | iTunes Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Emily is ready for prime time in Delicious - Emily's Taste of Fame, an award-winning chapter from the hugely popular Delicious series of games.Emily's trip to Hollywood and her new cooking show, "Emily's Taste of Fame", comes to a sudden halt when her trusty car breaks down near a small roadside town. To make matters worse, Emily has no money for repairs. Fortunately, the tiny town of Snuggford is full of culinary crises and Emily is ready to roll up her sleeves.Help Emily get on the road again by whipping up a huge variety of dishes, desserts, drinks, and more in 50 challenging levels. Play hilarious mini-games, purchase helpful upgrades, and work your magic in special surprise events. Will Emily make it to the big time, or will she realize that there are more important things than fame and fortune?FEATURES INCLUDE:
- Help Emily whip up a huge variety of delicious dishes, desserts, drinks, and more.
- Hustle and bustle through 50 gratifying levels in five colorful locations.
- Enjoy an engrossing storyline and follow Emily's path to fame and fortune in Hollywood.
- Play hilarious mini-games and purchase helpful upgrades.
- Work your magic in special surprise events that are too delectable to miss.Also available for iPhone |
| Dragon Age: Origins (Digital Deluxe Edition) | 2009-11-05 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dragon Age: Origins (Digital Deluxe Edition) is a special edition release which includes:
Dragon Age: Origins
The Stone Warrior downloadable quest
Warden's Keep downloadable quest
Downloadable Blood Dragon Armor for use in both Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2
3 exclusive in-game items; Bergen's Honor (helm), Final Reason (staff), and the Grimoire of the Frozen Wastes.
A digital soundtrack, selected from the score for Dragon Age: Origins
A collection of wallpapers |
| Dreamside Maroon | 2009-11-05 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | Terraced | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Dreamside Maroon is an exploration game about Aster who wants to travel to the moon after seeing its reflection in water. In a 3D free-roaming environment players can guide Aster as he grows a vine with his lantern, creating a long-winding path into the sky for him to travel on. The environment consists of different kinds of floating islands that often expand when Aster comes near them. Aster can grow the vine in any direction, pull it back and jump off to explore the islands on foot.There are different wells that can be activated and they display short lines of poetry. They also unleash fireflies Aster can collect, providing a temporary boost in speed. The main goal is to reach the moon, and even though it is possible to travel there directly, the player is encouraged to explore the environment, activate wells and collect fireflies. The path never vanishes and through swift movement complex shapes and structures can be created. When Aster falls down, the game continues from the last point. There are no hazards or enemies, and parts of the story are furthered through still, storybook-like sequences. Movement is done through the keyboard and the mouse can be used to rotate the camera. |
| Magnetis | 2009-11-05 | Yullaby SARL | Yullaby SARL | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Magnetis is a falling blocks puzzle game where the player has to match magnets. A machine spits out blocks of three kinds: left magnets, conductor blocks and right magnets. The player's task is to remove blocks by joining left magnets with right magnets. Blocks fall from the machine down to a conveyor belt which the player can move left and right. By doing so the player makes matches between the blocks on the conveyor belt and those falling. Magnets can have different colours and are only compatible with magnets of the same colour. If magnets of two different colours are combined they create bad blocks. These can only be removed by destroying nearby blocks. It's possible to create combos by destroying several lines in a row and the player then gets multiplied points. The game is over when blocks reaches the top of the screen.There are three different game modes in single player. Normal mode involves surviving as long as possible, the time attack mode is about making the highest score in 165 seconds and in the block attack mode the player only has access to 100 blocks and has to make the most out of those. The game features multiplayer for up to four players on the same machine. There is a battle mode which is a competitive mode where each player has his own playfield while there is also a cooperative mode where two players help each other out on the same playfield. |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (Special Edition) | 2009-11-05 | bitComposer Games GmbH | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Special Edition includes:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. flare match
Overview-map of the target areas
Two stitched patches
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-bandana |
| Best of Geheime Fälle | 2009-11-06 | INTENIUM GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos
Insider Tales: The Stolen Venus
Laura Jones and the Gates of Good and Evil |
| Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral | 2009-11-06 | Textfyre, Inc. | Textfyre, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | The Shadow in the Cathedral is an Interactive Fiction game from Textfyre, the first game in the Klockwerk Series. The game is set in a fictional world where clocks are the central theme in a religion based on Newtonian devices. The player takes the role of a lowly clock-polisher, Wren, who soon discovers a mystery which compels him to chase the Figure in Gray through the Cathedral of Time.Shadow allows the player to interact with a wide-range of puzzling, intriguing machines, such as the Difference Engine and Tea Machine. These are simple push button machines. These are complex machines that require careful manipulation by a curious adventurer. The world of Klockwerk resembles rgar of a steampunk adventure.This is the first episode of a planned trilogy. |
| Knjaz' III: Novaja dinastija (Kollekcionnoe izdanie) | 2009-11-06 | 1C Company | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This edition of Konung III: Ties of the Dynasty includes the game itself, as well as previous titles in the series:
Legend of the North: Konung
Konung 2: Blood of Titans
Knjaz' 2: Prodolzhenie legendy (exclusive to the Russian market) |
| Konung III: Ties of the Dynasty | 2009-11-06 | 1C Company | 1C Company | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | | | | Windows | Konung III: Ties of the Dynasty is the third instalment in the Konung series. Like its predecessors it’s an RPG, taking inspiration from Slavic and Scandinavian mythology. The game returns the player to the Woodland, a fantasy land based on East and North European legend combined with magic elements. In the game you take control of one of six heroes, both male and female and either of Slavic, Byzantine or Viking descent.The day that the Titans ruled the Earth have come to an end, and the heroes and princes of old are gone. The last Konung of Miroslavl has died without an heir, before dying the Konung had his last will written down as to who should succeed him. After his dead it is announced that it is the Konungs will that whoever brings the legendary Champion Sword, a weapon from ages long past, to his great hall is worthy of succeeding him.Aside from the regular roleplaying the player will sooner or later take controle of villages. From these villages tribute can be collected. It’s also possible to upgrade the towns healer and blacksmith as well as to lead new people and guards (need to be hired), you find in the woods to your village.
Improvements over its predecessor include a revised combat system, enhanced battle magic, improved settlement control and new skills.
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| Manhunt 2 | 2009-11-06 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | Rockstar London Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Puzzle elements, Stealth, Survival horror | | | | | | | Windows | Manhunt 2 does not build upon the story and events of the first game. Instead, the same game mechanics are transferred to a new location, the Dixmor Insane Asylum, where the staff prefers to beat up the patients and experiment on them, rather than to offer treatment for their illness. One day a power outage allows the patients to revolt and bring mayhem to the asylum. The player gets the chance to play two roles: as Dr. Daniel Lamb and Leo Kasper. Although the beginning is set inside the asylum, the action soon moves to other locations.The game mechanics are largely stealth oriented, while later levels offer more of a regular third-person shooter feel when more firearms become available. Gunplay requires extensive use of cover, maneuvers and sometimes stealth for success. There is a radar system, enemies have different levels of awareness and kills are best performed from the shadows. Players can throw objects to distract enemies or make noises into the USB headset to lure them away from their friends (PS2). To hide in the dark a quick mini-game needs to be performed. If it is not completed in time, the character's location will be revealed at once.As in the first game players can perform executions, with three styles: Hasty (white), Violent (yellow) and Gruesome (red). These feature explicit violence including strangling, beatings, gun violence, setting them on fire and more. Some of these kills are however censored with blacked out scenes or the camera turning away. In the Wii version player need to mimic the motions needed for a kill with the combination of the Wiimote and the Nunchuk.All versions are quite similar. The Wii edition includes three exclusive weapons (bottle, mace and a razor), while the other two versions have a weapon not found in the Wii game: a samurai sword. The Wii version is also the only one to include a short tutorial to familiarize the player with the controls. Other small changes in the Wii edition include more detailed environments, additional dialogue, new hunters (Sexual Deviants scene), some changes in weapon placement, a new manhole execution (in Ghosts), and more animations for Daniel and Leo, especially in close combat. |
| My Pet Dinosaur | 2009-11-06 | P2 Games Limited | Honeyslug Limited | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | My Pet Dinosaur is a game about caring for a dinosaur as a pet. Once hatched, players can play with it, groom it, feed it, make it meet friends and take part in challenges. The abilities change as the dinosaur grows up. That way it can dig up toys and find new headwear, find new locations and sniff out treasure. |
| Sacraboar | 2009-11-06 | Makivision Games | Makivision Games | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs) Sacraboar is an RTS game in which players have to capture their opponent's boar trophy. Featuring an intuitive and easy to use resource management system, the game offers fast-paced game play without lengthy and tedious construction phases.
During the game players can build towers, which either give them access to powerful spells or increase their budgets for producing units.
Get yourself some awards in league and cup competitions as well as bronze, silver, and gold medals in over 80 challenging missions and battle it out against human opponents via LAN.
Multiplayer via LAN
League in four difficulties (Bronze, Silver, Gold, All Star)
Cup in four difficulties (Bronze, Silver, Gold, All Star)
89 Missions, each one in three difficulties (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
6 additional tutorial missions
Replays (record your matches and share them with your friends)
18 difficulties in Skirmish mode (from very easy to ultra-hard)
Lots of different game modes that can be combined
Easy to use code system for sharing cool game settings
Test Center for testing units and spells
Encyclopedia with all information about units, spells, game modes etc.
Trophy Room that lists all your achievements
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| The Return of Monte Cristo | 2009-11-06 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Lazy Turtle Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Like its predecessor, The Return of Monte Cristo is a hidden object game based on the 1846 classic novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. The player once again assumes the role of Edmond Dantès, this time on a quest to find the murderer of his beloved wife.Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on period locations related to the plot filled with objects scattered through the scenery. A few key items have to be dragged and dropped on parts of the scenery to perform an action or complete a task. Each location is comprised of several static screens, and the player can navigate between them by clicking on obvious exit spots like doors and other openings. A glass bulb at the bottom-right shows the silhouette of any selected list entry. Some of the list items are written in blue, indicating that the object can only be collected after performing a required action, like using a key to open a door and other scene interactions.Occasionally, mini-games and puzzles appear as overlaid mechanisms at the center of the screen, usually when moving from scene to scene. The goal is to push buttons, rotate dials or manipulate any other feature to solve them and move to the next location screen. The games can be optionally skipped with a button after a few minutes. |
| They're Alive! | 2009-11-06 | Russobit-M | Orion | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | They're Alive! is a shooter in modern setting with some science-fiction elements.The main character is an engineer from Voronezh dismissed from a factory of expander products. He comes in Moscow, where he tries to find a job, and finds work on rail station, where he finds strange glasses.Thanks to these glasses he can see the true meaning of advertising and knows about a plan of an unknown alien race to conquer our planet...They're Alive! is a game rip-off of famous film They Live! in Russian reality - in the game you will learn the real meaning of in-game advertising and see the real faces of enemies with the special glasses (glasses are an important part of gameplay - on some levels glasses help find doors).Also the player will fight aliens using various weapons - car muffler, revolver, shotgun, SMG and even alien blaster.The gameplay combines melee fights (on first levels) and shooting (from level "Rail station" onwards). |
| Lost Realms: The Curse of Babylon | 2009-11-08 | Big Fish Games, Inc | Blue Lizard Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Fresh from her adventures in Peru, Alexia travels to Turkey after being invited to enjoy a tourist trip with her friend Ogan around Istanbul. Soon, Ogan reveals the real reason of why he invited Alexia to the city: he is the latest victim of an ancient family curse and needs her knowledge and experience to find a cure. Both head out to the church of Hagia Sophia, built by Ogan's ancestors in 530 A.D., to investigate its secrets and find out more about the curse.Like its predecessor, Lost Realms: The Curse of Babylon is another hidden object game, but this installment follows the recent trend of adding adventure gameplay features to the familiar seek-and-find design. The player has a choice at the beginning between a Timed Mode, with a limit of 15 minutes per scene, and a Relaxed Mode without time constraints. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on locations related to the plot and filled with assorted objects. Entries written in orange are obscured from view, forcing the player to open a door or perform some other scene interaction to reveal and collect them. Foreign words are written in yellow, and their meaning can be displayed by placing the cursor over them.Some of the objects are stored inside the inventory to be used as in most point-and-click adventures, by dragging and dropping them over logical places of the scene to perform an action or complete a required task. The interactive portions of the scenery are marked with a ? symbol to indicate that an inventory object can be used on them. Three special tools are received throughout the game and permanently displayed at the top of the screen. The magnifying glass replaces the cursor, enlarging portions of the screen to make small objects easier to find. The pocket knife cuts through fabrics, bags, ropes and other items. The baseball bat can be used to smash crates and pottery to reveal hidden objects.The hint button shows the position of a random list item when activated. There's a maximum of six hints available at any time, but the player can get extra hints by playing one of the three bazaar games. The games are implementations of classic concepts, like finding a marble under one of three shuffled cups, a concentration memory game with pairs of cards and a tile-matching game, where the goal is to align three stones of the same color by moving the rows of an abacus.Other mini-games appear at the end of each section, and also rehash old ideas and classic games like peg solitaire, a find-the-differences game with two similar images, and other challenges where a mechanism has to be manipulated directly to solve a puzzle. |
| Marauder | 2009-11-08 | Buka Entertainment | Apeiron | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Post-apocalyptic | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Marauder is a tactical strategy game with RPG elements. It is based on the book Marauder written by Berkem Al Atomi, set in a fictional, anarchistic Russia, in the city Ozersk somewhere in Ural region. Due to overwhelming corruption government collapsed and NATO send Peacekeepers to reduce the spread of terrorism, while in reality they come to capture resources and industrial areas.
The main character - Akhmetzyanov, or just Akhmet - is a Marauder, one of the few new groups formed after collapse (including numerous gangs made from ex-soldiers and cops) that hunt for remaining resources. junk and food for his family. Similar to other Apeiron games it is a real-time tactical combat game with a smart pause modus (SPM) which allows you to control your actions to 1/100th of a second. You can set certain actions that launch auto-pause. The game has ballistics, location damage, stamina/weight management, allow to use covers (but not in the way like in the modern action TPP games), and some destructible environments.The game's difficulty level can be customized. Your character gains experience for actions and eliminating opponents. You can choose from various perks including weapon proficiency and one that increase bullet penetration for instance. |
| Pyroblazer (Gold Edition) | 2009-11-08 | Candella Software Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This gold edition was released along with the launch of the Eipix digital store and contains:
Pyroblazer
Apocalypse of Apeiron mini-game
Ultra Hard AI setting
Additional Blazer
Pyroblazer Art Book (in PDF)
Singleplayer Online Leaderboards
Over 3 hours of the game's soundtrack (in MP3 format) |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Kollekzionnoe izdanie) | 2009-11-09 | 1C Company | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collector's edition of the game includes:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Skull mask
Bracelet with game logo
Users guide |
| The Marionette | 2009-11-09 | Team Effigy | Team Effigy | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Marionette is an adventure game about the struggling sculptor Martin who tries to make a living in the city. He is moderately successful and has been able to hold a number of expositions. He specializes in modelling human figures, but the models he hires to pose only have a functional interest to him; he only needs them in order to inspire his art. One evening he receives an unmarked letter. There is only a number in the top right corner and a strange photo inside. When he leaves his studio, he blacks out and wakes up in front of an unknown house, with no recollection of how he got there.Players command Martin from a first-person perspective as he tries to find out what has happened to him. He soon finds out the world he has ended up in has no logical structure, as doors bring him to new and distorted locations from his past. With the help if Giuseppe, a man who seems connected but does not hold all answers, the different locations bring back fragments of his memory. Progress is detailed in his journal and he can also locate pages that have been ripped out to restore the memory. This eventually leads up to four possible endings.The game is controlled through the mouse and the main actions consist of examination, conversation and interacting with the environment, selected from a row at the top of the screen. There is also an inventory where items are stored. They can be used in the environment and can be combined with each other. There are often cut-scenes after completing a part, where Martin is shown from a third-person view, with scenes in a panel view.While talking to other characters there are conversation trees. Throughout most of the game it is not possible to die, only during a specific sequence at the end, which is saved automatically. There are also quite a few horror elements. |
| Westward IV: All Aboard | 2009-11-09 | Sandlot Games | Sandlot Games | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | City building / construction simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Westward IV: All Aboard is another entry in Sandlot's series of city simulations with a western setting. The game uses the same 3D engine introduced in the second game, where the player can zoom in and out of the scenery with the mouse wheel or a button. The protagonists are Henry and Anne Turner, the daughter and son of a missing railroad owner searching for their father while expanding the family business. One of them can be selected as the main character at the start of a new campaign. After choosing one of the siblings, the other one keeps appearing mostly as a non-playable character on missions throughout the duration of the game.The theme of this installment is railroads, and one of the central objectives of most missions is to build tracks to connect distant cities. The player controls the characters and the hero directly, by clicking on them and a waypoint on the terrain. Alternatively, it's possible to drag a line from the characters to any spot. People appear spontaneously to live on the city once housing becomes available, but also leave in anger if they stay homeless for long periods of time. The citizens can be ordered to collect any resource laying around, with some of it being stored directly like the gold nuggets, food and other essential resources. When selecting a log or a fruit bush, the workers start to chop wood for timber or harvest berries. The five basic resources are gold, timber, coal, food and water, whose quantities are always displayed at the bottom of the screen. Gold have to be spent upgrades and new blueprints on the shop screen. Wood is used in the construction of new buildings. Coal powers the train that transports resources between cities. Water and food are consumed by workers while doing their jobs.New buildings can be selected from the construction menu to be deployed on the terrain, where they can be moved around until a suitable spot is found to start the building process. The mines can only be erected over gold veins and coal deposits. Most citizens have to be employed on the buildings to become farmers, miners, ranchers, bakers, lumberjacks or other professions, with the exception of gunslingers and the hero character. Combat can only be negotiated by the main character and the hired guns, where they have to shoot their weapons on close firefights against enemy desperados to protect the city. Dynamite can be used to explode certain obstacles, and irrigation tools have to used on desert ground to make it suitable for construction.In the main campaign, the hero character keeps traveling by train to the interrupted sections of the railroad, where new tracks have to be built to connect and travel to the next city. As before, sidequests are added to the main objectives after meeting new characters and situations on each scenario. The sandbox mode becomes available from the main menu after completing some missions, where the city can be expanded without any set of objectives or plot development. |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | 2009-11-10 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Infinity Ward, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | War | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | Contemporary, South America | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's single-player-campaign called "For the Record" begins five years after the events in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The world is once again at the brink of destruction. The Russians, originally defeated by the Americans, make Zhakaev a hero and threaten once again the peace on earth. Worse: they get help by a known terrorist who tries everything to let escalate the tension into a full-scale-war. In the middle: the player. During his missions he will slip into the shoes of PFC. Joseph Allen, Sgt. Gary "Roach" Sanderson who is a member of Task-Force 141 and the hero of the first game, Captain "Soap" McTavish – leader of said task-force.As it's predecessor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person-shooter that provides a fairly linear but heavily scripted and action-oriented single-player-experience. The missions take the player all over the world shooting, sneaking and driving through enemy lines to fulfill his various objectives like blowing up a fueling station. To fight all those hordes of ever respawning enemies, he has access to a large collection of modern-world-weaponry but can only carry two weapons plus grenades at a time.This is also true for the multiplayer-mode of the game which again features an extensive ranking system with the players gaining experience points for killing enemies, winning a round or completing objectives. Once enough experience points have been collected, the player advances in rank and unlocks new game-modes (ranging from deathmatch to pure team-oriented modes), new dog-tags and new weapons and abilities with which he can create his own custom class besides the five standard classes available. Also available is a coop-game-mode for two players called "Spec Ops" featuring several missions going on besides the main campaign in three different difficulty-settings with several different objectives including getting from A to B in a certain amount of time. These missions can also be completed alone however. |
| For the Glory: A Europa Universalis Game | 2009-11-10 | Paradox Interactive AB | Crystal Empire Games | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Historical events | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Being very similar to the traditional Europa Universalis series, For the Glory is a new version of Europa Universalis II with the well-known fan-based mode AGCEEP (Alternative Grand Campaign / Event Exchange Project) and some minor changes, like the music of Europa Universalis III instead of the music of the original Europa Universalis II.The scope of the game stays the same. After choosing a nation from a pool of almost 200 historical nations, you are free to set your own objectives during the 400 years (1419-1819) that the game takes place. However, like in AGCEEP, there is a whole new set of random (that can now be turned off) and historical events, giving the game much more historical accuracy and the player more options to rewrite history within plausible limits. |
| Sacred 2: Gold Edition | 2009-11-11 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The gold edition of Sacred 2 contains:
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (base game)
Sacred 2: Ice & Blood (expansion pack) |
| Treasures of the Serengeti | 2009-11-11 | I-play | Oberon Media, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | Africa | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Treasures of the Serengeti is a puzzle game where the player takes on the role of Tasha, the shaman of an African village that has recently been destroyed. The objective of the game is to fill baskets with color tiles so they can be removed. Like jigsaw puzzle pieces, a tile can be placed next to another one if they can be physically connected. Tiles can be rotated before being put down if necessary. A bonus is awarded when three or more tiles of the same color are connected. If a colored basket is filled entirely with tiles of the same color, the amount of gems collected from that basket will be doubled. A level is completed once the player has collected a certain amount of gems of a specific color. An extra challenge is provided by the slow sideways movement of the baskets. If any row of cells end up moving off-screen, the level will be instantly failed. With the gems that are collected, the player is able to restore each of the original buildings of the village. Every few levels, a mini-game is unlocked in which the player can collect a specific musical instrument. |
| 1939-1945: Krieg an allen Fronten | 2009-11-12 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Chain Of Command: Eastern Front
Decisive Battles of World War II: Battles in Italy
Decisive Battles of World War II: Battles in Normandy
Panzeroffensive Westfront 1940-1945
World War 2 Africa Corps
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| Attack of the 50ft Robot! | 2009-11-12 | DigiPen (USA) Corp. | Uphill Games | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Corey Abel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Attack of the 50ft Robot! is an action game, set in the 1950 B-movies setting. The player assumes the role of a 50ft robot whose only goal is to destroy everything on his way.The game was developed by students at DigiPen Institute of Technology over a period of fifteen months. Thanks to NVIDIA's PhysX, almost every object is destructible.There are three game modes:
Feature film - short level with growing tension and huge boss in the final.
Endless reel - as it says, endless mode with the goal of beating your own max score.
Long tutorial.
The destruction tools are varied: head-grenade, eye laser, jump stomp, rocket launcher and bare hands, able to pick up anything and throw it at the enemy.Also, anaglyph mode is available. |
| Final Fantasy XI Online: Ultimate Collection | 2009-11-12 | Square Enix, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | This bundle includes Final Fantasy XI Online and its four first expansions:
Rise of the Zilart
Chains of Promathia
Treasures of Aht Urhgan
Wings of the Goddess
as well as three add-on scenarios:
A Crystalline Prophecy - Ode of Life Bestowing
A Moogle Kupo d'Etat - Evil in Small Doses
A Shantotto Ascension - The Legend Torn, Her Empire Born
Everything is included on a single DVD. |
| Overlord Complete Pack | 2009-11-12 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This download pack includes the following Overlord games:Overlord
Overlord II
Overlord: Raising Hell |
| Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders | 2009-11-12 | Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Irene is the wife of Richard Pemberton, a U.S. embassy attaché in 19th century Japan. One fateful evening, she finds her husband laying dead in his office, bearing a suicide note filled with confessions of corruption and remorse. After carefully examining the letter, she starts to suspect forgery and foul play, and decides to embark on a quest to clear Richard's name and honor.Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders is a hidden object game with adventure elements developed by Square Enix, a Japanese company known for its classic lines of console RPGs. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, in locations filled with objects scattered throughout the scenery. The list entries can be clicked to show the object silhouette inside a Japanese paper lamp at the bottom-left. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items, but takes some minutes to recharge after use.Some of the collected items are stored in the inventory, to be used later on specific portions of the scenery. The interactive parts of the screen have a blue glow around them, and the player must drag and drop one of the inventory items onto the sparkling area to perform a necessary action.Mini-games appear at the end of each section, where torn letters have to be reassembled, the correct house out of eleven homes has to be selected by following the clues of a rickshaw runner, the locks of a box have to be opened in the correct order, pairs of identical shells have to be removed in a memory game, the differences between two similar paintings have to be found and other challenges have to be completed. The games can be skipped with the solve button. |
| Yumsters! 2: Around the World | 2009-11-12 | KranX Productions Ltd. | KranX Productions Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Not only are these Yumsters crazy for strawberries, they can rock the bongos. For the love of fruity music, help them earn money by cleaning gardens to promote their band. To really skyrocket, Yumsters need the best equipment to win the ultimate grand prize at the fairy town music showdown. Get fruitilicious in five vibrant locations of Yumsters 2, a sweet Match 3 puzzler.
Key Features:
Match 3, drag-n-drop
Rhythm-based gameplay
Adorable characters
Win the grand prize! |
| Adibou et les saisons magiques | 2009-11-13 | Mindscape SA | Eko Software SARL | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Board game, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Adibou et les saisons magiques (Adibou and the magical seasons) is a party game for kids. Adibou invites players to discover the magic of the seasons in the garden, the greenhouse and the vegetable plot of his house. The kids can play alone or with a friend. The game includes about ten mini-games. For example, you have to: guide bees from flower to flower in springtime, make organic fertilizer with leaves in autumn or learn how to use water in summer wisely.If the kids unlock all mini-games and complete missions, they get new seeds to plant, recipes to bake fruits and vegetables, and stuff to decorate one's virtual house tree. Next to the mini-games, the kids can just play with Adibou to understand the season's cycle.The entire game is voiced so that little children are able to play, even if they don't know how to read. |
| Asguaard | 2009-11-13 | Aldorlea Games | Aldorlea Games | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Asguaard is a peaceful land where dwarves and fairies live together peacefully. Yet a danger overshadows them when the evil Thanatos open the Pandora Box, unleashing plagues one after the other leading to the destruction of Asguaard.The player assumes the role of Glen, the human, and his party of friends, in a japanese-style RPG reminiscent of the 16-bits era of the genre. The party needs to fight monsters, find treasures, challenge bosses and learn new skills. |
| Casebook: Episode III - Snake in the Grass | 2009-11-13 | Areograph Ltd | Areograph Ltd | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Oceania | | | | | | Windows | Casebook: Episode III - Snake in the Grass is the third installment in the episodic Casebook detective series. After the happenings in Casebook: Episode 2 - The Watcher, Detective Burton gets more and more obsessed about his enemy. Now he finds him again in a small town named Garden, where a man was killed in the local church. Burton is sure that he knows who the culprit is but there are two problems: Burton has no jurisdiction in Garden and another man already confessed to the crime...The main gameplay aspect is the searching of crime scenes and the photographing of clues. These photographs are evaluated in the mobile crime bus. Most of these evaluations are carried out with mini games. The game has a new help feature which guides the player to the next important piece of evidence when stuck.All protagonists and the crime scenes are filmed in full motion video. In comparison to the second case, the amount of witnesses and crime scenes was slightly reduced again. There are a some new mini games but due to the fact that the player mainly has to investigate chemical issues, many old mini games make no or only a brief appearance. |
| Hærfest | 2009-11-13 | NHTV internationaal hoger onderwijs Breda | | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Hærfest is a freeware student project focused on the exploration of a 3D world using a first-person perspective. It casts the player in the form of a bat, a flying little hero who sets out on the classic journey of rescuing a maiden: a human girl. The story behind their bond, why the girl is gone and what the strange creatures inhabiting the world are, is revealed gradually through fragments of her diary that are scattered around and cut-scenes presented as pages with drawings in a book.As a bat, players can fly around using the mouse and a single key to flap the wings. By timing it right, it is possible to get a steady rhythm and explore the world in glide flight. As a feeble creature, every contact with an object, a tree or another creature costs health, so careful navigation is required. Damage, shown as a glowing red edge around the screen, can be restored by staying away from danger for a while.The game consists of three large, connected levels. It starts inside a house and that part acts largely as a tutorial to get familiar with the controls. The second level is the largest one, with an extensive forest that can be explored freely in all directions, with an atmosphere and scattered landmarks somewhat reminiscent of The Path. The third and final level offers another wide area, but serves mainly for the final confrontation to rescue the maiden.The bat has no real means of attack or defence. The only main action is Sonic Screech, a sonar sound shown visually as a wave that lights up objects in the environment using shades of pink and purple to reveal their position. This is mandatory to explore the very dark environment, but can also be used to temporarily scare away other animals. During his journey the little hero meets spirits he needs to convince to help him. They provide him with different abilities, such as a stronger sonic screech and a speed boost. Performing these requires energy that can be restored by eating moths. The amount of available energy storage can be increased by catching lumoths.Much of the game is spent exploring the environment in flight. The forest is very dark and the player can discover many areas that hold clues. Places where moths gather are shown with a blue outline. There is however no time to explore at a relaxing pace. Similar to the werewolf in Ecstatica there is the constant threat of a much more powerful and undefeatable hunter who constantly chases the player. The presence of the owl is shown with hues of red and there are only few places in the forest where the little bat can be left alone for a while, with the addition of some other enemies. The owl can be scared off with sonic screech for a few seconds, but there are also a number of traps, highlighted in green, where it can temporarily get stuck when the bat lures it there. |
| Sprengmeister Simulator | 2009-11-13 | UIG Entertainment GmbH | | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Sprengmeister Simulator is a simulation about building demolition.
You play as a demolition expert and start with smaller jobs until you move up to bigger buildings in later levels.
Buildings are made from walls, pillars and beams that will get destroyed according to your plan and the used explosives. A level is solved when the destruction ratio is reached.
A career mode is included, but all levels can be played individually to improve your high score. |
| Star Trek: D-A-C | 2009-11-13 | Paramount Digital Entertainment | Naked Sky Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Everyone | | Windows | Star Trek: D-A-C is an arcade top-down viewed space shooter game, that is inspired by the 2009 Star Trek movie. Your mission is simple: destroy everything that moves. You can choose a ship from five different classes, from a flagship to a bomber. While flagships have powerful weapons and moves slowly, bombers moves fast but have weak weapons.The game has four gameplay modes: Survival Mode, Deathmatch, Assault and Conquest. All modes can be played online or in single player mode against bots. When playing survival mode you must stay alive as long as possible. After each stage is cleared you will travel to the next one. In deathmatch you compete against another team in a race which will end when one of the teams gets 50 kills. In assault and conquest modes, there are checkpoints that you must capture and defend. Player can choose to play as either the Starfleet or the Romulan side.During gameplay some enemies leave orbs behind which the player can collect and get more shield or weapon power. When the player's ship gets shot down, he has a short time to eject and escape from the battle. |
| Tomb Raider: Ultimate Edition | 2009-11-13 | Cenega Poland Sp. z o.o. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
Tomb Raider + Unfinished Business
Tomb Raider II + The Golden Mask
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft + The Lost Artifact
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Tomb Raider: Chronicles
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Angel of Darkness
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Anniversary
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Bonus DVD with trailers, wallpapers, etc.
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| Featherweight | 2009-11-15 | | | Adventure, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Featherweight is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.Story:
In a war between humanoids and machines featherweights take the role of scouts and spies. One day a featherweight is captured and Thadd, a fellow featherweights goes on a rescue mission despite he is neither properly trained or equipped for this. |
| Atlantis Quest Plus 2 weitere Vollversionen | 2009-11-16 | Purple Hills | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains three match-3 games:
Atlantis Quest
Gems of the Aztecs
Lost Treasures of El Dorado
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| Dungeon | 2009-11-16 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dungeon is a platform game where you control a white man running through a dungeon. On your way, you encounter typical platforming fare, like pits to leap over, deadly water, spikes and enemies. The game was originally created as a "social experiment" (or, depending on how you see it, a mean prank), aimed at creating confusion among the players. The game experience was, secretly, different for each player. For some players nothing would be amiss, while others would suffer from a random odd symptom, such as: certain rooms (even the first one) being impossible to get through, the game working several times slower than normal, no checkpoints, different names of rooms, etc. Later on, v2.0 was released, removing the gameplay twist. |
| Gratuitous Space Battles | 2009-11-16 | Positech Computing Ltd. | Positech Computing Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | Windows | Gratuitous Space Battles is a science fiction-based game set in space centered around large battles between fleets. Even though it is generally a strategy game where the player needs to assemble and command a fleet, it does away with all forms of base building and resource gathering to focus on the battles themselves.The battles are completely in 2D and feature a high amount of units on the screen, as well as the option to move around and zoom in or out as much as needed. Starting with a fixed amount of money, there is a wide selection of ships to choose from, as well as the ability to customize them completely, with attack and defence options, engines and other features. Each unit comes with detailed statistics such as a speed, weight, fuel and crew requirements, hit range and power consumption to plan the strategic order in detail. The enemy fleet can be previewed to see what the opposition is like.Ships can carry different kind of weapons and these can be fitted by dragging them onto the available spots of the ship layout. It is also possible to design a completely new, modular ship design. Deploying the fleet is done is a similar fashion. The ships are dragged into a certain formation and then player assigns orders to individual captains. They can be given attack priorities or players can assign for ships to work cooperatively, only engage from a certain distance, protect a specific ship or specify Vulture behaviour to focus fire on damaged ships first. During the battles themselves no direct control is exercised, players can simply sit back and watch how the assigned tactics play out. In that way, it is more of a Tower Defense game than an actual real-time strategy game.The game consists of a singleplayer mode (with battles in different locations featuring specific distortions and anomalies) and an asynchronous multiplayer mode where challenges are uploaded (including orders and custom ship designs) for other players to test their fleet against. Afterwards, scores can be compared online. In the singleplayer mode victories are rewarded with honour points that open up new components. Initially only one race is available, the Federation, but later on three more, each with distinct units, can be unlocked: Rebels, Alliance and Empire. There are also two survival mode maps where the player's fleet is completely outnumbered, but the trick is to use strategic formations and orders to last as long as possible. |
| Hidden Objects Collection: 3x Wimmelbildspaß | 2009-11-16 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Beauty Farm
Games Factory
Kleiner Bauernhof |
| Little Folk of Faery | 2009-11-16 | Orange France SA | Kylotonn SARL | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | In Little Folk of Faery you manage a community of faery creatures whose village is in trouble. Some wistful spirits are around your villagers; to allow your Gnome/Dryad/Pixies/Leprechaun to work you have to play music to charm the spirits.The game is controlled with your mouse. To give orders, you just have to drag and drop on item/spirits/area and the creature will accomplish the action. The character will repair / gather objects, complete collections, fulfill a tome of lore and other tasks.
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| Match 3x3 Collection | 2009-11-16 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains three match 3 games:
The Tales of Montezuma
The Tales of Nefertiti
The Tales of the Empire |
| WorldShift | 2009-11-16 | Got Game Entertainment, LLC | Black Sea Studios Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | At the end of the 21st century a colossal object appeared around the orbit of Pluto and scientists named it "The Shard" because of the way it looked. The Shard emitted a deadly aura which changed and destroyed the essence of space and every life that came near it, and its destination was the planet Earth. Humanity wasn't able to change the course of the object and feared that a collision would destroy the planet; but instead of ramming Earth, the object landed in north-east Siberia. The joy over this surprising turn of events didn't last long: now called "the plague", the aura of the ship began to change the planet and everything on it.Several centuries have gone by since the Shard landed. The plague is still active and the human civilization, as it existed in the 21st century, is no more. Instead, the survivors have built five so-called MegaCities, in which they live behind layers of steel and cement, only leaving the safety to gather much needed resources from the surrounding lands. Everyone else that didn't die from the plague mutated and became stronger through it. They gained strange powers and abilities, and now call themselves the Tribes. Meanwhile, the humans are no longer alone on the planet: a third faction called "The Cult" has appeared. No one knows who those mysterious beings are, nor what they want; all that is known is that the Shard has something to do with it.WorldShift is a real-time strategy game with RPG elements. While the game features a story campaign that puts the player in the shoes of a human Lord Commander with pre-defined unit layouts and skill sets, the heart is the multiplayer-mode, featuring both Player-vs-Environment (= Coop) maps as well as Player-vs-Player-battles.Before the start of a match the player chooses between the three factions and builds up a small army. Each army consists of one or more heroes and several smaller units. The player has a specific number of recruitment points available, of which each unit costs a specific amount. While a normal soldier only needs one recruitment point, a mighty Hellfire swallows almost a quarter of the available points. While playing the game the player collects artifacts, rewards, and Xenoshards. The artifacts and rewards are items that either help the hero of a specific faction or boost a unit from that faction. For each faction there is a limited number of slots available where such items can be put. The Xenoshards are used to buy talents that grant the hero access to new spells and abilities. Anything that the player defines will be available for every gameplay mode.Once all the choices have been made and the game begins, the game plays like traditional RTS. In the story and on the co-op maps the players only have a limited number of troops available. Some heroes have the ability to resurrect fallen units, but most have to get by with whatever is available. While the player follows the story in the campaign, the co-op maps are open for exploration and mainly contain regular and boss monsters that the players need to take down in order to get powerful items and collect Xenoshards.The three PvP-modes (Deathmatch, Training and Skirmish) play similarly to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. Players need to collect the resource Xenolit, build a base, recruit units and heroes, and destroy the enemy completely. Except for the training-mode, the players fight for battle points and artifacts in these matches. Contrary to the pre-made maps in the PvE-modes, the maps for the PvP-matches are generated randomly, so no two matches are the same. If the player can't find any human enemies, he can also play against AI-controlled bots. |
| Disney The Princess and the Frog | 2009-11-17 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | Griptonite, Inc. | Action | | Licensed | | Mini-games, Music / rhythm | North America | | | | | | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Play with Family, Compete with Friends!
For the first time players can experience Tiana’s exciting world set in
the jazz-infused era of 1920’s New Orleans with the official video game
inspired by the upcoming Disney release of The Princess and the Frog.
Celebrate favorite moments from the movie and take on new challenges
with Tiana, as she pursues a fun adventure. Meet characters from the
film and new friends, triumph over enemies, play frog games in the
bayou, create music, cook New Orleans style and so much more. Along the
way, discover what it takes to make Tiana’s dreams come true!
Features
• 25+ Mini-games for 1-4 Players• Dress up and mix and match
outfits with Tiana• Cook Tiana’s recipes in her kitchen•
Move, jump and swing to music & dance games• Collect Mardi Gras
beads to trade for new dresses, ingredients, and recipes• Explore 5
beautiful locations including the French Quarter in New Orleans and the
Bayou• Enjoy exclusive "The Making of a Classic" featurette about
the film.• Bonus poster included with game• Unlock special
items when you play the Wii and DS games together• Play in English,
Spanish, or French
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| Focus | 2009-11-17 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Focus is a fast-paced action platformer set in different non-scrolling rooms. Players control a small, white creature that is only able to move around and jump. To escape, the exit to the next room has to be unlocked. This is done by pressing a number of yellow buttons. Early on walking over them is sufficient for activation, but in later levels the player needs to lure opponents, shooting rockets, to target the yellow areas in order to trigger them.Every rocket blast is deadly, but hitting the floor also launches debris that is just as fatal. After a few levels players get access to the Focus Mode. When pressing a button everything slows down significantly, similar to bullet time, but at the edge of the circle surrounding the creature an arrow appear to teleport to that area. There is only a limited amount of focus energy in every area and it can also be used to transport through lasers or walls for instance. Other difficulties include spikes, explosive blocks and moving platforms. After a while the basic focus mode is upgraded to have a larger reach and from then on the player will need to evade multiple rockets at once and constantly teleport, often in quick, successive bursts (somewhat similar to a jet pack), to dodge the attacks and escape as soon as the exit is opened.The game contains three difficulty levels, 50 stages, medals for a number of achievements and a speedrun mode that can be unlocked.The browser version adds an Insane game mode with a set of harder levels. |
| LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues | 2009-11-17 | LucasArts, Tt Games Publishing Ltd. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone 10+ | | Windows | In LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues the players once again explore the Indiana Jones universe with "LEGO-fied" characters. This time the main part of the game focuses on the events of the fourth film of the series called Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull with three campaigns retelling the story in a humorous, light-hearted way similar to the other games from the LEGO series. The other three campaigns on the other hand once again turn their focus on the original three films but with different scenes and levels that can't be found in the first game.The game itself is a third-person platform/action game where the players take control over various heroes including Indiana Jones and side-characters which mostly don't have any real name. Again each character has has different abilities, fears and weapons. While Indiana Jones has his whip to pull items out of reach or constrain enemies with, his son Mutt is a very good repairman. The characters also have different phobias (snakes, rats, spiders), each corresponding to their personalities.Instead of providing a central hub which the characters return after each mission, this time around not only the story moves forward but also the locations. So while the game starts out at the University campus and uses it as the main hub, it eventually moves over to the dig-site in South America. After each successful mission a new part of the hub is unlocked mostly through unlocking new characters or vehicles that allow the player to get to previously unreachable territory. Since these hubs are very big, a great amount of vehicles is available to unlock the same way other characters are unlocked: finding them in the hub and paying studs for them. Studs are again collected by destroying scenery objects, building stuff and such. To that end each level again holds a great amount of secret for which different characters are needed to unlock them requiring several playthroughs of the same level to find all bonus items and complete the game 100%.The game once again features an editor to create unique heroes from parts. In addition a level editor is now available where the player walks around the map spawning the items he needs and putting them in place with his character. The two-player co-op mode also makes his return allowing two players to play through the whole game. The second player can enter the game at any given time by pressing a button on the second controller. As opposed to the previous games, the players aren't restricted to the same area anymore. Instead they now both can move freely around. Once a character leaves the screen of the other, the view gets divided with the placement of each character-view changing all the time depending on which direction the corresponding player is moving in relation to the center of the level. |
| Left 4 Dead 2 | 2009-11-17 | Valve Corporation | Valve Corporation | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror, Survival | Shooter | Contemporary, North America | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Left 4 Dead 2 takes place one week after the events of the first game and three weeks after the first infection. Instead of following the journey of Zoey, Francis, Louis and Bill from the first game, the player gets to control Coach, Rochelle, Nick or Ellis. They arrived a few minutes too late at the evacuation point and now need to fight their way through the south-eastern part of infected America to the next official evacuation point.The core gameplay has not changed since Left 4 Dead. The player still looks through the eyes of one of the survivors and fights his way together with his three team mates through hordes and hordes of zombies. Instead of fighting mainly in the dark, most content of the five campaigns takes place both out in the open and in daylight. This also plays into the hands of a new feature: weather effects. The second part of the third campaign is even completely build around the theme of a heavy storm hitting a small town on the outskirts.Heavy rain is not the only new enemy for the survivors. The zombie horde also grew through the addition of three new special infected called Charger (a smaller version of the tank), Jockey (he jumps onto a team mate and moves him away from the group), Spitter (spits deadly acid in front of the player's feet) and a new class of common infected: the uncommon common infected. They have the same basic attributes as normal zombies but have a special ability. The clown for example attracts a horde of zombies, while the riot police man is immune to damage from the front.To take on new and old enemies the weaponry has been greatly expanded. Besides new rifles, pistols and shotguns, melee weapons such a a chainsaw, a guitar and a baseball bat have been introduced to the game. Also new is a laser sight that can be used to increase the accuracy of a weapon as well as two types of special ammunition. In addition the Boomer Bile is now available to launch at enemies and turn the raging horde against them.Multiplayer once again consists of several different modes. Beside playing through the campaigns cooperatively and playing both the survivors and special infected in the Versus mode, the players can choose the Survival, Scavenge and Realism Mode. Survival pits the players against wave after wave of enemies with the only goal being to survive as long as possible. Scavenge requires the players to collect fuel canisters to fill up a generator while the other team, playing as special infected, tries to stop them. Realism Mode is a variation of coop-play for hardcore zombieslayers. The stakes are much higher there. The zombies can only be killed with a headshot, the witch has changed into a one-hit-one-kill-weapon, and a downed player is dead unless he is revived with the shock paddles. The last mode is Mutation, which has the player play a game with different rules. The rules are changed every week. The player might have to do the entire game using only M60's or play Survival combined with Versus. |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo | 2009-11-18 | Anuman Interactive SA | Mzone Studio, SOLILAB | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | | | | | Windows | After several attacks on mercantile ships by what was identified as a giant sea monster, the government of the United States sends an expedition to kill the creature. The expedition ship finds the monster and engages in a fierce battle with it, throwing Professor Pierre Aronnax, his assistant Conseil and the Canadian harpooner Ned Land overboard on top of the creature. They discover that the "monster" is in fact a large submarine, and are quickly captured by its crew and brought aboard to meet the captain of the vessel.20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo is a hidden object game adaptation of the classic 1869 novel by Jules Verne. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen on locations related to the plot, like the many rooms of the submarine cluttered with assorted objects. |
| Around the World in Eighty Days: Phileas Fogg | 2009-11-18 | Anuman Interactive SA | Mzone Studio, SOLILAB | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Around the World in Eighty Days: Phileas Fogg is a hidden object game based on the classic adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne. The player assumes the roles of both the English gentleman Phileas Fogg and his assistant Jean Passepartout, on their race to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days and win the bet made by Fogg to the other members of his club. Most of the time, the objective is to find all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on locations filled with scattered objects depicting places related to the plot. Some of the original illustrations used on the first editions of the book are displayed on cutscenes between the scenes.The interface has a magnifying glass button that shows a zoom view of the scene, to make the search for small objects easier. The hint button is a round clock button displaying the number of available hints on its face. The hint button highlights the position of one of the required items when activated, taking some time afterwards before allowing the use of another hint. After all the hints are spent, extra ones start to appear on the screen as hidden gold stars.There are some variations of gameplay on later stages, where the player has to navigate a forest maze in India, pick up cards with singular characteristics from a stack, and other challenges. The language can be set to English, French, Spanish, German or Italian. |
| Delicious: Emily's Holiday Season | 2009-11-18 | GameHouse, Inc. | RealGames B.V. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | Contemporary | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | iTunes Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Have yourself a hot cocoa, and get comfy by the fireplace while you enjoy the perfect game for a cold winter's night! Emily puts all her energy in preparing the family's Christmas party, but things take an unexpected twist as she meets two interesting men who both eagerly vie for her attention! Will Emily fall for slightly caddish Richard, or will she choose hopelessly romantic Paul? Or...?Game features:
- enjoy the 5th season of the Delicious time management game series
- skate through 50 exciting levels in a winter wonderland
- put up sparkling decorations and prepare for the Holidays together with Emily
- help Emily choose her Mr. RightEnjoy other Delicious - Emily games:
- Delicious - Emily's Home Sweet Home
- Delicious - Emily's New Beginning
- Delicious - Emily's Honeymoon Cruise
- Delicious - Emily's Wonder Wedding
- Delicious - Emily's True LoveFollow us at:
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| Gyromancer | 2009-11-18 | Square Enix, Inc. | PopCap Games, Inc., Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG) | | | | Tile matching puzzle | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Teen | | Windows | Gyromancer is a single-player puzzle/RPG hybrid. You traverse each 2D level carrying 3 beasts with you, each with different powers. Meet a foe inside the map and you must choose one of the beasts to fight for you. The fight mechanics are very much like Bejeweled Twist: you can rotate any 2x2 square inside a 8x8 grid with gems of many different colors; match 3 gems and your beast powers energize. Once a power is fully ready, a random gem lights up inside the board. Match it and an attack (or some other effect) is unleashed upon your enemy. Chaining up matches make your energy rise faster, while failing to make a match makes your foe's energy rise quickly. Kill your enemy and you gain experience points to level up your beasts; if your beast reaches 0HP, it will have to sit out of battles for the remainder of the level.Inside the levels, you may find chests with money and items to be used during the fights, or "codes" which allow you to summon more powerful beasts (as long as you can pay for them). |
| Jack the Ripper: Letters from Hell | 2009-11-18 | Anuman Interactive SA | Mzone Studio, SOLILAB | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Jack the Ripper: Letters from Hell is a hidden object game based on the famous case about the Victorian serial killer that slaughtered several London prostitutes in 1888. The player assumes the role of a journalist investigating the case, and at the same time interfering with police work by forging letters to promote the case and increase his newspaper's circulation. Most of the time, the objective is to find all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on locations related to the plot and filled with assorted paraphernalia.The interface at the left side has a magnifier button to enlarge the screen and make the search for small objects easier, and a hint button that highlights the position of one of the required items. There is a limited number of hints available, with extra hints starting to appear as golden stars on the scenery after spending all of them. Mini-games occasionally appear between scenes, where the player must answer questionnaires, reassemble a tripod camera by observing and following its shadow, wipe out select pieces of graffiti and perform other mundane tasks. The game language can be set to English, French, Spanish, German or Italian. |
| Paradise Beach | 2009-11-18 | NevoSoft LLC | | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation | | | Point and select | | | Isometric | Windows | iTunes Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Paradise Beach is an addictive, tycoon-style, click management game where you have been selected to design, build and manage of some of the world's leading beach resorts. Select and build different things to amuse and please the people that visit your resort. New elements are gradually introduced in the plot to keep the game both interesting and challenging. Work your way to the top as you manage the construction of the world's leading beach resorts.○ Simply addictive. Easy to start, but difficult to stop
○ Good mix of tycoon-style click management mechanics with "Where's Waldo" hidden object hunts
○ Total freedom of action!
○ Infinite “replayability” as every new beach is different
○ Two game play modes
○ Great plot that gradually adds new elements to keep the game interesting and challenging
○ Amazing graphicsParadise Beach's bright graphics, total freedom of action, two modes of game play make it possible for your to let your imagination go completely wild as you design the most improbable and grandiose beach resorts.---------------------------------------------------------
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| Pirate Princess | 2009-11-18 | Moonpod | Moonpod | Adventure, Educational | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | In this semi-casual word game adventure you captain your very own pirate ship on a Caribbean voyage. Set in the days of piracy you take on the role of a young woman who runs away from home to search for her missing father and is forced into the life of a pirate. As you navigate around the map, battles with other pirates and the occasional merchant ship are triggered. These are fought by the player and the AI enemy captain racing to enter bigger and rarer words to power their ship's cannons. There are similarities to Bookworm Adventures and Puzzle Quest, but Pirate Princess features real time combat instead of turn based and the opponent can actually be seen entering words. Special coins can be used to trigger game altering effects adding a strategic element to play as you both attempt to counter each other.Unlike many casual games their is fairly in depth adventure wrapped around the core battles. As you meet new characters conversations pop up and the story unfolds. There are light weight RPG elements such as gaining experience in battle, levelling up the captain, upgrading the ship and gaining access to new special coins. |
| Profiler: The Hopscotch Killer | 2009-11-18 | Anuman Interactive SA | Mzone Studio, SOLILAB | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Miss Black joins the New York Police Department in 1974, and is immediately assigned with the investigation of a series of mysterious murders. Together with Deckard, a veteran cop that is on the verge of retirement, she starts to piece together information and clues found on the crime scenes. A pattern quickly emerges, indicating the work of a serial killer on the loose.Profiler: The Hopscotch Killer is a hidden object game using police procedure as a theme. Most of the time, the objective is to collect all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on crime scenes filled with assorted objects. In some locations, the goal is to click on several instances of the same item, or find the subtle differences between two similar photographs. At the end of each scene, the player has to choose one of the answers to a question related to the crime. If the answer is incorrect, the scene has to be replayed from the beginning.A cryptography puzzle appears occasionally, where a message from the murderer has to be decoded by assigning alphabet letters to a series of symbols. The screen can be zoomed with the camera button at the left side, to make the search for small objects easier. The hint button is a clock face at the bottom-left, that highlights the position of one of the required items but takes some time to recharge after use. The language can be set to English, French, Spanish, German or Italian. |
| rComplex | 2009-11-18 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | rComplex is a daring escape game slightly reminiscent of the contemporary Canabalt. Players control a caped man who needs to outrun a monster with tentacles, in an unidentified complex. The man runs at a steady pace, but the monster slowly closes in on him. He has a shotgun with the limited amount of twelve shells to push the monster back. While running, he needs to jump over objects (marked in blue) or slide under them (marked in green). Most of them are typical office items such as chairs, desks or boards. When they are not correctly avoided, there is a slight delay in pace and the monster comes closer. The goal of the game is to outrun the monster and escape from the complex. |
| Crash Time III | 2009-11-19 | RTL Playtainment | Synetic GmbH | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | | | Windows | Crash Time III is the seventh main game in the long-running German Alarm für Cobra 11 series. It is based on the German action police series of the same name that first aired in 1996. In this driving game players control a car with detectives Semir Gerkan, one of the original characters, and Ben Jäger who was first introduced in the TV series in the 24th season in September 2008.The game is set in a large, living city that can be freely explored. The main career mode is centered around a terrorist attack on an international airport. Initially starting seven days before those events, Gerkan and Jäger drive around performing patrol duties until they get involved with the gangsters behind the attacks. Most of the missions are centered around tasks such as tailing, stopping and shooting suspects, escort missions and reaching destinations in time (including getting breakfast). Most of the missions have a time limit that can be extended a few times, but at the loss of star ratings that open up new options in the game.There is a wide selection of cars that can be unlocked gradually, with different categories such as American Cobra, Cobra Special, Transporter, Road Chief, Race Car and Police Car. There are about 40 vehicles and they are rated based on top speed, acceleration and handling. Cars take damage and the detectives also need to pay for damage inflicted to property or other vehicles. Using the siren or the horn, the traffic will adjust its behaviour. While driving, a large arrow shows the general direction of the objective and the remaining distance. There is also a top-down road map that can be consulted. There are different precincts and many distinctive areas and buildings such as the airport, the highway, hotels, churches, hospitals and a harbour. All cars have a nitro option for additional speed, with a recharge time.Next to the main career mode, there is also an option to do races against other cars and a split-screen multiplayer mode on a single computer for up to four players. |
| Devil's Tuning Fork | 2009-11-19 | DePaul Game Elites | DePaul Game Elites | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Devil's Tuning Fork is a student project from the DePaul University in Chicago (USA) and it is a first-person exploration game with platform and puzzle elements. The country is struck by an epidemic where young children enter a coma and do not wake up any more. Wielding a tuning fork, players get to explore an unknown world through one of the children who wakes up, but not in reality.The environment is entirely dark, but using the fork the emitted sound waves will briefly light up the environment, inspired by M. C. Escher's classic optical illusion and the echolocation of dolphins. The game is divided into three chapters with different checkpoints in each of them. The worlds are filled with the cries and whispers of the comatose children, and the voices of the adults apparently responsible for the epidemic.Walking around, it is impossible to see the environment, but the visual sound waves that originate from the fork reveal the outlines of objects. To progress, stuffed animals need to be located as these release the trapped children. There is an unlimited amount of sound waves, but the fork has a certain recharge time when too many are sent out too quickly. Next to the basic sound wave, there is also a concentrated sound used to bounce off mirrors and activate triggers, and a low frequency sound wave to detect unstable floor panels.There are no visuals enemies inside the game. Instead most of the challenge originates from the exploration, platform jumping and solving puzzles by activating triggers. Dropping down, it is possible to die, but an unlimited amount of continues is available. |
| Escape the Museum 2 | 2009-11-19 | Gogii Games Corp. | Gogii Games Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | Escape The Museum 2 is the sequel to a hidden object game where a mother and daughter got trapped inside a museum after an earthquake and had to find their way out by solving puzzles in each collapsed room. This game tells the parallel story of the father: he was sleeping on the couch when the quake struck, and rushed to the streets after being rudely waked by the tremors, desperately trying to find the way to the museum by solving puzzles on the ruined roads and buildings, to finally reunite with his family.The main character must rescue trapped earthquake victims and overcome the many obstacles found on the disaster areas, like gaps in the terrain and destroyed staircases, to keep moving closer towards the museum. As in the first title, there are clearly defined sections for the adventure and seek-and-find gameplay. The puzzles are self-contained, with the main character collecting a series of inventory tools while searching the few scenes contained in each chapter location. These items appear at the bottom of the screen, from where they can be dragged and dropped on appropriate and logical places of the scenery to accomplish some goal or perform an action.When exploring the location, certain portions of the scenery shimmer to indicate the presence of one of the hidden object screens, where the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the right side. Some of the collected objects are stored in the inventory to be used later on the adventure section. The hint button is a homeless old man that throws empty bottles at one of the required objects to show its position. He also gives a series of clues on the adventure portion. Some of the adventure locations have special items, lost animals and people that are required to complete the optional side missions. Finished levels can be replayed to achieve a higher star rating. |
| Luxor: Adventures | 2009-11-19 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Arcade, Cards / tiles, Hidden object, Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | Everyone | | Windows | John Swift and Jane Graham are two adventurers sponsored by a millionaire called Cain Hisster to search for a powerful lost artifact in the ruins of Ancient Egypt. After they finally discover its location, their sponsor reveals his true intentions: he plans to use the power of the device to rule the world. Cain escapes with the artifact by jumping through a time portal, and the heroes have no alternative but follow him to stop his evil plans and recover any anachronistic object laying around that threatens the order of the universe.Luxor Adventures is a hidden object spin-off of a series of popular marble-shooter games, where most of the time the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on historical locations filled with assorted objects scattered through the scenery. The player has 45 minutes to finish each episode, comprised of several locations, with a mini-game to be completed at the end. Besides the list entries, each scene has two Ankhs that can be optionally collected to unlock bonus features, like the endless mode and direct access to the mini-games through the main menu. The hint button is located under the figure of Thoth, the Egyptian god of wisdom, holding a swirling blue orb that shows the position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use.The mini-games are implementations of classic casual games and other concepts common to the genre. There is Luxor Classic, a version of the original marble popper where the goal is to make matches of three or more spheres of the same color, by shooting orbs from a scarab-shaped device that moves sideways at the bottom of the screen, at a line of marbles moving towards an exit hole. If three or more spheres enter the hole, the game is over. The Match-3 Game is similar to Bejeweled and other tile-matching titles, where the objective is to swap adjacent tiles on a grid to make three-of-a-kind matches. Other challenges include the obligatory find-the-differences game between two similar images, jigsaw and picture puzzles, solitaire, a variation of word search with hieroglyphics, and an obstacle puzzle where crossed wooden beams have to be carefully moved out of the way. |
| Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 + Theatre of War: Centauro Bundle | 2009-11-19 | 1C Company, Battlefront.com, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 + Theatre of War: Centauro Bundle is a compilation of the two following games:
Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943
Theatre of War 2: Centauro |
| 15 Days | 2009-11-20 | dtp entertainment AG | House of Tales Entertainment GmbH | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Martin Winkler, Haakon Amundson | | | | Windows | 15 Days is a point-and-click adventure, which revolves around a trio of thieves, Cathryn, Mike, and Bernard. They are political activists: they steal paintings from the best guarded museums in the world and donate the benefits to good causes. One of their recent escapades was a break-in into a special exhibition in Cape Town, South Africa, where they robbed a portrait of Cecil Rhodes.At the same time, special agent Jack Stern is investigating the death of the British Foreign Secretary. His most vital clue is a note about the transport of Rhodes’ portrait from the Secretary’s office to the special exhibition in South Africa and back.The game tells the story from the viewpoint of both the modern-day Robin Hoods and the special agent. Just as Overclocked: A History of Violence, it features 3D character models and objects with pre-rendered backgrounds based on the Cougar engine. |
| Company of Heroes: Anthology - Limited Edition | 2009-11-20 | THQ Inc. | | Compilation, Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains:
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Additional content is an exclusive dog tag. |
| Fiese Freunde 2: Letzte Party in Paris | 2009-11-20 | | Orion | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Life / social simulation | | | | | | | Windows | Fiese Freunde 2: Letzte Party in Paris is an adventure game. Paris is a TV star that parties a lot in her apartment but does not care about noise and trash. You are the avenger of the neighbors and have to put Paris into her place. Luckily, you are a special FX engineer and have a lot of possibilities to sabotage items and appliances in her flat, but don't get caught! |
| Pony Friends 2 | 2009-11-20 | Square Enix Limited | Tantalus Media Pty Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Pony Friends 2 is a horse-care simulation game. Once the player's profile is created, a pony, either custom or chosen from pony market, can be acquired and named. More ponies can eventually be acquired from the pony market.From the main menu, the Home, Stable and Town areas can be visited, and the Options, Friends Mode and Task List menus can be viewed.Home is the place where the players will view the game progress, do chores and manage pony accessories and pictures taken while trail-riding, while the stable focuses more on pony care. From the stable, the pony can also go play in the field, or be ridden on trail rides and race circuits. The town contains many facilities such as the shop, the veterinarian and the pony club. The pony club is where the player gains access to races, tips, quests, and new tricks for the pony to learn. |
| Sherlock Holmes Collection 2010 | 2009-11-20 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collection contains four adventure games with Sherlock Holmes. The games within this compilation are:
Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (Remastered Edition)
Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring
The Mystery of the Mummy |
| War Pig | 2009-11-20 | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | magnussoft Deutschland GmbH | Action, Strategy | Side view | | | Artillery | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | Windows | War Pig is a variation of Worms, with pigs as the main characters. The goal is to destroy your opponent by choosing and using over 30 different weapons. 2 to 4 teams with up to 6 players can compete in a free game or in missions. |
| Bushido Edge | 2009-11-21 | | | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Bushido Edge is a simple two-player-only fighting game between two samurais who can attack and parry. Each kill awards one point. It is inspired by Bushido Blade. |
| Hotel Dash: Suite Success | 2009-11-22 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Kef Sensei, LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Time management | | | | | | Isometric | Windows | Quinn - of Wedding Dash fame - has started booking honeymoon's as a new line of business, in addition to her wedding reception business. The first hotel she booked for a couple, however, is a run-down shadow of its former self. Quinn's friend Flo--of Diner Dash--pitches in to help Quinn renovate the hotel before her first clients visit it for their honeymoon.After the first hotel, Quinn and Flo take helm of several other hotels, renovating them as well.Gameplay is similar to many other time-management games in the Dash series. Quinn mans the front desk while Flo busses guest's luggage and provides room service, and handles the occasional crisis. Flo has to place guests in appropriate rooms, bus their luggage, bring them room service meals, handle housekeeping and provide them with any other items they may require to keep them happy. A real juggling act sometimes, the guests keep Flo hopping.As if that wasn't enough, someone is trying to sabotage Quinn's hotels along the way. The saboteur causes catastrophes that Quinn must quickly resolve.Upgrades--such as larger carts and hotel renovations--can be purchased between levels to enhance gameplay. A sub-plot has Flo upgrading a specific room for each hotel for a special guest who arrives at the end of every hotel phase.
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| Ulitsa Dimitrova | 2009-11-22 | | | Adventure, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The game Ulitsa Dimitrova refers to the name of a street in St. Petersburg in Russia. It was made by students of the Kunsthochschule Kassel in Germany and it tells the story of 7-year-old Pjotr who crawls out of a dumpster every day and lives on the streets. Although it is developed using the AGS adventure engine, it is more of a simulation of the boy's life, without clear goals, puzzles, an inventory, a storyline or an ending. All art and animations are drawn in ballpoint and the street is presented as a side-scrolling area that wraps around when Pjotr keeps walking in a single direction.In this interactive environment one of the main objectives is to support Pjotr's smoking habit. He can bum cigarettes off a dealer by stealing signs of cars, or by breaking store windows to steal liquor and trade it with a glue sniffing kid. The alcohol can also be carried to his mother, a prostitute down the street, who gives him some money for it, which he can use to buy his cigarettes at a news stand. There is no pressure or ending to the game, and it goes on until the player is bored and quits.There is also a recurring event involving a stranger and a single event where Pjotr is looking for friendship. The game is entirely controlled through the mouse and the cursor changes when interaction is possible. |
| This Little Piggy - Gallery Version | 2009-11-23 | | | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | Arcade, Party game | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | This Little Piggy - Gallery Version is a special version of This Little Piggy, meant for running continuously during a public event for all interested guests to play. The game rules remain the same; however, there are two changes. First, the main screen has been changed to quickly display all info about rules and controls on one screen; the would-be players have to guide their character to a goal in example, tiny mazes before they can play for real. Two, the controls for both players (WSAD and arrow keys) are switched after each game, encouraging the players to switch roles in their next game. Quitting the game requires pressing the Q+U+I+T key combination. |
| Cajun Cop: The French Quarter Caper | 2009-11-24 | Cat's Eye Games | Cat's Eye Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Inspector Jacques Lamont is searching for a gang of jewel thieves in the streets of New Orleans, gathering clues to finally find and arrest the elusive criminals.Cajun Cop is a hidden object game that borrows some ideas from the adventure genre, like the inclusion of an inventory and its associated puzzles. Most of the time the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on many locations around the city of New Orleans. Some of the collected objects are stored in the inventory at the right side, to be dragged and dropped on specific portions of the scenery to perform actions or complete tasks. The player can move between locations by clicking on shimmering exit hotspots, usually placed on logical places like doors and other openings. The hint button is a magnifying glass at the bottom-right that highlights the position of one of the required items, but takes 45 seconds to recharge after use.There are mini-games and puzzles that take place on a separate screen, where the player has to reassemble a jigsaw puzzle with pieces of a torn letter, find all the differences between two similar pictures, adjust the focus of a fingerprint image to find its matching pair, play a tile-matching game with pizza ingredients, complete a electrical circuit path, untangle several lines connected to jewels, move wood blocks to clear the way for a key and complete other similar challenges. |
| King Arthur: The Role-playing Wargame | 2009-11-24 | Neocoregames Ltd. | Neocoregames Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | Windows | King Arthur is a mix between turn-based and real-time strategy similar to the Total War series. As the subtitle suggests there are also strong RPG elements. The player takes the role of the legendary King Arthur who wants to build and defend his empire.The first RPG element which comes into play are the quests - some have to be solved to progress the story; some of them are optional. They can also be divided into short-term tasks, e.g. rescuing a kidnapped relative of a prince, or long-term tasks, e.g. building a trade route. The former can be started by sending a knight to a defined point of the map and are reminiscent of choose-your-own-adventure books in which the player is presented with a text and several choices, e.g. tailing the kidnappers or talking to them, and has to choose one. This progresses the quest, leads to the next choice and ultimately to success, failure or a battle.But this is not just a question of choosing the right answer but also depends strongly on the character stats of the knight. This is the second RPG element in this game: the knights from the Round Table have personalities and abilities which can be improved after earning enough experience points by solving quests. There are also artifacts to find which can be equipped. The actions in the quests also affect the player's two morality bars: the choice between a nice guy and a tyrant respectively Christianity and the old religion. This mixture affects the relationship to other factions, available abilities, e.g. healing spells for a good Christian, and the effectiveness of certain artifacts. In the turn-based part of the game the player is presented with a world map where he moves his armies and conquers provinces by seizing all strategical important points. Of course there are also other things to do, e.g. trading, enacting laws or researching. One round represents one season which affects gameplay notable, e.g. in winter armies can't be moved but receive all experience points from the last year and in summer armies have the highest range. There are two resources: money and food.When the player meets an hostile army on the map screen there is a fight. It can be calculated automatically or played manually. Then the game switches to a real-time strategy game where the player commands a big army with many troops. Every army is commanded by one of the knights and his character stats have a influence on his units performance. During the battles the opponents have to conquer flag points which raise their morality and lowers the opponent's - the same effect happens when kidnapping the hostile leader. Of course all unit types - which can be upgraded too - have different advantages and disadvantages and a big part of the tactics consists of using them in the right way.The multiplayer-mode is restricted to the real-time battles. |
| Playmobil Double Pack No. 1 | 2009-11-24 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | A compilation that includes:
Playmobil Alarm
Playmobil Construction
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| Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter | 2009-11-24 | Devolver Digital, Inc. | Croteam | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a remake of Serious Sam: The First Encounter. The entire game starting from the story over the levels with their secrets, monsters, weapons and power-ups remain entirely the same as in the original game but everything has been graphically enhanced through the use of the Serious Engine 3.The player still takes on the role of Serious "Sam" Stone in a traditional first-person-shooter-style. Sam is send back in time to prevent the destruction of mankind in the 21st Century by an alien known as Mental. But ancient Egypt isn't as we were told. Instead hundreds and hundreds of Mental's minions including the now famous Beheaded Bomber, several kinds of Bio-Mechanoids and Lava Golems lurk around the pyramids and ancient cities or get teleported there once Sam enters a certain area or triggers a script in the linear levels. To deal with these enemies, Sam has ten weapons at his disposable ranging from his trusty revolvers with unlimited ammo over a chain-gun to the all-powerful "SeriousBomb?"-Cannon.As opposed to the original game, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter in it's original released version only features a coop-mode for up to 16 players both over LAN and WAN and no deathmatch modes, which was later implemented by a major update through Steam. The Xbox 360 version does not support offline multiplayer game modes. |
| Things I Never Did | 2009-11-24 | | | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Things I Never Did is a short platformer that deals with the theme of life in a similar way as Passage. Players control a character through a level filled with platforms, levels and coins that can be collected. As the player progresses, slight changes are introduced that affect the character's presentation, abilities and the level layout. The author attempts something expressive with the gameplay and it is up to the player to interpret it. |
| AeroNuts | 2009-11-25 | | | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | Flight / aviation | Direct control, Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | AeroNuts is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse. It won the MAGS Competition November 2009 as well as the MAGS favourite 2009.As a Elfie, a teenage girl you seek your father Arthur McMillen on a military airport. Later she finds out that he was kidnapped by baron Borisov and she goes after him.The game is a mix between regular adventure scenes in the style of the classic LucasArts games and arcade scenes in the style of Raptor: Call of the Shadows or Tyrian 2000. |
| Real Crimes: Jack the Ripper | 2009-11-25 | Gamers Digital | Virtual Playground Ltd. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | Crime, Detective / mystery, Horror | Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | In 19th century Victorian England, an unknown serial killer brutally murdered five prostitutes between August 31st and November 9th of 1888 and was never caught by the police. He received the nickname of "Jack The Ripper" after the signature from a letter, that was supposedly written and sent by the gloating assassin to the Scotland Yard and printed in the newspapers of the time. Chief Constable Melville Macnaghten investigated the case and wrote a final report naming five suspects.Real Crimes: Jack the Ripper is the second entry in a series of a hidden object games based on actual murder cases. As Macnaghten and the notorious forensic scientist Francis Galton, the player must search and click on all the items listed at left side of the screen, on locations related to the case and filled with assorted objects. Some of the items are clues about the murders, bringing up a window at the center of the screen with details about the object and its relation to the case. The hint button is a police badge below the list, that shows the position of one of the required items when activated. Police badges can be found and collected from the scenery for extra hints.A few mini-games appear between locations, where the player has to complete a jigsaw puzzle with pieces of a shredded letter, a tile-sliding picture puzzle, a spot-the-differences game with two similar images, a memory game with matching tarot cards and other similar challenges. There are two modes: Detective Mode with a time limit of 10 minutes per scene, and a Rookie Mode without any time constraints. Extra seconds can be added to the timer by collecting the fingerprints pressed over the scenery. |
| Solium Infernum: To Reign Is Worth Ambition | 2009-11-25 | Cryptic Comet | Cryptic Comet | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Solium Infernum is a strategy game where the player vies for the control of Hell against other archfiends (up to five). The previous Prince of Darkness has mysteriously vanished and the throne longs for its new master. You can become the new ruler in three ways: win the favor of the Infernal Conclave by gathering the most prestige points before the predetermined number of Conclave tokens are presented by the game, manipulate the High Conclave right before the election or conquer the Pandemonium, Hell's capital, and keep it and your stronghold under control for five turns. Everything takes place on a hex-based map that wraps into itself, allowing the player that scrolls in a single direction to eventually arrive at his starting point.Besides the turn-based mechanics, two gameplay factors are the most important: gaining prestige and having powerful armies. You gain prestige by controlling regular territories (Cantons) and Places of Power, completing the objectives you personally selected, winning battles, acquiring specific relics, succesfully using destruction rituals and winning diplomatic conflicts. The Bazaar is the place where you can buy new legions, praetors, artifacts, relics and manuscripts. Praetors can be placed in your strategic points, such as your stronghold, in order to strengthen their defenses. They can also be used as champions in diplomatic brawls. Artifacts can enhance a legion's stats, while relics and manuscripts offer additional bonuses.Tribute cards are the game's official currency, which you use to buy the things you need. You get these cards by demanding them from your minions every turn. This and every other action, such as raising your attributes occupies one of the order slots, the number of which is limited. Your freedom of action can also be restricted by all archfiends (including yourself) when they start an event, for example the excommunication of an opponent.Solium Infernum offers two single-player (Normal Game and Iron Man, which restricts your save opportunities) and two multiplayer modes (Play-by-Email and Hot Seat). When starting a new game, the player can customize a series of options, like choosing a map and its size, the number of opponents, objectives etc. At the same time, if he doesn't like the default avatar (Abaddon), in the Main Menu he can create a new one with the wanted attributes and demonic rank. |
| Blood Bowl (Dark Elves Edition) | 2009-11-26 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | Cyanide S.A. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Teen | | Windows | The Dark Elves Edition includes:
Blood Bowl
An extra playable race: the Dark Elves
Artbook/Strategy guide with 80-pages featuring background information about the tabletop game, information about all races including play tips and previously unreleased artwork |
| Runaway Trilogy | 2009-11-26 | Focus Home Interactive SAS | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of the three Runaway games. It contains:
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle
Runaway: A Twist of Fate |
| Strength & Honour 2 | 2009-11-26 | Magitech Corporation | Magitech Corporation | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Real-time strategy, Turn-based strategy | Classical antiquity | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time, Turn-based | | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Strength and Honour 2 is the sequel to Strength & Honour. It is a grand strategy game that combines empire management with tactical battles, similar to the Total War series. S&H2 is set in 232 BC and allows the player to take command of various nations, both big and small, from western Europe to east Asia. The player has to manage his cities, construct infrastructure, and move armies to conquer the territories of other nations. Battles play out in real time and are very similar to Shogun: Total War and Medieval: Total War, with fully three-dimensional terrain but 2D units that move in fixed formations. |
| Ziro | 2009-11-26 | Kokakiki LLC | Eipix d.o.o. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ziro is a puzzle game where boards need to be cleared by removing dice. As the game is played on a frozen underground the dice slide in any of the four available directions until they hit an obstacle. To remove a dice, the pattern (the number of dots) needs to match another, identical one and it needs to be immediately next to its twin. Math is introduced as well, as different dice can be combined to form the sum of the pattern, e.g. combing 1 and 2 creates a new dice with 3 dots. Players can partially zoom in on the board and also rotate the game field slightly.Gradually, additional modifiers are introduced, such as the plus and minus dice that add or subtract a number to a dice. There are also blocks on the board that act as obstacles. In later level non-fixed types are introduced, such as a block that can only be moved once and stays there forever, blocks that can be moved around endlessly and that are shattered by clicking them, and solid blocks that can never be destroyed. Certain boards require complex patterns and movement of obstacles to complete them.The background story casts the player as Ziro, the youngest member of the ancient order of Snowmen Earth guardian, who is called for when humanity uses up Earth's natural resources and causes a massive climate change, freezing most of the world. By connecting the dice Ziro attempts to restore the natural order. While playing, some facts about global warming are shown every now and then.The game consists of 300 levels and has three game modes. In Quest players travel through a world map opening up new locations by completing levels. These levels can then be practised in the Practice mode. The Skill mode uses the same unlocked levels, but has a time limit per board, keeps track of the number of moves, and shows the different types of dice on the left side of the screen. General high scores are also available, as well as a global, online-based leaderboard. |
| Baldr Sky Dive2: Recordare | 2009-11-27 | GIGA | GIGA | Action | Diagonal-down | | Adult | Shooter, Visual novel | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | Vehicular | Windows | RECORDARE is the second episode of Baldr Sky, directly continuing the story that was not concluded in the previous entry. After having pursued Drexler Organization, a group allegedly responsible for the tragedy of his past, the mercenary leader Kou Kadokura continues to unravel the traumatic events of his memory, hoping to find closure. Gameplay-wise and visually, the game is identical to the previous installment. Both games can be installed together, with the second episode opening new routes directly connected to the chapters of the preceding game. |
| Dead Mountaineer's Hotel | 2009-11-27 | Deep Silver | Electronic Paradise | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Dead Mountaineer's Hotel is an adventure game based on the sci-fi detective novel of the same name (1970), also known as Inspector Glebsky's Puzzle, by the Soviet Russian authors Arkadi and Boris Strugatsky. The player takes the role of inspector Peter Glebsky, who just wants to have a nice holiday in an isolated mountain hotel, but is eventually compelled to solve a mystery about a vanished mountaineer who supposedly haunts the hotel.The whole game is set in said hotel. The gameplay offers the usual adventure gameplay: the player explores the hotel, takes items, talks to the other guests and solves item based puzzles. There are also a few (mostly optional) mini games, e.g. darts, pool or action sequences, and logic puzzles, e.g. the player has to choose his dinner components so that no one of the other guests makes fun of him. Some sequences are in real-time, meaning that the player has to wait for next script to happen. The game uses the established one-click controls. |
| Dick Marcinko: Rogue Warrior | 2009-11-27 | ZeniMax Europe Ltd. | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter, Stealth | | | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Richard Marcinko, also known as Rogue Warrior, is a former member of the US Navy SEALs who became most famous for supposedly unveiling the so-called "Red Cell" operations which he and his team claim to have been covert missions against real-world terrorists. The game, however, takes place in North Korea and the UdSSR in 1986. In the role of Marcinko, the player has to retrieve intelligence on ballistic missile launchers. And although his squad-members get killed right after entering the mission area, Marcinko continues alone with the mission, eventually uncovering and eliminating a larger threat against the US.The game is a first-person-shooter with a bit of stealth thrown into the mix. Looking through the eyes of Marcinko, the player can either sneak through the levels, using brutal kill moves or a silenced pistol to take out his enemies. Or he can run in guns blazing with the vast array of real-world-weaponry like the SPAS-12 shotgun or the AK-47 assault rifle although only two weapons can be carried at the same time. But since even Marcinko isn't invulnerable, simply storming in isn't always a good idea. To help the player from being hit, Marcinko can take cover behind objects. The camera then switches to a 3rd-person-shoulde-rview and allows the player to either blind fire or duck out of cover to shoot the targets.The game also features a multiplayer-mode for up to eight players in either Deathmatch or Team-Deathmatch on maps inspired but not directly copied from the single-player-campaign. |
| Empire: Total War - The Warpath Campaign / Empire: Total War - Elite Units of the West | 2009-11-27 | SEGA Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation contains two add-ons for Empire: Total War:
Empire: Total War - The Warpath Campaign
Empire: Total War - Elite Units of the West |
| Full Metal Daemon Muramasa | 2009-11-27 | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Nitroplus Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | For centuries, the island nation of Yamato has been home to elite warriors, musha, who wield unfathomable power through intelligent mechanical suits of armor named tsurugi. In order for a warrior to become a musha, they must swear to their tsurugi an unbreakable oath that binds them together.In the 20th century of this world, Yamato is ruled by the Rokuhara Shogunate, a feudal military dictatorship who enforces their rule with a brutal and merciless efficiency. During an attack on a village accused of harboring a traitor to the Rokuhara, the entire area is wiped out - Rokuhara and villagers alike - by a mysterious tsurugi known as Ginseigo, the Silver Star. In its wake, Ginseigo is pursued by our protagonist, Kageaki Minato in the crimson tsurugi Muramasa - though Minato is no hero, for his weapon demands the price of innocent blood in exchange for its terrible power.Full Metal Daemon Muramasa is a dark fantasy visual novel which explores themes of morality, duty, and honor through the lens of an alternate-history Japan. As a visual novel, the player is periodically tasked with making a choice that will influence the development of the story. The plot is also influenced by the player's relationship with certain characters, which is measured by an "affection meter" that changes depending on how the player interacts with them. The story can branch into one of three primary routes depending on the player's decisions. It has a few short scenes with sexual content.Unlike "ADV" or "NVL"-style visual novels which display the text in a box at the bottom of the screen, the text in Muramasa is presented in the traditional tategaki form, arranged in vertical columns in a box at the center of the screen. In the English localization, the text is displayed from left-to-right in a vertical box at the center of the screen. |
| Hugo: Magi i Troldeskoven | 2009-11-27 | Krea Medie A/S | Attractive Games Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | When humans start to clear the forest, the root of all evil is uncovered and threatens both their world and the magical creatures that live in the forest. Hugo is a troll that's a magician in training and is entrusted by the animal elders with the sacred Elder's Staff to combat the evil. Hugo: Magic in the Troll Woods is a 3D platformer where you control Hugo as he jumps. slides, climbs and swings through the forest while collecting hidden items and solving puzzles. The evil has transformed some forest animals into shadow creatures that must be combated and restored. |
| King's Bounty: Gold Edition | 2009-11-27 | 1C Company | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This compilation includes:
King's Bounty: The Legend
King's Bounty: Armored Princess
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| Mamono Musume: Life with a Lamia | 2009-11-27 | Vanadis | Vanadis | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Romance | Visual novel | Fantasy | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | In another world, a boy named Light once had a crush on a childhood friend named Leimia who he promised to marry when they grew up. Years later, Leimia comes back into Light's life, not as the sweet girl he remembers, but as a fully-grown Lamia: an aggressive mythological half-woman, half-serpent creature. Leimia asks Light to let her kidnap him and take him back to her tribe so that her people will consider her an adult, but Light refuses. Undeterred, Leimia stubbornly takes up residence in Light's home, determined to make him fall for her so that she can complete her mission.Mamono Musume: Life with a Lamia is an adult fantasy romance visual novel. It has a linear plot but still has a few choices that the player can make which may lead to different endings. It features voice acting for Leimia only. |
| Rig'n'Roll | 2009-11-27 | 1C Company | SoftLab-Nsk Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | Transport, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | In Rig'n'Roll, which is set in 2014, the player takes the role of a young trucker who goes to the independent California to find his luck. He receives a forwarding agency and 25.000 dollar starting funds from his friend Matthew. The majority of the game is similar to other truck simulations: in their agency, players can accept missions to earn money. They to forward goods of different sensitivities to other places in California within a set time limit. Because of the game's aspiration to be a simulation, players can control all important parts of their truck themselves, like the side mirrors or the cruise control, and they have to abide by the traffic laws. If they violate them, the police will chase them and fine them if they manage to catch up (which is more than likely to happen with a truck).The game is designed to be an open world experience. Players have the freedom to freely explore the state to do additional tasks, like repairing their truck in a workshop, filling up gas, picking up hitchhikers or visiting bars to get additional missions. This includes races against other truckers. Another unusual feature is the background story, which is about Matthew getting involved with people on the wrong side of the law. Story missions include for example chasing after gangsters or getting into an illegal racing club. The 13 trucks are licensed. |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Complete Edition | 2009-11-27 | Koch Media GmbH (Austria) | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The complete edition of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. contains all three previously published S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-games. The games within the compilation are:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
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| Suzunone Seven!: Sweet Lovers' Concerto | 2009-11-27 | Clochette | Clochette | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Sweet Lovers' Concerto is a so-called "fan disc" for the erotic visual novel Suzunone Seven!, picking up after the "Suzunone Trial" that the original game focused on. The player is once again cast as Suzunone Magic Academy student Yukimura Kido, who has managed to pass his exams and remain at the academy.Unlike the previous title, the player can select from eight different scenarios from the outset, each revolving around a specific love interest. Each scenario is a self-contained story with little variation. As before, it is possible to read back previous dialogue, as well as revisit any previously seen CG images in the gallery mode. The game includes explicit sexual content. |
| And You Will Be Fit For More Than Ashes | 2009-11-28 | | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | And You Will Be Fit For More Than Ashes is a compilation of two games previously released digitally for free, along with some extras. It includes:
All Of Our Friends Are Dead
Au Sable
Additional concept art
The soundtrack in MP3 format |
| The McCarthy Chronicles: Episode 1 | 2009-11-29 | | | Adventure | | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The McCarthy Chronicles: Episode 1 is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features a classic inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse and keyboard. The game is set in a film-noir atmosphere with supernatural elements about at the beginning of the 20th century. The player controls McCarthy, a well-known private investigator with a dark past. One day he is called for help from a young girl who wants to meet him in a church. When McCarthy arrives the girl is brutally murdered. The trail leads to a nearby hotel. The game features full speech for all characters. Interactions are done by holding down the left mouse button and then choose from the actions look, use and talk. |
| EASe Funhouse: Treasure Hunt! | 2009-11-30 | Vision Audio Inc. | Vision Videogames, LLC | Educational, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | Windows | EASe Funhouse: Treasure Hunt! is a game in the series of EASe games (Electronic Auditory Stimulation effect), educational games to stimulate sensory processing in children on the autism spectrum and others experiencing difficulty with sensory processing and organization. This is not only reflected in the visual design, but also in the music. The game contains about 60 minutes of music encoded within the parameters of Berard Auditory Integration Training, where low pass passages of muted music filtered at 1000 Hz are randomly punctuated with boosts up to 80 decibels, which has a calming effect on auditory hypersensitive children.The game consists of six rooms where the player drives around a toy tractor with a male or female character. Each room can be explored freely, but through a HUD near the top of the screen goals are provided and by completing these a new room becomes available. Goals consist of locating treasure items, playing a ball game or locating the exit. They are announced by a voice as well as shown on the screen.Treasure items consist of a variety of objects, including fruit, words, faces with a specific emotion, or cards with a number of marks. There are seven different groups of goals in total and they are characterized by both shapes and colours. There are also some other tasks, such as activating an elevator reach higher areas. New to the series of games is the availability of different rooms, unlocked gradually. The addition of additional tasks, such as the ball game, is also new.The game includes logging to track the child's performance in every session. |
| Echoes of the Past: Royal House of Stone | 2009-11-30 | Orneon | Orneon | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | A long time ago, a kingdom fell under a terrible curse with a unending series of tragedies happening in sequence. The Queen died suddenly, followed shortly by the King, leaving only the young and inexperienced prince to rule the land. Since the day of the new ruler's coronation, no one dared to enter the castle and none of its inhabitants were ever seen again. Many years later in modern times, that castle is converted into a museum, and a visitor is unwillingly and mysteriously transported to the ancient era after learning the troubled history of the place. Now, there's no alternative but to explore the building and search for a way to lift the curse.Echoes of the Past: Royal House of Stone is a hidden object game with some elements of the adventure genre, where the main objective is to collect items and interact with the many puzzles found on the rooms of the castle. The player navigates through the locations by clicking over exit hotspots, usually positioned over obvious openings like doors and other places, to change the cursor into an arrow that allows access to the next room or screen.Some portions of the scenery glow to indicate that they contain one of the hidden object screens. In these areas, the goal is to find and click on all the objects listed at the top of the screen. Some entries remain written in red and can't be collected until the player performs a scene interaction to make them available, using one of the inventory objects on some place of the scenery. The hint button is a large mirror that highlights the position of one of the required items when activated. Extra hints can be collected as other mirrors laying scattered around the scene.The puzzles take place on separate screens, where a mechanism of some sort has to be manipulated directly to solve them or perform a necessary action. They range from the mundane, like jigsaw puzzles and memory games with pairs of figures, to more original and complex ones. Clues can be found around the castle, usually on rooms separated from the puzzles. A magic book at the bottom automatically keeps track of the progress, and can be used to review clues and learn some details about the plot. |
| Field of Glory | 2009-11-30 | Matrix Games, Ltd. | NewRoSoft, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | Windows | Field of Glory is an adaption of Slitherine's tabletop wargaming system of the same name. In this turn-based game, warfare in ancient times is simulated. Every playable nation has special fighting techniques, leaders and morale play a big role as well. Playable nations are, among others, Gauls, Teutons, Romans, Carthaginians or the slave army of Spartacus. You can play against the computer or a human opponent via hot seat or internet. A map and scenario editor is included. |
| Alganon | 2009-12-01 | Quest Online | Quest Online | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Persistent | | | Windows | Alganon is a fantasy-based MMORPG. The combat elements are familiar to anyone who has played other games in the MMORPG genre, but Alganon places the characters, world, and lore in a new fantasy world. The Human empire of the Asharr, brave devotees to the gods of beauty, creation, and justice, fight against the Talrok empire of the Kujix, followers of the dark gods of Knowledge, War, and Change. The battles and conflicts between these two rival sets of deities plays out in the War of Conversion between the two Empires. The players of Alganon are heroes of the empire who must protect their people from the problems that arise due to the ceaseless warring of these rival gods.Players can choose from four traditional fantasy archetypes for their character's story - armored fighters are called Soldiers. A magic-wielding wizard is known as a Magus. Healers are master of life (and death), and the iconic "lone wolf of the wilds" type is known as a Ranger. However, these "story-based classes" are not limited to one or two gameplay mechanics. Soldiers can be more than just a "boss tank." They can also specialize to become a DPS class, or a support class, or a class that takes on many smaller enemies instead of one large one. Magi are more than just AoE damage. They can specialize in frost and become tanks, or specialize in fire and burn down a single target, or specialize in Storm and support the group. Rangers can heal, tank, or do ranged DPS. Healers not only throw out large bursts of healing, they can also choose to spread their healing across multiple targets, or be a support class that buffs their allies, or become a DPS class.While Alganon's gameplay is similar to other games in the MMORPG genre, it is full of small changes that are aimed to create a friendly, mature community and not punish players who play the game casually. For example, the study system allows players to advance even while offline, the dual role system makes it easy for players to find the party members they need, and there are alternate paths to the same rewards so that players can earn rewards by effort, but those who cannot afford that effort can spend time to earn a new way to achieve the same goal.Alganon was originally a subscription based MMORPG with a monthly fee. The later introduced free-to-play concept finances itself with micro-transactions where players can buy items, boosts and services like creating a guild with real money. |
| Black Circle | 2009-12-01 | Merscom LLC | MDNA Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Europe | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Black Circle is the sixth Carol Reed game. Like the previous titles in the Carol Reed series, the game is a point and click adventure set in Norrköping, Sweden. It's created with real photographs with a watercolour effect. Carol is a British girl but she lives in Sweden, where she has taken over a detective agency. In Black Circle, Carol is contacted by her neighbour Oscar, who is a retired doctor. On one of his morning walks he discovers a body, but when he goes home to call the police the body disappears and the police don't believe him. He asks Carol to help him find out what happened. Carol travels around town, finding clues, talking to people and solving puzzles.Each photograph is a node and can be exited using arrows on the screen. Several nodes form a location. Travelling from location to location is accomplished by the use of a map.
The notebook gives access to an in-game hint system. The game is fully voiced (in English) and has optional subtitles. |
| Germz | 2009-12-01 | IQ Foundry LLC | IQ Foundry LLC | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | Healthcare | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen, Real-time, Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Germz is a casual game in the match-3 genre. Originally released as a flash-based web game, due to popularity it was ported to the PC, Mac, and Linux Platforms.The overall goal of the game is to play against the clock, matching Germz to both keep the timer down, but also meet the Germ collection quotas for each level.The Desktop edition of Germz offers 3 unique game-play modes. Classic Mode lets the player play against the clock. Smarty Mode removes the timer, but the game is over if you let yourself run out of moves--so think ahead. Chill Mode is a relaxing zen-like experience where the game never ends... great to zone out to.In addition to the new game modes, the Desktop Edition of Germz also offers local and online leaderboards so you can challenge your friends to beat your scores. |
| James Cameron's Avatar: The Game | 2009-12-01 | Ubisoft, Inc. | Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. | Action, Strategy | Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Helicopter | | Turn-based | Teen | | Windows | Although James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is named after the movie, the story itself doesn't follow the plot of the film. Instead the player takes on the role of Lance Corporal Ryder, a signal-specialist who is send to the distant moon Pandora. But Ryder isn't just any other soldier. Instead he or she is one of the selected group of people that take part in the so-called Avatar-program. Avatars are a hybrid of Na'vi DNA and human DNA that have been created in order to better interact with the inhabitants of the planet: the Na'vi, tribe-like and technology-wise not very advanced people that are one with nature. Although the Na'vi are friendly to the new-comers at first, soon the humans want more than just diplomatic relations. They want to relocate the Na'vi in order to be able to strip the planet of its natural resources. A war breaks out which only one side can win - it is up to the player which it will be.Early in the game the player has to decide weather he wants to help the Na'vi unlock the power of the Well of Souls or if he wants to stay with the humans. Depending on his choice, the gameplay changes significantly:
Human: As a human the player can enter buildings, drive vehicles like buggies and helicopters and use full-body armor as well as several different kinds of firearms including shotguns and flamethrowers. In addition Pandora itself is against him meaning both plants and animals will attack the player but will also grant experience points. As a human the player can build pods that replenish ammo and health a specific locations.Na'vi: The Na'vi are more than two meters high and as such can neither enter buildings nor use humans vehicles. But Pandora herself is friendly so plants and animals won't attack (or give experience points for that matter) allowing the player to ride strange horses or fly around on huge dinosaur-like creatures. While the player himself is able to use a machine gun, normally the Na'vi rely on bows and arrows as well as strange swords and staves. If the player manages to pull of a five-hit-combo, a special attack comes available. Na'vi harvest plants in order to get arrows and cell samples.
Both characters have in common, that they are controlled in a standard 3rd-person-shooter-fashion and have to collect DNA/cell samples. Once enough have been collected, the player gains the ability to get right back into the fight after his hit-points reach zero. Only if not enough samples have been collected will the player re-spawn at the nearest outpost. Also both parties earn experience points for completing quests and killing enemies. Once enough points have been collected, the character levels up and get's access to new weapons and spells allowing him to make himself invisible for example.Pandora is divided into several sectors and each sector features several challenges like lifting 100% of the fog of war or collecting a certain amount of cell samples. Fulfilling these objectives grants additional experience points. To further help the player in his quest, a world-domination-mini-game is available at each transporter. This mini-game is turn-based and has the player starting out with only one sector and the goal of conquering all the other. Doing so will grant his character additional experience points, increase his weapons strength and such. Money for building bases and ordering troops on the other hand is earned by playing through the normal campaign. To conquer enemy sectors, three types of units are available that can only be build at a base. Combat is a simple numbers game and plays out automatically. To defend conquered sectors, a defense building for each type of unit can be build.The game offers five team-based multiplayer-modes: King of the Hill, Capture the Flag, Team Deathmatch, Capture and Hold (capture control points in order to make the enemies team loose victory points) and Final Fight where the RDA has to protect three missiles in their base while the Na'vi have to destroy them. |
| SoloWords | 2009-12-01 | IQ Foundry LLC | IQ Foundry LLC | Puzzle | | | | Word construction | | | | | | | Windows | SoloWords is a unique word solitaire puzzle game.Gameplay takes players through 4 rounds of play where they are required to play 5 words ranging from 2-6 letters. Playing a full word on one line enables the bonus tiles in the lines above. By using your letters carefully and playing full words in each available space you can challenge yourself to earn a high score on the online leaderboards.The Desktop Edition of SoloWords includes both a Timed and Untimed game mode. Players can choose to challenge themselves with a 90 second timer for each round, or relax and take their time to find the best words to play.SoloWords is available as a web download with a free 60 minute trial. |
| SudoQ | 2009-12-01 | BoMbErGaMeS | BoMbErGaMeS | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | SudoQ is a puzzle game where you have to fill a grid made up of 3 x 3 squares with numbers. Each square has a further nine squares and the numbers 1-9 must be used to fill the whole grid. There are twenty grids to play and each grid has numbers already in them to start with. When placing a number, you must take into consideration that a row or column on the whole grid musn't contain the same number and one of the 3 x 3 squares must also not contain the same number. |
| Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered | 2009-12-02 | Revolution Software Ltd. | Revolution Software Ltd. | Adventure | Side view | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered is a remastered edition of the original game. The game features the same basic story, but has additional features, including fully animated facial expressions, higher quality audio, an interactive comic book, cloud save support, context sensitive hints, a game diary and a new user interface.The Remastered edition later included the original version of the game (emulated on ScummVM) as a free bonus on select digital storefronts. |
| Danny Dread is on Call | 2009-12-02 | | | Adventure | Side view | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Danny Dread is on Call is a freeware inventory-based point-and-click adventure. Your boss, an egomaniacal, mad scientist, calls you on your free day and wants you to help him in his experiment. Interaction is done with the mouse. The bottom part of the screen holds an inventory (right) and six actions (left): Walk, Look, Use, Talk, Take and Kick. |
| Find Your Own Way Home | 2009-12-02 | Merscom LLC | Curious Sense, Dhruva Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Ruby is a TV reporter for an entertainment channel, assigned with the live coverage of a red carpet event for the rock band REO Speedwagon. She must make all the preparations necessary in her personal schedule to arrive in time at the concert and meet the musicians.Find Your Own Way Home is a hidden object game with many variations and mini-games, using the band REO Speedwagon as the main theme. The game takes place on various locations related to the plot, where the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the right side. The interface has the outline of a guitar neck with several features, like four top buttons for the hint system surrounding the band logo, and three tuning keys that give access to the list of objects, inventory and tasks list. The journal sitting below the list keeps track of all the information gathered through the game, like the unlocked videos, images and songs stored in the smartphone.In some locations, a list of tasks has to be accomplished by using the inventory objects as in most adventure games, by dragging and dropping them on logical places in the scenery to perform necessary actions or complete tasks. There are some gameplay variations in some scenes, where the player has to find objects that share a common characteristic (like making noise), click on the differences between two similar images, take photographs of certain parts of the scenery or collect the items in a specific order. Mini-games appear on separate screens, where picture puzzles have to assembled, a game of Simon has to be completed by hitting a drum set in sequence, a street path has to be created for the protagonist car by switching the traffic lights on a map, and other similar challenges. They can be skipped after a few minutes.Each jewel button around the logo has a different type of hint. The green button shows the position of one of the required objects, the red button shows an image of the first list item, the yellow button removes one of the list entries and the blue button changes the cursor into a compass pointing towards one of the list objects. A special golden ticket is well-hidden inside the game as part of a promotion, giving players the chance to win tickets for a concert and take a photo with the band in 2010. |
| Christmas Eve Crisis | 2009-12-03 | InterAction studios | InterAction studios | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | | Windows | Christmas Eve Crisis is a game where the player plays as Santa Claus and he needs to send presents to children houses. There are obstacles like animals and falling into the water, to the abyss and more. If the player will hit by an obstacle, he will die and start from the beginning of the level or from some area if he got to a checkpoint. In addition, if the player will hit by an obstacle when he has a gift, the gift will destroy and the player will need to find the gift again. There are bonuses in the levels. There are 10 levels in the game. |
| Colin McRae: DiRT 2 (Special Edition) | 2009-12-03 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | | Racing / Driving, Special edition | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | Windows | The Germany-exclusive Special Edition includes:
DiRT 2
DC Shoes Ken Block DVD
DiRT 2 Magic Tree |
| DiRT 2 | 2009-12-03 | Codemasters Software Co. Ltd. | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Africa, Contemporary, Europe, North America | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Teen | | Windows | As it's predecessor, the racing-game DiRT 2 doesn't just focus on accurately simulating the Rallye-sport like the earlier installments of the Colin McRae-Series did. Instead eight types of Offroad-events await the player during the main campaign called DiRT Tour:
Rallye - The player has to get as fast as possible to the finish line. He's the only one on the course at the same time and instead has to deal with hairpin curves and difficult terrain.
Trailblazer - Basically the same as Rallye but instead of narrow courses, this mode features long and open stages.
Raid - Races over wide and open terrain with many dangerous shortcuts allowing the player to get distance between him and the other drivers.
Landrush - All drivers start at the same time and the tracks are littered with crazy curves and jumps.
Rallyecross - Takes place on round-courses with a mix of dirt and asphalt streets.
Gatecrasher - The player has a limited amount of time to get to the finish line. To replenish that time, so-called gates are scattered around the track each granting +2 seconds upon destruction.
Domination - Similar to Rallye, the tracks are divided into sectors. Each sector gives 1-10 points depending on how fast the player in relation to his opponents finishes it. In addition 1-10 points are added for his final position in the race once he crosses the finish line. The winner is the driver with the most points.
Last Man Standing - As the name implies, the goal here is to race around the course and be the last car in the race at the end with the last car being removed after each lap.
Each event requires either a different car or at least a so-called race-pack for that car both bought with the money earned by winning these events. Each car can be customized both visually and under the hood with parts unlocked by gaining a level. Experience points are awarded both for finishing races as well as completing missions like jumping over the finish line or getting through a race without any damage. The amount of cash earned at the end of each race, is influenced by the difficulty level. The higher the difficulty, the higher the reward. In addition the difficulty-level also changes the amount of flashbacks that are available for the race (from five to none). Flashbacks allow the player to rewind the action a few seconds when he made a mistakes or crashed and allows him to try that section again - hopefully without making the same mistake a second time.The game features many real-world racers including their voices and their cars who give the player tips during the course of the DiRT-tour and also offer him additional challenges including duels and time trials. They'll also take part in team-events with the player, if he keeps them happy by not crashing into them that often during races. |
| Gamma IV | 2009-12-03 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | Windows | Gamma IV plays like the laser show of a Daft Punk concert, with electro-heavy beats and a pulsing spectrum of coloured beams, similar to the waves of audio visualization applications. The game is split up in different scenes with progressive difficulty and a single music track in the background, bridging all scenes. The player controls four laser beams in different directions, with gameplay similar to Snake games where pressing a single button changes the direction of the beam by 90 degrees, clockwise. The beams move forward automatically, at a fixed speed. Unlike Snake however there is no trail left behind that needs to be avoided. In every scene the four laser beams are controlled at the same time, and generally their movement is mirrored symmetrically. To complete a scene, all cubes need to be hit. This is fairly easy in the initial levels, but touching a wall is instant death and in later levels there are turrets that shoot deadly red lasers. Only in the last level there are differences in the symmetrical movement that require a more precise approach. After completing the game it starts over right away. It is named after the Gamma IV independent games competition for which it was an entry and the competition's theme was "One Button". |
| James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Collector Edition) | 2009-12-03 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Collector Edition includes:
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
Mattel Avatar Movie Masters figurine of main character Jake Sully with RDA outfit
Six unlockable weapons with three upgrades each:
Dual blade (Na'vi)
Axe (Na'vi)
Crossbow (Na'vi)
Rail Gun (RDA)
Shotgun Pack (RDA)
Standard Issue Pack (RDA) |
| Dark Fall: Lost Souls | 2009-12-04 | Iceberg Interactive B.V. | Darkling Room | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Five years ago Amy Haven disappeared. The Inspector in charge of the case believed her to have been abducted by a local vagrant named Mr. Bones, but he had no proof. So, he took the law into his own hands and created such 'proof'... and the case fell apart, totally discredited; the Inspector became a pariah in the town, hated even by the girl's parents. Amy Haven was never found. Since that night the town has deteriorated rapidly. Every day the newspapers seem to bring terrible new stories of street gangs, black magic cults. A miasma hangs over the whole of the once quiet rural community of Dowerton.Most tormenting to the Inspector is the numerous supposed sightings of Amy Haven centred around the old, abandoned Dowerton station and hotel. Could it really be? Play as the Inspector as he returns to the hotel, hoping to finally find Amy Haven, uncover his dark secrets and simultaneously uncover those of the old Station Hotel. Dark Fall: Lost Souls is the third game in Jonathan Boakes' Dark Fall series. Although it is set in the same abandoned railway station and hotel as the first game (Dark Fall: The Journal), the story is completely standalone and the entire location has been re-imagined graphically. Like its predecessors, it is a typical first-person point and click adventure game but features a much darker storyline than previous games in the series. The game includes an 'easy mode' for less experienced players. |
| Irukandji | 2009-12-04 | Charlie's Games | Charlie's Games | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Irukandji is a vertically scrolling bullet shooter set in an abstract underwater trench. The player controls a ship battling waves of procedurally generated sea monsters, leading up to the final confrontation with a giant sea crab. The game consists of only a single level, but after each successful playthrough a new ship is unlocked, with six available in total.Each ship has different characteristics based on weapon strength, speed and the power of the special weapon, a depletable super weapon different for each ship. The most important difference between the ships is the shooting pattern; some only shoot in straight vertical lines, while others have bullets swirl to the sides. For the first ship Particle Bird for instance, there are two keys: one directs bullets to the left, the other to the right, and when pressed together they form a straight, vertical stream.While playing defeated enemies leave behind weapon upgrades that also act as the main energy source. When hit, some of the upgrades are lost, until the ship is entirely destroyed. Other collectibles are score multipliers. Not all special weapons are offensive, one ship for instance is also able to generate a temporary shield to block incoming attacks. The game contains a global ranking and a list of achievements. |
| Kellie Stanford: Turn of Fate | 2009-12-04 | URSE Games | URSE Games | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Hidden object | | | | | | | Windows | Kellie Stanford is a movie studio stylist that plans to make a career move and become a cinematographer. One day she receives a distressing phone call from her friend Mike, warning about a plot against her life. As she gets ready to leave, Kellie sees from the window of her apartment the arrival of two sinister thugs. She flees in disguise while being persecuted by the men, and starts to investigate several locations around the city to uncover the whole affair.Kellie Stanford: Turn of Fate is an adventure game with cartoon graphics, simple puzzles and hidden object scenes made for the casual market. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items displayed at the bottom of the screen. Some objects are hidden from view, and the player has to interact with some portion of the scenery, like opening a cupboard or box, to reveal and collect them. On the main adventure sections, the objects are stored to be used later when solving puzzles. Like in most point-and-click adventures, the items have to be dragged and dropped on logical places to perform an action or complete a task.Twenty unique mini-games appear at the end of each section, where the player must guide a disguised Kelly through the labyrinth-like rooms of her darkened apartment, to escape before the arrival of the criminals; create the correct key to open a hatch; pick the ace of hearts from a shuffled trio of cards; play against the computer in a game of Reversi/Othello and complete other similar challenges. The light bulbs surrounding the portrait of Kellie are hints, with one bulb removed to show the position of one of the required items, and two bulbs taken away to skip a mini-game. The bulbs can be restored by playing one of the optional hidden object scenes, that can be accessed through the magnifier near Kellie's face. |
| Masters of Mystery: Blood of Betrayal | 2009-12-04 | Big Blue Bubble Inc. | Big Blue Bubble Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Carrie Chase is a Manhattan police detective assigned with the investigation of a drug-related double murder in a penthouse. As she gets deeper into the case, secrets from her past start to emerge. She must choose between her job duties and personal life, while still managing to solve the mystery and capture the culprit.Masters of Mystery: Blood of Betrayal is a hidden object game, where most of the time the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the right side of the screen, on locations filled with scattered paraphernalia. At the beginning, the player can turn on a time limit of ten minutes for each scene, to make the game more challenging. Some items can only be collected by using one of the four tools stored at the bottom interface. The ultra-violet light reveals any hidden blood stains and footprints, while the duster brush uncovers the fingerprints. The magnifying glass enlarges a square portion of the screen, making the search for smaller objects easier. The electric torch must be used on darkened rooms, replacing the cursor with a spotlight. Green list entries are important plot objects that trigger lines of dialogue when collected. The hint button highlights the position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use.Some scenes have mini-games, where the player has to find all the differences between two similar images, put items back to their correct places on a scene, quickly select portions of a license plate on a computer, click on matching footprints or fingerprints within a few seconds, select matching handwriting samples from several documents, and complete other similar challenges. |
| Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword | 2009-12-04 | 1C Company, Snowball Studios | SiCh Studio, TaleWorlds Entertainment Ltd | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Sandbox / open world | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | Free-roaming camera | Windows | Mount&Blade: With Fire and Sword continues the saga, this time in the gunpowder age of medieval Eastern Europe.The player starts with a pre-generated male character (character creation has been disabled, however the player may still customize the physical features) in the outskirts of Smolensk, in Polish territory. To survive, the player must once again gain reputation from one of the available factions: the Polish Republic currently allied with Crimean Khanate is at war with the Cossack Hetmanate, who are allied with the Muscovite Tsardom. The powerful Kingdom of Sweden awaits the outcome of the war. Although still an open-world game, a few faction-specific plots now may be pursued by the player.Mercenary camps is a new feature allowing the player to hire region-specific units. These mercenaries may be upgraded in weapons and armor for a price. One mercenary camp is available per faction.All crossbow weapons have now been replaced with firearms, capable of delivering devastating damage, though with a slow loading process, slightly lower accuracy, and lower levels of ammunition. Firearms come into two versions: muskets and pistols. Muskets have longer range, damage, and more angle when firing from a horse. Pistols are noticeably faster in reloading time, however have shorter range, and may only be fired frontally from a horse.The player may now send (and accompany) caravans between towns and castles as an alternate to profit. The previous income feature of building investment has been replaced with this new feature. |
| NecroVisioN: Lost Company | 2009-12-04 | 1C Company | Farm 51 Group S.A., The | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror | Shooter | Fantasy | Flight / aviation, Tank | Direct control | | | | Windows | NecroVisionN: Lost Company takes place before the first game and puts the player in the shoes of its main antagonist Jonas Zimmermann at the time he was just a guy sent to the front lines to find a vaccine to a mysterious disease decimating the troops at the Western Front during World War I.As its predecessor, NecroVisioN: Lost Company is a straightforward shooter. The gameplay hasn't changed much and still requires the player to mow down hordes and hordes of zombies with his vast array of WWI-weaponry from the first game as well as six new weapons, as well as some special vampiric weapons like the ShadowHand which makes its return. The ShadowHand requires adrenaline to work which is earned by performing combos on enemies. The player also needs to have unlocked the deadly spells he wants by beating the corresponding challenge before the ShadowHand does anything useful. If enough adrenaline is available, the ShadowHand also allows to resurrect fallen enemies and lets them fight on your sight for a short while. Also back and playing an integral part of the game is the gas mask which obstructs the view but saves the players lives once the deadly poisons start spreading.To spice up the fighting, performing combos will grant the player benefits like a short slow down of time after two headshots. After a combo has been successfully executed, the Fury timer starts. Doing another combo during this time fills up the Fury meter and allows for unleashing even more powerful demonic powers. To increase the amount of Fury the player can collect and use, he needs to find hidden artifacts during the course of the game or by going once again into challenge room.The challenge room not only gives the player direct access to each individual campaign level that he has already finished but also contains several challenges which unlock after finishing a level in the normal campaign. These challenges include, for example, shooting 50 zombies while they are in the air and keeping flying corpses from hitting a bridge. Successfully completing these challenges then grants the player access to new spells for the ShadowHand or will add a weapon permanently to the players inventory.In addition to the ten missions long single-player campaign, during which the player also takes over the control of a FT17 tank and a Halberstadt CL.II airplane to fight the really big monsters (including a few bosses), the game features multiplayer for up to 8 players. The majority of the maps are from the first game with only three new ones waiting. The game modes still include Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Artifact (a CTF-variant) and Last Man Standing. New is the game mode "Gas Attack". |
| The Precursors | 2009-12-04 | Russobit-M | Deep Shadows | Action, Racing / Driving, Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | A young pilot of the humanoid Amarn race has graduated from the academy and is now returning to his home planet Goldin. However, upon arriving there he learns that unexplained events has been occurring in various corners of the galaxy lately. There is a suspicion that these events have something to do with the Precursors, a mysterious ancient civilization whose relics seem to be of interest to different organizations in the galaxy. Taking control of his father's spaceship, the hero embarks on a space journey that will hopefully answer all his questions.Precursors is a mission-based first-person shooter with role-playing, free-roaming driving, and light space combat simulation elements. The game's main plot is linear, but the player can undertake side missions at any time, gathering resources and developing the main character's statistics in a RPG fashion. When leveling up, the player can choose which of the forty available perks to increase. Most of these perks are combat-oriented. Combat and on-foot exploration is done in traditional FPS fashion; the arsenal ranges from standard guns and rifles to alien biological weapons. There are also several types of ground vehicles the player can drive during missions.Similarly to Xenus games, the game's world is populated by representatives of different factions: Empire, the Democratic Union, the Free Traders, the Clatz of the Nest, the revolutionary Clatz, the bandits and the civilians. The player may choose to perform missions for various factions, which affects the protagonist's reputation with them. |
| The Saboteur | 2009-12-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Pandemic Studios, LLC | Action, Compilation, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | War | Shooter, Stealth | Europe, World War II | Automobile | Direct control | | Mature | | Windows | Certain console retail releases of the game included the base game and a code for the DLC. On PC, the DLC was included in every retail and digital release of the game.This release includes:
The Saboteur (base game)
The Saboteur: The Midnight Show (DLC)
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| Zombie Driver | 2009-12-04 | EXOR Studios sp.j. | EXOR Studios sp.j. | Action, Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic | | | | Mature | 2D scrolling | Windows | Zombie Driver is a top-down racing shooter set in a city where most of the residents are turned into zombies following a chemical explosion. The player is one of the few unscathed people who manages to escape and as he is chased by the zombies, he jumps into a cab and flees. There he is contacted by general J. Blofeld who is sent as the commander of the army to put the city in quarantine. The player cannot leave the city, but the general promises guns and other upgrades if the player can carry out some missions.The game contains 17 missions set in various areas of the city. Starting from a safehouse, players get to explore the city to exterminate zombies in specific regions or rescue the remaining survivors. This is done from the cab, but later additional vehicles become available such as a limousine, a sports car, a bus, an ambulance and an army vehicle. These are mounted on the vehicle. Each one has different statistics, but the most important one is the amount of passengers it can carry, from 3 for the sports car up to 48 for the bus.Although all types of zombies can be driven over, a number of weapons is available, including machine guns, a flame thrower, rockets, boost and eventually a rail gun. The player gathers cash by completing missions and killing zombies, with additional bonuses for combos. Cash can be exchanged for weapon upgrades (three per weapon type) and three levels of upgrades for each car, split up further between armour, the ramming ability and car speed. Players can choose any vehicle prior to starting a mission and decide what car to spend money on for upgrades.Zombies generally hurl objects to towards the car, stomp it or explode when they are touched. They are however most dangerous in groups. Driving over them slightly slows down the car and in large masses this can cause the player to become completely surrounded. Missions start from a safehouse where the player returns to drop off the survivors. General directions towards important areas are marked with icons on the screen. While driving, several upgrades can be found to replenish the weapon's ammo, change the weapon type (only one can be carried at all times), repair all damage or provide additional cash. Each mission has both primary and secondary objectives. Although the latter can be ignored, they often provided important bonuses such as upgrade discounts or even access to new cars. |
| Planet M.U.L.E. | 2009-12-06 | | Turborilla | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Planet M.U.L.E. is an unofficial, cross-platform, online adaptation of the classic multiplayer game M.U.L.E. by Ozark Softscape.The game is a combination of real-time and turn-based strategy elements where up to 4 players compete for land and resources. |
| The Dark Hills of Cherai | 2009-12-06 | Big Fish Games, Inc | ChaYoWo Games Pvt. Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | In India, a small boy named Arjun learns from his grandmother about the legendary cursed treasure of the King of Cherai, and the evil magician Digambar that was searching it for many years. Inspired by the tale, Arjun decides to go hunt for the lost treasure only to be captured by the sorcerer. His three cousins start to investigate the hills of Cherai, on a desperate quest to find and release him from the clutches of the wizard.The Dark Hills of Cherai is a hidden object game with adventure elements, where most of the time the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the bottom of the screen, on locations filled with assorted and scattered things, taking place in the region surrounding the castle of Digambar in the village of Cherai. There's a choice at the beginning between two modes, where the player can turn the time limit on or off for a more challenging or relaxed gameplay. Some of the collected objects are stored inside the inventory, that can be accessed with an interface button and switch places with the list. The inventory tools have be used as in most point-and-click adventures, by dragging and dropping them on logical places of the scenery to complete puzzles and perform a few necessary actions. Most of these interactions take place on zoom windows showing another angle of the scene.One singular feature of the design is the inclusion of multiple characters, a gameplay feature reminiscent of Day of the Tentacle, where each of the three cousins explore a different section of Cherai with its own locations. The player can switch at any time between the characters with a button at the top of the screen. They must go to a meeting place, accessible through the map screen, to exchange the inventory items necessary to solve puzzles. Some of the puzzles are self-contained and take place on separate screens, where the player has to manipulate a mechanism of some sort to solve them. They can be skipped, incurring in a time penalty in the timed mode.A golden butterfly can be found resting on the locations, and clicking on it opens up a scroll with details about the place and its history. The Chakra medal at the bottom-right is the hint button, showing the position of one of the required items but taking some time to recharge after use. Inventory objects can be dragged and dropped on the hint button to display a picture of where they have to be used. |
| The Otherside: Realm of Eons | 2009-12-07 | Namco Networks America Inc. | Vogat Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Miranda is a writer suffering from an exasperating lack of fresh ideas. While struggling for inspiration, she receives a mysterious package in the mail containing a book about origami. Following the instructions, she's able to fold a bird with multi-colored sheets of paper that, to her astonishment, becomes a real animal and flies towards her bedroom's mirror. Intrigued, she follows the creature into the looking glass, entering a portal to a parallel dimension with a strange and bizarre world where inanimate objects can talk. She befriends a teddy bear named Jovie, and starts on a quest to reunite two separated brothers by traveling back and forth between the two realities.The Otherside: Realm of Eons is a hidden object game with elements of the adventure genre. As Miranda, the main task is to gather all the objects listed at the bottom of the screen on locations cluttered with assorted items. Certain portions of the scene can be clicked to show a zoom view window with another angle of location, often containing puzzles, objects and characters. The bottom interface has a bar with two sections, separated at the center by two circular slots. The pictures or names of the required objects are listed on these sections, and all of them have to be collected from the scenery to be combined into a new inventory tool in one of the slots. The inventory objects are employed as in most point-and-click adventures, by dragging and dropping them on appropriate and logical places to perform actions or complete tasks.The hint button is a clock at the bottom-right that shows the position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use. The occasional mini-games appear on a separate screen, where the player must manipulate pieces and other interactive parts to solve a tangram puzzle, reassemble a shredded note, find pairs in a pile of photos, adjust the direction of tracks to create a path to a cart, click on the differences between two similar images and complete other challenges. |
| Ziro (Collector's Edition) | 2009-12-07 | Kokakiki LLC | Eipix d.o.o. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This collector's edition was released only in the Eipix digital store and contains:
Ziro
Original soundtrack
Two wallpapers |
| Emberwind | 2009-12-08 | TimeTrap AB | TimeTrap AB | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Emberwind is a fantasy retro platformer inspired by the 8-bit era of games. It is set in the land of Dalriada where the human Kingdom of Grendale has ruled from many years. Its people were watched over by the guardians of the earth from Elderwood: gnomes, brownies and fairies. When king Gyro is crowned, he introduces industrial inventions, putting down roads and installing street lights, and the need for protection by the earth spirits diminishes. Satisfied with the progress the king calls for a big celebration, but he disappears on that very night. The gnome Kindle is warned and decides to investigate.Players control Kindle as he travels through the country to find out what is happening. While searching for the king, his most important goal becomes freeing the villagers from the invading gremlins. He usually has to locate about six homes per level and light the fireplace to save the villagers and push back the invaders. Levels often have multiple paths, in the clouds, running over the roofs, to sections at different heights and even under the ground. Kindle's most important weapon is a staff. Starting with a basic attack, the first stages feature skill books that open up new moves, such as the barrel roll, cannon ball and multiple combos. There is a complex pattern of movement, including double jumps, wall jumps, a dashing jump with much more height and a rocket jump to reach very high areas. Kindle can also hide for enemies and use his cover to remain almost invincible for a short time. Much of the game is spent exploring and using a quick succession of jumps to reach new or hidden areas.Levels are filled with items such as donguri, jewels and coins. These build up a score that provides Kindle with additional life points at set intervals. Donguri can also be used at wishing well to receive a large amount of loot. Secret passages often contain chests and enemies also leave behind items. There are many different opponents and they often come in large numbers. Using the different moves they can be juggled in the air for a long time to build up combos or chain attacks, unleashing fireworks or special attacks that hurt all enemies on the screen. Next to an endless steam of gremlins, there are flying creatures, cannons and moving towers, along with other hazards.Scattered around the level are brownies. These companions need to be located, can be swapped, and provide additional power along the regular attacks. They release magic dust that puts enemies to sleep, shoot donguri, release tornadoes, capture opponents in floating bubbles, or launch an explosive fireball. Kindle can mark checkpoints by lighting lanterns. When dying (there is an unlimited amount of continues) the game starts from there, but without the acquired brownie. Regular health can usually be refilled by saving villagers and gathering food in their houses. The rarest of items are the fairy stones with the flamesprite. They are well hidden and collecting three of these, divided over different levels, provides a melee damage attack upgrade. Kindle is always guided by three fireflies and they often reveal the location of hidden caves.Level progress is shown on a general map screen. At any time players can return to an earlier level to pick up missed items or get a better score. Between levels Kindle is carried by his companion Wick, a giant snow owl. Wick also receives his own bonus levels. After completing a boss battle, a bonus stage opens up where Wick can fight in the skies against the army of the cloud king, much like a side-scrolling shooter. |
| Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 5 - Rise of the Pirate God | 2009-12-08 | Telltale, Inc. | Telltale, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Cinematic camera | Windows | Rise of the Pirate God is the fifth and last episode in Tales of
Monkey Island, a series of point-and-click adventure games based on the
Monkey Island franchise that was started by Lucasfilm Games with The
Secret of Monkey Island (1990) and ran until the fourth game Escape from Monkey Island (2000). After
nine years, the intellectual property was licensed by adventure developer
Telltale, Inc. where many of the original LucasArts adventure developers had
since moved.The game starts off where the previous one ended.
Guybrush has been killed by LeChuck, and finds himself crawling out of his grave
in the afterlife. After crossing the river Styx, he arrives at the Crossroads,
where the afterlife and the real world meet. He learns that everyone who arrives
there, brings something with them to which they cling. He himself has brought a
Shred of Life, with which he hopes to return to save Elaine and beat LeChuck.Unlike Escape from Monkey Island the game is rendered entirely in 3D, and the
typical Telltale engine is used. Guybrush can be controlled through the keyboard
keys or through mouse movement (selecting the character and dragging the cursor
to the desired destination). Only a single mouse cursor is used for all actions
and important items are stored in an inventory where they can be examined.
Entirely new for a Telltale game is the incorporation of the classic adventure
mechanic where items can be combined in the inventory to form new objects or to
interact with each other.The game makes many non-essential references to the earlier games and contains
the classic Monkey Island ingredients such as humorous conversations and events,
based on slapstick, play on words, witty retorts and contemporary cultural
references, conversation trees, an unconventional approach to puzzle solutions,
and the anti-heroic main character. The game's puzzles include triggers based on
conversations, and item combination puzzles. It is not possible to die in the
game and player can set the ratio of hints Guybrush casually mentions while
progressing through the game. Full solutions are however never provided.Unlike other Telltale episodic adventure series, individual episodes initially
could not be purchased separately. Because of the larger story arc or possibly
financial reasons, users were required to buy the five episodes as a whole as
they are released on a monthly basis. Later, the decision was reversed and
episodes were also offered individually. |
| Collapse! | 2009-12-09 | GameHouse, Inc. | GameHouse, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Collapse! is another entry in the color-matching, block-removing series by GameHouse. This entry has nine gameplay variations, and a new avatar system. The basic mechanics remain unchanged: the player has to click on groups of three or more blocks of the same color to remove piles of them from the field and finish the level. If the blocks accumulate and reach the top of the screen, the game is over.In the main adventure mode, the player has to complete a series of levels to move the custom avatar on a map and reach the final area boss. Each level has one of the available gameplay variations, with branching points on the path giving a choice between game types. Coins are received after completing each level, to be spent on special items on the shop like avatar accessories, power-ups and to unlock new games for the Quick Play mode. Extra coins can be earned by playing the arcade slots and pachinko machines, and extra items can be won on the spinning wheel.The power-ups are stored in an area besides the gamefield, from where they can be selected and used directly on the blocks to destroy them. The super bomb explodes a large area pulverizing all surrounding blocks, the row-column bomb removes a cross of tiles, the color bomb eliminates all the pieces that share its hue, the rainbow bomb deletes all the squares that share the color of the selected block, the hourglass temporarily stops the continuous addition of new rows to the field, the scrambler shuffles the blocks, the warp bomb sends a series of tiles to another board, the row bomb makes a whole line vanish from the game, the gravity bomb moves all blocks from one end to the other, and the color swap bomb moves all pieces of one color to another board.The variations encountered on the Adventure Mode can be accessed later and played directly on the Quick Play Mode. In the Classic game, lines of blocks are continuously added to the bottom of the screen, and the objective is to remove all the tiles to clear the board. In Relapse, the rows are added to the top and the bottom of the field. In Strategy, new blocks are only added after other tiles have been removed from the board. Continuous is an endless variation, where an infinite amount of pieces is added to the field until the player can't keep up and the game is over. In Puzzle, the goal is to carefully remove all the tiles of a drawing made with the blocks, without any new pieces entering the board. The remaining four variations, Double Classic, Double Relapse, Double Strategy and Double Continuous, repeat the previous mechanics but add an extra grid to be managed by the player. |
| ItzaZoo | 2009-12-09 | Sabi Games | Sabi Games | Action, Educational | Side view | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Children jump right into a drawing adventure with friendly animals that are ready to play and help them learn to read! Using Living Ink™ – Sabi’s unique drawing recognition system - kid's drawings become one-of-a kind interactive objects that form the centerpiece of the game's action.
Crafted especially for early-readers, the game play is designed to provide a new way for children to practice reading and creative problem solving skills. New methods to engage children in learning, discovered during a multi-year research project conducted by Microsoft Corporation, are fused into the game's design, yielding a unique experience that enhances self-confidence and encourages fun and learning. The game provides a totally unique experience every time it is played. Since the environment is created through each player's personal drawings, the possibilities are as endless and fantastic as your child's imagination.
Five zoo themed playsets packed with fun Star Challenges players solve with the help of their animal companion – a lion, monkey, elephant, turtle, or polar bear.
Living Ink – Sabi’s unique drawing recognition system – turns the player’s drawings into one-of-a kind interactive objects that form the centerpiece of the game's action.
A new approach to developing the literacy of early readers.
Timed Visitors Challenges. Player's unlock these special challenges by attracting more visitors to a particular exhibit as they win their Star Challenges.
Unique experience every time ItzaZoo is played.
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| Pound of Ground | 2009-12-09 | Akella | Centauri Production s.r.o. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | RPG elements, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Pound of Ground, story driven crazy shoot 'em up with red car and LOTS of zombies.
The game combines action elements - a wide range of advanced weapons, fights with various bosses and spectacular, endless battles with the crowds of the undead - with a gripping story full of unexpected disclosures and peculiar characters.
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| Ankh: The Lost Treasures | 2009-12-10 | Prime Games GmbH | Deck 13 Interactive GmbH | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Hidden object, Mini-games | Egypt (Ancient) | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Ankh: The Lost Treasures is a hidden object adventure game. In ancient Egypt, a temple is plundered and a ship is missing on the Nile. Find the lost treasure with Thara and her friends. Solve hidden object scenes and mini games to gain new hints. |
| Greed: Black Border | 2009-12-10 | Headup Games GmbH & Co. KG | ClockStone Softwareentwicklung GmbH | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Welcome to the distant future. The alliance of the five planets is broken. Fifty years of peace destroyed through mistrust and greed. Even the discovery of Ikarium couldn't bring mankind back together. Instead the unique metal started a new space-age whose only result was that the colonies are now on the brink of war. The route between the colonies and the asteroid swarm Likanos - the only known source of Ikarium - is littered with destroyed mining and pirate ships. In the middle: a former soldier from the planet Camulos. The most powerful colony and the main reason why the alliance broke. As many other soldiers and researches he didn't agree with the plans of his government and became a freelance mercenary, patrolling the Likanos asterioud swarm. One day he picks up a distress-signal and finds a lone mining ship drifting in space. His ship docks on and the adventure begins.GREED: Black Border is a mix of Diablo and Shadowgrounds. At the start of the game the player chooses one of three available characters to uncover the mysteries of the mining ship with. The pyro likes it up close and hot and uses uses only a flamethrower. The marine relies on his gatling gun to keep the enemies at bay but can also take a beating thanks to his heavy armor. The third character is the plasma-engineer. She uses a sniper-rifle and takes out the enemies from the distance. The player can not change the appearance or values of his character. Instead the individualisation happens through the investment of skill points. Each level up grants one skill point and two attribute points allowing the player to increase the shield energy or the health of his character. The skill point on the other hand is used to unlock or upgrade new talents through a three-part skill tree. Divided into active (e.g. throwing a grenade), offensive (e.g. automatic knock-back every few seconds) and defensive (e.g. automatic healing) skills, the player can only use one talent of each section at the same time.Like in every other Hack 'n Slay-RPG these talents help to fight the hordes and hordes of enemies the player will encounter on his journey and will be his only source of experience points. But the most damage is of course done by using weapons. Each character can only use his weapon-class and in singleplayer only those will drop differing in quality and attributes. The same goes for the armor which only consists of helmet (except for the plasma-engineer) and chest. To add a bit more variation, some of the higher quality items have one or more upgrade slots available. Modules dropped by enemies or bought at the merchant can be inserted for increased firepower or better shielding. The merchant, once unlocked, is accessible every five minutes through the use of a teleporter. If the enemies come too close, the player can perform a dodge-move like in ClockStone's first game Avencast: Rise of the Mage making the combat more action-oriented.The game also features a multiplayer-coop-mode for up to three players to experience the story together. Once the player has finished the game once, an additional difficulty level is unlocked with the character starting from the beginning but in the state he was at the end of the game and higher level enemies awaiting him. |
| Jane Angel: Templar Mystery | 2009-12-10 | Big Fish Games, Inc | iMaxGen | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person, Side view | | | Hidden object | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Jane Angel is a FBI agent specialist in art theft that, while on a routine inspection of stolen pieces confiscated on an airport, finds medieval coins and other clues leading to the fabled lost treasure of the Knights Templar.Jane Angel: Templar Mystery is a hidden object game with elements of the adventure genre. At the beginning, the player can turn on a time limit of forty minutes for each chapter, or play in a relaxed mode without time restraints. Most locations are presented as screen with static scenes, where the player has to find an click on all the objects listed at the left side. The screen can be scrolled sideways by clicking and dragging it to show its full extension. List entries become grayed to indicate they are not visible at the moment. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items.Some variations and mini-games appear after the regular sections, where the player has to find the differences between two similar images, create logical chains of objects by numbering their attached tickets (for example, tagging a hammer with "1" and a vase with "2" to break it), complete a matching game on the laboratory by connecting balls of the same color to create strings and make them disappear, assemble jigsaw puzzles and complete other similar challenges. These games can be optionally skipped after a minute. |
| Jewel Quest IV: Heritage | 2009-12-10 | iWin, Inc. | iWin, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Nintendo.com Description (from Ad Blurbs)
Gripping gameplay. Exciting action. Save the Golden Jewel Board!
Hit the trail with Rupert on a journey through the shrines and castles
of Hernan Cortes' lore. Swap jewels and collect puzzle pieces to unravel
a perplexing web of family history in Jewel Quest Heritage. The Golden
Jewel Board has been confiscated by the government, and is being
delivered to the evil Sebastian Grenard! Investigate long-buried family
secrets in order to discover the truth and save the day!
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| Samantha Swift and the Mystery from Atlantis | 2009-12-10 | MumboJumbo, LLC | MumboJumbo, LLC | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | Windows | While searching Alaska for the Totem of Lights, an ancient Eskimo artifact rumored to connect heaven and earth, Samantha Swift uncovers an elaborate Atlantean medallion with strange symbols and magical powers. She must travel throughout the world the recover all the items carved on the object, to stop the evil plans of an aggressive group of tomb raiders that intend to use the device to obtain great power.Samantha Swift and the Mystery from Atlantis is the third entry on a series of hidden object titles with elements of the adventure genre. At the beginning, the player can choose between a timed mode, where each chapter has to be completed in forty minutes, and a relaxed mode without any pressure. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on locations around the globe filled with scattered objects. Some of the list entries are written in blue to indicate the need of an action or the use of an inventory object to reveal them. Yellow entries are written as riddles instead of names, and are worth more points. The radar screen shows the silhouette of any selected item entry. Some of the items collected are stored in the inventory, shown as a rolled up backpack at the bottom of the screen. They have to be used later when solving puzzles, by dragging and dropping them on logical places of the scenery.There are a few mini-games, where the player has to find the differences between two similar images, complete a tile-matching game, and solve other puzzles by direct manipulation of a mechanism of some sort. The hint button shows the exact position of one of the required items. Extra hints can be collected as lightning bolts hidden on the scenes. |
| Starters Orders 4 | 2009-12-10 | Strategic Designs Ltd. | Strategic Designs Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | Anomaly Animations Studios | Windows | Starters Orders 4 is the fourth instalment in Strategic Design's series of horse racing simulation and management games. In the game the player can train, breed, race, and bet on said races in their quest for success in the realm of horse racing. New to the fourth instalment is jump races, where during the race the horses must jump over hurdles placed throughout the track. |
| The Itza Pack | 2009-12-10 | Sabi Games | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Itza Pack is a digital compilation containing:
ItzaBitza
ItzaZoo |
| The Manhole: CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition | 2009-12-10 | Cyan Worlds, Inc. | Cyan Worlds, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | Windows | A remake of the same game from 1988. Follow Mr. Rabbit down the manhole or up the beanstalk and discover his world of strange places and friends, which include a dragon at the top of Rook Tower, or a seafaring walrus in a ship at the bottom of the ocean. |
| Disciples III: Renaissance (Kollekcionnoe izdanie) | 2009-12-11 | Akella | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a collector's edition of Disciples III: Renaissance. There are three different editions of this release, all packed in cardboard boxes: «Imperiya» (The Empire), «Legiony proklyatyx» (The Legions of the Damned), and «Ehl'fijskij soyuz» (Elven Alliance). Contents are:
The game in keep case
User manual
Disc with additional material
Map of Nevendaar
T-shirt with printed art
Steel figurine
Cover art, t-shirt print and figurine are different for each race. |
| Disciples III: Renaissance (Podarochnoe izdanie) | 2009-12-11 | Akella | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a gift edition of Disciples III: Renaissance, which includes:
The game in keep case
User manual
Disc with additional material
Map of Nevendaar
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| Heroes of Hellas 2: Olympia | 2009-12-11 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | Jaibo Games | Puzzle | Side view, Top-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | Classical antiquity, Europe | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Long ago, the Briarey, a multi-armed demon, rose up from Tartarus, stole the Rod of Discord and used it to cause fear and corruption across Hellas. The tiny realm of Olympia was spared, but it needs a ruler who can help it grow from a small settlement into a thriving metropolis. Only then will it be possible to defeat Briarey, recover the rod and restore peace.Heroes of Hellas 2: Olympia is the sequel to Heroes of Hellas. Unlike the first game, increasing population through city building is the primary objective. Attract new settlers by using gold to buy food, buildings and fortifications. The people will rejoice and build a beautiful new palace with elements chosen by the player.At its heart, this is a tile matching game in which at least three alike hex-shaped tiles must be selected and removed. It uses the same gameplay mechanic as the first game (click-hold-drag-release). When a chained grouping is removed, all upper tiles drop down and more tiles fall from the top to fill in the blanks. A gold coin appears at end of chains containing five or more tiles. These coins match to any other tile and be used to complete or lengthen a chained selection. Similarly, randomly appearing bombs, lightning rings, and hourglasses can be part of a group of other tiles.Individual screens for puzzle objectives have been added as well as bonuses for reaching those goals quickly (hero, expert and master). Failed attempts can be restarted. Up to five puzzles can be skipped entirely. Special feats (for removing an unusually long chain of tiles, for instance) are rewarded with trophies and displayed in the trophy room.New are the four level types. The first three are timed, while the last is not. They are:
Classic: standard match and removal
Locket: Contains several sub-levels in which a piece of a locket must be collected. When the locket is complete, powers of one deity become available to help with future puzzle-solving. Optional mini-games (hidden object or jigsaw) for each god/goddess can be solved to earn gold and unlock desktop wallpapers.
Treasure Hunter: A quick-draw type level. Free as many treasure chests as possible in one minute.
Puzzle: Logic-based, untimed puzzle with only one correct solution
Charge up a god's powers by removing tiles specific to him/her. In the former game a god's power could not be used until charged completely. In this sequel only a partial charging is required, but not as effective.Heroes of Hellas 2: Olympia features three difficulty levels (easy, normal and hard), dynamic visual effects, an original musical score and sound effects. |
| Numen: Contest of Heroes | 2009-12-11 | CINEMAX, s. r. o. | CINEMAX, s. r. o. | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Point and select | Real-time | | | Windows | Numen: Contest of Heroes is an action RPG set in mythical Greece. The hero of the game starts out as a young boy (or girl depending on the player's choice) who grows up on the island of Leros together with his sibling. At this stage of the game the player gets to try out the different abilities of the game's three classes: warrior, hunter and mage. The player's inclination is then automatically changed based on what abilities and weapons he chooses to use in combat. After a while the hero's sibling gets killed by a scorpion bite and the player carries her to Mount Parnassus for her funeral pyre. While his sibling burns the hero is contacted by a messenger of the Gods who offers him to become a follower to one of the Gods. The hero gets to choose between three Gods depending on which class he is. After several years of training the hero is sent on a mission to retrieve a powerful artefact, the Sickle of Kronos. The hero is not alone though. Each of the nine Gods have sent a chosen hero that compete against the hero in finding the sickle and bring it back to their Gods. The game is played from a third person perspective and the player can move freely around different islands of the Aegean Sea. Interaction with the world is done with a mouse based point and click interface. This involves mostly fighting different creatures and talking to non player characters. In addition to ordinary weapons like bows, swords and wands, the player can use different special abilities that can be learnt by visiting a priest. This include for instance the mage's spells. The enemies that are defeated drop loot such as gold and different kinds of equipment that can be used or sold to a vendor. Equipment can get damaged when used in combat and then has to be repaired at a vendor. When dying the player is resurrected at the last resting place he used to save the game. Therefore no progress is lost but many enemies will respawn.The RPG system of the game is based on experience. The player gets experience points for defeating enemies and completing quests. The higher level the enemy's level is compared to the player's the more experience is earned. When reaching a certain quota of experience the player gains a new level. The skills of the player is measured in six categories (intellect, dexterity, strength, endurance, focus and quickness). Upon reaching a new level these are automatically increased based on which skills are most central for the player's class, but the player also gets one point to distribute on whatever skill he chooses. The player not only needs to complete his quests but also please his God in different ways. For instance the player can compete in duels against other heroes at the arena. In an arena fight all heroes have the same basic skills available and cannot use their normal equipment. At times throughout the game tournaments are announced where all heroes compete. The player can choose to ignore them but this will make his God angry. Another way to please the God is to buy and sacrifice an animal. Early on a small chicken is enough, but as the player gets more powerful the God will demand larger sacrifices. By pleasing his God the player earns God favour which can be used to wish for things that only the God can give. |
| Reign: Conflict of Nations | 2009-12-11 | 1C Company | Lesta Studio | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | Eugene Lazutkin | Real-time | | | Windows | Reign: Conflict of Nations is a large-scale historical strategy game set largely in Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages (1350-1650). Players select one of the 26 available factions and try to change history by building a large empire. This is done through warfare, diplomacy, economics and political government. It is played in real-time but the action can be paused at any moment.The game is played entirely on a world map where each faction has a capital city and a number of smaller settlements. Resources are gathered automatically, but this is influenced by constructing a number of buildings (not visible in the city) to follow different technology trees. The player's visual presence on the map is represented by hiring characters based on six professions: monarch, commander, governor, priest, alchemist and spy. No more than twelve of the player's characters can be on the map at the same time, but they can retreat into a city and they exercise influence based on their vicinity to a city. Each profession comes with specific skill sets the player has to invest in. The monarch will exercise political influence while the commander can build barracks or train peasants to become soldiers. Very specific skills are handled by hiring agents, such as ambassadors (to negotiate with other states), merchants (forming economic alliances), preachers (convert citizens to a specific religion to exploit the advantages) and assassins (able to kill other characters on the map).Battles are simulated through an overview screen, but the player can give specific instructions to target the weakest units, retreat when in danger, or fight until death. No visual battle is shown, it is generated by the computer AI. Since resources are scarce the player has to make decisions to invest in specific technology, such as siege weapons to attack other cities, or rather spend money on diplomacy. When a neighbouring city is conquered, its shield changes on the world map.Changes on the map are often announced through messages. Succeeding by relying on an army alone is not possible, the city's economics need to be carefully managed, by hiring workings and making sure morale is high. The main campaign come with specific goals (usually capturing a set number of states), but there are also side quests and random events such as revolts, surprise alliances, famine, or diseases. |
| Saira | 2009-12-12 | | | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | The eponymous Saira is an explorer and a photographer who specializes in shots of dangerous places across the universe. When her sister is injured in a car crash Saira wants to travel to Mars quickly to visit her. She's far away from home at the time and she doesn't want to travel back for years, so she uses a teleportation device as a quick, but unsafe means of transportation. Arriving on Mars she discovers not only her sister is gone, but everybody else as well. Doubting the teleportation process she finally tracks down one other human, Bobo, who teleported at the exact same moment. Looking for a way to reverse the teleportation they travel to an underwater lab where the first teleportation device was built, but the experiments go wrong and Bobo is absorbed by the teleporter. After a long search Saira finally picks up his signal again, but it is very far across the universe. She builds her own teleportation device and after two years she only needs a few items to find her friend back...Saira is a 2D, non-linear platform game with a focus on swift movement and puzzles. In graphical design and themes it builds on previous titles such as Within a Deep Forest and the Knytt series. Players get to visit six galaxies with fourteen planets in total. The overall goal is to gather the missing parts to finish the teleportation device: a targeting unit, an impulse charge and a fuse. There are however different types and the quality of the equipment eventually leads to six different endings. The individual levels on the planets are not linear either. As the focus is on exploring, there are many different areas to discover and often puzzles and clues stretch along different planets. Saira can visit any solar system at any time as long as there is enough battery power for the spaceship. It can be recharged using a generator, available in every solar system, but it usually takes some exploring to get it to work. Each planet has a distinct theme, often with different rules involving gravity, toxic radiation, and specific hazards and enemies.The game is defined by its fluent movement that allows Saira to run, cling to ledges, climb up quickly, walljump and slide up or down walls. Certain pools also allow her to turn into a bright object and fly for a short moment. There are many small puzzles, shown on digital devices, that need to be solved in order to progress. Often they rely on logic, but many times they require clues found scattered around the worlds as well. To help Saira remember a certain sequence in the background for instance, she can take pictures of an area of the game screen and store these on her PDA to view them later. Other PDA functions include an inventory for items, a device solver that helps with mechanical objects found in the game world and teleport options back to the spaceship or to the last checkpoint. When she travels to a different galaxy it can take quite some time. For the duration the player can follow the route on the starmap, read about the destination in a space exploration guide or play a complex game of pinball.The game consists of one, very large episode, but it is open for modding with custom episodes as well and a graphical editor was made available after the release. Saira is also the first commercial release by Nicklas Nygren. |
| World of Zellians: Kingdom Builder | 2009-12-12 | GameInvest, S.A. | GameInvest, S.A. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | City building / construction simulation | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | Windows | World of Zellians: Kingdom Builder is a simplified city building game similar to Build-a-lot and other titles tailored for the casual market. The main mode has nine kingdoms, each with five cities to be built and a bonus, optional one at the end. The main game screen shows an isometric view of a fantasy kingdom terrain, that can be scrolled and zoomed in and out to show its full extension and detail. The level objectives are listed at the bottom of the screen, alongside a series of tab buttons with construction options. Usually, the goal is to build a number of specific buildings or achieve some milestones, without any time limit.The buildings cost a combination of gold and materials, and they also generate these resources every minute once they are completed. Roads and bridges are free to build, and have to be used to connect interdependent buildings. On most levels, the first task is to connect a fountain or spring to the road network to provide water for the city. Some installations need other buildings to become available at their respective tabs. For example, the fruit stand only can be built when an orchard farm is in place to provide produce. The necessary combination of resources for construction are displayed when selecting the building in the tab, on a small table list above its button. The population increases with the available housing, with citizens roaming the streets and automatically being assigned as workers on buildings.On later stages, space becomes premium as more buildings have to be erected on the terrain limit. Buildings, roads, bridges and boulders must be destroyed with the appropriate hammer tool to create more free lots. Some rocks contain gold or jewels, giving a bonus when pulverized. The resources of demolished buildings are automatically recycled to be used on new constructions. Trees are sacred and can't be felled. In the Free Mode, one of the previously completed cities can be developed without the pressure of accomplishing a list of objectives. |
| Harlequin Presents: Hidden Object of Desire | 2009-12-14 | Big Fish Games, Inc | GameMill Entertainment LLC, Gunnar Games, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Shaun Preston and Allie are two North American journalists stationed at the exotic Aristo Island, sent by their newspaper to cover the upcoming celebration festivities for Prince Adrian Karedes' 30th birthday. The prince became the heir to the throne of Adamas after the king passed away, leaving the kingdom in political turmoil. While working and gathering information, they soon stumble upon a plot against Adrian. Allie must decide between professional impartiality or her feelings towards the prince.Harlequin Presents: Hidden Object of Desire is a straightforward hidden object title based on a romantic novel series. One of the series book is included as a PDF file with the game. Most of the time, the objective is to find and click on all the items from a list at the left side of screen, on various locations related to the plot and cluttered with assorted objects scattered through the scenery. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use. The hint meter can be quickly refilled by collecting the Harlequin logos hidden on the scenes, or by finding two list items in succession.There are mini-games between some of the locations that take place on a separate interactive screen. In the course of the game, the player has to guide Allie through a maze of hotel corridors and flip all the red squares on the path, reassemble a shredded invitation, remove pairs of jewels, click on the differences between two similar images, play a code-breaking game on a laptop computer to find the correct password for an encrypted memory card, and complete other similar challenges. |
| This is Infinity | 2009-12-14 | Cactus Software | Cactus Software | Action, Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | This is Infinity is an abstract exploration/puzzle game, created in 36 hours for the Ludum Dare 16 competition.The player starts by standing on a flat field, viewing the scene from the first person perspective. In traditional FPS fashion, the mouse changes viewing orientation and the WASD keys are used for movement. The world is decidedly abstract, flashing through a seemingly random palette of colors. Visual distortions abound, created every time anything moves. There are long trails, after images, bursts of color and motion blur.In this initial location, the player can interact with various objects. The letter 'M' is prevalent. In fact, many 'M's crawl their way across the landscape. If the player makes contact with them, they fly up into the multi-colored sky like flustered pigeons. The word 'CAT' is also sitting, in blocky 3D characters, and can be 'kicked' around.More interestingly, there are several geometric shapes (a ball, a cone...) nearby. If the player makes contact with one of these, the music changes and the player is transported to a new 'level'. Each level holds a different challenge, but the goal and means of achieving it are for the player to discover. In fact, before the player can begin to figure out the solution, he or she will have a hard time even comprehending what they see on the screen; in these puzzle levels, visual distortions are even more pronounced so making sense of the surroundings is a serious challenge in itself.The author states that the game is fully solvable, though one level is 'extremely hard'. |
| Empire Earth: Ultimate Edition | 2009-12-15 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | Empire Earth: Ultimate Edition is a compilation of all previously released Empire Earth games (including add-ons). The games included in this compilation are:
Empire Earth
Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest
Empire Earth II
Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy
Empire Earth III |
| Gotcha: Celebrity Secrets | 2009-12-15 | PlayFirst, Inc. | Decadium, PlayFirst, Inc. | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Gaby is a celebrity blogger that wants to have the most viewed site about famous people, to win a competition where a reclusive star called Eric Von Hunk will grant an exclusive interview for the owner of the most popular page. She must go to important events happening around town, and find her informants among the crowd to get all the gossip about the attending celebrities.Gotcha: Celebrity Secrets is a seek-and-find game featuring a cartoon parody of celebrity culture and vapid lifestyles as the main theme. As the celebrity blogger, most of the time the objective is to find and click on all the informants among the throngs of people attending movie premieres, dinners, parties and other events. The screen shows a static scene with all the attendees, and a list at the bottom with pictures, outlines or clues about the informants.Besides the informants, there are other people and items that give extra points and other bonuses when collected. Gabrielle and a special character or item are present in every scene of a chapter, as well as five stars that can be optionally found and collected for more points. The game has no time limit, but quick players are rewarded with a expert time bonus for finishing the scene before the time meter below the list is completely full. Clocks found on the scenery slow down the meter for a few seconds. The hint button shows the position of one of the guests, but takes some time to recharge after use.Each location ends with a mini-game that takes place on a separate screen, where the player has to reconstruct the face of a celebrity's bride using the information received from the gossipers, select the correct celebrity picture from a set on a mobile phone by asking questions to the informants, find and click on all the differences between two similar images, assemble a picture puzzle, put a series of items in correct order, decorate a wedding cake, take pictures of celebrities when they appear on the scene, find the combination of an electronic lock with a code-breaking game, uncover pairs of dishes in a memory game, and other similar challenges. |
| Adventures in Terror: British Horror Collection | 2009-12-16 | Iceberg Interactive B.V. | Shadow Tor Studios, XXv Productions | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a compilation of three games:
Dark Fall: The Journal (Classic Edition)
Dark Fall: Lights Out (The Director's Cut Edition)
Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle
Additionally it includes the soundtrack of the Dark Fall games and a companion guide with walkthroughs and background information. |
| Dark Fall: Lights Out (The Director's Cut Edition) | 2009-12-16 | Iceberg Interactive B.V. | XXv Productions | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Director's Cut Edition of Lights Out contains new graphics and effects, new puzzles, more encounters with ghosts, an enhanced story and more sounds and music. |
| Disciples III: Renaissance (Special'noe podarochnoe izdanie) | 2009-12-16 | Akella | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This is a special gift edition of Disciples III: Renaissance, which includes:
The game in keep case
User manual
Disc with additional material
Map of Nevendaar
Stereoscopic goggles (for Nvidia graphic cards only)
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| Pac-Man Revenge | 2009-12-16 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Pac-Man Revenge is a top-down action game where the player controls a smiley face and needs to get to the exit on each level. Halfway through, the player character changes from a yellow face to a blue face, but the gameplay otherwise remains the same. The hero can move in four directions, not stopping until he changes the direction or hits a wall. Each level contains enemies and other hazards, and contact with any of them forces a level restart. The hero can shoot to kill enemies, but only to the right. The player's bullets remain stuck in walls when they hit, and kill any enemies that brush against them (according to the game's documentation, this was unintentional.) Some levels include green faces (innocents) which force the player to restart the level if they are killed, and assassination targets (purple) which must be killed to exit the level. There are also red balls strewn around, which give points when collected. A high score table appears after completing the final level. The game can be saved and restored at any time with the F5 and F6 keys. |
| 6 Games | 2009-12-17 | media Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | | Action, Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | This retail compilation contains:
Painkiller: Black Edition
Headfighter
World War
Black Age
Helifighter
Dark Mights
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| Build-a-lot 4: Power Source | 2009-12-17 | iWin, Inc. | HipSoft LLC | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | City building / construction simulation | | | | Real-time | | | Windows | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)The power is in your hands! Help friendly towns to grow and glow by building neighborhoods and generating clean energy to make them run. Watch out for power overload! If you build too fast, you may experience blackouts and unhappy renters. You’ll have resources at your command to energize the towns – build solar towers and wind farms and dispatch technicians to make sure everyone is energy efficient. Then, get your neighborhoods fit and fancy by building tennis courts, swimming pools, boutiques and more. With multiple campaigns to play and a variety of awards to earn, there is plenty to do and lots of fun waiting for you in this electrifying addition to the Build-a-lot series!
Generate clean power with wind farms and solar towers
Use technicians to make homes more energy efficient!
Manage power carefully to avoid blackouts
Beautify the neighborhood with recreational facilities!
Play multiple campaigns and earn a variety of awards
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| Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue (Collector's Edition) | 2009-12-17 | Big Fish Games, Inc | ERS G-Studio | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | Windows | The Collector's Edition of Murders in the Rue Morgue includes the full original short story, exclusive scenes and inventory items, extra mini-games and hidden object screens, an integrated strategy guide, concept art, wallpapers, MP3 soundtrack, music sheets, a screensaver and a preview video for Black Cat, the next game in the series. |
| Insider Tales: Vanished in Rome | 2009-12-17 | INTENIUM GmbH | INTENIUM GmbH | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Inspector Francesca di Porta goes to Rome to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a couple that won the Italian lottery.Insider Tales: Vanished in Rome is the third entry in a series of hidden object games, where the main objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on various locations around the city of Rome cluttered with assorted objects. In some scenes, the list is replaced by silhouettes of the objects. In the scenes with word lists, some of the items are stored in two inventory slots at the bottom-right, from where they can be dragged and dropped on specific places to perform an action or complete a task. Entries in blue only become available after successfully completing a mini-game or performing some necessary action. The hint button is a magnifying glass that shows the position of one of the required items, but takes some time to recharge after use.Some variations occur, where the cursor becomes a camera viewfinder and the goal is to take photographs of the screen portions shown at the bottom. In other instances, the list is replaced by a series of objects and the objective is to put all of them back to their correct places on the scene.Mini-games appear in a window at the center of the screen, after clicking on certain interactive hotspots. They are self-contained logic puzzles that can be optionally skipped after a few minutes, where the player has to assemble pictures, untangle lines of a constellation, play a game of Simon with chimes, move wood blocks in a box to create an exit path for one of the pieces, set tetrominoes pieces on a grid and complete other similar challenges. |
| Monster Ball | 2009-12-17 | Full Control Software and Consulting | Full Control Software and Consulting, WiT Entertainment | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | Horror | Turn-based strategy | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Every night when you go to bed and darkness falls... They come out, from under the bed, from in the closet, to fight for your bedroom. To steal your nightmares.Monster Ball is a turn-based, hex-grid strategy game in which the player leads an army of green, ball shaped monsters against an identical opposing army in an attempt to gain control of a child's bedroom. The title makes use of a facetious-horror design that provides a sense of levity in an otherwise murky setting.Gameplay is founded on the simplicity and plainness of the board game checkers, with each unit being identical to another in terms of function but of varying degrees of strength, which is dictated by the size of the monster. At the beginning of each turn players move one of their respective monster balls up to two spaces in any direction across the game board. If the monster ball lands on a space already occupied by an opponent then they battle, with the larger of the two swallowing the smaller and growing in proportion to the size of the devoured enemy. In the event that a monster grows too large it explodes, thereby depriving the player of one of their pieces.As an additional factor there are numerous special tiles, such as rocket launchers and fortresses, strewn across the board, which are activated when landed on. Also present are 'mystery' tiles, whose effects vary widely, from indiscriminate rocket launcher attacks to a functionless shimmer of sparkles. Depending on the type of tile that is used it will either have only one use, disappearing afterward, or it will remain on the board for the entirety of the game; new special tiles occasionally appearing at random on the board to replace those used.The game is presented as an assortment of unrelated scenarios, rather than a cohesive campaign, each with their own theme or play style. Each of the scenarios has a uniquely sized board and one of two victory conditions; obliterating all of the enemy monsters or instead capturing their flag. Additional scenarios can be downloaded within the game to add to those included with it.A system of trophy rewards is supported within the game which rewards the player with either a bronze, silver, gold, or platinum award based on their accomplishments. Among the available trophies that players can gain are "Killing Spree", "Rocketeer", and "Death or Glory". |
| Green Moon | 2009-12-18 | Absolutist Ltd. | Absolutist Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | Windows | Green Moon is a traditional first-person, point-and-click adventure game following the standards of Myst and other classics of the genre, but with simpler puzzles aimed at the casual market. The player assumes the role of the sole inheritor of an abandoned house, a place containing a spell book left by ancient magicians. The tome has clear instructions about what tasks have to be accomplished, and can be accessed at any time from the top-right corner of the screen. The objects found on each room have to be dragged and dropped on the inventory slots at the bottom, from where they can be used on parts of the scenery or combined with other items to perform an action or complete a task. The inventory space is limited, but it is possible to left objects on most scenes and pick them up again later.The cursor is context-sensitive, changing from the default pointing finger to a grabbing hand when over one of the objects, morphing into a magnifying glass when hovering over a part of the scenery with a zoom view, and transforming into walking shoes when near one of the exit spots. The player moves between rooms by clicking on the exit hotspots, usually positioned over obvious places like doors and other openings, or by pressing one of the four interface arrows surrounding the central image. The main character can wear clothes and consume food and beverages by selecting an item with the left button, and pressing the right button.The locations have hints written on pieces of paper, or visual clues on various photographs and other notes scattered around the scenery. As the tasks are gradually completed on the spell book, new types of magic become available at the bottom-right generator, allowing time-travel, teleportation, healing, invisibility and other special abilities. Later in the game, the navigator becomes available at the bottom-left to explore the moon, showing a top view of the lunar landscape peppered with several travel locations and other reference points. |
| Love Death 4: Realtime Lovers | 2009-12-18 | Teatime | Teatime | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | Windows | Haruyoshi Sakurai is a young boy who has lost both his parents. He now lives together with his aunt Sachiko, a former wrestler who owns the Nagahara Mansion. Haruyoshi leads a quiet life until he obtains a key left from his father and finds out that he possesses unique power. Eventually he and his relatives come into contact with the world of grim reapers, when one of them, a naive young girl, appears one day in the mansion carrying a scythe.Love Death 4: Realtime Lovers is very similar in concept to the previous entries in the series. Like in its predecessor, the game has a story mode and a free mode. The story mode advances automatically through text and scenes, occasionally prompting the player to make a choice, similarly to visual novels (albeit with animated cel-shaded 3D models). The player can opt to interrupt the flow of the story at any time and enter the movement mode, which allows physical navigation in a 3D world (from both first- and third-person view).The free mode is more extensive than in the previous game, allowing transportation by car or bus between five different areas. Like before, the player can explore the environment, collect various items (food, clothes, sex utensils, etc.), give them to the female characters and build up relationships. It is also possible to assault the girls outright and rape them. The game has more items and sexual interaction choices, as well as optional combat against characters and animals that populate the game world. |
| Mishap: An Accidental Haunting | 2009-12-18 | Namco Networks America Inc. | Virtual Prophecy Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Kelly and Brock Burton are a young couple that moved to a house haunted by ghosts. As they pack up and run in terror from the place, they meet Milton Hobblepop, a paranormal investigator for hire. They ask him to get rid of the wraiths, using his many gadgets to detect and capture the souls on each room of the place.Mishap: An Accidental Haunting is a hidden object game, where the main goal is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen on the many haunted rooms of the house. Each chapter starts on a central location, that has to be scrolled horizontally to show its full extent and all its scattered objects. Several doors and other openings give access to other rooms, each with a separate list of objects and ghosts to be found. The hint button highlights the position of one of the list items, requiring four items to be collected after use to fully recharge. Instead of the static scenes common to the genre, the screens are filled with little animations showing possessed objects moving and jumping around.Besides finding all the list entries, the player has to exorcise all the ghosts hiding on each room, by using the special monocle besides the list. When activated, the monocle becomes the cursor and covers the screen with a green filter, replacing the list with a meter showing how close the cursor is to the hiding entity. Each soul has to be found and clicked three times to be exorcised. The biographies of exorcised ghosts are added to a list with details about their former lives.At the end of each chapter, the player has to find an extra place by deciphering a rebus puzzle, where words are combined with pictures of collected objects to complete a clue about the secret area. Afterwards, the final challenge is to complete three rounds of an arcade mini-game based on the personality of the main ghost. In the bedroom chapter, the objective is to snap photos of a bloated B-movie actress every time she suddenly materializes on the corners of the central room. Extra points are awarded for head shots. Later rounds add a rival starlet that keeps appearing to distract the player and induct wrong clicks. In the kitchen area, the mini-game is a cooking challenge, where a recipe has to be prepared for the ghost of a failed chef. |
| Broken Hearts: A Soldier's Duty | 2009-12-19 | Gold Sun Games | Gold Sun Games | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles, Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Maria Lopez is a young woman that just got married to David Fox, a military official. After returning from a tropical honeymoon, their happiness is suddenly interrupted when David is called to duty, leading to an argument between the lovers and the soldier leaving in anger. Soon, she receives terrible news about her husband, and to recover from the grief she starts to remember all the good moments from the past.Broken Hearts: A Soldier's Duty is a hidden object game with adventure elements. Instead of the usual list of objects at the bottom of the screen, the goal is to find and click on a number of items belonging to certain categories, like drinks, animals, fruits, and so on. Like in some game shows, the name of each entry remains hidden until the object is found and collected. Each collected object gives a number of hearts, that are necessary to complete a level and can be used as currency to buy card games and pay for hints. In some instances, the goal is to accomplish a series of tasks by dragging and dropping scenery objects on top of each other, like dragging a light match to a pile of logs to start a fire.The hint system is extensive and progressive, with each succeeding clue being more explicit than the last one. The outline hint shows the silhouette of the object, the name hint displays the name of an item and the location hint highlights the position of one of the list entries. After using a hint, all the hint options stay frozen for a few moments. The card games are implementations of five solitaire variations: Klondike, Prisoners, FreeCell, Golf and Pyramid. After being purchased, they can be played at any time to earn more hearts. |
| Strike Ball 3 | 2009-12-19 | Purple Hills | Owl Studio | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | Windows | Strike Ball 3 is a 3D version of Breakout. The player controls a space ship-shaped paddle at the bottom of the screen with his keyboard. The goal is to keep a ball in the game and to destroy all objects with it. Certain objects will award power ups on destruction which the player can then collect with his space ship. Power-ups can be rockets, bombs or other improvements that help to clear the level faster, but watch out for negative power-ups that decrease your paddle size or cause other damage. The game contains 100 level in 5 different worlds. Beat a boss at the end of each world to reach the next one.
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| Barn Runner Xmas 0: Christmas Soup | 2009-12-20 | TackyWorld Interactive | TackyWorld Interactive | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | Windows | Remember Prick's chief in Barn Runner 1: The Armageddon Eclair, called Holly, and Dr. Noriko from Barn Runner 2: The Ejection Rejection?In Barn Runner Xmas 0, set a few days before Barn Runner 4: The Prick Who Came In From The Cold, follow their little Christmas adventure into garnishing a tree and making soup in their home... nearly in underwear.The game is a short point-&-click one, with the new icons for action that Scott LeGere, the Barn Runner series developer, is planning to use once all the six chapters of Barn Runner 5: The Forever Friday are released. You still can right-click for switching actions or to put your cursor at the top of the screen to see what you can do: "Talk", "Use", "Walk", "Look", "Gear" (which is your inventory).The two minigames consist into placing Christmas balls on a tree and onto making a soup following Holly's grandmother's recipe. |
| Cassandra's Journey 2: The Fifth Sun of Nostradamus | 2009-12-20 | JoyBits Ltd. | JoyBits Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles, Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | On her last adventure, the psychic Cassandra was searching for a lost magical ring with the help of Nostradamus spirit. Now she is asked to use her abilities to find Michael, the missing brother of her friend Violet, that disappeared after meddling with the occult. Once again, the ghost of the ancient astrologer will guide her and help fight an evil and powerful force that wants to destroy the world.Like its predecessor, Cassandra's Journey 2: The Fifth Sun of Nostradamus is a hidden object game with a supernatural theme. In this installment, some elements of the adventure genre were added to the simple seek-and-find mechanics of the first title. Most of the time, the main objective still is to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on scenes related to the plot and filled with assorted objects. In some locations, the list displays riddles about the items or silhouettes instead of their names. Entries written in blue are pending tasks, where the player must perform a scenery interaction to complete them.Some of the collected items are stored in the inventory, accessible through an option at the bottom interface. They have to be used as in most point-and-click adventures, by dragging and dropping them on logical places of the scenery to perform an action or complete a task.The help system is extensive with five types of hints available as buttons at the top-left side. Each hint consumes a variable amount of blue mana, with more explicit hints costing more of it. The mana vial is continuously renewed, slowly refilling after being partially drained. From top to bottom, the pointing hint takes 90% of the mana and shows the exact position of one of the required items; the area hint costs 50% and highlights the approximate location of a random list object; the compass hint consumes 80% and makes the crystal ball at the bottom glow brighter when the cursor is near one of the list items; the photo hint uses 70% and shows a picture of the object; the silhouette hint takes 60% and displays an outline of a selected object on the crystal ball.As before, magic tricks and mini-games appear between chapters. They are implementations of classic concepts, like four variations of solitaire, jigsaw puzzles, a block removal challenge with cars on a parking lot, a tile-matching game with Mayan symbols, a Pipe Dream puzzle with electronic circuits, a Mahjong game, and other puzzles that take place on a separate screen, where a mechanism of some sort has to be manipulated directly to solve them. After being completed in the main story, the games can be replayed later from the main menu. |
| Millennium 2: Take Me Higher | 2009-12-20 | Aldorlea Games | Aldorlea Games | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | Millennium 2: Take Me Higher is the second installment in the five-part series of top-down RPG games starring Marine and Benoit. In this episode, after finding warriors number 2 and 3 to join her in her quest, Marine goes West to try and find more people to help her on her quest. But this is not an easy task given how desolated the region is. The gameplay is identical to the Millennium: A New Hope and allows players to import their save files, provided that the first game was completed. It contains 40 quests and battles are fought turn-based. |
| NetNuclear | 2009-12-20 | Studio Stök | Studio Stök | Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | NetNuclear is an unofficial remake of the classical Nuclear War. NetNuclear not only offers the possibility of multiplayer matches, but also extends the game to other platforms, like Linux and Macintosh. Since the source code has been released, the remake can be ported into any other system that complies with certain technological requirements.The game itself hasn't changed at all. The concept is still the same: to blow all opponents into stone age. Following the same premise, the AI is still random, featuring the same mocking events like the cow catapult bombing.The TCP/IP supports up to five players, adding AI opponents to the vacant seats, since the game requires each to face four foes. |
| Bob Came in Pieces | 2009-12-21 | Ludosity AB | Ludosity AB | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Bob Came in Pieces is a physics-based puzzle game. It stars Bob, a call center employee, who follows the supposedly safe intergalaxy route to travel to work, when his ship is suddenly hit by a meteor. The impact ruins his Hyperdrive 2000 and he plummets towards the nearest planet. He hopes for a Space Depot to get it fixed quickly, but as there are no inhabitants, he will need to pick up the lost parts himself.In 14 chapters Bob needs to navigate his ship through different environments to locate portals that transfer him to a new part of the planet. Along the way he can pick up a number of parts, but some of these are optional. There are no hazards or enemies that provide a threat. Instead Bob needs to solve puzzles based on physics to progress or to open up entrances. The ship is shaped as a ball with eight ports for extensions. In the basic setup it consists of four thrusters that allow the ship to travel in any direction. After picking up some parts Bob can enter the Ship Builder at specific locations to customize the ship. There are different tube-like modules with different shapes that can be fitted to any of the eight ports, even on top of each other to form complex constructions. This is needed to solve the puzzles. Modules can also be rotated and after fitting them, one or more can be assigned to specific keys. In the beginning the ship can just crash through walls or use thrust power to set mechanisms in motions, but in later parts specific small entrances need to be accessed, or thrusting needs to be redirected to a specific side. Different ship layouts can be saved and restored for later use.There are thrusters of different strength and these affect the handling and power of the ship. Special tools include push and pull beams. Puzzles require Bob to shift weights, push objects around, or carry them to a specific location. Levels have different themes, and the rocket thrusters can for instance be used to burn through bushes or planks. Next to lush jungle sections there are ice levels where the ship needs to reach a high speed to break through ice, or gets directed by the flow of wind. The Ship Builder spots act as checkpoints and because of the customization options, there are different approaches to solving puzzles. |
| The Perfect Tree | 2009-12-22 | Anawiki Games | Anawiki Games | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | You wish to create the perfect Christmas tree with decorations on, under and around your tree. Solve puzzles to gather stars to buy your perfect decorations.The Perfect Tree is a puzzle game. Make matches by moving two tiles to create a straight line of three or more of the same item. Later puzzles have you drawing a trail along three or more items and clicking on groups of three or more items. The object is to make matches over the violet tiles to clear them. Once all violet tiles are clear, the level is complete. Later levels will have gold tiles over the violet that must be removed and locked and double-locked items that must be matched to remove the locks.As you progress, you will encounter items like vertical, horizontal and double firecrackers that remove seven tiles per row and/or column up to the entire row and/or column. You will encounter snowstorms that remove tiles randomly on the board. You will earn special items that are in reserve until you select them like the star that clears a diagonal line of tiles. There are 110 levels total. |
| bittos e | 2009-12-22 | MACHINE Studios LLC | Unconditional Studios LLC | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | bittos e is a fast-paced puzzle game, where the player has to fill a grid with tetrominoes shapes to form square blocks and make them disappear. The squares are eliminated automatically every few seconds, and the surviving pieces that remain unused on the field become red after a while, starting to multiply and accumulate, eventually taking over all the space available. These encumbering pieces can only be removed by assembling a blue square besides them, sometimes starting a chain reaction with multiple eliminations and bonus points. The player must create these squares as fast as possible, to clear all the board before it becomes cluttered with red pieces and the game is over.There are three modes, with the last two being unlocked while progressing through the game. In adventure mode, the objective is to complete a series of increasingly faster levels, each with nine elimination waves where a set number of pieces have to be destroyed before moving to the next one. In time attack mode, the goal is to achieve a high-score before the allotted minutes are over. In survival mode, an endless stream of red pieces keeps appearing and closing in from the edges of the field toward the middle, and the player has to frantically remove all of them. |
| Nat Geo Adventure: Ghost Fleet | 2009-12-23 | Digi Ronin Games, LLC, National Geographic Games | Ocean Media LLC | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | Fiona Powell is an explorer for National Geographic, whose scientist father disappeared while investigating ancient shipwrecks. She dives in search for clues on the very sunken boats he was studying, hoping to find a lead to his trail.Nat Geo Adventure: Ghost Fleet is a straightforward hidden object game with a sea exploring theme and mini-games between each location. The available shipwrecks are shown as pins on a sonar screen, where the player must click on sections of the open sea to activate the probing signal and reveal their positions. The pins give access to one of the underwater scenes filled with assorted junk and other paraphernalia, where the objective is to find and click on all the items listed at the right side of the screen. A PDA with historical notes about the ships visited can be accessed at any time from the bottom interface, with tabs for crew profiles and information about the artifacts found on the sites.List entries in yellow are stored inside the inventory after being collected from the wreck. They have to be used on certain shining hotspots, to perform an action or complete a task. In some cases, the necessary tool might be hidden on a different sunken ship, and the player must go back and forth between the locations to complete the scenes. The hint button darkens the whole screen, leaving only a small spotlight circle showing the position of one of the required objects. Extra hints can be found and collected from the scenery as ? symbols. Collected artifacts unlock bonus content, like wallpapers and screensavers.The mini-games are implementations of old concepts: jigsaw puzzles, scrambled pictures, a spot-the-differences game with two similar photographs, a memory game where the player must select pairs of cards, a variation of the "three shifting cups with a hidden stone" classic using oysters and a pearl, a Pipe Dream clone with twisted circuits that must be connected to disarm a bomb, and other similar challenges. |
| 1001 Nights: The Adventures of Sindbad | 2009-12-24 | Alawar Entertainment, Inc. | MENGE | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Andrey Avilov | Windows | Sindbad was a poor fisherman that once encountered a fabulous treasure near a sunken ship. He shared his wealth with the impoverished populace of his village, angering the evil wizard that ruled the land. The wizard sent his men to capture Sindbad, and after forcing him to reveal the location of the treasure, they thrown him overboard to drown at the sea. Sindbad was rescued by Chalida, a princess that was cursed by a sea demon to spend the rest of her life as a wooden ship figurehead. In return, she asked for his help to lift the curse by finding the jewels of her magical crown. Sindbad must find all the gems scattered throughout the world.1001 Nights: The Adventures of Sindbad is a hidden object game with the legendary Middle Eastern hero as the main character, first introduced in one of the tales inserted by the English translator to "A Thousand Nights", an 8th century Arabic book. Most of the time, the player has to find and click on all the items listed at the bottom of the screen, on locations filled with assorted objects scattered through the scenery. The scenes are used several times with variations of gameplay, where the list of names is replaced by pictures showing portions of the scenery that have to be clicked, grayed out images of objects whose pieces have to be collected from the location, the silhouettes of the objects or several riddles about the items. At the end of each stage, the list is replaced by an inventory with some of the collected objects, and the player has to drag and drop them on their appropriate places to perform an action or complete a task.Besides the list items, several bugs crawl over the scenes and can be optionally captured to be used later on Chalida's bridge screen, where they have to be stored on jars to increase the power of the talisman. Sindbad's talisman is the hint button, showing the position of one of the required items when activated, but taking a long time to recharge after use. Mini-games appear on separate screens, where the player has to reassemble a jigsaw puzzle made of map pieces, slide a series of rectangular stone blocks inside a limited square space to create an exit path for a jewel, complete a pipe line to diverge the flowing lava from a volcano, find all the differences between two mirrored images, and complete other similar challenges. |
| Genetos | 2009-12-24 | | | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Genetos by Tatsuya Koyama is a 2D vertically-scrolling space shoot-em-up, but also a retrospective of the shmup genre as a whole. Based on the theme of evolution, the player's spaceship, the environment, the enemies, and the firing and movement abilities evolve seamlessly throughout the game, taking the player on a trip of the genre's history. Starting out as a simple Space Invaders clone, it moves on to a late-eighties world, into a nineties look and eventually the bright bullet hell environments the genre is especially known for in the noughties. The final generation is a futuristic one, mainly building on the elements of the fourth generation. During the last section players take on the final opponent, the planet Genetos, in five more phases, often with surreal elements and opponents such as traffic and road signs.The generation shifts are triggered by collecting green items left behind by enemies. These fill up a bar at the bottom of the screen, leading up to a shift for every 1,000 collected items. Not only the visual aspects change, the overall gameplay is altered as well. At the start the ship can only move horizontally. The next generation adds partial vertical movement, until complete freedom is reached.The simple laser beam at the beginning is not upgraded according to a linear scheme. By analyzing the player's attacking style, a specific weapon upgrade is offered to complement it (straight bullets, circle bullets or laser streams). This is called the divergence of evolution and the followed weapons path can be tracked through a history screen. Other abilities include bombs for additional damage (third generation), wingmen, different kinds of power-ups, lock-on and slower movement (fourth generation), and eventually complete defence through a temporary shield. The bomb system is unusual, as the explosives generally act one second after activating them and in certain generations it can be charged with additional effects. Enemies in the affected area turn into bonus items.At the beginning of the game the screen is fairly empty, but later on the amount of enemies as well as the detail in the environment increase, moving on to a view with pseudo 3D elements. Each large section also presents a powerful end boss (always dubbed The Mutant), fitting the corresponding generation.There are different difficulty modes and after completing the game additional options are opened up, including a Free Play mode, Sound Test and the credits. It is possible to record the game session as a replay and attempt to beat the best scores. Additional video modes include a negative and a blur mode. |
| PG Forever | 2009-12-24 | | | Strategy | Top-down | Fangame | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | Windows | PG Forever is basically a Panzer General fan-made remake. You're commander of different units (infantry, tanks, artillery, etc.), and you have to defeat the enemy forces. You can play as the axis or allies, it's depending on the scenario. PG Forever has 4 campaigns/games:Original Panzer General.Allied General (in Germany - Panzer General II)Kaiser General 1914-1918 (WWI)K.U.K. General (another WWI campaign).Screenshots Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameUser ReviewsThere are no reviews for this game.Critic ReviewsThere are no critic reviews for this game.ForumsThere are currently no topics for this game.TriviaThere is no trivia on file for this game.
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| PT Boats: Knights of the Sea | 2009-12-24 | Akella, Battlefront.com, Inc. | Akella | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | Real-time | | | Windows | In this naval simulation the player can take command of Russian, German or Allied fleets and the crews in WWII. Starting with control over a strike boat, its captain, gunner or commander can be taken over. During the game the player can gain access to big warships and command small fleets.The player can switch between a few gameplay modes. Typically you are in command of a single patrol boat you that can be steered in 3rd-Person view. To join the action during battles you can enter different stations or turrets to take over the duties of single crew members. To coordinate fleets the player has a 2D and a 3D tactical view that offer realtime-strategy like interaction. |
| Penny Dreadfuls: Sweeney Todd (Special Edition) | 2009-12-24 | PlayPond | pixelStorm entertainment studios Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Horror | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Special Edition of Penny Dreadfuls: Sweeney Todd contains an integrated strategy guide, extra hidden object screens, a theatre with musical scenes and the full soundtrack in MP3 format. |
| The Fall Trilogy: Chapter 1 - Separation | 2009-12-24 | Kheops Studio | Kheops Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | The Fall Trilogy: Chapter 1 - Separation is the first entry in a trilogy of adventure games with easy puzzles made for the casual market by the veteran developers at Kheops Studios. The basic engine and general design ideas are recycled from the company's earlier titles, with the addition of hidden object challenges aimed at the target public.As in most first-person adventure games, the player assumes the role of the protagonist, an unnamed man that falls inside a deep hole and wakes up with amnesia in a complex of ancient Asian ruins. The player interacts with the scenery directly, collecting useful items and manipulating mechanisms to solve puzzles. The camera can be rotated to show all the extension from certain positions, or nodes, of the location. Optionally, a slide-show presentation can be turned on for players more used to that form of navigation.The inventory at the bottom of the screen has a series of slots to hold all the collected objects, from where they can be dragged and dropped on appropriate portions of the scenery to accomplish some goal or perform an action. The hint button is an iris at bottom-right, showing the position of one of the required items when activated, but taking some time to recharge after use. The task list shows all the pending objectives, and has a ?+ symbol at the top that can be clicked to give a clue about one of the entries.On certain points, the player has to collect several pieces or instances of an object before resuming the adventure. These items are usually stored afterwards inside the inventory, along with any other object found while exploring the place. Certain puzzles take place on a separate screen, where the player has to manipulate a mechanism to create bridges and open new paths. Some of them are implementations of old concepts, like a memory games with pairs of flowers and related symbols, a jigsaw puzzle with broken pieces of a bas-relief, a weights puzzle with stones and a statuette, a rotating gears puzzle, and other similar challenges. They can be skipped after a few minutes, adding a time penalty to the final score. |
| Ys I & II Chronicles | 2009-12-24 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | Ys I & II Chronicles is an upgraded version of Ys I II Complete, itself an enhanced remake of Ys: Book I & II. This version features completely redone artwork applied to character portraits during cutscenes. The cutscenes themselves have been somewhat expanded as well, and the soundtrack remixed. This release also slightly enhanced the in-game graphics and enlarges the viewing area by removing the large status display that occupied the lower part of the screen in the earlier version. |
| Zwei II Plus | 2009-12-24 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | | | | Windows | Zwei II Plus is an updated version of Zwei II. It introduces compatibility with the Windows 7 system, as well as the following features:
A new high difficulty dungeon called Dream Maze II
A new survival mode accessible at the G Colosseo, which puts the protagonists into consecutive battles
Re-balancing of enemies and food needed to upgrade the characters
The Penguin character from the G Colosseo is now available as a pet
A new weapon called Muscle Gear
Vending machines sell trading figures, and there are more item rewards
New costumes for the protagonists Ragna and Alwen
The possibility to fast-forward and skip events
Paid service to decrease the difficulty of the skiing mini-game |
| The Mirror Mysteries | 2009-12-25 | Gogii Games Corp. | The Easy Company s.r.o. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Hidden object, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | Windows | A mother and her two children are traveling on a vacation trip, when they spot a nearby abandoned manor from the windows of the car. The woman decides to take a break and set up a picnic for a quick lunch on the lawn. Tired, she dozes off laying on the checkered blanket while her kids start to investigate the house. When she wakes up, the brats are nowhere to be seen. She desperately screams their names while entering the creepy building, only to find a room filled with broken mirrors. To her astonishment, the central mirror starts to speak, explaining that the naughty children smashed all the mirrors of the room, and that he will keep them trapped inside him until all the glass pieces are restored to their places. The dutiful mother has no alternative but to follow the instructions of the magic mirror and enter each shattered looking glass, crossing portals to another worlds to recover the missing pieces and save her beloved son and daughter.The Mirror Mysteries is a hidden object game, where the main objective is to find and click on all the pieces shown at the bottom of the screen, on several locations contained within one of the broken mirrors. Each scene is presented as a static screen, with the pieces scattered through the scenery. Some of the pieces are transparent, indicating that they only become available after an extra step or action is performed on the scene. The pieces are organized on separate slots at the bottom for each object.After collecting all the sections of an item, the complete object is either transferred to the inventory at the right side, to be used on another room, or ready to be placed on the correct spot of the scenery. The reassembled items have to be dragged and dropped from their slots to their appropriate places on the scene to complete each location. The player has to move back and forth between the available locations, to find all the objects necessary to finish the scenario and receive the mirror shards. A magnifying glass can be used to search for small pieces, replacing the cursor and enlarging sections of the screen. The hint mirror shows the position of one of the required pieces, but takes some time to recharge after use. |
| Invaders Possibly from Space | 2009-12-27 | | | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | Windows | Invaders Possibly from Space is a Space Invaders tribute set in the Futurama universe.The game contains the same basic gameplay as its source material, enhanced with a 3D-rendered background and various audio clips and pictures from the show. There are five rows of alien sprites, moving left and right in tandem, and dropping relatively slow moving laser shots towards the ground. The player needs to fire upwards, hitting the aliens whilst dodging the dropping laser shots. Three shields protecting the player, can be slowly destroyed by either the player themselves or the laser shots. Occasionally, a fast moving flying saucer will fly horizontally for the player to shoot at. |
| Keen | 2009-12-27 | | | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | Windows | Keen is a grid-based puzzle game where the player must fill a grid with numbers, so that each number appears once in every row and column. The grid is divided into regions, each marked with a number clue and an arithmetical operation. The numbers within every region must result in the given number clue when the operation is applied to them (for example, 9+ means that all numbers in the region should add up to 9). Different grid sizes can be chosen. A "multiplication only" mode is available in which there are no operations apart from multiplication. |
| Toho Invaders | 2009-12-30 | | | Action | Side view | Fangame | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | Windows | Toho Invaders is a 2D doujin space shooter, with gameplay based on Space Invaders, but set in the universe of the Tōhō series. The player controls Reimu Hakurei or Marisa Kirisame and shoots invading fairies. The heroines have special shields and can hide behind them. Sometimes bigger opponents (Rumia, Cirno or China) fly across the screen. Each stage has a boss (like Sakuya or Patchouli) and the game moves to the next stage if she is destroyed. |
| eXceed 3rd: Jade Penetrate Black Package | 2009-12-30 | Tennen-sozai | Tennen-sozai | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | Windows | eXceed 3rd: Jade Penetrate Black Package is a 2D vertically-scrolling danmaku/bullet hell shoot 'em up, similar to Tōhō series. It is the third game in the eXceed series and reboots the storyline. The main heroine is Rayne Lindwurm. She participates in the tournament to become one of the 7 Cardinal Lords who rule her world, Pandemonium. The gameplay is typical for genre, but there are no more colour changes like in Ikaruga or eXceed 2nd-VAMPIRE-REX. Levels have many enemies and even more bullets to avoid. Rayne Lindwurm can find several 'options', little dragons, increasing her firepower. |